| STATE NAME |
Initial Claims Filed During Week Ended February 21, 2004 |
Insured Unemployment For Week Ended February 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 | 4631 | -791 | 559 | 14 | 22 | 34783 | 2.0 | -1635 | -4543 | 129 | 405 | 35322 | ||
| Alaska | 1535 | -369 | -191 | 16 | 4 | 18551 | 6.8 | -630 | -389 | 249 | 96 | 20581 | ||
| Arizona | 4126 | -10 | 472 | 9 | 14 | 35506 | 1.6 | -482 | -1368 | 367 | 280 | 36153 | ||
| Arkansas | 2578 | 464 | -1701 | 9 | 6 | 35725 | 3.3 | -1503 | -4691 | 201 | 234 | 36160 | ||
| California | 48756 | 3838 | -9084 | 126 | 169 | 466192 | 3.2 | -18569 | -110086 | 2536 | 3268 | 472024 | ||
| Colorado | 2968 | -164 | -335 | 16 | 27 | 43345 | 2.1 | 2921 | -5658 | 389 | 348 | 44091 | ||
| Connecticut | 5348 | 1530 | -624 | 7 | 13 | 58033 | 3.6 | -67 | -7384 | 99 | 227 | 58359 | ||
| Delaware | 1609 | 578 | 527 | 1 | 1 | 11037 | 2.8 | -450 | -560 | 38 | 57 | 11132 | ||
| District of Columbia | 299 | -55 | 213 | 7 | 5 | 5739 | 1.3 | -615 | -105 | 181 | 42 | 5962 | ||
| Florida | 9744 | -973 | 621 | 38 | 128 | 107735 | 1.5 | -2563 | -7654 | 487 | 1509 | 109742 | ||
| Georgia | 8519 | -458 | -850 | 41 | 65 | 61945 | 1.7 | -2736 | -10459 | 455 | 1268 | 63668 | ||
| Hawaii | 1437 | 134 | 126 | 9 | 15 | 9458 | 1.8 | 454 | -671 | 109 | 251 | 9825 | ||
| Idaho | 2450 | 218 | -684 | 27 | 3 | 25165 | 4.5 | -3725 | -2616 | 638 | 131 | 25934 | ||
| Illinois | 14051 | 1130 | -1111 | 46 | 64 | 216247 | 3.8 | 3170 | -6383 | 609 | 1014 | 217870 | ||
| Indiana | 6338 | -447 | -1013 | 32 | 33 | 74937 | 2.7 | -3806 | -4602 | 470 | 492 | 75900 | ||
| Iowa | 2692 | -285 | -381 | 2 | 14 | 41959 | 3.0 | -1250 | -3812 | 93 | 143 | 42195 | ||
| Kansas | 2404 | -639 | -2619 | 2 | 6 | 33731 | 2.7 | -1661 | -1405 | 206 | 218 | 34155 | ||
| Kentucky | 4129 | 767 | -2683 | 22 | 24 | 46352 | 2.8 | 3203 | -5455 | 392 | 694 | 47443 | ||
| Louisiana | 3242 | -550 | -637 | 9 | 25 | 34907 | 1.9 | -268 | -907 | 164 | 431 | 35502 | ||
| Maine | 1281 | -89 | -135 | 1 | 1 | 16719 | 2.9 | -532 | -1567 | 46 | 66 | 16831 | ||
| Maryland | 3905 | -496 | -2644 | 27 | 34 | 52591 | 2.3 | -1673 | -23 | 438 | 451 | 53480 | ||
| Massachusetts | 12088 | 4649 | -2249 | 17 | 36 | 123755 | 4.0 | -1548 | -7255 | 394 | 604 | 124753 | ||
| Michigan | 12828 | -7498 | -1844 | 22 | 29 | 207193 | 4.8 | 7224 | 7451 | 501 | 730 | 214462 | ||
| Minnesota | 5335 | -281 | -1111 | 11 | 14 | 86216 | 3.4 | 11181 | -3876 | 166 | 261 | 86646 | ||
| Mississippi | 2179 | -521 | -430 | 10 | 18 | 23362 | 2.2 | -514 | -4113 | 224 | 246 | 23832 | ||
| Missouri | 6609 | -988 | -665 | 40 | 29 | 90577 | 3.5 | 7540 | 7031 | 401 | 329 | 91310 | ||
| Montana | 1033 | 86 | -15 | 28 | 9 | 14806 | 3.9 | 171 | -142 | 654 | 77 | 15541 | ||
