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)
Dec. March June Sept. Dec. Dec. March June Sept. Dec.
2007 2008 2008 2008 2008 2007 2008 2008 2008 2008
United States1..... 7,676,000 7,130,000 7,258,000 6,822,000 6,712,000 7,366,000 7,400,000 7,751,000 7,754,000 8,467,000
Alabama..... 107,871 96,431 92,858 94,018 83,012 104,544 102,216 103,750 106,097 119,055
Alaska..... 24,875 24,026 27,326 23,290 25,991 26,209 21,293 23,152 25,878 26,540
Arizona..... 157,454 131,093 135,186 136,644 127,435 173,557 157,425 169,011 160,041 194,334
Arkansas..... 60,518 57,573 55,808 59,307 54,192 57,447 55,687 61,899 60,203 65,356
California..... 991,318 883,486 924,534 823,743 820,811 917,701 970,184 992,365 968,431 1,021,575
Colorado..... 147,704 144,403 142,518 136,670 128,334 142,396 139,549 143,312 148,638 161,291
Connecticut..... 84,896 75,774 81,956 74,507 71,865 82,717 75,913 79,403 86,469 91,586
Delaware..... 26,057 22,843 22,931 23,365 23,185 23,286 23,490 26,415 29,015 27,529
District of Columbia 26,858 27,668 29,566 27,587 24,920 26,855 24,968 26,545 26,265 30,282
Florida..... 503,784 462,893 456,432 437,465 439,888 557,019 508,941 559,962 548,854 582,767
Georgia..... 246,217 241,910 235,469 223,052 214,679 257,581 248,694 265,860 259,344 299,093
Hawaii..... 27,626 27,444 26,659 24,608 23,763 26,283 28,861 35,007 34,248 33,212
Idaho..... 46,957 43,825 40,999 41,167 38,841 42,462 47,387 48,725 46,527 49,607
Illinois..... 289,963 257,263 279,798 251,615 244,677 284,241 277,394 274,501 293,498 330,096
Indiana..... 147,408 128,823 148,823 142,552 129,136 152,272 151,313 156,699 160,977 191,303
Iowa..... 76,423 75,913 75,492 72,202 71,402 72,570 75,739 77,074 75,503 85,180
Kansas..... 72,455 85,756 73,245 66,962 74,781 72,803 76,089 76,424 75,491 78,274
Kentucky..... 98,760 89,802 92,385 82,716 85,906 91,580 94,167 94,347 98,439 106,165
Louisiana..... 114,566 105,843 106,666 101,375 119,844 102,061 101,310 110,348 117,794 105,818
Maine..... 39,812 35,386 39,310 35,228 38,175 36,533 38,311 38,951 42,054 41,665
Maryland..... 133,972 129,204 130,724 127,690 125,257 137,186 132,403 144,023 142,439 156,325
Massachusetts..... 163,903 156,011 170,476 151,905 146,760 169,769 152,572 161,310 172,780 188,813
Michigan..... 226,325 207,642 227,833 205,970 201,544 249,067 242,937 245,121 263,868 295,072
Minnesota..... 140,089 139,026 141,178 131,850 118,610 143,481 142,695 144,422 145,373 155,252
Mississippi..... 65,791 57,582 55,524 54,090 57,009 57,571 58,523 68,125 66,097 68,718
Missouri..... 138,451 137,642 142,593 133,936 133,000 141,379 139,452 147,646 144,905 167,561
Montana..... 32,517 30,702 27,908 27,599 28,115 28,468 30,160 31,601 28,770 31,199
Nebraska..... 47,931 46,332 44,468 45,474 44,255 47,536 42,107 47,868 45,394 50,122
Nevada..... 85,876 76,077 71,885 66,270 62,916 77,350 85,232 84,034 86,950 99,850
New Hampshire..... 39,237 35,433 38,576 34,837 33,804 38,422 37,137 38,970 38,872 41,707
New Jersey..... 227,637 202,756 230,667 196,277 189,705 218,322 213,561 225,045 234,424 247,770
New Mexico..... 47,752 44,333 43,833 44,736 39,679 44,620 41,459 47,977 45,529 51,967
New York..... 492,874 435,576 471,669 440,884 441,693 439,494 450,588 466,336 470,365 511,515
North Carolina..... 233,942 222,100 207,441 206,032 199,409 217,800 221,137 237,807 240,101 266,928
North Dakota..... 20,281 21,771 19,325 20,897 19,509 17,305 17,438 18,918 18,489 19,267
Ohio..... 270,727 243,918 271,662 245,865 228,707 274,342 283,287 273,471 281,477 320,542
Oklahoma..... 80,007 86,731 81,885 80,037 77,009 77,962 72,919 80,295 77,491 83,065
Oregon..... 107,206 97,406 89,219 97,615 86,078 103,814 100,289 110,881 98,568 126,138
Pennsylvania..... 289,282 267,831 287,681 267,451 255,471 275,587 274,187 282,520 290,479 310,328
Rhode Island..... 25,807 23,562 26,773 24,724 21,871 28,218 26,635 27,873 28,605 30,457
South Carolina..... 103,048 99,070 92,276 87,937 84,926 105,799 100,963 107,813 108,041 123,569
South Dakota..... 21,382 21,942 21,298 21,110 20,975 20,270 19,382 21,663 20,789 22,676
Tennessee..... 141,888 133,791 131,679 126,191 117,983 133,361 138,012 150,958 158,301 162,740
Texas..... 568,802 535,846 529,866 499,414 534,436 487,640 484,274 520,811 533,886 563,061
Utah..... 81,880 71,826 70,125 67,227 65,565 75,317 71,419 77,237 73,222 82,140
Vermont..... 20,368 17,728 18,395 17,109 17,491 18,694 19,372 18,709 19,096 20,345
Virginia..... 184,806 186,117 185,464 176,537 169,652 186,717 181,561 190,261 198,251 209,325
Washington..... 185,367 185,681 160,249 172,149 156,619 164,540 167,911 188,699 163,055 203,989
West Virginia..... 40,109 36,735 35,116 38,356 37,530 36,420 37,112 37,914 36,140 38,723
Wisconsin..... 136,739 133,678 138,886 129,435 127,923 135,453 136,642 144,751 150,913 162,478
Wyoming..... 23,500 23,351 19,438 21,024 19,620 18,010 19,803 23,122 18,684 19,854
Puerto Rico..... 49,548 43,097 43,855 42,205 44,854 49,977 56,195 52,124 47,635 50,209
Virgin Islands..... 2,261 2,193 2,119 1,927 1,881 2,234 2,157 2,482 2,302 2,197
(1) Totals for the United States do not include data for Puerto Rico or the Virgin Islands.
