| STATE NAME |
Initial Claims Filed During Week Ended August 9, 2008 |
Insured Unemployment For Week Ended August 2, 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 | 4866 | 10 | 656 | 20 | 25 | 36713 | 1.9 | 238 | 7642 | 142 | 238 | 37094 | ||
| Alaska | 1722 | 507 | 681 | 4 | 4 | 8225 | 2.8 | -105 | 1151 | 82 | 72 | 9837 | ||
| Arizona | 5722 | 475 | 1826 | 10 | 14 | 53766 | 2.1 | -461 | 16988 | 482 | 248 | 54506 | ||
| Arkansas | 3788 | -185 | 1108 | 10 | 10 | 32794 | 2.8 | 207 | 4304 | 123 | 228 | 33145 | ||
| California | 59209 | -3962 | 17284 | 176 | 268 | 489096 | 3.2 | 4926 | 145144 | 2407 | 3263 | 494794 | ||
| Colorado | 3031 | 526 | 1171 | 10 | 33 | 26799 | 1.2 | -174 | 6491 | 114 | 317 | 27232 | ||
| Connecticut | 4308 | 128 | 953 | 11 | 17 | 49468 | 3.0 | 561 | 9287 | 76 | 202 | 49746 | ||
| Delaware | 1047 | 131 | 323 | 1 | 1 | 10844 | 2.6 | 267 | 2860 | 27 | 47 | 10918 | ||
| District of Columbia | 438 | 22 | 85 | 3 | 2 | 7620 | 1.6 | 1008 | 3573 | 185 | 48 | 7853 | ||
| Florida | 15912 | -7917 | 4068 | 47 | 101 | 193512 | 2.5 | 1625 | 70302 | 354 | 1055 | 194921 | ||
| Georgia | 16578 | 3522 | 8518 | 87 | 103 | 80250 | 2.0 | -432 | 23058 | 583 | 881 | 81714 | ||
| Hawaii | 1640 | -125 | 587 | 6 | 13 | 12373 | 2.1 | 334 | 5434 | 42 | 131 | 12546 | ||
| Idaho | 2216 | 65 | 1066 | 9 | 2 | 13050 | 2.0 | 616 | 4460 | 45 | 77 | 13172 | ||
| Illinois | 16524 | -4049 | 5968 | 40 | 60 | 135356 | 2.3 | -8682 | 21537 | 451 | 741 | 136548 | ||
| Indiana | 8949 | 34 | 2866 | 39 | 58 | 64709 | 2.3 | -1363 | 17299 | 313 | 423 | 65447 | ||
| Iowa | 3316 | -1585 | 1280 | 3 | 18 | 23711 | 1.6 | 1081 | 5499 | 44 | 101 | 23856 | ||
| Kansas | 3151 | 828 | 1121 | 0 | 4 | 19718 | 1.5 | 143 | 3496 | 104 | 144 | 19966 | ||
| Kentucky | 7648 | 1779 | 2617 | 30 | 10 | 42293 | 2.4 | 3944 | 14904 | 350 | 436 | 43083 | ||
| Louisiana | 4125 | 22 | 1281 | 19 | 14 | 29220 | 1.6 | -1238 | 5933 | 192 | 218 | 29630 | ||
| Maine | 1143 | 21 | 255 | 2 | 4 | 9636 | 1.6 | -224 | 2261 | 35 | 45 | 9718 | ||
| Maryland | 5223 | -327 | 1426 | 29 | 23 | 51116 | 2.1 | 710 | 14903 | 476 | 264 | 51856 | ||
| Massachusetts | 7884 | 886 | 2013 | 14 | 30 | 103444 | 3.3 | 434 | 24785 | 906 | 592 | 104942 | ||
| Michigan | 15185 | -5160 | 5494 | 28 | 41 | 153996 | 3.7 | 10168 | 36587 | 185 | 640 | 154821 | ||
| Minnesota | 4224 | 198 | 491 | 4 | 21 | 41667 | 1.6 | 754 | 4889 | 56 | 344 | 42067 | ||
| Mississippi | 3851 | 951 | 1608 | 10 | 1 | 28746 | 2.6 | 106 | 5901 | 172 | 145 | 29064 | ||
| Missouri | 7289 | -1635 | 1794 | 67 | 23 | 55103 | 2.1 | -2127 | 6112 | 526 | 240 | 55869 | ||
