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November 5, 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 9, unchanged from the prior week's unrevised rate of 1.9 percent. The advance number for seasonally adjusted insured unemployment during the week ending June 9 was 2,523,000, an increase of 39,000 from the preceding week's revised level of 2,484,000. The 4-week moving average was 2,500,000, a decrease of 250 from the preceding week's revised average of 2,500,250.
The advance number of actual initial claims under state programs, unadjusted, totaled 288,962 in the week ending June 16, a decrease of 13,308 from the previous week. There were 277,441 initial claims in the comparable week in 2006. The advance unadjusted insured unemployment rate was 1.7 percent during the
week ending June 9, unchanged from the prior week. The advance unadjusted number
for persons claiming UI benefits in state programs totaled 2,303,069, an increase
of 35,330 from the preceding week. A year earlier, the rate was 1.7 percent
and the volume was 2,226,057. Extended benefits were not available in any state during the week ending June 2. Initial claims for UI benefits by former Federal civilian employees totaled 1,210 in the week ending June 9, a decrease of 94 from the prior week. There were 1,738 initial claims by newly discharged veterans, an increase of 334 from the preceding week. There were 10,500 former Federal civilian employees claiming UI benefits for the week ending June 2, a decrease of 709 from the previous week. Newly discharged veterans claiming benefits totaled 21,166, an increase of 94 from the prior week. The highest insured unemployment rates in the week ending June 2 were in Alaska (3.1 percent), Puerto Rico (3.0), Michigan (2.8), Arkansas (2.5), New Jersey (2.5), Pennsylvania (2.4), Oregon (2.3), Rhode Island (2.3), California (2.2), Massachusetts (2.2), and Wisconsin (2.2). The largest increases in initial claims for the week ending June 9 were in California (+10,333), Pennsylvania (+5,220), Florida (+3,576), Illinois (+3,162), and South Carolina (+2,420), while the largest decreases were in Michigan (-1,093), Kansas (-598), Iowa (-372), Alabama (-308), and Mississippi (-275). 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 06/09/2007 STATES WITH A DECREASE OF MORE THAN 1,000
STATES WITH AN INCREASE OF MORE THAN 1,000
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