| STATE NAME |
Initial Claims Filed During Week Ended February 28, 2004 |
Insured Unemployment For Week Ended February 21, 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 | 3855 | -776 | -1798 | 28 | 32 | 33295 | 1.9 | -1488 | -6556 | 120 | 398 | 33815 | ||
| Alaska | 1765 | 230 | -116 | 14 | 4 | 18693 | 6.8 | 142 | 165 | 345 | 99 | 21113 | ||
| Arizona | 3894 | 289 | -840 | 10 | 15 | 35643 | 1.6 | 434 | -1098 | 360 | 282 | 36285 | ||
| Arkansas | 3118 | 540 | -2138 | 21 | 9 | 34324 | 3.1 | -1401 | -5996 | 213 | 261 | 34798 | ||
| California | 58475 | 9719 | -4874 | 153 | 224 | 510827 | 3.5 | 44635 | -88512 | 3300 | 3779 | 517969 | ||
| Colorado | 2774 | -194 | -1376 | 20 | 27 | 41638 | 2.0 | -1707 | -6839 | 395 | 458 | 42502 | ||
| Connecticut | 6006 | 658 | -614 | 8 | 19 | 62173 | 3.9 | 4140 | -8292 | 121 | 269 | 62563 | ||
| Delaware | 808 | -801 | -1170 | 0 | 1 | 11633 | 2.9 | 596 | -2973 | 48 | 71 | 11752 | ||
| District of Columbia | 343 | 44 | -70 | 8 | 2 | 6261 | 1.4 | 522 | -2118 | 221 | 60 | 6542 | ||
| Florida | 9457 | -287 | 543 | 47 | 127 | 108642 | 1.5 | 907 | -7697 | 497 | 1462 | 110609 | ||
| Georgia | 7499 | -1020 | -2118 | 41 | 82 | 59374 | 1.6 | -2571 | -12101 | 413 | 1223 | 61010 | ||
| Hawaii | 1288 | -149 | -141 | 16 | 19 | 9058 | 1.7 | -400 | -1031 | 137 | 248 | 9445 | ||
| Idaho | 2659 | 209 | -615 | 20 | 7 | 25335 | 4.5 | 170 | -2971 | 609 | 124 | 26068 | ||
| Illinois | 13742 | -309 | -3476 | 35 | 52 | 208090 | 3.7 | -8157 | -16757 | 733 | 1024 | 209847 | ||
| Indiana | 6438 | 100 | -1218 | 27 | 45 | 74450 | 2.7 | -487 | -6773 | 466 | 547 | 75464 | ||
| Iowa | 2444 | -248 | -886 | 4 | 14 | 40879 | 2.9 | -1080 | -4437 | 100 | 150 | 41129 | ||
| Kansas | 2568 | 164 | -2493 | 2 | 4 | 31769 | 2.5 | -1962 | -2857 | 185 | 244 | 32198 | ||
| Kentucky | 3952 | -177 | -2777 | 29 | 28 | 40799 | 2.4 | -5553 | -8924 | 472 | 733 | 42006 | ||
| Louisiana | 3152 | -90 | -1142 | 15 | 31 | 33929 | 1.9 | -978 | -1881 | 169 | 453 | 34551 | ||
| Maine | 1687 | 406 | -33 | 2 | 2 | 19124 | 3.3 | 2405 | -1760 | 34 | 68 | 19226 | ||
| Maryland | 3793 | -112 | -2710 | 27 | 32 | 52634 | 2.3 | 43 | -9151 | 512 | 385 | 53531 | ||
| Massachusetts | 7393 | -4695 | -1739 | 24 | 31 | 128657 | 4.1 | 4902 | -12715 | 383 | 558 | 129598 | ||
| Michigan | 12714 | -114 | -5391 | 28 | 40 | 201423 | 4.7 | -5770 | 4441 | 723 | 846 | 203205 | ||
| Minnesota | 5704 | 369 | -485 | 14 | 18 | 73523 | 2.9 | -12693 | -7602 | 332 | 236 | 74093 | ||
| Mississippi | 2384 | 205 | -865 | 23 | 11 | 22961 | 2.1 | -401 | -4675 | 204 | 244 | 23411 | ||
| Missouri | 6657 | 48 | -4280 | 22 | 33 | 81995 | 3.2 | -8582 | -5793 | 442 | 291 | 82729 | ||
