| STATE NAME |
Initial Claims Filed During Week Ended December 27, 2008 |
Insured Unemployment For Week Ended December 20, 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 | 13080 | -799 | 7273 | 10 | 14 | 61490 | 3.2 | 4421 | 32688 | 141 | 298 | 61929 | ||
| Alaska | 1237 | -596 | -148 | 3 | 2 | 12030 | 4.1 | -1918 | 8 | 168 | 68 | 12266 | ||
| Arizona | 5138 | -3596 | 2518 | 41 | 4 | 66676 | 2.6 | 515 | 36386 | 307 | 246 | 67229 | ||
| Arkansas | 8692 | -1746 | 1292 | 13 | 7 | 49152 | 4.3 | 3458 | 15017 | 158 | 303 | 49613 | ||
| California | 78175 | -9702 | 35875 | 246 | 128 | 617302 | 4.0 | -32995 | 235372 | 3647 | 3553 | 624502 | ||
| Colorado | 3715 | -2714 | 1449 | 34 | 20 | 46469 | 2.1 | 653 | 21473 | 312 | 387 | 47168 | ||
| Connecticut | 7294 | -313 | -2029 | 5 | 13 | 63599 | 3.8 | 688 | 22535 | 90 | 210 | 63899 | ||
| Delaware | 1726 | 67 | 160 | 0 | 0 | 13152 | 3.1 | 131 | 4828 | 29 | 57 | 13238 | ||
| District of Columbia | 368 | -267 | 164 | 3 | 0 | 5926 | 1.2 | -355 | 1621 | 104 | 18 | 6048 | ||
| Florida | 12898 | -8566 | 6314 | 43 | 89 | 213131 | 2.7 | -30561 | 83812 | 369 | 1090 | 214590 | ||
| Georgia | 17123 | -3102 | 7154 | 34 | 46 | 121835 | 3.1 | -1240 | 56915 | 789 | 1002 | 123626 | ||
| Hawaii | 2145 | -479 | 1161 | 1 | 2 | 16347 | 2.7 | -1305 | 9189 | 77 | 132 | 16557 | ||
| Idaho | 7303 | 1358 | 2758 | 68 | 11 | 34659 | 5.3 | 2958 | 15517 | 422 | 94 | 35175 | ||
| Illinois | 31047 | -1171 | 13317 | 30 | 41 | 217700 | 3.8 | -13557 | 69637 | 518 | 826 | 219044 | ||
| Indiana | 27937 | 1960 | 10571 | 63 | 128 | 120431 | 4.2 | 5515 | 55638 | 356 | 723 | 121519 | ||
| Iowa | 13865 | 1870 | 323 | 8 | 12 | 47403 | 3.2 | 5472 | 18449 | 50 | 231 | 47684 | ||
| Kansas | 18064 | 10485 | 12692 | 1 | 1 | 36659 | 2.7 | 2666 | 17539 | 94 | 171 | 36924 | ||
| Kentucky | 23588 | -1469 | 8976 | 41 | 16 | 58794 | 3.3 | 2426 | 19879 | 448 | 454 | 59696 | ||
| Louisiana | 2358 | -3618 | 281 | 3 | 1 | 32007 | 1.7 | -1103 | 11455 | 153 | 147 | 32307 | ||
| Maine | 2646 | 23 | 972 | 4 | 2 | 17176 | 2.9 | -91 | 5551 | 37 | 51 | 17264 | ||
| Maryland | 10447 | 2176 | 2300 | 22 | 6 | 70573 | 2.9 | 4610 | 29018 | 362 | 332 | 71267 | ||
| Massachusetts | 22028 | 10265 | 6017 | 22 | 21 | 129117 | 4.0 | 7404 | 38467 | 753 | 560 | 130430 | ||
| Michigan | 54019 | 10524 | 4366 | 13 | 29 | 215506 | 5.2 | -10703 | 58648 | 418 | 629 | 216553 | ||
| Minnesota | 12010 | -545 | 4191 | 11 | 8 | 88997 | 3.3 | 2638 | 27355 | 176 | 482 | 89655 | ||
| Mississippi | 6629 | 24 | 3605 | 15 | 6 | 36319 | 3.3 | 1512 | 14448 | 173 | 169 | 36661 | ||
| Missouri | 16412 | -3283 | 7044 | 42 | 22 | 88929 | 3.3 | 4656 | 36014 | 650 | 289 | 89869 | ||
