| STATE NAME |
Initial Claims Filed During Week Ended January 3, 2009 |
Insured Unemployment For Week Ended December 27, 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 | 17354 | 4274 | 4847 | 17 | 24 | 70014 | 3.7 | 8524 | 31279 | 141 | 284 | 70440 | ||
| Alaska | 1512 | 275 | -72 | 9 | 3 | 14499 | 4.9 | 2469 | 808 | 229 | 78 | 14806 | ||
| Arizona | 6264 | 1126 | 2917 | 32 | 5 | 69768 | 2.7 | 3092 | 38511 | 322 | 282 | 70373 | ||
| Arkansas | 9487 | 795 | 2898 | 20 | 8 | 60731 | 5.3 | 11579 | 19513 | 165 | 316 | 61212 | ||
| California | 63379 | -14796 | 19255 | 233 | 163 | 680775 | 4.4 | 63473 | 270631 | 3157 | 3598 | 687530 | ||
| Colorado | 4464 | 749 | 1206 | 34 | 19 | 51524 | 2.3 | 5055 | 23679 | 311 | 393 | 52228 | ||
| Connecticut | 8782 | 1488 | -693 | 3 | 16 | 73745 | 4.4 | 10146 | 18500 | 95 | 200 | 74040 | ||
| Delaware | 2275 | 549 | 1029 | 2 | 0 | 14881 | 3.6 | 1729 | 4287 | 35 | 51 | 14967 | ||
| District of Columbia | 492 | 124 | 225 | 8 | 0 | 6699 | 1.4 | 773 | 2280 | 102 | 20 | 6821 | ||
| Florida | 13245 | 347 | 3941 | 66 | 71 | 241643 | 3.1 | 28512 | 111693 | 468 | 1268 | 243379 | ||
| Georgia | 35431 | 18308 | 11357 | 34 | 54 | 152934 | 3.8 | 31099 | 70151 | 836 | 1144 | 154914 | ||
| Hawaii | 2225 | 80 | 940 | 2 | 6 | 17680 | 3.0 | 1333 | 11090 | 48 | 184 | 17912 | ||
| Idaho | 5480 | -1823 | 2372 | 43 | 6 | 40815 | 6.3 | 6156 | 17394 | 466 | 98 | 41379 | ||
| Illinois | 21320 | -9727 | 3485 | 31 | 46 | 262852 | 4.5 | 45152 | 97096 | 660 | 879 | 264391 | ||
| Indiana | 22535 | -5402 | 8695 | 55 | 166 | 146641 | 5.1 | 26210 | 69700 | 413 | 844 | 147912 | ||
| Iowa | 12113 | -1752 | 6316 | 1 | 8 | 59068 | 4.0 | 11665 | 16594 | 60 | 220 | 59348 | ||
| Kansas | 4751 | -13313 | 1835 | 1 | 0 | 43511 | 3.3 | 6852 | 20202 | 104 | 203 | 43818 | ||
| Kentucky | 19419 | -4169 | 10676 | 31 | 8 | 75343 | 4.3 | 16549 | 34372 | 359 | 478 | 76180 | ||
| Louisiana | 2888 | 530 | 710 | 1 | 4 | 35697 | 1.9 | 3690 | 13387 | 159 | 154 | 36010 | ||
| Maine | 3617 | 971 | 797 | 7 | 0 | 20904 | 3.5 | 3728 | 7376 | 47 | 65 | 21016 | ||
| Maryland | 8342 | -2105 | 3051 | 31 | 26 | 75590 | 3.1 | 5017 | 29382 | 407 | 283 | 76280 | ||
| Massachusetts | 16781 | -5247 | 3244 | 31 | 38 | 148733 | 4.7 | 19616 | 40106 | 742 | 571 | 150050 | ||
| Michigan | 42063 | -11956 | 14540 | 23 | 34 | 270434 | 6.6 | 54928 | 84017 | 387 | 697 | 271518 | ||
| Minnesota | 11807 | -203 | 3662 | 2 | 26 | 106004 | 4.0 | 17007 | 34638 | 195 | 540 | 106739 | ||
| Mississippi | 6042 | -587 | 1129 | 12 | 5 | 43234 | 3.9 | 6915 | 18006 | 176 | 174 | 43584 | ||
| Missouri | 17058 | 646 | 4683 | 128 | 29 | 102045 | 3.8 | 13116 | 37495 | 687 | 299 | 103032 | ||
| Montana | 2453 | -75 | 1040 | 29 | 8 | 21448 | 5.1 | 4860 | 9862 | 423 | 99 | 21970 | ||
