Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants

February 2007

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants: Total Claimants February 2007
	Feb 2007	Jan 2007	Monthly Change	Feb 2006	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
United States	3,068,021	2,919,685	148,336	2,890,011	178,010	6.2
Alaska	16,097	13,954	2,143	15,851	246	1.6
Alabama	26,580	31,738	-5,158	25,085	1,495	6.0
Arkansas	33,008	33,812	-804	28,546	4,462	15.6
Arizona	21,249	21,158	91	16,691	4,558	27.3
California	394,118	350,623	43,495	346,973	47,145	13.6
Colorado	26,232	26,812	-580	24,099	2,133	8.9
Connecticut	49,540	47,100	2,440	47,077	2,463	5.2
District of Columbia	3,947	10,030	-6,083	3,508	439	12.5
Delaware	11,238	9,483	1,755	8,824	2,414	27.4
Florida	84,537	91,368	-6,831	77,023	7,514	9.8
Georgia	50,785	58,636	-7,851	51,566	-781	-1.5
Hawaii	6,601	6,456	145	5,805	796	13.7
Iowa	39,519	37,093	2,426	33,909	5,610	16.5
Idaho	18,484	18,630	-146	17,694	790	4.5
Illinois	182,737	175,543	7,194	166,629	16,108	9.7
Indiana	76,471	73,835	2,636	66,915	9,556	14.3
Kansas	23,359	19,638	3,721	20,221	3,138	15.5
Kentucky	40,986	40,652	334	35,053	5,933	16.9
Louisiana	18,678	20,772	-2,094	35,501	-16,823	-47.4
Massachusetts	106,608	103,270	3,338	100,996	5,612	5.6
Maryland	41,162	38,939	2,223	39,017	2,145	5.5
Maine	14,619	13,896	723	14,187	432	3.0
Michigan	198,664	179,085	19,579	205,542	-6,878	-3.3
Minnesota	82,089	63,661	18,428	66,144	15,945	24.1
Missouri	63,291	57,429	5,862	53,763	9,528	17.7
Mississippi	18,603	20,130	-1,527	33,406	-14,803	-44.3
Montana	7,452	5,923	1,529	6,036	1,416	23.5
North Carolina	79,254	80,696	-1,442	79,318	-64	-0.1
North Dakota	7,110	6,622	488	6,479	631	9.7
Nebraska	13,147	12,553	594	12,382	765	6.2
New Hampshire	9,700	8,828	872	8,374	1,326	15.8
New Jersey	135,229	125,599	9,630	124,541	10,688	8.6
New Mexico	10,835	12,246	-1,411	11,029	-194	-1.8
Nevada	24,120	23,616	504	18,259	5,861	32.1
New York	210,422	205,335	5,087	213,564	-3,142	-1.5
Ohio	131,521	129,283	2,238	126,172	5,349	4.2
Oklahoma	16,424	15,391	1,033	14,832	1,592	10.7
Oregon	48,732	50,626	-1,894	47,241	1,491	3.2
Pennsylvania	234,365	192,164	42,201	191,294	43,071	22.5
Puerto Rico	33,096	32,256	840	29,090	4,006	13.8
Rhode Island	17,410	14,854	2,556	16,321	1,089	6.7
South Carolina	40,708	44,353	-3,645	39,119	1,589	4.1
South Dakota	4,014	3,598	416	3,750	264	7.0
Tennessee	45,326	47,199	-1,873	48,068	-2,742	-5.7
Texas	99,883	103,312	-3,429	119,094	-19,211	-16.1
Utah	11,241	10,248	993	10,915	326	3.0
Virginia	41,871	39,994	1,877	39,109	2,762	7.1
Virgin Islands	256	256		187	69	36.9
Vermont	7,969	7,248	721	7,487	482	6.4
Washington	56,157	64,541	-8,384	59,492	-3,335	-5.6
Wisconsin	106,795	99,496	7,299	98,389	8,406	8.5
West Virginia	22,224	17,036	5,188	16,200	6,024	37.2
Wyoming	3,558	2,669	889	3,244	314	9.7

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants US Totals
	Feb 2007	Percent	Jan 2007	Feb 2006	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	3,068,021		2,919,685	2,890,011	178,010	6.2
Male	1,981,455	64.6%	1,808,307	1,776,593	204,862	11.5%
Female	1,084,184	35.3%	1,108,424	1,110,709	-26,525	-2.4%
Information Not Available	2,382	0.1%	2,954	2,709	-327	-12.1%

Ethnicity	3,068,021		2,919,685	2,890,011
Hispanic or Latino	459,782	15.0%	426,167	412,307	47,475	11.5%
Not Hispanic or Latino	2,278,181	87.3%	2,262,641	2,164,616	113,565	5.2%
Information Not Available	330,058	9.7%	330,877	313,628	16,430	5.2%

Race	3,068,021		2,919,685	2,890,011
American Indian or Alaskan Native	32,506	1.1%	29,720	32,634	-128	-0.4%
Asian	61,659	2.0%	61,590	61,425	234	0.4%
Black or African American	441,199	14.4%	461,802	449,951	-8,752	-1.9%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	13,276	0.4%	12,838	11,107	2,169	19.5%
White	1,914,181	62.4%	1,774,140	1,778,561	135,620	7.6%
Information Not Available	605,199	19.7%	579,594	550,576	54,623	9.9%

Years of Age	3,068,021		2,919,685	2,890,011
Younger than 22	126,270	4.1%	111,317	112,785	13,485	12.0%
22-24	178,736	5.8%	170,480	166,833	11,903	7.1%
25-34	715,235	23.3%	679,282	670,344	44,891	6.7%
35-44	781,334	25.5%	747,844	756,275	25,059	3.3%
45-54	751,273	24.5%	717,789	706,121	45,152	6.4%
55-59	244,288	8.0%	237,071	234,068	10,220	4.4%
60-64	147,469	4.8%	142,982	136,772	10,697	7.8%
65 and older	94,899	3.1%	91,571	90,109	4,790	5.3%
Information Not Available	28,517	0.9%	21,349	16,704	11,813	70.7%

Industry	3,068,021		2,919,685	2,890,011
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	102,133	3.3%	86,338	89,769	12,364	13.8%
Mining	20,581	0.7%	18,194	15,713	4,868	31.0%
Utilities	5,343	0.2%	5,156	5,183	160	3.1%
Construction	654,413	21.3%	519,035	518,651	135,762	26.2%
Manufacturing	424,167	13.8%	429,720	398,740	25,427	6.4%
Wholesale Trade	105,311	3.4%	99,625	96,578	8,733	9.0%
Retail Trade	229,474	7.5%	217,872	236,395	-6,921	-2.9%
Transporation and Warehousing	98,908	3.2%	90,207	87,421	11,487	13.1%
Information	68,162	2.2%	67,676	65,224	2,938	4.5%
Finance and Insurance	78,360	2.6%	77,230	74,114	4,246	5.7%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	42,064	1.4%	40,025	38,317	3,747	9.8%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	102,318	3.3%	104,562	100,688	1,630	1.6%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	12,113	0.4%	11,351	8,234	3,879	47.1%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	338,916	11.0%	328,113	313,518	25,398	8.1%
Educational Services	45,654	1.5%	52,577	48,710	-3,056	-6.3%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	149,681	4.9%	151,338	156,533	-6,852	-4.4%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	69,711	2.3%	67,508	70,084	-373	-0.5%
Accomodation and Food Services	148,193	4.8%	161,604	151,706	-3,513	-2.3%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	72,884	2.4%	68,735	74,032	-1,148	-1.6%
Public Administration	49,773	1.6%	50,911	52,020	-2,247	-4.3%
Information Not Available	249,862	8.1%	271,908	288,381	-38,519	-13.4%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Alaska
	Feb 2007	Percent	Jan 2007	Feb 2006	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	16,097		13,954	15,851	246	1.6
Male	10,356	64.3%	8,838	10,157	199	2.0%
Female	5,741	35.7%	5,116	5,690	51	0.9%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	4	-4	-100.0%

Ethnicity	16,097		13,954	15,851
Hispanic or Latino	509	3.2%	564	510	-1	-0.2%
Not Hispanic or Latino	15,452	96.0%	13,239	15,129	323	2.1%
Information Not Available	136	0.8%	151	212	-76	-35.8%

Race	16,097		13,954	15,851
American Indian or Alaskan Native	4,810	29.9%	3,625	4,377	433	9.9%
Asian	558	3.5%	843	715	-157	-22.0%
Black or African American	503	3.1%	537	489	14	2.9%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	99	0.6%	107	90	9	10.0%
White	9,645	59.9%	8,297	9,555	90	0.9%
Information Not Available	482	3.0%	545	625	-143	-22.9%

Years of Age	16,097		13,954	15,851
Younger than 22	692	2.8%	544	809	-117	-14.5%
22-24	1,158	4.6%	1,151	1,291	-133	-10.3%
25-34	4,018	16.0%	3,614	3,964	54	1.4%
35-44	3,855	15.4%	3,309	3,963	-108	-2.7%
45-54	4,063	16.2%	3,482	3,851	212	5.5%
55-59	1,291	5.1%	1,047	1,079	212	19.6%
60-64	649	2.6%	515	581	68	11.7%
65 and older	371	1.5%	292	313	58	18.5%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	16,097		13,954	15,851
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	200	1.2%	195	156	44	28.2%
Mining	442	2.7%	400	384	58	15.1%
Utilities	105	0.6%	85	107	-2	-1.9%
Construction	4,122	25.3%	3,433	3,539	583	16.5%
Manufacturing	926	5.7%	1,312	1,104	-178	-16.1%
Wholesale Trade	234	1.4%	184	199	35	17.6%
Retail Trade	1,375	8.4%	1,164	1,461	-86	-5.9%
Transporation and Warehousing	938	5.8%	750	947	-9	-1.0%
Information	154	0.9%	150	171	-17	-9.9%
Finance and Insurance	241	1.5%	203	318	-77	-24.2%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	375	2.3%	281	404	-29	-7.2%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	366	2.2%	299	400	-34	-8.5%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	63	0.4%	58	43	20	46.5%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	821	5.0%	674	739	82	11.1%
Educational Services	381	2.3%	384	413	-32	-7.7%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	935	5.7%	771	1,038	-103	-9.9%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	251	1.5%	186	209	42	20.1%
Accomodation and Food Services	1,398	8.6%	1,224	1,481	-83	-5.6%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	474	2.9%	421	584	-110	-18.8%
Public Administration	1,914	11.7%	1,430	1,737	177	10.2%
Information Not Available	382	2.3%	350	417	-35	-8.4%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Alabama
	Feb 2007	Percent	Jan 2007	Feb 2006	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	26,580		31,738	25,085
Male	14,008	52.7%	16,585	12,153	1,855	15.3%
Female	12,514	47.1%	15,063	12,878	-364	-2.8%
Information Not Available	58	0.2%	90	54	4	7.4%

Ethnicity	26,580		31,738	25,085
Hispanic or Latino	663	2.5%	724	682	-19	-2.8%
Not Hispanic or Latino	19,424	73.1%	23,570	18,489	935	5.1%
Information Not Available	6,493	24.4%	7,444	5,914	579	9.8%

Race	26,580		31,738	25,085
American Indian or Alaskan Native	823	3.1%	1,106	951	-128	-13.5%
Asian	384	1.4%	418	822	-438	-53.3%
Black or African American	9,912	37.3%	11,924	8,825	1,087	12.3%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	49	0.2%	52	50	-1	-2.0%
White	11,671	43.9%	13,916	11,007	664	6.0%
Information Not Available	3,741	14.1%	4,322	3,430	311	9.1%

Years of Age	26,580		31,738	25,085
Younger than 22	1,099	3.0%	1,399	1,052	47	4.5%
22-24	1,856	5.0%	2,206	1,761	95	5.4%
25-34	6,804	18.4%	7,963	6,312	492	7.8%
35-44	6,649	17.9%	7,879	6,204	445	7.2%
45-54	6,130	16.5%	7,470	5,914	216	3.7%
55-59	2,083	5.6%	2,472	1,965	118	6.0%
60-64	1,176	3.2%	1,392	1,085	91	8.4%
65 and older	777	2.1%	919	782	-5	-0.6%
Information Not Available	6	0.0%	38	10	-4	-40.0%

Industry	26,580		31,738	25,085
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	221	0.8%	359	242	-21	-8.7%
Mining	371	1.4%	474	80	291	363.8%
Utilities	47	0.2%	48	49	-2	-4.1%
Construction	2,979	11.1%	3,003	2,478	501	20.2%
Manufacturing	6,901	25.7%	9,358	5,184	1,717	33.1%
Wholesale Trade	843	3.1%	941	798	45	5.6%
Retail Trade	2,669	10.0%	2,906	2,811	-142	-5.1%
Transporation and Warehousing	805	3.0%	884	653	152	23.3%
Information	359	1.3%	393	403	-44	-10.9%
Finance and Insurance	720	2.7%	759	1,007	-287	-28.5%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	353	1.3%	423	329	24	7.3%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	1,037	3.9%	1,204	833	204	24.5%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	22	0.1%	20	24	-2	-8.3%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	3,088	11.5%	3,509	2,775	313	11.3%
Educational Services	429	1.6%	593	512	-83	-16.2%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	1,716	6.4%	1,940	1,956	-240	-12.3%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	301	1.1%	270	229	72	31.4%
Accomodation and Food Services	1,477	5.5%	1,862	1,645	-168	-10.2%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	550	2.1%	602	795	-245	-30.8%
Public Administration	374	1.4%	373	445	-71	-16.0%
Information Not Available	1,318	4.9%	1,817	1,837	-519	-28.3%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Arkansas
	Feb 2007	Percent	Jan 2007	Feb 2006	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	33,008		33,812	28,546
Male	20,318	61.6%	20,208	15,957	4,361	27.3%
Female	12,689	38.4%	13,603	12,588	101	0.8%
Information Not Available	1	0.0%	1	1	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	33,008		33,812	28,546
Hispanic or Latino	1,039	3.1%	946	547	492	89.9%
Not Hispanic or Latino	31,968	96.8%	132,865	27,999	3,969	14.2%
Information Not Available	1	0.0%	1	0	1	0.0%

Race	33,008		33,812	28,546
American Indian or Alaskan Native	377	1.1%	394	244	133	54.5%
Asian	312	0.9%	325	174	138	79.3%
Black or African American	8,939	27.1%	9,258	8,333	606	7.3%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	230	0.7%	273	192	38	19.8%
White	22,107	67.0%	22,612	19,054	3,053	16.0%
Information Not Available	1,043	3.2%	950	549	494	90.0%

Years of Age	33,008		33,812	28,546
Younger than 22	820	1.5%	836	710	110	15.5%
22-24	2,178	4.1%	2,294	1,908	270	14.2%
25-34	8,650	16.1%	8,753	7,495	1,155	15.4%
35-44	8,809	16.4%	8,991	7,676	1,133	14.8%
45-54	7,617	14.2%	7,876	6,506	1,111	17.1%
55-59	2,480	4.6%	2,503	2,019	461	22.8%
60-64	1,440	2.7%	1,475	1,297	143	11.0%
65 and older	1,009	1.9%	1,080	931	78	8.4%
Information Not Available	5	0.0%	4	4	1	25.0%

Industry	33,008		33,812	28,546
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	1,021	3.0%	1,138	1,082	-61	-5.6%
Mining	165	0.5%	180	151	14	9.3%
Utilities	88	0.3%	81	64	24	37.5%
Construction	5,095	15.0%	4,739	3,870	1,225	31.7%
Manufacturing	7,404	21.8%	7,888	6,035	1,369	22.7%
Wholesale Trade	1,641	4.8%	1,806	1,507	134	8.9%
Retail Trade	3,542	10.4%	3,450	3,346	196	5.9%
Transporation and Warehousing	1,263	3.7%	1,208	995	268	26.9%
Information	348	1.0%	273	290	58	20.0%
Finance and Insurance	395	1.2%	429	325	70	21.5%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	324	1.0%	302	372	-48	-12.9%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	519	1.5%	569	517	2	0.4%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	41	0.1%	29	64	-23	-35.9%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	3,371	9.9%	3,415	2,712	659	24.3%
Educational Services	1,098	3.2%	993	803	295	36.7%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	2,527	7.4%	2,718	2,607	-80	-3.1%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	312	0.9%	331	308	4	1.3%
Accomodation and Food Services	2,320	6.8%	2,666	2,054	266	13.0%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	696	2.0%	737	628	68	10.8%
Public Administration	803	2.4%	824	768	35	4.6%
Information Not Available	35	0.1%	36	48	-13	-27.1%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Arizona
	Feb 2007	Percent	Jan 2007	Feb 2006	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	21,249		21,158	16,691
Male	12,137	57.1%	11,619	8,844	3,293	37.2%
Female	9,112	42.9%	9,539	7,847	1,265	16.1%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	21,249		21,158	16,691
Hispanic or Latino	6,091	28.7%	5,700	3,991	2,100	52.6%
Not Hispanic or Latino	14,058	66.2%	14,291	10,996	3,062	27.8%
Information Not Available	1,100	5.2%	1,167	1,704	-604	-35.4%

Race	21,249		21,158	16,691
American Indian or Alaskan Native	1,815	8.5%	1,949	1,348	467	34.6%
Asian	414	1.9%	426	287	127	44.3%
Black or African American	1,437	6.8%	1,382	979	458	46.8%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
White	16,483	77.6%	16,234	8,382	8,101	96.6%
Information Not Available	1,100	5.2%	1,167	0	1,100	0.0%

Years of Age	21,249		21,158	16,691
Younger than 22	544	1.5%	587	447	97	21.7%
22-24	1,090	3.0%	1,147	804	286	35.6%
25-34	4,490	12.3%	4,542	3,534	956	27.1%
35-44	5,562	15.3%	5,619	4,388	1,174	26.8%
45-54	5,616	15.4%	5,506	4,403	1,213	27.5%
55-59	1,982	5.4%	1,920	1,586	396	25.0%
60-64	1,260	3.5%	1,174	980	280	28.6%
65 and older	705	1.9%	663	549	156	28.4%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	21,249		21,158	16,691
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	863	3.9%	378	472	391	82.8%
Mining	60	0.3%	74	84	-24	-28.6%
Utilities	37	0.2%	46	36	1	2.8%
Construction	3,674	16.6%	3,497	1,796	1,878	104.6%
Manufacturing	1,855	8.4%	1,892	1,130	725	64.2%
Wholesale Trade	893	4.0%	858	647	246	38.0%
Retail Trade	1,792	8.1%	1,777	1,613	179	11.1%
Transporation and Warehousing	456	2.1%	467	367	89	24.3%
Information	438	2.0%	478	367	71	19.3%
Finance and Insurance	1,023	4.6%	1,039	798	225	28.2%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	486	2.2%	503	390	96	24.6%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	1,042	4.7%	1,063	777	265	34.1%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	74	0.3%	77	21	53	252.4%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	2,315	10.5%	2,381	1,811	504	27.8%
Educational Services	426	1.9%	507	452	-26	-5.8%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	1,463	6.6%	1,455	1,220	243	19.9%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	271	1.2%	317	225	46	20.4%
Accomodation and Food Services	907	4.1%	1,022	781	126	16.1%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	522	2.4%	537	405	117	28.9%
Public Administration	521	2.4%	528	529	-8	-1.5%
Information Not Available	2,131	9.6%	2,262	2,770	-639	-23.1%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants California
	Feb 2007	Percent	Jan 2007	Feb 2006	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	394,118		350,623	346,973
Male	235,645	59.8%	199,960	194,637	41,008	21.1%
Female	158,379	40.2%	150,386	152,150	6,229	4.1%
Information Not Available	94	0.0%	277	186	-92	-49.5%

Ethnicity	394,118		350,623	346,973
Hispanic or Latino	166,359	42.2%	138,825	137,056	29,303	21.4%
Not Hispanic or Latino	196,215	49.8%	179,520	178,518	17,697	9.9%
Information Not Available	31,544	8.0%	32,278	31,399	145	0.5%

Race	394,118		350,623	346,973
American Indian or Alaskan Native	3,943	1.0%	2,590	2,050	1,893	92.3%
Asian	27,320	6.9%	25,157	27,113	207	0.8%
Black or African American	27,226	6.9%	26,359	26,088	1,138	4.4%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
White	137,725	34.9%	125,414	123,267	14,458	11.7%
Information Not Available	197,904	50.2%	171,103	168,455	29,449	17.5%

