| STATE NAME |
Initial Claims Filed During Week Ended January 26, 2008 |
Insured Unemployment For Week Ended January 19, 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 | 4147 | -2645 | 37 | 15 | 20 |             | 29962 | 1.6 | -2968 | 715 | 114 | 239 | 30315 | |
| Alaska | 1701 | -396 | -143 | 16 | 2 |             | 15170 | 5.2 | 1587 | -1473 | 220 | 85 | 15475 | |
| Arizona | 3979 | -665 | 468 | 10 | 12 |             | 32644 | 1.3 | -610 | 7641 | 370 | 220 | 33234 | |
| Arkansas | 4442 | -34 | 370 | 7 | 16 |             | 32665 | 2.8 | -1395 | -2572 | 170 | 306 | 33141 | |
| California | 57219 | 233 | 8181 | 198 | 152 |             | 467286 | 3.0 | -8773 | 51677 | 3426 | 3012 | 473724 | |
| Colorado | 2412 | -870 | -364 | 15 | 21 |             | 30064 | 1.4 | 2186 | 114 | 348 | 335 | 30747 | |
| Connecticut | 4300 | -1077 | -242 | 8 | 9 |             | 49358 | 3.0 | -279 | 1168 | 72 | 279 | 49709 | |
| Delaware | 1084 | -247 | -605 | 1 | 1 |             | 11161 | 2.7 | -915 | 1490 | 25 | 51 | 11237 | |
| District of Columbia | 306 | -62 | -10 | 5 | 0 |             | 4469 | 0.9 | -12 | -29 | 88 | 19 | 4576 | |
| Florida | 14366 | -4127 | 3385 | 53 | 87 |             | 136428 | 1.7 | 3493 | 42058 | 431 | 1028 | 137887 | |
| Georgia | 9242 | -1645 | -308 | 27 | 49 |             | 68598 | 1.7 | -3383 | 10921 | 461 | 967 | 70026 | |
| Hawaii | 1264 | -146 | 21 | 6 | 16 |             | 7605 | 1.3 | -476 | 1090 | 68 | 145 | 7818 | |
| Idaho | 2809 | 1 | 668 | 37 | 3 |             | 23827 | 3.7 | 142 | 4313 | 467 | 92 | 24386 | |
| Illinois | 16198 | -4483 | 93 | 43 | 55 |             | 165317 | 2.9 | -16225 | 3826 | 465 | 963 | 166745 | |
| Indiana | 9096 | -1755 | -115 | 16 | 50 |             | 75981 | 2.7 | -3668 | 97 | 228 | 552 | 76761 | |
| Iowa | 4570 | 0 | 777 | 5 | 19 |             | 35582 | 2.4 | 0 | -1943 | 50 | 230 | 35862 | |
| Kansas | 2816 | -69 | -397 | 3 | 1 |             | 21337 | 1.6 | -187 | -1603 | 107 | 172 | 21616 | |
| Kentucky | 5638 | -522 | 191 | 6 | 17 |             | 39222 | 2.2 | -135 | 1690 | 567 | 568 | 40357 | |
| Louisiana | 2694 | -1665 | 105 | 4 | 12 |             | 23396 | 1.3 | 1477 | 2846 | 103 | 150 | 23649 | |
| Maine | 1541 | -500 | -309 | 1 | 2 |             | 15449 | 2.6 | -164 | 312 | 45 | 77 | 15571 | |
| Maryland | 5894 | 504 | 899 | 33 | 20 |             | 47071 | 1.9 | 339 | 7684 | 351 | 326 | 47748 | |
| Massachusetts | 8153 | -659 | 76 | 55 | 27 |             | 106943 | 3.4 | 972 | 4892 | 484 | 647 | 108074 | |
| Michigan | 17845 | -7546 | 744 | 29 | 44 |             | 191539 | 4.6 | 12209 | -26654 | 394 | 876 | 192809 | |
| Minnesota | 5788 | -544 | -33 | 6 | 10 |             | 73235 | 2.8 | 454 | -7047 | 157 | 1038 | 74430 | |
| Mississippi | 2180 | -514 | -106 | 12 | 6 |             | 20825 | 1.9 | -1476 | 776 | 143 | 135 | 21103 | |
| Missouri | 8074 | -886 | -2819 | 19 | 20 |             | 63096 | 2.4 | -3250 | -1752 | 398 | 231 | 63725 | |
| Montana | 1536 | 15 | 517 | 41 | 9 |             | 13597 | 3.3 | 1793 | -40 | 663 | 79 | 14339 | |
