| STATE NAME |
Initial Claims Filed During Week Ended March 20, 2004 |
Insured Unemployment For Week Ended March 13, 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 | 4146 | 217 | -906 | 23 | 30 |             | 31825 | 1.8 | -611 | -6255 | 125 | 387 | 32340 | |
| Alaska | 1739 | 41 | -225 | 11 | 3 |             | 17562 | 6.4 | -1 | -722 | 232 | 110 | 19774 | |
| Arizona | 4347 | 180 | 7 | 12 | 14 |             | 35401 | 1.6 | -72 | -1854 | 353 | 275 | 36029 | |
| Arkansas | 2684 | -627 | -1110 | 6 | 7 |             | 31760 | 2.9 | -2041 | -5997 | 227 | 225 | 32212 | |
| California | 46038 | -2832 | -12394 | 116 | 188 |             | 491397 | 3.4 | -1051 | -121335 | 2661 | 3507 | 497613 | |
| Colorado | 2451 | -188 | -141 | 8 | 28 |             | 40219 | 1.9 | 623 | -7913 | 359 | 337 | 40921 | |
| Connecticut | 3700 | 247 | -331 | 2 | 20 |             | 54445 | 3.4 | -847 | -10100 | 138 | 211 | 54794 | |
| Delaware | 690 | -890 | -53 | 1 | 4 |             | 10783 | 2.7 | 503 | -3030 | 35 | 64 | 10882 | |
| District of Columbia | 279 | -23 | -92 | 10 | 5 |             | 5433 | 1.2 | -402 | -1044 | 177 | 65 | 5675 | |
| Florida | 9706 | -63 | 462 | 39 | 142 |             | 104405 | 1.5 | -1286 | -10918 | 505 | 1471 | 106383 | |
| Georgia | 6683 | -1168 | -4788 | 36 | 65 |             | 57785 | 1.6 | -687 | -14869 | 398 | 1309 | 59492 | |
| Hawaii | 1346 | -381 | -114 | 7 | 12 |             | 9794 | 1.8 | -23 | -584 | 131 | 236 | 10171 | |
| Idaho | 1867 | -314 | -493 | 25 | 6 |             | 22494 | 4.0 | -1184 | -3531 | 479 | 115 | 23088 | |
| Illinois | 12372 | -244 | -2124 | 20 | 52 |             | 197406 | 3.5 | -4060 | -19405 | 621 | 1004 | 199031 | |
| Indiana | 6721 | 666 | -1317 | 28 | 53 |             | 67783 | 2.4 | -3608 | -9276 | 419 | 484 | 68686 | |
| Iowa | 2721 | 396 | -410 | 3 | 8 |             | 36701 | 2.6 | -2332 | -6973 | 83 | 133 | 36917 | |
| Kansas | 2193 | -206 | -2370 | 3 | 2 |             | 29002 | 2.3 | -2432 | -4859 | 186 | 257 | 29445 | |
| Kentucky | 3804 | -34 | -373 | 10 | 24 |             | 41189 | 2.5 | 3202 | -8729 | 326 | 718 | 42237 | |
| Louisiana | 3357 | -2 | -172 | 9 | 31 |             | 32478 | 1.8 | -974 | -3053 | 160 | 446 | 33084 | |
| Maine | 1333 | 96 | 51 | 1 | 0 |             | 17212 | 3.0 | -641 | -977 | 43 | 59 | 17314 | |
| Maryland | 3510 | -264 | -773 | 35 | 28 |             | 46545 | 2.0 | -3216 | -8609 | 422 | 428 | 47395 | |
| Massachusetts | 6703 | -444 | -1610 | 10 | 27 |             | 117442 | 3.8 | -1937 | -15125 | 343 | 578 | 118363 | |
| Michigan | 14571 | -31 | 1402 | 19 | 31 |             | 191252 | 4.4 | -199 | 1815 | 435 | 727 | 192537 | |
| Minnesota | 5519 | 93 | -1161 | 10 | 12 |             | 82695 | 3.2 | 10464 | -4687 | 152 | 284 | 83135 | |
| Mississippi | 2424 | 143 | -727 | 20 | 4 |             | 21334 | 2.0 | -969 | -7117 | 235 | 256 | 21825 | |
| Missouri | 6276 | -170 | -764 | 20 | 20 |             | 70004 | 2.7 | -2377 | -9302 | 329 | 283 | 70620 | |
| Montana | 923 | -62 | -198 | 10 | 8 |             | 13309 | 3.5 | 46 | -1456 | 567 | 100 | 13982 | |
