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Initial Unemployment Claims for Week Ending 4/4/2020
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April 09, 2020
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News Release
For Immediate Release: April 9, 2020
Initial Unemployment Claims for Week Ending 4/4/2020
MONTGOMERY – The Alabama Department of Labor released the official count for initial claims filed during the week of March 29 – April 4, 2020.
106,739 initial claims were filed either online or by telephone during this time period. 94,047 of those claims are COVID-19 related.
Breakdown by county: http://www2.labor.alabama.gov/LAUS/Initialclaimstab.aspx
Breakdown by industry: http://www2.labor.alabama.gov/LAUS/Initialclaimsbyindustrytab.aspx
*Be sure to click week ending day 2020-04-04.
The majority of claims filed were from employees in the Industry Not Available (unclassified) section (36,662), followed by Manufacturing (13,962), Accommodation and Food Services industry (12,121), Health Care and Social Assistance (10,483), Retail Trade (10,148), and Administrative and Support and Waste (7,672).
Jefferson County had largest number of claims with 15,839.
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Members of the media seeking more information should contact
Public Information Officer Tara Hutchison at (334) 309-9014 or tara.hutchison@labor.alabama.gov.
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