| STATE NAME |
Initial Claims Filed During Week Ended January 10, 2009 |
Insured Unemployment For Week Ended January 3, 2009 |
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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 | 20894 | 3540 | 9559 | 28 | 42 | 80368 | 4.2 | 10354 | 41637 | 145 | 302 | 80816 | ||
| Alaska | 4160 | 2648 | 979 | 44 | 4 | 13243 | 4.5 | -1256 | 153 | 188 | 72 | 13503 | ||
| Arizona | 10786 | 4522 | 5568 | 52 | 6 | 72304 | 2.8 | 2536 | 39797 | 338 | 312 | 72955 | ||
| Arkansas | 9531 | 44 | 4444 | 17 | 26 | 62906 | 4.0 | 2175 | 25023 | 166 | 326 | 63398 | ||
| California | 85952 | 22573 | 14634 | 426 | 241 | 720000 | 4.7 | 39225 | 194891 | 4025 | 3905 | 727932 | ||
| Colorado | 7284 | 2820 | 3271 | 65 | 36 | 52291 | 2.3 | 767 | 25595 | 353 | 420 | 53064 | ||
| Connecticut | 13023 | 4241 | 3841 | 17 | 12 | 86467 | 5.2 | 12722 | 33416 | 126 | 224 | 86817 | ||
| Delaware | 2871 | 596 | -180 | 1 | 1 | 16786 | 4.0 | 1905 | 6062 | 32 | 67 | 16885 | ||
| District of Columbia | 715 | 223 | 288 | 19 | 1 | 6575 | 1.3 | -124 | 2024 | 115 | 16 | 6706 | ||
| Florida | 33903 | 20658 | 19715 | 102 | 181 | 263067 | 3.4 | 21424 | 127911 | 512 | 1506 | 265085 | ||
| Georgia | 41522 | 6091 | 22306 | 51 | 63 | 178594 | 4.5 | 25660 | 93324 | 985 | 1189 | 180768 | ||
| Hawaii | 3211 | 986 | 1299 | 17 | 13 | 18398 | 3.1 | 718 | 9919 | 91 | 155 | 18644 | ||
| Idaho | 5937 | 457 | 1697 | 69 | 7 | 43479 | 6.7 | 2664 | 20029 | 496 | 104 | 44079 | ||
| Illinois | 34524 | 13204 | 14311 | 104 | 64 | 264314 | 4.6 | 1462 | 93772 | 515 | 824 | 265653 | ||
| Indiana | 28616 | 6081 | 12508 | 73 | 272 | 162548 | 5.7 | 15907 | 81778 | 472 | 1032 | 164097 | ||
| Iowa | 10520 | -1593 | 4670 | 9 | 12 | 66496 | 4.5 | 7428 | 27442 | 70 | 287 | 66853 | ||
| Kansas | 7884 | 3133 | 4419 | 2 | 0 | 49182 | 3.7 | 5671 | 26096 | 112 | 185 | 49479 | ||
| Kentucky | 19313 | -106 | 10248 | 40 | 13 | 100110 | 5.7 | 24767 | 49801 | 490 | 543 | 101143 | ||
| Louisiana | 6825 | 3937 | 3445 | 5 | 5 | 37539 | 2.0 | 1842 | 14877 | 149 | 171 | 37859 | ||
| Maine | 5634 | 2017 | 2843 | 6 | 4 | 24659 | 4.2 | 3755 | 9456 | 51 | 68 | 24778 | ||
| Maryland | 12031 | 3689 | 4579 | 50 | 38 | 80977 | 3.3 | 5387 | 33574 | 396 | 357 | 81730 | ||
| Massachusetts | 14899 | -1882 | 4332 | 42 | 34 | 159421 | 5.0 | 10688 | 50741 | 725 | 602 | 160748 | ||
| Michigan | 76702 | 34639 | 47344 | 76 | 87 | 307606 | 7.5 | 37172 | 96298 | 424 | 705 | 308735 | ||
| Minnesota | 13601 | 1794 | 5634 | 10 | 21 | 113614 | 4.3 | 7610 | 39996 | 180 | 490 | 114284 | ||
| Mississippi | 9420 | 3378 | 5192 | 33 | 6 | 48987 | 4.4 | 5753 | 24252 | 164 | 179 | 49332 | ||
| Missouri | 21413 | 4355 | 7243 | 85 | 38 | 122565 | 4.6 | 20520 | 54605 | 943 | 378 | 123887 | ||
