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8:30 A.M. (Eastern) Thursday, September 24, 2020

UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE WEEKLY CLAIMS
SEASONALLY ADJUSTED DATA
In the week ending September 19, the advance figure for seasonally adjusted initial claims was 870,000, an increase of
4,000 from the previous week's revised level. The previous week's level was revised up by 6,000 from 860,000 to
866,000. The 4-week moving average was 878,250, a decrease of 35,250 from the previous week's revised average. The
previous week's average was revised up by 1,500 from 912,000 to 913,500.
The advance seasonally adjusted insured unemployment rate was 8.6 percent for the week ending September 12, a
decrease of 0.1 percentage point from the previous week's revised rate. The previous week's rate was revised up by 0.1
from 8.6 to 8.7 percent. The advance number for seasonally adjusted insured unemployment during the week ending
September 12 was 12,580,000, a decrease of 167,000 from the previous week's revised level. The previous week's level
was revised up 119,000 from 12,628,000 to 12,747,000. The 4-week moving average was 13,040,750, a decrease of
478,000 from the previous week's revised average. The previous week's average was revised up by 29,750 from
13,489,000 to 13,518,750.

1

 UNADJUSTED DATA
The advance number of actual initial claims under state programs, unadjusted, totaled 824,542 in the week ending
September 19, an increase of 28,527 (or 3.6 percent) from the previous week. The seasonal factors had expected an
increase of 23,891 (or 3.0 percent) from the previous week. There were 175,394 initial claims in the comparable week in
2019. In addition, for the week ending September 19, 52 states reported 630,080 initial claims for Pandemic
Unemployment Assistance.
The advance unadjusted insured unemployment rate was 8.4 percent during the week ending September 12, a decrease of
0.1 percentage point from the prior week. The advance unadjusted number for persons claiming UI benefits in state
programs totaled 12,264,351, a decrease of 176,510 (or -1.4 percent) from the preceding week. The seasonal factors had
expected a decrease of 9,932 (or -0.1 percent) from the previous week. A year earlier the rate was 1.0 percent and the
volume was 1,399,601.

The total number of people claiming benefits in all programs for the week ending September 5 was 26,044,952, a
decrease of 3,723,513 from the previous week. There were 1,488,601 persons claiming benefits in all programs in the
comparable week in 2019.
During the week ending September 5, Extended Benefits were available in the following 49 states: Alabama, Alaska,
Arizona, Arkansas, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, District of Columbia, Florida, Georgia, Hawaii,
Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota,
Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, North Carolina, North
Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Puerto Rico, Rhode Island, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Utah,
Vermont, the Virgin Islands, Virginia, Washington, West Virginia, and Wisconsin.
2

 Initial claims for UI benefits filed by former Federal civilian employees totaled 954 in the week ending September 12, an
increase of 1 from the prior week. There were 794 initial claims filed by newly discharged veterans, a decrease of 91
from the preceding week.
There were 13,025 former Federal civilian employees claiming UI benefits for the week ending September 5, a decrease
of 519 from the previous week. Newly discharged veterans claiming benefits totaled 13,523, a decrease of 454 from the
prior week.
During the week ending September 5, 50 states reported 11,510,888 individuals claiming Pandemic Unemployment
Assistance benefits and 49 states reported 1,631,645 individuals claiming Pandemic Emergency Unemployment
Compensation benefits.
The highest insured unemployment rates in the week ending September 5 were in Hawaii (19.8), California (15.7),
Nevada (14.9), Puerto Rico (14.1), New York (13.7), Louisiana (13.2), District of Columbia (11.3), Georgia (11.3), the
Virgin Islands (11.3), and Massachusetts (10.5).
The largest increases in initial claims for the week ending September 12 were in Indiana (+1,990), Kansas (+1,928),
Illinois (+1,906), and Michigan (+1,727), while the largest decreases were in California (-17,400), Texas (-15,905),
Louisiana (-8,384), Georgia (-8,235), and Washington (-3,291).

3

 UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE DATA FOR REGULAR STATE PROGRAMS
WEEK ENDING
Initial Claims (SA)
Initial Claims (NSA)
4-Wk Moving Average (SA)

September 19 September 12
870,000
866,000
824,542
796,015
878,250
913,500

Change
+4,000
+28,527
-35,250

September 5
893,000
865,995
973,000

Prior Year1
215,000
175,394
213,250

WEEK ENDING
Insured Unemployment (SA)
Insured Unemployment (NSA)
4-Wk Moving Average (SA)
Insured Unemployment Rate (SA)2
Insured Unemployment Rate (NSA)2

