| STATE NAME |
Initial Claims Filed During Week Ended January 3, 2004 |
Insured Unemployment For Week Ended December 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 | 11674 | 5859 | -852 | 29 | 34 | 43847 | 2.5 | 8424 | -4382 | 135 | 407 | 44392 | ||
| Alaska | 2374 | 377 | -102 | 23 | 5 | 18081 | 6.7 | 3029 | 581 | 353 | 99 | 20882 | ||
| Arizona | 3083 | 212 | -471 | 39 | 13 | 35656 | 1.6 | 1211 | 337 | 377 | 259 | 36292 | ||
| Arkansas | 4776 | -2702 | -4734 | 7 | 14 | 40216 | 3.7 | 7221 | -10932 | 184 | 255 | 40655 | ||
| California | 43502 | -5688 | -10213 | 227 | 165 | 482688 | 3.3 | 16764 | -55935 | 3460 | 3265 | 489458 | ||
| Colorado | 2422 | -226 | -1372 | 23 | 44 | 39604 | 1.9 | 2922 | -4181 | 407 | 412 | 40437 | ||
| Connecticut | 10179 | 4814 | -1080 | 13 | 9 | 58101 | 3.6 | 9693 | -7882 | 119 | 152 | 58372 | ||
| Delaware | 1602 | 297 | 478 | 2 | 0 | 10296 | 2.6 | 1836 | 287 | 41 | 55 | 10392 | ||
| District of Columbia | 246 | -92 | -41 | 14 | 1 | 7015 | 1.5 | 1465 | 302 | 206 | 52 | 7273 | ||
| Florida | 6729 | -289 | -1892 | 54 | 118 | 117365 | 1.7 | 15452 | -5774 | 531 | 1412 | 119312 | ||
| Georgia | 18117 | 9551 | -2924 | 46 | 111 | 73335 | 2.0 | 13663 | -7399 | 849 | 1162 | 75346 | ||
| Hawaii | 1504 | 366 | -358 | 13 | 11 | 9816 | 1.8 | 928 | -1566 | 153 | 236 | 10213 | ||
| Idaho | 5024 | -250 | 90 | 54 | 7 | 25612 | 4.6 | 5302 | -2891 | 589 | 109 | 26310 | ||
| Illinois | 16268 | -7541 | -2233 | 32 | 58 | 194838 | 3.4 | 17634 | -7211 | 842 | 1033 | 196713 | ||
| Indiana | 16383 | -2959 | 3585 | 37 | 46 | 79718 | 2.9 | 18064 | 2955 | 345 | 472 | 80536 | ||
| Iowa | 6905 | -1955 | 192 | 12 | 6 | 39978 | 2.9 | 7594 | -7010 | 93 | 142 | 40213 | ||
| Kansas | 5733 | -1764 | 1108 | 3 | 7 | 34634 | 2.7 | 6414 | -2367 | 243 | 207 | 35086 | ||
| Kentucky | 11017 | 1516 | 346 | 17 | 0 | 40952 | 2.4 | 9653 | -5361 | 768 | 659 | 42379 | ||
| Louisiana | 3341 | -598 | -866 | 11 | 26 | 36274 | 2.0 | 1919 | -1061 | 158 | 392 | 36824 | ||
| Maine | 1693 | -192 | -591 | 2 | 2 | 12548 | 2.2 | 212 | -1319 | 41 | 54 | 12643 | ||
| Maryland | 7004 | 479 | 1499 | 65 | 46 | 47465 | 2.1 | 1863 | -5729 | 393 | 361 | 48219 | ||
| Massachusetts | 12996 | -5377 | -1802 | 70 | 23 | 114088 | 3.6 | 11153 | -11970 | 956 | 501 | 115545 | ||
| Michigan | 38661 | -3652 | 8919 | 35 | 58 | 182949 | 4.2 | 35506 | 2412 | 584 | 707 | 193160 | ||
| Minnesota | 8221 | -2090 | -1179 | 41 | 16 | 71298 | 2.8 | 7255 | -6989 | 321 | 257 | 71885 | ||
| Mississippi | 4569 | 434 | -1305 | 15 | 10 | 27497 | 2.6 | 5019 | -6346 | 209 | 209 | 27916 | ||
| Missouri | 13696 | 3847 | -972 | 47 | 25 | 76717 | 3.0 | 5166 | -3258 | 784 | 224 | 77726 | ||
| Montana | 1464 | -127 | -232 | 34 | 5 | 13578 | 3.6 | 1959 | 492 | 707 | 106 | 14396 | ||
