| STATE NAME |
Initial Claims Filed During Week Ended January 14, 2006 |
Insured Unemployment For Week Ended January 7, 2006 |
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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 | 8235 | -7001 | -1287 | 15 | 39 |             | 33939 | 1.9 | -7644 | -2787 | 106 | 312 | 34357 | |
| Alaska | 2361 | -475 | 32 | 37 | 7 |             | 15844 | 5.6 | 896 | -1282 | 230 | 68 | 16142 | |
| Arizona | 3360 | 259 | -1143 | 29 | 11 |             | 22569 | 1.0 | 294 | -9456 | 371 | 184 | 23124 | |
| Arkansas | 4217 | -1010 | -827 | 8 | 18 |             | 31562 | 2.8 | -3357 | -4628 | 136 | 359 | 32057 | |
| California | 47631 | -4912 | -11778 | 258 | 260 |             | 386208 | 2.6 | 50776 | -41502 | 4045 | 3290 | 393543 | |
| Colorado | 3033 | -230 | -594 | 38 | 24 |             | 25619 | 1.2 | -3054 | -3298 | 399 | 364 | 26382 | |
| Connecticut | 6311 | -4137 | -2492 | 14 | 26 |             | 50535 | 3.1 | -4405 | -3355 | 67 | 212 | 50814 | |
| Delaware | 1436 | -1388 | 81 | 1 | 3 |             | 10409 | 2.5 | 1074 | -649 | 38 | 82 | 10529 | |
| District of Columbia | 354 | 48 | -22 | 15 | 1 |             | 4180 | 0.9 | 0 | -610 | 147 | 44 | 4371 | |
| Florida | 10436 | 1413 | -253 | 82 | 162 |             | 83969 | 1.1 | 3434 | -16625 | 483 | 1327 | 85779 | |
| Georgia | 12374 | -7228 | -87 | 59 | 79 |             | 66547 | 1.8 | -4114 | 6732 | 676 | 1083 | 68306 | |
| Hawaii | 1142 | -160 | -239 | 13 | 22 |             | 6262 | 1.1 | 287 | -1248 | 134 | 238 | 6634 | |
| Idaho | 2512 | -1207 | -724 | 66 | 19 |             | 19373 | 3.3 | -820 | -2243 | 564 | 325 | 20262 | |
| Illinois | 20024 | 672 | 197 | 71 | 114 |             | 158625 | 2.8 | -6037 | -18983 | 797 | 1196 | 160618 | |
| Indiana | 10428 | -3662 | -203 | 37 | 96 |             | 72109 | 2.6 | 1298 | -11875 | 311 | 746 | 73166 | |
| Iowa | 3612 | -2032 | -1399 | 11 | 21 |             | 35579 | 2.5 | -3894 | -4071 | 68 | 258 | 35905 | |
| Kansas | 2984 | -733 | -2613 | 3 | 12 |             | 22196 | 1.7 | -609 | -6617 | 145 | 237 | 22578 | |
| Kentucky | 5799 | -3478 | 16 | 33 | 14 |             | 41180 | 2.4 | -534 | -3205 | 513 | 475 | 42168 | |
| Louisiana | 4409 | 504 | 632 | 23 | 32 |             | 61644 | 3.4 | 32 | 27931 | 153 | 440 | 66613 | |
| Maine | 2395 | -32 | -274 | 0 | 4 |             | 13698 | 2.4 | 790 | -2011 | 52 | 89 | 13839 | |
| Maryland | 4603 | -2372 | -1521 | 37 | 34 |             | 39786 | 1.7 | -2029 | -5505 | 418 | 347 | 40551 | |
| Massachusetts | 9707 | -3114 | -299 | 41 | 70 |             | 98871 | 3.2 | -172 | -9076 | 732 | 585 | 100188 | |
| Michigan | 30964 | -1951 | 4979 | 27 | 102 |             | 204312 | 4.8 | 11513 | -2259 | 474 | 835 | 205621 | |
| Minnesota | 7167 | -3169 | 361 | 18 | 40 |             | 67530 | 2.6 | 4207 | 3156 | 285 | 369 | 68184 | |
| Mississippi | 2615 | -1908 | -191 | 23 | 39 |             | 41071 | 3.8 | -1988 | 18597 | 152 | 231 | 41454 | |
| Missouri | 11867 | -41 | -2214 | 64 | 35 |             | 59319 | 2.3 | -1506 | -17513 | 578 | 363 | 60260 | |
