News Release Connect with DOL at https://blog.dol.gov TRANSMISSION OF MATERIALS IN THIS RELEASE IS EMBARGOED UNTIL 8:30 A.M. (Eastern) Thursday, November 19, 2020 UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE WEEKLY CLAIMS SEASONALLY ADJUSTED DATA In the week ending November 14, the advance figure for seasonally adjusted initial claims was 742,000, an increase of 31,000 from the previous week's revised level. The previous week's level was revised up by 2,000 from 709,000 to 711,000. The 4-week moving average was 742,000, a decrease of 13,750 from the previous week's revised average. The previous week's average was revised up by 500 from 755,250 to 755,750. The advance seasonally adjusted insured unemployment rate was 4.3 percent for the week ending November 7, a decrease of 0.3 percentage point from the previous week's unrevised rate. The advance number for seasonally adjusted insured unemployment during the week ending November 7 was 6,372,000, a decrease of 429,000 from the previous week's revised level. The previous week's level was revised up 15,000 from 6,786,000 to 6,801,000. The 4-week moving average was 7,054,500, a decrease of 525,000 from the previous week's revised average. The previous week's average was revised up by 3,750 from 7,575,750 to 7,579,500. 1 UNADJUSTED DATA The advance number of actual initial claims under state programs, unadjusted, totaled 743,460 in the week ending November 14, an increase of 18,344 (or 2.5 percent) from the previous week. The seasonal factors had expected a decrease of 13,302 (or -1.8 percent) from the previous week. There were 227,892 initial claims in the comparable week in 2019. In addition, for the week ending November 14, 52 states reported 320,237 initial claims for Pandemic Unemployment Assistance. The advance unadjusted insured unemployment rate was 4.2 percent during the week ending November 7, a decrease of 0.2 percentage point from the prior week. The advance unadjusted number for persons claiming UI benefits in state programs totaled 6,081,402, a decrease of 419,670 (or -6.5 percent) from the preceding week. The seasonal factors had expected an increase of 9,438 (or 0.1 percent) from the previous week. A year earlier the rate was 1.0 percent and the volume was 1,460,773. The total number of people claiming benefits in all programs for the week ending October 31 was 20,319,615, a decrease of 841,245 from the previous week. There were 1,476,521 persons claiming benefits in all programs in the comparable week in 2019. During the week ending October 31, Extended Benefits were available in the following 40 states: Alaska, Arizona, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, District of Columbia, Georgia, Hawaii, Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Puerto Rico, Rhode Island, South Carolina, Texas, Vermont, the Virgin Islands, Virginia, Washington, and West Virginia. 