| STATE NAME |
Initial Claims Filed During Week Ended March 13, 2004 |
Insured Unemployment For Week Ended March 6, 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 | 3929 | -1038 | -1345 | 23 | 32 |             | 32436 | 1.8 | -1304 | -6874 | 126 | 389 | 32953 | |
| Alaska | 1698 | -139 | -159 | 10 | 1 |             | 17563 | 6.4 | -207 | -348 | 314 | 101 | 20046 | |
| Arizona | 3976 | 15 | -1266 | 10 | 17 |             | 34757 | 1.6 | -1154 | -2778 | 369 | 285 | 35411 | |
| Arkansas | 3323 | 0 | -437 | 10 | 5 |             | 33689 | 3.1 | -398 | -6413 | 268 | 235 | 34192 | |
| California | 48870 | -2242 | -8947 | 121 | 196 |             | 492448 | 3.4 | -19659 | -93738 | 2925 | 3410 | 498846 | |
| Colorado | 2639 | -350 | 110 | 12 | 34 |             | 39596 | 1.9 | -2442 | -9455 | 376 | 441 | 40420 | |
| Connecticut | 3453 | -271 | -1156 | 5 | 20 |             | 55292 | 3.4 | -1805 | -10432 | 136 | 207 | 55635 | |
| Delaware | 1580 | 821 | -426 | 2 | 3 |             | 10280 | 2.6 | -187 | -3127 | 32 | 58 | 10370 | |
| District of Columbia | 302 | -39 | -127 | 11 | 1 |             | 5835 | 1.3 | 176 | -1847 | 190 | 44 | 6069 | |
| Florida | 9769 | -814 | 272 | 45 | 125 |             | 105691 | 1.5 | 1265 | -9426 | 472 | 1443 | 107616 | |
| Georgia | 7851 | -2198 | -3976 | 23 | 93 |             | 58472 | 1.6 | -2462 | -15191 | 408 | 1266 | 60146 | |
| Hawaii | 1727 | 84 | 317 | 9 | 20 |             | 9817 | 1.8 | 223 | -346 | 142 | 238 | 10199 | |
| Idaho | 2181 | -116 | -418 | 23 | 8 |             | 23678 | 4.2 | -1437 | -3751 | 517 | 128 | 24323 | |
| Illinois | 12616 | -904 | -3462 | 48 | 55 |             | 201466 | 3.6 | -5915 | -23255 | 699 | 1004 | 203169 | |
| Indiana | 6055 | -206 | -1212 | 21 | 45 |             | 71391 | 2.6 | -1944 | -8527 | 447 | 504 | 72343 | |
| Iowa | 2325 | -663 | -1488 | 4 | 7 |             | 39033 | 2.8 | -923 | -6162 | 101 | 132 | 39266 | |
| Kansas | 2399 | -575 | -639 | 5 | 3 |             | 31434 | 2.5 | 1379 | -4492 | 183 | 248 | 31865 | |
| Kentucky | 3838 | -582 | -537 | 20 | 20 |             | 37987 | 2.3 | -5146 | -10373 | 483 | 694 | 39167 | |
| Louisiana | 3359 | -304 | -319 | 15 | 30 |             | 33452 | 1.8 | -522 | -2760 | 187 | 471 | 34110 | |
| Maine | 1237 | 163 | -167 | 1 | 1 |             | 17853 | 3.1 | 1465 | -1504 | 41 | 58 | 17952 | |
| Maryland | 3774 | -37 | -1652 | 31 | 40 |             | 49761 | 2.2 | 67 | -10037 | 476 | 360 | 50597 | |
| Massachusetts | 7147 | -156 | -1327 | 12 | 31 |             | 119379 | 3.8 | -4289 | -13748 | 362 | 569 | 120310 | |
| Michigan | 14602 | 318 | -6452 | 21 | 40 |             | 191451 | 4.4 | -4097 | 412 | 640 | 818 | 193036 | |
| Minnesota | 5426 | -2021 | -1229 | 11 | 13 |             | 72231 | 2.8 | -11591 | -7519 | 322 | 224 | 72778 | |
| Mississippi | 2281 | -252 | -1812 | 25 | 17 |             | 22303 | 2.1 | -516 | -5941 | 222 | 248 | 22774 | |
| Missouri | 6446 | -162 | -605 | 24 | 23 |             | 72381 | 2.8 | -4510 | -12467 | 341 | 258 | 72983 | |
| Montana | 985 | -93 | -316 | 9 | 12 |             | 13263 | 3.5 | -1039 | -1726 | 691 | 100 | 14066 | |