Years of Age	394,118		350,623	346,973
Younger than 22	11,641	2.3%	6,844	8,851	2,790	31.5%
22-24	19,809	3.9%	18,035	18,541	1,268	6.8%
25-34	88,062	17.3%	78,153	75,376	12,686	16.8%
35-44	95,197	18.7%	91,749	92,427	2,770	3.0%
45-54	104,115	20.5%	91,563	90,004	14,111	15.7%
55-59	35,206	6.9%	29,689	29,815	5,391	18.1%
60-64	23,095	4.5%	21,272	19,287	3,808	19.7%
65 and older	16,805	3.3%	13,226	12,299	4,506	36.6%
Information Not Available	188	0.0%	92	373	-185	-49.6%

Industry	394,118		350,623	346,973
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	71,163	15.3%	56,235	59,910	11,253	18.8%
Mining	563	0.1%	740	745	-182	-24.4%
Utilities	751	0.2%	647	559	192	34.3%
Construction	59,240	12.7%	49,296	39,691	19,549	49.3%
Manufacturing	51,072	11.0%	46,614	47,425	3,647	7.7%
Wholesale Trade	3,098	0.7%	1,942	2,050	1,048	51.1%
Retail Trade	26,944	5.8%	21,920	24,970	1,974	7.9%
Transporation and Warehousing	9,576	2.1%	8,601	8,013	1,563	19.5%
Information	29,573	6.4%	28,209	26,181	3,392	13.0%
Finance and Insurance	9,200	2.0%	9,989	7,547	1,653	21.9%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	4,694	1.0%	4,069	3,075	1,619	52.7%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	4,788	1.0%	4,162	4,472	316	7.1%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	52,950	11.4%	48,741	47,704	5,246	11.0%
Educational Services	8,543	1.8%	10,359	9,597	-1,054	-11.0%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	16,336	3.5%	16,370	17,516	-1,180	-6.7%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	6,947	1.5%	6,104	6,988	-41	-0.6%
Accomodation and Food Services	12,111	2.6%	11,931	13,137	-1,026	-7.8%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	9,764	2.1%	6,659	8,572	1,192	13.9%
Public Administration	3,661	0.8%	4,347	2,982	679	22.8%
Information Not Available	13,144	2.8%	13,688	15,839	-2,695	-17.0%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Colorado
	Feb 2007	Percent	Jan 2007	Feb 2006	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	26,232		26,812	24,099
Male	16,865	64.3%	16,798	14,361	2,504	17.4%
Female	9,367	35.7%	10,014	9,738	-371	-3.8%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	26,232		26,812	24,099
Hispanic or Latino	6,622	25.2%	6,609	5,608	1,014	18.1%
Not Hispanic or Latino	15,735	60.0%	16,221	14,441	1,294	9.0%
Information Not Available	3,875	14.8%	3,982	4,050	-175	-4.3%

Race	26,232		26,812	24,099
American Indian or Alaskan Native	478	1.8%	466	391	87	22.3%
Asian	404	1.5%	437	456	-52	-11.4%
Black or African American	1,564	6.0%	1,628	1,594	-30	-1.9%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	77	0.3%	66	94	-17	-18.1%
White	17,340	66.1%	17,908	16,138	1,202	7.4%
Information Not Available	6,369	24.3%	6,307	5,426	943	17.4%

Years of Age	26,232		26,812	24,099
Younger than 22	544	1.3%	561	465	79	17.0%
22-24	993	2.4%	992	986	7	0.7%
25-34	5,217	12.4%	5,386	4,834	383	7.9%
35-44	6,811	16.1%	6,994	6,451	360	5.6%
45-54	7,823	18.5%	7,935	7,128	695	9.8%
55-59	2,826	6.7%	2,801	2,421	405	16.7%
60-64	1,388	3.3%	1,467	1,181	207	17.5%
65 and older	620	1.5%	658	622	-2	-0.3%
Information Not Available	10	0.0%	18	11	-1	-9.1%

Industry	26,232		26,812	24,099
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	218	0.8%	220	207	11	5.3%
Mining	330	1.2%	312	201	129	64.2%
Utilities	28	0.1%	33	31	-3	-9.7%
Construction	7,048	26.6%	6,755	4,853	2,195	45.2%
Manufacturing	2,608	9.9%	2,766	2,438	170	7.0%
Wholesale Trade	1,008	3.8%	983	927	81	8.7%
Retail Trade	2,095	7.9%	2,170	2,307	-212	-9.2%
Transporation and Warehousing	756	2.9%	781	759	-3	-0.4%
Information	722	2.7%	791	743	-21	-2.8%
Finance and Insurance	1,239	4.7%	1,291	1,024	215	21.0%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	522	2.0%	525	537	-15	-2.8%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	1,599	6.0%	1,638	1,542	57	3.7%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	145	0.5%	153	114	31	27.2%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	3,064	11.6%	3,115	3,131	-67	-2.1%
Educational Services	417	1.6%	532	446	-29	-6.5%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	1,270	4.8%	1,318	1,414	-144	-10.2%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	385	1.5%	400	418	-33	-7.9%
Accomodation and Food Services	1,001	3.8%	1,190	1,091	-90	-8.2%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	552	2.1%	528	613	-61	-10.0%
Public Administration	668	2.5%	706	731	-63	-8.6%
Information Not Available	557	2.1%	605	572	-15	-2.6%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Connecticut
	Feb 2007	Percent	Jan 2007	Feb 2006	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	49,540		47,100	47,077
Male	33,076	66.8%	30,204	30,944	2,132	6.9%
Female	16,464	33.2%	16,896	16,133	331	2.1%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	49,540		47,100	47,077
Hispanic or Latino	7,815	15.8%	7,358	6,988	827	11.8%
Not Hispanic or Latino	41,725	84.2%	39,742	40,089	1,636	4.1%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Race	49,540		47,100	47,077
American Indian or Alaskan Native	169	0.3%	163	135	34	25.2%
Asian	591	1.2%	535	566	25	4.4%
Black or African American	5,880	11.9%	5,932	5,438	442	8.1%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
White	29,716	60.0%	27,586	28,300	1,416	5.0%
Information Not Available	13,184	26.6%	12,884	12,638	546	4.3%

Years of Age	49,540		47,100	47,077
Younger than 22	1,371	1.8%	1,235	1,203	168	14.0%
22-24	2,892	3.8%	2,791	2,753	139	5.0%
25-34	10,882	14.3%	10,280	10,295	587	5.7%
35-44	12,306	16.2%	11,504	12,486	-180	-1.4%
45-54	12,325	16.2%	11,722	11,451	874	7.6%
55-59	4,313	5.7%	4,173	4,075	238	5.8%
60-64	3,169	4.2%	3,065	2,937	232	7.9%
65 and older	2,282	3.0%	2,330	1,877	405	21.6%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	49,540		47,100	47,077
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	756	1.5%	791	672	84	12.5%
Mining	89	0.2%	52	59	30	50.8%
Utilities	58	0.1%	52	65	-7	-10.8%
Construction	10,877	21.6%	8,540	10,622	255	2.4%
Manufacturing	5,719	11.4%	5,762	5,213	506	9.7%
Wholesale Trade	1,995	4.0%	1,921	1,826	169	9.3%
Retail Trade	5,264	10.5%	5,192	5,373	-109	-2.0%
Transporation and Warehousing	1,415	2.8%	1,348	1,152	263	22.8%
Information	694	1.4%	729	675	19	2.8%
Finance and Insurance	2,216	4.4%	1,920	1,831	385	21.0%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	672	1.3%	686	663	9	1.4%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	1,602	3.2%	1,684	1,714	-112	-6.5%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	157	0.3%	177	201	-44	-21.9%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	7,019	14.0%	6,633	6,366	653	10.3%
Educational Services	1,024	2.0%	1,114	889	135	15.2%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	3,071	6.1%	3,154	2,998	73	2.4%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	1,803	3.6%	1,746	1,789	14	0.8%
Accomodation and Food Services	2,572	5.1%	3,107	2,417	155	6.4%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	1,276	2.5%	1,226	1,152	124	10.8%
Public Administration	454	0.9%	510	501	-47	-9.4%
Information Not Available	807	1.6%	756	899	-92	-10.2%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants District of Columbia
	Feb 2007	Percent	Jan 2007	Feb 2006	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	3,947		10,030	3,508
Male	2,051	52.0%	4,889	1,690	361	21.4%
Female	1,896	48.0%	5,141	1,818	78	4.3%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	3,947		10,030	3,508
Hispanic or Latino	311	7.9%	847	255	56	22.0%
Not Hispanic or Latino	2,896	73.4%	7,330	2,656	240	9.0%
Information Not Available	740	18.7%	1,853	597	143	24.0%

Race	3,947		10,030	3,508
American Indian or Alaskan Native	33	0.8%	99	28	5	17.9%
Asian	120	3.0%	384	130	-10	-7.7%
Black or African American	2,942	74.5%	7,320	2,565	377	14.7%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	64	1.6%	187	51	13	25.5%
White	672	17.0%	1,736	652	20	3.1%
Information Not Available	116	2.9%	304	82	34	41.5%

Years of Age	3,947		10,030	3,508
Younger than 22	95	2.1%	208	70	25	35.7%
22-24	203	4.5%	549	186	17	9.1%
25-34	959	21.5%	2,391	833	126	15.1%
35-44	1,069	24.0%	2,793	1,030	39	3.8%
45-54	1,071	24.0%	2,683	883	188	21.3%
55-59	327	7.3%	797	300	27	9.0%
60-64	157	3.5%	412	134	23	17.2%
65 and older	66	1.5%	195	67	-1	-1.5%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	2	5	-5	-100.0%

Industry	3,947		10,030	3,508
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
Mining	0	0.0%	0	1	-1	-100.0%
Utilities	6	0.2%	12	2	4	200.0%
Construction	26	0.7%	49	23	3	13.0%
Manufacturing	3	0.1%	3	5	-2	-40.0%
Wholesale Trade	4	0.1%	10	1	3	300.0%
Retail Trade	11	0.3%	18	3	8	266.7%
Transporation and Warehousing	0	0.0%	7	1	-1	-100.0%
Information	15	0.4%	29	9	6	66.7%
Finance and Insurance	0	0.0%	4	4	-4	-100.0%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	4	0.1%	19	3	1	33.3%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	59	1.5%	118	54	5	9.3%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	1	0.0%	5	3	-2	-66.7%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	6	0.2%	28	9	-3	-33.3%
Educational Services	26	0.7%	46	10	16	160.0%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	30	0.8%	61	43	-13	-30.2%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	5	0.1%	10	0	5	0.0%
Accomodation and Food Services	4	0.1%	6	0	4	0.0%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	36	0.9%	82	32	4	12.5%
Public Administration	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
Information Not Available	3,711	94.0%	9,523	3,305	406	12.3%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Delaware
	Feb 2007	Percent	Jan 2007	Feb 2006	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	11,238		9,483	8,824
Male	5,922	52.7%	4,623	4,339	1,583	36.5%
Female	5,316	47.3%	4,860	4,485	831	18.5%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	11,238		9,483	8,824
Hispanic or Latino	442	3.9%	349	360	82	22.8%
Not Hispanic or Latino	10,796	96.1%	9,134	8,464	2,332	27.6%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Race	11,238		9,483	8,824
American Indian or Alaskan Native	29	0.3%	24	17	12	70.6%
Asian	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
Black or African American	4,523	40.2%	3,886	3,475	1,048	30.2%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	56	0.5%	52	51	5	9.8%
White	5,821	51.8%	4,854	4,617	1,204	26.1%
Information Not Available	809	7.2%	667	662	147	22.2%

Years of Age	11,238		9,483	8,824
Younger than 22	2,460	14.6%	2,143	1,663	797	47.9%
22-24	854	5.1%	728	722	132	18.3%
25-34	2,581	15.3%	2,078	1,965	616	31.3%
35-44	2,934	17.4%	2,501	2,398	536	22.4%
45-54	1,732	10.3%	1,463	1,408	324	23.0%
55-59	380	2.3%	301	371	9	2.4%
60-64	184	1.1%	147	165	19	11.5%
65 and older	88	0.5%	93	114	-26	-22.8%
Information Not Available	25	0.1%	29	18	7	38.9%

Industry	11,238		9,483	8,824
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	42	0.4%	30	17	25	147.1%
Mining	0	0.0%	0	2	-2	-100.0%
Utilities	15	0.1%	7	4	11	275.0%
Construction	1,442	12.8%	964	806	636	78.9%
Manufacturing	1,069	9.5%	739	733	336	45.8%
Wholesale Trade	432	3.8%	436	274	158	57.7%
Retail Trade	1,776	15.7%	1,549	1,474	302	20.5%
Transporation and Warehousing	277	2.5%	241	276	1	0.4%
Information	130	1.2%	108	88	42	47.7%
Finance and Insurance	1,033	9.2%	843	737	296	40.2%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	226	2.0%	184	184	42	22.8%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	466	4.1%	412	347	119	34.3%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	29	0.3%	35	43	-14	-32.6%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	1,847	16.4%	1,599	1,570	277	17.6%
Educational Services	172	1.5%	208	99	73	73.7%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	714	6.3%	657	703	11	1.6%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	206	1.8%	180	180	26	14.4%
Accomodation and Food Services	974	8.6%	932	913	61	6.7%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	238	2.1%	236	283	-45	-15.9%
Public Administration	96	0.9%	82	64	32	50.0%
Information Not Available	54	0.5%	41	27	27	100.0%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Florida
	Feb 2007	Percent	Jan 2007	Feb 2006	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	84,537		91,368	77,023
Male	47,747	56.5%	48,591	37,198	10,549	28.4%
Female	36,758	43.5%	42,740	39,750	-2,992	-7.5%
Information Not Available	32	0.0%	37	75	-43	-57.3%

Ethnicity	84,537		91,368	77,023
Hispanic or Latino	26,937	31.9%	28,962	26,688	249	0.9%
Not Hispanic or Latino	49,660	58.7%	54,554	41,402	8,258	19.9%
Information Not Available	7,940	9.4%	7,852	8,933	-993	-11.1%

Race	84,537		91,368	77,023
American Indian or Alaskan Native	519	0.6%	519	263	256	97.3%
Asian	972	1.1%	1,185	901	71	7.9%
Black or African American	15,041	17.8%	16,666	14,451	590	4.1%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	2,269	2.7%	2,481	863	1,406	162.9%
White	49,303	58.3%	53,554	43,429	5,874	13.5%
Information Not Available	16,433	19.4%	16,963	17,116	-683	-4.0%

Years of Age	84,537		91,368	77,023
Younger than 22	1,912	1.5%	1,296	1,164	748	64.3%
22-24	3,728	2.9%	3,778	3,040	688	22.6%
25-34	17,083	13.4%	18,703	15,727	1,356	8.6%
35-44	21,232	16.7%	22,333	18,130	3,102	17.1%
45-54	22,399	17.6%	24,110	19,781	2,618	13.2%
55-59	7,585	5.9%	8,815	9,271	-1,686	-18.2%
60-64	6,321	5.0%	6,704	5,443	878	16.1%
65 and older	4,277	3.4%	5,629	4,467	-190	-4.3%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	84,537		91,368	77,023
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	421	0.5%	370	413	8	1.9%
Mining	0	0.0%	37	751	-751	-100.0%
Utilities	97	0.1%	222	225	-128	-56.9%
Construction	9,595	11.3%	9,666	5,067	4,528	89.4%
Manufacturing	6,483	7.6%	6,259	5,217	1,266	24.3%
Wholesale Trade	3,955	4.7%	3,481	3,866	89	2.3%
Retail Trade	7,229	8.5%	9,074	7,582	-353	-4.7%
Transporation and Warehousing	2,237	2.6%	2,815	2,102	135	6.4%
Information	2,107	2.5%	1,926	2,627	-520	-19.8%
Finance and Insurance	3,404	4.0%	3,667	3,491	-87	-2.5%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	2,431	2.9%	2,444	1,877	554	29.5%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	4,117	4.8%	5,222	4,729	-612	-12.9%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	746	0.9%	519	300	446	148.7%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	16,013	18.8%	16,370	11,749	4,264	36.3%
Educational Services	1,135	1.3%	1,889	676	459	67.9%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	5,251	6.2%	5,815	4,842	409	8.4%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	1,686	2.0%	1,407	1,652	34	2.1%
Accomodation and Food Services	4,506	5.3%	4,259	4,279	227	5.3%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	1,750	2.1%	1,926	2,440	-690	-28.3%
Public Administration	1,102	1.3%	1,222	1,426	-324	-22.7%
Information Not Available	10,272	12.1%	12,778	11,712	-1,440	-12.3%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Georgia
	Feb 2007	Percent	Jan 2007	Feb 2006	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	50,785		58,636	51,566
Male	25,402	50.0%	29,180	24,656	746	3.0%
Female	24,208	47.7%	27,859	25,053	-845	-3.4%
Information Not Available	1,175	2.3%	1,597	1,857	-682	-36.7%

Ethnicity	50,785		58,636	51,566
Hispanic or Latino	199	0.4%	437	199	0	0.0%
Not Hispanic or Latino	49,409	97.3%	56,602	49,510	-101	-0.2%
Information Not Available	1,177	2.3%	1,597	1,857	-680	-36.6%

Race	50,785		58,636	51,566
American Indian or Alaskan Native	184	0.4%	197	165	19	11.5%
Asian	702	1.4%	845	782	-80	-10.2%
Black or African American	26,471	52.1%	30,964	25,903	568	2.2%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
White	22,247	43.8%	25,031	22,859	-612	-2.7%
Information Not Available	1,181	2.3%	1,599	1,857	-676	-36.4%

Years of Age	50,785		58,636	51,566
Younger than 22	971	1.4%	1,345	1,194	-223	-18.7%
22-24	2,105	3.0%	2,720	2,441	-336	-13.8%
25-34	9,807	13.9%	13,246	11,706	-1,899	-16.2%
35-44	11,333	16.0%	15,380	14,042	-2,709	-19.3%
45-54	10,728	15.2%	14,077	12,391	-1,663	-13.4%
55-59	3,508	5.0%	4,637	4,207	-699	-16.6%
60-64	2,230	3.1%	2,921	2,351	-121	-5.1%
65 and older	1,172	1.7%	1,532	1,399	-227	-16.2%
Information Not Available	8,931	12.6%	2,778	1,835	7,096	386.7%

Industry	50,785		58,636	51,566
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	1,232	2.4%	1,356	960	272	28.3%
Mining	49	0.1%	54	82	-33	-40.2%
Utilities	98	0.2%	95	111	-13	-11.7%
Construction	3,444	6.6%	3,694	3,477	-33	-0.9%
Manufacturing	6,951	13.4%	8,612	6,340	611	9.6%
Wholesale Trade	2,724	5.2%	4,072	2,635	89	3.4%
Retail Trade	3,634	7.0%	3,883	4,921	-1,287	-26.2%
Transporation and Warehousing	1,438	2.8%	1,693	1,597	-159	-10.0%
Information	1,077	2.1%	1,170	1,443	-366	-25.4%
Finance and Insurance	1,648	3.2%	1,650	1,638	10	0.6%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	961	1.8%	1,049	1,040	-79	-7.6%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	8,447	16.2%	9,304	9,021	-574	-6.4%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	81	0.2%	93	112	-31	-27.7%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	200	0.4%	208	184	16	8.7%
Educational Services	1,168	2.2%	1,476	1,285	-117	-9.1%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	2,708	5.2%	2,870	2,902	-194	-6.7%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	2,326	4.5%	3,170	2,448	-122	-5.0%
Accomodation and Food Services	504	1.0%	763	605	-101	-16.7%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	750	1.4%	913	686	64	9.3%
Public Administration	589	1.1%	629	763	-174	-22.8%
Information Not Available	10,756	20.7%	11,882	9,316	1,440	15.5%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Hawaii
	Feb 2007	Percent	Jan 2007	Feb 2006	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	6,601		6,456	5,805
Male	4,335	65.7%	4,279	3,889	446	11.5%
Female	2,266	34.3%	2,177	1,916	350	18.3%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	6,601		6,456	5,805
Hispanic or Latino	424	6.4%	374	316	108	34.2%
Not Hispanic or Latino	4,867	73.7%	4,827	4,237	630	14.9%
Information Not Available	1,310	19.8%	1,255	1,252	58	4.6%

