| STATE NAME |
Initial Claims Filed During Week Ended October 18, 2008 |
Insured Unemployment For Week Ended October 11, 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 | 6205 | -521 | 2206 | 23 | 25 | 37539 | 2.0 | -1340 | 11883 | 118 | 252 | 37914 | ||
| Alaska | 1668 | -443 | 26 | 25 | 1 | 7913 | 2.7 | 577 | 755 | 117 | 82 | 9057 | ||
| Arizona | 6252 | -1040 | 2106 | 24 | 6 | 52491 | 2.0 | 207 | 21491 | 228 | 273 | 52997 | ||
| Arkansas | 6148 | -361 | 1874 | 13 | 13 | 34775 | 3.0 | 3144 | 8628 | 154 | 266 | 35195 | ||
| California | 62853 | -2 | 14941 | 228 | 186 | 480220 | 3.1 | 719 | 147964 | 2471 | 3480 | 486204 | ||
| Colorado | 3776 | -272 | 1546 | 26 | 23 | 30262 | 1.3 | 887 | 11099 | 135 | 384 | 30783 | ||
| Connecticut | 3516 | -982 | 403 | 5 | 9 | 44248 | 2.6 | 137 | 12426 | 84 | 189 | 44527 | ||
| Delaware | 992 | -292 | 31 | 2 | 0 | 10132 | 2.4 | -522 | 2409 | 18 | 48 | 10198 | ||
| District of Columbia | 454 | -46 | 163 | 5 | 0 | 5201 | 1.1 | 73 | 1124 | 93 | 28 | 5322 | ||
| Florida | 24344 | 543 | 10989 | 81 | 142 | 210334 | 2.7 | 15903 | 84080 | 371 | 1293 | 211998 | ||
| Georgia | 14328 | -1892 | 5793 | 46 | 64 | 88401 | 2.2 | 706 | 31643 | 538 | 981 | 89920 | ||
| Hawaii | 2052 | -40 | 821 | 10 | 12 | 14090 | 2.4 | 543 | 7233 | 51 | 170 | 14312 | ||
| Idaho | 3066 | 211 | 1329 | 34 | 6 | 14382 | 2.2 | 949 | 6422 | 86 | 79 | 14547 | ||
| Illinois | 12496 | -3795 | -687 | 21 | 47 | 136423 | 2.4 | 1772 | 31027 | 492 | 762 | 137677 | ||
| Indiana | 12521 | 1297 | 4086 | 46 | 60 | 67550 | 2.4 | -166 | 24168 | 345 | 480 | 68385 | ||
| Iowa | 4238 | -613 | 1040 | 3 | 15 | 22622 | 1.5 | 1143 | 6869 | 54 | 151 | 22827 | ||
| Kansas | 4627 | -11 | 2080 | 1 | 0 | 23406 | 1.7 | 1066 | 8457 | 76 | 149 | 23631 | ||
| Kentucky | 6130 | -2494 | 1569 | 27 | 13 | 37735 | 2.1 | 356 | 13644 | 417 | 499 | 38651 | ||
| Louisiana | 3181 | -794 | 768 | 4 | 1 | 31146 | 1.7 | -1556 | 12284 | 133 | 187 | 31466 | ||
| Maine | 1341 | 101 | 276 | 6 | 6 | 8765 | 1.5 | -18 | 2478 | 29 | 40 | 8836 | ||
| Maryland | 6001 | -593 | 1990 | 22 | 28 | 48493 | 2.0 | 1163 | 15696 | 343 | 286 | 49122 | ||
| Massachusetts | 7175 | -1091 | 812 | 25 | 33 | 80357 | 2.5 | -96 | 16242 | 759 | 551 | 81705 | ||
| Michigan | 18337 | -5894 | 1598 | 47 | 59 | 144585 | 3.5 | 13303 | 34867 | 255 | 607 | 145447 | ||
| Minnesota | 5633 | 243 | 1447 | 8 | 21 | 41234 | 1.6 | 259 | 3804 | 74 | 496 | 41804 | ||
| Mississippi | 3637 | -277 | 1287 | 16 | 2 | 24463 | 2.2 | 699 | 7244 | 123 | 150 | 24736 | ||
| Missouri | 7214 | -1868 | 1104 | 43 | 18 | 50100 | 1.9 | -4651 | 9579 | 664 | 275 | 51041 | ||
