| STATE NAME |
Initial Claims Filed During Week Ended May 7, 2005 |
Insured Unemployment For Week Ended April 30, 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 | 3829 | -65 | -192 | 10 | 39 | 24847 | 1.4 | -270 | -4230 | 119 | 371 | 25340 | ||
| Alaska | 1646 | 106 | 109 | 25 | 1 | 13072 | 4.7 | -1003 | -1244 | 180 | 87 | 16949 | ||
| Arizona | 3576 | -112 | -850 | 7 | 8 | 32951 | 1.4 | 988 | -7130 | 276 | 231 | 33458 | ||
| Arkansas | 3194 | -238 | 122 | 10 | 29 | 26292 | 2.4 | 438 | -1255 | 143 | 821 | 27256 | ||
| California | 41239 | -1366 | -4024 | 147 | 234 | 375637 | 2.6 | 8823 | -52130 | 2568 | 3176 | 381441 | ||
| Colorado | 2494 | -89 | -161 | 12 | 37 | 26759 | 1.3 | -361 | -7001 | 222 | 398 | 27381 | ||
| Connecticut | 3031 | -2460 | -401 | 3 | 17 | 37420 | 2.3 | -6078 | -5047 | 65 | 183 | 37668 | ||
| Delaware | 670 | 24 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 7041 | 1.7 | -163 | -1331 | 17 | 74 | 7132 | ||
| District of Columbia | 226 | -37 | -84 | 8 | 0 | 4023 | 0.9 | 171 | -1068 | 221 | 73 | 4317 | ||
| Florida | 9520 | 1070 | -1364 | 52 | 152 | 81446 | 1.1 | 1266 | -20475 | 328 | 1304 | 83078 | ||
| Georgia | 8312 | 408 | 785 | 41 | 74 | 48974 | 1.3 | -626 | -5885 | 329 | 1022 | 50325 | ||
| Hawaii | 1092 | 114 | -234 | 7 | 21 | 6265 | 1.1 | -38 | -2181 | 63 | 189 | 6524 | ||
| Idaho | 1261 | -285 | -53 | 9 | 9 | 12773 | 2.2 | -924 | -1401 | 152 | 80 | 13005 | ||
| Illinois | 12194 | -658 | -539 | 41 | 94 | 126429 | 2.3 | -10026 | -22292 | 489 | 1096 | 128014 | ||
| Indiana | 5958 | -248 | 890 | 33 | 43 | 48918 | 1.7 | -607 | 212 | 214 | 540 | 49677 | ||
| Iowa | 2520 | -14 | 275 | 5 | 13 | 19796 | 1.4 | -703 | -2446 | 57 | 170 | 20023 | ||
| Kansas | 2153 | -78 | -155 | 5 | 6 | 19052 | 1.5 | -286 | -4213 | 110 | 214 | 19376 | ||
| Kentucky | 6607 | 2868 | 2419 | 4 | 16 | 28583 | 1.7 | -2173 | -2230 | 141 | 529 | 29253 | ||
| Louisiana | 2834 | -225 | -924 | 13 | 30 | 26094 | 1.4 | 119 | -7532 | 158 | 371 | 26623 | ||
| Maine | 1040 | -418 | 262 | 1 | 4 | 11458 | 2.0 | -1926 | -382 | 27 | 63 | 11548 | ||
| Maryland | 3462 | 278 | -64 | 34 | 19 | 33824 | 1.5 | -1734 | -4051 | 341 | 359 | 34524 | ||
| Massachusetts | 6117 | -14 | -793 | 49 | 23 | 75810 | 2.5 | -9986 | -10990 | 231 | 516 | 76557 | ||
| Michigan | 10947 | -4724 | -522 | 25 | 43 | 130300 | 3.1 | -11167 | -6319 | 311 | 753 | 131364 | ||
| Minnesota | 4337 | 225 | -1025 | 21 | 19 | 43281 | 1.7 | -11067 | -2221 | 138 | 241 | 43660 | ||
| Mississippi | 3595 | 1273 | -108 | 21 | 12 | 15417 | 1.4 | 100 | -3507 | 201 | 240 | 15858 | ||
| Missouri | 5498 | -1471 | 235 | 50 | 51 | 47992 | 1.9 | 661 | -3606 | 210 | 347 | 48549 | ||
| Montana | 800 | 66 | 87 | 8 | 11 | 7433 | 1.9 | -188 | -772 | 216 | 115 | 7769 | ||
