| STATE NAME |
Initial Claims Filed During Week Ended November 20, 2004 |
Insured Unemployment For Week Ended November 13, 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 | 3613 | 2 | -2170 | 22 | 48 |             | 27324 | 1.5 | -241 | -7599 | 136 | 446 | 27906 | |
| Alaska | 2318 | 389 | -84 | 26 | 4 |             | 14590 | 5.3 | 2490 | -969 | 249 | 104 | 14943 | |
| Arizona | 4498 | 672 | 310 | 47 | 15 |             | 31961 | 1.4 | -125 | -5337 | 231 | 255 | 32447 | |
| Arkansas | 4378 | 1189 | -1246 | 18 | 11 |             | 26683 | 2.4 | 102 | -5923 | 147 | 311 | 27141 | |
| California | 51829 | 5652 | -9446 | 454 | 201 |             | 385140 | 2.6 | 32153 | -129416 | 3083 | 3316 | 391539 | |
| Colorado | 2985 | 335 | -671 | 51 | 33 |             | 27621 | 1.3 | 1834 | -11442 | 344 | 434 | 28399 | |
| Connecticut | 3692 | 662 | -325 | 8 | 12 |             | 35429 | 2.2 | 697 | -9560 | 84 | 247 | 35760 | |
| Delaware | 931 | 83 | -15 | 0 | 4 |             | 7558 | 1.9 | 238 | -904 | 30 | 58 | 7646 | |
| District of Columbia | 311 | 48 | -120 | 13 | 2 |             | 4573 | 1.0 | 189 | -1904 | 210 | 63 | 4846 | |
| Florida | 10588 | 1232 | 512 | 52 | 130 |             | 113940 | 1.6 | 5586 | -2991 | 553 | 1566 | 116059 | |
| Georgia | 8456 | 1343 | 30 | 74 | 75 |             | 51128 | 1.4 | 849 | -10395 | 821 | 1393 | 53342 | |
| Hawaii | 1163 | 88 | -225 | 10 | 20 |             | 6967 | 1.3 | -64 | -2561 | 114 | 192 | 7273 | |
| Idaho | 2289 | 27 | -724 | 91 | 6 |             | 12285 | 2.2 | 872 | -3343 | 253 | 104 | 12642 | |
| Illinois | 16462 | 3372 | -2840 | 45 | 76 |             | 131087 | 2.3 | 7291 | -29272 | 657 | 1214 | 132958 | |
| Indiana | 7341 | 1027 | -45 | 25 | 51 |             | 48009 | 1.7 | 657 | -5626 | 395 | 473 | 48877 | |
| Iowa | 2880 | 326 | -546 | 2 | 11 |             | 19176 | 1.4 | 203 | -4896 | 57 | 212 | 19445 | |
| Kansas | 2781 | 522 | -49 | 1 | 3 |             | 19476 | 1.5 | -249 | -6687 | 207 | 244 | 19927 | |
| Kentucky | 5429 | 1875 | -3314 | 28 | 14 |             | 27365 | 1.6 | 2276 | -5323 | 406 | 554 | 28325 | |
| Louisiana | 3776 | 556 | -582 | 16 | 29 |             | 30203 | 1.7 | 230 | -3249 | 139 | 426 | 30768 | |
| Maine | 1825 | 454 | 192 | 2 | 1 |             | 8859 | 1.5 | 1475 | -1285 | 17 | 60 | 8936 | |
| Maryland | 4063 | 355 | -572 | 33 | 31 |             | 33988 | 1.5 | -402 | -7096 | 355 | 411 | 34754 | |
| Massachusetts | 8471 | 1347 | -105 | 57 | 24 |             | 74955 | 2.4 | 3619 | -15417 | 1019 | 559 | 76533 | |
| Michigan | 18358 | 1105 | -3492 | 42 | 40 |             | 113741 | 2.7 | 4541 | -19060 | 464 | 819 | 115024 | |
| Minnesota | 8103 | 2412 | 946 | 15 | 18 |             | 35681 | 1.4 | 4401 | -14711 | 164 | 264 | 36109 | |
| Mississippi | 2785 | 481 | -594 | 19 | 15 |             | 18627 | 1.7 | 158 | -2647 | 134 | 285 | 19046 | |
| Missouri | 7472 | 436 | -4585 | 95 | 44 |             | 53767 | 2.1 | 5448 | -8701 | 742 | 380 | 54889 | |
| Montana | 1491 | 480 | -21 | 97 | 7 |             | 7437 | 2.0 | 1377 | -3545 | 318 | 113 | 7868 | |
