| STATE NAME |
Initial Claims Filed During Week Ended September 27, 2008 |
Insured Unemployment For Week Ended September 20, 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 | 4789 | 93 | 1348 | 22 | 38 | 34915 | 1.8 | -137 | 9831 | 118 | 232 | 35265 | ||
| Alaska | 1372 | 84 | 23 | 11 | 3 | 6984 | 2.4 | 115 | -70 | 76 | 85 | 8270 | ||
| Arizona | 5607 | 36 | 2135 | 11 | 15 | 51779 | 2.0 | -134 | 19575 | 188 | 278 | 52245 | ||
| Arkansas | 3720 | -422 | 819 | 12 | 4 | 30936 | 2.7 | 63 | 5474 | 124 | 270 | 31330 | ||
| California | 54071 | 655 | 14586 | 148 | 260 | 491736 | 3.2 | -4936 | 156752 | 2319 | 3598 | 497675 | ||
| Colorado | 2797 | 43 | 1011 | 13 | 43 | 28285 | 1.3 | 1018 | 8237 | 136 | 376 | 28797 | ||
| Connecticut | 3407 | -244 | 910 | 13 | 15 | 43883 | 2.6 | 406 | 12043 | 82 | 171 | 44137 | ||
| Delaware | 872 | -463 | 70 | 2 | 3 | 10265 | 2.5 | 557 | 3796 | 26 | 61 | 10352 | ||
| District of Columbia | 354 | 34 | 92 | 4 | 0 | 5262 | 1.1 | 198 | 1064 | 85 | 30 | 5377 | ||
| Florida | 16541 | -6853 | 5144 | 53 | 126 | 200143 | 2.6 | 3413 | 73224 | 352 | 1093 | 201588 | ||
| Georgia | 12002 | 68 | 5553 | 49 | 60 | 81053 | 2.0 | -43 | 26318 | 626 | 993 | 82672 | ||
| Hawaii | 2006 | 80 | 1054 | 4 | 17 | 13031 | 2.2 | -152 | 6090 | 47 | 137 | 13217 | ||
| Idaho | 1769 | -6 | 656 | 11 | 7 | 12602 | 1.9 | -81 | 5112 | 56 | 80 | 12738 | ||
| Illinois | 12737 | -155 | 3074 | 31 | 61 | 133926 | 2.3 | 375 | 30991 | 619 | 750 | 135295 | ||
| Indiana | 9261 | 624 | 1980 | 43 | 52 | 64018 | 2.2 | 378 | 21856 | 332 | 458 | 64825 | ||
| Iowa | 3867 | 16 | 1938 | 6 | 12 | 20861 | 1.4 | -395 | 6349 | 32 | 158 | 21051 | ||
| Kansas | 2895 | 242 | 878 | 2 | 0 | 21379 | 1.6 | 250 | 6492 | 83 | 143 | 21605 | ||
| Kentucky | 9230 | 3680 | 4545 | 25 | 13 | 36918 | 2.1 | 1202 | 12041 | 318 | 407 | 37643 | ||
| Louisiana | 10264 | -17816 | 7604 | 7 | 7 | 36650 | 2.0 | 1108 | 17080 | 135 | 174 | 36959 | ||
| Maine | 1000 | -84 | 236 | 1 | 2 | 8603 | 1.5 | -336 | 2561 | 29 | 38 | 8675 | ||
| Maryland | 4923 | 155 | 1462 | 26 | 21 | 46016 | 1.9 | 261 | 13896 | 321 | 293 | 46630 | ||
| Massachusetts | 6452 | -515 | 1252 | 19 | 31 | 78981 | 2.5 | -634 | 15493 | 866 | 523 | 80377 | ||
| Michigan | 15187 | -1559 | 1682 | 17 | 62 | 131218 | 3.2 | -3903 | 30875 | 173 | 568 | 131959 | ||
| Minnesota | 4186 | 116 | 438 | 4 | 23 | 39142 | 1.5 | 692 | 6206 | 77 | 449 | 39668 | ||
| Mississippi | 4131 | 1505 | 2050 | 8 | 2 | 24280 | 2.2 | -441 | 6710 | 135 | 146 | 24561 | ||
| Missouri | 6558 | 171 | 588 | 66 | 42 | 53068 | 2.0 | -380 | 14736 | 744 | 258 | 54072 | ||
| Montana | 963 | 47 | 279 | 2 | 11 | 6239 | 1.5 | -148 | 1985 | 57 | 71 | 6367 | ||