September 12
12,580,000
12,264,351
13,040,750
8.6%
8.4%

Change
-167,000
-176,510
-478,000
-0.1
-0.1

August 29
13,544,000
13,355,586
14,021,750
9.3%
9.1%

Prior Year1
1,672,000
1,399,601
1,678,250
1.2%
1.0%

September 5
12,747,000
12,440,861
13,518,750
8.7%
8.5%

INITIAL CLAIMS FILED IN FEDERAL PROGRAMS (UNADJUSTED)
WEEK ENDING
Pandemic Unemployment
Assistance

September 19

September 12

Change

September 5

630,080

675,154

-45,074

868,314

WEEK ENDING
Federal Employees (UCFE)
Newly Discharged Veterans (UCX)

September 12
954
794

September 5
953
885

Change
+1
-91

Prior Year1
555
530

PERSONS CLAIMING UI BENEFITS IN ALL PROGRAMS (UNADJUSTED)
WEEK ENDING
Regular State
Federal Employees
Newly Discharged Veterans
Pandemic Unemployment Assistance3
Pandemic Emergency UC4
Extended Benefits5
State Additional Benefits6
STC / Workshare 7
TOTAL8

September 5
12,373,199
13,025
13,523
11,510,888
1,631,645
279,839
2,295
220,538
26,044,952

August 29
13,283,721
13,544
13,977
14,467,064
1,527,166
220,505
2,405
240,083
29,768,465

Change
-910,522
-519
-454
-2,956,176
+104,479
+59,334
-110
-19,545
-3,723,513

Prior Year1
1,462,775
6,457
5,708
NA
NA
0
5,205
8,456
1,488,601

FOOTNOTES
SA - Seasonally Adjusted Data, NSA - Not Seasonally Adjusted Data
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.

7.
8.

Prior year is comparable to most recent data.
Most recent week used covered employment of 146,125,989 as denominator.
Information on the Pandemic Unemployment Assistance (PUA) program can be found in UIPL 16-20: PUA Program
information
Information on the Pandemic Emergency Unemployment Compensation (PEUC) program can be found in Unemployment
Insurance Program Letter (UIPL) 17-20: PEUC Program information
Information on the EB program can be found here: EB Program information
Some states maintain additional benefit programs for those claimants who exhaust regular benefits, and when applicable,
extended benefits. Information on states that participate, and the extent of benefits paid, can be found starting on page 4-4 of
this link: Extensions and Special Programs PDF
Information on STC/Worksharing can be found starting on page 4-8 of the following link: Extensions and Special Programs
PDF
Totals include PUA Unemployment for the appropriate corresponding week.

4

 Advance State Claims - Not Seasonally Adjusted
STATE
Alabama
Alaska
Arizona
Arkansas
California
Colorado
Connecticut
Delaware
District of Columbia
Florida
Georgia
Hawaii
Idaho
Illinois
Indiana
Iowa
Kansas
Kentucky
Louisiana
Maine
Maryland
Massachusetts
Michigan
Minnesota
Mississippi
Missouri
Montana
Nebraska
Nevada
New Hampshire
New Jersey
New Mexico
New York
North Carolina
North Dakota
Ohio
Oklahoma*
Oregon
Pennsylvania
Puerto Rico
Rhode Island
South Carolina
South Dakota
Tennessee
Texas
Utah
Vermont
Virgin Islands
Virginia
Washington
West Virginia
Wisconsin
Wyoming
US Total

Initial Claims Filed During Week Ended September 19
Advance
Prior Wk
Change
8,183
8,848
-665
3,942
3,593
349
11,430
10,015
1,415
5,188
4,585
603
230,443
226,004
4,439
4,937
5,171
-234
5,138
5,175
-37
1,162
1,598
-436
1,404
1,460
-56
35,829
37,265
-1,436
48,472
42,085
6,387
6,998
7,307
-309
3,290
3,672
-382
23,113
27,384
-4,271
12,416
13,245
-829
6,601
4,652
1,949
17,903
15,022
2,881
8,180
8,672
-492
14,068
16,182
-2,114
1,365
1,435
-70
10,234
7,858
2,376
22,795
18,388
4,407
15,479
19,571
-4,092
11,237
11,181
56
4,719
4,535
184
7,225
8,936
-1,711
3,071
2,985
86
3,045
2,727
318
10,198
8,332
1,866
2,272
2,276
-4
23,667
19,642
4,025
3,893
3,437
456
71,300
61,897
9,403
12,591
13,437
-846
855
719
136
16,405
16,385
20
5,560
5,596
-36
7,311
4,804
2,507
21,930
21,747
183
1,082
1,185
-103
2,717
3,026
-309
4,933
4,261
672
504
376
128
11,313
11,316
-3
47,497
49,386
-1,889
2,552
2,283
269
605
612
-7
9
192
-183
12,492
10,100
2,392
22,074
21,168
906
2,043
1,881
162
12,164
11,709
455
708
697
11
824,542
796,015
28,527

