| STATE NAME |
Initial Claims Filed During Week Ended December 11, 2004 |
Insured Unemployment For Week Ended December 4, 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 | 5333 | -2356 | -857 | 16 | 34 | 28970 | 1.6 | -3159 | -5898 | 136 | 436 | 29542 | ||
| Alaska | 1773 | -331 | -69 | 21 | 6 | 14197 | 5.2 | -2028 | -1002 | 168 | 65 | 14430 | ||
| Arizona | 3814 | -183 | -458 | 23 | 14 | 30402 | 1.4 | -1453 | -5323 | 307 | 236 | 30945 | ||
| Arkansas | 4591 | -2459 | 1188 | 13 | 11 | 31885 | 2.9 | -374 | -2614 | 162 | 330 | 32377 | ||
| California | 47257 | -4101 | -1310 | 221 | 190 | 396401 | 2.7 | -54355 | -105909 | 2993 | 3157 | 402551 | ||
| Colorado | 2886 | -1165 | -954 | 31 | 41 | 28237 | 1.4 | -117 | -8493 | 299 | 445 | 28981 | ||
| Connecticut | 4550 | -849 | -943 | 5 | 12 | 37730 | 2.4 | -488 | -8781 | 80 | 227 | 38037 | ||
| Delaware | 890 | -281 | -301 | 4 | 1 | 8030 | 2.0 | -479 | -1316 | 24 | 61 | 8115 | ||
| District of Columbia | 356 | -8 | -43 | 11 | 1 | 4430 | 1.0 | -357 | -1812 | 194 | 74 | 4698 | ||
| Florida | 9277 | -1718 | -402 | 34 | 120 | 97290 | 1.4 | -20025 | -11070 | 470 | 1575 | 99335 | ||
| Georgia | 10224 | -6663 | -837 | 58 | 75 | 53882 | 1.5 | -7191 | -11552 | 796 | 1333 | 56011 | ||
| Hawaii | 1229 | -75 | -267 | 10 | 17 | 7007 | 1.3 | -55 | -2862 | 66 | 200 | 7273 | ||
| Idaho | 3099 | -822 | 423 | 62 | 8 | 16227 | 2.9 | -41 | -3855 | 465 | 109 | 16801 | ||
| Illinois | 19567 | -5557 | -3709 | 51 | 88 | 138486 | 2.5 | -10031 | -26110 | 543 | 1102 | 140131 | ||
| Indiana | 8335 | -1108 | 192 | 31 | 54 | 55337 | 2.0 | -1591 | -5633 | 379 | 518 | 56234 | ||
| Iowa | 4035 | -869 | -1002 | 9 | 18 | 23474 | 1.7 | 1030 | -4899 | 57 | 191 | 23722 | ||
| Kansas | 2789 | -1440 | -1985 | 4 | 4 | 21635 | 1.7 | -760 | -5847 | 203 | 239 | 22077 | ||
| Kentucky | 4549 | -689 | 571 | 7 | 15 | 27570 | 1.6 | -3957 | -5519 | 326 | 444 | 28341 | ||
| Louisiana | 3776 | -472 | 17 | 12 | 24 | 31610 | 1.7 | -338 | -3227 | 152 | 468 | 32230 | ||
| Maine | 2319 | 218 | 61 | 6 | 2 | 10880 | 1.9 | 795 | -1357 | 30 | 57 | 10967 | ||
| Maryland | 4042 | -1418 | -1833 | 28 | 22 | 37989 | 1.6 | 1233 | -8330 | 489 | 452 | 38930 | ||
| Massachusetts | 9783 | -100 | -3720 | 26 | 22 | 81338 | 2.6 | -261 | -13472 | 910 | 538 | 82786 | ||
| Michigan | 18589 | -2803 | -759 | 45 | 68 | 124747 | 2.9 | -12442 | -21249 | 409 | 717 | 125873 | ||
| Minnesota | 8984 | -1645 | -160 | 19 | 16 | 43625 | 1.7 | -1959 | -16534 | 147 | 252 | 44024 | ||
| Mississippi | 2648 | -1906 | -311 | 34 | 10 | 19909 | 1.9 | -1947 | -3297 | 153 | 265 | 20327 | ||
| Missouri | 8587 | -3061 | -1177 | 39 | 40 | 59848 | 2.3 | 963 | -11614 | 847 | 341 | 61036 | ||
