Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants

May 2007

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants: Total Claimants May 2007
	May 2007	Apr 2007	Monthly Change	May 2006	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
United States	2,323,774	2,623,930	-300,156	2,219,898	103,876	4.7
Alaska	11,065	13,766	-2,701	11,935	-870	-7.3
Alabama	25,379	24,505	874	23,671	1,708	7.2
Arkansas	27,891	27,749	142	23,977	3,914	16.3
Arizona	28,386	25,384	3,002	22,772	5,614	24.7
California	365,058	393,332	-28,274	328,955	36,103	11.0
Colorado	20,901	21,762	-861	21,652	-751	-3.5
Connecticut	34,057	38,870	-4,813	34,661	-604	-1.7
District of Columbia	8,795	4,392	4,403	8,423	372	4.4
Delaware	9,307	10,041	-734	7,425	1,882	25.3
Florida	97,986	90,584	7,402	71,701	26,285	36.7
Georgia	49,563	49,334	229	45,840	3,723	8.1
Hawaii	6,661	6,666	-5	6,044	617	10.2
Iowa	19,055	25,271	-6,216	18,842	213	1.1
Idaho	8,864	11,855	-2,991	8,053	811	10.1
Illinois	119,791	140,337	-20,546	117,384	2,407	2.1
Indiana	47,690	56,849	-9,159	47,921	-231	-0.5
Kansas	16,584	16,901	-317	15,831	753	4.8
Kentucky	28,954	30,141	-1,187	25,778	3,176	12.3
Louisiana	18,344	18,009	335	18,244	100	0.5
Massachusetts	72,563	84,942	-12,379	69,601	2,962	4.3
Maryland	29,654	32,294	-2,640	29,424	230	0.8
Maine	9,623	12,892	-3,269	8,514	1,109	13.0
Michigan	124,534	164,629	-40,095	133,217	-8,683	-6.5
Minnesota	45,359	68,871	-23,512	37,384	7,975	21.3
Missouri	40,238	42,408	-2,170	40,248	-10	0.0
Mississippi	17,967	16,658	1,309	18,400	-433	-2.4
Montana	3,504	4,951	-1,447	3,179	325	10.2
North Carolina	73,342	74,200	-858	68,872	4,470	6.5
North Dakota	1,950	4,235	-2,285	1,954	-4	-0.2
Nebraska	8,045	9,109	-1,064	8,467	-422	-5.0
New Hampshire	6,160	7,884	-1,724	5,652	508	9.0
New Jersey	100,321	118,377	-18,056	93,856	6,465	6.9
New Mexico	10,513	10,807	-294	10,248	265	2.6
Nevada	22,578	23,462	-884	18,070	4,508	24.9
New York	150,756	185,923	-35,167	157,232	-6,476	-4.1
Ohio	83,298	102,571	-19,273	85,293	-1,995	-2.3
Oklahoma	14,702	13,996	706	13,821	881	6.4
Oregon	40,669	43,856	-3,187	37,565	3,104	8.3
Pennsylvania	148,693	177,883	-29,190	143,838	4,855	3.4
Puerto Rico	33,185	33,059	126	31,326	1,859	5.9
Rhode Island	11,252	13,218	-1,966	10,395	857	8.2
South Carolina	36,446	38,309	-1,863	34,603	1,843	5.3
South Dakota	1,435	2,410	-975	1,471	-36	-2.4
Tennessee	38,916	36,441	2,475	35,839	3,077	8.6
Texas	91,424	94,587	-3,163	98,917	-7,493	-7.6
Utah	3,730	7,277	-3,547	7,067	-3,337	-47.2
Virginia	34,255	33,859	396	30,938	3,317	10.7
Virgin Islands	262	247	15	183	79	43.2
Vermont	4,684	7,324	-2,640	5,102	-418	-8.2
Washington	42,961	47,692	-4,731	46,474	-3,513	-7.6
Wisconsin	61,769	85,768	-23,999	60,680	1,089	1.8
West Virginia	12,555	15,250	-2,695	11,035	1,520	13.8
Wyoming	2,100	2,793	-693	1,924	176	9.1

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants US Totals
	May 2007	Percent	Apr 2007	May 2006	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	2,323,774		2,623,930	2,219,898	103,876	4.7
Male	1,307,184	56.3%	1,563,217	1,217,836	89,348	7.3%
Female	1,014,596	43.7%	1,058,697	999,755	14,841	1.5%
Information Not Available	1,994	0.1%	2,016	2,307	-313	-13.6%

Ethnicity	2,323,774		2,623,930	2,219,898
Hispanic or Latino	364,612	15.7%	412,258	332,246	32,366	9.7%
Not Hispanic or Latino	1,693,587	86.4%	1,918,621	1,614,697	78,890	4.9%
Information Not Available	265,576	10.3%	293,052	247,723	17,853	7.2%

Race	2,323,774		2,623,930	2,219,898
American Indian or Alaskan Native	25,340	1.1%	28,348	25,396	-56	-0.2%
Asian	61,215	2.6%	60,271	57,879	3,336	5.8%
Black or African American	426,244	18.3%	432,399	405,835	20,409	5.0%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	11,289	0.5%	12,144	9,816	1,473	15.0%
White	1,296,372	55.8%	1,530,084	1,265,701	30,671	2.4%
Information Not Available	503,316	21.7%	560,684	443,432	59,884	13.5%

Years of Age	2,323,774		2,623,930	2,219,898
Younger than 22	94,660	4.1%	104,402	83,144	11,516	13.9%
22-24	133,233	5.7%	153,967	128,458	4,775	3.7%
25-34	546,469	23.5%	612,756	510,918	35,551	7.0%
35-44	589,797	25.4%	669,144	588,763	1,034	0.2%
45-54	567,749	24.4%	639,357	539,782	27,967	5.2%
55-59	190,041	8.2%	214,274	184,588	5,453	3.0%
60-64	115,660	5.0%	130,627	104,830	10,830	10.3%
65 and older	70,581	3.0%	80,066	66,751	3,830	5.7%
Information Not Available	15,584	0.7%	19,337	12,664	2,920	23.1%

Industry	2,323,774		2,623,930	2,219,898
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	62,980	2.7%	82,546	63,608	-628	-1.0%
Mining	9,733	0.4%	13,286	6,873	2,860	41.6%
Utilities	4,462	0.2%	5,338	4,788	-326	-6.8%
Construction	310,499	13.4%	440,010	277,855	32,644	11.7%
Manufacturing	360,624	15.5%	395,730	335,944	24,680	7.3%
Wholesale Trade	94,674	4.1%	97,207	86,983	7,691	8.8%
Retail Trade	204,083	8.8%	215,204	206,815	-2,732	-1.3%
Transporation and Warehousing	66,527	2.9%	93,654	63,724	2,803	4.4%
Information	68,793	3.0%	69,439	66,686	2,107	3.2%
Finance and Insurance	84,467	3.6%	84,215	75,964	8,503	11.2%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	39,038	1.7%	41,342	33,182	5,856	17.6%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	105,422	4.5%	97,947	97,773	7,649	7.8%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	9,059	0.4%	10,739	7,759	1,300	16.8%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	248,238	10.7%	278,042	227,945	20,293	8.9%
Educational Services	36,479	1.6%	39,748	38,662	-2,183	-5.6%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	157,963	6.8%	155,348	158,748	-785	-0.5%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	32,540	1.4%	42,570	31,202	1,338	4.3%
Accomodation and Food Services	119,414	5.1%	130,401	109,865	9,549	8.7%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	64,787	2.8%	68,546	63,397	1,390	2.2%
Public Administration	35,409	1.5%	41,730	37,159	-1,750	-4.7%
Information Not Available	208,583	9.0%	220,888	224,966	-16,383	-7.3%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Alaska
	May 2007	Percent	Apr 2007	May 2006	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	11,065		13,766	11,935	-870	-7.3
Male	6,706	60.6%	8,742	7,186	-480	-6.7%
Female	4,359	39.4%	5,024	4,746	-387	-8.2%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	3	-3	-100.0%

Ethnicity	11,065		13,766	11,935
Hispanic or Latino	470	4.2%	542	547	-77	-14.1%
Not Hispanic or Latino	10,504	94.9%	13,122	11,247	-743	-6.6%
Information Not Available	91	0.8%	102	141	-50	-35.5%

Race	11,065		13,766	11,935
American Indian or Alaskan Native	4,050	36.6%	4,448	3,983	67	1.7%
Asian	594	5.4%	564	1,251	-657	-52.5%
Black or African American	417	3.8%	496	409	8	2.0%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	80	0.7%	89	74	6	8.1%
White	5,514	49.8%	7,716	5,663	-149	-2.6%
Information Not Available	410	3.7%	453	555	-145	-26.1%

Years of Age	11,065		13,766	11,935
Younger than 22	493	3.1%	629	572	-79	-13.8%
22-24	822	5.1%	1,064	945	-123	-13.0%
25-34	2,687	16.7%	3,365	2,889	-202	-7.0%
35-44	2,711	16.8%	3,296	2,815	-104	-3.7%
45-54	2,787	17.3%	3,477	2,964	-177	-6.0%
55-59	862	5.3%	1,038	934	-72	-7.7%
60-64	462	2.9%	583	520	-58	-11.2%
65 and older	241	1.5%	314	296	-55	-18.6%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	11,065		13,766	11,935
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	63	0.6%	95	69	-6	-8.7%
Mining	341	3.1%	411	277	64	23.1%
Utilities	72	0.6%	101	75	-3	-4.0%
Construction	2,252	20.2%	3,421	1,937	315	16.3%
Manufacturing	775	7.0%	878	1,572	-797	-50.7%
Wholesale Trade	177	1.6%	207	159	18	11.3%
Retail Trade	1,112	10.0%	1,216	1,079	33	3.1%
Transporation and Warehousing	492	4.4%	694	537	-45	-8.4%
Information	132	1.2%	151	123	9	7.3%
Finance and Insurance	228	2.0%	259	268	-40	-14.9%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	338	3.0%	370	345	-7	-2.0%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	280	2.5%	296	304	-24	-7.9%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	31	0.3%	46	53	-22	-41.5%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	573	5.1%	702	524	49	9.4%
Educational Services	371	3.3%	388	404	-33	-8.2%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	849	7.6%	907	941	-92	-9.8%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	130	1.2%	206	121	9	7.4%
Accomodation and Food Services	915	8.2%	1,192	975	-60	-6.2%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	412	3.7%	430	539	-127	-23.6%
Public Administration	1,227	11.0%	1,448	1,241	-14	-1.1%
Information Not Available	295	2.7%	348	392	-97	-24.7%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Alabama
	May 2007	Percent	Apr 2007	May 2006	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	25,379		24,505	23,671
Male	12,303	48.5%	12,304	11,045	1,258	11.4%
Female	12,990	51.2%	12,132	12,573	417	3.3%
Information Not Available	86	0.3%	69	53	33	62.3%

Ethnicity	25,379		24,505	23,671
Hispanic or Latino	620	2.4%	599	619	1	0.2%
Not Hispanic or Latino	19,374	76.3%	18,372	17,662	1,712	9.7%
Information Not Available	5,385	21.2%	5,534	5,390	-5	-0.1%

Race	25,379		24,505	23,671
American Indian or Alaskan Native	839	3.3%	822	681	158	23.2%
Asian	401	1.6%	440	475	-74	-15.6%
Black or African American	10,220	40.3%	9,643	8,871	1,349	15.2%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	44	0.2%	39	68	-24	-35.3%
White	11,319	44.6%	10,792	10,396	923	8.9%
Information Not Available	2,556	10.1%	2,769	3,180	-624	-19.6%

Years of Age	25,379		24,505	23,671
Younger than 22	1,031	2.9%	1,011	986	45	4.6%
22-24	1,752	4.9%	1,715	1,647	105	6.4%
25-34	6,433	18.1%	6,353	6,009	424	7.1%
35-44	6,274	17.7%	6,168	5,893	381	6.5%
45-54	5,836	16.4%	5,541	5,478	358	6.5%
55-59	1,991	5.6%	1,898	1,898	93	4.9%
60-64	1,205	3.4%	1,101	1,043	162	15.5%
65 and older	829	2.3%	705	701	128	18.3%
Information Not Available	28	0.1%	13	16	12	75.0%

Industry	25,379		24,505	23,671
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	144	0.6%	157	226	-82	-36.3%
Mining	138	0.5%	140	339	-201	-59.3%
Utilities	51	0.2%	43	41	10	24.4%
Construction	2,323	9.1%	2,349	2,204	119	5.4%
Manufacturing	6,430	25.2%	6,375	5,296	1,134	21.4%
Wholesale Trade	823	3.2%	833	772	51	6.6%
Retail Trade	2,568	10.1%	2,534	2,882	-314	-10.9%
Transporation and Warehousing	758	3.0%	724	539	219	40.6%
Information	329	1.3%	338	420	-91	-21.7%
Finance and Insurance	670	2.6%	672	750	-80	-10.7%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	310	1.2%	292	308	2	0.6%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	1,487	5.8%	1,068	1,147	340	29.6%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	103	0.4%	88	30	73	243.3%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	2,863	11.2%	2,975	2,502	361	14.4%
Educational Services	347	1.4%	319	337	10	3.0%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	1,950	7.6%	1,767	1,846	104	5.6%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	242	0.9%	247	141	101	71.6%
Accomodation and Food Services	1,576	6.2%	1,412	1,661	-85	-5.1%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	677	2.7%	608	645	32	5.0%
Public Administration	303	1.2%	324	287	16	5.6%
Information Not Available	1,287	5.0%	1,240	1,298	-11	-0.8%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Arkansas
	May 2007	Percent	Apr 2007	May 2006	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	27,891		27,749	23,977
Male	14,704	52.7%	15,168	12,122	2,582	21.3%
Female	13,186	47.3%	12,580	11,854	1,332	11.2%
Information Not Available	1	0.0%	1	1	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	27,891		27,749	23,977
Hispanic or Latino	734	2.6%	739	415	319	76.9%
Not Hispanic or Latino	27,156	97.4%	27,009	23,561	3,595	15.3%
Information Not Available	1	0.0%	1	1	0	0.0%

Race	27,891		27,749	23,977
American Indian or Alaskan Native	339	1.2%	313	216	123	56.9%
Asian	216	0.8%	313	119	97	81.5%
Black or African American	8,503	30.5%	8,099	7,603	900	11.8%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	166	0.6%	212	176	-10	-5.7%
White	17,930	64.3%	18,069	15,445	2,485	16.1%
Information Not Available	737	2.6%	743	418	319	76.3%

Years of Age	27,891		27,749	23,977
Younger than 22	895	2.0%	828	762	133	17.5%
22-24	2,096	4.7%	1,915	1,684	412	24.5%
25-34	7,574	17.0%	7,500	6,362	1,212	19.1%
35-44	7,313	16.4%	7,281	6,772	541	8.0%
45-54	6,139	13.8%	6,116	5,144	995	19.3%
55-59	2,046	4.6%	2,262	1,644	402	24.5%
60-64	1,195	2.7%	1,137	1,058	137	12.9%
65 and older	628	1.4%	705	546	82	15.0%
Information Not Available	5	0.0%	5	5	0	0.0%

Industry	27,891		27,749	23,977
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	383	1.4%	509	421	-38	-9.0%
Mining	150	0.5%	134	102	48	47.1%
Utilities	38	0.1%	67	73	-35	-47.9%
Construction	3,108	11.0%	3,198	2,817	291	10.3%
Manufacturing	6,907	24.4%	6,940	5,400	1,507	27.9%
Wholesale Trade	1,151	4.1%	1,181	1,257	-106	-8.4%
Retail Trade	3,264	11.5%	3,243	2,782	482	17.3%
Transporation and Warehousing	928	3.3%	1,025	688	240	34.9%
Information	261	0.9%	246	233	28	12.0%
Finance and Insurance	367	1.3%	324	318	49	15.4%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	272	1.0%	224	313	-41	-13.1%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	589	2.1%	604	472	117	24.8%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	66	0.2%	50	51	15	29.4%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	2,969	10.5%	2,856	2,356	613	26.0%
Educational Services	862	3.0%	1,041	847	15	1.8%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	2,886	10.2%	2,688	2,794	92	3.3%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	233	0.8%	173	165	68	41.2%
Accomodation and Food Services	2,068	7.3%	1,966	1,809	259	14.3%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	617	2.2%	576	449	168	37.4%
Public Administration	717	2.5%	672	597	120	20.1%
Information Not Available	55	0.2%	32	33	22	66.7%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Arizona
	May 2007	Percent	Apr 2007	May 2006	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	28,386		25,384	22,772
Male	16,656	58.7%	14,864	12,755	3,901	30.6%
Female	11,730	41.3%	10,520	10,017	1,713	17.1%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	28,386		25,384	22,772
Hispanic or Latino	13,125	46.2%	10,672	10,694	2,431	22.7%
Not Hispanic or Latino	15,261	53.8%	14,712	10,933	4,328	39.6%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	1,143	-1,143	-100.0%

Race	28,386		25,384	22,772
American Indian or Alaskan Native	1,521	5.4%	1,630	1,567	-46	-2.9%
Asian	8	0.0%	2	255	-247	-96.9%
Black or African American	1,563	5.5%	1,478	1,079	484	44.9%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
White	10,538	37.1%	10,041	8,032	2,506	31.2%
Information Not Available	14,756	52.0%	12,233	0	14,756	0.0%

Years of Age	28,386		25,384	22,772
Younger than 22	806	2.2%	760	594	212	35.7%
22-24	1,285	3.5%	1,203	964	321	33.3%
25-34	5,542	14.9%	5,015	4,205	1,337	31.8%
35-44	7,679	20.6%	6,827	6,365	1,314	20.6%
45-54	7,763	20.9%	6,871	6,369	1,394	21.9%
55-59	2,571	6.9%	2,316	2,156	415	19.2%
60-64	1,719	4.6%	1,536	1,327	392	29.5%
65 and older	1,021	2.7%	856	792	229	28.9%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	28,386		25,384	22,772
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	6,371	18.3%	4,767	6,168	203	3.3%
Mining	64	0.2%	60	87	-23	-26.4%
Utilities	58	0.2%	48	54	4	7.4%
Construction	3,514	10.1%	3,425	1,882	1,632	86.7%
Manufacturing	1,980	5.7%	1,731	1,243	737	59.3%
Wholesale Trade	1,223	3.5%	1,107	999	224	22.4%
Retail Trade	1,882	5.4%	1,825	1,624	258	15.9%
Transporation and Warehousing	553	1.6%	517	543	10	1.8%
Information	443	1.3%	446	314	129	41.1%
Finance and Insurance	1,098	3.2%	1,001	834	264	31.7%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	527	1.5%	504	450	77	17.1%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	1,215	3.5%	1,102	891	324	36.4%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	64	0.2%	69	62	2	3.2%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	2,720	7.8%	2,518	1,981	739	37.3%
Educational Services	432	1.2%	403	448	-16	-3.6%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	1,590	4.6%	1,460	1,275	315	24.7%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	273	0.8%	234	195	78	40.0%
Accomodation and Food Services	779	2.2%	771	745	34	4.6%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	494	1.4%	468	378	116	30.7%
Public Administration	521	1.5%	527	792	-271	-34.2%
Information Not Available	2,585	7.4%	2,401	1,807	778	43.1%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants California
	May 2007	Percent	Apr 2007	May 2006	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	365,058		393,332	328,955
Male	206,724	56.6%	225,571	181,011	25,713	14.2%
Female	158,152	43.3%	167,478	147,854	10,298	7.0%
Information Not Available	182	0.0%	283	90	92	102.2%

Ethnicity	365,058		393,332	328,955
Hispanic or Latino	136,182	37.3%	159,827	116,770	19,412	16.6%
Not Hispanic or Latino	190,654	52.2%	198,271	179,749	10,905	6.1%
Information Not Available	38,222	10.5%	35,234	32,436	5,786	17.8%

