| STATE NAME |
Initial Claims Filed During Week Ended April 3, 2004 |
Insured Unemployment For Week Ended March 27, 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 | 4740 | 172 | -2876 | 17 | 40 |             | 32140 | 1.8 | 543 | -7719 | 126 | 378 | 32644 | |
| Alaska | 2093 | 66 | 77 | 13 | 1 |             | 16999 | 6.2 | 328 | 480 | 203 | 88 | 19315 | |
| Arizona | 5101 | 744 | -1261 | 5 | 11 |             | 35339 | 1.6 | -278 | -2727 | 319 | 261 | 35919 | |
| Arkansas | 2715 | 182 | -3227 | 16 | 17 |             | 29229 | 2.7 | -1887 | -7866 | 209 | 225 | 29663 | |
| California | 42177 | -1913 | -14972 | 169 | 156 |             | 455960 | 3.1 | -16690 | -131256 | 2417 | 3431 | 461856 | |
| Colorado | 3219 | 942 | -959 | 12 | 25 |             | 36811 | 1.8 | -268 | -12332 | 323 | 335 | 37472 | |
| Connecticut | 3418 | 205 | -625 | 13 | 16 |             | 51039 | 3.2 | -2534 | -9053 | 133 | 242 | 51414 | |
| Delaware | 669 | -53 | -11 | 0 | 1 |             | 9991 | 2.5 | -207 | 988 | 22 | 43 | 10056 | |
| District of Columbia | 257 | -12 | -148 | 10 | 4 |             | 5182 | 1.1 | -561 | -1191 | 182 | 59 | 5423 | |
| Florida | 9795 | 948 | -1148 | 47 | 119 |             | 101847 | 1.4 | -709 | -12727 | 473 | 1420 | 103743 | |
| Georgia | 9044 | 1656 | -2630 | 33 | 71 |             | 58898 | 1.6 | 968 | -10221 | 404 | 1262 | 60564 | |
| Hawaii | 1851 | 516 | -173 | 8 | 22 |             | 10494 | 2.0 | 1511 | -183 | 125 | 251 | 10880 | |
| Idaho | 1808 | -256 | -693 | 16 | 2 |             | 19822 | 3.5 | -689 | -4912 | 364 | 112 | 20298 | |
| Illinois | 14542 | 1543 | -4114 | 33 | 44 |             | 185791 | 3.3 | -2449 | -16220 | 576 | 1009 | 187376 | |
| Indiana | 5686 | -16 | -1686 | 17 | 58 |             | 62323 | 2.2 | -3591 | -10629 | 401 | 492 | 63216 | |
| Iowa | 2318 | -399 | -1214 | 6 | 6 |             | 32522 | 2.3 | -3105 | -6695 | 83 | 134 | 32739 | |
| Kansas | 2311 | 226 | -568 | 0 | 4 |             | 25777 | 2.0 | -1043 | -7100 | 159 | 244 | 26180 | |
| Kentucky | 5618 | 334 | 53 | 7 | 10 |             | 39683 | 2.4 | 3991 | -6941 | 295 | 656 | 40637 | |
| Louisiana | 4003 | 744 | 367 | 11 | 36 |             | 31652 | 1.7 | -346 | -2671 | 155 | 427 | 32234 | |
| Maine | 1701 | 530 | -131 | 2 | 3 |             | 15645 | 2.7 | -929 | -2374 | 32 | 60 | 15737 | |
| Maryland | 4389 | 679 | 125 | 32 | 24 |             | 43735 | 1.9 | -2502 | -7139 | 372 | 440 | 44547 | |
| Massachusetts | 6690 | 649 | -3644 | 39 | 25 |             | 111220 | 3.6 | -3139 | -14960 | 313 | 584 | 112117 | |
| Michigan | 12141 | 571 | -3747 | 32 | 32 |             | 180813 | 4.2 | -11162 | -785 | 432 | 719 | 182036 | |
| Minnesota | 5211 | -147 | -1891 | 12 | 21 |             | 77083 | 3.0 | 8388 | -8140 | 150 | 259 | 77493 | |
| Mississippi | 2106 | -141 | -882 | 16 | 17 |             | 19919 | 1.9 | -890 | -5726 | 223 | 246 | 20389 | |
| Missouri | 6974 | 540 | -131 | 23 | 30 |             | 63721 | 2.5 | -2535 | -11010 | 328 | 259 | 64313 | |
| Montana | 795 | -21 | -128 | 16 | 5 |             | 11613 | 3.1 | -140 | -1671 | 462 | 102 | 12182 | |
