| STATE NAME |
Initial Claims Filed During Week Ended December 25, 2004 |
Insured Unemployment For Week Ended December 18, 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 | 4236 | -92 | -1579 | 24 | 13 | 28064 | 1.6 | -545 | -7359 | 135 | 410 | 28609 | ||
| Alaska | 1891 | -26 | -106 | 31 | 5 | 14139 | 5.1 | -2409 | -913 | 184 | 80 | 14403 | ||
| Arizona | 3659 | -473 | 788 | 26 | 13 | 30066 | 1.3 | -1648 | -4379 | 345 | 235 | 30646 | ||
| Arkansas | 4762 | 428 | -2716 | 4 | 3 | 29979 | 2.7 | -1439 | -3016 | 171 | 307 | 30457 | ||
| California | 48265 | 4039 | -925 | 144 | 143 | 389899 | 2.7 | -23058 | -76025 | 2826 | 2975 | 395700 | ||
| Colorado | 2523 | -219 | -125 | 21 | 15 | 28884 | 1.4 | -206 | -7798 | 305 | 460 | 29649 | ||
| Connecticut | 6246 | 1562 | 881 | 6 | 8 | 39259 | 2.4 | 289 | -9149 | 79 | 209 | 39547 | ||
| Delaware | 1167 | 335 | -138 | 1 | 6 | 7928 | 2.0 | -227 | -532 | 22 | 57 | 8007 | ||
| District of Columbia | 305 | -49 | -33 | 3 | 2 | 4292 | 0.9 | -481 | -1258 | 194 | 75 | 4561 | ||
| Florida | 7842 | -1080 | 824 | 38 | 80 | 91683 | 1.3 | -15888 | -10230 | 392 | 1566 | 93641 | ||
| Georgia | 6318 | -2710 | -2248 | 43 | 43 | 49102 | 1.3 | -3604 | -10570 | 729 | 1189 | 51020 | ||
| Hawaii | 935 | -133 | -203 | 9 | 11 | 6491 | 1.2 | -334 | -2397 | 66 | 177 | 6734 | ||
| Idaho | 3181 | 527 | -2093 | 50 | 3 | 17325 | 3.1 | 248 | -2985 | 560 | 115 | 18000 | ||
| Illinois | 23078 | 4161 | -731 | 31 | 47 | 147111 | 2.6 | -7540 | -30093 | 546 | 1102 | 148759 | ||
| Indiana | 17866 | 9025 | -1476 | 29 | 61 | 54625 | 2.0 | -491 | -7029 | 335 | 507 | 55467 | ||
| Iowa | 7079 | 2847 | -1781 | 5 | 12 | 26282 | 1.9 | 954 | -6102 | 57 | 209 | 26548 | ||
| Kansas | 4836 | 2316 | -2661 | 4 | 4 | 20774 | 1.7 | -582 | -7446 | 214 | 231 | 21219 | ||
| Kentucky | 15155 | 7875 | 5654 | 64 | 22 | 27944 | 1.7 | -2820 | -3355 | 299 | 443 | 28687 | ||
| Louisiana | 3287 | -448 | -652 | 14 | 25 | 32031 | 1.8 | -8 | -2324 | 148 | 436 | 32615 | ||
| Maine | 2104 | -25 | 219 | 1 | 3 | 11772 | 2.0 | 698 | -564 | 29 | 49 | 11850 | ||
| Maryland | 6218 | 1897 | -307 | 29 | 15 | 38045 | 1.6 | 2863 | -7557 | 494 | 424 | 38963 | ||
| Massachusetts | 13708 | 3952 | -4665 | 35 | 19 | 87391 | 2.8 | 2021 | -15544 | 832 | 532 | 88755 | ||
| Michigan | 27702 | 4452 | -14611 | 11 | 22 | 131285 | 3.1 | -14599 | -16158 | 391 | 760 | 132436 | ||
| Minnesota | 11051 | 1943 | 740 | 8 | 27 | 50543 | 2.0 | -2264 | -13500 | 165 | 221 | 50929 | ||
| Mississippi | 3294 | 141 | -841 | 21 | 13 | 20050 | 1.9 | -149 | -2428 | 167 | 256 | 20473 | ||
| Missouri | 12043 | 2424 | 2194 | 46 | 29 | 55527 | 2.2 | -1705 | -16024 | 606 | 309 | 56442 | ||
| Montana | 1481 | 179 | -110 | 35 | 5 | 8953 | 2.4 | -888 | -2666 | 430 | 92 | 9475 | ||
