| STATE NAME |
Initial Claims Filed During Week Ended February 11, 2006 |
Insured Unemployment For Week Ended February 4, 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 | 3794 | 513 | -448 | 23 | 24 |             | 26342 | 1.4 | -470 | -2454 | 100 | 292 | 26734 | |
| Alaska | 1700 | -164 | -58 | 15 | 3 |             | 15936 | 5.6 | -1402 | -993 | 288 | 70 | 16294 | |
| Arizona | 2707 | -247 | -1178 | 16 | 16 |             | 21900 | 0.9 | -50 | -8591 | 344 | 184 | 22428 | |
| Arkansas | 2774 | 171 | -327 | 12 | 20 |             | 29469 | 2.6 | -1195 | -3328 | 211 | 365 | 30045 | |
| California | 43905 | 1777 | -2350 | 185 | 277 |             | 374547 | 2.5 | -254 | -57931 | 3530 | 3475 | 381552 | |
| Colorado | 2361 | -131 | -325 | 19 | 27 |             | 26754 | 1.3 | -2434 | -4359 | 441 | 398 | 27593 | |
| Connecticut | 3574 | -122 | 596 | 8 | 16 |             | 47680 | 2.9 | -114 | -2775 | 85 | 211 | 47976 | |
| Delaware | 845 | -44 | 8 | 1 | 1 |             | 9180 | 2.2 | -18 | -1381 | 26 | 75 | 9281 | |
| District of Columbia | 303 | -47 | 61 | 6 | 2 |             | 3826 | 0.8 | -35 | -642 | 156 | 58 | 4040 | |
| Florida | 8117 | 150 | -315 | 46 | 99 |             | 79599 | 1.1 | -7535 | -13010 | 398 | 1152 | 81149 | |
| Georgia | 7710 | -3155 | -232 | 27 | 47 |             | 58192 | 1.5 | -4492 | 5147 | 459 | 993 | 59644 | |
| Hawaii | 986 | -271 | -856 | 5 | 37 |             | 5845 | 1.0 | -260 | -1610 | 116 | 249 | 6210 | |
| Idaho | 1758 | -423 | -269 | 42 | 9 |             | 18774 | 3.2 | -101 | -3630 | 577 | 288 | 19639 | |
| Illinois | 13790 | -1757 | 2560 | 46 | 86 |             | 153699 | 2.7 | -20438 | -22905 | 711 | 1157 | 155567 | |
| Indiana | 9124 | 679 | 2232 | 19 | 68 |             | 69685 | 2.5 | 47 | -2004 | 321 | 803 | 70809 | |
| Iowa | 2907 | 65 | 117 | 7 | 10 |             | 34300 | 2.4 | -372 | -2807 | 69 | 304 | 34673 | |
| Kansas | 2259 | 43 | -1129 | 5 | 4 |             | 20497 | 1.6 | -485 | -5791 | 141 | 247 | 20885 | |
| Kentucky | 4467 | -431 | 193 | 11 | 25 |             | 34731 | 2.0 | -3380 | -1718 | 338 | 545 | 35614 | |
| Louisiana | 2157 | -384 | -481 | 10 | 16 |             | 53468 | 2.9 | -3717 | 23415 | 156 | 395 | 56912 | |
| Maine | 1418 | -127 | 67 | 2 | 1 |             | 14980 | 2.6 | 334 | -1245 | 51 | 82 | 15113 | |
| Maryland | 3594 | -85 | 12 | 18 | 22 |             | 39933 | 1.7 | 618 | -6204 | 384 | 355 | 40672 | |
| Massachusetts | 6777 | -812 | -472 | 14 | 29 |             | 100133 | 3.2 | -167 | -12356 | 417 | 656 | 101206 | |
| Michigan | 24960 | 8011 | 10357 | 25 | 50 |             | 193344 | 4.6 | 13331 | 8872 | 461 | 948 | 194753 | |
| Minnesota | 5418 | -1743 | 13 | 14 | 42 |             | 66758 | 2.6 | -6773 | 510 | 262 | 414 | 67434 | |
| Mississippi | 1983 | -281 | -239 | 15 | 51 |             | 35801 | 3.3 | -816 | 15659 | 183 | 306 | 36290 | |
| Missouri | 6571 | -2599 | 811 | 30 | 20 |             | 61424 | 2.4 | 2832 | -4805 | 405 | 307 | 62136 | |
| Montana | 886 | -63 | -56 | 25 | 14 |             | 10558 | 2.7 | -1059 | -1050 | 713 | 221 | 11492 | |
| Nebraska | 1336 | 120 | -284 | 3 | 0 |             | 13232 | 1.5 | -158 | -3101 | 67 | 59 | 13358 | |
