| STATE NAME |
Initial Claims Filed During Week Ended February 18, 2006 |
Insured Unemployment For Week Ended February 11, 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 | 3231 | -563 | -574 | 15 | 30 |             | 25764 | 1.4 | -578 | -2269 | 99 | 263 | 26126 | |
| Alaska | 1483 | -217 | -222 | 9 | 0 |             | 17148 | 6.1 | 1212 | -887 | 250 | 56 | 17454 | |
| Arizona | 2168 | -584 | -876 | 8 | 3 |             | 20884 | 0.9 | -1003 | -9227 | 336 | 176 | 21396 | |
| Arkansas | 2881 | 107 | 179 | 7 | 12 |             | 29367 | 2.6 | -102 | -1801 | 151 | 367 | 29885 | |
| California | 35837 | -8068 | -11739 | 128 | 257 |             | 357687 | 2.4 | -16860 | -59684 | 2776 | 3092 | 363555 | |
| Colorado | 2416 | 55 | -118 | 21 | 32 |             | 28912 | 1.4 | 2158 | -4245 | 302 | 403 | 29617 | |
| Connecticut | 3249 | -325 | -803 | 5 | 12 |             | 47311 | 2.9 | -369 | -4406 | 80 | 215 | 47606 | |
| Delaware | 896 | 51 | 186 | 4 | 0 |             | 8823 | 2.2 | -357 | -1331 | 29 | 72 | 8924 | |
| District of Columbia | 245 | -58 | -9 | 7 | 0 |             | 3914 | 0.8 | 88 | -400 | 138 | 28 | 4080 | |
| Florida | 7331 | -786 | -918 | 46 | 94 |             | 75851 | 1.0 | -3748 | -13572 | 406 | 1202 | 77459 | |
| Georgia | 6426 | -1284 | -1102 | 26 | 46 |             | 54661 | 1.4 | -3531 | 2159 | 427 | 947 | 56035 | |
| Hawaii | 905 | -81 | -64 | 4 | 55 |             | 6036 | 1.1 | 191 | -904 | 84 | 255 | 6375 | |
| Idaho | 1907 | 149 | -38 | 27 | 7 |             | 17927 | 3.0 | -847 | -3464 | 554 | 279 | 18760 | |
| Illinois | 11178 | -2612 | -2967 | 27 | 57 |             | 174468 | 3.1 | 20769 | -15759 | 621 | 961 | 176050 | |
| Indiana | 6650 | -2474 | 350 | 19 | 66 |             | 72486 | 2.6 | 2801 | -165 | 327 | 815 | 73628 | |
| Iowa | 2642 | -265 | 155 | 1 | 15 |             | 34327 | 2.4 | 27 | -2816 | 91 | 332 | 34750 | |
| Kansas | 2144 | -115 | -290 | 2 | 10 |             | 20448 | 1.6 | -49 | -6599 | 135 | 254 | 20837 | |
| Kentucky | 3780 | -687 | -3675 | 1 | 23 |             | 37585 | 2.2 | 2854 | -730 | 255 | 543 | 38383 | |
| Louisiana | 1898 | -259 | -974 | 8 | 15 |             | 45548 | 2.5 | -7920 | 15657 | 119 | 395 | 50368 | |
| Maine | 1178 | -240 | -170 | 2 | 0 |             | 14777 | 2.5 | -203 | -1513 | 47 | 83 | 14907 | |
| Maryland | 3888 | 294 | 568 | 21 | 21 |             | 39202 | 1.7 | -731 | -4879 | 374 | 360 | 39936 | |
| Massachusetts | 6429 | -348 | -478 | 21 | 26 |             | 99424 | 3.2 | -709 | -12268 | 336 | 634 | 100394 | |
| Michigan | 14765 | -10195 | 1780 | 23 | 49 |             | 191896 | 4.5 | -1448 | 11204 | 488 | 986 | 193370 | |
| Minnesota | 5074 | -344 | -496 | 11 | 18 |             | 76207 | 3.0 | 9449 | -1424 | 169 | 503 | 76879 | |
| Mississippi | 1933 | -50 | -146 | 19 | 37 |             | 34441 | 3.2 | -1360 | 14741 | 214 | 336 | 34996 | |
| Missouri | 5675 | -896 | -1838 | 22 | 47 |             | 60822 | 2.3 | -602 | -13631 | 328 | 304 | 61454 | |
| Montana | 1254 | 368 | 369 | 24 | 6 |             | 11417 | 2.9 | 859 | -1159 | 585 | 210 | 12212 | |
