| STATE NAME |
Initial Claims Filed During Week Ended May 31, 2008 |
Insured Unemployment For Week Ended May 24, 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 | 5549 | 485 | 1020 | 11 | 13 | 33118 | 1.7 | 1583 | 7206 | 103 | 194 | 33415 | ||
| Alaska | 1381 | -68 | -31 | 3 | 3 | 9899 | 3.4 | -839 | 212 | 99 | 93 | 10091 | ||
| Arizona | 5159 | -25 | 949 | 167 | 4 | 44088 | 1.7 | -202 | 14038 | 211 | 227 | 44526 | ||
| Arkansas | 3557 | -991 | -171 | 9 | 5 | 29975 | 2.6 | 275 | 2528 | 111 | 248 | 30334 | ||
| California | 42272 | -4751 | 8179 | 115 | 140 | 426025 | 2.8 | -38900 | 86795 | 1666 | 2763 | 430454 | ||
| Colorado | 2115 | -327 | 197 | 9 | 26 | 24577 | 1.1 | -2039 | 2846 | 132 | 272 | 24981 | ||
| Connecticut | 2902 | -727 | 255 | 6 | 12 | 39475 | 2.4 | 95 | 5540 | 68 | 176 | 39719 | ||
| Delaware | 656 | -213 | -49 | 0 | 0 | 9018 | 2.2 | -400 | 2469 | 25 | 45 | 9088 | ||
| District of Columbia | 294 | -52 | 45 | 1 | 0 | 4067 | 0.8 | -56 | 222 | 57 | 22 | 4146 | ||
| Florida | 12128 | -2657 | 999 | 28 | 63 | 154028 | 2.0 | 5918 | 53145 | 319 | 965 | 155312 | ||
| Georgia | 9541 | -1237 | 1348 | 23 | 41 | 75671 | 1.9 | -636 | 25304 | 322 | 752 | 76745 | ||
| Hawaii | 1438 | -22 | 574 | 2 | 13 | 11105 | 1.9 | 1291 | 4529 | 43 | 152 | 11300 | ||
| Idaho | 1688 | -305 | 386 | 4 | 5 | 13890 | 2.2 | 201 | 5768 | 62 | 90 | 14042 | ||
| Illinois | 12456 | -24 | 959 | 28 | 40 | 131082 | 2.3 | -3397 | 18571 | 382 | 722 | 132186 | ||
| Indiana | 8276 | 500 | 2434 | 22 | 47 | 55989 | 2.0 | -1125 | 8753 | 230 | 426 | 56645 | ||
| Iowa | 3192 | -889 | 270 | 3 | 10 | 21368 | 1.5 | 1265 | 3478 | 28 | 102 | 21498 | ||
| Kansas | 2743 | 482 | -58 | 0 | 1 | 17494 | 1.3 | -123 | 1733 | 82 | 120 | 17696 | ||
| Kentucky | 4960 | -1506 | 724 | 30 | 7 | 31337 | 1.8 | 1264 | 4023 | 249 | 475 | 32061 | ||
| Louisiana | 3322 | 99 | 207 | 3 | 8 | 20482 | 1.1 | 9 | 325 | 106 | 147 | 20735 | ||
| Maine | 836 | -221 | -200 | 3 | 1 | 10247 | 1.7 | -519 | 1189 | 27 | 61 | 10335 | ||
| Maryland | 3734 | -576 | 626 | 24 | 20 | 41447 | 1.7 | -1028 | 11687 | 329 | 236 | 42012 | ||
| Massachusetts | 6258 | -407 | 611 | 37 | 27 | 78103 | 2.5 | -690 | 9268 | 268 | 499 | 78870 | ||
| Michigan | 10311 | -4129 | -1513 | 26 | 25 | 140988 | 3.4 | -5721 | 25235 | 181 | 679 | 141848 | ||
| Minnesota | 4509 | 437 | -819 | 3 | 5 | 43258 | 1.6 | -1718 | 2814 | 47 | 363 | 43668 | ||
| Mississippi | 3843 | -1778 | 665 | 12 | 1 | 21984 | 2.0 | -484 | 1537 | 147 | 88 | 22219 | ||
| Missouri | 7332 | 182 | 124 | 32 | 19 | 46410 | 1.7 | -2119 | 2989 | 225 | 234 | 46869 | ||
| Montana | 1065 | 54 | 59 | 3 | 6 | 7069 | 1.7 | -589 | 1637 | 82 | 68 | 7219 | ||
