Chart: Unemployment rate in Indiana, April to July 2021

Prosperity Indiana

	Indiana	States that cut federal UI	States that retained federal unemployment insurance
April	3.9%	4.6%	6.1%
July	4.1%	4.5%	5.7%
Percentage Point Change	0.2%	-0.2%	-0.4%

Note: Indiana cut federal unemployment insurance.

Source: EPI analysis of BLS Current Employment Statistics survey.

Previous chart: « Neglect has left the minimum wage far below what the economy could afford: Real and nominal values of the federal minimum wage, and value if it had risen with total economy productivity, 1938–2018

Next chart: Share of homeowners and renters behind on housing payments during the pandemic, by state in the Midwest »