Initial unemployment insurance claims filed during the week ending March 28, by state

State Initial claims filed* Percent change from the week ending March 14 Level change from the week ending March 14 Sum of initial claims for the two weeks ending March 28
Alabama 80,186 4308% 78,367 91,078
Alaska 14,523 1197% 13,403 22,370
Arizona 89,064 2217% 85,220 118,412
Arkansas 26,944 1850% 25,562 36,219
California 878,727 1425% 821,121 1,065,060
Colorado 60,784 2519% 58,463 80,558
Connecticut 33,182 865% 29,742 58,282
Delaware 18,987 3923% 18,515 29,763
Washington D.C. 14,868 1126% 13,655 29,330
Florida 227,000 3412% 220,537 301,313
Georgia 132,386 2331% 126,941 144,526
Hawaii 48,861 2975% 47,272 57,676
Idaho 32,240 3027% 31,209 45,826
Illinois 178,133 1539% 167,263 292,247
Indiana 146,243 5533% 143,647 205,998
Iowa 58,453 2522% 56,224 99,405
Kansas 54,739 3019% 52,984 78,302
Kentucky 112,726 3948% 109,941 161,749
Louisiana 97,830 4238% 95,575 170,268
Maine 23,535 3612% 22,901 44,994
Maryland 83,536 2062% 79,672 126,517
Massachusetts 181,062 2331% 173,613 329,514
Michigan 311,086 5728% 305,748 439,092
Minnesota 109,896 2641% 105,886 225,669
Mississippi 30,946 2598% 29,799 36,465
Missouri 96,734 2309% 92,718 138,980
Montana 19,540 2292% 18,723 34,889
Nebraska 24,572 2991% 23,777 40,272
Nevada 71,419 1024% 65,063 163,717
New Hampshire 27,454 4176% 26,812 56,833
New Jersey 205,515 2071% 196,048 321,330
New Mexico 28,182 3143% 27,313 46,287
New York 366,403 2467% 352,131 446,402
North Carolina 170,881 4737% 167,348 264,964
North Dakota 12,591 2934% 12,176 18,253
Ohio 272,129 3762% 265,083 468,438
Oklahoma 44,970 2349% 43,134 66,896
Oregon 42,502 896% 38,233 72,556
Pennsylvania 405,880 2529% 390,441 783,331
Rhode Island 28,067 2433% 26,959 63,914
South Carolina 64,856 2999% 62,763 96,682
South Dakota 6,645 3397% 6,455 8,406
Tennessee 94,492 3397% 91,790 132,569
Texas 275,597 1604% 259,421 431,023
Utah 28,560 2089% 27,255 48,250
Vermont 14,443 2092% 13,784 18,227
Virginia 114,104 4117% 111,398 160,381
Washington 187,501 1217% 173,261 317,410
West Virginia 14,166 1538% 13,301 17,702
Wisconsin 110,724 2033% 105,534 161,755
Wyoming 4,675 804% 4,158 8,328

*Initial claims for the week ending March 28 reflect advance state claims, not seasonally adjusted.

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 2, 2020

View the underlying data on epi.org.