| STATE NAME |
Initial Claims Filed During Week Ended March 15, 2008 |
Insured Unemployment For Week Ended March 8, 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 | 4197 | -115 | -373 | 23 | 28 | 29890 | 1.6 | -219 | 4424 | 111 | 209 | 30210 | ||
| Alaska | 1540 | -48 | -101 | 9 | 7 | 13236 | 4.5 | -1411 | -4 | 189 | 118 | 13543 | ||
| Arizona | 4243 | -215 | 922 | 4 | 16 | 35448 | 1.4 | 344 | 11288 | 330 | 233 | 36011 | ||
| Arkansas | 3535 | -1048 | 690 | 7 | 12 | 33004 | 2.9 | 1860 | 3519 | 113 | 297 | 33414 | ||
| California | 49248 | -5016 | 10738 | 129 | 185 | 508890 | 3.3 | -16473 | 130048 | 2729 | 3142 | 514761 | ||
| Colorado | 2332 | -367 | 427 | 8 | 25 | 29206 | 1.3 | -1918 | 2964 | 225 | 293 | 29724 | ||
| Connecticut | 3309 | -545 | 391 | 5 | 15 | 49815 | 3.0 | -1263 | 2065 | 74 | 245 | 50134 | ||
| Delaware | 765 | -168 | -381 | 0 | 0 | 10292 | 2.5 | -1053 | -252 | 29 | 48 | 10369 | ||
| District of Columbia | 273 | -26 | 15 | 3 | 1 | 4112 | 0.9 | 86 | 433 | 57 | 23 | 4192 | ||
| Florida | 12855 | -1651 | 3517 | 39 | 93 | 139938 | 1.8 | 14 | 50005 | 333 | 1017 | 141288 | ||
| Georgia | 8665 | -1862 | 1070 | 31 | 54 | 66244 | 1.7 | -1302 | 15299 | 315 | 829 | 67388 | ||
| Hawaii | 1227 | -143 | 194 | 4 | 6 | 8247 | 1.4 | 22 | 2345 | 64 | 127 | 8438 | ||
| Idaho | 1982 | -416 | 423 | 18 | 3 | 23407 | 3.7 | -1028 | 6996 | 387 | 91 | 23885 | ||
| Illinois | 13159 | -1586 | 2591 | 23 | 52 | 183458 | 3.2 | 8537 | 11589 | 455 | 864 | 184777 | ||
| Indiana | 8855 | -914 | 3214 | 20 | 55 | 77003 | 2.7 | -408 | 6802 | 193 | 501 | 77697 | ||
| Iowa | 2638 | -755 | -117 | 2 | 12 | 36755 | 2.5 | -1001 | 1531 | 48 | 195 | 36998 | ||
| Kansas | 1967 | -529 | 183 | 0 | 0 | 20643 | 1.6 | -506 | 2398 | 82 | 186 | 20911 | ||
| Kentucky | 5166 | -179 | 1400 | 4 | 15 | 37514 | 2.1 | -3606 | 2583 | 158 | 615 | 38287 | ||
| Louisiana | 2337 | -39 | 121 | 6 | 18 | 21061 | 1.2 | -379 | 1719 | 111 | 148 | 21320 | ||
| Maine | 1319 | 148 | 140 | 4 | 1 | 16310 | 2.8 | 476 | 1462 | 41 | 69 | 16420 | ||
| Maryland | 4163 | -534 | 1128 | 17 | 22 | 48723 | 2.0 | 755 | 6541 | 310 | 268 | 49301 | ||
| Massachusetts | 6211 | -795 | 391 | 9 | 23 | 105989 | 3.3 | -1232 | 4495 | 273 | 591 | 106853 | ||
| Michigan | 21481 | 6700 | 8586 | 15 | 54 | 174471 | 4.2 | -2349 | -13652 | 274 | 805 | 175550 | ||
| Minnesota | 4477 | -348 | -574 | 8 | 12 | 73228 | 2.8 | -1066 | 8490 | 148 | 738 | 74114 | ||
| Mississippi | 2445 | 145 | -3850 | 9 | 4 | 19189 | 1.7 | -406 | 2482 | 153 | 119 | 19461 | ||
| Missouri | 9685 | 3235 | 4077 | 31 | 29 | 61262 | 2.3 | -3658 | 9254 | 227 | 262 | 61751 | ||
| Montana | 973 | 14 | 131 | 10 | 6 | 11987 | 2.9 | -1452 | 2477 | 403 | 69 | 12459 | ||
