ETA 203

Characteristics of Insured Unemployment

January 2007

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants : Total Claimants January 2007
	Jan 2007	Dec 2006	Monthly Change	Jan 2006	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
United States	2,919,685	2,543,818	375,867	2,953,514	-33,829	-1.1
Alaska	13,954	12,823	1,131	17,587	-3,633	-20.7
Alabama	31,738	26,838	4,900	28,240	3,498	12.4
Arkansas	33,812	31,997	1,815	30,443	3,369	11.1
Arizona	21,158	20,184	974	18,399	2,759	15.0
California	350,623	351,780	-1,157	354,668	-4,045	-1.1
Colorado	26,812	23,164	3,648	26,466	346	1.3
Connecticut	47,100	37,790	9,310	48,173	-1,073	-2.2
District of Columbia	10,030	5,156	4,874	9,249	781	8.4
Delaware	9,483	7,934	1,549	10,409	-926	-8.9
Florida	91,368	84,804	6,564	79,795	11,573	14.5
Georgia	58,636	53,394	5,242	59,053	-417	-0.7
Hawaii	6,456	5,627	829	5,791	665	11.5
Iowa	37,093	28,417	8,676	34,523	2,570	7.4
Idaho	18,630	14,704	3,926	19,112	-482	-2.5
Illinois	175,543	149,947	25,596	175,333	210	0.1
Indiana	73,835	58,905	14,930	68,634	5,201	7.6
Kansas	19,638	17,714	1,924	21,382	-1,744	-8.2
Kentucky	40,652	34,353	6,299	38,238	2,414	6.3
Louisiana	20,772	18,834	1,938	8,187	12,585	153.7
Massachusetts	103,270	80,828	22,442	101,370	1,900	1.9
Maryland	38,939	32,075	6,864	38,995	-56	-0.1
Maine	13,896	10,341	3,555	13,890	6	0.0
Michigan	179,085	151,013	28,072	181,575	-2,490	-1.4
Minnesota	63,661	55,457	8,204	72,946	-9,285	-12.7
Missouri	57,429	48,431	8,998	58,523	-1,094	-1.9
Mississippi	20,130	18,420	1,710	38,069	-17,939	-47.1
Montana	5,923	4,970	953	6,746	-823	-12.2
North Carolina	80,696	72,788	7,908	82,589	-1,893	-2.3
North Dakota	6,622	4,545	2,077	6,385	237	3.7
Nebraska	12,553	10,496	2,057	13,062	-509	-3.9
New Hampshire	8,828	6,425	2,403	8,082	746	9.2
New Jersey	125,599	105,301	20,298	124,389	1,210	1.0
New Mexico	12,246	11,559	687	10,065	2,181	21.7
Nevada	23,616	23,349	267	18,389	5,227	28.4
New York	205,335	175,997	29,338	216,061	-10,726	-5.0
Ohio	129,283	103,060	26,223	130,559	-1,276	-1.0
Oklahoma	15,391	14,472	919	15,643	-252	-1.6
Oregon	50,626	45,281	5,345	52,413	-1,787	-3.4
Pennsylvania	192,164	160,163	32,001	219,643	-27,479	-12.5
Puerto Rico	32,256	32,789	-533	31,805	451	1.4
Rhode Island	14,854	12,099	2,755	14,887	-33	-0.2
South Carolina	44,353	41,014	3,339	42,957	1,396	3.2
South Dakota	3,598	2,693	905	4,031	-433	-10.7
Tennessee	47,199	39,762	7,437	51,940	-4,741	-9.1
Texas	103,312	94,106	9,206	101,233	2,079	2.1
Utah	10,248	8,088	2,160	11,694	-1,446	-12.4
Virginia	39,994	35,198	4,796	40,185	-191	-0.5
Virgin Islands	256	244	12	247	9	3.6
Vermont	7,248	5,299	1,949	7,853	-605	-7.7
Washington	64,541	58,110	6,431	66,412	-1,871	-2.8
Wisconsin	99,496	79,931	19,565	95,784	3,712	3.9
West Virginia	17,036	13,044	3,992	18,707	-1,671	-8.9
Wyoming	2,669	2,105	564	2,703	-34	-1.3

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants US Totals
	Jan 2007	Percent	Dec 2006	Jan 2006	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	2,919,685		2,543,818	2,953,514	-33,829	-1.1
Male	1,808,307	61.9%	1,519,313	1,802,719	5,588	0.3%
Female	1,108,424	38.0%	1,021,872	1,147,983	-39,559	-3.4%
Information Not Available	2,954	0.1%	2,633	2,812	142	5.0%

Ethnicity	2,919,685		2,543,818	2,953,514
Hispanic or Latino	426,167	14.1%	394,521	414,595	11,572	2.8%
Not Hispanic or Latino	2,262,641	87.2%	1,862,647	2,203,984	58,657	2.7%
Information Not Available	330,877	10.2%	286,650	334,925	-4,048	-1.2%

Race	2,919,685		2,543,818	2,953,514
American Indian or Alaskan Native	29,720	1.0%	26,919	36,486	-6,766	-18.5%
Asian	61,590	2.1%	57,949	63,686	-2,096	-3.3%
Black or African American	461,802	15.8%	422,154	461,815	-13	0.0%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	12,838	0.4%	11,002	6,736	6,102	90.6%
White	1,774,140	60.8%	1,495,786	1,821,359	-47,219	-2.6%
Information Not Available	579,594	19.9%	522,657	557,152	22,442	4.0%

Years of Age	2,919,685		2,543,818	2,953,514
Younger than 22	111,317	3.8%	113,022	116,098	-4,781	-4.1%
22-24	170,480	5.8%	157,616	170,025	455	0.3%
25-34	679,282	23.3%	595,937	689,269	-9,987	-1.4%
35-44	747,844	25.6%	653,206	772,971	-25,127	-3.3%
45-54	717,789	24.6%	611,766	715,509	2,280	0.3%
55-59	237,071	8.1%	203,820	237,177	-106	0.0%
60-64	142,982	4.9%	117,558	137,613	5,369	3.9%
65 and older	91,571	3.1%	73,182	94,129	-2,558	-2.7%
Information Not Available	21,349	0.7%	17,711	20,723	626	3.0%

Industry	2,919,685		2,543,818	2,953,514
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	86,338	3.0%	80,983	92,095	-5,757	-6.3%
Mining	18,194	0.6%	13,268	15,903	2,291	14.4%
Utilities	5,156	0.2%	4,854	5,692	-536	-9.4%
Construction	519,035	17.8%	396,634	508,041	10,994	2.2%
Manufacturing	429,720	14.7%	373,549	407,298	22,422	5.5%
Wholesale Trade	99,625	3.4%	91,028	99,438	187	0.2%
Retail Trade	217,872	7.5%	195,308	235,232	-17,360	-7.4%
Transporation and Warehousing	90,207	3.1%	71,765	91,996	-1,789	-1.9%
Information	67,676	2.3%	61,950	69,246	-1,570	-2.3%
Finance and Insurance	77,230	2.6%	75,218	76,581	649	0.8%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	40,025	1.4%	37,953	38,341	1,684	4.4%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	104,562	3.6%	97,346	105,242	-680	-0.6%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	11,351	0.4%	9,998	7,777	3,574	46.0%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	328,113	11.2%	291,006	318,986	9,127	2.9%
Educational Services	52,577	1.8%	54,045	56,570	-3,993	-7.1%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	151,338	5.2%	151,380	162,884	-11,546	-7.1%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	67,508	2.3%	57,886	73,491	-5,983	-8.1%
Accomodation and Food Services	161,604	5.5%	128,248	175,778	-14,174	-8.1%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	68,735	2.4%	66,693	76,483	-7,748	-10.1%
Public Administration	50,911	1.7%	52,877	54,692	-3,781	-6.9%
Information Not Available	271,908	9.3%	231,829	281,748	-9,840	-3.5%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Alaska
	Jan 2007	Percent	Dec 2006	Jan 2006	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	13,954		12,823	17,587	-3,633	-20.7
Male	8,838	63.3%	8,022	11,581	-2,743	-23.7%
Female	5,116	36.7%	4,801	5,998	-882	-14.7%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	8	-8	-100.0%

Ethnicity	13,954		12,823	17,587
Hispanic or Latino	564	4.0%	518	677	-113	-16.7%
Not Hispanic or Latino	13,239	94.9%	12,177	16,720	-3,481	-20.8%
Information Not Available	151	1.1%	128	190	-39	-20.5%

Race	13,954		12,823	17,587
American Indian or Alaskan Native	3,625	26.0%	3,303	4,985	-1,360	-27.3%
Asian	843	6.0%	897	872	-29	-3.3%
Black or African American	537	3.8%	513	557	-20	-3.6%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	107	0.8%	88	86	21	24.4%
White	8,297	59.5%	7,524	10,360	-2,063	-19.9%
Information Not Available	545	3.9%	498	727	-182	-25.0%

Years of Age	13,954		12,823	17,587
Younger than 22	544	2.5%	510	899	-355	-39.5%
22-24	1,151	5.3%	991	1,418	-267	-18.8%
25-34	3,614	16.6%	3,271	4,189	-575	-13.7%
35-44	3,309	15.2%	3,088	4,351	-1,042	-23.9%
45-54	3,482	16.0%	3,263	4,555	-1,073	-23.6%
55-59	1,047	4.8%	910	1,258	-211	-16.8%
60-64	515	2.4%	494	564	-49	-8.7%
65 and older	292	1.3%	296	353	-61	-17.3%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	13,954		12,823	17,587
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	195	1.4%	189	263	-68	-25.9%
Mining	400	2.8%	359	388	12	3.1%
Utilities	85	0.6%	83	123	-38	-30.9%
Construction	3,433	24.3%	2,974	4,070	-637	-15.7%
Manufacturing	1,312	9.3%	1,378	1,541	-229	-14.9%
Wholesale Trade	184	1.3%	185	178	6	3.4%
Retail Trade	1,164	8.2%	1,080	1,478	-314	-21.2%
Transporation and Warehousing	750	5.3%	728	1,069	-319	-29.8%
Information	150	1.1%	128	208	-58	-27.9%
Finance and Insurance	203	1.4%	167	328	-125	-38.1%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	281	2.0%	248	459	-178	-38.8%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	299	2.1%	272	443	-144	-32.5%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	58	0.4%	50	84	-26	-31.0%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	674	4.8%	615	897	-223	-24.9%
Educational Services	384	2.7%	294	450	-66	-14.7%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	771	5.4%	719	1,017	-246	-24.2%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	186	1.3%	166	240	-54	-22.5%
Accomodation and Food Services	1,224	8.7%	1,100	1,597	-373	-23.4%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	421	3.0%	393	635	-214	-33.7%
Public Administration	1,430	10.1%	1,363	1,673	-243	-14.5%
Information Not Available	350	2.5%	332	446	-96	-21.5%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Alabama
	Jan 2007	Percent	Dec 2006	Jan 2006	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	31,738		26,838	28,240
Male	16,585	52.3%	13,573	13,562	3,023	22.3%
Female	15,063	47.5%	13,230	14,607	456	3.1%
Information Not Available	90	0.3%	35	71	19	26.8%

Ethnicity	31,738		26,838	28,240
Hispanic or Latino	724	2.3%	608	754	-30	-4.0%
Not Hispanic or Latino	23,570	74.3%	20,110	20,693	2,877	13.9%
Information Not Available	7,444	23.5%	6,120	6,793	651	9.6%

Race	31,738		26,838	28,240
American Indian or Alaskan Native	1,106	3.5%	942	1,255	-149	-11.9%
Asian	418	1.3%	375	1,096	-678	-61.9%
Black or African American	11,924	37.6%	10,582	9,848	2,076	21.1%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	52	0.2%	47	52	0	0.0%
White	13,916	43.8%	11,471	11,971	1,945	16.2%
Information Not Available	4,322	13.6%	3,421	4,018	304	7.6%

Years of Age	31,738		26,838	28,240
Younger than 22	1,399	3.2%	1,234	1,281	118	9.2%
22-24	2,206	5.0%	1,927	2,009	197	9.8%
25-34	7,963	18.0%	6,837	7,265	698	9.6%
35-44	7,879	17.8%	6,657	7,100	779	11.0%
45-54	7,470	16.9%	6,171	6,425	1,045	16.3%
55-59	2,472	5.6%	2,080	2,141	331	15.5%
60-64	1,392	3.1%	1,155	1,138	254	22.3%
65 and older	919	2.1%	776	862	57	6.6%
Information Not Available	38	0.1%	1	19	19	100.0%

Industry	31,738		26,838	28,240
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	359	1.1%	225	278	81	29.1%
Mining	474	1.5%	262	91	383	420.9%
Utilities	48	0.1%	42	45	3	6.7%
Construction	3,003	9.4%	2,425	2,719	284	10.4%
Manufacturing	9,358	29.2%	7,214	5,673	3,685	65.0%
Wholesale Trade	941	2.9%	832	832	109	13.1%
Retail Trade	2,906	9.1%	2,641	3,238	-332	-10.3%
Transporation and Warehousing	884	2.8%	690	698	186	26.6%
Information	393	1.2%	407	463	-70	-15.1%
Finance and Insurance	759	2.4%	698	1,139	-380	-33.4%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	423	1.3%	399	351	72	20.5%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	1,204	3.8%	1,146	880	324	36.8%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	20	0.1%	26	11	9	81.8%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	3,509	10.9%	3,092	3,002	507	16.9%
Educational Services	593	1.8%	639	651	-58	-8.9%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	1,940	6.0%	1,863	2,097	-157	-7.5%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	270	0.8%	208	294	-24	-8.2%
Accomodation and Food Services	1,862	5.8%	1,706	2,119	-257	-12.1%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	602	1.9%	581	843	-241	-28.6%
Public Administration	373	1.2%	348	456	-83	-18.2%
Information Not Available	1,817	5.7%	1,394	2,360	-543	-23.0%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Arkansas
	Jan 2007	Percent	Dec 2006	Jan 2006	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	33,812		31,997	30,443
Male	20,208	59.8%	18,053	16,910	3,298	19.5%
Female	13,603	40.2%	13,943	13,532	71	0.5%
Information Not Available	1	0.0%	1	1	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	33,812		31,997	30,443
Hispanic or Latino	946	0.7%	912	526	420	79.8%
Not Hispanic or Latino	132,865	99.3%	31,084	29,916	102,949	344.1%
Information Not Available	1	0.0%	1	1	0	0.0%

Race	33,812		31,997	30,443
American Indian or Alaskan Native	394	1.2%	260	292	102	34.9%
Asian	325	1.0%	289	181	144	79.6%
Black or African American	9,258	27.4%	9,525	9,382	-124	-1.3%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	273	0.8%	306	187	86	46.0%
White	22,612	66.9%	20,701	19,871	2,741	13.8%
Information Not Available	950	2.8%	916	530	420	79.2%

Years of Age	33,812		31,997	30,443
Younger than 22	836	1.5%	1,326	778	58	7.5%
22-24	2,294	4.2%	2,409	1,966	328	16.7%
25-34	8,753	15.9%	8,216	8,036	717	8.9%
35-44	8,991	16.4%	8,743	8,229	762	9.3%
45-54	7,876	14.3%	7,155	6,842	1,034	15.1%
55-59	2,503	4.6%	2,194	2,276	227	10.0%
60-64	1,475	2.7%	1,145	1,381	94	6.8%
65 and older	1,080	2.0%	805	930	150	16.1%
Information Not Available	4	0.0%	4	5	-1	-20.0%

Industry	33,812		31,997	30,443
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	1,138	3.3%	799	1,036	102	9.8%
Mining	180	0.5%	158	146	34	23.3%
Utilities	81	0.2%	68	52	29	55.8%
Construction	4,739	13.6%	3,679	3,535	1,204	34.1%
Manufacturing	7,888	22.6%	8,403	6,567	1,321	20.1%
Wholesale Trade	1,806	5.2%	1,825	1,732	74	4.3%
Retail Trade	3,450	9.9%	3,390	3,529	-79	-2.2%
Transporation and Warehousing	1,208	3.5%	1,162	1,123	85	7.6%
Information	273	0.8%	232	339	-66	-19.5%
Finance and Insurance	429	1.2%	345	351	78	22.2%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	302	0.9%	311	427	-125	-29.3%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	569	1.6%	550	468	101	21.6%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	29	0.1%	39	52	-23	-44.2%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	3,415	9.8%	3,215	3,277	138	4.2%
Educational Services	993	2.8%	980	877	116	13.2%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	2,718	7.8%	2,687	2,698	20	0.7%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	331	0.9%	317	368	-37	-10.1%
Accomodation and Food Services	2,666	7.6%	2,370	2,370	296	12.5%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	737	2.1%	697	550	187	34.0%
Public Administration	824	2.4%	720	913	-89	-9.7%
Information Not Available	36	0.1%	50	33	3	9.1%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Arizona
	Jan 2007	Percent	Dec 2006	Jan 2006	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	21,158		20,184	18,399
Male	11,619	54.9%	10,886	9,638	1,981	20.6%
Female	9,539	45.1%	9,298	8,761	778	8.9%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	21,158		20,184	18,399
Hispanic or Latino	5,700	26.9%	5,431	4,254	1,446	34.0%
Not Hispanic or Latino	14,291	67.5%	13,619	12,120	2,171	17.9%
Information Not Available	1,167	5.5%	1,134	2,025	-858	-42.4%

Race	21,158		20,184	18,399
American Indian or Alaskan Native	1,949	9.2%	1,883	1,581	368	23.3%
Asian	426	2.0%	346	322	104	32.3%
Black or African American	1,382	6.5%	1,321	1,120	262	23.4%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
White	16,234	76.7%	10,069	9,097	7,137	78.5%
Information Not Available	1,167	5.5%	0	0	1,167	0.0%

Years of Age	21,158		20,184	18,399
Younger than 22	587	1.6%	553	531	56	10.5%
22-24	1,147	3.2%	1,102	925	222	24.0%
25-34	4,542	12.5%	4,425	3,900	642	16.5%
35-44	5,619	15.5%	5,291	5,012	607	12.1%
45-54	5,506	15.2%	5,310	4,793	713	14.9%
55-59	1,920	5.3%	1,801	1,691	229	13.5%
60-64	1,174	3.2%	1,099	1,008	166	16.5%
65 and older	663	1.8%	603	539	124	23.0%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	21,158		20,184	18,399
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	378	1.8%	376	303	75	24.8%
Mining	74	0.3%	58	105	-31	-29.5%
Utilities	46	0.2%	47	47	-1	-2.1%
Construction	3,497	16.2%	3,334	1,899	1,598	84.1%
Manufacturing	1,892	8.8%	1,551	1,414	478	33.8%
Wholesale Trade	858	4.0%	798	715	143	20.0%
Retail Trade	1,777	8.3%	1,662	1,723	54	3.1%
Transporation and Warehousing	467	2.2%	448	390	77	19.7%
Information	478	2.2%	429	430	48	11.2%
Finance and Insurance	1,039	4.8%	1,019	868	171	19.7%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	503	2.3%	507	388	115	29.6%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	1,063	4.9%	1,091	869	194	22.3%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	77	0.4%	72	21	56	266.7%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	2,381	11.1%	2,262	1,977	404	20.4%
Educational Services	507	2.4%	525	551	-44	-8.0%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	1,455	6.8%	1,471	1,349	106	7.9%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	317	1.5%	296	280	37	13.2%
Accomodation and Food Services	1,022	4.7%	993	1,021	1	0.1%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	537	2.5%	520	435	102	23.4%
Public Administration	528	2.5%	564	629	-101	-16.1%
Information Not Available	2,262	10.5%	2,161	2,985	-723	-24.2%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants California
	Jan 2007	Percent	Dec 2006	Jan 2006	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	350,623		351,780	354,668
Male	199,960	57.0%	199,945	203,930	-3,970	-1.9%
Female	150,386	42.9%	151,835	150,738	-352	-0.2%
Information Not Available	277	0.1%	0	0	277	0.0%

Ethnicity	350,623		351,780	354,668
Hispanic or Latino	138,825	39.6%	142,844	138,568	257	0.2%
Not Hispanic or Latino	179,520	51.2%	177,419	181,300	-1,780	-1.0%
Information Not Available	32,278	9.2%	31,517	34,800	-2,522	-7.2%

