n this July 26, 2011 photo, workers seeking employment create resumes and look for open positions on lap tops provided by USAJobs at a job fair for space workers and those workers that lost jobs due to the end of the space shuttle program in Cape Canaveral, Fla. The number of people seeking unemployment benefits dropped last week to the lowest level since early April, a sign the job market may be healing after a recent slump.(AP Photo/John Raoux)
Applications fell 7,000 to a seasonally adjusted 395,000. The four-week average, a less volatile measure, fell for the sixth straight week to 405,000.
Below are the states with the biggest drops in claims. No states reported increases above 1,000. The data is for the week ending July 30, one week behind the national data:
States with the biggest declines:
Georgia: Down 1,194, due to fewer layoffs in the manufacturing and service industries.
Tennessee: Down 4,448.
Michigan: Down 3,025, due to fewer layoffs in the automobile industry.
Florida: Down 2,336, due to fewer layoffs in the agriculture, manufacturing, construction and retail industries.
New York: Down 2,132, due to fewer layoffs in education, transportation and other service industries.
Texas: Down 1,828.
Pennsylvania: Down 1,675, due to fewer layoffs in the education and service industries.
Alabama: Down 1,587, due to fewer layoffs in the transportation, service, plastic and rubber industries.
North Carolina: Down 1,408, due to fewer layoffs in the electronic, transportation, textile, furniture and service industries.
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