Washington, DC…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.

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.

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).

UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE DATA FOR REGULAR STATE PROGRAMS WEEK ENDING November 14 November 7 Change October 31 Prior Year1 Initial Claims (SA) 742,000 711,000 +31,000 757,000 223,000 Initial Claims (NSA) 743,460 725,116 +18,344 743,904 227,892 4-Wk Moving Average (SA) 742,000 755,750 -13,750788,500 218,500 WEEK ENDING November 7 October 31 Change October 24 Prior Year1 Insured Unemployment (SA) 6,372,000 6,801,000 -429,0007,222,000 1,697,000 Insured Unemployment (NSA) 6,081,402 6,501,072 -419,6706,888,363 1,460,773 4-Wk Moving Average (SA) 7,054,500 7,579,500 -525,0008,228,750 1,698,500 Insured Unemployment Rate (SA)2 4.3% 4.6% -0.34.9% 1.2% Insured Unemployment Rate (NSA)2 4.2% 4.4% -0.24.7% 1.0% INITIAL CLAIMS FILED IN FEDERAL PROGRAMS (UNADJUSTED) WEEK ENDING November 14 November 7 Change October 31 Pandemic Unemployment Assistance 320,237 296,374 +23,863 361,959 WEEK ENDING November 7 October 31 Change Prior Year1 Federal Employees (UCFE) 2,555 2,850 -2951,103 Newly Discharged Veterans (UCX) 899 829 +70 492 PERSONS CLAIMING UI BENEFITS IN ALL PROGRAMS (UNADJUSTED) WEEK ENDING October 31 October 24 Change Prior Year1 Regular State 6,454,659 6,837,941 -383,2821,447,441 Federal Employees 13,540 12,357 +1,183 7,462 Newly Discharged Veterans 11,905 12,176 -2715,681 Pandemic Unemployment Assistance3 8,681,647 9,433,127 -751,480NA Pandemic Emergency UC4 4,376,847 4,143,389 +233,458 NA Extended Benefits5 633,916 555,475 +78,441 0 State Additional Benefits6 2,706 2,433 +273 5,648 STC / Workshare 7 144,395 163,962 -19,56710,289 TOTAL8 20,319,615 21,160,860 -841,2451,476,521

FOOTNOTES SA – Seasonally Adjusted Data, NSA – Not Seasonally Adjusted Data
1.Prior year is comparable to most recent data.
2.Most recent week used covered employment of 146,534,375 as denominator.
3.Information on the Pandemic Unemployment Assistance (PUA) program can be found in UIPL 16-20: PUA

Program information
4.Information on the Pandemic Emergency Unemployment Compensation (PEUC) program can be found in

UnemploymentInsurance Program Letter (UIPL) 17-20: PEUC Program information
5.Information on the EB program can be found here: EB Program information
6.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 ofthis link: Extensions and Special Programs PDF
7.Information on STC/Worksharing can be found starting on page 4-8 of the following link: Extensions and Special

ProgramsPDF
8.Totals include PUA Unemployment for the appropriate corresponding week.

