| STATE NAME |
Initial Claims Filed During Week Ended August 30, 2008 |
Insured Unemployment For Week Ended August 23, 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 | 4624 | -1172 | 754 | 26 | 27 | 36225 | 1.9 | 127 | 8988 | 128 | 239 | 36594 | ||
| Alaska | 1277 | -42 | 135 | 6 | 6 | 7587 | 2.6 | -374 | 727 | 78 | 105 | 9259 | ||
| Arizona | 5044 | -376 | 1559 | 11 | 9 | 53301 | 2.1 | -262 | 17935 | 230 | 256 | 53789 | ||
| Arkansas | 3916 | 380 | 776 | 7 | 10 | 31435 | 2.7 | -399 | 5199 | 130 | 226 | 31791 | ||
| California | 51832 | -213 | 13018 | 172 | 218 | 490734 | 3.2 | -10560 | 149147 | 2344 | 3435 | 496540 | ||
| Colorado | 2529 | -109 | 678 | 9 | 21 | 27327 | 1.2 | -172 | 6958 | 118 | 359 | 27806 | ||
| Connecticut | 6106 | 1608 | 3263 | 15 | 22 | 51079 | 3.1 | 192 | 11280 | 87 | 174 | 51340 | ||
| Delaware | 1165 | 109 | 443 | 2 | 2 | 9856 | 2.4 | -1034 | 1944 | 29 | 68 | 9953 | ||
| District of Columbia | 360 | 1 | 47 | 10 | 1 | 5336 | 1.1 | -3316 | 714 | 84 | 28 | 5448 | ||
| Florida | 19064 | 1881 | 7191 | 52 | 133 | 198876 | 2.5 | 1371 | 73535 | 388 | 1105 | 200369 | ||
| Georgia | 12890 | 1444 | 5747 | 66 | 67 | 80076 | 2.0 | 972 | 24269 | 640 | 940 | 81656 | ||
| Hawaii | 1802 | 83 | 781 | 9 | 13 | 12155 | 2.0 | -411 | 5121 | 52 | 153 | 12360 | ||
| Idaho | 1991 | -48 | 613 | 7 | 5 | 13266 | 2.0 | -224 | 4665 | 49 | 88 | 13403 | ||
| Illinois | 14054 | 490 | 3706 | 31 | 63 | 138856 | 2.4 | -92 | 26508 | 597 | 797 | 140250 | ||
| Indiana | 10974 | 1732 | 5578 | 42 | 63 | 64267 | 2.2 | 780 | 20167 | 308 | 467 | 65043 | ||
| Iowa | 4225 | 1737 | 2154 | 5 | 22 | 21087 | 1.4 | -2098 | 4606 | 29 | 134 | 21250 | ||
| Kansas | 2681 | -279 | 524 | 2 | 1 | 19681 | 1.5 | -595 | 4273 | 102 | 139 | 19922 | ||
| Kentucky | 6303 | -734 | 1624 | 18 | 18 | 35840 | 2.0 | -334 | 10071 | 351 | 483 | 36674 | ||
| *Louisiana | 557 | -2228 | -1704 | 0 | 0 | 5363 | 0.3 | -21453 | -15780 | 0 | 0 | 5363 | ||
| Maine | 1077 | -1 | 182 | 2 | 8 | 9723 | 1.7 | 27 | 2662 | 30 | 39 | 9792 | ||
| Maryland | 4504 | -160 | 1087 | 37 | 29 | 48322 | 2.0 | -1625 | 12695 | 450 | 305 | 49077 | ||
| Massachusetts | 6455 | 735 | 1258 | 25 | 23 | 90192 | 2.8 | -4295 | 14173 | 880 | 515 | 91587 | ||
| Michigan | 16150 | 1087 | 4530 | 29 | 42 | 133731 | 3.2 | -13537 | 18749 | 174 | 600 | 134505 | ||
| Minnesota | 3863 | -269 | -232 | 3 | 26 | 40559 | 1.5 | -204 | 4652 | 57 | 378 | 40994 | ||
| Mississippi | 2772 | 186 | 500 | 9 | 2 | 25783 | 2.3 | -1209 | 5987 | 151 | 157 | 26091 | ||
| Missouri | 8514 | 1888 | 3291 | 73 | 32 | 53397 | 2.0 | -4668 | 11247 | 606 | 238 | 54241 | ||
| Montana | 818 | 139 | 216 | 7 | 4 | 6579 | 1.6 | -765 | 1542 | 60 | 63 | 6706 | ||
| Nebraska | 1046 | -48 | 176 | 2 | 5 | 9004 | 1.0 | -402 | 1399 | 47 | 55 | 9106 | ||
