| STATE NAME |
Initial Claims Filed During Week Ended March 25, 2006 |
Insured Unemployment For Week Ended March 18, 2006 |
||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| INITIAL CLAIMS | INSURED UNEMPLOYMENT | |||||||||||||
| STATE | CHANGE FROM |
UCFE (1) |
UCX (1) |
STATE |
(%) (2) |
CHANGE FROM |
UCFE (1) |
UCX (1) |
ALL PROGRAMS EXCLUDING RAILROAD RETIREMENT |
|||||
| LAST WEEK | YEAR AGO | LAST WEEK | YEAR AGO | |||||||||||
| Alabama | 3489 | -108 | 204 | 18 | 28 | 23506 | 1.3 | -1077 | -1995 | 87 | 257 | 23850 | ||
| Alaska | 1662 | -74 | -125 | 8 | 3 | 14395 | 5.1 | -1353 | -475 | 230 | 77 | 14702 | ||
| Arizona | 3065 | 160 | -595 | 5 | 4 | 20510 | 0.9 | -61 | -7982 | 271 | 169 | 20950 | ||
| Arkansas | 3268 | 443 | 203 | 10 | 15 | 26423 | 2.4 | -310 | -273 | 134 | 305 | 26862 | ||
| California | 37614 | -1833 | -7910 | 136 | 197 | 373126 | 2.5 | 4110 | -22269 | 2956 | 3358 | 379440 | ||
| Colorado | 2258 | 160 | -84 | 5 | 20 | 25203 | 1.2 | -2308 | -2448 | 368 | 349 | 25920 | ||
| Connecticut | 2734 | -363 | 332 | 4 | 12 | 45118 | 2.8 | -1184 | -2396 | 67 | 210 | 45395 | ||
| Delaware | 560 | 3 | 17 | 0 | 1 | 7913 | 1.9 | -1714 | -802 | 25 | 66 | 8004 | ||
| District of Columbia | 260 | -32 | -14 | 1 | 2 | 3686 | 0.8 | -167 | -447 | 171 | 34 | 3891 | ||
| Florida | 7059 | -825 | -899 | 46 | 99 | 71952 | 1.0 | 630 | -11080 | 357 | 1123 | 73432 | ||
| Georgia | 6618 | -4 | -489 | 38 | 49 | 47583 | 1.3 | -1594 | -1358 | 381 | 917 | 48881 | ||
| Hawaii | 1370 | 194 | 550 | 10 | 47 | 6629 | 1.2 | 30 | 877 | 101 | 343 | 7073 | ||
| Idaho | 1335 | -188 | -764 | 16 | 15 | 15102 | 2.6 | -1146 | -2115 | 389 | 239 | 15730 | ||
| Illinois | 11283 | -261 | -649 | 31 | 51 | 148043 | 2.6 | -12766 | -14969 | 630 | 1107 | 149780 | ||
| Indiana | 6563 | 689 | 953 | 20 | 35 | 63313 | 2.2 | -645 | 2323 | 260 | 714 | 64287 | ||
| Iowa | 2850 | 341 | 641 | 6 | 10 | 30823 | 2.2 | -1283 | 198 | 67 | 273 | 31163 | ||
| Kansas | 4007 | 2189 | 807 | 1 | 6 | 18065 | 1.4 | -554 | -3055 | 106 | 241 | 18412 | ||
| Kentucky | 4527 | 852 | -310 | 9 | 20 | 30999 | 1.8 | -4371 | -1952 | 161 | 654 | 31814 | ||
| Louisiana | 2171 | 67 | -250 | 16 | 19 | 24859 | 1.4 | -4910 | -1985 | 94 | 374 | 26703 | ||
| Maine | 1051 | -150 | -145 | 1 | 6 | 14030 | 2.4 | -161 | -1558 | 44 | 75 | 14149 | ||
| Maryland | 3594 | 523 | -1 | 29 | 23 | 35558 | 1.5 | -1098 | -6398 | 365 | 325 | 36248 | ||
| Massachusetts | 5432 | -332 | -210 | 13 | 22 | 93693 | 3.0 | -2336 | -11277 | 294 | 573 | 94560 | ||
| Michigan | 13966 | 730 | 2325 | 19 | 56 | 189141 | 4.5 | 6910 | 11262 | 430 | 877 | 190448 | ||
| Minnesota | 5485 | 515 | 772 | 11 | 30 | 63762 | 2.5 | -7440 | 1868 | 195 | 452 | 64409 | ||
| Mississippi | 1875 | -750 | -374 | 18 | 13 | 21336 | 2.0 | -1196 | 3914 | 194 | 348 | 21878 | ||
| Missouri | 7568 | 969 | 618 | 21 | 21 | 49486 | 1.9 | -951 | -7105 | 261 | 273 | 50020 | ||
