Innitial Unemployment Claims For Week Ending 08/22/20

MONTGOMERY – The Alabama Department of Labor released the official count for initial claims filed during the week of August 16 – August 22, 2020.
8,676 initial claims were filed either online or by telephone during this period. 4,588 of those claims are COVID-19 related.

County Breakdown

Industry Breakdown

*Be sure to click week ending day 2020-08-22.

Industry sectors with the greatest number of claims are: Industry Not Available (3,496), Manufacturing (982), Retail Trade (772), Remediation Services (716), Accommodation and Food Services (639), and Health Care and Social Assistance (604).

Jefferson County had the largest number of claims with 1,275.

Initial Claims Historic Data

3/14/2020    1,824

3/21/2020    10,982

3/28/2020    80,984

4/4/2020      106,739

4/11/2020    77,515

4/18/2020    66,432

4/25/2020    74,966

5/2/2020      28,985

5/9/2020      26,666

5/16/2020    25,150

5/23/2020    27,920

5/30/2020    21,335

6/6/2020      19,950

6/13/2020    18,367

6/20/2020    18,671

6/27/2020    18,340

7/4/2020      19,058

7/11/2020    20,505

7/18/2020    23,678

7/25/2020    17,439

8/1/2020      11,692

8/8/2020      9,468

8/15/2020    11,048

8/22/2020    8,676

Media Release/Alabama Department of Labor