| STATE NAME |
Initial Claims Filed During Week Ended May 29, 2004 |
Insured Unemployment For Week Ended May 22, 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 | 5008 | -406 | -1159 | 15 | 38 |             | 29963 | 1.7 | -189 | -8029 | 110 | 364 | 30440 | |
| Alaska | 1498 | -218 | -28 | 8 | 1 |             | 12114 | 4.4 | -1087 | -798 | 120 | 62 | 14213 | |
| Arizona | 4911 | 594 | -92 | 148 | 15 |             | 39898 | 1.8 | -161 | -1090 | 170 | 241 | 40309 | |
| Arkansas | 3560 | -189 | -59 | 11 | 16 |             | 28664 | 2.6 | 320 | -6181 | 175 | 230 | 29069 | |
| California | 40887 | -1531 | -6382 | 117 | 210 |             | 396852 | 2.7 | -16788 | -94940 | 1630 | 2872 | 401414 | |
| Colorado | 2679 | 87 | -178 | 9 | 33 |             | 30801 | 1.5 | -2354 | -12105 | 166 | 349 | 31321 | |
| Connecticut | 3219 | -6 | -219 | 6 | 16 |             | 40501 | 2.5 | -109 | -10249 | 120 | 205 | 40826 | |
| Delaware | 586 | -101 | -230 | 1 | 1 |             | 7103 | 1.8 | 18 | -1408 | 19 | 64 | 7186 | |
| District of Columbia | 350 | 27 | 57 | 2 | 1 |             | 5039 | 1.1 | 8 | -1077 | 179 | 63 | 5281 | |
| Florida | 12248 | 780 | 2075 | 48 | 134 |             | 99475 | 1.4 | -1831 | -17188 | 456 | 1414 | 101357 | |
| Georgia | 9243 | 2226 | -1854 | 42 | 76 |             | 56165 | 1.5 | 857 | -13514 | 440 | 1260 | 57865 | |
| Hawaii | 1105 | -33 | -225 | 2 | 16 |             | 8587 | 1.6 | 219 | -1947 | 88 | 224 | 8902 | |
| Idaho | 1964 | 41 | -142 | 11 | 10 |             | 13017 | 2.3 | 176 | -4933 | 95 | 92 | 13204 | |
| Illinois | 13333 | 816 | 83 | 23 | 54 |             | 143313 | 2.5 | 976 | -24643 | 523 | 952 | 144788 | |
| Indiana | 5989 | 355 | -277 | 15 | 50 |             | 48102 | 1.7 | 58 | -12272 | 308 | 483 | 48895 | |
| Iowa | 2819 | 591 | -899 | 3 | 14 |             | 20963 | 1.5 | -246 | -5359 | 62 | 123 | 21148 | |
| Kansas | 2379 | -230 | -477 | 20 | 0 |             | 22459 | 1.8 | -779 | -7599 | 143 | 234 | 22836 | |
| Kentucky | 4523 | 467 | -189 | 16 | 22 |             | 32455 | 1.9 | 1758 | -5589 | 353 | 511 | 33319 | |
| Louisiana | 4385 | 24 | 134 | 9 | 30 |             | 34534 | 1.9 | 570 | 975 | 154 | 444 | 35132 | |
| Maine | 1026 | -5 | -181 | 2 | 1 |             | 10302 | 1.8 | -347 | -2528 | 22 | 33 | 10357 | |
| Maryland | 3674 | 193 | -508 | 38 | 35 |             | 36999 | 1.6 | 514 | -8116 | 376 | 390 | 37765 | |
| Massachusetts | 6212 | -5 | -1486 | 26 | 60 |             | 81788 | 2.6 | -692 | -16810 | 382 | 554 | 82724 | |
| Michigan | 10528 | 606 | -1184 | 18 | 43 |             | 126734 | 3.0 | 1109 | -8502 | 302 | 575 | 127611 | |
| Minnesota | 5146 | 1009 | -194 | 14 | 23 |             | 39309 | 1.5 | -1747 | -12541 | 68 | 269 | 39648 | |
| Mississippi | 3968 | -425 | -1251 | 16 | 16 |             | 22324 | 2.1 | 1201 | -4479 | 225 | 284 | 22833 | |
| Missouri | 7186 | 594 | -92 | 46 | 24 |             | 53518 | 2.1 | -238 | -9163 | 357 | 256 | 54131 | |
| Montana | 933 | 35 | 115 | 2 | 11 |             | 6997 | 1.9 | -417 | -1008 | 94 | 98 | 7199 | |
