| STATE NAME |
Initial Claims Filed During Week Ended October 25, 2008 |
Insured Unemployment For Week Ended October 18, 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 | 6880 | 675 | 3325 | 31 | 34 | 38795 | 2.0 | 1256 | 13604 | 121 | 248 | 39167 | ||
| Alaska | 2113 | 445 | 264 | 18 | 5 | 8574 | 2.9 | 661 | -218 | 127 | 67 | 9269 | ||
| Arizona | 6190 | -62 | 2169 | 12 | 21 | 53837 | 2.1 | 1346 | 23116 | 242 | 267 | 54350 | ||
| Arkansas | 5145 | -1003 | 415 | 11 | 9 | 36732 | 3.2 | 1957 | 9243 | 145 | 276 | 37153 | ||
| California | 67470 | 4617 | 18569 | 200 | 229 | 524612 | 3.4 | 44392 | 172449 | 2607 | 3667 | 530907 | ||
| Colorado | 3763 | -13 | 1637 | 12 | 16 | 33035 | 1.5 | 2773 | 12052 | 190 | 386 | 33613 | ||
| Connecticut | 4643 | 1127 | 1622 | 11 | 15 | 45635 | 2.7 | 1387 | 13500 | 92 | 199 | 45934 | ||
| Delaware | 1255 | 263 | 315 | 4 | 1 | 10299 | 2.5 | 167 | 3237 | 24 | 52 | 10375 | ||
| District of Columbia | 469 | 15 | 202 | 6 | 4 | 5356 | 1.1 | 155 | 1264 | 85 | 22 | 5463 | ||
| Florida | 23683 | -661 | 11262 | 67 | 148 | 203841 | 2.6 | -6493 | 80125 | 384 | 1102 | 205327 | ||
| Georgia | 16916 | 2588 | 9084 | 77 | 75 | 91270 | 2.3 | 2869 | 35600 | 538 | 1015 | 92823 | ||
| Hawaii | 2128 | 76 | 1065 | 12 | 15 | 14192 | 2.4 | 101 | 6977 | 51 | 160 | 14404 | ||
| Idaho | 3462 | 396 | 1743 | 24 | 8 | 15451 | 2.4 | 1069 | 6256 | 111 | 90 | 15652 | ||
| Illinois | 16810 | 4314 | 5329 | 50 | 57 | 141386 | 2.4 | 4963 | 31075 | 596 | 764 | 142746 | ||
| Indiana | 13033 | 512 | 6009 | 43 | 68 | 69046 | 2.4 | 1496 | 23880 | 382 | 479 | 69919 | ||
| Iowa | 4627 | 389 | 1990 | 5 | 19 | 22585 | 1.5 | -37 | 5962 | 33 | 165 | 22783 | ||
| Kansas | 3560 | -1067 | 1403 | 5 | 1 | 25261 | 1.9 | 1855 | 9683 | 93 | 153 | 25509 | ||
| Kentucky | 7978 | 1848 | 2096 | 15 | 14 | 39574 | 2.2 | 1839 | 5745 | 294 | 460 | 40328 | ||
| Louisiana | 2963 | -218 | 471 | 2 | 0 | 30609 | 1.7 | -537 | 11840 | 153 | 181 | 30943 | ||
| Maine | 1645 | 304 | 546 | 2 | 5 | 9211 | 1.6 | 446 | 2734 | 27 | 54 | 9295 | ||
| Maryland | 6542 | 541 | 2128 | 23 | 20 | 49741 | 2.1 | 1248 | 18659 | 415 | 335 | 50491 | ||
| Massachusetts | 8575 | 1400 | 2457 | 27 | 37 | 82920 | 2.6 | 2563 | 18532 | 681 | 560 | 84203 | ||
| Michigan | 18040 | -297 | 5882 | 37 | 48 | 143648 | 3.5 | -937 | 29944 | 217 | 616 | 144481 | ||
| Minnesota | 6160 | 527 | 1702 | 9 | 8 | 43106 | 1.6 | 1872 | 3113 | 76 | 494 | 43676 | ||
| Mississippi | 3500 | -137 | 998 | 10 | 1 | 25162 | 2.3 | 699 | 7719 | 135 | 153 | 25450 | ||
| Missouri | 7996 | 782 | 1691 | 47 | 18 | 55867 | 2.1 | 5767 | 16312 | 611 | 268 | 56750 | ||