2 Initial claims for UI benefits filed by former Federal civilian employees totaled 2,555 in the week ending November 7, a decrease of 295 from the prior week. There were 899 initial claims filed by newly discharged veterans, an increase of 70 from the preceding week. There were 13,540 former Federal civilian employees claiming UI benefits for the week ending October 31, an increase of 1,183 from the previous week. Newly discharged veterans claiming benefits totaled 11,905, a decrease of 271 from the prior week. During the week ending October 31, 51 states reported 8,681,647 individuals claiming Pandemic Unemployment Assistance benefits and 51 states reported 4,376,847 individuals claiming Pandemic Emergency Unemployment Compensation benefits. The highest insured unemployment rates in the week ending October 31 were in California (8.3), Hawaii (8.3), New Mexico (8.0), Nevada (7.6), Georgia (6.5), Pennsylvania (6.4), Alaska (6.2), Massachusetts (6.2), District of Columbia (6.0), and Illinois (5.7). The largest increases in initial claims for the week ending November 7 were in Washington (+7,683), California (+5,293), Massachusetts (+3,383), Alabama (+1,704), and Louisiana (+1,626), while the largest decreases were in Georgia (-13,426), Illinois (-6,357), Kentucky (-4,830), Texas (-3,934), and New Jersey (-3,725). 3 UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE DATA FOR REGULAR STATE PROGRAMS WEEK ENDING Initial Claims (SA) Initial Claims (NSA) 4-Wk Moving Average (SA) WEEK ENDING Insured Unemployment (SA) Insured Unemployment (NSA) 4-Wk Moving Average (SA) Insured Unemployment Rate (SA)2 Insured Unemployment Rate (NSA)2 November 14 742,000 743,460 742,000 November 7 711,000 725,116 755,750 Change +31,000 +18,344 -13,750 October 31 757,000 743,904 788,500 Prior Year1 223,000 227,892 218,500 November 7 6,372,000 6,081,402 7,054,500 4.3% 4.2% October 31 6,801,000 6,501,072 7,579,500 4.6% 4.4% Change -429,000 -419,670 -525,000 -0.3 -0.2 October 24 7,222,000 6,888,363 8,228,750 4.9% 4.7% Prior Year1 1,697,000 1,460,773 1,698,500 1.2% 1.0% INITIAL CLAIMS FILED IN FEDERAL PROGRAMS (UNADJUSTED) WEEK ENDING Pandemic Unemployment Assistance WEEK ENDING Federal Employees (UCFE) Newly Discharged Veterans (UCX) November 14 November 7 Change October 31 320,237 296,374 +23,863 361,959 November 7 2,555 899 October 31 2,850 829 Change -295 +70 Prior Year1 1,103 492 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 October 31 6,454,659 13,540 11,905 8,681,647 4,376,847 633,916 2,706 144,395 20,319,615 October 24 6,837,941 12,357 12,176 9,433,127 4,143,389 555,475 2,433 163,962 21,160,860 Change -383,282 +1,183 -271 -751,480 +233,458 +78,441 +273 -19,567 -841,245 Prior Year1 1,447,441 7,462 5,681 NA NA 0 5,648 10,289 1,476,521 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 146,534,375 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 November 14 Advance Prior Wk Change 8,709 8,764 -55 5,085 4,545 540 8,022 6,410 1,612 3,032 3,672 -640 158,989 157,773 1,216 9,393 7,516 1,877 5,593 5,126 467 1,394 1,522 -128 1,242 1,341 -99 21,538 31,403 -9,865 19,111 23,827 -4,716 4,456 4,245 211 4,876 5,008 -132 46,526 67,158 -20,632 16,482 14,111 2,371 6,312 5,217 1,095 18,418 15,471 2,947 7,699 4,363 3,336 42,724 10,045 32,679 1,933 2,264 -331 11,418 11,332 86 52,103 42,800 9,303 15,469 15,320 149 15,653 11,820 3,833 2,986 3,690 -704 7,339 7,635 -296 2,650 2,535 115 2,509 2,342 167 8,272 7,556 716 1,819 2,171 -352 12,289 20,978 -8,689 5,310 3,893 1,417 43,299 43,876 -577 7,067 8,291 -1,224 1,688 