Race	350,623		351,780	354,668
American Indian or Alaskan Native	2,590	0.7%	3,152	2,164	426	19.7%
Asian	25,157	7.2%	26,789	26,145	-988	-3.8%
Black or African American	26,359	7.5%	26,047	27,948	-1,589	-5.7%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
White	125,414	35.8%	121,431	125,044	370	0.3%
Information Not Available	171,103	48.8%	174,361	173,367	-2,264	-1.3%

Years of Age	350,623		351,780	354,668
Younger than 22	6,844	1.5%	12,885	7,393	-549	-7.4%
22-24	18,035	4.0%	21,320	18,301	-266	-1.5%
25-34	78,153	17.2%	79,718	80,238	-2,085	-2.6%
35-44	91,749	20.2%	92,047	97,187	-5,438	-5.6%
45-54	91,563	20.1%	86,485	90,605	958	1.1%
55-59	29,689	6.5%	29,014	29,210	479	1.6%
60-64	21,272	4.7%	19,466	18,121	3,151	17.4%
65 and older	13,226	2.9%	10,567	13,343	-117	-0.9%
Information Not Available	92	0.0%	278	270	-178	-65.9%

Industry	350,623		351,780	354,668
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	56,235	13.8%	56,916	61,575	-5,340	-8.7%
Mining	740	0.2%	371	451	289	64.1%
Utilities	647	0.2%	649	811	-164	-20.2%
Construction	49,296	12.1%	48,387	42,012	7,284	17.3%
Manufacturing	46,614	11.5%	46,162	49,585	-2,971	-6.0%
Wholesale Trade	1,942	0.5%	2,503	2,434	-492	-20.2%
Retail Trade	21,920	5.4%	23,452	23,260	-1,340	-5.8%
Transporation and Warehousing	8,601	2.1%	7,230	9,827	-1,226	-12.5%
Information	28,209	6.9%	24,379	29,300	-1,091	-3.7%
Finance and Insurance	9,989	2.5%	11,031	7,483	2,506	33.5%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	4,069	1.0%	4,449	2,705	1,364	50.4%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	4,162	1.0%	4,913	4,778	-616	-12.9%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	48,741	12.0%	49,685	45,618	3,123	6.8%
Educational Services	10,359	2.5%	9,826	11,450	-1,091	-9.5%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	16,370	4.0%	18,539	18,211	-1,841	-10.1%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	6,104	1.5%	6,303	6,221	-117	-1.9%
Accomodation and Food Services	11,931	2.9%	10,845	13,163	-1,232	-9.4%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	6,659	1.6%	7,879	8,475	-1,816	-21.4%
Public Administration	4,347	1.1%	4,449	3,155	1,192	37.8%
Information Not Available	13,688	3.4%	13,812	14,154	-466	-3.3%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Colorado
	Jan 2007	Percent	Dec 2006	Jan 2006	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	26,812		23,164	26,466
Male	16,798	62.7%	13,647	15,746	1,052	6.7%
Female	10,014	37.3%	9,517	10,720	-706	-6.6%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	26,812		23,164	26,466
Hispanic or Latino	6,609	24.6%	5,392	6,110	499	8.2%
Not Hispanic or Latino	16,221	60.5%	14,282	15,887	334	2.1%
Information Not Available	3,982	14.9%	3,490	4,469	-487	-10.9%

Race	26,812		23,164	26,466
American Indian or Alaskan Native	466	1.7%	427	462	4	0.9%
Asian	437	1.6%	426	517	-80	-15.5%
Black or African American	1,628	6.1%	1,610	1,650	-22	-1.3%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	66	0.2%	73	107	-41	-38.3%
White	17,908	66.8%	15,430	17,822	86	0.5%
Information Not Available	6,307	23.5%	5,198	5,908	399	6.8%

Years of Age	26,812		23,164	26,466
Younger than 22	561	1.3%	412	529	32	6.0%
22-24	992	2.3%	858	1,148	-156	-13.6%
25-34	5,386	12.5%	4,658	5,456	-70	-1.3%
35-44	6,994	16.2%	6,020	7,141	-147	-2.1%
45-54	7,935	18.3%	6,831	7,660	275	3.6%
55-59	2,801	6.5%	2,483	2,576	225	8.7%
60-64	1,467	3.4%	1,270	1,263	204	16.2%
65 and older	658	1.5%	611	679	-21	-3.1%
Information Not Available	18	0.0%	21	14	4	28.6%

Industry	26,812		23,164	26,466
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	220	0.8%	207	252	-32	-12.7%
Mining	312	1.2%	207	243	69	28.4%
Utilities	33	0.1%	33	40	-7	-17.5%
Construction	6,755	25.0%	4,813	5,280	1,475	27.9%
Manufacturing	2,766	10.2%	2,354	2,678	88	3.3%
Wholesale Trade	983	3.6%	919	981	2	0.2%
Retail Trade	2,170	8.0%	2,019	2,307	-137	-5.9%
Transporation and Warehousing	781	2.9%	652	816	-35	-4.3%
Information	791	2.9%	723	853	-62	-7.3%
Finance and Insurance	1,291	4.8%	1,262	1,103	188	17.0%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	525	1.9%	498	574	-49	-8.5%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	1,638	6.1%	1,557	1,747	-109	-6.2%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	153	0.6%	132	112	41	36.6%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	3,115	11.5%	2,792	3,458	-343	-9.9%
Educational Services	532	2.0%	536	561	-29	-5.2%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	1,318	4.9%	1,309	1,482	-164	-11.1%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	400	1.5%	358	477	-77	-16.1%
Accomodation and Food Services	1,190	4.4%	1,065	1,369	-179	-13.1%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	528	2.0%	513	690	-162	-23.5%
Public Administration	706	2.6%	636	843	-137	-16.3%
Information Not Available	605	2.2%	579	600	5	0.8%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Connecticut
	Jan 2007	Percent	Dec 2006	Jan 2006	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	47,100		37,790	48,173
Male	30,204	64.1%	22,760	31,144	-940	-3.0%
Female	16,896	35.9%	15,030	17,029	-133	-0.8%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	47,100		37,790	48,173
Hispanic or Latino	7,358	15.6%	5,819	7,010	348	5.0%
Not Hispanic or Latino	39,742	84.4%	31,971	41,163	-1,421	-3.5%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Race	47,100		37,790	48,173
American Indian or Alaskan Native	163	0.3%	117	144	19	13.2%
Asian	535	1.1%	460	578	-43	-7.4%
Black or African American	5,932	12.6%	5,231	5,547	385	6.9%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
White	27,586	58.6%	22,463	28,579	-993	-3.5%
Information Not Available	12,884	27.4%	9,519	13,325	-441	-3.3%

Years of Age	47,100		37,790	48,173
Younger than 22	1,235	1.7%	1,478	1,199	36	3.0%
22-24	2,791	3.9%	2,377	2,759	32	1.2%
25-34	10,280	14.4%	8,367	10,424	-144	-1.4%
35-44	11,504	16.1%	9,522	12,721	-1,217	-9.6%
45-54	11,722	16.4%	8,911	11,784	-62	-0.5%
55-59	4,173	5.8%	3,276	4,266	-93	-2.2%
60-64	3,065	4.3%	2,234	3,036	29	1.0%
65 and older	2,330	3.3%	1,625	1,984	346	17.4%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	47,100		37,790	48,173
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	791	1.7%	613	714	77	10.8%
Mining	52	0.1%	31	47	5	10.6%
Utilities	52	0.1%	60	62	-10	-16.1%
Construction	8,540	17.8%	5,424	10,319	-1,779	-17.2%
Manufacturing	5,762	12.0%	4,845	5,395	367	6.8%
Wholesale Trade	1,921	4.0%	1,710	1,818	103	5.7%
Retail Trade	5,192	10.8%	4,495	5,159	33	0.6%
Transporation and Warehousing	1,348	2.8%	1,082	1,311	37	2.8%
Information	729	1.5%	707	729	0	0.0%
Finance and Insurance	1,920	4.0%	1,736	1,844	76	4.1%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	686	1.4%	565	663	23	3.5%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	1,684	3.5%	1,457	1,902	-218	-11.5%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	177	0.4%	194	205	-28	-13.7%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	6,633	13.9%	5,000	6,361	272	4.3%
Educational Services	1,114	2.3%	1,095	1,021	93	9.1%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	3,154	6.6%	3,082	3,190	-36	-1.1%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	1,746	3.6%	1,304	1,766	-20	-1.1%
Accomodation and Food Services	3,107	6.5%	2,061	3,075	32	1.0%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	1,226	2.6%	1,141	1,128	98	8.7%
Public Administration	510	1.1%	507	535	-25	-4.7%
Information Not Available	756	1.6%	681	929	-173	-18.6%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants District of Columbia
	Jan 2007	Percent	Dec 2006	Jan 2006	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	10,030		5,156	9,249
Male	4,889	48.7%	2,356	4,323	566	13.1%
Female	5,141	51.3%	2,800	4,926	215	4.4%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	10,030		5,156	9,249
Hispanic or Latino	847	8.4%	428	710	137	19.3%
Not Hispanic or Latino	7,330	73.1%	3,858	6,849	481	7.0%
Information Not Available	1,853	18.5%	870	1,690	163	9.6%

Race	10,030		5,156	9,249
American Indian or Alaskan Native	99	1.0%	48	69	30	43.5%
Asian	384	3.8%	177	333	51	15.3%
Black or African American	7,320	73.0%	3,859	6,810	510	7.5%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	187	1.9%	102	117	70	59.8%
White	1,736	17.3%	826	1,671	65	3.9%
Information Not Available	304	3.0%	144	249	55	22.1%

Years of Age	10,030		5,156	9,249
Younger than 22	208	1.8%	128	157	51	32.5%
22-24	549	4.8%	256	488	61	12.5%
25-34	2,391	21.1%	1,211	2,212	179	8.1%
35-44	2,793	24.6%	1,474	2,686	107	4.0%
45-54	2,683	23.6%	1,325	2,444	239	9.8%
55-59	797	7.0%	414	717	80	11.2%
60-64	412	3.6%	223	397	15	3.8%
65 and older	195	1.7%	120	141	54	38.3%
Information Not Available	2	0.0%	5	7	-5	-71.4%

Industry	10,030		5,156	9,249
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
Mining	0	0.0%	0	1	-1	-100.0%
Utilities	12	0.1%	4	4	8	200.0%
Construction	49	0.5%	19	51	-2	-3.9%
Manufacturing	3	0.0%	0	8	-5	-62.5%
Wholesale Trade	10	0.1%	7	3	7	233.3%
Retail Trade	18	0.2%	21	17	1	5.9%
Transporation and Warehousing	7	0.1%	4	3	4	133.3%
Information	29	0.3%	13	33	-4	-12.1%
Finance and Insurance	4	0.0%	1	4	0	0.0%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	19	0.2%	12	17	2	11.8%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	118	1.2%	51	132	-14	-10.6%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	5	0.0%	2	4	1	25.0%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	28	0.3%	13	26	2	7.7%
Educational Services	46	0.5%	22	63	-17	-27.0%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	61	0.6%	34	115	-54	-47.0%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	10	0.1%	1	2	8	400.0%
Accomodation and Food Services	6	0.1%	1	3	3	100.0%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	82	0.8%	26	73	9	12.3%
Public Administration	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
Information Not Available	9,523	94.9%	4,925	8,690	833	9.6%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Delaware
	Jan 2007	Percent	Dec 2006	Jan 2006	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	9,483		7,934	10,409
Male	4,623	48.8%	3,702	4,900	-277	-5.7%
Female	4,860	51.2%	4,232	5,509	-649	-11.8%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	9,483		7,934	10,409
Hispanic or Latino	349	3.7%	280	429	-80	-18.6%
Not Hispanic or Latino	9,134	96.3%	7,654	9,980	-846	-8.5%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Race	9,483		7,934	10,409
American Indian or Alaskan Native	24	0.3%	18	25	-1	-4.0%
Asian	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
Black or African American	3,886	41.0%	3,292	4,188	-302	-7.2%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	52	0.5%	48	70	-18	-25.7%
White	4,854	51.2%	4,034	5,356	-502	-9.4%
Information Not Available	667	7.0%	542	769	-102	-13.3%

Years of Age	9,483		7,934	10,409
Younger than 22	2,143	15.1%	1,719	1,935	208	10.7%
22-24	728	5.1%	616	872	-144	-16.5%
25-34	2,078	14.6%	1,837	2,399	-321	-13.4%
35-44	2,501	17.6%	2,074	2,777	-276	-9.9%
45-54	1,463	10.3%	1,208	1,652	-189	-11.4%
55-59	301	2.1%	255	434	-133	-30.6%
60-64	147	1.0%	128	188	-41	-21.8%
65 and older	93	0.7%	82	135	-42	-31.1%
Information Not Available	29	0.2%	15	17	12	70.6%

Industry	9,483		7,934	10,409
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	30	0.3%	18	20	10	50.0%
Mining	0	0.0%	0	3	-3	-100.0%
Utilities	7	0.1%	6	8	-1	-12.5%
Construction	964	10.1%	738	792	172	21.7%
Manufacturing	739	7.8%	544	784	-45	-5.7%
Wholesale Trade	436	4.6%	371	316	120	38.0%
Retail Trade	1,549	16.3%	1,280	1,724	-175	-10.2%
Transporation and Warehousing	241	2.5%	199	419	-178	-42.5%
Information	108	1.1%	104	110	-2	-1.8%
Finance and Insurance	843	8.9%	720	800	43	5.4%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	184	1.9%	160	233	-49	-21.0%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	412	4.3%	351	474	-62	-13.1%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	35	0.4%	30	63	-28	-44.4%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	1,599	16.8%	1,318	1,822	-223	-12.2%
Educational Services	208	2.2%	217	175	33	18.9%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	657	6.9%	604	852	-195	-22.9%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	180	1.9%	197	203	-23	-11.3%
Accomodation and Food Services	932	9.8%	752	1,145	-213	-18.6%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	236	2.5%	229	318	-82	-25.8%
Public Administration	82	0.9%	66	93	-11	-11.8%
Information Not Available	41	0.4%	30	55	-14	-25.5%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Florida
	Jan 2007	Percent	Dec 2006	Jan 2006	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	91,368		84,804	79,795
Male	48,591	53.2%	43,578	39,305	9,286	23.6%
Female	42,740	46.8%	41,189	40,385	2,355	5.8%
Information Not Available	37	0.0%	37	105	-68	-64.8%

Ethnicity	91,368		84,804	79,795
Hispanic or Latino	28,962	31.7%	28,366	25,716	3,246	12.6%
Not Hispanic or Latino	54,554	59.7%	49,567	45,159	9,395	20.8%
Information Not Available	7,852	8.6%	6,871	8,920	-1,068	-12.0%

Race	91,368		84,804	79,795
American Indian or Alaskan Native	519	0.6%	294	383	136	35.5%
Asian	1,185	1.3%	1,176	1,045	140	13.4%
Black or African American	16,666	18.2%	15,102	14,217	2,449	17.2%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	2,481	2.7%	2,205	976	1,505	154.2%
White	53,554	58.6%	49,420	46,379	7,175	15.5%
Information Not Available	16,963	18.6%	16,607	16,795	168	1.0%

Years of Age	91,368		84,804	79,795
Younger than 22	1,296	0.9%	1,800	1,394	-98	-7.0%
22-24	3,778	2.7%	5,034	2,892	886	30.6%
25-34	18,703	13.5%	16,682	15,924	2,779	17.5%
35-44	22,333	16.2%	22,046	18,294	4,039	22.1%
45-54	24,110	17.4%	22,230	21,708	2,402	11.1%
55-59	8,815	6.4%	7,826	8,398	417	5.0%
60-64	6,704	4.9%	5,034	6,168	536	8.7%
65 and older	5,629	4.1%	4,152	5,017	612	12.2%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	91,368		84,804	79,795
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	370	0.4%	514	558	-188	-33.7%
Mining	37	0.0%	73	174	-137	-78.7%
Utilities	222	0.2%	331	105	117	111.4%
Construction	9,666	10.5%	8,818	5,331	4,335	81.3%
Manufacturing	6,259	6.8%	5,732	5,366	893	16.6%
Wholesale Trade	3,481	3.8%	3,821	3,972	-491	-12.4%
Retail Trade	9,074	9.9%	8,561	8,014	1,060	13.2%
Transporation and Warehousing	2,815	3.1%	1,800	2,648	167	6.3%
Information	1,926	2.1%	1,690	1,951	-25	-1.3%
Finance and Insurance	3,667	4.0%	3,601	3,903	-236	-6.0%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	2,444	2.7%	2,315	1,986	458	23.1%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	5,222	5.7%	3,932	4,460	762	17.1%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	519	0.6%	551	244	275	112.7%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	16,370	17.8%	15,836	11,812	4,558	38.6%
Educational Services	1,889	2.1%	1,837	1,882	7	0.4%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	5,815	6.3%	5,769	5,436	379	7.0%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	1,407	1.5%	1,580	1,568	-161	-10.3%
Accomodation and Food Services	4,259	4.6%	3,895	5,296	-1,037	-19.6%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	1,926	2.1%	1,911	2,091	-165	-7.9%
Public Administration	1,222	1.3%	1,249	1,080	142	13.1%
Information Not Available	12,778	13.9%	10,988	11,918	860	7.2%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Georgia
	Jan 2007	Percent	Dec 2006	Jan 2006	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	58,636		53,394	59,053
Male	29,180	49.8%	26,129	27,892	1,288	4.6%
Female	27,859	47.5%	25,607	29,100	-1,241	-4.3%
Information Not Available	1,597	2.7%	1,658	2,061	-464	-22.5%

Ethnicity	58,636		53,394	59,053
Hispanic or Latino	437	0.7%	241	255	182	71.4%
Not Hispanic or Latino	56,602	96.5%	51,495	56,737	-135	-0.2%
Information Not Available	1,597	2.7%	1,658	2,061	-464	-22.5%

Race	58,636		53,394	59,053
American Indian or Alaskan Native	197	0.3%	176	197	0	0.0%
Asian	845	1.4%	758	888	-43	-4.8%
Black or African American	30,964	52.8%	28,203	30,130	834	2.8%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
White	25,031	42.7%	22,598	25,777	-746	-2.9%
Information Not Available	1,599	2.7%	1,659	2,061	-462	-22.4%

Years of Age	58,636		53,394	59,053
Younger than 22	1,345	1.7%	1,951	1,339	6	0.4%
22-24	2,720	3.4%	2,820	2,906	-186	-6.4%
25-34	13,246	16.4%	12,495	13,338	-92	-0.7%
35-44	15,380	19.0%	14,318	15,968	-588	-3.7%
45-54	14,077	17.4%	12,406	14,239	-162	-1.1%
55-59	4,637	5.7%	3,983	4,844	-207	-4.3%
60-64	2,921	3.6%	2,232	2,689	232	8.6%
65 and older	1,532	1.9%	1,178	1,634	-102	-6.2%
Information Not Available	2,778	3.4%	2,011	2,096	682	32.5%

Industry	58,636		53,394	59,053
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	1,356	2.3%	1,193	1,078	278	25.8%
Mining	54	0.1%	36	68	-14	-20.6%
Utilities	95	0.2%	96	122	-27	-22.1%
Construction	3,694	6.2%	3,078	3,750	-56	-1.5%
Manufacturing	8,612	14.4%	8,150	7,405	1,207	16.3%
Wholesale Trade	4,072	6.8%	2,844	2,985	1,087	36.4%
Retail Trade	3,883	6.5%	3,689	5,645	-1,762	-31.2%
Transporation and Warehousing	1,693	2.8%	1,493	1,759	-66	-3.8%
Information	1,170	2.0%	1,130	1,629	-459	-28.2%
Finance and Insurance	1,650	2.8%	1,564	1,805	-155	-8.6%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	1,049	1.7%	1,069	1,108	-59	-5.3%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	9,304	15.5%	8,530	10,191	-887	-8.7%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	93	0.2%	87	109	-16	-14.7%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	208	0.3%	199	227	-19	-8.4%
Educational Services	1,476	2.5%	1,496	1,527	-51	-3.3%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	2,870	4.8%	2,782	3,282	-412	-12.6%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	3,170	5.3%	2,667	3,291	-121	-3.7%
Accomodation and Food Services	763	1.3%	688	790	-27	-3.4%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	913	1.5%	795	806	107	13.3%
Public Administration	629	1.0%	584	863	-234	-27.1%
Information Not Available	11,882	19.8%	11,224	10,613	1,269	12.0%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Hawaii
	Jan 2007	Percent	Dec 2006	Jan 2006	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	6,456		5,627	5,791
Male	4,279	66.3%	3,653	3,827	452	11.8%
Female	2,177	33.7%	1,974	1,962	215	11.0%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	2	-2	-100.0%

