| STATE NAME |
Initial Claims Filed During Week Ended January 8, 2005 |
Insured Unemployment For Week Ended January 1, 2005 |
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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 | 15237 | 7272 | -645 | 41 | 52 | 42285 | 2.4 | 9849 | -9387 | 148 | 426 | 42859 | ||
| Alaska | 3287 | 1327 | 282 | 38 | 6 | 16566 | 6.0 | -239 | -704 | 196 | 97 | 16859 | ||
| Arizona | 5449 | 2604 | -26 | 46 | 19 | 31740 | 1.4 | 2067 | -4495 | 407 | 259 | 32406 | ||
| Arkansas | 9034 | 1720 | 2656 | 23 | 16 | 38247 | 3.5 | 3449 | -5363 | 158 | 320 | 38725 | ||
| California | 61905 | 12043 | 3546 | 370 | 206 | 411509 | 2.8 | 26505 | -109879 | 3077 | 3176 | 417762 | ||
| Colorado | 4688 | 2384 | -819 | 68 | 40 | 31658 | 1.5 | 2616 | -8004 | 300 | 446 | 32405 | ||
| Connecticut | 11515 | 3061 | -62 | 17 | 21 | 57952 | 3.6 | 12723 | -11780 | 70 | 223 | 58245 | ||
| Delaware | 3269 | 1474 | 687 | 4 | 7 | 10635 | 2.7 | 1892 | -591 | 20 | 70 | 10725 | ||
| District of Columbia | 401 | 222 | -34 | 33 | 0 | 4803 | 1.0 | 201 | -1464 | 206 | 66 | 5075 | ||
| Florida | 12825 | 6406 | 996 | 87 | 172 | 98757 | 1.4 | -5622 | -11765 | 461 | 1642 | 100860 | ||
| Georgia | 21835 | 8054 | -9535 | 55 | 78 | 71749 | 1.9 | 12999 | -20319 | 859 | 1370 | 73978 | ||
| Hawaii | 1909 | 395 | -356 | 14 | 18 | 8337 | 1.5 | 1360 | -2371 | 75 | 205 | 8617 | ||
| Idaho | 5045 | 662 | 79 | 86 | 9 | 22539 | 4.0 | 3190 | -5397 | 616 | 127 | 23282 | ||
| Illinois | 28472 | 9721 | 848 | 52 | 66 | 179898 | 3.2 | 16704 | -28167 | 591 | 1124 | 181613 | ||
| Indiana | 18878 | 108 | 3787 | 51 | 106 | 80869 | 2.9 | 15871 | -6131 | 339 | 602 | 81810 | ||
| Iowa | 8897 | -1949 | 2190 | 12 | 17 | 41146 | 3.0 | 9285 | -2595 | 57 | 228 | 41431 | ||
| Kansas | 6252 | 1709 | 66 | 3 | 5 | 25761 | 2.0 | 1980 | -10014 | 228 | 244 | 26233 | ||
| Kentucky | 10009 | -5329 | 3215 | 26 | 22 | 49384 | 2.9 | 15500 | -11633 | 502 | 508 | 50395 | ||
| Louisiana | 4998 | 1832 | 234 | 32 | 34 | 34315 | 1.9 | 1007 | -2630 | 150 | 456 | 34921 | ||
| Maine | 3213 | 1168 | 199 | 4 | 2 | 14492 | 2.5 | 2398 | -1731 | 35 | 51 | 14578 | ||
| Maryland | 8810 | 1890 | -134 | 59 | 42 | 45293 | 2.0 | 7125 | -8940 | 528 | 450 | 46271 | ||
| Massachusetts | 13679 | -4087 | 324 | 28 | 31 | 109291 | 3.5 | 14083 | -23280 | 799 | 520 | 110610 | ||
| Michigan | 40288 | -935 | 2478 | 77 | 78 | 179588 | 4.2 | 14056 | -50815 | 410 | 802 | 180800 | ||
| Minnesota | 11841 | 3286 | 21 | 35 | 22 | 70795 | 2.8 | 7916 | -11978 | 165 | 254 | 71214 | ||
| Mississippi | 5020 | 2005 | -1354 | 23 | 20 | 25018 | 2.3 | 2804 | -7244 | 191 | 252 | 25461 | ||
| Missouri | 21550 | 9106 | 2872 | 51 | 48 | 76138 | 3.0 | 12187 | -13413 | 772 | 382 | 77292 | ||
