| STATE NAME |
Initial Claims Filed During Week Ended December 20, 2003 |
Insured Unemployment For Week Ended December 13, 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 | 4772 | -1418 | -2066 | 17 | 33 | 34362 | 1.9 | -506 | -6760 | 152 | 398 | 34912 | ||
| Alaska | 2109 | 267 | -164 | 35 | 4 | 17474 | 6.4 | 2275 | 1211 | 287 | 99 | 20081 | ||
| Arizona | 4323 | 51 | 342 | 48 | 15 | 36246 | 1.6 | 521 | 1066 | 341 | 268 | 36855 | ||
| Arkansas | 4099 | 696 | -2484 | 12 | 20 | 34061 | 3.1 | -438 | -4267 | 224 | 237 | 34522 | ||
| California | 45409 | -3158 | -19947 | 227 | 191 | 505208 | 3.5 | 2898 | -57069 | 3703 | 3246 | 512213 | ||
| Colorado | 3580 | -260 | -588 | 34 | 25 | 38989 | 1.9 | 2259 | -2346 | 386 | 411 | 39802 | ||
| Connecticut | 6302 | 809 | -295 | 6 | 15 | 48465 | 3.0 | 1954 | -4017 | 102 | 218 | 48785 | ||
| Delaware | 1059 | -132 | -124 | 1 | 1 | 10223 | 2.6 | 877 | 483 | 43 | 62 | 10328 | ||
| District of Columbia | 482 | 83 | -4 | 25 | 2 | 6812 | 1.5 | 570 | 381 | 200 | 54 | 7066 | ||
| Florida | 9216 | -463 | -662 | 44 | 103 | 116419 | 1.6 | 8059 | -3865 | 542 | 1411 | 118397 | ||
| Georgia | 8116 | -2945 | -2493 | 52 | 63 | 61508 | 1.7 | -3926 | -8952 | 854 | 1044 | 63406 | ||
| Hawaii | 1376 | -120 | -67 | 10 | 18 | 9519 | 1.8 | -350 | -1279 | 144 | 254 | 9927 | ||
| Idaho | 2923 | 247 | -753 | 92 | 5 | 20205 | 3.6 | 123 | -497 | 474 | 115 | 20794 | ||
| Illinois | 21890 | -1386 | 549 | 27 | 59 | 181501 | 3.2 | 16905 | -8828 | 884 | 1010 | 183395 | ||
| Indiana | 15407 | 7264 | 3990 | 31 | 53 | 60748 | 2.2 | -222 | -3703 | 350 | 439 | 61538 | ||
| Iowa | 4923 | -114 | -266 | 6 | 6 | 31443 | 2.3 | 3070 | -1113 | 89 | 146 | 31678 | ||
| Kansas | 4257 | -517 | 224 | 11 | 4 | 29932 | 2.4 | 2450 | 999 | 237 | 214 | 30385 | ||
| Kentucky | 11789 | 7811 | 58 | 10 | 20 | 35567 | 2.1 | 2478 | -4753 | 595 | 603 | 36765 | ||
| Louisiana | 4207 | 448 | -132 | 13 | 23 | 34843 | 1.9 | 6 | -1147 | 192 | 387 | 35422 | ||
| Maine | 1878 | -380 | -158 | 0 | 2 | 12055 | 2.1 | -182 | -1414 | 44 | 60 | 12159 | ||
| Maryland | 5859 | -16 | -1040 | 44 | 34 | 44185 | 1.9 | -2134 | -2578 | 453 | 317 | 44955 | ||
| Massachusetts | 11330 | -2173 | -317 | 58 | 22 | 102484 | 3.3 | 7674 | -10957 | 997 | 512 | 103994 | ||
| Michigan | 21730 | 2382 | -2774 | 27 | 44 | 161445 | 3.7 | 15449 | 7056 | 606 | 704 | 172372 | ||
| Minnesota | 9144 | 0 | -1611 | 22 | 23 | 63645 | 2.5 | 3486 | -4178 | 327 | 246 | 64225 | ||
| Mississippi | 3480 | 521 | -1083 | 18 | 15 | 23195 | 2.2 | -11 | -4440 | 199 | 219 | 23614 | ||
| Missouri | 12415 | 2651 | -1681 | 35 | 21 | 76383 | 3.0 | 4921 | 6364 | 751 | 254 | 77394 | ||