Race	365,058		393,332	328,955
American Indian or Alaskan Native	3,450	0.9%	3,684	2,162	1,288	59.6%
Asian	29,869	8.2%	27,866	26,129	3,740	14.3%
Black or African American	30,142	8.3%	29,566	29,102	1,040	3.6%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
White	127,194	34.8%	137,156	122,356	4,838	4.0%
Information Not Available	174,403	47.8%	195,060	149,206	25,197	16.9%

Years of Age	365,058		393,332	328,955
Younger than 22	11,712	2.5%	10,768	9,100	2,612	28.7%
22-24	18,612	3.9%	22,482	19,552	-940	-4.8%
25-34	86,067	18.2%	90,115	72,981	13,086	17.9%
35-44	88,791	18.8%	96,633	89,469	-678	-0.8%
45-54	91,875	19.5%	98,710	80,099	11,776	14.7%
55-59	32,956	7.0%	35,706	28,922	4,034	13.9%
60-64	20,155	4.3%	22,954	16,939	3,216	19.0%
65 and older	14,708	3.1%	15,586	11,713	2,995	25.6%
Information Not Available	182	0.0%	378	180	2	1.1%

Industry	365,058		393,332	328,955
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	42,580	10.4%	58,942	42,526	54	0.1%
Mining	908	0.2%	378	631	277	43.9%
Utilities	817	0.2%	1,417	360	457	126.9%
Construction	50,387	12.4%	55,637	39,734	10,653	26.8%
Manufacturing	53,743	13.2%	54,692	45,861	7,882	17.2%
Wholesale Trade	3,632	0.9%	3,117	1,982	1,650	83.2%
Retail Trade	30,596	7.5%	31,455	30,724	-128	-0.4%
Transporation and Warehousing	7,445	1.8%	9,352	7,749	-304	-3.9%
Information	30,686	7.5%	29,849	28,832	1,854	6.4%
Finance and Insurance	10,895	2.7%	11,430	8,469	2,426	28.6%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	6,174	1.5%	5,857	3,244	2,930	90.3%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	4,903	1.2%	5,668	3,514	1,389	39.5%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	49,207	12.1%	50,631	45,050	4,157	9.2%
Educational Services	7,989	2.0%	8,690	8,109	-120	-1.5%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	20,700	5.1%	18,514	20,453	247	1.2%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	6,083	1.5%	6,518	5,136	947	18.4%
Accomodation and Food Services	12,710	3.1%	14,263	11,623	1,087	9.4%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	9,170	2.2%	9,352	7,298	1,872	25.7%
Public Administration	3,450	0.8%	3,495	3,334	116	3.5%
Information Not Available	12,983	3.2%	14,075	14,326	-1,343	-9.4%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Colorado
	May 2007	Percent	Apr 2007	May 2006	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	20,901		21,762	21,652
Male	11,167	53.4%	12,120	11,341	-174	-1.5%
Female	9,734	46.6%	9,642	10,311	-577	-5.6%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	20,901		21,762	21,652
Hispanic or Latino	3,696	17.7%	4,274	3,996	-300	-7.5%
Not Hispanic or Latino	13,906	66.5%	14,154	13,759	147	1.1%
Information Not Available	3,299	15.8%	3,334	3,897	-598	-15.3%

Race	20,901		21,762	21,652
American Indian or Alaskan Native	343	1.6%	381	304	39	12.8%
Asian	474	2.3%	452	459	15	3.3%
Black or African American	1,506	7.2%	1,535	1,557	-51	-3.3%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	67	0.3%	60	76	-9	-11.8%
White	14,485	69.3%	14,864	15,023	-538	-3.6%
Information Not Available	4,026	19.3%	4,470	4,233	-207	-4.9%

Years of Age	20,901		21,762	21,652
Younger than 22	332	1.0%	362	388	-56	-14.4%
22-24	687	2.0%	739	825	-138	-16.7%
25-34	4,280	12.5%	4,343	4,553	-273	-6.0%
35-44	5,406	15.9%	5,572	5,765	-359	-6.2%
45-54	6,080	17.8%	6,490	6,276	-196	-3.1%
55-59	2,266	6.6%	2,347	2,272	-6	-0.3%
60-64	1,281	3.8%	1,298	1,056	225	21.3%
65 and older	565	1.7%	605	509	56	11.0%
Information Not Available	4	0.0%	6	8	-4	-50.0%

Industry	20,901		21,762	21,652
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	85	0.4%	105	90	-5	-5.6%
Mining	133	0.6%	168	155	-22	-14.2%
Utilities	21	0.1%	23	37	-16	-43.2%
Construction	3,242	15.4%	3,939	2,694	548	20.3%
Manufacturing	2,093	10.0%	2,227	2,353	-260	-11.0%
Wholesale Trade	1,000	4.8%	1,052	906	94	10.4%
Retail Trade	1,924	9.2%	2,008	2,300	-376	-16.3%
Transporation and Warehousing	532	2.5%	577	629	-97	-15.4%
Information	734	3.5%	724	771	-37	-4.8%
Finance and Insurance	1,321	6.3%	1,351	1,055	266	25.2%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	564	2.7%	569	594	-30	-5.1%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	1,621	7.7%	1,566	1,611	10	0.6%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	171	0.8%	157	127	44	34.6%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	2,303	11.0%	2,413	2,384	-81	-3.4%
Educational Services	382	1.8%	402	416	-34	-8.2%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	1,340	6.4%	1,375	1,512	-172	-11.4%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	594	2.8%	410	675	-81	-12.0%
Accomodation and Food Services	1,404	6.7%	1,142	1,709	-305	-17.8%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	591	2.8%	592	694	-103	-14.8%
Public Administration	413	2.0%	456	420	-7	-1.7%
Information Not Available	433	2.1%	506	520	-87	-16.7%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Connecticut
	May 2007	Percent	Apr 2007	May 2006	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	34,057		38,870	34,661
Male	19,286	56.6%	23,584	19,530	-244	-1.2%
Female	14,771	43.4%	15,286	15,131	-360	-2.4%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	34,057		38,870	34,661
Hispanic or Latino	4,702	13.8%	5,574	4,421	281	6.4%
Not Hispanic or Latino	29,355	86.2%	33,296	30,240	-885	-2.9%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Race	34,057		38,870	34,661
American Indian or Alaskan Native	138	0.4%	144	115	23	20.0%
Asian	516	1.5%	520	511	5	1.0%
Black or African American	5,296	15.6%	5,593	5,213	83	1.6%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
White	20,003	58.7%	23,036	20,239	-236	-1.2%
Information Not Available	8,104	23.8%	9,577	8,583	-479	-5.6%

Years of Age	34,057		38,870	34,661
Younger than 22	1,045	2.0%	1,150	1,028	17	1.7%
22-24	2,008	3.9%	2,331	1,993	15	0.8%
25-34	7,382	14.3%	8,485	7,394	-12	-0.2%
35-44	8,288	16.0%	9,623	8,971	-683	-7.6%
45-54	8,430	16.3%	9,510	8,433	-3	0.0%
55-59	2,986	5.8%	3,397	3,130	-144	-4.6%
60-64	2,295	4.4%	2,556	2,220	75	3.4%
65 and older	1,623	3.1%	1,818	1,492	131	8.8%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	34,057		38,870	34,661
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	126	0.4%	228	106	20	18.9%
Mining	33	0.1%	50	12	21	175.0%
Utilities	46	0.1%	45	90	-44	-48.9%
Construction	4,226	12.4%	6,384	4,829	-603	-12.5%
Manufacturing	4,785	14.0%	5,150	4,806	-21	-0.4%
Wholesale Trade	1,722	5.0%	1,799	1,512	210	13.9%
Retail Trade	4,334	12.7%	4,588	4,864	-530	-10.9%
Transporation and Warehousing	972	2.8%	1,242	945	27	2.9%
Information	685	2.0%	669	632	53	8.4%
Finance and Insurance	2,087	6.1%	2,135	1,926	161	8.4%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	590	1.7%	656	543	47	8.7%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	1,669	4.9%	1,459	1,746	-77	-4.4%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	133	0.4%	132	234	-101	-43.2%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	4,036	11.8%	4,944	3,839	197	5.1%
Educational Services	729	2.1%	784	689	40	5.8%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	3,053	8.9%	3,022	3,043	10	0.3%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	747	2.2%	1,034	810	-63	-7.8%
Accomodation and Food Services	2,068	6.0%	2,383	2,039	29	1.4%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	1,042	3.0%	1,119	932	110	11.8%
Public Administration	397	1.2%	409	429	-32	-7.5%
Information Not Available	577	1.7%	638	635	-58	-9.1%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants District of Columbia
	May 2007	Percent	Apr 2007	May 2006	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	8,795		4,392	8,423
Male	4,460	50.7%	2,288	4,147	313	7.5%
Female	4,335	49.3%	2,104	4,276	59	1.4%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	8,795		4,392	8,423
Hispanic or Latino	716	8.1%	360	616	100	16.2%
Not Hispanic or Latino	7,006	79.7%	3,340	6,285	721	11.5%
Information Not Available	1,073	12.2%	692	1,522	-449	-29.5%

Race	8,795		4,392	8,423
American Indian or Alaskan Native	73	0.8%	30	62	11	17.7%
Asian	251	2.9%	149	254	-3	-1.2%
Black or African American	6,740	76.6%	3,238	6,285	455	7.2%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	126	1.4%	69	106	20	18.9%
White	1,445	16.4%	780	1,498	-53	-3.5%
Information Not Available	160	1.8%	126	218	-58	-26.6%

Years of Age	8,795		4,392	8,423
Younger than 22	180	1.8%	86	178	2	1.1%
22-24	451	4.6%	208	420	31	7.4%
25-34	2,121	21.4%	1,067	1,995	126	6.3%
35-44	2,467	24.9%	1,188	2,355	112	4.8%
45-54	2,358	23.8%	1,222	2,204	154	7.0%
55-59	682	6.9%	344	754	-72	-9.5%
60-64	350	3.5%	174	357	-7	-2.0%
65 and older	186	1.9%	103	158	28	17.7%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	2	-2	-100.0%

Industry	8,795		4,392	8,423
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
Mining	0	0.0%	0	1	-1	-100.0%
Utilities	2	0.0%	5	2	0	0.0%
Construction	81	0.9%	55	44	37	84.1%
Manufacturing	4	0.0%	2	9	-5	-55.6%
Wholesale Trade	5	0.1%	2	7	-2	-28.6%
Retail Trade	21	0.2%	11	20	1	5.0%
Transporation and Warehousing	1	0.0%	1	8	-7	-87.5%
Information	21	0.2%	17	43	-22	-51.2%
Finance and Insurance	0	0.0%	0	6	-6	-100.0%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	13	0.1%	7	7	6	85.7%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	67	0.8%	52	126	-59	-46.8%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	2	0.0%	0	2	0	0.0%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	16	0.2%	6	10	6	60.0%
Educational Services	35	0.4%	26	36	-1	-2.8%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	64	0.7%	27	60	4	6.7%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	4	0.0%	4	1	3	300.0%
Accomodation and Food Services	5	0.1%	2	7	-2	-28.6%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	66	0.8%	37	64	2	3.1%
Public Administration	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
Information Not Available	8,388	95.4%	4,138	7,970	418	5.2%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Delaware
	May 2007	Percent	Apr 2007	May 2006	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	9,307		10,041	7,425
Male	4,559	49.0%	4,988	3,434	1,125	32.8%
Female	4,748	51.0%	5,053	3,991	757	19.0%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	9,307		10,041	7,425
Hispanic or Latino	327	3.5%	343	259	68	26.3%
Not Hispanic or Latino	8,981	96.5%	9,698	7,166	1,815	25.3%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Race	9,307		10,041	7,425
American Indian or Alaskan Native	17	0.2%	12	17	0	0.0%
Asian	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
Black or African American	3,759	40.4%	4,099	3,061	698	22.8%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	48	0.5%	50	36	12	33.3%
White	4,791	51.5%	5,170	3,822	969	25.4%
Information Not Available	694	7.5%	710	489	205	41.9%

Years of Age	9,307		10,041	7,425
Younger than 22	2,016	14.4%	2,135	1,434	582	40.6%
22-24	689	4.9%	777	595	94	15.8%
25-34	2,133	15.3%	2,305	1,684	449	26.7%
35-44	2,462	17.6%	2,650	1,925	537	27.9%
45-54	1,459	10.4%	1,594	1,227	232	18.9%
55-59	322	2.3%	346	308	14	4.5%
60-64	131	0.9%	141	141	-10	-7.1%
65 and older	83	0.6%	74	99	-16	-16.2%
Information Not Available	12	0.1%	19	12	0	0.0%

Industry	9,307		10,041	7,425
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	29	0.3%	31	27	2	7.4%
Mining	0	0.0%	0	2	-2	-100.0%
Utilities	10	0.1%	12	2	8	400.0%
Construction	1,020	10.9%	1,127	580	440	75.9%
Manufacturing	694	7.4%	794	521	173	33.2%
Wholesale Trade	381	4.1%	408	299	82	27.4%
Retail Trade	1,497	16.0%	1,583	1,221	276	22.6%
Transporation and Warehousing	257	2.8%	286	192	65	33.9%
Information	143	1.5%	148	101	42	41.6%
Finance and Insurance	1,011	10.8%	1,053	702	309	44.0%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	212	2.3%	205	160	52	32.5%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	422	4.5%	450	430	-8	-1.9%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	36	0.4%	31	36	0	0.0%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	1,497	16.0%	1,673	1,345	152	11.3%
Educational Services	107	1.1%	122	89	18	20.2%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	717	7.7%	717	649	68	10.5%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	114	1.2%	162	105	9	8.6%
Accomodation and Food Services	817	8.8%	884	632	185	29.3%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	236	2.5%	226	274	-38	-13.9%
Public Administration	52	0.6%	74	34	18	52.9%
Information Not Available	55	0.6%	55	24	31	129.2%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Florida
	May 2007	Percent	Apr 2007	May 2006	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	97,986		90,584	71,701
Male	53,734	54.8%	49,150	34,336	19,398	56.5%
Female	44,140	45.0%	41,399	37,286	6,854	18.4%
Information Not Available	112	0.1%	35	79	33	41.8%

Ethnicity	97,986		90,584	71,701
Hispanic or Latino	29,674	30.3%	28,851	25,565	4,109	16.1%
Not Hispanic or Latino	59,869	61.1%	53,252	38,426	21,443	55.8%
Information Not Available	8,443	8.6%	8,481	7,710	733	9.5%

Race	97,986		90,584	71,701
American Indian or Alaskan Native	409	0.4%	452	236	173	73.3%
Asian	892	0.9%	1,043	826	66	8.0%
Black or African American	19,225	19.6%	17,137	12,743	6,482	50.9%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	2,752	2.8%	2,259	1,062	1,690	159.1%
White	56,188	57.3%	51,896	40,471	15,717	38.8%
Information Not Available	18,520	18.9%	17,797	16,363	2,157	13.2%

Years of Age	97,986		90,584	71,701
Younger than 22	2,157	1.5%	1,773	1,416	741	52.3%
22-24	4,946	3.4%	4,380	3,422	1,524	44.5%
25-34	22,051	15.0%	20,439	14,906	7,145	47.9%
35-44	23,427	15.9%	21,551	18,289	5,138	28.1%
45-54	24,952	16.9%	23,498	18,289	6,663	36.4%
55-59	8,478	5.8%	8,099	6,608	1,870	28.3%
60-64	6,954	4.7%	6,848	4,562	2,392	52.4%
65 and older	5,020	3.4%	3,996	4,208	812	19.3%
Information Not Available	1	0.0%	0	1	0	0.0%

Industry	97,986		90,584	71,701
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	1,153	1.2%	487	1,180	-27	-2.3%
Mining	0	0.0%	0	39	-39	-100.0%
Utilities	37	0.0%	104	236	-199	-84.3%
Construction	12,606	12.7%	11,366	4,602	8,004	173.9%
Manufacturing	7,326	7.4%	6,535	5,113	2,213	43.3%
Wholesale Trade	4,462	4.5%	4,136	4,287	175	4.1%
Retail Trade	9,631	9.7%	8,134	6,962	2,669	38.3%
Transporation and Warehousing	2,045	2.1%	2,225	1,691	354	20.9%
Information	2,566	2.6%	2,607	1,731	835	48.2%
Finance and Insurance	4,909	5.0%	4,623	3,500	1,409	40.3%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	2,938	3.0%	2,468	1,534	1,404	91.5%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	5,652	5.7%	4,588	4,130	1,522	36.9%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	521	0.5%	313	236	285	120.8%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	17,998	18.2%	16,963	11,091	6,907	62.3%
Educational Services	967	1.0%	799	1,180	-213	-18.1%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	5,801	5.9%	5,457	5,664	137	2.4%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	1,562	1.6%	1,425	1,141	421	36.9%
Accomodation and Food Services	4,834	4.9%	3,615	3,500	1,334	38.1%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	2,343	2.4%	2,329	1,652	691	41.8%
Public Administration	1,078	1.1%	1,078	1,573	-495	-31.5%
Information Not Available	9,557	9.6%	11,332	10,659	-1,102	-10.3%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Georgia
	May 2007	Percent	Apr 2007	May 2006	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	49,563		49,334	45,840
Male	23,396	47.2%	23,537	20,936	2,460	11.8%
Female	25,397	51.2%	24,994	23,321	2,076	8.9%
Information Not Available	770	1.6%	803	1,583	-813	-51.4%

Ethnicity	49,563		49,334	45,840
Hispanic or Latino	510	1.0%	488	209	301	144.0%
Not Hispanic or Latino	48,283	97.4%	48,043	44,048	4,235	9.6%
Information Not Available	770	1.6%	803	1,583	-813	-51.4%

Race	49,563		49,334	45,840
American Indian or Alaskan Native	227	0.5%	223	151	76	50.3%
Asian	681	1.4%	710	653	28	4.3%
Black or African American	25,984	52.4%	25,732	23,685	2,299	9.7%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
White	21,885	44.2%	21,854	19,768	2,117	10.7%
Information Not Available	786	1.6%	815	1,583	-797	-50.3%

Years of Age	49,563		49,334	45,840
Younger than 22	1,148	1.7%	1,045	1,065	83	7.8%
22-24	2,294	3.3%	2,259	2,165	129	6.0%
25-34	11,704	17.0%	11,470	10,809	895	8.3%
35-44	13,045	18.9%	13,132	12,421	624	5.0%
45-54	11,886	17.2%	11,801	10,974	912	8.3%
55-59	4,019	5.8%	4,003	3,676	343	9.3%
60-64	2,405	3.5%	2,333	2,089	316	15.1%
65 and older	1,320	1.9%	1,293	1,189	131	11.0%
Information Not Available	1,742	2.5%	1,998	1,452	290	20.0%

Industry	49,563		49,334	45,840
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	816	1.6%	852	777	39	5.0%
Mining	63	0.1%	55	65	-2	-3.1%
Utilities	106	0.2%	80	119	-13	-10.9%
Construction	3,221	6.4%	2,980	2,700	521	19.3%
Manufacturing	6,040	12.0%	7,633	5,382	658	12.2%
Wholesale Trade	2,566	5.1%	2,536	2,352	214	9.1%
Retail Trade	3,864	7.7%	3,736	3,741	123	3.3%
Transporation and Warehousing	1,271	2.5%	1,218	1,508	-237	-15.7%
Information	1,008	2.0%	997	1,275	-267	-20.9%
Finance and Insurance	1,958	3.9%	1,918	1,519	439	28.9%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	921	1.8%	915	905	16	1.8%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	8,412	16.7%	8,087	8,221	191	2.3%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	102	0.2%	101	87	15	17.2%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	164	0.3%	177	188	-24	-12.8%
Educational Services	999	2.0%	944	929	70	7.5%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	3,000	6.0%	2,797	2,644	356	13.5%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	2,511	5.0%	2,240	2,629	-118	-4.5%
Accomodation and Food Services	436	0.9%	480	476	-40	-8.4%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	771	1.5%	693	740	31	4.2%
Public Administration	616	1.2%	555	607	9	1.5%
Information Not Available	10,718	21.3%	10,340	8,976	1,742	19.4%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Hawaii
	May 2007	Percent	Apr 2007	May 2006	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	6,661		6,666	6,044
Male	4,087	61.4%	4,227	3,952	135	3.4%
Female	2,574	38.6%	2,439	2,091	483	23.1%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	1	-1	-100.0%

