| STATE NAME |
Initial Claims Filed During Week Ended April 17, 2004 |
Insured Unemployment For Week Ended April 10, 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 | 4026 | -515 | -2901 | 16 | 34 |             | 29658 | 1.7 | -196 | -9794 | 133 | 364 | 30155 | |
| Alaska | 1682 | -363 | -396 | 28 | 2 |             | 16200 | 5.9 | 407 | -134 | 167 | 76 | 18675 | |
| Arizona | 6134 | -1046 | 466 | 8 | 11 |             | 38553 | 1.7 | 2320 | -1439 | 274 | 241 | 39068 | |
| Arkansas | 3299 | -1587 | -1107 | 9 | 4 |             | 27500 | 2.5 | -25 | -7244 | 209 | 225 | 27934 | |
| California | 47526 | -6719 | -14718 | 128 | 169 |             | 438522 | 3.0 | -584 | -141140 | 2365 | 3188 | 444120 | |
| Colorado | 3212 | -58 | -566 | 16 | 25 |             | 33728 | 1.6 | -300 | -12282 | 285 | 329 | 34345 | |
| Connecticut | 3963 | 638 | -1688 | 9 | 14 |             | 47546 | 3.0 | -57 | -8251 | 108 | 212 | 47866 | |
| Delaware | 1612 | 833 | 804 | 1 | 4 |             | 8737 | 2.2 | -345 | -1476 | 24 | 49 | 8810 | |
| District of Columbia | 266 | -54 | -149 | 12 | 3 |             | 5116 | 1.1 | -453 | -1098 | 174 | 58 | 5348 | |
| Florida | 10128 | -1874 | -700 | 72 | 119 |             | 98643 | 1.4 | 552 | -16006 | 457 | 1430 | 100533 | |
| Georgia | 7653 | 920 | -4358 | 27 | 77 |             | 56753 | 1.5 | 980 | -14222 | 423 | 1256 | 58432 | |
| Hawaii | 1626 | 126 | -18 | 20 | 18 |             | 9621 | 1.8 | 987 | -1163 | 123 | 248 | 9996 | |
| Idaho | 1946 | -243 | -766 | 17 | 2 |             | 17047 | 3.0 | -825 | -3781 | 256 | 111 | 17414 | |
| Illinois | 12710 | -2226 | -2719 | 34 | 44 |             | 171856 | 3.1 | -3298 | -22724 | 550 | 998 | 173404 | |
| Indiana | 5648 | 66 | -53 | 14 | 62 |             | 56084 | 2.0 | -749 | -8480 | 368 | 513 | 56965 | |
| Iowa | 2496 | -34 | -422 | 5 | 6 |             | 25888 | 1.9 | -3260 | -8688 | 83 | 132 | 26103 | |
| Kansas | 2344 | -1543 | -774 | 2 | 3 |             | 24484 | 1.9 | -156 | -7051 | 156 | 232 | 24874 | |
| Kentucky | 4247 | -139 | -942 | 15 | 19 |             | 36970 | 2.2 | 3027 | -5372 | 276 | 612 | 37859 | |
| Louisiana | 4458 | -45 | 1139 | 12 | 28 |             | 33266 | 1.8 | 1819 | -1734 | 157 | 424 | 33847 | |
| Maine | 1216 | -271 | -113 | 0 | 2 |             | 15091 | 2.6 | -588 | -1999 | 27 | 50 | 15168 | |
| Maryland | 3716 | -1538 | -1111 | 31 | 27 |             | 42415 | 1.8 | -1056 | -7152 | 420 | 437 | 43272 | |
| Massachusetts | 5845 | -653 | -1649 | 19 | 50 |             | 100353 | 3.2 | -5075 | -17733 | 323 | 535 | 101211 | |
| Michigan | 10072 | -4680 | -3696 | 20 | 33 |             | 167693 | 3.9 | -1731 | -12745 | 382 | 649 | 168746 | |
| Minnesota | 4260 | -658 | -1937 | 10 | 19 |             | 66550 | 2.6 | 2501 | -10912 | 126 | 235 | 66911 | |
| Mississippi | 2369 | -439 | -473 | 23 | 12 |             | 19529 | 1.8 | 138 | -5352 | 231 | 258 | 20020 | |
| Missouri | 6242 | -1304 | -957 | 21 | 23 |             | 58610 | 2.3 | -3180 | -9436 | 279 | 258 | 59149 | |
| Montana | 926 | -193 | -237 | 11 | 6 |             | 9524 | 2.5 | -704 | -1660 | 321 | 92 | 9943 | |
