| STATE NAME |
Initial Claims Filed During Week Ended January 22, 2005 |
Insured Unemployment For Week Ended January 15, 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 | 4716 | -4806 | -738 | 16 | 25 |             | 30467 | 1.7 | -6259 | -7025 | 126 | 404 | 30997 | |
| Alaska | 1960 | -369 | -967 | 11 | 3 |             | 18449 | 6.7 | 1323 | -528 | 277 | 92 | 18818 | |
| Arizona | 3828 | -675 | 213 | 33 | 15 |             | 32025 | 1.4 | 0 | -4185 | 442 | 251 | 32718 | |
| Arkansas | 3446 | -1598 | 540 | 8 | 11 |             | 34550 | 3.1 | -1640 | -3888 | 179 | 312 | 35041 | |
| California | 47959 | -11450 | -1772 | 158 | 226 |             | 413531 | 2.8 | -14179 | -75976 | 3172 | 2955 | 419658 | |
| Colorado | 2825 | -802 | -447 | 26 | 39 |             | 33334 | 1.6 | 4417 | -8515 | 335 | 424 | 34093 | |
| Connecticut | 4781 | -4022 | -833 | 8 | 12 |             | 50722 | 3.2 | -3168 | -8475 | 106 | 225 | 51053 | |
| Delaware | 1323 | -32 | 57 | 0 | 11 |             | 11285 | 2.8 | 227 | -214 | 35 | 70 | 11390 | |
| District of Columbia | 215 | -161 | -159 | 8 | 0 |             | 4782 | 1.0 | -8 | -1467 | 225 | 63 | 5070 | |
| Florida | 8701 | -1988 | -1960 | 55 | 125 |             | 85279 | 1.2 | -15315 | -24309 | 394 | 1550 | 87223 | |
| Georgia | 7411 | -5050 | -2779 | 22 | 63 |             | 53924 | 1.4 | -5891 | -13531 | 718 | 1299 | 55941 | |
| Hawaii | 1225 | -156 | -124 | 9 | 22 |             | 7258 | 1.3 | -252 | -2239 | 83 | 196 | 7537 | |
| Idaho | 2472 | -764 | -26 | 34 | 6 |             | 22298 | 3.9 | 682 | -3403 | 639 | 124 | 23061 | |
| Illinois | 16268 | -3559 | -1861 | 26 | 70 |             | 195736 | 3.5 | 18128 | -18163 | 617 | 1108 | 197461 | |
| Indiana | 8489 | -2142 | 579 | 32 | 68 |             | 76170 | 2.7 | -7814 | -145 | 310 | 598 | 77078 | |
| Iowa | 3082 | -1929 | -233 | 8 | 13 |             | 38681 | 2.8 | -969 | -1107 | 57 | 214 | 38952 | |
| Kansas | 2988 | -2609 | -47 | 5 | 7 |             | 28913 | 2.3 | 100 | -2559 | 201 | 244 | 29358 | |
| Kentucky | 5038 | -745 | 1024 | 7 | 19 |             | 41705 | 2.5 | -2680 | -2291 | 604 | 456 | 42766 | |
| Louisiana | 2665 | -1112 | -816 | 12 | 27 |             | 32409 | 1.8 | -1304 | -4395 | 153 | 433 | 32995 | |
| Maine | 1752 | -917 | -257 | 1 | 4 |             | 15136 | 2.6 | -573 | -785 | 35 | 61 | 15232 | |
| Maryland | 5291 | -833 | -7 | 76 | 39 |             | 43982 | 1.9 | -1309 | -7160 | 437 | 401 | 44820 | |
| Massachusetts | 9197 | -809 | 420 | 15 | 32 |             | 108116 | 3.5 | 169 | -18388 | 469 | 500 | 109085 | |
| Michigan | 19666 | -6319 | 1971 | 20 | 63 |             | 192068 | 4.5 | -14503 | -20122 | 467 | 786 | 193321 | |
| Minnesota | 6591 | -215 | 108 | 15 | 29 |             | 77886 | 3.1 | 13512 | -8655 | 227 | 253 | 78366 | |
| Mississippi | 2163 | -643 | -66 | 25 | 20 |             | 21245 | 2.0 | -1229 | -4118 | 190 | 249 | 21684 | |
| Missouri | 8258 | -5823 | 450 | 40 | 33 |             | 75904 | 3.0 | -928 | -3258 | 478 | 352 | 76734 | |
| Montana | 988 | -776 | -187 | 40 | 5 |             | 14377 | 3.7 | 2919 | -1364 | 674 | 107 | 15158 | |
