| STATE NAME |
Initial Claims Filed During Week Ended May 24, 2003 |
Insured Unemployment For Week Ended May 17, 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 | 5945 | -1430 | 1822 | 17 | 18 | 37913 | 2.1 | -1222 | -1563 | 137 | 218 | 38270 | ||
| Alaska | 1880 | 136 | 82 | 8 | 1 | 13928 | 5.2 | -317 | 511 | 191 | 89 | 16112 | ||
| Arizona | 5556 | 308 | 924 | 12 | 12 | 41847 | 1.9 | 1081 | 2679 | 195 | 202 | 42244 | ||
| Arkansas | 4650 | 688 | 513 | 4 | 4 | 34504 | 3.1 | 178 | 564 | 127 | 131 | 34762 | ||
| California | 52932 | 521 | -2207 | 143 | 116 | 557370 | 3.8 | 1842 | 41491 | 2143 | 2156 | 561753 | ||
| Colorado | 2975 | 0 | 264 | 11 | 16 | 44295 | 2.1 | -83 | 4023 | 183 | 326 | 44823 | ||
| Connecticut | 3633 | -72 | -1039 | 8 | 6 | 51278 | 3.1 | -670 | 2102 | 89 | 99 | 51466 | ||
| Delaware | 741 | -856 | -420 | 0 | 1 | 8492 | 2.1 | 409 | 925 | 24 | 36 | 8552 | ||
| District of Columbia | 401 | -43 | 125 | 6 | 1 | 6725 | 1.5 | 513 | -2719 | 237 | 39 | 7001 | ||
| Florida | 10945 | -1031 | -650 | 36 | 77 | 118079 | 1.7 | 2132 | -774 | 333 | 747 | 119174 | ||
| Georgia | 10490 | -2458 | 973 | 48 | 38 | 70032 | 1.9 | -1861 | 1088 | 420 | 633 | 71085 | ||
| Hawaii | 1530 | -53 | -154 | 12 | 16 | 10808 | 2.1 | -101 | -1552 | 153 | 171 | 11140 | ||
| Idaho | 2169 | 280 | -291 | 5 | 9 | 18717 | 3.4 | -772 | 2541 | 118 | 74 | 18909 | ||
| Illinois | 16064 | 2536 | 2039 | 67 | 37 | 169616 | 3.0 | -4399 | -6991 | 479 | 645 | 170740 | ||
| Indiana | 8125 | 1350 | 2548 | 35 | 19 | 60087 | 2.1 | -422 | 2464 | 223 | 228 | 60541 | ||
| Iowa | 2931 | 140 | 152 | 2 | 7 | 26917 | 1.9 | -2666 | 1123 | 36 | 103 | 27056 | ||
| Kansas | 4027 | 1318 | 597 | 14 | 5 | 29654 | 2.3 | -518 | 2946 | 107 | 174 | 29939 | ||
| Kentucky | 4654 | -272 | -404 | 17 | 3 | 38094 | 2.3 | -1555 | -1942 | 369 | 399 | 38864 | ||
| Louisiana | 4169 | 201 | -55 | 11 | 16 | 33545 | 1.8 | -154 | -683 | 103 | 252 | 33900 | ||
| Maine | 1029 | -160 | -399 | 4 | 0 | 12942 | 2.2 | -776 | 55 | 22 | 35 | 12999 | ||
| Maryland | 4640 | 361 | -883 | 36 | 25 | 40567 | 1.8 | -6021 | -5036 | 372 | 254 | 41193 | ||
| Massachusetts | 8394 | 268 | 791 | 50 | 12 | 99567 | 3.2 | -2950 | -3408 | 311 | 277 | 100155 | ||
| Michigan | 12873 | 437 | 1903 | 24 | 24 | 137501 | 3.2 | -12084 | 3012 | 379 | 378 | 138259 | ||
| Minnesota | 5931 | 557 | 737 | 10 | 11 | 54252 | 2.1 | -3445 | -521 | 119 | 134 | 54509 | ||
| Mississippi | 4650 | 89 | 325 | 16 | 5 | 25138 | 2.3 | 863 | -1647 | 172 | 118 | 25430 | ||
| Missouri | 8123 | 552 | 316 | 40 | 19 | 65881 | 2.6 | -1516 | 1627 | 279 | 199 | 66363 | ||
| Montana | 842 | 15 | -70 | 16 | 5 | 9785 | 2.6 | 388 | 836 | 125 | 73 | 9999 | ||
