| STATE NAME |
Initial Claims Filed During Week Ended August 26, 2006 |
Insured Unemployment For Week Ended August 19, 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 | 3303 | -486 | 120 | 36 | 30 | 26914 | 1.5 | -395 | -688 | 107 | 288 | 27309 | ||
| Alaska | 1171 | 80 | -133 | 7 | 7 | 7700 | 2.7 | -244 | -402 | 101 | 84 | 7885 | ||
| Arizona | 2945 | -330 | 22 | 8 | 12 | 29490 | 1.2 | -1126 | -2842 | 231 | 176 | 29897 | ||
| Arkansas | 3078 | -478 | -259 | 8 | 14 | 25453 | 2.3 | -2763 | 441 | 132 | 252 | 25837 | ||
| California | 36196 | 70 | 2524 | 151 | 273 | 303282 | 2.0 | -9688 | -18486 | 2209 | 3019 | 308510 | ||
| Colorado | 1880 | 155 | -12 | 9 | 37 | 20294 | 0.9 | -1388 | -1124 | 105 | 389 | 20788 | ||
| Connecticut | 2880 | -209 | -119 | 5 | 22 | 40949 | 2.5 | 112 | 494 | 74 | 150 | 41173 | ||
| Delaware | 1078 | -4 | 489 | 1 | 1 | 8056 | 2.0 | -88 | 400 | 25 | 48 | 8129 | ||
| District of Columbia | 324 | -47 | 43 | 5 | 1 | 4424 | 0.9 | -5 | -169 | 135 | 24 | 4583 | ||
| Florida | 9400 | -450 | 863 | 59 | 144 | 89679 | 1.2 | -3507 | -2629 | 494 | 1250 | 91423 | ||
| Georgia | 6873 | -221 | -493 | 58 | 76 | 51284 | 1.3 | -554 | 673 | 713 | 1525 | 53522 | ||
| Hawaii | 965 | 230 | -43 | 5 | 33 | 6017 | 1.1 | 158 | -264 | 66 | 288 | 6371 | ||
| Idaho | 968 | -52 | -263 | 7 | 10 | 7048 | 1.2 | -825 | -2441 | 45 | 81 | 7174 | ||
| Illinois | 9383 | -534 | -966 | 30 | 72 | 109059 | 1.9 | -4644 | -8984 | 700 | 1112 | 110871 | ||
| Indiana | 5918 | 28 | 558 | 30 | 48 | 45131 | 1.6 | -2788 | -1307 | 249 | 468 | 45848 | ||
| Iowa | 2510 | 220 | 41 | 3 | 16 | 18355 | 1.3 | -1700 | 315 | 42 | 150 | 18547 | ||
| Kansas | 1937 | -256 | -772 | 2 | 4 | 16757 | 1.3 | -139 | -2132 | 133 | 227 | 17117 | ||
| Kentucky | 6669 | 1847 | 155 | 29 | 16 | 24816 | 1.4 | -2708 | 188 | 416 | 570 | 25802 | ||
| Louisiana | 2128 | 34 | -906 | 7 | 12 | 19947 | 1.1 | -834 | -9393 | 105 | 245 | 20329 | ||
| Maine | 844 | -98 | 42 | 1 | 1 | 7448 | 1.3 | -74 | -88 | 29 | 73 | 7550 | ||
| Maryland | 3304 | 113 | 225 | 25 | 29 | 34090 | 1.4 | -325 | -699 | 365 | 300 | 34755 | ||
| Massachusetts | 5558 | -53 | 146 | 19 | 31 | 74407 | 2.4 | -281 | -275 | 910 | 477 | 75794 | ||
| Michigan | 10935 | -1381 | -2562 | 13 | 46 | 124385 | 2.9 | -2073 | 2695 | 317 | 864 | 125566 | ||
| Minnesota | 3293 | -209 | -1150 | 4 | 15 | 31467 | 1.2 | -1318 | -1113 | 88 | 288 | 31843 | ||
| Mississippi | 2054 | -200 | -203 | 12 | 19 | 18080 | 1.7 | -1515 | -82 | 108 | 279 | 18467 | ||
| Missouri | 5146 | 9 | -389 | 67 | 37 | 48188 | 1.8 | -1828 | 994 | 648 | 272 | 49108 | ||
| Montana | 468 | -19 | -84 | 7 | 5 | 4862 | 1.2 | -407 | -207 | 91 | 108 | 5061 | ||