| Montana | 1460 | -210 | -60 | 73 | 10 | 8530 | 2.2 | -693 | -2819 | 322 | 82 | 8934 | ||
| Nebraska | 1665 | -763 | -884 | 1 | 1 | 12578 | 1.5 | 87 | -1302 | 57 | 57 | 12692 | ||
| Nevada | 3242 | -1046 | -117 | 13 | 4 | 21840 | 2.0 | -148 | -5079 | 224 | 174 | 22238 | ||
| New Hampshire | 1095 | -73 | -158 | 3 | 1 | 6399 | 1.1 | -382 | -2220 | 19 | 21 | 6439 | ||
| New Jersey | 12191 | -1696 | -2998 | 24 | 39 | 105653 | 2.8 | -5616 | -15303 | 418 | 594 | 106665 | ||
| New Mexico | 1448 | 11 | -2 | 310 | 1 | 12312 | 1.7 | -195 | -1913 | 265 | 175 | 12752 | ||
| New York | 20647 | -10988 | -1862 | 41 | 87 | 183922 | 2.3 | -11589 | -35678 | 582 | 1210 | 185714 | ||
| North Carolina | 12780 | -15924 | -494 | 16 | 58 | 74379 | 2.0 | -15319 | -20755 | 279 | 1288 | 75946 | ||
| North Dakota | 1103 | -48 | 215 | 3 | 2 | 3844 | 1.3 | 430 | -1094 | 64 | 40 | 3948 | ||
| Ohio | 15797 | -2228 | -3588 | 51 | 8 | 91313 | 1.8 | 222 | -29286 | 336 | 596 | 92245 | ||
| Oklahoma | 2697 | 70 | -3 | 5 | 23 | 19325 | 1.4 | 1393 | -8432 | 97 | 300 | 19722 | ||
| Oregon | 7299 | -616 | -1169 | 94 | 35 | 47486 | 3.1 | -3377 | -14468 | 705 | 436 | 48627 | ||
| Pennsylvania | 25067 | -10205 | -3530 | 120 | 121 | 179302 | 3.3 | 12226 | -27963 | 1362 | 1690 | 182354 | ||
| Puerto Rico | 2281 | -348 | -335 | 1 | 12 | 34565 | 3.4 | -14344 | -12017 | 251 | 362 | 35178 | ||
| Rhode Island | 1720 | 54 | -817 | 5 | 2 | 11260 | 2.4 | -512 | -1189 | 61 | 82 | 11403 | ||
| South Carolina | 7125 | -4600 | -241 | 13 | 36 | 39649 | 2.3 | -5166 | -9536 | 156 | 433 | 40238 | ||
| South Dakota | 691 | -93 | -24 | 14 | 8 | 2916 | 0.8 | 72 | -824 | 81 | 23 | 3020 | ||
| Tennessee | 7286 | -3809 | -3 | 23 | 28 | 43536 | 1.7 | -2074 | -6601 | 555 | 514 | 44605 | ||
| Texas | 16250 | 958 | -2434 | 28 | 198 | 133595 | 1.5 | -21434 | -47514 | 1075 | 2276 | 136946 | ||
| Utah | 1796 | -359 | -100 | 88 | 4 | 12690 | 1.3 | 243 | -3760 | 603 | 117 | 13410 | ||
| Vermont | 912 | -233 | -74 | 2 | 2 | 6277 | 2.2 | -217 | -1487 | 27 | 31 | 6335 | ||
| Virgin Islands | 24 | -9 | -21 | 0 | 1 | 521 | 1.3 | -83 | 48 | 0 | 6 | 527 | ||
| Virginia | 5054 | -3038 | -3299 | 26 | 98 | 30241 | 0.9 | -5515 | -10587 | 371 | 1092 | 31704 | ||
| Washington | 11112 | -2023 | -204 | 97 | 74 | 75248 | 2.9 | 2362 | -30262 | 723 | 1184 | 77155 | ||
| West Virginia | 2610 | -250 | -403 | 6 | 19 | 15389 | 2.3 | -885 | -6881 | 55 | 247 | 15691 | ||
| Wisconsin | 13184 | -2704 | -847 | 13 | 11 | 70418 | 2.6 | -10937 | -14714 | 171 | 302 | 70891 | ||
| Wyoming | 580 | -227 | -132 | 5 | 2 | 3472 | 1.5 | -46 | -674 | 98 | 60 | 3630 | ||
| Totals | 370398 | -102258 | -42229 | 1895 | 1798 | 2677796 | 2.1 | -200884 | -609885 | 19762 | 27224 | 2724783 | ||
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.