| STATE NAME |
Initial Claims Filed During Week Ended February 14, 2004 |
Insured Unemployment For Week Ended February 7, 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 | 5422 | 646 | 425 | 23 | 31 |             | 36418 | 2.1 | 327 | -4089 | 123 | 407 | 36951 | |
| Alaska | 1904 | -157 | -64 | 12 | 3 |             | 19181 | 7.0 | 929 | 837 | 402 | 103 | 21620 | |
| Arizona | 3932 | -27 | -1167 | 16 | 20 |             | 36321 | 1.7 | -16 | 2603 | 395 | 284 | 37000 | |
| Arkansas | 2114 | -1008 | -2547 | 8 | 5 |             | 37228 | 3.4 | -459 | -3312 | 217 | 242 | 37687 | |
| California | 44918 | -12879 | -13079 | 144 | 195 |             | 484761 | 3.3 | -9004 | -81554 | 3268 | 3589 | 491652 | |
| Colorado | 3132 | -835 | -843 | 14 | 21 |             | 40424 | 1.9 | -1805 | -6134 | 400 | 469 | 41302 | |
| Connecticut | 3818 | -578 | -594 | 14 | 18 |             | 58100 | 3.6 | -712 | -6954 | 103 | 205 | 58408 | |
| Delaware | 1031 | -585 | -1218 | 0 | 0 |             | 11487 | 2.9 | -1338 | -1470 | 39 | 61 | 11587 | |
| District of Columbia | 354 | -67 | -85 | 13 | 2 |             | 6354 | 1.4 | 271 | -1198 | 203 | 56 | 6613 | |
| Florida | 10717 | -1074 | 1127 | 63 | 134 |             | 110298 | 1.6 | 1122 | -7488 | 525 | 1459 | 112291 | |
| Georgia | 8977 | -3278 | -3536 | 35 | 66 |             | 64681 | 1.7 | -3057 | -11401 | 491 | 1254 | 66426 | |
| Hawaii | 1303 | -158 | -146 | 9 | 18 |             | 9004 | 1.7 | -557 | -1208 | 134 | 221 | 9360 | |
| Idaho | 2232 | -572 | -639 | 25 | 5 |             | 28890 | 5.1 | 2469 | 101 | 665 | 133 | 29688 | |
| Illinois | 12921 | -5586 | -1585 | 44 | 38 |             | 213077 | 3.8 | -2625 | -11502 | 671 | 1045 | 214793 | |
| Indiana | 6785 | -1424 | -748 | 42 | 33 |             | 78743 | 2.8 | -548 | -1108 | 455 | 525 | 79724 | |
| Iowa | 2977 | -776 | -697 | 8 | 10 |             | 43209 | 3.1 | 553 | -2973 | 109 | 149 | 43467 | |
| Kansas | 3043 | -1677 | 192 | 4 | 4 |             | 35392 | 2.8 | 1420 | 719 | 191 | 225 | 35814 | |
| Kentucky | 3362 | -1269 | -2541 | 15 | 14 |             | 43149 | 2.6 | -3109 | -4641 | 579 | 729 | 44457 | |
| Louisiana | 3792 | 74 | 257 | 11 | 31 |             | 35175 | 1.9 | -2 | -884 | 176 | 442 | 35793 | |
| Maine | 1370 | -154 | -300 | 2 | 0 |             | 17251 | 3.0 | 708 | -2565 | 44 | 60 | 17355 | |
| Maryland | 4401 | -1087 | -996 | 35 | 36 |             | 54264 | 2.4 | -345 | -3816 | 473 | 370 | 55107 | |
| Massachusetts | 7439 | -1091 | -2027 | 21 | 32 |             | 125303 | 4.0 | -1663 | -8754 | 476 | 579 | 126358 | |
| Michigan | 20326 | 1423 | -3861 | 33 | 52 |             | 199969 | 4.6 | -3027 | 6343 | 735 | 831 | 212136 | |
| Minnesota | 5616 | -1877 | -1083 | 21 | 23 |             | 75035 | 2.9 | -11526 | -5933 | 347 | 250 | 75634 | |
| Mississippi | 2700 | 241 | 11 | 18 | 9 |             | 23876 | 2.2 | -371 | -4468 | 232 | 259 | 24371 | |
| Missouri | 7597 | -5139 | 114 | 18 | 25 |             | 83037 | 3.2 | -578 | -3073 | 436 | 276 | 83749 | |
| Montana | 947 | -150 | -161 | 26 | 9 |             | 14635 | 3.9 | -800 | 112 | 756 | 93 | 15491 | |
