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UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE WEEKLY CLAIMS REPORT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED DATA The advance seasonally adjusted insured unemployment rate was 2.4 percent for the week ending June 28, an increase of 0.1 percentage point from the prior week's unrevised rate of 2.3 percent. The advance number for seasonally adjusted insured unemployment during the week ending June 28 was 3,202,000, an increase of 91,000 from the preceding week's revised level of 3,111,000. The 4-week moving average was 3,126,000, an increase of 16,500 from the preceding week's revised average of 3,109,500. The fiscal year-to-date average for seasonally adjusted insured unemployment for all programs is 2.926 million.
The advance number of actual initial claims under state programs, unadjusted, totaled 398,432 in the week ending July 5, an increase of 30,009 from the previous week. There were 417,554 initial claims in the comparable week in 2007. The advance unadjusted insured unemployment rate was 2.1 percent during the
week ending June 28, unchanged from the prior week. The advance unadjusted number
for persons claiming UI benefits in state programs totaled 2,856,382, an increase
of 781 from the preceding week. A year earlier, the rate was 1.7 percent and
the volume was 2,303,357. Extended benefits were available in Alaska during the week ending June 21. Initial claims for UI benefits by former Federal civilian employees totaled 1,415 in the week ending June 28, an increase of 38 from the prior week. There were 1,601 initial claims by newly discharged veterans, an increase of 82 from the preceding week. There were 11,699 former Federal civilian employees claiming UI benefits for the week ending June 21, an increase of 478 from the previous week. Newly discharged veterans claiming benefits totaled 19,204, a decrease of 555 from the prior week. The highest insured unemployment rates in the week ending June 21 were in Puerto Rico (4.7 percent), Pennsylvania (3.2), Oregon (3.1), Alaska (3.0), California (2.9), Michigan (2.9), Rhode Island (2.9), Nevada (2.8), New Jersey (2.8), and Arkansas (2.7). The largest increases in initial claims for the week ending June 28 were in Kentucky (+4,192), Massachusetts (+3,467), Indiana (+3,313), Michigan (+3,260), and New York (+2,894), while the largest decreases were in Pennsylvania (-2,510), Iowa (-2,130), Wisconsin (-2,129), Georgia (-1,882), and Maryland (-1,520). 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 06/28/2008 STATES WITH A DECREASE OF MORE THAN 1,000
STATES WITH AN INCREASE OF MORE THAN 1,000
State Detail Prior Week
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