| STATE NAME |
Initial Claims Filed During Week Ended May 12, 2007 |
Insured Unemployment For Week Ended May 5, 2007 |
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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 | 3939 | 11 | -67 | 17 | 24 |             | 24663 | 1.3 | 199 | 1296 | 81 | 223 | 24967 | |
| Alaska | 1271 | -69 | -202 | 6 | 2 |             | 9996 | 3.4 | -2370 | -1963 | 108 | 58 | 10162 | |
| Arizona | 3679 | -328 | 489 | 7 | 11 |             | 30571 | 1.2 | -42 | 4738 | 158 | 178 | 30907 | |
| Arkansas | 2535 | -722 | -422 | 15 | 9 |             | 26946 | 2.4 | -334 | 2961 | 125 | 290 | 27361 | |
| California | 40345 | -1521 | 1926 | 71 | 209 |             | 339330 | 2.2 | -40674 | 1192 | 1567 | 2983 | 343880 | |
| Colorado | 1842 | -304 | -146 | 9 | 23 |             | 22079 | 1.0 | -1250 | -962 | 177 | 328 | 22584 | |
| Connecticut | 2827 | -375 | -187 | 5 | 14 |             | 34778 | 2.1 | -1759 | 70 | 56 | 174 | 35008 | |
| Delaware | 644 | -57 | 26 | 1 | 0 |             | 7105 | 1.7 | -495 | -320 | 35 | 50 | 7190 | |
| District of Columbia | 334 | 42 | 6 | 7 | 2 |             | 3498 | 0.7 | -95 | -74 | 268 | 22 | 3788 | |
| Florida | 11280 | 763 | 2540 | 49 | 119 |             | 92118 | 1.2 | -3616 | 23976 | 371 | 1004 | 93493 | |
| Georgia | 7941 | 519 | 726 | 44 | 47 |             | 48969 | 1.3 | 431 | 3783 | 378 | 873 | 50220 | |
| Hawaii | 1064 | 38 | 76 | 9 | 12 |             | 5958 | 1.0 | -593 | -125 | 86 | 153 | 6197 | |
| Idaho | 1141 | -136 | 109 | 2 | 11 |             | 9566 | 1.5 | -526 | 885 | 105 | 88 | 9759 | |
| Illinois | 10159 | -1025 | -2306 | 29 | 50 |             | 115558 | 2.0 | -8919 | 4955 | 342 | 817 | 116717 | |
| Indiana | 5597 | 108 | -2523 | 14 | 40 |             | 47859 | 1.7 | -4071 | 2004 | 212 | 490 | 48561 | |
| Iowa | 2211 | -89 | -81 | 2 | 10 |             | 19339 | 1.3 | -2262 | -1554 | 57 | 176 | 19572 | |
| Kansas | 2493 | -1335 | 369 | 2 | 6 |             | 17581 | 1.4 | 1720 | 1064 | 122 | 181 | 17884 | |
| Kentucky | 3497 | -4177 | -222 | 8 | 20 |             | 29681 | 1.7 | 1635 | 3563 | 158 | 535 | 30374 | |
| Louisiana | 2180 | -198 | -447 | 3 | 17 |             | 19683 | 1.1 | -310 | 128 | 106 | 213 | 20002 | |
| Maine | 960 | -119 | -17 | 4 | 1 |             | 10996 | 1.9 | -1111 | 1477 | 29 | 65 | 11090 | |
| Maryland | 3235 | -27 | -37 | 18 | 21 |             | 33659 | 1.4 | 2916 | 3136 | 473 | 281 | 34413 | |
| Massachusetts | 5895 | -47 | -98 | 40 | 17 |             | 72731 | 2.3 | -3586 | 4318 | 198 | 470 | 73399 | |
| Michigan | 10100 | -224 | -544 | 18 | 37 |             | 126045 | 3.0 | -17832 | -6224 | 256 | 656 | 126957 | |
| Minnesota | 4103 | -186 | -29 | 4 | 17 |             | 43222 | 1.6 | -12757 | 3203 | 71 | 261 | 43554 | |
| Mississippi | 3477 | 889 | 198 | 23 | 9 |             | 17382 | 1.6 | 1361 | 62 | 171 | 170 | 17723 | |
| Missouri | 5541 | -663 | -162 | 37 | 31 |             | 40186 | 1.5 | -1021 | 278 | 212 | 269 | 40667 | |
