Unemployment reached as high as 22% last April, during the country's first coronavirus closure, and averaged 16% for 2020 as a whole.
FILE PHOTO: People who lost their jobs wait in line to file for unemployment benefits, following an outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), at Arkansas Workforce Center in Fort Smith, Arkansas, U.S. April 6, 2020(photo credit: REUTERS/NICK OXFORD/FILE PHOTO)ByZEV STUBUpdated:
