Annual Statistical Supplement, 2011

Other Social Insurance Programs and Veterans' Benefits

Other Social Insurance Programs

Unemployment Insurance

Table 9.A2 Summary data on state programs, by state or other area, 2009
State or area Covered employment (excludes federal government) Insured unemployment as percent of covered employment a Number of first payments Average weekly benefit for total unemployment Average weekly insured unemployment Average actual duration (weeks) Claimants exhausting benefits Contri-butions collected b (millions of dollars) Benefits paid c (millions of dollars) Average employer contribution rate d (percent)
Average number of workers (thou-sands) Total payroll e (millions of dollars) Amount f (dollars) Percent of average weekly wages g Number Percent of first payments h
Total 126,466 5,679,684 4.5 14,172,822 309.60 35.8 5,723,941 18.8 7,530,223 55.3 28,182 79,550 2.3
Alabama 1,775 68,336 4.0 195,672 208.04 28.1 71,110 16.5 83,432 41.9 207 651 1.5
Alaska 297 13,664 4.8 34,157 234.86 26.5 14,275 22.0 20,806 58.2 103 170 1.8
Arizona 2,340 99,095 4.3 242,508 220.17 27.0 100,174 18.5 131,350 64.5 224 1,001 1.3
Arkansas 1,113 39,152 5.1 141,925 281.53 41.6 57,184 16.8 66,863 47.8 246 620 2.5
California 14,377 737,852 5.4 1,778,757 310.56 31.5 777,733 20.4 1,066,905 62.4 4,083 11,455 4.2
Colorado 2,148 99,532 3.2 186,153 360.96 40.5 69,771 16.0 103,182 66.0 335 1,062 1.6
Connecticut 1,596 92,085 5.2 223,342 342.16 30.8 83,599 19.4 101,593 48.9 568 1,313 3.1
Delaware 397 18,871 3.9 35,218 261.80 28.6 15,609 22.0 20,152 56.1 82 208 2.0
District of Columbia 482 34,195 1.4 34,259 303.01 22.2 6,947 20.4 19,273 64.8 109 217 2.1
Florida 7,050 285,671 4.1 680,061 237.58 30.5 290,301 19.2 468,595 70.7 758 3,098 1.5
Georgia 3,696 156,156 4.2 409,873 283.03 34.8 155,360 15.3 237,433 57.7 483 1,718 1.7
Hawaii 559 22,355 3.6 50,721 423.02 55.0 20,187 18.9 22,743 46.5 44 391 0.7
Idaho 600 20,173 5.6 92,187 275.40 42.6 33,707 16.6 46,796 50.7 130 396 1.3
Illinois 5,465 262,711 5.1 661,955 327.86 35.5 281,314 20.6 348,987 56.2 1,437 4,418 2.4
Indiana 2,666 101,182 4.7 354,471 306.90 42.1 126,247 17.1 215,551 58.1 444 1,831 2.6
Iowa 1,427 52,680 3.7 165,030 319.76 45.0 52,398 15.6 63,657 39.9 335 792 1.5
Kansas 1,291 48,760 3.7 123,178 354.38 48.8 47,732 18.1 63,547 58.8 201 744 1.4
Kentucky 1,671 62,739 4.4 191,181 307.64 42.6 72,898 19.0 80,622 40.5 368 1,064 3.1
Louisiana 1,817 73,003 3.0 136,503 230.74 29.9 54,297 16.6 51,284 46.8 145 455 1.4
Maine 567 20,361 3.7 55,232 281.62 40.8 21,245 17.0 25,294 47.7 84 259 1.6
Maryland 2,329 113,040 3.6 187,148 310.90 33.3 83,835 18.8 93,347 51.4 381 1,089 2.0
Massachusetts 3,087 172,995 4.7 352,631 419.18 38.9 144,271 20.1 191,724 57.0 1,429 2,755 3.6
Michigan 3,721 161,450 7.1 652,819 308.68 37.0 263,540 19.4 363,741 53.7 1,303 3,785 4.6
Minnesota 2,536 114,340 4.2 252,468 359.95 41.5 105,830 19.6 134,061 57.4 721 1,691 1.5
Mississippi 1,054 34,991 4.1 102,315 195.63 30.7 43,692 17.4 47,765 47.1 88 345 1.3
Missouri 2,550 100,960 3.9 241,057 256.41 33.7 99,566 18.4 121,161 52.1 530 1,140 2.0
Montana 407 13,415 4.6 41,524 270.27 42.7 18,862 20.3 21,588 52.1 70 209 0.9
Nebraska 885 32,097 2.2 60,656 249.45 35.8 19,604 13.9 29,714 55.0 90 219 1.3
Nevada 1,120 47,528 6.4 181,563 317.36 38.9 71,967 19.4 110,770 62.7 294 1,095 1.3
New Hampshire 597 26,659 3.8 57,473 282.65 32.9 22,432 16.9 20,605 39.7 79 269 2.2
