| STATE NAME |
Initial Claims Filed During Week Ended September 6, 2008 |
Insured Unemployment For Week Ended August 30, 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 | 5044 | 420 | 1214 | 25 | 22 | 36960 | 1.9 | 735 | 10260 | 132 | 231 | 37323 | ||
| Alaska | 1124 | -153 | -9 | 5 | 6 | 9587 | 3.3 | 2000 | 3170 | 94 | 91 | 10234 | ||
| Arizona | 4872 | -172 | 1403 | 8 | 3 | 51971 | 2.0 | -1330 | 18444 | 192 | 257 | 52422 | ||
| Arkansas | 4080 | 164 | 485 | 10 | 7 | 30526 | 2.6 | -909 | 4632 | 116 | 238 | 30880 | ||
| California | 48594 | -3238 | 14129 | 152 | 204 | 465231 | 3.0 | -25503 | 158909 | 2319 | 3223 | 470794 | ||
| Colorado | 2409 | -120 | 657 | 9 | 32 | 26929 | 1.2 | -398 | 7890 | 124 | 362 | 27415 | ||
| Connecticut | 4382 | -1724 | 1812 | 8 | 18 | 47075 | 2.8 | -4004 | 11421 | 101 | 161 | 47338 | ||
| Delaware | 797 | -368 | -58 | 0 | 2 | 9571 | 2.3 | -285 | 2745 | 37 | 44 | 9652 | ||
| District of Columbia | 366 | 6 | 96 | 4 | 0 | 5245 | 1.1 | -91 | 900 | 89 | 17 | 5351 | ||
| Florida | 17295 | -1769 | 7420 | 21 | 93 | 190401 | 2.4 | -8475 | 69904 | 319 | 1098 | 191818 | ||
| Georgia | 12488 | -402 | 4077 | 58 | 70 | 80652 | 2.0 | 576 | 25018 | 618 | 983 | 82253 | ||
| Hawaii | 1888 | 86 | 884 | 5 | 17 | 12283 | 2.1 | 128 | 5710 | 61 | 148 | 12494 | ||
| Idaho | 1914 | -77 | 602 | 10 | 4 | 13126 | 2.0 | -140 | 4877 | 52 | 85 | 13263 | ||
| Illinois | 12161 | -1893 | 1488 | 31 | 63 | 134573 | 2.3 | -4283 | 26851 | 460 | 789 | 135822 | ||
| Indiana | 9446 | -1528 | 4211 | 28 | 51 | 64946 | 2.3 | 679 | 22515 | 324 | 446 | 65720 | ||
| Iowa | 4567 | 342 | 2548 | 2 | 23 | 21928 | 1.5 | 841 | 6661 | 35 | 138 | 22101 | ||
| Kansas | 3479 | 798 | 1396 | 2 | 2 | 19444 | 1.5 | -237 | 4220 | 96 | 135 | 19675 | ||
| Kentucky | 4430 | -1873 | 1031 | 22 | 9 | 36390 | 2.1 | 550 | 11096 | 413 | 426 | 37233 | ||
| Louisiana | 2808 | 2251 | 700 | 4 | 6 | 27836 | 1.5 | 22473 | 7308 | 166 | 176 | 28178 | ||
| Maine | 977 | -100 | 419 | 1 | 3 | 8944 | 1.5 | -779 | 2801 | 31 | 34 | 9009 | ||
| Maryland | 4696 | 192 | 1375 | 19 | 26 | 47750 | 2.0 | -572 | 14067 | 335 | 280 | 48365 | ||
| Massachusetts | 6507 | 52 | 905 | 31 | 40 | 86686 | 2.7 | -3506 | 14535 | 871 | 511 | 88070 | ||
| Michigan | 15439 | -711 | 2078 | 29 | 53 | 142975 | 3.5 | 9244 | 40781 | 188 | 641 | 143804 | ||
| Minnesota | 4225 | 362 | 486 | 5 | 38 | 40164 | 1.5 | -395 | 5680 | 51 | 389 | 40604 | ||
| Mississippi | 2806 | 34 | 997 | 5 | 1 | 25141 | 2.3 | -642 | 6212 | 144 | 149 | 25434 | ||
| Missouri | 6351 | -2163 | 1239 | 59 | 15 | 49954 | 1.9 | -3443 | 11900 | 606 | 244 | 50804 | ||
| Montana | 869 | 51 | 245 | 5 | 5 | 6623 | 1.6 | 44 | 2072 | 47 | 61 | 6731 | ||
