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UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE WEEKLY CLAIMS REPORT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED DATA The advance seasonally adjusted insured unemployment rate was 1.9 percent for the week ending Oct. 6, unchanged from the prior week's unrevised rate of 1.9 percent. The advance number for seasonally adjusted insured unemployment during the week ending Oct. 6 was 2,534,000, an increase of 19,000 from the preceding week's revised level of 2,515,000. The 4-week moving average was 2,532,500, a decrease of 1,500 from the preceding week's revised average of 2,534,000.
The advance number of actual initial claims under state programs, unadjusted, totaled 305,170 in the week ending Oct. 13, an increase of 6,892 from the previous week. There were 271,863 initial claims in the comparable week in 2006. The advance unadjusted insured unemployment rate was 1.6 percent during the
week ending Oct. 6, unchanged from the prior week. The advance unadjusted number
for persons claiming UI benefits in state programs totaled 2,105,344, a decrease
of 7,658 from the preceding week. A year earlier, the rate was 1.6 percent
and the volume was 2,030,299. Extended benefits were not available in any state during the week ending Sept. 29. Initial claims for UI benefits by former Federal civilian employees totaled 2,152 in the week ending Oct. 6, an increase of 1,024 from the prior week. There were 1,968 initial claims by newly discharged veterans, an increase of 240 from the preceding week. There were 14,652 former Federal civilian employees claiming UI benefits for the week ending Sept. 29, an increase of 819 from the previous week. Newly discharged veterans claiming benefits totaled 22,332, a decrease of 136 from the prior week. The highest insured unemployment rates in the week ending Sept. 29 were in Puerto Rico (2.7 percent), Alaska (2.4), New Jersey (2.4), Michigan (2.3), Pennsylvania (2.3), Arkansas (2.2), California (2.2), Rhode Island (2.2), Oregon (2.1), and Massachusetts (2.0). The largest increases in initial claims for the week ending Oct. 6 were in California (+6,317), Georgia (+3,255), Kentucky (+3,159), New York (+3,094), and Illinois (+2,865), while the largest decreases were in Louisiana (-468), North Carolina (-436), Maryland (-416), Texas (-223), and Kansas (-154). UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE DATA FOR REGULAR STATE PROGRAMS
INITIAL CLAIMS FILED IN FEDERAL PROGRAMS (UNADJUSTED)
PERSONS CLAIMING UI BENEFITS IN FEDERAL PROGRAMS (UNADJUSTED)
FOOTNOTES UNADJUSTED INITIAL CLAIMS FOR WEEK ENDED 10/06/2007 STATES WITH A DECREASE OF MORE THAN 1,000
STATES WITH AN INCREASE OF MORE THAN 1,000
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