STATE	Initial Claims	First Payments	Weeks Claimed	Weeks Compensated	Avg. Wkly Benefit*	Benefits Paid	Final Payments
Alabama	3,336	3,520	29,915	29,079	$166.62	4,804,967	1,803
Alaska	967	736	7,271	8,587	$183.98	1,572,441	111
Arizona	4,876	2,877	24,377	25,877	$178.55	4,570,075	1,535
Arkansas	2,563	2,173	23,600	20,868	$226.86	4,388,003	1,351
California	49,593	49,502	406,015	411,288	$248.43	101,518,146	25,806
Colorado	8,283	4,609	39,120	40,154	$304.87	12,041,735	2,774
Connecticut	3,953	4,315	45,760	47,392	$292.62	13,580,089	2,604
Delaware	549	612	6,220	6,613	$240.27	1,586,865	413
District of Columbia	525	693	5,626	7,046	$261.43	1,823,300	492
Florida	13,220	12,350	116,941	110,644	$218.27	23,891,083	8,888
Georgia	8,067	7,400	69,140	70,131	$216.76	15,017,057	5,540
Hawaii	609	537	6,317	6,054	$290.69	1,733,256	387
Idaho	1,458	1,352	9,220	9,759	$227.56	2,157,753	742
Illinois	14,544	13,478	5,050	154,783	$279.50	43,318,931	9,837
Indiana	5,787	5,495	48,679	46,898	$254.78	11,775,229	3,235
Iowa	2,737	2,428	22,205	21,332	$243.35	5,052,964	1,229
Kansas	2,948	2,956	23,358	23,734	$273.20	6,426,466	1,427
Kentucky	3,162	2,859	33,714	31,875	$252.14	7,905,713	1,928
Louisiana	2,580	2,950	29,001	30,354	$190.95	5,747,142	1,693
Maine	831	711	7,095	6,504	$220.37	1,390,945	469
Maryland	2,930	2,662	36,976	29,336	$242.54	7,063,377	1,692
Massachusetts	10,787	10,087	105,989	107,277	$368.67	39,085,738	6,313
Michigan	13,792	12,372	121,370	122,949	$283.09	33,989,744	7,204
Minnesota	4,692	3,967	37,299	39,437	$310.95	11,850,743	2,798
Mississippi	3,370	2,040	22,798	21,684	$166.38	3,531,360	1,325
Missouri	5,497	5,062	49,686	45,603	$205.49	9,265,926	2,976
Montana	683	582	4,976	4,040		787,630	319
Nebraska	1,274	1,267	10,864	11,491	$112.51	2,202,269	640
Nevada	2,556	2,691	21,131	18,893	$229.72	4,299,869	900
New Hampshire	579	625	5,685	5,679	$284.82	1,601,572	344
New Jersey	15,301	12,887	140,492	139,197	$335.64	46,041,450	9,383
New Mexico	1,016	586	8,590	9,390	$217.85	2,033,072	566
New York	29,893	24,733	220,669	218,593	$279.91	60,179,112	18,546
North Carolina	17,543	10,951	109,860	101,728	$256.58	25,730,217	7,486
North Dakota	451	437	2,132	2,223	$200.64	444,528	166
Ohio	8,287	7,731	95,005	101,601	$244.96	24,651,577	916
Oregon	6,134	4,995	84,586	92,906	$272.39	23,108,727	2,431
Pennsylvania	23,002	14,426	176,012	167,046	$289.09	47,148,058	10,081
Puerto Rico	9,460	4,728	42,411	44,007	$107.77	4,732,501	2,929
Rhode Island	1,182	1,053	9,808	9,946	$303.30	2,972,247	656
South Carolina	3,476	3,974	40,878	38,693	$205.66	7,688,909	2,546
South Dakota	316	144	1,320	1,477	$191.88	277,473	68
Tennessee	5,720	5,749	51,945	52,044	$205.67	10,343,487	3,435
Texas	21,042	17,751	168,338	183,862	$242.50	42,099,468	10,482
Utah	1,722	1,644	14,772	14,065		3,713,728	25
Vermont	517	519	4,527	4,622	$268.55	1,210,846	220
Virgin Islands	410	264	2,041	2,524	$312.61	788,137	193
Virginia	4,455	4,603	42,634	43,047	$309.70	12,859,507	3,224
Washington	7,294	6,986	134,819	136,888	$352.35	45,867,211	4,670
West Virginia	1,252	1,204	11,281	10,145	$218.84	2,183,389	570
Wisconsin	321	4,023	55,604	57,399	$240.67	13,189,301	3,265
Wyoming	314	129	2,261	2,710	$228.36	589,679	445
United States	335,856	292,425	2,795,383	2,949,474	$263.51	761,833,012	179,078

run: 04/29/2003

* Average Weekly Benefit for weeks of total unemployment.