| STATE NAME |
Initial Claims Filed During Week Ended February 23, 2008 |
Insured Unemployment For Week Ended February 16, 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 | 5276 | 886 | 2105 | 28 | 9 | 31220 | 1.7 | 1081 | 4640 | 107 | 250 | 31577 | ||
| Alaska | 1475 | -6 | 70 | 15 | 1 | 15067 | 5.2 | 903 | -442 | 252 | 96 | 15415 | ||
| Arizona | 3891 | -273 | 1162 | 9 | 8 | 33867 | 1.3 | -84 | 9546 | 354 | 184 | 34405 | ||
| Arkansas | 2745 | -556 | -241 | 4 | 5 | 32069 | 2.8 | -770 | -939 | 145 | 281 | 32495 | ||
| California | 49222 | 3022 | 9848 | 146 | 161 | 475950 | 3.1 | -8618 | 81059 | 2936 | 2931 | 481817 | ||
| Colorado | 2423 | -400 | 522 | 7 | 21 | 31459 | 1.4 | 1726 | 1772 | 336 | 327 | 32122 | ||
| Connecticut | 5563 | 1993 | -747 | 2 | 11 | 49822 | 3.0 | 348 | 181 | 86 | 246 | 50154 | ||
| Delaware | 1106 | 95 | -382 | 0 | 0 | 10522 | 2.5 | 13 | -917 | 45 | 39 | 10606 | ||
| District of Columbia | 238 | -36 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4150 | 0.9 | -186 | -77 | 70 | 16 | 4236 | ||
| Florida | 13433 | -378 | 4601 | 32 | 103 | 140258 | 1.8 | 1167 | 55704 | 421 | 1037 | 141716 | ||
| Georgia | 9915 | 1066 | 3489 | 27 | 52 | 68067 | 1.7 | 382 | 17282 | 335 | 929 | 69331 | ||
| Hawaii | 1137 | -332 | 253 | 6 | 16 | 7809 | 1.3 | -506 | 1208 | 69 | 178 | 8056 | ||
| Idaho | 2202 | -292 | 362 | 21 | 5 | 24787 | 3.9 | -783 | 6303 | 466 | 93 | 25346 | ||
| Illinois | 13352 | -340 | 1318 | 16 | 41 | 174226 | 3.0 | -11520 | 4617 | 421 | 825 | 175472 | ||
| Indiana | 7249 | -1296 | -1640 | 19 | 52 | 79907 | 2.8 | 693 | 3436 | 206 | 520 | 80633 | ||
| Iowa | 3033 | -49 | -150 | 2 | 7 | 37602 | 2.6 | -434 | -851 | 39 | 236 | 37877 | ||
| Kansas | 2442 | 153 | 399 | 1 | 1 | 21627 | 1.6 | -1371 | -1820 | 110 | 157 | 21894 | ||
| Kentucky | 4920 | -30 | 857 | 18 | 13 | 41594 | 2.4 | 475 | 608 | 302 | 555 | 42451 | ||
| Louisiana | 4306 | 1851 | 2520 | 7 | 16 | 21221 | 1.2 | 10 | 1335 | 106 | 161 | 21488 | ||
| Maine | 1408 | 196 | 68 | 1 | 3 | 16031 | 2.7 | 78 | 634 | 44 | 77 | 16152 | ||
| Maryland | 4115 | -457 | 115 | 14 | 17 | 47934 | 2.0 | -1442 | 6769 | 365 | 284 | 48583 | ||
| Massachusetts | 11185 | 3908 | -136 | 15 | 19 | 105910 | 3.3 | -2192 | 2029 | 299 | 615 | 106824 | ||
| Michigan | 14313 | 583 | -3059 | 15 | 47 | 180875 | 4.4 | -1400 | -17381 | 354 | 800 | 182029 | ||
| Minnesota | 5023 | 85 | 320 | 12 | 24 | 75284 | 2.9 | 968 | -6904 | 151 | 971 | 76406 | ||
| Mississippi | 2075 | -345 | 336 | 8 | 3 | 20047 | 1.8 | -144 | 1446 | 137 | 125 | 20309 | ||
| Missouri | 7293 | 40 | 1332 | 16 | 20 | 64699 | 2.4 | 567 | -217 | 268 | 254 | 65221 | ||
| Montana | 779 | -140 | 14 | 16 | 9 | 14135 | 3.4 | 1075 | 1258 | 628 | 70 | 14833 | ||
