COVID-19 has affected the economy in many ways; one of which is unemployment claims.
In Idaho, for the week ending with September 19th, 2020,
- Initial unemployment claims numbered 3,437 while the week preceding was 3,672.
The table below includes select weekly initial unemployment claims near the beginning of each month of 2020.
| January 4th, 2020 | 2,957 |
| February 1st, 2020 | 1,446 |
| March 7th, 2020 | 938 |
| April 4th, 2020 | 30,904 |
| May 2nd, 2020 | 7,495 |
| June 6th, 2020 | 3,953 |
| July 4th, 2020 | 4,924 |
| August 1st, 2020 | 3,607 |
| September 5th, 2020 | 3,804 |