| STATE NAME |
Initial Claims Filed During Week Ended September 24, 2005 |
Insured Unemployment For Week Ended September 17, 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 | 3940 | -2359 | -5402 | 21 | 26 | 27991 | 1.6 | -2502 | -2224 | 115 | 363 | 28469 | ||
| Alaska | 1889 | 54 | -230 | 26 | 9 | 7877 | 2.8 | 5 | -743 | 125 | 84 | 8086 | ||
| Arizona | 3480 | -309 | 96 | 12 | 16 | 27426 | 1.2 | -2219 | -8221 | 187 | 276 | 27889 | ||
| Arkansas | 2403 | -873 | 64 | 24 | 28 | 23618 | 2.1 | -327 | 23 | 128 | 734 | 24480 | ||
| California | 34444 | -2127 | -4600 | 140 | 270 | 295491 | 2.0 | -13313 | -58126 | 2390 | 3119 | 301000 | ||
| Colorado | 2468 | -648 | 291 | 7 | 15 | 20102 | 1.0 | -1206 | -4776 | 194 | 430 | 20726 | ||
| Connecticut | 2552 | -287 | -193 | 8 | 16 | 32345 | 2.0 | -1219 | -2739 | 61 | 216 | 32622 | ||
| Delaware | 580 | -31 | -82 | 0 | 2 | 6159 | 1.5 | -301 | -2216 | 31 | 63 | 6253 | ||
| District of Columbia | 295 | -41 | 47 | 10 | 4 | 4230 | 0.9 | -93 | -558 | 157 | 64 | 4451 | ||
| Florida | 8018 | -3255 | -11702 | 41 | 108 | 89153 | 1.2 | -4568 | -29522 | 505 | 1313 | 90971 | ||
| Georgia | 7132 | -2797 | -2093 | 49 | 72 | 52512 | 1.4 | -2832 | -1832 | 590 | 1072 | 54174 | ||
| Hawaii | 879 | -66 | -121 | 13 | 30 | 5710 | 1.0 | -29 | -1166 | 102 | 265 | 6077 | ||
| Idaho | 1044 | -66 | -306 | 8 | 4 | 7444 | 1.3 | -661 | -1824 | 55 | 86 | 7585 | ||
| Illinois | 10132 | -1215 | -1067 | 41 | 85 | 107123 | 1.9 | -2257 | -12858 | 685 | 1195 | 109003 | ||
| Indiana | 4970 | 55 | -2284 | 18 | 50 | 42662 | 1.5 | -951 | -973 | 322 | 535 | 43519 | ||
| Iowa | 2366 | 34 | 287 | 6 | 14 | 16522 | 1.2 | 75 | -1437 | 55 | 252 | 16829 | ||
| Kansas | 1812 | -149 | -116 | 0 | 6 | 17544 | 1.4 | -398 | -1365 | 150 | 254 | 17948 | ||
| Kentucky | 2976 | -150 | -797 | 8 | 12 | 24133 | 1.4 | -2924 | -1731 | 291 | 501 | 24925 | ||
| Louisiana | 39530 | -34172 | 36297 | 42 | 29 | 183162 | 10.0 | 100638 | 150099 | 127 | 356 | 183645 | ||
| Maine | 809 | -72 | 18 | 0 | 6 | 6704 | 1.1 | -295 | -350 | 40 | 74 | 6818 | ||
| Maryland | 3006 | -197 | -128 | 39 | 34 | 29900 | 1.3 | -735 | -3928 | 401 | 369 | 30670 | ||
| Massachusetts | 5311 | -361 | -805 | 42 | 36 | 63605 | 2.1 | -3165 | -7996 | 961 | 483 | 65049 | ||
| Michigan | 11793 | 2590 | 285 | 23 | 45 | 101876 | 2.4 | -4324 | -157 | 353 | 851 | 103080 | ||
| Minnesota | 3399 | -309 | -123 | 18 | 25 | 31745 | 1.2 | 246 | 1896 | 128 | 277 | 32150 | ||
| Mississippi | 21198 | 3705 | 18445 | 52 | 20 | 54892 | 5.1 | 29598 | 35320 | 133 | 252 | 55277 | ||
| Missouri | 5028 | -426 | -227 | 101 | 28 | 40599 | 1.6 | -1567 | -8013 | 627 | 270 | 41496 | ||
| Montana | 543 | -77 | -154 | 12 | 10 | 4217 | 1.1 | -514 | -272 | 63 | 106 | 4386 | ||
