| STATE NAME |
Initial Claims Filed During Week Ended September 22, 2007 |
Insured Unemployment For Week Ended September 15, 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 | 3670 | -209 | -224 | 10 | 27 |             | 25591 | 1.4 | -548 | -175 | 96 | 226 | 25913 | |
| Alaska | 1407 | 141 | -70 | 4 | 3 |             | 6345 | 2.2 | -292 | -873 | 81 | 58 | 6484 | |
| Arizona | 3763 | -166 | 931 | 8 | 7 |             | 32844 | 1.3 | -532 | 6886 | 117 | 175 | 33136 | |
| Arkansas | 2614 | -444 | -457 | 11 | 8 |             | 25691 | 2.2 | -1773 | 757 | 71 | 241 | 26003 | |
| California | 39782 | -53 | 3500 | 220 | 197 |             | 341396 | 2.2 | -3958 | 49320 | 1830 | 2934 | 346160 | |
| Colorado | 1838 | -6 | 63 | 16 | 27 |             | 18759 | 0.9 | -1491 | -327 | 155 | 350 | 19264 | |
| Connecticut | 2689 | 0 | 124 | 8 | 20 |             | 32113 | 1.9 | -682 | -513 | 72 | 320 | 32505 | |
| Delaware | 788 | -337 | -247 | 0 | 2 |             | 7363 | 1.8 | 531 | 695 | 25 | 38 | 7426 | |
| District of Columbia | 283 | -10 | 16 | 8 | 2 |             | 4215 | 0.9 | -128 | 130 | 190 | 35 | 4440 | |
| Florida | 14153 | 768 | 5261 | 72 | 104 |             | 122395 | 1.6 | -3566 | 32042 | 395 | 1146 | 123936 | |
| Georgia | 7307 | -2712 | 448 | 195 | 73 |             | 55802 | 1.4 | -2360 | 5409 | 662 | 936 | 57400 | |
| Hawaii | 895 | -274 | 6 | 4 | 11 |             | 6799 | 1.2 | -338 | 1001 | 102 | 139 | 7040 | |
| Idaho | 1035 | -3 | 29 | 7 | 8 |             | 7531 | 1.2 | -642 | 2048 | 37 | 52 | 7620 | |
| Illinois | 9957 | -522 | 476 | 39 | 51 |             | 104324 | 1.8 | -1478 | 6204 | 481 | 813 | 105618 | |
| Indiana | 5353 | -1411 | -819 | 29 | 42 |             | 44211 | 1.5 | 929 | 1127 | 270 | 499 | 44980 | |
| Iowa | 2002 | -265 | -414 | 2 | 24 |             | 15275 | 1.1 | -12 | -2350 | 35 | 228 | 15538 | |
| Kansas | 2265 | 510 | 557 | 3 | 6 |             | 15114 | 1.2 | -250 | 59 | 94 | 154 | 15362 | |
| Kentucky | 3614 | 279 | 414 | 22 | 21 |             | 24479 | 1.4 | -1763 | -3160 | 599 | 450 | 25528 | |
| Louisiana | 2256 | 10 | -135 | 9 | 15 |             | 19725 | 1.1 | -632 | 279 | 96 | 193 | 20014 | |
| Maine | 833 | -13 | 54 | 4 | 5 |             | 6200 | 1.1 | -181 | -267 | 26 | 51 | 6277 | |
| Maryland | 3424 | -26 | 314 | 20 | 30 |             | 31313 | 1.3 | -1247 | 1829 | 376 | 283 | 31972 | |
| Massachusetts | 5454 | -114 | 258 | 38 | 30 |             | 64457 | 2.0 | -3204 | 1894 | 836 | 418 | 65711 | |
| Michigan | 9073 | -1577 | -18799 | 16 | 86 |             | 99592 | 2.4 | -5735 | -7861 | 252 | 649 | 100493 | |
| Minnesota | 4139 | 235 | 732 | 6 | 103 |             | 32708 | 1.2 | -1407 | 2293 | 73 | 745 | 33526 | |
| Mississippi | 2215 | 325 | 226 | 6 | 2 |             | 18248 | 1.7 | -142 | 2800 | 69 | 152 | 18469 | |
| Missouri | 5104 | -670 | -3555 | 100 | 31 |             | 39094 | 1.5 | -734 | -467 | 792 | 258 | 40144 | |
