ECONOMIC

Yearor month1946...1947...1948...1949...1950...1951...1952...1953...1954...1955...1956...1957...1958...1959...1960...1961...1962...1963...1964...1965...1966...1967...1968...1969...1970..1971...1972...1973...1974...1975"..1976*..1975:Jan...Feb___Mar...Apr...May-June..July..".Aug...Sept..Oct...Nov...Dec...1976: Jan._.Feb.._Mar...Apr...May__June..July..Aug...Sept*.OtTABLE B-31—Unemployment insurance programs, selected data, 1946-76Coveredemployment1All programsInsuredunemployment(weeklyaverage^Thousands31,85633,87634,64633,09834, 30836, 33437,00638,07236,62240,01842,75143, 43644,41145,72846, 33446,26647,77648, 43449, 63751, 58054, 73956, 34257,97759,99959, 52659, 37566, 45869, 89772,4516 71,0372,8041,7931,446.2, 4741,6051,0001,0691,0672,0511,3991,3231,5713,2692,0992,0712,9941,9467 1,9731,7531,4501,1291,2701,1871,1772,0702,6082,1921,7932,5584,9433,8225,2135,7515,8865,6475,2024,8924,9794,5764,2384,0374,1204,4614,9624,7214,3663,9173,5643,4573,6423,4463,2363,2273,453Totalbenefitspaid(millionsof dollars^*2,878.51.785.51,328.72,269.81,467.6862.91,043. 51,050.62,291.81, 560.21,540.61,913.04.290.62, 854.33, 022.84, 358.13.145.13,025.92.749.22,360.41,890.92,221. 52,191.02, 298.64.209.36,214.95, 491.14,517.36,933.916,802.4256.6312.3490.4539.7395.2256.7365. 5218.4126.5115.8972.5231.9,344.9,231.9, 334.4,150.7945.7981.7960.5951.5892.8821.6InitialclaimsState programsnsuredunemploymentExhaustions'Weekly average; thousands1,2959979801,9731,5139691,0449901,8701,2651,2151,4462,5261,6841,9082,2901,78371, 8061,6051,3281,0611,2051,1111,1011,8052,1501,8481,6322,2623,9922,9683,6033,8324,1254,2714,4804,3314,2104,1304,0703,9403,5763,2422,9612,8592,7592,7172,8622,9473,0863,2033,2613,3283,1652,9331891872003402362082152183042262272703691113313503027 2982682322032262012002962952612463634783825435305345085044944564734634453923623713433503613983974034174274373853565058668492104106988476737376747169666461595653Insuredunemploymentaspercentof coveredemployment4.33.13.06.24.62.82.92.85.23.53.23.66.44.44.85.64.44.33.83.02.32.52.22.13.44.13.52.73.56.04.5*5.55.86.36.46.76.56.36.26.15.95.44.94.54.34.24.14.44.54.74.95.05.14.84.5Benefits paidTotal(millionsofdollars)*1,094.9775.1789.91,736.01,373.1840.4998.2962.22,026.91, 350.31,380.71,733.93,512.72,279.02,726.73,422.72,675.42,774.72,522.12,166.01,771.32,092.32,031.62,127.93, 848.54,957.04,471.04,007.65,974.911 754.71,128.21,164.21,290.61,301.21,145.1984.01,037.1891.4779.4759.5677.8893.21,018.6945.11,018.2869.6698.7719.3711.5698.7640.8610.5Averageweeklycheck(dollars)818.5017.8819.0320.4320.7621.0922.7923.5824.9325.0427.0228.1730.5830.4132.8733.8034.5635.2735.9237.1939.7541.2543.4346.1750.3453.2356.7659.0064.2570.2367.8368.7369.0769.0869.3369.5871.5671.0671.3272.3773.1173.6474.7175.6675.6975.6174.7974.1673.6673.8374.1975.50Dec*.* Monthly data are seasonally adjusted.1 Includes persons under the State, UCFE (Federal employee, effective January 1955), and RRB (Railroad RetirementBoard) programs. Beginning October 1958, also includes the UCX program (unemployment compensation for ex-servicemen).a Includes State, UCFE, RR, UCX, UCV (unemployment compensation for veterans, October 1952-January 1960), andSRA (Servicemen's Readjustment Act, September 1944-September 1951) programs. Also includes Federal and Stateextended benefit programs. Does not include FSB (Federal supplemental benefits) and SUA (special unemploymentassistance) programs.1 Covered workers who have completed at least 1 week of unemployment.4 Annual data are net amounts and monthly data are gross amounts.* Individuals receiving final payments in benefit year.0 For total unemployment only.7 Programs include Puerto Rican sugarcane workers for initial claims and insured unemployment beginning July 1963.> Latest data available for all programs combined. Workers covered by State programs account for about 92 percent ofthe total.Source: Department of Labor, Employment and Training Administration.223