Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants

July 2007

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants: Total Claimants July 2007
	Jul 2007	Jun 2007	Monthly Change	Jul 2006	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
United States	2,535,323	2,275,584	259,739	2,480,250	55,073	2.2
Alaska	7,927	9,027	-1,100	8,253	-326	-4.0
Alabama	31,691	27,413	4,278	30,530	1,161	3.8
Arkansas	30,473	29,173	1,300	29,032	1,441	5.0
Arizona	34,340	30,735	3,605	28,541	5,799	20.3
California	358,239	327,675	30,564	315,161	43,078	13.7
Colorado	19,856	19,839	17	20,279	-423	-2.1
Connecticut	40,444	33,632	6,812	41,421	-977	-2.4
District of Columbia	9,257	4,670	4,587	5,021	4,236	84.4
Delaware	9,495	8,830	665	9,187	308	3.4
Florida	72,917	109,599	-36,682	90,304	-17,387	-19.3
Georgia	59,509	54,558	4,951	56,030	3,479	6.2
Hawaii	7,118	6,674	444	6,425	693	10.8
Iowa	17,752	18,745	-993	20,544	-2,792	-13.6
Idaho	8,479	7,913	566	7,216	1,263	17.5
Illinois	127,635	120,276	7,359	124,413	3,222	2.6
Indiana	52,758	47,727	5,031	58,114	-5,356	-9.2
Kansas	17,046	16,233	813	17,616	-570	-3.2
Kentucky	35,297	27,307	7,990	34,455	842	2.4
Louisiana	22,589	20,978	1,611	21,743	846	3.9
Massachusetts	81,746	71,494	10,252	79,005	2,741	3.5
Maryland	36,072	33,448	2,624	34,067	2,005	5.9
Maine	7,213	7,565	-352	7,197	16	0.2
Michigan	170,648	109,629	61,019	183,183	-12,535	-6.8
Minnesota	41,717	38,281	3,436	35,318	6,399	18.1
Missouri	52,293	47,087	5,206	48,245	4,048	8.4
Mississippi	24,249	22,284	1,965	22,369	1,880	8.4
Montana	3,363	3,166	197	3,139	224	7.1
North Carolina	75,994	69,268	6,726	72,772	3,222	4.4
North Dakota	2,307	2,277	30	2,525	-218	-8.6
Nebraska	8,599	8,304	295	9,411	-812	-8.6
New Hampshire	6,584	5,442	1,142	6,728	-144	-2.1
New Jersey	119,023	95,689	23,334	116,206	2,817	2.4
New Mexico	11,159	11,195	-36	10,955	204	1.9
Nevada	24,413	22,851	1,562	18,941	5,472	28.9
New York	172,621	148,587	24,034	177,337	-4,716	-2.7
Ohio	94,913	84,027	10,886	98,260	-3,347	-3.4
Oklahoma	15,411	14,479	932	14,746	665	4.5
Oregon	38,296	37,455	841	37,410	886	2.4
Pennsylvania	168,275	141,688	26,587	170,076	-1,801	-1.1
Puerto Rico	39,877	36,784	3,093	37,325	2,552	6.8
Rhode Island	14,679	10,678	4,001	13,265	1,414	10.7
South Carolina	43,841	39,117	4,724	41,135	2,706	6.6
South Dakota	1,658	1,609	49	1,804	-146	-8.1
Tennessee	50,396	42,414	7,982	47,696	2,700	5.7
Texas	100,819	92,139	8,680	101,427	-608	-0.6
Utah	7,524	6,971	553	7,032	492	7.0
Virginia	35,157	34,092	1,065	34,880	277	0.8
Virgin Islands	388	299	89	266	122	45.9
Vermont	4,327	4,361	-34	4,601	-274	-6.0
Washington	39,277	38,219	1,058	41,398	-2,121	-5.1
Wisconsin	64,785	60,887	3,898	63,041	1,744	2.8
West Virginia	13,189	11,096	2,093	12,673	516	4.1
Wyoming	1,688	1,698	-10	1,532	156	10.2

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants US Totals
	Jul 2007	Percent	Jun 2007	Jul 2006	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	2,535,323		2,275,584	2,480,250	55,073	2.2
Male	1,288,042	50.8%	1,194,977	1,228,535	59,507	4.8%
Female	1,245,236	49.1%	1,078,821	1,249,375	-4,139	-0.3%
Information Not Available	2,045	0.1%	1,786	2,340	-295	-12.6%

Ethnicity	2,535,323		2,275,584	2,480,250
Hispanic or Latino	360,493	14.2%	346,727	343,745	16,748	4.9%
Not Hispanic or Latino	1,875,493	86.2%	1,670,500	1,856,626	18,867	1.0%
Information Not Available	299,337	10.6%	258,357	279,878	19,459	7.0%

Race	2,535,323		2,275,584	2,480,250
American Indian or Alaskan Native	25,880	1.0%	24,386	26,306	-426	-1.6%
Asian	62,067	2.4%	56,244	60,400	1,667	2.8%
Black or African American	495,285	19.5%	438,479	484,933	10,352	2.1%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	7,939	0.3%	8,963	7,498	441	5.9%
White	1,415,872	55.8%	1,276,441	1,409,910	5,962	0.4%
Information Not Available	528,281	20.8%	472,870	476,369	51,912	10.9%

Years of Age	2,535,323		2,275,584	2,480,250
Younger than 22	99,727	3.9%	87,410	92,798	6,929	7.5%
22-24	141,836	5.6%	129,224	134,035	7,801	5.8%
25-34	574,175	22.6%	525,123	554,361	19,814	3.6%
35-44	643,732	25.4%	577,881	650,111	-6,379	-1.0%
45-54	626,910	24.7%	559,988	611,998	14,912	2.4%
55-59	214,428	8.5%	188,867	213,288	1,140	0.5%
60-64	131,014	5.2%	118,528	123,762	7,252	5.9%
65 and older	84,630	3.3%	73,853	83,307	1,323	1.6%
Information Not Available	18,871	0.7%	14,710	16,590	2,281	13.7%

Industry	2,535,323		2,275,584	2,480,250
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	46,815	1.8%	46,533	47,818	-1,003	-2.1%
Mining	8,050	0.3%	7,515	5,663	2,387	42.2%
Utilities	5,304	0.2%	4,828	5,512	-208	-3.8%
Construction	241,889	9.5%	254,138	216,065	25,824	12.0%
Manufacturing	402,275	15.9%	325,289	401,717	558	0.1%
Wholesale Trade	94,084	3.7%	90,383	90,958	3,126	3.4%
Retail Trade	203,051	8.0%	194,089	204,446	-1,395	-0.7%
Transporation and Warehousing	134,003	5.3%	87,999	130,687	3,316	2.5%
Information	71,829	2.8%	71,261	65,994	5,835	8.8%
Finance and Insurance	85,752	3.4%	84,718	77,093	8,659	11.2%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	41,501	1.6%	38,918	34,902	6,599	18.9%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	120,664	4.8%	111,172	113,074	7,590	6.7%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	9,387	0.4%	8,689	11,438	-2,051	-17.9%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	250,594	9.9%	234,734	252,454	-1,860	-0.7%
Educational Services	83,678	3.3%	53,682	86,007	-2,329	-2.7%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	203,546	8.0%	185,678	203,746	-200	-0.1%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	33,680	1.3%	33,065	35,144	-1,464	-4.2%
Accomodation and Food Services	151,028	6.0%	134,585	143,995	7,033	4.9%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	76,260	3.0%	70,742	78,227	-1,967	-2.5%
Public Administration	49,420	1.9%	38,774	51,989	-2,569	-4.9%
Information Not Available	222,513	8.8%	198,792	223,321	-808	-0.4%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Alaska
	Jul 2007	Percent	Jun 2007	Jul 2006	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	7,927		9,027	8,253	-326	-4.0
Male	3,652	46.1%	4,598	3,805	-153	-4.0%
Female	4,275	53.9%	4,429	4,448	-173	-3.9%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	7,927		9,027	8,253
Hispanic or Latino	264	3.3%	390	219	45	20.5%
Not Hispanic or Latino	7,573	95.5%	8,546	7,926	-353	-4.5%
Information Not Available	90	1.1%	91	108	-18	-16.7%

Race	7,927		9,027	8,253
American Indian or Alaskan Native	2,933	37.0%	3,169	2,847	86	3.0%
Asian	377	4.8%	669	300	77	25.7%
Black or African American	324	4.1%	358	375	-51	-13.6%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	79	1.0%	102	52	27	51.9%
White	3,952	49.9%	4,371	4,431	-479	-10.8%
Information Not Available	262	3.3%	358	248	14	5.6%

Years of Age	7,927		9,027	8,253
Younger than 22	294	2.6%	317	324	-30	-9.3%
22-24	568	4.9%	699	671	-103	-15.4%
25-34	2,031	17.7%	2,308	1,986	45	2.3%
35-44	1,832	15.9%	2,070	2,044	-212	-10.4%
45-54	1,918	16.7%	2,267	2,109	-191	-9.1%
55-59	642	5.6%	684	618	24	3.9%
60-64	377	3.3%	400	289	88	30.4%
65 and older	265	2.3%	282	212	53	25.0%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	7,927		9,027	8,253
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	23	0.3%	25	62	-39	-62.9%
Mining	196	2.5%	256	162	34	21.0%
Utilities	25	0.3%	45	41	-16	-39.0%
Construction	938	11.8%	1,197	930	8	0.9%
Manufacturing	375	4.7%	824	230	145	63.0%
Wholesale Trade	103	1.3%	122	121	-18	-14.9%
Retail Trade	764	9.6%	832	865	-101	-11.7%
Transporation and Warehousing	629	7.9%	743	554	75	13.5%
Information	94	1.2%	89	86	8	9.3%
Finance and Insurance	169	2.1%	155	197	-28	-14.2%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	191	2.4%	203	210	-19	-9.0%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	214	2.7%	245	207	7	3.4%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	20	0.3%	22	29	-9	-31.0%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	395	5.0%	450	444	-49	-11.0%
Educational Services	518	6.5%	512	642	-124	-19.3%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	1,020	12.8%	1,001	923	97	10.5%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	104	1.3%	88	96	8	8.3%
Accomodation and Food Services	587	7.4%	641	593	-6	-1.0%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	465	5.8%	459	517	-52	-10.1%
Public Administration	892	11.2%	898	1,043	-151	-14.5%
Information Not Available	205	2.6%	220	301	-96	-31.9%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Alabama
	Jul 2007	Percent	Jun 2007	Jul 2006	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	31,691		27,413	30,530
Male	14,851	46.9%	12,457	13,348	1,503	11.3%
Female	16,769	52.9%	14,904	17,100	-331	-1.9%
Information Not Available	71	0.2%	52	82	-11	-13.4%

Ethnicity	31,691		27,413	30,530
Hispanic or Latino	880	2.8%	663	817	63	7.7%
Not Hispanic or Latino	24,749	78.1%	21,063	22,606	2,143	9.5%
Information Not Available	6,062	19.1%	5,687	7,107	-1,045	-14.7%

Race	31,691		27,413	30,530
American Indian or Alaskan Native	1,053	3.3%	1,001	969	84	8.7%
Asian	455	1.4%	396	439	16	3.6%
Black or African American	14,010	44.2%	11,693	11,922	2,088	17.5%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	57	0.2%	50	87	-30	-34.5%
White	13,693	43.2%	11,874	12,833	860	6.7%
Information Not Available	2,423	7.6%	2,399	4,280	-1,857	-43.4%

Years of Age	31,691		27,413	30,530
Younger than 22	1,382	3.1%	1,046	1,455	-73	-5.0%
22-24	2,145	4.9%	1,860	2,178	-33	-1.5%
25-34	7,960	18.1%	6,869	7,868	92	1.2%
35-44	7,876	17.9%	6,761	7,588	288	3.8%
45-54	7,330	16.7%	6,378	6,905	425	6.2%
55-59	2,500	5.7%	2,178	2,320	180	7.8%
60-64	1,418	3.2%	1,293	1,298	120	9.2%
65 and older	1,050	2.4%	1,021	892	158	17.7%
Information Not Available	30	0.1%	7	26	4	15.4%

Industry	31,691		27,413	30,530
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	343	1.1%	226	333	10	3.0%
Mining	151	0.5%	124	229	-78	-34.1%
Utilities	57	0.2%	47	48	9	18.8%
Construction	2,802	8.7%	2,447	2,427	375	15.5%
Manufacturing	7,596	23.7%	5,690	6,945	651	9.4%
Wholesale Trade	921	2.9%	794	953	-32	-3.4%
Retail Trade	2,843	8.9%	2,600	3,282	-439	-13.4%
Transporation and Warehousing	894	2.8%	847	799	95	11.9%
Information	377	1.2%	319	476	-99	-20.8%
Finance and Insurance	684	2.1%	701	714	-30	-4.2%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	344	1.1%	320	392	-48	-12.2%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	1,724	5.4%	1,708	1,369	355	25.9%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	105	0.3%	102	32	73	228.1%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	3,432	10.7%	2,869	3,183	249	7.8%
Educational Services	553	1.7%	548	543	10	1.8%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	3,043	9.5%	2,818	3,068	-25	-0.8%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	240	0.7%	222	175	65	37.1%
Accomodation and Food Services	2,147	6.7%	1,898	2,189	-42	-1.9%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	1,283	4.0%	1,220	1,287	-4	-0.3%
Public Administration	378	1.2%	338	358	20	5.6%
Information Not Available	1,774	5.5%	1,575	1,728	46	2.7%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Arkansas
	Jul 2007	Percent	Jun 2007	Jul 2006	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	30,473		29,173	29,032
Male	14,671	48.1%	14,075	13,167	1,504	11.4%
Female	15,801	51.9%	15,078	15,864	-63	-0.4%
Information Not Available	1	0.0%	20	1	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	30,473		29,173	29,032
Hispanic or Latino	695	2.3%	698	760	-65	-8.6%
Not Hispanic or Latino	29,777	97.7%	28,455	28,271	1,506	5.3%
Information Not Available	1	0.0%	20	1	0	0.0%

Race	30,473		29,173	29,032
American Indian or Alaskan Native	401	1.3%	332	225	176	78.2%
Asian	209	0.7%	205	213	-4	-1.9%
Black or African American	9,551	31.3%	9,342	9,768	-217	-2.2%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	203	0.7%	166	303	-100	-33.0%
White	19,412	63.7%	18,408	17,760	1,652	9.3%
Information Not Available	697	2.3%	720	763	-66	-8.7%

Years of Age	30,473		29,173	29,032
Younger than 22	881	1.8%	770	1,081	-200	-18.5%
22-24	2,153	4.4%	2,111	1,972	181	9.2%
25-34	8,703	17.9%	8,035	8,009	694	8.7%
35-44	7,589	15.6%	7,680	7,611	-22	-0.3%
45-54	6,838	14.1%	6,378	6,571	267	4.1%
55-59	2,175	4.5%	2,072	2,008	167	8.3%
60-64	1,356	2.8%	1,329	1,105	251	22.7%
65 and older	774	1.6%	775	671	103	15.4%
Information Not Available	4	0.0%	23	4	0	0.0%

Industry	30,473		29,173	29,032
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	367	1.2%	410	249	118	47.4%
Mining	79	0.3%	121	77	2	2.6%
Utilities	79	0.3%	83	77	2	2.6%
Construction	2,933	9.5%	2,665	2,459	474	19.3%
Manufacturing	7,228	23.4%	7,320	6,530	698	10.7%
Wholesale Trade	1,220	4.0%	1,174	1,366	-146	-10.7%
Retail Trade	3,311	10.7%	3,363	3,030	281	9.3%
Transporation and Warehousing	977	3.2%	1,003	808	169	20.9%
Information	169	0.5%	199	273	-104	-38.1%
Finance and Insurance	344	1.1%	293	404	-60	-14.9%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	243	0.8%	238	362	-119	-32.9%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	678	2.2%	703	653	25	3.8%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	56	0.2%	60	41	15	36.6%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	2,967	9.6%	2,704	3,101	-134	-4.3%
Educational Services	1,508	4.9%	1,446	1,479	29	2.0%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	4,040	13.1%	3,668	4,177	-137	-3.3%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	265	0.9%	227	207	58	28.0%
Accomodation and Food Services	2,413	7.8%	2,000	2,275	138	6.1%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	813	2.6%	725	707	106	15.0%
Public Administration	768	2.5%	703	713	55	7.7%
Information Not Available	15	0.0%	68	44	-29	-65.9%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Arizona
	Jul 2007	Percent	Jun 2007	Jul 2006	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	34,340		30,735	28,541
Male	18,458	53.8%	16,711	14,534	3,924	27.0%
Female	15,882	46.2%	14,024	14,007	1,875	13.4%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	34,340		30,735	28,541
Hispanic or Latino	16,399	47.8%	13,762	13,717	2,682	19.6%
Not Hispanic or Latino	17,940	52.2%	16,973	13,706	4,234	30.9%
Information Not Available	1	0.0%	0	1,117	-1,116	-99.9%

Race	34,340		30,735	28,541
American Indian or Alaskan Native	2,250	6.6%	1,906	2,315	-65	-2.8%
Asian	10	0.0%	3	318	-308	-96.9%
Black or African American	1,752	5.1%	1,682	1,358	394	29.0%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
White	12,052	35.1%	11,474	9,715	2,337	24.1%
Information Not Available	18,276	53.2%	15,670	0	18,276	0.0%

Years of Age	34,340		30,735	28,541
Younger than 22	980	2.2%	862	771	209	27.1%
22-24	1,524	3.4%	1,340	1,183	341	28.8%
25-34	6,616	14.9%	6,100	5,214	1,402	26.9%
35-44	9,184	20.7%	8,324	7,974	1,210	15.2%
45-54	9,522	21.5%	8,341	8,007	1,515	18.9%
55-59	3,226	7.3%	2,812	2,685	541	20.1%
60-64	2,038	4.6%	1,896	1,635	403	24.6%
65 and older	1,250	2.8%	1,060	1,072	178	16.6%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	34,340		30,735	28,541
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	6,949	16.8%	5,728	6,556	393	6.0%
Mining	51	0.1%	58	76	-25	-32.9%
Utilities	55	0.1%	49	48	7	14.6%
Construction	3,512	8.5%	3,520	2,159	1,353	62.7%
Manufacturing	1,956	4.7%	1,900	1,463	493	33.7%
Wholesale Trade	1,584	3.8%	1,291	1,275	309	24.2%
Retail Trade	2,186	5.3%	1,993	1,681	505	30.0%
Transporation and Warehousing	696	1.7%	667	651	45	6.9%
Information	442	1.1%	439	423	19	4.5%
Finance and Insurance	1,124	2.7%	1,109	909	215	23.7%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	567	1.4%	563	505	62	12.3%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	1,304	3.2%	1,319	1,105	199	18.0%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	74	0.2%	97	58	16	27.6%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	2,998	7.3%	2,733	2,156	842	39.1%
Educational Services	1,171	2.8%	978	1,179	-8	-0.7%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	2,407	5.8%	2,309	2,250	157	7.0%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	404	1.0%	382	358	46	12.8%
Accomodation and Food Services	1,685	4.1%	1,512	1,519	166	10.9%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	565	1.4%	544	487	78	16.0%
Public Administration	931	2.3%	662	987	-56	-5.7%
Information Not Available	3,679	8.9%	2,882	2,696	983	36.5%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants California
	Jul 2007	Percent	Jun 2007	Jul 2006	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	358,239		327,675	315,161
Male	192,309	53.7%	185,802	161,800	30,509	18.9%
Female	165,750	46.3%	141,873	153,361	12,389	8.1%
Information Not Available	180	0.1%	0	0	180	0.0%

Ethnicity	358,239		327,675	315,161
Hispanic or Latino	119,743	33.4%	117,754	103,723	16,020	15.4%
Not Hispanic or Latino	198,342	55.4%	176,264	179,768	18,574	10.3%
Information Not Available	40,154	11.2%	33,657	31,670	8,484	26.8%

