| STATE NAME |
Initial Claims Filed During Week Ended May 17, 2003 |
Insured Unemployment For Week Ended May 10, 2003 |
||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| INITIAL CLAIMS | INSURED UNEMPLOYMENT | |||||||||||||
| STATE | CHANGE FROM |
UCFE (1) |
UCX (1) |
STATE |
(%) (2) |
CHANGE FROM |
UCFE (1) |
UCX (1) |
ALL PROGRAMS EXCLUDING RAILROAD RETIREMENT |
|||||
| LAST WEEK | YEAR AGO | LAST WEEK | YEAR AGO | |||||||||||
| Alabama | 7375 | 2254 | 1705 | 22 | 22 | 39135 | 2.2 | 2673 | -394 | 127 | 216 | 39483 | ||
| Alaska | 1744 | -219 | 281 | 10 | 2 | 14245 | 5.3 | -769 | 728 | 125 | 93 | 16598 | ||
| Arizona | 5070 | -239 | 408 | 2 | 6 | 41257 | 1.9 | -1051 | 6763 | 200 | 199 | 41656 | ||
| Arkansas | 3962 | 252 | 286 | 7 | 4 | 34326 | 3.1 | -528 | 362 | 136 | 143 | 34605 | ||
| California | 52411 | -6387 | -440 | 145 | 103 | 555528 | 3.8 | -14008 | -14049 | 1982 | 2138 | 559748 | ||
| Colorado | 2975 | -478 | 123 | 11 | 22 | 44378 | 2.1 | -488 | 4302 | 181 | 306 | 44881 | ||
| Connecticut | 3705 | -412 | -789 | 2 | 7 | 51948 | 3.2 | -762 | 2140 | 126 | 102 | 52177 | ||
| Delaware | 1597 | 861 | 903 | 1 | 0 | 8083 | 2.0 | -130 | 102 | 24 | 54 | 8161 | ||
| District of Columbia | 444 | 25 | -141 | 6 | 1 | 6212 | 1.4 | -515 | -215 | 227 | 22 | 6461 | ||
| Florida | 11976 | 725 | 766 | 40 | 85 | 115947 | 1.6 | 1010 | -5509 | 300 | 699 | 116960 | ||
| Georgia | 12948 | 2774 | 3414 | 31 | 43 | 71893 | 1.9 | 3639 | 2099 | 429 | 647 | 72969 | ||
| Hawaii | 1583 | -165 | -436 | 13 | 13 | 10909 | 2.1 | 358 | -2422 | 131 | 216 | 11261 | ||
| Idaho | 1889 | -313 | 314 | 9 | 5 | 19489 | 3.5 | -1161 | 2372 | 123 | 79 | 19691 | ||
| Illinois | 13528 | -1592 | -1072 | 64 | 34 | 174015 | 3.1 | 45 | -7447 | 525 | 609 | 175149 | ||
| Indiana | 6775 | 527 | 312 | 29 | 14 | 60509 | 2.2 | -659 | 1178 | 224 | 232 | 60968 | ||
| Iowa | 2791 | -477 | 306 | 2 | 3 | 29583 | 2.1 | -755 | 2736 | 49 | 110 | 29742 | ||
| Kansas | 2709 | -27 | -370 | 5 | 6 | 30172 | 2.4 | -551 | 2560 | 113 | 186 | 30476 | ||
| Kentucky | 4926 | -621 | -627 | 19 | 1 | 39649 | 2.4 | 2039 | -1307 | 292 | 343 | 40286 | ||
| Louisiana | 3968 | 181 | -468 | 9 | 18 | 33699 | 1.9 | -1764 | -383 | 120 | 254 | 34073 | ||
| Maine | 1189 | -14 | -172 | 2 | 9 | 13718 | 2.4 | -958 | 96 | 32 | 41 | 13791 | ||
| Maryland | 4279 | -1061 | 151 | 30 | 24 | 46588 | 2.0 | 29 | 823 | 396 | 289 | 47273 | ||
| Massachusetts | 8126 | 172 | 455 | 41 | 12 | 102517 | 3.2 | -3204 | -6320 | 256 | 284 | 103058 | ||
| Michigan | 12436 | -2339 | 1586 | 22 | 18 | 149585 | 3.4 | 676 | 5308 | 322 | 360 | 150272 | ||
| Minnesota | 5374 | 131 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 57697 | 2.3 | -1614 | -620 | 93 | 125 | 57919 | ||
| Mississippi | 4561 | 1419 | 511 | 22 | 8 | 24275 | 2.2 | 170 | -1756 | 174 | 110 | 24560 | ||
| Missouri | 7571 | 1003 | -613 | 50 | 21 | 67397 | 2.6 | 5976 | 1667 | 282 | 211 | 67892 | ||
