| STATE NAME |
Initial Claims Filed During Week Ended January 24, 2009 |
Insured Unemployment For Week Ended January 17, 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 | 11611 | -2974 | 7464 | 29 | 31 | 71450 | 3.8 | -1137 | 41488 | 150 | 293 | 71896 | ||
| Alaska | 2218 | -435 | 517 | 18 | 2 | 16444 | 5.6 | 2113 | 1274 | 261 | 76 | 16784 | ||
| Arizona | 8156 | -1422 | 4177 | 15 | 17 | 75343 | 2.9 | -361 | 42699 | 373 | 298 | 76017 | ||
| Arkansas | 5777 | -2106 | 1335 | 14 | 24 | 54622 | 3.5 | -1225 | 21957 | 200 | 447 | 55269 | ||
| California | 75704 | -12074 | 18485 | 223 | 180 | 714976 | 4.6 | 3824 | 247690 | 3915 | 3517 | 722417 | ||
| Colorado | 5486 | -1401 | 3074 | 36 | 35 | 58298 | 2.6 | 4501 | 28234 | 407 | 403 | 59110 | ||
| Connecticut | 9586 | -1715 | 5286 | 8 | 16 | 83689 | 5.0 | 540 | 34331 | 95 | 233 | 84017 | ||
| Delaware | 1598 | -771 | 514 | 0 | 1 | 17083 | 4.1 | 501 | 5922 | 27 | 64 | 17174 | ||
| District of Columbia | 400 | -170 | 94 | 63 | 1 | 7529 | 1.5 | 810 | 3060 | 167 | 21 | 7717 | ||
| Florida | 25700 | -14703 | 11334 | 62 | 125 | 257904 | 3.3 | -11223 | 121476 | 467 | 1325 | 259696 | ||
| Georgia | 18938 | -9949 | 9696 | 62 | 63 | 142729 | 3.6 | -12235 | 74131 | 706 | 1103 | 144538 | ||
| Hawaii | 2442 | -55 | 1178 | 7 | 11 | 18334 | 3.1 | -288 | 10729 | 83 | 154 | 18574 | ||
| Idaho | 4581 | -401 | 1772 | 41 | 4 | 42663 | 6.6 | 607 | 18836 | 521 | 111 | 43295 | ||
| Illinois | 25862 | -1719 | 9664 | 64 | 64 | 276513 | 4.8 | -1252 | 111196 | 592 | 842 | 277947 | ||
| Indiana | 18153 | -2349 | 9057 | 59 | 185 | 154022 | 5.4 | -4141 | 78041 | 449 | 1215 | 155701 | ||
| Iowa | 7282 | -1083 | 3319 | 4 | 9 | 61557 | 4.2 | 3509 | 24715 | 59 | 222 | 61838 | ||
| Kansas | 4550 | -1166 | 1734 | 0 | 1 | 42640 | 3.2 | -431 | 21303 | 112 | 191 | 42943 | ||
| Kentucky | 11270 | -1784 | 5632 | 22 | 19 | 88500 | 5.0 | 3499 | 49278 | 415 | 480 | 89395 | ||
| Louisiana | 4179 | -348 | 1485 | 4 | 6 | 38002 | 2.1 | -174 | 14606 | 132 | 175 | 38309 | ||
| Maine | 2650 | -825 | 1109 | 3 | 3 | 24540 | 4.2 | -312 | 9091 | 57 | 65 | 24663 | ||
| Maryland | 7386 | -2322 | 1492 | 42 | 31 | 81118 | 3.3 | -1234 | 34047 | 452 | 354 | 81924 | ||
| Massachusetts | 12716 | -2269 | 4563 | 54 | 38 | 159631 | 5.0 | 4012 | 52688 | 577 | 617 | 160834 | ||
| Michigan | 31698 | -11639 | 13853 | 32 | 91 | 363212 | 8.9 | 63158 | 171673 | 481 | 728 | 364421 | ||
| Minnesota | 9956 | -1554 | 4168 | 13 | 20 | 113531 | 4.3 | 4486 | 40100 | 168 | 501 | 114200 | ||
| Mississippi | 4335 | -489 | 2155 | 20 | 2 | 41627 | 3.7 | -1461 | 20802 | 207 | 192 | 42027 | ||
| Missouri | 12607 | -2215 | 4533 | 27 | 27 | 111891 | 4.2 | -2085 | 48795 | 648 | 322 | 112864 | ||
| Montana | 2188 | -705 | 652 | 39 | 11 | 22591 | 5.3 | 350 | 8994 | 572 | 103 | 23278 | ||
