Unemployment claims dip below 10,000 in Tennessee

According to information released Thursday by the state’s Department of Labor and Workforce Development, fewer Tennesseeans filed for unemployment last week, with the number once again falling to under 10,000.

For the week ending last Saturday, February 6^th, 9489 people filed for unemployment benefits in Tennessee, down by 1999 from the previous week’s total of 11,497. Last week’s number of first-time applicants fell below the 10,000-mark for the first time in six weeks dating back to December 19^th, 2020.

86 people filed for unemployment a week ago in Anderson County, while another 528 continuing claims were paid by the state. In Campbell County, there were 46 new applications and 298 continuing claims. Morgan County had 33 first-time filers, with 126 claimants receiving continued benefits. 79 people applied for unemployment in Roane County during the first week of February, with 401 continuing claims.

For a complete look at the week-by-week unemployment claims data, and a county-by-county breakdown of last week’s numbers, visit our website.

New Claims Filed: The number of individuals filing new unemployment claims for the previous week.
Continued Claims: The number of claims continued with weekly certifications.
 

WEEK	WEEK ENDING DATE	NEW CLAIMS	CONTINUED CLAIMS
10	March 14, 2020	2,702	16,342
11	March 21	39,096	16,098
12	March 28	94,492	34,570
13	April 4	116,141	112,438
14	April 11	74,772	199,910
15	April 18	68,968	267,053
16	April 25	43,792	324,543
17	May 2	37,319	321,571
18	May 9	29,308	325,095
19	May 16	28,692	314,487
20	May 23	26,041	310,126
21	May 30	22,784	302,260
22	June 6	21,417	292,234
23	June 13	19,925	280,593
24	June 20	21,155	266,596
25	June 27	22,256	262,224
26	July 4	25,843	256,645
27	July 11	22,431	251,924
28	July 18	25,794	243,405
29	July 25	19,461	242,397
30	August 1	11,690	224,093
31	August 8	10,036	208,810
32	August 15	13,806	204,726
33	August 22	10,998	191,204
34	August 29	12,035	184,781
35	September 5	11,706	176,388
36	September 12	10,771	163,791
37	September 19	11,313	152,195
38	September 26	9,802	138,727
39	October 3	9,839	125,238
40	October 10	10,145	90,507
41	October 17	9,873	77,740
42	October 24	7,770	70,982
43	October 31	6,992	64,188
44	November 7	7,221	58,298
45	November 14	6,182	53,976
46	November 21	6,873	51,624
47	November 28	5,789	46,665
48	December 5	6,886	46,404
49	December 12	7,464	44,215
50	December 19	7,411	43,482
51	December 26	10,198	45,226
52	January 2, 2021	16,554	51,816
01	January 9	21,954	58,945
02	January 16	18,237	49,270
03	January 23	12,050	48,996
04	January 30	11,497	54,280
05	February 6	9,498	51,660
New Claims Since March 15, 2020	1,054,190