Table 1

New and cumulative jobless claims by state: Number of workers either receiving unemployment benefits or waiting for approval during the week ending July 18

Regular UI Pandemic Unemployment Assistance (PUA) Other programs
State Most recent continued claims: 7/11/20 Most recent week initial claims: 7/18/20 Most recent continued claims: 7/04/20 Total initial claims, most recent 2 weeks Most recent continued claims: 7/04/20 Total receiving UI or waiting for approval*
Alabama 98,044 22,967 44,321 9,031 43,893 218,256
Alaska 41,208 6,912 16,633 1,430 4,081 70,264
Arizona 222,990 22,380 0 0 15,468 260,838
Arkansas 96,617 15,384 88,579 22,396 19,466 242,442
California 2,729,281 292,673 2,253,420 290,305 251,507 5,817,186
Colorado 239,966 8,307 93,079 14,635 4,286 360,273
Connecticut 252,524 11,559 63,854 5,301 21,679 354,917
Delaware 46,117 2,593 10,343 721 1,978 61,752
District of Columbia 71,360 3,013 13,316 1,280 2,730 91,699
Florida 691,886 105,410 0 34,213 3,635 835,144
Georgia 695,827 120,281 166,810 68,950 1,722 1,053,590
Hawaii 131,676 7,733 86,594 7,375 461 233,839
Idaho 26,311 5,424 2,727 1,200 5,067 40,729
Illinois 655,116 35,938 142,913 131,571 41,623 1,007,161
Indiana 189,816 17,938 267,770 48,653 8,848 533,025
Iowa 116,810 9,505 13,658 3,232 12,697 155,902
Kansas 97,971 11,197 136,546 8,684 11,491 265,889
Kentucky 145,786 24,240 56,969 5,542 339 232,876
Louisiana 303,540 31,155 148,322 19,789 3,811 506,617
Maine 58,900 2,183 23,852 5,006 4,006 93,947
Maryland 224,235 16,389 503,235 33,264 11,938 789,061
Massachusetts 513,234 18,313 437,247 25,234 48,024 1,042,052
Michigan 506,099 21,836 996,849 50,167 122,482 1,697,433
Minnesota 333,663 18,332 65,187 1,313 39,785 458,280
Mississippi 153,539 11,718 51,332 8,874 5,007 230,470
Missouri 174,325 11,588 98,059 17,151 27,528 328,651
Montana 35,371 2,564 44,136 4,613 2,864 89,548
Nebraska 51,242 3,989 27,589 3,184 4,192 90,196
Nevada 303,657 18,775 135,727 46,556 10,836 515,551
New Hampshire 71,005 3,305 23,481 47,824 3,598 149,213
New Jersey 474,427 25,606 396,381 29,241 70,363 996,018
New Mexico 97,980 8,135 62,449 6,302 4,864 179,730
New York 1,541,735 88,260 1,060,127 110,402 117,171 2,917,695
North Carolina 319,057 28,323 197,123 40,384 146,890 731,777
North Dakota 30,156 2,084 8,112 1,244 3,402 44,998
Ohio 403,051 29,764 412,034 165,220 39,621 1,049,690
Oklahoma 118,589 8,579 0 1,966 864 129,998
Oregon 217,747 9,688 28,450 16,257 62,766 334,908
Pennsylvania 674,152 37,238 – – – –
Rhode Island 64,054 3,314 49,085 14,511 9,010 139,974
South Carolina 197,799 14,346 66,515 21,984 16,556 317,200
South Dakota 16,594 698 4,123 259 572 22,246
Tennessee 253,668 25,794 142,896 22,485 5,614 450,457
Texas 1,268,945 86,821 184,253 67,111 47,169 1,654,299
Utah 68,048 4,514 10,776 2,973 4,786 91,097
Vermont 39,864 1,560 9,296 1,141 1,332 53,193
Virginia 358,065 40,188 381,215 34,560 18,624 832,652
Washington 448,620 34,639 145,759 16,282 71,089 716,389
West Virginia 71,364 3,544 0 0 4,792 79,700
Wisconsin 219,369 25,132 54,379 6,003 20,805 325,688
Wyoming 14,405 2,190 3,381 604 17 20,597
Economic Policy Institute

Notes: *This total 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 total 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 July 11; regular state UI initial claims are for the week ending July 18. PUA continued claims are for the week ending July 4; PUA initial claims are for the weeks ending July 11 and July 18. “Other programs” are continued claims in other programs for the week ending July 4. 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, July 23, 2020.

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