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Unemployment Compensation Benefit Payments Regular Benefit Program, Calendar Years 1938-2010

Source: UIA Administrative Analysis & Federal Reporting
Year Total
Checks
Issued 		Number of Weeks Compensated Amount
of
Payments 		Aver-
age
Payment
for Week
of Total
Un-
employ-
ment 		First
Payments 		Ex-
haus-
tions
Total Full
Payments 		Total Full
Pay-
ments
1938 2,958,093 2,958,093 2,958,093 $39,907,305 $39,907,305 $13.49 336,942 87,669
1939 2,741,752 2,741,752 2,571,479 37,160,876 34,224,731 13.31 296,478 147,188
1940 2,173,768 2,285,582 2,049,061 27,728,863 25,728,863 12.56 285,760 78,343
1941 1,223,157 1,247,732 1,156,529 15,348,516 14,750,286 12.75 184,553 36,513
1942 2,560,360 2,553,904 2,423,298 40,987,638 39,977,872 16.50 191,398 82,330
1943 201,398 198,043 188,292 3,272,816 3,154,580 16.75 25,216 7,400
1944 335,371 326,051 312,852 6,175,312 5,945,833 19.01 48,325 7,099
1945 2,950,471 3,792,822 3,625,521 78,507,028 75,047,994 20.70 374,299 65,167
1946 2,930,303 3,874,730 3,710,150 78,808,184 75,518,966 20.35 280,384 196,203
1947 1,663,022 1,664,961 1,509,372 32,923,558 29,845,618 19.77 256,930 54,275
1948 1,738,514 1,742,697 1,655,034 34,575,622 33,662,496 20.34 227,540 37,707
1949 3,602,036 3,538,946 3,442,744 79,176,946 78,091,617 22.68 386,701 89,324
1950 2,147,352 2,117,741 2,055,968 50,498,316 49,779,117 24.21 187,314 62,618
1951 1,883,053 1,852,080 1,783,275 46,648,871 45,787,737 25.68 239,805 40,183
1952 2,365,337 2,397,582 2,294,697 63,827,413 62,428,830 27.21 318,842 57,316
1953 1,238,174 1,447,348 1,395,272 38,572,261 37,877,557 27.15 203,076 27,828
1954 3,312,634 5,059,813 4,931,692 148,501,057 146,615,590 29.73 415,920 112,968
1955 2,194,106 2,205,158 2,124,494 68,552,016 67,233,212 31.65 226,106 51,213
1956 4,373,118 4,451,130 4,328,199 149,897,741 147,686,239 34.12 362,558 87,256
1957 3,845,239 3,856,897 3,373,304 131,144,591 128,878,901 34.55 341,910 73,273
1958 6,512,353 9,061,175 8,796,997 326,428,009 321,538,150 37 510,924 242,810
1959 3,629,622 3,820,987 3,680,138 134,667,084 132,068,648 36 370,470 95,825
1960 4,018,342 4,113,952 3,959,475 146,136,385 143,281,431 36 365,040 88,395
1961 5,369,817 5,886,556 6,701,607 213,601,418 210,154,942 37 395,342 160,153
1962 3,198,666 3,275,526 3,144,842 115,150,807 112,781,644 36 313,267 83,342
1963 2,597,756 2,655,351 2,542,842 92,666,244 90,619,479 36 272,582 61,634
1964 2,112,403 2,174,185 2,084,755 79,633,150 77,932,789 37 241,377 44,575
1965 1,527,225 1,574,170 1,506,397 59,914,356 58,557,156 39 208,481 29,191
1966 1,644,583 1,718,082 1,646,397 78,350,639 76,649,687 47 210,683 24,898
1967 2,534,965 2,685,561 2,568,093 125,259,322 122,251,503 48 274,545 40,814
1968 2,204,641 2,350,372 2,288,318 115,228,981 113,745,231 50 239,381 41,257
1969 2,094,265 2,251,929 2,193,217 112,015,489 110,586,063 50 230,699 39,939
1970 4,742,881 5,011,985 4,915,769 280,303,326 277,687,881 56 384,551 76,015
1971 4,107,873 5,189,952 5,086,000 304,584,651 301,471,319 59 365,995 115,785
1972 3,454,384 4,217,531 4,140,091 249,788,826 247,542,387 60 329,757 117,458
1973 2,346,303 3,187,095 3,123,247 187,378,387 185,503,987 59 262,364 86,040
