| STATE NAME |
Initial Claims Filed During Week Ended May 13, 2006 |
Insured Unemployment For Week Ended May 6, 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 | 4006 | 451 | -361 | 13 | 29 |             | 23367 | 1.3 | 690 | -1700 | 97 | 224 | 23688 | |
| Alaska | 1473 | -137 | -74 | 7 | 3 |             | 11959 | 4.2 | -751 | -456 | 121 | 51 | 12131 | |
| Arizona | 3133 | -120 | -737 | 4 | 3 |             | 25793 | 1.1 | 225 | -6644 | 140 | 135 | 26068 | |
| Arkansas | 2957 | 76 | -77 | 14 | 11 |             | 23985 | 2.1 | 340 | -1283 | 145 | 250 | 24380 | |
| California | 38419 | -1974 | -788 | 129 | 240 |             | 338138 | 2.3 | -8158 | -20479 | 1830 | 3328 | 343296 | |
| Colorado | 1988 | -172 | -135 | 8 | 32 |             | 23041 | 1.1 | -281 | -3133 | 143 | 375 | 23559 | |
| Connecticut | 3014 | -336 | 155 | 8 | 9 |             | 34708 | 2.1 | -210 | -1621 | 72 | 176 | 34956 | |
| Delaware | 618 | -82 | -6 | 0 | 0 |             | 7425 | 1.8 | -226 | 717 | 17 | 68 | 7510 | |
| District of Columbia | 328 | 47 | 24 | 3 | 2 |             | 3572 | 0.8 | 150 | -247 | 127 | 24 | 3723 | |
| Florida | 8740 | -73 | -387 | 48 | 119 |             | 68142 | 0.9 | -1670 | -11430 | 372 | 1013 | 69527 | |
| Georgia | 7215 | -63 | -85 | 54 | 125 |             | 45186 | 1.2 | 252 | -3420 | 356 | 988 | 46530 | |
| Hawaii | 988 | 4 | 22 | 7 | 31 |             | 6083 | 1.1 | 86 | -230 | 54 | 383 | 6520 | |
| Idaho | 1032 | 105 | -478 | 5 | 13 |             | 8681 | 1.5 | -1027 | -2953 | 109 | 181 | 8971 | |
| Illinois | 12465 | 1444 | 1329 | 25 | 80 |             | 110603 | 2.0 | -942 | -18775 | 534 | 929 | 112066 | |
| Indiana | 8120 | 2951 | 2055 | 19 | 41 |             | 45855 | 1.6 | -777 | -1515 | 183 | 571 | 46609 | |
| Iowa | 2292 | -2235 | -6 | 3 | 4 |             | 20893 | 1.5 | 1578 | 1917 | 41 | 202 | 21136 | |
| Kansas | 2124 | -284 | 125 | 0 | 4 |             | 16517 | 1.3 | 82 | -2137 | 76 | 247 | 16840 | |
| Kentucky | 3719 | -398 | 131 | 9 | 12 |             | 26118 | 1.5 | -585 | -2903 | 110 | 526 | 26754 | |
| Louisiana | 2627 | 305 | -400 | 14 | 18 |             | 19555 | 1.1 | 21 | -6273 | 109 | 348 | 25305 | |
| Maine | 977 | -155 | -76 | 2 | 4 |             | 9519 | 1.6 | -703 | -1574 | 28 | 66 | 9613 | |
| Maryland | 3272 | -254 | 24 | 24 | 39 |             | 30523 | 1.3 | 523 | -3854 | 295 | 293 | 31111 | |
| Massachusetts | 5993 | -387 | 54 | 38 | 29 |             | 68413 | 2.2 | -969 | -4918 | 274 | 548 | 69235 | |
| Michigan | 10644 | -1893 | -1377 | 28 | 54 |             | 132269 | 3.1 | -9677 | -125 | 428 | 875 | 133572 | |
| Minnesota | 4132 | -6 | -1106 | 10 | 8 |             | 40019 | 1.5 | -3941 | -2335 | 101 | 438 | 40558 | |
| Mississippi | 3279 | 518 | 135 | 20 | 24 |             | 17320 | 1.6 | 490 | 806 | 176 | 291 | 17787 | |
| Missouri | 5703 | 182 | 295 | 48 | 25 |             | 39908 | 1.5 | -785 | -4343 | 201 | 223 | 40332 | |
| Montana | 622 | 0 | -266 | 13 | 10 |             | 5946 | 1.5 | -659 | -678 | 149 | 175 | 6270 | |
