Advance estimates of initial unemployment insurance claims filed during the week ending March 21, by state

State Advance estimate of initial claims filed Prior week Level change from prior week Percent change from prior week
Alabama 9,490 1,819 7,671 421.7%
Alaska 8,225 1,120 7,105 634.4%
Arizona 29,268 3,844 25,424 661.4%
Arkansas 8,958 1,382 7,576 548.2%
California 186,809 57,606 129,203 224.3%
Colorado 19,429 2,321 17,108 737.1%
Connecticut 25,098 3,440 21,658 629.6%
Delaware 10,720 472 10,248 2,171.2%
District of Columbia 13,473 1,213 12,260 1,010.7%
Florida 74,021 6,463 67,558 1,045.3%
Georgia 11,746 5,445 6,301 115.7%
Hawaii 8,904 1,589 7,315 460.4%
Idaho 13,314 1,031 12,283 1,191.4%
Illinois 114,663 10,870 103,793 954.9%
Indiana 61,635 2,596 59,039 2,274.2%
Iowa 41,890 2,229 39,661 1,779.3%
Kansas 23,687 1,755 21,932 1,249.7%
Kentucky 48,847 2,785 46,062 1,653.9%
Louisiana 72,620 2,255 70,365 3,120.4%
Maine 21,197 634 20,563 3,243.4%
Maryland 41,882 3,864 38,018 983.9%
Massachusetts 147,995 7,449 140,546 1,886.8%
Michigan 129,298 5,338 123,960 2,322.2%
Minnesota 116,438 4,010 112,428 2,803.7%
Mississippi 6,723 1,147 5,576 486.1%
Missouri 40,508 4,016 36,492 908.7%
Montana 14,704 817 13,887 1,699.8%
Nebraska 15,668 795 14,873 1,870.8%
Nevada 93,036 6,356 86,680 1,363.8%
New Hampshire 21,878 642 21236 3,307.8%
New Jersey 155,454 9,467 145,987 1,542.1%
New Mexico 17,187 869 16,318 1,877.8%
New York 80,334 14,272 66,062 462.9%
North Carolina 93,587 3,533 90,054 2,548.9%
North Dakota 5,968 415 5,553 1,338.1%
Ohio 187,784 7,046 180,738 2,565.1%
Oklahoma 17,720 1,836 15,884 865.1%
Oregon 22,824 4,269 18,555 434.6%
Pennsylvania 378,908 15,439 363,469 2,354.2%
Rhode Island 35,436 1,108 34,328 3,098.2%
South Carolina 31,064 2,093 28,971 1,384.2%
South Dakota 1,703 190 1513 796.3%
Tennessee 39,096 2,702 36,394 1,346.9%
Texas 155,657 16,176 139,481 862.3%
Utah 1,314 1,305 9 0.7%
Vermont 3,667 659 3,008 456.4%
Virginia 46,885 2,706 44,179 1,632.6%
Washington 133,478 14,240 119,238 837.3%
West Virginia 3,435 865 2,570 297.1%
Wisconsin 50,957 5,190 45,767 881.8%
Wyoming 2,339 517 1,822 352.4%

Note: Advance claims are not directly comparable to claims reported in prior weeks. Advance claims are reported by the state liable for paying the unemployment compensation, whereas previous weeks’ reported claims reflect claimants by state of residence. In addition, claims reported as “workshare equivalent” in the previous week are added to the advance claims as a proxy for the current week’s “workshare equivalent” activity.

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, March 26, 2020

View the underlying data on epi.org.