| STATE NAME |
Initial Claims Filed During Week Ended December 29, 2007 |
Insured Unemployment For Week Ended December 22, 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 | 5807 | 516 | -2249 | 12 | 13 | 28802 | 1.5 | 1604 | -1534 | 121 | 238 | 29161 | ||
| Alaska | 1385 | -425 | -165 | 7 | 2 | 12022 | 4.1 | -496 | -2138 | 214 | 80 | 12316 | ||
| Arizona | 2592 | -1118 | 402 | 36 | 7 | 30219 | 1.2 | -677 | 7195 | 251 | 198 | 30668 | ||
| Arkansas | 7400 | 279 | -353 | 4 | 5 | 34135 | 3.0 | 2839 | -309 | 145 | 319 | 34599 | ||
| California | 42300 | -14453 | 2255 | 242 | 83 | 381930 | 2.5 | -64370 | 49699 | 2886 | 2867 | 387683 | ||
| Colorado | 2266 | -756 | 295 | 11 | 17 | 24996 | 1.1 | -405 | 632 | 272 | 382 | 25650 | ||
| Connecticut | 9323 | 2352 | -959 | 2 | 9 | 41064 | 2.5 | 2325 | 1244 | 59 | 286 | 41409 | ||
| Delaware | 1566 | 434 | -94 | 0 | 0 | 8324 | 2.0 | -285 | 19 | 25 | 36 | 8385 | ||
| District of Columbia | 204 | -220 | -26 | 4 | 1 | 4305 | 0.9 | 127 | -40 | 97 | 26 | 4428 | ||
| Florida | 6584 | -5627 | 590 | 20 | 47 | 129319 | 1.6 | 4361 | 37314 | 428 | 1068 | 130815 | ||
| Georgia | 9969 | 811 | -2079 | 36 | 27 | 64920 | 1.6 | 2501 | 7248 | 622 | 891 | 66433 | ||
| Hawaii | 984 | -195 | -64 | 5 | 3 | 7158 | 1.2 | -675 | 1160 | 66 | 140 | 7364 | ||
| Idaho | 4545 | 1071 | 732 | 42 | 2 | 19142 | 3.0 | 1041 | 3403 | 369 | 88 | 19599 | ||
| Illinois | 17730 | -3310 | 1097 | 22 | 33 | 148063 | 2.6 | -1672 | 6784 | 441 | 935 | 149439 | ||
| Indiana | 17366 | 1112 | 1416 | 33 | 57 | 64793 | 2.3 | 4094 | 81 | 215 | 501 | 65509 | ||
| Iowa | 13542 | 8339 | 618 | 6 | 15 | 28954 | 2.0 | 1551 | -2475 | 54 | 211 | 29219 | ||
| Kansas | 5372 | 997 | 1575 | 0 | 0 | 19120 | 1.5 | -1123 | -334 | 117 | 164 | 19401 | ||
| Kentucky | 14612 | 600 | 2997 | 60 | 7 | 38915 | 2.2 | 8340 | 6484 | 444 | 589 | 39948 | ||
| Louisiana | 2077 | -661 | 147 | 9 | 6 | 20552 | 1.1 | -453 | 364 | 90 | 155 | 20797 | ||
| Maine | 1674 | -282 | -135 | 1 | 2 | 11625 | 2.0 | 112 | 180 | 43 | 75 | 11743 | ||
| Maryland | 8147 | 2503 | 42 | 33 | 16 | 41555 | 1.7 | 2113 | 6860 | 360 | 285 | 42200 | ||
| Massachusetts | 16011 | 3464 | -1455 | 42 | 36 | 90650 | 2.9 | 5251 | 5849 | 713 | 595 | 91958 | ||
| Michigan | 49653 | 18482 | 6547 | 23 | 43 | 156858 | 3.8 | 8518 | -20077 | 334 | 822 | 158014 | ||
| Minnesota | 7819 | 270 | -1518 | 2 | 9 | 61566 | 2.3 | 1225 | 101 | 142 | 956 | 62664 | ||
| Mississippi | 3024 | -1650 | -512 | 5 | 3 | 21871 | 2.0 | 1859 | 1329 | 181 | 134 | 22186 | ||
| Missouri | 9368 | -5493 | -1767 | 31 | 10 | 52915 | 2.0 | 1606 | 766 | 589 | 250 | 53754 | ||
