| STATE NAME |
Initial Claims Filed During Week Ended August 16, 2008 |
Insured Unemployment For Week Ended August 9, 2008 |
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| INITIAL CLAIMS | INSURED UNEMPLOYMENT | |||||||||||||
| STATE | CHANGE FROM |
UCFE (1) |
UCX (1) |
STATE |
(%) (2) |
CHANGE FROM |
UCFE (1) |
UCX (1) |
ALL PROGRAMS EXCLUDING RAILROAD RETIREMENT |
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| LAST WEEK | YEAR AGO | LAST WEEK | YEAR AGO | |||||||||||
| Alabama | 4628 | -238 | 445 | 20 | 37 | 36084 | 1.9 | -629 | 7157 | 133 | 247 | 36464 | ||
| Alaska | 1353 | -369 | 338 | 6 | 4 | 8081 | 2.7 | -144 | 913 | 73 | 92 | 9860 | ||
| Arizona | 5391 | -331 | 1314 | 12 | 20 | 54188 | 2.1 | 422 | 18611 | 361 | 254 | 54803 | ||
| Arkansas | 3528 | -260 | 807 | 5 | 9 | 32563 | 2.8 | -231 | 4970 | 138 | 244 | 32945 | ||
| California | 51347 | -7862 | 13405 | 158 | 221 | 490985 | 3.2 | 1889 | 142633 | 2178 | 3215 | 496392 | ||
| Colorado | 2704 | -327 | 899 | 13 | 30 | 27338 | 1.2 | 539 | 6082 | 112 | 337 | 27788 | ||
| Connecticut | 4268 | -40 | 1343 | 6 | 14 | 50245 | 3.0 | 777 | 9880 | 90 | 191 | 50526 | ||
| Delaware | 1165 | 118 | 514 | 2 | 0 | 10921 | 2.6 | 77 | 3141 | 21 | 58 | 11000 | ||
| District of Columbia | 412 | -26 | 91 | 1 | 2 | 8050 | 1.7 | 430 | 3587 | 183 | 35 | 8268 | ||
| Florida | 16844 | 932 | 3696 | 48 | 120 | 194782 | 2.5 | 1270 | 68891 | 360 | 1090 | 196232 | ||
| Georgia | 13675 | -2903 | 6288 | 74 | 81 | 80895 | 2.0 | 645 | 24653 | 599 | 910 | 82404 | ||
| Hawaii | 1416 | -224 | 546 | 9 | 13 | 11610 | 2.0 | -763 | 4677 | 40 | 129 | 11779 | ||
| Idaho | 2234 | 18 | 847 | 6 | 6 | 13161 | 2.0 | 111 | 4625 | 51 | 86 | 13298 | ||
| Illinois | 12978 | -3546 | 2649 | 33 | 68 | 140650 | 2.4 | 5294 | 24195 | 577 | 793 | 142020 | ||
| Indiana | 9006 | 57 | 3222 | 34 | 53 | 65075 | 2.3 | 366 | 17900 | 307 | 456 | 65839 | ||
| Iowa | 3973 | 657 | 1713 | 5 | 27 | 22736 | 1.5 | -975 | 5466 | 35 | 86 | 22857 | ||
| Kansas | 2942 | -209 | 995 | 3 | 0 | 20315 | 1.5 | 597 | 4227 | 118 | 143 | 20576 | ||
| Kentucky | 6717 | -931 | 3215 | 58 | 23 | 36216 | 2.1 | -6077 | 4923 | 250 | 497 | 36963 | ||
| Louisiana | 2252 | -1013 | 160 | 5 | 5 | 26670 | 1.5 | -3587 | 3949 | 163 | 182 | 27015 | ||
| Maine | 1092 | -51 | 355 | 3 | 3 | 9794 | 1.7 | 158 | 2581 | 43 | 37 | 9874 | ||
| Maryland | 4831 | -392 | 1306 | 24 | 21 | 49015 | 2.0 | -64 | 13480 | 350 | 310 | 49675 | ||
| Massachusetts | 6517 | -1367 | 973 | 31 | 28 | 101963 | 3.2 | -1481 | 23769 | 913 | 605 | 103483 | ||
| Michigan | 14189 | -996 | 1244 | 12 | 62 | 136218 | 3.3 | -17778 | 24456 | 182 | 553 | 136953 | ||
| Minnesota | 4004 | -220 | 383 | 6 | 20 | 41278 | 1.6 | -389 | 4183 | 69 | 329 | 41676 | ||
| Mississippi | 2995 | -856 | 791 | 15 | 3 | 28958 | 2.6 | 212 | 7224 | 183 | 140 | 29282 | ||
| Missouri | 7856 | 567 | 2290 | 38 | 32 | 57695 | 2.2 | 2592 | 9221 | 583 | 256 | 58534 | ||
| Montana | 723 | -25 | 186 | 4 | 2 | 6853 | 1.6 | -667 | 1389 | 69 | 63 | 6989 | ||
