| STATE NAME |
Initial Claims Filed During Week Ended December 7, 2002 |
Insured Unemployment For Week Ended November 30, 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 | 10806 | 6864 | 2670 | 18 | 29 | 43623 | 2.4 | 8615 | 500 | 146 | 288 | 44063 | ||
| Alaska | 2193 | 435 | 112 | 18 | 1 | 15770 | 5.9 | 2212 | 2206 | 238 | 81 | 18574 | ||
| Arizona | 4904 | 1507 | -1018 | 28 | 16 | 35609 | 1.6 | 1307 | -3907 | 265 | 208 | 36082 | ||
| Arkansas | 9122 | 765 | 2075 | 22 | 1 | 43416 | 3.9 | 7392 | 2022 | 207 | 196 | 43819 | ||
| California | 64448 | 20379 | 3923 | 319 | 186 | 549767 | 3.7 | 75899 | 1863 | 3520 | 2481 | 555918 | ||
| Colorado | 3920 | 484 | -1170 | 15 | 34 | 42201 | 2.0 | 4542 | -2303 | 249 | 267 | 42732 | ||
| Connecticut | 6833 | 2643 | 657 | 14 | 9 | 51674 | 3.1 | 4617 | 6403 | 102 | 126 | 51905 | ||
| Delaware | 988 | 267 | -53 | 0 | 0 | 8367 | 2.1 | 828 | 1326 | 24 | 40 | 8431 | ||
| District of Columbia | 344 | -6 | -23 | 10 | 2 | 6718 | 1.5 | 1108 | -761 | 189 | 50 | 6957 | ||
| Florida | 11339 | 4923 | -1549 | 46 | 118 | 125816 | 1.8 | 20147 | -6470 | 487 | 1111 | 127438 | ||
| Georgia | 21671 | 14421 | 8336 | 47 | 65 | 81980 | 2.2 | 18146 | 3324 | 842 | 973 | 83795 | ||
| Hawaii | 2439 | 1186 | -256 | 22 | 19 | 10382 | 2.0 | 1264 | -8785 | 146 | 199 | 10740 | ||
| Idaho | 3925 | -674 | 53 | 108 | 11 | 21226 | 3.8 | 4078 | 818 | 326 | 80 | 21669 | ||
| Illinois | 26704 | 9034 | 4450 | 39 | 57 | 180977 | 3.1 | 35291 | 8300 | 743 | 815 | 182535 | ||
| Indiana | 10438 | 2104 | 382 | 39 | 35 | 61281 | 2.2 | 12467 | -10775 | 413 | 319 | 62016 | ||
| Iowa | 6001 | -340 | 1372 | 9 | 12 | 31676 | 2.3 | 6803 | 2134 | 62 | 113 | 31851 | ||
| Kansas | 4192 | -433 | 249 | 7 | 11 | 30666 | 2.4 | 5035 | 5870 | 279 | 149 | 31097 | ||
| Kentucky | 5244 | -936 | -1520 | 20 | 4 | 40608 | 2.4 | 7444 | -1835 | 505 | 473 | 41590 | ||
| Louisiana | 3816 | -549 | -633 | 10 | 24 | 36131 | 2.0 | 2888 | 3478 | 150 | 324 | 36605 | ||
| Maine | 2104 | 440 | -88 | 2 | 5 | 12177 | 2.1 | 1229 | -163 | 44 | 51 | 12274 | ||
| Maryland | 5712 | 635 | 307 | 31 | 29 | 47827 | 2.1 | 4107 | 3543 | 467 | 311 | 48605 | ||
| Massachusetts | 13787 | 2539 | 1432 | 84 | 30 | 107763 | 3.4 | 13033 | -5786 | 1159 | 372 | 109294 | ||
| Michigan | 23536 | 12241 | 1355 | 38 | 34 | 142322 | 3.2 | 27947 | -7404 | 571 | 540 | 143439 | ||
| Minnesota | 12222 | 3644 | 1448 | 50 | 19 | 58136 | 2.3 | 8349 | -796 | 186 | 218 | 58549 | ||
| Mississippi | 6597 | 3529 | 2396 | 34 | 17 | 30032 | 2.8 | 5845 | 770 | 206 | 179 | 30420 | ||
| Missouri | 11913 | 4354 | 2331 | 57 | 18 | 64549 | 2.5 | 5546 | 791 | 696 | 230 | 65482 | ||
| Montana | 1989 | -42 | 409 | 94 | 5 | 11101 | 3.0 | 1524 | 251 | 440 | 90 | 11644 | ||
