| STATE NAME |
Initial Claims Filed During Week Ended March 15, 2003 |
Insured Unemployment For Week Ended March 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 | 5144 | -214 | 365 | 23 | 20 | 39310 | 2.2 | -596 | -1910 | 132 | 244 | 39690 | ||
| Alaska | 1857 | -43 | 59 | 4 | 3 | 17911 | 6.7 | -902 | 1988 | 253 | 95 | 20371 | ||
| Arizona | 5034 | -397 | 9 | 14 | 10 | 37884 | 1.7 | 791 | -5323 | 351 | 210 | 38445 | ||
| Arkansas | 3760 | -1888 | -286 | 10 | 1 | 40102 | 3.6 | -2646 | -245 | 194 | 153 | 40449 | ||
| California | 57817 | -5182 | 3100 | 141 | 154 | 586186 | 4.0 | -29661 | 722 | 3047 | 2372 | 591696 | ||
| Colorado | 2529 | -1151 | -923 | 17 | 14 | 49051 | 2.3 | 198 | -455 | 403 | 328 | 49798 | ||
| Connecticut | 4609 | -195 | 590 | 9 | 7 | 65724 | 4.0 | -380 | 8526 | 113 | 109 | 65948 | ||
| Delaware | 2006 | -367 | 1180 | 0 | 0 | 13407 | 3.4 | 774 | 2503 | 21 | 46 | 13474 | ||
| District of Columbia | 429 | -2 | 22 | 8 | 4 | 7682 | 1.7 | 876 | 379 | 291 | 54 | 8027 | ||
| Florida | 9497 | -1444 | 551 | 42 | 83 | 115117 | 1.6 | -2115 | -9743 | 389 | 889 | 116422 | ||
| Georgia | 11827 | 805 | 3333 | 45 | 34 | 73663 | 2.0 | 257 | -4220 | 497 | 771 | 74931 | ||
| Hawaii | 1410 | -141 | -196 | 21 | 12 | 10163 | 1.9 | -16 | -4885 | 138 | 193 | 10503 | ||
| Idaho | 2599 | -178 | 252 | 19 | 2 | 27429 | 4.9 | -726 | -196 | 440 | 113 | 27982 | ||
| Illinois | 16078 | -56 | 1332 | 35 | 46 | 224721 | 3.9 | 3980 | -3650 | 509 | 716 | 225946 | ||
| Indiana | 7267 | -548 | 1480 | 15 | 24 | 79918 | 2.9 | -1160 | -136 | 277 | 303 | 80499 | ||
| Iowa | 3813 | 550 | 800 | 1 | 11 | 45195 | 3.2 | 26 | 2744 | 77 | 124 | 45396 | ||
| Kansas | 3038 | -602 | 706 | 5 | 11 | 35926 | 2.8 | -860 | 3934 | 152 | 195 | 36276 | ||
| Kentucky | 4375 | -1383 | -64 | 17 | 9 | 48360 | 2.9 | -7610 | 6103 | 283 | 465 | 49110 | ||
| Louisiana | 3678 | 185 | 56 | 12 | 26 | 36212 | 2.0 | 170 | 1355 | 128 | 266 | 36606 | ||
| Maine | 1404 | 276 | -209 | 5 | 6 | 19357 | 3.4 | 1113 | 604 | 43 | 45 | 19446 | ||
| Maryland | 5426 | -169 | 1229 | 43 | 31 | 59798 | 2.6 | 4383 | 5018 | 459 | 279 | 60536 | ||
| Massachusetts | 8446 | -1496 | 820 | 32 | 22 | 133127 | 4.2 | -2545 | -6808 | 407 | 363 | 133898 | ||
| Michigan | 21054 | 6986 | 4853 | 23 | 42 | 191039 | 4.4 | -4004 | -2204 | 516 | 520 | 192078 | ||
| Minnesota | 6655 | -515 | 1078 | 16 | 8 | 79750 | 3.1 | -8939 | 102 | 205 | 215 | 80178 | ||
| Mississippi | 4093 | 269 | 607 | 17 | 11 | 28244 | 2.6 | 0 | 1051 | 192 | 143 | 28581 | ||
| Missouri | 7051 | -2497 | 538 | 22 | 22 | 84848 | 3.3 | -3369 | 8210 | 288 | 245 | 85389 | ||
| Montana | 1301 | -111 | -63 | 22 | 9 | 14989 | 4.0 | 330 | 1011 | 501 | 84 | 15585 | ||
