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Daily Unemployment Insurance (UI) Claims
Date | 15-Mar | 17-Mar | 19-Mar | 20-Mar | 21-Mar | 23-Mar | 25-Mar | 27-Mar | 29-Mar | 31-Mar | 2-Apr | 4-Apr | 6-Apr | 8-Apr | 10-Apr | 12-Apr | 14-Apr | 16-Apr | 18-Apr | 20-Apr | 21-Apr | 22-Apr | 23-Apr | 24-Apr | 25-Apr | 26-Apr | 27-Apr | 28-Apr | 29-Apr | 30-Apr | 1-May | 2-May | 3-May | 4-May | 5-May | 6-May | 7-May | 8-May | 9-May | 10-May | 11-May | 12-May | 13-May | 14-May | 15-May | 16-May | 17-May | 18-May | 20-May | 21-May | 22-May | 23-May | 24-May | 25-May | 26-May | 27-May | 28-May | 29-May | 30-May | 31-May | 1-Jun | 2-Jun | 3-Jun | 4-Jun | 5-Jun | 6-Jun | 7-Jun | 8-Jun | 9-Jun | 10-Jun | 11-Jun | 12-Jun | 13-Jun | 14-Jun | 15-Jun | 16-Jun | 17-Jun | 18-Jun | 19-Jun | 20-Jun | 21-Jun | 22-Jun | 23-Jun | 24-Jun | 25-Jun | 26-Jun | 27-Jun | 28-Jun | 29-Jun | 30-Jun | 1-Jul | 2-Jul | 3-Jul | 4-Jul | 5-Jul | 6-Jul | 7-Jul | 8-Jul | 9-Jul | 10-Jul | 11-Jul | 12-Jul | 13-Jul | 14-Jul | 15-Jul | 16-Jul | 17-Jul | 18-Jul | 19-Jul | 20-Jul | 21-Jul | 22-Jul | 23-Jul | 24-Jul | 25-Jul | 26-Jul | 27-Jul | 28-Jul | 29-Jul | 30-Jul | 31-Jul | 1-Aug | 00002-Aug | 3-Aug | 4-Aug | 5-Aug | 6-Aug | 7-Aug | 8-Aug | 9-Aug | 10-Aug | 11-Aug | 12-Aug | 13-Aug | 14-Aug | 15-Aug | 16-Aug | 17-Aug | 18-Aug | 19-Aug | 20-Aug | 21-Aug | 22-Aug | 23-Aug | 24-Aug | 25-Aug | 26-Aug | 27-Aug | 28-Aug | 29-Aug | 30-Aug | 31-Aug | 1- Sep | 2-Sep | 3-Sep | 4-Sep | 5-Sep | 6-Sep | 7-Sep | 8-Sep | 9-Sep | 10-sep | 11- Sep | 12- Sep | 13- Sep | 14-Sep | 15-Sep | 16-Sep | 17-Sep | 18-Sep | 19-Sep | 20-Sep | 22-Sep | 22-Sep | 23-Sep | 24-Sep | 25-Sep | 26-Sep | 27-Sep | 28-Sep | 29-Sept | 30-Sep | 1- Oct | 2-Oct | 3-Oct | 4-Oct | 5- Oct | 6- Oct | 7- Oct | 8- Oct | 9- Oct | 10- Oct | 11- Oct | 12-Oct | 13- Oct | 14- Oct | 15- Oct | 16- Oct | 17-Oct | 18- Oct | 19- Oct | 20- Oct | 21-Oct | 22- | 23- Oct | 24- Oct | 25- Oct | 26- Oct | 27- Oct | 28-Oct | 29-Oct | 30- Oct | 31- Oct | 1- Nov | 2- Nov | 3- Nov | 4- Nov | 5- Nov | 6- Nov | 7- Nov | 8- Nov | 9- Nov | 10- Nov | 11- Nov | 12- Nov | 13- Nov | 14- Nov | 15- Nov | 16- Nov | 17- Nov | 18- Nov | 19- Nov | 20- Nov | 21- Nov | 22- Nov | 23- Nov | 24-Nov | 25- Nov | 26- Nov | 27- Nov | 28- Nov | 29- Nov | 30- Nov | 1- Dec | 2- Dec | 3- Dec | 4- Dec | 5- Dec | 6- Dec | 7- Dec | 8- Dec | 9- Dec | 10- Dec | 11- Dec | 12- Dec | 13- Dec | 14- Dec | 15- Dec | 16- Dec | 17- Dec | 18-Dec | 19-Dec | 20-Dec | 21-Dec | 22-Dec | 23- Dec | 24- Dec | 25- Dec | 26- Dec | 27- Dec | 28- Dec | 29-Dec | 30- Dec | 31- Dec | 1- Jan | 2- Jan | 3- Jan | 4- Jan | 5- Jan | 6- Jan | 7- Jan | 8- Jan | 9- Jan | 10- Jan | 11- Jan | 12- Jan | 13- Jan | 14- Jan | 15- Jan | 16- Jan | 17- Jan | 18-Jan | 19- Jan | 20- Jan | 21- Jan |
