| STATE NAME |
Initial Claims Filed During Week Ended November 30, 2002 |
Insured Unemployment For Week Ended November 23, 2002 |
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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 | 3942 | -2109 | -7655 | 15 | 17 | 35008 | 2.0 | -2538 | -11456 | 125 | 223 | 35365 | ||
| Alaska | 1758 | -345 | -400 | 18 | 2 | 13558 | 5.1 | -816 | -1027 | 159 | 95 | 17088 | ||
| Arizona | 3141 | -1468 | -2403 | 15 | 3 | 34662 | 1.6 | -420 | -5077 | 258 | 197 | 35117 | ||
| Arkansas | 8357 | 3275 | -1670 | 8 | 3 | 36024 | 3.3 | 615 | -8308 | 199 | 190 | 36413 | ||
| California | 44069 | -28805 | -23667 | 197 | 82 | 473868 | 3.2 | -56602 | -82246 | 2542 | 2119 | 478700 | ||
| Colorado | 3436 | -288 | -1736 | 9 | 18 | 37659 | 1.8 | -2584 | 773 | 209 | 234 | 38122 | ||
| Connecticut | 4190 | -358 | -1640 | 5 | 4 | 47057 | 2.9 | -455 | 73 | 109 | 119 | 47286 | ||
| Delaware | 721 | -471 | -477 | 0 | 0 | 7539 | 1.9 | -1028 | -35 | 25 | 28 | 7592 | ||
| District of Columbia | 350 | -86 | 23 | 6 | 3 | 5610 | 1.2 | -893 | -3757 | 170 | 37 | 5817 | ||
| Florida | 6416 | -3597 | -5713 | 42 | 61 | 105669 | 1.5 | -10386 | -34939 | 347 | 803 | 106859 | ||
| Georgia | 7250 | -3552 | -16046 | 75 | 42 | 63834 | 1.7 | -3318 | -25983 | 749 | 793 | 65376 | ||
| Hawaii | 1253 | -279 | -1297 | 4 | 10 | 9118 | 1.7 | -906 | -8166 | 128 | 236 | 9496 | ||
| Idaho | 4599 | 1433 | 457 | 63 | 8 | 17148 | 3.1 | 1173 | -3764 | 268 | 72 | 17501 | ||
| Illinois | 17670 | -1806 | -6929 | 23 | 24 | 145686 | 2.5 | -12903 | -33573 | 486 | 633 | 146805 | ||
| Indiana | 8334 | 1010 | -3141 | 59 | 24 | 48814 | 1.7 | -4845 | -18281 | 329 | 239 | 49385 | ||
| Iowa | 6341 | 2757 | -698 | 1 | 5 | 24873 | 1.8 | 58 | -6477 | 51 | 106 | 25030 | ||
| Kansas | 4625 | 1390 | -1287 | 8 | 7 | 25631 | 2.0 | -897 | 1097 | 230 | 134 | 26001 | ||
| Kentucky | 6180 | -2013 | -2719 | 19 | 7 | 33164 | 2.0 | -1980 | -6220 | 302 | 447 | 33919 | ||
| Louisiana | 4365 | -328 | -172 | 5 | 16 | 33243 | 1.8 | -261 | 981 | 129 | 293 | 33665 | ||
| Maine | 1664 | -206 | -1113 | 5 | 6 | 10948 | 1.9 | -32 | -1732 | 38 | 40 | 11028 | ||
| Maryland | 5077 | -142 | -1312 | 21 | 10 | 43720 | 1.9 | -831 | -3692 | 421 | 262 | 44403 | ||
| Massachusetts | 11248 | 1374 | -299 | 41 | 22 | 94730 | 3.0 | -4202 | -21228 | 1158 | 374 | 96262 | ||
| Michigan | 11295 | -10535 | -13134 | 15 | 7 | 114375 | 2.6 | -6343 | -34586 | 382 | 469 | 115234 | ||
| Minnesota | 8578 | 268 | -3801 | 14 | 10 | 49787 | 1.9 | 63 | -5920 | 139 | 168 | 50104 | ||
| Mississippi | 3068 | -1384 | -4502 | 13 | 8 | 24187 | 2.2 | -2624 | -7421 | 175 | 145 | 24516 | ||
| Missouri | 7559 | 222 | -4235 | 28 | 23 | 59003 | 2.3 | -3635 | -4324 | 659 | 237 | 59909 | ||
