| STATE NAME |
Initial Claims Filed During Week Ended December 31, 2005 |
Insured Unemployment For Week Ended December 24, 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 | 7161 | 3199 | -804 | 20 | 15 | 29743 | 1.6 | 3475 | -2693 | 108 | 295 | 30146 | ||
| Alaska | 1878 | -321 | -82 | 18 | 0 | 15493 | 5.5 | 1902 | -1312 | 235 | 78 | 15806 | ||
| Arizona | 1817 | -681 | -1028 | 32 | 4 | 22136 | 0.9 | 97 | -7537 | 315 | 181 | 22632 | ||
| Arkansas | 6970 | 2000 | -344 | 10 | 9 | 31322 | 2.8 | 1930 | -3476 | 143 | 395 | 31860 | ||
| California | 35908 | -10683 | -13954 | 224 | 133 | 317535 | 2.2 | -13755 | -67469 | 3552 | 2902 | 323989 | ||
| Colorado | 2506 | -62 | 202 | 33 | 21 | 25211 | 1.2 | -2231 | -3831 | 380 | 374 | 25965 | ||
| Connecticut | 10419 | 4051 | 1965 | 9 | 21 | 41813 | 2.6 | 2237 | -3416 | 74 | 201 | 42088 | ||
| Delaware | 1326 | 36 | -469 | 1 | 2 | 9176 | 2.3 | -197 | 433 | 20 | 75 | 9271 | ||
| District of Columbia | 217 | -102 | 38 | 3 | 0 | 4094 | 0.9 | 26 | -508 | 152 | 54 | 4300 | ||
| Florida | 6294 | -1592 | -125 | 35 | 83 | 84627 | 1.1 | 6250 | -19752 | 437 | 1296 | 86360 | ||
| Georgia | 13544 | 6408 | -237 | 47 | 38 | 62872 | 1.7 | 8255 | 4122 | 749 | 1011 | 64632 | ||
| Hawaii | 885 | -45 | -629 | 7 | 21 | 5445 | 1.0 | 103 | -1532 | 119 | 217 | 5781 | ||
| Idaho | 4073 | 951 | -310 | 54 | 20 | 16853 | 2.9 | 1560 | -2496 | 498 | 318 | 17669 | ||
| Illinois | 15796 | -5008 | -2955 | 43 | 46 | 149533 | 2.7 | 1482 | -13661 | 777 | 1185 | 151495 | ||
| Indiana | 16130 | 2081 | -2640 | 39 | 70 | 63219 | 2.2 | 8090 | -1779 | 286 | 681 | 64186 | ||
| Iowa | 10087 | 2481 | -759 | 6 | 17 | 33456 | 2.4 | 4373 | 1595 | 63 | 243 | 33762 | ||
| Kansas | 3577 | -124 | -966 | 0 | 5 | 21451 | 1.7 | 965 | -2330 | 169 | 211 | 21831 | ||
| Kentucky | 11740 | -2812 | -3598 | 45 | 9 | 34441 | 2.0 | 5322 | 557 | 346 | 480 | 35267 | ||
| Louisiana | 2487 | -495 | -679 | 8 | 18 | 63030 | 3.4 | -3832 | 29722 | 140 | 433 | 68486 | ||
| Maine | 1930 | 162 | -115 | 3 | 1 | 11268 | 1.9 | 208 | -826 | 49 | 83 | 11400 | ||
| Maryland | 7561 | 2348 | 641 | 42 | 24 | 34426 | 1.5 | -1709 | -3742 | 403 | 348 | 35177 | ||
| Massachusetts | 16001 | 5005 | -1765 | 29 | 24 | 85844 | 2.8 | 4026 | -9364 | 812 | 538 | 87194 | ||
| Michigan | 38518 | 4601 | -2705 | 38 | 48 | 166446 | 3.9 | 27418 | 914 | 441 | 845 | 167732 | ||
| Minnesota | 8535 | 377 | -20 | 19 | 23 | 62335 | 2.4 | 9696 | -544 | 288 | 354 | 62977 | ||
| Mississippi | 2701 | -794 | -314 | 10 | 16 | 41691 | 3.8 | 1211 | 19477 | 170 | 216 | 42077 | ||
| Missouri | 10754 | -276 | -1690 | 23 | 27 | 51670 | 2.0 | -769 | -12281 | 570 | 299 | 52539 | ||
