| STATE NAME |
Initial Claims Filed During Week Ended March 8, 2003 |
Insured Unemployment For Week Ended March 1, 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 | 5358 | -295 | -558 | 20 | 33 | 39906 | 2.2 | 55 | -3186 | 140 | 234 | 40283 | ||
| Alaska | 1900 | 19 | -31 | 3 | 2 | 18813 | 7.0 | 285 | 988 | 258 | 83 | 21094 | ||
| Arizona | 5191 | 457 | -492 | 10 | 11 | 37480 | 1.7 | 739 | -5955 | 368 | 216 | 38064 | ||
| Arkansas | 5648 | 392 | 1945 | 13 | 3 | 42748 | 3.9 | 2428 | 1615 | 179 | 165 | 43092 | ||
| California | 62999 | -350 | 3603 | 235 | 164 | 615847 | 4.2 | 16508 | -37434 | 2850 | 2389 | 621159 | ||
| Colorado | 3680 | -470 | -1 | 13 | 21 | 48853 | 2.3 | 376 | 1499 | 303 | 293 | 49452 | ||
| Connecticut | 4804 | -1816 | -913 | 8 | 7 | 66104 | 4.0 | -4361 | 6766 | 120 | 134 | 66360 | ||
| Delaware | 2373 | 395 | 281 | 2 | 1 | 12633 | 3.2 | -1973 | 1877 | 23 | 54 | 12710 | ||
| District of Columbia | 431 | 18 | -23 | 9 | 2 | 6806 | 1.5 | -1573 | -333 | 270 | 25 | 7101 | ||
| Florida | 10941 | 2027 | 982 | 40 | 94 | 117232 | 1.7 | 893 | -10133 | 407 | 923 | 118593 | ||
| Georgia | 11022 | 1405 | 1097 | 53 | 49 | 73406 | 2.0 | 1931 | -3580 | 490 | 794 | 74690 | ||
| Hawaii | 1551 | 122 | -254 | 16 | 25 | 10174 | 1.9 | 85 | -4426 | 136 | 222 | 10535 | ||
| Idaho | 2777 | -497 | 398 | 28 | 7 | 28155 | 5.1 | -151 | -123 | 487 | 96 | 28738 | ||
| Illinois | 16134 | -1084 | 161 | 44 | 54 | 220741 | 3.9 | -4106 | -2250 | 465 | 696 | 221902 | ||
| Indiana | 7815 | 159 | 1162 | 24 | 37 | 81078 | 2.9 | -145 | -1278 | 260 | 315 | 81655 | ||
| Iowa | 3263 | -67 | 202 | 9 | 9 | 45169 | 3.2 | -147 | 1956 | 66 | 129 | 45364 | ||
| Kansas | 3640 | -1421 | 681 | 1 | 6 | 36786 | 2.9 | 2160 | 3781 | 152 | 199 | 37140 | ||
| Kentucky | 5758 | -971 | 129 | 15 | 10 | 55970 | 3.3 | 6247 | 6473 | 255 | 478 | 56705 | ||
| Louisiana | 3493 | -801 | -21 | 11 | 25 | 36042 | 2.0 | 232 | 756 | 123 | 272 | 36437 | ||
| Maine | 1128 | -592 | -478 | 2 | 9 | 18244 | 3.2 | -2640 | -1277 | 47 | 35 | 18327 | ||
| Maryland | 5595 | -908 | 949 | 48 | 33 | 55415 | 2.4 | -6370 | 626 | 503 | 267 | 56185 | ||
| Massachusetts | 9942 | 810 | -70 | 27 | 25 | 135672 | 4.3 | -5700 | -11823 | 343 | 353 | 136370 | ||
| Michigan | 14068 | -4037 | -872 | 32 | 23 | 195043 | 4.5 | -1939 | -7344 | 436 | 484 | 195967 | ||
| Minnesota | 7170 | 981 | 563 | 13 | 9 | 88689 | 3.5 | 7564 | -5570 | 174 | 176 | 89047 | ||
| Mississippi | 3824 | 575 | 1016 | 13 | 9 | 28244 | 2.6 | 608 | 717 | 177 | 146 | 28572 | ||
| Missouri | 9548 | -1389 | 1857 | 20 | 21 | 88217 | 3.4 | 429 | 9627 | 297 | 244 | 88764 | ||
| Montana | 1412 | -17 | 207 | 13 | 9 | 14659 | 3.9 | 358 | -565 | 535 | 89 | 15294 | ||
