| STATE NAME |
Initial Claims Filed During Week Ended August 21, 2004 |
Insured Unemployment For Week Ended August 14, 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 | 3456 | -611 | -2441 | 24 | 53 |             | 29853 | 1.7 | -1061 | -9541 | 150 | 386 | 30389 | |
| Alaska | 1173 | -37 | -145 | 6 | 3 |             | 9167 | 3.3 | -85 | -1087 | 91 | 57 | 9315 | |
| Arizona | 4158 | -181 | 574 | 10 | 17 |             | 42172 | 1.9 | -1633 | -684 | 382 | 277 | 42831 | |
| Arkansas | 2741 | 180 | 30 | 9 | 13 |             | 26388 | 2.4 | -529 | -5100 | 211 | 297 | 26896 | |
| California | 40049 | 128 | -9507 | 139 | 252 |             | 382451 | 2.6 | -4279 | -125228 | 2205 | 3020 | 387676 | |
| Colorado | 2170 | -85 | -328 | 8 | 34 |             | 28403 | 1.4 | 581 | -11122 | 189 | 457 | 29049 | |
| Connecticut | 3041 | -303 | -513 | 6 | 16 |             | 43658 | 2.7 | -374 | -11655 | 88 | 177 | 43923 | |
| Delaware | 680 | -22 | 17 | 2 | 2 |             | 9011 | 2.3 | -193 | -1089 | 23 | 83 | 9117 | |
| District of Columbia | 318 | -43 | -58 | 8 | 4 |             | 5595 | 1.2 | -291 | -1421 | 189 | 75 | 5859 | |
| Florida | 12070 | 1820 | 1729 | 34 | 121 |             | 116784 | 1.6 | 3346 | -18292 | 567 | 1557 | 118908 | |
| Georgia | 9566 | 2194 | 712 | 62 | 105 |             | 58038 | 1.6 | 2221 | -10063 | 722 | 1322 | 60082 | |
| Hawaii | 1013 | -195 | -288 | 9 | 14 |             | 7642 | 1.4 | -470 | -2843 | 80 | 156 | 7878 | |
| Idaho | 1358 | -397 | -278 | 2 | 9 |             | 11166 | 2.0 | 190 | -3933 | 51 | 81 | 11298 | |
| Illinois | 11119 | -235 | -1846 | 30 | 74 |             | 135145 | 2.4 | -1568 | -30771 | 536 | 1122 | 136803 | |
| Indiana | 6122 | 873 | -125 | 33 | 58 |             | 47993 | 1.7 | -590 | -12044 | 432 | 461 | 48886 | |
| Iowa | 2749 | 790 | 146 | 0 | 12 |             | 20264 | 1.5 | -1008 | -5412 | 85 | 172 | 20521 | |
| Kansas | 2238 | 138 | -556 | 4 | 6 |             | 21101 | 1.7 | -282 | -8085 | 225 | 216 | 21542 | |
| Kentucky | 3193 | -444 | -1331 | 29 | 22 |             | 29266 | 1.7 | -714 | -4726 | 324 | 521 | 30111 | |
| Louisiana | 3394 | 38 | -347 | 10 | 31 |             | 36371 | 2.0 | -1178 | -883 | 166 | 453 | 36990 | |
| Maine | 852 | -10 | -36 | 0 | 5 |             | 8104 | 1.4 | -165 | -1390 | 21 | 33 | 8158 | |
| Maryland | 3335 | -289 | -515 | 23 | 31 |             | 38455 | 1.7 | -801 | -8326 | 496 | 385 | 39336 | |
| Massachusetts | 5994 | -52 | -989 | 34 | 39 |             | 85669 | 2.8 | 160 | -20724 | 961 | 631 | 87261 | |
| Michigan | 9593 | 371 | -4520 | 28 | 59 |             | 116232 | 2.7 | 1635 | -9757 | 366 | 667 | 117265 | |
| Minnesota | 3695 | 359 | -24 | 5 | 11 |             | 36520 | 1.4 | 901 | -12416 | 103 | 255 | 36878 | |
| Mississippi | 2613 | 134 | -157 | 15 | 27 |             | 23653 | 2.2 | -671 | -2852 | 181 | 316 | 24150 | |
| Missouri | 8817 | 3202 | 2298 | 49 | 37 |             | 57508 | 2.2 | -455 | -12160 | 803 | 303 | 58614 | |
| Montana | 567 | 13 | -237 | 2 | 6 |             | 5985 | 1.6 | 320 | -1999 | 68 | 97 | 6150 | |
