| STATE NAME |
Initial Claims Filed During Week Ended March 3, 2007 |
Insured Unemployment For Week Ended February 24, 2007 |
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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 | 4361 | 1190 | 428 | 15 | 17 |             | 26402 | 1.4 | -178 | 1049 | 90 | 267 | 26759 | |
| Alaska | 1519 | 114 | -103 | 12 | 1 |             | 13063 | 4.5 | -2446 | -3489 | 201 | 66 | 13330 | |
| Arizona | 3155 | 426 | 197 | 12 | 9 |             | 24105 | 1.0 | -216 | 3726 | 299 | 163 | 24567 | |
| Arkansas | 3570 | 584 | 855 | 6 | 12 |             | 31582 | 2.8 | -1426 | 2741 | 180 | 279 | 32041 | |
| California | 45770 | 6396 | 2941 | 133 | 247 |             | 389460 | 2.6 | -5431 | 18894 | 2212 | 3061 | 394733 | |
| Colorado | 2170 | 269 | -75 | 13 | 41 |             | 27765 | 1.3 | -1922 | -730 | 277 | 407 | 28449 | |
| Connecticut | 5094 | -1216 | -715 | 5 | 20 |             | 54388 | 3.3 | 4747 | 1814 | 78 | 182 | 54648 | |
| Delaware | 1260 | -228 | -807 | 0 | 0 |             | 11122 | 2.7 | -317 | 2072 | 26 | 45 | 11193 | |
| District of Columbia | 274 | 36 | -12 | 41 | 2 |             | 3819 | 0.8 | -408 | -35 | 215 | 41 | 4075 | |
| Florida | 9432 | 600 | 1845 | 66 | 120 |             | 90873 | 1.2 | 6319 | 16599 | 384 | 1197 | 92454 | |
| Georgia | 7205 | 779 | -625 | 32 | 54 |             | 50856 | 1.3 | 71 | -623 | 424 | 1067 | 52347 | |
| Hawaii | 1112 | 228 | -206 | 6 | 17 |             | 5855 | 1.0 | -746 | -659 | 84 | 170 | 6109 | |
| Idaho | 2054 | 214 | -14 | 22 | 6 |             | 18019 | 2.9 | -465 | 762 | 480 | 78 | 18577 | |
| Illinois | 13790 | 1756 | 2438 | 31 | 67 |             | 180348 | 3.2 | 10739 | 12376 | 410 | 965 | 181723 | |
| Indiana | 6803 | -2086 | 769 | 38 | 56 |             | 76188 | 2.7 | -283 | 10043 | 232 | 597 | 77017 | |
| Iowa | 2615 | -568 | -86 | 1 | 10 |             | 36819 | 2.6 | -1634 | 2881 | 79 | 193 | 37091 | |
| Kansas | 3870 | 1827 | 1841 | 5 | 3 |             | 20701 | 1.6 | -2746 | 731 | 144 | 206 | 21051 | |
| Kentucky | 7467 | 3404 | 3668 | 4 | 10 |             | 38765 | 2.2 | -2221 | 1343 | 215 | 567 | 39547 | |
| Louisiana | 2441 | 655 | 305 | 8 | 17 |             | 19645 | 1.1 | -241 | -13275 | 100 | 192 | 19953 | |
| Maine | 1340 | 0 | -217 | 2 | 0 |             | 15964 | 2.7 | 567 | 836 | 50 | 59 | 16073 | |
| Maryland | 3607 | -393 | -94 | 35 | 28 |             | 44950 | 1.9 | 3785 | 6301 | 561 | 314 | 45825 | |
| Massachusetts | 6656 | -4665 | -412 | 19 | 29 |             | 109792 | 3.5 | 5911 | 5763 | 287 | 530 | 110609 | |
| Michigan | 20962 | 3590 | 7670 | 10 | 45 |             | 179546 | 4.3 | -18710 | -3823 | 339 | 750 | 180635 | |
| Minnesota | 4808 | 105 | -295 | 8 | 16 |             | 65475 | 2.5 | -16713 | -7693 | 176 | 283 | 65934 | |
| Mississippi | 1887 | 148 | -194 | 21 | 12 |             | 18044 | 1.7 | -557 | -14168 | 215 | 198 | 18457 | |
| Missouri | 5683 | -278 | -78 | 19 | 22 |             | 60743 | 2.3 | -4173 | 4518 | 318 | 313 | 61374 | |
