State Distribution: Extended Mass Layoff Events, Separations, and Initial Claimants for Unemployment Insurance, 1998–2006
Updated August 5, 2020 |
Infoplease Staff
State | Layoff events | Separations | Initial claimants for unemployment insurance | |||||||||
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1998 | 2000 | 2005 | 2006 | 1998 | 2000 | 2005 | 2006 | 1998 | 2000 | 2005 | 2006 | |
Total1 | 5,851 | 5,622 | 4,881 | 4,885 | 1,227,573 | 1,169,438 | 884,661 | 933,805 | 1,232,384 | 1,016,932 | 834,533 | 950,157 |
Alabama | 67 | 63 | 14 | 52 | 13,269 | 10,632 | 1,639 | 9,522 | 12,107 | 10,058 | 2,077 | 8,321 |
Alaska | 22 | 22 | 21 | 27 | 9,297 | 4,520 | 4,290 | 10,875 | 2,792 | 2,783 | 3,572 | 4,450 |
Arizona | 74 | 99 | 18 | 20 | 11,663 | 22,002 | 5,830 | 4,375 | 14,141 | 17,334 | 3,296 | 2,661 |
Arkansas | 32 | 22 | 10 | 13 | 6,154 | 3,889 | 2,067 | 3,546 | 5,055 | 3,689 | 1,626 | 3,049 |
California | 1,428 | 1,323 | 430 | 941 | 292,436 | 316,299 | 80,682 | 160,807 | 347,410 | 230,590 | 76,766 | 165,828 |
Colorado | 31 | 40 | 43 | 37 | 4,163 | 10,122 | 24,777 | 18,488 | 3,814 | 5,089 | 5,803 | 4,911 |
Connecticut | 27 | 36 | 36 | 52 | 6,521 | 9,324 | 7,796 | 18,147 | 4,344 | 5,218 | 6,832 | 11,257 |
Delaware | (2) | (2) | (2) | 3 | (2) | (2) | (2) | 1,781 | (2) | (2) | (2) | 3,211 |
District of Columbia | (2) | 3 | (2) | 3 | (2) | 1,200 | (2) | 306 | (2) | 1,200 | (2) | 306 |
Florida | 303 | 293 | 343 | 347 | 64,168 | 53,721 | 70,295 | 77,660 | 39,996 | 48,681 | 58,252 | 60,914 |
Georgia | 85 | 35 | 72 | 86 | 20,234 | 11,303 | 8,462 | 11,981 | 14,940 | 5,268 | 11,767 | 17,218 |
Hawaii | 37 | 19 | 13 | 22 | 4,678 | 1,997 | 1,353 | 2,921 | 4,605 | 2,052 | 1,406 | 2,644 |
Idaho | 45 | 37 | 39 | 29 | 6,428 | 4,802 | 5,537 | 3,745 | 4,687 | 3,748 | 5,093 | 3,741 |
Illinois | 418 | 480 | 455 | 408 | 96,883 | 116,985 | 101,106 | 86,832 | 77,762 | 82,834 | 84,289 | 77,594 |
Indiana | 109 | 97 | 107 | 98 | 29,923 | 17,923 | 18,373 | 17,120 | 27,679 | 17,902 | 21,550 | 18,707 |
Iowa | 32 | 68 | 55 | 27 | 2,831 | 9,468 | 9,614 | 4,130 | 3,461 | 11,224 | 10,348 | 7,359 |
Kansas | 12 | 23 | 32 | 29 | 4,052 | 3,473 | 5,003 | 4,430 | 4,704 | 2,961 | 4,379 | 3,925 |
Kentucky | 38 | 81 | 75 | 74 | 7,704 | 15,544 | 11,038 | 9,444 | 5,253 | 11,487 | 8,857 | 8,576 |
Louisiana | 52 | 38 | 389 | 48 | 11,738 | 4,948 | 59,162 | 10,812 | 10,682 | 5,166 | 49,949 | 6,816 |
Maine | 41 | 20 | 21 | 20 | 7,721 | 10,950 | 6,457 | 4,711 | 6,204 | 3,212 | 3,180 | 3,320 |
Maryland | 27 | 18 | 5 | 73 | 6,013 | 3,091 | 905 | 8,643 | 5,023 | 2,409 | 493 | 9,288 |
Massachusetts | 100 | 130 | 80 | 82 | 20,350 | 37,362 | 10,009 | 14,612 | 18,391 | 29,904 | 13,224 | 12,326 |
Michigan | 245 | 358 | 295 | 292 | 65,941 | 58,255 | 44,490 | 67,132 | 101,435 | 66,527 | 57,223 | 111,555 |
Minnesota | 115 | 129 | 155 | 143 | 18,470 | 25,662 | 24,562 | 20,128 | 16,101 | 19,307 | 23,886 | 20,750 |
Mississippi | 43 | 48 | 63 | 21 | 8,120 | 9,681 | 14,165 | 3,680 | 4,687 | 5,604 | 11,028 | 2,461 |
