| STATE NAME |
Initial Claims Filed During Week Ended September 3, 2005 |
Insured Unemployment For Week Ended August 27, 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 | 5595 | 2412 | 1672 | 14 | 25 |             | 26532 | 1.5 | -1070 | -1635 | 129 | 370 | 27031 | |
| Alaska | 1433 | 129 | 126 | 11 | 1 |             | 7815 | 2.8 | -287 | -1158 | 91 | 55 | 7962 | |
| Arizona | 2574 | -349 | -1174 | 7 | 17 |             | 31486 | 1.4 | -846 | -7494 | 227 | 276 | 31989 | |
| Arkansas | 3770 | 433 | 939 | 11 | 24 |             | 24628 | 2.2 | -384 | -194 | 139 | 816 | 25583 | |
| California | 33573 | -99 | -7238 | 146 | 269 |             | 312925 | 2.1 | -8843 | -54988 | 2771 | 3335 | 319031 | |
| Colorado | 2056 | 164 | -270 | 17 | 36 |             | 22059 | 1.1 | 641 | -4898 | 160 | 366 | 22585 | |
| Connecticut | 3057 | 58 | -225 | 3 | 21 |             | 39794 | 2.5 | -661 | -2462 | 70 | 224 | 40088 | |
| Delaware | 633 | 44 | 44 | 2 | 9 |             | 7420 | 1.8 | -236 | -1137 | 26 | 84 | 7530 | |
| District of Columbia | 249 | -32 | -40 | 4 | 1 |             | 4413 | 0.9 | -180 | -987 | 192 | 37 | 4642 | |
| Florida | 9311 | 774 | -1683 | 67 | 156 |             | 94784 | 1.3 | 2476 | -25499 | 561 | 1340 | 96685 | |
| Georgia | 8953 | 1587 | 1975 | 53 | 52 |             | 50542 | 1.3 | -69 | -2826 | 698 | 1095 | 52335 | |
| Hawaii | 976 | -32 | -239 | 8 | 28 |             | 5993 | 1.1 | -288 | -1678 | 117 | 226 | 6336 | |
| Idaho | 1270 | 39 | -275 | 6 | 2 |             | 8601 | 1.5 | -888 | -1616 | 63 | 86 | 8750 | |
| Illinois | 10939 | 590 | -519 | 35 | 81 |             | 116308 | 2.1 | -1735 | -12708 | 727 | 1288 | 118323 | |
| Indiana | 5118 | -242 | -243 | 18 | 65 |             | 45018 | 1.6 | -1420 | -567 | 359 | 518 | 45895 | |
| Iowa | 3339 | 870 | 1358 | 5 | 14 |             | 17567 | 1.3 | -473 | -2195 | 68 | 231 | 17866 | |
| Kansas | 2186 | -523 | -199 | 8 | 6 |             | 18989 | 1.5 | 100 | -1287 | 158 | 235 | 19382 | |
| Kentucky | 4598 | -1916 | 987 | 7 | 13 |             | 27349 | 1.6 | 2721 | 167 | 403 | 495 | 28247 | |
| Louisiana | 8469 | 5435 | 5033 | 46 | 16 |             | 24289 | 1.3 | -5051 | -10735 | 128 | 402 | 24819 | |
| Maine | 906 | 104 | 21 | 4 | 2 |             | 7526 | 1.3 | -10 | -51 | 30 | 73 | 7629 | |
| Maryland | 3403 | 324 | -38 | 17 | 44 |             | 33720 | 1.4 | -1069 | -3424 | 625 | 380 | 34725 | |
| Massachusetts | 5773 | 361 | -580 | 59 | 33 |             | 74325 | 2.4 | -357 | -9123 | 942 | 516 | 75783 | |
| Michigan | 10736 | -2761 | -76 | 20 | 66 |             | 109656 | 2.6 | -12034 | 914 | 328 | 798 | 110782 | |
| Minnesota | 4159 | -284 | 546 | 8 | 24 |             | 32129 | 1.3 | -451 | -1779 | 155 | 316 | 32600 | |
| Mississippi | 1605 | -652 | -821 | 8 | 7 |             | 15228 | 1.4 | -2934 | -6261 | 86 | 206 | 15520 | |
| Missouri | 5463 | -72 | -737 | 53 | 22 |             | 44263 | 1.7 | -2931 | -12437 | 701 | 292 | 45256 | |
