Table 5. Private sector gross job gains and losses by state, seasonally adjusted

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.

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Last Modified Date: November 19, 2009