New Jersey Economic Indicators: Historical Data Series, 1976-2007
INITIAL CLAIMS -- WEEKLY AVERAGE
(NUMBER)
SERIES 29 
ORIGINAL SERIES 
YEAR JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC
1976 18,980 15,384 13,909 13,423 12,729 14,098 15,431 12,391 12,692 13,934 13,792 18,424
1977 21,677 21,840 12,742 12,098 11,331 13,265 14,225 11,290 11,428 12,449 12,748 18,406
1978 19,947 13,877 12,537 11,641 10,917 15,611 16,393 11,237 10,791 13,591 14,024 20,175
1979 20,913 16,275 14,365 16,475 12,274 16,670 17,989 12,747 12,920 14,833 16,095 22,542
1980 19,898 16,193 15,164 16,278 16,539 20,648 17,923 13,781 12,514 13,258 13,829 20,125
1981 20,272 14,297 13,126 12,587 11,821 15,512 15,719 11,650 12,200 13,485 16,740 22,934
1982 21,466 16,689 14,425 13,754 12,586 16,037 17,694 13,409 13,033 14,790 15,668 20,556
1983 20,107 14,453 13,090 11,824 10,904 13,266 12,607 9,866 9,294 10,945 12,019 16,320
1984 16,791 11,909 9,939 10,785 10,042 11,472 11,571 9,528 8,476 10,193 10,965 14,685
1985 16,523 11,495 9,755 10,634 8,441 10,794 11,656 8,279 9,247 8,990 9,302 13,974
1986 15,089 10,039 9,399 8,743 7,797 9,206 10,924 7,615 7,213 7,530 7,732 12,366
1987 14,106 10,174 7,695 8,187 6,458 8,058 9,157 6,191 5,808 6,508 7,721 11,708
1988 15,089 8,696 7,207 7,989 6,495 8,247 10,473 6,597 6,089 7,079 7,346 12,071
1989 13,666 9,038 8,555 8,902 7,410 9,632 11,606 8,435 7,611 9,275 9,875 14,302
1990 16,647 11,950 9,753 10,130 8,918 11,232 12,133 9,902 9,402 11,291 12,074 16,561
1991 20,031 15,360 12,501 13,286 10,382 13,050 13,946 10,591 10,195 12,162 12,640 17,898
1992 18,215 14,189 11,554 11,785 9,979 12,133 13,422 9,607 9,288 10,076 10,270 13,649
1993 15,550 10,883 10,211 11,378 9,373 10,192 11,475 8,510 7,728 9,677 9,824 13,163
1994 16,815 11,483 9,857 10,107 8,768 10,413 12,365 8,512 7,962 10,070 10,133 13,792
1995 15,623 12,171 9,868 11,289 9,248 12,135 11,823 9,012 8,589 10,160 10,619 14,376
1996 16,709 11,518 10,721 10,158 8,482 10,764 11,457 8,694 8,458 9,247 9,665 13,783
1997 14,498 10,476 8,525 10,025 8,063 10,924 10,040 8,033 7,350 8,412 9,328 13,255
1998 13,804 9,522 8,475 9,456 7,584 11,053 9,297 7,468 6,952 8,318 8,955 12,567
1999 13,546 9,600 8,793 9,236 6,951 9,724 9,129 7,680 6,643 7,238 8,109 11,388
2000 13,868 9,355 7,316 8,735 7,177 10,467 8,398 7,616 6,483 7,351 8,611 13,289
2001 14,108 9,239 8,130 10,256 8,052 12,184 10,728 8,490 8,321 11,610 11,345 15,185
2002 15,583 12,259 10,051 13,925 9,926 12,875 10,793 9,270 9,256 9,825 10,658 14,721
2003 14,602 12,479 9,705 11,371 9,240 12,866 11,605 8,822 9,179 9,145 10,639 16,317
2004 15,582 11,226 8,951 10,589 7,959 12,942 9,703 8,853 8,332 8,690 10,683 15,247
2005 14,797 10,123 9,390 9,334 8,020 12,260 9,826 8,231 7,885 9,212 9,881 14,921
2006 13,034 9,451 7,927 10,564 7,638 12,675 10,521 8,617 7,736 8,535 10,883 13,813
2007 13,850 10,515 8,609 11,080 8,087 12,320 10,299 8,600 8,138 9,136 11,304 14,785
