| STATE NAME |
Initial Claims Filed During Week Ended July 31, 2004 |
Insured Unemployment For Week Ended July 24, 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 | 4668 | -994 | -911 | 35 | 43 |             | 31605 | 1.8 | -3248 | -9099 | 145 | 374 | 32124 | |
| Alaska | 1161 | -51 | -120 | 10 | 3 |             | 9371 | 3.4 | -38 | -1696 | 134 | 83 | 9588 | |
| Arizona | 3736 | -447 | -876 | 9 | 19 |             | 45479 | 2.0 | -299 | -1494 | 732 | 273 | 46484 | |
| Arkansas | 2834 | 94 | -298 | 8 | 11 |             | 28463 | 2.6 | -1319 | -5597 | 200 | 280 | 28943 | |
| California | 41593 | -1249 | -10304 | 173 | 234 |             | 395198 | 2.7 | -1918 | -143868 | 2397 | 3012 | 400607 | |
| Colorado | 2341 | -187 | -516 | 37 | 42 |             | 28615 | 1.4 | -362 | -12653 | 177 | 363 | 29155 | |
| Connecticut | 3232 | -32 | -775 | 9 | 22 |             | 44210 | 2.8 | -441 | -11470 | 110 | 187 | 44507 | |
| Delaware | 940 | -1123 | -540 | 1 | 2 |             | 10113 | 2.5 | 1193 | 1379 | 28 | 80 | 10221 | |
| District of Columbia | 297 | -130 | -96 | 2 | 0 |             | 5892 | 1.3 | 407 | -1434 | 199 | 61 | 6152 | |
| Florida | 9822 | -2131 | -227 | 99 | 155 |             | 115662 | 1.6 | -5232 | -26077 | 488 | 1467 | 117617 | |
| Georgia | 7071 | -2787 | -2347 | 67 | 97 |             | 57384 | 1.6 | -3324 | -16217 | 628 | 1248 | 59260 | |
| Hawaii | 1036 | -59 | -322 | 21 | 16 |             | 7919 | 1.5 | -77 | -2733 | 108 | 195 | 8222 | |
| Idaho | 1526 | 94 | -355 | 8 | 5 |             | 10680 | 1.9 | 78 | -4096 | 60 | 90 | 10830 | |
| Illinois | 11290 | -1032 | -1439 | 56 | 78 |             | 141068 | 2.5 | -2843 | -36005 | 693 | 1035 | 142796 | |
| Indiana | 5786 | -912 | -213 | 103 | 47 |             | 52401 | 1.9 | -8975 | -10926 | 336 | 500 | 53237 | |
| Iowa | 2344 | 5 | -561 | 3 | 9 |             | 21382 | 1.5 | -734 | -6436 | 77 | 183 | 21642 | |
| Kansas | 2712 | 433 | -485 | 8 | 7 |             | 21831 | 1.7 | -684 | -7963 | 202 | 239 | 22272 | |
| Kentucky | 4195 | -1694 | -727 | 22 | 14 |             | 37053 | 2.2 | -4653 | -1259 | 410 | 480 | 37943 | |
| Louisiana | 3500 | -264 | -340 | 10 | 27 |             | 38278 | 2.1 | -43 | -1751 | 175 | 459 | 38912 | |
| Maine | 1020 | -16 | 68 | 1 | 1 |             | 9168 | 1.6 | -127 | -1161 | 23 | 43 | 9234 | |
| Maryland | 3634 | -50 | -662 | 53 | 27 |             | 39569 | 1.7 | -39 | -9543 | 406 | 421 | 40396 | |
| Massachusetts | 6055 | -191 | -1700 | 106 | 46 |             | 86611 | 2.8 | -2759 | -17086 | 895 | 658 | 88164 | |
| Michigan | 13978 | -7853 | -1328 | 24 | 51 |             | 149403 | 3.5 | -32706 | -14308 | 357 | 622 | 150382 | |
| Minnesota | 3658 | 51 | -362 | 7 | 12 |             | 37675 | 1.5 | -1538 | -13807 | 121 | 307 | 38103 | |
| Mississippi | 2401 | -567 | -403 | 18 | 19 |             | 25456 | 2.4 | -1091 | -3400 | 206 | 310 | 25972 | |
| Missouri | 8128 | 250 | 1397 | 150 | 48 |             | 64426 | 2.5 | -1932 | -12106 | 633 | 288 | 65347 | |
| Montana | 541 | -1 | -244 | 2 | 8 |             | 6017 | 1.6 | -647 | -869 | 90 | 86 | 6193 | |
