| STATE NAME |
Initial Claims Filed During Week Ended October 13, 2007 |
Insured Unemployment For Week Ended October 6, 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 | 4395 | -7 | 73 | 24 | 17 |             | 25042 | 1.3 | -482 | -1090 | 94 | 241 | 25377 | |
| Alaska | 2270 | 780 | 343 | 18 | 1 |             | 7091 | 2.4 | 222 | -882 | 52 | 59 | 7202 | |
| Arizona | 3717 | -342 | 887 | 25 | 20 |             | 29451 | 1.1 | -2057 | 4961 | 152 | 197 | 29800 | |
| Arkansas | 3641 | -528 | 365 | 9 | 9 |             | 25108 | 2.2 | 49 | 606 | 80 | 246 | 25434 | |
| California | 40885 | -4917 | 2497 | 138 | 196 |             | 315458 | 2.1 | -13817 | 41750 | 1950 | 2718 | 320126 | |
| Colorado | 2335 | -275 | -192 | 19 | 22 |             | 19478 | 0.9 | 617 | 277 | 144 | 372 | 19994 | |
| Connecticut | 3190 | -16 | 504 | 11 | 36 |             | 30455 | 1.8 | -890 | -1496 | 81 | 285 | 30821 | |
| Delaware | 1512 | 772 | 311 | 2 | 1 |             | 6371 | 1.5 | -75 | -116 | 25 | 47 | 6443 | |
| District of Columbia | 245 | -63 | -19 | 3 | 0 |             | 4132 | 0.9 | -18 | -232 | 173 | 30 | 4335 | |
| Florida | 14295 | 1582 | 4889 | 57 | 135 |             | 124045 | 1.6 | 2116 | 35064 | 381 | 1028 | 125454 | |
| Georgia | 8681 | -1023 | 1347 | 35 | 58 |             | 56442 | 1.4 | 1054 | 6955 | 720 | 944 | 58106 | |
| Hawaii | 1269 | 80 | 211 | 8 | 8 |             | 7193 | 1.2 | 446 | 1092 | 64 | 117 | 7374 | |
| Idaho | 1518 | -12 | 557 | 19 | 7 |             | 7952 | 1.2 | 430 | 2057 | 56 | 57 | 8065 | |
| Illinois | 14167 | 1639 | 3779 | 38 | 65 |             | 99933 | 1.7 | -530 | 4433 | 570 | 747 | 101250 | |
| Indiana | 7527 | 385 | 1634 | 23 | 53 |             | 40930 | 1.4 | -1498 | -3489 | 248 | 491 | 41669 | |
| Iowa | 3442 | 1341 | 506 | 2 | 16 |             | 14406 | 1.0 | -77 | -2581 | 37 | 245 | 14688 | |
| Kansas | 2472 | 609 | 352 | 2 | 1 |             | 14779 | 1.1 | 7 | -267 | 130 | 139 | 15048 | |
| Kentucky | 5239 | -2605 | -681 | 18 | 25 |             | 24271 | 1.4 | -1060 | -2540 | 437 | 485 | 25193 | |
| Louisiana | 2655 | 463 | 501 | 10 | 14 |             | 18737 | 1.0 | -846 | 492 | 87 | 154 | 18978 | |
| Maine | 847 | -92 | -55 | 1 | 2 |             | 5932 | 1.0 | 44 | -342 | 25 | 44 | 6001 | |
| Maryland | 5195 | 2150 | 1827 | 21 | 40 |             | 31309 | 1.3 | -42 | 1065 | 359 | 242 | 31910 | |
| Massachusetts | 5744 | -755 | 268 | 36 | 51 |             | 63097 | 2.0 | 315 | 1123 | 919 | 461 | 64477 | |
| Michigan | 21731 | 5720 | -1255 | 30 | 63 |             | 103453 | 2.5 | 9018 | -16132 | 309 | 765 | 104527 | |
| Minnesota | 3611 | -729 | -844 | 14 | 69 |             | 30478 | 1.2 | -7589 | -193 | 88 | 898 | 31464 | |
| Mississippi | 2613 | 211 | 388 | 4 | 2 |             | 17309 | 1.6 | -284 | 2139 | 68 | 160 | 17537 | |
| Missouri | 6265 | -2136 | 810 | 71 | 25 |             | 37807 | 1.4 | 355 | -4368 | 808 | 239 | 38854 | |
