With the coronavirus pandemic costing roughly 33.5 million Americans their jobs so far and a growing number of states beginning to reopen some businesses in an attempt to help, WalletHub today released updated rankings for the States with the Biggest Increases in Unemployment Due to the Coronavirus, as a follow-up to last month’s report on the Cities with the Biggest Growth in Unemployment Due to COVID-19.
To identify which states’ workforces have been hurt most by COVID-19, WalletHub compared the 50 states and the District of Columbia based on increases in unemployment claims. We used this data to rank the most impacted states in both the latest week for which we have data (April 27) and overall since the beginning of the coronavirus crisis (March 16). Below, you can see highlights from the report, along with a WalletHub Q&A. To see the states most impacted since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, click here.
Increase in North Carolina Unemployment Due to Coronavirus (1=Worst, 25=Avg.):
- 2,689.46% Increase in Unemployment Claims (April 2020 vs April 2019)
- 84,716 the week of April 27, 2020 vs 3,037 the week of April 29, 2019
- 6th highest increase in the U.S.
- 2,314.94% Increase in the Number of Unemployment Claims (April 2020 vs January 2020)
- 84,716 the week of April 27, 2020 vs 3,508 the week of January 1, 2020
- 3rd highest increase in the U.S.
- 4,109.67% Increase in Unemployment Claims Since Pandemic Started
- 833,728 between the week of March 16, 2020 and the week of April 27, 2020 vs 20,287 between the week of March 18, 2019 and the week of April 29, 2019
- 6th highest increase in the U.S.
To view the full report and your state’s rank, you can visit:
https://wallethub.com/edu/