| STATE NAME |
Initial Claims Filed During Week Ended May 10, 2008 |
Insured Unemployment For Week Ended May 3, 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 | 5066 | 1036 | 1127 | 17 | 18 | 31080 | 1.6 | 1188 | 6417 | 105 | 195 | 31380 | ||
| Alaska | 1394 | -87 | 123 | 5 | 5 | 11806 | 4.0 | -488 | 1810 | 95 | 127 | 12028 | ||
| Arizona | 5087 | 95 | 1319 | 4 | 15 | 43135 | 1.7 | 365 | 12585 | 166 | 221 | 43522 | ||
| Arkansas | 3574 | 96 | 1039 | 3 | 17 | 29180 | 2.5 | -469 | 2234 | 117 | 253 | 29550 | ||
| California | 48670 | -329 | 8325 | 103 | 196 | 459733 | 3.0 | -19449 | 120403 | 2120 | 2976 | 464829 | ||
| Colorado | 2269 | -116 | 427 | 6 | 34 | 26870 | 1.2 | -62 | 4791 | 173 | 315 | 27358 | ||
| Connecticut | 3428 | -386 | 601 | 8 | 12 | 39386 | 2.4 | -1265 | 4608 | 73 | 192 | 39651 | ||
| Delaware | 810 | -4 | 166 | 1 | 3 | 8469 | 2.0 | -1056 | 1364 | 19 | 43 | 8531 | ||
| District of Columbia | 347 | 14 | 13 | 8 | 1 | 4033 | 0.8 | 108 | 535 | 76 | 26 | 4135 | ||
| Florida | 16282 | 1389 | 5002 | 50 | 95 | 144921 | 1.8 | -3627 | 52803 | 339 | 971 | 146231 | ||
| Georgia | 11150 | 2202 | 3209 | 27 | 58 | 67962 | 1.7 | 1130 | 18993 | 277 | 777 | 69016 | ||
| Hawaii | 1451 | -255 | 387 | 6 | 13 | 9544 | 1.6 | -1360 | 3586 | 52 | 130 | 9726 | ||
| Idaho | 1578 | -93 | 437 | 7 | 5 | 15917 | 2.5 | -824 | 6351 | 111 | 89 | 16117 | ||
| Illinois | 12516 | -427 | 2357 | 20 | 46 | 139338 | 2.4 | -2437 | 23780 | 447 | 802 | 140587 | ||
| Indiana | 6959 | -896 | 1362 | 28 | 44 | 58002 | 2.0 | -2284 | 10143 | 218 | 450 | 58670 | ||
| Iowa | 2646 | -790 | 435 | 3 | 9 | 22091 | 1.5 | -3524 | 2752 | 27 | 119 | 22237 | ||
| Kansas | 2173 | 212 | -320 | 0 | 0 | 17519 | 1.3 | -616 | -62 | 64 | 131 | 17714 | ||
| Kentucky | 4133 | -4391 | 636 | 26 | 14 | 36353 | 2.1 | 5449 | 6672 | 129 | 494 | 36976 | ||
| Louisiana | 3947 | 1489 | 1767 | 1 | 7 | 20277 | 1.1 | -519 | 594 | 100 | 155 | 20532 | ||
| Maine | 1045 | -387 | 85 | 0 | 0 | 12399 | 2.1 | -1123 | 1403 | 30 | 62 | 12491 | ||
| Maryland | 4054 | -43 | 819 | 22 | 27 | 42529 | 1.8 | -627 | 8870 | 341 | 267 | 43137 | ||
| Massachusetts | 6699 | 71 | 804 | 35 | 30 | 80981 | 2.6 | -8379 | 8250 | 230 | 551 | 81762 | ||
| Michigan | 20218 | 6637 | 10118 | 14 | 45 | 146016 | 3.5 | -15189 | 19971 | 191 | 663 | 146870 | ||
| Minnesota | 4073 | -245 | -30 | 3 | 10 | 53044 | 2.0 | -4421 | 9822 | 67 | 430 | 53541 | ||
| Mississippi | 3985 | 1804 | 508 | 11 | 5 | 18593 | 1.7 | -63 | 1211 | 142 | 89 | 18824 | ||
| Missouri | 5676 | -203 | 135 | 22 | 27 | 47738 | 1.8 | -3062 | 7552 | 203 | 199 | 48140 | ||
