| STATE NAME |
Initial Claims Filed During Week Ended August 12, 2006 |
Insured Unemployment For Week Ended August 5, 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 | 3711 | 78 | 226 | 20 | 38 |             | 27867 | 1.5 | -370 | -868 | 104 | 270 | 28241 | |
| Alaska | 1095 | -61 | 8 | 2 | 9 |             | 7925 | 2.8 | -210 | -346 | 102 | 82 | 8109 | |
| Arizona | 3155 | -54 | -469 | 7 | 15 |             | 31262 | 1.3 | -403 | -4220 | 488 | 158 | 31908 | |
| Arkansas | 4550 | 850 | 2088 | 6 | 221 |             | 26129 | 2.3 | -382 | -431 | 147 | 266 | 26542 | |
| California | 36662 | -1988 | 1878 | 147 | 269 |             | 305038 | 2.0 | -11665 | -23736 | 2211 | 2920 | 310169 | |
| Colorado | 1866 | -209 | -12 | 12 | 42 |             | 20838 | 1.0 | -565 | -1438 | 107 | 378 | 21323 | |
| Connecticut | 3293 | -61 | -1 | 3 | 13 |             | 40899 | 2.5 | 326 | 256 | 72 | 174 | 41145 | |
| Delaware | 1091 | -89 | 411 | 0 | 0 |             | 8122 | 2.0 | -74 | 96 | 24 | 66 | 8212 | |
| District of Columbia | 387 | -35 | 70 | 4 | 4 |             | 4246 | 0.9 | 166 | -464 | 139 | 22 | 4407 | |
| Florida | 9750 | -180 | 355 | 59 | 150 |             | 90489 | 1.2 | -2633 | -4254 | 477 | 1293 | 92259 | |
| Georgia | 8010 | -204 | -982 | 68 | 75 |             | 53789 | 1.4 | 546 | -242 | 716 | 1495 | 56000 | |
| Hawaii | 970 | -74 | 69 | 6 | 26 |             | 6019 | 1.1 | -502 | -248 | 81 | 325 | 6425 | |
| Idaho | 1252 | -310 | -27 | 2 | 10 |             | 7830 | 1.3 | 271 | -1468 | 44 | 92 | 7966 | |
| Illinois | 10245 | -766 | -214 | 34 | 63 |             | 111826 | 2.0 | -2750 | -8872 | 698 | 1160 | 113684 | |
| Indiana | 5216 | -1930 | 206 | 35 | 45 |             | 49595 | 1.7 | -1125 | 1100 | 242 | 491 | 50328 | |
| Iowa | 2144 | -657 | -896 | 6 | 10 |             | 19581 | 1.4 | -88 | -796 | 44 | 159 | 19784 | |
| Kansas | 2091 | -587 | 93 | 2 | 2 |             | 17031 | 1.3 | 240 | -2467 | 174 | 213 | 17418 | |
| Kentucky | 5140 | -2103 | 1764 | 97 | 18 |             | 28698 | 1.7 | 1159 | 2780 | 243 | 570 | 29511 | |
| Louisiana | 2187 | 83 | -749 | 14 | 15 |             | 21725 | 1.2 | -2285 | -8848 | 112 | 258 | 22104 | |
| Maine | 906 | 33 | 60 | 0 | 2 |             | 7582 | 1.3 | 38 | -106 | 32 | 66 | 7680 | |
| Maryland | 3809 | 77 | 633 | 37 | 24 |             | 34347 | 1.4 | 67 | -884 | 350 | 321 | 35018 | |
| Massachusetts | 5463 | -526 | -5 | 50 | 35 |             | 75659 | 2.4 | 247 | -642 | 892 | 495 | 77046 | |
| Michigan | 11294 | -2772 | -3095 | 22 | 55 |             | 133199 | 3.1 | -1584 | 19035 | 309 | 823 | 134331 | |
| Minnesota | 3525 | -129 | -8 | 10 | 24 |             | 32438 | 1.2 | -2815 | -674 | 90 | 297 | 32825 | |
| Mississippi | 2131 | -1 | -63 | 10 | 14 |             | 19830 | 1.8 | -1725 | -875 | 135 | 283 | 20248 | |
| Missouri | 5306 | -862 | -46 | 95 | 25 |             | 50628 | 1.9 | -12 | 189 | 704 | 259 | 51591 | |
| Montana | 549 | -2 | 22 | 6 | 11 |             | 4995 | 1.2 | -429 | -291 | 89 | 125 | 5209 | |
