| STATE NAME |
Initial Claims Filed During Week Ended May 3, 2003 |
Insured Unemployment For Week Ended April 26, 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 | 5001 | -524 | -449 | 20 | 17 | 37086 | 2.1 | -765 | -2555 | 137 | 221 | 37448 | ||
| Alaska | 1652 | -244 | -58 | 7 | 3 | 15893 | 5.9 | -950 | 470 | 161 | 100 | 18334 | ||
| Arizona | 4912 | -339 | -41 | 7 | 21 | 42693 | 2.0 | 1302 | 2097 | 217 | 205 | 43115 | ||
| Arkansas | 3895 | -616 | 144 | 9 | 2 | 35504 | 3.2 | 99 | 102 | 158 | 133 | 35795 | ||
| California | 58469 | -1015 | -640 | 130 | 106 | 579839 | 4.0 | 14790 | -13660 | 2256 | 2192 | 584369 | ||
| Colorado | 3764 | 265 | 436 | 7 | 22 | 46139 | 2.2 | 516 | 4775 | 220 | 302 | 46670 | ||
| Connecticut | 4316 | -2114 | -1213 | 5 | 7 | 55054 | 3.4 | -4858 | 6338 | 97 | 86 | 55237 | ||
| Delaware | 874 | -1083 | 50 | 3 | 2 | 9656 | 2.4 | 53 | 753 | 31 | 53 | 9740 | ||
| District of Columbia | 395 | -2 | -21 | 9 | 0 | 6645 | 1.5 | -135 | -718 | 237 | 35 | 6917 | ||
| Florida | 10056 | -275 | -823 | 32 | 63 | 115811 | 1.6 | 2212 | -4236 | 256 | 782 | 116857 | ||
| Georgia | 11655 | -1412 | 1407 | 32 | 38 | 69499 | 1.9 | -2352 | -2741 | 448 | 637 | 70584 | ||
| Hawaii | 1528 | -141 | -526 | 13 | 12 | 10928 | 2.1 | 12 | -2068 | 155 | 237 | 11323 | ||
| Idaho | 2236 | -503 | 144 | 7 | 3 | 21603 | 3.9 | -544 | 2161 | 176 | 82 | 21861 | ||
| Illinois | 14099 | -86 | -351 | 52 | 40 | 181950 | 3.2 | -1438 | -7132 | 512 | 633 | 183095 | ||
| Indiana | 6456 | -1465 | 1219 | 34 | 15 | 63578 | 2.3 | -1929 | 2650 | 222 | 243 | 64045 | ||
| Iowa | 4504 | 1950 | 1262 | 2 | 5 | 29309 | 2.1 | -2211 | 105 | 41 | 125 | 29475 | ||
| Kansas | 2784 | -827 | -569 | 2 | 8 | 31551 | 2.5 | 20 | 3136 | 114 | 180 | 31846 | ||
| Kentucky | 4487 | -392 | 136 | 10 | 5 | 40545 | 2.4 | -281 | -1254 | 290 | 342 | 41178 | ||
| Louisiana | 4029 | -339 | -59 | 7 | 23 | 34207 | 1.9 | -165 | -740 | 128 | 236 | 34571 | ||
| Maine | 1516 | 340 | 47 | 3 | 8 | 17138 | 3.0 | 2850 | 2298 | 33 | 43 | 17214 | ||
| Maryland | 4071 | 74 | -370 | 20 | 14 | 47501 | 2.1 | -1456 | 387 | 428 | 307 | 48236 | ||
| Massachusetts | 7775 | -5335 | -289 | 17 | 18 | 114357 | 3.6 | 2790 | -1773 | 265 | 293 | 114915 | ||
| Michigan | 13466 | 1162 | 528 | 17 | 26 | 157662 | 3.6 | -15288 | -5755 | 367 | 392 | 158428 | ||
| Minnesota | 5790 | 354 | 388 | 14 | 3 | 66735 | 2.6 | -1314 | -721 | 116 | 143 | 66998 | ||
| Mississippi | 2873 | -952 | -103 | 14 | 3 | 24462 | 2.3 | -1372 | -1736 | 162 | 130 | 24754 | ||
| Missouri | 7145 | 474 | 349 | 38 | 21 | 67892 | 2.6 | 471 | 3694 | 240 | 203 | 68337 | ||
| Montana | 1064 | 98 | 226 | 6 | 5 | 10229 | 2.7 | -1049 | -240 | 247 | 79 | 10565 | ||
