| STATE NAME |
Initial Claims Filed During Week Ended February 25, 2006 |
Insured Unemployment For Week Ended February 18, 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 | 2962 | -269 | 255 | 13 | 22 | 25085 | 1.4 | -679 | -1351 | 101 | 279 | 25465 | ||
| Alaska | 1474 | -9 | -69 | 17 | 3 | 15428 | 5.5 | -1720 | -1126 | 279 | 75 | 15782 | ||
| Arizona | 2169 | 312 | -1002 | 10 | 6 | 20337 | 0.9 | -520 | -9071 | 331 | 170 | 20838 | ||
| Arkansas | 2799 | -82 | 433 | 6 | 9 | 28546 | 2.6 | -821 | -1105 | 167 | 350 | 29063 | ||
| California | 34910 | -927 | -9790 | 157 | 226 | 347978 | 2.3 | -9709 | -56103 | 2968 | 3073 | 354019 | ||
| Colorado | 2053 | -363 | -161 | 13 | 22 | 26411 | 1.3 | -2501 | -3400 | 392 | 388 | 27191 | ||
| Connecticut | 6254 | 3005 | 1118 | 4 | 9 | 47174 | 2.9 | -137 | -3035 | 64 | 211 | 47449 | ||
| Delaware | 816 | -80 | 151 | 1 | 0 | 9014 | 2.2 | 191 | -554 | 22 | 67 | 9103 | ||
| District of Columbia | 202 | -43 | 11 | 11 | 2 | 3857 | 0.8 | -57 | -199 | 150 | 50 | 4057 | ||
| Florida | 7298 | -33 | -614 | 44 | 110 | 77026 | 1.0 | 1175 | -11998 | 411 | 1212 | 78649 | ||
| Georgia | 6161 | -265 | -274 | 24 | 46 | 51566 | 1.4 | -3095 | 1192 | 350 | 953 | 52869 | ||
| Hawaii | 939 | 34 | 28 | 3 | 51 | 5805 | 1.0 | -231 | -620 | 125 | 255 | 6185 | ||
| Idaho | 1846 | -61 | -149 | 26 | 14 | 17694 | 3.0 | -233 | -2972 | 510 | 267 | 18471 | ||
| Illinois | 10860 | -318 | -794 | 27 | 50 | 151785 | 2.7 | -22683 | -23282 | 666 | 1192 | 153643 | ||
| Indiana | 5900 | -750 | 205 | 20 | 25 | 69744 | 2.5 | -2742 | -637 | 288 | 819 | 70851 | ||
| Iowa | 2518 | -124 | 218 | 6 | 11 | 34177 | 2.4 | -150 | -2187 | 76 | 311 | 34564 | ||
| Kansas | 2052 | -92 | 70 | 1 | 11 | 20258 | 1.6 | -190 | -4860 | 135 | 245 | 20638 | ||
| Kentucky | 5142 | 1362 | 1332 | 6 | 34 | 35053 | 2.1 | -2532 | -3220 | 220 | 577 | 35850 | ||
| Louisiana | 2428 | 530 | -3524 | 10 | 26 | 37046 | 2.0 | -8502 | 8016 | 101 | 364 | 44715 | ||
| Maine | 1088 | -90 | -53 | 2 | 2 | 14289 | 2.5 | -488 | -1580 | 50 | 78 | 14417 | ||
| Maryland | 3128 | -760 | -172 | 25 | 27 | 39021 | 1.7 | -181 | -4740 | 358 | 337 | 39716 | ||
| Massachusetts | 10370 | 3941 | -710 | 13 | 26 | 98539 | 3.2 | -885 | -10176 | 326 | 643 | 99508 | ||
| Michigan | 13870 | -895 | 1547 | 16 | 58 | 205015 | 4.8 | 13119 | 26948 | 443 | 902 | 206360 | ||
| Minnesota | 4901 | -173 | -978 | 6 | 33 | 66245 | 2.6 | -9962 | 919 | 236 | 444 | 66925 | ||
| Mississippi | 1874 | -59 | 77 | 13 | 27 | 32630 | 3.0 | -1811 | 13567 | 178 | 329 | 33137 | ||
| Missouri | 5104 | -571 | -18 | 14 | 21 | 55142 | 2.1 | -5680 | -9796 | 336 | 296 | 55774 | ||
