| STATE NAME |
Initial Claims Filed During Week Ended November 29, 2003 |
Insured Unemployment For Week Ended November 22, 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 | 2964 | -2819 | -978 | 19 | 14 | 31699 | 1.8 | -3224 | -3309 | 131 | 329 | 32169 | ||
| Alaska | 1761 | -641 | 3 | 18 | 3 | 13999 | 5.2 | -1560 | 441 | 148 | 95 | 16220 | ||
| Arizona | 2908 | -1280 | -489 | 24 | 7 | 31495 | 1.4 | -240 | -2807 | 260 | 226 | 31981 | ||
| Arkansas | 5033 | -591 | -3324 | 2 | 2 | 30610 | 2.8 | -1996 | -5414 | 154 | 199 | 30963 | ||
| California | 41646 | -19629 | -2423 | 161 | 124 | 443332 | 3.0 | -71224 | -30536 | 2598 | 3043 | 449036 | ||
| Colorado | 3122 | -534 | -314 | 22 | 16 | 34541 | 1.7 | -4522 | -3118 | 237 | 251 | 35046 | ||
| Connecticut | 3527 | -490 | -663 | 6 | 4 | 44141 | 2.7 | -848 | -2916 | 134 | 165 | 44440 | ||
| Delaware | 952 | 6 | 231 | 2 | 0 | 7626 | 1.9 | -836 | 87 | 33 | 51 | 7710 | ||
| District of Columbia | 343 | -88 | -7 | 2 | 2 | 5666 | 1.2 | -811 | 56 | 151 | 39 | 5856 | ||
| Florida | 6685 | -3391 | 269 | 47 | 81 | 103332 | 1.5 | -13599 | -2337 | 423 | 1065 | 104841 | ||
| Georgia | 6036 | -2390 | -1214 | 40 | 45 | 58628 | 1.6 | -2895 | -5206 | 850 | 876 | 60354 | ||
| Hawaii | 1233 | -155 | -20 | 8 | 20 | 8878 | 1.7 | -650 | -240 | 111 | 231 | 9229 | ||
| Idaho | 4895 | 1882 | 296 | 46 | 4 | 16778 | 3.0 | 1150 | -370 | 303 | 97 | 17178 | ||
| Illinois | 14700 | -4602 | -2970 | 19 | 31 | 138742 | 2.5 | -21617 | -6944 | 812 | 798 | 140352 | ||
| Indiana | 8793 | 1407 | 459 | 23 | 50 | 49104 | 1.8 | -4531 | 290 | 287 | 308 | 49700 | ||
| Iowa | 5183 | 1757 | -1158 | 9 | 3 | 24374 | 1.8 | 302 | -499 | 78 | 127 | 24579 | ||
| Kansas | 3378 | 548 | -1247 | 4 | 2 | 25093 | 2.0 | -1070 | -538 | 229 | 157 | 25479 | ||
| Kentucky | 3659 | -5084 | -2521 | 8 | 3 | 29313 | 1.7 | -3375 | -3851 | 409 | 473 | 30197 | ||
| Louisiana | 4050 | -308 | -315 | 10 | 17 | 33158 | 1.8 | -294 | -85 | 179 | 339 | 33676 | ||
| Maine | 1543 | -90 | -121 | 2 | 0 | 9797 | 1.7 | -347 | -1151 | 33 | 48 | 9878 | ||
| Maryland | 4870 | 235 | -207 | 16 | 11 | 42359 | 1.8 | 1275 | -1361 | 451 | 302 | 43112 | ||
| Massachusetts | 9699 | 1123 | -1549 | 56 | 17 | 88770 | 2.8 | -1602 | -5960 | 990 | 460 | 90222 | ||
| Michigan | 19945 | -1905 | 8650 | 30 | 29 | 124818 | 2.9 | -7983 | 10443 | 380 | 603 | 133262 | ||
| Minnesota | 9968 | 2811 | 1390 | 13 | 21 | 46278 | 1.8 | -4114 | -3509 | 134 | 185 | 46601 | ||
| Mississippi | 3022 | -357 | -46 | 23 | 10 | 20448 | 1.9 | -826 | -3739 | 184 | 183 | 20817 | ||
| Missouri | 6241 | -5816 | -1318 | 29 | 20 | 64915 | 2.5 | 2447 | 5912 | 775 | 223 | 65919 | ||
