State Unemployment Insurance--Summary statistics


ITEM	Unit	1970	1975	1980	1981	1982	1983	1984	1985	1986	1987	1988	1989	1990	1991	1992	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998


Insured unemployment, avg. weekly	1,000	1,805	3,974	3,356	3,045	4,059	3,395	2,475	2,617	2,643	2,300	2,081	2,158	2,522	3,342	3,245	2,751	2,670	2,572	2,596	2,323	2,222
Percent of covered employment ¹	Percent	3.4	6.1	3.9	3.5	4.6	3.9	2.9	2.9	2.8	2.4	2.1	2.1	2.4	3.1	3.1	2.6	2.5	2.3	2.3	2.0	1.9
Percent of civilian unemployed	Percent	44.1	50.0	43.9	36.8	38.0	31.7	29.0	31.5	32.1	31.0	31.0	33.1	35.8	38.7	33.8	30.8	33.4	34.7	35.9	34.5	35.8
Unemployment benefits, avg. weekly	Dollars	50	70	100	107	119	124	123	128	136	141	145	152	162	170	174	180	182	187	189	193	200
Percent of weekly wage	Percent	35.6	37.1	36.6	35.9	37.7	37.2	35.5	35.3	35.8	35.5	34.9	35.4	36.0	36.4	35.4	36.0	35.7	35.5	34.5	33.5	32.9
Weeks compensated	Million	78.9	175.3	149.0	135.9	185.4	155.5	111.6	119.3	121.4	105.2	94.2	97.6	116.0	155.1	150.2	125.6	123.4	118.3	119.0	106.6	101.4
Beneficiaries, first payments	1,000	6,402	11,160	9,992	9,407	11,648	8,907	7,743	8,372	8,361	7,203	6,861	7,369	8,629	10,075	9,243	7,884	7,959	8,035	7,990	7,325	7,332
Average duration of benefits ²	Weeks	12.3	15.7	14.9	14.4	15.9	17.5	14.4	14.2	14.5	14.6	13.7	13.2	13.4	15.4	16.2	15.9	15.5	14.7	14.9	14.6	13.8
Claimants exhausting benefits	1,000	1,295	4,195	3,072	2,989	4,175	4,180	2,606	2,572	2,688	2,408	1,979	1,940	2,323	3,472	3,838	3,204	2,977	2,662	2,739	2,485	2,266
Percent of first payment ³	Percent	24.4	37.8	33.2	32.4	38.5	38.4	34.2	31.2	32.2	30.6	28.5	28.0	29.4	34.8	39.9	39.2	36.3	34.3	33.4	32.8	31.8
Contributions collected ⁴	Bil. dol.	2.5	5.2	11.4	11.6	12.2	14.5	18.8	19.3	18.1	17.6	17.7	16.5	15.2	14.5	17.0	19.8	21.8	22.0	21.6	21.2	19.8
Benefits paid	Bil. dol.	3.8	11.8	14.2	13.8	21.4	18.5	13.2	14.7	16.0	14.2	13.1	14.2	18.0	25.5	25.1	21.8	21.5	21.2	21.8	19.7	19.4
Funds available for benefits ⁵	Bil. dol.	11.9	4.7	6.6	5.7	2.6	5.8	2.2	10.1	15.4	23.2	31.1	36.9	37.9	30.5	25.8	28.0	31.3	35.4	38.6	43.8	48.0
Average employer contribution rate ⁶	Percent	1.3	2.0	2.4	2.4	2.5	2.8	3.3	3.1	2.8	2.6	2.5	2.2	2.0	1.9	2.2	2.5	2.6	2.4	2.3	2.1	1.9

1 Insured unemployment as percent of average covered employment in preceding year.
2 Weeks compensated divided by first payment.
3 Based on first payments for 12-month period ending June 30.
4 Contributions from employers; also employees in states which tax workers.
5 End of year. Sum of balances in state clearing accounts, benefit-payment accounts, and state accounts in Federal unemployment trust funds.
6 As percent of taxable wages.

Source: U.S. Employment and Training Administration, unpublished data.

http://www.workforcesecurity.doleta.gov/unemploy/datastats.asp

http://www.allcountries.org/uscensus/618_state_unemployment_insurance_summary.html

These tables are based on figures supplied by the United States Census Bureau, U.S. Department of Commerce and are subject to revision by the Census Bureau.

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