| STATE NAME |
Initial Claims Filed During Week Ended October 25, 2003 |
Insured Unemployment For Week Ended October 18, 2003 |
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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 | 4639 | 74 | -1233 | 22 | 33 | 34563 | 1.9 | 287 | -1951 | 145 | 337 | 35052 | ||
| Alaska | 2552 | 706 | 193 | 43 | 2 | 12574 | 4.6 | 1865 | 985 | 177 | 95 | 14676 | ||
| Arizona | 4524 | 196 | 190 | 29 | 13 | 29252 | 1.3 | 88 | -6589 | 202 | 241 | 29695 | ||
| Arkansas | 3033 | 158 | -748 | 9 | 8 | 30037 | 2.7 | 322 | -1551 | 118 | 185 | 30340 | ||
| California | 68161 | 13539 | 7758 | 277 | 220 | 476881 | 3.3 | 35983 | 6984 | 3028 | 3248 | 483226 | ||
| Colorado | 3115 | 333 | -508 | 32 | 24 | 36837 | 1.8 | 2228 | -584 | 273 | 376 | 37504 | ||
| Connecticut | 3616 | 601 | -624 | 10 | 15 | 44839 | 2.8 | 777 | -848 | 115 | 168 | 45122 | ||
| Delaware | 1790 | 993 | -369 | 2 | 2 | 7757 | 2.0 | 68 | 589 | 54 | 72 | 7883 | ||
| District of Columbia | 365 | 54 | -61 | 19 | 7 | 6685 | 1.5 | 749 | 231 | 245 | 30 | 6960 | ||
| Florida | 8632 | -1138 | -109 | 54 | 131 | 123729 | 1.8 | 3306 | 2088 | 545 | 1168 | 125469 | ||
| Georgia | 8442 | 161 | -1459 | 57 | 63 | 62435 | 1.7 | -372 | -4739 | 870 | 885 | 64190 | ||
| Hawaii | 1334 | -125 | -577 | 20 | 14 | 9492 | 1.8 | -686 | -692 | 108 | 242 | 9847 | ||
| Idaho | 2188 | 110 | 10 | 30 | 6 | 12617 | 2.3 | 628 | 1161 | 94 | 90 | 12801 | ||
| Illinois | 14757 | 1769 | -712 | 55 | 66 | 149911 | 2.6 | 1210 | -538 | 927 | 804 | 151642 | ||
| Indiana | 5713 | 20 | -788 | 64 | 37 | 51588 | 1.8 | 466 | 1162 | 271 | 304 | 52169 | ||
| Iowa | 3295 | 290 | -66 | 3 | 7 | 21967 | 1.6 | 109 | -2081 | 66 | 106 | 22139 | ||
| Kansas | 2440 | -131 | -868 | 10 | 11 | 25882 | 2.0 | 49 | 1006 | 221 | 145 | 26251 | ||
| Kentucky | 5340 | 1095 | 1428 | 22 | 25 | 31350 | 1.9 | 1556 | -2161 | 751 | 516 | 32618 | ||
| Louisiana | 3768 | 159 | -390 | 21 | 35 | 32220 | 1.8 | 35 | -201 | 173 | 340 | 32733 | ||
| Maine | 1413 | 385 | -388 | 3 | 1 | 8542 | 1.5 | 984 | -421 | 28 | 48 | 8619 | ||
| Maryland | 4431 | 490 | -422 | 31 | 33 | 41505 | 1.8 | -379 | -1034 | 438 | 332 | 42275 | ||
| Massachusetts | 7560 | 1180 | -562 | 33 | 22 | 86241 | 2.8 | 1229 | -7164 | 1094 | 453 | 87793 | ||
| Michigan | 13622 | -8653 | -547 | 64 | 45 | 129303 | 3.0 | 12577 | 17219 | 430 | 486 | 135400 | ||
| Minnesota | 4607 | 185 | -1044 | 18 | 21 | 42382 | 1.7 | 869 | 500 | 113 | 215 | 42713 | ||
| Mississippi | 3208 | 669 | 4 | 19 | 8 | 21400 | 2.0 | 731 | -2611 | 167 | 174 | 21742 | ||
| Missouri | 6888 | -1638 | 31 | 50 | 36 | 59808 | 2.3 | 2832 | 3364 | 690 | 214 | 60717 | ||
