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Table 1. Unemployment insurance (UI) benefit applicants and recipients among unemployed persons who had worked in the past 12 months by selected characteristics, 2022

Table 1. Unemployment insurance (UI) benefit applicants and recipients among unemployed persons who had worked in the past 12 months by selected characteristics, 2022
[Numbers in thousands]
Characteristic Unemployed who
worked in the past
12 months (1)
UI benefit applicants Did not
apply for UI
benefits
Total Percent of
unemployed
UI benefit recipients
Total Percent of
UI benefit
applicants
Percent of
unemployed

Age

Total, 16 years and over

4,149 1,075 25.9 591 55.0 14.2 2,998

16 to 24 years

1,081 85 7.9 32 37.5 3.0 977

25 to 54 years

2,369 743 31.3 423 57.0 17.9 1,576

55 years and over

699 247 35.3 136 54.9 19.4 445

Sex

Men

2,319 630 27.2 363 57.6 15.7 1,638

Women

1,830 444 24.3 227 51.2 12.4 1,360

Race and Hispanic or Latino ethnicity

White

2,889 693 24.0 392 56.6 13.6 2,144

Black or African American

861 273 31.7 133 48.7 15.4 570

Asian

165 45 27.4 28 - 17.1 115

Hispanic or Latino ethnicity

871 188 21.6 85 45.1 9.7 664

Disability status

With a disability

342 66 19.4 37 - 10.7 273

With no disability

3,807 1,008 26.5 554 54.9 14.6 2,725

Foreign born status

Foreign born

655 171 26.1 82 48.2 12.6 476

Native born

3,494 904 25.9 508 56.3 14.5 2,522

Reason for unemployment

Job losers and persons who completed temporary jobs

2,411 899 37.3 530 59.0 22.0 1,478

Job leavers

731 77 10.6 27 35.3 3.7 638

Reentrants

1,006 98 9.8 33 33.7 3.3 882

Duration of unemployment

Less than 5 weeks

1,805 344 19.0 145 42.3 8.0 1,441

5 to 14 weeks

1,377 376 27.3 215 57.2 15.6 970

15 to 26 weeks

590 220 37.2 132 60.3 22.4 362

27 weeks and over

377 136 35.9 98 72.4 26.0 225

Certification and licensing status

With a certification or license

610 198 32.5 97 48.9 15.9 399

Without a certification or license

3,539 876 24.8 494 56.3 14.0 2,599

Educational attainment

Total, 25 years and over

3,068 990 32.3 559 56.5 18.2 2,021

Less than a high school diploma

294 80 27.3 32 40.5 11.1 202

High school graduates, no college (2)

1,071 381 35.6 230 60.4 21.5 666

Some college or associate degree

897 343 38.2 194 56.5 21.6 550

Bachelor's degree and higher (3)

807 185 23.0 102 55.2 12.7 603

(1) Includes a relatively small number of persons who did not provide information about applying for UI benefits, not shown separately.
(2) Includes persons with a high school diploma or equivalent.
(3) Includes persons with bachelor's, master's, professional, and doctoral degrees.

NOTE: Estimates are an average of data collected in February and May 2022. Data exclude unemployed persons with no previous work experience and those who last worked more than 12 months prior to the survey. However, all unemployed persons expecting to be recalled from temporary layoff are included, regardless of whether they worked in the 12 months prior to the survey. Estimates for the above race groups (White, Black or African American, and Asian) do not sum to totals because data are not presented for all races. Persons whose ethnicity is identified as Hispanic or Latino may be of any race. Dash indicates no data or data that do not meet publication criteria (values not shown where base is less than 75,000).

Last Modified Date: March 29, 2023