Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants

December 2007

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants: Total Claimants December 2007
	Dec 2007	Nov 2007	Monthly Change	Dec 2006	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
United States	2,753,503	2,241,131	512,372	2,543,818	209,685	8.2
Alaska	12,936	11,225	1,711	12,823	113	0.9
Alabama	27,198	24,625	2,573	26,838	360	1.3
Arkansas	31,296	28,090	3,206	31,997	-701	-2.2
Arizona	27,988	26,798	1,190	20,184	7,804	38.7
California	445,001	298,314	146,687	351,780	93,221	26.5
Colorado	24,112	20,004	4,108	23,164	948	4.1
Connecticut	38,721	32,716	6,005	37,790	931	2.5
District of Columbia	6,493	6,199	294	5,156	1,337	25.9
Delaware	8,489	7,037	1,452	7,934	555	7.0
Florida	124,887	116,480	8,407	84,804	40,083	47.3
Georgia	62,419	56,210	6,209	53,394	9,025	16.9
Hawaii	7,836	6,889	947	5,627	2,209	39.3
Iowa	28,167	17,453	10,714	28,417	-250	-0.9
Idaho	16,745	10,686	6,059	14,704	2,041	13.9
Illinois	156,366	118,804	37,562	149,947	6,419	4.3
Indiana	60,705	42,744	17,961	58,905	1,800	3.1
Kansas	20,140	14,445	5,695	17,714	2,426	13.7
Kentucky	30,575	26,153	4,422	34,353	-3,778	-11.0
Louisiana	19,445	17,862	1,583	18,834	611	3.2
Massachusetts	83,850	70,252	13,598	80,828	3,022	3.7
Maryland	39,727	33,316	6,411	32,075	7,652	23.9
Maine	10,487	7,420	3,067	10,341	146	1.4
Michigan	148,470	120,795	27,675	151,013	-2,543	-1.7
Minnesota	60,615	38,446	22,169	55,457	5,158	9.3
Missouri	49,452	39,163	10,289	48,431	1,021	2.1
Mississippi	20,029	17,270	2,759	18,420	1,609	8.7
Montana	5,967	3,942	2,025	4,970	997	20.1
North Carolina	78,279	70,698	7,581	72,788	5,491	7.5
North Dakota	4,573	2,061	2,512	4,545	28	0.6
Nebraska	10,069	7,119	2,950	10,496	-427	-4.1
New Hampshire	6,686	5,412	1,274	6,425	261	4.1
New Jersey	109,014	98,990	10,024	105,301	3,713	3.5
New Mexico	11,197	10,122	1,075	11,559	-362	-3.1
Nevada	30,446	25,182	5,264	23,349	7,097	30.4
New York	176,688	154,343	22,345	175,997	691	0.4
Ohio	109,150	79,706	29,444	103,060	6,090	5.9
Oklahoma	15,035	12,665	2,370	14,472	563	3.9
Oregon	49,508	41,642	7,866	45,281	4,227	9.3
Pennsylvania	144,001	144,001		160,163	-16,162	-10.1
Puerto Rico	28,985	35,384	-6,399	32,789	-3,804	-11.6
Rhode Island	14,477	10,984	3,493	12,099	2,378	19.7
South Carolina	43,240	39,949	3,291	41,014	2,226	5.4
South Dakota	2,748	1,378	1,370	2,693	55	2.0
Tennessee	40,482	34,691	5,791	39,762	720	1.8
Texas	97,660	84,404	13,256	94,106	3,554	3.8
Utah	12,046	8,843	3,203	8,088	3,958	48.9
Virginia	37,099	34,562	2,537	35,198	1,901	5.4
Virgin Islands	412	399	13	244	168	68.9
Vermont	6,747	5,638	1,109	5,299	1,448	27.3
Washington	57,522	47,759	9,763	58,110	-588	-1.0
Wisconsin	81,041	58,762	22,279	79,931	1,110	1.4
West Virginia	15,730	11,118	4,612	13,044	2,686	20.6
Wyoming	2,552	1,981	571	2,105	447	21.2

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants US Totals
	Dec 2007	Percent	Nov 2007	Dec 2006	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	2,753,503		2,241,131	2,543,818	209,685	8.2
Male	1,670,156	60.7%	1,267,213	1,519,313	150,843	9.9%
Female	1,080,959	39.3%	972,084	1,021,872	59,087	5.8%
Information Not Available	2,388	0.1%	1,834	2,633	-245	-9.3%

Ethnicity	2,753,503		2,241,131	2,543,818
Hispanic or Latino	443,983	16.1%	343,794	394,521	49,462	12.5%
Not Hispanic or Latino	1,983,886	85.9%	1,638,540	1,862,647	121,239	6.5%
Information Not Available	325,634	10.6%	258,797	286,650	38,984	13.6%

Race	2,753,503		2,241,131	2,543,818
American Indian or Alaskan Native	28,411	1.0%	23,928	26,919	1,492	5.5%
Asian	62,211	2.3%	50,957	57,949	4,262	7.4%
Black or African American	448,433	16.3%	412,401	422,154	26,279	6.2%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	9,895	0.4%	6,611	11,002	-1,107	-10.1%
White	1,596,983	58.0%	1,271,724	1,495,786	101,197	6.8%
Information Not Available	607,570	22.1%	475,610	522,657	84,913	16.2%

Years of Age	2,753,503		2,241,131	2,543,818
Younger than 22	117,103	4.3%	97,644	113,022	4,081	3.6%
22-24	164,008	6.0%	131,351	157,616	6,392	4.1%
25-34	655,712	23.8%	528,251	595,937	59,775	10.0%
35-44	690,910	25.1%	564,158	653,206	37,704	5.8%
45-54	664,368	24.1%	541,477	611,766	52,602	8.6%
55-59	224,426	8.2%	183,354	203,820	20,606	10.1%
60-64	135,546	4.9%	109,139	117,558	17,988	15.3%
65 and older	83,450	3.0%	68,259	73,182	10,268	14.0%
Information Not Available	17,980	0.7%	17,498	17,711	269	1.5%

Industry	2,753,503		2,241,131	2,543,818
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	92,872	3.4%	60,102	80,983	11,889	14.7%
Mining	13,504	0.5%	8,655	13,268	236	1.8%
Utilities	5,629	0.2%	4,525	4,854	775	16.0%
Construction	461,459	16.8%	292,745	396,634	64,825	16.3%
Manufacturing	361,016	13.1%	318,874	373,549	-12,533	-3.4%
Wholesale Trade	96,104	3.5%	88,842	91,028	5,076	5.6%
Retail Trade	209,605	7.6%	181,960	195,308	14,297	7.3%
Transporation and Warehousing	80,610	2.9%	64,273	71,765	8,845	12.3%
Information	69,987	2.5%	53,882	61,950	8,037	13.0%
Finance and Insurance	107,729	3.9%	99,310	75,218	32,511	43.2%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	52,061	1.9%	44,931	37,953	14,108	37.2%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	109,429	4.0%	99,852	97,346	12,083	12.4%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	8,667	0.3%	7,942	9,998	-1,331	-13.3%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	309,018	11.2%	241,457	291,006	18,012	6.2%
Educational Services	51,380	1.9%	49,403	54,045	-2,665	-4.9%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	160,909	5.8%	151,240	151,380	9,529	6.3%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	59,997	2.2%	44,685	57,886	2,111	3.6%
Accomodation and Food Services	140,768	5.1%	117,096	128,248	12,520	9.8%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	69,062	2.5%	63,098	66,693	2,369	3.6%
Public Administration	47,966	1.7%	42,116	52,877	-4,911	-9.3%
Information Not Available	245,731	8.9%	206,143	231,829	13,902	6.0%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Alaska
	Dec 2007	Percent	Nov 2007	Dec 2006	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	12,936		11,225	12,823	113	.9
Male	8,051	62.2%	6,583	8,022	29	0.4%
Female	4,885	37.8%	4,642	4,801	84	1.7%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	12,936		11,225	12,823
Hispanic or Latino	578	4.5%	455	518	60	11.6%
Not Hispanic or Latino	12,249	94.7%	10,664	12,177	72	0.6%
Information Not Available	109	0.8%	106	128	-19	-14.8%

Race	12,936		11,225	12,823
American Indian or Alaskan Native	3,506	27.1%	3,391	3,303	203	6.1%
Asian	969	7.5%	733	897	72	8.0%
Black or African American	437	3.4%	394	513	-76	-14.8%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	127	1.0%	86	88	39	44.3%
White	7,365	56.9%	6,194	7,524	-159	-2.1%
Information Not Available	532	4.1%	427	498	34	6.8%

Years of Age	12,936		11,225	12,823
Younger than 22	493	2.5%	383	510	-17	-3.3%
22-24	975	4.9%	843	991	-16	-1.6%
25-34	3,267	16.6%	2,857	3,271	-4	-0.1%
35-44	2,914	14.8%	2,543	3,088	-174	-5.6%
45-54	3,390	17.2%	2,938	3,263	127	3.9%
55-59	1,018	5.2%	948	910	108	11.9%
60-64	563	2.9%	453	494	69	14.0%
65 and older	316	1.6%	260	296	20	6.8%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	12,936		11,225	12,823
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	130	1.0%	86	189	-59	-31.2%
Mining	387	3.0%	365	359	28	7.8%
Utilities	70	0.5%	59	83	-13	-15.7%
Construction	2,636	20.2%	2,081	2,974	-338	-11.4%
Manufacturing	1,493	11.4%	1,089	1,378	115	8.3%
Wholesale Trade	157	1.2%	148	185	-28	-15.1%
Retail Trade	1,014	7.8%	927	1,080	-66	-6.1%
Transporation and Warehousing	754	5.8%	627	728	26	3.6%
Information	118	0.9%	96	128	-10	-7.8%
Finance and Insurance	218	1.7%	226	167	51	30.5%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	235	1.8%	202	248	-13	-5.2%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	335	2.6%	282	272	63	23.2%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	58	0.4%	44	50	8	16.0%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	762	5.8%	686	615	147	23.9%
Educational Services	316	2.4%	337	294	22	7.5%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	840	6.4%	847	719	121	16.8%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	152	1.2%	162	166	-14	-8.4%
Accomodation and Food Services	1,165	8.9%	1,091	1,100	65	5.9%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	345	2.6%	320	393	-48	-12.2%
Public Administration	1,460	11.2%	1,300	1,363	97	7.1%
Information Not Available	291	2.2%	250	332	-41	-12.3%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Alabama
	Dec 2007	Percent	Nov 2007	Dec 2006	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	27,198		24,625	26,838
Male	14,217	52.3%	12,265	13,573	644	4.7%
Female	12,929	47.5%	12,299	13,230	-301	-2.3%
Information Not Available	52	0.2%	61	35	17	48.6%

Ethnicity	27,198		24,625	26,838
Hispanic or Latino	651	2.4%	612	608	43	7.1%
Not Hispanic or Latino	21,709	79.8%	19,525	20,110	1,599	8.0%
Information Not Available	4,838	17.8%	4,488	6,120	-1,282	-20.9%

Race	27,198		24,625	26,838
American Indian or Alaskan Native	770	2.8%	688	942	-172	-18.3%
Asian	321	1.2%	360	375	-54	-14.4%
Black or African American	11,872	43.7%	11,034	10,582	1,290	12.2%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	59	0.2%	41	47	12	25.5%
White	12,580	46.3%	11,066	11,471	1,109	9.7%
Information Not Available	1,596	5.9%	1,436	3,421	-1,825	-53.3%

Years of Age	27,198		24,625	26,838
Younger than 22	1,171	3.0%	998	1,234	-63	-5.1%
22-24	1,963	5.1%	1,780	1,927	36	1.9%
25-34	6,988	18.1%	6,256	6,837	151	2.2%
35-44	6,635	17.2%	6,045	6,657	-22	-0.3%
45-54	6,350	16.5%	5,825	6,171	179	2.9%
55-59	2,074	5.4%	1,856	2,080	-6	-0.3%
60-64	1,222	3.2%	1,074	1,155	67	5.8%
65 and older	785	2.0%	767	776	9	1.2%
Information Not Available	10	0.0%	24	1	9	900.0%

Industry	27,198		24,625	26,838
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	247	0.9%	281	225	22	9.8%
Mining	88	0.3%	83	262	-174	-66.4%
Utilities	37	0.1%	30	42	-5	-11.9%
Construction	2,816	10.3%	2,407	2,425	391	16.1%
Manufacturing	6,908	25.2%	6,254	7,214	-306	-4.2%
Wholesale Trade	928	3.4%	855	832	96	11.5%
Retail Trade	2,627	9.6%	2,382	2,641	-14	-0.5%
Transporation and Warehousing	805	2.9%	622	690	115	16.7%
Information	380	1.4%	356	407	-27	-6.6%
Finance and Insurance	691	2.5%	647	698	-7	-1.0%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	355	1.3%	340	399	-44	-11.0%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	1,167	4.3%	1,116	1,146	21	1.8%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	27	0.1%	34	26	1	3.8%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	2,947	10.7%	2,697	3,092	-145	-4.7%
Educational Services	665	2.4%	648	639	26	4.1%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	1,854	6.8%	1,859	1,863	-9	-0.5%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	215	0.8%	159	208	7	3.4%
Accomodation and Food Services	1,816	6.6%	1,557	1,706	110	6.4%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	626	2.3%	600	581	45	7.7%
Public Administration	395	1.4%	330	348	47	13.5%
Information Not Available	1,604	5.8%	1,368	1,394	210	15.1%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Arkansas
	Dec 2007	Percent	Nov 2007	Dec 2006	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	31,296		28,090	31,997
Male	18,299	58.5%	15,457	18,053	246	1.4%
Female	12,996	41.5%	12,632	13,943	-947	-6.8%
Information Not Available	1	0.0%	1	1	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	31,296		28,090	31,997
Hispanic or Latino	843	2.7%	688	912	-69	-7.6%
Not Hispanic or Latino	30,452	97.3%	27,401	31,084	-632	-2.0%
Information Not Available	1	0.0%	1	1	0	0.0%

Race	31,296		28,090	31,997
American Indian or Alaskan Native	408	1.3%	388	260	148	56.9%
Asian	204	0.7%	225	289	-85	-29.4%
Black or African American	8,553	27.3%	8,083	9,525	-972	-10.2%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	257	0.8%	204	306	-49	-16.0%
White	21,028	67.2%	18,498	20,701	327	1.6%
Information Not Available	846	2.7%	692	916	-70	-7.6%

Years of Age	31,296		28,090	31,997
Younger than 22	1,343	2.6%	1,124	1,326	17	1.3%
22-24	2,208	4.3%	2,011	2,409	-201	-8.3%
25-34	8,273	16.2%	7,563	8,216	57	0.7%
35-44	7,994	15.6%	7,095	8,743	-749	-8.6%
45-54	7,118	13.9%	6,465	7,155	-37	-0.5%
55-59	2,347	4.6%	2,074	2,194	153	7.0%
60-64	1,139	2.2%	1,039	1,145	-6	-0.5%
65 and older	870	1.7%	714	805	65	8.1%
Information Not Available	4	0.0%	5	4	0	0.0%

Industry	31,296		28,090	31,997
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	918	2.8%	556	799	119	14.9%
Mining	118	0.4%	105	158	-40	-25.3%
Utilities	69	0.2%	57	68	1	1.5%
Construction	4,040	12.5%	2,930	3,679	361	9.8%
Manufacturing	7,274	22.6%	7,080	8,403	-1,129	-13.4%
Wholesale Trade	1,348	4.2%	1,181	1,825	-477	-26.1%
Retail Trade	3,529	11.0%	3,182	3,390	139	4.1%
Transporation and Warehousing	1,133	3.5%	961	1,162	-29	-2.5%
Information	247	0.8%	204	232	15	6.5%
Finance and Insurance	483	1.5%	378	345	138	40.0%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	333	1.0%	325	311	22	7.1%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	531	1.6%	588	550	-19	-3.5%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	42	0.1%	42	39	3	7.7%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	3,180	9.9%	2,888	3,215	-35	-1.1%
Educational Services	1,015	3.2%	866	980	35	3.6%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	2,783	8.6%	2,731	2,687	96	3.6%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	381	1.2%	346	317	64	20.2%
Accomodation and Food Services	2,562	8.0%	2,305	2,370	192	8.1%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	660	2.0%	672	697	-37	-5.3%
Public Administration	623	1.9%	672	720	-97	-13.5%
Information Not Available	27	0.1%	21	50	-23	-46.0%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Arizona
	Dec 2007	Percent	Nov 2007	Dec 2006	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	27,988		26,798	20,184
Male	15,625	55.8%	14,626	10,886	4,739	43.5%
Female	12,363	44.2%	12,172	9,298	3,065	33.0%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	27,988		26,798	20,184
Hispanic or Latino	7,810	27.9%	8,368	5,431	2,379	43.8%
Not Hispanic or Latino	20,178	72.1%	18,430	13,619	6,559	48.2%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	1,134	-1,134	-100.0%

Race	27,988		26,798	20,184
American Indian or Alaskan Native	2,144	7.7%	1,793	1,883	261	13.9%
Asian	9	0.0%	11	346	-337	-97.4%
Black or African American	1,907	6.8%	1,780	1,321	586	44.4%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
White	14,404	51.5%	13,221	10,069	4,335	43.1%
Information Not Available	9,524	34.0%	9,993	0	9,524	0.0%

Years of Age	27,988		26,798	20,184
Younger than 22	851	2.1%	816	553	298	53.9%
22-24	1,536	3.8%	1,424	1,102	434	39.4%
25-34	6,411	15.7%	5,981	4,425	1,986	44.9%
35-44	6,986	17.1%	6,740	5,291	1,695	32.0%
45-54	7,174	17.6%	6,999	5,310	1,864	35.1%
55-59	2,572	6.3%	2,468	1,801	771	42.8%
60-64	1,584	3.9%	1,510	1,099	485	44.1%
65 and older	874	2.1%	860	603	271	44.9%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	27,988		26,798	20,184
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	397	1.4%	1,032	376	21	5.6%
Mining	84	0.3%	80	58	26	44.8%
Utilities	46	0.2%	43	47	-1	-2.1%
Construction	4,694	16.5%	3,977	3,334	1,360	40.8%
Manufacturing	2,077	7.3%	1,778	1,551	526	33.9%
Wholesale Trade	1,048	3.7%	1,059	798	250	31.3%
Retail Trade	2,374	8.4%	2,355	1,662	712	42.8%
Transporation and Warehousing	531	1.9%	501	448	83	18.5%
Information	350	1.2%	354	429	-79	-18.4%
Finance and Insurance	2,018	7.1%	1,983	1,019	999	98.0%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	701	2.5%	675	507	194	38.3%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	1,388	4.9%	1,325	1,091	297	27.2%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	84	0.3%	69	72	12	16.7%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	2,983	10.5%	2,933	2,262	721	31.9%
Educational Services	617	2.2%	668	525	92	17.5%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	1,773	6.2%	1,650	1,471	302	20.5%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	340	1.2%	301	296	44	14.9%
Accomodation and Food Services	1,088	3.8%	1,042	993	95	9.6%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	586	2.1%	611	520	66	12.7%
Public Administration	563	2.0%	573	564	-1	-0.2%
Information Not Available	4,246	15.0%	3,789	2,161	2,085	96.5%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants California
	Dec 2007	Percent	Nov 2007	Dec 2006	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	445,001		298,314	351,780
Male	262,880	59.1%	170,922	199,945	62,935	31.5%
Female	181,925	40.9%	127,295	151,835	30,090	19.8%
Information Not Available	196	0.0%	97	0	196	0.0%

Ethnicity	445,001		298,314	351,780
Hispanic or Latino	177,510	39.9%	118,666	142,844	34,666	24.3%
Not Hispanic or Latino	220,685	49.6%	151,048	177,419	43,266	24.4%
Information Not Available	46,806	10.5%	28,600	31,517	15,289	48.5%

