| STATE NAME |
Initial Claims Filed During Week Ended November 15, 2008 |
Insured Unemployment For Week Ended November 8, 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 | 8292 | -724 | 4245 | 21 | 29 | 44623 | 2.3 | 1074 | 18600 | 135 | 256 | 45020 | ||
| Alaska | 1897 | -330 | 10 | 18 | 4 | 10122 | 3.4 | 235 | 657 | 146 | 75 | 10348 | ||
| Arizona | 6047 | -1819 | 2465 | 15 | 14 | 57111 | 2.2 | 1041 | 27001 | 277 | 276 | 57667 | ||
| Arkansas | 6785 | -167 | 2356 | 10 | 8 | 39160 | 3.4 | 2316 | 10977 | 147 | 264 | 39571 | ||
| California | 69963 | -9436 | 20196 | 469 | 158 | 529092 | 3.4 | -37000 | 179900 | 2469 | 3537 | 535106 | ||
| Colorado | 4241 | -555 | 1833 | 55 | 17 | 35072 | 1.6 | -277 | 15011 | 190 | 403 | 35666 | ||
| Connecticut | 4521 | -706 | 1160 | 6 | 14 | 49195 | 2.9 | 631 | 16431 | 102 | 179 | 49478 | ||
| Delaware | 1412 | 288 | 597 | 3 | 0 | 11294 | 2.7 | 453 | 3735 | 33 | 62 | 11389 | ||
| District of Columbia | 452 | -49 | 135 | 2 | 0 | 5332 | 1.1 | -187 | 1258 | 109 | 20 | 5461 | ||
| Florida | 20595 | -2686 | 8532 | 47 | 130 | 215828 | 2.8 | 5516 | 90284 | 453 | 1315 | 217596 | ||
| Georgia | 18288 | 139 | 8578 | 41 | 63 | 103926 | 2.6 | 5506 | 44972 | 526 | 1015 | 105467 | ||
| Hawaii | 2067 | -118 | 1061 | 9 | 11 | 14627 | 2.5 | 245 | 7506 | 62 | 162 | 14851 | ||
| Idaho | 4735 | -322 | 2145 | 39 | 4 | 21125 | 3.3 | 2247 | 10439 | 179 | 98 | 21402 | ||
| Illinois | 23777 | 5285 | 10290 | 46 | 63 | 151882 | 2.6 | 2691 | 40950 | 540 | 782 | 153204 | ||
| Indiana | 15082 | 1549 | 7417 | 41 | 96 | 77947 | 2.7 | 2943 | 31634 | 418 | 513 | 78887 | ||
| Iowa | 6191 | 80 | 3676 | 1 | 6 | 26753 | 1.8 | 2238 | 10034 | 49 | 187 | 26989 | ||
| Kansas | 3855 | -1148 | 1876 | 2 | 0 | 25667 | 1.9 | 435 | 10541 | 88 | 157 | 25915 | ||
| Kentucky | 7545 | 612 | 2395 | 28 | 11 | 39399 | 2.2 | -3790 | 14705 | 347 | 455 | 40201 | ||
| Louisiana | 3333 | 628 | 885 | 4 | 3 | 29238 | 1.6 | -205 | 9678 | 143 | 163 | 29544 | ||
| Maine | 2019 | 212 | 529 | 2 | 4 | 11562 | 2.0 | 1112 | 3895 | 26 | 43 | 11632 | ||
| Maryland | 7396 | 72 | 3142 | 22 | 29 | 55410 | 2.3 | 2490 | 18772 | 347 | 286 | 56043 | ||
| Massachusetts | 9375 | -1077 | 2148 | 135 | 28 | 91120 | 2.9 | 3243 | 23059 | 549 | 573 | 92255 | ||
| Michigan | 26114 | 2697 | 8955 | 47 | 44 | 158063 | 3.8 | 13616 | 41762 | 399 | 633 | 159095 | ||
| Minnesota | 10899 | 990 | 4909 | 11 | 20 | 52759 | 2.0 | 4319 | 14208 | 112 | 496 | 53367 | ||
| Mississippi | 3663 | -402 | 1273 | 16 | 2 | 27203 | 2.4 | 839 | 10003 | 126 | 139 | 27469 | ||
| Missouri | 10925 | 1487 | 4810 | 81 | 14 | 60649 | 2.3 | 1058 | 18606 | 541 | 267 | 61460 | ||
