Monthly counts of individuals receiving regular unemployment insurance benefits and the total benefit amounts paid in New York State from 2001 to the present. Data is provided at the state, regional, and county levels, covering programs like UI, UCFE, UCX, Shared Work, and SEAP. The dataset is published by data.ny.gov and was last updated in May 2026.
Use Cases
- Analyzing monthly trends in unemployment benefit recipients using the Year, Month, and Beneficiaries columns.
- Comparing economic conditions across regions and counties using the Region and County columns.
- Correlating total benefit payouts with economic cycles using the Benefit Amounts (Dollars) and Year columns.
- Modeling the geographic distribution of unemployment insurance support using County, Region, and Beneficiaries columns.
Strengths
- Time series spans over two decades, from 2001 to the present.
- Data is disaggregated to three geographic levels: state, 10 labor market regions, and counties.
- Covers multiple unemployment insurance programs including UI, UCFE, UCX, Shared Work, and SEAP.
Limitations
- Row count and total dataset size are unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
- Description metadata is limited; actual data quality requires manual inspection after download.
Provenance
- Source
- data.ny.gov
- Collection Method
- Likely administrative data collected by New York State labor agencies.
- Time Range
- 2001 to present
- Freshness
- Last updated 2026-05-16 14:43:05; freshness should be verified.
- Geography
- New York State, including 10 labor market regions and counties.