| Nebraska | 2216 | -581 | 617 | 3 | 5 | 20230 | 2.2 | 1026 | 7559 | 64 | 63 | 20357 | ||
| Nevada | 7098 | -1806 | 2804 | 4 | 5 | 69016 | 5.5 | 1925 | 35601 | 152 | 216 | 69384 | ||
| New Hampshire | 2128 | -367 | 876 | 4 | 1 | 20266 | 3.3 | 484 | 9488 | 26 | 49 | 20341 | ||
| New Jersey | 18335 | -2184 | 7322 | 35 | 27 | 203718 | 5.2 | 3992 | 70563 | 357 | 460 | 204535 | ||
| New Mexico | 2073 | -736 | 1111 | 11 | 1 | 23769 | 3.0 | 700 | 10460 | 309 | 108 | 24186 | ||
| New York | 33598 | -6923 | 13556 | 67 | 96 | 349325 | 4.1 | 6970 | 137175 | 1000 | 1623 | 351948 | ||
| North Carolina | 22878 | -8253 | 8350 | 13 | 33 | 191628 | 4.8 | -8426 | 99236 | 373 | 1274 | 207215 | ||
| North Dakota | 726 | -361 | 170 | 1 | 0 | 10280 | 3.1 | 503 | 3959 | 50 | 26 | 10357 | ||
| Ohio | 24426 | -9926 | 10019 | 15 | 115 | 251165 | 4.8 | 3891 | 114454 | 290 | 981 | 252436 | ||
| Oklahoma | 5047 | 406 | 3048 | 8 | 33 | 30801 | 2.1 | 1141 | 16070 | 67 | 290 | 31158 | ||
| Oregon | 13703 | -1056 | 5939 | 86 | 31 | 111933 | 6.6 | -2608 | 54420 | 874 | 506 | 113318 | ||
| Pennsylvania | 41838 | -7754 | 15925 | 174 | 1027 | 342388 | 6.2 | 21072 | 130609 | 1429 | 1378 | 345195 | ||
| Puerto Rico | 5388 | 314 | 1931 | 7 | 9 | 51063 | 5.1 | -185 | 10903 | 170 | 214 | 51447 | ||
| Rhode Island | 2624 | 689 | 628 | 2 | 3 | 24413 | 5.2 | 231 | 5047 | 41 | 124 | 24579 | ||
| South Carolina | 10611 | -7769 | 3998 | 14 | 25 | 112552 | 6.0 | 1554 | 65757 | 211 | 496 | 113259 | ||
| South Dakota | 739 | -334 | 353 | 8 | 4 | 7063 | 1.8 | 492 | 3405 | 98 | 24 | 7185 | ||
| Tennessee | 15045 | -7470 | 9409 | 28 | 25 | 105987 | 3.9 | -7887 | 57130 | 259 | 350 | 106611 | ||
| Texas | 24183 | -7184 | 12378 | 22 | 91 | 202492 | 2.0 | -3590 | 93196 | 676 | 1529 | 204717 | ||
| Utah | 3671 | -886 | 1992 | 26 | 3 | 36829 | 3.1 | 1412 | 21331 | 548 | 120 | 37497 | ||
| Vermont | 1362 | -336 | 538 | 0 | 6 | 14750 | 5.0 | -65 | 5193 | 36 | 32 | 14819 | ||
| Virgin Islands | 49 | -27 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 862 | 1.9 | -228 | 180 | 2 | 10 | 874 | ||
| Virginia | 13230 | 682 | 6538 | 21 | 36 | 80927 | 2.3 | 22 | 40182 | 399 | 930 | 82256 | ||
| Washington | 14377 | -3807 | 5231 | 55 | 93 | 129441 | 4.5 | -5352 | 62830 | 621 | 1009 | 131073 | ||
| West Virginia | 3076 | -781 | 992 | 1 | 7 | 27136 | 4.0 | 297 | 8117 | 103 | 169 | 27416 | ||
| Wisconsin | 23758 | 1355 | 8262 | 16 | 21 | 165469 | 6.0 | 7507 | 64943 | 287 | 671 | 166428 | ||
| Wyoming | 904 | -137 | 282 | 4 | 4 | 6665 | 2.4 | 261 | 2607 | 122 | 38 | 6825 | ||
| Totals | 620112 | -143875 | 250614 | 1586 | 2719 | 5730607 | 4.3 | 79490 | 2467571 | 20857 | 26742 | 5792264 | ||
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.