| STATE NAME |
Initial Claims Filed During Week Ended January 7, 2006 |
Insured Unemployment For Week Ended December 31, 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 | 15236 | 8075 | -1 | 26 | 43 | 41583 | 2.3 | 11840 | -702 | 106 | 299 | 41988 | ||
| Alaska | 2836 | 958 | -451 | 25 | 3 | 14948 | 5.3 | -545 | -1618 | 212 | 77 | 15237 | ||
| Arizona | 2963 | 978 | -2649 | 38 | 8 | 22171 | 1.0 | 69 | -9550 | 333 | 180 | 22684 | ||
| Arkansas | 5227 | -1743 | -2146 | 21 | 12 | 34919 | 3.1 | 3597 | -3508 | 124 | 387 | 35430 | ||
| California | 52543 | 16635 | -9362 | 383 | 217 | 335432 | 2.3 | 17897 | -76077 | 2921 | 2887 | 341240 | ||
| Colorado | 3263 | 757 | -1425 | 50 | 37 | 28673 | 1.4 | 3462 | -2985 | 277 | 391 | 29341 | ||
| Connecticut | 10448 | 29 | -1067 | 8 | 18 | 54940 | 3.4 | 13127 | -3012 | 72 | 218 | 55230 | ||
| Delaware | 2824 | 1498 | -445 | 0 | 2 | 9335 | 2.3 | 159 | -1300 | 21 | 65 | 9421 | ||
| District of Columbia | 306 | 89 | -95 | 12 | 1 | 4180 | 0.9 | 86 | -623 | 113 | 30 | 4323 | ||
| Florida | 9023 | 2729 | -3802 | 69 | 121 | 80535 | 1.1 | -4092 | -18222 | 423 | 1305 | 82263 | ||
| Georgia | 19602 | 6058 | -2233 | 60 | 82 | 70661 | 1.9 | 7789 | -1088 | 732 | 1058 | 72451 | ||
| Hawaii | 1302 | 417 | -607 | 10 | 26 | 5975 | 1.1 | 530 | -2362 | 97 | 257 | 6329 | ||
| Idaho | 3719 | -354 | -1326 | 81 | 18 | 20193 | 3.5 | 3340 | -2346 | 521 | 325 | 21039 | ||
| Illinois | 19352 | 3556 | -9120 | 46 | 62 | 164662 | 2.9 | 15129 | -15236 | 662 | 1018 | 166342 | ||
| Indiana | 14090 | -2040 | -4788 | 57 | 97 | 70811 | 2.5 | 7592 | -10058 | 282 | 744 | 71837 | ||
| Iowa | 5644 | -4443 | -3253 | 9 | 24 | 39473 | 2.8 | 6017 | -1673 | 78 | 267 | 39818 | ||
| Kansas | 3717 | 140 | -2535 | 8 | 16 | 22805 | 1.8 | 1354 | -2956 | 200 | 206 | 23211 | ||
| Kentucky | 9277 | -2463 | -732 | 41 | 15 | 41714 | 2.5 | 7273 | -7670 | 513 | 444 | 42671 | ||
| Louisiana | 3905 | 1418 | -1093 | 20 | 26 | 61612 | 3.4 | -1418 | 27297 | 139 | 395 | 66626 | ||
| Maine | 2427 | 497 | -786 | 5 | 0 | 12908 | 2.2 | 1640 | -1584 | 53 | 85 | 13046 | ||
| Maryland | 6975 | -586 | -1835 | 46 | 38 | 41815 | 1.8 | 7389 | -3478 | 429 | 386 | 42630 | ||
| Massachusetts | 12811 | -3190 | -868 | 41 | 47 | 99043 | 3.2 | 13199 | -10248 | 772 | 561 | 100376 | ||
| Michigan | 32915 | -5603 | -7373 | 125 | 108 | 192799 | 4.5 | 26353 | 13211 | 393 | 831 | 194023 | ||
| Minnesota | 10336 | 1801 | -1505 | 27 | 21 | 63323 | 2.5 | 988 | -7472 | 154 | 417 | 63894 | ||
| Mississippi | 4523 | 1822 | -497 | 18 | 23 | 43059 | 4.0 | 1368 | 18041 | 182 | 236 | 43485 | ||
| Missouri | 11908 | 1154 | -9642 | 40 | 26 | 60825 | 2.4 | 9155 | -15313 | 622 | 353 | 61800 | ||
| Montana | 1978 | 890 | -1138 | 113 | 20 | 10998 | 2.8 | 328 | -244 | 439 | 206 | 11643 | ||
