| STATE NAME |
Initial Claims Filed During Week Ended October 11, 2008 |
Insured Unemployment For Week Ended October 4, 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 | 6726 | -1534 | 2331 | 22 | 39 | 38879 | 2.0 | 1513 | 13837 | 107 | 239 | 39226 | ||
| Alaska | 2111 | 565 | -159 | 28 | 3 | 7336 | 2.5 | -56 | 245 | 106 | 86 | 8654 | ||
| Arizona | 7292 | 752 | 3403 | 34 | 16 | 52284 | 2.0 | 564 | 21853 | 212 | 292 | 52788 | ||
| Arkansas | 6509 | 514 | 2868 | 17 | 13 | 31631 | 2.7 | -25 | 6523 | 128 | 260 | 32019 | ||
| California | 62855 | 2781 | 21970 | 263 | 237 | 479501 | 3.1 | -16541 | 164043 | 2295 | 3457 | 485290 | ||
| Colorado | 4048 | 277 | 1713 | 24 | 26 | 29375 | 1.3 | 1255 | 9897 | 134 | 397 | 29907 | ||
| Connecticut | 4498 | 314 | 1308 | 10 | 26 | 44111 | 2.6 | 589 | 13656 | 88 | 182 | 44383 | ||
| Delaware | 1284 | -827 | -228 | 0 | 1 | 10654 | 2.5 | 1684 | 4283 | 18 | 63 | 10735 | ||
| District of Columbia | 500 | 47 | 255 | 9 | 0 | 5128 | 1.0 | 150 | 996 | 75 | 20 | 5223 | ||
| Florida | 23801 | 3007 | 9506 | 59 | 146 | 194431 | 2.5 | -4472 | 70386 | 373 | 1073 | 195877 | ||
| Georgia | 16220 | 1365 | 7539 | 57 | 59 | 87695 | 2.2 | 4768 | 31253 | 566 | 1009 | 89270 | ||
| Hawaii | 2092 | 0 | 823 | 13 | 18 | 13547 | 2.3 | -432 | 6354 | 53 | 145 | 13747 | ||
| Idaho | 2855 | 657 | 1337 | 23 | 5 | 13433 | 2.1 | 578 | 5481 | 82 | 86 | 13601 | ||
| Illinois | 16291 | 2060 | 2124 | 25 | 68 | 134651 | 2.3 | 2206 | 34718 | 598 | 742 | 135991 | ||
| Indiana | 11224 | 115 | 3697 | 69 | 71 | 67716 | 2.4 | 2153 | 26786 | 322 | 482 | 68534 | ||
| Iowa | 4851 | 665 | 1409 | 4 | 16 | 21479 | 1.5 | 647 | 7073 | 39 | 157 | 21675 | ||
| Kansas | 4638 | 1793 | 2166 | 1 | 0 | 22340 | 1.7 | -827 | 7561 | 76 | 147 | 22565 | ||
| Kentucky | 8624 | -81 | 3385 | 36 | 15 | 37379 | 2.1 | 298 | 13108 | 296 | 415 | 38090 | ||
| Louisiana | 3975 | -828 | 1320 | 3 | 1 | 32702 | 1.8 | -1536 | 13965 | 155 | 179 | 33036 | ||
| Maine | 1240 | -21 | 393 | 4 | 5 | 8783 | 1.5 | 185 | 2851 | 25 | 37 | 8846 | ||
| Maryland | 6594 | 839 | 1399 | 27 | 23 | 47330 | 2.0 | 911 | 16021 | 344 | 291 | 47965 | ||
| Massachusetts | 8266 | 461 | 2522 | 32 | 46 | 80453 | 2.5 | 841 | 17356 | 804 | 543 | 81810 | ||
| Michigan | 24231 | 3383 | 2500 | 53 | 68 | 131282 | 3.2 | -2504 | 27829 | 195 | 575 | 132052 | ||
| Minnesota | 5390 | 609 | 1779 | 8 | 26 | 40975 | 1.5 | 1643 | 10497 | 60 | 505 | 41540 | ||
| Mississippi | 3914 | 891 | 1301 | 10 | 4 | 23764 | 2.1 | -692 | 6455 | 115 | 161 | 24042 | ||
| Missouri | 9082 | 2211 | 2817 | 62 | 26 | 54751 | 2.1 | 2573 | 16944 | 713 | 286 | 55750 | ||
| Montana | 1783 | 694 | 674 | 31 | 3 | 6450 | 1.5 | -66 | 2133 | 53 | 77 | 6581 | ||