Race	445,001		298,314	351,780
American Indian or Alaskan Native	2,846	0.6%	2,036	3,152	-306	-9.7%
Asian	30,713	6.9%	22,880	26,789	3,924	14.6%
Black or African American	30,713	6.9%	23,171	26,047	4,666	17.9%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
White	156,413	35.1%	102,961	121,431	34,982	28.8%
Information Not Available	224,316	50.4%	147,266	174,361	49,955	28.7%

Years of Age	445,001		298,314	351,780
Younger than 22	14,130	2.5%	10,471	12,885	1,245	9.7%
22-24	25,709	4.5%	16,384	21,320	4,389	20.6%
25-34	102,149	17.7%	66,314	79,718	22,431	28.1%
35-44	115,494	20.0%	78,238	92,047	23,447	25.5%
45-54	109,410	19.0%	76,009	86,485	22,925	26.5%
55-59	39,447	6.8%	26,176	29,014	10,433	36.0%
60-64	24,826	4.3%	15,027	19,466	5,360	27.5%
65 and older	13,640	2.4%	9,404	10,567	3,073	29.1%
Information Not Available	196	0.0%	291	278	-82	-29.5%

Industry	445,001		298,314	351,780
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	69,277	13.5%	43,821	56,916	12,361	21.7%
Mining	687	0.1%	388	371	316	85.2%
Utilities	1,668	0.3%	1,066	649	1,019	157.0%
Construction	64,174	12.5%	41,688	48,387	15,787	32.6%
Manufacturing	54,460	10.6%	37,810	46,162	8,298	18.0%
Wholesale Trade	2,748	0.5%	2,036	2,503	245	9.8%
Retail Trade	32,283	6.3%	19,390	23,452	8,831	37.7%
Transporation and Warehousing	9,028	1.8%	6,399	7,230	1,798	24.9%
Information	34,246	6.7%	20,650	24,379	9,867	40.5%
Finance and Insurance	17,172	3.3%	12,119	11,031	6,141	55.7%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	15,210	3.0%	11,731	4,449	10,761	241.9%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	6,378	1.2%	4,363	4,913	1,465	29.8%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	54,166	10.5%	38,295	49,685	4,481	9.0%
Educational Services	9,126	1.8%	7,659	9,826	-700	-7.1%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	21,293	4.1%	15,609	18,539	2,754	14.9%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	8,537	1.7%	5,429	6,303	2,234	35.4%
Accomodation and Food Services	16,583	3.2%	10,568	10,845	5,738	52.9%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	11,677	2.3%	8,241	7,879	3,798	48.2%
Public Administration	4,219	0.8%	2,908	4,449	-230	-5.2%
Information Not Available	12,069	2.3%	8,144	13,812	-1,743	-12.6%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Colorado
	Dec 2007	Percent	Nov 2007	Dec 2006	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	24,112		20,004	23,164
Male	14,358	59.5%	10,486	13,647	711	5.2%
Female	9,754	40.5%	9,518	9,517	237	2.5%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	24,112		20,004	23,164
Hispanic or Latino	5,205	21.6%	3,520	5,392	-187	-3.5%
Not Hispanic or Latino	15,234	63.2%	13,591	14,282	952	6.7%
Information Not Available	3,673	15.2%	2,893	3,490	183	5.2%

Race	24,112		20,004	23,164
American Indian or Alaskan Native	435	1.8%	339	427	8	1.9%
Asian	497	2.1%	466	426	71	16.7%
Black or African American	1,402	5.8%	1,308	1,610	-208	-12.9%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	77	0.3%	83	73	4	5.5%
White	16,108	66.8%	13,895	15,430	678	4.4%
Information Not Available	5,593	23.2%	3,913	5,198	395	7.6%

Years of Age	24,112		20,004	23,164
Younger than 22	416	1.1%	300	412	4	1.0%
22-24	811	2.1%	617	858	-47	-5.5%
25-34	4,841	12.5%	4,087	4,658	183	3.9%
35-44	6,031	15.6%	4,986	6,020	11	0.2%
45-54	7,189	18.6%	5,889	6,831	358	5.2%
55-59	2,636	6.8%	2,222	2,483	153	6.2%
60-64	1,544	4.0%	1,320	1,270	274	21.6%
65 and older	619	1.6%	559	611	8	1.3%
Information Not Available	25	0.1%	24	21	4	19.0%

Industry	24,112		20,004	23,164
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	200	0.8%	148	207	-7	-3.4%
Mining	228	0.9%	121	207	21	10.1%
Utilities	38	0.2%	33	33	5	15.2%
Construction	5,299	21.8%	2,695	4,813	486	10.1%
Manufacturing	2,195	9.0%	1,699	2,354	-159	-6.8%
Wholesale Trade	936	3.8%	889	919	17	1.8%
Retail Trade	1,830	7.5%	1,737	2,019	-189	-9.4%
Transporation and Warehousing	615	2.5%	464	652	-37	-5.7%
Information	763	3.1%	751	723	40	5.5%
Finance and Insurance	1,482	6.1%	1,481	1,262	220	17.4%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	561	2.3%	582	498	63	12.7%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	1,688	6.9%	1,608	1,557	131	8.4%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	271	1.1%	245	132	139	105.3%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	3,111	12.8%	2,599	2,792	319	11.4%
Educational Services	560	2.3%	572	536	24	4.5%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	1,248	5.1%	1,219	1,309	-61	-4.7%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	341	1.4%	417	358	-17	-4.7%
Accomodation and Food Services	1,044	4.3%	1,126	1,065	-21	-2.0%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	545	2.2%	565	513	32	6.2%
Public Administration	606	2.5%	543	636	-30	-4.7%
Information Not Available	551	2.3%	510	579	-28	-4.8%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Connecticut
	Dec 2007	Percent	Nov 2007	Dec 2006	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	38,721		32,716	37,790
Male	23,646	61.1%	18,222	22,760	886	3.9%
Female	15,075	38.9%	14,494	15,030	45	0.3%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	38,721		32,716	37,790
Hispanic or Latino	6,157	15.9%	4,819	5,819	338	5.8%
Not Hispanic or Latino	32,564	84.1%	27,897	31,971	593	1.9%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Race	38,721		32,716	37,790
American Indian or Alaskan Native	128	0.3%	118	117	11	9.4%
Asian	473	1.2%	459	460	13	2.8%
Black or African American	5,399	13.9%	5,020	5,231	168	3.2%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
White	22,627	58.4%	19,151	22,463	164	0.7%
Information Not Available	10,094	26.1%	7,968	9,519	575	6.0%

Years of Age	38,721		32,716	37,790
Younger than 22	1,603	2.7%	1,246	1,478	125	8.5%
22-24	2,565	4.3%	2,129	2,377	188	7.9%
25-34	8,627	14.6%	7,284	8,367	260	3.1%
35-44	9,394	15.9%	7,865	9,522	-128	-1.3%
45-54	9,335	15.8%	7,870	8,911	424	4.8%
55-59	3,235	5.5%	2,798	3,276	-41	-1.3%
60-64	2,255	3.8%	2,015	2,234	21	0.9%
65 and older	1,707	2.9%	1,509	1,625	82	5.0%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	38,721		32,716	37,790
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	578	1.5%	363	613	-35	-5.7%
Mining	27	0.1%	11	31	-4	-12.9%
Utilities	48	0.1%	43	60	-12	-20.0%
Construction	6,300	16.0%	3,703	5,424	876	16.2%
Manufacturing	4,427	11.3%	4,049	4,845	-418	-8.6%
Wholesale Trade	1,683	4.3%	1,545	1,710	-27	-1.6%
Retail Trade	4,144	10.5%	3,897	4,495	-351	-7.8%
Transporation and Warehousing	1,134	2.9%	1,023	1,082	52	4.8%
Information	664	1.7%	660	707	-43	-6.1%
Finance and Insurance	1,962	5.0%	1,921	1,736	226	13.0%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	701	1.8%	615	565	136	24.1%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	1,656	4.2%	1,550	1,457	199	13.7%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	157	0.4%	145	194	-37	-19.1%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	5,067	12.9%	3,744	5,000	67	1.3%
Educational Services	1,046	2.7%	971	1,095	-49	-4.5%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	3,221	8.2%	3,235	3,082	139	4.5%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	1,316	3.3%	936	1,304	12	0.9%
Accomodation and Food Services	2,033	5.2%	1,882	2,061	-28	-1.4%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	1,182	3.0%	1,094	1,141	41	3.6%
Public Administration	689	1.8%	722	507	182	35.9%
Information Not Available	686	1.7%	607	681	5	0.7%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants District of Columbia
	Dec 2007	Percent	Nov 2007	Dec 2006	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	6,493		6,199	5,156
Male	3,087	47.5%	2,891	2,356	731	31.0%
Female	3,406	52.5%	3,308	2,800	606	21.6%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	6,493		6,199	5,156
Hispanic or Latino	726	11.2%	614	428	298	69.6%
Not Hispanic or Latino	5,529	85.2%	5,366	3,858	1,671	43.3%
Information Not Available	238	3.7%	219	870	-632	-72.6%

Race	6,493		6,199	5,156
American Indian or Alaskan Native	56	0.9%	48	48	8	16.7%
Asian	153	2.4%	142	177	-24	-13.6%
Black or African American	5,020	77.3%	4,793	3,859	1,161	30.1%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	93	1.4%	80	102	-9	-8.8%
White	1,126	17.3%	1,085	826	300	36.3%
Information Not Available	45	0.7%	51	144	-99	-68.8%

Years of Age	6,493		6,199	5,156
Younger than 22	177	2.4%	156	128	49	38.3%
22-24	326	4.4%	311	256	70	27.3%
25-34	1,578	21.5%	1,565	1,211	367	30.3%
35-44	1,750	23.8%	1,657	1,474	276	18.7%
45-54	1,754	23.9%	1,649	1,325	429	32.4%
55-59	496	6.7%	474	414	82	19.8%
60-64	270	3.7%	256	223	47	21.1%
65 and older	142	1.9%	131	120	22	18.3%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	5	-5	-100.0%

Industry	6,493		6,199	5,156
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%	2	4	-4	-100.0%
Construction	17	0.3%	14	19	-2	-10.5%
Manufacturing	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
Wholesale Trade	2	0.0%	2	7	-5	-71.4%
Retail Trade	4	0.1%	9	21	-17	-81.0%
Transporation and Warehousing	2	0.0%	2	4	-2	-50.0%
Information	2	0.0%	2	13	-11	-84.6%
Finance and Insurance	0	0.0%	0	1	-1	-100.0%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	5	0.1%	8	12	-7	-58.3%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	12	0.2%	12	51	-39	-76.5%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	4	0.1%	4	2	2	100.0%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	10	0.2%	7	13	-3	-23.1%
Educational Services	7	0.1%	8	22	-15	-68.2%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	8	0.1%	9	34	-26	-76.5%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	2	0.0%	2	1	1	100.0%
Accomodation and Food Services	0	0.0%	0	1	-1	-100.0%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	5	0.1%	14	26	-21	-80.8%
Public Administration	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
Information Not Available	6,413	98.8%	6,104	4,925	1,488	30.2%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Delaware
	Dec 2007	Percent	Nov 2007	Dec 2006	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	8,489		7,037	7,934
Male	4,321	50.9%	3,318	3,702	619	16.7%
Female	4,168	49.1%	3,719	4,232	-64	-1.5%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	8,489		7,037	7,934
Hispanic or Latino	332	3.9%	260	280	52	18.6%
Not Hispanic or Latino	8,157	96.1%	6,777	7,654	503	6.6%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Race	8,489		7,037	7,934
American Indian or Alaskan Native	18	0.2%	12	18	0	0.0%
Asian	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
Black or African American	3,255	38.3%	2,705	3,292	-37	-1.1%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	32	0.4%	33	48	-16	-33.3%
White	4,572	53.9%	3,736	4,034	538	13.3%
Information Not Available	612	7.2%	552	542	70	12.9%

Years of Age	8,489		7,037	7,934
Younger than 22	2,045	15.8%	1,597	1,719	326	19.0%
22-24	608	4.7%	464	616	-8	-1.3%
25-34	1,901	14.7%	1,581	1,837	64	3.5%
35-44	2,124	16.4%	1,788	2,074	50	2.4%
45-54	1,333	10.3%	1,190	1,208	125	10.3%
55-59	276	2.1%	245	255	21	8.2%
60-64	118	0.9%	100	128	-10	-7.8%
65 and older	72	0.6%	61	82	-10	-12.2%
Information Not Available	12	0.1%	11	15	-3	-20.0%

Industry	8,489		7,037	7,934
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	16	0.2%	8	18	-2	-11.1%
Mining	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
Utilities	5	0.1%	7	6	-1	-16.7%
Construction	1,055	12.4%	748	738	317	43.0%
Manufacturing	635	7.5%	580	544	91	16.7%
Wholesale Trade	314	3.7%	282	371	-57	-15.4%
Retail Trade	1,295	15.2%	1,141	1,280	15	1.2%
Transporation and Warehousing	350	4.1%	245	199	151	75.9%
Information	135	1.6%	110	104	31	29.8%
Finance and Insurance	601	7.1%	622	720	-119	-16.5%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	264	3.1%	203	160	104	65.0%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	366	4.3%	321	351	15	4.3%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	27	0.3%	21	30	-3	-10.0%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	1,196	14.1%	1,027	1,318	-122	-9.3%
Educational Services	188	2.2%	173	217	-29	-13.4%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	673	7.9%	616	604	69	11.4%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	149	1.8%	91	197	-48	-24.4%
Accomodation and Food Services	863	10.1%	524	752	111	14.8%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	242	2.8%	217	229	13	5.7%
Public Administration	70	0.8%	63	66	4	6.1%
Information Not Available	45	0.5%	38	30	15	50.0%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Florida
	Dec 2007	Percent	Nov 2007	Dec 2006	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	124,887		116,480	84,804
Male	70,877	56.8%	65,485	43,578	27,299	62.6%
Female	53,973	43.2%	50,995	41,189	12,784	31.0%
Information Not Available	37	0.0%	0	37	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	124,887		116,480	84,804
Hispanic or Latino	40,517	32.4%	38,293	28,366	12,151	42.8%
Not Hispanic or Latino	74,324	59.5%	69,694	49,567	24,757	49.9%
Information Not Available	10,046	8.0%	8,493	6,871	3,175	46.2%

Race	124,887		116,480	84,804
American Indian or Alaskan Native	550	0.4%	596	294	256	87.1%
Asian	880	0.7%	745	1,176	-296	-25.2%
Black or African American	22,770	18.2%	21,083	15,102	7,668	50.8%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	1,247	1.0%	1,229	2,205	-958	-43.4%
White	75,350	60.3%	71,184	49,420	25,930	52.5%
Information Not Available	24,090	19.3%	21,643	16,607	7,483	45.1%

Years of Age	124,887		116,480	84,804
Younger than 22	3,227	1.7%	2,570	1,800	1,427	79.3%
22-24	5,500	2.9%	5,103	5,034	466	9.3%
25-34	27,940	14.6%	25,330	16,682	11,258	67.5%
35-44	30,873	16.1%	28,645	22,046	8,827	40.0%
45-54	31,350	16.4%	29,427	22,230	9,120	41.0%
55-59	12,467	6.5%	12,106	7,826	4,641	59.3%
60-64	8,543	4.5%	7,934	5,034	3,509	69.7%
65 and older	4,987	2.6%	5,364	4,152	835	20.1%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	1	0	0	0.0%

Industry	124,887		116,480	84,804
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	807	0.6%	1,490	514	293	57.0%
Mining	37	0.0%	74	73	-36	-49.3%
Utilities	110	0.1%	74	331	-221	-66.8%
Construction	19,433	15.5%	17,954	8,818	10,615	120.4%
Manufacturing	10,047	8.0%	9,722	5,732	4,315	75.3%
Wholesale Trade	5,610	4.5%	5,513	3,821	1,789	46.8%
Retail Trade	11,403	9.1%	10,914	8,561	2,842	33.2%
Transporation and Warehousing	2,640	2.1%	2,272	1,800	840	46.7%
Information	2,713	2.2%	2,458	1,690	1,023	60.5%
Finance and Insurance	8,287	6.6%	7,711	3,601	4,686	130.1%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	3,667	2.9%	3,315	2,315	1,352	58.4%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	6,233	5.0%	6,034	3,932	2,301	58.5%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	367	0.3%	335	551	-184	-33.4%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	22,770	18.1%	20,562	15,836	6,934	43.8%
Educational Services	1,907	1.5%	1,825	1,837	70	3.8%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	6,527	5.2%	6,295	5,769	758	13.1%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	2,053	1.6%	1,676	1,580	473	29.9%
Accomodation and Food Services	6,930	5.5%	6,519	3,895	3,035	77.9%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	3,117	2.5%	3,129	1,911	1,206	63.1%
Public Administration	1,980	1.6%	1,639	1,249	731	58.5%
Information Not Available	8,249	6.6%	6,969	10,988	-2,739	-24.9%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Georgia
	Dec 2007	Percent	Nov 2007	Dec 2006	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	62,419		56,210	53,394
Male	31,989	51.2%	28,096	26,129	5,860	22.4%
Female	29,569	47.4%	27,339	25,607	3,962	15.5%
Information Not Available	861	1.4%	775	1,658	-797	-48.1%

Ethnicity	62,419		56,210	53,394
Hispanic or Latino	285	0.5%	164	241	44	18.3%
Not Hispanic or Latino	61,273	98.2%	55,271	51,495	9,778	19.0%
Information Not Available	861	1.4%	775	1,658	-797	-48.1%

Race	62,419		56,210	53,394
American Indian or Alaskan Native	294	0.5%	236	176	118	67.0%
Asian	743	1.2%	675	758	-15	-2.0%
Black or African American	32,122	51.5%	29,385	28,203	3,919	13.9%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
White	28,399	45.5%	25,139	22,598	5,801	25.7%
Information Not Available	861	1.4%	775	1,659	-798	-48.1%

Years of Age	62,419		56,210	53,394
Younger than 22	2,332	2.6%	1,892	1,951	381	19.5%
22-24	3,481	4.0%	3,036	2,820	661	23.4%
25-34	14,953	17.0%	13,456	12,495	2,458	19.7%
35-44	16,448	18.7%	14,943	14,318	2,130	14.9%
45-54	14,394	16.3%	13,219	12,406	1,988	16.0%
55-59	4,743	5.4%	4,318	3,983	760	19.1%
60-64	2,734	3.1%	2,558	2,232	502	22.5%
65 and older	1,471	1.7%	1,389	1,178	293	24.9%
Information Not Available	1,863	2.1%	1,399	2,011	-148	-7.4%

Industry	62,419		56,210	53,394
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	1,343	2.1%	1,008	1,193	150	12.6%
Mining	92	0.1%	74	36	56	155.6%
Utilities	135	0.2%	144	96	39	40.6%
Construction	4,799	7.5%	4,086	3,078	1,721	55.9%
Manufacturing	6,981	10.9%	6,890	8,150	-1,169	-14.3%
Wholesale Trade	3,525	5.5%	3,228	2,844	681	23.9%
Retail Trade	4,778	7.5%	4,203	3,689	1,089	29.5%
Transporation and Warehousing	1,585	2.5%	1,431	1,493	92	6.2%
Information	1,255	2.0%	1,122	1,130	125	11.1%
Finance and Insurance	2,238	3.5%	2,104	1,564	674	43.1%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	1,277	2.0%	1,149	1,069	208	19.5%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	9,847	15.4%	8,955	8,530	1,317	15.4%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	170	0.3%	141	87	83	95.4%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	213	0.3%	211	199	14	7.0%
Educational Services	1,573	2.5%	1,401	1,496	77	5.1%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	3,084	4.8%	3,003	2,782	302	10.9%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	3,094	4.9%	2,460	2,667	427	16.0%
Accomodation and Food Services	606	1.0%	481	688	-82	-11.9%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	765	1.2%	697	795	-30	-3.8%
Public Administration	700	1.1%	694	584	116	19.9%
Information Not Available	14,359	22.5%	12,728	11,224	3,135	27.9%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Hawaii
	Dec 2007	Percent	Nov 2007	Dec 2006	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	7,836		6,889	5,627
Male	5,148	65.7%	4,366	3,653	1,495	40.9%
Female	2,687	34.3%	2,522	1,974	713	36.1%
Information Not Available	1	0.0%	1	0	1	0.0%

