Annual Statistical Supplement, 2016

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, 2014
State or area Covered employment (excludes federal government) Insured unemployment as percent of covered employment b Number of first payments Average weekly benefit for total unemployment Average weekly insured unemployment Average actual duration (weeks) Claimants exhausting benefits Contributions collected f (millions of dollars) Benefits paid g (millions of dollars) Average employer contribution rate h (percent)
Average number of workers (thousands) Total payroll a (millions of dollars) Amount c (dollars) Percent of average weekly wages d Number Percent of first payments e
Total 134,804 6,834,268 1.9 7,006,001 314.74 32.2 2,573,676 16.4 3,034,778 40.5 43,913 34,556 2.9
Alabama 1,810 76,517 1.5 74,968 211.64 26.1 28,023 15.4 31,245 37.1 337 244 2.3
Alaska 315 16,499 3.4 30,753 253.52 25.3 10,659 18.6 16,398 48.8 191 139 2.6
Arizona 2,484 115,282 1.5 96,768 222.27 25.1 37,674 16.0 43,940 42.7 432 344 2.3
Arkansas 1,137 44,974 2.1 63,181 290.89 38.5 24,063 14.4 23,868 34.4 342 229 3.1
California 15,565 914,844 2.8 1,127,480 302.05 27.0 434,619 18.1 594,884 50.6 5,800 6,021 5.0
Colorado 2,366 123,564 1.5 93,969 366.84 36.1 35,223 14.9 46,995 45.3 707 493 2.6
Connecticut 1,636 104,420 2.9 137,079 345.24 27.4 47,635 17.8 51,443 35.4 765 741 3.9
Delaware 418 22,158 2.0 16,707 246.72 24.1 8,256 21.6 8,260 42.4 134 88 2.3
District of Columbia 532 41,812 0.9 24,342 297.57 19.0 4,775 19.2 12,923 47.0 154 136 2.8
Florida 7,623 338,064 1.2 198,172 237.01 28.1 89,970 17.5 139,696 60.4 1,773 822 2.8
Georgia 3,935 187,137 1.2 188,713 268.61 28.8 48,439 10.4 84,300 40.5 850 498 2.3
Hawaii 593 25,904 1.6 26,958 430.25 53.8 9,774 16.6 9,465 31.4 268 185 1.8
Idaho 635 23,786 1.7 35,999 281.46 39.4 10,980 12.5 11,268 27.2 181 117 1.6
Illinois 5,682 305,795 2.4 351,737 327.47 31.3 134,010 18.0 142,969 37.4 2,465 1,998 3.9
Indiana 2,854 120,551 1.3 112,728 252.04 30.9 36,115 15.2 36,118 27.5 701 432 2.8
Iowa 1,498 63,415 1.6 93,158 348.46 43.1 23,897 12.9 26,559 29.0 443 404 1.6
Kansas 1,332 56,395 1.4 63,004 351.58 43.2 19,079 13.6 27,356 42.7 379 273 2.3
Kentucky 1,769 73,465 1.6 63,394 291.55 36.7 27,691 20.2 26,579 38.8 513 352 3.3
Louisiana 1,893 85,162 1.1 54,527 207.68 23.7 20,986 15.2 18,687 31.9 226 188 1.7
Maine 576 22,898 2.0 35,401 289.93 39.2 11,502 14.3 12,726 33.5 146 145 2.6
Maryland 2,409 127,910 2.2 122,399 325.48 32.0 52,225 17.3 53,291 40.3 587 683 2.7
Massachusetts 3,311 211,825 2.5 220,516 433.17 34.9 82,729 18.1 83,548 38.1 1,726 1,613 3.8
Michigan 4,043 194,614 2.1 275,308 284.59 30.8 84,260 13.0 111,234 38.7 1,478 1,057 4.4
Minnesota 2,699 138,768 1.9 127,596 390.00 39.1 51,794 16.8 49,902 37.3 1,013 754 1.9
Mississippi 1,077 39,270 1.8 47,987 197.89 28.5 19,009 15.6 18,872 34.8 175 144 1.2
Missouri 2,615 114,609 1.5 118,063 243.63 28.7 40,527 14.1 53,692 41.5 605 405 2.1