| Nebraska | 1599 | -247 | 26 | 2 | 5 |             | 12671 | 1.4 | 201 | -1274 | 42 | 68 | 12781 | |
| Nevada | 4294 | -490 | 1238 | 6 | 5 |             | 33415 | 2.6 | 668 | 8519 | 173 | 154 | 33742 | |
| New Hampshire | 1252 | -51 | 89 | 9 | 2 |             | 10778 | 1.7 | 598 | 804 | 19 | 46 | 10843 | |
| New Jersey | 11013 | -930 | -289 | 21 | 26 |             | 133155 | 3.4 | -3278 | 3419 | 286 | 449 | 133890 | |
| New Mexico | 962 | -532 | -268 | 3 | 0 |             | 13309 | 1.7 | 83 | 1204 | 269 | 90 | 13668 | |
| New York | 20042 | -1995 | -141 | 51 | 66 |             | 212150 | 2.5 | -421 | 4153 | 866 | 1235 | 214251 | |
| North Carolina | 14528 | 715 | 2682 | 15 | 48 |             | 92392 | 2.3 | -425 | 9571 | 325 | 1035 | 93752 | |
| North Dakota | 556 | -176 | 18 | 0 | 0 |             | 6321 | 1.9 | 193 | -485 | 53 | 18 | 6392 | |
| Ohio | 14407 | -3038 | -131 | 18 | 55 |             | 136711 | 2.6 | -1525 | 10279 | 350 | 854 | 137915 | |
| Oklahoma | 1999 | 92 | -507 | 11 | 30 |             | 14731 | 1.0 | 88 | -660 | 68 | 171 | 14970 | |
| Oregon | 7764 | -1006 | -146 | 69 | 35 |             | 57513 | 3.4 | -2814 | 3671 | 812 | 435 | 58760 | |
| Pennsylvania | 25913 | -1372 | -1038 | 125 | 80 |             | 211779 | 3.8 | 1982 | 2257 | 1632 | 1130 | 214541 | |
| Puerto Rico | 3296 | -735 | -593 | 1 | 13 |             | 28154 | 2.8 | 2974 | -9976 | 88 | 203 | 28445 | |
| Rhode Island | 1996 | -456 | 256 | 4 | 7 |             | 19366 | 4.1 | 622 | 2948 | 41 | 109 | 19516 | |
| South Carolina | 6613 | -61 | -433 | 11 | 17 |             | 46795 | 2.5 | -468 | 3885 | 145 | 345 | 47285 | |
| South Dakota | 386 | -59 | -44 | 4 | 3 |             | 3658 | 1.0 | -42 | -377 | 102 | 21 | 3781 | |
| Tennessee | 5636 | -2498 | -2553 | 24 | 23 |             | 48857 | 1.8 | -1275 | 873 | 338 | 354 | 49549 | |
| Texas | 11805 | -2887 | -2566 | 17 | 122 |             | 109296 | 1.1 | -69 | 1146 | 1355 | 1523 | 112174 | |
| Utah | 1679 | -347 | 396 | 19 | 9 |             | 15498 | 1.3 | -25 | 3542 | 538 | 78 | 16114 | |
| Vermont | 824 | -132 | 76 | 2 | 2 |             | 9557 | 3.2 | -41 | 343 | 22 | 30 | 9609 | |
| Virgin Islands | 46 | -29 | -17 | 0 | 0 |             | 682 | 1.5 | -20 | 166 | 2 | 4 | 688 | |
| Virginia | 6692 | 340 | 1262 | 10 | 31 |             | 40745 | 1.2 | 750 | 4967 | 310 | 816 | 41871 | |
| Washington | 9146 | -887 | 105 | 52 | 82 |             | 66611 | 2.4 | -2043 | -63 | 583 | 905 | 68099 | |
| West Virginia | 2084 | -525 | 57 | 3 | 6 |             | 19019 | 2.8 | 616 | -957 | 91 | 186 | 19296 | |
| Wisconsin | 15496 | 2335 | 1236 | 16 | 26 |             | 100526 | 3.7 | -171 | -2318 | 235 | 359 | 101120 | |
| Wyoming | 622 | 70 | 189 | 7 | 2 |             | 4058 | 1.5 | 680 | 291 | 117 | 29 | 4204 | |
| Totals | 369944 | -45205 | 9985 | 1171 | 1375 |             | 3249574 | 2.4 | -22426 | 146125 | 19277 | 23469 | 3292320 | |
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.