| STATE NAME |
Initial Claims Filed During Week Ended October 20, 2007 |
Insured Unemployment For Week Ended October 13, 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 | 3999 | -396 | -734 | 26 | 29 |             | 25656 | 1.4 | 614 | -1051 | 104 | 238 | 25998 | |
| Alaska | 1642 | -628 | -72 | 30 | 2 |             | 7158 | 2.5 | 67 | -2069 | 105 | 46 | 7309 | |
| Arizona | 4093 | 204 | 1087 | 35 | 7 |             | 31040 | 1.2 | 609 | 6715 | 195 | 224 | 31459 | |
| Arkansas | 4274 | 633 | 273 | 2 | 15 |             | 26147 | 2.3 | 1039 | 722 | 86 | 257 | 26490 | |
| California | 47912 | 7027 | 10236 | 204 | 220 |             | 332256 | 2.2 | 16798 | 34600 | 2169 | 2939 | 337364 | |
| Colorado | 2230 | -105 | -310 | 29 | 32 |             | 19163 | 0.9 | -315 | -1022 | 159 | 364 | 19686 | |
| Connecticut | 3113 | -77 | 214 | 3 | 34 |             | 31822 | 1.9 | 1367 | -583 | 57 | 334 | 32213 | |
| Delaware | 961 | -551 | -208 | 0 | 0 |             | 7723 | 1.9 | 1352 | 1166 | 17 | 41 | 7781 | |
| District of Columbia | 291 | 46 | 9 | 6 | 2 |             | 4077 | 0.8 | -55 | -133 | 140 | 30 | 4247 | |
| Florida | 13355 | -940 | 3444 | 61 | 116 |             | 126254 | 1.6 | 2209 | 35290 | 465 | 1074 | 127793 | |
| Georgia | 8535 | -146 | -229 | 43 | 76 |             | 56758 | 1.4 | 316 | 6197 | 669 | 983 | 58410 | |
| Hawaii | 1231 | -38 | 5 | 7 | 14 |             | 6857 | 1.2 | -336 | 664 | 97 | 151 | 7105 | |
| Idaho | 1737 | 219 | -317 | 24 | 4 |             | 7960 | 1.3 | 8 | 1851 | 74 | 57 | 8091 | |
| Illinois | 13183 | -984 | -958 | 42 | 68 |             | 105396 | 1.8 | 5463 | 3772 | 513 | 816 | 106725 | |
| Indiana | 8435 | 908 | 474 | 38 | 55 |             | 43382 | 1.5 | 2452 | -894 | 257 | 485 | 44124 | |
| Iowa | 3198 | -244 | -158 | 5 | 14 |             | 15753 | 1.1 | 1347 | -1573 | 51 | 245 | 16049 | |
| Kansas | 2547 | 75 | 331 | 2 | 0 |             | 14949 | 1.1 | 170 | -201 | 137 | 160 | 15246 | |
| Kentucky | 4561 | -678 | -1305 | 41 | 20 |             | 24091 | 1.4 | -180 | -5934 | 509 | 494 | 25094 | |
| Louisiana | 2413 | -242 | 167 | 10 | 14 |             | 18862 | 1.1 | 125 | 659 | 89 | 168 | 19119 | |
| Maine | 1065 | 218 | -128 | 5 | 1 |             | 6287 | 1.1 | 355 | -325 | 29 | 49 | 6365 | |
| Maryland | 4011 | -1184 | 426 | 11 | 32 |             | 32797 | 1.4 | 1488 | 3419 | 361 | 260 | 33418 | |
| Massachusetts | 6363 | 619 | 72 | 20 | 50 |             | 64115 | 2.0 | 1018 | 1666 | 923 | 495 | 65533 | |
| Michigan | 16739 | -4992 | -1227 | 33 | 42 |             | 109718 | 2.6 | 6265 | -31856 | 258 | 783 | 110759 | |
| Minnesota | 4186 | 575 | -371 | 14 | 22 |             | 37430 | 1.4 | 6952 | 7467 | 101 | 1028 | 38559 | |
| Mississippi | 2350 | -263 | 162 | 13 | 3 |             | 17219 | 1.6 | -90 | 2005 | 77 | 162 | 17458 | |
| Missouri | 6110 | -155 | 234 | 70 | 26 |             | 40521 | 1.5 | 2714 | -1021 | 732 | 260 | 41513 | |