Ethnicity	7,836		6,889	5,627
Hispanic or Latino	436	5.6%	383	326	110	33.7%
Not Hispanic or Latino	5,903	75.3%	5,191	4,173	1,730	41.5%
Information Not Available	1,497	19.1%	1,315	1,128	369	32.7%

Race	7,836		6,889	5,627
American Indian or Alaskan Native	74	0.9%	64	50	24	48.0%
Asian	2,444	31.2%	2,140	1,844	600	32.5%
Black or African American	186	2.4%	160	127	59	46.5%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	1,965	25.1%	1,776	1,439	526	36.6%
White	2,113	27.0%	1,853	1,437	676	47.0%
Information Not Available	1,054	13.5%	896	730	324	44.4%

Years of Age	7,836		6,889	5,627
Younger than 22	187	2.0%	158	145	42	29.0%
22-24	355	3.7%	298	300	55	18.3%
25-34	1,855	19.6%	1,581	1,323	532	40.2%
35-44	1,996	21.0%	1,690	1,431	565	39.5%
45-54	1,942	20.5%	1,812	1,441	501	34.8%
55-59	789	8.3%	679	538	251	46.7%
60-64	461	4.9%	426	292	169	57.9%
65 and older	251	2.6%	245	157	94	59.9%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	7,836		6,889	5,627
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	241	3.0%	202	103	138	134.0%
Mining	3	0.0%	1	0	3	0.0%
Utilities	4	0.0%	4	3	1	33.3%
Construction	2,176	26.9%	1,769	1,635	541	33.1%
Manufacturing	175	2.2%	168	199	-24	-12.1%
Wholesale Trade	129	1.6%	121	115	14	12.2%
Retail Trade	382	4.7%	367	346	36	10.4%
Transporation and Warehousing	251	3.1%	239	251	0	0.0%
Information	330	4.1%	182	112	218	194.6%
Finance and Insurance	208	2.6%	203	92	116	126.1%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	136	1.7%	113	125	11	8.8%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	249	3.1%	234	190	59	31.1%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	18	0.2%	19	19	-1	-5.3%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	886	11.0%	760	610	276	45.2%
Educational Services	52	0.6%	55	47	5	10.6%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	261	3.2%	267	278	-17	-6.1%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	77	1.0%	83	68	9	13.2%
Accomodation and Food Services	1,066	13.2%	1,021	461	605	131.2%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	188	2.3%	181	170	18	10.6%
Public Administration	127	1.6%	140	115	12	10.4%
Information Not Available	877	10.9%	760	688	189	27.5%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Iowa
	Dec 2007	Percent	Nov 2007	Dec 2006	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	28,167		17,453	28,417
Male	20,186	71.7%	10,072	19,713	473	2.4%
Female	7,981	28.3%	7,381	8,704	-723	-8.3%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	28,167		17,453	28,417
Hispanic or Latino	1,449	5.1%	715	1,413	36	2.5%
Not Hispanic or Latino	26,352	93.6%	16,519	26,621	-269	-1.0%
Information Not Available	366	1.3%	219	383	-17	-4.4%

Race	28,167		17,453	28,417
American Indian or Alaskan Native	133	0.5%	94	133	0	0.0%
Asian	125	0.4%	124	189	-64	-33.9%
Black or African American	928	3.3%	781	1,007	-79	-7.8%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
White	25,166	89.3%	15,520	25,292	-126	-0.5%
Information Not Available	1,815	6.4%	934	1,796	19	1.1%

Years of Age	28,167		17,453	28,417
Younger than 22	632	1.2%	629	674	-42	-6.2%
22-24	1,659	3.2%	1,065	1,802	-143	-7.9%
25-34	6,646	12.9%	3,774	6,674	-28	-0.4%
35-44	6,267	12.2%	4,096	6,735	-468	-6.9%
45-54	7,258	14.1%	4,550	7,059	199	2.8%
55-59	2,519	4.9%	1,540	2,477	42	1.7%
60-64	1,761	3.4%	1,071	1,687	74	4.4%
65 and older	1,418	2.7%	723	1,293	125	9.7%
Information Not Available	7	0.0%	5	16	-9	-56.3%

Industry	28,167		17,453	28,417
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	159	0.6%	114	160	-1	-0.6%
Mining	223	0.8%	57	132	91	68.9%
Utilities	34	0.1%	35	33	1	3.0%
Construction	7,786	27.5%	2,596	7,461	325	4.4%
Manufacturing	5,603	19.8%	4,052	7,258	-1,655	-22.8%
Wholesale Trade	939	3.3%	764	920	19	2.1%
Retail Trade	1,904	6.7%	1,756	2,125	-221	-10.4%
Transporation and Warehousing	831	2.9%	489	743	88	11.8%
Information	485	1.7%	500	524	-39	-7.4%
Finance and Insurance	577	2.0%	566	489	88	18.0%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	259	0.9%	216	218	41	18.8%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	631	2.2%	609	910	-279	-30.7%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	55	0.2%	47	39	16	41.0%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	2,500	8.8%	1,656	2,666	-166	-6.2%
Educational Services	274	1.0%	274	287	-13	-4.5%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	1,207	4.3%	1,244	1,296	-89	-6.9%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	567	2.0%	420	579	-12	-2.1%
Accomodation and Food Services	1,084	3.8%	977	1,157	-73	-6.3%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	456	1.6%	409	517	-61	-11.8%
Public Administration	571	2.0%	453	585	-14	-2.4%
Information Not Available	2,022	7.1%	219	318	1,704	535.8%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Idaho
	Dec 2007	Percent	Nov 2007	Dec 2006	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	16,745		10,686	14,704
Male	11,938	71.3%	6,581	9,936	2,002	20.1%
Female	4,807	28.7%	4,105	4,768	39	0.8%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	16,745		10,686	14,704
Hispanic or Latino	2,359	14.1%	1,338	2,272	87	3.8%
Not Hispanic or Latino	13,703	81.8%	8,813	10,134	3,569	35.2%
Information Not Available	683	4.1%	535	2,298	-1,615	-70.3%

Race	16,745		10,686	14,704
American Indian or Alaskan Native	349	2.1%	264	332	17	5.1%
Asian	178	1.1%	136	129	49	38.0%
Black or African American	95	0.6%	73	73	22	30.1%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	45	0.3%	42	39	6	15.4%
White	13,138	78.5%	8,397	10,367	2,771	26.7%
Information Not Available	2,940	17.6%	1,774	3,764	-824	-21.9%

Years of Age	16,745		10,686	14,704
Younger than 22	444	1.5%	250	340	104	30.6%
22-24	1,018	3.5%	543	826	192	23.2%
25-34	4,079	14.1%	2,564	3,539	540	15.3%
35-44	3,696	12.8%	2,424	3,482	214	6.1%
45-54	4,216	14.6%	2,713	3,881	335	8.6%
55-59	1,600	5.5%	1,070	1,282	318	24.8%
60-64	1,000	3.5%	669	773	227	29.4%
65 and older	692	2.4%	453	581	111	19.1%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	16,745		10,686	14,704
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	1,274	7.1%	413	1,027	247	24.1%
Mining	158	0.9%	46	137	21	15.3%
Utilities	50	0.3%	30	37	13	35.1%
Construction	4,013	22.3%	1,932	2,768	1,245	45.0%
Manufacturing	2,158	12.0%	1,676	1,918	240	12.5%
Wholesale Trade	476	2.6%	330	430	46	10.7%
Retail Trade	1,321	7.3%	986	1,031	290	28.1%
Transporation and Warehousing	486	2.7%	253	360	126	35.0%
Information	160	0.9%	109	151	9	6.0%
Finance and Insurance	379	2.1%	380	207	172	83.1%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	187	1.0%	149	101	86	85.1%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	585	3.2%	428	344	241	70.1%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	28	0.2%	25	8	20	250.0%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	1,556	8.6%	864	1,358	198	14.6%
Educational Services	147	0.8%	148	163	-16	-9.8%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	660	3.7%	611	631	29	4.6%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	332	1.8%	205	291	41	14.1%
Accomodation and Food Services	594	3.3%	484	507	87	17.2%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	243	1.3%	180	211	32	15.2%
Public Administration	434	2.4%	292	390	44	11.3%
Information Not Available	1,504	8.3%	1,145	2,634	-1,130	-42.9%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Illinois
	Dec 2007	Percent	Nov 2007	Dec 2006	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	156,366		118,804	149,947
Male	100,994	64.6%	67,318	97,407	3,587	3.7%
Female	55,372	35.4%	51,486	52,540	2,832	5.4%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	156,366		118,804	149,947
Hispanic or Latino	29,650	19.0%	16,458	28,991	659	2.3%
Not Hispanic or Latino	126,716	81.0%	102,346	120,956	5,760	4.8%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Race	156,366		118,804	149,947
American Indian or Alaskan Native	575	0.4%	444	555	20	3.6%
Asian	3,216	2.1%	2,664	2,958	258	8.7%
Black or African American	34,567	22.1%	32,631	32,437	2,130	6.6%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
White	116,949	74.8%	82,138	113,211	3,738	3.3%
Information Not Available	1,059	0.7%	926	0	1,059	0.0%

Years of Age	156,366		118,804	149,947
Younger than 22	4,736	1.8%	3,494	4,573	163	3.6%
22-24	8,813	3.3%	6,683	8,535	278	3.3%
25-34	39,073	14.7%	29,742	36,808	2,265	6.2%
35-44	41,125	15.4%	30,624	40,364	761	1.9%
45-54	39,646	14.9%	29,750	38,135	1,511	4.0%
55-59	12,552	4.7%	9,710	11,767	785	6.7%
60-64	6,886	2.6%	5,661	6,443	443	6.9%
65 and older	3,535	1.3%	3,140	3,322	213	6.4%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	156,366		118,804	149,947
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	1,088	0.7%	504	1,115	-27	-2.4%
Mining	813	0.5%	549	564	249	44.1%
Utilities	181	0.1%	149	205	-24	-11.7%
Construction	34,893	22.2%	17,723	32,862	2,031	6.2%
Manufacturing	19,549	12.4%	17,895	20,586	-1,037	-5.0%
Wholesale Trade	6,780	4.3%	5,749	6,730	50	0.7%
Retail Trade	12,442	7.9%	10,932	12,361	81	0.7%
Transporation and Warehousing	6,084	3.9%	4,786	5,783	301	5.2%
Information	2,604	1.7%	2,394	2,595	9	0.3%
Finance and Insurance	7,728	4.9%	7,425	5,666	2,062	36.4%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	2,209	1.4%	1,972	1,973	236	12.0%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	7,657	4.9%	6,548	6,952	705	10.1%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	434	0.3%	317	633	-199	-31.4%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	22,857	14.5%	14,408	22,458	399	1.8%
Educational Services	3,455	2.2%	3,335	3,599	-144	-4.0%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	8,847	5.6%	8,371	8,209	638	7.8%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	3,039	1.9%	2,072	2,890	149	5.2%
Accomodation and Food Services	6,801	4.3%	5,808	6,447	354	5.5%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	3,355	2.1%	2,952	3,396	-41	-1.2%
Public Administration	2,665	1.7%	2,395	2,475	190	7.7%
Information Not Available	2,885	1.8%	2,520	2,448	437	17.9%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Indiana
	Dec 2007	Percent	Nov 2007	Dec 2006	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	60,705		42,744	58,905
Male	38,605	63.6%	24,116	36,756	1,849	5.0%
Female	22,035	36.3%	18,579	22,127	-92	-0.4%
Information Not Available	65	0.1%	49	22	43	195.5%

Ethnicity	60,705		42,744	58,905
Hispanic or Latino	2,771	4.6%	1,838	2,983	-212	-7.1%
Not Hispanic or Latino	46,877	77.2%	32,326	53,706	-6,829	-12.7%
Information Not Available	11,057	18.2%	8,580	2,216	8,841	399.0%

Race	60,705		42,744	58,905
American Indian or Alaskan Native	287	0.5%	183	237	50	21.1%
Asian	401	0.7%	330	352	49	13.9%
Black or African American	8,122	13.4%	6,440	7,887	235	3.0%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	50	0.1%	40	54	-4	-7.4%
White	48,777	80.4%	33,662	46,866	1,911	4.1%
Information Not Available	3,068	5.1%	2,089	3,509	-441	-12.6%

Years of Age	60,705		42,744	58,905
Younger than 22	2,072	1.9%	1,359	2,257	-185	-8.2%
22-24	3,632	3.4%	2,565	3,826	-194	-5.1%
25-34	15,099	14.1%	10,488	14,896	203	1.4%
35-44	15,749	14.8%	11,215	15,575	174	1.1%
45-54	15,072	14.1%	10,543	14,006	1,066	7.6%
55-59	4,648	4.4%	3,424	4,415	233	5.3%
60-64	2,757	2.6%	2,042	2,405	352	14.6%
65 and older	1,676	1.6%	1,108	1,525	151	9.9%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	60,705		42,744	58,905
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	231	0.4%	133	226	5	2.2%
Mining	212	0.3%	96	183	29	15.8%
Utilities	168	0.3%	148	43	125	290.7%
Construction	11,494	18.9%	5,136	9,561	1,933	20.2%
Manufacturing	14,525	23.8%	11,108	16,775	-2,250	-13.4%
Wholesale Trade	1,972	3.2%	1,645	1,853	119	6.4%
Retail Trade	4,227	6.9%	3,424	4,278	-51	-1.2%
Transporation and Warehousing	2,812	4.6%	1,510	2,064	748	36.2%
Information	546	0.9%	466	430	116	27.0%
Finance and Insurance	1,585	2.6%	1,449	1,283	302	23.5%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	814	1.3%	669	759	55	7.2%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	1,467	2.4%	1,315	1,402	65	4.6%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	131	0.2%	128	93	38	40.9%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	6,233	10.2%	4,168	6,536	-303	-4.6%
Educational Services	665	1.1%	642	704	-39	-5.5%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	3,106	5.1%	2,772	3,032	74	2.4%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	1,077	1.8%	586	999	78	7.8%
Accomodation and Food Services	2,402	3.9%	1,933	2,369	33	1.4%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	1,157	1.9%	930	1,115	42	3.8%
Public Administration	470	0.8%	346	481	-11	-2.3%
Information Not Available	5,411	8.9%	4,140	4,719	692	14.7%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Kansas
	Dec 2007	Percent	Nov 2007	Dec 2006	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	20,140		14,445	17,714
Male	13,132	65.2%	7,931	10,757	2,375	22.1%
Female	7,008	34.8%	6,514	6,957	51	0.7%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	20,140		14,445	17,714
Hispanic or Latino	1,471	7.3%	880	1,205	266	22.1%
Not Hispanic or Latino	10,303	51.2%	7,415	10,033	270	2.7%
Information Not Available	8,366	41.5%	6,150	6,476	1,890	29.2%

Race	20,140		14,445	17,714
American Indian or Alaskan Native	321	1.6%	252	288	33	11.5%
Asian	202	1.0%	174	191	11	5.8%
Black or African American	2,625	13.0%	2,341	2,613	12	0.5%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	33	0.2%	21	25	8	32.0%
White	15,328	76.1%	10,623	13,156	2,172	16.5%
Information Not Available	1,631	8.1%	1,034	1,441	190	13.2%

Years of Age	20,140		14,445	17,714
Younger than 22	616	1.8%	420	594	22	3.7%
22-24	1,216	3.5%	850	1,155	61	5.3%
25-34	4,909	14.2%	3,462	4,275	634	14.8%
35-44	5,052	14.6%	3,639	4,583	469	10.2%
45-54	5,302	15.3%	3,757	4,477	825	18.4%
55-59	1,657	4.8%	1,217	1,411	246	17.4%
60-64	910	2.6%	708	773	137	17.7%
65 and older	478	1.4%	392	446	32	7.2%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	20,140		14,445	17,714
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	180	0.9%	118	280	-100	-35.7%
Mining	178	0.9%	109	148	30	20.3%
Utilities	26	0.1%	21	18	8	44.4%
Construction	5,506	27.1%	1,872	3,417	2,089	61.1%
Manufacturing	2,849	14.0%	2,179	2,461	388	15.8%
Wholesale Trade	763	3.8%	711	1,077	-314	-29.2%
Retail Trade	1,283	6.3%	1,157	1,291	-8	-0.6%
Transporation and Warehousing	648	3.2%	413	497	151	30.4%
Information	604	3.0%	652	453	151	33.3%
Finance and Insurance	579	2.8%	552	530	49	9.2%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	313	1.5%	283	275	38	13.8%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	668	3.3%	633	719	-51	-7.1%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	46	0.2%	44	42	4	9.5%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	2,052	10.1%	1,590	1,762	290	16.5%
Educational Services	299	1.5%	317	288	11	3.8%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	1,302	6.4%	1,219	1,350	-48	-3.6%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	177	0.9%	161	157	20	12.7%
Accomodation and Food Services	613	3.0%	536	612	1	0.2%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	535	2.6%	509	433	102	23.6%
Public Administration	429	2.1%	371	428	1	0.2%
Information Not Available	1,090	5.4%	998	1,476	-386	-26.2%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Kentucky
	Dec 2007	Percent	Nov 2007	Dec 2006	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	30,575		26,153	34,353
Male	18,936	61.9%	15,685	22,450	-3,514	-15.7%
Female	11,639	38.1%	10,468	11,903	-264	-2.2%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	30,575		26,153	34,353
Hispanic or Latino	58	0.2%	24	90	-32	-35.6%
Not Hispanic or Latino	30,517	99.8%	26,129	34,263	-3,746	-10.9%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Race	30,575		26,153	34,353
American Indian or Alaskan Native	179	0.6%	198	113	66	58.4%
Asian	89	0.3%	105	86	3	3.5%
Black or African American	3,354	11.0%	3,010	4,032	-678	-16.8%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	22	0.1%	36	0	22	0.0%
White	26,529	86.8%	22,548	29,933	-3,404	-11.4%
Information Not Available	402	1.3%	256	189	213	112.7%

Years of Age	30,575		26,153	34,353
Younger than 22	831	1.5%	761	843	-12	-1.4%
22-24	1,541	2.8%	1,519	1,597	-56	-3.5%
25-34	7,570	13.6%	6,364	8,354	-784	-9.4%
35-44	8,191	14.8%	7,409	10,326	-2,135	-20.7%
45-54	7,780	14.0%	6,247	8,534	-754	-8.8%
55-59	2,327	4.2%	2,026	2,503	-176	-7.0%
60-64	1,572	2.8%	1,227	1,371	201	14.7%
65 and older	759	1.4%	600	825	-66	-8.0%
Information Not Available	4	0.0%	0	0	4	0.0%

Industry	30,575		26,153	34,353
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	40	0.1%	113	81	-41	-50.6%
Mining	505	1.6%	490	668	-163	-24.4%
Utilities	27	0.1%	24	54	-27	-50.0%
Construction	4,846	15.8%	3,553	4,989	-143	-2.9%
Manufacturing	7,726	25.2%	6,883	12,188	-4,462	-36.6%
Wholesale Trade	1,644	5.4%	1,236	1,119	525	46.9%
Retail Trade	2,166	7.1%	1,884	2,120	46	2.2%
Transporation and Warehousing	1,313	4.3%	972	1,240	73	5.9%
Information	442	1.4%	409	478	-36	-7.5%
Finance and Insurance	960	3.1%	863	893	67	7.5%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	219	0.7%	300	365	-146	-40.0%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	987	3.2%	713	965	22	2.3%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	80	0.3%	73	54	26	48.1%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	2,447	8.0%	2,021	2,571	-124	-4.8%
Educational Services	576	1.9%	547	474	102	21.5%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	1,773	5.8%	1,839	1,646	127	7.7%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	929	3.0%	421	735	194	26.4%
Accomodation and Food Services	1,085	3.5%	1,256	1,159	-74	-6.4%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	496	1.6%	442	717	-221	-30.8%
Public Administration	393	1.3%	332	329	64	19.5%
Information Not Available	1,921	6.3%	1,782	1,508	413	27.4%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Louisiana
	Dec 2007	Percent	Nov 2007	Dec 2006	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	19,445		17,862	18,834
Male	10,266	52.8%	8,930	9,244	1,022	11.1%
Female	9,179	47.2%	8,932	9,590	-411	-4.3%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	19,445		17,862	18,834
Hispanic or Latino	420	2.2%	376	388	32	8.2%
Not Hispanic or Latino	18,913	97.3%	17,383	18,356	557	3.0%
Information Not Available	112	0.6%	103	90	22	24.4%

