DOL 7/23 Unemployment Claims report: 65,982 new claims filed in TN and VA last week

Nearly 66,000 new unemployment claims have been filed in TN and VA.

The latest numbers from the US Department of Labor reports Tennessee had 25,794 first time jobless claims for the week ending July 18th, 3,363 more than the week before according to numbers from the Tennessee Department of Labor.

Northeast TN had 1,630 new unemployment claims last week, and 13,473 continued claims. Last week, Virginia had 40,188 new unemployment claims, 7,896 more than the week before.

Below is the breakdown by state of new claims and a comparison in numbers to claims the week before:

TN- 25,794 new claims (22,431 claims prior week, 3,363 more)
VA- 40,188 new claims (32,292 claims prior week, 7,896 more)
65,982 total claims

Below is the breakdown of new local and continued claims in Northeast Tennessee:

NETN: 1,630 new claims (13,473 continued claims)

Carter- 154 new claims (1,080 continued claims)
Greene- 289 new claims (2,369 continued claims)
Hawkins- 182 new claims (1,529 continued claims)
Johnson- 54 new claims (284 continued claims)
Sullivan- 623 new claims (4,245 continued claims)
Unicoi- 29 new claims (401 continued claims)
Washington- 299 new claims (3,565 continued claims)