| STATE NAME |
Initial Claims Filed During Week Ended April 24, 2004 |
Insured Unemployment For Week Ended April 17, 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 | 4334 | 308 | -1191 | 14 | 43 |             | 29723 | 1.7 | 65 | -8128 | 145 | 360 | 30232 | |
| Alaska | 1582 | -100 | -314 | 21 | 5 |             | 16191 | 5.9 | -9 | -652 | 268 | 87 | 18969 | |
| Arizona | 5916 | -218 | 665 | 21 | 9 |             | 39734 | 1.8 | 1181 | -1657 | 274 | 242 | 40250 | |
| Arkansas | 2995 | -304 | -1516 | 13 | 5 |             | 30005 | 2.7 | 2505 | -5400 | 212 | 240 | 30457 | |
| California | 47126 | -400 | -12358 | 116 | 151 |             | 450699 | 3.1 | 12177 | -114350 | 2594 | 3339 | 456696 | |
| Colorado | 2997 | -215 | -502 | 14 | 18 |             | 34613 | 1.7 | 885 | -11010 | 267 | 402 | 35288 | |
| Connecticut | 5744 | 1781 | -686 | 9 | 16 |             | 44862 | 2.8 | -2684 | -15050 | 141 | 215 | 45218 | |
| Delaware | 1539 | -73 | -418 | 1 | 3 |             | 9191 | 2.3 | 454 | -412 | 25 | 59 | 9275 | |
| District of Columbia | 288 | 22 | -109 | 11 | 4 |             | 5384 | 1.2 | 268 | -1396 | 224 | 61 | 5669 | |
| Florida | 10715 | 587 | 384 | 64 | 126 |             | 102274 | 1.4 | 3631 | -11325 | 440 | 1348 | 104071 | |
| Georgia | 8212 | 559 | -4855 | 40 | 91 |             | 56589 | 1.5 | -164 | -15262 | 393 | 1230 | 58212 | |
| Hawaii | 1288 | -338 | -381 | 15 | 18 |             | 8826 | 1.6 | -795 | -2090 | 135 | 221 | 9191 | |
| Idaho | 1953 | 7 | -786 | 8 | 6 |             | 15813 | 2.8 | -1234 | -6334 | 253 | 113 | 16179 | |
| Illinois | 12541 | -169 | -1644 | 44 | 60 |             | 159794 | 2.8 | -12062 | -23594 | 611 | 951 | 161356 | |
| Indiana | 5337 | -311 | -2584 | 23 | 57 |             | 53346 | 1.9 | -2738 | -12161 | 353 | 514 | 54215 | |
| Iowa | 2122 | -374 | -432 | 4 | 5 |             | 24261 | 1.8 | -1627 | -7259 | 85 | 126 | 24472 | |
| Kansas | 2467 | 123 | -1144 | 3 | 4 |             | 23953 | 1.9 | -531 | -7578 | 151 | 240 | 24344 | |
| Kentucky | 3633 | -614 | -1246 | 21 | 18 |             | 32660 | 1.9 | -4310 | -8166 | 332 | 573 | 33566 | |
| Louisiana | 3875 | -583 | -493 | 12 | 25 |             | 33933 | 1.9 | 667 | -439 | 167 | 427 | 34527 | |
| Maine | 1175 | -41 | -1 | 1 | 0 |             | 14069 | 2.4 | -1022 | -219 | 18 | 54 | 14141 | |
| Maryland | 3564 | -152 | -433 | 22 | 22 |             | 40846 | 1.8 | -1569 | -8111 | 434 | 381 | 41661 | |
| Massachusetts | 11073 | 5228 | -2037 | 24 | 29 |             | 93065 | 3.0 | -7288 | -18502 | 274 | 596 | 93935 | |
| Michigan | 12530 | 2458 | 226 | 21 | 40 |             | 151881 | 3.5 | -15812 | -21069 | 435 | 624 | 152975 | |
| Minnesota | 4032 | -228 | -1404 | 7 | 16 |             | 53997 | 2.1 | -12553 | -14052 | 209 | 233 | 54441 | |
| Mississippi | 2400 | 31 | -1425 | 26 | 22 |             | 19079 | 1.8 | -450 | -6755 | 221 | 259 | 19562 | |
| Missouri | 6001 | -241 | -670 | 32 | 19 |             | 56908 | 2.2 | -1702 | -10513 | 309 | 260 | 57479 | |
| Montana | 731 | -195 | -235 | 11 | 5 |             | 9250 | 2.4 | -274 | -2028 | 318 | 98 | 9672 | |
