Table 1

New and cumulative jobless claims by state: Unemployment insurance (UI) claims filed during the week ending May 2, 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 eight weeks ending May 2 Sum of initial claims as a share of labor force
Alabama 28,183 -62.4% -46,783 1,237% 26,075 447,530 19.9%
Alaska 9,404 -8.8% -909 1,014% 8,560 81,256 23.5%
Arizona 42,909 -18.4% -9,672 1,207% 39,626 521,038 14.4%
Arkansas 12,436 -29.6% -5,235 741% 10,957 191,639 14.0%
California 318,064 -2.2% -7,279 678% 277,192 4,048,317 20.7%
Colorado 28,322 -26.7% -10,340 1,387% 26,418 369,454 11.6%
Connecticut 36,166 9.5% 3,125 1,301% 33,585 301,296 15.6%
Delaware 6,183 -22.2% -1,764 983% 5,612 86,070 17.6%
District of Columbia 8,133 -6.6% -575 1,689% 7,679 82,327 19.9%
Florida 173,191 -60.0% -259,912 3,318% 168,124 1,772,528 17.0%
Georgia 226,884 -14.9% -39,681 4,138% 221,531 1,601,570 31.1%
Hawaii 16,112 -28.4% -6,383 1,319% 14,976 212,016 31.7%
Idaho 7,194 -18.5% -1,633 553% 6,093 126,037 14.1%
Illinois 74,476 -8.7% -7,120 693% 65,085 904,614 14.1%
Indiana 43,777 -21.5% -11,997 1,645% 41,269 614,597 18.1%
Iowa 24,693 -9.3% -2,527 959% 22,360 286,044 16.3%
Kansas 18,281 -25.3% -6,202 1,033% 16,668 232,187 15.5%
Kentucky 80,060 -12.2% -11,163 3,100% 77,558 674,073 32.3%
Louisiana 52,137 -21.2% -14,004 2,992% 50,451 562,568 26.7%
Maine 16,175 111.1% 8,514 1,984% 15,399 125,866 18.1%
Maryland 65,262 72.1% 27,337 2,264% 62,502 456,237 13.9%
Massachusetts 55,448 -22.3% -15,910 815% 49,390 788,559 20.6%
Michigan 68,952 -15.9% -13,052 1,148% 63,428 1,336,103 27.0%
Minnesota 47,134 -3.0% -1,461 1,239% 43,615 602,829 19.3%
Mississippi 24,810 -17.0% -5,096 2,897% 23,982 221,910 17.4%
Missouri 49,402 -10.7% -5,897 1,526% 46,364 508,440 16.3%
Montana 4,263 -39.5% -2,789 446% 3,482 94,939 17.7%
Nebraska 6,555 -20.3% -1,674 1,190% 6,047 111,559 10.7%
Nevada 30,735 -27.8% -11,806 1,232% 28,428 421,294 27.0%
New Hampshire 11,834 -21.1% -3,167 1,997% 11,270 173,123 22.2%
New Jersey 87,540 21.6% 15,574 970% 79,361 987,436 21.6%
New Mexico 16,801 38.9% 4,708 2,272% 16,093 134,513 14.0%
New York 195,242 -11.0% -24,171 959% 176,812 1,819,857 19.1%
North Carolina 84,716 -14.4% -14,225 3,194% 82,144 837,261 16.4%
North Dakota 4,689 -25.3% -1,585 1,018% 4,270 61,550 15.2%
Ohio 61,046 -34.8% -32,553 736% 53,746 1,127,626 19.3%
Oklahoma 68,237 30.0% 15,737 4,325% 66,695 353,954 19.2%
Oregon 45,102 -8.5% -4,198 1,035% 41,130 330,801 15.7%
Pennsylvania 96,603 -24.5% -31,293 665% 83,982 1,729,168 26.4%
Rhode Island 9,109 -30.4% -3,975 711% 7,986 155,778 27.9%
South Carolina 46,747 -29.6% -19,691 2,304% 44,803 463,661 19.4%
South Dakota 3,756 -32.1% -1,779 1,961% 3,574 37,835 8.1%
Tennessee 37,319 -12.8% -5,486 1,756% 35,309 464,702 13.8%
Texas 247,179 -2.7% -6,905 1,806% 234,208 1,819,235 12.8%
Utah 9,057 -22.8% -2,681 805% 8,056 147,526 9.0%
Vermont 3,759 -26.5% -1,358 511% 3,144 60,686 17.8%
Virginia 61,138 -15.7% -11,350 2,215% 58,497 629,823 14.1%
Washington 109,167 -21.7% -30,338 1,698% 103,097 974,852 24.6%
West Virginia 12,996 -56.4% -16,822 1,050% 11,866 137,931 17.1%
Wisconsin 38,002 -24.0% -11,991 572% 32,348 485,856 15.6%
Wyoming 2,026 -42.1% -1,471 307% 1,528 32,807 11.2%

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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