| Nebraska | 2048 | -313 | -1300 | 3 | 3 | 15150 | 1.7 | 1413 | -1333 | 45 | 74 | 15269 | ||
| Nevada | 2903 | 261 | -2011 | 17 | 2 | 19011 | 1.7 | -655 | -3208 | 1149 | 158 | 20318 | ||
| New Hampshire | 1685 | -1100 | -93 | 4 | 2 | 9486 | 1.6 | 2233 | -275 | 24 | 23 | 9533 | ||
| New Jersey | 18476 | -1087 | -4106 | 37 | 41 | 123851 | 3.2 | 12420 | -15101 | 358 | 740 | 124949 | ||
| New Mexico | 1000 | -107 | -943 | 0 | 0 | 12265 | 1.7 | 1117 | -1799 | 357 | 173 | 12795 | ||
| New York | 47195 | 19890 | -2248 | 53 | 115 | 233672 | 2.9 | 33264 | -10920 | 817 | 1883 | 236372 | ||
| North Carolina | 31650 | 13982 | -3027 | 26 | 70 | 105693 | 2.8 | 18184 | -3104 | 360 | 1428 | 107481 | ||
| North Dakota | 1607 | 772 | -285 | 1 | 1 | 5705 | 1.8 | 699 | -616 | 61 | 44 | 5810 | ||
| Ohio | 20019 | -1411 | -9658 | 37 | 108 | 131561 | 2.5 | 14236 | -2170 | 388 | 950 | 132899 | ||
| Oklahoma | 2970 | 659 | -3366 | 31 | 24 | 16319 | 1.2 | 916 | -3997 | 79 | 230 | 16628 | ||
| Oregon | 9678 | -575 | -3554 | 154 | 64 | 55812 | 3.5 | 4887 | -4128 | 935 | 664 | 57411 | ||
| Pennsylvania | 41134 | 1408 | -8345 | 287 | 187 | 207792 | 3.8 | 29372 | -22302 | 1498 | 1941 | 211231 | ||
| Puerto Rico | 2691 | -39 | -690 | 1 | 11 | 38825 | 3.8 | 2093 | 15516 | 150 | 220 | 39195 | ||
| Rhode Island | 2720 | -912 | -473 | 6 | 9 | 15389 | 3.3 | 3077 | -2130 | 41 | 55 | 15485 | ||
| South Carolina | 17071 | 8969 | -1819 | 12 | 21 | 52277 | 3.0 | 8330 | -6272 | 115 | 453 | 52845 | ||
| South Dakota | 808 | 294 | -308 | 11 | 7 | 3997 | 1.1 | 392 | -661 | 92 | 29 | 4118 | ||
| Tennessee | 17109 | 9587 | -4293 | 38 | 60 | 53866 | 2.1 | 8790 | -7001 | 447 | 697 | 55011 | ||
| Texas | 16082 | 3748 | -8914 | 44 | 272 | 141161 | 1.5 | -629 | -4460 | 1028 | 1984 | 144173 | ||
| Utah | 2088 | 1367 | -967 | 88 | 12 | 11319 | 1.1 | 704 | -3247 | 978 | 124 | 12421 | ||
| Vermont | 1175 | -1202 | -27 | 3 | 3 | 9792 | 3.3 | 1774 | 225 | 0 | 1 | 9793 | ||
| Virgin Islands | 16 | 1 | -4 | 0 | 1 | 280 | 0.7 | -72 | -80 | 0 | 6 | 286 | ||
| Virginia | 10491 | 2243 | -1153 | 16 | 82 | 38699 | 1.1 | 6590 | -8176 | 427 | 931 | 40057 | ||
| Washington | 11499 | -51 | -4057 | 91 | 184 | 74368 | 2.8 | 7560 | -12318 | 808 | 1250 | 76426 | ||
| West Virginia | 2740 | 1361 | -658 | 2 | 20 | 17465 | 2.6 | 2768 | -1078 | 67 | 171 | 17703 | ||
| Wisconsin | 20354 | -7937 | -5391 | 45 | 52 | 108733 | 4.0 | 18975 | -5540 | 226 | 467 | 109426 | ||
| Wyoming | 607 | 190 | -346 | 11 | 6 | 3338 | 1.4 | -116 | -1084 | 88 | 39 | 3465 | ||
| Totals | 554966 | 79077 | -138810 | 2397 | 2468 | 3155218 | 2.5 | 331948 | -246035 | 21408 | 28363 | 3209478 | ||
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.