| Nebraska | 2562 | 86 | 646 | 3 | 4 | 17408 | 2.0 | 1995 | -11 | 39 | 61 | 17508 | ||
| Nevada | 3033 | -749 | -68 | 20 | 5 | 28971 | 2.8 | 1520 | -4672 | 196 | 158 | 29333 | ||
| New Hampshire | 1656 | -199 | -247 | 10 | 1 | 9916 | 1.7 | 1727 | -2524 | 24 | 38 | 9978 | ||
| New Jersey | 18606 | -816 | 3585 | 33 | 27 | 137341 | 3.6 | 12973 | 1679 | 360 | 588 | 138289 | ||
| New Mexico | 1369 | -131 | 64 | 16 | 0 | 15355 | 2.2 | 1251 | -770 | 245 | 109 | 15709 | ||
| New York | 43356 | 20490 | -8315 | 124 | 64 | 255492 | 3.1 | 29368 | -29942 | 1205 | 1159 | 257863 | ||
| North Carolina | 32299 | 20872 | -19287 | 39 | 68 | 120231 | 3.3 | 24355 | -25094 | 371 | 1057 | 121760 | ||
| North Dakota | 936 | 1 | 92 | 1 | 1 | 6417 | 2.1 | 891 | -343 | 37 | 37 | 6491 | ||
| Ohio | 21763 | -1267 | -2929 | 39 | 45 | 137600 | 2.6 | 5073 | -20761 | 400 | 600 | 138600 | ||
| Oklahoma | 3312 | 325 | -1416 | 11 | 43 | 28783 | 2.1 | 1567 | -955 | 84 | 340 | 29207 | ||
| Oregon | 10239 | -3472 | -3975 | 88 | 17 | 74124 | 4.8 | 12446 | -13874 | 854 | 430 | 80350 | ||
| Pennsylvania | 35773 | -5095 | -4155 | 205 | 128 | 218007 | 4.0 | 15235 | -19792 | 1863 | 1648 | 221518 | ||
| Puerto Rico | 2510 | -215 | -235 | 4 | 13 | 39679 | 4.1 | 5253 | -3105 | 180 | 433 | 40292 | ||
| Rhode Island | 2832 | -390 | -301 | 15 | 3 | 15924 | 3.5 | 2497 | -1473 | 52 | 67 | 16043 | ||
| South Carolina | 19715 | 15244 | -6517 | 18 | 35 | 64488 | 3.7 | 17312 | -6116 | 172 | 430 | 65090 | ||
| South Dakota | 561 | -62 | -104 | 11 | 10 | 4660 | 1.3 | 496 | -265 | 106 | 25 | 4791 | ||
| Tennessee | 17467 | 10669 | -8031 | 82 | 45 | 61233 | 2.4 | 11956 | -18105 | 623 | 326 | 62190 | ||
| Texas | 11456 | -10382 | -2928 | 35 | 80 | 203853 | 2.2 | 41373 | -13981 | 1578 | 2871 | 208321 | ||
| Utah | 2499 | 940 | 105 | 64 | 10 | 18669 | 1.9 | 1764 | -3323 | 1025 | 127 | 19821 | ||
| Vermont | 1613 | -1035 | 385 | 2 | 3 | 10605 | 3.7 | 2242 | -2098 | 26 | 45 | 10676 | ||
| Virgin Islands | 21 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 443 | 1.1 | 101 | -512 | 10 | 9 | 462 | ||
| Virginia | 11607 | 953 | -1815 | 20 | 71 | 51012 | 1.6 | 13294 | -13184 | 509 | 961 | 52483 | ||
| Washington | 16661 | -77 | -319 | 58 | 77 | 115443 | 4.5 | 12973 | -14840 | 849 | 1169 | 124672 | ||
| West Virginia | 1849 | 445 | -694 | 5 | 13 | 20930 | 3.2 | 2905 | -2735 | 67 | 191 | 21189 | ||
| Wisconsin | 26196 | -5079 | 3265 | 19 | 25 | 122670 | 4.6 | 32283 | -13957 | 263 | 295 | 123229 | ||
| Wyoming | 576 | -210 | -162 | 4 | 2 | 4848 | 2.1 | 502 | -712 | 102 | 24 | 4974 | ||
| Totals | 549650 | 33106 | -70354 | 1891 | 1650 | 3718268 | 2.9 | 470673 | -363662 | 25088 | 26397 | 3793414 | ||
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.