| Montana | 748 | 2 | 86 | 3 | 8 | 7520 | 1.8 | 613 | 2132 | 56 | 55 | 7633 | ||
| Nebraska | 1164 | -225 | 230 | 4 | 7 | 10066 | 1.1 | 325 | 1442 | 51 | 56 | 10173 | ||
| Nevada | 5071 | 393 | 1480 | 2 | 10 | 37875 | 3.0 | 773 | 14165 | 56 | 170 | 38101 | ||
| New Hampshire | 1081 | 57 | 362 | 4 | 2 | 9465 | 1.5 | -45 | 2844 | 32 | 34 | 9531 | ||
| New Jersey | 11022 | 966 | 2375 | 30 | 28 | 132680 | 3.4 | 843 | 17183 | 279 | 378 | 133337 | ||
| New Mexico | 1301 | -70 | 479 | 1 | 3 | 14387 | 1.8 | 138 | 2806 | 110 | 100 | 14599 | ||
| New York | 20607 | 2709 | 4773 | 53 | 106 | 202035 | 2.4 | 2570 | 32385 | 748 | 1089 | 203872 | ||
| North Carolina | 13496 | 1115 | 3078 | 20 | 58 | 101667 | 2.5 | 2937 | 27579 | 260 | 1027 | 102954 | ||
| North Dakota | 316 | -118 | 99 | 1 | 0 | 2736 | 0.8 | 72 | 548 | 107 | 26 | 2869 | ||
| Ohio | 15975 | 1109 | 6753 | 27 | 70 | 129203 | 2.5 | -5239 | 46377 | 244 | 758 | 130205 | ||
| Oklahoma | 1823 | -67 | 288 | 9 | 18 | 17203 | 1.2 | -100 | 2919 | 61 | 144 | 17408 | ||
| Oregon | 7049 | 254 | 2098 | 17 | 32 | 52162 | 3.1 | -195 | 14529 | 231 | 377 | 52776 | ||
| Pennsylvania | 19872 | -1301 | 2982 | 117 | 80 | 186547 | 3.4 | 2540 | 31423 | 1004 | 865 | 188416 | ||
| Puerto Rico | 6092 | 2274 | 1258 | 5 | 10 | 57926 | 5.8 | 20280 | 25643 | 131 | 388 | 58445 | ||
| Rhode Island | 1377 | 82 | 234 | 6 | 5 | 15726 | 3.3 | -524 | 2216 | 42 | 70 | 15838 | ||
| South Carolina | 8293 | 1571 | 3733 | 12 | 28 | 57765 | 3.1 | 1929 | 18596 | 188 | 351 | 58304 | ||
| South Dakota | 257 | -6 | 88 | 8 | 4 | 1681 | 0.4 | 29 | 161 | 384 | 15 | 2080 | ||
| Tennessee | 6307 | 218 | 1696 | 20 | 22 | 52604 | 2.0 | -1370 | 9694 | 203 | 266 | 53076 | ||
| Texas | 15261 | -410 | 2567 | 23 | 158 | 124027 | 1.2 | -5575 | 21735 | 745 | 1464 | 126249 | ||
| Utah | 1428 | -314 | 415 | 67 | 8 | 13367 | 1.1 | 332 | 6031 | 201 | 88 | 13656 | ||
| Vermont | 716 | -147 | 231 | 3 | 3 | 6488 | 2.2 | -35 | 1616 | 20 | 25 | 6533 | ||
| Virgin Islands | 57 | 4 | 13 | 0 | 2 | 764 | 1.7 | 36 | 162 | 0 | 12 | 776 | ||
| Virginia | 5251 | 100 | 1305 | 6 | 35 | 40125 | 1.1 | -836 | 8313 | 261 | 740 | 41126 | ||
| Washington | 8450 | 109 | 2162 | 30 | 82 | 58385 | 2.0 | 3151 | 15901 | 196 | 852 | 59468 | ||
| West Virginia | 1323 | -500 | 306 | 2 | 7 | 13574 | 2.0 | 690 | 2201 | 51 | 134 | 13759 | ||
| Wisconsin | 11105 | -1049 | 2632 | 8 | 34 | 78949 | 2.9 | -2205 | 17545 | 151 | 309 | 79409 | ||
| Wyoming | 287 | 10 | 35 | 1 | 4 | 2187 | 0.8 | 126 | 271 | 15 | 26 | 2228 | ||
| Totals | 374718 | -8074 | 108298 | 1158 | 1724 | 3200339 | 2.4 | 33576 | 791217 | 14299 | 20959 | 3237166 | ||
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.