| STATE NAME |
Initial Claims Filed During Week Ended February 9, 2008 |
Insured Unemployment For Week Ended February 2, 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 | 4563 | -434 | 978 | 21 | 17 |             | 29973 | 1.6 | -256 | 2560 | 99 | 249 | 30321 | |
| Alaska | 1634 | -259 | 5 | 8 | 4 |             | 15116 | 5.2 | 892 | -1039 | 250 | 89 | 15455 | |
| Arizona | 4536 | 378 | 1379 | 16 | 14 |             | 33714 | 1.3 | -46 | 9503 | 358 | 207 | 34279 | |
| Arkansas | 3350 | -1405 | -328 | 6 | 6 |             | 34766 | 3.0 | -783 | -444 | 173 | 327 | 35266 | |
| California | 62227 | 7857 | 15715 | 159 | 242 |             | 494444 | 3.2 | -2063 | 86372 | 3282 | 3061 | 500787 | |
| Colorado | 2998 | -406 | 569 | 21 | 24 |             | 31026 | 1.4 | 1756 | 654 | 348 | 345 | 31719 | |
| Connecticut | 4042 | -192 | -217 | 8 | 19 |             | 49640 | 3.0 | -42 | 1078 | 88 | 281 | 50009 | |
| Delaware | 1056 | -187 | -800 | 1 | 1 |             | 10732 | 2.6 | -988 | 259 | 43 | 58 | 10833 | |
| District of Columbia | 284 | -75 | 17 | 7 | 1 |             | 4370 | 0.9 | 36 | 17 | 80 | 27 | 4477 | |
| Florida | 14997 | -1410 | 4623 | 39 | 120 |             | 137184 | 1.7 | -693 | 42778 | 427 | 1077 | 138688 | |
| Georgia | 10767 | 1009 | 2439 | 33 | 62 |             | 68547 | 1.7 | -330 | 16261 | 383 | 955 | 69885 | |
| Hawaii | 1596 | 233 | 443 | 13 | 15 |             | 8351 | 1.4 | 692 | 1511 | 63 | 147 | 8561 | |
| Idaho | 2720 | -481 | 810 | 26 | 5 |             | 25804 | 4.0 | 812 | 6708 | 487 | 95 | 26386 | |
| Illinois | 17604 | 1955 | 1212 | 37 | 53 |             | 170272 | 3.0 | -17075 | 9115 | 466 | 923 | 171661 | |
| Indiana | 9200 | -376 | -159 | 22 | 51 |             | 77912 | 2.7 | 913 | 2873 | 237 | 539 | 78688 | |
| Iowa | 3580 | -120 | -121 | 2 | 10 |             | 37436 | 2.6 | -165 | -687 | 61 | 245 | 37742 | |
| Kansas | 3237 | 440 | 770 | 1 | 0 |             | 21890 | 1.7 | -525 | -1372 | 111 | 155 | 22156 | |
| Kentucky | 9659 | 4166 | 3779 | 6 | 22 |             | 40286 | 2.3 | 1920 | 1812 | 430 | 573 | 41289 | |
| Louisiana | 2204 | -409 | -1 | 10 | 12 |             | 19568 | 1.1 | -2079 | -1211 | 108 | 156 | 19832 | |
| Maine | 1552 | -35 | 136 | 3 | 0 |             | 15900 | 2.7 | -23 | 453 | 48 | 80 | 16028 | |
| Maryland | 4737 | -107 | -685 | 19 | 24 |             | 47796 | 2.0 | -1676 | 7755 | 340 | 295 | 48431 | |
| Massachusetts | 7964 | 501 | -304 | 12 | 34 |             | 107738 | 3.4 | -299 | 4687 | 441 | 623 | 108802 | |
| Michigan | 16557 | 435 | -2839 | 11 | 42 |             | 184216 | 4.4 | -4001 | -14230 | 393 | 849 | 185458 | |
| Minnesota | 5114 | -265 | -1497 | 9 | 28 |             | 74628 | 2.8 | -140 | -6811 | 160 | 1028 | 75816 | |
| Mississippi | 2531 | 55 | 622 | 8 | 1 |             | 20369 | 1.8 | -97 | 788 | 141 | 135 | 20645 | |
| Missouri | 7432 | -734 | -405 | 38 | 22 |             | 66009 | 2.5 | 2570 | -2490 | 341 | 260 | 66610 | |
| Montana | 1173 | -277 | 242 | 22 | 9 |             | 14803 | 3.5 | 1965 | 1564 | 675 | 78 | 15556 | |