Race	19,445		17,862	18,834
American Indian or Alaskan Native	107	0.6%	86	111	-4	-3.6%
Asian	175	0.9%	155	139	36	25.9%
Black or African American	10,069	51.8%	9,452	10,474	-405	-3.9%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	21	0.1%	16	17	4	23.5%
White	8,982	46.2%	8,058	8,091	891	11.0%
Information Not Available	91	0.5%	95	2	89	4450.0%

Years of Age	19,445		17,862	18,834
Younger than 22	642	2.3%	560	658	-16	-2.4%
22-24	1,360	4.9%	1,223	1,292	68	5.3%
25-34	5,019	18.2%	4,659	4,792	227	4.7%
35-44	4,741	17.2%	4,392	4,647	94	2.0%
45-54	4,718	17.1%	4,295	4,597	121	2.6%
55-59	1,450	5.3%	1,350	1,475	-25	-1.7%
60-64	913	3.3%	846	803	110	13.7%
65 and older	602	2.2%	537	570	32	5.6%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	19,445		17,862	18,834
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	393	2.0%	201	364	29	8.0%
Mining	281	1.4%	262	200	81	40.5%
Utilities	57	0.3%	50	65	-8	-12.3%
Construction	3,269	16.5%	2,747	2,460	809	32.9%
Manufacturing	1,640	8.3%	1,548	1,468	172	11.7%
Wholesale Trade	410	2.1%	396	422	-12	-2.8%
Retail Trade	1,400	7.1%	1,393	1,269	131	10.3%
Transporation and Warehousing	620	3.1%	508	563	57	10.1%
Information	268	1.4%	237	380	-112	-29.5%
Finance and Insurance	431	2.2%	437	392	39	9.9%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	245	1.2%	252	282	-37	-13.1%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	1,183	6.0%	1,180	882	301	34.1%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	140	0.7%	158	87	53	60.9%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	1,299	6.5%	1,224	1,341	-42	-3.1%
Educational Services	393	2.0%	398	479	-86	-18.0%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	1,547	7.8%	1,548	1,382	165	11.9%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	362	1.8%	344	365	-3	-0.8%
Accomodation and Food Services	1,091	5.5%	945	1,057	34	3.2%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	731	3.7%	719	564	167	29.6%
Public Administration	274	1.4%	250	384	-110	-28.6%
Information Not Available	3,411	17.2%	3,065	4,428	-1,017	-23.0%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Massachusetts
	Dec 2007	Percent	Nov 2007	Dec 2006	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	83,850		70,252	80,828
Male	54,016	64.4%	41,536	51,245	2,771	5.4%
Female	29,834	35.6%	28,716	29,583	251	0.8%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	83,850		70,252	80,828
Hispanic or Latino	8,301	9.9%	6,794	8,400	-99	-1.2%
Not Hispanic or Latino	73,695	87.9%	61,820	70,673	3,022	4.3%
Information Not Available	1,854	2.2%	1,638	1,755	99	5.6%

Race	83,850		70,252	80,828
American Indian or Alaskan Native	201	0.2%	169	227	-26	-11.5%
Asian	1,961	2.3%	1,945	2,048	-87	-4.2%
Black or African American	6,535	7.8%	6,034	6,499	36	0.6%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	48	0.1%	35	50	-2	-4.0%
White	67,848	80.9%	55,960	65,228	2,620	4.0%
Information Not Available	7,257	8.7%	6,109	6,776	481	7.1%

Years of Age	83,850		70,252	80,828
Younger than 22	2,579	1.8%	1,988	2,579	0	0.0%
22-24	4,468	3.1%	3,668	4,456	12	0.3%
25-34	18,170	12.4%	15,043	17,515	655	3.7%
35-44	21,236	14.5%	17,839	21,208	28	0.1%
45-54	21,162	14.5%	17,924	20,158	1,004	5.0%
55-59	7,625	5.2%	6,507	7,100	525	7.4%
60-64	5,305	3.6%	4,547	4,850	455	9.4%
65 and older	3,305	2.3%	2,736	2,962	343	11.6%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	83,850		70,252	80,828
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	819	1.0%	716	835	-16	-1.9%
Mining	134	0.2%	78	154	-20	-13.0%
Utilities	105	0.1%	73	61	44	72.1%
Construction	14,611	17.3%	9,421	14,060	551	3.9%
Manufacturing	8,372	9.9%	8,016	8,316	56	0.7%
Wholesale Trade	4,051	4.8%	3,903	3,476	575	16.5%
Retail Trade	6,767	8.0%	6,402	7,064	-297	-4.2%
Transporation and Warehousing	2,083	2.5%	1,830	2,178	-95	-4.4%
Information	1,686	2.0%	1,674	1,709	-23	-1.3%
Finance and Insurance	3,349	4.0%	3,420	2,654	695	26.2%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	1,371	1.6%	1,247	1,294	77	6.0%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	4,817	5.7%	4,741	4,802	15	0.3%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	192	0.2%	189	126	66	52.4%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	9,956	11.8%	6,906	9,171	785	8.6%
Educational Services	1,219	1.4%	1,204	1,202	17	1.4%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	5,265	6.2%	5,383	5,294	-29	-0.5%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	2,540	3.0%	1,396	2,350	190	8.1%
Accomodation and Food Services	5,622	6.6%	4,660	5,366	256	4.8%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	2,901	3.4%	2,693	2,917	-16	-0.5%
Public Administration	1,969	2.3%	1,863	2,057	-88	-4.3%
Information Not Available	6,021	7.1%	4,437	5,742	279	4.9%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Maryland
	Dec 2007	Percent	Nov 2007	Dec 2006	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	39,727		33,316	32,075
Male	22,040	55.5%	17,576	17,281	4,759	27.5%
Female	17,687	44.5%	15,740	14,794	2,893	19.6%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	39,727		33,316	32,075
Hispanic or Latino	1,841	4.6%	1,470	1,185	656	55.4%
Not Hispanic or Latino	37,195	93.6%	31,272	30,349	6,846	22.6%
Information Not Available	691	1.7%	574	541	150	27.7%

Race	39,727		33,316	32,075
American Indian or Alaskan Native	95	0.2%	79	92	3	3.3%
Asian	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
Black or African American	16,327	41.1%	14,476	14,275	2,052	14.4%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	72	0.2%	64	69	3	4.3%
White	20,233	50.9%	16,172	15,914	4,319	27.1%
Information Not Available	3,000	7.6%	2,525	1,725	1,275	73.9%

Years of Age	39,727		33,316	32,075
Younger than 22	1,407	2.4%	1,153	1,161	246	21.2%
22-24	2,357	4.1%	1,959	1,914	443	23.1%
25-34	8,996	15.6%	7,585	6,945	2,051	29.5%
35-44	9,709	16.8%	8,286	8,020	1,689	21.1%
45-54	9,849	17.0%	8,287	8,078	1,771	21.9%
55-59	3,233	5.6%	2,707	2,673	560	21.0%
60-64	2,162	3.7%	1,776	1,737	425	24.5%
65 and older	2,010	3.5%	1,560	1,537	473	30.8%
Information Not Available	4	0.0%	3	10	-6	-60.0%

Industry	39,727		33,316	32,075
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	113	0.3%	74	100	13	13.0%
Mining	57	0.1%	32	42	15	35.7%
Utilities	43	0.1%	35	40	3	7.5%
Construction	6,686	16.8%	4,652	4,501	2,185	48.5%
Manufacturing	814	2.0%	657	653	161	24.7%
Wholesale Trade	1,581	4.0%	1,416	1,285	296	23.0%
Retail Trade	1,241	3.1%	1,195	1,192	49	4.1%
Transporation and Warehousing	969	2.4%	792	695	274	39.4%
Information	782	2.0%	644	700	82	11.7%
Finance and Insurance	2,366	5.9%	1,997	1,071	1,295	120.9%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	991	2.5%	867	737	254	34.5%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	2,792	7.0%	2,541	2,475	317	12.8%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	19	0.0%	19	27	-8	-29.6%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	4,977	12.5%	4,266	4,519	458	10.1%
Educational Services	838	2.1%	791	790	48	6.1%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	2,652	6.7%	2,477	713	1,939	271.9%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	900	2.3%	667	2,821	-1,921	-68.1%
Accomodation and Food Services	3,264	8.2%	2,580	916	2,348	256.3%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	1,084	2.7%	921	663	421	63.5%
Public Administration	820	2.1%	682	5,913	-5,093	-86.1%
Information Not Available	6,738	16.9%	6,011	2,222	4,516	203.2%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Maine
	Dec 2007	Percent	Nov 2007	Dec 2006	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	10,487		7,420	10,341
Male	6,516	62.1%	4,028	6,493	23	0.4%
Female	3,970	37.9%	3,392	3,847	123	3.2%
Information Not Available	1	0.0%	0	1	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	10,487		7,420	10,341
Hispanic or Latino	104	1.0%	73	76	28	36.8%
Not Hispanic or Latino	8,677	82.7%	6,238	8,723	-46	-0.5%
Information Not Available	1,706	16.3%	1,109	1,542	164	10.6%

Race	10,487		7,420	10,341
American Indian or Alaskan Native	93	0.9%	66	107	-14	-13.1%
Asian	33	0.3%	32	42	-9	-21.4%
Black or African American	95	0.9%	76	68	27	39.7%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
White	8,992	85.7%	6,421	9,013	-21	-0.2%
Information Not Available	1,274	12.1%	825	1,111	163	14.7%

Years of Age	10,487		7,420	10,341
Younger than 22	525	2.8%	346	517	8	1.5%
22-24	746	3.9%	497	718	28	3.9%
25-34	2,285	12.1%	1,620	2,211	74	3.3%
35-44	2,468	13.0%	1,740	2,418	50	2.1%
45-54	2,672	14.1%	1,915	2,759	-87	-3.2%
55-59	910	4.8%	671	945	-35	-3.7%
60-64	537	2.8%	405	501	36	7.2%
65 and older	344	1.8%	226	272	72	26.5%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	10,487		7,420	10,341
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	179	1.7%	113	185	-6	-3.2%
Mining	10	0.1%	4	14	-4	-28.6%
Utilities	10	0.1%	12	14	-4	-28.6%
Construction	1,851	17.4%	699	1,788	63	3.5%
Manufacturing	976	9.2%	761	1,157	-181	-15.6%
Wholesale Trade	254	2.4%	214	254	0	0.0%
Retail Trade	844	7.9%	702	817	27	3.3%
Transporation and Warehousing	217	2.0%	122	175	42	24.0%
Information	74	0.7%	77	89	-15	-16.9%
Finance and Insurance	144	1.4%	129	157	-13	-8.3%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	97	0.9%	88	51	46	90.2%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	185	1.7%	156	142	43	30.3%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	13	0.1%	8	5	8	160.0%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	888	8.3%	489	701	187	26.7%
Educational Services	128	1.2%	138	133	-5	-3.8%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	545	5.1%	546	482	63	13.1%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	213	2.0%	145	221	-8	-3.6%
Accomodation and Food Services	1,253	11.7%	871	1,188	65	5.5%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	194	1.8%	168	172	22	12.8%
Public Administration	140	1.3%	105	205	-65	-31.7%
Information Not Available	2,272	21.3%	1,873	2,391	-119	-5.0%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Michigan
	Dec 2007	Percent	Nov 2007	Dec 2006	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	148,470		120,795	151,013
Male	96,822	65.2%	71,861	100,299	-3,477	-3.5%
Female	51,640	34.8%	48,928	50,708	932	1.8%
Information Not Available	8	0.0%	6	6	2	33.3%

Ethnicity	148,470		120,795	151,013
Hispanic or Latino	6,603	4.4%	4,041	6,407	196	3.1%
Not Hispanic or Latino	104,551	70.4%	87,327	107,582	-3,031	-2.8%
Information Not Available	37,316	25.1%	29,427	37,024	292	0.8%

Race	148,470		120,795	151,013
American Indian or Alaskan Native	1,974	1.3%	1,492	1,888	86	4.6%
Asian	892	0.6%	791	968	-76	-7.9%
Black or African American	15,478	10.4%	16,694	16,448	-970	-5.9%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	77	0.1%	66	99	-22	-22.2%
White	86,127	58.0%	68,236	88,433	-2,306	-2.6%
Information Not Available	43,922	29.6%	33,516	43,177	745	1.7%

Years of Age	148,470		120,795	151,013
Younger than 22	5,235	2.3%	3,818	5,848	-613	-10.5%
22-24	9,213	4.0%	7,020	10,067	-854	-8.5%
25-34	36,039	15.8%	28,578	37,263	-1,224	-3.3%
35-44	37,862	16.6%	30,776	39,165	-1,303	-3.3%
45-54	37,610	16.5%	31,157	36,708	902	2.5%
55-59	11,961	5.2%	10,393	11,848	113	1.0%
60-64	6,472	2.8%	5,663	6,266	206	3.3%
65 and older	4,075	1.8%	3,389	3,848	227	5.9%
Information Not Available	3	0.0%	1	0	3	0.0%

Industry	148,470		120,795	151,013
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	1,773	1.2%	1,035	1,827	-54	-3.0%
Mining	876	0.6%	330	1,056	-180	-17.0%
Utilities	104	0.1%	73	148	-44	-29.7%
Construction	26,460	17.6%	14,097	28,952	-2,492	-8.6%
Manufacturing	25,176	16.8%	26,273	26,396	-1,220	-4.6%
Wholesale Trade	4,522	3.0%	3,880	4,954	-432	-8.7%
Retail Trade	11,521	7.7%	10,320	10,705	816	7.6%
Transporation and Warehousing	4,453	3.0%	3,573	3,997	456	11.4%
Information	1,085	0.7%	1,033	1,189	-104	-8.7%
Finance and Insurance	3,470	2.3%	3,486	3,348	122	3.6%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	1,705	1.1%	1,583	1,984	-279	-14.1%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	5,686	3.8%	5,072	6,116	-430	-7.0%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	693	0.5%	721	1,112	-419	-37.7%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	19,829	13.2%	13,624	20,080	-251	-1.3%
Educational Services	2,789	1.9%	2,998	2,779	10	0.4%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	7,845	5.2%	7,705	7,368	477	6.5%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	4,643	3.1%	3,441	4,651	-8	-0.2%
Accomodation and Food Services	7,039	4.7%	6,190	7,380	-341	-4.6%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	2,875	1.9%	2,500	2,927	-52	-1.8%
Public Administration	2,328	1.5%	1,853	2,284	44	1.9%
Information Not Available	13,598	9.1%	11,008	11,760	1,838	15.6%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Minnesota
	Dec 2007	Percent	Nov 2007	Dec 2006	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	60,615		38,446	55,457
Male	44,733	73.8%	24,851	40,979	3,754	9.2%
Female	15,882	26.2%	13,593	14,396	1,486	10.3%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	2	82	-82	-100.0%

Ethnicity	60,615		38,446	55,457
Hispanic or Latino	2,048	3.4%	1,236	1,827	221	12.1%
Not Hispanic or Latino	53,581	88.4%	34,043	49,701	3,880	7.8%
Information Not Available	4,986	8.2%	3,167	3,929	1,057	26.9%

Race	60,615		38,446	55,457
American Indian or Alaskan Native	749	1.2%	538	689	60	8.7%
Asian	855	1.4%	721	815	40	4.9%
Black or African American	3,179	5.2%	2,712	3,007	172	5.7%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	229	0.4%	164	249	-20	-8.0%
White	52,449	86.5%	32,282	48,218	4,231	8.8%
Information Not Available	3,154	5.2%	2,029	2,479	675	27.2%

Years of Age	60,615		38,446	55,457
Younger than 22	2,128	1.9%	1,179	2,816	-688	-24.4%
22-24	4,448	4.0%	2,460	4,305	143	3.3%
25-34	15,371	14.0%	9,343	13,676	1,695	12.4%
35-44	13,793	12.5%	8,934	13,227	566	4.3%
45-54	14,893	13.5%	9,863	13,471	1,422	10.6%
55-59	5,344	4.9%	3,508	4,421	923	20.9%
60-64	2,915	2.6%	1,997	2,225	690	31.0%
65 and older	1,477	1.3%	985	756	721	95.4%
Information Not Available	246	0.2%	177	560	-314	-56.1%

Industry	60,615		38,446	55,457
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	778	1.3%	442	976	-198	-20.3%
Mining	604	1.0%	192	542	62	11.4%
Utilities	228	0.4%	153	175	53	30.3%
Construction	20,814	33.9%	8,443	19,001	1,813	9.5%
Manufacturing	7,417	12.1%	5,017	7,785	-368	-4.7%
Wholesale Trade	2,357	3.8%	1,781	2,228	129	5.8%
Retail Trade	3,827	6.2%	3,180	3,583	244	6.8%
Transporation and Warehousing	1,587	2.6%	910	1,593	-6	-0.4%
Information	833	1.4%	702	838	-5	-0.6%
Finance and Insurance	1,603	2.6%	1,552	1,249	354	28.3%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	716	1.2%	636	722	-6	-0.8%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	2,503	4.1%	1,904	1,985	518	26.1%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	734	1.2%	581	534	200	37.5%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	5,328	8.7%	3,378	5,049	279	5.5%
Educational Services	948	1.5%	877	954	-6	-0.6%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	2,668	4.3%	2,386	2,584	84	3.3%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	1,118	1.8%	786	1,035	83	8.0%
Accomodation and Food Services	2,240	3.6%	1,896	2,149	91	4.2%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	1,185	1.9%	921	1,028	157	15.3%
Public Administration	1,209	2.0%	852	1,132	77	6.8%
Information Not Available	1,918	3.1%	1,857	315	1,603	508.9%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Missouri
	Dec 2007	Percent	Nov 2007	Dec 2006	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	49,452		39,163	48,431
Male	29,496	59.6%	21,124	28,656	840	2.9%
Female	19,952	40.3%	18,028	19,773	179	0.9%
Information Not Available	4	0.0%	11	2	2	100.0%

Ethnicity	49,452		39,163	48,431
Hispanic or Latino	532	1.1%	452	586	-54	-9.2%
Not Hispanic or Latino	16,992	34.4%	13,579	17,028	-36	-0.2%
Information Not Available	31,928	64.6%	25,132	30,817	1,111	3.6%

Race	49,452		39,163	48,431
American Indian or Alaskan Native	416	0.8%	336	383	33	8.6%
Asian	305	0.6%	272	268	37	13.8%
Black or African American	10,000	20.2%	9,400	9,757	243	2.5%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	471	1.0%	354	318	153	48.1%
White	36,185	73.2%	27,104	36,024	161	0.4%
Information Not Available	2,075	4.2%	1,697	1,681	394	23.4%

Years of Age	49,452		39,163	48,431
Younger than 22	1,613	1.9%	1,253	1,894	-281	-14.8%
22-24	3,052	3.7%	2,234	3,106	-54	-1.7%
25-34	11,606	13.9%	9,086	11,611	-5	0.0%
35-44	12,284	14.7%	9,749	12,484	-200	-1.6%
45-54	12,921	15.5%	10,376	11,731	1,190	10.1%
55-59	3,942	4.7%	3,213	3,751	191	5.1%
60-64	2,333	2.8%	1,952	2,189	144	6.6%
65 and older	1,671	2.0%	1,295	1,665	6	0.4%
Information Not Available	30	0.0%	5	0	30	0.0%

