| STATE NAME |
Initial Claims Filed During Week Ended October 1, 2005 |
Insured Unemployment For Week Ended September 24, 2005 |
||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| INITIAL CLAIMS | INSURED UNEMPLOYMENT | |||||||||||||
| STATE | CHANGE FROM |
UCFE (1) |
UCX (1) |
STATE |
(%) (2) |
CHANGE FROM |
UCFE (1) |
UCX (1) |
ALL PROGRAMS EXCLUDING RAILROAD RETIREMENT |
|||||
| LAST WEEK | YEAR AGO | LAST WEEK | YEAR AGO | |||||||||||
| Alabama | 3936 | -4 | -4459 | 15 | 33 | 28107 | 1.6 | 116 | -3518 | 117 | 343 | 28567 | ||
| Alaska | 2156 | 267 | -63 | 10 | 2 | 8397 | 3.0 | 520 | -856 | 93 | 53 | 8543 | ||
| Arizona | 2804 | -96 | -748 | 14 | 8 | 28145 | 1.2 | 713 | -6790 | 185 | 264 | 28594 | ||
| Arkansas | 3343 | 940 | 890 | 8 | 31 | 23704 | 2.1 | 86 | 468 | 126 | 737 | 24567 | ||
| California | 34561 | 117 | -8548 | 192 | 205 | 293932 | 2.0 | -1559 | -53776 | 2456 | 3266 | 299654 | ||
| Colorado | 2638 | 170 | -42 | 24 | 19 | 21313 | 1.0 | 1211 | -4216 | 150 | 381 | 21844 | ||
| Connecticut | 2607 | 55 | -103 | 4 | 19 | 32036 | 2.0 | -309 | -2619 | 71 | 204 | 32311 | ||
| Delaware | 596 | 16 | -10 | 2 | 3 | 6089 | 1.5 | -70 | -1050 | 26 | 62 | 6177 | ||
| District of Columbia | 263 | -32 | 61 | 3 | 2 | 4169 | 0.9 | -61 | -691 | 168 | 47 | 4384 | ||
| Florida | 8359 | 341 | -10876 | 48 | 147 | 97185 | 1.3 | 8032 | -27960 | 508 | 1463 | 99156 | ||
| Georgia | 6139 | -993 | -1011 | 51 | 75 | 54614 | 1.5 | 2102 | 2174 | 548 | 1056 | 56218 | ||
| Hawaii | 763 | -116 | -311 | 9 | 27 | 5512 | 1.0 | -198 | -1836 | 106 | 241 | 5859 | ||
| Idaho | 912 | -132 | -246 | 6 | 1 | 7336 | 1.3 | -108 | -1533 | 57 | 75 | 7468 | ||
| Illinois | 10711 | 579 | -2509 | 42 | 70 | 108027 | 1.9 | 904 | -10289 | 695 | 1171 | 109893 | ||
| Indiana | 5689 | 719 | 75 | 27 | 58 | 42420 | 1.5 | -242 | -2786 | 290 | 542 | 43252 | ||
| Iowa | 2547 | 181 | 607 | 4 | 14 | 16668 | 1.2 | 146 | -1262 | 53 | 236 | 16957 | ||
| Kansas | 1958 | 146 | 111 | 1 | 7 | 17506 | 1.4 | -38 | -1166 | 140 | 226 | 17872 | ||
| Kentucky | 4338 | 1362 | 1096 | 40 | 18 | 23917 | 1.4 | -216 | -2551 | 400 | 473 | 24790 | ||
| Louisiana | 48110 | 8580 | 45114 | 9 | 27 | 203962 | 11.1 | 20800 | 171826 | 137 | 343 | 204442 | ||
| Maine | 999 | 190 | 105 | 1 | 2 | 6873 | 1.2 | 169 | 82 | 35 | 83 | 6991 | ||
| Maryland | 2680 | -326 | -494 | 27 | 31 | 29173 | 1.3 | -727 | -3253 | 516 | 386 | 30075 | ||
| Massachusetts | 5390 | 79 | -282 | 33 | 43 | 62230 | 2.0 | -1375 | -8670 | 906 | 506 | 63642 | ||
| Michigan | 8827 | -2966 | -56 | 20 | 55 | 104934 | 2.5 | 3058 | 2247 | 302 | 790 | 106026 | ||
| Minnesota | 4674 | 1275 | 1196 | 9 | 27 | 29845 | 1.2 | -1900 | 256 | 133 | 307 | 30285 | ||
| Mississippi | 13861 | -7354 | 11609 | 44 | 17 | 64473 | 6.0 | 9531 | 45949 | 186 | 228 | 64887 | ||
| Missouri | 5116 | 88 | -520 | 45 | 27 | 41603 | 1.6 | 1004 | -5745 | 693 | 295 | 42591 | ||
