| STATE NAME |
Initial Claims Filed During Week Ended November 22, 2008 |
Insured Unemployment For Week Ended November 15, 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 | 9555 | 1263 | 6818 | 27 | 32 | 46517 | 2.4 | 1894 | 21892 | 135 | 262 | 46918 | ||
| Alaska | 2097 | 200 | 599 | 18 | 1 | 11632 | 3.9 | 1510 | 731 | 169 | 63 | 11865 | ||
| Arizona | 9641 | 3594 | 6767 | 27 | 8 | 58876 | 2.3 | 1765 | 29722 | 289 | 284 | 59455 | ||
| Arkansas | 7466 | 681 | 466 | 19 | 12 | 40617 | 3.5 | 1457 | 12527 | 147 | 279 | 41043 | ||
| California | 80845 | 10882 | 41513 | 379 | 242 | 591037 | 3.8 | 61945 | 292036 | 2616 | 3734 | 597397 | ||
| Colorado | 5789 | 1548 | 3385 | 41 | 32 | 39289 | 1.7 | 4217 | 17507 | 262 | 409 | 39960 | ||
| Connecticut | 6042 | 1521 | 2526 | 8 | 15 | 51967 | 3.1 | 2772 | 19211 | 97 | 202 | 52270 | ||
| Delaware | 1450 | 38 | 334 | 0 | 0 | 11985 | 2.9 | 691 | 4731 | 32 | 60 | 12077 | ||
| District of Columbia | 544 | 92 | 268 | 10 | 0 | 5697 | 1.2 | 365 | 1716 | 95 | 19 | 5811 | ||
| Florida | 24164 | 3569 | 14969 | 58 | 128 | 220406 | 2.8 | 4578 | 103909 | 431 | 1220 | 222057 | ||
| Georgia | 20610 | 2322 | 13839 | 88 | 95 | 106155 | 2.7 | 2229 | 49945 | 568 | 1046 | 107769 | ||
| Hawaii | 2382 | 315 | 1458 | 6 | 8 | 15339 | 2.6 | 712 | 8450 | 75 | 171 | 15586 | ||
| Idaho | 4791 | 56 | 692 | 57 | 5 | 23820 | 3.7 | 2695 | 11918 | 215 | 90 | 24125 | ||
| Illinois | 26086 | 2309 | 12785 | 40 | 64 | 167200 | 2.9 | 15318 | 66231 | 595 | 820 | 168615 | ||
| Indiana | 21583 | 6501 | 11858 | 34 | 102 | 84289 | 2.9 | 6342 | 41545 | 380 | 536 | 85215 | ||
| Iowa | 6613 | 422 | 663 | 11 | 36 | 28486 | 1.9 | 1733 | 12189 | 39 | 187 | 28712 | ||
| Kansas | 4015 | 160 | 2258 | 0 | 0 | 27559 | 2.1 | 1892 | 13062 | 113 | 172 | 27844 | ||
| Kentucky | 12537 | 4992 | 7504 | 29 | 16 | 43443 | 2.5 | 4044 | 17290 | 263 | 452 | 44158 | ||
| Louisiana | 3373 | 40 | 1415 | 4 | 2 | 30134 | 1.6 | 896 | 11147 | 154 | 162 | 30450 | ||
| Maine | 2607 | 588 | 1153 | 4 | 2 | 12821 | 2.2 | 1259 | 4887 | 42 | 54 | 12919 | ||
| Maryland | 7957 | 561 | 3409 | 31 | 35 | 57546 | 2.4 | 2136 | 24227 | 339 | 313 | 58198 | ||
| Massachusetts | 11261 | 1886 | 2899 | 106 | 32 | 96758 | 3.0 | 5638 | 27332 | 661 | 562 | 97999 | ||
| Michigan | 32725 | 6611 | 17721 | 44 | 32 | 166214 | 4.0 | 8151 | 45242 | 320 | 640 | 167174 | ||
| Minnesota | 11756 | 857 | 4982 | 8 | 15 | 60371 | 2.3 | 7612 | 21906 | 138 | 484 | 60993 | ||
| Mississippi | 4516 | 853 | 1908 | 7 | 4 | 28384 | 2.6 | 1181 | 11114 | 117 | 143 | 28650 | ||
| Missouri | 16745 | 5820 | 11801 | 129 | 13 | 68102 | 2.6 | 7453 | 32513 | 675 | 271 | 69051 | ||
