| STATE NAME |
Initial Claims Filed During Week Ended October 23, 2004 |
Insured Unemployment For Week Ended October 16, 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 | 4569 | -415 | -70 | 15 | 44 | 29085 | 1.6 | 328 | -5478 | 148 | 451 | 29684 | ||
| Alaska | 1878 | 43 | -674 | 24 | 5 | 11910 | 4.3 | 1936 | -664 | 187 | 105 | 12202 | ||
| Arizona | 4551 | 454 | 611 | 33 | 18 | 33549 | 1.5 | 540 | -5229 | 205 | 250 | 34004 | ||
| Arkansas | 3559 | -821 | 526 | 9 | 10 | 25144 | 2.3 | 2035 | -4893 | 119 | 326 | 25589 | ||
| California | 49446 | 11561 | -18715 | 248 | 219 | 355343 | 2.4 | 39207 | -121538 | 2620 | 3284 | 361247 | ||
| Colorado | 2723 | 492 | -392 | 49 | 31 | 26190 | 1.3 | 1419 | -10647 | 276 | 435 | 26901 | ||
| Connecticut | 3054 | 182 | -562 | 7 | 16 | 35002 | 2.2 | 374 | -9837 | 72 | 223 | 35297 | ||
| Delaware | 888 | 217 | -902 | 2 | 4 | 7055 | 1.8 | -39 | -702 | 25 | 67 | 7147 | ||
| District of Columbia | 255 | 30 | -110 | 6 | 5 | 4890 | 1.1 | 585 | -1795 | 214 | 64 | 5168 | ||
| Florida | 16090 | -1555 | 7458 | 16 | 185 | 127212 | 1.8 | 5256 | 3483 | 544 | 1597 | 129353 | ||
| Georgia | 6981 | 176 | -1461 | 65 | 87 | 51360 | 1.4 | -57 | -11075 | 715 | 1422 | 53497 | ||
| Hawaii | 1149 | 95 | -185 | 10 | 18 | 6855 | 1.3 | -145 | -2637 | 109 | 162 | 7126 | ||
| Idaho | 2021 | 456 | -167 | 36 | 7 | 9254 | 1.6 | 290 | -3363 | 88 | 94 | 9436 | ||
| Illinois | 14605 | 3090 | -152 | 41 | 65 | 120798 | 2.2 | 1172 | -29113 | 659 | 1180 | 122637 | ||
| Indiana | 6645 | -198 | 932 | 35 | 62 | 45205 | 1.6 | 2523 | -6383 | 382 | 477 | 46064 | ||
| Iowa | 2227 | 285 | -1068 | 5 | 10 | 17977 | 1.3 | 81 | -3990 | 50 | 198 | 18225 | ||
| Kansas | 2125 | -281 | -315 | 4 | 4 | 19214 | 1.5 | -114 | -6668 | 186 | 246 | 19646 | ||
| Kentucky | 3743 | 376 | -1597 | 9 | 22 | 22265 | 1.3 | -2683 | -9085 | 464 | 466 | 23195 | ||
| Louisiana | 2949 | -189 | -819 | 17 | 23 | 30660 | 1.7 | -488 | -1560 | 140 | 449 | 31249 | ||
| Maine | 1258 | 355 | -155 | 4 | 1 | 6937 | 1.2 | 703 | -1605 | 17 | 44 | 6998 | ||
| Maryland | 3743 | 319 | -688 | 37 | 32 | 32891 | 1.4 | -202 | -8614 | 356 | 410 | 33657 | ||
| Massachusetts | 6704 | 1144 | -856 | 42 | 28 | 70817 | 2.3 | 1845 | -15424 | 985 | 579 | 72381 | ||
| Michigan | 13490 | 2877 | -132 | 27 | 45 | 106785 | 2.5 | 8905 | -22518 | 399 | 773 | 107957 | ||
| Minnesota | 3931 | 60 | -676 | 14 | 16 | 30707 | 1.2 | 963 | -11675 | 102 | 237 | 31046 | ||
| Mississippi | 2605 | 0 | -603 | 20 | 15 | 18348 | 1.7 | 0 | -3052 | 123 | 309 | 18780 | ||
| Missouri | 10622 | 4285 | 3734 | 68 | 36 | 48719 | 1.9 | 3443 | -11089 | 890 | 338 | 49947 | ||
