Congresswoman Eddie Bernice Johnson Announces County-by-County Breakdown of Texans Affected by Failure to Extend Unemployment Insurance
Dallas, TX – (Friday, April 4, 2014) – Today, Congresswoman Eddie Bernice Johnson announced new county-by-county data from the Texas Workforce Commission that shows that more than 133,888 people in Texas have lost unemployment benefits because of the December 28 lapse in the emergency federal program. The data, provided to the Ways and Means Committee, shows how many people through March 29 were cut off from unemployment benefits in every county in the state. The new data comes as the Senate is poised to pass legislation in the coming days that would extend the program through May, including providing retroactive benefits to December 28. The House has yet to take up legislation.
“During this time of economic recovery, we must not cut off Texans that have fallen on hard times as they continue to pursue employment, “ said Congresswoman Johnson. “I will continue to work in the House of Representatives to do what the Senate has already done in a bipartisan way, extend the critical lifeline of unemployment insurance.”
Federal unemployment insurance took effect in 2008 and has been reauthorized several times since as Americans continue to recover from the worst economic downturn since the Great Depression. Despite the real progress the economy has made since its near collapse in 2008, long-term unemployment as a percentage of the unemployed is 36 percent, near historic highs.
|
TEXAS COUNTY |
Number of People Cut off Unemployment Insurance Through March 29 |
|
Anderson |
186 |
|
Andrews |
25 |
|
Angelina |
323 |
|
Aransas |
91 |
|
Archer |
27 |
|
Atascosa |
143 |
|
Austin |
96 |
|
Bailey |
33 |
|
Bandera |
59 |
|
Bastrop |
306 |
|
Baylor |
3 |
|
Bee |
108 |
|
Bell |
2,187 |
|
Bexar |
7,463 |
|
Blanco |
31 |
|
Borden |
1 |
|
Bosque |
67 |
|
Bowie |
642 |
|
Brazoria |
1,820 |
|
Brazos |
422 |
|
Brewster |
30 |
|
Briscoe |
3 |
|
Brooks |
45 |
|
Brown |
130 |
|
Burleson |
67 |
|
Burnet |
135 |
|
Caldwell |
144 |
|
Calhoun |
123 |
|
Callahan |
37 |
|
Cameron |
3,346 |
|
Camp |
72 |
|
Carson |
6 |
|
Cass |
220 |
|
Castro |
22 |
|
Chambers |
240 |
|
Cherokee |
270 |
|
Childress |
4 |
|
Clay |
29 |
|
Cochran |
8 |
|
Coke |
13 |
|
Coleman |
26 |
|
Collin |
3,863 |
|
Collingsworth |
3 |
|
Colorado |
69 |
|
Comal |
442 |
|
Comanche |
34 |
|
Concho |
5 |
|
Cooke |
106 |
|
Coryell |
359 |
|
Cottle |
6 |
|
Crane |
3 |
|
Crockett |
11 |
|
Crosby |
11 |
|
Culberson |
11 |
|
Dallam |
9 |
|
Dallas |
16,482 |
|
Dawson |
43 |
|
Deaf Smith |
30 |
|
Delta |
24 |
|
Denton |
3,181 |
|
DeWitt |
53 |
|
Dickens |
10 |
|
Dimmit |
53 |
|
Donley |
4 |
|
Duval |
51 |
|
Eastland |
53 |
|
Ector |
327 |
|
Edwards |
2 |
|
Ellis |
690 |
|
El Paso |
4,998 |
|
Erath |
101 |
|
Falls |
79 |
|
Fannin |
134 |
|
Fayette |
50 |
|
Fisher |
32 |
|
Floyd |
88 |
|
Foard |
3 |
|
Fort Bend |
2,692 |
|
Franklin |
33 |
|
Freestone |
93 |
|
Frio |
62 |
|
Gaines |
14 |
|
Galveston |
2,106 |
|
Garza |
9 |
|
Gillespie |
37 |
|
Goliad |
17 |
|
Gonzales |
54 |
|
Gray |
34 |
|
Grayson |
518 |
|
Gregg |
618 |
|
Grimes |
108 |
|
Guadalupe |
422 |
|
Hale |
744 |
|
Hall |
10 |
|
Hamilton |
20 |
|
Hansford |
7 |
