| STATE NAME |
Initial Claims Filed During Week Ended August 5, 2006 |
Insured Unemployment For Week Ended July 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 | 3633 | -765 | -118 | 21 | 31 |             | 28237 | 1.5 | -658 | -1148 | 113 | 271 | 28621 | |
| Alaska | 1156 | 3 | 26 | 5 | 3 |             | 8135 | 2.8 | -156 | -24 | 101 | 66 | 8302 | |
| Arizona | 3158 | 55 | -479 | 14 | 13 |             | 31659 | 1.3 | -16 | -3309 | 547 | 169 | 32375 | |
| Arkansas | 3700 | 279 | 335 | 8 | 13 |             | 26511 | 2.4 | -440 | -635 | 169 | 274 | 26954 | |
| California | 38650 | -1042 | 804 | 149 | 294 |             | 316703 | 2.1 | 4384 | -6432 | 2363 | 3247 | 322313 | |
| Colorado | 2075 | 101 | -3 | 14 | 28 |             | 21403 | 1.0 | 268 | -1575 | 135 | 327 | 21865 | |
| Connecticut | 3354 | 190 | -351 | 4 | 16 |             | 40573 | 2.5 | -157 | 332 | 68 | 168 | 40809 | |
| Delaware | 1180 | 449 | 480 | 1 | 5 |             | 8196 | 2.0 | -499 | -358 | 19 | 47 | 8262 | |
| District of Columbia | 422 | 64 | 94 | 12 | 1 |             | 4080 | 0.9 | 2 | -323 | 115 | 27 | 4222 | |
| Florida | 9930 | -47 | -362 | 44 | 159 |             | 93122 | 1.2 | 3490 | -3704 | 518 | 1138 | 94778 | |
| Georgia | 8214 | -136 | 861 | 55 | 93 |             | 53243 | 1.4 | -894 | 380 | 717 | 1449 | 55409 | |
| Hawaii | 1044 | 120 | 86 | 7 | 34 |             | 6521 | 1.1 | 60 | 274 | 48 | 321 | 6890 | |
| Idaho | 1562 | 156 | 75 | 7 | 10 |             | 7559 | 1.3 | 570 | -1808 | 48 | 89 | 7696 | |
| Illinois | 11011 | 832 | -126 | 51 | 71 |             | 114576 | 2.0 | -162 | -8572 | 700 | 1125 | 116401 | |
| Indiana | 7145 | 1482 | 1463 | 36 | 60 |             | 50720 | 1.8 | -1079 | 1352 | 242 | 484 | 51446 | |
| Iowa | 2801 | 130 | -741 | 2 | 16 |             | 19669 | 1.4 | -51 | 515 | 40 | 170 | 19879 | |
| Kansas | 2678 | 714 | 91 | 1 | 5 |             | 16791 | 1.3 | -214 | -2771 | 173 | 231 | 17195 | |
| Kentucky | 7243 | 3046 | 3405 | 32 | 15 |             | 27539 | 1.6 | -2642 | -514 | 219 | 578 | 28336 | |
| Louisiana | 2104 | -346 | -982 | 7 | 15 |             | 24010 | 1.3 | -297 | -7197 | 127 | 268 | 24460 | |
| Maine | 873 | -18 | 92 | 1 | 2 |             | 7544 | 1.3 | -200 | -59 | 32 | 70 | 7646 | |
| Maryland | 3732 | 335 | 37 | 18 | 35 |             | 34280 | 1.4 | -85 | -1488 | 287 | 294 | 34861 | |
| Massachusetts | 5989 | 447 | -274 | 51 | 33 |             | 75412 | 2.4 | -513 | -3352 | 860 | 512 | 76784 | |
| Michigan | 14066 | 57 | 2352 | 20 | 60 |             | 134783 | 3.2 | -16670 | 9555 | 392 | 818 | 135993 | |
| Minnesota | 3654 | 404 | -75 | 12 | 19 |             | 35253 | 1.4 | 1244 | 1483 | 88 | 315 | 35656 | |
| Mississippi | 2132 | -100 | -350 | 10 | 10 |             | 21555 | 2.0 | 1 | -113 | 179 | 309 | 22043 | |
| Missouri | 6168 | -2634 | 123 | 69 | 21 |             | 50640 | 1.9 | 3461 | -1247 | 565 | 293 | 51498 | |
| Montana | 551 | 53 | -41 | 7 | 8 |             | 5424 | 1.4 | 273 | -273 | 116 | 122 | 5662 | |