| Montana | 1087 | 54 | -342 | 33 | 6 | 13896 | 3.7 | -910 | -405 | 745 | 108 | 14754 | ||
| Nebraska | 1419 | -526 | -627 | 3 | 1 | 18122 | 2.1 | 18 | 56 | 69 | 39 | 18230 | ||
| Nevada | 3175 | 558 | -232 | 10 | 5 | 27016 | 2.6 | 92 | -3074 | 190 | 187 | 27395 | ||
| New Hampshire | 1087 | 263 | -161 | 4 | 3 | 11190 | 1.9 | 361 | -1637 | 33 | 34 | 11257 | ||
| New Jersey | 9797 | -1556 | -3293 | 22 | 22 | 155919 | 4.1 | 2126 | -4794 | 371 | 573 | 156863 | ||
| New Mexico | 1107 | 42 | -151 | 4 | 0 | 15664 | 2.2 | -218 | -538 | 299 | 137 | 16100 | ||
| New York | 31530 | 13499 | -2430 | 34 | 98 | 265671 | 3.3 | 14933 | -32560 | 1005 | 1346 | 268024 | ||
| North Carolina | 13387 | 95 | -7556 | 30 | 50 | 101316 | 2.8 | -245 | -17892 | 356 | 1127 | 102802 | ||
| North Dakota | 436 | -22 | -421 | 2 | 0 | 7355 | 2.4 | -401 | -473 | 125 | 32 | 7512 | ||
| Ohio | 11926 | 7 | -3135 | 18 | 31 | 154000 | 2.9 | -3017 | -7000 | 450 | 750 | 155200 | ||
| Oklahoma | 2264 | -201 | -575 | 13 | 24 | 27198 | 2.0 | -1229 | -1897 | 79 | 347 | 27624 | ||
| Oregon | 8340 | 1223 | -961 | 78 | 38 | 67957 | 4.4 | 798 | -12392 | 973 | 407 | 69381 | ||
| Pennsylvania | 19044 | -580 | -8355 | 109 | 115 | 225190 | 4.2 | -28939 | -39039 | 1291 | 1853 | 228334 | ||
| Puerto Rico | 2867 | 109 | -993 | 4 | 26 | 54677 | 5.6 | 20164 | 4991 | 245 | 690 | 55612 | ||
| Rhode Island | 1486 | -1486 | -859 | 5 | 8 | 19952 | 4.3 | 1919 | -1775 | 46 | 80 | 20078 | ||
| South Carolina | 4193 | -959 | -1870 | 10 | 29 | 46151 | 2.7 | -2407 | -4266 | 162 | 453 | 46766 | ||
| South Dakota | 393 | -16 | -52 | 8 | 2 | 4997 | 1.4 | -160 | -375 | 123 | 36 | 5157 | ||
| Tennessee | 5448 | 59 | -2125 | 42 | 27 | 56277 | 2.2 | -1164 | -15070 | 375 | 427 | 57079 | ||
| Texas | 15235 | -1838 | -613 | 35 | 88 | 180233 | 2.0 | 1666 | -30097 | 1035 | 2781 | 184059 | ||
| Utah | 1531 | 55 | -474 | 19 | 12 | 20102 | 2.0 | -39 | -3814 | 413 | 157 | 20672 | ||
| Vermont | 894 | -74 | -220 | 0 | 4 | 10423 | 3.6 | 500 | -1640 | 32 | 40 | 10495 | ||
| Virgin Islands | 33 | 7 | -36 | 0 | 0 | 441 | 1.1 | 63 | -987 | 2 | 9 | 452 | ||
| Virginia | 5816 | 157 | -4862 | 35 | 89 | 47342 | 1.5 | 689 | -15783 | 523 | 1112 | 48982 | ||
| Washington | 11020 | 1074 | -1097 | 49 | 68 | 102202 | 4.0 | 516 | -20040 | 947 | 1259 | 104494 | ||
| West Virginia | 1247 | -227 | -1409 | 4 | 10 | 20172 | 3.1 | 1322 | -8848 | 100 | 230 | 20502 | ||
| Wisconsin | 12326 | 168 | -1839 | 5 | 13 | 114165 | 4.3 | -1084 | -7883 | 253 | 309 | 114733 | ||
| Wyoming | 480 | 81 | -135 | 5 | 0 | 5186 | 2.2 | -520 | -877 | 121 | 33 | 5340 | ||
| Totals | 342137 | 13975 | -87645 | 1219 | 1678 | 3739943 | 3.0 | 10500 | -453012 | 21897 | 29069 | 3793356 | ||
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.