New and cumulative regular jobless claims by state: Regular unemployment insurance (UI) claims filed and numbers and shares of workers either receiving regular unemployment benefits or waiting for approval during the week ending June 6

State Most recent week initial claims: 06/06/2020 Most recent continued claims claims: 05/30/2020 Total initial claims – most recent 2 weeks Total currently receiving or applied for UI Total currently receiving or applied for UI as a share of the labor force
Alabama 19,347 170,389 40,682 211,071 9.4%
Alaska 7,427 46,569 14,879 61,448 17.8%
Arizona 22,879 202,155 44,891 247,046 6.8%
Arkansas 9,151 111,274 17,632 128,906 9.4%
California 258,060 2,854,773 486,694 3,341,467 17.1%
Colorado 13,128 263,732 25,647 289,379 9.1%
Connecticut 15,279 270,710 29,487 300,197 15.6%
Delaware 2,921 56,125 5,973 62,098 12.7%
District of Columbia 3,291 70,283 6,850 77,133 18.6%
Florida 110,520 936,548 318,227 1,254,775 12.0%
Georgia 134,711 693,286 283,874 977,160 19.0%
Hawaii 6,694 119,029 14,396 133,425 19.9%
Idaho 3,665 46,393 7,311 53,704 6.0%
Illinois 44,814 743,173 91,199 834,372 13.0%
Indiana 23,604 227,311 46,518 273,829 8.1%
Iowa 10,112 159,966 16,561 176,527 10.1%
Kansas 8,824 105,169 18,852 124,021 8.3%
Kentucky 40,536 196,797 83,549 280,346 13.5%
Louisiana 22,002 299,760 41,336 341,096 16.2%
Maine 3,031 76,262 14,182 90,444 13.0%
Maryland 41,104 237,945 73,024 310,969 9.5%
Massachusetts 44,732 567,583 72,362 639,945 16.7%
Michigan 28,504 842,268 67,794 910,062 18.4%
Minnesota 29,209 410,572 50,863 461,435 14.8%
Mississippi 21,021 151,747 45,035 196,782 15.4%
Missouri 18,587 230,040 39,237 269,277 8.7%
Montana 2,892 44,929 5,946 50,875 9.5%
Nebraska 4,729 58,989 9,812 68,801 6.6%
Nevada 13,200 326,416 24,537 350,953 22.5%
New Hampshire 6,055 102,030 12,182 114,212 14.7%
New Jersey 22,621 557,421 49,373 606,794 13.3%
New Mexico 5,913 107,401 12,585 119,986 12.5%
New York 94,348 1,705,078 176,274 1,881,352 19.7%
North Carolina 33,148 530,366 70,195 600,561 11.7%
North Dakota 2,527 34,576 4,842 39,418 9.7%
Ohio 35,474 511,380 70,552 581,932 10.0%
Oklahoma 50,397 150,084 110,773 260,857 14.1%
Oregon 23,445 457,746 44,010 501,756 23.8%
Pennsylvania 50,088 854,000 99,018 953,018 14.5%
Rhode Island 3,485 77,277 6,233 83,510 15.0%
South Carolina 22,734 209,842 41,644 251,486 10.5%
South Dakota 817 20,512 2,315 22,827 4.9%
Tennessee 21,417 303,747 43,672 347,419 10.3%
Texas 89,736 1,241,464 196,413 1,437,877 10.1%
Utah 5,452 78,094 10,400 88,494 5.4%
Vermont 1,560 44,819 3,025 47,844 14.1%
Virginia 30,164 396,036 61,543 457,579 10.3%
Washington 33,502 469,543 65,431 534,974 13.5%
West Virginia 4,216 90,982 8,901 99,883 12.4%
Wisconsin 25,731 256,063 50,392 306,455 9.9%
Wyoming 1,610 16,855 4,031 20,886 7.1%

Notes: Initial claims for the week ending June 6 reflect advance state claims, not seasonally adjusted. For comparisons to the size of the labor force, we use February 2020 levels.

Unless otherwise noted, the numbers in this blog post are the ones reported by the U.S. Department of Labor, which they receive from the state agencies that administer UI. While the DOL is asking states to report regular UI claims and PUA claims separately, many states appear to also be including some or all PUA claimants in their reported regular UI claims. As state agencies work to get these new programs up and running, there will likely continue to be some misreporting. Since the number of UI claims is one of the most up-to-date measures we have of labor market weakness and access to benefits, we will still be analyzing it each week as reported by DOL, but ask that you keep these caveats in mind when interpreting the data.

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, June 11, 2020.

View the underlying data on epi.org.