| STATE NAME |
Initial Claims Filed During Week Ended October 28, 2006 |
Insured Unemployment For Week Ended October 21, 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 | 4636 | -97 | 1512 | 19 | 20 |             | 26435 | 1.4 | -272 | 1123 | 107 | 293 | 26835 | |
| Alaska | 1887 | 173 | -383 | 17 | 8 |             | 8892 | 3.1 | -335 | -881 | 99 | 46 | 9037 | |
| Arizona | 2961 | -45 | -366 | 12 | 8 |             | 23902 | 1.0 | -423 | -1965 | 212 | 156 | 24270 | |
| Arkansas | 5015 | 1014 | 1526 | 10 | 8 |             | 26402 | 2.3 | 977 | 987 | 130 | 290 | 26822 | |
| California | 41061 | 3385 | 2334 | 186 | 187 |             | 297555 | 2.0 | -101 | 8275 | 2110 | 3109 | 302774 | |
| Colorado | 2408 | -132 | 37 | 27 | 28 |             | 20259 | 0.9 | 74 | -1288 | 145 | 369 | 20773 | |
| Connecticut | 2857 | -42 | -274 | 8 | 9 |             | 32508 | 2.0 | 103 | -348 | 48 | 169 | 32725 | |
| Delaware | 1257 | 88 | 390 | 0 | 0 |             | 6623 | 1.6 | 66 | -39 | 32 | 64 | 6719 | |
| District of Columbia | 290 | 8 | -2 | 8 | 5 |             | 4230 | 0.9 | 20 | 102 | 110 | 33 | 4373 | |
| Florida | 8963 | -948 | 1037 | 40 | 110 |             | 88220 | 1.1 | -2744 | 8823 | 504 | 1293 | 90017 | |
| Georgia | 8446 | -318 | 1179 | 35 | 68 |             | 50822 | 1.3 | 261 | -4032 | 611 | 1507 | 52940 | |
| Hawaii | 1039 | -187 | 185 | 10 | 18 |             | 6212 | 1.1 | 19 | 727 | 50 | 245 | 6507 | |
| Idaho | 1490 | -564 | -51 | 20 | 10 |             | 6920 | 1.1 | 811 | -738 | 74 | 80 | 7074 | |
| Illinois | 12076 | -2065 | -17 | 36 | 72 |             | 95868 | 1.7 | -5756 | -11367 | 672 | 979 | 97519 | |
| Indiana | 8460 | 499 | 2424 | 33 | 48 |             | 46613 | 1.6 | 2337 | 3568 | 320 | 519 | 47452 | |
| Iowa | 3551 | 195 | 1024 | 0 | 9 |             | 17524 | 1.2 | 198 | -1034 | 45 | 153 | 17722 | |
| Kansas | 2474 | 258 | 521 | 2 | 2 |             | 15467 | 1.2 | 317 | -1989 | 219 | 175 | 15861 | |
| Kentucky | 7961 | 2095 | 3650 | 21 | 11 |             | 27620 | 1.6 | -2405 | 4449 | 287 | 538 | 28445 | |
| Louisiana | 2283 | 37 | -13726 | 13 | 23 |             | 18551 | 1.0 | 348 | -177678 | 89 | 200 | 18847 | |
| Maine | 1272 | 79 | 4 | 1 | 2 |             | 6884 | 1.2 | 272 | 211 | 30 | 73 | 6987 | |
| Maryland | 3353 | -232 | -188 | 33 | 32 |             | 30603 | 1.3 | 1225 | -712 | 401 | 314 | 31318 | |
| Massachusetts | 6894 | 603 | 147 | 22 | 30 |             | 63324 | 2.0 | 875 | 349 | 579 | 446 | 64349 | |
| Michigan | 14655 | -3311 | 2481 | 29 | 60 |             | 114880 | 2.7 | -26694 | 14633 | 355 | 745 | 115980 | |
| Minnesota | 5811 | 1254 | 1785 | 15 | 22 |             | 30954 | 1.2 | 991 | 1333 | 105 | 282 | 31341 | |
| Mississippi | 3120 | 932 | -1322 | 21 | 17 |             | 15336 | 1.4 | 122 | -37975 | 127 | 235 | 15698 | |
| Missouri | 8890 | 3014 | 2113 | 35 | 29 |             | 39182 | 1.5 | -2360 | -1164 | 663 | 256 | 40101 | |
| Montana | 1156 | -353 | 266 | 47 | 10 |             | 4967 | 1.2 | 142 | 209 | 139 | 108 | 5214 | |
