| STATE NAME |
Initial Claims Filed During Week Ended March 18, 2006 |
Insured Unemployment For Week Ended March 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 | 3597 | -294 | 230 | 11 | 26 | 24583 | 1.4 | -140 | -1388 | 86 | 265 | 24934 | ||
| Alaska | 1736 | 202 | -83 | 10 | 1 | 15748 | 5.6 | 1080 | -1061 | 225 | 64 | 16037 | ||
| Arizona | 2833 | 36 | -1355 | 7 | 8 | 20579 | 0.9 | 173 | -8137 | 279 | 156 | 21014 | ||
| Arkansas | 2825 | 179 | 89 | 7 | 15 | 26733 | 2.4 | -702 | -840 | 143 | 346 | 27222 | ||
| California | 39447 | -6885 | -650 | 134 | 222 | 369016 | 2.5 | -1263 | -47216 | 2434 | 3092 | 374542 | ||
| Colorado | 2098 | 54 | -526 | 11 | 22 | 27511 | 1.3 | 1763 | -3007 | 276 | 387 | 28174 | ||
| Connecticut | 3097 | -506 | -143 | 4 | 12 | 46302 | 2.9 | -1431 | -3411 | 79 | 219 | 46600 | ||
| Delaware | 557 | -169 | -154 | 0 | 0 | 9627 | 2.4 | -339 | 33 | 31 | 84 | 9742 | ||
| District of Columbia | 292 | 3 | 9 | 7 | 0 | 3853 | 0.8 | 214 | -120 | 121 | 38 | 4012 | ||
| Florida | 7884 | 239 | -398 | 46 | 77 | 71322 | 1.0 | 247 | -13769 | 366 | 1142 | 72830 | ||
| Georgia | 6622 | -1280 | 539 | 33 | 63 | 49177 | 1.3 | -1123 | 684 | 389 | 932 | 50498 | ||
| Hawaii | 1176 | -7 | 106 | 4 | 82 | 6599 | 1.2 | 160 | -259 | 66 | 327 | 6992 | ||
| Idaho | 1523 | -324 | -257 | 22 | 11 | 16248 | 2.8 | -990 | -1795 | 405 | 253 | 16906 | ||
| Illinois | 11544 | -1904 | 646 | 33 | 60 | 160809 | 2.9 | 12629 | -16762 | 567 | 979 | 162355 | ||
| Indiana | 5874 | -533 | -93 | 24 | 38 | 63958 | 2.3 | -2176 | -2617 | 261 | 748 | 64967 | ||
| Iowa | 2509 | -197 | 314 | 1 | 9 | 32106 | 2.3 | -633 | -448 | 71 | 258 | 32435 | ||
| Kansas | 1818 | -78 | -191 | 0 | 7 | 18619 | 1.5 | -522 | -3158 | 111 | 256 | 18986 | ||
| Kentucky | 3675 | -422 | 313 | 4 | 15 | 35370 | 2.1 | 2006 | -113 | 147 | 582 | 36099 | ||
| Louisiana | 2104 | -5 | -603 | 14 | 26 | 29769 | 1.6 | -3708 | 2316 | 155 | 391 | 32411 | ||
| Maine | 1201 | -16 | -137 | 0 | 5 | 14191 | 2.4 | -389 | -1919 | 53 | 75 | 14319 | ||
| Maryland | 3071 | -150 | -311 | 37 | 26 | 36656 | 1.6 | -1418 | -5648 | 323 | 336 | 37315 | ||
| Massachusetts | 5764 | -464 | -645 | 10 | 25 | 96029 | 3.1 | -1991 | -11180 | 290 | 582 | 96901 | ||
| Michigan | 13236 | -5842 | -1159 | 20 | 59 | 182231 | 4.3 | -4272 | -2519 | 512 | 923 | 183666 | ||
| Minnesota | 4970 | -1014 | -229 | 9 | 20 | 71202 | 2.8 | 6129 | -4372 | 172 | 490 | 71864 | ||
| Mississippi | 2625 | 680 | 384 | 24 | 27 | 22532 | 2.1 | -8648 | 5021 | 221 | 344 | 23097 | ||
| Missouri | 6599 | 1076 | -63 | 17 | 27 | 50437 | 1.9 | -772 | -7940 | 274 | 323 | 51034 | ||
| Montana | 703 | -96 | -239 | 16 | 8 | 11070 | 2.8 | 717 | 104 | 491 | 208 | 11769 | ||