Ethnicity	6,661		6,666	6,044
Hispanic or Latino	397	6.0%	401	327	70	21.4%
Not Hispanic or Latino	4,996	75.0%	4,947	4,472	524	11.7%
Information Not Available	1,268	19.0%	1,318	1,245	23	1.8%

Race	6,661		6,666	6,044
American Indian or Alaskan Native	60	0.9%	68	64	-4	-6.3%
Asian	2,432	36.5%	2,331	2,022	410	20.3%
Black or African American	138	2.1%	133	135	3	2.2%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	1,559	23.4%	1,585	1,471	88	6.0%
White	1,637	24.6%	1,685	1,528	109	7.1%
Information Not Available	835	12.5%	864	824	11	1.3%

Years of Age	6,661		6,666	6,044
Younger than 22	112	1.4%	106	100	12	12.0%
22-24	297	3.8%	306	274	23	8.4%
25-34	1,379	17.6%	1,427	1,361	18	1.3%
35-44	1,614	20.6%	1,662	1,543	71	4.6%
45-54	1,791	22.9%	1,716	1,606	185	11.5%
55-59	709	9.1%	729	576	133	23.1%
60-64	466	5.9%	457	361	105	29.1%
65 and older	293	3.7%	263	223	70	31.4%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	6,661		6,666	6,044
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	368	5.2%	336	230	138	60.0%
Mining	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
Utilities	4	0.1%	5	4	0	0.0%
Construction	1,684	24.0%	1,800	1,714	-30	-1.8%
Manufacturing	212	3.0%	208	181	31	17.1%
Wholesale Trade	118	1.7%	123	107	11	10.3%
Retail Trade	478	6.8%	483	379	99	26.1%
Transporation and Warehousing	246	3.5%	259	291	-45	-15.5%
Information	144	2.0%	129	149	-5	-3.4%
Finance and Insurance	111	1.6%	108	88	23	26.1%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	123	1.7%	123	120	3	2.5%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	243	3.5%	194	226	17	7.5%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	21	0.3%	15	9	12	133.3%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	705	10.0%	702	607	98	16.1%
Educational Services	43	0.6%	47	45	-2	-4.4%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	282	4.0%	301	270	12	4.4%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	79	1.1%	86	99	-20	-20.2%
Accomodation and Food Services	744	10.6%	684	595	149	25.0%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	154	2.2%	166	169	-15	-8.9%
Public Administration	82	1.2%	96	84	-2	-2.4%
Information Not Available	820	11.7%	801	677	143	21.1%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Iowa
	May 2007	Percent	Apr 2007	May 2006	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	19,055		25,271	18,842
Male	10,868	57.0%	16,883	10,298	570	5.5%
Female	8,187	43.0%	8,388	8,544	-357	-4.2%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	19,055		25,271	18,842
Hispanic or Latino	718	3.8%	1,130	550	168	30.5%
Not Hispanic or Latino	18,094	95.0%	23,838	18,050	44	0.2%
Information Not Available	243	1.3%	303	242	1	0.4%

Race	19,055		25,271	18,842
American Indian or Alaskan Native	83	0.4%	110	124	-41	-33.1%
Asian	140	0.7%	185	191	-51	-26.7%
Black or African American	923	4.8%	1,001	794	129	16.2%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
White	16,948	88.9%	22,542	16,941	7	0.0%
Information Not Available	961	5.0%	1,433	792	169	21.3%

Years of Age	19,055		25,271	18,842
Younger than 22	460	1.3%	611	602	-142	-23.6%
22-24	1,035	3.0%	1,448	1,150	-115	-10.0%
25-34	4,129	11.8%	5,539	4,031	98	2.4%
35-44	4,691	13.5%	6,158	4,582	109	2.4%
45-54	5,107	14.6%	6,656	4,968	139	2.8%
55-59	1,690	4.8%	2,208	1,640	50	3.0%
60-64	1,132	3.2%	1,524	1,098	34	3.1%
65 and older	804	2.3%	1,118	762	42	5.5%
Information Not Available	7	0.0%	9	9	-2	-22.2%

Industry	19,055		25,271	18,842
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	84	0.4%	119	87	-3	-3.4%
Mining	53	0.3%	129	30	23	76.7%
Utilities	37	0.2%	38	30	7	23.3%
Construction	3,337	17.4%	6,951	3,076	261	8.5%
Manufacturing	4,824	25.2%	6,313	4,150	674	16.2%
Wholesale Trade	698	3.6%	720	1,137	-439	-38.6%
Retail Trade	1,911	10.0%	2,001	1,999	-88	-4.4%
Transporation and Warehousing	564	2.9%	766	512	52	10.2%
Information	752	3.9%	581	686	66	9.6%
Finance and Insurance	565	3.0%	545	606	-41	-6.8%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	223	1.2%	236	201	22	10.9%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	805	4.2%	832	831	-26	-3.1%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	101	0.5%	94	16	85	531.3%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	1,535	8.0%	2,033	1,697	-162	-9.5%
Educational Services	222	1.2%	227	240	-18	-7.5%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	1,241	6.5%	1,244	1,237	4	0.3%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	178	0.9%	241	218	-40	-18.3%
Accomodation and Food Services	1,069	5.6%	1,052	1,119	-50	-4.5%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	405	2.1%	474	455	-50	-11.0%
Public Administration	217	1.1%	326	232	-15	-6.5%
Information Not Available	234	1.2%	349	283	-49	-17.3%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Idaho
	May 2007	Percent	Apr 2007	May 2006	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	8,864		11,855	8,053
Male	5,051	57.0%	7,482	4,547	504	11.1%
Female	3,813	43.0%	4,373	3,506	307	8.8%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	8,864		11,855	8,053
Hispanic or Latino	1,160	13.1%	1,373	944	216	22.9%
Not Hispanic or Latino	6,824	77.0%	9,415	6,142	682	11.1%
Information Not Available	880	9.9%	1,067	967	-87	-9.0%

Race	8,864		11,855	8,053
American Indian or Alaskan Native	187	2.1%	255	183	4	2.2%
Asian	172	1.9%	205	101	71	70.3%
Black or African American	79	0.9%	57	32	47	146.9%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	43	0.5%	33	19	24	126.3%
White	6,801	76.7%	9,431	6,429	372	5.8%
Information Not Available	1,582	17.8%	1,874	1,289	293	22.7%

Years of Age	8,864		11,855	8,053
Younger than 22	199	1.3%	303	215	-16	-7.4%
22-24	494	3.3%	719	430	64	14.9%
25-34	1,861	12.3%	2,486	1,732	129	7.4%
35-44	2,070	13.7%	2,780	1,921	149	7.8%
45-54	2,442	16.1%	3,217	2,176	266	12.2%
55-59	922	6.1%	1,159	790	132	16.7%
60-64	523	3.5%	713	480	43	9.0%
65 and older	353	2.3%	478	309	44	14.2%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	8,864		11,855	8,053
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	558	5.9%	1,102	635	-77	-12.1%
Mining	30	0.3%	54	36	-6	-16.7%
Utilities	13	0.1%	19	8	5	62.5%
Construction	1,329	14.1%	2,112	959	370	38.6%
Manufacturing	1,595	16.9%	2,111	1,025	570	55.6%
Wholesale Trade	304	3.2%	339	381	-77	-20.2%
Retail Trade	713	7.6%	854	696	17	2.4%
Transporation and Warehousing	354	3.8%	530	308	46	14.9%
Information	134	1.4%	161	116	18	15.5%
Finance and Insurance	193	2.0%	209	176	17	9.7%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	90	1.0%	105	78	12	15.4%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	277	2.9%	316	272	5	1.8%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	10	0.1%	13	2	8	400.0%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	641	6.8%	790	630	11	1.7%
Educational Services	90	1.0%	92	117	-27	-23.1%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	544	5.8%	630	571	-27	-4.7%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	135	1.4%	153	126	9	7.1%
Accomodation and Food Services	415	4.4%	490	405	10	2.5%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	141	1.5%	179	143	-2	-1.4%
Public Administration	221	2.3%	293	226	-5	-2.2%
Information Not Available	1,077	11.4%	1,303	1,143	-66	-5.8%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Illinois
	May 2007	Percent	Apr 2007	May 2006	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	119,791		140,337	117,384
Male	69,014	57.6%	87,568	66,959	2,055	3.1%
Female	50,777	42.4%	52,769	50,425	352	0.7%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	119,791		140,337	117,384
Hispanic or Latino	16,164	13.5%	22,487	14,502	1,662	11.5%
Not Hispanic or Latino	103,627	86.5%	117,850	102,882	745	0.7%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Race	119,791		140,337	117,384
American Indian or Alaskan Native	441	0.4%	508	362	79	21.8%
Asian	2,726	2.3%	2,931	2,649	77	2.9%
Black or African American	31,857	26.6%	33,686	32,018	-161	-0.5%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
White	83,862	70.0%	102,353	81,723	2,139	2.6%
Information Not Available	905	0.8%	858	632	273	43.2%

Years of Age	119,791		140,337	117,384
Younger than 22	2,633	1.3%	2,858	2,496	137	5.5%
22-24	5,962	3.0%	6,878	6,030	-68	-1.1%
25-34	28,838	14.6%	33,444	28,307	531	1.9%
35-44	31,430	15.9%	37,323	31,533	-103	-0.3%
45-54	31,093	15.8%	36,995	30,281	812	2.7%
55-59	10,268	5.2%	12,021	9,851	417	4.2%
60-64	6,290	3.2%	7,206	5,748	542	9.4%
65 and older	3,277	1.7%	3,612	3,138	139	4.4%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	119,791		140,337	117,384
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	472	0.4%	684	420	52	12.4%
Mining	536	0.4%	628	278	258	92.8%
Utilities	141	0.1%	146	224	-83	-37.1%
Construction	19,444	16.2%	30,014	17,798	1,646	9.2%
Manufacturing	19,226	16.0%	20,823	19,588	-362	-1.8%
Wholesale Trade	5,854	4.9%	6,315	5,846	8	0.1%
Retail Trade	12,423	10.3%	13,216	11,574	849	7.3%
Transporation and Warehousing	4,889	4.1%	6,569	5,346	-457	-8.5%
Information	2,463	2.0%	2,543	2,860	-397	-13.9%
Finance and Insurance	6,288	5.2%	6,285	5,669	619	10.9%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	1,927	1.6%	2,020	1,913	14	0.7%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	6,322	5.3%	6,177	5,847	475	8.1%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	334	0.3%	376	265	69	26.0%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	14,137	11.8%	17,423	13,925	212	1.5%
Educational Services	2,110	1.8%	2,354	1,996	114	5.7%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	8,096	6.7%	8,059	8,197	-101	-1.2%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	1,442	1.2%	2,037	1,646	-204	-12.4%
Accomodation and Food Services	5,598	4.7%	6,241	6,012	-414	-6.9%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	3,008	2.5%	3,097	3,320	-312	-9.4%
Public Administration	2,773	2.3%	2,928	2,524	249	9.9%
Information Not Available	2,308	1.9%	2,402	2,136	172	8.1%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Indiana
	May 2007	Percent	Apr 2007	May 2006	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	47,690		56,849	47,921
Male	26,460	55.5%	34,558	27,078	-618	-2.3%
Female	21,162	44.4%	22,228	20,831	331	1.6%
Information Not Available	68	0.1%	63	12	56	466.7%

Ethnicity	47,690		56,849	47,921
Hispanic or Latino	1,853	3.9%	2,282	1,893	-40	-2.1%
Not Hispanic or Latino	38,364	80.4%	47,866	44,297	-5,933	-13.4%
Information Not Available	7,473	15.7%	6,701	1,731	5,742	331.7%

Race	47,690		56,849	47,921
American Indian or Alaskan Native	224	0.5%	243	162	62	38.3%
Asian	251	0.5%	311	246	5	2.0%
Black or African American	7,650	16.0%	8,466	7,510	140	1.9%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	41	0.1%	51	48	-7	-14.6%
White	37,327	78.3%	45,118	37,540	-213	-0.6%
Information Not Available	2,197	4.6%	2,660	2,415	-218	-9.0%

Years of Age	47,690		56,849	47,921
Younger than 22	1,037	1.3%	1,318	1,137	-100	-8.8%
22-24	2,599	3.1%	3,082	2,577	22	0.9%
25-34	11,754	14.2%	14,084	11,153	601	5.4%
35-44	12,481	15.1%	15,013	12,562	-81	-0.6%
45-54	12,201	14.8%	14,485	12,663	-462	-3.6%
55-59	3,908	4.7%	4,657	4,152	-244	-5.9%
60-64	2,374	2.9%	2,713	2,334	40	1.7%
65 and older	1,335	1.6%	1,493	1,343	-8	-0.6%
Information Not Available	1	0.0%	4	0	1	0.0%

Industry	47,690		56,849	47,921
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	111	0.2%	152	113	-2	-1.8%
Mining	98	0.2%	146	46	52	113.0%
Utilities	39	0.1%	55	58	-19	-32.8%
Construction	5,786	12.1%	10,249	6,407	-621	-9.7%
Manufacturing	12,633	26.4%	14,482	13,127	-494	-3.8%
Wholesale Trade	1,755	3.7%	1,838	1,783	-28	-1.6%
Retail Trade	4,110	8.6%	4,571	4,503	-393	-8.7%
Transporation and Warehousing	1,762	3.7%	2,609	1,689	73	4.3%
Information	445	0.9%	450	542	-97	-17.9%
Finance and Insurance	1,321	2.8%	1,310	1,293	28	2.2%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	667	1.4%	730	617	50	8.1%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	1,420	3.0%	1,254	1,346	74	5.5%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	131	0.3%	123	136	-5	-3.7%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	4,358	9.1%	5,258	4,501	-143	-3.2%
Educational Services	609	1.3%	595	650	-41	-6.3%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	3,501	7.3%	3,556	3,137	364	11.6%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	468	1.0%	565	686	-218	-31.8%
Accomodation and Food Services	2,348	4.9%	2,267	2,351	-3	-0.1%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	1,049	2.2%	1,040	1,048	1	0.1%
Public Administration	356	0.7%	423	350	6	1.7%
Information Not Available	4,723	9.9%	5,176	3,538	1,185	33.5%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Kansas
	May 2007	Percent	Apr 2007	May 2006	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	16,584		16,901	15,831
Male	9,397	56.7%	9,986	8,643	754	8.7%
Female	7,187	43.3%	6,915	7,188	-1	0.0%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	16,584		16,901	15,831
Hispanic or Latino	896	5.4%	914	869	27	3.1%
Not Hispanic or Latino	9,301	56.1%	9,474	9,089	212	2.3%
Information Not Available	6,387	38.5%	6,513	5,873	514	8.8%

Race	16,584		16,901	15,831
American Indian or Alaskan Native	235	1.4%	271	216	19	8.8%
Asian	205	1.2%	193	167	38	22.8%
Black or African American	2,598	15.7%	2,631	2,566	32	1.2%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	24	0.1%	23	18	6	33.3%
White	12,378	74.6%	12,571	11,725	653	5.6%
Information Not Available	1,144	6.9%	1,212	1,139	5	0.4%

Years of Age	16,584		16,901	15,831
Younger than 22	349	1.2%	350	351	-2	-0.6%
22-24	893	3.2%	898	926	-33	-3.6%
25-34	4,051	14.4%	4,093	3,805	246	6.5%
35-44	4,068	14.5%	4,250	4,101	-33	-0.8%
45-54	4,488	16.0%	4,554	4,094	394	9.6%
55-59	1,403	5.0%	1,433	1,311	92	7.0%
60-64	837	3.0%	824	763	74	9.7%
65 and older	495	1.8%	499	480	15	3.1%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	16,584		16,901	15,831
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	194	1.2%	245	287	-93	-32.4%
Mining	136	0.8%	145	97	39	40.2%
Utilities	56	0.3%	55	24	32	133.3%
Construction	2,811	16.8%	3,230	2,198	613	27.9%
Manufacturing	2,563	15.3%	2,516	2,243	320	14.3%
Wholesale Trade	726	4.3%	753	682	44	6.5%
Retail Trade	1,284	7.7%	1,312	1,513	-229	-15.1%
Transporation and Warehousing	494	2.9%	505	425	69	16.2%
Information	825	4.9%	768	479	346	72.2%
Finance and Insurance	578	3.4%	565	560	18	3.2%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	254	1.5%	233	253	1	0.4%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	755	4.5%	604	778	-23	-3.0%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	47	0.3%	40	47	0	0.0%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	1,649	9.8%	1,602	1,634	15	0.9%
Educational Services	227	1.4%	228	235	-8	-3.4%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	1,367	8.1%	1,343	1,527	-160	-10.5%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	88	0.5%	112	110	-22	-20.0%
Accomodation and Food Services	592	3.5%	561	613	-21	-3.4%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	379	2.3%	427	419	-40	-9.5%
Public Administration	357	2.1%	352	333	24	7.2%
Information Not Available	1,202	7.2%	1,305	1,374	-172	-12.5%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Kentucky
	May 2007	Percent	Apr 2007	May 2006	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	28,954		30,141	25,778
Male	17,060	58.9%	18,737	15,152	1,908	12.6%
Female	11,894	41.1%	11,404	10,626	1,268	11.9%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	28,954		30,141	25,778
Hispanic or Latino	65	0.2%	52	31	34	109.7%
Not Hispanic or Latino	28,889	99.8%	30,089	25,747	3,142	12.2%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Race	28,954		30,141	25,778
American Indian or Alaskan Native	169	0.6%	90	175	-6	-3.4%
Asian	65	0.2%	95	45	20	44.4%
Black or African American	3,406	11.8%	3,540	3,084	322	10.4%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0	0.0%	13	0	0	0.0%
White	25,063	86.6%	26,093	22,291	2,772	12.4%
Information Not Available	251	0.9%	310	183	68	37.2%

Years of Age	28,954		30,141	25,778
Younger than 22	546	1.0%	568	381	165	43.3%
22-24	1,534	2.9%	1,576	1,423	111	7.8%
25-34	6,616	12.6%	6,877	5,805	811	14.0%
35-44	7,756	14.8%	7,877	7,283	473	6.5%
45-54	7,648	14.6%	8,178	6,907	741	10.7%
55-59	2,353	4.5%	2,446	1,817	536	29.5%
60-64	1,608	3.1%	1,684	1,397	211	15.1%
65 and older	893	1.7%	922	756	137	18.1%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	13	9	-9	-100.0%

Industry	28,954		30,141	25,778
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	52	0.2%	69	67	-15	-22.4%
Mining	862	3.0%	866	376	486	129.3%
Utilities	9	0.0%	17	49	-40	-81.6%
Construction	3,752	12.9%	4,147	3,738	14	0.4%
Manufacturing	7,531	26.0%	7,924	5,528	2,003	36.2%
Wholesale Trade	1,161	4.0%	1,171	819	342	41.8%
Retail Trade	2,518	8.7%	2,059	2,108	410	19.4%
Transporation and Warehousing	1,109	3.8%	1,348	1,065	44	4.1%
Information	438	1.5%	448	380	58	15.3%
Finance and Insurance	797	2.7%	702	712	85	11.9%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	316	1.1%	349	246	70	28.5%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	919	3.2%	668	748	171	22.9%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	100	0.3%	43	85	15	17.6%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	2,457	8.5%	2,446	2,117	340	16.1%
Educational Services	290	1.0%	327	282	8	2.8%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	2,158	7.4%	2,295	1,491	667	44.7%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	321	1.1%	465	336	-15	-4.5%
Accomodation and Food Services	854	2.9%	956	1,070	-216	-20.2%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	698	2.4%	706	676	22	3.3%
Public Administration	377	1.3%	362	336	41	12.2%
Information Not Available	2,235	7.7%	2,773	3,549	-1,314	-37.0%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Louisiana
	May 2007	Percent	Apr 2007	May 2006	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	18,344		18,009	18,244
Male	9,272	50.5%	9,286	8,471	801	9.5%
Female	9,071	49.4%	8,722	9,773	-702	-7.2%
Information Not Available	1	0.0%	1	0	1	0.0%

