| STATE NAME |
Initial Claims Filed During Week Ended August 30, 2003 |
Insured Unemployment For Week Ended August 23, 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 | 4238 | -1659 | 774 | 18 | 40 | 37360 | 2.1 | -2034 | 607 | 154 | 289 | 37807 | ||
| Alaska | 1279 | -39 | -23 | 16 | 1 | 10387 | 3.8 | 133 | 942 | 140 | 86 | 12025 | ||
| Arizona | 3660 | 76 | -620 | 8 | 9 | 41817 | 1.9 | -1039 | -1480 | 212 | 212 | 42241 | ||
| Arkansas | 3353 | 642 | -680 | 11 | 1 | 30412 | 2.8 | -1076 | -220 | 122 | 141 | 30675 | ||
| California | 50773 | 1217 | 737 | 172 | 268 | 496074 | 3.4 | -11605 | 92 | 2637 | 2377 | 501153 | ||
| Colorado | 2812 | 314 | -4 | 13 | 26 | 38207 | 1.8 | -1318 | 1191 | 182 | 306 | 38715 | ||
| Connecticut | 3808 | 254 | -52 | 9 | 23 | 54541 | 3.4 | -772 | 1981 | 134 | 148 | 54824 | ||
| Delaware | 1755 | 1092 | 1114 | 0 | 5 | 9114 | 2.3 | -986 | 1044 | 51 | 56 | 9221 | ||
| District of Columbia | 305 | -71 | -53 | 3 | 6 | 7269 | 1.6 | 253 | -6 | 212 | 43 | 7524 | ||
| Florida | 9540 | -801 | -31 | 47 | 119 | 133813 | 1.9 | -1263 | -1644 | 499 | 799 | 135120 | ||
| Georgia | 10746 | 1892 | 2371 | 70 | 65 | 68149 | 1.8 | 48 | 617 | 708 | 698 | 69555 | ||
| Hawaii | 2081 | 780 | 728 | 14 | 26 | 9582 | 1.8 | -903 | -80 | 129 | 178 | 9892 | ||
| Idaho | 1689 | 53 | -4 | 3 | 3 | 14182 | 2.5 | -917 | 1839 | 38 | 87 | 14307 | ||
| Illinois | 12527 | -438 | 16 | 58 | 64 | 163251 | 2.9 | -2665 | 1046 | 835 | 693 | 164779 | ||
| Indiana | 6504 | 257 | 1123 | 38 | 33 | 57740 | 2.1 | -2297 | 8337 | 250 | 258 | 58249 | ||
| Iowa | 2559 | -44 | -313 | 7 | 2 | 24633 | 1.8 | -1043 | 1020 | 49 | 103 | 24785 | ||
| Kansas | 2945 | 151 | 397 | 9 | 10 | 27980 | 2.2 | -1206 | 2303 | 186 | 140 | 28309 | ||
| Kentucky | 7329 | 2805 | 3077 | 23 | 27 | 33933 | 2.0 | -59 | 676 | 652 | 465 | 35052 | ||
| Louisiana | 3303 | -438 | -319 | 12 | 24 | 36346 | 2.0 | -908 | 1403 | 182 | 287 | 36815 | ||
| Maine | 877 | -11 | -218 | 2 | 7 | 9204 | 1.6 | -290 | -251 | 27 | 33 | 9264 | ||
| Maryland | 3960 | 110 | -102 | 39 | 31 | 46941 | 2.0 | 160 | 89 | 419 | 299 | 47659 | ||
| Massachusetts | 6983 | 0 | -823 | 49 | 34 | 101558 | 3.2 | -4835 | -2604 | 956 | 308 | 102824 | ||
| Michigan | 11224 | -2889 | 702 | 37 | 50 | 123178 | 2.8 | -2811 | 8178 | 373 | 400 | 123958 | ||
| Minnesota | 3775 | 56 | -123 | 8 | 14 | 46924 | 1.8 | -2012 | 346 | 114 | 171 | 47212 | ||
| Mississippi | 2585 | -185 | -244 | 13 | 12 | 25157 | 2.3 | -1348 | -751 | 137 | 138 | 25435 | ||
| Missouri | 6446 | -73 | 323 | 70 | 21 | 66188 | 2.6 | -3480 | 4835 | 611 | 209 | 67017 | ||
| Montana | 939 | 135 | 228 | 6 | 9 | 7621 | 2.0 | -363 | 1739 | 45 | 79 | 7752 | ||
