| STATE NAME |
Initial Claims Filed During Week Ended March 19, 2005 |
Insured Unemployment For Week Ended March 12, 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 | 3367 | -627 | -779 | 13 | 37 | 25971 | 1.5 | -408 | -5854 | 115 | 354 | 26441 | ||
| Alaska | 1819 | 109 | 80 | 14 | 6 | 16809 | 6.1 | 1146 | -753 | 309 | 99 | 17507 | ||
| Arizona | 3922 | 94 | 356 | 9 | 12 | 28753 | 1.3 | -380 | -6520 | 380 | 208 | 29341 | ||
| Arkansas | 2736 | -15 | 52 | 9 | 7 | 27573 | 2.5 | -575 | -4187 | 179 | 287 | 28039 | ||
| California | 40097 | -4927 | -5941 | 132 | 207 | 416232 | 2.8 | -10206 | -75165 | 2660 | 3197 | 422097 | ||
| Colorado | 2624 | 449 | 173 | 12 | 32 | 30518 | 1.5 | 2232 | -9701 | 286 | 447 | 31251 | ||
| Connecticut | 3240 | -686 | -460 | 4 | 20 | 49713 | 3.1 | -713 | -4732 | 73 | 188 | 49975 | ||
| Delaware | 711 | -107 | 21 | 3 | 3 | 9594 | 2.4 | -501 | -1189 | 33 | 75 | 9702 | ||
| District of Columbia | 283 | -8 | 4 | 14 | 6 | 3973 | 0.9 | -42 | -1460 | 227 | 64 | 4264 | ||
| Florida | 8282 | 87 | -1424 | 51 | 125 | 85091 | 1.2 | -924 | -19314 | 404 | 1388 | 86883 | ||
| Georgia | 6083 | -1070 | -600 | 32 | 70 | 48493 | 1.3 | -1182 | -9292 | 343 | 1129 | 49965 | ||
| Hawaii | 1070 | -1 | -276 | 7 | 14 | 6858 | 1.3 | 482 | -2936 | 87 | 170 | 7115 | ||
| Idaho | 1780 | -217 | -87 | 14 | 6 | 18043 | 3.2 | -1495 | -4451 | 473 | 106 | 18622 | ||
| Illinois | 10898 | -725 | -1474 | 23 | 52 | 177571 | 3.2 | 5477 | -19835 | 548 | 1043 | 179162 | ||
| Indiana | 5967 | -471 | -754 | 25 | 40 | 66575 | 2.4 | -2001 | -1208 | 260 | 579 | 67414 | ||
| Iowa | 2195 | -78 | -526 | 2 | 10 | 32554 | 2.3 | -1453 | -4147 | 76 | 175 | 32805 | ||
| Kansas | 2009 | 55 | -184 | 1 | 4 | 21777 | 1.7 | -1220 | -7225 | 134 | 232 | 22143 | ||
| Kentucky | 3362 | -516 | -442 | 3 | 17 | 35483 | 2.1 | 1145 | -5706 | 233 | 500 | 36216 | ||
| Louisiana | 2707 | 32 | -650 | 5 | 29 | 27453 | 1.5 | -3253 | -5025 | 168 | 376 | 27997 | ||
| Maine | 1338 | 165 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 16110 | 2.8 | 137 | -1102 | 41 | 54 | 16205 | ||
| Maryland | 3382 | -323 | -128 | 26 | 31 | 42304 | 1.8 | -2009 | -4241 | 456 | 370 | 43130 | ||
| Massachusetts | 6409 | -358 | -294 | 13 | 37 | 107209 | 3.5 | -1527 | -10233 | 239 | 519 | 107967 | ||
| Michigan | 14395 | -2666 | -176 | 17 | 58 | 184750 | 4.3 | 3844 | -6502 | 391 | 799 | 185940 | ||
| Minnesota | 5199 | 94 | -320 | 17 | 20 | 75574 | 3.0 | 9716 | -7121 | 218 | 242 | 76034 | ||
| Mississippi | 2241 | 316 | -183 | 18 | 22 | 17511 | 1.6 | -662 | -3823 | 177 | 225 | 17913 | ||
| Missouri | 6662 | 919 | 386 | 19 | 35 | 58377 | 2.3 | -2410 | -11627 | 281 | 304 | 58962 | ||
| Montana | 942 | 85 | 19 | 15 | 8 | 10966 | 2.9 | 492 | -2343 | 635 | 85 | 11688 | ||
