| STATE NAME |
Initial Claims Filed During Week Ended January 4, 2003 |
Insured Unemployment For Week Ended December 28, 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 | 12526 | 8514 | -3400 | 25 | 21 | 48229 | 2.7 | 12577 | -4981 | 139 | 280 | 48654 | ||
| Alaska | 2476 | 385 | 28 | 26 | 1 | 17500 | 6.5 | 2725 | 1549 | 292 | 94 | 20854 | ||
| Arizona | 3269 | 124 | -1158 | 30 | 4 | 35762 | 1.6 | 1088 | -6407 | 331 | 206 | 36299 | ||
| Arkansas | 9510 | -4523 | -1122 | 23 | 0 | 51148 | 4.6 | 13416 | -3519 | 210 | 181 | 51539 | ||
| California | 53715 | -2100 | -4347 | 279 | 114 | 538623 | 3.7 | 38269 | -2543 | 3372 | 2294 | 544367 | ||
| Colorado | 3794 | 421 | -245 | 46 | 25 | 43785 | 2.1 | 3307 | -5015 | 350 | 270 | 44413 | ||
| Connecticut | 11259 | 3705 | 1222 | 15 | 12 | 65983 | 4.0 | 13714 | 6514 | 95 | 117 | 66196 | ||
| Delaware | 1124 | -673 | -230 | 0 | 0 | 10009 | 2.5 | 1465 | 1136 | 25 | 42 | 10076 | ||
| District of Columbia | 287 | -75 | 83 | 13 | 1 | 6713 | 1.5 | 519 | 371 | 155 | 36 | 6904 | ||
| Florida | 8621 | 1020 | 140 | 44 | 71 | 123139 | 1.8 | 20522 | -10314 | 425 | 1076 | 124657 | ||
| Georgia | 21041 | 12692 | 1559 | 50 | 50 | 80734 | 2.1 | 13583 | -8709 | 811 | 875 | 82420 | ||
| Hawaii | 1862 | 342 | -430 | 7 | 14 | 11382 | 2.2 | 1839 | -4462 | 123 | 187 | 11698 | ||
| Idaho | 4934 | -1594 | 1143 | 52 | 5 | 28503 | 5.1 | 6783 | -1129 | 531 | 100 | 29152 | ||
| Illinois | 18501 | -7063 | -5856 | 28 | 32 | 202049 | 3.5 | 17200 | -7828 | 617 | 775 | 203441 | ||
| Indiana | 12798 | -7675 | -711 | 29 | 34 | 76763 | 2.7 | 14492 | -5053 | 409 | 307 | 77479 | ||
| Iowa | 6713 | -7465 | -2473 | 10 | 10 | 46988 | 3.3 | 12945 | -1096 | 70 | 108 | 47166 | ||
| Kansas | 4625 | -8368 | 384 | 10 | 8 | 37001 | 2.9 | 8763 | 3105 | 249 | 161 | 37411 | ||
| Kentucky | 10671 | -10778 | -1200 | 21 | 6 | 46313 | 2.7 | 8958 | 24399 | 751 | 480 | 47545 | ||
| Louisiana | 4207 | -342 | -842 | 10 | 15 | 37335 | 2.0 | 1898 | 291 | 117 | 274 | 37726 | ||
| Maine | 2284 | 764 | -470 | 6 | 5 | 13867 | 2.4 | 1451 | -1290 | 35 | 28 | 13930 | ||
| Maryland | 5505 | -4561 | -2418 | 42 | 31 | 53194 | 2.3 | 4376 | -495 | 414 | 276 | 53884 | ||
| Massachusetts | 14798 | -12919 | -1182 | 55 | 28 | 126058 | 3.9 | 19587 | -9413 | 1068 | 393 | 127519 | ||
| Michigan | 29742 | -10280 | -4712 | 27 | 15 | 180537 | 4.1 | 43366 | -10323 | 517 | 534 | 181590 | ||
| Minnesota | 9400 | -2096 | -894 | 30 | 13 | 78287 | 3.1 | 13083 | 2742 | 213 | 209 | 78713 | ||
| Mississippi | 5874 | 670 | -104 | 11 | 8 | 33843 | 3.1 | 6029 | 10826 | 210 | 157 | 34214 | ||
| Missouri | 14668 | 847 | 297 | 24 | 22 | 79975 | 3.1 | 11751 | -1703 | 635 | 255 | 80871 | ||
| Montana | 1696 | -368 | 239 | 42 | 7 | 13086 | 3.5 | 1968 | 155 | 676 | 105 | 13888 | ||