| Nevada | 4455 | -93 | 1501 | 6 | 7 | 39154 | 3.1 | -7 | 15363 | 44 | 184 | 39382 | ||
| New Hampshire | 809 | -152 | 178 | 1 | 3 | 9496 | 1.5 | 36 | 2963 | 37 | 34 | 9567 | ||
| New Jersey | 10056 | -706 | 2246 | 16 | 29 | 137016 | 3.5 | 29 | 21042 | 325 | 462 | 137803 | ||
| New Mexico | 1410 | 11 | 535 | 3 | 6 | 12664 | 1.6 | -815 | 2367 | 82 | 105 | 12851 | ||
| New York | 21508 | 1591 | 4481 | 50 | 91 | 209365 | 2.5 | 3867 | 34587 | 787 | 1141 | 211293 | ||
| North Carolina | 14679 | 2388 | 4665 | 10 | 68 | 105227 | 2.6 | 1755 | 32783 | 270 | 1091 | 106588 | ||
| North Dakota | 941 | 701 | 743 | 0 | 0 | 2288 | 0.7 | -194 | 655 | 30 | 28 | 2346 | ||
| Ohio | 14652 | 2835 | 6211 | 26 | 40 | 109274 | 2.1 | -5149 | 29643 | 267 | 682 | 110223 | ||
| Oklahoma | 1951 | 117 | 327 | 5 | 20 | 17132 | 1.2 | -256 | 3665 | 56 | 153 | 17341 | ||
| Oregon | 6891 | 49 | 1955 | 19 | 47 | 53384 | 3.1 | -438 | 16824 | 215 | 376 | 53978 | ||
| Pennsylvania | 20568 | 2016 | 3380 | 105 | 65 | 182531 | 3.3 | -2579 | 28946 | 747 | 956 | 184234 | ||
| Puerto Rico | 6217 | -1050 | 3504 | 6 | 13 | 46136 | 4.6 | -6780 | 13440 | 146 | 346 | 46628 | ||
| Rhode Island | 1703 | 125 | 570 | 4 | 6 | 16153 | 3.4 | 74 | 2619 | 43 | 92 | 16288 | ||
| South Carolina | 5976 | -1140 | 1918 | 14 | 26 | 55409 | 3.0 | -1607 | 19600 | 193 | 383 | 55985 | ||
| South Dakota | 219 | -31 | -21 | 3 | 1 | 1432 | 0.4 | -157 | 159 | 197 | 15 | 1644 | ||
| Tennessee | 7357 | 1524 | 3639 | 17 | 23 | 51336 | 1.9 | 1949 | 12398 | 183 | 288 | 51808 | ||
| Texas | 15650 | -815 | 2582 | 43 | 163 | 125496 | 1.2 | -343 | 26957 | 674 | 1573 | 127747 | ||
| Utah | 1497 | -93 | 443 | 29 | 6 | 12900 | 1.1 | -348 | 5677 | 259 | 87 | 13246 | ||
| Vermont | 617 | -243 | 169 | 4 | 0 | 6440 | 2.2 | 48 | 1915 | 17 | 28 | 6485 | ||
| Virgin Islands | 101 | 24 | 74 | 1 | 1 | 706 | 1.6 | 10 | 8 | 0 | 16 | 722 | ||
| Virginia | 4895 | -220 | 1143 | 10 | 30 | 38835 | 1.1 | -864 | 9516 | 262 | 760 | 39857 | ||
| Washington | 7876 | 195 | 2159 | 26 | 82 | 57838 | 2.0 | 12 | 18595 | 211 | 836 | 58897 | ||
| West Virginia | 1179 | -56 | 211 | 7 | 10 | 11685 | 1.7 | -1561 | 229 | 48 | 166 | 11899 | ||
| Wisconsin | 10709 | -1158 | 788 | 9 | 24 | 73602 | 2.7 | 182 | 10266 | 153 | 305 | 74061 | ||
| Wyoming | 271 | 13 | 30 | 0 | 1 | 1923 | 0.7 | -251 | 199 | 6 | 41 | 1970 | ||
| Totals | 358780 | 13653 | 101326 | 1091 | 1634 | 3097059 | 2.3 | -77947 | 743849 | 13451 | 21694 | 3133752 | ||
Figures Appearing In Cols. Showing Over- The-Week Changes Reflect All Revisions In Data For Prior Week Submitted By State Agencies
*Louisiana could not provide a report, values are estimated
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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.