Monthly Unemployment Insurance Initial Claims for New York State Regions, 2003-Present

Monthly counts of initial claims for regular unemployment insurance benefits from July 2003 to present. Data are provided for New York State regions and include claims filed by state residents. The dataset is hosted by data.ny.gov on the Socrata platform.

Use Cases

• Analyzing regional unemployment trends over time using the Region and Period Ending columns.
• Comparing economic shocks across New York State regions by aggregating Initial Claims by Region.
• Forecasting future claim volumes using the Period Ending and Initial Claims columns for time-series modeling.

Strengths

• Time series begins in July 2003, providing over two decades of historical data.
• Data is disaggregated by Region, allowing for geographic analysis within New York State.
• Includes a clear operational definition of 'Initial Claims' in the description.

Limitations

• Row count and total data 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 from unemployment insurance claims processing.

Time Range

July 2003 to present

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-16 14:43:34; freshness should be verified.

Geography

New York State regions