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State Distribution: Extended Mass Layoff Events, Separations, and Initial Claimants for Unemployment Insurance, 1998–2000

State	Layoff events			Separations			Initial claimants for unemployment insurance
State	1998	1999	2000	1998	1999	2000	1998	1999	2000
Total¹	5,851	5,675	5,622	1,227,573	1,149,267	1,169,438	1,232,384	972,244	1,016,932
Alabama	67	82	63	13,269	13,359	10,632	12,107	11,589	10,058
Alaska	22	19	22	9,297	13,209	4,520	2,792	2,341	2,783
Arizona	74	68	99	11,663	24,350	22,002	14,141	12,716	17,334
Arkansas	32	27	22	6,154	5,909	3,889	5,055	4,703	3,689
California	1,428	1,490	1,323	292,436	336,325	316,299	347,410	252,382	230,590
Colorado	31	23	40	4,163	3,455	10,122	3,814	2,347	5,089
Connecticut	27	33	36	6,521	12,573	9,324	4,344	5,213	5,218
Delaware	(²)	(²)	(²)	(²)	(²)	(²)	(²)	(²)	(²)
District of Columbia	(²)	4	3	(²)	558	1,200	(²)	558	1,200
Florida	303	209	293	64,168	39,249	53,721	39,996	28,031	48,681
Georgia	85	54	35	20,234	10,383	11,303	14,940	7,907	5,268
Hawaii	37	49	19	4,678	4,896	1,997	4,605	5,356	2,052
Idaho	45	39	37	6,428	4,884	4,802	4,687	4,142	3,748
Illinois	418	429	480	96,883	102,593	116,985	77,762	75,851	82,834
Indiana	109	80	97	29,923	15,071	17,923	27,679	11,940	17,902
Iowa	32	45	68	2,831	8,184	9,468	3,461	8,140	11,224
Kansas	12	32	23	4,052	7,179	3,473	4,704	5,490	2,961
Kentucky	38	33	81	7,704	5,574	15,544	5,253	3,082	11,487
Louisiana	52	50	38	11,738	9,953	4,948	10,682	9,291	5,166
Maine	41	30	20	7,721	7,229	10,950	6,204	4,462	3,212
Maryland	27	29	18	6,013	3,447	3,091	5,023	3,165	2,409
Massachusetts	100	124	130	20,350	33,975	37,362	18,391	21,050	29,904
Michigan	245	384	358	65,941	54,549	58,255	101,435	63,535	66,527
Minnesota	115	128	129	18,470	21,747	25,662	16,101	18,293	19,307
Mississippi	43	23	48	8,120	4,556	9,681	4,687	2,816	5,604
Missouri	147	70	44	32,585	11,754	7,306	27,529	9,544	5,177
Montana	15	13	17	2,032	1,202	2,207	1,945	1,208	2,416
Nebraska	(²)	(²)	(²)	(²)	(²)	641	(²)	(²)	741
Nevada	35	55	31	6,672	8,578	5,050	6,245	6,929	4,297
New Hampshire	10	5	10	2,228	510	1,629	1,569	517	954
New Jersey	223	146	170	41,446	25,783	24,027	34,280	24,389	28,495
New Mexico	33	25	19	6,624	4,843	3,846	3,977	3,175	1,915
New York	272	201	213	46,267	40,803	33,198	44,669	31,552	35,148
North Carolina	89	91	110	20,887	21,734	27,823	12,621	14,189	15,886
North Dakota	—	3	4	—	895	516	—	702	516
Ohio	338	298	328	102,181	48,489	57,859	83,424	44,706	60,397
Oklahoma	34	27	17	7,567	4,969	3,971	10,100	4,948	3,826
Oregon	60	79	73	9,658	13,493	18,422	8,824	9,896	18,405
Pennsylvani	367	294	227	54,423	45,269	38,326	88,944	76,439	65,000
Rhode Island	9	12	11	1,435	2,467	2,886	1,143	1,240	1,755
South Carolina	45	55	33	4,625	6,203	4,266	6,295	12,763	8,118
South Dakota	(²)	(²)	(²)	(²)	(²)	(²)	(²)	(²)	(²)
Tennessee	30	38	85	4,454	5,396	10,170	4,451	7,061	16,038
Texas	353	413	342	73,585	71,913	68,082	84,782	91,156	76,979
Utah	22	24	26	3,916	6,479	6,782	3,346	2,837	3,002
Vermont	—	3	9	—	431	1,155	—	431	1,270
Virginia	78	71	70	16,271	24,716	14,863	11,472	11,709	11,212
Washington	89	85	103	18,206	22,900	22,369	12,846	19,516	20,360
West Virginia	26	5	12	2,879	1,196	1,446	2,860	662	1,247
Wisconsin	185	171	176	48,465	34,362	48,984	43,984	31,469	39,106
Wyoming	(²)	3	—	(²)	1,111	—	(²)	276	—
Puerto Rico	73	63	61	17,878	9,881	11,751	14,828	11,077	11,188

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/mls00ext.pdf .

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