Race	6,601		6,456	5,805
American Indian or Alaskan Native	53	0.8%	54	46	7	15.2%
Asian	2,310	35.0%	2,124	1,866	444	23.8%
Black or African American	128	1.9%	137	144	-16	-11.1%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	1,561	23.6%	1,658	1,424	137	9.6%
White	1,718	26.0%	1,649	1,512	206	13.6%
Information Not Available	831	12.6%	834	813	18	2.2%

Years of Age	6,601		6,456	5,805
Younger than 22	113	1.4%	118	91	22	24.2%
22-24	298	3.8%	299	250	48	19.2%
25-34	1,448	18.5%	1,460	1,348	100	7.4%
35-44	1,613	20.6%	1,630	1,496	117	7.8%
45-54	1,721	21.9%	1,681	1,542	179	11.6%
55-59	711	9.1%	652	551	160	29.0%
60-64	473	6.0%	404	331	142	42.9%
65 and older	224	2.9%	212	196	28	14.3%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	6,601		6,456	5,805
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	339	4.9%	191	200	139	69.5%
Mining	2	0.0%	0	2	0	0.0%
Utilities	3	0.0%	4	4	-1	-25.0%
Construction	1,899	27.4%	1,964	1,776	123	6.9%
Manufacturing	195	2.8%	207	120	75	62.5%
Wholesale Trade	118	1.7%	115	116	2	1.7%
Retail Trade	420	6.1%	377	395	25	6.3%
Transporation and Warehousing	259	3.7%	465	328	-69	-21.0%
Information	126	1.8%	126	97	29	29.9%
Finance and Insurance	89	1.3%	91	79	10	12.7%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	120	1.7%	111	105	15	14.3%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	183	2.6%	175	154	29	18.8%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	20	0.3%	20	9	11	122.2%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	739	10.6%	650	587	152	25.9%
Educational Services	43	0.6%	44	42	1	2.4%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	318	4.6%	331	297	21	7.1%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	96	1.4%	102	82	14	17.1%
Accomodation and Food Services	626	9.0%	531	487	139	28.5%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	157	2.3%	158	151	6	4.0%
Public Administration	109	1.6%	107	99	10	10.1%
Information Not Available	740	10.7%	687	675	65	9.6%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Iowa
	Feb 2007	Percent	Jan 2007	Feb 2006	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	39,519		37,093	33,909
Male	29,918	75.7%	26,810	24,589	5,329	21.7%
Female	9,601	24.3%	10,283	9,320	281	3.0%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	39,519		37,093	33,909
Hispanic or Latino	1,749	4.4%	1,757	1,211	538	44.4%
Not Hispanic or Latino	37,298	94.4%	34,866	32,218	5,080	15.8%
Information Not Available	472	1.2%	470	480	-8	-1.7%

Race	39,519		37,093	33,909
American Indian or Alaskan Native	169	0.4%	165	155	14	9.0%
Asian	203	0.5%	232	164	39	23.8%
Black or African American	1,196	3.0%	1,228	991	205	20.7%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
White	35,730	90.4%	33,241	30,908	4,822	15.6%
Information Not Available	2,221	5.6%	2,227	1,691	530	31.3%

Years of Age	39,519		37,093	33,909
Younger than 22	1,094	1.5%	1,018	986	108	11.0%
22-24	2,599	3.6%	2,308	2,198	401	18.2%
25-34	9,388	12.9%	8,706	7,811	1,577	20.2%
35-44	9,313	12.8%	8,618	8,016	1,297	16.2%
45-54	9,824	13.5%	9,341	8,440	1,384	16.4%
55-59	3,279	4.5%	3,167	2,930	349	11.9%
60-64	2,264	3.1%	2,180	1,896	368	19.4%
65 and older	1,748	2.4%	1,738	1,624	124	7.6%
Information Not Available	10	0.0%	17	8	2	25.0%

Industry	39,519		37,093	33,909
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	207	0.5%	213	196	11	5.6%
Mining	573	1.4%	500	392	181	46.2%
Utilities	70	0.2%	41	52	18	34.6%
Construction	14,238	35.8%	11,407	11,518	2,720	23.6%
Manufacturing	8,687	21.9%	8,573	6,676	2,011	30.1%
Wholesale Trade	1,055	2.7%	1,088	963	92	9.6%
Retail Trade	2,581	6.5%	2,460	2,632	-51	-1.9%
Transporation and Warehousing	1,210	3.0%	1,095	969	241	24.9%
Information	559	1.4%	601	516	43	8.3%
Finance and Insurance	497	1.3%	499	603	-106	-17.6%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	282	0.7%	281	271	11	4.1%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	1,097	2.8%	1,103	828	269	32.5%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	45	0.1%	42	20	25	125.0%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	3,206	8.1%	3,215	3,116	90	2.9%
Educational Services	265	0.7%	295	271	-6	-2.2%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	1,299	3.3%	1,388	1,245	54	4.3%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	649	1.6%	755	623	26	4.2%
Accomodation and Food Services	1,167	2.9%	1,496	1,248	-81	-6.5%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	607	1.5%	592	624	-17	-2.7%
Public Administration	687	1.7%	704	730	-43	-5.9%
Information Not Available	538	1.4%	745	416	122	29.3%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Idaho
	Feb 2007	Percent	Jan 2007	Feb 2006	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	18,484		18,630	17,694
Male	13,249	71.7%	13,321	12,520	729	5.8%
Female	5,235	28.3%	5,309	5,174	61	1.2%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	18,484		18,630	17,694
Hispanic or Latino	2,850	15.4%	2,930	2,771	79	2.9%
Not Hispanic or Latino	14,198	76.8%	13,946	13,062	1,136	8.7%
Information Not Available	1,436	7.8%	1,754	1,861	-425	-22.8%

Race	18,484		18,630	17,694
American Indian or Alaskan Native	400	2.2%	425	373	27	7.2%
Asian	161	0.9%	198	152	9	5.9%
Black or African American	84	0.5%	94	70	14	20.0%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	50	0.3%	49	40	10	25.0%
White	14,266	77.2%	14,273	13,690	576	4.2%
Information Not Available	3,523	19.1%	3,591	3,369	154	4.6%

Years of Age	18,484		18,630	17,694
Younger than 22	621	2.0%	603	506	115	22.7%
22-24	1,206	3.8%	1,232	1,075	131	12.2%
25-34	4,218	13.3%	4,415	3,934	284	7.2%
35-44	4,283	13.5%	4,236	4,160	123	3.0%
45-54	4,738	14.9%	4,722	4,693	45	1.0%
55-59	1,630	5.1%	1,657	1,623	7	0.4%
60-64	1,036	3.3%	992	1,021	15	1.5%
65 and older	752	2.4%	773	682	70	10.3%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	18,484		18,630	17,694
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	1,604	8.0%	1,295	1,607	-3	-0.2%
Mining	146	0.7%	164	121	25	20.7%
Utilities	93	0.5%	97	84	9	10.7%
Construction	4,655	23.2%	4,643	3,769	886	23.5%
Manufacturing	2,412	12.0%	2,437	2,288	124	5.4%
Wholesale Trade	581	2.9%	606	614	-33	-5.4%
Retail Trade	1,404	7.0%	1,447	1,306	98	7.5%
Transporation and Warehousing	535	2.7%	461	522	13	2.5%
Information	166	0.8%	162	145	21	14.5%
Finance and Insurance	209	1.0%	224	166	43	25.9%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	148	0.7%	137	124	24	19.4%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	440	2.2%	443	434	6	1.4%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	15	0.1%	13	4	11	275.0%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	1,813	9.0%	1,799	1,731	82	4.7%
Educational Services	149	0.7%	167	179	-30	-16.8%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	717	3.6%	732	771	-54	-7.0%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	320	1.6%	354	353	-33	-9.3%
Accomodation and Food Services	614	3.1%	698	646	-32	-5.0%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	250	1.2%	252	245	5	2.0%
Public Administration	481	2.4%	513	481	0	0.0%
Information Not Available	1,732	8.6%	1,986	2,104	-372	-17.7%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Illinois
	Feb 2007	Percent	Jan 2007	Feb 2006	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	182,737		175,543	166,629
Male	127,797	69.9%	117,298	112,012	15,785	14.1%
Female	54,940	30.1%	58,245	54,617	323	0.6%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	182,737		175,543	166,629
Hispanic or Latino	36,302	19.9%	34,432	32,568	3,734	11.5%
Not Hispanic or Latino	146,435	80.1%	141,111	134,061	12,374	9.2%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Race	182,737		175,543	166,629
American Indian or Alaskan Native	647	0.4%	649	539	108	20.0%
Asian	3,356	1.8%	3,265	3,377	-21	-0.6%
Black or African American	34,417	18.8%	36,266	34,082	335	1.0%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
White	143,351	78.4%	134,445	128,059	15,292	11.9%
Information Not Available	965	0.5%	918	572	393	68.7%

Years of Age	182,737		175,543	166,629
Younger than 22	3,504	1.1%	3,436	3,331	173	5.2%
22-24	8,879	2.8%	8,621	8,582	297	3.5%
25-34	44,027	13.9%	42,265	40,123	3,904	9.7%
35-44	49,380	15.6%	46,856	45,699	3,681	8.1%
45-54	48,654	15.3%	46,372	43,294	5,360	12.4%
55-59	15,173	4.8%	14,819	13,678	1,495	10.9%
60-64	8,857	2.8%	8,733	7,863	994	12.6%
65 and older	4,263	1.3%	4,441	4,059	204	5.0%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	182,737		175,543	166,629
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	1,379	0.7%	1,389	1,294	85	6.6%
Mining	971	0.5%	891	669	302	45.1%
Utilities	203	0.1%	214	278	-75	-27.0%
Construction	52,541	28.5%	41,355	40,339	12,202	30.2%
Manufacturing	24,569	13.3%	25,785	21,657	2,912	13.4%
Wholesale Trade	7,475	4.1%	7,440	7,313	162	2.2%
Retail Trade	13,951	7.6%	13,813	13,148	803	6.1%
Transporation and Warehousing	6,987	3.8%	7,228	7,192	-205	-2.9%
Information	2,558	1.4%	2,688	2,793	-235	-8.4%
Finance and Insurance	5,923	3.2%	5,933	5,743	180	3.1%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	2,197	1.2%	2,226	2,242	-45	-2.0%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	7,229	3.9%	7,316	7,198	31	0.4%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	574	0.3%	773	352	222	63.1%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	25,414	13.8%	25,826	24,448	966	4.0%
Educational Services	3,119	1.7%	3,492	2,859	260	9.1%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	8,046	4.4%	8,435	8,402	-356	-4.2%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	3,585	1.9%	3,603	3,779	-194	-5.1%
Accomodation and Food Services	6,865	3.7%	7,626	7,336	-471	-6.4%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	3,565	1.9%	3,728	3,995	-430	-10.8%
Public Administration	2,805	1.5%	2,850	3,086	-281	-9.1%
Information Not Available	2,781	1.5%	2,932	2,506	275	11.0%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Indiana
	Feb 2007	Percent	Jan 2007	Feb 2006	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	76,471		73,835	66,915
Male	52,954	69.2%	48,347	44,838	8,116	18.1%
Female	23,475	30.7%	25,472	22,077	1,398	6.3%
Information Not Available	42	0.1%	16	0	42	0.0%

Ethnicity	76,471		73,835	66,915
Hispanic or Latino	3,558	4.7%	3,802	2,881	677	23.5%
Not Hispanic or Latino	68,638	89.8%	67,694	62,906	5,732	9.1%
Information Not Available	4,275	5.6%	2,339	1,128	3,147	279.0%

Race	76,471		73,835	66,915
American Indian or Alaskan Native	310	0.4%	301	267	43	16.1%
Asian	342	0.4%	389	241	101	41.9%
Black or African American	8,294	10.8%	8,663	7,656	638	8.3%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	61	0.1%	51	46	15	32.6%
White	63,567	83.1%	60,062	55,517	8,050	14.5%
Information Not Available	3,897	5.1%	4,369	3,188	709	22.2%

Years of Age	76,471		73,835	66,915
Younger than 22	1,710	1.3%	1,735	1,644	66	4.0%
22-24	4,324	3.2%	4,281	3,727	597	16.0%
25-34	18,980	13.9%	18,314	15,952	3,028	19.0%
35-44	20,223	14.8%	19,288	17,400	2,823	16.2%
45-54	19,466	14.3%	18,569	17,441	2,025	11.6%
55-59	6,127	4.5%	5,881	5,491	636	11.6%
60-64	3,541	2.6%	3,576	3,231	310	9.6%
65 and older	2,100	1.5%	2,191	2,029	71	3.5%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	76,471		73,835	66,915
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	339	0.4%	359	333	6	1.8%
Mining	406	0.5%	306	267	139	52.1%
Utilities	75	0.1%	61	41	34	82.9%
Construction	20,971	27.3%	14,891	16,637	4,334	26.1%
Manufacturing	16,855	21.9%	19,741	14,462	2,393	16.5%
Wholesale Trade	1,926	2.5%	1,969	1,999	-73	-3.7%
Retail Trade	5,249	6.8%	5,182	5,143	106	2.1%
Transporation and Warehousing	3,644	4.7%	3,225	3,077	567	18.4%
Information	455	0.6%	453	506	-51	-10.1%
Finance and Insurance	1,278	1.7%	1,270	1,138	140	12.3%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	857	1.1%	832	841	16	1.9%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	1,457	1.9%	1,480	1,284	173	13.5%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	118	0.2%	113	126	-8	-6.3%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	7,918	10.3%	8,156	7,280	638	8.8%
Educational Services	613	0.8%	733	650	-37	-5.7%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	3,162	4.1%	3,122	3,011	151	5.0%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	1,168	1.5%	1,338	1,251	-83	-6.6%
Accomodation and Food Services	2,336	3.0%	2,769	2,565	-229	-8.9%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	1,212	1.6%	1,224	1,261	-49	-3.9%
Public Administration	615	0.8%	665	559	56	10.0%
Information Not Available	5,817	7.6%	5,946	4,484	1,333	29.7%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Kansas
	Feb 2007	Percent	Jan 2007	Feb 2006	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	23,359		19,638	20,221
Male	16,450	70.4%	12,364	12,620	3,830	30.3%
Female	6,909	29.6%	7,274	7,601	-692	-9.1%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	23,359		19,638	20,221
Hispanic or Latino	1,641	7.0%	1,381	1,306	335	25.7%
Not Hispanic or Latino	13,294	56.9%	10,961	11,627	1,667	14.3%
Information Not Available	8,424	36.1%	7,296	7,288	1,136	15.6%

Race	23,359		19,638	20,221
American Indian or Alaskan Native	347	1.5%	301	308	39	12.7%
Asian	226	1.0%	258	238	-12	-5.0%
Black or African American	2,728	11.7%	2,772	2,765	-37	-1.3%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	37	0.2%	31	30	7	23.3%
White	18,060	77.3%	14,621	15,231	2,829	18.6%
Information Not Available	1,961	8.4%	1,655	1,649	312	18.9%

Years of Age	23,359		19,638	20,221
Younger than 22	488	1.2%	389	481	7	1.5%
22-24	1,361	3.4%	1,189	1,192	169	14.2%
25-34	5,788	14.4%	4,737	4,857	931	19.2%
35-44	5,801	14.4%	4,855	5,133	668	13.0%
45-54	6,161	15.3%	5,148	5,329	832	15.6%
55-59	2,019	5.0%	1,743	1,714	305	17.8%
60-64	1,128	2.8%	1,000	925	203	21.9%
65 and older	613	1.5%	577	590	23	3.9%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	23,359		19,638	20,221
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	331	1.4%	328	366	-35	-9.6%
Mining	199	0.8%	179	121	78	64.5%
Utilities	70	0.3%	18	43	27	62.8%
Construction	7,807	33.0%	4,536	4,267	3,540	83.0%
Manufacturing	3,149	13.3%	2,723	2,752	397	14.4%
Wholesale Trade	800	3.4%	747	841	-41	-4.9%
Retail Trade	1,490	6.3%	1,469	1,811	-321	-17.7%
Transporation and Warehousing	739	3.1%	667	612	127	20.8%
Information	437	1.8%	437	445	-8	-1.8%
Finance and Insurance	533	2.2%	489	525	8	1.5%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	278	1.2%	281	333	-55	-16.5%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	676	2.9%	717	706	-30	-4.2%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	49	0.2%	52	49	0	0.0%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	1,994	8.4%	2,096	2,023	-29	-1.4%
Educational Services	264	1.1%	274	239	25	10.5%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	1,279	5.4%	1,298	1,493	-214	-14.3%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	188	0.8%	180	169	19	11.2%
Accomodation and Food Services	587	2.5%	716	729	-142	-19.5%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	454	1.9%	443	505	-51	-10.1%
Public Administration	406	1.7%	422	425	-19	-4.5%
Information Not Available	1,629	6.9%	1,566	1,767	-138	-7.8%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Kentucky
	Feb 2007	Percent	Jan 2007	Feb 2006	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	40,986		40,652	35,053
Male	29,278	71.4%	27,227	23,236	6,042	26.0%
Female	11,708	28.6%	13,425	11,817	-109	-0.9%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	40,986		40,652	35,053
Hispanic or Latino	40	0.1%	87	0	40	0.0%
Not Hispanic or Latino	40,946	99.9%	40,565	35,053	5,893	16.8%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Race	40,986		40,652	35,053
American Indian or Alaskan Native	142	0.3%	123	137	5	3.6%
Asian	165	0.4%	105	151	14	9.3%
Black or African American	3,717	9.1%	4,651	4,012	-295	-7.4%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	4	0.0%	0	0	4	0.0%
White	36,641	89.4%	35,427	30,753	5,888	19.1%
Information Not Available	317	0.8%	346	0	317	0.0%

Years of Age	40,986		40,652	35,053
Younger than 22	770	1.0%	739	754	16	2.1%
22-24	1,972	2.6%	1,774	1,736	236	13.6%
25-34	9,713	12.9%	9,644	8,345	1,368	16.4%
35-44	10,738	14.3%	11,632	9,230	1,508	16.3%
45-54	10,853	14.4%	10,315	9,550	1,303	13.6%
55-59	3,236	4.3%	3,452	2,582	654	25.3%
60-64	2,275	3.0%	1,965	1,732	543	31.4%
65 and older	1,429	1.9%	1,131	1,124	305	27.1%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	40,986		40,652	35,053
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	147	0.4%	96	142	5	3.5%
Mining	855	2.1%	766	589	266	45.2%
Utilities	36	0.1%	55	27	9	33.3%
Construction	10,626	25.8%	7,337	7,197	3,429	47.6%
Manufacturing	7,207	17.5%	12,066	6,269	938	15.0%
Wholesale Trade	1,287	3.1%	1,249	1,179	108	9.2%
Retail Trade	2,524	6.1%	2,563	2,966	-442	-14.9%
Transporation and Warehousing	1,678	4.1%	1,550	1,727	-49	-2.8%
Information	374	0.9%	602	567	-193	-34.0%
Finance and Insurance	730	1.8%	866	708	22	3.1%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	303	0.7%	360	297	6	2.0%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	752	1.8%	871	777	-25	-3.2%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	27	0.1%	73	46	-19	-41.3%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	3,397	8.3%	3,019	2,984	413	13.8%
Educational Services	410	1.0%	511	411	-1	-0.2%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	1,887	4.6%	1,756	1,586	301	19.0%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	1,180	2.9%	967	964	216	22.4%
Accomodation and Food Services	1,224	3.0%	1,984	1,426	-202	-14.2%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	797	1.9%	784	777	20	2.6%
Public Administration	543	1.3%	547	553	-10	-1.8%
Information Not Available	5,002	12.2%	2,630	3,861	1,141	29.6%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Louisiana
	Feb 2007	Percent	Jan 2007	Feb 2006	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	18,678		20,772	35,501
Male	9,921	53.1%	10,800	15,613	-5,692	-36.5%
Female	8,757	46.9%	9,972	19,888	-11,131	-56.0%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	18,678		20,772	35,501
Hispanic or Latino	396	2.1%	403	1,170	-774	-66.2%
Not Hispanic or Latino	18,230	97.6%	20,247	32,045	-13,815	-43.1%
Information Not Available	52	0.3%	122	2,286	-2,234	-97.7%

