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)
Sept. Dec. Mar. June Sept. Sept. Dec. Mar. June Sept.
2011 2011 2012 2012 2012 2011 2011 2012 2012 2012
United States(1)... 7,136,000 6,909,000 6,935,000 7,004,000 6,813,000 6,342,000 6,520,000 6,121,000 6,422,000 6,614,000
Alabama..... 91,559 85,633 91,147 84,920 83,127 82,789 87,650 80,326 81,715 82,206
Alaska..... 24,812 23,440 26,381 27,630 22,254 23,195 26,155 21,997 23,362 25,468
Arizona..... 137,767 139,367 128,843 128,712 134,318 118,548 123,249 121,081 124,788 117,424
Arkansas..... 63,861 60,670 53,381 50,617 51,092 54,625 50,505 52,324 52,617 55,826
California..... 914,096 870,675 842,341 887,477 827,492 818,110 785,705 760,027 779,094 783,686
Colorado..... 131,330 128,255 125,797 138,109 131,968 115,453 122,714 115,062 119,234 123,084
Connecticut..... 73,986 73,072 77,422 76,257 71,695 69,679 71,692 68,197 69,468 73,892
Delaware..... 24,900 21,735 22,107 21,752 21,771 23,534 21,334 20,468 22,610 22,138
District of Columbia 26,457 26,595 29,723 26,871 26,693 24,172 24,771 20,338 26,196 27,948
Florida..... 443,009 439,908 414,219 421,896 454,478 392,137 413,449 365,900 395,061 422,223
Georgia..... 207,102 203,099 219,814 214,145 201,804 198,380 202,265 191,090 202,986 200,269
Hawaii..... 28,145 25,587 24,551 26,632 26,273 21,684 21,986 25,568 24,763 23,911
Idaho..... 41,371 37,097 38,404 40,213 40,980 34,042 37,811 38,352 37,611 35,338
Illinois..... 273,629 267,916 263,987 263,873 270,410 252,813 258,824 235,357 241,807 265,131
Indiana..... 149,786 143,961 150,073 140,314 138,449 128,437 134,950 121,345 131,698 134,489
Iowa..... 74,872 71,492 75,925 70,865 69,857 65,617 69,343 62,833 64,030 68,098
Kansas..... 66,046 65,220 72,837 63,539 62,992 61,132 61,690 57,228 60,718 66,891
Kentucky..... 90,120 87,855 91,719 88,548 84,813 79,336 82,301 81,151 80,639 81,943
Louisiana..... 111,331 102,234 109,747 101,281 99,429 91,783 97,984 98,510 104,363 102,944
Maine..... 36,545 33,221 34,867 38,293 32,103 32,781 35,125 34,497 32,974 35,380
Maryland..... 133,277 129,484 135,839 128,787 130,769 125,888 122,326 115,922 122,287 129,010
Massachusetts..... 171,807 148,370 154,973 164,077 148,509 147,245 150,490 138,173 137,487 156,756
Michigan..... 228,665 203,971 208,109 209,535 209,360 187,570 196,273 178,757 195,190 200,789
Minnesota..... 144,467 125,820 152,204 139,597 134,849 117,056 131,726 133,973 121,250 130,627
Mississippi..... 54,563 52,282 54,928 49,378 52,243 52,513 50,544 47,226 55,417 50,729
Missouri..... 128,571 134,687 133,117 133,106 128,913 123,306 125,738 119,773 139,829 129,765
Montana..... 28,750 28,553 27,783 28,905 27,332 24,191 26,686 26,305 26,502 25,375
Nebraska..... 42,922 43,876 44,064 43,321 42,753 39,735 40,167 38,030 39,828 41,943
Nevada..... 59,847 57,485 58,879 63,846 58,103 57,587 55,150 53,065 54,370 56,807
New Hampshire..... 35,820 35,844 34,876 36,985 33,587 33,688 33,640 32,250 33,680 35,919
New Jersey..... 206,286 208,879 204,354 212,859 196,983 201,210 199,863 187,241 189,236 200,646
New Mexico..... 41,197 37,929 41,334 40,590 38,153 38,765 40,581 35,306 41,465 39,338
New York..... 458,293 438,220 467,340 468,789 461,510 419,493 427,473 403,623 434,900 446,526
North Carolina..... 203,290 205,605 210,182 201,581 197,469 190,395 192,401 179,134 192,592 192,634
North Dakota..... 31,466 32,285 34,563 26,998 29,529 18,453 19,885 20,145 22,002 26,071
Ohio..... 262,885 255,010 257,935 253,436 239,722 227,149 239,343 222,736 229,340 254,269
Oklahoma..... 79,418 76,516 75,110 73,855 72,938 68,589 70,641 68,149 67,598 75,201
Oregon..... 101,905 93,674 92,985 93,491 97,240 79,591 92,363 87,056 88,921 86,428
Pennsylvania..... 267,145 278,996 287,205 264,484 262,020 267,068 249,261 246,934 264,265 266,076
Rhode Island..... 23,368 24,067 26,209 25,198 23,568 23,238 24,900 22,040 23,293 24,966
South Carolina..... 90,699 91,266 90,984 89,452 85,659 87,584 82,761 79,437 86,675 87,619
South Dakota..... 22,187 21,563 21,765 22,642 21,022 18,855 19,365 19,933 21,199 20,613
Tennessee..... 129,598 135,832 132,991 133,201 125,916 116,827 117,380 113,095 125,811 124,788
Texas..... 543,801 523,866 537,062 546,168 526,961 446,936 457,961 446,708 457,008 473,008
Utah..... 69,809 69,692 70,120 71,955 70,156 59,043 61,984 59,307 59,459 61,749
Vermont..... 18,899 20,232 17,597 18,259 17,033 18,672 16,430 17,256 18,263 17,368
Virginia..... 174,323 179,267 175,338 169,857 188,452 160,823 177,063 161,214 167,758 181,523
Washington..... 172,752 163,991 157,863 172,704 161,011 134,881 164,123 146,884 147,566 153,641
West Virginia..... 37,531 38,129 40,657 35,411 35,529 34,120 32,964 34,872 40,026 37,266
Wisconsin..... 134,241 127,238 136,446 133,227 122,610 121,924 130,485 120,565 121,972 127,966
Wyoming..... 20,337 20,004 18,242 17,093 17,703 15,490 17,496 18,379 19,021 18,046
Puerto Rico..... 44,263 45,535 41,000 45,398 41,896 38,359 38,101 41,093 38,884 43,256
Virgin Islands..... 1,861 1,929 1,558 1,750 1,415 2,225 1,891 1,996 4,042 2,166
(1) Totals for the United States do not include data for Puerto Rico or the Virgin Islands.