| Montana | 2528 | -1221 | 1094 | 39 | 4 | 16588 | 3.9 | -285 | 6324 | 465 | 119 | 17173 | ||
| Nebraska | 3055 | -725 | 394 | 1 | 1 | 16565 | 1.8 | 1698 | 5649 | 56 | 62 | 16683 | ||
| Nevada | 6712 | -2038 | 2810 | 15 | 7 | 64399 | 5.1 | 3511 | 33062 | 125 | 181 | 64705 | ||
| New Hampshire | 2651 | 338 | 365 | 1 | 2 | 15673 | 2.5 | 610 | 7460 | 25 | 38 | 15736 | ||
| New Jersey | 21462 | 7330 | -843 | 15 | 9 | 163696 | 4.2 | 777 | 51532 | 298 | 425 | 164419 | ||
| New Mexico | 2261 | 370 | 689 | 7 | 1 | 19676 | 2.5 | 768 | 7370 | 279 | 105 | 20060 | ||
| New York | 30340 | -2765 | 7559 | 95 | 79 | 285260 | 3.4 | 3482 | 98942 | 990 | 1475 | 287725 | ||
| North Carolina | 21261 | -1881 | 8466 | 12 | 29 | 158789 | 4.0 | 224 | 74572 | 331 | 1194 | 161454 | ||
| North Dakota | 1226 | -531 | 316 | 0 | 1 | 7793 | 2.3 | 2150 | 2987 | 33 | 20 | 7846 | ||
| Ohio | 35727 | 3271 | 10067 | 36 | 58 | 187948 | 3.6 | 7285 | 72915 | 260 | 879 | 189087 | ||
| Oklahoma | 4466 | -468 | 1741 | 2 | 7 | 25025 | 1.7 | 1513 | 10325 | 61 | 246 | 25332 | ||
| Oregon | 20916 | 1465 | 7501 | 81 | 18 | 104558 | 6.1 | 13730 | 51142 | 743 | 476 | 105777 | ||
| Pennsylvania | 47286 | 6664 | 2047 | 91 | 103 | 258576 | 4.7 | -7494 | 89962 | 1490 | 1072 | 261138 | ||
| Puerto Rico | 1774 | -1705 | -100 | 5 | 2 | 49623 | 5.0 | 0 | 15964 | 122 | 219 | 49964 | ||
| Rhode Island | 2000 | 314 | -1133 | 2 | 3 | 17354 | 3.7 | -2276 | 3101 | 44 | 121 | 17525 | ||
| South Carolina | 7643 | -4678 | 1990 | 15 | 10 | 82132 | 4.4 | 587 | 38375 | 160 | 413 | 82705 | ||
| South Dakota | 810 | -416 | 274 | 9 | 3 | 4900 | 1.3 | 570 | 2089 | 86 | 17 | 5003 | ||
| Tennessee | 12118 | -2584 | 4217 | 12 | 4 | 80447 | 3.0 | 2815 | 38186 | 280 | 341 | 81075 | ||
| Texas | 14492 | -13232 | 5183 | 17 | 47 | 160274 | 1.6 | -21952 | 58497 | 687 | 1436 | 162400 | ||
| Utah | 3092 | -1572 | 1257 | 83 | 10 | 29581 | 2.5 | 1863 | 16580 | 518 | 107 | 30206 | ||
| Vermont | 2663 | 1059 | -197 | 0 | 1 | 11201 | 3.8 | 178 | 3319 | 33 | 31 | 11265 | ||
| Virgin Islands | 26 | 5 | 19 | 1 | 1 | 1155 | 2.6 | -10 | 535 | 5 | 22 | 1182 | ||
| Virginia | 7986 | -5943 | 874 | 14 | 15 | 57999 | 1.6 | -4786 | 24516 | 317 | 807 | 59123 | ||
| Washington | 26075 | 5332 | 12690 | 62 | 55 | 120777 | 4.2 | 15703 | 59170 | 524 | 938 | 122239 | ||
| West Virginia | 1822 | -1485 | 615 | 1 | 3 | 18443 | 2.7 | -2511 | 5131 | 90 | 163 | 18696 | ||
| Wisconsin | 35885 | 16081 | 2470 | 20 | 12 | 128395 | 4.7 | 5192 | 43924 | 223 | 636 | 129254 | ||
| Wyoming | 779 | -386 | 131 | 8 | 2 | 4431 | 1.6 | -1420 | 1317 | 98 | 23 | 4552 | ||
| Totals | 717000 | -2615 | 209092 | 1420 | 1116 | 4572637 | 3.4 | -22183 | 1760405 | 19144 | 24088 | 4617037 | ||
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.