Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants

April 2007

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants: Total Claimants April 2007
	Apr 2007	Mar 2007	Monthly Change	Apr 2006	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
United States	2,623,930	2,814,853	-190,923	2,454,682	169,248	6.9
Alaska	13,766	15,655	-1,889	13,802	-36	-0.3
Alabama	24,505	25,930	-1,425	23,635	870	3.7
Arkansas	27,749	29,210	-1,461	24,103	3,646	15.1
Arizona	25,384	21,559	3,825	21,216	4,168	19.6
California	393,332	347,097	46,235	369,427	23,905	6.5
Colorado	21,762	23,444	-1,682	22,333	-571	-2.6
Connecticut	38,870	46,949	-8,079	37,131	1,739	4.7
District of Columbia	4,392	4,451	-59	4,466	-74	-1.7
Delaware	10,041	10,544	-503	6,941	3,100	44.7
Florida	90,584	92,080	-1,496	71,741	18,843	26.3
Georgia	49,334	49,872	-538	47,814	1,520	3.2
Hawaii	6,666	6,661	5	6,412	254	4.0
Iowa	25,271	35,007	-9,736	21,633	3,638	16.8
Idaho	11,855	15,069	-3,214	11,820	35	0.3
Illinois	140,337	163,926	-23,589	128,541	11,796	9.2
Indiana	56,849	66,093	-9,244	51,528	5,321	10.3
Kansas	16,901	17,026	-125	16,352	549	3.4
Kentucky	30,141	39,397	-9,256	28,023	2,118	7.6
Louisiana	18,009	18,030	-21	19,352	-1,343	-6.9
Massachusetts	84,942	101,317	-16,375	76,344	8,598	11.3
Maryland	32,294	37,711	-5,417	31,847	447	1.4
Maine	12,892	13,873	-981	11,211	1,681	15.0
Michigan	164,629	182,550	-17,921	172,457	-7,828	-4.5
Minnesota	68,871	77,368	-8,497	53,385	15,486	29.0
Missouri	42,408	48,392	-5,984	40,151	2,257	5.6
Mississippi	16,658	19,529	-2,871	16,129	529	3.3
Montana	4,951	6,237	-1,286	4,441	510	11.5
North Carolina	74,200	72,369	1,831	70,337	3,863	5.5
North Dakota	4,235	5,909	-1,674	3,083	1,152	37.4
Nebraska	9,109	11,356	-2,247	9,245	-136	-1.5
New Hampshire	7,884	9,147	-1,263	6,681	1,203	18.0
New Jersey	118,377	129,552	-11,175	108,059	10,318	9.5
New Mexico	10,807	10,815	-8	10,461	346	3.3
Nevada	23,462	24,129	-667	19,373	4,089	21.1
New York	185,923	199,914	-13,991	183,831	2,092	1.1
Ohio	102,571	121,052	-18,481	98,586	3,985	4.0
Oklahoma	13,996	14,145	-149	13,693	303	2.2
Oregon	43,856	45,219	-1,363	41,466	2,390	5.8
Pennsylvania	177,883	204,668	-26,785	157,903	19,980	12.7
Puerto Rico	33,059	32,367	692	28,442	4,617	16.2
Rhode Island	13,218	16,706	-3,488	11,475	1,743	15.2
South Carolina	38,309	37,509	800	35,168	3,141	8.9
South Dakota	2,410	3,309	-899	2,090	320	15.3
Tennessee	36,441	40,505	-4,064	35,889	552	1.5
Texas	94,587	96,456	-1,869	100,556	-5,969	-5.9
Utah	7,277	9,162	-1,885	7,479	-202	-2.7
Virginia	33,859	37,654	-3,795	31,893	1,966	6.2
Virgin Islands	247	236	11	167	80	47.9
Vermont	7,324	7,799	-475	6,677	647	9.7
Washington	47,692	52,014	-4,322	51,016	-3,324	-6.5
Wisconsin	85,768	98,331	-12,563	73,910	11,858	16.0
West Virginia	15,250	16,402	-1,152	12,487	2,763	22.1
Wyoming	2,793	3,151	-358	2,480	313	12.6

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants US Totals
	Apr 2007	Percent	Mar 2007	Apr 2006	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	2,623,930		2,814,853	2,454,682	169,248	6.9
Male	1,563,217	59.6%	1,760,351	1,416,264	146,953	10.4%
Female	1,058,697	40.3%	1,052,368	1,036,017	22,680	2.2%
Information Not Available	2,016	0.1%	2,134	2,401	-385	-16.0%

Ethnicity	2,623,930		2,814,853	2,454,682
Hispanic or Latino	412,258	15.7%	417,397	378,530	33,728	8.9%
Not Hispanic or Latino	1,918,621	86.7%	2,090,408	1,804,891	113,730	6.3%
Information Not Available	293,052	10.0%	307,049	271,260	21,792	8.0%

Race	2,623,930		2,814,853	2,454,682
American Indian or Alaskan Native	28,348	1.1%	30,009	27,815	533	1.9%
Asian	60,271	2.3%	59,428	63,136	-2,865	-4.5%
Black or African American	432,399	16.5%	435,601	411,678	20,721	5.0%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	12,144	0.5%	12,407	10,412	1,732	16.6%
White	1,530,084	58.3%	1,722,828	1,426,349	103,735	7.3%
Information Not Available	560,684	21.4%	554,580	504,643	56,041	11.1%

Years of Age	2,623,930		2,814,853	2,454,682
Younger than 22	104,402	4.0%	115,246	89,227	15,175	17.0%
22-24	153,967	5.9%	167,348	138,930	15,037	10.8%
25-34	612,756	23.4%	656,013	561,248	51,508	9.2%
35-44	669,144	25.5%	720,889	650,237	18,907	2.9%
45-54	639,357	24.4%	682,271	605,607	33,750	5.6%
55-59	214,274	8.2%	226,305	202,131	12,143	6.0%
60-64	130,627	5.0%	137,491	117,855	12,772	10.8%
65 and older	80,066	3.1%	89,443	74,314	5,752	7.7%
Information Not Available	19,337	0.7%	19,847	15,133	4,204	27.8%

Industry	2,623,930		2,814,853	2,454,682
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	82,546	3.1%	78,907	87,150	-4,604	-5.3%
Mining	13,286	0.5%	17,200	9,870	3,416	34.6%
Utilities	5,338	0.2%	5,228	4,428	910	20.6%
Construction	440,010	16.8%	543,102	370,172	69,838	18.9%
Manufacturing	395,730	15.1%	407,013	367,917	27,813	7.6%
Wholesale Trade	97,207	3.7%	100,980	88,978	8,229	9.2%
Retail Trade	215,204	8.2%	222,150	213,034	2,170	1.0%
Transporation and Warehousing	93,654	3.6%	88,492	83,390	10,264	12.3%
Information	69,439	2.6%	62,154	61,784	7,655	12.4%
Finance and Insurance	84,215	3.2%	79,915	75,442	8,773	11.6%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	41,342	1.6%	41,825	36,052	5,290	14.7%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	97,947	3.7%	100,256	94,217	3,730	4.0%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	10,739	0.4%	10,565	7,960	2,779	34.9%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	278,042	10.6%	316,516	250,900	27,142	10.8%
Educational Services	39,748	1.5%	39,312	39,985	-237	-0.6%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	155,348	5.9%	152,550	158,610	-3,262	-2.1%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	42,570	1.6%	60,780	39,172	3,398	8.7%
Accomodation and Food Services	130,401	5.0%	144,140	123,123	7,278	5.9%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	68,546	2.6%	68,919	66,804	1,742	2.6%
Public Administration	41,730	1.6%	45,432	41,813	-83	-0.2%
Information Not Available	220,888	8.4%	229,417	233,881	-12,993	-5.6%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Alaska
	Apr 2007	Percent	Mar 2007	Apr 2006	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	13,766		15,655	13,802	-36	-.3
Male	8,742	63.5%	10,019	8,718	24	0.3%
Female	5,024	36.5%	5,635	5,078	-54	-1.1%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	1	6	-6	-100.0%

Ethnicity	13,766		15,655	13,802
Hispanic or Latino	542	3.9%	593	527	15	2.8%
Not Hispanic or Latino	13,122	95.3%	14,941	13,089	33	0.3%
Information Not Available	102	0.7%	121	186	-84	-45.2%

Race	13,766		15,655	13,802
American Indian or Alaskan Native	4,448	32.3%	4,686	4,388	60	1.4%
Asian	564	4.1%	723	744	-180	-24.2%
Black or African American	496	3.6%	504	416	80	19.2%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	89	0.6%	96	87	2	2.3%
White	7,716	56.1%	9,136	7,578	138	1.8%
Information Not Available	453	3.3%	510	589	-136	-23.1%

Years of Age	13,766		15,655	13,802
Younger than 22	629	3.0%	700	727	-98	-13.5%
22-24	1,064	5.1%	1,096	1,118	-54	-4.8%
25-34	3,365	16.1%	3,852	3,472	-107	-3.1%
35-44	3,296	15.8%	3,644	3,220	76	2.4%
45-54	3,477	16.6%	4,015	3,470	7	0.2%
55-59	1,038	5.0%	1,290	972	66	6.8%
60-64	583	2.8%	674	524	59	11.3%
65 and older	314	1.5%	384	299	15	5.0%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	13,766		15,655	13,802
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	95	0.7%	159	94	1	1.1%
Mining	411	3.0%	442	318	93	29.2%
Utilities	101	0.7%	96	99	2	2.0%
Construction	3,421	24.7%	3,954	2,847	574	20.2%
Manufacturing	878	6.3%	1,126	1,074	-196	-18.2%
Wholesale Trade	207	1.5%	218	198	9	4.5%
Retail Trade	1,216	8.8%	1,346	1,324	-108	-8.2%
Transporation and Warehousing	694	5.0%	957	713	-19	-2.7%
Information	151	1.1%	151	172	-21	-12.2%
Finance and Insurance	259	1.9%	265	272	-13	-4.8%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	370	2.7%	369	402	-32	-8.0%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	296	2.1%	366	324	-28	-8.6%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	46	0.3%	59	41	5	12.2%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	702	5.1%	773	593	109	18.4%
Educational Services	388	2.8%	373	413	-25	-6.1%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	907	6.5%	939	975	-68	-7.0%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	206	1.5%	208	159	47	29.6%
Accomodation and Food Services	1,192	8.6%	1,361	1,331	-139	-10.4%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	430	3.1%	416	618	-188	-30.4%
Public Administration	1,448	10.4%	1,706	1,476	-28	-1.9%
Information Not Available	348	2.5%	371	359	-11	-3.1%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Alabama
	Apr 2007	Percent	Mar 2007	Apr 2006	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	24,505		25,930	23,635
Male	12,304	50.2%	13,191	11,137	1,167	10.5%
Female	12,132	49.5%	12,693	12,460	-328	-2.6%
Information Not Available	69	0.3%	46	38	31	81.6%

Ethnicity	24,505		25,930	23,635
Hispanic or Latino	599	2.4%	675	620	-21	-3.4%
Not Hispanic or Latino	18,372	75.0%	19,329	17,806	566	3.2%
Information Not Available	5,534	22.6%	5,926	5,209	325	6.2%

Race	24,505		25,930	23,635
American Indian or Alaskan Native	822	3.4%	966	688	134	19.5%
Asian	440	1.8%	776	481	-41	-8.5%
Black or African American	9,643	39.4%	10,103	9,039	604	6.7%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	39	0.2%	41	58	-19	-32.8%
White	10,792	44.0%	10,879	10,384	408	3.9%
Information Not Available	2,769	11.3%	3,165	2,985	-216	-7.2%

Years of Age	24,505		25,930	23,635
Younger than 22	1,011	3.0%	1,094	1,034	-23	-2.2%
22-24	1,715	5.0%	1,822	1,634	81	5.0%
25-34	6,353	18.6%	6,719	6,032	321	5.3%
35-44	6,168	18.0%	6,471	5,923	245	4.1%
45-54	5,541	16.2%	5,972	5,503	38	0.7%
55-59	1,898	5.6%	2,015	1,802	96	5.3%
60-64	1,101	3.2%	1,125	1,043	58	5.6%
65 and older	705	2.1%	708	661	44	6.7%
Information Not Available	13	0.0%	4	3	10	333.3%

Industry	24,505		25,930	23,635
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	157	0.6%	169	181	-24	-13.3%
Mining	140	0.6%	187	348	-208	-59.8%
Utilities	43	0.2%	41	37	6	16.2%
Construction	2,349	9.5%	2,327	1,968	381	19.4%
Manufacturing	6,375	25.8%	7,536	5,872	503	8.6%
Wholesale Trade	833	3.4%	831	729	104	14.3%
Retail Trade	2,534	10.3%	2,578	2,596	-62	-2.4%
Transporation and Warehousing	724	2.9%	720	530	194	36.6%
Information	338	1.4%	349	422	-84	-19.9%
Finance and Insurance	672	2.7%	676	878	-206	-23.5%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	292	1.2%	296	333	-41	-12.3%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	1,068	4.3%	931	879	189	21.5%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	88	0.4%	55	27	61	225.9%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	2,975	12.1%	3,078	2,668	307	11.5%
Educational Services	319	1.3%	352	340	-21	-6.2%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	1,767	7.2%	1,838	1,828	-61	-3.3%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	247	1.0%	250	157	90	57.3%
Accomodation and Food Services	1,412	5.7%	1,594	1,515	-103	-6.8%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	608	2.5%	572	659	-51	-7.7%
Public Administration	324	1.3%	330	355	-31	-8.7%
Information Not Available	1,240	5.0%	1,220	1,313	-73	-5.6%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Arkansas
	Apr 2007	Percent	Mar 2007	Apr 2006	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	27,749		29,210	24,103
Male	15,168	54.7%	16,655	12,476	2,692	21.6%
Female	12,580	45.3%	12,554	11,625	955	8.2%
Information Not Available	1	0.0%	1	2	-1	-50.0%

Ethnicity	27,749		29,210	24,103
Hispanic or Latino	739	2.7%	867	419	320	76.4%
Not Hispanic or Latino	27,009	97.3%	28,342	23,682	3,327	14.0%
Information Not Available	1	0.0%	1	2	-1	-50.0%

Race	27,749		29,210	24,103
American Indian or Alaskan Native	313	1.1%	306	226	87	38.5%
Asian	313	1.1%	300	136	177	130.1%
Black or African American	8,099	29.2%	8,578	7,750	349	4.5%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	212	0.8%	182	141	71	50.4%
White	18,069	65.1%	18,973	15,427	2,642	17.1%
Information Not Available	743	2.7%	871	423	320	75.7%

Years of Age	27,749		29,210	24,103
Younger than 22	828	1.9%	772	726	102	14.0%
22-24	1,915	4.3%	1,905	1,600	315	19.7%
25-34	7,500	16.8%	7,734	6,411	1,089	17.0%
35-44	7,281	16.3%	7,876	6,553	728	11.1%
45-54	6,116	13.7%	6,619	5,407	709	13.1%
55-59	2,262	5.1%	2,241	1,713	549	32.0%
60-64	1,137	2.5%	1,280	1,078	59	5.5%
65 and older	705	1.6%	778	612	93	15.2%
Information Not Available	5	0.0%	5	3	2	66.7%

Industry	27,749		29,210	24,103
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	509	1.8%	761	487	22	4.5%
Mining	134	0.5%	165	90	44	48.9%
Utilities	67	0.2%	76	62	5	8.1%
Construction	3,198	11.3%	3,640	2,836	362	12.8%
Manufacturing	6,940	24.6%	7,044	5,554	1,386	25.0%
Wholesale Trade	1,181	4.2%	1,351	1,242	-61	-4.9%
Retail Trade	3,243	11.5%	3,303	2,825	418	14.8%
Transporation and Warehousing	1,025	3.6%	979	782	243	31.1%
Information	246	0.9%	306	238	8	3.4%
Finance and Insurance	324	1.1%	383	312	12	3.8%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	224	0.8%	277	295	-71	-24.1%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	604	2.1%	519	425	179	42.1%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	50	0.2%	47	62	-12	-19.4%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	2,856	10.1%	3,067	2,360	496	21.0%
Educational Services	1,041	3.7%	955	868	173	19.9%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	2,688	9.5%	2,507	2,547	141	5.5%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	173	0.6%	247	192	-19	-9.9%
Accomodation and Food Services	1,966	7.0%	2,171	1,828	138	7.5%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	576	2.0%	607	425	151	35.5%
Public Administration	672	2.4%	778	646	26	4.0%
Information Not Available	32	0.1%	27	27	5	18.5%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Arizona
	Apr 2007	Percent	Mar 2007	Apr 2006	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	25,384		21,559	21,216
Male	14,864	58.6%	12,434	11,916	2,948	24.7%
Female	10,520	41.4%	9,125	9,300	1,220	13.1%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	25,384		21,559	21,216
Hispanic or Latino	10,672	42.0%	6,621	9,372	1,300	13.9%
Not Hispanic or Latino	14,712	58.0%	13,867	10,565	4,147	39.3%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	1,071	1,278	-1,278	-100.0%

Race	25,384		21,559	21,216
American Indian or Alaskan Native	1,630	6.4%	1,815	1,376	254	18.5%
Asian	2	0.0%	442	268	-266	-99.3%
Black or African American	1,478	5.8%	1,437	1,031	447	43.4%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
White	10,041	39.6%	16,794	7,890	2,151	27.3%
Information Not Available	12,233	48.2%	1,071	0	12,233	0.0%

Years of Age	25,384		21,559	21,216
Younger than 22	760	2.2%	558	527	233	44.2%
22-24	1,203	3.5%	1,089	945	258	27.3%
25-34	5,015	14.8%	4,498	4,004	1,011	25.2%
35-44	6,827	20.1%	5,595	5,859	968	16.5%
45-54	6,871	20.3%	5,708	5,921	950	16.0%
55-59	2,316	6.8%	2,016	1,965	351	17.9%
60-64	1,536	4.5%	1,378	1,251	285	22.8%
65 and older	856	2.5%	717	744	112	15.1%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	25,384		21,559	21,216
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	4,767	15.8%	1,303	4,762	5	0.1%
Mining	60	0.2%	59	79	-19	-24.1%
Utilities	48	0.2%	45	43	5	11.6%
Construction	3,425	11.4%	3,664	1,673	1,752	104.7%
Manufacturing	1,731	5.7%	1,756	1,205	526	43.7%
Wholesale Trade	1,107	3.7%	864	875	232	26.5%
Retail Trade	1,825	6.1%	1,775	1,489	336	22.6%
Transporation and Warehousing	517	1.7%	456	394	123	31.2%
Information	446	1.5%	461	332	114	34.3%
Finance and Insurance	1,001	3.3%	992	781	220	28.2%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	504	1.7%	490	374	130	34.8%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	1,102	3.7%	1,028	719	383	53.3%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	69	0.2%	68	23	46	200.0%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	2,518	8.4%	2,456	1,676	842	50.2%
Educational Services	403	1.3%	399	408	-5	-1.2%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	1,460	4.8%	1,468	1,133	327	28.9%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	234	0.8%	255	201	33	16.4%
Accomodation and Food Services	771	2.6%	855	629	142	22.6%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	468	1.6%	475	340	128	37.6%
Public Administration	527	1.7%	530	495	32	6.5%
Information Not Available	2,401	8.0%	2,160	3,585	-1,184	-33.0%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants California
	Apr 2007	Percent	Mar 2007	Apr 2006	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	393,332		347,097	369,427
Male	225,571	57.3%	201,112	215,982	9,589	4.4%
Female	167,478	42.6%	145,892	153,170	14,308	9.3%
Information Not Available	283	0.1%	93	275	8	2.9%

Ethnicity	393,332		347,097	369,427
Hispanic or Latino	159,827	40.6%	139,396	148,303	11,524	7.8%
Not Hispanic or Latino	198,271	50.4%	178,745	186,321	11,950	6.4%
Information Not Available	35,234	9.0%	28,956	34,803	431	1.2%

