| STATE NAME |
Initial Claims Filed During Week Ended October 30, 2004 |
Insured Unemployment For Week Ended October 23, 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 | 4065 | -504 | -206 | 13 | 36 |             | 27961 | 1.6 | -1124 | -5594 | 138 | 466 | 28565 | |
| Alaska | 2045 | 167 | -180 | 18 | 3 |             | 10902 | 4.0 | -1008 | -778 | 112 | 60 | 11074 | |
| Arizona | 3541 | -255 | -463 | 18 | 18 |             | 32761 | 1.5 | -815 | -5413 | 235 | 262 | 33258 | |
| Arkansas | 4219 | 660 | 388 | 15 | 16 |             | 25276 | 2.3 | 132 | -4899 | 136 | 324 | 25736 | |
| California | 48952 | -494 | -6397 | 225 | 195 |             | 350776 | 2.4 | -4567 | -108765 | 2320 | 3244 | 356340 | |
| Colorado | 2621 | -102 | -712 | 33 | 30 |             | 25042 | 1.2 | -1148 | -9475 | 193 | 429 | 25664 | |
| Connecticut | 2906 | -148 | -689 | 12 | 9 |             | 34928 | 2.2 | -74 | -9466 | 65 | 259 | 35252 | |
| Delaware | 792 | -96 | -223 | 2 | 1 |             | 7247 | 1.8 | 192 | -2206 | 20 | 69 | 7336 | |
| District of Columbia | 305 | 50 | -35 | 10 | 3 |             | 4491 | 1.0 | -399 | -1625 | 202 | 74 | 4767 | |
| Florida | 11106 | -4984 | 2375 | 69 | 162 |             | 118958 | 1.7 | -8254 | 3700 | 582 | 1631 | 121171 | |
| Georgia | 7254 | 273 | -1238 | 115 | 79 |             | 50534 | 1.4 | -826 | -12045 | 675 | 1396 | 52605 | |
| Hawaii | 1017 | -132 | -176 | 7 | 26 |             | 6986 | 1.3 | 131 | -2582 | 75 | 193 | 7254 | |
| Idaho | 2117 | 96 | -96 | 37 | 12 |             | 10099 | 1.8 | 845 | -3120 | 124 | 87 | 10310 | |
| Illinois | 13973 | -632 | -171 | 27 | 63 |             | 120723 | 2.2 | -75 | -24927 | 575 | 1113 | 122411 | |
| Indiana | 6149 | -496 | -98 | 28 | 46 |             | 45452 | 1.6 | 247 | -6356 | 383 | 495 | 46330 | |
| Iowa | 2707 | 480 | -2236 | 6 | 7 |             | 17904 | 1.3 | -73 | -4956 | 51 | 198 | 18153 | |
| Kansas | 2499 | 374 | -43 | 2 | 5 |             | 18790 | 1.5 | -424 | -6681 | 200 | 225 | 19215 | |
| Kentucky | 4585 | 842 | 417 | 32 | 18 |             | 24901 | 1.5 | 2636 | -5967 | 305 | 488 | 25694 | |
| Louisiana | 3066 | 117 | -585 | 10 | 14 |             | 30111 | 1.7 | -549 | -2111 | 152 | 451 | 30714 | |
| Maine | 1491 | 233 | -273 | 4 | 0 |             | 7676 | 1.3 | 739 | -1867 | 17 | 44 | 7737 | |
| Maryland | 3493 | -250 | -881 | 30 | 29 |             | 33899 | 1.5 | 1008 | -8395 | 486 | 442 | 34827 | |
| Massachusetts | 6526 | -178 | -1390 | 43 | 34 |             | 70021 | 2.3 | -796 | -15576 | 851 | 592 | 71464 | |
| Michigan | 12987 | -503 | -2794 | 26 | 40 |             | 99339 | 2.3 | -7446 | -23714 | 380 | 744 | 100463 | |
| Minnesota | 4299 | 368 | -1232 | 15 | 21 |             | 29997 | 1.2 | -710 | -11253 | 123 | 267 | 30387 | |
| Mississippi | 2394 | 46 | -437 | 8 | 8 |             | 18436 | 1.7 | -100 | -2560 | 124 | 289 | 18849 | |
| Missouri | 6819 | -3803 | -280 | 49 | 30 |             | 52570 | 2.1 | 3851 | -6724 | 781 | 336 | 53687 | |
| Montana | 1194 | -254 | -708 | 38 | 10 |             | 5143 | 1.4 | -432 | -2317 | 72 | 88 | 5303 | |
