| STATE NAME |
Initial Claims Filed During Week Ended January 1, 2005 |
Insured Unemployment For Week Ended December 25, 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 | 7965 | 3729 | -3709 | 28 | 27 | 32436 | 1.8 | 4372 | -11411 | 137 | 405 | 32978 | ||
| Alaska | 1960 | 69 | -414 | 16 | 1 | 16805 | 6.1 | 2666 | -1276 | 309 | 109 | 17223 | ||
| Arizona | 2629 | -313 | -675 | 42 | 9 | 29686 | 1.3 | -328 | -5544 | 335 | 225 | 30246 | ||
| Arkansas | 7314 | 2552 | 1286 | 9 | 12 | 34798 | 3.2 | 4819 | -5361 | 150 | 314 | 35262 | ||
| California | 49862 | 1597 | 6360 | 268 | 161 | 385004 | 2.6 | -4895 | -97684 | 3747 | 3101 | 391854 | ||
| Colorado | 2304 | -219 | -118 | 25 | 21 | 29042 | 1.4 | 158 | -10562 | 404 | 389 | 29835 | ||
| Connecticut | 8454 | 2208 | -1725 | 4 | 14 | 45229 | 2.8 | 5970 | -12872 | 94 | 205 | 45528 | ||
| Delaware | 1795 | 628 | 193 | 2 | 4 | 8743 | 2.2 | 815 | -1553 | 24 | 58 | 8825 | ||
| District of Columbia | 179 | -126 | -67 | 7 | 0 | 4602 | 1.0 | 310 | -2413 | 210 | 66 | 4878 | ||
| Florida | 6419 | -1423 | -310 | 50 | 92 | 104379 | 1.5 | 12696 | -12986 | 529 | 1558 | 106466 | ||
| Georgia | 13781 | 7463 | -4336 | 70 | 54 | 58750 | 1.6 | 9648 | -14585 | 790 | 1372 | 60912 | ||
| Hawaii | 1514 | 579 | 10 | 8 | 11 | 6977 | 1.3 | 486 | -2839 | 111 | 142 | 7230 | ||
| Idaho | 4383 | 1202 | -641 | 58 | 6 | 19349 | 3.4 | 2024 | -6263 | 588 | 120 | 20057 | ||
| Illinois | 18751 | -4327 | 2483 | 28 | 60 | 163194 | 2.9 | 16083 | -31644 | 607 | 1287 | 165088 | ||
| Indiana | 18770 | 904 | 2387 | 34 | 57 | 64998 | 2.3 | 10373 | -14720 | 325 | 505 | 65828 | ||
| Iowa | 10846 | 3767 | 3941 | 7 | 65 | 31861 | 2.3 | 5579 | -8117 | 57 | 212 | 32130 | ||
| Kansas | 4543 | -293 | -1190 | 2 | 12 | 23745 | 1.9 | 2971 | -10889 | 224 | 157 | 24126 | ||
| Kentucky | 15338 | 183 | 4321 | 25 | 14 | 33884 | 2.0 | 5940 | -7068 | 487 | 474 | 34846 | ||
| Louisiana | 3166 | -121 | -175 | 3 | 10 | 33308 | 1.8 | 1277 | -2966 | 136 | 445 | 33889 | ||
| Maine | 2045 | -59 | 352 | 1 | 3 | 12094 | 2.1 | 322 | -454 | 28 | 50 | 12172 | ||
| Maryland | 6920 | 702 | -84 | 53 | 28 | 38168 | 1.7 | 123 | -9297 | 381 | 370 | 38919 | ||
| Massachusetts | 17766 | 4058 | 4770 | 32 | 24 | 95208 | 3.1 | 7817 | -18880 | 833 | 517 | 96558 | ||
| Michigan | 41223 | 13521 | 2562 | 33 | 45 | 165532 | 3.9 | 34247 | -17417 | 432 | 825 | 166789 | ||
| Minnesota | 8555 | -2496 | 334 | 16 | 14 | 62879 | 2.5 | 12336 | -8419 | 255 | 271 | 63405 | ||
| Mississippi | 3015 | -279 | -1554 | 16 | 13 | 22214 | 2.1 | 2164 | -5283 | 171 | 253 | 22638 | ||
| Missouri | 12444 | 401 | -1252 | 108 | 32 | 63951 | 2.5 | 8424 | -12766 | 696 | 341 | 64988 | ||
