| STATE NAME |
Initial Claims Filed During Week Ended September 13, 2008 |
Insured Unemployment For Week Ended September 6, 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 | 5822 | 778 | 1943 | 14 | 30 | 36609 | 1.9 | -351 | 10470 | 128 | 238 | 36977 | ||
| Alaska | 1129 | 5 | -137 | 6 | 2 | 7055 | 2.4 | -2532 | 418 | 72 | 95 | 8489 | ||
| Arizona | 5539 | 668 | 1610 | 5 | 12 | 51932 | 2.0 | 89 | 18556 | 217 | 308 | 52457 | ||
| Arkansas | 3530 | -550 | 472 | 13 | 20 | 32662 | 2.8 | 2136 | 5198 | 128 | 234 | 33024 | ||
| California | 53273 | 4679 | 13438 | 169 | 222 | 488697 | 3.2 | 23466 | 143343 | 2273 | 3422 | 494402 | ||
| Colorado | 2788 | 379 | 944 | 10 | 24 | 27385 | 1.2 | 456 | 7135 | 134 | 365 | 27886 | ||
| Connecticut | 4154 | -228 | 1465 | 5 | 19 | 44785 | 2.7 | -2290 | 11990 | 89 | 183 | 45059 | ||
| Delaware | 1526 | 729 | 401 | 0 | 3 | 8821 | 2.1 | -750 | 1989 | 22 | 68 | 8911 | ||
| District of Columbia | 375 | 9 | 82 | 5 | 1 | 5380 | 1.1 | 135 | 1037 | 100 | 24 | 5504 | ||
| Florida | 22158 | 4863 | 8773 | 68 | 179 | 195464 | 2.5 | 5063 | 69503 | 367 | 1083 | 196914 | ||
| Georgia | 13232 | 744 | 3213 | 51 | 74 | 82456 | 2.1 | 1804 | 24294 | 608 | 938 | 84002 | ||
| Hawaii | 2122 | 234 | 953 | 5 | 19 | 12717 | 2.1 | 434 | 5580 | 47 | 145 | 12909 | ||
| Idaho | 1736 | -178 | 698 | 8 | 2 | 13028 | 2.0 | -98 | 4855 | 49 | 84 | 13161 | ||
| Illinois | 14261 | 2100 | 3782 | 38 | 60 | 136024 | 2.4 | 1451 | 30222 | 616 | 796 | 137436 | ||
| Indiana | 8938 | -508 | 2174 | 28 | 71 | 64662 | 2.3 | -284 | 21380 | 306 | 438 | 65411 | ||
| Iowa | 4138 | -429 | 1871 | 1 | 8 | 22008 | 1.5 | 80 | 6721 | 24 | 142 | 22174 | ||
| Kansas | 5876 | 2397 | 4121 | 0 | 0 | 21078 | 1.6 | 1634 | 5714 | 107 | 145 | 21330 | ||
| Kentucky | 5939 | 1509 | 2604 | 8 | 14 | 38697 | 2.2 | 2307 | 12455 | 361 | 456 | 39514 | ||
| Louisiana | 21217 | 18409 | 18971 | 0 | 0 | 43801 | 2.4 | 15965 | 23444 | 250 | 262 | 44313 | ||
| Maine | 1191 | 214 | 345 | 3 | 4 | 9169 | 1.6 | 225 | 2788 | 36 | 47 | 9252 | ||
| Maryland | 4925 | 229 | 1475 | 15 | 34 | 46376 | 1.9 | -1374 | 13816 | 337 | 269 | 46982 | ||
| Massachusetts | 6968 | 461 | 1400 | 41 | 45 | 82599 | 2.6 | -4087 | 14938 | 846 | 541 | 83989 | ||
| Michigan | 15106 | -333 | 4456 | 29 | 51 | 133109 | 3.2 | -9866 | 27782 | 185 | 574 | 133868 | ||
| Minnesota | 4329 | 104 | 425 | 7 | 35 | 39608 | 1.5 | -556 | 5493 | 69 | 453 | 40130 | ||
| Mississippi | 3467 | 661 | 1577 | 13 | 5 | 25488 | 2.3 | 384 | 7098 | 145 | 150 | 25784 | ||
| Missouri | 6861 | 510 | 1087 | 51 | 30 | 52170 | 2.0 | 2216 | 12342 | 631 | 257 | 53059 | ||
| Montana | 946 | 77 | 263 | 5 | 8 | 6135 | 1.4 | -488 | 1814 | 56 | 62 | 6256 | ||
