| STATE NAME |
Initial Claims Filed During Week Ended March 5, 2005 |
Insured Unemployment For Week Ended February 26, 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 | 3703 | 996 | -1264 | 18 | 48 | 26552 | 1.5 | 116 | -7188 | 115 | 357 | 27024 | ||
| Alaska | 1717 | 174 | -120 | 10 | 3 | 17491 | 6.3 | 937 | -279 | 335 | 89 | 17915 | ||
| Arizona | 3644 | 473 | -317 | 11 | 12 | 29460 | 1.3 | 52 | -6451 | 398 | 208 | 30066 | ||
| Arkansas | 2860 | 494 | -463 | 16 | 14 | 29919 | 2.7 | 268 | -4168 | 171 | 267 | 30357 | ||
| California | 45977 | 1277 | -5135 | 152 | 217 | 442243 | 3.0 | 38162 | -69864 | 2888 | 3237 | 448368 | ||
| Colorado | 2452 | 238 | -537 | 10 | 51 | 31941 | 1.5 | 2130 | -10097 | 299 | 464 | 32704 | ||
| Connecticut | 5537 | 401 | 1813 | 10 | 19 | 55130 | 3.4 | 4921 | -1967 | 86 | 201 | 55417 | ||
| Delaware | 1155 | 490 | 396 | 0 | 3 | 10321 | 2.6 | 753 | -146 | 28 | 83 | 10432 | ||
| District of Columbia | 235 | 44 | -106 | 11 | 5 | 4164 | 0.9 | 108 | -1495 | 233 | 58 | 4455 | ||
| Florida | 8854 | 942 | -1729 | 52 | 121 | 87266 | 1.2 | -1758 | -17160 | 403 | 1528 | 89197 | ||
| Georgia | 7732 | 1297 | -2317 | 25 | 72 | 52008 | 1.4 | 1634 | -8926 | 391 | 1159 | 53558 | ||
| Hawaii | 1099 | 188 | -544 | 8 | 18 | 6812 | 1.3 | 387 | -2782 | 76 | 196 | 7084 | ||
| Idaho | 2257 | 262 | -40 | 25 | 4 | 20381 | 3.6 | -285 | -4734 | 600 | 113 | 21094 | ||
| Illinois | 13011 | 1357 | -509 | 39 | 86 | 181204 | 3.2 | 6137 | -26177 | 550 | 1090 | 182844 | ||
| Indiana | 6591 | 896 | 330 | 22 | 46 | 69460 | 2.5 | -921 | -3875 | 286 | 609 | 70355 | ||
| Iowa | 2323 | 23 | -665 | 5 | 19 | 35513 | 2.5 | -851 | -4443 | 57 | 184 | 35754 | ||
| Kansas | 2030 | 48 | -944 | 0 | 12 | 24255 | 1.9 | -863 | -5800 | 165 | 252 | 24672 | ||
| Kentucky | 4201 | 391 | -219 | 7 | 18 | 37958 | 2.3 | -315 | -5175 | 347 | 439 | 38744 | ||
| Louisiana | 2993 | -2959 | -670 | 13 | 31 | 31777 | 1.7 | 2747 | -2197 | 142 | 406 | 32325 | ||
| Maine | 1315 | 174 | 241 | 2 | 1 | 16643 | 2.9 | 774 | 255 | 42 | 64 | 16749 | ||
| Maryland | 4567 | 1267 | 756 | 32 | 29 | 43355 | 1.9 | -406 | -6339 | 446 | 383 | 44184 | ||
| Massachusetts | 7623 | -3457 | 320 | 15 | 41 | 114695 | 3.7 | 5980 | -8973 | 267 | 496 | 115458 | ||
| Michigan | 17376 | 5053 | 3092 | 18 | 61 | 176871 | 4.2 | -1196 | -18677 | 417 | 774 | 178062 | ||
| Minnesota | 6877 | 998 | -570 | 14 | 14 | 75472 | 3.0 | 10146 | -8350 | 231 | 221 | 75924 | ||
| Mississippi | 2114 | 317 | -419 | 15 | 22 | 18766 | 1.7 | -297 | -4053 | 171 | 245 | 19182 | ||
| Missouri | 5769 | 647 | -839 | 33 | 29 | 66273 | 2.6 | 1335 | -10618 | 291 | 371 | 66935 | ||
| Montana | 935 | 144 | -143 | 30 | 7 | 12174 | 3.2 | 985 | -2128 | 666 | 91 | 12931 | ||