| Nebraska | 2315 | -43 | 552 | 2 | 1 | 14068 | 1.6 | 1887 | 2380 | 41 | 47 | 14156 | ||
| Nevada | 4283 | 1097 | -1439 | 15 | 5 | 31437 | 3.1 | 3818 | -8128 | 161 | 134 | 31753 | ||
| New Hampshire | 1475 | 230 | 25 | 5 | 2 | 10369 | 1.7 | 1980 | 209 | 17 | 20 | 10409 | ||
| New Jersey | 12004 | 2205 | -1240 | 24 | 23 | 125144 | 3.3 | 11954 | -1070 | 277 | 401 | 125822 | ||
| New Mexico | 1596 | 546 | -41 | 18 | 1 | 21312 | 3.0 | 7922 | 7953 | 348 | 146 | 21806 | ||
| New York | 33812 | 11352 | 7908 | 28 | 76 | 244141 | 3.0 | 20123 | -18559 | 1024 | 850 | 246021 | ||
| North Carolina | 26705 | 13465 | 5849 | 23 | 55 | 113419 | 3.1 | 14324 | 3289 | 350 | 754 | 114523 | ||
| North Dakota | 1201 | 100 | -26 | 8 | 5 | 4573 | 1.5 | 875 | 176 | 34 | 36 | 4643 | ||
| Ohio | 22892 | 7047 | 1496 | 23 | 60 | 119000 | 2.2 | 6615 | -6455 | 500 | 500 | 120000 | ||
| Oklahoma | 3534 | 436 | -441 | 12 | 25 | 26427 | 1.9 | 3614 | 4199 | 90 | 191 | 26708 | ||
| Oregon | 11242 | -203 | -5 | 106 | 25 | 72624 | 4.7 | 8898 | -2228 | 466 | 379 | 77766 | ||
| Pennsylvania | 41280 | 17541 | 11746 | 137 | 110 | 209352 | 3.9 | 22097 | -7663 | 2573 | 1219 | 213144 | ||
| Puerto Rico | 2821 | 187 | -972 | 21 | 12 | 55225 | 5.6 | 1562 | -9625 | 145 | 296 | 55666 | ||
| Rhode Island | 2435 | 786 | 617 | 7 | 6 | 13324 | 2.9 | 1563 | -639 | 53 | 70 | 13447 | ||
| South Carolina | 14728 | 10914 | 4048 | 3 | 18 | 56429 | 3.2 | 12143 | -231 | 137 | 317 | 56883 | ||
| South Dakota | 847 | 331 | 45 | 11 | 5 | 3433 | 1.0 | 805 | -343 | 80 | 15 | 3530 | ||
| Tennessee | 11838 | 6580 | -1040 | 37 | 23 | 59883 | 2.3 | 6504 | -6197 | 535 | 309 | 60737 | ||
| Texas | 18090 | -3292 | -7929 | 27 | 71 | 218444 | 2.4 | 40756 | 17546 | 1385 | 2370 | 222229 | ||
| Utah | 2608 | 780 | -1083 | 324 | 16 | 19149 | 1.9 | 1446 | -1737 | 456 | 98 | 19703 | ||
| Vermont | 1285 | -662 | 191 | 1 | 4 | 9873 | 3.4 | 1653 | 2829 | 25 | 34 | 9934 | ||
| Virgin Islands | 118 | 73 | 58 | 0 | 0 | 1498 | 3.5 | 388 | 522 | 3 | 7 | 1508 | ||
| Virginia | 12776 | 6321 | 3696 | 37 | 87 | 57630 | 1.8 | 12287 | 9717 | 578 | 842 | 59054 | ||
| Washington | 16935 | 4807 | 962 | 89 | 106 | 116238 | 4.5 | 11212 | -6641 | 834 | 941 | 125732 | ||
| West Virginia | 3356 | 1833 | 366 | 13 | 21 | 22035 | 3.3 | 7162 | 5274 | 96 | 186 | 22317 | ||
| Wisconsin | 18999 | -10443 | 4233 | 59 | 16 | 102674 | 3.8 | 28202 | 17122 | 264 | 206 | 103148 | ||
| Wyoming | 856 | 28 | 159 | 10 | 6 | 4606 | 2.0 | 605 | 1223 | 94 | 36 | 4736 | ||
| Totals | 547218 | 161430 | 55382 | 2221 | 1570 | 3624102 | 2.8 | 518058 | -2463 | 23228 | 20688 | 3682899 | ||
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.