The information on the Ohio Unemployment Insurance Claims dashboard is compiled by the Ohio Education Research Center (OERC) using Unemployment Insurance Claims (UI Claims) data from the Ohio Longitudinal Data Archive (OLDA), as collected by the Ohio Department of Job and Family Services. The reported counts are the total number of UI claims in Ohio, excluding out-of-state residents. Counts represent the number of claims, i.e. multiple claims per person appear as multiple counts. To avoid re-identification, the OERC only reports results derived from 10 or more individuals. If only one category results in a count of less than 10, a secondary suppression rule is applied to the next smallest category.
Initial claims refer to the newly filed claims recorded for each reported time period. Continued claims indicate the cumulative number of claims that are eligible for benefit receipt and continued to be collected by the beneficiaries.
We estimate missing industry codes from supplementary employment data in the OLDA for records that are missing information about the separating employer. These reports are continually updated as new data become available.
Information displayed on this dashboard may differ from information contained in federal or state reports due to variations in reporting metrics and data preparation procedures.
We appreciate geocoding support provided by the Ohio Geographically Referenced Information Program (OGRIP) that enabled the geospatial analyses presented.
The Ohio Longitudinal Data Archive is a project of the Ohio Education Research Center, and provides researchers with centralized access to administrative data. The OLDA is managed by The Ohio State University’s Center for Human Resource Research in collaboration with Ohio’s state workforce and education agencies, with those agencies providing oversight and funding.
For additional funding and inspiration the team thanks our colleagues from the Coleridge Initiative and the ADRF. Funding for the Re-employment dashboards for the Coleridge Initiative comes from the Schmidt Family Foundation.
