<Li> Darby counts WPA workers as employed; Lebergott as unemployed </Li> <Li> Source: Historical Statistics US (1976) series D - 86; Smiley 1983 </Li> <Table> Families on relief 1936--1941 Relief cases 1936--1941 (monthly average in 1,000) <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Th> 1936 </Th> <Th> 1937 </Th> <Th> 1938 </Th> <Th> 1939 </Th> <Th> 1940 </Th> <Th> 1941 </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="7"> Workers employed: </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> WPA </Td> <Td> 1,995 </Td> <Td> 2,227 </Td> <Td> 1,932 </Td> <Td> 2,911 </Td> <Td> 1,971 </Td> <Td> 1,638 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> CCC and NYA </Td> <Td> 712 </Td> <Td> 801 </Td> <Td> 643 </Td> <Td> 793 </Td> <Td> 877 </Td> <Td> 919 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Other federal work projects </Td> <Td> 554 </Td> <Td> 663 </Td> <Td> 452 </Td> <Td> 488 </Td> <Td> 468 </Td> <Td> 681 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="7"> Public assistance cases: </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Social security programs </Td> <Td> 602 </Td> <Td> 1,306 </Td> <Td> 1,852 </Td> <Td> 2,132 </Td> <Td> 2,308 </Td> <Td> 2,517 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> General relief </Td> <Td> 2,946 </Td> <Td> 1,484 </Td> <Td> 1,611 </Td> <Td> 1,647 </Td> <Td> 1,570 </Td> <Td> 1,206 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Total families helped </Td> <Td> 5,886 </Td> <Td> 5,660 </Td> <Td> 5,474 </Td> <Td> 6,751 </Td> <Td> 5,860 </Td> <Td> 5,167 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Unemployed workers (Bur Lab Stat) </Td> <Td> 9,030 </Td> <Td> 7,700 </Td> <Td> 10,390 </Td> <Td> 9,480 </Td> <Td> 8,120 </Td> <Td> 5,560 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Coverage (cases / unemployed) </Td> <Td> 65% </Td> <Td> 74% </Td> <Td> 53% </Td> <Td> 71% </Td> <Td> 72% </Td> <Td> 93% </Td> </Tr> </Table> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Th> 1936 </Th> <Th> 1937 </Th> <Th> 1938 </Th> <Th> 1939 </Th> <Th> 1940 </Th> <Th> 1941 </Th> </Tr>

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