Over 18K Marylanders Filed For Unemployment Last Week

BALTIMORE (WJZ) — Over 18,000 Marylanders filed for unemployment in the last week, state labor officials say.

The state reported 18,268 new unemployment insurance claims in the week ending on August 1.

There have been 2,729 Baltimore residents and 2,700 Baltimore County residents who applied for unemployment insurance in that period.

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This last week's numbers are slightly down from the last report, with 23,839 the week before.

That's a decrease of more than 5,000 from the last week.

MARYLAND DEPARTMENT OF LABOR DIVISION OF UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE TOTAL CLAIMS FILED BY COUNTY Week Ending - August 1, 2020
Claim Filed By:	Regular UI	PUA (New)	PUA (Reclassified)*	PEUC Claims	EB Claims

Allegany	82	34	42	11	4
Anne Arundel	692	401	116	48	61
Baltimore City	1,348	926	187	132	136
Baltimore County	1,516	791	26	157	210
Calvert	92	45	72	4	5
Caroline	44	11	62	6	3
Carroll	171	54	40	18	10
Cecil	120	109	112	6	12
Charles	212	128	226	13	19
Dorchester	90	33	52	7	5
Frederick	245	101	72	17	23
Garrett	22	11	116	4	0
Harford	347	100	156	33	29
Howard	372	180	18	25	26
Kent	27	10	58	3	3
Montgomery	1,148	965	232	47	85
Non - Maryland	1,032	1,106	152	74	74
Prince George's	1,490	1,438	33	116	126
Queen Anne's	57	18	20	13	7
Somerset	32	24	28	6	6
St. Mary's	85	68	92	10	6
Talbot	45	16	11	1	3
Unknown	92	3	71	7	68
Washington	209	91	77	18	21
Wicomico	122	51	71	11	16
Worcester	63	27	127	12	15

Totals by Type:	9,755	6,741	2,269	799	973

Total Regular UI Claims:	9,755
Total New PUA, PEUC and EB Claims:	8,513
Total New UI Claims:	18,268

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