| STATE NAME |
Initial Claims Filed During Week Ended November 1, 2008 |
Insured Unemployment For Week Ended October 25, 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 | 7968 | 1088 | 3682 | 24 | 31 | 41113 | 2.2 | 2318 | 15365 | 133 | 255 | 41504 | ||
| Alaska | 2090 | -23 | 141 | 14 | 1 | 8910 | 3.0 | 336 | 753 | 138 | 84 | 9144 | ||
| Arizona | 7882 | 1692 | 4008 | 21 | 10 | 54453 | 2.1 | 616 | 23892 | 279 | 267 | 55001 | ||
| Arkansas | 6505 | 1360 | 2569 | 17 | 7 | 35871 | 3.1 | -861 | 7460 | 145 | 299 | 36315 | ||
| California | 63867 | -3603 | 13891 | 236 | 211 | 524568 | 3.4 | -44 | 151763 | 2604 | 3714 | 530895 | ||
| Colorado | 4059 | 296 | 1901 | 35 | 29 | 33167 | 1.5 | 132 | 13297 | 155 | 405 | 33727 | ||
| Connecticut | 5072 | 429 | 1819 | 2 | 17 | 47009 | 2.8 | 1374 | 14955 | 92 | 193 | 47296 | ||
| Delaware | 1875 | 620 | 786 | 0 | 1 | 9915 | 2.4 | -384 | 2486 | 31 | 52 | 9998 | ||
| District of Columbia | 436 | -33 | 142 | 3 | 0 | 5353 | 1.1 | -3 | 1285 | 96 | 23 | 5472 | ||
| Florida | 21356 | -2327 | 9167 | 63 | 146 | 215349 | 2.8 | 11508 | 88634 | 406 | 1320 | 217075 | ||
| Georgia | 16945 | 29 | 6796 | 73 | 50 | 95497 | 2.4 | 4227 | 37867 | 552 | 1036 | 97085 | ||
| Hawaii | 2135 | 7 | 1076 | 5 | 20 | 14009 | 2.4 | -183 | 7137 | 66 | 168 | 14243 | ||
| Idaho | 4111 | 649 | 2304 | 36 | 8 | 16852 | 2.6 | 1401 | 7669 | 131 | 86 | 17069 | ||
| Illinois | 17317 | 507 | 3808 | 45 | 45 | 141502 | 2.4 | 116 | 35182 | 492 | 746 | 142740 | ||
| Indiana | 12412 | -621 | 4643 | 49 | 65 | 73396 | 2.6 | 4350 | 29787 | 363 | 493 | 74262 | ||
| Iowa | 5333 | 706 | 95 | 7 | 20 | 24120 | 1.6 | 1535 | 8408 | 42 | 174 | 24336 | ||
| Kansas | 3380 | -180 | 1383 | 0 | 2 | 24870 | 1.9 | -391 | 9692 | 93 | 155 | 25120 | ||
| Kentucky | 8495 | 517 | 4180 | 16 | 15 | 38114 | 2.2 | -1460 | 12628 | 383 | 469 | 38966 | ||
| Louisiana | 2796 | -167 | 264 | 3 | 6 | 29097 | 1.6 | -1512 | 10074 | 150 | 173 | 29420 | ||
| Maine | 2156 | 511 | 864 | 10 | 4 | 10313 | 1.8 | 1102 | 3563 | 23 | 55 | 10392 | ||
| Maryland | 6648 | 106 | 2439 | 18 | 28 | 51894 | 2.1 | 2153 | 16329 | 362 | 295 | 52551 | ||
| Massachusetts | 9461 | 886 | 2348 | 43 | 28 | 84139 | 2.6 | 1219 | 19213 | 572 | 559 | 85286 | ||
| Michigan | 20659 | 2619 | 3902 | 62 | 42 | 144942 | 3.5 | 1294 | 35536 | 300 | 647 | 145889 | ||
| Minnesota | 6961 | 801 | 2009 | 11 | 16 | 44299 | 1.7 | 1193 | 10116 | 80 | 502 | 44881 | ||
| Mississippi | 3666 | 166 | 1514 | 12 | 3 | 25593 | 2.3 | 431 | 8113 | 119 | 115 | 25828 | ||
| Missouri | 8606 | 610 | 2317 | 39 | 31 | 58964 | 2.2 | 3097 | 18647 | 607 | 282 | 59855 | ||
| Montana | 1811 | 182 | 592 | 51 | 2 | 8478 | 2.0 | 213 | 2981 | 123 | 75 | 8676 | ||
