| STATE NAME |
Initial Claims Filed During Week Ended August 7, 2004 |
Insured Unemployment For Week Ended July 31, 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 | 4258 | -410 | -1490 | 26 | 49 |             | 31675 | 1.8 | 70 | -8749 | 163 | 378 | 32216 | |
| Alaska | 1291 | 130 | 60 | 12 | 7 |             | 8994 | 3.3 | -377 | -1311 | 49 | 0 | 9043 | |
| Arizona | 4075 | 125 | -712 | 9 | 25 |             | 43645 | 2.0 | -1794 | -2546 | 688 | 270 | 44603 | |
| Arkansas | 2988 | 154 | -89 | 9 | 9 |             | 27875 | 2.5 | -588 | -5462 | 189 | 261 | 28325 | |
| California | 43464 | 1871 | -10035 | 222 | 271 |             | 386893 | 2.7 | -8305 | -136889 | 2113 | 2968 | 391974 | |
| Colorado | 2402 | 61 | -553 | 25 | 39 |             | 28498 | 1.4 | -117 | -11467 | 183 | 454 | 29135 | |
| Connecticut | 3498 | 266 | -732 | 6 | 15 |             | 43670 | 2.7 | -540 | -11725 | 94 | 203 | 43967 | |
| Delaware | 909 | -31 | -294 | 0 | 2 |             | 10214 | 2.6 | 101 | 877 | 28 | 73 | 10315 | |
| District of Columbia | 427 | 130 | 47 | 12 | 3 |             | 5382 | 1.2 | -510 | -1791 | 173 | 69 | 5624 | |
| Florida | 11200 | 1378 | 471 | 59 | 167 |             | 119618 | 1.7 | 3956 | -14562 | 575 | 1541 | 121734 | |
| Georgia | 7866 | 795 | -2466 | 54 | 100 |             | 56938 | 1.5 | -446 | -13629 | 616 | 1244 | 58798 | |
| Hawaii | 1308 | 272 | -207 | 3 | 27 |             | 7890 | 1.5 | -29 | -2949 | 92 | 179 | 8161 | |
| Idaho | 1713 | 187 | -526 | 6 | 5 |             | 10912 | 1.9 | 232 | -4213 | 61 | 80 | 11053 | |
| Illinois | 12414 | 1124 | -2467 | 72 | 107 |             | 136279 | 2.4 | -4789 | -30722 | 500 | 1040 | 137819 | |
| Indiana | 5837 | 51 | -1800 | 34 | 53 |             | 50018 | 1.8 | -2383 | -10577 | 387 | 488 | 50893 | |
| Iowa | 2636 | 292 | -394 | 2 | 12 |             | 20997 | 1.5 | -385 | -6212 | 82 | 182 | 21261 | |
| Kansas | 2625 | -87 | -619 | 3 | 8 |             | 21978 | 1.7 | 147 | -7267 | 246 | 249 | 22473 | |
| Kentucky | 3875 | -320 | -850 | 20 | 34 |             | 32662 | 1.9 | -4391 | -3415 | 302 | 449 | 33413 | |
| Louisiana | 3536 | 36 | -262 | 19 | 27 |             | 38024 | 2.1 | -254 | -773 | 175 | 456 | 38655 | |
| Maine | 793 | -227 | -220 | 1 | 2 |             | 7883 | 1.4 | -1285 | -2163 | 21 | 38 | 7942 | |
| Maryland | 3897 | 263 | -820 | 32 | 32 |             | 38605 | 1.7 | -964 | -6162 | 447 | 393 | 39445 | |
| Massachusetts | 6545 | 490 | -2532 | 45 | 49 |             | 87245 | 2.8 | 634 | -20280 | 948 | 692 | 88885 | |
| Michigan | 10948 | -3030 | -7006 | 26 | 42 |             | 124820 | 2.9 | -24583 | -8152 | 321 | 610 | 125751 | |
| Minnesota | 4262 | 604 | 12 | 4 | 18 |             | 36641 | 1.4 | -1034 | -13519 | 98 | 265 | 37004 | |
| Mississippi | 2838 | 437 | -583 | 16 | 26 |             | 25218 | 2.4 | -238 | -3392 | 194 | 314 | 25726 | |
| Missouri | 6245 | -1883 | -402 | 104 | 29 |             | 60824 | 2.4 | -3602 | -11300 | 763 | 312 | 61899 | |
| Montana | 588 | 47 | -313 | 4 | 4 |             | 6263 | 1.7 | 246 | -1831 | 64 | 101 | 6428 | |
