Colorado Unemployment Insurance Program At A Glance
In historic terms, Colorado has a low recipiency rate. Colorado paid benefits to only 24.6% of its unemployed workers over the time period 1967 to 1998.4 Only four jurisdictions have paid benefits to a smaller percentage of their unemployed workers over that time period. In the year from October 2001 to September 2002, only 34 percent of Colorado’s unemployed received UI benefits. Colorado's UI program ranked 44th (of 53 jurisdictions) in terms of its recipiency rate for UI.
Released March 2003

