| STATE NAME |
Initial Claims Filed During Week Ended January 12, 2008 |
Insured Unemployment For Week Ended January 5, 2008 |
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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 | 11335 | -1172 | -489 | 24 | 36 | 38731 | 2.1 | -4 | 787 | 130 | 247 | 39108 | ||
| Alaska | 3181 | 1597 | -135 | 39 | 8 | 13090 | 4.5 | -601 | -1575 | 186 | 81 | 13357 | ||
| Arizona | 5180 | 1833 | 1538 | 41 | 16 | 32533 | 1.3 | 1276 | 8236 | 313 | 232 | 33078 | ||
| Arkansas | 5087 | -1502 | 801 | 9 | 3 | 37883 | 3.3 | -3335 | 1189 | 131 | 333 | 38347 | ||
| California | 71318 | 27194 | 16798 | 365 | 175 | 525109 | 3.4 | 114965 | 101219 | 3784 | 3894 | 532787 | ||
| Colorado | 4013 | 755 | 115 | 62 | 33 | 26696 | 1.2 | -1149 | 775 | 283 | 355 | 27334 | ||
| Connecticut | 9182 | -293 | 827 | 9 | 19 | 53051 | 3.2 | -2194 | 4418 | 78 | 281 | 53410 | ||
| Delaware | 3051 | 1805 | 452 | 1 | 0 | 10724 | 2.6 | 130 | 1241 | 23 | 37 | 10784 | ||
| District of Columbia | 427 | 160 | 59 | 8 | 1 | 4551 | 0.9 | 132 | 142 | 85 | 25 | 4661 | ||
| Florida | 16562 | 8496 | 4243 | 53 | 137 | 135156 | 1.7 | 5206 | 41170 | 465 | 1144 | 136765 | ||
| Georgia | 19216 | -4858 | 4455 | 53 | 76 | 85270 | 2.2 | 2487 | 18754 | 744 | 1025 | 87039 | ||
| Hawaii | 1912 | 627 | 425 | 8 | 18 | 8479 | 1.4 | 1889 | 1270 | 75 | 134 | 8688 | ||
| Idaho | 4240 | 1132 | 614 | 98 | 12 | 23450 | 3.7 | 29 | 5960 | 429 | 97 | 23976 | ||
| Illinois | 20213 | 2378 | 654 | 45 | 62 | 170542 | 3.0 | 4786 | 12998 | 463 | 977 | 171982 | ||
| Indiana | 16108 | 2268 | 3264 | 44 | 68 | 80770 | 2.8 | 3829 | 3501 | 224 | 586 | 81580 | ||
| Iowa | 5850 | 53 | 51 | 9 | 18 | 39054 | 2.7 | -3420 | 3644 | 66 | 227 | 39347 | ||
| Kansas | 3465 | 549 | 63 | 4 | 0 | 23086 | 1.8 | -223 | 3046 | 144 | 154 | 23384 | ||
| Kentucky | 9065 | 322 | -2612 | 54 | 30 | 50309 | 2.9 | 9338 | 7731 | 572 | 562 | 51443 | ||
| Louisiana | 3380 | 1202 | -1709 | 15 | 12 | 22662 | 1.3 | 352 | 1891 | 109 | 159 | 22930 | ||
| Maine | 2791 | -29 | 169 | 2 | 1 | 15203 | 2.6 | 1675 | 246 | 48 | 77 | 15328 | ||
| Maryland | 7452 | 2161 | 1099 | 43 | 31 | 47403 | 2.0 | 1195 | 8463 | 354 | 293 | 48050 | ||
| Massachusetts | 10567 | -2970 | 258 | 37 | 38 | 108680 | 3.4 | 53 | 8871 | 711 | 659 | 110050 | ||
| Michigan | 29358 | 1835 | -5840 | 55 | 68 | 211308 | 5.1 | 24891 | -134 | 341 | 840 | 212489 | ||
| Minnesota | 7967 | -178 | -5139 | 10 | 10 | 73556 | 2.8 | 2203 | -474 | 193 | 1076 | 74825 | ||
| Mississippi | 4228 | -685 | 852 | 6 | 7 | 24735 | 2.2 | -493 | 2313 | 159 | 136 | 25030 | ||
| Missouri | 14170 | 1795 | 670 | 40 | 30 | 67960 | 2.6 | 3410 | 9516 | 611 | 279 | 68850 | ||
