Week 10 of the record unemployment spike

Additions to the charts above:

We need to add

unemployed

gig workers

 (self employed

"ontractors").

They are NOT 

eligible to file 

under state 

programs, 

so they are 

not included 

in the charts 

above.

But gig workers

are now eligible 

to file under the new 

federal unemployment

insurance program 

Pandemic 

Unemployment 

Assistance 

    ( PUA ).

1.19 million

gig workers 

(not seasonally

adjusted) filed for

PUA unemployment 

for the latest week, 

ending May 23, 2020.

For earlier 

PUA claims 

through

the week 

ended May 9, 

who are still 

not working, 

the total is

7.8 million

unemployed,

also not shown 

in the charts

above.

Over one dozen states,

including Florida,

have not yet started 

processing PUA claims.

So there should be

large catch-up numbers 

in the future, reflecting 

gig workers who lost

their jobs in late March 

or April.

Insured Unemployment Rate by state, 

for the week ended May 9, 2000:

1 Washington 31.2%

2 Nevada 26.7%

3 Florida 25.0%

4 Hawaii 23.4%

5 Michigan 23.1%

6 California 20.6%

7 New York 19.9%

8 Rhode Island 18.8%

9 Vermont 18.2%

10 Connecticut 18.0%

11 Georgia 18.0%

12 New Hampshire 17.6%

13 Pennsylvania 17.4%

14 Louisiana 17.3%

15 Mississippi 17.1%

16 Massachusetts 16.5%

17 Alaska 16.2%

18 Maine 15.3%

19 Oregon 15.2%

20 Minnesota 14.9%

21 New Jersey 14.9%

22 West Virginia 14.8%

23 North Car.13.8%

24 Ohio 13.2%

25 Kentucky 13.0%

26 New Mexico 12.9%

27 Illinois 12.4%

28 South Carolina 12.3%

29 Iowa 12.1%

30 District of Columbia 11.9%

31 Montana 11.8%

32 Delaware 11.4%

33 Virginia 10.8%

34 Wisconsin 10.8%

35 Alabama 10.6%

36 Texas 10.6%

37 Arkansas 10.2%

38 Tennessee 10.1%

39 Maryland 9.9%

40 Missouri 9.4%

41 Colorado 9.2%

42 Indiana 8.9%

43 Oklahoma 8.6%

44 Idaho 8.2%

45 Arizona 8.0%

46 Kansas 8.0%

47 North Dakota 7.8%

48 Nebraska 6.5%

49 Wyoming 6.4%

50 South Dakota 6.0%

51 Utah 5.9%