This report is intended to provide the user with a quick overview of the status of the UI system at the national and state levels. Tables are provided for each state and many data items are repeated on summary tables which show all states together. The glossary gives the definition of each data item in the report. Except for covered employment and wage data, which have a reporting/processing lag, all the data refers to the same quarter. This quarter is shown on the front cover and is also the first column heading on each individual state page. The year and quarter are indicated by the notation CYyyyy.q (e.g. CY1995.4). For many data items, the report shows -- in addition to the latest quarter -- data for the latest twelve months, the highest and lowest quarters historically, and the state's rank among all states. If a state has failed to report for a particular time period, estimated data are used; however, if the time period extends too far for reasonable estimates, blanks are displayed instead.

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Please Note: The section that used to bear the title "Unemployment Rates" is now titled "Labor Force." The data in this section are the same, but some of them have been re-arranged. The new heading "Recipiency Rates" identifies what used to be denoted as "As % of Total." This issue also provides several additional items: Past 12 Month values in the "Labor Force" section; Subject employers; and Interest Earned.