| Montana | 1434 | -137 | 4 | 46 | 4 | 10264 | 2.5 | 272 | -80 | 521 | 76 | 10861 | ||
| Nebraska | 2661 | 712 | 167 | 1 | 5 | 10916 | 1.2 | 176 | -1211 | 44 | 73 | 11033 | ||
| Nevada | 3902 | -341 | 667 | 10 | 5 | 31337 | 2.5 | 711 | 6847 | 129 | 152 | 31618 | ||
| New Hampshire | 2286 | 742 | -31 | 0 | 3 | 8213 | 1.3 | 532 | 390 | 15 | 43 | 8271 | ||
| New Jersey | 22305 | 6859 | 2744 | 13 | 12 | 112164 | 2.9 | -606 | 4154 | 263 | 496 | 112923 | ||
| New Mexico | 1572 | 288 | 524 | 10 | 2 | 12306 | 1.6 | -8 | -556 | 259 | 97 | 12662 | ||
| New York | 22781 | 1461 | -1530 | 137 | 65 | 186318 | 2.2 | 4767 | 2144 | 843 | 1239 | 188400 | ||
| North Carolina | 12795 | 1711 | -2415 | 7 | 16 | 84217 | 2.1 | 4097 | 3733 | 278 | 1086 | 85581 | ||
| North Dakota | 910 | -29 | -82 | 1 | 0 | 4806 | 1.5 | 270 | -125 | 41 | 20 | 4867 | ||
| Ohio | 25660 | 5611 | 1638 | 19 | 51 | 115033 | 2.2 | 3024 | 7597 | 326 | 823 | 116182 | ||
| Oklahoma | 2725 | -2043 | 857 | 6 | 17 | 14700 | 1.0 | -334 | -612 | 63 | 183 | 14946 | ||
| Oregon | 13415 | 2573 | 2865 | 116 | 15 | 53416 | 3.2 | 3854 | 5108 | 618 | 489 | 54523 | ||
| Pennsylvania | 45239 | 14632 | -1130 | 99 | 69 | 168614 | 3.1 | -13291 | 3309 | 1564 | 1081 | 171259 | ||
| Puerto Rico | 1874 | -706 | 1022 | 2 | 4 | 33659 | 3.3 | 6423 | 13977 | 100 | 217 | 33976 | ||
| Rhode Island | 3133 | 611 | -659 | 1 | 3 | 14253 | 3.0 | -224 | 1809 | 30 | 78 | 14361 | ||
| South Carolina | 5653 | -356 | -6208 | 9 | 14 | 43757 | 2.4 | 1530 | -1723 | 150 | 336 | 44243 | ||
| South Dakota | 536 | -26 | 34 | 11 | 1 | 2811 | 0.7 | 130 | -250 | 95 | 20 | 2926 | ||
| Tennessee | 7901 | 767 | 975 | 34 | 17 | 42261 | 1.6 | 1779 | 1064 | 352 | 297 | 42910 | ||
| Texas | 9309 | -8624 | -2114 | 34 | 81 | 101777 | 1.0 | 1710 | -1006 | 1435 | 1529 | 104741 | ||
| Utah | 1835 | -313 | 457 | 92 | 6 | 13001 | 1.1 | 955 | 2966 | 609 | 78 | 13688 | ||
| Vermont | 2860 | 1407 | 382 | 1 | 3 | 7882 | 2.7 | 600 | 353 | 28 | 26 | 7936 | ||
| Virgin Islands | 44 | 0 | 25 | 0 | 2 | 770 | 1.7 | 0 | 274 | 2 | 8 | 780 | ||
| Virginia | 7112 | -217 | -50 | 16 | 14 | 33483 | 1.0 | -334 | 297 | 273 | 757 | 34513 | ||
| Washington | 16972 | 5840 | 4966 | 56 | 66 | 61607 | 2.2 | 2505 | 530 | 560 | 854 | 63021 | ||
| West Virginia | 1207 | -407 | -18 | 4 | 12 | 13312 | 1.9 | -2418 | -787 | 86 | 169 | 13567 | ||
| Wisconsin | 33415 | 18047 | 1032 | 26 | 21 | 84471 | 3.1 | 3430 | -967 | 201 | 356 | 85028 | ||
| Wyoming | 648 | 130 | 66 | 5 | 2 | 3114 | 1.2 | 319 | 502 | 99 | 28 | 3241 | ||
| Totals | 511504 | 55232 | 11525 | 1444 | 963 | 2812235 | 2.1 | -820 | 157542 | 18262 | 22902 | 2853399 | ||
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.