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STATE
NAME
Initial Claims Filed During Week Ended
August 18, 2007
Insured Unemployment For Week Ended
August 11, 2007
INITIAL CLAIMS INSURED UNEMPLOYMENT
STATE CHANGE FROM UCFE
(1)
UCX
(1)
   STATE (%)
(2)
CHANGE FROM UCFE
(1)
UCX
(1)
ALL PROGRAMS EXCLUDING
RAILROAD
RETIREMENT
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.