SUMMARY DATA FOR STATE PROGRAMS, BY STATE, REPORT PERIOD BETWEEN 07/01/2003 AND 07/31/2003

STATEInitial
Claims
First
Payments
Weeks
Claimed
Weeks
Compensated
Avg. Wkly
Benefit*
Benefits
Paid
Final
Payments
Alabama 4,050 4,170 37,602 41,382$174.55 7,186,464 2,847
Alaska 721 884 8,949 11,035$192.55 2,111,546 267
Arkansas 2,918 2,289 24,433 21,848$226.44 4,689,342 2,014
California 38,123 34,500 408,244 410,929$246.72 99,964,801 27,737
Colorado 4,669 4,241 47,757 49,906$301.05 14,834,640 3,435
Connecticut 5,387 5,966 77,160 80,398$293.03 23,241,400 2,820
Delaware 727 789 8,367 8,804$229.01 2,014,768 603
District of Columbia 402 326 6,271 7,918$259.81 2,040,006 621
Florida 14,091 14,569 120,795 135,721$219.04 29,508,055 10,891
Georgia 10,564 9,875 91,593 93,323$217.85 20,330,423 7,258
Hawaii 800 659 6,801 6,556$301.37 1,953,831 407
Idaho 1,473 1,301 11,766 12,591$231.40 2,832,187 994
Illinois 21,494 15,890 185,110 184,544$284.24 52,440,842 11,929
Indiana 6,896 5,915 58,499 55,577$261.85 14,321,250 4,413
Iowa 2,962 2,417 26,181 30,582$250.85 7,476,598 2,029
Kansas 3,632 2,374 36,184 40,494$288.95 11,626,904 1,826
Kentucky 4,612 3,993 36,593 34,581$255.05 8,707,947 2,115
Louisiana 2,969 2,686 24,238 25,252$195.13 4,889,458 1,782
Maine 1,082 936 9,677 8,799$223.35 1,927,151 586
Maryland 4,316 3,733 41,651 34,450$241.46 8,255,197 2,377
Massachusetts 12,805 11,708 194,021 202,215$363.21 72,593,415 6,420
Michigan 14,481 13,781 151,480 140,212$284.59 38,967,630 8,254
Minnesota 5,696 4,706 49,468 52,884$318.61 16,385,332 3,407
Mississippi 3,904 2,485 27,214 29,025$170.62 4,878,784 1,926
Missouri 6,221 5,825 65,016 62,507$204.36 12,638,751 4,409
Montana 582 556 4,822 4,989 1,032,755 367
Nebraska 1,335 1,358 12,437 13,908$114.73 2,692,830 697
Nevada 2,388 1,896 22,126 20,189$236.75 4,726,829 1,399
New Hampshire 636 682 6,990 6,408$282.72 1,784,339 360
New Jersey 18,252 16,260 175,804 177,086$333.98 58,311,991 12,432
New Mexico 1,295 595 2,077 11,603$218.55 2,520,702 735
New York 36,935 31,094 279,783 251,979$270.85 67,237,386 20,753
North Carolina 19,096 11,977 114,293 107,968$258.78 27,588,309 8,042
North Dakota 252 186 1,687 1,518$205.50 310,912 117
Ohio 11,673 11,413 119,947 146,809$245.28 35,693,652 7,352
Oklahoma 3,134 2,575 26,966 28,458$238.04 6,707,046 1,749
Oregon 7,739 5,937 92,289 102,184$272.61 25,528,426 6,698
Pennsylvania 29,718 19,436 305,102 359,184$285.87 100,890,139 21,512
Puerto Rico 2,701 2,513 36,648 36,806$108.09 3,967,272 2,898
Rhode Island 1,442 1,252 11,719 11,827$300.40 3,504,417 835
South Carolina 4,492 4,677 48,280 46,308$211.59 9,459,452 2,981
South Dakota 413 141 1,390 1,217$335.96 405,584 11
Tennessee 6,545 7,866 77,655 76,908$211.88 15,677,566 5,886
Texas 23,709 19,698 234,960 257,749$217.14 52,889,028 16,989
Utah 1,877 1,612 16,196 15,279 4,059,932 347
Vermont 539 538 5,370 5,422$255.93 1,351,051 315
Virginia 4,579 4,846 47,942 54,386$296.87 15,564,760 4,297
Washington 8,310 6,679 143,059 146,735$344.62 49,452,246 3,958
West Virginia 1,782 1,410 14,200 13,052$222.27 2,840,151 812
Wyoming 202 71 2,048 2,683$236.04 606,375 396
United States 364,621 311,286 3,558,860 3,682,188$265.35 960,619,872 233,305

run: 08/20/2003

* Average Weekly Benefit for weeks of total unemployment.