| Nebraska | 1716 | -780 | -181 | 2 | 0 |             | 18785 | 2.2 | 761 | 692 | 53 | 48 | 18886 | |
| Nevada | 2715 | -687 | -558 | 7 | 9 |             | 27818 | 2.7 | 258 | -2219 | 217 | 203 | 28244 | |
| New Hampshire | 1174 | -132 | 78 | 1 | 1 |             | 11346 | 1.9 | 748 | -666 | 35 | 35 | 11418 | |
| New Jersey | 10183 | -3387 | -421 | 20 | 32 |             | 155619 | 4.1 | 1662 | 5128 | 354 | 591 | 156564 | |
| New Mexico | 1208 | -130 | 1 | 6 | 0 |             | 16102 | 2.3 | 304 | -387 | 288 | 134 | 16524 | |
| New York | 20833 | -3985 | -1411 | 64 | 105 |             | 256211 | 3.2 | -1089 | -25742 | 1023 | 1261 | 258498 | |
| North Carolina | 15658 | -16139 | -1653 | 26 | 53 |             | 108372 | 3.0 | -11469 | -7937 | 377 | 1149 | 109906 | |
| North Dakota | 504 | -216 | -100 | 3 | 1 |             | 7851 | 2.6 | -250 | -193 | 59 | 31 | 7941 | |
| Ohio | 13483 | -2593 | -1064 | 18 | 44 |             | 158100 | 3.0 | -2238 | -2564 | 450 | 750 | 159300 | |
| Oklahoma | 2900 | -65 | 171 | 16 | 29 |             | 28807 | 2.1 | 426 | -389 | 81 | 351 | 29239 | |
| Oregon | 7461 | -1842 | -1268 | 68 | 27 |             | 69670 | 4.5 | -2136 | -10831 | 1013 | 415 | 71161 | |
| Pennsylvania | 21881 | -6931 | -2226 | 114 | 149 |             | 244849 | 4.6 | -12340 | -9973 | 1652 | 1879 | 248380 | |
| Puerto Rico | 3169 | -554 | -859 | 3 | 19 |             | 38493 | 4.0 | -6816 | -6538 | 121 | 479 | 39093 | |
| Rhode Island | 1531 | -113 | -140 | 4 | 3 |             | 18670 | 4.1 | 1074 | -543 | 32 | 82 | 18784 | |
| South Carolina | 5248 | -5062 | -695 | 12 | 19 |             | 50021 | 2.9 | -6330 | -1525 | 165 | 482 | 50668 | |
| South Dakota | 448 | -63 | 8 | 16 | 4 |             | 5177 | 1.5 | -120 | -378 | 142 | 32 | 5353 | |
| Tennessee | 6618 | -316 | -925 | 37 | 35 |             | 59209 | 2.3 | -46 | -12671 | 452 | 408 | 60070 | |
| Texas | 17472 | -2201 | -3802 | 37 | 95 |             | 185049 | 2.0 | 5989 | -24566 | 1163 | 2895 | 189114 | |
| Utah | 1782 | -37 | -343 | 18 | 7 |             | 20601 | 2.1 | -252 | -3327 | 585 | 160 | 21346 | |
| Vermont | 691 | 25 | -38 | 1 | 1 |             | 9979 | 3.5 | -5 | -1381 | 36 | 46 | 10061 | |
| Virgin Islands | 37 | -16 | -62 | 0 | 1 |             | 479 | 1.2 | 57 | -791 | 2 | 10 | 491 | |
| Virginia | 6487 | -3425 | -1742 | 35 | 77 |             | 50114 | 1.5 | -892 | -9879 | 476 | 1051 | 51645 | |
| Washington | 10016 | -1724 | -1233 | 62 | 67 |             | 106209 | 4.1 | -2785 | -18708 | 961 | 1264 | 108611 | |
| West Virginia | 1698 | -589 | 114 | 2 | 16 |             | 22378 | 3.4 | -1877 | -2380 | 98 | 231 | 22709 | |
| Wisconsin | 12784 | -1752 | -2707 | 7 | 23 |             | 117664 | 4.4 | -1702 | -9012 | 263 | 304 | 118237 | |
| Wyoming | 601 | -30 | -16 | 3 | 2 |             | 5236 | 2.3 | -235 | -1016 | 131 | 26 | 5393 | |
| Totals | 341428 | -91808 | -56863 | 1256 | 1653 |             | 3778071 | 3.0 | -73046 | -311606 | 22874 | 28633 | 3842470 | |
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.