| STATE NAME |
Initial Claims Filed During Week Ended November 3, 2007 |
Insured Unemployment For Week Ended October 27, 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 | 4286 | 731 | -125 | 17 | 29 |             | 25748 | 1.4 | 557 | -297 | 124 | 236 | 26108 | |
| Alaska | 1949 | 100 | -308 | 22 | 1 |             | 8157 | 2.8 | -635 | -1929 | 148 | 47 | 8352 | |
| Arizona | 3851 | -170 | 878 | 18 | 5 |             | 30620 | 1.2 | -101 | 7113 | 217 | 209 | 31046 | |
| Arkansas | 3936 | -794 | -587 | 18 | 16 |             | 28411 | 2.5 | 922 | -24 | 103 | 291 | 28805 | |
| California | 49976 | 1075 | 9149 | 260 | 183 |             | 372805 | 2.4 | 20642 | 73054 | 2317 | 3326 | 378448 | |
| Colorado | 2158 | 32 | -467 | 38 | 35 |             | 19870 | 0.9 | -1113 | -1168 | 190 | 367 | 20427 | |
| Connecticut | 3253 | 232 | 185 | 5 | 20 |             | 32054 | 1.9 | -81 | -464 | 62 | 345 | 32461 | |
| Delaware | 1089 | 149 | -310 | 1 | 1 |             | 7429 | 1.8 | 367 | 723 | 26 | 61 | 7516 | |
| District of Columbia | 294 | 27 | 5 | 4 | 1 |             | 4068 | 0.8 | -24 | -86 | 125 | 32 | 4225 | |
| Florida | 12189 | -232 | 2174 | 41 | 107 |             | 126715 | 1.6 | 2999 | 37150 | 478 | 1156 | 128349 | |
| Georgia | 10149 | 2317 | -1299 | 31 | 58 |             | 57630 | 1.5 | 1960 | 5122 | 528 | 964 | 59122 | |
| Hawaii | 1059 | -4 | -65 | 6 | 12 |             | 6872 | 1.2 | -343 | 620 | 87 | 156 | 7115 | |
| Idaho | 1807 | 88 | -68 | 56 | 7 |             | 9183 | 1.4 | -12 | 2062 | 102 | 62 | 9347 | |
| Illinois | 13509 | 2028 | 95 | 38 | 74 |             | 106320 | 1.8 | -3991 | -841 | 500 | 848 | 107668 | |
| Indiana | 7769 | 745 | 506 | 30 | 61 |             | 43609 | 1.5 | -1557 | -5250 | 282 | 484 | 44375 | |
| Iowa | 5238 | 2601 | 1767 | 4 | 14 |             | 15712 | 1.1 | -911 | -2621 | 44 | 227 | 15983 | |
| Kansas | 1997 | -160 | -228 | 5 | 2 |             | 15178 | 1.2 | -400 | -401 | 136 | 176 | 15490 | |
| Kentucky | 4315 | -1567 | -5631 | 20 | 11 |             | 25486 | 1.5 | -8343 | -594 | 485 | 544 | 26515 | |
| Louisiana | 2532 | 40 | -177 | 7 | 10 |             | 19023 | 1.1 | 254 | 634 | 104 | 168 | 19295 | |
| Maine | 1292 | 193 | -204 | 3 | 3 |             | 6750 | 1.2 | 273 | -452 | 36 | 48 | 6834 | |
| Maryland | 4209 | -205 | 280 | 10 | 17 |             | 35565 | 1.5 | 4483 | 5517 | 348 | 286 | 36199 | |
| Massachusetts | 7113 | 995 | 158 | 41 | 39 |             | 64926 | 2.1 | 538 | 829 | 639 | 510 | 66075 | |
| Michigan | 16757 | 4599 | -1782 | 47 | 72 |             | 109406 | 2.6 | -4298 | -17212 | 294 | 779 | 110479 | |
| Minnesota | 4952 | 494 | -1348 | 16 | 16 |             | 34183 | 1.3 | -5810 | 2498 | 105 | 926 | 35214 | |
| Mississippi | 2152 | -350 | -179 | 8 | 6 |             | 17480 | 1.6 | 37 | 1410 | 90 | 155 | 17725 | |
| Missouri | 6289 | -16 | -675 | 49 | 23 |             | 40317 | 1.5 | 762 | -4524 | 647 | 248 | 41212 | |
