| STATE NAME |
Initial Claims Filed During Week Ended February 14, 2009 |
Insured Unemployment For Week Ended February 7, 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 | 9775 | -1614 | 5385 | 25 | 27 | 70597 | 3.7 | 838 | 40458 | 133 | 323 | 71054 | ||
| Alaska | 2072 | -380 | 591 | 5 | 4 | 16586 | 5.6 | -629 | 2422 | 241 | 92 | 18814 | ||
| Arizona | 8996 | -528 | 4832 | 8 | 11 | 84464 | 3.3 | 2267 | 50513 | 363 | 343 | 85191 | ||
| Arkansas | 6766 | -3155 | 3465 | 15 | 45 | 57043 | 3.7 | -2826 | 24204 | 191 | 760 | 57994 | ||
| California | 73906 | -16550 | 27706 | 158 | 179 | 756220 | 4.9 | -17843 | 271652 | 3395 | 3493 | 763159 | ||
| Colorado | 5950 | -597 | 3127 | 25 | 26 | 64627 | 2.9 | 1440 | 34894 | 398 | 415 | 65448 | ||
| Connecticut | 6690 | -629 | 3120 | 11 | 16 | 85035 | 5.1 | 1085 | 35561 | 97 | 223 | 85355 | ||
| Delaware | 1628 | -98 | 617 | 2 | 0 | 18466 | 4.4 | 353 | 7957 | 36 | 84 | 18586 | ||
| District of Columbia | 531 | -123 | 257 | 28 | 1 | 6619 | 1.4 | -1971 | 2283 | 282 | 11 | 6912 | ||
| Florida | 26237 | -3486 | 12426 | 70 | 136 | 271158 | 3.5 | 12029 | 132067 | 514 | 1382 | 273054 | ||
| Georgia | 20350 | -2967 | 11501 | 53 | 69 | 148441 | 3.7 | -113 | 80756 | 618 | 1082 | 150141 | ||
| Hawaii | 2441 | -246 | 972 | 6 | 9 | 18843 | 3.2 | -258 | 10528 | 85 | 164 | 19096 | ||
| Idaho | 4286 | -99 | 1792 | 30 | 1 | 45077 | 7.0 | 71 | 19507 | 506 | 97 | 45682 | ||
| Illinois | 23459 | -6248 | 9767 | 25 | 44 | 302711 | 5.2 | 18943 | 116965 | 620 | 876 | 304207 | ||
| Indiana | 17704 | -1556 | 9159 | 39 | 151 | 157974 | 5.5 | 210 | 78760 | 428 | 1396 | 159817 | ||
| Iowa | 6929 | -1726 | 3847 | 4 | 13 | 64576 | 4.4 | 372 | 26540 | 77 | 264 | 64917 | ||
| Kansas | 6085 | -2884 | 3796 | 2 | 1 | 44677 | 3.3 | -1776 | 21679 | 117 | 196 | 44993 | ||
| Kentucky | 12544 | -7741 | 7594 | 9 | 21 | 85872 | 4.9 | -4246 | 44753 | 288 | 483 | 86643 | ||
| Louisiana | 4053 | -285 | 1598 | 8 | 3 | 40067 | 2.2 | 810 | 18856 | 125 | 172 | 40364 | ||
| Maine | 2485 | -141 | 1273 | 3 | 4 | 27638 | 4.7 | 1318 | 11685 | 56 | 70 | 27766 | ||
| Maryland | 7635 | -1158 | 3063 | 36 | 30 | 88841 | 3.7 | 1970 | 39465 | 503 | 299 | 89643 | ||
| Massachusetts | 12293 | -1309 | 5016 | 37 | 43 | 170741 | 5.3 | 4865 | 62639 | 511 | 578 | 171830 | ||
| Michigan | 31991 | -3704 | 18261 | 34 | 62 | 306648 | 7.5 | -23227 | 124373 | 397 | 958 | 308015 | ||
| Minnesota | 10275 | -704 | 5337 | 8 | 18 | 120548 | 4.5 | 1249 | 46006 | 178 | 468 | 121194 | ||
| Mississippi | 4464 | -519 | 2044 | 15 | 5 | 42330 | 3.8 | -286 | 22139 | 188 | 194 | 42719 | ||
| Missouri | 12141 | -2313 | 4888 | 19 | 17 | 117781 | 4.4 | -7399 | 53649 | 431 | 341 | 118563 | ||
