| STATE NAME |
Initial Claims Filed During Week Ended January 17, 2009 |
Insured Unemployment For Week Ended January 10, 2009 |
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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 | 14585 | -6309 | 7793 | 17 | 29 | 72587 | 3.8 | -7781 | 39657 | 148 | 303 | 73041 | ||
| Alaska | 2653 | -1507 | 556 | 27 | 5 | 14331 | 4.8 | 1088 | 748 | 217 | 78 | 14628 | ||
| Arizona | 9578 | -1208 | 4934 | 19 | 12 | 75704 | 2.9 | 3400 | 42450 | 345 | 320 | 76373 | ||
| Arkansas | 7961 | -1570 | 3485 | 7 | 15 | 55847 | 3.6 | -7059 | 21787 | 178 | 347 | 56372 | ||
| California | 87778 | 1826 | 30792 | 261 | 216 | 711152 | 4.6 | -8848 | 235093 | 3312 | 3640 | 718111 | ||
| Colorado | 6887 | -397 | 3605 | 37 | 29 | 53797 | 2.4 | 1506 | 25919 | 330 | 410 | 54539 | ||
| Connecticut | 11301 | -1722 | 5924 | 11 | 14 | 83149 | 5.0 | -3318 | 33512 | 116 | 224 | 83489 | ||
| Delaware | 2369 | -502 | 1038 | 1 | 0 | 16582 | 4.0 | -204 | 4506 | 32 | 64 | 16678 | ||
| District of Columbia | 570 | -145 | 202 | 16 | 1 | 6719 | 1.4 | 144 | 2238 | 103 | 20 | 6842 | ||
| Florida | 40403 | 6500 | 21910 | 82 | 179 | 269127 | 3.5 | 6060 | 136192 | 522 | 1371 | 271020 | ||
| Georgia | 28887 | -12635 | 18000 | 71 | 81 | 154964 | 3.9 | -23630 | 82983 | 831 | 1184 | 156979 | ||
| Hawaii | 2497 | -714 | 1087 | 11 | 14 | 18622 | 3.1 | 224 | 10541 | 73 | 176 | 18872 | ||
| Idaho | 4982 | -955 | 2174 | 41 | 10 | 42056 | 6.5 | -1423 | 18371 | 538 | 101 | 42695 | ||
| Illinois | 27581 | -6943 | 6900 | 57 | 57 | 277765 | 4.8 | 13451 | 96223 | 659 | 900 | 279324 | ||
| Indiana | 20502 | -8114 | 9651 | 52 | 199 | 158163 | 5.5 | -4385 | 78514 | 503 | 1139 | 159825 | ||
| Iowa | 8365 | -2155 | 3795 | 12 | 20 | 58048 | 3.9 | -8448 | 22466 | 63 | 236 | 58347 | ||
| Kansas | 5716 | -2168 | 2831 | 1 | 1 | 43071 | 3.2 | -6111 | 21547 | 108 | 206 | 43385 | ||
| Kentucky | 13054 | -6259 | 6894 | 25 | 20 | 85001 | 4.8 | -15109 | 45644 | 419 | 488 | 85908 | ||
| Louisiana | 4527 | -2298 | 168 | 5 | 7 | 38176 | 2.1 | 637 | 16257 | 142 | 164 | 38482 | ||
| Maine | 3475 | -2159 | 1434 | 5 | 4 | 24852 | 4.2 | 193 | 9239 | 50 | 59 | 24961 | ||
| Maryland | 9708 | -2323 | 4318 | 33 | 33 | 82352 | 3.4 | 1375 | 35620 | 411 | 313 | 83076 | ||
| Massachusetts | 14985 | 86 | 6173 | 40 | 48 | 155619 | 4.9 | -3802 | 49648 | 673 | 578 | 156879 | ||
| Michigan | 43337 | -33365 | 17946 | 36 | 107 | 300054 | 7.3 | -7552 | 120724 | 389 | 739 | 301182 | ||
| Minnesota | 11510 | -2091 | 5178 | 8 | 14 | 109045 | 4.1 | -4569 | 36146 | 194 | 502 | 109741 | ||
| Mississippi | 4824 | -4596 | 2130 | 27 | 2 | 43088 | 3.9 | -5899 | 20787 | 212 | 181 | 43482 | ||
| Missouri | 14822 | -6591 | 5862 | 78 | 32 | 113976 | 4.3 | -8589 | 47630 | 795 | 321 | 115094 | ||