| Nebraska | 1345 | -66 | -108 | 0 | 0 |             | 15920 | 1.9 | -1179 | -1483 | 78 | 43 | 16041 | |
| Nevada | 2504 | -80 | -601 | 8 | 8 |             | 26711 | 2.6 | -684 | -3324 | 184 | 174 | 27074 | |
| New Hampshire | 817 | -89 | -220 | 1 | 2 |             | 10040 | 1.7 | -911 | -2203 | 24 | 24 | 10088 | |
| New Jersey | 8734 | -61 | -390 | 21 | 24 |             | 145105 | 3.8 | -2347 | -6123 | 345 | 585 | 146035 | |
| New Mexico | 1127 | 60 | -27 | 6 | 0 |             | 15232 | 2.1 | -306 | -824 | 269 | 149 | 15650 | |
| New York | 17487 | -609 | -2682 | 36 | 83 |             | 238023 | 2.9 | -5647 | -37556 | 920 | 1326 | 240270 | |
| North Carolina | 10812 | -1073 | -4740 | 22 | 54 |             | 92862 | 2.5 | -2808 | -15669 | 360 | 1041 | 94272 | |
| North Dakota | 401 | 20 | -41 | 1 | 0 |             | 6574 | 2.2 | -188 | -980 | 87 | 34 | 6696 | |
| Ohio | 11576 | 182 | -499 | 20 | 46 |             | 146000 | 2.8 | 910 | -12908 | 450 | 750 | 147200 | |
| Oklahoma | 5449 | 3119 | 2506 | 10 | 19 |             | 25508 | 1.9 | -692 | -3636 | 95 | 339 | 25942 | |
| Oregon | 6554 | -477 | -2029 | 45 | 36 |             | 63670 | 4.1 | -3078 | -14625 | 886 | 392 | 64968 | |
| Pennsylvania | 19667 | 430 | -2278 | 81 | 101 |             | 230308 | 4.3 | 16519 | -39487 | 1080 | 1741 | 233129 | |
| Puerto Rico | 2607 | -160 | -456 | 5 | 17 |             | 43733 | 4.5 | 1945 | -6022 | 212 | 556 | 44501 | |
| Rhode Island | 1232 | -73 | 52 | 3 | 3 |             | 17017 | 3.7 | -459 | -1980 | 28 | 82 | 17127 | |
| South Carolina | 4619 | 144 | -1421 | 13 | 30 |             | 42592 | 2.4 | -1158 | -5570 | 158 | 446 | 43196 | |
| South Dakota | 355 | -128 | -29 | 4 | 6 |             | 4758 | 1.3 | -62 | -296 | 111 | 28 | 4897 | |
| Tennessee | 6162 | 339 | -344 | 21 | 30 |             | 53071 | 2.1 | -1239 | -12944 | 385 | 426 | 53886 | |
| Texas | 16786 | -971 | -3876 | 30 | 72 |             | 170325 | 1.9 | -5293 | -31964 | 839 | 2634 | 173820 | |
| Utah | 1279 | 2 | -441 | 34 | 5 |             | 17682 | 1.8 | -1381 | -4608 | 303 | 142 | 18127 | |
| Vermont | 741 | 81 | -99 | 1 | 1 |             | 9639 | 3.3 | -256 | -1576 | 37 | 44 | 9720 | |
| Virgin Islands | 27 | 1 | -19 | 0 | 1 |             | 360 | 0.9 | -119 | -819 | 6 | 10 | 376 | |
| Virginia | 4745 | -524 | -3064 | 17 | 63 |             | 41484 | 1.3 | -2145 | -16984 | 429 | 1074 | 42987 | |
| Washington | 8949 | -497 | -1877 | 44 | 57 |             | 92254 | 3.6 | -3734 | -25267 | 850 | 1221 | 94421 | |
| West Virginia | 1033 | -163 | -469 | 3 | 10 |             | 20093 | 3.1 | 1429 | -4008 | 64 | 214 | 20371 | |
| Wisconsin | 11716 | -316 | -2108 | 11 | 16 |             | 106136 | 4.0 | -4507 | -12528 | 220 | 286 | 106645 | |
| Wyoming | 416 | -51 | -265 | 5 | 0 |             | 5254 | 2.3 | 216 | -659 | 94 | 43 | 5391 | |
| Totals | 305243 | -6824 | -56249 | 936 | 1508 |             | 3518006 | 2.8 | -33286 | -549948 | 18655 | 27873 | 3566775 | |
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.