December Jobless Claims Seasonally Higher

 

For Immediate Release
Contacts:
Garold Wilson: (515) 281-6981
Patrick Callan: (515) 281-8180

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DES MOINES, IOWA – Iowa unemployment insurance benefit payments for December 2004 totaled $29.5 million for 34,459 claimants.

The December 2004 total represented an increase of $12.2 million from the November 2004 value of $17.3 million for 22,970 jobless Iowans. An additional processing Wednesday, coupled with increases in construction claims, accounted for the increase.

The current December benefit payments were lower than the value of one year ago. December 2003 reported a total of $35.7 million for 42,823 unemployed workers. The decline was concentrated in the manufacturing and the construction sectors.

Iowa Workforce Development, in cooperation with its many partner organizations, operates 71 offices serving all 99 counties. Sixteen regional workforce centers offer a one-stop experience for accessing many programs, products and services for job seekers, employers, students, economic developers and other community stakeholders.

IWD’s core services include job placement services for individuals; worker recruitment assistance to employers; training services to low-income and disadvantaged Iowans; worker protection and safety programs (inspections, consultation and education services); unemployment insurance programs and services; information regarding choices about careers, industries, labor availability studies, workers’ compensation benefits/entitlement; and technical assistance for employers.

Services, in most instances, are provided at no charge or for a nominal charge to the customer.


                   IOWA JOBLESS BENEFITS DECEMBER 2004

                   WEEKS COMPENSATED, TOTAL PAYOUT, BY COUNTY
                          (STATE AND FEDERAL PROGRAMS)

