The highest insured unemployment rates in the week ending July 4 were in
Puerto Rico (6.9 percent),
Michigan (6.8),
Oregon (6.8),
Pennsylvania (6.4),
Nevada (6.2),
Wisconsin (6.1),
South Carolina (5.7),
New Jersey (5.6),
North Carolina (5.5), and
Connecticut (5.4).
The largest increases in initial claims for the week ending July 11 were in
New York (+12,504),
North Carolina (+10,382),
Florida (+10,043),
Missouri (+8,293), and
Tennessee (+6,943),
while the largest decreases were in
Michigan (-6,648),
Massachusetts (-2,910),
New Jersey (-2,888),
Indiana (-2,497), and
California (-1,755).
