| STATE NAME |
Initial Claims Filed During Week Ended March 31, 2007 |
Insured Unemployment For Week Ended March 24, 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 | 4408 | 946 | -911 | 17 | 24 |             | 26251 | 1.4 | 321 | 932 | 94 | 237 | 26582 | |
| Alaska | 1319 | -219 | -202 | 5 | 4 |             | 12543 | 4.3 | -2611 | -2422 | 170 | 56 | 12769 | |
| Arizona | 3494 | 531 | 309 | 5 | 14 |             | 24266 | 1.0 | -341 | 3781 | 272 | 164 | 24702 | |
| Arkansas | 2801 | -215 | -396 | 10 | 6 |             | 28530 | 2.5 | -680 | 1877 | 155 | 280 | 28965 | |
| California | 38875 | -1489 | 5438 | 96 | 213 |             | 368368 | 2.4 | 20144 | 34976 | 2050 | 3008 | 373426 | |
| Colorado | 2014 | 282 | 28 | 10 | 24 |             | 23834 | 1.1 | -2525 | -1642 | 241 | 366 | 24441 | |
| Connecticut | 2851 | -452 | 55 | 6 | 17 |             | 45730 | 2.8 | -1299 | 2909 | 94 | 188 | 46012 | |
| Delaware | 1082 | -119 | 474 | 0 | 0 |             | 9383 | 2.3 | -537 | 1938 | 26 | 45 | 9454 | |
| District of Columbia | 242 | 22 | 4 | 33 | 3 |             | 3585 | 0.8 | -467 | -271 | 236 | 30 | 3851 | |
| Florida | 8071 | -1338 | 1554 | 35 | 94 |             | 89565 | 1.2 | -2533 | 18592 | 412 | 1198 | 91175 | |
| Georgia | 6481 | -165 | 296 | 33 | 55 |             | 48560 | 1.2 | -1312 | 1703 | 355 | 997 | 49912 | |
| Hawaii | 1011 | -219 | -651 | 9 | 13 |             | 6267 | 1.1 | -394 | -1031 | 85 | 165 | 6517 | |
| Idaho | 1577 | 80 | -5 | 12 | 15 |             | 13796 | 2.2 | -1273 | -305 | 294 | 80 | 14170 | |
| Illinois | 11882 | 351 | 576 | 25 | 53 |             | 157033 | 2.8 | 3054 | 5533 | 389 | 901 | 158323 | |
| Indiana | 6106 | -750 | 422 | 37 | 45 |             | 64916 | 2.3 | -1177 | 5543 | 226 | 569 | 65711 | |
| Iowa | 2383 | -228 | -851 | 2 | 12 |             | 31115 | 2.2 | -2265 | 1412 | 56 | 214 | 31385 | |
| Kansas | 2405 | -46 | 342 | 4 | 5 |             | 17419 | 1.4 | 282 | -2547 | 105 | 188 | 17712 | |
| Kentucky | 4629 | 831 | 662 | 16 | 17 |             | 31129 | 1.8 | -8268 | -1706 | 172 | 617 | 31918 | |
| Louisiana | 2105 | -111 | 59 | 13 | 20 |             | 18963 | 1.1 | -379 | -4230 | 89 | 215 | 19267 | |
| Maine | 1525 | 288 | 135 | 0 | 4 |             | 14298 | 2.5 | -281 | 613 | 43 | 66 | 14407 | |
| Maryland | 3000 | -267 | 319 | 33 | 24 |             | 39007 | 1.6 | 1256 | 4616 | 545 | 301 | 39853 | |
| Massachusetts | 5366 | -530 | 98 | 17 | 27 |             | 97325 | 3.1 | -2611 | 7739 | 271 | 516 | 98112 | |
| Michigan | 14050 | -1681 | 2690 | 19 | 32 |             | 172988 | 4.1 | -9193 | -6390 | 312 | 716 | 174016 | |
| Minnesota | 4734 | -404 | -608 | 6 | 21 |             | 62582 | 2.4 | -14888 | -5865 | 138 | 272 | 62992 | |
| Mississippi | 1701 | -259 | -80 | 14 | 12 |             | 17614 | 1.6 | -1915 | -2021 | 191 | 193 | 17998 | |
| Missouri | 8117 | 1676 | 1873 | 24 | 17 |             | 49207 | 1.9 | -677 | -1033 | 237 | 283 | 49727 | |
