how long can you stay on unemployment benefits?
Two states with high unemployment, Illinois and Nevada, had offered 73 weeks of benefits. California had offered 63 weeks, and most others offered 43 to 63 weeks.
New York now offers the longest-lasting benefits, at 83 weeks, and no other state qualifies for more than 73 weeks. In several states, benefits now run out after less than a year. All of the main federal programs are due to expire at the end of the year unless Congress acts to extend them. The following maps show the maximum duration of benefits in each state by year.