| Montana | 1629 | 0 | 451 | 42 | 10 | 8265 | 1.9 | 1197 | 2953 | 105 | 73 | 8444 | ||
| Nebraska | 1677 | -271 | 670 | 0 | 3 | 9928 | 1.1 | 594 | 2143 | 44 | 61 | 10033 | ||
| Nevada | 5625 | -56 | 3030 | 7 | 3 | 44509 | 3.5 | 1180 | 19770 | 66 | 169 | 44744 | ||
| New Hampshire | 1294 | 176 | 572 | 3 | 0 | 8935 | 1.4 | 312 | 3525 | 26 | 34 | 8996 | ||
| New Jersey | 13427 | 2697 | 4157 | 35 | 30 | 125811 | 3.2 | 5783 | 31916 | 391 | 491 | 126693 | ||
| New Mexico | 1634 | 339 | 557 | 10 | 3 | 13892 | 1.8 | 451 | 3682 | 189 | 111 | 14192 | ||
| New York | 23201 | 3177 | 7041 | 47 | 121 | 193240 | 2.3 | 3941 | 49828 | 903 | 1287 | 195430 | ||
| North Carolina | 17867 | 3179 | 7065 | 15 | 51 | 117049 | 2.9 | 5582 | 45599 | 297 | 1217 | 118563 | ||
| North Dakota | 344 | 24 | -6 | 1 | 1 | 1737 | 0.5 | 136 | 537 | 30 | 14 | 1781 | ||
| Ohio | 17438 | 3949 | 3576 | 29 | 65 | 112394 | 2.2 | -1967 | 32585 | 310 | 752 | 113456 | ||
| Oklahoma | 2476 | 350 | 455 | 12 | 42 | 18249 | 1.2 | 985 | 5329 | 55 | 161 | 18465 | ||
| Oregon | 10423 | 462 | 3133 | 58 | 38 | 60782 | 3.6 | 2341 | 22379 | 225 | 442 | 61457 | ||
| Pennsylvania | 27184 | 5579 | 4829 | 156 | 119 | 176431 | 3.2 | 9905 | 44705 | 1126 | 1019 | 178576 | ||
| Puerto Rico | 3339 | 499 | 442 | 0 | 9 | 33588 | 3.4 | -18310 | -33 | 70 | 255 | 33913 | ||
| Rhode Island | 1328 | 111 | -6 | 2 | 11 | 13302 | 2.8 | 516 | 2872 | 47 | 83 | 13432 | ||
| South Carolina | 8684 | 790 | 3884 | 13 | 29 | 60822 | 3.3 | 2464 | 23796 | 184 | 366 | 61372 | ||
| South Dakota | 459 | 72 | 129 | 14 | 2 | 1654 | 0.4 | 188 | 506 | 47 | 7 | 1708 | ||
| Tennessee | 7122 | -2078 | 2111 | 19 | 28 | 52843 | 2.0 | -429 | 17149 | 162 | 325 | 53351 | ||
| Texas | 18781 | -5898 | 6219 | 25 | 144 | 139472 | 1.4 | 336 | 48139 | 632 | 1582 | 141702 | ||
| Utah | 2376 | 175 | 1194 | 22 | 8 | 15618 | 1.3 | 676 | 7938 | 282 | 91 | 15991 | ||
| Vermont | 1205 | 365 | 419 | 1 | 7 | 5811 | 2.0 | 36 | 1675 | 21 | 25 | 5857 | ||
| Virgin Islands | 98 | 68 | 43 | 0 | 4 | 1612 | 3.6 | 1040 | 884 | 4 | 36 | 1652 | ||
| Virginia | 7894 | 341 | 3638 | 9 | 29 | 43325 | 1.2 | 1120 | 15396 | 267 | 785 | 44377 | ||
| Washington | 12597 | 714 | 4357 | 52 | 84 | 67430 | 2.3 | 3294 | 26116 | 273 | 920 | 68644 | ||
| West Virginia | 1389 | 205 | 207 | 3 | 19 | 11578 | 1.7 | 650 | 1272 | 49 | 177 | 11808 | ||
| Wisconsin | 13843 | 740 | 3371 | 30 | 22 | 72779 | 2.6 | 3571 | 17582 | 173 | 309 | 73261 | ||
| Wyoming | 509 | 208 | 120 | 2 | 4 | 2317 | 0.8 | 259 | 530 | 19 | 32 | 2368 | ||
| Totals | 449389 | 33278 | 146032 | 1367 | 1762 | 3233118 | 2.4 | 98728 | 991176 | 14427 | 23057 | 3271277 | ||
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.