| STATE NAME |
Initial Claims Filed During Week Ended October 4, 2008 |
Insured Unemployment For Week Ended September 27, 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 | 8260 | 3471 | 3858 | 14 | 33 | 37366 | 2.0 | 2451 | 11842 | 117 | 242 | 37731 | ||
| Alaska | 1546 | 174 | 56 | 28 | 3 | 7392 | 2.5 | 408 | 523 | 85 | 78 | 8586 | ||
| Arizona | 6540 | 933 | 2481 | 34 | 17 | 51720 | 2.0 | -59 | 20212 | 189 | 283 | 52193 | ||
| Arkansas | 5995 | 2275 | 1826 | 16 | 20 | 31656 | 2.7 | 720 | 6597 | 122 | 258 | 32036 | ||
| California | 60074 | 6003 | 14272 | 277 | 233 | 496042 | 3.2 | 4306 | 166767 | 2517 | 3647 | 502246 | ||
| Colorado | 3771 | 974 | 1161 | 29 | 31 | 28120 | 1.3 | -165 | 9259 | 143 | 365 | 28630 | ||
| Connecticut | 4184 | 777 | 978 | 14 | 22 | 43522 | 2.6 | -361 | 12177 | 77 | 190 | 43791 | ||
| Delaware | 2111 | 1239 | 1371 | 0 | 2 | 8970 | 2.1 | -1295 | 2524 | 29 | 68 | 9067 | ||
| District of Columbia | 453 | -201 | 145 | 3 | 3 | 4978 | 1.0 | -284 | 828 | 18 | 22 | 5018 | ||
| Florida | 20794 | 4253 | 8081 | 50 | 120 | 198903 | 2.5 | -1240 | 76974 | 345 | 1258 | 200506 | ||
| Georgia | 14855 | 2853 | 5151 | 60 | 68 | 82927 | 2.1 | 1874 | 27539 | 552 | 981 | 84460 | ||
| Hawaii | 2092 | 86 | 903 | 5 | 16 | 13979 | 2.4 | 948 | 7232 | 60 | 173 | 14213 | ||
| Idaho | 2198 | 429 | 668 | 14 | 9 | 12855 | 2.0 | 253 | 5333 | 65 | 79 | 12999 | ||
| Illinois | 14231 | 1494 | 1703 | 44 | 33 | 132445 | 2.3 | -1481 | 31982 | 490 | 765 | 133700 | ||
| Indiana | 11109 | 1848 | 3967 | 72 | 61 | 65563 | 2.3 | 1545 | 23135 | 295 | 495 | 66371 | ||
| Iowa | 4186 | 319 | 2085 | 6 | 10 | 20832 | 1.4 | -29 | 6349 | 43 | 143 | 21018 | ||
| Kansas | 2845 | -50 | 982 | 2 | 0 | 23167 | 1.7 | 1788 | 8395 | 90 | 137 | 23394 | ||
| Kentucky | 8705 | -525 | 861 | 48 | 13 | 37081 | 2.1 | 163 | 11750 | 350 | 430 | 37861 | ||
| Louisiana | 4803 | -5461 | 2611 | 2 | 5 | 34238 | 1.9 | -2412 | 14655 | 137 | 143 | 34518 | ||
| Maine | 1261 | 261 | 322 | 8 | 2 | 8598 | 1.5 | -5 | 2710 | 28 | 30 | 8656 | ||
| Maryland | 5755 | 832 | 2710 | 45 | 36 | 46419 | 1.9 | 403 | 15068 | 344 | 303 | 47066 | ||
| Massachusetts | 7805 | 1353 | 1306 | 51 | 54 | 79612 | 2.5 | 631 | 16830 | 853 | 555 | 81028 | ||
| Michigan | 20848 | 5661 | 4837 | 49 | 56 | 133786 | 3.2 | 2568 | 39351 | 214 | 623 | 134623 | ||
| Minnesota | 4781 | 595 | 441 | 6 | 24 | 39332 | 1.5 | 190 | 1265 | 65 | 498 | 39895 | ||
| Mississippi | 3023 | -1108 | 621 | 7 | 2 | 24456 | 2.2 | 176 | 6863 | 128 | 139 | 24724 | ||
| Missouri | 6871 | 313 | -1530 | 40 | 28 | 52178 | 2.0 | -890 | 14726 | 725 | 287 | 53190 | ||