| Montana | 748 | -31 | 49 | 8 | 9 |             | 8398 | 2.1 | -2228 | -1603 | 369 | 93 | 8860 | |
| Nebraska | 994 | -119 | -795 | 4 | 5 |             | 11245 | 1.3 | -735 | -1419 | 40 | 53 | 11338 | |
| Nevada | 2591 | -165 | 354 | 5 | 10 |             | 23543 | 1.9 | -587 | 4808 | 134 | 141 | 23818 | |
| New Hampshire | 885 | 99 | 225 | 2 | 4 |             | 9655 | 1.6 | -227 | 1611 | 18 | 26 | 9699 | |
| New Jersey | 8478 | 771 | 995 | 9 | 24 |             | 123243 | 3.2 | -6309 | 7847 | 286 | 532 | 124061 | |
| New Mexico | 1243 | 156 | 397 | 6 | 7 |             | 11972 | 1.6 | 55 | 349 | 243 | 129 | 12344 | |
| New York | 14342 | -1491 | -94 | 42 | 90 |             | 194739 | 2.4 | -5175 | -4275 | 767 | 1360 | 196866 | |
| North Carolina | 9183 | -165 | -1402 | 23 | 63 |             | 72589 | 1.9 | -1479 | -2971 | 341 | 1230 | 74160 | |
| North Dakota | 266 | -13 | -20 | 2 | 0 |             | 5207 | 1.6 | -728 | -119 | 23 | 26 | 5256 | |
| Ohio | 9931 | 551 | 451 | 16 | 49 |             | 117426 | 2.2 | -6492 | 4448 | 268 | 844 | 118538 | |
| Oklahoma | 1569 | -1006 | -185 | 13 | 15 |             | 14791 | 1.0 | 647 | 101 | 113 | 198 | 15102 | |
| Oregon | 7262 | 1780 | 1160 | 30 | 41 |             | 43996 | 2.7 | -1253 | 269 | 541 | 377 | 44914 | |
| Pennsylvania | 18875 | -987 | 1309 | 88 | 80 |             | 179134 | 3.3 | -25534 | -8245 | 797 | 1156 | 181087 | |
| Puerto Rico | 2682 | 265 | 11 | 4 | 9 |             | 37388 | 3.6 | 2792 | -8891 | 169 | 196 | 37753 | |
| Rhode Island | 1161 | -177 | 126 | 0 | 3 |             | 16088 | 3.4 | -618 | 1950 | 73 | 75 | 16236 | |
| South Carolina | 4075 | -641 | -375 | 6 | 22 |             | 35592 | 2.0 | -722 | 2012 | 112 | 355 | 36059 | |
| South Dakota | 249 | 20 | -28 | 5 | 1 |             | 3015 | 0.8 | -397 | -353 | 85 | 8 | 3108 | |
| Tennessee | 4395 | -261 | -399 | 20 | 28 |             | 38409 | 1.4 | -2096 | -2866 | 241 | 390 | 39040 | |
| Texas | 11373 | -271 | -530 | 25 | 147 |             | 91271 | 1.0 | -8690 | -11932 | 593 | 1756 | 93620 | |
| Utah | 980 | 163 | 130 | 19 | 4 |             | 8525 | 0.8 | -637 | -348 | 200 | 99 | 8824 | |
| Vermont | 617 | -51 | -75 | 2 | 1 |             | 9090 | 3.1 | -200 | 79 | 36 | 35 | 9161 | |
| Virgin Islands | 38 | 6 | 12 | 0 | 0 |             | 544 | 1.2 | 42 | 252 | 4 | 6 | 554 | |
| Virginia | 4114 | -378 | 441 | 17 | 48 |             | 33155 | 1.0 | -702 | 3540 | 269 | 784 | 34208 | |
| Washington | 6926 | 83 | 168 | 43 | 74 |             | 52257 | 1.9 | -1046 | -3551 | 526 | 959 | 53742 | |
| West Virginia | 782 | -133 | -312 | 1 | 7 |             | 15050 | 2.2 | -1352 | 967 | 67 | 177 | 15294 | |
| Wisconsin | 11703 | 47 | 708 | 8 | 25 |             | 93471 | 3.4 | -4860 | 2664 | 182 | 454 | 94107 | |
| Wyoming | 355 | 47 | 110 | 2 | 3 |             | 3369 | 1.3 | 0 | 270 | 67 | 20 | 3456 | |
| Totals | 268046 | -5386 | 14061 | 881 | 1540 |             | 2727436 | 2.1 | -99100 | 47295 | 13822 | 23344 | 2764602 | |
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.