| Montana | 1463 | -57 | -33 | 59 | 7 | 12777 | 3.4 | 1428 | 706 | 645 | 92 | 13525 | ||
| Nebraska | 2076 | -537 | -183 | 2 | 0 | 15326 | 1.8 | 1446 | 1326 | 43 | 54 | 15423 | ||
| Nevada | 3757 | 398 | -1391 | 21 | 4 | 27301 | 2.6 | 382 | -3940 | 201 | 170 | 27681 | ||
| New Hampshire | 1262 | 9 | 59 | 1 | 0 | 8459 | 1.4 | -160 | -1399 | 33 | 25 | 8518 | ||
| New Jersey | 13492 | -1697 | -1642 | 23 | 26 | 126731 | 3.3 | 5775 | -1115 | 367 | 558 | 127656 | ||
| New Mexico | 1576 | 126 | -79 | 19 | 2 | 14573 | 2.1 | 348 | -43 | 230 | 120 | 14923 | ||
| New York | 23324 | 815 | 582 | 43 | 78 | 226190 | 2.8 | 6590 | -16453 | 1086 | 1155 | 228433 | ||
| North Carolina | 12505 | -769 | -9148 | 19 | 59 | 92511 | 2.5 | -2623 | -20393 | 319 | 965 | 96603 | ||
| North Dakota | 1032 | 144 | -287 | 1 | 0 | 5386 | 1.8 | 448 | 163 | 38 | 35 | 5459 | ||
| Ohio | 19124 | -261 | 545 | 71 | 53 | 125000 | 2.4 | 4401 | -2331 | 400 | 600 | 126000 | ||
| Oklahoma | 3760 | 1060 | -105 | 7 | 30 | 17920 | 1.3 | -9837 | -8662 | 62 | 186 | 18168 | ||
| Oregon | 8604 | 136 | -2805 | 147 | 31 | 62017 | 4.0 | 63 | -8199 | 757 | 422 | 70509 | ||
| Pennsylvania | 27689 | -908 | 375 | 222 | 96 | 207261 | 3.8 | -4 | -22461 | 1752 | 1639 | 210652 | ||
| Puerto Rico | 2549 | -67 | -402 | 17 | 17 | 51646 | 5.3 | 5064 | 10563 | 218 | 518 | 52382 | ||
| Rhode Island | 2052 | -485 | -21 | 6 | 6 | 13537 | 3.0 | 1088 | -882 | 44 | 72 | 13653 | ||
| South Carolina | 5657 | -1709 | -858 | 22 | 25 | 48154 | 2.8 | -1031 | -937 | 157 | 409 | 48720 | ||
| South Dakota | 729 | 14 | -14 | 8 | 2 | 4047 | 1.1 | 307 | 198 | 103 | 20 | 4170 | ||
| Tennessee | 7095 | -194 | 539 | 62 | 24 | 49456 | 1.9 | -681 | -8699 | 539 | 316 | 50328 | ||
| Texas | 21426 | 2742 | -2428 | 62 | 68 | 196035 | 2.2 | 14926 | -16259 | 1516 | 2784 | 200360 | ||
| Utah | 2061 | 165 | -307 | 176 | 14 | 16999 | 1.7 | 549 | -2854 | 731 | 132 | 17862 | ||
| Vermont | 1018 | 32 | -79 | 1 | 5 | 8047 | 2.8 | 283 | -1145 | 31 | 36 | 8116 | ||
| Virgin Islands | 28 | -17 | -4 | 0 | 1 | 537 | 1.3 | 64 | -872 | 5 | 11 | 553 | ||
| Virginia | 9986 | 1633 | -4565 | 77 | 78 | 41390 | 1.3 | 562 | -12446 | 494 | 964 | 42857 | ||
| Washington | 12780 | 1464 | -2326 | 93 | 106 | 103135 | 4.0 | -2375 | -10688 | 817 | 1165 | 112541 | ||
| West Virginia | 2052 | -961 | -215 | 10 | 15 | 18969 | 2.9 | -3301 | -2268 | 71 | 195 | 19235 | ||
| Wisconsin | 14900 | 869 | -311 | 24 | 18 | 90711 | 3.4 | 5579 | -537 | 231 | 262 | 91206 | ||
| Wyoming | 644 | -68 | -84 | 11 | 5 | 4574 | 2.0 | 428 | -545 | 119 | 28 | 4721 | ||
| Totals | 424716 | 12025 | -58733 | 2109 | 1591 | 3385606 | 2.7 | 97925 | -244775 | 24185 | 25861 | 3465238 | ||
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.