Annual Statistical Supplement, 2012

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, 2010
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 Contributions collected b (millions of dollars) Benefits paid c (millions of dollars) Average employer contribution rate d (percent)
Average number of workers (thousands) Total payroll e (millions of dollars) Amount f (dollars) Percent of average weekly wages g Number Percent of first payments h
Total 125,816 5,793,876 3.6 10,738,572 299.33 33.8 4,486,834 18.9 6,374,290 53.4 35,903 58,502 3.0
Alabama 1,754 68,912 3.0 140,350 205.80 27.2 52,940 16.6 70,400 44.2 411 466 3.2
Alaska 299 14,062 4.6 34,516 239.37 26.5 13,896 23.1 25,653 76.5 112 182 2.0
Arizona 2,295 98,288 3.5 178,856 214.03 26.0 79,230 19.5 122,103 57.2 311 750 2.0
Arkansas 1,110 39,635 4.0 103,428 278.10 40.5 43,925 16.8 55,155 47.4 333 431 3.1
California 14,171 749,264 4.6 1,523,765 301.45 29.6 655,049 20.0 951,114 58.7 4,433 9,502 4.8
Colorado 2,121 100,325 3.0 153,222 346.53 38.1 64,002 17.6 103,972 60.9 425 918 2.1
Connecticut 1,576 93,616 4.3 174,314 327.37 28.7 67,119 20.3 87,456 45.1 636 1,022 3.5
Delaware 393 19,082 3.4 27,466 247.37 26.5 13,193 22.9 17,735 58.3 83 157 2.4
District of Columbia 483 35,214 1.1 28,355 298.92 21.3 5,376 21.3 18,837 62.3 126 187 2.5
Florida 6,971 286,560 3.2 521,763 230.89 29.2 224,872 18.8 388,402 67.0 1,121 2,248 2.4
Georgia 3,648 157,735 3.2 299,963 273.22 32.9 116,983 14.7 182,704 54.0 628 1,152 2.2
Hawaii 551 22,130 3.1 41,236 416.32 53.9 17,309 19.7 21,378 46.8 164 325 1.8
Idaho 592 20,335 4.5 75,050 255.47 38.7 26,462 15.7 41,762 51.5 272 280 2.9
Illinois 5,410 266,182 4.1 475,822 316.69 33.5 220,384 21.3 286,600 52.1 1,829 3,176 3.3
Indiana 2,667 103,751 3.0 222,391 295.00 39.4 78,754 16.1 136,438 54.2 521 1,040 3.0
Iowa 1,415 53,574 2.9 125,564 321.39 44.1 40,394 15.3 55,538 38.3 486 593 2.3
Kansas 1,270 48,895 2.9 91,193 326.27 44.1 36,565 17.9 56,014 53.9 350 518 2.5
Kentucky 1,669 63,892 3.0 134,738 288.80 39.2 49,753 18.4 63,232 41.9 422 678 3.5
Louisiana 1,800 73,828 3.1 107,389 208.90 26.5 55,318 20.9 67,095 53.3 187 351 1.6
Maine 562 20,599 3.2 47,540 274.00 38.9 18,062 16.7 23,175 47.6 133 214 2.7
Maryland 2,314 114,473 3.1 154,725 315.80 33.2 72,664 18.9 84,093 50.5 788 919 4.5
Massachusetts 3,098 178,233 3.7 270,133 391.80 35.4 115,926 19.7 141,279 48.3 1,577 1,957 4.1
Michigan 3,712 163,935 4.3 387,386 296.62 34.9 160,068 18.9 233,020 49.7 1,419 2,120 5.1
Minnesota 2,522 117,507 3.2 184,752 355.96 39.7 80,533 20.2 116,206 55.3 896 1,218 1.9
Mississippi 1,047 35,244 3.4 79,533 189.99 29.3 36,069 17.9 41,628 47.9 112 283 1.7
Missouri 2,515 101,115 3.0 189,210 244.16 31.6 75,114 18.6 106,239 51.1 549 853 2.1
Montana 405 13,658 4.2 34,424 271.83 41.9 16,921 21.7 20,882 57.7 108 173 1.5
Nebraska 879 32,444 2.1 54,022 251.86 35.5 18,853 14.9 29,871 52.6 200 202 3.2
Nevada 1,090 45,967 4.9 128,499 317.88 39.2 53,580 20.1 91,098 61.0 268 785 1.2
New Hampshire 593 27,065 3.1 42,319 272.24 31.0 18,213 16.2 17,375 35.6 149 186 3.4
New Jersey 3,680 206,476 4.5 385,201 397.41 36.8 165,567 20.8 240,431 59.2 2,123 2,961 2.5
New Mexico 748 28,506 3.4 53,745 315.76 43.1 25,193 21.2 36,413 65.0 249 349 1.4
New York 8,214 494,149 3.5 666,359 306.61 26.5 290,346 20.2 370,371 53.3 2,607 3,947 4.5
North Carolina 3,715 151,498 4.2 378,791 298.46 38.1 156,125 18.2 283,304 60.7 760 1,666 1.8
North Dakota 348 13,113 1.5 17,569 310.43 42.9 5,175 13.7 8,432 42.6 72 81 1.4
Ohio 4,822 199,447 3.0 308,311 296.59 37.3 144,300 19.9 175,676 49.4 1,157 1,773 3.2
Oklahoma 1,433 53,638 2.4 76,334 276.19 38.4 34,328 19.1 47,806 55.0 165 417 1.0
Oregon 1,567 64,639 5.3 199,506 289.70 36.5 82,807 18.6 116,422 52.8 771 1,042 2.7
Pennsylvania 5,361 243,126 4.9 599,353 337.91 38.7 264,691 19.9 304,843 46.6 2,212 3,589 5.6
Rhode Island 437 19,171 4.1 48,750 380.40 45.1 17,768 17.2 27,881 57.6 212 313 3.7
South Carolina 1,723 64,036 4.1 149,306 236.41 33.1 70,765 17.0 95,505 55.8 256 581 2.3
South Dakota 377 12,694 1.2 13,014 251.12 38.8 4,436 14.4 3,713 25.2 71 52 2.3
Tennessee 2,506 102,873 2.7 193,834 223.44 28.3 68,301 16.6 111,383 53.0 667 725 3.2
Texas 9,973 464,168 2.2 544,794 316.07 35.3 215,721 18.1 343,577 56.2 2,249 2,902 2.8
Utah 1,113 43,040 2.5 74,936 315.61 42.4 27,648 16.4 44,688 52.7 139 370 0.7
Vermont 286 11,130 3.6 29,008 296.67 39.6 10,258 18.1 10,504 33.1 75 146 3.5
Virginia 3,363 161,161 1.8 177,577 288.48 31.3 61,625 15.3 95,432 50.1 502 753 2.0
Washington 2,733 131,169 4.0 263,691 383.95 41.6 108,981 19.5 140,389 46.7 1,286 1,900 2.3
West Virginia 668 24,500 3.2 58,082 255.12 36.2 21,466 17.3 24,699 38.0 189 247 3.0
Wisconsin 2,600 103,432 4.7 324,879 274.94 35.9 121,546 17.8 142,316 38.3 848 1,367 3.6
Wyoming 263 10,924 2.6 22,368 337.05 42.2 6,865 17.3 12,510 49.7 86 126 2.4
Outlying areas  
Puerto Rico 913 23,803 6.0 118,744 118.32 23.6 54,508 21.6 79,910 63.3 158 298 3.3
U.S. Virgin Islands 43 1,659 2.0 2,496 301.83 41.0 887 17.9 1,631 58.0 1 13 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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