| STATE NAME |
Initial Claims Filed During Week Ended December 17, 2005 |
Insured Unemployment For Week Ended December 10, 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 | 3622 | -271 | -706 | 17 | 31 | 26254 | 1.5 | -189 | -2355 | 103 | 285 | 26642 | ||
| Alaska | 2166 | 278 | 249 | 21 | 6 | 15595 | 5.6 | 2593 | -953 | 251 | 74 | 15920 | ||
| Arizona | 3106 | -113 | -1026 | 46 | 11 | 22498 | 1.0 | -217 | -9216 | 300 | 218 | 23016 | ||
| Arkansas | 3590 | -205 | -744 | 9 | 12 | 28763 | 2.6 | -433 | -2655 | 142 | 382 | 29287 | ||
| California | 41593 | 2347 | -2633 | 271 | 233 | 345161 | 2.3 | 16240 | -67796 | 3888 | 3261 | 352310 | ||
| Colorado | 2659 | -1623 | -83 | 40 | 28 | 24237 | 1.2 | -131 | -4853 | 340 | 383 | 24960 | ||
| Connecticut | 5325 | 538 | 641 | 5 | 18 | 37420 | 2.3 | 2335 | -1550 | 82 | 195 | 37697 | ||
| Delaware | 1336 | 351 | 504 | 0 | 1 | 9280 | 2.3 | 1058 | 1125 | 27 | 65 | 9372 | ||
| District of Columbia | 299 | 0 | -55 | 8 | 2 | 4046 | 0.9 | 0 | -727 | 129 | 33 | 4208 | ||
| Florida | 7803 | -1058 | -1119 | 46 | 117 | 87895 | 1.2 | 6154 | -19676 | 507 | 1365 | 89767 | ||
| Georgia | 8223 | -3135 | -805 | 60 | 59 | 56769 | 1.5 | -2561 | 4063 | 721 | 1058 | 58548 | ||
| Hawaii | 825 | -134 | -243 | 9 | 20 | 5793 | 1.0 | 238 | -1032 | 132 | 257 | 6182 | ||
| Idaho | 2634 | -454 | -20 | 99 | 34 | 14680 | 2.5 | 1319 | -2397 | 418 | 287 | 15385 | ||
| Illinois | 18903 | -7101 | -14 | 43 | 56 | 138941 | 2.5 | 19586 | -15710 | 790 | 1226 | 140957 | ||
| Indiana | 9921 | -1085 | 1080 | 33 | 59 | 53695 | 1.9 | 3242 | -1421 | 296 | 689 | 54680 | ||
| Iowa | 3794 | -3502 | -438 | 7 | 12 | 29679 | 2.1 | 5269 | 4351 | 69 | 280 | 30028 | ||
| Kansas | 2923 | -2101 | 403 | 0 | 4 | 22080 | 1.7 | 3254 | 724 | 219 | 227 | 22526 | ||
| Kentucky | 6471 | 1093 | -809 | 42 | 10 | 28289 | 1.7 | -269 | -2475 | 301 | 514 | 29104 | ||
| Louisiana | 2874 | -398 | -861 | 12 | 24 | 74853 | 4.1 | 1712 | 42814 | 203 | 458 | 78996 | ||
| Maine | 1833 | -268 | -296 | 6 | 2 | 10325 | 1.8 | 641 | -749 | 42 | 81 | 10448 | ||
| Maryland | 4739 | 488 | 418 | 21 | 31 | 31661 | 1.4 | -2557 | -3521 | 384 | 367 | 32412 | ||
| Massachusetts | 10775 | -106 | 1019 | 22 | 38 | 77385 | 2.5 | 5739 | -7985 | 870 | 552 | 78807 | ||
| Michigan | 20299 | -287 | -2951 | 34 | 48 | 154216 | 3.6 | 29397 | 8332 | 471 | 869 | 155556 | ||
| Minnesota | 7794 | -1548 | -1314 | 35 | 46 | 57798 | 2.2 | 14538 | 4991 | 277 | 354 | 58429 | ||
| Mississippi | 2928 | 361 | -225 | 13 | 14 | 41517 | 3.8 | -1008 | 21318 | 197 | 221 | 41935 | ||
| Missouri | 9931 | -990 | 312 | 44 | 25 | 49843 | 1.9 | 3886 | -7389 | 736 | 335 | 50914 | ||
