| STATE NAME |
Initial Claims Filed During Week Ended November 24, 2012 |
Insured Unemployment For Week Ended November 17, 2012 |
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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 | 3908 | -548 | -1202 | 9 | 21 |             | 32507 | 1.8 | -402 | -5843 | 164 | 436 | 33115 | |
| Alaska | 2369 | -430 | -20 | 33 | 7 |             | 17500 | 5.7 | 1912 | 642 | 357 | 92 | 17949 | |
| Arizona | 3738 | -500 | -167 | 35 | 8 |             | 37297 | 1.6 | -974 | -16708 | 380 | 389 | 38070 | |
| Arkansas | 4677 | 738 | -1347 | 4 | 2 |             | 30107 | 2.7 | -126 | -5250 | 148 | 331 | 30586 | |
| California | 39626 | -7053 | -6850 | 338 | 192 |             | 386244 | 2.7 | -37982 | -34411 | 2935 | 5090 | 394298 | |
| Colorado | 3187 | -652 | 75 | 33 | 46 |             | 40017 | 1.8 | 1463 | -6283 | 381 | 1061 | 41671 | |
| Connecticut | 4641 | -1215 | -2092 | 4 | 24 |             | 49546 | 3.1 | -1669 | -2423 | 116 | 297 | 49960 | |
| Delaware | 992 | -85 | -18 | 2 | 4 |             | 8251 | 2.1 | -336 | -1557 | 63 | 72 | 8387 | |
| District of Columbia | 789 | -79 | 88 | 16 | 5 |             | 11203 | 2.2 | -259 | -1098 | 391 | 26 | 11620 | |
| Florida | 12411 | -1448 | 1945 | 26 | 132 |             | 95874 | 1.4 | -27480 | -27500 | 382 | 1201 | 97482 | |
| Georgia | 8021 | -1286 | -930 | 20 | 71 |             | 62129 | 1.7 | -7584 | -24990 | 449 | 1506 | 64084 | |
| Hawaii | 1360 | -198 | -116 | 8 | 14 |             | 11024 | 2.0 | 73 | -1780 | 116 | 329 | 11469 | |
| Idaho | 3880 | 944 | 149 | 75 | 20 |             | 14651 | 2.5 | 977 | -3613 | 254 | 151 | 15056 | |
| Illinois | 15274 | -410 | 832 | 17 | 41 |             | 146466 | 2.7 | 632 | -14101 | 665 | 1083 | 148217 | |
| Indiana | 6797 | -331 | -2589 | 13 | 59 |             | 42799 | 1.6 | 905 | -7795 | 208 | 683 | 43708 | |
| Iowa | 4585 | 1262 | -1649 | 0 | 13 |             | 21838 | 1.5 | -189 | -2366 | 78 | 222 | 22138 | |
| Kansas | 3200 | 695 | 284 | 1 | 1 |             | 22562 | 1.8 | -643 | -2391 | 139 | 445 | 23149 | |
| Kentucky | 5689 | 448 | -356 | 44 | 16 |             | 30826 | 1.8 | -1041 | -1850 | 301 | 894 | 32026 | |
| Louisiana | 2705 | -170 | -309 | 3 | 2 |             | 29111 | 1.6 | -542 | -10916 | 123 | 258 | 29492 | |
| Maine | 1904 | -53 | -6 | 2 | 1 |             | 12118 | 2.1 | 462 | -879 | 61 | 88 | 12267 | |
| Maryland | 5106 | -351 | -648 | 36 | 19 |             | 52972 | 2.3 | -2012 | -8866 | 535 | 615 | 54123 | |
| Massachusetts | 8115 | 416 | -244 | 15 | 31 |             | 81556 | 2.6 | -405 | -7122 | 406 | 868 | 82853 | |
| Michigan | 14368 | -1546 | -2229 | 30 | 73 |             | 90952 | 2.4 | 4663 | -11311 | 386 | 894 | 92232 | |
| Minnesota | 7104 | -964 | -596 | 17 | 12 |             | 50035 | 1.9 | 1296 | -3855 | 198 | 782 | 51016 | |
| Mississippi | 3266 | 147 | 33 | 8 | 12 |             | 23576 | 2.2 | -111 | -4101 | 116 | 298 | 24000 | |
| Missouri | 5978 | -824 | -1635 | 50 | 32 |             | 45198 | 1.8 | -983 | -8189 | 635 | 436 | 46269 | |