Race	18,678		20,772	35,501
American Indian or Alaskan Native	111	0.6%	147	210	-99	-47.1%
Asian	154	0.8%	166	610	-456	-74.8%
Black or African American	10,067	53.9%	11,107	18,091	-8,024	-44.4%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	19	0.1%	22	92	-73	-79.3%
White	8,316	44.5%	9,310	15,956	-7,640	-47.9%
Information Not Available	11	0.1%	20	542	-531	-98.0%

Years of Age	18,678		20,772	35,501
Younger than 22	387	1.5%	339	726	-339	-46.7%
22-24	1,031	4.0%	1,092	1,620	-589	-36.4%
25-34	4,567	17.6%	5,073	7,916	-3,349	-42.3%
35-44	4,566	17.6%	5,092	8,832	-4,266	-48.3%
45-54	4,818	18.6%	5,479	9,298	-4,480	-48.2%
55-59	1,607	6.2%	1,919	3,350	-1,743	-52.0%
60-64	1,032	4.0%	1,080	2,070	-1,038	-50.1%
65 and older	669	2.6%	698	1,688	-1,019	-60.4%
Information Not Available	1	0.0%	0	1	0	0.0%

Industry	18,678		20,772	35,501
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	578	3.0%	514	672	-94	-14.0%
Mining	198	1.0%	190	269	-71	-26.4%
Utilities	40	0.2%	42	94	-54	-57.4%
Construction	2,587	13.4%	2,667	2,210	377	17.1%
Manufacturing	1,917	10.0%	3,175	1,842	75	4.1%
Wholesale Trade	448	2.3%	457	840	-392	-46.7%
Retail Trade	1,367	7.1%	1,358	2,530	-1,163	-46.0%
Transporation and Warehousing	658	3.4%	696	823	-165	-20.0%
Information	346	1.8%	365	366	-20	-5.5%
Finance and Insurance	362	1.9%	375	710	-348	-49.0%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	254	1.3%	260	493	-239	-48.5%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	811	4.2%	826	893	-82	-9.2%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	109	0.6%	85	46	63	137.0%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	1,116	5.8%	1,299	1,740	-624	-35.9%
Educational Services	350	1.8%	436	1,799	-1,449	-80.5%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	1,343	7.0%	1,376	3,196	-1,853	-58.0%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	363	1.9%	354	855	-492	-57.5%
Accomodation and Food Services	862	4.5%	1,038	1,886	-1,024	-54.3%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	712	3.7%	693	839	-127	-15.1%
Public Administration	339	1.8%	382	958	-619	-64.6%
Information Not Available	3,918	20.3%	4,184	12,440	-8,522	-68.5%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Massachusetts
	Feb 2007	Percent	Jan 2007	Feb 2006	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	106,608		103,270	100,996
Male	74,033	69.4%	69,265	68,950	5,083	7.4%
Female	32,575	30.6%	34,005	32,046	529	1.7%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	106,608		103,270	100,996
Hispanic or Latino	10,709	10.0%	10,548	10,588	121	1.1%
Not Hispanic or Latino	93,833	88.0%	90,687	88,320	5,513	6.2%
Information Not Available	2,066	1.9%	2,035	2,088	-22	-1.1%

Race	106,608		103,270	100,996
American Indian or Alaskan Native	274	0.3%	276	250	24	9.6%
Asian	2,338	2.2%	2,524	2,433	-95	-3.9%
Black or African American	7,605	7.1%	7,653	7,254	351	4.8%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	59	0.1%	55	50	9	18.0%
White	87,318	81.9%	84,075	82,681	4,637	5.6%
Information Not Available	9,014	8.5%	8,687	8,328	686	8.2%

Years of Age	106,608		103,270	100,996
Younger than 22	3,736	2.0%	3,514	3,655	81	2.2%
22-24	6,216	3.3%	5,851	5,634	582	10.3%
25-34	23,387	12.4%	22,249	22,324	1,063	4.8%
35-44	28,242	15.0%	27,113	27,409	833	3.0%
45-54	26,482	14.1%	25,874	25,180	1,302	5.2%
55-59	9,081	4.8%	9,060	8,812	269	3.1%
60-64	6,020	3.2%	6,039	5,327	693	13.0%
65 and older	3,444	1.8%	3,570	2,655	789	29.7%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	106,608		103,270	100,996
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	1,386	1.3%	1,259	1,401	-15	-1.1%
Mining	477	0.4%	381	385	92	23.9%
Utilities	60	0.1%	64	55	5	9.1%
Construction	26,808	24.8%	22,009	23,439	3,369	14.4%
Manufacturing	9,609	8.9%	9,474	10,020	-411	-4.1%
Wholesale Trade	4,244	3.9%	4,068	4,281	-37	-0.9%
Retail Trade	8,869	8.2%	8,564	8,479	390	4.6%
Transporation and Warehousing	2,982	2.8%	2,857	3,200	-218	-6.8%
Information	1,891	1.8%	1,893	1,617	274	16.9%
Finance and Insurance	2,718	2.5%	2,689	2,571	147	5.7%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	1,585	1.5%	1,544	1,434	151	10.5%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	5,108	4.7%	5,130	4,820	288	6.0%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	173	0.2%	141	105	68	64.8%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	13,565	12.6%	12,917	12,930	635	4.9%
Educational Services	1,121	1.0%	1,227	1,065	56	5.3%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	5,226	4.8%	5,219	5,132	94	1.8%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	3,217	3.0%	3,326	3,155	62	2.0%
Accomodation and Food Services	6,559	6.1%	8,036	6,813	-254	-3.7%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	3,278	3.0%	3,125	3,140	138	4.4%
Public Administration	1,696	1.6%	2,065	1,538	158	10.3%
Information Not Available	6,036	5.6%	7,282	5,416	620	11.4%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Maryland
	Feb 2007	Percent	Jan 2007	Feb 2006	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	41,162		38,939	39,017
Male	25,757	62.6%	22,162	23,082	2,675	11.6%
Female	15,405	37.4%	16,777	15,935	-530	-3.3%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	41,162		38,939	39,017
Hispanic or Latino	2,502	6.1%	1,932	2,087	415	19.9%
Not Hispanic or Latino	38,058	92.5%	36,329	36,372	1,686	4.6%
Information Not Available	602	1.5%	678	558	44	7.9%

Race	41,162		38,939	39,017
American Indian or Alaskan Native	99	0.2%	99	89	10	11.2%
Asian	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
Black or African American	16,054	39.0%	16,135	16,362	-308	-1.9%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	66	0.2%	76	74	-8	-10.8%
White	21,839	53.1%	20,019	19,847	1,992	10.0%
Information Not Available	3,104	7.5%	2,610	2,645	459	17.4%

Years of Age	41,162		38,939	39,017
Younger than 22	1,052	1.7%	938	961	91	9.5%
22-24	2,140	3.5%	2,089	2,018	122	6.0%
25-34	8,675	14.3%	8,267	8,333	342	4.1%
35-44	10,154	16.8%	9,374	10,131	23	0.2%
45-54	10,708	17.7%	10,130	9,875	833	8.4%
55-59	3,673	6.1%	3,474	3,349	324	9.7%
60-64	2,440	4.0%	2,366	2,248	192	8.5%
65 and older	2,310	3.8%	2,292	2,097	213	10.2%
Information Not Available	10	0.0%	9	5	5	100.0%

Industry	41,162		38,939	39,017
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	188	0.5%	238	194	-6	-3.1%
Mining	79	0.2%	54	47	32	68.1%
Utilities	39	0.1%	48	31	8	25.8%
Construction	9,531	23.0%	6,552	7,069	2,462	34.8%
Manufacturing	741	1.8%	895	976	-235	-24.1%
Wholesale Trade	1,408	3.4%	1,390	1,345	63	4.7%
Retail Trade	1,254	3.0%	1,273	1,312	-58	-4.4%
Transporation and Warehousing	1,050	2.5%	891	867	183	21.1%
Information	675	1.6%	738	592	83	14.0%
Finance and Insurance	1,117	2.7%	1,159	1,294	-177	-13.7%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	877	2.1%	867	946	-69	-7.3%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	2,441	5.9%	2,636	2,389	52	2.2%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	35	0.1%	27	30	5	16.7%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	5,639	13.6%	5,636	5,538	101	1.8%
Educational Services	684	1.7%	879	623	61	9.8%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	2,195	5.3%	2,296	2,312	-117	-5.1%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	958	2.3%	881	920	38	4.1%
Accomodation and Food Services	3,199	7.7%	3,906	3,638	-439	-12.1%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	1,054	2.5%	967	1,117	-63	-5.6%
Public Administration	763	1.8%	738	711	52	7.3%
Information Not Available	7,235	17.5%	6,868	7,066	169	2.4%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Maine
	Feb 2007	Percent	Jan 2007	Feb 2006	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	14,619		13,896	14,187
Male	9,864	67.5%	9,114	9,222	642	7.0%
Female	4,755	32.5%	4,782	4,964	-209	-4.2%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	1	-1	-100.0%

Ethnicity	14,619		13,896	14,187
Hispanic or Latino	128	0.9%	117	79	49	62.0%
Not Hispanic or Latino	11,973	81.9%	11,383	11,933	40	0.3%
Information Not Available	2,518	17.2%	2,396	2,175	343	15.8%

Race	14,619		13,896	14,187
American Indian or Alaskan Native	127	0.9%	130	85	42	49.4%
Asian	42	0.3%	51	56	-14	-25.0%
Black or African American	119	0.8%	102	115	4	3.5%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
White	12,475	85.3%	11,827	12,431	44	0.4%
Information Not Available	1,856	12.7%	1,786	1,500	356	23.7%

Years of Age	14,619		13,896	14,187
Younger than 22	595	2.3%	520	509	86	16.9%
22-24	1,005	3.8%	984	964	41	4.3%
25-34	3,295	12.6%	3,094	3,264	31	0.9%
35-44	3,390	12.9%	3,181	3,419	-29	-0.8%
45-54	3,630	13.8%	3,568	3,547	83	2.3%
55-59	1,357	5.2%	1,311	1,269	88	6.9%
60-64	866	3.3%	817	788	78	9.9%
65 and older	481	1.8%	421	427	54	12.6%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	14,619		13,896	14,187
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	212	1.4%	203	220	-8	-3.6%
Mining	32	0.2%	26	24	8	33.3%
Utilities	18	0.1%	14	14	4	28.6%
Construction	3,637	24.5%	3,098	3,260	377	11.6%
Manufacturing	1,587	10.7%	1,469	1,604	-17	-1.1%
Wholesale Trade	397	2.7%	384	357	40	11.2%
Retail Trade	1,331	9.0%	1,152	1,334	-3	-0.2%
Transporation and Warehousing	283	1.9%	265	256	27	10.5%
Information	84	0.6%	88	83	1	1.2%
Finance and Insurance	139	0.9%	153	132	7	5.3%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	86	0.6%	83	90	-4	-4.4%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	201	1.4%	191	200	1	0.5%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	8	0.1%	6	8	0	0.0%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	1,089	7.3%	1,050	1,104	-15	-1.4%
Educational Services	121	0.8%	142	138	-17	-12.3%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	499	3.4%	485	531	-32	-6.0%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	229	1.5%	288	224	5	2.2%
Accomodation and Food Services	1,451	9.8%	1,671	1,445	6	0.4%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	232	1.6%	223	245	-13	-5.3%
Public Administration	208	1.4%	242	186	22	11.8%
Information Not Available	2,775	18.7%	2,663	2,732	43	1.6%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Michigan
	Feb 2007	Percent	Jan 2007	Feb 2006	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	198,664		179,085	205,542
Male	138,798	69.9%	120,532	141,623	-2,825	-2.0%
Female	59,856	30.1%	58,543	63,913	-4,057	-6.3%
Information Not Available	10	0.0%	10	6	4	66.7%

Ethnicity	198,664		179,085	205,542
Hispanic or Latino	8,350	4.2%	7,696	8,835	-485	-5.5%
Not Hispanic or Latino	139,990	70.5%	126,999	150,685	-10,695	-7.1%
Information Not Available	50,324	25.3%	44,390	46,022	4,302	9.3%

Race	198,664		179,085	205,542
American Indian or Alaskan Native	2,365	1.2%	2,131	1,854	511	27.6%
Asian	1,053	0.5%	1,330	1,281	-228	-17.8%
Black or African American	19,479	9.8%	17,404	24,892	-5,413	-21.7%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	129	0.1%	123	121	8	6.6%
White	116,765	58.8%	105,763	124,238	-7,473	-6.0%
Information Not Available	58,873	29.6%	52,334	53,156	5,717	10.8%

Years of Age	198,664		179,085	205,542
Younger than 22	7,991	2.6%	7,066	7,983	8	0.1%
22-24	12,912	4.2%	11,992	13,445	-533	-4.0%
25-34	49,260	16.0%	45,138	51,091	-1,831	-3.6%
35-44	52,497	17.1%	46,718	54,715	-2,218	-4.1%
45-54	48,809	15.9%	43,320	50,895	-2,086	-4.1%
55-59	14,876	4.8%	13,270	15,235	-359	-2.4%
60-64	7,627	2.5%	7,105	7,381	246	3.3%
65 and older	4,689	1.5%	4,470	4,795	-106	-2.2%
Information Not Available	3	0.0%	6	2	1	50.0%

Industry	198,664		179,085	205,542
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	2,135	1.1%	2,242	2,118	17	0.8%
Mining	1,221	0.6%	1,225	1,193	28	2.3%
Utilities	183	0.1%	144	124	59	47.6%
Construction	46,387	23.1%	36,530	43,857	2,530	5.8%
Manufacturing	33,929	16.9%	30,029	45,229	-11,300	-25.0%
Wholesale Trade	6,100	3.0%	5,828	5,515	585	10.6%
Retail Trade	14,197	7.1%	12,597	14,710	-513	-3.5%
Transporation and Warehousing	6,019	3.0%	5,180	6,214	-195	-3.1%
Information	1,294	0.6%	1,310	1,492	-198	-13.3%
Finance and Insurance	3,660	1.8%	3,440	3,024	636	21.0%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	2,347	1.2%	2,284	2,243	104	4.6%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	6,724	3.3%	6,892	7,197	-473	-6.6%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	1,869	0.9%	1,607	1,292	577	44.7%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	26,210	13.1%	23,615	24,058	2,152	8.9%
Educational Services	2,348	1.2%	2,658	2,283	65	2.8%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	7,903	3.9%	7,765	7,825	78	1.0%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	6,345	3.2%	6,270	6,262	83	1.3%
Accomodation and Food Services	8,887	4.4%	8,986	7,992	895	11.2%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	3,609	1.8%	3,310	3,426	183	5.3%
Public Administration	2,531	1.3%	2,513	2,939	-408	-13.9%
Information Not Available	14,766	7.4%	14,660	16,549	-1,783	-10.8%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Minnesota
	Feb 2007	Percent	Jan 2007	Feb 2006	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	82,089		63,661	66,144
Male	65,228	79.5%	47,420	50,252	14,976	29.8%
Female	16,841	20.5%	16,222	15,892	949	6.0%
Information Not Available	20	0.0%	19	0	20	0.0%

Ethnicity	82,089		63,661	66,144
Hispanic or Latino	2,596	3.2%	2,217	2,331	265	11.4%
Not Hispanic or Latino	73,971	90.1%	56,942	59,185	14,786	25.0%
Information Not Available	5,522	6.7%	4,502	4,628	894	19.3%

Race	82,089		63,661	66,144
American Indian or Alaskan Native	903	1.1%	701	733	170	23.2%
Asian	937	1.1%	921	791	146	18.5%
Black or African American	3,608	4.4%	3,307	3,331	277	8.3%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	300	0.4%	265	253	47	18.6%
White	72,987	88.9%	55,523	58,065	14,922	25.7%
Information Not Available	3,354	4.1%	2,944	2,971	383	12.9%

Years of Age	82,089		63,661	66,144
Younger than 22	3,811	2.5%	3,089	2,975	836	28.1%
22-24	6,592	4.3%	4,981	5,252	1,340	25.5%
25-34	20,882	13.8%	16,400	16,265	4,617	28.4%
35-44	19,479	12.8%	14,920	16,441	3,038	18.5%
45-54	19,693	13.0%	15,447	16,073	3,620	22.5%
55-59	6,427	4.2%	5,021	5,009	1,418	28.3%
60-64	3,362	2.2%	2,441	2,716	646	23.8%
65 and older	1,153	0.8%	780	891	262	29.4%
Information Not Available	690	0.5%	582	522	168	32.2%

Industry	82,089		63,661	66,144
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	1,237	1.5%	1,078	902	335	37.1%
Mining	887	1.1%	570	658	229	34.8%
Utilities	290	0.3%	232	210	80	38.1%
Construction	34,939	41.9%	22,496	24,948	9,991	40.0%
Manufacturing	11,756	14.1%	9,825	9,286	2,470	26.6%
Wholesale Trade	2,969	3.6%	2,574	3,190	-221	-6.9%
Retail Trade	4,555	5.5%	3,923	3,837	718	18.7%
Transporation and Warehousing	2,398	2.9%	1,739	2,993	-595	-19.9%
Information	839	1.0%	880	830	9	1.1%
Finance and Insurance	1,481	1.8%	1,372	1,210	271	22.4%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	849	1.0%	742	701	148	21.1%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	2,366	2.8%	2,146	1,735	631	36.4%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	752	0.9%	729	727	25	3.4%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	6,430	7.7%	5,469	5,444	986	18.1%
Educational Services	822	1.0%	917	741	81	10.9%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	2,730	3.3%	2,728	2,418	312	12.9%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	1,448	1.7%	1,101	1,194	254	21.3%
Accomodation and Food Services	2,334	2.8%	2,533	2,309	25	1.1%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	1,224	1.5%	1,156	1,257	-33	-2.6%
Public Administration	1,408	1.7%	1,110	1,118	290	25.9%
Information Not Available	375	0.5%	341	436	-61	-14.0%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Missouri
	Feb 2007	Percent	Jan 2007	Feb 2006	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	63,291		57,429	53,763
Male	41,184	65.1%	33,817	31,404	9,780	31.1%
Female	22,097	34.9%	23,603	22,343	-246	-1.1%
Information Not Available	10	0.0%	9	16	-6	-37.5%

Ethnicity	63,291		57,429	53,763
Hispanic or Latino	957	1.5%	733	717	240	33.5%
Not Hispanic or Latino	24,445	38.6%	19,772	17,401	7,044	40.5%
Information Not Available	37,889	59.9%	36,924	35,645	2,244	6.3%

Race	63,291		57,429	53,763
American Indian or Alaskan Native	496	0.8%	436	409	87	21.3%
Asian	323	0.5%	338	403	-80	-19.9%
Black or African American	10,575	16.7%	10,904	10,210	365	3.6%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	425	0.7%	455	405	20	4.9%
White	49,322	77.9%	42,611	39,940	9,382	23.5%
Information Not Available	2,150	3.4%	2,685	2,396	-246	-10.3%

Years of Age	63,291		57,429	53,763
Younger than 22	1,555	1.4%	1,205	1,365	190	13.9%
22-24	3,718	3.4%	3,056	3,146	572	18.2%
25-34	15,027	13.7%	12,855	12,031	2,996	24.9%
35-44	16,095	14.7%	14,162	13,547	2,548	18.8%
45-54	16,062	14.7%	15,217	13,704	2,358	17.2%
55-59	5,025	4.6%	5,003	4,456	569	12.8%
60-64	3,196	2.9%	3,227	2,955	241	8.2%
65 and older	2,613	2.4%	2,702	2,556	57	2.2%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	2	3	-3	-100.0%

