| STATE NAME |
Initial Claims Filed During Week Ended November 29, 2008 |
Insured Unemployment For Week Ended November 22, 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 | 6824 | -2731 | -48 | 14 | 19 | 46473 | 2.4 | -44 | 16778 | 141 | 258 | 46875 | ||
| Alaska | 1553 | -544 | -358 | 17 | 2 | 11110 | 3.8 | -522 | 210 | 166 | 69 | 11347 | ||
| Arizona | 6638 | -3003 | 3656 | 16 | 8 | 59695 | 2.3 | 819 | 29569 | 295 | 262 | 60257 | ||
| Arkansas | 8975 | 1509 | 3090 | 11 | 6 | 39608 | 3.4 | -1009 | 3788 | 147 | 271 | 40026 | ||
| California | 60541 | -20304 | 4342 | 260 | 107 | 466215 | 3.0 | -124822 | -2690 | 2769 | 2720 | 471708 | ||
| Colorado | 4235 | -1554 | 1187 | 35 | 25 | 37844 | 1.7 | -1445 | 16535 | 223 | 374 | 38442 | ||
| Connecticut | 5737 | -305 | 705 | 4 | 4 | 52842 | 3.2 | 875 | 16135 | 89 | 189 | 53124 | ||
| Delaware | 1344 | -106 | -139 | 0 | 0 | 11695 | 2.8 | -290 | 2561 | 43 | 44 | 11782 | ||
| District of Columbia | 412 | -132 | 22 | 4 | 3 | 5351 | 1.1 | -346 | 1018 | 90 | 17 | 5458 | ||
| Florida | 15538 | -8626 | 1479 | 35 | 106 | 210038 | 2.7 | -10368 | 73458 | 426 | 1223 | 211687 | ||
| Georgia | 15566 | -5044 | -3406 | 57 | 34 | 105051 | 2.6 | -1104 | 33192 | 555 | 976 | 106582 | ||
| Hawaii | 2065 | -317 | 688 | 5 | 8 | 15032 | 2.5 | -307 | 7240 | 64 | 149 | 15247 | ||
| Idaho | 5885 | 1094 | 2418 | 76 | 11 | 25601 | 3.9 | 1781 | 10420 | 241 | 95 | 25937 | ||
| Illinois | 21108 | -4978 | 1767 | 38 | 35 | 156068 | 2.7 | -11132 | 29736 | 500 | 680 | 157248 | ||
| Indiana | 20650 | -933 | 8602 | 44 | 85 | 90284 | 3.1 | 5995 | 34721 | 387 | 542 | 91221 | ||
| Iowa | 12853 | 6240 | 8158 | 8 | 41 | 29596 | 2.0 | 1110 | 7837 | 48 | 199 | 29843 | ||
| Kansas | 4162 | 147 | 1164 | 1 | 0 | 26150 | 2.0 | -1409 | 9450 | 99 | 160 | 26409 | ||
| Kentucky | 12419 | -118 | 5254 | 41 | 12 | 42844 | 2.4 | -599 | 15197 | 326 | 466 | 43636 | ||
| Louisiana | 2282 | -1091 | -2279 | 6 | 2 | 28944 | 1.6 | -1190 | 8044 | 127 | 162 | 29233 | ||
| Maine | 2309 | -298 | -115 | 7 | 4 | 13134 | 2.2 | 313 | 3241 | 32 | 47 | 13216 | ||
| Maryland | 6341 | -1616 | 1051 | 30 | 14 | 58040 | 2.4 | 494 | 17506 | 373 | 301 | 58714 | ||
| Massachusetts | 11844 | 583 | 3409 | 150 | 26 | 98957 | 3.1 | 2199 | 23081 | 715 | 561 | 100253 | ||
| Michigan | 25402 | -7323 | 3271 | 21 | 35 | 174763 | 4.3 | 8549 | 46664 | 399 | 604 | 175766 | ||
| Minnesota | 10916 | -840 | 1133 | 8 | 23 | 63152 | 2.4 | 2781 | 13863 | 154 | 475 | 63781 | ||
| Mississippi | 5914 | 1398 | 747 | 10 | 2 | 28315 | 2.5 | -69 | 7997 | 124 | 137 | 28576 | ||
| Missouri | 8398 | -8347 | -676 | 36 | 21 | 68234 | 2.6 | 132 | 20749 | 623 | 262 | 69125 | ||
| Montana | 2703 | 141 | 441 | 58 | 5 | 11959 | 2.8 | 25 | 3798 | 295 | 84 | 12338 | ||
