States Whose Unemployment Claims Are Increasing the Most – WalletHub Study

New unemployment claims increased by 3.3% week-over-week on May 26, and were 7.9% higher compared to the same week last year. To help add some context to this statistic, WalletHub just released updated rankings for the States Where Unemployment Claims Are Increasing the Most.

U.S. unemployment has experienced fluctuations and a small overall rise over the past year. Most recently, the job market continued to falter, with new unemployment claims increasing by 3.3% week-over-week on May 26. There are currently 7.2 million Americans unemployed in total, and it’s important to look at some key stats for the latest week to get the complete picture.

To identify where unemployment claims are increasing the most, WalletHub compared the 50 states and the District of Columbia based on changes in unemployment claims for several key benchmark weeks.

Key Stats:

• The following states had unemployment claims last week that were higher than in the previous week: Kentucky, North Dakota, Tennessee, Minnesota, Kansas, Ohio, Wyoming, Mississippi, New Mexico, Idaho, Alaska, Oregon, Nevada, Illinois, Wisconsin, Pennsylvania, Hawaii, Arkansas, Missouri and Indiana.
• While there was an increase in weekly claims nationally, 20 states – including Iowa, South Dakota and Montana – had unemployment claims last week that were better than the same week last year.

To view the full report and your state’s rank, please visit:
https://wallethub.com/edu/states-unemployment-claims/72730