Insured Unemployment For Week Ended September 12
Advance
Prior Wk
Change
30,596
40,198
-9,602
23,500
25,762
-2,262
184,605
194,479
-9,874
33,615
38,926
-5,311
2,836,388
2,724,331
112,057
151,171
157,091
-5,920
176,334
167,339
8,995
31,742
29,534
2,208
63,012
65,671
-2,659
314,033
414,174
-100,141
536,866
498,813
38,053
133,674
122,971
10,703
9,614
11,510
-1,896
512,017
507,880
4,137
157,876
164,615
-6,739
63,291
65,422
-2,131
62,278
55,405
6,873
111,886
107,150
4,736
221,127
250,244
-29,117
27,331
30,612
-3,281
150,205
164,868
-14,663
355,503
375,192
-19,689
408,849
393,705
15,144
198,157
207,645
-9,488
77,565
87,107
-9,542
75,132
86,832
-11,700
21,439
22,976
-1,537
20,331
22,344
-2,013
188,266
206,166
-17,900
36,492
39,938
-3,446
350,636
366,673
-16,037
82,431
84,543
-2,112
1,296,344
1,291,952
4,392
135,476
151,318
-15,842
14,341
12,798
1,543
276,075
323,325
-47,250
109,813
110,907
-1,094
165,105
139,312
25,793
542,825
542,128
697
109,476
121,202
-11,726
38,524
45,841
-7,317
87,662
101,456
-13,794
6,897
6,673
224
159,384
178,952
-19,568
945,693
976,588
-30,895
28,326
30,858
-2,532
23,350
23,961
-611
4,384
4,130
254
185,728
201,616
-15,888
303,009
263,245
39,764
49,159
45,891
3,268
128,425
130,672
-2,247
8,393
7,920
473
12,264,351
12,440,861
-176,510

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.
*Denote OUI estimate.

5

 Seasonally Adjusted US Weekly UI Claims (in thousands)

Week Ending
September 14, 2019
September 21, 2019
September 28, 2019
October 5, 2019
October 12, 2019
October 19, 2019
October 26, 2019
November 2, 2019
November 9, 2019
November 16, 2019
November 23, 2019
November 30, 2019
December 7, 2019
December 14, 2019
December 21, 2019
December 28, 2019
January 4, 2020
January 11, 2020
January 18, 2020
January 25, 2020
February 1, 2020
February 8, 2020
February 15, 2020
February 22, 2020
February 29, 2020
March 7, 2020
March 14, 2020
March 21, 2020
March 28, 2020
April 4, 2020
April 11, 2020
April 18, 2020
April 25, 2020
May 2, 2020
May 9, 2020
May 16, 2020
May 23, 2020
May 30, 2020
June 6, 2020
June 13, 2020
June 20, 2020
June 27, 2020
July 4, 2020
July 11, 2020
July 18, 2020
July 25, 2020
August 1, 2020
August 8, 2020
August 15, 2020
August 22, 2020
August 29, 2020
September 5, 2020
September 12, 2020
September 19, 2020

Initial
Claims
211
215
218
212
218
213
217
212
222
223
211
206
237
229
218
220
212
207
220
212
201
204
215
220
217
211
282
3,307
6,867
6,615
5,237
4,442
3,867
3,176
2,687
2,446
2,123
1,897
1,566
1,540
1,482
1,408
1,310
1,308
1,422
1,435
1,191
971
1,104
1,011
884
893
866
870

Change
from
Prior
Week
3
4
3
-6
6
-5
4
-5
10
1
-12
-5
31
-8
-11
2
-8
-5
13
-8
-11
3
11
5
-3
-6
71
3,025
3,560
-252
-1,378
-795
-575
-691
-489
-241
-323
-226
-331
-26
-58
-74
-98
-2
114
13
-244
-220
133
-93
-127
9
-27
4

Change
from
Insured
Prior
Unemployment Week
1,672
-3
1,667
-5
1,698
31
1,689
-9
1,691
2
1,700
9
1,695
-5
1,702
7
1,697
-5
1,665
-32
1,697
32
1,700
3
1,725
25
1,716
-9
1,728
12
1,775
47
1,759
-16
1,735
-24
1,704
-31
1,753
49
1,678
-75
1,729
51
1,693
-36
1,720
27
1,699
-21
1,702
3
1,784
82
3,059
1,275
7,446
4,387
11,914
4,468
15,819
3,905
18,011
2,192
22,377
4,366
22,548
171
24,912
2,364
20,841
-4,071
21,268
427
20,606
-662
20,289
-317
19,231
-1,058
18,760
-471
17,760
-1,000
17,304
-456
16,151
-1,153
16,951
800
16,090
-861
15,480
-610
14,759
-721
14,492
-267
13,292
-1,200
13,544
252
12,747
-797
12,580
-167

