| STATE NAME |
Initial Claims Filed During Week Ended October 16, 2004 |
Insured Unemployment For Week Ended October 9, 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 | 4984 | -1727 | 419 | 26 | 27 | 28757 | 1.6 | -1111 | -5519 | 145 | 442 | 29344 | ||
| Alaska | 1835 | -354 | -11 | 35 | 2 | 9974 | 3.6 | 17 | -735 | 108 | 59 | 10141 | ||
| Arizona | 3840 | -720 | -488 | 15 | 11 | 32950 | 1.5 | -477 | -1553 | 206 | 257 | 33413 | ||
| Arkansas | 4380 | -580 | 1505 | 6 | 8 | 23109 | 2.1 | 387 | -6606 | 114 | 333 | 23556 | ||
| California | 37885 | -8414 | -16737 | 134 | 217 | 316136 | 2.2 | -25910 | -124762 | 2046 | 2927 | 321109 | ||
| Colorado | 2231 | -645 | -551 | 33 | 33 | 24771 | 1.2 | 706 | -9838 | 188 | 429 | 25388 | ||
| Connecticut | 2872 | -715 | -143 | 8 | 16 | 34628 | 2.2 | 525 | -9434 | 60 | 224 | 34912 | ||
| Delaware | 671 | -241 | -126 | 3 | 2 | 7094 | 1.8 | 122 | -595 | 24 | 74 | 7192 | ||
| District of Columbia | 225 | -116 | -86 | 17 | 1 | 4305 | 0.9 | -395 | -1631 | 184 | 78 | 4567 | ||
| Florida | 17645 | -2227 | 7875 | 108 | 159 | 121956 | 1.7 | -3983 | 1533 | 525 | 1610 | 124091 | ||
| Georgia | 6805 | -2421 | -1476 | 74 | 71 | 51417 | 1.4 | -2140 | -11390 | 739 | 1388 | 53544 | ||
| Hawaii | 1054 | -230 | -405 | 7 | 14 | 7000 | 1.3 | 166 | -3178 | 86 | 209 | 7295 | ||
| Idaho | 1565 | -220 | -513 | 18 | 7 | 8964 | 1.6 | 397 | -3025 | 81 | 91 | 9136 | ||
| Illinois | 11515 | -2118 | -1473 | 32 | 68 | 119626 | 2.1 | 1914 | -29075 | 558 | 1078 | 121262 | ||
| Indiana | 6843 | 156 | 1150 | 19 | 42 | 42682 | 1.5 | -110 | -8440 | 366 | 455 | 43503 | ||
| Iowa | 1942 | -908 | -1063 | 8 | 10 | 17896 | 1.3 | 620 | -3962 | 46 | 198 | 18140 | ||
| Kansas | 2406 | -1004 | -165 | 1 | 4 | 19328 | 1.5 | 917 | -6505 | 155 | 243 | 19726 | ||
| Kentucky | 3367 | -709 | -878 | 17 | 21 | 24948 | 1.5 | 192 | -4846 | 437 | 471 | 25856 | ||
| Louisiana | 3138 | -613 | -471 | 11 | 26 | 31148 | 1.7 | -237 | -1037 | 154 | 445 | 31747 | ||
| Maine | 903 | -130 | -125 | 2 | 2 | 6234 | 1.1 | -258 | -1324 | 16 | 38 | 6288 | ||
| Maryland | 3424 | -1263 | -517 | 30 | 23 | 33093 | 1.4 | 492 | -8791 | 508 | 333 | 33934 | ||
| Massachusetts | 5560 | -1200 | -820 | 36 | 23 | 68972 | 2.2 | -1044 | -16040 | 989 | 636 | 70597 | ||
| Michigan | 10613 | -4475 | -11662 | 20 | 41 | 97880 | 2.3 | 2590 | -18846 | 361 | 740 | 98981 | ||
| Minnesota | 3871 | -1458 | -551 | 16 | 21 | 29744 | 1.2 | 493 | -11769 | 111 | 270 | 30125 | ||
| Mississippi | 2605 | -488 | 66 | 20 | 15 | 18348 | 1.7 | 222 | -2321 | 123 | 309 | 18780 | ||
| Missouri | 6337 | -506 | -2189 | 68 | 25 | 45276 | 1.8 | -1804 | -11700 | 812 | 301 | 46389 | ||