| Nebraska | 1300 | -36 | 11 | 0 | 1 |             | 13192 | 1.5 | -40 | -3314 | 64 | 61 | 13317 | |
| Nevada | 2363 | 41 | -146 | 4 | 10 |             | 18372 | 1.6 | -660 | -3262 | 157 | 145 | 18674 | |
| New Hampshire | 771 | -86 | -81 | 0 | 4 |             | 9029 | 1.5 | -262 | -243 | 25 | 30 | 9084 | |
| New Jersey | 8245 | -958 | -2072 | 15 | 41 |             | 125047 | 3.3 | -2676 | -16798 | 338 | 767 | 126152 | |
| New Mexico | 938 | -37 | -140 | 2 | 3 |             | 11787 | 1.6 | -302 | -2035 | 260 | 159 | 12206 | |
| New York | 17195 | -1721 | -410 | 50 | 117 |             | 215897 | 2.6 | -435 | -16645 | 808 | 1963 | 218668 | |
| North Carolina | 10619 | -1019 | -306 | 21 | 76 |             | 83505 | 2.2 | -1525 | 2458 | 367 | 1345 | 85217 | |
| North Dakota | 452 | -55 | 3 | 0 | 1 |             | 6553 | 2.1 | 18 | -412 | 54 | 37 | 6644 | |
| Ohio | 10094 | -2990 | -1459 | 15 | 81 |             | 126777 | 2.4 | -3254 | -7712 | 462 | 931 | 128170 | |
| Oklahoma | 1513 | -61 | -497 | 9 | 25 |             | 15199 | 1.1 | 58 | -4459 | 89 | 217 | 15505 | |
| Oregon | 5078 | -605 | -1043 | 45 | 32 |             | 48760 | 3.1 | -2664 | -6459 | 872 | 640 | 50272 | |
| Pennsylvania | 22250 | 384 | 2563 | 93 | 151 |             | 214853 | 4.0 | 22200 | -13991 | 1194 | 1912 | 217959 | |
| Puerto Rico | 2958 | -113 | 118 | 2 | 6 |             | 48544 | 4.7 | 14914 | 13158 | 139 | 300 | 48983 | |
| Rhode Island | 1805 | 442 | 304 | 1 | 4 |             | 16762 | 3.6 | 418 | -818 | 49 | 90 | 16901 | |
| South Carolina | 4285 | -255 | -149 | 10 | 22 |             | 38723 | 2.2 | -876 | -2481 | 118 | 474 | 39315 | |
| South Dakota | 397 | 57 | 77 | 4 | 7 |             | 3902 | 1.1 | 57 | -865 | 104 | 31 | 4037 | |
| Tennessee | 4506 | -898 | -1078 | 14 | 31 |             | 48526 | 1.9 | -925 | -3603 | 379 | 748 | 49697 | |
| Texas | 11553 | -474 | -1682 | 25 | 168 |             | 126594 | 1.4 | -6555 | -8966 | 697 | 2014 | 129305 | |
| Utah | 1063 | -94 | -353 | 12 | 10 |             | 11137 | 1.1 | -435 | -4807 | 340 | 105 | 11582 | |
| Vermont | 612 | -24 | 94 | 0 | 5 |             | 9233 | 3.1 | -35 | 395 | 30 | 50 | 9313 | |
| Virgin Islands | 32 | 2 | -1 | 0 | 1 |             | 270 | 0.6 | -130 | -126 | 2 | 10 | 282 | |
| Virginia | 3987 | -224 | -1044 | 14 | 79 |             | 34550 | 1.0 | -2520 | -3261 | 414 | 868 | 35832 | |
| Washington | 7337 | -781 | -911 | 44 | 95 |             | 63900 | 2.4 | -5012 | -11373 | 718 | 1308 | 65926 | |
| West Virginia | 1200 | -135 | -283 | 0 | 12 |             | 18101 | 2.7 | 1695 | -1663 | 67 | 220 | 18388 | |
| Wisconsin | 11363 | -1331 | -1592 | 9 | 17 |             | 97995 | 3.6 | -12 | -4084 | 228 | 425 | 98648 | |
| Wyoming | 503 | 202 | 55 | 3 | 3 |             | 3324 | 1.4 | -110 | -1175 | 92 | 51 | 3467 | |
| Totals | 269882 | -40196 | -33932 | 900 | 1940 |             | 3017865 | 2.3 | 10923 | -221913 | 17788 | 28972 | 3068980 | |
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 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.