| STATE NAME |
Initial Claims Filed During Week Ended November 1, 2003 |
Insured Unemployment For Week Ended October 25, 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 | 4271 | -368 | -1300 | 21 | 32 |             | 33555 | 1.9 | -1008 | -2506 | 139 | 332 | 34030 | |
| Alaska | 2225 | -327 | 106 | 22 | 9 |             | 11680 | 4.3 | -894 | 305 | 113 | 86 | 13641 | |
| Arizona | 3886 | -54 | -894 | 15 | 7 |             | 33323 | 1.5 | -447 | -2534 | 248 | 243 | 33814 | |
| Arkansas | 3831 | 798 | -1351 | 8 | 3 |             | 30175 | 2.7 | 138 | -1661 | 124 | 187 | 30486 | |
| California | 55349 | -12812 | -5489 | 198 | 227 |             | 459541 | 3.1 | -17340 | -32304 | 2593 | 3263 | 465465 | |
| Colorado | 3333 | 218 | -1461 | 36 | 33 |             | 34517 | 1.6 | -2320 | -1718 | 174 | 291 | 35001 | |
| Connecticut | 3595 | -21 | -581 | 8 | 8 |             | 44394 | 2.7 | -445 | -1869 | 104 | 187 | 44685 | |
| Delaware | 1015 | -775 | -1 | 0 | 1 |             | 9453 | 2.4 | 1696 | 1084 | 40 | 52 | 9545 | |
| District of Columbia | 340 | -25 | -100 | 3 | 1 |             | 6116 | 1.3 | -569 | 111 | 195 | 32 | 6343 | |
| Florida | 8731 | 99 | -857 | 46 | 123 |             | 115258 | 1.6 | -8471 | -5110 | 524 | 1086 | 116886 | |
| Georgia | 8492 | 50 | -1534 | 75 | 74 |             | 62579 | 1.7 | 144 | -4738 | 833 | 895 | 64307 | |
| Hawaii | 1193 | -141 | -216 | 14 | 11 |             | 9568 | 1.8 | 76 | 334 | 119 | 261 | 9958 | |
| Idaho | 2213 | 25 | -738 | 29 | 5 |             | 13219 | 2.4 | 602 | 1411 | 104 | 91 | 13414 | |
| Illinois | 14144 | -613 | -2413 | 53 | 54 |             | 145650 | 2.6 | -4261 | -8005 | 859 | 873 | 147382 | |
| Indiana | 6247 | 534 | -990 | 29 | 43 |             | 51808 | 1.9 | 220 | 1392 | 312 | 291 | 52418 | |
| Iowa | 4943 | 1648 | -462 | 2 | 7 |             | 22860 | 1.6 | 893 | -2907 | 70 | 111 | 23041 | |
| Kansas | 2542 | 102 | -2112 | 9 | 8 |             | 25471 | 2.0 | -411 | -290 | 203 | 161 | 25839 | |
| Kentucky | 4168 | -1172 | -719 | 12 | 57 |             | 30868 | 1.8 | -482 | -2361 | 566 | 485 | 31920 | |
| Louisiana | 3651 | -117 | -867 | 7 | 26 |             | 32222 | 1.8 | 2 | -233 | 174 | 329 | 32725 | |
| Maine | 1764 | 351 | 75 | 2 | 2 |             | 9543 | 1.7 | 1001 | -1 | 31 | 58 | 9633 | |
| Maryland | 4374 | -57 | -762 | 43 | 26 |             | 42294 | 1.8 | 789 | -842 | 478 | 330 | 43102 | |
| Massachusetts | 7916 | 356 | -1163 | 67 | 30 |             | 85597 | 2.7 | -644 | -6755 | 1009 | 439 | 87049 | |
| Michigan | 15781 | 2159 | 6535 | 37 | 50 |             | 123053 | 2.8 | -6250 | 14703 | 336 | 608 | 129022 | |
| Minnesota | 5531 | 924 | -824 | 14 | 12 |             | 41250 | 1.6 | -1132 | -1477 | 112 | 166 | 41532 | |
| Mississippi | 2831 | -377 | -863 | 17 | 13 |             | 20996 | 1.9 | -404 | -2865 | 166 | 208 | 21373 | |
| Missouri | 7099 | 211 | -5826 | 40 | 21 |             | 59294 | 2.3 | -514 | 659 | 663 | 217 | 60177 | |
| Montana | 1902 | 689 | -80 | 38 | 8 |             | 7460 | 2.0 | -120 | 1693 | 88 | 87 | 7644 | |
