| STATE NAME |
Initial Claims Filed During Week Ended April 5, 2008 |
Insured Unemployment For Week Ended March 29, 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 | 5793 | 453 | 1065 | 22 | 21 | 36901 | 2.0 | 5650 | 11568 | 106 | 227 | 37234 | ||
| Alaska | 1267 | -240 | -712 | 10 | 5 | 14046 | 4.8 | 1179 | 710 | 183 | 84 | 14313 | ||
| Arizona | 6071 | 1546 | 148 | 5 | 10 | 35862 | 1.4 | 3 | 11562 | 291 | 223 | 36376 | ||
| Arkansas | 5148 | 194 | 908 | 12 | 11 | 30315 | 2.6 | -637 | 3176 | 102 | 285 | 30702 | ||
| California | 48794 | 1951 | 1275 | 175 | 173 | 489715 | 3.2 | 1347 | 102162 | 2610 | 3062 | 495387 | ||
| Colorado | 2772 | 826 | 288 | 16 | 23 | 28138 | 1.3 | 341 | 4124 | 275 | 277 | 28690 | ||
| Connecticut | 3497 | 112 | 405 | 10 | 17 | 45881 | 2.8 | -2582 | 3904 | 81 | 226 | 46188 | ||
| Delaware | 966 | -427 | 139 | 1 | 0 | 9892 | 2.4 | 304 | 1010 | 25 | 69 | 9986 | ||
| District of Columbia | 321 | 48 | 47 | 2 | 31 | 4053 | 0.8 | 61 | 181 | 90 | 20 | 4163 | ||
| Florida | 13858 | 747 | 2170 | 51 | 76 | 140353 | 1.8 | -1402 | 49681 | 365 | 1038 | 141756 | ||
| Georgia | 14235 | 4306 | 6056 | 35 | 53 | 68811 | 1.7 | 1452 | 21836 | 234 | 835 | 69880 | ||
| Hawaii | 2647 | 1284 | 1538 | 7 | 15 | 8688 | 1.5 | 353 | 2117 | 73 | 183 | 8944 | ||
| Idaho | 1769 | -240 | -116 | 8 | 6 | 20753 | 3.2 | -730 | 7467 | 291 | 90 | 21134 | ||
| Illinois | 14931 | 2090 | 806 | 26 | 39 | 163840 | 2.8 | -11411 | 19842 | 431 | 800 | 165071 | ||
| Indiana | 9104 | -925 | 3018 | 39 | 61 | 74304 | 2.6 | -821 | 15310 | 196 | 476 | 74976 | ||
| Iowa | 2940 | 281 | -21 | 2 | 11 | 31868 | 2.2 | -2971 | 3219 | 34 | 170 | 32072 | ||
| Kansas | 2141 | -1787 | -568 | 0 | 0 | 18523 | 1.4 | -950 | 1424 | 91 | 177 | 18791 | ||
| Kentucky | 7758 | 251 | 2706 | 16 | 10 | 38727 | 2.2 | 2840 | 6629 | 182 | 559 | 39468 | ||
| Louisiana | 2365 | -76 | -82 | 14 | 11 | 20568 | 1.1 | 28 | 2009 | 91 | 177 | 20836 | ||
| Maine | 1505 | 252 | -131 | 0 | 1 | 15484 | 2.6 | -432 | 1269 | 33 | 68 | 15585 | ||
| Maryland | 4477 | 71 | -528 | 24 | 28 | 46015 | 1.9 | -989 | 11601 | 339 | 273 | 46627 | ||
| Massachusetts | 6437 | 283 | -128 | 27 | 24 | 98816 | 3.1 | -3277 | 5931 | 266 | 577 | 99659 | ||
| Michigan | 17441 | 3483 | 3912 | 12 | 37 | 180311 | 4.3 | 31 | 2176 | 284 | 768 | 181363 | ||
| Minnesota | 5181 | 606 | -519 | 3 | 12 | 70231 | 2.7 | -1422 | -3238 | 121 | 622 | 70974 | ||
| Mississippi | 2249 | -37 | -1133 | 9 | 2 | 18302 | 1.7 | -649 | 1834 | 136 | 102 | 18540 | ||
| Missouri | 6723 | -1030 | -12 | 22 | 22 | 55794 | 2.1 | -5994 | 7909 | 230 | 218 | 56242 | ||
| Montana | 902 | 75 | -400 | 10 | 7 | 11126 | 2.7 | -7 | 2117 | 416 | 76 | 11618 | ||
