Unemployment Resources

In some states (maybe all states but the information is not updated) COVID-related UI claims are processed faster and can be more generous than unemployment insurance (for example, Rhode Island) but many state UI websites may not reflect this information as of March 23, 2020.

State	Unemployment Website
Alabama	https://www.labor.alabama.gov/
Alaska	https://labor.alaska.gov/unemployment/COVID-19.htm
Arizona	https://des.az.gov/services/employment/unemployment-individual
Arkansas	https://www.dws.arkansas.gov/unemployment/ezarc/
California	https://www.edd.ca.gov/about_edd/coronavirus-2019.htm
Colorado	https://www.colorado.gov/cdle/unemployment
Connecticut	http://www.ctdol.state.ct.us/UI-online/index.htm
Delaware	https://ui.delawareworks.com/
Florida	http://www.floridajobs.org/
Georgia	https://dol.georgia.gov/online-services
Hawaii	https://labor.hawaii.gov/ui/
Idaho	https://labor.idaho.gov/dnn/COVID-19
Illinois	https://www2.illinois.gov/ides/Pages/COVID-19-and-Unemployment-Benefits.aspx
Indiana	https://www.in.gov/dwd/19.htm
Iowa	https://www.iowaworkforcedevelopment.gov/updates-and-resources-about-covid-19
Kansas	https://www.getkansasbenefits.gov/Home.aspx
Kentucky	https://kcc.ky.gov/career/Pages/default.aspx
Louisiana	https://www.louisianaworks.net/hire/vosnet/Default.aspx Or call: Claim Center at 866-783-5567

Maine	https://www.maine.gov/unemployment/
Maryland	https://www.dllr.state.md.us/employment/unemployment.shtml
Massachusetts	https://www.mass.gov/unemployment-insurance-ui-online
Michigan	https://www.michigan.gov/leo/0,5863,7-336-78421_97241_89980—,00.html
Minnesota	https://www.uimn.org/applicants/needtoknow/news-updates/covid-19.jsp
Mississippi	MDES: https://www.meds.ms.gov/ (website is down) Or call the MDES Contact Center at 888-844-3577
Missouri	https://labor.mo.gov/coronavirus
Montana	http://uid.dli.mt.gov/
Nebraska	https://neworks.nebraska.gov/vosnet/Default.aspx
Nevada	http://ui.nv.gov/css.html
New Hampshire	https://www.nhes.nh.gov/services/claimants/file.htm
New Jersey	https://myunemployment.nj.gov/labor/myunemployment/covidinstructions.shtml
New Mexico	https://www.dws.state.nm.us/MyWorkforceConnection
New York	https://labor.ny.gov/unemploymentassistance.shtm
North Carolina	https://des.nc.gov/need-help/covid-19-information
North Dakota	https://www.jobsnd.com/unemployment-individuals/file-claim
Ohio	http://jfs.ohio.gov/ouio/CoronavirusAndUI.stm
Oklahoma	https://unemployment.state.ok.us/
Oregon	https://www.oregon.gov/employ/Pages/COVID-19.aspx
Pennsylvania	https://www.uc.pa.gov/Pages/default.aspx
Rhode Island	http://www.dlt.ri.gov/ui/

South Carolina	https://dew.sc.gov/ and https://dew.sc.gov/docs/default-source/covid-19/coronavirus-and-unemployement-benefits.pdf?sfvrsn=9e21cba5_4
South Dakota	https://dlr.sd.gov/ra/default.aspx
Tennessee	https://www.tn.gov/workforce/covid-19/employees.html
Texas	https://twc.texas.gov/news/unemployment-news
Utah	https://jobs.utah.gov/ui/home
Vermont	https://labor.vermont.gov/unemployment-insurance
Virginia	http://www.vec.virginia.gov/node/11699
Washington	https://esd.wa.gov/unemployment
West Virginia	https://www.workforcewv.org/
Wisconsin	https://dwd.wisconsin.gov/uiben/ and https://dwd.wisconsin.gov/covid19/public/ui.htm
Wyoming	http://www.wyomingworkforce.org/workers/ui/
Puerto Rico	https://www.unemploymentofficelocations.net/puerto-rico-unemployment-department-ud52 and https://www.trabajo.pr.gov/