| STATE NAME |
Initial Claims Filed During Week Ended December 27, 2003 |
Insured Unemployment For Week Ended December 20, 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 | 5815 | 1043 | 1803 | 42 | 37 | 35423 | 2.0 | 1061 | -229 | 126 | 347 | 35898 | ||
| Alaska | 1997 | -112 | -94 | 24 | 4 | 15052 | 5.5 | -2422 | 277 | 182 | 84 | 17504 | ||
| Arizona | 2719 | -1115 | -426 | 23 | 12 | 34860 | 1.6 | -546 | 186 | 363 | 251 | 35474 | ||
| Arkansas | 7478 | 3379 | -6555 | 3 | 10 | 32995 | 3.0 | -1066 | -4737 | 178 | 246 | 33419 | ||
| California | 49190 | 3781 | -6625 | 170 | 173 | 465924 | 3.2 | -39284 | -34430 | 2684 | 3169 | 471838 | ||
| Colorado | 2648 | -932 | -725 | 13 | 41 | 36682 | 1.8 | -2307 | -3796 | 253 | 261 | 37216 | ||
| Connecticut | 5365 | -937 | -2189 | 5 | 22 | 48408 | 3.0 | -57 | -3861 | 98 | 170 | 48676 | ||
| Delaware | 1305 | 246 | -492 | 1 | 2 | 8460 | 2.1 | -1763 | -84 | 29 | 44 | 8533 | ||
| District of Columbia | 338 | -144 | -24 | 2 | 2 | 5550 | 1.2 | -1262 | -644 | 157 | 30 | 5737 | ||
| Florida | 7018 | -2198 | -583 | 43 | 109 | 101913 | 1.4 | -14506 | -704 | 482 | 1138 | 103543 | ||
| Georgia | 8566 | 450 | 217 | 52 | 96 | 59672 | 1.6 | -1836 | -7479 | 764 | 952 | 61388 | ||
| Hawaii | 1138 | -238 | -382 | 4 | 17 | 8884 | 1.7 | -635 | -659 | 99 | 224 | 9210 | ||
| Idaho | 5274 | 2351 | -1254 | 31 | 4 | 20310 | 3.6 | 105 | -1410 | 536 | 109 | 20955 | ||
| Illinois | 23809 | 1919 | -1755 | 34 | 57 | 177204 | 3.1 | -4297 | -7645 | 772 | 933 | 178909 | ||
| Indiana | 19342 | 3935 | -1131 | 35 | 49 | 61654 | 2.2 | 906 | -617 | 293 | 397 | 62345 | ||
| Iowa | 8860 | 3937 | -5318 | 4 | 10 | 32384 | 2.3 | 941 | -1659 | 86 | 131 | 32601 | ||
| Kansas | 7497 | 3240 | -5496 | 0 | 12 | 28220 | 2.2 | -1712 | -18 | 239 | 175 | 28635 | ||
| Kentucky | 9501 | -2288 | -11948 | 6 | 5 | 31299 | 1.9 | -4268 | -6056 | 402 | 457 | 32158 | ||
| Louisiana | 3939 | -268 | -610 | 5 | 23 | 34355 | 1.9 | -488 | -1082 | 169 | 369 | 34893 | ||
| Maine | 1885 | 7 | 365 | 2 | 1 | 12336 | 2.1 | 281 | -80 | 44 | 58 | 12438 | ||
| Maryland | 6525 | 666 | -3541 | 65 | 19 | 45602 | 2.0 | 1417 | -3216 | 436 | 349 | 46387 | ||
| Massachusetts | 18373 | 7043 | -9344 | 96 | 33 | 102935 | 3.3 | 451 | -3536 | 849 | 475 | 104261 | ||
| Michigan | 42313 | 20583 | 2291 | 14 | 32 | 147443 | 3.4 | -14002 | 10272 | 399 | 616 | 160165 | ||
| Minnesota | 10311 | 1167 | -1185 | 9 | 20 | 64043 | 2.5 | 398 | -1161 | 149 | 191 | 64390 | ||
| Mississippi | 4135 | 655 | -1069 | 18 | 15 | 22478 | 2.1 | -717 | -5336 | 207 | 215 | 22901 | ||
| Missouri | 9849 | -2566 | -3972 | 33 | 22 | 71551 | 2.8 | -4832 | 3327 | 749 | 238 | 72542 | ||
| Montana | 1591 | 128 | -473 | 27 | 6 | 11619 | 3.1 | -1158 | 501 | 432 | 86 | 12154 | ||