| Nebraska | 1234 | -314 | -366 | 5 | 2 | 16094 | 1.9 | 14 | -1174 | 50 | 58 | 16202 | ||
| Nevada | 2617 | -330 | -879 | 6 | 5 | 21542 | 2.0 | 579 | -5628 | 238 | 147 | 21927 | ||
| New Hampshire | 1209 | 270 | 241 | 0 | 3 | 9399 | 1.6 | 114 | -1607 | 23 | 10 | 9432 | ||
| New Jersey | 9467 | -331 | -662 | 20 | 29 | 142507 | 3.8 | 5088 | -8501 | 427 | 587 | 143521 | ||
| New Mexico | 1068 | -6 | -74 | 4 | 3 | 12664 | 1.8 | -949 | -2724 | 294 | 163 | 13121 | ||
| New York | 30182 | 12622 | 11001 | 35 | 113 | 243244 | 3.0 | 13403 | -4416 | 717 | 1297 | 245258 | ||
| North Carolina | 13800 | 2754 | -1473 | 14 | 119 | 82175 | 2.2 | 2290 | -18611 | 323 | 1275 | 83773 | ||
| North Dakota | 385 | 61 | -65 | 2 | 1 | 6601 | 2.2 | -82 | -621 | 39 | 30 | 6670 | ||
| Ohio | 12335 | 2236 | -40 | 6 | 15 | 132252 | 2.5 | 2376 | -17403 | 377 | 721 | 133350 | ||
| Oklahoma | 1822 | 117 | -318 | 14 | 31 | 18293 | 1.3 | -330 | -8170 | 116 | 260 | 18669 | ||
| Oregon | 6200 | 876 | -1507 | 51 | 41 | 52681 | 3.4 | -1272 | -14963 | 903 | 445 | 54029 | ||
| Pennsylvania | 24678 | 5484 | 3877 | 97 | 196 | 226546 | 4.2 | 31084 | -16162 | 1179 | 1558 | 229283 | ||
| Puerto Rico | 3188 | 633 | 94 | 4 | 21 | 44834 | 4.4 | 4846 | 6015 | 156 | 411 | 45401 | ||
| Rhode Island | 1609 | -1261 | 327 | 4 | 4 | 19106 | 4.1 | 2066 | 1011 | 56 | 83 | 19245 | ||
| South Carolina | 5171 | 1189 | -318 | 6 | 28 | 39221 | 2.2 | -347 | -6203 | 152 | 357 | 39730 | ||
| South Dakota | 395 | 121 | -38 | 8 | 6 | 4500 | 1.3 | 7 | -414 | 94 | 26 | 4620 | ||
| Tennessee | 5649 | 931 | -397 | 30 | 32 | 48846 | 1.9 | -765 | -6609 | 376 | 497 | 49719 | ||
| Texas | 13011 | -881 | -5102 | 28 | 221 | 130518 | 1.4 | 951 | -43707 | 651 | 2056 | 133225 | ||
| Utah | 1200 | 43 | -525 | 15 | 11 | 15065 | 1.5 | -475 | -4558 | 384 | 142 | 15591 | ||
| Vermont | 712 | -498 | 61 | 2 | 5 | 9425 | 3.3 | 726 | -836 | 35 | 31 | 9491 | ||
| Virgin Islands | 35 | -3 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 441 | 1.1 | -4 | 94 | 0 | 4 | 445 | ||
| Virginia | 5012 | 682 | -634 | 25 | 89 | 37596 | 1.1 | 500 | -7515 | 423 | 1009 | 39028 | ||
| Washington | 8622 | 479 | -1966 | 54 | 91 | 71479 | 2.7 | -1330 | -29384 | 811 | 1123 | 73413 | ||
| West Virginia | 1230 | 228 | -51 | 0 | 23 | 18862 | 2.9 | 2239 | -1571 | 45 | 268 | 19175 | ||
| Wisconsin | 11891 | -43 | -1341 | 15 | 23 | 99586 | 3.7 | -1519 | -11988 | 228 | 291 | 100105 | ||
| Wyoming | 348 | 7 | -242 | 5 | 1 | 4431 | 1.9 | 86 | -830 | 101 | 57 | 4589 | ||
| Totals | 328017 | 37241 | -10990 | 1043 | 2116 | 3226012 | 2.5 | 129976 | -448282 | 18299 | 26491 | 3270802 | ||
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.