| Montana | 727 | -18 | 105 | 8 | 13 |             | 5880 | 1.4 | -1384 | -66 | 141 | 83 | 6104 | |
| Nebraska | 1054 | 77 | -170 | 1 | 5 |             | 8386 | 0.9 | -479 | -725 | 33 | 49 | 8468 | |
| Nevada | 2600 | -373 | 255 | 1 | 10 |             | 23196 | 1.9 | -64 | 5023 | 69 | 154 | 23419 | |
| New Hampshire | 672 | -140 | 2 | 1 | 0 |             | 7041 | 1.1 | -1268 | 985 | 20 | 24 | 7085 | |
| New Jersey | 7937 | -521 | 493 | 12 | 29 |             | 101438 | 2.6 | -5795 | 6352 | 213 | 530 | 102181 | |
| New Mexico | 917 | -52 | 189 | 10 | 2 |             | 11689 | 1.5 | 39 | 1102 | 123 | 129 | 11941 | |
| New York | 14364 | -765 | -1148 | 44 | 77 |             | 155050 | 1.9 | -6663 | -5016 | 641 | 1282 | 156973 | |
| North Carolina | 9869 | -348 | -1181 | 14 | 55 |             | 70663 | 1.8 | -2583 | 87 | 291 | 1075 | 72029 | |
| North Dakota | 258 | 15 | -49 | 0 | 0 |             | 2119 | 0.7 | -480 | 8 | 30 | 29 | 2178 | |
| Ohio | 8439 | -750 | -583 | 16 | 52 |             | 91041 | 1.7 | -3202 | 3717 | 183 | 776 | 92000 | |
| Oklahoma | 2037 | 348 | 245 | 6 | 15 |             | 13968 | 1.0 | 235 | 343 | 124 | 201 | 14293 | |
| Oregon | 5715 | -95 | 1052 | 19 | 37 |             | 41635 | 2.5 | -68 | 3047 | 262 | 347 | 42244 | |
| Pennsylvania | 17110 | -2212 | -191 | 80 | 71 |             | 136194 | 2.5 | -24860 | -6701 | 689 | 1071 | 137954 | |
| Puerto Rico | 2763 | -318 | -25622 | 5 | 18 |             | 29992 | 2.9 | -2692 | -345 | 125 | 191 | 30308 | |
| Rhode Island | 1030 | -264 | -83 | 1 | 1 |             | 11379 | 2.4 | -999 | 1288 | 33 | 57 | 11469 | |
| South Carolina | 3953 | -399 | -1294 | 5 | 20 |             | 34323 | 1.9 | -474 | 1441 | 102 | 337 | 34762 | |
| South Dakota | 214 | 11 | -44 | 2 | 2 |             | 1581 | 0.4 | -270 | -89 | 45 | 11 | 1637 | |
| Tennessee | 5355 | -249 | -248 | 19 | 24 |             | 39280 | 1.5 | 1843 | 1890 | 231 | 359 | 39870 | |
| Texas | 12173 | -333 | -278 | 29 | 168 |             | 86944 | 0.9 | -7271 | -7412 | 624 | 1685 | 89253 | |
| Utah | 849 | -59 | -191 | 14 | 8 |             | 6859 | 0.6 | -122 | -300 | 86 | 82 | 7027 | |
| Vermont | 578 | -145 | 62 | 0 | 2 |             | 6730 | 2.3 | -1194 | 573 | 17 | 19 | 6766 | |
| Virgin Islands | 43 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 1 |             | 598 | 1.4 | 4 | 326 | 0 | 15 | 613 | |
| Virginia | 4594 | 586 | -298 | 7 | 45 |             | 29384 | 0.8 | -418 | 2042 | 279 | 766 | 30429 | |
| Washington | 6387 | -467 | -280 | 17 | 86 |             | 48041 | 1.7 | 1879 | -915 | 371 | 909 | 49321 | |
| West Virginia | 1067 | -151 | 114 | 3 | 6 |             | 10669 | 1.6 | -3156 | 167 | 56 | 151 | 10876 | |
| Wisconsin | 9153 | -577 | -439 | 7 | 18 |             | 64658 | 2.4 | -5738 | 4191 | 129 | 385 | 65172 | |
| Wyoming | 273 | 47 | 50 | 3 | 5 |             | 2318 | 0.9 | -376 | 93 | 29 | 26 | 2373 | |
| Totals | 258421 | -16380 | -30551 | 768 | 1529 |             | 2290555 | 1.7 | -160917 | 62973 | 10868 | 21751 | 2323174 | |
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.