1,238 450 24,433 21,935 2,498 3,887 4,470 -583 5,081 4,445 636 22,486 23,051 -565 957 851 106 2,749 2,437 312 3,501 3,461 40 442 568 -126 6,182 7,727 -1,545 38,060 33,667 4,393 3,133 2,600 533 828 805 23 7 66 -59 14,089 9,909 4,180 18,030 26,546 -8,516 1,726 1,804 -78 15,573 14,334 1,239 891 1,182 -291 743,460 725,116 18,344 Insured Unemployment For Week Ended November 7 Advance Prior Wk Change 22,052 28,422 -6,370 19,049 19,083 -34 95,584 103,243 -7,659 18,767 24,049 -5,282 1,417,263 1,446,336 -29,073 86,957 92,367 -5,410 83,384 90,341 -6,957 14,117 14,391 -274 31,881 34,991 -3,110 165,388 205,800 -40,412 256,721 285,798 -29,077 44,081 51,302 -7,221 7,552 8,143 -591 351,847 337,143 14,704 81,434 87,474 -6,040 35,242 35,213 29 54,708 49,150 5,558 51,086 51,146 -60 85,342 98,935 -13,593 11,435 12,917 -1,482 70,930 80,101 -9,171 210,384 223,567 -13,183 168,941 187,648 -18,707 109,450 105,784 3,666 31,803 38,767 -6,964 43,917 50,160 -6,243 13,571 14,930 -1,359 11,443 12,528 -1,085 89,814 105,951 -16,137 22,227 23,447 -1,220 164,128 168,839 -4,711 43,914 64,882 -20,968 448,965 483,800 -34,835 77,041 88,288 -11,247 7,553 6,732 821 142,263 154,410 -12,147 44,277 59,257 -14,980 82,821 79,353 3,468 286,929 368,869 -81,940 46,285 48,361 -2,076 14,950 15,766 -816 47,126 52,316 -5,190 3,406 3,856 -450 56,937 65,232 -8,295 504,461 528,651 -24,190 14,569 15,242 -673 11,170 11,209 -39 2,574 1,698 876 84,349 91,960 -7,611 169,764 152,131 17,633 22,408 21,388 1,020 93,498 94,072 -574 5,644 5,633 11 6,081,402 6,501,072 -419,670 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. 5 Seasonally Adjusted US Weekly UI Claims (in thousands) Week Ending 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 September 26, 2020 October 3, 2020 October 10, 2020 October 17, 2020 October 24, 2020 October 31, 2020 November 7, 2020 November 14, 2020 Initial Claims 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 1,011 884 893 866 873 849 767 842 797 758 757 711 742 Change from Prior Week 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 7 -24 -82 75 -45 -39 -1 -46 31 Change from Insured Prior Unemployment Week 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 12,747 0 11,979 -768 10,594 -1,385 9,398 -1,196 8,472 -926 7,823 -649 7,222 -601 6,801 -421 6,372 -429 4-Week Average 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 1,069.25 992.50 973.00 913.50 879.00 870.25 838.75 832.75 813.75 791.00 788.50 755.75 742.00 6 4-Week Average 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 13,082.50 12,754.25 12,016.75 11,179.50 10,110.75 9,071.75 8,228.75 7,579.50 7,054.50 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 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 8.7 8.2 7.2 6.4 5.8 5.3 4.9 4.6 4.3 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 November 14 Advance Prior Wk Change 3,697 4,704 -1,007 272 270 2 4,002 1,783 2,219 3,332 2,585 747 33,198 26,357 6,841 0 6,121 -6,121 429 400 29 111 101 10 140 167 -27 25,603 29,308 -3,705 1,462 3,134 -1,672 1,431 1,719 -288 11 23 -12 10,142 9,726 416 11,416 10,282 1,134 1,477 1,217 260 5,432 2,126 3,306 2,597 3,212 -615 39,566 9,694 29,872 273 284 -11 3,669 3,301 368 8,122 8,724 -602 9,731 10,314 -583 13 7 6 589 697 -108 258 