| STATE NAME |
Initial Claims Filed During Week Ended January 28, 2006 |
Insured Unemployment For Week Ended January 21, 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 | 4108 | 237 | -134 | 19 | 35 |             | 27930 | 1.5 | -310 | -1714 | 112 | 303 | 28345 | |
| Alaska | 1940 | 36 | -66 | 19 | 3 |             | 16273 | 5.8 | -730 | -1018 | 277 | 76 | 16626 | |
| Arizona | 2587 | 350 | -1141 | 13 | 18 |             | 22468 | 1.0 | 340 | -8649 | 368 | 196 | 23032 | |
| Arkansas | 3176 | -27 | 111 | 9 | 21 |             | 30866 | 2.8 | 423 | -3853 | 165 | 380 | 31411 | |
| California | 41122 | -867 | -9102 | 226 | 250 |             | 354864 | 2.4 | -432 | -78945 | 3705 | 3062 | 361631 | |
| Colorado | 2678 | 228 | -199 | 18 | 41 |             | 26616 | 1.3 | -3060 | -4336 | 418 | 372 | 27406 | |
| Connecticut | 3991 | 147 | -981 | 8 | 21 |             | 48452 | 3.0 | 236 | -2834 | 76 | 213 | 48741 | |
| Delaware | 1027 | -1 | -622 | 1 | 3 |             | 9236 | 2.3 | 261 | -1196 | 34 | 85 | 9355 | |
| District of Columbia | 286 | 21 | -62 | 5 | 5 |             | 4487 | 1.0 | 642 | -300 | 166 | 50 | 4703 | |
| Florida | 8032 | 143 | -1329 | 60 | 108 |             | 82135 | 1.1 | 2321 | -15596 | 426 | 1283 | 83844 | |
| Georgia | 9880 | 2634 | 2479 | 28 | 68 |             | 61805 | 1.6 | 2752 | 7619 | 586 | 1024 | 63415 | |
| Hawaii | 1102 | 101 | -175 | 12 | 28 |             | 5883 | 1.0 | 92 | -1036 | 112 | 217 | 6212 | |
| Idaho | 2081 | -107 | -444 | 36 | 16 |             | 18903 | 3.2 | -209 | -3355 | 585 | 303 | 19791 | |
| Illinois | 13599 | 276 | -1650 | 44 | 68 |             | 154462 | 2.7 | -11528 | -27356 | 758 | 1192 | 156412 | |
| Indiana | 7756 | -21 | -1201 | 28 | 85 |             | 70356 | 2.5 | 1722 | -5523 | 309 | 864 | 71529 | |
| Iowa | 2958 | 2 | 130 | 6 | 29 |             | 34787 | 2.5 | -341 | -3116 | 73 | 286 | 35146 | |
| Kansas | 2289 | -165 | -300 | 3 | 8 |             | 21382 | 1.7 | -59 | -6138 | 157 | 258 | 21797 | |
| Kentucky | 4483 | -535 | -427 | 12 | 24 |             | 34961 | 2.0 | -3277 | -3330 | 441 | 493 | 35895 | |
| Louisiana | 3232 | 419 | -2565 | 19 | 28 |             | 57511 | 3.1 | -774 | 26074 | 127 | 442 | 61939 | |
| Maine | 1628 | 11 | -237 | 2 | 1 |             | 14584 | 2.5 | 770 | -1674 | 52 | 85 | 14721 | |
| Maryland | 4157 | 276 | -1523 | 18 | 29 |             | 41510 | 1.8 | 2514 | -5154 | 416 | 356 | 42282 | |
| Massachusetts | 7548 | -474 | -3123 | 62 | 45 |             | 99918 | 3.2 | 1651 | -7567 | 495 | 663 | 101076 | |
| Michigan | 17454 | -4503 | 712 | 32 | 90 |             | 202831 | 4.8 | 22358 | 18880 | 437 | 914 | 204182 | |
| Minnesota | 5488 | -455 | 82 | 18 | 58 |             | 67766 | 2.6 | -5205 | 2033 | 257 | 398 | 68421 | |
| Mississippi | 2246 | 226 | 218 | 34 | 28 |             | 37906 | 3.5 | -164 | 16951 | 166 | 291 | 38363 | |
| Missouri | 6659 | -69 | -364 | 40 | 24 |             | 61380 | 2.4 | 1223 | -14721 | 485 | 370 | 62235 | |
| Montana | 982 | -29 | -53 | 44 | 15 |             | 10897 | 2.8 | -912 | -1681 | 699 | 241 | 11837 | |
