| STATE NAME |
Initial Claims Filed During Week Ended April 9, 2005 |
Insured Unemployment For Week Ended April 2, 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 | 4469 | -29 | -72 | 21 | 57 |             | 25197 | 1.4 | -1002 | -4657 | 103 | 341 | 25643 | |
| Alaska | 2012 | -7 | -33 | 17 | 5 |             | 13755 | 5.0 | -2057 | -2038 | 190 | 101 | 17950 | |
| Arizona | 6471 | 1943 | -709 | 17 | 13 |             | 29097 | 1.3 | 737 | -7136 | 362 | 200 | 29659 | |
| Arkansas | 4447 | 1266 | -439 | 16 | 37 |             | 26117 | 2.4 | -1446 | -1408 | 131 | 281 | 26529 | |
| California | 48102 | 11113 | -6143 | 189 | 214 |             | 389760 | 2.7 | -5757 | -49346 | 2823 | 3001 | 395690 | |
| Colorado | 2921 | 532 | -349 | 15 | 41 |             | 26900 | 1.3 | -2563 | -7128 | 317 | 418 | 27641 | |
| Connecticut | 3429 | -79 | 104 | 4 | 26 |             | 44447 | 2.8 | -3076 | -3156 | 73 | 168 | 44688 | |
| Delaware | 2007 | 616 | 1228 | 2 | 10 |             | 8970 | 2.2 | 83 | -112 | 10 | 76 | 9056 | |
| District of Columbia | 282 | 48 | -38 | 6 | 0 |             | 4115 | 0.9 | 80 | -1454 | 223 | 88 | 4426 | |
| Florida | 11020 | 3226 | -982 | 114 | 139 |             | 80354 | 1.1 | -3336 | -17737 | 364 | 1378 | 82096 | |
| Georgia | 9843 | 3033 | 3110 | 26 | 63 |             | 49768 | 1.3 | 1209 | -6005 | 352 | 1072 | 51192 | |
| Hawaii | 1458 | 194 | -42 | 7 | 20 |             | 6450 | 1.2 | -348 | -2184 | 91 | 186 | 6734 | |
| Idaho | 2189 | -119 | 0 | 17 | 3 |             | 16872 | 2.9 | -119 | -1000 | 343 | 88 | 17303 | |
| Illinois | 13504 | 861 | -1432 | 59 | 89 |             | 152449 | 2.7 | -13234 | -22705 | 455 | 1042 | 153946 | |
| Indiana | 7272 | 1307 | 1690 | 27 | 55 |             | 57257 | 2.0 | -4748 | 424 | 235 | 567 | 58059 | |
| Iowa | 2471 | 238 | -59 | 9 | 14 |             | 25408 | 1.8 | -3070 | -3740 | 57 | 174 | 25639 | |
| Kansas | 2522 | 247 | -1365 | 2 | 7 |             | 19900 | 1.6 | -2219 | -4740 | 125 | 211 | 20238 | |
| Kentucky | 3978 | -445 | -408 | 7 | 18 |             | 31676 | 1.9 | -1238 | -2267 | 152 | 506 | 32336 | |
| Louisiana | 3625 | 672 | -878 | 23 | 27 |             | 26411 | 1.4 | -721 | -5036 | 146 | 377 | 26934 | |
| Maine | 1606 | 207 | 119 | 2 | 2 |             | 14554 | 2.5 | -507 | -1125 | 33 | 55 | 14644 | |
| Maryland | 4416 | 596 | -838 | 97 | 35 |             | 35552 | 1.5 | -4180 | -7919 | 333 | 368 | 36253 | |
| Massachusetts | 6100 | 521 | -398 | 20 | 34 |             | 97738 | 3.2 | -4693 | -7690 | 235 | 537 | 98510 | |
| Michigan | 13204 | 1459 | -1548 | 22 | 56 |             | 162646 | 3.8 | -9547 | -6778 | 361 | 808 | 163815 | |
| Minnesota | 5169 | -164 | 251 | 11 | 23 |             | 58550 | 2.3 | -12466 | -5499 | 201 | 290 | 59047 | |
| Mississippi | 2448 | 681 | -360 | 17 | 17 |             | 15273 | 1.4 | -1253 | -4118 | 188 | 242 | 15703 | |
| Missouri | 6425 | -373 | -1121 | 23 | 29 |             | 52142 | 2.0 | -3417 | -9648 | 220 | 339 | 52709 | |
| Montana | 1098 | 285 | -21 | 29 | 16 |             | 8941 | 2.3 | -1659 | -1287 | 395 | 114 | 9458 | |