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Initial Claims Filed | 425 | 3184 | 23894 | 34706 | 18039 | 26318 | 29018 | 26435 | 20203 | 26972 | 13689 | 26100 | 21202 | 22766 | 27688 | 12722 | 19075 | 19011 | 8652 | 17057 | 15908 | 14118 | 14457 | 54495 | 32446 | 21943 | 32613 | 31636 | 29753 | 28019 | 22663 | 10699 | 11869 | 23472 | 17633 | 19495 | 16020 | 14586 | 7122 | 5822 | 16984 | 15925 | 15897 | 13941 | 13177 | 7516 | 6991 | 18136 | 14823 | 14061 | 18169 | 6857 | 7805 | 10795 | 14777 | 13362 | 13041 | 11507 | 5425 | 7422 | 12159 | 11553 | 10690 | 10282 | 9348 | 5689 | 7894 | 14929 | 11581 | 10803 | 10015 | 8461 | 4390 | 11920 | 21402 | 14223 | 12200 | 10168 | 10704 | 5990 | 18099 | 23760 | 15646 | 12501 | 12309 | 10054 | 5764 | 19100 | 21758 | 14525 | 12569 | 11360 | 7437 | 3968 | 29723 | 23510 | 14594 | 11528 | 10629 | 9352 | 5540 | 14781 | 17708 | 10602 | 10781 | 8536 | 9403 | 5273 | 13259 | 15211 | 10819 | 9441 | 9081 | 8338 | 4558 | 9346 | 10887 | 7888 | 6521 | 6289 | 5091 | 3063 | 7001 | 8950 | 5381 | 4820 | 4763 | 8084 | 3311 | 4351 | 10654 | 7091 | 5983 | 5637 | 5123 | 2648 | 6329 | 9191 | 6138 | 5091 | 4548 | 4221 | 2446 | 5816 | 8214 | 6153 | 5449 | 4858 | 4157 | 2857 | 5658 | 9229 | 7604 | 6007 | 5778 | 5242 | 3005 | 5012 | 5185 | 6781 | 5750 | 5528 | 4119 | 2403 | 4435 | 7568 | 9569 | 6991 | 6371 | 7416 | 3769 | 11583 | 16144 | 9669 | 7685 | 6306 | 5529 | 3043 | 8666 | 12859 | 8647 | 7746 | 8553 | 6690 | 3597 | 18118 | 16087 | 8940 | 6830 | 5602 | 4855 | 3062 | 8349 | 12235 | 7846 | 4944 | 4563 | 4337 | 2284 | 7396 | 11051 | 6525 | 5155 | 4556 | 3807 | 2033 | 6779 | 10724 | 6753 | 4718 | 4257 | 4359 | 2374 | 12640 | 12796 | 6402 | 4908 | 4512 | 3728 | 2025 | 9294 | 10833 | 6220 | 4346 | 4807 | 3734 | 2302 | 7619 | 9943 | 6892 | 5433 | 4738 | 4258 | 2346 | 7593 | 9993 | 6014 | 4146 | 1553 | 2630 | 2487 | 8175 | 10496 | 7559 | 6030 | 5015 | 4483 | 2575 | 6960 | 9056 | 7148 | 5830 | 5111 | 4099 | 2507 | 6241 | 8598 | 6246 | 5292 | 5018 | 4155 | 2286 | 7346 | 11468 | 8357 | 5506 | 2078 | 1161 | 7735 | 43927 | 21309 | 17316 | 9050 | 5318 | 4191 | 3966 | 15870 | 13802 | 9998 | 7951 | 7030 | 5853 | 3063 | 7139 | 10458 | 7935 | 7161 | 6638 | 6110 | 3232 | 6314 | 7948 | 8554 | 7185 | 6594 |
More UI Claims Data Claims by county, with demographic and industry information
- Note: Total includes $136.8M of the Increased Benefit Amount, $591.7M of Federal payments from the Lost Wages Assistance program, $5B from the FPUC program, $853.2M from the PUA program, $215.8M from the Extended Benefits program, and $761.2M from the PEUC program
- Payment data for Mar. 15, 2020-Jan. 22, 2021. UI claims up-to-date through 11:59pm, Thursday, January 21, 2021. This page updated daily by 11:00am. Last updated January 22 • 11:03am
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- Visit this page on the Employment Security website for additional details.

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