| Montana | 711 | 168 | 78 | 14 | 10 | 4199 | 1.1 | -18 | -654 | 57 | 101 | 4357 | ||
| Nebraska | 948 | -587 | -435 | 0 | 3 | 9856 | 1.1 | 471 | -669 | 44 | 61 | 9961 | ||
| Nevada | 2042 | -264 | -54 | 5 | 4 | 16068 | 1.4 | -84 | -2085 | 77 | 176 | 16321 | ||
| New Hampshire | 538 | 7 | -87 | 1 | 3 | 4407 | 0.7 | -77 | -625 | 36 | 24 | 4467 | ||
| New Jersey | 8636 | 670 | 186 | 25 | 38 | 92642 | 2.4 | -3788 | -8225 | 340 | 646 | 93628 | ||
| New Mexico | 840 | -69 | -124 | 8 | 6 | 9761 | 1.3 | -61 | -1253 | 143 | 164 | 10068 | ||
| New York | 14620 | -343 | -906 | 29 | 109 | 153525 | 1.9 | -45 | -8465 | 690 | 1529 | 155744 | ||
| North Carolina | 8838 | -310 | -1632 | 22 | 67 | 70090 | 1.9 | -1 | 1714 | 288 | 1580 | 71958 | ||
| North Dakota | 252 | 57 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 1308 | 0.4 | -245 | -247 | 17 | 33 | 1358 | ||
| Ohio | 8926 | 284 | -1335 | 32 | 77 | 76015 | 1.5 | -1155 | -3691 | 367 | 1039 | 77421 | ||
| Oklahoma | 2195 | 546 | 425 | 8 | 31 | 15145 | 1.1 | 401 | -2354 | 96 | 254 | 15495 | ||
| Oregon | 4360 | 63 | -717 | 17 | 49 | 35805 | 2.3 | -386 | -2530 | 179 | 485 | 36469 | ||
| Pennsylvania | 14308 | 614 | -1853 | 115 | 104 | 128984 | 2.4 | -1159 | -10593 | 1185 | 1756 | 131925 | ||
| Puerto Rico | 2892 | -228 | -1248 | 0 | 8 | 53642 | 5.2 | -245 | 10903 | 234 | 344 | 54220 | ||
| Rhode Island | 877 | -67 | -288 | 3 | 5 | 8973 | 1.9 | 39 | -889 | 21 | 71 | 9065 | ||
| South Carolina | 4530 | -352 | 325 | 4 | 34 | 34929 | 2.0 | -611 | -607 | 120 | 491 | 35540 | ||
| South Dakota | 216 | -21 | -95 | 4 | 2 | 1445 | 0.4 | -32 | -372 | 49 | 15 | 1509 | ||
| Tennessee | 4506 | 512 | 215 | 16 | 26 | 38496 | 1.5 | 1040 | -27 | 363 | 498 | 39357 | ||
| Texas | 29041 | 17931 | 13860 | 61 | 203 | 138357 | 1.5 | 15352 | -2067 | 1047 | 2179 | 141583 | ||
| Utah | 850 | -44 | -330 | 56 | 12 | 7804 | 0.8 | -23 | -1900 | 371 | 119 | 8294 | ||
| Vermont | 474 | 88 | 71 | 2 | 2 | 3579 | 1.2 | -49 | -117 | 29 | 26 | 3634 | ||
| Virgin Islands | 70 | -21 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 608 | 1.4 | 42 | 174 | 6 | 6 | 620 | ||
| Virginia | 3426 | -108 | -1342 | 10 | 94 | 25827 | 0.8 | -1486 | -2793 | 358 | 988 | 27173 | ||
| Washington | 7045 | -15 | -584 | 49 | 92 | 43900 | 1.7 | -465 | -12513 | 344 | 1333 | 45577 | ||
| West Virginia | 861 | -455 | -384 | 0 | 17 | 11777 | 1.8 | 1257 | 1039 | 55 | 237 | 12069 | ||
| Wisconsin | 7525 | 369 | -158 | 7 | 14 | 48598 | 1.8 | -582 | -1543 | 115 | 294 | 49007 | ||
| Wyoming | 214 | -55 | -75 | 0 | 4 | 1623 | 0.7 | 73 | -561 | 14 | 35 | 1672 | ||
| Totals | 313718 | 21456 | 34127 | 1176 | 1982 | 2399533 | 1.9 | 49752 | 31485 | 15742 | 28262 | 2443537 | ||
Figures Appearing In Cols. Showing Over- The-Week Changes Reflect All Revisions In Data For Prior Week Submitted By State Agencies
-----------------------------------------------------------------
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.