| STATE NAME |
Initial Claims Filed During Week Ended February 19, 2005 |
Insured Unemployment For Week Ended February 12, 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 | 3805 | -437 | -826 | 23 | 27 |             | 28033 | 1.6 | -763 | -6750 | 123 | 359 | 28515 | |
| Alaska | 1705 | -53 | 170 | 16 | 3 |             | 18035 | 6.5 | 1106 | -516 | 322 | 91 | 18448 | |
| Arizona | 3675 | -210 | 70 | 13 | 4 |             | 30169 | 1.3 | -322 | -5040 | 405 | 224 | 30798 | |
| Arkansas | 2702 | -399 | 124 | 13 | 9 |             | 31168 | 2.8 | -1629 | -4557 | 201 | 278 | 31647 | |
| California | 47576 | 1321 | -1180 | 159 | 192 |             | 417371 | 2.9 | -15107 | -48821 | 3029 | 3254 | 423654 | |
| Colorado | 2534 | -152 | -434 | 12 | 36 |             | 33157 | 1.6 | 2044 | -10188 | 332 | 441 | 33930 | |
| Connecticut | 4052 | 1074 | -1296 | 7 | 13 |             | 51717 | 3.2 | 1262 | -6316 | 98 | 236 | 52051 | |
| Delaware | 710 | -127 | -899 | 1 | 3 |             | 10154 | 2.5 | -407 | -883 | 31 | 83 | 10268 | |
| District of Columbia | 254 | 12 | -45 | 12 | 4 |             | 4314 | 0.9 | -154 | -1425 | 233 | 52 | 4599 | |
| Florida | 8249 | -183 | -1495 | 51 | 109 |             | 89423 | 1.2 | -3186 | -18312 | 402 | 1518 | 91343 | |
| Georgia | 7528 | -414 | -991 | 23 | 60 |             | 52502 | 1.4 | -543 | -9443 | 447 | 1196 | 54145 | |
| Hawaii | 969 | -873 | -468 | 10 | 12 |             | 6940 | 1.3 | -515 | -2518 | 82 | 190 | 7212 | |
| Idaho | 1945 | -82 | -505 | 28 | 2 |             | 21391 | 3.8 | -1013 | -3774 | 647 | 120 | 22158 | |
| Illinois | 14145 | 2915 | 94 | 34 | 79 |             | 190227 | 3.4 | 13623 | -26020 | 578 | 1142 | 191947 | |
| Indiana | 6300 | -592 | -38 | 14 | 39 |             | 72651 | 2.6 | 962 | -2286 | 300 | 664 | 73615 | |
| Iowa | 2487 | -303 | -205 | 2 | 6 |             | 37143 | 2.7 | 36 | -4816 | 57 | 193 | 37393 | |
| Kansas | 2434 | -954 | 30 | 2 | 3 |             | 27047 | 2.1 | 759 | -6684 | 186 | 254 | 27487 | |
| Kentucky | 7455 | 3181 | 3326 | 6 | 21 |             | 38315 | 2.3 | 1866 | -8037 | 497 | 478 | 39290 | |
| Louisiana | 2872 | 234 | -370 | 12 | 22 |             | 29891 | 1.6 | -162 | -5016 | 149 | 417 | 30457 | |
| Maine | 1348 | -3 | 67 | 2 | 1 |             | 16290 | 2.8 | 65 | -429 | 42 | 63 | 16395 | |
| Maryland | 3320 | -262 | -585 | 31 | 28 |             | 44081 | 1.9 | -2056 | -8510 | 449 | 426 | 44956 | |
| Massachusetts | 6907 | -342 | -5181 | 18 | 38 |             | 111692 | 3.6 | -797 | -12063 | 304 | 503 | 112499 | |
| Michigan | 12985 | -1618 | 157 | 27 | 49 |             | 180692 | 4.3 | -3780 | -26501 | 423 | 807 | 181922 | |
| Minnesota | 5570 | 165 | 235 | 18 | 16 |             | 77631 | 3.0 | 11383 | -8585 | 226 | 234 | 78091 | |
| Mississippi | 2079 | -143 | -100 | 10 | 19 |             | 19700 | 1.8 | -442 | -3662 | 181 | 245 | 20126 | |
| Missouri | 7513 | 1753 | 904 | 21 | 29 |             | 74453 | 2.9 | 8224 | -16124 | 359 | 377 | 75189 | |
| Montana | 885 | -57 | -148 | 28 | 6 |             | 12576 | 3.3 | 968 | -2230 | 646 | 103 | 13325 | |