4-Week
Average
213.25
213.25
213.00
214.00
215.75
215.25
215.00
215.00
216.00
218.50
217.00
215.50
219.25
220.75
222.50
226.00
219.75
214.25
214.75
212.75
210.00
209.25
208.00
210.00
214.00
215.75
232.50
1,004.25
2,666.75
4,267.75
5,506.50
5,790.25
5,040.25
4,180.50
3,543.00
3,044.00
2,608.00
2,288.25
2,008.00
1,781.50
1,621.25
1,499.00
1,435.00
1,377.00
1,362.00
1,368.75
1,339.00
1,254.75
1,175.25
1,069.25
992.50
973.00
913.50
878.25

6

4-Week
Average
1,678.25
1,674.25
1,678.00
1,681.50
1,686.25
1,694.50
1,693.75
1,697.00
1,698.50
1,689.75
1,690.25
1,689.75
1,696.75
1,709.50
1,717.25
1,736.00
1,744.50
1,749.25
1,743.25
1,737.75
1,717.50
1,716.00
1,713.25
1,705.00
1,710.25
1,703.50
1,726.25
2,061.00
3,497.75
6,050.75
9,559.50
13,297.50
17,030.25
19,688.75
21,962.00
22,669.50
22,392.25
21,906.75
20,751.00
20,348.50
19,721.50
19,010.00
18,263.75
17,493.75
17,041.50
16,624.00
16,168.00
15,820.00
15,205.25
14,505.75
14,021.75
13,518.75
13,040.75

IUR
1.2
1.2
1.2
1.2
1.2
1.2
1.2
1.2
1.2
1.2
1.2
1.2
1.2
1.2
1.2
1.2
1.2
1.2
1.2
1.2
1.2
1.2
1.2
1.2
1.2
1.2
1.2
2.1
5.1
8.2
10.9
12.4
15.4
15.5
17.1
14.3
14.6
14.1
13.9
13.2
12.9
12.2
11.8
11.1
11.6
11.0
10.6
10.1
9.9
9.1
9.3
8.7
8.6

 Pandemic Unemployment Assistance Claims - Not Seasonally Adjusted
STATE
Alabama
Alaska
Arizona
Arkansas
California
Colorado
Connecticut
Delaware
District of Columbia
Florida
Georgia
Hawaii
Idaho
Illinois
Indiana
Iowa
Kansas
Kentucky
Louisiana
Maine
Maryland
Massachusetts
Michigan
Minnesota
Mississippi
Missouri
Montana
Nebraska
Nevada
New Hampshire
New Jersey
New Mexico
New York
North Carolina
North Dakota
Ohio
Oklahoma
Oregon
Pennsylvania
Puerto Rico
Rhode Island
South Carolina
South Dakota
Tennessee
Texas
Utah
Vermont
Virgin Islands
Virginia
Washington
West Virginia
Wisconsin
Wyoming
US Total

PUA Initial Claims Filed During Week Ended September 19
Advance
Prior Wk
Change
1,815
1,301
514
301
263
38
204,499
165,162
39,337
6,068
6,712
-644
99,824
204,690
-104,866
1,899
1,553
346
908
942
-34
122
91
31
218
149
69
9,789
6,924
2,865
6,822
5,324
1,498
3,148
2,753
395
37
56
-19
4,214
3,869
345
11,987
12,905
-918
920
798
122
13,042
12,464
578
2,396
2,064
332
10,259
7,563
2,696
1,230
983
247
4,573
3,698
875
11,313
11,643
-330
19,652
18,704
948
337
413
-76
1,784
1,822
-38
860
860
0
1,991
2,679
-688
1,725
1,339
386
11,438
10,318
1,120
424
523
-99
12,298
9,048
3,250
1,397
1,300
97
41,016
31,284
9,732
9,669
7,173
2,496
897
966
-69
15,397
12,796
2,601
789
965
-176
6,545
3,621
2,924
40,572
38,438
2,134
30,447
27,693
2,754
9,385
14,045
-4,660
3,470
3,556
-86
51
37
14
5,143
4,816
327
7,667
17,742
-10,075
738
701
37
50
38
12
114
116
-2
3,397
3,126
271
5,293
7,322
-2,029
0
0
0
2,011
1,668
343
139
138
1
630,080
675,154
-45,074

