| STATE NAME |
Initial Claims Filed During Week Ended February 26, 2005 |
Insured Unemployment For Week Ended February 19, 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 | 2707 | -1098 | -1148 | 19 | 35 | 26436 | 1.5 | -1597 | -6859 | 114 | 337 | 26887 | ||
| Alaska | 1543 | -162 | -222 | 11 | 3 | 16554 | 6.0 | -1481 | -2139 | 262 | 102 | 16918 | ||
| Arizona | 2971 | -73 | -923 | 17 | 8 | 29464 | 1.3 | -647 | -6179 | 412 | 211 | 30087 | ||
| Arkansas | 2366 | -336 | -752 | 9 | 9 | 29651 | 2.7 | -1517 | -4673 | 190 | 284 | 30125 | ||
| California | 44700 | -2876 | -13775 | 125 | 167 | 404081 | 2.8 | -13290 | -106746 | 3223 | 3023 | 410327 | ||
| Colorado | 2214 | -320 | -560 | 11 | 22 | 29811 | 1.4 | -3346 | -11827 | 412 | 422 | 30645 | ||
| Connecticut | 5136 | 1084 | -870 | 5 | 14 | 50209 | 3.1 | -1508 | -11964 | 85 | 194 | 50488 | ||
| Delaware | 665 | -45 | -143 | 0 | 2 | 9568 | 2.4 | -586 | -2065 | 19 | 74 | 9661 | ||
| District of Columbia | 191 | -63 | -152 | 3 | 0 | 4056 | 0.9 | -258 | -2205 | 240 | 73 | 4369 | ||
| Florida | 7912 | -337 | -1545 | 59 | 104 | 89024 | 1.2 | -399 | -19618 | 428 | 1412 | 90864 | ||
| Georgia | 6435 | -1093 | -1064 | 29 | 48 | 50374 | 1.4 | -2128 | -9000 | 415 | 1142 | 51931 | ||
| Hawaii | 911 | -58 | -377 | 11 | 11 | 6425 | 1.2 | -515 | -2633 | 97 | 180 | 6702 | ||
| Idaho | 1995 | 50 | -664 | 26 | 3 | 20666 | 3.6 | -725 | -4669 | 614 | 119 | 21399 | ||
| Illinois | 11654 | -2491 | -2088 | 23 | 64 | 175067 | 3.1 | -15160 | -33023 | 515 | 1130 | 176712 | ||
| Indiana | 5695 | -605 | -743 | 15 | 33 | 70381 | 2.5 | -2270 | -4069 | 302 | 621 | 71304 | ||
| Iowa | 2300 | -187 | -144 | 5 | 9 | 36364 | 2.6 | -779 | -4515 | 57 | 187 | 36608 | ||
| Kansas | 1982 | -452 | -586 | 3 | 8 | 25118 | 2.0 | -1929 | -6651 | 181 | 240 | 25539 | ||
| Kentucky | 3810 | -3645 | -142 | 3 | 22 | 38273 | 2.3 | -42 | -2526 | 297 | 553 | 39123 | ||
| Louisiana | 5952 | 3080 | 2800 | 15 | 21 | 29030 | 1.6 | -861 | -4899 | 151 | 386 | 29567 | ||
| Maine | 1141 | -207 | -546 | 1 | 1 | 15869 | 2.7 | -421 | -3255 | 43 | 56 | 15968 | ||
| Maryland | 3300 | -20 | -493 | 36 | 31 | 43761 | 1.9 | -320 | -8873 | 336 | 370 | 44467 | ||
| Massachusetts | 11080 | 4173 | 3687 | 17 | 34 | 108715 | 3.5 | -2977 | -19942 | 298 | 493 | 109506 | ||
| Michigan | 12323 | -662 | -391 | 15 | 41 | 178067 | 4.2 | -2625 | -23356 | 438 | 792 | 179297 | ||
| Minnesota | 5879 | 309 | 175 | 16 | 16 | 65326 | 2.6 | -12305 | -8197 | 257 | 287 | 65870 | ||
| Mississippi | 1797 | -282 | -587 | 19 | 24 | 19063 | 1.8 | -637 | -3898 | 174 | 224 | 19462 | ||
| Missouri | 5122 | -2391 | -1535 | 25 | 32 | 64938 | 2.5 | -9515 | -17057 | 282 | 327 | 65547 | ||
| Montana | 791 | -94 | -296 | 19 | 9 | 11189 | 2.9 | -1387 | -2707 | 656 | 110 | 11955 | ||