| Montana | 827 | -278 | -50 | 8 | 5 | 9397 | 2.5 | -999 | 492 | 160 | 72 | 9635 | ||
| Nebraska | 1103 | 39 | -425 | 1 | 1 | 13868 | 1.6 | 27 | 2091 | 49 | 30 | 13947 | ||
| Nevada | 3013 | -291 | 129 | 1 | 4 | 28883 | 2.8 | 239 | -2582 | 79 | 133 | 29109 | ||
| New Hampshire | 816 | -8 | -101 | 0 | 3 | 9077 | 1.5 | -607 | -223 | 21 | 14 | 9112 | ||
| New Jersey | 9711 | 213 | -97 | 30 | 13 | 122147 | 3.2 | -4630 | -2849 | 261 | 271 | 122679 | ||
| New Mexico | 1236 | -105 | -72 | 2 | 1 | 15111 | 2.1 | -207 | -120 | 59 | 32 | 15202 | ||
| New York | 19510 | -1760 | 788 | 27 | 47 | 227999 | 2.8 | -3335 | -4334 | 585 | 760 | 229351 | ||
| North Carolina | 18491 | 948 | 5316 | 22 | 26 | 102533 | 2.8 | 696 | 3425 | 312 | 713 | 103558 | ||
| North Dakota | 398 | -104 | -239 | 0 | 1 | 3429 | 1.1 | 67 | -82 | 33 | 34 | 3498 | ||
| Ohio | 11600 | -2329 | -2698 | 19 | 29 | 123000 | 2.3 | 89 | -11294 | 500 | 500 | 124000 | ||
| Oklahoma | 5752 | 2972 | 3279 | 7 | 14 | 17153 | 1.2 | -11503 | -6771 | 57 | 98 | 17308 | ||
| Oregon | 8322 | -169 | 1144 | 31 | 19 | 74070 | 4.8 | -1303 | 7172 | 364 | 291 | 79624 | ||
| Pennsylvania | 20179 | 33 | -523 | 111 | 97 | 208977 | 3.9 | 2751 | 8399 | 939 | 1073 | 210989 | ||
| Puerto Rico | 3150 | -551 | -2723 | 1 | 9 | 47104 | 4.8 | -16385 | -5010 | 146 | 184 | 47434 | ||
| Rhode Island | 1197 | -88 | -28 | 4 | 2 | 13279 | 2.9 | -24 | -191 | 44 | 58 | 13381 | ||
| South Carolina | 7486 | 2789 | 1954 | 9 | 20 | 46094 | 2.7 | 1984 | -168 | 138 | 240 | 46472 | ||
| South Dakota | 458 | 35 | 44 | 3 | 0 | 2904 | 0.8 | -135 | 304 | 71 | 20 | 2998 | ||
| Tennessee | 9577 | 3021 | 2106 | 38 | 24 | 55873 | 2.2 | 2650 | -1374 | 239 | 276 | 56402 | ||
| Texas | 20214 | 181 | -2637 | 34 | 57 | 200570 | 2.2 | 17 | -300 | 757 | 1854 | 203197 | ||
| Utah | 1651 | -158 | -196 | 46 | 5 | 18714 | 1.9 | 12 | -2228 | 218 | 85 | 19017 | ||
| Vermont | 834 | 169 | 167 | 1 | 1 | 8119 | 2.8 | -933 | 187 | 32 | 26 | 8178 | ||
| Virgin Islands | 49 | -3 | -36 | 0 | 0 | 1133 | 2.7 | -204 | 384 | 2 | 7 | 1142 | ||
| Virginia | 7001 | -913 | 87 | 25 | 51 | 50464 | 1.5 | -555 | 191 | 369 | 715 | 51552 | ||
| Washington | 10148 | -205 | -60 | 43 | 68 | 104004 | 4.0 | -4131 | -12014 | 505 | 925 | 114126 | ||
| West Virginia | 1429 | -70 | -244 | 1 | 10 | 17285 | 2.6 | 285 | -84 | 36 | 102 | 17423 | ||
| Wisconsin | 11247 | -1301 | 1526 | 10 | 10 | 84111 | 3.2 | -1768 | 2544 | 137 | 163 | 84413 | ||
| Wyoming | 377 | -90 | -6 | 1 | 3 | 4110 | 1.8 | -428 | 483 | 58 | 35 | 4203 | ||
| Totals | 361688 | -2043 | 12801 | 1076 | 1010 | 3452162 | 2.7 | -50632 | -31138 | 13160 | 16779 | 3498060 | ||
Figures Appearing In Cols. Showing Over- The-Week Changes Reflect All Revisions In Data For Prior Week Submitted By State Agencies
-----------------------------------------------------------------
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.