| STATE NAME |
Initial Claims Filed During Week Ended April 22, 2006 |
Insured Unemployment For Week Ended April 15, 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 | 4038 | 921 | -37 | 13 | 25 |             | 23635 | 1.3 | 644 | -686 | 84 | 242 | 23961 | |
| Alaska | 1616 | 130 | 29 | 32 | 2 |             | 13477 | 4.7 | -179 | -770 | 170 | 70 | 13717 | |
| Arizona | 4335 | -252 | 144 | 6 | 9 |             | 24214 | 1.0 | 2460 | -7664 | 198 | 147 | 24559 | |
| Arkansas | 2719 | -155 | -603 | 12 | 9 |             | 24103 | 2.1 | -310 | -2156 | 143 | 256 | 24502 | |
| California | 41460 | 444 | -3499 | 131 | 220 |             | 371047 | 2.5 | 2668 | -14046 | 2718 | 3210 | 376975 | |
| Colorado | 2406 | 125 | 98 | 13 | 28 |             | 23862 | 1.1 | 265 | -3314 | 260 | 340 | 24462 | |
| Connecticut | 7103 | 4546 | 1542 | 6 | 9 |             | 37185 | 2.3 | -353 | -1952 | 83 | 185 | 37453 | |
| Delaware | 2177 | 1450 | 1552 | 3 | 0 |             | 7274 | 1.8 | 332 | -182 | 23 | 62 | 7359 | |
| District of Columbia | 225 | -51 | -28 | 3 | 1 |             | 3552 | 0.8 | -166 | -524 | 144 | 46 | 3742 | |
| Florida | 7703 | -246 | -1259 | 43 | 87 |             | 71747 | 0.9 | 3869 | -10663 | 397 | 1051 | 73195 | |
| Georgia | 9183 | -940 | 817 | 33 | 69 |             | 47814 | 1.3 | -1405 | -1708 | 354 | 889 | 49057 | |
| Hawaii | 966 | -146 | -25 | 11 | 45 |             | 6412 | 1.1 | -165 | 104 | 90 | 354 | 6856 | |
| Idaho | 1658 | 64 | 23 | 10 | 9 |             | 11820 | 2.0 | -1264 | -2440 | 193 | 209 | 12222 | |
| Illinois | 9946 | -1209 | -1577 | 35 | 44 |             | 122345 | 2.2 | -12280 | -14912 | 622 | 1054 | 124021 | |
| Indiana | 5843 | 1338 | 113 | 21 | 40 |             | 51528 | 1.8 | -1986 | 315 | 233 | 621 | 52382 | |
| Iowa | 1901 | -367 | -423 | 4 | 10 |             | 21810 | 1.5 | -2789 | 428 | 61 | 237 | 22108 | |
| Kansas | 2121 | 241 | -78 | 5 | 7 |             | 16409 | 1.3 | -669 | -3079 | 87 | 239 | 16735 | |
| Kentucky | 3885 | -259 | -4298 | 7 | 21 |             | 28023 | 1.6 | -998 | -561 | 109 | 604 | 28736 | |
| Louisiana | 2551 | 804 | -419 | 14 | 23 |             | 20553 | 1.1 | -157 | -5716 | 89 | 357 | 21803 | |
| Maine | 1137 | 20 | -152 | 2 | 0 |             | 11238 | 1.9 | -920 | -1781 | 37 | 70 | 11345 | |
| Maryland | 3209 | -1014 | -96 | 23 | 24 |             | 31533 | 1.3 | -1222 | -3736 | 342 | 313 | 32188 | |
| Massachusetts | 9726 | 4547 | -1145 | 12 | 26 |             | 73855 | 2.4 | -5597 | -8254 | 258 | 556 | 74669 | |
| Michigan | 10835 | -2193 | -5001 | 30 | 43 |             | 171804 | 4.0 | 11526 | 21785 | 363 | 881 | 173048 | |
| Minnesota | 4223 | 85 | 187 | 11 | 16 |             | 53491 | 2.1 | -8850 | 1778 | 155 | 416 | 54062 | |
| Mississippi | 1939 | -34 | -290 | 23 | 16 |             | 17711 | 1.6 | -289 | 2185 | 192 | 288 | 18191 | |
| Missouri | 5089 | -535 | -332 | 15 | 17 |             | 41384 | 1.6 | -2753 | -6777 | 211 | 219 | 41814 | |
| Montana | 751 | -12 | -271 | 13 | 14 |             | 7652 | 1.9 | -880 | -334 | 287 | 199 | 8138 | |
