[Economic Report of the President (1998)]
[Administration of William J. Clinton]
[Online through the Government Printing Office, www.gpo.gov]



Table B-45.--Unemployment insurance programs, selected data, 1965-97
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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-      dollars)\2\   ment\3\                      covered        of      (dollars)\6\
age)\2\         \4\                                    employ-   dollars)\4\
\3\                                                    ment
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(1)Thousands
(2)Weekly average; thousands

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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...........................................    107,156     2,135          13,694      2,081      310        38       2.0       12,565       144.97
1989...........................................    109,929     2,205          14,948      2,158      330        37       2.1       13,760       151.73

1990...........................................    111,500     2,575          18,721      2,522      388        45       2.4       17,356       161.56
1991...........................................    109,606     3,406          26,717      3,342      447        67       3.2       24,526       169.88
1992...........................................    110,167     3,348      \8\ 26,460      3,245      408        74       3.1       23,869       173.64
1993...........................................    112,146     2,845      \8\ 22,950      2,751      341        62       2.6       20,539       179.62
1994...........................................    115,255     2,746          22,844      2,670      340        57       2.5       20,401       182.16
1995...........................................    118,068     2,639          22,386      2,572      357        51       2.3       20,125       187.29
1996...........................................  \7\ 120,5
67     2,656          22,915      2,595      356        53       2.3       20,645       189.51
1997 ......      192.73

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1996: Jan......................................  .........     3,507         2,568.1      2,642      371        58       2.4      2,488.2       191.92
Feb......................................  .........     3,343         2,371.7      2,652      369        53       2.4      2,305.3       193.85
Mar......................................  .........     3,170         2,247.9      2,639      389        55       2.4      2,188.1       193.45
Apr......................................  .........     2,941         2,130.0      2,584      356        61       2.3      2,073.8       192.11
May......................................  .........     2,358         1,793.7      2,554      349        53       2.3      1,744.3       189.02
June.....................................  .........     2,387         1,550.6      2,573      355        52       2.3      1,504.0       187.70

July.....................................  .........     2,554         1,838.7      2,535      334        56       2.2      1,782.3       176.96
Aug......................................  .........     2,258         1,599.6      2,524      325        49       2.2      1,549.1       184.79
Sept.....................................  .........     2,188         1,452.0      2,468      335        47       2.2      1,405.4       188.92
Oct......................................  .........     2,050         1,520.0      2,470      334        46       2.2      1,467.3       189.07
Nov......................................  .........     2,108         1,418.6      2,444      338        44       2.1      1,371.3       190.43
Dec......................................  .........     2,754         1,928.8      2,518      355        53       2.2      1,871.7       192.30

1997: Jan......................................  .........     3,041         2,299.5      2,453      334        53       2.1      2,242.0       194.44
Feb.......................................  .........     3,039         2,072.9      2,375      311        51       2.1      2,020.2       196.38
Mar......................................  .........     2,936         2,111.1      2,294      312        52       2.0      2,058.1       196.75
Apr......................................  .........     2,508         1,885.9      2,274      333        55       2.0      1,837.3       194.50
May......................................  .........     2,073         1,534.5      2,263      326        47       2.0      1,495.9       193.43
June.....................................  .........     2,211         1,495.5      2,326      341        47       2.0      1,457.8       191.22

July.....................................  .........     2,232         1,649.8      2,300      319        50       2.0      1,608.3       188.09
Aug......................................  .........     2,110         1,424.8      2,308      325        44       2.0      1,385.0       184.69
Sept.....................................  .........     1,973         1,416.0      2,233      308        43       1.9      1,369.6       191.35
Oct......................................  .........     1,759         1,333.5      2,229      308        41       1.9      1,283.7       191.80
Nov......................................  .........     2,021         1,284.7      2,241      318        43       1.9      1,236.8       191.80
Dec p....................................  .........     2,450         1,844.8      2,282      317        48       2.0      1,787.7       193.99
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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 8.
\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\ Latest data available for all programs combined. Workers covered by State programs account for about 97 percent of wage and salary earners.
\8\ 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.

Note.--Insured unemployment and initial claims programs include Puerto Rican sugar cane workers beginning 1963.

Source: Department of Labor, Employment and Training Administration.