| STATE NAME |
Initial Claims Filed During Week Ended February 15, 2003 |
Insured Unemployment For Week Ended February 8, 2003 |
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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 | 4997 | -1072 | -199 | 10 | 28 | 40507 | 2.3 | -1815 | -4286 | 142 | 255 | 40907 | ||
| Alaska | 1968 | -100 | 202 | 17 | 5 | 18344 | 6.8 | -657 | 2123 | 303 | 106 | 20857 | ||
| Arizona | 4737 | -442 | -144 | 5 | 6 | 37393 | 1.7 | 572 | -6735 | 385 | 234 | 38012 | ||
| Arkansas | 4661 | 824 | 772 | 7 | 1 | 40540 | 3.7 | -73 | -3046 | 222 | 174 | 40936 | ||
| California | 57997 | -9588 | -394 | 176 | 141 | 566315 | 3.9 | -31985 | -7066 | 3337 | 2425 | 572162 | ||
| Colorado | 3975 | -992 | 545 | 26 | 32 | 46558 | 2.2 | -376 | -4212 | 397 | 311 | 47280 | ||
| Connecticut | 4412 | -782 | 365 | 7 | 7 | 65054 | 4.0 | -730 | 6939 | 137 | 115 | 65307 | ||
| Delaware | 2249 | 1155 | 1485 | 1 | 1 | 12957 | 3.3 | 817 | 2974 | 15 | 58 | 13030 | ||
| District of Columbia | 439 | -69 | -40 | 15 | 4 | 7552 | 1.7 | 176 | 680 | 254 | 35 | 7841 | ||
| Florida | 9590 | -1975 | 179 | 44 | 67 | 117786 | 1.7 | 1254 | -16713 | 429 | 993 | 119236 | ||
| Georgia | 12513 | 442 | 2484 | 55 | 53 | 76082 | 2.0 | -58 | -5319 | 525 | 865 | 77472 | ||
| Hawaii | 1449 | -195 | -311 | 11 | 15 | 10212 | 1.9 | -143 | -6128 | 138 | 195 | 10551 | ||
| Idaho | 2871 | -624 | -389 | 19 | 4 | 28789 | 5.2 | 230 | -185 | 597 | 101 | 29490 | ||
| Illinois | 14506 | -4269 | 471 | 32 | 37 | 224579 | 3.9 | 5150 | -12356 | 534 | 750 | 225863 | ||
| Indiana | 7533 | -474 | 1034 | 18 | 31 | 79851 | 2.8 | -139 | -5871 | 298 | 301 | 80453 | ||
| Iowa | 3674 | -93 | 196 | 1 | 4 | 46182 | 3.3 | 1105 | 1900 | 82 | 135 | 46399 | ||
| Kansas | 2851 | -1509 | 82 | 2 | 6 | 34673 | 2.7 | 410 | 620 | 167 | 203 | 35045 | ||
| Kentucky | 5903 | 198 | 713 | 7 | 8 | 47790 | 2.8 | -4720 | 549 | 514 | 506 | 48811 | ||
| Louisiana | 3535 | -494 | -986 | 12 | 12 | 36059 | 2.0 | -165 | -108 | 122 | 275 | 36456 | ||
| Maine | 1670 | 118 | 117 | 6 | 7 | 19816 | 3.4 | 1546 | 729 | 49 | 40 | 19907 | ||
| Maryland | 5397 | 170 | 941 | 37 | 23 | 58080 | 2.5 | 4011 | 1019 | 423 | 299 | 58802 | ||
| Massachusetts | 9466 | -1301 | 615 | 20 | 24 | 134057 | 4.2 | -235 | -8831 | 537 | 397 | 134991 | ||
| Michigan | 24187 | 1865 | 6542 | 25 | 40 | 193626 | 4.4 | 4065 | -1372 | 538 | 542 | 194712 | ||
| Minnesota | 6699 | -672 | 375 | 16 | 10 | 80968 | 3.2 | -8166 | 814 | 245 | 212 | 81435 | ||
| Mississippi | 2689 | -226 | 89 | 13 | 6 | 28344 | 2.6 | 34 | -1226 | 178 | 151 | 28673 | ||
| Missouri | 7483 | -1711 | 1226 | 22 | 21 | 86110 | 3.3 | -817 | 3827 | 392 | 254 | 86763 | ||
