Filing an unemployment claim online by State

Filing an unemployment claim is a lot easier then it once was. All 50 states have websites where you can fill out a claim.

Here is a listing of where to find each state's website to file an unemployment claim.

Alabama https://dir.alabama.gov/uc/Claims


Alaska http://www.labor.state.ak.us/esd_unemployment_insurance/home.htm


Arizona  https://egov.azdes.gov/cmsinternet/landing.aspx?id=4211


Arkansas  http://www.arkansas.gov/esd/UI/


California  http://www.edd.ca.gov/Unemployment/Filing_a_Claim.htm


Colorado  http://www.coworkforce.com/uib/onlineservices.asp


Conn. https://iic.ctdol.state.ct.us/welcome.aspx


Delaware  http://www.delawareworks.com/Unemployment/welcome.shtml


Florida  https://www2.myflorida.com/fluid/


Georgia http://www.dol.state.ga.us/js/unemployment_benefits_individuals.htm


Hawaii http://hawaii.gov/labor/ui/index.shtml


Idaho http://labor.idaho.gov/dnn/Default.aspx?TabId=681&AspxAutoDetectCookieSupport=1


Illinois http://www.ides.state.il.us/individual/online_claim.asp


Indiana http://www.in.gov/dwd/2473.htm


Iowa http://www.iowaworkforce.org/ui/file1.htm


Kansas  https://www.uibenefits.dol.ks.gov/default.asp


Kentucky  https://uiclaims.des.ky.gov/ebenefit/


Louisiana https://laors.laworks.net/laclaims/website/


Maine  http://www.maine.gov/labor/unemployment/howtofile.html


Maryland http://www.dllr.state.md.us/employment/unemployment.shtml

Mass. http://www.mass.gov/?pageID=elwdonlineservices&L=1&L0=Home&f=Home_more&sid=Elwd#top


Michigan http://www.michigan.gov/uia


Minnesota http://www.uimn.org/ui/UI-OnlineAppGuide.pdf


Mississippi http://www.mdes.ms.gov/wps/PA_1_0_CH/docs/AccessPages/jsp/applicantServices.jsp


Missouri https://www.ui.dolir.mo.gov/som/


Montana https://app.mt.gov/ui4u/index


Nebraska https://uibenefits.nwd.ne.gov/BPSWeb/jsp/BPSClaimantWelcome.jsp


Nevada http://nvdetr.org/uiben/uiben_uiben.htm#Internet_Claims


New Hampshire https://nhuis.nh.gov/claimant/


New Jersey http://lwd.dol.state.nj.us/labor/ui/ui_index.html


New Mexico http://www.unemploymentoffice.net/State_resources/New%20Mexico.htm


New York https://ui.labor.state.ny.us/UBC/home.do


North Carolina https://www.ncesc1.com/individual/webInitialClaims/applyBegin.asp


North Dakota http://www.jobsnd.com/jsnd/jobsnd/insurance/workers_apply.html


Ohio http://jfs.ohio.gov/ouc/ClaimInformationPage.stm


Oklahoma https://unemployment.state.ok.us/


Oregon https://ssl8.emp.state.or.us/ocs4/index.cfm?u=F20091120A085353B29346038.888&lang=E


Pennsylvania http://www.dli.state.pa.us/landi/cwp/view.asp?a=355&q=235210


Rhode Island http://www.dlt.ri.gov/ui/


South Carolina https://secure.sces.org/PDIC/GatewayServlet?hptAppId=ICFJREG&hptExec=Y


South Dakota http://dol.sd.gov/ui/uibenefitsfilingclaim.aspx


Tennessee http://www.tn.gov/labor-wfd/unemployment2.html


Texas http://www.twc.state.tx.us/ui/uiclaim.html


Utah http://jobs.utah.gov/ui/Jobseeker.asp


Vermont http://www.labor.vermont.gov/Unemployed/tabid/109/Default.aspx


Virginia http://www.vec.virginia.gov/vecportal/seeker/jslogin.cfm


Washington https://fortress.wa.gov/esd/uia/icintro/intropage.aspx?lang=en-us


West Virginia https://www.wvuc.org/WVWeb/Welcome.aspx


Wisconsin https://ucclaim-wi.org/InternetInitialClaims/InfoBasicRequirements.asp

Wyoming http://doe.wyo.gov/workers/unemployment/Pages/MethodsofFilingNewAdditionalandReopenedClaims.aspx