| Montana | 713 | 161 | 60 | 7 | 15 |             | 5146 | 1.3 | 77 | -339 | 53 | 97 | 5296 | |
| Nebraska | 1268 | 293 | -73 | 0 | 2 |             | 9806 | 1.1 | -488 | -1238 | 43 | 74 | 9923 | |
| Nevada | 2406 | 257 | 98 | 4 | 9 |             | 16980 | 1.5 | -838 | -2662 | 80 | 182 | 17242 | |
| New Hampshire | 624 | 38 | 35 | 7 | 2 |             | 5595 | 0.9 | -111 | -660 | 25 | 33 | 5653 | |
| New Jersey | 8160 | 653 | -122 | 20 | 44 |             | 115232 | 3.0 | 55 | -7402 | 344 | 628 | 116204 | |
| New Mexico | 931 | -52 | -114 | 0 | 2 |             | 10279 | 1.4 | -367 | -1616 | 161 | 172 | 10612 | |
| New York | 17130 | -1981 | -792 | 28 | 129 |             | 184659 | 2.3 | -7 | -9149 | 708 | 1523 | 186890 | |
| North Carolina | 9778 | 928 | 219 | 19 | 77 |             | 71333 | 1.9 | -782 | 1824 | 304 | 1614 | 73251 | |
| North Dakota | 230 | 9 | 17 | 1 | 0 |             | 1801 | 0.6 | -133 | -140 | 17 | 34 | 1852 | |
| Ohio | 10089 | -49 | -1159 | 18 | 74 |             | 82996 | 1.6 | -1518 | -1667 | 415 | 1075 | 84486 | |
| Oklahoma | 1734 | 144 | -269 | 14 | 21 |             | 15146 | 1.1 | -281 | -3416 | 105 | 283 | 15534 | |
| Oregon | 5062 | 617 | -317 | 23 | 34 |             | 39824 | 2.5 | -2142 | -3199 | 194 | 523 | 40541 | |
| Pennsylvania | 17650 | 2276 | 805 | 96 | 138 |             | 155002 | 2.9 | 994 | -9971 | 1324 | 1800 | 158126 | |
| Puerto Rico | 3941 | 1711 | 1296 | 3 | 17 |             | 47658 | 4.6 | -6133 | 9661 | 246 | 324 | 48228 | |
| Rhode Island | 944 | 24 | -111 | 5 | 4 |             | 12154 | 2.6 | -371 | -864 | 32 | 69 | 12255 | |
| South Carolina | 4588 | 91 | -282 | 6 | 41 |             | 34989 | 2.0 | -1452 | -412 | 160 | 499 | 35648 | |
| South Dakota | 231 | -24 | -59 | 2 | 3 |             | 1641 | 0.5 | -213 | -446 | 61 | 22 | 1724 | |
| Tennessee | 4492 | 510 | -228 | 22 | 24 |             | 37904 | 1.5 | -828 | -3055 | 359 | 485 | 38748 | |
| Texas | 19300 | 5613 | 1674 | 89 | 255 |             | 112996 | 1.2 | -712 | -33369 | 1127 | 2465 | 116588 | |
| Utah | 1013 | 127 | -247 | 33 | 7 |             | 8393 | 0.8 | -400 | -2174 | 304 | 126 | 8823 | |
| Vermont | 441 | 69 | 10 | 2 | 2 |             | 4487 | 1.5 | -261 | 99 | 30 | 22 | 4539 | |
| Virgin Islands | 35 | -1 | -13 | 1 | 1 |             | 450 | 1.1 | 22 | 19 | 0 | 4 | 454 | |
| Virginia | 4110 | 170 | -223 | 9 | 85 |             | 27641 | 0.8 | -922 | -2671 | 372 | 964 | 28977 | |
| Washington | 6974 | 852 | -1082 | 38 | 93 |             | 47075 | 1.8 | -1442 | -14549 | 396 | 1405 | 48876 | |
| West Virginia | 1160 | 29 | 115 | 0 | 19 |             | 12533 | 1.9 | 310 | 495 | 64 | 250 | 12847 | |
| Wisconsin | 7973 | 889 | -1070 | 9 | 30 |             | 56889 | 2.1 | -1520 | -2964 | 111 | 340 | 57340 | |
| Wyoming | 255 | 18 | -66 | 2 | 2 |             | 1712 | 0.7 | -17 | -547 | 10 | 36 | 1758 | |
| Totals | 271376 | 19734 | -3554 | 1095 | 2164 |             | 2323680 | 1.8 | -55759 | -256470 | 16999 | 29109 | 2369789 | |
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.