Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants

August 2007

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants: Total Claimants August 2007
	Aug 2007	Jul 2007	Monthly Change	Aug 2006	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
United States	2,364,170	2,535,323	-171,153	2,315,544	48,626	2.1
Alaska	7,141	7,927	-786	8,002	-861	-10.8
Alabama	27,175	31,691	-4,516	27,309	-134	-0.5
Arkansas	26,993	30,473	-3,480	28,216	-1,223	-4.3
Arizona	32,066	34,340	-2,274	27,412	4,654	17.0
California	347,826	358,239	-10,413	312,040	35,786	11.5
Colorado	18,750	19,856	-1,106	19,858	-1,108	-5.6
Connecticut	40,177	40,444	-267	40,797	-620	-1.5
District of Columbia	5,730	9,257	-3,527	11,226	-5,496	-49.0
Delaware	9,517	9,495	22	8,122	1,395	17.2
Florida	124,092	72,917	51,175	93,176	30,916	33.2
Georgia	55,991	59,509	-3,518	51,838	4,153	8.0
Hawaii	7,349	7,118	231	5,859	1,490	25.4
Iowa	16,765	17,752	-987	20,629	-3,864	-18.7
Idaho	8,556	8,479	77	7,873	683	8.7
Illinois	117,536	127,635	-10,099	118,103	-567	-0.5
Indiana	45,760	52,758	-6,998	47,919	-2,159	-4.5
Kansas	15,776	17,046	-1,270	16,872	-1,096	-6.5
Kentucky	27,337	35,297	-7,960	27,524	-187	-0.7
Louisiana	20,557	22,589	-2,032	19,312	1,245	6.4
Massachusetts	79,634	81,746	-2,112	77,442	2,192	2.8
Maryland	35,519	36,072	-553	34,411	1,108	3.2
Maine	6,409	7,213	-804	6,952	-543	-7.8
Michigan	106,711	170,648	-63,937	127,072	-20,361	-16.0
Minnesota	35,602	41,717	-6,115	32,729	2,873	8.8
Missouri	45,007	52,293	-7,286	48,664	-3,657	-7.5
Mississippi	19,973	24,249	-4,276	19,595	378	1.9
Montana	2,952	3,363	-411	2,853	99	3.5
North Carolina	70,884	75,994	-5,110	67,948	2,936	4.3
North Dakota	1,759	2,307	-548	2,287	-528	-23.1
Nebraska	7,469	8,599	-1,130	9,038	-1,569	-17.4
New Hampshire	6,203	6,584	-381	5,942	261	4.4
New Jersey	115,959	119,023	-3,064	112,636	3,323	3.0
New Mexico	9,748	11,159	-1,411	10,676	-928	-8.7
Nevada	24,530	24,413	117	18,578	5,952	32.0
New York	172,671	172,621	50	172,577	94	0.1
Ohio	79,023	94,913	-15,890	79,822	-799	-1.0
Oklahoma	13,920	15,411	-1,491	14,550	-630	-4.3
Oregon	37,195	38,296	-1,101	36,000	1,195	3.3
Pennsylvania	153,129	168,275	-15,146	157,887	-4,758	-3.0
Puerto Rico	37,795	39,877	-2,082	36,383	1,412	3.9
Rhode Island	13,781	14,679	-898	12,313	1,468	11.9
South Carolina	38,792	43,841	-5,049	39,253	-461	-1.2
South Dakota	1,330	1,658	-328	1,606	-276	-17.2
Tennessee	40,385	50,396	-10,011	37,838	2,547	6.7
Texas	95,477	100,819	-5,342	97,506	-2,029	-2.1
Utah	7,334	7,524	-190	6,610	724	11.0
Virginia	35,220	35,157	63	34,284	936	2.7
Virgin Islands	371	388	-17	272	99	36.4
Vermont	3,935	4,327	-392	4,486	-551	-12.3
Washington	37,639	39,277	-1,638	42,093	-4,454	-10.6
Wisconsin	59,964	64,785	-4,821	59,985	-21	0.0
West Virginia	11,123	13,189	-2,066	11,726	-603	-5.1
Wyoming	1,633	1,688	-55	1,443	190	13.2

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants US Totals
	Aug 2007	Percent	Jul 2007	Aug 2006	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	2,364,170		2,535,323	2,315,544	48,626	2.1
Male	1,183,425	50.1%	1,288,042	1,133,611	49,814	4.4%
Female	1,178,986	49.9%	1,245,236	1,179,252	-266	0.0%
Information Not Available	1,759	0.1%	2,045	2,681	-922	-34.4%

Ethnicity	2,364,170		2,535,323	2,315,544
Hispanic or Latino	360,362	15.2%	360,493	333,597	26,765	8.0%
Not Hispanic or Latino	1,742,440	87.0%	1,875,493	1,728,065	14,375	0.8%
Information Not Available	261,368	10.0%	299,337	290,264	-28,896	-10.0%

Race	2,364,170		2,535,323	2,315,544
American Indian or Alaskan Native	24,343	1.0%	25,880	24,043	300	1.2%
Asian	56,022	2.4%	62,067	57,915	-1,893	-3.3%
Black or African American	475,007	20.1%	495,285	465,590	9,417	2.0%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	7,151	0.3%	7,939	7,177	-26	-0.4%
White	1,310,758	55.4%	1,415,872	1,300,320	10,438	0.8%
Information Not Available	490,889	20.8%	528,281	446,594	44,295	9.9%

Years of Age	2,364,170		2,535,323	2,315,544
Younger than 22	93,680	4.0%	99,727	88,336	5,344	6.0%
22-24	130,192	5.5%	141,836	128,405	1,787	1.4%
25-34	540,152	22.8%	574,175	517,773	22,379	4.3%
35-44	597,136	25.3%	643,732	601,335	-4,199	-0.7%
45-54	577,839	24.4%	626,910	569,046	8,793	1.5%
55-59	201,999	8.5%	214,428	199,086	2,913	1.5%
60-64	124,187	5.3%	131,014	115,854	8,333	7.2%
65 and older	82,961	3.5%	84,630	80,861	2,100	2.6%
Information Not Available	16,024	0.7%	18,871	14,848	1,176	7.9%

Industry	2,364,170		2,535,323	2,315,544
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	43,246	1.8%	46,815	47,929	-4,683	-9.8%
Mining	7,531	0.3%	8,050	5,606	1,925	34.3%
Utilities	4,618	0.2%	5,304	5,236	-618	-11.8%
Construction	226,532	9.6%	241,889	195,368	31,164	16.0%
Manufacturing	315,143	13.3%	402,275	324,127	-8,984	-2.8%
Wholesale Trade	92,986	3.9%	94,084	87,454	5,532	6.3%
Retail Trade	201,937	8.5%	203,051	201,572	365	0.2%
Transporation and Warehousing	130,325	5.5%	134,003	123,780	6,545	5.3%
Information	66,127	2.8%	71,829	62,830	3,297	5.2%
Finance and Insurance	94,460	4.0%	85,752	78,225	16,235	20.8%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	39,174	1.7%	41,501	33,064	6,110	18.5%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	111,305	4.7%	120,664	109,163	2,142	2.0%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	9,287	0.4%	9,387	8,712	575	6.6%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	247,625	10.5%	250,594	232,836	14,789	6.4%
Educational Services	85,931	3.6%	83,678	88,528	-2,597	-2.9%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	192,209	8.1%	203,546	193,654	-1,445	-0.7%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	34,116	1.4%	33,680	33,713	403	1.2%
Accomodation and Food Services	142,385	6.0%	151,028	140,190	2,195	1.6%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	71,983	3.0%	76,260	74,186	-2,203	-3.0%
Public Administration	48,049	2.0%	49,420	51,012	-2,963	-5.8%
Information Not Available	199,201	8.4%	222,513	218,359	-19,158	-8.8%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Alaska
	Aug 2007	Percent	Jul 2007	Aug 2006	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	7,141		7,927	8,002	-861	-10.8
Male	3,359	47.0%	3,652	3,665	-306	-8.3%
Female	3,782	53.0%	4,275	4,337	-555	-12.8%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	7,141		7,927	8,002
Hispanic or Latino	255	3.6%	264	252	3	1.2%
Not Hispanic or Latino	6,825	95.6%	7,573	7,669	-844	-11.0%
Information Not Available	61	0.9%	90	81	-20	-24.7%

Race	7,141		7,927	8,002
American Indian or Alaskan Native	2,627	36.8%	2,933	2,699	-72	-2.7%
Asian	264	3.7%	377	261	3	1.1%
Black or African American	324	4.5%	324	417	-93	-22.3%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	75	1.1%	79	46	29	63.0%
White	3,637	50.9%	3,952	4,329	-692	-16.0%
Information Not Available	214	3.0%	262	250	-36	-14.4%

Years of Age	7,141		7,927	8,002
Younger than 22	261	2.5%	294	345	-84	-24.3%
22-24	572	5.5%	568	679	-107	-15.8%
25-34	1,747	16.8%	2,031	2,026	-279	-13.8%
35-44	1,684	16.2%	1,832	1,892	-208	-11.0%
45-54	1,760	16.9%	1,918	2,011	-251	-12.5%
55-59	592	5.7%	642	560	32	5.7%
60-64	351	3.4%	377	284	67	23.6%
65 and older	174	1.7%	265	205	-31	-15.1%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	7,141		7,927	8,002
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	6	0.1%	23	39	-33	-84.6%
Mining	203	2.8%	196	138	65	47.1%
Utilities	33	0.5%	25	28	5	17.9%
Construction	802	11.2%	938	874	-72	-8.2%
Manufacturing	218	3.1%	375	238	-20	-8.4%
Wholesale Trade	110	1.5%	103	144	-34	-23.6%
Retail Trade	740	10.4%	764	876	-136	-15.5%
Transporation and Warehousing	559	7.8%	629	558	1	0.2%
Information	81	1.1%	94	101	-20	-19.8%
Finance and Insurance	165	2.3%	169	197	-32	-16.2%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	184	2.6%	191	176	8	4.5%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	190	2.7%	214	219	-29	-13.2%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	4	0.1%	20	30	-26	-86.7%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	412	5.8%	395	419	-7	-1.7%
Educational Services	435	6.1%	518	528	-93	-17.6%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	890	12.5%	1,020	928	-38	-4.1%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	91	1.3%	104	95	-4	-4.2%
Accomodation and Food Services	638	8.9%	587	657	-19	-2.9%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	374	5.2%	465	494	-120	-24.3%
Public Administration	786	11.0%	892	982	-196	-20.0%
Information Not Available	220	3.1%	205	281	-61	-21.7%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Alabama
	Aug 2007	Percent	Jul 2007	Aug 2006	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	27,175		31,691	27,309
Male	12,729	46.8%	14,851	12,209	520	4.3%
Female	14,389	52.9%	16,769	15,007	-618	-4.1%
Information Not Available	57	0.2%	71	93	-36	-38.7%

Ethnicity	27,175		31,691	27,309
Hispanic or Latino	642	2.4%	880	738	-96	-13.0%
Not Hispanic or Latino	21,420	78.8%	24,749	19,991	1,429	7.1%
Information Not Available	5,113	18.8%	6,062	6,580	-1,467	-22.3%

Race	27,175		31,691	27,309
American Indian or Alaskan Native	922	3.4%	1,053	936	-14	-1.5%
Asian	358	1.3%	455	434	-76	-17.5%
Black or African American	12,327	45.4%	14,010	10,899	1,428	13.1%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	44	0.2%	57	70	-26	-37.1%
White	11,712	43.1%	13,693	10,933	779	7.1%
Information Not Available	1,812	6.7%	2,423	4,037	-2,225	-55.1%

Years of Age	27,175		31,691	27,309
Younger than 22	1,058	2.8%	1,382	1,136	-78	-6.9%
22-24	1,946	5.2%	2,145	1,914	32	1.7%
25-34	6,897	18.3%	7,960	6,938	-41	-0.6%
35-44	6,694	17.8%	7,876	6,814	-120	-1.8%
45-54	6,378	16.9%	7,330	6,294	84	1.3%
55-59	2,097	5.6%	2,500	2,119	-22	-1.0%
60-64	1,210	3.2%	1,418	1,201	9	0.7%
65 and older	874	2.3%	1,050	854	20	2.3%
Information Not Available	21	0.1%	30	39	-18	-46.2%

Industry	27,175		31,691	27,309
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	309	1.1%	343	311	-2	-0.6%
Mining	113	0.4%	151	70	43	61.4%
Utilities	62	0.2%	57	46	16	34.8%
Construction	2,365	8.6%	2,802	2,346	19	0.8%
Manufacturing	6,242	22.7%	7,596	5,893	349	5.9%
Wholesale Trade	850	3.1%	921	871	-21	-2.4%
Retail Trade	2,634	9.6%	2,843	3,092	-458	-14.8%
Transporation and Warehousing	689	2.5%	894	675	14	2.1%
Information	389	1.4%	377	430	-41	-9.5%
Finance and Insurance	731	2.7%	684	733	-2	-0.3%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	349	1.3%	344	432	-83	-19.2%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	1,551	5.6%	1,724	1,239	312	25.2%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	89	0.3%	105	34	55	161.8%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	2,857	10.4%	3,432	2,660	197	7.4%
Educational Services	562	2.0%	553	553	9	1.6%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	2,422	8.8%	3,043	2,622	-200	-7.6%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	208	0.8%	240	189	19	10.1%
Accomodation and Food Services	1,840	6.7%	2,147	1,969	-129	-6.6%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	979	3.6%	1,283	1,083	-104	-9.6%
Public Administration	343	1.2%	378	309	34	11.0%
Information Not Available	1,591	5.8%	1,774	1,752	-161	-9.2%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Arkansas
	Aug 2007	Percent	Jul 2007	Aug 2006	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	26,993		30,473	28,216
Male	13,037	48.3%	14,671	13,186	-149	-1.1%
Female	13,955	51.7%	15,801	15,029	-1,074	-7.1%
Information Not Available	1	0.0%	1	1	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	26,993		30,473	28,216
Hispanic or Latino	559	2.1%	695	627	-68	-10.8%
Not Hispanic or Latino	26,432	97.9%	29,777	27,587	-1,155	-4.2%
Information Not Available	2	0.0%	1	2	0	0.0%

Race	26,993		30,473	28,216
American Indian or Alaskan Native	363	1.3%	401	223	140	62.8%
Asian	240	0.9%	209	234	6	2.6%
Black or African American	8,200	30.4%	9,551	9,401	-1,201	-12.8%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	151	0.6%	203	393	-242	-61.6%
White	17,476	64.7%	19,412	17,335	141	0.8%
Information Not Available	563	2.1%	697	630	-67	-10.6%

Years of Age	26,993		30,473	28,216
Younger than 22	968	2.2%	881	1,068	-100	-9.4%
22-24	2,110	4.9%	2,153	2,065	45	2.2%
25-34	7,534	17.4%	8,703	7,775	-241	-3.1%
35-44	6,616	15.3%	7,589	7,552	-936	-12.4%
45-54	5,939	13.7%	6,838	6,197	-258	-4.2%
55-59	1,925	4.4%	2,175	1,971	-46	-2.3%
60-64	1,136	2.6%	1,356	968	168	17.4%
65 and older	761	1.8%	774	616	145	23.5%
Information Not Available	4	0.0%	4	4	0	0.0%

Industry	26,993		30,473	28,216
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	302	1.1%	367	240	62	25.8%
Mining	100	0.4%	79	93	7	7.5%
Utilities	55	0.2%	79	64	-9	-14.1%
Construction	2,440	8.9%	2,933	2,183	257	11.8%
Manufacturing	6,028	22.1%	7,228	6,572	-544	-8.3%
Wholesale Trade	1,237	4.5%	1,220	1,467	-230	-15.7%
Retail Trade	3,330	12.2%	3,311	3,116	214	6.9%
Transporation and Warehousing	918	3.4%	977	815	103	12.6%
Information	212	0.8%	169	252	-40	-15.9%
Finance and Insurance	352	1.3%	344	375	-23	-6.1%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	319	1.2%	243	393	-74	-18.8%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	548	2.0%	678	598	-50	-8.4%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	50	0.2%	56	23	27	117.4%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	2,798	10.3%	2,967	2,987	-189	-6.3%
Educational Services	1,209	4.4%	1,508	1,414	-205	-14.5%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	3,117	11.4%	4,040	3,802	-685	-18.0%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	307	1.1%	265	223	84	37.7%
Accomodation and Food Services	2,244	8.2%	2,413	2,153	91	4.2%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	671	2.5%	813	727	-56	-7.7%
Public Administration	744	2.7%	768	686	58	8.5%
Information Not Available	12	0.0%	15	33	-21	-63.6%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Arizona
	Aug 2007	Percent	Jul 2007	Aug 2006	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	32,066		34,340	27,412
Male	17,879	55.8%	18,458	14,510	3,369	23.2%
Female	14,187	44.2%	15,882	12,902	1,285	10.0%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	32,066		34,340	27,412
Hispanic or Latino	14,602	45.5%	16,399	12,814	1,788	14.0%
Not Hispanic or Latino	17,464	54.5%	17,940	13,508	3,956	29.3%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	1	1,089	-1,089	-100.0%

Race	32,066		34,340	27,412
American Indian or Alaskan Native	1,975	6.2%	2,250	2,053	-78	-3.8%
Asian	10	0.0%	10	295	-285	-96.6%
Black or African American	1,764	5.5%	1,752	1,338	426	31.8%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
White	11,888	37.1%	12,052	9,822	2,066	21.0%
Information Not Available	16,429	51.2%	18,276	0	16,429	0.0%

Years of Age	32,066		34,340	27,412
Younger than 22	950	2.3%	980	737	213	28.9%
22-24	1,510	3.6%	1,524	1,202	308	25.6%
25-34	6,266	14.9%	6,616	5,116	1,150	22.5%
35-44	8,359	19.9%	9,184	7,524	835	11.1%
45-54	8,842	21.0%	9,522	7,553	1,289	17.1%
55-59	3,033	7.2%	3,226	2,671	362	13.6%
60-64	1,949	4.6%	2,038	1,590	359	22.6%
65 and older	1,157	2.8%	1,250	1,019	138	13.5%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	32,066		34,340	27,412
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	5,963	15.7%	6,949	5,855	108	1.8%
Mining	71	0.2%	51	58	13	22.4%
Utilities	48	0.1%	55	49	-1	-2.0%
Construction	3,427	9.0%	3,512	2,305	1,122	48.7%
Manufacturing	2,197	5.8%	1,956	1,489	708	47.5%
Wholesale Trade	1,635	4.3%	1,584	1,310	325	24.8%
Retail Trade	2,300	6.0%	2,186	1,791	509	28.4%
Transporation and Warehousing	598	1.6%	696	612	-14	-2.3%
Information	403	1.1%	442	469	-66	-14.1%
Finance and Insurance	1,333	3.5%	1,124	967	366	37.8%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	624	1.6%	567	534	90	16.9%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	1,301	3.4%	1,304	1,100	201	18.3%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	72	0.2%	74	71	1	1.4%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	3,150	8.3%	2,998	2,235	915	40.9%
Educational Services	814	2.1%	1,171	920	-106	-11.5%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	1,711	4.5%	2,407	1,781	-70	-3.9%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	393	1.0%	404	356	37	10.4%
Accomodation and Food Services	1,187	3.1%	1,685	1,250	-63	-5.0%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	592	1.6%	565	520	72	13.8%
Public Administration	877	2.3%	931	959	-82	-8.6%
Information Not Available	3,370	8.9%	3,679	2,781	589	21.2%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants California
	Aug 2007	Percent	Jul 2007	Aug 2006	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	347,826		358,239	312,040
Male	179,447	51.6%	192,309	156,687	22,760	14.5%
Female	168,288	48.4%	165,750	155,353	12,935	8.3%
Information Not Available	91	0.0%	180	0	91	0.0%

Ethnicity	347,826		358,239	312,040
Hispanic or Latino	116,577	33.5%	119,743	104,280	12,297	11.8%
Not Hispanic or Latino	193,962	55.8%	198,342	176,618	17,344	9.8%
Information Not Available	37,287	10.7%	40,154	31,142	6,145	19.7%

