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UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE WEEKLY CLAIMS REPORT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED DATA The advance seasonally adjusted insured unemployment rate was 2.3 percent for the week ending May 24, unchanged from the prior week's unrevised rate of 2.3 percent. The advance number for seasonally adjusted insured unemployment during the week ending May 24 was 3,093,000, a decrease of 16,000 from the preceding week's revised level of 3,109,000. The 4-week moving average was 3,085,750, an increase of 15,250 from the preceding week's revised average of 3,070,500. The fiscal year-to-date average for seasonally adjusted insured unemployment for all programs is 2.883 million.
The advance number of actual initial claims under state programs, unadjusted, totaled 299,405 in the week ending May 31, a decrease of 27,271 from the previous week. There were 263,527 initial claims in the comparable week in 2007. The advance unadjusted insured unemployment rate was 2.1 percent during the
week ending May 24, unchanged from the prior week. The advance unadjusted number
for persons claiming UI benefits in state programs totaled 2,768,287, a decrease
of 39,217 from the preceding week. A year earlier, the rate was 1.7 percent
and the volume was 2,261,581. Extended benefits were not available in any state during the week ending May 17. Initial claims for UI benefits by former Federal civilian employees totaled 932 in the week ending May 24, a decrease of 60 from the prior week. There were 1,343 initial claims by newly discharged veterans, a decrease of 33 from the preceding week. There were 10,193 former Federal civilian employees claiming UI benefits for the week ending May 17, a decrease of 1,313 from the previous week. Newly discharged veterans claiming benefits totaled 19,189, a decrease of 1,070 from the prior week. The highest insured unemployment rates in the week ending May 17 were in Puerto Rico (4.3 percent), Alaska (3.7), Michigan (3.5), Oregon (3.1), California (3.0), Pennsylvania (2.9), New Jersey (2.8), Rhode Island (2.8), Nevada (2.7), and Arkansas (2.6). The largest increases in initial claims for the week ending May 24 were in Ohio (+2,390), Mississippi (+2,028), Kentucky (+1,522), Iowa (+1,467), and Georgia (+1,165), while the largest decreases were in Michigan (-1,880), Pennsylvania (-1,120), Florida (-1,093), South Carolina (-1,081), and North Carolina (-1,028). 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 05/24/2008 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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