Industry	49,452		39,163	48,431
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	489	1.0%	311	462	27	5.8%
Mining	297	0.6%	87	458	-161	-35.2%
Utilities	59	0.1%	41	67	-8	-11.9%
Construction	10,033	20.1%	5,489	9,751	282	2.9%
Manufacturing	7,860	15.7%	7,174	7,489	371	5.0%
Wholesale Trade	1,633	3.3%	1,496	1,708	-75	-4.4%
Retail Trade	4,166	8.3%	3,739	4,368	-202	-4.6%
Transporation and Warehousing	1,925	3.9%	1,325	1,868	57	3.1%
Information	817	1.6%	757	1,148	-331	-28.8%
Finance and Insurance	1,826	3.7%	1,681	1,305	521	39.9%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	891	1.8%	724	940	-49	-5.2%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	1,472	2.9%	1,357	1,310	162	12.4%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	114	0.2%	82	98	16	16.3%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	5,016	10.0%	4,249	4,309	707	16.4%
Educational Services	951	1.9%	890	814	137	16.8%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	3,458	6.9%	3,263	3,881	-423	-10.9%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	1,140	2.3%	740	1,335	-195	-14.6%
Accomodation and Food Services	3,799	7.6%	2,774	4,013	-214	-5.3%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	1,361	2.7%	1,171	1,428	-67	-4.7%
Public Administration	586	1.2%	522	498	88	17.7%
Information Not Available	1,559	3.1%	1,291	1,181	378	32.0%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Mississippi
	Dec 2007	Percent	Nov 2007	Dec 2006	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	20,029		17,270	18,420
Male	10,658	53.2%	8,353	9,567	1,091	11.4%
Female	9,371	46.8%	8,917	8,850	521	5.9%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	3	-3	-100.0%

Ethnicity	20,029		17,270	18,420
Hispanic or Latino	358	1.8%	266	285	73	25.6%
Not Hispanic or Latino	18,931	94.5%	16,354	17,568	1,363	7.8%
Information Not Available	740	3.7%	650	567	173	30.5%

Race	20,029		17,270	18,420
American Indian or Alaskan Native	54	0.3%	40	36	18	50.0%
Asian	113	0.6%	102	48	65	135.4%
Black or African American	11,919	59.5%	10,134	11,183	736	6.6%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	2	0.0%	2	8	-6	-75.0%
White	7,290	36.4%	6,485	6,785	505	7.4%
Information Not Available	651	3.3%	507	360	291	80.8%

Years of Age	20,029		17,270	18,420
Younger than 22	807	3.1%	699	699	108	15.5%
22-24	1,351	5.1%	1,151	1,286	65	5.1%
25-34	5,037	19.1%	4,506	4,418	619	14.0%
35-44	4,856	18.4%	4,213	4,594	262	5.7%
45-54	4,924	18.6%	4,142	4,571	353	7.7%
55-59	1,508	5.7%	1,235	1,465	43	2.9%
60-64	906	3.4%	755	801	105	13.1%
65 and older	640	2.4%	569	586	54	9.2%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	20,029		17,270	18,420
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	1,676	7.7%	487	1,673	3	0.2%
Mining	96	0.4%	78	43	53	123.3%
Utilities	22	0.1%	15	23	-1	-4.3%
Construction	1,663	7.7%	1,346	1,129	534	47.3%
Manufacturing	4,944	22.8%	4,581	4,887	57	1.2%
Wholesale Trade	468	2.2%	536	428	40	9.3%
Retail Trade	1,885	8.7%	1,809	1,675	210	12.5%
Transporation and Warehousing	700	3.2%	595	478	222	46.4%
Information	139	0.6%	147	147	-8	-5.4%
Finance and Insurance	291	1.3%	280	240	51	21.3%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	156	0.7%	144	175	-19	-10.9%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	540	2.5%	522	474	66	13.9%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	26	0.1%	31	30	-4	-13.3%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	1,644	7.6%	1,544	1,425	219	15.4%
Educational Services	350	1.6%	342	412	-62	-15.0%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	1,369	6.3%	1,344	1,166	203	17.4%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	173	0.8%	138	152	21	13.8%
Accomodation and Food Services	1,531	7.1%	1,279	1,424	107	7.5%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	329	1.5%	298	325	4	1.2%
Public Administration	345	1.6%	320	381	-36	-9.4%
Information Not Available	1,682	7.7%	1,434	1,733	-51	-2.9%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Montana
	Dec 2007	Percent	Nov 2007	Dec 2006	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	5,967		3,942	4,970
Male	4,180	70.1%	2,396	3,316	864	26.1%
Female	1,767	29.6%	1,531	1,631	136	8.3%
Information Not Available	20	0.3%	15	23	-3	-13.0%

Ethnicity	5,967		3,942	4,970
Hispanic or Latino	157	2.6%	102	118	39	33.1%
Not Hispanic or Latino	5,483	91.9%	3,620	4,554	929	20.4%
Information Not Available	327	5.5%	220	298	29	9.7%

Race	5,967		3,942	4,970
American Indian or Alaskan Native	560	9.4%	401	539	21	3.9%
Asian	22	0.4%	18	20	2	10.0%
Black or African American	34	0.6%	25	23	11	47.8%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	11	0.2%	8	8	3	37.5%
White	5,293	88.7%	3,458	4,344	949	21.8%
Information Not Available	47	0.8%	32	36	11	30.6%

Years of Age	5,967		3,942	4,970
Younger than 22	210	1.9%	100	167	43	25.7%
22-24	402	3.7%	243	354	48	13.6%
25-34	1,452	13.3%	917	1,194	258	21.6%
35-44	1,290	11.8%	853	1,036	254	24.5%
45-54	1,564	14.3%	1,054	1,315	249	18.9%
55-59	536	4.9%	412	440	96	21.8%
60-64	304	2.8%	216	269	35	13.0%
65 and older	209	1.9%	147	195	14	7.2%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	5,967		3,942	4,970
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	125	2.1%	61	94	31	33.0%
Mining	155	2.5%	81	128	27	21.1%
Utilities	25	0.4%	24	18	7	38.9%
Construction	1,920	31.5%	833	1,341	579	43.2%
Manufacturing	323	5.3%	260	255	68	26.7%
Wholesale Trade	157	2.6%	84	134	23	17.2%
Retail Trade	442	7.3%	344	435	7	1.6%
Transporation and Warehousing	136	2.2%	89	143	-7	-4.9%
Information	65	1.1%	64	53	12	22.6%
Finance and Insurance	84	1.4%	88	66	18	27.3%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	54	0.9%	47	43	11	25.6%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	139	2.3%	104	130	9	6.9%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	8	0.1%	4	5	3	60.0%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	558	9.2%	356	468	90	19.2%
Educational Services	147	2.4%	122	145	2	1.4%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	260	4.3%	251	224	36	16.1%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	199	3.3%	163	153	46	30.1%
Accomodation and Food Services	545	8.9%	494	530	15	2.8%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	127	2.1%	104	95	32	33.7%
Public Administration	193	3.2%	151	189	4	2.1%
Information Not Available	305	5.0%	218	321	-16	-5.0%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants North Carolina
	Dec 2007	Percent	Nov 2007	Dec 2006	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	78,279		70,698	72,788
Male	41,536	53.1%	37,151	36,926	4,610	12.5%
Female	36,738	46.9%	33,544	35,858	880	2.5%
Information Not Available	5	0.0%	3	4	1	25.0%

Ethnicity	78,279		70,698	72,788
Hispanic or Latino	2,930	3.7%	2,365	2,497	433	17.3%
Not Hispanic or Latino	73,734	94.2%	67,135	68,456	5,278	7.7%
Information Not Available	1,615	2.1%	1,198	1,835	-220	-12.0%

Race	78,279		70,698	72,788
American Indian or Alaskan Native	1,226	1.6%	1,009	1,121	105	9.4%
Asian	660	0.8%	605	714	-54	-7.6%
Black or African American	28,986	37.0%	26,538	27,046	1,940	7.2%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	68	0.1%	58	79	-11	-13.9%
White	42,841	54.7%	38,917	39,476	3,365	8.5%
Information Not Available	4,498	5.7%	3,571	4,352	146	3.4%

Years of Age	78,279		70,698	72,788
Younger than 22	2,745	2.3%	2,259	2,546	199	7.8%
22-24	4,686	4.0%	4,180	4,434	252	5.7%
25-34	19,202	16.4%	17,090	16,913	2,289	13.5%
35-44	20,387	17.4%	18,762	18,929	1,458	7.7%
45-54	18,632	15.9%	16,879	17,615	1,017	5.8%
55-59	6,364	5.4%	5,820	6,274	90	1.4%
60-64	3,886	3.3%	3,677	3,764	122	3.2%
65 and older	2,377	2.0%	2,031	2,313	64	2.8%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	78,279		70,698	72,788
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	428	0.5%	299	360	68	18.9%
Mining	55	0.1%	38	46	9	19.6%
Utilities	83	0.1%	74	103	-20	-19.4%
Construction	7,987	10.1%	6,636	5,736	2,251	39.2%
Manufacturing	14,709	18.7%	15,169	15,433	-724	-4.7%
Wholesale Trade	2,835	3.6%	2,744	2,222	613	27.6%
Retail Trade	5,804	7.4%	5,478	5,581	223	4.0%
Transporation and Warehousing	1,883	2.4%	1,578	1,877	6	0.3%
Information	1,003	1.3%	911	926	77	8.3%
Finance and Insurance	2,216	2.8%	2,182	1,708	508	29.7%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	1,154	1.5%	977	1,000	154	15.4%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	2,656	3.4%	2,567	2,301	355	15.4%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	195	0.2%	161	197	-2	-1.0%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	8,241	10.5%	7,420	8,219	22	0.3%
Educational Services	1,079	1.4%	1,064	1,226	-147	-12.0%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	5,422	6.9%	5,117	4,770	652	13.7%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	1,029	1.3%	701	920	109	11.8%
Accomodation and Food Services	4,591	5.8%	3,166	4,541	50	1.1%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	1,494	1.9%	1,177	1,292	202	15.6%
Public Administration	711	0.9%	647	768	-57	-7.4%
Information Not Available	14,704	18.7%	12,592	13,562	1,142	8.4%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants North Dakota
	Dec 2007	Percent	Nov 2007	Dec 2006	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	4,573		2,061	4,545
Male	3,768	82.4%	1,393	3,617	151	4.2%
Female	795	17.4%	665	905	-110	-12.2%
Information Not Available	10	0.2%	3	23	-13	-56.5%

Ethnicity	4,573		2,061	4,545
Hispanic or Latino	132	2.9%	58	127	5	3.9%
Not Hispanic or Latino	4,338	94.9%	1,950	4,323	15	0.3%
Information Not Available	103	2.3%	53	95	8	8.4%

Race	4,573		2,061	4,545
American Indian or Alaskan Native	336	7.3%	213	384	-48	-12.5%
Asian	5	0.1%	6	7	-2	-28.6%
Black or African American	48	1.0%	21	45	3	6.7%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	6	0.1%	8	1	5	500.0%
White	3,943	86.2%	1,702	3,886	57	1.5%
Information Not Available	235	5.1%	111	222	13	5.9%

Years of Age	4,573		2,061	4,545
Younger than 22	156	1.9%	65	150	6	4.0%
22-24	276	3.4%	104	285	-9	-3.2%
25-34	1,074	13.0%	455	1,034	40	3.9%
35-44	958	11.6%	439	991	-33	-3.3%
45-54	1,138	13.8%	523	1,177	-39	-3.3%
55-59	454	5.5%	205	412	42	10.2%
60-64	283	3.4%	150	254	29	11.4%
65 and older	206	2.5%	113	217	-11	-5.1%
Information Not Available	28	0.3%	7	25	3	12.0%

Industry	4,573		2,061	4,545
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	142	3.0%	62	162	-20	-12.3%
Mining	287	6.1%	77	271	16	5.9%
Utilities	7	0.1%	4	7	0	0.0%
Construction	1,727	36.6%	455	1,676	51	3.0%
Manufacturing	478	10.1%	230	460	18	3.9%
Wholesale Trade	187	4.0%	89	187	0	0.0%
Retail Trade	209	4.4%	153	218	-9	-4.1%
Transporation and Warehousing	132	2.8%	50	137	-5	-3.6%
Information	54	1.1%	52	37	17	45.9%
Finance and Insurance	33	0.7%	29	52	-19	-36.5%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	18	0.4%	16	15	3	20.0%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	87	1.8%	69	117	-30	-25.6%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	22	0.5%	13	18	4	22.2%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	226	4.8%	96	218	8	3.7%
Educational Services	5	0.1%	2	4	1	25.0%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	124	2.6%	115	155	-31	-20.0%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	52	1.1%	35	54	-2	-3.7%
Accomodation and Food Services	118	2.5%	86	109	9	8.3%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	47	1.0%	45	64	-17	-26.6%
Public Administration	223	4.7%	164	302	-79	-26.2%
Information Not Available	395	8.4%	219	282	113	40.1%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Nebraska
	Dec 2007	Percent	Nov 2007	Dec 2006	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	10,069		7,119	10,496
Male	6,152	61.1%	3,448	6,218	-66	-1.1%
Female	3,614	35.9%	3,380	3,932	-318	-8.1%
Information Not Available	303	3.0%	291	346	-43	-12.4%

Ethnicity	10,069		7,119	10,496
Hispanic or Latino	531	5.3%	251	491	40	8.1%
Not Hispanic or Latino	7,466	74.1%	5,121	8,432	-966	-11.5%
Information Not Available	2,072	20.6%	1,747	1,573	499	31.7%

Race	10,069		7,119	10,496
American Indian or Alaskan Native	90	0.9%	61	117	-27	-23.1%
Asian	71	0.7%	54	75	-4	-5.3%
Black or African American	570	5.7%	468	657	-87	-13.2%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	14	0.1%	11	19	-5	-26.3%
White	4,659	46.3%	3,008	5,141	-482	-9.4%
Information Not Available	4,665	46.3%	3,517	4,487	178	4.0%

Years of Age	10,069		7,119	10,496
Younger than 22	224	1.6%	241	250	-26	-10.4%
22-24	571	4.0%	431	599	-28	-4.7%
25-34	2,375	16.8%	1,635	2,436	-61	-2.5%
35-44	2,287	16.2%	1,652	2,445	-158	-6.5%
45-54	2,563	18.1%	1,834	2,743	-180	-6.6%
55-59	949	6.7%	633	980	-31	-3.2%
60-64	602	4.3%	406	623	-21	-3.4%
65 and older	498	3.5%	287	420	78	18.6%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	10,069		7,119	10,496
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	88	0.9%	58	70	18	25.7%
Mining	104	1.0%	18	79	25	31.6%
Utilities	19	0.2%	17	20	-1	-5.0%
Construction	2,420	23.8%	641	1,602	818	51.1%
Manufacturing	1,312	12.9%	1,137	1,904	-592	-31.1%
Wholesale Trade	354	3.5%	258	348	6	1.7%
Retail Trade	803	7.9%	743	897	-94	-10.5%
Transporation and Warehousing	270	2.7%	204	288	-18	-6.3%
Information	175	1.7%	170	197	-22	-11.2%
Finance and Insurance	332	3.3%	345	281	51	18.1%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	113	1.1%	101	117	-4	-3.4%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	335	3.3%	360	357	-22	-6.2%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	42	0.4%	36	19	23	121.1%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	1,034	10.2%	758	1,123	-89	-7.9%
Educational Services	155	1.5%	144	184	-29	-15.8%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	688	6.8%	681	776	-88	-11.3%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	143	1.4%	103	148	-5	-3.4%
Accomodation and Food Services	504	5.0%	459	494	10	2.0%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	156	1.5%	136	210	-54	-25.7%
Public Administration	326	3.2%	244	308	18	5.8%
Information Not Available	696	6.9%	506	1,074	-378	-35.2%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants New Hampshire
	Dec 2007	Percent	Nov 2007	Dec 2006	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	6,686		5,412	6,425
Male	4,188	62.6%	3,018	3,953	235	5.9%
Female	2,498	37.4%	2,394	2,472	26	1.1%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	6,686		5,412	6,425
Hispanic or Latino	190	2.8%	161	174	16	9.2%
Not Hispanic or Latino	4,835	72.3%	3,997	4,658	177	3.8%
Information Not Available	1,661	24.8%	1,254	1,593	68	4.3%

Race	6,686		5,412	6,425
American Indian or Alaskan Native	26	0.4%	21	25	1	4.0%
Asian	67	1.0%	55	43	24	55.8%
Black or African American	97	1.5%	89	108	-11	-10.2%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	13	0.2%	11	3	10	333.3%
White	6,171	92.3%	4,957	5,933	238	4.0%
Information Not Available	312	4.7%	279	313	-1	-0.3%

Years of Age	6,686		5,412	6,425
Younger than 22	181	1.5%	112	185	-4	-2.2%
22-24	357	2.9%	270	321	36	11.2%
25-34	1,351	10.9%	1,020	1,124	227	20.2%
35-44	1,580	12.7%	1,304	1,568	12	0.8%
45-54	1,798	14.5%	1,530	1,854	-56	-3.0%
55-59	728	5.9%	633	726	2	0.3%
60-64	457	3.7%	369	455	2	0.4%
65 and older	234	1.9%	174	192	42	21.9%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	6,686		5,412	6,425
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	26	0.4%	16	27	-1	-3.7%
Mining	36	0.5%	7	14	22	157.1%
Utilities	3	0.0%	2	3	0	0.0%
Construction	1,117	16.6%	540	977	140	14.3%
Manufacturing	823	12.3%	757	959	-136	-14.2%
Wholesale Trade	338	5.0%	328	323	15	4.6%
Retail Trade	699	10.4%	631	697	2	0.3%
Transporation and Warehousing	144	2.1%	115	116	28	24.1%
Information	81	1.2%	91	99	-18	-18.2%
Finance and Insurance	258	3.8%	275	178	80	44.9%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	118	1.8%	95	112	6	5.4%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	244	3.6%	262	244	0	0.0%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	13	0.2%	9	6	7	116.7%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	758	11.3%	527	681	77	11.3%
Educational Services	108	1.6%	109	159	-51	-32.1%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	352	5.2%	345	336	16	4.8%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	198	2.9%	122	189	9	4.8%
Accomodation and Food Services	358	5.3%	343	336	22	6.5%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	169	2.5%	145	169	0	0.0%
Public Administration	101	1.5%	106	142	-41	-28.9%
Information Not Available	742	11.1%	587	658	84	12.8%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants New Jersey
	Dec 2007	Percent	Nov 2007	Dec 2006	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	109,014		98,990	105,301
Male	63,487	58.2%	53,924	60,946	2,541	4.2%
Female	45,527	41.8%	45,066	44,355	1,172	2.6%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	109,014		98,990	105,301
Hispanic or Latino	21,440	19.7%	18,419	20,937	503	2.4%
Not Hispanic or Latino	78,931	72.4%	72,340	75,969	2,962	3.9%
Information Not Available	8,643	7.9%	8,231	8,395	248	3.0%

Race	109,014		98,990	105,301
American Indian or Alaskan Native	405	0.4%	381	428	-23	-5.4%
Asian	2,736	2.5%	2,535	2,825	-89	-3.2%
Black or African American	22,166	20.3%	21,774	22,136	30	0.1%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	721	0.7%	623	766	-45	-5.9%
White	66,293	60.8%	58,723	62,739	3,554	5.7%
Information Not Available	16,693	15.3%	14,954	16,407	286	1.7%

