| STATE NAME |
Initial Claims Filed During Week Ended September 15, 2007 |
Insured Unemployment For Week Ended September 8, 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 | 3879 | 49 | -86 | 18 | 32 |             | 26139 | 1.4 | -561 | -390 | 96 | 245 | 26480 | |
| Alaska | 1266 | 133 | -104 | 5 | 2 |             | 6637 | 2.3 | 220 | -432 | 51 | 51 | 6739 | |
| Arizona | 3880 | 411 | 931 | 10 | 12 |             | 33444 | 1.3 | -83 | 6733 | 135 | 176 | 33755 | |
| Arkansas | 3058 | -537 | 354 | 10 | 8 |             | 27464 | 2.4 | 1570 | 2550 | 72 | 276 | 27812 | |
| California | 39835 | 5370 | 4355 | 172 | 213 |             | 345354 | 2.3 | 39032 | 38001 | 1975 | 2970 | 350299 | |
| Colorado | 1844 | 92 | -74 | 7 | 40 |             | 20250 | 0.9 | 1211 | 328 | 108 | 349 | 20707 | |
| Connecticut | 2689 | 119 | -188 | 7 | 19 |             | 32795 | 2.0 | -2859 | -859 | 58 | 292 | 33145 | |
| Delaware | 1125 | 270 | -26 | 1 | 1 |             | 6832 | 1.6 | 6 | 377 | 30 | 43 | 6905 | |
| District of Columbia | 293 | 23 | 5 | 7 | 0 |             | 4343 | 0.9 | -2 | -120 | 198 | 31 | 4572 | |
| Florida | 13385 | 3510 | 3927 | 69 | 155 |             | 125961 | 1.6 | 5464 | 33494 | 371 | 989 | 127321 | |
| Georgia | 10019 | 1608 | 684 | 50 | 65 |             | 58162 | 1.5 | 2528 | 5687 | 674 | 975 | 59811 | |
| Hawaii | 1169 | 165 | 136 | 6 | 17 |             | 7137 | 1.2 | 564 | 1179 | 81 | 137 | 7355 | |
| Idaho | 1038 | -274 | 284 | 4 | 6 |             | 8173 | 1.3 | -76 | 2155 | 44 | 48 | 8265 | |
| Illinois | 10479 | -194 | 1103 | 36 | 54 |             | 105802 | 1.8 | -1920 | 4058 | 547 | 820 | 107169 | |
| Indiana | 6764 | 1529 | 647 | 20 | 50 |             | 43282 | 1.5 | 851 | -1205 | 270 | 487 | 44039 | |
| Iowa | 2267 | 248 | -923 | 2 | 28 |             | 15287 | 1.1 | 20 | -2720 | 32 | 203 | 15522 | |
| Kansas | 1755 | -328 | -40 | 2 | 3 |             | 15364 | 1.2 | 140 | -294 | 92 | 144 | 15600 | |
| Kentucky | 3335 | -64 | -5014 | 25 | 23 |             | 26242 | 1.5 | 948 | 1430 | 557 | 496 | 27295 | |
| Louisiana | 2246 | 138 | -392 | 8 | 11 |             | 20357 | 1.1 | -171 | 442 | 88 | 175 | 20625 | |
| Maine | 846 | 288 | 20 | 2 | 5 |             | 6381 | 1.1 | 238 | -488 | 29 | 51 | 6461 | |
| Maryland | 3450 | 129 | 333 | 36 | 27 |             | 32560 | 1.4 | -1123 | 1867 | 404 | 245 | 33209 | |
| Massachusetts | 5568 | -34 | -193 | 36 | 32 |             | 67661 | 2.2 | -4490 | 2126 | 842 | 419 | 68922 | |
| Michigan | 10650 | -2711 | -1709 | 22 | 89 |             | 105327 | 2.5 | 3133 | -10202 | 307 | 711 | 106345 | |
| Minnesota | 3904 | 165 | -1079 | 3 | 192 |             | 34115 | 1.3 | -369 | 3941 | 66 | 720 | 34901 | |
| Mississippi | 1890 | 81 | -336 | 12 | 4 |             | 18390 | 1.7 | -539 | 1990 | 74 | 150 | 18614 | |
| Missouri | 5774 | 662 | -1708 | 64 | 30 |             | 39828 | 1.5 | 1774 | 344 | 749 | 260 | 40837 | |
| Montana | 683 | 59 | 78 | 5 | 4 |             | 4321 | 1.0 | -230 | 179 | 39 | 96 | 4456 | |
