| STATE NAME |
Initial Claims Filed During Week Ended November 17, 2007 |
Insured Unemployment For Week Ended November 10, 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 | 4047 | -432 | -451 | 13 | 25 |             | 26023 | 1.4 | 449 | -184 | 125 | 239 | 26387 | |
| Alaska | 1887 | -186 | -644 | 22 | 3 |             | 9465 | 3.2 | -311 | -2108 | 151 | 46 | 9662 | |
| Arizona | 3561 | -658 | -732 | 20 | 15 |             | 30160 | 1.2 | -373 | 6649 | 216 | 221 | 30597 | |
| Arkansas | 4429 | 219 | -2420 | 13 | 24 |             | 28183 | 2.5 | -151 | -238 | 109 | 310 | 28602 | |
| California | 49767 | -5905 | -1423 | 348 | 173 |             | 349192 | 2.3 | -26958 | 24541 | 2100 | 2843 | 354135 | |
| Colorado | 2408 | -101 | -494 | 31 | 33 |             | 20061 | 0.9 | -1296 | -1953 | 200 | 372 | 20633 | |
| Connecticut | 3361 | -175 | -740 | 5 | 14 |             | 32764 | 2.0 | 338 | -848 | 49 | 365 | 33178 | |
| Delaware | 815 | -304 | -317 | 1 | 0 |             | 7559 | 1.8 | 41 | 763 | 38 | 43 | 7640 | |
| District of Columbia | 317 | 23 | -2 | 5 | 0 |             | 4074 | 0.8 | 6 | -251 | 128 | 29 | 4231 | |
| Florida | 12063 | -1058 | 1319 | 34 | 94 |             | 125544 | 1.6 | 2848 | 34496 | 445 | 1018 | 127007 | |
| Georgia | 9710 | 43 | 1172 | 48 | 59 |             | 58954 | 1.5 | 1804 | 5366 | 538 | 991 | 60483 | |
| Hawaii | 1006 | -135 | -198 | 7 | 9 |             | 7121 | 1.2 | -195 | 496 | 70 | 158 | 7349 | |
| Idaho | 2590 | 341 | -156 | 52 | 4 |             | 10686 | 1.7 | 769 | 1471 | 169 | 63 | 10918 | |
| Illinois | 13487 | -714 | -5407 | 42 | 74 |             | 110932 | 1.9 | 6182 | -438 | 513 | 847 | 112292 | |
| Indiana | 7665 | -176 | -1491 | 32 | 69 |             | 46313 | 1.6 | 2429 | -1195 | 247 | 479 | 47039 | |
| Iowa | 2515 | -326 | -1477 | 6 | 16 |             | 16719 | 1.1 | -1739 | -2732 | 35 | 227 | 16981 | |
| Kansas | 1979 | -407 | -654 | 1 | 2 |             | 15126 | 1.2 | 18 | -392 | 123 | 175 | 15424 | |
| Kentucky | 5150 | 797 | -1672 | 27 | 16 |             | 24694 | 1.4 | -2195 | -8302 | 462 | 602 | 25758 | |
| Louisiana | 2448 | -294 | -523 | 11 | 8 |             | 19560 | 1.1 | 240 | 718 | 87 | 148 | 19795 | |
| Maine | 1490 | 87 | -389 | 5 | 3 |             | 7667 | 1.3 | 571 | -655 | 42 | 50 | 7759 | |
| Maryland | 4406 | -233 | -185 | 17 | 29 |             | 33380 | 1.4 | 1000 | 2135 | 314 | 204 | 33898 | |
| Massachusetts | 7227 | -809 | -472 | 125 | 36 |             | 68061 | 2.2 | 1489 | 1500 | 747 | 521 | 69329 | |
| Michigan | 17159 | -6493 | -3335 | 43 | 49 |             | 116301 | 2.8 | 7824 | -24742 | 328 | 795 | 117424 | |
| Minnesota | 5990 | 61 | -2449 | 9 | 13 |             | 38508 | 1.5 | 2741 | 1518 | 136 | 945 | 39589 | |
| Mississippi | 2390 | -397 | -123 | 37 | 6 |             | 17200 | 1.6 | -670 | 913 | 102 | 157 | 17459 | |
| Missouri | 6115 | -79 | -1803 | 88 | 19 |             | 42043 | 1.6 | 467 | -457 | 610 | 271 | 42924 | |