| Nebraska | 1339 | -86 | -171 | 2 | 3 |             | 12672 | 1.5 | -1117 | -524 | 46 | 64 | 12782 | |
| Nevada | 2731 | 358 | -991 | 6 | 3 |             | 18960 | 1.7 | -221 | -4841 | 180 | 148 | 19293 | |
| New Hampshire | 977 | 246 | 65 | 4 | 6 |             | 8152 | 1.4 | -288 | -1180 | 23 | 25 | 8200 | |
| New Jersey | 10264 | -3032 | -774 | 31 | 54 |             | 127136 | 3.3 | -228 | -3996 | 359 | 559 | 128054 | |
| New Mexico | 1224 | 218 | 3 | 4 | 1 |             | 12875 | 1.8 | -791 | -1713 | 224 | 149 | 13248 | |
| New York | 19932 | -23 | -464 | 27 | 97 |             | 214836 | 2.6 | -7078 | -2602 | 578 | 1337 | 216753 | |
| North Carolina | 15442 | 4132 | 5329 | 16 | 86 |             | 77752 | 2.1 | 1224 | -4499 | 274 | 1356 | 79385 | |
| North Dakota | 417 | 119 | 47 | 2 | 0 |             | 4744 | 1.5 | -804 | 91 | 32 | 43 | 4819 | |
| Ohio | 11213 | -842 | -270 | 3 | 7 |             | 114896 | 2.2 | -6073 | -13748 | 315 | 683 | 115894 | |
| Oklahoma | 2261 | 415 | -26 | 15 | 39 |             | 16390 | 1.2 | -262 | -6896 | 109 | 281 | 16780 | |
| Oregon | 7675 | 732 | -334 | 62 | 173 |             | 48724 | 3.1 | -2453 | -8079 | 689 | 390 | 49850 | |
| Pennsylvania | 22826 | 2966 | -948 | 126 | 174 |             | 179507 | 3.3 | -28530 | -8514 | 945 | 1311 | 181763 | |
| Puerto Rico | 4612 | 1139 | 1296 | 12 | 40 |             | 45919 | 4.5 | -6190 | 14668 | 170 | 380 | 46469 | |
| Rhode Island | 1372 | 271 | -199 | 2 | 4 |             | 14295 | 3.1 | -1144 | -635 | 36 | 61 | 14392 | |
| South Carolina | 7761 | 2872 | 2355 | 15 | 46 |             | 38556 | 2.2 | 1787 | -1680 | 132 | 390 | 39078 | |
| South Dakota | 443 | 144 | 110 | 11 | 6 |             | 3294 | 0.9 | -569 | -142 | 83 | 32 | 3409 | |
| Tennessee | 6877 | 1724 | 906 | 27 | 33 |             | 42621 | 1.7 | -626 | -2368 | 291 | 442 | 43357 | |
| Texas | 17212 | 3290 | -1680 | 73 | 234 |             | 115620 | 1.3 | -12278 | -42792 | 573 | 1981 | 118191 | |
| Utah | 1648 | 416 | 116 | 17 | 19 |             | 12101 | 1.2 | -368 | -2271 | 220 | 125 | 12446 | |
| Vermont | 955 | 284 | -69 | 6 | 5 |             | 8337 | 2.9 | -403 | -666 | 37 | 28 | 8402 | |
| Virgin Islands | 90 | 59 | 41 | 0 | 0 |             | 331 | 0.8 | -118 | -3 | 2 | 2 | 335 | |
| Virginia | 5047 | 1243 | -504 | 26 | 98 |             | 32841 | 1.0 | -454 | -4643 | 353 | 934 | 34128 | |
| Washington | 10777 | 1723 | -1444 | 50 | 126 |             | 65052 | 2.5 | 1926 | -21109 | 664 | 1115 | 66861 | |
| West Virginia | 1593 | 687 | -132 | 9 | 36 |             | 14107 | 2.1 | -2003 | -1849 | 74 | 288 | 14470 | |
| Wisconsin | 11987 | -2402 | -2484 | 13 | 31 |             | 96057 | 3.6 | -2063 | 2659 | 200 | 301 | 96568 | |
| Wyoming | 573 | 260 | -48 | 3 | 2 |             | 3372 | 1.4 | -420 | -578 | 100 | 36 | 3508 | |
| Totals | 339736 | 44742 | -11003 | 1361 | 2373 |             | 2809446 | 2.2 | -150091 | -303399 | 15227 | 25489 | 2854333 | |
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.