| STATE NAME |
Initial Claims Filed During Week Ended December 28, 2002 |
Insured Unemployment For Week Ended December 21, 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 | 4012 | -2826 | -1568 | 14 | 8 | 35652 | 2.0 | -5470 | -8899 | 127 | 221 | 36006 | ||
| Alaska | 2091 | -182 | 197 | 20 | 1 | 14775 | 5.5 | -1488 | -281 | 163 | 87 | 18646 | ||
| Arizona | 2589 | -1392 | -765 | 15 | 2 | 34774 | 1.6 | -406 | -5869 | 311 | 207 | 35292 | ||
| Arkansas | 14033 | 7450 | 944 | 7 | 2 | 37732 | 3.4 | -596 | -6049 | 194 | 183 | 38109 | ||
| California | 55815 | -9541 | 18777 | 174 | 95 | 500354 | 3.4 | -61923 | 31187 | 2735 | 2129 | 505233 | ||
| Colorado | 3373 | -795 | 281 | 24 | 18 | 40478 | 1.9 | -857 | 625 | 221 | 275 | 40989 | ||
| Connecticut | 7554 | 957 | 562 | 6 | 7 | 52269 | 3.2 | -213 | 4556 | 94 | 135 | 52498 | ||
| Delaware | 1797 | 614 | -136 | 0 | 0 | 8544 | 2.1 | -1196 | -183 | 22 | 41 | 8607 | ||
| District of Columbia | 362 | -124 | 174 | 4 | 1 | 6194 | 1.4 | -237 | 310 | 153 | 32 | 6379 | ||
| Florida | 7601 | -2277 | 2179 | 22 | 42 | 102617 | 1.5 | -17667 | -22328 | 353 | 788 | 103779 | ||
| Georgia | 8349 | -2260 | -1248 | 32 | 32 | 67151 | 1.8 | -3309 | -8547 | 777 | 880 | 68808 | ||
| Hawaii | 1520 | 77 | -375 | 7 | 10 | 9543 | 1.8 | -1255 | -3234 | 132 | 234 | 9911 | ||
| Idaho | 6528 | 2852 | 674 | 44 | 3 | 21720 | 3.9 | 1018 | -2210 | 494 | 88 | 22320 | ||
| Illinois | 25564 | 4223 | 98 | 25 | 36 | 184849 | 3.2 | -5480 | -5045 | 533 | 751 | 186133 | ||
| Indiana | 20473 | 9056 | 928 | 13 | 23 | 62271 | 2.2 | -2180 | -4732 | 354 | 241 | 62868 | ||
| Iowa | 14178 | 8989 | -425 | 3 | 6 | 34043 | 2.4 | 1487 | -425 | 55 | 120 | 34218 | ||
| Kansas | 12993 | 8960 | 5846 | 4 | 5 | 28238 | 2.2 | -695 | 378 | 232 | 151 | 28623 | ||
| Kentucky | 21449 | 9718 | -4205 | 34 | 3 | 37355 | 2.2 | -2965 | -3101 | 366 | 422 | 38148 | ||
| Louisiana | 4549 | 210 | 277 | 7 | 9 | 35437 | 1.9 | -553 | 540 | 124 | 301 | 35862 | ||
| Maine | 1520 | -516 | -594 | 1 | 0 | 12416 | 2.1 | -1053 | -119 | 35 | 33 | 12484 | ||
| Maryland | 10066 | 3167 | 63 | 24 | 12 | 48818 | 2.1 | 2055 | 3016 | 428 | 265 | 49511 | ||
| Massachusetts | 27717 | 16070 | -1928 | 34 | 22 | 106471 | 3.3 | -6970 | -12048 | 879 | 349 | 107700 | ||
| Michigan | 40022 | 15518 | -14341 | 25 | 18 | 137171 | 3.1 | -17218 | -23682 | 366 | 489 | 138030 | ||
| Minnesota | 11496 | 741 | 427 | 10 | 14 | 65204 | 2.5 | -2619 | -6848 | 129 | 171 | 65506 | ||
| Mississippi | 5204 | 641 | 525 | 10 | 5 | 27814 | 2.6 | 179 | -2588 | 192 | 142 | 28152 | ||
| Missouri | 13821 | -275 | 137 | 33 | 19 | 68224 | 2.6 | -1795 | 10448 | 630 | 260 | 69120 | ||