| Nebraska | 1379 | -298 | 173 | 4 | 3 | 10144 | 1.1 | 216 | 2644 | 48 | 61 | 10253 | ||
| Nevada | 4682 | -943 | 1384 | 6 | 1 | 45098 | 3.6 | 589 | 20286 | 79 | 160 | 45337 | ||
| New Hampshire | 1318 | 24 | 505 | 1 | 2 | 9131 | 1.5 | 196 | 3740 | 40 | 32 | 9203 | ||
| New Jersey | 12891 | -536 | 2459 | 20 | 27 | 128685 | 3.3 | 2874 | 32904 | 306 | 449 | 129440 | ||
| New Mexico | 1546 | -88 | 380 | 16 | 2 | 14154 | 1.8 | 262 | 3783 | 195 | 109 | 14458 | ||
| New York | 23528 | 327 | 6851 | 60 | 80 | 199354 | 2.4 | 6114 | 54359 | 951 | 1320 | 201625 | ||
| North Carolina | 17722 | -145 | 3233 | 23 | 49 | 119480 | 3.0 | 2431 | 44027 | 291 | 1262 | 121033 | ||
| North Dakota | 431 | 87 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 1779 | 0.5 | 42 | 440 | 29 | 20 | 1828 | ||
| Ohio | 21323 | 3885 | 7559 | 28 | 65 | 114320 | 2.2 | 1926 | 32547 | 272 | 748 | 115340 | ||
| Oklahoma | 2473 | -3 | 870 | 9 | 33 | 18063 | 1.2 | -186 | 4818 | 53 | 157 | 18273 | ||
| Oregon | 10456 | 33 | 3694 | 57 | 44 | 63257 | 3.7 | 2475 | 23553 | 250 | 430 | 63940 | ||
| Pennsylvania | 29339 | 2155 | 7609 | 133 | 85 | 176046 | 3.2 | -385 | 45700 | 1061 | 960 | 178067 | ||
| Puerto Rico | 3588 | 249 | 996 | 1 | 10 | 51375 | 5.1 | 17787 | 22407 | 147 | 365 | 51887 | ||
| Rhode Island | 1759 | 431 | 306 | 4 | 14 | 13133 | 2.8 | -169 | 2484 | 40 | 99 | 13272 | ||
| South Carolina | 7860 | -824 | 1138 | 10 | 30 | 61551 | 3.3 | 729 | 22732 | 180 | 376 | 62107 | ||
| South Dakota | 406 | -53 | 127 | 8 | 1 | 1792 | 0.5 | 138 | 645 | 52 | 10 | 1854 | ||
| Tennessee | 8140 | 1018 | 2240 | 21 | 30 | 54533 | 2.0 | 1690 | 17737 | 137 | 319 | 55011 | ||
| Texas | 19982 | 1201 | 6999 | 22 | 143 | 140768 | 1.4 | 1296 | 47635 | 652 | 1576 | 143009 | ||
| Utah | 2681 | 305 | 1287 | 40 | 9 | 16310 | 1.4 | 692 | 8482 | 252 | 90 | 16652 | ||
| Vermont | 1269 | 64 | 287 | 2 | 6 | 6292 | 2.1 | 481 | 2021 | 24 | 30 | 6346 | ||
| Virgin Islands | 69 | -29 | 36 | 0 | 0 | 1016 | 2.3 | -596 | 482 | 0 | 0 | 1016 | ||
| Virginia | 7666 | -228 | 2767 | 10 | 24 | 43962 | 1.2 | 637 | 15261 | 290 | 798 | 45050 | ||
| Washington | 13799 | 1202 | 4914 | 51 | 79 | 70006 | 2.4 | 2576 | 27438 | 325 | 910 | 71250 | ||
| West Virginia | 1534 | 145 | 90 | 5 | 14 | 11360 | 1.7 | -218 | 1009 | 70 | 152 | 11586 | ||
| Wisconsin | 15962 | 2119 | 5831 | 25 | 15 | 75236 | 2.7 | 2457 | 19426 | 194 | 300 | 75730 | ||
| Wyoming | 536 | 27 | 125 | 8 | 4 | 2446 | 0.9 | 129 | 685 | 36 | 32 | 2514 | ||
| Totals | 466341 | 16952 | 140510 | 1459 | 1608 | 3311078 | 2.5 | 77960 | 1050077 | 14511 | 23407 | 3349107 | ||
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.