| Montana | 1088 | -296 | -180 | 37 | 7 | 10670 | 2.7 | 809 | 27 | 706 | 249 | 11625 | ||
| Nebraska | 2361 | -22 | -244 | 4 | 3 | 13737 | 1.6 | 827 | -699 | 48 | 72 | 13857 | ||
| Nevada | 2642 | -999 | -157 | 19 | 4 | 19666 | 1.7 | 1368 | -3016 | 160 | 148 | 19974 | ||
| New Hampshire | 2785 | 1196 | 395 | 2 | 1 | 7253 | 1.2 | 644 | -554 | 16 | 28 | 7297 | ||
| New Jersey | 19563 | 5523 | -2736 | 19 | 41 | 111431 | 2.9 | 2869 | -5365 | 333 | 688 | 112452 | ||
| New Mexico | 1107 | -567 | -257 | 21 | 2 | 11148 | 1.5 | 646 | -2165 | 276 | 168 | 11592 | ||
| New York | 27305 | 5164 | -6741 | 57 | 81 | 200408 | 2.5 | 9540 | -14042 | 767 | 1828 | 203003 | ||
| North Carolina | 17668 | 6726 | -5739 | 26 | 42 | 87509 | 2.3 | 8328 | -1254 | 370 | 1444 | 89323 | ||
| North Dakota | 835 | 16 | 96 | 2 | 2 | 5006 | 1.6 | 384 | -838 | 55 | 41 | 5102 | ||
| Ohio | 21430 | -2454 | -1164 | 33 | 64 | 117325 | 2.2 | 6725 | 470 | 394 | 899 | 118618 | ||
| Oklahoma | 2311 | -663 | -202 | 5 | 18 | 15403 | 1.1 | 15 | -3935 | 77 | 214 | 15694 | ||
| Oregon | 10253 | 723 | 362 | 115 | 45 | 49205 | 3.1 | 4379 | -5425 | 807 | 696 | 50708 | ||
| Pennsylvania | 39726 | 7814 | -597 | 147 | 153 | 178420 | 3.3 | 4516 | -5605 | 1752 | 1948 | 182120 | ||
| Puerto Rico | 2730 | -538 | -562 | 2 | 5 | 36732 | 3.6 | -7741 | -2797 | 118 | 236 | 37086 | ||
| Rhode Island | 3632 | 1164 | 273 | 9 | 9 | 12312 | 2.6 | -202 | -1247 | 34 | 56 | 12402 | ||
| South Carolina | 8102 | 1911 | -6269 | 7 | 26 | 43947 | 2.5 | 3663 | -7063 | 120 | 490 | 44557 | ||
| South Dakota | 514 | -130 | -134 | 12 | 5 | 3605 | 1.0 | 133 | -491 | 90 | 29 | 3724 | ||
| Tennessee | 7522 | 1292 | -2708 | 10 | 40 | 45076 | 1.7 | 1811 | -6303 | 452 | 701 | 46230 | ||
| Texas | 12334 | -3786 | 94 | 56 | 154 | 141790 | 1.5 | 6159 | -10811 | 1278 | 2286 | 145354 | ||
| Utah | 1360 | 0 | -110 | 158 | 4 | 10594 | 1.0 | 0 | -3138 | 650 | 133 | 11377 | ||
| Vermont | 2377 | 484 | 370 | 0 | 6 | 8018 | 2.7 | 1089 | 107 | 32 | 30 | 8080 | ||
| Virgin Islands | 15 | -12 | -13 | 0 | 1 | 352 | 0.8 | 22 | -95 | 4 | 4 | 360 | ||
| Virginia | 8248 | 1423 | -1855 | 19 | 57 | 32109 | 1.0 | 1892 | -4735 | 399 | 822 | 33330 | ||
| Washington | 11550 | -38 | -1603 | 66 | 79 | 66808 | 2.5 | 4344 | -14576 | 720 | 1246 | 68774 | ||
| West Virginia | 1379 | -287 | -85 | 0 | 12 | 14697 | 2.2 | -531 | -1277 | 81 | 244 | 15022 | ||
| Wisconsin | 28291 | 8682 | -1314 | 49 | 33 | 89758 | 3.3 | 11610 | -7222 | 183 | 444 | 90385 | ||
| Wyoming | 417 | -68 | -145 | 6 | 2 | 3454 | 1.4 | 289 | -604 | 117 | 41 | 3612 | ||
| Totals | 476360 | 42963 | -64567 | 1679 | 1591 | 2821563 | 2.2 | 129721 | -204382 | 21335 | 28498 | 2876280 | ||
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.