| STATE NAME |
Initial Claims Filed During Week Ended May 3, 2008 |
Insured Unemployment For Week Ended April 26, 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 | 4030 | -975 | 102 | 15 | 23 | 29892 | 1.6 | -1098 | 5229 | 106 | 214 | 30212 | ||
| Alaska | 1481 | 79 | 141 | 9 | 6 | 12294 | 4.2 | -251 | -72 | 152 | 100 | 12546 | ||
| Arizona | 4889 | -189 | 882 | 5 | 19 | 42772 | 1.7 | 721 | 12159 | 183 | 230 | 43185 | ||
| Arkansas | 3478 | 323 | 221 | 11 | 9 | 29649 | 2.6 | -452 | 2369 | 128 | 271 | 30048 | ||
| California | 48999 | -1767 | 7133 | 138 | 194 | 479182 | 3.1 | -10298 | 99178 | 2248 | 3146 | 484576 | ||
| Colorado | 2385 | 58 | 239 | 7 | 21 | 26932 | 1.2 | -52 | 3603 | 191 | 301 | 27424 | ||
| Connecticut | 3814 | -1383 | 612 | 7 | 6 | 40651 | 2.4 | -5095 | 4114 | 79 | 227 | 40957 | ||
| Delaware | 814 | -561 | 113 | 0 | 1 | 9525 | 2.3 | 744 | 1925 | 27 | 46 | 9598 | ||
| District of Columbia | 333 | 16 | 41 | 5 | 3 | 3925 | 0.8 | -104 | 332 | 64 | 13 | 4002 | ||
| Florida | 14893 | 249 | 4376 | 37 | 87 | 148548 | 1.9 | 5232 | 52814 | 355 | 1069 | 149972 | ||
| Georgia | 8948 | -2935 | 1526 | 40 | 54 | 66832 | 1.7 | -1739 | 18294 | 282 | 785 | 67899 | ||
| Hawaii | 1706 | 223 | 680 | 6 | 14 | 10904 | 1.8 | 1950 | 4353 | 59 | 155 | 11118 | ||
| Idaho | 1671 | -88 | 394 | 6 | 6 | 16741 | 2.6 | -925 | 6649 | 122 | 85 | 16948 | ||
| Illinois | 12943 | 781 | 1759 | 25 | 40 | 141775 | 2.5 | -8605 | 17298 | 431 | 751 | 142957 | ||
| Indiana | 7855 | 123 | 2366 | 44 | 49 | 60286 | 2.1 | -669 | 8356 | 217 | 466 | 60969 | ||
| Iowa | 3436 | -764 | 1136 | 2 | 6 | 25615 | 1.8 | 297 | 4014 | 30 | 147 | 25792 | ||
| Kansas | 1961 | -218 | -1867 | 0 | 0 | 18135 | 1.4 | -73 | 2274 | 63 | 136 | 18334 | ||
| Kentucky | 8524 | 253 | 850 | 14 | 9 | 30904 | 1.8 | -1421 | 2858 | 165 | 544 | 31613 | ||
| Louisiana | 2458 | -123 | 80 | 10 | 6 | 20796 | 1.1 | 233 | 803 | 96 | 152 | 21044 | ||
| Maine | 1432 | 212 | 353 | 3 | 1 | 13522 | 2.3 | -262 | 1415 | 27 | 72 | 13621 | ||
| Maryland | 4097 | 421 | 835 | 44 | 22 | 43156 | 1.8 | -540 | 12413 | 336 | 265 | 43757 | ||
| Massachusetts | 6628 | -5027 | 686 | 42 | 24 | 89360 | 2.8 | 4445 | 13043 | 219 | 555 | 90134 | ||
| Michigan | 13581 | -1939 | 3257 | 14 | 42 | 161205 | 3.9 | -2097 | 17328 | 208 | 721 | 162134 | ||
| Minnesota | 4318 | 263 | 29 | 3 | 9 | 57465 | 2.2 | -4204 | 1486 | 74 | 455 | 57994 | ||
| Mississippi | 2181 | -324 | -407 | 9 | 1 | 18656 | 1.7 | 204 | 2635 | 145 | 95 | 18896 | ||
| Missouri | 5879 | -1561 | -325 | 27 | 23 | 50800 | 1.9 | 301 | 9593 | 211 | 224 | 51235 | ||
| Montana | 902 | -157 | 157 | 6 | 5 | 8861 | 2.1 | -477 | 1597 | 199 | 73 | 9133 | ||
