| STATE NAME |
Initial Claims Filed During Week Ended August 14, 2004 |
Insured Unemployment For Week Ended August 7, 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 | 4067 | -191 | -1099 | 20 | 48 |             | 30914 | 1.7 | -761 | -8801 | 162 | 385 | 31461 | |
| Alaska | 1210 | -84 | -126 | 9 | 3 |             | 9252 | 3.4 | 289 | -1529 | 122 | 78 | 9452 | |
| Arizona | 4131 | -168 | -375 | 11 | 18 |             | 43884 | 2.0 | 280 | -746 | 642 | 276 | 44802 | |
| Arkansas | 2561 | -427 | -125 | 11 | 19 |             | 26917 | 2.5 | -958 | -5962 | 213 | 278 | 27408 | |
| California | 39921 | -3543 | -4778 | 279 | 244 |             | 386730 | 2.7 | -163 | -121853 | 2375 | 3074 | 392179 | |
| Colorado | 2255 | -147 | -519 | 10 | 38 |             | 27822 | 1.3 | -676 | -11968 | 233 | 358 | 28413 | |
| Connecticut | 3344 | -154 | -476 | 6 | 17 |             | 44032 | 2.7 | 362 | -11470 | 128 | 209 | 44369 | |
| Delaware | 702 | -207 | -890 | 0 | 2 |             | 9204 | 2.3 | -1010 | -898 | 26 | 70 | 9300 | |
| District of Columbia | 361 | -66 | -68 | 9 | 3 |             | 5886 | 1.3 | 504 | -1264 | 171 | 59 | 6116 | |
| Florida | 10250 | -950 | -613 | 52 | 157 |             | 113438 | 1.6 | -6180 | -24139 | 546 | 1514 | 115498 | |
| Georgia | 7372 | -494 | -4423 | 112 | 106 |             | 55817 | 1.5 | -1121 | -15284 | 626 | 1295 | 57738 | |
| Hawaii | 1208 | -100 | 96 | 8 | 14 |             | 8112 | 1.5 | 222 | -1622 | 108 | 207 | 8427 | |
| Idaho | 1755 | 42 | -225 | 5 | 5 |             | 10976 | 2.0 | 64 | -4351 | 57 | 76 | 11109 | |
| Illinois | 11354 | -1060 | -2089 | 40 | 74 |             | 136713 | 2.4 | 434 | -31460 | 697 | 1076 | 138486 | |
| Indiana | 5249 | -588 | -301 | 46 | 37 |             | 48583 | 1.7 | -1435 | -12981 | 412 | 515 | 49510 | |
| Iowa | 1959 | -677 | -223 | 2 | 14 |             | 21272 | 1.5 | 275 | -5063 | 77 | 174 | 21523 | |
| Kansas | 2100 | -525 | -698 | 7 | 4 |             | 21383 | 1.7 | -595 | -8421 | 277 | 243 | 21903 | |
| Kentucky | 3637 | -238 | -1082 | 56 | 26 |             | 29980 | 1.8 | -2682 | -5690 | 374 | 501 | 30855 | |
| Louisiana | 3356 | -180 | -152 | 12 | 25 |             | 37549 | 2.1 | -475 | -489 | 176 | 457 | 38182 | |
| Maine | 862 | 69 | -45 | 0 | 1 |             | 8269 | 1.4 | 386 | -1446 | 25 | 44 | 8338 | |
| Maryland | 3624 | -273 | -161 | 36 | 32 |             | 39256 | 1.7 | 651 | -8756 | 362 | 441 | 40059 | |
| Massachusetts | 6046 | -499 | -1393 | 132 | 43 |             | 85509 | 2.8 | -1736 | -18719 | 965 | 641 | 87115 | |
| Michigan | 9222 | -1726 | -2357 | 35 | 73 |             | 114597 | 2.7 | -10223 | -22275 | 427 | 652 | 115676 | |
| Minnesota | 3336 | -926 | -330 | 6 | 18 |             | 35619 | 1.4 | -1022 | -13464 | 111 | 258 | 35988 | |
| Mississippi | 2479 | -359 | -101 | 19 | 11 |             | 24324 | 2.3 | -894 | -3889 | 186 | 312 | 24822 | |
| Missouri | 5615 | -630 | -702 | 60 | 30 |             | 57963 | 2.3 | -2861 | -13285 | 774 | 304 | 59041 | |
| Montana | 554 | -34 | -257 | 1 | 7 |             | 5665 | 1.5 | -598 | -1970 | 63 | 104 | 5832 | |