| Montana | 1219 | 41 | -475 | 56 | 8 |             | 5497 | 1.3 | 185 | -468 | 185 | 82 | 5764 | |
| Nebraska | 1206 | 199 | 69 | 3 | 9 |             | 7500 | 0.8 | -285 | -861 | 40 | 63 | 7603 | |
| Nevada | 3298 | 703 | 464 | 8 | 3 |             | 24812 | 2.0 | 73 | 7010 | 100 | 166 | 25078 | |
| New Hampshire | 813 | 91 | -113 | 2 | 3 |             | 5391 | 0.9 | -19 | -132 | 21 | 32 | 5444 | |
| New Jersey | 10432 | 1162 | 366 | 15 | 33 |             | 95781 | 2.5 | 1886 | 3178 | 297 | 548 | 96626 | |
| New Mexico | 1166 | 89 | 193 | 20 | 1 |             | 10371 | 1.3 | 161 | -88 | 202 | 96 | 10669 | |
| New York | 16677 | 517 | -2384 | 49 | 85 |             | 144995 | 1.7 | 1583 | -5887 | 794 | 1209 | 146998 | |
| North Carolina | 14489 | 3687 | 3273 | 10 | 42 |             | 75453 | 1.9 | 4003 | 5837 | 259 | 1063 | 76775 | |
| North Dakota | 421 | 71 | -216 | 3 | 0 |             | 1339 | 0.4 | 139 | -237 | 20 | 16 | 1375 | |
| Ohio | 13764 | -98 | 1463 | 24 | 76 |             | 81773 | 1.6 | 1964 | 2512 | 281 | 789 | 82843 | |
| Oklahoma | 1603 | -418 | -219 | 3 | 15 |             | 13245 | 0.9 | 325 | -265 | 63 | 202 | 13510 | |
| Oregon | 6762 | -528 | 83 | 74 | 32 |             | 39704 | 2.4 | 1301 | 4048 | 277 | 523 | 40504 | |
| Pennsylvania | 21730 | -625 | 1013 | 138 | 114 |             | 130346 | 2.4 | -1380 | -2732 | 2137 | 1173 | 133656 | |
| Puerto Rico | 2622 | -275 | -239 | 3 | 3 |             | 28968 | 2.9 | -4653 | -6720 | 8 | 20 | 28996 | |
| Rhode Island | 1453 | 119 | 148 | 3 | 12 |             | 10649 | 2.3 | 219 | 1466 | 46 | 68 | 10763 | |
| South Carolina | 6722 | 1922 | -574 | 11 | 28 |             | 38819 | 2.1 | 1793 | 706 | 139 | 338 | 39296 | |
| South Dakota | 279 | -51 | -106 | 13 | 1 |             | 1147 | 0.3 | -1 | -203 | 43 | 13 | 1203 | |
| Tennessee | 5900 | 889 | -256 | 26 | 31 |             | 36796 | 1.4 | 1102 | 1051 | 229 | 280 | 37305 | |
| Texas | 12983 | 421 | -1092 | 28 | 178 |             | 93133 | 0.9 | 1800 | -724 | 1100 | 1692 | 95925 | |
| Utah | 1394 | 212 | 190 | 53 | 11 |             | 7828 | 0.7 | 148 | 1254 | 213 | 85 | 8126 | |
| Vermont | 982 | 196 | -106 | 1 | 6 |             | 4271 | 1.4 | 135 | -160 | 19 | 26 | 4316 | |
| Virgin Islands | 33 | -22 | -8 | 0 | 0 |             | 534 | 1.2 | -194 | -70 | 2 | 6 | 542 | |
| Virginia | 4899 | 643 | -1630 | 12 | 37 |             | 28701 | 0.8 | 772 | 1234 | 303 | 802 | 29806 | |
| Washington | 8885 | 645 | -883 | 75 | 92 |             | 42568 | 1.5 | 1254 | -316 | 330 | 824 | 43722 | |
| West Virginia | 1444 | 262 | 221 | 3 | 15 |             | 10351 | 1.5 | 45 | -763 | 61 | 178 | 10590 | |
| Wisconsin | 10131 | -341 | -1741 | 26 | 26 |             | 55810 | 2.0 | 613 | 1361 | 103 | 375 | 56288 | |
| Wyoming | 411 | 22 | -58 | 11 | 2 |             | 1761 | 0.7 | -26 | 105 | 43 | 28 | 1832 | |
| Totals | 325838 | 22481 | -873 | 1465 | 1686 |             | 2261060 | 1.7 | 19118 | 111005 | 15532 | 23348 | 2299940 | |
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.