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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 April 7, unchanged from the prior week's unrevised rate of 1.9 percent. The advance number for seasonally adjusted insured unemployment during the week ending April 7 was 2,531,000, an increase of 6,000 from the preceding week's revised level of 2,525,000. The 4-week moving average was 2,515,500, an increase of 9,000 from the preceding week's revised average of 2,506,500.
The advance number of actual initial claims under state programs, unadjusted, totaled 315,776 in the week ending April 14, a decrease of 12,346 from the previous week. There were 268,472 initial claims in the comparable week in 2006. The advance unadjusted insured unemployment rate was 2.0 percent during the
week ending April 7, unchanged from the prior week. The advance unadjusted number
for persons claiming UI benefits in state programs totaled 2,597,180, a decrease
of 91,426 from the preceding week. A year earlier, the rate was 1.9 percent
and the volume was 2,504,901. Extended benefits were not available in any state during the week ending March 31. Initial claims for UI benefits by former Federal civilian employees totaled 1,203 in the week ending April 7, an increase of 321 from the prior week. There were 1,694 initial claims by newly discharged veterans, an increase of 145 from the preceding week. There were 15,844 former Federal civilian employees claiming UI benefits for the week ending March 31, an increase of 2,031 from the previous week. Newly discharged veterans claiming benefits totaled 23,313, a decrease of 34 from the prior week. The highest insured unemployment rates in the week ending March 31 were in Alaska (4.6 percent), Michigan (4.2), Pennsylvania (3.3), Wisconsin (3.3), Rhode Island (3.2), New Jersey (3.1), Vermont (3.1), Massachusetts (3.0), Minnesota (2.8), and Oregon (2.8). The largest increases in initial claims for the week ending April 7 were in California (+8,644), Pennsylvania (+7,834), New York (+3,842), Florida (+3,617), and Wisconsin (+3,141), while the largest decreases were in Missouri (-1,382), Michigan (-521), Puerto Rico (-435), Delaware (-255), and New Mexico (-115). 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 04/07/2007 STATES WITH A DECREASE OF MORE THAN 1,000
STATES WITH AN INCREASE OF MORE THAN 1,000
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