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2020 March unemployment 3.2 million
2020 April unemployment 13.2 million
2020 May unemployment 13.7 million
Weekly "first-time" unemployment claims
665,000 2009-Mar Great Recession peak
695,000 1982-Oct All time previous peak
3,200,000
6,900,000
6,600,000
5,200,000
4,400,000
3,840,000
3,200,000
3,000,000
2,400,000
2,100,000
1,900,000
1,500,000
1,500,000
1,500,000
1,400,000
1,300,000
1,300,000
1,400,000
1,430,000
1,186,000
971,000
1,104,000
1,006,000
881,000
884,000
860,000
870,000
837,000
840,000
898,000
787,000
758,000
751,000
709,000
742,000
778,000
712,000
862,000
885,000

790,000
787,000
965,000
900,000

779,000
793,000
861,000
730,000
745,000

781,000
684,000
 2020-Mar-26
 2020-Apr-02
 2020-Apr-09
 2020-Apr-13
 2020-Apr-20
 2020-Apr-27
 2020-May-04
 2020-May-11
 2020-May-18
 2020-May-25
 2020-Jun-04
 2020-Jun-11
 2020-Jun-18
 2020-Jun-25
 2020-Jul-02
 2020-Jul-09
 2020-Jul-16
 2020-Jul-23
 2020-Jul-30
 2020-Aug-06
 2020-Aug-13
 2020-Aug-20
 2020-Aug-27
 2020-Sep-03
 2020-Sep-10
 2020-Sep-18
 2020-Sep-24
 2020-Oct-01
 2020-Oct-08
 2020-Oct-15
 2020-Oct-22
 2020-Oct-29
 2020-Nov-05
 2020-Nov-12
 2020-Nov-19
 2020-Nov-25
 2020-Dec-03
 2020-Dec-10
 2020-Dec-17
 2020-Dec-24
 2020-Dec-31
 2021-Jan-07
 2021-Jan-14
 2021-Jan-21
 2021-Jan-28
 2021-Feb-04
 2021-Feb-11
 2021-Feb-18
 2021-Feb-25
 2021-Mar-04
 2021-Mar-11
 2021-Mar-18
 2021-Mar-25
Coronavirus Pandemic
Over 60 million total
*
Prevoiously, weekly first-time unemployment claims
had been running around 200,000.

 
  
 
* (over 80 times previous record highs)
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