| STATE NAME |
Initial Claims Filed During Week Ended August 18, 2007 |
Insured Unemployment For Week Ended August 11, 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 | 4183 | -27 | 394 | 11 | 32 |             | 28927 | 1.5 | -144 | 1618 | 102 | 233 | 29262 | |
| Alaska | 1015 | -26 | -76 | 2 | 3 |             | 7168 | 2.5 | 94 | -776 | 56 | 72 | 7296 | |
| Arizona | 4012 | 116 | 737 | 0 | 6 |             | 35637 | 1.4 | -1141 | 5021 | 375 | 164 | 36176 | |
| Arkansas | 2721 | 41 | -835 | 5 | 6 |             | 27593 | 2.4 | -897 | -623 | 106 | 265 | 27964 | |
| California | 37942 | -3983 | 1816 | 124 | 258 |             | 348352 | 2.3 | 4400 | 35382 | 2049 | 2751 | 353152 | |
| Colorado | 1805 | -55 | 80 | 7 | 34 |             | 21256 | 1.0 | 948 | -426 | 125 | 343 | 21724 | |
| Connecticut | 2925 | -430 | -164 | 5 | 20 |             | 40365 | 2.4 | 184 | -472 | 77 | 314 | 40756 | |
| Delaware | 651 | -73 | -431 | 0 | 1 |             | 7780 | 1.9 | -204 | -364 | 21 | 60 | 7861 | |
| District of Columbia | 321 | -32 | -50 | 4 | 0 |             | 4463 | 0.9 | 416 | 34 | 229 | 32 | 4724 | |
| Florida | 13148 | 1304 | 3298 | 50 | 141 |             | 125891 | 1.6 | 2681 | 32705 | 383 | 1030 | 127304 | |
| Georgia | 7387 | -673 | 293 | 47 | 65 |             | 56242 | 1.4 | -950 | 4404 | 642 | 917 | 57801 | |
| Hawaii | 870 | -183 | 135 | 6 | 11 |             | 6933 | 1.2 | -6 | 1074 | 74 | 124 | 7131 | |
| Idaho | 1387 | 237 | 367 | 2 | 9 |             | 8536 | 1.4 | -54 | 663 | 56 | 65 | 8657 | |
| Illinois | 10329 | -227 | 412 | 27 | 76 |             | 116455 | 2.0 | 2636 | 2752 | 556 | 844 | 117855 | |
| Indiana | 5784 | -299 | -106 | 22 | 50 |             | 47175 | 1.7 | -235 | -744 | 256 | 470 | 47901 | |
| Iowa | 2260 | 224 | -30 | 2 | 16 |             | 17270 | 1.2 | -942 | -2785 | 37 | 120 | 17427 | |
| Kansas | 1947 | -83 | -246 | 2 | 3 |             | 16088 | 1.2 | -134 | -808 | 136 | 144 | 16368 | |
| Kentucky | 3502 | -1529 | -1320 | 79 | 13 |             | 31293 | 1.8 | 3904 | 3769 | 331 | 495 | 32119 | |
| Louisiana | 2092 | -752 | -2 | 9 | 9 |             | 22721 | 1.3 | -566 | 1940 | 110 | 185 | 23016 | |
| Maine | 737 | -151 | -205 | 0 | 2 |             | 7213 | 1.2 | -162 | -309 | 29 | 54 | 7296 | |
| Maryland | 3525 | -272 | 334 | 20 | 31 |             | 35535 | 1.5 | -678 | 1120 | 350 | 221 | 36106 | |
| Massachusetts | 5544 | -327 | -67 | 38 | 26 |             | 78194 | 2.5 | -465 | 3506 | 857 | 460 | 79511 | |
| Michigan | 12945 | 3254 | 629 | 18 | 52 |             | 111762 | 2.7 | -5647 | -14696 | 299 | 634 | 112695 | |
| Minnesota | 3621 | -112 | 119 | 3 | 63 |             | 37095 | 1.4 | 317 | 4310 | 72 | 284 | 37451 | |
| Mississippi | 2204 | -39 | -50 | 7 | 2 |             | 21734 | 2.0 | -1111 | 2139 | 85 | 151 | 21970 | |
| Missouri | 5566 | 71 | 429 | 67 | 18 |             | 48474 | 1.8 | -517 | -1542 | 653 | 267 | 49394 | |
| Montana | 537 | -125 | 50 | 7 | 10 |             | 5464 | 1.3 | 76 | 195 | 59 | 91 | 5614 | |
