| STATE NAME |
Initial Claims Filed During Week Ended January 5, 2008 |
Insured Unemployment For Week Ended December 29, 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 | 12507 | 6700 | -676 | 15 | 22 | 38735 | 2.1 | 9933 | -1182 | 123 | 243 | 39101 | ||
| Alaska | 1584 | 199 | 105 | 18 | 3 | 13691 | 4.7 | 1669 | 204 | 173 | 116 | 13980 | ||
| Arizona | 3314 | 694 | 359 | 33 | 3 | 31265 | 1.2 | 975 | 7746 | 275 | 195 | 31735 | ||
| Arkansas | 6589 | -811 | 561 | 10 | 10 | 41218 | 3.6 | 7083 | -508 | 123 | 339 | 41680 | ||
| California | 44124 | 1824 | -281 | 263 | 90 | 410144 | 2.7 | 28214 | 72282 | 2629 | 2708 | 415481 | ||
| Colorado | 3258 | 992 | -163 | 33 | 14 | 27845 | 1.3 | 2849 | 720 | 198 | 371 | 28414 | ||
| Connecticut | 9475 | 152 | -35 | 7 | 20 | 55245 | 3.3 | 14181 | 1494 | 63 | 288 | 55596 | ||
| Delaware | 1246 | -320 | -4 | 0 | 1 | 10594 | 2.5 | 2270 | 1409 | 28 | 44 | 10666 | ||
| District of Columbia | 267 | 63 | 51 | 10 | 1 | 4419 | 0.9 | 114 | 127 | 95 | 23 | 4537 | ||
| Florida | 8066 | 1482 | -845 | 33 | 70 | 127330 | 1.6 | -1989 | 39128 | 359 | 1030 | 128719 | ||
| Georgia | 24074 | 14105 | 326 | 30 | 59 | 82783 | 2.1 | 17863 | 11037 | 664 | 953 | 84400 | ||
| Hawaii | 1285 | 301 | -37 | 6 | 6 | 6590 | 1.1 | -568 | -60 | 43 | 101 | 6734 | ||
| Idaho | 3108 | -1437 | 577 | 46 | 7 | 23421 | 3.7 | 4279 | 4364 | 388 | 94 | 23903 | ||
| Illinois | 17835 | 105 | 56 | 26 | 42 | 165756 | 2.9 | 17693 | 10775 | 526 | 1003 | 167285 | ||
| Indiana | 13840 | -3526 | 962 | 28 | 58 | 76941 | 2.7 | 12148 | 2961 | 231 | 571 | 77743 | ||
| Iowa | 5797 | -7745 | 709 | 4 | 9 | 42474 | 2.9 | 13520 | 1119 | 57 | 245 | 42776 | ||
| Kansas | 2916 | -2456 | 146 | 0 | 1 | 23309 | 1.8 | 4189 | 1831 | 124 | 178 | 23611 | ||
| Kentucky | 8743 | -5869 | 548 | 52 | 14 | 40971 | 2.3 | 2056 | -853 | 554 | 625 | 42150 | ||
| Louisiana | 2178 | 101 | 200 | 5 | 10 | 22310 | 1.2 | 1758 | 1535 | 89 | 162 | 22561 | ||
| Maine | 2820 | 1146 | 56 | 4 | 0 | 13528 | 2.3 | 1903 | 1233 | 48 | 75 | 13651 | ||
| Maryland | 5291 | -2856 | -350 | 24 | 32 | 46208 | 1.9 | 4653 | 4131 | 381 | 252 | 46841 | ||
| Massachusetts | 13537 | -2474 | 1453 | 37 | 56 | 108627 | 3.4 | 17977 | 8016 | 720 | 620 | 109967 | ||
| Michigan | 27523 | -22130 | 1195 | 28 | 55 | 186417 | 4.5 | 29559 | 5096 | 307 | 945 | 187669 | ||
| Minnesota | 8145 | 326 | -209 | 8 | 8 | 71353 | 2.7 | 9787 | 6761 | 153 | 1098 | 72604 | ||
| Mississippi | 4913 | 1889 | 1193 | 13 | 4 | 25228 | 2.3 | 3357 | 1160 | 168 | 137 | 25533 | ||
| Missouri | 12375 | 3007 | 584 | 51 | 24 | 64550 | 2.4 | 11635 | 3081 | 622 | 257 | 65429 | ||
| Montana | 1413 | -21 | 119 | 41 | 5 | 11586 | 2.8 | 1322 | 1501 | 408 | 85 | 12079 | ||
