| STATE NAME |
Initial Claims Filed During Week Ended April 26, 2008 |
Insured Unemployment For Week Ended April 19, 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 | 5005 | 697 | 1550 | 14 | 23 | 30990 | 1.6 | 958 | 6444 | 118 | 214 | 31322 | ||
| Alaska | 1402 | -246 | 2 | 14 | 7 | 12545 | 4.3 | -102 | 1725 | 96 | 133 | 12774 | ||
| Arizona | 5626 | -957 | 1391 | 5 | 16 | 42025 | 1.6 | 1817 | 12668 | 217 | 225 | 42467 | ||
| Arkansas | 3155 | -441 | 398 | 10 | 12 | 30101 | 2.6 | -376 | 2789 | 190 | 276 | 30567 | ||
| California | 50766 | -1689 | 8171 | 120 | 212 | 489480 | 3.2 | 134 | 138368 | 2297 | 3250 | 495027 | ||
| Colorado | 2327 | -365 | 112 | 8 | 22 | 26984 | 1.2 | 183 | 4693 | 201 | 320 | 27505 | ||
| Connecticut | 5197 | -1423 | 402 | 7 | 14 | 45746 | 2.8 | 3778 | 2530 | 70 | 228 | 46044 | ||
| Delaware | 1375 | 575 | 266 | 1 | 2 | 8781 | 2.1 | -249 | 493 | 22 | 48 | 8851 | ||
| District of Columbia | 317 | 46 | 29 | 6 | 2 | 4029 | 0.8 | -8 | 474 | 71 | 17 | 4117 | ||
| Florida | 14644 | -217 | 4494 | 41 | 89 | 143316 | 1.8 | -2398 | 52492 | 321 | 1019 | 144656 | ||
| Georgia | 11883 | 1016 | 5451 | 32 | 37 | 68571 | 1.7 | 1459 | 20224 | 269 | 800 | 69640 | ||
| Hawaii | 1483 | -63 | 452 | 8 | 13 | 8954 | 1.5 | -1157 | 3041 | 57 | 134 | 9145 | ||
| Idaho | 1759 | -169 | 502 | 7 | 6 | 17666 | 2.7 | -705 | 6924 | 150 | 83 | 17899 | ||
| Illinois | 12162 | -195 | 1781 | 31 | 46 | 150380 | 2.6 | -4684 | 25369 | 438 | 837 | 151655 | ||
| Indiana | 7732 | 331 | 2540 | 46 | 53 | 60955 | 2.1 | -6606 | 8327 | 189 | 452 | 61596 | ||
| Iowa | 4200 | 1367 | 1677 | 7 | 11 | 25318 | 1.7 | -2933 | 3677 | 36 | 138 | 25492 | ||
| Kansas | 2179 | -205 | 115 | 1 | 0 | 18208 | 1.4 | -943 | 2227 | 64 | 148 | 18420 | ||
| Kentucky | 8271 | 3776 | 4650 | 18 | 28 | 32325 | 1.8 | -6420 | 3986 | 102 | 543 | 32970 | ||
| Louisiana | 2581 | -183 | 54 | 7 | 11 | 20563 | 1.1 | 404 | -207 | 94 | 149 | 20806 | ||
| Maine | 1220 | -176 | -57 | 0 | 0 | 13784 | 2.3 | -911 | 227 | 30 | 67 | 13881 | ||
| Maryland | 3676 | -592 | 652 | 24 | 28 | 43696 | 1.8 | -419 | 8368 | 307 | 271 | 44274 | ||
| Massachusetts | 11655 | 5591 | 5669 | 21 | 22 | 84915 | 2.7 | -4246 | -1896 | 227 | 544 | 85686 | ||
| Michigan | 15520 | 3238 | 4969 | 25 | 37 | 163302 | 3.9 | -18043 | 19139 | 188 | 695 | 164185 | ||
| Minnesota | 4055 | -362 | 193 | 3 | 11 | 61669 | 2.3 | -4791 | 8578 | 93 | 482 | 62244 | ||
| Mississippi | 2505 | -125 | 414 | 9 | 3 | 18452 | 1.7 | -447 | 1633 | 136 | 100 | 18688 | ||
| Missouri | 7440 | 824 | 2335 | 23 | 24 | 50499 | 1.9 | -1769 | 8329 | 197 | 229 | 50925 | ||
| Montana | 1059 | 52 | 282 | 3 | 4 | 9338 | 2.2 | -306 | 2692 | 207 | 66 | 9611 | ||
