| STATE NAME |
Initial Claims Filed During Week Ended January 31, 2004 |
Insured Unemployment For Week Ended January 24, 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 | 5690 | 236 | -349 | 23 | 30 |             | 37343 | 2.1 | -149 | -5267 | 141 | 403 | 37888 | |
| Alaska | 2175 | -752 | -69 | 21 | 5 |             | 19143 | 7.0 | 166 | 504 | 361 | 98 | 21593 | |
| Arizona | 3905 | 290 | -868 | 8 | 15 |             | 36850 | 1.7 | 640 | 381 | 411 | 294 | 37555 | |
| Arkansas | 3039 | 133 | -1209 | 5 | 7 |             | 38226 | 3.5 | -212 | -4488 | 216 | 260 | 38702 | |
| California | 57363 | 7632 | -6602 | 186 | 256 |             | 501119 | 3.4 | 11612 | -71484 | 3641 | 3713 | 508508 | |
| Colorado | 3470 | 198 | -338 | 28 | 30 |             | 41157 | 2.0 | -692 | -6181 | 437 | 491 | 42095 | |
| Connecticut | 5477 | -137 | -646 | 3 | 28 |             | 59937 | 3.7 | 740 | -6159 | 136 | 194 | 60267 | |
| Delaware | 1476 | 210 | -1299 | 0 | 0 |             | 11026 | 2.8 | -473 | -687 | 41 | 63 | 11130 | |
| District of Columbia | 336 | -38 | -189 | 7 | 1 |             | 6626 | 1.4 | 377 | -1391 | 213 | 55 | 6894 | |
| Florida | 10377 | -284 | 161 | 50 | 132 |             | 112518 | 1.6 | 2930 | -8131 | 519 | 1512 | 114563 | |
| Georgia | 9229 | -961 | -4750 | 43 | 69 |             | 66732 | 1.8 | -723 | -13163 | 637 | 1283 | 68652 | |
| Hawaii | 1574 | 225 | 27 | 13 | 19 |             | 9427 | 1.8 | -70 | -1146 | 133 | 239 | 9800 | |
| Idaho | 2730 | 232 | -804 | 34 | 8 |             | 25790 | 4.6 | 89 | -1617 | 695 | 121 | 26606 | |
| Illinois | 19166 | 1037 | 646 | 34 | 51 |             | 208348 | 3.7 | -5551 | -17472 | 762 | 1104 | 210214 | |
| Indiana | 9071 | 1161 | 596 | 27 | 53 |             | 76085 | 2.7 | -230 | -4464 | 464 | 505 | 77055 | |
| Iowa | 4201 | 886 | 502 | 3 | 13 |             | 40855 | 2.9 | 1067 | -4541 | 107 | 151 | 41113 | |
| Kansas | 5118 | 2083 | 1141 | 6 | 7 |             | 31511 | 2.5 | 39 | -4330 | 201 | 217 | 31933 | |
| Kentucky | 3820 | -194 | -2259 | 7 | 18 |             | 42176 | 2.5 | -1820 | -5839 | 792 | 769 | 43738 | |
| Louisiana | 3420 | -61 | -538 | 18 | 31 |             | 36104 | 2.0 | -700 | -837 | 172 | 446 | 36722 | |
| Maine | 2935 | 926 | 370 | 3 | 4 |             | 19498 | 3.4 | 3577 | -1833 | 56 | 83 | 19639 | |
| Maryland | 7497 | 2199 | 1775 | 39 | 29 |             | 53232 | 2.3 | 2090 | -5932 | 473 | 353 | 54058 | |
| Massachusetts | 8641 | -136 | -1762 | 25 | 39 |             | 126281 | 4.1 | -223 | -7288 | 608 | 591 | 127480 | |
| Michigan | 19367 | 1672 | 1 | 57 | 50 |             | 198829 | 4.6 | -13361 | 6231 | 668 | 802 | 207213 | |
| Minnesota | 6673 | 190 | -296 | 17 | 30 |             | 73374 | 2.9 | -13167 | -7059 | 349 | 237 | 73962 | |
| Mississippi | 2477 | 248 | -414 | 22 | 12 |             | 25025 | 2.3 | -338 | -4503 | 225 | 258 | 25509 | |
| Missouri | 11116 | 3308 | 1739 | 36 | 33 |             | 80980 | 3.2 | 1818 | -5706 | 585 | 307 | 81873 | |
| Montana | 1517 | 342 | 243 | 30 | 8 |             | 14664 | 3.9 | -1077 | 135 | 779 | 100 | 15560 | |