Ethnicity	6,456		5,627	5,791
Hispanic or Latino	374	5.8%	326	320	54	16.9%
Not Hispanic or Latino	4,827	74.8%	4,173	4,281	546	12.8%
Information Not Available	1,255	19.4%	1,128	1,190	65	5.5%

Race	6,456		5,627	5,791
American Indian or Alaskan Native	54	0.8%	50	46	8	17.4%
Asian	2,124	32.9%	1,844	1,851	273	14.7%
Black or African American	137	2.1%	127	151	-14	-9.3%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	1,658	25.7%	1,439	1,405	253	18.0%
White	1,649	25.5%	1,437	1,570	79	5.0%
Information Not Available	834	12.9%	730	768	66	8.6%

Years of Age	6,456		5,627	5,791
Younger than 22	118	1.5%	145	65	53	81.5%
22-24	299	3.9%	300	249	50	20.1%
25-34	1,460	19.0%	1,323	1,304	156	12.0%
35-44	1,630	21.2%	1,431	1,507	123	8.2%
45-54	1,681	21.8%	1,441	1,520	161	10.6%
55-59	652	8.5%	538	596	56	9.4%
60-64	404	5.2%	292	332	72	21.7%
65 and older	212	2.8%	157	218	-6	-2.8%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	6,456		5,627	5,791
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	191	2.9%	103	187	4	2.1%
Mining	0	0.0%	0	2	-2	-100.0%
Utilities	4	0.1%	3	3	1	33.3%
Construction	1,964	29.5%	1,635	1,559	405	26.0%
Manufacturing	207	3.1%	199	176	31	17.6%
Wholesale Trade	115	1.7%	115	113	2	1.8%
Retail Trade	377	5.7%	346	379	-2	-0.5%
Transporation and Warehousing	465	7.0%	251	304	161	53.0%
Information	126	1.9%	112	130	-4	-3.1%
Finance and Insurance	91	1.4%	92	75	16	21.3%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	111	1.7%	125	97	14	14.4%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	175	2.6%	190	162	13	8.0%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	20	0.3%	19	8	12	150.0%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	650	9.8%	610	583	67	11.5%
Educational Services	44	0.7%	47	42	2	4.8%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	331	5.0%	278	326	5	1.5%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	102	1.5%	68	114	-12	-10.5%
Accomodation and Food Services	531	8.0%	461	555	-24	-4.3%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	158	2.4%	170	162	-4	-2.5%
Public Administration	107	1.6%	115	126	-19	-15.1%
Information Not Available	687	10.3%	688	688	-1	-0.1%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Iowa
	Jan 2007	Percent	Dec 2006	Jan 2006	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	37,093		28,417	34,523
Male	26,810	72.3%	19,713	24,737	2,073	8.4%
Female	10,283	27.7%	8,704	9,786	497	5.1%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	37,093		28,417	34,523
Hispanic or Latino	1,757	4.7%	1,413	1,260	497	39.4%
Not Hispanic or Latino	34,866	94.0%	26,621	32,775	2,091	6.4%
Information Not Available	470	1.3%	383	488	-18	-3.7%

Race	37,093		28,417	34,523
American Indian or Alaskan Native	165	0.4%	133	154	11	7.1%
Asian	232	0.6%	189	180	52	28.9%
Black or African American	1,228	3.3%	1,007	1,001	227	22.7%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
White	33,241	89.6%	25,292	31,440	1,801	5.7%
Information Not Available	2,227	6.0%	1,796	1,748	479	27.4%

Years of Age	37,093		28,417	34,523
Younger than 22	1,018	1.5%	674	964	54	5.6%
22-24	2,308	3.4%	1,802	2,197	111	5.1%
25-34	8,706	12.8%	6,674	8,020	686	8.6%
35-44	8,618	12.6%	6,735	8,220	398	4.8%
45-54	9,341	13.7%	7,059	8,540	801	9.4%
55-59	3,167	4.6%	2,477	2,983	184	6.2%
60-64	2,180	3.2%	1,687	1,942	238	12.3%
65 and older	1,738	2.6%	1,293	1,644	94	5.7%
Information Not Available	17	0.0%	16	13	4	30.8%

Industry	37,093		28,417	34,523
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	213	0.6%	160	221	-8	-3.6%
Mining	500	1.3%	132	426	74	17.4%
Utilities	41	0.1%	33	52	-11	-21.2%
Construction	11,407	30.6%	7,461	10,957	450	4.1%
Manufacturing	8,573	23.0%	7,258	7,055	1,518	21.5%
Wholesale Trade	1,088	2.9%	920	1,075	13	1.2%
Retail Trade	2,460	6.6%	2,125	2,488	-28	-1.1%
Transporation and Warehousing	1,095	2.9%	743	947	148	15.6%
Information	601	1.6%	524	519	82	15.8%
Finance and Insurance	499	1.3%	489	646	-147	-22.8%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	281	0.8%	218	265	16	6.0%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	1,103	3.0%	910	855	248	29.0%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	42	0.1%	39	22	20	90.9%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	3,215	8.6%	2,666	3,225	-10	-0.3%
Educational Services	295	0.8%	287	297	-2	-0.7%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	1,388	3.7%	1,296	1,281	107	8.4%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	755	2.0%	579	718	37	5.2%
Accomodation and Food Services	1,496	4.0%	1,157	1,462	34	2.3%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	592	1.6%	517	625	-33	-5.3%
Public Administration	704	1.9%	585	751	-47	-6.3%
Information Not Available	745	2.0%	318	636	109	17.1%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Idaho
	Jan 2007	Percent	Dec 2006	Jan 2006	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	18,630		14,704	19,112
Male	13,321	71.5%	9,936	13,827	-506	-3.7%
Female	5,309	28.5%	4,768	5,285	24	0.5%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	18,630		14,704	19,112
Hispanic or Latino	2,930	15.7%	2,272	2,799	131	4.7%
Not Hispanic or Latino	13,946	74.9%	10,134	14,113	-167	-1.2%
Information Not Available	1,754	9.4%	2,298	2,200	-446	-20.3%

Race	18,630		14,704	19,112
American Indian or Alaskan Native	425	2.3%	332	385	40	10.4%
Asian	198	1.1%	129	161	37	23.0%
Black or African American	94	0.5%	73	66	28	42.4%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	49	0.3%	39	49	0	0.0%
White	14,273	76.6%	10,367	14,973	-700	-4.7%
Information Not Available	3,591	19.3%	3,764	3,478	113	3.2%

Years of Age	18,630		14,704	19,112
Younger than 22	603	1.9%	340	517	86	16.6%
22-24	1,232	3.9%	826	1,178	54	4.6%
25-34	4,415	13.8%	3,539	4,419	-4	-0.1%
35-44	4,236	13.3%	3,482	4,513	-277	-6.1%
45-54	4,722	14.8%	3,881	5,020	-298	-5.9%
55-59	1,657	5.2%	1,282	1,721	-64	-3.7%
60-64	992	3.1%	773	1,041	-49	-4.7%
65 and older	773	2.4%	581	703	70	10.0%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	18,630		14,704	19,112
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	1,295	6.5%	1,027	2,075	-780	-37.6%
Mining	164	0.8%	137	153	11	7.2%
Utilities	97	0.5%	37	85	12	14.1%
Construction	4,643	23.3%	2,768	4,059	584	14.4%
Manufacturing	2,437	12.2%	1,918	1,967	470	23.9%
Wholesale Trade	606	3.0%	430	670	-64	-9.6%
Retail Trade	1,447	7.3%	1,031	1,458	-11	-0.8%
Transporation and Warehousing	461	2.3%	360	552	-91	-16.5%
Information	162	0.8%	151	139	23	16.5%
Finance and Insurance	224	1.1%	207	174	50	28.7%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	137	0.7%	101	118	19	16.1%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	443	2.2%	344	476	-33	-6.9%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	13	0.1%	8	5	8	160.0%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	1,799	9.0%	1,358	1,816	-17	-0.9%
Educational Services	167	0.8%	163	191	-24	-12.6%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	732	3.7%	631	805	-73	-9.1%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	354	1.8%	291	373	-19	-5.1%
Accomodation and Food Services	698	3.5%	507	723	-25	-3.5%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	252	1.3%	211	265	-13	-4.9%
Public Administration	513	2.6%	390	524	-11	-2.1%
Information Not Available	1,986	10.0%	2,634	2,484	-498	-20.0%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Illinois
	Jan 2007	Percent	Dec 2006	Jan 2006	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	175,543		149,947	175,333
Male	117,298	66.8%	97,407	116,172	1,126	1.0%
Female	58,245	33.2%	52,540	59,161	-916	-1.5%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	175,543		149,947	175,333
Hispanic or Latino	34,432	19.6%	28,991	33,523	909	2.7%
Not Hispanic or Latino	141,111	80.4%	120,956	141,810	-699	-0.5%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Race	175,543		149,947	175,333
American Indian or Alaskan Native	649	0.4%	555	566	83	14.7%
Asian	3,265	1.9%	2,958	3,558	-293	-8.2%
Black or African American	36,266	20.7%	32,437	36,639	-373	-1.0%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
White	134,445	76.6%	113,211	134,071	374	0.3%
Information Not Available	918	0.5%	0	499	419	84.0%

Years of Age	175,543		149,947	175,333
Younger than 22	3,436	1.1%	4,573	3,526	-90	-2.6%
22-24	8,621	2.9%	8,535	9,120	-499	-5.5%
25-34	42,265	14.0%	36,808	42,488	-223	-0.5%
35-44	46,856	15.6%	40,364	47,653	-797	-1.7%
45-54	46,372	15.4%	38,135	45,429	943	2.1%
55-59	14,819	4.9%	11,767	14,501	318	2.2%
60-64	8,733	2.9%	6,443	8,300	433	5.2%
65 and older	4,441	1.5%	3,322	4,316	125	2.9%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	175,543		149,947	175,333
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	1,389	0.8%	1,115	1,370	19	1.4%
Mining	891	0.5%	564	901	-10	-1.1%
Utilities	214	0.1%	205	288	-74	-25.7%
Construction	41,355	23.4%	32,862	39,598	1,757	4.4%
Manufacturing	25,785	14.6%	20,586	23,508	2,277	9.7%
Wholesale Trade	7,440	4.2%	6,730	7,658	-218	-2.8%
Retail Trade	13,813	7.8%	12,361	13,483	330	2.4%
Transporation and Warehousing	7,228	4.1%	5,783	7,739	-511	-6.6%
Information	2,688	1.5%	2,595	2,930	-242	-8.3%
Finance and Insurance	5,933	3.4%	5,666	5,998	-65	-1.1%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	2,226	1.3%	1,973	2,294	-68	-3.0%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	7,316	4.1%	6,952	7,602	-286	-3.8%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	773	0.4%	633	470	303	64.5%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	25,826	14.6%	22,458	26,162	-336	-1.3%
Educational Services	3,492	2.0%	3,599	3,488	4	0.1%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	8,435	4.8%	8,209	9,090	-655	-7.2%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	3,603	2.0%	2,890	3,970	-367	-9.2%
Accomodation and Food Services	7,626	4.3%	6,447	8,489	-863	-10.2%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	3,728	2.1%	3,396	4,254	-526	-12.4%
Public Administration	2,850	1.6%	2,475	3,359	-509	-15.2%
Information Not Available	2,932	1.7%	2,448	2,682	250	9.3%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Indiana
	Jan 2007	Percent	Dec 2006	Jan 2006	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	73,835		58,905	68,634
Male	48,347	65.5%	36,756	45,418	2,929	6.4%
Female	25,472	34.5%	22,127	23,206	2,266	9.8%
Information Not Available	16	0.0%	22	10	6	60.0%

Ethnicity	73,835		58,905	68,634
Hispanic or Latino	3,802	5.1%	2,983	3,170	632	19.9%
Not Hispanic or Latino	67,694	91.7%	53,706	62,646	5,048	8.1%
Information Not Available	2,339	3.2%	2,216	2,818	-479	-17.0%

Race	73,835		58,905	68,634
American Indian or Alaskan Native	301	0.4%	237	274	27	9.9%
Asian	389	0.5%	352	279	110	39.4%
Black or African American	8,663	11.7%	7,887	7,949	714	9.0%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	51	0.1%	54	44	7	15.9%
White	60,062	81.3%	46,866	56,394	3,668	6.5%
Information Not Available	4,369	5.9%	3,509	3,694	675	18.3%

Years of Age	73,835		58,905	68,634
Younger than 22	1,735	1.3%	2,257	1,606	129	8.0%
22-24	4,281	3.3%	3,826	3,963	318	8.0%
25-34	18,314	14.1%	14,896	16,757	1,557	9.3%
35-44	19,288	14.8%	15,575	18,232	1,056	5.8%
45-54	18,569	14.2%	14,006	17,291	1,278	7.4%
55-59	5,881	4.5%	4,415	5,542	339	6.1%
60-64	3,576	2.7%	2,405	3,169	407	12.8%
65 and older	2,191	1.7%	1,525	2,074	117	5.6%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	73,835		58,905	68,634
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	359	0.5%	226	358	1	0.3%
Mining	306	0.4%	183	347	-41	-11.8%
Utilities	61	0.1%	43	49	12	24.5%
Construction	14,891	20.1%	9,561	16,026	-1,135	-7.1%
Manufacturing	19,741	26.6%	16,775	14,592	5,149	35.3%
Wholesale Trade	1,969	2.7%	1,853	2,031	-62	-3.1%
Retail Trade	5,182	7.0%	4,278	5,131	51	1.0%
Transporation and Warehousing	3,225	4.3%	2,064	3,117	108	3.5%
Information	453	0.6%	430	547	-94	-17.2%
Finance and Insurance	1,270	1.7%	1,283	1,175	95	8.1%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	832	1.1%	759	830	2	0.2%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	1,480	2.0%	1,402	1,358	122	9.0%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	113	0.2%	93	127	-14	-11.0%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	8,156	11.0%	6,536	7,758	398	5.1%
Educational Services	733	1.0%	704	794	-61	-7.7%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	3,122	4.2%	3,032	3,117	5	0.2%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	1,338	1.8%	999	1,395	-57	-4.1%
Accomodation and Food Services	2,769	3.7%	2,369	2,704	65	2.4%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	1,224	1.6%	1,115	1,415	-191	-13.5%
Public Administration	665	0.9%	481	599	66	11.0%
Information Not Available	5,946	8.0%	4,719	5,164	782	15.1%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Kansas
	Jan 2007	Percent	Dec 2006	Jan 2006	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	19,638		17,714	21,382
Male	12,364	63.0%	10,757	13,234	-870	-6.6%
Female	7,274	37.0%	6,957	8,148	-874	-10.7%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	19,638		17,714	21,382
Hispanic or Latino	1,381	7.0%	1,205	1,459	-78	-5.3%
Not Hispanic or Latino	10,961	55.8%	10,033	12,343	-1,382	-11.2%
Information Not Available	7,296	37.2%	6,476	7,580	-284	-3.7%

Race	19,638		17,714	21,382
American Indian or Alaskan Native	301	1.5%	288	327	-26	-8.0%
Asian	258	1.3%	191	242	16	6.6%
Black or African American	2,772	14.1%	2,613	2,839	-67	-2.4%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	31	0.2%	25	38	-7	-18.4%
White	14,621	74.5%	13,156	16,020	-1,399	-8.7%
Information Not Available	1,655	8.4%	1,441	1,916	-261	-13.6%

Years of Age	19,638		17,714	21,382
Younger than 22	389	1.2%	594	490	-101	-20.6%
22-24	1,189	3.6%	1,155	1,273	-84	-6.6%
25-34	4,737	14.2%	4,275	5,175	-438	-8.5%
35-44	4,855	14.6%	4,583	5,450	-595	-10.9%
45-54	5,148	15.5%	4,477	5,606	-458	-8.2%
55-59	1,743	5.2%	1,411	1,773	-30	-1.7%
60-64	1,000	3.0%	773	999	1	0.1%
65 and older	577	1.7%	446	616	-39	-6.3%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	19,638		17,714	21,382
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	328	1.6%	280	393	-65	-16.5%
Mining	179	0.9%	148	134	45	33.6%
Utilities	18	0.1%	18	38	-20	-52.6%
Construction	4,536	22.7%	3,417	4,371	165	3.8%
Manufacturing	2,723	13.6%	2,461	2,916	-193	-6.6%
Wholesale Trade	747	3.7%	1,077	868	-121	-13.9%
Retail Trade	1,469	7.4%	1,291	1,868	-399	-21.4%
Transporation and Warehousing	667	3.3%	497	640	27	4.2%
Information	437	2.2%	453	505	-68	-13.5%
Finance and Insurance	489	2.4%	530	529	-40	-7.6%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	281	1.4%	275	354	-73	-20.6%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	717	3.6%	719	770	-53	-6.9%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	52	0.3%	42	58	-6	-10.3%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	2,096	10.5%	1,762	2,249	-153	-6.8%
Educational Services	274	1.4%	288	282	-8	-2.8%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	1,298	6.5%	1,350	1,565	-267	-17.1%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	180	0.9%	157	207	-27	-13.0%
Accomodation and Food Services	716	3.6%	612	822	-106	-12.9%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	443	2.2%	433	573	-130	-22.7%
Public Administration	422	2.1%	428	451	-29	-6.4%
Information Not Available	1,566	7.8%	1,476	1,789	-223	-12.5%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Kentucky
	Jan 2007	Percent	Dec 2006	Jan 2006	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	40,652		34,353	38,238
Male	27,227	67.0%	22,450	25,091	2,136	8.5%
Female	13,425	33.0%	11,903	13,147	278	2.1%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	40,652		34,353	38,238
Hispanic or Latino	87	0.2%	90	52	35	67.3%
Not Hispanic or Latino	40,565	99.8%	34,263	38,186	2,379	6.2%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Race	40,652		34,353	38,238
American Indian or Alaskan Native	123	0.3%	113	192	-69	-35.9%
Asian	105	0.3%	86	109	-4	-3.7%
Black or African American	4,651	11.4%	4,032	3,778	873	23.1%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
White	35,427	87.1%	29,933	33,776	1,651	4.9%
Information Not Available	346	0.9%	189	383	-37	-9.7%

Years of Age	40,652		34,353	38,238
Younger than 22	739	1.0%	843	922	-183	-19.8%
22-24	1,774	2.4%	1,597	2,259	-485	-21.5%
25-34	9,644	13.0%	8,354	9,242	402	4.3%
35-44	11,632	15.7%	10,326	10,035	1,597	15.9%
45-54	10,315	13.9%	8,534	9,734	581	6.0%
55-59	3,452	4.7%	2,503	3,025	427	14.1%
60-64	1,965	2.7%	1,371	1,672	293	17.5%
65 and older	1,131	1.5%	825	1,349	-218	-16.2%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	40,652		34,353	38,238
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	96	0.2%	81	87	9	10.3%
Mining	766	1.9%	668	400	366	91.5%
Utilities	55	0.1%	54	44	11	25.0%
Construction	7,337	18.0%	4,989	7,622	-285	-3.7%
Manufacturing	12,066	29.6%	12,188	5,768	6,298	109.2%
Wholesale Trade	1,249	3.1%	1,119	1,254	-5	-0.4%
Retail Trade	2,563	6.3%	2,120	2,982	-419	-14.1%
Transporation and Warehousing	1,550	3.8%	1,240	2,063	-513	-24.9%
Information	602	1.5%	478	488	114	23.4%
Finance and Insurance	866	2.1%	893	618	248	40.1%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	360	0.9%	365	331	29	8.8%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	871	2.1%	965	1,001	-130	-13.0%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	73	0.2%	54	26	47	180.8%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	3,019	7.4%	2,571	3,025	-6	-0.2%
Educational Services	511	1.3%	474	496	15	3.0%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	1,756	4.3%	1,646	1,685	71	4.2%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	967	2.4%	735	1,119	-152	-13.6%
Accomodation and Food Services	1,984	4.9%	1,159	1,872	112	6.0%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	784	1.9%	717	810	-26	-3.2%
Public Administration	547	1.3%	329	496	51	10.3%
Information Not Available	2,630	6.5%	1,508	6,051	-3,421	-56.5%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Louisiana
	Jan 2007	Percent	Dec 2006	Jan 2006	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	20,772		18,834	8,187
Male	10,800	52.0%	9,244	2,895	7,905	273.1%
Female	9,972	48.0%	9,590	5,292	4,680	88.4%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	20,772		18,834	8,187
Hispanic or Latino	403	1.9%	388	416	-13	-3.1%
Not Hispanic or Latino	20,247	97.5%	18,356	7,572	12,675	167.4%
Information Not Available	122	0.6%	90	199	-77	-38.7%

