| STATE NAME |
Initial Claims Filed During Week Ended March 6, 2004 |
Insured Unemployment For Week Ended February 28, 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 | 4967 | 1112 | -391 | 17 | 32 | 33740 | 1.9 | 445 | -6166 | 114 | 394 | 34252 | ||
| Alaska | 1837 | 72 | -63 | 13 | 2 | 17770 | 6.5 | -923 | -1043 | 252 | 101 | 19888 | ||
| Arizona | 3961 | 67 | -1470 | 11 | 17 | 35910 | 1.6 | 267 | -1183 | 364 | 294 | 36568 | ||
| Arkansas | 3323 | 205 | -2325 | 19 | 12 | 34087 | 3.1 | -237 | -8661 | 249 | 239 | 34575 | ||
| California | 51112 | -7363 | -11887 | 178 | 221 | 512107 | 3.5 | 1280 | -103740 | 2744 | 3556 | 518446 | ||
| Colorado | 2989 | 215 | -691 | 22 | 31 | 42038 | 2.0 | 400 | -6815 | 375 | 338 | 42759 | ||
| Connecticut | 3724 | -2282 | -1080 | 10 | 14 | 57097 | 3.5 | -5076 | -9007 | 118 | 231 | 57446 | ||
| Delaware | 759 | -49 | -1614 | 1 | 2 | 10467 | 2.6 | -1166 | -2166 | 30 | 63 | 10560 | ||
| District of Columbia | 341 | -2 | -90 | 10 | 4 | 5659 | 1.2 | -602 | -1147 | 173 | 49 | 5881 | ||
| Florida | 10583 | 1126 | -358 | 61 | 120 | 104426 | 1.5 | -4216 | -12806 | 463 | 1491 | 106383 | ||
| Georgia | 10049 | 2550 | -973 | 45 | 79 | 60934 | 1.6 | 1560 | -12472 | 430 | 1270 | 62634 | ||
| Hawaii | 1643 | 355 | 92 | 9 | 20 | 9594 | 1.8 | 536 | -585 | 134 | 229 | 9964 | ||
| Idaho | 2297 | -362 | -480 | 17 | 5 | 25115 | 4.5 | -220 | -3040 | 560 | 139 | 25814 | ||
| Illinois | 13520 | -222 | -2614 | 30 | 58 | 207381 | 3.7 | -709 | -13360 | 603 | 996 | 208980 | ||
| Indiana | 6261 | -177 | -1554 | 36 | 53 | 73335 | 2.6 | -1115 | -7743 | 455 | 530 | 74321 | ||
| Iowa | 2988 | 544 | -275 | 5 | 12 | 39956 | 2.9 | -923 | -5213 | 97 | 136 | 40189 | ||
| Kansas | 2974 | 406 | -666 | 1 | 4 | 30055 | 2.4 | -1714 | -6731 | 182 | 253 | 30490 | ||
| Kentucky | 4420 | 468 | -1338 | 9 | 33 | 43133 | 2.6 | 2334 | -12837 | 363 | 695 | 44193 | ||
| Louisiana | 3663 | 511 | 170 | 13 | 24 | 33974 | 1.9 | 45 | -2068 | 162 | 452 | 34588 | ||
| Maine | 1074 | -613 | -54 | 0 | 3 | 16388 | 2.8 | -2736 | -1856 | 48 | 60 | 16496 | ||
| Maryland | 3811 | 18 | -1784 | 28 | 36 | 49694 | 2.2 | -2940 | -5721 | 447 | 436 | 50577 | ||
| Massachusetts | 7303 | -90 | -2639 | 17 | 34 | 123668 | 4.0 | -4989 | -12004 | 375 | 597 | 124640 | ||
| Michigan | 14284 | 1570 | 216 | 21 | 57 | 195548 | 4.5 | -5875 | 505 | 480 | 739 | 196914 | ||
| Minnesota | 7447 | 1743 | 277 | 9 | 14 | 83822 | 3.3 | 10299 | -4867 | 160 | 272 | 84255 | ||
| Mississippi | 2533 | 149 | -1291 | 33 | 24 | 22819 | 2.1 | -142 | -5425 | 228 | 265 | 23312 | ||
| Missouri | 6608 | -49 | -2940 | 16 | 17 | 76891 | 3.0 | -5104 | -11326 | 414 | 311 | 77618 | ||
| Montana | 1078 | -9 | -334 | 17 | 10 | 14302 | 3.8 | 406 | -357 | 648 | 101 | 15055 | ||
