| STATE NAME |
Initial Claims Filed During Week Ended April 1, 2006 |
Insured Unemployment For Week Ended March 25, 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 | 5319 | 1830 | 821 | 15 | 18 | 25319 | 1.4 | 1813 | -880 | 87 | 238 | 25644 | ||
| Alaska | 1521 | -141 | -498 | 5 | 5 | 14965 | 5.3 | 570 | -847 | 175 | 47 | 15187 | ||
| Arizona | 2958 | 134 | -1570 | 9 | 16 | 20467 | 0.9 | -108 | -7893 | 237 | 156 | 20860 | ||
| Arkansas | 3187 | -81 | 6 | 17 | 6 | 26943 | 2.4 | 520 | -620 | 126 | 308 | 27377 | ||
| California | 33437 | -4177 | -3552 | 89 | 162 | 333392 | 2.2 | -39734 | -62125 | 2173 | 2862 | 338427 | ||
| Colorado | 1986 | -272 | -403 | 10 | 23 | 25476 | 1.2 | 273 | -3987 | 235 | 391 | 26102 | ||
| Connecticut | 2796 | 62 | -712 | 8 | 6 | 42821 | 2.6 | -2297 | -4702 | 66 | 206 | 43093 | ||
| Delaware | 608 | 48 | -783 | 0 | 0 | 7445 | 1.8 | -468 | -1442 | 20 | 54 | 7519 | ||
| District of Columbia | 238 | -22 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 3856 | 0.8 | 170 | -179 | 131 | 40 | 4027 | ||
| Florida | 6517 | -542 | -1277 | 34 | 102 | 66110 | 0.9 | -5842 | -17580 | 306 | 989 | 67405 | ||
| Georgia | 6185 | -433 | -625 | 22 | 47 | 46857 | 1.2 | -726 | -1702 | 374 | 914 | 48145 | ||
| Hawaii | 1662 | 292 | 398 | 8 | 35 | 7298 | 1.3 | 669 | 500 | 78 | 363 | 7739 | ||
| Idaho | 1582 | 247 | -726 | 15 | 8 | 14101 | 2.4 | -1001 | -2890 | 340 | 242 | 14683 | ||
| Illinois | 11306 | 23 | -1337 | 35 | 89 | 151500 | 2.7 | 3457 | -14183 | 523 | 933 | 152956 | ||
| Indiana | 5684 | -879 | -281 | 14 | 42 | 59373 | 2.1 | -3940 | -2632 | 254 | 704 | 60331 | ||
| Iowa | 3234 | 384 | 1001 | 9 | 10 | 29703 | 2.1 | -1120 | 1225 | 54 | 262 | 30019 | ||
| Kansas | 2063 | -1944 | -212 | 0 | 2 | 19966 | 1.6 | 1901 | -2153 | 103 | 266 | 20335 | ||
| Kentucky | 3967 | -560 | -456 | 6 | 12 | 32835 | 1.9 | 1836 | -79 | 124 | 579 | 33538 | ||
| Louisiana | 2046 | -125 | -907 | 13 | 26 | 23193 | 1.3 | -1666 | -3939 | 98 | 367 | 24545 | ||
| Maine | 1390 | 339 | -9 | 3 | 1 | 13685 | 2.4 | -345 | -1376 | 54 | 85 | 13824 | ||
| Maryland | 2681 | -913 | -1139 | 36 | 22 | 34391 | 1.5 | -1167 | -5341 | 341 | 330 | 35062 | ||
| Massachusetts | 5268 | -164 | -311 | 10 | 28 | 89586 | 2.9 | -4107 | -12845 | 303 | 584 | 90473 | ||
| Michigan | 11360 | -2606 | -385 | 15 | 57 | 179378 | 4.2 | -9763 | 7185 | 485 | 918 | 180781 | ||
| Minnesota | 5342 | -143 | 9 | 9 | 20 | 68447 | 2.7 | 4685 | -2569 | 142 | 487 | 69076 | ||
| Mississippi | 1781 | -94 | 14 | 16 | 14 | 19635 | 1.8 | -1701 | 3109 | 182 | 321 | 20138 | ||
| Missouri | 6244 | -1324 | -554 | 13 | 15 | 50240 | 1.9 | 754 | -5319 | 258 | 279 | 50777 | ||
