| STATE NAME |
Initial Claims Filed During Week Ended January 15, 2005 |
Insured Unemployment For Week Ended January 8, 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 | 9522 | -5715 | 490 | 19 | 37 |             | 36726 | 2.1 | -5559 | -5948 | 147 | 414 | 37287 | |
| Alaska | 2329 | -958 | 871 | 26 | 5 |             | 17126 | 6.2 | 560 | -1676 | 290 | 116 | 17532 | |
| Arizona | 4237 | -1375 | -744 | 28 | 13 |             | 32065 | 1.4 | 344 | -4144 | 419 | 252 | 32736 | |
| Arkansas | 5254 | -3780 | 1753 | 21 | 11 |             | 36190 | 3.3 | -2057 | -2047 | 163 | 323 | 36676 | |
| California | 59409 | -2496 | 1215 | 263 | 256 |             | 427710 | 2.9 | 16201 | -74913 | 3650 | 3315 | 434675 | |
| Colorado | 3627 | -1061 | -709 | 32 | 38 |             | 28917 | 1.4 | -2741 | -10779 | 386 | 381 | 29684 | |
| Connecticut | 8803 | -2712 | 48 | 11 | 10 |             | 53890 | 3.4 | -4062 | -6362 | 98 | 205 | 54193 | |
| Delaware | 1355 | -1914 | 29 | 3 | 10 |             | 11058 | 2.8 | 423 | -235 | 20 | 60 | 11138 | |
| District of Columbia | 401 | 0 | -84 | 33 | 0 |             | 4803 | 1.0 | 0 | -2381 | 206 | 66 | 5075 | |
| Florida | 10689 | -2136 | -3695 | 66 | 151 |             | 100594 | 1.4 | 1837 | -12144 | 538 | 1629 | 102761 | |
| Georgia | 12461 | -9374 | -4565 | 67 | 85 |             | 59815 | 1.6 | -11934 | -14294 | 793 | 1311 | 61919 | |
| Hawaii | 1381 | -528 | -118 | 15 | 23 |             | 7510 | 1.4 | -827 | -2234 | 117 | 158 | 7785 | |
| Idaho | 3236 | -1809 | 304 | 68 | 12 |             | 21616 | 3.8 | -923 | -4317 | 642 | 135 | 22393 | |
| Illinois | 19827 | -8645 | -855 | 51 | 73 |             | 177608 | 3.2 | -2290 | -31265 | 595 | 1286 | 179489 | |
| Indiana | 10631 | -8247 | 1301 | 33 | 64 |             | 83984 | 3.0 | 3115 | 1412 | 380 | 637 | 85001 | |
| Iowa | 5011 | -3886 | 1424 | 15 | 14 |             | 39650 | 2.8 | -1496 | -2086 | 57 | 228 | 39935 | |
| Kansas | 5597 | -655 | 1962 | 6 | 8 |             | 28813 | 2.3 | 3052 | -4764 | 224 | 272 | 29309 | |
| Kentucky | 5783 | -4226 | 992 | 17 | 29 |             | 44385 | 2.6 | -4999 | -2658 | 644 | 534 | 45564 | |
| Louisiana | 3777 | -1221 | -552 | 18 | 31 |             | 33713 | 1.8 | -602 | -4077 | 147 | 451 | 34311 | |
| Maine | 2669 | -544 | 112 | 7 | 0 |             | 15709 | 2.7 | 1217 | -528 | 35 | 50 | 15794 | |
| Maryland | 6124 | -2686 | 282 | 87 | 43 |             | 45291 | 2.0 | -2 | -6936 | 520 | 447 | 46258 | |
| Massachusetts | 10006 | -3673 | -2044 | 32 | 47 |             | 107947 | 3.5 | -1344 | -11709 | 578 | 509 | 109034 | |
| Michigan | 25985 | -14303 | 2954 | 38 | 54 |             | 206571 | 4.9 | 26983 | 783 | 445 | 854 | 207870 | |
| Minnesota | 6806 | -5035 | -475 | 26 | 22 |             | 64374 | 2.5 | -6421 | -9480 | 267 | 283 | 64924 | |
| Mississippi | 2806 | -2214 | -259 | 33 | 19 |             | 22474 | 2.1 | -2544 | -4167 | 186 | 257 | 22917 | |
| Missouri | 14081 | -7469 | 2347 | 33 | 28 |             | 76832 | 3.0 | 694 | -8883 | 574 | 382 | 77788 | |
| Montana | 1764 | -1352 | 24 | 48 | 9 |             | 11458 | 3.0 | 216 | -3348 | 723 | 123 | 12304 | |