Race	358,239		327,675	315,161
American Indian or Alaskan Native	2,161	0.6%	2,109	2,632	-471	-17.9%
Asian	29,171	8.1%	26,320	26,861	2,310	8.6%
Black or African American	30,701	8.6%	24,670	30,581	120	0.4%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
White	136,309	38.0%	123,165	119,694	16,615	13.9%
Information Not Available	159,897	44.6%	151,411	135,393	24,504	18.1%

Years of Age	358,239		327,675	315,161
Younger than 22	11,794	2.5%	10,546	9,528	2,266	23.8%
22-24	21,968	4.6%	19,442	16,425	5,543	33.7%
25-34	80,759	17.0%	76,118	66,880	13,879	20.8%
35-44	89,402	18.8%	81,804	83,216	6,186	7.4%
45-54	90,483	19.1%	81,621	81,762	8,721	10.7%
55-59	31,241	6.6%	27,788	27,768	3,473	12.5%
60-64	19,807	4.2%	18,709	18,421	1,386	7.5%
65 and older	12,695	2.7%	11,464	10,980	1,715	15.6%
Information Not Available	90	0.0%	183	181	-91	-50.3%

Industry	358,239		327,675	315,161
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	26,740	6.9%	27,788	26,952	-212	-0.8%
Mining	720	0.2%	459	363	357	98.3%
Utilities	1,080	0.3%	734	817	263	32.2%
Construction	44,926	11.7%	42,645	28,404	16,522	58.2%
Manufacturing	46,457	12.1%	44,661	40,473	5,984	14.8%
Wholesale Trade	2,341	0.6%	2,843	3,811	-1,470	-38.6%
Retail Trade	31,871	8.3%	26,779	28,041	3,830	13.7%
Transporation and Warehousing	8,823	2.3%	8,345	8,530	293	3.4%
Information	33,852	8.8%	33,565	26,407	7,445	28.2%
Finance and Insurance	10,984	2.9%	10,271	8,349	2,635	31.6%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	8,193	2.1%	7,520	4,447	3,746	84.2%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	5,402	1.4%	5,778	3,993	1,409	35.3%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	49,428	12.8%	44,112	50,544	-1,116	-2.2%
Educational Services	21,338	5.5%	11,372	21,325	13	0.1%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	20,978	5.4%	19,901	19,692	1,286	6.5%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	5,942	1.5%	5,594	6,443	-501	-7.8%
Accomodation and Food Services	14,765	3.8%	12,472	13,067	1,698	13.0%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	8,193	2.1%	7,062	8,621	-428	-5.0%
Public Administration	2,251	0.6%	3,026	3,448	-1,197	-34.7%
Information Not Available	13,955	3.6%	12,748	11,434	2,521	22.0%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Colorado
	Jul 2007	Percent	Jun 2007	Jul 2006	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	19,856		19,839	20,279
Male	9,526	48.0%	9,806	9,756	-230	-2.4%
Female	10,330	52.0%	10,033	10,523	-193	-1.8%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	19,856		19,839	20,279
Hispanic or Latino	3,701	18.6%	3,692	3,902	-201	-5.2%
Not Hispanic or Latino	12,979	65.4%	12,999	12,883	96	0.7%
Information Not Available	3,176	16.0%	3,148	3,494	-318	-9.1%

Race	19,856		19,839	20,279
American Indian or Alaskan Native	307	1.5%	320	295	12	4.1%
Asian	500	2.5%	467	450	50	11.1%
Black or African American	1,461	7.4%	1,445	1,626	-165	-10.1%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	73	0.4%	79	71	2	2.8%
White	13,514	68.1%	13,532	13,864	-350	-2.5%
Information Not Available	4,001	20.2%	3,996	3,973	28	0.7%

Years of Age	19,856		19,839	20,279
Younger than 22	268	0.8%	283	319	-51	-16.0%
22-24	668	2.1%	663	704	-36	-5.1%
25-34	3,865	12.0%	3,893	4,092	-227	-5.5%
35-44	5,054	15.7%	5,061	5,366	-312	-5.8%
45-54	5,892	18.4%	5,847	6,024	-132	-2.2%
55-59	2,232	7.0%	2,207	2,217	15	0.7%
60-64	1,273	4.0%	1,274	1,032	241	23.4%
65 and older	597	1.9%	605	516	81	15.7%
Information Not Available	7	0.0%	6	9	-2	-22.2%

Industry	19,856		19,839	20,279
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	75	0.4%	70	117	-42	-35.9%
Mining	118	0.6%	102	104	14	13.5%
Utilities	23	0.1%	21	35	-12	-34.3%
Construction	2,480	12.4%	2,755	2,241	239	10.7%
Manufacturing	1,908	9.6%	1,918	1,995	-87	-4.4%
Wholesale Trade	938	4.7%	934	903	35	3.9%
Retail Trade	1,832	9.2%	1,868	2,099	-267	-12.7%
Transporation and Warehousing	518	2.6%	503	617	-99	-16.0%
Information	743	3.7%	668	740	3	0.4%
Finance and Insurance	1,210	6.1%	1,222	1,210	0	0.0%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	515	2.6%	488	526	-11	-2.1%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	1,636	8.2%	1,604	1,592	44	2.8%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	159	0.8%	161	121	38	31.4%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	2,254	11.3%	2,186	2,183	71	3.3%
Educational Services	694	3.5%	620	721	-27	-3.7%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	1,870	9.4%	1,734	1,935	-65	-3.4%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	343	1.7%	429	391	-48	-12.3%
Accomodation and Food Services	1,093	5.5%	1,206	1,241	-148	-11.9%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	554	2.8%	541	576	-22	-3.8%
Public Administration	467	2.3%	410	422	45	10.7%
Information Not Available	426	2.1%	399	510	-84	-16.5%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Connecticut
	Jul 2007	Percent	Jun 2007	Jul 2006	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	40,444		33,632	41,421
Male	19,195	47.5%	17,956	19,692	-497	-2.5%
Female	21,249	52.5%	15,676	21,729	-480	-2.2%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	40,444		33,632	41,421
Hispanic or Latino	5,041	12.5%	4,571	4,852	189	3.9%
Not Hispanic or Latino	35,403	87.5%	29,061	36,569	-1,166	-3.2%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Race	40,444		33,632	41,421
American Indian or Alaskan Native	145	0.4%	148	128	17	13.3%
Asian	563	1.4%	524	552	11	2.0%
Black or African American	5,739	14.2%	5,273	5,648	91	1.6%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
White	21,392	52.9%	19,237	21,966	-574	-2.6%
Information Not Available	12,605	31.2%	8,450	13,127	-522	-4.0%

Years of Age	40,444		33,632	41,421
Younger than 22	1,166	2.0%	1,048	1,138	28	2.5%
22-24	2,188	3.7%	2,020	2,105	83	3.9%
25-34	8,366	14.2%	7,248	8,228	138	1.7%
35-44	9,938	16.8%	8,133	10,779	-841	-7.8%
45-54	10,064	17.1%	8,211	10,404	-340	-3.3%
55-59	3,549	6.0%	3,006	3,820	-271	-7.1%
60-64	2,842	4.8%	2,284	2,784	58	2.1%
65 and older	2,331	4.0%	1,682	2,163	168	7.8%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	40,444		33,632	41,421
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	178	0.4%	140	335	-157	-46.9%
Mining	17	0.0%	18	12	5	41.7%
Utilities	46	0.1%	47	95	-49	-51.6%
Construction	2,847	7.0%	3,287	3,312	-465	-14.0%
Manufacturing	5,020	12.4%	4,567	5,179	-159	-3.1%
Wholesale Trade	1,685	4.1%	1,649	1,527	158	10.3%
Retail Trade	4,377	10.8%	4,144	5,124	-747	-14.6%
Transporation and Warehousing	4,792	11.8%	945	4,740	52	1.1%
Information	677	1.7%	626	713	-36	-5.0%
Finance and Insurance	2,177	5.4%	2,133	2,073	104	5.0%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	549	1.4%	559	543	6	1.1%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	2,033	5.0%	1,818	1,961	72	3.7%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	134	0.3%	125	231	-97	-42.0%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	3,801	9.4%	3,735	3,832	-31	-0.8%
Educational Services	1,353	3.3%	801	1,234	119	9.6%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	3,661	9.0%	3,278	3,683	-22	-0.6%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	798	2.0%	729	856	-58	-6.8%
Accomodation and Food Services	3,821	9.4%	2,958	3,706	115	3.1%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	1,080	2.7%	988	1,047	33	3.2%
Public Administration	776	1.9%	535	565	211	37.3%
Information Not Available	622	1.5%	550	653	-31	-4.7%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants District of Columbia
	Jul 2007	Percent	Jun 2007	Jul 2006	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	9,257		4,670	5,021
Male	4,494	48.5%	2,341	2,314	2,180	94.2%
Female	4,763	51.5%	2,329	2,707	2,056	76.0%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	9,257		4,670	5,021
Hispanic or Latino	792	8.6%	452	368	424	115.2%
Not Hispanic or Latino	7,891	85.2%	3,799	3,760	4,131	109.9%
Information Not Available	574	6.2%	419	893	-319	-35.7%

Race	9,257		4,670	5,021
American Indian or Alaskan Native	72	0.8%	37	38	34	89.5%
Asian	216	2.3%	102	145	71	49.0%
Black or African American	7,368	79.6%	3,646	3,756	3,612	96.2%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	110	1.2%	70	49	61	124.5%
White	1,391	15.0%	763	897	494	55.1%
Information Not Available	100	1.1%	52	136	-36	-26.5%

Years of Age	9,257		4,670	5,021
Younger than 22	218	2.1%	97	95	123	129.5%
22-24	468	4.6%	207	223	245	109.9%
25-34	2,291	22.4%	1,119	1,202	1,089	90.6%
35-44	2,441	23.8%	1,277	1,360	1,081	79.5%
45-54	2,516	24.6%	1,298	1,359	1,157	85.1%
55-59	724	7.1%	381	434	290	66.8%
60-64	409	4.0%	199	235	174	74.0%
65 and older	190	1.9%	92	109	81	74.3%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	4	-4	-100.0%

Industry	9,257		4,670	5,021
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
Mining	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
Utilities	2	0.0%	3	0	2	0.0%
Construction	55	0.6%	29	25	30	120.0%
Manufacturing	3	0.0%	2	4	-1	-25.0%
Wholesale Trade	9	0.1%	8	4	5	125.0%
Retail Trade	23	0.2%	16	34	-11	-32.4%
Transporation and Warehousing	2	0.0%	0	0	2	0.0%
Information	12	0.1%	7	27	-15	-55.6%
Finance and Insurance	1	0.0%	0	2	-1	-50.0%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	10	0.1%	7	3	7	233.3%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	29	0.3%	17	62	-33	-53.2%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	12	0.1%	10	11	1	9.1%
Educational Services	35	0.4%	17	27	8	29.6%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	44	0.5%	35	33	11	33.3%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	2	0.0%	0	4	-2	-50.0%
Accomodation and Food Services	10	0.1%	1	3	7	233.3%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	34	0.4%	30	34	0	0.0%
Public Administration	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
Information Not Available	8,974	96.9%	4,488	4,748	4,226	89.0%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Delaware
	Jul 2007	Percent	Jun 2007	Jul 2006	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	9,495		8,830	9,187
Male	4,206	44.3%	3,985	3,931	275	7.0%
Female	5,289	55.7%	4,845	5,256	33	0.6%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	9,495		8,830	9,187
Hispanic or Latino	329	3.5%	312	342	-13	-3.8%
Not Hispanic or Latino	9,166	96.5%	8,518	8,845	321	3.6%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Race	9,495		8,830	9,187
American Indian or Alaskan Native	17	0.2%	24	12	5	41.7%
Asian	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
Black or African American	3,821	40.2%	3,589	3,793	28	0.7%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	72	0.8%	64	41	31	75.6%
White	4,938	52.0%	4,516	4,709	229	4.9%
Information Not Available	648	6.8%	636	632	16	2.5%

Years of Age	9,495		8,830	9,187
Younger than 22	2,026	14.2%	1,821	1,785	241	13.5%
22-24	624	4.4%	641	652	-28	-4.3%
25-34	2,193	15.4%	2,064	2,151	42	2.0%
35-44	2,479	17.4%	2,264	2,357	122	5.2%
45-54	1,575	11.0%	1,454	1,499	76	5.1%
55-59	346	2.4%	348	397	-51	-12.8%
60-64	160	1.1%	136	203	-43	-21.2%
65 and older	79	0.6%	86	119	-40	-33.6%
Information Not Available	13	0.1%	16	24	-11	-45.8%

Industry	9,495		8,830	9,187
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	19	0.2%	21	34	-15	-44.1%
Mining	0	0.0%	0	5	-5	-100.0%
Utilities	7	0.1%	5	2	5	250.0%
Construction	844	8.9%	875	673	171	25.4%
Manufacturing	574	6.0%	567	557	17	3.1%
Wholesale Trade	305	3.2%	293	349	-44	-12.6%
Retail Trade	1,518	16.0%	1,475	1,487	31	2.1%
Transporation and Warehousing	355	3.7%	281	259	96	37.1%
Information	143	1.5%	129	131	12	9.2%
Finance and Insurance	908	9.5%	920	809	99	12.2%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	222	2.3%	217	201	21	10.4%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	474	5.0%	441	494	-20	-4.0%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	31	0.3%	29	41	-10	-24.4%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	1,556	16.4%	1,466	1,768	-212	-12.0%
Educational Services	360	3.8%	141	264	96	36.4%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	844	8.9%	760	845	-1	-0.1%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	129	1.4%	107	182	-53	-29.1%
Accomodation and Food Services	748	7.9%	725	668	80	12.0%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	296	3.1%	253	317	-21	-6.6%
Public Administration	93	1.0%	72	70	23	32.9%
Information Not Available	69	0.7%	53	31	38	122.6%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Florida
	Jul 2007	Percent	Jun 2007	Jul 2006	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	72,917		109,599	90,304
Male	37,963	52.1%	57,968	42,961	-4,998	-11.6%
Female	34,932	47.9%	51,519	47,306	-12,374	-26.2%
Information Not Available	22	0.0%	112	37	-15	-40.5%

Ethnicity	72,917		109,599	90,304
Hispanic or Latino	23,937	32.8%	34,855	31,413	-7,476	-23.8%
Not Hispanic or Latino	43,715	60.0%	65,536	51,130	-7,415	-14.5%
Information Not Available	5,265	7.2%	9,208	7,761	-2,496	-32.2%

Race	72,917		109,599	90,304
American Indian or Alaskan Native	310	0.4%	671	408	-98	-24.0%
Asian	686	0.9%	1,007	1,003	-317	-31.6%
Black or African American	14,800	20.3%	21,062	18,417	-3,617	-19.6%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	1,283	1.8%	2,498	2,005	-722	-36.0%
White	41,348	56.7%	62,926	49,608	-8,260	-16.7%
Information Not Available	14,490	19.9%	21,435	18,863	-4,373	-23.2%

Years of Age	72,917		109,599	90,304
Younger than 22	1,726	1.6%	2,199	2,154	-428	-19.9%
22-24	3,097	2.8%	4,548	3,973	-876	-22.0%
25-34	14,048	12.9%	22,814	16,821	-2,773	-16.5%
35-44	18,119	16.7%	26,729	22,984	-4,865	-21.2%
45-54	18,804	17.3%	29,040	22,168	-3,364	-15.2%
55-59	7,743	7.1%	10,513	9,283	-1,540	-16.6%
60-64	5,509	5.1%	8,164	6,721	-1,212	-18.0%
65 and older	3,871	3.6%	5,555	6,200	-2,329	-37.6%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	37	0	0	0.0%

Industry	72,917		109,599	90,304
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	3,097	4.1%	2,870	3,676	-579	-15.8%
Mining	0	0.0%	37	0	0	0.0%
Utilities	199	0.3%	261	297	-98	-33.0%
Construction	8,296	10.9%	13,346	6,238	2,058	33.0%
Manufacturing	4,978	6.5%	7,120	6,201	-1,223	-19.7%
Wholesale Trade	2,787	3.7%	4,287	3,862	-1,075	-27.8%
Retail Trade	7,101	9.3%	10,102	9,060	-1,959	-21.6%
Transporation and Warehousing	1,947	2.6%	3,952	2,896	-949	-32.8%
Information	1,372	1.8%	2,162	2,042	-670	-32.8%
Finance and Insurance	3,761	4.9%	5,890	3,676	85	2.3%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	1,460	1.9%	2,349	2,042	-582	-28.5%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	4,933	6.5%	6,598	4,716	217	4.6%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	265	0.3%	410	594	-329	-55.4%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	12,765	16.8%	18,639	14,333	-1,568	-10.9%
Educational Services	1,659	2.2%	2,386	2,042	-383	-18.8%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	4,425	5.8%	7,008	6,906	-2,481	-35.9%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	1,593	2.1%	2,274	2,414	-821	-34.0%
Accomodation and Food Services	4,425	5.8%	6,002	5,904	-1,479	-25.1%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	2,146	2.8%	3,504	1,782	364	20.4%
Public Administration	774	1.0%	895	1,040	-266	-25.6%
Information Not Available	4,934	6.5%	9,507	10,583	-5,649	-53.4%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Georgia
	Jul 2007	Percent	Jun 2007	Jul 2006	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	59,509		54,558	56,030
Male	26,544	44.6%	24,600	24,449	2,095	8.6%
Female	32,193	54.1%	29,199	29,792	2,401	8.1%
Information Not Available	772	1.3%	759	1,789	-1,017	-56.8%

Ethnicity	59,509		54,558	56,030
Hispanic or Latino	162	0.3%	144	384	-222	-57.8%
Not Hispanic or Latino	58,575	98.4%	53,655	53,857	4,718	8.8%
Information Not Available	772	1.3%	759	1,789	-1,017	-56.8%

Race	59,509		54,558	56,030
American Indian or Alaskan Native	256	0.4%	270	168	88	52.4%
Asian	678	1.1%	661	795	-117	-14.7%
Black or African American	33,260	55.9%	29,852	30,379	2,881	9.5%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
White	24,536	41.2%	23,005	22,899	1,637	7.1%
Information Not Available	779	1.3%	770	1,789	-1,010	-56.5%

Years of Age	59,509		54,558	56,030
Younger than 22	1,633	2.0%	1,351	1,449	184	12.7%
22-24	3,031	3.7%	2,739	2,748	283	10.3%
25-34	14,249	17.5%	13,187	13,081	1,168	8.9%
35-44	15,586	19.2%	14,211	15,120	466	3.1%
45-54	14,141	17.4%	13,025	13,149	992	7.5%
55-59	4,759	5.8%	4,378	4,233	526	12.4%
60-64	2,684	3.3%	2,568	2,376	308	13.0%
65 and older	1,595	2.0%	1,565	1,490	105	7.0%
Information Not Available	1,831	2.3%	1,534	2,384	-553	-23.2%

Industry	59,509		54,558	56,030
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	914	1.5%	773	968	-54	-5.6%
Mining	64	0.1%	57	45	19	42.2%
Utilities	133	0.2%	134	108	25	23.1%
Construction	3,550	5.9%	3,401	2,692	858	31.9%
Manufacturing	7,996	13.2%	6,263	7,700	296	3.8%
Wholesale Trade	2,797	4.6%	2,663	2,597	200	7.7%
Retail Trade	4,251	7.0%	4,168	3,934	317	8.1%
Transporation and Warehousing	1,422	2.4%	1,306	1,680	-258	-15.4%
Information	1,027	1.7%	1,034	1,236	-209	-16.9%
Finance and Insurance	1,830	3.0%	1,853	1,534	296	19.3%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	1,000	1.7%	912	987	13	1.3%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	9,329	15.4%	8,663	8,836	493	5.6%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	134	0.2%	119	90	44	48.9%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	199	0.3%	190	212	-13	-6.1%
Educational Services	1,508	2.5%	1,416	1,441	67	4.6%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	4,740	7.8%	4,402	4,247	493	11.6%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	3,500	5.8%	3,276	3,436	64	1.9%
Accomodation and Food Services	580	1.0%	481	614	-34	-5.5%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	1,046	1.7%	887	1,015	31	3.1%
Public Administration	879	1.5%	790	793	86	10.8%
Information Not Available	12,610	20.9%	11,770	11,865	745	6.3%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Hawaii
	Jul 2007	Percent	Jun 2007	Jul 2006	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	7,118		6,674	6,425
Male	4,181	58.7%	3,971	3,784	397	10.5%
Female	2,937	41.3%	2,703	2,640	297	11.3%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	1	-1	-100.0%