| Nebraska | 1113 | -129 | -502 | 1 | 3 |             | 11957 | 1.4 | -355 | -1952 | 56 | 61 | 12074 | |
| Nevada | 2345 | -351 | -240 | 5 | 8 |             | 21674 | 2.0 | -222 | -5913 | 80 | 167 | 21921 | |
| New Hampshire | 718 | 37 | -136 | 3 | 3 |             | 6811 | 1.1 | -69 | -2196 | 23 | 27 | 6861 | |
| New Jersey | 8027 | 159 | -1192 | 18 | 38 |             | 123906 | 3.3 | -2240 | -13245 | 372 | 467 | 124745 | |
| New Mexico | 1069 | -164 | -116 | 4 | 0 |             | 13724 | 1.9 | -154 | -2011 | 150 | 125 | 13999 | |
| New York | 16252 | -1398 | -2124 | 34 | 88 |             | 196655 | 2.4 | -5442 | -42988 | 547 | 1081 | 198283 | |
| North Carolina | 9742 | -2065 | -4945 | 26 | 70 |             | 74299 | 2.0 | -3428 | -25268 | 294 | 1034 | 75627 | |
| North Dakota | 247 | -47 | -381 | 0 | 0 |             | 2366 | 0.8 | -81 | -685 | 135 | 53 | 2554 | |
| Ohio | 14420 | 434 | 1402 | 59 | 59 |             | 106000 | 2.0 | 4000 | -14941 | 300 | 700 | 107000 | |
| Oklahoma | 1866 | -169 | -462 | 6 | 36 |             | 20783 | 1.5 | -960 | -9805 | 132 | 304 | 21219 | |
| Oregon | 5293 | -265 | -2071 | 27 | 40 |             | 46877 | 3.1 | -1262 | -18760 | 296 | 444 | 47617 | |
| Pennsylvania | 15789 | -880 | -3078 | 250 | 125 |             | 174030 | 3.2 | -7301 | -34578 | 1443 | 1634 | 177107 | |
| Puerto Rico | 2059 | -822 | -1050 | 9 | 21 |             | 30495 | 3.0 | -12284 | -14455 | 264 | 367 | 31126 | |
| Rhode Island | 1234 | 82 | 28 | 3 | 9 |             | 14282 | 3.1 | -157 | -609 | 41 | 90 | 14413 | |
| South Carolina | 4566 | -1892 | -2765 | 13 | 23 |             | 39908 | 2.3 | -2846 | -10494 | 140 | 411 | 40459 | |
| South Dakota | 299 | 28 | -16 | 9 | 0 |             | 2525 | 0.7 | -108 | -565 | 413 | 20 | 2958 | |
| Tennessee | 6631 | -3345 | 104 | 42 | 40 |             | 48940 | 1.9 | -5483 | -8370 | 477 | 400 | 49817 | |
| Texas | 15807 | -1300 | -2898 | 144 | 245 |             | 158565 | 1.8 | -3636 | -49568 | 1099 | 2363 | 162027 | |
| Utah | 1352 | 36 | -163 | 72 | 9 |             | 11587 | 1.2 | 49 | -5814 | 258 | 119 | 11964 | |
| Vermont | 469 | -70 | -11 | 1 | 4 |             | 5278 | 1.8 | -58 | -1724 | 13 | 16 | 5307 | |
| Virgin Islands | 30 | 1 | -11 | 0 | 1 |             | 444 | 1.1 | -34 | -559 | 1 | 7 | 452 | |
| Virginia | 4817 | -811 | -2628 | 55 | 86 |             | 33951 | 1.0 | -4820 | -13949 | 375 | 915 | 35241 | |
| Washington | 8626 | 610 | -1560 | 46 | 76 |             | 66768 | 2.6 | 1596 | -25359 | 428 | 1186 | 68382 | |
| West Virginia | 1154 | -207 | -191 | 5 | 14 |             | 13734 | 2.1 | -827 | -2558 | 86 | 269 | 14089 | |
| Wisconsin | 8235 | -373 | -2101 | 25 | 37 |             | 65215 | 2.5 | -4445 | -15754 | 119 | 397 | 65731 | |
| Wyoming | 255 | -14 | -63 | 0 | 1 |             | 2601 | 1.1 | -42 | -233 | 14 | 33 | 2648 | |
| Totals | 281914 | -33758 | -51856 | 1899 | 2079 |             | 2814304 | 2.2 | -123960 | -694028 | 17586 | 26034 | 2857924 | |
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.