Montana 427 16,290 2.1 23,653 297.62 41.3 8,968 16.3 9,261 37.8 149 101 1.8
Nebraska 929 37,898 0.9 28,595 287.90 37.4 8,807 12.5 11,056 35.0 109 100 1.4
Nevada 1,185 52,579 2.5 79,000 312.16 37.5 29,909 16.1 33,521 42.2 500 370 2.0
New Hampshire 619 31,504 1.2 21,157 289.22 29.3 7,536 14.1 5,061 22.7 115 86 1.8
New Jersey 3,797 229,080 3.4 322,654 405.61 34.9 127,295 18.5 154,386 46.7 2,720 2,234 2.9
New Mexico 769 31,393 1.9 35,519 304.61 39.6 14,710 19.1 17,493 43.3 199 192 1.6
New York 8,732 574,404 2.3 494,864 307.21 23.0 198,176 18.3 200,083 37.0 3,402 2,597 4.5
North Carolina 3,989 177,973 1.3 139,657 228.88 26.7 53,433 14.1 77,000 49.5 1,390 426 2.2
North Dakota 436 22,066 0.8 17,731 427.90 42.2 3,330 11.8 7,461 41.7 120 97 1.2
Ohio 5,107 232,919 1.4 208,622 326.75 37.4 72,908 15.5 66,745 30.3 1,130 997 2.7
Oklahoma 1,536 66,197 1.1 43,981 316.95 38.0 16,490 16.6 21,431 42.6 370 233 1.4
Oregon 1,699 78,386 2.3 102,495 326.54 37.4 39,144 17.1 40,465 37.1 982 559 2.8
Pennsylvania 5,548 278,674 2.9 413,685 363.77 37.8 162,061 16.9 139,418 32.0 2,866 2,274 6.3
Rhode Island 453 22,034 2.6 34,847 338.78 37.5 11,879 16.0 13,803 37.3 252 181 3.7
South Carolina 1,863 75,229 1.1 60,728 251.10 32.8 21,265 11.8 23,448 31.5 474 202 2.4
South Dakota 400 15,236 0.6 6,432 290.80 41.0 2,228 14.3 1,067 15.9 43 28 1.0
Tennessee 2,702 120,548 1.2 105,249 223.40 25.9 31,361 13.8 40,821 36.8 361 340 1.4
Texas 11,182 591,325 1.3 408,789 354.55 34.1 142,538 15.9 194,815 44.4 2,224 2,121 2.6
Utah 1,258 53,226 1.0 40,690 351.95 43.0 12,410 13.2 14,151 30.7 318 174 1.3
Vermont 298 12,635 1.9 19,507 320.45 40.3 5,531 13.6 3,619 18.2 136 78 4.0
Virginia 3,484 178,612 1.0 104,660 298.84 29.7 36,394 16.1 49,756 43.2 731 498 2.6
Washington 2,970 162,291 2.0 178,030 396.61 37.7 59,667 15.5 56,829 30.0 1,342 1,031 1.7
West Virginia 677 27,236 2.3 47,715 278.54 36.4 15,880 16.1 15,899 30.7 205 211 3.0
Wisconsin 2,729 119,133 2.3 175,853 285.28 34.7 63,493 15.3 54,575 28.1 1,099 689 3.6
Wyoming 277 12,773 1.1 12,016 362.82 40.7 3,085 14.6 4,119 31.0 115 60 2.4
Outlying areas  
Puerto Rico 893 23,607 3.4 76,690 118.27 24.1 30,442 19.5 41,068 51.8 167 162 3.5
U.S. Virgin Islands 37 1,386 2.2 2,275 312.39 47.5 822 17.4 1,209 50.2 8 11 1.6
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. Total wages earned in covered employment during all pay periods ended within the year.
b. Based on average covered employment in 12-month period.
c. Includes dependents' allowances for states that provide such benefits.
d. Based on average total weekly wage in current year.
e. Percentages based on first payments for 12-month period.
f. 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.
g. Adjusted to exclude voided benefit checks and for transfers under interstate combined-wage plan; excludes Extended Benefits and Emergency Unemployment Compensation.
h. 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.
CONTACT: Scott Gibbons (202) 693-3008 or statistics@ssa.gov.