| STATE NAME |
Initial Claims Filed During Week Ended April 26, 2003 |
Insured Unemployment For Week Ended April 19, 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 | 5525 | -1402 | -106 | 13 | 33 | 37851 | 2.1 | -1601 | -2197 | 130 | 225 | 38211 | ||
| Alaska | 1896 | -182 | -3 | 36 | 4 | 16843 | 6.2 | 509 | 925 | 238 | 81 | 19525 | ||
| Arizona | 5016 | -652 | -410 | 10 | 10 | 41867 | 1.9 | 1875 | 2851 | 244 | 206 | 42317 | ||
| Arkansas | 4511 | 105 | 702 | 7 | 1 | 35405 | 3.2 | 661 | -411 | 131 | 136 | 35672 | ||
| California | 59484 | -2760 | -3133 | 121 | 110 | 565049 | 3.9 | -14613 | 15916 | 2705 | 2203 | 570063 | ||
| Colorado | 3499 | -279 | 95 | 10 | 18 | 45623 | 2.2 | -387 | 2697 | 276 | 313 | 46221 | ||
| Connecticut | 6430 | 779 | -383 | 15 | 7 | 59912 | 3.7 | 4115 | 6854 | 109 | 108 | 60131 | ||
| Delaware | 1957 | 1149 | 780 | 0 | 0 | 9603 | 2.4 | -610 | 1189 | 22 | 47 | 9672 | ||
| District of Columbia | 397 | -18 | 15 | 9 | 0 | 6780 | 1.5 | 566 | -938 | 253 | 41 | 7074 | ||
| Florida | 10331 | -497 | -1648 | 47 | 71 | 113599 | 1.6 | -1050 | -3243 | 338 | 796 | 114746 | ||
| Georgia | 13067 | 1056 | 5211 | 37 | 44 | 71851 | 1.9 | 876 | 2592 | 453 | 655 | 72959 | ||
| Hawaii | 1669 | 25 | -309 | 12 | 13 | 10916 | 2.1 | 132 | -2181 | 147 | 185 | 11258 | ||
| Idaho | 2739 | 27 | 800 | 7 | 7 | 22147 | 4.0 | 1319 | 1359 | 232 | 84 | 22463 | ||
| Illinois | 14185 | -1244 | -349 | 49 | 37 | 183388 | 3.2 | -11192 | -7372 | 431 | 638 | 184457 | ||
| Indiana | 7921 | 2220 | 2575 | 20 | 28 | 65507 | 2.3 | 943 | 1385 | 227 | 254 | 65988 | ||
| Iowa | 2554 | -364 | -72 | 3 | 10 | 31520 | 2.3 | -3056 | 802 | 51 | 112 | 31683 | ||
| Kansas | 3611 | 493 | 241 | 2 | 5 | 31531 | 2.5 | -4 | 2958 | 112 | 193 | 31839 | ||
| Kentucky | 4879 | -310 | 260 | 13 | 5 | 40826 | 2.4 | -1516 | 352 | 384 | 415 | 41628 | ||
| Louisiana | 4368 | 1049 | -6 | 4 | 18 | 34372 | 1.9 | -628 | -842 | 129 | 264 | 34765 | ||
| Maine | 1176 | -153 | -579 | 1 | 1 | 14288 | 2.5 | -2802 | -1305 | 38 | 36 | 14362 | ||
| Maryland | 3997 | -830 | -369 | 36 | 26 | 48957 | 2.1 | -610 | 154 | 367 | 296 | 49620 | ||
| Massachusetts | 13110 | 5616 | 5539 | 17 | 22 | 111567 | 3.5 | -6519 | -9733 | 293 | 307 | 112168 | ||
| Michigan | 12304 | -1464 | -2950 | 21 | 22 | 172950 | 4.0 | -7488 | 9714 | 419 | 457 | 173832 | ||
| Minnesota | 5436 | -761 | 581 | 11 | 8 | 68049 | 2.7 | -9413 | -1014 | 132 | 159 | 68349 | ||
| Mississippi | 3825 | 983 | 662 | 16 | 9 | 25834 | 2.4 | 953 | -758 | 170 | 129 | 26136 | ||
| Missouri | 6671 | -528 | 573 | 32 | 13 | 67421 | 2.6 | -625 | 2999 | 224 | 206 | 67859 | ||
| Montana | 966 | -197 | 54 | 15 | 0 | 11278 | 3.0 | 94 | -133 | 283 | 80 | 11651 | ||
