SUMMARY DATA FOR STATE PROGRAMS, BY STATE, REPORT PERIOD BETWEEN 01/01/2004 AND 01/31/2004

STATEInitial
Claims
First
Payments
Weeks
Claimed
Weeks
Compensated
Avg. Wkly
Benefit*
Benefits
Paid
Final
Payments
Alabama 666 1,118 24,766 23,913$172.92 4,100,249 2,042
Alaska 166 169 8,041 9,252$185.11 1,708,205 809
Arkansas 176 192 15,775 14,957$229.86 3,217,502 1,642
California 8,405 15,437 351,368 354,849$273.47 95,381,680 27,519
Colorado 879 1,468 37,304 38,203$297.58 11,290,593 2,913
Connecticut 421 554 39,230 40,824$286.76 11,453,244 3,213
Delaware 68 196 5,951 6,375$237.20 1,502,392 512
District of Columbia 302 440 4,716 5,976$254.04 1,497,156 522
Florida 1,197 3,810 110,828 103,333$219.10 22,429,178 10,039
Georgia 7,511 407 52,831 53,902$215.29 11,604,557 5,687
Hawaii 227 193 5,882 5,631$311.11 1,726,732 407
Idaho 145 106 8,836 8,052$237.88 1,854,868 799
Illinois 2,220 5,168 142,534 142,176$285.10 40,496,637 11,365
Indiana 1,076 1,310 42,050 42,443$265.98 11,070,293 4,326
Iowa 229 256 16,829 16,952$246.16 4,046,489 1,388
Kansas 366 25,287 24,931$282.26 6,983,110 1,685
Kentucky 2,780 765 26,450 24,488$257.78 6,196,458 2,023
Louisiana 792 863 26,077 27,009$195.32 5,234,355 2,218
Maine 187 222 7,019 6,562$233.28 1,484,676 538
Maryland 649 618 34,128 28,486$256.79 7,248,727 2,195
Massachusetts 1,467 1,167 76,575 82,452$356.91 28,972,459 6,980
Michigan 5,927 5,640 215,057 194,464$284.67 53,857,487 14,343
Minnesota 1,065 1,187 39,653 40,479$370.46 12,637,265 2,870
Mississippi 1,024 266 17,764 16,909$167.89 2,787,623 1,587
Missouri 1,051 989 43,733 42,632$205.45 8,653,320 3,458
Montana 96 198 4,614 4,051 867,566 353
Nebraska 74 166 8,924 10,245$112.95 1,993,810 803
Nevada 290 130 14,905 12,871$236.13 3,003,784 1,153
New Hampshire 177 207 4,584 3,942$273.32 1,062,807 249
New Jersey 1,121 4,396 124,875 125,595$338.96 41,868,667 10,100
New Mexico 148 67 7,796 8,404$217.59 1,820,830 567
New York 5,879 2,616 200,368 206,361$270.93 54,973,005 22,010
North Carolina 8,598 1,959 120,227 113,080$256.57 28,633,807 8,928
North Dakota 44 19 1,911 1,819$224.29 406,020 224
Ohio 3,139 3,912 83,698 91,834$257.35 23,417,473 6,827
Oklahoma 532 863 24,272 25,287$228.18 5,706,511 1,958
Oregon 1,863 739 77,601 84,563$271.32 21,045,939 7,580
Pennsylvania 4,407 5,538 157,594 166,125$290.08 46,929,059 11,985
Puerto Rico 1,616 1,319 30,837 31,327$108.85 3,397,031 2,399
Rhode Island 160 94 8,387 8,378$301.18 2,491,720 744
South Carolina 203 374 35,652 33,863$205.37 6,655,282 3,128
South Dakota 336 11 1,354 1,544$202.21 304,457 88
Tennessee 194 1,584 53,702 54,008$211.89 10,938,158 4,818
Texas 3,577 5,425 163,384 181,531$236.00 40,107,949 15,525
Utah 54 159 10,820 10,119 2,659,188 15
Vermont 45 51 3,206 3,291$259.72 833,887 254
Virgin Islands 22 614 803$253.73 200,370 92
Virginia 746 991 29,418 29,224$269.10 7,557,209 2,665
Washington 1,162 394 103,202 104,479$334.51 33,830,772 7,570
West Virginia 142 251 10,098 9,229$220.34 1,968,636 764
Wisconsin 617 352 48,441 48,490$242.90 11,270,101 3,596
Wyoming 62 83 1,755 1,973$235.31 449,103 192
United States 74,300 74,439 2,710,923 2,727,686$267.11 711,828,396 225,667

run: 02/20/2004

* Average Weekly Benefit for weeks of total unemployment.