| STATE NAME |
Initial Claims Filed During Week Ended August 19, 2006 |
Insured Unemployment For Week Ended August 12, 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 | 3789 | 78 | -60 | 27 | 30 | 27309 | 1.5 | -558 | -1141 | 108 | 277 | 27694 | ||
| Alaska | 1091 | -4 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 7944 | 2.8 | 19 | -115 | 91 | 67 | 8102 | ||
| Arizona | 3188 | -26 | 431 | 2 | 12 | 30638 | 1.3 | -624 | -3152 | 324 | 171 | 31133 | ||
| Arkansas | 3556 | -994 | 748 | 12 | 9 | 28216 | 2.5 | 2087 | 2776 | 134 | 263 | 28613 | ||
| California | 36126 | -536 | 2790 | 144 | 259 | 312970 | 2.1 | 7932 | -6897 | 2367 | 3055 | 318392 | ||
| Colorado | 1725 | -141 | -217 | 7 | 43 | 21682 | 1.0 | 844 | -1343 | 144 | 334 | 22160 | ||
| Connecticut | 3089 | -204 | -264 | 5 | 11 | 40837 | 2.5 | -62 | 88 | 57 | 161 | 41055 | ||
| Delaware | 1082 | -9 | 416 | 0 | 0 | 8144 | 2.0 | 22 | 384 | 17 | 70 | 8231 | ||
| District of Columbia | 371 | -16 | 42 | 3 | 5 | 4429 | 0.9 | 183 | -84 | 136 | 20 | 4585 | ||
| Florida | 9850 | 100 | 1603 | 43 | 162 | 93186 | 1.2 | 2697 | -3232 | 503 | 1208 | 94897 | ||
| Georgia | 7094 | -916 | -268 | 44 | 100 | 51838 | 1.3 | -1951 | -1891 | 709 | 1494 | 54041 | ||
| Hawaii | 735 | -235 | -13 | 8 | 24 | 5859 | 1.0 | -160 | -19 | 51 | 315 | 6225 | ||
| Idaho | 1020 | -232 | -732 | 5 | 10 | 7873 | 1.3 | 43 | -1243 | 49 | 87 | 8009 | ||
| Illinois | 9917 | -328 | -558 | 40 | 96 | 113703 | 2.0 | 1877 | -7309 | 688 | 1069 | 115460 | ||
| Indiana | 5890 | 674 | 412 | 23 | 43 | 47919 | 1.7 | -1676 | 248 | 252 | 501 | 48672 | ||
| Iowa | 2290 | 146 | 220 | 6 | 18 | 20055 | 1.4 | 474 | 616 | 43 | 161 | 20259 | ||
| Kansas | 2193 | 102 | 173 | 2 | 5 | 16896 | 1.3 | -135 | -2706 | 162 | 217 | 17275 | ||
| Kentucky | 4822 | -318 | 1576 | 15 | 19 | 27524 | 1.6 | -1174 | 1399 | 320 | 545 | 28389 | ||
| Louisiana | 2094 | -93 | -933 | 3 | 17 | 20781 | 1.1 | -944 | -9146 | 110 | 227 | 21148 | ||
| Maine | 942 | 36 | 158 | 2 | 2 | 7522 | 1.3 | -60 | -280 | 29 | 74 | 7625 | ||
| Maryland | 3191 | -618 | -17 | 23 | 32 | 34415 | 1.5 | 68 | -720 | 340 | 299 | 35054 | ||
| Massachusetts | 5611 | 148 | 19 | 42 | 32 | 74688 | 2.4 | -971 | -1264 | 906 | 505 | 76099 | ||
| Michigan | 12316 | 1022 | -1444 | 20 | 53 | 126458 | 3.0 | -6741 | 10028 | 374 | 868 | 127700 | ||
| Minnesota | 3502 | -23 | 170 | 10 | 19 | 32785 | 1.3 | 347 | -808 | 85 | 286 | 33156 | ||
| Mississippi | 2254 | 123 | 81 | 7 | 12 | 19595 | 1.8 | -235 | 135 | 125 | 300 | 20020 | ||
| Missouri | 5137 | -169 | -506 | 59 | 28 | 50016 | 1.9 | -612 | 942 | 627 | 277 | 50920 | ||
| Montana | 487 | -62 | -52 | 7 | 5 | 5269 | 1.3 | 274 | -315 | 106 | 116 | 5491 | ||
