| STATE NAME |
Initial Claims Filed During Week Ended February 7, 2009 |
Insured Unemployment For Week Ended January 31, 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 | 11389 | -289 | 6826 | 15 | 34 | 69759 | 3.7 | 642 | 39786 | 159 | 305 | 70228 | ||
| Alaska | 2452 | -356 | 818 | 18 | 6 | 17215 | 5.8 | 1177 | 2099 | 272 | 86 | 18408 | ||
| Arizona | 9524 | 112 | 4942 | 9 | 16 | 82197 | 3.2 | 2024 | 48518 | 362 | 324 | 82890 | ||
| Arkansas | 9921 | 4142 | 6571 | 18 | 19 | 59869 | 3.9 | 5451 | 25103 | 206 | 736 | 60811 | ||
| California | 90456 | -5249 | 28229 | 182 | 186 | 774063 | 5.0 | 20586 | 279619 | 3854 | 3732 | 781672 | ||
| Colorado | 6547 | -120 | 3549 | 17 | 23 | 63187 | 2.8 | 2921 | 32161 | 445 | 449 | 64085 | ||
| Connecticut | 7319 | -1267 | 3277 | 6 | 15 | 83950 | 5.0 | -665 | 34310 | 122 | 212 | 84284 | ||
| Delaware | 1726 | 189 | 670 | 0 | 3 | 18113 | 4.3 | 419 | 7381 | 36 | 85 | 18234 | ||
| District of Columbia | 654 | 96 | 370 | 32 | 1 | 8590 | 1.8 | 166 | 4220 | 310 | 30 | 8930 | ||
| Florida | 29723 | 1144 | 14726 | 43 | 163 | 259129 | 3.4 | -6871 | 121945 | 492 | 1372 | 260993 | ||
| Georgia | 23317 | -13 | 12550 | 61 | 69 | 148554 | 3.7 | -1008 | 80007 | 619 | 1096 | 150269 | ||
| Hawaii | 2687 | 92 | 1091 | 9 | 9 | 19101 | 3.2 | 847 | 10750 | 84 | 147 | 19336 | ||
| Idaho | 4385 | -248 | 1665 | 20 | 9 | 45006 | 7.0 | 1190 | 19202 | 555 | 100 | 45661 | ||
| Illinois | 29707 | 3630 | 12103 | 36 | 81 | 283768 | 4.9 | -10712 | 113496 | 648 | 868 | 285284 | ||
| Indiana | 19260 | 1698 | 10060 | 49 | 145 | 157764 | 5.5 | 1664 | 79852 | 474 | 1342 | 159623 | ||
| Iowa | 8655 | -1413 | 5075 | 7 | 9 | 64204 | 4.4 | 2870 | 26768 | 60 | 242 | 64506 | ||
| Kansas | 8969 | 1187 | 5732 | 3 | 2 | 46453 | 3.5 | 4616 | 24563 | 118 | 201 | 46775 | ||
| Kentucky | 20285 | 8419 | 10626 | 16 | 25 | 90118 | 5.1 | 13780 | 49832 | 471 | 515 | 91104 | ||
| Louisiana | 4338 | -253 | 2055 | 3 | 1 | 39257 | 2.1 | 488 | 18254 | 151 | 199 | 39607 | ||
| Maine | 2626 | -173 | 1081 | 4 | 4 | 26320 | 4.5 | 357 | 10440 | 50 | 72 | 26443 | ||
| Maryland | 8793 | -77 | 4056 | 44 | 28 | 86871 | 3.6 | 613 | 39075 | 512 | 374 | 87757 | ||
| Massachusetts | 13602 | 1035 | 5638 | 54 | 35 | 165876 | 5.2 | 2830 | 58138 | 515 | 585 | 166976 | ||
| Michigan | 35695 | 2770 | 19138 | 36 | 77 | 329875 | 8.1 | 25526 | 145659 | 516 | 752 | 331143 | ||
| Minnesota | 10979 | 1227 | 5865 | 11 | 14 | 119299 | 4.5 | 4813 | 44448 | 205 | 488 | 119992 | ||
| Mississippi | 4983 | 455 | 2452 | 25 | 3 | 42616 | 3.8 | 769 | 22247 | 209 | 208 | 43037 | ||
| Missouri | 14454 | 3217 | 7022 | 27 | 28 | 125180 | 4.7 | 10965 | 59171 | 527 | 386 | 126097 | ||