Race	393,332		347,097	369,427
American Indian or Alaskan Native	3,684	0.9%	3,155	2,479	1,205	48.6%
Asian	27,866	7.1%	25,336	31,038	-3,172	-10.2%
Black or African American	29,566	7.5%	27,100	27,365	2,201	8.0%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
White	137,156	34.9%	123,154	125,438	11,718	9.3%
Information Not Available	195,060	49.6%	168,352	183,107	11,953	6.5%

Years of Age	393,332		347,097	369,427
Younger than 22	10,768	2.1%	10,116	9,091	1,677	18.4%
22-24	22,482	4.4%	19,211	19,651	2,831	14.4%
25-34	90,115	17.8%	76,009	78,697	11,418	14.5%
35-44	96,633	19.0%	86,681	102,023	-5,390	-5.3%
45-54	98,710	19.4%	85,568	94,675	4,035	4.3%
55-59	35,706	7.0%	32,482	32,140	3,566	11.1%
60-64	22,954	4.5%	20,046	20,845	2,109	10.1%
65 and older	15,586	3.1%	16,520	12,030	3,556	29.6%
Information Not Available	378	0.1%	464	275	103	37.5%

Industry	393,332		347,097	369,427
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	58,942	13.0%	53,364	63,269	-4,327	-6.8%
Mining	378	0.1%	742	735	-357	-48.6%
Utilities	1,417	0.3%	1,114	184	1,233	670.1%
Construction	55,637	12.3%	52,065	54,363	1,274	2.3%
Manufacturing	54,692	12.1%	47,424	50,689	4,003	7.9%
Wholesale Trade	3,117	0.7%	2,691	1,928	1,189	61.7%
Retail Trade	31,455	7.0%	25,800	27,549	3,906	14.2%
Transporation and Warehousing	9,352	2.1%	8,445	10,377	-1,025	-9.9%
Information	29,849	6.6%	23,759	24,151	5,698	23.6%
Finance and Insurance	11,430	2.5%	8,909	8,081	3,349	41.4%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	5,857	1.3%	4,362	4,132	1,725	41.7%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	5,668	1.3%	4,269	4,959	709	14.3%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	50,631	11.2%	48,074	46,741	3,890	8.3%
Educational Services	8,690	1.9%	7,053	7,714	976	12.7%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	18,514	4.1%	18,376	20,478	-1,964	-9.6%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	6,518	1.4%	6,404	5,785	733	12.7%
Accomodation and Food Services	14,263	3.2%	12,343	11,570	2,693	23.3%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	9,352	2.1%	7,889	8,356	996	11.9%
Public Administration	3,495	0.8%	2,970	2,939	556	18.9%
Information Not Available	14,075	3.1%	11,044	15,427	-1,352	-8.8%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Colorado
	Apr 2007	Percent	Mar 2007	Apr 2006	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	21,762		23,444	22,333
Male	12,120	55.7%	13,980	12,250	-130	-1.1%
Female	9,642	44.3%	9,464	10,083	-441	-4.4%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	21,762		23,444	22,333
Hispanic or Latino	4,274	19.6%	5,208	4,390	-116	-2.6%
Not Hispanic or Latino	14,154	65.0%	14,664	14,014	140	1.0%
Information Not Available	3,334	15.3%	3,572	3,929	-595	-15.1%

Race	21,762		23,444	22,333
American Indian or Alaskan Native	381	1.8%	422	334	47	14.1%
Asian	452	2.1%	396	453	-1	-0.2%
Black or African American	1,535	7.1%	1,515	1,632	-97	-5.9%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	60	0.3%	63	88	-28	-31.8%
White	14,864	68.3%	15,787	15,359	-495	-3.2%
Information Not Available	4,470	20.5%	5,261	4,467	3	0.1%

Years of Age	21,762		23,444	22,333
Younger than 22	362	1.0%	430	415	-53	-12.8%
22-24	739	2.1%	831	852	-113	-13.3%
25-34	4,343	12.3%	4,593	4,562	-219	-4.8%
35-44	5,572	15.8%	6,065	5,979	-407	-6.8%
45-54	6,490	18.4%	7,049	6,558	-68	-1.0%
55-59	2,347	6.6%	2,543	2,312	35	1.5%
60-64	1,298	3.7%	1,326	1,095	203	18.5%
65 and older	605	1.7%	604	551	54	9.8%
Information Not Available	6	0.0%	3	9	-3	-33.3%

Industry	21,762		23,444	22,333
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	105	0.5%	153	117	-12	-10.3%
Mining	168	0.8%	242	174	-6	-3.4%
Utilities	23	0.1%	30	38	-15	-39.5%
Construction	3,939	18.0%	5,039	3,408	531	15.6%
Manufacturing	2,227	10.2%	2,382	2,378	-151	-6.3%
Wholesale Trade	1,052	4.8%	1,021	913	139	15.2%
Retail Trade	2,008	9.2%	2,015	2,328	-320	-13.7%
Transporation and Warehousing	577	2.6%	688	706	-129	-18.3%
Information	724	3.3%	696	770	-46	-6.0%
Finance and Insurance	1,351	6.2%	1,296	1,086	265	24.4%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	569	2.6%	572	583	-14	-2.4%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	1,566	7.2%	1,633	1,554	12	0.8%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	157	0.7%	144	115	42	36.5%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	2,413	11.0%	2,790	2,669	-256	-9.6%
Educational Services	402	1.8%	413	429	-27	-6.3%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	1,375	6.3%	1,297	1,494	-119	-8.0%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	410	1.9%	330	523	-113	-21.6%
Accomodation and Food Services	1,142	5.2%	1,028	1,365	-223	-16.3%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	592	2.7%	565	694	-102	-14.7%
Public Administration	456	2.1%	582	487	-31	-6.4%
Information Not Available	506	2.3%	528	502	4	0.8%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Connecticut
	Apr 2007	Percent	Mar 2007	Apr 2006	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	38,870		46,949	37,131
Male	23,584	60.7%	30,707	21,927	1,657	7.6%
Female	15,286	39.3%	16,242	15,204	82	0.5%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	38,870		46,949	37,131
Hispanic or Latino	5,574	14.3%	7,331	4,939	635	12.9%
Not Hispanic or Latino	33,296	85.7%	39,618	32,192	1,104	3.4%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Race	38,870		46,949	37,131
American Indian or Alaskan Native	144	0.4%	150	129	15	11.6%
Asian	520	1.3%	550	561	-41	-7.3%
Black or African American	5,593	14.4%	5,846	5,237	356	6.8%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
White	23,036	59.3%	28,043	21,902	1,134	5.2%
Information Not Available	9,577	24.6%	12,360	9,302	275	3.0%

Years of Age	38,870		46,949	37,131
Younger than 22	1,150	1.9%	1,406	993	157	15.8%
22-24	2,331	3.9%	2,892	2,099	232	11.1%
25-34	8,485	14.3%	10,342	7,915	570	7.2%
35-44	9,623	16.2%	11,556	9,837	-214	-2.2%
45-54	9,510	16.0%	11,568	9,025	485	5.4%
55-59	3,397	5.7%	4,023	3,318	79	2.4%
60-64	2,556	4.3%	3,008	2,357	199	8.4%
65 and older	1,818	3.1%	2,154	1,587	231	14.6%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	38,870		46,949	37,131
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	228	0.6%	494	186	42	22.6%
Mining	50	0.1%	75	18	32	177.8%
Utilities	45	0.1%	61	89	-44	-49.4%
Construction	6,384	16.3%	9,650	6,183	201	3.3%
Manufacturing	5,150	13.2%	5,413	4,843	307	6.3%
Wholesale Trade	1,799	4.6%	1,910	1,569	230	14.7%
Retail Trade	4,588	11.7%	5,077	4,813	-225	-4.7%
Transporation and Warehousing	1,242	3.2%	1,299	1,220	22	1.8%
Information	669	1.7%	682	664	5	0.8%
Finance and Insurance	2,135	5.5%	2,173	1,932	203	10.5%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	656	1.7%	675	590	66	11.2%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	1,459	3.7%	1,562	1,522	-63	-4.1%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	132	0.3%	138	237	-105	-44.3%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	4,944	12.6%	6,769	4,260	684	16.1%
Educational Services	784	2.0%	885	736	48	6.5%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	3,022	7.7%	3,046	2,986	36	1.2%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	1,034	2.6%	1,545	994	40	4.0%
Accomodation and Food Services	2,383	6.1%	2,990	2,132	251	11.8%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	1,119	2.9%	1,264	1,020	99	9.7%
Public Administration	409	1.0%	456	457	-48	-10.5%
Information Not Available	638	1.6%	785	680	-42	-6.2%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants District of Columbia
	Apr 2007	Percent	Mar 2007	Apr 2006	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	4,392		4,451	4,466
Male	2,288	52.1%	2,303	2,232	56	2.5%
Female	2,104	47.9%	2,148	2,234	-130	-5.8%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	4,392		4,451	4,466
Hispanic or Latino	360	8.2%	370	351	9	2.6%
Not Hispanic or Latino	3,340	76.0%	3,271	3,309	31	0.9%
Information Not Available	692	15.8%	810	806	-114	-14.1%

Race	4,392		4,451	4,466
American Indian or Alaskan Native	30	0.7%	29	36	-6	-16.7%
Asian	149	3.4%	152	148	1	0.7%
Black or African American	3,238	73.7%	3,255	3,285	-47	-1.4%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	69	1.6%	79	81	-12	-14.8%
White	780	17.8%	776	812	-32	-3.9%
Information Not Available	126	2.9%	160	104	22	21.2%

Years of Age	4,392		4,451	4,466
Younger than 22	86	1.7%	93	98	-12	-12.2%
22-24	208	4.2%	196	190	18	9.5%
25-34	1,067	21.3%	1,073	1,078	-11	-1.0%
35-44	1,188	23.8%	1,202	1,229	-41	-3.3%
45-54	1,222	24.4%	1,230	1,180	42	3.6%
55-59	344	6.9%	366	406	-62	-15.3%
60-64	174	3.5%	197	195	-21	-10.8%
65 and older	103	2.1%	94	90	13	14.4%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	4,392		4,451	4,466
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
Mining	0	0.0%	0	1	-1	-100.0%
Utilities	5	0.1%	6	2	3	150.0%
Construction	55	1.3%	67	19	36	189.5%
Manufacturing	2	0.0%	3	6	-4	-66.7%
Wholesale Trade	2	0.0%	5	0	2	0.0%
Retail Trade	11	0.3%	11	6	5	83.3%
Transporation and Warehousing	1	0.0%	1	2	-1	-50.0%
Information	17	0.4%	20	18	-1	-5.6%
Finance and Insurance	0	0.0%	0	5	-5	-100.0%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	7	0.2%	6	1	6	600.0%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	52	1.2%	55	72	-20	-27.8%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	0	0.0%	0	2	-2	-100.0%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	6	0.1%	8	7	-1	-14.3%
Educational Services	26	0.6%	26	12	14	116.7%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	27	0.6%	25	51	-24	-47.1%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	4	0.1%	4	0	4	0.0%
Accomodation and Food Services	2	0.0%	2	4	-2	-50.0%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	37	0.8%	41	45	-8	-17.8%
Public Administration	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
Information Not Available	4,138	94.2%	4,171	4,213	-75	-1.8%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Delaware
	Apr 2007	Percent	Mar 2007	Apr 2006	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	10,041		10,544	6,941
Male	4,988	49.7%	5,426	3,228	1,760	54.5%
Female	5,053	50.3%	5,118	3,713	1,340	36.1%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	10,041		10,544	6,941
Hispanic or Latino	343	3.4%	408	225	118	52.4%
Not Hispanic or Latino	9,698	96.6%	10,137	6,716	2,982	44.4%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Race	10,041		10,544	6,941
American Indian or Alaskan Native	12	0.1%	29	19	-7	-36.8%
Asian	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
Black or African American	4,099	40.8%	4,173	2,817	1,282	45.5%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	50	0.5%	45	45	5	11.1%
White	5,170	51.5%	5,532	3,605	1,565	43.4%
Information Not Available	710	7.1%	765	457	253	55.4%

Years of Age	10,041		10,544	6,941
Younger than 22	2,135	14.2%	2,336	1,310	825	63.0%
22-24	777	5.2%	787	552	225	40.8%
25-34	2,305	15.3%	2,355	1,536	769	50.1%
35-44	2,650	17.6%	2,746	1,849	801	43.3%
45-54	1,594	10.6%	1,690	1,173	421	35.9%
55-59	346	2.3%	374	280	66	23.6%
60-64	141	0.9%	150	142	-1	-0.7%
65 and older	74	0.5%	91	86	-12	-14.0%
Information Not Available	19	0.1%	15	13	6	46.2%

Industry	10,041		10,544	6,941
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	31	0.3%	36	30	1	3.3%
Mining	0	0.0%	0	2	-2	-100.0%
Utilities	12	0.1%	10	6	6	100.0%
Construction	1,127	11.2%	1,218	541	586	108.3%
Manufacturing	794	7.9%	910	524	270	51.5%
Wholesale Trade	408	4.1%	424	255	153	60.0%
Retail Trade	1,583	15.7%	1,668	1,199	384	32.0%
Transporation and Warehousing	286	2.8%	279	179	107	59.8%
Information	148	1.5%	148	89	59	66.3%
Finance and Insurance	1,053	10.5%	1,030	617	436	70.7%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	205	2.0%	224	136	69	50.7%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	450	4.5%	467	339	111	32.7%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	31	0.3%	36	32	-1	-3.1%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	1,673	16.6%	1,718	1,240	433	34.9%
Educational Services	122	1.2%	129	84	38	45.2%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	717	7.1%	708	591	126	21.3%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	162	1.6%	184	116	46	39.7%
Accomodation and Food Services	884	8.8%	934	673	211	31.4%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	226	2.2%	262	239	-13	-5.4%
Public Administration	74	0.7%	79	34	40	117.6%
Information Not Available	55	0.5%	80	15	40	266.7%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Florida
	Apr 2007	Percent	Mar 2007	Apr 2006	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	90,584		92,080	71,741
Male	49,150	54.3%	51,453	33,487	15,663	46.8%
Female	41,399	45.7%	40,590	38,216	3,183	8.3%
Information Not Available	35	0.0%	37	38	-3	-7.9%

Ethnicity	90,584		92,080	71,741
Hispanic or Latino	28,851	31.8%	28,956	25,249	3,602	14.3%
Not Hispanic or Latino	53,252	58.8%	54,866	38,826	14,426	37.2%
Information Not Available	8,481	9.4%	8,258	7,666	815	10.6%

Race	90,584		92,080	71,741
American Indian or Alaskan Native	452	0.5%	404	191	261	136.6%
Asian	1,043	1.2%	954	915	128	14.0%
Black or African American	17,137	18.9%	16,772	12,510	4,627	37.0%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	2,259	2.5%	2,569	1,030	1,229	119.3%
White	51,896	57.3%	53,619	40,161	11,735	29.2%
Information Not Available	17,797	19.6%	17,762	16,934	863	5.1%

Years of Age	90,584		92,080	71,741
Younger than 22	1,773	1.3%	1,688	1,487	286	19.2%
22-24	4,380	3.2%	4,184	3,471	909	26.2%
25-34	20,439	15.1%	19,965	14,875	5,564	37.4%
35-44	21,551	15.9%	22,681	16,095	5,456	33.9%
45-54	23,498	17.3%	23,745	19,299	4,199	21.8%
55-59	8,099	6.0%	8,037	6,674	1,425	21.4%
60-64	6,848	5.0%	7,230	5,263	1,585	30.1%
65 and older	3,996	2.9%	4,550	4,577	-581	-12.7%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	90,584		92,080	71,741
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	487	0.5%	440	687	-200	-29.1%
Mining	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
Utilities	104	0.1%	110	153	-49	-32.0%
Construction	11,366	12.5%	11,414	4,653	6,713	144.3%
Manufacturing	6,535	7.2%	7,083	5,111	1,424	27.9%
Wholesale Trade	4,136	4.5%	4,551	4,043	93	2.3%
Retail Trade	8,134	8.9%	8,514	7,781	353	4.5%
Transporation and Warehousing	2,225	2.4%	2,312	1,793	432	24.1%
Information	2,607	2.9%	2,275	1,983	624	31.5%
Finance and Insurance	4,623	5.1%	4,110	3,509	1,114	31.7%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	2,468	2.7%	2,532	1,564	904	57.8%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	4,588	5.0%	4,587	4,234	354	8.4%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	313	0.3%	661	267	46	17.2%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	16,963	18.6%	16,185	10,298	6,665	64.7%
Educational Services	799	0.9%	807	877	-78	-8.9%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	5,457	6.0%	5,505	5,149	308	6.0%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	1,425	1.6%	1,762	1,030	395	38.3%
Accomodation and Food Services	3,615	4.0%	4,110	3,738	-123	-3.3%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	2,329	2.6%	1,982	2,212	117	5.3%
Public Administration	1,078	1.2%	1,138	1,602	-524	-32.7%
Information Not Available	11,332	12.4%	12,002	11,057	275	2.5%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Georgia
	Apr 2007	Percent	Mar 2007	Apr 2006	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	49,334		49,872	47,814
Male	23,537	47.7%	24,313	22,102	1,435	6.5%
Female	24,994	50.7%	24,576	24,173	821	3.4%
Information Not Available	803	1.6%	983	1,539	-736	-47.8%

Ethnicity	49,334		49,872	47,814
Hispanic or Latino	488	1.0%	347	317	171	53.9%
Not Hispanic or Latino	48,043	97.4%	48,542	45,958	2,085	4.5%
Information Not Available	803	1.6%	983	1,539	-736	-47.8%

Race	49,334		49,872	47,814
American Indian or Alaskan Native	223	0.5%	218	122	101	82.8%
Asian	710	1.4%	718	652	58	8.9%
Black or African American	25,732	52.2%	25,854	24,612	1,120	4.6%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
White	21,854	44.3%	22,090	20,889	965	4.6%
Information Not Available	815	1.7%	992	1,539	-724	-47.0%

Years of Age	49,334		49,872	47,814
Younger than 22	1,045	1.5%	1,082	1,080	-35	-3.2%
22-24	2,259	3.3%	2,401	2,256	3	0.1%
25-34	11,470	16.7%	11,425	10,848	622	5.7%
35-44	13,132	19.1%	13,177	12,958	174	1.3%
45-54	11,801	17.1%	11,972	11,280	521	4.6%
55-59	4,003	5.8%	4,109	3,689	314	8.5%
60-64	2,333	3.4%	2,461	2,094	239	11.4%
65 and older	1,293	1.9%	1,317	1,174	119	10.1%
Information Not Available	1,998	2.9%	1,928	2,435	-437	-17.9%

Industry	49,334		49,872	47,814
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	852	1.7%	1,034	836	16	1.9%
Mining	55	0.1%	51	89	-34	-38.2%
Utilities	80	0.2%	92	116	-36	-31.0%
Construction	2,980	5.9%	3,140	2,592	388	15.0%
Manufacturing	7,633	15.2%	7,062	7,552	81	1.1%
Wholesale Trade	2,536	5.1%	2,653	2,329	207	8.9%
Retail Trade	3,736	7.4%	3,636	3,935	-199	-5.1%
Transporation and Warehousing	1,218	2.4%	1,306	1,738	-520	-29.9%
Information	997	2.0%	1,022	1,290	-293	-22.7%
Finance and Insurance	1,918	3.8%	1,639	1,535	383	25.0%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	915	1.8%	976	951	-36	-3.8%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	8,087	16.1%	8,191	8,127	-40	-0.5%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	101	0.2%	102	96	5	5.2%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	177	0.4%	184	187	-10	-5.3%
Educational Services	944	1.9%	1,027	943	1	0.1%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	2,797	5.6%	2,782	2,668	129	4.8%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	2,240	4.5%	2,356	2,381	-141	-5.9%
Accomodation and Food Services	480	1.0%	499	498	-18	-3.6%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	693	1.4%	706	597	96	16.1%
Public Administration	555	1.1%	570	706	-151	-21.4%
Information Not Available	10,340	20.6%	10,844	8,648	1,692	19.6%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Hawaii
	Apr 2007	Percent	Mar 2007	Apr 2006	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	6,666		6,661	6,412
Male	4,227	63.4%	4,382	4,317	-90	-2.1%
Female	2,439	36.6%	2,279	2,095	344	16.4%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	6,666		6,661	6,412
Hispanic or Latino	401	6.0%	432	328	73	22.3%
Not Hispanic or Latino	4,947	74.2%	4,912	4,819	128	2.7%
Information Not Available	1,318	19.8%	1,317	1,265	53	4.2%

