| STATE NAME |
Initial Claims Filed During Week Ended November 12, 2005 |
Insured Unemployment For Week Ended November 5, 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 | 3144 | -1291 | -467 | 12 | 18 |             | 24208 | 1.3 | -1601 | -3357 | 101 | 300 | 24609 | |
| Alaska | 2059 | -199 | 130 | 14 | 4 |             | 10925 | 3.9 | -774 | -1175 | 146 | 61 | 11132 | |
| Arizona | 2725 | -533 | -1101 | 32 | 11 |             | 23379 | 1.0 | -1652 | -8707 | 252 | 227 | 23858 | |
| Arkansas | 2581 | -846 | -608 | 10 | 10 |             | 25401 | 2.3 | -674 | -1180 | 143 | 493 | 26037 | |
| California | 35798 | -3781 | -10379 | 264 | 189 |             | 272098 | 1.8 | -30039 | -80889 | 2160 | 2779 | 277037 | |
| Colorado | 2296 | -401 | -354 | 30 | 27 |             | 21135 | 1.0 | -1401 | -4652 | 173 | 371 | 21679 | |
| Connecticut | 2534 | -913 | -496 | 6 | 15 |             | 32075 | 2.0 | -535 | -2657 | 81 | 176 | 32332 | |
| Delaware | 715 | -129 | -133 | 1 | 5 |             | 6271 | 1.5 | -278 | -1049 | 22 | 47 | 6340 | |
| District of Columbia | 233 | -63 | -30 | 6 | 4 |             | 3932 | 0.8 | -162 | -452 | 150 | 32 | 4114 | |
| Florida | 14540 | 6033 | 5184 | 58 | 106 |             | 84888 | 1.1 | -2539 | -23466 | 451 | 1283 | 86622 | |
| Georgia | 8058 | 688 | 945 | 87 | 56 |             | 54260 | 1.4 | -416 | 3981 | 575 | 1014 | 55849 | |
| Hawaii | 826 | -157 | -249 | 6 | 16 |             | 5277 | 0.9 | -395 | -1754 | 96 | 273 | 5646 | |
| Idaho | 1819 | -582 | -443 | 54 | 15 |             | 9348 | 1.6 | 1529 | -2065 | 156 | 69 | 9573 | |
| Illinois | 10846 | -3209 | -2244 | 39 | 60 |             | 107120 | 1.9 | -517 | -16676 | 709 | 1054 | 108883 | |
| Indiana | 5349 | -1020 | -965 | 17 | 36 |             | 41636 | 1.5 | 116 | -5716 | 300 | 576 | 42512 | |
| Iowa | 2371 | -398 | -183 | 6 | 12 |             | 16977 | 1.2 | -508 | -1996 | 56 | 209 | 17242 | |
| Kansas | 1790 | -656 | -469 | 1 | 2 |             | 17170 | 1.3 | 80 | -2555 | 157 | 215 | 17542 | |
| Kentucky | 5728 | -2573 | 2174 | 5 | 19 |             | 27120 | 1.6 | 3765 | 2031 | 367 | 402 | 27889 | |
| Louisiana | 9711 | -17624 | 6491 | 10 | 25 |             | 199821 | 10.9 | -1219 | 169848 | 201 | 343 | 200365 | |
| Maine | 1407 | -83 | 36 | 5 | 5 |             | 7540 | 1.3 | 547 | 156 | 37 | 81 | 7658 | |
| Maryland | 3056 | -661 | -652 | 33 | 36 |             | 30779 | 1.3 | 1482 | -3611 | 497 | 367 | 31643 | |
| Massachusetts | 5635 | -1793 | -1489 | 147 | 20 |             | 62933 | 2.0 | -696 | -8403 | 742 | 490 | 64165 | |
| Michigan | 18132 | -1294 | 879 | 22 | 37 |             | 106141 | 2.5 | -1235 | -3059 | 390 | 772 | 107303 | |
| Minnesota | 4993 | -695 | -698 | 11 | 15 |             | 30439 | 1.2 | -1052 | -841 | 163 | 334 | 30936 | |
| Mississippi | 3072 | -1392 | 768 | 24 | 12 |             | 48043 | 4.4 | -5318 | 29574 | 262 | 205 | 48510 | |
| Missouri | 5300 | -2014 | -1736 | 58 | 38 |             | 39524 | 1.5 | -788 | -8795 | 598 | 321 | 40443 | |
