| STATE NAME |
Initial Claims Filed During Week Ended September 11, 2004 |
Insured Unemployment For Week Ended September 4, 2004 |
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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 | 3367 | -556 | -1367 | 28 | 33 |             | 27692 | 1.6 | -475 | -9051 | 153 | 418 | 28263 | |
| Alaska | 1269 | -38 | -243 | 6 | 4 |             | 8512 | 3.1 | -461 | -1162 | 117 | 80 | 8709 | |
| Arizona | 3240 | -508 | -1192 | 14 | 9 |             | 37730 | 1.7 | -1250 | -420 | 195 | 262 | 38187 | |
| Arkansas | 2491 | -340 | -143 | 7 | 11 |             | 24551 | 2.2 | -271 | -7007 | 203 | 311 | 25065 | |
| California | 35444 | -5367 | -15628 | 265 | 243 |             | 334175 | 2.3 | -33738 | -168941 | 2325 | 2698 | 339198 | |
| Colorado | 1945 | -381 | -1100 | 13 | 29 |             | 25586 | 1.2 | -1371 | -11006 | 225 | 382 | 26193 | |
| Connecticut | 2778 | -504 | -780 | 6 | 26 |             | 37316 | 2.3 | -4940 | -10451 | 100 | 211 | 37627 | |
| Delaware | 653 | 64 | -60 | 0 | 1 |             | 7932 | 2.0 | -625 | -881 | 22 | 88 | 8042 | |
| District of Columbia | 215 | -74 | -183 | 7 | 5 |             | 5197 | 1.1 | -203 | -1471 | 184 | 49 | 5430 | |
| Florida | 9111 | -1883 | -1667 | 32 | 73 |             | 105147 | 1.5 | -15136 | -27144 | 489 | 1427 | 107063 | |
| Georgia | 6070 | -908 | -3972 | 49 | 76 |             | 52350 | 1.4 | -1018 | -15080 | 595 | 1332 | 54277 | |
| Hawaii | 1164 | -51 | -275 | 11 | 23 |             | 6943 | 1.3 | -728 | -3424 | 110 | 144 | 7197 | |
| Idaho | 1377 | -168 | -313 | 10 | 8 |             | 9913 | 1.8 | -304 | -3256 | 53 | 78 | 10044 | |
| Illinois | 10141 | -1317 | -3104 | 31 | 89 |             | 125395 | 2.2 | -3621 | -30687 | 664 | 1051 | 127110 | |
| Indiana | 5904 | 543 | 193 | 19 | 39 |             | 43081 | 1.5 | -2504 | -12998 | 421 | 439 | 43941 | |
| Iowa | 2069 | 88 | -6 | 2 | 13 |             | 18343 | 1.3 | -1419 | -4557 | 54 | 190 | 18587 | |
| Kansas | 1811 | -574 | -923 | 2 | 8 |             | 19411 | 1.5 | -865 | -8132 | 179 | 214 | 19804 | |
| Kentucky | 4814 | 1203 | 644 | 11 | 24 |             | 26442 | 1.6 | -740 | -8986 | 467 | 479 | 27388 | |
| Louisiana | 2811 | -625 | -490 | 10 | 14 |             | 34461 | 1.9 | -563 | -292 | 155 | 456 | 35072 | |
| Maine | 742 | -143 | -216 | 0 | 1 |             | 7013 | 1.2 | -564 | -1792 | 21 | 38 | 7072 | |
| Maryland | 3098 | -343 | -849 | 40 | 43 |             | 35616 | 1.5 | -1528 | -9011 | 353 | 401 | 36370 | |
| Massachusetts | 5847 | -506 | -1713 | 130 | 48 |             | 77723 | 2.5 | -5725 | -17430 | 982 | 630 | 79335 | |
| Michigan | 8656 | -2156 | -6285 | 12 | 55 |             | 111273 | 2.6 | 2531 | -11198 | 418 | 684 | 112375 | |
| Minnesota | 3170 | -443 | -1064 | 7 | 20 |             | 31864 | 1.3 | -2044 | -12466 | 94 | 245 | 32203 | |
| Mississippi | 2149 | -277 | -319 | 21 | 12 |             | 20690 | 1.9 | -799 | -3240 | 140 | 301 | 21131 | |
| Missouri | 4749 | -1451 | -1960 | 56 | 23 |             | 48698 | 1.9 | -8002 | -14704 | 711 | 291 | 49700 | |