Race	6,666		6,661	6,412
American Indian or Alaskan Native	68	1.0%	50	57	11	19.3%
Asian	2,331	35.0%	2,319	2,222	109	4.9%
Black or African American	133	2.0%	132	132	1	0.8%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	1,585	23.8%	1,627	1,586	-1	-0.1%
White	1,685	25.3%	1,666	1,600	85	5.3%
Information Not Available	864	13.0%	867	815	49	6.0%

Years of Age	6,666		6,661	6,412
Younger than 22	106	1.3%	109	120	-14	-11.7%
22-24	306	3.9%	303	317	-11	-3.5%
25-34	1,427	18.1%	1,484	1,440	-13	-0.9%
35-44	1,662	21.1%	1,661	1,615	47	2.9%
45-54	1,716	21.7%	1,747	1,690	26	1.5%
55-59	729	9.2%	677	583	146	25.0%
60-64	457	5.8%	442	390	67	17.2%
65 and older	263	3.3%	238	257	6	2.3%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	6,666		6,661	6,412
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	336	4.8%	321	314	22	7.0%
Mining	0	0.0%	2	0	0	0.0%
Utilities	5	0.1%	4	6	-1	-16.7%
Construction	1,800	25.7%	2,014	1,925	-125	-6.5%
Manufacturing	208	3.0%	211	144	64	44.4%
Wholesale Trade	123	1.8%	112	108	15	13.9%
Retail Trade	483	6.9%	439	380	103	27.1%
Transporation and Warehousing	259	3.7%	258	304	-45	-14.8%
Information	129	1.8%	114	136	-7	-5.1%
Finance and Insurance	108	1.5%	80	79	29	36.7%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	123	1.8%	125	108	15	13.9%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	194	2.8%	181	192	2	1.0%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	15	0.2%	17	11	4	36.4%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	702	10.0%	713	645	57	8.8%
Educational Services	47	0.7%	36	40	7	17.5%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	301	4.3%	321	294	7	2.4%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	86	1.2%	84	101	-15	-14.9%
Accomodation and Food Services	684	9.8%	620	655	29	4.4%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	166	2.4%	164	186	-20	-10.8%
Public Administration	96	1.4%	101	99	-3	-3.0%
Information Not Available	801	11.4%	744	685	116	16.9%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Iowa
	Apr 2007	Percent	Mar 2007	Apr 2006	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	25,271		35,007	21,633
Male	16,883	66.8%	25,521	13,116	3,767	28.7%
Female	8,388	33.2%	9,486	8,517	-129	-1.5%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	25,271		35,007	21,633
Hispanic or Latino	1,130	4.5%	1,645	691	439	63.5%
Not Hispanic or Latino	23,838	94.3%	32,968	20,667	3,171	15.3%
Information Not Available	303	1.2%	394	275	28	10.2%

Race	25,271		35,007	21,633
American Indian or Alaskan Native	110	0.4%	158	128	-18	-14.1%
Asian	185	0.7%	201	171	14	8.2%
Black or African American	1,001	4.0%	1,171	880	121	13.8%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
White	22,542	89.2%	31,438	19,488	3,054	15.7%
Information Not Available	1,433	5.7%	2,039	966	467	48.3%

Years of Age	25,271		35,007	21,633
Younger than 22	611	1.3%	904	614	-3	-0.5%
22-24	1,448	3.1%	2,183	1,304	144	11.0%
25-34	5,539	12.0%	7,994	4,669	870	18.6%
35-44	6,158	13.3%	8,216	5,294	864	16.3%
45-54	6,656	14.4%	8,964	5,637	1,019	18.1%
55-59	2,208	4.8%	3,000	1,941	267	13.8%
60-64	1,524	3.3%	2,096	1,241	283	22.8%
65 and older	1,118	2.4%	1,637	926	192	20.7%
Information Not Available	9	0.0%	13	7	2	28.6%

Industry	25,271		35,007	21,633
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	119	0.5%	171	103	16	15.5%
Mining	129	0.5%	331	70	59	84.3%
Utilities	38	0.1%	65	30	8	26.7%
Construction	6,951	27.4%	11,734	4,822	2,129	44.2%
Manufacturing	6,313	24.9%	8,179	5,102	1,211	23.7%
Wholesale Trade	720	2.8%	928	792	-72	-9.1%
Retail Trade	2,001	7.9%	2,337	2,162	-161	-7.4%
Transporation and Warehousing	766	3.0%	1,146	626	140	22.4%
Information	581	2.3%	581	574	7	1.2%
Finance and Insurance	545	2.1%	533	592	-47	-7.9%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	236	0.9%	260	219	17	7.8%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	832	3.3%	1,011	718	114	15.9%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	94	0.4%	95	25	69	276.0%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	2,033	8.0%	2,863	1,897	136	7.2%
Educational Services	227	0.9%	253	213	14	6.6%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	1,244	4.9%	1,299	1,274	-30	-2.4%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	241	0.9%	482	252	-11	-4.4%
Accomodation and Food Services	1,052	4.1%	1,233	1,119	-67	-6.0%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	474	1.9%	554	488	-14	-2.9%
Public Administration	326	1.3%	605	295	31	10.5%
Information Not Available	349	1.4%	347	260	89	34.2%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Idaho
	Apr 2007	Percent	Mar 2007	Apr 2006	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	11,855		15,069	11,820
Male	7,482	63.1%	10,420	7,789	-307	-3.9%
Female	4,373	36.9%	4,649	4,031	342	8.5%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	11,855		15,069	11,820
Hispanic or Latino	1,373	11.6%	2,061	1,456	-83	-5.7%
Not Hispanic or Latino	9,415	79.4%	11,799	9,108	307	3.4%
Information Not Available	1,067	9.0%	1,209	1,256	-189	-15.0%

Race	11,855		15,069	11,820
American Indian or Alaskan Native	255	2.2%	349	247	8	3.2%
Asian	205	1.7%	141	137	68	49.6%
Black or African American	57	0.5%	86	55	2	3.6%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	33	0.3%	45	28	5	17.9%
White	9,431	79.6%	11,840	9,433	-2	0.0%
Information Not Available	1,874	15.8%	2,608	1,920	-46	-2.4%

Years of Age	11,855		15,069	11,820
Younger than 22	303	1.5%	420	290	13	4.5%
22-24	719	3.5%	947	647	72	11.1%
25-34	2,486	12.1%	3,320	2,505	-19	-0.8%
35-44	2,780	13.5%	3,540	2,851	-71	-2.5%
45-54	3,217	15.6%	3,916	3,196	21	0.7%
55-59	1,159	5.6%	1,380	1,137	22	1.9%
60-64	713	3.5%	880	752	-39	-5.2%
65 and older	478	2.3%	666	442	36	8.1%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	11,855		15,069	11,820
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	1,102	8.5%	1,494	1,400	-298	-21.3%
Mining	54	0.4%	101	63	-9	-14.3%
Utilities	19	0.1%	40	12	7	58.3%
Construction	2,112	16.3%	3,441	1,914	198	10.3%
Manufacturing	2,111	16.3%	1,967	1,476	635	43.0%
Wholesale Trade	339	2.6%	484	431	-92	-21.3%
Retail Trade	854	6.6%	1,065	831	23	2.8%
Transporation and Warehousing	530	4.1%	577	582	-52	-8.9%
Information	161	1.2%	161	121	40	33.1%
Finance and Insurance	209	1.6%	209	193	16	8.3%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	105	0.8%	125	95	10	10.5%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	316	2.4%	393	290	26	9.0%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	13	0.1%	10	5	8	160.0%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	790	6.1%	1,259	911	-121	-13.3%
Educational Services	92	0.7%	125	139	-47	-33.8%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	630	4.9%	683	674	-44	-6.5%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	153	1.2%	229	169	-16	-9.5%
Accomodation and Food Services	490	3.8%	540	496	-6	-1.2%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	179	1.4%	217	171	8	4.7%
Public Administration	293	2.3%	385	288	5	1.7%
Information Not Available	1,303	10.1%	1,564	1,559	-256	-16.4%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Illinois
	Apr 2007	Percent	Mar 2007	Apr 2006	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	140,337		163,926	128,541
Male	87,568	62.4%	110,460	77,658	9,910	12.8%
Female	52,769	37.6%	53,466	50,883	1,886	3.7%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	140,337		163,926	128,541
Hispanic or Latino	22,487	16.0%	33,016	18,765	3,722	19.8%
Not Hispanic or Latino	117,850	84.0%	130,910	109,776	8,074	7.4%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Race	140,337		163,926	128,541
American Indian or Alaskan Native	508	0.4%	607	388	120	30.9%
Asian	2,931	2.1%	3,172	2,837	94	3.3%
Black or African American	33,686	24.0%	33,842	31,873	1,813	5.7%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
White	102,353	72.9%	125,393	92,875	9,478	10.2%
Information Not Available	858	0.6%	912	568	290	51.1%

Years of Age	140,337		163,926	128,541
Younger than 22	2,858	1.2%	3,171	2,660	198	7.4%
22-24	6,878	2.9%	7,975	6,576	302	4.6%
25-34	33,444	14.2%	39,377	30,683	2,761	9.0%
35-44	37,323	15.8%	44,191	34,737	2,586	7.4%
45-54	36,995	15.7%	43,229	33,482	3,513	10.5%
55-59	12,021	5.1%	13,761	10,896	1,125	10.3%
60-64	7,206	3.1%	8,184	6,165	1,041	16.9%
65 and older	3,612	1.5%	4,038	3,342	270	8.1%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	140,337		163,926	128,541
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	684	0.5%	1,107	521	163	31.3%
Mining	628	0.4%	714	379	249	65.7%
Utilities	146	0.1%	176	232	-86	-37.1%
Construction	30,014	21.3%	40,972	24,841	5,173	20.8%
Manufacturing	20,823	14.8%	23,075	18,806	2,017	10.7%
Wholesale Trade	6,315	4.5%	6,897	6,116	199	3.3%
Retail Trade	13,216	9.4%	13,647	11,954	1,262	10.6%
Transporation and Warehousing	6,569	4.7%	6,536	6,583	-14	-0.2%
Information	2,543	1.8%	2,452	2,794	-251	-9.0%
Finance and Insurance	6,285	4.5%	6,054	5,621	664	11.8%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	2,020	1.4%	2,165	2,008	12	0.6%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	6,177	4.4%	7,057	5,549	628	11.3%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	376	0.3%	372	300	76	25.3%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	17,423	12.4%	23,505	15,905	1,518	9.5%
Educational Services	2,354	1.7%	2,650	2,133	221	10.4%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	8,059	5.7%	7,991	8,084	-25	-0.3%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	2,037	1.4%	3,090	2,050	-13	-0.6%
Accomodation and Food Services	6,241	4.4%	6,637	6,399	-158	-2.5%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	3,097	2.2%	3,383	3,443	-346	-10.0%
Public Administration	2,928	2.1%	2,865	2,707	221	8.2%
Information Not Available	2,402	1.7%	2,581	2,116	286	13.5%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Indiana
	Apr 2007	Percent	Mar 2007	Apr 2006	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	56,849		66,093	51,528
Male	34,558	60.8%	43,253	30,654	3,904	12.7%
Female	22,228	39.1%	22,787	20,857	1,371	6.6%
Information Not Available	63	0.1%	53	17	46	270.6%

Ethnicity	56,849		66,093	51,528
Hispanic or Latino	2,282	4.0%	2,974	2,201	81	3.7%
Not Hispanic or Latino	47,866	84.2%	57,416	47,394	472	1.0%
Information Not Available	6,701	11.8%	5,703	1,933	4,768	246.7%

Race	56,849		66,093	51,528
American Indian or Alaskan Native	243	0.4%	290	193	50	25.9%
Asian	311	0.5%	314	245	66	26.9%
Black or African American	8,466	14.9%	8,341	7,707	759	9.8%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	51	0.1%	55	38	13	34.2%
White	45,118	79.4%	53,793	40,721	4,397	10.8%
Information Not Available	2,660	4.7%	3,300	2,624	36	1.4%

Years of Age	56,849		66,093	51,528
Younger than 22	1,318	1.3%	1,445	1,198	120	10.0%
22-24	3,082	3.1%	3,823	2,768	314	11.3%
25-34	14,084	14.2%	16,377	12,250	1,834	15.0%
35-44	15,013	15.1%	17,367	13,951	1,062	7.6%
45-54	14,485	14.6%	16,830	13,344	1,141	8.6%
55-59	4,657	4.7%	5,286	4,251	406	9.6%
60-64	2,713	2.7%	3,095	2,417	296	12.2%
65 and older	1,493	1.5%	1,869	1,349	144	10.7%
Information Not Available	4	0.0%	1	0	4	0.0%

Industry	56,849		66,093	51,528
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	152	0.3%	253	151	1	0.7%
Mining	146	0.3%	203	81	65	80.2%
Utilities	55	0.1%	59	50	5	10.0%
Construction	10,249	18.0%	15,144	9,299	950	10.2%
Manufacturing	14,482	25.4%	15,403	12,399	2,083	16.8%
Wholesale Trade	1,838	3.2%	1,878	1,724	114	6.6%
Retail Trade	4,571	8.0%	4,760	4,724	-153	-3.2%
Transporation and Warehousing	2,609	4.6%	3,034	2,107	502	23.8%
Information	450	0.8%	469	528	-78	-14.8%
Finance and Insurance	1,310	2.3%	1,348	1,236	74	6.0%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	730	1.3%	827	731	-1	-0.1%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	1,254	2.2%	1,352	1,230	24	2.0%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	123	0.2%	120	113	10	8.8%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	5,258	9.2%	6,932	5,172	86	1.7%
Educational Services	595	1.0%	567	616	-21	-3.4%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	3,556	6.2%	3,388	3,197	359	11.2%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	565	1.0%	919	772	-207	-26.8%
Accomodation and Food Services	2,267	4.0%	2,328	2,197	70	3.2%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	1,040	1.8%	1,167	1,054	-14	-1.3%
Public Administration	423	0.7%	524	393	30	7.6%
Information Not Available	5,176	9.1%	5,418	3,754	1,422	37.9%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Kansas
	Apr 2007	Percent	Mar 2007	Apr 2006	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	16,901		17,026	16,352
Male	9,986	59.1%	10,442	9,247	739	8.0%
Female	6,915	40.9%	6,584	7,105	-190	-2.7%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	16,901		17,026	16,352
Hispanic or Latino	914	5.4%	1,011	946	-32	-3.4%
Not Hispanic or Latino	9,474	56.1%	9,503	9,332	142	1.5%
Information Not Available	6,513	38.5%	6,512	6,074	439	7.2%

Race	16,901		17,026	16,352
American Indian or Alaskan Native	271	1.6%	255	228	43	18.9%
Asian	193	1.1%	175	171	22	12.9%
Black or African American	2,631	15.6%	2,490	2,654	-23	-0.9%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	23	0.1%	32	20	3	15.0%
White	12,571	74.4%	12,780	12,052	519	4.3%
Information Not Available	1,212	7.2%	1,294	1,227	-15	-1.2%

Years of Age	16,901		17,026	16,352
Younger than 22	350	1.2%	300	408	-58	-14.2%
22-24	898	3.1%	1,001	928	-30	-3.2%
25-34	4,093	14.3%	4,158	3,962	131	3.3%
35-44	4,250	14.8%	4,325	4,253	-3	-0.1%
45-54	4,554	15.9%	4,475	4,240	314	7.4%
55-59	1,433	5.0%	1,433	1,345	88	6.5%
60-64	824	2.9%	828	758	66	8.7%
65 and older	499	1.7%	506	458	41	9.0%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	16,901		17,026	16,352
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	245	1.4%	272	313	-68	-21.7%
Mining	145	0.8%	125	111	34	30.6%
Utilities	55	0.3%	60	32	23	71.9%
Construction	3,230	18.8%	3,623	2,320	910	39.2%
Manufacturing	2,516	14.7%	2,291	2,428	88	3.6%
Wholesale Trade	753	4.4%	745	737	16	2.2%
Retail Trade	1,312	7.7%	1,331	1,546	-234	-15.1%
Transporation and Warehousing	505	2.9%	536	455	50	11.0%
Information	768	4.5%	436	433	335	77.4%
Finance and Insurance	565	3.3%	538	559	6	1.1%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	233	1.4%	257	283	-50	-17.7%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	604	3.5%	625	675	-71	-10.5%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	40	0.2%	38	44	-4	-9.1%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	1,602	9.3%	1,700	1,616	-14	-0.9%
Educational Services	228	1.3%	270	235	-7	-3.0%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	1,343	7.8%	1,282	1,519	-176	-11.6%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	112	0.7%	152	131	-19	-14.5%
Accomodation and Food Services	561	3.3%	571	625	-64	-10.2%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	427	2.5%	412	458	-31	-6.8%
Public Administration	352	2.1%	362	339	13	3.8%
Information Not Available	1,305	7.6%	1,400	1,493	-188	-12.6%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Kentucky
	Apr 2007	Percent	Mar 2007	Apr 2006	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	30,141		39,397	28,023
Male	18,737	62.2%	26,277	16,879	1,858	11.0%
Female	11,404	37.8%	13,120	11,144	260	2.3%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	30,141		39,397	28,023
Hispanic or Latino	52	0.2%	67	31	21	67.7%
Not Hispanic or Latino	30,089	99.8%	39,330	27,992	2,097	7.5%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Race	30,141		39,397	28,023
American Indian or Alaskan Native	90	0.3%	129	154	-64	-41.6%
Asian	95	0.3%	115	97	-2	-2.1%
Black or African American	3,540	11.7%	4,970	3,384	156	4.6%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	13	0.0%	0	0	13	0.0%
White	26,093	86.6%	33,789	24,128	1,965	8.1%
Information Not Available	310	1.0%	394	260	50	19.2%

Years of Age	30,141		39,397	28,023
Younger than 22	568	1.0%	736	587	-19	-3.2%
22-24	1,576	2.9%	2,072	1,535	41	2.7%
25-34	6,877	12.6%	9,012	6,622	255	3.9%
35-44	7,877	14.4%	11,137	7,650	227	3.0%
45-54	8,178	15.0%	10,229	7,390	788	10.7%
55-59	2,446	4.5%	3,070	2,104	342	16.3%
60-64	1,684	3.1%	1,930	1,420	264	18.6%
65 and older	922	1.7%	1,211	715	207	29.0%
Information Not Available	13	0.0%	0	0	13	0.0%

Industry	30,141		39,397	28,023
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	69	0.2%	93	62	7	11.3%
Mining	866	2.9%	879	401	465	116.0%
Utilities	17	0.1%	18	75	-58	-77.3%
Construction	4,147	13.7%	6,318	4,588	-441	-9.6%
Manufacturing	7,924	26.2%	11,998	5,515	2,409	43.7%
Wholesale Trade	1,171	3.9%	1,234	922	249	27.0%
Retail Trade	2,059	6.8%	2,556	2,365	-306	-12.9%
Transporation and Warehousing	1,348	4.5%	1,620	1,174	174	14.8%
Information	448	1.5%	493	401	47	11.7%
Finance and Insurance	702	2.3%	697	768	-66	-8.6%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	349	1.2%	368	278	71	25.5%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	668	2.2%	666	657	11	1.7%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	43	0.1%	35	66	-23	-34.8%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	2,446	8.1%	2,658	2,201	245	11.1%
Educational Services	327	1.1%	346	287	40	13.9%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	2,295	7.6%	1,952	1,637	658	40.2%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	465	1.5%	976	463	2	0.4%
Accomodation and Food Services	956	3.2%	1,140	1,059	-103	-9.7%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	706	2.3%	674	556	150	27.0%
Public Administration	362	1.2%	461	472	-110	-23.3%
Information Not Available	2,773	9.2%	4,215	4,076	-1,303	-32.0%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Louisiana
	Apr 2007	Percent	Mar 2007	Apr 2006	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	18,009		18,030	19,352
Male	9,286	51.6%	9,248	8,867	419	4.7%
Female	8,722	48.4%	8,782	10,485	-1,763	-16.8%
Information Not Available	1	0.0%	0	0	1	0.0%

