| STATE NAME |
Initial Claims Filed During Week Ended February 22, 2003 |
Insured Unemployment For Week Ended February 15, 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 | 4072 | -925 | -1053 | 22 | 19 | 39326 | 2.2 | -1181 | -4683 | 133 | 253 | 39717 | ||
| Alaska | 1726 | -242 | -38 | 13 | 3 | 18940 | 7.1 | 596 | 513 | 256 | 80 | 21294 | ||
| Arizona | 4307 | -792 | 435 | 7 | 6 | 33554 | 1.5 | -164 | -10253 | 349 | 218 | 34121 | ||
| Arkansas | 4279 | -382 | 1024 | 8 | 2 | 40416 | 3.7 | -124 | -1087 | 190 | 164 | 40770 | ||
| California | 57840 | -157 | 2430 | 153 | 138 | 576278 | 3.9 | 9963 | -43520 | 2693 | 2171 | 581236 | ||
| Colorado | 3303 | -672 | 356 | 20 | 26 | 49003 | 2.3 | 2445 | 1416 | 321 | 310 | 49653 | ||
| Connecticut | 5972 | 1560 | 1029 | 4 | 7 | 65417 | 4.0 | 363 | 7258 | 110 | 124 | 65652 | ||
| Delaware | 1082 | -1167 | 332 | 0 | 0 | 11597 | 2.9 | -1360 | 2101 | 16 | 40 | 11653 | ||
| District of Columbia | 86 | -353 | -306 | 2 | 2 | 5844 | 1.3 | -1708 | -1000 | 201 | 15 | 6060 | ||
| Florida | 9123 | -467 | 497 | 34 | 78 | 115389 | 1.6 | -2397 | -13327 | 428 | 923 | 116771 | ||
| Georgia | 9369 | -3144 | -3367 | 44 | 38 | 72404 | 1.9 | -3678 | -10630 | 524 | 848 | 73776 | ||
| Hawaii | 1311 | -138 | -64 | 10 | 23 | 10129 | 1.9 | -83 | -4546 | 128 | 236 | 10498 | ||
| Idaho | 3134 | 263 | 297 | 27 | 6 | 27781 | 5.0 | -1008 | -1420 | 571 | 105 | 28463 | ||
| Illinois | 15162 | 656 | -387 | 23 | 35 | 222630 | 3.9 | -1949 | -2865 | 481 | 699 | 223810 | ||
| Indiana | 7351 | -182 | 1167 | 20 | 20 | 79539 | 2.8 | -312 | -2743 | 295 | 321 | 80158 | ||
| Iowa | 3073 | -601 | -52 | 4 | 7 | 45771 | 3.3 | -411 | 1783 | 68 | 132 | 45971 | ||
| Kansas | 5023 | 2172 | 2238 | 1 | 4 | 35136 | 2.7 | 463 | 2265 | 179 | 199 | 35515 | ||
| Kentucky | 6812 | 909 | 1991 | 12 | 5 | 51807 | 3.1 | 4017 | 901 | 315 | 469 | 52592 | ||
| Louisiana | 3879 | 344 | -20 | 12 | 20 | 35814 | 2.0 | -245 | -1990 | 138 | 267 | 36219 | ||
| Maine | 1416 | -254 | -33 | 3 | 7 | 18286 | 3.2 | -1530 | -125 | 47 | 35 | 18368 | ||
| Maryland | 6549 | 1152 | 1505 | 26 | 21 | 52614 | 2.3 | -5466 | -1508 | 393 | 290 | 53297 | ||
| Massachusetts | 14337 | 4871 | -679 | 12 | 20 | 131010 | 4.1 | -3047 | -14905 | 389 | 373 | 131773 | ||
| Michigan | 14672 | -9515 | 1607 | 20 | 24 | 199742 | 4.6 | 6116 | -12598 | 448 | 502 | 200694 | ||
| Minnesota | 6446 | -253 | 239 | 9 | 15 | 90092 | 3.5 | 9124 | -4187 | 192 | 181 | 90469 | ||
| Mississippi | 2609 | -80 | -1 | 23 | 9 | 27475 | 2.5 | -869 | -765 | 173 | 154 | 27806 | ||
| Missouri | 7274 | -209 | 1270 | 10 | 17 | 83546 | 3.2 | -2564 | 5180 | 363 | 230 | 84147 | ||
| Montana | 1048 | -60 | -35 | 11 | 4 | 14948 | 4.0 | 425 | -276 | 636 | 100 | 15696 | ||