| Nebraska | 1578 | 325 | -35 | 0 | 1 |             | 10940 | 1.3 | 169 | -1584 | 51 | 56 | 11047 | |
| Nevada | 3275 | 340 | -401 | 26 | 10 |             | 19691 | 1.8 | 843 | -6346 | 171 | 174 | 20036 | |
| New Hampshire | 896 | 67 | -63 | 0 | 3 |             | 5860 | 1.0 | 453 | -2003 | 22 | 34 | 5916 | |
| New Jersey | 11249 | 957 | 1204 | 18 | 31 |             | 105532 | 2.8 | 5374 | -12421 | 363 | 599 | 106494 | |
| New Mexico | 1377 | 172 | -275 | 22 | 3 |             | 11767 | 1.6 | 422 | -1970 | 255 | 174 | 12196 | |
| New York | 21215 | 2131 | -1711 | 35 | 82 |             | 176749 | 2.2 | 8586 | -34090 | 563 | 1227 | 178539 | |
| North Carolina | 11385 | -79 | -414 | 25 | 77 |             | 70626 | 1.9 | 1145 | -21330 | 276 | 1311 | 72213 | |
| North Dakota | 741 | 174 | -134 | 4 | 1 |             | 2388 | 0.8 | 385 | -1109 | 37 | 38 | 2463 | |
| Ohio | 13229 | 1425 | -1461 | 10 | 13 |             | 78069 | 1.5 | -2477 | -27378 | 406 | 818 | 79293 | |
| Oklahoma | 2649 | 577 | -510 | 14 | 36 |             | 18125 | 1.3 | 2289 | -8631 | 83 | 320 | 18528 | |
| Oregon | 7697 | 1458 | -1610 | 123 | 35 |             | 44920 | 2.9 | 1648 | -14224 | 544 | 447 | 45911 | |
| Pennsylvania | 21451 | 1917 | -1274 | 165 | 120 |             | 153900 | 2.9 | 13210 | -28176 | 1575 | 1592 | 157067 | |
| Puerto Rico | 2448 | -110 | -340 | 2 | 6 |             | 43157 | 4.3 | 11782 | 726 | 331 | 460 | 43948 | |
| Rhode Island | 1548 | 345 | 148 | 4 | 5 |             | 10842 | 2.3 | 865 | -378 | 48 | 102 | 10992 | |
| South Carolina | 6501 | 1656 | -274 | 10 | 23 |             | 38953 | 2.2 | 1314 | -8845 | 162 | 435 | 39550 | |
| South Dakota | 471 | 120 | -67 | 11 | 5 |             | 2323 | 0.7 | 163 | -665 | 73 | 40 | 2436 | |
| Tennessee | 6960 | 1450 | 1002 | 75 | 32 |             | 41165 | 1.6 | 2008 | -5393 | 544 | 505 | 42214 | |
| Texas | 20237 | 1572 | 617 | 31 | 187 |             | 139293 | 1.5 | 7917 | -51549 | 1259 | 2640 | 143192 | |
| Utah | 1676 | 80 | -359 | 64 | 10 |             | 11482 | 1.1 | 499 | -4272 | 503 | 125 | 12110 | |
| Vermont | 956 | -7 | -155 | 3 | 4 |             | 5319 | 1.8 | 517 | -1698 | 24 | 30 | 5373 | |
| Virgin Islands | 49 | 13 | 11 | 0 | 0 |             | 500 | 1.2 | -68 | -179 | 0 | 3 | 503 | |
| Virginia | 5419 | 722 | -2076 | 33 | 88 |             | 29752 | 0.9 | 1126 | -8855 | 386 | 1116 | 31254 | |
| Washington | 11882 | 1584 | -2298 | 111 | 64 |             | 66354 | 2.6 | 2515 | -28623 | 552 | 1182 | 68088 | |
| West Virginia | 1536 | 317 | -220 | 7 | 19 |             | 12464 | 1.9 | 1406 | -2903 | 86 | 244 | 12794 | |
| Wisconsin | 11476 | 1101 | -688 | 20 | 24 |             | 57693 | 2.2 | 1605 | -16485 | 161 | 332 | 58186 | |
| Wyoming | 532 | 43 | -105 | 17 | 4 |             | 3253 | 1.4 | 716 | -765 | 110 | 56 | 3419 | |
| Totals | 356721 | 44820 | -41269 | 2173 | 1808 |             | 2528687 | 2.0 | 140017 | -609005 | 19914 | 28563 | 2577164 | |
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.