| STATE NAME |
Initial Claims Filed During Week Ended July 30, 2005 |
Insured Unemployment For Week Ended July 23, 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 | 4619 | -1118 | -49 | 27 | 33 |             | 30555 | 1.7 | -2144 | -1050 | 126 | 376 | 31057 | |
| Alaska | 1095 | 16 | -66 | 7 | 3 |             | 9052 | 3.2 | 309 | -319 | 128 | 87 | 9267 | |
| Arizona | 3435 | -437 | -515 | 18 | 25 |             | 36428 | 1.6 | 426 | -9011 | 728 | 291 | 37447 | |
| Arkansas | 3381 | 350 | 547 | 12 | 24 |             | 27272 | 2.5 | -555 | -1191 | 162 | 873 | 28307 | |
| California | 36238 | -932 | -5355 | 184 | 238 |             | 343485 | 2.3 | 8566 | -51713 | 2329 | 3367 | 349181 | |
| Colorado | 1920 | -53 | -421 | 35 | 34 |             | 22663 | 1.1 | -3 | -5952 | 169 | 484 | 23316 | |
| Connecticut | 3157 | -126 | -75 | 8 | 24 |             | 40440 | 2.5 | -669 | -3770 | 58 | 200 | 40698 | |
| Delaware | 732 | -110 | -208 | 0 | 4 |             | 8951 | 2.2 | 366 | -1162 | 26 | 72 | 9049 | |
| District of Columbia | 296 | -41 | -1 | 9 | 5 |             | 4702 | 1.0 | 258 | -1190 | 189 | 67 | 4958 | |
| Florida | 9181 | -1347 | -641 | 75 | 138 |             | 95906 | 1.3 | -1484 | -19756 | 732 | 2374 | 99012 | |
| Georgia | 7698 | -2643 | 627 | 54 | 67 |             | 54217 | 1.4 | -3225 | -3167 | 596 | 1094 | 55907 | |
| Hawaii | 886 | 6 | -150 | 16 | 25 |             | 6553 | 1.2 | 206 | -1366 | 91 | 238 | 6882 | |
| Idaho | 1217 | 158 | -309 | 4 | 6 |             | 9283 | 1.6 | -454 | -1397 | 60 | 87 | 9430 | |
| Illinois | 10973 | -1405 | -317 | 69 | 81 |             | 124999 | 2.2 | -5503 | -16069 | 684 | 1315 | 126998 | |
| Indiana | 5382 | -963 | -404 | 31 | 55 |             | 52604 | 1.9 | -6291 | 203 | 302 | 505 | 53411 | |
| Iowa | 2254 | -269 | -90 | 2 | 18 |             | 19828 | 1.4 | -2500 | -1554 | 73 | 215 | 20116 | |
| Kansas | 2048 | -281 | -664 | 3 | 1 |             | 20125 | 1.6 | 50 | -1706 | 188 | 249 | 20562 | |
| Kentucky | 3873 | -1602 | -322 | 9 | 17 |             | 32060 | 1.9 | -1584 | -4993 | 194 | 507 | 32761 | |
| Louisiana | 3176 | -31 | -324 | 16 | 29 |             | 31251 | 1.7 | -787 | -7027 | 186 | 435 | 31872 | |
| Maine | 1203 | 186 | 183 | 2 | 3 |             | 8635 | 1.5 | 280 | -533 | 36 | 78 | 8749 | |
| Maryland | 3221 | -135 | -413 | 71 | 34 |             | 35612 | 1.5 | -638 | -3957 | 408 | 368 | 36388 | |
| Massachusetts | 5543 | -287 | -512 | 240 | 38 |             | 74968 | 2.4 | -3506 | -11643 | 818 | 499 | 76285 | |
| Michigan | 17405 | -1199 | 3427 | 25 | 49 |             | 140201 | 3.3 | -31637 | -9202 | 363 | 819 | 141383 | |
| Minnesota | 3323 | -1266 | -335 | 10 | 21 |             | 35228 | 1.4 | -939 | -2447 | 164 | 260 | 35652 | |
| Mississippi | 2294 | 29 | -107 | 10 | 18 |             | 21915 | 2.0 | -448 | -3541 | 173 | 283 | 22371 | |
| Missouri | 5585 | -1749 | -2543 | 120 | 28 |             | 56841 | 2.2 | -1642 | -7585 | 644 | 323 | 57808 | |
| Montana | 564 | 37 | 23 | 9 | 13 |             | 5521 | 1.4 | -602 | -496 | 84 | 116 | 5721 | |
