IOWA, USA — 6,173 initial unemployment claims were filed last week in Iowa, an increase of 395 (6.01%) from the previous week.
5,594 initial claims for the week of Jan. 31-Feb. 6 were by people who work and live in Iowa, and 579 were by individuals who work in Iowa but live outside the state.
"For the week ending Feb. 6, 2021, nearly 67.5% of claimants indicated their claims were not COVID-19 related, which is an increase from 63.5% the previous week," Iowa Workforce Development said in a release.
793,000 Americans sought unemployment benefits last week.
$16,596,402.72 in unemployment insurance benefits were paid out in the state last week.
Continuing claims for the week were 48,701 an increase of 2,898 (6.33%) from the previous week.
IWD said the following industries had the most claims:
- Construction (1,176)
- Industry Not Available - Self-employed, Independent Contractors, etc (1,095)
- Manufacturing (732)
- Retail Trade (462)
- Health Care & Social Assistance (457)
Additional data released for last week:
- $19,193,400 paid in Federal Pandemic Unemployment Compensation (FPUC) benefits, which include retroactive payments and reauthorized payments that went into effect on Dec. 27, 2020. Since April 4, 2020, a total of $1,687,716,133 in FPUC benefits has been paid.
- $4,491,859 paid in Pandemic Unemployment Assistance (PUA) benefits. Since April 13, 2020, a total of $197,616,359.54 in PUA benefits has been paid.
- A total of $2,937,765.70 in benefits paid in Pandemic Emergency Unemployment Compensation (PEUC) benefits. Since May 27, 2020, a total of $206,324,779.56 in PEUC benefits have been paid.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
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