Table 5. Private sector gross job gains and losses by state, seasonally adjusted
Gross job gains Gross job losses
State (3 months ended) (3 months ended)
Mar. June Sept. Dec. Mar. Mar. June Sept. Dec. Mar.
2007 2007 2007 2007 2008 2007 2007 2007 2007 2008
United States1..... 7,627,000 7,665,000 7,323,000 7,676,000 7,130,000 7,157,000 7,473,000 7,564,000 7,366,000 7,400,000
Alabama..... 112,149 100,808 101,828 107,871 96,431 91,401 108,221 103,535 104,544 102,216
Alaska..... 24,548 28,101 22,638 24,875 24,026 22,824 24,267 26,359 26,209 21,293
Arizona..... 160,293 155,009 157,479 157,454 131,093 152,998 159,271 159,009 173,557 157,425
Arkansas..... 61,217 55,197 56,555 60,518 57,573 54,033 62,063 57,918 57,447 55,687
California..... 963,848 945,317 914,523 991,318 883,486 932,494 971,930 946,834 917,701 970,184
Colorado..... 146,568 150,850 148,802 147,704 144,403 132,118 136,425 145,775 142,396 139,549
Connecticut..... 77,458 90,055 78,985 84,896 75,774 82,572 77,009 83,429 82,717 75,913
Delaware..... 30,549 25,134 23,562 26,057 22,843 28,620 23,614 27,512 23,286 23,490
District of Columbia 28,832 27,860 26,552 26,858 27,668 23,433 26,521 28,084 26,855 24,968
Florida..... 472,508 496,973 495,029 503,784 462,893 459,346 531,335 557,640 557,019 508,941
Georgia..... 249,873 243,842 244,518 246,217 241,910 229,628 251,328 242,518 257,581 248,694
Hawaii..... 28,081 29,787 26,953 27,626 27,444 26,641 26,976 30,063 26,283 28,861
Idaho..... 48,321 44,611 42,078 46,957 43,825 40,588 45,016 45,607 42,462 47,387
Illinois..... 283,118 298,205 269,396 289,963 257,263 272,637 273,666 289,684 284,241 277,394
Indiana..... 146,991 154,286 145,385 147,408 128,823 141,285 148,037 154,035 152,272 151,313
Iowa..... 73,884 80,645 74,297 76,423 75,913 74,944 72,946 76,519 72,570 75,739
Kansas..... 75,841 71,588 74,748 72,455 85,756 66,638 75,089 67,156 72,803 76,089
Kentucky..... 103,007 96,967 87,033 98,760 89,802 96,129 93,881 96,077 91,580 94,167
Louisiana..... 122,183 110,681 110,325 114,566 105,843 99,834 113,637 107,897 102,061 101,310
Maine..... 37,953 40,256 37,699 39,812 35,386 37,735 38,603 40,136 36,533 38,311
Maryland..... 131,236 129,968 136,821 133,972 129,204 125,403 129,484 138,112 137,186 132,403
Massachusetts..... 159,703 180,726 167,840 163,903 156,011 158,570 151,899 175,531 169,769 152,572
Michigan..... 221,823 240,220 225,991 226,325 207,642 233,213 230,565 246,215 249,067 242,937
Minnesota..... 141,667 151,593 151,427 140,089 139,026 136,583 143,597 140,365 143,481 142,695
Mississippi..... 61,490 60,017 62,592 65,791 57,582 63,164 66,956 58,456 57,571 58,523
Missouri..... 150,073 142,046 146,395 138,451 137,642 136,739 145,375 144,782 141,379 139,452
Montana..... 32,425 30,040 29,111 32,517 30,702 26,528 30,769 29,363 28,468 30,160
Nebraska..... 46,978 48,148 48,569 47,931 46,332 43,157 44,493 44,276 47,536 42,107
Nevada..... 79,393 74,132 69,323 85,876 76,077 71,397 77,618 82,736 77,350 85,232
New Hampshire..... 36,686 40,806 36,282 39,237 35,433 37,465 37,485 39,787 38,422 37,137
New Jersey..... 203,113 242,733 216,092 227,637 202,756 218,590 217,207 234,703 218,322 213,561
New Mexico..... 47,065 45,581 46,822 47,752 44,333 40,068 49,069 47,911 44,620 41,459
New York..... 444,928 496,723 447,389 492,874 435,576 445,975 448,036 463,652 439,494 450,588
North Carolina..... 243,136 231,964 224,225 233,942 222,100 204,976 230,720 223,101 217,800 221,137
North Dakota..... 19,515 19,319 19,566 20,281 21,771 17,900 18,632 17,948 17,305 17,438
Ohio..... 267,559 286,268 253,718 270,727 243,918 264,922 271,389 282,838 274,342 283,287
Oklahoma..... 86,317 85,967 82,213 80,007 86,731 74,900 86,659 76,306 77,962 72,919
Oregon..... 106,161 101,500 102,187 107,206 97,406 97,176 105,123 100,470 103,814 100,289
Pennsylvania..... 287,665 303,250 269,675 289,282 267,831 273,284 277,287 288,146 275,587 274,187
Rhode Island..... 25,072 28,775 23,395 25,807 23,562 27,331 26,609 29,596 28,218 26,635
South Carolina..... 115,876 103,434 99,461 103,048 99,070 100,386 105,915 100,979 105,799 100,963
South Dakota..... 21,216 21,945 20,782 21,382 21,942 19,283 19,784 20,340 20,270 19,382
Tennessee..... 150,304 144,880 142,360 141,888 133,791 144,881 145,002 141,564 133,361 138,012
Texas..... 560,923 554,057 538,336 568,802 535,846 475,593 489,940 504,337 487,640 484,274
Utah..... 81,628 77,649 74,231 81,880 71,826 63,774 71,533 76,234 75,317 71,419
Vermont..... 17,815 19,069 19,066 20,368 17,728 18,608 19,040 20,052 18,694 19,372
Virginia..... 195,693 191,902 178,420 184,806 186,117 176,361 186,930 191,182 186,717 181,561
Washington..... 189,869 183,218 169,948 185,367 185,681 155,510 166,579 175,505 164,540 167,911
West Virginia..... 38,985 37,553 36,543 40,109 36,735 38,044 37,981 38,839 36,420 37,112
Wisconsin..... 145,965 147,543 129,879 136,739 133,678 141,622 134,549 144,564 135,453 136,642
Wyoming..... 22,594 19,121 21,394 23,500 23,351 18,381 21,843 19,945 18,010 19,803
Puerto Rico..... 45,975 49,080 52,534 49,548 43,097 55,885 50,962 50,788 49,977 56,195
Virgin Islands..... 2,245 3,594 2,401 2,261 2,193 2,427 2,401 3,189 2,234 2,157
(1) Totals for the United States do not include data for Puerto Rico or the Virgin Islands.
Bureau of Labor Statistics
