| STATE NAME |
Initial Claims Filed During Week Ended December 1, 2007 |
Insured Unemployment For Week Ended November 24, 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 | 6872 | 4135 | -502 | 19 | 37 | 29695 | 1.6 | 5070 | -273 | 139 | 248 | 30082 | ||
| Alaska | 1911 | 413 | -150 | 28 | 6 | 10900 | 3.7 | -1 | -2871 | 179 | 58 | 11137 | ||
| Arizona | 3944 | 1070 | 630 | 21 | 5 | 30169 | 1.2 | 1015 | 8535 | 240 | 221 | 30630 | ||
| Arkansas | 5885 | -1115 | 819 | 11 | 18 | 35820 | 3.1 | 7730 | -1405 | 117 | 337 | 36274 | ||
| California | 56199 | 16867 | 6520 | 383 | 189 | 468905 | 3.1 | 169904 | 73691 | 3021 | 3884 | 475810 | ||
| Colorado | 3048 | 644 | -698 | 26 | 23 | 21309 | 1.0 | -473 | -1567 | 271 | 405 | 21985 | ||
| Connecticut | 5032 | 1516 | 595 | 7 | 11 | 36707 | 2.2 | 3951 | 638 | 63 | 357 | 37127 | ||
| Delaware | 1483 | 367 | -129 | 3 | 0 | 9134 | 2.2 | 1880 | 1231 | 30 | 59 | 9223 | ||
| District of Columbia | 390 | 114 | 43 | 5 | 4 | 4333 | 0.9 | 352 | -216 | 129 | 30 | 4492 | ||
| Florida | 14059 | 4864 | 4327 | 54 | 114 | 136580 | 1.7 | 20083 | 39425 | 460 | 1214 | 138254 | ||
| Georgia | 18972 | 12201 | -1778 | 56 | 63 | 71859 | 1.8 | 15649 | 4225 | 559 | 1080 | 73498 | ||
| Hawaii | 1377 | 453 | 316 | 7 | 20 | 7792 | 1.3 | 903 | 1031 | 54 | 151 | 7997 | ||
| Idaho | 3467 | -632 | -224 | 79 | 10 | 15181 | 2.4 | 3279 | 2702 | 224 | 69 | 15474 | ||
| Illinois | 19341 | 6040 | 298 | 39 | 79 | 126332 | 2.2 | 25363 | -2179 | 552 | 1022 | 127906 | ||
| Indiana | 12048 | 2323 | 1184 | 34 | 77 | 55563 | 1.9 | 12819 | -114 | 254 | 559 | 56376 | ||
| Iowa | 4695 | -1255 | -1223 | 5 | 11 | 21759 | 1.5 | 5462 | -2684 | 50 | 235 | 22044 | ||
| Kansas | 2998 | 1241 | -1015 | 0 | 0 | 16700 | 1.3 | 2203 | -980 | 133 | 191 | 17024 | ||
| Kentucky | 7165 | 2132 | 987 | 31 | 16 | 27647 | 1.6 | 1494 | -4517 | 431 | 639 | 28717 | ||
| Louisiana | 4561 | 2603 | 1809 | 11 | 19 | 20900 | 1.2 | 1913 | 411 | 80 | 162 | 21142 | ||
| Maine | 2424 | 970 | 638 | 7 | 4 | 9893 | 1.7 | 1959 | -181 | 43 | 57 | 9993 | ||
| Maryland | 5290 | 742 | 394 | 29 | 34 | 40534 | 1.7 | 7215 | 6863 | 353 | 316 | 41203 | ||
| Massachusetts | 8435 | 73 | -252 | 45 | 41 | 75876 | 2.4 | 6450 | 1849 | 823 | 559 | 77258 | ||
| Michigan | 22131 | 7127 | -84 | 36 | 56 | 128099 | 3.1 | 7127 | -19702 | 337 | 860 | 129296 | ||
| Minnesota | 9783 | 3009 | -1032 | 6 | 7 | 49030 | 1.9 | 10694 | 2763 | 164 | 1070 | 50264 | ||
| Mississippi | 5167 | 2559 | 1460 | 27 | 4 | 20318 | 1.8 | 3048 | 211 | 142 | 135 | 20595 | ||
| Missouri | 9074 | 4130 | -851 | 73 | 26 | 47485 | 1.8 | 11896 | -1709 | 697 | 281 | 48463 | ||
| Montana | 2262 | 87 | -500 | 69 | 4 | 8161 | 2.0 | 1428 | -284 | 347 | 87 | 8595 | ||