PUA Continued Claims For Week Ended Sep 5
Sep 5
Aug 29
Change
31,852
37,518
-5,666
10,721
11,782
-1,061
372,461
329,175
43,286
70,300
80,091
-9,791
3,375,498
6,387,501
-3,012,003
59,912
62,835
-2,923
53,152
66,210
-13,058
6,776
5,741
1,035
14,546
14,417
129
0
0
0
240,294
252,628
-12,334
94,867
101,539
-6,672
11,506
12,373
-867
116,305
114,708
1,597
285,110
217,512
67,598
12,530
12,964
-434
246,275
166,996
79,279
41,525
52,863
-11,338
135,451
134,051
1,400
18,162
21,995
-3,833
258,048
228,233
29,815
457,050
463,260
-6,210
773,160
764,147
9,013
48,793
48,112
681
35,274
44,609
-9,335
57,053
58,496
-1,443
55,497
56,369
-872
24,705
22,525
2,180
94,736
99,397
-4,661
14,377
17,699
-3,322
380,682
385,948
-5,266
39,131
38,818
313
1,250,872
1,420,707
-169,835
158,721
161,001
-2,280
5,770
5,585
185
365,553
377,085
-11,532
13,123
12,697
426
85,443
101,236
-15,793
824,805
770,248
54,557
441,260
343,725
97,535
62,009
63,723
-1,714
63,200
64,209
-1,009
2,623
3,148
-525
152,239
150,570
1,669
269,640
286,231
-16,591
6,522
6,974
-452
9,559
9,917
-358
0
0
0
201,749
205,254
-3,505
114,730
122,915
-8,185
0
0
0
45,154
49,182
-4,028
2,167
2,145
22
11,510,888
14,467,064
-2,956,176

Note: Information on the Pandemic Unemployment Assistance (PUA) program can be found in UIPL 16-20:
PUA Program information . Backdated claims data may be included in these figures.

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 Pandemic Emergency Unemployment Compensation Claims - Not Seasonally Adjusted
STATE
Alabama
Alaska
Arizona
Arkansas
California
Colorado
Connecticut
Delaware
District of Columbia
Florida
Georgia
Hawaii
Idaho
Illinois
Indiana
Iowa
Kansas
Kentucky
Louisiana
Maine
Maryland
Massachusetts
Michigan
Minnesota
Mississippi
Missouri
Montana
Nebraska
Nevada
New Hampshire
New Jersey
New Mexico
New York
North Carolina
North Dakota
Ohio
Oklahoma
Oregon
Pennsylvania
Puerto Rico
Rhode Island
South Carolina
South Dakota
Tennessee
Texas
Utah
Vermont
Virgin Islands
Virginia
Washington
West Virginia
Wisconsin
Wyoming
US Total

September 5
77,955
5,890
19,164
20,826
400,546
21,097
11,549
2,329
2,093
24,620
0
0
7,144
32,208
7,752
20,898
10,678
0
2,943
7,869
12,204
46,320
52,289
34,455
10,275
38,192
4,387
2,474
28,121
1,024
55,989
6,424
96,852
220,959
4,372
19,190
11,085
17,616
49,564
0
7,748
54,415
545
48,091
23,506
8,583
2,060
143
58,726
10,289
4,651
23,595
1,940
1,631,645

PEUC Claims Filed During Weeks Ended:
August 29
Change
August 22

August 15

78,755
5,597
18,228
21,596
369,443
25,732
12,575
2,010
2,107
0
0
0
7,154
32,489
7,393
16,670
9,903
0
3,049
7,714
11,381
44,668
55,402
32,149
11,045
34,654
4,369
2,538
25,898
1,041
55,831
6,223
83,372
226,731
4,332
18,374
8,912
18,250
46,375
4,780
6,571
48,193
394
26,798
29,051
8,318
1,895
5
52,800
6,414
4,808
23,216
1,963
1,527,166

79,702
4,783
15,531
21,879
344,378
20,793
12,559
2,147
2,114
34,703
0
0
6,448
32,245
7,084
17,132
6,819
0
3,116
6,205
10,567
43,071
51,511
28,211
6,776
22,113
3,843
2,702
21,635
962
52,895
5,285
71,910
210,657
4,198
17,191
0
15,962
42,210
4,712
5,409
30,639
355
15,486
21,001
8,105
1,324
79
43,794
5,064
4,819
21,502
1,688
1,393,314

-800
293
936
-770
31,103
-4,635
-1,026
319
-14
24,620
0
0
-10
-281
359
4,228
775
0
-106
155
823
1,652
-3,113
2,306
-770
3,538
18
-64
2,223
-17
158
201
13,480
-5,772
40
816
2,173
-634
3,189
-4,780
1,177
6,222
151
21,293
-5,545
265
165
138
5,926
3,875
-157
379
-23
104,479