| Nebraska | 1521 | 384 | 402 | 2 | 3 | 8599 | 1.0 | 47 | 113 | 45 | 46 | 8690 | ||
| Nevada | 3528 | 121 | 851 | 2 | 3 | 33497 | 2.6 | -698 | 12058 | 63 | 148 | 33708 | ||
| New Hampshire | 653 | -199 | 88 | 1 | 0 | 8255 | 1.3 | -220 | 2048 | 22 | 35 | 8312 | ||
| New Jersey | 7491 | -1993 | 540 | 11 | 26 | 108144 | 2.8 | -935 | 10810 | 275 | 372 | 108791 | ||
| New Mexico | 1501 | 94 | -15 | 14 | 5 | 12658 | 1.6 | -98 | 1181 | 83 | 91 | 12832 | ||
| New York | 17057 | -151 | 2385 | 36 | 61 | 169062 | 2.0 | -713 | 19790 | 622 | 1056 | 170740 | ||
| North Carolina | 11282 | -507 | 1638 | 9 | 32 | 90187 | 2.3 | 526 | 15355 | 241 | 962 | 91390 | ||
| North Dakota | 387 | -25 | -246 | 84 | 0 | 1881 | 0.6 | 6 | -197 | 14 | 29 | 1924 | ||
| Ohio | 11134 | -2272 | 1794 | 11 | 39 | 105822 | 2.0 | -2383 | 22250 | 205 | 631 | 106658 | ||
| Oklahoma | 1702 | -576 | -559 | 7 | 17 | 14844 | 1.0 | 423 | 1209 | 64 | 152 | 15060 | ||
| Oregon | 6969 | 696 | 1894 | 26 | 18 | 51615 | 3.0 | -511 | 12255 | 283 | 314 | 52212 | ||
| Pennsylvania | 18642 | -2100 | 1529 | 111 | 51 | 164603 | 3.0 | 5869 | 19333 | 884 | 779 | 166266 | ||
| Puerto Rico | 3628 | 430 | -263 | 2 | 10 | 41240 | 4.1 | -1896 | 6279 | 134 | 390 | 41764 | ||
| Rhode Island | 1254 | -98 | 393 | 1 | 3 | 13117 | 2.8 | -325 | 2625 | 24 | 79 | 13220 | ||
| South Carolina | 4952 | -548 | 767 | 8 | 18 | 44317 | 2.4 | 590 | 9114 | 170 | 284 | 44771 | ||
| South Dakota | 283 | -88 | -90 | 124 | 6 | 1440 | 0.4 | 50 | -174 | 41 | 8 | 1489 | ||
| Tennessee | 6613 | 521 | 1649 | 16 | 17 | 44692 | 1.7 | 740 | 5584 | 220 | 259 | 45171 | ||
| Texas | 14513 | 1010 | 1529 | 18 | 108 | 109886 | 1.1 | 2987 | 18146 | 846 | 1465 | 112197 | ||
| Utah | 1241 | -177 | 274 | 25 | 6 | 11698 | 1.0 | -98 | 5051 | 136 | 68 | 11902 | ||
| Vermont | 905 | 238 | 426 | 1 | 3 | 6582 | 2.2 | -375 | 1047 | 30 | 18 | 6630 | ||
| Virgin Islands | 39 | -7 | -4 | 0 | 2 | 734 | 1.6 | -64 | 274 | 0 | 2 | 736 | ||
| Virginia | 4086 | -749 | 458 | 5 | 38 | 34380 | 1.0 | -2876 | 4951 | 223 | 699 | 35302 | ||
| Washington | 7039 | -773 | 1539 | 15 | 63 | 56420 | 2.0 | -193 | 13782 | 226 | 847 | 57493 | ||
| West Virginia | 1102 | -203 | 229 | 4 | 9 | 12560 | 1.8 | -334 | 783 | 48 | 117 | 12725 | ||
| Wisconsin | 11501 | -31 | 2425 | 8 | 21 | 67275 | 2.4 | -391 | 8735 | 136 | 255 | 67666 | ||
| Wyoming | 456 | 147 | 46 | 0 | 6 | 2211 | 0.8 | -159 | 89 | 17 | 23 | 2251 | ||
| Totals | 300996 | -25522 | 37469 | 1145 | 1107 | 2757913 | 2.1 | -49715 | 496332 | 10653 | 19348 | 2787914 | ||
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.