| STATE NAME |
Initial Claims Filed During Week Ended September 20, 2008 |
Insured Unemployment For Week Ended September 13, 2008 |
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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 | 4696 | -1126 | 1026 | 20 | 19 | 35052 | 1.8 | -1557 | 9461 | 127 | 244 | 35424 | ||
| Alaska | 1288 | 159 | -119 | 7 | 2 | 6869 | 2.3 | -186 | 524 | 88 | 78 | 8074 | ||
| Arizona | 5571 | 32 | 2030 | 10 | 16 | 51913 | 2.0 | -19 | 18995 | 170 | 256 | 52339 | ||
| Arkansas | 4142 | 612 | 1528 | 6 | 9 | 30873 | 2.7 | -1789 | 5182 | 141 | 250 | 31264 | ||
| California | 53416 | 143 | 13634 | 146 | 216 | 496672 | 3.2 | 7975 | 155276 | 2685 | 3501 | 502886 | ||
| Colorado | 2754 | -34 | 916 | 9 | 28 | 27267 | 1.2 | -118 | 8508 | 137 | 365 | 27772 | ||
| Connecticut | 3651 | -503 | 962 | 6 | 13 | 43477 | 2.6 | -1308 | 11364 | 91 | 165 | 43735 | ||
| Delaware | 1335 | -191 | 547 | 2 | 0 | 9708 | 2.3 | 887 | 2345 | 21 | 80 | 9809 | ||
| District of Columbia | 320 | -55 | 37 | 8 | 2 | 5064 | 1.0 | -316 | 849 | 89 | 19 | 5172 | ||
| Florida | 23394 | 1236 | 9241 | 50 | 165 | 196730 | 2.5 | 1266 | 74335 | 313 | 1175 | 198218 | ||
| Georgia | 11934 | -1298 | 4627 | 70 | 60 | 81096 | 2.0 | -1360 | 25294 | 616 | 994 | 82706 | ||
| Hawaii | 1926 | -196 | 1031 | 8 | 21 | 13183 | 2.2 | 466 | 6384 | 39 | 164 | 13388 | ||
| Idaho | 1775 | 39 | 740 | 12 | 4 | 12683 | 2.0 | -345 | 5152 | 55 | 79 | 12817 | ||
| Illinois | 12892 | -1369 | 2935 | 29 | 46 | 133551 | 2.3 | -2473 | 29227 | 469 | 779 | 134799 | ||
| Indiana | 8637 | -301 | 3284 | 18 | 42 | 63640 | 2.2 | -1022 | 19429 | 305 | 459 | 64418 | ||
| Iowa | 3851 | -287 | 1849 | 6 | 11 | 21256 | 1.4 | -752 | 5981 | 36 | 132 | 21424 | ||
| Kansas | 2653 | -3223 | 388 | 0 | 2 | 21129 | 1.6 | 51 | 6015 | 95 | 146 | 21370 | ||
| Kentucky | 5550 | -389 | 1936 | 18 | 19 | 35716 | 2.0 | -2981 | 11237 | 403 | 431 | 36550 | ||
| Louisiana | 28080 | 9671 | 25824 | 4 | 8 | 35542 | 1.9 | 19577 | 15817 | 157 | 170 | 35869 | ||
| Maine | 1084 | -107 | 251 | 2 | 4 | 8939 | 1.5 | -230 | 2739 | 35 | 41 | 9015 | ||
| Maryland | 4768 | -157 | 1344 | 17 | 30 | 45755 | 1.9 | -621 | 14442 | 359 | 293 | 46407 | ||
| Massachusetts | 6967 | -1 | 1513 | 43 | 32 | 79615 | 2.5 | -2984 | 15158 | 851 | 523 | 80992 | ||
| Michigan | 16746 | 1640 | 7673 | 37 | 50 | 135121 | 3.3 | 2012 | 35529 | 187 | 619 | 135927 | ||
| Minnesota | 4070 | -259 | -69 | 4 | 32 | 38450 | 1.4 | -1158 | 5742 | 57 | 442 | 38949 | ||
| Mississippi | 2626 | -841 | 411 | 11 | 2 | 24721 | 2.2 | -767 | 6473 | 148 | 149 | 25019 | ||
| Missouri | 6387 | -474 | 1283 | 66 | 37 | 53448 | 2.0 | 1278 | 14354 | 720 | 309 | 54477 | ||