| Nebraska | 1945 | 229 | 338 | 4 | 1 | 18104 | 2.1 | -681 | -83 | 56 | 51 | 18211 | ||
| Nevada | 2617 | -98 | -32 | 6 | 9 | 26924 | 2.6 | -894 | -2837 | 187 | 183 | 27298 | ||
| New Hampshire | 824 | -350 | 29 | 3 | 0 | 10829 | 1.8 | -517 | -1473 | 32 | 32 | 10893 | ||
| New Jersey | 11353 | 1170 | -859 | 13 | 30 | 153793 | 4.1 | -1826 | 5511 | 327 | 636 | 154756 | ||
| New Mexico | 1065 | -143 | -38 | 1 | 0 | 15882 | 2.2 | -220 | -226 | 303 | 144 | 16329 | ||
| New York | 18031 | -2802 | -3122 | 27 | 94 | 250738 | 3.1 | -5473 | -28463 | 1044 | 1272 | 253057 | ||
| North Carolina | 13292 | -2366 | -1295 | 17 | 55 | 101561 | 2.8 | -6811 | -11904 | 362 | 1118 | 103051 | ||
| North Dakota | 458 | -46 | -75 | 0 | 0 | 7756 | 2.6 | -95 | -233 | 88 | 36 | 7880 | ||
| Ohio | 11919 | -1564 | -2258 | 20 | 45 | 158500 | 3.0 | 1791 | -6395 | 400 | 800 | 159700 | ||
| Oklahoma | 2465 | -435 | -270 | 7 | 24 | 28427 | 2.1 | -380 | -756 | 74 | 347 | 28848 | ||
| Oregon | 7117 | -344 | -1772 | 53 | 29 | 67159 | 4.4 | -2511 | -11735 | 923 | 399 | 68522 | ||
| Pennsylvania | 19624 | -2257 | -10374 | 91 | 113 | 254129 | 4.7 | 9280 | -21111 | 1465 | 1834 | 257428 | ||
| Puerto Rico | 2758 | -411 | -580 | 2 | 26 | 34513 | 3.5 | -3980 | -6021 | 89 | 370 | 34972 | ||
| Rhode Island | 2972 | 1441 | 284 | 3 | 3 | 18033 | 3.9 | -637 | -277 | 42 | 87 | 18162 | ||
| South Carolina | 5152 | -96 | -327 | 8 | 20 | 48558 | 2.8 | -1463 | -2081 | 157 | 471 | 49186 | ||
| South Dakota | 409 | -39 | 38 | 7 | 5 | 5157 | 1.5 | -20 | -336 | 110 | 28 | 5295 | ||
| Tennessee | 5389 | -1229 | -1181 | 26 | 31 | 57441 | 2.3 | -1768 | -13163 | 405 | 403 | 58253 | ||
| Texas | 17073 | -399 | -2877 | 23 | 73 | 178567 | 2.0 | -6482 | -22380 | 871 | 2765 | 182211 | ||
| Utah | 1476 | -306 | -286 | 18 | 8 | 20141 | 2.0 | -460 | -3893 | 477 | 158 | 20776 | ||
| Vermont | 968 | 277 | -426 | 1 | 0 | 9923 | 3.4 | -56 | -1530 | 40 | 42 | 10005 | ||
| Virgin Islands | 26 | -11 | -50 | 0 | 0 | 378 | 0.9 | -101 | -725 | 8 | 11 | 397 | ||
| Virginia | 5659 | -828 | -2232 | 17 | 84 | 46653 | 1.4 | -3461 | -11717 | 414 | 1056 | 48123 | ||
| Washington | 9946 | -70 | -1267 | 50 | 60 | 101686 | 3.9 | -4523 | -18408 | 929 | 1203 | 103957 | ||
| West Virginia | 1475 | -223 | -32 | 5 | 24 | 18843 | 2.9 | -3535 | -6464 | 46 | 135 | 19026 | ||
| Wisconsin | 12158 | -626 | -1555 | 12 | 17 | 115249 | 4.3 | -2415 | -9990 | 244 | 282 | 115775 | ||
| Wyoming | 399 | -202 | -145 | 4 | 2 | 5706 | 2.5 | 470 | -754 | 105 | 34 | 5845 | ||
| Totals | 328684 | -12948 | -58852 | 1007 | 1561 | 3731216 | 3.0 | -45131 | -358686 | 19834 | 27769 | 3786829 | ||
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.