| Nebraska | 1334 | 120 | -485 | 2 | 0 |             | 14115 | 1.6 | -1347 | -1121 | 70 | 40 | 14225 | |
| Nevada | 2437 | -20 | -794 | 5 | 9 |             | 25029 | 2.4 | -654 | -3699 | 153 | 158 | 25349 | |
| New Hampshire | 931 | 104 | -207 | 4 | 2 |             | 9497 | 1.6 | -731 | -2662 | 26 | 30 | 9553 | |
| New Jersey | 8882 | 653 | -1081 | 28 | 25 |             | 137767 | 3.6 | -4534 | -2391 | 325 | 564 | 138656 | |
| New Mexico | 1166 | -465 | -284 | 4 | 3 |             | 15410 | 2.2 | 237 | -783 | 247 | 146 | 15803 | |
| New York | 16365 | -2783 | -5318 | 44 | 81 |             | 226010 | 2.8 | -9582 | -37125 | 870 | 1379 | 228259 | |
| North Carolina | 10610 | -1481 | -8389 | 20 | 73 |             | 88401 | 2.4 | -3081 | -20846 | 347 | 1018 | 89769 | |
| North Dakota | 282 | -206 | -140 | 3 | 0 |             | 5623 | 1.9 | -503 | -854 | 77 | 35 | 5735 | |
| Ohio | 11386 | 1019 | -1883 | 20 | 25 |             | 138300 | 2.6 | 119 | -7409 | 400 | 800 | 139500 | |
| Oklahoma | 1822 | -92 | -1102 | 6 | 26 |             | 24167 | 1.8 | -3644 | -4543 | 99 | 335 | 24601 | |
| Oregon | 6951 | -1080 | -4237 | 43 | 40 |             | 61438 | 4.0 | 1152 | -18033 | 777 | 389 | 62619 | |
| Pennsylvania | 19718 | 1784 | -2001 | 107 | 158 |             | 218067 | 4.1 | 13687 | -27277 | 1048 | 1571 | 220686 | |
| Puerto Rico | 3205 | 699 | -580 | 6 | 12 |             | 42177 | 4.3 | 902 | -8753 | 208 | 552 | 42937 | |
| Rhode Island | 1314 | 42 | -203 | 14 | 3 |             | 15663 | 3.4 | -901 | -1297 | 34 | 62 | 15759 | |
| South Carolina | 4172 | -885 | -2482 | 10 | 21 |             | 40471 | 2.3 | -1828 | -6344 | 138 | 447 | 41056 | |
| South Dakota | 289 | -61 | -51 | 6 | 4 |             | 4026 | 1.1 | -398 | -525 | 100 | 23 | 4149 | |
| Tennessee | 4686 | 145 | -1480 | 35 | 26 |             | 47412 | 1.9 | -3438 | -12473 | 375 | 427 | 48217 | |
| Texas | 17053 | 1165 | -5189 | 20 | 92 |             | 164580 | 1.8 | -5635 | -33104 | 864 | 2611 | 168067 | |
| Utah | 1208 | 87 | -729 | 8 | 11 |             | 15750 | 1.6 | -1017 | -5393 | 250 | 132 | 16132 | |
| Vermont | 813 | 202 | -344 | 1 | 1 |             | 9181 | 3.2 | -355 | -2177 | 39 | 40 | 9260 | |
| Virgin Islands | 26 | -4 | -21 | 0 | 0 |             | 321 | 0.8 | -164 | -727 | 5 | 5 | 331 | |
| Virginia | 5005 | 66 | -2280 | 20 | 60 |             | 39197 | 1.2 | -1160 | -15550 | 405 | 1055 | 40657 | |
| Washington | 10202 | 450 | -2042 | 43 | 70 |             | 87501 | 3.4 | -1481 | -25934 | 727 | 1176 | 89450 | |
| West Virginia | 1131 | 104 | -156 | 1 | 15 |             | 17680 | 2.7 | 498 | -3405 | 76 | 237 | 17993 | |
| Wisconsin | 11142 | -748 | -2395 | 12 | 14 |             | 99454 | 3.7 | -4174 | -13314 | 195 | 256 | 99907 | |
| Wyoming | 411 | 33 | -137 | 6 | 4 |             | 4571 | 2.0 | -161 | -1649 | 93 | 24 | 4688 | |
| Totals | 303913 | 7137 | -90247 | 1073 | 1575 |             | 3317056 | 2.6 | -68118 | -558168 | 17229 | 27250 | 3363801 | |
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.