| STATE NAME |
Initial Claims Filed During Week Ended May 6, 2006 |
Insured Unemployment For Week Ended April 29, 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 | 3555 | -1335 | -274 | 19 | 35 | 22677 | 1.2 | -1497 | -2170 | 84 | 226 | 22987 | ||
| Alaska | 1610 | 122 | -36 | 13 | 2 | 12710 | 4.5 | -388 | -362 | 182 | 75 | 12967 | ||
| Arizona | 3191 | -11 | -603 | 5 | 4 | 25530 | 1.1 | 195 | -7404 | 159 | 158 | 25847 | ||
| Arkansas | 2881 | 201 | -313 | 9 | 12 | 23645 | 2.1 | -655 | -2647 | 125 | 255 | 24025 | ||
| California | 40393 | 690 | -846 | 128 | 253 | 346296 | 2.3 | -11204 | -29341 | 2290 | 3126 | 351712 | ||
| Colorado | 2160 | 19 | -334 | 7 | 31 | 23322 | 1.1 | -356 | -3437 | 209 | 326 | 23857 | ||
| Connecticut | 3350 | -794 | 319 | 13 | 15 | 34918 | 2.2 | -6100 | -2502 | 79 | 188 | 35185 | ||
| Delaware | 700 | -87 | 30 | 1 | 0 | 7651 | 1.9 | -720 | 610 | 21 | 65 | 7737 | ||
| District of Columbia | 281 | -3 | 55 | 10 | 0 | 3422 | 0.7 | -229 | -601 | 150 | 38 | 3610 | ||
| Florida | 8813 | 753 | -707 | 59 | 132 | 69812 | 0.9 | 1681 | -11634 | 400 | 1016 | 71228 | ||
| Georgia | 7278 | -775 | -1034 | 37 | 190 | 44934 | 1.2 | -1516 | -4040 | 328 | 910 | 46172 | ||
| Hawaii | 984 | 9 | -108 | 6 | 31 | 5997 | 1.1 | -362 | -268 | 82 | 372 | 6451 | ||
| Idaho | 927 | -131 | -334 | 5 | 9 | 9708 | 1.6 | -1532 | -3065 | 131 | 191 | 10030 | ||
| Illinois | 11021 | 988 | -1173 | 33 | 84 | 111545 | 2.0 | -8640 | -14884 | 584 | 992 | 113121 | ||
| Indiana | 5169 | 28 | -789 | 27 | 46 | 46632 | 1.6 | -2967 | -2286 | 221 | 580 | 47433 | ||
| Iowa | 4527 | 2251 | 2007 | 1 | 13 | 19315 | 1.4 | -472 | -481 | 44 | 329 | 19688 | ||
| Kansas | 2408 | 32 | 255 | 3 | 7 | 16435 | 1.3 | 287 | -2617 | 78 | 247 | 16760 | ||
| Kentucky | 4117 | 897 | -2490 | 11 | 20 | 26703 | 1.6 | 134 | -1880 | 102 | 637 | 27442 | ||
| Louisiana | 2322 | -228 | -512 | 13 | 23 | 19534 | 1.1 | -186 | -6560 | 122 | 349 | 23274 | ||
| Maine | 1132 | 9 | 92 | 1 | 4 | 10222 | 1.8 | -754 | -1236 | 28 | 69 | 10319 | ||
| Maryland | 3526 | 488 | 64 | 29 | 39 | 30000 | 1.3 | -1786 | -3824 | 351 | 312 | 30663 | ||
| Massachusetts | 6380 | 783 | 263 | 38 | 32 | 69382 | 2.2 | -8178 | -6428 | 238 | 534 | 70154 | ||
| Michigan | 12537 | 1160 | 1590 | 25 | 83 | 141946 | 3.3 | -2642 | 11646 | 354 | 846 | 143146 | ||
| Minnesota | 4138 | -1144 | -199 | 6 | 18 | 43960 | 1.7 | -5779 | 679 | 135 | 403 | 44498 | ||
| Mississippi | 2761 | 761 | -834 | 17 | 12 | 16830 | 1.6 | -184 | 1413 | 182 | 284 | 17296 | ||
| Missouri | 5521 | 282 | 23 | 31 | 34 | 40693 | 1.6 | -1083 | -7299 | 216 | 248 | 41157 | ||
| Montana | 622 | 23 | -178 | 12 | 19 | 6605 | 1.7 | -621 | -828 | 207 | 199 | 7011 | ||
| Nebraska | 1274 | 359 | 91 | 3 | 1 | 9406 | 1.1 | 54 | -1600 | 36 | 42 | 9484 | ||