Race	20,772		18,834	8,187
American Indian or Alaskan Native	147	0.7%	111	34	113	332.4%
Asian	166	0.8%	139	305	-139	-45.6%
Black or African American	11,107	53.5%	10,474	3,235	7,872	243.3%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	22	0.1%	17	39	-17	-43.6%
White	9,310	44.8%	8,091	4,463	4,847	108.6%
Information Not Available	20	0.1%	2	111	-91	-82.0%

Years of Age	20,772		18,834	8,187
Younger than 22	339	1.2%	658	181	158	87.3%
22-24	1,092	3.8%	1,292	276	816	295.7%
25-34	5,073	17.5%	4,792	1,608	3,465	215.5%
35-44	5,092	17.6%	4,647	1,965	3,127	159.1%
45-54	5,479	18.9%	4,597	2,200	3,279	149.0%
55-59	1,919	6.6%	1,475	873	1,046	119.8%
60-64	1,080	3.7%	803	569	511	89.8%
65 and older	698	2.4%	570	515	183	35.5%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	20,772		18,834	8,187
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	514	2.4%	364	9	505	5611.1%
Mining	190	0.9%	200	15	175	1166.7%
Utilities	42	0.2%	65	7	35	500.0%
Construction	2,667	12.5%	2,460	161	2,506	1556.5%
Manufacturing	3,175	14.9%	1,468	225	2,950	1311.1%
Wholesale Trade	457	2.1%	422	167	290	173.7%
Retail Trade	1,358	6.4%	1,269	472	886	187.7%
Transporation and Warehousing	696	3.3%	563	166	530	319.3%
Information	365	1.7%	380	45	320	711.1%
Finance and Insurance	375	1.8%	392	158	217	137.3%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	260	1.2%	282	99	161	162.6%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	826	3.9%	882	228	598	262.3%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	85	0.4%	87	11	74	672.7%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	1,299	6.1%	1,341	280	1,019	363.9%
Educational Services	436	2.0%	479	506	-70	-13.8%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	1,376	6.5%	1,382	771	605	78.5%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	354	1.7%	365	195	159	81.5%
Accomodation and Food Services	1,038	4.9%	1,057	603	435	72.1%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	693	3.3%	564	205	488	238.0%
Public Administration	382	1.8%	384	171	211	123.4%
Information Not Available	4,184	19.7%	4,428	3,693	491	13.3%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Massachusetts
	Jan 2007	Percent	Dec 2006	Jan 2006	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	103,270		80,828	101,370
Male	69,265	67.1%	51,245	67,625	1,640	2.4%
Female	34,005	32.9%	29,583	33,745	260	0.8%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	103,270		80,828	101,370
Hispanic or Latino	10,548	10.2%	8,400	10,981	-433	-3.9%
Not Hispanic or Latino	90,687	87.8%	70,673	88,204	2,483	2.8%
Information Not Available	2,035	2.0%	1,755	2,185	-150	-6.9%

Race	103,270		80,828	101,370
American Indian or Alaskan Native	276	0.3%	227	259	17	6.6%
Asian	2,524	2.4%	2,048	2,541	-17	-0.7%
Black or African American	7,653	7.4%	6,499	7,467	186	2.5%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	55	0.1%	50	55	0	0.0%
White	84,075	81.4%	65,228	82,592	1,483	1.8%
Information Not Available	8,687	8.4%	6,776	8,456	231	2.7%

Years of Age	103,270		80,828	101,370
Younger than 22	3,514	1.9%	2,579	3,726	-212	-5.7%
22-24	5,851	3.2%	4,456	5,709	142	2.5%
25-34	22,249	12.3%	17,515	22,178	71	0.3%
35-44	27,113	15.0%	21,208	27,462	-349	-1.3%
45-54	25,874	14.3%	20,158	25,177	697	2.8%
55-59	9,060	5.0%	7,100	8,930	130	1.5%
60-64	6,039	3.3%	4,850	5,455	584	10.7%
65 and older	3,570	2.0%	2,962	2,733	837	30.6%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	103,270		80,828	101,370
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	1,259	1.2%	835	1,283	-24	-1.9%
Mining	381	0.4%	154	389	-8	-2.1%
Utilities	64	0.1%	61	65	-1	-1.5%
Construction	22,009	21.1%	14,060	21,378	631	3.0%
Manufacturing	9,474	9.1%	8,316	10,181	-707	-6.9%
Wholesale Trade	4,068	3.9%	3,476	4,275	-207	-4.8%
Retail Trade	8,564	8.2%	7,064	8,335	229	2.7%
Transporation and Warehousing	2,857	2.7%	2,178	3,225	-368	-11.4%
Information	1,893	1.8%	1,709	1,620	273	16.9%
Finance and Insurance	2,689	2.6%	2,654	2,561	128	5.0%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	1,544	1.5%	1,294	1,414	130	9.2%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	5,130	4.9%	4,802	4,907	223	4.5%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	141	0.1%	126	109	32	29.4%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	12,917	12.4%	9,171	12,666	251	2.0%
Educational Services	1,227	1.2%	1,202	1,161	66	5.7%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	5,219	5.0%	5,294	5,281	-62	-1.2%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	3,326	3.2%	2,350	3,366	-40	-1.2%
Accomodation and Food Services	8,036	7.7%	5,366	8,061	-25	-0.3%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	3,125	3.0%	2,917	3,080	45	1.5%
Public Administration	2,065	2.0%	2,057	1,969	96	4.9%
Information Not Available	7,282	7.0%	5,742	6,044	1,238	20.5%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Maryland
	Jan 2007	Percent	Dec 2006	Jan 2006	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	38,939		32,075	38,995
Male	22,162	56.9%	17,281	22,106	56	0.3%
Female	16,777	43.1%	14,794	16,889	-112	-0.7%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	38,939		32,075	38,995
Hispanic or Latino	1,932	5.0%	1,185	1,897	35	1.8%
Not Hispanic or Latino	36,329	93.3%	30,349	36,551	-222	-0.6%
Information Not Available	678	1.7%	541	547	131	23.9%

Race	38,939		32,075	38,995
American Indian or Alaskan Native	99	0.3%	92	89	10	11.2%
Asian	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
Black or African American	16,135	41.4%	14,275	16,555	-420	-2.5%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	76	0.2%	69	84	-8	-9.5%
White	20,019	51.4%	15,914	19,824	195	1.0%
Information Not Available	2,610	6.7%	1,725	2,443	167	6.8%

Years of Age	38,939		32,075	38,995
Younger than 22	938	1.7%	1,161	979	-41	-4.2%
22-24	2,089	3.7%	1,914	2,129	-40	-1.9%
25-34	8,267	14.6%	6,945	8,444	-177	-2.1%
35-44	9,374	16.6%	8,020	10,040	-666	-6.6%
45-54	10,130	17.9%	8,078	9,786	344	3.5%
55-59	3,474	6.1%	2,673	3,302	172	5.2%
60-64	2,366	4.2%	1,737	2,225	141	6.3%
65 and older	2,292	4.1%	1,537	2,088	204	9.8%
Information Not Available	9	0.0%	10	2	7	350.0%

Industry	38,939		32,075	38,995
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	238	0.6%	100	212	26	12.3%
Mining	54	0.1%	42	41	13	31.7%
Utilities	48	0.1%	40	38	10	26.3%
Construction	6,552	16.7%	4,501	5,965	587	9.8%
Manufacturing	895	2.3%	653	1,017	-122	-12.0%
Wholesale Trade	1,390	3.5%	1,285	1,474	-84	-5.7%
Retail Trade	1,273	3.2%	1,192	1,322	-49	-3.7%
Transporation and Warehousing	891	2.3%	695	835	56	6.7%
Information	738	1.9%	700	612	126	20.6%
Finance and Insurance	1,159	3.0%	1,071	1,336	-177	-13.2%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	867	2.2%	737	916	-49	-5.3%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	2,636	6.7%	2,475	2,459	177	7.2%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	27	0.1%	27	30	-3	-10.0%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	5,636	14.4%	4,519	5,508	128	2.3%
Educational Services	879	2.2%	790	773	106	13.7%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	2,296	5.9%	713	2,393	-97	-4.1%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	881	2.2%	2,821	970	-89	-9.2%
Accomodation and Food Services	3,906	10.0%	916	4,202	-296	-7.0%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	967	2.5%	663	1,119	-152	-13.6%
Public Administration	738	1.9%	5,913	715	23	3.2%
Information Not Available	6,868	17.5%	2,222	7,058	-190	-2.7%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Maine
	Jan 2007	Percent	Dec 2006	Jan 2006	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	13,896		10,341	13,890
Male	9,114	65.6%	6,493	8,843	271	3.1%
Female	4,782	34.4%	3,847	5,043	-261	-5.2%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	1	4	-4	-100.0%

Ethnicity	13,896		10,341	13,890
Hispanic or Latino	117	0.8%	76	82	35	42.7%
Not Hispanic or Latino	11,383	81.9%	8,723	11,548	-165	-1.4%
Information Not Available	2,396	17.2%	1,542	2,260	136	6.0%

Race	13,896		10,341	13,890
American Indian or Alaskan Native	130	0.9%	107	87	43	49.4%
Asian	51	0.4%	42	50	1	2.0%
Black or African American	102	0.7%	68	89	13	14.6%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
White	11,827	85.1%	9,013	12,094	-267	-2.2%
Information Not Available	1,786	12.9%	1,111	1,570	216	13.8%

Years of Age	13,896		10,341	13,890
Younger than 22	520	2.1%	517	528	-8	-1.5%
22-24	984	4.0%	718	936	48	5.1%
25-34	3,094	12.4%	2,211	3,190	-96	-3.0%
35-44	3,181	12.8%	2,418	3,323	-142	-4.3%
45-54	3,568	14.3%	2,759	3,463	105	3.0%
55-59	1,311	5.3%	945	1,249	62	5.0%
60-64	817	3.3%	501	766	51	6.7%
65 and older	421	1.7%	272	435	-14	-3.2%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	13,896		10,341	13,890
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	203	1.4%	185	237	-34	-14.3%
Mining	26	0.2%	14	25	1	4.0%
Utilities	14	0.1%	14	23	-9	-39.1%
Construction	3,098	22.0%	1,788	2,948	150	5.1%
Manufacturing	1,469	10.4%	1,157	1,549	-80	-5.2%
Wholesale Trade	384	2.7%	254	354	30	8.5%
Retail Trade	1,152	8.2%	817	1,213	-61	-5.0%
Transporation and Warehousing	265	1.9%	175	243	22	9.1%
Information	88	0.6%	89	82	6	7.3%
Finance and Insurance	153	1.1%	157	160	-7	-4.4%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	83	0.6%	51	95	-12	-12.6%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	191	1.4%	142	203	-12	-5.9%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	6	0.0%	5	8	-2	-25.0%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	1,050	7.4%	701	1,111	-61	-5.5%
Educational Services	142	1.0%	133	162	-20	-12.3%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	485	3.4%	482	500	-15	-3.0%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	288	2.0%	221	255	33	12.9%
Accomodation and Food Services	1,671	11.9%	1,188	1,712	-41	-2.4%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	223	1.6%	172	236	-13	-5.5%
Public Administration	242	1.7%	205	183	59	32.2%
Information Not Available	2,663	18.9%	2,391	2,591	72	2.8%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Michigan
	Jan 2007	Percent	Dec 2006	Jan 2006	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	179,085		151,013	181,575
Male	120,532	67.3%	100,299	122,736	-2,204	-1.8%
Female	58,543	32.7%	50,708	58,832	-289	-0.5%
Information Not Available	10	0.0%	6	7	3	42.9%

Ethnicity	179,085		151,013	181,575
Hispanic or Latino	7,696	4.3%	6,407	8,131	-435	-5.3%
Not Hispanic or Latino	126,999	70.9%	107,582	132,389	-5,390	-4.1%
Information Not Available	44,390	24.8%	37,024	41,055	3,335	8.1%

Race	179,085		151,013	181,575
American Indian or Alaskan Native	2,131	1.2%	1,888	1,820	311	17.1%
Asian	1,330	0.7%	968	1,336	-6	-0.4%
Black or African American	17,404	9.7%	16,448	19,749	-2,345	-11.9%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	123	0.1%	99	129	-6	-4.7%
White	105,763	59.1%	88,433	110,619	-4,856	-4.4%
Information Not Available	52,334	29.2%	43,177	47,922	4,412	9.2%

Years of Age	179,085		151,013	181,575
Younger than 22	7,066	2.5%	5,848	7,700	-634	-8.2%
22-24	11,992	4.3%	10,067	12,388	-396	-3.2%
25-34	45,138	16.3%	37,263	45,768	-630	-1.4%
35-44	46,718	16.8%	39,165	47,980	-1,262	-2.6%
45-54	43,320	15.6%	36,708	43,592	-272	-0.6%
55-59	13,270	4.8%	11,848	13,034	236	1.8%
60-64	7,105	2.6%	6,266	6,730	375	5.6%
65 and older	4,470	1.6%	3,848	4,380	90	2.1%
Information Not Available	6	0.0%	0	3	3	100.0%

Industry	179,085		151,013	181,575
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	2,242	1.2%	1,827	2,177	65	3.0%
Mining	1,225	0.7%	1,056	1,370	-145	-10.6%
Utilities	144	0.1%	148	139	5	3.6%
Construction	36,530	20.1%	28,952	39,268	-2,738	-7.0%
Manufacturing	30,029	16.6%	26,396	29,641	388	1.3%
Wholesale Trade	5,828	3.2%	4,954	5,180	648	12.5%
Retail Trade	12,597	6.9%	10,705	13,214	-617	-4.7%
Transporation and Warehousing	5,180	2.9%	3,997	5,132	48	0.9%
Information	1,310	0.7%	1,189	1,267	43	3.4%
Finance and Insurance	3,440	1.9%	3,348	2,934	506	17.2%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	2,284	1.3%	1,984	2,003	281	14.0%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	6,892	3.8%	6,116	6,536	356	5.4%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	1,607	0.9%	1,112	903	704	78.0%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	23,615	13.0%	20,080	22,437	1,178	5.3%
Educational Services	2,658	1.5%	2,779	2,882	-224	-7.8%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	7,765	4.3%	7,368	7,413	352	4.7%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	6,270	3.5%	4,651	6,086	184	3.0%
Accomodation and Food Services	8,986	5.0%	7,380	8,312	674	8.1%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	3,310	1.8%	2,927	3,383	-73	-2.2%
Public Administration	2,513	1.4%	2,284	3,311	-798	-24.1%
Information Not Available	14,660	8.1%	11,760	17,987	-3,327	-18.5%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Minnesota
	Jan 2007	Percent	Dec 2006	Jan 2006	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	63,661		55,457	72,946
Male	47,420	74.5%	40,979	55,762	-8,342	-15.0%
Female	16,222	25.5%	14,396	17,184	-962	-5.6%
Information Not Available	19	0.0%	82	0	19	0.0%

Ethnicity	63,661		55,457	72,946
Hispanic or Latino	2,217	3.5%	1,827	2,381	-164	-6.9%
Not Hispanic or Latino	56,942	89.4%	49,701	65,656	-8,714	-13.3%
Information Not Available	4,502	7.1%	3,929	4,909	-407	-8.3%

Race	63,661		55,457	72,946
American Indian or Alaskan Native	701	1.1%	689	784	-83	-10.6%
Asian	921	1.4%	815	879	42	4.8%
Black or African American	3,307	5.2%	3,007	3,556	-249	-7.0%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	265	0.4%	249	246	19	7.7%
White	55,523	87.2%	48,218	64,390	-8,867	-13.8%
Information Not Available	2,944	4.6%	2,479	3,091	-147	-4.8%

Years of Age	63,661		55,457	72,946
Younger than 22	3,089	2.6%	2,816	3,506	-417	-11.9%
22-24	4,981	4.3%	4,305	5,548	-567	-10.2%
25-34	16,400	14.0%	13,676	17,455	-1,055	-6.0%
35-44	14,920	12.8%	13,227	17,605	-2,685	-15.3%
45-54	15,447	13.2%	13,471	18,100	-2,653	-14.7%
55-59	5,021	4.3%	4,421	5,841	-820	-14.0%
60-64	2,441	2.1%	2,225	3,185	-744	-23.4%
65 and older	780	0.7%	756	1,012	-232	-22.9%
Information Not Available	582	0.5%	560	694	-112	-16.1%

Industry	63,661		55,457	72,946
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	1,078	1.7%	976	874	204	23.3%
Mining	570	0.9%	542	906	-336	-37.1%
Utilities	232	0.4%	175	310	-78	-25.2%
Construction	22,496	34.7%	19,001	28,472	-5,976	-21.0%
Manufacturing	9,825	15.2%	7,785	10,868	-1,043	-9.6%
Wholesale Trade	2,574	4.0%	2,228	3,169	-595	-18.8%
Retail Trade	3,923	6.1%	3,583	4,025	-102	-2.5%
Transporation and Warehousing	1,739	2.7%	1,593	2,430	-691	-28.4%
Information	880	1.4%	838	819	61	7.4%
Finance and Insurance	1,372	2.1%	1,249	1,199	173	14.4%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	742	1.1%	722	727	15	2.1%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	2,146	3.3%	1,985	1,850	296	16.0%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	729	1.1%	534	766	-37	-4.8%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	5,469	8.4%	5,049	5,821	-352	-6.0%
Educational Services	917	1.4%	954	929	-12	-1.3%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	2,728	4.2%	2,584	2,592	136	5.2%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	1,101	1.7%	1,035	1,248	-147	-11.8%
Accomodation and Food Services	2,533	3.9%	2,149	2,829	-296	-10.5%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	1,156	1.8%	1,028	1,418	-262	-18.5%
Public Administration	1,110	1.7%	1,132	1,324	-214	-16.2%
Information Not Available	341	0.5%	315	370	-29	-7.8%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Missouri
	Jan 2007	Percent	Dec 2006	Jan 2006	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	57,429		48,431	58,523
Male	33,817	58.9%	28,656	33,690	127	0.4%
Female	23,603	41.1%	19,773	24,818	-1,215	-4.9%
Information Not Available	9	0.0%	2	15	-6	-40.0%

Ethnicity	57,429		48,431	58,523
Hispanic or Latino	733	1.3%	586	721	12	1.7%
Not Hispanic or Latino	19,772	34.4%	17,028	16,911	2,861	16.9%
Information Not Available	36,924	64.3%	30,817	40,891	-3,967	-9.7%

Race	57,429		48,431	58,523
American Indian or Alaskan Native	436	0.8%	383	441	-5	-1.1%
Asian	338	0.6%	268	410	-72	-17.6%
Black or African American	10,904	19.0%	9,757	11,384	-480	-4.2%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	455	0.8%	318	447	8	1.8%
White	42,611	74.2%	36,024	42,973	-362	-0.8%
Information Not Available	2,685	4.7%	1,681	2,868	-183	-6.4%

Years of Age	57,429		48,431	58,523
Younger than 22	1,205	1.2%	1,894	1,366	-161	-11.8%
22-24	3,056	3.2%	3,106	3,224	-168	-5.2%
25-34	12,855	13.3%	11,611	13,006	-151	-1.2%
35-44	14,162	14.6%	12,484	15,033	-871	-5.8%
45-54	15,217	15.7%	11,731	15,090	127	0.8%
55-59	5,003	5.2%	3,751	4,870	133	2.7%
60-64	3,227	3.3%	2,189	3,191	36	1.1%
65 and older	2,702	2.8%	1,665	2,739	-37	-1.4%
Information Not Available	2	0.0%	0	4	-2	-50.0%