Race	347,826		358,239	312,040
American Indian or Alaskan Native	2,994	0.9%	2,161	2,313	681	29.4%
Asian	25,946	7.5%	29,171	25,892	54	0.2%
Black or African American	35,835	10.3%	30,701	31,231	4,604	14.7%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
White	129,187	37.1%	136,309	117,182	12,005	10.2%
Information Not Available	153,864	44.2%	159,897	135,422	18,442	13.6%

Years of Age	347,826		358,239	312,040
Younger than 22	11,431	2.5%	11,794	9,876	1,555	15.7%
22-24	19,414	4.2%	21,968	17,528	1,886	10.8%
25-34	84,462	18.4%	80,759	66,554	17,908	26.9%
35-44	85,822	18.7%	89,402	81,859	3,963	4.8%
45-54	83,464	18.2%	90,483	78,922	4,542	5.8%
55-59	31,117	6.8%	31,241	27,761	3,356	12.1%
60-64	18,235	4.0%	19,807	17,439	796	4.6%
65 and older	13,790	3.0%	12,695	12,012	1,778	14.8%
Information Not Available	91	0.0%	90	89	2	2.2%

Industry	347,826		358,239	312,040
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	23,678	6.4%	26,740	27,672	-3,994	-14.4%
Mining	907	0.2%	720	534	373	69.9%
Utilities	726	0.2%	1,080	979	-253	-25.8%
Construction	40,099	10.8%	44,926	27,761	12,338	44.4%
Manufacturing	44,091	11.9%	46,457	39,505	4,586	11.6%
Wholesale Trade	3,266	0.9%	2,341	3,025	241	8.0%
Retail Trade	30,936	8.3%	31,871	28,828	2,108	7.3%
Transporation and Warehousing	10,342	2.8%	8,823	9,431	911	9.7%
Information	27,670	7.4%	33,852	23,579	4,091	17.4%
Finance and Insurance	13,517	3.6%	10,984	10,143	3,374	33.3%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	8,165	2.2%	8,193	4,182	3,983	95.2%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	5,443	1.5%	5,402	3,648	1,795	49.2%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	50,442	13.6%	49,428	47,247	3,195	6.8%
Educational Services	24,495	6.6%	21,338	24,913	-418	-1.7%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	22,045	5.9%	20,978	19,575	2,470	12.6%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	5,534	1.5%	5,942	5,517	17	0.3%
Accomodation and Food Services	11,340	3.1%	14,765	13,346	-2,006	-15.0%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	9,526	2.6%	8,193	8,542	984	11.5%
Public Administration	2,812	0.8%	2,251	3,292	-480	-14.6%
Information Not Available	12,792	3.4%	13,955	10,321	2,471	23.9%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Colorado
	Aug 2007	Percent	Jul 2007	Aug 2006	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	18,750		19,856	19,858
Male	8,998	48.0%	9,526	9,623	-625	-6.5%
Female	9,752	52.0%	10,330	10,235	-483	-4.7%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	18,750		19,856	19,858
Hispanic or Latino	3,438	18.3%	3,701	3,700	-262	-7.1%
Not Hispanic or Latino	12,431	66.3%	12,979	12,711	-280	-2.2%
Information Not Available	2,881	15.4%	3,176	3,447	-566	-16.4%

Race	18,750		19,856	19,858
American Indian or Alaskan Native	320	1.7%	307	319	1	0.3%
Asian	481	2.6%	500	412	69	16.7%
Black or African American	1,395	7.4%	1,461	1,587	-192	-12.1%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	75	0.4%	73	60	15	25.0%
White	12,840	68.5%	13,514	13,615	-775	-5.7%
Information Not Available	3,639	19.4%	4,001	3,865	-226	-5.8%

Years of Age	18,750		19,856	19,858
Younger than 22	262	0.9%	268	301	-39	-13.0%
22-24	583	1.9%	668	688	-105	-15.3%
25-34	3,573	11.8%	3,865	3,968	-395	-10.0%
35-44	4,790	15.8%	5,054	5,277	-487	-9.2%
45-54	5,626	18.5%	5,892	5,919	-293	-5.0%
55-59	2,138	7.0%	2,232	2,105	33	1.6%
60-64	1,217	4.0%	1,273	1,064	153	14.4%
65 and older	556	1.8%	597	525	31	5.9%
Information Not Available	5	0.0%	7	11	-6	-54.5%

Industry	18,750		19,856	19,858
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	108	0.6%	75	110	-2	-1.8%
Mining	110	0.6%	118	115	-5	-4.3%
Utilities	23	0.1%	23	28	-5	-17.9%
Construction	2,299	12.2%	2,480	2,218	81	3.7%
Manufacturing	1,790	9.5%	1,908	1,965	-175	-8.9%
Wholesale Trade	923	4.9%	938	876	47	5.4%
Retail Trade	1,741	9.2%	1,832	2,064	-323	-15.6%
Transporation and Warehousing	445	2.4%	518	611	-166	-27.2%
Information	712	3.8%	743	772	-60	-7.8%
Finance and Insurance	1,262	6.7%	1,210	1,248	14	1.1%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	486	2.6%	515	525	-39	-7.4%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	1,544	8.2%	1,636	1,658	-114	-6.9%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	200	1.1%	159	154	46	29.9%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	2,237	11.9%	2,254	2,136	101	4.7%
Educational Services	652	3.5%	694	691	-39	-5.6%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	1,642	8.7%	1,870	1,810	-168	-9.3%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	291	1.5%	343	351	-60	-17.1%
Accomodation and Food Services	914	4.8%	1,093	1,087	-173	-15.9%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	509	2.7%	554	549	-40	-7.3%
Public Administration	413	2.2%	467	418	-5	-1.2%
Information Not Available	449	2.4%	426	472	-23	-4.9%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Connecticut
	Aug 2007	Percent	Jul 2007	Aug 2006	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	40,177		40,444	40,797
Male	18,660	46.4%	19,195	19,033	-373	-2.0%
Female	21,517	53.6%	21,249	21,764	-247	-1.1%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	40,177		40,444	40,797
Hispanic or Latino	5,120	12.7%	5,041	4,906	214	4.4%
Not Hispanic or Latino	35,057	87.3%	35,403	35,891	-834	-2.3%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Race	40,177		40,444	40,797
American Indian or Alaskan Native	134	0.3%	145	120	14	11.7%
Asian	552	1.4%	563	537	15	2.8%
Black or African American	5,765	14.3%	5,739	5,820	-55	-0.9%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
White	20,822	51.8%	21,392	21,615	-793	-3.7%
Information Not Available	12,904	32.1%	12,605	12,705	199	1.6%

Years of Age	40,177		40,444	40,797
Younger than 22	1,255	2.2%	1,166	1,151	104	9.0%
22-24	2,266	3.9%	2,188	2,131	135	6.3%
25-34	8,298	14.3%	8,366	8,069	229	2.8%
35-44	9,893	17.0%	9,938	10,715	-822	-7.7%
45-54	9,852	16.9%	10,064	10,179	-327	-3.2%
55-59	3,459	5.9%	3,549	3,700	-241	-6.5%
60-64	2,771	4.8%	2,842	2,687	84	3.1%
65 and older	2,383	4.1%	2,331	2,165	218	10.1%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	40,177		40,444	40,797
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	185	0.5%	178	313	-128	-40.9%
Mining	9	0.0%	17	9	0	0.0%
Utilities	57	0.1%	46	72	-15	-20.8%
Construction	2,425	6.0%	2,847	2,883	-458	-15.9%
Manufacturing	4,482	11.1%	5,020	4,650	-168	-3.6%
Wholesale Trade	1,678	4.2%	1,685	1,544	134	8.7%
Retail Trade	4,375	10.8%	4,377	5,051	-676	-13.4%
Transporation and Warehousing	5,418	13.4%	4,792	5,118	300	5.9%
Information	719	1.8%	677	718	1	0.1%
Finance and Insurance	2,066	5.1%	2,177	2,021	45	2.2%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	557	1.4%	549	535	22	4.1%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	1,988	4.9%	2,033	1,909	79	4.1%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	163	0.4%	134	240	-77	-32.1%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	3,757	9.3%	3,801	3,690	67	1.8%
Educational Services	1,374	3.4%	1,353	1,306	68	5.2%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	3,750	9.3%	3,661	3,769	-19	-0.5%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	775	1.9%	798	848	-73	-8.6%
Accomodation and Food Services	3,869	9.6%	3,821	3,820	49	1.3%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	1,070	2.7%	1,080	1,054	16	1.5%
Public Administration	837	2.1%	776	604	233	38.6%
Information Not Available	623	1.5%	622	643	-20	-3.1%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants District of Columbia
	Aug 2007	Percent	Jul 2007	Aug 2006	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	5,730		9,257	11,226
Male	2,757	48.1%	4,494	4,960	-2,203	-44.4%
Female	2,973	51.9%	4,763	6,266	-3,293	-52.6%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	5,730		9,257	11,226
Hispanic or Latino	487	8.5%	792	836	-349	-41.7%
Not Hispanic or Latino	4,999	87.2%	7,891	8,453	-3,454	-40.9%
Information Not Available	244	4.3%	574	1,937	-1,693	-87.4%

Race	5,730		9,257	11,226
American Indian or Alaskan Native	27	0.5%	72	73	-46	-63.0%
Asian	143	2.5%	216	365	-222	-60.8%
Black or African American	4,591	80.1%	7,368	8,494	-3,903	-46.0%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	49	0.9%	110	130	-81	-62.3%
White	858	15.0%	1,391	1,895	-1,037	-54.7%
Information Not Available	62	1.1%	100	269	-207	-77.0%

Years of Age	5,730		9,257	11,226
Younger than 22	128	2.0%	218	213	-85	-39.9%
22-24	317	5.0%	468	558	-241	-43.2%
25-34	1,443	22.7%	2,291	2,711	-1,268	-46.8%
35-44	1,506	23.7%	2,441	3,018	-1,512	-50.1%
45-54	1,531	24.1%	2,516	2,921	-1,390	-47.6%
55-59	443	7.0%	724	1,048	-605	-57.7%
60-64	235	3.7%	409	485	-250	-51.5%
65 and older	127	2.0%	190	268	-141	-52.6%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	4	-4	-100.0%

Industry	5,730		9,257	11,226
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
Mining	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
Utilities	3	0.1%	2	0	3	0.0%
Construction	38	0.7%	55	50	-12	-24.0%
Manufacturing	2	0.0%	3	8	-6	-75.0%
Wholesale Trade	0	0.0%	9	6	-6	-100.0%
Retail Trade	4	0.1%	23	50	-46	-92.0%
Transporation and Warehousing	0	0.0%	2	2	-2	-100.0%
Information	2	0.0%	12	55	-53	-96.4%
Finance and Insurance	0	0.0%	1	4	-4	-100.0%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	11	0.2%	10	21	-10	-47.6%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	21	0.4%	29	134	-113	-84.3%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	0	0.0%	0	2	-2	-100.0%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	9	0.2%	12	36	-27	-75.0%
Educational Services	20	0.3%	35	70	-50	-71.4%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	14	0.2%	44	65	-51	-78.5%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	3	0.1%	2	3	0	0.0%
Accomodation and Food Services	4	0.1%	10	9	-5	-55.6%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	14	0.2%	34	68	-54	-79.4%
Public Administration	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
Information Not Available	5,585	97.5%	8,974	10,643	-5,058	-47.5%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Delaware
	Aug 2007	Percent	Jul 2007	Aug 2006	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	9,517		9,495	8,122
Male	4,073	42.8%	4,206	3,376	697	20.6%
Female	5,444	57.2%	5,289	4,746	698	14.7%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	9,517		9,495	8,122
Hispanic or Latino	365	3.8%	329	324	41	12.7%
Not Hispanic or Latino	9,152	96.2%	9,166	7,798	1,354	17.4%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Race	9,517		9,495	8,122
American Indian or Alaskan Native	17	0.2%	17	17	0	0.0%
Asian	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
Black or African American	3,663	38.5%	3,821	3,378	285	8.4%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	67	0.7%	72	61	6	9.8%
White	5,036	52.9%	4,938	4,079	957	23.5%
Information Not Available	734	7.7%	648	587	147	25.0%

Years of Age	9,517		9,495	8,122
Younger than 22	2,107	14.6%	2,026	1,591	516	32.4%
22-24	636	4.4%	624	580	56	9.7%
25-34	2,195	15.2%	2,193	1,923	272	14.1%
35-44	2,455	17.0%	2,479	2,063	392	19.0%
45-54	1,571	10.9%	1,575	1,351	220	16.3%
55-59	334	2.3%	346	326	8	2.5%
60-64	129	0.9%	160	169	-40	-23.7%
65 and older	76	0.5%	79	104	-28	-26.9%
Information Not Available	14	0.1%	13	15	-1	-6.7%

Industry	9,517		9,495	8,122
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	19	0.2%	19	28	-9	-32.1%
Mining	0	0.0%	0	4	-4	-100.0%
Utilities	7	0.1%	7	6	1	16.7%
Construction	870	9.1%	844	608	262	43.1%
Manufacturing	622	6.5%	574	468	154	32.9%
Wholesale Trade	346	3.6%	305	305	41	13.4%
Retail Trade	1,561	16.4%	1,518	1,341	220	16.4%
Transporation and Warehousing	379	4.0%	355	237	142	59.9%
Information	145	1.5%	143	125	20	16.0%
Finance and Insurance	953	10.0%	908	661	292	44.2%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	238	2.5%	222	155	83	53.5%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	467	4.9%	474	436	31	7.1%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	33	0.3%	31	38	-5	-13.2%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	1,401	14.7%	1,556	1,540	-139	-9.0%
Educational Services	312	3.3%	360	341	-29	-8.5%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	856	9.0%	844	697	159	22.8%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	122	1.3%	129	172	-50	-29.1%
Accomodation and Food Services	751	7.9%	748	597	154	25.8%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	288	3.0%	296	271	17	6.3%
Public Administration	91	1.0%	93	68	23	33.8%
Information Not Available	56	0.6%	69	24	32	133.3%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Florida
	Aug 2007	Percent	Jul 2007	Aug 2006	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	124,092		72,917	93,176
Male	64,955	52.3%	37,963	45,173	19,782	43.8%
Female	59,060	47.6%	34,932	47,929	11,131	23.2%
Information Not Available	77	0.1%	22	74	3	4.1%

Ethnicity	124,092		72,917	93,176
Hispanic or Latino	41,530	33.5%	23,937	32,065	9,465	29.5%
Not Hispanic or Latino	72,916	58.8%	43,715	53,739	19,177	35.7%
Information Not Available	9,646	7.8%	5,265	7,372	2,274	30.8%

Race	124,092		72,917	93,176
American Indian or Alaskan Native	498	0.4%	310	335	163	48.7%
Asian	804	0.6%	686	1,154	-350	-30.3%
Black or African American	25,798	20.8%	14,800	18,509	7,289	39.4%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	1,684	1.4%	1,283	2,011	-327	-16.3%
White	69,548	56.0%	41,348	50,759	18,789	37.0%
Information Not Available	25,760	20.8%	14,490	20,408	5,352	26.2%

Years of Age	124,092		72,917	93,176
Younger than 22	2,565	1.4%	1,726	1,788	777	43.5%
22-24	6,048	3.3%	3,097	4,618	1,430	31.0%
25-34	24,727	13.4%	14,048	17,317	7,410	42.8%
35-44	31,080	16.8%	18,119	23,611	7,469	31.6%
45-54	31,769	17.2%	18,804	23,201	8,568	36.9%
55-59	12,899	7.0%	7,743	10,092	2,807	27.8%
60-64	9,148	5.0%	5,509	6,480	2,668	41.2%
65 and older	5,856	3.2%	3,871	6,069	-213	-3.5%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	124,092		72,917	93,176
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	4,899	3.8%	3,097	4,618	281	6.1%
Mining	38	0.0%	0	0	38	0.0%
Utilities	153	0.1%	199	261	-108	-41.4%
Construction	14,162	11.0%	8,296	6,480	7,682	118.5%
Manufacturing	8,229	6.4%	4,978	5,437	2,792	51.4%
Wholesale Trade	5,435	4.2%	2,787	3,501	1,934	55.2%
Retail Trade	11,981	9.3%	7,101	9,496	2,485	26.2%
Transporation and Warehousing	3,675	2.8%	1,947	2,346	1,329	56.6%
Information	2,832	2.2%	1,372	2,048	784	38.3%
Finance and Insurance	6,277	4.9%	3,761	3,240	3,037	93.7%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	2,603	2.0%	1,460	2,160	443	20.5%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	6,545	5.1%	4,933	5,139	1,406	27.4%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	536	0.4%	265	708	-172	-24.3%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	24,382	18.9%	12,765	14,524	9,858	67.9%
Educational Services	2,182	1.7%	1,659	1,937	245	12.6%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	7,005	5.4%	4,425	6,890	115	1.7%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	3,062	2.4%	1,593	2,979	83	2.8%
Accomodation and Food Services	7,808	6.1%	4,425	6,331	1,477	23.3%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	2,641	2.0%	2,146	1,862	779	41.8%
Public Administration	1,646	1.3%	774	1,080	566	52.4%
Information Not Available	8,001	6.2%	4,934	12,139	-4,138	-34.1%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Georgia
	Aug 2007	Percent	Jul 2007	Aug 2006	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	55,991		59,509	51,838
Male	26,223	46.8%	26,544	22,893	3,330	14.5%
Female	29,049	51.9%	32,193	27,186	1,863	6.9%
Information Not Available	719	1.3%	772	1,759	-1,040	-59.1%

Ethnicity	55,991		59,509	51,838
Hispanic or Latino	137	0.2%	162	129	8	6.2%
Not Hispanic or Latino	55,135	98.5%	58,575	49,950	5,185	10.4%
Information Not Available	719	1.3%	772	1,759	-1,040	-59.1%

Race	55,991		59,509	51,838
American Indian or Alaskan Native	229	0.4%	256	152	77	50.7%
Asian	678	1.2%	678	752	-74	-9.8%
Black or African American	31,070	55.5%	33,260	27,887	3,183	11.4%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
White	23,295	41.6%	24,536	21,288	2,007	9.4%
Information Not Available	719	1.3%	779	1,759	-1,040	-59.1%

Years of Age	55,991		59,509	51,838
Younger than 22	1,588	2.1%	1,633	1,506	82	5.4%
22-24	2,889	3.8%	3,031	2,710	179	6.6%
25-34	13,415	17.5%	14,249	12,266	1,149	9.4%
35-44	14,638	19.1%	15,586	14,003	635	4.5%
45-54	13,442	17.5%	14,141	12,258	1,184	9.7%
55-59	4,507	5.9%	4,759	4,042	465	11.5%
60-64	2,559	3.3%	2,684	2,232	327	14.7%
65 and older	1,437	1.9%	1,595	1,339	98	7.3%
Information Not Available	1,516	2.0%	1,831	1,482	34	2.3%

Industry	55,991		59,509	51,838
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	768	1.4%	914	848	-80	-9.4%
Mining	52	0.1%	64	30	22	73.3%
Utilities	132	0.2%	133	115	17	14.8%
Construction	3,487	6.1%	3,550	2,669	818	30.6%
Manufacturing	6,486	11.4%	7,996	6,267	219	3.5%
Wholesale Trade	2,914	5.1%	2,797	2,792	122	4.4%
Retail Trade	4,168	7.3%	4,251	3,747	421	11.2%
Transporation and Warehousing	1,354	2.4%	1,422	1,619	-265	-16.4%
Information	1,055	1.9%	1,027	1,160	-105	-9.1%
Finance and Insurance	1,966	3.5%	1,830	1,562	404	25.9%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	1,043	1.8%	1,000	981	62	6.3%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	9,134	16.1%	9,329	8,447	687	8.1%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	138	0.2%	134	86	52	60.5%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	216	0.4%	199	228	-12	-5.3%
Educational Services	1,410	2.5%	1,508	1,474	-64	-4.3%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	3,538	6.2%	4,740	3,537	1	0.0%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	3,108	5.5%	3,500	3,164	-56	-1.8%
Accomodation and Food Services	590	1.0%	580	565	25	4.4%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	912	1.6%	1,046	906	6	0.7%
Public Administration	785	1.4%	879	761	24	3.2%
Information Not Available	12,735	22.4%	12,610	10,880	1,855	17.0%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Hawaii
	Aug 2007	Percent	Jul 2007	Aug 2006	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	7,349		7,118	5,859
Male	4,484	61.0%	4,181	3,562	922	25.9%
Female	2,865	39.0%	2,937	2,297	568	24.7%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	7,349		7,118	5,859
Hispanic or Latino	388	5.3%	407	310	78	25.2%
Not Hispanic or Latino	5,546	75.5%	5,405	4,412	1,134	25.7%
Information Not Available	1,415	19.3%	1,306	1,137	278	24.5%

