| STATE NAME |
Initial Claims Filed During Week Ended September 29, 2007 |
Insured Unemployment For Week Ended September 22, 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 | 3441 | -229 | 100 | 12 | 16 |             | 25084 | 1.3 | -507 | -318 | 93 | 236 | 25413 | |
| Alaska | 1349 | -58 | -51 | 11 | 4 |             | 7054 | 2.4 | 709 | -493 | 60 | 54 | 7168 | |
| Arizona | 3436 | -105 | 798 | 11 | 7 |             | 32270 | 1.3 | -648 | 6295 | 133 | 245 | 32648 | |
| Arkansas | 2901 | 287 | -225 | 7 | 6 |             | 25462 | 2.2 | -229 | 649 | 74 | 242 | 25778 | |
| California | 39485 | -297 | 3458 | 168 | 192 |             | 334984 | 2.2 | -6412 | 44134 | 2030 | 2983 | 339997 | |
| Colorado | 1786 | -52 | -138 | 12 | 29 |             | 20048 | 0.9 | 1289 | 603 | 117 | 379 | 20544 | |
| Connecticut | 2497 | -192 | -58 | 6 | 19 |             | 31840 | 1.9 | -273 | -394 | 51 | 293 | 32184 | |
| Delaware | 802 | 14 | -265 | 2 | 0 |             | 6469 | 1.6 | -894 | 24 | 25 | 47 | 6541 | |
| District of Columbia | 262 | -21 | -30 | 7 | 1 |             | 4198 | 0.9 | -17 | -141 | 185 | 28 | 4411 | |
| Florida | 11397 | -2756 | 3057 | 50 | 98 |             | 126919 | 1.6 | 4524 | 35615 | 349 | 1078 | 128346 | |
| Georgia | 6449 | -858 | 362 | 48 | 71 |             | 54735 | 1.4 | -1067 | 5639 | 809 | 969 | 56513 | |
| Hawaii | 952 | 57 | 54 | 7 | 16 |             | 6941 | 1.2 | 142 | 1073 | 72 | 122 | 7135 | |
| Idaho | 1113 | 78 | 222 | 5 | 7 |             | 7490 | 1.2 | -41 | 1879 | 49 | 54 | 7593 | |
| Illinois | 9663 | -294 | 255 | 39 | 60 |             | 102935 | 1.8 | -1389 | 4515 | 545 | 810 | 104290 | |
| Indiana | 7281 | 1928 | -745 | 21 | 45 |             | 42162 | 1.5 | -2049 | -863 | 265 | 505 | 42932 | |
| Iowa | 1929 | -73 | -411 | 4 | 32 |             | 14512 | 1.0 | -763 | -2710 | 34 | 231 | 14777 | |
| Kansas | 2017 | -248 | 38 | 0 | 2 |             | 14887 | 1.1 | -227 | 36 | 143 | 147 | 15177 | |
| Kentucky | 4685 | 1071 | -1525 | 19 | 16 |             | 24877 | 1.4 | 398 | -2711 | 527 | 523 | 25927 | |
| Louisiana | 2660 | 404 | 663 | 14 | 9 |             | 19570 | 1.1 | -155 | 615 | 92 | 197 | 19859 | |
| Maine | 764 | -69 | -173 | 3 | 3 |             | 6042 | 1.0 | -158 | -497 | 26 | 50 | 6118 | |
| Maryland | 3461 | 37 | 639 | 19 | 20 |             | 32120 | 1.3 | 807 | 2514 | 358 | 273 | 32751 | |
| Massachusetts | 5200 | -254 | -486 | 32 | 47 |             | 63488 | 2.0 | -969 | 1786 | 829 | 431 | 64748 | |
| Michigan | 13505 | 4432 | -1827 | 28 | 77 |             | 100343 | 2.4 | 751 | -18617 | 328 | 744 | 101415 | |
| Minnesota | 3748 | -391 | 203 | 5 | 111 |             | 32936 | 1.2 | 228 | 3690 | 76 | 828 | 33840 | |
| Mississippi | 2081 | -134 | 156 | 4 | 7 |             | 17570 | 1.6 | -678 | 2203 | 76 | 153 | 17799 | |
| Missouri | 5970 | 866 | -1846 | 75 | 27 |             | 38332 | 1.4 | -762 | -1286 | 791 | 262 | 39385 | |