150 108 805 840 -35 849 870 -21 10,745 18,485 -7,740 278 276 2 3,155 2,347 808 992 985 7 22,321 21,060 1,261 16,462 20,693 -4,231 992 717 275 35,728 31,873 3,855 478 606 -128 5,833 4,872 961 16,348 18,578 -2,230 11,987 11,507 480 2,966 3,329 -363 2,242 2,334 -92 32 20 12 2,127 2,867 -740 6,394 5,402 992 715 625 90 45 25 20 42 63 -21 5,093 4,341 752 2,503 2,776 -273 2,119 2,469 -350 1,876 1,799 77 137 209 -72 320,237 296,374 23,863 PUA Continued Claims For Week Ended Oct 31 Oct 31 Oct 24 Change 42,180 39,902 2,278 9,513 10,495 -982 244,147 282,716 -38,569 61,096 60,781 315 1,648,453 2,151,076 -502,623 78,759 64,903 13,856 37,366 37,649 -283 7,466 7,719 -253 15,002 15,057 -55 0 0 0 251,392 249,853 1,539 79,368 83,150 -3,782 10,492 10,327 165 134,139 131,587 2,552 177,764 153,670 24,094 12,109 12,733 -624 36,863 46,904 -10,041 16,704 50,201 -33,497 119,829 117,663 2,166 14,237 15,110 -873 200,537 207,399 -6,862 435,568 469,309 -33,741 504,479 515,919 -11,440 42,302 43,800 -1,498 26,189 27,034 -845 42,993 44,089 -1,096 26,876 28,578 -1,702 8,109 8,918 -809 90,611 94,950 -4,339 13,418 13,530 -112 352,750 352,887 -137 35,215 34,900 315 1,201,966 1,288,712 -86,746 120,190 116,340 3,850 5,538 5,915 -377 418,031 431,405 -13,374 8,903 8,251 652 106,633 93,345 13,288 755,544 755,724 -180 205,456 204,416 1,040 41,320 42,555 -1,235 55,193 55,538 -345 1,628 1,614 14 77,315 76,889 426 515,387 559,196 -43,809 3,633 3,913 -280 8,274 8,236 38 0 0 0 200,821 201,889 -1,068 103,064 104,909 -1,845 42,511 51,885 -9,374 32,454 37,704 -5,250 1,860 1,882 -22 8,681,647 9,433,127 -751,480 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. 7 Pandemic Emergency Unemployment Compensation Claims - Not Seasonally Adjusted STATE October 31 PEUC Claims Filed During Weeks Ended: October 24 Change October 17 October 10 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 36,326 9,057 50,776 13,473 1,204,014 59,175 57,966 12,861 22,656 0 0 41,112 5,259 204,472 51,555 26,153 22,505 28,839 34,001 14,348 49,540 167,187 196,101 78,814 16,855 47,485 5,582 4,153 92,211 6,114 174,200 13,449 682,997 124,799 6,092 93,606 26,577 55,982 240,011 30,011 20,001 71,306 887 47,864 39,549 8,780 8,995 167 89,763 5,558 15,579 58,737 3,347 4,376,847 41,185 9,185 46,975 15,678 1,186,500 57,356 55,315 12,371 20,892 0 0 7,074 5,490 194,305 48,696 25,542 21,542 21,039 33,911 14,363 48,538 160,998 209,351 77,206 17,116 49,459 5,406 4,065 88,077 5,536 167,675 10,550 662,761 120,732 6,161 90,663 22,964 51,054 137,529 29,319 20,091 71,604 815 48,071 30,629 8,748 8,674 56 90,559 4,573 16,658 57,249 3,083 4,143,389 52,661 8,654 37,909 19,378 992,254 49,759 43,443 10,487 16,623 0 0 24,244 5,976 150,021 39,113 25,092 21,036 8,224 17,435 13,822 38,140 140,556 180,342 68,327 16,007 48,107 4,901 3,697 75,042 4,012 148,516 22,361 600,921 135,312 5,503 78,608 24,215 42,518 160,796 17,780 18,381 70,088 581 49,239 44,338 8,930 7,715 21 86,841 5,914 14,308 50,359 2,582 3,711,089 -4,859 -128 3,801 -2,205 17,514 1,819 2,651 490 1,764 0 0 34,038 -231 10,167 2,859 611 963 7,800 90 -15 1,002 6,189 -13,250 1,608 -261 -1,974 176 88 4,134 578 6,525 2,899 20,236 4,067 -69 2,943 3,613 4,928 102,482 692 -90 -298 72 -207 8,920 32 321 111 -796 985 -1,079 