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Business Employment Dynamics Regional Historical Table

Private sector gross job gains and job losses for the United States and States, by Census Regions and Divisions, three months ended September 2023, seasonally adjusted
Area Gross Job Gains Gross Job Losses
Total Back
Data
As a percent
of total
employment
Back
Data
Total Back
Data
As a percent
of total
employment
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Data

United States(1)

7,559 5.8 7,751 5.9

Midwest Region

East North Central Division

Illinois

249,357 4.8 287,850 5.5

Indiana

159,404 5.8 160,437 5.8

Michigan

201,709 5.2 226,384 5.9

Ohio

244,248 5.2 272,478 5.7

Wisconsin

132,988 5.2 147,571 5.9

West North Central Division

Iowa

71,800 5.5 76,191 5.8

Kansas

67,090 5.7 71,269 6.0

Minnesota

79,408 3.1 107,468 4.2

Missouri

138,048 5.6 144,835 5.8

Nebraska

50,601 6.0 49,905 5.9

North Dakota

23,154 6.6 22,941 6.6

South Dakota

23,793 6.3 23,941 6.3

Northeast Region

New England Division

Connecticut

82,905 5.8 89,425 6.2

Maine

36,676 6.8 41,735 7.8

Massachusetts

173,510 5.4 194,523 6.1

New Hampshire

35,032 5.9 40,220 6.7

Rhode Island

27,524 6.5 29,163 6.8

Vermont

16,131 6.3 20,331 8.0

Middle Atlantic Division

New Jersey

218,347 5.9 219,037 5.9

New York

474,709 5.8 493,186 6.1

Pennsylvania

274,729 5.2 273,799 5.2

South Region

South Atlantic Division

Delaware

24,305 6.0 26,130 6.5

District of Columbia

28,605 5.5 28,416 5.4

Florida

564,943 6.5 505,174 5.8

Georgia

254,774 6.1 252,692 6.1

Maryland

137,846 6.4 140,643 6.5

North Carolina

230,670 5.6 253,947 6.2

South Carolina

126,620 6.8 107,643 5.7

Virginia

193,148 5.8 200,751 6.0

West Virginia

35,651 6.5 35,499 6.5

East South Central Division

Alabama

100,216 5.9 100,987 6.0

Kentucky

94,807 5.7 91,490 5.5

Mississippi

57,651 6.2 57,930 6.2

Tennessee

76,516 2.7 116,184 4.2

West South Central Division

Arkansas

60,444 5.6 61,771 5.7

Louisiana

97,306 6.2 96,084 6.0

Oklahoma

83,010 6.2 80,312 6.0

Texas

661,812 5.7 643,035 5.5

West Region

Mountain Division

Arizona

183,856 6.7 162,523 5.9

Colorado

135,454 5.5 150,554 6.2

Idaho

51,518 7.3 57,935 8.2

Montana

32,253 7.7 35,506 8.5

Nevada

87,646 6.5 74,367 5.5

New Mexico

40,926 6.1 45,584 6.7

Utah

97,547 6.8 92,500 6.5

Wyoming

17,439 8.2 17,386 8.2

Pacific Division

Alaska

21,332 8.5 26,439 10.5

California

961,078 6.2 999,313 6.5

Hawaii

27,109 5.3 34,974 6.9

Oregon

102,505 6.1 116,696 6.9

Washington

161,082 5.4 179,554 6.0

Puerto Rico

42,482 5.7 40,983 5.4

Virgin Islands

2,036 8.2 1,782 7.1

Footnotes
(1) Numbers in thousands.

Source: Business Employment Dynamics is a set of statistics generated from the Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages program. These quarterly data series consist of gross job gains and gross job losses statistics from 1992 forward.