Ethnicity	7,118		6,674	6,425
Hispanic or Latino	407	5.7%	371	363	44	12.1%
Not Hispanic or Latino	5,405	75.9%	5,071	4,844	561	11.6%
Information Not Available	1,306	18.3%	1,232	1,218	88	7.2%

Race	7,118		6,674	6,425
American Indian or Alaskan Native	74	1.0%	66	63	11	17.5%
Asian	2,355	33.1%	2,294	2,039	316	15.5%
Black or African American	162	2.3%	130	127	35	27.6%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	1,747	24.5%	1,706	1,672	75	4.5%
White	1,863	26.2%	1,667	1,671	192	11.5%
Information Not Available	917	12.9%	811	853	64	7.5%

Years of Age	7,118		6,674	6,425
Younger than 22	128	1.5%	113	114	14	12.3%
22-24	279	3.3%	254	274	5	1.8%
25-34	1,494	17.6%	1,395	1,420	74	5.2%
35-44	1,750	20.7%	1,587	1,623	127	7.8%
45-54	1,862	22.0%	1,759	1,728	134	7.8%
55-59	776	9.2%	757	658	118	17.9%
60-64	516	6.1%	497	362	154	42.5%
65 and older	313	3.7%	312	246	67	27.2%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	7,118		6,674	6,425
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	317	4.3%	361	128	189	147.7%
Mining	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
Utilities	2	0.0%	2	7	-5	-71.4%
Construction	1,611	21.7%	1,552	1,420	191	13.5%
Manufacturing	178	2.4%	160	191	-13	-6.8%
Wholesale Trade	128	1.7%	116	125	3	2.4%
Retail Trade	420	5.6%	412	429	-9	-2.1%
Transporation and Warehousing	342	4.6%	437	374	-32	-8.6%
Information	204	2.7%	235	276	-72	-26.1%
Finance and Insurance	115	1.5%	112	93	22	23.7%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	118	1.6%	115	116	2	1.7%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	264	3.6%	241	278	-14	-5.0%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	16	0.2%	16	9	7	77.8%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	654	8.8%	611	568	86	15.1%
Educational Services	56	0.8%	43	51	5	9.8%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	423	5.7%	421	531	-108	-20.3%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	80	1.1%	85	106	-26	-24.5%
Accomodation and Food Services	971	13.1%	621	547	424	77.5%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	155	2.1%	147	180	-25	-13.9%
Public Administration	151	2.0%	132	158	-7	-4.4%
Information Not Available	913	12.3%	855	838	75	8.9%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Iowa
	Jul 2007	Percent	Jun 2007	Jul 2006	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	17,752		18,745	20,544
Male	8,745	49.3%	9,512	10,235	-1,490	-14.6%
Female	9,007	50.7%	9,233	10,309	-1,302	-12.6%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	17,752		18,745	20,544
Hispanic or Latino	600	3.4%	627	538	62	11.5%
Not Hispanic or Latino	16,950	95.5%	17,894	19,727	-2,777	-14.1%
Information Not Available	202	1.1%	224	279	-77	-27.6%

Race	17,752		18,745	20,544
American Indian or Alaskan Native	61	0.3%	73	111	-50	-45.0%
Asian	146	0.8%	156	203	-57	-28.1%
Black or African American	902	5.1%	951	971	-69	-7.1%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
White	15,841	89.2%	16,714	18,442	-2,601	-14.1%
Information Not Available	802	4.5%	851	817	-15	-1.8%

Years of Age	17,752		18,745	20,544
Younger than 22	408	1.3%	401	605	-197	-32.6%
22-24	898	2.8%	915	1,205	-307	-25.5%
25-34	3,669	11.3%	3,943	4,356	-687	-15.8%
35-44	4,351	13.4%	4,757	5,023	-672	-13.4%
45-54	4,693	14.5%	4,912	5,468	-775	-14.2%
55-59	1,713	5.3%	1,779	1,809	-96	-5.3%
60-64	1,159	3.6%	1,182	1,209	-50	-4.1%
65 and older	851	2.6%	847	858	-7	-0.8%
Information Not Available	10	0.0%	9	11	-1	-9.1%

Industry	17,752		18,745	20,544
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	105	0.6%	88	121	-16	-13.2%
Mining	18	0.1%	28	17	1	5.9%
Utilities	26	0.1%	34	32	-6	-18.8%
Construction	1,905	10.7%	2,253	2,150	-245	-11.4%
Manufacturing	4,071	22.8%	4,580	4,991	-920	-18.4%
Wholesale Trade	848	4.7%	782	1,030	-182	-17.7%
Retail Trade	1,752	9.8%	1,769	1,951	-199	-10.2%
Transporation and Warehousing	860	4.8%	921	854	6	0.7%
Information	708	4.0%	751	720	-12	-1.7%
Finance and Insurance	544	3.0%	545	593	-49	-8.3%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	202	1.1%	201	203	-1	-0.5%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	742	4.2%	827	1,015	-273	-26.9%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	57	0.3%	63	16	41	256.3%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	1,398	7.8%	1,470	1,819	-421	-23.1%
Educational Services	392	2.2%	358	461	-69	-15.0%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	1,455	8.1%	1,451	1,538	-83	-5.4%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	177	1.0%	177	242	-65	-26.9%
Accomodation and Food Services	1,304	7.3%	1,336	1,420	-116	-8.2%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	727	4.1%	714	792	-65	-8.2%
Public Administration	205	1.1%	204	298	-93	-31.2%
Information Not Available	256	1.4%	193	281	-25	-8.9%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Idaho
	Jul 2007	Percent	Jun 2007	Jul 2006	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	8,479		7,913	7,216
Male	4,271	50.4%	4,032	3,316	955	28.8%
Female	4,206	49.6%	3,881	3,900	306	7.8%
Information Not Available	2	0.0%	0	0	2	0.0%

Ethnicity	8,479		7,913	7,216
Hispanic or Latino	874	10.3%	819	972	-98	-10.1%
Not Hispanic or Latino	7,070	83.4%	6,346	5,421	1,649	30.4%
Information Not Available	535	6.3%	748	823	-288	-35.0%

Race	8,479		7,913	7,216
American Indian or Alaskan Native	184	2.2%	187	195	-11	-5.6%
Asian	175	2.1%	154	121	54	44.6%
Black or African American	68	0.8%	60	46	22	47.8%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	30	0.4%	31	14	16	114.3%
White	6,768	79.8%	6,282	5,622	1,146	20.4%
Information Not Available	1,254	14.8%	1,199	1,218	36	3.0%

Years of Age	8,479		7,913	7,216
Younger than 22	194	1.3%	173	177	17	9.6%
22-24	420	2.9%	403	307	113	36.8%
25-34	1,775	12.1%	1,672	1,470	305	20.7%
35-44	1,891	12.8%	1,779	1,741	150	8.6%
45-54	2,368	16.1%	2,205	1,953	415	21.2%
55-59	900	6.1%	784	743	157	21.1%
60-64	530	3.6%	510	468	62	13.2%
65 and older	401	2.7%	387	357	44	12.3%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	8,479		7,913	7,216
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	250	2.9%	277	287	-37	-12.9%
Mining	18	0.2%	19	13	5	38.5%
Utilities	10	0.1%	11	8	2	25.0%
Construction	931	10.7%	970	499	432	86.6%
Manufacturing	1,641	18.8%	1,176	1,000	641	64.1%
Wholesale Trade	288	3.3%	283	435	-147	-33.8%
Retail Trade	708	8.1%	742	572	136	23.8%
Transporation and Warehousing	532	6.1%	554	529	3	0.6%
Information	126	1.4%	118	134	-8	-6.0%
Finance and Insurance	182	2.1%	180	182	0	0.0%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	79	0.9%	83	63	16	25.4%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	316	3.6%	271	255	61	23.9%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	10	0.1%	10	4	6	150.0%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	646	7.4%	589	567	79	13.9%
Educational Services	149	1.7%	127	156	-7	-4.5%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	683	7.8%	681	662	21	3.2%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	79	0.9%	95	91	-12	-13.2%
Accomodation and Food Services	390	4.5%	393	346	44	12.7%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	264	3.0%	249	266	-2	-0.8%
Public Administration	232	2.7%	222	209	23	11.0%
Information Not Available	945	10.8%	863	938	7	0.7%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Illinois
	Jul 2007	Percent	Jun 2007	Jul 2006	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	127,635		120,276	124,413
Male	64,689	50.7%	62,892	62,704	1,985	3.2%
Female	62,946	49.3%	57,384	61,709	1,237	2.0%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	127,635		120,276	124,413
Hispanic or Latino	14,221	11.1%	14,361	13,090	1,131	8.6%
Not Hispanic or Latino	113,414	88.9%	105,915	111,323	2,091	1.9%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Race	127,635		120,276	124,413
American Indian or Alaskan Native	418	0.3%	417	365	53	14.5%
Asian	2,977	2.3%	2,816	2,820	157	5.6%
Black or African American	35,572	27.9%	33,000	34,631	941	2.7%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
White	87,690	68.7%	84,935	85,921	1,769	2.1%
Information Not Available	978	0.8%	908	677	301	44.5%

Years of Age	127,635		120,276	124,413
Younger than 22	2,876	1.4%	2,535	2,884	-8	-0.3%
22-24	6,308	3.0%	5,899	6,198	110	1.8%
25-34	29,842	14.3%	28,161	28,733	1,109	3.9%
35-44	32,633	15.7%	31,067	33,116	-483	-1.5%
45-54	33,518	16.1%	31,439	32,714	804	2.5%
55-59	11,630	5.6%	10,773	10,907	723	6.6%
60-64	7,084	3.4%	6,718	6,364	720	11.3%
65 and older	3,744	1.8%	3,684	3,497	247	7.1%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	127,635		120,276	124,413
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	308	0.2%	343	327	-19	-5.8%
Mining	456	0.4%	471	243	213	87.7%
Utilities	154	0.1%	148	228	-74	-32.5%
Construction	13,753	10.7%	14,990	12,984	769	5.9%
Manufacturing	20,128	15.7%	17,998	20,343	-215	-1.1%
Wholesale Trade	5,907	4.6%	5,579	5,927	-20	-0.3%
Retail Trade	12,168	9.5%	11,897	12,101	67	0.6%
Transporation and Warehousing	8,240	6.4%	7,680	8,697	-457	-5.3%
Information	2,565	2.0%	2,463	2,690	-125	-4.6%
Finance and Insurance	7,032	5.5%	6,605	6,017	1,015	16.9%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	1,911	1.5%	1,886	1,843	68	3.7%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	7,305	5.7%	6,596	6,513	792	12.2%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	376	0.3%	354	345	31	9.0%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	14,574	11.4%	13,629	13,876	698	5.0%
Educational Services	3,840	3.0%	3,076	3,725	115	3.1%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	9,682	7.6%	8,873	9,535	147	1.5%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	1,470	1.1%	1,332	1,518	-48	-3.2%
Accomodation and Food Services	8,545	6.7%	7,990	8,729	-184	-2.1%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	3,618	2.8%	3,308	3,785	-167	-4.4%
Public Administration	3,015	2.4%	2,755	2,618	397	15.2%
Information Not Available	2,588	2.0%	2,303	2,369	219	9.2%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Indiana
	Jul 2007	Percent	Jun 2007	Jul 2006	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	52,758		47,727	58,114
Male	26,810	50.8%	24,107	30,601	-3,791	-12.4%
Female	25,876	49.0%	23,564	27,493	-1,617	-5.9%
Information Not Available	72	0.1%	56	20	52	260.0%

Ethnicity	52,758		47,727	58,114
Hispanic or Latino	2,150	4.1%	1,750	2,429	-279	-11.5%
Not Hispanic or Latino	41,107	77.9%	37,557	53,430	-12,323	-23.1%
Information Not Available	9,501	18.0%	8,420	2,255	7,246	321.3%

Race	52,758		47,727	58,114
American Indian or Alaskan Native	279	0.5%	230	236	43	18.2%
Asian	347	0.7%	259	361	-14	-3.9%
Black or African American	8,953	17.0%	8,246	8,735	218	2.5%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	44	0.1%	49	57	-13	-22.8%
White	40,679	77.1%	36,893	45,664	-4,985	-10.9%
Information Not Available	2,456	4.7%	2,050	3,061	-605	-19.8%

Years of Age	52,758		47,727	58,114
Younger than 22	1,266	1.4%	1,148	1,416	-150	-10.6%
22-24	2,829	3.1%	2,515	3,033	-204	-6.7%
25-34	12,727	14.0%	11,424	13,887	-1,160	-8.4%
35-44	13,687	15.1%	12,371	15,599	-1,912	-12.3%
45-54	13,483	14.9%	12,277	14,930	-1,447	-9.7%
55-59	4,445	4.9%	4,033	4,856	-411	-8.5%
60-64	2,696	3.0%	2,478	2,703	-7	-0.3%
65 and older	1,625	1.8%	1,481	1,690	-65	-3.8%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	52,758		47,727	58,114
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	125	0.2%	119	125	0	0.0%
Mining	98	0.2%	79	56	42	75.0%
Utilities	52	0.1%	37	59	-7	-11.9%
Construction	4,257	8.0%	4,507	4,560	-303	-6.6%
Manufacturing	14,469	27.4%	11,341	20,448	-5,979	-29.2%
Wholesale Trade	1,855	3.5%	1,785	1,855	0	0.0%
Retail Trade	4,251	8.0%	4,021	4,479	-228	-5.1%
Transporation and Warehousing	2,459	4.6%	2,106	2,436	23	0.9%
Information	441	0.8%	441	512	-71	-13.9%
Finance and Insurance	1,432	2.7%	1,456	1,372	60	4.4%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	654	1.2%	611	615	39	6.3%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	1,406	2.7%	1,343	1,645	-239	-14.5%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	138	0.3%	132	133	5	3.8%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	4,576	8.7%	4,236	4,893	-317	-6.5%
Educational Services	1,299	2.5%	1,132	1,379	-80	-5.8%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	4,636	8.8%	4,580	4,358	278	6.4%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	509	1.0%	487	696	-187	-26.9%
Accomodation and Food Services	3,114	5.9%	3,031	2,933	181	6.2%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	1,169	2.2%	1,139	1,133	36	3.2%
Public Administration	394	0.7%	444	477	-83	-17.4%
Information Not Available	5,424	10.3%	4,700	3,950	1,474	37.3%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Kansas
	Jul 2007	Percent	Jun 2007	Jul 2006	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	17,046		16,233	17,616
Male	8,517	50.0%	8,327	8,575	-58	-0.7%
Female	8,529	50.0%	7,906	9,041	-512	-5.7%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	17,046		16,233	17,616
Hispanic or Latino	823	4.8%	805	915	-92	-10.1%
Not Hispanic or Latino	9,046	53.1%	8,963	9,869	-823	-8.3%
Information Not Available	7,177	42.1%	6,465	6,832	345	5.0%

Race	17,046		16,233	17,616
American Indian or Alaskan Native	241	1.4%	240	261	-20	-7.7%
Asian	199	1.2%	167	164	35	21.3%
Black or African American	2,870	16.8%	2,682	2,918	-48	-1.6%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	34	0.2%	35	26	8	30.8%
White	12,511	73.4%	12,064	12,983	-472	-3.6%
Information Not Available	1,191	7.0%	1,045	1,264	-73	-5.8%

Years of Age	17,046		16,233	17,616
Younger than 22	424	1.5%	361	514	-90	-17.5%
22-24	904	3.2%	860	1,086	-182	-16.8%
25-34	4,145	14.5%	4,019	4,271	-126	-3.0%
35-44	4,231	14.8%	3,920	4,359	-128	-2.9%
45-54	4,430	15.4%	4,275	4,463	-33	-0.7%
55-59	1,463	5.1%	1,366	1,467	-4	-0.3%
60-64	875	3.1%	858	907	-32	-3.5%
65 and older	574	2.0%	574	549	25	4.6%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	17,046		16,233	17,616
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	129	0.8%	169	298	-169	-56.7%
Mining	110	0.6%	140	96	14	14.6%
Utilities	43	0.3%	46	15	28	186.7%
Construction	1,546	9.0%	1,792	1,743	-197	-11.3%
Manufacturing	2,765	16.1%	2,168	2,621	144	5.5%
Wholesale Trade	842	4.9%	723	690	152	22.0%
Retail Trade	1,406	8.2%	1,329	1,476	-70	-4.7%
Transporation and Warehousing	522	3.0%	501	561	-39	-7.0%
Information	967	5.6%	1,024	640	327	51.1%
Finance and Insurance	583	3.4%	575	617	-34	-5.5%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	330	1.9%	240	332	-2	-0.6%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	854	5.0%	807	938	-84	-9.0%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	47	0.3%	43	53	-6	-11.3%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	1,632	9.5%	1,607	1,757	-125	-7.1%
Educational Services	417	2.4%	393	575	-158	-27.5%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	1,763	10.3%	1,789	1,966	-203	-10.3%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	103	0.6%	79	94	9	9.6%
Accomodation and Food Services	794	4.6%	807	862	-68	-7.9%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	580	3.4%	487	504	76	15.1%
Public Administration	443	2.6%	361	430	13	3.0%
Information Not Available	1,170	6.8%	1,153	1,348	-178	-13.2%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Kentucky
	Jul 2007	Percent	Jun 2007	Jul 2006	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	35,297		27,307	34,455
Male	20,632	58.5%	14,783	20,209	423	2.1%
Female	14,665	41.5%	12,524	14,246	419	2.9%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	35,297		27,307	34,455
Hispanic or Latino	66	0.2%	81	84	-18	-21.4%
Not Hispanic or Latino	35,231	99.8%	27,226	34,371	860	2.5%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Race	35,297		27,307	34,455
American Indian or Alaskan Native	173	0.5%	140	182	-9	-4.9%
Asian	71	0.2%	81	84	-13	-15.5%
Black or African American	4,571	13.0%	3,282	4,122	449	10.9%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	9	0.0%	9	0	9	0.0%
White	30,216	85.6%	23,515	29,723	493	1.7%
Information Not Available	257	0.7%	280	344	-87	-25.3%

Years of Age	35,297		27,307	34,455
Younger than 22	917	1.4%	676	854	63	7.4%
22-24	1,756	2.8%	1,573	1,722	34	2.0%
25-34	8,693	13.6%	6,830	8,584	109	1.3%
35-44	9,478	14.9%	7,020	9,580	-102	-1.1%
45-54	8,791	13.8%	6,379	8,527	264	3.1%
55-59	2,784	4.4%	2,232	2,886	-102	-3.5%
60-64	1,818	2.9%	1,578	1,479	339	22.9%
65 and older	1,060	1.7%	1,019	823	237	28.8%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	35,297		27,307	34,455
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	18	0.1%	9	9	9	100.0%
Mining	780	2.2%	866	385	395	102.6%
Utilities	35	0.1%	50	35	0	0.0%
Construction	2,749	7.8%	2,971	3,148	-399	-12.7%
Manufacturing	10,094	28.6%	6,699	9,301	793	8.5%
Wholesale Trade	1,135	3.2%	1,082	965	170	17.6%
Retail Trade	2,261	6.4%	2,299	1,904	357	18.8%
Transporation and Warehousing	1,326	3.8%	771	1,510	-184	-12.2%
Information	332	0.9%	334	438	-106	-24.2%
Finance and Insurance	727	2.1%	870	611	116	19.0%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	315	0.9%	329	235	80	34.0%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	966	2.7%	956	970	-4	-0.4%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	58	0.2%	68	62	-4	-6.5%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	2,474	7.0%	2,673	2,700	-226	-8.4%
Educational Services	1,006	2.8%	1,105	1,098	-92	-8.4%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	1,964	5.6%	2,087	1,828	136	7.4%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	177	0.5%	216	257	-80	-31.1%
Accomodation and Food Services	984	2.8%	1,032	1,244	-260	-20.9%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	567	1.6%	564	686	-119	-17.3%
Public Administration	536	1.5%	546	429	107	24.9%
Information Not Available	6,793	19.2%	1,780	6,640	153	2.3%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Louisiana
	Jul 2007	Percent	Jun 2007	Jul 2006	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	22,589		20,978	21,743
Male	9,950	44.0%	9,395	9,256	694	7.5%
Female	12,639	56.0%	11,583	12,487	152	1.2%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	22,589		20,978	21,743
Hispanic or Latino	409	1.8%	376	519	-110	-21.2%
Not Hispanic or Latino	22,120	97.9%	20,527	20,619	1,501	7.3%
Information Not Available	60	0.3%	75	605	-545	-90.1%

