| STATE NAME |
Initial Claims Filed During Week Ended December 3, 2005 |
Insured Unemployment For Week Ended November 26, 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 | 5820 | 3324 | -1869 | 27 | 47 | 28378 | 1.6 | 5086 | -3751 | 123 | 333 | 28834 | ||
| Alaska | 2093 | 535 | -11 | 17 | 2 | 15264 | 5.4 | 3207 | -961 | 254 | 78 | 15596 | ||
| Arizona | 2901 | 923 | -1096 | 42 | 15 | 23811 | 1.0 | 2028 | -8044 | 291 | 232 | 24334 | ||
| Arkansas | 4185 | -617 | -2865 | 8 | 15 | 29640 | 2.7 | 3898 | -2619 | 122 | 460 | 30222 | ||
| California | 53024 | 23001 | 1666 | 453 | 204 | 385442 | 2.6 | 163883 | -65314 | 4038 | 4126 | 393606 | ||
| Colorado | 2927 | 453 | -1124 | 55 | 33 | 24190 | 1.2 | 1628 | -4164 | 308 | 372 | 24870 | ||
| Connecticut | 4614 | 1654 | -785 | 5 | 15 | 35748 | 2.2 | 2742 | -2470 | 76 | 201 | 36025 | ||
| Delaware | 2354 | 1476 | 1183 | 3 | 13 | 7814 | 1.9 | 1346 | -695 | 31 | 69 | 7914 | ||
| District of Columbia | 310 | 84 | -54 | 5 | 0 | 4235 | 0.9 | 297 | -552 | 166 | 60 | 4461 | ||
| Florida | 10668 | 4021 | -327 | 53 | 147 | 98930 | 1.3 | 17528 | -18385 | 514 | 1515 | 100959 | ||
| Georgia | 13285 | 8161 | -3602 | 69 | 72 | 59566 | 1.6 | 8341 | -1507 | 774 | 1173 | 61513 | ||
| Hawaii | 1297 | 534 | -7 | 12 | 25 | 6418 | 1.2 | 1233 | -644 | 118 | 280 | 6816 | ||
| Idaho | 3430 | 650 | -491 | 106 | 86 | 12410 | 2.1 | 1796 | -3858 | 303 | 146 | 12859 | ||
| Illinois | 20680 | 8368 | -4444 | 40 | 69 | 132802 | 2.4 | 32176 | -15715 | 811 | 1348 | 134961 | ||
| Indiana | 10550 | 4328 | 1107 | 44 | 78 | 49435 | 1.8 | 8710 | -7493 | 322 | 687 | 50444 | ||
| Iowa | 6026 | 2858 | 1122 | 8 | 21 | 21729 | 1.5 | 2574 | -715 | 74 | 280 | 22083 | ||
| Kansas | 3435 | 1313 | -794 | 5 | 12 | 19061 | 1.5 | 1930 | -3334 | 235 | 226 | 19522 | ||
| Kentucky | 5189 | -983 | -49 | 10 | 15 | 28130 | 1.7 | 3986 | -3397 | 338 | 487 | 28955 | ||
| Louisiana | 6459 | -759 | 2211 | 4 | 28 | 71565 | 3.9 | -111284 | 39617 | 185 | 313 | 72063 | ||
| Maine | 1919 | 578 | -182 | 4 | 2 | 9386 | 1.6 | 1436 | -699 | 38 | 77 | 9501 | ||
| Maryland | 4976 | 1435 | -484 | 27 | 37 | 32349 | 1.4 | 1245 | -4407 | 419 | 377 | 33145 | ||
| Massachusetts | 8992 | 1125 | -891 | 34 | 64 | 72314 | 2.3 | 6939 | -9285 | 951 | 517 | 73782 | ||
| Michigan | 22584 | 7333 | 1192 | 48 | 59 | 143648 | 3.4 | 33571 | 6459 | 458 | 816 | 144922 | ||
| Minnesota | 11687 | 4788 | 1058 | 39 | 38 | 46725 | 1.8 | 13059 | 1141 | 213 | 341 | 47279 | ||
| Mississippi | 4800 | 1976 | 246 | 22 | 21 | 48739 | 4.5 | 5133 | 26883 | 196 | 209 | 49144 | ||
| Missouri | 8772 | 3152 | -2876 | 61 | 45 | 44779 | 1.7 | 1822 | -14106 | 797 | 366 | 45942 | ||
