| STATE NAME |
Initial Claims Filed During Week Ended September 18, 2004 |
Insured Unemployment For Week Ended September 11, 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 | 2678 | -689 | -1612 | 14 | 24 |             | 26638 | 1.5 | -1054 | -8958 | 142 | 392 | 27172 | |
| Alaska | 1720 | 451 | -227 | 10 | 2 |             | 8779 | 3.2 | 267 | -740 | 98 | 56 | 8933 | |
| Arizona | 3865 | 397 | 53 | 8 | 26 |             | 36824 | 1.7 | -842 | -5288 | 193 | 248 | 37265 | |
| Arkansas | 2362 | -129 | -99 | 12 | 16 |             | 24849 | 2.3 | 298 | -4114 | 121 | 314 | 25284 | |
| California | 40027 | 4583 | -8761 | 202 | 315 |             | 365159 | 2.5 | 30984 | -119584 | 2135 | 3130 | 370424 | |
| Colorado | 2105 | 160 | -807 | 13 | 35 |             | 26339 | 1.3 | 753 | -8810 | 180 | 425 | 26944 | |
| Connecticut | 2812 | 34 | -445 | 13 | 19 |             | 35875 | 2.2 | -1441 | -10446 | 111 | 172 | 36158 | |
| Delaware | 1849 | 1196 | 1197 | 2 | 2 |             | 7408 | 1.9 | -524 | -63 | 26 | 65 | 7499 | |
| District of Columbia | 309 | 94 | 0 | 4 | 5 |             | 5223 | 1.1 | 26 | 356 | 178 | 84 | 5485 | |
| Florida | 17908 | 8797 | 8079 | 58 | 180 |             | 121098 | 1.7 | 15951 | -7497 | 551 | 1584 | 123233 | |
| Georgia | 8209 | 2139 | 35 | 68 | 123 |             | 54321 | 1.5 | 1971 | -10276 | 622 | 1347 | 56290 | |
| Hawaii | 1134 | -30 | -176 | 12 | 23 |             | 7491 | 1.4 | 548 | -2617 | 70 | 185 | 7746 | |
| Idaho | 1394 | 17 | -168 | 7 | 7 |             | 9644 | 1.7 | -269 | -2440 | 54 | 74 | 9772 | |
| Illinois | 10752 | 611 | -1692 | 33 | 96 |             | 122367 | 2.2 | -3028 | -26918 | 553 | 1106 | 124026 | |
| Indiana | 5090 | -814 | -441 | 32 | 44 |             | 45142 | 1.6 | 2061 | -9833 | 408 | 442 | 45992 | |
| Iowa | 1836 | -233 | -594 | 3 | 18 |             | 18773 | 1.4 | 430 | -3782 | 45 | 198 | 19016 | |
| Kansas | 1892 | 81 | -460 | 3 | 10 |             | 19679 | 1.6 | 268 | -7409 | 177 | 215 | 20071 | |
| Kentucky | 3039 | -1775 | -1599 | 44 | 17 |             | 27827 | 1.7 | 1385 | -5039 | 371 | 462 | 28660 | |
| Louisiana | 2547 | -264 | -646 | 11 | 23 |             | 33431 | 1.8 | -1030 | -211 | 137 | 439 | 34007 | |
| Maine | 884 | 142 | -58 | 2 | 3 |             | 7385 | 1.3 | 372 | -1095 | 22 | 42 | 7449 | |
| Maryland | 3471 | 373 | 487 | 41 | 39 |             | 34025 | 1.5 | -1591 | -6737 | 481 | 386 | 34892 | |
| Massachusetts | 5975 | 128 | -726 | 46 | 72 |             | 75789 | 2.5 | -1934 | -16024 | 1025 | 617 | 77431 | |
| Michigan | 8712 | 56 | -7984 | 24 | 44 |             | 104502 | 2.4 | -6771 | -11141 | 371 | 668 | 105541 | |
| Minnesota | 3417 | 247 | -402 | 12 | 25 |             | 31479 | 1.2 | -385 | -11801 | 86 | 244 | 31809 | |
| Mississippi | 2344 | 195 | -340 | 12 | 16 |             | 20110 | 1.9 | -580 | -2843 | 131 | 314 | 20555 | |
| Missouri | 5414 | 665 | -1075 | 107 | 35 |             | 50538 | 2.0 | 1840 | -11090 | 785 | 311 | 51634 | |
