| STATE NAME |
Initial Claims Filed During Week Ended December 22, 2007 |
Insured Unemployment For Week Ended December 15, 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 | 5291 | 1013 | 851 | 9 | 27 | 27198 | 1.4 | 158 | 360 | 120 | 245 | 27563 | ||
| Alaska | 1810 | 115 | 34 | 16 | 4 | 12518 | 4.3 | 791 | 37 | 166 | 104 | 12788 | ||
| Arizona | 3834 | -488 | 859 | 34 | 6 | 30884 | 1.2 | 220 | 7672 | 268 | 200 | 31352 | ||
| Arkansas | 7121 | 1415 | -986 | 3 | 11 | 31296 | 2.7 | 1139 | -701 | 148 | 331 | 31775 | ||
| California | 56753 | 6345 | 7624 | 274 | 163 | 446300 | 2.9 | 17548 | 93965 | 2787 | 3310 | 452397 | ||
| Colorado | 3022 | -1075 | 594 | 26 | 19 | 25401 | 1.2 | 3136 | 866 | 184 | 398 | 25983 | ||
| Connecticut | 6971 | 2564 | 1199 | 7 | 13 | 38739 | 2.3 | 2239 | 908 | 62 | 306 | 39107 | ||
| Delaware | 1132 | 104 | -345 | 1 | 0 | 8609 | 2.1 | 120 | 419 | 28 | 52 | 8689 | ||
| District of Columbia | 424 | 85 | 114 | 1 | 1 | 4178 | 0.9 | -237 | -306 | 117 | 28 | 4323 | ||
| Florida | 12211 | -989 | 3118 | 31 | 83 | 124958 | 1.6 | -6670 | 40115 | 394 | 1068 | 126420 | ||
| Georgia | 9158 | 456 | 1024 | 95 | 54 | 62419 | 1.6 | 193 | 9025 | 576 | 986 | 63981 | ||
| Hawaii | 1179 | -690 | 178 | 6 | 8 | 7833 | 1.3 | -924 | 2225 | 58 | 116 | 8007 | ||
| Idaho | 3474 | 207 | 284 | 36 | 11 | 18101 | 2.8 | 1356 | 3397 | 355 | 80 | 18536 | ||
| Illinois | 20615 | -1819 | 1914 | 21 | 55 | 152043 | 2.6 | 23280 | 6596 | 559 | 994 | 153596 | ||
| Indiana | 16254 | 4754 | -948 | 31 | 62 | 60699 | 2.1 | 4534 | 1794 | 204 | 514 | 61417 | ||
| Iowa | 5203 | -167 | -2475 | 7 | 13 | 27403 | 1.9 | 2947 | -207 | 59 | 228 | 27690 | ||
| Kansas | 4375 | -528 | -251 | 2 | 1 | 20243 | 1.5 | 3627 | 2521 | 116 | 172 | 20531 | ||
| Kentucky | 14012 | 3818 | -3713 | 110 | 17 | 30575 | 1.8 | -1875 | -3778 | 436 | 632 | 31643 | ||
| Louisiana | 2738 | 285 | 97 | 9 | 11 | 21005 | 1.2 | 58 | 682 | 98 | 147 | 21250 | ||
| Maine | 1956 | -204 | 168 | 3 | 3 | 11513 | 2.0 | 703 | 149 | 45 | 62 | 11620 | ||
| Maryland | 5644 | 432 | -263 | 28 | 27 | 39442 | 1.6 | -311 | 4590 | 362 | 266 | 40070 | ||
| Massachusetts | 12547 | 1943 | 1129 | 38 | 43 | 85399 | 2.7 | 4875 | 4816 | 723 | 603 | 86725 | ||
| Michigan | 31171 | 12084 | 4088 | 26 | 50 | 148340 | 3.6 | 5787 | -1998 | 285 | 958 | 149583 | ||
| Minnesota | 7549 | -61 | -2201 | 2 | 18 | 60341 | 2.3 | 3393 | 4869 | 149 | 1064 | 61554 | ||
| Mississippi | 4674 | 1783 | 234 | 12 | 2 | 20012 | 1.8 | 588 | 1714 | 181 | 132 | 20325 | ||
| Missouri | 14861 | 3165 | 3799 | 32 | 26 | 51309 | 1.9 | 6184 | 1026 | 674 | 252 | 52235 | ||
