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Washington State December unemployment claims set new records |
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Thursday, 08 January 2009 |
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90,331 people applied for regular unemployment benefits in December, an increase of about 75 percent over December 2007. The previous record was set in December 2001, when 72,942 people filed initial claims.
| Year over Year Change by Industry - Seasonally Adjusted
November 2007 to November 2008 (Change in 000s) |
| Total Nonfarm |
-22.4 |
| Education and Health Services |
11.4 |
| Government |
10.1 |
| Information |
3.8 |
| Aerospace Product and Parts Manufacturing |
1.0 |
| Other Services |
0.8 |
| Leisure and Hospitality |
0.2 |
| Transportation, Warehousing and Utilities |
-0.4 |
| Natural Resources and Mining |
-0.8 |
| Wholesale Trade |
-1.6 |
| Financial Activities |
-4.0 |
| Professional and Business Services |
-5.1 |
| Manufacturing |
-7.2 |
| Retail Trade |
-8.7 |
| Construction |
-20.9 |
The week of Dec. 21-27, 2008, which included the Christmas holiday, also set a one-week record, taking in 25,687 new unemployment claims, nearly twice as many as the same week in 2007.
At the end of 2008, more than 136,000 Washingtonians were receiving unemployment benefits, compared to 72,910 at the end of 2007.
State unemployment claims set new records - Jan. 8, 2009 |
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Last Updated ( Thursday, 08 January 2009 )
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