Industry	57,429		48,431	58,523
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	627	1.1%	462	644	-17	-2.6%
Mining	478	0.8%	458	293	185	63.1%
Utilities	81	0.1%	67	69	12	17.4%
Construction	10,185	17.5%	9,751	9,344	841	9.0%
Manufacturing	11,520	19.8%	7,489	10,731	789	7.4%
Wholesale Trade	1,678	2.9%	1,708	1,864	-186	-10.0%
Retail Trade	5,152	8.9%	4,368	5,458	-306	-5.6%
Transporation and Warehousing	2,757	4.7%	1,868	2,870	-113	-3.9%
Information	1,146	2.0%	1,148	1,160	-14	-1.2%
Finance and Insurance	1,476	2.5%	1,305	1,402	74	5.3%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	1,004	1.7%	940	1,060	-56	-5.3%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	1,293	2.2%	1,310	1,384	-91	-6.6%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	99	0.2%	98	111	-12	-10.8%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	4,687	8.1%	4,309	4,837	-150	-3.1%
Educational Services	805	1.4%	814	951	-146	-15.4%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	3,695	6.4%	3,881	4,049	-354	-8.7%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	1,818	3.1%	1,335	2,124	-306	-14.4%
Accomodation and Food Services	5,654	9.7%	4,013	6,156	-502	-8.2%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	1,503	2.6%	1,428	1,876	-373	-19.9%
Public Administration	522	0.9%	498	806	-284	-35.2%
Information Not Available	1,249	2.2%	1,181	1,334	-85	-6.4%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Mississippi
	Jan 2007	Percent	Dec 2006	Jan 2006	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	20,130		18,420	38,069
Male	10,861	54.0%	9,567	16,929	-6,068	-35.8%
Female	9,263	46.0%	8,850	21,134	-11,871	-56.2%
Information Not Available	6	0.0%	3	6	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	20,130		18,420	38,069
Hispanic or Latino	308	1.5%	285	2,179	-1,871	-85.9%
Not Hispanic or Latino	19,046	94.6%	17,568	34,041	-14,995	-44.0%
Information Not Available	776	3.9%	567	1,849	-1,073	-58.0%

Race	20,130		18,420	38,069
American Indian or Alaskan Native	35	0.2%	36	188	-153	-81.4%
Asian	74	0.4%	48	712	-638	-89.6%
Black or African American	12,321	61.2%	11,183	19,612	-7,291	-37.2%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	5	0.0%	8	19	-14	-73.7%
White	7,052	35.0%	6,785	14,749	-7,697	-52.2%
Information Not Available	643	3.2%	360	2,789	-2,146	-76.9%

Years of Age	20,130		18,420	38,069
Younger than 22	423	1.6%	699	1,502	-1,079	-71.8%
22-24	1,220	4.7%	1,286	2,477	-1,257	-50.7%
25-34	4,767	18.2%	4,418	8,849	-4,082	-46.1%
35-44	5,005	19.1%	4,594	9,224	-4,219	-45.7%
45-54	5,151	19.7%	4,571	9,225	-4,074	-44.2%
55-59	1,765	6.8%	1,465	3,135	-1,370	-43.7%
60-64	1,036	4.0%	801	1,981	-945	-47.7%
65 and older	763	2.9%	586	1,676	-913	-54.5%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	20,130		18,420	38,069
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	2,138	9.6%	1,673	2,105	33	1.6%
Mining	53	0.2%	43	55	-2	-3.6%
Utilities	25	0.1%	23	40	-15	-37.5%
Construction	1,394	6.3%	1,129	1,638	-244	-14.9%
Manufacturing	5,037	22.6%	4,887	4,850	187	3.9%
Wholesale Trade	410	1.8%	428	598	-188	-31.4%
Retail Trade	1,859	8.3%	1,675	3,858	-1,999	-51.8%
Transporation and Warehousing	554	2.5%	478	818	-264	-32.3%
Information	135	0.6%	147	296	-161	-54.4%
Finance and Insurance	235	1.1%	240	433	-198	-45.7%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	174	0.8%	175	379	-205	-54.1%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	444	2.0%	474	564	-120	-21.3%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	34	0.2%	30	22	12	54.5%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	1,539	6.9%	1,425	1,860	-321	-17.3%
Educational Services	371	1.7%	412	644	-273	-42.4%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	1,301	5.8%	1,166	2,534	-1,233	-48.7%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	168	0.8%	152	1,780	-1,612	-90.6%
Accomodation and Food Services	1,415	6.4%	1,424	8,288	-6,873	-82.9%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	357	1.6%	325	753	-396	-52.6%
Public Administration	395	1.8%	381	577	-182	-31.5%
Information Not Available	2,092	9.4%	1,733	5,977	-3,885	-65.0%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Montana
	Jan 2007	Percent	Dec 2006	Jan 2006	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	5,923		4,970	6,746
Male	4,168	70.4%	3,316	4,888	-720	-14.7%
Female	1,734	29.3%	1,631	1,826	-92	-5.0%
Information Not Available	21	0.4%	23	32	-11	-34.4%

Ethnicity	5,923		4,970	6,746
Hispanic or Latino	140	2.4%	118	174	-34	-19.5%
Not Hispanic or Latino	5,417	91.5%	4,554	6,237	-820	-13.1%
Information Not Available	366	6.2%	298	335	31	9.3%

Race	5,923		4,970	6,746
American Indian or Alaskan Native	607	10.2%	539	626	-19	-3.0%
Asian	27	0.5%	20	17	10	58.8%
Black or African American	28	0.5%	23	26	2	7.7%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	9	0.2%	8	7	2	28.6%
White	5,211	88.0%	4,344	6,030	-819	-13.6%
Information Not Available	41	0.7%	36	40	1	2.5%

Years of Age	5,923		4,970	6,746
Younger than 22	200	1.8%	167	217	-17	-7.8%
22-24	429	4.0%	354	458	-29	-6.3%
25-34	1,541	14.2%	1,194	1,533	8	0.5%
35-44	1,247	11.5%	1,036	1,532	-285	-18.6%
45-54	1,489	13.8%	1,315	1,813	-324	-17.9%
55-59	491	4.5%	440	592	-101	-17.1%
60-64	312	2.9%	269	341	-29	-8.5%
65 and older	214	2.0%	195	260	-46	-17.7%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	5,923		4,970	6,746
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	99	1.6%	94	165	-66	-40.0%
Mining	170	2.8%	128	221	-51	-23.1%
Utilities	21	0.3%	18	19	2	10.5%
Construction	1,867	31.0%	1,341	2,187	-320	-14.6%
Manufacturing	345	5.7%	255	361	-16	-4.4%
Wholesale Trade	143	2.4%	134	140	3	2.1%
Retail Trade	508	8.4%	435	536	-28	-5.2%
Transporation and Warehousing	152	2.5%	143	139	13	9.4%
Information	57	0.9%	53	55	2	3.6%
Finance and Insurance	71	1.2%	66	49	22	44.9%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	44	0.7%	43	54	-10	-18.5%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	139	2.3%	130	167	-28	-16.8%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	8	0.1%	5	3	5	166.7%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	494	8.2%	468	542	-48	-8.9%
Educational Services	136	2.3%	145	112	24	21.4%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	245	4.1%	224	292	-47	-16.1%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	142	2.4%	153	188	-46	-24.5%
Accomodation and Food Services	568	9.4%	530	617	-49	-7.9%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	125	2.1%	95	167	-42	-25.1%
Public Administration	215	3.6%	189	229	-14	-6.1%
Information Not Available	374	6.2%	321	503	-129	-25.6%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants North Carolina
	Jan 2007	Percent	Dec 2006	Jan 2006	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	80,696		72,788	82,589
Male	42,967	53.2%	36,926	42,664	303	0.7%
Female	37,726	46.8%	35,858	39,925	-2,199	-5.5%
Information Not Available	3	0.0%	4	0	3	0.0%

Ethnicity	80,696		72,788	82,589
Hispanic or Latino	3,068	3.8%	2,497	3,022	46	1.5%
Not Hispanic or Latino	75,610	93.7%	68,456	78,093	-2,483	-3.2%
Information Not Available	2,018	2.5%	1,835	1,474	544	36.9%

Race	80,696		72,788	82,589
American Indian or Alaskan Native	1,154	1.4%	1,121	1,145	9	0.8%
Asian	762	0.9%	714	886	-124	-14.0%
Black or African American	28,942	35.9%	27,046	29,779	-837	-2.8%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	75	0.1%	79	60	15	25.0%
White	44,564	55.2%	39,476	46,137	-1,573	-3.4%
Information Not Available	5,199	6.4%	4,352	4,582	617	13.5%

Years of Age	80,696		72,788	82,589
Younger than 22	2,674	2.2%	2,546	2,697	-23	-0.9%
22-24	4,708	3.9%	4,434	4,831	-123	-2.5%
25-34	18,703	15.5%	16,913	19,084	-381	-2.0%
35-44	21,079	17.4%	18,929	21,993	-914	-4.2%
45-54	19,621	16.2%	17,615	20,081	-460	-2.3%
55-59	6,882	5.7%	6,274	7,002	-120	-1.7%
60-64	4,291	3.5%	3,764	4,135	156	3.8%
65 and older	2,737	2.3%	2,313	2,766	-29	-1.0%
Information Not Available	1	0.0%	0	0	1	0.0%

Industry	80,696		72,788	82,589
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	510	0.6%	360	557	-47	-8.4%
Mining	80	0.1%	46	45	35	77.8%
Utilities	131	0.2%	103	72	59	81.9%
Construction	8,380	10.3%	5,736	7,708	672	8.7%
Manufacturing	17,248	21.2%	15,433	19,648	-2,400	-12.2%
Wholesale Trade	2,346	2.9%	2,222	2,562	-216	-8.4%
Retail Trade	5,981	7.4%	5,581	7,130	-1,149	-16.1%
Transporation and Warehousing	2,233	2.7%	1,877	2,020	213	10.5%
Information	941	1.2%	926	925	16	1.7%
Finance and Insurance	1,733	2.1%	1,708	1,735	-2	-0.1%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	1,036	1.3%	1,000	1,132	-96	-8.5%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	2,324	2.9%	2,301	2,365	-41	-1.7%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	172	0.2%	197	226	-54	-23.9%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	8,947	11.0%	8,219	8,224	723	8.8%
Educational Services	1,113	1.4%	1,226	1,153	-40	-3.5%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	4,728	5.8%	4,770	5,189	-461	-8.9%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	1,057	1.3%	920	1,208	-151	-12.5%
Accomodation and Food Services	4,795	5.9%	4,541	5,224	-429	-8.2%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	1,338	1.6%	1,292	1,547	-209	-13.5%
Public Administration	816	1.0%	768	726	90	12.4%
Information Not Available	14,787	18.2%	13,562	13,193	1,594	12.1%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants North Dakota
	Jan 2007	Percent	Dec 2006	Jan 2006	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	6,622		4,545	6,385
Male	5,536	83.6%	3,617	5,325	211	4.0%
Female	1,062	16.0%	905	1,019	43	4.2%
Information Not Available	24	0.4%	23	41	-17	-41.5%

Ethnicity	6,622		4,545	6,385
Hispanic or Latino	155	2.3%	127	160	-5	-3.1%
Not Hispanic or Latino	6,359	96.0%	4,323	6,077	282	4.6%
Information Not Available	108	1.6%	95	148	-40	-27.0%

Race	6,622		4,545	6,385
American Indian or Alaskan Native	489	7.4%	384	532	-43	-8.1%
Asian	8	0.1%	7	5	3	60.0%
Black or African American	52	0.8%	45	43	9	20.9%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	2	0.0%	1	6	-4	-66.7%
White	5,808	87.7%	3,886	5,491	317	5.8%
Information Not Available	263	4.0%	222	308	-45	-14.6%

Years of Age	6,622		4,545	6,385
Younger than 22	130	1.1%	150	140	-10	-7.1%
22-24	397	3.3%	285	374	23	6.1%
25-34	1,486	12.4%	1,034	1,470	16	1.1%
35-44	1,391	11.6%	991	1,407	-16	-1.1%
45-54	1,723	14.4%	1,177	1,678	45	2.7%
55-59	647	5.4%	412	567	80	14.1%
60-64	449	3.7%	254	380	69	18.2%
65 and older	350	2.9%	217	316	34	10.8%
Information Not Available	49	0.4%	25	53	-4	-7.5%

Industry	6,622		4,545	6,385
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	215	3.1%	162	241	-26	-10.8%
Mining	429	6.3%	271	401	28	7.0%
Utilities	20	0.3%	7	26	-6	-23.1%
Construction	2,816	41.2%	1,676	2,734	82	3.0%
Manufacturing	650	9.5%	460	500	150	30.0%
Wholesale Trade	262	3.8%	187	267	-5	-1.9%
Retail Trade	251	3.7%	218	289	-38	-13.1%
Transporation and Warehousing	263	3.8%	137	175	88	50.3%
Information	39	0.6%	37	62	-23	-37.1%
Finance and Insurance	76	1.1%	52	55	21	38.2%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	19	0.3%	15	40	-21	-52.5%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	147	2.2%	117	131	16	12.2%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	31	0.5%	18	3	28	933.3%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	272	4.0%	218	311	-39	-12.5%
Educational Services	3	0.0%	4	6	-3	-50.0%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	169	2.5%	155	138	31	22.5%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	70	1.0%	54	72	-2	-2.8%
Accomodation and Food Services	118	1.7%	109	129	-11	-8.5%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	87	1.3%	64	98	-11	-11.2%
Public Administration	338	4.9%	302	356	-18	-5.1%
Information Not Available	347	5.1%	282	351	-4	-1.1%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Nebraska
	Jan 2007	Percent	Dec 2006	Jan 2006	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	12,553		10,496	13,062
Male	7,885	62.8%	6,218	8,378	-493	-5.9%
Female	4,303	34.3%	3,932	4,678	-375	-8.0%
Information Not Available	365	2.9%	346	6	359	5983.3%

Ethnicity	12,553		10,496	13,062
Hispanic or Latino	663	5.3%	491	969	-306	-31.6%
Not Hispanic or Latino	10,095	80.4%	8,432	10,777	-682	-6.3%
Information Not Available	1,795	14.3%	1,573	1,316	479	36.4%

Race	12,553		10,496	13,062
American Indian or Alaskan Native	126	1.0%	117	175	-49	-28.0%
Asian	87	0.7%	75	86	1	1.2%
Black or African American	682	5.4%	657	1,143	-461	-40.3%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	17	0.1%	19	20	-3	-15.0%
White	5,992	47.7%	5,141	8,713	-2,721	-31.2%
Information Not Available	5,649	45.0%	4,487	2,925	2,724	93.1%

Years of Age	12,553		10,496	13,062
Younger than 22	314	1.8%	250	839	-525	-62.6%
22-24	765	4.3%	599	641	124	19.3%
25-34	2,971	16.7%	2,436	3,129	-158	-5.0%
35-44	2,964	16.6%	2,445	3,285	-321	-9.8%
45-54	3,199	17.9%	2,743	2,995	204	6.8%
55-59	1,111	6.2%	980	1,067	44	4.1%
60-64	710	4.0%	623	644	66	10.2%
65 and older	519	2.9%	420	456	63	13.8%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	6	-6	-100.0%

Industry	12,553		10,496	13,062
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	85	0.7%	70	92	-7	-7.6%
Mining	184	1.5%	79	121	63	52.1%
Utilities	19	0.2%	20	34	-15	-44.1%
Construction	2,789	22.1%	1,602	2,463	326	13.2%
Manufacturing	1,692	13.4%	1,904	1,475	217	14.7%
Wholesale Trade	412	3.3%	348	447	-35	-7.8%
Retail Trade	1,014	8.0%	897	1,238	-224	-18.1%
Transporation and Warehousing	349	2.8%	288	344	5	1.5%
Information	215	1.7%	197	225	-10	-4.4%
Finance and Insurance	292	2.3%	281	341	-49	-14.4%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	154	1.2%	117	154	0	0.0%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	386	3.1%	357	328	58	17.7%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	27	0.2%	19	24	3	12.5%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	1,311	10.4%	1,123	1,354	-43	-3.2%
Educational Services	194	1.5%	184	226	-32	-14.2%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	791	6.3%	776	885	-94	-10.6%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	174	1.4%	148	168	6	3.6%
Accomodation and Food Services	580	4.6%	494	649	-69	-10.6%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	218	1.7%	210	247	-29	-11.7%
Public Administration	323	2.6%	308	361	-38	-10.5%
Information Not Available	1,344	10.6%	1,074	1,886	-542	-28.7%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants New Hampshire
	Jan 2007	Percent	Dec 2006	Jan 2006	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	8,828		6,425	8,082
Male	5,932	67.2%	3,953	5,261	671	12.8%
Female	2,896	32.8%	2,472	2,821	75	2.7%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	8,828		6,425	8,082
Hispanic or Latino	248	2.8%	174	461	-213	-46.2%
Not Hispanic or Latino	6,279	71.1%	4,658	5,412	867	16.0%
Information Not Available	2,301	26.1%	1,593	2,209	92	4.2%

Race	8,828		6,425	8,082
American Indian or Alaskan Native	39	0.4%	25	35	4	11.4%
Asian	77	0.9%	43	122	-45	-36.9%
Black or African American	143	1.6%	108	173	-30	-17.3%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	9	0.1%	3	4	5	125.0%
White	8,109	91.9%	5,933	7,133	976	13.7%
Information Not Available	451	5.1%	313	615	-164	-26.7%

Years of Age	8,828		6,425	8,082
Younger than 22	189	1.2%	185	168	21	12.5%
22-24	451	2.8%	321	402	49	12.2%
25-34	1,640	10.1%	1,124	1,598	42	2.6%
35-44	2,137	13.1%	1,568	1,944	193	9.9%
45-54	2,487	15.3%	1,854	2,291	196	8.6%
55-59	939	5.8%	726	821	118	14.4%
60-64	642	3.9%	455	545	97	17.8%
65 and older	343	2.1%	192	313	30	9.6%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	8,828		6,425	8,082
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	45	0.5%	27	28	17	60.7%
Mining	49	0.6%	14	46	3	6.5%
Utilities	6	0.1%	3	8	-2	-25.0%
Construction	2,078	23.4%	977	1,788	290	16.2%
Manufacturing	1,140	12.8%	959	1,417	-277	-19.5%
Wholesale Trade	363	4.1%	323	335	28	8.4%
Retail Trade	919	10.4%	697	711	208	29.3%
Transporation and Warehousing	190	2.1%	116	221	-31	-14.0%
Information	103	1.2%	99	91	12	13.2%
Finance and Insurance	210	2.4%	178	155	55	35.5%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	116	1.3%	112	100	16	16.0%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	249	2.8%	244	238	11	4.6%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	8	0.1%	6	20	-12	-60.0%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	1,010	11.4%	681	882	128	14.5%
Educational Services	142	1.6%	159	124	18	14.5%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	338	3.8%	336	314	24	7.6%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	206	2.3%	189	204	2	1.0%
Accomodation and Food Services	501	5.6%	336	469	32	6.8%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	177	2.0%	169	146	31	21.2%
Public Administration	130	1.5%	142	117	13	11.1%
Information Not Available	848	9.6%	658	668	180	26.9%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants New Jersey
	Jan 2007	Percent	Dec 2006	Jan 2006	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	125,599		105,301	124,389
Male	77,229	61.5%	60,946	76,403	826	1.1%
Female	48,370	38.5%	44,355	47,986	384	0.8%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	125,599		105,301	124,389
Hispanic or Latino	25,407	20.2%	20,937	25,665	-258	-1.0%
Not Hispanic or Latino	90,495	72.1%	75,969	89,908	587	0.7%
Information Not Available	9,697	7.7%	8,395	8,816	881	10.0%

Race	125,599		105,301	124,389
American Indian or Alaskan Native	502	0.4%	428	469	33	7.0%
Asian	3,170	2.5%	2,825	3,111	59	1.9%
Black or African American	23,890	19.0%	22,136	23,382	508	2.2%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	902	0.7%	766	845	57	6.7%
White	77,916	62.0%	62,739	77,617	299	0.4%
Information Not Available	19,218	15.3%	16,407	18,965	253	1.3%