| Montana | 699 | -91 | -114 | 13 | 5 | 10001 | 2.5 | 803 | -599 | 435 | 205 | 10641 | ||
| Nebraska | 1789 | -177 | 364 | 1 | 2 | 12664 | 1.5 | 862 | -1125 | 54 | 59 | 12777 | ||
| Nevada | 2237 | -152 | -136 | 6 | 6 | 18735 | 1.6 | -672 | -446 | 149 | 122 | 19006 | ||
| New Hampshire | 660 | -68 | -71 | 0 | 7 | 8044 | 1.3 | -564 | -396 | 19 | 31 | 8094 | ||
| New Jersey | 7483 | -171 | -5813 | 16 | 30 | 115396 | 3.0 | -4428 | -11968 | 341 | 720 | 116457 | ||
| New Mexico | 846 | 21 | -160 | 1 | 4 | 11623 | 1.6 | 355 | -2043 | 189 | 116 | 11928 | ||
| New York | 14436 | -2639 | -5519 | 45 | 77 | 199014 | 2.4 | -7303 | -22900 | 784 | 1821 | 201619 | ||
| North Carolina | 10585 | 1721 | -725 | 14 | 60 | 75560 | 2.0 | 151 | -968 | 293 | 1248 | 77101 | ||
| North Dakota | 286 | -185 | -12 | 1 | 0 | 5326 | 1.7 | -150 | -222 | 46 | 36 | 5408 | ||
| Ohio | 9480 | 302 | -2575 | 15 | 42 | 112978 | 2.2 | -10093 | -7991 | 424 | 900 | 114302 | ||
| Oklahoma | 1754 | 102 | -92 | 8 | 13 | 14690 | 1.0 | -348 | -1962 | 69 | 198 | 14957 | ||
| Oregon | 6102 | 983 | -841 | 36 | 39 | 43727 | 2.7 | -1569 | -7450 | 647 | 547 | 44921 | ||
| Pennsylvania | 17580 | -916 | -2280 | 81 | 97 | 187626 | 3.5 | 10039 | -20411 | 966 | 1676 | 190268 | ||
| Puerto Rico | 2671 | 228 | -802 | 0 | 13 | 46279 | 4.5 | 11363 | -5830 | 133 | 320 | 46732 | ||
| Rhode Island | 1035 | 83 | -66 | 6 | 9 | 14138 | 3.0 | -1090 | -1301 | 44 | 105 | 14287 | ||
| South Carolina | 4450 | 315 | -439 | 5 | 26 | 33580 | 1.9 | -489 | -3189 | 115 | 442 | 34137 | ||
| South Dakota | 277 | -9 | -22 | 5 | 3 | 3368 | 0.9 | -6 | -495 | 78 | 19 | 3465 | ||
| Tennessee | 4794 | 239 | -359 | 19 | 27 | 41275 | 1.6 | -489 | -1972 | 306 | 692 | 42274 | ||
| Texas | 11903 | 1019 | -2019 | 30 | 149 | 103203 | 1.1 | -5536 | -24695 | 551 | 1927 | 105681 | ||
| Utah | 850 | -39 | -382 | 12 | 6 | 8873 | 0.8 | -620 | -3596 | 183 | 97 | 9153 | ||
| Vermont | 692 | -24 | 21 | 2 | 0 | 9011 | 3.1 | -184 | 271 | 34 | 52 | 9097 | ||
| Virgin Islands | 26 | 4 | -5 | 0 | 0 | 292 | 0.7 | -56 | -157 | 4 | 12 | 308 | ||
| Virginia | 3673 | -175 | -131 | 12 | 55 | 29615 | 0.9 | -1762 | -3680 | 295 | 875 | 30785 | ||
| Washington | 6758 | -382 | -2296 | 29 | 91 | 55808 | 2.1 | -1498 | -7318 | 537 | 1223 | 57568 | ||
| West Virginia | 1094 | 178 | 188 | 3 | 13 | 14083 | 2.1 | -264 | -2027 | 65 | 204 | 14352 | ||
| Wisconsin | 10995 | -633 | -3394 | 6 | 22 | 90807 | 3.4 | -3756 | -7313 | 188 | 406 | 91401 | ||
| Wyoming | 245 | -81 | -68 | 2 | 1 | 3099 | 1.3 | -105 | -693 | 72 | 43 | 3214 | ||
| Totals | 253762 | -11608 | -41232 | 782 | 1564 | 2675797 | 2.1 | -74746 | -283740 | 14290 | 27021 | 2717996 | ||
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.