Race	7,349		7,118	5,859
American Indian or Alaskan Native	67	0.9%	74	60	7	11.7%
Asian	2,395	32.6%	2,355	1,927	468	24.3%
Black or African American	160	2.2%	162	131	29	22.1%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	1,789	24.3%	1,747	1,467	322	21.9%
White	1,978	26.9%	1,863	1,503	475	31.6%
Information Not Available	960	13.1%	917	771	189	24.5%

Years of Age	7,349		7,118	5,859
Younger than 22	134	1.5%	128	108	26	24.1%
22-24	328	3.7%	279	232	96	41.4%
25-34	1,597	18.0%	1,494	1,311	286	21.8%
35-44	1,863	21.0%	1,750	1,480	383	25.9%
45-54	1,919	21.7%	1,862	1,596	323	20.2%
55-59	758	8.6%	776	592	166	28.0%
60-64	472	5.3%	516	331	141	42.6%
65 and older	278	3.1%	313	209	69	33.0%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	7,349		7,118	5,859
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	278	3.6%	317	183	95	51.9%
Mining	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
Utilities	3	0.0%	2	5	-2	-40.0%
Construction	1,808	23.7%	1,611	1,414	394	27.9%
Manufacturing	213	2.8%	178	171	42	24.6%
Wholesale Trade	138	1.8%	128	107	31	29.0%
Retail Trade	415	5.4%	420	397	18	4.5%
Transporation and Warehousing	243	3.2%	342	229	14	6.1%
Information	192	2.5%	204	181	11	6.1%
Finance and Insurance	152	2.0%	115	87	65	74.7%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	112	1.5%	118	124	-12	-9.7%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	286	3.7%	264	236	50	21.2%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	18	0.2%	16	13	5	38.5%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	706	9.3%	654	528	178	33.7%
Educational Services	62	0.8%	56	50	12	24.0%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	322	4.2%	423	377	-55	-14.6%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	72	0.9%	80	89	-17	-19.1%
Accomodation and Food Services	1,027	13.5%	971	500	527	105.4%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	168	2.2%	155	169	-1	-0.6%
Public Administration	166	2.2%	151	155	11	7.1%
Information Not Available	968	12.7%	913	844	124	14.7%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Iowa
	Aug 2007	Percent	Jul 2007	Aug 2006	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	16,765		17,752	20,629
Male	8,432	50.3%	8,745	10,656	-2,224	-20.9%
Female	8,333	49.7%	9,007	9,973	-1,640	-16.4%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	16,765		17,752	20,629
Hispanic or Latino	571	3.4%	600	533	38	7.1%
Not Hispanic or Latino	15,993	95.4%	16,950	19,831	-3,838	-19.4%
Information Not Available	201	1.2%	202	265	-64	-24.2%

Race	16,765		17,752	20,629
American Indian or Alaskan Native	81	0.5%	61	111	-30	-27.0%
Asian	134	0.8%	146	150	-16	-10.7%
Black or African American	874	5.2%	902	937	-63	-6.7%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
White	14,904	88.9%	15,841	18,633	-3,729	-20.0%
Information Not Available	772	4.6%	802	798	-26	-3.3%

Years of Age	16,765		17,752	20,629
Younger than 22	437	1.4%	408	608	-171	-28.1%
22-24	938	3.1%	898	1,174	-236	-20.1%
25-34	3,534	11.5%	3,669	4,441	-907	-20.4%
35-44	4,033	13.2%	4,351	5,138	-1,105	-21.5%
45-54	4,423	14.4%	4,693	5,454	-1,031	-18.9%
55-59	1,542	5.0%	1,713	1,791	-249	-13.9%
60-64	1,057	3.5%	1,159	1,155	-98	-8.5%
65 and older	794	2.6%	851	857	-63	-7.4%
Information Not Available	7	0.0%	10	11	-4	-36.4%

Industry	16,765		17,752	20,629
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	110	0.7%	105	133	-23	-17.3%
Mining	33	0.2%	18	28	5	17.9%
Utilities	31	0.2%	26	28	3	10.7%
Construction	1,807	10.7%	1,905	2,114	-307	-14.5%
Manufacturing	3,617	21.4%	4,071	5,362	-1,745	-32.5%
Wholesale Trade	825	4.9%	848	944	-119	-12.6%
Retail Trade	1,813	10.7%	1,752	1,882	-69	-3.7%
Transporation and Warehousing	772	4.6%	860	914	-142	-15.5%
Information	714	4.2%	708	721	-7	-1.0%
Finance and Insurance	525	3.1%	544	563	-38	-6.7%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	201	1.2%	202	197	4	2.0%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	673	4.0%	742	997	-324	-32.5%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	40	0.2%	57	14	26	185.7%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	1,458	8.6%	1,398	1,922	-464	-24.1%
Educational Services	367	2.2%	392	442	-75	-17.0%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	1,420	8.4%	1,455	1,515	-95	-6.3%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	181	1.1%	177	224	-43	-19.2%
Accomodation and Food Services	1,139	6.7%	1,304	1,294	-155	-12.0%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	634	3.8%	727	764	-130	-17.0%
Public Administration	217	1.3%	205	303	-86	-28.4%
Information Not Available	188	1.1%	256	268	-80	-29.9%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Idaho
	Aug 2007	Percent	Jul 2007	Aug 2006	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	8,556		8,479	7,873
Male	4,307	50.3%	4,271	3,501	806	23.0%
Female	4,248	49.6%	4,206	4,372	-124	-2.8%
Information Not Available	1	0.0%	2	0	1	0.0%

Ethnicity	8,556		8,479	7,873
Hispanic or Latino	1,126	13.2%	874	1,259	-133	-10.6%
Not Hispanic or Latino	6,955	81.3%	7,070	5,793	1,162	20.1%
Information Not Available	475	5.6%	535	821	-346	-42.1%

Race	8,556		8,479	7,873
American Indian or Alaskan Native	184	2.2%	184	201	-17	-8.5%
Asian	157	1.8%	175	142	15	10.6%
Black or African American	64	0.7%	68	51	13	25.5%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	35	0.4%	30	19	16	84.2%
White	6,666	77.9%	6,768	5,935	731	12.3%
Information Not Available	1,450	16.9%	1,254	1,525	-75	-4.9%

Years of Age	8,556		8,479	7,873
Younger than 22	244	1.7%	194	214	30	14.0%
22-24	371	2.5%	420	336	35	10.4%
25-34	1,796	12.2%	1,775	1,521	275	18.1%
35-44	1,954	13.3%	1,891	1,914	40	2.1%
45-54	2,370	16.1%	2,368	2,182	188	8.6%
55-59	894	6.1%	900	841	53	6.3%
60-64	532	3.6%	530	520	12	2.3%
65 and older	395	2.7%	401	345	50	14.5%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	8,556		8,479	7,873
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	196	2.2%	250	293	-97	-33.1%
Mining	19	0.2%	18	10	9	90.0%
Utilities	9	0.1%	10	10	-1	-10.0%
Construction	898	10.3%	931	507	391	77.1%
Manufacturing	2,022	23.1%	1,641	1,878	144	7.7%
Wholesale Trade	350	4.0%	288	373	-23	-6.2%
Retail Trade	705	8.1%	708	540	165	30.6%
Transporation and Warehousing	533	6.1%	532	512	21	4.1%
Information	125	1.4%	126	115	10	8.7%
Finance and Insurance	248	2.8%	182	183	65	35.5%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	86	1.0%	79	56	30	53.6%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	316	3.6%	316	247	69	27.9%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	11	0.1%	10	3	8	266.7%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	603	6.9%	646	552	51	9.2%
Educational Services	127	1.5%	149	144	-17	-11.8%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	602	6.9%	683	641	-39	-6.1%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	74	0.8%	79	70	4	5.7%
Accomodation and Food Services	348	4.0%	390	340	8	2.4%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	217	2.5%	264	260	-43	-16.5%
Public Administration	207	2.4%	232	196	11	5.6%
Information Not Available	860	9.8%	945	943	-83	-8.8%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Illinois
	Aug 2007	Percent	Jul 2007	Aug 2006	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	117,536		127,635	118,103
Male	58,663	49.9%	64,689	58,206	457	0.8%
Female	58,873	50.1%	62,946	59,897	-1,024	-1.7%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	117,536		127,635	118,103
Hispanic or Latino	12,796	10.9%	14,221	12,332	464	3.8%
Not Hispanic or Latino	104,740	89.1%	113,414	105,771	-1,031	-1.0%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Race	117,536		127,635	118,103
American Indian or Alaskan Native	393	0.3%	418	348	45	12.9%
Asian	2,710	2.3%	2,977	2,627	83	3.2%
Black or African American	33,991	28.9%	35,572	34,068	-77	-0.2%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
White	79,512	67.6%	87,690	80,413	-901	-1.1%
Information Not Available	930	0.8%	978	646	284	44.0%

Years of Age	117,536		127,635	118,103
Younger than 22	2,833	1.5%	2,876	2,865	-32	-1.1%
22-24	5,976	3.1%	6,308	5,985	-9	-0.2%
25-34	27,815	14.6%	29,842	27,630	185	0.7%
35-44	29,897	15.7%	32,633	31,224	-1,327	-4.2%
45-54	30,444	16.0%	33,518	30,763	-319	-1.0%
55-59	10,591	5.6%	11,630	10,192	399	3.9%
60-64	6,488	3.4%	7,084	5,980	508	8.5%
65 and older	3,492	1.8%	3,744	3,464	28	0.8%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	117,536		127,635	118,103
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	286	0.2%	308	327	-41	-12.5%
Mining	483	0.4%	456	295	188	63.7%
Utilities	139	0.1%	154	208	-69	-33.2%
Construction	12,319	10.5%	13,753	11,275	1,044	9.3%
Manufacturing	16,212	13.8%	20,128	17,840	-1,628	-9.1%
Wholesale Trade	5,603	4.8%	5,907	5,723	-120	-2.1%
Retail Trade	11,439	9.7%	12,168	11,722	-283	-2.4%
Transporation and Warehousing	8,497	7.2%	8,240	9,279	-782	-8.4%
Information	2,424	2.1%	2,565	2,701	-277	-10.3%
Finance and Insurance	7,128	6.0%	7,032	5,882	1,246	21.2%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	1,878	1.6%	1,911	1,757	121	6.9%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	6,893	5.9%	7,305	6,417	476	7.4%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	358	0.3%	376	338	20	5.9%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	13,326	11.3%	14,574	13,104	222	1.7%
Educational Services	3,682	3.1%	3,840	3,817	-135	-3.5%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	9,212	7.8%	9,682	9,316	-104	-1.1%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	1,258	1.1%	1,470	1,347	-89	-6.6%
Accomodation and Food Services	7,704	6.5%	8,545	8,304	-600	-7.2%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	3,342	2.8%	3,618	3,663	-321	-8.8%
Public Administration	3,021	2.6%	3,015	2,526	495	19.6%
Information Not Available	2,332	2.0%	2,588	2,262	70	3.1%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Indiana
	Aug 2007	Percent	Jul 2007	Aug 2006	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	45,760		52,758	47,919
Male	23,323	51.0%	26,810	24,425	-1,102	-4.5%
Female	22,376	48.9%	25,876	23,441	-1,065	-4.5%
Information Not Available	61	0.1%	72	53	8	15.1%

Ethnicity	45,760		52,758	47,919
Hispanic or Latino	1,787	3.9%	2,150	1,956	-169	-8.6%
Not Hispanic or Latino	34,805	76.1%	41,107	43,216	-8,411	-19.5%
Information Not Available	9,168	20.0%	9,501	2,747	6,421	233.7%

Race	45,760		52,758	47,919
American Indian or Alaskan Native	245	0.5%	279	167	78	46.7%
Asian	289	0.6%	347	255	34	13.3%
Black or African American	8,090	17.7%	8,953	8,096	-6	-0.1%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	39	0.1%	44	34	5	14.7%
White	34,988	76.5%	40,679	36,845	-1,857	-5.0%
Information Not Available	2,109	4.6%	2,456	2,522	-413	-16.4%

Years of Age	45,760		52,758	47,919
Younger than 22	1,113	1.4%	1,266	1,221	-108	-8.8%
22-24	2,447	3.1%	2,829	2,655	-208	-7.8%
25-34	11,083	14.1%	12,727	11,750	-667	-5.7%
35-44	11,825	15.1%	13,687	12,729	-904	-7.1%
45-54	11,668	14.9%	13,483	11,854	-186	-1.6%
55-59	3,867	4.9%	4,445	3,921	-54	-1.4%
60-64	2,379	3.0%	2,696	2,282	97	4.3%
65 and older	1,378	1.8%	1,625	1,507	-129	-8.6%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	45,760		52,758	47,919
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	86	0.2%	125	118	-32	-27.1%
Mining	85	0.2%	98	63	22	34.9%
Utilities	193	0.4%	52	44	149	338.6%
Construction	4,168	9.1%	4,257	4,183	-15	-0.4%
Manufacturing	10,365	22.6%	14,469	12,617	-2,252	-17.8%
Wholesale Trade	1,857	4.1%	1,855	1,739	118	6.8%
Retail Trade	3,996	8.7%	4,251	4,223	-227	-5.4%
Transporation and Warehousing	1,859	4.1%	2,459	2,034	-175	-8.6%
Information	494	1.1%	441	499	-5	-1.0%
Finance and Insurance	1,596	3.5%	1,432	1,359	237	17.4%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	654	1.4%	654	625	29	4.6%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	1,600	3.5%	1,406	1,668	-68	-4.1%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	130	0.3%	138	133	-3	-2.3%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	4,189	9.1%	4,576	4,455	-266	-6.0%
Educational Services	1,096	2.4%	1,299	1,318	-222	-16.8%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	4,331	9.4%	4,636	4,154	177	4.3%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	494	1.1%	509	634	-140	-22.1%
Accomodation and Food Services	2,585	5.6%	3,114	2,743	-158	-5.8%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	1,119	2.4%	1,169	1,045	74	7.1%
Public Administration	400	0.9%	394	473	-73	-15.4%
Information Not Available	4,463	9.7%	5,424	3,792	671	17.7%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Kansas
	Aug 2007	Percent	Jul 2007	Aug 2006	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	15,776		17,046	16,872
Male	7,851	49.8%	8,517	8,495	-644	-7.6%
Female	7,925	50.2%	8,529	8,377	-452	-5.4%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	15,776		17,046	16,872
Hispanic or Latino	792	5.0%	823	924	-132	-14.3%
Not Hispanic or Latino	8,600	54.5%	9,046	9,622	-1,022	-10.6%
Information Not Available	6,384	40.5%	7,177	6,326	58	0.9%

Race	15,776		17,046	16,872
American Indian or Alaskan Native	245	1.6%	241	261	-16	-6.1%
Asian	179	1.1%	199	142	37	26.1%
Black or African American	2,641	16.7%	2,870	2,762	-121	-4.4%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	23	0.1%	34	21	2	9.5%
White	11,644	73.8%	12,511	12,502	-858	-6.9%
Information Not Available	1,044	6.6%	1,191	1,184	-140	-11.8%

Years of Age	15,776		17,046	16,872
Younger than 22	444	1.7%	424	487	-43	-8.8%
22-24	840	3.2%	904	1,003	-163	-16.3%
25-34	3,760	14.2%	4,145	4,014	-254	-6.3%
35-44	3,912	14.7%	4,231	4,158	-246	-5.9%
45-54	4,096	15.4%	4,430	4,458	-362	-8.1%
55-59	1,366	5.1%	1,463	1,418	-52	-3.7%
60-64	865	3.3%	875	826	39	4.7%
65 and older	493	1.9%	574	508	-15	-3.0%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	15,776		17,046	16,872
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	113	0.7%	129	257	-144	-56.0%
Mining	111	0.7%	110	86	25	29.1%
Utilities	29	0.2%	43	15	14	93.3%
Construction	1,637	10.3%	1,546	1,616	21	1.3%
Manufacturing	2,162	13.6%	2,765	2,113	49	2.3%
Wholesale Trade	763	4.8%	842	1,319	-556	-42.2%
Retail Trade	1,334	8.4%	1,406	1,375	-41	-3.0%
Transporation and Warehousing	430	2.7%	522	517	-87	-16.8%
Information	1,001	6.3%	967	665	336	50.5%
Finance and Insurance	619	3.9%	583	559	60	10.7%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	296	1.9%	330	294	2	0.7%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	797	5.0%	854	944	-147	-15.6%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	52	0.3%	47	41	11	26.8%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	1,496	9.4%	1,632	1,597	-101	-6.3%
Educational Services	385	2.4%	417	498	-113	-22.7%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	1,583	10.0%	1,763	1,833	-250	-13.6%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	112	0.7%	103	96	16	16.7%
Accomodation and Food Services	739	4.7%	794	813	-74	-9.1%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	500	3.1%	580	451	49	10.9%
Public Administration	437	2.8%	443	404	33	8.2%
Information Not Available	1,180	7.4%	1,170	1,379	-199	-14.4%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Kentucky
	Aug 2007	Percent	Jul 2007	Aug 2006	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	27,337		35,297	27,524
Male	16,296	59.6%	20,632	15,974	322	2.0%
Female	11,041	40.4%	14,665	11,550	-509	-4.4%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	27,337		35,297	27,524
Hispanic or Latino	47	0.2%	66	65	-18	-27.7%
Not Hispanic or Latino	27,290	99.8%	35,231	27,459	-169	-0.6%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Race	27,337		35,297	27,524
American Indian or Alaskan Native	121	0.4%	173	131	-10	-7.6%
Asian	82	0.3%	71	70	12	17.1%
Black or African American	3,460	12.7%	4,571	3,555	-95	-2.7%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0	0.0%	9	0	0	0.0%
White	23,275	85.1%	30,216	23,476	-201	-0.9%
Information Not Available	399	1.5%	257	292	107	36.6%

Years of Age	27,337		35,297	27,524
Younger than 22	688	1.4%	917	702	-14	-2.0%
22-24	1,368	2.8%	1,756	1,405	-37	-2.6%
25-34	6,420	13.0%	8,693	6,233	187	3.0%
35-44	7,917	16.0%	9,478	7,773	144	1.9%
45-54	6,827	13.8%	8,791	7,158	-331	-4.6%
55-59	2,123	4.3%	2,784	2,260	-137	-6.1%
60-64	1,267	2.6%	1,818	1,248	19	1.5%
65 and older	727	1.5%	1,060	745	-18	-2.4%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	27,337		35,297	27,524
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	82	0.3%	18	0	82	0.0%
Mining	590	2.2%	780	502	88	17.5%
Utilities	47	0.2%	35	52	-5	-9.6%
Construction	2,369	8.6%	2,749	2,988	-619	-20.7%
Manufacturing	9,079	33.1%	10,094	5,967	3,112	52.2%
Wholesale Trade	915	3.3%	1,135	942	-27	-2.9%
Retail Trade	1,888	6.9%	2,261	1,858	30	1.6%
Transporation and Warehousing	888	3.2%	1,326	916	-28	-3.1%
Information	418	1.5%	332	484	-66	-13.6%
Finance and Insurance	719	2.6%	727	707	12	1.7%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	227	0.8%	315	183	44	24.0%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	962	3.5%	966	1,047	-85	-8.1%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	31	0.1%	58	52	-21	-40.4%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	2,017	7.4%	2,474	1,893	124	6.6%
Educational Services	919	3.4%	1,006	960	-41	-4.3%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	1,830	6.7%	1,964	1,492	338	22.7%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	282	1.0%	177	288	-6	-2.1%
Accomodation and Food Services	1,110	4.0%	984	1,378	-268	-19.4%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	516	1.9%	567	576	-60	-10.4%
Public Administration	422	1.5%	536	366	56	15.3%
Information Not Available	2,026	7.4%	6,793	4,873	-2,847	-58.4%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Louisiana
	Aug 2007	Percent	Jul 2007	Aug 2006	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	20,557		22,589	19,312
Male	9,215	44.8%	9,950	8,379	836	10.0%
Female	11,342	55.2%	12,639	10,933	409	3.7%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	20,557		22,589	19,312
Hispanic or Latino	402	2.0%	409	425	-23	-5.4%
Not Hispanic or Latino	19,965	97.1%	22,120	18,428	1,537	8.3%
Information Not Available	190	0.9%	60	459	-269	-58.6%

