Table 5. Private sector gross job gains and losses by state, seasonally adjusted
Gross job gains Gross job losses
State (3 months ended) (3 months ended)
March June Sept. Dec. March March June Sept. Dec. March
2008 2008 2008 2008 2009 2008 2008 2008 2008 2009
United States1..... 7,167,000 7,296,000 6,884,000 6,738,000 5,746,000 7,447,000 7,832,000 7,851,000 8,539,000 8,486,000
Alabama..... 98,251 94,922 94,816 84,322 74,548 104,185 105,846 108,668 120,361 116,192
Alaska..... 25,019 27,331 23,913 26,344 23,272 21,880 23,601 26,373 26,644 25,380
Arizona..... 133,196 135,456 138,104 129,134 113,324 156,552 169,299 161,362 194,424 176,971
Arkansas..... 58,454 57,168 59,379 55,099 51,314 57,206 63,927 62,685 66,942 66,292
California..... 887,418 941,957 832,705 820,460 672,802 989,155 1,013,895 980,907 1,035,009 1,048,711
Colorado..... 142,851 142,169 136,014 127,607 109,813 137,929 143,357 148,883 161,271 161,315
Connecticut..... 77,364 81,736 74,504 71,972 62,355 77,380 83,013 88,540 92,523 91,796
Delaware..... 26,145 23,472 23,376 23,084 18,591 23,740 26,708 28,958 27,469 27,761
District of Columbia 27,927 28,294 28,071 25,184 25,858 25,367 26,859 26,487 31,325 28,003
Florida..... 448,322 456,382 450,727 444,118 354,281 508,226 574,769 569,824 596,670 503,337
Georgia..... 236,822 234,293 221,705 214,969 191,622 250,184 263,788 259,990 299,060 268,140
Hawaii..... 28,354 27,304 25,618 24,171 21,712 28,744 34,549 33,655 33,051 30,629
Idaho..... 44,356 41,269 40,993 38,827 35,289 47,670 48,700 46,621 49,612 54,035
Illinois..... 260,441 279,917 254,616 244,575 209,855 280,414 279,535 299,802 332,994 327,887
Indiana..... 131,913 150,149 144,580 130,650 113,691 151,487 158,041 162,479 192,024 186,934
Iowa..... 76,040 76,433 74,239 71,891 62,521 75,253 78,321 76,942 86,117 86,010
Kansas..... 86,347 73,135 67,406 74,158 55,477 75,385 77,046 75,312 78,873 79,420
Kentucky..... 91,040 91,622 82,629 85,641 74,235 95,199 94,483 100,464 107,293 110,211
Louisiana..... 106,631 106,816 104,278 121,916 94,269 101,928 110,924 121,182 105,935 115,118
Maine..... 35,921 39,345 35,159 38,167 30,943 38,179 39,742 42,833 41,793 42,142
Maryland..... 129,689 130,435 129,603 126,900 116,989 131,801 143,888 141,918 155,992 148,339
Massachusetts..... 159,931 171,611 155,137 148,012 121,358 154,359 161,183 174,428 191,351 181,911
Michigan..... 207,366 226,739 205,112 200,389 164,809 240,151 244,213 264,090 294,392 286,628
Minnesota..... 141,413 140,202 126,433 118,930 110,150 141,101 142,739 144,331 155,332 163,810
Mississippi..... 59,068 56,215 55,227 57,211 48,330 59,450 69,069 67,213 69,254 65,774
Missouri..... 140,987 141,409 133,363 133,009 121,936 139,707 148,981 147,161 168,117 163,155
Montana..... 30,974 27,920 27,560 28,012 24,030 30,138 31,609 28,955 31,386 35,614
Nebraska..... 47,542 44,501 45,532 44,014 38,462 42,749 48,453 45,372 50,286 49,912
Nevada..... 76,465 71,633 66,047 62,481 54,469 86,332 84,432 88,116 100,495 91,854
New Hampshire..... 36,119 38,659 35,183 33,928 31,117 37,588 39,237 39,170 41,931 41,234
New Jersey..... 204,864 229,083 195,759 189,766 167,754 215,025 231,228 239,062 253,478 231,640
New Mexico..... 45,362 44,715 45,984 40,826 36,132 42,831 49,818 46,436 53,047 51,493
New York..... 433,078 471,656 444,515 436,017 356,418 446,642 462,229 471,375 507,653 502,806
North Carolina..... 223,376 210,541 212,080 197,127 173,772 228,184 249,877 238,284 266,978 259,811
North Dakota..... 21,380 19,325 20,282 19,568 16,743 17,223 18,968 18,303 19,341 21,853
Ohio..... 243,757 274,076 246,154 228,078 201,205 280,351 276,452 285,458 323,982 317,188
Oklahoma..... 85,159 83,243 79,824 78,259 69,370 73,095 81,365 79,507 85,333 99,578
Oregon..... 99,174 89,653 98,852 86,304 78,047 101,032 112,034 100,641 126,963 125,470
Pennsylvania..... 271,024 290,004 270,270 256,668 231,793 271,658 287,696 295,758 318,345 318,399
Rhode Island..... 23,739 26,823 24,463 22,015 21,276 26,594 28,139 28,658 30,698 29,893
South Carolina..... 100,661 93,354 88,569 86,056 78,586 101,354 107,890 109,742 123,643 119,015
South Dakota..... 22,032 21,278 21,147 21,073 18,050 19,363 21,816 20,835 22,779 24,121
Tennessee..... 140,705 132,908 125,414 118,251 99,890 144,466 152,948 160,823 165,472 160,793
Texas..... 542,281 529,111 506,352 537,006 435,060 491,737 519,838 538,845 563,136 600,010
Utah..... 72,956 70,663 67,910 65,196 56,649 73,181 78,303 74,639 84,194 84,251
Vermont..... 17,379 18,420 17,186 17,967 15,801 19,211 18,767 19,164 20,207 21,649
Virginia..... 188,264 188,460 179,200 171,660 151,646 184,547 191,564 201,098 211,212 203,738
Washington..... 186,430 161,196 172,096 157,410 151,373 169,739 190,631 165,586 206,251 202,667
West Virginia..... 37,337 35,567 38,757 39,356 34,103 36,999 38,230 36,898 40,515 43,258
Wisconsin..... 133,825 140,273 131,758 129,090 113,792 135,673 145,014 150,873 162,823 174,665
Wyoming..... 23,806 19,701 21,355 19,848 18,033 20,049 23,018 18,960 20,038 26,326
Puerto Rico..... 43,150 44,888 44,689 45,140 36,240 55,157 52,203 49,724 51,035 57,413
Virgin Islands..... 2,274 2,191 2,049 1,978 1,610 2,108 2,513 2,286 2,238 2,611
(1) Totals for the United States do not include data for Puerto Rico or the Virgin Islands.