| Montana | 1089 | 126 | 168 | 21 | 7 | 6516 | 1.5 | 277 | 2097 | 58 | 74 | 6649 | ||
| Nebraska | 1253 | 156 | 348 | 2 | 4 | 8761 | 1.0 | -39 | 1526 | 47 | 64 | 8872 | ||
| Nevada | 5220 | 349 | 2127 | 9 | 7 | 40564 | 3.2 | 106 | 16784 | 49 | 175 | 40789 | ||
| New Hampshire | 1303 | 292 | 603 | 3 | 2 | 8078 | 1.3 | 64 | 2811 | 28 | 31 | 8137 | ||
| New Jersey | 11996 | 1844 | 2462 | 32 | 33 | 120115 | 3.1 | 711 | 26805 | 267 | 416 | 120798 | ||
| New Mexico | 1360 | 315 | 396 | 49 | 1 | 13008 | 1.6 | 183 | 3041 | 110 | 114 | 13234 | ||
| New York | 20880 | 2410 | 4061 | 81 | 114 | 182523 | 2.2 | 2514 | 43579 | 846 | 1176 | 184545 | ||
| North Carolina | 14216 | 933 | 4122 | 20 | 60 | 108206 | 2.7 | 795 | 38141 | 266 | 1207 | 109679 | ||
| North Dakota | 216 | 1 | 28 | 1 | 0 | 1643 | 0.5 | -820 | 491 | 20 | 18 | 1681 | ||
| Ohio | 20729 | 7217 | 10315 | 72 | 97 | 102671 | 2.0 | -1356 | 30053 | 217 | 704 | 103592 | ||
| Oklahoma | 2018 | 299 | 608 | 9 | 22 | 16566 | 1.1 | -151 | 3712 | 59 | 144 | 16769 | ||
| Oregon | 8702 | 717 | 1659 | 42 | 49 | 54096 | 3.2 | 639 | 19706 | 146 | 404 | 54653 | ||
| Pennsylvania | 22643 | 2734 | 4786 | 145 | 102 | 161609 | 2.9 | -1170 | 37308 | 981 | 885 | 163475 | ||
| Puerto Rico | 3384 | -76 | 248 | 2 | 15 | 53242 | 5.3 | 5882 | 25782 | 123 | 439 | 53804 | ||
| Rhode Island | 1526 | 202 | 441 | 9 | 10 | 12930 | 2.7 | -210 | 2401 | 42 | 76 | 13048 | ||
| South Carolina | 6916 | -120 | 2201 | 11 | 22 | 55637 | 3.0 | -152 | 20555 | 177 | 388 | 56202 | ||
| South Dakota | 279 | 14 | 62 | 6 | 2 | 1299 | 0.3 | 20 | 323 | 42 | 9 | 1350 | ||
| Tennessee | 7628 | 2336 | 2969 | 33 | 26 | 49903 | 1.9 | 1617 | 13913 | 160 | 296 | 50360 | ||
| Texas | 28149 | -21249 | 15621 | 25 | 174 | 148560 | 1.5 | 18047 | 57822 | 698 | 1634 | 150900 | ||
| Utah | 2040 | 421 | 852 | 51 | 7 | 13407 | 1.1 | -102 | 6201 | 266 | 90 | 13763 | ||
| Vermont | 748 | 151 | 142 | 1 | 3 | 5262 | 1.8 | 22 | 1572 | 18 | 21 | 5301 | ||
| Virgin Islands | 94 | -2 | 25 | 0 | 1 | 1248 | 2.8 | 360 | 574 | 0 | 12 | 1260 | ||
| Virginia | 7418 | 1474 | 2156 | 4 | 24 | 39422 | 1.1 | -274 | 11987 | 266 | 794 | 40484 | ||
| Washington | 10664 | -809 | 3240 | 63 | 129 | 58376 | 2.0 | 634 | 20150 | 225 | 925 | 59534 | ||
| West Virginia | 979 | -10 | 201 | 9 | 5 | 10979 | 1.6 | 266 | 1770 | 60 | 125 | 11164 | ||
| Wisconsin | 12803 | 2617 | 3627 | 16 | 29 | 65294 | 2.4 | 985 | 14707 | 153 | 296 | 65743 | ||
| Wyoming | 375 | 69 | 72 | 2 | 4 | 1933 | 0.7 | -42 | 353 | 17 | 35 | 1985 | ||
| Totals | 423724 | 31209 | 125407 | 1642 | 1850 | 3057985 | 2.3 | 39009 | 945050 | 13422 | 22744 | 3095291 | ||
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.