Ethnicity	18,009		18,030	19,352
Hispanic or Latino	329	1.8%	356	507	-178	-35.1%
Not Hispanic or Latino	17,646	98.0%	17,629	17,795	-149	-0.8%
Information Not Available	34	0.2%	45	1,050	-1,016	-96.8%

Race	18,009		18,030	19,352
American Indian or Alaskan Native	114	0.6%	115	145	-31	-21.4%
Asian	114	0.6%	136	183	-69	-37.7%
Black or African American	9,791	54.4%	9,951	10,403	-612	-5.9%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	18	0.1%	18	28	-10	-35.7%
White	7,962	44.2%	7,805	8,397	-435	-5.2%
Information Not Available	10	0.1%	5	196	-186	-94.9%

Years of Age	18,009		18,030	19,352
Younger than 22	416	1.7%	481	526	-110	-20.9%
22-24	1,123	4.5%	1,085	1,198	-75	-6.3%
25-34	4,730	18.8%	4,586	4,741	-11	-0.2%
35-44	4,423	17.6%	4,380	4,774	-351	-7.4%
45-54	4,497	17.9%	4,589	4,757	-260	-5.5%
55-59	1,470	5.9%	1,477	1,627	-157	-9.6%
60-64	850	3.4%	893	984	-134	-13.6%
65 and older	499	2.0%	538	745	-246	-33.0%
Information Not Available	1	0.0%	1	0	1	0.0%

Industry	18,009		18,030	19,352
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	289	1.6%	399	324	-35	-10.8%
Mining	266	1.5%	204	177	89	50.3%
Utilities	55	0.3%	38	31	24	77.4%
Construction	2,607	14.2%	2,538	1,573	1,034	65.7%
Manufacturing	1,910	10.4%	1,890	1,245	665	53.4%
Wholesale Trade	432	2.4%	428	429	3	0.7%
Retail Trade	1,370	7.5%	1,375	1,395	-25	-1.8%
Transporation and Warehousing	619	3.4%	642	417	202	48.4%
Information	343	1.9%	345	267	76	28.5%
Finance and Insurance	414	2.3%	365	434	-20	-4.6%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	240	1.3%	234	332	-92	-27.7%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	713	3.9%	716	505	208	41.2%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	133	0.7%	119	22	111	504.5%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	1,148	6.3%	1,151	1,096	52	4.7%
Educational Services	243	1.3%	229	521	-278	-53.4%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	1,435	7.8%	1,408	1,630	-195	-12.0%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	342	1.9%	331	484	-142	-29.3%
Accomodation and Food Services	880	4.8%	809	874	6	0.7%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	805	4.4%	788	395	410	103.8%
Public Administration	246	1.3%	314	463	-217	-46.9%
Information Not Available	3,519	19.2%	3,707	6,738	-3,219	-47.8%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Massachusetts
	Apr 2007	Percent	Mar 2007	Apr 2006	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	84,942		101,317	76,344
Male	55,877	65.8%	69,517	47,879	7,998	16.7%
Female	29,065	34.2%	31,800	28,465	600	2.1%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	84,942		101,317	76,344
Hispanic or Latino	8,466	10.0%	10,331	7,795	671	8.6%
Not Hispanic or Latino	74,734	88.0%	89,048	66,897	7,837	11.7%
Information Not Available	1,742	2.1%	1,938	1,652	90	5.4%

Race	84,942		101,317	76,344
American Indian or Alaskan Native	244	0.3%	265	178	66	37.1%
Asian	2,223	2.6%	2,296	2,178	45	2.1%
Black or African American	6,782	8.0%	7,402	6,206	576	9.3%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	42	0.0%	56	41	1	2.4%
White	68,236	80.3%	82,576	61,286	6,950	11.3%
Information Not Available	7,415	8.7%	8,722	6,455	960	14.9%

Years of Age	84,942		101,317	76,344
Younger than 22	2,764	1.9%	3,505	2,414	350	14.5%
22-24	4,708	3.2%	5,912	4,032	676	16.8%
25-34	18,358	12.4%	22,131	16,144	2,214	13.7%
35-44	22,326	15.1%	26,717	20,755	1,571	7.6%
45-54	21,497	14.5%	25,216	19,443	2,054	10.6%
55-59	7,428	5.0%	8,698	7,054	374	5.3%
60-64	4,985	3.4%	5,770	4,301	684	15.9%
65 and older	2,876	1.9%	3,368	2,201	675	30.7%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	84,942		101,317	76,344
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	694	0.8%	947	683	11	1.6%
Mining	266	0.3%	443	170	96	56.5%
Utilities	59	0.1%	60	57	2	3.5%
Construction	19,050	22.2%	25,320	15,018	4,032	26.8%
Manufacturing	9,058	10.6%	9,406	8,880	178	2.0%
Wholesale Trade	3,895	4.5%	4,196	3,864	31	0.8%
Retail Trade	7,749	9.0%	8,493	7,666	83	1.1%
Transporation and Warehousing	2,481	2.9%	2,777	2,526	-45	-1.8%
Information	1,777	2.1%	1,803	1,671	106	6.3%
Finance and Insurance	2,817	3.3%	2,741	2,574	243	9.4%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	1,435	1.7%	1,550	1,239	196	15.8%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	4,779	5.6%	4,898	4,459	320	7.2%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	186	0.2%	191	112	74	66.1%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	9,249	10.8%	13,074	7,319	1,930	26.4%
Educational Services	944	1.1%	1,028	986	-42	-4.3%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	5,162	6.0%	5,186	5,107	55	1.1%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	1,723	2.0%	2,895	1,398	325	23.2%
Accomodation and Food Services	4,960	5.8%	6,630	4,831	129	2.7%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	2,929	3.4%	3,263	2,899	30	1.0%
Public Administration	1,160	1.4%	1,481	1,127	33	2.9%
Information Not Available	4,569	5.3%	4,935	3,758	811	21.6%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Maryland
	Apr 2007	Percent	Mar 2007	Apr 2006	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	32,294		37,711	31,847
Male	17,552	54.4%	22,442	16,586	966	5.8%
Female	14,742	45.6%	15,269	15,261	-519	-3.4%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	32,294		37,711	31,847
Hispanic or Latino	1,236	3.8%	1,787	1,002	234	23.4%
Not Hispanic or Latino	30,471	94.4%	35,308	30,321	150	0.5%
Information Not Available	587	1.8%	616	524	63	12.0%

Race	32,294		37,711	31,847
American Indian or Alaskan Native	81	0.3%	102	59	22	37.3%
Asian	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
Black or African American	14,775	45.8%	15,626	15,063	-288	-1.9%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	92	0.3%	77	59	33	55.9%
White	15,523	48.1%	19,503	15,116	407	2.7%
Information Not Available	1,823	5.6%	2,403	1,550	273	17.6%

Years of Age	32,294		37,711	31,847
Younger than 22	791	1.7%	937	809	-18	-2.2%
22-24	1,732	3.8%	2,013	1,611	121	7.5%
25-34	7,019	15.3%	7,895	6,889	130	1.9%
35-44	8,030	17.5%	9,302	8,394	-364	-4.3%
45-54	8,406	18.3%	9,814	8,149	257	3.2%
55-59	2,858	6.2%	3,355	2,742	116	4.2%
60-64	1,846	4.0%	2,226	1,750	96	5.5%
65 and older	1,612	3.5%	2,156	1,503	109	7.3%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	13	0	0	0.0%

Industry	32,294		37,711	31,847
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	63	0.2%	110	83	-20	-24.1%
Mining	41	0.1%	65	28	13	46.4%
Utilities	49	0.2%	41	32	17	53.1%
Construction	4,858	15.0%	7,726	3,973	885	22.3%
Manufacturing	874	2.7%	697	666	208	31.2%
Wholesale Trade	1,214	3.8%	1,340	1,294	-80	-6.2%
Retail Trade	1,154	3.6%	1,271	1,255	-101	-8.0%
Transporation and Warehousing	1,084	3.4%	886	1,211	-127	-10.5%
Information	606	1.9%	633	589	17	2.9%
Finance and Insurance	1,205	3.7%	1,219	1,320	-115	-8.7%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	821	2.5%	903	810	11	1.4%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	2,262	7.0%	2,375	2,384	-122	-5.1%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	30	0.1%	30	28	2	7.1%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	4,416	13.6%	5,039	4,196	220	5.2%
Educational Services	615	1.9%	654	544	71	13.1%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	2,368	7.3%	2,301	2,368	0	0.0%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	461	1.4%	799	456	5	1.1%
Accomodation and Food Services	2,394	7.4%	3,105	2,732	-338	-12.4%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	981	3.0%	1,020	1,028	-47	-4.6%
Public Administration	619	1.9%	737	504	115	22.8%
Information Not Available	6,179	19.1%	6,760	6,346	-167	-2.6%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Maine
	Apr 2007	Percent	Mar 2007	Apr 2006	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	12,892		13,873	11,211
Male	8,776	68.1%	9,420	7,030	1,746	24.8%
Female	4,115	31.9%	4,453	4,180	-65	-1.6%
Information Not Available	1	0.0%	0	1	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	12,892		13,873	11,211
Hispanic or Latino	120	0.9%	126	72	48	66.7%
Not Hispanic or Latino	10,634	82.5%	11,413	9,545	1,089	11.4%
Information Not Available	2,138	16.6%	2,334	1,594	544	34.1%

Race	12,892		13,873	11,211
American Indian or Alaskan Native	103	0.8%	108	86	17	19.8%
Asian	39	0.3%	44	35	4	11.4%
Black or African American	127	1.0%	123	115	12	10.4%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
White	11,072	85.9%	11,860	9,901	1,171	11.8%
Information Not Available	1,551	12.0%	1,738	1,074	477	44.4%

Years of Age	12,892		13,873	11,211
Younger than 22	499	2.2%	541	436	63	14.4%
22-24	842	3.6%	962	720	122	16.9%
25-34	2,846	12.3%	3,118	2,445	401	16.4%
35-44	3,008	13.0%	3,246	2,717	291	10.7%
45-54	3,197	13.8%	3,414	2,780	417	15.0%
55-59	1,279	5.5%	1,301	1,056	223	21.1%
60-64	767	3.3%	829	641	126	19.7%
65 and older	454	2.0%	462	416	38	9.1%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	12,892		13,873	11,211
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	820	6.0%	250	670	150	22.4%
Mining	27	0.2%	30	10	17	170.0%
Utilities	15	0.1%	22	7	8	114.3%
Construction	2,671	19.5%	3,385	1,982	689	34.8%
Manufacturing	1,236	9.0%	1,523	1,132	104	9.2%
Wholesale Trade	335	2.4%	363	291	44	15.1%
Retail Trade	1,215	8.9%	1,333	1,238	-23	-1.9%
Transporation and Warehousing	404	2.9%	299	301	103	34.2%
Information	105	0.8%	86	98	7	7.1%
Finance and Insurance	148	1.1%	133	156	-8	-5.1%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	72	0.5%	75	83	-11	-13.3%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	207	1.5%	200	167	40	24.0%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	8	0.1%	7	11	-3	-27.3%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	890	6.5%	1,029	675	215	31.9%
Educational Services	107	0.8%	117	99	8	8.1%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	519	3.8%	492	515	4	0.8%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	203	1.5%	191	210	-7	-3.3%
Accomodation and Food Services	895	6.5%	1,272	816	79	9.7%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	206	1.5%	222	212	-6	-2.8%
Public Administration	141	1.0%	188	116	25	21.6%
Information Not Available	2,668	19.5%	2,656	2,422	246	10.2%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Michigan
	Apr 2007	Percent	Mar 2007	Apr 2006	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	164,629		182,550	172,457
Male	110,091	66.9%	125,973	113,443	-3,352	-3.0%
Female	54,530	33.1%	56,566	59,009	-4,479	-7.6%
Information Not Available	8	0.0%	11	5	3	60.0%

Ethnicity	164,629		182,550	172,457
Hispanic or Latino	6,442	3.9%	7,674	6,377	65	1.0%
Not Hispanic or Latino	115,392	70.1%	127,748	126,838	-11,446	-9.0%
Information Not Available	42,795	26.0%	47,128	39,242	3,553	9.1%

Race	164,629		182,550	172,457
American Indian or Alaskan Native	1,909	1.2%	2,166	1,458	451	30.9%
Asian	908	0.6%	1,031	1,256	-348	-27.7%
Black or African American	18,688	11.4%	17,687	21,047	-2,359	-11.2%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	97	0.1%	118	91	6	6.6%
White	93,909	57.0%	106,486	103,798	-9,889	-9.5%
Information Not Available	49,118	29.8%	55,062	44,807	4,311	9.6%

Years of Age	164,629		182,550	172,457
Younger than 22	6,090	2.4%	7,434	5,989	101	1.7%
22-24	10,440	4.1%	12,274	10,351	89	0.9%
25-34	40,554	16.1%	45,206	42,038	-1,484	-3.5%
35-44	43,984	17.5%	47,988	45,969	-1,985	-4.3%
45-54	40,724	16.2%	44,257	44,721	-3,997	-8.9%
55-59	12,520	5.0%	13,671	13,256	-736	-5.6%
60-64	6,613	2.6%	7,275	6,411	202	3.2%
65 and older	3,704	1.5%	4,439	3,720	-16	-0.4%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	6	2	-2	-100.0%

Industry	164,629		182,550	172,457
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	1,328	0.8%	1,823	1,264	64	5.1%
Mining	744	0.4%	1,159	697	47	6.7%
Utilities	147	0.1%	170	126	21	16.7%
Construction	35,909	21.6%	43,020	33,846	2,063	6.1%
Manufacturing	30,260	18.2%	27,795	41,547	-11,287	-27.2%
Wholesale Trade	5,525	3.3%	5,820	4,840	685	14.2%
Retail Trade	12,484	7.5%	14,042	13,217	-733	-5.5%
Transporation and Warehousing	4,901	3.0%	5,363	4,752	149	3.1%
Information	1,222	0.7%	1,258	1,428	-206	-14.4%
Finance and Insurance	3,462	2.1%	3,720	3,376	86	2.5%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	1,903	1.1%	2,107	2,121	-218	-10.3%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	6,269	3.8%	6,750	7,327	-1,058	-14.4%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	1,737	1.0%	1,403	967	770	79.6%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	20,667	12.5%	24,885	19,167	1,500	7.8%
Educational Services	1,730	1.0%	1,993	1,770	-40	-2.3%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	8,178	4.9%	7,954	7,855	323	4.1%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	3,379	2.0%	5,599	3,027	352	11.6%
Accomodation and Food Services	8,105	4.9%	8,581	7,414	691	9.3%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	3,232	1.9%	3,575	3,228	4	0.1%
Public Administration	1,704	1.0%	2,276	2,090	-386	-18.5%
Information Not Available	11,743	7.1%	13,257	12,398	-655	-5.3%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Minnesota
	Apr 2007	Percent	Mar 2007	Apr 2006	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	68,871		77,368	53,385
Male	53,077	77.1%	60,914	38,626	14,451	37.4%
Female	15,792	22.9%	16,433	14,759	1,033	7.0%
Information Not Available	2	0.0%	21	0	2	0.0%

Ethnicity	68,871		77,368	53,385
Hispanic or Latino	2,198	3.2%	2,506	1,806	392	21.7%
Not Hispanic or Latino	61,934	89.9%	69,622	47,633	14,301	30.0%
Information Not Available	4,739	6.9%	5,240	3,946	793	20.1%

Race	68,871		77,368	53,385
American Indian or Alaskan Native	762	1.1%	871	616	146	23.7%
Asian	1,005	1.5%	1,046	770	235	30.5%
Black or African American	3,407	4.9%	3,576	3,441	-34	-1.0%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	271	0.4%	281	227	44	19.4%
White	60,525	87.9%	68,357	45,904	14,621	31.9%
Information Not Available	2,901	4.2%	3,237	2,427	474	19.5%

Years of Age	68,871		77,368	53,385
Younger than 22	2,924	2.3%	3,591	2,121	803	37.9%
22-24	5,201	4.1%	6,151	3,850	1,351	35.1%
25-34	17,440	13.8%	19,652	12,936	4,504	34.8%
35-44	16,290	12.9%	18,149	13,457	2,833	21.1%
45-54	16,943	13.4%	18,624	13,243	3,700	27.9%
55-59	5,502	4.4%	6,131	4,277	1,225	28.6%
60-64	3,001	2.4%	3,294	2,295	706	30.8%
65 and older	999	0.8%	1,116	790	209	26.5%
Information Not Available	571	0.5%	660	416	155	37.3%

Industry	68,871		77,368	53,385
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	1,021	1.5%	1,123	786	235	29.9%
Mining	528	0.8%	807	310	218	70.3%
Utilities	223	0.3%	231	191	32	16.8%
Construction	28,116	40.2%	32,312	18,105	10,011	55.3%
Manufacturing	10,122	14.5%	10,954	8,615	1,507	17.5%
Wholesale Trade	2,591	3.7%	2,971	2,556	35	1.4%
Retail Trade	3,931	5.6%	4,375	3,318	613	18.5%
Transporation and Warehousing	2,134	3.1%	2,346	2,439	-305	-12.5%
Information	719	1.0%	722	798	-79	-9.9%
Finance and Insurance	1,666	2.4%	1,508	1,317	349	26.5%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	782	1.1%	852	692	90	13.0%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	2,161	3.1%	2,247	1,584	577	36.4%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	762	1.1%	807	693	69	10.0%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	5,282	7.6%	6,198	4,138	1,144	27.6%
Educational Services	687	1.0%	754	617	70	11.3%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	2,846	4.1%	2,803	2,581	265	10.3%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	853	1.2%	1,272	668	185	27.7%
Accomodation and Food Services	2,132	3.1%	2,423	1,927	205	10.6%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	1,132	1.6%	1,144	1,046	86	8.2%
Public Administration	842	1.2%	1,186	684	158	23.1%
Information Not Available	341	0.5%	333	320	21	6.6%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Missouri
	Apr 2007	Percent	Mar 2007	Apr 2006	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	42,408		48,392	40,151
Male	23,615	55.7%	27,562	21,510	2,105	9.8%
Female	18,786	44.3%	20,825	18,633	153	0.8%
Information Not Available	7	0.0%	5	8	-1	-12.5%

Ethnicity	42,408		48,392	40,151
Hispanic or Latino	570	1.3%	705	458	112	24.5%
Not Hispanic or Latino	15,046	35.5%	17,711	12,753	2,293	18.0%
Information Not Available	26,792	63.2%	29,976	26,940	-148	-0.5%

Race	42,408		48,392	40,151
American Indian or Alaskan Native	339	0.8%	382	325	14	4.3%
Asian	293	0.7%	302	302	-9	-3.0%
Black or African American	9,826	23.2%	10,568	9,815	11	0.1%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	384	0.9%	363	313	71	22.7%
White	29,891	70.5%	34,881	27,747	2,144	7.7%
Information Not Available	1,675	3.9%	1,896	1,649	26	1.6%

Years of Age	42,408		48,392	40,151
Younger than 22	1,049	1.5%	1,191	921	128	13.9%
22-24	2,380	3.4%	2,639	2,117	263	12.4%
25-34	9,981	14.2%	11,306	9,068	913	10.1%
35-44	10,999	15.7%	12,256	10,632	367	3.5%
45-54	11,046	15.7%	12,536	10,605	441	4.2%
55-59	3,399	4.8%	3,923	3,318	81	2.4%
60-64	2,116	3.0%	2,506	2,086	30	1.4%
65 and older	1,402	2.0%	2,035	1,403	-1	-0.1%
Information Not Available	36	0.1%	0	1	35	3500.0%

