Table 6. 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. Mar. June Sept. Dec. Dec. Mar. June Sept. Dec.
2010 2011 2011 2011 2011 2010 2011 2011 2011 2011
United States1..... 7,009,000 6,338,000 6,892,000 7,058,000 6,854,000 6,427,000 6,086,000 6,314,000 6,305,000 6,486,000
Alabama..... 92,703 84,637 85,592 89,163 84,902 89,303 84,577 88,057 80,766 86,811
Alaska..... 23,714 23,704 26,682 24,543 22,945 25,098 21,076 23,216 23,016 26,148
Arizona..... 141,959 116,287 126,242 137,222 141,007 113,441 119,945 122,634 117,282 122,629
Arkansas..... 53,841 56,325 53,865 61,843 59,014 57,528 54,661 59,326 55,999 50,570
California..... 869,765 752,097 829,483 891,979 859,658 768,114 743,843 779,015 808,154 779,826
Colorado..... 130,478 122,766 131,469 131,059 128,595 121,381 115,795 114,903 116,008 122,675
Connecticut..... 73,952 68,916 77,071 73,048 72,755 71,930 69,652 66,307 68,789 70,840
Delaware..... 21,865 21,934 22,247 24,591 21,495 22,473 20,460 23,686 23,409 21,336
District of Columbia 27,326 32,551 28,237 25,787 25,702 24,844 21,185 25,721 24,632 24,711
Florida..... 449,196 379,849 425,637 434,967 435,381 410,096 363,736 394,012 388,491 412,001
Georgia..... 213,709 209,182 204,074 205,602 201,650 197,217 189,167 197,983 199,107 200,263
Hawaii..... 26,710 24,022 23,772 27,275 25,022 23,085 23,055 28,239 22,296 22,485
Idaho..... 40,396 35,101 37,182 41,201 37,046 38,004 37,154 37,510 33,989 37,708
Illinois..... 283,029 243,874 273,748 274,868 266,469 250,035 237,315 242,868 253,937 258,087
Indiana..... 147,601 134,570 134,642 147,420 141,985 130,056 116,631 127,648 128,058 133,390
Iowa..... 76,155 66,167 71,914 73,955 71,149 67,853 67,143 65,640 64,523 68,595
Kansas..... 71,306 59,023 63,561 66,004 65,001 59,548 60,921 62,431 61,473 61,692
Kentucky..... 92,394 81,058 86,726 88,635 87,176 80,264 83,398 80,396 78,431 81,718
Louisiana..... 104,538 101,107 96,036 105,596 99,191 101,157 91,929 103,403 88,932 96,098
Maine..... 35,285 31,923 36,874 36,194 33,038 35,153 33,587 34,606 32,251 34,945
Maryland..... 129,128 120,590 130,489 131,940 128,539 124,276 119,259 124,892 122,518 122,002
Massachusetts..... 157,256 140,586 159,052 167,845 144,205 149,093 140,876 142,030 146,737 150,404
Michigan..... 210,265 197,929 218,137 227,785 202,960 205,916 181,677 200,177 190,661 198,242
Minnesota..... 133,344 127,308 141,827 143,523 125,786 128,021 119,396 120,988 117,440 130,800
Mississippi..... 56,206 54,905 51,146 53,661 51,504 55,128 52,004 56,420 52,391 50,410
Missouri..... 125,381 124,161 128,455 128,195 135,130 118,878 121,614 122,957 127,272 122,259
Montana..... 27,412 24,773 27,613 28,498 28,859 27,464 24,600 25,488 24,128 26,620
Nebraska..... 42,503 40,626 42,236 42,691 43,312 41,662 39,873 40,384 39,740 39,971
Nevada..... 68,182 57,570 61,627 64,218 57,458 58,354 55,923 61,678 57,425 55,206
New Hampshire..... 36,320 32,184 35,249 35,229 35,786 33,028 32,166 33,877 33,518 33,721
New Jersey..... 204,445 187,187 220,220 204,955 209,431 192,833 196,954 191,595 195,289 195,955
New Mexico..... 40,203 35,792 39,688 40,942 37,164 38,293 36,000 38,632 37,790 40,290
New York..... 443,101 415,350 464,287 460,896 436,423 413,552 388,706 407,215 420,817 426,749
North Carolina..... 208,892 201,177 201,804 197,920 202,558 193,313 179,918 186,868 189,164 191,808
North Dakota..... 25,477 24,301 22,027 31,013 32,270 17,817 18,710 20,698 18,430 19,899
Ohio..... 263,829 232,634 255,425 258,434 252,833 248,000 225,754 224,156 224,984 238,467
Oklahoma..... 78,140 70,542 72,898 77,646 75,051 63,495 72,208 66,793 70,215 73,191
Oregon..... 93,768 90,387 87,393 100,035 92,624 91,329 85,528 84,050 78,502 92,328
Pennsylvania..... 287,353 256,356 276,634 264,527 276,936 255,340 245,437 249,470 265,920 245,749
Rhode Island..... 23,892 21,940 26,431 23,227 23,838 24,293 23,049 24,728 23,335 24,926
South Carolina..... 90,254 86,054 91,667 90,563 90,346 82,846 79,478 85,150 87,749 82,032
South Dakota..... 21,290 19,073 21,404 22,160 21,579 19,484 20,405 19,116 18,938 19,441
Tennessee..... 129,496 121,094 126,896 128,156 136,418 113,331 108,222 110,348 117,113 116,607
Texas..... 521,355 487,171 512,733 540,240 522,310 434,541 430,556 442,173 441,962 456,424
Utah..... 69,949 64,660 68,917 68,859 69,738 62,878 60,897 61,092 56,810 60,954
Vermont..... 19,007 15,834 18,615 18,533 20,184 16,786 17,121 18,265 18,741 16,318
Virginia..... 177,039 163,055 173,719 172,449 177,651 166,124 155,930 163,481 158,109 174,723
Washington..... 165,022 152,331 156,143 172,347 163,346 158,113 145,613 149,155 132,961 162,721
West Virginia..... 34,909 35,855 35,737 36,863 37,872 34,879 32,383 33,306 33,902 32,794
Wisconsin..... 138,480 126,622 133,862 131,978 125,731 128,104 123,857 122,475 123,201 130,742
Wyoming..... 19,363 16,627 17,857 19,903 19,756 18,449 17,712 18,183 15,437 17,401
Puerto Rico..... 45,464 36,260 38,389 41,592 45,676 37,113 41,528 41,232 36,646 37,845
Virgin Islands..... 2,417 2,134 1,848 1,772 1,845 1,774 2,192 2,836 2,213 1,920
(1) Totals for the United States do not include data for Puerto Rico or the Virgin Islands.
