US Dept. of Labor Unemployment Claims Report 10/8: 22,482 first-time jobless claims filed last week in TN and VA

Over 22,000 first jobless claims were filed last week in Tennessee and Virginia.

The newest report from the US Dept. of Labor says for the week ending Oct. 3, 9,839 first time unemployment claims were filed in TN, while 12,643 first time unemployment claims were filed in VA. Claims from the week prior were slightly less in TN, while the Commonwealth added over 3,000 new jobless claims.

Locally, Northeast TN had 579 first time jobless claims last week, while 6,723 claims were continued from the week prior. Below is the state and local breakdown:

TN- 9,839 (10,311 claims the week before, 472 less)
VA- 12,643 (9,377 claims the week before, 3,266 more)
Total- 22,482

NETN Numbers By County
Carter- 46 new (543 continued claims)
Greene- 98 new (1,332 continued claims)
Hawkins- 84 new (689 continued claims)
Johnson- 19 new (124 continued claims)
Sullivan- 214 new (2,174 continued claims)
Unicoi- 11 new (182 continued claims)
Washington- 107 new (1,679 continued claims)
Total- 579 new (6,723 continued claims)