Unemployment Insurance Recipiency Rates for Florida and the U.S., 1978-2003
1989
1995
2000
2003
United States
33.6%
35.5%
37.6%
40.7%
Florida
16.9%
24.2%
25.6%
28.9%
Source: US Department of Labor
Unemployment Insurance Exhaustion Rates for Florida and the U.S., 1940-2003
1989
1995
2000
2003
United States
28.0%
34.3%
31.8%
43.4%
Florida
36.3%
43.4%
39.8%
48.9%
Source: US Department of Labor
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Unemployment Insurance Recipiency Rates
The IU/TU Rate ratio is often referred to as the Unemployment Insurance recipiency rate since it measures the number of unemployed workers making an unemployment insurance claim as a percent of all unemployed workers. The Insured Unemployed (IU) is the average number of continued claims filed for a week and the Total Unemployed (TU) is an estimation of the number of unemployed during a reference week for a month. The annual state IU/TU rates were derived by adding together monthly state UI claims for the year and dividing that number by 52 to get an average number of weekly claims.That number was divided by the average number of unemployed over the 12 months in that state.
Unemployment Insurance Exhaustion Rates
This ratio is used to estimate the number of unemployed workers who are still unemployed after their benefits expire. A "first payment" is once an initial claim is made, a waiting week is served, and the claimant is found to be eligible for benefits. The UI system typically offers 26 weeks or less of benefits and if the UI recipient makes a claim for the last week of benefits for which they are eligible, they are issued a ?final payment.? The annual state exhaustion rate is the ratio of the total number of final payments over the year in the state divided by the total number of first payments, lagged by six months to allow for the normal flow of UI recipients through the system.
