| STATE NAME |
Initial Claims Filed During Week Ended September 9, 2006 |
Insured Unemployment For Week Ended September 2, 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 | 3283 | -188 | -5093 | 7 | 23 |             | 25807 | 1.4 | -842 | -3210 | 115 | 272 | 26194 | |
| Alaska | 1214 | -31 | -24 | 5 | 5 |             | 7049 | 2.5 | -344 | -796 | 91 | 85 | 7225 | |
| Arizona | 2299 | -515 | -357 | 8 | 6 |             | 27474 | 1.1 | -1136 | -1060 | 175 | 158 | 27807 | |
| Arkansas | 3175 | -203 | -941 | 11 | 11 |             | 24775 | 2.2 | -346 | 1122 | 130 | 253 | 25158 | |
| California | 30767 | -4517 | 36 | 127 | 198 |             | 275514 | 1.8 | -31178 | 926 | 2031 | 2776 | 280321 | |
| Colorado | 1737 | -136 | -984 | 6 | 23 |             | 19595 | 0.9 | -991 | -808 | 97 | 349 | 20041 | |
| Connecticut | 2699 | -202 | -128 | 9 | 17 |             | 36647 | 2.3 | -3725 | 1348 | 62 | 138 | 36847 | |
| Delaware | 610 | -522 | 16 | 0 | 0 |             | 7018 | 1.7 | -851 | 415 | 16 | 65 | 7099 | |
| District of Columbia | 257 | -102 | -43 | 6 | 1 |             | 4386 | 0.9 | -88 | 36 | 115 | 16 | 4517 | |
| Florida | 8598 | -294 | -224 | 47 | 105 |             | 89701 | 1.2 | -2484 | 45 | 469 | 1248 | 91418 | |
| Georgia | 7406 | 264 | -5329 | 26 | 82 |             | 50580 | 1.3 | -496 | -2714 | 702 | 1455 | 52737 | |
| Hawaii | 920 | 43 | 58 | 6 | 20 |             | 5781 | 1.0 | 90 | 111 | 69 | 287 | 6137 | |
| Idaho | 1044 | 172 | -44 | 5 | 7 |             | 6235 | 1.0 | -304 | -2139 | 45 | 68 | 6348 | |
| Illinois | 10377 | -1230 | 251 | 44 | 60 |             | 99871 | 1.8 | -4961 | -8932 | 671 | 1089 | 101631 | |
| Indiana | 5849 | -1657 | 1106 | 24 | 40 |             | 43109 | 1.5 | -1486 | 217 | 258 | 449 | 43816 | |
| Iowa | 3525 | 1420 | 1651 | 5 | 10 |             | 17265 | 1.2 | -698 | -281 | 42 | 156 | 17463 | |
| Kansas | 2203 | 234 | 459 | 2 | 2 |             | 15326 | 1.2 | -832 | -2570 | 125 | 201 | 15652 | |
| Kentucky | 3555 | -1263 | -2191 | 13 | 17 |             | 27389 | 1.6 | -1078 | 2581 | 470 | 541 | 28400 | |
| Louisiana | 2918 | -2245 | -55216 | 12 | 13 |             | 19409 | 1.1 | 122 | -19222 | 81 | 204 | 19710 | |
| Maine | 879 | -34 | 134 | 1 | 3 |             | 6969 | 1.2 | -364 | 92 | 27 | 72 | 7068 | |
| Maryland | 3342 | 154 | 473 | 36 | 20 |             | 31489 | 1.3 | -1652 | -671 | 376 | 305 | 32170 | |
| Massachusetts | 5492 | -121 | -82 | 45 | 30 |             | 69937 | 2.2 | -3260 | -142 | 884 | 459 | 71280 | |
| Michigan | 11558 | -1558 | 1926 | 23 | 54 |             | 111941 | 2.6 | -5953 | -780 | 292 | 813 | 113046 | |
| Minnesota | 3778 | -14 | -67 | 5 | 33 |             | 29531 | 1.1 | -1686 | -3629 | 81 | 245 | 29857 | |
| Mississippi | 1998 | -389 | -4784 | 5 | 15 |             | 16688 | 1.5 | -259 | 30 | 96 | 258 | 17042 | |
| Missouri | 4741 | -534 | -427 | 37 | 22 |             | 37734 | 1.4 | -4038 | -3025 | 645 | 256 | 38635 | |