| Montana | 1202 | -105 | 191 | 53 | 14 |             | 5160 | 1.3 | -434 | -900 | 160 | 91 | 5411 | |
| Nebraska | 1133 | -131 | -120 | 2 | 1 |             | 9016 | 1.0 | -745 | -1755 | 43 | 63 | 9122 | |
| Nevada | 2050 | -457 | -885 | 10 | 12 |             | 15728 | 1.4 | -258 | -3120 | 118 | 177 | 16023 | |
| New Hampshire | 635 | -303 | -194 | 1 | 2 |             | 4568 | 0.8 | -495 | -839 | 33 | 25 | 4626 | |
| New Jersey | 9130 | -629 | -1162 | 12 | 19 |             | 90650 | 2.4 | -3535 | -9508 | 369 | 646 | 91665 | |
| New Mexico | 955 | -58 | -250 | 12 | 2 |             | 9501 | 1.3 | -182 | -1844 | 214 | 177 | 9892 | |
| New York | 16533 | -3000 | -2551 | 15 | 102 |             | 155310 | 1.9 | -6406 | -12853 | 701 | 1690 | 157701 | |
| North Carolina | 9586 | -1154 | -1878 | 29 | 61 |             | 70931 | 1.9 | -994 | 1450 | 325 | 1508 | 72764 | |
| North Dakota | 422 | -38 | -145 | 2 | 0 |             | 1682 | 0.5 | 47 | -321 | 29 | 28 | 1739 | |
| Ohio | 10025 | -2336 | -1779 | 21 | 43 |             | 78396 | 1.5 | 1255 | -2150 | 370 | 927 | 79693 | |
| Oklahoma | 1382 | -304 | -690 | 7 | 14 |             | 14535 | 1.0 | -639 | -1301 | 106 | 240 | 14881 | |
| Oregon | 5525 | -1809 | -714 | 82 | 29 |             | 39891 | 2.5 | 1501 | -3381 | 412 | 486 | 40789 | |
| Pennsylvania | 16443 | -3293 | -3091 | 263 | 132 |             | 133900 | 2.5 | -411 | -6790 | 1162 | 1608 | 136670 | |
| Puerto Rico | 2314 | -824 | -244 | 3 | 6 |             | 41458 | 4.0 | -1075 | 10083 | 166 | 242 | 41866 | |
| Rhode Island | 1040 | -163 | -163 | 6 | 3 |             | 9060 | 1.9 | -58 | -917 | 37 | 68 | 9165 | |
| South Carolina | 4835 | -791 | -10 | 8 | 23 |             | 35691 | 2.0 | 75 | -1948 | 117 | 491 | 36299 | |
| South Dakota | 355 | -25 | 4 | 11 | 5 |             | 1602 | 0.4 | 50 | -558 | 52 | 16 | 1670 | |
| Tennessee | 5023 | 62 | -487 | 66 | 41 |             | 38977 | 1.5 | 1140 | -180 | 387 | 473 | 39837 | |
| Texas | 14175 | -1294 | -4490 | 76 | 213 |             | 138383 | 1.5 | -2270 | 7007 | 929 | 2026 | 141338 | |
| Utah | 1068 | -318 | -528 | 33 | 13 |             | 8082 | 0.8 | 8 | -2901 | 399 | 118 | 8599 | |
| Vermont | 721 | -170 | -242 | 2 | 1 |             | 4734 | 1.6 | 267 | -68 | 33 | 19 | 4786 | |
| Virgin Islands | 30 | 2 | -6 | 0 | 0 |             | 472 | 1.1 | -72 | -96 | 2 | 2 | 476 | |
| Virginia | 3427 | -828 | -1270 | 12 | 64 |             | 25282 | 0.8 | -1424 | -3344 | 383 | 951 | 26616 | |
| Washington | 8671 | -2819 | -1627 | 85 | 80 |             | 54791 | 2.1 | 5653 | -9048 | 522 | 1286 | 56599 | |
| West Virginia | 1360 | 51 | 141 | 2 | 12 |             | 11909 | 1.8 | 114 | 851 | 58 | 207 | 12174 | |
| Wisconsin | 10256 | -690 | -119 | 19 | 31 |             | 54027 | 2.0 | 882 | -2061 | 140 | 293 | 54460 | |
| Wyoming | 371 | -96 | -118 | 12 | 2 |             | 2017 | 0.8 | 4 | -520 | 28 | 29 | 2074 | |
| Totals | 283385 | -57106 | -28516 | 1802 | 1718 |             | 2364193 | 1.8 | -52282 | -24477 | 16280 | 26381 | 2406854 | |
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.