| STATE NAME |
Initial Claims Filed During Week Ended March 4, 2006 |
Insured Unemployment For Week Ended February 25, 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 | 3933 | 971 | 230 | 12 | 31 | 25353 | 1.4 | 268 | -1199 | 104 | 260 | 25717 | ||
| Alaska | 1622 | 148 | -95 | 8 | 1 | 16552 | 5.9 | 1124 | -939 | 244 | 67 | 16863 | ||
| Arizona | 2882 | 624 | -1002 | 10 | 9 | 20383 | 0.9 | -27 | -9064 | 319 | 164 | 20866 | ||
| Arkansas | 2715 | -84 | -145 | 15 | 12 | 28841 | 2.6 | 295 | -1078 | 168 | 351 | 29360 | ||
| California | 42829 | 7919 | -3148 | 129 | 252 | 370566 | 2.5 | 22588 | -71677 | 2669 | 3299 | 376534 | ||
| Colorado | 2245 | 192 | -207 | 13 | 23 | 28495 | 1.3 | 2084 | -3446 | 306 | 390 | 29191 | ||
| Connecticut | 5809 | -445 | 272 | 4 | 10 | 52574 | 3.2 | 5400 | -2556 | 79 | 222 | 52875 | ||
| Delaware | 2067 | 1251 | 912 | 0 | 0 | 9050 | 2.2 | 36 | -1271 | 16 | 64 | 9130 | ||
| District of Columbia | 286 | 84 | 51 | 5 | 3 | 3854 | 0.8 | -3 | -310 | 128 | 32 | 4014 | ||
| Florida | 7587 | 289 | -1267 | 29 | 114 | 74274 | 1.0 | -2752 | -12992 | 414 | 1147 | 75835 | ||
| Georgia | 7830 | 1669 | 98 | 20 | 57 | 51479 | 1.4 | -87 | -529 | 371 | 947 | 52797 | ||
| Hawaii | 1318 | 379 | 219 | 10 | 46 | 6514 | 1.2 | 709 | -298 | 84 | 306 | 6904 | ||
| Idaho | 2068 | 222 | -189 | 24 | 4 | 17257 | 2.9 | -437 | -3124 | 494 | 263 | 18014 | ||
| Illinois | 11352 | 492 | -1659 | 30 | 56 | 167972 | 3.0 | 16187 | -13232 | 581 | 953 | 169506 | ||
| Indiana | 6034 | 134 | -557 | 23 | 56 | 66145 | 2.3 | -3599 | -3315 | 264 | 770 | 67179 | ||
| Iowa | 2701 | 183 | 378 | 1 | 7 | 33938 | 2.4 | -239 | -1575 | 73 | 284 | 34295 | ||
| Kansas | 2029 | -23 | -1 | 0 | 6 | 19970 | 1.6 | -288 | -4285 | 118 | 262 | 20350 | ||
| Kentucky | 3799 | -1343 | -402 | 2 | 10 | 37422 | 2.2 | 2369 | -536 | 175 | 548 | 38145 | ||
| Louisiana | 2136 | -292 | -857 | 10 | 20 | 32920 | 1.8 | -4126 | 1143 | 106 | 374 | 40443 | ||
| Maine | 1557 | 469 | 242 | 0 | 2 | 15128 | 2.6 | 839 | -1515 | 50 | 84 | 15262 | ||
| Maryland | 3701 | 573 | -866 | 35 | 27 | 38649 | 1.6 | -372 | -4706 | 353 | 362 | 39364 | ||
| Massachusetts | 7068 | -3302 | -555 | 13 | 31 | 104029 | 3.4 | 5490 | -10666 | 326 | 631 | 104986 | ||
| Michigan | 13292 | -578 | -7884 | 23 | 60 | 183369 | 4.3 | -21646 | 6498 | 595 | 933 | 184897 | ||
| Minnesota | 5103 | 202 | -1774 | 9 | 40 | 73168 | 2.8 | 6923 | -2304 | 168 | 488 | 73824 | ||
| Mississippi | 2081 | 207 | -33 | 19 | 28 | 32212 | 3.0 | -418 | 13446 | 212 | 362 | 32786 | ||
| Missouri | 5761 | 657 | -8 | 20 | 28 | 56225 | 2.2 | 1083 | -10048 | 290 | 347 | 56862 | ||
| Montana | 920 | 18 | -15 | 24 | 8 | 12108 | 3.1 | 1520 | -66 | 595 | 212 | 12915 | ||
| Nebraska | 1192 | -145 | -42 | 4 | 0 | 13189 | 1.5 | 48 | -2905 | 56 | 63 | 13308 | ||