| Montana | 2189 | 776 | 12 | 102 | 10 | 12589 | 3.0 | 1003 | 738 | 558 | 86 | 13233 | ||
| Nebraska | 2180 | 399 | -48 | 8 | 5 | 13046 | 1.5 | -467 | -491 | 40 | 73 | 13159 | ||
| Nevada | 5413 | 2104 | 1567 | 19 | 7 | 31861 | 2.5 | -511 | 7698 | 140 | 159 | 32160 | ||
| New Hampshire | 1523 | 16 | -29 | 6 | 6 | 10402 | 1.7 | -157 | 963 | 19 | 51 | 10472 | ||
| New Jersey | 15222 | -1764 | -2069 | 35 | 25 | 140340 | 3.6 | 11924 | 11784 | 275 | 519 | 141134 | ||
| New Mexico | 1552 | 404 | -66 | 18 | 3 | 13625 | 1.7 | 152 | 42 | 269 | 99 | 13993 | ||
| New York | 27746 | -25349 | 3162 | 90 | 66 | 221870 | 2.7 | -7970 | 13616 | 944 | 1281 | 224095 | ||
| North Carolina | 29214 | -4911 | 9582 | 40 | 65 | 111923 | 2.8 | 2286 | 21643 | 317 | 1076 | 113316 | ||
| North Dakota | 1364 | 589 | -342 | 1 | 0 | 5987 | 1.8 | 186 | -32 | 49 | 22 | 6058 | ||
| Ohio | 20245 | 2174 | 6 | 30 | 69 | 139972 | 2.7 | 3965 | 13757 | 336 | 861 | 141169 | ||
| Oklahoma | 2432 | -97 | -249 | 11 | 31 | 15483 | 1.0 | -452 | -24 | 67 | 174 | 15724 | ||
| Oregon | 10479 | -2439 | 1486 | 170 | 36 | 66701 | 4.0 | 378 | 12824 | 818 | 485 | 68004 | ||
| Pennsylvania | 39245 | 979 | 139 | 220 | 95 | 235301 | 4.3 | 29300 | 27026 | 1599 | 1151 | 238051 | ||
| Puerto Rico | 4374 | 4138 | -884 | 0 | 22 | 27447 | 2.7 | 10946 | -18475 | 69 | 169 | 27685 | ||
| Rhode Island | 3550 | 874 | 1024 | 4 | 3 | 19172 | 4.1 | 1387 | 3196 | 28 | 87 | 19287 | ||
| South Carolina | 12269 | -1731 | 4382 | 22 | 22 | 54052 | 2.9 | -1081 | 8120 | 159 | 352 | 54563 | ||
| South Dakota | 698 | 192 | -60 | 12 | 4 | 3612 | 1.0 | 223 | -45 | 105 | 23 | 3740 | ||
| Tennessee | 18612 | 6143 | 264 | 43 | 34 | 60168 | 2.2 | 10934 | 5047 | 362 | 364 | 60894 | ||
| Texas | 16181 | 3793 | -150 | 49 | 179 | 114125 | 1.2 | 4250 | 4648 | 1545 | 1602 | 117272 | ||
| Utah | 2447 | 462 | 615 | 84 | 6 | 14563 | 1.3 | 413 | 3812 | 688 | 78 | 15329 | ||
| Vermont | 975 | -292 | -3 | 3 | 2 | 9766 | 3.3 | -786 | 651 | 25 | 31 | 9822 | ||
| Virgin Islands | 92 | 76 | 43 | 1 | 1 | 832 | 1.9 | 162 | 172 | 8 | 8 | 848 | ||
| Virginia | 10099 | 558 | 2298 | 16 | 40 | 43844 | 1.3 | 1214 | 4702 | 304 | 842 | 44990 | ||
| Washington | 11297 | -1983 | 905 | 82 | 98 | 75025 | 2.7 | 1957 | 9270 | 632 | 885 | 76542 | ||
| West Virginia | 3529 | 2042 | -45 | 3 | 16 | 20152 | 2.9 | 3311 | 1301 | 94 | 160 | 20406 | ||
| Wisconsin | 16878 | -3364 | 88 | 38 | 19 | 112343 | 4.1 | -5091 | 8240 | 243 | 382 | 112968 | ||
| Wyoming | 719 | 267 | 22 | 9 | 2 | 3887 | 1.5 | 776 | 471 | 112 | 25 | 4024 | ||
| Totals | 549842 | 28531 | 43133 | 2250 | 1775 | 3508079 | 2.6 | 234679 | 385852 | 20526 | 24955 | 3553560 | ||
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.