INDIANAPOLIS — The number of Hoosiers filing first-time unemployment continues to stay around 10,000.
The number of claims for the week ending Aug. 22 was 10,778, a slight decrease from the previous week's adjusted total of 11,569.
The lowest number since the beginning of the pandemic in March was 10,624, which happened in the week ending Aug. 8. The number of claims in Indiana remained above 20,000 for 17 straight weeks from early March to mid-July.
In the 23 weeks since the COVID-19 pandemic began, about 970,000 Hoosiers have filed for unemployment.
