| STATE NAME |
Initial Claims Filed During Week Ended April 19, 2008 |
Insured Unemployment For Week Ended April 12, 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 | 4308 | -378 | 729 | 14 | 15 | 30032 | 1.6 | 364 | 5527 | 106 | 222 | 30360 | ||
| Alaska | 1648 | -365 | 134 | 31 | 3 | 12647 | 4.3 | 521 | -765 | 142 | 89 | 12878 | ||
| Arizona | 6423 | -1099 | 1802 | 2 | 10 | 40265 | 1.6 | 3203 | 11995 | 254 | 220 | 40739 | ||
| Arkansas | 3596 | -666 | 582 | 6 | 8 | 30477 | 2.6 | -97 | 2728 | 128 | 275 | 30880 | ||
| California | 52455 | -5130 | 9482 | 118 | 191 | 489346 | 3.2 | 15780 | 94830 | 2491 | 3093 | 494930 | ||
| Colorado | 2692 | -403 | 325 | 12 | 25 | 26801 | 1.2 | 777 | 3223 | 230 | 287 | 27318 | ||
| Connecticut | 6620 | 2886 | 236 | 10 | 12 | 41968 | 2.5 | -1860 | 3024 | 80 | 232 | 42280 | ||
| Delaware | 800 | -169 | -506 | 1 | 2 | 9030 | 2.2 | -141 | 567 | 29 | 54 | 9113 | ||
| District of Columbia | 271 | -72 | 83 | 3 | 0 | 4037 | 0.8 | 18 | 149 | 60 | 18 | 4115 | ||
| Florida | 14861 | -3278 | 4043 | 52 | 110 | 145714 | 1.9 | 3894 | 50689 | 370 | 1043 | 147127 | ||
| Georgia | 10867 | -2132 | 2669 | 30 | 53 | 67112 | 1.7 | -1229 | 17778 | 262 | 817 | 68191 | ||
| Hawaii | 1546 | -236 | 587 | 4 | 17 | 10111 | 1.7 | 1055 | 3445 | 68 | 175 | 10354 | ||
| Idaho | 1928 | -162 | 687 | 4 | 4 | 18371 | 2.8 | -944 | 7519 | 198 | 87 | 18656 | ||
| Illinois | 12357 | -1177 | 866 | 48 | 39 | 155064 | 2.7 | -12585 | 18450 | 419 | 791 | 156274 | ||
| Indiana | 7401 | -2276 | 1704 | 27 | 44 | 67561 | 2.4 | -3002 | 10712 | 193 | 481 | 68235 | ||
| Iowa | 2833 | -629 | 718 | 2 | 11 | 28251 | 1.9 | -1571 | 3404 | 35 | 161 | 28447 | ||
| Kansas | 2384 | -886 | 469 | 0 | 0 | 19151 | 1.4 | 920 | 2210 | 82 | 143 | 19376 | ||
| Kentucky | 4495 | -761 | 759 | 18 | 21 | 38745 | 2.2 | 3272 | 8604 | 160 | 549 | 39454 | ||
| Louisiana | 2764 | -15 | -1229 | 14 | 6 | 20159 | 1.1 | 107 | 904 | 94 | 155 | 20408 | ||
| Maine | 1396 | -68 | 144 | 2 | 0 | 14695 | 2.5 | -544 | 1403 | 38 | 66 | 14799 | ||
| Maryland | 4268 | -995 | 964 | 27 | 25 | 44115 | 1.8 | -1022 | 11807 | 330 | 267 | 44712 | ||
| Massachusetts | 6064 | -309 | -5084 | 12 | 19 | 89161 | 2.8 | -5630 | 6684 | 222 | 562 | 89945 | ||
| Michigan | 12282 | -8102 | -2146 | 12 | 47 | 181345 | 4.4 | 7988 | 17120 | 270 | 721 | 182336 | ||
| Minnesota | 4417 | -629 | 152 | 3 | 13 | 66460 | 2.5 | -1969 | -2511 | 100 | 517 | 67077 | ||
| Mississippi | 2630 | -807 | 205 | 12 | 1 | 18899 | 1.7 | 782 | 2241 | 136 | 105 | 19140 | ||
| Missouri | 6616 | -1128 | 1561 | 20 | 25 | 52268 | 2.0 | -1738 | 8541 | 223 | 206 | 52697 | ||
| Montana | 1007 | -233 | 161 | 11 | 6 | 9644 | 2.3 | -192 | 1142 | 283 | 70 | 9997 | ||