| Montana | 905 | 140 | -15 | 24 | 12 |             | 10204 | 2.5 | -2673 | -1904 | 486 | 109 | 10799 | |
| Nebraska | 1363 | 186 | 171 | 1 | 6 |             | 13428 | 1.5 | -537 | 239 | 48 | 59 | 13535 | |
| Nevada | 3020 | 372 | -434 | 5 | 9 |             | 24315 | 2.0 | 194 | 5832 | 139 | 156 | 24610 | |
| New Hampshire | 1318 | 418 | 45 | 4 | 2 |             | 10400 | 1.7 | 21 | 1455 | 21 | 20 | 10441 | |
| New Jersey | 9485 | -1967 | 567 | 22 | 30 |             | 136397 | 3.5 | 1168 | 6640 | 297 | 545 | 137239 | |
| New Mexico | 968 | 46 | 136 | 2 | 4 |             | 12103 | 1.6 | 63 | 553 | 280 | 116 | 12499 | |
| New York | 27694 | 10768 | -1135 | 57 | 101 |             | 222922 | 2.7 | 12500 | -4591 | 847 | 1406 | 225175 | |
| North Carolina | 9855 | -2046 | -1713 | 32 | 57 |             | 77838 | 2.0 | -3659 | -4051 | 306 | 1269 | 79413 | |
| North Dakota | 339 | -21 | -43 | 1 | 1 |             | 6662 | 2.1 | -492 | 311 | 34 | 33 | 6729 | |
| Ohio | 10162 | -593 | -2106 | 18 | 70 |             | 132819 | 2.5 | -1784 | 9484 | 273 | 906 | 133998 | |
| Oklahoma | 1836 | -234 | 37 | 10 | 27 |             | 15706 | 1.1 | -717 | 550 | 105 | 201 | 16012 | |
| Oregon | 7402 | 1368 | 1557 | 43 | 34 |             | 49736 | 3.0 | 950 | 7578 | 751 | 387 | 50874 | |
| Pennsylvania | 22162 | -2759 | 77 | 88 | 118 |             | 206373 | 3.8 | -27992 | -5122 | 930 | 1315 | 208618 | |
| Puerto Rico | 2912 | 352 | -366 | 1 | 5 |             | 37280 | 3.6 | 3085 | -12839 | 153 | 233 | 37666 | |
| Rhode Island | 1576 | -933 | 272 | 1 | 3 |             | 18730 | 4.0 | 1319 | 627 | 50 | 74 | 18854 | |
| South Carolina | 4258 | 312 | -88 | 4 | 20 |             | 38118 | 2.1 | -959 | 1161 | 100 | 362 | 38580 | |
| South Dakota | 298 | 2 | -13 | 5 | 5 |             | 3913 | 1.1 | -205 | -7 | 96 | 16 | 4025 | |
| Tennessee | 4282 | -721 | -207 | 17 | 40 |             | 44228 | 1.7 | -1098 | -3243 | 311 | 402 | 44941 | |
| Texas | 11865 | 1388 | 703 | 21 | 207 |             | 95539 | 1.0 | -4861 | -19723 | 659 | 1727 | 97926 | |
| Utah | 1185 | 218 | 99 | 13 | 12 |             | 11018 | 1.0 | -223 | 437 | 317 | 110 | 11445 | |
| Vermont | 1034 | 198 | -111 | 2 | 4 |             | 9536 | 3.2 | 90 | 133 | 33 | 45 | 9614 | |
| Virgin Islands | 47 | 2 | 17 | 0 | 0 |             | 474 | 1.1 | 8 | 168 | 0 | 0 | 474 | |
| Virginia | 5549 | 933 | 1413 | 9 | 41 |             | 37298 | 1.1 | 298 | 3733 | 307 | 788 | 38393 | |
| Washington | 7939 | 536 | -7 | 21 | 105 |             | 59014 | 2.2 | 222 | -3052 | 641 | 1004 | 60659 | |
| West Virginia | 1333 | -392 | -3 | 2 | 10 |             | 18790 | 2.8 | -3434 | 1355 | 83 | 202 | 19075 | |
| Wisconsin | 12075 | 703 | 352 | 5 | 24 |             | 103001 | 3.8 | -3794 | 4684 | 219 | 473 | 103693 | |
| Wyoming | 375 | 45 | 46 | 1 | 2 |             | 3152 | 1.2 | -542 | -375 | 57 | 15 | 3224 | |
| Totals | 320142 | 21208 | 18275 | 973 | 1810 |             | 3013283 | 2.3 | -61746 | 37987 | 15619 | 24163 | 3053082 | |
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.