Race	22,589		20,978	21,743
American Indian or Alaskan Native	125	0.6%	108	137	-12	-8.8%
Asian	134	0.6%	117	159	-25	-15.7%
Black or African American	12,519	55.4%	11,694	11,948	571	4.8%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	19	0.1%	18	28	-9	-32.1%
White	9,742	43.1%	8,989	9,357	385	4.1%
Information Not Available	50	0.2%	52	114	-64	-56.1%

Years of Age	22,589		20,978	21,743
Younger than 22	652	2.1%	544	585	67	11.5%
22-24	1,449	4.6%	1,278	1,265	184	14.5%
25-34	5,828	18.6%	5,455	5,292	536	10.1%
35-44	5,532	17.7%	5,283	5,620	-88	-1.6%
45-54	5,547	17.7%	5,146	5,405	142	2.6%
55-59	1,805	5.8%	1,731	1,860	-55	-3.0%
60-64	1,070	3.4%	948	997	73	7.3%
65 and older	705	2.3%	592	718	-13	-1.8%
Information Not Available	1	0.0%	1	1	0	0.0%

Industry	22,589		20,978	21,743
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	165	0.7%	180	157	8	5.1%
Mining	278	1.2%	258	156	122	78.2%
Utilities	125	0.5%	133	71	54	76.1%
Construction	2,891	12.7%	2,757	2,089	802	38.4%
Manufacturing	2,027	8.9%	1,875	1,080	947	87.7%
Wholesale Trade	409	1.8%	402	397	12	3.0%
Retail Trade	1,509	6.6%	1,470	1,160	349	30.1%
Transporation and Warehousing	686	3.0%	571	419	267	63.7%
Information	385	1.7%	360	477	-92	-19.3%
Finance and Insurance	461	2.0%	472	401	60	15.0%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	240	1.1%	255	226	14	6.2%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	1,015	4.5%	906	676	339	50.1%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	198	0.9%	175	28	170	607.1%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	1,246	5.5%	1,127	1,138	108	9.5%
Educational Services	897	3.9%	692	982	-85	-8.7%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	2,769	12.2%	2,582	1,962	807	41.1%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	362	1.6%	388	418	-56	-13.4%
Accomodation and Food Services	1,211	5.3%	1,135	864	347	40.2%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	1,153	5.1%	1,026	816	337	41.3%
Public Administration	485	2.1%	453	473	12	2.5%
Information Not Available	4,077	17.9%	3,761	7,753	-3,676	-47.4%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Massachusetts
	Jul 2007	Percent	Jun 2007	Jul 2006	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	81,746		71,494	79,005
Male	44,075	53.9%	41,679	41,561	2,514	6.0%
Female	37,671	46.1%	29,815	37,444	227	0.6%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	81,746		71,494	79,005
Hispanic or Latino	7,823	9.6%	7,020	7,635	188	2.5%
Not Hispanic or Latino	72,310	88.5%	62,993	69,708	2,602	3.7%
Information Not Available	1,613	2.0%	1,481	1,662	-49	-2.9%

Race	81,746		71,494	79,005
American Indian or Alaskan Native	240	0.3%	223	187	53	28.3%
Asian	2,122	2.6%	1,998	2,137	-15	-0.7%
Black or African American	7,460	9.1%	6,325	7,178	282	3.9%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	43	0.1%	38	38	5	13.2%
White	64,864	79.3%	56,603	62,995	1,869	3.0%
Information Not Available	7,017	8.6%	6,307	6,470	547	8.5%

Years of Age	81,746		71,494	79,005
Younger than 22	2,054	1.5%	2,053	2,037	17	0.8%
22-24	3,696	2.6%	3,603	3,711	-15	-0.4%
25-34	16,440	11.7%	14,952	15,918	522	3.3%
35-44	20,903	14.8%	18,364	21,066	-163	-0.8%
45-54	21,713	15.4%	18,655	20,748	965	4.7%
55-59	7,961	5.6%	6,695	7,678	283	3.7%
60-64	5,548	3.9%	4,591	4,818	730	15.2%
65 and older	3,431	2.4%	2,581	3,029	402	13.3%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	81,746		71,494	79,005
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	365	0.4%	356	406	-41	-10.1%
Mining	78	0.1%	100	58	20	34.5%
Utilities	58	0.1%	60	56	2	3.6%
Construction	8,467	10.3%	9,542	8,522	-55	-0.6%
Manufacturing	8,889	10.8%	7,617	8,294	595	7.2%
Wholesale Trade	3,803	4.6%	3,684	3,473	330	9.5%
Retail Trade	7,105	8.7%	6,787	7,938	-833	-10.5%
Transporation and Warehousing	6,505	7.9%	2,179	6,249	256	4.1%
Information	1,792	2.2%	1,740	1,730	62	3.6%
Finance and Insurance	3,141	3.8%	3,001	2,773	368	13.3%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	1,216	1.5%	1,188	1,136	80	7.0%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	5,623	6.8%	5,342	5,310	313	5.9%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	167	0.2%	156	95	72	75.8%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	6,498	7.9%	6,459	5,882	616	10.5%
Educational Services	1,629	2.0%	1,047	1,635	-6	-0.4%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	6,565	8.0%	5,828	6,766	-201	-3.0%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	805	1.0%	793	784	21	2.7%
Accomodation and Food Services	5,656	6.9%	5,136	5,070	586	11.6%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	3,168	3.9%	2,813	3,240	-72	-2.2%
Public Administration	3,215	3.9%	1,102	3,312	-97	-2.9%
Information Not Available	7,001	8.5%	6,564	6,276	725	11.6%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Maryland
	Jul 2007	Percent	Jun 2007	Jul 2006	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	36,072		33,448	34,067
Male	16,831	46.7%	16,658	15,572	1,259	8.1%
Female	19,241	53.3%	16,790	18,495	746	4.0%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	36,072		33,448	34,067
Hispanic or Latino	1,142	3.2%	1,194	991	151	15.2%
Not Hispanic or Latino	34,893	96.7%	31,632	32,531	2,362	7.3%
Information Not Available	37	0.1%	622	545	-508	-93.2%

Race	36,072		33,448	34,067
American Indian or Alaskan Native	101	0.3%	86	82	19	23.2%
Asian	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
Black or African American	17,272	47.9%	16,153	16,563	709	4.3%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	93	0.3%	78	56	37	66.1%
White	16,802	46.6%	15,315	15,831	971	6.1%
Information Not Available	1,804	5.0%	1,816	1,535	269	17.5%

Years of Age	36,072		33,448	34,067
Younger than 22	975	1.9%	881	951	24	2.5%
22-24	2,021	4.0%	1,825	1,841	180	9.8%
25-34	7,911	15.6%	7,495	7,410	501	6.8%
35-44	8,959	17.6%	8,382	8,667	292	3.4%
45-54	9,120	18.0%	8,619	8,641	479	5.5%
55-59	3,201	6.3%	2,942	2,962	239	8.1%
60-64	2,080	4.1%	1,877	1,941	139	7.2%
65 and older	1,798	3.5%	1,414	1,647	151	9.2%
Information Not Available	7	0.0%	13	7	0	0.0%

Industry	36,072		33,448	34,067
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	50	0.1%	47	43	7	16.3%
Mining	27	0.1%	32	43	-16	-37.2%
Utilities	35	0.1%	34	22	13	59.1%
Construction	3,603	10.0%	3,923	3,192	411	12.9%
Manufacturing	827	2.3%	900	578	249	43.1%
Wholesale Trade	1,308	3.6%	1,282	1,347	-39	-2.9%
Retail Trade	1,279	3.5%	1,274	1,302	-23	-1.8%
Transporation and Warehousing	2,459	6.8%	1,015	2,142	317	14.8%
Information	700	1.9%	690	658	42	6.4%
Finance and Insurance	1,336	3.7%	1,354	1,360	-24	-1.8%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	833	2.3%	828	720	113	15.7%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	2,800	7.8%	2,685	2,918	-118	-4.0%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	28	0.1%	28	37	-9	-24.3%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	4,554	12.6%	4,431	4,326	228	5.3%
Educational Services	1,274	3.5%	866	1,217	57	4.7%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	3,488	9.7%	3,058	3,183	305	9.6%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	490	1.4%	439	452	38	8.4%
Accomodation and Food Services	2,518	7.0%	2,591	2,432	86	3.5%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	1,162	3.2%	1,093	1,226	-64	-5.2%
Public Administration	598	1.7%	455	468	130	27.8%
Information Not Available	6,703	18.6%	6,423	6,401	302	4.7%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Maine
	Jul 2007	Percent	Jun 2007	Jul 2006	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	7,213		7,565	7,197
Male	3,547	49.2%	4,059	3,424	123	3.6%
Female	3,666	50.8%	3,506	3,772	-106	-2.8%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	1	-1	-100.0%

Ethnicity	7,213		7,565	7,197
Hispanic or Latino	55	0.8%	63	62	-7	-11.3%
Not Hispanic or Latino	6,094	84.5%	6,300	6,138	-44	-0.7%
Information Not Available	1,064	14.8%	1,202	997	67	6.7%

Race	7,213		7,565	7,197
American Indian or Alaskan Native	59	0.8%	59	80	-21	-26.3%
Asian	47	0.7%	52	53	-6	-11.3%
Black or African American	77	1.1%	80	70	7	10.0%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
White	6,245	86.6%	6,491	6,314	-69	-1.1%
Information Not Available	785	10.9%	883	680	105	15.4%

Years of Age	7,213		7,565	7,197
Younger than 22	248	1.9%	249	263	-15	-5.7%
22-24	384	2.9%	432	413	-29	-7.0%
25-34	1,390	10.7%	1,587	1,499	-109	-7.3%
35-44	1,824	14.0%	1,815	1,795	29	1.6%
45-54	2,006	15.4%	2,010	1,959	47	2.4%
55-59	745	5.7%	791	724	21	2.9%
60-64	427	3.3%	473	353	74	21.0%
65 and older	189	1.5%	208	191	-2	-1.0%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	7,213		7,565	7,197
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	139	1.9%	320	141	-2	-1.4%
Mining	1	0.0%	2	1	0	0.0%
Utilities	6	0.1%	9	15	-9	-60.0%
Construction	547	7.4%	740	533	14	2.6%
Manufacturing	629	8.6%	865	822	-193	-23.5%
Wholesale Trade	185	2.5%	243	208	-23	-11.1%
Retail Trade	672	9.1%	844	857	-185	-21.6%
Transporation and Warehousing	249	3.4%	163	237	12	5.1%
Information	97	1.3%	100	104	-7	-6.7%
Finance and Insurance	125	1.7%	149	179	-54	-30.2%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	40	0.5%	47	67	-27	-40.3%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	203	2.8%	219	196	7	3.6%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	8	0.1%	7	6	2	33.3%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	347	4.7%	419	379	-32	-8.4%
Educational Services	185	2.5%	118	199	-14	-7.0%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	659	9.0%	677	663	-4	-0.6%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	81	1.1%	107	88	-7	-8.0%
Accomodation and Food Services	342	4.7%	449	380	-38	-10.0%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	205	2.8%	226	275	-70	-25.5%
Public Administration	70	1.0%	66	161	-91	-56.5%
Information Not Available	2,423	33.0%	1,795	1,686	737	43.7%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Michigan
	Jul 2007	Percent	Jun 2007	Jul 2006	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	170,648		109,629	183,183
Male	94,784	55.5%	62,452	102,232	-7,448	-7.3%
Female	75,848	44.4%	47,169	80,943	-5,095	-6.3%
Information Not Available	16	0.0%	8	8	8	100.0%

Ethnicity	170,648		109,629	183,183
Hispanic or Latino	5,137	3.0%	3,076	5,334	-197	-3.7%
Not Hispanic or Latino	118,854	69.6%	79,134	129,494	-10,640	-8.2%
Information Not Available	46,657	27.3%	27,419	48,355	-1,698	-3.5%

Race	170,648		109,629	183,183
American Indian or Alaskan Native	1,567	0.9%	1,167	1,705	-138	-8.1%
Asian	2,336	1.4%	822	2,766	-430	-15.5%
Black or African American	23,137	13.6%	14,905	27,805	-4,668	-16.8%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	92	0.1%	44	98	-6	-6.1%
White	90,736	53.2%	61,670	97,469	-6,733	-6.9%
Information Not Available	52,780	30.9%	31,021	53,340	-560	-1.0%

Years of Age	170,648		109,629	183,183
Younger than 22	5,386	2.1%	3,640	5,420	-34	-0.6%
22-24	9,802	3.9%	6,556	9,877	-75	-0.8%
25-34	40,734	16.0%	26,448	43,430	-2,696	-6.2%
35-44	46,032	18.1%	28,569	49,835	-3,803	-7.6%
45-54	44,337	17.4%	28,110	48,308	-3,971	-8.2%
55-59	13,946	5.5%	8,882	15,605	-1,659	-10.6%
60-64	6,946	2.7%	4,732	7,193	-247	-3.4%
65 and older	3,455	1.4%	2,690	3,512	-57	-1.6%
Information Not Available	10	0.0%	2	3	7	233.3%

Industry	170,648		109,629	183,183
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	602	0.4%	616	559	43	7.7%
Mining	193	0.1%	140	137	56	40.9%
Utilities	64	0.0%	88	72	-8	-11.1%
Construction	10,905	6.4%	13,146	12,560	-1,655	-13.2%
Manufacturing	54,468	31.8%	22,341	60,263	-5,795	-9.6%
Wholesale Trade	5,608	3.3%	4,370	5,730	-122	-2.1%
Retail Trade	10,285	6.0%	9,634	10,472	-187	-1.8%
Transporation and Warehousing	7,487	4.4%	3,442	6,752	735	10.9%
Information	1,271	0.7%	1,233	1,366	-95	-7.0%
Finance and Insurance	3,313	1.9%	3,104	3,234	79	2.4%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	3,382	2.0%	1,614	2,838	544	19.2%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	11,080	6.5%	6,389	11,103	-23	-0.2%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	1,669	1.0%	1,050	3,441	-1,772	-51.5%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	18,282	10.7%	12,448	19,660	-1,378	-7.0%
Educational Services	4,689	2.7%	1,739	5,125	-436	-8.5%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	10,302	6.0%	8,029	9,798	504	5.1%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	1,627	1.0%	1,644	1,664	-37	-2.2%
Accomodation and Food Services	6,494	3.8%	6,094	6,724	-230	-3.4%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	2,913	1.7%	2,717	3,296	-383	-11.6%
Public Administration	1,149	0.7%	1,079	1,506	-357	-23.7%
Information Not Available	14,865	8.7%	8,712	16,883	-2,018	-12.0%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Minnesota
	Jul 2007	Percent	Jun 2007	Jul 2006	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	41,717		38,281	35,318
Male	23,765	57.0%	21,975	18,992	4,773	25.1%
Female	17,952	43.0%	16,305	16,326	1,626	10.0%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	1	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	41,717		38,281	35,318
Hispanic or Latino	1,258	3.0%	1,221	995	263	26.4%
Not Hispanic or Latino	37,167	89.1%	34,073	31,596	5,571	17.6%
Information Not Available	3,292	7.9%	2,987	2,727	565	20.7%

Race	41,717		38,281	35,318
American Indian or Alaskan Native	591	1.4%	543	546	45	8.2%
Asian	923	2.2%	932	806	117	14.5%
Black or African American	3,622	8.7%	3,401	3,254	368	11.3%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	206	0.5%	213	173	33	19.1%
White	34,276	82.2%	31,253	28,831	5,445	18.9%
Information Not Available	2,099	5.0%	1,939	1,708	391	22.9%

Years of Age	41,717		38,281	35,318
Younger than 22	1,285	1.7%	1,139	1,031	254	24.6%
22-24	2,487	3.4%	2,491	2,021	466	23.1%
25-34	9,373	12.7%	9,089	7,938	1,435	18.1%
35-44	10,361	14.0%	9,419	9,123	1,238	13.6%
45-54	11,382	15.4%	9,937	9,409	1,973	21.0%
55-59	3,753	5.1%	3,350	3,177	576	18.1%
60-64	2,106	2.9%	1,888	1,724	382	22.2%
65 and older	580	0.8%	597	531	49	9.2%
Information Not Available	390	0.5%	371	364	26	7.1%

Industry	41,717		38,281	35,318
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	320	0.8%	365	235	85	36.2%
Mining	66	0.2%	49	65	1	1.5%
Utilities	282	0.7%	195	179	103	57.5%
Construction	6,283	14.9%	6,841	4,799	1,484	30.9%
Manufacturing	7,220	17.2%	6,412	6,299	921	14.6%
Wholesale Trade	2,301	5.5%	1,984	1,975	326	16.5%
Retail Trade	3,035	7.2%	2,993	2,777	258	9.3%
Transporation and Warehousing	2,169	5.2%	1,092	1,367	802	58.7%
Information	789	1.9%	728	733	56	7.6%
Finance and Insurance	1,600	3.8%	1,535	1,254	346	27.6%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	676	1.6%	614	602	74	12.3%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	2,315	5.5%	2,164	1,798	517	28.8%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	615	1.5%	611	654	-39	-6.0%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	3,102	7.4%	2,901	2,765	337	12.2%
Educational Services	1,661	4.0%	1,107	1,778	-117	-6.6%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	3,526	8.4%	3,359	2,584	942	36.5%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	510	1.2%	487	422	88	20.9%
Accomodation and Food Services	2,368	5.6%	2,124	2,124	244	11.5%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	1,993	4.7%	1,907	2,074	-81	-3.9%
Public Administration	638	1.5%	550	610	28	4.6%
Information Not Available	248	0.6%	263	224	24	10.7%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Missouri
	Jul 2007	Percent	Jun 2007	Jul 2006	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	52,293		47,087	48,245
Male	24,656	47.1%	22,301	21,431	3,225	15.0%
Female	27,629	52.8%	24,781	26,807	822	3.1%
Information Not Available	8	0.0%	5	7	1	14.3%

Ethnicity	52,293		47,087	48,245
Hispanic or Latino	548	1.0%	480	528	20	3.8%
Not Hispanic or Latino	16,528	31.6%	14,709	15,437	1,091	7.1%
Information Not Available	35,217	67.3%	31,898	32,280	2,937	9.1%

Race	52,293		47,087	48,245
American Indian or Alaskan Native	388	0.7%	349	351	37	10.5%
Asian	335	0.6%	296	349	-14	-4.0%
Black or African American	13,041	24.9%	11,877	12,348	693	5.6%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	418	0.8%	356	358	60	16.8%
White	35,390	67.7%	32,028	32,834	2,556	7.8%
Information Not Available	2,721	5.2%	2,181	2,005	716	35.7%

Years of Age	52,293		47,087	48,245
Younger than 22	1,297	1.5%	1,086	1,177	120	10.2%
22-24	2,524	3.0%	2,322	2,579	-55	-2.1%
25-34	11,484	13.6%	10,319	10,751	733	6.8%
35-44	13,426	15.8%	11,932	12,475	951	7.6%
45-54	13,961	16.5%	12,523	12,311	1,650	13.4%
55-59	4,534	5.4%	4,151	4,168	366	8.8%
60-64	2,940	3.5%	2,759	2,638	302	11.4%
65 and older	2,102	2.5%	1,966	2,146	-44	-2.1%
Information Not Available	25	0.0%	29	0	25	0.0%

