| STATE NAME |
Initial Claims Filed During Week Ended September 4, 2004 |
Insured Unemployment For Week Ended August 28, 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 | 3829 | 320 | -405 | 16 | 46 |             | 26236 | 1.5 | -2386 | -10275 | 138 | 366 | 26740 | |
| Alaska | 1307 | 38 | -54 | 6 | 4 |             | 8973 | 3.3 | -59 | -801 | 98 | 56 | 9127 | |
| Arizona | 3515 | -46 | -203 | 7 | 14 |             | 39039 | 1.8 | -1231 | -249 | 226 | 266 | 39531 | |
| Arkansas | 2831 | 238 | 174 | 13 | 9 |             | 24822 | 2.3 | -741 | -4295 | 165 | 300 | 25287 | |
| California | 40811 | 2828 | -5046 | 182 | 298 |             | 367913 | 2.5 | -7892 | -80414 | 2069 | 3024 | 373006 | |
| Colorado | 2326 | -45 | -129 | 20 | 38 |             | 26957 | 1.3 | 115 | -9156 | 173 | 457 | 27587 | |
| Connecticut | 3282 | 487 | -97 | 10 | 22 |             | 42256 | 2.6 | -927 | -8488 | 106 | 213 | 42575 | |
| Delaware | 589 | -12 | -275 | 0 | 3 |             | 8557 | 2.2 | -372 | -977 | 25 | 66 | 8648 | |
| District of Columbia | 289 | -14 | 12 | 8 | 5 |             | 5400 | 1.2 | -453 | -1142 | 168 | 68 | 5636 | |
| Florida | 10994 | -4005 | 1582 | 42 | 152 |             | 120283 | 1.7 | 9530 | -8957 | 541 | 1564 | 122388 | |
| Georgia | 6978 | -10 | -6239 | 52 | 84 |             | 53368 | 1.4 | -1573 | -16437 | 663 | 1314 | 55345 | |
| Hawaii | 1215 | 174 | -455 | 11 | 13 |             | 7671 | 1.4 | 188 | -2722 | 83 | 189 | 7943 | |
| Idaho | 1545 | -149 | -152 | 5 | 6 |             | 10217 | 1.8 | -4 | -3209 | 51 | 77 | 10345 | |
| Illinois | 11458 | -527 | -2266 | 42 | 90 |             | 129016 | 2.3 | -4428 | -25440 | 551 | 1090 | 130657 | |
| Indiana | 5361 | -470 | -119 | 23 | 43 |             | 45585 | 1.6 | -1597 | -8685 | 444 | 471 | 46500 | |
| Iowa | 1981 | -503 | -28 | 6 | 13 |             | 19762 | 1.4 | 342 | -3706 | 49 | 200 | 20011 | |
| Kansas | 2385 | -497 | -192 | 2 | 3 |             | 20276 | 1.6 | -144 | -7303 | 196 | 218 | 20690 | |
| Kentucky | 3611 | 526 | -1124 | 26 | 7 |             | 27182 | 1.6 | -858 | -6283 | 368 | 491 | 28041 | |
| Louisiana | 3436 | -64 | 164 | 13 | 36 |             | 35024 | 1.9 | -822 | -117 | 153 | 456 | 35633 | |
| Maine | 885 | 117 | 2 | 1 | 3 |             | 7577 | 1.3 | -519 | -788 | 25 | 33 | 7635 | |
| Maryland | 3441 | 180 | -569 | 29 | 43 |             | 37144 | 1.6 | -1073 | -5415 | 487 | 398 | 38029 | |
| Massachusetts | 6353 | 637 | -1338 | 81 | 58 |             | 83448 | 2.7 | 836 | -16883 | 897 | 628 | 84973 | |
| Michigan | 10812 | -2169 | -3404 | 22 | 40 |             | 108742 | 2.5 | -416 | -12908 | 365 | 694 | 109801 | |
| Minnesota | 3613 | 289 | -539 | 10 | 20 |             | 33908 | 1.3 | -671 | -11725 | 88 | 241 | 34237 | |
| Mississippi | 2426 | -211 | -159 | 8 | 20 |             | 21489 | 2.0 | -868 | -2717 | 148 | 299 | 21936 | |
| Missouri | 6200 | -204 | 255 | 54 | 32 |             | 56700 | 2.2 | -1419 | -1902 | 762 | 326 | 57788 | |
| Montana | 653 | -19 | -156 | 5 | 10 |             | 5485 | 1.4 | 33 | -1843 | 50 | 98 | 5633 | |
