August 13, 2020 – Fewer people are filing for unemployment in Illinois, but it’s still in the tens of thousands a week.
The U.S. Department of Labor reports nearly 22,900 Illinoisans filed for initial unemployment benefits last week. That’s down about 2,800 from the total that filed the week before.
Around 1.5 million Illinoisans have filed since the beginning of March.
For the first time since mid-March, the number of initial weekly claims was below 1 million nationally last week.