Industry	52,293		47,087	48,245
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	206	0.4%	151	187	19	10.2%
Mining	76	0.1%	89	87	-11	-12.6%
Utilities	73	0.1%	65	78	-5	-6.4%
Construction	3,935	7.5%	4,162	4,150	-215	-5.2%
Manufacturing	12,058	23.0%	9,091	9,226	2,832	30.7%
Wholesale Trade	1,748	3.3%	1,721	1,782	-34	-1.9%
Retail Trade	4,992	9.5%	4,634	5,547	-555	-10.0%
Transporation and Warehousing	3,811	7.3%	3,290	3,547	264	7.4%
Information	948	1.8%	903	1,276	-328	-25.7%
Finance and Insurance	1,673	3.2%	1,557	1,440	233	16.2%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	937	1.8%	882	959	-22	-2.3%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	1,830	3.5%	1,667	1,559	271	17.4%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	101	0.2%	87	150	-49	-32.7%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	4,268	8.1%	3,813	3,375	893	26.5%
Educational Services	1,366	2.6%	1,018	1,257	109	8.7%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	4,641	8.8%	4,547	5,043	-402	-8.0%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	686	1.3%	602	662	24	3.6%
Accomodation and Food Services	4,915	9.4%	4,325	4,699	216	4.6%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	1,733	3.3%	1,658	1,590	143	9.0%
Public Administration	453	0.9%	448	451	2	0.4%
Information Not Available	1,843	3.5%	2,377	1,180	663	56.2%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Mississippi
	Jul 2007	Percent	Jun 2007	Jul 2006	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	24,249		22,284	22,369
Male	9,483	39.1%	8,771	7,932	1,551	19.6%
Female	14,766	60.9%	13,511	14,435	331	2.3%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	2	2	-2	-100.0%

Ethnicity	24,249		22,284	22,369
Hispanic or Latino	271	1.1%	235	311	-40	-12.9%
Not Hispanic or Latino	23,284	96.0%	21,389	21,149	2,135	10.1%
Information Not Available	694	2.9%	660	909	-215	-23.7%

Race	24,249		22,284	22,369
American Indian or Alaskan Native	28	0.1%	55	40	-12	-30.0%
Asian	50	0.2%	43	72	-22	-30.6%
Black or African American	16,045	66.2%	14,661	14,278	1,767	12.4%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	5	0.0%	3	4	1	25.0%
White	7,502	30.9%	7,012	7,332	170	2.3%
Information Not Available	619	2.6%	510	643	-24	-3.7%

Years of Age	24,249		22,284	22,369
Younger than 22	658	2.2%	527	561	97	17.3%
22-24	1,403	4.6%	1,266	1,284	119	9.3%
25-34	5,928	19.4%	5,518	5,276	652	12.4%
35-44	6,171	20.2%	5,578	5,799	372	6.4%
45-54	5,971	19.5%	5,494	5,589	382	6.8%
55-59	2,006	6.6%	1,891	1,844	162	8.8%
60-64	1,151	3.8%	1,090	1,081	70	6.5%
65 and older	961	3.1%	920	935	26	2.8%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	24,249		22,284	22,369
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	308	1.3%	225	267	41	15.4%
Mining	64	0.3%	47	28	36	128.6%
Utilities	25	0.1%	20	38	-13	-34.2%
Construction	1,191	4.8%	1,068	797	394	49.4%
Manufacturing	6,387	26.0%	5,699	5,604	783	14.0%
Wholesale Trade	554	2.3%	517	431	123	28.5%
Retail Trade	2,034	8.3%	1,853	1,697	337	19.9%
Transporation and Warehousing	778	3.2%	713	633	145	22.9%
Information	143	0.6%	136	238	-95	-39.9%
Finance and Insurance	287	1.2%	278	257	30	11.7%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	177	0.7%	165	176	1	0.6%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	587	2.4%	541	486	101	20.8%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	173	0.7%	176	11	162	1472.7%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	1,621	6.6%	1,416	1,285	336	26.1%
Educational Services	514	2.1%	448	505	9	1.8%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	5,222	21.3%	4,985	5,198	24	0.5%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	98	0.4%	104	172	-74	-43.0%
Accomodation and Food Services	1,759	7.2%	1,649	1,858	-99	-5.3%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	331	1.3%	317	331	0	0.0%
Public Administration	319	1.3%	279	407	-88	-21.6%
Information Not Available	1,677	6.8%	1,648	1,950	-273	-14.0%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Montana
	Jul 2007	Percent	Jun 2007	Jul 2006	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	3,363		3,166	3,139
Male	1,541	45.8%	1,508	1,362	179	13.1%
Female	1,808	53.8%	1,646	1,762	46	2.6%
Information Not Available	14	0.4%	12	15	-1	-6.7%

Ethnicity	3,363		3,166	3,139
Hispanic or Latino	85	2.5%	88	79	6	7.6%
Not Hispanic or Latino	3,048	90.6%	2,871	2,857	191	6.7%
Information Not Available	230	6.8%	207	203	27	13.3%

Race	3,363		3,166	3,139
American Indian or Alaskan Native	495	14.7%	435	519	-24	-4.6%
Asian	13	0.4%	14	17	-4	-23.5%
Black or African American	17	0.5%	13	16	1	6.3%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	6	0.2%	9	7	-1	-14.3%
White	2,808	83.5%	2,662	2,565	243	9.5%
Information Not Available	24	0.7%	33	15	9	60.0%

Years of Age	3,363		3,166	3,139
Younger than 22	84	1.4%	88	64	20	31.3%
22-24	160	2.7%	171	147	13	8.8%
25-34	660	11.1%	658	614	46	7.5%
35-44	753	12.7%	732	738	15	2.0%
45-54	973	16.4%	844	893	80	9.0%
55-59	364	6.1%	329	356	8	2.2%
60-64	224	3.8%	206	181	43	23.8%
65 and older	145	2.4%	138	146	-1	-0.7%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	3,363		3,166	3,139
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	29	0.9%	44	40	-11	-27.5%
Mining	61	1.8%	72	58	3	5.2%
Utilities	30	0.9%	12	22	8	36.4%
Construction	500	14.7%	463	390	110	28.2%
Manufacturing	225	6.6%	194	173	52	30.1%
Wholesale Trade	68	2.0%	76	74	-6	-8.1%
Retail Trade	283	8.3%	291	252	31	12.3%
Transporation and Warehousing	163	4.8%	137	146	17	11.6%
Information	66	1.9%	52	35	31	88.6%
Finance and Insurance	59	1.7%	60	63	-4	-6.3%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	36	1.1%	44	36	0	0.0%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	120	3.5%	99	115	5	4.3%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	5	0.1%	4	0	5	0.0%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	201	5.9%	222	191	10	5.2%
Educational Services	165	4.9%	136	202	-37	-18.3%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	501	14.8%	433	510	-9	-1.8%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	73	2.2%	76	72	1	1.4%
Accomodation and Food Services	356	10.5%	371	303	53	17.5%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	83	2.4%	90	92	-9	-9.8%
Public Administration	234	6.9%	184	224	10	4.5%
Information Not Available	105	3.1%	106	141	-36	-25.5%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants North Carolina
	Jul 2007	Percent	Jun 2007	Jul 2006	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	75,994		69,268	72,772
Male	38,709	50.9%	34,562	34,808	3,901	11.2%
Female	37,283	49.1%	34,703	37,961	-678	-1.8%
Information Not Available	2	0.0%	3	3	-1	-33.3%

Ethnicity	75,994		69,268	72,772
Hispanic or Latino	2,428	3.2%	2,075	2,506	-78	-3.1%
Not Hispanic or Latino	72,109	94.9%	65,899	68,994	3,115	4.5%
Information Not Available	1,457	1.9%	1,294	1,272	185	14.5%

Race	75,994		69,268	72,772
American Indian or Alaskan Native	1,076	1.4%	1,000	909	167	18.4%
Asian	885	1.2%	805	782	103	13.2%
Black or African American	29,569	38.9%	27,644	28,696	873	3.0%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	50	0.1%	55	46	4	8.7%
White	40,495	53.3%	36,371	38,462	2,033	5.3%
Information Not Available	3,919	5.2%	3,393	3,877	42	1.1%

Years of Age	75,994		69,268	72,772
Younger than 22	2,323	2.1%	2,234	2,306	17	0.7%
22-24	4,251	3.8%	4,022	4,109	142	3.5%
25-34	17,952	16.0%	16,518	17,024	928	5.5%
35-44	20,268	18.0%	18,169	19,372	896	4.6%
45-54	18,661	16.6%	16,683	17,722	939	5.3%
55-59	6,334	5.6%	5,776	6,302	32	0.5%
60-64	3,958	3.5%	3,710	3,629	329	9.1%
65 and older	2,247	2.0%	2,156	2,308	-61	-2.6%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	75,994		69,268	72,772
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	294	0.4%	290	270	24	8.9%
Mining	28	0.0%	31	38	-10	-26.3%
Utilities	85	0.1%	108	59	26	44.1%
Construction	5,613	7.4%	5,541	4,877	736	15.1%
Manufacturing	21,282	27.9%	16,876	18,847	2,435	12.9%
Wholesale Trade	2,455	3.2%	2,422	2,276	179	7.9%
Retail Trade	5,345	7.0%	5,387	5,515	-170	-3.1%
Transporation and Warehousing	1,547	2.0%	1,521	1,541	6	0.4%
Information	953	1.2%	910	906	47	5.2%
Finance and Insurance	1,939	2.5%	1,946	1,863	76	4.1%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	761	1.0%	738	658	103	15.7%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	2,932	3.8%	2,762	2,640	292	11.1%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	182	0.2%	211	178	4	2.2%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	7,400	9.7%	7,394	7,139	261	3.7%
Educational Services	1,518	2.0%	1,148	1,807	-289	-16.0%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	5,101	6.7%	4,722	5,371	-270	-5.0%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	452	0.6%	412	471	-19	-4.0%
Accomodation and Food Services	3,530	4.6%	3,488	3,400	130	3.8%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	1,177	1.5%	1,154	1,562	-385	-24.6%
Public Administration	652	0.9%	593	666	-14	-2.1%
Information Not Available	12,748	16.7%	11,614	12,688	60	0.5%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants North Dakota
	Jul 2007	Percent	Jun 2007	Jul 2006	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	2,307		2,277	2,525
Male	1,156	50.1%	1,253	1,333	-177	-13.3%
Female	1,146	49.7%	1,019	1,186	-40	-3.4%
Information Not Available	5	0.2%	5	6	-1	-16.7%

Ethnicity	2,307		2,277	2,525
Hispanic or Latino	57	2.5%	59	57	0	0.0%
Not Hispanic or Latino	2,212	95.9%	2,186	2,424	-212	-8.7%
Information Not Available	38	1.6%	32	44	-6	-13.6%

Race	2,307		2,277	2,525
American Indian or Alaskan Native	470	20.4%	458	421	49	11.6%
Asian	5	0.2%	7	9	-4	-44.4%
Black or African American	26	1.1%	26	30	-4	-13.3%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	2	0.1%	2	8	-6	-75.0%
White	1,709	74.1%	1,693	1,956	-247	-12.6%
Information Not Available	95	4.1%	91	101	-6	-5.9%

Years of Age	2,307		2,277	2,525
Younger than 22	26	0.7%	25	47	-21	-44.7%
22-24	97	2.5%	110	102	-5	-4.9%
25-34	457	11.8%	470	475	-18	-3.8%
35-44	513	13.3%	515	586	-73	-12.5%
45-54	667	17.3%	604	716	-49	-6.8%
55-59	264	6.8%	259	309	-45	-14.6%
60-64	157	4.1%	161	165	-8	-4.8%
65 and older	120	3.1%	123	119	1	0.8%
Information Not Available	6	0.2%	10	6	0	0.0%

Industry	2,307		2,277	2,525
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	101	4.2%	74	91	10	11.0%
Mining	26	1.1%	31	15	11	73.3%
Utilities	7	0.3%	9	7	0	0.0%
Construction	312	13.0%	337	295	17	5.8%
Manufacturing	360	15.0%	380	553	-193	-34.9%
Wholesale Trade	72	3.0%	67	85	-13	-15.3%
Retail Trade	126	5.2%	131	155	-29	-18.7%
Transporation and Warehousing	102	4.2%	93	112	-10	-8.9%
Information	72	3.0%	61	33	39	118.2%
Finance and Insurance	36	1.5%	44	62	-26	-41.9%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	14	0.6%	12	12	2	16.7%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	70	2.9%	61	63	7	11.1%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	11	0.5%	7	14	-3	-21.4%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	80	3.3%	90	104	-24	-23.1%
Educational Services	12	0.5%	6	2	10	500.0%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	117	4.9%	101	140	-23	-16.4%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	7	0.3%	5	6	1	16.7%
Accomodation and Food Services	94	3.9%	115	82	12	14.6%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	65	2.7%	59	68	-3	-4.4%
Public Administration	411	17.1%	392	332	79	23.8%
Information Not Available	212	8.8%	202	294	-82	-27.9%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Nebraska
	Jul 2007	Percent	Jun 2007	Jul 2006	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	8,599		8,304	9,411
Male	3,821	44.4%	3,695	4,410	-589	-13.4%
Female	4,467	51.9%	4,263	4,996	-529	-10.6%
Information Not Available	311	3.6%	346	5	306	6120.0%

Ethnicity	8,599		8,304	9,411
Hispanic or Latino	240	2.8%	239	580	-340	-58.6%
Not Hispanic or Latino	6,612	76.9%	6,393	7,793	-1,181	-15.2%
Information Not Available	1,747	20.3%	1,672	1,038	709	68.3%

Race	8,599		8,304	9,411
American Indian or Alaskan Native	88	1.0%	89	178	-90	-50.6%
Asian	77	0.9%	66	101	-24	-23.8%
Black or African American	623	7.2%	648	1,039	-416	-40.0%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	14	0.2%	10	17	-3	-17.6%
White	3,703	43.1%	3,408	6,078	-2,375	-39.1%
Information Not Available	4,094	47.6%	4,083	1,998	2,096	104.9%

Years of Age	8,599		8,304	9,411
Younger than 22	192	1.6%	171	530	-338	-63.8%
22-24	496	4.2%	454	435	61	14.0%
25-34	1,940	16.5%	1,909	2,166	-226	-10.4%
35-44	2,076	17.6%	2,048	2,326	-250	-10.7%
45-54	2,247	19.1%	2,160	2,340	-93	-4.0%
55-59	776	6.6%	735	810	-34	-4.2%
60-64	516	4.4%	483	470	46	9.8%
65 and older	356	3.0%	344	329	27	8.2%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	5	-5	-100.0%

Industry	8,599		8,304	9,411
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	57	0.7%	55	72	-15	-20.8%
Mining	7	0.1%	10	9	-2	-22.2%
Utilities	7	0.1%	10	15	-8	-53.3%
Construction	602	7.0%	658	555	47	8.5%
Manufacturing	1,504	17.4%	1,287	1,724	-220	-12.8%
Wholesale Trade	278	3.2%	292	320	-42	-13.1%
Retail Trade	885	10.2%	843	1,076	-191	-17.8%
Transporation and Warehousing	472	5.5%	409	387	85	22.0%
Information	197	2.3%	199	229	-32	-14.0%
Finance and Insurance	346	4.0%	359	323	23	7.1%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	106	1.2%	111	120	-14	-11.7%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	409	4.7%	386	344	65	18.9%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	36	0.4%	30	20	16	80.0%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	762	8.8%	754	879	-117	-13.3%
Educational Services	199	2.3%	191	238	-39	-16.4%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	923	10.7%	892	969	-46	-4.7%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	117	1.4%	109	94	23	24.5%
Accomodation and Food Services	728	8.4%	685	724	4	0.6%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	235	2.7%	213	273	-38	-13.9%
Public Administration	229	2.6%	195	260	-31	-11.9%
Information Not Available	500	5.8%	616	780	-280	-35.9%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants New Hampshire
	Jul 2007	Percent	Jun 2007	Jul 2006	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	6,584		5,442	6,728
Male	3,049	46.3%	2,843	3,158	-109	-3.5%
Female	3,535	53.7%	2,599	3,570	-35	-1.0%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	6,584		5,442	6,728
Hispanic or Latino	227	3.4%	204	258	-31	-12.0%
Not Hispanic or Latino	4,876	74.1%	3,976	4,774	102	2.1%
Information Not Available	1,481	22.5%	1,262	1,696	-215	-12.7%

Race	6,584		5,442	6,728
American Indian or Alaskan Native	25	0.4%	26	22	3	13.6%
Asian	104	1.6%	82	139	-35	-25.2%
Black or African American	127	1.9%	121	139	-12	-8.6%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	5	0.1%	3	4	1	25.0%
White	5,935	90.1%	4,884	5,984	-49	-0.8%
Information Not Available	388	5.9%	326	440	-52	-11.8%

Years of Age	6,584		5,442	6,728
Younger than 22	106	0.9%	94	101	5	5.0%
22-24	233	1.9%	185	229	4	1.7%
25-34	1,099	9.1%	963	1,137	-38	-3.3%
35-44	1,634	13.6%	1,331	1,740	-106	-6.1%
45-54	1,954	16.3%	1,625	1,929	25	1.3%
55-59	735	6.1%	600	790	-55	-7.0%
60-64	502	4.2%	408	521	-19	-3.6%
65 and older	321	2.7%	236	281	40	14.2%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	6,584		5,442	6,728
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	20	0.3%	20	18	2	11.1%
Mining	3	0.0%	8	3	0	0.0%
Utilities	7	0.1%	7	12	-5	-41.7%
Construction	389	5.9%	528	412	-23	-5.6%
Manufacturing	1,056	16.0%	820	1,387	-331	-23.9%
Wholesale Trade	269	4.1%	266	262	7	2.7%
Retail Trade	633	9.6%	672	653	-20	-3.1%
Transporation and Warehousing	832	12.6%	158	737	95	12.9%
Information	83	1.3%	79	88	-5	-5.7%
Finance and Insurance	208	3.1%	211	179	29	16.2%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	89	1.3%	89	96	-7	-7.3%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	275	4.2%	256	286	-11	-3.8%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	9	0.1%	4	17	-8	-47.1%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	569	8.6%	492	513	56	10.9%
Educational Services	267	4.0%	97	265	2	0.8%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	540	8.2%	490	528	12	2.3%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	44	0.7%	49	70	-26	-37.1%
Accomodation and Food Services	359	5.4%	358	328	31	9.5%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	210	3.2%	172	205	5	2.4%
Public Administration	78	1.2%	79	72	6	8.3%
Information Not Available	644	9.8%	587	597	47	7.9%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants New Jersey
	Jul 2007	Percent	Jun 2007	Jul 2006	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	119,023		95,689	116,206
Male	55,068	46.3%	50,820	53,135	1,933	3.6%
Female	63,955	53.7%	44,869	63,071	884	1.4%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	119,023		95,689	116,206
Hispanic or Latino	22,451	18.9%	18,135	21,438	1,013	4.7%
Not Hispanic or Latino	86,978	73.1%	69,824	85,874	1,104	1.3%
Information Not Available	9,594	8.1%	7,730	8,894	700	7.9%

Race	119,023		95,689	116,206
American Indian or Alaskan Native	409	0.3%	355	429	-20	-4.7%
Asian	3,460	2.9%	3,028	3,478	-18	-0.5%
Black or African American	26,900	22.6%	22,001	27,026	-126	-0.5%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	705	0.6%	624	705	0	0.0%
White	68,610	57.6%	55,091	68,239	371	0.5%
Information Not Available	18,939	15.9%	14,590	16,329	2,610	16.0%

