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TABLE C—28.—Unemployment insurance programs, selected data, 1946—731946..1947..1948..1949..1950.1951.1952..1953..1954..1955..1956.1957.1958..1959..1960.1961.1962.1963..1964.1965..1966.1967.1968.1969.Year or month1970...1971 ...1972 p..1973 P..1972: Jan"..Feb*._Mar»»..Apr'..Mayp..June p..July *..Aug*._Sept*.Oct *___Dec P1973: Jan p..Feb p..Mar p..Apr p..May p..June p.July p..Aug p..Sept p-Oct p...NOVP..Dec p..Coveredemployment*All programsInsuredunemployment(weeklyaverage)23Totalbenefitspaid(millionsof dollars)2 iInsuredunemployment3InitialclaimsExhaustions*State programsInsured unemploymentas percentof coveredemploymentThousands Weekly average, thousands Percent31,85633,87634,64633,09834,30836,33437,00638,07236,62240,01842,75143,43644,41145,72846,33446, 26647,77648,43449,63751, 58054,73956,34257, 97759,99959, 5268 59,3752,8041,7931,4462,4741,6051,0001,0691,0672,0511,3991,3231,5713,2692,0992,0712,9941,9461,9731,7531,4501,1291,2701,1871,1772, 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. 62,070 4,179.12,313 5,498.22,185 5,000.01,783 4,441.83,0973,1222,9222,4302,1051,9512,0871,7631,5541,5121,6921,9942,3332,2502,0751,8281,6101,5231,6401,5721,4401,4511,6652,003530.1548.9593.2449.0423.1383.1375.2391.1307.8304.1325.3350.2509.2447.0473.9393.3365.9309.4320.9346.9273.9309.3320.9371.21,2959979801,9731,5139691,0449901,8701,2651,2151,4462,5261,6841,9082,2901,7837 1,8061,6051,3281,0611,2051,1111,1011,8052,1501,8481,6272,5242,4922,2792,0051,7401,6361,8231,5651,3881,3571,5071,8012,1242,0611,8981,6691,4651,3841,5051,4361,2991,2981,5011,8891891872003402362082152183042261112703692773313503027 298268232203226201200296295261246385293242237216250321213190214253324331249213216193206275212186210265395382420373616181534252023503331463230262115171616253837304040404339363533292728283332333331282727252429324.33.13.06.24.62.82.92.85.23.53.23.66.44.44.85.64.44.33.83.02.32.52.22.13.44.13.52.84.84.74.33.83.33.13.42.92.62.52.73.33.83.73.42.82.52.42.52.42.12.12.43.1UnadjustedSeasonallyadjusted3.53.63.63.63.63.63.63.43.43.33.23.02.72.82.82.72.72.72.62.72.82.82.82.9Benefits paid1,094.9775.1789.91.736.01.373.1840.4998.2962.22,026.91,350.31,380.71,733.93, 512.72.279.02,726. 73,422.72,675.42,774.72.522.12,166.01,771.32,092. 32,031. 62,127.93,848.54,957.04,550.04,105.0484.7502.9541.9407.9381.2344.4338.6349.7274.7273.7294.4320.9471.4416.4441.0365.7339.2286.6296.3316.3248.3280.7301.4341.6Total(millionsofdollars)*Averageweeklycheck(dollars)*18.5017.8319.0320.4820.7621.0922.7923.5824.9325.0427.0228.1730.5830.4132.8733.8034.5635.2735.9237.1939.7541.2543.4346.1750.3454.0256.0358.5055.5056.0457.2157.1256.4055.2355.7555.5360.1656.9557.5958.3558.6959.0859.0959.4158.4458.1257.4257.4658.1358.9758.6358.711 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).2 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.3 Covered workers who have completed at least 1 week of unemployment.4 Annual data are net amounts and monthly data are gross amounts. Monthly data exclude extended benefit payments.8 Individuals receiving final payments in benefit year. Data for New Jersey not available for April-June 1971.8 For total unemployment only. Excludes data for New Jersey for April-December 1971.7 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 89 percent ofthe total.Source: Department of Labor, Manpower Administration.281