Industry	63,291		57,429	53,763
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	625	1.0%	627	620	5	0.8%
Mining	845	1.3%	478	283	562	198.6%
Utilities	84	0.1%	81	71	13	18.3%
Construction	17,337	27.1%	10,185	9,388	7,949	84.7%
Manufacturing	9,017	14.1%	11,520	8,820	197	2.2%
Wholesale Trade	1,846	2.9%	1,678	1,845	1	0.1%
Retail Trade	5,507	8.6%	5,152	5,224	283	5.4%
Transporation and Warehousing	3,063	4.8%	2,757	2,657	406	15.3%
Information	998	1.6%	1,146	927	71	7.7%
Finance and Insurance	1,507	2.4%	1,476	1,349	158	11.7%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	1,108	1.7%	1,004	1,071	37	3.5%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	1,321	2.1%	1,293	1,224	97	7.9%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	103	0.2%	99	75	28	37.3%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	5,115	8.0%	4,687	4,675	440	9.4%
Educational Services	720	1.1%	805	805	-85	-10.6%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	3,769	5.9%	3,695	4,000	-231	-5.8%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	1,787	2.8%	1,818	1,815	-28	-1.5%
Accomodation and Food Services	5,066	7.9%	5,654	5,278	-212	-4.0%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	1,575	2.5%	1,503	1,809	-234	-12.9%
Public Administration	640	1.0%	522	657	-17	-2.6%
Information Not Available	1,258	2.0%	1,249	1,170	88	7.5%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Mississippi
	Feb 2007	Percent	Jan 2007	Feb 2006	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	18,603		20,130	33,406
Male	10,307	55.4%	10,861	15,290	-4,983	-32.6%
Female	8,293	44.6%	9,263	18,116	-9,823	-54.2%
Information Not Available	3	0.0%	6	0	3	0.0%

Ethnicity	18,603		20,130	33,406
Hispanic or Latino	254	1.4%	308	1,788	-1,534	-85.8%
Not Hispanic or Latino	17,700	95.1%	19,046	29,367	-11,667	-39.7%
Information Not Available	649	3.5%	776	2,251	-1,602	-71.2%

Race	18,603		20,130	33,406
American Indian or Alaskan Native	30	0.2%	35	167	-137	-82.0%
Asian	75	0.4%	74	581	-506	-87.1%
Black or African American	11,320	60.9%	12,321	17,067	-5,747	-33.7%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	2	0.0%	5	7	-5	-71.4%
White	6,684	35.9%	7,052	13,392	-6,708	-50.1%
Information Not Available	492	2.6%	643	2,192	-1,700	-77.6%

Years of Age	18,603		20,130	33,406
Younger than 22	421	1.7%	423	1,222	-801	-65.5%
22-24	1,095	4.5%	1,220	2,009	-914	-45.5%
25-34	4,400	18.1%	4,767	7,395	-2,995	-40.5%
35-44	4,652	19.1%	5,005	8,182	-3,530	-43.1%
45-54	4,791	19.7%	5,151	8,225	-3,434	-41.8%
55-59	1,613	6.6%	1,765	2,927	-1,314	-44.9%
60-64	942	3.9%	1,036	1,864	-922	-49.5%
65 and older	689	2.8%	763	1,582	-893	-56.4%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	18,603		20,130	33,406
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	1,977	9.6%	2,138	1,994	-17	-0.9%
Mining	51	0.2%	53	36	15	41.7%
Utilities	21	0.1%	25	30	-9	-30.0%
Construction	1,558	7.6%	1,394	1,584	-26	-1.6%
Manufacturing	4,817	23.4%	5,037	4,680	137	2.9%
Wholesale Trade	381	1.9%	410	522	-141	-27.0%
Retail Trade	1,749	8.5%	1,859	3,455	-1,706	-49.4%
Transporation and Warehousing	541	2.6%	554	720	-179	-24.9%
Information	133	0.6%	135	251	-118	-47.0%
Finance and Insurance	218	1.1%	235	411	-193	-47.0%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	171	0.8%	174	347	-176	-50.7%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	414	2.0%	444	492	-78	-15.9%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	121	0.6%	34	13	108	830.8%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	1,453	7.1%	1,539	1,706	-253	-14.8%
Educational Services	280	1.4%	371	538	-258	-48.0%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	1,080	5.2%	1,301	2,212	-1,132	-51.2%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	140	0.7%	168	1,565	-1,425	-91.1%
Accomodation and Food Services	1,151	5.6%	1,415	6,928	-5,777	-83.4%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	301	1.5%	357	672	-371	-55.2%
Public Administration	357	1.7%	395	516	-159	-30.8%
Information Not Available	1,689	8.2%	2,092	4,734	-3,045	-64.3%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Montana
	Feb 2007	Percent	Jan 2007	Feb 2006	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	7,452		5,923	6,036
Male	5,471	73.4%	4,168	4,248	1,223	28.8%
Female	1,946	26.1%	1,734	1,761	185	10.5%
Information Not Available	35	0.5%	21	27	8	29.6%

Ethnicity	7,452		5,923	6,036
Hispanic or Latino	204	2.7%	140	158	46	29.1%
Not Hispanic or Latino	6,811	91.4%	5,417	5,546	1,265	22.8%
Information Not Available	437	5.9%	366	332	105	31.6%

Race	7,452		5,923	6,036
American Indian or Alaskan Native	779	10.5%	607	581	198	34.1%
Asian	21	0.3%	27	15	6	40.0%
Black or African American	34	0.5%	28	37	-3	-8.1%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	15	0.2%	9	18	-3	-16.7%
White	6,553	87.9%	5,211	5,336	1,217	22.8%
Information Not Available	50	0.7%	41	49	1	2.0%

Years of Age	7,452		5,923	6,036
Younger than 22	252	1.9%	200	196	56	28.6%
22-24	496	3.6%	429	433	63	14.5%
25-34	1,801	13.2%	1,541	1,384	417	30.1%
35-44	1,680	12.3%	1,247	1,403	277	19.7%
45-54	1,890	13.9%	1,489	1,580	310	19.6%
55-59	654	4.8%	491	557	97	17.4%
60-64	390	2.9%	312	278	112	40.3%
65 and older	289	2.1%	214	205	84	41.0%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	7,452		5,923	6,036
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	155	2.0%	99	137	18	13.1%
Mining	238	3.1%	170	218	20	9.2%
Utilities	25	0.3%	21	22	3	13.6%
Construction	2,451	32.2%	1,867	1,755	696	39.7%
Manufacturing	433	5.7%	345	334	99	29.6%
Wholesale Trade	174	2.3%	143	140	34	24.3%
Retail Trade	554	7.3%	508	543	11	2.0%
Transporation and Warehousing	185	2.4%	152	142	43	30.3%
Information	75	1.0%	57	47	28	59.6%
Finance and Insurance	87	1.1%	71	72	15	20.8%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	64	0.8%	44	51	13	25.5%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	162	2.1%	139	152	10	6.6%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	1	0.0%	8	3	-2	-66.7%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	631	8.3%	494	455	176	38.7%
Educational Services	138	1.8%	136	122	16	13.1%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	272	3.6%	245	248	24	9.7%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	210	2.8%	142	141	69	48.9%
Accomodation and Food Services	620	8.2%	568	583	37	6.3%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	163	2.1%	125	142	21	14.8%
Public Administration	290	3.8%	215	225	65	28.9%
Information Not Available	524	6.9%	374	504	20	4.0%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants North Carolina
	Feb 2007	Percent	Jan 2007	Feb 2006	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	79,254		80,696	79,318
Male	43,284	54.6%	42,967	41,598	1,686	4.1%
Female	35,966	45.4%	37,726	37,717	-1,751	-4.6%
Information Not Available	4	0.0%	3	3	1	33.3%

Ethnicity	79,254		80,696	79,318
Hispanic or Latino	3,108	3.9%	3,068	2,718	390	14.3%
Not Hispanic or Latino	74,263	93.7%	75,610	75,259	-996	-1.3%
Information Not Available	1,883	2.4%	2,018	1,341	542	40.4%

Race	79,254		80,696	79,318
American Indian or Alaskan Native	1,196	1.5%	1,154	1,046	150	14.3%
Asian	806	1.0%	762	784	22	2.8%
Black or African American	28,571	36.0%	28,942	28,143	428	1.5%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	70	0.1%	75	50	20	40.0%
White	43,560	55.0%	44,564	45,059	-1,499	-3.3%
Information Not Available	5,051	6.4%	5,199	4,236	815	19.2%

Years of Age	79,254		80,696	79,318
Younger than 22	2,617	2.2%	2,674	2,667	-50	-1.9%
22-24	4,718	4.0%	4,708	4,595	123	2.7%
25-34	18,282	15.4%	18,703	18,072	210	1.2%
35-44	20,631	17.4%	21,079	21,070	-439	-2.1%
45-54	19,314	16.3%	19,621	19,352	-38	-0.2%
55-59	6,737	5.7%	6,882	6,813	-76	-1.1%
60-64	4,246	3.6%	4,291	4,049	197	4.9%
65 and older	2,708	2.3%	2,737	2,700	8	0.3%
Information Not Available	1	0.0%	1	0	1	0.0%

Industry	79,254		80,696	79,318
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	459	0.6%	510	505	-46	-9.1%
Mining	59	0.1%	80	30	29	96.7%
Utilities	137	0.2%	131	68	69	101.5%
Construction	9,563	12.0%	8,380	8,081	1,482	18.3%
Manufacturing	16,847	21.1%	17,248	18,565	-1,718	-9.3%
Wholesale Trade	2,431	3.0%	2,346	2,549	-118	-4.6%
Retail Trade	5,873	7.4%	5,981	7,102	-1,229	-17.3%
Transporation and Warehousing	2,314	2.9%	2,233	1,967	347	17.6%
Information	874	1.1%	941	971	-97	-10.0%
Finance and Insurance	1,715	2.2%	1,733	1,826	-111	-6.1%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	1,022	1.3%	1,036	1,073	-51	-4.8%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	2,278	2.9%	2,324	2,174	104	4.8%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	165	0.2%	172	213	-48	-22.5%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	8,454	10.6%	8,947	8,187	267	3.3%
Educational Services	940	1.2%	1,113	992	-52	-5.2%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	4,489	5.6%	4,728	4,992	-503	-10.1%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	1,038	1.3%	1,057	1,115	-77	-6.9%
Accomodation and Food Services	4,435	5.6%	4,795	4,721	-286	-6.1%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	1,276	1.6%	1,338	1,471	-195	-13.3%
Public Administration	767	1.0%	816	745	22	3.0%
Information Not Available	14,118	17.7%	14,787	11,971	2,147	17.9%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants North Dakota
	Feb 2007	Percent	Jan 2007	Feb 2006	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	7,110		6,622	6,479
Male	5,997	84.3%	5,536	5,399	598	11.1%
Female	1,088	15.3%	1,062	1,040	48	4.6%
Information Not Available	25	0.4%	24	40	-15	-37.5%

Ethnicity	7,110		6,622	6,479
Hispanic or Latino	170	2.4%	155	153	17	11.1%
Not Hispanic or Latino	6,818	95.9%	6,359	6,178	640	10.4%
Information Not Available	122	1.7%	108	148	-26	-17.6%

Race	7,110		6,622	6,479
American Indian or Alaskan Native	537	7.6%	489	525	12	2.3%
Asian	11	0.2%	8	5	6	120.0%
Black or African American	49	0.7%	52	45	4	8.9%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	5	0.1%	2	6	-1	-16.7%
White	6,216	87.4%	5,808	5,597	619	11.1%
Information Not Available	292	4.1%	263	301	-9	-3.0%

Years of Age	7,110		6,622	6,479
Younger than 22	149	1.2%	130	138	11	8.0%
22-24	439	3.4%	397	377	62	16.4%
25-34	1,606	12.5%	1,486	1,528	78	5.1%
35-44	1,530	11.9%	1,391	1,414	116	8.2%
45-54	1,829	14.2%	1,723	1,690	139	8.2%
55-59	674	5.2%	647	574	100	17.4%
60-64	479	3.7%	449	392	87	22.2%
65 and older	353	2.7%	350	306	47	15.4%
Information Not Available	51	0.4%	49	60	-9	-15.0%

Industry	7,110		6,622	6,479
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	229	3.1%	215	246	-17	-6.9%
Mining	446	6.1%	429	370	76	20.5%
Utilities	18	0.2%	20	24	-6	-25.0%
Construction	3,147	42.9%	2,816	2,803	344	12.3%
Manufacturing	727	9.9%	650	564	163	28.9%
Wholesale Trade	275	3.7%	262	294	-19	-6.5%
Retail Trade	278	3.8%	251	282	-4	-1.4%
Transporation and Warehousing	267	3.6%	263	185	82	44.3%
Information	38	0.5%	39	67	-29	-43.3%
Finance and Insurance	86	1.2%	76	64	22	34.4%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	22	0.3%	19	46	-24	-52.2%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	149	2.0%	147	133	16	12.0%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	32	0.4%	31	3	29	966.7%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	281	3.8%	272	294	-13	-4.4%
Educational Services	5	0.1%	3	5	0	0.0%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	148	2.0%	169	124	24	19.4%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	55	0.7%	70	63	-8	-12.7%
Accomodation and Food Services	124	1.7%	118	148	-24	-16.2%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	73	1.0%	87	88	-15	-17.0%
Public Administration	346	4.7%	338	338	8	2.4%
Information Not Available	364	5.0%	347	338	26	7.7%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Nebraska
	Feb 2007	Percent	Jan 2007	Feb 2006	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	13,147		12,553	12,382
Male	8,715	66.3%	7,885	8,009	706	8.8%
Female	4,048	30.8%	4,303	4,369	-321	-7.3%
Information Not Available	384	2.9%	365	4	380	9500.0%

Ethnicity	13,147		12,553	12,382
Hispanic or Latino	724	5.5%	663	914	-190	-20.8%
Not Hispanic or Latino	10,602	80.6%	10,095	10,197	405	4.0%
Information Not Available	1,821	13.9%	1,795	1,271	550	43.3%

Race	13,147		12,553	12,382
American Indian or Alaskan Native	117	0.9%	126	174	-57	-32.8%
Asian	88	0.7%	87	88	0	0.0%
Black or African American	657	5.0%	682	1,041	-384	-36.9%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	17	0.1%	17	20	-3	-15.0%
White	6,259	47.6%	5,992	8,271	-2,012	-24.3%
Information Not Available	6,009	45.7%	5,649	2,788	3,221	115.5%

Years of Age	13,147		12,553	12,382
Younger than 22	337	1.8%	314	740	-403	-54.5%
22-24	762	4.1%	765	583	179	30.7%
25-34	3,171	17.0%	2,971	2,840	331	11.7%
35-44	3,207	17.2%	2,964	3,123	84	2.7%
45-54	3,278	17.5%	3,199	2,965	313	10.6%
55-59	1,127	6.0%	1,111	1,063	64	6.0%
60-64	724	3.9%	710	597	127	21.3%
65 and older	541	2.9%	519	467	74	15.8%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	4	-4	-100.0%

Industry	13,147		12,553	12,382
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	82	0.6%	85	98	-16	-16.3%
Mining	222	1.7%	184	114	108	94.7%
Utilities	22	0.2%	19	28	-6	-21.4%
Construction	3,515	26.6%	2,789	2,446	1,069	43.7%
Manufacturing	1,633	12.3%	1,692	1,365	268	19.6%
Wholesale Trade	428	3.2%	412	417	11	2.6%
Retail Trade	1,058	8.0%	1,014	1,210	-152	-12.6%
Transporation and Warehousing	356	2.7%	349	322	34	10.6%
Information	204	1.5%	215	232	-28	-12.1%
Finance and Insurance	294	2.2%	292	342	-48	-14.0%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	152	1.1%	154	145	7	4.8%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	377	2.8%	386	329	48	14.6%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	23	0.2%	27	18	5	27.8%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	1,265	9.6%	1,311	1,283	-18	-1.4%
Educational Services	176	1.3%	194	195	-19	-9.7%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	780	5.9%	791	807	-27	-3.3%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	159	1.2%	174	158	1	0.6%
Accomodation and Food Services	487	3.7%	580	568	-81	-14.3%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	208	1.6%	218	235	-27	-11.5%
Public Administration	338	2.6%	323	349	-11	-3.2%
Information Not Available	1,368	10.3%	1,344	1,721	-353	-20.5%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants New Hampshire
	Feb 2007	Percent	Jan 2007	Feb 2006	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	9,700		8,828	8,374
Male	6,817	70.3%	5,932	5,747	1,070	18.6%
Female	2,883	29.7%	2,896	2,627	256	9.7%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	9,700		8,828	8,374
Hispanic or Latino	256	2.6%	248	419	-163	-38.9%
Not Hispanic or Latino	6,832	70.4%	6,279	5,688	1,144	20.1%
Information Not Available	2,612	26.9%	2,301	2,267	345	15.2%

Race	9,700		8,828	8,374
American Indian or Alaskan Native	38	0.4%	39	38	0	0.0%
Asian	92	0.9%	77	80	12	15.0%
Black or African American	128	1.3%	143	137	-9	-6.6%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	8	0.1%	9	6	2	33.3%
White	8,945	92.2%	8,109	7,509	1,436	19.1%
Information Not Available	489	5.0%	451	604	-115	-19.0%

Years of Age	9,700		8,828	8,374
Younger than 22	207	1.2%	189	173	34	19.7%
22-24	525	2.9%	451	436	89	20.4%
25-34	1,856	10.3%	1,640	1,636	220	13.4%
35-44	2,331	13.0%	2,137	2,082	249	12.0%
45-54	2,706	15.0%	2,487	2,260	446	19.7%
55-59	1,025	5.7%	939	917	108	11.8%
60-64	663	3.7%	642	530	133	25.1%
65 and older	387	2.2%	343	340	47	13.8%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	9,700		8,828	8,374
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	39	0.4%	45	51	-12	-23.5%
Mining	68	0.7%	49	50	18	36.0%
Utilities	9	0.1%	6	7	2	28.6%
Construction	2,668	27.4%	2,078	2,119	549	25.9%
Manufacturing	1,157	11.9%	1,140	1,216	-59	-4.9%
Wholesale Trade	407	4.2%	363	370	37	10.0%
Retail Trade	1,004	10.3%	919	862	142	16.5%
Transporation and Warehousing	248	2.5%	190	209	39	18.7%
Information	112	1.2%	103	108	4	3.7%
Finance and Insurance	219	2.2%	210	192	27	14.1%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	138	1.4%	116	128	10	7.8%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	272	2.8%	249	238	34	14.3%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	12	0.1%	8	18	-6	-33.3%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	1,038	10.7%	1,010	935	103	11.0%
Educational Services	148	1.5%	142	84	64	76.2%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	341	3.5%	338	324	17	5.2%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	208	2.1%	206	182	26	14.3%
Accomodation and Food Services	394	4.0%	501	371	23	6.2%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	204	2.1%	177	166	38	22.9%
Public Administration	147	1.5%	130	96	51	53.1%
Information Not Available	867	8.9%	848	648	219	33.8%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants New Jersey
	Feb 2007	Percent	Jan 2007	Feb 2006	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	135,229		125,599	124,541
Male	86,637	64.1%	77,229	77,967	8,670	11.1%
Female	48,592	35.9%	48,370	46,574	2,018	4.3%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	135,229		125,599	124,541
Hispanic or Latino	27,440	20.3%	25,407	25,917	1,523	5.9%
Not Hispanic or Latino	97,687	72.2%	90,495	89,942	7,745	8.6%
Information Not Available	10,102	7.5%	9,697	8,682	1,420	16.4%

Race	135,229		125,599	124,541
American Indian or Alaskan Native	540	0.4%	502	465	75	16.1%
Asian	3,234	2.4%	3,170	3,084	150	4.9%
Black or African American	24,305	18.0%	23,890	22,593	1,712	7.6%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	953	0.7%	902	908	45	5.0%
White	85,728	63.4%	77,916	78,585	7,143	9.1%
Information Not Available	20,469	15.1%	19,218	18,906	1,563	8.3%