| Nebraska | 911 | -196 | -100 | 2 | 6 |             | 7651 | 0.9 | 325 | -843 | 33 | 69 | 7753 | |
| Nevada | 3012 | -114 | 788 | 0 | 8 |             | 24329 | 1.9 | 957 | 6784 | 71 | 171 | 24571 | |
| New Hampshire | 656 | -24 | -11 | 1 | 1 |             | 5523 | 0.9 | -271 | 280 | 28 | 22 | 5573 | |
| New Jersey | 8722 | 1060 | 480 | 24 | 37 |             | 107573 | 2.8 | -7430 | 1895 | 253 | 466 | 108292 | |
| New Mexico | 1335 | 463 | 420 | 4 | 4 |             | 9769 | 1.3 | 11 | -419 | 87 | 104 | 9960 | |
| New York | 15443 | 584 | -278 | 68 | 89 |             | 153949 | 1.9 | -16408 | -1718 | 655 | 1183 | 155787 | |
| North Carolina | 10805 | 1211 | -2445 | 18 | 69 |             | 71926 | 1.8 | 1032 | -452 | 289 | 1061 | 73276 | |
| North Dakota | 155 | -23 | -104 | 2 | 0 |             | 1280 | 0.4 | -156 | -979 | 26 | 16 | 1322 | |
| Ohio | 7997 | -702 | -990 | 13 | 54 |             | 75728 | 1.4 | -330 | 79 | 281 | 800 | 76809 | |
| Oklahoma | 1580 | -285 | 40 | 5 | 24 |             | 13840 | 0.9 | 469 | 545 | 66 | 209 | 14115 | |
| Oregon | 4973 | -149 | 411 | 28 | 41 |             | 35462 | 2.1 | -725 | 1803 | 152 | 496 | 36110 | |
| Pennsylvania | 16181 | -119 | 140 | 113 | 100 |             | 137399 | 2.5 | -7032 | -1004 | 1346 | 1009 | 139754 | |
| Puerto Rico | 3583 | 593 | -158 | 6 | 9 |             | 34587 | 3.4 | -7996 | -4278 | 77 | 151 | 34815 | |
| Rhode Island | 1245 | 222 | 167 | 4 | 4 |             | 10963 | 2.3 | -1362 | 1450 | 51 | 49 | 11063 | |
| South Carolina | 6447 | 2180 | -743 | 14 | 28 |             | 37200 | 2.0 | 2392 | -1867 | 126 | 336 | 37662 | |
| South Dakota | 174 | 19 | -28 | 5 | 1 |             | 1095 | 0.3 | -63 | -260 | 37 | 13 | 1145 | |
| Tennessee | 3941 | 139 | -1586 | 12 | 35 |             | 37306 | 1.4 | -851 | 2425 | 190 | 337 | 37833 | |
| Texas | 11520 | 922 | 1191 | 22 | 165 |             | 95165 | 1.0 | 2151 | -5238 | 890 | 1696 | 97751 | |
| Utah | 1054 | 135 | 219 | 13 | 9 |             | 7139 | 0.6 | 47 | 767 | 243 | 77 | 7459 | |
| Vermont | 517 | -111 | 48 | 0 | 2 |             | 3962 | 1.3 | 166 | 176 | 12 | 27 | 4001 | |
| Virgin Islands | 81 | 28 | 9 | 0 | 0 |             | 714 | 1.6 | 234 | 266 | 0 | 12 | 726 | |
| Virginia | 4097 | 615 | -2191 | 9 | 56 |             | 28946 | 0.8 | 1179 | 1745 | 286 | 823 | 30055 | |
| Washington | 6046 | -52 | 3 | 22 | 87 |             | 37488 | 1.3 | -1596 | -3170 | 268 | 836 | 38592 | |
| West Virginia | 942 | 38 | -82 | 4 | 5 |             | 10496 | 1.5 | 423 | -615 | 43 | 139 | 10678 | |
| Wisconsin | 7201 | -950 | -1297 | 5 | 30 |             | 54032 | 2.0 | -3979 | 2081 | 94 | 384 | 54510 | |
| Wyoming | 213 | 5 | -2 | 0 | 2 |             | 1554 | 0.6 | -137 | 131 | 22 | 28 | 1604 | |
| Totals | 261922 | 16396 | -5114 | 1033 | 1988 |             | 2242684 | 1.7 | 6326 | 89755 | 13615 | 22073 | 2278377 | |
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.