| Nebraska | 875 | -167 | -322 | 2 | 0 | 14286 | 1.7 | -549 | 1788 | 46 | 24 | 14356 | ||
| Nevada | 3325 | -881 | 26 | 9 | 6 | 30073 | 2.9 | 1394 | -3141 | 100 | 122 | 30306 | ||
| New Hampshire | 917 | 50 | -650 | 3 | 1 | 10521 | 1.8 | -287 | 283 | 20 | 21 | 10563 | ||
| New Jersey | 15955 | 6563 | 4700 | 18 | 21 | 131001 | 3.5 | -2839 | -949 | 264 | 374 | 131639 | ||
| New Mexico | 1256 | 3 | -115 | 1 | 0 | 15707 | 2.2 | 196 | -16 | 114 | 41 | 15862 | ||
| New York | 28062 | 4860 | 6768 | 29 | 48 | 252485 | 3.1 | -4073 | -3802 | 596 | 806 | 253895 | ||
| North Carolina | 23148 | -2302 | 10097 | 25 | 42 | 109054 | 3.0 | -3147 | 6152 | 325 | 706 | 110085 | ||
| North Dakota | 629 | 123 | 70 | 8 | 0 | 4524 | 1.5 | -530 | 118 | 19 | 37 | 4583 | ||
| Ohio | 12476 | -5587 | -1505 | 18 | 28 | 132000 | 2.5 | -8379 | -14822 | 500 | 500 | 133000 | ||
| Oklahoma | 2346 | -672 | -674 | 17 | 13 | 28779 | 2.1 | 435 | 3462 | 113 | 203 | 29095 | ||
| Oregon | 9487 | 537 | 1286 | 25 | 30 | 76401 | 4.9 | -1028 | 3852 | 493 | 325 | 82235 | ||
| Pennsylvania | 22523 | -1464 | 4571 | 87 | 129 | 224486 | 4.2 | -6845 | 20573 | 1147 | 1332 | 226965 | ||
| Puerto Rico | 3394 | -42 | -2172 | 3 | 12 | 35259 | 3.6 | -641 | -19997 | 147 | 127 | 35533 | ||
| Rhode Island | 1465 | -1281 | -431 | 3 | 2 | 16145 | 3.5 | 959 | -230 | 35 | 74 | 16254 | ||
| South Carolina | 7767 | 878 | 2716 | 4 | 16 | 47955 | 2.8 | 951 | 136 | 149 | 259 | 48363 | ||
| South Dakota | 375 | -7 | 97 | 19 | 4 | 3362 | 1.0 | -304 | -42 | 51 | 22 | 3436 | ||
| Tennessee | 6875 | -408 | -1113 | 24 | 22 | 56873 | 2.2 | -2073 | -3230 | 245 | 278 | 57409 | ||
| Texas | 20596 | 427 | -2135 | 35 | 66 | 203247 | 2.2 | 5023 | 7567 | 903 | 2000 | 206164 | ||
| Utah | 1800 | -154 | -105 | 42 | 7 | 19787 | 2.0 | 99 | -2838 | 245 | 79 | 20111 | ||
| Vermont | 1711 | 300 | 637 | 1 | 2 | 10593 | 3.7 | -408 | 1165 | 33 | 31 | 10657 | ||
| Virgin Islands | 29 | 8 | -19 | 0 | 0 | 1182 | 2.8 | 317 | 660 | 2 | 4 | 1188 | ||
| Virginia | 7542 | 0 | 2333 | 17 | 65 | 54385 | 1.7 | 0 | 1295 | 442 | 730 | 55563 | ||
| Washington | 11201 | -596 | -714 | 38 | 63 | 109674 | 4.3 | -2950 | -12887 | 563 | 940 | 120260 | ||
| West Virginia | 1457 | 30 | -654 | 2 | 8 | 19047 | 2.9 | -1453 | 814 | 74 | 151 | 19272 | ||
| Wisconsin | 14244 | 576 | 3568 | 11 | 9 | 98559 | 3.7 | -5143 | 4554 | 191 | 182 | 98933 | ||
| Wyoming | 389 | -68 | -13 | 5 | 4 | 5031 | 2.2 | -52 | 704 | 76 | 39 | 5146 | ||
| Totals | 401368 | 2587 | 34018 | 1010 | 1120 | 3655350 | 2.9 | -81398 | 13789 | 15431 | 18033 | 3705522 | ||
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.