| STATE NAME |
Initial Claims Filed During Week Ended September 10, 2005 |
Insured Unemployment For Week Ended September 3, 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 | 8314 | 2719 | 4947 | 18 | 33 |             | 28967 | 1.6 | 2435 | 1275 | 118 | 364 | 29449 | |
| Alaska | 1238 | -195 | -31 | 9 | 2 |             | 7845 | 2.8 | 30 | -667 | 117 | 91 | 8054 | |
| Arizona | 2449 | -362 | -1019 | 11 | 31 |             | 28569 | 1.2 | -2956 | -9097 | 190 | 259 | 29018 | |
| Arkansas | 4092 | 322 | 1601 | 4 | 10 |             | 23653 | 2.1 | -975 | -898 | 143 | 793 | 24589 | |
| California | 30731 | -2842 | -4713 | 239 | 198 |             | 274588 | 1.9 | -38337 | -59587 | 2117 | 2799 | 279504 | |
| Colorado | 2721 | 665 | 776 | 14 | 39 |             | 20403 | 1.0 | -1656 | -5183 | 212 | 416 | 21031 | |
| Connecticut | 2827 | -230 | 49 | 4 | 18 |             | 35299 | 2.2 | -4495 | -2017 | 50 | 195 | 35544 | |
| Delaware | 594 | -39 | -59 | 1 | 2 |             | 6603 | 1.6 | -817 | -1329 | 32 | 66 | 6701 | |
| District of Columbia | 300 | 51 | 85 | 7 | 1 |             | 4350 | 0.9 | -63 | -847 | 164 | 68 | 4582 | |
| Florida | 8822 | -489 | -289 | 39 | 103 |             | 89656 | 1.2 | -5128 | -15491 | 528 | 1272 | 91456 | |
| Georgia | 12735 | 3782 | 6665 | 41 | 57 |             | 53294 | 1.4 | 2752 | 944 | 647 | 1093 | 55034 | |
| Hawaii | 862 | -114 | -302 | 5 | 35 |             | 5670 | 1.0 | -323 | -1273 | 95 | 252 | 6017 | |
| Idaho | 1088 | -182 | -289 | 7 | 10 |             | 8374 | 1.4 | -227 | -1539 | 59 | 82 | 8515 | |
| Illinois | 10126 | -813 | -15 | 35 | 68 |             | 108803 | 1.9 | -7505 | -16592 | 704 | 1256 | 110763 | |
| Indiana | 4743 | -375 | -1161 | 20 | 60 |             | 42892 | 1.5 | -2126 | -189 | 353 | 490 | 43735 | |
| Iowa | 1874 | -1465 | -195 | 9 | 12 |             | 17546 | 1.2 | -21 | -797 | 52 | 194 | 17792 | |
| Kansas | 1744 | -442 | -67 | 5 | 3 |             | 17896 | 1.4 | -1093 | -1515 | 202 | 234 | 18332 | |
| Kentucky | 5746 | 1148 | 932 | 26 | 12 |             | 24808 | 1.5 | -2541 | -1634 | 205 | 479 | 25492 | |
| Louisiana | 58134 | 49665 | 55323 | 116 | 41 |             | 38631 | 2.1 | 14342 | 4170 | 116 | 358 | 39105 | |
| Maine | 745 | -161 | 3 | 2 | 2 |             | 6877 | 1.2 | -649 | -136 | 30 | 66 | 6973 | |
| Maryland | 2869 | -534 | -229 | 31 | 37 |             | 32160 | 1.4 | -1560 | -3456 | 451 | 385 | 32996 | |
| Massachusetts | 5574 | -199 | -273 | 110 | 27 |             | 70079 | 2.3 | -4246 | -7644 | 927 | 511 | 71517 | |
| Michigan | 9632 | -1104 | 976 | 29 | 58 |             | 112721 | 2.7 | 3065 | 1448 | 356 | 802 | 113879 | |
| Minnesota | 3845 | -314 | 675 | 6 | 26 |             | 33160 | 1.3 | 1031 | 1296 | 122 | 269 | 33551 | |
| Mississippi | 6782 | 5177 | 4633 | 26 | 11 |             | 16658 | 1.5 | 1430 | -4032 | 95 | 200 | 16953 | |
| Missouri | 5168 | -295 | 419 | 32 | 20 |             | 40759 | 1.6 | -3504 | -7939 | 672 | 266 | 41697 | |
