| STATE NAME |
Initial Claims Filed During Week Ended September 8, 2007 |
Insured Unemployment For Week Ended September 1, 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 | 3830 | -40 | 547 | 6 | 25 |             | 26700 | 1.4 | -537 | 893 | 100 | 226 | 27026 | |
| Alaska | 1133 | -9 | -81 | 3 | 4 |             | 6417 | 2.2 | -443 | -632 | 84 | 48 | 6549 | |
| Arizona | 3392 | -93 | 1053 | 5 | 7 |             | 33572 | 1.3 | -1794 | 6101 | 146 | 170 | 33888 | |
| Arkansas | 3595 | 455 | 420 | 8 | 7 |             | 25894 | 2.3 | -342 | 1119 | 81 | 240 | 26215 | |
| California | 34465 | -4349 | 3698 | 99 | 181 |             | 306322 | 2.0 | -35265 | 30808 | 1729 | 2491 | 310542 | |
| Colorado | 1752 | -99 | 15 | 6 | 26 |             | 19039 | 0.9 | -1330 | -556 | 151 | 352 | 19542 | |
| Connecticut | 2570 | -273 | -129 | 4 | 14 |             | 35654 | 2.2 | -4145 | -993 | 41 | 309 | 36004 | |
| Delaware | 855 | 133 | 245 | 0 | 0 |             | 6826 | 1.6 | -1086 | -192 | 17 | 43 | 6886 | |
| District of Columbia | 270 | -43 | 13 | 6 | 2 |             | 4345 | 0.9 | -277 | -41 | 209 | 35 | 4589 | |
| Florida | 9875 | -1998 | 1277 | 37 | 72 |             | 120497 | 1.5 | -4844 | 30796 | 401 | 1113 | 122011 | |
| Georgia | 8411 | 1268 | 1005 | 46 | 56 |             | 55634 | 1.4 | -173 | 5054 | 662 | 942 | 57238 | |
| Hawaii | 1004 | -17 | 84 | 6 | 11 |             | 6573 | 1.1 | -461 | 792 | 104 | 132 | 6809 | |
| Idaho | 1312 | -66 | 268 | 5 | 0 |             | 8249 | 1.3 | -352 | 2014 | 46 | 62 | 8357 | |
| Illinois | 10673 | 325 | 296 | 27 | 53 |             | 107722 | 1.9 | -4626 | 7851 | 476 | 807 | 109005 | |
| Indiana | 5235 | -161 | -614 | 29 | 57 |             | 42431 | 1.5 | -1669 | -678 | 300 | 483 | 43214 | |
| Iowa | 2019 | -52 | -1506 | 2 | 44 |             | 15267 | 1.1 | -1214 | -1998 | 38 | 150 | 15455 | |
| Kansas | 2083 | -74 | -120 | 2 | 2 |             | 15224 | 1.2 | -184 | -102 | 111 | 144 | 15479 | |
| Kentucky | 3399 | -1280 | -156 | 50 | 14 |             | 25294 | 1.5 | -475 | -2095 | 569 | 477 | 26340 | |
| Louisiana | 2108 | -153 | -810 | 4 | 6 |             | 20528 | 1.2 | -615 | 1119 | 84 | 184 | 20796 | |
| Maine | 558 | -337 | -321 | 1 | 0 |             | 6143 | 1.1 | -918 | -826 | 26 | 43 | 6212 | |
| Maryland | 3321 | -96 | -21 | 22 | 32 |             | 33683 | 1.4 | -1944 | 2194 | 347 | 242 | 34272 | |
| Massachusetts | 5602 | 405 | 110 | 42 | 22 |             | 72151 | 2.3 | -3868 | 2214 | 860 | 428 | 73439 | |
| Michigan | 13361 | 1741 | 1803 | 21 | 48 |             | 102194 | 2.4 | -12788 | -9747 | 236 | 644 | 103074 | |
| Minnesota | 3739 | -356 | -39 | 7 | 119 |             | 34484 | 1.3 | -1423 | 4953 | 83 | 561 | 35128 | |
| Mississippi | 1809 | -463 | -189 | 7 | 3 |             | 18929 | 1.7 | -867 | 2241 | 66 | 152 | 19147 | |
| Missouri | 5112 | -111 | 371 | 44 | 15 |             | 38054 | 1.4 | -4096 | 320 | 701 | 251 | 39006 | |
