New unemployment claims increased by 1.4% week-over-week on October 28, and were 1.8% higher compared to the same week last year. To help add some context to this statistic, WalletHub just released updated rankings for the States Where Unemployment Claims Are Increasing the Most.
Key Stats:
- Every state had unemployment claims last week that were higher than in the previous week except for Vermont, Delaware, Tennessee, New York, New Mexico, Indiana, Maryland, South Carolina, Washington, North Carolina, Oklahoma, Mississippi, Alabama, Arizona, Arkansas, Hawaii, New Hampshire, Nebraska, Florida, Missouri and Georgia.
- While there was an increase in weekly claims nationally, 36 states (including Delaware, New Hampshire, and Hawaii) had unemployment claims last week that were better than the same week last year.
| Biggest Increase Last Week | Smallest Increase Last Week |
| 1. North Dakota | 42. Arizona |
| 2. Massachusetts | 43. Louisiana |
| 3. Kansas | 44. Missouri |
| 4. Michigan | 45. Alabama |
| 5. Alaska | 46. Utah |
| 6. Oregon | 47. Georgia |
| 7. Montana | 48. Arkansas |
| 8. Rhode Island | 49. New Hampshire |
| 9. New Jersey | 50. Hawaii |
| 10. Iowa | 51. Delaware |
