Where Unemployment Has Hit Hardest

These are the 11 states hardest hit by total percentage of the workforce making new unemployment claims over the past five weeks. Each bar is broken up by week.

Mar.

26

Apr.

2

Apr.

9

Apr.

16

Apr.

23

5.0%

15.0%

25.0%

Hawaii

1.3%

7.3%

7.9%

5.2%

4.0%

Kentucky

2.4%

5.4%

5.6%

5.6%

5.0%

Michigan

2.6%

6.2%

7.9%

4.5%

2.7%

Rhode Island

6.4%

5.0%

5.1%

4.0%

3.2%

Pennsylvania*

5.8%

6.2%

4.2%

3.6%

3.0%

Nevada

5.9%

4.6%

5.1%

3.8%

2.6%

Georgia

2.6%

7.6%

6.2%

4.7%

Louisiana

3.4%

4.6%

4.8%

3.8%

4.4%

New Hampshire

3.8%

4.0%

5.0%

3.2%

2.5%

Washington

3.3%

4.6%

4.3%

3.7%

2.3%

New Jersey

2.5%

4.5%

4.7%

3.1%

3.1%

* Denotes state estimate