| Nebraska | 1085 | -233 | 200 | 5 | 6 | 9856 | 1.1 | -160 | 224 | 30 | 46 | 9932 | ||
| Nevada | 4187 | -126 | 1482 | 6 | 7 | 34767 | 2.7 | 719 | 11304 | 107 | 151 | 35025 | ||
| New Hampshire | 1118 | 6 | 98 | 2 | 1 | 10409 | 1.7 | -414 | 1865 | 28 | 37 | 10474 | ||
| New Jersey | 8986 | -498 | -1401 | 16 | 20 | 121053 | 3.1 | -3243 | 2676 | 299 | 402 | 121754 | ||
| New Mexico | 1058 | 60 | 66 | 2 | 2 | 12275 | 1.6 | -921 | 346 | 139 | 85 | 12499 | ||
| New York | 16680 | -1620 | -3972 | 72 | 60 | 191264 | 2.3 | -8323 | 5341 | 698 | 1112 | 193074 | ||
| North Carolina | 12000 | -4704 | -1790 | 13 | 55 | 89821 | 2.3 | -3551 | 13761 | 232 | 951 | 91004 | ||
| North Dakota | 245 | -115 | -14 | 7 | 0 | 3373 | 1.0 | -679 | -781 | 35 | 24 | 3432 | ||
| Ohio | 11056 | -1233 | 1986 | 17 | 51 | 127247 | 2.4 | -4954 | 22098 | 238 | 748 | 128233 | ||
| Oklahoma | 1819 | -178 | 192 | 10 | 20 | 14211 | 1.0 | 327 | 216 | 70 | 171 | 14452 | ||
| Oregon | 6547 | -852 | 762 | 25 | 29 | 55660 | 3.3 | -721 | 11785 | 495 | 357 | 56512 | ||
| Pennsylvania | 20197 | -2644 | -1071 | 103 | 81 | 183075 | 3.3 | 2209 | 5192 | 1161 | 908 | 185144 | ||
| Puerto Rico | 3145 | -1339 | 465 | 0 | 20 | 30969 | 3.1 | -11045 | -212 | 108 | 256 | 31333 | ||
| Rhode Island | 3224 | 1779 | 518 | 0 | 7 | 15642 | 3.3 | -660 | 2424 | 47 | 97 | 15786 | ||
| South Carolina | 6566 | 302 | 628 | 10 | 22 | 43951 | 2.4 | 699 | 7396 | 203 | 311 | 44465 | ||
| South Dakota | 351 | 27 | 83 | 3 | 2 | 2447 | 0.6 | -124 | -56 | 56 | 13 | 2516 | ||
| Tennessee | 5480 | -1095 | -1605 | 20 | 19 | 43390 | 1.6 | -544 | 6949 | 220 | 287 | 43897 | ||
| Texas | 16760 | 1937 | 4248 | 29 | 153 | 104805 | 1.1 | 685 | 9075 | 991 | 1462 | 107258 | ||
| Utah | 1555 | -77 | 411 | 15 | 6 | 12923 | 1.1 | -229 | 5645 | 148 | 80 | 13151 | ||
| Vermont | 1351 | 336 | -155 | 0 | 2 | 9482 | 3.2 | -263 | 911 | 29 | 26 | 9537 | ||
| Virgin Islands | 73 | -26 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 636 | 1.4 | -4 | 64 | 2 | 6 | 644 | ||
| Virginia | 4467 | -301 | 537 | 9 | 37 | 37881 | 1.1 | -486 | 7829 | 237 | 729 | 38847 | ||
| Washington | 9014 | -205 | 1996 | 25 | 77 | 60296 | 2.1 | -4078 | 11240 | 422 | 905 | 61623 | ||
| West Virginia | 1094 | -320 | -122 | 8 | 10 | 14058 | 2.1 | -574 | -1192 | 62 | 139 | 14259 | ||
| Wisconsin | 10827 | -2241 | 497 | 13 | 15 | 90004 | 3.3 | -4937 | 4236 | 189 | 263 | 90456 | ||
| Wyoming | 372 | -184 | 51 | 3 | 1 | 3167 | 1.2 | 303 | 34 | 48 | 25 | 3240 | ||
| Totals | 328186 | -42763 | 24202 | 908 | 1410 | 3054091 | 2.3 | -34811 | 419790 | 13297 | 20997 | 3088385 | ||
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.