| STATE NAME |
Initial Claims Filed During Week Ended August 28, 2004 |
Insured Unemployment For Week Ended August 21, 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 | 3509 | 53 | -729 | 21 | 41 | 28622 | 1.6 | -1231 | -8738 | 159 | 405 | 29186 | ||
| Alaska | 1269 | 96 | -10 | 13 | 5 | 9032 | 3.3 | -135 | -1355 | 121 | 80 | 9233 | ||
| Arizona | 3396 | -30 | -446 | 7 | 20 | 40311 | 1.8 | -1832 | -737 | 285 | 278 | 40874 | ||
| Arkansas | 2593 | -148 | -760 | 11 | 16 | 25563 | 2.3 | -825 | -4849 | 193 | 291 | 26047 | ||
| California | 37983 | -2066 | -12790 | 144 | 246 | 375805 | 2.6 | -6646 | -120269 | 2726 | 3160 | 381691 | ||
| Colorado | 2371 | 201 | -441 | 9 | 48 | 26842 | 1.3 | -1561 | -11365 | 222 | 365 | 27429 | ||
| Connecticut | 2795 | -246 | -1013 | 7 | 21 | 43183 | 2.7 | -475 | -11358 | 109 | 243 | 43535 | ||
| Delaware | 601 | -79 | -1154 | 1 | 5 | 8929 | 2.3 | -82 | -185 | 24 | 77 | 9030 | ||
| District of Columbia | 303 | -15 | -2 | 12 | 2 | 5853 | 1.3 | 258 | -1416 | 206 | 62 | 6121 | ||
| Florida | 17644 | 5574 | 8104 | 78 | 172 | 110753 | 1.6 | -6031 | -23060 | 519 | 1545 | 112817 | ||
| Georgia | 6988 | -2578 | -3758 | 68 | 86 | 54941 | 1.5 | -3097 | -13208 | 690 | 337 | 55968 | ||
| Hawaii | 1041 | 28 | -1040 | 9 | 20 | 7483 | 1.4 | -159 | -1103 | 97 | 196 | 7776 | ||
| Idaho | 1694 | 336 | 5 | 10 | 6 | 10221 | 1.8 | -945 | -3961 | 52 | 79 | 10352 | ||
| Illinois | 11985 | 866 | -542 | 34 | 86 | 133444 | 2.4 | -1701 | -29807 | 684 | 1066 | 135194 | ||
| Indiana | 5831 | -291 | -673 | 52 | 46 | 47182 | 1.7 | -811 | -10558 | 424 | 490 | 48096 | ||
| Iowa | 2484 | -265 | -75 | 0 | 16 | 19420 | 1.4 | -844 | -5213 | 69 | 187 | 19676 | ||
| Kansas | 2882 | 644 | -63 | 2 | 7 | 20420 | 1.6 | -681 | -7560 | 221 | 228 | 20869 | ||
| Kentucky | 3085 | -108 | -4244 | 15 | 13 | 28040 | 1.7 | -1226 | -5893 | 464 | 481 | 28985 | ||
| Louisiana | 3500 | 106 | 197 | 9 | 26 | 35846 | 2.0 | -525 | -500 | 164 | 445 | 36455 | ||
| Maine | 768 | -84 | -109 | 1 | 4 | 8096 | 1.4 | -8 | -1108 | 22 | 42 | 8160 | ||
| Maryland | 3261 | -74 | -699 | 44 | 26 | 38217 | 1.7 | -238 | -8724 | 335 | 402 | 38954 | ||
| Massachusetts | 5716 | -278 | -1267 | 30 | 25 | 82612 | 2.7 | -3057 | -18946 | 987 | 643 | 84242 | ||
| Michigan | 12981 | 3388 | 1757 | 23 | 78 | 109158 | 2.6 | -7074 | -14020 | 437 | 662 | 110257 | ||
| Minnesota | 3324 | -371 | -451 | 9 | 23 | 34579 | 1.4 | -1941 | -12345 | 5 | 278 | 34862 | ||
| Mississippi | 2637 | 24 | 52 | 12 | 13 | 22357 | 2.1 | -1296 | -2800 | 165 | 316 | 22838 | ||
| Missouri | 6404 | -2413 | -42 | 58 | 36 | 58119 | 2.3 | 611 | -8069 | 700 | 283 | 59102 | ||
| Montana | 672 | 105 | -267 | 3 | 6 | 5452 | 1.4 | -533 | -2169 | 56 | 107 | 5615 | ||
