| STATE NAME |
Initial Claims Filed During Week Ended October 4, 2003 |
Insured Unemployment For Week Ended September 27, 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 | 4876 | 819 | -599 | 22 | 43 | 34926 | 2.0 | 52 | -1118 | 143 | 331 | 35410 | ||
| Alaska | 2034 | 12 | -131 | 24 | 2 | 10610 | 3.9 | 893 | 456 | 101 | 82 | 12401 | ||
| Arizona | 4301 | -45 | -773 | 24 | 17 | 36451 | 1.7 | 449 | -1135 | 200 | 244 | 36895 | ||
| Arkansas | 5700 | 3147 | -594 | 8 | 3 | 28364 | 2.6 | -397 | -1041 | 105 | 174 | 28643 | ||
| California | 58249 | 11470 | -5147 | 253 | 312 | 469926 | 3.2 | -879 | 3205 | 2597 | 2948 | 475540 | ||
| Colorado | 3592 | 926 | -213 | 24 | 34 | 35224 | 1.7 | -940 | 238 | 159 | 291 | 35688 | ||
| Connecticut | 3327 | 342 | -911 | 11 | 17 | 44912 | 2.8 | -719 | 244 | 84 | 147 | 45149 | ||
| Delaware | 911 | -230 | 183 | 3 | 5 | 8009 | 2.0 | -490 | 1138 | 41 | 68 | 8118 | ||
| District of Columbia | 378 | 90 | -7 | 10 | 1 | 6413 | 1.4 | -1455 | 255 | 186 | 39 | 6638 | ||
| Florida | 9410 | 914 | -1649 | 75 | 120 | 123935 | 1.8 | -5103 | -86 | 499 | 944 | 125413 | ||
| Georgia | 9540 | 1033 | -1086 | 77 | 84 | 63485 | 1.7 | -1194 | -2861 | 858 | 803 | 65146 | ||
| Hawaii | 1494 | 253 | 40 | 15 | 30 | 10047 | 1.9 | -471 | 875 | 99 | 229 | 10389 | ||
| Idaho | 1684 | -84 | 127 | 12 | 6 | 12136 | 2.2 | 131 | 1443 | 45 | 80 | 12261 | ||
| Illinois | 16146 | 3773 | -675 | 84 | 77 | 144672 | 2.5 | -3335 | -6186 | 776 | 762 | 146210 | ||
| Indiana | 5688 | 440 | 41 | 17 | 44 | 52385 | 1.9 | -1034 | 5370 | 285 | 276 | 52948 | ||
| Iowa | 2083 | -893 | -778 | 6 | 4 | 22313 | 1.6 | 11 | -923 | 59 | 102 | 22474 | ||
| Kansas | 3330 | 1055 | 278 | 7 | 14 | 26116 | 2.0 | -675 | 1195 | 209 | 144 | 26470 | ||
| Kentucky | 3333 | -432 | -1268 | 26 | 6 | 30666 | 1.8 | -1274 | -3076 | 634 | 435 | 31742 | ||
| Louisiana | 3122 | -219 | 146 | 7 | 34 | 32637 | 1.8 | -556 | 382 | 161 | 299 | 33097 | ||
| Maine | 1037 | 147 | 187 | 5 | 6 | 8147 | 1.4 | -98 | 1841 | 25 | 43 | 8215 | ||
| Maryland | 4487 | -352 | -167 | 43 | 38 | 42393 | 1.8 | -575 | 657 | 448 | 297 | 43138 | ||
| Massachusetts | 7886 | 1462 | -888 | 49 | 37 | 87330 | 2.8 | -2018 | -3639 | 1116 | 413 | 88861 | ||
| Michigan | 13642 | -173 | 2351 | 37 | 50 | 115887 | 2.7 | -10381 | 9858 | 331 | 532 | 120352 | ||
| Minnesota | 4421 | 470 | -370 | 16 | 19 | 41561 | 1.6 | 58 | 769 | 94 | 147 | 41806 | ||
| Mississippi | 3094 | 939 | -1094 | 12 | 14 | 21626 | 2.0 | 122 | -1395 | 149 | 163 | 21942 | ||
| Missouri | 6857 | 786 | -79 | 44 | 24 | 59876 | 2.3 | 688 | 3433 | 810 | 215 | 60908 | ||
| Montana | 820 | 44 | -136 | 18 | 6 | 6764 | 1.8 | 153 | 1510 | 51 | 67 | 6890 | ||