| Nebraska | 1349 | 200 | 263 | 3 | 4 |             | 9267 | 1.1 | -413 | -1742 | 38 | 50 | 9355 | |
| Nevada | 2209 | -87 | -127 | 4 | 11 |             | 18070 | 1.5 | -639 | 384 | 70 | 169 | 18309 | |
| New Hampshire | 717 | 54 | 48 | 1 | 2 |             | 6496 | 1.1 | 18 | 511 | 45 | 20 | 6561 | |
| New Jersey | 9635 | 1429 | 292 | 17 | 50 |             | 113116 | 2.9 | -1908 | -1814 | 316 | 627 | 114059 | |
| New Mexico | 929 | 8 | -100 | 3 | 8 |             | 11521 | 1.5 | -23 | -421 | 152 | 139 | 11812 | |
| New York | 14635 | 62 | -1131 | 78 | 110 |             | 173519 | 2.1 | -2325 | -9702 | 759 | 1449 | 175727 | |
| North Carolina | 10628 | 2053 | 787 | 23 | 64 |             | 71578 | 1.9 | 1281 | -1508 | 285 | 1276 | 73139 | |
| North Dakota | 301 | 4 | 26 | 1 | 1 |             | 2591 | 0.8 | 21 | 294 | 95 | 27 | 2713 | |
| Ohio | 10544 | 1720 | 1158 | 46 | 64 |             | 85366 | 1.6 | -7200 | -320 | 305 | 909 | 86580 | |
| Oklahoma | 1664 | 59 | -13 | 5 | 27 |             | 14460 | 1.0 | -67 | -2100 | 93 | 189 | 14742 | |
| Oregon | 4935 | 540 | -226 | 24 | 44 |             | 36519 | 2.2 | -214 | -5324 | 254 | 396 | 37169 | |
| Pennsylvania | 17936 | 1963 | 248 | 116 | 181 |             | 157714 | 2.9 | -801 | -2337 | 1131 | 1743 | 160588 | |
| Puerto Rico | 4556 | 4556 | -187 | 1 | 24 |             | 45275 | 4.4 | 37972 | -16144 | 117 | 306 | 45698 | |
| Rhode Island | 1146 | 31 | 39 | 1 | 4 |             | 12475 | 2.7 | -166 | -175 | 31 | 118 | 12624 | |
| South Carolina | 5049 | 212 | 313 | 7 | 30 |             | 38870 | 2.2 | 969 | -219 | 136 | 403 | 39409 | |
| South Dakota | 242 | 3 | 22 | 25 | 5 |             | 1817 | 0.5 | 28 | -180 | 402 | 23 | 2242 | |
| Tennessee | 4483 | -947 | -801 | 13 | 36 |             | 40917 | 1.6 | -1799 | -3023 | 304 | 460 | 41681 | |
| Texas | 13021 | -101 | -1313 | 51 | 220 |             | 105343 | 1.1 | -2612 | -13317 | 823 | 1933 | 108099 | |
| Utah | 894 | 79 | -23 | 14 | 7 |             | 7326 | 0.7 | -91 | -1989 | 96 | 76 | 7498 | |
| Vermont | 423 | -107 | -140 | 2 | 6 |             | 5219 | 1.8 | 30 | 266 | 26 | 63 | 5308 | |
| Virgin Islands | 51 | -11 | 11 | 0 | 0 |             | 424 | 1.0 | -42 | -146 | 0 | 0 | 424 | |
| Virginia | 4247 | -1449 | 358 | 7 | 103 |             | 29169 | 0.9 | -2559 | -187 | 296 | 823 | 30288 | |
| Washington | 7415 | 1300 | -194 | 36 | 133 |             | 42097 | 1.6 | 151 | -8324 | 331 | 1040 | 43468 | |
| West Virginia | 1098 | -83 | -68 | 1 | 14 |             | 11854 | 1.8 | -158 | -1574 | 62 | 209 | 12125 | |
| Wisconsin | 8869 | 401 | 10 | 10 | 29 |             | 60011 | 2.2 | -557 | 109 | 137 | 356 | 60504 | |
| Wyoming | 177 | -13 | -42 | 2 | 3 |             | 1690 | 0.7 | 0 | -260 | 10 | 19 | 1719 | |
| Totals | 275378 | 15705 | 5632 | 1149 | 2250 |             | 2366842 | 1.8 | 7916 | -100253 | 15295 | 26005 | 2408197 | |
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.