| STATE NAME |
Initial Claims Filed During Week Ended January 29, 2005 |
Insured Unemployment For Week Ended January 22, 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 | 4242 | -474 | -1448 | 19 | 37 |             | 29644 | 1.7 | -823 | -7699 | 134 | 405 | 30183 | |
| Alaska | 2006 | 46 | -169 | 20 | 1 |             | 17291 | 6.3 | -1158 | -1852 | 287 | 117 | 17695 | |
| Arizona | 3476 | 420 | -614 | 14 | 16 |             | 31139 | 1.4 | -418 | -5306 | 440 | 232 | 31811 | |
| Arkansas | 3065 | -381 | 26 | 14 | 13 |             | 34719 | 3.2 | 169 | -3507 | 177 | 322 | 35218 | |
| California | 50224 | 2265 | -7139 | 202 | 222 |             | 433809 | 3.0 | 20278 | -67310 | 3922 | 3481 | 441212 | |
| Colorado | 2877 | 52 | -593 | 30 | 39 |             | 30952 | 1.5 | -2382 | -10205 | 425 | 409 | 31786 | |
| Connecticut | 4972 | 191 | -505 | 8 | 11 |             | 51286 | 3.2 | 564 | -8651 | 80 | 214 | 51580 | |
| Delaware | 1649 | 326 | 173 | 3 | 9 |             | 10432 | 2.6 | -853 | -594 | 27 | 67 | 10526 | |
| District of Columbia | 348 | 133 | 12 | 27 | 3 |             | 4787 | 1.0 | 5 | -1839 | 233 | 71 | 5091 | |
| Florida | 9361 | 660 | -1016 | 49 | 148 |             | 97731 | 1.4 | 12452 | -14787 | 437 | 1565 | 99733 | |
| Georgia | 7401 | -10 | -1828 | 43 | 79 |             | 54186 | 1.5 | 262 | -12546 | 606 | 1243 | 56035 | |
| Hawaii | 1277 | 52 | -297 | 13 | 11 |             | 6919 | 1.3 | -339 | -2508 | 93 | 167 | 7179 | |
| Idaho | 2525 | 53 | -205 | 31 | 2 |             | 22258 | 3.9 | -40 | -3532 | 668 | 127 | 23053 | |
| Illinois | 15249 | -1019 | -3917 | 46 | 80 |             | 181818 | 3.2 | -13918 | -26530 | 550 | 1264 | 183632 | |
| Indiana | 8957 | 468 | -114 | 42 | 81 |             | 75879 | 2.7 | -291 | -206 | 334 | 615 | 76828 | |
| Iowa | 2828 | -254 | -1373 | 5 | 11 |             | 37903 | 2.7 | -778 | -2952 | 57 | 237 | 38197 | |
| Kansas | 2589 | -399 | -2529 | 3 | 11 |             | 27520 | 2.2 | -1393 | -3991 | 189 | 259 | 27968 | |
| Kentucky | 4910 | -128 | 1090 | 18 | 22 |             | 38291 | 2.3 | -3414 | -3885 | 492 | 528 | 39312 | |
| Louisiana | 5797 | 3132 | 2377 | 16 | 22 |             | 31437 | 1.7 | -972 | -4667 | 154 | 418 | 32009 | |
| Maine | 1865 | 113 | -1070 | 0 | 3 |             | 16258 | 2.8 | 1122 | -3240 | 39 | 51 | 16348 | |
| Maryland | 5680 | 389 | -1817 | 38 | 38 |             | 46664 | 2.0 | 2682 | -6568 | 436 | 393 | 47493 | |
| Massachusetts | 10671 | 1474 | 2030 | 37 | 32 |             | 107485 | 3.5 | -631 | -18796 | 440 | 507 | 108432 | |
| Michigan | 16742 | -2924 | -2625 | 37 | 41 |             | 183951 | 4.3 | -8117 | -14878 | 431 | 820 | 185202 | |
| Minnesota | 5406 | -1185 | -1267 | 19 | 23 |             | 65733 | 2.6 | -12153 | -7641 | 37 | 227 | 65997 | |
| Mississippi | 2028 | -135 | -449 | 20 | 29 |             | 20955 | 1.9 | -290 | -4070 | 187 | 250 | 21392 | |
| Missouri | 7023 | -1235 | -4093 | 56 | 33 |             | 76101 | 3.0 | 197 | -4879 | 477 | 401 | 76979 | |
| Montana | 1035 | 47 | -482 | 42 | 5 |             | 12578 | 3.3 | -1799 | -2086 | 711 | 126 | 13415 | |