| Nebraska | 1071 | -104 | -571 | 0 | 2 | 17561 | 2.0 | -789 | 1724 | 58 | 27 | 17646 | ||
| Nevada | 3566 | 265 | 371 | 10 | 1 | 29898 | 2.9 | -171 | -7755 | 151 | 130 | 30198 | ||
| New Hampshire | 1176 | 101 | 295 | 2 | 1 | 12627 | 2.1 | 40 | 218 | 30 | 24 | 12685 | ||
| New Jersey | 10055 | -973 | 363 | 19 | 20 | 153649 | 4.0 | -2168 | 2017 | 316 | 418 | 154383 | ||
| New Mexico | 1135 | -173 | -61 | 2 | 0 | 16142 | 2.3 | -1 | -153 | 202 | 51 | 16395 | ||
| New York | 21431 | -1840 | 807 | 20 | 52 | 281058 | 3.4 | -1241 | -16160 | 599 | 925 | 282588 | ||
| North Carolina | 18049 | -564 | 2174 | 19 | 48 | 114582 | 3.1 | -1276 | 83 | 366 | 755 | 115703 | ||
| North Dakota | 508 | -271 | -44 | 1 | 0 | 8189 | 2.7 | 71 | 852 | 42 | 43 | 8279 | ||
| Ohio | 13355 | -1169 | 1108 | 27 | 34 | 163000 | 3.1 | -2000 | -3036 | 500 | 600 | 164100 | ||
| Oklahoma | 3584 | -1281 | 927 | 9 | 29 | 29359 | 2.1 | -1052 | 3357 | 104 | 207 | 29670 | ||
| Oregon | 9343 | -954 | 674 | 40 | 23 | 79484 | 5.1 | 984 | 280 | 736 | 383 | 85670 | ||
| Pennsylvania | 22648 | -3946 | 2717 | 117 | 115 | 253484 | 4.7 | -33032 | 20447 | 1425 | 1295 | 256204 | ||
| Puerto Rico | 3324 | -303 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 54921 | 5.6 | 6848 | -4810 | 186 | 227 | 55334 | ||
| Rhode Island | 1680 | 135 | 433 | 1 | 4 | 19040 | 4.2 | -629 | 1177 | 38 | 86 | 19164 | ||
| South Carolina | 5894 | -1091 | -220 | 6 | 20 | 48697 | 2.8 | -1735 | -3858 | 140 | 278 | 49115 | ||
| South Dakota | 405 | -98 | -52 | 9 | 2 | 5350 | 1.5 | 6 | 4 | 78 | 21 | 5449 | ||
| Tennessee | 7201 | -1158 | 1045 | 21 | 13 | 68797 | 2.7 | -2017 | -904 | 351 | 311 | 69473 | ||
| Texas | 24178 | 1868 | 4928 | 31 | 59 | 206496 | 2.3 | 5726 | -5021 | 882 | 2088 | 209482 | ||
| Utah | 1631 | -337 | -392 | 19 | 8 | 23376 | 2.3 | -535 | -2457 | 397 | 95 | 23868 | ||
| Vermont | 801 | -80 | -67 | 0 | 2 | 11489 | 4.0 | -193 | 987 | 29 | 39 | 11558 | ||
| Virgin Islands | 44 | -3 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 1295 | 3.0 | 28 | 527 | 0 | 0 | 1295 | ||
| Virginia | 7288 | -2523 | 1183 | 22 | 68 | 60190 | 1.8 | -2720 | 3786 | 489 | 771 | 61456 | ||
| Washington | 12066 | 494 | -721 | 50 | 75 | 119034 | 4.6 | -3026 | -16468 | 844 | 988 | 131267 | ||
| West Virginia | 1615 | -793 | -211 | 6 | 6 | 25557 | 3.9 | -3194 | 5090 | 62 | 177 | 25796 | ||
| Wisconsin | 14367 | -720 | 1094 | 16 | 13 | 121448 | 4.6 | -550 | 869 | 272 | 199 | 121922 | ||
| Wyoming | 471 | -79 | 26 | 3 | 3 | 6230 | 2.7 | -89 | 1100 | 98 | 37 | 6365 | ||
| Totals | 389083 | -25105 | 37038 | 1073 | 1231 | 4096066 | 3.2 | -95346 | -13629 | 18701 | 19715 | 4152325 | ||
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.