| STATE NAME |
Initial Claims Filed During Week Ended February 5, 2005 |
Insured Unemployment For Week Ended January 29, 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 | 4186 | -56 | -590 | 17 | 34 |             | 28566 | 1.6 | -1078 | -7525 | 120 | 377 | 29063 | |
| Alaska | 2001 | -5 | -60 | 23 | 4 |             | 18184 | 6.6 | 893 | -68 | 287 | 101 | 18572 | |
| Arizona | 3577 | -151 | -382 | 15 | 14 |             | 31216 | 1.4 | 99 | -5121 | 416 | 244 | 31876 | |
| Arkansas | 2981 | -84 | -141 | 8 | 6 |             | 32559 | 3.0 | -2160 | -5128 | 185 | 300 | 33044 | |
| California | 50028 | -196 | -7769 | 224 | 248 |             | 422433 | 2.9 | -11376 | -71332 | 3070 | 3115 | 428618 | |
| Colorado | 3028 | 151 | -939 | 6 | 45 |             | 32388 | 1.6 | 1436 | -9841 | 348 | 434 | 33170 | |
| Connecticut | 4337 | -635 | -59 | 8 | 19 |             | 52100 | 3.2 | 814 | -6712 | 101 | 230 | 52431 | |
| Delaware | 1254 | -395 | -362 | 3 | 6 |             | 11084 | 2.8 | 652 | -1741 | 26 | 70 | 11180 | |
| District of Columbia | 306 | -42 | -115 | 18 | 3 |             | 4487 | 1.0 | -300 | -1596 | 220 | 54 | 4761 | |
| Florida | 9165 | -196 | -2626 | 61 | 134 |             | 91903 | 1.3 | -5828 | -17273 | 379 | 1576 | 93858 | |
| Georgia | 8151 | 750 | -4104 | 31 | 83 |             | 53957 | 1.5 | -229 | -13781 | 560 | 1266 | 55783 | |
| Hawaii | 1250 | -27 | -211 | 6 | 18 |             | 7294 | 1.3 | 375 | -2267 | 89 | 191 | 7574 | |
| Idaho | 2340 | -185 | -464 | 35 | 5 |             | 22462 | 4.0 | 204 | -3959 | 661 | 119 | 23242 | |
| Illinois | 14325 | -924 | -4182 | 40 | 75 |             | 189809 | 3.4 | 7991 | -25893 | 574 | 1088 | 191471 | |
| Indiana | 7050 | -1907 | -1159 | 36 | 54 |             | 74640 | 2.7 | -1239 | -4651 | 320 | 640 | 75600 | |
| Iowa | 3019 | 191 | -734 | 8 | 10 |             | 37406 | 2.7 | -497 | -5250 | 57 | 240 | 37703 | |
| Kansas | 2776 | 187 | -1944 | 4 | 7 |             | 26113 | 2.1 | -1407 | -7859 | 197 | 248 | 26558 | |
| Kentucky | 4485 | -425 | -146 | 88 | 11 |             | 41058 | 2.4 | 2767 | -5200 | 510 | 488 | 42056 | |
| Louisiana | 3140 | -2657 | -578 | 6 | 24 |             | 32846 | 1.8 | 1409 | -2331 | 152 | 408 | 33406 | |
| Maine | 1629 | -236 | 105 | 2 | 3 |             | 16481 | 2.8 | 223 | -62 | 50 | 58 | 16589 | |
| Maryland | 4463 | -1217 | -1025 | 26 | 45 |             | 44784 | 1.9 | -1880 | -9825 | 475 | 437 | 45696 | |
| Massachusetts | 9110 | -1561 | 580 | 18 | 33 |             | 114517 | 3.7 | 7032 | -12449 | 416 | 511 | 115444 | |
| Michigan | 18727 | 1985 | -176 | 19 | 49 |             | 180098 | 4.2 | -3853 | -22898 | 463 | 835 | 181396 | |
| Minnesota | 7388 | 1982 | -105 | 20 | 21 |             | 77757 | 3.1 | 12024 | -8804 | 228 | 250 | 78235 | |
| Mississippi | 2839 | 811 | 380 | 33 | 16 |             | 20354 | 1.9 | -601 | -3893 | 183 | 245 | 20782 | |
| Missouri | 6650 | -373 | -6086 | 44 | 29 |             | 71232 | 2.8 | -4869 | -12383 | 396 | 355 | 71983 | |
| Montana | 952 | -83 | -145 | 30 | 8 |             | 13348 | 3.5 | 770 | -2087 | 664 | 97 | 14109 | |
