| STATE NAME |
Initial Claims Filed During Week Ended August 6, 2005 |
Insured Unemployment For Week Ended July 30, 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 | 3751 | -868 | -507 | 22 | 32 |             | 29385 | 1.6 | -1170 | -2290 | 143 | 381 | 29909 | |
| Alaska | 1130 | 35 | -164 | 4 | 5 |             | 8159 | 2.9 | -893 | -804 | 93 | 65 | 8317 | |
| Arizona | 3394 | -293 | -905 | 12 | 16 |             | 35001 | 1.5 | -1399 | -8603 | 690 | 269 | 35960 | |
| Arkansas | 3365 | -16 | 377 | 11 | 26 |             | 27146 | 2.4 | -126 | -729 | 188 | 881 | 28215 | |
| California | 37846 | 1608 | -5618 | 231 | 291 |             | 323135 | 2.2 | -20350 | -63758 | 2572 | 3138 | 328845 | |
| Colorado | 2078 | 158 | -324 | 11 | 40 |             | 22978 | 1.1 | 315 | -5520 | 168 | 410 | 23556 | |
| Connecticut | 3705 | 548 | 207 | 12 | 37 |             | 40241 | 2.5 | -199 | -3429 | 58 | 206 | 40505 | |
| Delaware | 700 | -32 | -209 | 1 | 5 |             | 8554 | 2.1 | -397 | -1660 | 15 | 74 | 8643 | |
| District of Columbia | 328 | 32 | -99 | 10 | 2 |             | 4403 | 0.9 | -299 | -979 | 207 | 45 | 4655 | |
| Florida | 10292 | 1111 | -908 | 52 | 159 |             | 96826 | 1.3 | 920 | -22792 | 488 | 1263 | 98577 | |
| Georgia | 7353 | -345 | -513 | 69 | 82 |             | 52863 | 1.4 | -1354 | -4075 | 628 | 1108 | 54599 | |
| Hawaii | 958 | 72 | -350 | 16 | 45 |             | 6247 | 1.1 | -306 | -1643 | 102 | 210 | 6559 | |
| Idaho | 1487 | 270 | -226 | 10 | 6 |             | 9367 | 1.6 | 84 | -1545 | 59 | 94 | 9520 | |
| Illinois | 11137 | 164 | -1277 | 42 | 92 |             | 123148 | 2.2 | -1851 | -13131 | 702 | 1301 | 125151 | |
| Indiana | 5682 | 300 | -155 | 50 | 38 |             | 49368 | 1.8 | -3236 | -650 | 325 | 506 | 50199 | |
| Iowa | 3542 | 1288 | 906 | 7 | 18 |             | 19154 | 1.4 | -674 | -1843 | 91 | 198 | 19443 | |
| Kansas | 2587 | 539 | -38 | 4 | 5 |             | 19562 | 1.5 | -563 | -2416 | 197 | 251 | 20010 | |
| Kentucky | 3838 | -35 | -37 | 42 | 31 |             | 28053 | 1.7 | -4007 | -4609 | 250 | 485 | 28788 | |
| Louisiana | 3086 | -90 | -450 | 9 | 33 |             | 31207 | 1.7 | -44 | -6817 | 192 | 455 | 31854 | |
| Maine | 781 | -422 | -12 | 1 | 1 |             | 7603 | 1.3 | -1032 | -280 | 33 | 81 | 7717 | |
| Maryland | 3695 | 474 | -202 | 34 | 39 |             | 35768 | 1.5 | 156 | -2837 | 466 | 371 | 36605 | |
| Massachusetts | 6263 | 720 | -282 | 44 | 38 |             | 78764 | 2.6 | 3796 | -8481 | 1043 | 507 | 80314 | |
| Michigan | 11714 | -5691 | 766 | 38 | 61 |             | 125228 | 2.9 | -14973 | 408 | 288 | 793 | 126309 | |
| Minnesota | 3729 | 406 | -533 | 9 | 33 |             | 33770 | 1.3 | -1458 | -2871 | 174 | 311 | 34255 | |
| Mississippi | 2482 | 188 | -356 | 8 | 14 |             | 21668 | 2.0 | -247 | -3550 | 160 | 292 | 22120 | |
| Missouri | 6045 | 460 | -200 | 110 | 21 |             | 51887 | 2.0 | -4954 | -8937 | 732 | 291 | 52910 | |
