| STATE NAME |
Initial Claims Filed During Week Ended March 26, 2005 |
Insured Unemployment For Week Ended March 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 | 3285 | -82 | -1283 | 20 | 47 |             | 25501 | 1.4 | -470 | -6096 | 110 | 332 | 25946 | |
| Alaska | 1787 | -32 | -240 | 17 | 4 |             | 14870 | 5.4 | -1939 | -1801 | 249 | 90 | 18866 | |
| Arizona | 4412 | 224 | 55 | 11 | 10 |             | 28529 | 1.3 | -187 | -7088 | 380 | 208 | 29117 | |
| Arkansas | 3065 | 329 | 532 | 6 | 20 |             | 26696 | 2.4 | -877 | -4420 | 168 | 259 | 27123 | |
| California | 45524 | 5427 | 1434 | 136 | 214 |             | 395395 | 2.7 | -20837 | -77255 | 2928 | 3171 | 401610 | |
| Colorado | 2342 | -282 | 65 | 12 | 29 |             | 27651 | 1.3 | -2867 | -9428 | 367 | 410 | 28438 | |
| Connecticut | 2402 | -838 | -811 | 4 | 14 |             | 47514 | 3.0 | -2199 | -6059 | 80 | 185 | 47781 | |
| Delaware | 543 | -168 | -179 | 0 | 7 |             | 8715 | 2.2 | -879 | -1483 | 15 | 70 | 8800 | |
| District of Columbia | 274 | -9 | 5 | 10 | 7 |             | 4133 | 0.9 | 160 | -1610 | 227 | 68 | 4428 | |
| Florida | 7958 | -324 | -889 | 54 | 113 |             | 83032 | 1.2 | -2059 | -19524 | 346 | 1383 | 84761 | |
| Georgia | 7107 | 1024 | -281 | 27 | 72 |             | 48941 | 1.3 | 448 | -8989 | 355 | 1118 | 50414 | |
| Hawaii | 820 | -250 | -515 | 7 | 13 |             | 5752 | 1.1 | -1106 | -3231 | 84 | 176 | 6022 | |
| Idaho | 2099 | 319 | 35 | 15 | 6 |             | 17217 | 3.0 | -826 | -3294 | 426 | 116 | 17759 | |
| Illinois | 11932 | 1034 | -1067 | 26 | 71 |             | 163012 | 2.9 | -14559 | -25228 | 486 | 1094 | 164592 | |
| Indiana | 5610 | -357 | -92 | 20 | 43 |             | 60990 | 2.2 | -5585 | -4924 | 240 | 555 | 61787 | |
| Iowa | 2209 | 14 | -508 | 10 | 11 |             | 30625 | 2.2 | -1929 | -5002 | 57 | 177 | 30859 | |
| Kansas | 3200 | 1191 | 1115 | 1 | 6 |             | 21120 | 1.7 | -657 | -5700 | 138 | 218 | 21480 | |
| Kentucky | 4837 | 1475 | -447 | 8 | 23 |             | 32951 | 2.0 | -2532 | -2741 | 155 | 596 | 33708 | |
| Louisiana | 2421 | -286 | -838 | 9 | 22 |             | 26844 | 1.5 | -609 | -5154 | 157 | 374 | 27375 | |
| Maine | 1196 | -142 | 25 | 2 | 2 |             | 15588 | 2.7 | -522 | -986 | 40 | 55 | 15685 | |
| Maryland | 3595 | 213 | -115 | 52 | 24 |             | 41956 | 1.8 | -348 | -4281 | 343 | 370 | 42669 | |
| Massachusetts | 5642 | -767 | -399 | 21 | 46 |             | 104970 | 3.4 | -2239 | -9389 | 253 | 542 | 105765 | |
| Michigan | 11641 | -2754 | 71 | 24 | 64 |             | 177879 | 4.2 | -6871 | -14096 | 415 | 96 | 178390 | |
| Minnesota | 4713 | -486 | -645 | 7 | 19 |             | 61894 | 2.4 | -13680 | -6801 | 252 | 282 | 62441 | |
| Mississippi | 2249 | 8 | 2 | 11 | 16 |             | 17422 | 1.6 | -89 | -3387 | 184 | 227 | 17835 | |
| Missouri | 6950 | 288 | 516 | 20 | 34 |             | 56591 | 2.2 | -1786 | -9665 | 272 | 366 | 57239 | |
| Montana | 1015 | 73 | 199 | 19 | 6 |             | 9639 | 2.5 | -1327 | -2114 | 507 | 119 | 10281 | |