| Montana | 1448 | 678 | 235 | 63 | 14 | 5575 | 1.5 | 1057 | -2005 | 128 | 97 | 5800 | ||
| Nebraska | 908 | 70 | -371 | 0 | 2 | 10575 | 1.2 | 25 | -1116 | 44 | 67 | 10686 | ||
| Nevada | 2649 | 243 | -504 | 21 | 6 | 18412 | 1.7 | 2 | -6776 | 117 | 184 | 18713 | ||
| New Hampshire | 860 | 116 | -138 | 4 | 4 | 5215 | 0.9 | 320 | -2249 | 24 | 28 | 5267 | ||
| New Jersey | 9369 | 1478 | -112 | 16 | 34 | 99649 | 2.6 | 1642 | -12114 | 424 | 572 | 100645 | ||
| New Mexico | 1117 | 130 | -266 | 19 | 4 | 11027 | 1.5 | 19 | -1824 | 184 | 162 | 11373 | ||
| New York | 18726 | 1574 | -585 | 30 | 99 | 164826 | 2.0 | 3914 | -35803 | 611 | 1203 | 166640 | ||
| North Carolina | 11481 | 2111 | -2804 | 21 | 80 | 68891 | 1.9 | 2167 | -26212 | 298 | 1263 | 70452 | ||
| North Dakota | 411 | 102 | -34 | 1 | 3 | 1570 | 0.5 | 55 | -411 | 44 | 38 | 1652 | ||
| Ohio | 11746 | 1706 | -461 | 9 | 6 | 79891 | 1.5 | 812 | -22562 | 444 | 895 | 81230 | ||
| Oklahoma | 2048 | -14 | -927 | 5 | 28 | 17679 | 1.3 | -25 | -9126 | 109 | 323 | 18111 | ||
| Oregon | 6628 | 570 | -968 | 90 | 38 | 40032 | 2.6 | 772 | -15036 | 320 | 463 | 40815 | ||
| Pennsylvania | 18506 | 1571 | 100 | 141 | 110 | 143658 | 2.7 | 6416 | -30471 | 1916 | 1692 | 147266 | ||
| Puerto Rico | 3033 | 309 | 346 | 5 | 11 | 50640 | 5.0 | 17045 | 5853 | 443 | 631 | 51714 | ||
| Rhode Island | 1117 | 60 | 19 | 6 | 6 | 9759 | 2.1 | 308 | -912 | 49 | 104 | 9912 | ||
| South Carolina | 5358 | 850 | -544 | 7 | 34 | 36890 | 2.1 | 900 | -8788 | 154 | 445 | 37489 | ||
| South Dakota | 359 | 49 | 0 | 15 | 8 | 1928 | 0.5 | 104 | -352 | 71 | 27 | 2026 | ||
| Tennessee | 5440 | 571 | 32 | 76 | 42 | 39600 | 1.5 | -89 | -7900 | 544 | 480 | 40624 | ||
| Texas | 16311 | -995 | -4133 | 33 | 208 | 135924 | 1.5 | 2000 | -48697 | 1332 | 2511 | 139767 | ||
| Utah | 1812 | 601 | 225 | 61 | 13 | 9859 | 1.0 | 505 | -4423 | 648 | 104 | 10611 | ||
| Vermont | 826 | 207 | -238 | 1 | 3 | 3858 | 1.3 | 224 | -1461 | 16 | 27 | 3901 | ||
| Virgin Islands | 43 | 10 | -3 | 0 | 0 | 611 | 1.5 | 141 | -159 | 0 | 14 | 625 | ||
| Virginia | 6193 | 2096 | 351 | 18 | 88 | 29090 | 0.9 | 789 | -10391 | 362 | 1065 | 30517 | ||
| Washington | 9530 | 529 | -2985 | 81 | 73 | 57841 | 2.2 | 495 | -27326 | 453 | 1243 | 59539 | ||
| West Virginia | 1255 | 90 | -1175 | 6 | 13 | 11481 | 1.7 | 933 | -1826 | 96 | 268 | 11845 | ||
| Wisconsin | 9152 | 973 | -1527 | 27 | 28 | 51261 | 1.9 | 155 | -14856 | 134 | 355 | 51750 | ||
| Wyoming | 448 | 16 | -27 | 11 | 7 | 2404 | 1.0 | 311 | -258 | 49 | 40 | 2493 | ||
| Totals | 318585 | 38739 | -33532 | 1610 | 1970 | 2402318 | 1.9 | 108874 | -592352 | 19089 | 28487 | 2449896 | ||
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.