| STATE NAME |
Initial Claims Filed During Week Ended May 21, 2005 |
Insured Unemployment For Week Ended May 14, 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 | 4449 | 82 | -965 | 12 | 40 | 25806 | 1.4 | 739 | -4346 | 108 | 383 | 26297 | ||
| Alaska | 1504 | -43 | -212 | 10 | 7 | 12258 | 4.4 | -157 | -943 | 165 | 99 | 15379 | ||
| Arizona | 4222 | 572 | -95 | 18 | 19 | 32299 | 1.4 | -177 | -7760 | 233 | 232 | 32764 | ||
| Arkansas | 4043 | 1009 | 294 | 9 | 27 | 25474 | 2.3 | 206 | -2870 | 140 | 985 | 26599 | ||
| California | 39017 | -190 | -3401 | 127 | 196 | 360357 | 2.5 | 1740 | -53283 | 2279 | 3141 | 365828 | ||
| Colorado | 2139 | 16 | -453 | 6 | 37 | 26419 | 1.3 | 245 | -6736 | 173 | 406 | 26998 | ||
| Connecticut | 3031 | 172 | -194 | 9 | 15 | 36068 | 2.2 | -261 | -4542 | 52 | 178 | 36298 | ||
| Delaware | 735 | 111 | 48 | 4 | 6 | 6569 | 1.6 | -139 | -516 | 22 | 80 | 6671 | ||
| District of Columbia | 324 | 20 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 4017 | 0.9 | 198 | -1014 | 205 | 69 | 4291 | ||
| Florida | 8803 | -324 | -2665 | 63 | 105 | 81768 | 1.1 | 2196 | -19538 | 365 | 1232 | 83365 | ||
| Georgia | 6842 | -458 | -175 | 35 | 72 | 49105 | 1.3 | 499 | -6203 | 353 | 1036 | 50494 | ||
| Hawaii | 950 | -16 | -188 | 5 | 27 | 6181 | 1.1 | -132 | -2187 | 63 | 205 | 6461 | ||
| Idaho | 1935 | 425 | 12 | 9 | 10 | 11698 | 2.0 | 64 | -1143 | 105 | 85 | 11888 | ||
| Illinois | 11537 | 401 | -980 | 34 | 92 | 122159 | 2.2 | -7219 | -20178 | 519 | 1082 | 123760 | ||
| Indiana | 5791 | -274 | 157 | 27 | 40 | 47371 | 1.7 | 1 | -673 | 230 | 526 | 48129 | ||
| Iowa | 2298 | 0 | 70 | 11 | 11 | 18824 | 1.3 | -152 | -2385 | 57 | 156 | 19037 | ||
| Kansas | 2205 | 206 | -404 | 10 | 3 | 18291 | 1.4 | -363 | -4947 | 105 | 237 | 18633 | ||
| Kentucky | 3786 | 198 | -270 | 14 | 12 | 27585 | 1.6 | -1436 | -3112 | 147 | 497 | 28229 | ||
| Louisiana | 3243 | 216 | -1118 | 22 | 23 | 25809 | 1.4 | -19 | -8155 | 162 | 374 | 26345 | ||
| Maine | 1005 | -48 | -26 | 2 | 5 | 10216 | 1.8 | -877 | -433 | 31 | 63 | 10310 | ||
| Maryland | 3524 | 276 | 43 | 36 | 25 | 32883 | 1.4 | -1494 | -3602 | 346 | 360 | 33589 | ||
| Massachusetts | 7467 | 1528 | 1250 | 60 | 20 | 71586 | 2.3 | -1745 | -10894 | 248 | 478 | 72312 | ||
| Michigan | 9946 | -2075 | 24 | 21 | 45 | 118839 | 2.8 | -13555 | -6786 | 317 | 748 | 119904 | ||
| Minnesota | 5694 | 456 | 1557 | 18 | 23 | 38107 | 1.5 | -4247 | -2949 | 154 | 227 | 38496 | ||
| Mississippi | 3701 | 557 | -692 | 20 | 18 | 17480 | 1.6 | 966 | -3643 | 195 | 224 | 17900 | ||
| Missouri | 7439 | 2031 | 847 | 55 | 32 | 45355 | 1.8 | 1104 | -8401 | 271 | 328 | 45955 | ||
| Montana | 720 | -168 | -178 | 5 | 10 | 6530 | 1.7 | -94 | -884 | 152 | 129 | 6812 | ||
