Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants

September 2007

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants: Total Claimants September 2007
	Sep 2007	Aug 2007	Monthly Change	Sep 2006	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
United States	2,159,121	2,364,170	-205,049	2,050,715	108,406	5.3
Alaska	6,441	7,141	-700	7,337	-896	-12.2
Alabama	25,591	27,175	-1,584	25,766	-175	-0.7
Arkansas	25,691	26,993	-1,302	24,934	757	3.0
Arizona	30,124	32,066	-1,942	23,209	6,915	29.8
California	340,423	347,826	-7,403	291,439	48,984	16.8
Colorado	18,237	18,750	-513	17,650	587	3.3
Connecticut	32,063	40,177	-8,114	32,598	-535	-1.6
District of Columbia	5,804	5,730	74	5,295	509	9.6
Delaware	6,832	9,517	-2,685	6,455	377	5.8
Florida	122,370	124,092	-1,722	90,307	32,063	35.5
Georgia	55,802	55,991	-189	50,393	5,409	10.7
Hawaii	6,799	7,349	-550	5,798	1,001	17.3
Iowa	15,209	16,765	-1,556	18,377	-3,168	-17.2
Idaho	7,531	8,556	-1,025	5,483	2,048	37.4
Illinois	108,067	117,536	-9,469	102,706	5,361	5.2
Indiana	44,211	45,760	-1,549	43,084	1,127	2.6
Kansas	15,069	15,776	-707	14,961	108	0.7
Kentucky	24,479	27,337	-2,858	27,639	-3,160	-11.4
Louisiana	18,507	20,557	-2,050	18,194	313	1.7
Massachusetts	66,203	79,634	-13,431	64,705	1,498	2.3
Maryland	32,525	35,519	-2,994	29,482	3,043	10.3
Maine	5,604	6,409	-805	5,781	-177	-3.1
Michigan	99,817	106,711	-6,894	108,177	-8,360	-7.7
Minnesota	32,658	35,602	-2,944	30,360	2,298	7.6
Missouri	37,976	45,007	-7,031	38,502	-526	-1.4
Mississippi	18,248	19,973	-1,725	15,448	2,800	18.1
Montana	2,411	2,952	-541	2,185	226	10.3
North Carolina	67,558	70,884	-3,326	66,250	1,308	2.0
North Dakota	1,200	1,759	-559	1,298	-98	-7.6
Nebraska	6,903	7,469	-566	7,800	-897	-11.5
New Hampshire	4,856	6,203	-1,347	4,885	-29	-0.6
New Jersey	99,206	115,959	-16,753	97,532	1,674	1.7
New Mexico	9,141	9,748	-607	9,331	-190	-2.0
Nevada	24,347	24,530	-183	17,094	7,253	42.4
New York	145,225	172,671	-27,446	145,414	-189	-0.1
Ohio	71,186	79,023	-7,837	72,512	-1,326	-1.8
Oklahoma	13,328	13,920	-592	13,333	-5	0.0
Oregon	33,981	37,195	-3,214	32,374	1,607	5.0
Pennsylvania	129,045	153,129	-24,084	128,379	666	0.5
Puerto Rico	36,166	37,795	-1,629	36,870	-704	-1.9
Rhode Island	10,555	13,781	-3,226	9,163	1,392	15.2
South Carolina	37,860	38,792	-932	36,031	1,829	5.1
South Dakota	1,017	1,330	-313	1,176	-159	-13.5
Tennessee	36,735	40,385	-3,650	35,369	1,366	3.9
Texas	87,221	95,477	-8,256	87,620	-399	-0.5
Utah	7,207	7,334	-127	5,707	1,500	26.3
Virginia	31,316	35,220	-3,904	32,979	-1,663	-5.0
Virgin Islands	343	371	-28	275	68	24.7
Vermont	3,202	3,935	-733	3,202		0.0
Washington	35,351	37,639	-2,288	37,686	-2,335	-6.2
Wisconsin	50,293	59,964	-9,671	50,529	-236	-0.5
West Virginia	9,777	11,123	-1,346	10,559	-782	-7.4
Wyoming	1,410	1,633	-223	1,082	328	30.3