Advance State Claims – Not Seasonally Adjusted Initial Claims Filed During Week Ended November 14 Insured Unemployment For Week Ended November 7 STATE Advance Prior Wk Change Advance Prior Wk Change Alabama 8,709 8,764 -55 22,052 28,422 -6,370 Alaska 5,085 4,545 540 19,049 19,083 -34 Arizona 8,022 6,410 1,612 95,584 103,243 -7,659 Arkansas 3,032 3,672 -640 18,767 24,049 -5,282 California 158,989 157,773 1,216 1,417,263 1,446,336 -29,073 Colorado 9,393 7,516 1,877 86,957 92,367 -5,410 Connecticut 5,593 5,126 467 83,384 90,341 -6,957 Delaware 1,394 1,522 -128 14,117 14,391 -274 District of Columbia 1,242 1,341 -99 31,881 34,991 -3,110 Florida 21,538 31,403 -9,865 165,388 205,800 -40,412 Georgia 19,111 23,827 -4,716 256,721 285,798 -29,077 Hawaii 4,456 4,245 211 44,081 51,302 -7,221 Idaho 4,876 5,008 -132 7,552 8,143 -591 Illinois 46,526 67,158 -20,632 351,847 337,143 14,704 Indiana 16,482 14,111 2,371 81,434 87,474 -6,040 Iowa 6,312 5,217 1,095 35,242 35,213 29 Kansas 18,418 15,471 2,947 54,708 49,150 5,558 Kentucky 7,699 4,363 3,336 51,086 51,146 -60 Louisiana 42,724 10,045 32,679 85,342 98,935 -13,593 Maine 1,933 2,264 -331 11,435 12,917 -1,482 Maryland 11,418 11,332 86 70,930 80,101 -9,171 Massachusetts 52,103 42,800 9,303 210,384 223,567 -13,183 Michigan 15,469 15,320 149 168,941 187,648 -18,707 Minnesota 15,653 11,820 3,833 109,450 105,784 3,666 Mississippi 2,986 3,690 -704 31,803 38,767 -6,964 Missouri 7,339 7,635 -296 43,917 50,160 -6,243 Montana 2,650 2,535 115 13,571 14,930 -1,359 Nebraska 2,509 2,342 167 11,443 12,528 -1,085 Nevada 8,272 7,556 716 89,814 105,951 -16,137 New Hampshire 1,819 2,171 -352 22,227 23,447 -1,220 New Jersey 12,289 20,978 -8,689 164,128 168,839 -4,711 New Mexico 5,310 3,893 1,417 43,914 64,882 -20,968 New York 43,299 43,876 -577 448,965 483,800 -34,835 North Carolina 7,067 8,291 -1,224 77,041 88,288 -11,247 North Dakota 1,688 1,238 450 7,553 6,732 821 Ohio 24,433 21,935 2,498 142,263 154,410 -12,147 Oklahoma 3,887 4,470 -583 44,277 59,257 -14,980 Oregon 5,081 4,445 636 82,821 79,353 3,468 Pennsylvania 22,486 23,051 -565 286,929 368,869 -81,940 Puerto Rico 957 851 106 46,285 48,361 -2,076 Rhode Island 2,749 2,437 312 14,950 15,766 -816 South Carolina 3,501 3,461 40 47,126 52,316 -5,190 South Dakota 442 568 -126 3,406 3,856 -450 Tennessee 6,182 7,727 -1,545 56,937 65,232 -8,295 Texas 38,060 33,667 4,393 504,461 528,651 -24,190 Utah 3,133 2,600 533 14,569 15,242 -673 Vermont 828 805 23 11,170 11,209 -39 Virgin Islands 7 66 -59 2,574 1,698 876 Virginia 14,089 9,909 4,180 84,349 91,960 -7,611 Washington 18,030 26,546 -8,516 169,764 152,131 17,633 West Virginia 1,726 1,804 -78 22,408 21,388 1,020 Wisconsin 15,573 14,334 1,239 93,498 94,072 -574 Wyoming 891 1,182 -291 5,644 5,633 11 US Total 743,460 725,116 18,344 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.