| Montana | 851 | -51 | 124 | 9 | 3 | 8657 | 2.1 | -204 | 2777 | 132 | 61 | 8850 | ||
| Nebraska | 1083 | 27 | 29 | 5 | 8 | 8554 | 1.0 | -443 | 168 | 34 | 58 | 8646 | ||
| Nevada | 3658 | -119 | 1058 | 2 | 6 | 35080 | 2.8 | -681 | 11884 | 75 | 158 | 35313 | ||
| New Hampshire | 845 | -403 | 173 | 5 | 1 | 9683 | 1.6 | -385 | 2642 | 20 | 33 | 9736 | ||
| New Jersey | 8798 | -450 | 861 | 12 | 19 | 112547 | 2.9 | -5540 | 11109 | 239 | 362 | 113148 | ||
| New Mexico | 1002 | -48 | 85 | 2 | 1 | 12986 | 1.6 | -21 | 1297 | 100 | 99 | 13185 | ||
| New York | 17498 | -15244 | 3134 | 50 | 71 | 175950 | 2.1 | -20857 | 20900 | 646 | 1083 | 177679 | ||
| North Carolina | 15427 | 3344 | 5558 | 17 | 66 | 92687 | 2.3 | 3219 | 22024 | 243 | 952 | 93882 | ||
| North Dakota | 224 | -53 | -34 | 0 | 0 | 2148 | 0.7 | -303 | 29 | 26 | 20 | 2194 | ||
| Ohio | 10834 | -609 | 2395 | 15 | 41 | 112397 | 2.1 | -2415 | 21356 | 263 | 720 | 113380 | ||
| Oklahoma | 1767 | 225 | -270 | 6 | 18 | 14144 | 1.0 | 112 | 176 | 65 | 166 | 14375 | ||
| Oregon | 6910 | -1144 | 1195 | 23 | 25 | 55722 | 3.3 | -883 | 14087 | 332 | 337 | 56391 | ||
| Pennsylvania | 20167 | -1149 | 3057 | 101 | 80 | 159858 | 2.9 | -8474 | 23664 | 901 | 883 | 161642 | ||
| Puerto Rico | 3186 | 8 | 423 | 0 | 26 | 41686 | 4.1 | -1723 | 11694 | 115 | 413 | 42214 | ||
| Rhode Island | 1201 | 29 | 171 | 3 | 2 | 13855 | 2.9 | -595 | 2476 | 26 | 84 | 13965 | ||
| South Carolina | 5536 | 214 | 1583 | 8 | 26 | 42843 | 2.3 | 65 | 8520 | 205 | 300 | 43348 | ||
| South Dakota | 207 | 37 | -7 | 3 | 3 | 1648 | 0.4 | -172 | 67 | 41 | 19 | 1708 | ||
| Tennessee | 6223 | 845 | 868 | 21 | 32 | 42739 | 1.6 | 5 | 3459 | 208 | 269 | 43216 | ||
| Texas | 13663 | 200 | 1490 | 21 | 135 | 106572 | 1.1 | -3660 | 19628 | 656 | 1450 | 108678 | ||
| Utah | 1399 | -81 | 550 | 8 | 5 | 12175 | 1.0 | -264 | 5316 | 105 | 74 | 12354 | ||
| Vermont | 689 | -150 | 111 | 0 | 0 | 8018 | 2.7 | -961 | 1288 | 29 | 23 | 8070 | ||
| Virgin Islands | 67 | 18 | 18 | 0 | 2 | 714 | 1.6 | -170 | 286 | 0 | 2 | 716 | ||
| Virginia | 5095 | -144 | 501 | 4 | 32 | 37101 | 1.1 | -584 | 7717 | 247 | 714 | 38062 | ||
| Washington | 8198 | -191 | 1811 | 20 | 80 | 60767 | 2.1 | 1268 | 12726 | 309 | 882 | 61958 | ||
| West Virginia | 1058 | -131 | -9 | 2 | 7 | 13009 | 1.9 | 12 | 2340 | 54 | 132 | 13195 | ||
| Wisconsin | 10301 | -1514 | 1148 | 7 | 17 | 74828 | 2.7 | -4430 | 10170 | 155 | 245 | 75228 | ||
| Wyoming | 292 | 3 | 19 | 1 | 1 | 2735 | 1.0 | 63 | 417 | 30 | 15 | 2780 | ||
| Totals | 325409 | -10138 | 66893 | 775 | 1443 | 2846019 | 2.1 | -110625 | 555655 | 11168 | 20281 | 2877468 | ||
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.