| STATE NAME |
Initial Claims Filed During Week Ended March 12, 2005 |
Insured Unemployment For Week Ended March 5, 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 | 3994 | 291 | 65 | 23 | 25 |             | 26379 | 1.5 | -173 | -6057 | 112 | 347 | 26838 | |
| Alaska | 1710 | -7 | 12 | 11 | 4 |             | 15663 | 5.7 | -1828 | -1900 | 256 | 93 | 16012 | |
| Arizona | 3555 | -329 | -612 | 12 | 10 |             | 29173 | 1.3 | -274 | -6300 | 390 | 203 | 29766 | |
| Arkansas | 2751 | -109 | -560 | 12 | 18 |             | 28148 | 2.6 | -1771 | -5653 | 165 | 273 | 28586 | |
| California | 45024 | -953 | -3846 | 144 | 223 |             | 426438 | 2.9 | -15805 | -66010 | 3175 | 3119 | 432732 | |
| Colorado | 2175 | -277 | -464 | 16 | 35 |             | 28286 | 1.4 | -3655 | -11310 | 378 | 419 | 29083 | |
| Connecticut | 3926 | -1611 | 473 | 10 | 28 |             | 50426 | 3.1 | -4704 | -4866 | 81 | 193 | 50700 | |
| Delaware | 818 | -337 | -762 | 1 | 5 |             | 10095 | 2.5 | -226 | -185 | 22 | 77 | 10194 | |
| District of Columbia | 291 | 56 | -11 | 10 | 5 |             | 4015 | 0.9 | -149 | -1820 | 227 | 69 | 4311 | |
| Florida | 8195 | -659 | -1574 | 55 | 109 |             | 86015 | 1.2 | -1251 | -19676 | 368 | 1440 | 87823 | |
| Georgia | 7153 | -579 | -698 | 41 | 82 |             | 49675 | 1.3 | -2333 | -8797 | 398 | 1114 | 51187 | |
| Hawaii | 1071 | -28 | -656 | 6 | 18 |             | 6376 | 1.2 | -436 | -3441 | 93 | 189 | 6658 | |
| Idaho | 1997 | -260 | -184 | 18 | 5 |             | 19538 | 3.4 | -843 | -4140 | 559 | 118 | 20215 | |
| Illinois | 11623 | -1388 | -993 | 34 | 77 |             | 172094 | 3.1 | -9110 | -29372 | 507 | 1114 | 173715 | |
| Indiana | 6438 | -153 | 383 | 17 | 54 |             | 68576 | 2.5 | -884 | -2815 | 267 | 605 | 69448 | |
| Iowa | 2273 | -50 | -52 | 2 | 15 |             | 34007 | 2.4 | -1506 | -5026 | 57 | 198 | 34262 | |
| Kansas | 1954 | -76 | -445 | 2 | 7 |             | 22997 | 1.8 | -1258 | -8437 | 167 | 228 | 23392 | |
| Kentucky | 3878 | -323 | 40 | 7 | 32 |             | 34338 | 2.0 | -3620 | -3649 | 219 | 538 | 35095 | |
| Louisiana | 2675 | -318 | -684 | 16 | 26 |             | 30706 | 1.7 | -1071 | -2746 | 170 | 383 | 31259 | |
| Maine | 1173 | -142 | -64 | 0 | 1 |             | 15973 | 2.8 | -670 | -1880 | 46 | 55 | 16074 | |
| Maryland | 3705 | -862 | -69 | 25 | 36 |             | 44131 | 1.9 | 776 | -5630 | 340 | 371 | 44842 | |
| Massachusetts | 6767 | -856 | -380 | 15 | 49 |             | 108736 | 3.5 | -5959 | -10643 | 267 | 512 | 109515 | |
| Michigan | 17061 | -4115 | 2459 | 20 | 46 |             | 180906 | 4.3 | 4035 | -10545 | 444 | 820 | 182170 | |
| Minnesota | 5105 | -1772 | -321 | 12 | 20 |             | 65858 | 2.6 | -9614 | -6373 | 245 | 280 | 66383 | |
| Mississippi | 1925 | -189 | -356 | 26 | 10 |             | 18173 | 1.7 | -593 | -4130 | 172 | 235 | 18580 | |
| Missouri | 5743 | -26 | -703 | 23 | 24 |             | 60787 | 2.4 | -5486 | -11594 | 246 | 365 | 61398 | |
