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Table 1. Unemployment insurance (UI) benefit applicants and recipients among unemployed persons who had worked in the past 12 months by selected characteristics, 2018

Table 1. Unemployment insurance (UI) benefit applicants and recipients among unemployed persons who had worked in the past 12 months by selected characteristics, 2018
[Numbers in thousands]
Characteristic Unemployed who
worked in the past
12 months (1)
UI benefit applicants Did not
apply for UI
benefits
Total Percent of
unemployed
UI benefit recipients
Total Percent of
UI benefit
applicants
Percent of
unemployed

Age

Total, 16 years and over

99,999 99,999 99.9 99,999 99.9 99.9 99,999

16 to 24 years

99,999 99,999 99.9 99,999 99.9 99.9 99,999

25 to 54 years

99,999 99,999 99.9 99,999 99.9 99.9 99,999

55 years and over

99,999 99,999 99.9 99,999 99.9 99.9 99,999

Sex

Men

99,999 99,999 99.9 99,999 99.9 99.9 99,999

Women

99,999 99,999 99.9 99,999 99.9 99.9 99,999

Race and Hispanic or Latino ethnicity

White

99,999 99,999 99.9 99,999 99.9 99.9 99,999

Black or African American

99,999 99,999 99.9 99,999 99.9 99.9 99,999

Asian

99,999 99,999 99.9 99,999 99.9 99.9 99,999

Hispanic or Latino ethnicity

99,999 99,999 99.9 99,999 99.9 99.9 99,999

Disability status

With a disability

99,999 99,999 99.9 99,999 99.9 99.9 99,999

With no disability

99,999 99,999 99.9 99,999 99.9 99.9 99,999

Foreign born status

Foreign born

99,999 99,999 99.9 99,999 99.9 99.9 99,999

Native born

99,999 99,999 99.9 99,999 99.9 99.9 99,999

Reason for unemployment

Job losers and persons who completed temporary jobs

99,999 99,999 99.9 99,999 99.9 99.9 99,999

Job leavers

99,999 99,999 99.9 99,999 99.9 99.9 99,999

Reentrants

99,999 99,999 99.9 99,999 99.9 99.9 99,999

Duration of unemployment

Less than 5 weeks

99,999 99,999 99.9 99,999 99.9 99.9 99,999

5 to 14 weeks

99,999 99,999 99.9 99,999 99.9 99.9 99,999

15 to 26 weeks

99,999 99,999 99.9 99,999 99.9 99.9 99,999

27 weeks and over

99,999 99,999 99.9 99,999 99.9 99.9 99,999

Certification and licensing status

With a certification or license

99,999 99,999 99.9 99,999 99.9 99.9 99,999

Without a certification or license

99,999 99,999 99.9 99,999 99.9 99.9 99,999

Educational attainment

Total, 25 years and over

99,999 99,999 99.9 99,999 99.9 99.9 99,999

Less than a high school diploma

99,999 99,999 99.9 99,999 99.9 99.9 99,999

High school graduates, no college (2)

99,999 99,999 99.9 99,999 99.9 - 99,999

Some college or associate degree

99,999 99,999 99.9 99,999 99.9 99.9 99,999

Bachelor's degree and higher (3)

99,999 99,999 99.9 99,999 99.9 99.9 99,999

(1) Includes a relatively small number of persons who did not provide information about applying for UI benefits, not shown separately.
(2) Includes persons with a high school diploma or equivalent.
(3) Includes persons with bachelor's, master's, professional, and doctoral degrees.

NOTE: Estimates are an average of data collected in May and September 2018. Data exclude unemployed persons with no previous work experience and those who last worked more than 12 months prior to the survey. Estimates for the above race groups (White, Black or African American, and Asian) do not sum to totals because data are not presented for all races. Persons whose ethnicity is identified as Hispanic or Latino may be of any race. Dash indicates no data or data that do not meet publication criteria (values not shown where base is less than 75,000).

Last Modified Date: October 02, 2023