| STATE NAME |
Initial Claims Filed During Week Ended March 1, 2003 |
Insured Unemployment For Week Ended February 22, 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 | 5653 | 1581 | 1051 | 30 | 25 | 39851 | 2.2 | 525 | -2530 | 131 | 246 | 40233 | ||
| Alaska | 1881 | 155 | 6 | 10 | 2 | 18528 | 6.9 | -412 | 1998 | 311 | 110 | 20926 | ||
| Arizona | 4480 | 826 | -533 | 8 | 17 | 36682 | 1.7 | -192 | -6902 | 367 | 214 | 37263 | ||
| Arkansas | 5256 | 977 | 1125 | 13 | 3 | 40320 | 3.7 | -96 | -1153 | 217 | 160 | 40697 | ||
| California | 63349 | 5509 | 4714 | 154 | 148 | 599339 | 4.1 | 23061 | -8935 | 3238 | 2536 | 605200 | ||
| Colorado | 4150 | 847 | 435 | 19 | 38 | 48477 | 2.3 | -526 | -1319 | 406 | 317 | 49218 | ||
| Connecticut | 6620 | 648 | 819 | 6 | 12 | 70465 | 4.3 | 5048 | 8707 | 138 | 128 | 70734 | ||
| Delaware | 1978 | 896 | -265 | 1 | 1 | 14606 | 3.7 | 3009 | 4659 | 21 | 61 | 14688 | ||
| District of Columbia | 413 | 327 | -44 | 13 | 0 | 8379 | 1.8 | 2535 | 465 | 311 | 47 | 8737 | ||
| Florida | 8914 | -209 | 526 | 37 | 75 | 116339 | 1.7 | 950 | -14847 | 403 | 947 | 117729 | ||
| Georgia | 9617 | 248 | 403 | 48 | 53 | 71475 | 1.9 | -929 | -7313 | 497 | 804 | 72776 | ||
| Hawaii | 1429 | 118 | -421 | 13 | 15 | 10089 | 1.9 | -40 | -5105 | 146 | 195 | 10437 | ||
| Idaho | 3274 | 140 | 803 | 19 | 7 | 28306 | 5.1 | 525 | -946 | 493 | 101 | 28902 | ||
| Illinois | 17218 | 2056 | 763 | 27 | 44 | 224847 | 3.9 | 2217 | -5076 | 523 | 736 | 226106 | ||
| Indiana | 7656 | 305 | 857 | 25 | 30 | 81223 | 2.9 | 1684 | -913 | 273 | 311 | 81810 | ||
| Iowa | 3330 | 257 | 222 | 7 | 8 | 45316 | 3.2 | -455 | 1778 | 80 | 136 | 45532 | ||
| Kansas | 5061 | 38 | 1293 | 2 | 5 | 34626 | 2.7 | -510 | 2218 | 152 | 210 | 34992 | ||
| Kentucky | 6729 | -83 | 1866 | 14 | 17 | 49723 | 2.9 | -2084 | 3607 | 381 | 485 | 50589 | ||
| Louisiana | 4294 | 415 | 479 | 13 | 18 | 35810 | 2.0 | -4 | 556 | 133 | 271 | 36214 | ||
| Maine | 1720 | 304 | 110 | 1 | 5 | 20884 | 3.6 | 2598 | 1778 | 49 | 49 | 20982 | ||
| Maryland | 6503 | -46 | 1732 | 50 | 27 | 61785 | 2.7 | 9171 | 3785 | 464 | 280 | 62529 | ||
| Massachusetts | 9132 | -5205 | 677 | 22 | 25 | 141372 | 4.5 | 10362 | -7579 | 421 | 402 | 142197 | ||
| Michigan | 18105 | 3433 | 3171 | 26 | 33 | 196982 | 4.5 | -2760 | 3075 | 536 | 560 | 198082 | ||
| Minnesota | 6189 | -257 | -115 | 13 | 17 | 81125 | 3.2 | -8967 | 729 | 239 | 211 | 81583 | ||
| Mississippi | 3249 | 640 | 779 | 12 | 9 | 27636 | 2.6 | 161 | -403 | 187 | 155 | 27983 | ||
| Missouri | 10937 | 3663 | 3416 | 19 | 42 | 87788 | 3.4 | 4242 | 7189 | 339 | 247 | 88382 | ||
| Montana | 1429 | 381 | 81 | 19 | 3 | 14301 | 3.8 | -647 | 1071 | 607 | 101 | 15023 | ||