| Montana | 2893 | -944 | 1372 | 57 | 5 | 22241 | 5.2 | 1099 | 10437 | 437 | 111 | 22789 | ||
| Nebraska | 2797 | -348 | 951 | 2 | 5 | 19204 | 2.1 | -1339 | 6734 | 55 | 69 | 19328 | ||
| Nevada | 8904 | -41 | 4120 | 7 | 13 | 67091 | 5.3 | 2452 | 34344 | 130 | 202 | 67427 | ||
| New Hampshire | 2495 | -746 | 1192 | 3 | 1 | 19782 | 3.2 | -1243 | 9602 | 23 | 48 | 19854 | ||
| New Jersey | 20519 | -1956 | 8576 | 25 | 28 | 199726 | 5.1 | -9134 | 63293 | 369 | 490 | 200585 | ||
| New Mexico | 2809 | -356 | 1315 | 9 | 1 | 23069 | 2.9 | 974 | 9843 | 294 | 128 | 23491 | ||
| New York | 40521 | -12432 | 18484 | 103 | 131 | 342355 | 4.0 | -15972 | 129784 | 1013 | 1621 | 344989 | ||
| North Carolina | 31131 | -25516 | 17318 | 21 | 73 | 200054 | 5.0 | -29154 | 107237 | 354 | 1270 | 214057 | ||
| North Dakota | 1087 | -800 | 355 | 0 | 0 | 9777 | 2.9 | 1534 | 3649 | 36 | 26 | 9840 | ||
| Ohio | 34352 | -6477 | 16907 | 36 | 131 | 247274 | 4.7 | 9356 | 109038 | 317 | 999 | 248590 | ||
| Oklahoma | 4641 | -1555 | 2734 | 5 | 29 | 29660 | 2.0 | -1245 | 15017 | 60 | 283 | 30003 | ||
| Oregon | 14759 | -2875 | 5989 | 128 | 55 | 114541 | 6.7 | -12502 | 54214 | 899 | 529 | 115971 | ||
| Pennsylvania | 49592 | -10077 | 22307 | 189 | 168 | 321316 | 5.8 | -44412 | 111519 | 1264 | 1405 | 323985 | ||
| Puerto Rico | 5074 | 1308 | 795 | 2 | 11 | 51248 | 5.2 | -88 | 9555 | 118 | 208 | 51574 | ||
| Rhode Island | 1935 | -1554 | -517 | 3 | 1 | 24182 | 5.2 | -1576 | 5438 | 52 | 136 | 24371 | ||
| South Carolina | 18380 | -1486 | 11706 | 9 | 28 | 110998 | 6.0 | 6300 | 63735 | 160 | 428 | 111586 | ||
| South Dakota | 1073 | -80 | 628 | 14 | 7 | 6571 | 1.7 | 73 | 2871 | 102 | 23 | 6696 | ||
| Tennessee | 22515 | -8238 | 14381 | 34 | 28 | 113874 | 4.2 | 1700 | 63742 | 269 | 380 | 114529 | ||
| Texas | 31367 | 537 | 16675 | 27 | 153 | 206082 | 2.0 | 17069 | 96717 | 862 | 1777 | 208739 | ||
| Utah | 4557 | -648 | 2531 | 53 | 10 | 35417 | 3.0 | 2164 | 19894 | 585 | 120 | 36122 | ||
| Vermont | 1698 | -323 | 742 | 1 | 5 | 14815 | 5.0 | -207 | 5217 | 34 | 36 | 14886 | ||
| Virgin Islands | 76 | -33 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1090 | 2.4 | -68 | 388 | 4 | 26 | 1120 | ||
| Virginia | 12548 | -9314 | 6196 | 29 | 55 | 80905 | 2.3 | -5735 | 40910 | 389 | 921 | 82215 | ||
| Washington | 18184 | -1952 | 8151 | 59 | 98 | 134793 | 4.7 | -10292 | 66139 | 604 | 1004 | 136401 | ||
| West Virginia | 3857 | -511 | 1248 | 8 | 14 | 26839 | 3.9 | -688 | 8436 | 79 | 167 | 27092 | ||
| Wisconsin | 22403 | -7743 | 9242 | 28 | 17 | 157962 | 5.7 | -25792 | 57265 | 266 | 713 | 158942 | ||
| Wyoming | 1041 | -252 | 489 | 6 | 4 | 6404 | 2.3 | 637 | 3026 | 87 | 35 | 6526 | ||
| Totals | 764065 | -192726 | 348668 | 1838 | 2221 | 5651117 | 4.2 | -204738 | 2362486 | 20225 | 27219 | 5711033 | ||
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.