| Nebraska | 1158 | -352 | -283 | 2 | 1 |             | 12574 | 1.5 | -622 | -2261 | 66 | 37 | 12677 | |
| Nevada | 2541 | -1181 | -1665 | 7 | 9 |             | 24815 | 2.4 | 1014 | -3864 | 129 | 165 | 25118 | |
| New Hampshire | 819 | -93 | -48 | 2 | 3 |             | 8715 | 1.5 | -617 | -2093 | 32 | 32 | 8779 | |
| New Jersey | 13917 | 2879 | 4525 | 18 | 37 |             | 131605 | 3.5 | 473 | -2235 | 321 | 522 | 132448 | |
| New Mexico | 1138 | -83 | -115 | 2 | 0 |             | 14532 | 2.0 | -56 | -979 | 180 | 147 | 14859 | |
| New York | 35363 | 14967 | 12161 | 48 | 62 |             | 232051 | 2.9 | 14613 | -24507 | 882 | 1297 | 234232 | |
| North Carolina | 12462 | 2349 | -12988 | 23 | 71 |             | 87141 | 2.4 | 4890 | -25060 | 319 | 1032 | 88493 | |
| North Dakota | 367 | -3 | -139 | 1 | 0 |             | 3984 | 1.3 | -669 | -1070 | 90 | 33 | 4108 | |
| Ohio | 10703 | -780 | -7360 | 11 | 36 |             | 128000 | 2.5 | -644 | -12379 | 400 | 750 | 129150 | |
| Oklahoma | 2137 | -150 | -881 | 10 | 29 |             | 23420 | 1.7 | 134 | -4924 | 107 | 325 | 23852 | |
| Oregon | 6547 | -1462 | -2403 | 32 | 29 |             | 56635 | 3.7 | -168 | -20794 | 650 | 393 | 57688 | |
| Pennsylvania | 20197 | -3577 | -3790 | 86 | 144 |             | 200828 | 3.7 | 12807 | -30503 | 960 | 1560 | 203348 | |
| Puerto Rico | 3438 | 122 | 2 | 4 | 25 |             | 46174 | 4.8 | 14923 | 10274 | 234 | 564 | 46972 | |
| Rhode Island | 2754 | 1183 | 8 | 5 | 4 |             | 14182 | 3.1 | -748 | -1004 | 56 | 76 | 14314 | |
| South Carolina | 6945 | 1539 | 56 | 10 | 34 |             | 41841 | 2.4 | 1605 | -5163 | 150 | 425 | 42416 | |
| South Dakota | 307 | -26 | -75 | 8 | 7 |             | 3115 | 0.9 | -321 | -551 | 87 | 22 | 3224 | |
| Tennessee | 6351 | 380 | -932 | 52 | 36 |             | 46645 | 1.8 | 1656 | -12301 | 365 | 417 | 47431 | |
| Texas | 16672 | -2220 | -3497 | 26 | 75 |             | 161811 | 1.8 | 3399 | -36413 | 798 | 2592 | 165207 | |
| Utah | 1653 | 121 | -301 | 26 | 7 |             | 13911 | 1.4 | -461 | -5777 | 194 | 123 | 14228 | |
| Vermont | 1079 | 55 | -332 | 1 | 3 |             | 8760 | 3.0 | -243 | -2241 | 30 | 34 | 8824 | |
| Virgin Islands | 44 | -5 | 23 | 0 | 0 |             | 435 | 1.1 | 101 | -430 | 11 | 6 | 452 | |
| Virginia | 4951 | -600 | -2591 | 23 | 57 |             | 36528 | 1.1 | -956 | -17857 | 353 | 970 | 37852 | |
| Washington | 9899 | -2322 | -1898 | 47 | 70 |             | 84543 | 3.3 | -1618 | -28081 | 641 | 1114 | 86353 | |
| West Virginia | 1440 | -285 | 13 | 9 | 20 |             | 16550 | 2.5 | 594 | -3950 | 58 | 225 | 16833 | |
| Wisconsin | 12035 | -2436 | -1633 | 9 | 20 |             | 90077 | 3.4 | -3321 | -13625 | 160 | 247 | 90484 | |
| Wyoming | 426 | -195 | -31 | 6 | 2 |             | 4009 | 1.7 | 59 | -1074 | 89 | 38 | 4136 | |
| Totals | 334965 | -15774 | -64215 | 1048 | 1597 |             | 3148818 | 2.5 | 35973 | -587930 | 16059 | 26358 | 3193646 | |
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.