| STATE NAME |
Initial Claims Filed During Week Ended July 26, 2008 |
Insured Unemployment For Week Ended July 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 | 5287 | -2290 | 1172 | 23 | 23 | 37124 | 2.0 | -2353 | 7545 | 130 | 225 | 37479 | ||
| Alaska | 1267 | 70 | 235 | 2 | 2 | 8173 | 2.8 | 161 | 760 | 80 | 72 | 9661 | ||
| Arizona | 5689 | -469 | 2026 | 20 | 12 | 53838 | 2.1 | 1138 | 16618 | 556 | 234 | 54640 | ||
| Arkansas | 4081 | -468 | 1152 | 11 | 11 | 32635 | 2.8 | 355 | 3495 | 129 | 225 | 32989 | ||
| California | 61964 | 3911 | 20613 | 62 | 47 | 478969 | 3.1 | 1542 | 129241 | 2391 | 3322 | 484720 | ||
| Colorado | 2289 | -78 | 452 | 5 | 21 | 26011 | 1.2 | -1536 | 5642 | 105 | 330 | 26451 | ||
| Connecticut | 4071 | -240 | 1009 | 6 | 16 | 48511 | 2.9 | -150 | 8439 | 76 | 187 | 48776 | ||
| Delaware | 966 | 120 | 162 | 0 | 0 | 9909 | 2.4 | -546 | 928 | 18 | 45 | 9972 | ||
| District of Columbia | 409 | -4 | 59 | 8 | 3 | 5290 | 1.1 | 383 | 1108 | 80 | 25 | 5395 | ||
| Florida | 22989 | -1400 | 11097 | 56 | 99 | 186306 | 2.4 | 1042 | 64728 | 320 | 1048 | 187674 | ||
| Georgia | 11259 | -1430 | 3599 | 90 | 67 | 103125 | 2.6 | 24428 | 45776 | 770 | 1066 | 104961 | ||
| Hawaii | 1607 | -212 | 566 | 3 | 10 | 12414 | 2.1 | 753 | 5273 | 47 | 153 | 12616 | ||
| Idaho | 1851 | 360 | 777 | 10 | 6 | 12761 | 2.0 | -295 | 4481 | 42 | 80 | 12883 | ||
| Illinois | 16410 | 1496 | 5827 | 36 | 48 | 138222 | 2.4 | -6039 | 21976 | 482 | 773 | 139477 | ||
| Indiana | 10295 | -3792 | 4712 | 51 | 65 | 69977 | 2.4 | -3271 | 20251 | 316 | 445 | 70746 | ||
| Iowa | 3124 | 353 | 930 | 4 | 16 | 22257 | 1.5 | -2072 | 4562 | 51 | 87 | 22395 | ||
| Kansas | 2057 | -94 | -277 | 1 | 0 | 19472 | 1.5 | -49 | 2775 | 108 | 132 | 19714 | ||
| Kentucky | 9603 | -330 | 5250 | 15 | 14 | 40032 | 2.3 | 3037 | 8389 | 383 | 458 | 40875 | ||
| Louisiana | 3765 | -1178 | 1571 | 10 | 19 | 30547 | 1.7 | 2737 | 6859 | 165 | 161 | 30873 | ||
| Maine | 1221 | 84 | 367 | 10 | 4 | 9682 | 1.6 | -81 | 1816 | 29 | 42 | 9755 | ||
| Maryland | 4575 | -44 | 963 | 30 | 31 | 49000 | 2.0 | 908 | 12561 | 366 | 257 | 49623 | ||
| Massachusetts | 6965 | 91 | 1071 | 48 | 39 | 96869 | 3.0 | 3372 | 17965 | 794 | 549 | 98212 | ||
| Michigan | 19129 | -7492 | 4439 | 23 | 37 | 165076 | 4.0 | 10795 | 39357 | 160 | 671 | 165907 | ||
| Minnesota | 3982 | -942 | 490 | 3 | 13 | 43005 | 1.6 | -856 | 4771 | 69 | 333 | 43407 | ||
| Mississippi | 2806 | -149 | 419 | 2 | 7 | 27781 | 2.5 | 339 | 4383 | 186 | 121 | 28091 | ||
| Missouri | 6913 | -26 | 1343 | 78 | 22 | 57248 | 2.1 | 490 | 5009 | 491 | 252 | 57991 | ||
| Montana | 762 | -84 | 201 | 5 | 5 | 7597 | 1.8 | 652 | 2143 | 68 | 58 | 7726 | ||
