| STATE NAME |
Initial Claims Filed During Week Ended December 20, 2008 |
Insured Unemployment For Week Ended December 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 | 13879 | 2842 | 8588 | 20 | 28 | 57069 | 3.0 | 3041 | 29871 | 138 | 286 | 57493 | ||
| Alaska | 1833 | 181 | 23 | 12 | 9 | 13948 | 4.7 | 2064 | 1430 | 222 | 67 | 14237 | ||
| Arizona | 8734 | 381 | 5024 | 16 | 18 | 66161 | 2.6 | 1336 | 35265 | 315 | 270 | 66746 | ||
| Arkansas | 10438 | 3153 | 3317 | 15 | 17 | 45694 | 4.0 | -689 | 14398 | 144 | 316 | 46154 | ||
| California | 87877 | 20866 | 31124 | 189 | 202 | 650297 | 4.2 | 21041 | 203997 | 3171 | 3562 | 657031 | ||
| Colorado | 6429 | 512 | 3407 | 26 | 25 | 45816 | 2.0 | 3071 | 20415 | 285 | 392 | 46493 | ||
| Connecticut | 7607 | -1171 | 636 | 11 | 15 | 62911 | 3.8 | 2848 | 24172 | 101 | 212 | 63224 | ||
| Delaware | 1659 | -78 | 527 | 0 | 1 | 13021 | 3.1 | 837 | 4412 | 33 | 52 | 13106 | ||
| District of Columbia | 635 | 72 | 211 | 5 | 0 | 6281 | 1.3 | 660 | 2103 | 106 | 23 | 6410 | ||
| Florida | 21464 | 2057 | 9253 | 111 | 165 | 243692 | 3.1 | 14419 | 118734 | 406 | 1272 | 245370 | ||
| Georgia | 20225 | -3525 | 11067 | 104 | 62 | 123075 | 3.1 | 946 | 60656 | 776 | 1111 | 124962 | ||
| Hawaii | 2624 | 79 | 1445 | 6 | 14 | 17652 | 3.0 | 1287 | 9819 | 63 | 169 | 17884 | ||
| Idaho | 5945 | 958 | 2471 | 49 | 8 | 31701 | 4.9 | 1025 | 13600 | 419 | 94 | 32214 | ||
| Illinois | 32218 | -1194 | 11178 | 39 | 65 | 231257 | 4.0 | 38166 | 81522 | 635 | 895 | 232787 | ||
| Indiana | 25977 | 6795 | 9723 | 63 | 239 | 114916 | 4.0 | 6958 | 54217 | 405 | 714 | 116053 | ||
| Iowa | 11995 | 3704 | 6792 | 2 | 12 | 41931 | 2.9 | 4967 | 14528 | 61 | 245 | 42237 | ||
| Kansas | 7579 | 3423 | 3204 | 1 | 4 | 33993 | 2.5 | 4204 | 13750 | 110 | 184 | 34287 | ||
| Kentucky | 25057 | 13337 | 11045 | 50 | 15 | 56368 | 3.2 | 1957 | 25793 | 324 | 472 | 57164 | ||
| Louisiana | 5976 | 2145 | 3238 | 12 | 5 | 33110 | 1.8 | 1714 | 12105 | 157 | 155 | 33422 | ||
| Maine | 2623 | -1002 | 667 | 5 | 3 | 17267 | 2.9 | 83 | 5754 | 44 | 52 | 17363 | ||
| Maryland | 8271 | -408 | 2627 | 17 | 24 | 65963 | 2.7 | -1324 | 26521 | 390 | 292 | 66645 | ||
| Massachusetts | 11763 | -4016 | -784 | 26 | 33 | 121713 | 3.8 | 4776 | 36314 | 793 | 560 | 123069 | ||
| Michigan | 43495 | 8160 | 12324 | 29 | 48 | 226209 | 5.5 | 23175 | 77869 | 391 | 692 | 227292 | ||
| Minnesota | 12555 | 1011 | 5006 | 5 | 20 | 86359 | 3.2 | 5826 | 25669 | 170 | 521 | 87050 | ||
| Mississippi | 6605 | 92 | 1931 | 23 | 8 | 34807 | 3.1 | 1112 | 14795 | 160 | 162 | 35129 | ||
| Missouri | 19695 | 7091 | 4834 | 42 | 32 | 84273 | 3.2 | 2844 | 32964 | 709 | 271 | 85254 | ||
