Daily Google search intensity for 'file for unemployment': From February 22, 2020, to March 28, 2020, highlighting national trend and select states

date U.S.A. California Florida Illinois Michigan New York Ohio Philadelphia
2020-02-22 1.282051 1 0 0 4.651163 0 0 0
2020-02-23 1.282051 1 1.627451 2.634921 4.651163 2.083333 3.222222 3.986301
2020-02-24 2.564103 1 0 3.952381 4.651163 2.083333 4.833333 3.986301
2020-02-25 2.564103 2 1.627451 2.634921 0 2.083333 3.222222 5.315068
2020-02-26 2.564103 1 3.254902 3.952381 4.651163 1.041667 3.222222 5.315068
2020-02-27 2.564103 1 1.627451 2.634921 6.976744 0 3.222222 5.315068
2020-02-28 2.564103 1 1.627451 3.952381 4.651163 3.125 3.222222 2.657534
2020-02-29 1.282051 1 1.627451 0 4.651163 0 3.222222 0
2020-03-01 1.282051 1 1.627451 5.269841 0 2.083333 4.833333 2.657534
2020-03-02 2.564103 1 1.627451 6.587302 13.95349 1.041667 3.222222 9.30137
2020-03-03 2.564103 1 1.627451 3.952381 4.651163 2.083333 8.055556 7.972603
2020-03-04 2.564103 1 1.627451 2.634921 4.651163 1.041667 3.222222 2.657534
2020-03-05 2.564103 1 1.627451 3.952381 0 1.041667 3.222222 2.657534
2020-03-06 2.564103 1 1.627451 2.634921 0 1.041667 3.222222 2.657534
2020-03-07 1.282051 0 1.627451 2.634921 4.651163 2.083333 3.222222 6.643836
2020-03-08 1.282051 0 3.254902 2.634921 0 1.041667 6.444444 0
2020-03-09 2.564103 2 1.627451 3.952381 4.651163 1.041667 4.833333 0
2020-03-10 2.564103 1 1.627451 2.634921 4.651163 1.041667 4.833333 2.657534
2020-03-11 2.564103 2 1.627451 0 6.976744 1.041667 0 2.657534
2020-03-12 3.846154 2 3.254902 7.904762 6.976744 3.125 3.222222 7.972603
2020-03-13 5.128205 4 4.882353 5.269841 11.62791 2.083333 11.27778 7.972603
2020-03-14 6.410256 5 3.254902 3.952381 4.651163 2.083333 0 11.9589
2020-03-15 8.974359 5 4.882353 14.49206 11.62791 3.125 32.22222 13.28767
2020-03-16 37.17949 15 13.01961 34.25397 83.72093 26.04167 90.22222 78.39726
2020-03-17 61.53846 32 19.52941 48.74603 97.67442 28.125 69.27778 77.06849
2020-03-18 74.35897 32 29.29412 44.79365 104.6512 27.08333 82.16667 69.09589
2020-03-19 73.07692 28 39.05882 71.14286 72.09302 38.54167 87 77.06849
2020-03-20 87.17949 33 61.84314 67.19048 109.3023 45.83333 61.22222 128.8904
2020-03-21 58.97436 27 53.70588 56.65079 69.76744 20.83333 46.72222 58.46575
2020-03-22 51.28205 19 52.07843 40.84127 69.76744 27.08333 85.38889 71.75342
2020-03-23 96.15385 27 73.23529 72.46032 225.5814 46.875 111.1667 93.0137
2020-03-24 80.76923 25 60.21569 68.50794 230.2326 35.41667 70.88889 74.41096
2020-03-25 89.74359 26 61.84314 79.04762 232.5581 47.91667 87 102.3151
2020-03-26 128.2051 47 135.0784 109.3492 186.0465 52.08333 140.1667 127.5616
2020-03-27 110.2564 39 117.1765 90.90476 172.093 43.75 101.5 65.10959
2020-03-28 94.87179 30 89.5098 50.06349 146.5116 43.75 51.55556 86.36986
2020-03-29 70.51282

Note: Index of the relative daily search interest in “file for unemployment” across the nation and select states from Google Trends.

Source: Analysis by Paul Goldsmith-Pinkham and Aaron Sojourner

View the underlying data on epi.org.