| STATE NAME |
Initial Claims Filed During Week Ended May 20, 2006 |
Insured Unemployment For Week Ended May 13, 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 | 4499 | 493 | 50 | 15 | 36 | 23671 | 1.3 | 304 | -2135 | 82 | 236 | 23989 | ||
| Alaska | 1281 | -192 | -223 | 5 | 2 | 11712 | 4.1 | -247 | -546 | 142 | 68 | 11922 | ||
| Arizona | 3065 | -125 | -414 | 6 | 6 | 26008 | 1.1 | 175 | -6272 | 124 | 137 | 26269 | ||
| Arkansas | 3400 | 443 | -643 | 15 | 16 | 23977 | 2.1 | -8 | -1497 | 134 | 254 | 24365 | ||
| California | 37179 | -1240 | -1838 | 116 | 196 | 329994 | 2.2 | -8144 | -30363 | 1987 | 3212 | 335193 | ||
| Colorado | 1954 | -34 | -185 | 9 | 36 | 23052 | 1.1 | 11 | -3367 | 181 | 330 | 23563 | ||
| Connecticut | 3417 | 403 | 386 | 2 | 17 | 34719 | 2.1 | 11 | -1349 | 67 | 189 | 34975 | ||
| Delaware | 606 | -12 | -129 | 1 | 0 | 7299 | 1.8 | -126 | 730 | 17 | 54 | 7370 | ||
| District of Columbia | 312 | -16 | -12 | 7 | 3 | 3465 | 0.7 | -107 | -552 | 148 | 34 | 3647 | ||
| Florida | 8455 | -285 | -348 | 75 | 118 | 71706 | 0.9 | 3564 | -10062 | 409 | 1054 | 73169 | ||
| Georgia | 7412 | 197 | 570 | 49 | 124 | 45840 | 1.2 | 654 | -3265 | 365 | 1034 | 47239 | ||
| Hawaii | 1068 | 80 | 118 | 7 | 28 | 6044 | 1.1 | -39 | -137 | 81 | 338 | 6463 | ||
| Idaho | 944 | -88 | -991 | 9 | 9 | 8053 | 1.4 | -628 | -3645 | 90 | 178 | 8321 | ||
| Illinois | 11652 | -813 | 115 | 33 | 75 | 108882 | 1.9 | -1721 | -13277 | 554 | 1027 | 110463 | ||
| Indiana | 6471 | -1649 | 680 | 20 | 45 | 47921 | 1.7 | 2066 | 550 | 196 | 526 | 48643 | ||
| Iowa | 2211 | -81 | -87 | 2 | 8 | 18872 | 1.3 | -2021 | 48 | 46 | 193 | 19111 | ||
| Kansas | 2334 | 210 | 129 | 4 | 9 | 15836 | 1.2 | -681 | -2455 | 78 | 265 | 16179 | ||
| Kentucky | 3602 | -117 | -184 | 63 | 8 | 25778 | 1.5 | -340 | -1807 | 98 | 568 | 26444 | ||
| Louisiana | 2453 | -174 | -790 | 11 | 18 | 19563 | 1.1 | 8 | -6246 | 109 | 341 | 24131 | ||
| Maine | 1158 | 181 | 146 | 0 | 0 | 8995 | 1.5 | -524 | -1209 | 27 | 84 | 9106 | ||
| Maryland | 3300 | 28 | -224 | 36 | 25 | 29458 | 1.2 | -1065 | -3425 | 309 | 295 | 30062 | ||
| Massachusetts | 6943 | 950 | -524 | 35 | 30 | 68056 | 2.2 | -357 | -3530 | 281 | 520 | 68857 | ||
| Michigan | 12890 | 2246 | 2944 | 13 | 52 | 132627 | 3.1 | 358 | 13788 | 322 | 882 | 133831 | ||
| Minnesota | 4359 | 227 | -1335 | 6 | 24 | 37479 | 1.4 | -2540 | -628 | 104 | 363 | 37946 | ||
| Mississippi | 3501 | 222 | -200 | 15 | 14 | 18400 | 1.7 | 1080 | 920 | 186 | 287 | 18873 | ||
| Missouri | 6271 | 568 | -1168 | 54 | 31 | 41288 | 1.6 | 1380 | -4067 | 264 | 252 | 41804 | ||
| Montana | 579 | -43 | -141 | 8 | 12 | 5546 | 1.4 | -400 | -984 | 145 | 201 | 5892 | ||