Race	20,557		22,589	19,312
American Indian or Alaskan Native	108	0.5%	125	119	-11	-9.2%
Asian	103	0.5%	134	99	4	4.0%
Black or African American	11,299	55.0%	12,519	10,697	602	5.6%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	24	0.1%	19	22	2	9.1%
White	8,844	43.0%	9,742	8,296	548	6.6%
Information Not Available	179	0.9%	50	79	100	126.6%

Years of Age	20,557		22,589	19,312
Younger than 22	603	2.1%	652	544	59	10.8%
22-24	1,408	4.9%	1,449	1,176	232	19.7%
25-34	5,370	18.9%	5,828	4,891	479	9.8%
35-44	5,070	17.8%	5,532	5,060	10	0.2%
45-54	5,060	17.8%	5,547	4,677	383	8.2%
55-59	1,567	5.5%	1,805	1,569	-2	-0.1%
60-64	914	3.2%	1,070	836	78	9.3%
65 and older	565	2.0%	705	559	6	1.1%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	1	0	0	0.0%

Industry	20,557		22,589	19,312
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	140	0.7%	165	126	14	11.1%
Mining	235	1.1%	278	186	49	26.3%
Utilities	71	0.3%	125	41	30	73.2%
Construction	2,784	13.5%	2,891	1,998	786	39.3%
Manufacturing	1,609	7.8%	2,027	932	677	72.6%
Wholesale Trade	401	1.9%	409	439	-38	-8.7%
Retail Trade	1,522	7.4%	1,509	1,212	310	25.6%
Transporation and Warehousing	590	2.9%	686	397	193	48.6%
Information	337	1.6%	385	514	-177	-34.4%
Finance and Insurance	508	2.5%	461	375	133	35.5%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	250	1.2%	240	226	24	10.6%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	953	4.6%	1,015	657	296	45.1%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	239	1.2%	198	24	215	895.8%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	1,200	5.8%	1,246	1,174	26	2.2%
Educational Services	519	2.5%	897	623	-104	-16.7%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	2,474	12.0%	2,769	1,705	769	45.1%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	349	1.7%	362	365	-16	-4.4%
Accomodation and Food Services	1,322	6.4%	1,211	904	418	46.2%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	953	4.6%	1,153	709	244	34.4%
Public Administration	346	1.7%	485	377	-31	-8.2%
Information Not Available	3,755	18.1%	4,077	6,328	-2,573	-40.7%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Massachusetts
	Aug 2007	Percent	Jul 2007	Aug 2006	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	79,634		81,746	77,442
Male	42,198	53.0%	44,075	40,434	1,764	4.4%
Female	37,436	47.0%	37,671	37,008	428	1.2%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	79,634		81,746	77,442
Hispanic or Latino	7,724	9.7%	7,823	7,396	328	4.4%
Not Hispanic or Latino	70,337	88.3%	72,310	68,484	1,853	2.7%
Information Not Available	1,573	2.0%	1,613	1,562	11	0.7%

Race	79,634		81,746	77,442
American Indian or Alaskan Native	218	0.3%	240	192	26	13.5%
Asian	2,047	2.6%	2,122	2,076	-29	-1.4%
Black or African American	7,491	9.4%	7,460	7,146	345	4.8%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	37	0.0%	43	32	5	15.6%
White	63,081	79.2%	64,864	61,731	1,350	2.2%
Information Not Available	6,760	8.5%	7,017	6,265	495	7.9%

Years of Age	79,634		81,746	77,442
Younger than 22	2,037	1.5%	2,054	2,036	1	0.0%
22-24	3,685	2.7%	3,696	3,632	53	1.5%
25-34	16,125	11.7%	16,440	15,647	478	3.1%
35-44	20,355	14.8%	20,903	20,495	-140	-0.7%
45-54	20,986	15.3%	21,713	20,285	701	3.5%
55-59	7,655	5.6%	7,961	7,504	151	2.0%
60-64	5,385	3.9%	5,548	4,758	627	13.2%
65 and older	3,406	2.5%	3,431	3,085	321	10.4%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	79,634		81,746	77,442
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	412	0.5%	365	407	5	1.2%
Mining	79	0.1%	78	68	11	16.2%
Utilities	64	0.1%	58	53	11	20.8%
Construction	7,492	9.4%	8,467	7,790	-298	-3.8%
Manufacturing	8,280	10.3%	8,889	7,790	490	6.3%
Wholesale Trade	3,799	4.7%	3,803	3,473	326	9.4%
Retail Trade	6,840	8.5%	7,105	7,764	-924	-11.9%
Transporation and Warehousing	6,713	8.4%	6,505	6,358	355	5.6%
Information	1,777	2.2%	1,792	1,728	49	2.8%
Finance and Insurance	3,329	4.2%	3,141	2,812	517	18.4%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	1,164	1.5%	1,216	1,141	23	2.0%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	5,582	7.0%	5,623	5,367	215	4.0%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	160	0.2%	167	92	68	73.9%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	6,312	7.9%	6,498	5,797	515	8.9%
Educational Services	1,618	2.0%	1,629	1,598	20	1.3%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	6,800	8.5%	6,565	6,918	-118	-1.7%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	763	1.0%	805	718	45	6.3%
Accomodation and Food Services	5,809	7.3%	5,656	5,067	742	14.6%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	3,239	4.0%	3,168	3,234	5	0.2%
Public Administration	2,953	3.7%	3,215	3,187	-234	-7.3%
Information Not Available	6,449	8.1%	7,001	6,080	369	6.1%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Maryland
	Aug 2007	Percent	Jul 2007	Aug 2006	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	35,519		36,072	34,411
Male	16,338	46.0%	16,831	15,732	606	3.9%
Female	19,181	54.0%	19,241	18,679	502	2.7%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	35,519		36,072	34,411
Hispanic or Latino	1,112	3.1%	1,142	954	158	16.6%
Not Hispanic or Latino	33,787	95.1%	34,893	32,789	998	3.0%
Information Not Available	620	1.7%	37	668	-48	-7.2%

Race	35,519		36,072	34,411
American Indian or Alaskan Native	91	0.3%	101	86	5	5.8%
Asian	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
Black or African American	17,093	48.1%	17,272	16,599	494	3.0%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	78	0.2%	93	52	26	50.0%
White	16,525	46.5%	16,802	16,052	473	2.9%
Information Not Available	1,732	4.9%	1,804	1,622	110	6.8%

Years of Age	35,519		36,072	34,411
Younger than 22	997	2.0%	975	980	17	1.7%
22-24	1,902	3.8%	2,021	1,859	43	2.3%
25-34	7,861	15.7%	7,911	7,356	505	6.9%
35-44	8,843	17.7%	8,959	8,750	93	1.1%
45-54	8,935	17.9%	9,120	8,750	185	2.1%
55-59	3,139	6.3%	3,201	3,024	115	3.8%
60-64	2,030	4.1%	2,080	1,983	47	2.4%
65 and older	1,805	3.6%	1,798	1,668	137	8.2%
Information Not Available	7	0.0%	7	41	-34	-82.9%

Industry	35,519		36,072	34,411
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	46	0.1%	50	40	6	15.0%
Mining	18	0.1%	27	40	-22	-55.0%
Utilities	34	0.1%	35	22	12	54.5%
Construction	3,413	9.6%	3,603	3,047	366	12.0%
Manufacturing	822	2.3%	827	520	302	58.1%
Wholesale Trade	1,247	3.5%	1,308	1,378	-131	-9.5%
Retail Trade	1,316	3.7%	1,279	1,337	-21	-1.6%
Transporation and Warehousing	2,801	7.9%	2,459	2,362	439	18.6%
Information	660	1.9%	700	696	-36	-5.2%
Finance and Insurance	1,571	4.4%	1,336	1,377	194	14.1%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	766	2.2%	833	673	93	13.8%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	2,734	7.7%	2,800	3,074	-340	-11.1%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	17	0.0%	28	34	-17	-50.0%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	4,468	12.6%	4,554	4,394	74	1.7%
Educational Services	1,195	3.4%	1,274	1,188	7	0.6%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	3,416	9.6%	3,488	3,150	266	8.4%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	1,061	3.0%	490	447	614	137.4%
Accomodation and Food Services	2,462	6.9%	2,518	2,374	88	3.7%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	1,160	3.3%	1,162	1,267	-107	-8.4%
Public Administration	559	1.6%	598	493	66	13.4%
Information Not Available	5,753	16.2%	6,703	6,498	-745	-11.5%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Maine
	Aug 2007	Percent	Jul 2007	Aug 2006	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	6,409		7,213	6,952
Male	3,079	48.0%	3,547	3,440	-361	-10.5%
Female	3,330	52.0%	3,666	3,512	-182	-5.2%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	6,409		7,213	6,952
Hispanic or Latino	54	0.8%	55	39	15	38.5%
Not Hispanic or Latino	5,414	84.5%	6,094	5,954	-540	-9.1%
Information Not Available	941	14.7%	1,064	959	-18	-1.9%

Race	6,409		7,213	6,952
American Indian or Alaskan Native	61	1.0%	59	78	-17	-21.8%
Asian	35	0.5%	47	51	-16	-31.4%
Black or African American	65	1.0%	77	61	4	6.6%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
White	5,539	86.4%	6,245	6,136	-597	-9.7%
Information Not Available	709	11.1%	785	626	83	13.3%

Years of Age	6,409		7,213	6,952
Younger than 22	248	2.1%	248	305	-57	-18.7%
22-24	374	3.2%	384	398	-24	-6.0%
25-34	1,238	10.7%	1,390	1,356	-118	-8.7%
35-44	1,625	14.0%	1,824	1,718	-93	-5.4%
45-54	1,726	14.9%	2,006	1,940	-214	-11.0%
55-59	661	5.7%	745	704	-43	-6.1%
60-64	373	3.2%	427	352	21	6.0%
65 and older	164	1.4%	189	179	-15	-8.4%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	6,409		7,213	6,952
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	77	1.2%	139	126	-49	-38.9%
Mining	0	0.0%	1	1	-1	-100.0%
Utilities	8	0.1%	6	10	-2	-20.0%
Construction	334	5.1%	547	574	-240	-41.8%
Manufacturing	434	6.7%	629	834	-400	-48.0%
Wholesale Trade	140	2.2%	185	206	-66	-32.0%
Retail Trade	451	7.0%	672	762	-311	-40.8%
Transporation and Warehousing	179	2.8%	249	241	-62	-25.7%
Information	70	1.1%	97	83	-13	-15.7%
Finance and Insurance	88	1.4%	125	193	-105	-54.4%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	24	0.4%	40	71	-47	-66.2%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	141	2.2%	203	201	-60	-29.9%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	5	0.1%	8	7	-2	-28.6%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	225	3.5%	347	322	-97	-30.1%
Educational Services	140	2.2%	185	171	-31	-18.1%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	489	7.5%	659	629	-140	-22.3%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	51	0.8%	81	73	-22	-30.1%
Accomodation and Food Services	226	3.5%	342	384	-158	-41.1%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	175	2.7%	205	258	-83	-32.2%
Public Administration	52	0.8%	70	149	-97	-65.1%
Information Not Available	3,100	47.8%	2,423	1,657	1,443	87.1%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Michigan
	Aug 2007	Percent	Jul 2007	Aug 2006	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	106,711		170,648	127,072
Male	55,245	51.8%	94,784	69,849	-14,604	-20.9%
Female	51,458	48.2%	75,848	57,215	-5,757	-10.1%
Information Not Available	8	0.0%	16	8	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	106,711		170,648	127,072
Hispanic or Latino	2,838	2.7%	5,137	3,479	-641	-18.4%
Not Hispanic or Latino	77,392	72.5%	118,854	94,860	-17,468	-18.4%
Information Not Available	26,481	24.8%	46,657	28,733	-2,252	-7.8%

Race	106,711		170,648	127,072
American Indian or Alaskan Native	1,082	1.0%	1,567	1,296	-214	-16.5%
Asian	823	0.8%	2,336	1,198	-375	-31.3%
Black or African American	15,762	14.8%	23,137	21,205	-5,443	-25.7%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	61	0.1%	92	73	-12	-16.4%
White	59,274	55.5%	90,736	71,411	-12,137	-17.0%
Information Not Available	29,709	27.8%	52,780	31,889	-2,180	-6.8%

Years of Age	106,711		170,648	127,072
Younger than 22	3,214	2.0%	5,386	3,857	-643	-16.7%
22-24	6,123	3.8%	9,802	6,857	-734	-10.7%
25-34	25,274	15.7%	40,734	30,181	-4,907	-16.3%
35-44	27,687	17.2%	46,032	34,087	-6,400	-18.8%
45-54	27,887	17.3%	44,337	33,042	-5,155	-15.6%
55-59	9,045	5.6%	13,946	10,956	-1,911	-17.4%
60-64	4,876	3.0%	6,946	5,240	-364	-6.9%
65 and older	2,603	1.6%	3,455	2,848	-245	-8.6%
Information Not Available	2	0.0%	10	4	-2	-50.0%

Industry	106,711		170,648	127,072
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	426	0.4%	602	454	-28	-6.2%
Mining	123	0.1%	193	132	-9	-6.8%
Utilities	82	0.1%	64	90	-8	-8.9%
Construction	9,418	8.8%	10,905	11,819	-2,401	-20.3%
Manufacturing	20,119	18.8%	54,468	32,093	-11,974	-37.3%
Wholesale Trade	3,837	3.6%	5,608	4,586	-749	-16.3%
Retail Trade	11,221	10.5%	10,285	9,943	1,278	12.9%
Transporation and Warehousing	2,922	2.7%	7,487	3,227	-305	-9.5%
Information	1,236	1.2%	1,271	1,355	-119	-8.8%
Finance and Insurance	3,254	3.0%	3,313	3,199	55	1.7%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	1,463	1.4%	3,382	1,615	-152	-9.4%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	5,919	5.5%	11,080	7,322	-1,403	-19.2%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	733	0.7%	1,669	1,250	-517	-41.4%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	11,749	11.0%	18,282	13,388	-1,639	-12.2%
Educational Services	4,213	3.9%	4,689	5,058	-845	-16.7%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	9,818	9.2%	10,302	9,822	-4	0.0%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	1,553	1.4%	1,627	1,630	-77	-4.7%
Accomodation and Food Services	5,745	5.4%	6,494	6,259	-514	-8.2%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	2,758	2.6%	2,913	2,891	-133	-4.6%
Public Administration	1,108	1.0%	1,149	1,418	-310	-21.9%
Information Not Available	9,014	8.4%	14,865	9,521	-507	-5.3%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Minnesota
	Aug 2007	Percent	Jul 2007	Aug 2006	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	35,602		41,717	32,729
Male	19,399	54.5%	23,765	16,986	2,413	14.2%
Female	16,202	45.5%	17,952	15,703	499	3.2%
Information Not Available	1	0.0%	0	40	-39	-97.5%

Ethnicity	35,602		41,717	32,729
Hispanic or Latino	1,089	3.1%	1,258	982	107	10.9%
Not Hispanic or Latino	31,708	89.1%	37,167	29,166	2,542	8.7%
Information Not Available	2,805	7.9%	3,292	2,581	224	8.7%

Race	35,602		41,717	32,729
American Indian or Alaskan Native	567	1.6%	591	579	-12	-2.1%
Asian	861	2.4%	923	746	115	15.4%
Black or African American	3,265	9.2%	3,622	3,095	170	5.5%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	178	0.5%	206	187	-9	-4.8%
White	28,951	81.3%	34,276	26,492	2,459	9.3%
Information Not Available	1,780	5.0%	2,099	1,630	150	9.2%

Years of Age	35,602		41,717	32,729
Younger than 22	1,153	1.8%	1,285	1,019	134	13.2%
22-24	2,045	3.3%	2,487	1,924	121	6.3%
25-34	8,373	13.3%	9,373	7,207	1,166	16.2%
35-44	8,760	14.0%	10,361	8,400	360	4.3%
45-54	9,279	14.8%	11,382	8,727	552	6.3%
55-59	3,241	5.2%	3,753	2,903	338	11.6%
60-64	1,803	2.9%	2,106	1,640	163	9.9%
65 and older	571	0.9%	580	532	39	7.3%
Information Not Available	377	0.6%	390	377	0	0.0%

Industry	35,602		41,717	32,729
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	254	0.7%	320	234	20	8.5%
Mining	38	0.1%	66	41	-3	-7.3%
Utilities	157	0.4%	282	116	41	35.3%
Construction	4,857	13.5%	6,283	4,051	806	19.9%
Manufacturing	5,286	14.7%	7,220	4,726	560	11.8%
Wholesale Trade	2,013	5.6%	2,301	1,869	144	7.7%
Retail Trade	3,124	8.7%	3,035	2,763	361	13.1%
Transporation and Warehousing	1,167	3.3%	2,169	1,253	-86	-6.9%
Information	822	2.3%	789	707	115	16.3%
Finance and Insurance	1,746	4.9%	1,600	1,286	460	35.8%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	602	1.7%	676	635	-33	-5.2%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	1,953	5.4%	2,315	1,862	91	4.9%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	638	1.8%	615	668	-30	-4.5%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	3,012	8.4%	3,102	2,789	223	8.0%
Educational Services	1,650	4.6%	1,661	1,786	-136	-7.6%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	3,222	9.0%	3,526	2,648	574	21.7%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	435	1.2%	510	415	20	4.8%
Accomodation and Food Services	2,227	6.2%	2,368	2,105	122	5.8%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	1,670	4.7%	1,993	1,942	-272	-14.0%
Public Administration	530	1.5%	638	597	-67	-11.2%
Information Not Available	199	0.6%	248	236	-37	-15.7%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Missouri
	Aug 2007	Percent	Jul 2007	Aug 2006	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	45,007		52,293	48,664
Male	21,184	47.1%	24,656	22,060	-876	-4.0%
Female	23,815	52.9%	27,629	26,596	-2,781	-10.5%
Information Not Available	8	0.0%	8	8	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	45,007		52,293	48,664
Hispanic or Latino	462	1.0%	548	485	-23	-4.7%
Not Hispanic or Latino	14,883	33.1%	16,528	15,185	-302	-2.0%
Information Not Available	29,662	65.9%	35,217	32,994	-3,332	-10.1%

Race	45,007		52,293	48,664
American Indian or Alaskan Native	344	0.8%	388	357	-13	-3.6%
Asian	292	0.6%	335	369	-77	-20.9%
Black or African American	11,983	26.6%	13,041	13,290	-1,307	-9.8%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	368	0.8%	418	341	27	7.9%
White	30,080	66.8%	35,390	32,057	-1,977	-6.2%
Information Not Available	1,940	4.3%	2,721	2,250	-310	-13.8%

Years of Age	45,007		52,293	48,664
Younger than 22	1,197	1.7%	1,297	1,154	43	3.7%
22-24	2,259	3.1%	2,524	2,568	-309	-12.0%
25-34	9,949	13.7%	11,484	10,583	-634	-6.0%
35-44	11,463	15.8%	13,426	12,612	-1,149	-9.1%
45-54	11,849	16.3%	13,961	12,857	-1,008	-7.8%
55-59	3,871	5.3%	4,534	4,185	-314	-7.5%
60-64	2,551	3.5%	2,940	2,641	-90	-3.4%
65 and older	1,844	2.5%	2,102	2,064	-220	-10.7%
Information Not Available	24	0.0%	25	0	24	0.0%