| Montana | 1741 | 229 | -290 | 56 | 6 | 9757 | 2.6 | -1225 | 180 | 220 | 85 | 10070 | ||
| Nebraska | 953 | -95 | -1405 | 0 | 0 | 12644 | 1.5 | 120 | 463 | 48 | 45 | 12737 | ||
| Nevada | 2750 | -926 | -436 | 6 | 4 | 24946 | 2.4 | -1091 | -2673 | 119 | 146 | 25222 | ||
| New Hampshire | 862 | -97 | -383 | 4 | 1 | 7360 | 1.2 | -503 | -1029 | 38 | 18 | 7418 | ||
| New Jersey | 9265 | -780 | -534 | 14 | 14 | 111825 | 3.0 | -6128 | -1365 | 311 | 502 | 112638 | ||
| New Mexico | 1021 | -631 | -29 | 8 | 2 | 13045 | 1.8 | -692 | -345 | 197 | 98 | 13340 | ||
| New York | 20770 | -2156 | -1690 | 43 | 64 | 207908 | 2.6 | -2931 | -16110 | 1141 | 1076 | 210129 | ||
| North Carolina | 9444 | -2355 | -3796 | 23 | 31 | 89927 | 2.4 | -2029 | -9168 | 342 | 978 | 96007 | ||
| North Dakota | 1153 | 278 | 52 | 1 | 1 | 3800 | 1.3 | 303 | 102 | 23 | 35 | 3860 | ||
| Ohio | 14605 | -85 | -1240 | 24 | 37 | 105500 | 2.0 | 53 | -6885 | 500 | 500 | 106500 | ||
| Oklahoma | 2552 | -607 | -546 | 6 | 16 | 26791 | 1.9 | 35 | 3978 | 81 | 311 | 27183 | ||
| Oregon | 9736 | 429 | -1709 | 82 | 37 | 58964 | 3.8 | -180 | -4762 | 567 | 406 | 67246 | ||
| Pennsylvania | 23182 | 457 | -557 | 114 | 72 | 175182 | 3.2 | -6894 | -12073 | 1526 | 1359 | 178067 | ||
| Puerto Rico | 2259 | -529 | -375 | 0 | 14 | 38500 | 3.9 | -3931 | -15163 | 110 | 330 | 38940 | ||
| Rhode Island | 1435 | 35 | -214 | 4 | 5 | 11048 | 2.4 | -172 | -713 | 38 | 65 | 11151 | ||
| South Carolina | 3320 | -3455 | -494 | 7 | 10 | 44878 | 2.6 | -2920 | 592 | 141 | 386 | 45405 | ||
| South Dakota | 654 | 116 | 138 | 7 | 5 | 2831 | 0.8 | -157 | 203 | 78 | 21 | 2931 | ||
| Tennessee | 5283 | -675 | 25 | 34 | 24 | 46714 | 1.8 | 156 | -6665 | 541 | 297 | 47569 | ||
| Texas | 19907 | 287 | -1475 | 33 | 33 | 168524 | 1.9 | -22318 | -9164 | 1019 | 2125 | 171689 | ||
| Utah | 1661 | -374 | -167 | 58 | 8 | 15606 | 1.6 | -148 | -2097 | 546 | 145 | 16297 | ||
| Vermont | 1369 | 258 | -578 | 3 | 1 | 7289 | 2.5 | 272 | -931 | 24 | 33 | 7346 | ||
| Virgin Islands | 35 | -3 | -10 | 0 | 0 | 510 | 1.2 | -169 | -600 | 2 | 7 | 519 | ||
| Virginia | 5484 | -2011 | -971 | 11 | 36 | 36851 | 1.1 | -1756 | -8492 | 437 | 884 | 38180 | ||
| Washington | 12879 | -1301 | 751 | 64 | 30 | 97118 | 3.8 | 2141 | -7908 | 682 | 1126 | 105887 | ||
| West Virginia | 1936 | 180 | 413 | 0 | 3 | 17125 | 2.6 | 1758 | 2252 | 59 | 147 | 17331 | ||
| Wisconsin | 25705 | 13541 | -3737 | 14 | 12 | 75233 | 2.8 | 1055 | 761 | 166 | 231 | 75631 | ||
| Wyoming | 723 | 86 | -105 | 11 | 6 | 3449 | 1.5 | -569 | -552 | 69 | 38 | 3556 | ||
| Totals | 356840 | -40585 | -28948 | 1266 | 1008 | 2941219 | 2.3 | -190910 | -164825 | 19499 | 22267 | 3011666 | ||
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.