Figure A

Initial unemployment insurance claims filed during the week ending April 4, by state

State Initial claims filed Percent change from the prior week Level change from the prior week Percent change from pre-virus period Level change from pre-virus period Sum of initial claims for the four weeks ending April 4
Alabama  105,607 30.4% 24,623 4910% 103,499 199,302
Alaska  15,370 11.6% 1,596 1721% 14,526 38,111
Arizona  132,189 48.6% 43,249 3926% 128,906 254,321
Arkansas  60,992 119.7% 33,236 4022% 59,513 99,405
California  925,450 -12.6% -132,875 2164% 884,578 2,227,714
Colorado  45,494 -26.4% -16,344 2289% 43,590 129,427
Connecticut  33,418 0.6% 191 1195% 30,837 95,185
Delaware  18,863 -1.4% -274 3204% 18,292 49,248
Washington D.C.  15,393 -3.0% -476 3287% 14,939 46,937
Florida  169,885 -25.6% -58,599 3253% 164,818 479,145
Georgia  388,175 190.1% 254,355 7151% 382,822 539,580
Hawaii  53,082 9.2% 4,486 4574% 51,946 112,082
Idaho  30,022 -8.9% -2,919 2626% 28,921 77,580
Illinois  200,940 12.6% 22,519 2040% 191,549 504,345
Indiana  133,639 -4.0% -5,535 5227% 131,131 335,164
Iowa  67,334 20.3% 11,368 2786% 65,001 166,481
Kansas  49,756 -8.4% -4,574 2985% 48,143 129,404
Kentucky  117,135 3.5% 3,986 4582% 114,633 282,092
Louisiana  102,985 5.7% 5,585 6008% 101,299 275,078
Maine  30,631 28.9% 6,861 3847% 29,855 76,494
Maryland  107,408 25.9% 22,091 3791% 104,648 239,570
Massachusetts  139,582 -23.1% -41,841 2204% 133,524 476,906
Michigan  384,844 26.5% 80,509 6866% 379,320 822,523
Minnesota  111,119 1.9% 2,024 3057% 107,600 339,997
Mississippi  46,504 45.3% 14,489 5518% 45,676 85,185
Missouri  82,399 -21.0% -21,892 2612% 79,361 232,952
Montana  20,011 -3.6% -752 2461% 19,230 56,940
Nebraska  26,788 8.3% 2,063 5171% 26,280 68,008
Nevada  79,865 11.0% 7,923 3362% 77,558 250,461
New Hampshire  36,214 15.4% 4,836 6318% 35,650 97,613
New Jersey  213,897 3.7% 7,644 2515% 205,718 545,432
New Mexico  26,606 -4.5% -1,243 3657% 25,898 73,429
New York  345,246 -5.8% -21,349 1773% 326,816 806,112
North Carolina  137,573 -20.1% -34,572 5249% 135,001 407,334
North Dakota  16,093 36.2% 4,275 3736% 15,674 33,988
Ohio  224,182 -18.3% -50,106 2971% 216,882 701,825
Oklahoma  51,124 7.1% 3,380 3215% 49,582 122,630
Oregon  56,646 19.3% 9,148 1326% 52,674 138,467
Pennsylvania  283,718 -29.9% -120,959 2148% 271,097 1,081,285
Rhode Island  28,255 1.6% 455 2417% 27,132 93,010
South Carolina  85,018 27.9% 18,543 4272% 83,074 185,412
South Dakota  7,916 16.4% 1,115 4243% 7,734 16,668
Tennessee  116,141 25.6% 23,641 5677% 114,131 249,420
Texas  313,832 13.6% 37,647 2319% 300,861 761,619
Utah  33,076 15.9% 4,544 3203% 32,075 82,603
Vermont  16,176 10.5% 1,543 2528% 15,561 35,252
Virginia  149,758 33.1% 37,261 5569% 147,117 311,238
Washington  176,827 -3.3% -6,022 2813% 170,757 503,825
West Virginia  14,145 -2.6% -378 1152% 13,015 33,069
Wisconsin  104,776 -5.6% -6,158 1753% 99,122 271,931
Wyoming  4,900 -23.4% -1,496 884% 4,402 15,466
Economic Policy Institute

Notes: Initial claims for the week ending April 4 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 9, 2020

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