| STATE NAME |
Initial Claims Filed During Week Ended August 13, 2005 |
Insured Unemployment For Week Ended August 6, 2005 |
||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| INITIAL CLAIMS | INSURED UNEMPLOYMENT | |||||||||||||
| STATE | CHANGE FROM |
UCFE (1) |
UCX (1) |
   | STATE |
(%) (2) |
CHANGE FROM |
UCFE (1) |
UCX (1) |
ALL PROGRAMS EXCLUDING RAILROAD RETIREMENT |
||||
| LAST WEEK | YEAR AGO | LAST WEEK | YEAR AGO | |||||||||||
| Alabama | 3485 | -266 | -582 | 21 | 30 |             | 28735 | 1.6 | -650 | -2179 | 126 | 376 | 29237 | |
| Alaska | 1087 | -43 | -123 | 5 | 3 |             | 8271 | 3.0 | 112 | -981 | 117 | 74 | 8464 | |
| Arizona | 3450 | -187 | -889 | 7 | 17 |             | 35521 | 1.5 | 553 | -8284 | 603 | 288 | 36412 | |
| Arkansas | 2462 | -903 | -99 | 8 | 24 |             | 26560 | 2.4 | -586 | -357 | 143 | 845 | 27548 | |
| California | 34784 | -3062 | -5137 | 217 | 275 |             | 328774 | 2.2 | 5639 | -57956 | 2484 | 3278 | 334536 | |
| Colorado | 1878 | -200 | -377 | 11 | 40 |             | 22276 | 1.1 | -702 | -5546 | 204 | 447 | 22927 | |
| Connecticut | 3294 | -411 | -50 | 5 | 13 |             | 40643 | 2.5 | 402 | -3389 | 55 | 211 | 40909 | |
| Delaware | 680 | -20 | -22 | 2 | 5 |             | 8026 | 2.0 | -528 | -1178 | 26 | 82 | 8134 | |
| District of Columbia | 317 | -11 | -44 | 7 | 3 |             | 4710 | 1.0 | 307 | -1176 | 193 | 61 | 4964 | |
| Florida | 9395 | -897 | -855 | 66 | 152 |             | 94743 | 1.3 | -2083 | -18695 | 498 | 1331 | 96572 | |
| Georgia | 8992 | 1639 | 1620 | 103 | 66 |             | 54031 | 1.4 | 1168 | -1786 | 650 | 1111 | 55792 | |
| Hawaii | 901 | -57 | -307 | 9 | 24 |             | 6267 | 1.1 | 20 | -1845 | 86 | 239 | 6592 | |
| Idaho | 1279 | -208 | -476 | 9 | 5 |             | 9298 | 1.6 | -69 | -1678 | 59 | 95 | 9452 | |
| Illinois | 10459 | -678 | -895 | 48 | 91 |             | 120698 | 2.2 | -2450 | -16015 | 707 | 1298 | 122703 | |
| Indiana | 5010 | -672 | -239 | 22 | 50 |             | 48495 | 1.7 | -873 | -88 | 335 | 521 | 49351 | |
| Iowa | 3040 | -502 | 1081 | 5 | 18 |             | 20377 | 1.5 | 1223 | -895 | 62 | 222 | 20661 | |
| Kansas | 1998 | -589 | -102 | 2 | 3 |             | 19498 | 1.5 | -64 | -1885 | 187 | 277 | 19962 | |
| Kentucky | 3376 | -462 | -261 | 11 | 16 |             | 25918 | 1.5 | -2135 | -4062 | 207 | 491 | 26618 | |
| Louisiana | 2936 | -150 | -420 | 11 | 30 |             | 30573 | 1.7 | -634 | -6976 | 189 | 446 | 31208 | |
| Maine | 846 | 65 | -16 | 1 | 4 |             | 7688 | 1.3 | 85 | -581 | 33 | 69 | 7790 | |
| Maryland | 3176 | -519 | -448 | 33 | 37 |             | 35231 | 1.5 | -537 | -4025 | 421 | 359 | 36011 | |
| Massachusetts | 5468 | -795 | -578 | 37 | 29 |             | 76301 | 2.5 | -2463 | -9208 | 1058 | 518 | 77877 | |
| Michigan | 14389 | 2675 | 5167 | 15 | 49 |             | 114164 | 2.7 | -11064 | -433 | 345 | 782 | 115291 | |
| Minnesota | 3533 | -196 | 197 | 8 | 22 |             | 33112 | 1.3 | -658 | -2507 | 160 | 295 | 33567 | |
| Mississippi | 2194 | -288 | -285 | 17 | 17 |             | 20705 | 1.9 | -963 | -3619 | 136 | 261 | 21102 | |
| Missouri | 5352 | -693 | -263 | 58 | 35 |             | 50439 | 2.0 | -1448 | -7524 | 794 | 319 | 51552 | |
