04-18-2020, 05:38 AM
A ballpark calculation by USA Today concludes ... Hawaii’s rate of 21.7% topped Michigan at 21% and Rhode Island at 20.6%.
The lowest rates were 4.9% for South Dakota followed by 5.8% for West Virginia and 6.2% for Florida.
From the beginning of March through Wednesday, DLIR reported receiving 244,330 initial unemployment claims. Based on a preliminary March estimate of 651,650 people in the state’s labor force, Hawaii’s unemployment rate would be 37% — or more than one out of every three people in the labor force.
Of course our own DLIR has a really scary figure compared to the USA Today.
The lowest rates were 4.9% for South Dakota followed by 5.8% for West Virginia and 6.2% for Florida.
From the beginning of March through Wednesday, DLIR reported receiving 244,330 initial unemployment claims. Based on a preliminary March estimate of 651,650 people in the state’s labor force, Hawaii’s unemployment rate would be 37% — or more than one out of every three people in the labor force.
Of course our own DLIR has a really scary figure compared to the USA Today.