| Nebraska | 1916 | -1687 | -344 | 2 | 1 | 17419 | 2.0 | 3089 | 389 | 45 | 40 | 17504 | ||
| Nevada | 3101 | -1199 | -839 | 13 | 5 | 33643 | 3.3 | 862 | -7789 | 188 | 139 | 33985 | ||
| New Hampshire | 1903 | -1632 | 202 | 6 | 3 | 12440 | 2.1 | 2651 | -1928 | 26 | 12 | 12481 | ||
| New Jersey | 15021 | -4097 | -3899 | 24 | 23 | 135662 | 3.6 | 13269 | -8487 | 289 | 454 | 136405 | ||
| New Mexico | 1305 | -844 | 69 | 9 | 3 | 16125 | 2.3 | 1535 | 391 | 248 | 8 | 16381 | ||
| New York | 51671 | 28247 | -868 | 87 | 60 | 285434 | 3.5 | 48396 | -30537 | 973 | 907 | 287316 | ||
| North Carolina | 51586 | 38752 | 8536 | 30 | 43 | 145325 | 3.9 | 43150 | -504 | 370 | 783 | 146478 | ||
| North Dakota | 844 | -344 | -55 | 3 | 0 | 6760 | 2.2 | 944 | -410 | 46 | 38 | 6845 | ||
| Ohio | 24692 | -1556 | -5797 | 38 | 32 | 143000 | 2.7 | 8311 | -29274 | 500 | 500 | 144000 | ||
| Oklahoma | 4728 | -160 | 1777 | 11 | 12 | 29738 | 2.1 | 3084 | 3151 | 95 | 206 | 30039 | ||
| Oregon | 14214 | -3773 | -413 | 156 | 25 | 87998 | 5.7 | 17576 | -8892 | 679 | 378 | 93530 | ||
| Pennsylvania | 39928 | -9096 | -4063 | 165 | 91 | 237799 | 4.4 | 24711 | -8052 | 2411 | 1311 | 241521 | ||
| Puerto Rico | 2745 | -514 | -111 | 3 | 7 | 42784 | 4.3 | 2359 | -15030 | 178 | 299 | 43261 | ||
| Rhode Island | 3133 | -573 | -73 | 11 | 4 | 17397 | 3.8 | 3297 | -3298 | 51 | 77 | 17525 | ||
| South Carolina | 26232 | 21040 | 18345 | 14 | 19 | 70604 | 4.0 | 22687 | 15059 | 159 | 305 | 71068 | ||
| South Dakota | 665 | -232 | -26 | 11 | 4 | 4925 | 1.4 | 951 | -309 | 85 | 15 | 5026 | ||
| Tennessee | 25498 | 16452 | -109 | 82 | 27 | 79338 | 3.1 | 24386 | -7092 | 593 | 316 | 80262 | ||
| Texas | 14384 | -6332 | -2647 | 35 | 45 | 217834 | 2.4 | 34314 | -9920 | 1231 | 2320 | 221406 | ||
| Utah | 2394 | -44 | -185 | 65 | 10 | 21992 | 2.2 | 2002 | -3642 | 804 | 104 | 22900 | ||
| Vermont | 1228 | -2515 | -40 | 0 | 3 | 12703 | 4.4 | 3280 | 588 | 24 | 33 | 12760 | ||
| Virgin Islands | 17 | 9 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 955 | 2.2 | 289 | 439 | 0 | 3 | 958 | ||
| Virginia | 13422 | 2444 | 2373 | 29 | 46 | 64196 | 2.0 | 15007 | 1708 | 556 | 842 | 65594 | ||
| Washington | 16980 | -1779 | -909 | 74 | 67 | 130283 | 5.0 | 16739 | -12937 | 902 | 958 | 140809 | ||
| West Virginia | 2554 | 838 | 73 | 5 | 9 | 23641 | 3.6 | 5832 | 3748 | 100 | 188 | 23929 | ||
| Wisconsin | 22931 | -21189 | -2028 | 36 | 13 | 136627 | 5.1 | 43518 | -6586 | 266 | 221 | 137116 | ||
| Wyoming | 738 | -19 | 106 | 2 | 2 | 5560 | 2.4 | 746 | 1188 | 119 | 36 | 5715 | ||
| Totals | 619730 | -1199 | -17613 | 1866 | 1106 | 4066988 | 3.2 | 638659 | -161218 | 23778 | 20313 | 4127420 | ||
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.