| STATE NAME |
Initial Claims Filed During Week Ended August 2, 2008 |
Insured Unemployment For Week Ended July 26, 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 | 4856 | -431 | 1107 | 22 | 32 | 36475 | 1.9 | -649 | 7546 | 136 | 253 | 36864 | ||
| Alaska | 1215 | -52 | 144 | 1 | 5 | 8330 | 2.8 | 157 | 693 | 77 | 97 | 10224 | ||
| Arizona | 5247 | -442 | 1531 | 10 | 17 | 54227 | 2.1 | 389 | 17031 | 531 | 225 | 54985 | ||
| Arkansas | 3973 | -108 | 892 | 14 | 9 | 32587 | 2.8 | -48 | 3528 | 118 | 230 | 32935 | ||
| California | 63171 | 1207 | 23819 | 168 | 194 | 484170 | 3.1 | 5201 | 139248 | 2125 | 3146 | 489466 | ||
| Colorado | 2505 | 216 | 492 | 11 | 31 | 26973 | 1.2 | 962 | 5662 | 115 | 333 | 27425 | ||
| Connecticut | 4180 | 109 | 984 | 11 | 18 | 48907 | 2.9 | 396 | 9177 | 73 | 201 | 49181 | ||
| Delaware | 916 | -50 | 108 | 0 | 3 | 10577 | 2.5 | 668 | 1648 | 24 | 64 | 10665 | ||
| District of Columbia | 416 | 7 | 76 | 5 | 1 | 6612 | 1.4 | 1322 | 2217 | 113 | 22 | 6747 | ||
| Florida | 23829 | 840 | 12414 | 50 | 121 | 191887 | 2.5 | 5581 | 67541 | 335 | 1089 | 193311 | ||
| Georgia | 13056 | 1797 | 5279 | 66 | 87 | 80682 | 2.0 | -22443 | 22857 | 563 | 888 | 82133 | ||
| Hawaii | 1765 | 158 | 655 | 4 | 12 | 12039 | 2.0 | -375 | 4625 | 35 | 148 | 12224 | ||
| Idaho | 2151 | 300 | 906 | 9 | 5 | 12434 | 1.9 | -327 | 3921 | 42 | 84 | 12560 | ||
| Illinois | 20573 | 4163 | 9308 | 44 | 58 | 144038 | 2.5 | 5816 | 24350 | 607 | 793 | 145438 | ||
| Indiana | 8915 | -1380 | 3028 | 36 | 57 | 66072 | 2.3 | -3905 | 17808 | 305 | 442 | 66822 | ||
| Iowa | 4901 | 1777 | 1967 | 4 | 20 | 22630 | 1.5 | 373 | 4751 | 27 | 82 | 22739 | ||
| Kansas | 2323 | 266 | 177 | 1 | 1 | 19575 | 1.5 | 103 | 3264 | 117 | 138 | 19832 | ||
| Kentucky | 5869 | -3734 | -3215 | 12 | 8 | 38349 | 2.2 | -1683 | 8777 | 260 | 492 | 39101 | ||
| Louisiana | 4103 | 338 | 1727 | 13 | 19 | 30458 | 1.7 | -89 | 7193 | 241 | 211 | 30910 | ||
| Maine | 1122 | -99 | 342 | 3 | 5 | 9860 | 1.7 | 178 | 2390 | 29 | 43 | 9932 | ||
| Maryland | 5550 | 975 | 1669 | 25 | 22 | 50406 | 2.1 | 1406 | 14521 | 439 | 305 | 51150 | ||
| Massachusetts | 6991 | 26 | 771 | 26 | 17 | 103010 | 3.2 | 6141 | 24476 | 901 | 605 | 104518 | ||
| Michigan | 20345 | 1216 | 6831 | 28 | 47 | 143828 | 3.5 | -21248 | 22803 | 166 | 560 | 144554 | ||
| Minnesota | 4921 | 939 | 1020 | 7 | 18 | 41075 | 1.5 | -1930 | 3373 | 42 | 295 | 41412 | ||
| Mississippi | 2900 | -879 | 471 | 13 | 4 | 28640 | 2.6 | 3078 | 5539 | 181 | 139 | 28960 | ||
| Missouri | 8924 | 2011 | 3677 | 81 | 19 | 57230 | 2.1 | -18 | 7600 | 558 | 244 | 58032 | ||
| Montana | 746 | -16 | 203 | 2 | 7 | 6907 | 1.6 | -690 | 1198 | 74 | 73 | 7057 | ||
