Estimated new UI claims and employer-provided health insurance losses for the weeks ending March 21 through April 11, by state

State Total job losses (UI initial claims) EPHI job losses Total job losses as a share of industry employment
Alabama 289,694 137,658 14.6%
Alaska 48,963 22,036 14.5%
Arizona 348,500 155,376 12.2%
Arkansas 133,752 64,183 11.2%
California 2,824,438 1,283,894 16.0%
Colorado 233,011 104,018 8.5%
Connecticut 125,753 58,472 7.6%
Delaware 62,036 27,368 13.9%
Washington D.C. 55,564 22,970 7.3%
Florida 653,975 281,534 7.5%
Georgia 853,618 396,626 19.0%
Hawaii 145,207 58,403 22.7%
Idaho 95,248 42,960 12.5%
Illinois 634,625 293,273 10.6%
Indiana 444,123 214,639 14.5%
Iowa 207,468 99,058 13.4%
Kansas 157,968 75,284 11.5%
Kentucky 395,510 187,080 21.0%
Louisiana 350,504 156,529 18.5%
Maine 89,412 39,724 14.2%
Maryland 298,610 132,708 11.1%
Massachusetts 572,562 258,907 15.8%
Michigan 1,040,215 493,504 23.9%
Minnesota 424,762 198,236 14.6%
Mississippi 129,546 60,537 11.5%
Missouri 333,780 154,427 12.0%
Montana 70,793 30,072 14.9%
Nebraska 83,870 39,198 8.5%
Nevada 303,705 116,248 21.7%
New Hampshire 123,895 56,057 18.6%
New Jersey 677,504 308,437 16.9%
New Mexico 91,580 39,771 11.0%
New York 1,186,994 539,086 12.6%
North Carolina 541,584 247,849 12.1%
North Dakota 42,983 20,133 10.2%
Ohio 854,006 400,230 15.7%
Oklahoma 179,181 82,332 11.2%
Oregon 191,270 86,633 9.8%
Pennsylvania 1,298,125 601,343 21.9%
Puerto Rico 173,926 79,247 20.1%
Rhode Island 114,695 50,075 23.6%
South Carolina 272,560 123,741 12.8%
South Dakota 22,852 10,585 5.2%
Tennessee 317,535 147,008 10.5%
Texas 1,020,345 465,042 8.1%
Utah 105,433 48,529 7.0%
Vermont 44,369 20,285 14.3%
Virginia 412,866 186,918 10.6%
Virgin Islands 448 177 1.3%
Washington 634,526 290,012 18.1%
West Virginia 47,148 21,621 7.0%
Wisconsin 336,672 162,302 11.6%
Wyoming 21,496 9,367 7.7%

Note: EPHI losses are estimated unemployment insurance ( UI) claims associated with employer-provided health insurance.

Source: Authors’ analysis of state-level UI claims, U.S. Department of Labor UI Claims, Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages data, and the 2018 Annual Social and Economic Supplement to the Current Population Survey.
View the underlying data on epi.org.