| STATE NAME |
Initial Claims Filed During Week Ended December 18, 2004 |
Insured Unemployment For Week Ended December 11, 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 | 4328 | -1005 | -444 | 17 | 30 | 28609 | 1.6 | -361 | -5753 | 132 | 453 | 29194 | ||
| Alaska | 1917 | 144 | -192 | 25 | 3 | 16548 | 6.0 | 2351 | -926 | 285 | 113 | 16946 | ||
| Arizona | 3979 | -41 | 145 | 53 | 7 | 31744 | 1.4 | 1391 | -3662 | 317 | 227 | 32288 | ||
| Arkansas | 4334 | -257 | 235 | 19 | 6 | 31418 | 2.9 | -467 | -2643 | 153 | 317 | 31888 | ||
| California | 44226 | -3031 | -1183 | 265 | 187 | 412957 | 2.8 | 16556 | -92251 | 3886 | 3592 | 420435 | ||
| Colorado | 2742 | -144 | -838 | 33 | 21 | 29090 | 1.4 | 853 | -9899 | 368 | 394 | 29852 | ||
| Connecticut | 4684 | 134 | -1618 | 6 | 13 | 38970 | 2.4 | 1240 | -9495 | 83 | 211 | 39264 | ||
| Delaware | 832 | -58 | -227 | 0 | 3 | 8155 | 2.0 | 125 | -2068 | 32 | 50 | 8237 | ||
| District of Columbia | 354 | -2 | -128 | 15 | 1 | 4773 | 1.0 | 343 | -2039 | 225 | 65 | 5063 | ||
| Florida | 8922 | -355 | -294 | 45 | 94 | 107571 | 1.5 | 10281 | -8848 | 528 | 1704 | 109803 | ||
| Georgia | 9028 | -1196 | 912 | 39 | 73 | 52706 | 1.4 | -1176 | -8802 | 771 | 1318 | 54795 | ||
| Hawaii | 1068 | -161 | -308 | 13 | 12 | 6825 | 1.3 | -182 | -2694 | 117 | 175 | 7117 | ||
| Idaho | 2654 | -445 | -269 | 95 | 10 | 17077 | 3.0 | 850 | -3128 | 491 | 110 | 17678 | ||
| Illinois | 18917 | -650 | -2973 | 28 | 52 | 154651 | 2.8 | 16165 | -26850 | 648 | 1239 | 156538 | ||
| Indiana | 8841 | 506 | -6566 | 32 | 78 | 55116 | 2.0 | -221 | -5632 | 364 | 482 | 55962 | ||
| Iowa | 4232 | 197 | -691 | 5 | 14 | 25328 | 1.8 | 1854 | -6115 | 57 | 203 | 25588 | ||
| Kansas | 2520 | -269 | -1737 | 5 | 2 | 21356 | 1.7 | -279 | -8576 | 228 | 234 | 21818 | ||
| Kentucky | 7280 | 2731 | -4509 | 35 | 18 | 30764 | 1.8 | 3194 | -4803 | 387 | 525 | 31677 | ||
| Louisiana | 3735 | -41 | -472 | 16 | 19 | 32039 | 1.8 | 429 | -2804 | 138 | 444 | 32621 | ||
| Maine | 2129 | -190 | 251 | 5 | 1 | 11074 | 1.9 | 194 | -981 | 36 | 52 | 11162 | ||
| Maryland | 4321 | 279 | -1538 | 37 | 28 | 35182 | 1.5 | -2807 | -9003 | 392 | 412 | 35986 | ||
| Massachusetts | 9756 | -27 | -1574 | 32 | 26 | 85370 | 2.8 | 4032 | -17114 | 894 | 538 | 86802 | ||
| Michigan | 23250 | 4661 | 1520 | 20 | 43 | 145884 | 3.4 | 21137 | -15561 | 468 | 881 | 147233 | ||
| Minnesota | 9108 | 124 | -36 | 22 | 21 | 52807 | 2.1 | 9182 | -10838 | 233 | 276 | 53316 | ||
| Mississippi | 3153 | 505 | -327 | 31 | 19 | 20199 | 1.9 | 290 | -2996 | 165 | 269 | 20633 | ||
| Missouri | 9619 | 1032 | -2796 | 32 | 41 | 57232 | 2.2 | -2616 | -19151 | 677 | 374 | 58283 | ||