| Nebraska | 1210 | 224 | 299 | 3 | 7 | 8937 | 1.0 | 162 | 1286 | 48 | 60 | 9045 | ||
| Nevada | 4707 | 64 | 1695 | 4 | 2 | 39876 | 3.1 | 1395 | 15547 | 49 | 170 | 40095 | ||
| New Hampshire | 1010 | 189 | 354 | 1 | 2 | 7999 | 1.3 | -656 | 2476 | 26 | 29 | 8054 | ||
| New Jersey | 9348 | -9 | 626 | 14 | 26 | 128303 | 3.3 | -5435 | 20730 | 317 | 424 | 129044 | ||
| New Mexico | 1218 | 81 | -117 | 6 | 4 | 13053 | 1.6 | 8 | 3284 | 84 | 98 | 13235 | ||
| New York | 19661 | 1391 | 4218 | 74 | 101 | 191030 | 2.3 | -16009 | 37081 | 790 | 1175 | 192995 | ||
| North Carolina | 15434 | -479 | 4629 | 25 | 79 | 108158 | 2.7 | -1273 | 36232 | 274 | 1146 | 109578 | ||
| North Dakota | 204 | -104 | 49 | 0 | 1 | 2091 | 0.6 | -812 | 811 | 19 | 21 | 2131 | ||
| Ohio | 13576 | 1245 | 5579 | 20 | 40 | 105144 | 2.0 | -86 | 29416 | 249 | 709 | 106102 | ||
| Oklahoma | 2249 | 508 | 669 | 3 | 16 | 17087 | 1.1 | 383 | 3247 | 54 | 144 | 17285 | ||
| Oregon | 8789 | 1755 | 3816 | 35 | 37 | 54228 | 3.2 | 1781 | 18766 | 141 | 416 | 54787 | ||
| Pennsylvania | 20592 | 68 | 4411 | 149 | 90 | 171571 | 3.1 | -4511 | 34172 | 803 | 929 | 173303 | ||
| Puerto Rico | 5337 | 456 | 1754 | 5 | 15 | 48695 | 4.9 | -3952 | 14108 | 128 | 348 | 49171 | ||
| Rhode Island | 1775 | 798 | 530 | 8 | 10 | 13491 | 2.9 | -754 | 2528 | 56 | 72 | 13619 | ||
| South Carolina | 9236 | 2562 | 2789 | 8 | 32 | 57147 | 3.1 | 2677 | 19947 | 195 | 367 | 57709 | ||
| South Dakota | 204 | -38 | 30 | 4 | 2 | 1315 | 0.3 | -21 | 220 | 54 | 13 | 1382 | ||
| Tennessee | 6682 | 807 | 2741 | 15 | 29 | 52101 | 1.9 | 3260 | 14795 | 171 | 277 | 52549 | ||
| Texas | 13625 | 1230 | 2105 | 33 | 174 | 121785 | 1.2 | 1080 | 26620 | 746 | 1498 | 124035 | ||
| Utah | 1568 | 234 | 514 | 24 | 4 | 13030 | 1.1 | -55 | 5891 | 289 | 83 | 13402 | ||
| Vermont | 614 | 31 | 97 | 2 | 3 | 5251 | 1.8 | -290 | 1289 | 20 | 19 | 5290 | ||
| Virgin Islands | 187 | 108 | 106 | 1 | 3 | 732 | 1.6 | 82 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 732 | ||
| Virginia | 6846 | 1607 | 2749 | 8 | 33 | 40053 | 1.1 | 2281 | 11107 | 245 | 751 | 41051 | ||
| Washington | 8142 | 415 | 2096 | 27 | 106 | 55433 | 1.9 | -2528 | 17945 | 214 | 856 | 56519 | ||
| West Virginia | 1111 | -18 | 169 | 1 | 10 | 11377 | 1.7 | -603 | 881 | 53 | 176 | 11606 | ||
| Wisconsin | 9846 | -2373 | 2645 | 9 | 28 | 71006 | 2.6 | -1665 | 16974 | 138 | 304 | 71450 | ||
| Wyoming | 340 | 39 | 127 | 0 | 3 | 1887 | 0.7 | -59 | 333 | 5 | 39 | 1931 | ||
| Totals | 385057 | 48324 | 123086 | 1077 | 1829 | 3068695 | 2.3 | 9569 | 826079 | 13371 | 21903 | 3105293 | ||
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.