| Nebraska | 2612 | -736 | 688 | 2 | 3 |             | 16836 | 2.0 | 353 | -1176 | 52 | 65 | 16953 | |
| Nevada | 3864 | -1050 | -355 | 12 | 9 |             | 22968 | 2.1 | 749 | -4202 | 226 | 177 | 23371 | |
| New Hampshire | 1250 | -528 | -212 | 5 | 0 |             | 8712 | 1.4 | -1049 | -1777 | 20 | 21 | 8753 | |
| New Jersey | 13386 | -9196 | -2617 | 43 | 36 |             | 133002 | 3.5 | -5950 | -15592 | 426 | 566 | 133994 | |
| New Mexico | 1595 | -348 | -180 | 17 | 0 |             | 14288 | 2.0 | 224 | -1620 | 285 | 166 | 14739 | |
| New York | 26854 | -22589 | -2183 | 45 | 104 |             | 229916 | 2.8 | -14676 | -24102 | 718 | 1272 | 231906 | |
| North Carolina | 17621 | -17056 | -4097 | 34 | 83 |             | 87326 | 2.4 | -21471 | -25057 | 295 | 1263 | 88884 | |
| North Dakota | 810 | -1082 | 1 | 1 | 1 |             | 6937 | 2.3 | 616 | -640 | 61 | 36 | 7034 | |
| Ohio | 20783 | -8894 | -3426 | 13 | 11 |             | 138912 | 2.7 | 5181 | -16311 | 459 | 764 | 140135 | |
| Oklahoma | 3777 | -2559 | 574 | 18 | 35 |             | 22750 | 1.7 | 2434 | -5726 | 87 | 299 | 23136 | |
| Oregon | 9871 | -3361 | -4023 | 173 | 36 |             | 57939 | 3.8 | -2001 | -22311 | 993 | 482 | 59414 | |
| Pennsylvania | 28968 | -20511 | -1534 | 179 | 136 |             | 205181 | 3.8 | -24913 | -25262 | 1817 | 1651 | 208649 | |
| Puerto Rico | 4307 | 926 | 368 | 4 | 20 |             | 50191 | 4.9 | 26882 | 4068 | 291 | 556 | 51038 | |
| Rhode Island | 2689 | -504 | -263 | 6 | 6 |             | 16350 | 3.5 | -1169 | -1075 | 62 | 88 | 16500 | |
| South Carolina | 9202 | -9688 | 897 | 11 | 24 |             | 46808 | 2.7 | -11741 | -7887 | 172 | 427 | 47407 | |
| South Dakota | 732 | -384 | 173 | 4 | 12 |             | 4818 | 1.4 | 160 | -311 | 118 | 29 | 4965 | |
| Tennessee | 16090 | -5312 | -273 | 47 | 42 |             | 62446 | 2.4 | 1579 | -5270 | 529 | 484 | 63459 | |
| Texas | 18263 | -6733 | -4423 | 28 | 248 |             | 146764 | 1.6 | 1143 | -51475 | 1118 | 2508 | 150390 | |
| Utah | 2146 | -909 | -214 | 56 | 12 |             | 15003 | 1.5 | 437 | -4405 | 851 | 139 | 15993 | |
| Vermont | 791 | -411 | -165 | 2 | 3 |             | 8867 | 3.1 | -700 | -1368 | 31 | 35 | 8933 | |
| Virgin Islands | 55 | 35 | -12 | 0 | 0 |             | 534 | 1.3 | 174 | 48 | 2 | 2 | 538 | |
| Virginia | 6213 | -5431 | -2406 | 23 | 83 |             | 39819 | 1.2 | -7056 | -11505 | 418 | 1097 | 41334 | |
| Washington | 12807 | -2749 | -1806 | 103 | 65 |             | 82784 | 3.2 | -3902 | -38789 | 783 | 1122 | 84689 | |
| West Virginia | 2640 | -758 | -650 | 10 | 18 |             | 17949 | 2.7 | -594 | -5271 | 99 | 268 | 18316 | |
| Wisconsin | 15932 | -9813 | 966 | 19 | 24 |             | 104426 | 3.9 | -9847 | -11601 | 217 | 308 | 104951 | |
| Wyoming | 1002 | 49 | 232 | 25 | 6 |             | 3990 | 1.7 | -432 | -1159 | 129 | 45 | 4164 | |
| Totals | 467831 | -227606 | -22932 | 1976 | 2109 |             | 3342345 | 2.6 | -58728 | -508956 | 23103 | 28548 | 3393997 | |
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.