| STATE NAME |
Initial Claims Filed During Week Ended January 17, 2004 |
Insured Unemployment For Week Ended January 10, 2004 |
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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 | 9032 | -6850 | -2286 | 30 | 38 |             | 42674 | 2.4 | -8998 | -6394 | 134 | 415 | 43227 | |
| Alaska | 1458 | -1547 | -1211 | 16 | 2 |             | 18802 | 6.9 | 1532 | 874 | 351 | 111 | 21304 | |
| Arizona | 4747 | -728 | -974 | 24 | 18 |             | 36616 | 1.7 | 381 | 2500 | 424 | 263 | 37303 | |
| Arkansas | 3501 | -2877 | -1783 | 7 | 6 |             | 38237 | 3.5 | -5373 | -5748 | 230 | 274 | 38741 | |
| California | 58194 | -165 | -15810 | 304 | 240 |             | 502623 | 3.4 | -18765 | -66448 | 3544 | 3598 | 509824 | |
| Colorado | 4336 | -1171 | -635 | 49 | 43 |             | 39696 | 1.9 | 34 | -4555 | 405 | 469 | 40583 | |
| Connecticut | 8755 | -2822 | -86 | 19 | 22 |             | 60252 | 3.7 | -9480 | -4830 | 112 | 215 | 60580 | |
| Delaware | 1326 | -1256 | -650 | 1 | 2 |             | 11293 | 2.8 | 67 | -748 | 48 | 55 | 11396 | |
| District of Columbia | 485 | 50 | -209 | 18 | 5 |             | 7184 | 1.6 | 917 | -858 | 211 | 50 | 7445 | |
| Florida | 14384 | 2555 | 1959 | 77 | 194 |             | 112738 | 1.6 | 2216 | -7180 | 509 | 1466 | 114724 | |
| Georgia | 17026 | -14344 | -4247 | 62 | 99 |             | 74109 | 2.0 | -17959 | -13924 | 689 | 1258 | 76056 | |
| Hawaii | 1499 | -766 | -364 | 19 | 23 |             | 9744 | 1.8 | -964 | -1925 | 148 | 230 | 10127 | |
| Idaho | 2932 | -2034 | -92 | 47 | 7 |             | 25933 | 4.6 | -2003 | -462 | 661 | 119 | 26713 | |
| Illinois | 20682 | -6942 | -1944 | 55 | 91 |             | 208873 | 3.7 | 808 | -10481 | 781 | 1069 | 210723 | |
| Indiana | 9330 | -5761 | -871 | 57 | 61 |             | 82572 | 3.0 | -4428 | -2038 | 458 | 502 | 83536 | |
| Iowa | 3587 | -3120 | -1489 | 9 | 16 |             | 41736 | 3.0 | -2005 | -618 | 103 | 135 | 41974 | |
| Kansas | 3635 | -2551 | -998 | 3 | 7 |             | 33577 | 2.7 | -2198 | -635 | 190 | 224 | 33992 | |
| Kentucky | 4791 | -2003 | -1966 | 12 | 24 |             | 47043 | 2.8 | -13974 | -3177 | 939 | 690 | 48677 | |
| Louisiana | 4329 | -435 | -487 | 22 | 38 |             | 37790 | 2.1 | 845 | -444 | 148 | 428 | 38366 | |
| Maine | 2557 | -457 | -145 | 4 | 2 |             | 16237 | 2.8 | 14 | -2723 | 51 | 56 | 16344 | |
| Maryland | 5842 | -3102 | -1037 | 51 | 58 |             | 52227 | 2.3 | -2006 | -5795 | 535 | 369 | 53131 | |
| Massachusetts | 12050 | -1305 | 295 | 33 | 29 |             | 119656 | 3.8 | -12915 | -11934 | 834 | 548 | 121043 | |
| Michigan | 23031 | -14779 | -8168 | 52 | 51 |             | 205788 | 4.8 | -24615 | 8837 | 606 | 785 | 217071 | |
| Minnesota | 7281 | -4539 | -957 | 39 | 17 |             | 73854 | 2.9 | -8919 | -4194 | 325 | 248 | 74433 | |
| Mississippi | 3065 | -3309 | -591 | 31 | 21 |             | 26641 | 2.5 | -5621 | -4463 | 204 | 245 | 27091 | |
| Missouri | 11734 | -6944 | -45 | 38 | 38 |             | 85715 | 3.3 | -3836 | -3944 | 621 | 255 | 86594 | |