| Nebraska | 1056 | 68 | 79 | 5 | 6 | 8997 | 1.0 | -257 | 132 | 31 | 40 | 9068 | ||
| Nevada | 3777 | -490 | 804 | 3 | 1 | 35761 | 2.8 | 671 | 12501 | 84 | 159 | 36004 | ||
| New Hampshire | 1248 | -215 | 436 | 1 | 3 | 10068 | 1.6 | -54 | 1759 | 26 | 34 | 10128 | ||
| New Jersey | 9248 | -3259 | 790 | 14 | 19 | 118087 | 3.0 | 2111 | 10854 | 302 | 408 | 118797 | ||
| New Mexico | 1050 | 105 | 81 | 3 | 4 | 13007 | 1.6 | -98 | 1357 | 113 | 98 | 13218 | ||
| New York | 32742 | 11414 | 17613 | 68 | 70 | 196807 | 2.3 | 8089 | 35094 | 693 | 1083 | 198583 | ||
| North Carolina | 12083 | -127 | 1866 | 16 | 51 | 89468 | 2.2 | -241 | 16222 | 228 | 943 | 90639 | ||
| North Dakota | 277 | -83 | 34 | 0 | 0 | 2451 | 0.7 | -330 | -148 | 19 | 18 | 2488 | ||
| Ohio | 11443 | 89 | 2254 | 16 | 50 | 114812 | 2.2 | -6595 | 20569 | 242 | 811 | 115865 | ||
| Oklahoma | 1542 | -187 | -147 | 6 | 19 | 14032 | 0.9 | -164 | 299 | 72 | 170 | 14274 | ||
| Oregon | 5639 | -2011 | -171 | 13 | 11 | 56605 | 3.3 | 1506 | 14902 | 367 | 339 | 57311 | ||
| Pennsylvania | 21316 | 2716 | 1994 | 113 | 70 | 168332 | 3.0 | -618 | 7278 | 1040 | 895 | 170267 | ||
| Puerto Rico | 3178 | 585 | 97 | 7 | 19 | 43409 | 4.3 | -7959 | 10725 | 126 | 371 | 43906 | ||
| Rhode Island | 1172 | -217 | -122 | 0 | 3 | 14450 | 3.1 | -2196 | 2072 | 20 | 95 | 14565 | ||
| South Carolina | 5322 | -227 | 970 | 7 | 22 | 42778 | 2.3 | -384 | 7981 | 196 | 297 | 43271 | ||
| South Dakota | 170 | -53 | -33 | 16 | 0 | 1820 | 0.5 | -327 | -31 | 35 | 10 | 1865 | ||
| Tennessee | 5378 | 552 | -226 | 24 | 26 | 42734 | 1.6 | 282 | 5297 | 230 | 287 | 43251 | ||
| Texas | 13463 | 76 | 957 | 23 | 163 | 110232 | 1.1 | 4795 | 16017 | 947 | 1463 | 112642 | ||
| Utah | 1480 | 1 | 572 | 7 | 6 | 12439 | 1.1 | -191 | 5458 | 132 | 76 | 12647 | ||
| Vermont | 839 | -608 | 116 | 0 | 0 | 8979 | 3.0 | -672 | 1055 | 30 | 24 | 9033 | ||
| Virgin Islands | 49 | 11 | 10 | 0 | 10 | 884 | 2.0 | 306 | 290 | 4 | 6 | 894 | ||
| Virginia | 5239 | 784 | 1231 | 9 | 29 | 37685 | 1.1 | 573 | 7883 | 244 | 710 | 38639 | ||
| Washington | 8389 | 156 | 1535 | 19 | 74 | 59499 | 2.1 | -18 | 13337 | 367 | 889 | 60755 | ||
| West Virginia | 1189 | 92 | -29 | 0 | 8 | 12997 | 1.9 | -865 | -828 | 64 | 140 | 13201 | ||
| Wisconsin | 11815 | 1023 | 2085 | 11 | 21 | 79258 | 2.9 | -3627 | 8862 | 205 | 266 | 79729 | ||
| Wyoming | 289 | -14 | 63 | 1 | 5 | 2672 | 1.0 | -284 | -22 | 37 | 17 | 2726 | ||
| Totals | 333029 | -4829 | 58228 | 911 | 1370 | 2956646 | 2.2 | -30782 | 504975 | 12271 | 20947 | 2989864 | ||
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.