[Economic Report of the President (1997)]
[Administration of William J. Clinton]
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Table B-43.--Unemployment insurance programs, selected data, 1963-96
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All programs                                       State programs
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Insured         Benefits paid
Insured                                               unemploy- --------------------------
unemploy-       Total      Insured                      ment as
Year or month                    Covered      ment     benefits  paid    unem-  Initial   Exhaus-   percent       Total       Average
employ-     (weekly    (millions  of   ploy-    claims  tions\5\      of      (millions   weekly check
ment\1\      aver-                    ment\3\                      covered        of      (dollars)\6\
age)\2\\3\  dollars)\2\\4\                               employ-   dollars)\4\
ment
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(1)Thousands
(2)Weekly average; thousands

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1963...........................................     48,434  \7\1,973           3,026    \7\1,80
6   \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...........................................    115,255     2,746          22,844      2,670      340        57       2.4       20,401       182.16
1995...........................................  \8\118,06
8     2,641          22,386      2,575      357        51       2.3       20,125       187.29
1996.....     2,654    ..............    2,594      356        53  .........  ...........      189.39
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1995: Jan......................................  .........     3,283         2,220.9      2,504      333        57       2.3      2,146.9       186.19
Feb.......................................  .........     3,182         2,098.0      2,508      336        52       2.3      2,030.4       189.50
Mar........................................  .........     2,957         2,317.2      2,494      342        52       2.3      2,244.1       189.92
Apr........................................  .........     2,728         1,788.4      2,496      352        57       2.3      1,730.0       188.46
May........................................  .........     2,481         1,815.7      2,558      373        52       2.3      1,753.0       187.64
June.......................................  .........     2,402         1,718.3      2,636      376        49       2.4      1,660.4       186.74

July.......................................  .........     2,638         1,723.0      2,683      373        54       2.4      1,668.0       184.92
Aug........................................  .........     2,465         1,807.5      2,634      346        50       2.4      1,745.9       183.31
Sept.......................................  .........     2,201         1,483.5      2,632      357        45       2.4      1,430.5       186.58
Oct........................................  .........     2,297         1,572.5      2,678      365        48       2.4      1,508.6       187.48
Nov........................................  .........     2,427         1,672.7      2,652      375        48       2.4      1,606.4       187.00
Dec........................................  .........     2,675         1,823.8      2,625      363        50       2.4      1,758.6       188.88

1996: Jan......................................  .........     3,507         2,568.1      2,655      374        58       2.4      2,488.2       191.92
Feb........................................  .........     3,343         2,371.7      2,660      371        53       2.4      2,305.3       193.85
Mar........................................  .........     3,170         2,247.9      2,641      393        55       2.4      2,188.1       193.45
Apr........................................  .........     2,941         2,130.0      2,576      356        61       2.3      2,073.8       192.11
May........................................  .........     2,358         1,793.7      2,544      348        53       2.3      1,744.3       189.02
June.......................................  .........     2,387         1,550.6      2,570      356        52       2.3      1,504.0       187.70

July.......................................  .........     2,554         1,838.7      2,537      335        56       2.2      1,782.3       176.96
Aug........................................  .........     2,258         1,599.6      2,523      323        49       2.2      1,549.1       184.79
Sept.......................................  .........     2,188         1,452.0      2,462      334        47       2.2      1,405.4       188.92
Oct........................................  .........     2,049         1,520.0      2,464      332        46       2.2      1,467.3       189.07
Nov........................................  .........     2,108         1,418.6      2,456      335        44       2.2      1,371.3       190.43
Dec..     2,741         1,915.2      2,514      355        53       2.2      1,858.2       190.92
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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.