| STATE NAME |
Initial Claims Filed During Week Ended March 22, 2008 |
Insured Unemployment For Week Ended March 15, 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 | 3776 | -421 | 314 | 11 | 17 | 29322 | 1.6 | -568 | 3392 | 109 | 216 | 29647 | ||
| Alaska | 1552 | 12 | 14 | 5 | 10 | 14385 | 4.9 | 1149 | -769 | 234 | 95 | 14714 | ||
| Arizona | 4305 | -71 | 1342 | 5 | 11 | 35409 | 1.4 | 26 | 10802 | 326 | 204 | 35939 | ||
| Arkansas | 4045 | 510 | 1029 | 9 | 7 | 28944 | 2.5 | -4060 | -266 | 120 | 297 | 29361 | ||
| California | 48438 | -810 | 8074 | 93 | 178 | 514329 | 3.4 | 5439 | 166105 | 2859 | 3216 | 520404 | ||
| Colorado | 2150 | -182 | 418 | 9 | 25 | 30126 | 1.4 | 920 | 3767 | 295 | 292 | 30713 | ||
| Connecticut | 2845 | -464 | -458 | 2 | 14 | 48508 | 2.9 | -1307 | 1479 | 95 | 231 | 48834 | ||
| Delaware | 713 | -52 | -488 | 0 | 0 | 9703 | 2.3 | -589 | -217 | 25 | 45 | 9773 | ||
| District of Columbia | 299 | 26 | 79 | 4 | 1 | 4039 | 0.8 | -73 | -13 | 70 | 22 | 4131 | ||
| Florida | 12195 | -660 | 2786 | 46 | 103 | 139991 | 1.8 | 53 | 47893 | 367 | 1039 | 141397 | ||
| Georgia | 10146 | 1481 | 3500 | 24 | 42 | 67052 | 1.7 | 808 | 17180 | 288 | 869 | 68209 | ||
| Hawaii | 1035 | -192 | -195 | 4 | 6 | 8366 | 1.4 | 119 | 1705 | 60 | 120 | 8546 | ||
| Idaho | 2054 | 72 | 557 | 14 | 9 | 22365 | 3.5 | -1042 | 7296 | 366 | 99 | 22830 | ||
| Illinois | 13350 | 191 | 1819 | 35 | 56 | 171947 | 3.0 | -11511 | 17968 | 391 | 792 | 173130 | ||
| Indiana | 7032 | -1823 | 176 | 14 | 39 | 76324 | 2.7 | -679 | 10231 | 190 | 498 | 77012 | ||
| Iowa | 3554 | 916 | 943 | 2 | 13 | 34371 | 2.4 | -2384 | 991 | 38 | 173 | 34582 | ||
| Kansas | 2849 | 882 | 398 | 0 | 0 | 19309 | 1.5 | -1334 | 2172 | 89 | 162 | 19560 | ||
| Kentucky | 4667 | -499 | 869 | 12 | 17 | 38750 | 2.2 | 1236 | -647 | 209 | 538 | 39497 | ||
| Louisiana | 1862 | -475 | -354 | 5 | 5 | 20759 | 1.1 | -302 | 1417 | 85 | 151 | 20995 | ||
| Maine | 1236 | -83 | -1 | 2 | 2 | 16036 | 2.7 | -274 | 1457 | 43 | 76 | 16155 | ||
| Maryland | 4740 | 577 | 1473 | 21 | 24 | 46818 | 1.9 | -1905 | 9067 | 356 | 281 | 47455 | ||
| Massachusetts | 6480 | 269 | 584 | 16 | 22 | 104082 | 3.3 | -1907 | 4146 | 262 | 617 | 104961 | ||
| Michigan | 13821 | -7660 | -1910 | 3 | 37 | 182540 | 4.4 | 8069 | 359 | 298 | 791 | 183629 | ||
| Minnesota | 4733 | 256 | -405 | 4 | 9 | 72480 | 2.7 | -748 | -4990 | 146 | 688 | 73314 | ||
| Mississippi | 2569 | 124 | 609 | 8 | 3 | 19632 | 1.8 | 443 | 103 | 142 | 105 | 19879 | ||
| Missouri | 7860 | -1825 | 1419 | 22 | 16 | 59745 | 2.2 | -1607 | 9861 | 249 | 231 | 60225 | ||
| Montana | 910 | -63 | 131 | 8 | 5 | 12241 | 2.9 | 254 | 1615 | 497 | 72 | 12810 | ||
