Where Unemployment Has Hit Hardest

These are the 10 states hardest hit by total percentage of the workforce making new unemployment claims over the past four weeks. Each bar is broken up by week.

Mar.

26

Apr.

2

Apr.

9

Apr.

16

10.0%

20.0%

Hawaii

1.3%

7.3%

7.9%

5.2%

Michigan

2.6%

6.2%

7.9%

4.4%

Rhode Island

6.4%

5.0%

5.1%

4.1%

Pennsylvania*

5.8%

6.2%

4.2%

3.6%

Nevada

5.9%

4.6%

5.1%

3.9%

Kentucky

2.4%

5.4%

5.6%

5.6%

Louisiana

3.4%

4.6%

4.8%

3.8%

Georgia

2.6%

7.6%

6.2%

Washington

3.3%

4.6%

4.3%

3.8%

New Hampshire

3.8%

4.0%

5.0%

3.1%

* Denotes state estimate