Industry	45,007		52,293	48,664
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	204	0.5%	206	208	-4	-1.9%
Mining	56	0.1%	76	101	-45	-44.6%
Utilities	62	0.1%	73	72	-10	-13.9%
Construction	3,844	8.5%	3,935	3,835	9	0.2%
Manufacturing	8,353	18.5%	12,058	9,711	-1,358	-14.0%
Wholesale Trade	1,623	3.6%	1,748	1,664	-41	-2.5%
Retail Trade	4,464	9.9%	4,992	5,261	-797	-15.1%
Transporation and Warehousing	3,447	7.6%	3,811	4,076	-629	-15.4%
Information	900	2.0%	948	1,224	-324	-26.5%
Finance and Insurance	1,710	3.8%	1,673	1,440	270	18.8%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	830	1.8%	937	995	-165	-16.6%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	1,698	3.8%	1,830	1,590	108	6.8%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	108	0.2%	101	127	-19	-15.0%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	4,005	8.9%	4,268	3,519	486	13.8%
Educational Services	1,290	2.9%	1,366	1,243	47	3.8%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	4,102	9.1%	4,641	5,064	-962	-19.0%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	695	1.5%	686	699	-4	-0.6%
Accomodation and Food Services	3,837	8.5%	4,915	4,517	-680	-15.1%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	1,547	3.4%	1,733	1,551	-4	-0.3%
Public Administration	410	0.9%	453	498	-88	-17.7%
Information Not Available	1,822	4.0%	1,843	1,269	553	43.6%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Mississippi
	Aug 2007	Percent	Jul 2007	Aug 2006	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	19,973		24,249	19,595
Male	8,694	43.5%	9,483	7,428	1,266	17.0%
Female	11,279	56.5%	14,766	12,165	-886	-7.3%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	2	-2	-100.0%

Ethnicity	19,973		24,249	19,595
Hispanic or Latino	264	1.3%	271	261	3	1.1%
Not Hispanic or Latino	18,930	94.8%	23,284	18,653	277	1.5%
Information Not Available	779	3.9%	694	681	98	14.4%

Race	19,973		24,249	19,595
American Indian or Alaskan Native	39	0.2%	28	53	-14	-26.4%
Asian	71	0.4%	50	45	26	57.8%
Black or African American	12,516	62.7%	16,045	12,427	89	0.7%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	4	0.0%	5	4	0	0.0%
White	6,710	33.6%	7,502	6,440	270	4.2%
Information Not Available	633	3.2%	619	626	7	1.1%

Years of Age	19,973		24,249	19,595
Younger than 22	669	2.6%	658	590	79	13.4%
22-24	1,289	5.0%	1,403	1,273	16	1.3%
25-34	5,090	19.7%	5,928	4,718	372	7.9%
35-44	5,069	19.6%	6,171	4,931	138	2.8%
45-54	4,791	18.6%	5,971	4,794	-3	-0.1%
55-59	1,532	5.9%	2,006	1,558	-26	-1.7%
60-64	868	3.4%	1,151	917	-49	-5.3%
65 and older	665	2.6%	961	814	-149	-18.3%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	19,973		24,249	19,595
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	261	1.3%	308	298	-37	-12.4%
Mining	77	0.4%	64	37	40	108.1%
Utilities	21	0.1%	25	30	-9	-30.0%
Construction	1,237	6.1%	1,191	797	440	55.2%
Manufacturing	5,422	26.8%	6,387	4,818	604	12.5%
Wholesale Trade	426	2.1%	554	363	63	17.4%
Retail Trade	1,928	9.5%	2,034	1,663	265	15.9%
Transporation and Warehousing	620	3.1%	778	495	125	25.3%
Information	145	0.7%	143	252	-107	-42.5%
Finance and Insurance	263	1.3%	287	265	-2	-0.8%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	170	0.8%	177	175	-5	-2.9%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	566	2.8%	587	466	100	21.5%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	124	0.6%	173	12	112	933.3%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	1,598	7.9%	1,621	1,252	346	27.6%
Educational Services	441	2.2%	514	533	-92	-17.3%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	2,750	13.6%	5,222	3,863	-1,113	-28.8%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	109	0.5%	98	154	-45	-29.2%
Accomodation and Food Services	1,513	7.5%	1,759	1,663	-150	-9.0%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	326	1.6%	331	342	-16	-4.7%
Public Administration	310	1.5%	319	394	-84	-21.3%
Information Not Available	1,666	8.2%	1,677	1,723	-57	-3.3%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Montana
	Aug 2007	Percent	Jul 2007	Aug 2006	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	2,952		3,363	2,853
Male	1,378	46.7%	1,541	1,149	229	19.9%
Female	1,560	52.8%	1,808	1,693	-133	-7.9%
Information Not Available	14	0.5%	14	11	3	27.3%

Ethnicity	2,952		3,363	2,853
Hispanic or Latino	65	2.2%	85	73	-8	-11.0%
Not Hispanic or Latino	2,708	91.7%	3,048	2,572	136	5.3%
Information Not Available	179	6.1%	230	208	-29	-13.9%

Race	2,952		3,363	2,853
American Indian or Alaskan Native	415	14.1%	495	490	-75	-15.3%
Asian	12	0.4%	13	12	0	0.0%
Black or African American	19	0.6%	17	13	6	46.2%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	8	0.3%	6	6	2	33.3%
White	2,485	84.2%	2,808	2,319	166	7.2%
Information Not Available	13	0.4%	24	13	0	0.0%

Years of Age	2,952		3,363	2,853
Younger than 22	69	1.3%	84	76	-7	-9.2%
22-24	124	2.4%	160	132	-8	-6.1%
25-34	546	10.4%	660	551	-5	-0.9%
35-44	670	12.8%	753	689	-19	-2.8%
45-54	890	17.0%	973	796	94	11.8%
55-59	354	6.7%	364	303	51	16.8%
60-64	188	3.6%	224	172	16	9.3%
65 and older	111	2.1%	145	134	-23	-17.2%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	2,952		3,363	2,853
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	68	2.3%	29	32	36	112.5%
Mining	36	1.2%	61	57	-21	-36.8%
Utilities	16	0.5%	30	15	1	6.7%
Construction	327	10.8%	500	264	63	23.9%
Manufacturing	238	7.9%	225	132	106	80.3%
Wholesale Trade	71	2.4%	68	74	-3	-4.1%
Retail Trade	271	9.0%	283	218	53	24.3%
Transporation and Warehousing	142	4.7%	163	130	12	9.2%
Information	59	2.0%	66	41	18	43.9%
Finance and Insurance	64	2.1%	59	65	-1	-1.5%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	34	1.1%	36	29	5	17.2%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	101	3.3%	120	104	-3	-2.9%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	1	0.0%	5	0	1	0.0%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	204	6.8%	201	185	19	10.3%
Educational Services	140	4.6%	165	188	-48	-25.5%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	438	14.5%	501	494	-56	-11.3%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	63	2.1%	73	69	-6	-8.7%
Accomodation and Food Services	313	10.4%	356	310	3	1.0%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	91	3.0%	83	84	7	8.3%
Public Administration	178	5.9%	234	220	-42	-19.1%
Information Not Available	97	3.2%	105	142	-45	-31.7%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants North Carolina
	Aug 2007	Percent	Jul 2007	Aug 2006	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	70,884		75,994	67,948
Male	35,397	49.9%	38,709	32,227	3,170	9.8%
Female	35,484	50.1%	37,283	35,719	-235	-0.7%
Information Not Available	3	0.0%	2	2	1	50.0%

Ethnicity	70,884		75,994	67,948
Hispanic or Latino	2,250	3.2%	2,428	2,104	146	6.9%
Not Hispanic or Latino	67,384	95.1%	72,109	64,786	2,598	4.0%
Information Not Available	1,250	1.8%	1,457	1,058	192	18.1%

Race	70,884		75,994	67,948
American Indian or Alaskan Native	911	1.3%	1,076	901	10	1.1%
Asian	803	1.1%	885	742	61	8.2%
Black or African American	28,346	40.0%	29,569	27,005	1,341	5.0%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	58	0.1%	50	43	15	34.9%
White	37,268	52.6%	40,495	35,899	1,369	3.8%
Information Not Available	3,498	4.9%	3,919	3,358	140	4.2%

Years of Age	70,884		75,994	67,948
Younger than 22	2,269	2.2%	2,323	2,105	164	7.8%
22-24	4,181	4.0%	4,251	3,846	335	8.7%
25-34	17,097	16.4%	17,952	16,056	1,041	6.5%
35-44	18,637	17.8%	20,268	17,976	661	3.7%
45-54	17,075	16.3%	18,661	16,474	601	3.6%
55-59	5,835	5.6%	6,334	5,876	-41	-0.7%
60-64	3,708	3.6%	3,958	3,456	252	7.3%
65 and older	2,082	2.0%	2,247	2,159	-77	-3.6%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	70,884		75,994	67,948
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	300	0.4%	294	275	25	9.1%
Mining	42	0.1%	28	36	6	16.7%
Utilities	65	0.1%	85	71	-6	-8.5%
Construction	5,588	7.9%	5,613	4,647	941	20.2%
Manufacturing	16,931	23.8%	21,282	15,669	1,262	8.1%
Wholesale Trade	2,468	3.5%	2,455	2,231	237	10.6%
Retail Trade	5,330	7.5%	5,345	5,326	4	0.1%
Transporation and Warehousing	1,545	2.2%	1,547	1,481	64	4.3%
Information	964	1.4%	953	926	38	4.1%
Finance and Insurance	2,101	3.0%	1,939	1,894	207	10.9%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	757	1.1%	761	658	99	15.0%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	2,910	4.1%	2,932	2,572	338	13.1%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	218	0.3%	182	229	-11	-4.8%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	7,074	9.9%	7,400	6,937	137	2.0%
Educational Services	1,487	2.1%	1,518	1,718	-231	-13.4%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	5,190	7.3%	5,101	5,200	-10	-0.2%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	499	0.7%	452	429	70	16.3%
Accomodation and Food Services	3,143	4.4%	3,530	3,400	-257	-7.6%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	1,118	1.6%	1,177	1,476	-358	-24.3%
Public Administration	636	0.9%	652	695	-59	-8.5%
Information Not Available	12,518	17.6%	12,748	12,078	440	3.6%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants North Dakota
	Aug 2007	Percent	Jul 2007	Aug 2006	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	1,759		2,307	2,287
Male	934	53.1%	1,156	1,173	-239	-20.4%
Female	821	46.7%	1,146	1,109	-288	-26.0%
Information Not Available	4	0.2%	5	5	-1	-20.0%

Ethnicity	1,759		2,307	2,287
Hispanic or Latino	44	2.5%	57	61	-17	-27.9%
Not Hispanic or Latino	1,685	95.8%	2,212	2,182	-497	-22.8%
Information Not Available	30	1.7%	38	44	-14	-31.8%

Race	1,759		2,307	2,287
American Indian or Alaskan Native	307	17.5%	470	407	-100	-24.6%
Asian	5	0.3%	5	8	-3	-37.5%
Black or African American	23	1.3%	26	32	-9	-28.1%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	3	0.2%	2	10	-7	-70.0%
White	1,347	76.6%	1,709	1,725	-378	-21.9%
Information Not Available	74	4.2%	95	105	-31	-29.5%

Years of Age	1,759		2,307	2,287
Younger than 22	21	0.7%	26	41	-20	-48.8%
22-24	82	2.8%	97	98	-16	-16.3%
25-34	361	12.1%	457	439	-78	-17.8%
35-44	399	13.4%	513	546	-147	-26.9%
45-54	479	16.1%	667	637	-158	-24.8%
55-59	192	6.5%	264	259	-67	-25.9%
60-64	131	4.4%	157	148	-17	-11.5%
65 and older	88	3.0%	120	112	-24	-21.4%
Information Not Available	6	0.2%	6	7	-1	-14.3%

Industry	1,759		2,307	2,287
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	74	4.0%	101	84	-10	-11.9%
Mining	23	1.3%	26	25	-2	-8.0%
Utilities	4	0.2%	7	7	-3	-42.9%
Construction	229	12.5%	312	214	15	7.0%
Manufacturing	249	13.6%	360	458	-209	-45.6%
Wholesale Trade	71	3.9%	72	90	-19	-21.1%
Retail Trade	127	6.9%	126	161	-34	-21.1%
Transporation and Warehousing	81	4.4%	102	95	-14	-14.7%
Information	67	3.7%	72	37	30	81.1%
Finance and Insurance	36	2.0%	36	55	-19	-34.5%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	14	0.8%	14	10	4	40.0%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	56	3.1%	70	56	0	0.0%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	10	0.5%	11	6	4	66.7%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	67	3.7%	80	111	-44	-39.6%
Educational Services	7	0.4%	12	1	6	600.0%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	100	5.5%	117	131	-31	-23.7%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	5	0.3%	7	5	0	0.0%
Accomodation and Food Services	86	4.7%	94	87	-1	-1.1%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	41	2.2%	65	63	-22	-34.9%
Public Administration	270	14.7%	411	337	-67	-19.9%
Information Not Available	142	7.7%	212	254	-112	-44.1%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Nebraska
	Aug 2007	Percent	Jul 2007	Aug 2006	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	7,469		8,599	9,038
Male	3,300	44.2%	3,821	4,122	-822	-19.9%
Female	3,871	51.8%	4,467	4,631	-760	-16.4%
Information Not Available	298	4.0%	311	285	13	4.6%

Ethnicity	7,469		8,599	9,038
Hispanic or Latino	231	3.1%	240	513	-282	-55.0%
Not Hispanic or Latino	5,606	75.1%	6,612	7,232	-1,626	-22.5%
Information Not Available	1,632	21.9%	1,747	1,293	339	26.2%

Race	7,469		8,599	9,038
American Indian or Alaskan Native	79	1.1%	88	167	-88	-52.7%
Asian	60	0.8%	77	95	-35	-36.8%
Black or African American	596	8.0%	623	971	-375	-38.6%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	9	0.1%	14	10	-1	-10.0%
White	3,091	41.4%	3,703	5,598	-2,507	-44.8%
Information Not Available	3,634	48.7%	4,094	2,197	1,437	65.4%

Years of Age	7,469		8,599	9,038
Younger than 22	175	1.7%	192	261	-86	-33.0%
22-24	430	4.2%	496	500	-70	-14.0%
25-34	1,717	16.9%	1,940	2,003	-286	-14.3%
35-44	1,805	17.8%	2,076	2,257	-452	-20.0%
45-54	1,968	19.4%	2,247	2,324	-356	-15.3%
55-59	670	6.6%	776	854	-184	-21.5%
60-64	412	4.1%	516	486	-74	-15.2%
65 and older	292	2.9%	356	353	-61	-17.3%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	7,469		8,599	9,038
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	76	1.0%	57	70	6	8.6%
Mining	11	0.1%	7	13	-2	-15.4%
Utilities	12	0.2%	7	17	-5	-29.4%
Construction	510	6.8%	602	647	-137	-21.2%
Manufacturing	1,193	15.8%	1,504	1,448	-255	-17.6%
Wholesale Trade	280	3.7%	278	319	-39	-12.2%
Retail Trade	786	10.4%	885	991	-205	-20.7%
Transporation and Warehousing	341	4.5%	472	415	-74	-17.8%
Information	211	2.8%	197	226	-15	-6.6%
Finance and Insurance	336	4.5%	346	302	34	11.3%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	97	1.3%	106	124	-27	-21.8%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	345	4.6%	409	368	-23	-6.3%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	29	0.4%	36	22	7	31.8%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	682	9.0%	762	826	-144	-17.4%
Educational Services	173	2.3%	199	241	-68	-28.2%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	852	11.3%	923	948	-96	-10.1%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	105	1.4%	117	101	4	4.0%
Accomodation and Food Services	619	8.2%	728	695	-76	-10.9%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	186	2.5%	235	261	-75	-28.7%
Public Administration	198	2.6%	229	254	-56	-22.0%
Information Not Available	427	5.7%	500	750	-323	-43.1%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants New Hampshire
	Aug 2007	Percent	Jul 2007	Aug 2006	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	6,203		6,584	5,942
Male	2,802	45.2%	3,049	2,664	138	5.2%
Female	3,401	54.8%	3,535	3,278	123	3.8%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	6,203		6,584	5,942
Hispanic or Latino	209	3.4%	227	201	8	4.0%
Not Hispanic or Latino	4,642	74.8%	4,876	4,335	307	7.1%
Information Not Available	1,352	21.8%	1,481	1,406	-54	-3.8%

Race	6,203		6,584	5,942
American Indian or Alaskan Native	26	0.4%	25	22	4	18.2%
Asian	81	1.3%	104	98	-17	-17.3%
Black or African American	103	1.7%	127	108	-5	-4.6%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	7	0.1%	5	3	4	133.3%
White	5,659	91.2%	5,935	5,369	290	5.4%
Information Not Available	327	5.3%	388	342	-15	-4.4%

Years of Age	6,203		6,584	5,942
Younger than 22	112	1.0%	106	79	33	41.8%
22-24	208	1.8%	233	194	14	7.2%
25-34	1,074	9.4%	1,099	1,003	71	7.1%
35-44	1,549	13.6%	1,634	1,493	56	3.8%
45-54	1,813	15.9%	1,954	1,734	79	4.6%
55-59	700	6.1%	735	718	-18	-2.5%
60-64	478	4.2%	502	487	-9	-1.8%
65 and older	269	2.4%	321	234	35	15.0%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	6,203		6,584	5,942
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	17	0.3%	20	10	7	70.0%
Mining	3	0.0%	3	3	0	0.0%
Utilities	6	0.1%	7	10	-4	-40.0%
Construction	369	5.9%	389	328	41	12.5%
Manufacturing	832	13.4%	1,056	1,023	-191	-18.7%
Wholesale Trade	281	4.5%	269	267	14	5.2%
Retail Trade	626	10.1%	633	608	18	3.0%
Transporation and Warehousing	848	13.6%	832	641	207	32.3%
Information	110	1.8%	83	114	-4	-3.5%
Finance and Insurance	269	4.3%	208	207	62	30.0%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	79	1.3%	89	96	-17	-17.7%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	265	4.3%	275	228	37	16.2%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	6	0.1%	9	8	-2	-25.0%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	529	8.5%	569	415	114	27.5%
Educational Services	233	3.7%	267	254	-21	-8.3%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	495	8.0%	540	545	-50	-9.2%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	53	0.9%	44	62	-9	-14.5%
Accomodation and Food Services	322	5.2%	359	290	32	11.0%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	194	3.1%	210	186	8	4.3%
Public Administration	80	1.3%	78	76	4	5.3%
Information Not Available	586	9.4%	644	571	15	2.6%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants New Jersey
	Aug 2007	Percent	Jul 2007	Aug 2006	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	115,959		119,023	112,636
Male	52,365	45.2%	55,068	50,716	1,649	3.3%
Female	63,594	54.8%	63,955	61,920	1,674	2.7%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	115,959		119,023	112,636
Hispanic or Latino	21,781	18.8%	22,451	20,688	1,093	5.3%
Not Hispanic or Latino	84,595	73.0%	86,978	83,099	1,496	1.8%
Information Not Available	9,583	8.3%	9,594	8,849	734	8.3%

Race	115,959		119,023	112,636
American Indian or Alaskan Native	395	0.3%	409	411	-16	-3.9%
Asian	3,212	2.8%	3,460	3,302	-90	-2.7%
Black or African American	26,228	22.6%	26,900	25,830	398	1.5%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	682	0.6%	705	657	25	3.8%
White	68,820	59.3%	68,610	66,529	2,291	3.4%
Information Not Available	16,622	14.3%	18,939	15,907	715	4.5%