79,413
4,878
16,536
21,825
355,514
16,593
12,288
2,172
2,148
0
0
0
6,985
32,692
7,339
18,683
8,468
0
3,065
7,076
10,829
43,141
44,737
29,916
7,730
28,791
4,079
2,704
23,760
956
54,589
5,522
75,994
214,678
4,221
17,570
5,561
16,712
44,477
4,927
6,008
39,692
442
19,075
29,168
8,377
1,589
16
47,405
5,222
4,789
22,312
1,819
1,422,483

Note: Information on the Pandemic Emergency Unemployment Compensation (PEUC) program can be found in
Unemployment Insurance Program Letter (UIPL) 17-20: PEUC Program information

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 Extended Benefits (EB) Claims - Not Seasonally Adjusted
STATE
Alabama
Alaska
Arizona
Arkansas
California
Colorado
Connecticut
Delaware
District of Columbia
Florida
Georgia
Hawaii
Idaho
Illinois
Indiana
Iowa
Kansas
Kentucky
Louisiana
Maine
Maryland
Massachusetts
Michigan
Minnesota
Mississippi
Missouri
Montana
Nebraska
Nevada
New Hampshire
New Jersey
New Mexico
New York
North Carolina
North Dakota
Ohio
Oklahoma
Oregon
Pennsylvania
Puerto Rico
Rhode Island
South Carolina
South Dakota
Tennessee
Texas
Utah
Vermont
Virgin Islands
Virginia
Washington
West Virginia
Wisconsin
Wyoming
US Total

September 5
0
1,035
605
1,171
90,396
62
5,105
142
3
433
0
14
30
19,186
2,865
2,818
975
0
1,329
840
3,528
10,511
0
5,954
1,478
4,219
621
211
3,529
384
23,015
1,584
33,832
10,523
347
8,431
0
3,350
21,800
448
1,222
4,721
0
1,892
0
766
496
0
0
9,488
27
16
437
279,839

EB Claims Filed During Weeks Ended:
August 29
0
978
395
1,397
46,948
47
5,254
157
7
404
0
9
26
18,653
2,654
2,779
913
0
1,149
801
3,161
9,442
1
5,796
1,412
4,005
534
165
3,187
353
21,192
1,497
32,874
9,254
331
7,812
0
3,094
16,228
412
1,193
4,057
0
1,859
0
638
482
1
0
8,789
17
19
129
220,505

Change
0
57
210
-226
43,448
15
-149
-15
-4
29
0
5
4
533
211
39
62
0
180
39
367
1,069
-1
158
66
214
87
46
342
31
1,823
87
958
1,269
16
619
0
256
5,572
36
29
664
0
33
0
128
14
-1
0
699
10
-3
308
59,334

Note: Information on the EB program can be found here: EB Program information

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 INITIAL CLAIMS FILED DURING WEEK ENDED
SEPTEMBER 12
CHANGE FROM
STATE NAME
Alabama
Alaska
Arizona
Arkansas
California
Colorado
Connecticut
Delaware
District of Columbia
Florida
Georgia
Hawaii
Idaho
Illinois
Indiana
Iowa
Kansas
Kentucky
Louisiana
Maine
Maryland
Massachusetts
Michigan
Minnesota
Mississippi
Missouri
Montana
Nebraska
Nevada
New Hampshire
New Jersey
New Mexico
New York
North Carolina
North Dakota
Ohio
Oklahoma
Oregon
Pennsylvania
Puerto Rico
Rhode Island
South Carolina
South Dakota
Tennessee
Texas
Utah
Vermont
Virgin Islands
Virginia
Washington
West Virginia
Wisconsin
Wyoming
Totals

STATE
8,848
3,593
10,015
4,585
226,004
5,171
5,175
1,598
1,460
37,265
42,085
7,307
3,672
27,384
13,245
4,652
15,022
8,672
16,182
1,435
7,858
18,388
19,571
11,181
4,535
8,936
2,985
2,727
8,332
2,276
19,642
3,437
61,897
13,437
719
16,385
5,596
4,804
21,747
1,185
3,026
4,261
376
11,316
49,386
2,283
612
192
10,100
21,168
1,881
11,709
697
796,015