| Montana | 3116 | 1848 | 298 | 134 | 15 | 11242 | 2.9 | 599 | -3434 | 492 | 104 | 11838 | ||
| Nebraska | 3348 | 743 | 283 | 5 | 3 | 16483 | 1.9 | 2047 | -1494 | 56 | 66 | 16605 | ||
| Nevada | 4914 | 2115 | 991 | 11 | 2 | 22219 | 2.0 | -463 | -5974 | 219 | 164 | 22602 | ||
| New Hampshire | 1778 | -612 | 16 | 4 | 5 | 9761 | 1.6 | 1954 | -1436 | 15 | 30 | 9806 | ||
| New Jersey | 22582 | 283 | 3214 | 66 | 57 | 138952 | 3.7 | 22156 | -21127 | 364 | 605 | 139921 | ||
| New Mexico | 1943 | 579 | -301 | 22 | 3 | 14064 | 1.9 | 751 | -1423 | 287 | 172 | 14523 | ||
| New York | 49443 | 15397 | 10247 | 74 | 117 | 244592 | 3.0 | 30142 | -32725 | 770 | 1286 | 246648 | ||
| North Carolina | 34677 | 11270 | -3690 | 46 | 66 | 108797 | 3.0 | 20034 | -26419 | 281 | 1288 | 110366 | ||
| North Dakota | 1892 | 1153 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 6321 | 2.1 | 477 | -43 | 60 | 47 | 6428 | ||
| Ohio | 29677 | 7083 | -1143 | 28 | 19 | 133731 | 2.6 | 16876 | -31605 | 401 | 648 | 134780 | ||
| Oklahoma | 6336 | 3525 | 2210 | 13 | 28 | 20316 | 1.5 | -8553 | -9026 | 89 | 305 | 20710 | ||
| Oregon | 13232 | 3341 | 669 | 245 | 46 | 59940 | 3.9 | 5310 | -18229 | 962 | 483 | 61385 | ||
| Pennsylvania | 49479 | 9156 | 4298 | 316 | 185 | 230094 | 4.3 | 46069 | -55984 | 1475 | 1726 | 233295 | ||
| Puerto Rico | 3381 | 89 | 448 | 2 | 12 | 23309 | 2.3 | -16220 | -14405 | 120 | 234 | 23663 | ||
| Rhode Island | 3193 | -166 | -317 | 5 | 4 | 17519 | 3.8 | 3960 | -1762 | 64 | 102 | 17685 | ||
| South Carolina | 18890 | 4519 | -887 | 17 | 27 | 58549 | 3.4 | 7539 | -14136 | 155 | 419 | 59123 | ||
| South Dakota | 1116 | 468 | 59 | 19 | 6 | 4658 | 1.3 | 562 | -187 | 109 | 27 | 4794 | ||
| Tennessee | 21402 | 11172 | -6190 | 46 | 28 | 60867 | 2.4 | 9488 | -17478 | 523 | 476 | 61866 | ||
| Texas | 24996 | 12756 | -145 | 56 | 261 | 145621 | 1.6 | -6980 | -40549 | 977 | 2249 | 148847 | ||
| Utah | 3055 | 1585 | -273 | 68 | 15 | 14566 | 1.4 | 834 | -5332 | 940 | 132 | 15638 | ||
| Vermont | 1202 | -805 | -34 | 2 | 6 | 9567 | 3.3 | 1656 | -1929 | 29 | 33 | 9629 | ||
| Virgin Islands | 20 | -8 | -22 | 0 | 1 | 360 | 0.9 | -87 | -109 | 0 | 0 | 360 | ||
| Virginia | 11644 | 1541 | -3173 | 40 | 98 | 46875 | 1.4 | 10031 | -12630 | 447 | 1169 | 48491 | ||
| Washington | 15556 | 2403 | -1971 | 98 | 68 | 86686 | 3.3 | 5302 | -35379 | 833 | 1098 | 88617 | ||
| West Virginia | 3398 | 1934 | -903 | 6 | 41 | 18543 | 2.8 | 2569 | -5919 | 65 | 235 | 18843 | ||
| Wisconsin | 25745 | -3860 | 2289 | 35 | 39 | 114273 | 4.3 | 17293 | -19575 | 209 | 306 | 114788 | ||
| Wyoming | 953 | 391 | -123 | 17 | 3 | 4422 | 1.9 | 364 | -940 | 105 | 70 | 4597 | ||
| Totals | 695274 | 154049 | 17377 | 2712 | 2292 | 3401092 | 2.7 | 365616 | -749339 | 21407 | 27774 | 3450275 | ||
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.