TRIGGER NOTICE NO. 2012 - 17
STATE EXTENDED BENEFIT (EB) INDICATORS UNDER P.L. 112-96
Effective May 13, 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	2.00	69	7.5	81	72	87		E 04-21-2012
			Alaska	2	2	5.89	87	7.1	92	88	99		E 05-12-2012
			Arizona	2	2	2.21	72	8.7	90	81	101		E 06-11-2011
		&	Arkansas	2	2	2.92	73	7.6	95	96	107		E 09-26-2009
			California	3	3	3.89	83	10.9	91	89	108		E 05-12-2012
			Colorado	3	3	2.39	75	7.8	91	88	108		E 05-12-2012
			Connecticut	2	3	3.76	78	7.8	85	85	105		E 05-12-2012
	*		Delaware	2	3	2.75	81	7.0	95	83	97		E 04-21-2012
@			District of Col	2	3	2.43	100	9.9	99	95	114	20	B 04-05-2009
	*		Florida	2	3	1.83	63	9.3	86	82	101		E 05-12-2012
	*		Georgia	2	3	2.37	79	9.1	91	88	102		E 04-21-2012
		&	Hawaii	2	2	2.45	84	6.4	97	91	100		E 01-24-1981
@			Idaho	2	3	3.84	73	8.0	91	94	125	20	B 02-08-2009
			Illinois	3	3	3.84	80	9.1	97	81	107		E 05-12-2012
			Indiana	2	3	2.30	74	8.4	94	79	88		E 04-21-2012
	*	&	Iowa	2	2	2.46	76	5.3	88	84	87		E 06-04-1983
			Kansas	3	3	2.27	80	6.1	88	85	94		E 04-07-2012
	*		Kentucky	2	3	2.25	73	8.7	89	82	93		E 04-07-2012
		&	Louisiana	2	2	1.95	68	7.0	92	100	117		E 02-25-2006
			Maine	3	3	3.39	80	7.1	90	85	92		E 02-18-2012
			Maryland	2	3	2.68	83	6.5	90	81	98		E 04-21-2012
			Massachusetts	3	3	3.63	79	6.8	88	78	93		E 04-07-2012
	*		Michigan	3	3	3.61	63	8.8	82	65	73		E 02-18-2012
			Minnesota	2	3	2.86	79	5.7	85	75	73		E 01-14-2012
		&	Mississippi	2	2	2.41	75	9.5	90	88	114		E 07-16-1983
			Missouri	2	3	2.22	66	7.5	84	79	83		E 04-07-2012
		&	Montana	2	2	3.93	75	6.3	91	93	115		E 06-19-2010
		&	Nebraska	2	2	1.75	76	4.0	89	82	95		E 01-24-1981
@			Nevada	2	3	3.42	72	12.3	90	91	123	20	B 02-22-2009
	*		New Hampshire	2	2	2.20	69	5.2	95	79	95		E 08-14-2010
@			New Jersey	2	3	4.02	87	9.0	97	93	114	20	B 03-15-2009
			New Mexico	2	2	2.90	83	7.1	93	90	120		E 01-28-2012
@			New York	2	3	3.32	83	8.4	104	95	112	20	B 03-29-2009
			North Carolina	3	3	2.93	70	9.9	95	88	104		E 05-12-2012
	*	&	North Dakota	2	2	1.37	68	3.1	89	78	76		E 06-11-1983
			Ohio	2	3	2.40	62	7.6	85	72	84		E 04-07-2012
		&	Oklahoma	2	2	1.60	70	5.8	95	81	102		E 01-24-1981
			Oregon	2	3	4.17	77	8.7	90	79	83		E 04-07-2012
			Pennsylvania	2	2	4.19	81	7.6	95	87	107		E 05-12-2012
		&	Puerto Rico	2	2	4.12	74	15.1	93	94	107		E 12-18-2010
@			Rhode Island	3	3	4.09	85	11.0	97	93	111	20	B 07-06-2008
			South Carolina	2	3	2.54	64	9.1	87	77	86		E 04-07-2012
	*	&	South Dakota	2	2	1.06	65	4.3	86	81	86		E 01-24-1981
			Tennessee	2	3	2.09	77	8.0	84	77	82		E 04-07-2012
			Texas	2	3	1.61	77	7.1	88	87	108		E 05-12-2012
	*	&	Utah	2	2	1.93	68	5.8	79	71	83		E 06-25-1983
			Vermont	2	2	3.06	70	4.9	83	73	74		E 07-10-2010
		&	Virgin Islands	2	2	2.16	114	6.8	141	144	141		E 08-06-1983
			Virginia	2	2	1.48	90	5.7	90	79	92		E 05-14-2011
	*		Washington	3	3	3.27	72	8.3	87	81	101		E 04-21-2012
@			West Virginia	2	3	2.68	77	7.2	89	85	114	13	B 06-07-2009
			Wisconsin	3	3	3.95	68	6.8	89	75	87		E 04-07-2012
	*	&	Wyoming	2	2	2.54	85	5.4	87	73	115		E 06-13-1987
Total Number 'ON': 7						0		7
* - State does not have 6 % IUR option in law.												USDOL/ETA/OUI/DFAS
& - State does not have TUR option in law.												5/11/2012
@ - 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 April 28, 2012. TUR reflects avg. seasonally adjusted TUR for 3-month period ending March, 2012.