| Nebraska | 1175 | -92 | -402 | 0 | 1 | 18350 | 2.1 | 284 | 1837 | 58 | 29 | 18437 | ||
| Nevada | 3301 | -106 | -127 | 5 | 6 | 30069 | 2.9 | -21 | -8535 | 159 | 139 | 30387 | ||
| New Hampshire | 1075 | -173 | 62 | 2 | 2 | 12587 | 2.1 | -240 | -271 | 32 | 22 | 12644 | ||
| New Jersey | 11028 | -2062 | 549 | 15 | 31 | 155817 | 4.1 | -4896 | 40 | 303 | 401 | 156521 | ||
| New Mexico | 1308 | 50 | 270 | 2 | 0 | 16143 | 2.3 | -59 | -301 | 194 | 58 | 16395 | ||
| New York | 23271 | -10689 | 306 | 28 | 80 | 282299 | 3.5 | -15932 | -18739 | 608 | 963 | 283878 | ||
| North Carolina | 18613 | -2330 | 1416 | 27 | 49 | 115858 | 3.1 | -3350 | 61 | 362 | 749 | 116969 | ||
| North Dakota | 779 | -78 | 174 | 0 | 1 | 8118 | 2.7 | 290 | 382 | 47 | 40 | 8207 | ||
| Ohio | 14524 | -423 | 191 | 11 | 34 | 165000 | 3.1 | 4000 | -2317 | 500 | 600 | 166100 | ||
| Oklahoma | 4865 | 2026 | 2092 | 10 | 18 | 30411 | 2.2 | 1316 | 4001 | 98 | 214 | 30723 | ||
| Oregon | 10297 | 996 | 1546 | 47 | 30 | 78500 | 5.1 | -1849 | -1394 | 739 | 377 | 84695 | ||
| Pennsylvania | 26594 | -805 | 3834 | 131 | 143 | 286516 | 5.3 | 22287 | 36328 | 1041 | 1204 | 288761 | ||
| Puerto Rico | 3627 | -233 | -348 | 4 | 7 | 48073 | 4.9 | -1613 | -10761 | 141 | 232 | 48446 | ||
| Rhode Island | 1545 | -800 | 21 | 5 | 4 | 19669 | 4.3 | -2058 | 1264 | 30 | 105 | 19804 | ||
| South Carolina | 6985 | 922 | 324 | 14 | 18 | 50432 | 2.9 | 15 | -2969 | 147 | 286 | 50865 | ||
| South Dakota | 503 | 58 | 69 | 5 | 8 | 5344 | 1.5 | -28 | -47 | 85 | 24 | 5454 | ||
| Tennessee | 8359 | 786 | 220 | 27 | 21 | 70814 | 2.8 | -533 | -1434 | 359 | 320 | 71506 | ||
| Texas | 22310 | 6462 | 2728 | 28 | 98 | 200770 | 2.2 | -9560 | -4562 | 803 | 2084 | 203679 | ||
| Utah | 1968 | -37 | -260 | 33 | 7 | 23911 | 2.4 | -5 | -2116 | 424 | 102 | 24437 | ||
| Vermont | 881 | -233 | 56 | 0 | 2 | 11682 | 4.0 | -381 | 966 | 27 | 40 | 11750 | ||
| Virgin Islands | 47 | -22 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1267 | 2.9 | -161 | 514 | 0 | 0 | 1267 | ||
| Virginia | 9811 | -867 | 3333 | 24 | 69 | 62910 | 1.9 | -215 | 4962 | 552 | 838 | 64307 | ||
| Washington | 11572 | -545 | -883 | 48 | 92 | 122060 | 4.7 | -182 | -15265 | 874 | 961 | 134146 | ||
| West Virginia | 2408 | -248 | 709 | 0 | 11 | 28751 | 4.3 | -269 | 7182 | 43 | 140 | 28934 | ||
| Wisconsin | 15087 | 922 | -508 | 11 | 17 | 121998 | 4.6 | -50 | 1091 | 276 | 224 | 122502 | ||
| Wyoming | 550 | -65 | 59 | 1 | 5 | 6319 | 2.7 | 256 | 1019 | 84 | 45 | 6448 | ||
| Totals | 413948 | -14941 | 26956 | 1200 | 1452 | 4191794 | 3.3 | -1161 | -67660 | 17850 | 19708 | 4246862 | ||
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.