Years of Age	119,023		95,689	116,206
Younger than 22	12,809	7.0%	11,382	9,644	3,165	32.8%
22-24	8,128	4.5%	7,123	7,928	200	2.5%
25-34	25,115	13.8%	21,516	24,679	436	1.8%
35-44	29,745	16.3%	24,304	29,708	37	0.1%
45-54	24,314	13.3%	18,935	24,600	-286	-1.2%
55-59	8,558	4.7%	6,436	8,563	-5	-0.1%
60-64	5,070	2.8%	3,402	5,316	-246	-4.6%
65 and older	5,284	2.9%	2,591	5,768	-484	-8.4%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	119,023		95,689	116,206
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	93	0.1%	124	81	12	14.8%
Mining	37	0.0%	49	32	5	15.6%
Utilities	117	0.1%	123	147	-30	-20.4%
Construction	8,821	7.4%	9,532	8,362	459	5.5%
Manufacturing	9,304	7.8%	8,963	8,702	602	6.9%
Wholesale Trade	5,892	4.9%	5,600	5,591	301	5.4%
Retail Trade	12,143	10.2%	11,612	11,441	702	6.1%
Transporation and Warehousing	10,128	8.5%	4,372	9,555	573	6.0%
Information	2,494	2.1%	2,377	2,651	-157	-5.9%
Finance and Insurance	4,881	4.1%	4,577	4,107	774	18.8%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	1,835	1.5%	1,778	1,494	341	22.8%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	6,066	5.1%	5,556	5,460	606	11.1%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	561	0.5%	516	339	222	65.5%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	11,707	9.8%	11,106	10,602	1,105	10.4%
Educational Services	6,233	5.2%	2,039	6,943	-710	-10.2%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	10,262	8.6%	7,927	9,964	298	3.0%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	1,190	1.0%	1,098	1,105	85	7.7%
Accomodation and Food Services	12,321	10.3%	7,597	11,143	1,178	10.6%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	2,857	2.4%	2,472	2,645	212	8.0%
Public Administration	4,264	3.6%	972	4,170	94	2.3%
Information Not Available	7,817	6.6%	7,299	11,672	-3,855	-33.0%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants New Mexico
	Jul 2007	Percent	Jun 2007	Jul 2006	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	11,159		11,195	10,955
Male	5,450	48.8%	5,729	5,219	231	4.4%
Female	5,709	51.2%	5,466	5,735	-26	-0.5%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	1	-1	-100.0%

Ethnicity	11,159		11,195	10,955
Hispanic or Latino	6,097	54.6%	6,397	5,897	200	3.4%
Not Hispanic or Latino	4,663	41.8%	4,417	4,724	-61	-1.3%
Information Not Available	399	3.6%	381	334	65	19.5%

Race	11,159		11,195	10,955
American Indian or Alaskan Native	1,215	10.9%	1,042	1,328	-113	-8.5%
Asian	127	1.1%	109	111	16	14.4%
Black or African American	336	3.0%	333	379	-43	-11.3%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	22	0.2%	26	26	-4	-15.4%
White	5,396	48.4%	5,440	5,037	359	7.1%
Information Not Available	4,063	36.4%	4,245	4,074	-11	-0.3%

Years of Age	11,159		11,195	10,955
Younger than 22	346	2.2%	257	341	5	1.5%
22-24	625	3.9%	574	599	26	4.3%
25-34	2,355	14.7%	2,332	2,326	29	1.2%
35-44	2,811	17.5%	2,842	2,792	19	0.7%
45-54	2,667	16.6%	2,838	2,782	-115	-4.1%
55-59	882	5.5%	950	1,066	-184	-17.3%
60-64	502	3.1%	587	559	-57	-10.2%
65 and older	391	2.4%	434	490	-99	-20.2%
Information Not Available	580	3.6%	381	0	580	0.0%

Industry	11,159		11,195	10,955
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	230	2.0%	472	220	10	4.5%
Mining	144	1.3%	141	103	41	39.8%
Utilities	23	0.2%	24	26	-3	-11.5%
Construction	1,780	15.6%	1,860	1,158	622	53.7%
Manufacturing	877	7.7%	1,013	639	238	37.2%
Wholesale Trade	281	2.5%	286	209	72	34.4%
Retail Trade	825	7.2%	823	843	-18	-2.1%
Transporation and Warehousing	828	7.3%	774	718	110	15.3%
Information	402	3.5%	530	219	183	83.6%
Finance and Insurance	248	2.2%	224	309	-61	-19.7%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	153	1.3%	150	165	-12	-7.3%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	575	5.0%	562	403	172	42.7%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	32	0.3%	31	24	8	33.3%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	1,007	8.8%	831	631	376	59.6%
Educational Services	413	3.6%	363	435	-22	-5.1%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	1,412	12.4%	1,363	1,172	240	20.5%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	261	2.3%	269	199	62	31.2%
Accomodation and Food Services	789	6.9%	779	666	123	18.5%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	310	2.7%	257	309	1	0.3%
Public Administration	522	4.6%	386	546	-24	-4.4%
Information Not Available	47	0.4%	57	1,961	-1,914	-97.6%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Nevada
	Jul 2007	Percent	Jun 2007	Jul 2006	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	24,413		22,851	18,941
Male	13,632	55.8%	13,073	10,440	3,192	30.6%
Female	10,773	44.1%	9,772	8,499	2,274	26.8%
Information Not Available	8	0.0%	6	2	6	300.0%

Ethnicity	24,413		22,851	18,941
Hispanic or Latino	3,661	15.0%	3,508	2,494	1,167	46.8%
Not Hispanic or Latino	16,247	66.6%	14,909	12,700	3,547	27.9%
Information Not Available	4,505	18.5%	4,434	3,747	758	20.2%

Race	24,413		22,851	18,941
American Indian or Alaskan Native	492	2.0%	472	382	110	28.8%
Asian	1,031	4.2%	1,015	851	180	21.2%
Black or African American	3,262	13.4%	2,913	2,404	858	35.7%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	407	1.7%	385	290	117	40.3%
White	15,728	64.4%	14,783	12,690	3,038	23.9%
Information Not Available	3,493	14.3%	3,283	2,324	1,169	50.3%

Years of Age	24,413		22,851	18,941
Younger than 22	621	1.6%	557	393	228	58.0%
22-24	1,156	3.0%	1,110	818	338	41.3%
25-34	4,952	12.9%	4,552	3,714	1,238	33.3%
35-44	5,815	15.1%	5,445	4,848	967	19.9%
45-54	6,375	16.6%	5,964	4,918	1,457	29.6%
55-59	2,310	6.0%	2,271	1,919	391	20.4%
60-64	1,686	4.4%	1,580	1,228	458	37.3%
65 and older	1,448	3.8%	1,336	1,076	372	34.6%
Information Not Available	50	0.1%	36	27	23	85.2%

Industry	24,413		22,851	18,941
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	16	0.1%	15	7	9	128.6%
Mining	89	0.4%	79	77	12	15.6%
Utilities	32	0.1%	27	20	12	60.0%
Construction	4,776	19.6%	4,660	3,837	939	24.5%
Manufacturing	1,032	4.2%	1,008	713	319	44.7%
Wholesale Trade	534	2.2%	495	443	91	20.5%
Retail Trade	1,919	7.9%	1,831	1,440	479	33.3%
Transporation and Warehousing	636	2.6%	643	384	252	65.6%
Information	326	1.3%	283	270	56	20.7%
Finance and Insurance	860	3.5%	838	642	218	34.0%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	654	2.7%	609	452	202	44.7%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	1,324	5.4%	1,187	731	593	81.1%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	97	0.4%	95	68	29	42.6%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	3,825	15.7%	3,636	3,037	788	25.9%
Educational Services	411	1.7%	254	346	65	18.8%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	1,324	5.4%	1,175	1,158	166	14.3%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	552	2.3%	460	448	104	23.2%
Accomodation and Food Services	3,518	14.4%	3,179	2,543	975	38.3%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	412	1.7%	423	283	129	45.6%
Public Administration	518	2.1%	427	426	92	21.6%
Information Not Available	1,558	6.4%	1,527	1,616	-58	-3.6%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants New York
	Jul 2007	Percent	Jun 2007	Jul 2006	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	172,621		148,587	177,337
Male	85,468	49.5%	79,569	90,104	-4,636	-5.1%
Female	87,153	50.5%	69,018	87,233	-80	-0.1%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	172,621		148,587	177,337
Hispanic or Latino	26,940	15.6%	22,730	27,764	-824	-3.0%
Not Hispanic or Latino	117,960	68.3%	101,747	128,588	-10,628	-8.3%
Information Not Available	27,721	16.1%	24,110	20,985	6,736	32.1%

Race	172,621		148,587	177,337
American Indian or Alaskan Native	1,037	0.6%	970	1,262	-225	-17.8%
Asian	4,577	2.7%	4,362	5,291	-714	-13.5%
Black or African American	28,067	16.3%	24,040	28,746	-679	-2.4%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	337	0.2%	294	326	11	3.4%
White	92,498	53.6%	79,475	100,808	-8,310	-8.2%
Information Not Available	46,105	26.7%	39,446	40,904	5,201	12.7%

Years of Age	172,621		148,587	177,337
Younger than 22	5,521	2.2%	5,341	5,659	-138	-2.4%
22-24	10,127	4.0%	9,791	10,033	94	0.9%
25-34	39,576	15.5%	36,480	39,731	-155	-0.4%
35-44	42,993	16.9%	37,448	46,254	-3,261	-7.1%
45-54	40,783	16.0%	34,041	41,516	-733	-1.8%
55-59	15,126	5.9%	12,125	15,687	-561	-3.6%
60-64	10,159	4.0%	7,664	9,616	543	5.6%
65 and older	8,336	3.3%	5,697	8,841	-505	-5.7%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	172,621		148,587	177,337
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	340	0.2%	319	415	-75	-18.1%
Mining	116	0.1%	138	234	-118	-50.4%
Utilities	132	0.1%	156	134	-2	-1.5%
Construction	15,039	8.7%	16,743	19,628	-4,589	-23.4%
Manufacturing	14,491	8.4%	15,048	15,406	-915	-5.9%
Wholesale Trade	7,206	4.2%	7,209	7,465	-259	-3.5%
Retail Trade	14,450	8.4%	14,387	14,899	-449	-3.0%
Transporation and Warehousing	17,014	9.8%	4,286	17,679	-665	-3.8%
Information	5,376	3.1%	5,386	5,401	-25	-0.5%
Finance and Insurance	9,620	5.6%	9,367	8,268	1,352	16.4%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	3,532	2.0%	3,376	3,381	151	4.5%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	11,743	6.8%	11,418	11,243	500	4.4%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	711	0.4%	638	786	-75	-9.5%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	15,030	8.7%	14,779	15,401	-371	-2.4%
Educational Services	8,817	5.1%	4,045	8,224	593	7.2%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	16,936	9.8%	13,870	16,948	-12	-0.1%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	4,569	2.6%	4,401	4,206	363	8.6%
Accomodation and Food Services	13,811	8.0%	11,941	13,095	716	5.5%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	4,756	2.7%	4,233	5,008	-252	-5.0%
Public Administration	5,048	2.9%	3,566	5,780	-732	-12.7%
Information Not Available	3,884	2.2%	3,281	3,736	148	4.0%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Ohio
	Jul 2007	Percent	Jun 2007	Jul 2006	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	94,913		84,027	98,260
Male	51,281	54.0%	46,118	52,743	-1,462	-2.8%
Female	43,274	45.6%	37,646	45,241	-1,967	-4.3%
Information Not Available	358	0.4%	263	276	82	29.7%

Ethnicity	94,913		84,027	98,260
Hispanic or Latino	2,927	3.1%	2,183	2,881	46	1.6%
Not Hispanic or Latino	88,131	92.9%	78,425	91,299	-3,168	-3.5%
Information Not Available	3,855	4.1%	3,419	4,080	-225	-5.5%

Race	94,913		84,027	98,260
American Indian or Alaskan Native	442	0.5%	391	406	36	8.9%
Asian	469	0.5%	409	402	67	16.7%
Black or African American	17,676	18.6%	15,764	17,852	-176	-1.0%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	72	0.1%	62	88	-16	-18.2%
White	72,338	76.2%	64,269	75,477	-3,139	-4.2%
Information Not Available	3,916	4.1%	3,132	4,035	-119	-2.9%

Years of Age	94,913		84,027	98,260
Younger than 22	2,373	1.5%	2,245	2,403	-30	-1.2%
22-24	4,437	2.7%	4,270	4,664	-227	-4.9%
25-34	21,415	13.2%	19,405	21,328	87	0.4%
35-44	25,170	15.5%	22,655	26,480	-1,310	-4.9%
45-54	26,967	16.6%	23,202	28,463	-1,496	-5.3%
55-59	9,040	5.6%	7,660	9,702	-662	-6.8%
60-64	4,411	2.7%	3,688	4,122	289	7.0%
65 and older	1,100	0.7%	902	1,098	2	0.2%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	94,913		84,027	98,260
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	162	0.2%	181	164	-2	-1.2%
Mining	182	0.2%	204	164	18	11.0%
Utilities	106	0.1%	162	158	-52	-32.9%
Construction	9,887	10.4%	11,448	9,831	56	0.6%
Manufacturing	28,561	30.0%	18,748	32,311	-3,750	-11.6%
Wholesale Trade	4,159	4.4%	3,886	3,588	571	15.9%
Retail Trade	4,822	5.1%	5,023	4,568	254	5.6%
Transporation and Warehousing	4,402	4.6%	3,351	4,983	-581	-11.7%
Information	1,201	1.3%	1,170	1,188	13	1.1%
Finance and Insurance	2,994	3.1%	3,006	2,779	215	7.7%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	1,391	1.5%	1,376	1,337	54	4.0%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	4,238	4.5%	4,146	4,328	-90	-2.1%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	223	0.2%	236	200	23	11.5%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	9,501	10.0%	9,566	9,472	29	0.3%
Educational Services	2,957	3.1%	2,395	3,010	-53	-1.8%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	8,590	9.0%	7,957	8,592	-2	0.0%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	863	0.9%	882	864	-1	-0.1%
Accomodation and Food Services	4,042	4.3%	3,859	3,754	288	7.7%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	2,370	2.5%	2,201	2,696	-326	-12.1%
Public Administration	817	0.9%	818	765	52	6.8%
Information Not Available	3,445	3.6%	3,412	3,508	-63	-1.8%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Oklahoma
	Jul 2007	Percent	Jun 2007	Jul 2006	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	15,411		14,479	14,746
Male	7,467	48.5%	7,069	6,673	794	11.9%
Female	7,892	51.2%	7,372	8,041	-149	-1.9%
Information Not Available	52	0.3%	38	32	20	62.5%

Ethnicity	15,411		14,479	14,746
Hispanic or Latino	1,333	8.6%	1,123	1,080	253	23.4%
Not Hispanic or Latino	14,078	91.4%	13,356	13,666	412	3.0%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Race	15,411		14,479	14,746
American Indian or Alaskan Native	1,431	9.3%	1,312	1,350	81	6.0%
Asian	121	0.8%	148	87	34	39.1%
Black or African American	2,410	15.6%	2,275	2,295	115	5.0%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	10	0.1%	21	18	-8	-44.4%
White	9,371	60.8%	9,040	8,973	398	4.4%
Information Not Available	2,068	13.4%	1,683	2,023	45	2.2%

Years of Age	15,411		14,479	14,746
Younger than 22	367	1.5%	333	374	-7	-1.9%
22-24	832	3.5%	797	755	77	10.2%
25-34	3,701	15.4%	3,498	3,507	194	5.5%
35-44	3,929	16.4%	3,730	3,914	15	0.4%
45-54	4,005	16.7%	3,717	3,823	182	4.8%
55-59	1,283	5.3%	1,164	1,177	106	9.0%
60-64	790	3.3%	728	719	71	9.9%
65 and older	504	2.1%	512	477	27	5.7%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	15,411		14,479	14,746
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	29	0.2%	37	54	-25	-46.3%
Mining	443	2.9%	444	260	183	70.4%
Utilities	59	0.4%	46	38	21	55.3%
Construction	1,332	8.6%	1,288	1,100	232	21.1%
Manufacturing	2,316	15.0%	2,025	2,145	171	8.0%
Wholesale Trade	566	3.7%	542	563	3	0.5%
Retail Trade	1,259	8.2%	1,227	1,497	-238	-15.9%
Transporation and Warehousing	387	2.5%	372	405	-18	-4.4%
Information	769	5.0%	784	516	253	49.0%
Finance and Insurance	453	2.9%	433	489	-36	-7.4%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	366	2.4%	339	299	67	22.4%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	665	4.3%	667	777	-112	-14.4%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	24	0.2%	16	13	11	84.6%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	1,990	12.9%	1,905	1,790	200	11.2%
Educational Services	473	3.1%	446	537	-64	-11.9%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	1,457	9.4%	1,327	1,556	-99	-6.4%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	238	1.5%	235	288	-50	-17.4%
Accomodation and Food Services	652	4.2%	618	620	32	5.2%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	575	3.7%	483	599	-24	-4.0%
Public Administration	787	5.1%	750	722	65	9.0%
Information Not Available	571	3.7%	495	478	93	19.5%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Oregon
	Jul 2007	Percent	Jun 2007	Jul 2006	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	38,296		37,455	37,410
Male	19,882	51.9%	20,418	18,778	1,104	5.9%
Female	18,411	48.1%	17,034	18,629	-218	-1.2%
Information Not Available	3	0.0%	3	3	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	38,296		37,455	37,410
Hispanic or Latino	2,882	7.5%	3,225	2,499	383	15.3%
Not Hispanic or Latino	29,050	75.9%	27,996	27,429	1,621	5.9%
Information Not Available	6,364	16.6%	6,234	7,482	-1,118	-14.9%

Race	38,296		37,455	37,410
American Indian or Alaskan Native	356	0.9%	359	465	-109	-23.4%
Asian	591	1.5%	653	680	-89	-13.1%
Black or African American	588	1.5%	565	689	-101	-14.7%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	216	0.6%	214	246	-30	-12.2%
White	16,636	43.4%	16,976	20,492	-3,856	-18.8%
Information Not Available	19,909	52.0%	18,688	14,838	5,071	34.2%

Years of Age	38,296		37,455	37,410
Younger than 22	1,002	1.9%	916	1,010	-8	-0.8%
22-24	2,071	3.9%	2,144	2,043	28	1.4%
25-34	8,773	16.7%	8,866	8,378	395	4.7%
35-44	9,271	17.6%	9,115	9,293	-22	-0.2%
45-54	10,036	19.1%	9,713	9,896	140	1.4%
55-59	3,603	6.8%	3,495	3,510	93	2.6%
60-64	2,271	4.3%	2,090	2,063	208	10.1%
65 and older	1,269	2.4%	1,115	1,217	52	4.3%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	1	0	0	0.0%

Industry	38,296		37,455	37,410
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	893	2.3%	1,049	907	-14	-1.5%
Mining	53	0.1%	59	38	15	39.5%
Utilities	80	0.2%	87	77	3	3.9%
Construction	3,992	10.2%	4,568	3,476	516	14.8%
Manufacturing	5,683	14.5%	6,112	5,072	611	12.0%
Wholesale Trade	1,590	4.1%	1,607	1,321	269	20.4%
Retail Trade	4,225	10.8%	4,213	4,277	-52	-1.2%
Transporation and Warehousing	1,923	4.9%	1,200	1,848	75	4.1%
Information	818	2.1%	816	834	-16	-1.9%
Finance and Insurance	1,437	3.7%	1,346	1,278	159	12.4%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	646	1.6%	636	652	-6	-0.9%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	1,393	3.6%	1,322	1,371	22	1.6%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	150	0.4%	137	157	-7	-4.5%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	3,556	9.1%	3,456	3,362	194	5.8%
Educational Services	894	2.3%	655	954	-60	-6.3%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	3,942	10.1%	3,730	4,266	-324	-7.6%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	466	1.2%	479	494	-28	-5.7%
Accomodation and Food Services	2,864	7.3%	2,485	3,172	-308	-9.7%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	1,027	2.6%	987	1,015	12	1.2%
Public Administration	1,073	2.7%	856	911	162	17.8%
Information Not Available	1,591	4.1%	1,655	1,928	-337	-17.5%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Pennsylvania
	Jul 2007	Percent	Jun 2007	Jul 2006	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	168,275		141,688	170,076
Male	85,360	50.7%	72,722	83,394	1,966	2.4%
Female	82,915	49.3%	68,966	86,682	-3,767	-4.3%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	168,275		141,688	170,076
Hispanic or Latino	6,056	3.6%	6,550	6,225	-169	-2.7%
Not Hispanic or Latino	154,300	91.7%	127,914	157,508	-3,208	-2.0%
Information Not Available	7,919	4.7%	7,224	6,343	1,576	24.8%

