| STATE NAME |
Initial Claims Filed During Week Ended September 30, 2006 |
Insured Unemployment For Week Ended September 23, 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 | 3341 | -553 | -595 | 21 | 31 | 25402 | 1.4 | -364 | -2705 | 111 | 265 | 25778 | ||
| Alaska | 1400 | -77 | -756 | 8 | 2 | 7547 | 2.6 | 329 | -850 | 91 | 55 | 7693 | ||
| Arizona | 2586 | -246 | -347 | 13 | 8 | 25979 | 1.1 | 21 | -2141 | 148 | 152 | 26279 | ||
| Arkansas | 3126 | 55 | -217 | 11 | 8 | 24813 | 2.2 | -121 | 1109 | 119 | 252 | 25184 | ||
| California | 36027 | -255 | 1466 | 157 | 220 | 290850 | 1.9 | -1226 | -3082 | 2178 | 3201 | 296229 | ||
| Colorado | 1924 | 149 | -714 | 20 | 36 | 19445 | 0.9 | 359 | -1868 | 115 | 348 | 19908 | ||
| Connecticut | 2555 | -10 | -52 | 6 | 13 | 32234 | 2.0 | -420 | 198 | 71 | 176 | 32481 | ||
| Delaware | 1067 | 32 | 471 | 0 | 0 | 6445 | 1.6 | -223 | 356 | 24 | 61 | 6530 | ||
| District of Columbia | 292 | 25 | 29 | 7 | 0 | 4339 | 0.9 | 254 | 170 | 119 | 32 | 4490 | ||
| Florida | 8340 | -552 | -19 | 64 | 109 | 91304 | 1.2 | 951 | -5881 | 554 | 1263 | 93121 | ||
| Georgia | 6087 | -772 | -52 | 27 | 75 | 49096 | 1.3 | -1297 | -5518 | 662 | 1496 | 51254 | ||
| Hawaii | 898 | 9 | 135 | 3 | 34 | 5868 | 1.0 | 70 | 356 | 54 | 294 | 6216 | ||
| Idaho | 891 | -115 | -21 | 5 | 8 | 5611 | 0.9 | 128 | -1725 | 36 | 68 | 5715 | ||
| Illinois | 9408 | -73 | -1303 | 38 | 66 | 98420 | 1.7 | 300 | -9607 | 729 | 987 | 100136 | ||
| Indiana | 8026 | 1854 | 2337 | 69 | 62 | 43025 | 1.5 | -59 | 605 | 260 | 462 | 43747 | ||
| Iowa | 2340 | -76 | -207 | 4 | 12 | 17222 | 1.2 | -403 | 554 | 49 | 158 | 17429 | ||
| Kansas | 1979 | 271 | 21 | 0 | 1 | 14851 | 1.2 | -204 | -2531 | 174 | 194 | 15219 | ||
| Kentucky | 6210 | 3010 | 1872 | 10 | 19 | 27588 | 1.6 | -51 | 3671 | 362 | 549 | 28499 | ||
| Louisiana | 1997 | -394 | -46113 | 7 | 12 | 18955 | 1.0 | -491 | -185007 | 85 | 203 | 19262 | ||
| Maine | 937 | 158 | -62 | 0 | 1 | 6539 | 1.1 | 72 | -334 | 24 | 73 | 6636 | ||
| Maryland | 2822 | -288 | 142 | 29 | 28 | 29606 | 1.2 | 122 | 433 | 370 | 338 | 30314 | ||
| Massachusetts | 5686 | 490 | 296 | 35 | 30 | 61702 | 2.0 | -861 | -528 | 851 | 432 | 62985 | ||
| Michigan | 15332 | -12540 | 6505 | 23 | 46 | 118960 | 2.8 | 11507 | 14026 | 339 | 791 | 120090 | ||
| Minnesota | 3545 | 138 | -1129 | 11 | 10 | 29246 | 1.1 | -1169 | -599 | 88 | 268 | 29602 | ||
| Mississippi | 1925 | -64 | -11936 | 20 | 9 | 15367 | 1.4 | -81 | -43628 | 107 | 236 | 15710 | ||
| Missouri | 7816 | -843 | 2700 | 70 | 20 | 39618 | 1.5 | 57 | -1985 | 675 | 268 | 40561 | ||