| Montana | 1303 | -855 | 1 | 87 | 22 | 10636 | 2.7 | 2629 | 795 | 592 | 238 | 11466 | ||
| Nebraska | 1653 | -977 | -88 | 2 | 7 | 13185 | 1.5 | 1253 | 414 | 51 | 58 | 13294 | ||
| Nevada | 3056 | 422 | -141 | 15 | 9 | 17580 | 1.5 | 8 | -4372 | 190 | 149 | 17919 | ||
| New Hampshire | 1234 | 198 | 114 | 4 | 6 | 6083 | 1.0 | 283 | -560 | 19 | 23 | 6125 | ||
| New Jersey | 13177 | -739 | 1415 | 22 | 52 | 104972 | 2.7 | 6523 | -6074 | 355 | 722 | 106049 | ||
| New Mexico | 1042 | -102 | -238 | 25 | 1 | 10495 | 1.4 | 138 | -2472 | 277 | 180 | 10952 | ||
| New York | 22379 | 2383 | 2147 | 18 | 113 | 185295 | 2.3 | 6494 | -9430 | 751 | 1845 | 187891 | ||
| North Carolina | 14290 | 622 | 654 | 28 | 76 | 82825 | 2.2 | 2565 | 6335 | 373 | 1468 | 84666 | ||
| North Dakota | 909 | -219 | -94 | 4 | 1 | 4542 | 1.5 | 900 | -29 | 57 | 38 | 4637 | ||
| Ohio | 16841 | -3389 | -1131 | 49 | 81 | 102264 | 2.0 | 9387 | 1196 | 397 | 901 | 103562 | ||
| Oklahoma | 2135 | 127 | -100 | 8 | 25 | 15202 | 1.1 | 80 | -3059 | 84 | 214 | 15500 | ||
| Oregon | 5992 | -1821 | -1817 | 162 | 64 | 44602 | 2.8 | -191 | -4718 | 691 | 656 | 45949 | ||
| Pennsylvania | 27071 | -74 | 4700 | 216 | 169 | 169814 | 3.1 | 1349 | -9695 | 1693 | 1975 | 173482 | ||
| Puerto Rico | 2228 | -79 | 180 | 3 | 10 | 47054 | 4.6 | 1417 | 11337 | 0 | 0 | 47054 | ||
| Rhode Island | 2099 | 31 | 189 | 6 | 5 | 11547 | 2.5 | 1170 | -624 | 48 | 56 | 11651 | ||
| South Carolina | 4994 | -1660 | -584 | 2 | 30 | 38409 | 2.2 | -770 | -1675 | 118 | 507 | 39034 | ||
| South Dakota | 602 | -500 | -69 | 9 | 5 | 3528 | 1.0 | 564 | 252 | 102 | 28 | 3658 | ||
| Tennessee | 5536 | -2744 | -2198 | 19 | 78 | 42468 | 1.6 | 1081 | -3045 | 494 | 613 | 43580 | ||
| Texas | 14323 | 154 | -3815 | 50 | 184 | 145323 | 1.6 | 15595 | -3835 | 1248 | 2412 | 148983 | ||
| Utah | 1559 | -385 | 131 | 291 | 10 | 10149 | 1.0 | 813 | -2948 | 486 | 124 | 10759 | ||
| Vermont | 1182 | 230 | 349 | 2 | 4 | 6414 | 2.2 | 306 | -243 | 36 | 24 | 6474 | ||
| Virgin Islands | 30 | 7 | 17 | 0 | 1 | 396 | 0.9 | -52 | -108 | 6 | 6 | 408 | ||
| Virginia | 5034 | -947 | -2210 | 27 | 65 | 30351 | 0.9 | 1188 | -1916 | 389 | 946 | 31686 | ||
| Washington | 9463 | -436 | -2055 | 105 | 97 | 61360 | 2.3 | -2232 | -13546 | 682 | 1303 | 63352 | ||
| West Virginia | 1649 | -854 | -242 | 5 | 11 | 14610 | 2.2 | -708 | -378 | 76 | 259 | 14945 | ||
| Wisconsin | 12502 | -1962 | -1019 | 13 | 49 | 77782 | 2.9 | 6286 | 1859 | 177 | 422 | 78381 | ||
| Wyoming | 440 | -380 | -40 | 13 | 6 | 3634 | 1.5 | 1064 | -491 | 105 | 54 | 3793 | ||
| Totals | 359089 | -32872 | -15660 | 2128 | 2122 | 2709193 | 2.1 | 166976 | -111772 | 21392 | 29257 | 2763336 | ||
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.