| Montana | 857 | -78 | -128 | 21 | 7 |             | 10474 | 2.7 | -1700 | -2789 | 610 | 113 | 11205 | |
| Nebraska | 1243 | 9 | -168 | 0 | 6 |             | 15100 | 1.8 | -994 | -1999 | 55 | 58 | 15213 | |
| Nevada | 2271 | -346 | -313 | 8 | 4 |             | 20614 | 1.9 | -928 | -6781 | 232 | 161 | 21007 | |
| New Hampshire | 812 | -397 | -94 | 2 | 8 |             | 9430 | 1.6 | 31 | -1521 | 20 | 27 | 9477 | |
| New Jersey | 8775 | -692 | -20 | 12 | 41 |             | 137764 | 3.6 | -4743 | -9688 | 382 | 566 | 138712 | |
| New Mexico | 950 | -118 | -117 | 4 | 1 |             | 13445 | 1.9 | 781 | -2093 | 294 | 155 | 13894 | |
| New York | 18643 | -11539 | 547 | 14 | 106 |             | 229337 | 2.8 | -13907 | -14333 | 648 | 1304 | 231289 | |
| North Carolina | 13803 | 3 | 1918 | 16 | 114 |             | 82518 | 2.2 | 343 | -13152 | 302 | 1307 | 84127 | |
| North Dakota | 425 | 40 | 44 | 0 | 0 |             | 6180 | 2.0 | -421 | -582 | 39 | 32 | 6251 | |
| Ohio | 11926 | -409 | 532 | 10 | 5 |             | 126960 | 2.4 | -5292 | -18130 | 323 | 662 | 127945 | |
| Oklahoma | 3829 | 2007 | 1499 | 6 | 33 |             | 17830 | 1.3 | -463 | -8370 | 115 | 285 | 18230 | |
| Oregon | 8597 | 2397 | 1566 | 53 | 29 |             | 51848 | 3.4 | -833 | -14900 | 904 | 428 | 53180 | |
| Pennsylvania | 21264 | -3414 | 2027 | 103 | 135 |             | 198849 | 3.7 | -27697 | -14940 | 1271 | 1505 | 201625 | |
| Puerto Rico | 2682 | -506 | -85 | 1 | 27 |             | 44355 | 4.4 | -479 | 2567 | 179 | 346 | 44880 | |
| Rhode Island | 1208 | -401 | -97 | 3 | 4 |             | 16936 | 3.6 | -2170 | -540 | 40 | 77 | 17053 | |
| South Carolina | 4987 | -184 | 512 | 10 | 46 |             | 38583 | 2.2 | -638 | -5167 | 145 | 367 | 39095 | |
| South Dakota | 383 | -12 | -100 | 5 | 9 |             | 4262 | 1.2 | -238 | -558 | 92 | 24 | 4378 | |
| Tennessee | 5512 | -137 | -311 | 25 | 40 |             | 48214 | 1.9 | -632 | -6096 | 354 | 476 | 49044 | |
| Texas | 16010 | 2999 | -1747 | 17 | 172 |             | 124072 | 1.4 | -6446 | -51546 | 639 | 2162 | 126873 | |
| Utah | 1027 | -173 | -250 | 7 | 9 |             | 14268 | 1.4 | -797 | -4795 | 370 | 144 | 14782 | |
| Vermont | 597 | -115 | -63 | 2 | 2 |             | 8889 | 3.1 | -536 | -1006 | 30 | 30 | 8949 | |
| Virgin Islands | 38 | 3 | 12 | 0 | 0 |             | 438 | 1.1 | -3 | -41 | 2 | 4 | 444 | |
| Virginia | 6118 | 1106 | 849 | 15 | 89 |             | 36504 | 1.1 | -1092 | -7125 | 383 | 965 | 37852 | |
| Washington | 8244 | -378 | -1202 | 47 | 95 |             | 70936 | 2.7 | -543 | -25052 | 782 | 1128 | 72846 | |
| West Virginia | 1448 | 208 | 252 | 1 | 30 |             | 17904 | 2.7 | -958 | -760 | 95 | 283 | 18282 | |
| Wisconsin | 11847 | -44 | -185 | 25 | 24 |             | 98569 | 3.7 | -1017 | -12074 | 230 | 278 | 99077 | |
| Wyoming | 312 | -36 | -155 | 4 | 1 |             | 3990 | 1.7 | -441 | -1048 | 118 | 47 | 4155 | |
| Totals | 306788 | -25279 | -5279 | 969 | 2001 |             | 3085778 | 2.4 | -140221 | -465514 | 18025 | 26292 | 3130103 | |
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.