| Montana | 626 | 24 | 4 | 3 | 6 |             | 4551 | 1.1 | -486 | 410 | 53 | 64 | 4668 | |
| Nebraska | 1107 | 237 | 89 | 4 | 10 |             | 7326 | 0.8 | -279 | -921 | 25 | 62 | 7413 | |
| Nevada | 3126 | 172 | 883 | 2 | 6 |             | 23372 | 1.9 | -419 | 5994 | 69 | 161 | 23602 | |
| New Hampshire | 680 | 49 | 11 | 3 | 0 |             | 5794 | 0.9 | -739 | 293 | 26 | 26 | 5846 | |
| New Jersey | 7662 | -148 | 199 | 18 | 38 |             | 115003 | 3.0 | -971 | 3270 | 266 | 498 | 115767 | |
| New Mexico | 872 | -3 | 26 | 3 | 0 |             | 9758 | 1.3 | -539 | -184 | 91 | 108 | 9957 | |
| New York | 14859 | -2168 | 280 | 54 | 75 |             | 170357 | 2.1 | -4421 | -4004 | 676 | 1175 | 172208 | |
| North Carolina | 9594 | -420 | -718 | 10 | 40 |             | 70894 | 1.8 | -1550 | 1750 | 304 | 1049 | 72247 | |
| North Dakota | 178 | -20 | -1036 | 1 | 0 |             | 1436 | 0.4 | -197 | -40 | 26 | 19 | 1481 | |
| Ohio | 8699 | 258 | 187 | 20 | 57 |             | 76058 | 1.5 | -3573 | -2844 | 288 | 724 | 77070 | |
| Oklahoma | 1865 | 241 | 573 | 8 | 19 |             | 13371 | 0.9 | -96 | -119 | 61 | 210 | 13642 | |
| Oregon | 5122 | 186 | 126 | 19 | 40 |             | 36187 | 2.2 | -373 | 1724 | 159 | 490 | 36836 | |
| Pennsylvania | 16300 | -888 | 15 | 147 | 72 |             | 144431 | 2.6 | -9154 | 2888 | 1591 | 1047 | 147069 | |
| Puerto Rico | 2990 | 277 | -345 | 0 | 12 |             | 42583 | 4.2 | 9887 | 10389 | 172 | 204 | 42959 | |
| Rhode Island | 1023 | -110 | -171 | 5 | 6 |             | 12325 | 2.6 | -1209 | 1884 | 50 | 57 | 12432 | |
| South Carolina | 4267 | 209 | 238 | 6 | 25 |             | 34808 | 1.9 | -1001 | 468 | 127 | 340 | 35275 | |
| South Dakota | 155 | -85 | -54 | 2 | 5 |             | 1158 | 0.3 | -115 | -125 | 96 | 9 | 1263 | |
| Tennessee | 3802 | 84 | -594 | 16 | 27 |             | 38157 | 1.4 | -781 | 3321 | 213 | 343 | 38713 | |
| Texas | 10598 | -2470 | -1383 | 52 | 186 |             | 93014 | 1.0 | -5525 | -3077 | 1048 | 1822 | 95884 | |
| Utah | 919 | -135 | 172 | 9 | 12 |             | 7092 | 0.6 | -131 | 586 | 256 | 74 | 7422 | |
| Vermont | 628 | 180 | 187 | 3 | 2 |             | 3796 | 1.3 | -729 | -36 | 12 | 27 | 3835 | |
| Virgin Islands | 53 | 26 | 6 | 0 | 1 |             | 480 | 1.1 | -218 | 54 | 6 | 2 | 488 | |
| Virginia | 3482 | -270 | -341 | 15 | 46 |             | 27767 | 0.8 | -1552 | 1132 | 290 | 789 | 28846 | |
| Washington | 6098 | 381 | -300 | 25 | 89 |             | 39084 | 1.4 | -159 | -3336 | 268 | 823 | 40175 | |
| West Virginia | 904 | -64 | -382 | 1 | 18 |             | 10073 | 1.5 | -1383 | -594 | 68 | 157 | 10298 | |
| Wisconsin | 8151 | -1770 | 305 | 8 | 28 |             | 58011 | 2.1 | -5325 | 2666 | 93 | 375 | 58479 | |
| Wyoming | 208 | -33 | 24 | 1 | 6 |             | 1691 | 0.7 | -33 | 354 | 26 | 23 | 1740 | |
| Totals | 245451 | -12003 | 5220 | 924 | 1646 |             | 2236403 | 1.7 | -116807 | 102512 | 14028 | 21407 | 2271838 | |
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.