New Jersey 3,712 203,895 5.4 469,715 395.73 37.5 200,581 20.9 284,292 62.0 1,774 3,659 2.1
New Mexico 760 28,429 3.8 62,746 300.29 41.7 28,773 19.5 36,031 63.7 86 362 1.1
New York 8,217 473,769 4.2 803,525 314.51 28.4 345,815 20.3 424,295 54.8 2,147 4,970 3.7
North Carolina 3,756 148,370 5.4 544,491 306.70 40.4 204,285 17.1 310,305 60.4 736 2,555 1.7
North Dakota 340 12,047 1.9 22,013 310.52 45.6 6,547 13.7 8,152 37.9 51 99 1.0
Ohio 4,866 197,125 4.7 503,921 321.01 41.2 228,890 19.9 247,778 48.2 1,018 2,942 2.7
Oklahoma 1,451 52,872 2.9 107,524 295.38 42.2 41,716 17.2 50,869 54.9 123 574 0.7
Oregon 1,578 63,646 6.9 260,274 313.26 40.4 109,420 19.5 140,625 53.5 523 1,625 1.9
Pennsylvania 5,363 238,310 6.1 782,870 352.16 41.2 328,830 19.6 355,542 47.4 1,855 4,827 4.6
Rhode Island 439 18,755 5.0 55,512 382.96 46.6 22,032 19.2 34,632 61.4 185 409 3.4
South Carolina 1,734 63,031 5.4 224,111 250.08 35.8 94,021 17.1 126,887 56.9 236 946 2.1
South Dakota 378 12,356 1.5 17,428 253.90 40.4 5,574 13.7 3,922 25.3 29 66 1.0
Tennessee 2,515 100,036 3.9 279,980 226.36 29.6 98,802 17.3 153,091 53.3 614 1,099 3.2
Texas 9,952 451,182 2.6 713,662 324.98 37.3 259,740 17.4 374,253 59.7 1,085 3,837 1.3
Utah 1,121 42,536 3.1 98,998 320.77 44.0 34,706 16.0 49,180 55.1 114 489 0.6
Vermont 286 10,945 4.5 38,373 306.33 41.6 12,983 17.4 13,325 35.8 62 196 3.3
Virginia 3,379 157,691 2.4 229,868 304.01 33.9 82,540 15.9 116,585 53.1 303 1,073 1.2
Washington 2,764 129,983 5.0 345,913 401.51 44.4 138,412 18.9 154,773 47.9 886 2,597 1.4
West Virginia 668 23,990 4.1 77,262 271.76 39.4 27,309 16.5 26,510 38.1 167 343 2.7
Wisconsin 2,614 101,802 6.1 447,970 287.50 38.4 158,372 17.0 170,298 39.5 621 1,932 2.6
Wyoming 267 10,746 3.1 28,772 347.40 44.9 8,237 16.5 12,241 53.2 48 166 1.2
Outlying areas
Puerto Rico 940 24,216 6.3 132,368 115.34 23.3 59,384 20.5 62,067 48.4 152 304 3.1
U.S. Virgin Islands 43 1,568 3.0 3,489 327.34 46.5 1,287 18.9 2,029 64.4 1 20 0.2
SOURCES: Department of Labor, Employment and Training Administration and Bureau of Labor Statistics; based on data submitted by state agencies.
NOTES: Except where noted, excludes data for federal employees and for ex-servicemembers; includes data for state and local government employees where covered by state law after 1955.
Totals do not necessarily equal the sum of rounded components.
a. Based on average covered employment in 12-month period.
b. Contributions, penalties, and interest from employers and contributions from employees in states taxing workers; adjusted to exclude refunds of contributions and dishonored checks; excludes state and local government employees covered on reimbursable basis.
c. Adjusted to exclude voided benefit checks and for transfers under interstate combined-wage plan; excludes Extended Benefits and Emergency Unemployment Compensation.
d. Estimated data. Contribution rate as a percentage of taxable payroll; excludes state and local jurisdictions covering state and local government employees on a reimbursable basis. Standard contribution rate for most states, 2.7 percent.
e. Total wages earned in covered employment during all pay periods ended within the year.
f. Includes dependents' allowances for states that provide such benefits.
g. Based on average total weekly wage in current year.
h. Percentages based on first payments for 12-month period.
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