| STATE NAME |
Initial Claims Filed During Week Ended April 2, 2005 |
Insured Unemployment For Week Ended March 26, 2005 |
||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| INITIAL CLAIMS | INSURED UNEMPLOYMENT | |||||||||||||
| STATE | CHANGE FROM |
UCFE (1) |
UCX (1) |
   | STATE |
(%) (2) |
CHANGE FROM |
UCFE (1) |
UCX (1) |
ALL PROGRAMS EXCLUDING RAILROAD RETIREMENT |
||||
| LAST WEEK | YEAR AGO | LAST WEEK | YEAR AGO | |||||||||||
| Alabama | 4498 | 1213 | -242 | 16 | 46 |             | 26199 | 1.5 | 698 | -5941 | 114 | 334 | 26649 | |
| Alaska | 2019 | 232 | -74 | 19 | 2 |             | 15812 | 5.7 | 942 | -1187 | 264 | 101 | 17161 | |
| Arizona | 4219 | 559 | -1247 | 12 | 16 |             | 28319 | 1.3 | -174 | -6979 | 365 | 209 | 28893 | |
| Arkansas | 3181 | 116 | 495 | 12 | 12 |             | 27563 | 2.5 | 867 | -1657 | 143 | 286 | 27992 | |
| California | 36989 | -8535 | -5188 | 114 | 176 |             | 395517 | 2.7 | 122 | -60443 | 2557 | 3021 | 401151 | |
| Colorado | 2389 | 47 | -830 | 16 | 27 |             | 29463 | 1.4 | 1812 | -7348 | 276 | 412 | 30153 | |
| Connecticut | 3508 | 1106 | 90 | 5 | 25 |             | 47523 | 3.0 | 9 | -3516 | 88 | 187 | 47798 | |
| Delaware | 1391 | 848 | 722 | 0 | 7 |             | 8887 | 2.2 | 172 | -1104 | 17 | 71 | 8975 | |
| District of Columbia | 234 | -40 | -23 | 4 | 1 |             | 4035 | 0.9 | -98 | -1147 | 239 | 70 | 4344 | |
| Florida | 7794 | -164 | -2001 | 61 | 101 |             | 83690 | 1.2 | 658 | -18157 | 357 | 1338 | 85385 | |
| Georgia | 6810 | -297 | -2234 | 31 | 64 |             | 48559 | 1.3 | -382 | -10339 | 366 | 1084 | 50009 | |
| Hawaii | 1264 | 444 | -587 | 4 | 20 |             | 6798 | 1.2 | 1046 | -3696 | 74 | 200 | 7076 | |
| Idaho | 2308 | 209 | 500 | 10 | 6 |             | 16991 | 3.0 | -226 | -2831 | 356 | 100 | 17447 | |
| Illinois | 12643 | 711 | -1899 | 31 | 81 |             | 165683 | 3.0 | 2671 | -20108 | 527 | 940 | 167150 | |
| Indiana | 5965 | 355 | 279 | 21 | 51 |             | 62005 | 2.2 | 1015 | -318 | 253 | 635 | 62896 | |
| Iowa | 2233 | 24 | -85 | 6 | 11 |             | 28478 | 2.0 | -2147 | -4044 | 57 | 184 | 28719 | |
| Kansas | 2275 | -925 | -36 | 1 | 12 |             | 22119 | 1.8 | 999 | -3658 | 127 | 229 | 22475 | |
| Kentucky | 4423 | -414 | -1195 | 8 | 17 |             | 32914 | 2.0 | -37 | -6769 | 175 | 532 | 33621 | |
| Louisiana | 2953 | 532 | -1050 | 9 | 30 |             | 27132 | 1.5 | 288 | -4520 | 151 | 370 | 27653 | |
| Maine | 1399 | 203 | -302 | 1 | 2 |             | 15061 | 2.6 | -527 | -584 | 33 | 67 | 15163 | |
| Maryland | 3820 | 225 | -569 | 28 | 44 |             | 39732 | 1.7 | -2224 | -4003 | 437 | 364 | 40533 | |
| Massachusetts | 5579 | -63 | -1111 | 21 | 44 |             | 102431 | 3.3 | -2539 | -8789 | 227 | 522 | 103180 | |
| Michigan | 11745 | 104 | -396 | 14 | 57 |             | 172193 | 4.1 | -5686 | -8620 | 368 | 819 | 173380 | |
| Minnesota | 5333 | 620 | 122 | 13 | 11 |             | 71016 | 2.8 | 9122 | -6067 | 218 | 225 | 71461 | |
| Mississippi | 1767 | -482 | -339 | 10 | 15 |             | 16526 | 1.5 | -896 | -3393 | 176 | 233 | 16935 | |
| Missouri | 6798 | -152 | -176 | 25 | 25 |             | 55559 | 2.2 | -1032 | -8162 | 243 | 341 | 56145 | |
