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, along with accompanying videos, as a follow-up to our 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 Pennsylvania Unemployment Due to Coronavirus (1=Worst, 25=Avg.):
- 706.57% Increase in Unemployment Claims (April 2020 vs April 2019)
- 96,603 the week of April 27, 2020 vs 11,977 the week of April 29, 2019
- 5th lowest increase in the U.S.
- 253.88% Increase in the Number of Unemployment Claims (April 2020 vs January 2020)
- 96,603 the week of April 27, 2020 vs 27,298 the week of January 1, 2020
- 5th lowest increase in the U.S.
- 2,108.14% Increase in Unemployment Claims Since Pandemic Started
- 1,713,729 between the week of March 16, 2020 and the week of April 27, 2020 vs 81,291 between the week of March 18, 2019 and the week of April 29, 2019
- 19th lowest increase in the U.S.
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/.