| STATE NAME |
Initial Claims Filed During Week Ended March 11, 2006 |
Insured Unemployment For Week Ended March 4, 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 | 3891 | -42 | -103 | 18 | 21 | 24723 | 1.4 | -630 | -1656 | 95 | 261 | 25079 | ||
| Alaska | 1534 | -88 | -176 | 14 | 2 | 14668 | 5.2 | -1884 | -995 | 255 | 69 | 14992 | ||
| Arizona | 2734 | -148 | -1094 | 9 | 9 | 20435 | 0.9 | 52 | -8698 | 302 | 146 | 20883 | ||
| Arkansas | 2646 | -69 | -105 | 7 | 7 | 27435 | 2.5 | -1406 | -713 | 173 | 318 | 27926 | ||
| California | 46332 | 3503 | 1308 | 132 | 252 | 370279 | 2.5 | -287 | -56159 | 3169 | 3429 | 376877 | ||
| Colorado | 2044 | -201 | -131 | 15 | 28 | 25748 | 1.2 | -2747 | -2538 | 362 | 356 | 26466 | ||
| Connecticut | 3603 | -2206 | -323 | 6 | 19 | 47733 | 2.9 | -4841 | -2693 | 68 | 212 | 48013 | ||
| Delaware | 726 | -1341 | -92 | 0 | 1 | 9966 | 2.4 | 916 | -129 | 18 | 53 | 10037 | ||
| District of Columbia | 289 | 3 | -2 | 10 | 0 | 3639 | 0.8 | -215 | -376 | 177 | 54 | 3870 | ||
| Florida | 7645 | 58 | -550 | 50 | 104 | 71075 | 1.0 | -3199 | -14940 | 352 | 1128 | 72555 | ||
| Georgia | 7902 | 72 | 749 | 55 | 69 | 50300 | 1.3 | -1179 | 625 | 360 | 907 | 51567 | ||
| Hawaii | 1183 | -135 | 112 | 5 | 37 | 6439 | 1.1 | -75 | 63 | 118 | 284 | 6841 | ||
| Idaho | 1847 | -221 | -150 | 23 | 11 | 17238 | 2.9 | -19 | -2300 | 449 | 255 | 17942 | ||
| Illinois | 13448 | 2096 | 1825 | 34 | 70 | 148180 | 2.6 | -19792 | -23914 | 658 | 1132 | 149970 | ||
| Indiana | 6407 | 373 | -31 | 12 | 49 | 66134 | 2.3 | -11 | -2442 | 294 | 755 | 67183 | ||
| Iowa | 2706 | 5 | 433 | 1 | 11 | 32739 | 2.3 | -1199 | -1268 | 68 | 303 | 33110 | ||
| Kansas | 1896 | -133 | -58 | 2 | 12 | 19141 | 1.5 | -829 | -3856 | 110 | 244 | 19495 | ||
| Kentucky | 4097 | 298 | 219 | 9 | 21 | 33364 | 2.0 | -4058 | -974 | 155 | 571 | 34090 | ||
| Louisiana | 2109 | -27 | -566 | 13 | 23 | 33477 | 1.8 | 557 | 2771 | 148 | 409 | 37066 | ||
| Maine | 1217 | -340 | 44 | 3 | 3 | 14580 | 2.5 | -548 | -1393 | 52 | 79 | 14711 | ||
| Maryland | 3221 | -480 | -484 | 26 | 20 | 38066 | 1.6 | -583 | -6247 | 358 | 334 | 38758 | ||
| Massachusetts | 6228 | -840 | -539 | 11 | 26 | 98020 | 3.2 | -6009 | -10716 | 321 | 605 | 98946 | ||
| Michigan | 19078 | 5786 | 2017 | 18 | 47 | 186503 | 4.4 | 3134 | 5597 | 398 | 888 | 187789 | ||
| Minnesota | 5984 | 881 | 879 | 10 | 29 | 65073 | 2.5 | -8095 | -785 | 217 | 460 | 65750 | ||
| Mississippi | 1945 | -136 | 20 | 12 | 14 | 31180 | 2.9 | -1032 | 13007 | 185 | 345 | 31710 | ||
| Missouri | 5523 | -238 | -220 | 14 | 27 | 51209 | 2.0 | -5016 | -9578 | 285 | 262 | 51756 | ||
| Montana | 799 | -121 | -58 | 19 | 9 | 10353 | 2.6 | -1755 | -121 | 604 | 217 | 11174 | ||