| Nebraska | 1953 | -55 | 164 | 3 | 2 | 11745 | 1.3 | 42 | 3422 | 54 | 61 | 11860 | ||
| Nevada | 6137 | -1510 | 1473 | 12 | 1 | 51858 | 4.1 | 828 | 22476 | 81 | 181 | 52121 | ||
| New Hampshire | 1461 | -539 | 349 | 2 | 2 | 11107 | 1.8 | 37 | 4224 | 28 | 32 | 11169 | ||
| New Jersey | 11770 | -3324 | -42 | 18 | 21 | 138766 | 3.6 | -7463 | 32161 | 303 | 425 | 139494 | ||
| New Mexico | 1326 | -896 | 4 | 19 | 1 | 16666 | 2.1 | 397 | 5258 | 232 | 107 | 17005 | ||
| New York | 28131 | -1966 | -1641 | 50 | 88 | 235058 | 2.8 | 7066 | 58958 | 788 | 1398 | 237244 | ||
| North Carolina | 17677 | -2556 | -4802 | 28 | 39 | 133499 | 3.3 | -82 | 44091 | 323 | 1180 | 135002 | ||
| North Dakota | 2332 | 1391 | 1060 | 6 | 0 | 3282 | 1.0 | 277 | 687 | 26 | 18 | 3326 | ||
| Ohio | 25698 | -2145 | 9483 | 18 | 70 | 143111 | 2.7 | 7931 | 50307 | 268 | 812 | 144191 | ||
| Oklahoma | 3138 | -1293 | 1113 | 6 | 18 | 20992 | 1.4 | 925 | 7159 | 61 | 216 | 21269 | ||
| Oregon | 15444 | 1040 | 4927 | 115 | 28 | 77270 | 4.5 | 638 | 26255 | 444 | 449 | 78167 | ||
| Pennsylvania | 32982 | -1229 | -3960 | 143 | 98 | 204503 | 3.7 | -4689 | 50429 | 1065 | 910 | 206478 | ||
| Puerto Rico | 2619 | -386 | -1073 | 0 | 6 | 49565 | 5.0 | -2680 | 14337 | 142 | 288 | 49995 | ||
| Rhode Island | 1713 | -919 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 15940 | 3.4 | 987 | 3293 | 37 | 122 | 16099 | ||
| South Carolina | 9503 | -550 | -2023 | 6 | 22 | 69146 | 3.7 | 1630 | 24075 | 160 | 392 | 69698 | ||
| South Dakota | 716 | -114 | 12 | 8 | 5 | 2591 | 0.7 | 50 | 819 | 62 | 12 | 2665 | ||
| Tennessee | 6750 | -4981 | -1002 | 25 | 14 | 63491 | 2.3 | -737 | 22147 | 146 | 322 | 63992 | ||
| Texas | 18270 | -7129 | 3728 | 19 | 90 | 145257 | 1.4 | -10078 | 37638 | 666 | 1428 | 147367 | ||
| Utah | 2867 | -593 | 797 | 51 | 6 | 22256 | 1.9 | 1840 | 12875 | 252 | 108 | 22616 | ||
| Vermont | 1834 | 261 | 624 | 3 | 0 | 8872 | 3.0 | 831 | 1684 | 23 | 33 | 8928 | ||
| Virgin Islands | 46 | -31 | -10 | 0 | 2 | 822 | 1.8 | -330 | 16 | 0 | 12 | 834 | ||
| Virginia | 6946 | -4414 | -1642 | 22 | 28 | 50138 | 1.4 | -2216 | 12997 | 300 | 802 | 51240 | ||
| Washington | 16221 | -284 | 4134 | 73 | 68 | 88543 | 3.1 | 2009 | 32451 | 407 | 886 | 89843 | ||
| West Virginia | 1749 | -312 | -1016 | 2 | 0 | 13477 | 2.0 | -466 | -943 | 73 | 161 | 13720 | ||
| Wisconsin | 35252 | 16331 | 16544 | 25 | 21 | 95292 | 3.5 | 4376 | 9871 | 201 | 579 | 96072 | ||
| Wyoming | 597 | -91 | 77 | 17 | 5 | 3185 | 1.2 | -153 | 841 | 63 | 25 | 3273 | ||
| Totals | 535746 | -73392 | 72844 | 1665 | 1275 | 3653427 | 2.7 | -128613 | 927626 | 15656 | 22286 | 3691499 | ||
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.