[Economic Report of the President (1996)]
[Administration of William J. Clinton]
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Table B-41.--Unemployment insurance programs, selected data, 1963-95
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All programs                                                  State programs
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Benefits paid
Total                                                Insured   --------------------------
Year or month                           Insured     benefits  paid                                         unemployment      Total
Covered      unemployment    (millions  of     Insured    Initial  Exhaustions\5\   as  percent   (millions      Average
employment\1\      (weekly       dollars)\2\   unemployment   claims                   of  covered       of      weekly check
average)\2\         \4\                                               employment   dollars)\4\  (dollars)\6\
\3\
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(1)Thousands
(2)Weekly average;
thousands

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1963.....................       48,434      \7\1,973             3,026      \7\1,806     \7\298           30            4.3         2,775        35.27
1964.....................       49,637         1,753             2,749         1,605        268           26            3.8         2,522        35.92
1965.....................       51,580         1,450             2,360         1,328        232           21            3.0         2,166        37.19
1966.....................       54,739         1,129             1,891         1,061        203           15            2.3         1,771        39.75
1967.....................       56,342         1,270             2,222         1,205        226           17            2.5         2,092        41.25
1968.....................       57,977         1,187             2,191         1,111        201           16            2.2         2,032        43.43
1969.....................       59,999         1,177             2,299         1,101        200           16            2.1         2,128        46.17

1970.....................       59,526         2,070             4,209         1,805        296           25            3.4         3,849        50.34
1971.....................       59,375         2,608             6,154         2,150        295           39            4.1         4,957        54.02
1972.....................       66,458         2,192             5,491         1,848        261           35            3.5         4,471        56.76
1973.....................       69,897         1,793             4,517         1,632        247           29            2.7         4,008        59.00
1974.....................       72,451         2,558             6,934         2,262        363           37            3.5         5,975        64.25
1975.....................       71,037         4,937            16,802         3,986        478           81            6.0        11,755        70.23
1976.....................       73,459         3,846            12,345         2,991        386           63            4.6         8,975        75.16
1977.....................       76,419         3,308            10,999         2,655        375           55            3.9         8,357        78.79
1978.....................       88,804         2,645             9,007         2,359        346           39            3.3         7,717        83.67
1979.....................       92,062         2,592             9,401         2,434        388           39            2.9         8,613        89.67

1980.....................       92,659         3,837            16,175         3,350        488           59            3.9        13,761        98.95
1981.....................       93,300         3,410            15,287         3,047        460           57            3.5        13,262       106.70
1982.....................       91,628         4,592            24,491         4,059        583           80            4.6        20,649       119.34
1983.....................       91,898         3,774            21,000         3,395        438           80            3.9        17,787       123.59
1984.....................       96,474         2,560            13,838         2,475        377           50            2.8        12,610       123.47
1985.....................       99,186         2,699            15,283         2,617        397           49            2.9        14,131       128.14
1986.....................      101,099         2,739            16,670         2,643        378           52            2.8        15,329       135.65
1987.....................      103,936         2,369            14,929         2,300        328           46            2.4        13,607       140.55
1988.....................      107,157         2,135            13,694         2,081        310           38            2.0        12,565       144.97
1989.....................      109,925         2,205            14,948         2,158        330           37            2.1        13,760       151.73

1990.....................      111,498         2,575            18,721         2,522        388           45            2.4        17,356       161.56
1991.....................      109,613         3,406            26,717         3,342        447           67            3.2        24,526       169.88
1992.....................      110,167         3,348        \9\ 26,460         3,245        408           74            3.1        23,869       173.64
1993.....................      112,147         2,845        \9\ 22,950         2,751        341           62            2.6        20,539       179.62
1994.....................    8 115,255         2,746            22,844         2,670        340           57            2.5        20,401       182.16
1995 ........       2,641            21,909         2,575        356           51            2.3        19,700       187.30
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1994: Jan................  .............       3,521           2,281.1         2,737        368           64            2.6       2,170.7       181.46
Feb................  .............       3,517           2,292.7         2,794        351           60            2.6       2,195.4       183.95
Mar................  .............       3,406           2,547.5         2,739        340           61            2.6       2,458.9       183.72
Apr................  .............       2,880           1,961.8         2,713        349           64            2.5       1,891.6       183.68
May................  .............       2,631           1,811.5         2,743        365           60            2.6       1,743.9       182.45
June...............  .............       2,638           1,856.1         2,745        350           59            2.6       1,770.7       181.44

July...............  .............       2,581           1,691.0         2,717        348           60            2.5       1,610.8       179.80
Aug................  .............       2,579           1,849.0         2,667        328           57            2.5       1,757.1       178.61
Sept...............  .............       2,185           1,522.6         2,614        323           49            2.4       1,459.8       181.76
Oct................  .............       2,205           1,427.2         2,569        328           51            2.4       1,366.0       182.40
Nov................  .............       2,344           1,585.3         2,531        329           51            2.3       1,517.6       181.70
Dec................  .............       2,515           1,768.3         2,533        326           50            2.3       1,700.8       183.91

1995: Jan................  .............       3,283           2,220.9         2,515        335           57            2.3       2,146.9       186.19
Feb.................  .............       3,182           2,098.0         2,518        338           52            2.3       2,030.4       189.50
Mar................  .............       2,957           2,317.2         2,498        342           52            2.3       2,244.1       189.92
Apr................  .............       2,728           1,788.4         2,488        352           57            2.3       1,730.0       188.46
May................  .............       2,481           1,815.7         2,552        374           52            2.3       1,753.0       187.64
June...............  .............       2,402           1,718.3         2,633        377           49            2.4       1,660.4       186.74

July...............  .............       2,638           1,723.0         2,685        375           54            2.4       1,668.0       184.92
Aug................  .............       2,465           1,807.5         2,626        342           50            2.4       1,745.9       183.31
Sept...............  .............       2,201           1,483.5         2,613        351           45            2.4       1,430.5       186.58
Oct................  .............       2,297           1,567.1         2,658        362           48            2.4       1,508.1       187.48
Nov................  .............       2,427           1,670.6         2,634        374           48            2.4       1,604.3       187.07
Dec ...       2,674           1,822.0         2,665        365           50            2.4       1,756.8       188.95
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** Monthly data are seasonally adjusted.
\1\ Includes persons under the State, UCFE (Federal employee, effective January 1955), RRB (Railroad Retirement Board) programs, and UCX (unemployment
compensation for ex-servicemembers, effective October 1958) programs.
\2\ Includes State, UCFE, RR, UCX, UCV (unemployment compensation for veterans, October 1952-January 1960), and SRA (Servicemen's Readjustment Act,
September 1944-September 1951) programs. Also includes Federal and State extended benefit programs. Does not include FSB (Federal supplemental
benefits), SUA (special unemployment assistance), Federal Supplemental Compensation, and Emergency Unemployment Compensation programs, except as noted
in footnote 9.
\3\ Covered workers who have completed at least 1 week of unemployment.
\4\ Annual data are net amounts and monthly data are gross amounts.
\5\ Individuals receiving final payments in benefit year.
\6\ For total unemployment only.
\7\ Programs include Puerto Rican sugarcane workers for initial claims and insured unemployment beginning July 1963.
\8\ Latest data available for all programs combined. Workers covered by State programs account for about 97 percent of wage and salary earners.
\9\ Including Emergency Unemployment Compensation and Federal Supplemental Compensation, total benefits paid for 1992 and 1993 would be approximately
(in millions of dollars): for 1992, 39,990 and for 1993, 34,876.

Source: Department of Labor, Employment and Training Administration.