| Montana | 578 | -135 | 14 | 8 | 5 |             | 4519 | 1.2 | -627 | -339 | 69 | 119 | 4707 | |
| Nebraska | 1206 | -62 | -152 | 2 | 2 |             | 9145 | 1.1 | -661 | -1709 | 38 | 61 | 9244 | |
| Nevada | 2231 | -175 | -173 | 2 | 7 |             | 16658 | 1.5 | -322 | -2073 | 76 | 166 | 16900 | |
| New Hampshire | 661 | 37 | 0 | 2 | 3 |             | 5099 | 0.8 | -496 | -628 | 16 | 32 | 5147 | |
| New Jersey | 6623 | -1537 | -867 | 6 | 27 |             | 111375 | 2.9 | -3857 | -6472 | 341 | 613 | 112329 | |
| New Mexico | 787 | -144 | -86 | 0 | 0 |             | 9915 | 1.4 | -364 | -1489 | 161 | 161 | 10237 | |
| New York | 16331 | -799 | -569 | 24 | 104 |             | 180672 | 2.2 | -3987 | -10134 | 684 | 1542 | 182898 | |
| North Carolina | 10221 | 443 | -1384 | 22 | 69 |             | 71125 | 1.9 | -208 | 141 | 292 | 1600 | 73017 | |
| North Dakota | 302 | 72 | 95 | 0 | 0 |             | 1618 | 0.5 | -183 | -95 | 19 | 25 | 1662 | |
| Ohio | 8467 | -1622 | -1281 | 20 | 54 |             | 79892 | 1.5 | -3104 | -2103 | 358 | 1008 | 81258 | |
| Oklahoma | 1771 | 37 | -557 | 7 | 20 |             | 14943 | 1.1 | -203 | -3179 | 95 | 262 | 15300 | |
| Oregon | 4656 | -406 | -110 | 19 | 37 |             | 38818 | 2.5 | -1006 | -2397 | 192 | 492 | 39502 | |
| Pennsylvania | 15362 | -2288 | -1156 | 320 | 107 |             | 143851 | 2.7 | -11151 | -7675 | 1108 | 1650 | 146609 | |
| Puerto Rico | 3193 | -748 | 685 | 1 | 5 |             | 35305 | 3.4 | -12353 | -9855 | 198 | 260 | 35763 | |
| Rhode Island | 1056 | 112 | 90 | 0 | 4 |             | 10223 | 2.2 | -1931 | -1003 | 23 | 71 | 10317 | |
| South Carolina | 4588 | 0 | 38 | 9 | 28 |             | 34646 | 2.0 | -343 | -1008 | 156 | 493 | 35295 | |
| South Dakota | 237 | 6 | -17 | 5 | 2 |             | 1511 | 0.4 | -130 | -332 | 40 | 14 | 1565 | |
| Tennessee | 5908 | 1416 | 1514 | 43 | 38 |             | 37671 | 1.5 | -233 | -2640 | 349 | 480 | 38500 | |
| Texas | 22806 | 3506 | 7807 | 156 | 254 |             | 106312 | 1.2 | -6684 | -33326 | 1024 | 2332 | 109668 | |
| Utah | 849 | -164 | -211 | 23 | 6 |             | 8068 | 0.8 | -325 | -2072 | 274 | 118 | 8460 | |
| Vermont | 569 | 128 | 15 | 1 | 1 |             | 3748 | 1.3 | -739 | -79 | 28 | 22 | 3798 | |
| Virgin Islands | 80 | 45 | 21 | 0 | 1 |             | 480 | 1.1 | 30 | 130 | 2 | 4 | 486 | |
| Virginia | 4805 | 695 | 417 | 26 | 87 |             | 27225 | 0.8 | -416 | -1166 | 375 | 939 | 28539 | |
| Washington | 6478 | -496 | -565 | 35 | 107 |             | 46309 | 1.8 | -766 | -14568 | 361 | 1383 | 48053 | |
| West Virginia | 939 | -221 | -5 | 4 | 17 |             | 11454 | 1.7 | -1079 | 264 | 60 | 304 | 11818 | |
| Wisconsin | 7403 | -570 | -399 | 13 | 24 |             | 54313 | 2.0 | -2576 | -1279 | 133 | 316 | 54762 | |
| Wyoming | 232 | -23 | -80 | 0 | 1 |             | 1585 | 0.7 | -127 | -584 | 14 | 40 | 1639 | |
| Totals | 322094 | 50481 | 71526 | 1594 | 1926 |             | 2216741 | 1.7 | -106978 | -238399 | 15243 | 27767 | 2259752 | |
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.