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Cumulative jobless claims by state: Numbers and shares of workers either receiving unemployment benefits or waiting for approval during the week ending October 10

State Currently receiving or applied for regular UI Regular UI as a share of labor force Currently receiving or applied for PUA PUA as a share of the labor force Upper bound* receiving or applied for PUA Upper bound* as a share of the labor force
Alabama 29,070 1.3% 44,911 2.0% 145,940 6.5%
Alaska 26,051 7.5% 10,848 3.1% 46,419 13.4%
Arizona 157,983 4.4% 499,543 13.8% 687,886 19.0%
Arkansas 32,448 2.4% 71,136 5.2% 128,301 9.4%
California 3,028,324 15.5% 3,693,588 18.9% 7,550,983 38.7%
Colorado 131,585 4.1% 69,582 2.2% 248,466 7.8%
Connecticut 124,362 6.4% 52,273 2.7% 222,662 11.5%
Delaware 24,796 5.1% 8,140 1.7% 39,817 8.1%
Washington D.C. 49,379 11.9% 15,169 3.7% 75,044 18.1%
Florida 295,505 2.8% 58,657 0.6% 359,956 3.4%
Georgia 464,139 9.0% 297,662 5.8% 762,914 14.8%
Hawaii 98,379 14.7% 121,492 18.2% 220,433 32.9%
Idaho 10,754 1.2% 11,187 1.3% 28,373 3.2%
Illinois 475,063 7.4% 135,248 2.1% 707,577 11.1%
Indiana 143,972 4.2% 199,353 5.9% 368,821 10.9%
Iowa 51,221 2.9% 14,341 0.8% 96,878 5.5%
Kansas 67,116 4.5% 192,964 12.9% 279,252 18.7%
Kentucky 85,228 4.1% 56,395 2.7% 142,071 6.8%
Louisiana 168,216 8.0% 149,267 7.1% 326,798 15.5%
Maine 20,176 2.9% 17,486 2.5% 53,206 7.7%
Maryland 115,624 3.5% 192,420 5.9% 329,006 10.0%
Massachusetts 300,826 7.8% 490,957 12.8% 915,832 23.9%
Michigan 283,459 5.7% 667,056 13.5% 1,085,957 21.9%
Minnesota 149,644 4.8% 43,875 1.4% 257,290 8.2%
Mississippi 55,002 4.3% 32,446 2.5% 103,576 8.1%
Missouri 67,086 2.2% 60,652 1.9% 184,907 5.9%
Montana 19,703 3.7% 38,902 7.2% 63,966 11.9%
Nebraska 18,406 1.8% 38,372 3.7% 61,529 5.9%
Nevada 158,152 10.1% 112,495 7.2% 326,312 20.9%
New Hampshire 32,037 4.1% 16,124 2.1% 52,489 6.7%
New Jersey 275,126 6.0% 410,605 9.0% 822,315 18.0%
New Mexico 69,220 7.2% 41,069 4.3% 127,501 13.3%
New York 793,169 8.3% 1,285,173 13.5% 2,570,639 26.9%
North Carolina 120,382 2.4% 183,776 3.6% 534,182 10.4%
North Dakota 11,866 2.9% 7,604 1.9% 24,869 6.1%
Ohio 218,008 3.7% 469,805 8.1% 762,400 13.1%
Oklahoma 75,672 4.1% 16,747 0.9% 110,133 6.0%
Oregon 129,753 6.2% 123,314 5.9% 291,876 13.9%
Pennsylvania 420,710 6.4% 815,288 12.4% 1,364,420 20.8%
Rhode Island 25,178 4.5% 58,807 10.5% 102,891 18.4%
South Carolina 70,988 3.0% 65,791 2.8% 209,752 8.8%
South Dakota 5,771 1.2% 2,876 0.6% 9,160 2.0%
Tennessee 105,333 3.1% 164,670 4.9% 330,113 9.8%
Texas 764,658 5.4% 299,058 2.1% 1,111,906 7.8%
Utah 23,979 1.5% 6,642 0.4% 40,548 2.5%
Vermont 16,516 4.9% 9,036 2.7% 31,309 9.2%
Virginia 192,483 4.3% 213,551 4.8% 493,013 11.0%
Washington 263,957 6.7% 115,379 2.9% 448,485 11.3%
West Virginia 35,423 4.4% 44,629 5.5% 89,288 11.1%
Wisconsin 124,622 4.0% 48,019 1.5% 216,149 7.0%
Wyoming 7,606 2.6% 2,519 0.9% 12,477 4.2%

*Caution: This is a substantial overestimate. For one thing, initial claims for regular state UI and PUA should be nonoverlapping—that is how DOL has directed agencies to report them—but some individuals are erroneously being counted as being in both programs. Also, some states are including retroactive payments in their continuing PUA claims, which would also lead to double counting. Regular state UI continued claims are for the week ending October 3; PEUC continued claims are for the week ending September 26; regular state UI initial claims are for the week ending October 10. PUA continued claims are for the week ending September 26; PUA initial claims are for the weeks ending October 3 and October 10. “Other programs” are continued claims in other programs for the week ending September 26. A full list of programs can be found in the bottom panel of the table on page 4 at this link: https://www.dol.gov/ui/data.pdf.

Source: U.S. Employment and Training Administration, Initial Claims [ICSA], retrieved from the Department of Labor (DOL), https://www.dol.gov/ui/data.pdf and https://oui.doleta.gov/unemploy/claims.asp, October 15, 2020.

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