| Montana | 1108 | -297 | 141 | 32 | 3 | 14523 | 3.9 | -645 | 807 | 693 | 107 | 15334 | ||
| Nebraska | 1309 | -533 | -53 | 0 | 0 | 18093 | 2.1 | 157 | 1543 | 64 | 27 | 18184 | ||
| Nevada | 3273 | -136 | -2 | 9 | 2 | 30037 | 2.9 | -361 | -10803 | 149 | 142 | 30346 | ||
| New Hampshire | 1096 | -25 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 12012 | 2.0 | -246 | -783 | 36 | 11 | 12060 | ||
| New Jersey | 10604 | -1921 | -252 | 21 | 29 | 150491 | 4.0 | 351 | -2497 | 306 | 407 | 151204 | ||
| New Mexico | 1207 | 12 | -43 | 2 | 0 | 16489 | 2.3 | 213 | -278 | 222 | 73 | 16784 | ||
| New York | 22244 | -2796 | 49 | 38 | 62 | 281953 | 3.4 | -122 | -27231 | 736 | 963 | 283663 | ||
| North Carolina | 17311 | -1717 | -1530 | 33 | 33 | 116309 | 3.1 | -3266 | -6103 | 383 | 768 | 117460 | ||
| North Dakota | 604 | -124 | 91 | 2 | 3 | 8044 | 2.7 | 39 | 30 | 44 | 47 | 8137 | ||
| Ohio | 14547 | -1223 | 2149 | 18 | 30 | 164000 | 3.1 | 513 | -5796 | 500 | 600 | 165100 | ||
| Oklahoma | 2729 | -399 | -910 | 12 | 15 | 29196 | 2.1 | -25 | 1813 | 91 | 234 | 29521 | ||
| Oregon | 8729 | -1807 | -246 | 60 | 37 | 80501 | 5.2 | -1113 | -5300 | 823 | 381 | 86728 | ||
| Pennsylvania | 24107 | -2324 | 1807 | 120 | 103 | 254822 | 4.7 | -18623 | 9574 | 1712 | 1490 | 258024 | ||
| Puerto Rico | 4028 | -938 | -118 | 2 | 6 | 45031 | 4.6 | -1805 | -6079 | 146 | 257 | 45434 | ||
| Rhode Island | 1671 | 39 | -114 | 5 | 3 | 19213 | 4.2 | -387 | 55 | 40 | 87 | 19340 | ||
| South Carolina | 5943 | -1669 | -1491 | 8 | 10 | 51546 | 3.0 | -2716 | -6553 | 147 | 308 | 52001 | ||
| South Dakota | 440 | -82 | 56 | 3 | 3 | 5555 | 1.6 | -73 | -24 | 101 | 17 | 5673 | ||
| Tennessee | 7543 | -114 | -416 | 34 | 28 | 71880 | 2.8 | -155 | -5707 | 395 | 327 | 72610 | ||
| Texas | 21274 | -710 | 3496 | 21 | 66 | 209615 | 2.3 | 10510 | -7917 | 954 | 2223 | 212817 | ||
| Utah | 2125 | -245 | 49 | 116 | 6 | 23928 | 2.4 | -42 | -2440 | 422 | 107 | 24457 | ||
| Vermont | 729 | -16 | -92 | 1 | 5 | 11360 | 3.9 | -114 | 1175 | 28 | 46 | 11434 | ||
| Virgin Islands | 99 | -3 | 44 | 0 | 0 | 1270 | 3.0 | 184 | 382 | 0 | 3 | 1273 | ||
| Virginia | 8229 | 110 | 1638 | 29 | 61 | 59993 | 1.8 | -623 | 433 | 567 | 834 | 61396 | ||
| Washington | 11249 | -2078 | -377 | 46 | 74 | 124917 | 4.8 | -3638 | -16935 | 1005 | 1008 | 136788 | ||
| West Virginia | 1584 | -576 | -100 | 1 | 9 | 24758 | 3.7 | -1784 | 3182 | 104 | 189 | 25054 | ||
| Wisconsin | 15491 | -665 | 891 | 13 | 11 | 126676 | 4.8 | 2258 | 3873 | 249 | 208 | 127137 | ||
| Wyoming | 617 | -126 | 126 | 3 | 8 | 6252 | 2.7 | 87 | 1210 | 121 | 34 | 6407 | ||
| Totals | 397341 | -42179 | 20768 | 1235 | 1204 | 4096688 | 3.2 | -52135 | -141649 | 20998 | 20830 | 4155757 | ||
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.