| Nebraska | 1023 | -80 | -467 | 2 | 2 | 13443 | 1.6 | -425 | 1600 | 47 | 38 | 13528 | ||
| Nevada | 2697 | -316 | -121 | 4 | 6 | 27530 | 2.7 | -1353 | -2461 | 75 | 120 | 27738 | ||
| New Hampshire | 757 | -59 | -336 | 4 | 1 | 9130 | 1.5 | 53 | -162 | 30 | 13 | 9173 | ||
| New Jersey | 9341 | -370 | -1125 | 21 | 14 | 120507 | 3.2 | -1640 | -4097 | 306 | 342 | 121155 | ||
| New Mexico | 1574 | 338 | 309 | 3 | 4 | 15241 | 2.2 | 130 | 163 | 63 | 32 | 15336 | ||
| New York | 21787 | 2277 | 1357 | 30 | 60 | 225582 | 2.8 | -2417 | -8584 | 624 | 752 | 226964 | ||
| North Carolina | 16858 | -1633 | 4161 | 23 | 40 | 100873 | 2.7 | -1660 | 2698 | 304 | 708 | 101885 | ||
| North Dakota | 486 | 88 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 2977 | 1.0 | -452 | -235 | 25 | 31 | 3035 | ||
| Ohio | 11054 | -546 | -1646 | 16 | 38 | 119000 | 2.3 | -886 | -7178 | 500 | 500 | 120000 | ||
| Oklahoma | 3299 | -2453 | 820 | 4 | 17 | 30998 | 2.2 | 13845 | 6466 | 106 | 187 | 31291 | ||
| Oregon | 7633 | -689 | 87 | 51 | 15 | 72447 | 4.7 | -1623 | 7688 | 332 | 288 | 78028 | ||
| Pennsylvania | 19576 | -603 | 630 | 127 | 93 | 202154 | 3.7 | -6823 | 9991 | 1102 | 1286 | 204542 | ||
| Puerto Rico | 3579 | 429 | -2075 | 4 | 11 | 50133 | 5.1 | 3029 | -1958 | 173 | 198 | 50504 | ||
| Rhode Island | 1311 | 114 | 187 | 3 | 0 | 12743 | 2.8 | -536 | -676 | 56 | 56 | 12855 | ||
| South Carolina | 6443 | -1043 | 1326 | 9 | 17 | 45668 | 2.6 | -426 | -148 | 138 | 240 | 46046 | ||
| South Dakota | 447 | -11 | 71 | 19 | 3 | 2854 | 0.8 | -50 | 237 | 53 | 15 | 2925 | ||
| Tennessee | 7876 | -1701 | 1313 | 21 | 16 | 54417 | 2.1 | -1456 | -1957 | 254 | 284 | 54963 | ||
| Texas | 20923 | 709 | 238 | 21 | 62 | 199746 | 2.2 | -824 | -736 | 806 | 1953 | 202524 | ||
| Utah | 1624 | -27 | -74 | 72 | 7 | 18043 | 1.8 | -671 | -2799 | 217 | 90 | 18350 | ||
| Vermont | 612 | -222 | -179 | 1 | 0 | 7953 | 2.7 | -166 | 206 | 34 | 26 | 8013 | ||
| Virgin Islands | 57 | 8 | -19 | 0 | 0 | 1091 | 2.6 | -42 | 229 | 15 | 5 | 1111 | ||
| Virginia | 7043 | 42 | 1103 | 15 | 55 | 49581 | 1.5 | -883 | -2413 | 361 | 703 | 50650 | ||
| Washington | 10935 | 787 | 630 | 32 | 64 | 102291 | 4.0 | -1713 | -10370 | 470 | 946 | 112296 | ||
| West Virginia | 1346 | -83 | -99 | 1 | 15 | 16937 | 2.6 | -348 | -352 | 61 | 124 | 17123 | ||
| Wisconsin | 10913 | -334 | -183 | 6 | 16 | 80152 | 3.0 | -3959 | 2583 | 142 | 150 | 80448 | ||
| Wyoming | 342 | -35 | -61 | 1 | 2 | 4128 | 1.8 | 18 | 775 | 46 | 34 | 4208 | ||
| Totals | 359835 | -2031 | 13396 | 1143 | 1061 | 3403153 | 2.7 | -45404 | 29661 | 13786 | 17311 | 3449929 | ||
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.