| STATE NAME |
Initial Claims Filed During Week Ended July 24, 2004 |
Insured Unemployment For Week Ended July 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 | 5662 | -3457 | 189 | 23 | 52 |             | 34853 | 2.0 | -2202 | -6565 | 135 | 345 | 35333 | |
| Alaska | 1212 | -104 | -57 | 3 | 1 |             | 9409 | 3.4 | -558 | -1218 | 70 | 52 | 9531 | |
| Arizona | 5348 | -611 | 1007 | 14 | 22 |             | 45763 | 2.1 | 134 | -544 | 729 | 276 | 46768 | |
| Arkansas | 2740 | -833 | -437 | 10 | 18 |             | 29782 | 2.7 | -1515 | -5281 | 258 | 286 | 30326 | |
| California | 42842 | -2767 | -8972 | 154 | 228 |             | 397116 | 2.7 | -14730 | -134890 | 2114 | 2924 | 402154 | |
| Colorado | 2528 | 88 | -325 | 17 | 37 |             | 28977 | 1.4 | 1099 | -11936 | 200 | 401 | 29578 | |
| Connecticut | 3264 | -872 | -586 | 9 | 17 |             | 44651 | 2.8 | -717 | -11726 | 120 | 198 | 44969 | |
| Delaware | 2063 | 746 | 1208 | 2 | 4 |             | 8920 | 2.2 | 631 | 270 | 21 | 70 | 9011 | |
| District of Columbia | 427 | -70 | 34 | 16 | 4 |             | 5485 | 1.2 | -913 | -1841 | 166 | 76 | 5727 | |
| Florida | 11953 | -1755 | 1155 | 77 | 148 |             | 120894 | 1.7 | 7886 | -15026 | 498 | 1484 | 122876 | |
| Georgia | 9858 | -680 | -5432 | 88 | 92 |             | 60708 | 1.6 | -370 | -19171 | 586 | 1237 | 62531 | |
| Hawaii | 1095 | -79 | -234 | 10 | 20 |             | 7996 | 1.5 | -344 | -2745 | 88 | 205 | 8289 | |
| Idaho | 1432 | 43 | -183 | 9 | 4 |             | 10602 | 1.9 | -898 | -4583 | 62 | 95 | 10759 | |
| Illinois | 12322 | -2267 | -1189 | 50 | 78 |             | 143911 | 2.6 | -297 | -29604 | 500 | 998 | 145409 | |
| Indiana | 6698 | -7665 | 348 | 22 | 36 |             | 61376 | 2.2 | 5435 | -5294 | 311 | 521 | 62208 | |
| Iowa | 2339 | -904 | -356 | 5 | 18 |             | 22116 | 1.6 | -1439 | -7032 | 68 | 187 | 22371 | |
| Kansas | 2279 | -228 | -531 | 6 | 3 |             | 22515 | 1.8 | -1286 | -10544 | 179 | 220 | 22914 | |
| Kentucky | 5889 | -889 | 1184 | 23 | 32 |             | 41706 | 2.5 | 7414 | 668 | 314 | 481 | 42501 | |
| Louisiana | 3764 | -225 | -1498 | 13 | 27 |             | 38321 | 2.1 | -572 | -949 | 182 | 446 | 38949 | |
| Maine | 1036 | -143 | -7 | 2 | 1 |             | 9295 | 1.6 | -87 | -1344 | 24 | 36 | 9355 | |
| Maryland | 3684 | -422 | -603 | 33 | 39 |             | 39608 | 1.7 | -1071 | -10679 | 457 | 410 | 40475 | |
| Massachusetts | 6246 | -201 | -1513 | 86 | 47 |             | 89370 | 2.9 | 525 | -18648 | 816 | 664 | 90850 | |
| Michigan | 21831 | -9003 | -951 | 34 | 59 |             | 182109 | 4.3 | 57881 | 26964 | 301 | 624 | 183036 | |
| Minnesota | 3607 | -804 | -446 | 12 | 12 |             | 39213 | 1.5 | -773 | -14774 | 94 | 255 | 39562 | |
| Mississippi | 2978 | -2187 | 217 | 17 | 24 |             | 25365 | 2.4 | -3987 | -4129 | 204 | 294 | 25863 | |
| Missouri | 7878 | -5326 | -1906 | 86 | 31 |             | 66358 | 2.6 | 6851 | -13305 | 599 | 262 | 67219 | |
| Montana | 542 | -201 | -133 | 6 | 8 |             | 6664 | 1.8 | 328 | -1324 | 59 | 94 | 6817 | |
