| STATE NAME |
Initial Claims Filed During Week Ended December 10, 2005 |
Insured Unemployment For Week Ended December 3, 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 | 3893 | -1927 | -1440 | 16 | 23 | 26443 | 1.5 | -1935 | -2527 | 99 | 300 | 26842 | ||
| Alaska | 1888 | -205 | 115 | 21 | 1 | 13002 | 4.6 | -2262 | -1195 | 179 | 62 | 13243 | ||
| Arizona | 3049 | -78 | -971 | 25 | 7 | 22754 | 1.0 | -1043 | -7599 | 304 | 239 | 23297 | ||
| Arkansas | 3795 | -390 | -796 | 13 | 17 | 29196 | 2.6 | -444 | -2689 | 148 | 434 | 29778 | ||
| California | 39246 | -13778 | -8011 | 230 | 227 | 328921 | 2.2 | -56521 | -67480 | 2874 | 3336 | 335131 | ||
| Colorado | 4282 | 1355 | 1396 | 24 | 27 | 24368 | 1.2 | 178 | -3869 | 225 | 393 | 24986 | ||
| Connecticut | 4787 | 173 | 237 | 6 | 15 | 35085 | 2.2 | -663 | -2645 | 79 | 227 | 35391 | ||
| Delaware | 985 | -1369 | 95 | 4 | 5 | 8222 | 2.0 | 408 | 192 | 21 | 61 | 8304 | ||
| District of Columbia | 299 | -11 | -57 | 8 | 2 | 4046 | 0.9 | -189 | -384 | 129 | 33 | 4208 | ||
| Florida | 8861 | -1807 | -416 | 65 | 117 | 81741 | 1.1 | -17189 | -15549 | 459 | 1294 | 83494 | ||
| Georgia | 11358 | -1927 | 1134 | 63 | 68 | 59330 | 1.6 | -236 | 5448 | 750 | 1074 | 61154 | ||
| Hawaii | 959 | -338 | -270 | 13 | 27 | 5555 | 1.0 | -863 | -1452 | 101 | 263 | 5919 | ||
| Idaho | 3088 | -342 | -11 | 56 | 69 | 13361 | 2.3 | 951 | -2866 | 393 | 234 | 13988 | ||
| Illinois | 26004 | 5324 | 6437 | 44 | 70 | 119355 | 2.1 | -13447 | -19131 | 750 | 1046 | 121151 | ||
| Indiana | 11006 | 456 | 2671 | 31 | 90 | 50453 | 1.8 | 1018 | -4884 | 310 | 617 | 51380 | ||
| Iowa | 7296 | 1270 | 3261 | 4 | 22 | 24410 | 1.7 | 2681 | 936 | 63 | 279 | 24752 | ||
| Kansas | 5024 | 1589 | 2235 | 6 | 5 | 18826 | 1.5 | -235 | -2809 | 222 | 202 | 19250 | ||
| Kentucky | 5378 | 189 | 829 | 12 | 6 | 28558 | 1.7 | 428 | 988 | 347 | 444 | 29349 | ||
| Louisiana | 3272 | -3187 | -504 | 14 | 29 | 73141 | 4.0 | 1576 | 41531 | 186 | 365 | 73692 | ||
| Maine | 2101 | 182 | -218 | 3 | 0 | 9684 | 1.7 | 298 | -1196 | 54 | 84 | 9822 | ||
| Maryland | 4251 | -725 | 209 | 22 | 29 | 34218 | 1.5 | 1869 | -3771 | 484 | 370 | 35072 | ||
| Massachusetts | 10881 | 1889 | 1098 | 28 | 35 | 71646 | 2.3 | -668 | -9692 | 898 | 513 | 73057 | ||
| Michigan | 20586 | -1998 | 1997 | 32 | 73 | 124819 | 2.9 | -18829 | 72 | 418 | 762 | 125999 | ||
| Minnesota | 9342 | -2345 | 358 | 15 | 26 | 43260 | 1.7 | -3465 | -365 | 152 | 351 | 43763 | ||
| Mississippi | 2567 | -2233 | -81 | 14 | 25 | 42525 | 3.9 | -6214 | 22616 | 199 | 223 | 42947 | ||
| Missouri | 10921 | 2149 | 2334 | 38 | 28 | 45957 | 1.8 | 1178 | -13891 | 723 | 372 | 47052 | ||
