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UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE WEEKLY CLAIMS REPORT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED DATA The advance seasonally adjusted insured unemployment rate was 2.3 percent for the week ending Oct. 8, an increase of 0.1 percentage point from the prior week's unrevised rate of 2.2 percent. The advance number for seasonally adjusted insured unemployment during the week ending Oct. 8 was 2,894,000, an increase of 36,000 from the preceding week's revised level of 2,858,000. The 4-week moving average was 2,852,250, an increase of 59,000 from the preceding week's revised average of 2,793,250.
The advance number of actual initial claims under state programs, unadjusted, totaled 301,498 in the week ending Oct. 15, a decrease of 78,406 from the previous week. There were 279,846 initial claims in the comparable week in 2004. The advance unadjusted insured unemployment rate was 1.8 percent during the
week ending Oct. 8, a decrease of 0.1 percentage point from the prior week. The advance unadjusted number
for persons claiming UI benefits in state programs totaled 2,369,928, a decrease
of 2,224 from the preceding week. A year earlier, the rate was 1.8 percent
and the volume was 2,293,444. Extended benefits were not available in any state during the week ending Oct. 1. Initial claims for UI benefits by former Federal civilian employees totaled 2,328 in the week ending Oct. 8, an increase of 1,151 from the prior week. There were 2,541 initial claims by newly discharged veterans, an increase of 556 from the preceding week. There were 15,209 former Federal civilian employees claiming UI benefits for the week ending Oct. 1, a decrease of 535 from the previous week. Newly discharged veterans claiming benefits totaled 28,201, a decrease of 62 from the prior week. The highest insured unemployment rates in the week ending Oct. 1 were in Louisiana (10.8 percent), Mississippi (6.8), Puerto Rico (4.1), Alaska (3.2), Arkansas (2.4), New Jersey (2.4), Michigan (2.3), Pennsylvania (2.3), Oregon (2.2), Connecticut (2.0), Massachusetts (2.0), and South Carolina (2.0). The largest increases in initial claims for the week ending Oct. 8 were in Michigan (+5,287), California (+5,054), Pennsylvania (+4,894), Louisiana (+3,977), and Illinois (+3,928), while the largest decreases were in Minnesota (-467), Kentucky (-409), Maine (-256), Oklahoma (-204), and Alaska (-78). UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE DATA FOR REGULAR STATE PROGRAMS
INITIAL CLAIMS FILED IN FEDERAL PROGRAMS (UNADJUSTED)
PERSONS CLAIMING UI BENEFITS IN FEDERAL PROGRAMS (UNADJUSTED)
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UNADJUSTED INITIAL CLAIMS FOR WEEK ENDED 10/08/2005 STATES WITH A DECREASE OF MORE THAN 1,000
STATES WITH AN INCREASE OF MORE THAN 1,000
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