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Iowa Unemployment Insurance Benefit Payments and Recipients by County (Monthly)
This dataset contains Iowa unemployment insurance benefit payments, weeks compensated, and number of benefit recipients by county. County data is based on the recipient’s place of residence. (2000 to date)
Columns
| Name | Socrata field name | Column name in sgr mount | Data type | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| GNIS Feature ID | gnis_feature_id | gnis_feature_id | Number | ID for county provided by U.S. Geographic Names Information System (GNIS): U.S. Geological Survey, Reston, VA. County based on recipients place of residence. |
| Month | month_ending | month_ending | Calendar date | Stored as month ending date. Displayed as month. |
| First Payments | first_payments | first_payments | Number | The number of claimants residing in the county receiving their the first payment in a benefit year for a week of unemployment claimed under the state UI program. |
| Recipients | recipients | recipients | Number | The number of claimants residing in the county receiving at least one regular UI benefit payment during the month. The recipients column cannot be summed over multiple time periods. Summing months into a year will cause a duplicate count since some recipients will be be counted in several months |
| Weeks Compensated | weeks_compensated | weeks_compensated | Number | The number of weeks claimed by recipients residing in county for which UI benefits are paid. Weeks compensated for partial unemployment are included. |
| Primary Lat Dec | primary_lat_dec | primary_lat_dec | Number | Primary latitude in decimal degrees for the county as provided by U.S. Geological Survey, 19810501, U.S. Geographic Names Information System (GNIS): U.S. Geological Survey, Reston, VA. |
| Primary County Coordinates | primary_county_coordinates | primary_county_coordinates | Point | Primary coordinate for the county in decimal degrees. |
| County Name | county_name | county_name | Text | County recipients reside |
| Sort Code | sort_code | sort_code | Number | Sorts data by descending date and ascending county name |
| Primary Long Dec | primary_long_dec | primary_long_dec | Number | Primary longitude in decimal degrees for the county as provided by U.S. Geological Survey, 19810501, U.S. Geographic Names Information System (GNIS): U.S. Geological Survey, Reston, VA. |
| County FIP | county_fip | county_fip | Number | A five-digit Federal Information Processing Series code to ensure uniform identification of counties. Code based on recipients place of residence. |
| Final Payments | final_payments | final_payments | Number | Number of claimants residing in the county drawing the final payment of their original entitlement of UI (exhaustees). |
| Benefits Paid | benefits_paid | benefits_paid | Number | Unemployment benefits paid to individuals residing in the county. |
| Iowa ZIP Code Tabulation Areas | :@computed_region_3r5t_5243 | :@computed_region_3r5t_5243 | Number | |
| Iowa Watershed Sub-Basins (HUC 08) | :@computed_region_wnea_7qqw | :@computed_region_wnea_7qqw | Number | |
| Iowa Watersheds (HUC 10) | :@computed_region_i9mz_6gmt | :@computed_region_i9mz_6gmt | Number | |
| US Counties | :@computed_region_e7ym_nrbf | :@computed_region_e7ym_nrbf | Number |
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