| Montana | 725 | 42 | -12 | 7 | 7 |             | 4266 | 1.0 | -55 | 321 | 47 | 66 | 4379 | |
| Nebraska | 940 | 29 | 23 | 4 | 4 |             | 7362 | 0.8 | -289 | -755 | 28 | 63 | 7453 | |
| Nevada | 3074 | 62 | 664 | 2 | 12 |             | 24348 | 1.9 | 19 | 7253 | 60 | 158 | 24566 | |
| New Hampshire | 654 | -2 | -151 | 5 | 1 |             | 5264 | 0.8 | -259 | 90 | 28 | 24 | 5316 | |
| New Jersey | 7974 | -748 | 173 | 23 | 33 |             | 99206 | 2.5 | -8367 | 1674 | 259 | 531 | 99996 | |
| New Mexico | 969 | -366 | 141 | 15 | 2 |             | 10019 | 1.3 | 250 | -135 | 89 | 101 | 10209 | |
| New York | 15028 | -415 | -172 | 83 | 99 |             | 145225 | 1.8 | -8724 | -189 | 716 | 1174 | 147115 | |
| North Carolina | 8815 | -1990 | -936 | 18 | 64 |             | 69518 | 1.8 | -2408 | 1761 | 282 | 1099 | 70899 | |
| North Dakota | 166 | 11 | -21 | 0 | 0 |             | 1226 | 0.4 | -54 | -172 | 22 | 20 | 1268 | |
| Ohio | 8136 | 139 | -455 | 41 | 67 |             | 73891 | 1.4 | -1837 | -859 | 316 | 708 | 74915 | |
| Oklahoma | 1521 | -59 | -131 | 8 | 24 |             | 13327 | 0.9 | -513 | -6 | 59 | 220 | 13606 | |
| Oregon | 4920 | -53 | 423 | 13 | 46 |             | 34044 | 2.0 | -1418 | 1597 | 156 | 515 | 34715 | |
| Pennsylvania | 15183 | -998 | 466 | 158 | 86 |             | 129044 | 2.3 | -8355 | 665 | 1631 | 1043 | 131718 | |
| Puerto Rico | 3583 | 0 | 454 | 6 | 9 |             | 34587 | 3.4 | 0 | -3582 | 77 | 151 | 34815 | |
| Rhode Island | 1110 | -135 | 235 | 6 | 2 |             | 10555 | 2.2 | -408 | 1391 | 50 | 50 | 10655 | |
| South Carolina | 4143 | -2304 | -1516 | 15 | 21 |             | 34753 | 1.9 | -2447 | 205 | 129 | 344 | 35226 | |
| South Dakota | 175 | 1 | -58 | 5 | 3 |             | 1079 | 0.3 | -16 | -154 | 35 | 16 | 1130 | |
| Tennessee | 3789 | -152 | -719 | 16 | 31 |             | 36735 | 1.4 | -571 | 1366 | 191 | 334 | 37260 | |
| Texas | 11439 | -81 | 320 | 71 | 152 |             | 91903 | 0.9 | -3262 | -3246 | 1101 | 1838 | 94842 | |
| Utah | 994 | -60 | 65 | 35 | 4 |             | 7207 | 0.6 | 68 | 948 | 221 | 76 | 7504 | |
| Vermont | 544 | 27 | -283 | 0 | 5 |             | 3812 | 1.3 | -150 | 58 | 12 | 24 | 3848 | |
| Virgin Islands | 60 | -21 | 10 | 0 | 0 |             | 636 | 1.4 | -78 | 204 | 4 | 10 | 650 | |
| Virginia | 3892 | -205 | 106 | 17 | 46 |             | 27695 | 0.8 | -1251 | -1230 | 309 | 814 | 28818 | |
| Washington | 6045 | -1 | 14 | 25 | 81 |             | 36629 | 1.3 | -859 | -2619 | 258 | 840 | 37727 | |
| West Virginia | 820 | -122 | -168 | 1 | 9 |             | 9777 | 1.4 | -719 | -782 | 61 | 148 | 9986 | |
| Wisconsin | 7783 | 582 | 65 | 8 | 28 |             | 50293 | 1.8 | -3739 | -236 | 82 | 336 | 50711 | |
| Wyoming | 229 | 16 | 2 | 0 | 0 |             | 1669 | 0.6 | 115 | 344 | 23 | 34 | 1726 | |
| Totals | 248624 | -13347 | -12772 | 1439 | 1771 |             | 2165654 | 1.6 | -76962 | 102692 | 14078 | 22280 | 2202012 | |
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.