| Nebraska | 1289 | -331 | -656 | 0 | 0 |             | 16506 | 1.9 | 173 | -1598 | 55 | 66 | 16627 | |
| Nevada | 2509 | 143 | -108 | 9 | 6 |             | 21634 | 2.0 | -551 | -5290 | 239 | 187 | 22060 | |
| New Hampshire | 852 | -38 | 19 | 0 | 2 |             | 9272 | 1.5 | -296 | -1483 | 21 | 20 | 9313 | |
| New Jersey | 10317 | 2074 | -1036 | 14 | 27 |             | 141845 | 3.7 | 1249 | -11948 | 448 | 624 | 142917 | |
| New Mexico | 1078 | 14 | 13 | 3 | 2 |             | 13822 | 1.9 | 217 | -2060 | 283 | 161 | 14266 | |
| New York | 17605 | -1995 | -426 | 44 | 120 |             | 232542 | 2.9 | -1132 | -18196 | 726 | 1264 | 234532 | |
| North Carolina | 10925 | -2734 | -2367 | 12 | 115 |             | 81047 | 2.2 | -3912 | -20514 | 327 | 1221 | 82595 | |
| North Dakota | 449 | 20 | -9 | 0 | 1 |             | 6965 | 2.3 | 39 | -791 | 52 | 28 | 7045 | |
| Ohio | 11553 | -111 | -366 | 4 | 12 |             | 134489 | 2.6 | -71 | -22528 | 405 | 726 | 135620 | |
| Oklahoma | 2010 | -185 | -455 | 13 | 27 |             | 19658 | 1.4 | 20 | -8769 | 114 | 281 | 20053 | |
| Oregon | 6121 | 348 | -996 | 60 | 38 |             | 55219 | 3.6 | -756 | -11940 | 939 | 432 | 56590 | |
| Pennsylvania | 19687 | 732 | 63 | 78 | 96 |             | 228844 | 4.3 | 26827 | -25285 | 1307 | 1642 | 231793 | |
| Puerto Rico | 2840 | -368 | 82 | 6 | 16 |             | 35386 | 3.5 | -6090 | 873 | 119 | 314 | 35819 | |
| Rhode Island | 1501 | 8 | -1471 | 2 | 3 |             | 17580 | 3.8 | -238 | -453 | 44 | 90 | 17714 | |
| South Carolina | 4434 | -1583 | -718 | 9 | 29 |             | 41204 | 2.4 | -1157 | -7354 | 156 | 380 | 41740 | |
| South Dakota | 320 | -46 | -89 | 6 | 4 |             | 4767 | 1.3 | 72 | -390 | 102 | 28 | 4897 | |
| Tennessee | 5584 | -1026 | 195 | 16 | 25 |             | 52129 | 2.0 | -1006 | -5312 | 394 | 483 | 53006 | |
| Texas | 13235 | -1552 | -3838 | 11 | 177 |             | 135560 | 1.5 | 534 | -43007 | 685 | 2140 | 138385 | |
| Utah | 1416 | 65 | -60 | 15 | 9 |             | 15944 | 1.6 | 309 | -4197 | 508 | 149 | 16601 | |
| Vermont | 518 | -69 | -450 | 1 | 3 |             | 8838 | 3.1 | 112 | -1085 | 34 | 26 | 8898 | |
| Virgin Islands | 33 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 1 |             | 396 | 1.0 | -181 | 18 | 0 | 3 | 399 | |
| Virginia | 5031 | -1391 | -628 | 10 | 77 |             | 37811 | 1.1 | -2281 | -8842 | 441 | 1061 | 39313 | |
| Washington | 8248 | -902 | -1698 | 46 | 74 |             | 75273 | 2.9 | -4450 | -26413 | 803 | 1133 | 77209 | |
| West Virginia | 1483 | 336 | 9 | 2 | 41 |             | 19764 | 3.0 | 2610 | 914 | 43 | 227 | 20034 | |
| Wisconsin | 12954 | 287 | 796 | 14 | 19 |             | 102079 | 3.8 | 1748 | -13170 | 212 | 295 | 102586 | |
| Wyoming | 448 | 7 | 49 | 7 | 2 |             | 4499 | 1.9 | 189 | -1207 | 98 | 66 | 4663 | |
| Totals | 304444 | -4846 | -23727 | 975 | 1756 |             | 3239836 | 2.6 | 23400 | -489533 | 19304 | 26995 | 3286135 | |
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.