| Montana | 721 | 157 | -222 | 7 | 9 |             | 4917 | 1.3 | 59 | -2064 | 50 | 82 | 5049 | |
| Nebraska | 1085 | -273 | -357 | 2 | 0 |             | 11264 | 1.3 | 410 | -935 | 56 | 66 | 11386 | |
| Nevada | 2577 | 173 | -211 | 2 | 11 |             | 19073 | 1.8 | 342 | -6740 | 98 | 185 | 19356 | |
| New Hampshire | 685 | 24 | -95 | 0 | 3 |             | 5409 | 0.9 | -318 | -2031 | 12 | 20 | 5441 | |
| New Jersey | 9081 | 1591 | 163 | 20 | 57 |             | 110144 | 2.9 | -7703 | -7131 | 339 | 503 | 110986 | |
| New Mexico | 940 | 67 | -143 | 2 | 0 |             | 11358 | 1.6 | -46 | -1477 | 102 | 154 | 11614 | |
| New York | 18450 | 1550 | 49 | 51 | 113 |             | 182587 | 2.3 | -8219 | -20615 | 623 | 1128 | 184338 | |
| North Carolina | 15799 | 4194 | 5106 | 18 | 77 |             | 75470 | 2.1 | 4486 | -17250 | 282 | 1156 | 76908 | |
| North Dakota | 239 | 32 | 23 | 1 | 0 |             | 1622 | 0.5 | -91 | -286 | 26 | 40 | 1688 | |
| Ohio | 9338 | -410 | -1215 | 13 | 8 |             | 80000 | 1.5 | -1995 | -22683 | 132 | 343 | 80475 | |
| Oklahoma | 1806 | -522 | -558 | 13 | 30 |             | 18407 | 1.3 | 285 | -9005 | 118 | 335 | 18860 | |
| Oregon | 5286 | 520 | -1202 | 30 | 45 |             | 39940 | 2.6 | -1275 | -16109 | 215 | 485 | 40640 | |
| Pennsylvania | 16004 | -514 | -522 | 201 | 140 |             | 150260 | 2.8 | -1266 | -33379 | 1294 | 1573 | 153127 | |
| Puerto Rico | 1187 | -1321 | -1710 | 2 | 6 |             | 33322 | 3.3 | -11838 | -14614 | 286 | 373 | 33981 | |
| Rhode Island | 960 | -6 | -119 | 5 | 9 |             | 10561 | 2.3 | -665 | -894 | 42 | 107 | 10710 | |
| South Carolina | 6116 | 1566 | 619 | 9 | 41 |             | 37550 | 2.2 | 1896 | -7476 | 152 | 417 | 38119 | |
| South Dakota | 277 | 23 | 27 | 7 | 3 |             | 1908 | 0.5 | 65 | -385 | 49 | 30 | 1987 | |
| Tennessee | 4967 | 573 | 23 | 56 | 33 |             | 40893 | 1.6 | 582 | -7469 | 556 | 468 | 41917 | |
| Texas | 15277 | 278 | -3319 | 64 | 252 |             | 145924 | 1.6 | 6286 | -45841 | 1099 | 2356 | 149379 | |
| Utah | 1101 | 41 | -312 | 99 | 9 |             | 10102 | 1.0 | -38 | -4832 | 320 | 114 | 10536 | |
| Vermont | 441 | -113 | -696 | 1 | 4 |             | 3905 | 1.4 | 78 | -2141 | 19 | 21 | 3945 | |
| Virgin Islands | 74 | 15 | 4 | 0 | 0 |             | 290 | 0.7 | -60 | -567 | 0 | 3 | 293 | |
| Virginia | 4441 | 53 | -145 | 20 | 103 |             | 31290 | 1.0 | 2899 | -8663 | 418 | 1011 | 32719 | |
| Washington | 7927 | 884 | -904 | 38 | 86 |             | 58173 | 2.3 | -2704 | -24815 | 392 | 1207 | 59773 | |
| West Virginia | 1029 | 85 | -216 | 3 | 7 |             | 11987 | 1.8 | 797 | -2825 | 63 | 235 | 12285 | |
| Wisconsin | 7791 | -11 | -1137 | 7 | 30 |             | 53746 | 2.0 | -1846 | -11458 | 114 | 351 | 54211 | |
| Wyoming | 326 | 14 | -17 | 2 | 3 |             | 2190 | 0.9 | 21 | -315 | 18 | 37 | 2245 | |
| Totals | 275670 | 25102 | -25547 | 1466 | 2298 |             | 2472987 | 2.0 | 17847 | -566400 | 15948 | 26320 | 2515256 | |
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.