| Montana | 564 | -89 | -331 | 3 | 8 |             | 4858 | 1.3 | -627 | -2078 | 44 | 97 | 4999 | |
| Nebraska | 1358 | 17 | -40 | 1 | 5 |             | 10854 | 1.3 | -190 | -1067 | 59 | 53 | 10966 | |
| Nevada | 2404 | 96 | -695 | 5 | 12 |             | 18731 | 1.8 | -911 | -7349 | 90 | 169 | 18990 | |
| New Hampshire | 661 | 72 | -280 | 4 | 0 |             | 5727 | 1.0 | -528 | -2432 | 22 | 24 | 5773 | |
| New Jersey | 7490 | -792 | -2168 | 12 | 23 |             | 117847 | 3.1 | -4787 | -10722 | 354 | 501 | 118702 | |
| New Mexico | 873 | -172 | -358 | 3 | 2 |             | 11404 | 1.6 | -491 | -1543 | 118 | 145 | 11667 | |
| New York | 16900 | -1022 | -5095 | 29 | 107 |             | 190806 | 2.4 | -3002 | -28578 | 518 | 1109 | 192433 | |
| North Carolina | 11605 | 2046 | -5597 | 19 | 80 |             | 70984 | 1.9 | 1475 | -28920 | 268 | 1135 | 72387 | |
| North Dakota | 207 | -6 | -28 | 0 | 3 |             | 1713 | 0.6 | -228 | -403 | 36 | 40 | 1789 | |
| Ohio | 10000 | 0 | -910 | 19 | 40 |             | 100000 | 1.9 | 0 | -5925 | 300 | 700 | 101000 | |
| Oklahoma | 2328 | 325 | -54 | 8 | 28 |             | 18122 | 1.3 | -440 | -9781 | 116 | 307 | 18545 | |
| Oregon | 4766 | -613 | -2650 | 28 | 35 |             | 41215 | 2.7 | -1808 | -17166 | 222 | 490 | 41927 | |
| Pennsylvania | 16518 | -327 | -1659 | 157 | 118 |             | 151526 | 2.8 | -13447 | -35636 | 1469 | 1515 | 154510 | |
| Puerto Rico | 2645 | 0 | -324 | 0 | 9 |             | 37997 | 3.8 | 0 | -19650 | 342 | 495 | 38834 | |
| Rhode Island | 966 | -89 | -127 | 6 | 4 |             | 11226 | 2.4 | -1792 | -586 | 32 | 97 | 11355 | |
| South Carolina | 4550 | -320 | -1402 | 4 | 22 |             | 35654 | 2.0 | 253 | -12545 | 141 | 419 | 36214 | |
| South Dakota | 254 | -36 | -41 | 4 | 5 |             | 1843 | 0.5 | -244 | -545 | 65 | 27 | 1935 | |
| Tennessee | 4394 | -326 | -2027 | 53 | 36 |             | 40311 | 1.6 | -648 | -10324 | 541 | 447 | 41299 | |
| Texas | 14999 | -2627 | -1713 | 99 | 246 |             | 139638 | 1.5 | -6727 | -52700 | 1068 | 2273 | 142979 | |
| Utah | 1060 | -200 | -391 | 14 | 13 |             | 10140 | 1.0 | -427 | -5165 | 346 | 122 | 10608 | |
| Vermont | 554 | 123 | -778 | 1 | 2 |             | 3827 | 1.3 | -561 | -2306 | 18 | 21 | 3866 | |
| Virgin Islands | 59 | 11 | -47 | 0 | 0 |             | 350 | 0.9 | -81 | -255 | 0 | 8 | 358 | |
| Virginia | 4388 | 55 | -3362 | 32 | 115 |             | 28391 | 0.9 | -1921 | -15967 | 376 | 958 | 29725 | |
| Washington | 7043 | -1013 | -2910 | 35 | 77 |             | 60877 | 2.4 | -747 | -24569 | 385 | 1180 | 62442 | |
| West Virginia | 944 | -101 | -283 | 2 | 14 |             | 11190 | 1.7 | -848 | -3884 | 74 | 255 | 11519 | |
| Wisconsin | 7802 | -1241 | -1383 | 11 | 28 |             | 55592 | 2.1 | -4261 | -12246 | 126 | 355 | 56073 | |
| Wyoming | 312 | -9 | -17 | 2 | 3 |             | 2169 | 0.9 | -90 | -275 | 17 | 46 | 2232 | |
| Totals | 250729 | -22953 | -77685 | 1340 | 1965 |             | 2466046 | 2.0 | -129441 | -707404 | 16577 | 25887 | 2508510 | |
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.