| STATE NAME |
Initial Claims Filed During Week Ended December 24, 2005 |
Insured Unemployment For Week Ended December 17, 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 | 3962 | 340 | -274 | 27 | 24 | 26268 | 1.5 | 14 | -1796 | 104 | 290 | 26662 | ||
| Alaska | 2199 | 33 | 308 | 23 | 2 | 13591 | 4.8 | -2004 | -548 | 209 | 64 | 13864 | ||
| Arizona | 3140 | -49 | 198 | 24 | 1 | 22064 | 0.9 | -411 | -7950 | 302 | 196 | 22562 | ||
| Arkansas | 4970 | 1380 | 208 | 14 | 16 | 29392 | 2.6 | 629 | -587 | 148 | 416 | 29956 | ||
| California | 46591 | 4998 | -1674 | 159 | 159 | 331290 | 2.2 | -13871 | -58609 | 2862 | 3140 | 337292 | ||
| Colorado | 2568 | -91 | 45 | 25 | 27 | 27442 | 1.3 | 3205 | -1442 | 257 | 360 | 28059 | ||
| Connecticut | 6368 | 1043 | 122 | 3 | 16 | 39576 | 2.5 | 2156 | 317 | 68 | 184 | 39828 | ||
| Delaware | 1290 | -46 | 123 | 0 | 1 | 9373 | 2.3 | 93 | 1445 | 24 | 72 | 9469 | ||
| District of Columbia | 319 | 84 | 14 | 0 | 2 | 4068 | 0.9 | -222 | -224 | 122 | 26 | 4216 | ||
| Florida | 7886 | 83 | 44 | 33 | 93 | 78377 | 1.1 | -9518 | -13306 | 472 | 1373 | 80222 | ||
| Georgia | 7136 | -1087 | 818 | 69 | 53 | 54617 | 1.5 | -2152 | 5515 | 731 | 1063 | 56411 | ||
| Hawaii | 930 | 105 | -5 | 4 | 12 | 5342 | 1.0 | -451 | -1149 | 94 | 246 | 5682 | ||
| Idaho | 3122 | 488 | -59 | 48 | 21 | 15293 | 2.6 | 613 | -2032 | 486 | 313 | 16092 | ||
| Illinois | 20804 | 1901 | -2274 | 43 | 55 | 148051 | 2.6 | 9110 | 940 | 710 | 1054 | 149815 | ||
| Indiana | 14049 | 4128 | -3817 | 25 | 66 | 55129 | 2.0 | 1434 | 504 | 265 | 699 | 56093 | ||
| Iowa | 7606 | 3812 | 527 | 5 | 14 | 29083 | 2.1 | -596 | 2801 | 83 | 273 | 29439 | ||
| Kansas | 3701 | 778 | -1208 | 1 | 4 | 20486 | 1.6 | -1594 | -288 | 220 | 215 | 20921 | ||
| Kentucky | 14552 | 8081 | -603 | 76 | 10 | 29119 | 1.7 | 830 | 1175 | 301 | 453 | 29873 | ||
| Louisiana | 2982 | 108 | -305 | 10 | 20 | 66862 | 3.6 | -7991 | 34831 | 167 | 423 | 83498 | ||
| Maine | 1768 | -65 | -336 | 2 | 4 | 11060 | 1.9 | 735 | -712 | 53 | 84 | 11197 | ||
| Maryland | 5124 | 385 | -1094 | 24 | 19 | 36135 | 1.5 | 4474 | -1910 | 444 | 373 | 36952 | ||
| Massachusetts | 10996 | 221 | -2712 | 29 | 37 | 81818 | 2.6 | 4433 | -5573 | 812 | 511 | 83141 | ||
| Michigan | 33917 | 13618 | 6215 | 20 | 54 | 139028 | 3.3 | -15188 | 7743 | 405 | 752 | 140185 | ||
| Minnesota | 8158 | 364 | -2893 | 10 | 40 | 52639 | 2.0 | -5159 | 2096 | 158 | 415 | 53212 | ||
| Mississippi | 3495 | 567 | 201 | 5 | 7 | 40480 | 3.7 | -1037 | 20430 | 169 | 224 | 40873 | ||
| Missouri | 11030 | 1099 | -1013 | 46 | 28 | 52439 | 2.0 | 2596 | -3088 | 637 | 358 | 53434 | ||
| Montana | 1384 | 81 | -97 | 32 | 18 | 9861 | 2.5 | -775 | 908 | 422 | 183 | 10466 | ||