| Montana | 3749 | 1283 | 2178 | 48 | 16 | 16873 | 4.0 | 1541 | 6881 | 368 | 100 | 17341 | ||
| Nebraska | 3780 | 935 | 1831 | 4 | 7 | 14867 | 1.6 | 1353 | 4127 | 50 | 62 | 14979 | ||
| Nevada | 8750 | 510 | 4499 | 10 | 10 | 60888 | 4.8 | 2958 | 30440 | 113 | 188 | 61190 | ||
| New Hampshire | 2313 | 50 | 769 | 0 | 2 | 15063 | 2.4 | 1123 | 7382 | 21 | 41 | 15125 | ||
| New Jersey | 14132 | -1866 | -1314 | 18 | 10 | 162919 | 4.2 | 5998 | 50149 | 365 | 440 | 163724 | ||
| New Mexico | 1785 | -171 | 501 | 8 | 3 | 18702 | 2.4 | 674 | 6388 | 272 | 108 | 19082 | ||
| New York | 33105 | 166 | 11785 | 57 | 106 | 281778 | 3.3 | 12069 | 100227 | 949 | 1524 | 284251 | ||
| North Carolina | 23159 | -588 | 12075 | 30 | 68 | 158325 | 3.9 | 2729 | 78205 | 352 | 1222 | 161485 | ||
| North Dakota | 1757 | 563 | 818 | 3 | 1 | 5643 | 1.7 | 789 | 1107 | 37 | 18 | 5698 | ||
| Ohio | 32456 | 4323 | 12407 | 18 | 82 | 180663 | 3.5 | -11977 | 68654 | 301 | 885 | 181849 | ||
| Oklahoma | 4934 | 206 | 166 | 8 | 22 | 23512 | 1.6 | 910 | 8478 | 66 | 261 | 23839 | ||
| Oregon | 19451 | 5566 | 8609 | 95 | 35 | 90828 | 5.3 | 2030 | 41266 | 729 | 476 | 92034 | ||
| Pennsylvania | 40622 | -12 | 10015 | 159 | 167 | 266070 | 4.8 | 5910 | 84165 | 1347 | 1192 | 268609 | ||
| Puerto Rico | 3457 | 275 | 877 | 2 | 12 | 51000 | 5.1 | -689 | 23764 | 148 | 328 | 51476 | ||
| Rhode Island | 1686 | -978 | -836 | 3 | 1 | 19630 | 4.2 | 1826 | 5153 | 50 | 129 | 19844 | ||
| South Carolina | 12000 | -1139 | 5991 | 20 | 31 | 79000 | 4.2 | -4 | 36773 | 175 | 425 | 79600 | ||
| South Dakota | 1226 | 297 | 664 | 7 | 7 | 4330 | 1.1 | 486 | 1649 | 95 | 17 | 4442 | ||
| Tennessee | 11928 | -1649 | 4794 | 23 | 20 | 77166 | 2.9 | 2113 | 36684 | 207 | 316 | 77713 | ||
| Texas | 27724 | 2939 | 9791 | 27 | 130 | 182226 | 1.8 | 21263 | 82159 | 937 | 1913 | 185094 | ||
| Utah | 4964 | 738 | 2816 | 111 | 15 | 27200 | 2.3 | 1658 | 15154 | 381 | 103 | 27684 | ||
| Vermont | 1604 | 332 | 151 | 0 | 3 | 11023 | 3.7 | 726 | 3741 | 27 | 29 | 11079 | ||
| Virgin Islands | 21 | -38 | -23 | 1 | 1 | 1165 | 2.6 | 109 | 395 | 4 | 23 | 1192 | ||
| Virginia | 13929 | 4012 | 6600 | 20 | 41 | 59020 | 1.7 | -907 | 25203 | 319 | 874 | 60213 | ||
| Washington | 20743 | 5208 | 9611 | 31 | 76 | 105074 | 3.7 | 3098 | 45972 | 499 | 967 | 106541 | ||
| West Virginia | 3174 | -623 | 1560 | 4 | 14 | 20883 | 3.0 | 1338 | 5153 | 66 | 168 | 21118 | ||
| Wisconsin | 19804 | 660 | 4436 | 12 | 19 | 123203 | 4.5 | 4652 | 42162 | 239 | 660 | 124102 | ||
| Wyoming | 1165 | 245 | 647 | 13 | 3 | 5851 | 2.1 | 1993 | 3056 | 142 | 37 | 6030 | ||
| Totals | 716576 | 86709 | 260296 | 1610 | 1974 | 4588386 | 3.4 | 210113 | 1775160 | 18787 | 25547 | 4634410 | ||
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.