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 Level change from a year ago Sum of initial claims for the two weeks ending March 28 Level change from same two-week period one year ago Percent change from same two-week period one year ago
Alabama 80,186 4308% 78,367 77,936 91,078 86,608 1938%
Alaska 14,523 1197% 13,403 13,636 22,370 20,633 1188%
Arizona 89,064 2217% 85,220 85,324 118,412 111,270 1558%
Arkansas 26,944 1850% 25,562 25,725 36,219 32,737 940%
California 878,727 1425% 821,121 840,199 1,065,060 986,700 1259%
Colorado 60,784 2519% 58,463 59,301 80,558 77,525 2556%
Connecticut 33,182 865% 29,742 31,220 58,282 53,812 1204%
Delaware 18,987 3923% 18,515 18,562 29,763 28,878 3263%
District of Columbia 14,868 1126% 13,655 14,489 29,330 28,563 3724%
Florida 227,000 3412% 220,537 221,696 301,313 290,656 2727%
Georgia 132,386 2331% 126,941 128,215 144,526 136,173 1630%
Hawaii 48,861 2975% 47,272 47,612 57,676 55,372 2403%
Idaho 32,240 3027% 31,209 31,049 45,826 43,531 1897%
Illinois 178,133 1539% 167,263 168,903 292,247 275,084 1603%
Indiana 146,243 5533% 143,647 144,210 205,998 201,896 4922%
Iowa 58,453 2522% 56,224 56,571 99,405 95,251 2293%
Kansas 54,739 3019% 52,984 53,249 78,302 75,541 2736%
Kentucky 112,726 3948% 109,941 110,558 161,749 157,624 3821%
Louisiana 97,830 4238% 95,575 96,164 170,268 166,983 5083%
Maine 23,535 3612% 22,901 22,859 44,994 43,757 3537%
Maryland 83,536 2062% 79,672 81,140 126,517 121,198 2279%
Massachusetts 181,062 2331% 173,613 177,351 329,514 321,502 4013%
Michigan 311,086 5728% 305,748 306,349 439,092 429,468 4462%
Minnesota 109,896 2641% 105,886 106,828 225,669 219,288 3437%
Mississippi 30,946 2598% 29,799 30,090 36,465 34,679 1942%
Missouri 96,734 2309% 92,718 93,768 138,980 132,457 2031%
Montana 19,540 2292% 18,723 18,839 34,889 33,459 2340%
Nebraska 24,572 2991% 23,777 23,909 40,272 38,879 2791%
Nevada 71,419 1024% 65,063 69,406 163,717 159,589 3866%
New Hampshire 27,454 4176% 26,812 27,021 56,833 55,884 5889%
New Jersey 205,515 2071% 196,048 198,621 321,330 306,951 2135%
New Mexico 28,182 3143% 27,313 27,351 46,287 44,619 2675%
New York 366,403 2467% 352,131 353,394 446,402 420,709 1637%
North Carolina 170,881 4737% 167,348 168,109 264,964 259,396 4659%
North Dakota 12,591 2934% 12,176 12,325 18,253 17,776 3727%
Ohio 272,129 3762% 265,083 265,932 468,438 456,260 3747%
Oklahoma 44,970 2349% 43,134 43,264 66,896 63,618 1941%
Oregon 42,502 896% 38,233 38,336 72,556 64,535 805%
Pennsylvania 405,880 2529% 390,441 395,360 783,331 760,914 3394%
Rhode Island 28,067 2433% 26,959 27,396 63,914 62,485 4373%
South Carolina 64,856 2999% 62,763 63,048 96,682 93,141 2630%
South Dakota 6,645 3397% 6,455 6,496 8,406 8,086 2527%
Tennessee 94,492 3397% 91,790 92,007 132,569 127,717 2632%
Texas 275,597 1604% 259,421 263,270 431,023 404,314 1514%
Utah 28,560 2089% 27,255 27,705 48,250 46,522 2692%
Vermont 14,443 2092% 13,784 14,046 18,227 17,331 1934%
Virginia 114,104 4117% 111,398 112,030 160,381 156,166 3705%
Washington 187,501 1217% 173,261 182,031 317,410 306,535 2819%
West Virginia 14,166 1538% 13,301 13,519 17,702 16,315 1176%
Wisconsin 110,724 2033% 105,534 105,046 161,755 150,661 1358%
Wyoming 4,675 804% 4,158 4,472 8,328 7,781 1422%

*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

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