| Nebraska | 1194 | -151 | -356 | 0 | 4 | 10507 | 1.2 | -555 | 85 | 35 | 52 | 10594 | ||
| Nevada | 3617 | -305 | -97 | 2 | 9 | 34687 | 2.7 | -159 | 11402 | 126 | 180 | 34993 | ||
| New Hampshire | 908 | -100 | -96 | 3 | 3 | 11190 | 1.8 | 27 | 1868 | 25 | 45 | 11260 | ||
| New Jersey | 10168 | -2737 | -501 | 9 | 24 | 132264 | 3.4 | 2047 | 13468 | 317 | 426 | 133007 | ||
| New Mexico | 1110 | -545 | -18 | 2 | 2 | 13926 | 1.8 | 602 | 1961 | 189 | 89 | 14204 | ||
| New York | 19736 | -2465 | 1552 | 42 | 77 | 208790 | 2.5 | -4495 | 22412 | 674 | 1152 | 210616 | ||
| North Carolina | 14289 | 1911 | 3340 | 13 | 45 | 91071 | 2.3 | 524 | 18707 | 250 | 995 | 92316 | ||
| North Dakota | 260 | -49 | -202 | 2 | 2 | 4589 | 1.4 | -518 | -248 | 35 | 20 | 4644 | ||
| Ohio | 13597 | 1160 | 2038 | 9 | 45 | 137407 | 2.6 | -4716 | 26239 | 281 | 762 | 138450 | ||
| Oklahoma | 1783 | -69 | -392 | 7 | 13 | 13844 | 0.9 | -620 | -433 | 74 | 166 | 14084 | ||
| Oregon | 9045 | -289 | 1151 | 28 | 26 | 60960 | 3.6 | 3827 | 14853 | 623 | 365 | 61948 | ||
| Pennsylvania | 23000 | 227 | -3709 | 120 | 77 | 207371 | 3.8 | 9569 | 25522 | 1239 | 970 | 209580 | ||
| Puerto Rico | 3032 | -1055 | 785 | 5 | 22 | 41590 | 4.1 | -9278 | 15278 | 117 | 295 | 42002 | ||
| Rhode Island | 1279 | -56 | -102 | 4 | 4 | 17615 | 3.7 | -511 | 2440 | 26 | 94 | 17735 | ||
| South Carolina | 7807 | 1862 | 2604 | 8 | 28 | 45429 | 2.5 | 1051 | 10194 | 206 | 290 | 45925 | ||
| South Dakota | 233 | 10 | -106 | 3 | 6 | 2874 | 0.8 | -253 | 81 | 66 | 19 | 2959 | ||
| Tennessee | 5944 | -180 | 1144 | 18 | 21 | 44400 | 1.7 | -1284 | 7574 | 226 | 308 | 44934 | ||
| Texas | 14721 | 2377 | 1181 | 23 | 171 | 103573 | 1.0 | -3873 | 10299 | 1031 | 1416 | 106020 | ||
| Utah | 1484 | 208 | 529 | 18 | 11 | 13762 | 1.2 | -536 | 5687 | 182 | 85 | 14029 | ||
| Vermont | 976 | 2 | 158 | 0 | 3 | 10008 | 3.4 | 56 | 958 | 28 | 30 | 10066 | ||
| Virgin Islands | 65 | 17 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 576 | 1.3 | -66 | 142 | 2 | 4 | 582 | ||
| Virginia | 5732 | 1083 | 603 | 2 | 31 | 40479 | 1.2 | 224 | 8774 | 255 | 753 | 41487 | ||
| Washington | 10091 | 1985 | 426 | 25 | 86 | 61647 | 2.2 | -561 | 9532 | 481 | 913 | 63041 | ||
| West Virginia | 896 | -174 | -631 | 4 | 7 | 15718 | 2.3 | -54 | 1280 | 66 | 158 | 15942 | ||
| Wisconsin | 13915 | -2075 | -929 | 19 | 13 | 101321 | 3.7 | 535 | 11951 | 200 | 270 | 101791 | ||
| Wyoming | 407 | 46 | -199 | 5 | 5 | 3461 | 1.3 | 310 | 401 | 77 | 23 | 3561 | ||
| Totals | 356581 | 14735 | 28315 | 929 | 1441 | 3206376 | 2.4 | -29392 | 517957 | 14407 | 21562 | 3242345 | ||
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.