Years of Age	109,014		98,990	105,301
Younger than 22	14,448	8.4%	13,179	11,507	2,941	25.6%
22-24	8,200	4.8%	7,613	7,766	434	5.6%
25-34	24,802	14.4%	22,496	24,058	744	3.1%
35-44	27,314	15.9%	24,672	26,959	355	1.3%
45-54	21,047	12.3%	19,013	20,777	270	1.3%
55-59	6,720	3.9%	6,180	7,001	-281	-4.0%
60-64	3,496	2.0%	3,209	3,794	-298	-7.9%
65 and older	2,987	1.7%	2,628	3,439	-452	-13.1%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	109,014		98,990	105,301
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	756	0.7%	467	733	23	3.1%
Mining	66	0.1%	52	64	2	3.1%
Utilities	119	0.1%	104	162	-43	-26.5%
Construction	13,985	12.7%	10,206	11,995	1,990	16.6%
Manufacturing	8,673	7.9%	8,491	9,508	-835	-8.8%
Wholesale Trade	6,041	5.5%	5,843	5,799	242	4.2%
Retail Trade	11,491	10.5%	11,331	11,161	330	3.0%
Transporation and Warehousing	4,215	3.8%	4,263	3,956	259	6.5%
Information	1,985	1.8%	1,994	2,177	-192	-8.8%
Finance and Insurance	5,061	4.6%	5,157	3,718	1,343	36.1%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	2,084	1.9%	1,950	2,002	82	4.1%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	5,693	5.2%	5,583	5,072	621	12.2%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	356	0.3%	386	377	-21	-5.6%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	13,168	12.0%	10,824	13,034	134	1.0%
Educational Services	2,810	2.6%	2,894	3,937	-1,127	-28.6%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	8,637	7.9%	8,504	7,981	656	8.2%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	2,938	2.7%	2,079	2,809	129	4.6%
Accomodation and Food Services	8,345	7.6%	7,680	8,826	-481	-5.4%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	2,594	2.4%	2,437	2,527	67	2.7%
Public Administration	1,552	1.4%	1,217	1,555	-3	-0.2%
Information Not Available	8,445	7.7%	7,528	7,908	537	6.8%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants New Mexico
	Dec 2007	Percent	Nov 2007	Dec 2006	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	11,197		10,122	11,559
Male	6,431	57.4%	5,559	6,648	-217	-3.3%
Female	4,766	42.6%	4,563	4,911	-145	-3.0%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	11,197		10,122	11,559
Hispanic or Latino	6,347	56.7%	5,497	6,418	-71	-1.1%
Not Hispanic or Latino	4,346	38.8%	4,132	4,799	-453	-9.4%
Information Not Available	504	4.5%	493	342	162	47.4%

Race	11,197		10,122	11,559
American Indian or Alaskan Native	1,075	9.6%	965	1,159	-84	-7.2%
Asian	123	1.1%	119	105	18	17.1%
Black or African American	336	3.0%	327	376	-40	-10.6%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	26	0.2%	27	22	4	18.2%
White	5,490	49.0%	5,042	5,610	-120	-2.1%
Information Not Available	4,147	37.0%	3,642	4,287	-140	-3.3%

Years of Age	11,197		10,122	11,559
Younger than 22	414	2.6%	344	427	-13	-3.0%
22-24	683	4.3%	607	704	-21	-3.0%
25-34	2,429	15.1%	2,207	2,511	-82	-3.3%
35-44	2,785	17.3%	2,473	2,885	-100	-3.5%
45-54	2,878	17.9%	2,308	2,966	-88	-3.0%
55-59	1,008	6.3%	766	1,038	-30	-2.9%
60-64	619	3.9%	405	633	-14	-2.2%
65 and older	381	2.4%	263	395	-14	-3.5%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	749	0	0	0.0%

Industry	11,197		10,122	11,559
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	723	6.1%	449	675	48	7.1%
Mining	171	1.4%	158	92	79	85.9%
Utilities	101	0.8%	88	22	79	359.1%
Construction	2,051	17.2%	1,678	1,670	381	22.8%
Manufacturing	1,362	11.4%	1,327	804	558	69.4%
Wholesale Trade	336	2.8%	289	251	85	33.9%
Retail Trade	960	8.1%	946	709	251	35.4%
Transporation and Warehousing	240	2.0%	200	179	61	34.1%
Information	306	2.6%	246	713	-407	-57.1%
Finance and Insurance	294	2.5%	314	270	24	8.9%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	191	1.6%	188	136	55	40.4%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	576	4.8%	566	382	194	50.8%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	14	0.1%	16	28	-14	-50.0%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	919	7.7%	829	742	177	23.9%
Educational Services	351	2.9%	331	294	57	19.4%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	971	8.1%	977	895	76	8.5%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	253	2.1%	233	175	78	44.6%
Accomodation and Food Services	641	5.4%	588	516	125	24.2%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	247	2.1%	256	230	17	7.4%
Public Administration	396	3.3%	375	346	50	14.5%
Information Not Available	94	0.8%	68	2,430	-2,336	-96.1%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Nevada
	Dec 2007	Percent	Nov 2007	Dec 2006	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	30,446		25,182	23,349
Male	18,092	59.4%	14,868	14,087	4,005	28.4%
Female	12,350	40.6%	10,312	9,260	3,090	33.4%
Information Not Available	4	0.0%	2	2	2	100.0%

Ethnicity	30,446		25,182	23,349
Hispanic or Latino	5,279	17.3%	4,069	3,762	1,517	40.3%
Not Hispanic or Latino	19,695	64.7%	16,737	15,050	4,645	30.9%
Information Not Available	5,472	18.0%	4,376	4,537	935	20.6%

Race	30,446		25,182	23,349
American Indian or Alaskan Native	539	1.8%	474	419	120	28.6%
Asian	1,324	4.3%	1,047	1,106	218	19.7%
Black or African American	3,351	11.0%	2,907	2,502	849	33.9%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	537	1.8%	400	358	179	50.0%
White	20,012	65.7%	16,718	15,814	4,198	26.5%
Information Not Available	4,683	15.4%	3,636	3,150	1,533	48.7%

Years of Age	30,446		25,182	23,349
Younger than 22	982	2.0%	717	625	357	57.1%
22-24	1,640	3.4%	1,279	1,056	584	55.3%
25-34	6,286	13.0%	5,066	4,405	1,881	42.7%
35-44	7,585	15.6%	6,244	5,906	1,679	28.4%
45-54	7,746	16.0%	6,542	6,265	1,481	23.6%
55-59	2,791	5.8%	2,450	2,361	430	18.2%
60-64	1,926	4.0%	1,581	1,493	433	29.0%
65 and older	1,455	3.0%	1,269	1,197	258	21.6%
Information Not Available	35	0.1%	34	41	-6	-14.6%

Industry	30,446		25,182	23,349
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	23	0.1%	13	23	0	0.0%
Mining	175	0.6%	110	94	81	86.2%
Utilities	38	0.1%	32	23	15	65.2%
Construction	6,909	22.7%	5,697	5,374	1,535	28.6%
Manufacturing	1,452	4.8%	1,199	1,125	327	29.1%
Wholesale Trade	702	2.3%	615	509	193	37.9%
Retail Trade	2,117	6.9%	1,774	1,462	655	44.8%
Transporation and Warehousing	794	2.6%	641	565	229	40.5%
Information	310	1.0%	270	256	54	21.1%
Finance and Insurance	1,073	3.5%	991	596	477	80.0%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	835	2.7%	683	497	338	68.0%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	1,332	4.4%	1,212	654	678	103.7%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	125	0.4%	119	87	38	43.7%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	4,671	15.3%	4,061	3,518	1,153	32.8%
Educational Services	294	1.0%	290	217	77	35.5%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	962	3.2%	871	817	145	17.7%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	708	2.3%	545	531	177	33.3%
Accomodation and Food Services	5,341	17.5%	4,089	4,519	822	18.2%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	495	1.6%	387	384	111	28.9%
Public Administration	459	1.5%	402	446	13	2.9%
Information Not Available	1,631	5.4%	1,181	1,652	-21	-1.3%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants New York
	Dec 2007	Percent	Nov 2007	Dec 2006	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	176,688		154,343	175,997
Male	106,797	60.4%	86,906	105,580	1,217	1.2%
Female	69,891	39.6%	67,437	70,417	-526	-0.7%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	176,688		154,343	175,997
Hispanic or Latino	25,938	14.7%	23,264	26,655	-717	-2.7%
Not Hispanic or Latino	122,444	69.3%	106,050	125,599	-3,155	-2.5%
Information Not Available	28,306	16.0%	25,029	23,743	4,563	19.2%

Race	176,688		154,343	175,997
American Indian or Alaskan Native	1,196	0.7%	1,035	1,210	-14	-1.2%
Asian	4,539	2.6%	4,125	4,647	-108	-2.3%
Black or African American	25,335	14.3%	23,931	25,845	-510	-2.0%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	295	0.2%	239	274	21	7.7%
White	100,847	57.1%	84,836	102,165	-1,318	-1.3%
Information Not Available	44,476	25.2%	40,177	41,856	2,620	6.3%

Years of Age	176,688		154,343	175,997
Younger than 22	7,221	2.7%	6,118	7,087	134	1.9%
22-24	11,927	4.4%	10,155	11,481	446	3.9%
25-34	43,641	16.3%	37,902	42,475	1,166	2.7%
35-44	43,363	16.2%	37,692	45,394	-2,031	-4.5%
45-54	39,939	14.9%	34,992	39,581	358	0.9%
55-59	14,046	5.2%	12,520	14,338	-292	-2.0%
60-64	9,077	3.4%	8,198	8,436	641	7.6%
65 and older	7,474	2.8%	6,766	7,205	269	3.7%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	176,688		154,343	175,997
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	745	0.4%	472	807	-62	-7.7%
Mining	894	0.5%	308	806	88	10.9%
Utilities	146	0.1%	124	204	-58	-28.4%
Construction	28,199	15.9%	19,056	27,825	374	1.3%
Manufacturing	16,842	9.5%	15,201	17,071	-229	-1.3%
Wholesale Trade	7,311	4.1%	6,878	7,541	-230	-3.0%
Retail Trade	14,115	8.0%	13,317	14,346	-231	-1.6%
Transporation and Warehousing	5,188	2.9%	4,816	5,102	86	1.7%
Information	5,115	2.9%	4,661	4,867	248	5.1%
Finance and Insurance	10,241	5.8%	9,912	8,208	2,033	24.8%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	4,278	2.4%	3,778	4,256	22	0.5%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	11,152	6.3%	10,580	10,518	634	6.0%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	737	0.4%	708	691	46	6.7%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	19,587	11.0%	16,229	19,642	-55	-0.3%
Educational Services	5,028	2.8%	5,234	5,697	-669	-11.7%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	14,193	8.0%	13,946	14,736	-543	-3.7%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	7,712	4.3%	6,596	7,779	-67	-0.9%
Accomodation and Food Services	10,788	6.1%	9,765	10,827	-39	-0.4%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	5,238	3.0%	4,814	5,421	-183	-3.4%
Public Administration	6,335	3.6%	5,591	6,238	97	1.6%
Information Not Available	2,844	1.6%	2,357	3,415	-571	-16.7%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Ohio
	Dec 2007	Percent	Nov 2007	Dec 2006	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	109,150		79,706	103,060
Male	73,668	67.5%	47,805	68,828	4,840	7.0%
Female	35,014	32.1%	31,575	33,934	1,080	3.2%
Information Not Available	468	0.4%	326	298	170	57.0%

Ethnicity	109,150		79,706	103,060
Hispanic or Latino	3,396	3.1%	2,269	3,566	-170	-4.8%
Not Hispanic or Latino	101,570	93.1%	74,213	95,340	6,230	6.5%
Information Not Available	4,184	3.8%	3,224	4,154	30	0.7%

Race	109,150		79,706	103,060
American Indian or Alaskan Native	553	0.5%	412	491	62	12.6%
Asian	375	0.3%	341	392	-17	-4.3%
Black or African American	15,974	14.6%	13,589	15,327	647	4.2%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	88	0.1%	79	82	6	7.3%
White	87,841	80.5%	62,193	82,401	5,440	6.6%
Information Not Available	4,319	4.0%	3,092	4,367	-48	-1.1%

Years of Age	109,150		79,706	103,060
Younger than 22	3,390	1.8%	2,419	3,348	42	1.3%
22-24	5,903	3.1%	4,187	5,619	284	5.1%
25-34	25,462	13.3%	18,434	24,044	1,418	5.9%
35-44	28,858	15.0%	21,084	27,195	1,663	6.1%
45-54	28,913	15.1%	21,284	28,147	766	2.7%
55-59	9,599	5.0%	7,349	9,410	189	2.0%
60-64	4,905	2.6%	3,743	4,249	656	15.4%
65 and older	2,120	1.1%	1,206	1,048	1,072	102.3%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	109,150		79,706	103,060
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	786	0.7%	398	753	33	4.4%
Mining	502	0.5%	240	403	99	24.6%
Utilities	165	0.2%	101	136	29	21.3%
Construction	27,736	25.2%	13,279	23,560	4,176	17.7%
Manufacturing	21,824	19.9%	17,832	23,072	-1,248	-5.4%
Wholesale Trade	4,093	3.7%	3,663	3,700	393	10.6%
Retail Trade	5,246	4.8%	4,498	5,549	-303	-5.5%
Transporation and Warehousing	3,576	3.3%	2,326	3,356	220	6.6%
Information	1,129	1.0%	1,055	1,145	-16	-1.4%
Finance and Insurance	3,569	3.2%	3,341	2,439	1,130	46.3%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	1,515	1.4%	1,411	1,447	68	4.7%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	3,839	3.5%	3,459	3,511	328	9.3%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	276	0.3%	228	281	-5	-1.8%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	13,893	12.6%	9,407	13,756	137	1.0%
Educational Services	1,972	1.8%	1,830	1,757	215	12.2%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	5,906	5.4%	5,889	5,429	477	8.8%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	2,212	2.0%	1,469	2,160	52	2.4%
Accomodation and Food Services	4,174	3.8%	3,429	3,830	344	9.0%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	2,353	2.1%	2,036	2,298	55	2.4%
Public Administration	1,111	1.0%	915	1,154	-43	-3.7%
Information Not Available	3,273	3.0%	2,900	3,324	-51	-1.5%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Oklahoma
	Dec 2007	Percent	Nov 2007	Dec 2006	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	15,035		12,665	14,472
Male	7,974	53.0%	6,102	7,671	303	3.9%
Female	7,036	46.8%	6,526	6,750	286	4.2%
Information Not Available	25	0.2%	37	51	-26	-51.0%

Ethnicity	15,035		12,665	14,472
Hispanic or Latino	1,499	10.0%	860	1,112	387	34.8%
Not Hispanic or Latino	13,536	90.0%	11,805	13,360	176	1.3%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Race	15,035		12,665	14,472
American Indian or Alaskan Native	1,359	9.0%	1,196	1,323	36	2.7%
Asian	103	0.7%	99	120	-17	-14.2%
Black or African American	2,165	14.4%	2,024	2,263	-98	-4.3%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	8	0.1%	11	12	-4	-33.3%
White	9,156	60.9%	8,014	8,946	210	2.3%
Information Not Available	2,244	14.9%	1,321	1,808	436	24.1%

Years of Age	15,035		12,665	14,472
Younger than 22	232	1.0%	332	263	-31	-11.8%
22-24	716	3.1%	722	683	33	4.8%
25-34	3,545	15.2%	2,995	3,310	235	7.1%
35-44	3,808	16.3%	3,253	3,718	90	2.4%
45-54	3,953	17.0%	3,288	3,963	-10	-0.3%
55-59	1,340	5.7%	1,053	1,261	79	6.3%
60-64	881	3.8%	619	781	100	12.8%
65 and older	560	2.4%	403	493	67	13.6%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	15,035		12,665	14,472
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	32	0.2%	28	36	-4	-11.1%
Mining	400	2.7%	359	346	54	15.6%
Utilities	58	0.4%	73	41	17	41.5%
Construction	1,893	12.6%	869	1,654	239	14.4%
Manufacturing	2,133	14.2%	1,646	2,426	-293	-12.1%
Wholesale Trade	563	3.7%	526	526	37	7.0%
Retail Trade	1,252	8.3%	1,233	1,430	-178	-12.4%
Transporation and Warehousing	423	2.8%	234	361	62	17.2%
Information	392	2.6%	425	469	-77	-16.4%
Finance and Insurance	669	4.4%	639	484	185	38.2%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	304	2.0%	326	294	10	3.4%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	590	3.9%	558	671	-81	-12.1%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	36	0.2%	30	20	16	80.0%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	2,038	13.5%	1,609	1,650	388	23.5%
Educational Services	357	2.4%	342	333	24	7.2%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	1,341	8.9%	1,369	1,392	-51	-3.7%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	273	1.8%	251	242	31	12.8%
Accomodation and Food Services	642	4.3%	578	608	34	5.6%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	519	3.4%	485	482	37	7.7%
Public Administration	589	3.9%	586	525	64	12.2%
Information Not Available	531	3.5%	499	482	49	10.2%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Oregon
	Dec 2007	Percent	Nov 2007	Dec 2006	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	49,508		41,642	45,281
Male	31,060	62.7%	25,183	28,235	2,825	10.0%
Female	18,447	37.3%	16,457	17,044	1,403	8.2%
Information Not Available	1	0.0%	2	2	-1	-50.0%

Ethnicity	49,508		41,642	45,281
Hispanic or Latino	4,757	9.6%	3,781	4,471	286	6.4%
Not Hispanic or Latino	36,376	73.5%	31,005	32,505	3,871	11.9%
Information Not Available	8,375	16.9%	6,856	8,305	70	0.8%

Race	49,508		41,642	45,281
American Indian or Alaskan Native	471	1.0%	410	536	-65	-12.1%
Asian	601	1.2%	457	680	-79	-11.6%
Black or African American	518	1.0%	479	639	-121	-18.9%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	291	0.6%	229	304	-13	-4.3%
White	21,656	43.7%	18,114	23,926	-2,270	-9.5%
Information Not Available	25,971	52.5%	21,953	19,196	6,775	35.3%

Years of Age	49,508		41,642	45,281
Younger than 22	1,932	2.8%	1,373	1,679	253	15.1%
22-24	3,187	4.6%	2,586	2,735	452	16.5%
25-34	11,794	17.2%	9,835	10,578	1,216	11.5%
35-44	11,681	17.0%	9,986	11,256	425	3.8%
45-54	12,633	18.4%	10,753	11,732	901	7.7%
55-59	4,456	6.5%	3,813	3,901	555	14.2%
60-64	2,448	3.6%	2,152	2,145	303	14.1%
65 and older	1,377	2.0%	1,144	1,255	122	9.7%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	49,508		41,642	45,281
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	2,371	4.6%	1,817	2,574	-203	-7.9%
Mining	206	0.4%	143	172	34	19.8%
Utilities	85	0.2%	89	131	-46	-35.1%
Construction	8,295	16.0%	6,218	6,799	1,496	22.0%
Manufacturing	7,697	14.8%	6,960	7,586	111	1.5%
Wholesale Trade	1,746	3.4%	1,511	1,523	223	14.6%
Retail Trade	5,050	9.7%	4,244	4,424	626	14.2%
Transporation and Warehousing	1,504	2.9%	1,204	1,418	86	6.1%
Information	866	1.7%	766	844	22	2.6%
Finance and Insurance	1,933	3.7%	1,814	1,224	709	57.9%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	798	1.5%	703	734	64	8.7%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	1,336	2.6%	1,274	1,324	12	0.9%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	156	0.3%	145	139	17	12.2%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	4,813	9.3%	4,054	4,306	507	11.8%
Educational Services	701	1.4%	677	783	-82	-10.5%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	3,233	6.2%	2,957	3,156	77	2.4%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	772	1.5%	691	698	74	10.6%
Accomodation and Food Services	3,384	6.5%	2,742	3,194	190	5.9%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	1,141	2.2%	1,037	1,097	44	4.0%
Public Administration	1,118	2.2%	1,060	1,099	19	1.7%
Information Not Available	2,303	4.4%	1,536	2,056	247	12.0%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Pennsylvania
	Dec 2007	Percent	Nov 2007	Dec 2006	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	144,001		144,001	160,163
Male	90,471	62.8%	90,471	100,115	-9,644	-9.6%
Female	53,530	37.2%	53,530	60,048	-6,518	-10.9%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	144,001		144,001	160,163
Hispanic or Latino	3,760	2.6%	3,760	5,440	-1,680	-30.9%
Not Hispanic or Latino	129,181	89.7%	129,181	146,982	-17,801	-12.1%
Information Not Available	11,060	7.7%	11,060	7,741	3,319	42.9%

