Table 3. State and selected claimant characteristics: Extended mass layoff events and initial claimants for unemployment
insurance, private nonfarm sector, third and fourth quarters, 2007
Total Percent of total
initial Hispanic Persons age 55
Layoff events claimants Black origin Women and over
State
III IV III IV III IV III IV III IV III IV
2007r 2007p 2007r 2007p 2007r 2007p 2007r 2007p 2007r 2007p 2007r 2007p
Total, private nonfarm (1) .. 1,019 1,619 172,508 234,612 15.5 12.2 18.4 17.6 42.5 29.2 18.2 16.3
Alabama ........................ 8 8 1,411 1,128 69.5 58.2 4.5 3.0 45.2 46.7 18.0 16.9
Alaska ......................... (2) 7 (2) 904 4.1 3.2 26.3 13.7 27.8 25.0 21.8 16.5
Arizona ........................ 8 5 1,578 733 7.9 16.4 24.9 32.9 55.7 50.3 12.2 7.1
Arkansas ....................... 7 8 1,107 2,718 46.7 20.5 4.5 1.2 31.3 35.1 9.8 22.7
California ..................... 317 422 50,397 57,132 8.3 6.9 36.6 38.3 39.5 35.2 13.6 13.9
Colorado ....................... (2) 15 (2) 1,804 2.9 2.5 12.7 41.0 59.5 13.7 24.3 18.8
Connecticut .................... (2) 8 (2) 976 13.2 13.7 7.8 6.7 58.9 34.0 16.3 22.0
Delaware ....................... - (2) - (2) - 7.8 - 7.8 - 30.1 - 63.1
District of Columbia ........... (2) (2) (2) (2) 98.6 54.7 1.4 17.2 83.8 62.5 4.9 7.8
Florida ........................ 50 59 5,986 5,660 15.4 13.0 28.9 25.4 46.2 40.2 18.4 20.4
Georgia ........................ 21 15 4,594 3,479 44.0 33.6 5.3 9.3 58.5 41.2 17.7 16.6
Hawaii ......................... 3 3 344 317 11.6 11.4 9.9 10.1 32.6 21.1 23.3 11.7
Idaho .......................... 3 7 1,137 1,051 1.8 .4 11.6 24.5 34.7 30.5 17.5 15.4
Illinois ....................... 70 178 12,863 21,260 25.5 13.2 11.1 22.8 44.1 19.0 15.6 12.6
Indiana ........................ 14 45 3,363 10,380 9.8 12.5 3.4 4.3 43.9 25.4 22.8 14.7
Iowa ........................... 4 19 614 4,853 2.9 1.8 5.2 4.6 36.8 24.3 9.4 17.1
Kansas ......................... 3 8 476 1,105 8.4 12.0 .6 6.2 43.9 25.2 29.4 17.6
Kentucky ....................... 13 15 1,433 1,721 8.2 2.5 .1 .1 26.6 12.0 22.1 17.3
Louisiana ...................... 4 8 738 728 26.4 66.1 .4 1.6 20.7 17.7 30.6 16.3
Maine .......................... 4 8 310 902 1.0 1.3 - .2 48.7 27.6 15.2 19.0
Maryland ....................... 12 19 1,394 2,359 34.7 32.3 .9 .1 57.3 35.2 16.3 20.0
Massachusetts .................. 22 25 4,696 2,452 14.3 8.4 2.5 .8 48.2 27.6 23.1 19.6
Michigan ....................... 29 94 8,027 21,569 24.2 21.9 2.8 7.2 41.3 25.2 12.4 17.4
Minnesota ...................... 8 75 1,159 8,892 .8 2.7 2.7 9.4 24.5 14.5 18.8 16.8
Mississippi .................... 5 4 588 613 78.1 64.4 1.7 .2 74.7 26.8 12.8 20.9
Missouri ....................... 21 33 2,523 3,093 26.7 7.5 .3 .4 52.0 27.5 20.5 25.1
Montana ........................ - - - - - - - - - - - -
Nebraska ....................... (2) 6 (2) 520 2.1 2.1 1.4 9.8 41.8 7.9 21.3 30.8
Nevada ......................... (2) 9 (2) 1,262 15.5 7.4 25.7 20.8 54.3 24.6 32.9 18.5
New Hampshire .................. (2) 3 (2) 337 - 1.2 1.9 1.8 38.9 5.6 59.3 29.4
New Jersey ..................... 30 37 4,234 4,309 22.2 15.3 8.5 11.5 49.9 41.0 22.2 24.1
New Mexico ..................... 6 3 1,156 377 4.4 1.6 40.5 79.0 34.3 51.7 17.2 29.4
New York ....................... 135 50 23,233 8,327 17.9 9.8 16.8 9.2 49.3 29.0 28.0 18.0
North Carolina ................. 6 5 943 656 23.5 44.4 9.0 2.0 61.5 35.1 20.6 26.1
North Dakota ................... - 8 - 962 - .5 - 3.2 - 12.3 - 17.4
Ohio ........................... 28 116 5,577 16,512 13.1 13.2 1.6 3.1 28.5 24.0 16.7 14.2
Oklahoma ....................... 4 (2) 363 (2) 17.4 3.6 7.2 5.4 62.0 30.4 19.8 3.6
Oregon ......................... 12 22 1,695 5,392 .8 1.5 21.6 27.4 46.6 38.6 14.5 17.9
Pennsylvania ................... 72 62 14,114 12,841 6.6 6.2 3.6 4.3 34.5 36.8 22.3 20.6
Rhode Island ................... 4 6 411 700 3.2 2.7 27.3 12.9 80.5 32.3 20.0 15.7
South Carolina ................. 6 12 1,134 1,457 60.9 72.5 .6 .1 60.9 56.7 8.7 9.4
South Dakota ................... (2) (2) (2) (2) - - 1.6 14.7 65.6 34.7 40.6 37.3
Tennessee ...................... 9 27 1,031 4,497 22.4 40.3 - .1 59.8 40.0 19.1 25.3
Texas .......................... 24 29 5,217 4,048 20.3 19.6 30.1 41.3 42.6 37.0 11.7 11.2
Utah ........................... 5 11 570 1,631 1.9 .9 14.4 14.4 17.7 10.4 4.4 11.6
Vermont ........................ (2) 4 (2) 399 - - - .5 35.7 26.6 17.2 22.8
Virginia ....................... 10 18 887 1,527 19.7 43.9 2.6 5.2 44.8 52.5 23.1 19.4
Washington ..................... 15 15 1,979 2,323 4.3 4.0 14.0 33.9 31.9 33.0 15.9 18.1
West Virginia .................. (2) 6 (2) 500 - .4 - - 17.6 8.8 16.0 15.8
Wisconsin ...................... 11 76 2,787 9,832 1.2 4.2 15.2 8.0 27.7 14.3 24.9 13.4
Wyoming ........................ - (2) - (2) - 1.3 - - - 40.8 - 34.2
Puerto Rico .................... 11 8 2,647 1,213 .1 .1 97.1 98.5 63.2 55.0 11.1 13.8
1 See footnote 1, table 1.
2 Data do not meet BLS or state agency disclosure standards.
r = revised.
p = preliminary.
NOTE: Dash represents zero.
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