SUMMARY DATA FOR STATE PROGRAMS, BY STATE, REPORT PERIOD BETWEEN 09/01/2003 AND 09/30/2003

STATEInitial
Claims
First
Payments
Weeks
Claimed
Weeks
Compensated
Avg. Wkly
Benefit*
Benefits
Paid
Final
Payments
Alabama 3,562 3,170 41,319 38,219$174.73 6,639,848 2,646
Alaska 930 799 9,642 13,520$186.52 2,506,720 390
Arizona 4,008 4,192 42,392 43,957$170.57 7,416,707 3,133
Arkansas 2,274 1,904 25,582 23,168$234.44 5,024,307 1,824
California 35,598 36,466 414,251 417,005$265.16 108,973,902 22,640
Colorado 4,505 4,792 53,373 54,496$302.83 16,360,327 3,355
Connecticut 4,353 4,953 75,908 78,814$289.85 22,465,331 5,294
Delaware 652 692 7,872 8,235$232.67 1,916,805 440
District of Columbia 377 377 6,397 7,893$261.48 2,043,922 493
Georgia 9,862 9,510 91,045 92,800$216.87 20,125,383 7,264
Hawaii 653 573 8,508 7,989$309.88 2,446,421 365
Idaho 1,533 1,349 12,340 11,737$239.91 2,720,993 857
Illinois 21,295 15,242 194,469 195,264$284.44 55,549,952 11,089
Indiana 6,058 5,728 60,845 58,273$264.91 15,155,610 4,524
Iowa 2,882 2,210 29,583 23,848$248.09 5,737,556 1,606
Kansas 3,904 2,596 41,115 39,816$289.02 11,393,802 1,567
Kentucky 3,897 2,580 39,420 37,104$254.81 9,313,211 2,241
Louisiana 2,698 2,867 29,490 30,762$195.55 5,969,907 2,229
Maine 810 703 9,575 8,715$233.51 1,986,493 560
Maryland 3,430 3,063 45,867 40,180$250.30 9,974,280 2,154
Massachusetts 10,294 9,137 127,317 142,938$356.52 50,180,884 10,607
Michigan 12,423 11,342 228,514 222,170$282.98 61,395,831 8,273
Minnesota 41,429 3,923 48,187 50,814$312.18 15,422,354 3,149
Mississippi 3,421 1,972 26,203 23,468$172.17 3,966,265 1,717
Missouri 5,446 5,448 63,628 62,470$204.75 12,638,449 3,955
Nebraska 1,216 1,151 11,916 13,529$114.28 2,593,233 1,040
Nevada 2,060 1,995 24,839 23,396$234.67 5,425,650 1,509
New Hampshire 494 491 7,065 6,342$289.44 1,810,630 364
New Jersey 17,797 13,039 151,645 153,586$337.61 51,111,333 9,857
New Mexico 1,762 549 9,961 10,903$219.16 2,376,990 589
New York 30,797 25,185 270,671 256,809$272.91 68,904,543 21,652
North Carolina 16,121 13,831 119,427 116,536$261.44 30,073,121 3,030
North Dakota 178 188 1,780 1,677$209.13 347,860 120
Ohio 9,678 8,966 121,853 134,492$246.58 32,863,880 6,521
Oklahoma 2,990 2,561 28,807 30,440$230.58 6,942,626 2,006
Oregon 7,018 5,813 112,900 124,776$272.42 31,062,269 7,188
Pennsylvania 26,821 14,699 245,276 228,265$288.17 64,220,429 16,003
Puerto Rico 3,706 3,625 37,613 38,354$109.03 4,166,599 2,057
Rhode Island 1,306 1,258 14,029 14,152$303.77 4,228,283 949
South Carolina 4,090 4,863 50,934 56,119$210.24 11,389,307 3,613
South Dakota 414 135 1,459 1,681$194.50 317,771 83
Tennessee 6,303 5,478 59,913 60,082$212.54 12,219,948 4,972
Texas 3,199 18,626 212,631 233,966$245.73 53,989,820 14,709
Utah 1,623 1,684 19,319 18,287 4,857,465 46
Vermont 469 477 5,059 5,814$261.89 1,473,487 341
Washington 8,522 7,053 149,341 152,716$345.55 51,503,167 4,036
Wisconsin 7,159 4,497 75,603 74,900$242.33 17,443,422 4,305
Wyoming 173 71 1,884 2,271$238.10 523,309 309
United States 340,190 271,823 3,466,767 3,492,748$267.88 917,170,402 207,671

run: 10/20/2003

* Average Weekly Benefit for weeks of total unemployment.