| Nebraska | 1338 | 111 | 161 | 3 | 2 | 12809 | 1.4 | -293 | -1156 | 47 | 67 | 12923 | ||
| Nevada | 3454 | -574 | 806 | 5 | 6 | 34370 | 2.7 | 5 | 10249 | 152 | 151 | 34673 | ||
| New Hampshire | 1001 | 20 | 101 | 1 | 3 | 11100 | 1.8 | 97 | 721 | 18 | 43 | 11161 | ||
| New Jersey | 10451 | 1494 | -1001 | 7 | 16 | 135709 | 3.5 | 2579 | 480 | 298 | 442 | 136449 | ||
| New Mexico | 998 | -29 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 13531 | 1.7 | 77 | 1497 | 267 | 95 | 13893 | ||
| New York | 18535 | -68 | 1609 | 25 | 74 | 214463 | 2.6 | 280 | 4041 | 766 | 1201 | 216430 | ||
| North Carolina | 12754 | -1829 | 853 | 20 | 38 | 92994 | 2.3 | -1688 | 11497 | 328 | 960 | 94282 | ||
| North Dakota | 382 | 17 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 6474 | 2.0 | 13 | -680 | 42 | 21 | 6537 | ||
| Ohio | 11135 | -879 | 380 | 16 | 45 | 138191 | 2.6 | -1671 | 3588 | 294 | 846 | 139331 | ||
| Oklahoma | 1384 | -188 | -686 | 5 | 21 | 14375 | 1.0 | -262 | -2048 | 71 | 166 | 14612 | ||
| Oregon | 7161 | -180 | 1127 | 51 | 23 | 59010 | 3.5 | -3579 | 10224 | 776 | 391 | 60177 | ||
| Pennsylvania | 23435 | -1118 | -1486 | 113 | 82 | 222263 | 4.0 | 9859 | -12102 | 1417 | 1063 | 224743 | ||
| Puerto Rico | 2757 | 171 | 197 | 0 | 12 | 29086 | 2.9 | 1985 | -5109 | 96 | 235 | 29417 | ||
| Rhode Island | 2814 | 699 | 305 | 3 | 3 | 19356 | 4.1 | -264 | 1945 | 30 | 87 | 19473 | ||
| South Carolina | 5234 | 121 | 1288 | 11 | 18 | 45483 | 2.5 | -345 | 6406 | 208 | 320 | 46011 | ||
| South Dakota | 277 | -28 | -19 | 0 | 0 | 3694 | 1.0 | -20 | -424 | 95 | 16 | 3805 | ||
| Tennessee | 4596 | -1090 | -407 | 14 | 13 | 49307 | 1.8 | -1123 | 3981 | 280 | 346 | 49933 | ||
| Texas | 11881 | -109 | 1404 | 19 | 104 | 105395 | 1.1 | -977 | 4995 | 1135 | 1487 | 108017 | ||
| Utah | 1538 | -77 | 571 | 12 | 10 | 16826 | 1.4 | 47 | 5585 | 306 | 82 | 17214 | ||
| Vermont | 1137 | 547 | 301 | 1 | 2 | 9670 | 3.3 | -99 | 224 | 20 | 23 | 9713 | ||
| Virgin Islands | 36 | -3 | -9 | 0 | 1 | 524 | 1.2 | -132 | 58 | 6 | 0 | 530 | ||
| Virginia | 5118 | -568 | 502 | 7 | 37 | 42077 | 1.2 | 95 | 5077 | 311 | 776 | 43164 | ||
| Washington | 7725 | -981 | 322 | 37 | 81 | 68134 | 2.4 | -2821 | 9342 | 600 | 933 | 69667 | ||
| West Virginia | 1336 | -46 | -389 | 2 | 5 | 18621 | 2.7 | 445 | -3603 | 82 | 174 | 18877 | ||
| Wisconsin | 13155 | 45 | 1783 | 24 | 16 | 104607 | 3.8 | 136 | -2188 | 261 | 297 | 105165 | ||
| Wyoming | 319 | -90 | -11 | 3 | 4 | 4154 | 1.6 | 573 | 460 | 122 | 28 | 4304 | ||
| Totals | 330070 | 4316 | 31070 | 843 | 1284 | 3298362 | 2.5 | -17047 | 223339 | 17080 | 22507 | 3337949 | ||
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.