STATE	Initial Claims	First Payments	Weeks Claimed	Weeks Compensated	Avg. Wkly Benefit*	Benefits Paid	Final Payments
Alabama	3,013	2,919	34,728	33,210	$175.12	5,782,950	2,266
Alaska	715	777	10,814	11,006	$188.63	2,062,840	289
Arizona	7,450	4,796	41,867	43,692	$172.10	7,468,218	2,587
Arkansas	2,381	2,255	38,563	25,879	$229.72	5,602,765	2,088
California	36,627	37,902	378,066	380,150	$257.75	96,579,578	24,530
Colorado	4,610	4,503	45,497	46,285	$301.67	13,859,147	3,320
Connecticut	4,551	4,530	71,111	73,866	$293.53	21,395,775	4,620
Delaware	664	725	7,061	7,392	$228.82	1,694,371	453
District of Columbia	646	656	5,811	7,023	$259.78	1,806,150	531
Florida	27,942	12,881	124,419	124,576	$220.64	27,277,927	9,157
Georgia	8,417	8,097	76,438	77,312	$218.34	16,879,938	6,047
Hawaii	761	662	7,035	6,644	$308.02	2,019,767	320
Idaho	1,136	1,017	10,873	9,843	$234.33	2,241,877	782
Illinois	21,296	15,192	190,872	169,483	$284.07	48,149,841	9,585
Indiana	5,952	5,345	52,803	50,612	$263.13	13,108,845	3,889
Iowa	2,500	2,238	25,013	24,439	$247.35	5,884,033	1,528
Kansas	3,143	2,179	34,069	34,227	$288.56	9,797,909	1,599
Kentucky	3,402	3,165	42,400	40,118	$254.10	10,084,067	1,939
Louisiana	2,570	2,426	24,415	25,494	$195.12	4,938,254	1,541
Maine	853	734	8,790	7,956	$228.63	1,779,831	600
Maryland	3,798	3,080	41,092	34,143	$245.77	8,325,979	2,100
Massachusetts	10,796	10,647	140,221	150,444	$363.13	53,986,508	9,608
Michigan	13,884	11,913	137,942	128,262	$285.97	35,820,071	6,750
Minnesota	4,395	3,786	42,491	44,966	$315.24	13,787,859	3,057
Mississippi	3,228	1,947	23,841	22,470	$171.80	3,793,583	1,616
Missouri	5,778	5,408	54,392	52,680	$204.81	10,676,176	3,570
Montana	442	364	5,397	4,163		881,930	294
Nebraska	1,153	1,068	13,200	12,885	$116.71	2,487,939	761
Nevada	1,971	1,802	21,093	19,496	$236.15	4,557,925	1,274
New Hampshire	498	479	6,950	5,720	$282.13	1,591,863	319
New Jersey	14,931	13,505	147,704	149,201	$336.96	49,617,076	10,252
New Mexico	894	521	8,943	9,704	$217.58	2,097,437	650
New York	31,420	26,743	253,605	290,570	$271.38	77,684,937	20,358
North Carolina	14,662	10,220	107,210	110,972	$260.85	28,631,134	7,931
North Dakota	236	181	1,578	1,481	$203.98	299,529	96
Ohio	9,906	9,958	109,593	127,425	$245.81	31,058,748	6,496
Oklahoma	3,053	3,028	32,071	33,425	$231.63	7,671,468	2,095
Oregon	6,963	5,365	91,945	101,631	$272.52	25,364,038	6,634
Pennsylvania	28,180	17,069	298,834	262,661	$286.83	73,887,801	17,685
Puerto Rico	7,552	3,443	36,066	36,256	$108.24	3,910,873	2,964
Rhode Island	1,172	1,048	11,376	11,407	$304.82	3,418,522	701
South Carolina	4,188	4,163	48,269	46,288	$212.37	9,503,449	3,276
South Dakota	443	136	1,566	1,428	$198.22	275,234	77
Tennessee	5,576	5,824	61,715	62,926	$210.29	12,767,525	4,451
Texas	21,367	18,630	206,612	235,731	$240.41	53,523,004	14,688
Utah	1,494	1,458	16,142	15,259		4,036,367	47
Vermont	410	392	5,608	4,922	$259.71	1,245,492	296
Virginia	3,860	4,080	46,789	43,092	$287.14	11,973,190	3,537
Washington	8,023	7,515	158,138	161,162	$340.65	53,771,105	4,852
West Virginia	1,324	1,276	15,069	13,963	$226.53	3,092,949	769
Wisconsin	486	4,113	63,459	62,581	$240.80	14,585,860	3,748
Wyoming	237	80	1,770	2,162	$234.44	487,980	339
United States	350,949	292,241	3,441,326	3,458,683	$265.79	903,227,634	218,962

run: 09/25/2003

* Average Weekly Benefit for weeks of total unemployment.