| STATE NAME |
Initial Claims Filed During Week Ended May 22, 2004 |
Insured Unemployment For Week Ended May 15, 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 | 5414 | 148 | -531 | 16 | 48 |             | 30152 | 1.7 | 129 | -7761 | 117 | 349 | 30620 | |
| Alaska | 1716 | 266 | -164 | 5 | 3 |             | 13201 | 4.8 | -29 | -727 | 196 | 87 | 15605 | |
| Arizona | 5011 | 325 | 187 | 9 | 18 |             | 40147 | 1.8 | 279 | -988 | 178 | 238 | 40563 | |
| Arkansas | 3749 | 39 | -901 | 17 | 14 |             | 28344 | 2.6 | 523 | -6160 | 230 | 213 | 28787 | |
| California | 42418 | -1122 | -10514 | 127 | 209 |             | 413640 | 2.8 | 1025 | -143730 | 2045 | 3025 | 418752 | |
| Colorado | 2592 | 204 | -383 | 17 | 36 |             | 33155 | 1.6 | 1055 | -11140 | 203 | 363 | 33722 | |
| Connecticut | 3225 | 251 | -408 | 5 | 9 |             | 40610 | 2.5 | -636 | -10668 | 109 | 223 | 40942 | |
| Delaware | 687 | 85 | -54 | 1 | 3 |             | 7085 | 1.8 | -200 | -1407 | 26 | 54 | 7165 | |
| District of Columbia | 323 | -120 | -78 | 14 | 3 |             | 5031 | 1.1 | 91 | -1694 | 192 | 45 | 5268 | |
| Florida | 11468 | 384 | 523 | 44 | 150 |             | 101306 | 1.4 | 3629 | -16773 | 442 | 1399 | 103155 | |
| Georgia | 7017 | -837 | -3473 | 42 | 80 |             | 55308 | 1.5 | -270 | -14724 | 441 | 1239 | 56988 | |
| Hawaii | 1138 | -77 | -392 | 8 | 15 |             | 8368 | 1.6 | -719 | -2440 | 123 | 199 | 8692 | |
| Idaho | 1923 | 216 | -246 | 9 | 7 |             | 12841 | 2.3 | -230 | -5876 | 103 | 96 | 13040 | |
| Illinois | 12517 | -540 | -3547 | 28 | 45 |             | 142337 | 2.5 | -4653 | -27279 | 618 | 960 | 143915 | |
| Indiana | 5634 | -361 | -2491 | 28 | 44 |             | 48044 | 1.7 | -641 | -12043 | 323 | 489 | 48858 | |
| Iowa | 2228 | -46 | -703 | 5 | 21 |             | 21209 | 1.5 | -270 | -5708 | 73 | 114 | 21396 | |
| Kansas | 2609 | -135 | -1418 | 4 | 9 |             | 23238 | 1.8 | 485 | -6416 | 148 | 225 | 23611 | |
| Kentucky | 4056 | -12 | -598 | 30 | 18 |             | 30697 | 1.8 | -1570 | -7397 | 497 | 323 | 31517 | |
| Louisiana | 4361 | 376 | 192 | 20 | 32 |             | 33964 | 1.9 | 448 | 419 | 159 | 432 | 34555 | |
| Maine | 1031 | -27 | 2 | 1 | 2 |             | 10649 | 1.8 | -956 | -2293 | 19 | 44 | 10712 | |
| Maryland | 3481 | 123 | -1159 | 36 | 25 |             | 36485 | 1.6 | -1740 | -4082 | 381 | 387 | 37253 | |
| Massachusetts | 6217 | 114 | -2177 | 61 | 61 |             | 82480 | 2.7 | -1934 | -17087 | 341 | 528 | 83349 | |
| Michigan | 9922 | -3202 | -2951 | 28 | 37 |             | 125625 | 2.9 | -3167 | -11876 | 339 | 603 | 126571 | |
| Minnesota | 4137 | 186 | -1794 | 10 | 30 |             | 41056 | 1.6 | -3057 | -13196 | 134 | 283 | 41474 | |
| Mississippi | 4393 | 809 | -257 | 8 | 23 |             | 21123 | 2.0 | 1201 | -4015 | 229 | 293 | 21645 | |
| Missouri | 6592 | -371 | -1531 | 58 | 31 |             | 53756 | 2.1 | -2371 | -12125 | 336 | 261 | 54354 | |
| Montana | 898 | 60 | 56 | 5 | 2 |             | 7414 | 2.0 | 24 | -2371 | 166 | 78 | 7664 | |