Ethnicity	18,344		18,009	18,244
Hispanic or Latino	338	1.8%	329	499	-161	-32.3%
Not Hispanic or Latino	17,923	97.7%	17,646	16,965	958	5.6%
Information Not Available	83	0.5%	34	750	-667	-88.9%

Race	18,344		18,009	18,244
American Indian or Alaskan Native	104	0.6%	114	117	-13	-11.1%
Asian	112	0.6%	114	214	-102	-47.7%
Black or African American	9,984	54.4%	9,791	9,613	371	3.9%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	15	0.1%	18	22	-7	-31.8%
White	8,070	44.0%	7,962	8,085	-15	-0.2%
Information Not Available	59	0.3%	10	193	-134	-69.4%

Years of Age	18,344		18,009	18,244
Younger than 22	515	2.0%	416	463	52	11.2%
22-24	1,157	4.5%	1,123	1,232	-75	-6.1%
25-34	4,964	19.4%	4,730	4,532	432	9.5%
35-44	4,576	17.9%	4,423	4,551	25	0.5%
45-54	4,446	17.4%	4,497	4,493	-47	-1.0%
55-59	1,397	5.5%	1,470	1,459	-62	-4.2%
60-64	818	3.2%	850	858	-40	-4.7%
65 and older	470	1.8%	499	656	-186	-28.4%
Information Not Available	1	0.0%	1	0	1	0.0%

Industry	18,344		18,009	18,244
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	251	1.3%	289	259	-8	-3.1%
Mining	268	1.4%	266	171	97	56.7%
Utilities	57	0.3%	55	34	23	67.6%
Construction	2,568	13.8%	2,607	1,826	742	40.6%
Manufacturing	2,014	10.8%	1,910	986	1,028	104.3%
Wholesale Trade	400	2.2%	432	400	0	0.0%
Retail Trade	1,482	8.0%	1,370	1,250	232	18.6%
Transporation and Warehousing	629	3.4%	619	370	259	70.0%
Information	324	1.7%	343	334	-10	-3.0%
Finance and Insurance	478	2.6%	414	386	92	23.8%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	230	1.2%	240	295	-65	-22.0%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	860	4.6%	713	575	285	49.6%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	148	0.8%	133	22	126	572.7%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	1,117	6.0%	1,148	974	143	14.7%
Educational Services	217	1.2%	243	456	-239	-52.4%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	1,501	8.1%	1,435	1,487	14	0.9%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	351	1.9%	342	390	-39	-10.0%
Accomodation and Food Services	1,000	5.4%	880	916	84	9.2%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	772	4.2%	805	390	382	97.9%
Public Administration	234	1.3%	246	367	-133	-36.2%
Information Not Available	3,443	18.5%	3,519	6,356	-2,913	-45.8%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Massachusetts
	May 2007	Percent	Apr 2007	May 2006	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	72,563		84,942	69,601
Male	44,754	61.7%	55,877	41,557	3,197	7.7%
Female	27,809	38.3%	29,065	28,044	-235	-0.8%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	72,563		84,942	69,601
Hispanic or Latino	7,104	9.8%	8,466	6,986	118	1.7%
Not Hispanic or Latino	63,905	88.1%	74,734	61,101	2,804	4.6%
Information Not Available	1,554	2.1%	1,742	1,514	40	2.6%

Race	72,563		84,942	69,601
American Indian or Alaskan Native	222	0.3%	244	174	48	27.6%
Asian	2,056	2.8%	2,223	2,212	-156	-7.1%
Black or African American	6,264	8.6%	6,782	5,950	314	5.3%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	40	0.1%	42	33	7	21.2%
White	57,572	79.3%	68,236	55,325	2,247	4.1%
Information Not Available	6,409	8.8%	7,415	5,907	502	8.5%

Years of Age	72,563		84,942	69,601
Younger than 22	2,232	1.8%	2,764	2,078	154	7.4%
22-24	3,853	3.1%	4,708	3,670	183	5.0%
25-34	15,348	12.2%	18,358	14,623	725	5.0%
35-44	18,922	15.1%	22,326	18,786	136	0.7%
45-54	18,730	14.9%	21,497	17,779	951	5.3%
55-59	6,542	5.2%	7,428	6,641	-99	-1.5%
60-64	4,469	3.6%	4,985	4,012	457	11.4%
65 and older	2,467	2.0%	2,876	2,012	455	22.6%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	72,563		84,942	69,601
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	528	0.7%	694	683	-155	-22.7%
Mining	159	0.2%	266	110	49	44.5%
Utilities	61	0.1%	59	62	-1	-1.6%
Construction	12,682	17.4%	19,050	11,387	1,295	11.4%
Manufacturing	8,350	11.4%	9,058	8,686	-336	-3.9%
Wholesale Trade	3,686	5.0%	3,895	3,795	-109	-2.9%
Retail Trade	7,082	9.7%	7,749	7,608	-526	-6.9%
Transporation and Warehousing	2,005	2.7%	2,481	1,978	27	1.4%
Information	1,806	2.5%	1,777	1,662	144	8.7%
Finance and Insurance	2,878	3.9%	2,817	2,621	257	9.8%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	1,235	1.7%	1,435	1,135	100	8.8%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	5,225	7.1%	4,779	4,923	302	6.1%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	187	0.3%	186	107	80	74.8%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	6,969	9.5%	9,249	6,294	675	10.7%
Educational Services	926	1.3%	944	941	-15	-1.6%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	5,199	7.1%	5,162	5,105	94	1.8%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	904	1.2%	1,723	813	91	11.2%
Accomodation and Food Services	4,165	5.7%	4,960	4,082	83	2.0%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	2,801	3.8%	2,929	2,776	25	0.9%
Public Administration	957	1.3%	1,160	922	35	3.8%
Information Not Available	4,758	6.5%	4,569	3,911	847	21.7%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Maryland
	May 2007	Percent	Apr 2007	May 2006	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	29,654		32,294	29,424
Male	15,709	53.0%	17,552	15,371	338	2.2%
Female	13,945	47.0%	14,742	14,053	-108	-0.8%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	29,654		32,294	29,424
Hispanic or Latino	1,107	3.7%	1,236	923	184	19.9%
Not Hispanic or Latino	27,976	94.3%	30,471	2,799	25,177	899.5%
Information Not Available	571	1.9%	587	502	69	13.7%

Race	29,654		32,294	29,424
American Indian or Alaskan Native	78	0.3%	81	77	1	1.3%
Asian	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
Black or African American	13,809	46.6%	14,775	14,216	-407	-2.9%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	84	0.3%	92	64	20	31.3%
White	14,006	47.2%	15,523	13,642	364	2.7%
Information Not Available	1,677	5.7%	1,823	1,425	252	17.7%

Years of Age	29,654		32,294	29,424
Younger than 22	723	1.7%	791	778	-55	-7.1%
22-24	1,600	3.8%	1,732	1,556	44	2.8%
25-34	6,642	15.8%	7,019	6,526	116	1.8%
35-44	7,467	17.8%	8,030	7,800	-333	-4.3%
45-54	7,768	18.5%	8,406	7,548	220	2.9%
55-59	2,584	6.1%	2,858	2,523	61	2.4%
60-64	1,637	3.9%	1,846	1,572	65	4.1%
65 and older	1,225	2.9%	1,612	1,116	109	9.8%
Information Not Available	8	0.0%	0	5	3	60.0%

Industry	29,654		32,294	29,424
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	40	0.1%	63	62	-22	-35.5%
Mining	35	0.1%	41	24	11	45.8%
Utilities	43	0.1%	49	23	20	87.0%
Construction	4,032	13.6%	4,858	3,516	516	14.7%
Manufacturing	812	2.7%	874	685	127	18.5%
Wholesale Trade	1,204	4.1%	1,214	1,230	-26	-2.1%
Retail Trade	1,129	3.8%	1,154	1,177	-48	-4.1%
Transporation and Warehousing	647	2.2%	1,084	668	-21	-3.1%
Information	656	2.2%	606	551	105	19.1%
Finance and Insurance	1,258	4.2%	1,205	1,323	-65	-4.9%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	775	2.6%	821	764	11	1.4%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	2,425	8.2%	2,262	2,553	-128	-5.0%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	29	0.1%	30	30	-1	-3.3%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	4,098	13.8%	4,416	3,957	141	3.6%
Educational Services	582	2.0%	615	519	63	12.1%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	2,236	7.5%	2,368	2,226	10	0.4%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	344	1.2%	461	346	-2	-0.6%
Accomodation and Food Services	1,959	6.6%	2,394	2,108	-149	-7.1%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	911	3.1%	981	1,014	-103	-10.2%
Public Administration	442	1.5%	619	379	63	16.6%
Information Not Available	5,997	20.2%	6,179	6,269	-272	-4.3%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Maine
	May 2007	Percent	Apr 2007	May 2006	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	9,623		12,892	8,514
Male	6,013	62.5%	8,776	4,819	1,194	24.8%
Female	3,610	37.5%	4,115	3,695	-85	-2.3%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	1	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	9,623		12,892	8,514
Hispanic or Latino	76	0.8%	120	51	25	49.0%
Not Hispanic or Latino	7,961	82.7%	10,634	7,235	726	10.0%
Information Not Available	1,586	16.5%	2,138	1,228	358	29.2%

Race	9,623		12,892	8,514
American Indian or Alaskan Native	68	0.7%	103	84	-16	-19.0%
Asian	45	0.5%	39	39	6	15.4%
Black or African American	101	1.0%	127	94	7	7.4%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
White	8,266	85.9%	11,072	7,494	772	10.3%
Information Not Available	1,143	11.9%	1,551	803	340	42.3%

Years of Age	9,623		12,892	8,514
Younger than 22	380	2.2%	499	350	30	8.6%
22-24	562	3.2%	842	569	-7	-1.2%
25-34	2,028	11.7%	2,846	1,771	257	14.5%
35-44	2,284	13.2%	3,008	2,060	224	10.9%
45-54	2,482	14.3%	3,197	2,159	323	15.0%
55-59	981	5.7%	1,279	818	163	19.9%
60-64	591	3.4%	767	507	84	16.6%
65 and older	315	1.8%	454	280	35	12.5%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	9,623		12,892	8,514
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	784	7.5%	820	626	158	25.2%
Mining	5	0.0%	27	3	2	66.7%
Utilities	10	0.1%	15	5	5	100.0%
Construction	1,289	12.4%	2,671	846	443	52.4%
Manufacturing	1,013	9.7%	1,236	831	182	21.9%
Wholesale Trade	272	2.6%	335	247	25	10.1%
Retail Trade	1,022	9.8%	1,215	1,069	-47	-4.4%
Transporation and Warehousing	340	3.3%	404	212	128	60.4%
Information	101	1.0%	105	110	-9	-8.2%
Finance and Insurance	132	1.3%	148	157	-25	-15.9%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	55	0.5%	72	75	-20	-26.7%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	211	2.0%	207	179	32	17.9%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	5	0.0%	8	10	-5	-50.0%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	523	5.0%	890	453	70	15.5%
Educational Services	98	0.9%	107	95	3	3.2%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	527	5.1%	519	499	28	5.6%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	203	2.0%	203	209	-6	-2.9%
Accomodation and Food Services	635	6.1%	895	546	89	16.3%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	182	1.7%	206	192	-10	-5.2%
Public Administration	93	0.9%	141	92	1	1.1%
Information Not Available	2,123	20.4%	2,668	2,058	65	3.2%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Michigan
	May 2007	Percent	Apr 2007	May 2006	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	124,534		164,629	133,217
Male	76,695	61.6%	110,091	81,453	-4,758	-5.8%
Female	47,830	38.4%	54,530	51,760	-3,930	-7.6%
Information Not Available	9	0.0%	8	4	5	125.0%

Ethnicity	124,534		164,629	133,217
Hispanic or Latino	3,899	3.1%	6,442	4,222	-323	-7.7%
Not Hispanic or Latino	88,511	71.1%	115,392	98,408	-9,897	-10.1%
Information Not Available	32,124	25.8%	42,795	30,587	1,537	5.0%

Race	124,534		164,629	133,217
American Indian or Alaskan Native	1,356	1.1%	1,909	1,199	157	13.1%
Asian	825	0.7%	908	1,225	-400	-32.7%
Black or African American	15,288	12.3%	18,688	17,766	-2,478	-13.9%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	68	0.1%	97	92	-24	-26.1%
White	70,545	56.6%	93,909	78,580	-8,035	-10.2%
Information Not Available	36,452	29.3%	49,118	34,355	2,097	6.1%

Years of Age	124,534		164,629	133,217
Younger than 22	4,518	2.4%	6,090	4,650	-132	-2.8%
22-24	7,947	4.2%	10,440	8,059	-112	-1.4%
25-34	30,449	16.0%	40,554	32,212	-1,763	-5.5%
35-44	32,678	17.2%	43,984	35,257	-2,579	-7.3%
45-54	31,332	16.5%	40,724	33,952	-2,620	-7.7%
55-59	9,736	5.1%	12,520	10,807	-1,071	-9.9%
60-64	5,268	2.8%	6,613	5,395	-127	-2.4%
65 and older	2,605	1.4%	3,704	2,881	-276	-9.6%
Information Not Available	1	0.0%	0	4	-3	-75.0%

Industry	124,534		164,629	133,217
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	750	0.6%	1,328	641	109	17.0%
Mining	290	0.2%	744	232	58	25.0%
Utilities	103	0.1%	147	73	30	41.1%
Construction	20,583	16.4%	35,909	21,472	-889	-4.1%
Manufacturing	24,260	19.4%	30,260	30,236	-5,976	-19.8%
Wholesale Trade	4,721	3.8%	5,525	4,343	378	8.7%
Retail Trade	10,829	8.6%	12,484	11,616	-787	-6.8%
Transporation and Warehousing	3,221	2.6%	4,901	3,239	-18	-0.6%
Information	1,148	0.9%	1,222	1,459	-311	-21.3%
Finance and Insurance	3,363	2.7%	3,462	3,384	-21	-0.6%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	1,654	1.3%	1,903	1,720	-66	-3.8%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	6,199	4.9%	6,269	6,826	-627	-9.2%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	1,147	0.9%	1,737	1,100	47	4.3%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	15,262	12.2%	20,667	15,154	108	0.7%
Educational Services	1,504	1.2%	1,730	1,568	-64	-4.1%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	7,758	6.2%	8,178	7,539	219	2.9%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	1,725	1.4%	3,379	1,717	8	0.5%
Accomodation and Food Services	6,648	5.3%	8,105	6,226	422	6.8%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	2,735	2.2%	3,232	3,026	-291	-9.6%
Public Administration	1,131	0.9%	1,704	1,533	-402	-26.2%
Information Not Available	9,503	7.6%	11,743	10,113	-610	-6.0%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Minnesota
	May 2007	Percent	Apr 2007	May 2006	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	45,359		68,871	37,384
Male	30,820	67.9%	53,077	23,976	6,844	28.5%
Female	14,536	32.0%	15,792	13,408	1,128	8.4%
Information Not Available	3	0.0%	2	0	3	0.0%

Ethnicity	45,359		68,871	37,384
Hispanic or Latino	1,420	3.1%	2,198	1,315	105	8.0%
Not Hispanic or Latino	40,515	89.3%	61,934	33,204	7,311	22.0%
Information Not Available	3,424	7.5%	4,739	2,865	559	19.5%

Race	45,359		68,871	37,384
American Indian or Alaskan Native	575	1.3%	762	495	80	16.2%
Asian	938	2.1%	1,005	700	238	34.0%
Black or African American	3,268	7.2%	3,407	3,212	56	1.7%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	216	0.5%	271	199	17	8.5%
White	38,226	84.3%	60,525	30,955	7,271	23.5%
Information Not Available	2,136	4.7%	2,901	1,823	313	17.2%

Years of Age	45,359		68,871	37,384
Younger than 22	1,711	2.1%	2,924	1,366	345	25.3%
22-24	3,209	3.9%	5,201	2,378	831	34.9%
25-34	11,243	13.8%	17,440	8,656	2,587	29.9%
35-44	10,831	13.3%	16,290	9,678	1,153	11.9%
45-54	11,399	14.0%	16,943	9,575	1,824	19.0%
55-59	3,849	4.7%	5,502	3,192	657	20.6%
60-64	2,070	2.5%	3,001	1,637	433	26.5%
65 and older	652	0.8%	999	592	60	10.1%
Information Not Available	395	0.5%	571	310	85	27.4%

Industry	45,359		68,871	37,384
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	475	1.0%	1,021	470	5	1.1%
Mining	156	0.3%	528	89	67	75.3%
Utilities	200	0.4%	223	108	92	85.2%
Construction	13,315	29.1%	28,116	8,884	4,431	49.9%
Manufacturing	7,192	15.7%	10,122	6,113	1,079	17.7%
Wholesale Trade	2,175	4.7%	2,591	2,111	64	3.0%
Retail Trade	3,364	7.3%	3,931	2,861	503	17.6%
Transporation and Warehousing	1,522	3.3%	2,134	1,844	-322	-17.5%
Information	664	1.4%	719	722	-58	-8.0%
Finance and Insurance	1,637	3.6%	1,666	1,340	297	22.2%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	687	1.5%	782	690	-3	-0.4%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	2,032	4.4%	2,161	1,596	436	27.3%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	639	1.4%	762	608	31	5.1%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	3,582	7.8%	5,282	2,999	583	19.4%
Educational Services	599	1.3%	687	589	10	1.7%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	2,906	6.3%	2,846	2,481	425	17.1%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	538	1.2%	853	560	-22	-3.9%
Accomodation and Food Services	1,787	3.9%	2,132	1,521	266	17.5%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	1,065	2.3%	1,132	982	83	8.5%
Public Administration	548	1.2%	842	554	-6	-1.1%
Information Not Available	276	0.6%	341	262	14	5.3%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Missouri
	May 2007	Percent	Apr 2007	May 2006	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	40,238		42,408	40,248
Male	21,207	52.7%	23,615	21,014	193	0.9%
Female	19,024	47.3%	18,786	19,228	-204	-1.1%
Information Not Available	7	0.0%	7	6	1	16.7%

Ethnicity	40,238		42,408	40,248
Hispanic or Latino	538	1.3%	570	426	112	26.3%
Not Hispanic or Latino	13,919	34.6%	15,046	12,639	1,280	10.1%
Information Not Available	25,781	64.1%	26,792	27,183	-1,402	-5.2%

Race	40,238		42,408	40,248
American Indian or Alaskan Native	335	0.8%	339	320	15	4.7%
Asian	260	0.6%	293	343	-83	-24.2%
Black or African American	10,104	25.1%	9,826	10,241	-137	-1.3%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	352	0.9%	384	329	23	7.0%
White	27,560	68.5%	29,891	27,450	110	0.4%
Information Not Available	1,627	4.0%	1,675	1,565	62	4.0%

Years of Age	40,238		42,408	40,248
Younger than 22	1,134	1.7%	1,049	1,075	59	5.5%
22-24	2,265	3.4%	2,380	2,268	-3	-0.1%
25-34	9,658	14.7%	9,981	9,345	313	3.3%
35-44	10,448	15.9%	10,999	10,509	-61	-0.6%
45-54	10,325	15.7%	11,046	10,536	-211	-2.0%
55-59	3,169	4.8%	3,399	3,190	-21	-0.7%
60-64	2,004	3.0%	2,116	2,063	-59	-2.9%
65 and older	1,203	1.8%	1,402	1,261	-58	-4.6%
Information Not Available	32	0.0%	36	1	31	3100.0%

