| STATE NAME |
Initial Claims Filed During Week Ended May 14, 2005 |
Insured Unemployment For Week Ended May 7, 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 | 4367 | 538 | -899 | 13 | 28 | 25067 | 1.4 | 220 | -4956 | 111 | 371 | 25549 | ||
| Alaska | 1547 | -99 | 97 | 16 | 3 | 12415 | 4.5 | -657 | -815 | 171 | 84 | 14582 | ||
| Arizona | 3650 | -144 | -1036 | 10 | 21 | 32476 | 1.4 | -458 | -7392 | 259 | 232 | 32967 | ||
| Arkansas | 3034 | -160 | -676 | 16 | 32 | 25268 | 2.3 | -1024 | -2553 | 137 | 1033 | 26438 | ||
| California | 39207 | -2032 | -4333 | 139 | 210 | 358617 | 2.4 | -17020 | -53998 | 2063 | 3046 | 363786 | ||
| Colorado | 2123 | -371 | -265 | 11 | 32 | 26174 | 1.3 | -585 | -5926 | 207 | 366 | 26750 | ||
| Connecticut | 2859 | -172 | -115 | 2 | 11 | 36329 | 2.3 | -1091 | -4917 | 82 | 182 | 36594 | ||
| Delaware | 624 | -46 | 22 | 0 | 9 | 6708 | 1.7 | -333 | -577 | 14 | 83 | 6805 | ||
| District of Columbia | 304 | 78 | -139 | 12 | 1 | 3819 | 0.8 | -204 | -1121 | 193 | 65 | 4077 | ||
| Florida | 9127 | -393 | -1957 | 50 | 114 | 79572 | 1.1 | -1874 | -18105 | 376 | 1215 | 81170 | ||
| Georgia | 7300 | -1012 | -554 | 36 | 55 | 48606 | 1.3 | -368 | -6972 | 333 | 1037 | 49976 | ||
| Hawaii | 966 | -126 | -249 | 9 | 21 | 6313 | 1.2 | 48 | -2774 | 70 | 172 | 6563 | ||
| Idaho | 1510 | 249 | -197 | 10 | 5 | 11634 | 2.0 | -1139 | -1437 | 129 | 85 | 11848 | ||
| Illinois | 11136 | -1058 | -1921 | 28 | 81 | 129378 | 2.3 | 2949 | -17612 | 527 | 1040 | 130945 | ||
| Indiana | 6065 | 107 | 70 | 27 | 39 | 47370 | 1.7 | -1548 | -1315 | 218 | 539 | 48133 | ||
| Iowa | 2298 | -222 | 24 | 1 | 14 | 18976 | 1.4 | -820 | -2503 | 64 | 142 | 19182 | ||
| Kansas | 1999 | -154 | -745 | 1 | 8 | 18654 | 1.5 | -398 | -4099 | 103 | 231 | 18988 | ||
| Kentucky | 3588 | -3019 | -480 | 9 | 14 | 29021 | 1.7 | 438 | -3246 | 147 | 454 | 29624 | ||
| Louisiana | 3027 | 193 | -958 | 12 | 20 | 25828 | 1.4 | -266 | -7688 | 156 | 381 | 26365 | ||
| Maine | 1053 | 13 | -5 | 1 | 5 | 11093 | 1.9 | -365 | -512 | 20 | 75 | 11188 | ||
| Maryland | 3248 | -214 | -110 | 33 | 28 | 34377 | 1.5 | 553 | -3848 | 488 | 334 | 35199 | ||
| Massachusetts | 5939 | -178 | -164 | 33 | 30 | 73331 | 2.4 | -2479 | -11083 | 242 | 464 | 74037 | ||
| Michigan | 12021 | 1074 | -1103 | 18 | 41 | 132394 | 3.1 | 2094 | 3602 | 302 | 724 | 133420 | ||
| Minnesota | 5238 | 901 | 1287 | 10 | 25 | 42354 | 1.7 | -927 | -1759 | 126 | 233 | 42714 | ||
| Mississippi | 3144 | -451 | -440 | 15 | 9 | 16514 | 1.5 | 1097 | -3408 | 193 | 243 | 16950 | ||
| Missouri | 5408 | -90 | -1555 | 51 | 30 | 44251 | 1.7 | -3741 | -11876 | 238 | 296 | 44786 | ||