LAST YEAR
WEEK AGO UCFE 1 UCX 1
-53
6,767
22
11
-224
2,877
16
0
-1,328
6,372
6
12
-1,039
3,236
2
1
-17,400 191,354 229
149
-860
3,704
11
21
434
2,678
11
2
-31
1,138
4
3
-33
1,027
24
1
-2,991 30,722
14
14
-8,235 36,877
40
45
-157
6,166
18
13
-132
3,035
1
2
1,906 20,770
10
4
1,990 11,244
13
11
-600
2,960
9
1
1,928 13,895
2
2
-613
6,797
1
7
-8,384 14,376
12
15
285
1,021
1
0
668
5,237
31
24
-268
14,360
25
16
1,727 15,998
11
11
143
8,517
9
3
172
3,553
5
2
-1,955
6,514
2
0
74
2,308
7
3
175
2,279
4
0
381
6,277
4
4
-206
1,950
1
3
-3,108 12,187
27
17
-363
2,714
1
3
-2,837 49,280
8
27
-710
10,265
23
43
-228
467
1
1
-1,706 11,819
8
20
-1,006
4,077
11
7
-424
937
7
7
-879
11,711
119
39
-189
50
1
1
-225
2,291
2
0
-824
1,491
4
15
-209
225
1
0
-994
9,212
14
25
-15,905 37,113
123
175
-310
1,391
32
4
-119
372
0
1
-135
144
0
0
-1,035
7,864
6
9
-3,291 15,740
9
16
-232
954
2
0
-529
8,115
10
4
-96
453
0
0
-69,980 622,881 954
794

INSURED UNEMPLOYMENT FOR WEEK ENDED
SEPTEMBER 5
ALL PROGRAMS
CHANGE FROM
EXCLUDING
LAST
YEAR
RAILROAD
STATE (%) 2 WEEK
AGO UCFE 1 UCX 1 RETIREMENT
40,198
2.1 -4,348
24,888
81
52
40,331
25,762
8.3 -1,774
21,252
110
53
25,925
194,479 6.7 -5,705
169,053
356
240
195,075
38,926
3.2 -3,869
28,117
66
41
39,033
2,724,331 15.7 -288,256 2,438,767 1,927 2,832
2,729,090
157,091 5.9 -5,170
141,494
178
340
157,609
167,339 10.1 -29,338 140,517
160
90
167,589
29,534
6.6 -2,793
25,700
17
24
29,575
65,671 11.3
215
58,946
830
19
66,520
414,174 4.7 3,768
373,462
246
187
414,607
498,813 11.3 -24,330 473,596
537
560
499,910
122,971 19.8 -3,424
116,647
318
190
123,479
11,510
1.5 -1,511
7,926
12
17
11,539
507,880 8.6 -44,556 421,528
539
234
508,653
164,615 5.4 5,873
151,489
128
140
164,883
65,422
4.3 -5,531
53,117
99
50
65,571
55,405
4.1 -1,414
48,039
97
66
55,568
107,150 5.6 -12,749
90,728
93
213
107,456
250,244 13.2 -5,940
235,452
167
67
250,478
30,612
5.0 -5,588
27,646
32
23
30,667
164,868 6.5
-736
141,196
249
201
165,318
375,192 10.5 -19,656 328,069
250
193
375,635
393,705 9.1 -45,539 358,082
116
121
393,942
207,645 7.2 -5,348
184,941
160
155
207,960
87,107
7.8 -7,905
79,677
125
51
87,283
86,832
3.2 -10,250
70,914
74
61
86,967
22,976
5.0 -1,201
19,418
45
31
23,052
22,344
2.3 -3,801
19,321
38
11
22,393
206,166 14.9 -10,021 189,252
94
135
206,395
39,938
6.1 -3,018
37,153
10
11
39,959
366,673 9.1 -21,560 282,739
292
430
367,395
84,543 10.5 -2,586
77,077
413
91
85,047
1,291,952 13.7 -119,235 1,173,144
390
697
1,293,039
151,318 3.4 -18,436 132,513
322
489
152,129
12,798
3.1
-925
11,141
80
16
12,894
323,325 6.0 -7,992
285,976
189
342
323,856
110,907 7.1 -7,812
96,556
103
139
111,149
139,312 7.2 -15,101 116,883
287
125
139,724
542,128 9.3 -40,693 450,177
1,115 452
543,695
121,202 14.1
-79
104,330
166
43
121,411
45,841
9.7 1,012
40,158
63
24
45,928
101,456 4.8 -13,972
87,159
47
97
101,600
6,673
1.6 -2,492
5,848
193
2
6,868
178,952 5.4 -13,959 162,704
123
138
179,213
976,588 7.9 -66,529 860,696
1,002 2,644
980,234
30,858
2.1 -3,920
25,104
47
31
30,936
23,961
7.9 -1,614
22,057
4
4
23,969
4,130
11.3
384
3,680
2
2
4,134
201,616 5.4 -15,869 183,773
446
464
202,526
263,245 7.8 -8,672
222,356
374
736
264,355
45,891
6.9 -1,851
38,053
76
60
46,027
130,672 4.6 -7,949
110,261
117
85
130,874
7,920
2.9
-960
6,535
20
4
7,944
12,440,861 8.5 -914,725 10,975,307 13,025 13,523
12,467,409

