| STATE NAME |
Initial Claims Filed During Week Ended August 23, 2008 |
Insured Unemployment For Week Ended August 16, 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 | 5796 | 1168 | 2515 | 18 | 31 | 36098 | 1.9 | 14 | 8923 | 137 | 241 | 36478 | ||
| Alaska | 1319 | -34 | 195 | 4 | 6 | 7961 | 2.7 | -120 | 1028 | 82 | 76 | 9462 | ||
| Arizona | 5420 | 29 | 1459 | 8 | 10 | 53563 | 2.1 | -625 | 18579 | 257 | 281 | 54101 | ||
| Arkansas | 3536 | 8 | 755 | 7 | 12 | 31834 | 2.8 | -729 | 4841 | 127 | 233 | 32194 | ||
| California | 52045 | 698 | 11895 | 154 | 230 | 501294 | 3.3 | 10309 | 152367 | 2507 | 3449 | 507276 | ||
| Colorado | 2638 | -66 | 842 | 12 | 38 | 27499 | 1.2 | 161 | 7583 | 121 | 330 | 27950 | ||
| Connecticut | 4498 | 230 | 1489 | 8 | 11 | 50887 | 3.1 | 642 | 10653 | 84 | 189 | 51160 | ||
| Delaware | 1056 | -109 | 270 | 0 | 1 | 10890 | 2.6 | -31 | 2958 | 36 | 71 | 10997 | ||
| District of Columbia | 359 | -53 | 71 | 3 | 3 | 8652 | 1.8 | 602 | 4215 | 209 | 37 | 8898 | ||
| Florida | 17183 | 339 | 4983 | 43 | 115 | 197505 | 2.5 | 2723 | 73405 | 363 | 1130 | 198998 | ||
| Georgia | 11446 | -2229 | 3806 | 69 | 83 | 79104 | 2.0 | -1791 | 23113 | 646 | 939 | 80689 | ||
| Hawaii | 1719 | 303 | 593 | 9 | 21 | 12566 | 2.1 | 956 | 5219 | 51 | 150 | 12769 | ||
| Idaho | 2039 | -195 | 935 | 3 | 9 | 13490 | 2.1 | 329 | 4934 | 48 | 90 | 13628 | ||
| Illinois | 13564 | 586 | 1992 | 35 | 57 | 138948 | 2.4 | -1702 | 25837 | 463 | 805 | 140216 | ||
| Indiana | 9242 | 236 | 3547 | 34 | 67 | 63487 | 2.2 | -1588 | 17727 | 315 | 466 | 64273 | ||
| Iowa | 2488 | -1485 | 235 | 2 | 9 | 23185 | 1.6 | 449 | 6528 | 36 | 122 | 23343 | ||
| Kansas | 2960 | 18 | 1009 | 3 | 0 | 20276 | 1.5 | -39 | 4448 | 104 | 147 | 20527 | ||
| Kentucky | 7037 | 320 | 3438 | 40 | 16 | 36174 | 2.1 | -42 | 8837 | 357 | 412 | 36947 | ||
| Louisiana | 2785 | 533 | 637 | 3 | 4 | 26816 | 1.5 | 146 | 4773 | 188 | 176 | 27180 | ||
| Maine | 1078 | -14 | 293 | 0 | 6 | 9696 | 1.6 | -98 | 2638 | 33 | 41 | 9770 | ||
| Maryland | 4664 | -167 | 838 | 18 | 24 | 49947 | 2.1 | 932 | 13643 | 351 | 265 | 50563 | ||
| Massachusetts | 5720 | -797 | 253 | 39 | 33 | 94487 | 3.0 | -7476 | 17259 | 894 | 546 | 95927 | ||
| Michigan | 15063 | 874 | 3228 | 18 | 67 | 147268 | 3.6 | 11050 | 40760 | 183 | 649 | 148100 | ||
| Minnesota | 4132 | 128 | 75 | 5 | 45 | 40763 | 1.5 | -515 | 5138 | 68 | 340 | 41171 | ||
| Mississippi | 2586 | -409 | 347 | 5 | 3 | 26992 | 2.4 | -1966 | 7019 | 161 | 155 | 27309 | ||
| Missouri | 6626 | -1230 | 1082 | 52 | 31 | 58065 | 2.2 | 370 | 11955 | 576 | 264 | 58906 | ||
