| STATE NAME |
Initial Claims Filed During Week Ended August 20, 2005 |
Insured Unemployment For Week Ended August 13, 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 | 3849 | 364 | 393 | 14 | 40 |             | 28450 | 1.6 | -285 | -1403 | 129 | 391 | 28970 | |
| Alaska | 1081 | -6 | -92 | 7 | 4 |             | 8059 | 2.9 | -212 | -1108 | 94 | 51 | 8204 | |
| Arizona | 3542 | -82 | 116 | 4 | 14 |             | 33827 | 1.5 | -1655 | -8316 | 381 | 277 | 34485 | |
| Arkansas | 2808 | 346 | 67 | 11 | 22 |             | 25440 | 2.3 | -1120 | -948 | 171 | 867 | 26478 | |
| California | 33336 | -1448 | -6713 | 254 | 270 |             | 319867 | 2.2 | -8907 | -62584 | 2596 | 3126 | 325589 | |
| Colorado | 1942 | 64 | -228 | 14 | 35 |             | 23025 | 1.1 | 749 | -5378 | 184 | 394 | 23603 | |
| Connecticut | 3353 | 59 | 312 | 6 | 17 |             | 40749 | 2.5 | 106 | -2909 | 69 | 216 | 41034 | |
| Delaware | 666 | -14 | -14 | 2 | 6 |             | 7760 | 1.9 | -266 | -1251 | 17 | 69 | 7846 | |
| District of Columbia | 329 | 12 | 11 | 7 | 3 |             | 4513 | 1.0 | -197 | -1082 | 198 | 40 | 4751 | |
| Florida | 8247 | -1148 | -3823 | 91 | 127 |             | 96418 | 1.3 | 1675 | -20366 | 517 | 1323 | 98258 | |
| Georgia | 7362 | -1630 | -2204 | 70 | 71 |             | 53729 | 1.4 | -302 | -4309 | 701 | 1121 | 55551 | |
| Hawaii | 748 | -153 | -265 | 7 | 26 |             | 5878 | 1.1 | -389 | -1764 | 89 | 243 | 6210 | |
| Idaho | 1752 | 473 | 394 | 10 | 7 |             | 9116 | 1.6 | -182 | -2050 | 69 | 87 | 9272 | |
| Illinois | 10475 | 16 | -644 | 46 | 75 |             | 121012 | 2.2 | 314 | -14133 | 737 | 1391 | 123140 | |
| Indiana | 5478 | 468 | -644 | 35 | 67 |             | 47671 | 1.7 | -824 | -322 | 325 | 481 | 48477 | |
| Iowa | 2070 | -970 | -679 | 5 | 23 |             | 19439 | 1.4 | -938 | -825 | 61 | 209 | 19709 | |
| Kansas | 2020 | 22 | -218 | 1 | 5 |             | 19602 | 1.5 | 104 | -1499 | 204 | 249 | 20055 | |
| Kentucky | 3246 | -130 | 53 | 23 | 16 |             | 26125 | 1.5 | 207 | -3141 | 360 | 487 | 26972 | |
| Louisiana | 3027 | 91 | -367 | 9 | 29 |             | 29927 | 1.6 | -646 | -6444 | 172 | 455 | 30554 | |
| Maine | 784 | -62 | -68 | 2 | 2 |             | 7802 | 1.3 | 114 | -302 | 37 | 67 | 7906 | |
| Maryland | 3208 | 32 | -127 | 33 | 29 |             | 35135 | 1.5 | -96 | -3320 | 634 | 389 | 36158 | |
| Massachusetts | 5592 | 124 | -402 | 25 | 30 |             | 75952 | 2.5 | -349 | -9717 | 1025 | 523 | 77500 | |
| Michigan | 13760 | -629 | 4167 | 14 | 50 |             | 116430 | 2.7 | 2266 | 198 | 311 | 805 | 117546 | |
| Minnesota | 3332 | -201 | -363 | 11 | 19 |             | 33593 | 1.3 | 481 | -2927 | 167 | 335 | 34095 | |
| Mississippi | 2173 | -21 | -440 | 6 | 9 |             | 19460 | 1.8 | -1245 | -4193 | 121 | 276 | 19857 | |
| Missouri | 5643 | 291 | -3174 | 49 | 19 |             | 49074 | 1.9 | -1365 | -8434 | 717 | 314 | 50105 | |
| Montana | 539 | 12 | -28 | 4 | 6 |             | 5584 | 1.4 | 298 | -401 | 65 | 107 | 5756 | |
