New and cumulative jobless claims by state: Number of workers either receiving unemployment benefits or waiting for approval during the week ending August 22

Regular UI Pandemic Unemployment Assistance (PUA) Other programs
State Most recent continued claims: 8/15/2020 Most recent week initial claims: 8/22/2020 Most recent continued claims: 8/8/2020 Total initial claims: most recent two weeks Most recent continued claims: 8/8/2020 Total receiving UI or waiting for approval*
Alabama 46,703 8,179 35,635 3,624 79,125 173,266
Alaska 31,173 4,575 10,743 579 5,125 52,195
Arizona 200,009 13,681 279,232 59,069 18,882 570,873
Arkansas 44,532 5,225 119,680 28,717 24,238 222,392
California 2,869,412 209,516 3,074,568 433,159 492,487 7,079,142
Colorado 182,630 6,418 79,038 28,226 14,901 311,213
Connecticut 230,958 6,401 58,351 2,619 30,678 329,007
Delaware 36,566 1,527 8,082 391 2,602 49,168
District of Columbia 66,553 1,574 13,746 488 3,068 85,429
Florida 431,646 45,723 – 18,630 55,752 551,751
Georgia 547,674 54,056 255,618 13,311 1,195 871,854
Hawaii 116,198 5,981 95,079 5,985 467 223,710
Idaho 15,151 3,605 14,963 522 6,365 40,606
Illinois 593,152 25,333 119,766 7,646 69,118 815,015
Indiana 169,336 10,778 135,014 13,212 9,177 337,517
Iowa 84,248 6,954 13,447 2,138 18,679 125,466
Kansas 71,819 15,836 221,885 28,814 11,782 350,136
Kentucky 127,573 16,034 29,485 5,338 485 178,915
Louisiana 242,459 11,299 132,403 10,765 3,994 400,920
Maine 40,768 1,103 25,185 2,498 8,888 78,442
Maryland 170,856 6,881 229,469 7,214 17,214 431,634
Massachusetts 413,711 17,157 489,525 24,899 51,407 996,699
Michigan 456,032 16,993 689,337 27,480 68,649 1,258,491
Minnesota 240,086 10,836 48,643 – 38,077 337,642
Mississippi 102,778 4,073 36,604 4,441 8,689 156,585
Missouri 116,162 8,442 58,901 3,119 29,966 216,590
Montana 25,307 2,193 33,150 3,500 3,899 68,049
Nebraska 28,707 2,704 24,472 2,353 4,894 63,130
Nevada 220,306 11,194 109,617 23,227 21,546 385,890
New Hampshire 46,839 2,465 18,546 1,916 3,567 73,333
New Jersey 410,349 19,360 408,172 29,962 71,182 939,025
New Mexico 90,033 4,676 37,087 3,286 6,176 141,258
New York 1,442,460 63,113 1,306,485 62,523 124,388 2,998,969
North Carolina 185,146 12,880 168,171 18,621 215,980 600,798
North Dakota 19,252 803 6,253 1,521 4,622 32,451
Ohio 319,658 18,119 400,193 28,507 39,003 805,480
Oklahoma 112,140 5,130 – 2,057 281 119,608
Oregon 177,726 5,095 87,001 5,629 67,041 342,492
Pennsylvania 633,282 26,955 909,735 77,616 60,735 1,708,323
Rhode Island 48,771 3,092 53,449 44,979 10,275 160,566
South Carolina 141,777 5,524 46,018 11,646 26,755 231,720
South Dakota 9,051 752 3,762 227 551 14,343
Tennessee 199,717 10,998 136,022 9,296 13,528 369,561
Texas 1,112,901 52,318 249,968 35,796 46,503 1,497,486
Utah 46,775 2,999 8,797 1,769 8,106 68,446
Vermont 29,444 646 10,817 129 1,555 42,591
Virginia 249,735 12,870 216,068 7,468 43,545 529,686
Washington 341,116 20,585 125,986 9,033 64,206 560,926
West Virginia 56,610 1,891 – – 4,907 63,408
Wisconsin 162,778 13,903 58,431 4,644 27,948 267,704
Wyoming 10,556 846 2,141 381 1,663 15,587

Notes: *This is an upper bound on the number of people “on” UI, for two reasons: (1) regular state UI and PUA claims should be nonoverlapping—that is how DOL has directed agencies to report them—but some individuals may be being counted twice; (2) some states are likely including some back weeks in their continuing PUA claims, which would also lead to double-counting.

*This is an upper bound on the number of people “on” UI, for two reasons: (1) regular state UI and PUA claims should be nonoverlapping—that is how DOL has directed agencies to report them—but some individuals may be being counted twice; (2) some states are likely including some back weeks in their continuing PUA claims, which would also lead to double-counting. Non-seasonally-adjusted data are used throughout. Regular state UI continued claims are for the week ending August 15; regular state UI initial claims are for the week ending August 22. PUA continued claims are for the week ending August 1; PUA initial claims are for the weeks ending August 15 and August 22. “Other programs” are continued claims in other programs for the week ending August 8. Pandemic Unemployment Assistance (PUA) is the federal program for workers who are out of work because of the virus but who are not eligible for regular state unemployment insurance (UI) benefits (e.g., the self-employed). “Other programs” includes PEUC, STC, and others; a full list can be found in the bottom panel of the table on page 4 at this link: https://www.dol.gov/ui/data.pdf.

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, August 27, 2020.

View the underlying data on epi.org.