| Montana | 783 | 46 | 72 | 17 | 9 | 3975 | 1.0 | 30 | -224 | 78 | 88 | 4141 | ||
| Nebraska | 1229 | 312 | 281 | 2 | 5 | 8009 | 0.9 | -108 | -1847 | 32 | 57 | 8098 | ||
| Nevada | 2423 | 13 | 381 | 2 | 9 | 17182 | 1.4 | 87 | 1114 | 58 | 185 | 17425 | ||
| New Hampshire | 597 | -208 | 59 | 1 | 2 | 5246 | 0.9 | 72 | 839 | 36 | 22 | 5304 | ||
| New Jersey | 7466 | -335 | -1170 | 15 | 49 | 92491 | 2.4 | -5041 | -151 | 279 | 590 | 93360 | ||
| New Mexico | 880 | 52 | 40 | 4 | 1 | 9917 | 1.3 | -237 | 156 | 127 | 137 | 10181 | ||
| New York | 14323 | -877 | -297 | 71 | 108 | 141942 | 1.7 | -3472 | -11583 | 754 | 1352 | 144048 | ||
| North Carolina | 9077 | -674 | 239 | 22 | 88 | 67142 | 1.8 | -615 | -2948 | 273 | 1351 | 68766 | ||
| North Dakota | 189 | 2 | -63 | 0 | 1 | 1266 | 0.4 | -132 | -42 | 18 | 21 | 1305 | ||
| Ohio | 9023 | 432 | 97 | 16 | 58 | 72822 | 1.4 | -1928 | -3193 | 319 | 797 | 73938 | ||
| Oklahoma | 1486 | -166 | -709 | 6 | 19 | 13180 | 0.9 | -153 | -1965 | 90 | 165 | 13435 | ||
| Oregon | 4324 | -173 | -36 | 34 | 43 | 32096 | 2.0 | -351 | -3709 | 176 | 391 | 32663 | ||
| Pennsylvania | 15548 | 831 | 1240 | 131 | 111 | 126538 | 2.3 | -1841 | -2446 | 1242 | 1876 | 129656 | ||
| Puerto Rico | 2459 | -670 | -433 | 4 | 7 | 38561 | 3.7 | 392 | -15081 | 122 | 268 | 38951 | ||
| Rhode Island | 966 | 91 | 89 | 2 | 7 | 9045 | 1.9 | -119 | 72 | 61 | 111 | 9217 | ||
| South Carolina | 5348 | -311 | 818 | 7 | 20 | 35750 | 2.0 | 1202 | 821 | 114 | 398 | 36262 | ||
| South Dakota | 237 | 4 | 21 | 4 | 3 | 1229 | 0.3 | -4 | -216 | 45 | 11 | 1285 | ||
| Tennessee | 4721 | 213 | 215 | 15 | 28 | 34803 | 1.3 | -566 | -3693 | 213 | 430 | 35446 | ||
| Texas | 11507 | 388 | -17534 | 31 | 166 | 97920 | 1.0 | 2771 | -40437 | 970 | 1854 | 100744 | ||
| Utah | 911 | -18 | 61 | 72 | 9 | 6265 | 0.6 | 6 | -1539 | 260 | 69 | 6594 | ||
| Vermont | 404 | -423 | -70 | 1 | 4 | 4037 | 1.4 | 283 | 458 | 16 | 52 | 4105 | ||
| Virgin Islands | 38 | -12 | -32 | 1 | 0 | 430 | 1.0 | -2 | -178 | 2 | 6 | 438 | ||
| Virginia | 3941 | 155 | 515 | 17 | 62 | 28581 | 0.8 | -344 | 3079 | 284 | 846 | 29711 | ||
| Washington | 5745 | -286 | -1300 | 35 | 94 | 38460 | 1.4 | -788 | -5440 | 350 | 1004 | 39814 | ||
| West Virginia | 808 | -180 | -53 | 3 | 19 | 9749 | 1.4 | -810 | -2028 | 46 | 146 | 9941 | ||
| Wisconsin | 8039 | 321 | 514 | 15 | 23 | 48500 | 1.8 | -2029 | -98 | 141 | 314 | 48955 | ||
| Wyoming | 207 | -20 | -7 | 1 | 1 | 1359 | 0.5 | 34 | -264 | 16 | 26 | 1401 | ||
| Totals | 249236 | -12160 | -64611 | 1187 | 1806 | 2056527 | 1.6 | -6463 | -337054 | 14517 | 25189 | 2096252 | ||
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.