| Nebraska | 916 | -363 | -1754 | 0 | 2 |             | 11687 | 1.4 | -4 | 254 | 54 | 37 | 11778 | |
| Nevada | 2538 | -615 | -958 | 11 | 4 |             | 25189 | 2.4 | 1 | -929 | 100 | 161 | 25470 | |
| New Hampshire | 1003 | 5 | -321 | 5 | 0 |             | 7256 | 1.2 | -208 | -1331 | 34 | 27 | 7319 | |
| New Jersey | 9750 | 269 | 182 | 25 | 29 |             | 111949 | 3.0 | 186 | -1610 | 319 | 486 | 112754 | |
| New Mexico | 1330 | -53 | -154 | 11 | 0 |             | 13077 | 1.8 | 226 | 400 | 160 | 98 | 13335 | |
| New York | 19783 | 472 | -1235 | 54 | 86 |             | 200262 | 2.5 | -367 | -8618 | 1044 | 962 | 202275 | |
| North Carolina | 12500 | -1785 | -5811 | 27 | 59 |             | 93315 | 2.5 | -1788 | -6821 | 312 | 929 | 105995 | |
| North Dakota | 602 | 157 | -140 | 1 | 2 |             | 2062 | 0.7 | 81 | -818 | 28 | 34 | 2126 | |
| Ohio | 12864 | 657 | -1667 | 27 | 42 |             | 103500 | 2.0 | 1047 | 2580 | 500 | 500 | 104500 | |
| Oklahoma | 2182 | -793 | -1200 | 5 | 27 |             | 25659 | 1.9 | -1146 | 1003 | 77 | 289 | 26025 | |
| Oregon | 7282 | -314 | -1411 | 61 | 32 |             | 54919 | 3.6 | -149 | -3642 | 332 | 392 | 63141 | |
| Pennsylvania | 20270 | 1864 | -3132 | 128 | 105 |             | 172325 | 3.2 | -1804 | -6858 | 1667 | 1333 | 175325 | |
| Puerto Rico | 3008 | 321 | -164 | 4 | 24 |             | 44150 | 4.5 | -637 | -2176 | 168 | 287 | 44605 | |
| Rhode Island | 1100 | 2 | -323 | 3 | 3 |             | 10792 | 2.4 | 121 | -718 | 38 | 60 | 10890 | |
| South Carolina | 6452 | 550 | -1097 | 7 | 32 |             | 46147 | 2.7 | 469 | 1144 | 163 | 366 | 46676 | |
| South Dakota | 450 | 91 | -131 | 7 | 3 |             | 2227 | 0.6 | -53 | -133 | 58 | 23 | 2308 | |
| Tennessee | 5055 | -353 | -1690 | 31 | 33 |             | 46449 | 1.8 | -1051 | -4589 | 601 | 294 | 47361 | |
| Texas | 19936 | -508 | -3309 | 38 | 83 |             | 183438 | 2.0 | -1183 | -5183 | 1088 | 2377 | 186927 | |
| Utah | 1766 | 179 | -267 | 41 | 14 |             | 14280 | 1.4 | -2 | -2337 | 429 | 123 | 14832 | |
| Vermont | 1080 | 16 | -27 | 2 | 4 |             | 5833 | 2.0 | 514 | -724 | 21 | 36 | 5890 | |
| Virgin Islands | 30 | -16 | -16 | 0 | 0 |             | 589 | 1.4 | -181 | -239 | 8 | 9 | 606 | |
| Virginia | 6373 | 531 | -1819 | 39 | 64 |             | 38820 | 1.2 | -661 | -6393 | 435 | 953 | 40221 | |
| Washington | 11998 | -517 | -1306 | 67 | 65 |             | 87620 | 3.4 | 2453 | -5501 | 541 | 1128 | 95918 | |
| West Virginia | 1622 | -808 | -12 | 7 | 21 |             | 16448 | 2.5 | 3141 | 2335 | 70 | 149 | 16668 | |
| Wisconsin | 13119 | 2440 | 528 | 3 | 12 |             | 67045 | 2.5 | 928 | -2151 | 167 | 221 | 67433 | |
| Wyoming | 617 | 142 | -232 | 86 | 6 |             | 2605 | 1.1 | -57 | -267 | 57 | 35 | 2697 | |
| Totals | 344993 | -7124 | -52353 | 1535 | 1643 |             | 2949387 | 2.3 | -40275 | -109806 | 18848 | 22678 | 3023507 | |
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.