| Nebraska | 1260 | -58 | 149 | 3 | 6 |             | 11786 | 1.4 | 26 | -1238 | 56 | 65 | 11907 | |
| Nevada | 2463 | 181 | -416 | 7 | 11 |             | 20356 | 1.9 | -423 | -5999 | 105 | 193 | 20654 | |
| New Hampshire | 705 | 14 | -84 | 2 | 3 |             | 6497 | 1.1 | -208 | -2092 | 14 | 26 | 6537 | |
| New Jersey | 8892 | -105 | 808 | 21 | 36 |             | 123279 | 3.3 | 1094 | -9923 | 345 | 498 | 124122 | |
| New Mexico | 1026 | 45 | -188 | 1 | 1 |             | 13120 | 1.8 | -271 | -1455 | 138 | 137 | 13395 | |
| New York | 17020 | 596 | -2271 | 40 | 104 |             | 192536 | 2.4 | -1673 | -41921 | 551 | 1114 | 194201 | |
| North Carolina | 9461 | -1116 | -4544 | 20 | 80 |             | 72067 | 2.0 | -1930 | -26809 | 281 | 1071 | 73419 | |
| North Dakota | 250 | 6 | -39 | 0 | 0 |             | 2371 | 0.8 | 33 | -997 | 139 | 56 | 2566 | |
| Ohio | 10000 | 0 | -1559 | 19 | 40 |             | 100000 | 1.9 | 0 | -12306 | 300 | 700 | 101000 | |
| Oklahoma | 1829 | -25 | -446 | 9 | 46 |             | 19326 | 1.4 | -696 | -9997 | 128 | 308 | 19762 | |
| Oregon | 5216 | 14 | -1252 | 33 | 32 |             | 44362 | 2.9 | -896 | -17739 | 283 | 487 | 45132 | |
| Pennsylvania | 16011 | -21 | -1053 | 145 | 117 |             | 172580 | 3.2 | 3190 | -32673 | 1257 | 1589 | 175426 | |
| Puerto Rico | 3163 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 40 |             | 49733 | 4.9 | 3531 | -7264 | 466 | 593 | 50792 | |
| Rhode Island | 1005 | -43 | -124 | 3 | 5 |             | 13553 | 2.9 | 13 | -1064 | 52 | 89 | 13694 | |
| South Carolina | 4706 | -735 | -1020 | 8 | 32 |             | 37366 | 2.1 | -2576 | -10932 | 149 | 414 | 37929 | |
| South Dakota | 290 | 33 | 1 | 9 | 3 |             | 2370 | 0.7 | -75 | -581 | 412 | 28 | 2810 | |
| Tennessee | 4908 | -206 | -443 | 70 | 44 |             | 43100 | 1.7 | -1313 | -9811 | 532 | 489 | 44121 | |
| Texas | 16415 | 1095 | -2948 | 42 | 243 |             | 153907 | 1.7 | 392 | -51876 | 1107 | 2348 | 157362 | |
| Utah | 1169 | -16 | -420 | 72 | 12 |             | 11048 | 1.1 | -101 | -5251 | 428 | 117 | 11593 | |
| Vermont | 423 | -62 | -191 | 0 | 3 |             | 5069 | 1.8 | 19 | -1635 | 10 | 17 | 5096 | |
| Virgin Islands | 43 | 9 | -4 | 0 | 0 |             | 438 | 1.1 | -21 | -413 | 0 | 6 | 444 | |
| Virginia | 4052 | -1043 | -2394 | 14 | 103 |             | 32634 | 1.0 | -2479 | -12914 | 422 | 987 | 34043 | |
| Washington | 7345 | -446 | -1837 | 49 | 78 |             | 64283 | 2.5 | -667 | -25177 | 412 | 1201 | 65896 | |
| West Virginia | 971 | -146 | -251 | 4 | 19 |             | 13224 | 2.0 | 141 | -3609 | 66 | 240 | 13530 | |
| Wisconsin | 7842 | -488 | -939 | 8 | 34 |             | 61901 | 2.3 | -1884 | -13696 | 125 | 390 | 62416 | |
| Wyoming | 257 | -2 | -70 | 1 | 3 |             | 2371 | 1.0 | -95 | -409 | 14 | 37 | 2422 | |
| Totals | 272796 | 4825 | -40262 | 1161 | 2156 |             | 2701871 | 2.1 | -13862 | -641384 | 17507 | 26777 | 2746155 | |
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.