Race	144,001		144,001	160,163
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	20,350	14.1%	20,350	22,178	-1,828	-8.2%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
White	106,840	74.2%	106,840	123,026	-16,186	-13.2%
Information Not Available	16,811	11.7%	16,811	14,959	1,852	12.4%

Years of Age	144,001		144,001	160,163
Younger than 22	17,696	7.1%	17,696	20,400	-2,704	-13.3%
22-24	9,290	3.7%	9,290	12,240	-2,950	-24.1%
25-34	35,392	14.2%	35,392	39,125	-3,733	-9.5%
35-44	35,171	14.2%	35,171	38,916	-3,745	-9.6%
45-54	25,659	10.3%	25,659	29,710	-4,051	-13.6%
55-59	5,530	2.2%	5,530	8,055	-2,525	-31.3%
60-64	2,433	1.0%	2,433	2,092	341	16.3%
65 and older	1,991	0.8%	1,991	1,465	526	35.9%
Information Not Available	10,839	4.4%	10,839	8,160	2,679	32.8%

Industry	144,001		144,001	160,163
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	442	0.3%	442	1,360	-918	-67.5%
Mining	664	0.5%	664	2,092	-1,428	-68.3%
Utilities	0	0.0%	0	105	-105	-100.0%
Construction	23,004	15.9%	23,004	27,408	-4,404	-16.1%
Manufacturing	21,235	14.7%	21,235	22,909	-1,674	-7.3%
Wholesale Trade	5,972	4.1%	5,972	6,277	-305	-4.9%
Retail Trade	13,714	9.5%	13,714	15,797	-2,083	-13.2%
Transporation and Warehousing	6,194	4.3%	6,194	5,649	545	9.6%
Information	885	0.6%	885	3,138	-2,253	-71.8%
Finance and Insurance	6,636	4.6%	6,636	3,348	3,288	98.2%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	1,327	0.9%	1,327	1,883	-556	-29.5%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	6,415	4.4%	6,415	5,963	452	7.6%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	1,548	1.1%	1,548	3,034	-1,486	-49.0%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	14,599	10.1%	14,599	16,634	-2,035	-12.2%
Educational Services	3,097	2.1%	3,097	3,243	-146	-4.5%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	11,724	8.1%	11,724	11,507	217	1.9%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	3,982	2.8%	3,982	4,603	-621	-13.5%
Accomodation and Food Services	6,194	4.3%	6,194	8,160	-1,966	-24.1%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	1,991	1.4%	1,991	3,557	-1,566	-44.0%
Public Administration	1,327	0.9%	1,327	1,465	-138	-9.4%
Information Not Available	13,051	9.0%	13,051	12,031	1,020	8.5%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Puerto Rico
	Dec 2007	Percent	Nov 2007	Dec 2006	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	28,985		35,384	32,789
Male	16,292	56.2%	19,397	17,189	-897	-5.2%
Female	12,693	43.8%	15,987	15,600	-2,907	-18.6%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	28,985		35,384	32,789
Hispanic or Latino	27,892	96.2%	34,168	32,170	-4,278	-13.3%
Not Hispanic or Latino	608	2.1%	618	216	392	181.5%
Information Not Available	485	1.7%	598	403	82	20.3%

Race	28,985		35,384	32,789
American Indian or Alaskan Native	874	3.0%	1,097	557	317	56.9%
Asian	92	0.3%	113	77	15	19.5%
Black or African American	2,818	9.7%	3,356	2,076	742	35.7%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	57	0.2%	69	16	41	256.3%
White	6,267	21.6%	8,081	8,317	-2,050	-24.6%
Information Not Available	18,877	65.1%	22,668	21,746	-2,869	-13.2%

Years of Age	28,985		35,384	32,789
Younger than 22	1,717	5.0%	2,135	1,941	-224	-11.5%
22-24	2,816	8.2%	3,381	3,309	-493	-14.9%
25-34	9,786	28.6%	11,883	11,067	-1,281	-11.6%
35-44	6,940	20.3%	8,446	7,842	-902	-11.5%
45-54	4,825	14.1%	5,935	5,461	-636	-11.6%
55-59	1,520	4.4%	1,887	1,769	-249	-14.1%
60-64	984	2.9%	1,241	988	-4	-0.4%
65 and older	397	1.2%	476	412	-15	-3.6%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	28,985		35,384	32,789
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
Mining	39	0.1%	61	40	-1	-2.5%
Utilities	830	2.9%	912	802	28	3.5%
Construction	4,605	15.9%	5,354	4,664	-59	-1.3%
Manufacturing	3,359	11.6%	4,284	4,759	-1,400	-29.4%
Wholesale Trade	5,327	18.4%	6,913	6,178	-851	-13.8%
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	841	2.9%	1,011	1,134	-293	-25.8%
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)	8,285	28.6%	10,109	9,975	-1,690	-16.9%
Public Administration	1,941	6.7%	2,540	2,882	-941	-32.7%
Information Not Available	3,758	13.0%	4,200	2,355	1,403	59.6%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Rhode Island
	Dec 2007	Percent	Nov 2007	Dec 2006	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	14,477		10,984	12,099
Male	8,612	59.5%	5,955	7,027	1,585	22.6%
Female	5,865	40.5%	5,029	5,072	793	15.6%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	14,477		10,984	12,099
Hispanic or Latino	2,130	14.7%	1,546	1,826	304	16.6%
Not Hispanic or Latino	8,728	60.3%	6,576	7,257	1,471	20.3%
Information Not Available	3,619	25.0%	2,862	3,016	603	20.0%

Race	14,477		10,984	12,099
American Indian or Alaskan Native	84	0.6%	66	87	-3	-3.4%
Asian	194	1.3%	156	143	51	35.7%
Black or African American	558	3.9%	492	517	41	7.9%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	36	0.2%	33	48	-12	-25.0%
White	10,267	70.9%	7,700	8,337	1,930	23.1%
Information Not Available	3,338	23.1%	2,537	2,967	371	12.5%

Years of Age	14,477		10,984	12,099
Younger than 22	474	2.0%	332	431	43	10.0%
22-24	851	3.6%	650	723	128	17.7%
25-34	3,202	13.4%	2,452	2,582	620	24.0%
35-44	3,763	15.7%	2,788	3,161	602	19.0%
45-54	3,524	14.7%	2,633	2,935	589	20.1%
55-59	1,139	4.8%	905	957	182	19.0%
60-64	825	3.4%	672	761	64	8.4%
65 and older	699	2.9%	552	549	150	27.3%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	14,477		10,984	12,099
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	117	0.8%	49	99	18	18.2%
Mining	24	0.2%	13	11	13	118.2%
Utilities	20	0.1%	8	11	9	81.8%
Construction	2,498	17.1%	1,326	1,767	731	41.4%
Manufacturing	1,971	13.5%	1,674	1,828	143	7.8%
Wholesale Trade	550	3.8%	456	459	91	19.8%
Retail Trade	1,339	9.2%	1,190	1,087	252	23.2%
Transporation and Warehousing	290	2.0%	260	272	18	6.6%
Information	148	1.0%	127	240	-92	-38.3%
Finance and Insurance	1,109	7.6%	1,021	586	523	89.2%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	268	1.8%	225	256	12	4.7%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	576	3.9%	522	428	148	34.6%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	76	0.5%	66	54	22	40.7%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	1,604	11.0%	933	1,467	137	9.3%
Educational Services	233	1.6%	253	326	-93	-28.5%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	1,088	7.5%	1,021	936	152	16.2%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	526	3.6%	269	410	116	28.3%
Accomodation and Food Services	1,053	7.2%	758	975	78	8.0%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	401	2.7%	347	399	2	0.5%
Public Administration	123	0.8%	106	93	30	32.3%
Information Not Available	463	3.2%	360	395	68	17.2%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants South Carolina
	Dec 2007	Percent	Nov 2007	Dec 2006	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	43,240		39,949	41,014
Male	22,392	51.8%	20,292	20,238	2,154	10.6%
Female	20,848	48.2%	19,657	20,776	72	0.3%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	43,240		39,949	41,014
Hispanic or Latino	881	2.0%	841	766	115	15.0%
Not Hispanic or Latino	37,534	86.8%	35,051	33,138	4,396	13.3%
Information Not Available	4,825	11.2%	4,057	7,110	-2,285	-32.1%

Race	43,240		39,949	41,014
American Indian or Alaskan Native	300	0.7%	270	361	-61	-16.9%
Asian	206	0.5%	214	192	14	7.3%
Black or African American	21,067	48.7%	19,683	20,743	324	1.6%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	84	0.2%	82	67	17	25.4%
White	20,741	48.0%	18,942	18,887	1,854	9.8%
Information Not Available	842	1.9%	758	764	78	10.2%

Years of Age	43,240		39,949	41,014
Younger than 22	2,383	3.8%	2,047	2,045	338	16.5%
22-24	1,792	2.9%	1,654	1,648	144	8.7%
25-34	9,793	15.8%	9,191	8,659	1,134	13.1%
35-44	9,446	15.2%	8,753	8,606	840	9.8%
45-54	9,317	15.0%	8,839	8,299	1,018	12.3%
55-59	3,209	5.2%	2,988	2,810	399	14.2%
60-64	1,937	3.1%	1,906	1,603	334	20.8%
65 and older	1,034	1.7%	1,019	949	85	9.0%
Information Not Available	4,329	7.0%	3,552	6,395	-2,066	-32.3%

Industry	43,240		39,949	41,014
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	318	0.7%	272	232	86	37.1%
Mining	28	0.1%	26	24	4	16.7%
Utilities	45	0.1%	43	57	-12	-21.1%
Construction	5,071	11.6%	4,480	3,753	1,318	35.1%
Manufacturing	8,373	19.2%	8,267	9,877	-1,504	-15.2%
Wholesale Trade	1,699	3.9%	1,651	1,523	176	11.6%
Retail Trade	4,139	9.5%	3,916	3,894	245	6.3%
Transporation and Warehousing	1,086	2.5%	1,009	895	191	21.3%
Information	475	1.1%	446	396	79	19.9%
Finance and Insurance	1,223	2.8%	1,175	865	358	41.4%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	803	1.8%	675	686	117	17.1%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	1,217	2.8%	1,221	1,020	197	19.3%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	228	0.5%	236	70	158	225.7%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	5,970	13.7%	5,533	5,473	497	9.1%
Educational Services	501	1.2%	515	514	-13	-2.5%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	2,275	5.2%	2,271	2,170	105	4.8%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	496	1.1%	388	493	3	0.6%
Accomodation and Food Services	4,906	11.3%	3,521	4,908	-2	0.0%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	876	2.0%	883	881	-5	-0.6%
Public Administration	595	1.4%	551	605	-10	-1.7%
Information Not Available	2,916	6.7%	2,870	2,678	238	8.9%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants South Dakota
	Dec 2007	Percent	Nov 2007	Dec 2006	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	2,748		1,378	2,693
Male	2,004	72.9%	769	1,856	148	8.0%
Female	744	27.1%	609	837	-93	-11.1%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	2,748		1,378	2,693
Hispanic or Latino	67	2.4%	23	69	-2	-2.9%
Not Hispanic or Latino	2,475	90.1%	1,228	2,455	20	0.8%
Information Not Available	206	7.5%	127	169	37	21.9%

Race	2,748		1,378	2,693
American Indian or Alaskan Native	292	10.6%	218	340	-48	-14.1%
Asian	2	0.1%	2	3	-1	-33.3%
Black or African American	38	1.4%	15	51	-13	-25.5%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0	0.0%	2	1	-1	-100.0%
White	2,192	79.8%	1,027	2,149	43	2.0%
Information Not Available	224	8.2%	114	149	75	50.3%

Years of Age	2,748		1,378	2,693
Younger than 22	55	1.2%	30	45	10	22.2%
22-24	154	3.2%	75	144	10	6.9%
25-34	673	14.1%	291	665	8	1.2%
35-44	652	13.7%	331	541	111	20.5%
45-54	713	14.9%	367	686	27	3.9%
55-59	333	7.0%	166	378	-45	-11.9%
60-64	168	3.5%	118	234	-66	-28.2%
65 and older	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	2,748		1,378	2,693
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	14	0.5%	8	39	-25	-64.1%
Mining	71	2.6%	14	60	11	18.3%
Utilities	7	0.3%	5	3	4	133.3%
Construction	1,010	36.6%	229	950	60	6.3%
Manufacturing	347	12.6%	260	309	38	12.3%
Wholesale Trade	70	2.5%	29	74	-4	-5.4%
Retail Trade	164	5.9%	114	173	-9	-5.2%
Transporation and Warehousing	102	3.7%	32	98	4	4.1%
Information	15	0.5%	12	22	-7	-31.8%
Finance and Insurance	53	1.9%	51	57	-4	-7.0%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	27	1.0%	16	26	1	3.8%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	59	2.1%	40	48	11	22.9%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	3	0.1%	3	0	3	0.0%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	142	5.1%	81	170	-28	-16.5%
Educational Services	54	2.0%	58	63	-9	-14.3%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	87	3.1%	86	117	-30	-25.6%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	49	1.8%	28	41	8	19.5%
Accomodation and Food Services	158	5.7%	100	174	-16	-9.2%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	41	1.5%	34	30	11	36.7%
Public Administration	129	4.7%	98	147	-18	-12.2%
Information Not Available	146	5.3%	80	92	54	58.7%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Tennessee
	Dec 2007	Percent	Nov 2007	Dec 2006	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	40,482		34,691	39,762
Male	22,596	55.8%	18,273	20,842	1,754	8.4%
Female	17,886	44.2%	16,418	18,920	-1,034	-5.5%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	40,482		34,691	39,762
Hispanic or Latino	550	1.4%	444	469	81	17.3%
Not Hispanic or Latino	39,932	98.6%	34,247	39,293	639	1.6%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Race	40,482		34,691	39,762
American Indian or Alaskan Native	104	0.3%	68	77	27	35.1%
Asian	529	1.3%	441	492	37	7.5%
Black or African American	10,550	26.1%	10,190	11,053	-503	-4.6%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	215	0.5%	176	249	-34	-13.7%
White	28,601	70.7%	23,419	27,493	1,108	4.0%
Information Not Available	483	1.2%	397	398	85	21.4%

Years of Age	40,482		34,691	39,762
Younger than 22	1,091	1.6%	821	1,098	-7	-0.6%
22-24	1,841	2.8%	1,476	1,844	-3	-0.2%
25-34	8,526	12.8%	7,202	8,256	270	3.3%
35-44	9,972	15.0%	8,526	9,932	40	0.4%
45-54	10,325	15.6%	9,060	10,033	292	2.9%
55-59	3,711	5.6%	3,301	3,866	-155	-4.0%
60-64	2,697	4.1%	2,341	2,700	-3	-0.1%
65 and older	1,994	3.0%	1,597	1,881	113	6.0%
Information Not Available	325	0.5%	367	152	173	113.8%

Industry	40,482		34,691	39,762
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	294	0.7%	144	211	83	39.3%
Mining	106	0.3%	109	87	19	21.8%
Utilities	92	0.2%	72	49	43	87.8%
Construction	4,333	10.6%	3,076	3,248	1,085	33.4%
Manufacturing	10,156	24.9%	9,423	11,277	-1,121	-9.9%
Wholesale Trade	1,891	4.6%	1,656	1,840	51	2.8%
Retail Trade	3,292	8.1%	2,907	3,141	151	4.8%
Transporation and Warehousing	1,547	3.8%	1,221	1,155	392	33.9%
Information	553	1.4%	507	821	-268	-32.6%
Finance and Insurance	1,235	3.0%	1,145	992	243	24.5%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	612	1.5%	544	430	182	42.3%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	1,271	3.1%	1,105	1,178	93	7.9%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	100	0.2%	81	102	-2	-2.0%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	5,136	12.6%	4,444	5,134	2	0.0%
Educational Services	811	2.0%	776	848	-37	-4.4%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	2,382	5.8%	2,179	2,365	17	0.7%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	799	2.0%	491	814	-15	-1.8%
Accomodation and Food Services	2,341	5.7%	1,739	2,200	141	6.4%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	1,034	2.5%	913	1,294	-260	-20.1%
Public Administration	957	2.3%	744	1,165	-208	-17.9%
Information Not Available	1,540	3.8%	1,415	1,411	129	9.1%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Texas
	Dec 2007	Percent	Nov 2007	Dec 2006	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	97,660		84,404	94,106
Male	51,076	52.3%	41,832	49,012	2,064	4.2%
Female	46,565	47.7%	42,572	45,075	1,490	3.3%
Information Not Available	19	0.0%	0	19	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	97,660		84,404	94,106
Hispanic or Latino	29,876	30.6%	24,111	30,186	-310	-1.0%
Not Hispanic or Latino	61,469	62.9%	54,743	58,353	3,116	5.3%
Information Not Available	6,315	6.5%	5,550	5,567	748	13.4%

Race	97,660		84,404	94,106
American Indian or Alaskan Native	401	0.4%	358	371	30	8.1%
Asian	1,570	1.6%	1,454	1,992	-422	-21.2%
Black or African American	23,354	23.9%	21,449	21,887	1,467	6.7%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	2,283	2.3%	0	3,321	-1,038	-31.3%
White	35,641	36.5%	31,387	33,447	2,194	6.6%
Information Not Available	34,411	35.2%	29,756	33,088	1,323	4.0%

Years of Age	97,660		84,404	94,106
Younger than 22	2,305	1.8%	1,940	2,325	-20	-0.9%
22-24	4,854	3.8%	4,241	4,715	139	2.9%
25-34	24,516	19.1%	21,245	22,269	2,247	10.1%
35-44	26,458	20.6%	22,938	26,025	433	1.7%
45-54	24,460	19.0%	21,311	24,164	296	1.2%
55-59	8,056	6.3%	6,867	7,975	81	1.0%
60-64	4,657	3.6%	3,844	4,333	324	7.5%
65 and older	2,335	1.8%	2,018	2,284	51	2.2%
Information Not Available	19	0.0%	0	16	3	18.8%

Industry	97,660		84,404	94,106
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	709	0.7%	512	1,003	-294	-29.3%
Mining	1,364	1.4%	1,154	951	413	43.4%
Utilities	232	0.2%	192	318	-86	-27.0%
Construction	11,956	12.2%	9,322	9,538	2,418	25.4%
Manufacturing	9,719	9.9%	8,233	10,152	-433	-4.3%
Wholesale Trade	5,372	5.5%	4,781	4,838	534	11.0%
Retail Trade	7,153	7.3%	6,467	7,624	-471	-6.2%
Transporation and Warehousing	3,550	3.6%	2,965	3,181	369	11.6%
Information	2,878	2.9%	2,599	2,991	-113	-3.8%
Finance and Insurance	6,906	7.0%	6,187	4,413	2,493	56.5%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	2,245	2.3%	1,968	1,972	273	13.8%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	6,163	6.3%	5,535	5,475	688	12.6%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	363	0.4%	327	388	-25	-6.4%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	12,450	12.7%	11,651	11,745	705	6.0%
Educational Services	2,039	2.1%	2,028	2,107	-68	-3.2%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	7,877	8.0%	7,512	8,328	-451	-5.4%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	643	0.7%	510	626	17	2.7%
Accomodation and Food Services	3,190	3.2%	2,995	3,142	48	1.5%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	2,053	2.1%	2,054	2,273	-220	-9.7%
Public Administration	1,328	1.4%	1,269	1,196	132	11.0%
Information Not Available	9,470	9.6%	6,143	11,845	-2,375	-20.1%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Utah
	Dec 2007	Percent	Nov 2007	Dec 2006	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	12,046		8,843	8,088
Male	7,619	63.2%	5,013	4,897	2,722	55.6%
Female	4,134	34.3%	3,681	3,188	946	29.7%
Information Not Available	293	2.4%	149	3	290	9666.7%