| Nebraska | 988 | -97 | 36 | 2 | 1 | 9254 | 1.0 | -602 | 348 | 34 | 50 | 9338 | ||
| Nevada | 4267 | 80 | 1179 | 2 | 5 | 35090 | 2.8 | 323 | 12140 | 94 | 166 | 35350 | ||
| New Hampshire | 1463 | 345 | 187 | 1 | 1 | 10122 | 1.6 | -287 | 1542 | 17 | 33 | 10172 | ||
| New Jersey | 12507 | 3521 | 2448 | 18 | 14 | 115976 | 3.0 | -5077 | 5865 | 247 | 379 | 116602 | ||
| New Mexico | 945 | -113 | -30 | 2 | 4 | 13105 | 1.7 | 11 | 1365 | 139 | 99 | 13343 | ||
| New York | 21328 | 4648 | 5523 | 57 | 66 | 188718 | 2.2 | -2546 | 16965 | 664 | 1109 | 190491 | ||
| North Carolina | 12210 | 210 | 2468 | 14 | 49 | 89709 | 2.3 | -112 | 16049 | 235 | 999 | 90943 | ||
| North Dakota | 360 | 115 | 49 | 0 | 0 | 2781 | 0.8 | -592 | -270 | 29 | 44 | 2854 | ||
| Ohio | 11354 | 298 | 1664 | 13 | 38 | 121407 | 2.3 | -5840 | 22162 | 265 | 729 | 122401 | ||
| Oklahoma | 1729 | -90 | 282 | 5 | 22 | 14196 | 1.0 | -15 | 421 | 70 | 172 | 14438 | ||
| Oregon | 7650 | 1103 | 2337 | 20 | 22 | 55099 | 3.3 | -561 | 12350 | 403 | 347 | 55849 | ||
| Pennsylvania | 18600 | -1597 | -982 | 133 | 78 | 168950 | 3.1 | -14125 | 20623 | 867 | 949 | 170766 | ||
| Puerto Rico | 2593 | -552 | -407 | 4 | 26 | 51368 | 5.1 | 20399 | 19074 | 145 | 439 | 51952 | ||
| Rhode Island | 1389 | -1835 | 127 | 2 | 4 | 16646 | 3.5 | 1004 | 2272 | 22 | 92 | 16760 | ||
| South Carolina | 5549 | -1017 | 805 | 11 | 25 | 43162 | 2.3 | -789 | 7422 | 203 | 294 | 43659 | ||
| South Dakota | 223 | -128 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2147 | 0.6 | -300 | 66 | 42 | 15 | 2204 | ||
| Tennessee | 4826 | -654 | 373 | 16 | 17 | 42452 | 1.6 | -938 | 4980 | 203 | 285 | 42940 | ||
| Texas | 13387 | -3373 | 1921 | 19 | 121 | 105437 | 1.1 | 632 | 16756 | 644 | 1439 | 107520 | ||
| Utah | 1479 | -76 | 540 | 10 | 4 | 12630 | 1.1 | -293 | 5436 | 137 | 80 | 12847 | ||
| Vermont | 1447 | 96 | 544 | 1 | 1 | 9651 | 3.2 | 169 | 228 | 30 | 25 | 9706 | ||
| Virgin Islands | 38 | -35 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 578 | 1.3 | -58 | 138 | 0 | 6 | 584 | ||
| Virginia | 4455 | -12 | 384 | 8 | 43 | 37112 | 1.1 | -769 | 6980 | 252 | 718 | 38082 | ||
| Washington | 8233 | -781 | 1408 | 17 | 81 | 59517 | 2.1 | -779 | 12150 | 375 | 899 | 60791 | ||
| West Virginia | 1097 | 3 | 68 | 2 | 8 | 13862 | 2.0 | -196 | 2211 | 63 | 133 | 14058 | ||
| Wisconsin | 10792 | -35 | 1268 | 11 | 27 | 82885 | 3.0 | -7119 | 8440 | 181 | 294 | 83360 | ||
| Wyoming | 303 | -69 | 33 | 0 | 1 | 2956 | 1.1 | -211 | 273 | 37 | 18 | 3011 | ||
| Totals | 338406 | 10060 | 70734 | 862 | 1392 | 2987402 | 2.2 | -67451 | 539300 | 11785 | 21281 | 3020468 | ||
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.