New Tenn. unemployment claims continue to decrease
New unemployment claims continued to drop in Tennessee for the eighth consecutive week.
Continued claims also dropped, signifying that more Tennesseeans are no longer in need of the benefits.
The highest week of new claims so far was during the week ending April 4 with 116,141 claims. The most recent report for the week ending May 30 saw just 22,784 new claims.
302,260 Tennesseeans filed to continue receiving benefits on the latest report.
10 March 14, 2020 2,702 16.342
11 March 21, 2020 39,096 16,098
12 March 28, 2020 94,492 34,570
13 April 4, 2020 116,141 112,438
14 April 11, 2020 74,772 199,910
15 April 18, 2020 68,968 267,053
16 April 25, 2020 43,792 324,543
17 May 2, 2020 37,319 321,571
18 May 9, 2020 29,308 325,095
19 May 16, 2020 28,692 314,487
20 May 23, 2020 26,041 310,126
21 May 30, 2020 22,784 302,260
New Claims Since March 15 581,405