| Nebraska | 970 | -194 | 68 | 1 | 8 | 10008 | 1.1 | -58 | 1555 | 51 | 59 | 10118 | ||
| Nevada | 4788 | -283 | 1816 | 0 | 11 | 38794 | 3.1 | 919 | 14275 | 52 | 195 | 39041 | ||
| New Hampshire | 879 | -202 | 182 | 3 | 1 | 9207 | 1.5 | -258 | 2802 | 34 | 29 | 9270 | ||
| New Jersey | 10886 | -136 | 2245 | 18 | 19 | 131519 | 3.4 | -1161 | 15497 | 334 | 420 | 132273 | ||
| New Mexico | 1128 | -173 | 105 | 3 | 3 | 14114 | 1.8 | -273 | 2861 | 93 | 98 | 14306 | ||
| New York | 18429 | -2178 | 3010 | 51 | 82 | 204005 | 2.4 | 1970 | 33332 | 744 | 1125 | 205874 | ||
| North Carolina | 13842 | 346 | 2554 | 21 | 59 | 103286 | 2.6 | 1619 | 27761 | 268 | 1047 | 104601 | ||
| North Dakota | 262 | -54 | 74 | 0 | 0 | 2678 | 0.8 | -58 | 518 | 126 | 42 | 2846 | ||
| Ohio | 12565 | -3410 | 4038 | 22 | 68 | 120812 | 2.3 | -8391 | 38010 | 242 | 694 | 121748 | ||
| Oklahoma | 2226 | 403 | 713 | 4 | 22 | 17423 | 1.2 | 220 | 3374 | 54 | 136 | 17613 | ||
| Oregon | 7405 | 356 | 2508 | 32 | 36 | 54038 | 3.2 | 1876 | 16726 | 230 | 368 | 54636 | ||
| Pennsylvania | 20184 | 312 | 3809 | 126 | 77 | 184121 | 3.3 | -2426 | 26830 | 763 | 934 | 185818 | ||
| Puerto Rico | 6652 | 560 | 3261 | 5 | 7 | 49289 | 4.9 | -8637 | 11006 | 124 | 356 | 49769 | ||
| Rhode Island | 1280 | -97 | 218 | 1 | 3 | 15754 | 3.3 | 28 | 2387 | 38 | 72 | 15864 | ||
| South Carolina | 6399 | -1894 | 1823 | 11 | 28 | 56825 | 3.1 | -940 | 18408 | 184 | 353 | 57362 | ||
| South Dakota | 229 | -28 | 42 | 5 | 0 | 1644 | 0.4 | -37 | 177 | 369 | 18 | 2031 | ||
| Tennessee | 5315 | -992 | 615 | 12 | 29 | 50529 | 1.9 | -2075 | 8618 | 191 | 285 | 51005 | ||
| Texas | 14393 | -868 | 3007 | 43 | 157 | 126967 | 1.3 | 2940 | 26420 | 644 | 1606 | 129227 | ||
| Utah | 1489 | 61 | 529 | 33 | 7 | 13248 | 1.1 | -119 | 5834 | 255 | 91 | 13594 | ||
| Vermont | 525 | -191 | 126 | 0 | 0 | 6384 | 2.1 | -104 | 1497 | 21 | 23 | 6428 | ||
| Virgin Islands | 66 | 9 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 710 | 1.6 | -54 | 18 | 0 | 20 | 730 | ||
| Virginia | 4904 | -347 | 684 | 12 | 33 | 40265 | 1.1 | 140 | 9420 | 241 | 737 | 41243 | ||
| Washington | 7858 | -592 | 2019 | 20 | 95 | 57618 | 2.0 | -767 | 16781 | 181 | 835 | 58657 | ||
| West Virginia | 1246 | -77 | 211 | 1 | 21 | 12458 | 1.8 | -1116 | 710 | 54 | 145 | 12657 | ||
| Wisconsin | 9984 | -1121 | 1915 | 6 | 32 | 74542 | 2.7 | -4407 | 13863 | 144 | 315 | 75001 | ||
| Wyoming | 225 | -62 | -7 | 0 | 3 | 2033 | 0.8 | -154 | 179 | 6 | 42 | 2081 | ||
| Totals | 343169 | -30689 | 85596 | 1061 | 1705 | 3160610 | 2.4 | -38729 | 745642 | 13624 | 21383 | 3197288 | ||
Figures Appearing In Cols. Showing Over- The-Week Changes Reflect All Revisions In Data For Prior Week Submitted By State Agencies
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1THE UNEMPLOYMENT COMPENSATION PROGRAM FOR FEDERAL EMPLOYES (UCFE) AND THE UNEMPLOYMENT FO REX-SERVICEMEMBERS (UCX) EXCLUDE CLAIMS FILED JOINTLY UNDER OTHER PROGRAMS TO AVOID DUPLICATION
2RATE IS NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED. THE SOURCE OF US TOTAL COVERED EMPLOYMENT IS BLS.