| Nebraska | 1503 | -141 | -471 | 1 | 3 |             | 17004 | 2.0 | -65 | -264 | 63 | 65 | 17132 | |
| Nevada | 2976 | 170 | -488 | 8 | 5 |             | 22980 | 2.1 | -98 | -4583 | 244 | 168 | 23392 | |
| New Hampshire | 1068 | -94 | -59 | 2 | 3 |             | 9327 | 1.6 | 192 | -1626 | 17 | 17 | 9361 | |
| New Jersey | 12169 | 499 | -1027 | 26 | 25 |             | 133953 | 3.5 | -3278 | -16310 | 443 | 575 | 134971 | |
| New Mexico | 1218 | 10 | -201 | 5 | 1 |             | 13868 | 1.9 | 140 | -2029 | 314 | 151 | 14333 | |
| New York | 24614 | 2740 | 520 | 25 | 93 |             | 233134 | 2.9 | 5651 | -24787 | 696 | 1215 | 235045 | |
| North Carolina | 16301 | 4122 | 4691 | 30 | 68 |             | 87134 | 2.4 | 5548 | -13991 | 321 | 1242 | 88697 | |
| North Dakota | 483 | -75 | -368 | 0 | 1 |             | 7149 | 2.3 | -35 | -446 | 66 | 35 | 7250 | |
| Ohio | 14756 | -2652 | -3889 | 8 | 8 |             | 135140 | 2.6 | -2316 | -20025 | 366 | 717 | 136223 | |
| Oklahoma | 2028 | -975 | -657 | 18 | 31 |             | 20370 | 1.5 | -2314 | -7599 | 89 | 287 | 20746 | |
| Oregon | 7237 | -46 | -3039 | 86 | 41 |             | 57964 | 3.8 | 384 | -13857 | 1032 | 441 | 59437 | |
| Pennsylvania | 25474 | -523 | -3432 | 176 | 122 |             | 198966 | 3.7 | -38631 | -29633 | 12715 | 1731 | 213412 | |
| Puerto Rico | 4582 | 900 | 1032 | 5 | 21 |             | 43292 | 4.3 | 4052 | -2278 | 177 | 408 | 43877 | |
| Rhode Island | 1595 | -201 | -204 | 2 | 4 |             | 15678 | 3.4 | -556 | -3482 | 52 | 81 | 15811 | |
| South Carolina | 5203 | 86 | 714 | 13 | 29 |             | 43482 | 2.5 | 299 | -7451 | 150 | 413 | 44045 | |
| South Dakota | 424 | -51 | -175 | 7 | 5 |             | 4888 | 1.4 | -69 | -232 | 112 | 30 | 5030 | |
| Tennessee | 7250 | -2515 | 227 | 35 | 44 |             | 53193 | 2.1 | -1681 | -7271 | 517 | 479 | 54189 | |
| Texas | 15914 | 1251 | -557 | 25 | 213 |             | 141665 | 1.6 | -6628 | -49997 | 830 | 2501 | 144996 | |
| Utah | 1458 | -33 | -446 | 25 | 9 |             | 16029 | 1.6 | 76 | -4972 | 835 | 135 | 16999 | |
| Vermont | 744 | -57 | -11 | 1 | 3 |             | 8702 | 3.0 | -30 | -1289 | 30 | 32 | 8764 | |
| Virgin Islands | 37 | -8 | -14 | 0 | 0 |             | 449 | 1.1 | -7 | -57 | 2 | 3 | 454 | |
| Virginia | 6571 | 377 | -1161 | 18 | 71 |             | 39272 | 1.2 | 1710 | -8504 | 421 | 1078 | 40771 | |
| Washington | 10317 | -418 | -1792 | 57 | 75 |             | 81961 | 3.2 | -178 | -26986 | 851 | 1134 | 83946 | |
| West Virginia | 2249 | 469 | 262 | 2 | 22 |             | 18975 | 2.9 | -535 | -2806 | 110 | 271 | 19356 | |
| Wisconsin | 13675 | -579 | -3280 | 17 | 34 |             | 106196 | 4.0 | 2381 | -14321 | 223 | 306 | 106725 | |
| Wyoming | 431 | -35 | -151 | 6 | 1 |             | 4558 | 1.9 | -552 | -740 | 144 | 54 | 4756 | |
| Totals | 364480 | 3898 | -41818 | 1450 | 1954 |             | 3263055 | 2.6 | -48578 | -510261 | 32883 | 28085 | 3324024 | |
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.