| Nebraska | 1443 | -60 | -1053 | 3 | 1 |             | 16608 | 1.9 | -396 | -1416 | 64 | 65 | 16737 | |
| Nevada | 2765 | -211 | -637 | 8 | 6 |             | 22775 | 2.1 | -205 | -4785 | 225 | 164 | 23164 | |
| New Hampshire | 987 | -81 | -317 | 4 | 1 |             | 9120 | 1.5 | -207 | -1351 | 20 | 21 | 9161 | |
| New Jersey | 12768 | 599 | -802 | 25 | 39 |             | 140229 | 3.7 | 6276 | -13728 | 460 | 618 | 141307 | |
| New Mexico | 1248 | 30 | -90 | 7 | 1 |             | 13843 | 1.9 | -25 | -1955 | 282 | 154 | 14279 | |
| New York | 22279 | -2335 | -2539 | 29 | 91 |             | 235089 | 2.9 | 1955 | -22211 | 707 | 1250 | 237046 | |
| North Carolina | 13000 | -3301 | -18797 | 26 | 58 |             | 84599 | 2.3 | -2535 | -35242 | 321 | 1226 | 86146 | |
| North Dakota | 499 | 16 | -221 | 1 | 1 |             | 7042 | 2.3 | -107 | -1059 | 62 | 39 | 7143 | |
| Ohio | 13026 | -1702 | -3050 | 22 | 8 |             | 136774 | 2.6 | 962 | -23564 | 409 | 721 | 137904 | |
| Oklahoma | 1970 | -58 | -995 | 12 | 20 |             | 19377 | 1.4 | -993 | -9004 | 101 | 298 | 19776 | |
| Oregon | 6824 | -413 | -2479 | 75 | 41 |             | 57055 | 3.7 | -909 | -14751 | 999 | 453 | 58507 | |
| Pennsylvania | 23965 | -1509 | -4847 | 158 | 108 |             | 239649 | 4.5 | 40683 | -17540 | 1458 | 1837 | 242944 | |
| Puerto Rico | 4070 | -512 | 347 | 1 | 18 |             | 38934 | 3.8 | -4358 | -6375 | 151 | 402 | 39487 | |
| Rhode Island | 1855 | 260 | 211 | 3 | 6 |             | 17295 | 3.7 | 1617 | -301 | 65 | 81 | 17441 | |
| South Carolina | 5742 | 539 | -4568 | 10 | 25 |             | 42794 | 2.5 | -688 | -13557 | 149 | 403 | 43346 | |
| South Dakota | 421 | -3 | -90 | 1 | 6 |             | 4856 | 1.4 | -32 | -441 | 98 | 27 | 4981 | |
| Tennessee | 7253 | 3 | 319 | 29 | 46 |             | 53068 | 2.1 | -125 | -6187 | 476 | 490 | 54034 | |
| Texas | 15981 | 67 | -3692 | 21 | 243 |             | 137958 | 1.5 | -3707 | -41102 | 786 | 2174 | 140918 | |
| Utah | 1474 | 16 | -345 | 92 | 13 |             | 15991 | 1.6 | -38 | -4862 | 576 | 144 | 16711 | |
| Vermont | 700 | -44 | 34 | 1 | 4 |             | 8812 | 3.0 | 110 | -1172 | 34 | 31 | 8877 | |
| Virgin Islands | 37 | 0 | -16 | 0 | 0 |             | 388 | 0.9 | -61 | -34 | 0 | 3 | 391 | |
| Virginia | 5284 | -1287 | -4628 | 12 | 76 |             | 38764 | 1.2 | -508 | -12242 | 444 | 1047 | 40255 | |
| Washington | 9474 | -843 | -2266 | 51 | 86 |             | 79119 | 3.0 | -2842 | -29875 | 885 | 1144 | 81148 | |
| West Virginia | 1791 | -458 | -496 | 5 | 26 |             | 20515 | 3.1 | 1540 | -3740 | 51 | 238 | 20804 | |
| Wisconsin | 12703 | -972 | -1833 | 16 | 23 |             | 101776 | 3.8 | -4420 | -17590 | 234 | 293 | 102303 | |
| Wyoming | 462 | 31 | -169 | 1 | 6 |             | 4582 | 1.9 | 24 | -889 | 113 | 64 | 4759 | |
| Totals | 347178 | -17526 | -86056 | 1442 | 1957 |             | 3296088 | 2.6 | 32383 | -554902 | 20317 | 27364 | 3343769 | |
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.