Industry	40,238		42,408	40,248
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	174	0.4%	238	209	-35	-16.7%
Mining	136	0.3%	215	123	13	10.6%
Utilities	56	0.1%	58	69	-13	-18.8%
Construction	5,469	13.5%	6,958	5,815	-346	-6.0%
Manufacturing	6,721	16.6%	7,639	6,746	-25	-0.4%
Wholesale Trade	1,715	4.2%	1,616	1,798	-83	-4.6%
Retail Trade	4,388	10.9%	4,481	5,023	-635	-12.6%
Transporation and Warehousing	1,439	3.6%	1,761	1,421	18	1.3%
Information	772	1.9%	820	868	-96	-11.1%
Finance and Insurance	1,637	4.1%	1,565	1,432	205	14.3%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	725	1.8%	826	780	-55	-7.1%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	1,541	3.8%	1,242	1,305	236	18.1%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	82	0.2%	83	137	-55	-40.1%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	4,002	9.9%	3,882	3,438	564	16.4%
Educational Services	588	1.5%	624	675	-87	-12.9%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	3,673	9.1%	3,680	4,162	-489	-11.7%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	588	1.5%	718	577	11	1.9%
Accomodation and Food Services	3,179	7.9%	3,226	2,964	215	7.3%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	1,476	3.7%	1,356	1,384	92	6.6%
Public Administration	415	1.0%	491	474	-59	-12.4%
Information Not Available	1,462	3.6%	929	848	614	72.4%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Mississippi
	May 2007	Percent	Apr 2007	May 2006	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	17,967		16,658	18,400
Male	8,238	45.9%	8,360	7,415	823	11.1%
Female	9,728	54.1%	8,294	10,979	-1,251	-11.4%
Information Not Available	1	0.0%	4	6	-5	-83.3%

Ethnicity	17,967		16,658	18,400
Hispanic or Latino	202	1.1%	205	501	-299	-59.7%
Not Hispanic or Latino	17,189	95.7%	15,881	17,058	131	0.8%
Information Not Available	576	3.2%	572	841	-265	-31.5%

Race	17,967		16,658	18,400
American Indian or Alaskan Native	40	0.2%	33	62	-22	-35.5%
Asian	71	0.4%	84	175	-104	-59.4%
Black or African American	11,172	62.2%	10,229	10,637	535	5.0%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	4	0.0%	5	4	0	0.0%
White	6,294	35.0%	5,921	6,850	-556	-8.1%
Information Not Available	386	2.1%	386	672	-286	-42.6%

Years of Age	17,967		16,658	18,400
Younger than 22	449	1.9%	411	590	-141	-23.9%
22-24	1,127	4.8%	1,106	1,181	-54	-4.6%
25-34	4,489	19.1%	4,204	4,406	83	1.9%
35-44	4,488	19.1%	4,186	4,652	-164	-3.5%
45-54	4,514	19.2%	4,171	4,408	106	2.4%
55-59	1,450	6.2%	1,338	1,511	-61	-4.0%
60-64	803	3.4%	724	892	-89	-10.0%
65 and older	647	2.8%	518	760	-113	-14.9%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	17,967		16,658	18,400
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	270	1.5%	379	348	-78	-22.4%
Mining	42	0.2%	40	39	3	7.7%
Utilities	19	0.1%	17	29	-10	-34.5%
Construction	1,080	5.9%	1,083	890	190	21.3%
Manufacturing	5,578	30.6%	5,626	4,219	1,359	32.2%
Wholesale Trade	479	2.6%	469	449	30	6.7%
Retail Trade	1,650	9.0%	1,640	1,805	-155	-8.6%
Transporation and Warehousing	476	2.6%	460	462	14	3.0%
Information	152	0.8%	147	288	-136	-47.2%
Finance and Insurance	233	1.3%	218	283	-50	-17.7%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	148	0.8%	159	182	-34	-18.7%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	484	2.7%	373	372	112	30.1%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	186	1.0%	138	13	173	1330.8%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	1,316	7.2%	1,405	1,131	185	16.4%
Educational Services	235	1.3%	231	296	-61	-20.6%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	2,285	12.5%	1,031	2,567	-282	-11.0%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	92	0.5%	113	349	-257	-73.6%
Accomodation and Food Services	1,207	6.6%	1,099	2,186	-979	-44.8%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	277	1.5%	257	317	-40	-12.6%
Public Administration	270	1.5%	248	333	-63	-18.9%
Information Not Available	1,488	8.2%	1,525	1,842	-354	-19.2%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Montana
	May 2007	Percent	Apr 2007	May 2006	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	3,504		4,951	3,179
Male	2,091	59.7%	3,281	1,898	193	10.2%
Female	1,400	40.0%	1,652	1,266	134	10.6%
Information Not Available	13	0.4%	18	15	-2	-13.3%

Ethnicity	3,504		4,951	3,179
Hispanic or Latino	94	2.7%	142	80	14	17.5%
Not Hispanic or Latino	3,188	91.0%	4,512	2,914	274	9.4%
Information Not Available	222	6.3%	297	185	37	20.0%

Race	3,504		4,951	3,179
American Indian or Alaskan Native	389	11.1%	527	349	40	11.5%
Asian	6	0.2%	16	12	-6	-50.0%
Black or African American	21	0.6%	22	22	-1	-4.5%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	9	0.3%	9	8	1	12.5%
White	3,054	87.2%	4,333	2,766	288	10.4%
Information Not Available	25	0.7%	44	22	3	13.6%

Years of Age	3,504		4,951	3,179
Younger than 22	107	1.7%	158	84	23	27.4%
22-24	224	3.5%	282	195	29	14.9%
25-34	801	12.6%	1,091	727	74	10.2%
35-44	821	12.9%	1,137	769	52	6.8%
45-54	905	14.2%	1,362	840	65	7.7%
55-59	342	5.4%	460	317	25	7.9%
60-64	186	2.9%	276	151	35	23.2%
65 and older	118	1.9%	185	96	22	22.9%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	3,504		4,951	3,179
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	130	3.6%	201	113	17	15.0%
Mining	84	2.3%	149	68	16	23.5%
Utilities	7	0.2%	11	3	4	133.3%
Construction	650	17.9%	1,239	548	102	18.6%
Manufacturing	222	6.1%	294	193	29	15.0%
Wholesale Trade	90	2.5%	115	83	7	8.4%
Retail Trade	341	9.4%	412	295	46	15.6%
Transporation and Warehousing	113	3.1%	178	97	16	16.5%
Information	62	1.7%	77	41	21	51.2%
Finance and Insurance	72	2.0%	81	48	24	50.0%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	47	1.3%	61	50	-3	-6.0%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	146	4.0%	126	116	30	25.9%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	1	0.0%	2	2	-1	-50.0%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	266	7.3%	374	235	31	13.2%
Educational Services	91	2.5%	106	69	22	31.9%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	239	6.6%	277	262	-23	-8.8%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	136	3.7%	136	86	50	58.1%
Accomodation and Food Services	448	12.3%	553	437	11	2.5%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	111	3.1%	132	102	9	8.8%
Public Administration	114	3.1%	160	103	11	10.7%
Information Not Available	134	3.7%	267	228	-94	-41.2%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants North Carolina
	May 2007	Percent	Apr 2007	May 2006	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	73,342		74,200	68,872
Male	38,828	52.9%	39,562	33,952	4,876	14.4%
Female	34,510	47.1%	34,636	34,917	-407	-1.2%
Information Not Available	4	0.0%	2	3	1	33.3%

Ethnicity	73,342		74,200	68,872
Hispanic or Latino	2,264	3.1%	2,584	2,210	54	2.4%
Not Hispanic or Latino	69,727	95.1%	70,182	65,652	4,075	6.2%
Information Not Available	1,351	1.8%	1,434	1,010	341	33.8%

Race	73,342		74,200	68,872
American Indian or Alaskan Native	1,074	1.5%	1,120	1,025	49	4.8%
Asian	879	1.2%	825	772	107	13.9%
Black or African American	28,151	38.4%	27,989	27,466	685	2.5%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	74	0.1%	69	44	30	68.2%
White	39,501	53.9%	40,127	36,262	3,239	8.9%
Information Not Available	3,663	5.0%	4,070	3,303	360	10.9%

Years of Age	73,342		74,200	68,872
Younger than 22	2,285	2.1%	2,342	2,133	152	7.1%
22-24	4,089	3.7%	4,183	3,947	142	3.6%
25-34	17,217	15.8%	17,391	16,057	1,160	7.2%
35-44	19,646	18.0%	19,801	18,500	1,146	6.2%
45-54	17,988	16.5%	18,052	16,628	1,360	8.2%
55-59	6,175	5.7%	6,226	5,990	185	3.1%
60-64	3,783	3.5%	3,919	3,474	309	8.9%
65 and older	2,159	2.0%	2,286	2,143	16	0.7%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	73,342		74,200	68,872
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	253	0.3%	279	311	-58	-18.6%
Mining	40	0.1%	45	35	5	14.3%
Utilities	118	0.2%	117	53	65	122.6%
Construction	5,667	7.7%	6,390	5,424	243	4.5%
Manufacturing	22,266	30.3%	21,136	17,502	4,764	27.2%
Wholesale Trade	2,394	3.3%	2,426	2,367	27	1.1%
Retail Trade	5,353	7.3%	5,424	5,692	-339	-6.0%
Transporation and Warehousing	1,638	2.2%	1,832	1,440	198	13.8%
Information	941	1.3%	910	863	78	9.0%
Finance and Insurance	1,881	2.6%	1,866	1,804	77	4.3%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	808	1.1%	849	725	83	11.4%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	2,575	3.5%	2,299	2,278	297	13.0%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	188	0.3%	185	209	-21	-10.0%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	7,525	10.2%	7,839	6,943	582	8.4%
Educational Services	791	1.1%	740	863	-72	-8.3%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	4,462	6.1%	4,483	5,001	-539	-10.8%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	421	0.6%	554	437	-16	-3.7%
Accomodation and Food Services	3,367	4.6%	3,190	3,380	-13	-0.4%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	1,085	1.5%	1,107	1,391	-306	-22.0%
Public Administration	610	0.8%	672	584	26	4.5%
Information Not Available	10,959	14.9%	11,857	11,570	-611	-5.3%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants North Dakota
	May 2007	Percent	Apr 2007	May 2006	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	1,950		4,235	1,954
Male	1,186	60.8%	3,259	1,179	7	0.6%
Female	762	39.1%	961	769	-7	-0.9%
Information Not Available	2	0.1%	15	6	-4	-66.7%

Ethnicity	1,950		4,235	1,954
Hispanic or Latino	55	2.8%	120	49	6	12.2%
Not Hispanic or Latino	1,854	95.1%	4,033	1,859	-5	-0.3%
Information Not Available	41	2.1%	82	46	-5	-10.9%

Race	1,950		4,235	1,954
American Indian or Alaskan Native	303	15.5%	397	207	96	46.4%
Asian	8	0.4%	10	6	2	33.3%
Black or African American	27	1.4%	42	19	8	42.1%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0	0.0%	2	2	-2	-100.0%
White	1,516	77.7%	3,582	1,625	-109	-6.7%
Information Not Available	96	4.9%	202	95	1	1.1%

Years of Age	1,950		4,235	1,954
Younger than 22	26	0.8%	71	42	-16	-38.1%
22-24	90	2.7%	246	118	-28	-23.7%
25-34	399	12.0%	927	418	-19	-4.5%
35-44	447	13.4%	906	453	-6	-1.3%
45-54	562	16.9%	1,138	532	30	5.6%
55-59	202	6.1%	426	182	20	11.0%
60-64	138	4.1%	278	111	27	24.3%
65 and older	82	2.5%	212	92	-10	-10.9%
Information Not Available	4	0.1%	31	6	-2	-33.3%

Industry	1,950		4,235	1,954
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	33	1.7%	89	58	-25	-43.1%
Mining	50	2.5%	183	20	30	150.0%
Utilities	3	0.2%	6	10	-7	-70.0%
Construction	435	21.9%	1,647	324	111	34.3%
Manufacturing	260	13.1%	471	370	-110	-29.7%
Wholesale Trade	78	3.9%	144	88	-10	-11.4%
Retail Trade	127	6.4%	200	168	-41	-24.4%
Transporation and Warehousing	65	3.3%	148	95	-30	-31.6%
Information	57	2.9%	59	32	25	78.1%
Finance and Insurance	61	3.1%	74	67	-6	-9.0%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	14	0.7%	12	22	-8	-36.4%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	62	3.1%	105	55	7	12.7%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	6	0.3%	11	4	2	50.0%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	102	5.1%	170	106	-4	-3.8%
Educational Services	3	0.2%	2	0	3	0.0%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	119	6.0%	130	120	-1	-0.8%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	7	0.4%	20	14	-7	-50.0%
Accomodation and Food Services	75	3.8%	96	66	9	13.6%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	41	2.1%	55	46	-5	-10.9%
Public Administration	220	11.1%	257	158	62	39.2%
Information Not Available	132	6.7%	356	131	1	0.8%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Nebraska
	May 2007	Percent	Apr 2007	May 2006	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	8,045		9,109	8,467
Male	3,954	49.1%	5,015	4,308	-354	-8.2%
Female	3,732	46.4%	3,782	4,149	-417	-10.1%
Information Not Available	359	4.5%	312	10	349	3490.0%

Ethnicity	8,045		9,109	8,467
Hispanic or Latino	239	3.0%	326	550	-311	-56.5%
Not Hispanic or Latino	6,308	78.4%	7,328	6,960	-652	-9.4%
Information Not Available	1,498	18.6%	1,455	957	541	56.5%

Race	8,045		9,109	8,467
American Indian or Alaskan Native	73	0.9%	80	145	-72	-49.7%
Asian	66	0.8%	66	82	-16	-19.5%
Black or African American	598	7.4%	630	971	-373	-38.4%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	9	0.1%	8	10	-1	-10.0%
White	3,201	39.8%	3,739	5,446	-2,245	-41.2%
Information Not Available	4,098	50.9%	4,586	1,813	2,285	126.0%

Years of Age	8,045		9,109	8,467
Younger than 22	165	1.5%	230	449	-284	-63.3%
22-24	437	4.0%	490	367	70	19.1%
25-34	1,953	18.1%	2,231	1,998	-45	-2.3%
35-44	2,001	18.5%	2,214	2,209	-208	-9.4%
45-54	2,087	19.3%	2,375	2,045	42	2.1%
55-59	721	6.7%	757	775	-54	-7.0%
60-64	428	4.0%	460	354	74	20.9%
65 and older	253	2.3%	352	260	-7	-2.7%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	10	-10	-100.0%

Industry	8,045		9,109	8,467
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	41	0.5%	51	38	3	7.9%
Mining	20	0.2%	55	21	-1	-4.8%
Utilities	17	0.2%	14	13	4	30.8%
Construction	859	10.6%	1,411	887	-28	-3.2%
Manufacturing	1,363	16.9%	1,510	1,325	38	2.9%
Wholesale Trade	303	3.7%	329	337	-34	-10.1%
Retail Trade	884	10.9%	962	1,042	-158	-15.2%
Transporation and Warehousing	217	2.7%	278	214	3	1.4%
Information	199	2.5%	203	200	-1	-0.5%
Finance and Insurance	326	4.0%	314	324	2	0.6%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	105	1.3%	136	113	-8	-7.1%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	416	5.1%	343	323	93	28.8%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	28	0.3%	26	17	11	64.7%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	774	9.6%	891	817	-43	-5.3%
Educational Services	138	1.7%	150	137	1	0.7%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	775	9.6%	758	834	-59	-7.1%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	82	1.0%	93	83	-1	-1.2%
Accomodation and Food Services	565	7.0%	486	633	-68	-10.7%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	169	2.1%	161	218	-49	-22.5%
Public Administration	183	2.3%	224	218	-35	-16.1%
Information Not Available	581	7.2%	714	673	-92	-13.7%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants New Hampshire
	May 2007	Percent	Apr 2007	May 2006	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	6,160		7,884	5,652
Male	3,488	56.6%	5,221	3,048	440	14.4%
Female	2,672	43.4%	2,663	2,604	68	2.6%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	6,160		7,884	5,652
Hispanic or Latino	204	3.3%	234	313	-109	-34.8%
Not Hispanic or Latino	4,459	72.4%	5,550	3,849	610	15.8%
Information Not Available	1,497	24.3%	2,100	1,490	7	0.5%

Race	6,160		7,884	5,652
American Indian or Alaskan Native	22	0.4%	33	16	6	37.5%
Asian	85	1.4%	87	111	-26	-23.4%
Black or African American	102	1.7%	129	142	-40	-28.2%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	5	0.1%	6	0	5	0.0%
White	5,621	91.3%	7,254	4,965	656	13.2%
Information Not Available	325	5.3%	375	418	-93	-22.2%

Years of Age	6,160		7,884	5,652
Younger than 22	125	1.1%	149	90	35	38.9%
22-24	219	1.9%	400	232	-13	-5.6%
25-34	1,100	9.7%	1,483	989	111	11.2%
35-44	1,439	12.7%	1,897	1,422	17	1.2%
45-54	1,822	16.1%	2,213	1,572	250	15.9%
55-59	705	6.2%	868	689	16	2.3%
60-64	481	4.3%	558	430	51	11.9%
65 and older	269	2.4%	316	228	41	18.0%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	6,160		7,884	5,652
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	58	0.9%	72	50	8	16.0%
Mining	13	0.2%	32	4	9	225.0%
Utilities	7	0.1%	11	13	-6	-46.2%
Construction	701	11.3%	1,660	490	211	43.1%
Manufacturing	898	14.4%	1,030	1,078	-180	-16.7%
Wholesale Trade	322	5.2%	340	280	42	15.0%
Retail Trade	789	12.7%	880	714	75	10.5%
Transporation and Warehousing	155	2.5%	213	131	24	18.3%
Information	89	1.4%	102	98	-9	-9.2%
Finance and Insurance	232	3.7%	195	218	14	6.4%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	104	1.7%	117	89	15	16.9%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	249	4.0%	257	258	-9	-3.5%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	8	0.1%	8	12	-4	-33.3%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	561	9.0%	779	489	72	14.7%
Educational Services	103	1.7%	110	81	22	27.2%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	397	6.4%	342	340	57	16.8%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	126	2.0%	152	116	10	8.6%
Accomodation and Food Services	416	6.7%	454	421	-5	-1.2%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	135	2.2%	162	147	-12	-8.2%
Public Administration	107	1.7%	120	105	2	1.9%
Information Not Available	690	11.1%	848	518	172	33.2%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants New Jersey
	May 2007	Percent	Apr 2007	May 2006	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	100,321		118,377	93,856
Male	56,206	56.0%	66,563	51,845	4,361	8.4%
Female	44,115	44.0%	51,814	42,011	2,104	5.0%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	100,321		118,377	93,856
Hispanic or Latino	19,667	19.6%	23,857	18,260	1,407	7.7%
Not Hispanic or Latino	72,392	72.2%	85,155	68,308	4,084	6.0%
Information Not Available	8,262	8.2%	9,365	7,288	974	13.4%

Race	100,321		118,377	93,856
American Indian or Alaskan Native	393	0.4%	486	372	21	5.6%
Asian	3,214	3.2%	3,452	2,964	250	8.4%
Black or African American	22,732	22.7%	24,828	21,204	1,528	7.2%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	698	0.7%	828	650	48	7.4%
White	57,560	57.4%	70,958	54,161	3,399	6.3%
Information Not Available	15,724	15.7%	17,825	14,505	1,219	8.4%

