Table 1

New and cumulative jobless claims by state: Unemployment insurance (UI) claims filed during the week ending April 25, change in claims, and total claims as share of state labor force

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 seven weeks ending April 25 Sum of initial claims as a share of labor force
Alabama 64,170 -3.4% -2,262 2,944% 62,062 408,551 18.2%
Alaska 11,187 -8.3% -1,014 1,225% 10,343 72,726 21.1%
Arizona 52,098 -28.1% -20,359 1,487% 48,815 477,646 13.2%
Arkansas 16,745 -34.1% -8,659 1,032% 15,266 178,277 13.0%
California 328,042 -37.9% -200,318 703% 287,170 3,732,952 19.1%
Colorado 38,367 -43.3% -29,272 1,915% 36,463 340,837 10.7%
Connecticut 33,037 -67.9% -69,771 1,180% 30,456 265,126 13.7%
Delaware 7,754 -17.9% -1,692 1,258% 7,183 79,694 16.3%
District of Columbia 8,158 -5.6% -481 1,695% 7,704 73,644 17.8%
Florida 432,465 -14.6% -74,205 8,435% 427,398 1,598,699 15.3%
Georgia 264,818 7.2% 17,815 4,847% 259,465 1,372,939 26.6%
Hawaii 22,615 -15.0% -3,976 1,891% 21,479 196,024 29.3%
Idaho 8,268 -36.5% -4,755 651% 7,167 118,284 13.3%
Illinois 81,245 -21.1% -21,691 765% 71,854 829,787 13.0%
Indiana 57,397 -21.1% -15,359 2,188% 54,889 572,443 16.9%
Iowa 28,827 7.2% 1,926 1,136% 26,494 262,958 15.0%
Kansas 28,054 -8.3% -2,542 1,639% 26,441 217,477 14.5%
Kentucky 90,824 -12.7% -13,157 3,530% 88,322 593,614 28.5%
Louisiana 66,167 -28.0% -25,756 3,824% 64,481 510,457 24.2%
Maine 7,478 -36.5% -4,291 864% 6,702 109,508 15.8%
Maryland 36,471 -24.8% -12,024 1,221% 33,711 389,521 11.9%
Massachusetts 70,714 -12.7% -10,255 1,067% 64,656 732,467 19.1%
Michigan 81,312 -40.5% -55,395 1,372% 75,788 1,266,459 25.6%
Minnesota 53,561 -28.4% -21,268 1,422% 50,042 560,661 18.0%
Mississippi 35,843 -2.9% -1,070 4,230% 35,015 203,037 15.9%
Missouri 52,403 -12.1% -7,199 1,625% 49,365 456,142 14.7%
Montana 6,619 -40.8% -4,557 747% 5,838 90,243 16.8%
Nebraska 8,197 -32.9% -4,025 1,513% 7,689 104,972 10.1%
Nevada 45,043 14.0% 5,547 1,852% 42,736 393,061 25.2%
New Hampshire 14,347 -29.7% -6,067 2,443% 13,783 160,635 20.6%
New Jersey 71,017 -49.3% -69,122 768% 62,838 898,947 19.7%
New Mexico 13,712 0.7% 91 1,836% 13,004 119,331 12.4%
New York 218,912 6.7% 13,728 1,088% 200,482 1,624,114 17.0%
North Carolina 97,232 -8.5% -9,034 3,680% 94,660 750,836 14.7%
North Dakota 6,996 -13.3% -1,069 1,568% 6,577 57,583 14.2%
Ohio 90,760 -17.4% -19,070 1,143% 83,460 1,063,741 18.2%
Oklahoma 42,577 -8.8% -4,119 2,661% 41,035 275,794 15.0%
Oregon 46,722 25.6% 9,513 1,076% 42,750 283,121 13.4%
Pennsylvania 131,282 -32.5% -63,312 940% 118,661 1,635,951 24.9%
Rhode Island 13,138 -27.3% -4,940 1,070% 12,015 146,723 26.3%
South Carolina 65,159 -12.4% -9,203 3,251% 63,215 415,635 17.4%
South Dakota 5,389 1.8% 94 2,857% 5,207 33,933 7.3%
Tennessee 43,792 -34.9% -23,434 2,078% 41,782 428,370 12.7%
Texas 254,199 -9.5% -26,562 1,860% 241,228 1,572,171 11.1%
Utah 11,830 -39.8% -7,819 1,082% 10,829 138,561 8.5%
Vermont 4,971 -24.7% -1,627 708% 4,356 56,781 16.7%
Virginia 74,043 -10.5% -8,686 2,703% 71,402 570,240 12.8%
Washington 145,757 74.6% 62,282 2,301% 139,687 871,937 22.0%
West Virginia 29,576 -36.7% -17,179 2,517% 28,446 124,693 15.5%
Wisconsin 49,910 -10.7% -5,973 783% 44,256 447,771 14.4%
Wyoming 2,886 -34.1% -1,495 480% 2,388 30,170 10.3%

Notes: Initial claims for the week ending April 25 reflect advance state claims, not seasonally adjusted. For comparisons to the “pre-virus period,” we use a four-week average of initial claims for the weeks ending February 15–March 7, 2020. For comparisons to the size of the labor force, we use February 2020 levels.

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 30, 2020

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