Table 5. State distribution: Extended mass layoff events, separations, and initial claimants for unemployment insurance,
private nonfarm sector, selected quarters, 2010 and 2011
Initial claimants for
Layoff events Separations unemployment insurance
State
IV III IV IV III IV IV III IV
2010 2011r 2011p 2010r 2011r 2011p 2010r 2011r 2011p
Total, private nonfarm (1) . 1,999 1,393 1,638 338,643 235,247 266,971 390,584 289,330 249,692
Alabama ........................ 6 6 4 1,929 1,800 621 2,225 1,817 680
Alaska ......................... 14 6 13 3,970 3,348 4,515 2,478 2,150 2,228
Arizona ........................ 17 9 11 3,250 790 1,655 3,285 1,346 1,631
Arkansas ....................... 5 10 9 980 1,743 1,516 2,102 1,729 1,755
California ..................... 472 548 412 86,005 98,495 79,886 106,686 142,733 79,665
Colorado ....................... 24 9 16 4,835 1,273 2,325 3,075 1,163 1,840
Connecticut .................... 13 6 3 3,110 807 349 2,394 623 349
Delaware ....................... 5 3 3 490 251 237 525 843 340
District of Columbia ........... 3 (2) 3 434 (2) 471 434 (2) 380
Florida ........................ 46 44 32 11,030 7,962 4,275 10,579 7,539 3,748
Georgia ........................ 20 26 33 1,725 2,726 4,700 2,746 5,779 5,245
Hawaii ......................... (2) - 4 (2) - 975 (2) - 560
Idaho .......................... 12 4 13 2,312 453 3,135 2,013 424 1,730
Illinois ....................... 155 66 157 25,348 14,338 24,294 26,345 14,384 20,296
Indiana ........................ 40 19 27 4,121 2,667 3,225 7,987 5,662 4,499
Iowa ........................... 11 5 10 1,375 725 953 2,559 745 2,092
Kansas ......................... 15 7 9 1,836 802 1,067 3,558 813 1,101
Kentucky ....................... 26 19 30 3,836 2,660 3,886 3,323 2,235 2,883
Louisiana ...................... 23 17 22 4,560 2,905 4,791 4,024 2,614 2,890
Maine .......................... 9 (2) 8 1,336 (2) 972 1,460 (2) 1,035
Maryland ....................... 18 16 (2) 3,784 3,562 (2) 2,512 3,020 (2)
Massachusetts .................. 26 17 17 4,207 2,633 3,356 3,339 1,986 2,115
Michigan ....................... 67 26 55 8,347 4,310 7,313 9,416 5,625 7,220
Minnesota ...................... 66 14 68 11,550 1,980 13,023 10,062 1,993 8,545
Mississippi .................... 11 12 9 1,996 1,409 1,015 1,504 1,364 772
Missouri ....................... 41 22 29 9,233 5,367 5,097 6,365 3,449 3,518
Montana ........................ 15 (2) 12 2,528 (2) 1,574 1,592 (2) 1,192
Nebraska ....................... 9 4 8 2,179 542 1,805 1,108 358 829
Nevada ......................... 31 8 4 4,400 1,924 450 7,667 1,804 601
New Hampshire .................. 4 3 (2) 631 335 (2) 616 243 (2)
New Jersey ..................... 48 67 26 11,850 11,590 3,645 9,784 9,637 2,993
New Mexico ..................... 10 12 7 1,800 1,904 1,530 1,413 1,356 727
New York ....................... 138 120 114 18,928 13,919 11,084 27,772 19,424 15,449
North Carolina (3) ............. 48 24 25 5,145 3,241 2,065 11,930 5,510 2,795
North Dakota ................... 10 - 10 1,112 - 959 1,551 - 963
Ohio ........................... 105 36 92 15,066 6,452 13,095 18,105 5,450 11,888
Oklahoma ....................... 4 (2) 7 503 (2) 1,026 1,245 (2) 733
Oregon ......................... 23 14 24 6,148 2,368 6,566 7,773 2,368 6,566
Pennsylvania ................... 134 61 74 12,957 7,351 7,772 24,186 9,641 10,487
Rhode Island ................... 4 (2) 3 320 (2) 209 364 (2) 208
South Carolina ................. 20 12 5 3,993 1,470 2,085 4,161 1,645 1,066
South Dakota ................... - - - - - - - - -
Tennessee ...................... 25 19 26 4,126 5,327 2,485 4,871 4,777 2,556
Texas .......................... 31 25 34 4,640 3,668 6,323 6,233 4,912 7,343
Utah ........................... 17 3 12 3,284 278 1,876 3,203 279 1,579
Vermont ........................ (2) 5 (2) (2) 650 (2) (2) 669 (2)
Virginia ....................... 32 11 26 5,272 1,432 4,277 7,081 1,480 4,183
Washington ..................... 48 16 47 6,159 2,421 7,131 9,198 3,472 7,082
West Virginia .................. 4 (2) 4 1,358 (2) 764 1,085 (2) 656
Wisconsin ...................... 90 32 73 21,682 5,531 13,118 17,769 5,121 10,971
Wyoming ........................ (2) - (2) (2) - (2) (2) - (2)
Puerto Rico .................... 5 29 4 482 3,808 757 1,400 6,497 1,261
1 See footnote 1, table 1.
2 Data do not meet BLS or state agency disclosure standards.
3 Data starting in November 2010 may not be comparable to prior data due to a change in MLS unemployment insurance
input procedures.
r = revised.
p = preliminary.
NOTE: Dash represents zero.