| Montana | 592 | 28 | 4 | 5 | 6 |             | 5697 | 1.5 | 176 | -566 | 65 | 110 | 5872 | |
| Nebraska | 1086 | -48 | -169 | 0 | 4 |             | 11009 | 1.3 | -12 | -859 | 59 | 76 | 11144 | |
| Nevada | 2336 | 130 | -265 | 4 | 3 |             | 17686 | 1.6 | -529 | -3678 | 71 | 169 | 17926 | |
| New Hampshire | 669 | 14 | -98 | 1 | 0 |             | 5985 | 1.0 | -8 | -572 | 23 | 33 | 6041 | |
| New Jersey | 9343 | 1784 | 237 | 17 | 36 |             | 114930 | 3.0 | -1212 | -7029 | 402 | 604 | 115936 | |
| New Mexico | 1029 | 50 | -92 | 0 | 3 |             | 11942 | 1.6 | -343 | -1595 | 157 | 180 | 12279 | |
| New York | 15766 | 705 | -1274 | 19 | 116 |             | 183221 | 2.3 | -4863 | -11125 | 633 | 1511 | 185365 | |
| North Carolina | 9841 | 581 | -1830 | 25 | 85 |             | 73086 | 2.0 | -351 | -1728 | 305 | 1523 | 74914 | |
| North Dakota | 275 | -25 | -49 | 0 | 0 |             | 2297 | 0.7 | 63 | -127 | 125 | 39 | 2461 | |
| Ohio | 9386 | -1243 | -1234 | 20 | 18 |             | 85686 | 1.6 | -5064 | -6250 | 348 | 960 | 86994 | |
| Oklahoma | 1677 | 21 | -270 | 10 | 27 |             | 16560 | 1.2 | -136 | -3635 | 111 | 317 | 16988 | |
| Oregon | 5161 | 448 | -268 | 23 | 46 |             | 41843 | 2.7 | -813 | -4235 | 317 | 579 | 42739 | |
| Pennsylvania | 17688 | 1774 | -705 | 227 | 129 |             | 160051 | 3.0 | -2777 | -11683 | 1178 | 1722 | 162951 | |
| Puerto Rico | 4743 | 3144 | 1089 | 11 | 9 |             | 61419 | 6.0 | 38921 | 7178 | 281 | 388 | 62088 | |
| Rhode Island | 1107 | 101 | -89 | 1 | 5 |             | 12650 | 2.7 | -303 | -877 | 23 | 74 | 12747 | |
| South Carolina | 4736 | -116 | 265 | 8 | 38 |             | 39089 | 2.2 | 19 | -229 | 176 | 488 | 39753 | |
| South Dakota | 220 | 32 | -40 | 20 | 2 |             | 1997 | 0.6 | -140 | -478 | 404 | 25 | 2426 | |
| Tennessee | 5284 | -752 | -417 | 20 | 34 |             | 43940 | 1.7 | -1373 | -1635 | 309 | 483 | 44732 | |
| Texas | 14334 | 403 | -3139 | 82 | 305 |             | 118660 | 1.3 | -5637 | -37420 | 972 | 2307 | 121939 | |
| Utah | 917 | 89 | -287 | 18 | 9 |             | 9315 | 0.9 | 23 | -2094 | 144 | 142 | 9601 | |
| Vermont | 563 | 121 | 117 | 1 | 4 |             | 4953 | 1.7 | 2 | -284 | 30 | 18 | 5001 | |
| Virgin Islands | 40 | 9 | 12 | 0 | 0 |             | 570 | 1.4 | 54 | 127 | 0 | 0 | 570 | |
| Virginia | 3889 | -1643 | -696 | 17 | 102 |             | 29356 | 0.9 | -922 | -4403 | 390 | 918 | 30664 | |
| Washington | 7609 | 289 | -1160 | 38 | 90 |             | 50421 | 1.9 | 426 | -16458 | 426 | 1424 | 52271 | |
| West Virginia | 1166 | -59 | 45 | 5 | 19 |             | 13428 | 2.0 | 70 | 14 | 57 | 256 | 13741 | |
| Wisconsin | 8859 | 1184 | -630 | 11 | 34 |             | 59902 | 2.2 | -2709 | -4264 | 160 | 361 | 60423 | |
| Wyoming | 219 | 7 | -56 | 1 | 2 |             | 1950 | 0.8 | -37 | -499 | 8 | 35 | 1993 | |
| Totals | 269503 | 7609 | -22108 | 1443 | 2296 |             | 2467128 | 1.9 | -41736 | -288245 | 17238 | 28728 | 2513094 | |
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.