| Montana | 770 | -401 | -380 | 17 | 4 | 4518 | 1.2 | -32 | -2031 | 58 | 73 | 4649 | ||
| Nebraska | 838 | -592 | -415 | 0 | 1 | 10550 | 1.2 | 276 | -1072 | 56 | 61 | 10667 | ||
| Nevada | 2406 | -625 | -603 | 8 | 7 | 18410 | 1.7 | 702 | -6293 | 95 | 185 | 18690 | ||
| New Hampshire | 744 | -53 | -71 | 1 | 5 | 4895 | 0.8 | -117 | -2146 | 18 | 37 | 4950 | ||
| New Jersey | 7891 | -1372 | -251 | 14 | 31 | 98007 | 2.6 | 681 | -10916 | 355 | 582 | 98944 | ||
| New Mexico | 987 | -359 | -382 | 9 | 2 | 11008 | 1.5 | 114 | -1703 | 159 | 159 | 11326 | ||
| New York | 17152 | -1665 | -268 | 87 | 84 | 160912 | 2.0 | 749 | -37592 | 617 | 1167 | 162696 | ||
| North Carolina | 9370 | -1767 | -3660 | 22 | 81 | 66724 | 1.8 | -1214 | -27127 | 277 | 1224 | 68225 | ||
| North Dakota | 309 | -49 | -45 | 1 | 1 | 1515 | 0.5 | 51 | -324 | 34 | 47 | 1596 | ||
| Ohio | 10040 | -1674 | -1470 | 10 | 14 | 74986 | 1.4 | -2190 | -27354 | 249 | 467 | 75702 | ||
| Oklahoma | 2062 | -832 | -349 | 7 | 27 | 17704 | 1.3 | 438 | -9026 | 105 | 324 | 18133 | ||
| Oregon | 6058 | -1102 | -1325 | 62 | 41 | 39260 | 2.6 | 1413 | -15387 | 282 | 506 | 40048 | ||
| Pennsylvania | 16935 | -3827 | -355 | 189 | 117 | 137242 | 2.6 | -682 | -34522 | 1289 | 1678 | 140209 | ||
| Puerto Rico | 2724 | -1386 | -24 | 2 | 12 | 33595 | 3.3 | -7597 | 802 | 267 | 400 | 34262 | ||
| Rhode Island | 1057 | -226 | -17 | 6 | 7 | 9451 | 2.0 | -237 | -960 | 50 | 99 | 9600 | ||
| South Carolina | 4508 | -1189 | -924 | 9 | 28 | 35990 | 2.1 | 585 | -9330 | 148 | 454 | 36592 | ||
| South Dakota | 310 | -59 | 6 | 13 | 8 | 1824 | 0.5 | 5 | -365 | 69 | 25 | 1918 | ||
| Tennessee | 4869 | -1941 | -556 | 22 | 41 | 39689 | 1.6 | 519 | -7709 | 550 | 512 | 40751 | ||
| Texas | 17306 | -2400 | -1886 | 34 | 203 | 133924 | 1.5 | 2777 | -50394 | 1137 | 2407 | 137468 | ||
| Utah | 1211 | -319 | -208 | 63 | 5 | 9354 | 0.9 | -262 | -4955 | 586 | 125 | 10065 | ||
| Vermont | 619 | 105 | 45 | 1 | 2 | 3634 | 1.3 | 50 | -1707 | 14 | 29 | 3677 | ||
| Virgin Islands | 33 | -36 | -13 | 0 | 0 | 470 | 1.1 | -43 | -211 | 0 | 8 | 478 | ||
| Virginia | 4097 | -898 | -1590 | 12 | 77 | 28301 | 0.9 | -382 | -12016 | 366 | 1051 | 29718 | ||
| Washington | 9001 | -1396 | -2772 | 50 | 83 | 57346 | 2.2 | 264 | -24831 | 439 | 1261 | 59046 | ||
| West Virginia | 1165 | -386 | -211 | 10 | 34 | 10548 | 1.6 | -138 | -3240 | 48 | 243 | 10839 | ||
| Wisconsin | 8179 | -1308 | -1793 | 10 | 23 | 51106 | 1.9 | 1073 | -14181 | 122 | 323 | 51551 | ||
| Wyoming | 432 | -39 | -31 | 8 | 6 | 2093 | 0.9 | -56 | -325 | 18 | 41 | 2152 | ||
| Totals | 279589 | -59122 | -48983 | 1431 | 1833 | 2289292 | 1.8 | -30962 | -606304 | 16550 | 27126 | 2332968 | ||
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.