Years of Age	125,599		105,301	124,389
Younger than 22	13,748	6.9%	11,507	10,531	3,217	30.5%
22-24	9,036	4.5%	7,766	9,065	-29	-0.3%
25-34	28,278	14.2%	24,058	28,746	-468	-1.6%
35-44	32,483	16.3%	26,959	32,335	148	0.5%
45-54	25,178	12.7%	20,777	25,464	-286	-1.1%
55-59	8,314	4.2%	7,001	8,724	-410	-4.7%
60-64	4,497	2.3%	3,794	5,073	-576	-11.4%
65 and older	4,065	2.0%	3,439	4,451	-386	-8.7%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	125,599		105,301	124,389
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	1,042	0.8%	733	1,048	-6	-0.6%
Mining	181	0.1%	64	131	50	38.2%
Utilities	180	0.1%	162	261	-81	-31.0%
Construction	18,106	14.3%	11,995	16,572	1,534	9.3%
Manufacturing	10,988	8.7%	9,508	10,988	0	0.0%
Wholesale Trade	6,328	5.0%	5,799	5,895	433	7.3%
Retail Trade	13,492	10.7%	11,161	12,677	815	6.4%
Transporation and Warehousing	4,743	3.7%	3,956	4,600	143	3.1%
Information	2,256	1.8%	2,177	2,028	228	11.2%
Finance and Insurance	3,865	3.1%	3,718	3,518	347	9.9%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	2,273	1.8%	2,002	1,776	497	28.0%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	5,652	4.5%	5,072	4,851	801	16.5%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	435	0.3%	377	260	175	67.3%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	16,478	13.0%	13,034	15,108	1,370	9.1%
Educational Services	3,159	2.5%	3,937	3,049	110	3.6%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	8,062	6.4%	7,981	7,663	399	5.2%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	3,974	3.1%	2,809	3,984	-10	-0.3%
Accomodation and Food Services	10,570	8.3%	8,826	8,514	2,056	24.1%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	2,734	2.2%	2,527	2,635	99	3.8%
Public Administration	1,758	1.4%	1,555	1,666	92	5.5%
Information Not Available	9,323	7.4%	7,908	17,165	-7,842	-45.7%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants New Mexico
	Jan 2007	Percent	Dec 2006	Jan 2006	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	12,246		11,559	10,065
Male	7,357	60.1%	6,648	5,714	1,643	28.8%
Female	4,889	39.9%	4,911	4,232	657	15.5%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	119	-119	-100.0%

Ethnicity	12,246		11,559	10,065
Hispanic or Latino	6,966	56.9%	6,418	5,694	1,272	22.3%
Not Hispanic or Latino	4,932	40.3%	4,799	3,929	1,003	25.5%
Information Not Available	348	2.8%	342	442	-94	-21.3%

Race	12,246		11,559	10,065
American Indian or Alaskan Native	1,254	10.2%	1,159	864	390	45.1%
Asian	110	0.9%	105	100	10	10.0%
Black or African American	382	3.1%	376	368	14	3.8%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	22	0.2%	22	0	22	0.0%
White	5,840	47.7%	5,610	2,945	2,895	98.3%
Information Not Available	4,638	37.9%	4,287	5,788	-1,150	-19.9%

Years of Age	12,246		11,559	10,065
Younger than 22	430	2.5%	427	185	245	132.4%
22-24	754	4.3%	704	418	336	80.4%
25-34	2,665	15.3%	2,511	1,732	933	53.9%
35-44	3,107	17.9%	2,885	2,127	980	46.1%
45-54	3,166	18.2%	2,966	2,397	769	32.1%
55-59	1,041	6.0%	1,038	811	230	28.4%
60-64	681	3.9%	633	496	185	37.3%
65 and older	402	2.3%	395	1,899	-1,497	-78.8%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	12,246		11,559	10,065
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	825	6.3%	675	796	29	3.6%
Mining	114	0.9%	92	123	-9	-7.3%
Utilities	20	0.2%	22	19	1	5.3%
Construction	2,019	15.4%	1,670	1,434	585	40.8%
Manufacturing	878	6.7%	804	621	257	41.4%
Wholesale Trade	273	2.1%	251	271	2	0.7%
Retail Trade	713	5.5%	709	900	-187	-20.8%
Transporation and Warehousing	221	1.7%	179	229	-8	-3.5%
Information	665	5.1%	713	185	480	259.5%
Finance and Insurance	242	1.9%	270	223	19	8.5%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	132	1.0%	136	175	-43	-24.6%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	398	3.0%	382	447	-49	-11.0%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	28	0.2%	28	8	20	250.0%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	738	5.6%	742	644	94	14.6%
Educational Services	263	2.0%	294	340	-77	-22.6%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	850	6.5%	895	854	-4	-0.5%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	202	1.5%	175	210	-8	-3.8%
Accomodation and Food Services	551	4.2%	516	633	-82	-13.0%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	219	1.7%	230	224	-5	-2.2%
Public Administration	328	2.5%	346	319	9	2.8%
Information Not Available	2,567	19.6%	2,430	1,410	1,157	82.1%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Nevada
	Jan 2007	Percent	Dec 2006	Jan 2006	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	23,616		23,349	18,389
Male	14,536	61.6%	14,087	10,841	3,695	34.1%
Female	9,077	38.4%	9,260	7,542	1,535	20.4%
Information Not Available	3	0.0%	2	6	-3	-50.0%

Ethnicity	23,616		23,349	18,389
Hispanic or Latino	3,995	16.9%	3,762	2,474	1,521	61.5%
Not Hispanic or Latino	15,050	63.7%	15,050	12,111	2,939	24.3%
Information Not Available	4,571	19.4%	4,537	3,804	767	20.2%

Race	23,616		23,349	18,389
American Indian or Alaskan Native	504	2.1%	419	413	91	22.0%
Asian	1,024	4.3%	1,106	842	182	21.6%
Black or African American	2,415	10.2%	2,502	1,785	630	35.3%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	348	1.5%	358	280	68	24.3%
White	16,023	67.8%	15,814	12,770	3,253	25.5%
Information Not Available	3,302	14.0%	3,150	2,299	1,003	43.6%

Years of Age	23,616		23,349	18,389
Younger than 22	485	1.3%	625	331	154	46.5%
22-24	1,032	2.7%	1,056	817	215	26.3%
25-34	4,654	12.2%	4,405	3,377	1,277	37.8%
35-44	5,788	15.2%	5,906	4,611	1,177	25.5%
45-54	6,300	16.6%	6,265	5,049	1,251	24.8%
55-59	2,395	6.3%	2,361	1,920	475	24.7%
60-64	1,634	4.3%	1,493	1,252	382	30.5%
65 and older	1,294	3.4%	1,197	1,003	291	29.0%
Information Not Available	34	0.1%	41	29	5	17.2%

Industry	23,616		23,349	18,389
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	29	0.1%	23	22	7	31.8%
Mining	118	0.5%	94	109	9	8.3%
Utilities	25	0.1%	23	42	-17	-40.5%
Construction	6,486	27.4%	5,374	4,288	2,198	51.3%
Manufacturing	1,118	4.7%	1,125	891	227	25.5%
Wholesale Trade	551	2.3%	509	461	90	19.5%
Retail Trade	1,781	7.5%	1,462	1,449	332	22.9%
Transporation and Warehousing	637	2.7%	565	500	137	27.4%
Information	215	0.9%	256	233	-18	-7.7%
Finance and Insurance	638	2.7%	596	476	162	34.0%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	531	2.2%	497	386	145	37.6%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	743	3.1%	654	550	193	35.1%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	83	0.4%	87	100	-17	-17.0%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	2,506	10.6%	3,518	2,089	417	20.0%
Educational Services	217	0.9%	217	165	52	31.5%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	859	3.6%	817	779	80	10.3%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	541	2.3%	531	521	20	3.8%
Accomodation and Food Services	4,129	17.5%	4,519	2,881	1,248	43.3%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	458	1.9%	384	338	120	35.5%
Public Administration	402	1.7%	446	402	0	0.0%
Information Not Available	1,549	6.6%	1,652	1,707	-158	-9.3%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants New York
	Jan 2007	Percent	Dec 2006	Jan 2006	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	205,335		175,997	216,061
Male	130,010	63.3%	105,580	135,692	-5,682	-4.2%
Female	75,325	36.7%	70,417	80,369	-5,044	-6.3%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	205,335		175,997	216,061
Hispanic or Latino	31,528	15.4%	26,655	32,868	-1,340	-4.1%
Not Hispanic or Latino	145,292	70.8%	125,599	156,166	-10,874	-7.0%
Information Not Available	28,515	13.9%	23,743	27,027	1,488	5.5%

Race	205,335		175,997	216,061
American Indian or Alaskan Native	1,479	0.7%	1,210	1,647	-168	-10.2%
Asian	5,032	2.5%	4,647	5,978	-946	-15.8%
Black or African American	26,556	12.9%	25,845	29,096	-2,540	-8.7%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	300	0.1%	274	360	-60	-16.7%
White	123,010	59.9%	102,165	132,526	-9,516	-7.2%
Information Not Available	48,958	23.8%	41,856	46,454	2,504	5.4%

Years of Age	205,335		175,997	216,061
Younger than 22	8,470	2.7%	7,087	8,539	-69	-0.8%
22-24	13,680	4.3%	11,481	14,362	-682	-4.7%
25-34	49,687	15.6%	42,475	52,082	-2,395	-4.6%
35-44	53,359	16.7%	45,394	57,487	-4,128	-7.2%
45-54	46,557	14.6%	39,581	48,193	-1,636	-3.4%
55-59	16,228	5.1%	14,338	16,773	-545	-3.2%
60-64	9,443	3.0%	8,436	9,902	-459	-4.6%
65 and older	7,911	2.5%	7,205	8,723	-812	-9.3%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	205,335		175,997	216,061
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	1,169	0.6%	807	1,257	-88	-7.0%
Mining	1,586	0.8%	806	1,162	424	36.5%
Utilities	204	0.1%	204	156	48	30.8%
Construction	40,036	19.4%	27,825	42,647	-2,611	-6.1%
Manufacturing	18,375	8.9%	17,071	19,689	-1,314	-6.7%
Wholesale Trade	8,158	4.0%	7,541	8,520	-362	-4.2%
Retail Trade	17,073	8.3%	14,346	17,598	-525	-3.0%
Transporation and Warehousing	6,212	3.0%	5,102	6,361	-149	-2.3%
Information	5,448	2.6%	4,867	5,754	-306	-5.3%
Finance and Insurance	8,469	4.1%	8,208	8,491	-22	-0.3%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	4,170	2.0%	4,256	4,203	-33	-0.8%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	10,798	5.2%	10,518	10,722	76	0.7%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	697	0.3%	691	714	-17	-2.4%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	23,757	11.5%	19,642	23,632	125	0.5%
Educational Services	5,258	2.5%	5,697	5,705	-447	-7.8%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	13,994	6.8%	14,736	15,488	-1,494	-9.6%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	9,536	4.6%	7,779	9,765	-229	-2.3%
Accomodation and Food Services	14,786	7.2%	10,827	16,003	-1,217	-7.6%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	5,840	2.8%	5,421	6,052	-212	-3.5%
Public Administration	6,683	3.2%	6,238	7,093	-410	-5.8%
Information Not Available	3,086	1.5%	3,415	5,049	-1,963	-38.9%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Ohio
	Jan 2007	Percent	Dec 2006	Jan 2006	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	129,283		103,060	130,559
Male	89,179	69.0%	68,828	89,715	-536	-0.6%
Female	39,763	30.8%	33,934	40,584	-821	-2.0%
Information Not Available	341	0.3%	298	260	81	31.2%

Ethnicity	129,283		103,060	130,559
Hispanic or Latino	4,476	3.5%	3,566	4,334	142	3.3%
Not Hispanic or Latino	119,729	92.6%	95,340	121,975	-2,246	-1.8%
Information Not Available	5,078	3.9%	4,154	4,250	828	19.5%

Race	129,283		103,060	130,559
American Indian or Alaskan Native	564	0.4%	491	566	-2	-0.4%
Asian	479	0.4%	392	466	13	2.8%
Black or African American	18,171	14.1%	15,327	18,412	-241	-1.3%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	83	0.1%	82	105	-22	-21.0%
White	104,519	80.8%	82,401	105,753	-1,234	-1.2%
Information Not Available	5,467	4.2%	4,367	5,257	210	4.0%

Years of Age	129,283		103,060	130,559
Younger than 22	4,113	1.8%	3,348	4,272	-159	-3.7%
22-24	7,029	3.1%	5,619	7,481	-452	-6.0%
25-34	30,101	13.2%	24,044	31,115	-1,014	-3.3%
35-44	34,738	15.2%	27,195	35,784	-1,046	-2.9%
45-54	35,787	15.6%	28,147	35,027	760	2.2%
55-59	11,376	5.0%	9,410	10,834	542	5.0%
60-64	5,015	2.2%	4,249	4,787	228	4.8%
65 and older	1,124	0.5%	1,048	1,259	-135	-10.7%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	129,283		103,060	130,559
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	1,012	0.8%	753	1,134	-122	-10.8%
Mining	648	0.5%	403	702	-54	-7.7%
Utilities	149	0.1%	136	175	-26	-14.9%
Construction	32,252	24.8%	23,560	35,193	-2,941	-8.4%
Manufacturing	31,768	24.4%	23,072	28,486	3,282	11.5%
Wholesale Trade	4,317	3.3%	3,700	4,277	40	0.9%
Retail Trade	6,572	5.0%	5,549	6,522	50	0.8%
Transporation and Warehousing	4,583	3.5%	3,356	4,197	386	9.2%
Information	1,239	1.0%	1,145	1,179	60	5.1%
Finance and Insurance	2,483	1.9%	2,439	2,998	-515	-17.2%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	1,568	1.2%	1,447	1,518	50	3.3%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	3,805	2.9%	3,511	3,955	-150	-3.8%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	329	0.3%	281	275	54	19.6%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	16,541	12.7%	13,756	16,042	499	3.1%
Educational Services	1,676	1.3%	1,757	2,113	-437	-20.7%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	5,549	4.3%	5,429	6,029	-480	-8.0%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	2,666	2.0%	2,160	2,984	-318	-10.7%
Accomodation and Food Services	4,464	3.4%	3,830	4,801	-337	-7.0%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	2,461	1.9%	2,298	2,730	-269	-9.9%
Public Administration	1,306	1.0%	1,154	1,448	-142	-9.8%
Information Not Available	3,895	3.0%	3,324	3,801	94	2.5%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Oklahoma
	Jan 2007	Percent	Dec 2006	Jan 2006	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	15,391		14,472	15,643
Male	8,352	54.3%	7,671	7,691	661	8.6%
Female	6,983	45.4%	6,750	7,912	-929	-11.7%
Information Not Available	56	0.4%	51	40	16	40.0%

Ethnicity	15,391		14,472	15,643
Hispanic or Latino	1,259	8.2%	1,112	1,110	149	13.4%
Not Hispanic or Latino	14,132	91.8%	13,360	14,533	-401	-2.8%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Race	15,391		14,472	15,643
American Indian or Alaskan Native	1,381	9.0%	1,323	1,274	107	8.4%
Asian	129	0.8%	120	246	-117	-47.6%
Black or African American	2,319	15.1%	2,263	2,261	58	2.6%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	14	0.1%	12	14	0	0.0%
White	9,388	61.0%	8,946	9,820	-432	-4.4%
Information Not Available	2,160	14.0%	1,808	2,028	132	6.5%

Years of Age	15,391		14,472	15,643
Younger than 22	266	1.1%	263	303	-37	-12.2%
22-24	718	3.0%	683	784	-66	-8.4%
25-34	3,416	14.3%	3,310	3,525	-109	-3.1%
35-44	3,986	16.6%	3,718	4,103	-117	-2.9%
45-54	4,234	17.7%	3,963	4,036	198	4.9%
55-59	1,407	5.9%	1,261	1,388	19	1.4%
60-64	823	3.4%	781	877	-54	-6.2%
65 and older	541	2.3%	493	627	-86	-13.7%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	15,391		14,472	15,643
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	53	0.3%	36	43	10	23.3%
Mining	326	2.1%	346	281	45	16.0%
Utilities	44	0.3%	41	44	0	0.0%
Construction	1,781	11.5%	1,654	1,291	490	38.0%
Manufacturing	3,117	20.2%	2,426	2,366	751	31.7%
Wholesale Trade	528	3.4%	526	657	-129	-19.6%
Retail Trade	1,453	9.4%	1,430	1,757	-304	-17.3%
Transporation and Warehousing	317	2.1%	361	386	-69	-17.9%
Information	467	3.0%	469	554	-87	-15.7%
Finance and Insurance	465	3.0%	484	486	-21	-4.3%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	320	2.1%	294	351	-31	-8.8%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	656	4.2%	671	783	-127	-16.2%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	15	0.1%	20	26	-11	-42.3%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	1,699	11.0%	1,650	1,670	29	1.7%
Educational Services	291	1.9%	333	363	-72	-19.8%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	1,328	8.6%	1,392	1,591	-263	-16.5%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	270	1.7%	242	327	-57	-17.4%
Accomodation and Food Services	693	4.5%	608	816	-123	-15.1%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	484	3.1%	482	580	-96	-16.6%
Public Administration	564	3.7%	525	702	-138	-19.7%
Information Not Available	520	3.4%	482	569	-49	-8.6%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Oregon
	Jan 2007	Percent	Dec 2006	Jan 2006	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	50,626		45,281	52,413
Male	31,852	62.9%	28,235	32,094	-242	-0.8%
Female	18,771	37.1%	17,044	20,316	-1,545	-7.6%
Information Not Available	3	0.0%	2	3	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	50,626		45,281	52,413
Hispanic or Latino	5,064	10.0%	4,471	4,948	116	2.3%
Not Hispanic or Latino	36,827	72.7%	32,505	36,061	766	2.1%
Information Not Available	8,735	17.3%	8,305	11,404	-2,669	-23.4%

Race	50,626		45,281	52,413
American Indian or Alaskan Native	618	1.2%	536	741	-123	-16.6%
Asian	707	1.4%	680	971	-264	-27.2%
Black or African American	686	1.4%	639	790	-104	-13.2%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	302	0.6%	304	348	-46	-13.2%
White	26,542	52.4%	23,926	30,015	-3,473	-11.6%
Information Not Available	21,771	43.0%	19,196	19,548	2,223	11.4%

Years of Age	50,626		45,281	52,413
Younger than 22	1,181	1.6%	1,679	1,344	-163	-12.1%
22-24	2,898	3.9%	2,735	2,982	-84	-2.8%
25-34	11,612	15.6%	10,578	11,714	-102	-0.9%
35-44	12,343	16.6%	11,256	13,138	-795	-6.1%
45-54	13,298	17.9%	11,732	13,790	-492	-3.6%
55-59	4,726	6.4%	3,901	4,927	-201	-4.1%
60-64	2,874	3.9%	2,145	2,760	114	4.1%
65 and older	1,694	2.3%	1,255	1,757	-63	-3.6%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	1	-1	-100.0%

Industry	50,626		45,281	52,413
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	2,744	5.1%	2,574	2,968	-224	-7.5%
Mining	225	0.4%	172	191	34	17.8%
Utilities	146	0.3%	131	106	40	37.7%
Construction	8,393	15.7%	6,799	7,560	833	11.0%
Manufacturing	8,141	15.3%	7,586	8,121	20	0.2%
Wholesale Trade	1,645	3.1%	1,523	1,674	-29	-1.7%
Retail Trade	5,315	10.0%	4,424	5,689	-374	-6.6%
Transporation and Warehousing	1,626	3.0%	1,418	1,672	-46	-2.8%
Information	864	1.6%	844	951	-87	-9.1%
Finance and Insurance	1,279	2.4%	1,224	1,187	92	7.8%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	811	1.5%	734	829	-18	-2.2%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	1,430	2.7%	1,324	1,449	-19	-1.3%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	132	0.2%	139	179	-47	-26.3%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	4,923	9.2%	4,306	4,942	-19	-0.4%
Educational Services	799	1.5%	783	869	-70	-8.1%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	3,335	6.2%	3,156	3,661	-326	-8.9%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	770	1.4%	698	860	-90	-10.5%
Accomodation and Food Services	3,638	6.8%	3,194	4,228	-590	-14.0%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	1,151	2.2%	1,097	1,341	-190	-14.2%
Public Administration	1,262	2.4%	1,099	1,345	-83	-6.2%
Information Not Available	1,997	3.7%	2,056	2,591	-594	-22.9%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Pennsylvania
	Jan 2007	Percent	Dec 2006	Jan 2006	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	192,164		160,163	219,643
Male	126,633	65.9%	100,115	140,159	-13,526	-9.7%
Female	65,531	34.1%	60,048	79,484	-13,953	-17.6%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	192,164		160,163	219,643
Hispanic or Latino	7,852	4.1%	5,440	6,652	1,200	18.0%
Not Hispanic or Latino	176,058	91.6%	146,982	203,701	-27,643	-13.6%
Information Not Available	8,254	4.3%	7,741	9,290	-1,036	-11.2%

