Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–June 2, 2011.
SEASONALLY ADJUSTED DATA
In the week ending May 28, the advance figure for seasonally adjusted initial claims was 422,000, a decrease of 6,000 from the previous week’s revised figure of 428,000. The 4-week moving average was 425,500, a decrease of 14,000 from the previous week’s revised average of 439,500.
The advance seasonally adjusted insured unemployment rate was 3.0 percent for the week ending May 21, unchanged from the prior week’s revised rate of 3.0 percent.
The advance number for seasonally adjusted insured unemployment during the week ending May 21 was 3,711,000, a decrease of 1,000 from the preceding week’s revised level of 3,712,000. The 4-week moving average was 3,737,750, a decrease of 10,000 from the preceding week’s revised average of 3,747,750.
UNADJUSTED DATA
The advance number of actual initial claims under state programs, unadjusted, totaled 377,421 in the week ending May 28, an increase of 1,701 from the previous week. There were 418,873 initial claims in the comparable week in 2010.
The advance unadjusted insured unemployment rate was 2.8 percent during the week ending May 21, unchanged from the prior week. The advance unadjusted number for persons claiming UI benefits in state programs totaled 3,477,006, a decrease of 63,881 from the preceding week. A year earlier, the rate was 3.4 percent and the volume was 4,380,562.
The total number of people claiming benefits in all programs for the week ending May 14 was 7,682,830, a decrease of 56,742 from the previous week.
Extended benefits were available in Alabama, Alaska, Arizona, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, the District of Columbia, Florida, Georgia, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Kansas, Kentucky, Maine, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Nevada, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, Ohio, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, Texas, Virginia, Washington, and West Virginia, during the week ending May 14.
Initial claims for UI benefits by former Federal civilian employees totaled 1,648 in the week ending May 21, an increase of 98 from the prior week. There were 2,394 initial claims by newly discharged veterans, a decrease of 88 from the preceding week.
There were 23,585 former Federal civilian employees claiming UI benefits for the week ending May 14, a decrease of 2,417 from the previous week. Newly discharged veterans claiming benefits totaled 36,606, an increase of 584 from the prior week.
States reported 3,415,223 persons claiming EUC (Emergency Unemployment Compensation) benefits for the week ending May 14, an increase of 3,363 from the prior week. There were 4,998,428 claimants in the comparable week in 2010. EUC weekly claims include first, second, third, and fourth tier activity.
The highest insured unemployment rates in the week ending May 14 were in Alaska (5.3 percent), Puerto Rico (4.7), Oregon (4.1), California (3.9), Pennsylvania (3.9), Nevada (3.6), New Jersey (3.6), Connecticut (3.5), Rhode Island (3.3), and Wisconsin (3.3).
The largest increases in initial claims for the week ending May 21 were in California (+7,053), Massachusetts (+1,948), South Carolina (+1,066), Wisconsin (+1,019), Pennsylvania (+959), while the largest decreases were in Alabama (-1,448), Oregon (-1,104), Kentucky (-696), Idaho (-557) and Hawaii (-438).
Source: dol.gov