| Montana | 2064 | 568 | 191 | 25 | 5 | 11118 | 3.0 | -953 | 930 | 412 | 75 | 11625 | ||
| Nebraska | 3603 | 1344 | 380 | 2 | 1 | 14330 | 1.7 | 330 | 1248 | 38 | 38 | 14406 | ||
| Nevada | 4300 | -848 | -165 | 9 | 7 | 32781 | 3.2 | 1540 | -9164 | 170 | 139 | 33101 | ||
| New Hampshire | 3535 | 2332 | -1337 | 2 | 3 | 9789 | 1.6 | -69 | -60 | 27 | 23 | 9840 | ||
| New Jersey | 19118 | 3984 | -1294 | 7 | 13 | 122393 | 3.2 | -5453 | -2197 | 243 | 358 | 122994 | ||
| New Mexico | 2149 | 494 | -100 | 5 | 0 | 14590 | 2.1 | -26 | 549 | 257 | 90 | 14937 | ||
| New York | 23424 | 682 | -3549 | 55 | 49 | 237038 | 2.9 | -5605 | -32914 | 912 | 880 | 238836 | ||
| North Carolina | 12834 | -8819 | -13754 | 12 | 19 | 102175 | 2.8 | -10729 | -19995 | 342 | 789 | 103306 | ||
| North Dakota | 1188 | -131 | -100 | 1 | 0 | 5816 | 1.9 | 593 | -268 | 49 | 37 | 5905 | ||
| Ohio | 26248 | 7669 | 373 | 42 | 27 | 133000 | 2.5 | 5669 | -14781 | 500 | 500 | 134000 | ||
| Oklahoma | 4888 | 1023 | 71 | 4 | 9 | 26654 | 1.9 | 72 | 2835 | 92 | 195 | 26941 | ||
| Oregon | 17987 | 6578 | 697 | 78 | 22 | 70422 | 4.5 | 206 | -8943 | 587 | 342 | 75634 | ||
| Pennsylvania | 49024 | 21710 | -2237 | 135 | 68 | 213088 | 3.9 | -16634 | 8814 | 1510 | 1228 | 215826 | ||
| Puerto Rico | 3259 | 308 | 151 | 3 | 4 | 40425 | 4.1 | -658 | -3587 | 102 | 242 | 40769 | ||
| Rhode Island | 3706 | 1633 | -3852 | 6 | 2 | 14100 | 3.1 | -319 | -1286 | 37 | 71 | 14208 | ||
| South Carolina | 5192 | -1323 | -3944 | 9 | 5 | 47917 | 2.7 | -1174 | -8036 | 145 | 298 | 48360 | ||
| South Dakota | 897 | 154 | 135 | 5 | 1 | 3974 | 1.1 | 125 | -207 | 75 | 12 | 4061 | ||
| Tennessee | 9046 | 2490 | -1838 | 71 | 8 | 54952 | 2.1 | -3203 | -11724 | 492 | 289 | 55736 | ||
| Texas | 20716 | -3138 | 3279 | 21 | 40 | 183520 | 2.0 | -28774 | -13328 | 1082 | 1963 | 186586 | ||
| Utah | 2438 | 70 | 389 | 46 | 11 | 19990 | 2.0 | 137 | -3451 | 866 | 111 | 20967 | ||
| Vermont | 3743 | 2646 | -751 | 0 | 1 | 9423 | 3.2 | 231 | 1346 | 23 | 30 | 9477 | ||
| Virgin Islands | 187 | 0 | 179 | 0 | 0 | 1224 | 2.8 | 0 | 690 | 0 | 2 | 1226 | ||
| Virginia | 11079 | -3472 | -2977 | 38 | 64 | 52098 | 1.6 | -1738 | 3812 | 544 | 803 | 53450 | ||
| Washington | 18759 | 3653 | 1983 | 59 | 44 | 113544 | 4.4 | -279 | -14793 | 881 | 960 | 123352 | ||
| West Virginia | 1716 | -551 | 122 | 3 | 4 | 17809 | 2.7 | -3428 | 3451 | 46 | 179 | 18034 | ||
| Wisconsin | 44120 | 28909 | -5147 | 22 | 10 | 93109 | 3.5 | 1861 | -3828 | 231 | 198 | 93539 | ||
| Wyoming | 757 | 29 | 199 | 3 | 3 | 4814 | 2.1 | -305 | 896 | 76 | 42 | 4932 | ||
| Totals | 620653 | 137049 | -26392 | 1255 | 813 | 3430207 | 2.7 | -199989 | -189119 | 19838 | 18889 | 3484980 | ||
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.