| STATE NAME |
Initial Claims Filed During Week Ended May 5, 2007 |
Insured Unemployment For Week Ended April 28, 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 | 3928 | 473 | 373 | 18 | 21 |             | 24464 | 1.3 | -82 | 1787 | 83 | 217 | 24764 | |
| Alaska | 1340 | -60 | -270 | 9 | 2 |             | 12366 | 4.3 | 1546 | -344 | 169 | 86 | 12621 | |
| Arizona | 3915 | -320 | 662 | 7 | 10 |             | 30587 | 1.2 | 1230 | 5019 | 183 | 163 | 30933 | |
| Arkansas | 3257 | 500 | 376 | 10 | 11 |             | 27280 | 2.4 | -32 | 3635 | 120 | 297 | 27697 | |
| California | 41866 | -729 | 1473 | 98 | 219 |             | 380004 | 2.5 | 28892 | 33708 | 2380 | 3166 | 385550 | |
| Colorado | 2146 | -69 | -14 | 10 | 22 |             | 23329 | 1.1 | 1038 | 7 | 217 | 373 | 23919 | |
| Connecticut | 3202 | -1593 | -148 | 5 | 22 |             | 36537 | 2.2 | -6679 | 1619 | 64 | 169 | 36770 | |
| Delaware | 701 | -408 | 1 | 0 | 0 |             | 7600 | 1.8 | -688 | -51 | 22 | 52 | 7674 | |
| District of Columbia | 292 | 4 | 11 | 7 | 5 |             | 3593 | 0.8 | 38 | 171 | 299 | 41 | 3933 | |
| Florida | 10517 | 367 | 1704 | 47 | 101 |             | 95734 | 1.2 | 4910 | 25922 | 463 | 1158 | 97355 | |
| Georgia | 7422 | 990 | 144 | 41 | 53 |             | 48538 | 1.2 | 191 | 3604 | 345 | 896 | 49779 | |
| Hawaii | 1026 | -5 | 42 | 11 | 21 |             | 6551 | 1.1 | 638 | 554 | 102 | 160 | 6813 | |
| Idaho | 1277 | 20 | 350 | 5 | 2 |             | 10092 | 1.6 | -650 | 384 | 121 | 79 | 10292 | |
| Illinois | 11184 | 803 | 163 | 35 | 46 |             | 124477 | 2.2 | -534 | 12932 | 20 | 32 | 124529 | |
| Indiana | 5489 | 297 | 320 | 13 | 55 |             | 51930 | 1.8 | -698 | 5298 | 250 | 532 | 52712 | |
| Iowa | 2300 | -223 | -2227 | 1 | 8 |             | 21601 | 1.5 | -40 | 2286 | 53 | 186 | 21840 | |
| Kansas | 3828 | 1764 | 1420 | 0 | 4 |             | 15861 | 1.2 | -120 | -574 | 104 | 195 | 16160 | |
| Kentucky | 7674 | 4053 | 3557 | 7 | 23 |             | 28046 | 1.6 | -293 | 1343 | 159 | 574 | 28779 | |
| Louisiana | 2378 | -149 | 56 | 14 | 16 |             | 19993 | 1.1 | -777 | 459 | 103 | 191 | 20287 | |
| Maine | 1079 | -198 | -53 | 1 | 2 |             | 12107 | 2.1 | -1450 | 1885 | 30 | 70 | 12207 | |
| Maryland | 3262 | 238 | -264 | 19 | 19 |             | 30743 | 1.3 | -4585 | 743 | 386 | 297 | 31426 | |
| Massachusetts | 5942 | -44 | -438 | 18 | 23 |             | 76317 | 2.4 | -10494 | 6935 | 202 | 485 | 77004 | |
| Michigan | 10324 | -227 | -2213 | 16 | 38 |             | 143877 | 3.4 | -286 | 1931 | 350 | 685 | 144912 | |
| Minnesota | 4289 | 427 | 151 | 1 | 10 |             | 55979 | 2.1 | 2888 | 12019 | 107 | 267 | 56353 | |
| Mississippi | 2588 | 497 | -173 | 11 | 5 |             | 16021 | 1.5 | -798 | -809 | 180 | 162 | 16363 | |
| Missouri | 6204 | 1099 | 683 | 55 | 23 |             | 41207 | 1.6 | -963 | 514 | 228 | 265 | 41700 | |
| Montana | 745 | -32 | 123 | 11 | 11 |             | 7264 | 1.8 | 618 | 659 | 247 | 91 | 7602 | |