Years of Age	100,321		118,377	93,856
Younger than 22	12,957	8.4%	12,934	8,900	4,057	45.6%
22-24	7,509	4.9%	8,249	6,977	532	7.6%
25-34	22,751	14.7%	26,011	21,761	990	4.5%
35-44	25,561	16.5%	30,396	24,141	1,420	5.9%
45-54	18,873	12.2%	24,056	19,131	-258	-1.3%
55-59	6,688	4.3%	8,162	6,520	168	2.6%
60-64	3,427	2.2%	4,519	3,627	-200	-5.5%
65 and older	2,555	1.7%	4,050	2,799	-244	-8.7%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	100,321		118,377	93,856
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	293	0.3%	628	270	23	8.5%
Mining	65	0.1%	94	45	20	44.4%
Utilities	111	0.1%	133	184	-73	-39.7%
Construction	11,453	11.4%	14,832	9,194	2,259	24.6%
Manufacturing	10,091	10.0%	10,601	9,010	1,081	12.0%
Wholesale Trade	5,887	5.9%	6,266	5,344	543	10.2%
Retail Trade	11,946	11.9%	12,748	10,859	1,087	10.0%
Transporation and Warehousing	4,259	4.2%	7,533	3,628	631	17.4%
Information	2,384	2.4%	2,450	2,129	255	12.0%
Finance and Insurance	4,638	4.6%	4,683	3,592	1,046	29.1%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	1,936	1.9%	2,227	1,463	473	32.3%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	5,415	5.4%	5,312	4,652	763	16.4%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	537	0.5%	525	226	311	137.6%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	11,641	11.6%	13,347	9,716	1,925	19.8%
Educational Services	1,800	1.8%	2,209	2,222	-422	-19.0%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	7,944	7.9%	8,150	7,282	662	9.1%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	1,248	1.2%	2,040	1,136	112	9.9%
Accomodation and Food Services	7,503	7.5%	11,193	5,120	2,383	46.5%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	2,578	2.6%	2,702	2,241	337	15.0%
Public Administration	979	1.0%	2,074	877	102	11.6%
Information Not Available	7,613	7.6%	8,630	14,666	-7,053	-48.1%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants New Mexico
	May 2007	Percent	Apr 2007	May 2006	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	10,513		10,807	10,248
Male	6,106	58.1%	6,328	5,550	556	10.0%
Female	4,407	41.9%	4,479	4,679	-272	-5.8%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	19	-19	-100.0%

Ethnicity	10,513		10,807	10,248
Hispanic or Latino	6,144	58.4%	6,386	5,731	413	7.2%
Not Hispanic or Latino	4,029	38.3%	4,079	4,189	-160	-3.8%
Information Not Available	340	3.2%	342	328	12	3.7%

Race	10,513		10,807	10,248
American Indian or Alaskan Native	867	8.2%	896	1,199	-332	-27.7%
Asian	109	1.0%	106	118	-9	-7.6%
Black or African American	315	3.0%	326	337	-22	-6.5%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	18	0.2%	19	21	-3	-14.3%
White	5,195	49.4%	5,271	4,261	934	21.9%
Information Not Available	4,009	38.1%	4,189	4,312	-303	-7.0%

Years of Age	10,513		10,807	10,248
Younger than 22	378	2.5%	370	350	28	8.0%
22-24	610	4.0%	648	543	67	12.3%
25-34	2,239	14.7%	2,269	2,235	4	0.2%
35-44	2,744	18.0%	2,927	2,638	106	4.0%
45-54	2,544	16.7%	2,648	2,703	-159	-5.9%
55-59	810	5.3%	821	932	-122	-13.1%
60-64	452	3.0%	465	502	-50	-10.0%
65 and older	305	2.0%	281	345	-40	-11.6%
Information Not Available	431	2.8%	378	0	431	0.0%

Industry	10,513		10,807	10,248
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	1,017	8.8%	1,086	924	93	10.1%
Mining	154	1.3%	154	126	28	22.2%
Utilities	20	0.2%	21	22	-2	-9.1%
Construction	1,973	17.1%	2,158	1,254	719	57.3%
Manufacturing	1,103	9.6%	1,288	937	166	17.7%
Wholesale Trade	299	2.6%	283	249	50	20.1%
Retail Trade	803	7.0%	786	855	-52	-6.1%
Transporation and Warehousing	169	1.5%	175	174	-5	-2.9%
Information	672	5.8%	668	220	452	205.5%
Finance and Insurance	236	2.0%	225	219	17	7.8%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	141	1.2%	161	206	-65	-31.6%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	534	4.6%	458	391	143	36.6%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	15	0.1%	18	10	5	50.0%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	871	7.6%	879	630	241	38.3%
Educational Services	215	1.9%	195	189	26	13.8%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	870	7.5%	880	805	65	8.1%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	286	2.5%	238	218	68	31.2%
Accomodation and Food Services	570	4.9%	558	531	39	7.3%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	196	1.7%	202	206	-10	-4.9%
Public Administration	323	2.8%	317	529	-206	-38.9%
Information Not Available	46	0.4%	57	1,553	-1,507	-97.0%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Nevada
	May 2007	Percent	Apr 2007	May 2006	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	22,578		23,462	18,070
Male	13,163	58.3%	14,096	10,409	2,754	26.5%
Female	9,406	41.7%	9,363	7,657	1,749	22.8%
Information Not Available	9	0.0%	3	4	5	125.0%

Ethnicity	22,578		23,462	18,070
Hispanic or Latino	3,777	16.7%	3,940	2,389	1,388	58.1%
Not Hispanic or Latino	14,469	64.1%	14,939	12,004	2,465	20.5%
Information Not Available	4,332	19.2%	4,583	3,677	655	17.8%

Race	22,578		23,462	18,070
American Indian or Alaskan Native	435	1.9%	487	368	67	18.2%
Asian	1,070	4.7%	1,132	909	161	17.7%
Black or African American	2,716	12.0%	2,613	2,056	660	32.1%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	365	1.6%	374	248	117	47.2%
White	14,576	64.6%	15,370	12,274	2,302	18.8%
Information Not Available	3,416	15.1%	3,486	2,215	1,201	54.2%

Years of Age	22,578		23,462	18,070
Younger than 22	524	1.5%	463	356	168	47.2%
22-24	1,068	3.0%	1,107	777	291	37.5%
25-34	4,587	12.9%	4,681	3,502	1,085	31.0%
35-44	5,401	15.2%	5,639	4,505	896	19.9%
45-54	5,795	16.3%	6,228	4,791	1,004	21.0%
55-59	2,263	6.4%	2,361	1,903	360	18.9%
60-64	1,638	4.6%	1,638	1,239	399	32.2%
65 and older	1,271	3.6%	1,310	974	297	30.5%
Information Not Available	31	0.1%	35	23	8	34.8%

Industry	22,578		23,462	18,070
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	17	0.1%	17	8	9	112.5%
Mining	81	0.4%	106	73	8	11.0%
Utilities	31	0.1%	39	23	8	34.8%
Construction	5,102	22.6%	5,862	4,090	1,012	24.7%
Manufacturing	1,064	4.7%	1,188	728	336	46.2%
Wholesale Trade	554	2.5%	591	478	76	15.9%
Retail Trade	1,896	8.4%	1,859	1,435	461	32.1%
Transporation and Warehousing	686	3.0%	689	437	249	57.0%
Information	269	1.2%	254	244	25	10.2%
Finance and Insurance	801	3.5%	760	641	160	25.0%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	613	2.7%	599	453	160	35.3%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	1,085	4.8%	876	677	408	60.3%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	113	0.5%	77	76	37	48.7%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	2,654	11.7%	2,690	2,271	383	16.9%
Educational Services	204	0.9%	182	180	24	13.3%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	980	4.3%	941	860	120	14.0%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	504	2.2%	461	385	119	30.9%
Accomodation and Food Services	3,674	16.3%	3,830	2,765	909	32.9%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	434	1.9%	454	280	154	55.0%
Public Administration	292	1.3%	312	316	-24	-7.6%
Information Not Available	1,524	6.7%	1,675	1,650	-126	-7.6%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants New York
	May 2007	Percent	Apr 2007	May 2006	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	150,756		185,923	157,232
Male	84,542	56.1%	111,275	89,009	-4,467	-5.0%
Female	66,214	43.9%	74,648	68,223	-2,009	-2.9%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	150,756		185,923	157,232
Hispanic or Latino	23,111	15.3%	26,641	24,206	-1,095	-4.5%
Not Hispanic or Latino	103,574	68.7%	131,236	114,061	-10,487	-9.2%
Information Not Available	24,071	16.0%	28,046	18,965	5,106	26.9%

Race	150,756		185,923	157,232
American Indian or Alaskan Native	1,066	0.7%	1,304	1,252	-186	-14.9%
Asian	4,401	2.9%	4,683	4,862	-461	-9.5%
Black or African American	23,990	15.9%	26,093	25,546	-1,556	-6.1%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	284	0.2%	314	319	-35	-11.0%
White	81,331	53.9%	108,040	89,470	-8,139	-9.1%
Information Not Available	39,684	26.3%	45,489	35,783	3,901	10.9%

Years of Age	150,756		185,923	157,232
Younger than 22	5,685	2.5%	7,142	6,164	-479	-7.8%
22-24	9,969	4.4%	11,902	10,098	-129	-1.3%
25-34	37,048	16.5%	43,962	37,919	-871	-2.3%
35-44	38,370	17.1%	47,508	41,583	-3,213	-7.7%
45-54	34,692	15.4%	42,826	35,290	-598	-1.7%
55-59	12,165	5.4%	15,157	12,491	-326	-2.6%
60-64	7,492	3.3%	9,409	7,327	165	2.3%
65 and older	5,335	2.4%	8,017	6,360	-1,025	-16.1%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	150,756		185,923	157,232
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	372	0.2%	791	488	-116	-23.8%
Mining	250	0.2%	849	194	56	28.9%
Utilities	161	0.1%	169	143	18	12.6%
Construction	20,042	13.3%	32,134	23,604	-3,562	-15.1%
Manufacturing	16,043	10.6%	17,484	15,959	84	0.5%
Wholesale Trade	7,532	5.0%	7,993	7,769	-237	-3.1%
Retail Trade	14,448	9.6%	15,618	15,510	-1,062	-6.8%
Transporation and Warehousing	4,414	2.9%	11,145	4,619	-205	-4.4%
Information	5,406	3.6%	5,574	5,570	-164	-2.9%
Finance and Insurance	9,118	6.0%	9,035	8,625	493	5.7%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	3,535	2.3%	4,312	3,945	-410	-10.4%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	11,271	7.5%	10,416	10,769	502	4.7%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	635	0.4%	683	715	-80	-11.2%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	15,538	10.3%	18,938	15,696	-158	-1.0%
Educational Services	3,445	2.3%	4,536	3,629	-184	-5.1%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	13,385	8.9%	13,919	14,699	-1,314	-8.9%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	4,234	2.8%	6,119	4,251	-17	-0.4%
Accomodation and Food Services	10,061	6.7%	12,235	9,220	841	9.1%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	4,127	2.7%	4,983	4,435	-308	-6.9%
Public Administration	3,921	2.6%	6,440	4,443	-522	-11.7%
Information Not Available	2,818	1.9%	2,550	2,949	-131	-4.4%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Ohio
	May 2007	Percent	Apr 2007	May 2006	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	83,298		102,571	85,293
Male	50,873	61.1%	67,368	52,401	-1,528	-2.9%
Female	32,146	38.6%	34,901	32,622	-476	-1.5%
Information Not Available	279	0.3%	302	270	9	3.3%

Ethnicity	83,298		102,571	85,293
Hispanic or Latino	2,374	2.9%	3,147	2,206	168	7.6%
Not Hispanic or Latino	77,406	92.9%	95,184	79,526	-2,120	-2.7%
Information Not Available	3,518	4.2%	4,240	3,561	-43	-1.2%

Race	83,298		102,571	85,293
American Indian or Alaskan Native	397	0.5%	472	389	8	2.1%
Asian	371	0.4%	398	375	-4	-1.1%
Black or African American	14,398	17.3%	15,924	14,588	-190	-1.3%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	64	0.1%	76	74	-10	-13.5%
White	64,897	77.9%	81,804	66,578	-1,681	-2.5%
Information Not Available	3,171	3.8%	3,897	3,289	-118	-3.6%

Years of Age	83,298		102,571	85,293
Younger than 22	2,429	1.7%	3,092	2,206	223	10.1%
22-24	4,454	3.1%	5,603	4,398	56	1.3%
25-34	19,960	13.8%	24,401	19,814	146	0.7%
35-44	22,794	15.7%	28,020	23,635	-841	-3.6%
45-54	22,422	15.5%	27,793	23,403	-981	-4.2%
55-59	7,011	4.8%	8,701	7,716	-705	-9.1%
60-64	3,415	2.4%	4,074	3,279	136	4.1%
65 and older	813	0.6%	887	842	-29	-3.4%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	83,298		102,571	85,293
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	288	0.3%	428	277	11	4.0%
Mining	210	0.3%	360	187	23	12.3%
Utilities	161	0.2%	85	178	-17	-9.6%
Construction	15,278	18.3%	25,416	16,211	-933	-5.8%
Manufacturing	19,448	23.3%	22,247	20,880	-1,432	-6.9%
Wholesale Trade	3,828	4.6%	3,987	3,462	366	10.6%
Retail Trade	5,009	6.0%	5,447	4,931	78	1.6%
Transporation and Warehousing	2,795	3.3%	4,323	2,442	353	14.5%
Information	1,103	1.3%	1,079	1,271	-168	-13.2%
Finance and Insurance	2,914	3.5%	2,792	2,750	164	6.0%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	1,333	1.6%	1,438	1,313	20	1.5%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	4,071	4.9%	3,597	4,069	2	0.0%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	212	0.3%	294	274	-62	-22.6%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	9,837	11.8%	11,990	9,646	191	2.0%
Educational Services	1,207	1.4%	1,359	1,300	-93	-7.2%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	5,548	6.6%	5,936	5,715	-167	-2.9%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	858	1.0%	1,222	906	-48	-5.3%
Accomodation and Food Services	3,358	4.0%	3,730	3,173	185	5.8%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	1,976	2.4%	2,395	2,277	-301	-13.2%
Public Administration	684	0.8%	949	751	-67	-8.9%
Information Not Available	3,180	3.8%	3,497	3,280	-100	-3.0%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Oklahoma
	May 2007	Percent	Apr 2007	May 2006	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	14,702		13,996	13,821
Male	8,077	54.9%	7,460	6,752	1,325	19.6%
Female	6,580	44.8%	6,504	7,035	-455	-6.5%
Information Not Available	45	0.3%	32	34	11	32.4%

Ethnicity	14,702		13,996	13,821
Hispanic or Latino	1,314	8.9%	1,005	1,029	285	27.7%
Not Hispanic or Latino	13,388	91.1%	12,991	12,792	596	4.7%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Race	14,702		13,996	13,821
American Indian or Alaskan Native	1,205	8.2%	1,184	1,238	-33	-2.7%
Asian	126	0.9%	144	190	-64	-33.7%
Black or African American	2,235	15.2%	2,233	2,025	210	10.4%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	16	0.1%	16	13	3	23.1%
White	8,904	60.6%	8,740	8,406	498	5.9%
Information Not Available	2,216	15.1%	1,679	1,949	267	13.7%

Years of Age	14,702		13,996	13,821
Younger than 22	304	1.3%	276	312	-8	-2.6%
22-24	768	3.4%	730	702	66	9.4%
25-34	3,456	15.1%	3,292	3,169	287	9.1%
35-44	3,792	16.6%	3,668	3,681	111	3.0%
45-54	3,930	17.2%	3,672	3,626	304	8.4%
55-59	1,252	5.5%	1,184	1,162	90	7.7%
60-64	744	3.3%	715	706	38	5.4%
65 and older	456	2.0%	459	463	-7	-1.5%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	14,702		13,996	13,821
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	38	0.3%	39	33	5	15.2%
Mining	594	4.0%	492	277	317	114.4%
Utilities	47	0.3%	33	37	10	27.0%
Construction	1,747	11.9%	1,315	1,191	556	46.7%
Manufacturing	2,405	16.3%	2,441	2,159	246	11.4%
Wholesale Trade	514	3.5%	539	530	-16	-3.0%
Retail Trade	1,300	8.8%	1,355	1,543	-243	-15.7%
Transporation and Warehousing	402	2.7%	303	336	66	19.6%
Information	832	5.6%	944	541	291	53.8%
Finance and Insurance	444	3.0%	454	511	-67	-13.1%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	323	2.2%	326	293	30	10.2%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	610	4.1%	511	721	-111	-15.4%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	15	0.1%	17	23	-8	-34.8%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	1,650	11.2%	1,484	1,664	-14	-0.8%
Educational Services	258	1.8%	259	259	-1	-0.4%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	1,194	8.1%	1,177	1,322	-128	-9.7%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	215	1.5%	210	305	-90	-29.5%
Accomodation and Food Services	572	3.9%	587	523	49	9.4%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	420	2.8%	420	440	-20	-4.5%
Public Administration	620	4.2%	615	582	38	6.5%
Information Not Available	502	3.4%	475	531	-29	-5.5%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Oregon
	May 2007	Percent	Apr 2007	May 2006	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	40,669		43,856	37,565
Male	24,023	59.1%	26,725	21,093	2,930	13.9%
Female	16,642	40.9%	17,127	16,469	173	1.1%
Information Not Available	4	0.0%	4	3	1	33.3%

Ethnicity	40,669		43,856	37,565
Hispanic or Latino	3,875	9.5%	4,114	3,161	714	22.6%
Not Hispanic or Latino	30,013	73.8%	32,303	26,133	3,880	14.8%
Information Not Available	6,781	16.7%	7,439	8,271	-1,490	-18.0%

Race	40,669		43,856	37,565
American Indian or Alaskan Native	414	1.0%	512	517	-103	-19.9%
Asian	798	2.0%	869	727	71	9.8%
Black or African American	646	1.6%	644	650	-4	-0.6%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	288	0.7%	296	298	-10	-3.4%
White	18,920	46.5%	21,034	20,259	-1,339	-6.6%
Information Not Available	19,603	48.2%	20,501	15,114	4,489	29.7%

Years of Age	40,669		43,856	37,565
Younger than 22	1,018	1.8%	1,041	941	77	8.2%
22-24	2,317	4.0%	2,491	2,211	106	4.8%
25-34	9,493	16.5%	10,061	8,557	936	10.9%
35-44	10,142	17.7%	10,845	9,384	758	8.1%
45-54	10,504	18.3%	11,520	9,799	705	7.2%
55-59	3,717	6.5%	4,118	3,509	208	5.9%
60-64	2,210	3.9%	2,421	1,977	233	11.8%
65 and older	1,268	2.2%	1,359	1,187	81	6.8%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	40,669		43,856	37,565
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	1,414	3.4%	1,729	1,447	-33	-2.3%
Mining	87	0.2%	140	70	17	24.3%
Utilities	82	0.2%	104	69	13	18.8%
Construction	5,409	12.9%	6,745	4,275	1,134	26.5%
Manufacturing	7,959	18.9%	8,282	6,105	1,854	30.4%
Wholesale Trade	1,723	4.1%	1,755	1,513	210	13.9%
Retail Trade	4,364	10.4%	4,669	4,378	-14	-0.3%
Transporation and Warehousing	1,194	2.8%	1,350	1,124	70	6.2%
Information	820	1.9%	890	869	-49	-5.6%
Finance and Insurance	1,321	3.1%	1,290	1,274	47	3.7%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	651	1.5%	721	703	-52	-7.4%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	1,292	3.1%	1,173	1,288	4	0.3%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	155	0.4%	152	142	13	9.2%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	3,875	9.2%	4,014	3,515	360	10.2%
Educational Services	591	1.4%	648	599	-8	-1.3%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	2,906	6.9%	2,987	3,080	-174	-5.6%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	458	1.1%	450	413	45	10.9%
Accomodation and Food Services	2,592	6.2%	2,749	2,854	-262	-9.2%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	982	2.3%	1,042	960	22	2.3%
Public Administration	928	2.2%	1,016	925	3	0.3%
Information Not Available	1,866	4.4%	1,950	1,962	-96	-4.9%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Pennsylvania
	May 2007	Percent	Apr 2007	May 2006	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	148,693		177,883	143,838
Male	82,263	55.3%	109,838	81,079	1,184	1.5%
Female	66,430	44.7%	68,045	62,759	3,671	5.8%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	148,693		177,883	143,838
Hispanic or Latino	7,529	5.1%	8,594	6,382	1,147	18.0%
Not Hispanic or Latino	132,196	88.9%	159,401	132,492	-296	-0.2%
Information Not Available	8,968	6.0%	9,889	4,964	4,004	80.7%

