However, the workforce in California is also the largest in the country, at 19.2 million workers, per the Bureau of Labor Statistics. California logged the nation’s most unemployment claims, with a total of 1.2 million people registering for benefits in two weeks.
Joining in were Michigan, Hawaii, Ohio, Washington and Kentucky, where per capital filings were between roughly 80 and 90 out of 1,000 in the labor force. All three states saw more than 100 workers out of 1,000 in the workforce file for unemployment in two weeks. Jobs in these states are concentrated in the biggest metro areas.īy the second week of big unemployment claims – the week-ending March 28 – Pennsylvania had moved into the top spot for total per capita filings, with Rhode Island and Nevada not far behind. Of these, the biggest volume of total unemployment claims was in Pennsylvania, where more than 377,000 workers filed that first week. Rhode Island, Nevada, Pennsylvania, Massachusetts, New Hampshire and Minnesota each reported claims for roughly 40 to 60 workers per 1,000 in the workforce. In the first week of record unemployment claims – the week-ending March 21 – the hardest hit states per capita were mostly in the Northeast.
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