| Montana | 1740 | -1078 | 1060 | 63 | 7 |             | 14806 | 3.9 | 130 | 1009 | 732 | 108 | 15652 | |
| Nebraska | 1924 | -1141 | -585 | 2 | 2 |             | 18012 | 2.1 | 35 | 1291 | 41 | 62 | 18115 | |
| Nevada | 4219 | 296 | 634 | 13 | 4 |             | 27170 | 2.6 | -1023 | -4325 | 222 | 172 | 27583 | |
| New Hampshire | 1465 | -297 | -1 | 1 | 4 |             | 10647 | 1.8 | -737 | -984 | 28 | 46 | 10721 | |
| New Jersey | 16003 | -3365 | 117 | 17 | 43 |             | 148594 | 3.9 | -11485 | 1604 | 384 | 570 | 149548 | |
| New Mexico | 1775 | -469 | -134 | 18 | 1 |             | 15908 | 2.2 | 421 | -380 | 267 | 125 | 16300 | |
| New York | 29037 | -10159 | -1406 | 37 | 134 |             | 254018 | 3.1 | -23299 | -24913 | 1085 | 1178 | 256284 | |
| North Carolina | 21718 | -16649 | -6354 | 39 | 85 |             | 112383 | 3.1 | -22833 | -14181 | 398 | 1103 | 113902 | |
| North Dakota | 809 | -1071 | -195 | 2 | 1 |             | 7577 | 2.5 | 1213 | -356 | 43 | 45 | 7667 | |
| Ohio | 24209 | -6611 | 709 | 24 | 63 |             | 156000 | 3.0 | -17300 | -1177 | 400 | 600 | 157000 | |
| Oklahoma | 3203 | -923 | -318 | 10 | 36 |             | 28476 | 2.1 | -866 | -456 | 89 | 381 | 28946 | |
| Oregon | 13894 | 1331 | 1576 | 191 | 50 |             | 80250 | 5.2 | 2081 | 692 | 1000 | 431 | 88030 | |
| Pennsylvania | 30502 | -14679 | -565 | 207 | 162 |             | 230443 | 4.3 | -55635 | -21514 | 1908 | 1886 | 234237 | |
| Puerto Rico | 3939 | 1006 | 99 | 2 | 34 |             | 46123 | 4.7 | 8409 | -991 | 180 | 455 | 46758 | |
| Rhode Island | 2952 | -558 | -39 | 9 | 6 |             | 17425 | 3.8 | -1856 | -1828 | 53 | 91 | 17569 | |
| South Carolina | 8305 | -11472 | -374 | 16 | 23 |             | 54695 | 3.1 | -17990 | -1648 | 182 | 481 | 55358 | |
| South Dakota | 559 | -498 | -175 | 11 | 5 |             | 5129 | 1.5 | 284 | 114 | 107 | 30 | 5267 | |
| Tennessee | 16363 | -11229 | 4018 | 41 | 45 |             | 67716 | 2.7 | -10629 | -9030 | 634 | 378 | 68732 | |
| Texas | 22686 | -2455 | -1150 | 58 | 121 |             | 198239 | 2.2 | 12069 | -20178 | 1445 | 2958 | 202667 | |
| Utah | 2360 | -968 | -169 | 36 | 9 |             | 19408 | 1.9 | -490 | -3634 | 973 | 145 | 20526 | |
| Vermont | 956 | -280 | 79 | 1 | 3 |             | 10235 | 3.6 | -1261 | -1033 | 33 | 47 | 10315 | |
| Virgin Islands | 67 | 25 | -36 | 0 | 1 |             | 486 | 1.2 | 17 | -1058 | 4 | 19 | 509 | |
| Virginia | 8619 | -6198 | -1361 | 28 | 86 |             | 51324 | 1.6 | -8181 | -10458 | 560 | 1047 | 52932 | |
| Washington | 14613 | -2914 | 318 | 101 | 129 |             | 121573 | 4.7 | -492 | -3239 | 812 | 1235 | 132634 | |
| West Virginia | 3290 | -1011 | -151 | 17 | 18 |             | 23220 | 3.5 | -1242 | -2103 | 79 | 219 | 23518 | |
| Wisconsin | 14966 | -8490 | -2791 | 20 | 19 |             | 116027 | 4.4 | -17821 | -160 | 269 | 310 | 116609 | |
| Wyoming | 770 | -306 | -46 | 16 | 6 |             | 5149 | 2.2 | -213 | -746 | 104 | 27 | 5280 | |
| Totals | 490532 | -187365 | -52031 | 2059 | 2249 |             | 3852643 | 3.1 | -305939 | -270989 | 25293 | 28226 | 3933657 | |
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.