Race	148,693		177,883	143,838
American Indian or Alaskan Native	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
Asian	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
Black or African American	23,583	15.9%	24,016	19,620	3,963	20.2%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
White	107,063	72.0%	134,207	111,218	-4,155	-3.7%
Information Not Available	18,047	12.1%	19,661	13,000	5,047	38.8%

Years of Age	148,693		177,883	143,838
Younger than 22	18,933	7.5%	22,603	15,956	2,977	18.7%
22-24	10,297	4.1%	12,597	8,628	1,669	19.3%
25-34	34,211	13.5%	41,322	31,793	2,418	7.6%
35-44	39,415	15.6%	48,385	41,603	-2,188	-5.3%
45-54	27,679	10.9%	31,786	27,420	259	0.9%
55-59	6,422	2.5%	7,534	8,037	-1,615	-20.1%
60-64	2,325	0.9%	2,825	2,482	-157	-6.3%
65 and older	1,439	0.6%	942	2,009	-570	-28.4%
Information Not Available	7,972	3.1%	9,889	5,910	2,062	34.9%

Industry	148,693		177,883	143,838
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	221	0.1%	589	709	-488	-68.8%
Mining	664	0.4%	1,766	709	-45	-6.3%
Utilities	111	0.1%	235	355	-244	-68.7%
Construction	17,604	11.8%	31,079	20,920	-3,316	-15.9%
Manufacturing	23,804	16.0%	28,136	23,756	48	0.2%
Wholesale Trade	6,754	4.5%	8,594	5,910	844	14.3%
Retail Trade	15,833	10.6%	17,894	17,374	-1,541	-8.9%
Transporation and Warehousing	5,757	3.9%	7,770	4,846	911	18.8%
Information	2,768	1.9%	3,414	2,837	-69	-2.4%
Finance and Insurance	4,539	3.0%	4,475	4,964	-425	-8.6%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	2,879	1.9%	3,179	1,891	988	52.2%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	7,750	5.2%	6,593	7,446	304	4.1%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	1,882	1.3%	2,943	1,773	109	6.1%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	13,065	8.8%	14,362	13,119	-54	-0.4%
Educational Services	2,214	1.5%	2,119	2,600	-386	-14.8%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	13,507	9.1%	12,714	12,646	861	6.8%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	1,661	1.1%	3,414	1,064	597	56.1%
Accomodation and Food Services	9,965	6.7%	9,300	6,264	3,701	59.1%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	3,654	2.5%	4,709	4,728	-1,074	-22.7%
Public Administration	2,436	1.6%	1,884	1,536	900	58.6%
Information Not Available	11,625	7.8%	12,714	8,391	3,234	38.5%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Puerto Rico
	May 2007	Percent	Apr 2007	May 2006	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	33,185		33,059	31,326
Male	18,346	55.3%	18,180	17,250	1,096	6.4%
Female	14,839	44.7%	14,879	14,076	763	5.4%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	33,185		33,059	31,326
Hispanic or Latino	32,586	98.2%	32,515	30,815	1,771	5.7%
Not Hispanic or Latino	131	0.4%	121	211	-80	-37.9%
Information Not Available	468	1.4%	423	300	168	56.0%

Race	33,185		33,059	31,326
American Indian or Alaskan Native	903	2.7%	810	2,874	-1,971	-68.6%
Asian	78	0.2%	80	47	31	66.0%
Black or African American	2,363	7.1%	1,992	1,202	1,161	96.6%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	29	0.1%	21	19	10	52.6%
White	8,205	24.7%	7,857	9,427	-1,222	-13.0%
Information Not Available	21,607	65.1%	22,299	17,757	3,850	21.7%

Years of Age	33,185		33,059	31,326
Younger than 22	2,146	5.3%	2,094	2,099	47	2.2%
22-24	3,473	8.6%	3,370	3,198	275	8.6%
25-34	10,804	26.8%	10,884	10,284	520	5.1%
35-44	7,916	19.6%	7,906	7,496	420	5.6%
45-54	5,500	13.6%	5,525	5,186	314	6.1%
55-59	1,829	4.5%	1,811	1,737	92	5.3%
60-64	1,093	2.7%	1,060	907	186	20.5%
65 and older	424	1.1%	409	419	5	1.2%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	33,185		33,059	31,326
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
Mining	42	0.1%	45	27	15	55.6%
Utilities	917	2.8%	867	919	-2	-0.2%
Construction	5,041	15.2%	5,002	5,078	-37	-0.7%
Manufacturing	5,244	15.8%	5,519	5,239	5	0.1%
Wholesale Trade	6,981	21.0%	6,895	6,567	414	6.3%
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	1,212	3.7%	1,205	1,074	138	12.8%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
Educational Services	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
Accomodation and Food Services	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	9,476	28.6%	9,326	8,679	797	9.2%
Public Administration	1,179	3.6%	1,309	2,550	-1,371	-53.8%
Information Not Available	3,093	9.3%	2,891	1,193	1,900	159.3%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Rhode Island
	May 2007	Percent	Apr 2007	May 2006	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	11,252		13,218	10,395
Male	6,417	57.0%	8,103	5,511	906	16.4%
Female	4,835	43.0%	5,115	4,884	-49	-1.0%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	11,252		13,218	10,395
Hispanic or Latino	1,594	14.2%	1,794	1,724	-130	-7.5%
Not Hispanic or Latino	6,645	59.1%	7,851	6,244	401	6.4%
Information Not Available	3,013	26.8%	3,573	2,427	586	24.1%

Race	11,252		13,218	10,395
American Indian or Alaskan Native	78	0.7%	98	92	-14	-15.2%
Asian	202	1.8%	224	161	41	25.5%
Black or African American	532	4.7%	536	440	92	20.9%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	55	0.5%	51	46	9	19.6%
White	7,663	68.1%	9,174	7,200	463	6.4%
Information Not Available	2,722	24.2%	3,135	2,456	266	10.8%

Years of Age	11,252		13,218	10,395
Younger than 22	353	1.9%	468	299	54	18.1%
22-24	651	3.6%	773	567	84	14.8%
25-34	2,479	13.6%	2,967	2,112	367	17.4%
35-44	2,935	16.1%	3,431	2,826	109	3.9%
45-54	2,669	14.6%	3,145	2,554	115	4.5%
55-59	1,003	5.5%	1,147	954	49	5.1%
60-64	673	3.7%	759	605	68	11.2%
65 and older	489	2.7%	528	478	11	2.3%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	11,252		13,218	10,395
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	44	0.4%	111	28	16	57.1%
Mining	17	0.2%	39	12	5	41.7%
Utilities	3	0.0%	5	1	2	200.0%
Construction	1,905	16.9%	2,779	1,403	502	35.8%
Manufacturing	2,020	17.9%	2,041	1,989	31	1.6%
Wholesale Trade	421	3.7%	514	413	8	1.9%
Retail Trade	1,124	10.0%	1,204	1,078	46	4.3%
Transporation and Warehousing	307	2.7%	333	240	67	27.9%
Information	154	1.4%	157	284	-130	-45.8%
Finance and Insurance	660	5.8%	616	667	-7	-1.0%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	173	1.5%	230	208	-35	-16.8%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	514	4.6%	457	439	75	17.1%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	83	0.7%	80	44	39	88.6%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	1,058	9.4%	1,422	980	78	8.0%
Educational Services	176	1.6%	189	173	3	1.7%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	951	8.4%	963	876	75	8.6%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	157	1.4%	283	166	-9	-5.4%
Accomodation and Food Services	728	6.4%	973	644	84	13.0%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	346	3.1%	381	400	-54	-13.5%
Public Administration	110	1.0%	99	68	42	61.8%
Information Not Available	301	2.7%	342	282	19	6.7%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants South Carolina
	May 2007	Percent	Apr 2007	May 2006	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	36,446		38,309	34,603
Male	18,207	50.0%	19,343	16,250	1,957	12.0%
Female	18,239	50.0%	18,966	18,353	-114	-0.6%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	36,446		38,309	34,603
Hispanic or Latino	676	1.9%	715	597	79	13.2%
Not Hispanic or Latino	30,690	84.2%	31,584	28,805	1,885	6.5%
Information Not Available	5,080	13.9%	6,010	5,201	-121	-2.3%

Race	36,446		38,309	34,603
American Indian or Alaskan Native	262	0.7%	291	274	-12	-4.4%
Asian	199	0.5%	203	180	19	10.6%
Black or African American	18,622	51.1%	19,988	17,057	1,565	9.2%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	69	0.2%	66	119	-50	-42.0%
White	16,544	45.4%	17,060	16,410	134	0.8%
Information Not Available	750	2.1%	701	563	187	33.2%

Years of Age	36,446		38,309	34,603
Younger than 22	1,176	2.3%	1,104	1,016	160	15.7%
22-24	1,259	2.5%	1,256	1,221	38	3.1%
25-34	7,938	15.6%	7,997	7,319	619	8.5%
35-44	7,802	15.3%	7,990	7,754	48	0.6%
45-54	8,015	15.7%	8,205	7,329	686	9.4%
55-59	2,740	5.4%	2,814	2,595	145	5.6%
60-64	1,960	3.8%	2,046	1,855	105	5.7%
65 and older	1,117	2.2%	1,162	1,080	37	3.4%
Information Not Available	4,439	8.7%	5,735	4,434	5	0.1%

Industry	36,446		38,309	34,603
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	252	0.7%	267	162	90	55.6%
Mining	31	0.1%	32	14	17	121.4%
Utilities	77	0.2%	71	53	24	45.3%
Construction	3,477	9.5%	3,630	2,671	806	30.2%
Manufacturing	8,521	23.2%	10,329	7,588	933	12.3%
Wholesale Trade	1,441	3.9%	1,410	1,270	171	13.5%
Retail Trade	3,447	9.4%	3,517	3,515	-68	-1.9%
Transporation and Warehousing	858	2.3%	1,020	913	-55	-6.0%
Information	354	1.0%	359	349	5	1.4%
Finance and Insurance	932	2.5%	903	876	56	6.4%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	505	1.4%	557	484	21	4.3%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	1,153	3.1%	979	1,103	50	4.5%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	74	0.2%	84	31	43	138.7%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	5,425	14.8%	5,557	5,011	414	8.3%
Educational Services	405	1.1%	383	366	39	10.7%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	2,078	5.7%	2,170	2,121	-43	-2.0%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	274	0.7%	286	271	3	1.1%
Accomodation and Food Services	3,057	8.3%	2,569	3,056	1	0.0%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	714	1.9%	916	747	-33	-4.4%
Public Administration	523	1.4%	539	499	24	4.8%
Information Not Available	2,848	7.8%	2,731	3,503	-655	-18.7%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants South Dakota
	May 2007	Percent	Apr 2007	May 2006	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	1,435		2,410	1,471
Male	762	53.1%	1,653	732	30	4.1%
Female	673	46.9%	757	739	-66	-8.9%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	1,435		2,410	1,471
Hispanic or Latino	23	1.6%	54	32	-9	-28.1%
Not Hispanic or Latino	1,300	90.6%	2,208	1,322	-22	-1.7%
Information Not Available	112	7.8%	148	117	-5	-4.3%

Race	1,435		2,410	1,471
American Indian or Alaskan Native	270	18.8%	344	252	18	7.1%
Asian	4	0.3%	1	3	1	33.3%
Black or African American	28	2.0%	30	25	3	12.0%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	2	0.1%	2	0	2	0.0%
White	1,037	72.3%	1,886	1,108	-71	-6.4%
Information Not Available	94	6.6%	147	83	11	13.3%

Years of Age	1,435		2,410	1,471
Younger than 22	23	1.0%	42	24	-1	-4.2%
22-24	49	2.1%	116	63	-14	-22.2%
25-34	294	12.6%	542	339	-45	-13.3%
35-44	312	13.4%	511	254	58	22.8%
45-54	448	19.2%	693	418	30	7.2%
55-59	172	7.4%	301	208	-36	-17.3%
60-64	137	5.9%	205	165	-28	-17.0%
65 and older	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	1,435		2,410	1,471
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	16	1.1%	26	6	10	166.7%
Mining	7	0.5%	50	7	0	0.0%
Utilities	0	0.0%	4	2	-2	-100.0%
Construction	261	18.0%	847	180	81	45.0%
Manufacturing	253	17.4%	319	206	47	22.8%
Wholesale Trade	49	3.4%	71	57	-8	-14.0%
Retail Trade	131	9.0%	162	148	-17	-11.5%
Transporation and Warehousing	35	2.4%	89	33	2	6.1%
Information	18	1.2%	25	42	-24	-57.1%
Finance and Insurance	43	3.0%	54	60	-17	-28.3%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	43	3.0%	58	28	15	53.6%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	46	3.2%	30	49	-3	-6.1%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	4	0.3%	2	2	2	100.0%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	84	5.8%	115	87	-3	-3.4%
Educational Services	60	4.1%	70	68	-8	-11.8%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	93	6.4%	106	162	-69	-42.6%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	29	2.0%	41	25	4	16.0%
Accomodation and Food Services	101	7.0%	127	104	-3	-2.9%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	31	2.1%	34	28	3	10.7%
Public Administration	95	6.5%	124	125	-30	-24.0%
Information Not Available	36	2.5%	56	52	-16	-30.8%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Tennessee
	May 2007	Percent	Apr 2007	May 2006	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	38,916		36,441	35,839
Male	21,309	54.8%	19,474	17,768	3,541	19.9%
Female	17,607	45.2%	16,967	18,071	-464	-2.6%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	38,916		36,441	35,839
Hispanic or Latino	515	1.3%	448	312	203	65.1%
Not Hispanic or Latino	38,401	98.7%	35,993	35,527	2,874	8.1%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Race	38,916		36,441	35,839
American Indian or Alaskan Native	92	0.2%	86	41	51	124.4%
Asian	1,230	3.2%	515	1,145	85	7.4%
Black or African American	11,464	29.5%	9,732	10,056	1,408	14.0%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	206	0.5%	213	187	19	10.2%
White	25,549	65.7%	25,555	23,989	1,560	6.5%
Information Not Available	375	1.0%	340	421	-46	-10.9%

Years of Age	38,916		36,441	35,839
Younger than 22	682	1.1%	665	714	-32	-4.5%
22-24	1,596	2.6%	1,577	1,477	119	8.1%
25-34	7,625	12.4%	7,544	7,315	310	4.2%
35-44	9,332	15.1%	8,993	8,714	618	7.1%
45-54	11,151	18.1%	9,416	9,423	1,728	18.3%
55-59	3,829	6.2%	3,528	3,609	220	6.1%
60-64	2,743	4.4%	2,643	2,583	160	6.2%
65 and older	1,695	2.7%	1,889	1,756	-61	-3.5%
Information Not Available	263	0.4%	186	248	15	6.0%

Industry	38,916		36,441	35,839
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	103	0.3%	175	129	-26	-20.2%
Mining	50	0.1%	66	40	10	25.0%
Utilities	35	0.1%	32	39	-4	-10.3%
Construction	2,696	6.9%	3,077	2,499	197	7.9%
Manufacturing	9,437	24.2%	10,259	9,268	169	1.8%
Wholesale Trade	4,330	11.1%	1,815	1,594	2,736	171.6%
Retail Trade	3,067	7.9%	3,349	3,376	-309	-9.2%
Transporation and Warehousing	1,193	3.1%	1,349	1,015	178	17.5%
Information	499	1.3%	512	535	-36	-6.7%
Finance and Insurance	977	2.5%	1,002	1,055	-78	-7.4%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	580	1.5%	631	418	162	38.8%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	1,305	3.3%	1,002	1,436	-131	-9.1%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	68	0.2%	80	113	-45	-39.8%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	4,702	12.1%	4,972	4,284	418	9.8%
Educational Services	537	1.4%	561	542	-5	-0.9%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	2,140	5.5%	2,096	2,407	-267	-11.1%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	274	0.7%	408	307	-33	-10.7%
Accomodation and Food Services	1,877	4.8%	1,823	1,958	-81	-4.1%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	1,178	3.0%	999	1,106	72	6.5%
Public Administration	719	1.8%	722	624	95	15.2%
Information Not Available	3,149	8.1%	1,511	3,094	55	1.8%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Texas
	May 2007	Percent	Apr 2007	May 2006	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	91,424		94,587	98,917
Male	46,009	50.3%	48,704	47,428	-1,419	-3.0%
Female	45,389	49.6%	45,851	51,458	-6,069	-11.8%
Information Not Available	26	0.0%	32	31	-5	-16.1%

Ethnicity	91,424		94,587	98,917
Hispanic or Latino	27,502	30.1%	29,271	29,839	-2,337	-7.8%
Not Hispanic or Latino	57,791	63.2%	59,257	63,403	-5,612	-8.9%
Information Not Available	6,131	6.7%	6,059	5,675	456	8.0%

Race	91,424		94,587	98,917
American Indian or Alaskan Native	404	0.4%	413	336	68	20.2%
Asian	1,717	1.9%	1,757	1,625	92	5.7%
Black or African American	21,520	23.5%	21,728	23,483	-1,963	-8.4%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	3,259	3.6%	4,221	3,704	-445	-12.0%
White	33,563	36.7%	34,300	35,525	-1,962	-5.5%
Information Not Available	30,961	33.9%	32,168	34,244	-3,283	-9.6%

Years of Age	91,424		94,587	98,917
Younger than 22	2,229	1.8%	2,448	2,495	-266	-10.7%
22-24	4,567	3.8%	4,599	5,327	-760	-14.3%
25-34	22,252	18.4%	22,881	24,329	-2,077	-8.5%
35-44	25,313	21.0%	25,912	27,456	-2,143	-7.8%
45-54	22,988	19.1%	23,923	24,474	-1,486	-6.1%
55-59	7,432	6.2%	7,847	8,301	-869	-10.5%
60-64	4,331	3.6%	4,517	4,192	139	3.3%
65 and older	2,288	1.9%	2,432	2,325	-37	-1.6%
Information Not Available	24	0.0%	28	18	6	33.3%

Industry	91,424		94,587	98,917
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	895	1.0%	1,192	1,189	-294	-24.7%
Mining	1,318	1.4%	1,253	838	480	57.3%
Utilities	276	0.3%	260	580	-304	-52.4%
Construction	9,077	9.8%	9,069	8,547	530	6.2%
Manufacturing	9,784	10.6%	10,271	8,995	789	8.8%
Wholesale Trade	5,056	5.5%	5,001	5,471	-415	-7.6%
Retail Trade	7,210	7.8%	7,195	9,223	-2,013	-21.8%
Transporation and Warehousing	3,282	3.6%	3,222	3,204	78	2.4%
Information	2,608	2.8%	2,727	2,837	-229	-8.1%
Finance and Insurance	5,312	5.8%	5,259	5,108	204	4.0%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	1,973	2.1%	2,081	2,074	-101	-4.9%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	6,604	7.2%	6,235	6,472	132	2.0%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	340	0.4%	399	295	45	15.3%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	11,455	12.4%	11,824	11,952	-497	-4.2%
Educational Services	1,588	1.7%	1,587	1,959	-371	-18.9%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	7,661	8.3%	7,542	9,160	-1,499	-16.4%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	564	0.6%	511	572	-8	-1.4%
Accomodation and Food Services	2,951	3.2%	3,009	3,150	-199	-6.3%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	2,157	2.3%	2,160	2,348	-191	-8.1%
Public Administration	1,020	1.1%	1,112	1,128	-108	-9.6%
Information Not Available	10,293	11.1%	12,678	13,815	-3,522	-25.5%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Utah
	May 2007	Percent	Apr 2007	May 2006	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	3,730		7,277	7,067
Male	2,309	61.9%	4,157	3,733	-1,424	-38.1%
Female	1,420	38.1%	3,118	3,328	-1,908	-57.3%
Information Not Available	1	0.0%	2	6	-5	-83.3%

Ethnicity	3,730		7,277	7,067
Hispanic or Latino	376	10.1%	664	611	-235	-38.5%
Not Hispanic or Latino	2,750	73.7%	5,490	5,625	-2,875	-51.1%
Information Not Available	604	16.2%	1,123	831	-227	-27.3%