| Montana | 813 | -202 | 18 | 12 | 7 |             | 10600 | 2.8 | 961 | -1013 | 537 | 87 | 11228 | |
| Nebraska | 1425 | -53 | 91 | 3 | 6 |             | 13789 | 1.6 | -212 | -326 | 41 | 58 | 13888 | |
| Nevada | 2373 | -343 | -64 | 2 | 5 |             | 19181 | 1.8 | 104 | -5848 | 208 | 141 | 19534 | |
| New Hampshire | 731 | -53 | -200 | 1 | 2 |             | 8440 | 1.4 | -313 | -1057 | 14 | 13 | 8469 | |
| New Jersey | 13296 | 5922 | 4414 | 29 | 36 |             | 127364 | 3.4 | -1956 | -10403 | 398 | 562 | 128324 | |
| New Mexico | 1006 | -553 | -160 | 0 | 2 |             | 13666 | 1.9 | 639 | -1744 | 234 | 142 | 14042 | |
| New York | 19955 | 2264 | 3590 | 46 | 73 |             | 221914 | 2.7 | -302 | -4096 | 582 | 1360 | 223867 | |
| North Carolina | 11310 | -2474 | 700 | 14 | 85 |             | 76528 | 2.1 | -2577 | -11873 | 268 | 1395 | 78191 | |
| North Dakota | 298 | -41 | 16 | 0 | 1 |             | 5548 | 1.8 | -245 | -75 | 32 | 34 | 5614 | |
| Ohio | 12055 | 224 | 669 | 10 | 11 |             | 120969 | 2.3 | -4224 | -11267 | 313 | 704 | 121986 | |
| Oklahoma | 1846 | -215 | 24 | 8 | 34 |             | 16652 | 1.2 | -868 | -7515 | 106 | 274 | 17032 | |
| Oregon | 6943 | -320 | -8 | 48 | 43 |             | 51177 | 3.3 | 2898 | -10261 | 727 | 425 | 52351 | |
| Pennsylvania | 19860 | 415 | 142 | 94 | 231 |             | 208037 | 3.9 | 20913 | -10030 | 937 | 1551 | 210525 | |
| Puerto Rico | 3473 | 1467 | 268 | 5 | 22 |             | 52109 | 5.1 | 29151 | 9932 | 186 | 408 | 52703 | |
| Rhode Island | 1101 | 44 | -213 | 4 | 4 |             | 15439 | 3.3 | -524 | -224 | 37 | 71 | 15547 | |
| South Carolina | 4889 | -271 | 717 | 3 | 29 |             | 36769 | 2.1 | -1042 | -3702 | 134 | 371 | 37274 | |
| South Dakota | 299 | 15 | 10 | 5 | 9 |             | 3863 | 1.1 | -82 | -163 | 81 | 23 | 3967 | |
| Tennessee | 5153 | 50 | 467 | 15 | 28 |             | 43247 | 1.7 | -3993 | -4165 | 290 | 440 | 43980 | |
| Texas | 13922 | -113 | -3131 | 22 | 179 |             | 127898 | 1.4 | 3459 | -36682 | 599 | 1976 | 130483 | |
| Utah | 1232 | -22 | 24 | 18 | 9 |             | 12469 | 1.2 | -88 | -3281 | 223 | 115 | 12807 | |
| Vermont | 671 | -163 | -142 | 1 | 3 |             | 8740 | 3.0 | 64 | -441 | 34 | 30 | 8804 | |
| Virgin Islands | 31 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 |             | 449 | 1.1 | -13 | 128 | 0 | 0 | 449 | |
| Virginia | 3804 | -482 | -1201 | 16 | 94 |             | 33295 | 1.0 | -1653 | -5902 | 361 | 970 | 34627 | |
| Washington | 9054 | 1060 | -1148 | 42 | 99 |             | 63126 | 2.4 | -920 | -24375 | 658 | 1147 | 65106 | |
| West Virginia | 906 | -135 | -225 | 4 | 23 |             | 16110 | 2.4 | 458 | -1570 | 33 | 298 | 16441 | |
| Wisconsin | 14389 | 883 | 3247 | 9 | 29 |             | 98120 | 3.7 | 673 | -1334 | 184 | 284 | 98588 | |
| Wyoming | 313 | -78 | -98 | 5 | 7 |             | 3792 | 1.6 | 205 | -779 | 82 | 39 | 3913 | |
| Totals | 294685 | 3307 | -9564 | 908 | 1974 |             | 2959496 | 2.3 | 44966 | -351446 | 15507 | 25792 | 3002084 | |
Figures Appearing In Cols. Showing Over- The-Week Changes Reflect All Revisions In Data For Prior Week Submitted By State Agencies
-----------------------------------------------------------------
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.