| Nebraska | 1183 | 201 | -129 | 4 | 0 | 11006 | 1.3 | -293 | -536 | 27 | 66 | 11099 | ||
| Nevada | 2786 | 228 | 336 | 1 | 6 | 18316 | 1.6 | 244 | -4150 | 104 | 157 | 18579 | ||
| New Hampshire | 714 | -530 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 6907 | 1.1 | 139 | -758 | 23 | 31 | 6961 | ||
| New Jersey | 9003 | -1017 | 303 | 19 | 48 | 107896 | 2.8 | -663 | -11949 | 352 | 564 | 108812 | ||
| New Mexico | 728 | -7 | -305 | 5 | 1 | 12493 | 1.7 | 1069 | -1506 | 136 | 141 | 12770 | ||
| New York | 29322 | 8113 | 12036 | 48 | 92 | 194244 | 2.4 | 4792 | 2854 | 552 | 1382 | 196178 | ||
| North Carolina | 11236 | 1346 | -99 | 20 | 92 | 70403 | 1.9 | -25 | -10701 | 273 | 1377 | 72053 | ||
| North Dakota | 382 | 125 | 90 | 0 | 0 | 2244 | 0.7 | -333 | -155 | 26 | 36 | 2306 | ||
| Ohio | 13430 | 742 | 2355 | 10 | 10 | 97652 | 1.9 | -128 | -8931 | 236 | 754 | 98642 | ||
| Oklahoma | 1820 | 139 | -356 | 5 | 33 | 18004 | 1.3 | -186 | -6852 | 104 | 294 | 18402 | ||
| Oregon | 5547 | 227 | -669 | 26 | 50 | 46924 | 3.0 | -278 | -6969 | 481 | 652 | 48067 | ||
| Pennsylvania | 18179 | 1507 | -187 | 98 | 146 | 151922 | 2.8 | -11603 | -16627 | 838 | 1494 | 154254 | ||
| Puerto Rico | 3272 | -152 | 339 | 2 | 18 | 44641 | 4.4 | 3417 | -5026 | 188 | 392 | 45221 | ||
| Rhode Island | 973 | -97 | -208 | 2 | 8 | 11483 | 2.5 | -2251 | -890 | 41 | 64 | 11588 | ||
| South Carolina | 4735 | 186 | 457 | 12 | 45 | 35623 | 2.0 | -216 | -1790 | 138 | 425 | 36186 | ||
| South Dakota | 322 | 71 | 51 | 7 | 3 | 2189 | 0.6 | -255 | -266 | 65 | 31 | 2285 | ||
| Tennessee | 5867 | 1126 | 599 | 24 | 40 | 39606 | 1.5 | -185 | -1633 | 242 | 427 | 40276 | ||
| Texas | 15249 | 577 | -1880 | 33 | 244 | 116245 | 1.3 | 1316 | -38292 | 710 | 2035 | 118994 | ||
| Utah | 1158 | -160 | -149 | 10 | 15 | 10784 | 1.0 | 211 | -2362 | 150 | 158 | 11092 | ||
| Vermont | 594 | -158 | -53 | 2 | 3 | 6689 | 2.3 | -1100 | -729 | 31 | 32 | 6752 | ||
| Virgin Islands | 43 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 384 | 0.9 | -87 | -62 | 2 | 2 | 388 | ||
| Virginia | 3882 | -419 | -848 | 16 | 84 | 29840 | 0.9 | -525 | -4889 | 352 | 911 | 31105 | ||
| Washington | 7825 | 474 | -929 | 36 | 130 | 58979 | 2.3 | 653 | -17814 | 529 | 1320 | 60855 | ||
| West Virginia | 1140 | 65 | 7 | 3 | 15 | 12170 | 1.8 | -789 | -1487 | 62 | 331 | 12563 | ||
| Wisconsin | 9309 | -119 | -52 | 11 | 27 | 66197 | 2.5 | -3276 | -5781 | 145 | 303 | 66645 | ||
| Wyoming | 278 | -102 | -37 | 2 | 6 | 3166 | 1.3 | 209 | -501 | 72 | 32 | 3270 | ||
| Totals | 297129 | 6305 | 4375 | 1043 | 2126 | 2507894 | 2.0 | -56903 | -328529 | 13406 | 26974 | 2552012 | ||
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.