| STATE NAME |
Initial Claims Filed During Week Ended March 22, 2003 |
Insured Unemployment For Week Ended March 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 | 5052 | -222 | -168 | 9 | 17 | 38080 | 2.1 | -1230 | -3127 | 137 | 233 | 38455 | ||
| Alaska | 1964 | 107 | 59 | 11 | 4 | 18284 | 6.8 | 373 | 2410 | 235 | 82 | 20654 | ||
| Arizona | 5078 | -164 | 806 | 9 | 13 | 37782 | 1.7 | 247 | -5420 | 323 | 218 | 38323 | ||
| Arkansas | 3794 | 34 | -391 | 9 | 6 | 37757 | 3.4 | -2345 | -1688 | 183 | 171 | 38111 | ||
| California | 58432 | 615 | -766 | 110 | 115 | 612732 | 4.2 | 26546 | -33520 | 2780 | 2327 | 617918 | ||
| Colorado | 2592 | 63 | -195 | 10 | 15 | 48132 | 2.3 | -919 | 852 | 280 | 291 | 48717 | ||
| Connecticut | 4031 | -578 | 286 | 14 | 12 | 64545 | 3.9 | -1179 | 8085 | 114 | 147 | 64808 | ||
| Delaware | 743 | -1263 | -1367 | 2 | 1 | 13813 | 3.5 | 406 | 4598 | 23 | 64 | 13900 | ||
| District of Columbia | 371 | -58 | 25 | 6 | 3 | 6477 | 1.4 | -1205 | -589 | 248 | 29 | 6754 | ||
| Florida | 9244 | -253 | 1107 | 30 | 77 | 115323 | 1.6 | 206 | -8998 | 361 | 879 | 116584 | ||
| Georgia | 11471 | -356 | 2714 | 26 | 43 | 72654 | 1.9 | -1009 | -6466 | 484 | 734 | 73872 | ||
| Hawaii | 1460 | 50 | -96 | 21 | 23 | 10378 | 2.0 | 215 | -3738 | 137 | 231 | 10758 | ||
| Idaho | 2360 | -239 | -53 | 29 | 5 | 26025 | 4.7 | -1404 | -648 | 415 | 90 | 26530 | ||
| Illinois | 14496 | -1582 | 832 | 35 | 41 | 216811 | 3.8 | -7910 | -2742 | 486 | 681 | 217978 | ||
| Indiana | 8038 | 771 | 1946 | 13 | 17 | 77059 | 2.7 | -2859 | 274 | 269 | 288 | 77619 | ||
| Iowa | 3131 | -682 | 371 | 7 | 6 | 43674 | 3.1 | -1521 | 2904 | 63 | 131 | 43868 | ||
| Kansas | 4563 | 1525 | 2097 | 3 | 5 | 33861 | 2.6 | -2065 | 3581 | 167 | 194 | 34225 | ||
| Kentucky | 4177 | -198 | -2289 | 19 | 2 | 49918 | 3.0 | 1558 | 1062 | 203 | 424 | 50547 | ||
| Louisiana | 3529 | -149 | -260 | 9 | 21 | 35531 | 2.0 | -681 | 674 | 152 | 258 | 35941 | ||
| Maine | 1282 | -122 | -106 | 4 | 6 | 18189 | 3.2 | -1168 | 511 | 37 | 40 | 18267 | ||
| Maryland | 4283 | -1143 | -478 | 24 | 28 | 55154 | 2.4 | -4644 | 2875 | 453 | 290 | 55897 | ||
| Massachusetts | 8313 | -133 | -846 | 20 | 20 | 132567 | 4.2 | -560 | -10697 | 364 | 333 | 133265 | ||
| Michigan | 13169 | -7885 | -5761 | 21 | 31 | 189437 | 4.3 | -1602 | -12953 | 450 | 443 | 190333 | ||
| Minnesota | 6680 | 25 | 635 | 11 | 10 | 87382 | 3.4 | 7632 | -3758 | 170 | 173 | 87730 | ||
| Mississippi | 3151 | -942 | -1058 | 8 | 13 | 28451 | 2.6 | 207 | 445 | 173 | 150 | 28775 | ||
| Missouri | 7040 | -11 | 797 | 19 | 24 | 79306 | 3.1 | -5542 | 6571 | 272 | 225 | 79812 | ||
| Montana | 1121 | -180 | -192 | 39 | 6 | 14765 | 4.0 | -224 | -324 | 484 | 90 | 15353 | ||
