| STATE NAME |
Initial Claims Filed During Week Ended August 9, 2003 |
Insured Unemployment For Week Ended August 2, 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 | 5748 | 169 | 2538 | 20 | 41 | 40424 | 2.3 | -280 | 1011 | 144 | 257 | 40831 | ||
| Alaska | 1231 | -50 | -99 | 3 | 1 | 10305 | 3.8 | -762 | 727 | 96 | 82 | 11875 | ||
| Arizona | 4622 | 10 | -235 | 4 | 10 | 46680 | 2.1 | -293 | -547 | 689 | 236 | 47605 | ||
| Arkansas | 3077 | -55 | -224 | 9 | 1 | 33337 | 3.0 | -723 | 852 | 121 | 156 | 33614 | ||
| California | 53499 | 1602 | 24 | 179 | 213 | 523782 | 3.6 | -15284 | 21565 | 2886 | 2106 | 528841 | ||
| Colorado | 2955 | 98 | 6 | 7 | 28 | 39965 | 1.9 | -1303 | 4410 | 173 | 279 | 40434 | ||
| Connecticut | 4230 | 223 | -191 | 6 | 15 | 55395 | 3.4 | -285 | 2043 | 110 | 104 | 55610 | ||
| Delaware | 1203 | -277 | 425 | 3 | 0 | 9337 | 2.4 | 603 | 802 | 51 | 45 | 9433 | ||
| District of Columbia | 380 | -13 | -107 | 12 | 3 | 7173 | 1.6 | -153 | -742 | 184 | 38 | 7395 | ||
| Florida | 10729 | 680 | -578 | 60 | 107 | 134180 | 1.9 | -7559 | 1458 | 392 | 800 | 135380 | ||
| Georgia | 10332 | 914 | 1126 | 82 | 44 | 70567 | 1.9 | -3034 | 1100 | 727 | 680 | 71974 | ||
| Hawaii | 1515 | 157 | 48 | 15 | 33 | 10839 | 2.1 | 187 | 279 | 105 | 197 | 11149 | ||
| Idaho | 2239 | 358 | 161 | 9 | 6 | 15125 | 2.7 | 349 | 742 | 47 | 82 | 15254 | ||
| Illinois | 14881 | 2152 | 1069 | 65 | 58 | 167001 | 2.9 | -10072 | 2901 | 724 | 697 | 168422 | ||
| Indiana | 7637 | 1638 | 1788 | 16 | 28 | 60595 | 2.2 | -2732 | 10031 | 283 | 226 | 61104 | ||
| Iowa | 3030 | 125 | -1608 | 2 | 7 | 27209 | 2.0 | -609 | 2014 | 58 | 85 | 27352 | ||
| Kansas | 3244 | 47 | -306 | 6 | 10 | 29245 | 2.3 | -549 | 1515 | 241 | 147 | 29635 | ||
| Kentucky | 4725 | -197 | -188 | 51 | 17 | 36077 | 2.1 | -2235 | -506 | 510 | 346 | 36941 | ||
| Louisiana | 3798 | -42 | -351 | 12 | 23 | 38797 | 2.1 | -1232 | 1849 | 195 | 269 | 39261 | ||
| Maine | 1013 | 61 | 112 | 4 | 6 | 10046 | 1.7 | -283 | 766 | 25 | 32 | 10103 | ||
| Maryland | 4717 | 421 | 32 | 29 | 24 | 44767 | 1.9 | -4345 | -2488 | 420 | 251 | 45438 | ||
| Massachusetts | 9077 | 1322 | -81 | 37 | 29 | 107525 | 3.4 | 3828 | 783 | 990 | 301 | 108816 | ||
| Michigan | 17954 | 2648 | 5464 | 28 | 30 | 132972 | 3.1 | -30739 | 14014 | 326 | 380 | 133679 | ||
| Minnesota | 4250 | 230 | -50 | 18 | 15 | 50160 | 2.0 | -1322 | 2508 | 92 | 116 | 50375 | ||
| Mississippi | 3421 | 617 | 1374 | 14 | 10 | 28610 | 2.7 | -246 | -603 | 161 | 121 | 28893 | ||
| Missouri | 6647 | -84 | 258 | 81 | 20 | 72124 | 2.8 | -4408 | 6254 | 576 | 197 | 72902 | ||
