Delaware fares well in ranking of unemployment claims

Delaware now ranks near the bottom in unemployment claims, according to a report from the WalletHub financial advice site.

It marks a turnaround of sorts for a state that had one of the nation’s higher jobless rates coming out of the Covid-19 pandemic.

The state’s jobless rate now hovers near the national unemployment figure at 4%.

Nationwide, the job market continued to falter, with new unemployment claims increasing by 4.3% week-over-week on March 25. There are currently 6.5 million unemployed Americans.

Delaware was one of 25 states that had fewer unemployment claims than during he same period a year ago.

In identifying where unemployment claims are increasing the most, WalletHub compared the 50 states and the District of Columbia based on changes in unemployment claims for several key benchmark weeks. We also considered the number of claims per 100,000 people in the labor force.

Click here for the full WalletHub report.

States with biggest increases in unemployment claims