| STATE NAME |
Initial Claims Filed During Week Ended July 29, 2006 |
Insured Unemployment For Week Ended July 22, 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 | 4398 | -1809 | -221 | 20 | 28 |             | 28895 | 1.6 | -1635 | -1660 | 113 | 266 | 29274 | |
| Alaska | 1153 | -30 | 58 | 3 | 4 |             | 8291 | 2.9 | 177 | -761 | 100 | 92 | 8483 | |
| Arizona | 3059 | -421 | -628 | 21 | 8 |             | 31636 | 1.3 | -15 | -4764 | 575 | 172 | 32383 | |
| Arkansas | 3421 | 268 | 40 | 7 | 15 |             | 26951 | 2.4 | -2081 | -321 | 175 | 251 | 27377 | |
| California | 39692 | 3569 | 3454 | 212 | 205 |             | 312319 | 2.1 | -3569 | -31166 | 2130 | 3256 | 317705 | |
| Colorado | 1974 | -71 | 54 | 10 | 42 |             | 21135 | 1.0 | -814 | -1528 | 114 | 375 | 21624 | |
| Connecticut | 3164 | -795 | 7 | 8 | 14 |             | 40730 | 2.5 | -741 | 290 | 72 | 181 | 40983 | |
| Delaware | 731 | -85 | -13 | 1 | 2 |             | 8695 | 2.1 | -69 | -244 | 29 | 59 | 8783 | |
| District of Columbia | 358 | 46 | 62 | 4 | 1 |             | 4078 | 0.9 | -59 | -624 | 162 | 23 | 4263 | |
| Florida | 9977 | -767 | 796 | 56 | 163 |             | 89632 | 1.2 | -680 | -6274 | 470 | 1221 | 91323 | |
| Georgia | 8350 | -1858 | 652 | 75 | 88 |             | 54137 | 1.4 | -1893 | -80 | 700 | 1476 | 56313 | |
| Hawaii | 924 | 67 | 38 | 8 | 22 |             | 6461 | 1.1 | 36 | -92 | 80 | 323 | 6864 | |
| Idaho | 1406 | 521 | 189 | 8 | 8 |             | 6989 | 1.2 | -227 | -2294 | 47 | 94 | 7130 | |
| Illinois | 10179 | -1899 | -794 | 40 | 60 |             | 114738 | 2.0 | -2317 | -10261 | 660 | 1177 | 116575 | |
| Indiana | 5663 | -888 | 281 | 28 | 47 |             | 51799 | 1.8 | -6315 | -805 | 233 | 480 | 52512 | |
| Iowa | 2671 | 412 | 417 | 3 | 10 |             | 19720 | 1.4 | -612 | -108 | 32 | 187 | 19939 | |
| Kansas | 1964 | -229 | -84 | 6 | 3 |             | 17005 | 1.3 | -637 | -3120 | 160 | 222 | 17387 | |
| Kentucky | 4197 | -1969 | 324 | 13 | 13 |             | 30181 | 1.8 | -4274 | -1879 | 219 | 597 | 30997 | |
| Louisiana | 2450 | -1510 | -726 | 15 | 22 |             | 24307 | 1.3 | 1032 | -6944 | 153 | 271 | 24776 | |
| Maine | 891 | -33 | -312 | 1 | 1 |             | 7744 | 1.3 | -139 | -891 | 30 | 75 | 7849 | |
| Maryland | 3397 | -123 | 176 | 36 | 36 |             | 34365 | 1.4 | 294 | -1247 | 367 | 285 | 35017 | |
| Massachusetts | 5542 | -95 | -1 | 78 | 34 |             | 75925 | 2.4 | -352 | 957 | 804 | 498 | 77227 | |
| Michigan | 14009 | -6917 | -3396 | 22 | 62 |             | 151453 | 3.6 | -30462 | 11252 | 320 | 871 | 152644 | |
| Minnesota | 3250 | -1115 | -73 | 4 | 17 |             | 34009 | 1.3 | -1432 | -1219 | 93 | 310 | 34412 | |
| Mississippi | 2232 | -363 | -62 | 13 | 26 |             | 21554 | 2.0 | -815 | -361 | 185 | 306 | 22045 | |
| Missouri | 8802 | 3110 | 3217 | 109 | 22 |             | 47179 | 1.8 | -2766 | -9662 | 565 | 250 | 47994 | |
| Montana | 498 | -11 | -66 | 8 | 9 |             | 5151 | 1.3 | -645 | -370 | 91 | 136 | 5378 | |
