New and cumulative regular jobless claims by state: Regular unemployment insurance (UI) claims filed and number of workers either receiving regular unemployment benefits or waiting for approval during the week ending May 23

State Most recent week initial claims: 05/23/2020 Most recent continued claims claims: 05/16/2020 Total initial claims – most recent 2 weeks Total currently receiving or applied for UI
Alabama 27,289 185,242 52,439 237,681
Alaska 8,537 47,670 16,278 63,948
Arizona 26,878 212,223 58,835 271,058
Arkansas 10,464 116,116 21,891 138,007
California 212,343 2,122,719 456,774 2,579,493
Colorado 15,731 266,470 33,785 300,255
Connecticut 16,584 275,504 42,544 318,048
Delaware 4,783 59,030 10,337 69,367
District of Columbia 5,123 69,091 10,319 79,410
Florida 173,731 508,632 399,135 907,767
Georgia 164,350 728,728 342,081 1,070,809
Hawaii 8,683 187,023 19,647 206,670
Idaho 4,472 55,400 10,272 65,672
Illinois 58,359 764,194 131,139 895,333
Indiana 26,278 260,939 55,714 316,653
Iowa 14,586 180,679 26,642 207,321
Kansas 11,614 111,583 22,852 134,435
Kentucky 53,738 245,098 101,059 346,157
Louisiana 23,853 320,536 52,398 372,934
Maine 4,116 99,968 8,842 108,810
Maryland 33,240 249,849 68,351 318,200
Massachusetts 37,740 589,448 76,424 665,872
Michigan 57,714 958,927 114,429 1,073,356
Minnesota 28,615 433,254 57,508 490,762
Mississippi 24,348 198,376 48,590 246,966
Missouri 25,917 253,148 54,161 307,309
Montana 3,617 48,919 7,277 56,196
Nebraska 5,875 60,296 11,714 72,010
Nevada 18,102 339,899 35,939 375,838
New Hampshire 6,973 108,935 15,767 124,702
New Jersey 33,290 586,650 75,655 662,305
New Mexico 7,347 108,286 14,703 122,989
New York 192,193 1,824,663 416,155 2,240,818
North Carolina 43,221 558,978 90,134 649,112
North Dakota 3,277 35,613 5,896 41,509
Ohio 42,363 617,480 89,225 706,705
Oklahoma 32,127 135,504 65,567 201,071
Oregon 27,514 487,159 51,053 538,212
Pennsylvania 69,408 913,268 131,924 1,045,192
Rhode Island 2,920 88,562 6,803 95,365
South Carolina 24,950 240,276 54,849 295,125
South Dakota 3,410 22,588 7,301 29,889
Tennessee 26,041 322,094 54,031 376,125
Texas 128,105 1,301,355 262,170 1,563,525
Utah 5,455 82,005 11,683 93,688
Vermont 1,480 50,095 3,679 53,774
Virginia 58,591 378,641 103,290 481,931
Washington 53,280 630,477 193,399 823,876
West Virginia 4,762 102,112 9,788 111,900
Wisconsin 28,308 292,699 59,595 352,294
Wyoming 2,298 18,713 4,601 23,314

Notes: Initial claims for the week ending May 23 reflect advance state claims, not seasonally adjusted.

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, May 28, 2020

View the underlying data on epi.org.