| Montana | 1903 | -208 | 984 | 25 | 3 | 24058 | 5.7 | 138 | 10998 | 507 | 107 | 24830 | ||
| Nebraska | 2187 | -210 | 960 | 2 | 3 | 21175 | 2.3 | -274 | 8073 | 72 | 62 | 21309 | ||
| Nevada | 7995 | -26 | 3967 | 10 | 3 | 74704 | 5.9 | 382 | 40339 | 139 | 210 | 75064 | ||
| New Hampshire | 2368 | -183 | 1387 | 7 | 4 | 23024 | 3.7 | 1091 | 12021 | 34 | 48 | 23106 | ||
| New Jersey | 18342 | 2093 | 9385 | 28 | 33 | 213378 | 5.5 | 1015 | 80248 | 390 | 451 | 214219 | ||
| New Mexico | 2177 | -135 | 1150 | 9 | 5 | 25823 | 3.2 | 625 | 12369 | 340 | 121 | 26284 | ||
| New York | 32148 | -3955 | 13545 | 80 | 119 | 373577 | 4.4 | 8636 | 159394 | 1019 | 1742 | 376338 | ||
| North Carolina | 28843 | -3026 | 14260 | 19 | 70 | 211060 | 5.3 | 0 | 116378 | 380 | 1279 | 213107 | ||
| North Dakota | 702 | -136 | 337 | 0 | 1 | 10561 | 3.1 | 128 | 4100 | 57 | 23 | 10641 | ||
| Ohio | 25589 | -3783 | 13575 | 18 | 96 | 256571 | 4.9 | 634 | 116709 | 301 | 1043 | 257915 | ||
| Oklahoma | 4059 | -615 | 2487 | 9 | 21 | 34130 | 2.3 | 224 | 19493 | 64 | 299 | 34493 | ||
| Oregon | 13853 | -1812 | 6512 | 57 | 37 | 123919 | 7.3 | 4082 | 61330 | 864 | 508 | 125315 | ||
| Pennsylvania | 37373 | -6547 | 12820 | 100 | 158 | 345150 | 6.2 | -9847 | 132746 | 1146 | 1437 | 347733 | ||
| Puerto Rico | 4856 | -1104 | 2138 | 8 | 20 | 51419 | 5.2 | 3573 | 10059 | 150 | 222 | 51791 | ||
| Rhode Island | 2840 | 493 | 725 | 4 | 5 | 26415 | 5.7 | 83 | 6795 | 56 | 113 | 26602 | ||
| South Carolina | 11136 | -503 | 6023 | 9 | 32 | 97795 | 5.2 | 8 | 51967 | 147 | 402 | 98344 | ||
| South Dakota | 739 | 22 | 434 | 4 | 6 | 7414 | 1.9 | 232 | 3700 | 119 | 38 | 7571 | ||
| Tennessee | 12235 | -3343 | 6549 | 22 | 27 | 113810 | 4.2 | -930 | 63380 | 301 | 374 | 114494 | ||
| Texas | 27851 | -1187 | 15861 | 14 | 181 | 225370 | 2.2 | 19091 | 118998 | 572 | 1701 | 227667 | ||
| Utah | 4040 | -304 | 2425 | 21 | 7 | 40442 | 3.4 | 1364 | 23663 | 369 | 120 | 40931 | ||
| Vermont | 1537 | 106 | 947 | 1 | 6 | 15661 | 5.3 | 75 | 5892 | 25 | 35 | 15721 | ||
| Virgin Islands | 57 | -29 | 18 | 0 | 1 | 966 | 2.2 | -74 | 310 | 4 | 20 | 990 | ||
| Virginia | 13308 | 912 | 7622 | 68 | 36 | 88123 | 2.5 | 3104 | 46141 | 623 | 920 | 89666 | ||
| Washington | 16336 | -1989 | 7630 | 37 | 92 | 140991 | 4.9 | -2265 | 70036 | 666 | 1093 | 142788 | ||
| West Virginia | 2547 | -294 | 1165 | 2 | 7 | 28440 | 4.2 | -1860 | 10264 | 78 | 193 | 28713 | ||
| Wisconsin | 22269 | -3698 | 9159 | 12 | 30 | 176976 | 6.4 | 2164 | 72505 | 284 | 765 | 178028 | ||
| Wyoming | 975 | 20 | 566 | 3 | 2 | 7614 | 2.8 | 387 | 4033 | 74 | 39 | 7727 | ||
| Totals | 619951 | -90201 | 294065 | 1244 | 1941 | 5972146 | 4.4 | 19032 | 2642252 | 19559 | 28129 | 6022544 | ||
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.