Industry	42,408		48,392	40,151
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	238	0.6%	391	248	-10	-4.0%
Mining	215	0.5%	309	135	80	59.3%
Utilities	58	0.1%	77	57	1	1.8%
Construction	6,958	16.3%	8,793	5,644	1,314	23.3%
Manufacturing	7,639	17.9%	7,568	7,066	573	8.1%
Wholesale Trade	1,616	3.8%	1,702	1,743	-127	-7.3%
Retail Trade	4,481	10.5%	4,980	4,562	-81	-1.8%
Transporation and Warehousing	1,761	4.1%	2,345	1,891	-130	-6.9%
Information	820	1.9%	882	851	-31	-3.6%
Finance and Insurance	1,565	3.7%	1,581	1,368	197	14.4%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	826	1.9%	1,016	772	54	7.0%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	1,242	2.9%	1,183	1,302	-60	-4.6%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	83	0.2%	92	127	-44	-34.6%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	3,882	9.1%	4,173	3,321	561	16.9%
Educational Services	624	1.5%	685	677	-53	-7.8%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	3,680	8.6%	3,886	3,864	-184	-4.8%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	718	1.7%	1,199	690	28	4.1%
Accomodation and Food Services	3,226	7.6%	4,436	3,127	99	3.2%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	1,356	3.2%	1,514	1,378	-22	-1.6%
Public Administration	491	1.2%	562	498	-7	-1.4%
Information Not Available	929	2.2%	1,018	830	99	11.9%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Mississippi
	Apr 2007	Percent	Mar 2007	Apr 2006	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	16,658		19,529	16,129
Male	8,360	50.2%	10,516	6,889	1,471	21.4%
Female	8,294	49.8%	9,007	9,240	-946	-10.2%
Information Not Available	4	0.0%	6	0	4	0.0%

Ethnicity	16,658		19,529	16,129
Hispanic or Latino	205	1.2%	294	488	-283	-58.0%
Not Hispanic or Latino	15,881	95.3%	18,665	15,641	240	1.5%
Information Not Available	572	3.4%	570	0	572	0.0%

Race	16,658		19,529	16,129
American Indian or Alaskan Native	33	0.2%	26	46	-13	-28.3%
Asian	84	0.5%	82	225	-141	-62.7%
Black or African American	10,229	61.4%	11,786	9,157	1,072	11.7%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	5	0.0%	2	0	5	0.0%
White	5,921	35.5%	7,189	6,213	-292	-4.7%
Information Not Available	386	2.3%	444	488	-102	-20.9%

Years of Age	16,658		19,529	16,129
Younger than 22	411	1.9%	431	549	-138	-25.1%
22-24	1,106	5.1%	1,091	1,063	43	4.0%
25-34	4,204	19.2%	4,647	3,952	252	6.4%
35-44	4,186	19.2%	4,918	4,012	174	4.3%
45-54	4,171	19.1%	5,141	3,851	320	8.3%
55-59	1,338	6.1%	1,705	1,311	27	2.1%
60-64	724	3.3%	963	771	-47	-6.1%
65 and older	518	2.4%	633	620	-102	-16.5%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	16,658		19,529	16,129
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	379	2.2%	880	475	-96	-20.2%
Mining	40	0.2%	51	39	1	2.6%
Utilities	17	0.1%	13	32	-15	-46.9%
Construction	1,083	6.4%	1,226	991	92	9.3%
Manufacturing	5,626	33.0%	7,303	4,185	1,441	34.4%
Wholesale Trade	469	2.8%	403	510	-41	-8.0%
Retail Trade	1,640	9.6%	1,637	1,858	-218	-11.7%
Transporation and Warehousing	460	2.7%	612	518	-58	-11.2%
Information	147	0.9%	165	329	-182	-55.3%
Finance and Insurance	218	1.3%	229	302	-84	-27.8%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	159	0.9%	166	186	-27	-14.5%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	373	2.2%	382	302	71	23.5%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	138	0.8%	124	13	125	961.5%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	1,405	8.2%	1,423	1,183	222	18.8%
Educational Services	231	1.4%	262	316	-85	-26.9%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	1,031	6.1%	1,059	1,347	-316	-23.5%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	113	0.7%	123	371	-258	-69.5%
Accomodation and Food Services	1,099	6.5%	1,385	2,270	-1,171	-51.6%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	257	1.5%	267	319	-62	-19.4%
Public Administration	248	1.5%	295	340	-92	-27.1%
Information Not Available	1,525	9.0%	1,524	243	1,282	527.6%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Montana
	Apr 2007	Percent	Mar 2007	Apr 2006	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	4,951		6,237	4,441
Male	3,281	66.3%	4,495	2,958	323	10.9%
Female	1,652	33.4%	1,718	1,466	186	12.7%
Information Not Available	18	0.4%	24	17	1	5.9%

Ethnicity	4,951		6,237	4,441
Hispanic or Latino	142	2.9%	167	120	22	18.3%
Not Hispanic or Latino	4,512	91.1%	5,684	4,067	445	10.9%
Information Not Available	297	6.0%	386	254	43	16.9%

Race	4,951		6,237	4,441
American Indian or Alaskan Native	527	10.6%	667	463	64	13.8%
Asian	16	0.3%	18	11	5	45.5%
Black or African American	22	0.4%	31	33	-11	-33.3%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	9	0.2%	17	6	3	50.0%
White	4,333	87.5%	5,458	3,886	447	11.5%
Information Not Available	44	0.9%	46	42	2	4.8%

Years of Age	4,951		6,237	4,441
Younger than 22	158	1.8%	197	116	42	36.2%
22-24	282	3.1%	378	298	-16	-5.4%
25-34	1,091	12.1%	1,412	982	109	11.1%
35-44	1,137	12.6%	1,411	1,073	64	6.0%
45-54	1,362	15.1%	1,647	1,191	171	14.4%
55-59	460	5.1%	595	443	17	3.8%
60-64	276	3.1%	353	188	88	46.8%
65 and older	185	2.1%	244	150	35	23.3%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	4,951		6,237	4,441
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	201	3.9%	180	206	-5	-2.4%
Mining	149	2.9%	200	116	33	28.4%
Utilities	11	0.2%	21	11	0	0.0%
Construction	1,239	24.0%	1,884	1,075	164	15.3%
Manufacturing	294	5.7%	352	269	25	9.3%
Wholesale Trade	115	2.2%	144	113	2	1.8%
Retail Trade	412	8.0%	476	364	48	13.2%
Transporation and Warehousing	178	3.5%	196	143	35	24.5%
Information	77	1.5%	64	49	28	57.1%
Finance and Insurance	81	1.6%	83	60	21	35.0%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	61	1.2%	57	48	13	27.1%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	126	2.4%	152	109	17	15.6%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	2	0.0%	1	3	-1	-33.3%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	374	7.3%	524	317	57	18.0%
Educational Services	106	2.1%	122	91	15	16.5%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	277	5.4%	251	271	6	2.2%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	136	2.6%	177	90	46	51.1%
Accomodation and Food Services	553	10.7%	546	531	22	4.1%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	132	2.6%	137	123	9	7.3%
Public Administration	160	3.1%	236	140	20	14.3%
Information Not Available	267	5.2%	434	312	-45	-14.4%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants North Carolina
	Apr 2007	Percent	Mar 2007	Apr 2006	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	74,200		72,369	70,337
Male	39,562	53.3%	37,600	34,673	4,889	14.1%
Female	34,636	46.7%	34,768	35,662	-1,026	-2.9%
Information Not Available	2	0.0%	1	2	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	74,200		72,369	70,337
Hispanic or Latino	2,584	3.5%	2,441	2,296	288	12.5%
Not Hispanic or Latino	70,182	94.6%	68,452	66,971	3,211	4.8%
Information Not Available	1,434	1.9%	1,476	1,070	364	34.0%

Race	74,200		72,369	70,337
American Indian or Alaskan Native	1,120	1.5%	1,112	1,062	58	5.5%
Asian	825	1.1%	816	827	-2	-0.2%
Black or African American	27,989	37.7%	27,304	27,962	27	0.1%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	69	0.1%	73	42	27	64.3%
White	40,127	54.1%	39,112	36,948	3,179	8.6%
Information Not Available	4,070	5.5%	3,952	3,496	574	16.4%

Years of Age	74,200		72,369	70,337
Younger than 22	2,342	2.1%	2,451	2,284	58	2.5%
22-24	4,183	3.8%	4,247	4,053	130	3.2%
25-34	17,391	15.8%	16,897	16,411	980	6.0%
35-44	19,801	17.9%	18,929	18,919	882	4.7%
45-54	18,052	16.4%	17,439	16,891	1,161	6.9%
55-59	6,226	5.6%	5,959	6,102	124	2.0%
60-64	3,919	3.5%	3,972	3,491	428	12.3%
65 and older	2,286	2.1%	2,475	2,186	100	4.6%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	74,200		72,369	70,337
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	279	0.4%	339	325	-46	-14.2%
Mining	45	0.1%	48	33	12	36.4%
Utilities	117	0.2%	129	54	63	116.7%
Construction	6,390	8.6%	6,556	5,267	1,123	21.3%
Manufacturing	21,136	28.4%	16,700	18,354	2,782	15.2%
Wholesale Trade	2,426	3.3%	2,497	2,298	128	5.6%
Retail Trade	5,424	7.3%	5,823	5,990	-566	-9.4%
Transporation and Warehousing	1,832	2.5%	1,926	1,624	208	12.8%
Information	910	1.2%	913	905	5	0.6%
Finance and Insurance	1,866	2.5%	1,849	1,844	22	1.2%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	849	1.1%	983	787	62	7.9%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	2,299	3.1%	2,306	2,204	95	4.3%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	185	0.2%	172	210	-25	-11.9%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	7,839	10.5%	8,245	7,364	475	6.5%
Educational Services	740	1.0%	764	814	-74	-9.1%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	4,483	6.0%	4,651	5,049	-566	-11.2%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	554	0.7%	876	594	-40	-6.7%
Accomodation and Food Services	3,190	4.3%	4,368	3,304	-114	-3.5%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	1,107	1.5%	1,239	1,323	-216	-16.3%
Public Administration	672	0.9%	736	642	30	4.7%
Information Not Available	11,857	15.9%	11,249	11,352	505	4.4%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants North Dakota
	Apr 2007	Percent	Mar 2007	Apr 2006	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	4,235		5,909	3,083
Male	3,259	77.0%	4,862	2,242	1,017	45.4%
Female	961	22.7%	1,027	828	133	16.1%
Information Not Available	15	0.4%	20	13	2	15.4%

Ethnicity	4,235		5,909	3,083
Hispanic or Latino	120	2.8%	159	79	41	51.9%
Not Hispanic or Latino	4,033	95.2%	5,654	2,925	1,108	37.9%
Information Not Available	82	1.9%	96	79	3	3.8%

Race	4,235		5,909	3,083
American Indian or Alaskan Native	397	9.4%	467	292	105	36.0%
Asian	10	0.2%	11	6	4	66.7%
Black or African American	42	1.0%	42	33	9	27.3%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	2	0.0%	3	3	-1	-33.3%
White	3,582	84.6%	5,131	2,591	991	38.2%
Information Not Available	202	4.8%	255	158	44	27.8%

Years of Age	4,235		5,909	3,083
Younger than 22	71	0.9%	108	59	12	20.3%
22-24	246	3.3%	364	164	82	50.0%
25-34	927	12.3%	1,320	679	248	36.5%
35-44	906	12.0%	1,256	694	212	30.5%
45-54	1,138	15.1%	1,527	853	285	33.4%
55-59	426	5.7%	576	287	139	48.4%
60-64	278	3.7%	423	183	95	51.9%
65 and older	212	2.8%	294	143	69	48.3%
Information Not Available	31	0.4%	41	21	10	47.6%

Industry	4,235		5,909	3,083
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	89	2.1%	203	114	-25	-21.9%
Mining	183	4.2%	343	113	70	61.9%
Utilities	6	0.1%	19	12	-6	-50.0%
Construction	1,647	38.1%	2,466	952	695	73.0%
Manufacturing	471	10.9%	671	381	90	23.6%
Wholesale Trade	144	3.3%	212	131	13	9.9%
Retail Trade	200	4.6%	257	212	-12	-5.7%
Transporation and Warehousing	148	3.4%	208	122	26	21.3%
Information	59	1.4%	51	49	10	20.4%
Finance and Insurance	74	1.7%	71	79	-5	-6.3%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	12	0.3%	15	25	-13	-52.0%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	105	2.4%	139	73	32	43.8%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	11	0.3%	21	5	6	120.0%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	170	3.9%	240	138	32	23.2%
Educational Services	2	0.0%	2	0	2	0.0%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	130	3.0%	147	129	1	0.8%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	20	0.5%	33	16	4	25.0%
Accomodation and Food Services	96	2.2%	126	81	15	18.5%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	55	1.3%	66	64	-9	-14.1%
Public Administration	257	5.9%	313	184	73	39.7%
Information Not Available	356	8.2%	306	203	153	75.4%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Nebraska
	Apr 2007	Percent	Mar 2007	Apr 2006	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	9,109		11,356	9,245
Male	5,015	55.1%	6,975	5,184	-169	-3.3%
Female	3,782	41.5%	3,974	4,059	-277	-6.8%
Information Not Available	312	3.4%	407	2	310	15500.0%

Ethnicity	9,109		11,356	9,245
Hispanic or Latino	326	3.6%	546	604	-278	-46.0%
Not Hispanic or Latino	7,328	80.4%	9,114	7,601	-273	-3.6%
Information Not Available	1,455	16.0%	1,696	1,040	415	39.9%

Race	9,109		11,356	9,245
American Indian or Alaskan Native	80	0.9%	110	164	-84	-51.2%
Asian	66	0.7%	90	82	-16	-19.5%
Black or African American	630	6.9%	627	992	-362	-36.5%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	8	0.1%	12	12	-4	-33.3%
White	3,739	41.0%	5,155	5,964	-2,225	-37.3%
Information Not Available	4,586	50.3%	5,362	2,031	2,555	125.8%

Years of Age	9,109		11,356	9,245
Younger than 22	230	1.9%	262	510	-280	-54.9%
22-24	490	4.0%	665	414	76	18.4%
25-34	2,231	18.0%	2,743	2,213	18	0.8%
35-44	2,214	17.9%	2,754	2,369	-155	-6.5%
45-54	2,375	19.2%	2,880	2,223	152	6.8%
55-59	757	6.1%	967	796	-39	-4.9%
60-64	460	3.7%	613	384	76	19.8%
65 and older	352	2.8%	472	334	18	5.4%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	2	-2	-100.0%

Industry	9,109		11,356	9,245
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	51	0.6%	71	51	0	0.0%
Mining	55	0.6%	134	33	22	66.7%
Utilities	14	0.2%	21	27	-13	-48.1%
Construction	1,411	15.4%	2,456	1,308	103	7.9%
Manufacturing	1,510	16.5%	1,552	1,288	222	17.2%
Wholesale Trade	329	3.6%	385	354	-25	-7.1%
Retail Trade	962	10.5%	971	1,094	-132	-12.1%
Transporation and Warehousing	278	3.0%	336	227	51	22.5%
Information	203	2.2%	210	226	-23	-10.2%
Finance and Insurance	314	3.4%	280	355	-41	-11.5%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	136	1.5%	148	144	-8	-5.6%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	343	3.7%	410	272	71	26.1%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	26	0.3%	24	12	14	116.7%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	891	9.7%	1,118	909	-18	-2.0%
Educational Services	150	1.6%	170	146	4	2.7%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	758	8.3%	753	851	-93	-10.9%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	93	1.0%	132	93	0	0.0%
Accomodation and Food Services	486	5.3%	547	514	-28	-5.4%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	161	1.8%	194	202	-41	-20.3%
Public Administration	224	2.4%	321	246	-22	-8.9%
Information Not Available	714	7.8%	1,123	893	-179	-20.0%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants New Hampshire
	Apr 2007	Percent	Mar 2007	Apr 2006	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	7,884		9,147	6,681
Male	5,221	66.2%	6,352	4,121	1,100	26.7%
Female	2,663	33.8%	2,795	2,560	103	4.0%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	7,884		9,147	6,681
Hispanic or Latino	234	3.0%	270	393	-159	-40.5%
Not Hispanic or Latino	5,550	70.4%	6,413	4,435	1,115	25.1%
Information Not Available	2,100	26.6%	2,464	1,853	247	13.3%

Race	7,884		9,147	6,681
American Indian or Alaskan Native	33	0.4%	37	22	11	50.0%
Asian	87	1.1%	97	92	-5	-5.4%
Black or African American	129	1.6%	158	125	4	3.2%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	6	0.1%	8	3	3	100.0%
White	7,254	92.0%	8,379	5,897	1,357	23.0%
Information Not Available	375	4.8%	468	542	-167	-30.8%

Years of Age	7,884		9,147	6,681
Younger than 22	149	1.0%	182	100	49	49.0%
22-24	400	2.7%	486	269	131	48.7%
25-34	1,483	10.2%	1,735	1,140	343	30.1%
35-44	1,897	13.0%	2,175	1,749	148	8.5%
45-54	2,213	15.2%	2,529	1,837	376	20.5%
55-59	868	6.0%	1,018	776	92	11.9%
60-64	558	3.8%	642	530	28	5.3%
65 and older	316	2.2%	380	280	36	12.9%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	7,884		9,147	6,681
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	72	0.9%	38	45	27	60.0%
Mining	32	0.4%	52	17	15	88.2%
Utilities	11	0.1%	14	12	-1	-8.3%
Construction	1,660	20.9%	2,503	1,112	548	49.3%
Manufacturing	1,030	12.9%	1,085	1,146	-116	-10.1%
Wholesale Trade	340	4.3%	379	310	30	9.7%
Retail Trade	880	11.1%	923	741	139	18.8%
Transporation and Warehousing	213	2.7%	221	154	59	38.3%
Information	102	1.3%	103	102	0	0.0%
Finance and Insurance	195	2.5%	221	198	-3	-1.5%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	117	1.5%	137	101	16	15.8%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	257	3.2%	273	264	-7	-2.7%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	8	0.1%	11	21	-13	-61.9%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	779	9.8%	964	580	199	34.3%
Educational Services	110	1.4%	128	97	13	13.4%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	342	4.3%	362	317	25	7.9%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	152	1.9%	168	129	23	17.8%
Accomodation and Food Services	454	5.7%	397	442	12	2.7%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	162	2.0%	209	162	0	0.0%
Public Administration	120	1.5%	124	125	-5	-4.0%
Information Not Available	848	10.7%	835	606	242	39.9%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants New Jersey
	Apr 2007	Percent	Mar 2007	Apr 2006	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	118,377		129,552	108,059
Male	66,563	56.2%	80,863	59,173	7,390	12.5%
Female	51,814	43.8%	48,689	48,886	2,928	6.0%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	118,377		129,552	108,059
Hispanic or Latino	23,857	20.2%	26,745	21,750	2,107	9.7%
Not Hispanic or Latino	85,155	71.9%	92,947	78,253	6,902	8.8%
Information Not Available	9,365	7.9%	9,860	8,056	1,309	16.2%

Race	118,377		129,552	108,059
American Indian or Alaskan Native	486	0.4%	547	428	58	13.6%
Asian	3,452	2.9%	3,364	3,218	234	7.3%
Black or African American	24,828	21.0%	24,566	22,188	2,640	11.9%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	828	0.7%	932	786	42	5.3%
White	70,958	59.9%	80,201	65,119	5,839	9.0%
Information Not Available	17,825	15.1%	19,942	16,320	1,505	9.2%