| Nebraska | 1674 | 421 | 580 | 5 | 2 | 8859 | 1.0 | 98 | 1795 | 43 | 61 | 8963 | ||
| Nevada | 6048 | 828 | 2652 | 9 | 4 | 41822 | 3.3 | 1258 | 17800 | 43 | 168 | 42035 | ||
| New Hampshire | 1084 | -219 | 365 | 1 | 3 | 8413 | 1.3 | 335 | 3109 | 28 | 38 | 8480 | ||
| New Jersey | 12387 | 391 | 4238 | 40 | 31 | 119815 | 3.1 | -300 | 28679 | 322 | 492 | 120629 | ||
| New Mexico | 1481 | 121 | 397 | 25 | 2 | 13162 | 1.7 | 154 | 3330 | 152 | 110 | 13427 | ||
| New York | 26104 | 5224 | 10988 | 96 | 118 | 188945 | 2.2 | 6422 | 49031 | 898 | 1219 | 191062 | ||
| North Carolina | 16250 | 2034 | 4588 | 24 | 73 | 111009 | 2.8 | 2803 | 40025 | 278 | 1196 | 112483 | ||
| North Dakota | 299 | 83 | 84 | 0 | 0 | 1649 | 0.5 | 6 | 536 | 21 | 15 | 1685 | ||
| Ohio | 16412 | -4317 | 3475 | 61 | 84 | 107599 | 2.1 | 4928 | 35991 | 257 | 708 | 108564 | ||
| Oklahoma | 3057 | 1039 | 1458 | 13 | 22 | 17080 | 1.1 | 514 | 4505 | 52 | 132 | 17264 | ||
| Oregon | 8159 | -543 | 1556 | 27 | 46 | 55321 | 3.3 | 1225 | 18224 | 169 | 414 | 55912 | ||
| Pennsylvania | 23932 | 1289 | 4870 | 208 | 105 | 162845 | 2.9 | 1236 | 38238 | 957 | 910 | 164712 | ||
| Puerto Rico | 4243 | 859 | 536 | 0 | 25 | 50635 | 5.1 | -2607 | 23152 | 120 | 318 | 51073 | ||
| Rhode Island | 1019 | -507 | -126 | 3 | 5 | 13406 | 2.9 | 476 | 3301 | 47 | 77 | 13530 | ||
| South Carolina | 9639 | 2723 | 3876 | 13 | 26 | 57850 | 3.1 | 2213 | 21991 | 163 | 393 | 58406 | ||
| South Dakota | 420 | 141 | 189 | 16 | 2 | 1350 | 0.4 | 51 | 398 | 45 | 10 | 1405 | ||
| Tennessee | 7244 | -384 | 1850 | 23 | 34 | 49363 | 1.8 | -540 | 13221 | 152 | 311 | 49828 | ||
| Texas | 25512 | -5968 | 12703 | 36 | 156 | 142724 | 1.4 | -5836 | 54972 | 696 | 1543 | 144971 | ||
| Utah | 2209 | 169 | 1084 | 36 | 10 | 14167 | 1.2 | 760 | 6959 | 286 | 90 | 14543 | ||
| Vermont | 780 | 32 | 190 | 3 | 7 | 5399 | 1.8 | 137 | 1551 | 18 | 21 | 5438 | ||
| Virgin Islands | 77 | -17 | -14 | 0 | 1 | 1240 | 2.8 | -8 | 620 | 0 | 12 | 1252 | ||
| Virginia | 6655 | -763 | 2634 | 13 | 26 | 40111 | 1.1 | 689 | 13374 | 277 | 791 | 41179 | ||
| Washington | 12378 | 1714 | 4588 | 50 | 105 | 62470 | 2.2 | 4094 | 24063 | 256 | 908 | 63647 | ||
| West Virginia | 1618 | 639 | 279 | 3 | 25 | 10606 | 1.5 | -373 | 1165 | 50 | 147 | 10803 | ||
| Wisconsin | 13910 | 1373 | 4159 | 22 | 37 | 68098 | 2.5 | 3091 | 17909 | 160 | 310 | 68568 | ||
| Wyoming | 513 | 138 | 128 | 2 | 1 | 2016 | 0.7 | 83 | 514 | 12 | 37 | 2065 | ||
| Totals | 453998 | 27209 | 147479 | 1653 | 1911 | 3074014 | 2.3 | 16316 | 976557 | 13534 | 22337 | 3111121 | ||
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.