| Montana | 888 | 88 | 50 | 6 | 12 | 6624 | 1.7 | -809 | -766 | 144 | 102 | 6871 | ||
| Nebraska | 1247 | 64 | -184 | 2 | 4 | 10630 | 1.2 | -376 | -659 | 32 | 67 | 10729 | ||
| Nevada | 2476 | -310 | 24 | 2 | 12 | 18101 | 1.6 | -215 | -3492 | 88 | 153 | 18343 | ||
| New Hampshire | 598 | -116 | -21 | 1 | 2 | 6197 | 1.0 | -710 | -642 | 12 | 35 | 6244 | ||
| New Jersey | 7823 | -1180 | -187 | 12 | 51 | 103548 | 2.7 | -4348 | -9668 | 337 | 506 | 104391 | ||
| New Mexico | 981 | 253 | -97 | 4 | 3 | 12326 | 1.7 | -167 | -1144 | 125 | 155 | 12606 | ||
| New York | 17154 | -12168 | 323 | 17 | 88 | 177322 | 2.2 | -16922 | -9660 | 601 | 1543 | 179466 | ||
| North Carolina | 11900 | 664 | 642 | 19 | 72 | 71418 | 1.9 | 1015 | -8792 | 258 | 1401 | 73077 | ||
| North Dakota | 374 | -8 | 26 | 0 | 2 | 2145 | 0.7 | -99 | -57 | 27 | 36 | 2209 | ||
| Ohio | 11079 | -2351 | 1120 | 3 | 10 | 95369 | 1.8 | -2283 | -9631 | 243 | 827 | 96439 | ||
| Oklahoma | 1690 | -130 | -280 | 10 | 35 | 15905 | 1.2 | -2099 | -6392 | 107 | 307 | 16319 | ||
| Oregon | 6064 | 517 | 44 | 13 | 33 | 45928 | 3.0 | -996 | -6391 | 376 | 618 | 46933 | ||
| Pennsylvania | 16284 | -1895 | -541 | 91 | 121 | 153383 | 2.9 | 1461 | -15544 | 813 | 1620 | 155816 | ||
| Puerto Rico | 2826 | -446 | -280 | 2 | 13 | 40775 | 4.0 | -3866 | -4315 | 158 | 352 | 41285 | ||
| Rhode Island | 1056 | 83 | -5 | 4 | 13 | 10841 | 2.3 | -642 | -1146 | 46 | 59 | 10946 | ||
| South Carolina | 5739 | 1004 | -1227 | 5 | 28 | 35449 | 2.0 | -174 | -4417 | 139 | 448 | 36036 | ||
| South Dakota | 416 | 94 | 79 | 6 | 12 | 2090 | 0.6 | -99 | -244 | 64 | 31 | 2185 | ||
| Tennessee | 5447 | -420 | -762 | 10 | 32 | 39934 | 1.5 | 328 | -2246 | 229 | 431 | 40594 | ||
| Texas | 15213 | -36 | -2462 | 30 | 184 | 118974 | 1.3 | 2729 | -33612 | 587 | 1893 | 121469 | ||
| Utah | 1328 | 170 | 72 | 10 | 12 | 10443 | 1.0 | -341 | -2213 | 112 | 132 | 10687 | ||
| Vermont | 480 | -114 | -115 | 1 | 0 | 5917 | 2.0 | -772 | -592 | 32 | 31 | 5980 | ||
| Virgin Islands | 42 | -1 | -7 | 0 | 1 | 512 | 1.2 | 128 | 161 | 3 | 2 | 517 | ||
| Virginia | 4338 | 456 | -1517 | 14 | 57 | 29141 | 0.9 | -699 | -5246 | 366 | 919 | 30426 | ||
| Washington | 7542 | -283 | -836 | 39 | 113 | 56236 | 2.2 | -2743 | -17462 | 458 | 1351 | 58066 | ||
| West Virginia | 1077 | -63 | 115 | 4 | 19 | 12033 | 1.8 | -137 | -1702 | 45 | 288 | 12366 | ||
| Wisconsin | 10016 | 707 | 559 | 4 | 23 | 62653 | 2.3 | -3544 | -5562 | 115 | 289 | 63057 | ||
| Wyoming | 444 | 166 | 111 | 4 | 3 | 2755 | 1.2 | -411 | -561 | 44 | 36 | 2835 | ||
| Totals | 275304 | -22043 | -21757 | 876 | 1841 | 2443188 | 1.9 | -64689 | -328885 | 12530 | 26759 | 2484528 | ||
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.