Figures appearing in columns showing over-the-week changes reflect all revisions in data for prior week submitted by
state agencies.
1. The Unemployment Compensation program for Federal Employees (UCFE) and the Unemployment Compensation for
Ex-servicemembers (UCX) exclude claims filed jointly under other programs to avoid duplication.
2. Rate is not seasonally adjusted. The source of U.S. total covered employment is BLS.

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 UNADJUSTED INITIAL CLAIMS FOR WEEK ENDED SEPTEMBER 12, 2020

STATES WITH AN INCREASE OF MORE THAN 1,000
State
IN
KS
IL
MI

Change
+1,990
+1,928
+1,906
+1,727

State Supplied Comment
No comment.
No comment.
Layoffs in the other services, construction, and wholesale trade industries.
No comment.

STATES WITH A DECREASE OF MORE THAN 1,000
State
CA
TX
LA
GA

Change
-17,400
-15,905
-8,384
-8,235

WA
NJ
FL

-3,291
-3,108
-2,991

NY

-2,837

MO
OH
AZ
AR
VA
OK

-1,955
-1,706
-1,328
-1,039
-1,035
-1,006

State Supplied Comment
Fewer layoffs in the service industry.
No comment.
No comment.
Fewer layoffs in the accommodation and food services, health care and social assistance, and
art, entertainment and recreation industries.
No comment.
No comment.
Fewer layoffs in the agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting, construction, manufacturing,
wholesale trade, retail trade, and service industries.
Fewer layoffs in the health care and social assistance, transportation and warehousing, and
manufacturing industries.
Fewer layoffs in the retail trade and accommodation and food services industries.
No comment.
No comment.
No comment.
No comment.
No comment.

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 TECHNICAL NOTES
This news release presents the weekly unemployment insurance (UI) claims reported by each state's unemployment
insurance program offices. These claims may be used for monitoring workload volume, assessing state program
operations and for assessing labor market conditions. States initially report claims directly taken by the state liable for the
benefit payments, regardless of where the claimant who filed the claim resided. These are the basis for the advance initial
claims and continued claims reported each week. These data come from ETA 538, Advance Weekly Initial and
Continued Claims Report. The following week initial claims and continued claims are revised based on a second
reporting by states that reflect the claimants by state of residence. These data come from the ETA 539, Weekly Claims
and Extended Benefits Trigger Data Report.
A. Initial Claims
An initial claim is a claim filed by an unemployed individual after a separation from an employer. The claimant requests
a determination of basic eligibility for the UI program. When an initial claim is filed with a state, certain programmatic
activities take place and these result in activity counts including the count of initial claims. The count of U.S. initial
claims for unemployment insurance is a leading economic indicator because it is an indication of emerging labor market
conditions in the country. However, these are weekly administrative data which are difficult to seasonally adjust, making
the series subject to some volatility.
B. Continued Weeks Claimed
A person who has already filed an initial claim and who has experienced a week of unemployment then files a continued
claim to claim benefits for that week of unemployment. Continued claims are also referred to as insured unemployment.
The count of U.S. continued weeks claimed is also a good indicator of labor market conditions. Continued claims reflect
the current number of insured unemployed workers filing for UI benefits in the nation. While continued claims are not a
leading indicator (they roughly coincide with economic cycles at their peaks and lag at cycle troughs), they provide
confirming evidence of the direction of the U.S. economy.
C. Seasonal Adjustments and Annual Revisions
Over the course of a year, the weekly changes in the levels of initial claims and continued claims undergo regularly
occurring fluctuations. These fluctuations may result from seasonal changes in weather, major holidays, the opening and
closing of schools, or other similar events. Because these seasonal events follow a more or less regular pattern each year,
their influence on the level of a series can be tempered by adjusting for regular seasonal variation. These adjustments
make trend and cycle developments easier to spot. At the beginning of each calendar year, the Bureau of Labor Statistics
provides the Employment and Training Administration (ETA) with a set of seasonal factors to apply to the unadjusted
data during that year. Concurrent with the implementation and release of the new seasonal factors, ETA incorporates
revisions to the UI claims historical series caused by updates to the unadjusted data.

Weekly Claims Archives
Weekly Claims Data
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Release Number: USDL 20-1814-NAT

Program Contacts:
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