| Nebraska | 1185 | 27 | 57 | 4 | 1 |             | 12087 | 1.4 | -487 | -2199 | 71 | 37 | 12195 | |
| Nevada | 2472 | -69 | -853 | 3 | 8 |             | 23451 | 2.2 | -1364 | -6622 | 112 | 174 | 23746 | |
| New Hampshire | 800 | -19 | -117 | 2 | 2 |             | 8076 | 1.4 | -639 | -2445 | 27 | 47 | 8150 | |
| New Jersey | 9407 | -4510 | -6548 | 23 | 24 |             | 133078 | 3.5 | 1473 | 2077 | 360 | 510 | 133948 | |
| New Mexico | 1188 | 50 | -68 | 3 | 0 |             | 14396 | 2.0 | -136 | -1311 | 179 | 137 | 14712 | |
| New York | 21139 | -14224 | -6923 | 31 | 77 |             | 216398 | 2.7 | -15653 | -36087 | 816 | 1257 | 218472 | |
| North Carolina | 14468 | 2006 | -8680 | 27 | 60 |             | 87632 | 2.4 | 491 | -21422 | 301 | 983 | 88916 | |
| North Dakota | 279 | -88 | -350 | 6 | 0 |             | 3266 | 1.1 | -718 | -1258 | 73 | 29 | 3368 | |
| Ohio | 10780 | 77 | -1696 | 17 | 44 |             | 118100 | 2.3 | -4268 | -12891 | 300 | 700 | 119100 | |
| Oklahoma | 1787 | -350 | -559 | 14 | 28 |             | 23333 | 1.7 | -87 | -5446 | 113 | 312 | 23758 | |
| Oregon | 6893 | 346 | -2594 | 41 | 41 |             | 55532 | 3.6 | -1103 | -20869 | 630 | 390 | 56573 | |
| Pennsylvania | 17698 | -2499 | -4825 | 82 | 123 |             | 185481 | 3.5 | -15347 | -39005 | 1071 | 1558 | 188110 | |
| Puerto Rico | 2582 | -856 | -812 | 0 | 15 |             | 38130 | 3.9 | -8044 | 2871 | 381 | 461 | 38972 | |
| Rhode Island | 1247 | -1507 | -218 | 4 | 5 |             | 15409 | 3.3 | 1227 | -736 | 39 | 63 | 15511 | |
| South Carolina | 4790 | -2155 | -2977 | 14 | 24 |             | 39172 | 2.3 | -2669 | -8783 | 150 | 459 | 39781 | |
| South Dakota | 299 | -8 | -76 | 16 | 3 |             | 2736 | 0.8 | -379 | -626 | 82 | 27 | 2845 | |
| Tennessee | 5771 | -580 | -1104 | 21 | 26 |             | 44567 | 1.7 | -2078 | -12306 | 361 | 404 | 45334 | |
| Texas | 17026 | 354 | -3570 | 29 | 79 |             | 160731 | 1.8 | -1080 | -42516 | 977 | 2732 | 164455 | |
| Utah | 1606 | -47 | -194 | 12 | 11 |             | 13807 | 1.4 | -104 | -5980 | 192 | 116 | 14115 | |
| Vermont | 1352 | 273 | -359 | 0 | 3 |             | 8606 | 3.0 | -154 | -1987 | 33 | 35 | 8674 | |
| Virgin Islands | 28 | -16 | -1 | 0 | 0 |             | 453 | 1.1 | 18 | -729 | 3 | 8 | 464 | |
| Virginia | 5450 | 499 | -1578 | 27 | 76 |             | 36934 | 1.1 | 406 | -15902 | 380 | 979 | 38295 | |
| Washington | 9085 | -814 | -2116 | 43 | 60 |             | 81048 | 3.1 | -3495 | -28626 | 623 | 1122 | 82858 | |
| West Virginia | 1281 | -159 | -176 | 2 | 20 |             | 16194 | 2.5 | -356 | -2853 | 87 | 225 | 16506 | |
| Wisconsin | 9857 | -2178 | -4387 | 6 | 26 |             | 83880 | 3.2 | -6197 | -14679 | 175 | 258 | 84316 | |
| Wyoming | 365 | -61 | -24 | 5 | 4 |             | 4010 | 1.7 | 1 | -1021 | 83 | 39 | 4132 | |
| Totals | 315005 | -19960 | -86337 | 1030 | 1577 |             | 3037453 | 2.4 | -105733 | -614863 | 16907 | 26315 | 3083359 | |
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.