| Nebraska | 1644 | -968 | 10 | 1 | 1 |             | 17069 | 2.0 | 233 | -362 | 59 | 64 | 17192 | |
| Nevada | 2806 | -1058 | -200 | 7 | 6 |             | 23078 | 2.1 | 110 | -4382 | 225 | 171 | 23474 | |
| New Hampshire | 1162 | -88 | 54 | 2 | 2 |             | 9135 | 1.5 | 423 | -1115 | 14 | 26 | 9175 | |
| New Jersey | 11670 | -1716 | -1291 | 25 | 34 |             | 137231 | 3.6 | 4229 | -13078 | 454 | 636 | 138321 | |
| New Mexico | 1208 | -387 | -107 | 10 | 1 |             | 13728 | 1.9 | -560 | -1985 | 239 | 152 | 14119 | |
| New York | 21874 | -4980 | -3721 | 31 | 91 |             | 227483 | 2.8 | -2433 | -27804 | 691 | 1264 | 229438 | |
| North Carolina | 12179 | -5442 | -278 | 22 | 47 |             | 81586 | 2.2 | -5740 | -20883 | 305 | 1248 | 83139 | |
| North Dakota | 558 | -252 | -89 | 1 | 0 |             | 7184 | 2.3 | 247 | -495 | 61 | 44 | 7289 | |
| Ohio | 17408 | -3375 | -143 | 7 | 11 |             | 137456 | 2.6 | -1456 | -19568 | 385 | 698 | 138539 | |
| Oklahoma | 3003 | -774 | 384 | 13 | 28 |             | 22684 | 1.7 | -66 | -5553 | 88 | 283 | 23055 | |
| Oregon | 7283 | -2588 | -1485 | 79 | 43 |             | 57580 | 3.7 | -359 | -14580 | 1009 | 459 | 59048 | |
| Pennsylvania | 25997 | -2971 | -107 | 129 | 108 |             | 237597 | 4.4 | 32416 | -16285 | 1601 | 1959 | 241157 | |
| Puerto Rico | 3682 | -625 | 202 | 2 | 17 |             | 39240 | 3.9 | -10951 | -163 | 197 | 310 | 39747 | |
| Rhode Island | 1796 | -893 | -157 | 3 | 9 |             | 16234 | 3.5 | -116 | -1478 | 47 | 108 | 16389 | |
| South Carolina | 5117 | -4085 | -389 | 9 | 19 |             | 43183 | 2.5 | -3625 | -9646 | 145 | 417 | 43745 | |
| South Dakota | 475 | -257 | -49 | 8 | 5 |             | 4957 | 1.4 | 139 | -82 | 110 | 26 | 5093 | |
| Tennessee | 9765 | -6325 | 2146 | 41 | 46 |             | 54874 | 2.1 | -7572 | -6021 | 517 | 502 | 55893 | |
| Texas | 14663 | -3600 | -4635 | 20 | 182 |             | 148293 | 1.6 | 1529 | -38068 | 906 | 2211 | 151410 | |
| Utah | 1491 | -655 | -333 | 33 | 11 |             | 15953 | 1.6 | 950 | -4401 | 836 | 127 | 16916 | |
| Vermont | 801 | 10 | 47 | 0 | 1 |             | 8732 | 3.0 | -135 | -1434 | 28 | 32 | 8792 | |
| Virgin Islands | 45 | -10 | 9 | 0 | 0 |             | 456 | 1.1 | -78 | 67 | 5 | 2 | 463 | |
| Virginia | 6194 | -19 | -772 | 13 | 61 |             | 37562 | 1.1 | -2257 | -9898 | 446 | 1100 | 39108 | |
| Washington | 10735 | -2072 | 289 | 58 | 63 |             | 82139 | 3.2 | -645 | -28613 | 777 | 1110 | 84026 | |
| West Virginia | 1780 | -860 | -383 | 4 | 20 |             | 19510 | 3.0 | 1561 | -3939 | 65 | 242 | 19817 | |
| Wisconsin | 14254 | -1678 | -1909 | 14 | 26 |             | 103815 | 3.9 | -611 | -9715 | 210 | 301 | 104326 | |
| Wyoming | 466 | -536 | -84 | 9 | 2 |             | 5110 | 2.2 | 1120 | -672 | 127 | 66 | 5303 | |
| Totals | 361354 | -106508 | -20908 | 1251 | 1821 |             | 3312101 | 2.6 | -30191 | -486418 | 21197 | 27285 | 3360584 | |
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.