| Nebraska | 2365 | 624 | -60 | 0 | 1 | 13100 | 1.5 | 329 | -2313 | 53 | 58 | 13211 | ||
| Nevada | 3085 | -112 | -697 | 10 | 4 | 21969 | 2.0 | 17 | -5482 | 218 | 176 | 22363 | ||
| New Hampshire | 1456 | 336 | -399 | 0 | 1 | 6789 | 1.1 | 146 | -1400 | 14 | 20 | 6823 | ||
| New Jersey | 15530 | 3768 | -3892 | 18 | 18 | 110908 | 2.9 | -138 | -13460 | 391 | 592 | 111891 | ||
| New Mexico | 1492 | 212 | -8 | 3 | 4 | 12619 | 1.8 | -348 | -1485 | 281 | 169 | 13069 | ||
| New York | 23173 | 2941 | 307 | 41 | 74 | 229735 | 2.8 | 35010 | 3611 | 696 | 1239 | 231670 | ||
| North Carolina | 11906 | -1730 | 479 | 21 | 54 | 74948 | 2.0 | -1542 | -20928 | 296 | 1269 | 76513 | ||
| North Dakota | 1237 | 234 | 302 | 3 | 0 | 4930 | 1.6 | 359 | -596 | 53 | 35 | 5018 | ||
| Ohio | 20069 | 2097 | -2961 | 30 | 13 | 97833 | 1.9 | -3235 | -34694 | 338 | 602 | 98773 | ||
| Oklahoma | 2959 | 724 | -28 | 5 | 27 | 18104 | 1.3 | -157 | -9112 | 90 | 293 | 18487 | ||
| Oregon | 9912 | 2103 | -3799 | 106 | 45 | 48133 | 3.1 | -1187 | -13545 | 836 | 433 | 49402 | ||
| Pennsylvania | 31002 | 8631 | -9866 | 137 | 99 | 172978 | 3.2 | -6531 | -29794 | 1305 | 1608 | 175891 | ||
| Puerto Rico | 2898 | 850 | 173 | 1 | 7 | 33702 | 3.3 | -2015 | -724 | 242 | 402 | 34346 | ||
| Rhode Island | 3141 | 1231 | -81 | 5 | 1 | 12114 | 2.6 | -57 | -1313 | 54 | 88 | 12256 | ||
| South Carolina | 4052 | -1526 | -419 | 5 | 3 | 38996 | 2.2 | -1088 | -8180 | 137 | 435 | 39568 | ||
| South Dakota | 884 | 213 | 261 | 6 | 5 | 3430 | 1.0 | 154 | -734 | 96 | 24 | 3550 | ||
| Tennessee | 6641 | -1093 | -157 | 29 | 16 | 44086 | 1.7 | -1427 | -5191 | 547 | 480 | 45113 | ||
| Texas | 18676 | 538 | -3162 | 32 | 147 | 131271 | 1.5 | -17887 | -31209 | 970 | 2235 | 134476 | ||
| Utah | 1252 | -176 | -307 | 144 | 6 | 13045 | 1.3 | -52 | -3860 | 750 | 126 | 13921 | ||
| Vermont | 1733 | 900 | -915 | 0 | 2 | 6769 | 2.3 | 112 | -1594 | 22 | 29 | 6820 | ||
| Virgin Islands | 15 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 469 | 1.1 | -35 | 127 | 0 | 4 | 473 | ||
| Virginia | 7634 | 390 | -3020 | 26 | 51 | 31110 | 0.9 | -1157 | -6608 | 388 | 1077 | 32575 | ||
| Washington | 11685 | 167 | -5053 | 59 | 52 | 74453 | 2.9 | -453 | -28017 | 770 | 1129 | 76361 | ||
| West Virginia | 1535 | -356 | 131 | 4 | 9 | 14735 | 2.2 | -253 | -3290 | 58 | 238 | 15031 | ||
| Wisconsin | 22131 | 8610 | -9144 | 8 | 13 | 76451 | 2.9 | 528 | -13936 | 158 | 300 | 76909 | ||
| Wyoming | 648 | 168 | -138 | 9 | 2 | 3473 | 1.5 | -652 | -873 | 85 | 61 | 3619 | ||
| Totals | 447343 | 72594 | -69150 | 1435 | 1303 | 2745594 | 2.2 | -75371 | -502001 | 19569 | 26548 | 2791721 | ||
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.