| Nebraska | 1176 | -161 | 300 | 2 | 6 | 9664 | 1.1 | -232 | 990 | 47 | 54 | 9765 | ||
| Nevada | 4160 | -114 | 1281 | 4 | 7 | 36991 | 2.9 | -164 | 12939 | 63 | 156 | 37210 | ||
| New Hampshire | 1016 | -101 | 349 | 1 | 2 | 9398 | 1.5 | 21 | 2573 | 36 | 32 | 9466 | ||
| New Jersey | 9051 | -626 | 1196 | 13 | 27 | 131324 | 3.4 | -1513 | 15074 | 294 | 360 | 131978 | ||
| New Mexico | 1356 | -45 | 406 | 6 | 3 | 14080 | 1.8 | 214 | 1964 | 121 | 101 | 14302 | ||
| New York | 17523 | -1561 | 3283 | 48 | 76 | 198784 | 2.4 | -2260 | 27884 | 738 | 1048 | 200570 | ||
| North Carolina | 14679 | -4415 | 5934 | 17 | 39 | 98504 | 2.5 | -4072 | 23465 | 248 | 1013 | 99765 | ||
| North Dakota | 388 | 31 | 93 | 0 | 0 | 2520 | 0.8 | -481 | 211 | 104 | 26 | 2650 | ||
| Ohio | 20349 | 4634 | 11294 | 27 | 85 | 133325 | 2.5 | 14826 | 43514 | 280 | 673 | 134278 | ||
| Oklahoma | 2002 | -243 | 466 | 11 | 17 | 17045 | 1.1 | 309 | 2334 | 63 | 159 | 17267 | ||
| Oregon | 6765 | 817 | 2173 | 30 | 43 | 52490 | 3.1 | -2097 | 14603 | 239 | 338 | 53082 | ||
| Pennsylvania | 20309 | -1076 | 3880 | 129 | 73 | 188227 | 3.4 | 2787 | 28945 | 968 | 831 | 190026 | ||
| Puerto Rico | 1 | -3972 | -52 | 0 | 0 | 49206 | 4.9 | -1123 | 12478 | 118 | 355 | 49679 | ||
| Rhode Island | 1191 | -710 | 33 | 1 | 15 | 16297 | 3.5 | 387 | 2300 | 38 | 70 | 16405 | ||
| South Carolina | 8909 | -1046 | 4538 | 18 | 40 | 55098 | 3.0 | 2046 | 15716 | 189 | 343 | 55630 | ||
| South Dakota | 227 | -55 | 4 | 10 | 2 | 1683 | 0.4 | 48 | -4 | 370 | 13 | 2066 | ||
| Tennessee | 7360 | -2619 | 1520 | 18 | 45 | 55193 | 2.0 | -1750 | 9942 | 204 | 246 | 55644 | ||
| Texas | 13744 | -3200 | 2248 | 55 | 157 | 123535 | 1.2 | -4067 | 20664 | 743 | 1509 | 125804 | ||
| Utah | 1477 | -376 | 650 | 24 | 7 | 12872 | 1.1 | 193 | 5448 | 182 | 78 | 13132 | ||
| Vermont | 980 | 268 | 546 | 1 | 3 | 6255 | 2.1 | -50 | 1235 | 20 | 19 | 6294 | ||
| Virgin Islands | 45 | -14 | 13 | 1 | 1 | 726 | 1.6 | 42 | 70 | 0 | 14 | 740 | ||
| Virginia | 4887 | -1688 | 627 | 9 | 45 | 40547 | 1.2 | -988 | 9224 | 244 | 740 | 41533 | ||
| Washington | 7798 | 418 | 2054 | 17 | 60 | 54798 | 1.9 | 138 | 14567 | 188 | 835 | 55854 | ||
| West Virginia | 2033 | 664 | 905 | 1 | 11 | 14181 | 2.1 | 1493 | 2023 | 60 | 144 | 14385 | ||
| Wisconsin | 12104 | -6835 | 3717 | 15 | 27 | 94283 | 3.4 | 7306 | 32572 | 202 | 357 | 94842 | ||
| Wyoming | 284 | 4 | 41 | 1 | 0 | 2210 | 0.8 | 200 | 253 | 11 | 32 | 2253 | ||
| Totals | 375150 | -36258 | 117724 | 1071 | 1428 | 3211067 | 2.4 | 46097 | 747835 | 14182 | 20897 | 3247629 | ||
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.