| Montana | 790 | 87 | -225 | 18 | 8 | 9198 | 2.3 | -1872 | -441 | 500 | 195 | 9893 | ||
| Nebraska | 1966 | 682 | 488 | 1 | 0 | 11802 | 1.4 | -290 | -2199 | 54 | 68 | 11924 | ||
| Nevada | 2389 | -436 | -327 | 3 | 7 | 19407 | 1.7 | 90 | 330 | 165 | 140 | 19712 | ||
| New Hampshire | 728 | -45 | -56 | 3 | 1 | 8608 | 1.4 | -253 | -145 | 19 | 29 | 8656 | ||
| New Jersey | 7654 | -424 | 280 | 19 | 30 | 119824 | 3.1 | -2666 | -9496 | 336 | 800 | 120960 | ||
| New Mexico | 825 | 8 | -734 | 2 | 3 | 11268 | 1.5 | -32 | -1759 | 222 | 127 | 11617 | ||
| New York | 17075 | 1292 | -616 | 34 | 82 | 206317 | 2.5 | -3086 | -15899 | 796 | 1886 | 208999 | ||
| North Carolina | 8864 | -1843 | -4920 | 10 | 65 | 75409 | 2.0 | -2827 | -3696 | 337 | 1288 | 77034 | ||
| North Dakota | 471 | 73 | 132 | 0 | 3 | 5476 | 1.7 | -312 | -317 | 47 | 42 | 5565 | ||
| Ohio | 9178 | -1218 | -2653 | 30 | 55 | 123071 | 2.4 | 1774 | -2122 | 379 | 974 | 124424 | ||
| Oklahoma | 1652 | -559 | -409 | 7 | 23 | 15038 | 1.1 | 428 | -2482 | 76 | 200 | 15314 | ||
| Oregon | 5119 | -367 | -2144 | 34 | 38 | 45296 | 2.8 | -1615 | -2983 | 720 | 567 | 46583 | ||
| Pennsylvania | 18496 | -1409 | -949 | 100 | 105 | 177587 | 3.3 | -27137 | -9537 | 1001 | 1827 | 180415 | ||
| Puerto Rico | 2443 | -316 | 437 | 1 | 5 | 34916 | 3.4 | -4939 | 11958 | 133 | 210 | 35259 | ||
| Rhode Island | 952 | -225 | -105 | 5 | 3 | 15228 | 3.3 | -443 | -735 | 41 | 89 | 15358 | ||
| South Carolina | 4135 | -203 | -1025 | 10 | 20 | 34069 | 1.9 | -1207 | -3742 | 116 | 442 | 34627 | ||
| South Dakota | 286 | -30 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 3374 | 0.9 | -122 | -571 | 92 | 25 | 3491 | ||
| Tennessee | 4555 | 357 | -548 | 23 | 38 | 41764 | 1.6 | -1589 | -5476 | 318 | 694 | 42781 | ||
| Texas | 10884 | -1349 | -3151 | 21 | 156 | 108739 | 1.2 | -904 | -15700 | 747 | 2031 | 111517 | ||
| Utah | 889 | -1 | -365 | 4 | 6 | 9493 | 0.9 | -538 | -3064 | 225 | 105 | 9823 | ||
| Vermont | 716 | -12 | -118 | 2 | 7 | 9195 | 3.1 | -191 | 519 | 35 | 57 | 9287 | ||
| Virgin Islands | 22 | -2 | -4 | 0 | 2 | 348 | 0.8 | 42 | -114 | 4 | 22 | 374 | ||
| Virginia | 3848 | -257 | -438 | 10 | 85 | 31377 | 0.9 | -2504 | -3571 | 325 | 856 | 32558 | ||
| Washington | 7140 | 34 | -854 | 39 | 95 | 57306 | 2.2 | -1993 | -6740 | 593 | 1259 | 59158 | ||
| West Virginia | 916 | -142 | -125 | 2 | 6 | 14347 | 2.1 | -1313 | -1305 | 82 | 188 | 14617 | ||
| Wisconsin | 11628 | -194 | -1878 | 9 | 20 | 94563 | 3.5 | 599 | -2884 | 206 | 457 | 95226 | ||
| Wyoming | 326 | -42 | -65 | 7 | 2 | 3204 | 1.3 | 51 | -383 | 89 | 26 | 3319 | ||
| Totals | 265611 | -3626 | -25767 | 889 | 1670 | 2750478 | 2.1 | -89794 | -164051 | 16296 | 28337 | 2796492 | ||
Figures appearing on this table reflect revisions in the data submitted after ththe weekly figures were finalized for relase.
-----------------------------------------------------------------
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.