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Initial unemployment insurance claims filed during the week ending April 11, by state
State | Initial claims filed | Percent change from the prior week | Level change from prior week | Percent change from pre-virus period | Level change from pre-virus period | Sum of initial claims for the five weeks ending April 11 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Alabama | 91,079 | -14.7% | -15,660 | 4221% | 88,971 | 291,513 |
Alaska | 12,752 | -12.6% | -1,838 | 1410% | 11,908 | 50,083 |
Arizona | 97,784 | -26.2% | -34,644 | 2878% | 94,501 | 352,344 |
Arkansas | 34,635 | -44.2% | -27,451 | 2241% | 33,156 | 135,134 |
California | 660,966 | -28.1% | -257,848 | 1517% | 620,094 | 2,882,044 |
Colorado | 105,073 | 126.8% | 58,747 | 5418% | 103,169 | 235,332 |
Connecticut | 33,962 | 1.5% | 498 | 1216% | 31,381 | 129,193 |
Delaware | 13,272 | -29.6% | -5,579 | 2224% | 12,701 | 62,508 |
Washington D.C. | 9,904 | -35.4% | -5,425 | 2079% | 9,450 | 56,777 |
Florida | 181,293 | 6.7% | 11,408 | 3478% | 176,226 | 660,438 |
Georgia | 317,526 | -18.6% | -72,606 | 5831% | 312,173 | 859,063 |
Hawaii | 34,693 | -34.7% | -18,408 | 2955% | 33,557 | 146,794 |
Idaho | 17,817 | -42.3% | -13,087 | 1518% | 16,716 | 96,279 |
Illinois | 141,049 | -29.8% | -59,992 | 1402% | 131,658 | 645,495 |
Indiana | 118,184 | -6.9% | -8,826 | 4611% | 115,676 | 446,719 |
Iowa | 46,356 | -27.8% | -17,838 | 1887% | 44,023 | 209,697 |
Kansas | 30,769 | -37.6% | -18,537 | 1808% | 29,156 | 159,723 |
Kentucky | 115,763 | -1.5% | -1,812 | 4527% | 113,261 | 398,295 |
Louisiana | 80,045 | -20.4% | -20,576 | 4648% | 78,359 | 352,759 |
Maine | 13,273 | -57.1% | -17,637 | 1610% | 12,497 | 90,046 |
Maryland | 60,823 | -44.4% | -48,666 | 2103% | 58,063 | 302,474 |
Massachusetts | 103,040 | -26.2% | -36,607 | 1601% | 96,982 | 580,011 |
Michigan | 219,320 | -43.6% | -169,234 | 3870% | 213,796 | 1,045,553 |
Minnesota | 89,634 | -18.7% | -20,626 | 2447% | 86,115 | 428,772 |
Mississippi | 46,160 | 0.7% | 308 | 5477% | 45,332 | 130,693 |
Missouri | 95,785 | 4.7% | 4,327 | 3053% | 92,747 | 337,796 |
Montana | 13,437 | -36.7% | -7,807 | 1620% | 12,656 | 71,610 |
Nebraska | 16,391 | -39.4% | -10,663 | 3125% | 15,883 | 84,665 |
Nevada | 60,180 | -24.1% | -19,105 | 2509% | 57,873 | 310,061 |
New Hampshire | 23,936 | -38.9% | -15,266 | 4142% | 23,372 | 124,537 |
New Jersey | 140,600 | -34.6% | -74,236 | 1619% | 132,421 | 686,971 |
New Mexico | 19,494 | -25.4% | -6,638 | 2652% | 18,786 | 92,449 |
New York | 395,949 | 15.0% | 51,498 | 2048% | 377,519 | 1,201,266 |
North Carolina | 137,934 | 0.4% | 512 | 5263% | 135,362 | 545,117 |
North Dakota | 10,378 | -31.4% | -4,747 | 2374% | 9,959 | 43,398 |
Ohio | 157,218 | -30.5% | -68,973 | 2054% | 149,918 | 861,052 |
Oklahoma | 48,977 | -19.1% | -11,557 | 3076% | 47,435 | 181,017 |
Oregon | 50,930 | -18.9% | -11,858 | 1182% | 46,958 | 195,539 |
Pennsylvania | 238,357 | -14.1% | -39,283 | 1788% | 225,736 | 1,313,564 |
Rhode Island | 22,805 | -19.3% | -5,438 | 1931% | 21,682 | 115,803 |
South Carolina | 87,686 | 1.3% | 1,113 | 4409% | 85,742 | 274,653 |
South Dakota | 6,152 | -24.4% | -1,986 | 3276% | 5,970 | 23,042 |
Tennessee | 74,772 | -33.3% | -37,414 | 3620% | 72,762 | 320,237 |
Texas | 273,567 | -13.2% | -41,600 | 2009% | 260,596 | 1,036,521 |
Utah | 24,171 | -26.8% | -8,869 | 2314% | 23,170 | 106,738 |
Vermont | 9,478 | -42.5% | -6,996 | 1440% | 8,863 | 45,028 |
Virginia | 106,723 | -27.6% | -40,646 | 3940% | 104,082 | 415,572 |
Washington | 150,516 | -12.1% | -20,736 | 2379% | 144,446 | 648,766 |
West Virginia | 14,595 | 0.7% | 101 | 1192% | 13,465 | 48,013 |
Wisconsin | 69,884 | -33.3% | -34,939 | 1136% | 64,230 | 341,862 |
Wyoming | 4,904 | -25.0% | -1,639 | 885% | 4,406 | 22,013 |
Notes: Initial claims for the week ending April 11 reflect advance state claims, not seasonally adjusted. For comparisons with the “pre-virus period,” we use a four-week average of initial claims for the weeks ending February 15–March 7, 2020.
Source: U.S. Employment and Training Administration, Initial Claims [ICSA], retrieved from Department of Labor (DOL), https://www.dol.gov/ui/data.pdf and https://oui.doleta.gov/unemploy/claims.asp, April 16, 2020
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