| STATE NAME |
Initial Claims Filed During Week Ended May 28, 2005 |
Insured Unemployment For Week Ended May 21, 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 | 4762 | 313 | -246 | 19 | 28 |             | 25923 | 1.4 | 117 | -4040 | 107 | 382 | 26412 | |
| Alaska | 1475 | -29 | -23 | 6 | 5 |             | 11317 | 4.1 | -941 | -797 | 128 | 77 | 13431 | |
| Arizona | 3617 | 138 | -2134 | 134 | 10 |             | 31831 | 1.4 | -449 | -8034 | 221 | 235 | 32287 | |
| Arkansas | 4184 | 141 | 624 | 15 | 17 |             | 27126 | 2.5 | 1652 | -1538 | 147 | 940 | 28213 | |
| California | 38090 | -927 | -2797 | 145 | 249 |             | 344116 | 2.3 | -16241 | -52736 | 1806 | 3007 | 348964 | |
| Colorado | 2161 | 22 | -518 | 14 | 26 |             | 24912 | 1.2 | -1507 | -5889 | 163 | 370 | 25449 | |
| Connecticut | 3283 | 252 | 64 | 5 | 12 |             | 36015 | 2.2 | -53 | -4486 | 54 | 193 | 36262 | |
| Delaware | 628 | -107 | 42 | 0 | 7 |             | 6542 | 1.6 | -27 | -561 | 20 | 72 | 6634 | |
| District of Columbia | 266 | -58 | -84 | 11 | 3 |             | 3926 | 0.8 | -91 | -1113 | 206 | 53 | 4185 | |
| Florida | 11431 | 2628 | -817 | 53 | 114 |             | 79918 | 1.1 | -1850 | -19557 | 320 | 1158 | 81396 | |
| Georgia | 7816 | 974 | -1427 | 44 | 75 |             | 48773 | 1.3 | -332 | -7392 | 358 | 1063 | 50194 | |
| Hawaii | 905 | -45 | -200 | 12 | 28 |             | 6169 | 1.1 | -12 | -2418 | 67 | 190 | 6432 | |
| Idaho | 1358 | -577 | -606 | 7 | 11 |             | 11679 | 2.0 | -19 | -1338 | 100 | 83 | 11862 | |
| Illinois | 12352 | 815 | -981 | 43 | 78 |             | 122913 | 2.2 | 754 | -20400 | 513 | 1090 | 124516 | |
| Indiana | 6411 | 620 | 422 | 28 | 51 |             | 47288 | 1.7 | -83 | -814 | 227 | 535 | 48051 | |
| Iowa | 2390 | 92 | -429 | 3 | 9 |             | 18314 | 1.3 | -510 | -2649 | 57 | 145 | 18516 | |
| Kansas | 2639 | 434 | 260 | 9 | 5 |             | 18228 | 1.4 | -63 | -4231 | 118 | 227 | 18573 | |
| Kentucky | 7518 | 3732 | 2995 | 5 | 11 |             | 26437 | 1.6 | -1148 | -6018 | 144 | 434 | 27015 | |
| Louisiana | 3986 | 743 | -399 | 7 | 41 |             | 26127 | 1.4 | 318 | -8407 | 162 | 369 | 26658 | |
| Maine | 1073 | 61 | 47 | 0 | 0 |             | 9865 | 1.7 | -339 | -437 | 25 | 66 | 9956 | |
| Maryland | 3405 | -119 | -269 | 38 | 31 |             | 33727 | 1.5 | 844 | -3272 | 477 | 305 | 34509 | |
| Massachusetts | 7282 | -185 | 1070 | 36 | 30 |             | 72989 | 2.4 | 1403 | -8799 | 342 | 470 | 73801 | |
| Michigan | 20365 | 10419 | 9837 | 14 | 43 |             | 118037 | 2.8 | -802 | -8697 | 260 | 764 | 119061 | |
| Minnesota | 5341 | -353 | 195 | 24 | 18 |             | 37196 | 1.5 | -911 | -2113 | 114 | 236 | 37546 | |
| Mississippi | 4188 | 487 | 220 | 14 | 18 |             | 18765 | 1.7 | 1285 | -3559 | 192 | 241 | 19199 | |
| Missouri | 9575 | 2136 | 2389 | 55 | 31 |             | 46006 | 1.8 | 651 | -7512 | 276 | 314 | 46596 | |
| Montana | 793 | 73 | -140 | 6 | 4 |             | 6132 | 1.6 | -398 | -865 | 86 | 92 | 6314 | |
