To identify which states’ workforces are experiencing the quickest recovery from COVID-19, WalletHub compared the 50 states and the District of Columbia based on changes in unemployment claims for several key benchmark weeks.
Here are the states in order of whose unemployment claims are recovering the quickest:
- South Dakota
- South Carolina
- New Hampshire
- North Carolina
- Kansas
- Florida
- Arizona
- Minnesota
- Pennsylvania
- Washington
- Maine
- New Jersey
- Arkansas
- Michigan
- Nebraska
- Louisiana
- Illinois
- Iowa
- Indiana
- Kentucky
- Hawaii
- Missouri
- North Dakota
- Maryland
- Georgia
- Mississippi
- Tennessee
- Montana
- Colorado
- California
- Massachusetts
- Connecticut
- Alabama
- Nevada
- New York
- Oregon
- Wisconsin
- New Mexico
- Utah
- District of Columbia
- Ohio
- Virginia
- Wyoming
- Texas
- Idaho
- Oklahoma
- Rhode Island
- Delaware
- West Virginia
- Alaska
- Vermont