| Montana | 1571 | 184 | 83 | 45 | 7 | 9992 | 2.4 | 115 | 1415 | 320 | 87 | 10399 | ||
| Nebraska | 1949 | -447 | -458 | 5 | 6 | 10740 | 1.2 | 1321 | -278 | 42 | 72 | 10854 | ||
| Nevada | 4243 | 197 | 213 | 7 | 6 | 30626 | 2.4 | 863 | 7275 | 123 | 150 | 30899 | ||
| New Hampshire | 1544 | 178 | 113 | 0 | 4 | 7681 | 1.2 | 536 | 395 | 18 | 36 | 7735 | ||
| New Jersey | 15446 | 3740 | 2185 | 21 | 27 | 112770 | 2.9 | 3648 | 5035 | 276 | 465 | 113511 | ||
| New Mexico | 1284 | 97 | -110 | 80 | 0 | 12314 | 1.6 | 224 | 221 | 275 | 112 | 12701 | ||
| New York | 21320 | -1139 | 2696 | 99 | 78 | 181551 | 2.2 | 4863 | 2974 | 781 | 1243 | 183575 | ||
| North Carolina | 11084 | -839 | 611 | 15 | 48 | 80120 | 2.0 | -392 | 5869 | 293 | 1106 | 81519 | ||
| North Dakota | 939 | 5 | 18 | 4 | 1 | 4536 | 1.4 | 336 | -31 | 36 | 18 | 4590 | ||
| Ohio | 20049 | 3332 | 1960 | 46 | 74 | 112009 | 2.1 | 8508 | 6980 | 275 | 861 | 113145 | ||
| Oklahoma | 4768 | 3120 | 1782 | 7 | 24 | 15034 | 1.0 | 2169 | 562 | 75 | 175 | 15284 | ||
| Oregon | 10842 | 3236 | 1096 | 87 | 31 | 49562 | 2.9 | 168 | 4205 | 616 | 504 | 50682 | ||
| Pennsylvania | 30607 | 4264 | 1666 | 128 | 91 | 181905 | 3.3 | 17236 | 21742 | 1320 | 1085 | 184310 | ||
| Puerto Rico | 2580 | 674 | -919 | 10 | 10 | 27236 | 2.7 | -3758 | -4751 | 80 | 212 | 27528 | ||
| Rhode Island | 2522 | 780 | 30 | 4 | 0 | 14477 | 3.1 | 1000 | 2378 | 32 | 89 | 14598 | ||
| South Carolina | 6009 | 494 | 916 | 25 | 22 | 42227 | 2.3 | 722 | 2393 | 127 | 362 | 42716 | ||
| South Dakota | 562 | -76 | -133 | 5 | 3 | 2681 | 0.7 | 299 | -113 | 88 | 19 | 2788 | ||
| Tennessee | 7134 | 1825 | 1911 | 24 | 17 | 40482 | 1.5 | 1653 | 720 | 361 | 307 | 41150 | ||
| Texas | 17933 | 4388 | 842 | 91 | 138 | 100067 | 1.0 | -5476 | 2048 | 857 | 1609 | 102533 | ||
| Utah | 2148 | 50 | 440 | 186 | 6 | 12046 | 1.0 | 791 | 2857 | 452 | 80 | 12578 | ||
| Vermont | 1453 | 403 | 110 | 4 | 3 | 7282 | 2.5 | 335 | 407 | 23 | 26 | 7331 | ||
| Virgin Islands | 44 | 1 | 19 | 0 | 2 | 770 | 1.7 | 72 | 324 | 2 | 8 | 780 | ||
| Virginia | 7329 | 2061 | -963 | 12 | 35 | 33817 | 1.0 | 1334 | 3090 | 309 | 813 | 34939 | ||
| Washington | 11132 | 622 | -301 | 51 | 98 | 59102 | 2.1 | -396 | -1222 | 548 | 855 | 60505 | ||
| West Virginia | 1614 | -244 | 58 | 5 | 9 | 15730 | 2.3 | 1499 | 2686 | 73 | 159 | 15962 | ||
| Wisconsin | 15368 | 1697 | 447 | 28 | 23 | 81041 | 3.0 | 2849 | 1110 | 170 | 356 | 81567 | ||
| Wyoming | 518 | -221 | 176 | 66 | 0 | 2795 | 1.1 | 714 | 499 | 34 | 0 | 2829 | ||
| Totals | 455971 | 62929 | 30614 | 1915 | 1491 | 2815351 | 2.1 | 114092 | 249546 | 16760 | 24057 | 2856168 | ||
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.