| Montana | 527 | -65 | -27 | 4 | 11 |             | 5286 | 1.4 | -411 | -379 | 88 | 129 | 5503 | |
| Nebraska | 1142 | 56 | -176 | 1 | 2 |             | 10870 | 1.3 | -139 | -890 | 52 | 67 | 10989 | |
| Nevada | 2178 | -158 | -104 | 5 | 6 |             | 17416 | 1.5 | -270 | -3363 | 77 | 160 | 17653 | |
| New Hampshire | 622 | -47 | -69 | 2 | 1 |             | 5967 | 1.0 | -18 | -738 | 18 | 33 | 6018 | |
| New Jersey | 8247 | -1096 | -750 | 17 | 38 |             | 115459 | 3.0 | 529 | -6726 | 362 | 634 | 116455 | |
| New Mexico | 905 | -124 | -76 | 1 | 1 |             | 11803 | 1.6 | -139 | -1588 | 167 | 176 | 12146 | |
| New York | 15364 | -402 | -1060 | 115 | 112 |             | 182316 | 2.2 | -905 | -11893 | 732 | 1520 | 184568 | |
| North Carolina | 9776 | -65 | -801 | 29 | 91 |             | 73051 | 2.0 | -35 | -946 | 336 | 1610 | 74997 | |
| North Dakota | 248 | -27 | 4 | 0 | 1 |             | 2141 | 0.7 | -156 | -197 | 119 | 37 | 2297 | |
| Ohio | 9414 | 28 | 4449 | 26 | 53 |             | 87235 | 1.7 | 1549 | -29834 | 376 | 1054 | 88665 | |
| Oklahoma | 2105 | 428 | 251 | 12 | 33 |             | 16255 | 1.2 | -305 | -3767 | 105 | 308 | 16668 | |
| Oregon | 4666 | -495 | -536 | 18 | 29 |             | 42077 | 2.7 | 234 | -3181 | 300 | 614 | 42991 | |
| Pennsylvania | 15491 | -2197 | -541 | 108 | 108 |             | 158529 | 2.9 | -1522 | -10861 | 1140 | 1697 | 161366 | |
| Puerto Rico | 4167 | -576 | 1012 | 5 | 14 |             | 50593 | 4.9 | -10826 | 4391 | 247 | 354 | 51194 | |
| Rhode Island | 1015 | -92 | -33 | 2 | 3 |             | 12310 | 2.6 | -340 | -1230 | 21 | 73 | 12404 | |
| South Carolina | 6571 | 1835 | 1130 | 5 | 36 |             | 40889 | 2.3 | 1800 | 947 | 176 | 483 | 41548 | |
| South Dakota | 221 | 1 | -36 | 3 | 4 |             | 1975 | 0.6 | -22 | -470 | 425 | 27 | 2427 | |
| Tennessee | 4933 | -351 | -181 | 27 | 37 |             | 42666 | 1.6 | -1274 | -1747 | 322 | 486 | 43474 | |
| Texas | 14140 | -194 | -1180 | 53 | 245 |             | 118683 | 1.3 | 23 | -34832 | 1171 | 2393 | 122247 | |
| Utah | 979 | 62 | -206 | 57 | 12 |             | 8876 | 0.9 | -439 | -2273 | 146 | 136 | 9158 | |
| Vermont | 504 | -59 | 19 | 0 | 3 |             | 5014 | 1.7 | 61 | -36 | 33 | 15 | 5062 | |
| Virgin Islands | 33 | -7 | -1 | 0 | 1 |             | 474 | 1.1 | -96 | 15 | 2 | 2 | 478 | |
| Virginia | 3780 | -109 | -1315 | 9 | 92 |             | 30435 | 0.9 | 1079 | -4678 | 396 | 917 | 31748 | |
| Washington | 6782 | -827 | -1009 | 32 | 82 |             | 50798 | 1.9 | 377 | -14152 | 391 | 1423 | 52612 | |
| West Virginia | 1010 | -156 | -107 | 5 | 15 |             | 12680 | 1.9 | -748 | -403 | 70 | 298 | 13048 | |
| Wisconsin | 8140 | -719 | -190 | 9 | 32 |             | 60217 | 2.2 | 315 | -3568 | 157 | 356 | 60730 | |
| Wyoming | 227 | 8 | -32 | 2 | 5 |             | 1816 | 0.8 | -134 | -650 | 15 | 43 | 1874 | |
| Totals | 256968 | -12778 | -5968 | 1285 | 2125 |             | 2436885 | 1.9 | -30210 | -295917 | 17322 | 29341 | 2483552 | |
Figures Appearing In Cols. Showing Over- The-Week Changes Reflect All Revisions In Data For Prior Week Submitted By State Agencies
-----------------------------------------------------------------
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.