| STATE NAME |
Initial Claims Filed During Week Ended January 19, 2008 |
Insured Unemployment For Week Ended January 12, 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 | 6792 | -4543 | 1067 | 19 | 33 |             | 32930 | 1.7 | -5801 | 1192 | 121 | 248 | 33299 | |
| Alaska | 2097 | -1084 | 261 | 19 | 7 |             | 13583 | 4.6 | 493 | 401 | 193 | 113 | 13889 | |
| Arizona | 4644 | -574 | 1089 | 21 | 13 |             | 33254 | 1.3 | 747 | 9076 | 359 | 206 | 33819 | |
| Arkansas | 4476 | -611 | 402 | 6 | 13 |             | 34060 | 3.0 | -3823 | 248 | 163 | 327 | 34550 | |
| California | 56986 | -14332 | 13462 | 285 | 226 |             | 476059 | 3.1 | -49050 | 124549 | 3072 | 3217 | 482348 | |
| Colorado | 3282 | -731 | -8 | 24 | 23 |             | 27878 | 1.3 | 1182 | 1152 | 237 | 362 | 28477 | |
| Connecticut | 5377 | -3805 | 625 | 12 | 22 |             | 49637 | 3.0 | -3414 | 2492 | 64 | 280 | 49981 | |
| Delaware | 1331 | -1720 | 255 | 0 | 2 |             | 12076 | 2.9 | 1352 | 2042 | 38 | 46 | 12160 | |
| District of Columbia | 368 | -59 | 76 | 5 | 1 |             | 4481 | 0.9 | -70 | 270 | 114 | 20 | 4615 | |
| Florida | 18493 | 4305 | 8560 | 47 | 118 |             | 132935 | 1.7 | -2221 | 41540 | 372 | 1069 | 134376 | |
| Georgia | 10887 | -8329 | 2371 | 50 | 48 |             | 71981 | 1.8 | -13289 | 13345 | 521 | 1011 | 73513 | |
| Hawaii | 1410 | -502 | 336 | 11 | 13 |             | 8081 | 1.4 | -398 | 1625 | 52 | 132 | 8265 | |
| Idaho | 2808 | -1432 | 244 | 42 | 4 |             | 23685 | 3.7 | 235 | 5055 | 440 | 107 | 24232 | |
| Illinois | 20681 | 468 | 3324 | 49 | 73 |             | 181542 | 3.2 | 11000 | 11958 | 471 | 976 | 182989 | |
| Indiana | 10851 | -5257 | 1592 | 16 | 63 |             | 79649 | 2.8 | -1121 | 5814 | 244 | 568 | 80461 | |
| Iowa | 4570 | -1280 | -167 | 5 | 19 |             | 35582 | 2.4 | -3472 | 436 | 50 | 230 | 35862 | |
| Kansas | 2885 | -580 | -1605 | 1 | 1 |             | 21524 | 1.6 | -1562 | 1853 | 124 | 167 | 21815 | |
| Kentucky | 6160 | -2905 | -2575 | 25 | 27 |             | 39357 | 2.2 | -10952 | -1295 | 634 | 646 | 40637 | |
| Louisiana | 4359 | 979 | 1910 | 8 | 17 |             | 21919 | 1.2 | -743 | -173 | 114 | 143 | 22177 | |
| Maine | 2041 | -750 | 181 | 2 | 2 |             | 15613 | 2.7 | 410 | 1243 | 41 | 71 | 15725 | |
| Maryland | 5390 | -2062 | 757 | 30 | 20 |             | 46732 | 1.9 | -671 | 5516 | 382 | 288 | 47402 | |
| Massachusetts | 8812 | -1755 | 391 | 33 | 36 |             | 105971 | 3.3 | -2709 | 6728 | 540 | 647 | 107158 | |
| Michigan | 25391 | -3967 | 1468 | 29 | 59 |             | 179330 | 4.3 | -31978 | 998 | 304 | 955 | 180589 | |
| Minnesota | 6332 | -1635 | -507 | 7 | 6 |             | 72781 | 2.8 | -775 | 9006 | 167 | 1077 | 74025 | |
| Mississippi | 2694 | -1534 | 577 | 9 | 6 |             | 22301 | 2.0 | -2434 | 2259 | 137 | 138 | 22576 | |
| Missouri | 8960 | -5210 | -1326 | 38 | 27 |             | 66346 | 2.5 | -1614 | 7090 | 468 | 265 | 67079 | |
| Montana | 1521 | -668 | 238 | 55 | 9 |             | 11804 | 2.8 | -785 | 1719 | 410 | 85 | 12299 | |