Seasonally Adjusted US Weekly UI Claims (in thousands) Week Ending Initial Claims Change from Prior Week 4-WeekAverageInsured Unemployment Change from Prior Week 4-WeekAverageIUR November 9, 2019 222 10 216.001,697 -51,698.501.2 November 16, 2019 223 1 218.501,665 -321,689.751.2 November 23, 2019 211 -12217.001,697 321,690.251.2 November 30, 2019 206 -5215.501,700 31,689.751.2 December 7, 2019 237 31219.251,725 251,696.751.2 December 14, 2019 229 -8220.751,716 -91,709.501.2 December 21, 2019 218 -11222.501,728 121,717.251.2 December 28, 2019 220 2226.001,775 471,736.001.2 January 4, 2020 212 -8219.751,759 -161,744.501.2 January 11, 2020 207 -5214.251,735 -241,749.251.2 January 18, 2020 220 13214.751,704 -311,743.251.2 January 25, 2020 212 -8212.751,753 491,737.751.2 February 1, 2020 201 -11210.001,678 -751,717.501.2 February 8, 2020 204 3209.251,729 511,716.001.2 February 15, 2020 215 11208.001,693 -361,713.251.2 February 22, 2020 220 5210.001,720 271,705.001.2 February 29, 2020 217 -3214.001,699 -211,710.251.2 March 7, 2020 211 -6215.751,702 31,703.501.2 March 14, 2020 282 71232.501,784 821,726.251.2 March 21, 2020 3,307 3,025 1,004.253,059 1,275 2,061.002.1 March 28, 2020 6,867 3,560 2,666.757,446 4,387 3,497.755.1 April 4, 2020 6,615 -2524,267.7511,914 4,468 6,050.758.2 April 11, 2020 5,237 -1,3785,506.5015,819 3,905 9,559.5010.9 April 18, 2020 4,442 -7955,790.2518,011 2,192 13,297.5012.4 April 25, 2020 3,867 -5755,040.2522,377 4,366 17,030.2515.4 May 2, 2020 3,176 -6914,180.5022,548 171 19,688.7515.5 May 9, 2020 2,687 -4893,543.0024,912 2,364 21,962.0017.1 May 16, 2020 2,446 -2413,044.0020,841 -4,07122,669.5014.3 May 23, 2020 2,123 -3232,608.0021,268 42722,392.2514.6 May 30, 2020 1,897 -2262,288.2520,606 -66221,906.7514.1 June 6, 2020 1,566 -3312,008.0020,289 -31720,751.0013.9 June 13, 2020 1,540 -261,781.5019,231 -1,05820,348.5013.2 June 20, 2020 1,482 -581,621.2518,760 -47119,721.5012.9 June 27, 2020 1,408 -741,499.0017,760 -1,00019,010.0012.2 July 4, 2020 1,310 -981,435.0017,304 -45618,263.7511.8 July 11, 2020 1,308 -21,377.0016,151 -1,15317,493.7511.1 July 18, 2020 1,422 1141,362.0016,951 80017,041.5011.6 July 25, 2020 1,435 131,368.7516,090 -86116,624.0011.0 August 1, 2020 1,191 -2441,339.0015,480 -61016,168.0010.6 August 8, 2020 971 -2201,254.7514,759 -72115,820.0010.1 August 15, 2020 1,104 1331,175.2514,492 -26715,205.259.9 August 22, 2020 1,011 -931,069.2513,292 -1,20014,505.759.1 August 29, 2020 884 -127992.5013,544 25214,021.759.3 September 5, 2020 893 9973.0012,747 -79713,518.758.7 September 12, 2020 866 -27913.5012,747 013,082.508.7 September 19, 2020 873 7879.0011,979 -76812,754.258.2 September 26, 2020 849 -24870.2510,594 -1,38512,016.757.2 October 3, 2020 767 -82838.759,398 -1,19611,179.506.4 October 10, 2020 842 75832.758,472 -92610,110.755.8 October 17, 2020 797 -45813.757,823 -6499,071.755.3 October 24, 2020 758 -39791.007,222 -6018,228.754.9 October 31, 2020 757 -1788.506,801 -4217,579.504.6 November 7, 2020 711 -46755.756,372 -4297,054.504.3 November 14, 2020 742 31742.00