| Montana | 1305 | -673 | -459 | 63 | 21 |             | 10781 | 2.7 | -217 | -677 | 687 | 234 | 11702 | |
| Nebraska | 1770 | -278 | -842 | 0 | 1 |             | 14800 | 1.7 | -350 | -2036 | 56 | 74 | 14930 | |
| Nevada | 3144 | 241 | -720 | 18 | 5 |             | 19172 | 1.6 | 161 | -3796 | 178 | 157 | 19509 | |
| New Hampshire | 1362 | -323 | 112 | 2 | 4 |             | 8667 | 1.4 | -819 | -45 | 27 | 25 | 8719 | |
| New Jersey | 14346 | -4130 | 960 | 38 | 76 |             | 128705 | 3.4 | 4854 | -4297 | 395 | 748 | 129848 | |
| New Mexico | 1185 | 185 | -410 | 19 | 2 |             | 11878 | 1.6 | -387 | -2410 | 322 | 168 | 12368 | |
| New York | 26050 | -21145 | -804 | 62 | 138 |             | 220188 | 2.7 | -13484 | -9728 | 838 | 1960 | 222986 | |
| North Carolina | 20176 | -11474 | 2555 | 25 | 68 |             | 95605 | 2.5 | -10088 | 8279 | 367 | 1429 | 97401 | |
| North Dakota | 861 | -746 | 51 | 1 | 1 |             | 6308 | 2.0 | 603 | -629 | 51 | 49 | 6408 | |
| Ohio | 18758 | -1261 | -2025 | 44 | 89 |             | 130824 | 2.5 | -737 | -8088 | 420 | 1006 | 132250 | |
| Oklahoma | 2344 | -626 | -1433 | 15 | 36 |             | 16417 | 1.2 | 98 | -6333 | 91 | 210 | 16718 | |
| Oregon | 8757 | -921 | -1114 | 122 | 65 |             | 53601 | 3.4 | -2211 | -4338 | 982 | 696 | 55279 | |
| Pennsylvania | 30727 | -10407 | 1759 | 206 | 190 |             | 206075 | 3.8 | -1717 | 894 | 1748 | 1944 | 209767 | |
| Puerto Rico | 3878 | 1187 | -429 | 1 | 21 |             | 45713 | 4.4 | 6888 | -4478 | 176 | 258 | 46147 | |
| Rhode Island | 3271 | 551 | 582 | 9 | 9 |             | 15609 | 3.3 | 220 | -741 | 42 | 78 | 15729 | |
| South Carolina | 8982 | -8089 | -220 | 13 | 39 |             | 47092 | 2.7 | -5185 | 284 | 137 | 489 | 47718 | |
| South Dakota | 537 | -271 | -195 | 9 | 6 |             | 4234 | 1.2 | 237 | -584 | 102 | 29 | 4365 | |
| Tennessee | 17747 | 638 | 1657 | 44 | 98 |             | 60344 | 2.3 | 6478 | -2102 | 452 | 739 | 61537 | |
| Texas | 15283 | -799 | -2980 | 42 | 323 |             | 142607 | 1.5 | 1446 | -4157 | 1206 | 2230 | 146043 | |
| Utah | 1776 | -312 | -370 | 53 | 11 |             | 11500 | 1.1 | 181 | -3503 | 889 | 118 | 12507 | |
| Vermont | 1132 | -43 | 341 | 0 | 18 |             | 8902 | 3.0 | -890 | 35 | 34 | 36 | 8972 | |
| Virgin Islands | 69 | 53 | 14 | 0 | 1 |             | 436 | 1.0 | 156 | -98 | 6 | 8 | 450 | |
| Virginia | 8787 | -1704 | 2574 | 20 | 98 |             | 39501 | 1.2 | 802 | -318 | 425 | 902 | 40828 | |
| Washington | 10444 | -1055 | -2363 | 92 | 154 |             | 68505 | 2.6 | -5863 | -14279 | 712 | 1306 | 70523 | |
| West Virginia | 2652 | -88 | 12 | 7 | 39 |             | 17538 | 2.6 | 73 | -411 | 83 | 249 | 17870 | |
| Wisconsin | 13914 | -6440 | -2018 | 31 | 39 |             | 100558 | 3.7 | -8175 | -3868 | 249 | 475 | 101282 | |
| Wyoming | 509 | -98 | -493 | 12 | 4 |             | 3718 | 1.5 | 380 | -272 | 108 | 41 | 3867 | |
| Totals | 439742 | -115372 | -28120 | 1971 | 2840 |             | 3162214 | 2.5 | 6892 | -180078 | 22857 | 29717 | 3219168 | |
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.