Unemployment Insurance Beneficiaries and Benefit Amounts Paid: Beginning 2001
data.ny.gov | Last Updated 16 May 2024Dataset contains monthly counts, from 2001 to present, of individuals receiving regular unemployment insurance benefits, as well as the total amount of benefits received from New York State. Data are provided for the state, 10 labor market regions, and counties. State counts can include everyone who receives benefits through New York State (including out-of-state residents) or only state residents who do so (excluding out-of-state residents). Regular unemployment insurance includes: Unemployment Insurance (UI) Compensation, Compensation for Federal Employees (UCFE), Unemployment Compensation for Ex-Service Members (UCX), Shared Work (SW) and Self Employment Assistance Program (SEAP). It excludes federal extensions and 599.2 training.
This dataset has the following 6 columns:
| Column Name | API Column Name | Data Type | Description | Sample Values |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | year | number | The year is represented by all four digits | 2004 2022 2018 2012 2011 view top 100 |
| Month | month | number | Month is displayed numerically (1 = January...12 = December) | 4 2 3 1 7 view top 100 |
| Region | region | text | Geographic areas: Capital Region (Albany, Columbia, Greene, Rensselaer, Saratoga, Schenectady, Warren, and Washington Counties); Central New York (Cayuga, Cortland, Madison, Onondaga and Oswego Counties); Finger Lakes (Genesee, Livingston, Monroe, Ontario, Orleans, Seneca, Wayne, Wyoming and Yates Counties); Hudson Valley (Dutchess, Orange, Putnam, Rockland, Sullivan, Ulster and Westchester Counties); Long Island (Nassau and Suffolk Counties); Mohawk Valley (Fulton, Herkimer, Montgomery, Oneida, Otsego and Schoharie Counties); New York City (Bronx, Kings, New York, Queens and Richmond Counties); North Country (Clinton, Essex, Franklin, Hamilton, Jefferson, Lewis and St. Lawrence Counties); Southern Tier (Broome, Chemung, Chenango, Delaware, Schuyler, Steuben, Tioga and Tompkins Counties); and Western New York (Allegany, Cattaraugus, Chautauqua, Erie and Niagara Counties). Out-of-State residents claiming against New York State Employers Beneficiaries with Unknown Geography | Finger Lakes Southern Tier Capital Hudson Valley North Country view top 100 |
| County | county | text | All 62 counties in New York State, Out-of-State and Unknown. | Monroe Broome Steuben Columbia New York view top 100 |
| Beneficiaries | beneficiaries | number | Number of individuals who receive unemployment insurance benefits (in the described geography, during the demarcated time period). Counts of beneficiaries are rounded to the nearest 100. | 500 600 400 700 800 view top 100 |
| Benefit Amounts (Dollars) | benefit_amounts_dollars | number | Dollar amount of benefits disbursed to the unemployment insurance beneficiaries. Benefit Amounts are rounded to the nearest $10,000. | 480000 410000 430000 440000 360000 view top 100 |