1974 4,764,275 6,981,451 6,859,687 464,260,065 460,218,935 67 611,638 143,310
1975 6,989,952 11,047,705 10,855,783 867,385,847 860,000,309 79.22 681,730 288,718
1976 3,810,860 6,079,566 5,926,084 526,985,506 520,412,602 87.82 460,121 185,015
1977 3,102,350 4,938,177 4,808,441 436,322,708 430,629,279 89.56 406,302 154,611
1978 2,853,674 4,560,247 4,440,917 417,788,085 412,362,279 92.86 420,387 125,316
1979 3,949,277 6,357,572 6,217,995 622,475,394 615,824,222 99.04 558,244 136,843
1980 7,077,995 11,757,571 11,478,902 1,183,481,416 1,169,318,765 101.87 650,398 308,405
1981 4,915,218 7,972,630 7,736,423 1,005,917,583 990,845,071 128.08 576,782 215,254
1982 6,363,520 10,449,247 10,173,067 1,593,270,291 1,574,134,905 154.74 603,841 248,248
1983 3,986,516 6,611,756 6,406,803 977,089,578 963,432,781 150.38 374,241 196,299
1984 2,498,635 4,454,161 4,311,427 629,238,738 619,666,149 143.73 347,363 101,018
1985 2,463,590 4,756,311 4,454,700 676,030,002 662,905,577 145.83 349,122 110,602
1986 2,822,591 5,005,073 4,783,680 754,661,831 741,111,550 154.92 406,190 106,892
1987 3,187,383 5,646,884 5,441,182 956,728,668 942,993,607 173.31 365,489 114,170
1988 2,982,300 5,332,811 5,135,864 958,455,833 944,049,982 183.82 332,813 107,936
1989 2,796,096 5,047,895 4,865,622 938,913,234 923,195,618 189.74 393,128 101,631
1990 3,105,303 5,830,570 5,616,913 1,165,835,850 1,145,535,997 203.94 466,000 125,639
1991 3,915,781 7,447,068 7,157,994 1,547,832,094 1,520,479,670 212.42 513,277 171,372
1992 3,296,850 6,253,225 5,968,534 1,287,613,689 1,261,114,048 211.29 487,246 159,494
1993 2,584,133 5,010,256 4,790,956 1,050,078,596 1,030,173,948 215.02 394,677 121,488
1994 2,202,569 4,257,449 4,053,523 880,180,282 862,483,183 212.77 323,674 104,524
1995 2,204,449 4,097,959 3,910,474 884,219,407 864,389,952 221.04 364,888 88,126
1996 2,465,472 4,566,317 4,482,105 1,003,500,024 992,200,964 221.37 403,935 106,311
1997 2,194,618 4,123,189 4,121,393 916,556,537 913,901,023 221.75 348,054 99,050
1998 2,250,666 4,206,595 4,205,644 990,447,417 986,759,049 234.63 408,121 87,055
1999 1,980,005 3,703,334 3,702,478 883,113,025 880,736,796 237.88 323,015 84,055
2000 2,031,977 3,799,082 3,798,339 929,325,320 927,280,550 244.13 358,508 80,808
2000 2,031,977 3,799,082 3,798,339 929,325,320 927,280,550 244.13 358,508 80,808
2001 3,442,074 6,432,779 5,987,713 1,637,724,693 1,561,174,356 260.73 525,766 120,730
2002 3,638,406 7,017,791 6,507,015 1,893,684,679 1,798,240,496 276.35 471,730 180,235
2003 3,524,294 7,009,317 6,482,103 1,989,323,792 1,884,073,721 290.66 501,998 174,582
2004 3,416,913 6,714,295 6,208,666 1,895,894,145 1,797,837,164 289.57 461,928 165,081
2005 3,356,606 6,449,375 5,990,419 1,827,284,364 1,737,997,172 290.13 449,917 150,889
2006 3,594,002 6,879,035 6,391,872 1,972,733,626 1,877,146,400 293.68 475,596 159,310
2007 3,398,825 6,467,251 5,975,044 1,849,070,905 1,752,895,521 293.37 435,659 153,995
2008 4,020,530  7,673,211  7,054,336  2,225,106,302  2,116,026,795  299.96  513,255  177,270
2009 6,549,274  12,664,076  11,642,926  3,771,655,416  3,593,896,647  308.68  652,819  363,741 
2010 3,799,664 7,325,575  6,522,109  2,063,574,686  1,934,570,708  296.61  387,386  233,020 
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