Pandemic Unemployment Assistance Claims – Not Seasonally Adjusted PUA Initial Claims Filed During Week Ended November 14 PUA Continued Claims For Week Ended Oct 31 STATE Advance Prior Wk Change Oct 31 Oct 24 Change Alabama 3,697 4,704 -1,007 42,180 39,902 2,278 Alaska 272 270 2 9,513 10,495 -982 Arizona 4,002 1,783 2,219 244,147 282,716 -38,569 Arkansas 3,332 2,585 747 61,096 60,781 315 California 33,198 26,357 6,841 1,648,453 2,151,076 -502,623 Colorado 0 6,121 -6,121 78,759 64,903 13,856 Connecticut 429 400 29 37,366 37,649 -283 Delaware 111 101 10 7,466 7,719 -253 District of Columbia 140 167 -27 15,002 15,057 -55 Florida 25,603 29,308 -3,705 0 0 0 Georgia 1,462 3,134 -1,672 251,392 249,853 1,539 Hawaii 1,431 1,719 -288 79,368 83,150 -3,782 Idaho 11 23 -12 10,492 10,327 165 Illinois 10,142 9,726 416 134,139 131,587 2,552 Indiana 11,416 10,282 1,134 177,764 153,670 24,094 Iowa 1,477 1,217 260 12,109 12,733 -624 Kansas 5,432 2,126 3,306 36,863 46,904 -10,041 Kentucky 2,597 3,212 -615 16,704 50,201 -33,497 Louisiana 39,566 9,694 29,872 119,829 117,663 2,166 Maine 273 284 -11 14,237 15,110 -873 Maryland 3,669 3,301 368 200,537 207,399 -6,862 Massachusetts 8,122 8,724 -602 435,568 469,309 -33,741 Michigan 9,731 10,314 -583 504,479 515,919 -11,440 Minnesota 13 7 6 42,302 43,800 -1,498 Mississippi 589 697 -108 26,189 27,034 -845 Missouri 258 150 108 42,993 44,089 -1,096 Montana 805 840 -35 26,876 28,578 -1,702 Nebraska 849 870 -21 8,109 8,918 -809 Nevada 10,745 18,485 -7,740 90,611 94,950 -4,339 New Hampshire 278 276 2 13,418 13,530 -112 New Jersey 3,155 2,347 808 352,750 352,887 -137 New Mexico 992 985 7 35,215 34,900 315 New York 22,321 21,060 1,261 1,201,966 1,288,712 -86,746 North Carolina 16,462 20,693 -4,231 120,190 116,340 3,850 North Dakota 992 717 275 5,538 5,915 -377 Ohio 35,728 31,873 3,855 418,031 431,405 -13,374 Oklahoma 478 606 -128 8,903 8,251 652 Oregon 5,833 4,872 961 106,633 93,345 13,288 Pennsylvania 16,348 18,578 -2,230 755,544 755,724 -180 Puerto Rico 11,987 11,507 480 205,456 204,416 1,040 Rhode Island 2,966 3,329 -363 41,320 42,555 -1,235 South Carolina 2,242 2,334 -92 55,193 55,538 -345 South Dakota 32 20 12 1,628 1,614 14 Tennessee 2,127 2,867 -740 77,315 76,889 426 Texas 6,394 5,402 992 515,387 559,196 -43,809 Utah 715 625 90 3,633 3,913 -280 Vermont 45 25 20 8,274 8,236 38 Virgin Islands 42 63 -21 0 0 0 Virginia 5,093 4,341 752 200,821 201,889 -1,068 Washington 2,503 2,776 -273 103,064 104,909 -1,845 West Virginia 2,119 2,469 -350 42,511 51,885 -9,374 Wisconsin 1,876 1,799 77 32,454 37,704 -5,250 Wyoming 137 209 -72 1,860 1,882 -22 US Total 320,237 296,374 23,863 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.