Race	192,164		160,163	219,643
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	23,958	12.5%	22,178	25,004	-1,046	-4.2%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
White	150,087	78.1%	123,026	176,518	-26,431	-15.0%
Information Not Available	18,119	9.4%	14,959	18,121	-2	0.0%

Years of Age	192,164		160,163	219,643
Younger than 22	24,058	7.1%	20,400	27,527	-3,469	-12.6%
22-24	14,294	4.2%	12,240	11,126	3,168	28.5%
25-34	45,399	13.3%	39,125	52,646	-7,247	-13.8%
35-44	51,036	15.0%	38,916	60,101	-9,065	-15.1%
45-54	35,634	10.5%	29,710	40,716	-5,082	-12.5%
55-59	8,355	2.5%	8,055	11,126	-2,771	-24.9%
60-64	2,013	0.6%	2,092	3,670	-1,657	-45.1%
65 and older	1,510	0.4%	1,465	2,638	-1,128	-42.8%
Information Not Available	9,865	2.9%	8,160	10,093	-228	-2.3%

Industry	192,164		160,163	219,643
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	1,510	0.8%	1,360	1,606	-96	-6.0%
Mining	2,517	1.3%	2,092	2,409	108	4.5%
Utilities	101	0.1%	105	229	-128	-55.9%
Construction	39,963	20.6%	27,408	43,125	-3,162	-7.3%
Manufacturing	27,380	14.1%	22,909	32,344	-4,964	-15.3%
Wholesale Trade	7,248	3.7%	6,277	7,341	-93	-1.3%
Retail Trade	16,911	8.7%	15,797	22,595	-5,684	-25.2%
Transporation and Warehousing	6,946	3.6%	5,649	6,767	179	2.6%
Information	3,020	1.6%	3,138	3,441	-421	-12.2%
Finance and Insurance	4,328	2.2%	3,348	6,767	-2,439	-36.0%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	1,812	0.9%	1,883	2,179	-367	-16.8%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	6,845	3.5%	5,963	8,029	-1,184	-14.7%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	3,322	1.7%	3,034	1,376	1,946	141.4%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	18,622	9.6%	16,634	21,219	-2,597	-12.2%
Educational Services	3,221	1.7%	3,243	3,670	-449	-12.2%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	10,771	5.6%	11,507	13,649	-2,878	-21.1%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	5,637	2.9%	4,603	6,423	-786	-12.2%
Accomodation and Food Services	12,985	6.7%	8,160	14,681	-1,696	-11.6%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	3,624	1.9%	3,557	5,850	-2,226	-38.1%
Public Administration	2,013	1.0%	1,465	2,409	-396	-16.4%
Information Not Available	13,388	6.9%	12,031	13,534	-146	-1.1%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Puerto Rico
	Jan 2007	Percent	Dec 2006	Jan 2006	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	32,256		32,789	31,805
Male	16,931	52.5%	17,189	16,940	-9	-0.1%
Female	15,325	47.5%	15,600	14,865	460	3.1%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	32,256		32,789	31,805
Hispanic or Latino	31,634	98.1%	32,170	30,977	657	2.1%
Not Hispanic or Latino	193	0.6%	216	272	-79	-29.0%
Information Not Available	429	1.3%	403	556	-127	-22.8%

Race	32,256		32,789	31,805
American Indian or Alaskan Native	635	2.0%	557	7,521	-6,886	-91.6%
Asian	87	0.3%	77	76	11	14.5%
Black or African American	1,845	5.7%	2,076	1,520	325	21.4%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	17	0.1%	16	40	-23	-57.5%
White	7,887	24.5%	8,317	9,951	-2,064	-20.7%
Information Not Available	21,785	67.5%	21,746	12,697	9,088	71.6%

Years of Age	32,256		32,789	31,805
Younger than 22	1,867	4.8%	1,941	1,960	-93	-4.7%
22-24	3,143	8.0%	3,309	3,233	-90	-2.8%
25-34	10,636	27.2%	11,067	10,631	5	0.0%
35-44	7,906	20.2%	7,842	7,566	340	4.5%
45-54	5,492	14.0%	5,461	5,352	140	2.6%
55-59	1,817	4.6%	1,769	1,654	163	9.9%
60-64	1,002	2.6%	988	970	32	3.3%
65 and older	393	1.0%	412	439	-46	-10.5%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	32,256		32,789	31,805
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
Mining	44	0.1%	40	28	16	57.1%
Utilities	818	2.5%	802	827	-9	-1.1%
Construction	4,694	14.6%	4,664	5,159	-465	-9.0%
Manufacturing	5,464	16.9%	4,759	5,295	169	3.2%
Wholesale Trade	6,326	19.6%	6,178	6,148	178	2.9%
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	1,059	3.3%	1,134	867	192	22.1%
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)	9,235	28.6%	9,975	9,234	1	0.0%
Public Administration	2,220	6.9%	2,882	3,294	-1,074	-32.6%
Information Not Available	2,396	7.4%	2,355	953	1,443	151.4%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Rhode Island
	Jan 2007	Percent	Dec 2006	Jan 2006	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	14,854		12,099	14,887
Male	9,200	61.9%	7,027	9,416	-216	-2.3%
Female	5,654	38.1%	5,072	5,471	183	3.3%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	14,854		12,099	14,887
Hispanic or Latino	2,174	14.6%	1,826	2,241	-67	-3.0%
Not Hispanic or Latino	8,934	60.1%	7,257	9,134	-200	-2.2%
Information Not Available	3,746	25.2%	3,016	3,512	234	6.7%

Race	14,854		12,099	14,887
American Indian or Alaskan Native	113	0.8%	87	116	-3	-2.6%
Asian	184	1.2%	143	161	23	14.3%
Black or African American	570	3.8%	517	490	80	16.3%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	49	0.3%	48	51	-2	-3.9%
White	10,390	69.9%	8,337	10,651	-261	-2.5%
Information Not Available	3,548	23.9%	2,967	3,418	130	3.8%

Years of Age	14,854		12,099	14,887
Younger than 22	582	2.4%	431	572	10	1.7%
22-24	938	3.8%	723	896	42	4.7%
25-34	3,218	13.2%	2,582	3,292	-74	-2.2%
35-44	3,848	15.8%	3,161	4,072	-224	-5.5%
45-54	3,563	14.6%	2,935	3,461	102	2.9%
55-59	1,225	5.0%	957	1,225	0	0.0%
60-64	857	3.5%	761	762	95	12.5%
65 and older	623	2.6%	549	607	16	2.6%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	14,854		12,099	14,887
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	197	1.3%	99	152	45	29.6%
Mining	64	0.4%	11	59	5	8.5%
Utilities	8	0.1%	11	10	-2	-20.0%
Construction	2,699	17.9%	1,767	2,899	-200	-6.9%
Manufacturing	1,986	13.2%	1,828	2,236	-250	-11.2%
Wholesale Trade	532	3.5%	459	474	58	12.2%
Retail Trade	1,220	8.1%	1,087	1,098	122	11.1%
Transporation and Warehousing	322	2.1%	272	372	-50	-13.4%
Information	252	1.7%	240	203	49	24.1%
Finance and Insurance	584	3.9%	586	579	5	0.9%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	285	1.9%	256	242	43	17.8%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	494	3.3%	428	422	72	17.1%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	60	0.4%	54	65	-5	-7.7%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	2,029	13.5%	1,467	2,158	-129	-6.0%
Educational Services	291	1.9%	326	200	91	45.5%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	919	6.1%	936	752	167	22.2%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	547	3.6%	410	612	-65	-10.6%
Accomodation and Food Services	1,375	9.1%	975	1,384	-9	-0.7%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	440	2.9%	399	433	7	1.6%
Public Administration	111	0.7%	93	116	-5	-4.3%
Information Not Available	439	2.9%	395	421	18	4.3%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants South Carolina
	Jan 2007	Percent	Dec 2006	Jan 2006	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	44,353		41,014	42,957
Male	22,669	51.1%	20,238	20,784	1,885	9.1%
Female	21,684	48.9%	20,776	22,173	-489	-2.2%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	44,353		41,014	42,957
Hispanic or Latino	852	1.9%	766	802	50	6.2%
Not Hispanic or Latino	35,503	80.0%	33,138	35,320	183	0.5%
Information Not Available	7,998	18.0%	7,110	6,835	1,163	17.0%

Race	44,353		41,014	42,957
American Indian or Alaskan Native	504	1.1%	361	354	150	42.4%
Asian	221	0.5%	192	220	1	0.5%
Black or African American	21,891	49.4%	20,743	20,712	1,179	5.7%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	94	0.2%	67	99	-5	-5.1%
White	20,776	46.8%	18,887	20,769	7	0.0%
Information Not Available	867	2.0%	764	803	64	8.0%

Years of Age	44,353		41,014	42,957
Younger than 22	936	1.5%	2,045	989	-53	-5.4%
22-24	1,361	2.2%	1,648	1,459	-98	-6.7%
25-34	9,062	14.5%	8,659	9,005	57	0.6%
35-44	8,855	14.1%	8,606	9,134	-279	-3.1%
45-54	9,256	14.8%	8,299	9,032	224	2.5%
55-59	3,358	5.4%	2,810	3,141	217	6.9%
60-64	2,458	3.9%	1,603	2,251	207	9.2%
65 and older	1,513	2.4%	949	1,436	77	5.4%
Information Not Available	7,554	12.1%	6,395	6,510	1,044	16.0%

Industry	44,353		41,014	42,957
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	291	0.7%	232	271	20	7.4%
Mining	24	0.1%	24	26	-2	-7.7%
Utilities	72	0.2%	57	52	20	38.5%
Construction	4,442	9.9%	3,753	3,419	1,023	29.9%
Manufacturing	10,277	23.0%	9,877	9,030	1,247	13.8%
Wholesale Trade	1,650	3.7%	1,523	1,539	111	7.2%
Retail Trade	4,128	9.2%	3,894	4,806	-678	-14.1%
Transporation and Warehousing	1,030	2.3%	895	1,162	-132	-11.4%
Information	360	0.8%	396	466	-106	-22.7%
Finance and Insurance	858	1.9%	865	821	37	4.5%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	723	1.6%	686	748	-25	-3.3%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	994	2.2%	1,020	1,026	-32	-3.1%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	76	0.2%	70	42	34	81.0%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	6,159	13.8%	5,473	5,992	167	2.8%
Educational Services	474	1.1%	514	470	4	0.9%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	2,057	4.6%	2,170	2,215	-158	-7.1%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	701	1.6%	493	734	-33	-4.5%
Accomodation and Food Services	5,547	12.4%	4,908	5,531	16	0.3%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	880	2.0%	881	910	-30	-3.3%
Public Administration	600	1.3%	605	581	19	3.3%
Information Not Available	3,010	6.7%	2,678	3,116	-106	-3.4%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants South Dakota
	Jan 2007	Percent	Dec 2006	Jan 2006	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	3,598		2,693	4,031
Male	2,635	73.2%	1,856	2,864	-229	-8.0%
Female	963	26.8%	837	1,167	-204	-17.5%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	3,598		2,693	4,031
Hispanic or Latino	91	2.5%	69	92	-1	-1.1%
Not Hispanic or Latino	3,292	91.5%	2,455	3,693	-401	-10.9%
Information Not Available	215	6.0%	169	246	-31	-12.6%

Race	3,598		2,693	4,031
American Indian or Alaskan Native	399	11.1%	340	436	-37	-8.5%
Asian	2	0.1%	3	12	-10	-83.3%
Black or African American	58	1.6%	51	47	11	23.4%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	2	0.1%	1	1	1	100.0%
White	2,939	81.7%	2,149	3,304	-365	-11.0%
Information Not Available	198	5.5%	149	231	-33	-14.3%

Years of Age	3,598		2,693	4,031
Younger than 22	60	1.0%	45	77	-17	-22.1%
22-24	209	3.4%	144	228	-19	-8.3%
25-34	885	14.3%	665	962	-77	-8.0%
35-44	712	11.5%	541	700	12	1.7%
45-54	923	14.9%	686	1,114	-191	-17.1%
55-59	464	7.5%	378	572	-108	-18.9%
60-64	345	5.6%	234	378	-33	-8.7%
65 and older	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	3,598		2,693	4,031
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	44	1.2%	39	44	0	0.0%
Mining	96	2.6%	60	100	-4	-4.0%
Utilities	13	0.4%	3	16	-3	-18.8%
Construction	1,434	39.4%	950	1,508	-74	-4.9%
Manufacturing	399	11.0%	309	360	39	10.8%
Wholesale Trade	110	3.0%	74	110	0	0.0%
Retail Trade	222	6.1%	173	288	-66	-22.9%
Transporation and Warehousing	143	3.9%	98	145	-2	-1.4%
Information	32	0.9%	22	33	-1	-3.0%
Finance and Insurance	50	1.4%	57	76	-26	-34.2%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	28	0.8%	26	43	-15	-34.9%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	52	1.4%	48	59	-7	-11.9%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	3	0.1%	0	2	1	50.0%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	188	5.2%	170	213	-25	-11.7%
Educational Services	66	1.8%	63	86	-20	-23.3%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	130	3.6%	117	182	-52	-28.6%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	55	1.5%	41	81	-26	-32.1%
Accomodation and Food Services	254	7.0%	174	345	-91	-26.4%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	38	1.0%	30	53	-15	-28.3%
Public Administration	170	4.7%	147	197	-27	-13.7%
Information Not Available	71	1.9%	92	90	-19	-21.1%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Tennessee
	Jan 2007	Percent	Dec 2006	Jan 2006	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	47,199		39,762	51,940
Male	26,497	56.1%	20,842	28,422	-1,925	-6.8%
Female	20,702	43.9%	18,920	23,518	-2,816	-12.0%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	47,199		39,762	51,940
Hispanic or Latino	526	1.1%	469	531	-5	-0.9%
Not Hispanic or Latino	46,673	98.9%	39,293	51,409	-4,736	-9.2%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Race	47,199		39,762	51,940
American Indian or Alaskan Native	91	0.2%	77	52	39	75.0%
Asian	1,980	4.2%	492	1,172	808	68.9%
Black or African American	13,691	29.0%	11,053	12,192	1,499	12.3%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	267	0.6%	249	183	84	45.9%
White	30,736	65.1%	27,493	37,878	-7,142	-18.9%
Information Not Available	434	0.9%	398	463	-29	-6.3%

Years of Age	47,199		39,762	51,940
Younger than 22	768	1.0%	1,098	1,019	-251	-24.6%
22-24	1,913	2.6%	1,844	2,169	-256	-11.8%
25-34	9,488	12.8%	8,256	10,079	-591	-5.9%
35-44	11,530	15.5%	9,932	12,039	-509	-4.2%
45-54	12,555	16.9%	10,033	13,056	-501	-3.8%
55-59	4,654	6.3%	3,866	5,425	-771	-14.2%
60-64	3,545	4.8%	2,700	4,038	-493	-12.2%
65 and older	2,520	3.4%	1,881	3,234	-714	-22.1%
Information Not Available	226	0.3%	152	881	-655	-74.3%

Industry	47,199		39,762	51,940
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	313	0.7%	211	403	-90	-22.3%
Mining	107	0.2%	87	128	-21	-16.4%
Utilities	55	0.1%	49	53	2	3.8%
Construction	4,891	10.3%	3,248	5,429	-538	-9.9%
Manufacturing	11,499	24.2%	11,277	13,331	-1,832	-13.7%
Wholesale Trade	2,000	4.2%	1,840	1,777	223	12.5%
Retail Trade	3,495	7.4%	3,141	4,419	-924	-20.9%
Transporation and Warehousing	1,596	3.4%	1,155	1,493	103	6.9%
Information	709	1.5%	821	615	94	15.3%
Finance and Insurance	968	2.0%	992	1,127	-159	-14.1%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	621	1.3%	430	608	13	2.1%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	1,271	2.7%	1,178	1,455	-184	-12.6%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	108	0.2%	102	123	-15	-12.2%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	5,621	11.8%	5,134	5,778	-157	-2.7%
Educational Services	772	1.6%	848	876	-104	-11.9%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	2,307	4.9%	2,365	2,524	-217	-8.6%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	1,016	2.1%	814	1,909	-893	-46.8%
Accomodation and Food Services	2,631	5.5%	2,200	3,528	-897	-25.4%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	1,410	3.0%	1,294	1,410	0	0.0%
Public Administration	1,188	2.5%	1,165	1,150	38	3.3%
Information Not Available	4,621	9.7%	1,411	3,804	817	21.5%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Texas
	Jan 2007	Percent	Dec 2006	Jan 2006	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	103,312		94,106	101,233
Male	54,706	53.0%	49,012	50,346	4,360	8.7%
Female	48,554	47.0%	45,075	50,885	-2,331	-4.6%
Information Not Available	52	0.1%	19	2	50	2500.0%

Ethnicity	103,312		94,106	101,233
Hispanic or Latino	32,520	31.5%	30,186	29,564	2,956	10.0%
Not Hispanic or Latino	61,326	59.4%	58,353	64,458	-3,132	-4.9%
Information Not Available	9,466	9.2%	5,567	7,211	2,255	31.3%

Race	103,312		94,106	101,233
American Indian or Alaskan Native	398	0.4%	371	449	-51	-11.4%
Asian	1,952	1.9%	1,992	1,702	250	14.7%
Black or African American	21,761	21.1%	21,887	23,424	-1,663	-7.1%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	4,154	4.0%	3,321	0	4,154	0.0%
White	35,325	34.2%	33,447	38,824	-3,499	-9.0%
Information Not Available	39,722	38.4%	33,088	36,834	2,888	7.8%

Years of Age	103,312		94,106	101,233
Younger than 22	2,380	1.8%	2,325	2,629	-249	-9.5%
22-24	4,964	3.7%	4,715	5,164	-200	-3.9%
25-34	23,971	17.9%	22,269	24,950	-979	-3.9%
35-44	28,684	21.4%	26,025	28,258	426	1.5%
45-54	26,797	20.0%	24,164	25,433	1,364	5.4%
55-59	8,933	6.7%	7,975	8,070	863	10.7%
60-64	4,861	3.6%	4,333	4,320	541	12.5%
65 and older	2,681	2.0%	2,284	2,409	272	11.3%
Information Not Available	41	0.0%	16	0	41	0.0%

Industry	103,312		94,106	101,233
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	1,304	1.2%	1,003	1,347	-43	-3.2%
Mining	992	0.9%	951	865	127	14.7%
Utilities	321	0.3%	318	461	-140	-30.4%
Construction	10,564	10.1%	9,538	9,474	1,090	11.5%
Manufacturing	12,979	12.4%	10,152	10,617	2,362	22.2%
Wholesale Trade	5,123	4.9%	4,838	5,327	-204	-3.8%
Retail Trade	7,626	7.3%	7,624	9,234	-1,608	-17.4%
Transporation and Warehousing	3,323	3.2%	3,181	3,218	105	3.3%
Information	2,979	2.8%	2,991	2,931	48	1.6%
Finance and Insurance	4,695	4.5%	4,413	4,757	-62	-1.3%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	1,895	1.8%	1,972	2,269	-374	-16.5%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	6,189	5.9%	5,475	7,020	-831	-11.8%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	434	0.4%	388	284	150	52.8%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	11,954	11.4%	11,745	13,308	-1,354	-10.2%
Educational Services	1,900	1.8%	2,107	2,444	-544	-22.3%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	8,219	7.9%	8,328	9,350	-1,131	-12.1%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	723	0.7%	626	820	-97	-11.8%
Accomodation and Food Services	4,151	4.0%	3,142	5,036	-885	-17.6%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	2,162	2.1%	2,273	2,787	-625	-22.4%
Public Administration	1,252	1.2%	1,196	1,451	-199	-13.7%
Information Not Available	14,527	13.9%	11,845	8,233	6,294	76.4%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Utah
	Jan 2007	Percent	Dec 2006	Jan 2006	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	10,248		8,088	11,694
Male	6,662	65.0%	4,897	7,359	-697	-9.5%
Female	3,583	35.0%	3,188	4,332	-749	-17.3%
Information Not Available	3	0.0%	3	3	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	10,248		8,088	11,694
Hispanic or Latino	1,094	10.7%	792	1,361	-267	-19.6%
Not Hispanic or Latino	7,503	73.2%	5,811	9,997	-2,494	-24.9%
Information Not Available	1,651	16.1%	1,485	336	1,315	391.4%