| Montana | 679 | -44 | 137 | 1 | 8 | 7344 | 1.7 | 491 | 2122 | 64 | 74 | 7483 | ||
| Nebraska | 1094 | 124 | 171 | 2 | 5 | 9406 | 1.0 | -602 | 1494 | 65 | 53 | 9524 | ||
| Nevada | 4548 | -240 | 1654 | 3 | 5 | 39161 | 3.1 | 367 | 14629 | 57 | 177 | 39395 | ||
| New Hampshire | 961 | 82 | 280 | 2 | 4 | 9460 | 1.5 | 253 | 2822 | 41 | 35 | 9536 | ||
| New Jersey | 10762 | -124 | 1867 | 13 | 34 | 136987 | 3.5 | 5468 | 21028 | 291 | 385 | 137663 | ||
| New Mexico | 1399 | 271 | 451 | 5 | 3 | 13479 | 1.7 | -635 | 2676 | 88 | 106 | 13674 | ||
| New York | 19917 | 1488 | 1317 | 51 | 71 | 205498 | 2.4 | 1493 | 32827 | 781 | 1094 | 207373 | ||
| North Carolina | 12291 | -1551 | 3128 | 17 | 62 | 103472 | 2.6 | 186 | 30677 | 268 | 1056 | 104796 | ||
| North Dakota | 240 | -22 | 51 | 1 | 0 | 2482 | 0.7 | -196 | 729 | 27 | 24 | 2533 | ||
| Ohio | 11817 | -748 | 2767 | 28 | 75 | 114423 | 2.2 | -6389 | 32579 | 266 | 718 | 115407 | ||
| Oklahoma | 1834 | -392 | 37 | 4 | 16 | 17388 | 1.2 | -35 | 3469 | 57 | 139 | 17584 | ||
| Oregon | 6842 | -563 | 2323 | 12 | 40 | 53822 | 3.2 | -216 | 16570 | 251 | 375 | 54448 | ||
| Pennsylvania | 18552 | -1632 | 160 | 121 | 77 | 185110 | 3.3 | 989 | 31981 | 909 | 836 | 186855 | ||
| Puerto Rico | 7267 | 615 | 3957 | 4 | 21 | 52916 | 5.3 | 3627 | 21728 | 175 | 432 | 53523 | ||
| Rhode Island | 1578 | 298 | 479 | 6 | 5 | 16079 | 3.4 | 325 | 2297 | 37 | 81 | 16197 | ||
| South Carolina | 7116 | 717 | 1539 | 20 | 29 | 57016 | 3.1 | 191 | 18648 | 190 | 354 | 57560 | ||
| South Dakota | 250 | 21 | 40 | 7 | 2 | 1589 | 0.4 | -55 | 180 | 354 | 19 | 1962 | ||
| Tennessee | 5833 | 518 | 1946 | 17 | 30 | 49387 | 1.8 | -1142 | 9002 | 186 | 281 | 49855 | ||
| Texas | 16465 | 2072 | 4926 | 38 | 152 | 125839 | 1.3 | -1128 | 25742 | 751 | 1628 | 128225 | ||
| Utah | 1590 | 101 | 594 | 25 | 14 | 13248 | 1.1 | 0 | 5914 | 264 | 87 | 13599 | ||
| Vermont | 860 | 335 | 453 | 0 | 1 | 6392 | 2.1 | 8 | 1548 | 21 | 29 | 6442 | ||
| Virgin Islands | 77 | 11 | 33 | 0 | 0 | 696 | 1.5 | -14 | 56 | 0 | 12 | 708 | ||
| Virginia | 5115 | 211 | 850 | 11 | 40 | 39699 | 1.1 | -566 | 8373 | 278 | 731 | 40708 | ||
| Washington | 7681 | -177 | 1993 | 30 | 72 | 57826 | 2.0 | 208 | 18055 | 223 | 825 | 58893 | ||
| West Virginia | 1235 | -11 | 238 | 0 | 13 | 13246 | 1.9 | 788 | 2123 | 59 | 127 | 13432 | ||
| Wisconsin | 11867 | 1883 | 755 | 9 | 23 | 73420 | 2.7 | -1122 | 13456 | 150 | 302 | 73872 | ||
| Wyoming | 258 | 33 | 20 | 1 | 3 | 2174 | 0.8 | 141 | 253 | 13 | 37 | 2224 | ||
| Totals | 345127 | 1958 | 78948 | 1020 | 1737 | 3175006 | 2.4 | 14396 | 805358 | 14263 | 21621 | 3212303 | ||
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.