| Nebraska | 1267 | 128 | -982 | 0 | 2 | 18066 | 2.1 | -121 | 2131 | 59 | 26 | 18151 | ||
| Nevada | 3407 | 758 | -308 | 4 | 2 | 30090 | 2.9 | 329 | -8959 | 155 | 143 | 30408 | ||
| New Hampshire | 1248 | 453 | -147 | 1 | 0 | 12827 | 2.1 | 525 | 139 | 33 | 15 | 12878 | ||
| New Jersey | 13090 | 878 | 723 | 19 | 34 | 160713 | 4.2 | 12431 | 654 | 308 | 416 | 161437 | ||
| New Mexico | 1258 | 155 | 169 | 4 | 0 | 16202 | 2.3 | 94 | -828 | 202 | 61 | 16465 | ||
| New York | 33960 | 12807 | 3361 | 35 | 71 | 298231 | 3.6 | 19030 | -18463 | 602 | 962 | 299800 | ||
| North Carolina | 20943 | 6356 | 5803 | 43 | 52 | 119208 | 3.2 | 5743 | 2610 | 363 | 761 | 120332 | ||
| North Dakota | 857 | 324 | 225 | 1 | 2 | 7828 | 2.6 | -161 | 271 | 43 | 46 | 7920 | ||
| Ohio | 14947 | 770 | 824 | 18 | 30 | 161000 | 3.0 | -3895 | -7703 | 500 | 600 | 162100 | ||
| Oklahoma | 2839 | 104 | 426 | 10 | 21 | 29095 | 2.1 | -88 | 2955 | 99 | 217 | 29411 | ||
| Oregon | 9301 | 412 | 296 | 50 | 34 | 80349 | 5.2 | 1455 | -1947 | 805 | 398 | 86593 | ||
| Pennsylvania | 27399 | -2599 | 5564 | 126 | 131 | 264229 | 4.9 | -11011 | 24270 | 1557 | 1455 | 267241 | ||
| Puerto Rico | 3860 | 522 | -213 | 5 | 5 | 49686 | 5.1 | 9152 | -4896 | 152 | 189 | 50027 | ||
| Rhode Island | 2345 | -343 | 927 | 4 | 6 | 21727 | 4.7 | 3417 | 1029 | 36 | 94 | 21857 | ||
| South Carolina | 6063 | 584 | 578 | 12 | 14 | 50417 | 2.9 | -222 | -3654 | 152 | 288 | 50857 | ||
| South Dakota | 445 | 74 | -65 | 5 | 4 | 5372 | 1.5 | -121 | -15 | 91 | 15 | 5479 | ||
| Tennessee | 7573 | 1003 | 819 | 23 | 15 | 71347 | 2.8 | 743 | -2106 | 368 | 344 | 72070 | ||
| Texas | 15848 | -4102 | -641 | 25 | 45 | 210330 | 2.3 | 9383 | -3725 | 881 | 2158 | 213393 | ||
| Utah | 2005 | 243 | -329 | 47 | 15 | 23916 | 2.4 | -118 | -2624 | 462 | 100 | 24478 | ||
| Vermont | 1114 | -280 | 55 | 3 | 4 | 12063 | 4.2 | 610 | 1365 | 25 | 44 | 12132 | ||
| Virgin Islands | 69 | -7 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 1428 | 3.3 | 325 | 586 | 1 | 5 | 1434 | ||
| Virginia | 10678 | 2787 | 3579 | 17 | 57 | 63125 | 1.9 | 4755 | 5999 | 520 | 860 | 64509 | ||
| Washington | 12117 | 904 | -1483 | 46 | 71 | 122242 | 4.7 | 2148 | -16163 | 903 | 1010 | 134279 | ||
| West Virginia | 2656 | 1149 | 1043 | 3 | 14 | 29020 | 4.4 | 3713 | 8088 | 98 | 178 | 29296 | ||
| Wisconsin | 14165 | 452 | -921 | 8 | 20 | 122048 | 4.6 | -3191 | -242 | 234 | 205 | 122489 | ||
| Wyoming | 615 | 71 | 87 | 2 | 2 | 6063 | 2.6 | -397 | 1070 | 106 | 39 | 6208 | ||
| Totals | 428635 | 41567 | 43363 | 1132 | 1330 | 4192896 | 3.3 | 102994 | -41564 | 19818 | 20649 | 4250788 | ||
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.