SEASONALLY ADJUSTED SERIES 
YEAR JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC
1976 13,768 14,147 14,821 15,405 15,463 14,554 14,765 15,369 15,312 15,507 14,532 13,110
1977 15,664 20,539 13,689 13,842 13,878 13,270 13,331 14,002 14,000 13,753 13,478 13,245
1978 14,349 13,332 13,587 13,267 13,450 15,159 15,120 13,942 13,377 15,015 14,770 14,625
1979 15,029 15,894 15,741 18,683 15,227 15,812 16,386 15,801 16,208 16,451 16,780 16,409
1980 14,365 15,930 16,637 18,430 20,515 19,436 16,314 17,099 15,773 14,769 14,194 14,623
1981 14,720 14,140 14,431 14,155 14,596 14,665 14,412 14,381 15,475 15,037 17,041 16,674
1982 15,508 16,469 15,880 15,353 15,501 15,370 16,387 16,522 16,610 16,505 15,900 14,945
1983 14,328 14,210 14,442 13,111 13,463 12,940 11,671 12,137 11,947 12,255 12,297 11,919
1984 11,701 11,643 10,968 11,836 12,479 11,369 10,639 11,801 11,025 11,532 11,364 10,723
1985 11,228 11,209 10,823 11,504 10,562 10,826 10,599 10,297 12,193 10,339 9,851 10,189
1986 9,990 9,770 10,452 9,330 9,856 9,301 9,818 9,546 9,639 8,791 8,339 8,972
1987 9,178 9,836 8,559 8,705 8,229 8,210 8,154 7,769 7,816 7,650 8,434 8,515
1988 9,741 8,317 7,986 8,467 8,336 8,439 9,335 8,281 8,226 8,273 8,027 8,830
1989 8,848 8,527 9,475 9,435 9,518 9,872 10,420 10,529 10,241 10,695 10,754 10,607
1990 11,202 10,819 10,665 10,580 11,101 11,431 11,232 12,298 12,335 12,406 12,848 13,127
1991 13,619 13,948 13,756 13,561 12,982 13,453 12,990 13,097 13,165 13,407 13,601 13,876
1992 12,563 12,610 12,381 12,397 12,474 11,937 12,663 12,003 12,115 11,069 10,972 10,745
1993 10,816 10,007 11,060 11,597 11,645 10,205 10,734 10,420 10,252 10,711 10,262 10,406
1994 11,718 10,675 10,851 10,292 10,633 10,409 11,705 10,514 10,400 11,156 10,802 10,750
1995 10,636 11,493 11,062 11,584 11,309 11,622 11,273 11,189 11,406 11,077 11,412 11,177
1996 11,467 10,614 12,212 9,938 10,593 10,325 10,917 10,738 11,211 10,377 10,213 10,306
1997 10,097 10,142 9,805 10,016 10,062 10,048 9,785 9,897 9,549 9,655 9,992 9,878
1998 9,551 9,318 9,641 9,520 9,577 9,742 9,242 9,102 9,269 9,627 9,387 9,377
1999 9,480 9,457 10,145 9,056 8,720 8,631 9,167 9,127 8,936 8,494 8,304 8,538
2000 9,764 8,769 8,596 8,741 8,829 9,112 8,554 9,245 8,523 8,464 9,129 9,949
2001 9,954 9,000 9,534 10,120 9,974 10,598 10,957 10,357 10,791 13,762 11,785 11,060
2002 10,959 12,185 11,924 13,429 12,555 11,193 11,042 11,381 11,837 11,542 11,063 10,492
2003 10,617 12,508 11,467 11,260 11,597 10,900 11,974 10,997 11,459 10,931 10,921 11,575
2004 11,349 11,019 10,652 10,287 10,132 11,045 9,948 10,752 10,670 10,449 10,519 10,875
2005 10,886 10,290 11,315 9,156 10,253 10,325 10,214 10,029 10,035 10,960 9,864 10,507
2006 9,519 9,664 9,743 10,332 9,975 10,464 10,746 10,483 10,056 10,045 10,720 9,889
2007 10,244 10,784 10,516 10,639 10,627 10,272 10,403 10,557 10,643 10,850 10,932 10,474