New State Data: Senate UI Agreement Would Benefit 2.8 Million Job-Seekers
WASHINGTON – The Department of Labor estimates that the bipartisan Senate agreement to extend the emergency unemployment insurance program would benefit nearly 2.8 million people. The estimates highlight how many people in each state would receive financial assistance under the agreement, which the Senate moved forward today with a bipartisan 65-34 vote and is expected to move to final passage next week. The agreement was announced earlier this month by five Senate Republicans and five Senate Democrats.
The estimates include anyone eligible for retroactive or prospective benefits because of the extension of the EUC program under the legislation. It does not count the millions of family members, including children of job-seekers, who will indirectly benefit through an extension.
"There is no doubting the enormity of the impact that an extension of this program will have on so many Americans looking for work," saidWays and Means Committee Ranking Member Sander Levin (D-MI). "I'm glad to see the Senate take a strong bipartisan first step toward renewing this vital lifeline for 2.8 million job-seekers and their families."
Number of Claimants Potentially Eligible for EUC During the First 5 Months of CY 2014 Including Claimants Cut off of EUC Due to the 12/28/2013 Expiration of the Program
State | |
Alaska | 15,100 |
Alabama | 27,100 |
Arkansas | 21,100 |
Arizona | 32,100 |
California | 514,300 |
Colorado | 41,400 |
Connecticut | 48,100 |
District of Columbia | 9,100 |
Delaware | 6,400 |
Florida | 132,300 |
Georgia | 98,500 |
Hawaii | 7,000 |
Iowa | 19,100 |
Idaho | 9,100 |
Illinois | 153,400 |
Indiana | 39,200 |
Kansas | 17,100 |
Kentucky | 31,200 |
Louisiana | 16,000 |
Massachusetts | 80,200 |
Maryland | 47,200 |
Maine | 9,000 |
Michigan | 106,200 |
Minnesota | 36,100 |
Missouri | 49,300 |
Mississippi | 22,100 |
Montana | 8,200 |
North Carolina | -- |
North Dakota | 5,500 |
Nebraska | 8,000 |
New Hampshire | 3,800 |
New Jersey | 144,300 |
New Mexico | 14,100 |
Nevada | 34,100 |
New York | 228,700 |
Ohio | 75,200 |
Oklahoma | 16,100 |
Oregon | 43,200 |
Pennsylvania | 158,400 |
Puerto Rico | 41,100 |
Rhode Island | 12,000 |
South Carolina | 29,100 |
South Dakota | 900 |
Tennessee | 41,100 |
Texas | 164,400 |
Utah | 11,100 |
Virginia | 33,300 |
Virgin Islands | 2,300 |
Vermont | 2,500 |
Washington | 57,500 |
Wisconsin | 55,100 |
West Virginia | 14,100 |
Wyoming | 3,500 |
National Total | 2,795,300 |
- Estimates are based on the FY 2014 President's Budget economic Assumptions. |
- Includes the estimated number of claimants cut off EUC following the week ending 12/28/2014. |
- Includes actual regular UI exhaustee data available as of 3/19/2014. |
- EUC Claimant estimates represent the maximum potential number of the claimants that would have at some point been potentially eligible for at least 1 week of EUC during the first three weeks of CY 2014. |
Source: Department of Labor |
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