| Nebraska | 1194 | 107 | -208 | 0 | 0 |             | 10427 | 1.2 | -274 | -1178 | 31 | 73 | 10531 | |
| Nevada | 2296 | 191 | -50 | 6 | 7 |             | 17635 | 1.6 | -406 | -3767 | 68 | 161 | 17867 | |
| New Hampshire | 538 | -113 | -183 | 1 | 0 |             | 5628 | 0.9 | -221 | -643 | 11 | 33 | 5672 | |
| New Jersey | 8444 | 306 | -279 | 43 | 40 |             | 99370 | 2.6 | -1761 | -10255 | 341 | 573 | 100284 | |
| New Mexico | 1463 | 374 | -474 | 6 | 2 |             | 11843 | 1.6 | -128 | -1769 | 96 | 152 | 12091 | |
| New York | 16300 | 273 | -585 | 15 | 92 |             | 171700 | 2.1 | -1569 | -8505 | 568 | 1506 | 173778 | |
| North Carolina | 10485 | -258 | -616 | 13 | 75 |             | 70902 | 1.9 | 901 | -8472 | 268 | 1407 | 72577 | |
| North Dakota | 469 | 120 | -129 | 11 | 0 |             | 2072 | 0.7 | -109 | -81 | 23 | 30 | 2127 | |
| Ohio | 10506 | 733 | 24 | 4 | 11 |             | 86536 | 1.7 | -2359 | -13464 | 255 | 866 | 87657 | |
| Oklahoma | 1773 | 2 | -373 | 10 | 23 |             | 15705 | 1.1 | -196 | -8645 | 91 | 290 | 16086 | |
| Oregon | 5937 | -274 | -188 | 93 | 37 |             | 45296 | 2.9 | 156 | -4888 | 306 | 591 | 46204 | |
| Pennsylvania | 17146 | 1015 | -679 | 134 | 99 |             | 147553 | 2.7 | 86 | -15392 | 815 | 1663 | 150031 | |
| Puerto Rico | 3588 | 247 | -12 | 3 | 10 |             | 39420 | 3.9 | -7757 | -2012 | 147 | 342 | 39909 | |
| Rhode Island | 1166 | 210 | 2 | 4 | 0 |             | 10486 | 2.3 | 29 | -952 | 32 | 75 | 10593 | |
| South Carolina | 5112 | -316 | -281 | 9 | 31 |             | 37156 | 2.1 | 762 | -1728 | 141 | 450 | 37747 | |
| South Dakota | 394 | 113 | 6 | 138 | 5 |             | 2054 | 0.6 | -104 | -314 | 64 | 32 | 2150 | |
| Tennessee | 6645 | 1972 | 286 | 21 | 38 |             | 40217 | 1.6 | 592 | -1294 | 226 | 423 | 40866 | |
| Texas | 18240 | 1315 | -2034 | 15 | 167 |             | 112719 | 1.2 | -2296 | -38765 | 633 | 1826 | 115194 | |
| Utah | 1105 | -56 | -200 | 34 | 7 |             | 10064 | 1.0 | -482 | -2192 | 117 | 136 | 10317 | |
| Vermont | 552 | -180 | 43 | 3 | 4 |             | 5378 | 1.8 | -80 | -587 | 32 | 29 | 5439 | |
| Virgin Islands | 33 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 |             | 586 | 1.4 | 0 | 182 | 2 | 4 | 592 | |
| Virginia | 4940 | 624 | 473 | 9 | 81 |             | 29149 | 0.9 | -205 | -4226 | 391 | 920 | 30460 | |
| Washington | 7666 | -338 | -1143 | 35 | 69 |             | 54712 | 2.1 | -68 | -16027 | 426 | 1414 | 56569 | |
| West Virginia | 1212 | 136 | -4 | 3 | 10 |             | 11552 | 1.7 | -78 | -2254 | 48 | 276 | 11876 | |
| Wisconsin | 9254 | -550 | -391 | 10 | 31 |             | 59961 | 2.2 | -2708 | -6572 | 115 | 289 | 60365 | |
| Wyoming | 294 | -48 | -126 | 1 | 4 |             | 2756 | 1.2 | 41 | -272 | 39 | 29 | 2824 | |
| Totals | 304046 | 27285 | -21 | 1368 | 1799 |             | 2361148 | 1.9 | -36986 | -341744 | 11976 | 26701 | 2401838 | |
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.