TRIGGER NOTICE NO. 2012 - 8
STATE EXTENDED BENEFIT (EB) INDICATORS UNDER P.L. 111-312
Effective March 11, 2012
				INDICATORS								STATUS
				Applicable Look Back Years		13 Weeks Insured Unemployment Rate	Percent of Prior Years (1)	3 months S.A. TUR	Percent of prior				Periods
				IUR	TUR				Year	Second Year	Third Year	Available Weeks	Begin Date(B) End Date(E)
@			Alabama	2	3	2.31	72	8.7	96	84	134	20	B 03-29-2009
#			Alaska	2	2	6.75	95	7.3	92	89	109	13	B 01-22-2012
			Arizona	2	2	2.28	71	8.8	91	85	119		E 06-11-2011
		&	Arkansas	2	2	3.50	77	8.0	101	103	133		E 09-26-2009
@			California	3	3	3.91	81	11.4	91	93	131	20	B 02-22-2009
@			Colorado	3	3	2.45	84	8.0	90	93	138	20	B 04-12-2009
@			Connecticut	2	3	4.00	84	8.4	92	94	129	20	B 02-15-2009
@	*		Delaware	2	3	3.00	83	7.6	90	88	123	13	B 06-28-2009
@			District of Col	2	3	2.67	129	10.7	110	104	139	20	B 04-05-2009
@	*		Florida	2	3	1.93	62	10.1	85	91	131	20	B 02-22-2009
@	*		Georgia	2	3	2.75	78	9.9	95	95	130	20	B 02-22-2009
		&	Hawaii	2	2	2.51	82	6.6	103	94	125		E 01-24-1981
@			Idaho	2	3	4.30	76	8.6	90	99	146	20	B 02-08-2009
@			Illinois	3	3	3.89	82	9.9	105	90	138	20	B 03-15-2009
@			Indiana	2	3	2.57	73	9.0	94	85	120	20	B 03-15-2009
	*	&	Iowa	2	2	2.81	77	5.8	95	97	121		E 06-04-1983
@			Kansas	3	3	2.42	74	6.5	94	89	125	13	B 07-05-2009
@	*		Kentucky	2	3	2.48	73	9.4	91	86	118	20	B-02-22-2009
		&	Louisiana	2	2	2.30	73	6.9	90	97	130		E 02-25-2006
			Maine	3	3	3.41	86	7.1	95	86	109		E 02-18-2012
@			Maryland	2	3	2.84	86	6.9	93	91	125	13	B 10-02-2011
@			Massachusetts	3	3	3.76	83	7.0	84	80	111	13	B 03-22-2009
	*		Michigan	3	3	3.86	67	9.9	87	71	99		E 02-18-2012
			Minnesota	2	3	3.17	82	6.0	86	76	95		E 01-14-2012
		&	Mississippi	2	2	2.82	79	10.5	103	98	140		E 07-16-1983
@			Missouri	2	3	2.62	70	8.2	85	85	114	20	B 02-22-2009
		&	Montana	2	2	4.36	80	7.2	97	104	136		E 06-19-2010
		&	Nebraska	2	2	1.97	79	4.1	93	82	111		E 01-24-1981
@			Nevada	2	3	3.63	72	13.0	87	91	149	20	B 02-22-2009
	*		New Hampshire	2	2	2.26	75	5.2	91	78	113		E 08-14-2010
@			New Jersey	2	3	4.10	87	9.1	99	94	140	20	B 03-15-2009
			New Mexico	2	2	3.09	89	6.6	77	84	122		E 01-28-2012
@			New York	2	3	3.44	87	8.0	96	90	127	20	B 03-29-2009
@			North Carolina	3	3	3.29	73	10.1	103	90	128	20	B 10-05-2008
	*	&	North Dakota	2	2	1.64	69	3.4	87	81	97		E 06-11-1983
@			Ohio	2	3	2.61	68	8.5	89	80	112	20	B 03-15-2009
		&	Oklahoma	2	2	1.73	70	6.1	90	84	139		E 01-24-1981
@			Oregon	2	3	4.49	77	9.2	87	84	110	20	B 12-07-2008
@			Pennsylvania	3	3	4.52	80	7.9	93	92	127	13	B 02-15-2009
		&	Puerto Rico	2	2	4.24	77	15.5	99	99	119		E 12-18-2010
@			Rhode Island	3	3	4.20	87	10.6	92	91	118	20	B 07-06-2008
@			South Carolina	2	3	3.09	70	10.0	92	85	116	20	B 03-08-2009
	*	&	South Dakota	2	2	1.23	71	4.4	94	86	119		E 01-24-1981
@			Tennessee	2	3	2.37	80	9.1	97	87	117	20	B 02-22-2009
@			Texas	2	3	1.78	79	8.1	99	100	142	20	B 05-03-2009
	*	&	Utah	2	2	2.16	71	6.5	87	84	135		E 06-25-1983
			Vermont	2	2	2.98	70	5.3	91	79	100		E 07-10-2010
		&	Virgin Islands	2	2	2.03	99	5.2	98	92	118		E 08-06-1983
			Virginia	2	2	1.58	92	6.3	95	89	129		E 05-14-2011
@	*		Washington	3	3	3.63	78	8.8	95	89	133	20	B 02-15-2009
@			West Virginia	2	3	2.80	71	8.0	83	93	163	20	B 06-07-2009
@			Wisconsin	3	3	4.37	76	7.4	97	81	125	13	B 02-22-2009
	*	&	Wyoming	2	2	2.75	89	5.8	89	75	153		E 06-13-1987
Total Number 'ON': 31						1		30
* - State does not have 6 % IUR option in law.												USDOL/ETA/OUI/DFAS
& - State does not have TUR option in law.												3/9/2012
@ - State "ON" by 3-month average TUR. # - State "ON" by 13-week IUR. (1) Percent of prior years is computed based on applicable look-back years. IUR reflects 13-week period ending February 25, 2012. TUR reflects avg. seasonally adjusted TUR for 3-month period ending December, 2011.