| Nebraska | 1247 | 55 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 12437 | 1.4 | -752 | -2663 | 63 | 55 | 12555 | ||
| Nevada | 2646 | -808 | 375 | 7 | 6 | 19755 | 1.7 | 1272 | -859 | 165 | 141 | 20061 | ||
| New Hampshire | 807 | -466 | -5 | 2 | 1 | 9509 | 1.6 | 564 | 79 | 21 | 41 | 9571 | ||
| New Jersey | 8244 | -674 | -531 | 16 | 48 | 125532 | 3.3 | -4225 | -12232 | 349 | 796 | 126677 | ||
| New Mexico | 887 | 55 | -63 | 4 | 5 | 11426 | 1.5 | -124 | -2019 | 232 | 144 | 11802 | ||
| New York | 17355 | -11474 | -1288 | 49 | 102 | 213176 | 2.6 | -14337 | -16161 | 776 | 1937 | 215889 | ||
| North Carolina | 10374 | -1194 | -3429 | 28 | 64 | 79139 | 2.1 | -2750 | -3379 | 367 | 1273 | 80779 | ||
| North Dakota | 379 | -3 | -46 | 0 | 0 | 6153 | 2.0 | -198 | -27 | 58 | 36 | 6247 | ||
| Ohio | 11328 | -940 | -598 | 17 | 61 | 125748 | 2.4 | 2413 | -1212 | 407 | 1005 | 127160 | ||
| Oklahoma | 1572 | -227 | -2257 | 7 | 21 | 15171 | 1.1 | 15 | -2659 | 86 | 208 | 15465 | ||
| Oregon | 6206 | 361 | -2391 | 42 | 36 | 46907 | 2.9 | 4749 | -4941 | 822 | 571 | 48300 | ||
| Pennsylvania | 20718 | -1367 | -546 | 121 | 128 | 186307 | 3.4 | -25188 | -12542 | 1172 | 1846 | 189325 | ||
| Puerto Rico | 3051 | -227 | 369 | 3 | 9 | 45806 | 4.4 | -4313 | 1451 | 146 | 333 | 46285 | ||
| Rhode Island | 1137 | -167 | -71 | 3 | 4 | 15894 | 3.4 | -2209 | -1042 | 40 | 95 | 16029 | ||
| South Carolina | 4791 | 445 | -196 | 9 | 27 | 36445 | 2.1 | -512 | -2138 | 119 | 453 | 37017 | ||
| South Dakota | 312 | 1 | -71 | 6 | 3 | 3550 | 1.0 | -370 | -712 | 97 | 30 | 3677 | ||
| Tennessee | 4346 | -143 | -1166 | 15 | 47 | 45105 | 1.7 | -2366 | -3109 | 351 | 714 | 46198 | ||
| Texas | 14049 | 2887 | -1961 | 44 | 190 | 112901 | 1.2 | -2361 | -11171 | 740 | 2102 | 115743 | ||
| Utah | 1041 | -45 | 14 | 18 | 11 | 10204 | 1.0 | -377 | -4064 | 276 | 94 | 10574 | ||
| Vermont | 796 | -349 | 199 | 0 | 4 | 9707 | 3.3 | 304 | 818 | 33 | 60 | 9800 | ||
| Virgin Islands | 36 | 6 | -2 | 0 | 4 | 300 | 0.7 | -6 | -138 | 4 | 10 | 314 | ||
| Virginia | 6241 | 2105 | 123 | 12 | 69 | 33460 | 1.0 | -105 | -3044 | 369 | 862 | 34691 | ||
| Washington | 7723 | -223 | -521 | 44 | 130 | 63250 | 2.4 | 1184 | -7686 | 710 | 1260 | 65220 | ||
| West Virginia | 1361 | 25 | -87 | 0 | 13 | 15083 | 2.3 | -2352 | -2821 | 101 | 215 | 15399 | ||
| Wisconsin | 10701 | -1022 | -1146 | 11 | 34 | 96381 | 3.6 | -1936 | -2188 | 228 | 410 | 97019 | ||
| Wyoming | 319 | -10 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 3491 | 1.4 | -36 | -499 | 107 | 26 | 3624 | ||
| Totals | 294701 | -7090 | -12360 | 992 | 1945 | 2860534 | 2.2 | -114766 | -225386 | 17590 | 28793 | 2909977 | ||
Figures appearing in this table relect revisions in data submitted 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.