| Montana | 902 | -352 | 111 | 24 | 6 | 10588 | 2.7 | -829 | -601 | 646 | 222 | 11456 | ||
| Nebraska | 1337 | 37 | -211 | 0 | 0 | 13141 | 1.5 | -51 | -2939 | 65 | 63 | 13269 | ||
| Nevada | 2035 | -328 | -912 | 8 | 4 | 18260 | 1.6 | -112 | -2703 | 157 | 137 | 18554 | ||
| New Hampshire | 918 | 147 | -21 | 1 | 6 | 9217 | 1.5 | 188 | -68 | 19 | 27 | 9263 | ||
| New Jersey | 10642 | 2397 | 844 | 17 | 37 | 126267 | 3.3 | 1220 | -11152 | 352 | 797 | 127416 | ||
| New Mexico | 889 | -49 | -185 | 6 | 1 | 11827 | 1.6 | 40 | -1786 | 261 | 144 | 12232 | ||
| New York | 16756 | -439 | -804 | 48 | 92 | 213564 | 2.6 | -2333 | -16277 | 749 | 1972 | 216285 | ||
| North Carolina | 10000 | -619 | -1046 | 15 | 44 | 81437 | 2.2 | -2068 | 1552 | 365 | 1327 | 83129 | ||
| North Dakota | 377 | -75 | 53 | 1 | 0 | 6493 | 2.1 | -60 | -190 | 45 | 37 | 6575 | ||
| Ohio | 9722 | -372 | -377 | 16 | 63 | 128687 | 2.5 | 1910 | -1189 | 411 | 1016 | 130114 | ||
| Oklahoma | 1748 | 235 | 43 | 6 | 20 | 14826 | 1.1 | -373 | -3797 | 88 | 206 | 15120 | ||
| Oregon | 4817 | -261 | -507 | 54 | 37 | 47411 | 3.0 | -1349 | -6542 | 848 | 595 | 48854 | ||
| Pennsylvania | 19963 | -2287 | 769 | 83 | 112 | 191294 | 3.5 | -23559 | -4168 | 1191 | 1927 | 194412 | ||
| Puerto Rico | 2708 | -250 | 153 | 2 | 7 | 37435 | 3.6 | -11109 | -2553 | 116 | 265 | 37816 | ||
| Rhode Island | 2842 | 1037 | -28 | 3 | 11 | 16322 | 3.5 | -440 | -718 | 41 | 94 | 16457 | ||
| South Carolina | 4096 | -189 | 114 | 7 | 23 | 37556 | 2.1 | -1167 | -2012 | 112 | 464 | 38132 | ||
| South Dakota | 290 | -107 | 16 | 3 | 3 | 3879 | 1.1 | -23 | -614 | 113 | 25 | 4017 | ||
| Tennessee | 4662 | 156 | -56 | 18 | 37 | 48068 | 1.8 | -458 | -1543 | 390 | 739 | 49228 | ||
| Texas | 11596 | 43 | -2296 | 19 | 182 | 119225 | 1.3 | -7369 | -10342 | 726 | 2135 | 122086 | ||
| Utah | 1012 | -51 | -145 | 9 | 6 | 10958 | 1.0 | -179 | -4582 | 312 | 103 | 11373 | ||
| Vermont | 841 | 229 | -369 | 2 | 4 | 9252 | 3.2 | 19 | 553 | 28 | 54 | 9334 | ||
| Virgin Islands | 22 | -10 | -16 | 1 | 1 | 406 | 0.9 | 136 | -39 | 4 | 16 | 426 | ||
| Virginia | 3716 | -271 | -614 | 3 | 60 | 33985 | 1.0 | -565 | -3111 | 386 | 884 | 35255 | ||
| Washington | 7406 | 69 | -737 | 45 | 80 | 62595 | 2.4 | -1305 | -10214 | 698 | 1275 | 64568 | ||
| West Virginia | 1065 | -135 | 63 | 1 | 10 | 16200 | 2.4 | -1901 | -423 | 94 | 244 | 16538 | ||
| Wisconsin | 12459 | 1096 | 525 | 10 | 28 | 98389 | 3.6 | 394 | -2716 | 241 | 408 | 99038 | ||
| Wyoming | 450 | -53 | 109 | 4 | 1 | 3428 | 1.4 | 104 | -917 | 108 | 33 | 3569 | ||
| Totals | 272389 | 2818 | -18387 | 894 | 1746 | 2905575 | 2.3 | -112263 | -190461 | 17849 | 29096 | 2959755 | ||
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.