| Nebraska | 1150 | -74 | 63 | 1 | 0 | 9025 | 1.0 | -86 | -1676 | 35 | 49 | 9109 | ||
| Nevada | 2398 | 53 | 293 | 2 | 12 | 18072 | 1.5 | -101 | 31 | 74 | 116 | 18262 | ||
| New Hampshire | 769 | 99 | 118 | 2 | 0 | 5903 | 1.0 | -153 | 54 | 13 | 25 | 5941 | ||
| New Jersey | 8197 | 753 | 59 | 13 | 40 | 93856 | 2.4 | -1230 | -7275 | 259 | 771 | 94886 | ||
| New Mexico | 806 | 78 | -283 | 0 | 5 | 10789 | 1.5 | 202 | -1182 | 105 | 131 | 11025 | ||
| New York | 15345 | -167 | -682 | 43 | 105 | 157232 | 1.9 | -2834 | -16037 | 708 | 1681 | 159621 | ||
| North Carolina | 10680 | -370 | -63 | 7 | 73 | 70440 | 1.9 | -136 | 439 | 220 | 1227 | 71887 | ||
| North Dakota | 290 | -17 | -59 | 0 | 1 | 1957 | 0.6 | -154 | -224 | 29 | 31 | 2017 | ||
| Ohio | 15585 | 6563 | 5812 | 15 | 70 | 87474 | 1.7 | 150 | -1421 | 301 | 864 | 88639 | ||
| Oklahoma | 1758 | -34 | -13 | 13 | 18 | 13820 | 1.0 | 195 | -2081 | 77 | 185 | 14082 | ||
| Oregon | 4671 | 8 | -1540 | 20 | 28 | 37708 | 2.3 | -880 | -7432 | 320 | 491 | 38519 | ||
| Pennsylvania | 22016 | 4715 | 5885 | 90 | 118 | 143838 | 2.6 | 943 | -3629 | 892 | 1623 | 146353 | ||
| Puerto Rico | 4638 | -23747 | 1297 | 0 | 12 | 51778 | 5.0 | 21441 | 4601 | 127 | 255 | 52160 | ||
| Rhode Island | 1213 | 100 | 257 | 3 | 2 | 10396 | 2.2 | 305 | -61 | 43 | 84 | 10523 | ||
| South Carolina | 5107 | -140 | -321 | 14 | 22 | 32714 | 1.8 | -168 | -3680 | 117 | 385 | 33216 | ||
| South Dakota | 331 | 73 | 50 | 5 | 8 | 1562 | 0.4 | -108 | -596 | 56 | 19 | 1637 | ||
| Tennessee | 4787 | -816 | 114 | 19 | 42 | 35839 | 1.4 | -1551 | -3786 | 291 | 621 | 36751 | ||
| Texas | 13087 | 636 | -3838 | 26 | 184 | 99665 | 1.1 | 5309 | -15350 | 698 | 1920 | 102283 | ||
| Utah | 1035 | -5 | -126 | 7 | 13 | 7073 | 0.7 | -86 | -3473 | 83 | 87 | 7243 | ||
| Vermont | 788 | 272 | 56 | 0 | 0 | 5789 | 2.0 | -368 | 331 | 16 | 44 | 5849 | ||
| Virgin Islands | 44 | 7 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 350 | 0.8 | 78 | -236 | 2 | 10 | 362 | ||
| Virginia | 4218 | -674 | -98 | 6 | 69 | 26800 | 0.8 | -542 | -2554 | 276 | 785 | 27861 | ||
| Washington | 6153 | -514 | -1851 | 32 | 100 | 47849 | 1.8 | -1107 | -6931 | 321 | 1182 | 49353 | ||
| West Virginia | 1057 | 104 | -19 | 2 | 24 | 11035 | 1.6 | 533 | -595 | 72 | 162 | 11269 | ||
| Wisconsin | 9701 | 109 | -103 | 8 | 22 | 60680 | 2.2 | 213 | -1989 | 123 | 387 | 61190 | ||
| Wyoming | 265 | 42 | -77 | 0 | 1 | 2092 | 0.9 | -133 | -623 | 46 | 27 | 2165 | ||
| Totals | 277405 | -11567 | 644 | 945 | 1912 | 2237977 | 1.7 | 10395 | -160157 | 11850 | 26084 | 2280030 | ||
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.