| Montana | 684 | -41 | -99 | 13 | 14 |             | 4254 | 1.0 | -12 | 279 | 37 | 79 | 4370 | |
| Nebraska | 774 | -166 | -455 | 4 | 4 |             | 7345 | 0.8 | -17 | -664 | 30 | 66 | 7441 | |
| Nevada | 2764 | -310 | 341 | 8 | 9 |             | 24180 | 1.9 | -168 | 6998 | 66 | 167 | 24413 | |
| New Hampshire | 641 | -13 | 44 | 0 | 1 |             | 5233 | 0.8 | -31 | -13 | 33 | 23 | 5289 | |
| New Jersey | 8192 | 218 | 726 | 23 | 29 |             | 94745 | 2.4 | -4461 | 2254 | 263 | 485 | 95493 | |
| New Mexico | 912 | -57 | 32 | 13 | 1 |             | 10167 | 1.3 | 148 | 250 | 101 | 101 | 10369 | |
| New York | 13725 | -1303 | -598 | 82 | 82 |             | 139691 | 1.7 | -5534 | -2251 | 746 | 1216 | 141653 | |
| North Carolina | 10530 | 1715 | 1453 | 14 | 61 |             | 70926 | 1.8 | 1408 | 3784 | 247 | 1084 | 72257 | |
| North Dakota | 170 | 4 | -19 | 1 | 1 |             | 1165 | 0.4 | -61 | -101 | 24 | 19 | 1208 | |
| Ohio | 10132 | 1996 | 1109 | 14 | 59 |             | 72313 | 1.4 | -1578 | -509 | 284 | 746 | 73343 | |
| Oklahoma | 1324 | -197 | -162 | 9 | 18 |             | 12973 | 0.9 | -354 | -207 | 51 | 208 | 13232 | |
| Oregon | 4904 | -16 | 580 | 24 | 41 |             | 34352 | 2.1 | 308 | 2256 | 156 | 499 | 35007 | |
| Pennsylvania | 15865 | 682 | 317 | 140 | 96 |             | 126447 | 2.3 | -2597 | -91 | 1386 | 981 | 128814 | |
| Puerto Rico | 2748 | -76 | 289 | 4 | 6 |             | 31697 | 3.1 | 2379 | -6864 | 90 | 148 | 31935 | |
| Rhode Island | 1052 | -58 | 86 | 5 | 2 |             | 10599 | 2.3 | 44 | 1554 | 40 | 54 | 10693 | |
| South Carolina | 4439 | 296 | -909 | 8 | 22 |             | 34912 | 1.9 | 159 | -838 | 122 | 329 | 35363 | |
| South Dakota | 193 | 18 | -44 | 5 | 1 |             | 1035 | 0.3 | -44 | -194 | 36 | 18 | 1089 | |
| Tennessee | 4034 | 245 | -687 | 24 | 22 |             | 36417 | 1.4 | -318 | 1614 | 181 | 322 | 36920 | |
| Texas | 12751 | 1312 | 1244 | 34 | 181 |             | 91716 | 0.9 | -187 | -6204 | 838 | 1698 | 94252 | |
| Utah | 1023 | 29 | 112 | 38 | 7 |             | 7199 | 0.6 | -8 | 934 | 235 | 73 | 7507 | |
| Vermont | 472 | -72 | 68 | 2 | 2 |             | 3794 | 1.3 | -18 | -243 | 14 | 27 | 3835 | |
| Virgin Islands | 48 | -12 | 10 | 0 | 0 |             | 678 | 1.5 | 42 | 248 | 12 | 4 | 694 | |
| Virginia | 3568 | -324 | -373 | 6 | 38 |             | 27349 | 0.8 | -346 | -1232 | 298 | 864 | 28511 | |
| Washington | 5916 | -129 | 171 | 33 | 68 |             | 36673 | 1.3 | 44 | -1787 | 252 | 841 | 37766 | |
| West Virginia | 888 | 68 | 80 | 2 | 17 |             | 9885 | 1.4 | 108 | 136 | 35 | 148 | 10068 | |
| Wisconsin | 8540 | 757 | 501 | 13 | 16 |             | 50206 | 1.8 | -87 | 1706 | 95 | 357 | 50658 | |
| Wyoming | 272 | 43 | 65 | 0 | 3 |             | 1548 | 0.6 | -121 | 189 | 24 | 27 | 1599 | |
| Totals | 255395 | 7752 | 6107 | 1128 | 1723 |             | 2140767 | 1.6 | -19692 | 84244 | 13833 | 22468 | 2177068 | |
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.