Race	10,248		8,088	11,694
American Indian or Alaskan Native	442	4.3%	352	518	-76	-14.7%
Asian	138	1.3%	145	222	-84	-37.8%
Black or African American	153	1.5%	131	197	-44	-22.3%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	89	0.9%	79	83	6	7.2%
White	7,421	72.4%	5,809	9,839	-2,418	-24.6%
Information Not Available	2,005	19.6%	1,572	835	1,170	140.1%

Years of Age	10,248		8,088	11,694
Younger than 22	448	2.6%	329	497	-49	-9.9%
22-24	731	4.2%	544	899	-168	-18.7%
25-34	2,851	16.5%	2,185	3,236	-385	-11.9%
35-44	2,475	14.3%	2,064	2,885	-410	-14.2%
45-54	2,440	14.1%	1,890	2,682	-242	-9.0%
55-59	743	4.3%	638	875	-132	-15.1%
60-64	414	2.4%	312	449	-35	-7.8%
65 and older	146	0.8%	126	171	-25	-14.6%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	10,248		8,088	11,694
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	56	0.5%	43	57	-1	-1.8%
Mining	154	1.5%	78	84	70	83.3%
Utilities	12	0.1%	14	27	-15	-55.6%
Construction	2,434	23.6%	1,528	2,573	-139	-5.4%
Manufacturing	941	9.1%	772	1,113	-172	-15.5%
Wholesale Trade	256	2.5%	228	326	-70	-21.5%
Retail Trade	913	8.9%	669	1,052	-139	-13.2%
Transporation and Warehousing	432	4.2%	313	451	-19	-4.2%
Information	325	3.2%	243	379	-54	-14.2%
Finance and Insurance	234	2.3%	219	311	-77	-24.8%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	97	0.9%	89	117	-20	-17.1%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	431	4.2%	384	458	-27	-5.9%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	25	0.2%	20	31	-6	-19.4%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	1,479	14.4%	1,213	1,723	-244	-14.2%
Educational Services	162	1.6%	173	221	-59	-26.7%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	316	3.1%	329	434	-118	-27.2%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	147	1.4%	111	152	-5	-3.3%
Accomodation and Food Services	679	6.6%	590	837	-158	-18.9%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	156	1.5%	134	189	-33	-17.5%
Public Administration	329	3.2%	268	381	-52	-13.6%
Information Not Available	670	6.5%	670	778	-108	-13.9%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Virginia
	Jan 2007	Percent	Dec 2006	Jan 2006	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	39,994		35,198	40,185
Male	22,720	56.8%	19,798	21,777	943	4.3%
Female	17,271	43.2%	15,396	18,399	-1,128	-6.1%
Information Not Available	3	0.0%	4	9	-6	-66.7%

Ethnicity	39,994		35,198	40,185
Hispanic or Latino	1,322	3.3%	1,073	1,138	184	16.2%
Not Hispanic or Latino	36,444	91.1%	32,125	36,419	25	0.1%
Information Not Available	2,228	5.6%	2,000	2,628	-400	-15.2%

Race	39,994		35,198	40,185
American Indian or Alaskan Native	153	0.4%	128	175	-22	-12.6%
Asian	2,064	5.2%	1,763	1,828	236	12.9%
Black or African American	15,467	38.7%	13,091	15,975	-508	-3.2%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
White	20,082	50.2%	18,216	19,579	503	2.6%
Information Not Available	2,228	5.6%	2,000	2,628	-400	-15.2%

Years of Age	39,994		35,198	40,185
Younger than 22	735	1.3%	554	742	-7	-0.9%
22-24	1,994	3.5%	1,633	2,038	-44	-2.2%
25-34	9,045	15.7%	7,875	9,235	-190	-2.1%
35-44	10,295	17.9%	9,274	10,456	-161	-1.5%
45-54	10,700	18.6%	9,445	10,708	-8	-0.1%
55-59	3,586	6.2%	3,249	3,658	-72	-2.0%
60-64	2,436	4.2%	2,140	2,207	229	10.4%
65 and older	1,203	2.1%	1,028	1,140	63	5.5%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	1	-1	-100.0%

Industry	39,994		35,198	40,185
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	121	0.3%	106	132	-11	-8.3%
Mining	113	0.3%	61	69	44	63.8%
Utilities	21	0.1%	23	20	1	5.0%
Construction	4,417	11.0%	3,149	4,088	329	8.0%
Manufacturing	5,185	12.9%	5,882	4,522	663	14.7%
Wholesale Trade	703	1.8%	726	665	38	5.7%
Retail Trade	1,953	4.9%	1,514	2,183	-230	-10.5%
Transporation and Warehousing	1,136	2.8%	957	1,593	-457	-28.7%
Information	509	1.3%	514	547	-38	-6.9%
Finance and Insurance	626	1.6%	611	544	82	15.1%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	402	1.0%	389	387	15	3.9%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	1,634	4.1%	1,659	1,510	124	8.2%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	75	0.2%	73	69	6	8.7%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	2,876	7.2%	2,537	2,818	58	2.1%
Educational Services	168	0.4%	177	188	-20	-10.6%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	1,111	2.8%	1,161	1,133	-22	-1.9%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	448	1.1%	293	503	-55	-10.9%
Accomodation and Food Services	2,109	5.3%	1,270	2,330	-221	-9.5%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	679	1.7%	567	706	-27	-3.8%
Public Administration	1,983	4.9%	1,579	2,072	-89	-4.3%
Information Not Available	13,725	34.2%	11,950	14,106	-381	-2.7%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Virgin Islands
	Jan 2007	Percent	Dec 2006	Jan 2006	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	256		244	247
Male	154	60.2%	137	121	33	27.3%
Female	102	39.8%	107	126	-24	-19.0%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	256		244	247
Hispanic or Latino	56	21.9%	59	40	16	40.0%
Not Hispanic or Latino	196	76.6%	181	203	-7	-3.4%
Information Not Available	4	1.6%	4	4	0	0.0%

Race	256		244	247
American Indian or Alaskan Native	0	0.0%	2	0	0	0.0%
Asian	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
Black or African American	186	72.7%	165	193	-7	-3.6%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	3	1.2%	4	3	0	0.0%
White	10	3.9%	14	10	0	0.0%
Information Not Available	57	22.3%	59	41	16	39.0%

Years of Age	256		244	247
Younger than 22	9	3.7%	5	2	7	350.0%
22-24	24	9.8%	17	21	3	14.3%
25-34	59	24.2%	52	52	7	13.5%
35-44	55	22.5%	61	62	-7	-11.3%
45-54	60	24.6%	59	53	7	13.2%
55-59	14	5.7%	17	24	-10	-41.7%
60-64	22	9.0%	28	25	-3	-12.0%
65 and older	11	4.5%	4	7	4	57.1%
Information Not Available	2	0.8%	1	1	1	100.0%

Industry	256		244	247
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%	0	2	-1	-50.0%
Construction	80	31.3%	65	38	42	110.5%
Manufacturing	17	6.6%	11	10	7	70.0%
Wholesale Trade	1	0.4%	0	1	0	0.0%
Retail Trade	22	8.6%	19	30	-8	-26.7%
Transporation and Warehousing	4	1.6%	9	2	2	100.0%
Information	3	1.2%	1	9	-6	-66.7%
Finance and Insurance	2	0.8%	2	3	-1	-33.3%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	2	0.8%	3	6	-4	-66.7%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	4	1.6%	3	2	2	100.0%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	2	0.8%	6	1	1	100.0%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	5	2.0%	6	14	-9	-64.3%
Educational Services	3	1.2%	2	1	2	200.0%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	5	2.0%	11	7	-2	-28.6%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	0	0.0%	3	8	-8	-100.0%
Accomodation and Food Services	28	10.9%	34	24	4	16.7%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	53	20.7%	46	60	-7	-11.7%
Public Administration	5	2.0%	4	1	4	400.0%
Information Not Available	19	7.4%	19	28	-9	-32.1%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Vermont
	Jan 2007	Percent	Dec 2006	Jan 2006	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	7,248		5,299	7,853
Male	5,267	72.7%	3,573	5,602	-335	-6.0%
Female	1,981	27.3%	1,726	2,251	-270	-12.0%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	7,248		5,299	7,853
Hispanic or Latino	10	0.1%	15	4	6	150.0%
Not Hispanic or Latino	1,997	27.6%	1,224	2,639	-642	-24.3%
Information Not Available	5,241	72.3%	4,060	5,200	41	0.8%

Race	7,248		5,299	7,853
American Indian or Alaskan Native	9	0.1%	9	19	-10	-52.6%
Asian	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
Black or African American	34	0.5%	29	28	6	21.4%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	5	0.1%	5	10	-5	-50.0%
White	1,959	27.0%	1,196	2,596	-637	-24.5%
Information Not Available	5,241	72.3%	4,060	5,200	41	0.8%

Years of Age	7,248		5,299	7,853
Younger than 22	281	3.2%	256	305	-24	-7.9%
22-24	510	5.8%	349	496	14	2.8%
25-34	1,640	18.8%	1,087	1,750	-110	-6.3%
35-44	1,617	18.5%	1,210	1,821	-204	-11.2%
45-54	1,649	18.9%	1,229	1,867	-218	-11.7%
55-59	651	7.5%	532	705	-54	-7.7%
60-64	481	5.5%	343	494	-13	-2.6%
65 and older	419	4.8%	293	415	4	1.0%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	7,248		5,299	7,853
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	109	1.5%	90	109	0	0.0%
Mining	60	0.8%	24	62	-2	-3.2%
Utilities	5	0.1%	7	5	0	0.0%
Construction	2,377	32.3%	1,402	2,548	-171	-6.7%
Manufacturing	909	12.4%	592	1,114	-205	-18.4%
Wholesale Trade	237	3.2%	171	230	7	3.0%
Retail Trade	686	9.3%	463	736	-50	-6.8%
Transporation and Warehousing	203	2.8%	130	211	-8	-3.8%
Information	61	0.8%	44	79	-18	-22.8%
Finance and Insurance	75	1.0%	62	73	2	2.7%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	84	1.1%	87	85	-1	-1.2%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	188	2.6%	146	205	-17	-8.3%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	6	0.1%	4	9	-3	-33.3%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	611	8.3%	458	660	-49	-7.4%
Educational Services	129	1.8%	139	139	-10	-7.2%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	311	4.2%	271	387	-76	-19.6%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	300	4.1%	247	264	36	13.6%
Accomodation and Food Services	513	7.0%	644	581	-68	-11.7%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	190	2.6%	149	184	6	3.3%
Public Administration	194	2.6%	169	172	22	12.8%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Washington
	Jan 2007	Percent	Dec 2006	Jan 2006	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	64,541		58,110	66,412
Male	42,422	65.7%	37,643	42,690	-268	-0.6%
Female	22,111	34.3%	20,456	23,721	-1,610	-6.8%
Information Not Available	8	0.0%	11	1	7	700.0%

Ethnicity	64,541		58,110	66,412
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	64,541	100.0%	58,110	66,412	-1,871	-2.8%

Race	64,541		58,110	66,412
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	64,541	100.0%	58,110	66,412	-1,871	-2.8%

Years of Age	64,541		58,110	66,412
Younger than 22	1,201	2.0%	976	1,288	-87	-6.8%
22-24	3,129	5.1%	2,657	3,219	-90	-2.8%
25-34	14,273	23.4%	12,854	14,674	-401	-2.7%
35-44	16,586	27.2%	15,143	17,902	-1,316	-7.4%
45-54	17,720	29.1%	16,023	17,927	-207	-1.2%
55-59	6,221	10.2%	5,494	6,213	8	0.1%
60-64	3,560	5.8%	3,256	3,366	194	5.8%
65 and older	1,851	3.0%	1,707	1,823	28	1.5%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	64,541		58,110	66,412
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	64,541	100.0%	58,110	66,412	-1,871	-2.8%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Wisconsin
	Jan 2007	Percent	Dec 2006	Jan 2006	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	99,496		79,931	95,784
Male	67,876	68.2%	53,338	64,281	3,595	5.6%
Female	31,610	31.8%	26,593	31,503	107	0.3%
Information Not Available	10	0.0%	0	0	10	0.0%

Ethnicity	99,496		79,931	95,784
Hispanic or Latino	4,418	4.4%	3,685	4,368	50	1.1%
Not Hispanic or Latino	94,401	94.9%	75,894	90,803	3,598	4.0%
Information Not Available	677	0.7%	352	613	64	10.4%

Race	99,496		79,931	95,784
American Indian or Alaskan Native	1,015	1.0%	903	1,025	-10	-1.0%
Asian	786	0.8%	615	843	-57	-6.8%
Black or African American	8,696	8.7%	7,602	8,601	95	1.1%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	60	0.1%	40	57	3	5.3%
White	88,262	88.7%	70,419	84,645	3,617	4.3%
Information Not Available	677	0.7%	352	613	64	10.4%

Years of Age	99,496		79,931	95,784
Younger than 22	3,283	1.8%	4,300	3,448	-165	-4.8%
22-24	6,985	3.8%	6,027	6,850	135	2.0%
25-34	24,844	13.6%	19,335	23,489	1,355	5.8%
35-44	22,984	12.6%	18,856	23,028	-44	-0.2%
45-54	24,416	13.4%	18,927	23,019	1,397	6.1%
55-59	8,248	4.5%	6,299	7,779	469	6.0%
60-64	5,124	2.8%	3,613	4,838	286	5.9%
65 and older	3,612	2.0%	2,574	3,333	279	8.4%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	99,496		79,931	95,784
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	1,144	1.1%	903	1,159	-15	-1.3%
Mining	726	0.7%	536	709	17	2.4%
Utilities	249	0.2%	152	297	-48	-16.2%
Construction	23,809	23.7%	17,440	22,957	852	3.7%
Manufacturing	20,537	20.4%	16,421	17,969	2,568	14.3%
Wholesale Trade	3,045	3.0%	2,495	2,883	162	5.6%
Retail Trade	8,119	8.1%	6,491	8,956	-837	-9.3%
Transporation and Warehousing	4,487	4.5%	3,158	4,033	454	11.3%
Information	895	0.9%	743	920	-25	-2.7%
Finance and Insurance	1,642	1.6%	1,567	1,715	-73	-4.3%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	1,035	1.0%	767	814	221	27.1%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	2,000	2.0%	1,862	1,839	161	8.8%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	269	0.3%	272	335	-66	-19.7%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	10,805	10.7%	9,194	10,326	479	4.6%
Educational Services	955	0.9%	967	1,006	-51	-5.1%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	4,716	4.7%	4,421	5,029	-313	-6.2%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	2,259	2.2%	1,950	2,328	-69	-3.0%
Accomodation and Food Services	6,079	6.0%	5,037	6,121	-42	-0.7%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	1,721	1.7%	1,447	1,724	-3	-0.2%
Public Administration	1,930	1.9%	1,774	2,040	-110	-5.4%
Information Not Available	3,074	3.1%	2,334	2,624	450	17.1%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants West Virginia
	Jan 2007	Percent	Dec 2006	Jan 2006	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	17,036		13,044	18,707
Male	12,042	70.7%	9,268	13,737	-1,695	-12.3%
Female	4,994	29.3%	3,776	4,970	24	0.5%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	17,036		13,044	18,707
Hispanic or Latino	326	1.9%	194	297	29	9.8%
Not Hispanic or Latino	15,231	89.4%	11,788	16,894	-1,663	-9.8%
Information Not Available	1,479	8.7%	1,062	1,516	-37	-2.4%

Race	17,036		13,044	18,707
American Indian or Alaskan Native	27	0.2%	28	35	-8	-22.9%
Asian	24	0.1%	15	9	15	166.7%
Black or African American	580	3.4%	458	663	-83	-12.5%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	5	0.0%	4	4	1	25.0%
White	15,981	93.8%	12,303	17,623	-1,642	-9.3%
Information Not Available	419	2.5%	236	373	46	12.3%

Years of Age	17,036		13,044	18,707
Younger than 22	309	1.0%	424	378	-69	-18.3%
22-24	883	2.7%	717	838	45	5.4%
25-34	4,114	12.8%	3,372	4,290	-176	-4.1%
35-44	4,303	13.4%	3,295	4,867	-564	-11.6%
45-54	4,598	14.3%	3,311	5,128	-530	-10.3%
55-59	1,643	5.1%	1,129	1,846	-203	-11.0%
60-64	825	2.6%	539	981	-156	-15.9%
65 and older	361	1.1%	257	377	-16	-4.2%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	2	-2	-100.0%

Industry	17,036		13,044	18,707
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	148	0.9%	95	135	13	9.6%
Mining	917	5.3%	774	516	401	77.7%
Utilities	37	0.2%	30	55	-18	-32.7%
Construction	4,585	26.7%	2,972	5,078	-493	-9.7%
Manufacturing	2,403	14.0%	2,203	3,202	-799	-25.0%
Wholesale Trade	389	2.3%	298	344	45	13.1%
Retail Trade	1,059	6.2%	875	1,384	-325	-23.5%
Transporation and Warehousing	538	3.1%	408	496	42	8.5%
Information	132	0.8%	123	149	-17	-11.4%
Finance and Insurance	203	1.2%	390	178	25	14.0%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	186	1.1%	162	195	-9	-4.6%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	351	2.0%	344	489	-138	-28.2%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	24	0.1%	13	15	9	60.0%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	1,217	7.1%	838	1,266	-49	-3.9%
Educational Services	111	0.6%	140	175	-64	-36.6%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	1,072	6.2%	828	1,101	-29	-2.6%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	412	2.4%	349	491	-79	-16.1%
Accomodation and Food Services	1,527	8.9%	751	1,266	261	20.6%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	429	2.5%	362	560	-131	-23.4%
Public Administration	266	1.5%	215	371	-105	-28.3%
Information Not Available	1,030	6.0%	874	1,241	-211	-17.0%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Wyoming
	Jan 2007	Percent	Dec 2006	Jan 2006	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	2,669		2,105	2,703
Male	1,778	66.6%	1,268	1,732	46	2.7%
Female	891	33.4%	837	971	-80	-8.2%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	2,669		2,105	2,703
Hispanic or Latino	285	10.7%	176	269	16	5.9%
Not Hispanic or Latino	2,230	83.6%	1,783	2,213	17	0.8%
Information Not Available	154	5.8%	146	221	-67	-30.3%

Race	2,669		2,105	2,703
American Indian or Alaskan Native	112	4.2%	91	96	16	16.7%
Asian	10	0.4%	8	21	-11	-52.4%
Black or African American	46	1.7%	34	44	2	4.5%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	2	0.1%	4	6	-4	-66.7%
White	2,323	87.0%	1,857	2,347	-24	-1.0%
Information Not Available	176	6.6%	111	189	-13	-6.9%

Years of Age	2,669		2,105	2,703
Younger than 22	70	1.4%	65	86	-16	-18.6%
22-24	145	3.0%	117	164	-19	-11.6%
25-34	550	11.4%	455	589	-39	-6.6%
35-44	604	12.5%	459	626	-22	-3.5%
45-54	726	15.0%	558	667	59	8.8%
55-59	253	5.2%	203	252	1	0.4%
60-64	163	3.4%	124	162	1	0.6%
65 and older	158	3.3%	124	155	3	1.9%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	2	-2	-100.0%

Industry	2,669		2,105	2,703
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	31	1.1%	24	20	11	55.0%
Mining	164	6.1%	119	141	23	16.3%
Utilities	10	0.4%	8	7	3	42.9%
Construction	943	34.9%	517	757	186	24.6%
Manufacturing	123	4.6%	85	132	-9	-6.8%
Wholesale Trade	42	1.6%	44	51	-9	-17.6%
Retail Trade	154	5.7%	137	175	-21	-12.0%
Transporation and Warehousing	96	3.6%	69	65	31	47.7%
Information	10	0.4%	6	28	-18	-64.3%
Finance and Insurance	18	0.7%	28	23	-5	-21.7%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	10	0.4%	16	37	-27	-73.0%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	44	1.6%	37	43	1	2.3%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	2	0.1%	4	6	-4	-66.7%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	225	8.3%	197	256	-31	-12.1%
Educational Services	22	0.8%	18	63	-41	-65.1%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	100	3.7%	98	107	-7	-6.5%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	29	1.1%	42	45	-16	-35.6%
Accomodation and Food Services	312	11.6%	352	412	-100	-24.3%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	44	1.6%	42	60	-16	-26.7%
Public Administration	99	3.7%	100	91	8	8.8%
Information Not Available	191	7.1%	162	184	7	3.8%