| STATE NAME |
Initial Claims Filed During Week Ended February 16, 2008 |
Insured Unemployment For Week Ended February 9, 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 | 4390 | -173 | 508 | 19 | 22 | 30139 | 1.6 | 166 | 2879 | 101 | 237 | 30477 | ||
| Alaska | 1481 | -153 | -6 | 8 | 5 | 14164 | 4.8 | -952 | 821 | 213 | 115 | 14492 | ||
| Arizona | 4141 | -441 | 1127 | 10 | 7 | 34062 | 1.3 | 383 | 9925 | 346 | 186 | 34594 | ||
| Arkansas | 3301 | -49 | 234 | 12 | 11 | 32839 | 2.9 | -1927 | -669 | 150 | 311 | 33300 | ||
| California | 46200 | -16027 | 2446 | 153 | 180 | 484568 | 3.2 | -9876 | 120023 | 2990 | 3121 | 490679 | ||
| Colorado | 2823 | -175 | 607 | 8 | 18 | 29733 | 1.3 | -1293 | 990 | 238 | 307 | 30278 | ||
| Connecticut | 3570 | -472 | 252 | 7 | 17 | 49474 | 3.0 | -166 | 681 | 98 | 244 | 49816 | ||
| Delaware | 1011 | -45 | -531 | 1 | 4 | 10509 | 2.5 | -223 | -728 | 53 | 58 | 10620 | ||
| District of Columbia | 274 | -10 | 61 | 3 | 2 | 4336 | 0.9 | -34 | 419 | 79 | 21 | 4436 | ||
| Florida | 13811 | -1186 | 5378 | 37 | 92 | 139091 | 1.8 | 1907 | 48972 | 328 | 1064 | 140483 | ||
| Georgia | 8849 | -1918 | 1244 | 25 | 45 | 67685 | 1.7 | -862 | 12933 | 364 | 942 | 68991 | ||
| Hawaii | 1469 | -127 | 499 | 7 | 6 | 8315 | 1.4 | -36 | 2496 | 64 | 124 | 8503 | ||
| Idaho | 2494 | -226 | 393 | 23 | 4 | 25570 | 4.0 | -234 | 6962 | 505 | 98 | 26173 | ||
| Illinois | 13692 | -3912 | 932 | 20 | 49 | 185746 | 3.2 | 15474 | 3996 | 473 | 931 | 187150 | ||
| Indiana | 8545 | -655 | 1142 | 18 | 49 | 79214 | 2.8 | 1302 | 5257 | 218 | 552 | 79984 | ||
| Iowa | 3082 | -498 | -227 | 2 | 12 | 38036 | 2.6 | 600 | -822 | 46 | 240 | 38322 | ||
| Kansas | 2289 | -948 | -371 | 0 | 2 | 22998 | 1.7 | 1108 | 315 | 95 | 148 | 23241 | ||
| Kentucky | 4950 | -4709 | -58 | 15 | 27 | 41119 | 2.3 | 833 | 1992 | 390 | 632 | 42141 | ||
| Louisiana | 2455 | 172 | 496 | 5 | 6 | 21211 | 1.2 | 208 | 981 | 125 | 144 | 21480 | ||
| Maine | 1212 | -333 | -111 | 0 | 2 | 15953 | 2.7 | 73 | 749 | 40 | 78 | 16071 | ||
| Maryland | 4572 | -165 | 168 | 25 | 19 | 49376 | 2.0 | 1580 | 4878 | 337 | 269 | 49982 | ||
| Massachusetts | 7277 | -687 | 577 | 24 | 34 | 108102 | 3.4 | 364 | 4271 | 344 | 622 | 109068 | ||
| Michigan | 13730 | -2827 | -1579 | 10 | 43 | 182275 | 4.4 | -1941 | 125 | 323 | 863 | 183461 | ||
| Minnesota | 4938 | -176 | -355 | 6 | 20 | 74316 | 2.8 | -312 | 7178 | 155 | 1016 | 75487 | ||
| Mississippi | 2420 | -111 | 355 | 15 | 1 | 20191 | 1.8 | -178 | 846 | 141 | 133 | 20465 | ||
| Missouri | 7253 | -179 | 969 | 20 | 20 | 64132 | 2.4 | -1877 | 343 | 287 | 247 | 64666 | ||
| Montana | 919 | -254 | -30 | 18 | 5 | 13060 | 3.1 | -1743 | 2614 | 454 | 84 | 13598 | ||