| Nebraska | 1548 | 259 | 129 | 0 | 0 | 16080 | 1.9 | -426 | -2042 | 48 | 63 | 16191 | ||
| Nevada | 2947 | 438 | -228 | 10 | 2 | 20963 | 1.9 | -671 | -6053 | 235 | 154 | 21352 | ||
| New Hampshire | 939 | 87 | -151 | 1 | 2 | 9285 | 1.5 | 13 | -1851 | 21 | 15 | 9321 | ||
| New Jersey | 9798 | -519 | 1 | 18 | 23 | 137419 | 3.6 | -4426 | -18500 | 378 | 582 | 138379 | ||
| New Mexico | 1074 | -4 | -33 | 5 | 0 | 13613 | 1.9 | -209 | -2051 | 296 | 178 | 14087 | ||
| New York | 17560 | -45 | -13970 | 28 | 92 | 229841 | 2.8 | -2701 | -35830 | 724 | 1286 | 231851 | ||
| North Carolina | 11046 | 121 | -2341 | 25 | 109 | 79885 | 2.2 | -1162 | -21431 | 314 | 1229 | 81428 | ||
| North Dakota | 324 | -125 | -112 | 1 | 0 | 6683 | 2.2 | -282 | -672 | 53 | 29 | 6765 | ||
| Ohio | 10099 | -1454 | -1827 | 9 | 11 | 129876 | 2.5 | -4613 | -22291 | 333 | 671 | 130880 | ||
| Oklahoma | 1705 | -305 | -559 | 5 | 28 | 18623 | 1.4 | -1035 | -8575 | 113 | 288 | 19024 | ||
| Oregon | 5324 | -797 | -3016 | 75 | 28 | 53953 | 3.5 | -1266 | -14004 | 914 | 419 | 55286 | ||
| Pennsylvania | 19194 | -493 | 150 | 89 | 154 | 195462 | 3.6 | -33382 | -29728 | 1307 | 1502 | 198271 | ||
| Puerto Rico | 2555 | -285 | -312 | 7 | 11 | 39988 | 3.9 | 4602 | -14689 | 148 | 316 | 40452 | ||
| Rhode Island | 2870 | 1369 | 1384 | 1 | 1 | 17040 | 3.7 | -540 | -2912 | 45 | 89 | 17174 | ||
| South Carolina | 3982 | -452 | -211 | 7 | 22 | 39568 | 2.3 | -1636 | -6583 | 147 | 371 | 40086 | ||
| South Dakota | 274 | -46 | -119 | 4 | 1 | 4493 | 1.3 | -274 | -504 | 92 | 27 | 4612 | ||
| Tennessee | 4718 | -866 | -730 | 25 | 33 | 49611 | 1.9 | -2518 | -6666 | 372 | 470 | 50453 | ||
| Texas | 13892 | 657 | -1343 | 27 | 179 | 129567 | 1.4 | -5993 | -50666 | 654 | 2279 | 132500 | ||
| Utah | 1157 | -259 | -374 | 12 | 8 | 15540 | 1.5 | -404 | -4562 | 458 | 146 | 16144 | ||
| Vermont | 1210 | 692 | 316 | 1 | 1 | 8699 | 3.0 | -139 | -1724 | 31 | 26 | 8756 | ||
| Virgin Islands | 38 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 445 | 1.1 | 49 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 448 | ||
| Virginia | 4330 | -701 | -1486 | 19 | 62 | 37096 | 1.1 | -715 | -10246 | 382 | 1037 | 38515 | ||
| Washington | 8143 | -105 | -2877 | 62 | 51 | 72809 | 2.8 | -2464 | -29393 | 828 | 1108 | 74745 | ||
| West Virginia | 1002 | -481 | -245 | 4 | 31 | 16623 | 2.5 | -3141 | -3549 | 93 | 275 | 16991 | ||
| Wisconsin | 11934 | -1020 | -392 | 18 | 22 | 101105 | 3.8 | -974 | -13060 | 228 | 299 | 101632 | ||
| Wyoming | 341 | -107 | -139 | 2 | 4 | 4345 | 1.8 | -154 | -841 | 140 | 40 | 4525 | ||
| Totals | 290576 | -13237 | -51564 | 992 | 1647 | 3096092 | 2.4 | -143686 | -641964 | 18854 | 26249 | 3141196 | ||
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.