Pandemic Emergency Unemployment Compensation Claims – Not Seasonally Adjusted PEUC Claims Filed During Weeks Ended: STATE October 31 October 24 Change October 17 October 10 Alabama 36,326 41,185 -4,859 46,350 52,661 Alaska 9,057 9,185 -128 8,753 8,654 Arizona 50,776 46,975 3,801 43,175 37,909 Arkansas 13,473 15,678 -2,205 16,057 19,378 California 1,204,014 1,186,500 17,514 1,098,039 992,254 Colorado 59,175 57,356 1,819 48,488 49,759 Connecticut 57,966 55,315 2,651 52,144 43,443 Delaware 12,861 12,371 490 11,654 10,487 District of Columbia 22,656 20,892 1,764 18,927 16,623 Florida 0 0 0 0 0 Georgia 0 0 0 0 0 Hawaii 41,112 7,074 34,038 31,617 24,244 Idaho 5,259 5,490 -231 5,822 5,976 Illinois 204,472 194,305 10,167 168,672 150,021 Indiana 51,555 48,696 2,859 44,945 39,113 Iowa 26,153 25,542 611 26,130 25,092 Kansas 22,505 21,542 963 20,570 21,036 Kentucky 28,839 21,039 7,800 22,553 8,224 Louisiana 34,001 33,911 90 26,113 17,435 Maine 14,348 14,363 -15 14,402 13,822 Maryland 49,540 48,538 1,002 43,921 38,140 Massachusetts 167,187 160,998 6,189 152,834 140,556 Michigan 196,101 209,351 -13,250 176,677 180,342 Minnesota 78,814 77,206 1,608 73,570 68,327 Mississippi 16,855 17,116 -261 16,599 16,007 Missouri 47,485 49,459 -1,974 48,671 48,107 Montana 5,582 5,406 176 5,174 4,901 Nebraska 4,153 4,065 88 3,850 3,697 Nevada 92,211 88,077 4,134 83,467 75,042 New Hampshire 6,114 5,536 578 4,877 4,012 New Jersey 174,200 167,675 6,525 164,686 148,516 New Mexico 13,449 10,550 2,899 7,054 22,361 New York 682,997 662,761 20,236 644,570 600,921 North Carolina 124,799 120,732 4,067 126,204 135,312 North Dakota 6,092 6,161 -69 5,859 5,503 Ohio 93,606 90,663 2,943 85,680 78,608 Oklahoma 26,577 22,964 3,613 28,552 24,215 Oregon 55,982 51,054 4,928 47,157 42,518 Pennsylvania 240,011 137,529 102,482 170,750 160,796 Puerto Rico 30,011 29,319 692 24,176 17,780 Rhode Island 20,001 20,091 -90 19,649 18,381 South Carolina 71,306 71,604 -298 71,739 70,088 South Dakota 887 815 72 717 581 Tennessee 47,864 48,071 -207 47,823 49,239 Texas 39,549 30,629 8,920 37,955 44,338 Utah 8,780 8,748 32 8,860 8,930 Vermont 8,995 8,674 321 8,256 7,715 Virgin Islands 167 56 111 109 21 Virginia 89,763 90,559 -796 91,108 86,841 Washington 5,558 4,573 985 4,905 5,914 West Virginia 15,579 16,658 -1,079 15,133 14,308 Wisconsin 58,737 57,249 1,488 55,742 50,359 Wyoming 3,347 3,083 264 2,878 2,582 US Total 4,376,847 4,143,389 233,458 3,983,613 3,711,089
Note: Information on the Pandemic Emergency Unemployment Compensation (PEUC) program can be found in Unemployment Insurance Program Letter (UIPL) 17-20: PEUC Program information

Extended Benefits (EB) Claims – Not Seasonally Adjusted EB Claims Filed During Weeks Ended: STATE October 31 October 24 Change Alabama 0 3,684 -3,684 Alaska 1,296 1,295 1 Arizona 3,918 3,393 525 Arkansas 3,859 2,900 959 California 143,588 94,230 49,358 Colorado 57 66 -9 Connecticut 8,606 8,352 254 Delaware 132 139 -7District of Columbia 23 25 -2Florida 0 0 0 Georgia 0 0 0 Hawaii 15 13 2 Idaho 24 22 2 Illinois 28,526 26,056 2,470 Indiana 3,069 3,064 5 Iowa 5,300 4,818 482 Kansas 1,310 1,158 152 Kentucky 126 113 13 Louisiana 2,074 2,199 -125 Maine 1,826 1,651 175 Maryland 6,889 6,667 222 Massachusetts 19,632 18,501 1,131 Michigan 32,061 13,483 18,578 Minnesota 12,379 11,349 1,030 Mississippi 3,802 3,438 364 Missouri 60 266 -206 Montana 929 834 95 Nebraska 96 115 -19 Nevada 10,174 8,534 1,640 New Hampshire 441 436 5 New Jersey 33,497 32,826 671 New Mexico 749 553 196 New York 48,186 46,068 2,118 North Carolina 87,301 96,873 -9,572 North Dakota 3 19 -16 Ohio 14,794 13,921 873 Oklahoma 0 0 0 Oregon 6,780 6,185 595 Pennsylvania 20,383 18,243 2,140 Puerto Rico 1,366 2,317 -951 Rhode Island 2,381 2,154 227 South Carolina 6,593 5,940 653 South Dakota 0 0 0 Tennessee 3,140 2,964 176 Texas 84,599 79,914 4,685 Utah 0 0 0 Vermont 726 706 20 Virgin Islands 0 0 0 Virginia 16,246 14,637 1,609 Washington 16,862 15,277 1,585 West Virginia 37 21 16 Wisconsin 42 37 5 Wyoming 21 19 2 US Total 633,918 555,475 78,443
Note: Information on the EB program can be found here: EB Program information