Years of Age	118,377		129,552	108,059
Younger than 22	12,934	7.0%	14,439	9,303	3,631	39.0%
22-24	8,249	4.5%	9,329	7,535	714	9.5%
25-34	26,011	14.1%	29,190	23,992	2,019	8.4%
35-44	30,396	16.4%	33,418	28,019	2,377	8.5%
45-54	24,056	13.0%	26,024	22,625	1,431	6.3%
55-59	8,162	4.4%	8,554	7,777	385	5.0%
60-64	4,519	2.4%	4,668	4,628	-109	-2.4%
65 and older	4,050	2.2%	3,930	4,180	-130	-3.1%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	118,377		129,552	108,059
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	628	0.5%	958	532	96	18.0%
Mining	94	0.1%	176	56	38	67.9%
Utilities	133	0.1%	164	179	-46	-25.7%
Construction	14,832	12.5%	20,743	11,146	3,686	33.1%
Manufacturing	10,601	8.9%	11,391	9,697	904	9.3%
Wholesale Trade	6,266	5.3%	6,801	5,633	633	11.2%
Retail Trade	12,748	10.7%	13,704	11,403	1,345	11.8%
Transporation and Warehousing	7,533	6.3%	4,980	5,855	1,678	28.7%
Information	2,450	2.1%	2,399	2,148	302	14.1%
Finance and Insurance	4,683	3.9%	4,490	3,568	1,115	31.3%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	2,227	1.9%	2,483	1,601	626	39.1%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	5,312	4.5%	5,737	4,440	872	19.6%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	525	0.4%	456	230	295	128.3%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	13,347	11.2%	16,632	10,896	2,451	22.5%
Educational Services	2,209	1.9%	2,257	2,458	-249	-10.1%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	8,150	6.8%	8,137	7,394	756	10.2%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	2,040	1.7%	3,510	1,810	230	12.7%
Accomodation and Food Services	11,193	9.4%	10,590	8,380	2,813	33.6%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	2,702	2.3%	2,861	2,347	355	15.1%
Public Administration	2,074	1.7%	1,662	1,698	376	22.1%
Information Not Available	8,630	7.3%	9,421	16,588	-7,958	-48.0%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants New Mexico
	Apr 2007	Percent	Mar 2007	Apr 2006	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	10,807		10,815	10,461
Male	6,328	58.6%	6,414	5,926	402	6.8%
Female	4,479	41.4%	4,401	4,506	-27	-0.6%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	29	-29	-100.0%

Ethnicity	10,807		10,815	10,461
Hispanic or Latino	6,386	59.1%	6,378	6,028	358	5.9%
Not Hispanic or Latino	4,079	37.7%	4,120	4,067	12	0.3%
Information Not Available	342	3.2%	317	366	-24	-6.6%

Race	10,807		10,815	10,461
American Indian or Alaskan Native	896	8.3%	952	961	-65	-6.8%
Asian	106	1.0%	120	121	-15	-12.4%
Black or African American	326	3.0%	305	312	14	4.5%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	19	0.2%	21	18	1	5.6%
White	5,271	48.8%	5,211	4,251	1,020	24.0%
Information Not Available	4,189	38.8%	4,206	4,798	-609	-12.7%

Years of Age	10,807		10,815	10,461
Younger than 22	370	2.4%	379	367	3	0.8%
22-24	648	4.2%	616	579	69	11.9%
25-34	2,269	14.5%	2,271	2,245	24	1.1%
35-44	2,927	18.7%	2,621	2,666	261	9.8%
45-54	2,648	17.0%	2,574	2,772	-124	-4.5%
55-59	821	5.3%	887	949	-128	-13.5%
60-64	465	3.0%	472	516	-51	-9.9%
65 and older	281	1.8%	336	367	-86	-23.4%
Information Not Available	378	2.4%	659	0	378	0.0%

Industry	10,807		10,815	10,461
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	1,086	9.1%	1,152	1,014	72	7.1%
Mining	154	1.3%	139	135	19	14.1%
Utilities	21	0.2%	23	16	5	31.3%
Construction	2,158	18.1%	2,239	1,387	771	55.6%
Manufacturing	1,288	10.8%	1,107	1,002	286	28.5%
Wholesale Trade	283	2.4%	309	268	15	5.6%
Retail Trade	786	6.6%	766	898	-112	-12.5%
Transporation and Warehousing	175	1.5%	171	182	-7	-3.8%
Information	668	5.6%	623	244	424	173.8%
Finance and Insurance	225	1.9%	225	210	15	7.1%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	161	1.4%	160	200	-39	-19.5%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	458	3.9%	509	372	86	23.1%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	18	0.2%	23	10	8	80.0%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	879	7.4%	853	628	251	40.0%
Educational Services	195	1.6%	238	192	3	1.6%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	880	7.4%	866	844	36	4.3%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	238	2.0%	214	261	-23	-8.8%
Accomodation and Food Services	558	4.7%	577	571	-13	-2.3%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	202	1.7%	210	203	-1	-0.5%
Public Administration	317	2.7%	329	357	-40	-11.2%
Information Not Available	57	0.5%	82	1,467	-1,410	-96.1%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Nevada
	Apr 2007	Percent	Mar 2007	Apr 2006	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	23,462		24,129	19,373
Male	14,096	60.1%	14,649	11,397	2,699	23.7%
Female	9,363	39.9%	9,473	7,975	1,388	17.4%
Information Not Available	3	0.0%	7	1	2	200.0%

Ethnicity	23,462		24,129	19,373
Hispanic or Latino	3,940	16.8%	4,080	2,599	1,341	51.6%
Not Hispanic or Latino	14,939	63.7%	15,331	12,940	1,999	15.4%
Information Not Available	4,583	19.5%	4,718	3,834	749	19.5%

Race	23,462		24,129	19,373
American Indian or Alaskan Native	487	2.1%	494	444	43	9.7%
Asian	1,132	4.8%	1,075	933	199	21.3%
Black or African American	2,613	11.1%	2,656	2,104	509	24.2%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	374	1.6%	355	288	86	29.9%
White	15,370	65.5%	15,995	13,363	2,007	15.0%
Information Not Available	3,486	14.9%	3,554	2,241	1,245	55.6%

Years of Age	23,462		24,129	19,373
Younger than 22	463	1.2%	444	373	90	24.1%
22-24	1,107	3.0%	1,097	863	244	28.3%
25-34	4,681	12.6%	4,813	3,684	997	27.1%
35-44	5,639	15.2%	5,896	4,840	799	16.5%
45-54	6,228	16.7%	6,361	5,259	969	18.4%
55-59	2,361	6.3%	2,451	1,955	406	20.8%
60-64	1,638	4.4%	1,693	1,325	313	23.6%
65 and older	1,310	3.5%	1,339	1,047	263	25.1%
Information Not Available	35	0.1%	35	27	8	29.6%

Industry	23,462		24,129	19,373
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	17	0.1%	16	15	2	13.3%
Mining	106	0.5%	106	108	-2	-1.9%
Utilities	39	0.2%	32	19	20	105.3%
Construction	5,862	25.0%	6,120	4,690	1,172	25.0%
Manufacturing	1,188	5.1%	1,262	783	405	51.7%
Wholesale Trade	591	2.5%	618	530	61	11.5%
Retail Trade	1,859	7.9%	1,825	1,490	369	24.8%
Transporation and Warehousing	689	2.9%	681	469	220	46.9%
Information	254	1.1%	225	225	29	12.9%
Finance and Insurance	760	3.2%	771	627	133	21.2%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	599	2.6%	602	513	86	16.8%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	876	3.7%	822	633	243	38.4%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	77	0.3%	76	72	5	6.9%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	2,690	11.5%	2,869	2,448	242	9.9%
Educational Services	182	0.8%	200	170	12	7.1%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	941	4.0%	901	884	57	6.4%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	461	2.0%	480	388	73	18.8%
Accomodation and Food Services	3,830	16.3%	3,967	3,028	802	26.5%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	454	1.9%	473	317	137	43.2%
Public Administration	312	1.3%	350	340	-28	-8.2%
Information Not Available	1,675	7.1%	1,733	1,624	51	3.1%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants New York
	Apr 2007	Percent	Mar 2007	Apr 2006	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	185,923		199,914	183,831
Male	111,275	59.9%	128,371	111,937	-662	-0.6%
Female	74,648	40.1%	71,543	71,894	2,754	3.8%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	185,923		199,914	183,831
Hispanic or Latino	26,641	14.3%	30,504	27,541	-900	-3.3%
Not Hispanic or Latino	131,236	70.6%	140,196	134,809	-3,573	-2.7%
Information Not Available	28,046	15.1%	29,214	21,481	6,565	30.6%

Race	185,923		199,914	183,831
American Indian or Alaskan Native	1,304	0.7%	1,424	1,488	-184	-12.4%
Asian	4,683	2.5%	4,706	5,312	-629	-11.8%
Black or African American	26,093	14.0%	26,076	27,016	-923	-3.4%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	314	0.2%	304	330	-16	-4.8%
White	108,040	58.1%	118,659	109,866	-1,826	-1.7%
Information Not Available	45,489	24.5%	48,745	39,819	5,670	14.2%

Years of Age	185,923		199,914	183,831
Younger than 22	7,142	2.5%	8,194	7,155	-13	-0.2%
22-24	11,902	4.2%	13,299	11,861	41	0.3%
25-34	43,962	15.4%	48,680	44,035	-73	-0.2%
35-44	47,508	16.7%	51,539	48,689	-1,181	-2.4%
45-54	42,826	15.1%	45,420	41,402	1,424	3.4%
55-59	15,157	5.3%	15,648	14,438	719	5.0%
60-64	9,409	3.3%	9,412	8,558	851	9.9%
65 and older	8,017	2.8%	7,722	7,693	324	4.2%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	185,923		199,914	183,831
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	791	0.4%	1,043	820	-29	-3.5%
Mining	849	0.5%	1,273	719	130	18.1%
Utilities	169	0.1%	168	119	50	42.0%
Construction	32,134	17.2%	41,216	34,510	-2,376	-6.9%
Manufacturing	17,484	9.4%	18,176	18,230	-746	-4.1%
Wholesale Trade	7,993	4.3%	8,121	8,271	-278	-3.4%
Retail Trade	15,618	8.4%	16,752	16,895	-1,277	-7.6%
Transporation and Warehousing	11,145	6.0%	5,973	5,485	5,660	103.2%
Information	5,574	3.0%	5,043	5,318	256	4.8%
Finance and Insurance	9,035	4.8%	8,737	8,473	562	6.6%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	4,312	2.3%	4,409	3,949	363	9.2%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	10,416	5.6%	10,177	9,842	574	5.8%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	683	0.4%	647	723	-40	-5.5%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	18,938	10.1%	23,039	18,776	162	0.9%
Educational Services	4,536	2.4%	4,220	3,920	616	15.7%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	13,919	7.5%	13,667	14,898	-979	-6.6%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	6,119	3.3%	8,617	6,287	-168	-2.7%
Accomodation and Food Services	12,235	6.6%	13,003	11,111	1,124	10.1%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	4,983	2.7%	5,607	5,268	-285	-5.4%
Public Administration	6,440	3.4%	6,357	6,182	258	4.2%
Information Not Available	2,550	1.4%	3,669	4,035	-1,485	-36.8%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Ohio
	Apr 2007	Percent	Mar 2007	Apr 2006	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	102,571		121,052	98,586
Male	67,368	65.7%	85,211	64,411	2,957	4.6%
Female	34,901	34.0%	35,510	33,893	1,008	3.0%
Information Not Available	302	0.3%	331	282	20	7.1%

Ethnicity	102,571		121,052	98,586
Hispanic or Latino	3,147	3.1%	4,009	2,763	384	13.9%
Not Hispanic or Latino	95,184	92.8%	112,291	91,941	3,243	3.5%
Information Not Available	4,240	4.1%	4,752	3,882	358	9.2%

Race	102,571		121,052	98,586
American Indian or Alaskan Native	472	0.5%	559	442	30	6.8%
Asian	398	0.4%	437	406	-8	-2.0%
Black or African American	15,924	15.5%	16,835	15,596	328	2.1%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	76	0.1%	78	100	-24	-24.0%
White	81,804	79.8%	98,350	78,195	3,609	4.6%
Information Not Available	3,897	3.8%	4,793	3,847	50	1.3%

Years of Age	102,571		121,052	98,586
Younger than 22	3,092	1.7%	3,946	2,841	251	8.8%
22-24	5,603	3.1%	7,058	5,211	392	7.5%
25-34	24,401	13.5%	28,868	23,399	1,002	4.3%
35-44	28,020	15.5%	32,488	27,116	904	3.3%
45-54	27,793	15.4%	32,972	26,763	1,030	3.8%
55-59	8,701	4.8%	10,109	8,651	50	0.6%
60-64	4,074	2.3%	4,598	3,651	423	11.6%
65 and older	887	0.5%	1,013	954	-67	-7.0%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	102,571		121,052	98,586
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	428	0.4%	717	466	-38	-8.2%
Mining	360	0.3%	569	254	106	41.7%
Utilities	85	0.1%	104	118	-33	-28.0%
Construction	25,416	24.7%	34,556	24,091	1,325	5.5%
Manufacturing	22,247	21.6%	25,352	21,773	474	2.2%
Wholesale Trade	3,987	3.9%	4,196	3,661	326	8.9%
Retail Trade	5,447	5.3%	6,208	5,254	193	3.7%
Transporation and Warehousing	4,323	4.2%	4,270	3,339	984	29.5%
Information	1,079	1.0%	1,118	1,251	-172	-13.7%
Finance and Insurance	2,792	2.7%	2,673	2,876	-84	-2.9%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	1,438	1.4%	1,491	1,358	80	5.9%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	3,597	3.5%	3,726	3,604	-7	-0.2%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	294	0.3%	248	344	-50	-14.5%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	11,990	11.6%	15,354	11,493	497	4.3%
Educational Services	1,359	1.3%	1,393	1,399	-40	-2.9%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	5,936	5.8%	5,481	5,877	59	1.0%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	1,222	1.2%	2,035	1,202	20	1.7%
Accomodation and Food Services	3,730	3.6%	4,151	3,413	317	9.3%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	2,395	2.3%	2,418	2,413	-18	-0.7%
Public Administration	949	0.9%	1,145	987	-38	-3.9%
Information Not Available	3,497	3.4%	3,847	3,413	84	2.5%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Oklahoma
	Apr 2007	Percent	Mar 2007	Apr 2006	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	13,996		14,145	13,693
Male	7,460	53.3%	7,548	6,712	748	11.1%
Female	6,504	46.5%	6,564	6,949	-445	-6.4%
Information Not Available	32	0.2%	33	32	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	13,996		14,145	13,693
Hispanic or Latino	1,005	7.2%	989	964	41	4.3%
Not Hispanic or Latino	12,991	92.8%	13,156	12,729	262	2.1%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Race	13,996		14,145	13,693
American Indian or Alaskan Native	1,184	8.5%	1,201	1,251	-67	-5.4%
Asian	144	1.0%	158	231	-87	-37.7%
Black or African American	2,233	16.0%	2,239	2,018	215	10.7%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	16	0.1%	16	12	4	33.3%
White	8,740	62.4%	8,977	8,429	311	3.7%
Information Not Available	1,679	12.0%	1,554	1,752	-73	-4.2%

Years of Age	13,996		14,145	13,693
Younger than 22	276	1.3%	291	308	-32	-10.4%
22-24	730	3.3%	713	724	6	0.8%
25-34	3,292	14.9%	3,312	3,022	270	8.9%
35-44	3,668	16.7%	3,717	3,654	14	0.4%
45-54	3,672	16.7%	3,751	3,616	56	1.5%
55-59	1,184	5.4%	1,187	1,138	46	4.0%
60-64	715	3.2%	700	747	-32	-4.3%
65 and older	459	2.1%	474	484	-25	-5.2%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	13,996		14,145	13,693
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	39	0.3%	38	31	8	25.8%
Mining	492	3.5%	453	294	198	67.3%
Utilities	33	0.2%	36	34	-1	-2.9%
Construction	1,315	9.4%	1,322	1,149	166	14.4%
Manufacturing	2,441	17.4%	2,505	2,200	241	11.0%
Wholesale Trade	539	3.8%	515	476	63	13.2%
Retail Trade	1,355	9.7%	1,461	1,557	-202	-13.0%
Transporation and Warehousing	303	2.2%	301	344	-41	-11.9%
Information	944	6.7%	917	523	421	80.5%
Finance and Insurance	454	3.2%	417	512	-58	-11.3%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	326	2.3%	344	311	15	4.8%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	511	3.6%	564	746	-235	-31.5%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	17	0.1%	21	22	-5	-22.7%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	1,484	10.6%	1,436	1,477	7	0.5%
Educational Services	259	1.8%	263	267	-8	-3.0%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	1,177	8.4%	1,192	1,292	-115	-8.9%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	210	1.5%	229	301	-91	-30.2%
Accomodation and Food Services	587	4.2%	606	567	20	3.5%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	420	3.0%	422	480	-60	-12.5%
Public Administration	615	4.4%	611	592	23	3.9%
Information Not Available	475	3.4%	492	518	-43	-8.3%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Oregon
	Apr 2007	Percent	Mar 2007	Apr 2006	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	43,856		45,219	41,466
Male	26,725	60.9%	27,622	24,180	2,545	10.5%
Female	17,127	39.1%	17,584	17,283	-156	-0.9%
Information Not Available	4	0.0%	13	3	1	33.3%

Ethnicity	43,856		45,219	41,466
Hispanic or Latino	4,114	9.4%	4,308	3,380	734	21.7%
Not Hispanic or Latino	32,303	73.7%	32,934	28,818	3,485	12.1%
Information Not Available	7,439	17.0%	7,977	9,268	-1,829	-19.7%

Race	43,856		45,219	41,466
American Indian or Alaskan Native	512	1.2%	524	563	-51	-9.1%
Asian	869	2.0%	739	797	72	9.0%
Black or African American	644	1.5%	656	746	-102	-13.7%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	296	0.7%	252	259	37	14.3%
White	21,034	48.0%	22,366	22,769	-1,735	-7.6%
Information Not Available	20,501	46.7%	20,682	16,332	4,169	25.5%

Years of Age	43,856		45,219	41,466
Younger than 22	1,041	1.7%	1,075	1,030	11	1.1%
22-24	2,491	4.0%	2,552	2,389	102	4.3%
25-34	10,061	16.1%	10,606	9,346	715	7.7%
35-44	10,845	17.4%	11,037	10,329	516	5.0%
45-54	11,520	18.4%	11,769	10,884	636	5.8%
55-59	4,118	6.6%	4,170	3,919	199	5.1%
60-64	2,421	3.9%	2,514	2,187	234	10.7%
65 and older	1,359	2.2%	1,496	1,382	-23	-1.7%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	43,856		45,219	41,466
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	1,729	3.8%	1,973	1,939	-210	-10.8%
Mining	140	0.3%	128	74	66	89.2%
Utilities	104	0.2%	113	88	16	18.2%
Construction	6,745	14.8%	7,164	5,337	1,408	26.4%
Manufacturing	8,282	18.2%	7,295	6,497	1,785	27.5%
Wholesale Trade	1,755	3.8%	1,789	1,501	254	16.9%
Retail Trade	4,669	10.2%	5,051	4,802	-133	-2.8%
Transporation and Warehousing	1,350	3.0%	1,418	1,370	-20	-1.5%
Information	890	2.0%	866	888	2	0.2%
Finance and Insurance	1,290	2.8%	1,310	1,232	58	4.7%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	721	1.6%	799	696	25	3.6%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	1,173	2.6%	1,180	1,192	-19	-1.6%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	152	0.3%	149	155	-3	-1.9%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	4,014	8.8%	4,271	3,974	40	1.0%
Educational Services	648	1.4%	659	656	-8	-1.2%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	2,987	6.6%	3,121	3,267	-280	-8.6%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	450	1.0%	560	442	8	1.8%
Accomodation and Food Services	2,749	6.0%	3,096	3,143	-394	-12.5%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	1,042	2.3%	1,075	1,098	-56	-5.1%
Public Administration	1,016	2.2%	1,085	1,063	-47	-4.4%
Information Not Available	1,950	4.3%	2,117	2,052	-102	-5.0%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Pennsylvania
	Apr 2007	Percent	Mar 2007	Apr 2006	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	177,883		204,668	157,903
Male	109,838	61.7%	134,549	90,573	19,265	21.3%
Female	68,045	38.3%	70,119	67,330	715	1.1%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	177,883		204,668	157,903
Hispanic or Latino	8,594	4.8%	7,894	6,548	2,046	31.2%
Not Hispanic or Latino	159,401	89.6%	186,558	145,681	13,720	9.4%
Information Not Available	9,889	5.6%	10,216	5,674	4,215	74.3%

Race	177,883		204,668	157,903
American Indian or Alaskan Native	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
Asian	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
Black or African American	24,016	13.5%	23,683	20,625	3,391	16.4%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
White	134,207	75.4%	160,321	123,201	11,006	8.9%
Information Not Available	19,661	11.1%	20,664	14,077	5,584	39.7%