| Nebraska | 972 | -99 | -840 | 0 | 1 | 17403 | 2.0 | -158 | 1994 | 53 | 24 | 17480 | ||
| Nevada | 3105 | -461 | 196 | 8 | 3 | 30035 | 2.9 | 137 | -6820 | 143 | 147 | 30343 | ||
| New Hampshire | 1037 | -139 | 25 | 4 | 1 | 12243 | 2.1 | -384 | 338 | 34 | 24 | 12302 | ||
| New Jersey | 9124 | -931 | 176 | 27 | 22 | 151228 | 4.0 | -2421 | 1701 | 282 | 373 | 151883 | ||
| New Mexico | 1154 | 19 | -59 | 3 | 1 | 16056 | 2.3 | -86 | 75 | 183 | 53 | 16292 | ||
| New York | 20169 | -1262 | -697 | 23 | 71 | 275579 | 3.4 | -5479 | -12099 | 591 | 896 | 277075 | ||
| North Carolina | 15552 | -2497 | -2417 | 15 | 40 | 108531 | 2.9 | -6051 | -6155 | 346 | 754 | 109631 | ||
| North Dakota | 442 | -66 | -435 | 0 | 0 | 7554 | 2.5 | -635 | 351 | 36 | 40 | 7633 | ||
| Ohio | 12075 | -1280 | -755 | 8 | 24 | 162000 | 3.1 | -1834 | 2017 | 500 | 600 | 163100 | ||
| Oklahoma | 2943 | -641 | -387 | 8 | 20 | 29144 | 2.1 | -215 | 3551 | 97 | 214 | 29455 | ||
| Oregon | 8583 | -760 | 667 | 53 | 22 | 78295 | 5.1 | -1189 | -44 | 652 | 353 | 84396 | ||
| Pennsylvania | 21945 | -703 | -857 | 84 | 111 | 269795 | 5.0 | 16311 | 29689 | 1023 | 1171 | 271989 | ||
| Puerto Rico | 3063 | -261 | 240 | 2 | 8 | 49755 | 5.1 | -5166 | 1787 | 128 | 214 | 50097 | ||
| Rhode Island | 1180 | -500 | -232 | 5 | 2 | 18997 | 4.2 | -43 | 1391 | 40 | 82 | 19119 | ||
| South Carolina | 6040 | 146 | 214 | 10 | 19 | 48162 | 2.8 | -535 | -2357 | 164 | 288 | 48614 | ||
| South Dakota | 384 | -21 | -372 | 1 | 3 | 5054 | 1.4 | -296 | -308 | 71 | 26 | 5152 | ||
| Tennessee | 6506 | -695 | -292 | 20 | 21 | 66015 | 2.6 | -2782 | -3494 | 331 | 303 | 66660 | ||
| Texas | 20662 | -3516 | 2570 | 28 | 71 | 202289 | 2.2 | -4207 | -4650 | 791 | 2130 | 205231 | ||
| Utah | 1720 | 89 | -226 | 10 | 10 | 22290 | 2.2 | -1086 | -2930 | 313 | 112 | 22715 | ||
| Vermont | 840 | 39 | -68 | 2 | 2 | 11215 | 3.9 | -274 | 862 | 27 | 36 | 11279 | ||
| Virgin Islands | 46 | 2 | -6 | 0 | 0 | 1179 | 2.7 | -116 | 465 | 0 | 0 | 1179 | ||
| Virginia | 7809 | 521 | 1266 | 23 | 43 | 58468 | 1.8 | -1722 | 1905 | 512 | 814 | 59804 | ||
| Washington | 10826 | -1240 | -1498 | 48 | 92 | 117521 | 4.5 | -1513 | -15406 | 750 | 983 | 129576 | ||
| West Virginia | 1502 | -113 | 121 | 0 | 10 | 24101 | 3.6 | -1456 | 3993 | 46 | 131 | 24278 | ||
| Wisconsin | 13824 | -543 | 1130 | 11 | 15 | 118664 | 4.5 | -2784 | 1029 | 216 | 198 | 119083 | ||
| Wyoming | 681 | 210 | 264 | 5 | 5 | 5913 | 2.6 | -317 | 714 | 81 | 40 | 6034 | ||
| Totals | 361749 | -27672 | -4623 | 916 | 1181 | 4071573 | 3.2 | -24978 | -62227 | 16873 | 19222 | 4125394 | ||
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.