States Where Unemployment Claims Are Decreasing the Most – WalletHub Study

Staff Report

Wednesday, December 21st, 2022

New unemployment claims decreased by 6.6% week-over-week on November 21 amid high inflation and the threat of a recession. To help add some context to these statistics, WalletHub just released updated rankings for the States Where Unemployment Claims Are Decreasing the Most, along with accompanying videos and audio files

Key Stats:

  • Every state had unemployment claims last week that were lower than in the previous week except for Massachusetts, Idaho, Ohio, Vermont, Tennessee, Wisconsin and Connecticut.

  • Surprisingly, 24 states (including Colorado, Ohio and South Carolina) had unemployment claims last week that were worse than the same week last year.

  • Every state had unemployment claims last week that were lower than in the same week pre-pandemic (2019) except for Illinois, Mississippi, Rhode Island, Tennessee, Connecticut, Indiana, Ohio and Idaho. 

Decreased Most Last Week

Decreased Least Last Week

1. South Dakota

42. Tennessee

2. Virginia

43. Vermont

3. Georgia

44. Pennsylvania

4. North Carolina

45. Mississippi

5. New Hampshire

46. Massachusetts

6. Oklahoma

47. Rhode Island

7. Louisiana

48. Idaho

8. Wyoming

49. Ohio

9. Florida

50. Wisconsin

10. Arizona

51. Connecticut

To view the full report and your state’s rank, please visit:
https://wallethub.com/edu/states-unemployment-claims/72730