| Montana | 3837 | 1384 | 1648 | 80 | 9 | 21142 | 5.0 | -306 | 8553 | 528 | 110 | 21781 | ||
| Nebraska | 3145 | 120 | 965 | 7 | 6 | 20543 | 2.3 | 1131 | 7497 | 54 | 64 | 20661 | ||
| Nevada | 8945 | 3455 | 3532 | 13 | 4 | 64639 | 5.1 | -1170 | 32778 | 124 | 204 | 64967 | ||
| New Hampshire | 3241 | -353 | 1718 | 2 | 2 | 21025 | 3.4 | 2563 | 10623 | 33 | 50 | 21108 | ||
| New Jersey | 22475 | -712 | 7253 | 30 | 37 | 208860 | 5.3 | 26111 | 68520 | 308 | 475 | 209643 | ||
| New Mexico | 3165 | 1539 | 1613 | 22 | 3 | 22095 | 2.8 | 1268 | 8470 | 293 | 116 | 22504 | ||
| New York | 52953 | -1852 | 25207 | 125 | 110 | 358327 | 4.2 | 29302 | 136457 | 1088 | 1615 | 361030 | ||
| North Carolina | 56647 | 15637 | 27433 | 30 | 72 | 229208 | 5.7 | 37103 | 117285 | 363 | 1299 | 233898 | ||
| North Dakota | 1887 | 1021 | 523 | 2 | 0 | 8243 | 2.5 | 328 | 2256 | 51 | 25 | 8319 | ||
| Ohio | 40829 | 12601 | 20584 | 20 | 109 | 237918 | 4.6 | 20364 | 97946 | 306 | 988 | 239212 | ||
| Oklahoma | 6196 | 2324 | 3764 | 7 | 36 | 30905 | 2.1 | 3563 | 15422 | 63 | 296 | 31264 | ||
| Oregon | 17634 | -856 | 7155 | 169 | 53 | 127043 | 7.5 | 1251 | 60342 | 865 | 509 | 128419 | ||
| Pennsylvania | 59669 | 13848 | 20424 | 217 | 215 | 365728 | 6.6 | 75808 | 130427 | 1499 | 1234 | 368461 | ||
| Puerto Rico | 3766 | 2052 | -1045 | 0 | 3 | 49623 | 5.0 | 0 | 20465 | 125 | 213 | 49961 | ||
| Rhode Island | 3489 | -302 | -61 | 3 | 9 | 25758 | 5.5 | 5082 | 6586 | 44 | 145 | 25950 | ||
| South Carolina | 19866 | -2682 | 7597 | 20 | 26 | 104698 | 5.6 | 3781 | 50646 | 175 | 434 | 105307 | ||
| South Dakota | 1153 | 201 | 455 | 13 | 7 | 6498 | 1.7 | 520 | 2886 | 102 | 21 | 6621 | ||
| Tennessee | 30753 | 12263 | 12141 | 42 | 33 | 112174 | 4.2 | 25027 | 52006 | 293 | 373 | 112843 | ||
| Texas | 30830 | 9153 | 14649 | 27 | 129 | 189013 | 1.9 | -7963 | 74888 | 765 | 1489 | 191279 | ||
| Utah | 5205 | 1940 | 2758 | 108 | 9 | 33253 | 2.8 | 1402 | 18690 | 577 | 120 | 33950 | ||
| Vermont | 2021 | 260 | 1046 | 1 | 4 | 15022 | 5.1 | 1114 | 5256 | 34 | 29 | 15086 | ||
| Virgin Islands | 109 | 71 | 17 | 0 | 3 | 1158 | 2.6 | 432 | 326 | 2 | 12 | 1172 | ||
| Virginia | 21862 | 6514 | 11763 | 26 | 44 | 86640 | 2.5 | 12251 | 42796 | 373 | 946 | 87959 | ||
| Washington | 20136 | 1509 | 8839 | 95 | 113 | 145085 | 5.0 | 7377 | 70060 | 608 | 986 | 146680 | ||
| West Virginia | 4368 | 2186 | 839 | 9 | 21 | 27527 | 4.0 | 3899 | 7375 | 85 | 169 | 27781 | ||
| Wisconsin | 30146 | 1033 | 13268 | 37 | 34 | 183754 | 6.7 | 19729 | 71411 | 291 | 654 | 184699 | ||
| Wyoming | 1293 | 434 | 574 | 12 | 4 | 5767 | 2.1 | 55 | 1880 | 11 | 31 | 5809 | ||
| Totals | 956791 | 224833 | 408848 | 2560 | 2322 | 5854142 | 4.4 | 536754 | 2344316 | 21323 | 27026 | 5905594 | ||
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.