| Nebraska | 1476 | 601 | -5 | 3 | 2 | 13680 | 1.6 | -606 | 757 | 55 | 24 | 13759 | ||
| Nevada | 3053 | -272 | -142 | 2 | 10 | 29626 | 2.9 | -447 | -2761 | 105 | 123 | 29868 | ||
| New Hampshire | 799 | -118 | -115 | 1 | 0 | 10140 | 1.7 | -381 | -371 | 21 | 15 | 10179 | ||
| New Jersey | 10936 | -5019 | 81 | 23 | 15 | 134925 | 3.6 | 3924 | 3116 | 263 | 329 | 135517 | ||
| New Mexico | 1211 | -45 | -7 | 2 | 0 | 15607 | 2.2 | -100 | -261 | 83 | 33 | 15723 | ||
| New York | 30908 | 2846 | 11055 | 41 | 68 | 258979 | 3.2 | 6494 | 10962 | 625 | 799 | 260408 | ||
| North Carolina | 18439 | -4709 | 5151 | 25 | 35 | 102820 | 2.8 | -6234 | 804 | 359 | 713 | 103892 | ||
| North Dakota | 435 | -194 | -41 | 1 | 0 | 4015 | 1.3 | -509 | -47 | 22 | 34 | 4071 | ||
| Ohio | 15150 | 2674 | 1837 | 13 | 29 | 133000 | 2.5 | 2009 | -9688 | 500 | 500 | 134000 | ||
| Oklahoma | 2686 | 340 | -5 | 7 | 21 | 28438 | 2.0 | -341 | 3413 | 104 | 178 | 28720 | ||
| Oregon | 8540 | -947 | 594 | 46 | 34 | 76246 | 4.9 | -155 | 5625 | 449 | 307 | 81999 | ||
| Pennsylvania | 21290 | -1233 | -154 | 101 | 112 | 218913 | 4.1 | -5573 | 16497 | 940 | 1081 | 220934 | ||
| Puerto Rico | 3683 | 289 | -2526 | 4 | 16 | 44756 | 4.6 | 9497 | -8743 | 124 | 163 | 45043 | ||
| Rhode Island | 1257 | -208 | -125 | 5 | 0 | 14041 | 3.1 | -2104 | 9 | 38 | 69 | 14148 | ||
| South Carolina | 6285 | -1482 | 1664 | 9 | 17 | 45796 | 2.6 | -2159 | -1460 | 141 | 247 | 46184 | ||
| South Dakota | 345 | -30 | 21 | 7 | 2 | 3251 | 0.9 | -111 | 210 | 61 | 19 | 3333 | ||
| Tennessee | 6326 | -549 | -1791 | 21 | 31 | 55083 | 2.2 | -1790 | -3208 | 226 | 295 | 55610 | ||
| Texas | 20973 | 377 | -3895 | 24 | 56 | 200414 | 2.2 | -2833 | 3965 | 731 | 1937 | 203099 | ||
| Utah | 1718 | -82 | -159 | 34 | 7 | 19440 | 1.9 | -347 | -2973 | 221 | 86 | 19747 | ||
| Vermont | 930 | -781 | 215 | 1 | 4 | 10415 | 3.6 | -178 | 1165 | 32 | 29 | 10476 | ||
| Virgin Islands | 34 | 5 | -59 | 0 | 0 | 968 | 2.3 | -214 | 134 | 0 | 0 | 968 | ||
| Virginia | 6522 | -506 | 821 | 20 | 50 | 50465 | 1.5 | -2371 | -612 | 407 | 765 | 51641 | ||
| Washington | 11314 | 113 | 126 | 51 | 82 | 107872 | 4.2 | -1802 | -11344 | 538 | 941 | 118241 | ||
| West Virginia | 1321 | -136 | -367 | 1 | 9 | 18064 | 2.7 | -983 | 453 | 30 | 104 | 18198 | ||
| Wisconsin | 11543 | -2701 | 644 | 3 | 14 | 93070 | 3.5 | -5489 | 4466 | 177 | 166 | 93415 | ||
| Wyoming | 469 | 80 | 132 | 1 | 4 | 4524 | 2.0 | -507 | 567 | 75 | 35 | 4634 | ||
| Totals | 376455 | -24634 | 13774 | 963 | 1108 | 3628014 | 2.9 | -24302 | -5688 | 14041 | 17406 | 3675714 | ||
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.