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants US Totals
	Sep 2007	Percent	Aug 2007	Sep 2006	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	2,159,121		2,364,170	2,050,715	108,406	5.3
Male	1,135,326	52.6%	1,183,425	1,061,645	73,681	6.9%
Female	1,021,894	47.3%	1,178,986	986,503	35,391	3.6%
Information Not Available	1,901	0.1%	1,759	2,567	-666	-25.9%

Ethnicity	2,159,121		2,364,170	2,050,715
Hispanic or Latino	335,686	15.5%	360,362	303,321	32,365	10.7%
Not Hispanic or Latino	1,580,867	86.7%	1,742,440	1,524,862	56,005	3.7%
Information Not Available	242,568	10.1%	261,368	222,532	20,036	9.0%

Race	2,159,121		2,364,170	2,050,715
American Indian or Alaskan Native	22,289	1.0%	24,343	20,944	1,345	6.4%
Asian	51,733	2.4%	56,022	51,713	20	0.0%
Black or African American	432,099	20.0%	475,007	409,014	23,085	5.6%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	6,503	0.3%	7,151	7,148	-645	-9.0%
White	1,190,570	55.2%	1,310,758	1,141,534	49,036	4.3%
Information Not Available	454,925	21.1%	490,889	409,626	45,299	11.1%

Years of Age	2,159,121		2,364,170	2,050,715
Younger than 22	89,691	4.2%	93,680	81,691	8,000	9.8%
22-24	127,824	5.9%	130,192	118,242	9,582	8.1%
25-34	511,294	23.7%	540,152	480,319	30,975	6.4%
35-44	545,264	25.3%	597,136	535,222	10,042	1.9%
45-54	519,351	24.1%	577,839	494,970	24,381	4.9%
55-59	178,018	8.2%	201,999	170,498	7,520	4.4%
60-64	107,712	5.0%	124,187	96,083	11,629	12.1%
65 and older	64,062	3.0%	82,961	61,323	2,739	4.5%
Information Not Available	15,905	0.7%	16,024	12,367	3,538	28.6%

Industry	2,159,121		2,364,170	2,050,715
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	39,670	1.8%	43,246	37,737	1,933	5.1%
Mining	7,478	0.3%	7,531	6,586	892	13.5%
Utilities	5,046	0.2%	4,618	4,558	488	10.7%
Construction	232,004	10.7%	226,532	202,398	29,606	14.6%
Manufacturing	305,976	14.2%	315,143	312,336	-6,360	-2.0%
Wholesale Trade	93,046	4.3%	92,986	83,728	9,318	11.1%
Retail Trade	193,510	9.0%	201,937	189,421	4,089	2.2%
Transporation and Warehousing	66,521	3.1%	130,325	67,183	-662	-1.0%
Information	63,940	3.0%	66,127	63,344	596	0.9%
Finance and Insurance	99,247	4.6%	94,460	76,310	22,937	30.1%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	39,986	1.9%	39,174	32,997	6,989	21.2%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	104,983	4.9%	111,305	100,382	4,601	4.6%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	9,553	0.4%	9,287	8,770	783	8.9%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	238,271	11.0%	247,625	217,242	21,029	9.7%
Educational Services	65,346	3.0%	85,931	66,112	-766	-1.2%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	167,099	7.7%	192,209	159,015	8,084	5.1%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	31,061	1.4%	34,116	28,210	2,851	10.1%
Accomodation and Food Services	103,389	4.8%	142,385	99,925	3,464	3.5%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	65,132	3.0%	71,983	65,140	-8	0.0%
Public Administration	37,452	1.7%	48,049	38,794	-1,342	-3.5%
Information Not Available	190,411	8.8%	199,201	190,527	-116	-0.1%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Alaska
	Sep 2007	Percent	Aug 2007	Sep 2006	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	6,441		7,141	7,337	-896	-12.2
Male	3,140	48.8%	3,359	3,530	-390	-11.0%
Female	3,301	51.2%	3,782	3,807	-506	-13.3%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	6,441		7,141	7,337
Hispanic or Latino	229	3.6%	255	245	-16	-6.5%
Not Hispanic or Latino	6,150	95.5%	6,825	7,015	-865	-12.3%
Information Not Available	62	1.0%	61	77	-15	-19.5%