| Nebraska | 1149 | 53 | 15 | 0 | 1 |             | 9680 | 1.1 | -309 | -1341 | 37 | 50 | 9767 | |
| Nevada | 2296 | 35 | 90 | 2 | 8 |             | 18709 | 1.6 | -233 | 494 | 71 | 160 | 18940 | |
| New Hampshire | 663 | -26 | 8 | 1 | 2 |             | 6478 | 1.1 | -286 | 485 | 29 | 27 | 6534 | |
| New Jersey | 8206 | -689 | 647 | 18 | 52 |             | 115024 | 3.0 | -1182 | -1118 | 277 | 650 | 115951 | |
| New Mexico | 921 | 64 | -58 | 1 | 6 |             | 11544 | 1.5 | -55 | -741 | 155 | 133 | 11832 | |
| New York | 14573 | -231 | -488 | 49 | 90 |             | 175844 | 2.1 | -1493 | -12240 | 713 | 1469 | 178026 | |
| North Carolina | 8575 | -4162 | -685 | 14 | 83 |             | 70297 | 1.9 | -4357 | -3140 | 312 | 1264 | 71873 | |
| North Dakota | 297 | -25 | -3 | 0 | 0 |             | 2570 | 0.8 | 6 | 336 | 96 | 29 | 2695 | |
| Ohio | 8824 | -2473 | -1805 | 21 | 50 |             | 92566 | 1.8 | -7897 | 1816 | 336 | 955 | 93857 | |
| Oklahoma | 1605 | -122 | -51 | 18 | 17 |             | 14527 | 1.0 | -217 | -2169 | 88 | 194 | 14809 | |
| Oregon | 4395 | -15 | -318 | 19 | 30 |             | 36733 | 2.3 | -718 | -5923 | 275 | 403 | 37411 | |
| Pennsylvania | 15973 | -549 | 59 | 141 | 213 |             | 158515 | 2.9 | -11561 | -4313 | 1034 | 1652 | 161201 | |
| Puerto Rico | -3255 | -1599 | 0 | 0 |             | 7303 | 0.7 | -39291 | -15195 | 32 | 57 | 7392 | ||
| Rhode Island | 1115 | 152 | 109 | 3 | 12 |             | 12641 | 2.7 | -625 | -312 | 33 | 107 | 12781 | |
| South Carolina | 4837 | -2595 | -15 | 16 | 35 |             | 37901 | 2.1 | -2213 | -1169 | 136 | 383 | 38420 | |
| South Dakota | 239 | -13 | 51 | 9 | 4 |             | 1789 | 0.5 | -99 | -348 | 416 | 19 | 2224 | |
| Tennessee | 5430 | -4741 | -606 | 19 | 34 |             | 42716 | 1.6 | -4980 | -2597 | 327 | 464 | 43507 | |
| Texas | 13122 | 746 | -809 | 43 | 191 |             | 107955 | 1.1 | -934 | -16342 | 855 | 2003 | 110813 | |
| Utah | 815 | -107 | -13 | 13 | 12 |             | 7417 | 0.7 | -157 | -1875 | 106 | 77 | 7600 | |
| Vermont | 530 | 75 | 88 | 1 | 8 |             | 5189 | 1.8 | -142 | 238 | 17 | 61 | 5267 | |
| Virgin Islands | 33 | -15 | 2 | 1 | 0 |             | 388 | 0.9 | 54 | -128 | 0 | 6 | 394 | |
| Virginia | 5696 | 574 | 164 | 19 | 94 |             | 31728 | 0.9 | 807 | 1450 | 260 | 832 | 32820 | |
| Washington | 6115 | 457 | -1205 | 30 | 103 |             | 41946 | 1.6 | -697 | -8049 | 332 | 1011 | 43289 | |
| West Virginia | 1181 | -151 | -44 | 2 | 11 |             | 12012 | 1.8 | -661 | -1346 | 69 | 174 | 12255 | |
| Wisconsin | 8468 | 748 | 793 | 7 | 28 |             | 60568 | 2.2 | -2473 | -2043 | 134 | 375 | 61077 | |
| Wyoming | 190 | -30 | -22 | 0 | 1 |             | 1690 | 0.7 | -155 | -297 | 14 | 20 | 1724 | |
| Totals | 259600 | -29290 | -2306 | 1256 | 2047 |             | 2358809 | 1.8 | -140878 | -150043 | 14833 | 26029 | 2399716 | |
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.