40 Million Americans Out Of Work

Ashley Carter breaks down the unemployment numbers.

Lawrence county had the fewest at 103.

>> najahe sherman: the number of new unemployment claims is down but still more than 40 million americans have now filed for unemployment since the start of the coronavirus pandemic.

Waay 31's ashley carter breaks down how bad the numbers really are.

>> the number of unemployment claims has been on the decline since march.

But with the unemployment number still in the millions people i spoke with today are convinced that things aren't going to get better any time soon.

>> thursday the department of labor announced another 2.1 million people filed their first unemployment claim last week.

That significantly down since more than 6 million people applied in one week last month.

But 2 million is still ten times higher than the average number of coronavirus.

40 million americans have filed for unemployment in about two months.

People i spoke with are not optimistic.

>> it's only going to get worse.

Yeah, i know they say the numbers have gotten better but unemployment hasn't imt gotten any better.

>> economists believe as states start to reopen the number will begin to get better as well.

But it won't with synchronized since every state has a different reopening plan.