Race	168,275		141,688	170,076
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	25,969	15.4%	20,613	26,897	-928	-3.5%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
White	126,584	75.2%	105,664	128,732	-2,148	-1.7%
Information Not Available	15,722	9.3%	15,411	14,447	1,275	8.8%

Years of Age	168,275		141,688	170,076
Younger than 22	20,728	7.1%	17,049	19,380	1,348	7.0%
22-24	11,180	3.8%	9,150	10,454	726	6.9%
25-34	35,751	12.3%	30,052	37,938	-2,187	-5.8%
35-44	45,184	15.5%	39,107	47,569	-2,385	-5.0%
45-54	32,607	11.2%	28,511	30,891	1,716	5.6%
55-59	8,967	3.1%	6,357	11,393	-2,426	-21.3%
60-64	3,727	1.3%	2,793	4,111	-384	-9.3%
65 and older	3,144	1.1%	2,601	3,289	-145	-4.4%
Information Not Available	6,987	2.4%	6,068	5,051	1,936	38.3%

Industry	168,275		141,688	170,076
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	116	0.1%	96	587	-471	-80.2%
Mining	349	0.2%	193	352	-3	-0.9%
Utilities	233	0.1%	96	587	-354	-60.3%
Construction	15,022	8.9%	14,833	16,444	-1,422	-8.6%
Manufacturing	21,429	12.7%	20,131	22,316	-887	-4.0%
Wholesale Trade	5,706	3.4%	5,587	6,225	-519	-8.3%
Retail Trade	14,673	8.7%	11,944	16,914	-2,241	-13.2%
Transporation and Warehousing	20,380	12.1%	13,967	19,263	1,117	5.8%
Information	3,028	1.8%	2,697	2,232	796	35.7%
Finance and Insurance	4,425	2.6%	4,142	4,463	-38	-0.9%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	2,678	1.6%	2,697	1,292	1,386	107.3%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	8,385	5.0%	6,742	7,870	515	6.5%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	1,514	0.9%	1,541	2,349	-835	-35.5%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	14,207	8.4%	10,884	17,149	-2,942	-17.2%
Educational Services	3,377	2.0%	2,312	3,759	-382	-10.2%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	18,283	10.9%	14,448	18,206	77	0.4%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	1,630	1.0%	1,734	1,644	-14	-0.9%
Accomodation and Food Services	13,276	7.9%	10,981	11,628	1,648	14.2%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	3,610	2.1%	3,179	4,698	-1,088	-23.2%
Public Administration	2,678	1.6%	2,119	2,114	564	26.7%
Information Not Available	13,276	7.9%	11,365	9,984	3,292	33.0%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Puerto Rico
	Jul 2007	Percent	Jun 2007	Jul 2006	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	39,877		36,784	37,325
Male	19,935	50.0%	18,895	18,546	1,389	7.5%
Female	19,942	50.0%	17,889	18,778	1,164	6.2%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	1	-1	-100.0%

Ethnicity	39,877		36,784	37,325
Hispanic or Latino	38,993	97.8%	36,001	36,742	2,251	6.1%
Not Hispanic or Latino	242	0.6%	183	264	-22	-8.3%
Information Not Available	642	1.6%	600	319	323	101.3%

Race	39,877		36,784	37,325
American Indian or Alaskan Native	1,208	3.0%	1,043	1,321	-113	-8.6%
Asian	100	0.3%	85	82	18	22.0%
Black or African American	3,608	9.0%	3,022	1,931	1,677	86.8%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	39	0.1%	29	21	18	85.7%
White	10,408	26.1%	9,571	10,254	154	1.5%
Information Not Available	24,514	61.5%	23,034	23,716	798	3.4%

Years of Age	39,877		36,784	37,325
Younger than 22	2,179	4.4%	2,100	2,207	-28	-1.3%
22-24	3,913	8.0%	3,743	3,695	218	5.9%
25-34	13,358	27.3%	12,160	12,380	978	7.9%
35-44	9,839	20.1%	9,041	9,206	633	6.9%
45-54	6,670	13.6%	6,103	6,175	495	8.0%
55-59	2,131	4.3%	1,979	2,107	24	1.1%
60-64	1,289	2.6%	1,208	1,128	161	14.3%
65 and older	498	1.0%	450	427	71	16.6%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	39,877		36,784	37,325
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
Mining	42	0.1%	42	34	8	23.5%
Utilities	1,145	2.9%	1,073	1,006	139	13.8%
Construction	5,367	13.5%	5,129	5,144	223	4.3%
Manufacturing	4,679	11.7%	4,896	4,718	-39	-0.8%
Wholesale Trade	7,140	17.9%	6,878	6,557	583	8.9%
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	1,254	3.1%	1,220	1,184	70	5.9%
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)	12,687	31.8%	11,266	11,798	889	7.5%
Public Administration	3,991	10.0%	2,939	5,373	-1,382	-25.7%
Information Not Available	3,572	9.0%	3,341	1,511	2,061	136.4%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Rhode Island
	Jul 2007	Percent	Jun 2007	Jul 2006	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	14,679		10,678	13,265
Male	6,375	43.4%	5,621	5,227	1,148	22.0%
Female	8,304	56.6%	5,057	8,038	266	3.3%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	14,679		10,678	13,265
Hispanic or Latino	2,073	14.1%	1,524	2,003	70	3.5%
Not Hispanic or Latino	8,777	59.8%	6,319	8,230	547	6.6%
Information Not Available	3,829	26.1%	2,835	3,032	797	26.3%

Race	14,679		10,678	13,265
American Indian or Alaskan Native	80	0.5%	70	97	-17	-17.5%
Asian	224	1.5%	189	218	6	2.8%
Black or African American	697	4.7%	551	555	142	25.6%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	57	0.4%	45	44	13	29.5%
White	10,170	69.3%	7,275	9,243	927	10.0%
Information Not Available	3,451	23.5%	2,548	3,108	343	11.0%

Years of Age	14,679		10,678	13,265
Younger than 22	354	1.5%	305	290	64	22.1%
22-24	639	2.7%	579	568	71	12.5%
25-34	2,895	12.1%	2,291	2,445	450	18.4%
35-44	3,626	15.2%	2,634	3,491	135	3.9%
45-54	3,928	16.4%	2,685	3,671	257	7.0%
55-59	1,388	5.8%	982	1,273	115	9.0%
60-64	965	4.0%	695	830	135	16.3%
65 and older	884	3.7%	507	697	187	26.8%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	14,679		10,678	13,265
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	30	0.2%	27	14	16	114.3%
Mining	7	0.0%	8	9	-2	-22.2%
Utilities	4	0.0%	3	2	2	100.0%
Construction	1,262	8.6%	1,323	820	442	53.9%
Manufacturing	2,177	14.8%	1,862	2,274	-97	-4.3%
Wholesale Trade	459	3.1%	443	391	68	17.4%
Retail Trade	1,183	8.0%	1,133	1,146	37	3.2%
Transporation and Warehousing	1,341	9.1%	314	1,171	170	14.5%
Information	165	1.1%	137	213	-48	-22.5%
Finance and Insurance	913	6.2%	711	650	263	40.5%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	232	1.6%	208	229	3	1.3%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	606	4.1%	539	481	125	26.0%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	85	0.6%	96	39	46	117.9%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	1,055	7.2%	869	1,022	33	3.2%
Educational Services	748	5.1%	186	544	204	37.5%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	1,433	9.7%	1,109	1,313	120	9.1%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	192	1.3%	157	193	-1	-0.5%
Accomodation and Food Services	1,709	11.6%	789	1,694	15	0.9%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	448	3.0%	362	443	5	1.1%
Public Administration	276	1.9%	103	255	21	8.2%
Information Not Available	354	2.4%	299	362	-8	-2.2%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants South Carolina
	Jul 2007	Percent	Jun 2007	Jul 2006	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	43,841		39,117	41,135
Male	20,484	46.7%	18,501	18,128	2,356	13.0%
Female	23,357	53.3%	20,616	23,007	350	1.5%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	43,841		39,117	41,135
Hispanic or Latino	770	1.8%	682	648	122	18.8%
Not Hispanic or Latino	34,558	78.8%	32,229	32,007	2,551	8.0%
Information Not Available	8,513	19.4%	6,206	8,480	33	0.4%

Race	43,841		39,117	41,135
American Indian or Alaskan Native	361	0.8%	253	348	13	3.7%
Asian	194	0.4%	177	199	-5	-2.5%
Black or African American	23,487	53.6%	20,304	21,391	2,096	9.8%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	117	0.3%	80	133	-16	-12.0%
White	18,846	43.0%	17,459	17,961	885	4.9%
Information Not Available	836	1.9%	844	1,103	-267	-24.2%

Years of Age	43,841		39,117	41,135
Younger than 22	1,615	2.7%	1,364	1,469	146	9.9%
22-24	1,504	2.5%	1,380	1,463	41	2.8%
25-34	8,899	14.7%	8,184	8,399	500	6.0%
35-44	8,681	14.3%	8,100	8,369	312	3.7%
45-54	8,990	14.8%	8,412	8,165	825	10.1%
55-59	3,036	5.0%	2,888	2,749	287	10.4%
60-64	2,100	3.5%	2,045	1,844	256	13.9%
65 and older	1,155	1.9%	1,209	1,043	112	10.7%
Information Not Available	7,861	13.0%	5,535	7,634	227	3.0%

Industry	43,841		39,117	41,135
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	232	0.5%	238	148	84	56.8%
Mining	33	0.1%	35	18	15	83.3%
Utilities	70	0.2%	80	57	13	22.8%
Construction	3,759	8.5%	3,637	2,758	1,001	36.3%
Manufacturing	10,836	24.6%	7,932	9,501	1,335	14.1%
Wholesale Trade	1,532	3.5%	1,479	1,404	128	9.1%
Retail Trade	3,864	8.8%	3,585	3,650	214	5.9%
Transporation and Warehousing	1,289	2.9%	1,181	1,335	-46	-3.4%
Information	371	0.8%	359	474	-103	-21.7%
Finance and Insurance	1,106	2.5%	1,029	998	108	10.8%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	528	1.2%	494	478	50	10.5%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	1,277	2.9%	1,220	1,154	123	10.7%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	105	0.2%	87	31	74	238.7%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	5,850	13.3%	5,511	6,021	-171	-2.8%
Educational Services	735	1.7%	673	765	-30	-3.9%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	3,089	7.0%	2,884	3,083	6	0.2%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	339	0.8%	320	296	43	14.5%
Accomodation and Food Services	3,711	8.4%	3,505	3,388	323	9.5%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	1,375	3.1%	1,331	1,405	-30	-2.1%
Public Administration	620	1.4%	564	662	-42	-6.3%
Information Not Available	3,120	7.1%	2,973	3,509	-389	-11.1%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants South Dakota
	Jul 2007	Percent	Jun 2007	Jul 2006	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	1,658		1,609	1,804
Male	635	38.3%	658	673	-38	-5.6%
Female	1,023	61.7%	951	1,131	-108	-9.5%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	1,658		1,609	1,804
Hispanic or Latino	38	2.3%	33	36	2	5.6%
Not Hispanic or Latino	1,481	89.3%	1,445	1,636	-155	-9.5%
Information Not Available	139	8.4%	131	132	7	5.3%

Race	1,658		1,609	1,804
American Indian or Alaskan Native	411	24.8%	377	437	-26	-5.9%
Asian	4	0.2%	2	3	1	33.3%
Black or African American	23	1.4%	22	29	-6	-20.7%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	2	0.1%	0	3	-1	-33.3%
White	1,085	65.4%	1,089	1,227	-142	-11.6%
Information Not Available	133	8.0%	119	105	28	26.7%

Years of Age	1,658		1,609	1,804
Younger than 22	38	1.5%	55	28	10	35.7%
22-24	51	2.0%	59	77	-26	-33.8%
25-34	333	12.9%	350	404	-71	-17.6%
35-44	363	14.0%	329	309	54	17.5%
45-54	502	19.4%	478	486	16	3.3%
55-59	217	8.4%	202	274	-57	-20.8%
60-64	154	5.9%	136	226	-72	-31.9%
65 and older	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	1,658		1,609	1,804
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	22	1.3%	19	9	13	144.4%
Mining	1	0.1%	0	2	-1	-50.0%
Utilities	2	0.1%	0	4	-2	-50.0%
Construction	118	7.0%	139	103	15	14.6%
Manufacturing	192	11.4%	211	252	-60	-23.8%
Wholesale Trade	46	2.7%	44	43	3	7.0%
Retail Trade	137	8.2%	119	152	-15	-9.9%
Transporation and Warehousing	32	1.9%	31	35	-3	-8.6%
Information	32	1.9%	22	35	-3	-8.6%
Finance and Insurance	62	3.7%	60	53	9	17.0%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	33	2.0%	34	29	4	13.8%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	52	3.1%	56	47	5	10.6%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	3	0.2%	2	0	3	0.0%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	78	4.6%	59	94	-16	-17.0%
Educational Services	99	5.9%	88	109	-10	-9.2%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	165	9.8%	163	231	-66	-28.6%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	33	2.0%	39	32	1	3.1%
Accomodation and Food Services	189	11.3%	180	176	13	7.4%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	54	3.2%	54	62	-8	-12.9%
Public Administration	226	13.5%	213	284	-58	-20.4%
Information Not Available	82	4.9%	76	52	30	57.7%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Tennessee
	Jul 2007	Percent	Jun 2007	Jul 2006	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	50,396		42,414	47,696
Male	24,253	48.1%	20,852	20,673	3,580	17.3%
Female	26,143	51.9%	21,562	27,023	-880	-3.3%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	50,396		42,414	47,696
Hispanic or Latino	626	1.2%	510	473	153	32.3%
Not Hispanic or Latino	49,770	98.8%	41,904	47,223	2,547	5.4%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Race	50,396		42,414	47,696
American Indian or Alaskan Native	104	0.2%	101	66	38	57.6%
Asian	692	1.4%	571	651	41	6.3%
Black or African American	14,481	28.7%	12,126	13,865	616	4.4%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	265	0.5%	205	242	23	9.5%
White	34,333	68.1%	29,003	32,232	2,101	6.5%
Information Not Available	521	1.0%	408	640	-119	-18.6%

Years of Age	50,396		42,414	47,696
Younger than 22	1,013	1.2%	752	1,005	8	0.8%
22-24	1,972	2.4%	1,625	2,047	-75	-3.7%
25-34	9,420	11.6%	7,991	9,786	-366	-3.7%
35-44	11,862	14.6%	9,940	11,583	279	2.4%
45-54	14,167	17.5%	12,164	12,057	2,110	17.5%
55-59	5,038	6.2%	4,277	4,564	474	10.4%
60-64	3,593	4.4%	3,150	3,337	256	7.7%
65 and older	2,383	2.9%	2,084	2,473	-90	-3.6%
Information Not Available	948	1.2%	431	844	104	12.3%

Industry	50,396		42,414	47,696
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	114	0.2%	84	81	33	40.7%
Mining	57	0.1%	54	30	27	90.0%
Utilities	40	0.1%	43	53	-13	-24.5%
Construction	2,781	5.5%	2,653	2,651	130	4.9%
Manufacturing	12,275	24.3%	9,425	12,354	-79	-0.6%
Wholesale Trade	5,289	10.5%	4,552	2,026	3,263	161.1%
Retail Trade	3,886	7.7%	3,392	3,756	130	3.5%
Transporation and Warehousing	2,250	4.5%	1,948	2,030	220	10.8%
Information	569	1.1%	508	679	-110	-16.2%
Finance and Insurance	1,244	2.5%	1,073	1,109	135	12.2%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	711	1.4%	606	594	117	19.7%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	2,047	4.1%	1,687	2,269	-222	-9.8%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	213	0.4%	186	249	-36	-14.5%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	6,065	12.0%	5,235	6,116	-51	-0.8%
Educational Services	1,204	2.4%	879	1,340	-136	-10.1%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	3,965	7.8%	3,463	4,418	-453	-10.3%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	299	0.6%	251	375	-76	-20.3%
Accomodation and Food Services	2,236	4.4%	2,005	2,298	-62	-2.7%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	1,985	3.9%	1,689	2,045	-60	-2.9%
Public Administration	1,304	2.6%	1,100	1,285	19	1.5%
Information Not Available	1,862	3.7%	1,581	1,938	-76	-3.9%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Texas
	Jul 2007	Percent	Jun 2007	Jul 2006	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	100,819		92,139	101,427
Male	48,179	47.8%	43,391	47,130	1,049	2.2%
Female	52,622	52.2%	48,732	54,297	-1,675	-3.1%
Information Not Available	18	0.0%	16	0	18	0.0%

Ethnicity	100,819		92,139	101,427
Hispanic or Latino	30,174	29.9%	27,199	30,604	-430	-1.4%
Not Hispanic or Latino	60,747	60.3%	56,715	61,485	-738	-1.2%
Information Not Available	9,898	9.8%	8,225	9,338	560	6.0%

Race	100,819		92,139	101,427
American Indian or Alaskan Native	429	0.4%	429	451	-22	-4.9%
Asian	1,567	1.6%	1,471	1,679	-112	-6.7%
Black or African American	23,613	23.4%	21,870	23,551	62	0.3%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	830	0.8%	1,143	0	830	0.0%
White	34,803	34.5%	32,580	35,705	-902	-2.5%
Information Not Available	39,577	39.3%	34,646	40,041	-464	-1.2%

Years of Age	100,819		92,139	101,427
Younger than 22	2,414	1.8%	2,134	2,424	-10	-0.4%
22-24	5,180	4.0%	4,590	5,222	-42	-0.8%
25-34	24,502	18.7%	22,318	24,730	-228	-0.9%
35-44	27,361	20.9%	25,400	28,115	-754	-2.7%
45-54	25,378	19.4%	23,191	25,447	-69	-0.3%
55-59	8,392	6.4%	7,614	8,339	53	0.6%
60-64	4,786	3.7%	4,428	4,536	250	5.5%
65 and older	2,792	2.1%	2,450	2,614	178	6.8%
Information Not Available	14	0.0%	14	0	14	0.0%

Industry	100,819		92,139	101,427
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	1,341	1.3%	1,116	1,455	-114	-7.8%
Mining	1,392	1.4%	1,284	835	557	66.7%
Utilities	260	0.3%	267	433	-173	-40.0%
Construction	10,911	10.7%	9,292	9,169	1,742	19.0%
Manufacturing	11,282	11.0%	8,480	11,239	43	0.4%
Wholesale Trade	5,182	5.1%	4,361	5,391	-209	-3.9%
Retail Trade	7,918	7.8%	7,520	8,185	-267	-3.3%
Transporation and Warehousing	3,319	3.2%	3,144	3,185	134	4.2%
Information	2,568	2.5%	2,540	3,148	-580	-18.4%
Finance and Insurance	4,819	4.7%	4,662	4,989	-170	-3.4%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	1,969	1.9%	1,825	2,051	-82	-4.0%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	8,465	8.3%	7,971	7,903	562	7.1%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	484	0.5%	473	406	78	19.2%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	11,654	11.4%	11,029	11,967	-313	-2.6%
Educational Services	2,659	2.6%	2,457	2,745	-86	-3.1%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	10,155	9.9%	9,892	11,343	-1,188	-10.5%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	614	0.6%	561	721	-107	-14.8%
Accomodation and Food Services	4,440	4.3%	4,099	4,515	-75	-1.7%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	2,471	2.4%	2,378	2,960	-489	-16.5%
Public Administration	1,714	1.7%	1,512	1,665	49	2.9%
Information Not Available	7,202	7.0%	7,276	7,122	80	1.1%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Utah
	Jul 2007	Percent	Jun 2007	Jul 2006	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	7,524		6,971	7,032
Male	3,635	48.3%	3,475	3,325	310	9.3%
Female	3,771	50.1%	3,426	3,705	66	1.8%
Information Not Available	118	1.6%	70	2	116	5800.0%

Ethnicity	7,524		6,971	7,032
Hispanic or Latino	596	7.9%	555	585	11	1.9%
Not Hispanic or Latino	5,513	73.3%	5,139	5,429	84	1.5%
Information Not Available	1,415	18.8%	1,277	1,018	397	39.0%