| Montana | 2111 | -236 | 938 | 39 | 4 | 23920 | 5.6 | 246 | 9117 | 584 | 110 | 24619 | ||
| Nebraska | 2397 | -636 | 1036 | 4 | 3 | 21449 | 2.4 | 1121 | 8338 | 68 | 62 | 21579 | ||
| Nevada | 8021 | 184 | 3868 | 8 | 9 | 74322 | 5.9 | 2863 | 39896 | 144 | 218 | 74687 | ||
| New Hampshire | 2551 | 344 | 1358 | 0 | 0 | 21933 | 3.5 | 435 | 11032 | 34 | 49 | 22016 | ||
| New Jersey | 16249 | -535 | 5993 | 30 | 25 | 212363 | 5.4 | 3226 | 76412 | 335 | 464 | 213162 | ||
| New Mexico | 2312 | 75 | 1184 | 8 | 2 | 25198 | 3.2 | 667 | 11868 | 340 | 125 | 25663 | ||
| New York | 36103 | 3128 | 16030 | 67 | 125 | 364941 | 4.3 | 5429 | 151609 | 996 | 1767 | 367704 | ||
| North Carolina | 31869 | 328 | 18487 | 19 | 53 | 211060 | 5.3 | 5257 | 118825 | 420 | 1347 | 213122 | ||
| North Dakota | 838 | 61 | 408 | 1 | 0 | 10433 | 3.1 | 202 | 3728 | 40 | 28 | 10502 | ||
| Ohio | 29372 | 208 | 15502 | 21 | 94 | 255937 | 4.9 | 1010 | 116575 | 290 | 1049 | 257276 | ||
| Oklahoma | 4674 | 826 | 2806 | 9 | 30 | 33906 | 2.3 | 1259 | 19077 | 65 | 304 | 34275 | ||
| Oregon | 15665 | -746 | 5246 | 70 | 36 | 119837 | 7.0 | 2662 | 54938 | 992 | 527 | 121375 | ||
| Pennsylvania | 43920 | 1514 | 17228 | 130 | 186 | 354997 | 6.4 | 27052 | 133909 | 1316 | 1336 | 357649 | ||
| Puerto Rico | 5960 | -35 | 2474 | 13 | 18 | 47846 | 4.8 | -2423 | -4709 | 129 | 202 | 48177 | ||
| Rhode Island | 2347 | 122 | 310 | 4 | 3 | 26332 | 5.6 | 1329 | 7079 | 42 | 133 | 26514 | ||
| South Carolina | 11639 | -1059 | 5247 | 11 | 35 | 97787 | 5.2 | -145 | 50959 | 163 | 432 | 98382 | ||
| South Dakota | 717 | -76 | 360 | 8 | 4 | 7182 | 1.9 | -106 | 3453 | 110 | 26 | 7318 | ||
| Tennessee | 15578 | -1718 | 9679 | 29 | 30 | 114740 | 4.2 | -1931 | 65202 | 302 | 343 | 115391 | ||
| Texas | 29038 | 3392 | 16324 | 29 | 153 | 206279 | 2.0 | -9390 | 100569 | 569 | 1453 | 208324 | ||
| Utah | 4344 | 396 | 2494 | 32 | 10 | 39078 | 3.3 | 1102 | 22455 | 433 | 119 | 39630 | ||
| Vermont | 1431 | 8 | 724 | 0 | 3 | 15586 | 5.2 | 471 | 5801 | 35 | 34 | 15655 | ||
| Virgin Islands | 86 | 5 | 35 | 0 | 1 | 1040 | 2.3 | -42 | 384 | 2 | 6 | 1048 | ||
| Virginia | 12396 | 1103 | 6267 | 135 | 46 | 85019 | 2.4 | 1769 | 43477 | 599 | 911 | 86529 | ||
| Washington | 18325 | 818 | 7542 | 55 | 105 | 143256 | 5.0 | 10191 | 69532 | 709 | 1084 | 145059 | ||
| West Virginia | 2841 | -136 | 1227 | 1 | 9 | 30300 | 4.4 | 2482 | 11860 | 116 | 159 | 30575 | ||
| Wisconsin | 25967 | 718 | 13116 | 24 | 24 | 174812 | 6.3 | 5819 | 69861 | 320 | 796 | 175935 | ||
| Wyoming | 955 | -32 | 487 | 4 | 3 | 7227 | 2.6 | 200 | 2961 | 109 | 42 | 7378 | ||
| Totals | 710152 | 27976 | 332557 | 1496 | 2016 | 5953114 | 4.4 | 146213 | 2601252 | 21234 | 28032 | 6003689 | ||
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.