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Priority Indicator
#6: Unemployment Insurance Rate
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Background Information
What
Does This Indicator Mean?
This rate measures the percentage of adults (15 to 64) receiving
Unemployment Insurance (UI) benefits. It is calculated as the total
number of individuals in a given region for a given period of time
receiving UI benefits from the state Employment Department divided
by the total number of people aged 15 to 64 in the specified region.
The indicator is a surrogate measure for unemployment rate.
Other Risk Factors or Indicators to
Consider
Unemployment is one indicator of the health of Oregon's economy. A high rate of utilization
of UI benefits is directly correlated with a region's unemployment
rate. High rates of
unemployment are often
related to a number of
other social problems such as high school dropout rates, crime rates
and poverty. Factors influencing UI utilization include individual
characteristics: e.g., educational attainment, age, gender,
occupation and race/ethnicity and community characteristics: e.g.,
poverty rates, industry mix, social support infrastructure.
Limitations of the Data
This measure accounts for all adults 15-64 years of
age. Unlike the
unemployment rate which measures those unemployed divided by those
employed and unemployed, this rate also includes those not in the
labor force in the denominator. That is, unemployment rates would be higher than UI rates
reported here.
Data Sources
-
Oregon Employment
Department
-
Center for Population Research and Census, Portland
State University, for population data by county
- Western Economic Research for population
data by zip code
Presentation
and Discussion of Data
The table below shows the percentage
of adults (ages 15-64) receiving Unemployment Insurance (UI) benefits.
It shows the total percentage for Marion and Polk Counties, and
the percentage for each zip code. (Click here
to see a map of zip codes in Marion and Polk Counties.)
| Region |
1991 |
1992 |
1993 |
1994 |
1995 |
1996 |
| Marion
County |
8.6% |
9.4% |
9.5% |
8.6% |
7.5% |
7.7% |
| Polk
County |
8.2% |
7.7% |
7.8% |
6.9% |
5.9% |
6.0% |
|
Marion County Zip Codes |
| 97002 |
7.4% |
7.0% |
7.2% |
7.2% |
6.4% |
6.2% |
| 97026 |
20.9% |
22.7% |
24.7% |
22.0% |
22.6% |
27.0% |
| 97071 |
10.0% |
12.0% |
12.8% |
11.8% |
11.0% |
12.4% |
| 97137 |
3.7% |
4.0% |
4.9% |
3.5% |
3.6% |
4.1% |
| 97301 |
7.8% |
8.7% |
8.8% |
8.1% |
6.7% |
6.8% |
| 97302 |
7.0% |
8.0% |
7.7% |
6.7% |
6.0% |
5.9% |
| 97303 |
11.5% |
12.6% |
12.2% |
10.8% |
9.1% |
9.2% |
| 97304 |
8.2% |
8.0% |
7.8% |
7.0% |
6.2% |
6.0% |
| 97305 |
9.0% |
10.2% |
10.4% |
9.7% |
9.0% |
8.8% |
| 97306 |
5.4% |
5.9% |
5.9% |
5.6% |
4.9% |
5.1% |
| 97325 |
9.4% |
9.3% |
9.3% |
8.7% |
8.5% |
8.8% |
| 97342 |
32.7% |
37.5% |
30.0% |
31.0% |
27.2% |
25.6% |
| 97350 |
19.1% |
19.0% |
19.4% |
15.6% |
12.1% |
14.3% |
| 97352 |
9.7% |
10.2% |
11.6% |
10.0% |
8.5% |
8.5% |
| 97362 |
5.4% |
5.8% |
6.4% |
6.6% |
5.3% |
6.6% |
| 97375 |
9.8% |
12.5% |
11.7% |
9.7% |
7.6% |
8.9% |
| 97381 |
9.1% |
10.0% |
10.3% |
9.2% |
7.5% |
7.8% |
| 97383 |
10.9% |
10.7% |
10.5% |
9.3% |
8.7% |
8.6% |
| 97385 |
7.5% |
8.6% |
9.7% |
8.3% |
5.9% |
6.0% |
| 97392 |
12.7% |
13.2% |
14.1% |
11.5% |
10.3% |
10.2% |
| Polk
County Zip Codes |
| 97338 |
10.5% |
8.8% |
8.9% |
7.7% |
6.5% |
6.6% |
| 97344 |
13.9% |
12.0% |
12.4% |
10.2% |
10.3% |
9.0% |
| 97351 |
10.7% |
10.7% |
10.7% |
8.8% |
7.5% |
8.2% |
| 97361 |
5.6% |
5.8% |
5.9% |
5.3% |
4.0% |
4.0% |
| 97371 |
7.1% |
4.8% |
4.1% |
5.0% |
4.8% |
4.7% |
Source: Oregon Employment Department
data, compiled by Marion-Polk CHIP. http://www.willamette.edu/publicpolicy/chip
The chart below shows the percentage of
adults ages 15-64 in Marion and Polk Counties receiving unemployment insurance
benefits in 1991-2000.
The chart below shows the percentage of adults in
each zip code in Marion and Polk Counties who received unemployment
insurance in 1996.
Commentary
The rate of requests for Unemployment
Insurance benefits has generally been decreasing between 1991 and
2000 for Marion and Polk Counties. The rate increased between 1991 and 1992 for Marion
County, and decreased slightly for Polk County.
With Oregon’s booming economy in recent years, the
Unemployment Insurance benefits rates fell from 1993 to 1995, and
was at its lowest during this period for both counties in the year
1997. It increased in 1998 and then fell slightly again in
1999 and 2000.
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