| STATE NAME |
Initial Claims Filed During Week Ended March 24, 2007 |
Insured Unemployment For Week Ended March 17, 2007 |
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| INITIAL CLAIMS | INSURED UNEMPLOYMENT | |||||||||||||
| STATE | CHANGE FROM |
UCFE (1) |
UCX (1) |
   | STATE |
(%) (2) |
CHANGE FROM |
UCFE (1) |
UCX (1) |
ALL PROGRAMS EXCLUDING RAILROAD RETIREMENT |
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| LAST WEEK | YEAR AGO | LAST WEEK | YEAR AGO | |||||||||||
| Alabama | 3462 | -1108 | -27 | 16 | 27 |             | 25930 | 1.4 | 464 | 2424 | 97 | 245 | 26272 | |
| Alaska | 1538 | -103 | -124 | 5 | 9 |             | 15154 | 5.2 | 1914 | 759 | 242 | 87 | 15483 | |
| Arizona | 3124 | -197 | 300 | 9 | 14 |             | 24544 | 1.0 | 384 | 3969 | 284 | 156 | 24984 | |
| Arkansas | 3016 | 171 | -252 | 9 | 14 |             | 29210 | 2.6 | -275 | 2787 | 165 | 261 | 29636 | |
| California | 40364 | 1854 | 2750 | 115 | 230 |             | 348224 | 2.3 | -30618 | -24902 | 2717 | 2928 | 353869 | |
| Colorado | 1732 | -173 | -526 | 17 | 19 |             | 26359 | 1.2 | 117 | 1156 | 334 | 374 | 27067 | |
| Connecticut | 3303 | 385 | 569 | 5 | 11 |             | 47029 | 2.9 | -721 | 1911 | 75 | 212 | 47316 | |
| Delaware | 1201 | 55 | 641 | 1 | 1 |             | 9920 | 2.4 | -624 | 2007 | 30 | 52 | 10002 | |
| District of Columbia | 220 | -38 | -40 | 30 | 3 |             | 4052 | 0.9 | 373 | 366 | 303 | 38 | 4393 | |
| Florida | 9409 | 71 | 2350 | 49 | 103 |             | 92098 | 1.2 | 2165 | 20146 | 508 | 1182 | 93788 | |
| Georgia | 6646 | -949 | 28 | 36 | 54 |             | 49872 | 1.3 | -1073 | 2289 | 351 | 991 | 51214 | |
| Hawaii | 1230 | 197 | -140 | 3 | 10 |             | 6661 | 1.1 | 759 | 32 | 91 | 201 | 6953 | |
| Idaho | 1497 | -62 | 162 | 18 | 12 |             | 15069 | 2.4 | -1342 | -33 | 327 | 80 | 15476 | |
| Illinois | 11531 | 963 | 248 | 32 | 50 |             | 153979 | 2.7 | -17890 | 5936 | 439 | 865 | 155283 | |
| Indiana | 6856 | 1215 | 293 | 24 | 49 |             | 66093 | 2.3 | -4108 | 2780 | 245 | 548 | 66886 | |
| Iowa | 2611 | -144 | -239 | 3 | 5 |             | 33380 | 2.3 | -1844 | 2557 | 67 | 213 | 33660 | |
| Kansas | 2451 | 667 | -1556 | 4 | 8 |             | 17137 | 1.3 | -1108 | -928 | 108 | 189 | 17434 | |
| Kentucky | 3798 | 32 | -729 | 6 | 15 |             | 39397 | 2.3 | 4466 | 8398 | 215 | 579 | 40191 | |
| Louisiana | 2216 | 0 | 45 | 5 | 17 |             | 19342 | 1.1 | 0 | -5517 | 100 | 192 | 19634 | |
| Maine | 1237 | 58 | 186 | 3 | 0 |             | 14579 | 2.5 | -269 | 549 | 47 | 73 | 14699 | |
| Maryland | 3267 | 232 | -327 | 24 | 22 |             | 37751 | 1.6 | -4431 | 2193 | 430 | 279 | 38460 | |
| Massachusetts | 5896 | 76 | 464 | 18 | 28 |             | 99936 | 3.2 | -1558 | 6243 | 256 | 539 | 100731 | |
| Michigan | 15731 | 2836 | 1765 | 20 | 35 |             | 182181 | 4.3 | -5942 | -6960 | 441 | 726 | 183348 | |
| Minnesota | 5138 | 87 | -347 | 8 | 17 |             | 77470 | 2.9 | 12732 | 13708 | 206 | 288 | 77964 | |
| Mississippi | 1960 | -4335 | 85 | 10 | 20 |             | 19529 | 1.8 | 2822 | -1807 | 197 | 200 | 19926 | |
| Missouri | 6441 | 833 | -1127 | 20 | 31 |             | 49884 | 1.9 | -2124 | 398 | 259 | 297 | 50440 | |
| Montana | 779 | -63 | -11 | 17 | 7 |             | 10626 | 2.6 | 1116 | 1428 | 615 | 90 | 11331 | |