| Nebraska | 1600 | 181 | 45 | 1 | 3 | 17268 | 2.0 | -854 | -1082 | 73 | 44 | 17385 | ||
| Nevada | 3496 | 321 | 195 | 6 | 3 | 27170 | 2.6 | 154 | -2899 | 188 | 190 | 27553 | ||
| New Hampshire | 965 | -122 | -110 | 4 | 5 | 11038 | 1.9 | -152 | -1549 | 34 | 27 | 11099 | ||
| New Jersey | 10129 | 332 | -899 | 23 | 36 | 151008 | 4.0 | -4911 | -4809 | 325 | 617 | 151950 | ||
| New Mexico | 1142 | 35 | -166 | 2 | 0 | 15388 | 2.2 | -276 | -755 | 287 | 146 | 15821 | ||
| New York | 19181 | -12349 | -4090 | 33 | 109 | 247660 | 3.1 | -18011 | -34639 | 977 | 1329 | 249969 | ||
| North Carolina | 15273 | 1886 | -3340 | 27 | 57 | 100786 | 2.7 | -530 | -15072 | 369 | 1069 | 102226 | ||
| North Dakota | 450 | 14 | -329 | 2 | 1 | 7222 | 2.4 | -133 | -896 | 92 | 36 | 7350 | ||
| Ohio | 12375 | 449 | -2149 | 22 | 45 | 152600 | 2.9 | 433 | -12400 | 400 | 800 | 153800 | ||
| Oklahoma | 2140 | -124 | -2725 | 12 | 33 | 26463 | 1.9 | -735 | -3948 | 92 | 333 | 26888 | ||
| Oregon | 7707 | -633 | -2590 | 60 | 26 | 67644 | 4.4 | -313 | -10856 | 922 | 399 | 68998 | ||
| Pennsylvania | 20801 | 1757 | -5793 | 80 | 119 | 242708 | 4.5 | 17518 | -43808 | 1270 | 1785 | 245763 | ||
| Puerto Rico | 3094 | 227 | -533 | 3 | 17 | 38819 | 4.0 | -15858 | -9254 | 175 | 487 | 39481 | ||
| Rhode Island | 1282 | -204 | -263 | 6 | 2 | 18095 | 3.9 | -1857 | -1574 | 28 | 71 | 18194 | ||
| South Carolina | 5489 | 1296 | -1496 | 16 | 45 | 45424 | 2.6 | -727 | -5008 | 155 | 447 | 46026 | ||
| South Dakota | 433 | 40 | -70 | 17 | 4 | 4914 | 1.4 | -83 | -430 | 122 | 25 | 5061 | ||
| Tennessee | 6046 | 598 | -2313 | 21 | 36 | 55455 | 2.2 | -822 | -15359 | 377 | 416 | 56255 | ||
| Texas | 18113 | 2878 | -4197 | 41 | 133 | 174225 | 1.9 | -6008 | -26545 | 883 | 2659 | 177780 | ||
| Utah | 1725 | 194 | -243 | 24 | 9 | 19623 | 2.0 | -479 | -4288 | 365 | 145 | 20133 | ||
| Vermont | 651 | -243 | -230 | 3 | 4 | 10261 | 3.6 | -162 | -1421 | 33 | 43 | 10338 | ||
| Virgin Islands | 26 | -7 | -21 | 0 | 1 | 347 | 0.8 | -94 | -920 | 13 | 11 | 371 | ||
| Virginia | 5646 | -170 | -4165 | 26 | 84 | 45111 | 1.4 | -2231 | -17799 | 443 | 1068 | 46622 | ||
| Washington | 10588 | -432 | -984 | 64 | 85 | 100863 | 3.9 | -1339 | -21197 | 930 | 1206 | 103243 | ||
| West Virginia | 1281 | 34 | -1127 | 5 | 14 | 20433 | 3.1 | 261 | -8318 | 69 | 214 | 20716 | ||
| Wisconsin | 13232 | 906 | -1855 | 8 | 24 | 111574 | 4.2 | -2591 | -10424 | 240 | 281 | 112096 | ||
| Wyoming | 590 | 110 | 40 | 4 | 7 | 5261 | 2.3 | 75 | -1058 | 102 | 37 | 5400 | ||
| Totals | 339004 | -3133 | -75564 | 1158 | 1840 | 3677270 | 2.9 | -60840 | -514142 | 19632 | 28122 | 3727316 | ||
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.