| Nebraska | 1139 | -170 | -434 | 0 | 1 | 18187 | 2.1 | 94 | 1728 | 56 | 23 | 18266 | ||
| Nevada | 2649 | -624 | -328 | 7 | 1 | 29761 | 2.9 | -276 | -9514 | 170 | 145 | 30095 | ||
| New Hampshire | 795 | -301 | -59 | 0 | 1 | 12302 | 2.1 | 290 | -201 | 35 | 22 | 12361 | ||
| New Jersey | 12212 | 1608 | 235 | 13 | 23 | 148282 | 3.9 | -2209 | -7900 | 286 | 377 | 148945 | ||
| New Mexico | 1103 | -104 | 20 | 2 | 1 | 16108 | 2.3 | -381 | -729 | 209 | 65 | 16382 | ||
| New York | 21153 | -1091 | 732 | 16 | 52 | 279201 | 3.4 | -2752 | -23719 | 633 | 981 | 280824 | ||
| North Carolina | 14587 | -2724 | -990 | 20 | 32 | 113465 | 3.1 | -2844 | -4210 | 351 | 779 | 114595 | ||
| North Dakota | 533 | -71 | 43 | 1 | 2 | 7989 | 2.7 | -55 | 67 | 55 | 47 | 8091 | ||
| Ohio | 14177 | -370 | 1290 | 17 | 29 | 161000 | 3.0 | 336 | -8502 | 500 | 600 | 162100 | ||
| Oklahoma | 2735 | 6 | 504 | 4 | 13 | 29183 | 2.1 | -13 | 2886 | 93 | 216 | 29492 | ||
| Oregon | 8889 | 160 | 328 | 52 | 46 | 78894 | 5.1 | -1607 | -3654 | 785 | 386 | 85033 | ||
| Pennsylvania | 29998 | 5891 | 6832 | 104 | 101 | 275240 | 5.1 | 20418 | 18244 | 1147 | 1346 | 277733 | ||
| Puerto Rico | 3338 | -690 | -204 | 5 | 4 | 40534 | 4.1 | -4497 | -16307 | 121 | 201 | 40856 | ||
| Rhode Island | 2688 | 1017 | -478 | 3 | 1 | 18310 | 4.0 | -903 | -529 | 47 | 82 | 18439 | ||
| South Carolina | 5479 | -464 | -115 | 9 | 12 | 50639 | 2.9 | -907 | -3883 | 138 | 290 | 51067 | ||
| South Dakota | 371 | -69 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 5493 | 1.6 | -62 | -10 | 98 | 15 | 5606 | ||
| Tennessee | 6570 | -973 | 850 | 47 | 20 | 70604 | 2.8 | -1276 | -4417 | 365 | 352 | 71334 | ||
| Texas | 19950 | -1324 | 906 | 43 | 51 | 200947 | 2.2 | -8668 | -7593 | 801 | 2136 | 203909 | ||
| Utah | 1762 | -363 | 99 | 30 | 4 | 24034 | 2.4 | 106 | -2240 | 477 | 92 | 24603 | ||
| Vermont | 1394 | 665 | 395 | 1 | 0 | 11453 | 3.9 | 93 | 1146 | 28 | 44 | 11527 | ||
| Virgin Islands | 76 | -23 | 41 | 0 | 0 | 1103 | 2.6 | -167 | 308 | 0 | 2 | 1105 | ||
| Virginia | 7891 | -338 | 1562 | 8 | 34 | 58370 | 1.8 | -1623 | -506 | 523 | 810 | 59705 | ||
| Washington | 11213 | -36 | -253 | 43 | 63 | 120094 | 4.6 | -4823 | -16728 | 967 | 960 | 131870 | ||
| West Virginia | 1507 | -77 | -76 | 0 | 5 | 25307 | 3.8 | 549 | 3734 | 49 | 164 | 25520 | ||
| Wisconsin | 13713 | -1778 | -1191 | 10 | 16 | 125239 | 4.7 | -1437 | 4685 | 233 | 211 | 125685 | ||
| Wyoming | 544 | -73 | 115 | 2 | 4 | 6460 | 2.8 | 208 | 1121 | 90 | 39 | 6589 | ||
| Totals | 387721 | -9982 | 20217 | 968 | 1072 | 4082687 | 3.2 | -6990 | -187734 | 18294 | 19824 | 4137911 | ||
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.