| Nebraska | 986 | -60 | -121 | 3 | 4 | 8775 | 1.0 | -229 | 1449 | 55 | 60 | 8890 | ||
| Nevada | 4643 | 188 | 1517 | 2 | 3 | 38481 | 3.0 | -673 | 15109 | 45 | 168 | 38694 | ||
| New Hampshire | 821 | 12 | 141 | 3 | 2 | 8655 | 1.4 | -841 | 2861 | 33 | 28 | 8716 | ||
| New Jersey | 9357 | -699 | 1695 | 12 | 28 | 133738 | 3.4 | -3278 | 18735 | 284 | 395 | 134417 | ||
| New Mexico | 1137 | -224 | 265 | 8 | 4 | 13045 | 1.6 | -145 | 3287 | 77 | 101 | 13223 | ||
| New York | 18270 | -3238 | 3411 | 39 | 109 | 207039 | 2.5 | -2326 | 36682 | 782 | 1123 | 208944 | ||
| North Carolina | 15913 | 1234 | 6319 | 14 | 67 | 109431 | 2.7 | 4204 | 38537 | 257 | 1124 | 110812 | ||
| North Dakota | 308 | -633 | 130 | 0 | 2 | 2903 | 0.9 | 615 | 1467 | 25 | 30 | 2958 | ||
| Ohio | 12331 | -2321 | 3632 | 9 | 58 | 105230 | 2.0 | -4044 | 29172 | 218 | 694 | 106142 | ||
| Oklahoma | 1741 | -210 | -124 | 2 | 22 | 16704 | 1.1 | -428 | 3333 | 51 | 141 | 16896 | ||
| Oregon | 7034 | 143 | 1912 | 21 | 30 | 52447 | 3.1 | -937 | 16260 | 164 | 388 | 53003 | ||
| Pennsylvania | 20524 | -44 | 4224 | 141 | 75 | 176082 | 3.2 | -6449 | 31651 | 913 | 834 | 177829 | ||
| Puerto Rico | 4881 | -1336 | 1891 | 2 | 9 | 52647 | 5.3 | 6511 | 10064 | 200 | 420 | 53267 | ||
| Rhode Island | 977 | -726 | -46 | 1 | 4 | 14245 | 3.0 | -1908 | 1920 | 39 | 82 | 14366 | ||
| South Carolina | 6674 | 698 | 2407 | 6 | 29 | 54470 | 2.9 | -939 | 19662 | 187 | 363 | 55020 | ||
| South Dakota | 242 | 23 | 87 | 2 | 2 | 1336 | 0.4 | -96 | 178 | 83 | 15 | 1434 | ||
| Tennessee | 5875 | -1482 | 2073 | 9 | 26 | 48841 | 1.8 | -2495 | 10684 | 170 | 274 | 49288 | ||
| Texas | 12395 | -3255 | 1797 | 17 | 166 | 120705 | 1.2 | -4791 | 27691 | 785 | 1476 | 122973 | ||
| Utah | 1334 | -163 | 415 | 45 | 11 | 13085 | 1.1 | 185 | 5993 | 280 | 88 | 13453 | ||
| Vermont | 583 | -34 | -45 | 1 | 3 | 5541 | 1.9 | -899 | 1745 | 23 | 22 | 5586 | ||
| Virgin Islands | 79 | -22 | 26 | 0 | 1 | 650 | 1.4 | -56 | 170 | 0 | 8 | 658 | ||
| Virginia | 5239 | 344 | 1757 | 10 | 39 | 37772 | 1.1 | -1063 | 10005 | 269 | 750 | 38791 | ||
| Washington | 7727 | -149 | 1629 | 22 | 139 | 57961 | 2.0 | 123 | 18877 | 221 | 844 | 59041 | ||
| West Virginia | 1129 | -49 | 225 | 3 | 9 | 11980 | 1.7 | 295 | 1907 | 58 | 134 | 12172 | ||
| Wisconsin | 12219 | 1510 | 4068 | 12 | 38 | 72671 | 2.6 | -931 | 14660 | 146 | 302 | 73119 | ||
| Wyoming | 301 | 30 | 93 | 0 | 2 | 1946 | 0.7 | 23 | 255 | 16 | 32 | 1994 | ||
| Totals | 336734 | -21996 | 91208 | 942 | 1695 | 3059291 | 2.3 | -38294 | 822933 | 13402 | 21253 | 3094473 | ||
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.