| STATE NAME |
Initial Claims Filed During Week Ended September 17, 2005 |
Insured Unemployment For Week Ended September 10, 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 | 6299 | -2015 | 3621 | 28 | 26 |             | 30493 | 1.7 | 1526 | 3855 | 112 | 378 | 30983 | |
| Alaska | 1835 | 597 | 115 | 7 | 2 |             | 7872 | 2.8 | 27 | -907 | 100 | 57 | 8029 | |
| Arizona | 3589 | 933 | -472 | 14 | 16 |             | 29664 | 1.3 | 1130 | -7124 | 203 | 270 | 30137 | |
| Arkansas | 3276 | -840 | 914 | 13 | 25 |             | 23945 | 2.2 | 292 | -904 | 132 | 762 | 24839 | |
| California | 36571 | 5840 | -3456 | 217 | 254 |             | 308804 | 2.1 | 34216 | -56355 | 2362 | 3439 | 314605 | |
| Colorado | 3116 | 395 | 1011 | 19 | 39 |             | 21308 | 1.0 | 905 | -5031 | 143 | 367 | 21818 | |
| Connecticut | 2839 | 12 | 27 | 3 | 21 |             | 33564 | 2.1 | -1735 | -2311 | 79 | 200 | 33843 | |
| Delaware | 611 | 17 | -1238 | 3 | 6 |             | 6460 | 1.6 | -143 | -948 | 35 | 64 | 6559 | |
| District of Columbia | 336 | 36 | 27 | 7 | 6 |             | 4323 | 0.9 | -27 | -900 | 174 | 43 | 4540 | |
| Florida | 11273 | 2451 | -6635 | 58 | 199 |             | 93721 | 1.3 | 4065 | -27377 | 507 | 1398 | 95626 | |
| Georgia | 9929 | -2806 | 1720 | 67 | 75 |             | 55344 | 1.5 | 2050 | 1023 | 644 | 1057 | 57045 | |
| Hawaii | 945 | 83 | -189 | 6 | 36 |             | 5739 | 1.0 | 69 | -1752 | 124 | 234 | 6097 | |
| Idaho | 1110 | 22 | -284 | 8 | 3 |             | 8105 | 1.4 | -269 | -1539 | 70 | 80 | 8255 | |
| Illinois | 11347 | 1221 | 595 | 38 | 65 |             | 109380 | 1.9 | 577 | -12987 | 719 | 1225 | 111324 | |
| Indiana | 4915 | 172 | -175 | 19 | 57 |             | 43613 | 1.6 | 721 | -1529 | 357 | 552 | 44522 | |
| Iowa | 2332 | 458 | 496 | 6 | 6 |             | 16447 | 1.2 | -1099 | -2326 | 56 | 232 | 16735 | |
| Kansas | 1961 | 217 | 69 | 2 | 9 |             | 17942 | 1.4 | 46 | -1737 | 211 | 222 | 18375 | |
| Kentucky | 3126 | -2620 | 87 | 16 | 17 |             | 27057 | 1.6 | 2249 | -770 | 385 | 473 | 27915 | |
| Louisiana | 73702 | 15568 | 71155 | 79 | 36 |             | 82524 | 4.5 | 43893 | 49093 | 156 | 368 | 83048 | |
| Maine | 881 | 136 | -3 | 2 | 3 |             | 6999 | 1.2 | 122 | -386 | 39 | 73 | 7111 | |
| Maryland | 3203 | 334 | -268 | 26 | 29 |             | 30635 | 1.3 | -1525 | -3390 | 566 | 355 | 31556 | |
| Massachusetts | 5672 | 98 | -303 | 63 | 37 |             | 66770 | 2.2 | -3309 | -9019 | 984 | 515 | 68269 | |
| Michigan | 9203 | -429 | 491 | 21 | 63 |             | 106200 | 2.5 | -6521 | 1698 | 321 | 808 | 107329 | |
| Minnesota | 3708 | -137 | 291 | 7 | 28 |             | 31499 | 1.2 | -1661 | 20 | 146 | 310 | 31955 | |
| Mississippi | 17493 | 10711 | 15149 | 40 | 19 |             | 25294 | 2.3 | 8636 | 5184 | 98 | 239 | 25631 | |
| Missouri | 5454 | 286 | 40 | 96 | 31 |             | 42166 | 1.6 | 1407 | -8372 | 681 | 324 | 43171 | |
| Montana | 620 | 42 | -101 | 7 | 12 |             | 4731 | 1.2 | 212 | -186 | 58 | 86 | 4875 | |