| Montana | 2031 | 289 | -173 | 49 | 2 | 9577 | 2.6 | 322 | 539 | 231 | 71 | 9899 | ||
| Nebraska | 2358 | 840 | -1289 | 2 | 1 | 12181 | 1.4 | 2 | 947 | 45 | 33 | 12259 | ||
| Nevada | 3186 | -977 | -2352 | 5 | 4 | 27619 | 2.7 | -695 | -12103 | 115 | 115 | 27869 | ||
| New Hampshire | 1245 | 220 | -237 | 6 | 0 | 8389 | 1.4 | -612 | -2731 | 36 | 11 | 8439 | ||
| New Jersey | 9799 | -1922 | -3486 | 14 | 13 | 113190 | 3.0 | -8190 | -16942 | 253 | 339 | 113782 | ||
| New Mexico | 1050 | -553 | -640 | 10 | 0 | 13390 | 1.9 | -348 | 168 | 196 | 99 | 13685 | ||
| New York | 22460 | -1772 | -12196 | 51 | 48 | 224018 | 2.7 | 1174 | -49096 | 1007 | 814 | 225854 | ||
| North Carolina | 13240 | -6125 | -38508 | 21 | 27 | 99095 | 2.7 | -4086 | -41739 | 337 | 757 | 100189 | ||
| North Dakota | 1101 | 117 | -270 | 1 | 0 | 3698 | 1.2 | -226 | 34 | 29 | 37 | 3765 | ||
| Ohio | 15845 | 91 | -5066 | 16 | 29 | 107500 | 2.0 | -57 | -14073 | 500 | 500 | 108500 | ||
| Oklahoma | 3098 | 491 | 147 | 12 | 17 | 22813 | 1.6 | -196 | -323 | 85 | 178 | 23076 | ||
| Oregon | 11445 | 699 | -361 | 62 | 26 | 59803 | 3.8 | -4744 | -20591 | 379 | 319 | 64715 | ||
| Pennsylvania | 23739 | -1723 | -17726 | 103 | 63 | 187255 | 3.4 | -4878 | -4479 | 1702 | 1111 | 190068 | ||
| Puerto Rico | 2634 | 6 | -1987 | 1 | 7 | 53663 | 5.4 | 4523 | -16332 | 94 | 160 | 53917 | ||
| Rhode Island | 1649 | -17 | -513 | 3 | 1 | 11761 | 2.6 | -502 | -2598 | 48 | 66 | 11875 | ||
| South Carolina | 3814 | -2951 | -18728 | 6 | 9 | 44286 | 2.5 | -2136 | -23525 | 134 | 297 | 44717 | ||
| South Dakota | 516 | -23 | -625 | 4 | 3 | 2628 | 0.7 | -206 | -640 | 65 | 12 | 2706 | ||
| Tennessee | 5258 | -2011 | -11581 | 19 | 20 | 53379 | 2.1 | -293 | -14852 | 516 | 292 | 54196 | ||
| Texas | 21382 | 64 | 2259 | 26 | 40 | 177688 | 1.9 | -21594 | -25360 | 1201 | 1899 | 180824 | ||
| Utah | 1828 | -511 | -1994 | 91 | 7 | 17703 | 1.7 | -100 | -1767 | 375 | 105 | 18183 | ||
| Vermont | 1947 | 823 | 773 | 2 | 2 | 8220 | 2.8 | 415 | -176 | 26 | 30 | 8278 | ||
| Virgin Islands | 45 | -51 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 1110 | 2.6 | -497 | 78 | 0 | 0 | 1110 | ||
| Virginia | 6455 | -2293 | -3755 | 22 | 29 | 45343 | 1.4 | -4596 | -6381 | 487 | 736 | 46574 | ||
| Washington | 12128 | -3102 | -6473 | 179 | 55 | 105026 | 4.0 | -1823 | -15474 | 672 | 897 | 113563 | ||
| West Virginia | 1523 | -441 | -1302 | 0 | 1 | 14873 | 2.2 | -2072 | -1826 | 44 | 158 | 15075 | ||
| Wisconsin | 29442 | 15719 | 11199 | 12 | 19 | 74472 | 2.8 | 2592 | -30927 | 188 | 188 | 74850 | ||
| Wyoming | 828 | 139 | 57 | 6 | 2 | 4001 | 1.7 | -43 | 1080 | 54 | 35 | 4090 | ||
| Totals | 385532 | -51017 | -220384 | 1432 | 847 | 3097596 | 2.4 | -165456 | -624377 | 18606 | 17952 | 3149051 | ||
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.