| Montana | 2158 | 103 | 698 | 74 | 24 | 8007 | 2.0 | -508 | -523 | 334 | 144 | 8485 | ||
| Nebraska | 2630 | -718 | 965 | 1 | 0 | 11932 | 1.4 | 935 | -646 | 46 | 65 | 12043 | ||
| Nevada | 2634 | -641 | -608 | 14 | 8 | 17572 | 1.5 | -990 | -4268 | 138 | 148 | 17858 | ||
| New Hampshire | 1036 | -148 | -59 | 0 | 2 | 5800 | 1.0 | -176 | -599 | 27 | 24 | 5851 | ||
| New Jersey | 13916 | 1611 | 1725 | 21 | 57 | 98449 | 2.6 | -5675 | -7204 | 383 | 647 | 99479 | ||
| New Mexico | 1144 | -96 | -304 | 11 | 1 | 10357 | 1.4 | -119 | -1955 | 276 | 184 | 10817 | ||
| New York | 19996 | -9024 | -651 | 80 | 120 | 178801 | 2.2 | -7853 | -5121 | 765 | 1848 | 181414 | ||
| North Carolina | 13668 | -16086 | 888 | 18 | 63 | 80260 | 2.1 | -13724 | 5881 | 341 | 1464 | 82065 | ||
| North Dakota | 1128 | -138 | 25 | 2 | 2 | 3642 | 1.2 | 629 | -202 | 48 | 36 | 3726 | ||
| Ohio | 20230 | 4112 | 4433 | 20 | 68 | 92877 | 1.8 | 2510 | -5029 | 335 | 952 | 94164 | ||
| Oklahoma | 2008 | 50 | -689 | 5 | 29 | 15122 | 1.1 | -314 | -4203 | 86 | 235 | 15443 | ||
| Oregon | 7813 | -153 | 514 | 113 | 137 | 44793 | 2.8 | -1248 | -2690 | 659 | 612 | 46064 | ||
| Pennsylvania | 27145 | -7121 | 2078 | 176 | 159 | 168465 | 3.1 | 10276 | -10837 | 1484 | 1872 | 171821 | ||
| Puerto Rico | 2307 | -471 | 26 | 4 | 10 | 45637 | 4.4 | -1665 | 11072 | 182 | 220 | 46039 | ||
| Rhode Island | 2068 | 591 | 348 | 3 | 5 | 10377 | 2.2 | 132 | -883 | 33 | 62 | 10472 | ||
| South Carolina | 6654 | -3861 | -471 | 11 | 30 | 39179 | 2.2 | -4748 | -470 | 115 | 519 | 39813 | ||
| South Dakota | 1102 | -12 | 411 | 10 | 8 | 2964 | 0.8 | 724 | 48 | 104 | 22 | 3090 | ||
| Tennessee | 8280 | 795 | 994 | 29 | 95 | 41387 | 1.6 | 708 | -2149 | 457 | 590 | 42437 | ||
| Texas | 14169 | 1363 | -2081 | 27 | 226 | 129728 | 1.4 | -9025 | -3867 | 953 | 1999 | 132680 | ||
| Utah | 1944 | 347 | 148 | 128 | 16 | 9336 | 0.9 | 1545 | -3354 | 414 | 116 | 9866 | ||
| Vermont | 952 | -84 | 40 | 3 | 4 | 6108 | 2.1 | -855 | -169 | 29 | 23 | 6160 | ||
| Virgin Islands | 23 | 13 | -1 | 0 | 1 | 448 | 1.1 | 48 | -73 | 2 | 2 | 452 | ||
| Virginia | 5981 | -1823 | 927 | 10 | 57 | 31784 | 0.9 | -418 | 1543 | 465 | 944 | 33193 | ||
| Washington | 9899 | -1809 | -1213 | 77 | 120 | 63592 | 2.4 | 3437 | -11656 | 771 | 1322 | 65685 | ||
| West Virginia | 2503 | 35 | -107 | 3 | 14 | 15318 | 2.3 | -739 | -71 | 61 | 214 | 15593 | ||
| Wisconsin | 14464 | -1591 | 1280 | 16 | 41 | 71496 | 2.7 | -9975 | 1078 | 182 | 413 | 72091 | ||
| Wyoming | 820 | 31 | 240 | 8 | 8 | 2570 | 1.1 | -344 | -902 | 44 | 35 | 2649 | ||
| Totals | 391791 | -52809 | 21187 | 1671 | 2348 | 2544877 | 2.0 | -151050 | -139460 | 19301 | 28290 | 2592471 | ||
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.