Years of Age	115,959		119,023	112,636
Younger than 22	12,578	7.0%	12,809	9,796	2,782	28.4%
22-24	7,979	4.4%	8,128	7,582	397	5.2%
25-34	24,355	13.5%	25,115	23,780	575	2.4%
35-44	28,986	16.1%	29,745	28,749	237	0.8%
45-54	23,534	13.1%	24,314	23,718	-184	-0.8%
55-59	8,242	4.6%	8,558	8,197	45	0.5%
60-64	4,923	2.7%	5,070	5,165	-242	-4.7%
65 and older	5,362	3.0%	5,284	5,649	-287	-5.1%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	115,959		119,023	112,636
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	99	0.1%	93	74	25	33.8%
Mining	39	0.0%	37	45	-6	-13.3%
Utilities	115	0.1%	117	134	-19	-14.2%
Construction	7,616	6.6%	8,821	7,257	359	4.9%
Manufacturing	8,682	7.5%	9,304	8,595	87	1.0%
Wholesale Trade	5,851	5.0%	5,892	5,535	316	5.7%
Retail Trade	11,936	10.3%	12,143	11,269	667	5.9%
Transporation and Warehousing	10,972	9.5%	10,128	9,938	1,034	10.4%
Information	2,358	2.0%	2,494	2,671	-313	-11.7%
Finance and Insurance	5,053	4.4%	4,881	4,028	1,025	25.4%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	1,751	1.5%	1,835	1,454	297	20.4%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	5,909	5.1%	6,066	5,472	437	8.0%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	495	0.4%	561	329	166	50.5%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	11,145	9.6%	11,707	10,223	922	9.0%
Educational Services	5,878	5.1%	6,233	6,693	-815	-12.2%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	10,293	8.9%	10,262	9,872	421	4.3%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	1,158	1.0%	1,190	1,167	-9	-0.8%
Accomodation and Food Services	11,867	10.2%	12,321	11,021	846	7.7%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	2,790	2.4%	2,857	2,644	146	5.5%
Public Administration	4,355	3.8%	4,264	4,285	70	1.6%
Information Not Available	7,597	6.5%	7,817	9,930	-2,333	-23.5%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants New Mexico
	Aug 2007	Percent	Jul 2007	Aug 2006	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	9,748		11,159	10,676
Male	4,857	49.8%	5,450	5,171	-314	-6.1%
Female	4,891	50.2%	5,709	5,504	-613	-11.1%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	1	-1	-100.0%

Ethnicity	9,748		11,159	10,676
Hispanic or Latino	5,192	53.3%	6,097	5,583	-391	-7.0%
Not Hispanic or Latino	4,187	43.0%	4,663	4,765	-578	-12.1%
Information Not Available	369	3.8%	399	328	41	12.5%

Race	9,748		11,159	10,676
American Indian or Alaskan Native	1,146	11.8%	1,215	1,265	-119	-9.4%
Asian	88	0.9%	127	116	-28	-24.1%
Black or African American	304	3.1%	336	376	-72	-19.1%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	22	0.2%	22	31	-9	-29.0%
White	4,764	48.9%	5,396	5,066	-302	-6.0%
Information Not Available	3,424	35.1%	4,063	3,822	-398	-10.4%

Years of Age	9,748		11,159	10,676
Younger than 22	322	2.3%	346	335	-13	-3.9%
22-24	585	4.2%	625	626	-41	-6.5%
25-34	2,122	15.1%	2,355	2,351	-229	-9.7%
35-44	2,439	17.3%	2,811	2,696	-257	-9.5%
45-54	2,242	15.9%	2,667	2,651	-409	-15.4%
55-59	751	5.3%	882	1,010	-259	-25.6%
60-64	439	3.1%	502	558	-119	-21.3%
65 and older	312	2.2%	391	449	-137	-30.5%
Information Not Available	536	3.8%	580	0	536	0.0%

Industry	9,748		11,159	10,676
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	143	1.4%	230	156	-13	-8.3%
Mining	129	1.3%	144	87	42	48.3%
Utilities	30	0.3%	23	24	6	25.0%
Construction	1,592	16.1%	1,780	1,175	417	35.5%
Manufacturing	809	8.2%	877	601	208	34.6%
Wholesale Trade	269	2.7%	281	215	54	25.1%
Retail Trade	862	8.7%	825	864	-2	-0.2%
Transporation and Warehousing	342	3.5%	828	566	-224	-39.6%
Information	315	3.2%	402	249	66	26.5%
Finance and Insurance	269	2.7%	248	330	-61	-18.5%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	167	1.7%	153	156	11	7.1%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	523	5.3%	575	413	110	26.6%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	21	0.2%	32	37	-16	-43.2%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	913	9.2%	1,007	669	244	36.5%
Educational Services	408	4.1%	413	451	-43	-9.5%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	1,307	13.2%	1,412	1,164	143	12.3%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	236	2.4%	261	199	37	18.6%
Accomodation and Food Services	620	6.3%	789	665	-45	-6.8%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	241	2.4%	310	254	-13	-5.1%
Public Administration	521	5.3%	522	536	-15	-2.8%
Information Not Available	31	0.3%	47	1,865	-1,834	-98.3%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Nevada
	Aug 2007	Percent	Jul 2007	Aug 2006	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	24,530		24,413	18,578
Male	13,474	54.9%	13,632	10,215	3,259	31.9%
Female	11,054	45.1%	10,773	8,363	2,691	32.2%
Information Not Available	2	0.0%	8	0	2	0.0%

Ethnicity	24,530		24,413	18,578
Hispanic or Latino	3,706	15.1%	3,661	2,499	1,207	48.3%
Not Hispanic or Latino	16,278	66.4%	16,247	12,402	3,876	31.3%
Information Not Available	4,546	18.5%	4,505	3,677	869	23.6%

Race	24,530		24,413	18,578
American Indian or Alaskan Native	447	1.8%	492	334	113	33.8%
Asian	1,122	4.6%	1,031	847	275	32.5%
Black or African American	3,250	13.2%	3,262	2,349	901	38.4%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	378	1.5%	407	267	111	41.6%
White	15,885	64.8%	15,728	12,462	3,423	27.5%
Information Not Available	3,448	14.1%	3,493	2,319	1,129	48.7%

Years of Age	24,530		24,413	18,578
Younger than 22	670	1.7%	621	432	238	55.1%
22-24	1,181	3.0%	1,156	844	337	39.9%
25-34	4,900	12.6%	4,952	3,593	1,307	36.4%
35-44	5,766	14.9%	5,815	4,737	1,029	21.7%
45-54	6,346	16.4%	6,375	4,881	1,465	30.0%
55-59	2,436	6.3%	2,310	1,744	692	39.7%
60-64	1,666	4.3%	1,686	1,212	454	37.5%
65 and older	1,521	3.9%	1,448	1,094	427	39.0%
Information Not Available	44	0.1%	50	41	3	7.3%

Industry	24,530		24,413	18,578
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	13	0.1%	16	11	2	18.2%
Mining	96	0.4%	89	74	22	29.7%
Utilities	33	0.1%	32	22	11	50.0%
Construction	4,734	19.3%	4,776	3,739	995	26.6%
Manufacturing	1,083	4.4%	1,032	660	423	64.1%
Wholesale Trade	553	2.3%	534	429	124	28.9%
Retail Trade	1,979	8.1%	1,919	1,445	534	37.0%
Transporation and Warehousing	629	2.6%	636	387	242	62.5%
Information	337	1.4%	326	259	78	30.1%
Finance and Insurance	1,024	4.2%	860	665	359	54.0%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	614	2.5%	654	481	133	27.7%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	1,315	5.4%	1,324	652	663	101.7%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	109	0.4%	97	79	30	38.0%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	3,209	13.1%	3,825	3,025	184	6.1%
Educational Services	389	1.6%	411	326	63	19.3%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	1,271	5.2%	1,324	1,124	147	13.1%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	524	2.1%	552	412	112	27.2%
Accomodation and Food Services	4,039	16.5%	3,518	2,429	1,610	66.3%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	432	1.8%	412	273	159	58.2%
Public Administration	576	2.3%	518	465	111	23.9%
Information Not Available	1,571	6.4%	1,558	1,621	-50	-3.1%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants New York
	Aug 2007	Percent	Jul 2007	Aug 2006	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	172,671		172,621	172,577
Male	83,501	48.4%	85,468	84,967	-1,466	-1.7%
Female	89,170	51.6%	87,153	87,610	1,560	1.8%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	172,671		172,621	172,577
Hispanic or Latino	27,974	16.2%	26,940	27,827	147	0.5%
Not Hispanic or Latino	116,540	67.5%	117,960	124,522	-7,982	-6.4%
Information Not Available	28,157	16.3%	27,721	20,228	7,929	39.2%

Race	172,671		172,621	172,577
American Indian or Alaskan Native	1,035	0.6%	1,037	1,174	-139	-11.8%
Asian	4,558	2.6%	4,577	5,229	-671	-12.8%
Black or African American	28,808	16.7%	28,067	28,717	91	0.3%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	319	0.2%	337	324	-5	-1.5%
White	90,509	52.4%	92,498	96,700	-6,191	-6.4%
Information Not Available	47,442	27.5%	46,105	40,433	7,009	17.3%

Years of Age	172,671		172,621	172,577
Younger than 22	5,307	2.1%	5,521	5,560	-253	-4.6%
22-24	9,748	3.9%	10,127	9,867	-119	-1.2%
25-34	39,138	15.5%	39,576	38,865	273	0.7%
35-44	42,468	16.8%	42,993	44,272	-1,804	-4.1%
45-54	41,354	16.4%	40,783	40,378	976	2.4%
55-59	15,423	6.1%	15,126	15,241	182	1.2%
60-64	10,480	4.1%	10,159	9,637	843	8.7%
65 and older	8,753	3.5%	8,336	8,757	-4	0.0%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	172,671		172,621	172,577
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	315	0.2%	340	403	-88	-21.8%
Mining	92	0.1%	116	77	15	19.5%
Utilities	147	0.1%	132	130	17	13.1%
Construction	12,601	7.3%	15,039	14,602	-2,001	-13.7%
Manufacturing	13,989	8.1%	14,491	15,044	-1,055	-7.0%
Wholesale Trade	7,110	4.1%	7,206	7,389	-279	-3.8%
Retail Trade	13,919	8.0%	14,450	14,764	-845	-5.7%
Transporation and Warehousing	21,015	12.1%	17,014	17,300	3,715	21.5%
Information	5,074	2.9%	5,376	5,329	-255	-4.8%
Finance and Insurance	10,550	6.1%	9,620	8,225	2,325	28.3%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	3,457	2.0%	3,532	3,310	147	4.4%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	11,309	6.5%	11,743	11,226	83	0.7%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	728	0.4%	711	784	-56	-7.1%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	14,459	8.4%	15,030	14,807	-348	-2.4%
Educational Services	10,231	5.9%	8,817	8,933	1,298	14.5%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	17,146	9.9%	16,936	17,253	-107	-0.6%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	4,680	2.7%	4,569	4,461	219	4.9%
Accomodation and Food Services	13,510	7.8%	13,811	13,267	243	1.8%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	4,870	2.8%	4,756	5,144	-274	-5.3%
Public Administration	5,029	2.9%	5,048	5,605	-576	-10.3%
Information Not Available	2,440	1.4%	3,884	4,524	-2,084	-46.1%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Ohio
	Aug 2007	Percent	Jul 2007	Aug 2006	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	79,023		94,913	79,822
Male	41,389	52.4%	51,281	41,859	-470	-1.1%
Female	37,360	47.3%	43,274	37,717	-357	-0.9%
Information Not Available	274	0.3%	358	246	28	11.4%

Ethnicity	79,023		94,913	79,822
Hispanic or Latino	2,153	2.7%	2,927	2,037	116	5.7%
Not Hispanic or Latino	73,583	93.1%	88,131	74,384	-801	-1.1%
Information Not Available	3,287	4.2%	3,855	3,401	-114	-3.4%

Race	79,023		94,913	79,822
American Indian or Alaskan Native	416	0.5%	442	351	65	18.5%
Asian	410	0.5%	469	357	53	14.8%
Black or African American	14,842	18.8%	17,676	15,061	-219	-1.5%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	85	0.1%	72	60	25	41.7%
White	60,262	76.3%	72,338	60,903	-641	-1.1%
Information Not Available	3,008	3.8%	3,916	3,090	-82	-2.7%

Years of Age	79,023		94,913	79,822
Younger than 22	2,022	1.5%	2,373	1,968	54	2.7%
22-24	3,950	2.9%	4,437	3,831	119	3.1%
25-34	17,804	13.1%	21,415	17,792	12	0.1%
35-44	21,146	15.6%	25,170	21,616	-470	-2.2%
45-54	21,750	16.1%	26,967	22,430	-680	-3.0%
55-59	7,419	5.5%	9,040	7,789	-370	-4.8%
60-64	3,891	2.9%	4,411	3,389	502	14.8%
65 and older	1,041	0.8%	1,100	1,007	34	3.4%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	79,023		94,913	79,822
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	188	0.2%	162	153	35	22.9%
Mining	145	0.2%	182	138	7	5.1%
Utilities	127	0.2%	106	171	-44	-25.7%
Construction	9,231	11.7%	9,887	8,413	818	9.7%
Manufacturing	17,340	21.9%	28,561	19,532	-2,192	-11.2%
Wholesale Trade	3,881	4.9%	4,159	3,438	443	12.9%
Retail Trade	4,521	5.7%	4,822	4,314	207	4.8%
Transporation and Warehousing	3,199	4.0%	4,402	3,755	-556	-14.8%
Information	1,216	1.5%	1,201	1,115	101	9.1%
Finance and Insurance	3,188	4.0%	2,994	2,794	394	14.1%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	1,301	1.6%	1,391	1,200	101	8.4%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	4,137	5.2%	4,238	3,937	200	5.1%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	258	0.3%	223	189	69	36.5%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	8,800	11.1%	9,501	8,621	179	2.1%
Educational Services	3,016	3.8%	2,957	2,924	92	3.1%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	7,640	9.6%	8,590	8,275	-635	-7.7%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	790	1.0%	863	831	-41	-4.9%
Accomodation and Food Services	3,737	4.7%	4,042	3,473	264	7.6%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	2,449	3.1%	2,370	2,496	-47	-1.9%
Public Administration	704	0.9%	817	760	-56	-7.4%
Information Not Available	3,155	4.0%	3,445	3,293	-138	-4.2%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Oklahoma
	Aug 2007	Percent	Jul 2007	Aug 2006	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	13,920		15,411	14,550
Male	6,759	48.6%	7,467	6,806	-47	-0.7%
Female	7,110	51.1%	7,892	7,704	-594	-7.7%
Information Not Available	51	0.4%	52	40	11	27.5%

Ethnicity	13,920		15,411	14,550
Hispanic or Latino	955	6.9%	1,333	1,015	-60	-5.9%
Not Hispanic or Latino	12,965	93.1%	14,078	13,535	-570	-4.2%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Race	13,920		15,411	14,550
American Indian or Alaskan Native	1,318	9.5%	1,431	1,263	55	4.4%
Asian	104	0.7%	121	100	4	4.0%
Black or African American	2,155	15.5%	2,410	2,329	-174	-7.5%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	5	0.0%	10	20	-15	-75.0%
White	8,897	63.9%	9,371	8,693	204	2.3%
Information Not Available	1,441	10.4%	2,068	2,145	-704	-32.8%

Years of Age	13,920		15,411	14,550
Younger than 22	340	1.5%	367	385	-45	-11.7%
22-24	768	3.5%	832	817	-49	-6.0%
25-34	3,416	15.4%	3,701	3,433	-17	-0.5%
35-44	3,557	16.1%	3,929	3,791	-234	-6.2%
45-54	3,608	16.3%	4,005	3,796	-188	-5.0%
55-59	1,121	5.1%	1,283	1,201	-80	-6.7%
60-64	696	3.1%	790	675	21	3.1%
65 and older	414	1.9%	504	452	-38	-8.4%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	13,920		15,411	14,550
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	32	0.2%	29	60	-28	-46.7%
Mining	392	2.8%	443	251	141	56.2%
Utilities	89	0.6%	59	35	54	154.3%
Construction	1,035	7.4%	1,332	1,155	-120	-10.4%
Manufacturing	2,023	14.5%	2,316	2,347	-324	-13.8%
Wholesale Trade	567	4.1%	566	533	34	6.4%
Retail Trade	1,344	9.6%	1,259	1,495	-151	-10.1%
Transporation and Warehousing	304	2.2%	387	376	-72	-19.1%
Information	510	3.7%	769	500	10	2.0%
Finance and Insurance	479	3.4%	453	480	-1	-0.2%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	338	2.4%	366	300	38	12.7%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	720	5.2%	665	848	-128	-15.1%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	32	0.2%	24	19	13	68.4%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	1,747	12.5%	1,990	1,810	-63	-3.5%
Educational Services	459	3.3%	473	501	-42	-8.4%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	1,363	9.8%	1,457	1,444	-81	-5.6%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	246	1.8%	238	225	21	9.3%
Accomodation and Food Services	607	4.4%	652	649	-42	-6.5%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	501	3.6%	575	513	-12	-2.3%
Public Administration	591	4.2%	787	541	50	9.2%
Information Not Available	541	3.9%	571	468	73	15.6%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Oregon
	Aug 2007	Percent	Jul 2007	Aug 2006	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	37,195		38,296	36,000
Male	19,079	51.3%	19,882	17,776	1,303	7.3%
Female	18,111	48.7%	18,411	18,221	-110	-0.6%
Information Not Available	5	0.0%	3	3	2	66.7%

Ethnicity	37,195		38,296	36,000
Hispanic or Latino	2,795	7.5%	2,882	2,612	183	7.0%
Not Hispanic or Latino	28,132	75.6%	29,050	26,376	1,756	6.7%
Information Not Available	6,268	16.9%	6,364	7,012	-744	-10.6%

Race	37,195		38,296	36,000
American Indian or Alaskan Native	321	0.9%	356	451	-130	-28.8%
Asian	538	1.4%	591	638	-100	-15.7%
Black or African American	568	1.5%	588	648	-80	-12.3%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	192	0.5%	216	232	-40	-17.2%
White	16,083	43.2%	16,636	19,570	-3,487	-17.8%
Information Not Available	19,493	52.4%	19,909	14,461	5,032	34.8%

Years of Age	37,195		38,296	36,000
Younger than 22	1,039	2.0%	1,002	978	61	6.2%
22-24	2,136	4.2%	2,071	2,013	123	6.1%
25-34	8,731	17.1%	8,773	8,095	636	7.9%
35-44	8,859	17.3%	9,271	8,974	-115	-1.3%
45-54	9,583	18.7%	10,036	9,427	156	1.7%
55-59	3,482	6.8%	3,603	3,440	42	1.2%
60-64	2,159	4.2%	2,271	1,945	214	11.0%
65 and older	1,206	2.4%	1,269	1,128	78	6.9%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	37,195		38,296	36,000
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	747	2.0%	893	879	-132	-15.0%
Mining	60	0.2%	53	36	24	66.7%
Utilities	76	0.2%	80	83	-7	-8.4%
Construction	3,785	10.0%	3,992	3,179	606	19.1%
Manufacturing	5,494	14.5%	5,683	4,754	740	15.6%
Wholesale Trade	1,550	4.1%	1,590	1,438	112	7.8%
Retail Trade	4,127	10.9%	4,225	4,111	16	0.4%
Transporation and Warehousing	1,833	4.8%	1,923	1,786	47	2.6%
Information	789	2.1%	818	824	-35	-4.2%
Finance and Insurance	1,659	4.4%	1,437	1,248	411	32.9%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	674	1.8%	646	647	27	4.2%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	1,348	3.6%	1,393	1,380	-32	-2.3%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	126	0.3%	150	149	-23	-15.4%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	3,350	8.8%	3,556	3,224	126	3.9%
Educational Services	782	2.1%	894	925	-143	-15.5%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	3,865	10.2%	3,942	4,164	-299	-7.2%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	458	1.2%	466	461	-3	-0.7%
Accomodation and Food Services	2,760	7.3%	2,864	3,086	-326	-10.6%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	1,015	2.7%	1,027	1,010	5	0.5%
Public Administration	1,015	2.7%	1,073	897	118	13.2%
Information Not Available	1,682	4.4%	1,591	1,719	-37	-2.2%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Pennsylvania
	Aug 2007	Percent	Jul 2007	Aug 2006	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	153,129		168,275	157,887
Male	75,748	49.5%	85,360	75,839	-91	-0.1%
Female	77,381	50.5%	82,915	82,048	-4,667	-5.7%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	153,129		168,275	157,887
Hispanic or Latino	6,312	4.1%	6,056	4,879	1,433	29.4%
Not Hispanic or Latino	141,375	92.3%	154,300	146,688	-5,313	-3.6%
Information Not Available	5,442	3.6%	7,919	6,320	-878	-13.9%