Years of Age	177,883		204,668	157,903
Younger than 22	22,603	7.3%	24,960	16,150	6,453	40.0%
22-24	12,597	4.1%	13,931	8,621	3,976	46.1%
25-34	41,322	13.4%	47,713	35,248	6,074	17.2%
35-44	48,385	15.6%	57,117	45,614	2,771	6.1%
45-54	31,786	10.3%	37,845	31,319	467	1.5%
55-59	7,534	2.4%	7,546	8,948	-1,414	-15.8%
60-64	2,825	0.9%	2,902	2,837	-12	-0.4%
65 and older	942	0.3%	1,509	1,855	-913	-49.2%
Information Not Available	9,889	3.2%	11,145	7,311	2,578	35.3%

Industry	177,883		204,668	157,903
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	589	0.3%	1,161	873	-284	-32.5%
Mining	1,766	1.0%	2,554	1,419	347	24.5%
Utilities	235	0.1%	116	327	-92	-28.1%
Construction	31,079	17.4%	43,883	23,135	7,944	34.3%
Manufacturing	28,136	15.8%	33,666	24,226	3,910	16.1%
Wholesale Trade	8,594	4.8%	8,242	6,547	2,047	31.3%
Retail Trade	17,894	10.0%	18,923	17,678	216	1.2%
Transporation and Warehousing	7,770	4.4%	8,475	8,293	-523	-6.3%
Information	3,414	1.9%	3,134	2,510	904	36.0%
Finance and Insurance	4,475	2.5%	4,992	5,020	-545	-10.9%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	3,179	1.8%	3,018	2,182	997	45.7%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	6,593	3.7%	6,733	7,420	-827	-11.1%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	2,943	1.6%	2,902	1,855	1,088	58.7%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	14,362	8.0%	18,110	14,404	-42	-0.3%
Educational Services	2,119	1.2%	2,090	3,274	-1,155	-35.3%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	12,714	7.1%	11,493	13,095	-381	-2.9%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	3,414	1.9%	6,153	1,419	1,995	140.6%
Accomodation and Food Services	9,300	5.2%	11,493	8,621	679	7.9%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	4,709	2.6%	4,295	5,347	-638	-11.9%
Public Administration	1,884	1.1%	2,090	1,637	247	15.1%
Information Not Available	12,714	7.1%	11,145	8,621	4,093	47.5%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Puerto Rico
	Apr 2007	Percent	Mar 2007	Apr 2006	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	33,059		32,367	28,442
Male	18,180	55.0%	17,620	15,940	2,240	14.1%
Female	14,879	45.0%	14,747	12,502	2,377	19.0%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	33,059		32,367	28,442
Hispanic or Latino	32,515	98.4%	31,810	27,891	4,624	16.6%
Not Hispanic or Latino	121	0.4%	157	204	-83	-40.7%
Information Not Available	423	1.3%	400	347	76	21.9%

Race	33,059		32,367	28,442
American Indian or Alaskan Native	810	2.5%	798	3,368	-2,558	-76.0%
Asian	80	0.2%	85	45	35	77.8%
Black or African American	1,992	6.0%	1,845	1,204	788	65.4%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	21	0.1%	14	17	4	23.5%
White	7,857	23.8%	7,705	8,983	-1,126	-12.5%
Information Not Available	22,299	67.5%	21,920	14,825	7,474	50.4%

Years of Age	33,059		32,367	28,442
Younger than 22	2,094	5.3%	2,028	1,922	172	8.9%
22-24	3,370	8.5%	3,296	2,965	405	13.7%
25-34	10,884	27.3%	10,639	9,418	1,466	15.6%
35-44	7,906	19.8%	7,762	6,745	1,161	17.2%
45-54	5,525	13.9%	5,457	4,659	866	18.6%
55-59	1,811	4.5%	1,795	1,502	309	20.6%
60-64	1,060	2.7%	1,005	841	219	26.0%
65 and older	409	1.0%	385	390	19	4.9%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	33,059		32,367	28,442
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
Mining	45	0.1%	42	27	18	66.7%
Utilities	867	2.6%	823	749	118	15.8%
Construction	5,002	15.1%	4,945	4,945	57	1.2%
Manufacturing	5,519	16.7%	5,714	5,103	416	8.2%
Wholesale Trade	6,895	20.9%	6,631	5,739	1,156	20.1%
Retail Trade	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
Transporation and Warehousing	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
Information	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
Finance and Insurance	1,205	3.6%	1,185	999	206	20.6%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
Educational Services	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
Accomodation and Food Services	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	9,326	28.2%	8,988	7,896	1,430	18.1%
Public Administration	1,309	4.0%	1,379	1,871	-562	-30.0%
Information Not Available	2,891	8.7%	2,660	1,113	1,778	159.7%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Rhode Island
	Apr 2007	Percent	Mar 2007	Apr 2006	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	13,218		16,706	11,475
Male	8,103	61.3%	11,029	6,498	1,605	24.7%
Female	5,115	38.7%	5,677	4,977	138	2.8%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	13,218		16,706	11,475
Hispanic or Latino	1,794	13.6%	2,210	1,869	-75	-4.0%
Not Hispanic or Latino	7,851	59.4%	10,002	6,922	929	13.4%
Information Not Available	3,573	27.0%	4,494	2,684	889	33.1%

Race	13,218		16,706	11,475
American Indian or Alaskan Native	98	0.7%	124	108	-10	-9.3%
Asian	224	1.7%	215	173	51	29.5%
Black or African American	536	4.1%	591	446	90	20.2%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	51	0.4%	45	55	-4	-7.3%
White	9,174	69.4%	11,852	8,057	1,117	13.9%
Information Not Available	3,135	23.7%	3,879	2,636	499	18.9%

Years of Age	13,218		16,706	11,475
Younger than 22	468	2.2%	649	355	113	31.8%
22-24	773	3.6%	1,028	612	161	26.3%
25-34	2,967	13.7%	3,720	2,425	542	22.4%
35-44	3,431	15.9%	4,282	3,130	301	9.6%
45-54	3,145	14.5%	4,067	2,778	367	13.2%
55-59	1,147	5.3%	1,403	1,055	92	8.7%
60-64	759	3.5%	900	634	125	19.7%
65 and older	528	2.4%	657	486	42	8.6%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	13,218		16,706	11,475
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	111	0.8%	212	84	27	32.1%
Mining	39	0.3%	79	24	15	62.5%
Utilities	5	0.0%	8	2	3	150.0%
Construction	2,779	20.8%	3,991	1,921	858	44.7%
Manufacturing	2,041	15.3%	2,062	1,969	72	3.7%
Wholesale Trade	514	3.9%	586	428	86	20.1%
Retail Trade	1,204	9.0%	1,328	1,089	115	10.6%
Transporation and Warehousing	333	2.5%	402	306	27	8.8%
Information	157	1.2%	192	266	-109	-41.0%
Finance and Insurance	616	4.6%	612	633	-17	-2.7%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	230	1.7%	264	204	26	12.7%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	457	3.4%	537	398	59	14.8%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	80	0.6%	102	37	43	116.2%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	1,422	10.7%	2,337	1,169	253	21.6%
Educational Services	189	1.4%	198	160	29	18.1%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	963	7.2%	898	840	123	14.6%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	283	2.1%	621	265	18	6.8%
Accomodation and Food Services	973	7.3%	1,288	912	61	6.7%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	381	2.9%	451	399	-18	-4.5%
Public Administration	99	0.7%	130	72	27	37.5%
Information Not Available	342	2.6%	408	297	45	15.2%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants South Carolina
	Apr 2007	Percent	Mar 2007	Apr 2006	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	38,309		37,509	35,168
Male	19,343	50.5%	18,927	16,408	2,935	17.9%
Female	18,966	49.5%	18,582	18,760	206	1.1%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	38,309		37,509	35,168
Hispanic or Latino	715	1.9%	685	626	89	14.2%
Not Hispanic or Latino	31,584	82.4%	31,768	29,464	2,120	7.2%
Information Not Available	6,010	15.7%	5,056	5,078	932	18.4%

Race	38,309		37,509	35,168
American Indian or Alaskan Native	291	0.8%	319	299	-8	-2.7%
Asian	203	0.5%	197	172	31	18.0%
Black or African American	19,988	52.2%	19,030	17,561	2,427	13.8%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	66	0.2%	73	86	-20	-23.3%
White	17,060	44.5%	17,156	16,440	620	3.8%
Information Not Available	701	1.8%	734	610	91	14.9%

Years of Age	38,309		37,509	35,168
Younger than 22	1,104	2.1%	957	993	111	11.2%
22-24	1,256	2.4%	1,226	1,211	45	3.7%
25-34	7,997	15.0%	8,064	7,449	548	7.4%
35-44	7,990	15.0%	7,989	7,804	186	2.4%
45-54	8,205	15.4%	8,357	7,618	587	7.7%
55-59	2,814	5.3%	2,895	2,655	159	6.0%
60-64	2,046	3.8%	2,099	1,894	152	8.0%
65 and older	1,162	2.2%	1,265	1,111	51	4.6%
Information Not Available	5,735	10.8%	4,657	4,433	1,302	29.4%

Industry	38,309		37,509	35,168
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	267	0.7%	236	184	83	45.1%
Mining	32	0.1%	28	18	14	77.8%
Utilities	71	0.2%	68	46	25	54.3%
Construction	3,630	9.4%	3,688	2,773	857	30.9%
Manufacturing	10,329	26.8%	8,837	7,710	2,619	34.0%
Wholesale Trade	1,410	3.7%	1,483	1,311	99	7.6%
Retail Trade	3,517	9.1%	3,679	3,601	-84	-2.3%
Transporation and Warehousing	1,020	2.6%	898	1,265	-245	-19.4%
Information	359	0.9%	333	339	20	5.9%
Finance and Insurance	903	2.3%	867	807	96	11.9%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	557	1.4%	623	564	-7	-1.2%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	979	2.5%	985	962	17	1.8%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	84	0.2%	78	32	52	162.5%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	5,557	14.4%	5,362	5,236	321	6.1%
Educational Services	383	1.0%	404	351	32	9.1%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	2,170	5.6%	2,011	2,165	5	0.2%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	286	0.7%	386	315	-29	-9.2%
Accomodation and Food Services	2,569	6.7%	3,630	2,577	-8	-0.3%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	916	2.4%	772	954	-38	-4.0%
Public Administration	539	1.4%	524	504	35	6.9%
Information Not Available	2,731	7.1%	2,617	3,454	-723	-20.9%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants South Dakota
	Apr 2007	Percent	Mar 2007	Apr 2006	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	2,410		3,309	2,090
Male	1,653	68.6%	2,458	1,221	432	35.4%
Female	757	31.4%	851	869	-112	-12.9%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	2,410		3,309	2,090
Hispanic or Latino	54	2.2%	76	52	2	3.8%
Not Hispanic or Latino	2,208	91.6%	3,013	1,888	320	16.9%
Information Not Available	148	6.1%	220	150	-2	-1.3%

Race	2,410		3,309	2,090
American Indian or Alaskan Native	344	14.3%	386	292	52	17.8%
Asian	1	0.0%	2	1	0	0.0%
Black or African American	30	1.2%	46	38	-8	-21.1%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	2	0.1%	4	0	2	0.0%
White	1,886	78.3%	2,664	1,644	242	14.7%
Information Not Available	147	6.1%	207	115	32	27.8%

Years of Age	2,410		3,309	2,090
Younger than 22	42	1.0%	63	43	-1	-2.3%
22-24	116	2.8%	188	104	12	11.5%
25-34	542	13.2%	806	480	62	12.9%
35-44	511	12.5%	679	404	107	26.5%
45-54	693	16.9%	884	589	104	17.7%
55-59	301	7.4%	427	265	36	13.6%
60-64	205	5.0%	262	205	0	0.0%
65 and older	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	2,410		3,309	2,090
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	26	1.1%	42	8	18	225.0%
Mining	50	2.1%	85	36	14	38.9%
Utilities	4	0.2%	17	2	2	100.0%
Construction	847	34.8%	1,359	498	349	70.1%
Manufacturing	319	13.1%	349	277	42	15.2%
Wholesale Trade	71	2.9%	94	76	-5	-6.6%
Retail Trade	162	6.7%	230	173	-11	-6.4%
Transporation and Warehousing	89	3.7%	109	56	33	58.9%
Information	25	1.0%	25	47	-22	-46.8%
Finance and Insurance	54	2.2%	45	73	-19	-26.0%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	58	2.4%	44	37	21	56.8%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	30	1.2%	53	41	-11	-26.8%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	2	0.1%	3	3	-1	-33.3%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	115	4.7%	180	107	8	7.5%
Educational Services	70	2.9%	70	70	0	0.0%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	106	4.4%	112	163	-57	-35.0%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	41	1.7%	49	39	2	5.1%
Accomodation and Food Services	127	5.2%	196	138	-11	-8.0%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	34	1.4%	37	48	-14	-29.2%
Public Administration	124	5.1%	150	136	-12	-8.8%
Information Not Available	56	2.3%	60	62	-6	-9.7%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Tennessee
	Apr 2007	Percent	Mar 2007	Apr 2006	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	36,441		40,505	35,889
Male	19,474	53.4%	21,920	18,204	1,270	7.0%
Female	16,967	46.6%	18,585	17,685	-718	-4.1%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	36,441		40,505	35,889
Hispanic or Latino	448	1.2%	576	332	116	34.9%
Not Hispanic or Latino	35,993	98.8%	39,929	35,557	436	1.2%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Race	36,441		40,505	35,889
American Indian or Alaskan Native	86	0.2%	89	43	43	100.0%
Asian	515	1.4%	485	506	9	1.8%
Black or African American	9,732	26.7%	10,321	9,084	648	7.1%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	213	0.6%	222	158	55	34.8%
White	25,555	70.1%	28,997	25,705	-150	-0.6%
Information Not Available	340	0.9%	391	393	-53	-13.5%

Years of Age	36,441		40,505	35,889
Younger than 22	665	1.1%	812	731	-66	-9.0%
22-24	1,577	2.7%	1,688	1,543	34	2.2%
25-34	7,544	12.7%	8,026	7,313	231	3.2%
35-44	8,993	15.2%	9,704	8,662	331	3.8%
45-54	9,416	15.9%	10,444	9,314	102	1.1%
55-59	3,528	5.9%	3,896	3,659	-131	-3.6%
60-64	2,643	4.5%	3,101	2,648	-5	-0.2%
65 and older	1,889	3.2%	2,663	1,861	28	1.5%
Information Not Available	186	0.3%	171	158	28	17.7%

Industry	36,441		40,505	35,889
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	175	0.5%	281	156	19	12.2%
Mining	66	0.2%	93	47	19	40.4%
Utilities	32	0.1%	46	51	-19	-37.3%
Construction	3,077	8.4%	4,179	2,887	190	6.6%
Manufacturing	10,259	28.0%	10,247	9,649	610	6.3%
Wholesale Trade	1,815	5.0%	1,980	1,643	172	10.5%
Retail Trade	3,349	9.1%	3,470	3,665	-316	-8.6%
Transporation and Warehousing	1,349	3.7%	1,766	1,089	260	23.9%
Information	512	1.4%	512	527	-15	-2.8%
Finance and Insurance	1,002	2.7%	930	1,098	-96	-8.7%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	631	1.7%	552	440	191	43.4%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	1,002	2.7%	1,051	1,162	-160	-13.8%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	80	0.2%	97	102	-22	-21.6%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	4,972	13.6%	5,290	4,670	302	6.5%
Educational Services	561	1.5%	596	557	4	0.7%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	2,096	5.7%	2,152	2,389	-293	-12.3%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	408	1.1%	1,261	451	-43	-9.5%
Accomodation and Food Services	1,823	5.0%	2,575	2,091	-268	-12.8%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	999	2.7%	1,079	1,019	-20	-2.0%
Public Administration	722	2.0%	861	704	18	2.6%
Information Not Available	1,511	4.1%	1,487	1,492	19	1.3%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Texas
	Apr 2007	Percent	Mar 2007	Apr 2006	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	94,587		96,456	100,556
Male	48,704	51.5%	48,817	48,473	231	0.5%
Female	45,851	48.5%	47,607	52,055	-6,204	-11.9%
Information Not Available	32	0.0%	32	28	4	14.3%

Ethnicity	94,587		96,456	100,556
Hispanic or Latino	29,271	30.9%	30,204	30,033	-762	-2.5%
Not Hispanic or Latino	59,257	62.6%	58,380	64,993	-5,736	-8.8%
Information Not Available	6,059	6.4%	7,872	5,530	529	9.6%

Race	94,587		96,456	100,556
American Indian or Alaskan Native	413	0.4%	417	396	17	4.3%
Asian	1,757	1.9%	1,894	1,667	90	5.4%
Black or African American	21,728	23.0%	21,523	23,728	-2,000	-8.4%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	4,221	4.5%	4,048	4,117	104	2.5%
White	34,300	36.3%	33,766	35,848	-1,548	-4.3%
Information Not Available	32,168	34.0%	34,808	34,800	-2,632	-7.6%

Years of Age	94,587		96,456	100,556
Younger than 22	2,448	2.0%	2,315	2,572	-124	-4.8%
22-24	4,599	3.7%	4,620	5,484	-885	-16.1%
25-34	22,881	18.4%	22,556	24,752	-1,871	-7.6%
35-44	25,912	20.8%	26,500	27,857	-1,945	-7.0%
45-54	23,923	19.2%	24,898	24,952	-1,029	-4.1%
55-59	7,847	6.3%	8,144	8,158	-311	-3.8%
60-64	4,517	3.6%	4,716	4,336	181	4.2%
65 and older	2,432	2.0%	2,681	2,429	3	0.1%
Information Not Available	28	0.0%	26	16	12	75.0%

Industry	94,587		96,456	100,556
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	1,192	1.2%	1,292	1,325	-133	-10.0%
Mining	1,253	1.3%	1,084	769	484	62.9%
Utilities	260	0.3%	277	501	-241	-48.1%
Construction	9,069	9.5%	8,843	7,937	1,132	14.3%
Manufacturing	10,271	10.7%	10,433	9,043	1,228	13.6%
Wholesale Trade	5,001	5.2%	5,168	5,331	-330	-6.2%
Retail Trade	7,195	7.5%	7,607	9,062	-1,867	-20.6%
Transporation and Warehousing	3,222	3.4%	3,437	3,227	-5	-0.2%
Information	2,727	2.8%	2,939	2,871	-144	-5.0%
Finance and Insurance	5,259	5.5%	4,843	5,051	208	4.1%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	2,081	2.2%	2,148	2,146	-65	-3.0%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	6,235	6.5%	6,779	6,018	217	3.6%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	399	0.4%	390	311	88	28.3%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	11,824	12.3%	11,492	12,310	-486	-3.9%
Educational Services	1,587	1.7%	1,772	1,954	-367	-18.8%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	7,542	7.9%	8,075	9,138	-1,596	-17.5%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	511	0.5%	569	633	-122	-19.3%
Accomodation and Food Services	3,009	3.1%	4,099	3,132	-123	-3.9%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	2,160	2.3%	2,154	2,212	-52	-2.4%
Public Administration	1,112	1.2%	1,139	1,229	-117	-9.5%
Information Not Available	12,678	13.2%	11,916	16,356	-3,678	-22.5%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Utah
	Apr 2007	Percent	Mar 2007	Apr 2006	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	7,277		9,162	7,479
Male	4,157	57.1%	5,753	4,160	-3	-0.1%
Female	3,118	42.8%	3,406	3,315	-197	-5.9%
Information Not Available	2	0.0%	3	4	-2	-50.0%

Ethnicity	7,277		9,162	7,479
Hispanic or Latino	664	9.1%	965	762	-98	-12.9%
Not Hispanic or Latino	5,490	75.4%	6,764	6,100	-610	-10.0%
Information Not Available	1,123	15.4%	1,433	617	506	82.0%

Race	7,277		9,162	7,479
American Indian or Alaskan Native	263	3.6%	376	278	-15	-5.4%
Asian	160	2.2%	162	180	-20	-11.1%
Black or African American	142	2.0%	165	157	-15	-9.6%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	79	1.1%	97	80	-1	-1.3%
White	5,479	75.3%	6,713	5,952	-473	-7.9%
Information Not Available	1,154	15.9%	1,649	832	322	38.7%