| Nebraska | 1134 | -18 | 21 | 1 | 4 |             | 11021 | 1.3 | -230 | -936 | 59 | 78 | 11158 | |
| Nevada | 2206 | -205 | -139 | 1 | 3 |             | 18215 | 1.6 | -384 | -3459 | 86 | 154 | 18455 | |
| New Hampshire | 655 | -16 | -63 | 1 | 3 |             | 5993 | 1.0 | -347 | -818 | 21 | 44 | 6058 | |
| New Jersey | 7559 | -885 | -468 | 21 | 44 |             | 116142 | 3.0 | -2049 | -7764 | 383 | 579 | 117104 | |
| New Mexico | 979 | 55 | -90 | 1 | 2 |             | 12285 | 1.7 | -142 | -1439 | 152 | 174 | 12611 | |
| New York | 15061 | -974 | -1191 | 25 | 78 |             | 188084 | 2.3 | -1017 | -8571 | 656 | 1514 | 190254 | |
| North Carolina | 9260 | -6263 | -482 | 19 | 62 |             | 73437 | 2.0 | -5960 | -862 | 306 | 1557 | 75300 | |
| North Dakota | 300 | 37 | 53 | 1 | 2 |             | 2234 | 0.7 | -3 | -132 | 125 | 31 | 2390 | |
| Ohio | 10629 | -1668 | -3791 | 38 | 12 |             | 90750 | 1.7 | -9467 | -15250 | 388 | 847 | 91985 | |
| Oklahoma | 1656 | -92 | -210 | 5 | 27 |             | 16696 | 1.2 | -842 | -4087 | 110 | 310 | 17116 | |
| Oregon | 4713 | -356 | -580 | 21 | 33 |             | 42656 | 2.7 | -448 | -4221 | 317 | 560 | 43533 | |
| Pennsylvania | 15914 | -338 | 125 | 141 | 120 |             | 162828 | 3.0 | -3671 | -11202 | 1127 | 1672 | 165627 | |
| Puerto Rico | 1599 | -1751 | -460 | 6 | 4 |             | 22498 | 2.2 | -28033 | -7997 | 107 | 163 | 22768 | |
| Rhode Island | 1006 | -29 | -228 | 5 | 3 |             | 12953 | 2.8 | -288 | -1329 | 30 | 85 | 13068 | |
| South Carolina | 4852 | -1406 | 286 | 17 | 33 |             | 39070 | 2.2 | -3402 | -838 | 168 | 457 | 39695 | |
| South Dakota | 188 | -42 | -111 | 8 | 5 |             | 2137 | 0.6 | 28 | -388 | 404 | 27 | 2568 | |
| Tennessee | 6036 | -2737 | -595 | 30 | 31 |             | 45313 | 1.7 | -6248 | -3627 | 323 | 503 | 46139 | |
| Texas | 13931 | -1146 | -1876 | 159 | 251 |             | 124297 | 1.4 | -1287 | -34268 | 933 | 2407 | 127637 | |
| Utah | 828 | -110 | -524 | 19 | 11 |             | 9292 | 0.9 | -375 | -2295 | 134 | 143 | 9569 | |
| Vermont | 442 | -23 | -27 | 1 | 1 |             | 4951 | 1.7 | -245 | -327 | 31 | 16 | 4998 | |
| Virgin Islands | 31 | -11 | 1 | 0 | 0 |             | 516 | 1.2 | -52 | 72 | 2 | 6 | 524 | |
| Virginia | 5532 | -430 | 715 | 29 | 87 |             | 30278 | 0.9 | -1817 | -3673 | 381 | 921 | 31580 | |
| Washington | 7320 | 428 | -1306 | 47 | 91 |             | 49995 | 1.9 | -302 | -16773 | 396 | 1423 | 51814 | |
| West Virginia | 1225 | -220 | 71 | 2 | 15 |             | 13358 | 2.0 | -613 | -376 | 68 | 313 | 13739 | |
| Wisconsin | 7675 | 34 | -560 | 4 | 27 |             | 62611 | 2.3 | -4455 | -2604 | 137 | 339 | 63087 | |
| Wyoming | 212 | 7 | -43 | 2 | 4 |             | 1987 | 0.8 | -36 | -614 | 14 | 46 | 2047 | |
| Totals | 261642 | -33371 | -20486 | 1670 | 1984 |             | 2508892 | 2.0 | -125835 | -305372 | 16569 | 29951 | 2555412 | |
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.