INITIAL CLAIMS FILED DURING WEEK ENDED NOVEMBER 7 INSURED UNEMPLOYMENT FOR WEEK ENDED OCTOBER 31 CHANGE FROM CHANGE FROM ALL PROGRAMS EXCLUDING RAILROAD RETIREMENT STATE NAME STATE LAST WEEK YEAR AGO UCFE 1 UCX1 STATE (%) 2 LAST WEEK YEAR AGO UCFE 1 UCX1 Alabama 8,764 1,704 6,556 33 12 28,422 1.5 -3,271 14,297 69 41 28,532 Alaska 4,545 94 3,226 16 1 19,083 6.2 216 11,980 172 47 19,302 Arizona 6,410 21 2,458 13 1 103,243 3.5 -9,182 82,570 221 225 103,689 Arkansas 3,672 -342 1,941 10 3 24,049 2.0 -3,392 13,412 148 22 24,219 California 157,773 5,293 111,957 800 241 1,446,336 8.3 -114,927 1,162,137 3,000 2,779 1,452,115 Colorado 7,516 378 5,198 36 24 92,367 3.4 -4,415 75,522 202 313 92,882 Connecticut 5,126 248 2,267 30 7 90,341 5.5 -6,236 64,469 255 89 90,685 Delaware 1,522 -56 895 14 3 14,391 3.2 -1,790 10,310 22 23 14,436 District of Columbia 1,341 -6 771 38 1 34,991 6.0 -2,769 28,646 505 9 35,505 Florida 31,403 -222 25,375 70 80 205,800 2.3 -7,654 170,311 314 329 206,443 Georgia 23,827 -13,426 18,410 127 36 285,798 6.5 -16,241 261,547 605 468 286,871 Hawaii 4,245 -444 3,114 26 6 51,302 8.3 -9,983 45,538 220 149 51,671 Idaho 5,008 1,089 3,719 24 1 8,143 1.1 19 4,148 40 18 8,201 Illinois 67,158 -6,357 56,143 12 3 337,143 5.7 -5,602 258,943 540 278 337,961 Indiana 14,111 698 11,047 25 8 87,474 2.9 -8,911 73,892 176 116 87,766 Iowa 5,217 608 2,290 25 2 35,213 2.3 -1,769 21,158 60 40 35,313 Kansas 15,471 -3,212 14,014 4 0 49,150 3.6 3,486 42,057 66 44 49,260 Kentucky 4,363 -4,830 2,011 1 5 51,146 2.7 -8,016 35,424 66 161 51,373 Louisiana 10,045 1,626 7,773 17 9 98,935 5.2 -16,415 85,525 119 57 99,111 Maine 2,264 568 1,425 4 0 12,917 2.1 -317 9,491 43 16 12,976 Maryland 11,332 457 8,090 34 1 80,101 3.2 -1,823 58,179 233 115 80,449 Massachusetts 42,800 3,383 36,583 88 27 223,567 6.2 -26,122 178,781 233 124 223,924 Michigan 15,320 305 7,761 52 5 187,648 4.4 -25,758 145,780 140 102 187,890 Minnesota 11,820 -679 5,788 28 3 105,784 3.7 -4,800 78,369 148 105 106,037 Mississippi 3,690 71 2,588 5 3 38,767 3.5 -2,673 31,726 72 34 38,873 Missouri 7,635 -523 4,211 5 2 50,160 1.8 -5,288 33,238 113 35 50,308 Montana 2,535 -420 941 45 1 14,930 3.3 -318 9,084 160 25 15,115 Nebraska 2,342 -134 1,586 13 2 12,528 1.3 -1,789 10,845 36 8 12,572 Nevada 7,556 -602 5,035 9 4 105,951 7.6 -8,151 89,937 72 135 106,158 New Hampshire 2,171 81 1,661 10 2 23,447 3.6 -1,031 20,558 43 9 23,499 New Jersey 20,978 -3,725 8,231 52 16 168,839 4.2 -10,489 93,821 218 468 169,525 New Mexico 3,893 -441 2,885 15 4 64,882 8.0 -4,302 56,677 270 101 65,253 New York 43,876 -1,840 28,159 27 23 483,800 5.1 -39,896 371,555 274 421 484,495 North Carolina 8,291 -47 4,797 55 47 88,288 2.0 -3,222 69,294 237 365 88,890 North Dakota 1,238 -27 588 5 0 6,732 1.6 -329 4,722 12 9 6,753 Ohio 21,935 582 14,124 41 19 154,410 2.9 -8,587 112,008 229 301 154,940 Oklahoma 4,470 -483 2,630 30 1 59,257 3.8 119 44,070 70 86 59,413 Oregon 4,445 425 557 65 11 79,353 4.1 -7,817 56,016 501 146 80,000 Pennsylvania 23,051 -691 8,616 192 32 368,869 6.4 58,719 280,503 1,372 573 370,814 Puerto Rico 851 -380 -348 3 0 48,361 5.6 -10,747 30,429 115 11 48,487 Rhode Island 2,437 -735 1,573 5 0 15,766 3.3 -704 10,284 60 18 15,844 South Carolina 3,461 201 81 17 0 52,316 2.5 -3,547 38,542 52 163 52,531 South Dakota 568 -288 250 6 2 3,856 0.9 43 2,912 32 4 3,892 Tennessee 7,727 280 5,246 43 12 65,232 2.0 -7,318 49,546 71 68 65,371 Texas 33,667 -3,934 17,274 175 164 528,651 4.3 -29,690 417,260 966 2,196 531,813 Utah 2,600 240 1,151 72 2 15,242 1.0 -1,085 8,793 89 22 15,353 Vermont 805 55 169 3 0 11,209 3.7 -346 8,837 14 2 11,225 Virgin Islands 66 -35 36 1 0 1,698 4.5 -970 1,178 0 0 1,698 Virginia 9,909 -441 7,238 18 4 91,960 2.4 -7,751 73,760 270 348 92,578 Washington 26,546 7,683 18,714 70 62 152,131 4.5 -8,599 105,805 352 553 153,036 West Virginia 1,804 -219 444 4 3 21,388 3.2 -1,666 11,263 61 40 21,489 Wisconsin 14,334 -540 8,487 31 4 94,072 3.3 -4,151 71,987 155 88 94,315 Wyoming 1,182 201 384 11 0 5,633 2.1 -34 3,632 27 6 5,666 Totals 725,116 -18,788 486,120 2,555 899 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.

UNADJUSTED INITIAL CLAIMS FOR WEEK ENDED NOVEMBER 7, 2020
STATES WITH AN INCREASE OF MORE THAN 1,000 State Change State Supplied Comment WA +7,683 Layoffs in the construction, manufacturing, wholesale trade, retail trade, finance, health care and social assistance, and accommodation and food services industries. CA +5,293 No comment. MA +3,383 No comment. AL +1,704 Layoffs in the health care and social assistance, retail trade, and administrative and support and waste management and remediation services industries. LA +1,626 No comment. ID +1,089 No comment. STATES WITH A DECREASE OF MORE THAN 1,000 State Change State Supplied Comment GA -13,426 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. IL -6,357 No comment. KY -4,830 No comment. TX -3,934 No comment. NJ -3,725 No comment. KS -3,212 No comment. NY -1,840 Fewer layoffs in the retail trade, wholesale trade, and information industries.

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.

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