| Nebraska | 1224 | -50 | -23 | 1 | 2 |             | 9111 | 1.0 | -295 | -1519 | 40 | 55 | 9206 | |
| Nevada | 2345 | -99 | -131 | 2 | 8 |             | 18173 | 1.5 | 105 | 72 | 70 | 131 | 18374 | |
| New Hampshire | 670 | -61 | 72 | 0 | 3 |             | 6056 | 1.0 | -675 | -141 | 23 | 24 | 6103 | |
| New Jersey | 7444 | -580 | -379 | 16 | 29 |             | 95086 | 2.5 | -5411 | -8462 | 278 | 691 | 96055 | |
| New Mexico | 728 | -6 | -253 | 1 | 2 |             | 10587 | 1.4 | -276 | -1739 | 115 | 113 | 10815 | |
| New York | 15512 | -908 | -1642 | 46 | 88 |             | 160066 | 2.0 | -4639 | -17256 | 705 | 1655 | 162426 | |
| North Carolina | 11050 | 1610 | -850 | 19 | 67 |             | 70576 | 1.9 | 1322 | -842 | 229 | 1193 | 71998 | |
| North Dakota | 307 | -9 | -67 | 0 | 0 |             | 2111 | 0.7 | -138 | -34 | 40 | 30 | 2181 | |
| Ohio | 9022 | -469 | -2057 | 13 | 73 |             | 87324 | 1.7 | -10816 | -8045 | 297 | 889 | 88510 | |
| Oklahoma | 1792 | 225 | 102 | 13 | 22 |             | 13625 | 1.0 | -22 | -2280 | 69 | 182 | 13876 | |
| Oregon | 4663 | -136 | -1401 | 18 | 27 |             | 38588 | 2.4 | -911 | -7320 | 384 | 491 | 39463 | |
| Pennsylvania | 17301 | -740 | 1017 | 81 | 98 |             | 142895 | 2.6 | -4584 | -10488 | 788 | 1561 | 145244 | |
| Puerto Rico | 49719 | 26578 | 46893 | 3 | 9 |             | 30337 | 2.9 | -6617 | -10438 | 106 | 198 | 30641 | |
| Rhode Island | 1113 | 114 | 57 | 1 | 8 |             | 10091 | 2.2 | -479 | -750 | 45 | 84 | 10220 | |
| South Carolina | 5247 | 680 | -492 | 9 | 18 |             | 32882 | 1.8 | 952 | -2567 | 120 | 371 | 33373 | |
| South Dakota | 258 | 1 | -158 | 6 | 3 |             | 1670 | 0.5 | -163 | -420 | 48 | 21 | 1739 | |
| Tennessee | 5603 | 778 | 156 | 26 | 36 |             | 37390 | 1.4 | 168 | -2544 | 294 | 632 | 38320 | |
| Texas | 12451 | -639 | -2762 | 30 | 225 |             | 94356 | 1.0 | -4378 | -24618 | 533 | 1700 | 96589 | |
| Utah | 1040 | 19 | -288 | 6 | 15 |             | 7159 | 0.7 | -26 | -3284 | 93 | 80 | 7332 | |
| Vermont | 516 | -216 | 36 | 0 | 8 |             | 6157 | 2.1 | -851 | 240 | 22 | 49 | 6228 | |
| Virgin Islands | 37 | 1 | -5 | 0 | 0 |             | 272 | 0.6 | -112 | -240 | 0 | 14 | 286 | |
| Virginia | 4892 | 1424 | 554 | 11 | 69 |             | 27342 | 0.8 | 336 | -1799 | 243 | 795 | 28380 | |
| Washington | 6667 | -61 | -875 | 39 | 118 |             | 48956 | 1.8 | -901 | -7280 | 340 | 1190 | 50486 | |
| West Virginia | 953 | -151 | -124 | 4 | 12 |             | 10502 | 1.6 | -1140 | -1531 | 52 | 200 | 10754 | |
| Wisconsin | 9592 | 814 | -424 | 8 | 21 |             | 60467 | 2.2 | -3528 | -2186 | 125 | 366 | 60958 | |
| Wyoming | 223 | -19 | -221 | 1 | 4 |             | 2225 | 0.9 | -229 | -530 | 30 | 26 | 2281 | |
| Totals | 310249 | 25614 | 34725 | 907 | 1934 |             | 2227542 | 1.7 | -70232 | -215587 | 11377 | 25669 | 2269885 | |
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.