| Nebraska | 1781 | -880 | -412 | 3 | 7 | 13513 | 1.5 | 2597 | -364 | 43 | 75 | 13631 | ||
| Nevada | 3309 | -593 | 614 | 8 | 6 | 32372 | 2.6 | 1035 | 7786 | 123 | 148 | 32643 | ||
| New Hampshire | 1507 | -779 | -233 | 2 | 3 | 10559 | 1.7 | 2346 | 760 | 16 | 42 | 10617 | ||
| New Jersey | 16986 | -5319 | -1587 | 16 | 20 | 128416 | 3.3 | 16252 | 2501 | 276 | 446 | 129138 | ||
| New Mexico | 1150 | -422 | 200 | 12 | 3 | 12542 | 1.6 | 236 | -843 | 249 | 87 | 12878 | ||
| New York | 53095 | 30314 | 1747 | 105 | 70 | 229840 | 2.8 | 43522 | 5257 | 940 | 1268 | 232048 | ||
| North Carolina | 34125 | 21330 | 4421 | 18 | 46 | 109637 | 2.8 | 25420 | 7352 | 308 | 1088 | 111033 | ||
| North Dakota | 775 | -135 | -78 | 3 | 2 | 5801 | 1.8 | 995 | -6 | 45 | 19 | 5865 | ||
| Ohio | 18071 | -7589 | -2744 | 32 | 66 | 136007 | 2.6 | 20974 | 9919 | 416 | 881 | 137304 | ||
| Oklahoma | 2529 | -196 | 469 | 8 | 12 | 15935 | 1.1 | 1235 | 182 | 65 | 176 | 16176 | ||
| Oregon | 12918 | -497 | 2770 | 160 | 28 | 66323 | 3.9 | 12907 | 9914 | 722 | 478 | 67523 | ||
| Pennsylvania | 38266 | -6973 | 3602 | 132 | 76 | 206001 | 3.7 | 37387 | 12865 | 1330 | 1143 | 208474 | ||
| Puerto Rico | 236 | -1638 | -519 | 0 | 0 | 16501 | 1.6 | -17158 | -659 | 23 | 61 | 16585 | ||
| Rhode Island | 2676 | -457 | -233 | 5 | 2 | 17785 | 3.8 | 3532 | 1415 | 29 | 81 | 17895 | ||
| South Carolina | 14000 | 8347 | 1416 | 8 | 28 | 55133 | 3.0 | 11376 | 3274 | 160 | 360 | 55653 | ||
| South Dakota | 506 | -30 | -32 | 5 | 5 | 3389 | 0.9 | 578 | -126 | 100 | 19 | 3508 | ||
| Tennessee | 12469 | 4568 | -2102 | 23 | 18 | 49234 | 1.8 | 6973 | -620 | 379 | 330 | 49943 | ||
| Texas | 12388 | 3079 | -311 | 64 | 155 | 109875 | 1.1 | 8098 | 4331 | 1006 | 1568 | 112449 | ||
| Utah | 1985 | 150 | 332 | 62 | 11 | 14150 | 1.2 | 1149 | 3523 | 690 | 81 | 14921 | ||
| Vermont | 1267 | -1593 | 93 | 0 | 2 | 10552 | 3.6 | 2670 | 646 | 29 | 28 | 10609 | ||
| Virgin Islands | 16 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 670 | 1.5 | 50 | 484 | 4 | 10 | 684 | ||
| Virginia | 9541 | 2429 | 302 | 12 | 20 | 42630 | 1.2 | 9147 | 2952 | 299 | 820 | 43749 | ||
| Washington | 13280 | -105 | 1548 | 56 | 101 | 73068 | 2.6 | 11461 | 2070 | 580 | 840 | 74488 | ||
| West Virginia | 1487 | 280 | -486 | 1 | 11 | 16841 | 2.5 | 3529 | 1153 | 60 | 162 | 17063 | ||
| Wisconsin | 20242 | -13173 | -173 | 28 | 23 | 117434 | 4.3 | 32963 | 3204 | 201 | 369 | 118004 | ||
| Wyoming | 452 | -196 | 14 | 3 | 0 | 3111 | 1.2 | -3 | 343 | 78 | 37 | 3226 | ||
| Totals | 521280 | 13372 | 15221 | 1591 | 1340 | 3269857 | 2.5 | 457701 | 262421 | 17720 | 23375 | 3310952 | ||
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.