Race	3,730		7,277	7,067
American Indian or Alaskan Native	152	4.1%	263	260	-108	-41.5%
Asian	68	1.8%	160	146	-78	-53.4%
Black or African American	65	1.7%	142	140	-75	-53.6%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	37	1.0%	79	76	-39	-51.3%
White	2,741	73.5%	5,479	5,551	-2,810	-50.6%
Information Not Available	667	17.9%	1,154	894	-227	-25.4%

Years of Age	3,730		7,277	7,067
Younger than 22	142	2.2%	232	222	-80	-36.0%
22-24	242	3.8%	458	506	-264	-52.2%
25-34	1,020	16.1%	1,975	2,029	-1,009	-49.7%
35-44	916	14.5%	1,818	1,805	-889	-49.3%
45-54	916	14.5%	1,819	1,652	-736	-44.6%
55-59	289	4.6%	589	529	-240	-45.4%
60-64	151	2.4%	282	247	-96	-38.9%
65 and older	54	0.9%	104	77	-23	-29.9%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	3,730		7,277	7,067
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	18	0.5%	21	7	11	157.1%
Mining	43	1.1%	69	21	22	104.8%
Utilities	5	0.1%	13	5	0	0.0%
Construction	772	20.6%	1,153	427	345	80.8%
Manufacturing	371	9.9%	811	538	-167	-31.0%
Wholesale Trade	114	3.0%	263	207	-93	-44.9%
Retail Trade	321	8.6%	631	496	-175	-35.3%
Transporation and Warehousing	150	4.0%	266	155	-5	-3.2%
Information	140	3.7%	332	215	-75	-34.9%
Finance and Insurance	111	3.0%	279	227	-116	-51.1%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	48	1.3%	118	80	-32	-40.0%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	187	5.0%	426	222	-35	-15.8%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	10	0.3%	19	16	-6	-37.5%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	499	13.3%	906	548	-49	-8.9%
Educational Services	70	1.9%	168	105	-35	-33.3%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	163	4.3%	411	268	-105	-39.2%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	66	1.8%	135	53	13	24.5%
Accomodation and Food Services	219	5.8%	367	233	-14	-6.0%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	61	1.6%	146	115	-54	-47.0%
Public Administration	103	2.7%	162	80	23	28.8%
Information Not Available	259	6.9%	581	3,049	-2,790	-91.5%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Virginia
	May 2007	Percent	Apr 2007	May 2006	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	34,255		33,859	30,938
Male	18,209	53.2%	18,392	15,554	2,655	17.1%
Female	16,043	46.8%	15,464	15,382	661	4.3%
Information Not Available	3	0.0%	3	2	1	50.0%

Ethnicity	34,255		33,859	30,938
Hispanic or Latino	964	2.8%	996	775	189	24.4%
Not Hispanic or Latino	31,440	91.8%	31,150	28,404	3,036	10.7%
Information Not Available	1,851	5.4%	1,713	1,759	92	5.2%

Race	34,255		33,859	30,938
American Indian or Alaskan Native	150	0.4%	159	147	3	2.0%
Asian	1,653	4.8%	1,693	1,367	286	20.9%
Black or African American	13,728	40.1%	13,228	13,067	661	5.1%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
White	16,873	49.3%	17,066	14,598	2,275	15.6%
Information Not Available	1,851	5.4%	1,713	1,759	92	5.2%

Years of Age	34,255		33,859	30,938
Younger than 22	715	1.5%	652	625	90	14.4%
22-24	1,833	3.7%	1,831	1,647	186	11.3%
25-34	8,153	16.6%	7,989	7,272	881	12.1%
35-44	8,820	17.9%	8,696	8,136	684	8.4%
45-54	8,895	18.1%	8,922	8,004	891	11.1%
55-59	3,012	6.1%	2,948	2,756	256	9.3%
60-64	1,887	3.8%	1,872	1,671	216	12.9%
65 and older	939	1.9%	947	826	113	13.7%
Information Not Available	1	0.0%	2	1	0	0.0%

Industry	34,255		33,859	30,938
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	86	0.3%	119	79	7	8.9%
Mining	115	0.3%	94	128	-13	-10.2%
Utilities	20	0.1%	22	14	6	42.9%
Construction	2,447	7.1%	2,770	1,766	681	38.6%
Manufacturing	4,733	13.8%	4,627	3,982	751	18.9%
Wholesale Trade	709	2.1%	733	663	46	6.9%
Retail Trade	2,018	5.9%	2,053	1,914	104	5.4%
Transporation and Warehousing	1,103	3.2%	1,082	1,185	-82	-6.9%
Information	467	1.4%	467	537	-70	-13.0%
Finance and Insurance	689	2.0%	641	481	208	43.2%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	407	1.2%	385	296	111	37.5%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	1,633	4.8%	1,463	1,593	40	2.5%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	61	0.2%	63	58	3	5.2%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	2,516	7.3%	2,496	2,272	244	10.7%
Educational Services	161	0.5%	162	189	-28	-14.8%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	1,143	3.3%	1,028	1,013	130	12.8%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	101	0.3%	106	122	-21	-17.2%
Accomodation and Food Services	1,264	3.7%	998	1,110	154	13.9%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	590	1.7%	555	586	4	0.7%
Public Administration	1,674	4.9%	1,595	1,573	101	6.4%
Information Not Available	12,318	35.9%	12,400	11,377	941	8.3%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Virgin Islands
	May 2007	Percent	Apr 2007	May 2006	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	262		247	183
Male	173	66.0%	155	84	89	106.0%
Female	89	34.0%	92	99	-10	-10.1%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	262		247	183
Hispanic or Latino	80	30.5%	75	34	46	135.3%
Not Hispanic or Latino	177	67.6%	169	147	30	20.4%
Information Not Available	5	1.9%	3	2	3	150.0%

Race	262		247	183
American Indian or Alaskan Native	1	0.4%	1	2	-1	-50.0%
Asian	1	0.4%	1	0	1	0.0%
Black or African American	160	61.1%	161	132	28	21.2%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	4	1.5%	2	2	2	100.0%
White	15	5.7%	6	13	2	15.4%
Information Not Available	81	30.9%	76	34	47	138.2%

Years of Age	262		247	183
Younger than 22	7	2.7%	6	5	2	40.0%
22-24	18	6.9%	18	13	5	38.5%
25-34	62	23.8%	54	38	24	63.2%
35-44	60	23.0%	54	48	12	25.0%
45-54	68	26.1%	65	44	24	54.5%
55-59	24	9.2%	26	16	8	50.0%
60-64	16	6.1%	17	12	4	33.3%
65 and older	7	2.7%	7	7	0	0.0%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	262		247	183
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
Mining	3	1.1%	0	0	3	0.0%
Utilities	0	0.0%	0	1	-1	-100.0%
Construction	91	34.7%	75	40	51	127.5%
Manufacturing	23	8.8%	21	12	11	91.7%
Wholesale Trade	3	1.1%	3	1	2	200.0%
Retail Trade	21	8.0%	19	15	6	40.0%
Transporation and Warehousing	6	2.3%	3	5	1	20.0%
Information	1	0.4%	0	3	-2	-66.7%
Finance and Insurance	8	3.1%	8	2	6	300.0%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	4	1.5%	4	7	-3	-42.9%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	8	3.1%	7	4	4	100.0%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	9	3.4%	11	5	4	80.0%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	7	2.7%	8	6	1	16.7%
Educational Services	5	1.9%	5	0	5	0.0%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	5	1.9%	3	4	1	25.0%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	1	0.4%	1	2	-1	-50.0%
Accomodation and Food Services	19	7.3%	15	35	-16	-45.7%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	13	5.0%	38	19	-6	-31.6%
Public Administration	15	5.7%	12	2	13	650.0%
Information Not Available	20	7.6%	14	20	0	0.0%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Vermont
	May 2007	Percent	Apr 2007	May 2006	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	4,684		7,324	5,102
Male	2,626	56.1%	4,977	2,673	-47	-1.8%
Female	2,058	43.9%	2,347	2,429	-371	-15.3%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	4,684		7,324	5,102
Hispanic or Latino	9	0.2%	13	6	3	50.0%
Not Hispanic or Latino	1,251	26.7%	2,033	1,701	-450	-26.5%
Information Not Available	3,424	73.1%	5,278	3,395	29	0.9%

Race	4,684		7,324	5,102
American Indian or Alaskan Native	8	0.2%	14	8	0	0.0%
Asian	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
Black or African American	25	0.5%	38	27	-2	-7.4%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	11	0.2%	8	18	-7	-38.9%
White	1,216	26.0%	1,986	1,654	-438	-26.5%
Information Not Available	3,424	73.1%	5,278	3,395	29	0.9%

Years of Age	4,684		7,324	5,102
Younger than 22	216	3.8%	295	168	48	28.6%
22-24	271	4.8%	443	308	-37	-12.0%
25-34	1,014	18.1%	1,599	1,051	-37	-3.5%
35-44	1,072	19.1%	1,670	1,249	-177	-14.2%
45-54	1,132	20.2%	1,729	1,277	-145	-11.4%
55-59	450	8.0%	649	491	-41	-8.4%
60-64	286	5.1%	512	319	-33	-10.3%
65 and older	243	4.3%	427	239	4	1.7%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	4,684		7,324	5,102
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	44	0.9%	100	43	1	2.3%
Mining	9	0.2%	25	3	6	200.0%
Utilities	1	0.0%	3	4	-3	-75.0%
Construction	694	14.7%	2,290	566	128	22.6%
Manufacturing	623	13.2%	801	770	-147	-19.1%
Wholesale Trade	150	3.2%	194	173	-23	-13.3%
Retail Trade	509	10.8%	627	583	-74	-12.7%
Transporation and Warehousing	113	2.4%	259	161	-48	-29.8%
Information	70	1.5%	67	61	9	14.8%
Finance and Insurance	66	1.4%	73	89	-23	-25.8%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	57	1.2%	83	67	-10	-14.9%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	175	3.7%	172	164	11	6.7%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	4	0.1%	1	4	0	0.0%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	230	4.9%	465	271	-41	-15.1%
Educational Services	97	2.1%	110	137	-40	-29.2%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	318	6.7%	377	372	-54	-14.5%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	52	1.1%	187	53	-1	-1.9%
Accomodation and Food Services	1,281	27.1%	1,153	1,368	-87	-6.4%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	118	2.5%	167	139	-21	-15.1%
Public Administration	73	1.5%	170	74	-1	-1.4%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Washington
	May 2007	Percent	Apr 2007	May 2006	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	42,961		47,692	46,474
Male	24,946	58.1%	28,591	27,112	-2,166	-8.0%
Female	18,012	41.9%	19,096	19,302	-1,290	-6.7%
Information Not Available	3	0.0%	5	60	-57	-95.0%

Ethnicity	42,961		47,692	46,474
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	42,961	100.0%	47,692	46,474	-3,513	-7.6%

Race	42,961		47,692	46,474
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	42,961	100.0%	47,692	46,474	-3,513	-7.6%

Years of Age	42,961		47,692	46,474
Younger than 22	844	2.1%	874	879	-35	-4.0%
22-24	2,010	5.0%	2,195	2,129	-119	-5.6%
25-34	9,628	23.7%	10,389	10,137	-509	-5.0%
35-44	11,113	27.4%	12,187	12,686	-1,573	-12.4%
45-54	11,607	28.6%	13,187	12,565	-958	-7.6%
55-59	4,118	10.2%	4,707	4,403	-285	-6.5%
60-64	2,397	5.9%	2,795	2,437	-40	-1.6%
65 and older	1,244	3.1%	1,358	1,238	6	0.5%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	42,961		47,692	46,474
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	42,961	100.0%	47,692	46,474	-3,513	-7.6%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Wisconsin
	May 2007	Percent	Apr 2007	May 2006	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	61,769		85,768	60,680
Male	35,344	57.2%	55,045	34,927	417	1.2%
Female	26,419	42.8%	30,714	25,747	672	2.6%
Information Not Available	6	0.0%	9	6	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	61,769		85,768	60,680
Hispanic or Latino	2,588	4.2%	3,679	2,482	106	4.3%
Not Hispanic or Latino	58,705	95.0%	81,463	57,749	956	1.7%
Information Not Available	476	0.8%	626	449	27	6.0%

Race	61,769		85,768	60,680
American Indian or Alaskan Native	698	1.1%	961	637	61	9.6%
Asian	686	1.1%	823	771	-85	-11.0%
Black or African American	7,741	12.5%	9,023	7,596	145	1.9%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	43	0.1%	60	49	-6	-12.2%
White	52,125	84.4%	74,275	51,178	947	1.9%
Information Not Available	476	0.8%	626	449	27	6.0%

Years of Age	61,769		85,768	60,680
Younger than 22	2,082	1.9%	2,719	2,148	-66	-3.1%
22-24	4,220	3.8%	5,876	4,193	27	0.6%
25-34	14,771	13.4%	20,715	14,453	318	2.2%
35-44	14,290	12.9%	19,926	14,635	-345	-2.4%
45-54	15,427	14.0%	21,264	15,021	406	2.7%
55-59	5,301	4.8%	7,326	5,145	156	3.0%
60-64	3,516	3.2%	4,777	3,113	403	12.9%
65 and older	2,162	2.0%	3,165	1,972	190	9.6%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	61,769		85,768	60,680
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	383	0.6%	686	425	-42	-9.9%
Mining	117	0.2%	455	103	14	13.6%
Utilities	111	0.2%	137	121	-10	-8.3%
Construction	8,945	14.4%	19,520	9,434	-489	-5.2%
Manufacturing	15,823	25.5%	18,474	13,998	1,825	13.0%
Wholesale Trade	2,310	3.7%	2,796	2,112	198	9.4%
Retail Trade	6,820	11.0%	7,951	6,965	-145	-2.1%
Transporation and Warehousing	2,137	3.4%	5,155	2,039	98	4.8%
Information	865	1.4%	926	971	-106	-10.9%
Finance and Insurance	1,643	2.6%	1,758	1,711	-68	-4.0%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	605	1.0%	755	619	-14	-2.3%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	1,853	3.0%	1,672	1,699	154	9.1%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	198	0.3%	266	182	16	8.8%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	6,153	9.9%	8,174	5,964	189	3.2%
Educational Services	605	1.0%	746	649	-44	-6.8%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	4,529	7.3%	4,846	4,714	-185	-3.9%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	679	1.1%	1,175	765	-86	-11.2%
Accomodation and Food Services	3,682	5.9%	5,026	3,603	79	2.2%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	1,272	2.0%	1,424	1,408	-136	-9.7%
Public Administration	1,001	1.6%	1,287	1,032	-31	-3.0%
Information Not Available	2,038	3.3%	2,539	2,166	-128	-5.9%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants West Virginia
	May 2007	Percent	Apr 2007	May 2006	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	12,555		15,250	11,035
Male	8,152	64.9%	10,194	6,647	1,505	22.6%
Female	4,403	35.1%	5,056	4,388	15	0.3%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	12,555		15,250	11,035
Hispanic or Latino	145	1.2%	181	140	5	3.6%
Not Hispanic or Latino	11,258	89.7%	13,648	10,058	1,200	11.9%
Information Not Available	1,152	9.2%	1,421	837	315	37.6%

Race	12,555		15,250	11,035
American Indian or Alaskan Native	15	0.1%	31	20	-5	-25.0%
Asian	26	0.2%	35	28	-2	-7.1%
Black or African American	466	3.7%	530	461	5	1.1%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	9	0.1%	6	11	-2	-18.2%
White	11,810	94.1%	14,333	10,393	1,417	13.6%
Information Not Available	229	1.8%	315	122	107	87.7%

Years of Age	12,555		15,250	11,035
Younger than 22	273	1.1%	292	262	11	4.2%
22-24	711	3.0%	834	578	133	23.0%
25-34	3,272	13.8%	3,929	2,765	507	18.3%
35-44	3,162	13.3%	3,850	2,875	287	10.0%
45-54	3,231	13.6%	3,921	2,944	287	9.7%
55-59	1,056	4.4%	1,337	910	146	16.0%
60-64	584	2.5%	733	512	72	14.1%
65 and older	266	1.1%	354	189	77	40.7%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	12,555		15,250	11,035
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	85	0.7%	115	62	23	37.1%
Mining	818	6.5%	968	380	438	115.3%
Utilities	33	0.3%	41	55	-22	-40.0%
Construction	2,559	20.2%	3,390	2,023	536	26.5%
Manufacturing	1,394	11.0%	1,888	1,331	63	4.7%
Wholesale Trade	371	2.9%	380	334	37	11.1%
Retail Trade	1,080	8.5%	1,199	1,090	-10	-0.9%
Transporation and Warehousing	430	3.4%	547	278	152	54.7%
Information	161	1.3%	207	212	-51	-24.1%
Finance and Insurance	202	1.6%	175	170	32	18.8%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	166	1.3%	177	128	38	29.7%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	398	3.1%	392	530	-132	-24.9%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	15	0.1%	22	17	-2	-11.8%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	989	7.8%	1,194	857	132	15.4%
Educational Services	127	1.0%	151	131	-4	-3.1%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	1,145	9.1%	1,595	1,175	-30	-2.6%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	147	1.2%	212	127	20	15.7%
Accomodation and Food Services	1,006	8.0%	1,020	936	70	7.5%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	403	3.2%	395	336	67	19.9%
Public Administration	148	1.2%	191	153	-5	-3.3%
Information Not Available	878	6.9%	991	710	168	23.7%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Wyoming
	May 2007	Percent	Apr 2007	May 2006	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	2,100		2,793	1,924
Male	1,235	58.8%	1,867	1,096	139	12.7%
Female	865	41.2%	926	828	37	4.5%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	2,100		2,793	1,924
Hispanic or Latino	214	10.2%	289	163	51	31.3%
Not Hispanic or Latino	1,702	81.0%	2,275	1,598	104	6.5%
Information Not Available	184	8.8%	229	163	21	12.9%

Race	2,100		2,793	1,924
American Indian or Alaskan Native	86	4.1%	110	68	18	26.5%
Asian	18	0.9%	15	17	1	5.9%
Black or African American	20	1.0%	27	27	-7	-25.9%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	6	0.3%	6	1	5	500.0%
White	1,845	87.9%	2,442	1,693	152	9.0%
Information Not Available	125	6.0%	193	118	7	5.9%

Years of Age	2,100		2,793	1,924
Younger than 22	23	0.6%	35	50	-27	-54.0%
22-24	106	2.8%	181	103	3	2.9%
25-34	519	13.6%	630	484	35	7.2%
35-44	514	13.5%	627	448	66	14.7%
45-54	568	14.9%	762	509	59	11.6%
55-59	173	4.5%	266	131	42	32.1%
60-64	125	3.3%	168	124	1	0.8%
65 and older	72	1.9%	124	75	-3	-4.0%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	2,100		2,793	1,924
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	18	0.8%	23	25	-7	-28.0%
Mining	215	10.2%	274	107	108	100.9%
Utilities	2	0.1%	2	2	0	0.0%
Construction	473	22.3%	884	260	213	81.9%
Manufacturing	171	8.1%	203	126	45	35.7%
Wholesale Trade	51	2.4%	56	51	0	0.0%
Retail Trade	166	7.8%	190	236	-70	-29.7%
Transporation and Warehousing	98	4.6%	101	54	44	81.5%
Information	22	1.0%	25	44	-22	-50.0%
Finance and Insurance	16	0.8%	13	30	-14	-46.7%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	20	0.9%	24	35	-15	-42.9%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	35	1.7%	55	50	-15	-30.0%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	2	0.1%	3	4	-2	-50.0%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	64	3.0%	101	85	-21	-24.7%
Educational Services	28	1.3%	32	27	1	3.7%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	187	8.8%	139	133	54	40.6%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	11	0.5%	12	24	-13	-54.2%
Accomodation and Food Services	251	11.9%	308	391	-140	-35.8%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	48	2.3%	64	39	9	23.1%
Public Administration	85	4.0%	99	71	14	19.7%
Information Not Available	137	6.5%	185	130	7	5.4%