| Montana | 916 | -30 | 191 | 8 | 8 | 6387 | 1.5 | 252 | 2121 | 57 | 66 | 6513 | ||
| Nebraska | 1042 | -168 | 102 | 1 | 2 | 9006 | 1.0 | 69 | 1644 | 49 | 67 | 9122 | ||
| Nevada | 4759 | 52 | 1685 | 2 | 8 | 39866 | 3.1 | -10 | 15518 | 44 | 175 | 40085 | ||
| New Hampshire | 815 | -195 | 161 | 1 | 2 | 8242 | 1.3 | 243 | 2978 | 38 | 31 | 8311 | ||
| New Jersey | 9887 | 539 | 1913 | 13 | 31 | 125727 | 3.2 | -2576 | 26521 | 261 | 446 | 126434 | ||
| New Mexico | 1296 | 78 | 327 | 15 | 4 | 13041 | 1.6 | -12 | 3022 | 87 | 117 | 13245 | ||
| New York | 17688 | -1973 | 2660 | 61 | 80 | 180632 | 2.1 | -10398 | 35407 | 784 | 1196 | 182612 | ||
| North Carolina | 12817 | -2617 | 4002 | 15 | 75 | 105898 | 2.6 | -2260 | 36380 | 294 | 1177 | 107369 | ||
| North Dakota | 968 | 764 | 802 | 1 | 0 | 1781 | 0.5 | -310 | 555 | 16 | 22 | 1819 | ||
| Ohio | 15002 | 1426 | 6866 | 17 | 55 | 102803 | 2.0 | -2341 | 28912 | 214 | 683 | 103700 | ||
| Oklahoma | 1868 | -381 | 347 | 6 | 22 | 17056 | 1.1 | -31 | 3729 | 49 | 139 | 17244 | ||
| Oregon | 7801 | -988 | 2881 | 25 | 31 | 53617 | 3.2 | -611 | 19573 | 152 | 406 | 54183 | ||
| Pennsylvania | 19725 | -867 | 4542 | 149 | 100 | 165216 | 3.0 | -6355 | 36172 | 930 | 855 | 167001 | ||
| Puerto Rico | 4274 | -1063 | 1450 | 2 | 14 | 51594 | 5.2 | 2899 | 22276 | 160 | 380 | 52134 | ||
| Rhode Island | 1639 | -136 | 529 | 7 | 9 | 13262 | 2.8 | -229 | 2707 | 39 | 75 | 13376 | ||
| South Carolina | 6506 | -2730 | 2363 | 8 | 33 | 55395 | 3.0 | -1752 | 20642 | 193 | 365 | 55953 | ||
| South Dakota | 220 | 16 | 45 | 2 | 5 | 1289 | 0.3 | -26 | 210 | 52 | 14 | 1355 | ||
| Tennessee | 5089 | -1593 | 1300 | 11 | 19 | 49287 | 1.8 | -2814 | 12552 | 161 | 266 | 49716 | ||
| Texas | 35860 | 22235 | 24421 | 17 | 84 | 116371 | 1.2 | -5414 | 24468 | 760 | 1530 | 118670 | ||
| Utah | 1747 | 179 | 753 | 44 | 11 | 13178 | 1.1 | 148 | 5971 | 279 | 81 | 13538 | ||
| Vermont | 590 | -24 | 46 | 0 | 3 | 5327 | 1.8 | 76 | 1515 | 24 | 20 | 5371 | ||
| Virgin Islands | 159 | -28 | 99 | 0 | 0 | 772 | 1.7 | 40 | 136 | 2 | 14 | 788 | ||
| Virginia | 5394 | -1452 | 1502 | 17 | 33 | 38436 | 1.1 | -1617 | 10741 | 254 | 802 | 39492 | ||
| Washington | 10549 | 2407 | 4504 | 37 | 88 | 55132 | 1.9 | -301 | 18503 | 221 | 885 | 56246 | ||
| West Virginia | 963 | -148 | 143 | 5 | 12 | 11398 | 1.7 | 21 | 1621 | 55 | 134 | 11587 | ||
| Wisconsin | 9694 | -152 | 1911 | 14 | 37 | 64705 | 2.4 | -6301 | 14412 | 145 | 279 | 65131 | ||
| Wyoming | 289 | -51 | 60 | 1 | 3 | 1986 | 0.7 | 99 | 317 | 15 | 32 | 2033 | ||
| Totals | 398070 | 15821 | 150427 | 1088 | 1639 | 3014874 | 2.3 | -25985 | 854415 | 13729 | 22120 | 3051848 | ||
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.