| Nebraska | 1097 | 55 | 323 | 2 | 6 | 8800 | 1.0 | -206 | 1455 | 42 | 67 | 8909 | ||
| Nevada | 4871 | 112 | 2107 | 2 | 4 | 40458 | 3.2 | 592 | 16278 | 42 | 165 | 40667 | ||
| New Hampshire | 1011 | 196 | 370 | 1 | 3 | 8014 | 1.3 | -228 | 2781 | 23 | 34 | 8071 | ||
| New Jersey | 10152 | 265 | 1960 | 19 | 30 | 119404 | 3.1 | -6323 | 24659 | 305 | 431 | 120140 | ||
| New Mexico | 1045 | -251 | 133 | 8 | 1 | 12825 | 1.6 | -216 | 2658 | 96 | 112 | 13034 | ||
| New York | 18470 | 782 | 4745 | 78 | 91 | 180009 | 2.1 | -623 | 40318 | 795 | 1183 | 181987 | ||
| North Carolina | 13283 | 466 | 2753 | 13 | 55 | 107411 | 2.7 | 1513 | 36485 | 284 | 1222 | 108917 | ||
| North Dakota | 215 | -753 | 45 | 3 | 0 | 2463 | 0.7 | 682 | 1298 | 17 | 17 | 2497 | ||
| Ohio | 13512 | -1490 | 3380 | 18 | 62 | 104027 | 2.0 | 1224 | 31714 | 220 | 721 | 104968 | ||
| Oklahoma | 1719 | -149 | 395 | 6 | 21 | 16717 | 1.1 | -339 | 3744 | 50 | 141 | 16908 | ||
| Oregon | 7985 | 184 | 3081 | 26 | 38 | 53457 | 3.1 | -160 | 19105 | 149 | 417 | 54030 | ||
| Pennsylvania | 19909 | 184 | 4044 | 170 | 80 | 162779 | 2.9 | -2437 | 36332 | 817 | 916 | 164512 | ||
| Puerto Rico | 3460 | -814 | 712 | 1 | 2 | 47360 | 4.7 | -4234 | 15663 | 153 | 337 | 47850 | ||
| Rhode Island | 1324 | -315 | 272 | 3 | 10 | 13140 | 2.8 | -122 | 2541 | 45 | 85 | 13270 | ||
| South Carolina | 7036 | 530 | 2597 | 5 | 20 | 55789 | 3.0 | 394 | 20877 | 180 | 374 | 56343 | ||
| South Dakota | 265 | 45 | 72 | 1 | 2 | 1279 | 0.3 | -10 | 244 | 51 | 12 | 1342 | ||
| Tennessee | 5292 | 203 | 1258 | 17 | 27 | 48286 | 1.8 | -1001 | 11869 | 152 | 296 | 48736 | ||
| Texas | 49398 | 13538 | 36647 | 30 | 139 | 130513 | 1.3 | 14142 | 38797 | 750 | 1496 | 132761 | ||
| Utah | 1619 | -128 | 596 | 33 | 13 | 13509 | 1.1 | 331 | 6310 | 262 | 82 | 13853 | ||
| Vermont | 597 | 7 | 125 | 2 | 1 | 5240 | 1.8 | -87 | 1446 | 17 | 25 | 5282 | ||
| Virgin Islands | 96 | -63 | 48 | 0 | 0 | 888 | 2.0 | 116 | 210 | 12 | 30 | 930 | ||
| Virginia | 5944 | 550 | 2376 | 9 | 28 | 39696 | 1.1 | 1260 | 12347 | 283 | 781 | 40760 | ||
| Washington | 11473 | 924 | 5557 | 29 | 87 | 57742 | 2.0 | 2610 | 21069 | 216 | 876 | 58847 | ||
| West Virginia | 989 | 26 | 101 | 1 | 7 | 10713 | 1.6 | -685 | 828 | 49 | 160 | 10922 | ||
| Wisconsin | 10186 | 492 | 1646 | 12 | 24 | 64309 | 2.3 | -396 | 14103 | 146 | 308 | 64763 | ||
| Wyoming | 306 | 17 | 34 | 2 | 2 | 1975 | 0.7 | -11 | 427 | 13 | 42 | 2030 | ||
| Totals | 392215 | -5855 | 136784 | 1101 | 1683 | 3018976 | 2.3 | 4102 | 878275 | 13325 | 22170 | 3055679 | ||
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.