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Unemployment insurance benefits are less generous and more restricted in states with a larger share of Black residents

State UI recipient rate Percentage Black population Average weekly benefit Black population UI recipiency rank Black population rank
Alaska 32.0% 4.7% $255.47 34,639 16 40
Alabama 23.2% 27.8% $232.06 1,364,474 30 7
Arkansas 24.1% 16.7% $270.74 502,913 26 15
Arizona 13.2% 6.0% $233.91 434,612 47 35
California 40.2% 7.0% $345.43 2,782,446 9 33
Colorado 22.3% 5.4% $453.89 313,737 32 37
Connecticut 46.9% 13.2% $394.87 470,791 3 21
Washington D.C. 24.8% 47.2% $358.73 333,312 25 1
Delaware 28.1% 24.4% $272.55 237,780 21 8
Florida 10.7% 17.6% $251.62 3,772,874 51 14
Georgia 14.2% 33.5% $304.36 3,996,697 44 3
Hawaii 41.1% 3.5% $536.81 49,041 6 42
Iowa 40.5% 5.2% $395.06 162,710 8 38
Idaho 25.7% 1.2% $340.65 21,666 24 52
Illinois 36.8% 15.4% $351.06 1,951,681 11 16
Indiana 18.2% 11.0% $300.59 740,150 39 25
Kansas 18.8% 7.4% $390.08 214,714 38 32
Kentucky 20.3% 9.5% $375.29 424,716 35 28
Louisiana 12.3% 33.4% $215.99 1,554,297 49 4
Massachusetts 50.3% 9.9% $523.40 684,786 2 26
Maryland 23.5% 32.2% $356.79 1,946,932 29 5
Maine 28.6% 2.4% $351.75 32,313 19 46
Michigan 26.8% 15.3% $328.19 1,528,779 23 17
Minnesota 40.8% 8.1% $467.63 454,116 7 30
Missouri 21.0% 12.9% $268.75 792,197 33 22
Mississippi 11.9% 38.9% $212.53 1,156,497 50 2
Montana 34.6% 1.4% $380.36 14,608 15 51
North Carolina 9.5% 23.1% $275.91 2,424,132 52 9
North Dakota 35.6% 3.9% $465.33 30,067 13 41
Nebraska 13.8% 6.1% $347.22 117,408 46 34
New Hampshire 16.1% 2.2% $337.97 30,557 42 47
New Jersey 59.0% 15.1% $458.15 1,339,574 1 18
New Mexico 17.9% 3.4% $341.65 70,254 40 43
Nevada 29.7% 11.3% $373.41 347,489 18 24
New York 36.5% 17.6% $359.46 3,424,002 12 13
Ohio 20.5% 14.4% $362.69 1,686,729 34 19
Oklahoma 24.0% 9.2% $387.14 365,883 28 29
Oregon 34.6% 3.0% $423.09 124,502 14 45
Pennsylvania 37.4% 12.9% $408.43 1,649,737 10 23
Puerto Rico 17.1% 19.1% $144.84 609,279 41 11
Rhode Island 41.3% 9.6% $362.06 101,579 5 27
South Carolina 22.6% 28.0% $273.74 1,441,530 31 6
South Dakota 12.7% 3.0% $353.41 26,679 48 44
Tennessee 14.0% 18.0% $240.13 1,228,973 45 12
Texas 24.0% 13.5% $418.84 3,908,287 27 20
Utah 20.2% 1.9% $439.76 61,766 36 50
Virginia 16.0% 21.3% $320.23 1,820,891 43 10
Vermont 45.1% 2.1% $373.68 13,042 4 49
Washington 28.5% 5.6% $504.21 429,718 20 36
Wisconsin 30.6% 7.5% $323.96 438,719 17 31
West Virginia 27.2% 4.8% $325.17 86,426 22 39
Wyoming 19.5% 2.1% $403.21 12,428 37 48

Sources: Black population data from U.S. Census Bureau, 2019 American Community Survey 1-Year Estimates, [Table DP05]; UI 2019 year data from the U.S. Department of Labor's Unemployment Insurance Chartbook (recipiency rates table) and Monthly Program and Financial Data (U.S. Census Bureau 2019; U.S. DOL-ETA  2021c, 2021d).

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