| STATE NAME |
Initial Claims Filed During Week Ended September 1, 2007 |
Insured Unemployment For Week Ended August 25, 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 | 3870 | 589 | 399 | 17 | 26 |             | 27237 | 1.5 | 62 | 588 | 95 | 239 | 27571 | |
| Alaska | 1142 | 18 | -103 | 3 | 7 |             | 6860 | 2.4 | -73 | -533 | 42 | 62 | 6964 | |
| Arizona | 3423 | -538 | 609 | 0 | 9 |             | 34456 | 1.3 | -528 | 5846 | 175 | 175 | 34806 | |
| Arkansas | 3140 | 359 | -238 | 9 | 15 |             | 26236 | 2.3 | -757 | 1115 | 94 | 243 | 26573 | |
| California | 38814 | -1336 | 3530 | 150 | 209 |             | 341587 | 2.2 | -7340 | 34895 | 1910 | 2788 | 346285 | |
| Colorado | 1851 | 55 | -22 | 13 | 33 |             | 20369 | 0.9 | 453 | -217 | 110 | 326 | 20805 | |
| Connecticut | 2843 | -166 | -58 | 5 | 15 |             | 39799 | 2.4 | -435 | -573 | 57 | 315 | 40171 | |
| Delaware | 722 | -64 | -410 | 0 | 1 |             | 7912 | 1.9 | -20 | 43 | 31 | 46 | 7989 | |
| District of Columbia | 313 | 25 | -46 | 8 | 1 |             | 4622 | 1.0 | 185 | 148 | 213 | 33 | 4868 | |
| Florida | 11873 | -327 | 2981 | 49 | 102 |             | 125341 | 1.6 | 1241 | 33156 | 398 | 1024 | 126763 | |
| Georgia | 7143 | -497 | 1 | 62 | 67 |             | 55807 | 1.4 | -184 | 4731 | 646 | 949 | 57402 | |
| Hawaii | 1021 | -105 | 144 | 6 | 16 |             | 7034 | 1.2 | -313 | 1343 | 77 | 146 | 7257 | |
| Idaho | 1378 | 274 | 506 | 4 | 2 |             | 8601 | 1.4 | 45 | 2062 | 45 | 67 | 8713 | |
| Illinois | 10348 | -1224 | -1259 | 38 | 56 |             | 112348 | 2.0 | -763 | 7516 | 552 | 859 | 113759 | |
| Indiana | 5396 | -299 | -2110 | 67 | 62 |             | 44100 | 1.5 | -1660 | -495 | 235 | 472 | 44807 | |
| Iowa | 2071 | -182 | -34 | 5 | 49 |             | 16481 | 1.1 | -176 | -1482 | 34 | 135 | 16650 | |
| Kansas | 2157 | 206 | 188 | 1 | 1 |             | 15408 | 1.2 | -420 | -750 | 119 | 140 | 15667 | |
| Kentucky | 4679 | 1080 | -139 | 44 | 21 |             | 25769 | 1.5 | -1568 | -2698 | 564 | 490 | 26823 | |
| Louisiana | 2261 | 113 | -2902 | 12 | 15 |             | 21143 | 1.2 | -900 | 1856 | 98 | 208 | 21449 | |
| Maine | 886 | 101 | -27 | 2 | 4 |             | 7079 | 1.2 | 21 | -254 | 25 | 79 | 7183 | |
| Maryland | 3417 | -409 | 229 | 15 | 23 |             | 35627 | 1.5 | -677 | 2486 | 388 | 237 | 36252 | |
| Massachusetts | 5197 | -270 | -416 | 36 | 22 |             | 76019 | 2.4 | -1209 | 2822 | 887 | 430 | 77336 | |
| Michigan | 11620 | -215 | -1496 | 18 | 63 |             | 114982 | 2.7 | 8474 | -2912 | 304 | 658 | 115944 | |
| Minnesota | 4095 | 38 | 303 | 3 | 138 |             | 35907 | 1.4 | 282 | 4690 | 64 | 331 | 36302 | |
| Mississippi | 2272 | 33 | -115 | 5 | 2 |             | 19796 | 1.8 | -177 | 2849 | 74 | 157 | 20027 | |
| Missouri | 5223 | -321 | -52 | 70 | 26 |             | 42150 | 1.6 | -3960 | 378 | 696 | 241 | 43087 | |
| Montana | 602 | 60 | 2 | 7 | 10 |             | 5037 | 1.2 | -185 | 61 | 50 | 88 | 5175 | |