| Montana | 2055 | 681 | 385 | 96 | 55 | 8515 | 2.2 | 2275 | -708 | 509 | 165 | 9189 | ||
| Nebraska | 3348 | 2022 | 920 | 0 | 6 | 10997 | 1.3 | 1126 | -1494 | 51 | 68 | 11116 | ||
| Nevada | 3275 | 1055 | -1013 | 14 | 6 | 18562 | 1.6 | 3471 | -3426 | 163 | 154 | 18879 | ||
| New Hampshire | 1184 | 304 | 16 | 2 | 3 | 5976 | 1.0 | 1008 | -805 | 25 | 28 | 6029 | ||
| New Jersey | 12305 | 4599 | -1582 | 50 | 77 | 104124 | 2.7 | 12381 | -7145 | 359 | 692 | 105175 | ||
| New Mexico | 1240 | 418 | -197 | 26 | 4 | 10476 | 1.4 | 1000 | -2031 | 242 | 176 | 10894 | ||
| New York | 29020 | 11211 | -2615 | 70 | 134 | 186654 | 2.3 | 20934 | -8857 | 759 | 1825 | 189238 | ||
| North Carolina | 29754 | 21785 | 1050 | 23 | 70 | 93984 | 2.5 | 23498 | 4286 | 358 | 1482 | 95824 | ||
| North Dakota | 1266 | 537 | 115 | 8 | 3 | 3013 | 1.0 | 551 | -401 | 40 | 37 | 3090 | ||
| Ohio | 16118 | 3129 | -1907 | 31 | 78 | 90367 | 1.7 | 10955 | -724 | 417 | 959 | 91743 | ||
| Oklahoma | 1958 | -153 | -1583 | 8 | 27 | 15436 | 1.1 | 957 | -3891 | 90 | 222 | 15748 | ||
| Oregon | 7966 | 1847 | 51 | 162 | 146 | 46041 | 2.9 | 6248 | -4822 | 561 | 558 | 47160 | ||
| Pennsylvania | 34266 | 10915 | -1006 | 138 | 177 | 158189 | 2.9 | 23631 | -8887 | 1742 | 1947 | 161878 | ||
| Puerto Rico | 2778 | 885 | 149 | 13 | 16 | 47302 | 4.6 | 7174 | -1607 | 180 | 255 | 47737 | ||
| Rhode Island | 1477 | 79 | -189 | 2 | 0 | 10245 | 2.2 | 907 | -1527 | 36 | 60 | 10341 | ||
| South Carolina | 10515 | 7049 | -1210 | 9 | 53 | 43927 | 2.5 | 8190 | -888 | 118 | 506 | 44551 | ||
| South Dakota | 1114 | 763 | 330 | 14 | 10 | 2240 | 0.6 | 399 | -604 | 96 | 25 | 2361 | ||
| Tennessee | 7485 | 3598 | -3610 | 41 | 131 | 40679 | 1.6 | 3192 | -4931 | 466 | 480 | 41625 | ||
| Texas | 12806 | -494 | -2486 | 35 | 229 | 138753 | 1.5 | 11951 | -16276 | 1287 | 2381 | 142421 | ||
| Utah | 1597 | 644 | -558 | 106 | 11 | 7791 | 0.7 | -713 | -4656 | 308 | 70 | 8169 | ||
| Vermont | 1036 | -738 | -109 | 1 | 4 | 6963 | 2.4 | 1550 | 469 | 33 | 29 | 7025 | ||
| Virgin Islands | 10 | 0 | -23 | 1 | 0 | 400 | 0.9 | 0 | -204 | 2 | 0 | 402 | ||
| Virginia | 7804 | 4110 | -288 | 19 | 93 | 32202 | 1.0 | 7077 | -3554 | 394 | 994 | 33590 | ||
| Washington | 11708 | 3883 | -1427 | 98 | 139 | 60155 | 2.3 | 4738 | -12731 | 648 | 1275 | 62078 | ||
| West Virginia | 2468 | 1371 | -392 | 5 | 20 | 16057 | 2.4 | 4636 | -217 | 83 | 269 | 16409 | ||
| Wisconsin | 16055 | -5981 | 167 | 30 | 80 | 81471 | 3.0 | 21033 | 116 | 176 | 375 | 82022 | ||
| Wyoming | 789 | 414 | -18 | 18 | 9 | 2914 | 1.2 | 754 | -604 | 75 | 43 | 3032 | ||
| Totals | 444374 | 153644 | -29196 | 2221 | 2744 | 2695941 | 2.1 | 393233 | -184134 | 21373 | 30164 | 2747478 | ||
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.