| Nebraska | 1341 | 78 | -29 | 0 | 1 |             | 11044 | 1.3 | -437 | -887 | 56 | 59 | 11159 | |
| Nevada | 2308 | -40 | -1410 | 5 | 6 |             | 19642 | 1.8 | -523 | -5421 | 100 | 176 | 19918 | |
| New Hampshire | 589 | -16 | -843 | 4 | 2 |             | 6255 | 1.0 | -383 | -1778 | 10 | 21 | 6286 | |
| New Jersey | 8282 | -159 | -623 | 19 | 46 |             | 122634 | 3.2 | 1953 | -8781 | 360 | 490 | 123484 | |
| New Mexico | 1045 | 14 | 24 | 1 | 2 |             | 11895 | 1.7 | -407 | -1035 | 132 | 147 | 12174 | |
| New York | 17922 | -2085 | -2034 | 24 | 122 |             | 193808 | 2.4 | -1184 | -32833 | 546 | 1119 | 195473 | |
| North Carolina | 9559 | -220 | -6300 | 24 | 86 |             | 69509 | 1.9 | -1471 | -29176 | 285 | 1110 | 70904 | |
| North Dakota | 213 | -69 | -6 | 1 | 0 |             | 1941 | 0.6 | -174 | -561 | 43 | 46 | 2030 | |
| Ohio | 10000 | 0 | -1672 | 19 | 40 |             | 100000 | 1.9 | 0 | -10129 | 300 | 700 | 101000 | |
| Oklahoma | 2003 | 41 | -55 | 10 | 44 |             | 18562 | 1.4 | -317 | -9320 | 125 | 300 | 18987 | |
| Oregon | 5379 | 37 | -2854 | 23 | 47 |             | 43023 | 2.8 | -917 | -16154 | 222 | 488 | 43733 | |
| Pennsylvania | 16845 | 1290 | -4186 | 140 | 129 |             | 164973 | 3.1 | 596 | -28026 | 1313 | 1534 | 167820 | |
| Puerto Rico | 2645 | -478 | -201 | 0 | 9 |             | 37997 | 3.8 | -6065 | -2639 | 342 | 495 | 38834 | |
| Rhode Island | 1055 | 29 | -201 | 4 | 8 |             | 13018 | 2.8 | -267 | -65 | 37 | 91 | 13146 | |
| South Carolina | 4870 | 687 | -408 | 4 | 23 |             | 35401 | 2.0 | -534 | -10631 | 160 | 418 | 35979 | |
| South Dakota | 290 | -3 | -32 | 9 | 2 |             | 2087 | 0.6 | -187 | -309 | 82 | 25 | 2194 | |
| Tennessee | 4720 | 62 | -484 | 27 | 28 |             | 40959 | 1.6 | -564 | -8907 | 559 | 485 | 42003 | |
| Texas | 17626 | 1662 | -1420 | 50 | 249 |             | 146365 | 1.6 | -763 | -47992 | 1032 | 2358 | 149755 | |
| Utah | 1260 | 104 | -143 | 20 | 13 |             | 10567 | 1.0 | -336 | -4854 | 473 | 123 | 11163 | |
| Vermont | 431 | 43 | -931 | 2 | 3 |             | 4388 | 1.5 | -544 | -1327 | 12 | 22 | 4422 | |
| Virgin Islands | 48 | 22 | -39 | 0 | 1 |             | 431 | 1.1 | 1 | -246 | 0 | 0 | 431 | |
| Virginia | 4333 | -778 | -2141 | 12 | 90 |             | 30312 | 0.9 | -1966 | -12577 | 406 | 961 | 31679 | |
| Washington | 8056 | 58 | -1758 | 38 | 87 |             | 61624 | 2.4 | -801 | -24888 | 413 | 1215 | 63252 | |
| West Virginia | 1045 | -30 | -323 | 3 | 18 |             | 12038 | 1.8 | -239 | -3346 | 69 | 235 | 12342 | |
| Wisconsin | 9043 | 1001 | -348 | 10 | 36 |             | 59853 | 2.3 | -722 | -11854 | 120 | 369 | 60342 | |
| Wyoming | 321 | 41 | 31 | 1 | 5 |             | 2259 | 1.0 | -117 | -365 | 11 | 33 | 2303 | |
| Totals | 273355 | -1820 | -49146 | 1144 | 2209 |             | 2593615 | 2.1 | -33777 | -526938 | 16297 | 26623 | 2636535 | |
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.