| Nebraska | 2476 | 400 | -1127 | 3 | 3 | 15413 | 1.8 | 87 | 1083 | 38 | 51 | 15502 | ||
| Nevada | 3782 | 25 | -518 | 7 | 2 | 27451 | 2.6 | 150 | -5330 | 161 | 153 | 27773 | ||
| New Hampshire | 1855 | 593 | -1680 | 2 | 2 | 8189 | 1.4 | -270 | -1600 | 16 | 30 | 8235 | ||
| New Jersey | 19422 | 5930 | 304 | 11 | 31 | 124368 | 3.3 | -2363 | 1975 | 317 | 507 | 125192 | ||
| New Mexico | 1500 | -76 | -649 | 5 | 1 | 14104 | 2.0 | -469 | -486 | 236 | 121 | 14461 | ||
| New York | 22866 | -458 | -558 | 79 | 83 | 226124 | 2.8 | -66 | -10914 | 1115 | 1121 | 228366 | ||
| North Carolina | 11427 | -1212 | -1407 | 9 | 30 | 95876 | 2.6 | 344 | -6299 | 341 | 1033 | 97455 | ||
| North Dakota | 935 | -97 | -253 | 2 | 0 | 5526 | 1.8 | 140 | -290 | 32 | 31 | 5589 | ||
| Ohio | 23030 | 3906 | -3218 | 24 | 54 | 124000 | 2.4 | 981 | -10689 | 400 | 600 | 125000 | ||
| Oklahoma | 2987 | -773 | -1901 | 1 | 31 | 27216 | 2.0 | 9296 | 562 | 79 | 300 | 27595 | ||
| Oregon | 13711 | 5245 | -4276 | 86 | 34 | 61678 | 4.0 | -339 | -8744 | 784 | 437 | 67890 | ||
| Pennsylvania | 40868 | 13179 | -8156 | 139 | 130 | 202772 | 3.8 | -4489 | -10316 | 1536 | 1382 | 205690 | ||
| Puerto Rico | 2725 | 176 | -534 | 0 | 11 | 34426 | 3.5 | -17220 | -5999 | 124 | 294 | 34844 | ||
| Rhode Island | 3222 | 1170 | -484 | 1 | 4 | 13427 | 2.9 | -110 | -673 | 40 | 68 | 13535 | ||
| South Carolina | 4471 | -1186 | -721 | 4 | 15 | 47176 | 2.7 | -978 | -741 | 156 | 404 | 47736 | ||
| South Dakota | 623 | -106 | -274 | 5 | 4 | 4164 | 1.2 | 117 | 190 | 114 | 20 | 4299 | ||
| Tennessee | 6798 | -308 | -2248 | 53 | 27 | 49277 | 1.9 | -347 | -5675 | 519 | 310 | 50116 | ||
| Texas | 21838 | 412 | 1122 | 28 | 90 | 162480 | 1.8 | -33555 | -21040 | 868 | 2043 | 165410 | ||
| Utah | 1559 | -502 | -879 | 46 | 6 | 16905 | 1.7 | -94 | -3085 | 927 | 136 | 17968 | ||
| Vermont | 2648 | 1630 | -1095 | 3 | 8 | 8363 | 2.9 | 316 | -1060 | 41 | 35 | 8440 | ||
| Virgin Islands | 11 | -17 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 342 | 0.8 | -195 | -324 | 3 | 8 | 353 | ||
| Virginia | 10654 | 668 | -324 | 26 | 75 | 37718 | 1.2 | -3672 | -11471 | 482 | 845 | 39047 | ||
| Washington | 16738 | 3958 | -2021 | 59 | 99 | 102470 | 4.0 | -665 | -11074 | 792 | 1133 | 111735 | ||
| West Virginia | 1404 | -648 | -312 | 2 | 6 | 18025 | 2.7 | -944 | 216 | 70 | 157 | 18252 | ||
| Wisconsin | 31275 | 16375 | -12845 | 10 | 35 | 90387 | 3.4 | -324 | -2722 | 222 | 267 | 90877 | ||
| Wyoming | 786 | 142 | 29 | 2 | 4 | 4346 | 1.9 | -228 | -468 | 75 | 33 | 4454 | ||
| Totals | 516392 | 92158 | -104537 | 1368 | 1618 | 3239479 | 2.6 | -146495 | -188850 | 20665 | 23234 | 3309984 | ||
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.