Ethnicity	12,046		8,843	8,088
Hispanic or Latino	1,210	10.0%	738	792	418	52.8%
Not Hispanic or Latino	7,960	66.1%	6,307	5,811	2,149	37.0%
Information Not Available	2,876	23.9%	1,798	1,485	1,391	93.7%

Race	12,046		8,843	8,088
American Indian or Alaskan Native	455	3.8%	307	352	103	29.3%
Asian	156	1.3%	155	145	11	7.6%
Black or African American	179	1.5%	148	131	48	36.6%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	110	0.9%	100	79	31	39.2%
White	8,046	66.8%	6,350	5,809	2,237	38.5%
Information Not Available	3,100	25.7%	1,783	1,572	1,528	97.2%

Years of Age	12,046		8,843	8,088
Younger than 22	521	2.7%	323	329	192	58.4%
22-24	850	4.3%	623	544	306	56.3%
25-34	3,427	17.5%	2,491	2,185	1,242	56.8%
35-44	2,808	14.3%	2,092	2,064	744	36.0%
45-54	2,861	14.6%	2,111	1,890	971	51.4%
55-59	931	4.7%	702	638	293	45.9%
60-64	479	2.4%	369	312	167	53.5%
65 and older	169	0.9%	132	126	43	34.1%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	12,046		8,843	8,088
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	65	0.5%	21	43	22	51.2%
Mining	131	1.1%	105	78	53	67.9%
Utilities	17	0.1%	15	14	3	21.4%
Construction	2,792	23.1%	1,381	1,528	1,264	82.7%
Manufacturing	1,233	10.2%	988	772	461	59.7%
Wholesale Trade	315	2.6%	314	228	87	38.2%
Retail Trade	959	7.9%	821	669	290	43.3%
Transporation and Warehousing	488	4.0%	326	313	175	55.9%
Information	267	2.2%	242	243	24	9.9%
Finance and Insurance	435	3.6%	460	219	216	98.6%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	206	1.7%	184	89	117	131.5%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	574	4.7%	465	384	190	49.5%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	124	1.0%	38	20	104	520.0%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	1,665	13.7%	1,124	1,213	452	37.3%
Educational Services	211	1.7%	219	173	38	22.0%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	350	2.9%	356	329	21	6.4%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	130	1.1%	139	111	19	17.1%
Accomodation and Food Services	725	6.0%	579	590	135	22.9%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	148	1.2%	129	134	14	10.4%
Public Administration	271	2.2%	216	268	3	1.1%
Information Not Available	940	7.8%	721	670	270	40.3%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Virginia
	Dec 2007	Percent	Nov 2007	Dec 2006	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	37,099		34,562	35,198
Male	20,859	56.2%	18,855	19,798	1,061	5.4%
Female	16,236	43.8%	15,705	15,396	840	5.5%
Information Not Available	4	0.0%	2	4	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	37,099		34,562	35,198
Hispanic or Latino	1,445	3.9%	1,229	1,073	372	34.7%
Not Hispanic or Latino	33,734	90.9%	31,566	32,125	1,609	5.0%
Information Not Available	1,920	5.2%	1,767	2,000	-80	-4.0%

Race	37,099		34,562	35,198
American Indian or Alaskan Native	169	0.5%	168	128	41	32.0%
Asian	2,161	5.8%	1,971	1,763	398	22.6%
Black or African American	14,089	38.0%	13,079	13,091	998	7.6%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
White	18,760	50.6%	17,577	18,216	544	3.0%
Information Not Available	1,920	5.2%	1,767	2,000	-80	-4.0%

Years of Age	37,099		34,562	35,198
Younger than 22	640	1.2%	887	554	86	15.5%
22-24	1,780	3.3%	1,921	1,633	147	9.0%
25-34	8,749	16.3%	8,071	7,875	874	11.1%
35-44	9,043	16.9%	8,735	9,274	-231	-2.5%
45-54	10,007	18.7%	9,085	9,445	562	6.0%
55-59	3,421	6.4%	3,127	3,249	172	5.3%
60-64	2,280	4.3%	1,859	2,140	140	6.5%
65 and older	1,179	2.2%	874	1,028	151	14.7%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	3	0	0	0.0%

Industry	37,099		34,562	35,198
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	121	0.3%	83	106	15	14.2%
Mining	285	0.8%	298	61	224	367.2%
Utilities	31	0.1%	14	23	8	34.8%
Construction	3,437	9.2%	2,597	3,149	288	9.1%
Manufacturing	3,544	9.5%	4,130	5,882	-2,338	-39.7%
Wholesale Trade	733	2.0%	712	726	7	1.0%
Retail Trade	1,630	4.4%	1,565	1,514	116	7.7%
Transporation and Warehousing	912	2.5%	897	957	-45	-4.7%
Information	518	1.4%	549	514	4	0.8%
Finance and Insurance	836	2.2%	851	611	225	36.8%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	403	1.1%	390	389	14	3.6%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	1,418	3.8%	1,465	1,659	-241	-14.5%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	56	0.2%	64	73	-17	-23.3%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	2,581	6.9%	2,343	2,537	44	1.7%
Educational Services	161	0.4%	158	177	-16	-9.0%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	1,152	3.1%	1,174	1,161	-9	-0.8%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	326	0.9%	266	293	33	11.3%
Accomodation and Food Services	1,319	3.5%	951	1,270	49	3.9%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	575	1.5%	558	567	8	1.4%
Public Administration	1,815	4.9%	1,696	1,579	236	14.9%
Information Not Available	15,246	41.0%	13,801	11,950	3,296	27.6%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Virgin Islands
	Dec 2007	Percent	Nov 2007	Dec 2006	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	412		399	244
Male	304	73.8%	284	137	167	121.9%
Female	107	26.0%	114	107	0	0.0%
Information Not Available	1	0.2%	1	0	1	0.0%

Ethnicity	412		399	244
Hispanic or Latino	121	29.4%	114	59	62	105.1%
Not Hispanic or Latino	281	68.2%	279	181	100	55.2%
Information Not Available	10	2.4%	6	4	6	150.0%

Race	412		399	244
American Indian or Alaskan Native	0	0.0%	0	2	-2	-100.0%
Asian	2	0.5%	5	0	2	0.0%
Black or African American	264	64.1%	352	165	99	60.0%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	9	2.2%	6	4	5	125.0%
White	15	3.6%	22	14	1	7.1%
Information Not Available	122	29.6%	114	59	63	106.8%

Years of Age	412		399	244
Younger than 22	6	1.5%	3	5	1	20.0%
22-24	29	7.4%	22	17	12	70.6%
25-34	101	25.8%	92	52	49	94.2%
35-44	98	25.0%	96	61	37	60.7%
45-54	91	23.2%	96	59	32	54.2%
55-59	41	10.5%	40	17	24	141.2%
60-64	35	8.9%	34	28	7	25.0%
65 and older	10	2.6%	15	4	6	150.0%
Information Not Available	1	0.3%	1	1	0	0.0%

Industry	412		399	244
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	189	45.9%	159	65	124	190.8%
Manufacturing	18	4.4%	20	11	7	63.6%
Wholesale Trade	0	0.0%	1	0	0	0.0%
Retail Trade	15	3.6%	23	19	-4	-21.1%
Transporation and Warehousing	1	0.2%	1	9	-8	-88.9%
Information	1	0.2%	0	1	0	0.0%
Finance and Insurance	2	0.5%	3	2	0	0.0%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	5	1.2%	5	3	2	66.7%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	6	1.5%	7	3	3	100.0%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	3	0.7%	4	6	-3	-50.0%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	16	3.9%	11	6	10	166.7%
Educational Services	1	0.2%	1	2	-1	-50.0%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	7	1.7%	7	11	-4	-36.4%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	0	0.0%	1	3	-3	-100.0%
Accomodation and Food Services	20	4.9%	22	34	-14	-41.2%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	98	23.8%	107	46	52	113.0%
Public Administration	8	1.9%	8	4	4	100.0%
Information Not Available	22	5.3%	19	19	3	15.8%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Vermont
	Dec 2007	Percent	Nov 2007	Dec 2006	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	6,747		5,638	5,299
Male	4,764	70.6%	3,520	3,573	1,191	33.3%
Female	1,983	29.4%	2,118	1,726	257	14.9%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	6,747		5,638	5,299
Hispanic or Latino	18	0.3%	14	15	3	20.0%
Not Hispanic or Latino	1,832	27.2%	1,422	1,224	608	49.7%
Information Not Available	4,897	72.6%	4,202	4,060	837	20.6%

Race	6,747		5,638	5,299
American Indian or Alaskan Native	10	0.1%	8	9	1	11.1%
Asian	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
Black or African American	27	0.4%	24	29	-2	-6.9%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	13	0.2%	10	5	8	160.0%
White	1,800	26.7%	1,394	1,196	604	50.5%
Information Not Available	4,897	72.6%	4,202	4,060	837	20.6%

Years of Age	6,747		5,638	5,299
Younger than 22	307	3.8%	221	256	51	19.9%
22-24	430	5.3%	331	349	81	23.2%
25-34	1,510	18.7%	1,157	1,087	423	38.9%
35-44	1,471	18.2%	1,271	1,210	261	21.6%
45-54	1,585	19.6%	1,357	1,229	356	29.0%
55-59	619	7.7%	565	532	87	16.4%
60-64	460	5.7%	388	343	117	34.1%
65 and older	365	4.5%	348	293	72	24.6%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	6,747		5,638	5,299
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	87	1.3%	63	90	-3	-3.3%
Mining	50	0.7%	25	24	26	108.3%
Utilities	6	0.1%	6	7	-1	-14.3%
Construction	2,110	30.9%	1,122	1,402	708	50.5%
Manufacturing	663	9.7%	704	592	71	12.0%
Wholesale Trade	221	3.2%	179	171	50	29.2%
Retail Trade	563	8.2%	481	463	100	21.6%
Transporation and Warehousing	169	2.5%	256	130	39	30.0%
Information	61	0.9%	53	44	17	38.6%
Finance and Insurance	61	0.9%	69	62	-1	-1.6%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	85	1.2%	74	87	-2	-2.3%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	259	3.8%	165	146	113	77.4%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	2	0.0%	2	4	-2	-50.0%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	606	8.9%	403	458	148	32.3%
Educational Services	138	2.0%	154	139	-1	-0.7%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	312	4.6%	315	271	41	15.1%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	264	3.9%	247	247	17	6.9%
Accomodation and Food Services	754	11.0%	1,020	644	110	17.1%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	161	2.4%	155	149	12	8.1%
Public Administration	175	2.6%	145	169	6	3.6%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Washington
	Dec 2007	Percent	Nov 2007	Dec 2006	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	57,522		47,759	58,110
Male	37,240	64.7%	29,265	37,643	-403	-1.1%
Female	20,281	35.3%	18,494	20,456	-175	-0.9%
Information Not Available	1	0.0%	0	11	-10	-90.9%

Ethnicity	57,522		47,759	58,110
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	57,522	100.0%	47,759	58,110	-588	-1.0%

Race	57,522		47,759	58,110
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	57,522	100.0%	47,759	58,110	-588	-1.0%

Years of Age	57,522		47,759	58,110
Younger than 22	1,056	1.9%	1,306	976	80	8.2%
22-24	2,840	5.2%	2,552	2,657	183	6.9%
25-34	13,167	24.3%	10,731	12,854	313	2.4%
35-44	14,388	26.5%	12,376	15,143	-755	-5.0%
45-54	15,448	28.5%	12,724	16,023	-575	-3.6%
55-59	5,513	10.2%	4,397	5,494	19	0.3%
60-64	3,318	6.1%	2,393	3,256	62	1.9%
65 and older	1,792	3.3%	1,280	1,707	85	5.0%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	57,522		47,759	58,110
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	57,522	100.0%	47,759	58,110	-588	-1.0%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Wisconsin
	Dec 2007	Percent	Nov 2007	Dec 2006	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	81,041		58,762	79,931
Male	54,611	67.4%	34,252	53,338	1,273	2.4%
Female	26,422	32.6%	24,510	26,593	-171	-0.6%
Information Not Available	8	0.0%	0	0	8	0.0%

Ethnicity	81,041		58,762	79,931
Hispanic or Latino	3,906	4.8%	2,604	3,685	221	6.0%
Not Hispanic or Latino	76,495	94.4%	55,805	75,894	601	0.8%
Information Not Available	640	0.8%	353	352	288	81.8%

Race	81,041		58,762	79,931
American Indian or Alaskan Native	964	1.2%	752	903	61	6.8%
Asian	681	0.8%	582	615	66	10.7%
Black or African American	8,095	10.0%	7,482	7,602	493	6.5%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	65	0.1%	47	40	25	62.5%
White	70,596	87.1%	49,546	70,419	177	0.3%
Information Not Available	640	0.8%	353	352	288	81.8%

Years of Age	81,041		58,762	79,931
Younger than 22	3,930	2.7%	2,656	4,300	-370	-8.6%
22-24	6,021	4.1%	4,178	6,027	-6	-0.1%
25-34	20,213	13.7%	14,044	19,335	878	4.5%
35-44	18,477	12.5%	13,245	18,856	-379	-2.0%
45-54	19,393	13.1%	14,209	18,927	466	2.5%
55-59	6,491	4.4%	5,024	6,299	192	3.0%
60-64	3,858	2.6%	3,191	3,613	245	6.8%
65 and older	2,658	1.8%	2,215	2,574	84	3.3%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	81,041		58,762	79,931
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	908	1.1%	476	903	5	0.6%
Mining	559	0.7%	123	536	23	4.3%
Utilities	113	0.1%	71	152	-39	-25.7%
Construction	19,454	23.7%	8,033	17,440	2,014	11.5%
Manufacturing	14,901	18.2%	13,396	16,421	-1,520	-9.3%
Wholesale Trade	2,610	3.2%	2,068	2,495	115	4.6%
Retail Trade	6,596	8.0%	5,624	6,491	105	1.6%
Transporation and Warehousing	3,404	4.2%	2,051	3,158	246	7.8%
Information	843	1.0%	840	743	100	13.5%
Finance and Insurance	1,767	2.2%	1,810	1,567	200	12.8%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	778	0.9%	705	767	11	1.4%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	2,018	2.5%	1,704	1,862	156	8.4%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	235	0.3%	176	272	-37	-13.6%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	9,108	11.1%	6,288	9,194	-86	-0.9%
Educational Services	843	1.0%	858	967	-124	-12.8%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	4,482	5.5%	4,425	4,421	61	1.4%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	1,945	2.4%	1,493	1,950	-5	-0.3%
Accomodation and Food Services	5,234	6.4%	4,437	5,037	197	3.9%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	1,499	1.8%	1,263	1,447	52	3.6%
Public Administration	1,775	2.2%	1,434	1,774	1	0.1%
Information Not Available	1,969	2.4%	1,487	2,334	-365	-15.6%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants West Virginia
	Dec 2007	Percent	Nov 2007	Dec 2006	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	15,730		11,118	13,044
Male	11,471	72.9%	7,417	9,268	2,203	23.8%
Female	4,259	27.1%	3,701	3,776	483	12.8%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	15,730		11,118	13,044
Hispanic or Latino	227	1.4%	168	194	33	17.0%
Not Hispanic or Latino	13,572	86.3%	9,303	11,788	1,784	15.1%
Information Not Available	1,931	12.3%	1,647	1,062	869	81.8%

Race	15,730		11,118	13,044
American Indian or Alaskan Native	32	0.2%	16	28	4	14.3%
Asian	24	0.2%	9	15	9	60.0%
Black or African American	503	3.2%	418	458	45	9.8%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	13	0.1%	4	4	9	225.0%
White	14,748	93.8%	10,384	12,303	2,445	19.9%
Information Not Available	410	2.6%	287	236	174	73.7%

Years of Age	15,730		11,118	13,044
Younger than 22	506	1.7%	341	424	82	19.3%
22-24	862	2.9%	629	717	145	20.2%
25-34	4,006	13.4%	2,798	3,372	634	18.8%
35-44	4,074	13.7%	2,962	3,295	779	23.6%
45-54	3,920	13.2%	2,766	3,311	609	18.4%
55-59	1,317	4.4%	914	1,129	188	16.7%
60-64	680	2.3%	484	539	141	26.2%
65 and older	365	1.2%	224	257	108	42.0%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	15,730		11,118	13,044
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	184	1.2%	105	95	89	93.7%
Mining	808	5.1%	622	774	34	4.4%
Utilities	43	0.3%	34	30	13	43.3%
Construction	4,686	29.4%	2,447	2,972	1,714	57.7%
Manufacturing	1,513	9.5%	1,053	2,203	-690	-31.3%
Wholesale Trade	374	2.4%	328	298	76	25.5%
Retail Trade	1,039	6.5%	911	875	164	18.7%
Transporation and Warehousing	706	4.4%	389	408	298	73.0%
Information	103	0.6%	141	123	-20	-16.3%
Finance and Insurance	198	1.2%	168	390	-192	-49.2%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	201	1.3%	134	162	39	24.1%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	386	2.4%	444	344	42	12.2%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	13	0.1%	13	13	0	0.0%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	1,123	7.1%	957	838	285	34.0%
Educational Services	152	1.0%	139	140	12	8.6%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	1,136	7.1%	974	828	308	37.2%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	450	2.8%	276	349	101	28.9%
Accomodation and Food Services	921	5.8%	634	751	170	22.6%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	431	2.7%	292	362	69	19.1%
Public Administration	216	1.4%	221	215	1	0.5%
Information Not Available	1,047	6.6%	836	874	173	19.8%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Wyoming
	Dec 2007	Percent	Nov 2007	Dec 2006	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	2,552		1,981	2,105
Male	1,676	65.7%	1,186	1,268	408	32.2%
Female	876	34.3%	795	837	39	4.7%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	2,552		1,981	2,105
Hispanic or Latino	289	11.3%	135	176	113	64.2%
Not Hispanic or Latino	2,071	81.2%	1,690	1,783	288	16.2%
Information Not Available	192	7.5%	156	146	46	31.5%

Race	2,552		1,981	2,105
American Indian or Alaskan Native	128	5.0%	72	91	37	40.7%
Asian	17	0.7%	7	8	9	112.5%
Black or African American	32	1.3%	21	34	-2	-5.9%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	5	0.2%	6	4	1	25.0%
White	2,189	85.8%	1,784	1,857	332	17.9%
Information Not Available	181	7.1%	91	111	70	63.1%

Years of Age	2,552		1,981	2,105
Younger than 22	39	0.9%	27	65	-26	-40.0%
22-24	139	3.0%	114	117	22	18.8%
25-34	556	12.1%	490	455	101	22.2%
35-44	585	12.8%	443	459	126	27.5%
45-54	674	14.7%	514	558	116	20.8%
55-59	228	5.0%	172	203	25	12.3%
60-64	163	3.6%	110	124	39	31.5%
65 and older	168	3.7%	111	124	44	35.5%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	2,552		1,981	2,105
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	22	0.9%	18	24	-2	-8.3%
Mining	129	5.0%	138	119	10	8.4%
Utilities	0	0.0%	0	8	-8	-100.0%
Construction	711	27.6%	349	517	194	37.5%
Manufacturing	75	2.9%	59	85	-10	-11.8%
Wholesale Trade	29	1.1%	38	44	-15	-34.1%
Retail Trade	157	6.1%	152	137	20	14.6%
Transporation and Warehousing	100	3.9%	88	69	31	44.9%
Information	31	1.2%	30	6	25	416.7%
Finance and Insurance	16	0.6%	24	28	-12	-42.9%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	21	0.8%	21	16	5	31.3%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	65	2.5%	63	37	28	75.7%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	6	0.2%	7	4	2	50.0%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	239	9.3%	124	197	42	21.3%
Educational Services	28	1.1%	24	18	10	55.6%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	139	5.4%	126	98	41	41.8%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	31	1.2%	23	42	-11	-26.2%
Accomodation and Food Services	348	13.5%	422	352	-4	-1.1%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	49	1.9%	50	42	7	16.7%
Public Administration	127	4.9%	83	100	27	27.0%
Information Not Available	229	8.9%	142	162	67	41.4%