| Nebraska | 977 | 25 | -297 | 1 | 5 |             | 8865 | 1.0 | -41 | -541 | 34 | 45 | 8944 | |
| Nevada | 2973 | -115 | 529 | 3 | 13 |             | 23260 | 1.9 | 310 | 5192 | 91 | 152 | 23503 | |
| New Hampshire | 812 | -464 | 81 | 2 | 0 |             | 8309 | 1.3 | -271 | 1578 | 14 | 31 | 8354 | |
| New Jersey | 8458 | -1601 | 434 | 20 | 40 |             | 107233 | 2.8 | -2878 | 6736 | 229 | 509 | 107971 | |
| New Mexico | 969 | -6 | 235 | 5 | 2 |             | 11650 | 1.5 | -90 | 787 | 150 | 135 | 11935 | |
| New York | 15129 | -676 | -1291 | 40 | 81 |             | 161713 | 2.0 | -10040 | -2992 | 661 | 1270 | 163644 | |
| North Carolina | 10217 | 475 | 777 | 16 | 30 |             | 73246 | 1.9 | -414 | 3992 | 296 | 1114 | 74656 | |
| North Dakota | 243 | -68 | -73 | 2 | 1 |             | 2599 | 0.8 | -452 | 350 | 23 | 22 | 2644 | |
| Ohio | 9189 | -501 | -302 | 13 | 55 |             | 94243 | 1.8 | -5002 | -3897 | 210 | 779 | 95232 | |
| Oklahoma | 1689 | 242 | 122 | 9 | 23 |             | 13733 | 0.9 | -42 | 86 | 122 | 206 | 14061 | |
| Oregon | 5810 | 497 | 1011 | 22 | 30 |             | 41703 | 2.5 | -1046 | 2204 | 334 | 338 | 42375 | |
| Pennsylvania | 19322 | -260 | 1281 | 105 | 86 |             | 161054 | 2.9 | 12727 | 13575 | 875 | 1140 | 163069 | |
| Puerto Rico | 3081 | 81 | -52664 | 0 | 14 |             | 32684 | 3.2 | 390 | -4270 | 264 | 224 | 33172 | |
| Rhode Island | 1294 | 32 | 295 | 2 | 5 |             | 12378 | 2.6 | -1996 | 1808 | 36 | 58 | 12472 | |
| South Carolina | 4352 | -392 | -215 | 21 | 24 |             | 34797 | 1.9 | -943 | 2867 | 109 | 336 | 35242 | |
| South Dakota | 203 | -19 | -54 | 8 | 3 |             | 1851 | 0.5 | -230 | 18 | 62 | 11 | 1924 | |
| Tennessee | 5604 | 1151 | 779 | 33 | 22 |             | 37437 | 1.4 | -35 | 215 | 230 | 382 | 38049 | |
| Texas | 12506 | 1040 | -584 | 14 | 179 |             | 94215 | 1.0 | 5534 | -4519 | 1217 | 1765 | 97197 | |
| Utah | 908 | -31 | -113 | 8 | 5 |             | 6981 | 0.6 | -213 | -204 | 103 | 83 | 7167 | |
| Vermont | 723 | -180 | -9 | 1 | 6 |             | 7924 | 2.7 | -1499 | 916 | 32 | 21 | 7977 | |
| Virgin Islands | 39 | 15 | 3 | 0 | 1 |             | 594 | 1.4 | 154 | 210 | 0 | 12 | 606 | |
| Virginia | 4008 | -63 | 540 | 6 | 43 |             | 29802 | 0.9 | -330 | 2796 | 309 | 805 | 30916 | |
| Washington | 6854 | 29 | 126 | 27 | 96 |             | 46162 | 1.7 | -1205 | -3695 | 350 | 894 | 47406 | |
| West Virginia | 1218 | 189 | 114 | 1 | 9 |             | 13825 | 2.0 | 2174 | 2183 | 77 | 184 | 14086 | |
| Wisconsin | 9730 | 206 | 952 | 12 | 28 |             | 70396 | 2.6 | -4049 | 6401 | 155 | 416 | 70967 | |
| Wyoming | 226 | -44 | -16 | 4 | 6 |             | 2694 | 1.1 | 11 | 240 | 63 | 24 | 2781 | |
| Totals | 274709 | 7037 | -42530 | 845 | 1579 |             | 2451446 | 1.9 | 3344 | 153672 | 13033 | 21845 | 2486324 | |
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.