| Nebraska | 938 | 100 | -375 | 0 | 0 | 12476 | 1.5 | -548 | 1016 | 39 | 31 | 12546 | ||
| Nevada | 2986 | 107 | 144 | 4 | 11 | 25763 | 2.5 | -592 | -162 | 66 | 136 | 25977 | ||
| New Hampshire | 783 | -6 | -195 | 5 | 0 | 8567 | 1.4 | -22 | -59 | 26 | 13 | 8606 | ||
| New Jersey | 8980 | 896 | -460 | 21 | 40 | 134681 | 3.6 | 1479 | -82 | 312 | 362 | 135355 | ||
| New Mexico | 1077 | -137 | -24 | 2 | 0 | 13553 | 1.9 | -1022 | 480 | 75 | 85 | 13713 | ||
| New York | 20395 | 1104 | 901 | 89 | 111 | 233188 | 2.9 | -1269 | -1043 | 949 | 663 | 234803 | ||
| North Carolina | 13086 | -919 | -327 | 21 | 60 | 97169 | 2.6 | -1707 | 5078 | 313 | 784 | 98266 | ||
| North Dakota | 288 | -1 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 2752 | 0.9 | -616 | -118 | 30 | 31 | 2813 | ||
| Ohio | 11593 | 34 | 1783 | 13 | 54 | 111000 | 2.1 | -1306 | 10136 | 500 | 500 | 112000 | ||
| Oklahoma | 2221 | -54 | 17 | 7 | 21 | 28654 | 2.1 | -669 | 4850 | 76 | 229 | 28959 | ||
| Oregon | 6945 | 477 | 47 | 24 | 37 | 60368 | 3.9 | -1733 | 4104 | 227 | 313 | 77670 | ||
| Pennsylvania | 17505 | 441 | -569 | 147 | 122 | 198996 | 3.7 | -6257 | 9136 | 1756 | 1327 | 202079 | ||
| Puerto Rico | 3390 | 235 | -400 | 5 | 13 | 50256 | 5.1 | -6741 | -2488 | 129 | 267 | 50652 | ||
| Rhode Island | 1130 | 1 | 36 | 4 | 5 | 14409 | 3.1 | -208 | 625 | 58 | 56 | 14523 | ||
| South Carolina | 5507 | -219 | -413 | 7 | 27 | 45928 | 2.6 | -2370 | 2727 | 167 | 293 | 46388 | ||
| South Dakota | 278 | -11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 2673 | 0.8 | -278 | 314 | 104 | 17 | 2794 | ||
| Tennessee | 5752 | 401 | -301 | 41 | 35 | 51329 | 2.0 | -1582 | 2093 | 463 | 244 | 52045 | ||
| Texas | 18776 | -587 | -152 | 51 | 69 | 196501 | 2.2 | -9282 | 818 | 1096 | 2106 | 199717 | ||
| Utah | 1580 | -9 | -56 | 99 | 8 | 15984 | 1.6 | -315 | -1136 | 385 | 109 | 16478 | ||
| Vermont | 593 | -21 | 87 | 3 | 2 | 6358 | 2.2 | -346 | -486 | 27 | 24 | 6409 | ||
| Virgin Islands | 55 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 913 | 2.2 | 62 | -266 | 2 | 1 | 916 | ||
| Virginia | 6843 | 397 | 1022 | 33 | 96 | 45144 | 1.4 | -404 | -1410 | 478 | 799 | 46424 | ||
| Washington | 9402 | 220 | -345 | 50 | 93 | 87765 | 3.4 | -1695 | -5694 | 432 | 938 | 95599 | ||
| West Virginia | 1193 | -29 | -256 | 6 | 6 | 14773 | 2.2 | -2060 | 382 | 83 | 114 | 14970 | ||
| Wisconsin | 9312 | 531 | -56 | 17 | 26 | 73615 | 2.8 | -1982 | 3227 | 181 | 185 | 73984 | ||
| Wyoming | 323 | -4 | -42 | 0 | 1 | 2555 | 1.1 | -225 | -108 | 12 | 20 | 2587 | ||
| Totals | 318926 | 6141 | 8062 | 1409 | 1775 | 3256931 | 2.6 | -86324 | 63183 | 18040 | 18650 | 3318442 | ||
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.