Years of Age	135,229		125,599	124,541
Younger than 22	14,523	6.7%	13,748	10,640	3,883	36.5%
22-24	9,607	4.4%	9,036	9,037	570	6.3%
25-34	30,483	14.1%	28,278	28,722	1,761	6.1%
35-44	35,437	16.4%	32,483	32,445	2,992	9.2%
45-54	27,262	12.6%	25,178	25,595	1,667	6.5%
55-59	9,010	4.2%	8,314	8,732	278	3.2%
60-64	4,744	2.2%	4,497	5,000	-256	-5.1%
65 and older	4,163	1.9%	4,065	4,370	-207	-4.7%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	135,229		125,599	124,541
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	1,124	0.8%	1,042	1,062	62	5.8%
Mining	260	0.2%	181	160	100	62.5%
Utilities	178	0.1%	180	265	-87	-32.8%
Construction	24,127	17.7%	18,106	18,338	5,789	31.6%
Manufacturing	11,427	8.4%	10,988	10,675	752	7.0%
Wholesale Trade	6,645	4.9%	6,328	5,761	884	15.3%
Retail Trade	13,885	10.2%	13,492	12,667	1,218	9.6%
Transporation and Warehousing	5,243	3.8%	4,743	4,366	877	20.1%
Information	2,293	1.7%	2,256	1,941	352	18.1%
Finance and Insurance	4,085	3.0%	3,865	3,416	669	19.6%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	2,449	1.8%	2,273	1,802	647	35.9%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	5,814	4.3%	5,652	4,724	1,090	23.1%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	449	0.3%	435	253	196	77.5%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	17,418	12.8%	16,478	15,066	2,352	15.6%
Educational Services	2,665	2.0%	3,159	2,656	9	0.3%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	8,038	5.9%	8,062	7,517	521	6.9%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	4,150	3.0%	3,974	3,886	264	6.8%
Accomodation and Food Services	10,531	7.7%	10,570	7,879	2,652	33.7%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	2,918	2.1%	2,734	2,641	277	10.5%
Public Administration	1,801	1.3%	1,758	1,639	162	9.9%
Information Not Available	9,729	7.1%	9,323	17,827	-8,098	-45.4%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants New Mexico
	Feb 2007	Percent	Jan 2007	Feb 2006	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	10,835		12,246	11,029
Male	6,590	60.8%	7,357	6,489	101	1.6%
Female	4,245	39.2%	4,889	4,480	-235	-5.2%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	60	-60	-100.0%

Ethnicity	10,835		12,246	11,029
Hispanic or Latino	6,371	58.8%	6,966	6,338	33	0.5%
Not Hispanic or Latino	4,152	38.3%	4,932	4,231	-79	-1.9%
Information Not Available	312	2.9%	348	460	-148	-32.2%

Race	10,835		12,246	11,029
American Indian or Alaskan Native	969	8.9%	1,254	971	-2	-0.2%
Asian	118	1.1%	110	116	2	1.7%
Black or African American	309	2.9%	382	334	-25	-7.5%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	21	0.2%	22	7	14	200.0%
White	5,169	47.7%	5,840	3,889	1,280	32.9%
Information Not Available	4,249	39.2%	4,638	5,712	-1,463	-25.6%

Years of Age	10,835		12,246	11,029
Younger than 22	379	2.4%	430	392	-13	-3.3%
22-24	618	4.0%	754	605	13	2.1%
25-34	2,275	14.6%	2,665	2,316	-41	-1.8%
35-44	2,627	16.9%	3,107	2,910	-283	-9.7%
45-54	2,579	16.6%	3,166	2,861	-282	-9.9%
55-59	888	5.7%	1,041	970	-82	-8.5%
60-64	472	3.0%	681	566	-94	-16.6%
65 and older	337	2.2%	402	409	-72	-17.6%
Information Not Available	660	4.2%	0	0	660	0.0%

Industry	10,835		12,246	11,029
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	1,059	8.9%	825	1,046	13	1.2%
Mining	146	1.2%	114	153	-7	-4.6%
Utilities	21	0.2%	20	18	3	16.7%
Construction	2,423	20.4%	2,019	1,541	882	57.2%
Manufacturing	1,049	8.8%	878	857	192	22.4%
Wholesale Trade	321	2.7%	273	273	48	17.6%
Retail Trade	751	6.3%	713	988	-237	-24.0%
Transporation and Warehousing	192	1.6%	221	211	-19	-9.0%
Information	576	4.8%	665	226	350	154.9%
Finance and Insurance	232	2.0%	242	232	0	0.0%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	151	1.3%	132	191	-40	-20.9%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	519	4.4%	398	439	80	18.2%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	17	0.1%	28	10	7	70.0%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	845	7.1%	738	694	151	21.8%
Educational Services	261	2.2%	263	290	-29	-10.0%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	853	7.2%	850	878	-25	-2.8%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	217	1.8%	202	221	-4	-1.8%
Accomodation and Food Services	548	4.6%	551	586	-38	-6.5%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	225	1.9%	219	225	0	0.0%
Public Administration	343	2.9%	328	345	-2	-0.6%
Information Not Available	86	0.7%	2,567	1,605	-1,519	-94.6%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Nevada
	Feb 2007	Percent	Jan 2007	Feb 2006	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	24,120		23,616	18,259
Male	14,805	61.4%	14,536	10,642	4,163	39.1%
Female	9,313	38.6%	9,077	7,615	1,698	22.3%
Information Not Available	2	0.0%	3	2	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	24,120		23,616	18,259
Hispanic or Latino	4,226	17.5%	3,995	2,463	1,763	71.6%
Not Hispanic or Latino	15,209	63.1%	15,050	11,996	3,213	26.8%
Information Not Available	4,685	19.4%	4,571	3,800	885	23.3%

Race	24,120		23,616	18,259
American Indian or Alaskan Native	505	2.1%	504	413	92	22.3%
Asian	1,075	4.5%	1,024	862	213	24.7%
Black or African American	2,466	10.2%	2,415	1,826	640	35.0%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	377	1.6%	348	313	64	20.4%
White	16,108	66.8%	16,023	12,681	3,427	27.0%
Information Not Available	3,589	14.9%	3,302	2,164	1,425	65.9%

Years of Age	24,120		23,616	18,259
Younger than 22	484	1.3%	485	341	143	41.9%
22-24	1,066	2.8%	1,032	826	240	29.1%
25-34	4,686	12.2%	4,654	3,432	1,254	36.5%
35-44	5,977	15.5%	5,788	4,516	1,461	32.4%
45-54	6,380	16.6%	6,300	4,898	1,482	30.3%
55-59	2,396	6.2%	2,395	1,965	431	21.9%
60-64	1,742	4.5%	1,634	1,257	485	38.6%
65 and older	1,352	3.5%	1,294	994	358	36.0%
Information Not Available	37	0.1%	34	30	7	23.3%

Industry	24,120		23,616	18,259
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	22	0.1%	29	25	-3	-12.0%
Mining	113	0.5%	118	97	16	16.5%
Utilities	21	0.1%	25	35	-14	-40.0%
Construction	6,373	26.4%	6,486	4,229	2,144	50.7%
Manufacturing	1,297	5.4%	1,118	864	433	50.1%
Wholesale Trade	599	2.5%	551	477	122	25.6%
Retail Trade	1,804	7.5%	1,781	1,404	400	28.5%
Transporation and Warehousing	691	2.9%	637	446	245	54.9%
Information	250	1.0%	215	257	-7	-2.7%
Finance and Insurance	765	3.2%	638	572	193	33.7%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	508	2.1%	531	404	104	25.7%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	795	3.3%	743	548	247	45.1%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	86	0.4%	83	86	0	0.0%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	2,641	10.9%	2,506	2,031	610	30.0%
Educational Services	185	0.8%	217	166	19	11.4%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	837	3.5%	859	791	46	5.8%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	530	2.2%	541	496	34	6.9%
Accomodation and Food Services	3,984	16.5%	4,129	2,912	1,072	36.8%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	455	1.9%	458	321	134	41.7%
Public Administration	411	1.7%	402	393	18	4.6%
Information Not Available	1,753	7.3%	1,549	1,705	48	2.8%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants New York
	Feb 2007	Percent	Jan 2007	Feb 2006	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	210,422		205,335	213,564
Male	137,145	65.2%	130,010	137,166	-21	0.0%
Female	73,277	34.8%	75,325	76,398	-3,121	-4.1%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	210,422		205,335	213,564
Hispanic or Latino	32,306	15.4%	31,528	32,904	-598	-1.8%
Not Hispanic or Latino	148,133	70.4%	145,292	155,251	-7,118	-4.6%
Information Not Available	29,983	14.2%	28,515	25,409	4,574	18.0%

Race	210,422		205,335	213,564
American Indian or Alaskan Native	1,486	0.7%	1,479	1,646	-160	-9.7%
Asian	4,889	2.3%	5,032	5,537	-648	-11.7%
Black or African American	26,575	12.6%	26,556	28,181	-1,606	-5.7%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	311	0.1%	300	334	-23	-6.9%
White	126,674	60.2%	123,010	132,053	-5,379	-4.1%
Information Not Available	50,487	24.0%	48,958	45,813	4,674	10.2%

Years of Age	210,422		205,335	213,564
Younger than 22	8,651	2.6%	8,470	8,598	53	0.6%
22-24	13,839	4.2%	13,680	14,197	-358	-2.5%
25-34	50,811	15.5%	49,687	51,422	-611	-1.2%
35-44	54,806	16.7%	53,359	57,150	-2,344	-4.1%
45-54	48,093	14.7%	46,557	47,573	520	1.1%
55-59	16,460	5.0%	16,228	16,409	51	0.3%
60-64	9,725	3.0%	9,443	9,665	60	0.6%
65 and older	8,037	2.5%	7,911	8,550	-513	-6.0%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	210,422		205,335	213,564
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	1,182	0.6%	1,169	1,262	-80	-6.3%
Mining	1,578	0.7%	1,586	1,455	123	8.5%
Utilities	206	0.1%	204	142	64	45.1%
Construction	46,138	21.8%	40,036	45,873	265	0.6%
Manufacturing	18,732	8.9%	18,375	19,455	-723	-3.7%
Wholesale Trade	8,244	3.9%	8,158	8,675	-431	-5.0%
Retail Trade	17,370	8.2%	17,073	18,261	-891	-4.9%
Transporation and Warehousing	7,044	3.3%	6,212	6,175	869	14.1%
Information	5,222	2.5%	5,448	5,480	-258	-4.7%
Finance and Insurance	8,548	4.0%	8,469	8,215	333	4.1%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	4,257	2.0%	4,170	4,405	-148	-3.4%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	10,634	5.0%	10,798	10,449	185	1.8%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	652	0.3%	697	749	-97	-13.0%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	23,879	11.3%	23,757	23,605	274	1.2%
Educational Services	4,791	2.3%	5,258	5,001	-210	-4.2%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	13,746	6.5%	13,994	15,149	-1,403	-9.3%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	9,457	4.5%	9,536	9,316	141	1.5%
Accomodation and Food Services	13,055	6.2%	14,786	13,085	-30	-0.2%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	5,760	2.7%	5,840	5,959	-199	-3.3%
Public Administration	6,597	3.1%	6,683	7,152	-555	-7.8%
Information Not Available	3,330	1.6%	3,086	3,701	-371	-10.0%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Ohio
	Feb 2007	Percent	Jan 2007	Feb 2006	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	131,521		129,283	126,172
Male	95,473	72.6%	89,179	88,506	6,967	7.9%
Female	35,710	27.2%	39,763	37,392	-1,682	-4.5%
Information Not Available	338	0.3%	341	274	64	23.4%

Ethnicity	131,521		129,283	126,172
Hispanic or Latino	4,325	3.3%	4,476	4,087	238	5.8%
Not Hispanic or Latino	122,021	92.8%	119,729	117,797	4,224	3.6%
Information Not Available	5,175	3.9%	5,078	4,288	887	20.7%

Race	131,521		129,283	126,172
American Indian or Alaskan Native	620	0.5%	564	509	111	21.8%
Asian	386	0.3%	479	416	-30	-7.2%
Black or African American	16,471	12.5%	18,171	16,962	-491	-2.9%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	94	0.1%	83	113	-19	-16.8%
White	108,733	82.7%	104,519	103,116	5,617	5.4%
Information Not Available	5,217	4.0%	5,467	5,056	161	3.2%

Years of Age	131,521		129,283	126,172
Younger than 22	4,538	1.9%	4,113	4,328	210	4.9%
22-24	7,860	3.3%	7,029	7,418	442	6.0%
25-34	32,077	13.6%	30,101	30,408	1,669	5.5%
35-44	35,726	15.2%	34,738	34,513	1,213	3.5%
45-54	34,820	14.8%	35,787	33,342	1,478	4.4%
55-59	10,672	4.5%	11,376	10,484	188	1.8%
60-64	4,797	2.0%	5,015	4,534	263	5.8%
65 and older	1,031	0.4%	1,124	1,145	-114	-10.0%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	131,521		129,283	126,172
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	981	0.7%	1,012	1,051	-70	-6.7%
Mining	760	0.6%	648	562	198	35.2%
Utilities	139	0.1%	149	136	3	2.2%
Construction	43,117	32.5%	32,252	37,995	5,122	13.5%
Manufacturing	24,274	18.3%	31,768	23,338	936	4.0%
Wholesale Trade	4,310	3.3%	4,317	4,082	228	5.6%
Retail Trade	6,346	4.8%	6,572	6,577	-231	-3.5%
Transporation and Warehousing	4,529	3.4%	4,583	4,028	501	12.4%
Information	1,214	0.9%	1,239	1,129	85	7.5%
Finance and Insurance	2,601	2.0%	2,483	3,048	-447	-14.7%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	1,529	1.2%	1,568	1,549	-20	-1.3%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	3,751	2.8%	3,805	4,038	-287	-7.1%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	272	0.2%	329	275	-3	-1.1%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	16,721	12.6%	16,541	16,262	459	2.8%
Educational Services	1,523	1.1%	1,676	1,807	-284	-15.7%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	5,482	4.1%	5,549	5,848	-366	-6.3%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	2,470	1.9%	2,666	2,492	-22	-0.9%
Accomodation and Food Services	4,026	3.0%	4,464	4,151	-125	-3.0%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	2,477	1.9%	2,461	2,582	-105	-4.1%
Public Administration	1,244	0.9%	1,306	1,400	-156	-11.1%
Information Not Available	3,755	2.8%	3,895	3,822	-67	-1.8%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Oklahoma
	Feb 2007	Percent	Jan 2007	Feb 2006	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	16,424		15,391	14,832
Male	9,371	57.1%	8,352	7,340	2,031	27.7%
Female	6,988	42.5%	6,983	7,436	-448	-6.0%
Information Not Available	65	0.4%	56	56	9	16.1%

Ethnicity	16,424		15,391	14,832
Hispanic or Latino	1,526	9.3%	1,259	1,132	394	34.8%
Not Hispanic or Latino	14,898	90.7%	14,132	13,700	1,198	8.7%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Race	16,424		15,391	14,832
American Indian or Alaskan Native	1,339	8.2%	1,381	1,246	93	7.5%
Asian	152	0.9%	129	252	-100	-39.7%
Black or African American	2,392	14.6%	2,319	2,137	255	11.9%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	19	0.1%	14	13	6	46.2%
White	10,007	60.9%	9,388	9,198	809	8.8%
Information Not Available	2,515	15.3%	2,160	1,986	529	26.6%

Years of Age	16,424		15,391	14,832
Younger than 22	307	1.2%	266	310	-3	-1.0%
22-24	765	3.0%	718	797	-32	-4.0%
25-34	3,820	14.9%	3,416	3,266	554	17.0%
35-44	4,221	16.5%	3,986	3,829	392	10.2%
45-54	4,479	17.5%	4,234	3,875	604	15.6%
55-59	1,430	5.6%	1,407	1,308	122	9.3%
60-64	807	3.1%	823	835	-28	-3.4%
65 and older	595	2.3%	541	612	-17	-2.8%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	16,424		15,391	14,832
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	43	0.3%	53	37	6	16.2%
Mining	416	2.5%	326	310	106	34.2%
Utilities	42	0.3%	44	60	-18	-30.0%
Construction	2,294	13.9%	1,781	1,244	1,050	84.4%
Manufacturing	3,206	19.5%	3,117	2,248	958	42.6%
Wholesale Trade	527	3.2%	528	594	-67	-11.3%
Retail Trade	1,501	9.1%	1,453	1,710	-209	-12.2%
Transporation and Warehousing	328	2.0%	317	406	-78	-19.2%
Information	928	5.6%	467	532	396	74.4%
Finance and Insurance	445	2.7%	465	531	-86	-16.2%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	363	2.2%	320	366	-3	-0.8%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	609	3.7%	656	753	-144	-19.1%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	17	0.1%	15	34	-17	-50.0%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	1,698	10.3%	1,699	1,504	194	12.9%
Educational Services	268	1.6%	291	310	-42	-13.5%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	1,254	7.6%	1,328	1,447	-193	-13.3%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	260	1.6%	270	350	-90	-25.7%
Accomodation and Food Services	640	3.9%	693	670	-30	-4.5%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	467	2.8%	484	513	-46	-9.0%
Public Administration	601	3.6%	564	647	-46	-7.1%
Information Not Available	517	3.1%	520	566	-49	-8.7%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Oregon
	Feb 2007	Percent	Jan 2007	Feb 2006	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	48,732		50,626	47,241
Male	30,110	61.8%	31,852	28,164	1,946	6.9%
Female	18,621	38.2%	18,771	19,076	-455	-2.4%
Information Not Available	1	0.0%	3	1	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	48,732		50,626	47,241
Hispanic or Latino	4,806	9.9%	5,064	4,190	616	14.7%
Not Hispanic or Latino	35,468	72.8%	36,827	32,535	2,933	9.0%
Information Not Available	8,458	17.4%	8,735	10,516	-2,058	-19.6%

Race	48,732		50,626	47,241
American Indian or Alaskan Native	586	1.2%	618	705	-119	-16.9%
Asian	733	1.5%	707	831	-98	-11.8%
Black or African American	699	1.4%	686	736	-37	-5.0%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	284	0.6%	302	294	-10	-3.4%
White	24,522	50.3%	26,542	26,580	-2,058	-7.7%
Information Not Available	21,908	45.0%	21,771	18,095	3,813	21.1%

Years of Age	48,732		50,626	47,241
Younger than 22	1,192	1.7%	1,181	1,216	-24	-2.0%
22-24	2,801	4.0%	2,898	2,714	87	3.2%
25-34	11,241	15.9%	11,612	10,765	476	4.4%
35-44	11,799	16.7%	12,343	11,715	84	0.7%
45-54	12,749	18.1%	13,298	12,347	402	3.3%
55-59	4,559	6.5%	4,726	4,432	127	2.9%
60-64	2,745	3.9%	2,874	2,471	274	11.1%
65 and older	1,646	2.3%	1,694	1,580	66	4.2%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	1	-1	-100.0%

Industry	48,732		50,626	47,241
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	2,087	4.1%	2,744	2,249	-162	-7.2%
Mining	177	0.3%	225	139	38	27.3%
Utilities	121	0.2%	146	103	18	17.5%
Construction	7,993	15.7%	8,393	6,437	1,556	24.2%
Manufacturing	7,930	15.6%	8,141	7,184	746	10.4%
Wholesale Trade	1,736	3.4%	1,645	1,575	161	10.2%
Retail Trade	5,651	11.1%	5,315	5,564	87	1.6%
Transporation and Warehousing	1,481	2.9%	1,626	1,489	-8	-0.5%
Information	876	1.7%	864	929	-53	-5.7%
Finance and Insurance	1,277	2.5%	1,279	1,222	55	4.5%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	817	1.6%	811	808	9	1.1%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	1,333	2.6%	1,430	1,278	55	4.3%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	156	0.3%	132	180	-24	-13.3%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	4,684	9.2%	4,923	4,511	173	3.8%
Educational Services	711	1.4%	799	789	-78	-9.9%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	3,254	6.4%	3,335	3,497	-243	-6.9%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	691	1.4%	770	695	-4	-0.6%
Accomodation and Food Services	3,380	6.7%	3,638	3,696	-316	-8.5%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	1,090	2.1%	1,151	1,236	-146	-11.8%
Public Administration	1,230	2.4%	1,262	1,258	-28	-2.2%
Information Not Available	2,057	4.0%	1,997	2,402	-345	-14.4%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Pennsylvania
	Feb 2007	Percent	Jan 2007	Feb 2006	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	234,365		192,164	191,294
Male	158,582	67.7%	126,633	126,808	31,774	25.1%
Female	75,783	32.3%	65,531	64,486	11,297	17.5%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	234,365		192,164	191,294
Hispanic or Latino	8,186	3.5%	7,852	5,872	2,314	39.4%
Not Hispanic or Latino	216,706	92.5%	176,058	176,975	39,731	22.5%
Information Not Available	9,473	4.0%	8,254	8,447	1,026	12.1%