                        *WEEKS*          *RECIPIENTS*          *BENEFITS PAID*
 NAME OF COUNTY_______UI_____TOTAL________UI____TOTAL_________UI__________TOTAL
 OUT OF STATE      4,149     4,216    1,184     1,196   1,091,754     1,110,738
 ADAIR               284       284       95        95      63,496        63,496
 ADAMS               117       122       42        43      27,718        29,473
 ALLAMAKEE           617       646      202       206     163,453       170,009
 APPANOOSE           521       524      160       161     124,158       125,058
 AUDUBON             217       221       68        69      53,770        55,010
 BENTON            1,187     1,206      338       341     311,790       317,244
 BLACK HAWK        4,874     4,934    1,386     1,396   1,164,634     1,181,057
 BOONE               786       809      229       233     198,570       205,342
 BREMER              723       728      229       230     175,746       177,246
 BUCHANAN            823       836      257       259     212,478       216,520
 BUENA VISTA         552       568      206       211     133,137       138,041
 BUTLER              718       730      244       245     179,215       183,059
 CALHOUN             309       309       84        84      75,126        75,126
 CARROLL             273       283       82        84      66,902        69,091
 CASS                712       713      249       250     185,585       185,895
 CEDAR               555       574      159       162     137,200       141,928
 CERRO GORDO       2,037     2,066      591       599     495,757       504,686
 CHEROKEE            654       658      217       218     171,918       173,118
 CHICKASAW           733       749      200       204     182,767       187,095
 CLARKE              590       598      186       188     149,490       150,502
 CLAY                619       635      195       197     143,406       145,582
 CLAYTON           1,490     1,528      486       492     386,729       397,385
 CLINTON           1,765     1,807      510       516     407,616       420,916
 CRAWFORD            454       459      133       133     119,605       120,175
 DALLAS            1,101     1,118      333       335     299,121       303,138
 DAVIS               354       354      130       130      92,428        92,428
 DECATUR             268       279       79        79      65,200        65,899
 DELAWARE            838       857      309       314     219,773       225,643
 DES MOINES        2,306     2,318      631       633     586,250       589,746
 DICKINSON         1,000     1,002      361       361     218,605       218,805
 DUBUQUE           4,388     4,463    1,431     1,442   1,091,393     1,113,136
 EMMET               365       370      147       147      86,023        87,523
 FAYETTE             941       953      296       299     232,106       235,392
 FLOYD               746       759      215       217     173,390       176,968
 FRANKLIN            341       346       92        94      87,527        89,275
 FREMONT             172       172       44        44      38,379        38,379
 GREENE              394       401      130       130      91,339        92,848
 GRUNDY              341       346      111       111      87,484        87,963
 GUTHRIE             251       251       79        79      68,814        68,814
 HAMILTON            633       649      184       188     150,659       155,409
 HANCOCK             418       426      135       137     110,945       113,354
 HARDIN              750       750      214       214     185,306       185,306
 HARRISON            508       509      130       131     125,412       125,793
 HENRY               905       910      312       313     228,921       229,456
 HOWARD              305       316       96        98      78,310        81,660
 HUMBOLDT            220       225       71        72      56,185        57,735
 IDA                 240       242       72        73      64,666        65,096
 IOWA                855       859      241       242     224,320       225,608
 JACKSON           1,136     1,153      339       343     272,974       278,154
 JASPER            1,821     1,833      499       501     479,869       482,911
 JEFFERSON           561       565      185       185     139,123       139,381
 JOHNSON           2,895     3,048      839       868     735,536       776,549
 JONES               869       886      282       284     217,744       222,380
 KEOKUK              429       435      142       143     103,631       104,045
 KOSSUTH             878       882      395       396     246,470       247,512
 LEE               1,682     1,685      508       509     397,738       398,668
 LINN              8,458     8,606    2,374     2,396   2,140,793     2,179,692
 LOUISA              461       475      127       129     120,618       124,463
 LUCAS               492       500      135       136     118,487       120,925
 LYON                181       181       45        45      43,763        43,763
 MADISON             556       562      190       191     156,478       157,084
 MAHASKA             640       655      189       193     154,114       157,900
 MARION              860       884      249       252     225,322       232,076
 MARSHALL          2,302     2,324      599       601     632,605       637,429
 MILLS               276       276       70        70      67,770        67,770
 MITCHELL            247       259       66        68      60,820        64,540
 MONONA              372       379      102       103      93,861        95,939
 MONROE              212       216       60        61      60,592        61,769
 MONTGOMERY          332       332      106       106      78,146        78,146
 MUSCATINE         1,296     1,335      374       383     309,349       320,802
 O BRIEN             342       344      108       108      85,421        85,667
 OSCEOLA             168       168       56        56      38,184        38,184
 PAGE                287       288       95        96      62,927        62,982
 PALO ALTO           232       232       73        73      57,529        57,529
 PLYMOUTH            699       725      199       201     177,555       185,756
 POCAHONTAS          188       194       58        59      44,751        46,611
 POLK             13,487    13,695    3,879     3,911   3,504,727     3,562,786
 POTTAWATTAMIE     1,915     1,953      568       575     452,093       462,976
 POWESHIEK           977       988      307       309     252,308       255,188
 RINGGOLD            169       169       55        55      43,544        43,544
 SAC                 283       287       97        98      70,776        72,019
 SCOTT             5,193     5,258    1,404     1,414   1,228,513     1,245,452
 SHELBY              352       359      107       108      90,400        92,982
 SIOUX               549       551      209       210     131,086       131,706
 STORY             1,278     1,361      354       368     321,307       345,971
 TAMA              1,350     1,361      359       360     384,940       388,285
 TAYLOR              205       210       57        58      51,011        52,681
 UNION               681       707      260       262     159,116       166,543
 VAN BUREN           280       281       90        91      73,486        73,848
 WAPELLO           1,727     1,758      496       503     425,689       435,654
 WARREN            1,120     1,127      350       351     297,811       299,154
 WASHINGTON          853       858      259       259     220,266       221,811
 WAYNE               239       252       78        79      56,939        59,671
 WEBSTER           1,398     1,416      398       402     352,496       357,944
 WINNEBAGO           187       191       62        63      41,798        42,744
 WINNESHIEK        1,012     1,017      357       358     261,304       262,550
 WOODBURY          3,961     4,040    1,080     1,090     970,355       993,449
 WORTH               315       324       88        90      84,600        87,450
 WRIGHT              377       380      118       118      89,875        90,665
 INTERSTATE        4,034     4,074    1,067     1,076   1,054,246     1,065,025

 GRAND TOTAL     115,213   117,117   34,138    34,459  29,025,428    29,547,886

  UI BENEFITS ARE PAID UNDER THE IOWA UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE PROGRAM.  FEDERAL
  BENEFITS ARE PAID UNDER THE PROGRAM OF UNEMPLOYMENT COMPENSATION FOR FEDERAL
  EMPLOYEES AND SERVICE PERSONNEL.  THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE UI VALUE AND THE
  TOTAL VALUE IS THE FEDERAL VALUE.  OUT OF STATE BENEFITS ARE THOSE PAYMENTS
  MADE TO NON-RESIDENTS WHO WORKED IN IOWA AND FILE CLAIMS IN IOWA.  INTERSTATE
  BENEFITS ARE THOSE PAYMENTS MADE TO NON-RESIDENTS WHO WORKED IN IOWA AND FILE
  CLAIMS IN OTHER STATES.

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