| STATE NAME |
Initial Claims Filed During Week Ended November 6, 2004 |
Insured Unemployment For Week Ended October 30, 2004 |
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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 | 4220 | 155 | -903 | 18 | 34 |             | 27839 | 1.6 | -122 | -5740 | 143 | 449 | 28431 | |
| Alaska | 2408 | 363 | 27 | 31 | 3 |             | 12649 | 4.6 | 1747 | -1361 | 221 | 94 | 12964 | |
| Arizona | 4107 | 309 | -816 | 28 | 18 |             | 32236 | 1.4 | -475 | -5166 | 236 | 261 | 32733 | |
| Arkansas | 4799 | 580 | 752 | 13 | 13 |             | 26063 | 2.4 | 787 | -5054 | 134 | 342 | 26539 | |
| California | 52443 | 3491 | -11569 | 441 | 208 |             | 375264 | 2.6 | 24488 | -113174 | 2708 | 3448 | 381420 | |
| Colorado | 3157 | 536 | -1164 | 38 | 40 |             | 26400 | 1.3 | 1358 | -10745 | 318 | 433 | 27151 | |
| Connecticut | 3294 | 388 | -679 | 8 | 10 |             | 34837 | 2.2 | -91 | -9130 | 91 | 238 | 35166 | |
| Delaware | 892 | 100 | -223 | 3 | 4 |             | 7363 | 1.8 | 116 | -1879 | 29 | 29 | 7421 | |
| District of Columbia | 239 | -66 | -128 | 11 | 5 |             | 4554 | 1.0 | 63 | -1827 | 184 | 69 | 4807 | |
| Florida | 15214 | 4108 | 6217 | 64 | 161 |             | 117486 | 1.6 | -1472 | -1799 | 609 | 1524 | 119619 | |
| Georgia | 8152 | 898 | -3109 | 102 | 57 |             | 50937 | 1.4 | 403 | -13462 | 762 | 1351 | 53050 | |
| Hawaii | 1230 | 213 | -303 | 15 | 15 |             | 6817 | 1.3 | -169 | -2354 | 106 | 189 | 7112 | |
| Idaho | 2570 | 453 | -692 | 84 | 6 |             | 10605 | 1.9 | 506 | -2941 | 149 | 106 | 10860 | |
| Illinois | 15974 | 2001 | -1810 | 34 | 62 |             | 123388 | 2.2 | 2665 | -26538 | 637 | 1210 | 125235 | |
| Indiana | 8715 | 2566 | 1937 | 43 | 55 |             | 45021 | 1.6 | -431 | -6399 | 379 | 461 | 45861 | |
| Iowa | 3191 | 484 | -918 | 5 | 9 |             | 18671 | 1.3 | 767 | -5827 | 51 | 198 | 18920 | |
| Kansas | 3241 | 742 | -67 | 13 | 5 |             | 19223 | 1.5 | 433 | -6312 | 184 | 241 | 19648 | |
| Kentucky | 4464 | -121 | 15 | 26 | 17 |             | 26139 | 1.6 | 1238 | -5127 | 397 | 564 | 27100 | |
| Louisiana | 3500 | 434 | -688 | 15 | 22 |             | 29774 | 1.6 | -337 | -2942 | 141 | 446 | 30361 | |
| Maine | 1640 | 149 | 214 | 5 | 3 |             | 7462 | 1.3 | -214 | -1123 | 17 | 45 | 7524 | |
| Maryland | 4150 | 657 | -479 | 47 | 49 |             | 33180 | 1.4 | -719 | -5800 | 357 | 406 | 33943 | |
| Massachusetts | 8461 | 1935 | -936 | 108 | 34 |             | 71123 | 2.3 | 1102 | -15469 | 859 | 613 | 72595 | |
| Michigan | 18200 | 5213 | 2538 | 37 | 66 |             | 106360 | 2.5 | 7021 | -14841 | 413 | 769 | 107542 | |
| Minnesota | 5866 | 1567 | -2694 | 43 | 39 |             | 31142 | 1.2 | 1145 | -11785 | 113 | 238 | 31493 | |
| Mississippi | 3120 | 726 | -95 | 26 | 22 |             | 18416 | 1.7 | -20 | -3055 | 124 | 299 | 18839 | |
| Missouri | 8393 | 1574 | -330 | 45 | 23 |             | 54326 | 2.1 | 1756 | -5680 | 743 | 319 | 55388 | |
