STATE	Initial Claims	First Payments	Weeks Claimed	Weeks Compensated	Avg. Wkly Benefit*	Benefits Paid	Final Payments
Alabama	2,657	2,553	29,866	28,426	$173.47	4,901,146	1,977
Alaska	913	833	9,881	10,834	$185.85	2,004,337	345
Arizona	2,901	3,349	36,597	38,187	$172.68	6,528,472	2,595
Arkansas	1,859	1,925	24,753	22,659	$232.90	4,905,988	1,728
California	31,373	34,822	400,457	404,460	$269.96	107,402,761	25,447
Colorado	3,967	4,146	48,503	49,247	$301.09	14,697,875	3,572
Connecticut	3,670	3,930	57,971	59,720	$286.14	16,748,187	3,681
Delaware	536	702	6,902	7,525	$238.56	1,780,082	467
District of Columbia	451	549	5,450	6,701	$258.62	1,715,854	503
Florida	13,427	12,662	134,752	125,574	$217.38	27,074,472	9,610
Georgia	7,625	7,188	70,522	72,202	$212.91	15,372,286	5,903
Hawaii	625	542	6,961	6,441	$307.48	1,960,704	390
Idaho	1,574	1,212	11,820	10,966	$238.84	2,539,037	748
Illinois	15,074	13,103	161,991	162,360	$284.93	46,270,063	10,225
Indiana	5,736	4,997	51,091	48,490	$265.17	12,624,582	3,569
Iowa	3,071	2,061	22,682	21,610	$249.69	5,215,634	1,453
Kansas	2,299	1,956	29,604	29,087	$282.01	8,117,872	1,602
Kentucky	2,939	2,598	30,779	33,001	$256.52	8,319,128	2,064
Louisiana	2,394	2,407	24,004	24,934	$194.37	4,797,645	1,606
Maine	977	752	7,772	7,076	$231.84	1,593,058	506
Maryland	3,033	2,749	36,314	31,425	$256.09	7,969,853	1,998
Massachusetts	9,156	9,104	109,162	104,733	$358.15	36,860,525	7,689
Michigan	12,618	11,475	241,012	233,982	$282.22	64,486,465	14,380
Minnesota	5,283	3,857	40,709	43,240	$312.49	13,126,239	2,704
Mississippi	3,210	1,804	21,322	19,978	$171.00	3,346,781	1,367
Missouri	4,941	4,795	50,995	49,605	$202.63	9,920,944	3,701
Montana	783	601	5,855	4,329		878,643	313
Nebraska	1,119	1,090	11,676	10,887	$110.96	2,087,393	720
Nevada	1,720	1,745	21,502	19,944	$235.26	4,642,897	1,356
New Hampshire	364	384	5,172	4,764	$279.55	1,308,344	303
New Jersey	13,251	11,734	137,277	139,282	$337.35	46,214,351	9,911
New Mexico	885	430	7,963	8,586	$220.98	1,884,940	582
New York	28,512	23,517	238,414	233,649	$271.64	62,377,341	23,087
North Carolina	16,358	18,323	160,110	160,664	$259.07	41,186,678	1,493
North Dakota	765	387	2,494	2,489	$219.88	543,653	176
Ohio	9,182	8,769	99,378	113,373	$247.79	27,780,079	6,094
Oklahoma	2,526	2,617	31,402	32,781	$229.40	7,431,943	2,361
Oregon	6,125	4,647	92,793	101,988	$272.43	25,457,026	6,375
Pennsylvania	27,221	14,275	216,041	182,053	$291.06	51,549,857	11,198
Puerto Rico	2,737	2,736	36,011	36,154	$109.62	3,954,120	2,476
Rhode Island	1,199	1,043	10,747	10,814	$302.96	3,218,966	774
South Carolina	3,661	4,144	45,395	43,390	$205.58	8,602,049	2,947
South Dakota	503	185	1,759	1,444	$193.07	270,838	78
Tennessee	5,065	5,333	54,619	53,405	$209.76	10,760,030	4,052
Texas	17,491	14,801	201,594	190,579	$242.41	42,963,789	12,768
Utah	1,461	1,634	17,712	16,689		4,336,877	397
Vermont	412	469	5,318	4,820	$255.85	1,200,516	235
Virginia	3,356	3,260	40,039	35,439	$271.80	9,298,534	2,578
Washington	8,232	7,543	151,999	154,432	$335.94	50,637,508	5,592
West Virginia	1,110	1,027	14,466	13,169	$222.13	2,849,708	801
Wisconsin	6,622	4,568	68,498	67,976	$241.21	15,683,105	4,077
Wyoming	278	98	1,833	2,029	$236.49	461,247	321
United States	303,247	271,431	3,351,939	3,297,592	$265.53	857,860,422	210,895

run: 12/23/2003

* Average Weekly Benefit for weeks of total unemployment.