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Originally Published: Jul 22, 2020
Originally Published: Jul 22, 2020 Last Updated: Jul 22, 2020 6 min read
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As the coronavirus pandemic continues to cause layoffs across the country, nearly every state has introduced extended benefits for unemployed residents.

Tens of millions of Americans are still out of work—1.3 million new people joined the unemployment roll in the week ending July 11 alone, according to the Labor Department—and the extra $600 a week they've been getting from the CARES Act is expected to expire at the end of the month.

Unemployment benefits typically last up to 26 weeks, according to the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities (CBPP). But under the CARES Act, states are providing at least 13 weeks of additional federally funded benefits to people who exhaust their typical state benefits. In states with "high unemployment," those benefits are extended even further — another 13 to 20 weeks, according to the CBPP. Workers who don’t qualify for traditional unemployment benefits can get benefits through the Pandemic Unemployment Assistance (PUA).

Here are the number of weeks available via regular unemployment insurance and extended benefits in each state (not including the 13 weeks that were added under the CARES Act).

*Note: Money updated this story to reflect that, as of July 21, extended benefits have kicked in for 49 states (all but South Dakota), the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico due to high levels of unemployment nationwide

Alabama

Regular Unemployment Insurance: 14 weeks

Extended Benefits Available: 7 weeks

Alaska

Regular Unemployment Insurance: 26 weeks

Extended Benefits Available: 20 weeks

Arizona

Regular Unemployment Insurance: 26 weeks

Extended Benefits Available: 13 weeks

Arkansas

Regular Unemployment Insurance: 20 weeks

Extended Benefits Available: 10 weeks

California

Regular Unemployment Insurance: 26 weeks

Extended Benefits Available: 20 weeks

Colorado

Regular Unemployment Insurance: 26 weeks

Extended Benefits Available: 13 weeks

Connecticut

Regular Unemployment Insurance: 26 weeks

Extended Benefits Available: 13 weeks

Delaware

Regular Unemployment Insurance: 26 weeks

Extended Benefits Available: 13 weeks

District of Columbia

Regular Unemployment Insurance: 26 weeks

Extended Benefits Available: 13 weeks

Florida

Regular Unemployment Insurance: 12 weeks

Extended Benefits Available: 6 weeks

Georgia

Regular Unemployment Insurance: 26 weeks

Extended Benefits Available: 20 weeks

Hawaii

Regular Unemployment Insurance: 26 weeks

Extended Benefits Available: 13 weeks

Idaho

Regular Unemployment Insurance: 26 weeks

Extended Benefits Available: 13 weeks

Illinois

Regular Unemployment Insurance: 26 weeks

Extended Benefits Available: 20 weeks

Indiana

Regular Unemployment Insurance: 26 weeks

Extended Benefits Available: 13 weeks

Iowa

Regular Unemployment Insurance: 26 weeks

Extended Benefits Available: 13 weeks

Kansas

Regular Unemployment Insurance: 26 weeks

Extended Benefits Available: 20 weeks

Kentucky

Regular Unemployment Insurance: 26 weeks

Extended Benefits Available: 20 weeks

Louisiana

Regular Unemployment Insurance: 26 weeks

Extended Benefits Available: 13 weeks

Maine

Regular Unemployment Insurance: 26 weeks

Extended Benefits Available: 13 weeks

Maryland

Regular Unemployment Insurance: 26 weeks

Extended Benefits Available: 13 weeks

Massachusetts

Regular Unemployment Insurance: 26 weeks

Extended Benefits Available: 13 weeks

Michigan

Regular Unemployment Insurance: 26 weeks

Extended Benefits Available: 13 weeks

Minnesota

Regular Unemployment Insurance: 26 weeks

Extended Benefits Available: 13 weeks

Mississippi

Regular Unemployment Insurance: 26 weeks

Extended Benefits Available: 13 weeks

Missouri

Regular Unemployment Insurance: 20 weeks

Extended Benefits Available: 10 weeks

Montana

Regular Unemployment Insurance: 28 weeks

Extended Benefits Available: 13 weeks

Nebraska

Regular Unemployment Insurance: 26 weeks

Extended Benefits Available: 13 weeks

Nevada

Regular Unemployment Insurance: 26 weeks

Extended Benefits Available: 13 weeks

New Hampshire

Regular Unemployment Insurance: 26 weeks

Extended Benefits Available: 20 weeks

New Jersey

Regular Unemployment Insurance: 26 weeks

Extended Benefits Available: 20 weeks

New Mexico

Regular Unemployment Insurance: 26 weeks

Extended Benefits Available: 13 weeks

New York

Regular Unemployment Insurance: 26 weeks

Extended Benefits Available: 20 weeks

North Carolina

Regular Unemployment Insurance: 12 weeks

Extended Benefits Available: 9.6 weeks

North Dakota

Regular Unemployment Insurance: 26 weeks

Extended Benefits Available: 13 weeks

Ohio

Regular Unemployment Insurance: 26 weeks

Extended Benefits Available: 20 weeks

Oklahoma

Regular Unemployment Insurance: 26 weeks

Extended Benefits Available: 13 weeks

Oregon

Regular Unemployment Insurance: 26 weeks

Extended Benefits Available: 20 weeks

Pennsylvania

Regular Unemployment Insurance: 26 weeks

Extended Benefits Available: 13 weeks

Puerto Rico

Regular Unemployment Insurance: 26 weeks

Extended Benefits Available: 13 weeks

Rhode Island

Regular Unemployment Insurance: 26 weeks

Extended Benefits Available: 20 weeks

South Carolina

Regular Unemployment Insurance: 20 weeks

Extended Benefits Available: 16 weeks

South Dakota

Regular Unemployment Insurance: 26 weeks

Extended Benefits Available: 0 weeks

Tennessee

Regular Unemployment Insurance: 26 weeks

Extended Benefits Available: 13 weeks

Texas

Regular Unemployment Insurance: 26 weeks

Extended Benefits Available: 20 weeks

Utah

Regular Unemployment Insurance: 26 weeks

Extended Benefits Available: 13 weeks

Vermont

Regular Unemployment Insurance: 26 weeks

Extended Benefits Available: 20 weeks

Virginia

Regular Unemployment Insurance: 26 weeks

Extended Benefits Available: 13 weeks

Washington

Regular Unemployment Insurance: 26 weeks

Extended Benefits Available: 20 weeks

West Virginia

Regular Unemployment Insurance: 26 weeks

Extended Benefits Available: 13 weeks

Wisconsin

Regular Unemployment Insurance: 26 weeks

Extended Benefits Available: 13 weeks

Wyoming

Regular Unemployment Insurance: 26 weeks

Extended Benefits Available: 13 weeks

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