Race	234,365		192,164	191,294
American Indian or Alaskan Native	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
Asian	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
Black or African American	24,091	10.3%	23,958	20,602	3,489	16.9%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
White	190,393	81.2%	150,087	154,519	35,874	23.2%
Information Not Available	19,881	8.5%	18,119	16,173	3,708	22.9%

Years of Age	234,365		192,164	191,294
Younger than 22	28,652	6.8%	24,058	23,590	5,062	21.5%
22-24	15,203	3.6%	14,294	9,374	5,829	62.2%
25-34	54,732	13.0%	45,399	45,326	9,406	20.8%
35-44	64,206	15.2%	51,036	53,361	10,845	20.3%
45-54	44,557	10.6%	35,634	37,084	7,473	20.2%
55-59	9,473	2.2%	8,355	8,344	1,129	13.5%
60-64	3,625	0.9%	2,013	3,502	123	3.5%
65 and older	2,105	0.5%	1,510	2,163	-58	-2.7%
Information Not Available	11,812	2.8%	9,865	8,550	3,262	38.2%

Industry	234,365		192,164	191,294
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	1,754	0.7%	1,510	1,751	3	0.2%
Mining	3,158	1.3%	2,517	1,854	1,304	70.3%
Utilities	234	0.1%	101	206	28	13.6%
Construction	56,252	23.8%	39,963	41,721	14,531	34.8%
Manufacturing	36,605	15.5%	27,380	29,153	7,452	25.6%
Wholesale Trade	9,473	4.0%	7,248	5,666	3,807	67.2%
Retail Trade	19,413	8.2%	16,911	19,881	-468	-2.4%
Transporation and Warehousing	11,344	4.8%	6,946	5,563	5,781	103.9%
Information	2,924	1.2%	3,020	3,090	-166	-5.4%
Finance and Insurance	5,029	2.1%	4,328	5,048	-19	-0.4%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	2,456	1.0%	1,812	1,545	911	59.0%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	7,134	3.0%	6,845	7,211	-77	-1.1%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	3,859	1.6%	3,322	1,648	2,211	134.2%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	19,881	8.4%	18,622	17,821	2,060	11.6%
Educational Services	3,041	1.3%	3,221	3,399	-358	-10.5%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	11,695	5.0%	10,771	10,816	879	8.1%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	6,783	2.9%	5,637	5,563	1,220	21.9%
Accomodation and Food Services	12,864	5.4%	12,985	10,404	2,460	23.6%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	4,561	1.9%	3,624	5,357	-796	-14.9%
Public Administration	2,222	0.9%	2,013	2,369	-147	-6.2%
Information Not Available	13,683	5.8%	13,388	11,228	2,455	21.9%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Puerto Rico
	Feb 2007	Percent	Jan 2007	Feb 2006	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	33,096		32,256	29,090
Male	17,620	53.2%	16,931	15,983	1,637	10.2%
Female	15,476	46.8%	15,325	13,107	2,369	18.1%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	33,096		32,256	29,090
Hispanic or Latino	32,502	98.2%	31,634	28,431	4,071	14.3%
Not Hispanic or Latino	188	0.6%	193	245	-57	-23.3%
Information Not Available	406	1.2%	429	414	-8	-1.9%

Race	33,096		32,256	29,090
American Indian or Alaskan Native	803	2.4%	635	5,639	-4,836	-85.8%
Asian	83	0.3%	87	58	25	43.1%
Black or African American	1,919	5.8%	1,845	1,402	517	36.9%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	14	0.0%	17	24	-10	-41.7%
White	8,099	24.5%	7,887	9,117	-1,018	-11.2%
Information Not Available	22,178	67.0%	21,785	12,850	9,328	72.6%

Years of Age	33,096		32,256	29,090
Younger than 22	2,042	5.1%	1,867	1,898	144	7.6%
22-24	3,388	8.4%	3,143	3,036	352	11.6%
25-34	10,802	26.9%	10,636	9,561	1,241	13.0%
35-44	7,988	19.9%	7,906	6,889	1,099	16.0%
45-54	5,634	14.0%	5,492	4,863	771	15.9%
55-59	1,791	4.5%	1,817	1,548	243	15.7%
60-64	1,047	2.6%	1,002	880	167	19.0%
65 and older	404	1.0%	393	415	-11	-2.7%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	33,096		32,256	29,090
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
Mining	43	0.1%	44	27	16	59.3%
Utilities	798	2.4%	818	744	54	7.3%
Construction	4,865	14.7%	4,694	4,842	23	0.5%
Manufacturing	5,937	17.9%	5,464	5,284	653	12.4%
Wholesale Trade	6,895	20.8%	6,326	5,787	1,108	19.1%
Retail Trade	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
Transporation and Warehousing	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
Information	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
Finance and Insurance	1,159	3.5%	1,059	819	340	41.5%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
Educational Services	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
Accomodation and Food Services	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	9,171	27.7%	9,235	8,219	952	11.6%
Public Administration	1,661	5.0%	2,220	2,395	-734	-30.6%
Information Not Available	2,567	7.8%	2,396	973	1,594	163.8%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Rhode Island
	Feb 2007	Percent	Jan 2007	Feb 2006	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	17,410		14,854	16,321
Male	11,536	66.3%	9,200	10,622	914	8.6%
Female	5,874	33.7%	5,654	5,699	175	3.1%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	17,410		14,854	16,321
Hispanic or Latino	2,279	13.1%	2,174	2,629	-350	-13.3%
Not Hispanic or Latino	10,496	60.3%	8,934	9,779	717	7.3%
Information Not Available	4,635	26.6%	3,746	3,913	722	18.5%

Race	17,410		14,854	16,321
American Indian or Alaskan Native	117	0.7%	113	132	-15	-11.4%
Asian	216	1.2%	184	178	38	21.3%
Black or African American	595	3.4%	570	522	73	14.0%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	47	0.3%	49	67	-20	-29.9%
White	12,369	71.0%	10,390	11,576	793	6.9%
Information Not Available	4,066	23.4%	3,548	3,846	220	5.7%

Years of Age	17,410		14,854	16,321
Younger than 22	715	2.5%	582	586	129	22.0%
22-24	1,067	3.7%	938	1,027	40	3.9%
25-34	3,895	13.5%	3,218	3,573	322	9.0%
35-44	4,449	15.4%	3,848	4,443	6	0.1%
45-54	4,241	14.7%	3,563	3,903	338	8.7%
55-59	1,432	5.0%	1,225	1,351	81	6.0%
60-64	915	3.2%	857	799	116	14.5%
65 and older	696	2.4%	623	639	57	8.9%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	17,410		14,854	16,321
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	241	1.4%	197	231	10	4.3%
Mining	96	0.5%	64	60	36	60.0%
Utilities	7	0.0%	8	7	0	0.0%
Construction	4,096	23.2%	2,699	3,535	561	15.9%
Manufacturing	2,080	11.8%	1,986	2,236	-156	-7.0%
Wholesale Trade	601	3.4%	532	545	56	10.3%
Retail Trade	1,425	8.1%	1,220	1,279	146	11.4%
Transporation and Warehousing	399	2.3%	322	398	1	0.3%
Information	212	1.2%	252	232	-20	-8.6%
Finance and Insurance	608	3.4%	584	569	39	6.9%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	269	1.5%	285	233	36	15.5%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	569	3.2%	494	456	113	24.8%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	86	0.5%	60	72	14	19.4%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	2,488	14.1%	2,029	2,458	30	1.2%
Educational Services	239	1.4%	291	161	78	48.4%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	884	5.0%	919	775	109	14.1%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	715	4.1%	547	720	-5	-0.7%
Accomodation and Food Services	1,351	7.7%	1,375	1,353	-2	-0.1%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	474	2.7%	440	446	28	6.3%
Public Administration	134	0.8%	111	110	24	21.8%
Information Not Available	436	2.5%	439	445	-9	-2.0%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants South Carolina
	Feb 2007	Percent	Jan 2007	Feb 2006	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	40,708		44,353	39,119
Male	21,005	51.6%	22,669	18,982	2,023	10.7%
Female	19,703	48.4%	21,684	20,137	-434	-2.2%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	40,708		44,353	39,119
Hispanic or Latino	768	1.9%	852	750	18	2.4%
Not Hispanic or Latino	33,683	82.7%	35,503	33,182	501	1.5%
Information Not Available	6,257	15.4%	7,998	5,187	1,070	20.6%

Race	40,708		44,353	39,119
American Indian or Alaskan Native	373	0.9%	504	271	102	37.6%
Asian	208	0.5%	221	212	-4	-1.9%
Black or African American	20,085	49.3%	21,891	18,682	1,403	7.5%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	72	0.2%	94	68	4	5.9%
White	19,197	47.2%	20,776	19,185	12	0.1%
Information Not Available	773	1.9%	867	701	72	10.3%

Years of Age	40,708		44,353	39,119
Younger than 22	978	1.7%	936	982	-4	-0.4%
22-24	1,300	2.3%	1,361	1,336	-36	-2.7%
25-34	8,430	14.6%	9,062	8,323	107	1.3%
35-44	8,494	14.7%	8,855	8,594	-100	-1.2%
45-54	8,799	15.3%	9,256	8,548	251	2.9%
55-59	3,163	5.5%	3,358	3,027	136	4.5%
60-64	2,290	4.0%	2,458	2,209	81	3.7%
65 and older	1,393	2.4%	1,513	1,427	-34	-2.4%
Information Not Available	5,861	10.2%	7,554	4,673	1,188	25.4%

Industry	40,708		44,353	39,119
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	297	0.7%	291	264	33	12.5%
Mining	30	0.1%	24	31	-1	-3.2%
Utilities	66	0.2%	72	56	10	17.9%
Construction	4,343	10.6%	4,442	3,292	1,051	31.9%
Manufacturing	9,598	23.4%	10,277	8,253	1,345	16.3%
Wholesale Trade	1,570	3.8%	1,650	1,483	87	5.9%
Retail Trade	4,106	10.0%	4,128	4,363	-257	-5.9%
Transporation and Warehousing	1,000	2.4%	1,030	933	67	7.2%
Information	346	0.8%	360	307	39	12.7%
Finance and Insurance	828	2.0%	858	828	0	0.0%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	683	1.7%	723	733	-50	-6.8%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	986	2.4%	994	1,002	-16	-1.6%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	67	0.2%	76	39	28	71.8%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	5,684	13.9%	6,159	5,491	193	3.5%
Educational Services	408	1.0%	474	386	22	5.7%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	1,953	4.8%	2,057	2,043	-90	-4.4%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	546	1.3%	701	560	-14	-2.5%
Accomodation and Food Services	3,981	9.7%	5,547	4,213	-232	-5.5%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	838	2.0%	880	890	-52	-5.8%
Public Administration	557	1.4%	600	557	0	0.0%
Information Not Available	2,821	6.9%	3,010	3,395	-574	-16.9%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants South Dakota
	Feb 2007	Percent	Jan 2007	Feb 2006	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	4,014		3,598	3,750
Male	3,120	77.7%	2,635	2,663	457	17.2%
Female	894	22.3%	963	1,087	-193	-17.8%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	4,014		3,598	3,750
Hispanic or Latino	103	2.6%	91	101	2	2.0%
Not Hispanic or Latino	3,665	91.3%	3,292	3,428	237	6.9%
Information Not Available	246	6.1%	215	221	25	11.3%

Race	4,014		3,598	3,750
American Indian or Alaskan Native	445	11.1%	399	414	31	7.5%
Asian	1	0.0%	2	12	-11	-91.7%
Black or African American	60	1.5%	58	41	19	46.3%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	2	0.0%	2	0	2	0.0%
White	3,256	81.1%	2,939	3,077	179	5.8%
Information Not Available	250	6.2%	198	206	44	21.4%

Years of Age	4,014		3,598	3,750
Younger than 22	71	1.0%	60	79	-8	-10.1%
22-24	253	3.6%	209	228	25	11.0%
25-34	1,020	14.7%	885	899	121	13.5%
35-44	779	11.2%	712	654	125	19.1%
45-54	1,065	15.3%	923	1,041	24	2.3%
55-59	504	7.3%	464	486	18	3.7%
60-64	322	4.6%	345	363	-41	-11.3%
65 and older	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	4,014		3,598	3,750
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	51	1.3%	44	44	7	15.9%
Mining	111	2.7%	96	93	18	19.4%
Utilities	13	0.3%	13	17	-4	-23.5%
Construction	1,754	43.1%	1,434	1,374	380	27.7%
Manufacturing	419	10.3%	399	379	40	10.6%
Wholesale Trade	128	3.1%	110	99	29	29.3%
Retail Trade	252	6.2%	222	297	-45	-15.2%
Transporation and Warehousing	144	3.5%	143	139	5	3.6%
Information	32	0.8%	32	31	1	3.2%
Finance and Insurance	52	1.3%	50	67	-15	-22.4%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	45	1.1%	28	41	4	9.8%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	63	1.5%	52	74	-11	-14.9%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	2	0.0%	3	1	1	100.0%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	196	4.8%	188	204	-8	-3.9%
Educational Services	58	1.4%	66	82	-24	-29.3%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	125	3.1%	130	164	-39	-23.8%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	62	1.5%	55	71	-9	-12.7%
Accomodation and Food Services	211	5.2%	254	253	-42	-16.6%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	43	1.1%	38	59	-16	-27.1%
Public Administration	189	4.6%	170	191	-2	-1.0%
Information Not Available	64	1.6%	71	70	-6	-8.6%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Tennessee
	Feb 2007	Percent	Jan 2007	Feb 2006	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	45,326		47,199	48,068
Male	25,669	56.6%	26,497	26,544	-875	-3.3%
Female	19,657	43.4%	20,702	21,524	-1,867	-8.7%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	45,326		47,199	48,068
Hispanic or Latino	622	1.4%	526	528	94	17.8%
Not Hispanic or Latino	44,704	98.6%	46,673	47,540	-2,836	-6.0%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Race	45,326		47,199	48,068
American Indian or Alaskan Native	100	0.2%	91	52	48	92.3%
Asian	561	1.2%	1,980	1	560	56000.0%
Black or African American	10,632	23.5%	13,691	9,547	1,085	11.4%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	260	0.6%	267	188	72	38.3%
White	33,310	73.5%	30,736	37,755	-4,445	-11.8%
Information Not Available	463	1.0%	434	525	-62	-11.8%

Years of Age	45,326		47,199	48,068
Younger than 22	948	1.3%	768	1,149	-201	-17.5%
22-24	1,933	2.6%	1,913	2,017	-84	-4.2%
25-34	8,893	11.8%	9,488	9,125	-232	-2.5%
35-44	10,682	14.2%	11,530	10,891	-209	-1.9%
45-54	11,707	15.6%	12,555	12,294	-587	-4.8%
55-59	4,426	5.9%	4,654	5,024	-598	-11.9%
60-64	3,471	4.6%	3,545	3,810	-339	-8.9%
65 and older	3,110	4.1%	2,520	3,190	-80	-2.5%
Information Not Available	156	0.2%	226	568	-412	-72.5%

Industry	45,326		47,199	48,068
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	397	0.9%	313	431	-34	-7.9%
Mining	132	0.3%	107	128	4	3.1%
Utilities	54	0.1%	55	63	-9	-14.3%
Construction	5,895	12.9%	4,891	5,601	294	5.2%
Manufacturing	10,672	23.3%	11,499	12,433	-1,761	-14.2%
Wholesale Trade	2,025	4.4%	2,000	1,980	45	2.3%
Retail Trade	3,782	8.3%	3,495	4,649	-867	-18.6%
Transporation and Warehousing	1,560	3.4%	1,596	1,584	-24	-1.5%
Information	555	1.2%	709	600	-45	-7.5%
Finance and Insurance	875	1.9%	968	1,155	-280	-24.2%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	584	1.3%	621	600	-16	-2.7%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	1,179	2.6%	1,271	1,387	-208	-15.0%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	95	0.2%	108	109	-14	-12.8%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	5,642	12.3%	5,621	5,850	-208	-3.6%
Educational Services	620	1.4%	772	756	-136	-18.0%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	2,215	4.8%	2,307	2,424	-209	-8.6%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	1,846	4.0%	1,016	2,108	-262	-12.4%
Accomodation and Food Services	3,006	6.6%	2,631	3,540	-534	-15.1%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	1,320	2.9%	1,410	1,369	-49	-3.6%
Public Administration	1,183	2.6%	1,188	1,096	87	7.9%
Information Not Available	1,689	3.7%	4,621	205	1,484	723.9%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Texas
	Feb 2007	Percent	Jan 2007	Feb 2006	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	99,883		103,312	119,094
Male	52,073	52.1%	54,706	57,930	-5,857	-10.1%
Female	47,749	47.8%	48,554	61,133	-13,384	-21.9%
Information Not Available	61	0.1%	52	31	30	96.8%

Ethnicity	99,883		103,312	119,094
Hispanic or Latino	31,950	32.0%	32,520	33,712	-1,762	-5.2%
Not Hispanic or Latino	61,886	62.0%	61,326	79,628	-17,742	-22.3%
Information Not Available	6,047	6.1%	9,466	5,754	293	5.1%

Race	99,883		103,312	119,094
American Indian or Alaskan Native	408	0.4%	398	395	13	3.3%
Asian	2,029	2.0%	1,952	1,771	258	14.6%
Black or African American	22,125	22.2%	21,761	26,881	-4,756	-17.7%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	4,932	4.9%	4,154	4,571	361	7.9%
White	35,788	35.8%	35,325	39,142	-3,354	-8.6%
Information Not Available	34,601	34.6%	39,722	46,334	-11,733	-25.3%

Years of Age	99,883		103,312	119,094
Younger than 22	2,335	1.8%	2,380	3,283	-948	-28.9%
22-24	4,726	3.6%	4,964	6,257	-1,531	-24.5%
25-34	23,409	17.9%	23,971	29,306	-5,897	-20.1%
35-44	27,752	21.2%	28,684	32,853	-5,101	-15.5%
45-54	25,792	19.7%	26,797	29,704	-3,912	-13.2%
55-59	8,461	6.5%	8,933	9,620	-1,159	-12.0%
60-64	4,743	3.6%	4,861	5,159	-416	-8.1%
65 and older	2,607	2.0%	2,681	2,894	-287	-9.9%
Information Not Available	58	0.0%	41	18	40	222.2%

Industry	99,883		103,312	119,094
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	1,435	1.4%	1,304	1,334	101	7.6%
Mining	1,026	1.0%	992	824	202	24.5%
Utilities	304	0.3%	321	417	-113	-27.1%
Construction	9,391	9.3%	10,564	8,246	1,145	13.9%
Manufacturing	10,455	10.3%	12,979	9,913	542	5.5%
Wholesale Trade	5,628	5.6%	5,123	5,673	-45	-0.8%
Retail Trade	7,778	7.7%	7,626	9,727	-1,949	-20.0%
Transporation and Warehousing	3,422	3.4%	3,323	3,354	68	2.0%
Information	2,897	2.9%	2,979	2,881	16	0.6%
Finance and Insurance	5,012	4.9%	4,695	4,861	151	3.1%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	2,272	2.2%	1,895	2,229	43	1.9%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	5,717	5.6%	6,189	6,304	-587	-9.3%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	372	0.4%	434	257	115	44.7%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	12,024	11.9%	11,954	12,682	-658	-5.2%
Educational Services	1,844	1.8%	1,900	2,150	-306	-14.2%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	8,200	8.1%	8,219	9,073	-873	-9.6%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	720	0.7%	723	876	-156	-17.8%
Accomodation and Food Services	3,335	3.3%	4,151	3,655	-320	-8.8%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	2,167	2.1%	2,162	2,519	-352	-14.0%
Public Administration	1,200	1.2%	1,252	1,318	-118	-9.0%
Information Not Available	14,684	14.5%	14,527	30,801	-16,117	-52.3%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Utah
	Feb 2007	Percent	Jan 2007	Feb 2006	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	11,241		10,248	10,915
Male	7,379	65.6%	6,662	6,805	574	8.4%
Female	3,859	34.3%	3,583	4,107	-248	-6.0%
Information Not Available	3	0.0%	3	3	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	11,241		10,248	10,915
Hispanic or Latino	1,263	11.2%	1,094	1,244	19	1.5%
Not Hispanic or Latino	8,124	72.3%	7,503	9,609	-1,485	-15.5%
Information Not Available	1,854	16.5%	1,651	602	1,252	208.0%