| Nebraska | 1402 | -50 | -85 | 2 | 4 |             | 11605 | 1.4 | 30 | -1743 | 63 | 33 | 11701 | |
| Nevada | 2346 | -234 | -466 | 5 | 5 |             | 21402 | 2.0 | -523 | -5224 | 94 | 163 | 21667 | |
| New Hampshire | 721 | 26 | 61 | 2 | 1 |             | 6271 | 1.1 | -404 | -2323 | 19 | 33 | 6323 | |
| New Jersey | 8723 | 729 | 876 | 15 | 29 |             | 109625 | 2.9 | -3784 | -6253 | 319 | 466 | 110410 | |
| New Mexico | 1937 | 570 | 279 | 8 | 0 |             | 13612 | 1.9 | 176 | -1162 | 104 | 135 | 13851 | |
| New York | 16885 | 486 | -2264 | 28 | 70 |             | 180205 | 2.2 | -2353 | -41961 | 694 | 1242 | 182141 | |
| North Carolina | 11101 | 72 | -11576 | 17 | 80 |             | 79374 | 2.2 | -158 | -27573 | 296 | 982 | 80658 | |
| North Dakota | 598 | 330 | -19 | 51 | 0 |             | 2153 | 0.7 | -17 | -793 | 55 | 31 | 2239 | |
| Ohio | 10482 | 664 | -1713 | 9 | 42 |             | 100000 | 1.9 | -100 | -18807 | 300 | 700 | 101000 | |
| Oklahoma | 2146 | -2192 | -953 | 13 | 26 |             | 24350 | 1.8 | 2227 | -7422 | 130 | 290 | 24770 | |
| Oregon | 6125 | 300 | -2559 | 44 | 71 |             | 50184 | 3.3 | -1034 | -19152 | 381 | 400 | 50982 | |
| Pennsylvania | 17825 | 409 | -1150 | 136 | 127 |             | 162945 | 3.0 | -2003 | -38671 | 849 | 1389 | 165183 | |
| Puerto Rico | 3600 | 334 | 348 | 0 | 20 |             | 41432 | 4.3 | 1005 | 5735 | 261 | 531 | 42224 | |
| Rhode Island | 1164 | 28 | 19 | 4 | 14 |             | 11438 | 2.5 | -286 | -892 | 40 | 85 | 11563 | |
| South Carolina | 5393 | 112 | -2370 | 4 | 24 |             | 38884 | 2.2 | 1191 | -8517 | 141 | 421 | 39446 | |
| South Dakota | 388 | 18 | -88 | 185 | 1 |             | 2368 | 0.7 | 36 | -336 | 66 | 23 | 2457 | |
| Tennessee | 6359 | 155 | -1176 | 26 | 32 |             | 41511 | 1.6 | -452 | -11769 | 358 | 401 | 42274 | |
| Texas | 20274 | 2474 | -1029 | 19 | 170 |             | 151484 | 1.7 | -3653 | -47426 | 710 | 2353 | 154556 | |
| Utah | 1305 | 113 | -34 | 15 | 8 |             | 12256 | 1.2 | -305 | -5448 | 162 | 108 | 12526 | |
| Vermont | 509 | -134 | -655 | 1 | 2 |             | 5965 | 2.1 | -168 | -1516 | 24 | 16 | 6005 | |
| Virgin Islands | 28 | -1 | -43 | 0 | 0 |             | 404 | 1.0 | -14 | -407 | 8 | 2 | 414 | |
| Virginia | 4467 | -105 | -5624 | 17 | 80 |             | 33375 | 1.0 | -554 | -18179 | 351 | 894 | 34622 | |
| Washington | 8809 | 281 | -1167 | 56 | 63 |             | 70739 | 2.7 | -1053 | -29958 | 456 | 1078 | 72317 | |
| West Virginia | 1216 | -129 | -154 | 9 | 30 |             | 13806 | 2.1 | 766 | -2943 | 53 | 225 | 14084 | |
| Wisconsin | 9645 | -357 | -2298 | 8 | 27 |             | 66533 | 2.5 | -877 | -10643 | 134 | 324 | 66991 | |
| Wyoming | 420 | 58 | 19 | 1 | 3 |             | 3028 | 1.3 | -335 | -273 | 28 | 24 | 3080 | |
| Totals | 303227 | 9253 | -48663 | 1343 | 1879 |             | 2702925 | 2.1 | -31843 | -594749 | 13233 | 24995 | 2743257 | |
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.