| Nebraska | 1284 | 37 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 12092 | 1.4 | -345 | -2387 | 62 | 64 | 12218 | ||
| Nevada | 2825 | 179 | 677 | 5 | 5 | 19317 | 1.7 | -438 | -433 | 156 | 136 | 19609 | ||
| New Hampshire | 773 | -34 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 8861 | 1.5 | -648 | -140 | 20 | 36 | 8917 | ||
| New Jersey | 8078 | -166 | 208 | 17 | 29 | 122490 | 3.2 | -3042 | -13794 | 334 | 752 | 123576 | ||
| New Mexico | 817 | -70 | -64 | 1 | 1 | 11300 | 1.5 | -126 | -1935 | 226 | 135 | 11661 | ||
| New York | 15783 | -1572 | -1412 | 46 | 95 | 209403 | 2.6 | -3773 | -17743 | 805 | 1869 | 212077 | ||
| North Carolina | 10707 | 333 | -10 | 14 | 66 | 78236 | 2.1 | -903 | 601 | 324 | 1238 | 79798 | ||
| North Dakota | 398 | 19 | -49 | 3 | 2 | 5788 | 1.8 | -365 | -317 | 54 | 39 | 5881 | ||
| Ohio | 10396 | -932 | -2838 | 20 | 56 | 121297 | 2.3 | -4451 | -10366 | 429 | 954 | 122680 | ||
| Oklahoma | 2211 | 639 | -10 | 12 | 20 | 14610 | 1.0 | -561 | -4723 | 75 | 214 | 14899 | ||
| Oregon | 5486 | -720 | 252 | 31 | 28 | 46911 | 2.9 | 4 | -3125 | 744 | 579 | 48234 | ||
| Pennsylvania | 19905 | -813 | 78 | 106 | 105 | 204724 | 3.8 | 18417 | -22270 | 998 | 1785 | 207507 | ||
| Puerto Rico | 2759 | -292 | 56 | 1 | 7 | 39855 | 3.9 | -5951 | -2322 | 125 | 263 | 40243 | ||
| Rhode Island | 1177 | 40 | 32 | 1 | 4 | 15671 | 3.4 | -223 | -763 | 45 | 91 | 15807 | ||
| South Carolina | 4338 | -453 | -450 | 7 | 23 | 35276 | 2.0 | -1169 | -2457 | 119 | 425 | 35820 | ||
| South Dakota | 316 | 4 | -24 | 2 | 7 | 3496 | 1.0 | -54 | -665 | 91 | 23 | 3610 | ||
| Tennessee | 4198 | -148 | -2816 | 15 | 28 | 43353 | 1.7 | -1752 | -4015 | 308 | 713 | 44408 | ||
| Texas | 12233 | -1816 | -5948 | 24 | 129 | 109643 | 1.2 | -3258 | -15096 | 605 | 1959 | 112207 | ||
| Utah | 890 | -151 | -151 | 4 | 11 | 10031 | 0.9 | -173 | -3162 | 249 | 103 | 10383 | ||
| Vermont | 728 | -68 | 21 | 0 | 3 | 9386 | 3.2 | -321 | 688 | 39 | 57 | 9482 | ||
| Virgin Islands | 24 | -12 | -5 | 0 | 3 | 306 | 0.7 | 6 | -118 | 0 | 2 | 308 | ||
| Virginia | 4105 | -2136 | -786 | 15 | 69 | 33881 | 1.0 | 421 | -2590 | 319 | 843 | 35043 | ||
| Washington | 7106 | -617 | -592 | 34 | 87 | 59299 | 2.2 | -3951 | -7003 | 635 | 1252 | 61187 | ||
| West Virginia | 1058 | -303 | -297 | 5 | 16 | 15660 | 2.3 | 577 | -3343 | 59 | 203 | 15922 | ||
| Wisconsin | 11822 | 1121 | -2760 | 4 | 15 | 93964 | 3.5 | -2417 | -2527 | 200 | 495 | 94659 | ||
| Wyoming | 368 | 49 | -75 | 5 | 1 | 3153 | 1.3 | -338 | -897 | 77 | 38 | 3268 | ||
| Totals | 269165 | -25599 | -21554 | 878 | 1703 | 2840280 | 2.2 | -20233 | -250423 | 15646 | 28068 | 2886125 | ||
Figures appearing on this table reflect revisions in data submitted 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.