| Nebraska | 870 | -53 | -173 | 1 | 10 |             | 7605 | 0.9 | -307 | -1199 | 29 | 59 | 7693 | |
| Nevada | 2954 | 60 | 624 | 3 | 6 |             | 23791 | 1.9 | -741 | 6088 | 73 | 177 | 24041 | |
| New Hampshire | 631 | -50 | 6 | 0 | 1 |             | 6533 | 1.1 | -105 | 402 | 29 | 24 | 6586 | |
| New Jersey | 7810 | -1085 | 30 | 17 | 41 |             | 115974 | 3.0 | 15 | 1443 | 224 | 473 | 116671 | |
| New Mexico | 875 | -73 | -27 | 2 | 1 |             | 10297 | 1.3 | -506 | -8 | 92 | 107 | 10496 | |
| New York | 17027 | -1573 | 252 | 48 | 95 |             | 174778 | 2.1 | 2107 | -2933 | 672 | 1184 | 176634 | |
| North Carolina | 10014 | 851 | -30 | 14 | 55 |             | 72444 | 1.9 | -351 | 3110 | 316 | 1083 | 73843 | |
| North Dakota | 198 | 9 | -80 | 1 | 0 |             | 1633 | 0.5 | -120 | -28 | 20 | 20 | 1673 | |
| Ohio | 8441 | -609 | -1430 | 24 | 56 |             | 79631 | 1.5 | -2213 | 1205 | 304 | 727 | 80662 | |
| Oklahoma | 1624 | -173 | 55 | 10 | 19 |             | 13467 | 0.9 | -452 | -112 | 66 | 206 | 13739 | |
| Oregon | 4936 | 417 | 288 | 19 | 39 |             | 36560 | 2.2 | -692 | 1616 | 213 | 482 | 37255 | |
| Pennsylvania | 17188 | -1204 | -413 | 172 | 90 |             | 153585 | 2.8 | 456 | 1651 | 1281 | 999 | 155865 | |
| Puerto Rico | 2713 | -597 | -991 | 3 | 8 |             | 32696 | 3.2 | 1508 | -5020 | 90 | 139 | 32925 | |
| Rhode Island | 1133 | 34 | 81 | 5 | 2 |             | 13534 | 2.9 | -248 | 2025 | 56 | 55 | 13645 | |
| South Carolina | 4058 | -1519 | -339 | 8 | 26 |             | 35809 | 2.0 | -2559 | -882 | 122 | 352 | 36283 | |
| South Dakota | 240 | 30 | -6 | 2 | 5 |             | 1273 | 0.3 | -136 | -101 | 219 | 13 | 1505 | |
| Tennessee | 3718 | -169 | -490 | 12 | 20 |             | 38938 | 1.5 | -1447 | 2908 | 222 | 348 | 39508 | |
| Texas | 13068 | 1529 | 257 | 48 | 172 |             | 98539 | 1.0 | -1558 | -660 | 803 | 1715 | 101057 | |
| Utah | 1054 | 58 | 238 | 19 | 6 |             | 7223 | 0.6 | -111 | 432 | 264 | 76 | 7563 | |
| Vermont | 448 | 41 | 67 | 1 | 3 |             | 4525 | 1.5 | -319 | -67 | 11 | 31 | 4567 | |
| Virgin Islands | 27 | -17 | -14 | 0 | 0 |             | 698 | 1.6 | 58 | 204 | 0 | 8 | 706 | |
| Virginia | 3752 | -513 | -648 | 9 | 28 |             | 29319 | 0.8 | -2007 | 1879 | 272 | 837 | 30428 | |
| Washington | 5717 | 29 | -600 | 32 | 107 |             | 39243 | 1.4 | -528 | -3450 | 260 | 804 | 40307 | |
| West Virginia | 968 | -29 | -199 | 3 | 9 |             | 11456 | 1.7 | 333 | 419 | 36 | 164 | 11656 | |
| Wisconsin | 9921 | -1191 | 1877 | 8 | 44 |             | 63336 | 2.3 | 3372 | 6033 | 100 | 380 | 63816 | |
| Wyoming | 241 | 3 | 44 | 0 | 3 |             | 1724 | 0.7 | -197 | 168 | 15 | 33 | 1772 | |
| Totals | 257383 | -8796 | -2156 | 1110 | 1841 |             | 2352318 | 1.8 | -17330 | 111794 | 13772 | 21434 | 2387524 | |
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.