| Nebraska | 987 | -133 | -147 | 2 | 5 | 12158 | 1.4 | -402 | -747 | 42 | 57 | 12257 | ||
| Nevada | 3474 | -450 | 760 | 6 | 10 | 34686 | 2.7 | -388 | 10691 | 133 | 160 | 34979 | ||
| New Hampshire | 949 | -108 | 187 | 2 | 2 | 11338 | 1.8 | -627 | 1222 | 19 | 47 | 11404 | ||
| New Jersey | 8754 | -924 | 504 | 18 | 22 | 135628 | 3.5 | -2512 | 6070 | 312 | 431 | 136371 | ||
| New Mexico | 988 | -21 | 103 | 4 | 0 | 13741 | 1.7 | 47 | 1819 | 225 | 88 | 14054 | ||
| New York | 16600 | -2138 | 620 | 34 | 56 | 213315 | 2.6 | -3214 | 8582 | 755 | 1253 | 215323 | ||
| North Carolina | 15534 | 2586 | 5622 | 18 | 45 | 94927 | 2.4 | 2203 | 19304 | 281 | 997 | 96205 | ||
| North Dakota | 313 | -22 | -108 | 1 | 0 | 5857 | 1.8 | -118 | -284 | 39 | 19 | 5915 | ||
| Ohio | 17887 | 5486 | 4723 | 10 | 41 | 138895 | 2.7 | 1171 | 12556 | 324 | 801 | 140020 | ||
| Oklahoma | 1877 | 165 | 536 | 10 | 25 | 14263 | 1.0 | -433 | -385 | 74 | 187 | 14524 | ||
| Oregon | 7035 | -552 | 2045 | 48 | 30 | 58309 | 3.5 | -373 | 11435 | 699 | 385 | 59393 | ||
| Pennsylvania | 22382 | -536 | 1165 | 108 | 64 | 206541 | 3.7 | -13023 | 14102 | 1054 | 1068 | 208663 | ||
| Puerto Rico | 2765 | -144 | -319 | 0 | 18 | 25809 | 2.6 | -3088 | -5188 | 73 | 219 | 26101 | ||
| Rhode Island | 1783 | 268 | 402 | 1 | 4 | 19123 | 4.0 | 75 | 2183 | 23 | 88 | 19234 | ||
| South Carolina | 5095 | -797 | 1035 | 16 | 18 | 44211 | 2.4 | -1425 | 7881 | 216 | 308 | 44735 | ||
| South Dakota | 248 | -46 | -25 | 1 | 7 | 3491 | 0.9 | -94 | -244 | 82 | 24 | 3597 | ||
| Tennessee | 5228 | -510 | 1241 | 19 | 26 | 47825 | 1.8 | -718 | 6433 | 241 | 300 | 48366 | ||
| Texas | 15247 | 2175 | 3118 | 17 | 135 | 107446 | 1.1 | 2133 | 14883 | 661 | 1505 | 109612 | ||
| Utah | 1254 | -185 | 404 | 14 | 9 | 15761 | 1.4 | -588 | 5773 | 224 | 79 | 16064 | ||
| Vermont | 854 | 61 | 137 | 2 | 2 | 10247 | 3.5 | -40 | 812 | 30 | 28 | 10305 | ||
| Virgin Islands | 43 | -4 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 610 | 1.4 | 50 | 56 | 4 | 2 | 616 | ||
| Virginia | 5007 | -282 | 45 | 7 | 30 | 41391 | 1.2 | -774 | 5098 | 290 | 786 | 42467 | ||
| Washington | 8580 | -90 | 1764 | 35 | 89 | 63558 | 2.3 | -3644 | 8061 | 546 | 924 | 65028 | ||
| West Virginia | 1129 | -302 | 129 | 4 | 8 | 17570 | 2.6 | -918 | 1548 | 70 | 133 | 17773 | ||
| Wisconsin | 12201 | -2005 | -492 | 12 | 23 | 101433 | 3.7 | -4538 | 1861 | 232 | 294 | 101959 | ||
| Wyoming | 433 | 26 | 101 | 3 | 2 | 3271 | 1.2 | -508 | 235 | 53 | 27 | 3351 | ||
| Totals | 335694 | -5539 | 58507 | 831 | 1419 | 3280726 | 2.5 | -60382 | 411058 | 14534 | 22312 | 3317572 | ||
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.