Table 3. State and selected claimant characteristics: Extended mass layoff events and initial claimants for unemployment insurance,
private nonfarm sector, second and third quarters, 2009
Total Percent of total
initial Hispanic Persons age 55
Layoff events claimants Black origin Women and over
State
II III II III II III II III II III II III
2009r 2009p 2009r 2009p 2009r 2009p 2009r 2009p 2009r 2009p 2009r 2009p
Total, private nonfarm (1) . 3,396 1,776 727,494 266,938 15.7 12.5 15.2 18.0 41.5 36.4 20.5 19.2
Alabama ........................ 35 10 11,110 1,514 43.0 32.7 2.3 5.9 39.2 37.5 15.3 22.0
Alaska ......................... 14 7 2,901 1,415 4.7 4.9 10.0 24.2 32.5 34.3 23.6 30.5
Arizona ........................ 41 20 7,456 2,432 5.4 6.3 42.9 32.4 51.4 49.3 18.2 17.0
Arkansas ....................... 21 3 3,567 229 35.3 24.5 3.9 10.9 43.3 41.5 20.0 17.9
California ..................... 804 577 154,900 83,661 9.7 9.4 36.0 33.9 43.2 38.7 16.1 15.6
Colorado ....................... 34 13 4,882 1,649 5.6 4.3 20.1 13.8 46.1 32.9 18.1 17.7
Connecticut .................... 27 12 4,895 1,162 14.5 15.1 14.7 12.0 61.1 48.2 26.4 19.4
Delaware ....................... 11 (2) 1,376 (2) 32.2 25.0 5.5 - 53.8 22.4 24.8 62.1
District of Columbia ........... 4 - 405 - 64.2 - 4.7 - 51.6 - 23.2 -
Florida ........................ 190 87 38,857 16,186 18.9 14.9 28.9 28.1 45.3 41.0 20.8 18.5
Georgia ........................ 34 20 11,685 2,933 42.4 47.3 4.2 1.1 42.3 37.3 15.7 16.0
Hawaii ......................... 10 6 1,315 725 1.0 1.0 11.1 12.8 43.5 26.2 16.3 14.2
Idaho .......................... 7 7 828 1,034 .1 .4 2.8 17.7 35.9 42.6 19.9 22.1
Illinois ....................... 196 106 52,248 26,712 15.7 13.2 9.8 7.0 38.8 30.4 20.9 18.9
Indiana ........................ 87 34 19,375 5,017 7.9 4.7 3.0 2.5 30.9 33.7 20.2 22.8
Iowa ........................... 25 12 7,237 3,050 2.2 3.5 1.3 1.0 28.8 15.3 19.4 22.7
Kansas ......................... 25 21 10,206 2,315 6.8 17.5 5.3 3.2 27.8 35.8 18.3 15.7
Kentucky ....................... 62 19 8,386 1,867 4.3 4.4 .2 - 18.8 16.3 18.5 23.9
Louisiana ...................... 52 20 8,503 2,153 61.6 59.9 2.2 3.4 52.8 44.1 20.4 15.5
Maine .......................... 11 (2) 1,861 (2) .8 2.2 .2 - 36.8 41.8 24.9 21.3
Maryland ....................... 19 3 2,239 294 42.2 59.5 2.2 3.4 52.0 67.7 28.6 20.4
Massachusetts .................. 30 21 5,895 2,422 13.4 9.5 1.7 2.3 56.4 49.4 28.0 25.2
Michigan ....................... 121 59 56,049 6,954 22.9 13.3 2.6 3.9 30.4 35.4 17.4 18.5
Minnesota ...................... 73 35 12,732 4,140 5.2 4.8 2.5 2.8 31.7 29.4 20.8 24.2
Mississippi .................... 16 7 1,937 607 75.3 49.1 1.3 4.9 49.5 26.0 19.1 10.9
Missouri ....................... 75 32 13,741 4,631 21.7 15.9 .9 .9 59.9 34.1 28.3 21.1
Montana ........................ 12 (2) 1,564 (2) .1 1.2 3.5 2.3 30.4 9.3 21.0 18.6
Nebraska ....................... 9 4 1,622 360 3.6 - 7.5 4.2 43.6 51.1 30.3 24.7
Nevada ......................... 55 32 12,278 5,582 9.4 8.2 30.2 32.5 35.7 33.0 19.8 17.2
New Hampshire .................. 7 4 1,354 331 .8 1.5 2.9 1.8 57.0 36.0 28.7 19.6
New Jersey ..................... 112 63 24,096 6,670 20.5 25.9 8.3 7.5 65.9 51.3 32.9 24.2
New Mexico ..................... 29 9 3,338 608 2.0 3.9 49.4 32.9 43.3 46.2 19.8 18.1
New York ....................... 162 108 33,173 16,692 14.5 18.4 11.7 18.4 48.1 53.6 25.0 28.5
North Carolina ................. 51 29 17,289 4,470 35.1 33.6 6.7 4.0 40.9 44.3 18.4 20.8
North Dakota ................... 10 3 2,160 536 1.9 .7 1.5 1.3 20.0 22.0 18.9 21.6
Ohio ........................... 178 75 39,713 13,812 11.7 10.3 3.7 3.2 32.4 23.6 23.9 21.9
Oklahoma ....................... 17 7 2,950 493 11.4 16.2 8.4 4.3 30.8 31.0 18.2 13.6
Oregon ......................... 57 26 13,707 4,505 1.8 1.7 13.4 20.5 48.5 40.3 22.8 17.4
Pennsylvania ................... 248 123 50,117 19,768 6.7 5.1 3.5 2.6 43.1 25.5 27.6 26.0
Rhode Island ................... 7 3 835 193 8.9 1.6 17.1 51.8 83.8 61.7 35.2 22.3
South Carolina ................. 34 14 7,671 1,571 66.9 45.6 1.0 3.1 55.7 44.0 9.9 8.4
South Dakota ................... (2) (2) (2) (2) 1.7 - 3.4 3.0 22.4 30.0 8.6 14.0
Tennessee ...................... 41 19 7,122 1,950 29.1 37.0 - - 46.5 37.1 23.3 17.3
Texas .......................... 93 34 17,073 4,332 16.4 16.2 44.8 39.8 34.1 24.9 16.4 14.1
Utah ........................... 14 8 2,201 1,724 1.5 1.1 7.2 13.3 36.3 37.1 11.4 11.7
Vermont ........................ 12 5 1,642 567 .7 .4 .4 .2 36.1 31.4 19.5 30.0
Virginia ....................... 47 13 10,377 1,330 39.2 39.2 4.2 1.7 47.8 34.4 21.8 23.5
Washington ..................... 55 41 10,607 5,610 6.3 5.6 8.8 11.9 39.3 36.6 16.8 13.4
West Virginia .................. 23 5 2,841 452 .1 - .1 - 14.6 22.1 17.8 13.3
Wisconsin ...................... 96 14 18,732 1,624 11.3 5.8 5.4 4.0 41.3 30.6 22.1 20.3
Wyoming ........................ (2) - (2) - 1.8 - 4.4 - 19.3 - 11.1 -
Puerto Rico .................... 10 14 2,526 1,853 - .1 99.3 99.6 49.2 53.9 13.3 9.6
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.