| Nebraska | 1478 | 208 | 264 | 1 | 0 |             | 14001 | 1.6 | -478 | -1461 | 46 | 64 | 14111 | |
| Nevada | 2716 | 568 | 259 | 8 | 7 |             | 19077 | 1.7 | -673 | -6606 | 208 | 157 | 19452 | |
| New Hampshire | 784 | 12 | -43 | 2 | 8 |             | 8753 | 1.5 | -248 | -1475 | 16 | 23 | 8794 | |
| New Jersey | 7374 | -496 | -855 | 10 | 28 |             | 129320 | 3.4 | -6964 | -12981 | 350 | 567 | 130237 | |
| New Mexico | 1559 | 678 | -72 | 2 | 1 |             | 13027 | 1.8 | -208 | -2146 | 263 | 156 | 13446 | |
| New York | 17691 | 496 | -1457 | 29 | 98 |             | 222216 | 2.7 | -4930 | -13376 | 629 | 1343 | 224188 | |
| North Carolina | 13784 | 3067 | 1693 | 15 | 66 |             | 79105 | 2.2 | 1470 | -12377 | 288 | 1355 | 80748 | |
| North Dakota | 339 | -108 | -149 | 0 | 2 |             | 5793 | 1.9 | -312 | -333 | 31 | 30 | 5854 | |
| Ohio | 11831 | -1403 | 1464 | 16 | 3 |             | 125193 | 2.4 | -6470 | -12988 | 339 | 664 | 126196 | |
| Oklahoma | 2061 | -160 | 147 | 6 | 28 |             | 17520 | 1.3 | -1813 | -10291 | 113 | 274 | 17907 | |
| Oregon | 7263 | 2029 | -768 | 42 | 23 |             | 48279 | 3.1 | -1757 | -12007 | 786 | 424 | 49571 | |
| Pennsylvania | 19445 | -382 | 1511 | 76 | 165 |             | 187124 | 3.5 | -39870 | -17256 | 1045 | 1424 | 189593 | |
| Puerto Rico | 2006 | -697 | -500 | 2 | 12 |             | 22958 | 2.3 | -19219 | -18317 | 73 | 201 | 23232 | |
| Rhode Island | 1057 | -88 | -215 | 4 | 2 |             | 15963 | 3.4 | -471 | -601 | 38 | 73 | 16074 | |
| South Carolina | 5160 | 372 | 103 | 11 | 29 |             | 37811 | 2.2 | 78 | -4488 | 136 | 374 | 38321 | |
| South Dakota | 284 | -56 | -66 | 14 | 6 |             | 3945 | 1.1 | -216 | -479 | 84 | 29 | 4058 | |
| Tennessee | 5103 | -1911 | 562 | 18 | 37 |             | 47240 | 1.8 | -128 | -3610 | 308 | 466 | 48018 | |
| Texas | 14035 | -4146 | -1853 | 24 | 176 |             | 124439 | 1.4 | -300 | -45776 | 594 | 2052 | 127117 | |
| Utah | 1254 | 213 | 133 | 15 | 8 |             | 12557 | 1.2 | -636 | -4210 | 276 | 145 | 12978 | |
| Vermont | 834 | 127 | 223 | 2 | 4 |             | 8676 | 3.0 | -22 | -860 | 31 | 32 | 8739 | |
| Virgin Islands | 26 | -3 | -4 | 0 | 0 |             | 462 | 1.1 | 38 | -23 | 0 | 0 | 462 | |
| Virginia | 4286 | -605 | -653 | 15 | 69 |             | 34948 | 1.1 | -1523 | -5409 | 363 | 939 | 36252 | |
| Washington | 7994 | 296 | -1758 | 60 | 84 |             | 64046 | 2.5 | -2256 | -24936 | 755 | 1144 | 65950 | |
| West Virginia | 1041 | -314 | 14 | 4 | 23 |             | 15652 | 2.4 | -3351 | -1530 | 82 | 293 | 16027 | |
| Wisconsin | 13506 | -1076 | 1616 | 8 | 24 |             | 97447 | 3.7 | 956 | -6181 | 230 | 299 | 97990 | |
| Wyoming | 391 | -52 | 13 | 12 | 5 |             | 3587 | 1.5 | -463 | -1145 | 100 | 40 | 3727 | |
| Totals | 292130 | 1411 | -4646 | 945 | 1851 |             | 2914566 | 2.3 | -176137 | -470608 | 16418 | 25225 | 2960213 | |
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.