Unemployment Data Update: March, 2020 through January 16, 2021
Total initial claims processed for the week of January 9 were up substantially in the state while easing in the rest of the US.
In California, initial claims in the regular program were down sharply 32.1% over the prior week, while the reauthorized PUA claims jumped just under 230%. In the national totals, regular claims were down 13.6%, while PUA claims rose 48.7% as California accounted for over half of the new claims. Combined, total claims were up 8.6% in California and eased 0.9% in the US.