| Nebraska | 1452 | 21 | 32 | 5 | 2 |             | 11575 | 1.4 | 286 | -1868 | 62 | 33 | 11670 | |
| Nevada | 2580 | 128 | -117 | 1 | 12 |             | 21925 | 2.1 | 332 | -5605 | 84 | 172 | 22183 | |
| New Hampshire | 695 | 76 | -62 | 0 | 2 |             | 6675 | 1.1 | -164 | -2455 | 24 | 37 | 6738 | |
| New Jersey | 7994 | -16 | -1347 | 31 | 31 |             | 113409 | 3.0 | 193 | -7098 | 342 | 471 | 114222 | |
| New Mexico | 1367 | 289 | -207 | 3 | 2 |             | 13436 | 1.9 | -34 | -1805 | 120 | 139 | 13695 | |
| New York | 16399 | -432 | -5388 | 22 | 85 |             | 182558 | 2.3 | -4424 | -43024 | 742 | 1247 | 184547 | |
| North Carolina | 11029 | -229 | -5829 | 14 | 68 |             | 79532 | 2.2 | -678 | -21341 | 269 | 975 | 80776 | |
| North Dakota | 268 | -80 | -218 | 1 | 1 |             | 2170 | 0.7 | -32 | -807 | 55 | 33 | 2258 | |
| Ohio | 9818 | -141 | -1236 | 13 | 62 |             | 100100 | 1.9 | -4900 | -16843 | 300 | 700 | 101100 | |
| Oklahoma | 4338 | 2368 | 1039 | 16 | 36 |             | 22123 | 1.6 | -174 | -8875 | 122 | 298 | 22543 | |
| Oregon | 5825 | -195 | -1808 | 75 | 54 |             | 51218 | 3.3 | -1101 | -21229 | 410 | 391 | 52021 | |
| Pennsylvania | 17416 | 591 | -2160 | 146 | 118 |             | 164948 | 3.1 | -3979 | -37206 | 972 | 1525 | 167445 | |
| Puerto Rico | 3266 | 160 | -313 | 2 | 22 |             | 40427 | 4.2 | -4663 | -9706 | 439 | 489 | 41355 | |
| Rhode Island | 1136 | 75 | -175 | 1 | 16 |             | 11724 | 2.5 | -263 | -1019 | 43 | 67 | 11834 | |
| South Carolina | 5281 | -1685 | -1162 | 12 | 28 |             | 37693 | 2.2 | -2173 | -7975 | 151 | 445 | 38289 | |
| South Dakota | 370 | 33 | -77 | 20 | 3 |             | 2332 | 0.7 | -2 | -522 | 75 | 25 | 2432 | |
| Tennessee | 6204 | -5 | -1672 | 29 | 30 |             | 41963 | 1.6 | -217 | -12454 | 353 | 419 | 42736 | |
| Texas | 17800 | 125 | -3123 | 26 | 193 |             | 155137 | 1.7 | 2551 | -44609 | 906 | 2593 | 158639 | |
| Utah | 1192 | -64 | -432 | 36 | 7 |             | 12561 | 1.3 | -95 | -5482 | 149 | 109 | 12819 | |
| Vermont | 643 | 48 | 31 | 3 | 1 |             | 6133 | 2.1 | -376 | -1820 | 25 | 21 | 6179 | |
| Virgin Islands | 29 | -20 | -28 | 0 | 0 |             | 418 | 1.0 | 67 | -673 | 2 | 6 | 426 | |
| Virginia | 4572 | -1283 | -2471 | 15 | 55 |             | 33929 | 1.0 | -458 | -15652 | 358 | 924 | 35211 | |
| Washington | 8528 | 150 | -2407 | 41 | 63 |             | 71792 | 2.8 | -1906 | -30499 | 490 | 1078 | 73395 | |
| West Virginia | 1345 | 383 | -1 | 11 | 19 |             | 13040 | 2.0 | -695 | -3897 | 78 | 256 | 13374 | |
| Wisconsin | 10002 | 545 | -911 | 7 | 33 |             | 67410 | 2.5 | -805 | -12742 | 148 | 288 | 67848 | |
| Wyoming | 362 | 29 | 20 | 1 | 1 |             | 3363 | 1.4 | 47 | -765 | 40 | 45 | 3448 | |
| Totals | 294668 | -2393 | -64832 | 1167 | 1919 |             | 2734856 | 2.2 | -37217 | -665528 | 14927 | 25336 | 2777356 | |
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.