| Montana | 1213 | 63 | -284 | 55 | 5 | 7580 | 2.0 | 1031 | 1075 | 131 | 82 | 7808 | ||
| Nebraska | 1279 | 384 | -233 | 4 | 3 | 11691 | 1.4 | 69 | 613 | 47 | 38 | 11776 | ||
| Nevada | 3153 | 144 | 336 | 14 | 6 | 25188 | 2.4 | 485 | -430 | 97 | 166 | 25470 | ||
| New Hampshire | 998 | 183 | -172 | 4 | 7 | 7464 | 1.3 | 423 | -795 | 29 | 25 | 7520 | ||
| New Jersey | 9481 | 1339 | -1188 | 21 | 51 | 111763 | 3.0 | 2840 | -3092 | 321 | 472 | 112556 | ||
| New Mexico | 1383 | 14 | -114 | 16 | 0 | 12851 | 1.8 | 140 | 337 | 131 | 107 | 13089 | ||
| New York | 19311 | 1891 | -2562 | 52 | 94 | 200629 | 2.5 | 2125 | -7494 | 999 | 916 | 202551 | ||
| North Carolina | 14285 | 1255 | -3814 | 36 | 65 | 95103 | 2.6 | 1252 | -3868 | 323 | 925 | 108316 | ||
| North Dakota | 445 | 91 | -710 | 1 | 0 | 1981 | 0.7 | 142 | -517 | 32 | 27 | 2041 | ||
| Ohio | 12207 | 697 | -1308 | 28 | 45 | 103000 | 2.0 | 667 | 3460 | 500 | 500 | 104000 | ||
| Oklahoma | 2975 | 564 | -595 | 12 | 22 | 26805 | 1.9 | 75 | 3358 | 72 | 302 | 27179 | ||
| Oregon | 7596 | 213 | -1646 | 95 | 34 | 55068 | 3.6 | 421 | -1453 | 287 | 401 | 63298 | ||
| Pennsylvania | 18406 | 1116 | -3432 | 126 | 122 | 174129 | 3.2 | 2365 | -869 | 1989 | 1611 | 177729 | ||
| Puerto Rico | 2687 | -61 | -758 | 2 | 29 | 44787 | 4.6 | 11994 | -7516 | 136 | 335 | 45258 | ||
| Rhode Island | 1098 | 24 | -283 | 6 | 2 | 10671 | 2.3 | 260 | -355 | 46 | 61 | 10778 | ||
| South Carolina | 5902 | 470 | -880 | 11 | 21 | 45678 | 2.6 | 358 | 2009 | 156 | 385 | 46219 | ||
| South Dakota | 347 | 43 | -156 | 19 | 4 | 2280 | 0.6 | 91 | 19 | 54 | 18 | 2352 | ||
| Tennessee | 5408 | -17 | -1073 | 42 | 21 | 47500 | 1.9 | 102 | -3199 | 619 | 292 | 48424 | ||
| Texas | 20444 | 1252 | -59 | 25 | 78 | 184621 | 2.0 | 303 | -6228 | 1626 | 2345 | 188611 | ||
| Utah | 1587 | 168 | -175 | 36 | 11 | 14282 | 1.4 | -27 | -2169 | 504 | 121 | 14907 | ||
| Vermont | 1064 | 490 | 71 | 1 | 6 | 5319 | 1.8 | -22 | -707 | 22 | 32 | 5373 | ||
| Virgin Islands | 46 | 0 | -21 | 0 | 0 | 770 | 1.8 | 89 | -722 | 10 | 5 | 785 | ||
| Virginia | 5842 | 155 | -744 | 25 | 100 | 39481 | 1.2 | -836 | -6117 | 472 | 960 | 40932 | ||
| Washington | 12515 | 742 | 881 | 100 | 81 | 85167 | 3.3 | 2990 | -3814 | 571 | 1160 | 92924 | ||
| West Virginia | 2430 | 1054 | 822 | 4 | 11 | 13307 | 2.0 | -481 | -1242 | 67 | 142 | 13523 | ||
| Wisconsin | 10679 | 707 | -2769 | 17 | 22 | 66117 | 2.5 | 830 | 1660 | 157 | 227 | 66503 | ||
| Wyoming | 475 | 12 | -175 | 8 | 3 | 2662 | 1.1 | 244 | -192 | 36 | 25 | 2723 | ||
| Totals | 352689 | 24475 | -22902 | 1757 | 1728 | 2985691 | 2.4 | 95441 | -36124 | 20777 | 22954 | 3062221 | ||
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.