| Nebraska | 902 | -32 | -607 | 3 | 11 |             | 8453 | 1.0 | -171 | -975 | 29 | 68 | 8550 | |
| Nevada | 2972 | -619 | 669 | 5 | 7 |             | 24519 | 2.0 | 809 | 5939 | 79 | 154 | 24752 | |
| New Hampshire | 697 | -22 | 48 | 1 | 1 |             | 6405 | 1.0 | -216 | 16 | 26 | 25 | 6456 | |
| New Jersey | 8641 | -6 | -214 | 13 | 22 |             | 116022 | 3.0 | 525 | 1962 | 236 | 493 | 116751 | |
| New Mexico | 1023 | 201 | 122 | 1 | 2 |             | 11253 | 1.4 | -328 | -48 | 121 | 116 | 11490 | |
| New York | 15419 | -415 | 1151 | 49 | 73 |             | 170673 | 2.1 | 1023 | -1904 | 686 | 1201 | 172560 | |
| North Carolina | 11288 | 870 | 2565 | 14 | 62 |             | 75525 | 1.9 | 1437 | 5768 | 326 | 1071 | 76922 | |
| North Dakota | 188 | -29 | -228 | 1 | 1 |             | 2160 | 0.7 | -28 | -135 | 115 | 22 | 2297 | |
| Ohio | 8527 | -695 | -2889 | 22 | 52 |             | 82802 | 1.6 | -24 | 136 | 323 | 726 | 83851 | |
| Oklahoma | 1513 | -22 | -70 | 4 | 26 |             | 14049 | 1.0 | -235 | -499 | 79 | 189 | 14317 | |
| Oregon | 4897 | -54 | 584 | 24 | 29 |             | 37312 | 2.2 | -321 | 1195 | 221 | 489 | 38022 | |
| Pennsylvania | 16375 | -515 | 1036 | 109 | 98 |             | 157291 | 2.9 | 2167 | -595 | 1247 | 1021 | 159559 | |
| Puerto Rico | 3391 | -1443 | -498 | 7 | 10 |             | 38283 | 3.8 | 6000 | -1957 | 120 | 193 | 38596 | |
| Rhode Island | 1062 | -81 | 15 | 3 | 7 |             | 13367 | 2.8 | -143 | 1053 | 44 | 50 | 13461 | |
| South Carolina | 4576 | 16 | -70 | 12 | 18 |             | 38417 | 2.1 | -752 | 1045 | 119 | 340 | 38876 | |
| South Dakota | 187 | 18 | -33 | 10 | 2 |             | 1467 | 0.4 | -53 | -187 | 391 | 12 | 1870 | |
| Tennessee | 4700 | 89 | 564 | 10 | 24 |             | 41911 | 1.6 | -999 | 4073 | 233 | 371 | 42515 | |
| Texas | 11386 | -1308 | -663 | 34 | 173 |             | 100547 | 1.0 | -1745 | -3375 | 780 | 1771 | 103098 | |
| Utah | 922 | -91 | -1 | 58 | 10 |             | 7176 | 0.6 | -160 | 13 | 218 | 78 | 7472 | |
| Vermont | 399 | -86 | -87 | 207 | 175 |             | 4887 | 1.6 | 15 | -115 | 14 | 33 | 4934 | |
| Virgin Islands | 46 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 |             | 605 | 1.4 | 3 | 203 | 7 | 9 | 621 | |
| Virginia | 4220 | 274 | -1363 | 8 | 71 |             | 30845 | 0.9 | -967 | 1022 | 276 | 811 | 31932 | |
| Washington | 5839 | -449 | -810 | 22 | 90 |             | 40837 | 1.5 | -1647 | -2310 | 266 | 817 | 41920 | |
| West Virginia | 1035 | 18 | -2 | 2 | 12 |             | 11748 | 1.7 | 375 | 22 | 39 | 157 | 11944 | |
| Wisconsin | 8069 | -404 | 340 | 10 | 56 |             | 60679 | 2.2 | -725 | 694 | 110 | 341 | 61130 | |
| Wyoming | 232 | -20 | 36 | 1 | 5 |             | 1854 | 0.7 | -62 | 211 | 18 | 31 | 1903 | |
| Totals | 257466 | -8954 | 5109 | 1194 | 1994 |             | 2414703 | 1.8 | 5581 | 88339 | 14248 | 21379 | 2450330 | |
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.