1,488 264 233,458 46,350 8,753 43,175 16,057 1,098,039 48,488 52,144 11,654 18,927 0 0 31,617 5,822 168,672 44,945 26,130 20,570 22,553 26,113 14,402 43,921 152,834 176,677 73,570 16,599 48,671 5,174 3,850 83,467 4,877 164,686 7,054 644,570 126,204 5,859 85,680 28,552 47,157 170,750 24,176 19,649 71,739 717 47,823 37,955 8,860 8,256 109 91,108 4,905 15,133 55,742 2,878 3,983,613 Note: Information on the Pandemic Emergency Unemployment Compensation (PEUC) program can be found in Unemployment Insurance Program Letter (UIPL) 17-20: PEUC Program information 8 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 October 31 0 1,296 3,918 3,859 143,588 57 8,606 132 23 0 0 15 24 28,526 3,069 5,300 1,310 126 2,074 1,826 6,889 19,632 32,061 12,379 3,802 60 929 96 10,174 441 33,497 749 48,186 87,301 3 14,794 0 6,780 20,383 1,366 2,381 6,593 0 3,140 84,599 0 726 0 16,246 16,862 37 42 21 633,918 EB Claims Filed During Weeks Ended: October 24 3,684 1,295 3,393 2,900 94,230 66 8,352 139 25 0 0 13 22 26,056 3,064 4,818 1,158 113 2,199 1,651 6,667 18,501 13,483 11,349 3,438 266 834 115 8,534 436 32,826 553 46,068 96,873 19 13,921 0 6,185 18,243 2,317 2,154 5,940 0 2,964 79,914 0 706 0 14,637 15,277 21 37 19 555,475 Change -3,684 1 525 959 49,358 -9 254 -7 -2 0 0 2 2 2,470 5 482 152 13 -125 175 222 1,131 18,578 1,030 364 -206 95 -19 1,640 5 671 196 2,118 -9,572 -16 873 0 595 2,140 -951 227 653 0 176 4,685 0 20 0 1,609 1,585 16 5 2 78,443 Note: Information on the EB program can be found here: EB Program information 9 INITIAL CLAIMS FILED DURING WEEK ENDED NOVEMBER 7 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 8,764 4,545 6,410 3,672 157,773 7,516 5,126 1,522 1,341 31,403 23,827 4,245 5,008 67,158 14,111 5,217 15,471 4,363 10,045 2,264 11,332 42,800 15,320 11,820 3,690 7,635 2,535 2,342 7,556 2,171 20,978 3,893 43,876 8,291 1,238 21,935 4,470 4,445 23,051 851 2,437 3,461 568 7,727 33,667 2,600 805 66 9,909 26,546 1,804 14,334 1,182 725,116 CHANGE FROM LAST YEAR WEEK AGO UCFE 1 UCX 1 1,704 6,556 33 12 94 3,226 16 1 21 2,458 13 1 -342 1,941 10 3 5,293 111,957 800 241 378 5,198 36 24 248 2,267 30 7 -56 895 14 3 -6 771 38 1 -222 25,375 70 80 -13,426 18,410 127 36 -444 3,114 26 6 1,089 3,719 24 1 -6,357 56,143 12 3 698 11,047 25 8 608 2,290 25 2 -3,212 14,014 4 0 -4,830 2,011 1 5 1,626 7,773 17 9 568 1,425 4 0 457 8,090 34 1 3,383 36,583 88 27 305 7,761 52 5 -679 5,788 28 3 71 2,588 5 3 -523 4,211 5 2 -420 941 45 1 -134 1,586 13 2 -602 5,035 9 4 81 1,661 10 2 -3,725 8,231 52 16 -441 2,885 15 4 -1,840 28,159 27 23 -47 4,797 55 47 -27 588 5 0 582 14,124 41 19 -483 2,630 30 1 425 557 65 11 -691 8,616 192 32 -380 -348 3 0 -735 1,573 5 0 201 81 17 0 -288 250 6 2 280 5,246 43 12 -3,934 17,274 175 164 240 1,151 72 2 55 169 3 0 -35 36 1 0 -441 7,238 18 4 7,683 18,714 70 62 -219 444 4 3 -540 8,487 31 4 201 384 11 0 -18,788 486,120 2,555 899 INSURED UNEMPLOYMENT FOR WEEK ENDED OCTOBER 31 ALL PROGRAMS CHANGE FROM EXCLUDING LAST YEAR RAILROAD STATE (%) 2 WEEK AGO UCFE 1 UCX 1 RETIREMENT 28,422 1.5 -3,271 14,297 69 41 28,532 19,083 6.2 216 11,980 172 47 19,302 103,243 3.5 -9,182 82,570 221 225 103,689 24,049 2.0 -3,392 13,412 148 22 24,219 1,446,336 8.3 -114,927 1,162,137 3,000 2,779 1,452,115 