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November 4, 2008 DOL Home > Newsroom > News Releases | ![]() |
UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE WEEKLY CLAIMS REPORT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED DATA The advance seasonally adjusted insured unemployment rate was 1.9 percent for the week ending June 17, an increase of 0.1 percentage point from the prior week's revised rate of 1.8 percent. The advance number for seasonally adjusted insured unemployment during the week ending June 17 was 2,409,000, an increase of 54,000 from the preceding week's revised level of 2,355,000. The 4-week moving average was 2,398,750, a decrease of 2,750 from the preceding week's revised average of 2,401,500.
The advance number of actual initial claims under state programs, unadjusted, totaled 285,688 in the week ending June 24, an increase of 8,551 from the previous week. There were 286,681 initial claims in the comparable week in 2005. The advance unadjusted insured unemployment rate was 1.7 percent during the
week ending June 17, unchanged from the prior week. The advance unadjusted number
for persons claiming UI benefits in state programs totaled 2,226,108, an increase
of 69,214 from the preceding week. A year earlier, the rate was 1.9 percent and
the volume was 2,404,688. Extended benefits were not available in any state during the week ending June 10. Initial claims for UI benefits by former Federal civilian employees totaled 1,232 in the week ending June 17, a decrease of 34 from the prior week. There were 1,951 initial claims by newly discharged veterans, a decrease of 13 from the preceding week. There were 12,087 former Federal civilian employees claiming UI benefits for the week ending June 10, an increase of 683 from the previous week. Newly discharged veterans claiming benefits totaled 25,316, a decrease of 3 from the prior week. The highest insured unemployment rates in the week ending June 10 were in Puerto Rico (4.6 percent), Alaska (3.4), Michigan (2.8), Pennsylvania (2.7), New Jersey (2.4), Arkansas (2.3), Oregon (2.3), Massachusetts (2.2), Rhode Island (2.2), California (2.1), Connecticut (2.1), and Wisconsin (2.1). The largest increases in initial claims for the week ending June 17 were in California (+4,609), New Jersey (+2,724), Michigan (+1,920), Maryland (+1,895), and Wisconsin (+1,776), while the largest decreases were in North Carolina (-3,352), New York (-2,003), Florida (-1,737), Alabama (-1,373), and Georgia (-1,310). 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 06/17/2006 STATES WITH A DECREASE OF MORE THAN 1,000
STATES WITH AN INCREASE OF MORE THAN 1,000
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