| Nevada | 2444 | 216 | -342 | 7 | 5 | 18068 | 1.5 | -616 | -248 | 97 | 112 | 18277 | ||
| New Hampshire | 731 | -405 | 17 | 5 | 2 | 6731 | 1.1 | 199 | -176 | 18 | 25 | 6774 | ||
| New Jersey | 8024 | -1495 | -979 | 16 | 52 | 100497 | 2.6 | -5067 | -7399 | 273 | 768 | 101538 | ||
| New Mexico | 734 | 29 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 10863 | 1.5 | -193 | -1630 | 136 | 125 | 11124 | ||
| New York | 16420 | -11332 | -12902 | 61 | 119 | 164705 | 2.0 | -24907 | -29539 | 720 | 1688 | 167113 | ||
| North Carolina | 9440 | -538 | -1796 | 14 | 81 | 69254 | 1.8 | -1827 | -1149 | 245 | 1186 | 70685 | ||
| North Dakota | 316 | 99 | -66 | 0 | 1 | 2249 | 0.7 | -450 | 5 | 36 | 31 | 2316 | ||
| Ohio | 9491 | -7578 | -3939 | 19 | 90 | 98140 | 1.9 | 4879 | 488 | 339 | 838 | 99317 | ||
| Oklahoma | 1567 | 89 | -253 | 13 | 30 | 13647 | 1.0 | 106 | -4357 | 76 | 191 | 13914 | ||
| Oregon | 4799 | 119 | -748 | 24 | 36 | 39499 | 2.5 | -1969 | -7425 | 442 | 520 | 40461 | ||
| Pennsylvania | 18041 | 42 | -138 | 109 | 148 | 147479 | 2.7 | -8663 | -4443 | 901 | 1614 | 149994 | ||
| Puerto Rico | 23141 | 20046 | 19869 | 1 | 14 | 36954 | 3.6 | -5216 | -7687 | 109 | 265 | 37328 | ||
| Rhode Island | 999 | -72 | 26 | 0 | 2 | 10570 | 2.3 | -2291 | -913 | 40 | 84 | 10694 | ||
| South Carolina | 4567 | -183 | -168 | 9 | 43 | 31930 | 1.8 | -741 | -3693 | 121 | 391 | 32442 | ||
| South Dakota | 257 | 14 | -65 | 20 | 1 | 1833 | 0.5 | -221 | -356 | 45 | 21 | 1899 | ||
| Tennessee | 4825 | 496 | -1042 | 18 | 45 | 37222 | 1.4 | 1799 | -2384 | 301 | 612 | 38138 | ||
| Texas | 13090 | 1358 | -2159 | 25 | 262 | 98734 | 1.1 | 2941 | -17511 | 735 | 1906 | 101375 | ||
| Utah | 1021 | -54 | -137 | 8 | 8 | 7185 | 0.7 | -122 | -3599 | 97 | 83 | 7365 | ||
| Vermont | 732 | -197 | 138 | 1 | 1 | 7008 | 2.4 | -654 | 319 | 25 | 45 | 7078 | ||
| Virgin Islands | 36 | 8 | -7 | 0 | 1 | 384 | 0.9 | 166 | 0 | 2 | 14 | 400 | ||
| Virginia | 3468 | -448 | -414 | 12 | 81 | 27006 | 0.8 | -841 | -2834 | 269 | 864 | 28139 | ||
| Washington | 6728 | -69 | -1097 | 30 | 137 | 49857 | 1.9 | -1446 | -9122 | 378 | 1167 | 51402 | ||
| West Virginia | 1104 | 65 | -36 | 2 | 17 | 11642 | 1.7 | 506 | -528 | 79 | 156 | 11877 | ||
| Wisconsin | 8778 | -629 | -531 | 8 | 41 | 63995 | 2.4 | -6448 | -2202 | 126 | 361 | 64482 | ||
| Wyoming | 242 | -70 | -36 | 4 | 5 | 2454 | 1.0 | 43 | -712 | 64 | 31 | 2549 | ||
| Totals | 284573 | 4858 | -12774 | 971 | 2373 | 2297736 | 1.8 | -106533 | -210141 | 12812 | 26115 | 2339935 | ||
Figures Appearing In Cols. Showing Over- The-Week Changes Reflect All Revisions In Data For Prior Week Submitted By State Agencies
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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.