|
Hardeman |
7 |
|
Hardin |
353 |
|
Harris |
23,667 |
|
Harrison |
407 |
|
Hartley |
6 |
|
Haskell |
7 |
|
Hays |
548 |
|
Henderson |
385 |
|
Hidalgo |
6,819 |
|
Hill |
182 |
|
Hockley |
56 |
|
Hood |
164 |
|
Hopkins |
120 |
|
Houston |
82 |
|
Howard |
69 |
|
Hudspeth |
10 |
|
Hunt |
422 |
|
Hutchinson |
64 |
|
Irion |
1 |
|
Jack |
19 |
|
Jackson |
53 |
|
Jasper |
300 |
|
Jefferson |
2,651 |
|
Jim Hogg |
35 |
|
Jim Wells |
212 |
|
Johnson |
686 |
|
Jones |
44 |
|
Karnes |
20 |
|
Kaufman |
560 |
|
Kendall |
85 |
|
Kennedy |
3 |
|
Kent |
2 |
|
Kerr |
88 |
|
Kimble |
15 |
|
Kinney |
14 |
|
Kleberg |
138 |
|
Knox |
5 |
|
Lamar |
281 |
|
Lamb |
76 |
|
Lampasas |
118 |
|
La Salle |
24 |
|
Lavaca |
36 |
|
Lee |
56 |
|
Leon |
62 |
|
Liberty |
464 |
|
Limestone |
155 |
|
Lipscomb |
1 |
|
Live Oak |
24 |
|
Llano |
62 |
|
Lubbock |
685 |
|
Lynn |
16 |
|
McCulloch |
38 |
|
McLennan |
991 |
|
McMullen |
6 |
|
Madison |
27 |
|
Marion |
75 |
|
Martin |
12 |
|
Mason |
10 |
|
Matagorda |
334 |
|
Maverick |
590 |
|
Medina |
152 |
|
Menard |
2 |
|
Midland |
212 |
|
Milam |
133 |
|
Mills |
9 |
|
Mitchell |
8 |
|
Montague |
68 |
|
Montgomery |
1,807 |
|
Moore |
44 |
|
Morris |
120 |
|
Motley |
3 |
|
Nacogdoches |
279 |
|
Navarro |
239 |
|
Newton |
107 |
|
Nolan |
42 |
|
Nueces |
1,667 |
|
Ochiltree |
8 |
|
Oldham |
3 |
|
Orange |
798 |
|
Palo Pinto |
156 |
|
Panola |
131 |
|
Parker |
442 |
|
Parmer |
13 |
|
Pecos |
33 |
|
Polk |
194 |
|
Potter |
360 |
|
Presidio |
88 |
|
Rains |
35 |
|
Randall |
241 |
|
Reagan |
8 |
|
Real |
10 |
|
Red River |
89 |
|
Reeves |
33 |
|
Refugio |
18 |
|
Robertson |
76 |
|
Rockwall |
333 |
|
Runnels |
24 |
|
Rusk |
252 |
|
Sabine |
74 |
|
San Augustine |
58 |
|
San Jacinto |
111 |
|
San Patricio |
404 |
|
San Saba |
11 |
|
Schleicher |
2 |
|
Scurry |
28 |
|
Shackelford |
5 |
|
Shelby |
193 |
|
Sherman |
1 |
|
Smith |
1,166 |
|
Somervell |
23 |
|
Starr |
924 |
|
Stephens |
20 |
|
Stonewall |
3 |
|
Sutton |
7 |
|
Swisher |
60 |
|
Tarrant |
10,659 |
|
Taylor |
382 |
|
Terrell |
6 |
|
Terry |
35 |
|
Throckmorton |
3 |
|
Titus |
163 |
|
Tom Green |
246 |
|
Travis |
4,513 |
|
Trinity |
43 |
|
Tyler |
128 |
|
Upshur |
157 |
|
Upton |
10 |
|
Uvalde |
126 |
|
Val Verde |
181 |
|
Van Zandt |
241 |
|
Victoria |
274 |
|
Walker |
195 |
|
Waller |
146 |
|
Ward |
20 |
|
Washington |
81 |
|
Webb |
908 |
|
Wharton |
214 |
|
Wheeler |
9 |
|
Wichita |
388 |
|
Wilbarger |
32 |
|
Willacy |
287 |
|
Williamson |
1,848 |
|
Wilson |
165 |
|
Winkler |
14 |
|
Wise |
223 |
|
Wood |
154 |
|
Yoakum |
12 |
|
Young |
41 |
|
Zapata |
72 |
|
Zavala |
122 |
|
Total |
133,888 |
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U.S. Representative Eddie Bernice Johnson is the ranking member of the House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology and the highest-ranking Texan on the House Committee on Transportation & Infrastructure. She represents the 30th Congressional District of Texas, which includes Downtown Dallas, Fair Park, Kessler Park, Old East Dallas, Pleasant Grove, South Dallas & South Oak Cliff; all of Cedar Hill, Desoto, Duncanville, Hutchins, Lancaster & Wilmer and parts of Ferris, Glenn Heights, South Grand Prairie, Oak Lawn, Ovilla, Uptown/Victory Park and West Dallas.