| Nebraska | 1113 | -21 | -853 | 3 | 2 |             | 11980 | 1.4 | -925 | 178 | 41 | 47 | 12068 | |
| Nevada | 2756 | 42 | 367 | 2 | 5 |             | 24130 | 2.0 | 135 | 4723 | 150 | 167 | 24447 | |
| New Hampshire | 786 | 24 | 58 | 3 | 1 |             | 9882 | 1.6 | -234 | 1274 | 21 | 30 | 9933 | |
| New Jersey | 7707 | -543 | 53 | 18 | 32 |             | 129552 | 3.3 | -6 | 9728 | 297 | 555 | 130404 | |
| New Mexico | 1087 | 202 | 262 | 3 | 3 |             | 11917 | 1.6 | -5 | 649 | 264 | 129 | 12310 | |
| New York | 15833 | -147 | -1242 | 33 | 92 |             | 199914 | 2.4 | -4819 | -6403 | 783 | 1363 | 202060 | |
| North Carolina | 9348 | -564 | 484 | 21 | 57 |             | 74068 | 1.9 | -1555 | -1341 | 334 | 1230 | 75632 | |
| North Dakota | 279 | -142 | -192 | 0 | 0 |             | 5935 | 1.8 | -206 | 459 | 30 | 26 | 5991 | |
| Ohio | 9380 | -3784 | 202 | 28 | 61 |             | 123918 | 2.4 | -2421 | 847 | 290 | 856 | 125064 | |
| Oklahoma | 2575 | 1234 | 923 | 7 | 22 |             | 14144 | 1.0 | -504 | -894 | 110 | 204 | 14458 | |
| Oregon | 5482 | 492 | 363 | 27 | 28 |             | 45249 | 2.7 | -1625 | -47 | 624 | 372 | 46245 | |
| Pennsylvania | 19862 | -1355 | 1366 | 111 | 93 |             | 204668 | 3.7 | 12229 | 27081 | 1193 | 1354 | 207215 | |
| Puerto Rico | 2417 | -667 | -26 | 5 | 8 |             | 34596 | 3.4 | 3599 | -320 | 247 | 187 | 35030 | |
| Rhode Island | 1338 | -43 | 386 | 7 | 2 |             | 16706 | 3.6 | -234 | 1478 | 46 | 80 | 16832 | |
| South Carolina | 4716 | 656 | 581 | 12 | 28 |             | 36314 | 2.0 | -16 | 2245 | 111 | 360 | 36785 | |
| South Dakota | 229 | -44 | -57 | 0 | 1 |             | 3412 | 0.9 | -323 | 38 | 93 | 19 | 3524 | |
| Tennessee | 4656 | 669 | 101 | 17 | 29 |             | 40505 | 1.5 | -887 | -1259 | 263 | 374 | 41142 | |
| Texas | 11644 | -485 | 760 | 32 | 215 |             | 99961 | 1.0 | 7398 | -8778 | 1055 | 1834 | 102850 | |
| Utah | 817 | -33 | -72 | 8 | 9 |             | 9162 | 0.8 | -826 | -331 | 225 | 101 | 9488 | |
| Vermont | 668 | -49 | -48 | 0 | 1 |             | 9290 | 3.1 | -145 | 95 | 39 | 39 | 9368 | |
| Virgin Islands | 32 | -7 | 10 | 0 | 1 |             | 502 | 1.1 | -52 | 154 | 0 | 10 | 512 | |
| Virginia | 4492 | -470 | 644 | 14 | 54 |             | 33857 | 1.0 | -2436 | 2480 | 14 | 54 | 33925 | |
| Washington | 6843 | 27 | -297 | 32 | 103 |             | 53303 | 1.9 | -2194 | -4003 | 551 | 986 | 54840 | |
| West Virginia | 915 | -85 | -1 | 1 | 10 |             | 16402 | 2.4 | 380 | 2055 | 81 | 207 | 16690 | |
| Wisconsin | 11656 | -1037 | 28 | 9 | 24 |             | 98331 | 3.6 | -1241 | 3768 | 216 | 447 | 98994 | |
| Wyoming | 308 | -24 | -18 | 2 | 4 |             | 3369 | 1.3 | 333 | 165 | 98 | 19 | 3486 | |
| Totals | 273593 | -3594 | 8223 | 902 | 1696 |             | 2826473 | 2.2 | -43195 | 75930 | 16325 | 22935 | 2865733 | |
Figures Appearing In Cols. Showing Over- The-Week Changes Reflect All Revisions In Data For Prior Week Submitted By State Agencies
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1THE UNEMPLOYMENT COMPENSATION PROGRAM FOR FEDERAL EMPLOYES (UCFE) AND THE UNEMPLOYMENT FO REX-SERVICEMEMBERS (UCX) EXCLUDE CLAIMS FILED JOINTLY UNDER OTHER PROGRAMS TO AVOID DUPLICATION
2RATE IS NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED. THE SOURCE OF US TOTAL COVERED EMPLOYMENT IS BLS.