Years of Age	7,277		9,162	7,479
Younger than 22	232	1.9%	343	244	-12	-4.9%
22-24	458	3.7%	550	511	-53	-10.4%
25-34	1,975	15.8%	2,468	2,054	-79	-3.8%
35-44	1,818	14.6%	2,268	1,957	-139	-7.1%
45-54	1,819	14.6%	2,259	1,771	48	2.7%
55-59	589	4.7%	740	595	-6	-1.0%
60-64	282	2.3%	397	257	25	9.7%
65 and older	104	0.8%	137	90	14	15.6%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	7,277		9,162	7,479
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	21	0.3%	54	16	5	31.3%
Mining	69	0.9%	93	43	26	60.5%
Utilities	13	0.2%	13	7	6	85.7%
Construction	1,153	15.8%	2,029	1,080	73	6.8%
Manufacturing	811	11.1%	886	990	-179	-18.1%
Wholesale Trade	263	3.6%	284	298	-35	-11.7%
Retail Trade	631	8.6%	747	818	-187	-22.9%
Transporation and Warehousing	266	3.6%	381	291	-25	-8.6%
Information	332	4.5%	361	323	9	2.8%
Finance and Insurance	279	3.8%	266	345	-66	-19.1%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	118	1.6%	129	114	4	3.5%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	426	5.8%	432	352	74	21.0%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	19	0.3%	27	23	-4	-17.4%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	906	12.4%	1,291	1,031	-125	-12.1%
Educational Services	168	2.3%	158	152	16	10.5%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	411	5.6%	406	435	-24	-5.5%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	135	1.8%	92	101	34	33.7%
Accomodation and Food Services	367	5.0%	485	370	-3	-0.8%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	146	2.0%	143	177	-31	-17.5%
Public Administration	162	2.2%	272	143	19	13.3%
Information Not Available	581	8.0%	613	370	211	57.0%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Virginia
	Apr 2007	Percent	Mar 2007	Apr 2006	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	33,859		37,654	31,893
Male	18,392	54.3%	21,329	16,556	1,836	11.1%
Female	15,464	45.7%	16,323	15,334	130	0.8%
Information Not Available	3	0.0%	2	3	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	33,859		37,654	31,893
Hispanic or Latino	996	2.9%	1,347	801	195	24.3%
Not Hispanic or Latino	31,150	92.0%	34,366	29,233	1,917	6.6%
Information Not Available	1,713	5.1%	1,941	1,859	-146	-7.9%

Race	33,859		37,654	31,893
American Indian or Alaskan Native	159	0.5%	153	160	-1	-0.6%
Asian	1,693	5.0%	2,074	1,384	309	22.3%
Black or African American	13,228	39.1%	14,683	13,352	-124	-0.9%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
White	17,066	50.4%	18,803	15,138	1,928	12.7%
Information Not Available	1,713	5.1%	1,941	1,859	-146	-7.9%

Years of Age	33,859		37,654	31,893
Younger than 22	652	1.3%	709	592	60	10.1%
22-24	1,831	3.7%	1,990	1,660	171	10.3%
25-34	7,989	16.3%	8,787	7,444	545	7.3%
35-44	8,696	17.7%	9,778	8,304	392	4.7%
45-54	8,922	18.2%	9,994	8,415	507	6.0%
55-59	2,948	6.0%	3,227	2,813	135	4.8%
60-64	1,872	3.8%	2,122	1,755	117	6.7%
65 and older	947	1.9%	1,047	909	38	4.2%
Information Not Available	2	0.0%	0	1	1	100.0%

Industry	33,859		37,654	31,893
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	119	0.4%	131	90	29	32.2%
Mining	94	0.3%	101	125	-31	-24.8%
Utilities	22	0.1%	16	19	3	15.8%
Construction	2,770	8.2%	4,137	2,053	717	34.9%
Manufacturing	4,627	13.6%	4,575	4,393	234	5.3%
Wholesale Trade	733	2.2%	725	619	114	18.4%
Retail Trade	2,053	6.0%	2,070	1,963	90	4.6%
Transporation and Warehousing	1,082	3.2%	1,128	1,224	-142	-11.6%
Information	467	1.4%	449	500	-33	-6.6%
Finance and Insurance	641	1.9%	642	462	179	38.7%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	385	1.1%	415	336	49	14.6%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	1,463	4.3%	1,571	1,476	-13	-0.9%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	63	0.2%	64	58	5	8.6%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	2,496	7.3%	2,714	2,421	75	3.1%
Educational Services	162	0.5%	152	173	-11	-6.4%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	1,028	3.0%	1,058	984	44	4.5%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	106	0.3%	200	158	-52	-32.9%
Accomodation and Food Services	998	2.9%	1,583	890	108	12.1%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	555	1.6%	579	555	0	0.0%
Public Administration	1,595	4.7%	1,788	1,598	-3	-0.2%
Information Not Available	12,400	36.5%	13,556	11,796	604	5.1%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Virgin Islands
	Apr 2007	Percent	Mar 2007	Apr 2006	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	247		236	167
Male	155	62.8%	141	82	73	89.0%
Female	92	37.2%	95	85	7	8.2%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	247		236	167
Hispanic or Latino	75	30.4%	62	33	42	127.3%
Not Hispanic or Latino	169	68.4%	171	132	37	28.0%
Information Not Available	3	1.2%	3	2	1	50.0%

Race	247		236	167
American Indian or Alaskan Native	1	0.4%	1	2	-1	-50.0%
Asian	1	0.4%	1	0	1	0.0%
Black or African American	161	65.2%	161	125	36	28.8%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	2	0.8%	2	2	0	0.0%
White	6	2.4%	8	5	1	20.0%
Information Not Available	76	30.8%	63	33	43	130.3%

Years of Age	247		236	167
Younger than 22	6	2.5%	7	4	2	50.0%
22-24	18	7.6%	15	7	11	157.1%
25-34	54	22.9%	48	29	25	86.2%
35-44	54	22.9%	54	39	15	38.5%
45-54	65	27.5%	63	50	15	30.0%
55-59	26	11.0%	20	16	10	62.5%
60-64	17	7.2%	18	13	4	30.8%
65 and older	7	3.0%	11	9	-2	-22.2%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	247		236	167
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
Mining	0	0.0%	1	0	0	0.0%
Utilities	0	0.0%	0	1	-1	-100.0%
Construction	75	30.4%	66	33	42	127.3%
Manufacturing	21	8.5%	17	14	7	50.0%
Wholesale Trade	3	1.2%	2	3	0	0.0%
Retail Trade	19	7.7%	19	7	12	171.4%
Transporation and Warehousing	3	1.2%	2	6	-3	-50.0%
Information	0	0.0%	0	3	-3	-100.0%
Finance and Insurance	8	3.2%	12	1	7	700.0%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	4	1.6%	8	6	-2	-33.3%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	7	2.8%	6	4	3	75.0%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	11	4.5%	6	1	10	1000.0%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	8	3.2%	5	7	1	14.3%
Educational Services	5	2.0%	6	0	5	0.0%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	3	1.2%	5	2	1	50.0%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	1	0.4%	2	2	-1	-50.0%
Accomodation and Food Services	15	6.1%	16	33	-18	-54.5%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	38	15.4%	33	22	16	72.7%
Public Administration	12	4.9%	16	3	9	300.0%
Information Not Available	14	5.7%	14	19	-5	-26.3%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Vermont
	Apr 2007	Percent	Mar 2007	Apr 2006	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	7,324		7,799	6,677
Male	4,977	68.0%	5,801	3,881	1,096	28.2%
Female	2,347	32.0%	1,998	2,796	-449	-16.1%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	7,324		7,799	6,677
Hispanic or Latino	13	0.2%	12	13	0	0.0%
Not Hispanic or Latino	2,033	27.8%	2,286	2,408	-375	-15.6%
Information Not Available	5,278	72.1%	5,501	4,256	1,022	24.0%

Race	7,324		7,799	6,677
American Indian or Alaskan Native	14	0.2%	11	14	0	0.0%
Asian	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
Black or African American	38	0.5%	40	36	2	5.6%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	8	0.1%	8	14	-6	-42.9%
White	1,986	27.1%	2,239	2,357	-371	-15.7%
Information Not Available	5,278	72.1%	5,501	4,256	1,022	24.0%

Years of Age	7,324		7,799	6,677
Younger than 22	295	3.4%	309	243	52	21.4%
22-24	443	5.0%	527	377	66	17.5%
25-34	1,599	18.2%	1,776	1,414	185	13.1%
35-44	1,670	19.0%	1,799	1,548	122	7.9%
45-54	1,729	19.7%	1,749	1,652	77	4.7%
55-59	649	7.4%	660	641	8	1.2%
60-64	512	5.8%	522	430	82	19.1%
65 and older	427	4.9%	457	372	55	14.8%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	7,324		7,799	6,677
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	100	1.3%	108	80	20	25.0%
Mining	25	0.3%	59	17	8	47.1%
Utilities	3	0.0%	5	4	-1	-25.0%
Construction	2,290	30.8%	2,948	1,314	976	74.3%
Manufacturing	801	10.8%	833	948	-147	-15.5%
Wholesale Trade	194	2.6%	210	208	-14	-6.7%
Retail Trade	627	8.4%	727	641	-14	-2.2%
Transporation and Warehousing	259	3.5%	199	312	-53	-17.0%
Information	67	0.9%	65	53	14	26.4%
Finance and Insurance	73	1.0%	78	82	-9	-11.0%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	83	1.1%	93	75	8	10.7%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	172	2.3%	187	155	17	11.0%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	1	0.0%	2	5	-4	-80.0%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	465	6.3%	618	329	136	41.3%
Educational Services	110	1.5%	98	146	-36	-24.7%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	377	5.1%	354	400	-23	-5.8%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	187	2.5%	276	127	60	47.2%
Accomodation and Food Services	1,153	15.5%	555	1,487	-334	-22.5%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	167	2.2%	193	157	10	6.4%
Public Administration	170	2.3%	191	137	33	24.1%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Washington
	Apr 2007	Percent	Mar 2007	Apr 2006	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	47,692		52,014	51,016
Male	28,591	59.9%	31,846	30,272	-1,681	-5.6%
Female	19,096	40.0%	20,164	20,695	-1,599	-7.7%
Information Not Available	5	0.0%	4	49	-44	-89.8%

Ethnicity	47,692		52,014	51,016
Hispanic or Latino	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
Not Hispanic or Latino	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
Information Not Available	47,692	100.0%	52,014	51,016	-3,324	-6.5%

Race	47,692		52,014	51,016
American Indian or Alaskan Native	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
Asian	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
Black or African American	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
White	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
Information Not Available	47,692	100.0%	52,014	51,016	-3,324	-6.5%

Years of Age	47,692		52,014	51,016
Younger than 22	874	1.9%	1,015	938	-64	-6.8%
22-24	2,195	4.9%	2,456	2,371	-176	-7.4%
25-34	10,389	23.1%	11,591	11,126	-737	-6.6%
35-44	12,187	27.1%	13,163	13,860	-1,673	-12.1%
45-54	13,187	29.4%	14,127	13,862	-675	-4.9%
55-59	4,707	10.5%	5,063	4,802	-95	-2.0%
60-64	2,795	6.2%	3,035	2,675	120	4.5%
65 and older	1,358	3.0%	1,564	1,382	-24	-1.7%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	47,692		52,014	51,016
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
Mining	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
Utilities	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
Construction	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
Manufacturing	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
Wholesale Trade	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
Retail Trade	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
Transporation and Warehousing	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
Information	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
Finance and Insurance	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
Educational Services	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
Accomodation and Food Services	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
Public Administration	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
Information Not Available	47,692	100.0%	52,014	51,016	-3,324	-6.5%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Wisconsin
	Apr 2007	Percent	Mar 2007	Apr 2006	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	85,768		98,331	73,910
Male	55,045	64.2%	67,229	45,692	9,353	20.5%
Female	30,714	35.8%	31,102	28,211	2,503	8.9%
Information Not Available	9	0.0%	0	7	2	28.6%

Ethnicity	85,768		98,331	73,910
Hispanic or Latino	3,679	4.3%	4,631	3,045	634	20.8%
Not Hispanic or Latino	81,463	95.0%	93,228	70,303	11,160	15.9%
Information Not Available	626	0.7%	472	562	64	11.4%

Race	85,768		98,331	73,910
American Indian or Alaskan Native	961	1.1%	1,023	857	104	12.1%
Asian	823	1.0%	905	702	121	17.2%
Black or African American	9,023	10.5%	8,556	8,034	989	12.3%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	60	0.1%	59	52	8	15.4%
White	74,275	86.6%	87,316	63,703	10,572	16.6%
Information Not Available	626	0.7%	472	562	64	11.4%

Years of Age	85,768		98,331	73,910
Younger than 22	2,719	1.8%	3,255	2,506	213	8.5%
22-24	5,876	3.8%	7,051	4,900	976	19.9%
25-34	20,715	13.3%	24,388	17,533	3,182	18.1%
35-44	19,926	12.8%	22,658	17,800	2,126	11.9%
45-54	21,264	13.7%	24,035	18,354	2,910	15.9%
55-59	7,326	4.7%	8,221	6,298	1,028	16.3%
60-64	4,777	3.1%	5,281	3,932	845	21.5%
65 and older	3,165	2.0%	3,442	2,587	578	22.3%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	85,768		98,331	73,910
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	686	0.8%	983	628	58	9.2%
Mining	455	0.5%	678	333	122	36.6%
Utilities	137	0.2%	197	177	-40	-22.6%
Construction	19,520	22.6%	24,597	14,598	4,922	33.7%
Manufacturing	18,474	21.4%	21,582	16,198	2,276	14.1%
Wholesale Trade	2,796	3.2%	3,127	2,373	423	17.8%
Retail Trade	7,951	9.2%	8,367	7,902	49	0.6%
Transporation and Warehousing	5,155	6.0%	3,933	3,245	1,910	58.9%
Information	926	1.1%	914	983	-57	-5.8%
Finance and Insurance	1,758	2.0%	1,711	1,744	14	0.8%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	755	0.9%	875	673	82	12.2%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	1,672	1.9%	1,839	1,441	231	16.0%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	266	0.3%	256	266	0	0.0%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	8,174	9.5%	10,383	6,904	1,270	18.4%
Educational Services	746	0.9%	787	746	0	0.0%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	4,846	5.6%	4,897	4,834	12	0.2%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	1,175	1.4%	1,917	1,042	133	12.8%
Accomodation and Food Services	5,026	5.8%	5,368	4,494	532	11.8%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	1,424	1.6%	1,632	1,508	-84	-5.6%
Public Administration	1,287	1.5%	1,731	1,345	-58	-4.3%
Information Not Available	2,539	2.9%	2,557	2,476	63	2.5%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants West Virginia
	Apr 2007	Percent	Mar 2007	Apr 2006	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	15,250		16,402	12,487
Male	10,194	66.8%	11,845	7,961	2,233	28.0%
Female	5,056	33.2%	4,557	4,526	530	11.7%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	15,250		16,402	12,487
Hispanic or Latino	181	1.2%	199	148	33	22.3%
Not Hispanic or Latino	13,648	89.5%	14,656	11,389	2,259	19.8%
Information Not Available	1,421	9.3%	1,547	950	471	49.6%

Race	15,250		16,402	12,487
American Indian or Alaskan Native	31	0.2%	41	24	7	29.2%
Asian	35	0.2%	35	26	9	34.6%
Black or African American	530	3.5%	542	499	31	6.2%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	6	0.0%	11	10	-4	-40.0%
White	14,333	94.0%	15,438	11,778	2,555	21.7%
Information Not Available	315	2.1%	335	150	165	110.0%

Years of Age	15,250		16,402	12,487
Younger than 22	292	1.0%	325	279	13	4.7%
22-24	834	2.9%	926	658	176	26.7%
25-34	3,929	13.6%	4,190	3,071	858	27.9%
35-44	3,850	13.3%	4,085	3,220	630	19.6%
45-54	3,921	13.6%	4,199	3,280	641	19.5%
55-59	1,337	4.6%	1,490	1,140	197	17.3%
60-64	733	2.5%	779	608	125	20.6%
65 and older	354	1.2%	408	231	123	53.2%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	15,250		16,402	12,487
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	115	0.7%	92	67	48	71.6%
Mining	968	6.3%	1,057	424	544	128.3%
Utilities	41	0.3%	39	53	-12	-22.6%
Construction	3,390	22.1%	4,349	2,586	804	31.1%
Manufacturing	1,888	12.3%	2,176	1,611	277	17.2%
Wholesale Trade	380	2.5%	404	371	9	2.4%
Retail Trade	1,199	7.8%	1,211	1,169	30	2.6%
Transporation and Warehousing	547	3.6%	564	369	178	48.2%
Information	207	1.3%	200	223	-16	-7.2%
Finance and Insurance	175	1.1%	160	162	13	8.0%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	177	1.2%	189	187	-10	-5.3%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	392	2.6%	380	481	-89	-18.5%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	22	0.1%	17	19	3	15.8%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	1,194	7.8%	1,313	1,033	161	15.6%
Educational Services	151	1.0%	141	132	19	14.4%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	1,595	10.4%	920	1,106	489	44.2%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	212	1.4%	313	208	4	1.9%
Accomodation and Food Services	1,020	6.6%	1,007	939	81	8.6%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	395	2.6%	432	391	4	1.0%
Public Administration	191	1.2%	280	179	12	6.7%
Information Not Available	991	6.4%	1,158	777	214	27.5%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Wyoming
	Apr 2007	Percent	Mar 2007	Apr 2006	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	2,793		3,151	2,480
Male	1,867	66.8%	2,185	1,484	383	25.8%
Female	926	33.2%	966	996	-70	-7.0%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	2,793		3,151	2,480
Hispanic or Latino	289	10.3%	373	225	64	28.4%
Not Hispanic or Latino	2,275	81.5%	2,534	2,072	203	9.8%
Information Not Available	229	8.2%	244	183	46	25.1%

Race	2,793		3,151	2,480
American Indian or Alaskan Native	110	3.9%	124	98	12	12.2%
Asian	15	0.5%	21	19	-4	-21.1%
Black or African American	27	1.0%	32	38	-11	-28.9%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	6	0.2%	4	1	5	500.0%
White	2,442	87.4%	2,717	2,156	286	13.3%
Information Not Available	193	6.9%	253	168	25	14.9%

Years of Age	2,793		3,151	2,480
Younger than 22	35	0.7%	60	79	-44	-55.7%
22-24	181	3.6%	207	161	20	12.4%
25-34	630	12.4%	566	570	60	10.5%
35-44	627	12.4%	723	590	37	6.3%
45-54	762	15.0%	883	659	103	15.6%
55-59	266	5.2%	293	184	82	44.6%
60-64	168	3.3%	206	133	35	26.3%
65 and older	124	2.4%	213	104	20	19.2%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	2,793		3,151	2,480
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	23	0.8%	40	35	-12	-34.3%
Mining	274	9.7%	239	111	163	146.8%
Utilities	2	0.1%	4	1	1	100.0%
Construction	884	31.4%	1,119	464	420	90.5%
Manufacturing	203	7.2%	189	152	51	33.6%
Wholesale Trade	56	2.0%	58	47	9	19.1%
Retail Trade	190	6.7%	191	250	-60	-24.0%
Transporation and Warehousing	101	3.6%	98	73	28	38.4%
Information	25	0.9%	29	64	-39	-60.9%
Finance and Insurance	13	0.5%	17	28	-15	-53.6%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	24	0.9%	30	37	-13	-35.1%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	55	2.0%	64	61	-6	-9.8%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	3	0.1%	2	2	1	50.0%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	101	3.6%	172	138	-37	-26.8%
Educational Services	32	1.1%	36	43	-11	-25.6%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	139	4.9%	144	140	-1	-0.7%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	12	0.4%	24	19	-7	-36.8%
Accomodation and Food Services	308	10.9%	274	530	-222	-41.9%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	64	2.3%	77	53	11	20.8%
Public Administration	99	3.5%	131	87	12	13.8%
Information Not Available	185	6.6%	213	145	40	27.6%