| Nebraska | 1318 | 63 | 222 | 0 | 4 |             | 11760 | 1.4 | -108 | -1489 | 56 | 64 | 11880 | |
| Nevada | 2282 | -319 | -779 | 6 | 2 |             | 20779 | 2.0 | -585 | -5348 | 82 | 196 | 21057 | |
| New Hampshire | 691 | -76 | 6 | 3 | 3 |             | 6705 | 1.1 | 148 | -2045 | 23 | 27 | 6755 | |
| New Jersey | 8997 | -109 | 457 | 27 | 47 |             | 122185 | 3.2 | 226 | -11941 | 342 | 460 | 122987 | |
| New Mexico | 981 | -140 | -181 | 2 | 3 |             | 13391 | 1.9 | -146 | -1642 | 152 | 135 | 13678 | |
| New York | 16424 | -616 | -2004 | 19 | 102 |             | 194209 | 2.4 | -137 | -35947 | 561 | 1097 | 195867 | |
| North Carolina | 10577 | -1094 | -5752 | 21 | 67 |             | 73997 | 2.0 | -817 | -27730 | 264 | 1084 | 75345 | |
| North Dakota | 244 | -80 | -101 | 0 | 0 |             | 2338 | 0.8 | -86 | -1244 | 154 | 52 | 2544 | |
| Ohio | 10000 | -510 | -362 | 19 | 40 |             | 100000 | 1.9 | 0 | -15831 | 300 | 700 | 101000 | |
| Oklahoma | 1854 | -93 | -865 | 9 | 23 |             | 20022 | 1.5 | -173 | -9750 | 130 | 315 | 20467 | |
| Oregon | 5202 | -227 | -1184 | 24 | 40 |             | 45258 | 3.0 | -820 | -18545 | 297 | 472 | 46027 | |
| Pennsylvania | 16032 | -2361 | -1159 | 167 | 139 |             | 169390 | 3.2 | -2344 | -34705 | 1518 | 1627 | 172535 | |
| Puerto Rico | 3155 | -499 | -293 | 6 | 31 |             | 46202 | 4.6 | -8039 | -5137 | 461 | 574 | 47237 | |
| Rhode Island | 1048 | -148 | 7 | 5 | 5 |             | 13540 | 2.9 | 13 | -708 | 41 | 102 | 13683 | |
| South Carolina | 5441 | 970 | -248 | 18 | 26 |             | 39942 | 2.3 | 624 | -8831 | 159 | 432 | 40533 | |
| South Dakota | 257 | -3 | -72 | 7 | 5 |             | 2445 | 0.7 | -30 | -513 | 440 | 29 | 2914 | |
| Tennessee | 5114 | -587 | -1291 | 80 | 34 |             | 44413 | 1.7 | -1162 | -10233 | 492 | 479 | 45384 | |
| Texas | 15320 | -2153 | -3001 | 78 | 252 |             | 153515 | 1.7 | -2565 | -49489 | 1292 | 2427 | 157234 | |
| Utah | 1185 | -19 | -306 | 124 | 9 |             | 11149 | 1.1 | -260 | -5367 | 264 | 131 | 11544 | |
| Vermont | 485 | 39 | 41 | 1 | 4 |             | 5050 | 1.8 | -187 | -1516 | 11 | 17 | 5078 | |
| Virgin Islands | 34 | 6 | -20 | 0 | 0 |             | 459 | 1.1 | 16 | -482 | 2 | 6 | 467 | |
| Virginia | 5095 | 510 | -1919 | 25 | 118 |             | 35113 | 1.1 | 1354 | -13227 | 463 | 899 | 36475 | |
| Washington | 7791 | -978 | -1296 | 28 | 74 |             | 64950 | 2.5 | -1929 | -27209 | 423 | 1176 | 66550 | |
| West Virginia | 1117 | -4 | -200 | 6 | 26 |             | 13083 | 2.0 | -331 | -3109 | 90 | 254 | 13427 | |
| Wisconsin | 8330 | -1159 | -480 | 10 | 33 |             | 63785 | 2.4 | -381 | -13979 | 146 | 383 | 64314 | |
| Wyoming | 259 | -16 | -32 | 2 | 6 |             | 2466 | 1.1 | 17 | -337 | 21 | 33 | 2520 | |
| Totals | 267763 | -23738 | -44324 | 1671 | 2162 |             | 2715812 | 2.2 | -47625 | -664149 | 18519 | 26772 | 2761104 | |
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.