| Nebraska | 3025 | -30 | 1244 | 7 | 3 | 19412 | 2.1 | 2847 | 5899 | 54 | 58 | 19524 | ||
| Nevada | 5490 | -1222 | 2181 | 7 | 8 | 65809 | 5.2 | 1410 | 33437 | 117 | 210 | 66136 | ||
| New Hampshire | 3594 | 943 | 2087 | 3 | 4 | 18462 | 3.0 | 2789 | 7903 | 20 | 44 | 18526 | ||
| New Jersey | 23187 | 1725 | 6201 | 15 | 21 | 182749 | 4.7 | 19053 | 54333 | 374 | 487 | 183610 | ||
| New Mexico | 1626 | -635 | 478 | 4 | 5 | 20827 | 2.6 | 1151 | 7354 | 341 | 117 | 21285 | ||
| New York | 54805 | 24465 | 1710 | 93 | 77 | 329025 | 3.9 | 43765 | 99185 | 1033 | 1569 | 331627 | ||
| North Carolina | 41010 | 19749 | 6885 | 20 | 62 | 192105 | 4.8 | 33316 | 82468 | 334 | 1241 | 195283 | ||
| North Dakota | 866 | -360 | 91 | 0 | 1 | 7915 | 2.4 | 122 | 2114 | 35 | 17 | 7967 | ||
| Ohio | 28228 | -7499 | 10157 | 22 | 77 | 217554 | 4.2 | 29606 | 81547 | 281 | 917 | 218752 | ||
| Oklahoma | 3872 | -594 | 1343 | 6 | 24 | 27342 | 1.8 | 2317 | 11407 | 66 | 253 | 27661 | ||
| Oregon | 18490 | -2426 | 5572 | 76 | 37 | 125792 | 7.4 | 21234 | 59469 | 847 | 507 | 127146 | ||
| Pennsylvania | 45821 | -1465 | 7555 | 87 | 157 | 289920 | 5.2 | 31344 | 83919 | 1382 | 1243 | 292545 | ||
| Puerto Rico | 1714 | -60 | 1327 | 1 | 3 | 49623 | 5.0 | 0 | 2227 | 128 | 219 | 49970 | ||
| Rhode Island | 3791 | 1791 | 1115 | 5 | 6 | 20676 | 4.4 | 3322 | 2891 | 50 | 130 | 20858 | ||
| South Carolina | 22548 | 14905 | 8548 | 8 | 23 | 100917 | 5.4 | 18785 | 45784 | 162 | 417 | 101496 | ||
| South Dakota | 952 | 142 | 446 | 3 | 6 | 5978 | 1.6 | 1078 | 2589 | 102 | 25 | 6105 | ||
| Tennessee | 18490 | 6372 | 6021 | 21 | 21 | 87147 | 3.2 | 6700 | 37913 | 277 | 357 | 87782 | ||
| Texas | 21677 | 7185 | 9289 | 18 | 96 | 196976 | 1.9 | 36702 | 87101 | 956 | 1717 | 199661 | ||
| Utah | 3265 | 173 | 1280 | 52 | 8 | 31851 | 2.7 | 2270 | 17701 | 569 | 115 | 32535 | ||
| Vermont | 1761 | -902 | 494 | 1 | 1 | 13908 | 4.7 | 2707 | 3356 | 27 | 30 | 13966 | ||
| Virgin Islands | 26 | 0 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 790 | 1.8 | -365 | 120 | 5 | 20 | 815 | ||
| Virginia | 15348 | 7362 | 5807 | 18 | 36 | 74389 | 2.1 | 16390 | 31759 | 400 | 945 | 75734 | ||
| Washington | 18627 | -7448 | 5347 | 40 | 81 | 137708 | 4.8 | 16931 | 64640 | 580 | 947 | 139235 | ||
| West Virginia | 2182 | 360 | 695 | 3 | 1 | 23628 | 3.4 | 5185 | 6787 | 72 | 184 | 23884 | ||
| Wisconsin | 29113 | -6772 | 8871 | 30 | 8 | 164025 | 6.0 | 35630 | 46591 | 234 | 652 | 164911 | ||
| Wyoming | 859 | 80 | 407 | 8 | 4 | 5712 | 2.1 | 1281 | 2601 | 57 | 47 | 5816 | ||
| Totals | 731946 | 14946 | 209246 | 1435 | 1544 | 5317452 | 4.0 | 744815 | 2013144 | 19697 | 25890 | 5364679 | ||
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.