| Nebraska | 1060 | -32 | -168 | 0 | 2 |             | 9878 | 1.1 | -1135 | -1862 | 46 | 55 | 9979 | |
| Nevada | 2361 | -673 | -37 | 3 | 2 |             | 19374 | 1.6 | 712 | 1057 | 96 | 119 | 19589 | |
| New Hampshire | 768 | -3 | 25 | 2 | 1 |             | 6775 | 1.1 | -439 | -280 | 14 | 32 | 6821 | |
| New Jersey | 13142 | 2538 | 4848 | 20 | 45 |             | 108059 | 2.8 | 3621 | -6082 | 300 | 756 | 109115 | |
| New Mexico | 848 | 18 | -169 | 2 | 3 |             | 11003 | 1.5 | -142 | -1733 | 128 | 127 | 11258 | |
| New York | 24023 | 7442 | 7857 | 65 | 98 |             | 183831 | 2.2 | 412 | -7339 | 736 | 1755 | 186322 | |
| North Carolina | 10434 | 1962 | -615 | 27 | 53 |             | 72207 | 1.9 | 1111 | 544 | 270 | 1248 | 73725 | |
| North Dakota | 400 | 155 | 157 | 8 | 0 |             | 3181 | 1.0 | -574 | 14 | 33 | 50 | 3264 | |
| Ohio | 9895 | 1292 | -577 | 11 | 62 |             | 100813 | 1.9 | -2207 | -2175 | 376 | 900 | 102089 | |
| Oklahoma | 1449 | -145 | -2294 | 5 | 29 |             | 13693 | 1.0 | -298 | -2657 | 72 | 191 | 13956 | |
| Oregon | 5267 | -83 | -522 | 29 | 26 |             | 41528 | 2.6 | -1255 | -6999 | 555 | 530 | 42613 | |
| Pennsylvania | 19507 | -1254 | 2887 | 92 | 83 |             | 157903 | 2.9 | -7509 | -3891 | 974 | 1663 | 160540 | |
| Puerto Rico | 2711 | -77 | -170 | 3 | 7 |             | 49509 | 4.8 | 15021 | 7825 | 146 | 360 | 50015 | |
| Rhode Island | 2542 | 1333 | -314 | 4 | 2 |             | 11476 | 2.5 | -803 | -348 | 36 | 84 | 11596 | |
| South Carolina | 5868 | 1084 | 1403 | 14 | 20 |             | 34196 | 1.9 | 858 | -1852 | 120 | 414 | 34730 | |
| South Dakota | 251 | 36 | -23 | 3 | 6 |             | 2166 | 0.6 | -420 | -613 | 62 | 18 | 2246 | |
| Tennessee | 4404 | 168 | -414 | 30 | 38 |             | 35889 | 1.4 | -1629 | -4542 | 281 | 635 | 36808 | |
| Texas | 12473 | 1182 | -4774 | 27 | 142 |             | 100959 | 1.1 | 2780 | -17191 | 683 | 1927 | 103569 | |
| Utah | 1199 | 240 | -55 | 11 | 6 |             | 7521 | 0.7 | -542 | -3196 | 130 | 84 | 7735 | |
| Vermont | 1197 | 283 | -164 | 1 | 3 |             | 7710 | 2.6 | -480 | -64 | 29 | 47 | 7786 | |
| Virgin Islands | 34 | 8 | -15 | 2 | 1 |             | 310 | 0.7 | 36 | -42 | 4 | 18 | 332 | |
| Virginia | 3529 | 190 | -549 | 12 | 69 |             | 27793 | 0.8 | 21 | -3247 | 275 | 840 | 28908 | |
| Washington | 7307 | -350 | -1066 | 38 | 82 |             | 52484 | 2.0 | -2017 | -8392 | 464 | 1220 | 54168 | |
| West Virginia | 1042 | -24 | -111 | 4 | 6 |             | 12487 | 1.9 | -135 | -533 | 67 | 173 | 12727 | |
| Wisconsin | 11257 | 960 | 2118 | 9 | 16 |             | 73910 | 2.7 | -5638 | -832 | 149 | 368 | 74427 | |
| Wyoming | 259 | -52 | -149 | 6 | 2 |             | 2795 | 1.1 | 146 | -482 | 76 | 33 | 2904 | |
| Totals | 291972 | 23500 | -7919 | 959 | 1618 |             | 2482928 | 1.9 | -21973 | -129572 | 14025 | 26762 | 2524522 | |
Figures appearing on this table reflect 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.