| Nebraska | 1268 | 281 | 155 | 3 | 6 | 11401 | 1.3 | -757 | -579 | 38 | 51 | 11490 | ||
| Nevada | 3960 | 486 | 1204 | 7 | 5 | 34532 | 2.7 | -154 | 10402 | 126 | 160 | 34818 | ||
| New Hampshire | 927 | -22 | 141 | 1 | 0 | 11256 | 1.8 | -82 | 1374 | 20 | 43 | 11319 | ||
| New Jersey | 8211 | -543 | 504 | 10 | 18 | 131632 | 3.4 | -3996 | 2080 | 287 | 432 | 132351 | ||
| New Mexico | 947 | -41 | -140 | 1 | 1 | 13536 | 1.7 | -205 | 1619 | 227 | 84 | 13847 | ||
| New York | 18078 | 1478 | 2245 | 37 | 76 | 210687 | 2.5 | -2628 | 10773 | 719 | 1221 | 212627 | ||
| North Carolina | 9950 | -5584 | 602 | 11 | 37 | 88309 | 2.2 | -6618 | 14241 | 254 | 977 | 89540 | ||
| North Dakota | 303 | -10 | 24 | 2 | 1 | 5230 | 1.6 | -627 | -705 | 42 | 17 | 5289 | ||
| Ohio | 11895 | -5992 | 2515 | 35 | 43 | 143078 | 2.7 | 4183 | 19160 | 269 | 800 | 144147 | ||
| Oklahoma | 2156 | 279 | -419 | 4 | 14 | 13825 | 0.9 | -438 | -319 | 74 | 208 | 14107 | ||
| Oregon | 7668 | 633 | 2186 | 28 | 30 | 57835 | 3.4 | -474 | 12586 | 693 | 379 | 58907 | ||
| Pennsylvania | 25286 | 2904 | 5424 | 103 | 66 | 210883 | 3.8 | 4342 | 6215 | 1315 | 983 | 213181 | ||
| Puerto Rico | 1 | -2854 | -2416 | 0 | 0 | 14518 | 1.4 | -27778 | -20078 | 0 | 0 | 14518 | ||
| Rhode Island | 1485 | -298 | 147 | 3 | 6 | 18671 | 4.0 | -452 | 1965 | 29 | 97 | 18797 | ||
| South Carolina | 5152 | 57 | 436 | 16 | 19 | 43579 | 2.4 | -632 | 7265 | 200 | 311 | 44090 | ||
| South Dakota | 223 | -25 | -6 | 2 | 4 | 3234 | 0.9 | -257 | -178 | 74 | 20 | 3328 | ||
| Tennessee | 4759 | -469 | 103 | 11 | 13 | 46353 | 1.7 | -1472 | 5848 | 246 | 321 | 46920 | ||
| Texas | 12700 | -2547 | 1056 | 36 | 120 | 105187 | 1.1 | -2259 | 5226 | 1016 | 1438 | 107641 | ||
| Utah | 1117 | -137 | 300 | 11 | 4 | 14804 | 1.3 | -957 | 5642 | 218 | 80 | 15102 | ||
| Vermont | 744 | -110 | 76 | 0 | 3 | 10131 | 3.4 | -116 | 841 | 27 | 27 | 10185 | ||
| Virgin Islands | 34 | -9 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 518 | 1.2 | -92 | 16 | 4 | 4 | 526 | ||
| Virginia | 5449 | 442 | 957 | 9 | 31 | 41457 | 1.2 | 66 | 7600 | 296 | 755 | 42508 | ||
| Washington | 8300 | -280 | 1457 | 39 | 72 | 63280 | 2.2 | -278 | 9977 | 539 | 920 | 64739 | ||
| West Virginia | 1344 | 215 | 429 | 1 | 8 | 16467 | 2.4 | -1103 | 65 | 68 | 165 | 16700 | ||
| Wisconsin | 13727 | 1526 | 2071 | 9 | 15 | 98760 | 3.6 | -2673 | 429 | 218 | 285 | 99263 | ||
| Wyoming | 403 | -30 | 95 | 6 | 1 | 3709 | 1.4 | 438 | 340 | 82 | 29 | 3820 | ||
| Totals | 315303 | -20614 | 41871 | 763 | 1264 | 3240445 | 2.4 | -56793 | 413909 | 15290 | 21727 | 3277462 | ||
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.