Race	153,129		168,275	157,887
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	26,664	17.4%	25,969	26,056	608	2.3%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
White	113,296	74.0%	126,584	118,636	-5,340	-4.5%
Information Not Available	13,169	8.6%	15,722	13,195	-26	-0.2%

Years of Age	153,129		168,275	157,887
Younger than 22	18,393	7.0%	20,728	18,073	320	1.8%
22-24	8,163	3.1%	11,180	9,424	-1,261	-13.4%
25-34	31,126	11.8%	35,751	35,036	-3,910	-11.2%
35-44	41,466	15.8%	45,184	41,246	220	0.5%
45-54	30,256	11.5%	32,607	30,269	-13	0.0%
55-59	8,380	3.2%	8,967	10,090	-1,710	-16.9%
60-64	3,700	1.4%	3,727	3,881	-181	-4.7%
65 and older	3,047	1.2%	3,144	3,215	-168	-5.2%
Information Not Available	8,598	3.3%	6,987	6,653	1,945	29.2%

Industry	153,129		168,275	157,887
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	0	0.0%	116	333	-333	-100.0%
Mining	218	0.1%	349	333	-115	-34.5%
Utilities	109	0.1%	233	554	-445	-80.3%
Construction	13,931	9.1%	15,022	11,642	2,289	19.7%
Manufacturing	18,501	12.1%	21,429	19,735	-1,234	-6.3%
Wholesale Trade	5,115	3.3%	5,706	5,987	-872	-14.6%
Retail Trade	14,257	9.3%	14,673	17,186	-2,929	-17.0%
Transporation and Warehousing	19,154	12.5%	20,380	18,184	970	5.3%
Information	2,939	1.9%	3,028	1,885	1,054	55.9%
Finance and Insurance	4,353	2.8%	4,425	4,546	-193	-4.2%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	1,850	1.2%	2,678	1,331	519	39.0%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	6,857	4.5%	8,385	9,424	-2,567	-27.2%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	2,177	1.4%	1,514	1,774	403	22.7%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	13,931	9.1%	14,207	14,414	-483	-3.4%
Educational Services	4,245	2.8%	3,377	3,992	253	6.3%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	17,630	11.5%	18,283	16,520	1,110	6.7%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	1,415	0.9%	1,630	1,441	-26	-1.8%
Accomodation and Food Services	12,081	7.9%	13,276	10,866	1,215	11.2%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	2,721	1.8%	3,610	4,879	-2,158	-44.2%
Public Administration	1,850	1.2%	2,678	2,328	-478	-20.5%
Information Not Available	9,795	6.4%	13,276	10,533	-738	-7.0%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Puerto Rico
	Aug 2007	Percent	Jul 2007	Aug 2006	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	37,795		39,877	36,383
Male	19,496	51.6%	19,935	18,274	1,222	6.7%
Female	18,299	48.4%	19,942	18,109	190	1.0%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	37,795		39,877	36,383
Hispanic or Latino	36,892	97.6%	38,993	35,784	1,108	3.1%
Not Hispanic or Latino	261	0.7%	242	599	-338	-56.4%
Information Not Available	642	1.7%	642	36,383	-35,741	-98.2%

Race	37,795		39,877	36,383
American Indian or Alaskan Native	1,170	3.1%	1,208	973	197	20.2%
Asian	129	0.3%	100	96	33	34.4%
Black or African American	3,363	8.9%	3,608	1,953	1,410	72.2%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	37	0.1%	39	16	21	131.3%
White	9,631	25.5%	10,408	9,626	5	0.1%
Information Not Available	23,465	62.1%	24,514	23,719	-254	-1.1%

Years of Age	37,795		39,877	36,383
Younger than 22	2,095	4.5%	2,179	2,178	-83	-3.8%
22-24	3,677	8.0%	3,913	3,653	24	0.7%
25-34	12,941	28.0%	13,358	12,048	893	7.4%
35-44	9,242	20.0%	9,839	8,944	298	3.3%
45-54	6,181	13.4%	6,670	5,934	247	4.2%
55-59	1,966	4.3%	2,131	2,087	-121	-5.8%
60-64	1,226	2.7%	1,289	1,113	113	10.2%
65 and older	467	1.0%	498	426	41	9.6%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	37,795		39,877	36,383
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
Mining	47	0.1%	42	37	10	27.0%
Utilities	1,027	2.7%	1,145	840	187	22.3%
Construction	5,267	13.9%	5,367	4,988	279	5.6%
Manufacturing	4,583	12.1%	4,679	4,981	-398	-8.0%
Wholesale Trade	6,800	18.0%	7,140	6,652	148	2.2%
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	1,161	3.1%	1,254	1,197	-36	-3.0%
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)	10,929	28.9%	12,687	10,590	339	3.2%
Public Administration	4,305	11.4%	3,991	5,488	-1,183	-21.6%
Information Not Available	3,676	9.7%	3,572	1,610	2,066	128.3%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Rhode Island
	Aug 2007	Percent	Jul 2007	Aug 2006	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	13,781		14,679	12,313
Male	5,780	41.9%	6,375	4,822	958	19.9%
Female	8,001	58.1%	8,304	7,491	510	6.8%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	13,781		14,679	12,313
Hispanic or Latino	1,851	13.4%	2,073	1,766	85	4.8%
Not Hispanic or Latino	8,300	60.2%	8,777	7,738	562	7.3%
Information Not Available	3,630	26.3%	3,829	2,809	821	29.2%

Race	13,781		14,679	12,313
American Indian or Alaskan Native	75	0.5%	80	75	0	0.0%
Asian	196	1.4%	224	176	20	11.4%
Black or African American	640	4.6%	697	509	131	25.7%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	52	0.4%	57	36	16	44.4%
White	9,628	69.9%	10,170	8,752	876	10.0%
Information Not Available	3,190	23.1%	3,451	2,765	425	15.4%

Years of Age	13,781		14,679	12,313
Younger than 22	297	1.3%	354	310	-13	-4.2%
22-24	608	2.7%	639	513	95	18.5%
25-34	2,683	11.9%	2,895	2,219	464	20.9%
35-44	3,420	15.2%	3,626	3,270	150	4.6%
45-54	3,680	16.4%	3,928	3,327	353	10.6%
55-59	1,285	5.7%	1,388	1,180	105	8.9%
60-64	909	4.0%	965	796	113	14.2%
65 and older	899	4.0%	884	698	201	28.8%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	13,781		14,679	12,313
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	27	0.2%	30	10	17	170.0%
Mining	7	0.1%	7	5	2	40.0%
Utilities	6	0.0%	4	2	4	200.0%
Construction	1,092	7.9%	1,262	701	391	55.8%
Manufacturing	1,818	13.2%	2,177	1,912	-94	-4.9%
Wholesale Trade	445	3.2%	459	363	82	22.6%
Retail Trade	1,154	8.4%	1,183	1,081	73	6.8%
Transporation and Warehousing	1,376	10.0%	1,341	1,161	215	18.5%
Information	157	1.1%	165	267	-110	-41.2%
Finance and Insurance	891	6.5%	913	616	275	44.6%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	250	1.8%	232	236	14	5.9%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	563	4.1%	606	453	110	24.3%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	79	0.6%	85	36	43	119.4%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	957	6.9%	1,055	852	105	12.3%
Educational Services	694	5.0%	748	571	123	21.5%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	1,425	10.3%	1,433	1,296	129	10.0%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	208	1.5%	192	176	32	18.2%
Accomodation and Food Services	1,626	11.8%	1,709	1,640	-14	-0.9%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	422	3.1%	448	384	38	9.9%
Public Administration	238	1.7%	276	223	15	6.7%
Information Not Available	346	2.5%	354	328	18	5.5%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants South Carolina
	Aug 2007	Percent	Jul 2007	Aug 2006	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	38,792		43,841	39,253
Male	18,439	47.5%	20,484	17,713	726	4.1%
Female	20,353	52.5%	23,357	21,540	-1,187	-5.5%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	38,792		43,841	39,253
Hispanic or Latino	731	1.9%	770	648	83	12.8%
Not Hispanic or Latino	33,225	85.6%	34,558	31,373	1,852	5.9%
Information Not Available	4,836	12.5%	8,513	7,232	-2,396	-33.1%

Race	38,792		43,841	39,253
American Indian or Alaskan Native	234	0.6%	361	301	-67	-22.3%
Asian	171	0.4%	194	190	-19	-10.0%
Black or African American	20,202	52.1%	23,487	20,687	-485	-2.3%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	73	0.2%	117	91	-18	-19.8%
White	17,409	44.9%	18,846	17,301	108	0.6%
Information Not Available	703	1.8%	836	683	20	2.9%

Years of Age	38,792		43,841	39,253
Younger than 22	1,676	3.1%	1,615	1,544	132	8.5%
22-24	1,463	2.7%	1,504	1,500	-37	-2.5%
25-34	8,581	15.8%	8,899	8,349	232	2.8%
35-44	8,361	15.4%	8,681	8,443	-82	-1.0%
45-54	8,622	15.9%	8,990	8,111	511	6.3%
55-59	2,968	5.5%	3,036	2,786	182	6.5%
60-64	1,935	3.6%	2,100	1,807	128	7.1%
65 and older	1,058	1.9%	1,155	995	63	6.3%
Information Not Available	4,128	7.6%	7,861	5,718	-1,590	-27.8%

Industry	38,792		43,841	39,253
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	236	0.6%	232	177	59	33.3%
Mining	27	0.1%	33	25	2	8.0%
Utilities	57	0.1%	70	60	-3	-5.0%
Construction	3,618	9.3%	3,759	2,784	834	30.0%
Manufacturing	7,892	20.2%	10,836	8,737	-845	-9.7%
Wholesale Trade	1,695	4.3%	1,532	1,476	219	14.8%
Retail Trade	3,828	9.8%	3,864	3,619	209	5.8%
Transporation and Warehousing	1,207	3.1%	1,289	1,309	-102	-7.8%
Information	435	1.1%	371	452	-17	-3.8%
Finance and Insurance	1,078	2.8%	1,106	1,027	51	5.0%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	509	1.3%	528	476	33	6.9%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	1,213	3.1%	1,277	1,139	74	6.5%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	195	0.5%	105	42	153	364.3%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	5,405	13.8%	5,850	5,664	-259	-4.6%
Educational Services	668	1.7%	735	761	-93	-12.2%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	2,479	6.4%	3,089	2,967	-488	-16.4%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	317	0.8%	339	300	17	5.7%
Accomodation and Food Services	3,209	8.2%	3,711	2,963	246	8.3%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	1,182	3.0%	1,375	1,275	-93	-7.3%
Public Administration	584	1.5%	620	646	-62	-9.6%
Information Not Available	2,958	7.6%	3,120	3,354	-396	-11.8%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants South Dakota
	Aug 2007	Percent	Jul 2007	Aug 2006	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	1,330		1,658	1,606
Male	499	37.5%	635	629	-130	-20.7%
Female	831	62.5%	1,023	977	-146	-14.9%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	1,330		1,658	1,606
Hispanic or Latino	26	2.0%	38	27	-1	-3.7%
Not Hispanic or Latino	1,197	90.0%	1,481	1,464	-267	-18.2%
Information Not Available	107	8.0%	139	115	-8	-7.0%

Race	1,330		1,658	1,606
American Indian or Alaskan Native	311	23.4%	411	403	-92	-22.8%
Asian	5	0.4%	4	4	1	25.0%
Black or African American	24	1.8%	23	32	-8	-25.0%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	1	0.1%	2	3	-2	-66.7%
White	898	67.5%	1,085	1,071	-173	-16.2%
Information Not Available	91	6.8%	133	93	-2	-2.2%

Years of Age	1,330		1,658	1,606
Younger than 22	33	1.6%	38	22	11	50.0%
22-24	39	1.9%	51	65	-26	-40.0%
25-34	269	12.8%	333	382	-113	-29.6%
35-44	288	13.7%	363	282	6	2.1%
45-54	401	19.1%	502	467	-66	-14.1%
55-59	168	8.0%	217	201	-33	-16.4%
60-64	132	6.3%	154	187	-55	-29.4%
65 and older	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	1,330		1,658	1,606
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	11	0.8%	22	9	2	22.2%
Mining	0	0.0%	1	2	-2	-100.0%
Utilities	0	0.0%	2	3	-3	-100.0%
Construction	91	6.8%	118	115	-24	-20.9%
Manufacturing	155	11.6%	192	187	-32	-17.1%
Wholesale Trade	34	2.5%	46	43	-9	-20.9%
Retail Trade	132	9.8%	137	123	9	7.3%
Transporation and Warehousing	33	2.5%	32	30	3	10.0%
Information	19	1.4%	32	29	-10	-34.5%
Finance and Insurance	43	3.2%	62	46	-3	-6.5%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	29	2.2%	33	37	-8	-21.6%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	41	3.1%	52	40	1	2.5%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	4	0.3%	3	0	4	0.0%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	51	3.8%	78	89	-38	-42.7%
Educational Services	90	6.7%	99	116	-26	-22.4%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	128	9.5%	165	192	-64	-33.3%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	28	2.1%	33	25	3	12.0%
Accomodation and Food Services	150	11.2%	189	166	-16	-9.6%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	54	4.0%	54	55	-1	-1.8%
Public Administration	188	14.0%	226	265	-77	-29.1%
Information Not Available	49	3.7%	82	34	15	44.1%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Tennessee
	Aug 2007	Percent	Jul 2007	Aug 2006	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	40,385		50,396	37,838
Male	20,822	51.6%	24,253	17,383	3,439	19.8%
Female	19,563	48.4%	26,143	20,455	-892	-4.4%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	40,385		50,396	37,838
Hispanic or Latino	530	1.3%	626	346	184	53.2%
Not Hispanic or Latino	39,855	98.7%	49,770	37,492	2,363	6.3%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Race	40,385		50,396	37,838
American Indian or Alaskan Native	93	0.2%	104	53	40	75.5%
Asian	623	1.5%	692	1,506	-883	-58.6%
Black or African American	11,442	28.3%	14,481	12,125	-683	-5.6%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	185	0.5%	265	193	-8	-4.1%
White	27,574	68.3%	34,333	23,486	4,088	17.4%
Information Not Available	468	1.2%	521	475	-7	-1.5%

Years of Age	40,385		50,396	37,838
Younger than 22	853	1.3%	1,013	823	30	3.6%
22-24	1,654	2.5%	1,972	1,729	-75	-4.3%
25-34	7,546	11.6%	9,420	7,840	-294	-3.8%
35-44	9,349	14.4%	11,862	9,300	49	0.5%
45-54	11,635	17.9%	14,167	9,719	1,916	19.7%
55-59	4,146	6.4%	5,038	3,592	554	15.4%
60-64	2,860	4.4%	3,593	2,610	250	9.6%
65 and older	1,701	2.6%	2,383	1,879	-178	-9.5%
Information Not Available	641	1.0%	948	346	295	85.3%

Industry	40,385		50,396	37,838
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	108	0.3%	114	69	39	56.5%
Mining	72	0.2%	57	36	36	100.0%
Utilities	63	0.2%	40	48	15	31.3%
Construction	2,445	6.0%	2,781	2,153	292	13.6%
Manufacturing	9,625	23.8%	12,275	8,371	1,254	15.0%
Wholesale Trade	4,799	11.9%	5,289	1,638	3,161	193.0%
Retail Trade	3,315	8.2%	3,886	2,968	347	11.7%
Transporation and Warehousing	1,187	2.9%	2,250	1,307	-120	-9.2%
Information	524	1.3%	569	884	-360	-40.7%
Finance and Insurance	1,185	2.9%	1,244	950	235	24.7%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	625	1.5%	711	373	252	67.6%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	1,711	4.2%	2,047	1,825	-114	-6.2%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	95	0.2%	213	146	-51	-34.9%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	5,064	12.5%	6,065	4,765	299	6.3%
Educational Services	932	2.3%	1,204	1,107	-175	-15.8%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	2,576	6.4%	3,965	2,907	-331	-11.4%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	236	0.6%	299	318	-82	-25.8%
Accomodation and Food Services	2,034	5.0%	2,236	1,972	62	3.1%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	1,323	3.3%	1,985	1,329	-6	-0.5%
Public Administration	853	2.1%	1,304	1,043	-190	-18.2%
Information Not Available	1,613	4.0%	1,862	3,629	-2,016	-55.6%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Texas
	Aug 2007	Percent	Jul 2007	Aug 2006	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	95,477		100,819	97,506
Male	45,906	48.1%	48,179	45,576	330	0.7%
Female	49,569	51.9%	52,622	51,930	-2,361	-4.5%
Information Not Available	2	0.0%	18	0	2	0.0%

Ethnicity	95,477		100,819	97,506
Hispanic or Latino	27,173	28.5%	30,174	28,876	-1,703	-5.9%
Not Hispanic or Latino	60,417	63.3%	60,747	61,570	-1,153	-1.9%
Information Not Available	7,887	8.3%	9,898	7,060	827	11.7%

Race	95,477		100,819	97,506
American Indian or Alaskan Native	415	0.4%	429	463	-48	-10.4%
Asian	1,656	1.7%	1,567	1,731	-75	-4.3%
Black or African American	23,430	24.5%	23,613	23,711	-281	-1.2%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	102	0.1%	830	0	102	0.0%
White	34,787	36.4%	34,803	35,548	-761	-2.1%
Information Not Available	35,087	36.7%	39,577	36,053	-966	-2.7%

Years of Age	95,477		100,819	97,506
Younger than 22	2,393	1.9%	2,414	2,417	-24	-1.0%
22-24	4,824	3.8%	5,180	5,148	-324	-6.3%
25-34	23,379	18.6%	24,502	23,871	-492	-2.1%
35-44	26,214	20.9%	27,361	26,717	-503	-1.9%
45-54	23,718	18.9%	25,378	24,616	-898	-3.6%
55-59	7,760	6.2%	8,392	7,954	-194	-2.4%
60-64	4,626	3.7%	4,786	4,351	275	6.3%
65 and older	2,561	2.0%	2,792	2,432	129	5.3%
Information Not Available	2	0.0%	14	0	2	0.0%

Industry	95,477		100,819	97,506
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	1,145	1.2%	1,341	1,424	-279	-19.6%
Mining	1,309	1.4%	1,392	813	496	61.0%
Utilities	264	0.3%	260	391	-127	-32.5%
Construction	10,333	10.7%	10,911	9,135	1,198	13.1%
Manufacturing	9,820	10.2%	11,282	8,841	979	11.1%
Wholesale Trade	4,658	4.8%	5,182	4,892	-234	-4.8%
Retail Trade	7,114	7.4%	7,918	8,768	-1,654	-18.9%
Transporation and Warehousing	3,096	3.2%	3,319	3,251	-155	-4.8%
Information	2,564	2.7%	2,568	3,132	-568	-18.1%
Finance and Insurance	5,283	5.5%	4,819	4,985	298	6.0%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	1,964	2.0%	1,969	2,078	-114	-5.5%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	7,569	7.8%	8,465	7,672	-103	-1.3%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	429	0.4%	484	383	46	12.0%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	11,933	12.4%	11,654	11,866	67	0.6%
Educational Services	2,656	2.7%	2,659	2,649	7	0.3%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	9,018	9.3%	10,155	10,318	-1,300	-12.6%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	639	0.7%	614	682	-43	-6.3%
Accomodation and Food Services	4,535	4.7%	4,440	4,556	-21	-0.5%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	2,423	2.5%	2,471	2,715	-292	-10.8%
Public Administration	1,483	1.5%	1,714	1,642	-159	-9.7%
Information Not Available	7,242	7.5%	7,202	7,313	-71	-1.0%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Utah
	Aug 2007	Percent	Jul 2007	Aug 2006	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	7,334		7,524	6,610
Male	3,526	48.1%	3,635	3,080	446	14.5%
Female	3,730	50.9%	3,771	3,530	200	5.7%
Information Not Available	78	1.1%	118	0	78	0.0%

Ethnicity	7,334		7,524	6,610
Hispanic or Latino	561	7.6%	596	547	14	2.6%
Not Hispanic or Latino	5,458	74.4%	5,513	5,108	350	6.9%
Information Not Available	1,315	17.9%	1,415	955	360	37.7%