| Montana | 1105 | -4 | -404 | 58 | 10 |             | 4702 | 1.1 | 385 | -123 | 96 | 78 | 4876 | |
| Nebraska | 1394 | 300 | 243 | 4 | 2 |             | 7350 | 0.8 | 286 | -968 | 38 | 57 | 7445 | |
| Nevada | 3286 | -110 | 674 | 11 | 8 |             | 24478 | 1.9 | 456 | 6604 | 75 | 169 | 24722 | |
| New Hampshire | 750 | 31 | 31 | 0 | 3 |             | 5323 | 0.9 | 19 | 267 | 26 | 30 | 5379 | |
| New Jersey | 9122 | 973 | 779 | 10 | 38 |             | 95146 | 2.4 | 4010 | 2187 | 304 | 534 | 95984 | |
| New Mexico | 1035 | -49 | -117 | 26 | 6 |             | 10269 | 1.3 | 437 | 162 | 159 | 94 | 10522 | |
| New York | 17706 | 2590 | 288 | 52 | 89 |             | 143133 | 1.7 | 3219 | -3587 | 873 | 1210 | 145216 | |
| North Carolina | 10696 | -966 | 141 | 21 | 69 |             | 71620 | 1.8 | 636 | 2723 | 265 | 1086 | 72971 | |
| North Dakota | 248 | 33 | -1099 | 0 | 0 |             | 1145 | 0.3 | 32 | -518 | 15 | 22 | 1182 | |
| Ohio | 11190 | -1747 | -449 | 35 | 95 |             | 77371 | 1.5 | 5763 | 3042 | 346 | 761 | 78478 | |
| Oklahoma | 1622 | 23 | 180 | 4 | 16 |             | 12432 | 0.8 | -143 | -486 | 53 | 212 | 12697 | |
| Oregon | 6829 | 226 | 1117 | 61 | 48 |             | 36720 | 2.2 | -377 | 2870 | 210 | 503 | 37433 | |
| Pennsylvania | 18830 | -232 | 210 | 188 | 112 |             | 125992 | 2.3 | 1385 | -3782 | 2314 | 1111 | 129417 | |
| Puerto Rico | 3296 | -411 | -380 | 4 | 16 |             | 27029 | 2.7 | -454 | -9463 | 9 | 150 | 27188 | |
| Rhode Island | 1066 | -79 | 29 | 3 | 3 |             | 10605 | 2.2 | 500 | 1503 | 40 | 46 | 10691 | |
| South Carolina | 6347 | 584 | 1405 | 12 | 35 |             | 37963 | 2.1 | 2104 | 2514 | 128 | 353 | 38444 | |
| South Dakota | 375 | 144 | 56 | 22 | 2 |             | 1017 | 0.3 | 65 | -279 | 45 | 12 | 1074 | |
| Tennessee | 5165 | -229 | 57 | 35 | 25 |             | 37847 | 1.4 | 1705 | 2334 | 231 | 326 | 38404 | |
| Texas | 11912 | -897 | -208 | 39 | 145 |             | 90875 | 0.9 | 3123 | -3065 | 1237 | 1698 | 93810 | |
| Utah | 1338 | 213 | 310 | 40 | 15 |             | 7387 | 0.6 | 179 | 954 | 229 | 69 | 7685 | |
| Vermont | 809 | 219 | -66 | 0 | 2 |             | 3849 | 1.3 | 1 | 98 | 15 | 30 | 3894 | |
| Virgin Islands | 73 | -18 | 16 | 0 | 0 |             | 702 | 1.6 | 82 | 138 | 4 | 10 | 716 | |
| Virginia | 4401 | 380 | 580 | 14 | 45 |             | 28270 | 0.8 | 1533 | -1142 | 298 | 864 | 29432 | |
| Washington | 8117 | 327 | 309 | 59 | 80 |             | 38197 | 1.4 | -210 | -1338 | 262 | 826 | 39285 | |
| West Virginia | 1270 | -69 | 147 | 4 | 24 |             | 9133 | 1.3 | -308 | -2098 | 60 | 172 | 9365 | |
| Wisconsin | 10704 | 953 | 1216 | 11 | 27 |             | 51546 | 1.9 | 1357 | 117 | 86 | 356 | 51988 | |
| Wyoming | 402 | 17 | 68 | 5 | 1 |             | 1574 | 0.6 | 72 | 77 | 37 | 31 | 1642 | |
| Totals | 307622 | 1103 | 16250 | 1492 | 1814 |             | 2175066 | 1.6 | 77609 | 58272 | 15829 | 22953 | 2213848 | |
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.