| Nebraska | 1389 | 213 | 436 | 5 | 3 | 9741 | 1.1 | 77 | 1204 | 44 | 57 | 9842 | ||
| Nevada | 4678 | 518 | 1720 | 2 | 9 | 37102 | 2.9 | 111 | 13504 | 57 | 155 | 37314 | ||
| New Hampshire | 1024 | 8 | 327 | 3 | 5 | 9510 | 1.5 | 112 | 2861 | 29 | 33 | 9572 | ||
| New Jersey | 10056 | 1005 | 1005 | 15 | 35 | 131837 | 3.4 | 513 | 16177 | 323 | 443 | 132603 | ||
| New Mexico | 1371 | 15 | 420 | 0 | 0 | 14249 | 1.8 | 169 | 2350 | 114 | 94 | 14462 | ||
| New York | 17898 | 375 | 3407 | 60 | 82 | 199465 | 2.4 | 681 | 29775 | 730 | 1071 | 201266 | ||
| North Carolina | 12381 | -2298 | 3696 | 8 | 21 | 98730 | 2.5 | 226 | 25552 | 264 | 984 | 99978 | ||
| North Dakota | 434 | 46 | 229 | 1 | 0 | 2664 | 0.8 | 144 | 353 | 112 | 30 | 2806 | ||
| Ohio | 14866 | -5483 | 5814 | 20 | 69 | 134442 | 2.6 | 1117 | 49232 | 327 | 811 | 135580 | ||
| Oklahoma | 1890 | -112 | 446 | 5 | 15 | 17303 | 1.2 | 258 | 2925 | 58 | 143 | 17504 | ||
| Oregon | 6795 | 30 | 2037 | 30 | 41 | 52357 | 3.1 | -133 | 15202 | 226 | 356 | 52953 | ||
| Pennsylvania | 21173 | 864 | 3668 | 115 | 102 | 184007 | 3.3 | -4220 | 25962 | 805 | 915 | 185727 | ||
| Puerto Rico | 5390 | 5389 | 668 | 8 | 32 | 37646 | 3.8 | -11560 | -6406 | 93 | 324 | 38063 | ||
| Rhode Island | 1295 | 104 | 96 | 3 | 4 | 16250 | 3.5 | -47 | 2414 | 26 | 71 | 16347 | ||
| South Carolina | 6722 | -2187 | 2173 | 9 | 33 | 55836 | 3.0 | 738 | 16887 | 188 | 337 | 56361 | ||
| South Dakota | 263 | 36 | 64 | 13 | 3 | 1652 | 0.4 | -31 | -4 | 373 | 12 | 2037 | ||
| Tennessee | 6089 | -1271 | 981 | 14 | 36 | 53974 | 2.0 | -1219 | 8871 | 198 | 284 | 54460 | ||
| Texas | 15671 | 1927 | 3287 | 31 | 186 | 129602 | 1.3 | 6067 | 27899 | 685 | 1519 | 131822 | ||
| Utah | 1742 | 265 | 655 | 35 | 12 | 13035 | 1.1 | 163 | 5733 | 187 | 85 | 13307 | ||
| Vermont | 863 | -117 | 462 | 3 | 3 | 6523 | 2.2 | 268 | 1535 | 24 | 21 | 6568 | ||
| Virgin Islands | 53 | 8 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 728 | 1.6 | 2 | 68 | 0 | 26 | 754 | ||
| Virginia | 5151 | 264 | 1117 | 8 | 30 | 40961 | 1.2 | 414 | 9963 | 228 | 696 | 41885 | ||
| Washington | 8341 | 543 | 1461 | 29 | 86 | 55234 | 1.9 | 436 | 15265 | 182 | 829 | 56269 | ||
| West Virginia | 1823 | -210 | 759 | 3 | 15 | 12884 | 1.9 | -1297 | 725 | 45 | 137 | 13066 | ||
| Wisconsin | 12184 | 80 | 3343 | 12 | 37 | 81369 | 3.0 | -12914 | 19920 | 186 | 316 | 81876 | ||
| Wyoming | 277 | -7 | 54 | 0 | 5 | 2061 | 0.8 | -149 | -88 | 8 | 29 | 2098 | ||
| Totals | 385282 | 9159 | 114719 | 1099 | 1701 | 3167140 | 2.4 | -41708 | 721616 | 13746 | 20980 | 3203697 | ||
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.