| Nebraska | 1214 | -132 | -289 | 4 | 3 |             | 13834 | 1.6 | -88 | -3170 | 67 | 71 | 13972 | |
| Nevada | 2832 | 353 | -144 | 9 | 9 |             | 19206 | 1.6 | 816 | -3774 | 170 | 158 | 19534 | |
| New Hampshire | 973 | -15 | -95 | 4 | 1 |             | 9280 | 1.5 | 368 | -47 | 17 | 33 | 9330 | |
| New Jersey | 10399 | 312 | -1770 | 31 | 59 |             | 127002 | 3.3 | -689 | -6951 | 335 | 766 | 128103 | |
| New Mexico | 929 | -36 | -289 | 3 | 0 |             | 11784 | 1.6 | 901 | -2084 | 308 | 176 | 12268 | |
| New York | 19845 | 1391 | -4769 | 64 | 120 |             | 217966 | 2.7 | 1905 | -15168 | 788 | 1954 | 220708 | |
| North Carolina | 11320 | 161 | -4981 | 28 | 77 |             | 84631 | 2.3 | 257 | -2503 | 383 | 1384 | 86398 | |
| North Dakota | 549 | -40 | 66 | 0 | 1 |             | 6445 | 2.0 | 53 | -704 | 56 | 47 | 6548 | |
| Ohio | 15139 | 2760 | 411 | 52 | 67 |             | 131831 | 2.5 | -1726 | -3981 | 403 | 1026 | 133260 | |
| Oklahoma | 1874 | 408 | -154 | 6 | 24 |             | 15531 | 1.1 | -107 | -4839 | 104 | 227 | 15862 | |
| Oregon | 6082 | -988 | -1155 | 69 | 42 |             | 52719 | 3.3 | 289 | -5245 | 1000 | 674 | 54393 | |
| Pennsylvania | 23330 | -148 | -2144 | 161 | 142 |             | 191772 | 3.5 | -27871 | -7194 | 1542 | 1922 | 195236 | |
| Puerto Rico | 3817 | 418 | -765 | 7 | 19 |             | 52046 | 5.0 | 21100 | 8754 | 173 | 280 | 52499 | |
| Rhode Island | 1606 | -86 | 11 | 4 | 19 |             | 17192 | 3.7 | 2304 | 1514 | 49 | 85 | 17326 | |
| South Carolina | 6579 | 1349 | 1376 | 7 | 26 |             | 41217 | 2.3 | -429 | -2265 | 132 | 513 | 41862 | |
| South Dakota | 366 | -29 | -58 | 10 | 4 |             | 4063 | 1.1 | -106 | -825 | 108 | 28 | 4199 | |
| Tennessee | 6590 | 181 | -660 | 44 | 61 |             | 50758 | 1.9 | -1182 | -2435 | 418 | 738 | 51916 | |
| Texas | 11757 | -2052 | -4157 | 31 | 233 |             | 139563 | 1.5 | 374 | -2102 | 912 | 2183 | 142658 | |
| Utah | 1311 | -54 | -147 | 26 | 10 |             | 11597 | 1.1 | 6 | -4432 | 655 | 115 | 12367 | |
| Vermont | 679 | -88 | -65 | 1 | 4 |             | 9260 | 3.2 | 34 | 558 | 35 | 49 | 9344 | |
| Virgin Islands | 28 | -1 | -9 | 0 | 1 |             | 434 | 1.0 | 126 | -15 | 4 | 14 | 452 | |
| Virginia | 4718 | -1155 | -1853 | 19 | 50 |             | 35992 | 1.1 | 569 | -3280 | 409 | 919 | 37320 | |
| Washington | 8567 | -100 | -1750 | 56 | 109 |             | 67437 | 2.5 | -1721 | -14524 | 812 | 1319 | 69568 | |
| West Virginia | 2048 | 180 | -201 | 3 | 20 |             | 17147 | 2.6 | -1560 | -1828 | 93 | 278 | 17518 | |
| Wisconsin | 13166 | 265 | -509 | 13 | 43 |             | 99111 | 3.7 | 3327 | -7085 | 248 | 471 | 99830 | |
| Wyoming | 361 | -66 | -70 | 11 | 3 |             | 3763 | 1.5 | 189 | -795 | 113 | 45 | 3921 | |
| Totals | 318568 | 642 | -46136 | 1479 | 2296 |             | 3051750 | 2.4 | 7443 | -211955 | 21236 | 29892 | 3106739 | |
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.