| Nebraska | 1167 | 16 | -248 | 5 | 7 |             | 8412 | 1.0 | 94 | -1201 | 40 | 56 | 8508 | |
| Nevada | 1976 | -636 | 196 | 5 | 8 |             | 17736 | 1.5 | -138 | 1443 | 69 | 171 | 17976 | |
| New Hampshire | 774 | 55 | -155 | 1 | 0 |             | 5228 | 0.8 | 172 | 860 | 26 | 34 | 5288 | |
| New Jersey | 8609 | 266 | 70 | 20 | 24 |             | 90394 | 2.3 | -2565 | -2159 | 263 | 602 | 91259 | |
| New Mexico | 1016 | -136 | 132 | 6 | 3 |             | 10364 | 1.4 | 257 | 611 | 259 | 152 | 10775 | |
| New York | 18448 | 1030 | 1808 | 80 | 76 |             | 150279 | 1.8 | 3559 | -8259 | 937 | 1403 | 152619 | |
| North Carolina | 11524 | 969 | 692 | 31 | 88 |             | 70203 | 1.8 | 1306 | -2273 | 301 | 1425 | 71929 | |
| North Dakota | 416 | -931 | 87 | 1 | 0 |             | 2647 | 0.8 | 984 | 1122 | 24 | 31 | 2702 | |
| Ohio | 12303 | 664 | -342 | 22 | 65 |             | 73631 | 1.4 | -698 | -613 | 375 | 837 | 74843 | |
| Oklahoma | 2171 | 729 | 218 | 7 | 26 |             | 13062 | 0.9 | 144 | -1724 | 83 | 171 | 13316 | |
| Oregon | 5702 | -10 | 440 | 54 | 40 |             | 34509 | 2.1 | 659 | -3022 | 257 | 356 | 35122 | |
| Pennsylvania | 18708 | 88 | -1490 | 106 | 126 |             | 125759 | 2.3 | -4015 | -4494 | 1277 | 1776 | 128812 | |
| Puerto Rico | 2809 | -867 | 74 | 1 | 14 |             | 35757 | 3.5 | -735 | -11299 | 112 | 254 | 36123 | |
| Rhode Island | 1062 | 25 | -22 | 3 | 10 |             | 8956 | 1.9 | -146 | 58 | 30 | 121 | 9107 | |
| South Carolina | 5852 | 910 | 955 | 14 | 30 |             | 37453 | 2.1 | 2004 | 1716 | 114 | 420 | 37987 | |
| South Dakota | 291 | -28 | -41 | 13 | 3 |             | 1302 | 0.4 | 6 | -208 | 50 | 14 | 1366 | |
| Tennessee | 5304 | 196 | 537 | 22 | 35 |             | 35505 | 1.3 | -8 | -3153 | 210 | 421 | 36136 | |
| Texas | 11680 | -440 | -3758 | 22 | 168 |             | 94399 | 1.0 | 459 | -56944 | 804 | 1837 | 97040 | |
| Utah | 1042 | 14 | -73 | 36 | 11 |             | 6497 | 0.6 | 64 | -1668 | 311 | 77 | 6885 | |
| Vermont | 924 | 49 | 41 | 4 | 9 |             | 4151 | 1.4 | 400 | -116 | 20 | 53 | 4224 | |
| Virgin Islands | 32 | -25 | -5 | 0 | 0 |             | 546 | 1.3 | -18 | -6 | 8 | 10 | 564 | |
| Virginia | 5793 | 1972 | 1828 | 11 | 67 |             | 28270 | 0.8 | -1142 | 2338 | 312 | 862 | 29444 | |
| Washington | 7666 | -142 | -1125 | 49 | 93 |             | 41769 | 1.5 | 2234 | -6024 | 436 | 983 | 43188 | |
| West Virginia | 1100 | -23 | -42 | 1 | 12 |             | 9969 | 1.5 | -1262 | -1241 | 48 | 175 | 10192 | |
| Wisconsin | 10081 | 593 | 698 | 5 | 22 |             | 52562 | 1.9 | 1133 | 1961 | 142 | 362 | 53066 | |
| Wyoming | 321 | -13 | -100 | 4 | 2 |             | 1543 | 0.6 | 46 | -308 | 21 | 15 | 1579 | |
| Totals | 301037 | 9665 | 6661 | 1223 | 1785 |             | 2087656 | 1.6 | -29138 | -291024 | 14792 | 25295 | 2127750 | |
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.