| Nebraska | 1509 | 57 | 480 | 2 | 7 | 9428 | 1.1 | 63 | -1334 | 39 | 51 | 9518 | ||
| Nevada | 2303 | -328 | -416 | 4 | 13 | 18580 | 1.5 | 468 | 1171 | 67 | 175 | 18822 | ||
| New Hampshire | 649 | 45 | 55 | 1 | 1 | 6389 | 1.0 | 56 | 600 | 44 | 19 | 6452 | ||
| New Jersey | 8855 | 680 | 711 | 10 | 43 | 114060 | 3.0 | 80 | -1299 | 327 | 621 | 115008 | ||
| New Mexico | 901 | 10 | -3 | 4 | 3 | 11301 | 1.5 | -180 | 0 | 146 | 148 | 11595 | ||
| New York | 14268 | -788 | -2126 | 50 | 77 | 172577 | 2.1 | -942 | -8071 | 753 | 1421 | 174751 | ||
| North Carolina | 8723 | -2205 | -2064 | 28 | 77 | 69757 | 1.8 | -1242 | -4236 | 286 | 1283 | 71326 | ||
| North Dakota | 416 | 190 | 149 | 1 | 1 | 2295 | 0.7 | -224 | 229 | 101 | 23 | 2419 | ||
| Ohio | 11416 | 2484 | 1925 | 23 | 55 | 82666 | 1.6 | -4663 | -2104 | 330 | 933 | 83929 | ||
| Oklahoma | 1583 | -522 | 44 | 4 | 32 | 14548 | 1.0 | 115 | -1765 | 111 | 177 | 14836 | ||
| Oregon | 4313 | -190 | -408 | 16 | 47 | 36117 | 2.2 | -260 | -5279 | 269 | 405 | 36791 | ||
| Pennsylvania | 15339 | -717 | -202 | 105 | 118 | 157886 | 2.9 | 3988 | -1657 | 1128 | 1826 | 160840 | ||
| Puerto Rico | 3889 | -9 | 228 | 1 | 7 | 40240 | 3.9 | -11825 | -13862 | 116 | 288 | 40644 | ||
| Rhode Island | 1047 | -50 | -74 | 1 | 9 | 12314 | 2.6 | -325 | -398 | 36 | 110 | 12460 | ||
| South Carolina | 4646 | -165 | -195 | 10 | 25 | 37372 | 2.1 | -2065 | -1980 | 123 | 400 | 37895 | ||
| South Dakota | 220 | -11 | -11 | 2 | 2 | 1654 | 0.5 | -60 | -238 | 401 | 18 | 2073 | ||
| Tennessee | 4136 | -455 | -1293 | 14 | 26 | 37838 | 1.4 | -1636 | -4134 | 260 | 442 | 38540 | ||
| Texas | 12049 | -110 | -2006 | 40 | 187 | 103922 | 1.1 | -2565 | -14416 | 887 | 1987 | 106796 | ||
| Utah | 923 | 58 | -33 | 59 | 8 | 7163 | 0.7 | -52 | -1705 | 104 | 68 | 7335 | ||
| Vermont | 486 | 74 | 86 | 0 | 5 | 5002 | 1.7 | -23 | 110 | 19 | 67 | 5088 | ||
| Virgin Islands | 43 | -2 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 402 | 0.9 | -84 | -184 | 0 | 0 | 402 | ||
| Virginia | 5583 | 1599 | 1048 | 16 | 76 | 29823 | 0.9 | 284 | 1268 | 357 | 821 | 31001 | ||
| Washington | 6649 | 76 | 402 | 35 | 78 | 43147 | 1.6 | -1612 | -6998 | 319 | 1059 | 44525 | ||
| West Virginia | 1037 | -64 | -44 | 3 | 8 | 11726 | 1.7 | 214 | -1277 | 54 | 207 | 11987 | ||
| Wisconsin | 7729 | -1185 | 249 | 11 | 24 | 59985 | 2.2 | -665 | 318 | 123 | 356 | 60464 | ||
| Wyoming | 196 | 34 | -46 | 1 | 3 | 1643 | 0.7 | 34 | -208 | 13 | 24 | 1680 | ||
| Totals | 252270 | -3989 | 254 | 1005 | 1980 | 2326386 | 1.8 | -22157 | -92498 | 15270 | 25896 | 2367582 | ||
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.