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

State Initial claims filed Percent change from pre-virus period Level change from pre-virus period Level change from a year ago Sum of initial claims for the four weeks ending April 4 Level change from same four-week period one year ago Percent change from same four-week period one year ago
Alabama  105,607 4,910% 103,499 102,716 199,302 189,721 1,996%
Alaska  15,370 1,721% 14,526 14,479 38,111 34,633 964%
Arizona  132,189 3,926% 128,906 127,160 254,321 238,748 1,535%
Arkansas  60,992 4,022% 59,513 58,742 99,405 91,410 1,286%
California  925,450 2,164% 884,578 889,223 2,227,714 2,073,295 1,331%
Colorado  45,494 2,289% 43,590 43,591 129,427 122,941 1,909%
Connecticut  33,418 1,195% 30,837 31,089 95,185 85,878 889%
Delaware  18,863 3,204% 18,292 18,393 49,248 47,433 2,613%
District of Columbia  15,393 3,287% 14,939 14,954 46,937 45,343 2,769%
Florida  169,885 3,253% 164,818 163,483 479,145 456,733 1,996%
Georgia  388,175 7,151% 382,822 383,533 539,580 522,403 3,004%
Hawaii  53,082 4,574% 51,946 51,797 112,082 107,438 2,263%
Idaho  30,022 2,626% 28,921 29,105 77,580 73,264 1,723%
Illinois  200,940 2,040% 191,549 192,064 504,345 470,373 1,382%
Indiana  133,639 5,227% 131,131 130,601 335,164 325,955 3,532%
Iowa  67,334 2,786% 65,001 65,554 166,481 158,275 1,910%
Kansas  49,756 2,985% 48,143 48,399 129,404 124,015 2,144%
Kentucky  117,135 4,582% 114,633 114,361 282,092 273,236 3,033%
Louisiana  102,985 6,008% 101,299 101,329 275,078 268,518 4,067%
Maine  30,631 3,847% 29,855 29,892 76,494 73,957 2,848%
Maryland  107,408 3,791% 104,648 104,926 239,570 228,846 2,205%
Massachusetts  139,582 2,204% 133,524 135,286 476,906 460,297 2,762%
Michigan  384,844 6,866% 379,320 378,162 822,523 801,330 3,732%
Minnesota  111,119 3,057% 107,600 107,983 339,997 327,167 2,567%
Mississippi  46,504 5,518% 45,676 45,555 85,185 81,520 2,101%
Missouri  82,399 2,612% 79,361 79,760 232,952 220,233 1,779%
Montana  20,011 2,461% 19,230 19,272 56,940 54,042 1,835%
Nebraska  26,788 5,171% 26,280 26,199 68,008 65,296 2,355%
Nevada  79,865 3,362% 77,558 77,857 250,461 242,210 2,873%
New Hampshire  36,214 6,318% 35,650 35,717 97,613 95,651 4,870%
New Jersey  213,897 2,515% 205,718 206,190 545,432 515,861 1,722%
New Mexico  26,606 3,657% 25,898 25,732 73,429 70,050 2,181%
New York  345,246 1,773% 326,816 332,643 806,112 755,132 1,474%
North Carolina  137,573 5,249% 135,001 134,434 407,334 395,831 3,481%
North Dakota  16,093 3,736% 15,674 15,821 33,988 33,028 3,178%
Ohio  224,182 2,971% 216,882 218,171 701,825 677,655 2,749%
Oklahoma  51,124 3,215% 49,582 49,100 122,630 115,756 1,438%
Oregon  56,646 1,326% 52,674 52,178 138,467 122,123 755%
Pennsylvania  283,718 2,148% 271,097 272,591 1,081,285 1,035,844 2,219%
Rhode Island  28,255 2,417% 27,132 27,586 93,010 90,154 3,016%
South Carolina  85,018 4,272% 83,074 82,909 185,412 178,029 2,300%
South Dakota  7,916 4,243% 7,734 7,773 16,668 16,034 2,650%
Tennessee  116,141 5,677% 114,131 111,823 249,420 237,883 2,084%
Texas  313,832 2,319% 300,861 300,739 761,619 707,435 1,382%
Utah  33,076 3,203% 32,075 32,050 82,603 78,976 2,152%
Vermont  16,176 2,528% 15,561 15,657 35,252 33,338 1,615%
Virginia  149,758 5,569% 147,117 147,603 311,238 302,727 3,527%
Washington  176,827 2,813% 170,757 170,528 503,825 481,246 2,094%
West Virginia  14,145 1,152% 13,015 13,467 33,069 30,264 1,038%
Wisconsin  104,776 1,753% 99,122 99,395 271,931 250,040 1,110%
Wyoming  4,900 884% 4,402 4,556 15,466 14,231 1,175%

 

Notes: Initial claims for the week ending April 4 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.

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

View the underlying data on epi.org.