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Iowa Unemployment Insurance Benefit Payments and UI Recipients by County (Annual)
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.
Columns
Name | Socrata field name | Column name in sgr mount | Data type | Description |
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US Counties | :@computed_region_e7ym_nrbf | :@computed_region_e7ym_nrbf | Number | |
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. |
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. |
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. |
Recipients | recipients | recipients | Number | The number of claimants residing in the county receiving at least one UI benefit during the year. The recipients column cannot be summed over multiple years. Summing multiple years will cause a duplicate count since some recipients will be be counted in more than one year. |
County Name | county_name | county_name | Text | County recipients reside |
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. |
Year | year | year | Number | Year for unemployment claims and payments |
Benefits Paid | benefits_paid | benefits_paid | Number | Unemployment benefits paid to individuals residing in the county under the state UI program for the year |
Iowa ZIP Code Tabulation Areas | :@computed_region_3r5t_5243 | :@computed_region_3r5t_5243 | Number | |
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. |
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 | |
Primary County Coordinates | primary_county_coordinates | primary_county_coordinates | Point | Primary coordinate for the county in decimal degrees. |
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). |
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. |
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