| Montana | 1326 | 162 | -91 | 57 | 7 |             | 6235 | 1.5 | 89 | -1158 | 248 | 77 | 6560 | |
| Nebraska | 1090 | 5 | -359 | 1 | 7 |             | 7557 | 0.9 | -125 | -976 | 43 | 68 | 7668 | |
| Nevada | 3223 | -758 | 67 | 17 | 6 |             | 25729 | 2.0 | 807 | 7078 | 103 | 152 | 25984 | |
| New Hampshire | 824 | -90 | -220 | 1 | 2 |             | 5824 | 0.9 | 215 | -188 | 17 | 40 | 5881 | |
| New Jersey | 10147 | -3011 | -2968 | 21 | 19 |             | 98990 | 2.5 | 3430 | -1111 | 280 | 523 | 99793 | |
| New Mexico | 1066 | -304 | -211 | 23 | 1 |             | 10980 | 1.4 | 291 | 85 | 209 | 96 | 11285 | |
| New York | 18763 | -308 | -234 | 54 | 68 |             | 152645 | 1.8 | 4384 | -5774 | 743 | 1239 | 154627 | |
| North Carolina | 12403 | -1216 | -11 | 22 | 48 |             | 75808 | 1.9 | 556 | 3842 | 256 | 1057 | 77121 | |
| North Dakota | 524 | 62 | -938 | 2 | 0 |             | 1763 | 0.5 | 230 | -571 | 21 | 15 | 1799 | |
| Ohio | 12115 | -91 | -1068 | 21 | 54 |             | 80637 | 1.5 | -358 | -431 | 296 | 805 | 81738 | |
| Oklahoma | 1109 | -557 | -715 | 9 | 16 |             | 12809 | 0.9 | -80 | -759 | 57 | 188 | 13054 | |
| Oregon | 6782 | 16 | -1783 | 87 | 28 |             | 40604 | 2.4 | 607 | -171 | 355 | 489 | 41448 | |
| Pennsylvania | 21251 | -1526 | -4746 | 117 | 81 |             | 134425 | 2.4 | -7568 | -5397 | 1862 | 1171 | 137458 | |
| Puerto Rico | 2485 | -3882 | -535 | 1 | 7 |             | 29133 | 2.9 | -1144 | -6026 | 80 | 160 | 29373 | |
| Rhode Island | 1181 | -211 | -94 | 2 | 4 |             | 10973 | 2.3 | -5 | 1464 | 33 | 72 | 11078 | |
| South Carolina | 4643 | -1270 | -1174 | 4 | 28 |             | 38048 | 2.1 | -71 | 746 | 143 | 363 | 38554 | |
| South Dakota | 399 | 51 | -149 | 15 | 6 |             | 1279 | 0.3 | 74 | -384 | 50 | 11 | 1340 | |
| Tennessee | 5279 | -1072 | 164 | 32 | 16 |             | 36080 | 1.3 | -662 | 587 | 251 | 331 | 36662 | |
| Texas | 14876 | 1097 | -77 | 36 | 147 |             | 94868 | 1.0 | 350 | -601 | 1046 | 1645 | 97559 | |
| Utah | 1502 | -1 | 24 | 50 | 9 |             | 8106 | 0.7 | -32 | 1263 | 201 | 80 | 8387 | |
| Vermont | 973 | -57 | -86 | 0 | 5 |             | 5197 | 1.7 | 425 | -107 | 18 | 30 | 5245 | |
| Virgin Islands | 67 | 8 | 31 | 1 | 1 |             | 570 | 1.3 | -224 | 32 | 2 | 6 | 578 | |
| Virginia | 4677 | -1542 | -957 | 17 | 31 |             | 28544 | 0.8 | -1048 | -651 | 280 | 775 | 29599 | |
| Washington | 9927 | -277 | -1574 | 84 | 78 |             | 47630 | 1.7 | 1518 | -2674 | 338 | 852 | 48820 | |
| West Virginia | 1327 | -228 | -193 | 1 | 10 |             | 10208 | 1.5 | -998 | -2088 | 52 | 172 | 10432 | |
| Wisconsin | 10972 | 209 | -1331 | 21 | 23 |             | 57448 | 2.1 | 2027 | -1122 | 123 | 363 | 57934 | |
| Wyoming | 432 | -16 | -51 | 9 | 4 |             | 2036 | 0.8 | 133 | 10 | 72 | 29 | 2137 | |
| Totals | 323345 | -32118 | -44345 | 1747 | 1499 |             | 2290416 | 1.7 | -1851 | 20989 | 15263 | 22928 | 2328607 | |
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.