| Nebraska | 1452 | 103 | 310 | 3 | 9 |             | 9365 | 1.1 | 98 | -1505 | 39 | 50 | 9454 | |
| Nevada | 2631 | 422 | 453 | 6 | 8 |             | 18112 | 1.5 | 42 | 696 | 62 | 164 | 18338 | |
| New Hampshire | 604 | -113 | -18 | 1 | 0 |             | 6333 | 1.0 | -163 | 366 | 33 | 25 | 6391 | |
| New Jersey | 8175 | -1460 | -72 | 21 | 33 |             | 113980 | 3.0 | 864 | -1479 | 256 | 631 | 114867 | |
| New Mexico | 891 | -38 | -14 | 1 | 2 |             | 11481 | 1.5 | -40 | -322 | 151 | 165 | 11797 | |
| New York | 15056 | 421 | -308 | 61 | 81 |             | 173519 | 2.1 | 0 | -8797 | 761 | 1454 | 175734 | |
| North Carolina | 10928 | 300 | 1152 | 19 | 85 |             | 70999 | 1.9 | -579 | -2052 | 293 | 1296 | 72588 | |
| North Dakota | 226 | -75 | -22 | 0 | 0 |             | 2519 | 0.8 | -72 | 378 | 103 | 25 | 2647 | |
| Ohio | 8932 | -1612 | -482 | 34 | 75 |             | 87329 | 1.7 | 1963 | 94 | 377 | 880 | 88586 | |
| Oklahoma | 2105 | 441 | 0 | 8 | 20 |             | 14433 | 1.0 | -27 | -1822 | 98 | 187 | 14718 | |
| Oregon | 4503 | -432 | -163 | 25 | 42 |             | 36377 | 2.2 | -142 | -5700 | 265 | 404 | 37046 | |
| Pennsylvania | 16056 | -1880 | 565 | 97 | 158 |             | 153898 | 2.8 | -3816 | -4631 | 1027 | 1801 | 156726 | |
| Puerto Rico | 3898 | -658 | -278 | 2 | 9 |             | 52065 | 5.0 | 6790 | 1472 | 107 | 297 | 52469 | |
| Rhode Island | 1097 | -49 | 82 | 5 | 5 |             | 12639 | 2.7 | 164 | 329 | 40 | 120 | 12799 | |
| South Carolina | 4811 | -238 | -1760 | 11 | 24 |             | 39437 | 2.2 | 567 | -1452 | 117 | 401 | 39955 | |
| South Dakota | 231 | -11 | 10 | 8 | 3 |             | 1714 | 0.5 | -103 | -261 | 430 | 14 | 2158 | |
| Tennessee | 4591 | 108 | -342 | 20 | 46 |             | 39474 | 1.5 | -1443 | -3192 | 301 | 447 | 40222 | |
| Texas | 12159 | -862 | -1981 | 48 | 202 |             | 106487 | 1.1 | 1144 | -12196 | 862 | 1924 | 109273 | |
| Utah | 865 | -29 | -114 | 30 | 6 |             | 7215 | 0.7 | -111 | -1661 | 98 | 72 | 7385 | |
| Vermont | 511 | 88 | 7 | 1 | 5 |             | 5025 | 1.7 | -194 | 11 | 19 | 60 | 5104 | |
| Virgin Islands | 45 | -6 | 12 | 0 | 1 |             | 486 | 1.1 | 62 | 12 | 4 | 12 | 502 | |
| Virginia | 3984 | -263 | 204 | 24 | 91 |             | 29539 | 0.9 | 370 | -896 | 284 | 803 | 30626 | |
| Washington | 6573 | -842 | -209 | 37 | 95 |             | 44759 | 1.7 | 2662 | -6039 | 362 | 1064 | 46185 | |
| West Virginia | 1101 | 3 | 91 | 3 | 4 |             | 11512 | 1.7 | -342 | -1168 | 63 | 143 | 11718 | |
| Wisconsin | 8914 | 45 | 774 | 10 | 23 |             | 60650 | 2.2 | 639 | 433 | 136 | 341 | 61127 | |
| Wyoming | 162 | -15 | -65 | 1 | 4 |             | 1609 | 0.6 | -81 | -207 | 14 | 15 | 1638 | |
| Totals | 256299 | -19131 | -852 | 1230 | 2246 |             | 2348543 | 1.8 | -18305 | -88303 | 15128 | 25856 | 2389536 | |
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.