| Nebraska | 1004 | -505 | 29 | 1 | 3 | 9573 | 1.1 | 145 | -721 | 36 | 63 | 9672 | ||
| Nevada | 2234 | -69 | 85 | 2 | 7 | 18485 | 1.5 | -95 | 667 | 70 | 179 | 18734 | ||
| New Hampshire | 602 | -47 | 16 | 0 | 3 | 6229 | 1.0 | -160 | 523 | 35 | 15 | 6279 | ||
| New Jersey | 8351 | -504 | 844 | 16 | 29 | 113747 | 2.9 | -313 | -1430 | 248 | 629 | 114624 | ||
| New Mexico | 735 | -166 | -248 | 2 | 4 | 10494 | 1.4 | -807 | -152 | 119 | 146 | 10759 | ||
| New York | 18756 | 4488 | -355 | 49 | 107 | 175799 | 2.1 | 3222 | -8867 | 768 | 1430 | 177997 | ||
| North Carolina | 9918 | 1195 | 1068 | 15 | 59 | 69288 | 1.8 | -469 | -2827 | 305 | 1293 | 70886 | ||
| North Dakota | 282 | -134 | 61 | 1 | 1 | 1991 | 0.6 | -304 | 57 | 102 | 25 | 2118 | ||
| Ohio | 9571 | -1845 | -567 | 25 | 53 | 85258 | 1.6 | 2592 | 744 | 372 | 865 | 86495 | ||
| Oklahoma | 1562 | -21 | -28 | 14 | 17 | 13990 | 1.0 | -558 | -1437 | 103 | 205 | 14298 | ||
| Oregon | 4328 | 15 | -117 | 26 | 35 | 35520 | 2.2 | -597 | -6446 | 271 | 437 | 36228 | ||
| Pennsylvania | 16054 | 715 | 680 | 255 | 124 | 150524 | 2.8 | -7362 | -3484 | 986 | 1843 | 153353 | ||
| Puerto Rico | 3796 | -93 | 1566 | 14 | 9 | 34693 | 3.4 | -5547 | -19098 | 75 | 211 | 34979 | ||
| Rhode Island | 934 | -113 | 14 | 5 | 4 | 12365 | 2.6 | 51 | -160 | 45 | 115 | 12525 | ||
| South Carolina | 4424 | -222 | -73 | 12 | 31 | 37398 | 2.1 | 26 | 957 | 123 | 383 | 37904 | ||
| South Dakota | 232 | 12 | -23 | 3 | 3 | 1551 | 0.4 | -103 | -303 | 269 | 18 | 1838 | ||
| Tennessee | 4804 | 668 | 822 | 14 | 30 | 36771 | 1.4 | -1067 | -1961 | 277 | 444 | 37492 | ||
| Texas | 12222 | 173 | -1465 | 46 | 183 | 100046 | 1.1 | -3876 | -13662 | 885 | 1966 | 102897 | ||
| Utah | 874 | -49 | -12 | 81 | 10 | 7036 | 0.7 | -127 | -1757 | 144 | 72 | 7252 | ||
| Vermont | 435 | -51 | 63 | 2 | 7 | 4918 | 1.7 | -84 | 170 | 11 | 58 | 4987 | ||
| Virgin Islands | 54 | 11 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 462 | 1.1 | 60 | 34 | 0 | 10 | 472 | ||
| Virginia | 3782 | -1801 | -158 | 14 | 80 | 30688 | 0.9 | 865 | 2125 | 291 | 812 | 31791 | ||
| Washington | 6481 | -168 | 359 | 32 | 93 | 43643 | 1.6 | 496 | -4874 | 338 | 1030 | 45011 | ||
| West Virginia | 1076 | 39 | -55 | 2 | 7 | 11557 | 1.7 | -169 | -666 | 65 | 115 | 11737 | ||
| Wisconsin | 7612 | -117 | 528 | 7 | 31 | 57814 | 2.1 | -2171 | -595 | 137 | 346 | 58297 | ||
| Wyoming | 191 | -5 | -46 | 1 | 3 | 1555 | 0.6 | -88 | -174 | 14 | 16 | 1585 | ||
| Totals | 251522 | -835 | -120 | 1247 | 1944 | 2268977 | 1.7 | -57387 | -110462 | 14727 | 25733 | 2309469 | ||
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.