Missouri | 147 | 44 | 93 | 94 | 32,585 | 7,306 | 20,045 | 19,121 | 27,529 | 5,177 | 17,044 | 16,386 |
Montana | 15 | 17 | 22 | 22 | 2,032 | 2,207 | 2,789 | 2,726 | 1,945 | 2,416 | 2,010 | 2,777 |
Nebraska | (2) | (2) | 23 | 13 | (2) | 641 | 2,453 | 2,794 | (2) | 741 | 2,283 | 1,491 |
Nevada | 35 | 31 | 12 | 11 | 6,672 | 5,050 | 1,424 | 3,261 | 6,245 | 4,297 | 1,378 | 2,876 |
New Hampshire | 10 | 10 | 14 | 17 | 2,228 | 1,629 | 2,116 | 1,871 | 1,569 | 954 | 2,094 | 1,928 |
New Jersey | 223 | 170 | 163 | 163 | 41,446 | 24,027 | 35,471 | 39,058 | 34,280 | 28,495 | 28,075 | 30,517 |
New Mexico | 33 | 19 | 10 | 18 | 6,624 | 3,846 | 1,220 | 2,317 | 3,977 | 1,915 | 1,210 | 2,327 |
New York | 272 | 213 | 443 | 404 | 46,267 | 33,198 | 70,565 | 55,573 | 44,669 | 35,148 | 75,311 | 79,472 |
North Carolina | 89 | 110 | 76 | 58 | 20,887 | 27,823 | 13,831 | 6,301 | 12,621 | 15,886 | 15,210 | 9,053 |
North Dakota | — | 4 | 7 | 6 | — | 516 | 1,076 | 1,290 | — | 516 | 1,072 | 1,144 |
Ohio | 338 | 328 | 306 | 234 | 102,181 | 57,859 | 48,553 | 59,293 | 83,424 | 60,397 | 44,826 | 45,890 |
Oklahoma | 34 | 17 | 11 | 13 | 7,567 | 3,971 | 2,042 | 1,665 | 10,100 | 3,826 | 1,811 | 2,585 |
Oregon | 60 | 73 | 49 | 61 | 9,658 | 18,422 | 20,863 | 17,195 | 8,824 | 18,405 | 11,457 | 13,485 |
Pennsylvania | 367 | 227 | 279 | 301 | 54,423 | 38,326 | 32,005 | 39,162 | 88,944 | 65,000 | 55,027 | 68,968 |
Rhode Island | 9 | 11 | 14 | 15 | 1,435 | 2,886 | 1,654 | 1,977 | 1,143 | 1,755 | 1,520 | 1,892 |
South Carolina | 45 | 33 | 39 | 41 | 4,625 | 4,266 | 6,784 | 7,455 | 6,295 | 8,118 | 7,644 | 7,674 |
South Dakota | (2) | (2) | 5 | 4 | (2) | (2) | 348 | 458 | (2) | (2) | 344 | 320 |
Tennessee | 30 | 85 | 41 | 45 | 4,454 | 10,170 | 8,287 | 9,185 | 4,451 | 16,038 | 7,342 | 5,800 |
Texas | 353 | 342 | 110 | 95 | 73,585 | 68,082 | 16,532 | 15,132 | 84,782 | 76,979 | 22,980 | 19,519 |
Utah | 22 | 26 | 23 | 20 | 3,916 | 6,782 | 5,873 | 5,186 | 3,346 | 3,002 | 2,901 | 2,617 |
Vermont | — | 9 | 14 | 14 | — | 1,155 | 2,015 | 1,944 | — | 1,270 | 2,015 | 1,845 |
Virginia | 78 | 70 | 66 | 52 | 16,271 | 14,863 | 11,685 | 19,173 | 11,472 | 11,212 | 13,117 | 16,169 |
Washington | 89 | 103 | 98 | 76 | 18,206 | 22,369 | 18,083 | 11,171 | 12,846 | 20,360 | 15,296 | 11,446 |
West Virginia | 26 | 12 | 8 | 19 | 2,879 | 1,446 | 1,741 | 3,473 | 2,860 | 1,247 | 1,127 | 3,046 |
Wisconsin | 185 | 176 | 174 | 138 | 48,465 | 48,984 | 33,716 | 28,959 | 43,984 | 39,106 | 34,111 | 29,331 |
Wyoming | (2) | — | 5 | 4 | (2) | — | 3,905 | 4,237 | (2) | — | 459 | 411 |
Puerto Rico | 73 | 61 | 52 | 51 | 17,878 | 11,751 | 6,545 | 7,551 | 14,828 | 11,188 | 13,562 | 15,259 |
NOTE: A mass layoff is a separation of 50 or more employees for more than 31 days. Separations indicate the number of employees laid off.
1. Data on layoffs were reported by employers in all states and the District of Columbia.
2. Data do not meet BLS or state agency disclosure standards.
Source: Bureau of Labor Statistics. Web: www.bls.gov/mls/mlsreport1004.pdf .
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