| Nebraska | 1255 | 142 | 76 | 0 | 0 |             | 11868 | 1.4 | -89 | -1659 | 54 | 62 | 11984 | |
| Nevada | 2601 | 256 | -365 | 6 | 10 |             | 21364 | 2.0 | -310 | -5237 | 101 | 178 | 21643 | |
| New Hampshire | 767 | 49 | -62 | 0 | 5 |             | 6557 | 1.1 | -254 | -2231 | 17 | 23 | 6597 | |
| New Jersey | 9106 | 1079 | -687 | 30 | 42 |             | 121959 | 3.2 | -1947 | -12429 | 344 | 487 | 122790 | |
| New Mexico | 1121 | 52 | -71 | 2 | 2 |             | 13537 | 1.9 | -187 | -1883 | 141 | 130 | 13808 | |
| New York | 17040 | 788 | -2261 | 31 | 97 |             | 194346 | 2.4 | -2309 | -42091 | 586 | 1097 | 196029 | |
| North Carolina | 11671 | 1929 | -4669 | 19 | 84 |             | 74814 | 2.0 | 515 | -26787 | 275 | 1058 | 76147 | |
| North Dakota | 324 | 77 | -329 | 3 | 0 |             | 2424 | 0.8 | 58 | -806 | 138 | 56 | 2618 | |
| Ohio | 10510 | -3910 | -2110 | 24 | 83 |             | 100000 | 1.9 | -6000 | -17457 | 300 | 700 | 101000 | |
| Oklahoma | 1947 | 81 | -520 | 8 | 35 |             | 20195 | 1.5 | -588 | -10206 | 131 | 319 | 20645 | |
| Oregon | 5429 | 136 | -1734 | 24 | 40 |             | 46078 | 3.0 | -799 | -18728 | 300 | 454 | 46832 | |
| Pennsylvania | 18393 | 2604 | -487 | 128 | 121 |             | 171734 | 3.2 | -2296 | -36684 | 1220 | 1551 | 174505 | |
| Puerto Rico | 3654 | 1595 | -280 | 9 | 41 |             | 54241 | 5.4 | 23746 | 5286 | 533 | 561 | 55335 | |
| Rhode Island | 1196 | -38 | -192 | 5 | 9 |             | 13527 | 2.9 | -755 | -1201 | 38 | 95 | 13660 | |
| South Carolina | 4471 | -95 | -1118 | 11 | 35 |             | 39318 | 2.3 | -590 | -9711 | 142 | 410 | 39870 | |
| South Dakota | 260 | -39 | -41 | 12 | 6 |             | 2475 | 0.7 | -50 | -562 | 402 | 27 | 2904 | |
| Tennessee | 5701 | -930 | -931 | 28 | 36 |             | 45575 | 1.8 | -3365 | -10431 | 495 | 448 | 46518 | |
| Texas | 17473 | 1666 | -1744 | 67 | 264 |             | 156080 | 1.7 | -2485 | -52163 | 1041 | 2283 | 159404 | |
| Utah | 1204 | -148 | -272 | 81 | 8 |             | 11409 | 1.1 | -178 | -5439 | 243 | 126 | 11778 | |
| Vermont | 446 | -23 | -142 | 1 | 1 |             | 5237 | 1.8 | -41 | -1583 | 8 | 18 | 5263 | |
| Virgin Islands | 28 | -2 | -12 | 0 | 1 |             | 443 | 1.1 | -1 | -506 | 1 | 6 | 450 | |
| Virginia | 4585 | -232 | -2057 | 46 | 96 |             | 33759 | 1.0 | -192 | -14971 | 422 | 903 | 35084 | |
| Washington | 8769 | 143 | -1471 | 35 | 89 |             | 66879 | 2.6 | 111 | -27586 | 415 | 1211 | 68514 | |
| West Virginia | 1121 | -33 | -162 | 5 | 12 |             | 13414 | 2.0 | -320 | -3910 | 69 | 243 | 13726 | |
| Wisconsin | 9489 | 1254 | -481 | 13 | 35 |             | 64166 | 2.4 | -1049 | -14738 | 124 | 379 | 64669 | |
| Wyoming | 275 | 20 | -29 | 1 | 8 |             | 2449 | 1.0 | -152 | -338 | 18 | 36 | 2503 | |
| Totals | 291274 | 9146 | -56933 | 1414 | 2322 |             | 2763509 | 2.2 | -50755 | -654232 | 17130 | 26170 | 2806818 | |
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.