Initial Claims for Unemployment - Top 15 States Week of 3/21

Not certain on whether problems with getting claims filed over past weeks impacted this data. But interesting that Pennsylvania and Ohio were the two top states for initial unemployment claims during reporting week of 3/21. Not necessarily the states with COVID-19 hot spots in the news.

With this week’s U.S. level doubling again, let’s see what next week looks like for these states.