| Nebraska | 1846 | -334 | -268 | 3 | 4 |             | 12470 | 1.4 | -576 | -799 | 43 | 66 | 12579 | |
| Nevada | 4784 | -629 | 1727 | 14 | 9 |             | 32747 | 2.6 | 886 | 9130 | 147 | 153 | 33047 | |
| New Hampshire | 1303 | -220 | 91 | 4 | 3 |             | 10180 | 1.6 | -222 | 620 | 17 | 51 | 10248 | |
| New Jersey | 11943 | -3279 | 2092 | 30 | 32 |             | 136433 | 3.5 | -3907 | 10834 | 277 | 473 | 137183 | |
| New Mexico | 1494 | -58 | 211 | 13 | 2 |             | 13226 | 1.7 | -399 | 96 | 256 | 97 | 13579 | |
| New York | 22037 | -5709 | 2736 | 92 | 69 |             | 212571 | 2.5 | -9299 | 7236 | 901 | 1256 | 214728 | |
| North Carolina | 13813 | -15401 | 1082 | 26 | 48 |             | 92817 | 2.3 | -19106 | 10104 | 328 | 1091 | 94236 | |
| North Dakota | 732 | -632 | 76 | 0 | 0 |             | 6128 | 1.9 | 141 | -465 | 51 | 20 | 6199 | |
| Ohio | 17445 | -2800 | 3069 | 25 | 66 |             | 138236 | 2.6 | -1736 | 5930 | 351 | 890 | 139477 | |
| Oklahoma | 1907 | -525 | -464 | 8 | 20 |             | 14643 | 1.0 | -840 | -747 | 68 | 175 | 14886 | |
| Oregon | 8770 | -1709 | 1460 | 79 | 31 |             | 60327 | 3.6 | -6374 | 9616 | 817 | 469 | 61613 | |
| Pennsylvania | 27285 | -11960 | 379 | 153 | 102 |             | 209797 | 3.8 | -25504 | 17633 | 1310 | 1160 | 212267 | |
| Puerto Rico | 4031 | -343 | -774 | 5 | 34 |             | 25180 | 2.5 | -2267 | -9718 | 58 | 164 | 25402 | |
| Rhode Island | 2452 | -1098 | 446 | 3 | 4 |             | 18744 | 4.0 | -428 | 3889 | 35 | 86 | 18865 | |
| South Carolina | 6674 | -5595 | -520 | 8 | 19 |             | 47263 | 2.6 | -6789 | 2978 | 150 | 342 | 47755 | |
| South Dakota | 445 | -253 | -44 | 9 | 2 |             | 3700 | 1.0 | 88 | -19 | 93 | 22 | 3815 | |
| Tennessee | 8134 | -10478 | 912 | 32 | 36 |             | 50132 | 1.9 | -10036 | 2933 | 342 | 341 | 50815 | |
| Texas | 14692 | -1489 | 3343 | 36 | 170 |             | 109365 | 1.1 | -4760 | 5686 | 943 | 1658 | 111966 | |
| Utah | 2026 | -421 | 428 | 36 | 8 |             | 15523 | 1.3 | 960 | 4052 | 603 | 77 | 16203 | |
| Vermont | 956 | -19 | 25 | 0 | 1 |             | 9598 | 3.2 | -168 | 456 | 24 | 29 | 9651 | |
| Virgin Islands | 75 | -17 | 28 | 0 | 0 |             | 702 | 1.6 | -130 | 340 | 4 | 8 | 714 | |
| Virginia | 6352 | -3747 | 43 | 19 | 32 |             | 39995 | 1.1 | -3849 | 4127 | 294 | 816 | 41105 | |
| Washington | 10033 | -1264 | -1017 | 69 | 115 |             | 68654 | 2.4 | -6371 | 2915 | 568 | 913 | 70135 | |
| West Virginia | 2609 | -920 | 368 | 1 | 16 |             | 18403 | 2.7 | -1749 | 1367 | 47 | 161 | 18611 | |
| Wisconsin | 13161 | -3717 | -871 | 25 | 26 |             | 100697 | 3.7 | -11646 | 1201 | 240 | 356 | 101293 | |
| Wyoming | 552 | -167 | 10 | 2 | 3 |             | 3378 | 1.3 | -509 | 503 | 72 | 33 | 3483 | |
| Totals | 415149 | -132357 | 47566 | 1540 | 1740 |             | 3272000 | 2.5 | -236053 | 346037 | 17871 | 24301 | 3314173 | |
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.