| Nebraska | 2383 | 730 | 18 | 2 | 8 | 12910 | 1.5 | -275 | -190 | 49 | 66 | 13025 | ||
| Nevada | 3641 | 585 | 556 | 5 | 5 | 18298 | 1.6 | 718 | -3671 | 146 | 153 | 18597 | ||
| New Hampshire | 1589 | 355 | 133 | 1 | 1 | 6609 | 1.1 | 526 | -180 | 31 | 26 | 6666 | ||
| New Jersey | 14040 | 863 | -1490 | 12 | 57 | 108562 | 2.8 | 3590 | -2346 | 375 | 689 | 109626 | ||
| New Mexico | 1674 | 632 | 182 | 11 | 1 | 10502 | 1.4 | 7 | -2117 | 277 | 174 | 10953 | ||
| New York | 22141 | -238 | -1032 | 29 | 137 | 190868 | 2.3 | 5573 | -5867 | 773 | 1847 | 193488 | ||
| North Carolina | 10942 | -3348 | -964 | 18 | 57 | 79181 | 2.1 | -3644 | 4233 | 367 | 1434 | 80982 | ||
| North Dakota | 819 | -90 | -418 | 0 | 1 | 4622 | 1.5 | 80 | -308 | 51 | 41 | 4714 | ||
| Ohio | 23884 | 7043 | 3815 | 33 | 45 | 110600 | 2.1 | 8336 | 12767 | 383 | 948 | 111931 | ||
| Oklahoma | 2974 | 839 | 15 | 11 | 22 | 15388 | 1.1 | 186 | -2716 | 73 | 246 | 15707 | ||
| Oregon | 9530 | 3538 | -382 | 103 | 55 | 44826 | 2.8 | 224 | -3307 | 795 | 653 | 46274 | ||
| Pennsylvania | 31912 | 4841 | 910 | 164 | 129 | 173904 | 3.2 | 4090 | 926 | 1496 | 1910 | 177310 | ||
| Puerto Rico | 3268 | 1040 | 370 | 3 | 14 | 44473 | 4.3 | -2581 | 10771 | 204 | 283 | 44960 | ||
| Rhode Island | 2468 | 369 | -673 | 3 | 8 | 12514 | 2.7 | 967 | 400 | 41 | 53 | 12608 | ||
| South Carolina | 6191 | 1197 | 2139 | 7 | 20 | 40284 | 2.3 | 1875 | 1288 | 117 | 508 | 40909 | ||
| South Dakota | 644 | 42 | -240 | 9 | 5 | 3472 | 1.0 | -56 | 42 | 95 | 30 | 3597 | ||
| Tennessee | 6230 | 694 | -411 | 28 | 45 | 43265 | 1.7 | 797 | -821 | 475 | 663 | 44404 | ||
| Texas | 16120 | 1797 | -2556 | 85 | 163 | 135631 | 1.5 | -9692 | 4360 | 914 | 2057 | 138602 | ||
| Utah | 1360 | -199 | 108 | 158 | 4 | 10594 | 1.0 | 445 | -2451 | 650 | 133 | 11377 | ||
| Vermont | 1893 | 711 | 160 | 0 | 7 | 6929 | 2.4 | 515 | 160 | 33 | 30 | 6992 | ||
| Virgin Islands | 27 | -3 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 330 | 0.8 | -66 | -139 | 2 | 4 | 336 | ||
| Virginia | 6825 | 1791 | -809 | 14 | 52 | 30217 | 0.9 | -134 | -893 | 407 | 889 | 31513 | ||
| Washington | 11588 | 2125 | -97 | 54 | 91 | 62464 | 2.4 | 1104 | -11989 | 701 | 1266 | 64431 | ||
| West Virginia | 1666 | 17 | 131 | 3 | 11 | 15228 | 2.3 | 618 | 493 | 59 | 181 | 15468 | ||
| Wisconsin | 19609 | 7107 | -2522 | 17 | 27 | 78148 | 2.9 | 366 | 1697 | 170 | 421 | 78739 | ||
| Wyoming | 485 | 45 | -163 | 10 | 3 | 3165 | 1.3 | -469 | -308 | 76 | 40 | 3281 | ||
| Totals | 433950 | 74842 | -12749 | 1537 | 1771 | 2691867 | 2.1 | -17547 | -20675 | 19485 | 28505 | 2755904 | ||
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.