Table 742. Employer Firm Births and Deaths and Business Bankruptcies by State: 2005 to 2007
[Births represent an employing unit which is determined, for the first time, as meeting the definition of ‘‘employer’’ in the state unemployment compensation law or a previously terminated employing unit, which again is determined as meeting the definition of employer] State United States 1 . Alabama . . . . . . . Alaska. . . . . . . . . Arizona . . . . . . . . Arkansas . . . . . . . California . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Births 2005 938,927 10,575 1,982 21,339 7,591 121,482 26,610 9,220 3,299 4,316 84,890 29,804 3,763 9,312 30,445 14,545 6,004 7,095 9,617 9,393 4,251 22,083 19,723 24,642 12,555 6,071 17,239 4,768 5,127 11,299 4,758 33,022 5,272 62,045 25,906 1,893 22,542 8,609 14,445 36,609 3,677 12,341 2,102 17,484 55,858 11,536 1,911 25,061 30,353 3,493 13,656 2,632 2006 933,982 10,096 1,904 21,555 9,551 115,684 22,708 9,516 3,153 4,232 79,870 31,677 3,813 9,159 30,230 14,653 5,877 6,973 8,973 11,034 4,497 21,535 17,800 23,508 13,739 6,862 15,805 4,727 4,820 10,743 4,703 36,258 5,536 61,718 26,729 1,821 22,213 9,962 15,085 34,928 3,739 12,373 2,258 17,207 58,943 13,379 1,957 23,686 32,726 3,823 13,371 2,570 2007 923,932 9,813 1,777 18,208 8,157 113,829 23,035 9,265 2,921 4,302 75,533 30,062 3,611 8,065 30,013 13,863 5,903 7,799 8,816 10,356 4,243 20,168 18,427 23,166 12,313 6,871 15,510 4,751 4,752 11,057 4,588 36,381 6,158 67,577 29,042 1,812 21,900 8,961 14,333 34,558 3,460 12,554 2,124 17,619 55,865 13,403 2,228 28,174 33,191 3,434 12,663 2,707 2005 935,736 10,168 2,294 18,249 7,021 151,944 14,035 11,131 3,355 3,952 58,737 29,315 3,794 6,334 32,846 16,504 6,802 7,330 8,515 9,123 4,711 21,769 18,878 26,971 15,302 6,823 20,109 4,394 4,982 8,485 5,406 32,751 5,670 62,667 22,867 2,512 23,429 7,231 14,804 36,989 4,164 10,681 2,354 17,135 55,039 11,871 2,346 21,359 40,944 4,869 13,397 2,689 Deaths 2006 933,019 11,128 2,239 13,508 7,289 149,212 24,158 11,214 3,295 3,111 64,423 29,787 3,789 6,713 33,426 13,851 7,248 7,000 10,230 8,972 4,769 20,745 22,376 21,268 14,403 7,898 18,124 4,469 5,117 8,423 5,481 32,959 5,274 61,190 23,165 2,181 25,412 7,829 14,039 35,805 4,572 11,661 2,449 16,395 54,479 11,190 2,365 20,972 36,331 4,854 13,060 2,773 2007 926,283 10,710 3,615 16,019 7,596 143,591 23,080 11,052 2,775 3,378 60,724 29,517 4,185 6,995 33,213 12,826 7,601 8,376 8,320 8,334 4,565 20,835 21,695 20,359 12,004 7,550 19,422 4,476 5,092 9,222 5,523 34,183 6,003 65,500 23,570 2,192 23,434 7,777 13,479 34,528 4,536 11,603 2,442 17,602 55,269 11,419 2,374 21,726 35,077 4,824 12,920 2,903 Business bankruptcies 2005 39,201 331 83 525 426 4,236 1,120 156 218 46 1,622 2,232 81 141 1,042 758 455 410 409 718 144 760 406 1,071 1,721 200 438 129 296 333 586 765 828 2,112 612 95 2,099 944 1,160 1,356 136 176 196 574 3,590 449 78 476 786 282 820 84 2006 19,695 219 45 261 276 2,098 435 219 244 27 991 1,148 25 56 669 376 208 158 200 476 85 333 253 753 381 187 284 39 182 178 218 493 95 1,201 403 32 957 236 301 742 48 82 47 397 2,081 148 36 283 401 114 307 40 2007 23,889 285 63 332 63 2,697 536 250 243 35 1,455 1,316 43 79 868 484 227 196 258 451 118 406 297 1,019 473 234 316 47 202 234 306 705 102 1,235 473 57 1,172 315 298 889 65 118 74 483 2,241 139 56 436 439 117 363 35
Colorado . . . . . . . . Connecticut . . . . . . Delaware . . . . . . . . District of Columbia . Florida. . . . . . . . . . Georgia . . . . . . . . . Hawaii. . . . . . . . . . Idaho . . . . . . . . . . Illinois . . . . . . . . . . Indiana . . . . . . . . . Iowa . . . . . . . . . . . Kansas . . . . . . . . . Kentucky . . . . . . . . Louisiana . . . . . . . . Maine . . . . . . . . . . Maryland . . . . . Massachusetts . Michigan . . . . . Minnesota . . . . Mississippi . . . . Missouri. . . . . . Montana . . . . . Nebraska . . . . . Nevada . . . . . . New Hampshire New Jersey . . . New Mexico . . . New York . . . . . North Carolina . North Dakota . . Ohio . . . . . . . . Oklahoma . . . . Oregon . . . . . . Pennsylvania . . Rhode Island . . South Carolina . South Dakota . . Tennessee . . . . Texas . . . . . . . Utah . . . . . . . . Vermont . . . . . Virginia . . . . . . Washington . . . West Virginia . . Wisconsin . . . . Wyoming . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
1 Includes Puerto Rico and Virgin Islands, not shown separately. Bankruptcy data also includes Guam and Northern Mariana Islands.
Source: U.S. Employment and Training Administration, unpublished data, and Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts, ‘‘Bankruptcy Statistics’’; .