News Release For Immediate Release January 7, 2021
INITIAL UNEMPLOYMENT CLAIMS FOR WEEK ENDING 1/2/2021
MONTGOMERY - The Alabama Department of Labor released the official count for initial claims filed during the week of December 27 – January 2, 2021.
10,986 initial claims were filed either online or by telephone during this period. 8,734 of those claims are COVID-19 related.
County Breakdown: http://www2.labor.alabama.gov/LAUS/InitialClaimsTab.aspx Industry Breakdown: http://www2.labor.alabama.gov/LAUS/InitialClaimsbyindustryTab.aspx
*Be sure to click week ending day 2021-1-2.
Industry sectors with the greatest number of claims are: Industry Not Available (4,287), Administrative and Support and Waste (1,439), Manufacturing (1,344), Retail Trade (780), Accommodation and Food Services (737), and Health Care and Social Assistance (592).
Jefferson County had the largest number of claims with 1,310.
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 8/29/2020 7,823 9/5/2020 8,902 9/12/2020 8,848 9/19/2020 8,679 9/26/2020 8,805 10/3/2020 7,732 10/10/2020 8,581 10/17/2020 7,964 10/24/2020 7,126 10/31/2020 7,060 11/7/2020 8,764 11/14/2020 9,262 11/21/2020 11,813 11/28/2020 7,061 12/5/2020 7,059 12/12/2020 7,569 12/19/2020 7,543 12/26/2020 5,506 1/2/2021 10,986
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