Updated: North Carolina Is the 8th Most Hit State by Unemployment Claims

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With 2.1 million more unemployment claims filed this week despite all U.S. states starting to reopen, WalletHub today released updated rankings for the States Hit Most by Unemployment Claims.

To identify which states’ workforces have been hurt the most by COVID-19, the site compared the 50 states and the District of Columbia based on increases in unemployment claims during the latest week for which we have data (May 18) and overall since the beginning of the coronavirus crisis (March 16). We used this data to rank the most impacted states for both periods.

Increase in North Carolina Unemployment Claims Due to Coronavirus (1=Worst, 25=Avg.):

  • 1,167.85% Increase in Unemployment Claims (May 2020 vs May 2019)
    • 43,221 the week of May 18, 2020 vs 3,409 the week of May 20, 2019
    • 9th highest increase in the U.S.
  • 1,132.07% Increase in the Number of Unemployment Claims (May 2020 vs January 2020)
    • 43,221 the week of May 18, 2020 vs 3,508 the week of January 1, 2020
    • 5th highest increase in the U.S.
  • 3,243.18% Increase in Unemployment Claims Since Pandemic Started
    • 982,456 between the week of March 16, 2020 and the week of May 18, 2020 vs 30,293 between the week of March 18, 2019 and the week of May 20, 2019
    • 7th highest increase in the U.S.

States with the Biggest Increases in Unemployment Claims Due to Coronavirus

State Most Affected Last Week  Most Affected Since Start of COVID-19 Crisis
Florida 1 4
Georgia 2 1
Virginia 3 5
Mississippi 4 18
Kentucky 5 3
Oklahoma 6 12
New Hampshire 7 2
North Carolina 8 7
Louisiana 9 6
District of Columbia 10 17
South Dakota 11 9
Indiana 12 8
New York 13 35
Texas 14 34
Maryland 15 23
Delaware 16 27
Alaska 17 49
Tennessee 18 22
Nevada 19 21
New Mexico 20 28
South Carolina 21 10
Alabama 22 20
Arizona 23 44
Washington 24 19
Colorado 25 14
Minnesota 26 13
Wyoming 27 45
North Dakota 28 16
Illinois 29 42
Nebraska 30 26
Hawaii 31 24
Oregon 32 51
Kansas 33 31
California 34 48
Michigan 35 11
Maine 36 15
Massachusetts 37 32
Ohio 38 25
Wisconsin 39 46
Iowa 40 38
Pennsylvania 41 33
Missouri 42 29
Arkansas 43 41
Utah 44 36
West Virginia 45 30
Connecticut 46 50
Montana 47 40
Idaho 48 39
New Jersey 49 43
Rhode Island 50 37
Vermont 51 47

Rank 1 = Most Affected.

To view the full report and your state’s rank, please visit:
https://wallethub.com/edu/states-with-the-biggest-increase-in-unemployment-due-to-coronavirus/72730/.

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