| Montana | 1268 | -213 | -196 | 53 | 8 | 10643 | 2.8 | 1690 | -2935 | 737 | 118 | 11499 | ||
| Nebraska | 2605 | 240 | 43 | 2 | 3 | 14436 | 1.7 | 1336 | -2972 | 47 | 60 | 14543 | ||
| Nevada | 2799 | -286 | -234 | 14 | 4 | 22682 | 2.1 | 713 | -6289 | 216 | 173 | 23071 | ||
| New Hampshire | 2390 | 934 | 729 | 2 | 1 | 7807 | 1.3 | 1018 | -1930 | 22 | 26 | 7855 | ||
| New Jersey | 22299 | 6769 | 3693 | 26 | 21 | 116796 | 3.1 | 5888 | -20545 | 381 | 594 | 117771 | ||
| New Mexico | 1364 | -128 | -5 | 7 | 0 | 13313 | 1.9 | 694 | -2042 | 295 | 174 | 13782 | ||
| New York | 34046 | 10873 | -9310 | 35 | 87 | 214450 | 2.7 | -15285 | -41042 | 802 | 1287 | 216539 | ||
| North Carolina | 23407 | 11501 | -8892 | 15 | 50 | 88763 | 2.4 | 13815 | -31468 | 283 | 1257 | 90303 | ||
| North Dakota | 739 | -498 | -197 | 5 | 0 | 5844 | 1.9 | 914 | -573 | 56 | 40 | 5940 | ||
| Ohio | 22594 | 2525 | 831 | 19 | 10 | 116855 | 2.2 | 19022 | -33890 | 481 | 792 | 118128 | ||
| Oklahoma | 2811 | -148 | -501 | 9 | 39 | 28869 | 2.1 | 10765 | 86 | 83 | 334 | 29286 | ||
| Oregon | 9891 | -21 | -2035 | 133 | 42 | 54630 | 3.6 | 6497 | -19494 | 886 | 450 | 55967 | ||
| Pennsylvania | 40323 | 9321 | 4550 | 163 | 110 | 184025 | 3.4 | 11047 | -33982 | 1798 | 1670 | 187493 | ||
| Puerto Rico | 2898 | 0 | 388 | 1 | 7 | 33702 | 3.3 | 0 | -5977 | 242 | 402 | 34346 | ||
| Rhode Island | 3359 | 218 | 527 | 3 | 2 | 13559 | 2.9 | 1445 | -2365 | 51 | 96 | 13706 | ||
| South Carolina | 14371 | 10319 | -5344 | 17 | 19 | 51010 | 2.9 | 12014 | -13478 | 140 | 409 | 51559 | ||
| South Dakota | 648 | -236 | 87 | 18 | 3 | 4096 | 1.2 | 666 | -564 | 96 | 29 | 4221 | ||
| Tennessee | 10230 | 3589 | -7237 | 26 | 16 | 51379 | 2.0 | 7293 | -9854 | 551 | 475 | 52405 | ||
| Texas | 12240 | -6436 | 784 | 24 | 140 | 152601 | 1.7 | 21330 | -51252 | 1152 | 2612 | 156365 | ||
| Utah | 1470 | 218 | -1029 | 79 | 8 | 13732 | 1.4 | 687 | -4937 | 871 | 129 | 14732 | ||
| Vermont | 2007 | 274 | 394 | 0 | 3 | 7911 | 2.7 | 1142 | -2694 | 27 | 30 | 7968 | ||
| Virgin Islands | 15 | 0 | -6 | 0 | 0 | 469 | 1.1 | 0 | 26 | 0 | 4 | 473 | ||
| Virginia | 10103 | 2469 | -1504 | 15 | 61 | 36844 | 1.1 | 5734 | -14168 | 421 | 1067 | 38332 | ||
| Washington | 13153 | 1468 | -3508 | 61 | 40 | 81384 | 3.1 | 6931 | -34059 | 767 | 1140 | 83292 | ||
| West Virginia | 1464 | -71 | -385 | 3 | 2 | 15974 | 2.4 | 1239 | -4956 | 103 | 248 | 16325 | ||
| Wisconsin | 29605 | 7474 | 3409 | 52 | 20 | 96980 | 3.6 | 20529 | -25690 | 191 | 317 | 97488 | ||
| Wyoming | 562 | -86 | -14 | 9 | 7 | 4058 | 1.7 | 585 | -790 | 138 | 49 | 4245 | ||
| Totals | 540602 | 93976 | -12213 | 1736 | 1492 | 3029648 | 2.4 | 284106 | -701103 | 22897 | 27753 | 3080304 | ||
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.