| Nebraska | 1789 | 664 | -309 | 4 | 4 | 8323 | 0.9 | 730 | -1501 | 36 | 73 | 8432 | ||
| Nevada | 4664 | 1197 | 1013 | 20 | 6 | 29382 | 2.3 | 4199 | 7536 | 136 | 164 | 29682 | ||
| New Hampshire | 1112 | 105 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6883 | 1.1 | 1260 | 93 | 20 | 51 | 6954 | ||
| New Jersey | 11812 | 1169 | -619 | 19 | 34 | 106605 | 2.7 | 6007 | -1177 | 293 | 533 | 107431 | ||
| New Mexico | 1322 | 460 | 150 | 23 | 3 | 11408 | 1.5 | 346 | 540 | 257 | 98 | 11763 | ||
| New York | 29772 | 11933 | 2525 | 86 | 84 | 176100 | 2.1 | 21757 | 439 | 804 | 1233 | 178137 | ||
| North Carolina | 22479 | 14218 | -2707 | 38 | 57 | 89408 | 2.3 | 17238 | 1181 | 270 | 1140 | 90818 | ||
| North Dakota | 1272 | 616 | -194 | 4 | 0 | 2595 | 0.8 | 563 | -1576 | 32 | 15 | 2642 | ||
| Ohio | 16215 | 2518 | 1916 | 23 | 77 | 92804 | 1.8 | 10573 | 3518 | 345 | 838 | 93987 | ||
| Oklahoma | 2025 | -211 | 309 | 11 | 23 | 13833 | 0.9 | 1170 | -729 | 69 | 179 | 14081 | ||
| Oregon | 10517 | 1992 | 2616 | 115 | 39 | 51015 | 3.0 | 9275 | 3277 | 456 | 512 | 51983 | ||
| Pennsylvania | 36942 | 11280 | 693 | 135 | 106 | 154074 | 2.8 | 10073 | -3993 | 1864 | 1225 | 157163 | ||
| Puerto Rico | 3692 | 3691 | 88 | 7 | 40 | 43210 | 4.3 | 23812 | -8151 | 127 | 221 | 43558 | ||
| Rhode Island | 1710 | 297 | 330 | 5 | 5 | 12647 | 2.7 | 1662 | 2079 | 32 | 98 | 12777 | ||
| South Carolina | 11526 | 8078 | -877 | 11 | 30 | 45071 | 2.5 | 7426 | 439 | 137 | 366 | 45574 | ||
| South Dakota | 704 | 361 | -90 | 16 | 3 | 1772 | 0.5 | 394 | -318 | 77 | 15 | 1864 | ||
| Tennessee | 7752 | 3778 | 231 | 72 | 25 | 41344 | 1.5 | 6653 | 3008 | 304 | 360 | 42008 | ||
| Texas | 14542 | 3091 | 290 | 51 | 172 | 107619 | 1.1 | 16954 | 720 | 1148 | 1719 | 110486 | ||
| Utah | 2070 | 778 | -72 | 66 | 9 | 9381 | 0.8 | 537 | 1888 | 248 | 88 | 9717 | ||
| Vermont | 1210 | -566 | 22 | 5 | 1 | 7188 | 2.4 | 1738 | 573 | 22 | 30 | 7240 | ||
| Virgin Islands | 56 | 25 | 20 | 2 | 1 | 806 | 1.8 | -10 | 254 | 2 | 6 | 814 | ||
| Virginia | 8615 | 4412 | 1482 | 19 | 26 | 37141 | 1.1 | 8570 | 620 | 312 | 839 | 38292 | ||
| Washington | 12087 | 2090 | -4201 | 104 | 96 | 56092 | 2.0 | 6740 | -998 | 449 | 881 | 57422 | ||
| West Virginia | 2765 | 1535 | 129 | 6 | 14 | 14420 | 2.1 | 3302 | -1609 | 73 | 204 | 14697 | ||
| Wisconsin | 18708 | -6390 | 710 | 26 | 29 | 85421 | 3.1 | 26659 | 2107 | 148 | 380 | 85949 | ||
| Wyoming | 520 | 45 | -46 | 11 | 4 | 2344 | 0.9 | 234 | -6 | 89 | 42 | 2475 | ||
| Totals | 463891 | 139844 | 14993 | 1990 | 1766 | 2733567 | 2.1 | 516275 | 113107 | 17642 | 25596 | 2776805 | ||
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.