| Montana | 901 | 116 | 217 | 1 | 3 | 8094 | 2.2 | 1208 | 1275 | 78 | 85 | 8265 | ||
| Nebraska | 924 | -427 | -332 | 0 | 3 | 13527 | 1.6 | -382 | 1398 | 46 | 25 | 13598 | ||
| Nevada | 2966 | 381 | -125 | 7 | 6 | 26601 | 2.6 | -986 | 104 | 56 | 112 | 26784 | ||
| New Hampshire | 829 | -25 | 28 | 4 | 3 | 8788 | 1.5 | -219 | -721 | 23 | 11 | 8823 | ||
| New Jersey | 9793 | 574 | -125 | 31 | 26 | 134388 | 3.5 | -2763 | 1290 | 279 | 300 | 134967 | ||
| New Mexico | 1192 | 7 | -23 | 0 | 1 | 15420 | 2.2 | -315 | 1094 | 92 | 75 | 15587 | ||
| New York | 19301 | 925 | 677 | 61 | 77 | 236437 | 2.9 | -3206 | 4549 | 936 | 655 | 238030 | ||
| North Carolina | 16340 | 1653 | 1771 | 29 | 69 | 101601 | 2.8 | 2034 | 5812 | 313 | 729 | 102643 | ||
| North Dakota | 653 | 25 | 255 | 0 | 0 | 3230 | 1.1 | 179 | -450 | 104 | 29 | 3364 | ||
| Ohio | 12620 | -398 | 909 | 16 | 52 | 121000 | 2.3 | 59 | 9416 | 500 | 500 | 122000 | ||
| Oklahoma | 2467 | 139 | -291 | 10 | 27 | 30401 | 2.2 | -187 | 5826 | 83 | 211 | 30695 | ||
| Oregon | 7163 | -201 | 284 | 28 | 32 | 64806 | 4.2 | -831 | 6242 | 335 | 304 | 70094 | ||
| Pennsylvania | 18880 | 13 | 437 | 141 | 123 | 208418 | 3.9 | -190 | 15991 | 1542 | 1128 | 211088 | ||
| Puerto Rico | 3934 | 825 | -39 | 4 | 13 | 48955 | 5.0 | 4005 | -20265 | 151 | 208 | 49314 | ||
| Rhode Island | 1388 | 182 | -11 | 4 | 4 | 14728 | 3.2 | -163 | 80 | 51 | 33 | 14812 | ||
| South Carolina | 5589 | -1742 | 218 | 7 | 21 | 49029 | 2.8 | -1373 | 3172 | 141 | 265 | 49435 | ||
| South Dakota | 301 | -14 | 34 | 10 | 2 | 3037 | 0.9 | -53 | 270 | 441 | 20 | 3498 | ||
| Tennessee | 6632 | 105 | 405 | 35 | 22 | 56006 | 2.2 | -1304 | 1715 | 478 | 241 | 56731 | ||
| Texas | 19217 | 512 | -234 | 52 | 93 | 208243 | 2.3 | 110 | 5855 | 1086 | 1882 | 211229 | ||
| Utah | 1476 | -39 | -54 | 22 | 19 | 16848 | 1.7 | -553 | -1461 | 331 | 87 | 17266 | ||
| Vermont | 588 | 108 | -211 | 1 | 2 | 6820 | 2.4 | -182 | -286 | 28 | 15 | 6865 | ||
| Virgin Islands | 40 | -1 | -9 | 0 | 1 | 949 | 2.3 | -54 | -295 | 2 | 2 | 953 | ||
| Virginia | 6642 | -803 | 791 | 45 | 89 | 48730 | 1.5 | 830 | -784 | 416 | 754 | 49904 | ||
| Washington | 10240 | 54 | -351 | 32 | 104 | 94465 | 3.7 | 2338 | -4245 | 430 | 924 | 102940 | ||
| West Virginia | 1283 | -62 | -98 | 4 | 7 | 17324 | 2.6 | 1032 | 1017 | 73 | 100 | 17498 | ||
| Wisconsin | 9970 | -366 | 635 | 12 | 27 | 78904 | 3.0 | -2065 | 3235 | 149 | 188 | 79242 | ||
| Wyoming | 304 | -14 | -51 | 1 | 7 | 2787 | 1.2 | -47 | -71 | 10 | 38 | 2835 | ||
| Totals | 347787 | 14281 | 15114 | 1329 | 1612 | 3421773 | 2.7 | -86559 | 112501 | 18500 | 17151 | 3470776 | ||
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.