| Montana | 622 | 22 | 44 | 7 | 12 |             | 4141 | 1.0 | -835 | -378 | 67 | 101 | 4309 | |
| Nebraska | 1018 | -25 | -188 | 4 | 9 |             | 8247 | 0.9 | -557 | -898 | 33 | 63 | 8343 | |
| Nevada | 2243 | -87 | 12 | 3 | 9 |             | 17378 | 1.4 | -325 | 720 | 71 | 181 | 17630 | |
| New Hampshire | 669 | 44 | 8 | 2 | 2 |             | 5501 | 0.9 | -630 | 402 | 36 | 15 | 5552 | |
| New Jersey | 7463 | -317 | 840 | 8 | 30 |             | 111733 | 2.9 | -2798 | 358 | 243 | 598 | 112574 | |
| New Mexico | 846 | -56 | 59 | 1 | 1 |             | 9942 | 1.3 | -363 | 27 | 112 | 140 | 10194 | |
| New York | 14579 | -2196 | -1752 | 56 | 83 |             | 174361 | 2.1 | -3350 | -6311 | 758 | 1377 | 176496 | |
| North Carolina | 10312 | 268 | 91 | 16 | 55 |             | 69144 | 1.8 | -190 | -1981 | 268 | 1310 | 70722 | |
| North Dakota | 1214 | 936 | 912 | 1 | 0 |             | 1476 | 0.5 | -185 | -142 | 21 | 18 | 1515 | |
| Ohio | 8512 | -1359 | 45 | 17 | 53 |             | 78902 | 1.5 | 476 | -990 | 362 | 803 | 80067 | |
| Oklahoma | 1292 | -277 | -479 | 7 | 27 |             | 13490 | 1.0 | -89 | -1453 | 96 | 163 | 13749 | |
| Oregon | 4996 | 348 | 340 | 10 | 32 |             | 34463 | 2.1 | -481 | -4355 | 176 | 386 | 35025 | |
| Pennsylvania | 16285 | -1316 | 923 | 132 | 144 |             | 141543 | 2.6 | -10391 | -2308 | 1227 | 1751 | 144521 | |
| Puerto Rico | 3335 | -369 | 142 | 7 | 20 |             | 32194 | 3.1 | -5522 | -3111 | 88 | 193 | 32475 | |
| Rhode Island | 1194 | 142 | 138 | 3 | 6 |             | 10441 | 2.2 | -1068 | 218 | 49 | 101 | 10591 | |
| South Carolina | 4029 | -368 | -559 | 11 | 35 |             | 34340 | 1.9 | -2351 | -306 | 117 | 372 | 34829 | |
| South Dakota | 209 | -37 | -28 | 7 | 1 |             | 1283 | 0.4 | -91 | -228 | 73 | 8 | 1364 | |
| Tennessee | 4396 | 188 | -1512 | 12 | 35 |             | 34836 | 1.3 | -1194 | -2835 | 232 | 401 | 35469 | |
| Texas | 11981 | -830 | -10825 | 58 | 193 |             | 96091 | 1.0 | -3108 | -10221 | 890 | 1803 | 98784 | |
| Utah | 816 | 0 | -33 | 33 | 12 |             | 6791 | 0.6 | 0 | -1277 | 208 | 73 | 7072 | |
| Vermont | 441 | 60 | -128 | 1 | 5 |             | 3832 | 1.3 | -760 | 84 | 10 | 62 | 3904 | |
| Virgin Islands | 47 | 6 | -33 | 0 | 0 |             | 426 | 1.0 | -68 | -54 | 4 | 14 | 444 | |
| Virginia | 3823 | -577 | -982 | 21 | 92 |             | 26635 | 0.8 | -805 | -590 | 280 | 779 | 27694 | |
| Washington | 6398 | 81 | -80 | 39 | 110 |             | 42420 | 1.6 | -273 | -3889 | 336 | 1011 | 43767 | |
| West Virginia | 1286 | 119 | 347 | 2 | 13 |             | 10667 | 1.6 | -370 | -787 | 56 | 106 | 10829 | |
| Wisconsin | 7846 | -198 | 443 | 7 | 19 |             | 55345 | 2.0 | -1958 | 1032 | 116 | 322 | 55783 | |
| Wyoming | 184 | -13 | -48 | 0 | 7 |             | 1337 | 0.5 | -219 | -248 | 9 | 18 | 1364 | |
| Totals | 240260 | -19279 | -82127 | 980 | 1822 |             | 2134179 | 1.6 | -106345 | -82577 | 14103 | 24387 | 2172685 | |
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.