| Nebraska | 1514 | 606 | 136 | 1 | 1 |             | 10636 | 1.2 | 61 | -1051 | 51 | 61 | 10748 | |
| Nevada | 2240 | -409 | -298 | 15 | 8 |             | 18663 | 1.7 | 251 | -6526 | 110 | 178 | 18951 | |
| New Hampshire | 803 | -57 | -200 | 4 | 0 |             | 5216 | 0.9 | 1 | -2040 | 16 | 32 | 5264 | |
| New Jersey | 8639 | -730 | -1111 | 22 | 63 |             | 98138 | 2.6 | -1511 | -13811 | 385 | 568 | 99091 | |
| New Mexico | 1164 | 47 | -166 | 7 | 1 |             | 11110 | 1.5 | 83 | -1967 | 200 | 156 | 11466 | |
| New York | 18628 | -98 | -1155 | 24 | 87 |             | 164406 | 2.0 | -420 | -35856 | 572 | 1218 | 166196 | |
| North Carolina | 10581 | -900 | -1919 | 22 | 86 |             | 67864 | 1.9 | -1027 | -25451 | 284 | 1256 | 69404 | |
| North Dakota | 456 | 45 | -146 | 0 | 2 |             | 1646 | 0.5 | 76 | -416 | 33 | 39 | 1718 | |
| Ohio | 10692 | -1054 | -2172 | 13 | 9 |             | 80698 | 1.6 | 807 | -21182 | 232 | 477 | 81407 | |
| Oklahoma | 2541 | 493 | 359 | 13 | 25 |             | 17887 | 1.3 | 208 | -7772 | 104 | 309 | 18300 | |
| Oregon | 6586 | -42 | -696 | 68 | 27 |             | 41478 | 2.7 | 1446 | -13441 | 363 | 469 | 42310 | |
| Pennsylvania | 16801 | -1705 | -3469 | 109 | 99 |             | 141374 | 2.6 | -2284 | -30951 | 1382 | 1653 | 144409 | |
| Puerto Rico | 2952 | -81 | -56 | 5 | 19 |             | 38745 | 3.8 | -11895 | -5405 | 302 | 445 | 39492 | |
| Rhode Island | 1165 | 48 | 65 | 4 | 7 |             | 9739 | 2.1 | -20 | -1053 | 44 | 98 | 9881 | |
| South Carolina | 4874 | -484 | -1578 | 9 | 24 |             | 36415 | 2.1 | -475 | -9732 | 153 | 437 | 37005 | |
| South Dakota | 385 | 26 | -65 | 6 | 7 |             | 1933 | 0.5 | 5 | -294 | 65 | 29 | 2027 | |
| Tennessee | 5318 | -122 | 263 | 31 | 35 |             | 39399 | 1.5 | -201 | -7050 | 557 | 470 | 40426 | |
| Texas | 16572 | 261 | -3364 | 67 | 160 |             | 134899 | 1.5 | -1025 | -48539 | 1063 | 2402 | 138364 | |
| Utah | 2143 | 331 | 377 | 38 | 7 |             | 10296 | 1.0 | 437 | -3984 | 605 | 119 | 11020 | |
| Vermont | 814 | -12 | -266 | 1 | 3 |             | 4122 | 1.4 | 264 | -1711 | 14 | 22 | 4158 | |
| Virgin Islands | 25 | -18 | -5 | 0 | 0 |             | 545 | 1.3 | -66 | -44 | 0 | 9 | 554 | |
| Virginia | 4768 | -1425 | -1605 | 13 | 84 |             | 29142 | 0.9 | 52 | -9678 | 335 | 1075 | 30552 | |
| Washington | 10121 | 591 | -1877 | 72 | 67 |             | 60338 | 2.3 | 2497 | -27282 | 471 | 1227 | 62036 | |
| West Virginia | 1277 | 22 | -345 | 4 | 15 |             | 10844 | 1.6 | -637 | -5604 | 44 | 266 | 11154 | |
| Wisconsin | 10502 | 1350 | -2617 | 12 | 22 |             | 53069 | 2.0 | 1808 | -13976 | 138 | 329 | 53536 | |
| Wyoming | 514 | 66 | -103 | 10 | 6 |             | 2304 | 1.0 | -100 | -301 | 29 | 50 | 2383 | |
| Totals | 305197 | -12376 | -40376 | 1462 | 1779 |             | 2371829 | 1.9 | -30704 | -580789 | 16929 | 27660 | 2416418 | |
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.