Race	7,524		6,971	7,032
American Indian or Alaskan Native	268	3.6%	247	304	-36	-11.8%
Asian	167	2.2%	146	142	25	17.6%
Black or African American	130	1.7%	125	140	-10	-7.1%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	92	1.2%	80	60	32	53.3%
White	5,452	72.5%	5,139	5,264	188	3.6%
Information Not Available	1,415	18.8%	1,234	1,122	293	26.1%

Years of Age	7,524		6,971	7,032
Younger than 22	293	2.3%	230	255	38	14.9%
22-24	453	3.6%	430	465	-12	-2.6%
25-34	2,054	16.2%	1,896	2,023	31	1.5%
35-44	1,931	15.2%	1,759	1,761	170	9.7%
45-54	1,774	14.0%	1,705	1,666	108	6.5%
55-59	600	4.7%	563	500	100	20.0%
60-64	304	2.4%	289	273	31	11.4%
65 and older	115	0.9%	99	89	26	29.2%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	7,524		6,971	7,032
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	15	0.2%	11	15	0	0.0%
Mining	81	1.1%	82	39	42	107.7%
Utilities	11	0.1%	9	9	2	22.2%
Construction	751	10.0%	769	504	247	49.0%
Manufacturing	978	13.0%	783	1,058	-80	-7.6%
Wholesale Trade	250	3.3%	257	272	-22	-8.1%
Retail Trade	652	8.6%	620	744	-92	-12.4%
Transporation and Warehousing	243	3.2%	240	235	8	3.4%
Information	259	3.4%	265	398	-139	-34.9%
Finance and Insurance	305	4.0%	299	326	-21	-6.4%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	123	1.6%	119	79	44	55.7%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	516	6.8%	454	423	93	22.0%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	18	0.2%	16	14	4	28.6%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	886	11.8%	813	790	96	12.2%
Educational Services	306	4.1%	244	277	29	10.5%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	621	8.2%	571	661	-40	-6.1%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	112	1.5%	149	124	-12	-9.7%
Accomodation and Food Services	332	4.4%	339	367	-35	-9.5%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	136	1.8%	112	139	-3	-2.2%
Public Administration	197	2.6%	180	194	3	1.5%
Information Not Available	732	9.7%	639	364	368	101.1%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Virginia
	Jul 2007	Percent	Jun 2007	Jul 2006	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	35,157		34,092	34,880
Male	17,318	49.3%	17,190	16,244	1,074	6.6%
Female	17,834	50.7%	16,895	18,628	-794	-4.3%
Information Not Available	5	0.0%	7	8	-3	-37.5%

Ethnicity	35,157		34,092	34,880
Hispanic or Latino	1,028	2.9%	988	908	120	13.2%
Not Hispanic or Latino	32,291	91.8%	31,308	32,038	253	0.8%
Information Not Available	1,838	5.2%	1,796	1,934	-96	-5.0%

Race	35,157		34,092	34,880
American Indian or Alaskan Native	166	0.5%	168	179	-13	-7.3%
Asian	1,787	5.1%	1,698	1,575	212	13.5%
Black or African American	14,281	40.6%	14,153	14,731	-450	-3.1%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
White	17,085	48.6%	16,277	16,461	624	3.8%
Information Not Available	1,838	5.2%	1,796	1,934	-96	-5.0%

Years of Age	35,157		34,092	34,880
Younger than 22	787	1.6%	750	802	-15	-1.9%
22-24	1,819	3.6%	1,818	1,765	54	3.1%
25-34	8,321	16.5%	8,111	8,172	149	1.8%
35-44	8,897	17.7%	8,757	9,250	-353	-3.8%
45-54	9,201	18.3%	8,840	9,038	163	1.8%
55-59	3,208	6.4%	2,985	3,144	64	2.0%
60-64	1,935	3.8%	1,877	1,860	75	4.0%
65 and older	988	2.0%	953	844	144	17.1%
Information Not Available	1	0.0%	1	5	-4	-80.0%

Industry	35,157		34,092	34,880
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	68	0.2%	80	69	-1	-1.4%
Mining	374	1.1%	97	135	239	177.0%
Utilities	15	0.0%	18	18	-3	-16.7%
Construction	2,038	5.8%	2,245	1,778	260	14.6%
Manufacturing	4,234	12.0%	3,829	5,276	-1,042	-19.7%
Wholesale Trade	718	2.0%	747	658	60	9.1%
Retail Trade	1,853	5.3%	1,890	1,854	-1	-0.1%
Transporation and Warehousing	816	2.3%	922	930	-114	-12.3%
Information	512	1.5%	485	598	-86	-14.4%
Finance and Insurance	665	1.9%	681	578	87	15.1%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	403	1.1%	426	336	67	19.9%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	1,621	4.6%	1,647	1,911	-290	-15.2%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	70	0.2%	67	44	26	59.1%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	2,368	6.7%	2,440	2,389	-21	-0.9%
Educational Services	174	0.5%	175	257	-83	-32.3%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	1,650	4.7%	1,564	1,718	-68	-4.0%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	124	0.4%	153	143	-19	-13.3%
Accomodation and Food Services	1,756	5.0%	1,895	1,627	129	7.9%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	822	2.3%	822	873	-51	-5.8%
Public Administration	1,970	5.6%	1,859	2,109	-139	-6.6%
Information Not Available	12,906	36.6%	12,050	11,579	1,327	11.5%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Virgin Islands
	Jul 2007	Percent	Jun 2007	Jul 2006	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	388		299	266
Male	260	67.0%	207	143	117	81.8%
Female	128	33.0%	92	123	5	4.1%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	388		299	266
Hispanic or Latino	116	29.9%	91	56	60	107.1%
Not Hispanic or Latino	262	67.5%	205	206	56	27.2%
Information Not Available	10	2.6%	3	4	6	150.0%

Race	388		299	266
American Indian or Alaskan Native	1	0.3%	1	0	1	0.0%
Asian	1	0.3%	3	2	-1	-50.0%
Black or African American	243	62.6%	184	189	54	28.6%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	6	1.5%	3	3	3	100.0%
White	17	4.4%	17	15	2	13.3%
Information Not Available	120	30.9%	91	57	63	110.5%

Years of Age	388		299	266
Younger than 22	7	1.9%	9	4	3	75.0%
22-24	22	6.0%	15	15	7	46.7%
25-34	83	22.7%	76	59	24	40.7%
35-44	86	23.6%	71	59	27	45.8%
45-54	97	26.6%	74	54	43	79.6%
55-59	33	9.0%	29	30	3	10.0%
60-64	40	11.0%	17	34	6	17.6%
65 and older	17	4.7%	8	11	6	54.5%
Information Not Available	3	0.8%	0	0	3	0.0%

Industry	388		299	266
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	1	-1	-100.0%
Construction	193	49.7%	113	54	139	257.4%
Manufacturing	31	8.0%	25	8	23	287.5%
Wholesale Trade	2	0.5%	5	2	0	0.0%
Retail Trade	27	7.0%	23	29	-2	-6.9%
Transporation and Warehousing	29	7.5%	9	34	-5	-14.7%
Information	2	0.5%	2	8	-6	-75.0%
Finance and Insurance	6	1.5%	8	1	5	500.0%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	7	1.8%	7	9	-2	-22.2%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	1	0.3%	7	5	-4	-80.0%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	6	1.5%	7	7	-1	-14.3%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	3	0.8%	8	12	-9	-75.0%
Educational Services	5	1.3%	6	4	1	25.0%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	6	1.5%	6	1	5	500.0%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	2	0.5%	1	4	-2	-50.0%
Accomodation and Food Services	21	5.4%	20	21	0	0.0%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	25	6.4%	25	47	-22	-46.8%
Public Administration	6	1.5%	13	6	0	0.0%
Information Not Available	16	4.1%	14	13	3	23.1%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Vermont
	Jul 2007	Percent	Jun 2007	Jul 2006	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	4,327		4,361	4,601
Male	1,960	45.3%	2,144	2,014	-54	-2.7%
Female	2,367	54.7%	2,217	2,587	-220	-8.5%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	4,327		4,361	4,601
Hispanic or Latino	8	0.2%	8	7	1	14.3%
Not Hispanic or Latino	1,232	28.5%	1,234	1,538	-306	-19.9%
Information Not Available	3,087	71.3%	3,119	3,056	31	1.0%

Race	4,327		4,361	4,601
American Indian or Alaskan Native	13	0.3%	12	3	10	333.3%
Asian	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
Black or African American	18	0.4%	22	23	-5	-21.7%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	7	0.2%	10	11	-4	-36.4%
White	1,202	27.8%	1,198	1,508	-306	-20.3%
Information Not Available	3,087	71.3%	3,119	3,056	31	1.0%

Years of Age	4,327		4,361	4,601
Younger than 22	132	2.5%	157	132	0	0.0%
22-24	193	3.7%	217	215	-22	-10.2%
25-34	804	15.3%	835	845	-41	-4.9%
35-44	1,046	19.9%	1,056	1,161	-115	-9.9%
45-54	1,140	21.7%	1,102	1,234	-94	-7.6%
55-59	463	8.8%	436	478	-15	-3.1%
60-64	277	5.3%	276	271	6	2.2%
65 and older	272	5.2%	282	265	7	2.6%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	4,327		4,361	4,601
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	26	0.6%	27	34	-8	-23.5%
Mining	8	0.2%	6	3	5	166.7%
Utilities	3	0.1%	2	3	0	0.0%
Construction	344	7.9%	409	319	25	7.8%
Manufacturing	546	12.5%	581	651	-105	-16.1%
Wholesale Trade	151	3.5%	146	165	-14	-8.5%
Retail Trade	494	11.3%	468	546	-52	-9.5%
Transporation and Warehousing	345	7.9%	285	354	-9	-2.5%
Information	70	1.6%	65	65	5	7.7%
Finance and Insurance	73	1.7%	79	92	-19	-20.7%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	50	1.1%	56	46	4	8.7%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	232	5.3%	183	178	54	30.3%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	5	0.1%	1	4	1	25.0%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	197	4.5%	186	234	-37	-15.8%
Educational Services	234	5.4%	186	263	-29	-11.0%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	439	10.1%	409	486	-47	-9.7%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	26	0.6%	32	47	-21	-44.7%
Accomodation and Food Services	870	20.0%	1,038	887	-17	-1.9%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	125	2.9%	124	141	-16	-11.3%
Public Administration	89	2.0%	78	83	6	7.2%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Washington
	Jul 2007	Percent	Jun 2007	Jul 2006	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	39,277		38,219	41,398
Male	20,892	53.2%	21,171	21,769	-877	-4.0%
Female	18,384	46.8%	17,046	19,597	-1,213	-6.2%
Information Not Available	1	0.0%	2	32	-31	-96.9%

Ethnicity	39,277		38,219	41,398
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	39,277	100.0%	38,219	41,398	-2,121	-5.1%

Race	39,277		38,219	41,398
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	39,277	100.0%	38,219	41,398	-2,121	-5.1%

Years of Age	39,277		38,219	41,398
Younger than 22	690	1.9%	703	778	-88	-11.3%
22-24	1,805	4.9%	1,771	1,885	-80	-4.2%
25-34	8,774	23.8%	8,696	9,009	-235	-2.6%
35-44	10,034	27.2%	9,859	10,879	-845	-7.8%
45-54	10,635	28.8%	10,277	11,225	-590	-5.3%
55-59	3,871	10.5%	3,682	4,181	-310	-7.4%
60-64	2,339	6.3%	2,186	2,304	35	1.5%
65 and older	1,129	3.1%	1,045	1,137	-8	-0.7%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	39,277		38,219	41,398
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	39,277	100.0%	38,219	41,398	-2,121	-5.1%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Wisconsin
	Jul 2007	Percent	Jun 2007	Jul 2006	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	64,785		60,887	63,041
Male	32,690	50.5%	30,602	31,609	1,081	3.4%
Female	32,089	49.5%	30,285	31,426	663	2.1%
Information Not Available	6	0.0%	0	6	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	64,785		60,887	63,041
Hispanic or Latino	2,565	4.0%	2,490	2,307	258	11.2%
Not Hispanic or Latino	61,702	95.2%	58,038	60,255	1,447	2.4%
Information Not Available	518	0.8%	359	479	39	8.1%

Race	64,785		60,887	63,041
American Indian or Alaskan Native	726	1.1%	706	719	7	1.0%
Asian	758	1.2%	633	675	83	12.3%
Black or African American	9,589	14.8%	8,628	9,104	485	5.3%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	52	0.1%	43	50	2	4.0%
White	53,142	82.0%	50,518	52,014	1,128	2.2%
Information Not Available	518	0.8%	359	479	39	8.1%

Years of Age	64,785		60,887	63,041
Younger than 22	2,248	2.0%	2,021	2,181	67	3.1%
22-24	4,140	3.6%	3,909	4,016	124	3.1%
25-34	14,875	13.0%	13,803	14,134	741	5.2%
35-44	15,322	13.4%	14,053	14,991	331	2.2%
45-54	15,955	14.0%	15,222	16,031	-76	-0.5%
55-59	5,656	5.0%	5,425	5,541	115	2.1%
60-64	3,738	3.3%	3,696	3,373	365	10.8%
65 and older	2,851	2.5%	2,758	2,774	77	2.8%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	64,785		60,887	63,041
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	376	0.6%	377	403	-27	-6.7%
Mining	52	0.1%	61	38	14	36.8%
Utilities	110	0.2%	91	95	15	15.8%
Construction	5,792	8.9%	6,143	5,269	523	9.9%
Manufacturing	15,302	23.5%	13,823	14,335	967	6.7%
Wholesale Trade	2,267	3.5%	2,180	2,155	112	5.2%
Retail Trade	6,375	9.8%	6,600	6,346	29	0.5%
Transporation and Warehousing	5,448	8.4%	4,195	5,402	46	0.9%
Information	920	1.4%	859	965	-45	-4.7%
Finance and Insurance	1,840	2.8%	1,808	1,816	24	1.3%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	609	0.9%	603	593	16	2.7%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	2,080	3.2%	1,954	1,898	182	9.6%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	194	0.3%	177	177	17	9.6%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	6,064	9.3%	5,784	5,887	177	3.0%
Educational Services	1,322	2.0%	1,029	1,500	-178	-11.9%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	5,714	8.8%	5,571	5,774	-60	-1.0%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	790	1.2%	731	883	-93	-10.5%
Accomodation and Food Services	4,943	7.6%	4,713	4,702	241	5.1%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	1,432	2.2%	1,455	1,481	-49	-3.3%
Public Administration	1,289	2.0%	1,193	1,374	-85	-6.2%
Information Not Available	1,866	2.9%	1,540	1,948	-82	-4.2%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants West Virginia
	Jul 2007	Percent	Jun 2007	Jul 2006	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	13,189		11,096	12,673
Male	7,833	59.4%	6,725	7,177	656	9.1%
Female	5,356	40.6%	4,371	5,496	-140	-2.5%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	13,189		11,096	12,673
Hispanic or Latino	197	1.5%	165	209	-12	-5.7%
Not Hispanic or Latino	11,711	88.8%	9,882	11,451	260	2.3%
Information Not Available	1,281	9.7%	1,049	1,013	268	26.5%

Race	13,189		11,096	12,673
American Indian or Alaskan Native	21	0.2%	16	31	-10	-32.3%
Asian	22	0.2%	22	11	11	100.0%
Black or African American	459	3.5%	429	564	-105	-18.6%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	8	0.1%	11	11	-3	-27.3%
White	12,428	94.2%	10,423	11,866	562	4.7%
Information Not Available	251	1.9%	195	190	61	32.1%

Years of Age	13,189		11,096	12,673
Younger than 22	289	1.2%	242	249	40	16.1%
22-24	671	2.7%	616	562	109	19.4%
25-34	3,247	13.0%	2,756	2,938	309	10.5%
35-44	3,380	13.5%	2,885	3,127	253	8.1%
45-54	3,472	13.9%	2,825	3,689	-217	-5.9%
55-59	1,192	4.8%	962	1,217	-25	-2.1%
60-64	618	2.5%	510	608	10	1.6%
65 and older	317	1.3%	298	283	34	12.0%
Information Not Available	3	0.0%	2	0	3	0.0%

Industry	13,189		11,096	12,673
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	91	0.7%	94	76	15	19.7%
Mining	644	4.8%	649	597	47	7.9%
Utilities	20	0.2%	9	41	-21	-51.2%
Construction	2,476	18.6%	2,137	2,173	303	13.9%
Manufacturing	1,570	11.8%	996	1,658	-88	-5.3%
Wholesale Trade	316	2.4%	299	305	11	3.6%
Retail Trade	972	7.3%	889	1,050	-78	-7.4%
Transporation and Warehousing	519	3.9%	342	331	188	56.8%
Information	183	1.4%	161	232	-49	-21.1%
Finance and Insurance	192	1.4%	170	179	13	7.3%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	147	1.1%	136	91	56	61.5%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	472	3.6%	405	495	-23	-4.6%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	10	0.1%	8	15	-5	-33.3%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	805	6.1%	705	782	23	2.9%
Educational Services	346	2.6%	126	405	-59	-14.6%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	1,821	13.7%	1,554	1,760	61	3.5%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	103	0.8%	91	124	-21	-16.9%
Accomodation and Food Services	719	5.4%	765	716	3	0.4%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	761	5.7%	580	736	25	3.4%
Public Administration	199	1.5%	163	175	24	13.7%
Information Not Available	823	6.2%	817	732	91	12.4%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Wyoming
	Jul 2007	Percent	Jun 2007	Jul 2006	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	1,688		1,698	1,532
Male	904	53.6%	953	739	165	22.3%
Female	784	46.4%	745	793	-9	-1.1%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	1,688		1,698	1,532
Hispanic or Latino	198	11.7%	193	146	52	35.6%
Not Hispanic or Latino	1,360	80.6%	1,388	1,256	104	8.3%
Information Not Available	130	7.7%	117	130	0	0.0%

Race	1,688		1,698	1,532
American Indian or Alaskan Native	122	7.2%	124	101	21	20.8%
Asian	9	0.5%	8	5	4	80.0%
Black or African American	28	1.7%	28	35	-7	-20.0%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	1	0.1%	0	7	-6	-85.7%
White	1,428	84.6%	1,434	1,302	126	9.7%
Information Not Available	100	5.9%	104	82	18	22.0%

Years of Age	1,688		1,698	1,532
Younger than 22	34	1.1%	30	34	0	0.0%
22-24	87	2.9%	109	74	13	17.6%
25-34	350	11.5%	375	253	97	38.3%
35-44	413	13.6%	399	370	43	11.6%
45-54	480	15.8%	473	461	19	4.1%
55-59	162	5.3%	162	180	-18	-10.0%
60-64	84	2.8%	84	102	-18	-17.6%
65 and older	78	2.6%	66	58	20	34.5%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	1,688		1,698	1,532
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	8	0.5%	7	16	-8	-50.0%
Mining	162	9.6%	186	82	80	97.6%
Utilities	10	0.6%	5	5	5	100.0%
Construction	275	16.2%	309	252	23	9.1%
Manufacturing	111	6.5%	87	67	44	65.7%
Wholesale Trade	47	2.8%	46	29	18	62.1%
Retail Trade	148	8.7%	168	159	-11	-6.9%
Transporation and Warehousing	78	4.6%	78	46	32	69.6%
Information	17	1.0%	21	31	-14	-45.2%
Finance and Insurance	24	1.4%	25	33	-9	-27.3%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	24	1.4%	15	24	0	0.0%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	38	2.2%	37	31	7	22.6%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	0	0.0%	2	6	-6	-100.0%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	55	3.2%	57	113	-58	-51.3%
Educational Services	39	2.3%	40	36	3	8.3%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	250	14.7%	196	204	46	22.5%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	10	0.6%	8	13	-3	-23.1%
Accomodation and Food Services	123	7.3%	172	135	-12	-8.9%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	39	2.3%	43	60	-21	-35.0%
Public Administration	116	6.8%	95	90	26	28.9%
Information Not Available	114	6.7%	101	100	14	14.0%