Iowa Workforce Development reports initial unemployment insurance claims filed for week of April 25 – May 1, 2021 DES MOINES – The number of initial unemployment claims in Iowa, filed between Sunday, April 25, and Saturday, May 1, was 3,375, a decrease of 580 from last week’s adjusted numbers. There were 3,027 initial claims by individuals who work and live in Iowa, and 348 claims by individuals who work in Iowa and live in another state. The number of continuing weekly unemployment claims was 28,451, a decrease of 2,081 from the previous week. For the week ending May 1, 2021, nearly 54.2% of claimants indicated their claims were not COVID-19 related, which is an increase from 50.7% the previous week.