| Nebraska | 1203 | 438 | -149 | 0 | 1 | 11649 | 1.4 | -405 | 849 | 53 | 28 | 11730 | ||
| Nevada | 2871 | -29 | -295 | 7 | 15 | 25150 | 2.4 | 128 | -301 | 68 | 163 | 25392 | ||
| New Hampshire | 753 | 43 | -286 | 2 | 3 | 7125 | 1.2 | -794 | -934 | 38 | 14 | 7181 | ||
| New Jersey | 9325 | 583 | -837 | 37 | 55 | 111256 | 2.9 | -2599 | -2191 | 280 | 400 | 111936 | ||
| New Mexico | 1171 | 49 | 31 | 5 | 0 | 12645 | 1.8 | 227 | 493 | 106 | 89 | 12840 | ||
| New York | 18324 | 228 | -2762 | 53 | 117 | 200337 | 2.5 | -2150 | -2405 | 1038 | 825 | 202219 | ||
| North Carolina | 14820 | -804 | 787 | 28 | 72 | 95800 | 2.6 | -194 | 3424 | 298 | 854 | 110141 | ||
| North Dakota | 287 | 28 | -98 | 7 | 0 | 1749 | 0.6 | -90 | -241 | 19 | 29 | 1797 | ||
| Ohio | 12218 | 1336 | -693 | 50 | 47 | 103500 | 2.0 | 1370 | 7807 | 500 | 500 | 104500 | ||
| Oklahoma | 2456 | 364 | 290 | 8 | 26 | 26732 | 1.9 | -393 | 3711 | 79 | 257 | 27068 | ||
| Oregon | 7407 | 1313 | -1382 | 54 | 39 | 53704 | 3.5 | -790 | -302 | 245 | 355 | 63270 | ||
| Pennsylvania | 18816 | 2211 | -1553 | 200 | 140 | 175342 | 3.2 | -121 | 7873 | 1745 | 1215 | 178302 | ||
| Puerto Rico | 2986 | -46 | -870 | 4 | 15 | 43280 | 4.4 | -2141 | -11666 | 171 | 223 | 43674 | ||
| Rhode Island | 1146 | 78 | -161 | 4 | 6 | 10713 | 2.3 | -268 | -181 | 45 | 54 | 10812 | ||
| South Carolina | 5516 | -837 | -1670 | 10 | 31 | 44532 | 2.6 | -1131 | 345 | 159 | 333 | 45024 | ||
| South Dakota | 333 | 73 | -35 | 9 | 2 | 2211 | 0.6 | -77 | 162 | 50 | 19 | 2280 | ||
| Tennessee | 5190 | 68 | -1759 | 42 | 32 | 47648 | 1.9 | 48 | -826 | 525 | 261 | 48465 | ||
| Texas | 19231 | 1621 | -1400 | 41 | 90 | 186581 | 2.1 | -695 | -572 | 1223 | 2246 | 190089 | ||
| Utah | 1686 | 332 | -361 | 75 | 16 | 14370 | 1.4 | -273 | -2094 | 463 | 126 | 14959 | ||
| Vermont | 560 | -743 | -58 | 2 | 4 | 5968 | 2.1 | 64 | 170 | 22 | 28 | 6018 | ||
| Virgin Islands | 69 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 737 | 1.8 | 0 | -821 | 2 | 4 | 743 | ||
| Virginia | 7892 | -1291 | 1182 | 21 | 122 | 41773 | 1.3 | -89 | -4166 | 479 | 888 | 43214 | ||
| Washington | 9920 | 740 | -1728 | 65 | 132 | 81458 | 3.2 | -201 | -4827 | 439 | 1026 | 89208 | ||
| West Virginia | 1216 | -13 | -189 | 5 | 12 | 14018 | 2.1 | 508 | 369 | 86 | 144 | 14259 | ||
| Wisconsin | 10575 | 1552 | -454 | 32 | 27 | 63968 | 2.4 | -601 | 2377 | 175 | 201 | 64348 | ||
| Wyoming | 394 | 83 | -144 | 14 | 3 | 2409 | 1.0 | 147 | -221 | 26 | 50 | 2485 | ||
| Totals | 337807 | 33071 | -27806 | 1704 | 2054 | 2961466 | 2.3 | -39557 | 7241 | 18599 | 20607 | 3034698 | ||
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.