| Montana | 1225 | 31 | -1249 | 88 | 7 |             | 6583 | 1.7 | 1440 | -1922 | 203 | 115 | 6901 | |
| Nebraska | 1345 | -169 | -777 | 1 | 0 |             | 10941 | 1.3 | 305 | -728 | 45 | 61 | 11047 | |
| Nevada | 2948 | 708 | -441 | 31 | 8 |             | 18703 | 1.7 | 40 | -6223 | 134 | 181 | 19018 | |
| New Hampshire | 1029 | 226 | -225 | 3 | 3 |             | 5396 | 0.9 | 180 | -2348 | 21 | 23 | 5440 | |
| New Jersey | 11644 | 3005 | -309 | 33 | 37 |             | 99513 | 2.6 | 1375 | -11414 | 347 | 584 | 100444 | |
| New Mexico | 1206 | 42 | -221 | 32 | 4 |             | 11157 | 1.6 | 47 | -2207 | 216 | 173 | 11546 | |
| New York | 19249 | 621 | -2803 | 31 | 86 |             | 166463 | 2.1 | 2057 | -36517 | 580 | 1222 | 168265 | |
| North Carolina | 13072 | 2491 | -2553 | 20 | 64 |             | 69646 | 1.9 | 1782 | -25812 | 299 | 1287 | 71232 | |
| North Dakota | 608 | 152 | -526 | 6 | 1 |             | 1774 | 0.6 | 128 | -597 | 32 | 42 | 1848 | |
| Ohio | 13161 | 2377 | -530 | 11 | 9 |             | 82407 | 1.6 | 1970 | -20291 | 433 | 885 | 83725 | |
| Oklahoma | 2219 | -322 | -485 | 3 | 26 |             | 18188 | 1.3 | 301 | -8613 | 84 | 301 | 18573 | |
| Oregon | 7629 | 1043 | -1233 | 130 | 39 |             | 42082 | 2.7 | 604 | -13475 | 409 | 474 | 42966 | |
| Pennsylvania | 20468 | 3667 | -1509 | 134 | 118 |             | 145434 | 2.7 | 4060 | -29832 | 1613 | 1592 | 148639 | |
| Puerto Rico | 2297 | -655 | -782 | 2 | 5 |             | 38861 | 3.8 | 116 | -13780 | 322 | 464 | 39647 | |
| Rhode Island | 1393 | 228 | -78 | 7 | 2 |             | 9734 | 2.1 | -5 | -958 | 57 | 104 | 9895 | |
| South Carolina | 4992 | 118 | -1018 | 11 | 36 |             | 36758 | 2.1 | 343 | -9957 | 156 | 434 | 37348 | |
| South Dakota | 451 | 66 | -455 | 18 | 3 |             | 1958 | 0.6 | 25 | -423 | 62 | 24 | 2044 | |
| Tennessee | 6090 | 772 | -417 | 38 | 44 |             | 39566 | 1.5 | 167 | -7174 | 541 | 476 | 40583 | |
| Texas | 18444 | 1872 | -2867 | 74 | 255 |             | 133951 | 1.5 | -948 | -51743 | 1227 | 2569 | 137747 | |
| Utah | 1860 | -283 | -882 | 62 | 9 |             | 11023 | 1.1 | 727 | -3410 | 549 | 117 | 11689 | |
| Vermont | 1055 | 241 | -3 | 8 | 5 |             | 4074 | 1.4 | -48 | -2201 | 17 | 24 | 4115 | |
| Virgin Islands | 27 | 2 | -8 | 0 | 0 |             | 495 | 1.2 | -50 | -220 | 0 | 7 | 502 | |
| Virginia | 5200 | 432 | -1006 | 33 | 98 |             | 30446 | 0.9 | 1304 | -8649 | 367 | 1092 | 31905 | |
| Washington | 12176 | 2055 | -2117 | 95 | 64 |             | 62175 | 2.4 | 1837 | -28240 | 529 | 1213 | 63917 | |
| West Virginia | 1368 | 91 | -416 | 3 | 11 |             | 11534 | 1.8 | 690 | -2529 | 96 | 255 | 11885 | |
| Wisconsin | 11118 | 616 | -3622 | 17 | 29 |             | 55328 | 2.1 | 2259 | -16475 | 137 | 316 | 55781 | |
| Wyoming | 647 | 133 | -391 | 26 | 4 |             | 2682 | 1.1 | 378 | -247 | 66 | 49 | 2797 | |
| Totals | 354561 | 49015 | -42826 | 2220 | 1947 |             | 2434147 | 1.9 | 62629 | -591515 | 18647 | 28426 | 2481221 | |
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.