Unemployment Insurance Information by County

Claimants by County

The data provided is the number of claimants within a county. The number of claimants is based on the number of individuals who certified for Unemployment Insurance (UI) benefits specifically for the week containing the 12th of the month. For example, the March 2009 figures are based on the number of claimants who submitted a continued claim form to receive UI benefits specifically for the week beginning March 8 through March 14.

Data for the survey week is not available until approximately two months past the survey week (e.g. March 2009 figures were not available until May 2009). Data includes counts for the regular UI program, in addition to federal extended benefit programs. Data for claimants residing outside of California, but collecting benefits are not included in these figures, nor are invalid addresses in California where a county cannot be determined.

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Initial Claims by County

The data provided is the number of Unemployment Insurance initial claim counts, which includes new claims, additional claims, and transitional claims. Data includes counts for the regular UI program in addition to federal extended benefit programs. Data for claimants residing outside of California but collecting benefits are not included in these figures nor are invalid addresses in California where a county cannot be determined.

A “new claim” is the first claim for a benefit year period (e.g., for the regular UI program it is 52 weeks). An individual would only have one new claim during a benefit year period.
An “additional claim” is when another claim is filed during the same benefit year and there is intervening work between the current claim and the previous claim. For example, an individual files a new claim, goes back to work, gets laid off and files another claim before the benefit year period of the first claim expires. An individual can have multiple additional claims during the same benefit year if the individual meets the eligibility requirements.
A “transitional claim” is when a claimant is still collecting benefits at the end of their benefit year period and had sufficient wage earnings during that year to start up a new claim once the first benefit year period ends.
Initial Claims by County January 2022 – April 2022
Initial Claims by County January 2021 - December 2021
Initial Claims by County January 2020 - December 2020
Initial Claims by County January 2019 - December 2019
Initial Claims by County January 2018 - December 2018
Initial Claims by County January 2017 - December 2017
Initial Claims by County January 2016 - December 2016
Initial Claims by County January 2015 - December 2015
Initial Claims by County January 2014 - December 2014
Initial Claims by County January 2013 - December 2013
Initial Claims by County January 2012 - December 2012
Initial Claims by County January 2011 - December 2011
Initial Claims by County January 2010 - December 2010
Initial Claims by County January 2009 - December 2009
Initial Claims by County January 2008 - December 2008
Initial Claims by County January 2007 - December 2007

Benefits Paid by County

The data provided is the amount of Unemployment Insurance benefits paid to claimants. Data includes counts for the regular UI program in addition to federal extended benefit programs. Data for claimants residing outside of California but collecting benefits are not included in these figures nor are invalid addresses in California where a county cannot be determined.

Exhausted Claims by County

Exhausted Claims by County (Claimants that have exhausted all available benefits) - The data provided is the number of Federal Funding for Extended Unemployment (FED-ED) and Emergency Unemployment Compensation (EUC) Tier 4 claims that have fully exhausted (no other benefits are available). Based on the current legislation, claimants can have either a FED-ED or EUC Tier 4 claim as their last available benefit option. There are a small percentage of claimants that could go back onto a training extension even after exhausting their FED-ED claim. The data is representative of those claims that were processed during the month. Some factors that determine when a claim will be processed are claimants mailing in their continued claim form timely, lag time for receipt of claim form, the transaction date of when a claim was processed, and eligibility issues requiring a determination to be made. Data for claimants residing outside of California but collecting benefits are not included in these figures nor are invalid addresses in California where a county cannot be determined.
- Exhausted Claims by County February 2010 - April 2022
Exhausted Claims by County (all programs) - The data provided is the number of Unemployment Insurance claims that have exhausted, regardless of program. Data includes exhaustion counts for the regular UI program in addition to federal extended benefit programs. The data counts the number of individuals who ran out of benefits in a specific program who may or may not qualify for additional benefits. For example, individuals who have exhausted a regular UI claim may qualify for a federal extension. Individuals who have exhausted all available benefits are also included in the data. The data is representative of those claims that were processed during the month. Some factors that determine when a claim will be processed are claimants mailing in their continued claim form timely, lag time for receipt of claim form, the transaction date of when a claim was processed, and eligibility issues requiring a determination to be made. Data for claimants residing outside of California but collecting benefits are not included in these figures nor are invalid addresses in California where a county cannot be determined. Data may include multiple counts for the same individual. For example, a claimant could have exhausted their Regular UI claim in January and then exhausted their EUC Tier 1 claim in June.

Last Revised: 05/19/2022