Table 5. State distribution: Extended mass layoff events, separations, and initial claimants for unemployment insurance,
private nonfarm sector, selected quarters, 2006 and 2007
Initial claimants for
Layoff events Separations unemployment insurance
State
IV III IV IV III IV IV III IV
2006r 2007r 2007p 2006r 2007r 2007p 2006r 2007r 2007p
Total, private nonfarm (1) . 1,640 1,019 1,619 296,662 160,806 265,454 330,901 172,508 234,612
Alabama ........................ 15 8 8 3,228 1,714 1,489 2,768 1,411 1,128
Alaska ......................... 12 (2) 7 4,548 (2) 1,486 2,088 (2) 904
Arizona ........................ 4 8 5 554 2,014 782 524 1,578 733
Arkansas ....................... 5 7 8 2,411 1,083 1,140 1,367 1,107 2,718
California ..................... 288 317 422 40,439 42,041 58,922 50,141 50,397 57,132
Colorado ....................... 17 (2) 15 3,067 (2) 3,193 2,316 (2) 1,804
Connecticut .................... 9 (2) 8 2,135 (2) 1,543 1,754 (2) 976
Delaware ....................... - - (2) - - (2) - - (2)
District of Columbia ........... (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2)
Florida ........................ 82 50 59 16,355 8,199 7,841 14,812 5,986 5,660
Georgia ........................ 22 21 15 2,811 2,285 2,813 4,233 4,594 3,479
Hawaii ......................... 6 3 3 836 503 447 794 344 317
Idaho .......................... 13 3 7 1,800 1,280 1,523 1,818 1,137 1,051
Illinois ....................... 181 70 178 33,328 13,488 30,467 30,604 12,863 21,260
Indiana ........................ 48 14 45 8,264 2,211 8,082 10,058 3,363 10,380
Iowa ........................... 17 4 19 1,448 491 3,736 5,238 614 4,853
Kansas ......................... 9 3 8 1,096 333 1,027 1,372 476 1,105
Kentucky ....................... 23 13 15 2,959 1,975 2,385 2,649 1,433 1,721
Louisiana ...................... 9 4 8 2,143 813 1,624 1,151 738 728
Maine .......................... 8 4 8 1,459 341 1,827 1,293 310 902
Maryland ....................... 20 12 19 2,280 1,377 2,460 3,088 1,394 2,359
Massachusetts .................. 24 22 25 5,215 7,348 5,969 3,718 4,696 2,452
Michigan ....................... 105 29 94 25,374 5,166 16,067 47,956 8,027 21,569
Minnesota ...................... 83 8 75 12,921 1,163 12,047 13,355 1,159 8,892
Mississippi .................... 5 5 4 702 796 708 594 588 613
Missouri ....................... 36 21 33 8,607 4,174 5,370 6,250 2,523 3,093
Montana ........................ 12 - - 1,676 - - 1,727 - -
Nebraska ....................... (2) (2) 6 (2) (2) 859 (2) (2) 520
Nevada ......................... 3 (2) 9 1,139 (2) 854 1,328 (2) 1,262
New Hampshire .................. 5 (2) 3 490 (2) 415 540 (2) 337
New Jersey ..................... 45 30 37 9,737 6,927 6,805 7,150 4,234 4,309
New Mexico ..................... 9 6 3 1,501 1,156 387 1,501 1,156 377
New York ....................... 105 135 50 13,690 24,583 9,508 19,966 23,233 8,327
North Carolina ................. 12 6 5 1,086 761 503 1,508 943 656
North Dakota ................... 5 - 8 1,128 - 962 982 - 962
Ohio ........................... 96 28 116 22,570 3,882 19,959 18,485 5,577 16,512
Oklahoma ....................... 5 4 (2) 603 413 (2) 1,360 363 (2)
Oregon ......................... 19 12 22 7,514 1,813 6,217 6,215 1,695 5,392
Pennsylvania ................... 91 72 62 11,839 6,696 8,563 23,746 14,114 12,841
Rhode Island ................... (2) 4 6 (2) 464 779 (2) 411 700
South Carolina ................. 9 6 12 1,713 1,493 1,510 1,571 1,134 1,457
South Dakota ................... (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2)
Tennessee ...................... 12 9 27 1,670 986 6,743 1,558 1,031 4,497
Texas .......................... 34 24 29 4,265 3,751 4,398 6,822 5,217 4,048
Utah ........................... 8 5 11 1,507 604 2,004 1,243 570 1,631
Vermont ........................ 4 (2) 4 472 (2) 522 472 (2) 399
Virginia ....................... 17 10 18 6,676 963 4,653 4,065 887 1,527
Washington ..................... 18 15 15 2,588 1,387 1,389 2,823 1,979 2,323
West Virginia .................. 7 (2) 6 1,016 (2) 673 1,636 (2) 500
Wisconsin ...................... 74 11 76 15,994 1,414 12,107 15,377 2,787 9,832
Wyoming ........................ (2) - (2) (2) - (2) (2) - (2)
Puerto Rico .................... 14 11 8 2,038 938 557 2,916 2,647 1,213
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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