| Nebraska | 1029 | -113 | -231 | 1 | 2 |             | 10762 | 1.2 | -108 | -1024 | 50 | 77 | 10889 | |
| Nevada | 2719 | 541 | 256 | 1 | 7 |             | 17409 | 1.5 | -7 | -2947 | 91 | 168 | 17668 | |
| New Hampshire | 594 | -28 | -111 | 2 | 4 |             | 5789 | 1.0 | -178 | -708 | 23 | 32 | 5844 | |
| New Jersey | 8144 | -103 | -748 | 14 | 41 |             | 115359 | 3.0 | -100 | -7920 | 368 | 578 | 116305 | |
| New Mexico | 904 | -1 | -122 | 3 | 0 |             | 11301 | 1.5 | -502 | -1819 | 171 | 177 | 11649 | |
| New York | 16394 | 1030 | -626 | 22 | 115 |             | 180648 | 2.2 | -1668 | -11888 | 736 | 1523 | 182907 | |
| North Carolina | 10787 | 1011 | 1326 | 13 | 98 |             | 73993 | 2.0 | 942 | 1926 | 315 | 1616 | 75924 | |
| North Dakota | 267 | 19 | 17 | 2 | 2 |             | 2066 | 0.7 | -75 | -305 | 42 | 35 | 2143 | |
| Ohio | 9491 | 77 | -2878 | 20 | 64 |             | 84770 | 1.6 | -2465 | -5571 | 356 | 1134 | 86260 | |
| Oklahoma | 1539 | -566 | -290 | 7 | 21 |             | 16313 | 1.2 | 58 | -3013 | 96 | 306 | 16715 | |
| Oregon | 4721 | 55 | -495 | 19 | 42 |             | 41396 | 2.6 | -681 | -2966 | 301 | 553 | 42250 | |
| Pennsylvania | 15541 | 50 | -470 | 135 | 142 |             | 159543 | 3.0 | 1014 | -13037 | 1338 | 1795 | 162676 | |
| Puerto Rico | 3661 | -515 | 498 | 2 | 14 |             | 54102 | 5.3 | 3509 | 4369 | 280 | 311 | 54693 | |
| Rhode Island | 1121 | 106 | 116 | 1 | 7 |             | 12712 | 2.7 | 402 | -841 | 25 | 68 | 12805 | |
| South Carolina | 4841 | -1730 | 135 | 19 | 33 |             | 39352 | 2.2 | -1537 | 1986 | 156 | 499 | 40007 | |
| South Dakota | 231 | 10 | -59 | 5 | 4 |             | 1892 | 0.5 | -83 | -478 | 401 | 24 | 2317 | |
| Tennessee | 5429 | 496 | 521 | 58 | 42 |             | 41972 | 1.6 | -694 | -1128 | 325 | 519 | 42816 | |
| Texas | 14055 | -85 | -2360 | 133 | 269 |             | 118338 | 1.3 | -345 | -35569 | 1051 | 2433 | 121822 | |
| Utah | 956 | -23 | -213 | 140 | 6 |             | 8868 | 0.9 | -8 | -2180 | 175 | 148 | 9191 | |
| Vermont | 400 | -104 | -23 | 0 | 2 |             | 4892 | 1.7 | -122 | -177 | 30 | 22 | 4944 | |
| Virgin Islands | 30 | -3 | -13 | 0 | 0 |             | 586 | 1.4 | 112 | 148 | 2 | 4 | 592 | |
| Virginia | 4535 | 755 | 483 | 5 | 94 |             | 28555 | 0.9 | -1880 | -4079 | 362 | 969 | 29886 | |
| Washington | 6247 | -535 | -1098 | 29 | 91 |             | 50145 | 1.9 | -653 | -14138 | 404 | 1418 | 51967 | |
| West Virginia | 1081 | 71 | 110 | 0 | 16 |             | 13003 | 2.0 | 323 | -221 | 63 | 256 | 13322 | |
| Wisconsin | 7480 | -660 | -362 | 5 | 31 |             | 59667 | 2.2 | -550 | -2234 | 126 | 364 | 60157 | |
| Wyoming | 242 | 15 | -15 | 0 | 2 |             | 1851 | 0.8 | 35 | -520 | 12 | 42 | 1905 | |
| Totals | 252801 | -4350 | -21632 | 1396 | 2170 |             | 2418921 | 1.9 | -17925 | -273262 | 17450 | 29364 | 2465735 | |
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.