| Nebraska | 1151 | -55 | 66 | 0 | 1 |             | 10077 | 1.2 | 932 | -1187 | 47 | 65 | 10189 | |
| Nevada | 2230 | -1 | -347 | 3 | 13 |             | 16432 | 1.5 | -226 | -2641 | 83 | 162 | 16677 | |
| New Hampshire | 642 | -19 | -43 | 5 | 2 |             | 4813 | 0.8 | -286 | -596 | 24 | 27 | 4864 | |
| New Jersey | 7925 | 1302 | -1156 | 18 | 44 |             | 103739 | 2.7 | -7636 | -6405 | 344 | 630 | 104713 | |
| New Mexico | 914 | 127 | -26 | 7 | 1 |             | 9848 | 1.3 | -67 | -1510 | 142 | 163 | 10153 | |
| New York | 16581 | 250 | -1869 | 26 | 120 |             | 166343 | 2.0 | -14329 | -16244 | 659 | 1569 | 168571 | |
| North Carolina | 11077 | 856 | -4722 | 19 | 74 |             | 73084 | 2.0 | 1959 | -2386 | 296 | 1592 | 74972 | |
| North Dakota | 264 | -38 | 25 | 2 | 1 |             | 1605 | 0.5 | -13 | -17 | 20 | 32 | 1657 | |
| Ohio | 8975 | 508 | -363 | 15 | 71 |             | 79804 | 1.5 | -88 | -2758 | 353 | 1090 | 81247 | |
| Oklahoma | 1713 | -58 | -93 | 6 | 34 |             | 14857 | 1.1 | -86 | -3550 | 97 | 252 | 15206 | |
| Oregon | 4445 | -211 | -841 | 18 | 44 |             | 37501 | 2.4 | -1317 | -2439 | 193 | 458 | 38152 | |
| Pennsylvania | 14894 | -468 | -1110 | 153 | 116 |             | 141152 | 2.6 | -2699 | -9108 | 1256 | 1758 | 144166 | |
| Puerto Rico | 3522 | 329 | 2335 | 0 | 13 |             | 54700 | 5.3 | 19395 | 21378 | 263 | 365 | 55328 | |
| Rhode Island | 864 | -192 | -96 | 4 | 3 |             | 9308 | 2.0 | -915 | -1253 | 24 | 72 | 9404 | |
| South Carolina | 6198 | 1610 | 82 | 6 | 29 |             | 36506 | 2.1 | 1860 | -1044 | 137 | 495 | 37138 | |
| South Dakota | 242 | 5 | -35 | 6 | 5 |             | 1515 | 0.4 | 4 | -393 | 48 | 15 | 1578 | |
| Tennessee | 4658 | -1250 | -309 | 45 | 32 |             | 38083 | 1.5 | 412 | -2810 | 354 | 478 | 38915 | |
| Texas | 11364 | -11442 | -3913 | 20 | 183 |             | 120207 | 1.3 | 13895 | -25717 | 1096 | 2336 | 123639 | |
| Utah | 897 | 48 | -204 | 58 | 6 |             | 8087 | 0.8 | 19 | -2015 | 237 | 123 | 8447 | |
| Vermont | 503 | -66 | 62 | 1 | 6 |             | 3823 | 1.3 | 75 | -82 | 28 | 21 | 3872 | |
| Virgin Islands | 104 | 24 | 50 | 0 | 0 |             | 542 | 1.3 | 62 | 160 | 2 | 2 | 546 | |
| Virginia | 5116 | 311 | 675 | 15 | 99 |             | 28073 | 0.8 | 848 | -3217 | 347 | 968 | 29388 | |
| Washington | 7538 | 1060 | -389 | 44 | 91 |             | 45950 | 1.7 | -359 | -12223 | 365 | 1409 | 47724 | |
| West Virginia | 1038 | 99 | 9 | 2 | 18 |             | 12147 | 1.8 | 693 | 160 | 56 | 254 | 12457 | |
| Wisconsin | 7386 | -17 | -405 | 12 | 21 |             | 51584 | 1.9 | -2729 | -2162 | 130 | 319 | 52033 | |
| Wyoming | 252 | 20 | -74 | 0 | 2 |             | 1677 | 0.7 | 92 | -513 | 14 | 36 | 1727 | |
| Totals | 345839 | 23514 | 69993 | 1357 | 2149 |             | 2312056 | 1.8 | 95350 | -163549 | 16077 | 28822 | 2356955 | |
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.