SUMMARY DATA FOR STATE PROGRAMS, BY STATE, REPORT PERIOD BETWEEN 03/01/2003 AND 03/31/2003

STATEInitial
Claims
First
Payments
Weeks
Claimed
Weeks
Compensated
Avg. Wkly
Benefit*
Benefits
Paid
Final
Payments
Alabama 3,375 3,456 39,009 31,922$169.98 5,389,419 1,759
Alaska 772 810 10,094 10,149$186.84 1,881,297 203
Arizona 5,441 3,323 32,443 34,429$176.57 6,012,529 1,837
Arkansas 2,732 2,510 30,844 27,757$229.45 5,855,580 1,946
California 35,363 37,025 390,447 394,459$248.70 96,689,364 20,924
Colorado 6,669 4,894 49,403 50,944$305.20 15,296,843 2,875
Connecticut 4,241 4,656 55,588 57,543$291.96 16,467,487 3,198
Delaware 679 729 6,459 6,945$236.02 1,632,728 388
District of Columbia 1,703 504 7,009 8,551$259.82 2,199,975 432
Florida 27,966 12,575 129,661 122,613$218.15 26,492,468 9,707
Georgia 8,291 7,616 71,229 72,100$218.61 1,556,811 5,664
Hawaii 588 529 7,407 6,729$294.32 1,956,090 349
Idaho 1,700 1,508 13,557 10,770$222.78 2,334,189 807
Illinois 15,181 14,337 159,507 171,297$281.42 48,287,586 9,629
Indiana 6,665 6,456 58,471 56,601$256.28 14,301,843 4,028
Iowa 3,673 2,613 29,037 23,156$241.17 5,443,828 1,589
Kansas 2,720 2,250 30,080 24,402$276.74 6,695,376 1,482
Kentucky 2,988 3,357 42,374 40,529$255.46 10,192,686 2,077
Louisiana 2,608 2,933 34,985 36,562$191.19 6,933,557 2,381
Maine 1,016 869 8,292 7,663$217.20 1,622,417 509
Maryland 3,143 2,889 43,777 36,339$240.87 8,684,807 2,157
Massachusetts 12,288 11,678 129,388 114,794$369.70 41,922,226 4,548
Michigan 16,069 14,737 137,073 135,545$279.49 36,995,188 7,154
Minnesota 5,310 4,613 42,212 45,150$309.01 13,567,041 2,997
Mississippi 3,910 2,112 26,387 22,588$166.35 3,684,884 1,482
Missouri 5,155 4,946 52,155 48,752$203.92 9,830,608 3,068
Montana 841 759 6,745 4,769 934,575 354
Nebraska 1,319 1,334 13,379 13,741$112.42 2,626,391 794
Nevada 2,345 2,510 27,214 25,990$229.41 5,912,598 1,347
New Hampshire 532 558 7,123 6,757$288.18 1,934,315 301
New Jersey 18,503 13,898 146,296 147,091$332.17 48,191,135 9,729
New Mexico 1,009 638 9,288 10,166$218.95 2,228,630 454
New York 27,564 23,463 223,334 262,166$279.56 72,130,926 17,513
North Carolina 19,095 12,665 127,681 119,947$257.48 30,495,114 8,773
North Dakota 656 728 3,856 3,953$220.47 868,575 320
Ohio 9,252 8,234 102,542 104,072$244.29 25,176,415 1,837
Oklahoma 2,500 2,486 25,397 26,495$236.75 6,213,266 1,679
Oregon 6,397 5,702 104,028 114,152$272.56 28,345,186 2,892
Pennsylvania 28,167 14,628 259,328 215,594$290.45 61,250,232 9,909
Puerto Rico 8,934 4,540 52,036 52,813$108.63 5,721,365 3,122
Rhode Island 1,398 1,397 12,995 12,993$297.93 3,812,278 795
South Carolina 3,806 4,665 52,274 49,957$205.26 9,912,849 3,223
South Dakota 354 170 1,744 1,860$190.45 346,352 102
Tennessee 7,988 6,951 57,688 57,199$207.20 11,413,769 3,964
Texas 21,865 18,544 205,700 213,523$241.69 48,664,967 12,596
Utah 1,925 2,156 19,677 18,819 4,946,658 50
Vermont 521 570 6,345 6,578$279.64 1,793,637 250
Virginia 5,036 4,955 51,884 46,042$307.64 13,654,669 3,294
Washington 7,780 8,274 161,049 162,681$347.04 53,701,020 5,545
West Virginia 1,140 1,109 13,359 12,263$217.91 2,624,857 501
Wisconsin 380 5,189 70,530 72,092$238.35 16,504,666 4,331
Wyoming 309 137 2,765 3,034$227.89 654,442 470
United States 359,862 300,185 3,401,145 3,363,036$263.01 851,985,714 187,335

run: 05/12/2003

* Average Weekly Benefit for weeks of total unemployment.