| Montana | 2562 | 469 | 387 | 39 | 7 | 11934 | 2.8 | 1849 | 5201 | 220 | 86 | 12240 | ||
| Nebraska | 2008 | -72 | 883 | 7 | 5 | 11703 | 1.3 | 988 | 4110 | 43 | 65 | 11811 | ||
| Nevada | 7647 | 1082 | 4180 | 3 | 7 | 51030 | 4.0 | 3261 | 25847 | 99 | 202 | 51331 | ||
| New Hampshire | 2000 | 506 | 993 | 5 | 5 | 11070 | 1.8 | 960 | 5447 | 26 | 33 | 11131 | ||
| New Jersey | 15094 | 1226 | 4451 | 18 | 31 | 146229 | 3.7 | 10355 | 45631 | 343 | 518 | 147090 | ||
| New Mexico | 1999 | 299 | 1137 | 5 | 3 | 16107 | 2.0 | 972 | 5045 | 227 | 113 | 16447 | ||
| New York | 30097 | 3317 | 12258 | 58 | 92 | 227992 | 2.7 | 12339 | 73649 | 825 | 1425 | 230242 | ||
| North Carolina | 20233 | 570 | 11972 | 30 | 49 | 133581 | 3.3 | 5755 | 61411 | 320 | 1207 | 135108 | ||
| North Dakota | 941 | -4 | 285 | 2 | 1 | 3005 | 0.9 | 750 | 973 | 29 | 18 | 3052 | ||
| Ohio | 27843 | 6658 | 14146 | 21 | 73 | 135180 | 2.6 | 6576 | 52949 | 303 | 774 | 136257 | ||
| Oklahoma | 4431 | 1506 | 2195 | 6 | 30 | 20067 | 1.3 | 765 | 7404 | 64 | 191 | 20322 | ||
| Oregon | 14404 | 2123 | 5879 | 70 | 33 | 76632 | 4.5 | 4448 | 34892 | 422 | 456 | 77516 | ||
| Pennsylvania | 34211 | 4584 | 8549 | 223 | 91 | 209192 | 3.8 | 16694 | 65191 | 1115 | 1062 | 211369 | ||
| Puerto Rico | 3005 | 51 | 3004 | 3 | 9 | 52245 | 5.2 | 2187 | 32847 | 132 | 327 | 52704 | ||
| Rhode Island | 2632 | 1031 | 1219 | 3 | 13 | 14953 | 3.2 | 1030 | 3968 | 45 | 117 | 15115 | ||
| South Carolina | 10053 | 531 | 6605 | 14 | 34 | 67516 | 3.6 | 929 | 29871 | 174 | 386 | 68076 | ||
| South Dakota | 830 | 103 | 487 | 8 | 6 | 2541 | 0.7 | 497 | 1163 | 69 | 16 | 2626 | ||
| Tennessee | 11731 | 3090 | 7757 | 16 | 30 | 64228 | 2.4 | 5161 | 29537 | 159 | 316 | 64727 | ||
| Texas | 25399 | 4702 | 13948 | 62 | 174 | 155335 | 1.5 | 10341 | 64670 | 697 | 1724 | 157772 | ||
| Utah | 3460 | -37 | 2168 | 50 | 10 | 20416 | 1.7 | 1147 | 11572 | 224 | 105 | 20745 | ||
| Vermont | 1573 | 361 | -203 | 2 | 3 | 8041 | 2.7 | 707 | 2591 | 23 | 36 | 8100 | ||
| Virgin Islands | 77 | -8 | 46 | 1 | 0 | 1152 | 2.6 | 160 | 336 | 4 | 24 | 1180 | ||
| Virginia | 11360 | 3367 | 7157 | 12 | 52 | 52354 | 1.5 | 6543 | 23783 | 339 | 835 | 53528 | ||
| Washington | 16505 | 1082 | 6508 | 76 | 94 | 86534 | 3.0 | 5279 | 37182 | 381 | 931 | 87853 | ||
| West Virginia | 2061 | 286 | 831 | 4 | 14 | 13943 | 2.0 | 1650 | 2825 | 56 | 181 | 14187 | ||
| Wisconsin | 18921 | 1383 | -6177 | 16 | 31 | 90916 | 3.3 | 7460 | 32154 | 199 | 610 | 91725 | ||
| Wyoming | 688 | 28 | 213 | 11 | 2 | 3338 | 1.2 | 619 | 1228 | 38 | 34 | 3410 | ||
| Totals | 608915 | 95915 | 284868 | 1950 | 1830 | 3781878 | 2.8 | 259907 | 1564457 | 15543 | 24427 | 3821975 | ||
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.