| Nebraska | 1361 | -198 | -196 | 1 | 3 |             | 13111 | 1.5 | -85 | -981 | 53 | 61 | 13225 | |
| Nevada | 4153 | -171 | 1335 | 5 | 2 |             | 34426 | 2.7 | 253 | 10042 | 161 | 161 | 34748 | |
| New Hampshire | 1193 | -28 | 7 | 1 | 0 |             | 10901 | 1.8 | 93 | 582 | 24 | 38 | 10963 | |
| New Jersey | 10256 | -242 | -1560 | 23 | 23 |             | 135951 | 3.5 | -604 | 4790 | 296 | 506 | 136753 | |
| New Mexico | 1128 | 16 | 198 | 3 | 0 |             | 13330 | 1.7 | 15 | 1106 | 278 | 95 | 13703 | |
| New York | 20073 | -1092 | 733 | 32 | 75 |             | 213332 | 2.6 | -1596 | 5594 | 823 | 1230 | 215385 | |
| North Carolina | 13382 | -1746 | -1448 | 17 | 50 |             | 92235 | 2.3 | -4249 | 6809 | 315 | 1008 | 93558 | |
| North Dakota | 430 | -141 | -157 | 0 | 0 |             | 6705 | 2.0 | 165 | -320 | 43 | 21 | 6769 | |
| Ohio | 13870 | -2752 | -5162 | 17 | 54 |             | 139362 | 2.7 | 2475 | 10579 | 298 | 833 | 140493 | |
| Oklahoma | 1868 | -316 | -667 | 6 | 15 |             | 14829 | 1.0 | -140 | -2173 | 70 | 165 | 15064 | |
| Oregon | 10419 | 382 | 3604 | 54 | 18 |             | 64899 | 3.8 | 4437 | 14974 | 852 | 431 | 66182 | |
| Pennsylvania | 26692 | -1608 | -5762 | 135 | 79 |             | 221088 | 4.0 | 12717 | 9641 | 1571 | 1070 | 223729 | |
| Puerto Rico | 3348 | 5 | -168 | 3 | 14 |             | 29506 | 2.9 | -10763 | -11906 | 89 | 220 | 29815 | |
| Rhode Island | 2037 | 185 | 427 | 3 | 8 |             | 19253 | 4.1 | 329 | 2422 | 47 | 93 | 19393 | |
| South Carolina | 6392 | -220 | -494 | 90 | 19 |             | 46828 | 2.5 | -824 | 4203 | 146 | 339 | 47313 | |
| South Dakota | 357 | 14 | -37 | 4 | 3 |             | 3729 | 1.0 | -71 | -331 | 99 | 29 | 3857 | |
| Tennessee | 5899 | -442 | -536 | 17 | 25 |             | 49538 | 1.8 | -527 | 2439 | 298 | 362 | 50198 | |
| Texas | 12714 | -254 | 863 | 24 | 163 |             | 105710 | 1.1 | -2702 | 890 | 1268 | 1486 | 108464 | |
| Utah | 1850 | -51 | 748 | 11 | 15 |             | 16623 | 1.4 | 439 | 4809 | 414 | 75 | 17112 | |
| Vermont | 707 | -46 | -20 | 0 | 2 |             | 9785 | 3.3 | 15 | 418 | 20 | 27 | 9832 | |
| Virgin Islands | 51 | -9 | 3 | 0 | 0 |             | 656 | 1.5 | -104 | 156 | 2 | 0 | 658 | |
| Virginia | 6129 | -49 | -1085 | 12 | 41 |             | 41542 | 1.2 | 121 | 5131 | 330 | 816 | 42688 | |
| Washington | 10783 | -1073 | 3006 | 46 | 91 |             | 73724 | 2.6 | 5090 | 10132 | 666 | 936 | 75326 | |
| West Virginia | 1614 | -610 | -281 | 1 | 8 |             | 18440 | 2.7 | -495 | -2017 | 94 | 167 | 18701 | |
| Wisconsin | 12851 | -2232 | -5456 | 33 | 23 |             | 104951 | 3.8 | -2100 | 1425 | 232 | 333 | 105516 | |
| Wyoming | 468 | 22 | 43 | 6 | 3 |             | 4266 | 1.6 | 651 | 552 | 125 | 28 | 4419 | |
| Totals | 377339 | -2799 | 14321 | 1102 | 1572 |             | 3327210 | 2.5 | -17185 | 247430 | 18647 | 23387 | 3369244 | |
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.