| Nebraska | 1270 | 27 | -75 | 3 | 2 | 14479 | 1.7 | -621 | -1441 | 53 | 59 | 14591 | ||
| Nevada | 2148 | -123 | -356 | 10 | 6 | 19750 | 1.8 | -864 | -6961 | 227 | 157 | 20136 | ||
| New Hampshire | 772 | -40 | -45 | 1 | 2 | 9001 | 1.5 | -429 | -1039 | 17 | 15 | 9033 | ||
| New Jersey | 7870 | -905 | -864 | 8 | 32 | 136284 | 3.6 | -1480 | -8821 | 434 | 559 | 137277 | ||
| New Mexico | 881 | -69 | -246 | 0 | 1 | 13235 | 1.8 | -210 | -1997 | 267 | 151 | 13653 | ||
| New York | 17195 | -1448 | -292 | 41 | 119 | 227146 | 2.8 | -2191 | -10877 | 644 | 1329 | 229119 | ||
| North Carolina | 10717 | -3086 | -95 | 26 | 97 | 77635 | 2.1 | -4883 | -15227 | 283 | 1361 | 79279 | ||
| North Dakota | 447 | 22 | 46 | 2 | 0 | 6105 | 2.0 | -75 | -469 | 35 | 39 | 6179 | ||
| Ohio | 13234 | 1308 | 1658 | 12 | 10 | 131663 | 2.5 | 4703 | -10359 | 335 | 690 | 132688 | ||
| Oklahoma | 2221 | -1608 | -3228 | 10 | 26 | 19333 | 1.4 | 1503 | -6175 | 122 | 266 | 19721 | ||
| Oregon | 5234 | -3363 | -1320 | 52 | 29 | 50036 | 3.2 | -1812 | -13634 | 809 | 430 | 51279 | ||
| Pennsylvania | 19827 | -1437 | 160 | 63 | 185 | 226994 | 4.2 | 28145 | -3314 | 1001 | 1615 | 229610 | ||
| Puerto Rico | 2703 | 21 | 96 | 2 | 21 | 42177 | 4.2 | -2178 | -1556 | 171 | 329 | 42677 | ||
| Rhode Island | 1145 | -63 | -87 | 4 | 3 | 16434 | 3.5 | -502 | -583 | 42 | 72 | 16548 | ||
| South Carolina | 4788 | -199 | 169 | 10 | 20 | 37733 | 2.2 | -850 | -4859 | 125 | 370 | 38228 | ||
| South Dakota | 340 | -43 | -15 | 7 | 8 | 4161 | 1.2 | -101 | -597 | 88 | 20 | 4269 | ||
| Tennessee | 7014 | 1502 | 852 | 13 | 26 | 47368 | 1.8 | -846 | -5703 | 326 | 486 | 48181 | ||
| Texas | 18181 | 2171 | 1395 | 24 | 161 | 124739 | 1.4 | 667 | -45586 | 582 | 1975 | 127300 | ||
| Utah | 1041 | 14 | -238 | 2 | 2 | 13193 | 1.3 | -1075 | -4489 | 286 | 135 | 13614 | ||
| Vermont | 707 | 110 | -34 | 1 | 4 | 8698 | 3.0 | -191 | -941 | 37 | 28 | 8763 | ||
| Virgin Islands | 29 | -9 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 424 | 1.0 | -14 | 64 | 0 | 2 | 426 | ||
| Virginia | 4891 | -1227 | 146 | 10 | 90 | 36471 | 1.1 | -33 | -5013 | 404 | 959 | 37834 | ||
| Washington | 7698 | -546 | -1251 | 58 | 82 | 66302 | 2.6 | -4634 | -25952 | 730 | 1168 | 68200 | ||
| West Virginia | 1355 | -93 | 322 | 5 | 23 | 19003 | 2.9 | 1099 | -1090 | 41 | 286 | 19330 | ||
| Wisconsin | 14582 | 2735 | 2866 | 14 | 23 | 96491 | 3.6 | -2078 | -9645 | 215 | 283 | 96991 | ||
| Wyoming | 443 | 131 | 27 | 7 | 3 | 4050 | 1.7 | 60 | -1204 | 80 | 50 | 4180 | ||
| Totals | 290453 | -16608 | -14009 | 884 | 1886 | 3090740 | 2.4 | 4820 | -423160 | 16780 | 26049 | 3133884 | ||
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.