| Montana | 1629 | -154 | 524 | 31 | 5 | 7068 | 1.7 | 618 | 2366 | 76 | 78 | 7224 | ||
| Nebraska | 1948 | 274 | 554 | 3 | 4 | 9334 | 1.0 | 475 | 1984 | 46 | 66 | 9446 | ||
| Nevada | 5681 | -367 | 2395 | 6 | 2 | 43329 | 3.4 | 1507 | 18851 | 75 | 169 | 43574 | ||
| New Hampshire | 1118 | 34 | 368 | 1 | 2 | 8623 | 1.4 | 210 | 3300 | 30 | 36 | 8691 | ||
| New Jersey | 10730 | -1657 | 1608 | 12 | 19 | 120028 | 3.1 | 213 | 24882 | 275 | 402 | 120705 | ||
| New Mexico | 1295 | -186 | 260 | 13 | 3 | 13441 | 1.7 | 279 | 3172 | 181 | 112 | 13734 | ||
| New York | 20024 | -6080 | 2318 | 51 | 94 | 189299 | 2.2 | 354 | 46166 | 946 | 1279 | 191524 | ||
| North Carolina | 14688 | -1562 | 3992 | 17 | 53 | 111467 | 2.8 | 458 | 39847 | 282 | 1223 | 112972 | ||
| North Dakota | 320 | 21 | 72 | 1 | 1 | 1601 | 0.5 | -48 | 456 | 17 | 16 | 1634 | ||
| Ohio | 13489 | -2923 | 2299 | 29 | 55 | 114361 | 2.2 | 6762 | 36990 | 287 | 745 | 115393 | ||
| Oklahoma | 2126 | -931 | 504 | 8 | 19 | 17264 | 1.2 | 184 | 4832 | 53 | 152 | 17469 | ||
| Oregon | 9961 | 1802 | 3132 | 65 | 43 | 58441 | 3.4 | 3120 | 21721 | 198 | 428 | 59073 | ||
| Pennsylvania | 21605 | -2327 | 2775 | 139 | 90 | 166526 | 3.0 | 3681 | 40534 | 951 | 957 | 168434 | ||
| Puerto Rico | 2840 | -1403 | -456 | 3 | 10 | 51898 | 5.2 | 1263 | 24869 | 148 | 387 | 52433 | ||
| Rhode Island | 1217 | 198 | 151 | 4 | 11 | 12786 | 2.7 | -620 | 2181 | 41 | 74 | 12901 | ||
| South Carolina | 7894 | -1745 | 1547 | 11 | 18 | 58358 | 3.1 | 508 | 20395 | 165 | 386 | 58909 | ||
| South Dakota | 387 | -33 | 12 | 13 | 2 | 1466 | 0.4 | 116 | 449 | 38 | 8 | 1512 | ||
| Tennessee | 9200 | 1956 | 4035 | 10 | 26 | 53272 | 2.0 | 3909 | 15425 | 140 | 307 | 53726 | ||
| Texas | 24679 | -833 | 12767 | 21 | 119 | 139136 | 1.4 | -3588 | 48261 | 713 | 1626 | 141483 | ||
| Utah | 2201 | -8 | 863 | 25 | 15 | 14942 | 1.3 | 775 | 7555 | 297 | 85 | 15324 | ||
| Vermont | 840 | 60 | 31 | 1 | 3 | 5775 | 1.9 | 376 | 1926 | 21 | 20 | 5816 | ||
| Virgin Islands | 30 | -68 | -43 | 0 | 0 | 572 | 1.3 | -442 | -130 | 0 | 4 | 576 | ||
| Virginia | 7553 | 898 | 3152 | 8 | 27 | 42205 | 1.2 | 2094 | 13935 | 259 | 771 | 43235 | ||
| Washington | 11883 | -495 | 3766 | 63 | 62 | 64136 | 2.2 | 1666 | 25939 | 283 | 921 | 65363 | ||
| West Virginia | 1184 | -433 | -86 | 4 | 17 | 10928 | 1.6 | 322 | 1795 | 67 | 140 | 11136 | ||
| Wisconsin | 13103 | -854 | 2399 | 27 | 20 | 69208 | 2.5 | 1383 | 17662 | 167 | 307 | 69682 | ||
| Wyoming | 301 | -212 | -101 | 6 | 2 | 2058 | 0.8 | 42 | 484 | 22 | 33 | 2113 | ||
| Totals | 416111 | -37954 | 108436 | 1363 | 1512 | 3134389 | 2.3 | 60874 | 959363 | 14006 | 22890 | 3172384 | ||
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.