| Nebraska | 1974 | 340 | 192 | 2 | 1 |             | 17268 | 2.0 | -163 | -669 | 55 | 55 | 17378 | |
| Nevada | 3464 | 458 | 174 | 7 | 12 |             | 27563 | 2.6 | 103 | -3208 | 243 | 210 | 28022 | |
| New Hampshire | 1124 | 20 | -93 | 2 | 1 |             | 11083 | 1.9 | 704 | -1356 | 30 | 33 | 11153 | |
| New Jersey | 13196 | 235 | -326 | 18 | 36 |             | 150263 | 4.0 | -46 | -420 | 385 | 583 | 151231 | |
| New Mexico | 1419 | 104 | 48 | 7 | 1 |             | 15897 | 2.2 | 184 | -834 | 272 | 154 | 16323 | |
| New York | 24094 | -1501 | -1751 | 43 | 120 |             | 257921 | 3.2 | 2634 | -24691 | 1018 | 1238 | 260183 | |
| North Carolina | 11610 | -847 | -13254 | 14 | 49 |             | 101125 | 2.8 | -1344 | -22422 | 402 | 1109 | 102640 | |
| North Dakota | 851 | 204 | 201 | 0 | 0 |             | 7595 | 2.5 | -84 | -571 | 49 | 39 | 7683 | |
| Ohio | 18645 | 1094 | 2165 | 20 | 40 |             | 155000 | 3.0 | -2024 | -8245 | 500 | 700 | 156200 | |
| Oklahoma | 2685 | 66 | -593 | 5 | 26 |             | 27969 | 2.0 | -268 | -829 | 85 | 354 | 28408 | |
| Oregon | 10276 | 1508 | -609 | 96 | 26 |             | 71821 | 4.7 | -339 | -9714 | 1039 | 446 | 73486 | |
| Pennsylvania | 28906 | 2802 | 2525 | 166 | 137 |             | 228599 | 4.2 | -25283 | -23851 | 1771 | 2068 | 232438 | |
| Puerto Rico | 3550 | 70 | -775 | 5 | 28 |             | 45570 | 4.7 | 6167 | -7028 | 143 | 506 | 46219 | |
| Rhode Island | 1799 | -154 | -82 | 5 | 3 |             | 19160 | 4.2 | 1448 | -710 | 35 | 72 | 19267 | |
| South Carolina | 4489 | -1017 | -3111 | 13 | 23 |             | 50933 | 2.9 | -1896 | -3335 | 169 | 479 | 51581 | |
| South Dakota | 599 | 75 | 57 | 6 | 4 |             | 5120 | 1.5 | 81 | -381 | 109 | 25 | 5256 | |
| Tennessee | 7023 | -596 | -4889 | 55 | 35 |             | 60464 | 2.4 | -431 | -13984 | 541 | 412 | 61421 | |
| Texas | 16471 | -2827 | -1573 | 40 | 94 |             | 191662 | 2.1 | 5301 | -21874 | 1306 | 2965 | 195944 | |
| Utah | 1904 | 80 | -160 | 64 | 9 |             | 21001 | 2.1 | 647 | -2945 | 792 | 153 | 21946 | |
| Vermont | 755 | 1 | -19 | 1 | 4 |             | 9991 | 3.5 | -175 | -1401 | 37 | 44 | 10072 | |
| Virgin Islands | 51 | 15 | -53 | 0 | 0 |             | 506 | 1.2 | 117 | -826 | 5 | 13 | 524 | |
| Virginia | 7732 | 766 | -2733 | 24 | 114 |             | 47776 | 1.5 | 316 | -14007 | 511 | 1005 | 49295 | |
| Washington | 12109 | 1663 | -2336 | 77 | 102 |             | 108947 | 4.2 | -1805 | -17467 | 989 | 1277 | 111562 | |
| West Virginia | 1987 | -176 | -585 | 5 | 13 |             | 21781 | 3.3 | -1668 | -5816 | 105 | 225 | 22111 | |
| Wisconsin | 16955 | 792 | -273 | 16 | 20 |             | 120517 | 4.5 | 6987 | -6292 | 276 | 319 | 121114 | |
| Wyoming | 582 | 32 | -132 | 6 | 4 |             | 5298 | 2.3 | -484 | -870 | 137 | 28 | 5463 | |
| Totals | 406110 | 23852 | -43176 | 1442 | 1880 |             | 3773686 | 3.0 | -24962 | -376013 | 24826 | 29161 | 3837242 | |
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.