Race	7,334		7,524	6,610
American Indian or Alaskan Native	246	3.4%	268	285	-39	-13.7%
Asian	146	2.0%	167	132	14	10.6%
Black or African American	143	1.9%	130	145	-2	-1.4%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	89	1.2%	92	67	22	32.8%
White	5,433	74.1%	5,452	4,990	443	8.9%
Information Not Available	1,277	17.4%	1,415	991	286	28.9%

Years of Age	7,334		7,524	6,610
Younger than 22	266	2.1%	293	221	45	20.4%
22-24	497	4.0%	453	409	88	21.5%
25-34	2,015	16.1%	2,054	1,852	163	8.8%
35-44	1,865	14.9%	1,931	1,699	166	9.8%
45-54	1,709	13.7%	1,774	1,596	113	7.1%
55-59	582	4.7%	600	501	81	16.2%
60-64	290	2.3%	304	253	37	14.6%
65 and older	110	0.9%	115	79	31	39.2%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	7,334		7,524	6,610
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	13	0.2%	15	11	2	18.2%
Mining	63	0.9%	81	37	26	70.3%
Utilities	7	0.1%	11	10	-3	-30.0%
Construction	745	10.1%	751	471	274	58.2%
Manufacturing	985	13.4%	978	944	41	4.3%
Wholesale Trade	273	3.7%	250	256	17	6.6%
Retail Trade	647	8.8%	652	693	-46	-6.6%
Transporation and Warehousing	237	3.2%	243	222	15	6.8%
Information	232	3.2%	259	381	-149	-39.1%
Finance and Insurance	414	5.6%	305	325	89	27.4%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	147	2.0%	123	75	72	96.0%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	464	6.3%	516	388	76	19.6%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	15	0.2%	18	16	-1	-6.3%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	946	12.9%	886	791	155	19.6%
Educational Services	273	3.7%	306	250	23	9.2%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	547	7.4%	621	632	-85	-13.4%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	79	1.1%	112	103	-24	-23.3%
Accomodation and Food Services	300	4.1%	332	350	-50	-14.3%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	123	1.7%	136	128	-5	-3.9%
Public Administration	171	2.3%	197	201	-30	-14.9%
Information Not Available	653	8.9%	732	326	327	100.3%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Virginia
	Aug 2007	Percent	Jul 2007	Aug 2006	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	35,220		35,157	34,284
Male	17,804	50.6%	17,318	16,267	1,537	9.4%
Female	17,412	49.4%	17,834	18,011	-599	-3.3%
Information Not Available	4	0.0%	5	6	-2	-33.3%

Ethnicity	35,220		35,157	34,284
Hispanic or Latino	1,025	2.9%	1,028	869	156	18.0%
Not Hispanic or Latino	32,286	91.7%	32,291	31,491	795	2.5%
Information Not Available	1,909	5.4%	1,838	1,924	-15	-0.8%

Race	35,220		35,157	34,284
American Indian or Alaskan Native	186	0.5%	166	174	12	6.9%
Asian	1,802	5.1%	1,787	1,573	229	14.6%
Black or African American	14,492	41.1%	14,281	14,381	111	0.8%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
White	16,831	47.8%	17,085	16,232	599	3.7%
Information Not Available	1,909	5.4%	1,838	1,924	-15	-0.8%

Years of Age	35,220		35,157	34,284
Younger than 22	798	1.6%	787	803	-5	-0.6%
22-24	1,797	3.6%	1,819	1,850	-53	-2.9%
25-34	8,354	16.7%	8,321	8,063	291	3.6%
35-44	8,849	17.7%	8,897	8,945	-96	-1.1%
45-54	9,304	18.6%	9,201	8,924	380	4.3%
55-59	3,229	6.4%	3,208	3,133	96	3.1%
60-64	1,939	3.9%	1,935	1,775	164	9.2%
65 and older	949	1.9%	988	785	164	20.9%
Information Not Available	1	0.0%	1	6	-5	-83.3%

Industry	35,220		35,157	34,284
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	48	0.1%	68	58	-10	-17.2%
Mining	358	1.0%	374	134	224	167.2%
Utilities	20	0.1%	15	17	3	17.6%
Construction	2,043	5.8%	2,038	1,828	215	11.8%
Manufacturing	3,876	11.0%	4,234	4,696	-820	-17.5%
Wholesale Trade	1,149	3.3%	718	634	515	81.2%
Retail Trade	1,806	5.1%	1,853	1,877	-71	-3.8%
Transporation and Warehousing	825	2.3%	816	859	-34	-4.0%
Information	545	1.5%	512	616	-71	-11.5%
Finance and Insurance	753	2.1%	665	680	73	10.7%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	412	1.2%	403	354	58	16.4%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	1,599	4.5%	1,621	1,792	-193	-10.8%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	67	0.2%	70	53	14	26.4%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	2,372	6.7%	2,368	2,447	-75	-3.1%
Educational Services	204	0.6%	174	258	-54	-20.9%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	1,580	4.5%	1,650	1,654	-74	-4.5%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	139	0.4%	124	144	-5	-3.5%
Accomodation and Food Services	1,622	4.6%	1,756	1,671	-49	-2.9%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	755	2.1%	822	815	-60	-7.4%
Public Administration	2,126	6.0%	1,970	2,109	17	0.8%
Information Not Available	12,921	36.6%	12,906	11,588	1,333	11.5%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Virgin Islands
	Aug 2007	Percent	Jul 2007	Aug 2006	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	371		388	272
Male	260	70.1%	260	160	100	62.5%
Female	111	29.9%	128	112	-1	-0.9%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	371		388	272
Hispanic or Latino	122	32.9%	116	55	67	121.8%
Not Hispanic or Latino	246	66.3%	262	214	32	15.0%
Information Not Available	3	0.8%	10	3	0	0.0%

Race	371		388	272
American Indian or Alaskan Native	1	0.3%	1	0	1	0.0%
Asian	3	0.8%	1	2	1	50.0%
Black or African American	229	61.7%	243	195	34	17.4%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	3	0.8%	6	2	1	50.0%
White	13	3.5%	17	17	-4	-23.5%
Information Not Available	122	32.9%	120	56	66	117.9%

Years of Age	371		388	272
Younger than 22	9	2.5%	7	2	7	350.0%
22-24	21	5.8%	22	13	8	61.5%
25-34	91	25.1%	83	66	25	37.9%
35-44	98	27.0%	86	61	37	60.7%
45-54	85	23.4%	97	57	28	49.1%
55-59	37	10.2%	33	25	12	48.0%
60-64	21	5.8%	40	37	-16	-43.2%
65 and older	9	2.5%	17	11	-2	-18.2%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	3	0	0	0.0%

Industry	371		388	272
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
Mining	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
Utilities	1	0.3%	0	1	0	0.0%
Construction	151	40.7%	193	65	86	132.3%
Manufacturing	21	5.7%	31	11	10	90.9%
Wholesale Trade	9	2.4%	2	2	7	350.0%
Retail Trade	15	4.0%	27	19	-4	-21.1%
Transporation and Warehousing	26	7.0%	29	35	-9	-25.7%
Information	2	0.5%	2	5	-3	-60.0%
Finance and Insurance	6	1.6%	6	2	4	200.0%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	6	1.6%	7	7	-1	-14.3%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	4	1.1%	1	7	-3	-42.9%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	8	2.2%	6	2	6	300.0%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	8	2.2%	3	7	1	14.3%
Educational Services	3	0.8%	5	2	1	50.0%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	10	2.7%	6	0	10	0.0%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	4	1.1%	2	4	0	0.0%
Accomodation and Food Services	24	6.5%	21	27	-3	-11.1%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	44	11.9%	25	51	-7	-13.7%
Public Administration	9	2.4%	6	9	0	0.0%
Information Not Available	20	5.4%	16	16	4	25.0%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Vermont
	Aug 2007	Percent	Jul 2007	Aug 2006	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	3,935		4,327	4,486
Male	1,866	47.4%	1,960	1,981	-115	-5.8%
Female	2,069	52.6%	2,367	2,505	-436	-17.4%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	3,935		4,327	4,486
Hispanic or Latino	9	0.2%	8	8	1	12.5%
Not Hispanic or Latino	1,074	27.3%	1,232	1,472	-398	-27.0%
Information Not Available	2,852	72.5%	3,087	3,006	-154	-5.1%

Race	3,935		4,327	4,486
American Indian or Alaskan Native	11	0.3%	13	6	5	83.3%
Asian	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
Black or African American	19	0.5%	18	30	-11	-36.7%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	5	0.1%	7	13	-8	-61.5%
White	1,048	26.6%	1,202	1,431	-383	-26.8%
Information Not Available	2,852	72.5%	3,087	3,006	-154	-5.1%

Years of Age	3,935		4,327	4,486
Younger than 22	105	2.2%	132	141	-36	-25.5%
22-24	156	3.3%	193	234	-78	-33.3%
25-34	742	15.7%	804	816	-74	-9.1%
35-44	927	19.6%	1,046	1,111	-184	-16.6%
45-54	1,049	22.2%	1,140	1,179	-130	-11.0%
55-59	456	9.7%	463	484	-28	-5.8%
60-64	259	5.5%	277	260	-1	-0.4%
65 and older	241	5.1%	272	261	-20	-7.7%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	3,935		4,327	4,486
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	24	0.6%	26	36	-12	-33.3%
Mining	7	0.2%	8	3	4	133.3%
Utilities	3	0.1%	3	5	-2	-40.0%
Construction	314	7.9%	344	285	29	10.2%
Manufacturing	533	13.5%	546	653	-120	-18.4%
Wholesale Trade	148	3.7%	151	149	-1	-0.7%
Retail Trade	447	11.3%	494	556	-109	-19.6%
Transporation and Warehousing	340	8.6%	345	354	-14	-4.0%
Information	66	1.7%	70	60	6	10.0%
Finance and Insurance	75	1.9%	73	95	-20	-21.1%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	48	1.2%	50	46	2	4.3%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	184	4.6%	232	175	9	5.1%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	7	0.2%	5	6	1	16.7%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	183	4.6%	197	215	-32	-14.9%
Educational Services	206	5.2%	234	276	-70	-25.4%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	375	9.5%	439	480	-105	-21.9%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	24	0.6%	26	38	-14	-36.8%
Accomodation and Food Services	755	19.1%	870	846	-91	-10.8%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	109	2.8%	125	147	-38	-25.9%
Public Administration	87	2.2%	89	61	26	42.6%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Washington
	Aug 2007	Percent	Jul 2007	Aug 2006	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	37,639		39,277	42,093
Male	19,487	51.8%	20,892	21,662	-2,175	-10.0%
Female	18,152	48.2%	18,384	20,399	-2,247	-11.0%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	1	32	-32	-100.0%

Ethnicity	37,639		39,277	42,093
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	37,639	100.0%	39,277	42,093	-4,454	-10.6%

Race	37,639		39,277	42,093
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	37,639	100.0%	39,277	42,093	-4,454	-10.6%

Years of Age	37,639		39,277	42,093
Younger than 22	713	2.0%	690	855	-142	-16.6%
22-24	1,722	4.9%	1,805	1,918	-196	-10.2%
25-34	8,295	23.4%	8,774	9,182	-887	-9.7%
35-44	9,689	27.4%	10,034	11,199	-1,510	-13.5%
45-54	10,212	28.8%	10,635	11,391	-1,179	-10.4%
55-59	3,691	10.4%	3,871	4,197	-506	-12.1%
60-64	2,223	6.3%	2,339	2,237	-14	-0.6%
65 and older	1,094	3.1%	1,129	1,114	-20	-1.8%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	37,639		39,277	42,093
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	37,639	100.0%	39,277	42,093	-4,454	-10.6%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Wisconsin
	Aug 2007	Percent	Jul 2007	Aug 2006	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	59,964		64,785	59,985
Male	30,228	50.4%	32,690	29,621	607	2.0%
Female	29,736	49.6%	32,089	30,352	-616	-2.0%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	6	12	-12	-100.0%

Ethnicity	59,964		64,785	59,985
Hispanic or Latino	2,309	3.9%	2,565	2,141	168	7.8%
Not Hispanic or Latino	57,295	95.5%	61,702	57,406	-111	-0.2%
Information Not Available	360	0.6%	518	438	-78	-17.8%

Race	59,964		64,785	59,985
American Indian or Alaskan Native	702	1.2%	726	660	42	6.4%
Asian	618	1.0%	758	714	-96	-13.4%
Black or African American	9,161	15.3%	9,589	8,668	493	5.7%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	42	0.1%	52	54	-12	-22.2%
White	49,081	81.9%	53,142	49,451	-370	-0.7%
Information Not Available	360	0.6%	518	438	-78	-17.8%

Years of Age	59,964		64,785	59,985
Younger than 22	2,273	2.2%	2,248	2,249	24	1.1%
22-24	3,880	3.7%	4,140	3,863	17	0.4%
25-34	13,898	13.2%	14,875	13,515	383	2.8%
35-44	13,910	13.2%	15,322	14,216	-306	-2.2%
45-54	14,575	13.8%	15,955	15,075	-500	-3.3%
55-59	5,186	4.9%	5,656	5,219	-33	-0.6%
60-64	3,550	3.4%	3,738	3,269	281	8.6%
65 and older	2,692	2.6%	2,851	2,579	113	4.4%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	59,964		64,785	59,985
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	294	0.5%	376	306	-12	-3.9%
Mining	48	0.1%	52	36	12	33.3%
Utilities	72	0.1%	110	96	-24	-25.0%
Construction	5,636	9.4%	5,792	5,123	513	10.0%
Manufacturing	12,987	21.6%	15,302	13,324	-337	-2.5%
Wholesale Trade	2,219	3.7%	2,267	2,099	120	5.7%
Retail Trade	6,049	10.0%	6,375	5,879	170	2.9%
Transporation and Warehousing	5,168	8.6%	5,448	5,027	141	2.8%
Information	935	1.6%	920	966	-31	-3.2%
Finance and Insurance	1,907	3.2%	1,840	1,782	125	7.0%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	594	1.0%	609	588	6	1.0%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	1,877	3.1%	2,080	1,860	17	0.9%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	216	0.4%	194	186	30	16.1%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	5,702	9.5%	6,064	5,669	33	0.6%
Educational Services	1,217	2.0%	1,322	1,434	-217	-15.1%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	5,498	9.1%	5,714	5,687	-189	-3.3%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	708	1.2%	790	780	-72	-9.2%
Accomodation and Food Services	4,712	7.8%	4,943	4,553	159	3.5%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	1,403	2.3%	1,432	1,434	-31	-2.2%
Public Administration	1,283	2.1%	1,289	1,332	-49	-3.7%
Information Not Available	1,439	2.4%	1,866	1,824	-385	-21.1%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants West Virginia
	Aug 2007	Percent	Jul 2007	Aug 2006	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	11,123		13,189	11,726
Male	6,708	60.3%	7,833	6,644	64	1.0%
Female	4,415	39.7%	5,356	5,082	-667	-13.1%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	11,123		13,189	11,726
Hispanic or Latino	128	1.2%	197	239	-111	-46.4%
Not Hispanic or Latino	9,696	87.2%	11,711	10,530	-834	-7.9%
Information Not Available	1,299	11.7%	1,281	957	342	35.7%

Race	11,123		13,189	11,726
American Indian or Alaskan Native	21	0.2%	21	30	-9	-30.0%
Asian	19	0.2%	22	9	10	111.1%
Black or African American	441	4.0%	459	546	-105	-19.2%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	9	0.1%	8	8	1	12.5%
White	10,405	93.5%	12,428	10,952	-547	-5.0%
Information Not Available	228	2.0%	251	181	47	26.0%

Years of Age	11,123		13,189	11,726
Younger than 22	242	1.1%	289	244	-2	-0.8%
22-24	583	2.8%	671	514	69	13.4%
25-34	2,779	13.2%	3,247	2,830	-51	-1.8%
35-44	2,977	14.1%	3,380	2,940	37	1.3%
45-54	2,835	13.5%	3,472	3,364	-529	-15.7%
55-59	999	4.7%	1,192	1,057	-58	-5.5%
60-64	459	2.2%	618	543	-84	-15.5%
65 and older	249	1.2%	317	234	15	6.4%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	3	0	0	0.0%

Industry	11,123		13,189	11,726
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	49	0.4%	91	35	14	40.0%
Mining	608	5.4%	644	572	36	6.3%
Utilities	18	0.2%	20	41	-23	-56.1%
Construction	2,220	19.9%	2,476	1,845	375	20.3%
Manufacturing	1,023	9.2%	1,570	1,557	-534	-34.3%
Wholesale Trade	310	2.8%	316	297	13	4.4%
Retail Trade	975	8.7%	972	952	23	2.4%
Transporation and Warehousing	345	3.1%	519	298	47	15.8%
Information	130	1.2%	183	206	-76	-36.9%
Finance and Insurance	179	1.6%	192	212	-33	-15.6%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	140	1.3%	147	117	23	19.7%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	427	3.8%	472	483	-56	-11.6%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	11	0.1%	10	15	-4	-26.7%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	783	7.0%	805	710	73	10.3%
Educational Services	304	2.7%	346	339	-35	-10.3%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	1,390	12.4%	1,821	1,577	-187	-11.9%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	102	0.9%	103	117	-15	-12.8%
Accomodation and Food Services	611	5.5%	719	666	-55	-8.3%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	614	5.5%	761	720	-106	-14.7%
Public Administration	159	1.4%	199	205	-46	-22.4%
Information Not Available	725	6.5%	823	762	-37	-4.9%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Wyoming
	Aug 2007	Percent	Jul 2007	Aug 2006	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	1,633		1,688	1,443
Male	796	48.7%	904	673	123	18.3%
Female	837	51.3%	784	770	67	8.7%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	1,633		1,688	1,443
Hispanic or Latino	174	10.7%	198	128	46	35.9%
Not Hispanic or Latino	1,312	80.3%	1,360	1,192	120	10.1%
Information Not Available	147	9.0%	130	123	24	19.5%

Race	1,633		1,688	1,443
American Indian or Alaskan Native	110	6.7%	122	105	5	4.8%
Asian	7	0.4%	9	5	2	40.0%
Black or African American	29	1.8%	28	32	-3	-9.4%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	4	0.2%	1	8	-4	-50.0%
White	1,384	84.8%	1,428	1,220	164	13.4%
Information Not Available	99	6.1%	100	73	26	35.6%

Years of Age	1,633		1,688	1,443
Younger than 22	26	0.9%	34	36	-10	-27.8%
22-24	92	3.1%	87	72	20	27.8%
25-34	350	11.9%	350	241	109	45.2%
35-44	390	13.3%	413	369	21	5.7%
45-54	501	17.1%	480	428	73	17.1%
55-59	125	4.3%	162	135	-10	-7.4%
60-64	87	3.0%	84	97	-10	-10.3%
65 and older	62	2.1%	78	65	-3	-4.6%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	1,633		1,688	1,443
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	11	0.7%	8	16	-5	-31.3%
Mining	149	9.1%	162	90	59	65.6%
Utilities	2	0.1%	10	5	-3	-60.0%
Construction	230	14.0%	275	228	2	0.9%
Manufacturing	79	4.8%	111	51	28	54.9%
Wholesale Trade	49	3.0%	47	42	7	16.7%
Retail Trade	144	8.8%	148	131	13	9.9%
Transporation and Warehousing	42	2.6%	78	39	3	7.7%
Information	34	2.1%	17	22	12	54.5%
Finance and Insurance	26	1.6%	24	31	-5	-16.1%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	15	0.9%	24	20	-5	-25.0%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	53	3.2%	38	27	26	96.3%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	2	0.1%	0	8	-6	-75.0%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	86	5.2%	55	106	-20	-18.9%
Educational Services	67	4.1%	39	42	25	59.5%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	232	14.1%	250	207	25	12.1%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	17	1.0%	10	17	0	0.0%
Accomodation and Food Services	125	7.6%	123	113	12	10.6%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	53	3.2%	39	62	-9	-14.5%
Public Administration	88	5.4%	116	94	-6	-6.4%
Information Not Available	129	7.8%	114	92	37	40.2%