| Nebraska | 1263 | 3 | 71 | 3 | 2 | 11481 | 1.3 | -305 | -995 | 56 | 63 | 11600 | ||
| Nevada | 2348 | -115 | -638 | 4 | 12 | 20165 | 1.9 | -191 | -5598 | 85 | 179 | 20429 | ||
| New Hampshire | 605 | -100 | -178 | 0 | 2 | 6638 | 1.1 | 141 | -1929 | 19 | 18 | 6675 | ||
| New Jersey | 8441 | -451 | -539 | 22 | 47 | 120681 | 3.2 | -2598 | -14000 | 347 | 500 | 121528 | ||
| New Mexico | 1031 | 5 | -46 | 3 | 1 | 12302 | 1.7 | -818 | -1251 | 139 | 146 | 12587 | ||
| New York | 20007 | 2987 | -388 | 30 | 103 | 194992 | 2.4 | 2456 | -38196 | 557 | 1108 | 196657 | ||
| North Carolina | 9779 | 318 | -3307 | 18 | 67 | 70980 | 1.9 | -1087 | -26189 | 281 | 1128 | 72389 | ||
| North Dakota | 282 | 32 | -6 | 0 | 0 | 2115 | 0.7 | -256 | -637 | 129 | 57 | 2301 | ||
| Ohio | 10000 | 0 | -1593 | 19 | 40 | 100000 | 1.9 | 0 | -7964 | 300 | 700 | 101000 | ||
| Oklahoma | 1962 | 133 | -259 | 10 | 29 | 18879 | 1.4 | -447 | -9775 | 129 | 319 | 19327 | ||
| Oregon | 5342 | 126 | -1603 | 18 | 50 | 43940 | 2.9 | -422 | -16428 | 276 | 474 | 44690 | ||
| Pennsylvania | 15555 | -456 | -1950 | 106 | 122 | 164377 | 3.1 | -8203 | -34619 | 1589 | 1626 | 167592 | ||
| Puerto Rico | 3123 | -40 | -267 | 1 | 24 | 44062 | 4.4 | -5671 | -6194 | 492 | 533 | 45087 | ||
| Rhode Island | 1026 | 21 | -104 | 4 | 7 | 13285 | 2.9 | -268 | -1124 | 37 | 99 | 13421 | ||
| South Carolina | 4183 | -523 | -1324 | 12 | 30 | 35935 | 2.1 | -1431 | -9993 | 157 | 419 | 36511 | ||
| South Dakota | 293 | 3 | 15 | 4 | 3 | 2274 | 0.6 | -96 | -399 | 264 | 33 | 2571 | ||
| Tennessee | 4658 | -250 | -1094 | 33 | 39 | 41523 | 1.6 | -1577 | -9806 | 575 | 472 | 42570 | ||
| Texas | 15964 | -451 | -2812 | 32 | 228 | 147128 | 1.6 | -6779 | -49373 | 1253 | 2455 | 150836 | ||
| Utah | 1156 | -13 | -424 | 79 | 11 | 10903 | 1.1 | -145 | -5081 | 426 | 128 | 11457 | ||
| Vermont | 388 | -35 | -205 | 3 | 2 | 4932 | 1.7 | -137 | -1426 | 13 | 23 | 4968 | ||
| Virgin Islands | 26 | -17 | -29 | 0 | 1 | 430 | 1.1 | -8 | -483 | 2 | 7 | 439 | ||
| Virginia | 5111 | 1059 | -1732 | 23 | 87 | 32278 | 1.0 | -356 | -12866 | 423 | 947 | 33648 | ||
| Washington | 7998 | 653 | -1404 | 52 | 67 | 62425 | 2.4 | -1858 | -25340 | 401 | 1192 | 64018 | ||
| West Virginia | 1075 | 104 | -118 | 4 | 21 | 12277 | 1.9 | -947 | -2496 | 88 | 265 | 12630 | ||
| Wisconsin | 8042 | 200 | -1270 | 8 | 32 | 60575 | 2.3 | -1326 | -13040 | 115 | 386 | 61076 | ||
| Wyoming | 280 | 23 | -43 | 0 | 9 | 2376 | 1.0 | 5 | -179 | 14 | 40 | 2430 | ||
| Totals | 277655 | 5591 | -41707 | 1170 | 2129 | 2627433 | 2.1 | -74409 | -624697 | 18303 | 26065 | 2671801 | ||
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.