| Montana | 2196 | -106 | -419 | 75 | 9 |             | 11658 | 2.8 | 691 | -611 | 399 | 151 | 12208 | |
| Nebraska | 1663 | -67 | -52 | 2 | 5 |             | 11005 | 1.2 | -96 | -1967 | 43 | 66 | 11114 | |
| Nevada | 4249 | 66 | 188 | 13 | 5 |             | 31561 | 2.9 | 475 | -4656 | 202 | 350 | 32124 | |
| New Hampshire | 1415 | 202 | 34 | 0 | 1 |             | 8769 | 1.5 | 193 | -1362 | 6 | 28 | 8803 | |
| New Jersey | 21665 | -23966 | 11159 | 19 | 32 |             | 144828 | 3.9 | -8271 | 22719 | 401 | 753 | 146222 | |
| New Mexico | 1234 | -206 | -334 | 29 | 0 |             | 17175 | 2.3 | -45 | -4920 | 421 | 202 | 17798 | |
| New York | 26007 | -6682 | 3967 | 60 | 112 |             | 237356 | 2.8 | -8139 | 1606 | 997 | 1984 | 276563 | |
| North Carolina | 8981 | -2609 | -396 | 15 | 76 |             | 95338 | 2.5 | -2581 | -11189 | 451 | 2230 | 98128 | |
| North Dakota | 825 | -210 | 100 | 0 | 0 |             | 2925 | 0.8 | 652 | 366 | 42 | 19 | 2986 | |
| Ohio | 13768 | 2252 | -1389 | 20 | 98 |             | 81568 | 1.7 | -327 | -9591 | 284 | 1277 | 83129 | |
| Oklahoma | 2292 | 238 | -307 | 8 | 29 |             | 21041 | 1.4 | -159 | -2437 | 109 | 326 | 21476 | |
| Oregon | 9308 | 2328 | -366 | 122 | 53 |             | 49799 | 3.1 | 174 | -9539 | 612 | 559 | 50970 | |
| Pennsylvania | 25591 | 1154 | -329 | 95 | 107 |             | 179911 | 3.3 | -14534 | -9035 | 1195 | 1316 | 182446 | |
| Puerto Rico | 1076 | -986 | -1500 | 0 | 6 |             | 32479 | 3.6 | -2940 | -10158 | 89 | 285 | 32855 | |
| Rhode Island | 1581 | 62 | -194 | 2 | 10 |             | 11625 | 2.6 | 145 | -1796 | 75 | 209 | 11909 | |
| South Carolina | 3733 | -693 | -142 | 6 | 30 |             | 30778 | 1.8 | -1578 | -20433 | 107 | 446 | 31339 | |
| South Dakota | 402 | -82 | -203 | 7 | 2 |             | 2099 | 0.5 | 190 | -304 | 44 | 18 | 2161 | |
| Tennessee | 4719 | -1082 | -641 | 12 | 12 |             | 41515 | 1.6 | -528 | -10827 | 194 | 486 | 42206 | |
| Texas | 12079 | -6425 | 479 | 48 | 195 |             | 151754 | 1.5 | -2910 | -17070 | 1204 | 3577 | 156651 | |
| Utah | 2091 | -477 | -319 | 81 | 12 |             | 15686 | 1.4 | 670 | -3660 | 439 | 143 | 16268 | |
| Vermont | 1622 | 859 | 261 | 1 | 6 |             | 5194 | 1.8 | -239 | -561 | 18 | 34 | 5246 | |
| Virgin Islands | 29 | -4 | 4 | 0 | 0 |             | 1138 | 2.7 | -40 | 294 | 6 | 18 | 1162 | |
| Virginia | 4438 | -1738 | -804 | 39 | 29 |             | 40435 | 1.2 | -1272 | -4759 | 454 | 1564 | 42453 | |
| Washington | 13237 | 2107 | -641 | 102 | 120 |             | 68789 | 2.5 | 1002 | -14483 | 611 | 1638 | 71038 | |
| West Virginia | 1872 | -927 | 395 | 2 | 17 |             | 17259 | 2.5 | -1753 | 4564 | 69 | 206 | 17534 | |
| Wisconsin | 18578 | 5876 | -2565 | 15 | 34 |             | 71594 | 2.7 | 1276 | -7754 | 205 | 384 | 72188 | |
| Wyoming | 600 | -87 | -88 | 15 | 5 |             | 6033 | 2.2 | 455 | 737 | 181 | 73 | 6287 | |
| Totals | 358941 | -44696 | -13699 | 1627 | 1863 |             | 2835671 | 2.2 | -109844 | -331382 | 18845 | 36889 | 2928501 | |
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.