| Nebraska | 1535 | 384 | 357 | 0 | 1 | 9385 | 1.1 | -692 | -1504 | 36 | 60 | 9481 | ||
| Nevada | 2306 | 76 | 224 | 3 | 4 | 16152 | 1.4 | -280 | -2829 | 74 | 154 | 16380 | ||
| New Hampshire | 531 | -111 | -76 | 3 | 1 | 4484 | 0.7 | -329 | -727 | 21 | 24 | 4529 | ||
| New Jersey | 7966 | 41 | -241 | 15 | 29 | 96430 | 2.5 | -7309 | -5893 | 339 | 602 | 97371 | ||
| New Mexico | 909 | -5 | -57 | 10 | 0 | 9822 | 1.3 | -26 | -1463 | 144 | 152 | 10118 | ||
| New York | 14963 | -1618 | -1810 | 59 | 117 | 153570 | 1.9 | -12773 | -13670 | 707 | 1579 | 155856 | ||
| North Carolina | 9148 | -1929 | -1427 | 17 | 73 | 70091 | 1.9 | -2993 | 320 | 301 | 1589 | 71981 | ||
| North Dakota | 195 | -69 | -184 | 0 | 0 | 1553 | 0.5 | -52 | 96 | 22 | 32 | 1607 | ||
| Ohio | 8642 | -333 | -1351 | 32 | 67 | 77170 | 1.5 | -2634 | -2760 | 338 | 1022 | 78530 | ||
| Oklahoma | 1649 | -64 | -119 | 12 | 38 | 14744 | 1.1 | -113 | -2915 | 96 | 242 | 15082 | ||
| Oregon | 4297 | -148 | -682 | 27 | 51 | 36191 | 2.3 | -1310 | -3058 | 186 | 428 | 36805 | ||
| Pennsylvania | 13694 | -1200 | -2400 | 114 | 117 | 130143 | 2.4 | -11009 | -12660 | 1357 | 1635 | 133135 | ||
| Puerto Rico | 3120 | -402 | -2372 | 0 | 6 | 53887 | 5.2 | -813 | 1853 | 235 | 350 | 54472 | ||
| Rhode Island | 944 | 80 | -12 | 4 | 3 | 8934 | 1.9 | -374 | -920 | 33 | 73 | 9040 | ||
| South Carolina | 4882 | -1316 | 335 | 6 | 33 | 35540 | 2.0 | -966 | -208 | 129 | 484 | 36153 | ||
| South Dakota | 237 | -5 | -53 | 4 | 3 | 1477 | 0.4 | -38 | -381 | 44 | 20 | 1541 | ||
| Tennessee | 3994 | -664 | -385 | 41 | 41 | 37456 | 1.4 | -627 | -1807 | 364 | 476 | 38296 | ||
| Texas | 11110 | -254 | -3336 | 36 | 223 | 123005 | 1.3 | 2798 | -12986 | 1041 | 2378 | 126424 | ||
| Utah | 894 | -3 | -153 | 97 | 8 | 7827 | 0.8 | -260 | -1990 | 251 | 110 | 8188 | ||
| Vermont | 386 | -117 | -33 | 0 | 5 | 3628 | 1.2 | -195 | -80 | 32 | 24 | 3684 | ||
| Virgin Islands | 91 | -13 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 566 | 1.3 | 24 | 110 | 0 | 10 | 576 | ||
| Virginia | 3534 | -1582 | -1096 | 13 | 75 | 27313 | 0.8 | -760 | -2546 | 390 | 977 | 28680 | ||
| Washington | 7060 | -478 | -375 | 54 | 89 | 44365 | 1.7 | -1585 | -13199 | 335 | 1368 | 46068 | ||
| West Virginia | 1316 | 278 | 178 | 1 | 20 | 10520 | 1.6 | -1627 | -386 | 60 | 292 | 10872 | ||
| Wisconsin | 7156 | -230 | -177 | 6 | 23 | 49180 | 1.8 | -2404 | -2193 | 121 | 291 | 49592 | ||
| Wyoming | 269 | 17 | -58 | 0 | 2 | 1550 | 0.6 | -127 | -618 | 24 | 41 | 1615 | ||
| Totals | 292825 | -53214 | 10096 | 1315 | 2029 | 2349725 | 1.8 | 37688 | -48103 | 15656 | 28273 | 2393654 | ||
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.