| Montana | 1302 | -158 | -161 | 79 | 9 | 9841 | 2.6 | 1311 | -2936 | 638 | 111 | 10590 | ||
| Nebraska | 1741 | 76 | -258 | 1 | 2 | 12771 | 1.5 | 193 | -2555 | 51 | 63 | 12885 | ||
| Nevada | 3197 | -45 | -560 | 19 | 4 | 21952 | 2.0 | 112 | -5349 | 213 | 169 | 22334 | ||
| New Hampshire | 1120 | 25 | -142 | 1 | 0 | 6643 | 1.1 | 244 | -1816 | 22 | 28 | 6693 | ||
| New Jersey | 11762 | -429 | -1730 | 23 | 35 | 111046 | 2.9 | 5393 | -15685 | 386 | 604 | 112036 | ||
| New Mexico | 1280 | -168 | -296 | 26 | 0 | 12967 | 1.8 | 655 | -1606 | 279 | 192 | 13438 | ||
| New York | 20232 | -415 | -3092 | 74 | 75 | 194725 | 2.4 | 10803 | -31465 | 720 | 1301 | 196746 | ||
| North Carolina | 13636 | 856 | 997 | 21 | 65 | 76490 | 2.1 | 2111 | -19042 | 280 | 1265 | 78035 | ||
| North Dakota | 1003 | -100 | -29 | 4 | 3 | 4571 | 1.5 | 727 | -815 | 47 | 44 | 4662 | ||
| Ohio | 17972 | 2175 | -1152 | 45 | 8 | 101068 | 1.9 | 3162 | -21951 | 423 | 788 | 102279 | ||
| Oklahoma | 2235 | -462 | -1560 | 5 | 28 | 18261 | 1.3 | -1064 | -7531 | 85 | 305 | 18651 | ||
| Oregon | 7809 | 510 | -657 | 170 | 44 | 49320 | 3.2 | 1837 | -12697 | 754 | 444 | 50518 | ||
| Pennsylvania | 22371 | -2696 | -5318 | 226 | 101 | 179509 | 3.3 | 207 | -27752 | 1659 | 1659 | 182827 | ||
| Puerto Rico | 2048 | -233 | -501 | 5 | 6 | 35717 | 3.5 | 1152 | -15929 | 243 | 407 | 36367 | ||
| Rhode Island | 1910 | 190 | -142 | 6 | 4 | 12171 | 2.6 | 911 | -1366 | 57 | 91 | 12319 | ||
| South Carolina | 5578 | -1547 | -79 | 5 | 25 | 40084 | 2.3 | 435 | -8070 | 136 | 444 | 40664 | ||
| South Dakota | 671 | -20 | -58 | 8 | 8 | 3276 | 0.9 | 360 | -771 | 93 | 35 | 3404 | ||
| Tennessee | 7734 | 448 | 628 | 52 | 31 | 45513 | 1.8 | 1977 | -4111 | 543 | 503 | 46559 | ||
| Texas | 18138 | 1888 | -3288 | 45 | 178 | 149158 | 1.7 | 15563 | -46877 | 1186 | 2666 | 153010 | ||
| Utah | 1428 | -368 | -633 | 84 | 13 | 13097 | 1.3 | 407 | -3902 | 711 | 118 | 13926 | ||
| Vermont | 833 | -79 | -185 | 0 | 4 | 6657 | 2.3 | 380 | -1390 | 31 | 26 | 6714 | ||
| Virgin Islands | 13 | -11 | -15 | 0 | 0 | 504 | 1.2 | -17 | -33 | 0 | 6 | 510 | ||
| Virginia | 7244 | 2190 | -2742 | 42 | 74 | 32267 | 1.0 | 2026 | -9123 | 408 | 1122 | 33797 | ||
| Washington | 11518 | 406 | -1262 | 108 | 65 | 74906 | 2.9 | -342 | -28229 | 739 | 1191 | 76836 | ||
| West Virginia | 1891 | -719 | -161 | 7 | 13 | 14988 | 2.3 | -401 | -3981 | 104 | 243 | 15335 | ||
| Wisconsin | 13521 | 337 | -1379 | 8 | 14 | 75923 | 2.9 | 5505 | -14788 | 199 | 322 | 76444 | ||
| Wyoming | 480 | -100 | -164 | 13 | 5 | 4125 | 1.7 | 653 | -449 | 141 | 59 | 4325 | ||
| Totals | 374596 | 3992 | -49596 | 2002 | 1636 | 2820995 | 2.2 | 136658 | -572851 | 22223 | 28864 | 2872083 | ||
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.