| Nevada | 3454 | 1419 | 837 | 10 | 7 | 18483 | 1.6 | 223 | -3059 | 158 | 148 | 18789 | ||
| New Hampshire | 1273 | 355 | 64 | 2 | 7 | 8945 | 1.5 | -272 | -454 | 20 | 47 | 9012 | ||
| New Jersey | 8918 | -1724 | -549 | 18 | 34 | 129757 | 3.4 | 3490 | -12750 | 330 | 791 | 130878 | ||
| New Mexico | 832 | -57 | -236 | 1 | 1 | 11550 | 1.6 | -277 | -2114 | 248 | 131 | 11929 | ||
| New York | 28829 | 12073 | -1353 | 51 | 111 | 227513 | 2.8 | 13949 | -15731 | 764 | 1958 | 230235 | ||
| North Carolina | 11568 | 1568 | -2232 | 21 | 68 | 81889 | 2.2 | 452 | -286 | 355 | 1279 | 83523 | ||
| North Dakota | 382 | 5 | -3 | 2 | 0 | 6351 | 2.0 | -142 | -250 | 46 | 44 | 6441 | ||
| Ohio | 12268 | 2546 | -67 | 12 | 57 | 123335 | 2.4 | -5352 | -8917 | 456 | 999 | 124790 | ||
| Oklahoma | 1799 | 51 | -23 | 4 | 25 | 15156 | 1.1 | 330 | -3137 | 76 | 186 | 15418 | ||
| Oregon | 5845 | 1028 | -355 | 43 | 38 | 42158 | 2.6 | -5253 | -10523 | 727 | 526 | 43411 | ||
| Pennsylvania | 22085 | 2122 | -2593 | 98 | 127 | 211495 | 3.9 | 20201 | -15051 | 1057 | 1968 | 214520 | ||
| Puerto Rico | 3278 | 570 | 90 | 0 | 11 | 50119 | 4.8 | 12684 | 5285 | 143 | 283 | 50545 | ||
| Rhode Island | 1304 | -1538 | -305 | 3 | 8 | 18103 | 3.9 | 1781 | -1003 | 39 | 84 | 18226 | ||
| South Carolina | 4346 | 250 | -825 | 12 | 28 | 36957 | 2.1 | -599 | -2264 | 117 | 437 | 37511 | ||
| South Dakota | 311 | 21 | -84 | 2 | 5 | 3920 | 1.1 | 41 | -580 | 98 | 33 | 4051 | ||
| Tennessee | 4489 | -173 | -1160 | 15 | 33 | 47471 | 1.8 | -597 | -1375 | 344 | 737 | 48567 | ||
| Texas | 11162 | -434 | -1849 | 19 | 200 | 115262 | 1.2 | -3963 | -15256 | 632 | 1999 | 117893 | ||
| Utah | 1086 | 74 | -114 | 23 | 7 | 10581 | 1.0 | -377 | -4484 | 293 | 101 | 10975 | ||
| Vermont | 1145 | 304 | 433 | 2 | 0 | 9403 | 3.2 | 151 | -22 | 34 | 54 | 9491 | ||
| Virgin Islands | 30 | 8 | -5 | 0 | 1 | 306 | 0.7 | -100 | -135 | 0 | 6 | 312 | ||
| Virginia | 4136 | 420 | -876 | 11 | 86 | 33565 | 1.0 | -420 | -4031 | 372 | 865 | 34802 | ||
| Washington | 7946 | 540 | -676 | 42 | 142 | 62066 | 2.3 | -529 | -9413 | 668 | 1264 | 63998 | ||
| West Virginia | 1336 | 271 | 96 | 4 | 11 | 17435 | 2.6 | 1235 | -1427 | 73 | 219 | 17727 | ||
| Wisconsin | 11723 | -736 | -168 | 10 | 28 | 98317 | 3.6 | -72 | -1269 | 235 | 447 | 98999 | ||
| Wyoming | 329 | -121 | -19 | 3 | 3 | 3527 | 1.4 | 99 | -904 | 87 | 40 | 3654 | ||
| Totals | 301791 | 29313 | -30276 | 900 | 1979 | 2975300 | 2.3 | 69652 | -251699 | 16730 | 28831 | 3027919 | ||
Figures Appearing on this table reflect Revisions in Data Submitted By State Agencies after the weekly figures were finalized for release.
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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.