| STATE NAME |
Initial Claims Filed During Week Ended October 9, 2004 |
Insured Unemployment For Week Ended October 2, 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 | 6711 | -1684 | 2041 | 39 | 41 |             | 29868 | 1.7 | -1757 | -3917 | 135 | 424 | 30427 | |
| Alaska | 2189 | -30 | 45 | 39 | 8 |             | 9957 | 3.6 | 704 | -768 | 158 | 97 | 10212 | |
| Arizona | 4294 | 742 | -621 | 30 | 13 |             | 33470 | 1.5 | -1465 | -5842 | 185 | 254 | 33909 | |
| Arkansas | 4960 | 2507 | 1359 | 15 | 12 |             | 22722 | 2.1 | -514 | -6873 | 120 | 317 | 23159 | |
| California | 46299 | 3190 | -12055 | 238 | 272 |             | 342046 | 2.3 | -5662 | -115898 | 2494 | 3238 | 347778 | |
| Colorado | 2876 | 196 | -252 | 41 | 32 |             | 24065 | 1.2 | -1464 | -11014 | 223 | 389 | 24677 | |
| Connecticut | 3587 | 877 | -305 | 14 | 29 |             | 34103 | 2.1 | -552 | -10254 | 82 | 215 | 34400 | |
| Delaware | 912 | 306 | 19 | 3 | 3 |             | 6972 | 1.7 | -167 | -458 | 28 | 70 | 7070 | |
| District of Columbia | 341 | 139 | -141 | 17 | 1 |             | 4700 | 1.0 | -160 | -1483 | 181 | 70 | 4951 | |
| Florida | 19872 | 637 | 8288 | 131 | 183 |             | 125939 | 1.8 | 794 | 142 | 484 | 1521 | 127944 | |
| Georgia | 9226 | 2076 | 1 | 112 | 119 |             | 53557 | 1.4 | 1117 | -11288 | 684 | 1371 | 55612 | |
| Hawaii | 1284 | 210 | -313 | 20 | 30 |             | 6834 | 1.3 | -514 | -3005 | 122 | 164 | 7120 | |
| Idaho | 1785 | 627 | -298 | 32 | 5 |             | 8567 | 1.5 | -302 | -3439 | 62 | 91 | 8720 | |
| Illinois | 13633 | 413 | -2223 | 59 | 90 |             | 117712 | 2.1 | -604 | -28758 | 660 | 1131 | 119503 | |
| Indiana | 6687 | 1073 | -128 | 69 | 53 |             | 42792 | 1.5 | -2414 | -8393 | 383 | 449 | 43624 | |
| Iowa | 2850 | 910 | -239 | 7 | 15 |             | 17276 | 1.2 | -654 | -4270 | 47 | 198 | 17521 | |
| Kansas | 3410 | 1563 | -1305 | 18 | 11 |             | 18411 | 1.5 | -261 | -8241 | 150 | 243 | 18804 | |
| Kentucky | 4076 | 834 | -698 | 23 | 24 |             | 24756 | 1.5 | -1712 | -5499 | 541 | 525 | 25822 | |
| Louisiana | 3751 | 755 | -440 | 24 | 25 |             | 31385 | 1.7 | -751 | -440 | 138 | 438 | 31961 | |
| Maine | 1033 | 139 | -137 | 1 | 3 |             | 6492 | 1.1 | -299 | -1626 | 17 | 44 | 6553 | |
| Maryland | 4687 | 1513 | -341 | 50 | 41 |             | 32601 | 1.4 | 175 | -8080 | 328 | 421 | 33350 | |
| Massachusetts | 6760 | 1088 | -415 | 74 | 45 |             | 70016 | 2.3 | -884 | -17719 | 987 | 624 | 71627 | |
| Michigan | 15088 | 6205 | -387 | 27 | 51 |             | 95290 | 2.2 | -7397 | -23087 | 382 | 753 | 96425 | |
| Minnesota | 5329 | 1851 | -860 | 19 | 29 |             | 29251 | 1.2 | -338 | -11370 | 77 | 220 | 29548 | |
| Mississippi | 3093 | 841 | -145 | 18 | 21 |             | 18126 | 1.7 | -398 | -3495 | 138 | 299 | 18563 | |
| Missouri | 6843 | 1207 | -4042 | 72 | 33 |             | 47080 | 1.8 | -268 | -12447 | 846 | 332 | 48258 | |
| Montana | 1171 | 538 | -378 | 42 | 7 |             | 4550 | 1.2 | -303 | -1866 | 51 | 104 | 4705 | |
