Iowa UI Benefit Payments and Recipients by County, Last Month Reported

This filtered view contains Iowa unemployment insurance benefit payments, weeks compensated, and number of benefit recipients by county for the last month reported. County data is based on the recipient’s place of residence. Benefits Paid: Unemployment benefits paid to individuals residing in the county. Weeks Compensated: The number of weeks claimed by recipients residing in county for which UI benefits are paid. Weeks compensated for partial unemployment are included. Recipients: The number of claimants residing in the county receiving at least one UI benefit payment during the month. The recipients column cannot be summed over multiple time periods. First Payments: 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. Final Payments: Number of claimants residing in the county drawing the final payment of their original entitlement of UI (exhaustees).