Chart 5a. Relationship at the state level between recipiency rate (2019) and UI outcomes (percentage who applied for UI benefits, percentage who received UI benefits, and success rate of UI applicants)
State Percent applied Percent received Success rate Recipiency rate 2019

AL

17.33 11.37 66.45 23.15

AK

21.13 15.94 75.72 32.04

AZ

17.93 12.57 70.70 13.24

AR

16.73 10.55 63.87 24.07

CA

25.26 20.70 82.99 40.16

CO

17.30 13.97 81.26 22.29

CT

21.80 17.29 80.37 46.90

DE

19.37 13.47 70.31 28.09

DC

18.04 12.28 69.14 24.82

FL

18.84 13.44 72.15 10.70

GA

21.09 15.01 72.29 14.23

HI

27.93 21.24 77.31 41.09

ID

14.47 10.80 75.73 25.75

IL

19.03 14.27 75.63 36.79

IN

19.02 14.83 78.59 18.19

IA

17.97 13.74 77.46 40.53

KS

14.30 10.38 73.22 18.77

KY

21.86 15.90 73.60 20.29

LA

23.50 17.53 75.64 12.33

ME

17.76 14.53 82.94 28.57

MD

19.06 14.71 77.79 23.50

MA

23.36 19.52 84.51 50.27

MI

30.25 25.51 85.23 26.79

MN

22.36 18.04 81.57 40.78

MS

21.47 16.56 78.11 11.87

MO

17.46 12.75 74.05 21.00

MT

18.48 13.75 74.80 34.55

NE

13.19 10.01 76.20 13.82

NV

30.31 21.71 72.31 29.69

NH

19.73 15.65 80.34 16.08

NJ

25.31 20.57 82.25 58.96

NM

20.06 15.19 76.75 17.93

NY

27.14 23.29 86.97 36.53

NC

19.05 12.85 68.79 9.55

ND

14.66 11.13 76.96 35.59

OH

19.95 13.71 69.66 20.53

OK

14.64 9.76 67.38 24.01

OR

21.80 15.63 72.37 34.57

PA

23.46 16.96 73.07 37.45

RI

25.28 21.72 87.08 41.25

SC

18.34 12.86 70.89 22.55

SD

12.11 8.33 69.11 12.68

TN

17.12 12.83 75.78 13.96

TX

18.43 13.44 73.73 24.02

UT

11.39 7.63 67.42 20.16

VT

21.74 18.08 83.79 45.10

VA

17.51 12.89 74.78 15.97

WA

21.59 16.23 76.11 28.52

WV

16.82 11.68 70.03 27.25

WI

18.09 12.55 70.05 30.61

WY

12.47 9.70 78.66 19.47

Note: Each panel contains one point per color per state (50 states and the District of Columbia). UI outcomes are based on the period March 13–December 21, 2020. Percentage who applied for UI benefits, percentage who received UI benefits, and success rate of UI applicants are for people 18 years and older. Recipiency rate is the percentage of unemployed workers who received UI benefits, 2019. UI = unemployment insurance.

Source: Household Pulse Survey, August 19–December 21, 2020; Employment and Training Administration, “Recipiency rates, by state” (A.13), Unemployment Insurance Chartbook, https://oui.doleta.gov/unemploy/chartbook.asp.