US DOL Unemployment Claims Report 9/10: 25,715 first time claims filed last week in TN and VA

Close to 26,000 first time jobless claims were filed last week in Tenn. and Va.

The US Dept. of Labor’s weekly unemployment claims report says for the week ending Sept. 5, 11,706 first time claims were filed in Tenn., while 14,009 first time claims were filed in Va. Tenn. experienced a nearly 2,000 claim drop from the last reporting week, while Va. gained almost 4,000 first time claims.

Locally, 698 first time unemployment claims were filed and 9,314 claims were continued in Northeast Tenn. Below is the statewide and local breakdown of first time and continued claims:

TN- 11,706 (12,876 last week, 1,170 less)
VA- 14,009 (10,305 last week, 3,704 more)
Total- 25,715

NETN By County
Carter- 71 new (767 continued claims)
Greene- 124 new (1,654 continued claims)
Hawkins- 86 new (965 continued claims)
Johnson- 21 new (159 continued claims)
Sullivan- 257 new (3,064 continued claims)
Unicoi- 16 new (273 continued claims)
Washington- 123 new (2,432 continued claims)
Total- 698 new (9,314 continued claims)