| Nevada | 2322 | -314 | -44 | 8 | 9 |             | 19032 | 1.6 | 110 | -3153 | 166 | 149 | 19347 | |
| New Hampshire | 857 | -195 | -33 | 3 | 1 |             | 9291 | 1.5 | 80 | -277 | 18 | 30 | 9339 | |
| New Jersey | 9203 | -640 | 960 | 22 | 45 |             | 127723 | 3.3 | 1458 | -12873 | 383 | 771 | 128877 | |
| New Mexico | 975 | -70 | -89 | 7 | 1 |             | 12089 | 1.6 | 207 | -1516 | 257 | 150 | 12496 | |
| New York | 18916 | -844 | -684 | 45 | 107 |             | 216332 | 2.6 | -1235 | -17342 | 777 | 1980 | 219089 | |
| North Carolina | 11638 | -181 | -2021 | 16 | 67 |             | 85030 | 2.3 | 1208 | 71 | 389 | 1362 | 86781 | |
| North Dakota | 507 | 28 | 78 | 2 | 0 |             | 6535 | 2.1 | -14 | -391 | 71 | 43 | 6649 | |
| Ohio | 13084 | 12 | 1420 | 20 | 95 |             | 130031 | 2.5 | 2103 | -4529 | 451 | 984 | 131466 | |
| Oklahoma | 1574 | 77 | -621 | 4 | 19 |             | 15141 | 1.1 | -398 | -4497 | 85 | 217 | 15443 | |
| Oregon | 5683 | -1355 | -90 | 46 | 34 |             | 51424 | 3.2 | 688 | -4551 | 964 | 631 | 53019 | |
| Pennsylvania | 21866 | -1850 | 2911 | 106 | 170 |             | 192653 | 3.6 | -24992 | -9364 | 1378 | 1906 | 195937 | |
| Puerto Rico | 3071 | -340 | -137 | 2 | 21 |             | 33630 | 3.3 | -9601 | -7846 | 105 | 250 | 33985 | |
| Rhode Island | 1363 | 157 | -130 | 0 | 7 |             | 16344 | 3.5 | 73 | -1474 | 39 | 98 | 16481 | |
| South Carolina | 4540 | -280 | -1477 | 5 | 24 |             | 39599 | 2.2 | -187 | -2762 | 113 | 480 | 40192 | |
| South Dakota | 340 | -83 | -26 | 14 | 2 |             | 3845 | 1.1 | -153 | -850 | 108 | 29 | 3982 | |
| Tennessee | 5404 | -323 | -1206 | 36 | 41 |             | 49451 | 1.9 | -377 | -3684 | 388 | 755 | 50603 | |
| Texas | 12027 | -625 | -2760 | 27 | 198 |             | 133149 | 1.4 | -1695 | -1877 | 779 | 2198 | 136126 | |
| Utah | 1157 | -172 | -194 | 14 | 8 |             | 11572 | 1.1 | 2 | -4063 | 443 | 107 | 12122 | |
| Vermont | 636 | -74 | 49 | 1 | 4 |             | 9268 | 3.2 | 207 | 542 | 33 | 53 | 9354 | |
| Virgin Islands | 30 | -10 | -3 | 0 | 2 |             | 400 | 0.9 | 74 | -177 | 2 | 12 | 414 | |
| Virginia | 4211 | -2774 | -2211 | 13 | 74 |             | 37070 | 1.1 | 2389 | -3022 | 393 | 868 | 38331 | |
| Washington | 8118 | -307 | -1032 | 57 | 113 |             | 68912 | 2.6 | 2583 | -10811 | 809 | 1302 | 71023 | |
| West Virginia | 1335 | -369 | 188 | 0 | 19 |             | 16406 | 2.4 | -1922 | -748 | 112 | 258 | 16776 | |
| Wisconsin | 12694 | 397 | 27 | 10 | 21 |             | 98007 | 3.6 | 30 | -2324 | 238 | 458 | 98703 | |
| Wyoming | 301 | -2 | -140 | 0 | 2 |             | 3434 | 1.4 | -45 | -876 | 125 | 32 | 3591 | |
| Totals | 310033 | -11494 | 743 | 1107 | 2100 |             | 3006955 | 2.3 | -67970 | -209481 | 20036 | 29732 | 3059625 | |
Figures Appearing on this table reflect Revisions in Data Submitted By State Agencies after the weekly figures were finalized for release.
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1THE UNEMPLOYMENT COMPENSATION PROGRAM FOR FEDERAL EMPLOYES (UCFE) AND THE UNEMPLOYMENT FOR EX-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.