Race	11,241		10,248	10,915
American Indian or Alaskan Native	505	4.5%	442	466	39	8.4%
Asian	191	1.7%	138	202	-11	-5.4%
Black or African American	186	1.7%	153	187	-1	-0.5%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	118	1.0%	89	94	24	25.5%
White	8,107	72.1%	7,421	8,906	-799	-9.0%
Information Not Available	2,134	19.0%	2,005	1,000	1,134	113.4%

Years of Age	11,241		10,248	10,915
Younger than 22	476	2.5%	448	460	16	3.5%
22-24	712	3.8%	731	802	-90	-11.2%
25-34	3,053	16.2%	2,851	2,904	149	5.1%
35-44	2,736	14.5%	2,475	2,712	24	0.9%
45-54	2,775	14.7%	2,440	2,607	168	6.4%
55-59	855	4.5%	743	856	-1	-0.1%
60-64	467	2.5%	414	420	47	11.2%
65 and older	167	0.9%	146	154	13	8.4%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	11,241		10,248	10,915
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	73	0.6%	56	36	37	102.8%
Mining	114	1.0%	154	39	75	192.3%
Utilities	15	0.1%	12	14	1	7.1%
Construction	2,825	25.0%	2,434	1,561	1,264	81.0%
Manufacturing	1,067	9.4%	941	665	402	60.5%
Wholesale Trade	295	2.6%	256	204	91	44.6%
Retail Trade	963	8.5%	913	668	295	44.2%
Transporation and Warehousing	477	4.2%	432	304	173	56.9%
Information	369	3.3%	325	235	134	57.0%
Finance and Insurance	270	2.4%	234	203	67	33.0%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	110	1.0%	97	75	35	46.7%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	481	4.3%	431	274	207	75.5%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	31	0.3%	25	23	8	34.8%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	1,529	13.5%	1,479	1,026	503	49.0%
Educational Services	182	1.6%	162	119	63	52.9%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	403	3.6%	316	260	143	55.0%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	137	1.2%	147	99	38	38.4%
Accomodation and Food Services	686	6.1%	679	545	141	25.9%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	152	1.3%	156	110	42	38.2%
Public Administration	336	3.0%	329	249	87	34.9%
Information Not Available	726	6.4%	670	4,206	-3,480	-82.7%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Virginia
	Feb 2007	Percent	Jan 2007	Feb 2006	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	41,871		39,994	39,109
Male	24,987	59.7%	22,720	21,714	3,273	15.1%
Female	16,880	40.3%	17,271	17,387	-507	-2.9%
Information Not Available	4	0.0%	3	8	-4	-50.0%

Ethnicity	41,871		39,994	39,109
Hispanic or Latino	1,565	3.7%	1,322	1,153	412	35.7%
Not Hispanic or Latino	38,136	91.1%	36,444	35,608	2,528	7.1%
Information Not Available	2,170	5.2%	2,228	2,348	-178	-7.6%

Race	41,871		39,994	39,109
American Indian or Alaskan Native	165	0.4%	153	174	-9	-5.2%
Asian	2,309	5.5%	2,064	1,829	480	26.2%
Black or African American	15,639	37.4%	15,467	15,573	66	0.4%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
White	21,588	51.6%	20,082	19,185	2,403	12.5%
Information Not Available	2,170	5.2%	2,228	2,348	-178	-7.6%

Years of Age	41,871		39,994	39,109
Younger than 22	788	1.3%	735	778	10	1.3%
22-24	2,134	3.5%	1,994	1,966	168	8.5%
25-34	9,547	15.6%	9,045	8,762	785	9.0%
35-44	10,843	17.8%	10,295	10,217	626	6.1%
45-54	11,175	18.3%	10,700	10,436	739	7.1%
55-59	3,746	6.1%	3,586	3,587	159	4.4%
60-64	2,446	4.0%	2,436	2,231	215	9.6%
65 and older	1,192	2.0%	1,203	1,130	62	5.5%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	2	-2	-100.0%

Industry	41,871		39,994	39,109
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	142	0.3%	121	122	20	16.4%
Mining	111	0.3%	113	71	40	56.3%
Utilities	21	0.0%	21	20	1	5.0%
Construction	5,932	14.1%	4,417	4,222	1,710	40.5%
Manufacturing	5,530	13.2%	5,185	4,562	968	21.2%
Wholesale Trade	750	1.8%	703	670	80	11.9%
Retail Trade	2,042	4.9%	1,953	2,210	-168	-7.6%
Transporation and Warehousing	1,193	2.8%	1,136	1,477	-284	-19.2%
Information	461	1.1%	509	491	-30	-6.1%
Finance and Insurance	608	1.4%	626	485	123	25.4%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	423	1.0%	402	377	46	12.2%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	1,574	3.7%	1,634	1,486	88	5.9%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	63	0.1%	75	61	2	3.3%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	2,908	6.9%	2,876	2,784	124	4.5%
Educational Services	156	0.4%	168	183	-27	-14.8%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	1,084	2.6%	1,111	1,076	8	0.7%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	336	0.8%	448	388	-52	-13.4%
Accomodation and Food Services	1,541	3.7%	2,109	1,676	-135	-8.1%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	625	1.5%	679	631	-6	-1.0%
Public Administration	1,928	4.6%	1,983	2,120	-192	-9.1%
Information Not Available	14,443	34.4%	13,725	13,997	446	3.2%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Virgin Islands
	Feb 2007	Percent	Jan 2007	Feb 2006	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	256		256	187
Male	154	60.2%	154	76	78	102.6%
Female	102	39.8%	102	111	-9	-8.1%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	256		256	187
Hispanic or Latino	56	21.9%	56	33	23	69.7%
Not Hispanic or Latino	196	76.6%	196	150	46	30.7%
Information Not Available	4	1.6%	4	4	0	0.0%

Race	256		256	187
American Indian or Alaskan Native	0	0.0%	0	1	-1	-100.0%
Asian	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
Black or African American	186	72.7%	186	139	47	33.8%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	3	1.2%	3	4	-1	-25.0%
White	10	3.9%	10	10	0	0.0%
Information Not Available	57	22.3%	57	33	24	72.7%

Years of Age	256		256	187
Younger than 22	9	3.7%	9	2	7	350.0%
22-24	24	9.8%	24	7	17	242.9%
25-34	59	24.2%	59	31	28	90.3%
35-44	55	22.5%	55	51	4	7.8%
45-54	60	24.6%	60	57	3	5.3%
55-59	14	5.7%	14	16	-2	-12.5%
60-64	22	9.0%	22	13	9	69.2%
65 and older	11	4.5%	11	10	1	10.0%
Information Not Available	2	0.8%	2	0	2	0.0%

Industry	256		256	187
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
Mining	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
Utilities	1	0.4%	1	0	1	0.0%
Construction	80	31.3%	80	21	59	281.0%
Manufacturing	17	6.6%	17	16	1	6.3%
Wholesale Trade	1	0.4%	1	2	-1	-50.0%
Retail Trade	22	8.6%	22	14	8	57.1%
Transporation and Warehousing	4	1.6%	4	7	-3	-42.9%
Information	3	1.2%	3	3	0	0.0%
Finance and Insurance	2	0.8%	2	3	-1	-33.3%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	2	0.8%	2	7	-5	-71.4%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	4	1.6%	4	6	-2	-33.3%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	2	0.8%	2	1	1	100.0%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	5	2.0%	5	12	-7	-58.3%
Educational Services	3	1.2%	3	1	2	200.0%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	5	2.0%	5	2	3	150.0%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	0	0.0%	0	4	-4	-100.0%
Accomodation and Food Services	28	10.9%	28	33	-5	-15.2%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	53	20.7%	53	27	26	96.3%
Public Administration	5	2.0%	5	1	4	400.0%
Information Not Available	19	7.4%	19	27	-8	-29.6%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Vermont
	Feb 2007	Percent	Jan 2007	Feb 2006	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	7,969		7,248	7,487
Male	5,894	74.0%	5,267	5,392	502	9.3%
Female	2,075	26.0%	1,981	2,095	-20	-1.0%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	7,969		7,248	7,487
Hispanic or Latino	14	0.2%	10	18	-4	-22.2%
Not Hispanic or Latino	2,253	28.3%	1,997	2,873	-620	-21.6%
Information Not Available	5,702	71.6%	5,241	4,596	1,106	24.1%

Race	7,969		7,248	7,487
American Indian or Alaskan Native	13	0.2%	9	13	0	0.0%
Asian	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
Black or African American	38	0.5%	34	39	-1	-2.6%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	6	0.1%	5	10	-4	-40.0%
White	2,210	27.7%	1,959	2,829	-619	-21.9%
Information Not Available	5,702	71.6%	5,241	4,596	1,106	24.1%

Years of Age	7,969		7,248	7,487
Younger than 22	300	3.1%	281	269	31	11.5%
22-24	528	5.5%	510	469	59	12.6%
25-34	1,819	18.9%	1,640	1,608	211	13.1%
35-44	1,857	19.2%	1,617	1,717	140	8.2%
45-54	1,788	18.5%	1,649	1,824	-36	-2.0%
55-59	683	7.1%	651	687	-4	-0.6%
60-64	530	5.5%	481	486	44	9.1%
65 and older	464	4.8%	419	427	37	8.7%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	7,969		7,248	7,487
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	106	1.3%	109	107	-1	-0.9%
Mining	69	0.9%	60	63	6	9.5%
Utilities	6	0.1%	5	5	1	20.0%
Construction	2,988	37.0%	2,377	2,575	413	16.0%
Manufacturing	794	9.8%	909	1,027	-233	-22.7%
Wholesale Trade	238	2.9%	237	215	23	10.7%
Retail Trade	766	9.5%	686	684	82	12.0%
Transporation and Warehousing	230	2.8%	203	259	-29	-11.2%
Information	66	0.8%	61	50	16	32.0%
Finance and Insurance	74	0.9%	75	61	13	21.3%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	82	1.0%	84	89	-7	-7.9%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	210	2.6%	188	166	44	26.5%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	5	0.1%	6	9	-4	-44.4%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	641	7.9%	611	603	38	6.3%
Educational Services	110	1.4%	129	106	4	3.8%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	335	4.1%	311	323	12	3.7%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	296	3.7%	300	236	60	25.4%
Accomodation and Food Services	549	6.8%	513	591	-42	-7.1%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	209	2.6%	190	170	39	22.9%
Public Administration	195	2.4%	194	148	47	31.8%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Washington
	Feb 2007	Percent	Jan 2007	Feb 2006	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	56,157		64,541	59,492
Male	35,323	62.9%	42,422	36,749	-1,426	-3.9%
Female	20,830	37.1%	22,111	22,743	-1,913	-8.4%
Information Not Available	4	0.0%	8	0	4	0.0%

Ethnicity	56,157		64,541	59,492
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	56,157	100.0%	64,541	59,492	-3,335	-5.6%

Race	56,157		64,541	59,492
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	56,157	100.0%	64,541	59,492	-3,335	-5.6%

Years of Age	56,157		64,541	59,492
Younger than 22	1,177	2.2%	1,201	1,198	-21	-1.8%
22-24	2,767	5.2%	3,129	2,909	-142	-4.9%
25-34	12,601	23.8%	14,273	13,104	-503	-3.8%
35-44	14,205	26.8%	16,586	15,949	-1,744	-10.9%
45-54	15,278	28.8%	17,720	16,075	-797	-5.0%
55-59	5,383	10.2%	6,221	5,558	-175	-3.1%
60-64	3,134	5.9%	3,560	3,048	86	2.8%
65 and older	1,612	3.0%	1,851	1,651	-39	-2.4%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	56,157		64,541	59,492
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	56,157	100.0%	64,541	59,492	-3,335	-5.6%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Wisconsin
	Feb 2007	Percent	Jan 2007	Feb 2006	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	106,795		99,496	98,389
Male	75,632	70.8%	67,876	67,377	8,255	12.3%
Female	31,152	29.2%	31,610	31,012	140	0.5%
Information Not Available	11	0.0%	10	0	11	0.0%

Ethnicity	106,795		99,496	98,389
Hispanic or Latino	4,795	4.5%	4,418	4,359	436	10.0%
Not Hispanic or Latino	101,274	94.8%	94,401	93,646	7,628	8.1%
Information Not Available	726	0.7%	677	384	342	89.1%

Race	106,795		99,496	98,389
American Indian or Alaskan Native	1,036	1.0%	1,015	1,013	23	2.3%
Asian	929	0.9%	786	767	162	21.1%
Black or African American	8,457	7.9%	8,696	8,412	45	0.5%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	75	0.1%	60	59	16	27.1%
White	95,572	89.5%	88,262	87,754	7,818	8.9%
Information Not Available	726	0.7%	677	384	342	89.1%

Years of Age	106,795		99,496	98,389
Younger than 22	3,599	1.8%	3,283	3,522	77	2.2%
22-24	7,560	3.8%	6,985	7,045	515	7.3%
25-34	27,156	13.8%	24,844	24,430	2,726	11.2%
35-44	24,667	12.5%	22,984	23,712	955	4.0%
45-54	26,055	13.2%	24,416	23,446	2,609	11.1%
55-59	8,628	4.4%	8,248	7,901	727	9.2%
60-64	5,510	2.8%	5,124	4,929	581	11.8%
65 and older	3,620	1.8%	3,612	3,404	216	6.3%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	106,795		99,496	98,389
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	1,132	1.0%	1,144	1,151	-19	-1.7%
Mining	854	0.8%	726	738	116	15.7%
Utilities	224	0.2%	249	256	-32	-12.5%
Construction	30,386	28.2%	23,809	25,632	4,754	18.5%
Manufacturing	21,846	20.2%	20,537	18,680	3,166	16.9%
Wholesale Trade	3,235	3.0%	3,045	2,970	265	8.9%
Retail Trade	8,499	7.9%	8,119	9,552	-1,053	-11.0%
Transporation and Warehousing	4,217	3.9%	4,487	3,876	341	8.8%
Information	908	0.8%	895	945	-37	-3.9%
Finance and Insurance	1,730	1.6%	1,642	1,702	28	1.6%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	897	0.8%	1,035	807	90	11.2%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	1,954	1.8%	2,000	1,781	173	9.7%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	246	0.2%	269	335	-89	-26.6%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	10,784	10.0%	10,805	10,181	603	5.9%
Educational Services	865	0.8%	955	925	-60	-6.5%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	4,709	4.4%	4,716	5,066	-357	-7.0%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	2,168	2.0%	2,259	2,194	-26	-1.2%
Accomodation and Food Services	5,414	5.0%	6,079	5,410	4	0.1%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	1,730	1.6%	1,721	1,820	-90	-4.9%
Public Administration	1,848	1.7%	1,930	1,987	-139	-7.0%
Information Not Available	3,149	2.9%	3,074	2,381	768	32.3%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants West Virginia
	Feb 2007	Percent	Jan 2007	Feb 2006	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	22,224		17,036	16,200
Male	16,976	76.4%	12,042	11,549	5,427	47.0%
Female	5,248	23.6%	4,994	4,651	597	12.8%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	22,224		17,036	16,200
Hispanic or Latino	336	1.5%	326	230	106	46.1%
Not Hispanic or Latino	19,914	89.6%	15,231	14,799	5,115	34.6%
Information Not Available	1,974	8.9%	1,479	1,171	803	68.6%

Race	22,224		17,036	16,200
American Indian or Alaskan Native	51	0.2%	27	29	22	75.9%
Asian	41	0.2%	24	21	20	95.2%
Black or African American	660	3.0%	580	531	129	24.3%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	6	0.0%	5	6	0	0.0%
White	20,952	94.3%	15,981	15,335	5,617	36.6%
Information Not Available	514	2.3%	419	278	236	84.9%

Years of Age	22,224		17,036	16,200
Younger than 22	485	1.2%	309	343	142	41.4%
22-24	1,194	2.8%	883	870	324	37.2%
25-34	5,495	13.0%	4,114	3,938	1,557	39.5%
35-44	5,672	13.5%	4,303	4,307	1,365	31.7%
45-54	5,924	14.1%	4,598	4,217	1,707	40.5%
55-59	1,921	4.6%	1,643	1,421	500	35.2%
60-64	1,056	2.5%	825	771	285	37.0%
65 and older	477	1.1%	361	332	145	43.7%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	1	-1	-100.0%

Industry	22,224		17,036	16,200
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	177	0.8%	148	106	71	67.0%
Mining	1,163	5.2%	917	393	770	195.9%
Utilities	39	0.2%	37	54	-15	-27.8%
Construction	7,374	32.9%	4,585	4,723	2,651	56.1%
Manufacturing	2,804	12.5%	2,403	1,836	968	52.7%
Wholesale Trade	452	2.0%	389	350	102	29.1%
Retail Trade	1,355	6.0%	1,059	1,451	-96	-6.6%
Transporation and Warehousing	713	3.2%	538	475	238	50.1%
Information	144	0.6%	132	163	-19	-11.7%
Finance and Insurance	168	0.7%	203	160	8	5.0%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	230	1.0%	186	170	60	35.3%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	415	1.9%	351	485	-70	-14.4%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	23	0.1%	24	9	14	155.6%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	1,567	7.0%	1,217	1,227	340	27.7%
Educational Services	149	0.7%	111	150	-1	-0.7%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	985	4.4%	1,072	1,051	-66	-6.3%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	440	2.0%	412	437	3	0.7%
Accomodation and Food Services	1,981	8.8%	1,527	1,187	794	66.9%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	504	2.2%	429	511	-7	-1.4%
Public Administration	290	1.3%	266	256	34	13.3%
Information Not Available	1,251	5.6%	1,030	1,006	245	24.4%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Wyoming
	Feb 2007	Percent	Jan 2007	Feb 2006	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	3,558		2,669	3,244
Male	2,490	70.0%	1,778	2,048	442	21.6%
Female	1,068	30.0%	891	1,196	-128	-10.7%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	3,558		2,669	3,244
Hispanic or Latino	438	12.3%	285	322	116	36.0%
Not Hispanic or Latino	2,848	80.0%	2,230	2,669	179	6.7%
Information Not Available	272	7.6%	154	253	19	7.5%

Race	3,558		2,669	3,244
American Indian or Alaskan Native	125	3.5%	112	125	0	0.0%
Asian	24	0.7%	10	14	10	71.4%
Black or African American	41	1.2%	46	39	2	5.1%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	10	0.3%	2	1	9	900.0%
White	3,087	86.8%	2,323	2,817	270	9.6%
Information Not Available	271	7.6%	176	248	23	9.3%

Years of Age	3,558		2,669	3,244
Younger than 22	62	1.0%	70	90	-28	-31.1%
22-24	237	3.7%	145	191	46	24.1%
25-34	607	9.5%	550	633	-26	-4.1%
35-44	794	12.4%	604	750	44	5.9%
45-54	1,015	15.8%	726	878	137	15.6%
55-59	361	5.6%	253	333	28	8.4%
60-64	229	3.6%	163	189	40	21.2%
65 and older	253	3.9%	158	180	73	40.6%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	3,558		2,669	3,244
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	45	1.2%	31	33	12	36.4%
Mining	180	5.0%	164	138	42	30.4%
Utilities	7	0.2%	10	5	2	40.0%
Construction	1,360	37.7%	943	965	395	40.9%
Manufacturing	193	5.4%	123	133	60	45.1%
Wholesale Trade	61	1.7%	42	77	-16	-20.8%
Retail Trade	217	6.0%	154	307	-90	-29.3%
Transporation and Warehousing	120	3.3%	96	87	33	37.9%
Information	31	0.9%	10	53	-22	-41.5%
Finance and Insurance	11	0.3%	18	38	-27	-71.1%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	29	0.8%	10	31	-2	-6.5%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	77	2.1%	44	64	13	20.3%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	3	0.1%	2	1	2	200.0%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	220	6.1%	225	238	-18	-7.6%
Educational Services	40	1.1%	22	50	-10	-20.0%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	120	3.3%	100	168	-48	-28.6%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	51	1.4%	29	56	-5	-8.9%
Accomodation and Food Services	320	8.9%	312	347	-27	-7.8%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	86	2.4%	44	72	14	19.4%
Public Administration	140	3.9%	99	134	6	4.5%
Information Not Available	247	6.9%	191	247	0	0.0%