| Nebraska | 1087 | -160 | -365 | 1 | 2 | 10701 | 1.2 | 71 | -874 | 31 | 75 | 10807 | ||
| Nevada | 2105 | -371 | -475 | 4 | 9 | 18041 | 1.6 | -60 | -3884 | 78 | 157 | 18280 | ||
| New Hampshire | 651 | 53 | -44 | 3 | 4 | 5849 | 1.0 | -348 | -826 | 20 | 34 | 5903 | ||
| New Jersey | 8138 | 315 | 144 | 21 | 41 | 101131 | 2.7 | -2417 | -12278 | 327 | 552 | 102010 | ||
| New Mexico | 1089 | 108 | -278 | 2 | 1 | 11971 | 1.6 | -355 | -1465 | 121 | 160 | 12252 | ||
| New York | 16027 | -1127 | -372 | 22 | 95 | 173269 | 2.1 | -4053 | -9289 | 574 | 1516 | 175360 | ||
| North Carolina | 10743 | -1157 | -286 | 27 | 67 | 70001 | 1.9 | -1417 | -9531 | 266 | 1375 | 71642 | ||
| North Dakota | 349 | -25 | 81 | 0 | 0 | 2181 | 0.7 | 36 | 11 | 38 | 31 | 2250 | ||
| Ohio | 9773 | -1306 | -45 | 9 | 11 | 88895 | 1.7 | -6474 | -11205 | 246 | 807 | 89948 | ||
| Oklahoma | 1771 | 81 | -2567 | 7 | 20 | 15901 | 1.2 | -4 | -6222 | 96 | 295 | 16292 | ||
| Oregon | 6211 | 147 | 386 | 30 | 34 | 45140 | 2.9 | -788 | -6078 | 346 | 603 | 46100 | ||
| Pennsylvania | 16131 | -153 | -1285 | 96 | 121 | 147467 | 2.7 | -5916 | -17481 | 798 | 1484 | 149749 | ||
| Puerto Rico | 3341 | 515 | 75 | 4 | 11 | 47177 | 4.6 | 6402 | 6750 | 202 | 420 | 47799 | ||
| Rhode Island | 956 | -100 | -180 | 3 | 6 | 10457 | 2.2 | -384 | -1267 | 30 | 87 | 10574 | ||
| South Carolina | 5428 | -311 | 147 | 10 | 32 | 36394 | 2.1 | 945 | -1299 | 132 | 434 | 36960 | ||
| South Dakota | 281 | -135 | -89 | 7 | 5 | 2158 | 0.6 | 68 | -174 | 61 | 37 | 2256 | ||
| Tennessee | 4673 | -774 | -1531 | 13 | 25 | 39625 | 1.5 | -309 | -2338 | 232 | 431 | 40288 | ||
| Texas | 16925 | 1712 | -875 | 36 | 251 | 115015 | 1.3 | -3959 | -40122 | 701 | 2086 | 117805 | ||
| Utah | 1161 | -167 | -31 | 30 | 6 | 10546 | 1.0 | 103 | -2015 | 114 | 109 | 10769 | ||
| Vermont | 732 | 252 | 89 | 2 | 1 | 5458 | 1.9 | -459 | -675 | 29 | 31 | 5518 | ||
| Virgin Islands | 33 | -9 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 586 | 1.4 | 74 | 168 | 2 | 4 | 592 | ||
| Virginia | 4316 | -22 | -256 | 8 | 87 | 29354 | 0.9 | 213 | -4575 | 354 | 902 | 30612 | ||
| Washington | 8004 | 462 | -524 | 34 | 104 | 54780 | 2.1 | -1456 | -17012 | 440 | 1373 | 56635 | ||
| West Virginia | 1076 | -1 | -269 | 7 | 17 | 11630 | 1.8 | -403 | -1410 | 64 | 332 | 12026 | ||
| Wisconsin | 9804 | -212 | -198 | 11 | 21 | 62669 | 2.3 | 16 | -4741 | 133 | 293 | 63096 | ||
| Wyoming | 342 | -102 | -20 | 3 | 7 | 2715 | 1.1 | -40 | -648 | 42 | 29 | 2786 | ||
| Totals | 277497 | 2193 | -16477 | 1037 | 1902 | 2398165 | 1.9 | -45023 | -336603 | 12674 | 27217 | 2441053 | ||
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.