SUMMARY DATA FOR STATE PROGRAMS, BY STATE, REPORT PERIOD BETWEEN 10/01/2003 AND 10/31/2003

STATEInitial
Claims
First
Payments
Weeks
Claimed
Weeks
Compensated
Avg. Wkly
Benefit*
Benefits
Paid
Final
Payments
Alabama 3,350 3,095 32,066 31,506$173.15 5,424,536 2,456
Alaska 970 754 9,030 10,962$184.99 2,018,713 371
Arkansas 2,463 1,874 21,061 18,587$233.61 4,054,181 1,625
California 39,199 37,957 483,440 488,019$270.67 130,015,185 29,993
Colorado 4,363 4,075 46,126 46,934$303.73 14,124,979 2,944
Connecticut 4,236 4,499 55,881 57,828$288.01 16,325,815 4,909
Delaware 728 801 8,283 8,747$233.59 2,031,641 550
District of Columbia 564 680 6,195 7,957$261.29 2,052,808 548
Florida 13,848 15,063 139,727 137,803$217.95 29,768,125 10,521
Georgia 8,059 7,721 74,033 75,644$214.50 16,225,425 6,234
Hawaii 785 618 7,480 6,962$311.13 2,138,871 491
Idaho 1,401 1,028 11,413 10,530$244.35 2,487,538 772
Illinois 19,436 15,025 180,586 181,444$285.61 51,803,832 11,957
Indiana 6,614 5,530 53,055 50,261$264.88 13,069,252 3,954
Iowa 3,025 2,514 23,296 27,753$249.59 6,695,462 1,928
Kansas 3,377 2,687 33,939 47,385$298.95 14,023,937 3,736
Kentucky 3,878 2,660 33,361 30,734$253.95 7,675,140 2,363
Louisiana 2,952 2,548 23,802 24,924$195.81 4,838,042 1,725
Maine 1,018 712 8,255 7,573$231.84 1,707,871 660
Maryland 3,970 3,431 40,618 34,435$254.48 8,683,480 2,604
Massachusetts 11,546 10,186 107,526 116,885$359.69 41,303,058 8,627
Michigan 17,077 13,808 253,922 253,244$281.95 69,728,714 10,383
Minnesota 5,337 4,207 41,838 44,658$313.03 13,566,209 2,966
Mississippi 3,634 1,980 22,385 22,007$172.54 3,717,090 1,599
Missouri 5,636 4,794 55,293 53,599$204.32 10,809,724 3,937
Montana 685 433 4,561 3,887 801,623 384
Nebraska 1,199 1,121 11,499 12,301$110.40 2,357,406 809
Nevada 2,021 1,675 20,637 18,135$235.00 4,209,340 1,336
New Hampshire 525 438 6,001 5,081$274.34 1,370,099 351
New Jersey 14,972 14,955 177,364 179,568$337.85 59,697,049 13,207
New Mexico 1,019 539 9,050 9,890$221.84 2,181,979 695
New York 31,748 26,205 287,448 286,576$271.08 76,370,829 27,477
North Dakota 314 181 1,472 1,399$212.86 295,473 100
Ohio 10,555 9,786 112,085 129,588$247.30 31,722,708 7,671
Oklahoma 3,043 2,554 27,387 29,092$227.98 6,551,568 2,078
Oregon 8,038 5,825 94,474 103,637$272.93 25,901,618 7,101
Pennsylvania 27,188 18,562 203,348 244,680$289.92 69,142,139 18,495
Puerto Rico 3,284 3,358 41,010 41,673$109.49 4,547,957 2,229
Rhode Island 1,276 1,036 11,159 11,315$305.31 3,389,195 864
South Carolina 4,457 4,130 46,524 44,275$208.78 8,899,442 3,346
South Dakota 463 128 1,288 1,400$193.77 260,806 88
Tennessee 5,552 6,750 66,015 67,036$211.37 13,589,771 5,355
Texas 23,211 19,827 214,445 244,220$245.75 55,879,131 15,991
Utah 1,620 1,472 15,271 14,439 3,787,719 107
Vermont 564 488 4,710 4,767$260.18 1,203,264 277
Virginia 4,285 4,193 38,309 39,746$277.45 10,641,485 3,042
Washington 8,646 6,494 138,539 141,081$344.54 47,406,076 5,462
West Virginia 1,317 1,172 14,547 13,224$222.60 2,874,264 920
Wisconsin 6,323 3,911 59,975 58,836$242.33 13,606,088 3,879
Wyoming 251 70 1,651 2,030$237.77 463,015 313
United States 330,022 283,550 3,381,380 3,504,257$268.65 921,439,672 239,430

run: 11/20/2003

* Average Weekly Benefit for weeks of total unemployment.