| Montana | 2093 | 14 | 767 | 64 | 9 | 10085 | 2.4 | 670 | 3850 | 188 | 74 | 10347 | ||
| Nebraska | 2080 | 226 | 990 | 7 | 4 | 10715 | 1.2 | 721 | 3158 | 47 | 66 | 10828 | ||
| Nevada | 6565 | -798 | 3342 | 6 | 4 | 47769 | 3.8 | 1378 | 22040 | 86 | 176 | 48031 | ||
| New Hampshire | 1494 | -257 | 670 | 5 | 4 | 10110 | 1.6 | 322 | 4286 | 29 | 30 | 10170 | ||
| New Jersey | 13868 | -3729 | 3721 | 17 | 19 | 135874 | 3.5 | 6842 | 36884 | 378 | 465 | 136717 | ||
| New Mexico | 1700 | -34 | 634 | 12 | 0 | 15135 | 1.9 | 531 | 4155 | 218 | 110 | 15463 | ||
| New York | 26780 | -428 | 8017 | 47 | 77 | 215653 | 2.6 | 8918 | 63008 | 878 | 1357 | 217888 | ||
| North Carolina | 19663 | -4512 | 7260 | 19 | 65 | 127826 | 3.2 | 465 | 52018 | 303 | 1237 | 129366 | ||
| North Dakota | 945 | 329 | 421 | 0 | 1 | 2255 | 0.7 | 240 | 492 | 24 | 15 | 2294 | ||
| Ohio | 21185 | -315 | 9070 | 32 | 77 | 128604 | 2.5 | 8752 | 47967 | 267 | 790 | 129661 | ||
| Oklahoma | 2925 | -31 | 1816 | 9 | 37 | 19302 | 1.3 | 536 | 6493 | 66 | 185 | 19553 | ||
| Oregon | 12281 | -926 | 5499 | 96 | 36 | 72184 | 4.2 | 6077 | 31580 | 365 | 443 | 72995 | ||
| Pennsylvania | 29627 | -2630 | 8376 | 147 | 81 | 192498 | 3.5 | 4791 | 58073 | 1031 | 957 | 194486 | ||
| Puerto Rico | 2954 | 241 | 469 | 0 | 14 | 50058 | 5.0 | -3124 | 20925 | 148 | 324 | 50530 | ||
| Rhode Island | 1601 | 177 | 420 | 3 | 14 | 13923 | 3.0 | 692 | 2950 | 38 | 102 | 14063 | ||
| South Carolina | 9522 | -1875 | 4879 | 8 | 32 | 66587 | 3.6 | 2305 | 28539 | 178 | 387 | 67152 | ||
| South Dakota | 727 | 245 | 328 | 9 | 4 | 2044 | 0.5 | 233 | 765 | 59 | 11 | 2114 | ||
| Tennessee | 8641 | -4566 | 3362 | 20 | 24 | 59067 | 2.2 | -1589 | 22987 | 143 | 311 | 59540 | ||
| Texas | 20697 | -508 | 5821 | 32 | 154 | 144994 | 1.4 | 1953 | 50126 | 680 | 1494 | 147181 | ||
| Utah | 3497 | -68 | 2085 | 55 | 10 | 19269 | 1.6 | 1907 | 10958 | 206 | 102 | 19577 | ||
| Vermont | 1212 | -44 | 239 | 4 | 3 | 7334 | 2.5 | 627 | 2137 | 23 | 28 | 7386 | ||
| Virgin Islands | 85 | 35 | 18 | 1 | 0 | 992 | 2.2 | -68 | 422 | 2 | 12 | 1006 | ||
| Virginia | 7993 | -2361 | 3316 | 20 | 33 | 45811 | 1.3 | -1388 | 17267 | 295 | 813 | 46919 | ||
| Washington | 15423 | -1176 | 5496 | 73 | 76 | 81255 | 2.8 | 4692 | 33625 | 354 | 957 | 82571 | ||
| West Virginia | 1775 | 243 | 448 | 3 | 4 | 12293 | 1.8 | 0 | 2085 | 74 | 168 | 12541 | ||
| Wisconsin | 17538 | 1551 | 6566 | 24 | 29 | 83456 | 3.0 | 1887 | 26008 | 188 | 320 | 83967 | ||
| Wyoming | 660 | -90 | 228 | 14 | 2 | 2719 | 1.0 | 179 | 683 | 46 | 27 | 2792 | ||
| Totals | 513000 | -26787 | 189876 | 1898 | 1585 | 3521971 | 2.6 | 61338 | 1228099 | 14827 | 23317 | 3560221 | ||
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.