STATE	Initial Claims	First Payments	Weeks Claimed	Weeks Compensated	Avg. Wkly Benefit*	Benefits Paid	Final Payments
Alabama	3,331	3,224	36,465	40,101	$172.01	6,850,832	2,551
Alaska	870	1,075	8,574	13,012	$187.93	2,427,248	316
Arkansas	2,824	2,422	24,073	21,498	$223.30	4,479,156	1,703
California	38,655	39,109	450,834	455,139	$247.88	111,282,595	27,825
Colorado	7,645	4,851	48,536	49,624	$305.91	15,088,884	2,691
Connecticut	4,270	4,627	49,774	51,277	$294.36	14,774,648	1,064
Delaware	788	838	7,929	8,322	$232.47	1,935,959	494
District of Columbia	561	436	7,343	8,837	$257.72	2,250,269	635
Florida	15,325		137,955	131,191	$219.40	28,508,551	10,337
Georgia	10,092	9,519	87,440	89,383	$217.88	19,250,115	7,041
Hawaii	695	595	5,522	6,448	$299.27	1,906,580	394
Idaho	2,092	2,096	13,566	14,688	$224.91	3,212,234	1,065
Illinois	18,972	15,829	178,973	177,724	$283.57	50,465,601	11,130
Indiana	7,071	6,533	58,128	56,085	$257.85	14,231,991	4,329
Iowa	3,507	3,636	25,587	29,522	$243.80	7,001,305	1,852
Kansas	2,698	2,420	25,952	29,631	$274.53	8,057,442	1,896
Kentucky	3,167	3,012	36,911	34,897	$256.60	8,808,562	2,174
Louisiana	2,941	2,681	26,219	27,500	$192.92	5,254,239	2,333
Maine	1,073	898	9,284	8,461	$217.80	1,800,039	587
Maryland	3,593	3,201	39,970	32,233	$240.86	7,705,799	2,284
Massachusetts	12,356	11,512	141,410	155,391	$368.52	56,550,939	144
Michigan	15,878	14,853	154,013	148,137	$275.96	39,921,162	8,604
Minnesota	6,590	5,276	46,976	50,245	$308.51	15,113,635	3,108
Mississippi	3,972	2,345	25,241	26,362	$167.29	4,339,503	1,933
Missouri	6,010	5,778	62,499	58,959	$202.82	11,810,293	4,021
Montana	754	746	6,004	6,146		1,214,304	512
Nebraska	1,337	1,212	12,844	13,236	$112.99	4,029,349	913
Nevada	2,470	2,062	23,619	22,223	$230.95	5,084,881	1,627
New Hampshire	683	670	7,213	6,390	$287.68	1,818,648	378
New Jersey	18,581	15,483	159,733	163,843	$328.81	53,041,430	11,564
New Mexico	1,117	534	10,215	12,933	$223.15	2,864,771	794
New York	33,182	27,508	241,032	227,176	$275.68	61,607,532	19,237
North Carolina	19,206	11,681	114,472	107,273	$259.18	27,409,986	7,911
North Dakota	642	587	3,718	3,576	$233.24	830,150	342
Ohio	9,690	10,124	102,183	124,680	$244.30	30,172,647	6,124
Oklahoma	2,392	2,134	21,981	23,130	$235.13	5,379,991	1,653
Oregon	7,225	5,798	88,271	97,794	$274.00	24,524,253	6,169
Pennsylvania	27,711	18,304	260,843	299,498	$288.64	84,752,905	9,174
Puerto Rico	3,516	3,398	46,324	47,092	$108.48	5,096,092	2,648
Rhode Island	1,395	1,175	11,051	11,407	$300.30	3,373,835	820
South Carolina	3,928	3,904	44,432	42,159	$206.83	8,404,806	3,037
South Dakota	391	150	1,399	1,569	$190.90	293,180	97
Tennessee	7,531	8,511	74,312	75,147	$209.63	15,201,212	5,053
Texas	22,195	19,055	216,467	231,748	$239.73	52,266,552	15,744
Utah	2,052	1,864	16,845	16,079		4,230,650	68
Vermont	595	580	5,783	5,918	$274.74	1,581,438	322
Virginia	4,757	5,459	47,417	55,094	$305.79	16,240,763	4,317
Washington	8,269	7,472	133,034	135,507	$345.69	44,469,234	4,171
West Virginia	1,599	1,206	12,780	11,688	$219.21	2,509,135	658
Wisconsin	301	4,701	60,991	60,972	$239.64	14,082,847	3,633
Wyoming	371	144	2,790	3,833	$228.02	832,485	606
United States	356,866	301,228	3,434,927	3,530,778	$263.84	914,340,657	208,083

run: 05/23/2003

* Average Weekly Benefit for weeks of total unemployment.