| Nebraska | 1430 | 47 | 46 | 5 | 2 |             | 10274 | 1.2 | -251 | -1127 | 49 | 62 | 10385 | |
| Nevada | 3031 | 935 | -433 | 14 | 8 |             | 17708 | 1.6 | -445 | -6922 | 93 | 194 | 17995 | |
| New Hampshire | 797 | 172 | 90 | 3 | 1 |             | 5012 | 0.8 | -20 | -2549 | 21 | 27 | 5060 | |
| New Jersey | 9263 | 813 | -312 | 64 | 43 |             | 97326 | 2.6 | -3541 | -13810 | 342 | 551 | 98219 | |
| New Mexico | 1346 | 382 | -137 | 39 | 2 |             | 10894 | 1.5 | -120 | -1549 | 129 | 152 | 11175 | |
| New York | 18817 | 3291 | -1484 | 53 | 94 |             | 160163 | 2.0 | -1827 | -38769 | 584 | 1180 | 161927 | |
| North Carolina | 11137 | 667 | -5271 | 24 | 79 |             | 67938 | 1.9 | -438 | -28651 | 308 | 1228 | 69474 | |
| North Dakota | 358 | 133 | -25 | 10 | 0 |             | 1464 | 0.5 | -91 | -300 | 36 | 35 | 1535 | |
| Ohio | 11714 | 1453 | -1224 | 29 | 13 |             | 77176 | 1.5 | -2530 | -24413 | 452 | 864 | 78492 | |
| Oklahoma | 2772 | 1002 | 135 | 17 | 32 |             | 17266 | 1.3 | -233 | -9660 | 103 | 334 | 17703 | |
| Oregon | 7160 | 2083 | -555 | 81 | 53 |             | 37937 | 2.5 | -398 | -16375 | 238 | 474 | 38649 | |
| Pennsylvania | 20762 | 4601 | 199 | 366 | 167 |             | 137924 | 2.6 | -1653 | -33357 | 1498 | 1632 | 141054 | |
| Puerto Rico | 4110 | -30 | 441 | 12 | 24 |             | 41192 | 4.1 | -1547 | -8929 | 402 | 533 | 42127 | |
| Rhode Island | 1283 | 118 | 23 | 12 | 4 |             | 9688 | 2.1 | -174 | -1038 | 41 | 92 | 9821 | |
| South Carolina | 5697 | 1492 | -339 | 15 | 25 |             | 35405 | 2.0 | -131 | -9292 | 145 | 439 | 35989 | |
| South Dakota | 369 | 58 | -16 | 18 | 2 |             | 1819 | 0.5 | 2 | -401 | 57 | 31 | 1907 | |
| Tennessee | 6810 | 2519 | -54 | 72 | 32 |             | 39170 | 1.5 | 647 | -7969 | 572 | 454 | 40196 | |
| Texas | 19706 | 4525 | -1901 | 116 | 268 |             | 131147 | 1.5 | -9277 | -50575 | 1221 | 2374 | 134742 | |
| Utah | 1530 | 350 | -227 | 114 | 12 |             | 9616 | 1.0 | -88 | -4578 | 476 | 113 | 10205 | |
| Vermont | 514 | 111 | -167 | 2 | 5 |             | 3584 | 1.2 | -112 | -1738 | 17 | 25 | 3626 | |
| Virgin Islands | 69 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 |             | 513 | 1.2 | 79 | -225 | 0 | 6 | 519 | |
| Virginia | 4995 | 227 | -3049 | 25 | 113 |             | 28683 | 0.9 | 63 | -14519 | 380 | 1042 | 30105 | |
| Washington | 10397 | 2768 | -932 | 83 | 100 |             | 57082 | 2.2 | 669 | -25221 | 448 | 1224 | 58754 | |
| West Virginia | 1551 | 306 | -87 | 7 | 30 |             | 10686 | 1.6 | -52 | -2173 | 65 | 227 | 10978 | |
| Wisconsin | 9487 | 1804 | -1271 | 19 | 26 |             | 50033 | 1.9 | -108 | -14900 | 129 | 344 | 50506 | |
| Wyoming | 471 | 182 | -37 | 9 | 2 |             | 2149 | 0.9 | -35 | -217 | 22 | 45 | 2216 | |
| Totals | 338323 | 58732 | -30553 | 2443 | 2334 |             | 2320387 | 1.8 | -47661 | -628645 | 17531 | 27684 | 2365602 | |
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.