STATE	Initial Claims	First Payments	Weeks Claimed	Weeks Compensated	Avg. Wkly Benefit*	Benefits Paid	Final Payments
Alaska	928	1,101		14,681	$184.02	2,693,336	435
Arizona	2,639	2,926	32,161	34,112	$173.06	5,838,362	2,310
Arkansas	1,971	2,016	28,085	22,331	$232.89	4,820,110	1,763
California	35,755	36,396	454,798	457,439	$270.85	121,739,997	28,190
Colorado	4,399	4,625	46,696	49,412	$299.71	14,679,197	3,323
Connecticut	4,295	4,785	52,397	54,436	$288.30	15,337,403	3,190
Delaware	638	658	8,042	8,537	$235.18	1,992,253	524
District of Columbia	397	488	5,823	7,387	$256.21	1,867,862	515
Florida	14,445	14,888	163,206	155,432	$219.11	33,766,227	12,428
Georgia	9,720	9,057	86,993	89,157	$214.06	19,084,661	7,418
Hawaii	665	554	8,183	7,372	$312.64	2,271,812	407
Idaho	1,559	1,562	15,113	14,064	$234.34	3,205,910	1,187
Illinois	19,144	1,677	207,248	207,195	$285.28	59,113,834	12,311
Indiana	7,380	6,463	66,660	62,066	$266.43	16,270,539	4,726
Iowa	3,054	3,458	31,131	30,208	$248.77	7,306,166	1,996
Kansas	3,803	375	37,947	36,808	$281.54	10,270,151	2,046
Louisiana	3,026	3,022	31,285	32,459	$195.04	6,278,628	2,325
Maine	1,036	912	10,097	9,590	$231.18	2,159,187	629
Maryland	3,793	3,570	43,108	38,329	$255.60	9,703,278	2,306
Massachusetts	10,560	9,898	109,734	124,509	$358.86	43,941,779	7,139
Michigan	13,132	12,504	278,379	268,982	$283.18	74,358,927	16,670
Minnesota	6,534	5,799	54,100	58,049	$316.90	17,843,921	3,524
Mississippi	3,576	2,292	27,118	25,478	$169.31	4,230,663	1,707
Missouri	5,916	5,695	63,053	62,214	$203.70	12,510,543	4,205
Nebraska	1,286	1,336	12,348	13,745	$111.47	2,656,458	878
Nevada	1,782	1,668	21,297	18,960	$237.36	4,450,948	1,285
New Hampshire	458	395	5,876	5,310	$277.60	1,447,410	384
New Jersey	14,821	13,408	153,434	156,970	$337.47	52,079,655	11,333
New Mexico	1,238	752	10,937	11,738	$217.70	2,546,461	666
New York	39,576	31,238	286,493	262,494	$271.43	70,043,282	25,732
North Carolina	16,945	18,095	180,390	180,250	$258.03	45,990,433	6,265
North Dakota	613	608	4,278	4,288	$228.91	974,764	400
Ohio	10,160	7,745	120,945	131,487	$253.97	33,092,974	6,833
Oklahoma	3,730	2,173	22,146	23,286	$230.28	5,304,126	1,530
Oregon	7,606	5,649	115,604	127,072	$270.79	31,538,166	7,664
Pennsylvania	26,197	17,936	205,522	230,379	$291.63	65,374,464	12,709
Puerto Rico	7,196	3,605	47,211	47,446	$109.39	5,172,418	3,322
Rhode Island	1,334	1,302	13,269	13,425	$302.42	4,001,357	925
South Carolina	4,171	4,573	50,486	49,864	$204.05	9,820,794	3,478
South Dakota	546	267	1,763	2,207	$199.55	430,181	84
Tennessee	4,979	5,887	55,057	56,250	$210.11	11,337,105	4,284
Texas	20,220	18,162	215,668	252,642	$242.38	57,104,694	17,683
Utah	1,492	1,431	14,963	14,039		3,669,280	63
Vermont	432	417	4,743	5,602	$261.60	1,430,179	322
Virginia	4,504	4,395	41,220	44,994	$270.21	11,729,191	3,415
Washington	7,784	6,836	140,752	144,004	$337.14	47,265,397	5,315
West Virginia	1,254	1,039	14,370	13,464	$223.32	2,917,533	833
Wisconsin	6,894	4,770	68,176	67,615	$243.61	15,729,124	3,703
Wyoming	279	113	2,373	2,883	$238.11	663,024	387
United States	343,862	288,521	3,670,678	3,750,661	$266.25	978,054,164	240,767

run: 01/22/2004

* Average Weekly Benefit for weeks of total unemployment.