| Montana | 1109 | 188 | 97 | 33 | 8 |             | 4317 | 1.0 | -102 | 232 | 51 | 128 | 4496 | |
| Nebraska | 1094 | 189 | -98 | 4 | 9 |             | 7064 | 0.8 | -171 | -1400 | 28 | 55 | 7147 | |
| Nevada | 3396 | 303 | 921 | 6 | 9 |             | 24022 | 1.9 | 242 | 6332 | 67 | 174 | 24263 | |
| New Hampshire | 719 | 19 | 40 | 1 | 3 |             | 5304 | 0.9 | 37 | 341 | 22 | 23 | 5349 | |
| New Jersey | 8149 | -1385 | 398 | 23 | 25 |             | 91136 | 2.3 | -2174 | 2450 | 288 | 471 | 91895 | |
| New Mexico | 1084 | 120 | 184 | 17 | 2 |             | 9832 | 1.3 | -135 | -360 | 142 | 100 | 10074 | |
| New York | 15116 | -1703 | -340 | 146 | 85 |             | 139914 | 1.7 | 970 | -4617 | 884 | 1218 | 142016 | |
| North Carolina | 11662 | 1568 | 2046 | 17 | 46 |             | 70984 | 1.8 | 919 | 3395 | 235 | 1097 | 72316 | |
| North Dakota | 215 | 27 | -341 | 2 | 0 |             | 1113 | 0.3 | -39 | -248 | 12 | 16 | 1141 | |
| Ohio | 12937 | 2523 | 4161 | 20 | 54 |             | 71608 | 1.4 | -1010 | -1130 | 293 | 752 | 72653 | |
| Oklahoma | 1599 | 189 | 131 | 17 | 13 |             | 12575 | 0.9 | -279 | -701 | 53 | 212 | 12840 | |
| Oregon | 6603 | -440 | 1301 | 33 | 54 |             | 37097 | 2.2 | 2707 | 4311 | 202 | 518 | 37817 | |
| Pennsylvania | 19062 | 1205 | 3263 | 200 | 136 |             | 124607 | 2.3 | 306 | 1690 | 1411 | 941 | 126959 | |
| Puerto Rico | 3707 | 571 | 1059 | 4 | 26 |             | 27483 | 2.7 | 23 | -5356 | 88 | 121 | 27692 | |
| Rhode Island | 1145 | 60 | 199 | 3 | 6 |             | 10105 | 2.1 | -424 | 1602 | 38 | 48 | 10191 | |
| South Carolina | 5763 | 1048 | -828 | 17 | 39 |             | 35859 | 2.0 | 777 | -1008 | 121 | 317 | 36297 | |
| South Dakota | 231 | 14 | 9 | 13 | 3 |             | 952 | 0.3 | -24 | -294 | 38 | 13 | 1003 | |
| Tennessee | 5394 | 735 | 329 | 33 | 30 |             | 36142 | 1.3 | 152 | 1068 | 180 | 325 | 36647 | |
| Texas | 12809 | 281 | 503 | 47 | 165 |             | 87752 | 0.9 | -2986 | -6171 | 854 | 1627 | 90233 | |
| Utah | 1125 | -63 | 221 | 19 | 10 |             | 7208 | 0.6 | 2 | 810 | 253 | 71 | 7532 | |
| Vermont | 590 | -16 | 3 | 1 | 3 |             | 3848 | 1.3 | 158 | 241 | 15 | 29 | 3892 | |
| Virgin Islands | 91 | 22 | 25 | 0 | 1 |             | 620 | 1.4 | -54 | 204 | 2 | 2 | 624 | |
| Virginia | 4021 | -1241 | 351 | 8 | 39 |             | 26737 | 0.8 | -698 | -2234 | 295 | 822 | 27854 | |
| Washington | 7790 | 366 | 1164 | 53 | 89 |             | 38407 | 1.4 | 181 | -898 | 262 | 832 | 39501 | |
| West Virginia | 1339 | 561 | 256 | 2 | 16 |             | 9441 | 1.4 | 232 | 61 | 24 | 142 | 9607 | |
| Wisconsin | 9751 | 575 | 403 | 17 | 28 |             | 50189 | 1.8 | -398 | -594 | 100 | 329 | 50618 | |
| Wyoming | 385 | 82 | 24 | 0 | 5 |             | 1502 | 0.6 | -78 | 166 | 26 | 24 | 1552 | |
| Totals | 306347 | 8030 | 34484 | 1374 | 1840 |             | 2096477 | 1.6 | -16458 | 66178 | 14041 | 21818 | 2132336 | |
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.