| Nebraska | 1242 | -147 | -134 | 5 | 1 |             | 12312 | 1.4 | -715 | -1723 | 57 | 70 | 12439 | |
| Nevada | 2696 | 199 | -290 | 6 | 9 |             | 21896 | 2.1 | -817 | -5947 | 87 | 164 | 22147 | |
| New Hampshire | 681 | -247 | -106 | 3 | 2 |             | 6880 | 1.2 | -652 | -1982 | 26 | 25 | 6931 | |
| New Jersey | 7868 | -1359 | -1756 | 20 | 41 |             | 126146 | 3.3 | -528 | -11556 | 342 | 483 | 126971 | |
| New Mexico | 1233 | 85 | 21 | 6 | 2 |             | 13878 | 1.9 | -122 | -2085 | 146 | 122 | 14146 | |
| New York | 17650 | -5855 | -626 | 28 | 92 |             | 202097 | 2.5 | -3109 | -40320 | 541 | 1123 | 203761 | |
| North Carolina | 11807 | -7928 | -897 | 26 | 83 |             | 77727 | 2.1 | -7183 | -21057 | 290 | 1053 | 79070 | |
| North Dakota | 294 | -26 | -39 | 1 | 1 |             | 2447 | 0.8 | 29 | -676 | 140 | 44 | 2631 | |
| Ohio | 13986 | -2026 | -740 | 25 | 45 |             | 102000 | 2.0 | 1000 | -24014 | 300 | 700 | 103000 | |
| Oklahoma | 2035 | -781 | -400 | 14 | 37 |             | 21743 | 1.6 | -640 | -9270 | 131 | 282 | 22156 | |
| Oregon | 5558 | -1216 | -1555 | 24 | 32 |             | 48139 | 3.1 | -1391 | -18166 | 319 | 461 | 48919 | |
| Pennsylvania | 16669 | -2100 | -1127 | 197 | 104 |             | 181331 | 3.4 | 3850 | -35201 | 1340 | 1656 | 184327 | |
| Puerto Rico | 2881 | -757 | 435 | 3 | 30 |             | 42779 | 4.2 | 657 | 1439 | 349 | 456 | 43584 | |
| Rhode Island | 1152 | -413 | -40 | 6 | 7 |             | 14439 | 3.1 | -115 | -631 | 31 | 93 | 14563 | |
| South Carolina | 6458 | -3404 | 811 | 16 | 28 |             | 42754 | 2.5 | -2816 | -6283 | 148 | 414 | 43316 | |
| South Dakota | 271 | -41 | -93 | 12 | 3 |             | 2633 | 0.7 | 22 | -556 | 417 | 21 | 3071 | |
| Tennessee | 9976 | -4846 | 1464 | 49 | 42 |             | 54423 | 2.1 | -445 | -7445 | 487 | 435 | 55345 | |
| Texas | 17107 | -993 | -1672 | 58 | 237 |             | 162201 | 1.8 | 1991 | -51804 | 1008 | 2360 | 165569 | |
| Utah | 1316 | -45 | -91 | 26 | 15 |             | 11538 | 1.1 | -155 | -5580 | 238 | 116 | 11892 | |
| Vermont | 539 | 54 | -104 | 1 | 4 |             | 5336 | 1.9 | -217 | -1781 | 16 | 14 | 5366 | |
| Virgin Islands | 29 | -3 | -16 | 0 | 0 |             | 478 | 1.2 | 18 | -479 | 0 | 4 | 482 | |
| Virginia | 5628 | -2074 | -517 | 28 | 91 |             | 38771 | 1.2 | 2289 | -11149 | 425 | 969 | 40165 | |
| Washington | 8016 | -792 | -1332 | 46 | 74 |             | 65172 | 2.5 | -882 | -27509 | 405 | 1199 | 66779 | |
| West Virginia | 1361 | -110 | -252 | 9 | 15 |             | 14561 | 2.2 | 398 | -3599 | 70 | 246 | 14877 | |
| Wisconsin | 8608 | -1868 | -2469 | 9 | 37 |             | 69660 | 2.6 | -4505 | -11734 | 112 | 358 | 70130 | |
| Wyoming | 269 | -16 | 7 | 1 | 5 |             | 2643 | 1.1 | -69 | -371 | 28 | 34 | 2705 | |
| Totals | 316847 | -77525 | -31535 | 1446 | 2099 |             | 2937067 | 2.3 | 42318 | -604729 | 16608 | 26043 | 2979723 | |
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.