| Nebraska | 1411 | -189 | -120 | 2 | 3 |             | 17099 | 2.0 | -169 | -462 | 79 | 42 | 17220 | |
| Nevada | 2584 | -912 | -982 | 9 | 8 |             | 27395 | 2.6 | 225 | -2503 | 188 | 181 | 27773 | |
| New Hampshire | 906 | -59 | -270 | 3 | 1 |             | 10951 | 1.8 | -87 | -1676 | 33 | 41 | 11027 | |
| New Jersey | 8795 | -1334 | -1260 | 19 | 30 |             | 147452 | 3.9 | -3556 | -6197 | 354 | 551 | 148357 | |
| New Mexico | 1067 | -75 | -68 | 7 | 1 |             | 15538 | 2.2 | 150 | -604 | 296 | 142 | 15976 | |
| New York | 18096 | -1085 | -3335 | 30 | 82 |             | 243670 | 3.0 | -3990 | -37388 | 963 | 1310 | 245946 | |
| North Carolina | 11885 | -3388 | -6164 | 25 | 53 |             | 95670 | 2.6 | -5116 | -18912 | 379 | 1066 | 97119 | |
| North Dakota | 381 | -69 | -127 | 2 | 1 |             | 6762 | 2.2 | -460 | -1427 | 66 | 42 | 6871 | |
| Ohio | 11394 | -981 | -1961 | 20 | 39 |             | 145100 | 2.8 | -4555 | -18734 | 400 | 700 | 146200 | |
| Oklahoma | 2330 | 190 | -1254 | 3 | 35 |             | 26200 | 1.9 | -263 | -3159 | 108 | 349 | 26657 | |
| Oregon | 7031 | -676 | -2312 | 50 | 33 |             | 66748 | 4.3 | -896 | -12736 | 940 | 400 | 68110 | |
| Pennsylvania | 19237 | -1564 | -3411 | 110 | 127 |             | 213789 | 4.0 | -28919 | -39695 | 1240 | 1657 | 216686 | |
| Puerto Rico | 2767 | -327 | -557 | 2 | 15 |             | 41788 | 4.3 | 2969 | -13133 | 232 | 529 | 42549 | |
| Rhode Island | 1305 | 23 | -375 | 5 | 5 |             | 17476 | 3.8 | -619 | -1564 | 21 | 78 | 17575 | |
| South Carolina | 4475 | -1014 | -1419 | 7 | 25 |             | 43750 | 2.5 | -1674 | -4947 | 156 | 468 | 44374 | |
| South Dakota | 483 | 50 | 78 | 5 | 5 |             | 4820 | 1.4 | -94 | -530 | 115 | 22 | 4960 | |
| Tennessee | 5823 | -223 | -1378 | 66 | 29 |             | 54310 | 2.1 | -1145 | -14487 | 361 | 411 | 55084 | |
| Texas | 17757 | -356 | -6421 | 38 | 96 |             | 175618 | 1.9 | 1393 | -30878 | 994 | 2689 | 179311 | |
| Utah | 1277 | -448 | -354 | 21 | 7 |             | 19063 | 1.9 | -560 | -4313 | 327 | 137 | 19527 | |
| Vermont | 660 | 9 | -141 | 2 | 1 |             | 9895 | 3.4 | -366 | -1594 | 30 | 44 | 9969 | |
| Virgin Islands | 26 | 0 | -18 | 0 | 0 |             | 479 | 1.2 | 132 | -816 | 6 | 10 | 495 | |
| Virginia | 5269 | -377 | -2019 | 33 | 90 |             | 43629 | 1.3 | -1482 | -16561 | 487 | 1097 | 45215 | |
| Washington | 9446 | -1142 | -2620 | 56 | 60 |             | 95988 | 3.7 | -4875 | -23046 | 864 | 1210 | 98125 | |
| West Virginia | 1196 | -85 | -419 | 7 | 23 |             | 18664 | 2.8 | -1769 | -6893 | 99 | 222 | 18985 | |
| Wisconsin | 12032 | -1200 | -2335 | 11 | 14 |             | 110643 | 4.2 | -931 | -10805 | 261 | 290 | 111201 | |
| Wyoming | 467 | -123 | -4 | 1 | 6 |             | 5038 | 2.2 | -223 | -1192 | 114 | 26 | 5178 | |
| Totals | 311888 | -27116 | -78021 | 1085 | 1681 |             | 3550474 | 2.8 | -123852 | -546077 | 20583 | 27647 | 3601132 | |
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.