| Nebraska | 1227 | -134 | -67 | 0 | 7 | 13102 | 1.5 | -9 | -1097 | 48 | 70 | 13220 | ||
| Nevada | 4028 | -125 | 1199 | 6 | 9 | 34365 | 2.7 | -61 | 10062 | 151 | 151 | 34667 | ||
| New Hampshire | 981 | -212 | 78 | 2 | 1 | 11003 | 1.8 | 102 | 846 | 17 | 44 | 11064 | ||
| New Jersey | 8957 | -1299 | 954 | 14 | 26 | 133130 | 3.4 | -2821 | 3328 | 290 | 431 | 133851 | ||
| New Mexico | 1027 | -101 | 122 | 3 | 1 | 13492 | 1.7 | 162 | 1453 | 255 | 116 | 13863 | ||
| New York | 18603 | -1470 | -314 | 42 | 58 | 214183 | 2.6 | 851 | 3016 | 794 | 1196 | 216173 | ||
| North Carolina | 14583 | 1201 | 3626 | 11 | 43 | 94682 | 2.4 | 2447 | 13118 | 326 | 1009 | 96017 | ||
| North Dakota | 365 | -65 | -142 | 0 | 0 | 6461 | 2.0 | -244 | -627 | 38 | 13 | 6512 | ||
| Ohio | 12014 | -1856 | -363 | 13 | 63 | 139862 | 2.7 | 500 | 4332 | 340 | 886 | 141088 | ||
| Oklahoma | 1572 | -296 | -548 | 10 | 17 | 14637 | 1.0 | -192 | -2144 | 70 | 164 | 14871 | ||
| Oregon | 7341 | -3078 | 1425 | 46 | 22 | 62589 | 3.7 | -2310 | 13180 | 801 | 399 | 63789 | ||
| Pennsylvania | 24553 | -2139 | -3158 | 97 | 85 | 212404 | 3.8 | -8684 | 12732 | 1127 | 1077 | 214608 | ||
| Puerto Rico | 2586 | -762 | -343 | 2 | 15 | 27101 | 2.7 | -2405 | -5746 | 72 | 230 | 27403 | ||
| Rhode Island | 2115 | 78 | 200 | 3 | 6 | 19620 | 4.2 | 367 | 2617 | 49 | 95 | 19764 | ||
| South Carolina | 5113 | -1279 | 843 | 16 | 23 | 45828 | 2.5 | -1000 | 6133 | 222 | 344 | 46394 | ||
| South Dakota | 305 | -52 | -51 | 7 | 2 | 3714 | 1.0 | -15 | -346 | 100 | 19 | 3833 | ||
| Tennessee | 5686 | -213 | 808 | 21 | 19 | 50430 | 1.9 | 892 | 4407 | 258 | 346 | 51034 | ||
| Texas | 11990 | -724 | 959 | 20 | 152 | 106372 | 1.1 | 662 | 8724 | 748 | 1508 | 108628 | ||
| Utah | 1615 | -235 | 547 | 16 | 9 | 16779 | 1.4 | 156 | 5311 | 336 | 75 | 17190 | ||
| Vermont | 590 | -117 | -14 | 2 | 2 | 9769 | 3.3 | -16 | 387 | 17 | 27 | 9813 | ||
| Virgin Islands | 39 | -12 | -20 | 0 | 1 | 656 | 1.5 | 0 | 190 | 4 | 8 | 668 | ||
| Virginia | 5686 | -443 | 730 | 4 | 35 | 41982 | 1.2 | 440 | 2113 | 322 | 786 | 43090 | ||
| Washington | 8706 | -2077 | 1257 | 35 | 92 | 70955 | 2.5 | -2769 | 10453 | 631 | 958 | 72544 | ||
| West Virginia | 1382 | -232 | -627 | 1 | 7 | 18176 | 2.7 | -264 | -1762 | 61 | 151 | 18388 | ||
| Wisconsin | 13110 | 259 | -1442 | 10 | 20 | 104471 | 3.8 | -480 | -8113 | 232 | 313 | 105016 | ||
| Wyoming | 409 | -59 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3581 | 1.3 | -685 | 436 | 61 | 32 | 3674 | ||
| Totals | 325731 | -51726 | 19786 | 874 | 1419 | 3315558 | 2.5 | -13032 | 321430 | 16327 | 23235 | 3355120 | ||
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.