92,367 3.4 -4,415 75,522 202 313 92,882 90,341 5.5 -6,236 64,469 255 89 90,685 14,391 3.2 -1,790 10,310 22 23 14,436 34,991 6.0 -2,769 28,646 505 9 35,505 205,800 2.3 -7,654 170,311 314 329 206,443 285,798 6.5 -16,241 261,547 605 468 286,871 51,302 8.3 -9,983 45,538 220 149 51,671 8,143 1.1 19 4,148 40 18 8,201 337,143 5.7 -5,602 258,943 540 278 337,961 87,474 2.9 -8,911 73,892 176 116 87,766 35,213 2.3 -1,769 21,158 60 40 35,313 49,150 3.6 3,486 42,057 66 44 49,260 51,146 2.7 -8,016 35,424 66 161 51,373 98,935 5.2 -16,415 85,525 119 57 99,111 12,917 2.1 -317 9,491 43 16 12,976 80,101 3.2 -1,823 58,179 233 115 80,449 223,567 6.2 -26,122 178,781 233 124 223,924 187,648 4.4 -25,758 145,780 140 102 187,890 105,784 3.7 -4,800 78,369 148 105 106,037 38,767 3.5 -2,673 31,726 72 34 38,873 50,160 1.8 -5,288 33,238 113 35 50,308 14,930 3.3 -318 9,084 160 25 15,115 12,528 1.3 -1,789 10,845 36 8 12,572 105,951 7.6 -8,151 89,937 72 135 106,158 23,447 3.6 -1,031 20,558 43 9 23,499 168,839 4.2 -10,489 93,821 218 468 169,525 64,882 8.0 -4,302 56,677 270 101 65,253 483,800 5.1 -39,896 371,555 274 421 484,495 88,288 2.0 -3,222 69,294 237 365 88,890 6,732 1.6 -329 4,722 12 9 6,753 154,410 2.9 -8,587 112,008 229 301 154,940 59,257 3.8 119 44,070 70 86 59,413 79,353 4.1 -7,817 56,016 501 146 80,000 368,869 6.4 58,719 280,503 1,372 573 370,814 48,361 5.6 -10,747 30,429 115 11 48,487 15,766 3.3 -704 10,284 60 18 15,844 52,316 2.5 -3,547 38,542 52 163 52,531 3,856 0.9 43 2,912 32 4 3,892 65,232 2.0 -7,318 49,546 71 68 65,371 528,651 4.3 -29,690 417,260 966 2,196 531,813 15,242 1.0 -1,085 8,793 89 22 15,353 11,209 3.7 -346 8,837 14 2 11,225 1,698 4.5 -970 1,178 0 0 1,698 91,960 2.4 -7,751 73,760 270 348 92,578 152,131 4.5 -8,599 105,805 352 553 153,036 21,388 3.2 -1,666 11,263 61 40 21,489 94,072 3.3 -4,151 71,987 155 88 94,315 5,633 2.1 -34 3,632 27 6 5,666 6,501,072 4.4 -387,291 5,050,768 13,540 11,905 6,526,517 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. 10 UNADJUSTED INITIAL CLAIMS FOR WEEK ENDED NOVEMBER 7, 2020 STATES WITH AN INCREASE OF MORE THAN 1,000 State WA Change +7,683 CA MA AL +5,293 +3,383 +1,704 LA ID +1,626 +1,089 State Supplied Comment Layoffs in the construction, manufacturing, wholesale trade, retail trade, finance, health care and social assistance, and accommodation and food services industries. No comment. No comment. Layoffs in the health care and social assistance, retail trade, and administrative and support and waste management and remediation services industries. No comment. No comment. STATES WITH A DECREASE OF MORE THAN 1,000 State GA Change -13,426 IL KY TX NJ KS NY -6,357 -4,830 -3,934 -3,725 -3,212 -1,840 State Supplied Comment Fewer layoffs in the accommodations and food services, administrative and support and waste management and remediation services, health care and social assistance, retail trade, and manufacturing industries. No comment. No comment. No comment. No comment. No comment. Fewer layoffs in the retail trade, wholesale trade, and information industries. 11 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 U.S. Department of Labor news materials are accessible at http://www.dol.gov. 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