Race	6,441		7,141	7,337
American Indian or Alaskan Native	2,240	34.8%	2,627	2,436	-196	-8.0%
Asian	389	6.0%	264	482	-93	-19.3%
Black or African American	303	4.7%	324	346	-43	-12.4%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	65	1.0%	75	64	1	1.6%
White	3,244	50.4%	3,637	3,761	-517	-13.7%
Information Not Available	200	3.1%	214	248	-48	-19.4%

Years of Age	6,441		7,141	7,337
Younger than 22	242	2.6%	261	307	-65	-21.2%
22-24	495	5.3%	572	526	-31	-5.9%
25-34	1,641	17.5%	1,747	1,954	-313	-16.0%
35-44	1,528	16.3%	1,684	1,817	-289	-15.9%
45-54	1,578	16.8%	1,760	1,746	-168	-9.6%
55-59	509	5.4%	592	493	16	3.2%
60-64	315	3.4%	351	308	7	2.3%
65 and older	133	1.4%	174	186	-53	-28.5%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	6,441		7,141	7,337
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	20	0.3%	6	52	-32	-61.5%
Mining	161	2.5%	203	154	7	4.5%
Utilities	46	0.7%	33	32	14	43.8%
Construction	650	10.1%	802	857	-207	-24.2%
Manufacturing	436	6.7%	218	554	-118	-21.3%
Wholesale Trade	118	1.8%	110	130	-12	-9.2%
Retail Trade	696	10.8%	740	711	-15	-2.1%
Transporation and Warehousing	329	5.1%	559	350	-21	-6.0%
Information	69	1.1%	81	103	-34	-33.0%
Finance and Insurance	185	2.9%	165	166	19	11.4%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	154	2.4%	184	238	-84	-35.3%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	178	2.8%	190	188	-10	-5.3%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	8	0.1%	4	19	-11	-57.9%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	356	5.5%	412	388	-32	-8.2%
Educational Services	279	4.3%	435	344	-65	-18.9%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	833	12.9%	890	790	43	5.4%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	81	1.3%	91	128	-47	-36.7%
Accomodation and Food Services	642	9.9%	638	622	20	3.2%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	244	3.8%	374	377	-133	-35.3%
Public Administration	740	11.5%	786	852	-112	-13.1%
Information Not Available	216	3.3%	220	282	-66	-23.4%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Alabama
	Sep 2007	Percent	Aug 2007	Sep 2006	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	25,591		27,175	25,766
Male	12,248	47.9%	12,729	11,952	296	2.5%
Female	13,295	52.0%	14,389	13,770	-475	-3.4%
Information Not Available	48	0.2%	57	44	4	9.1%

Ethnicity	25,591		27,175	25,766
Hispanic or Latino	628	2.5%	642	847	-219	-25.9%
Not Hispanic or Latino	20,305	79.3%	21,420	19,093	1,212	6.3%
Information Not Available	4,658	18.2%	5,113	5,826	-1,168	-20.0%

Race	25,591		27,175	25,766
American Indian or Alaskan Native	756	3.0%	922	864	-108	-12.5%
Asian	346	1.4%	358	452	-106	-23.5%
Black or African American	11,556	45.2%	12,327	10,242	1,314	12.8%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	42	0.2%	44	72	-30	-41.7%
White	11,299	44.2%	11,712	10,560	739	7.0%
Information Not Available	1,592	6.2%	1,812	3,576	-1,984	-55.5%

Years of Age	25,591		27,175	25,766
Younger than 22	1,054	3.0%	1,058	1,149	-95	-8.3%
22-24	1,831	5.1%	1,946	1,833	-2	-0.1%
25-34	6,491	18.2%	6,897	6,626	-135	-2.0%
35-44	6,280	17.6%	6,694	6,443	-163	-2.5%
45-54	5,979	16.8%	6,378	5,827	152	2.6%
55-59	1,972	5.5%	2,097	2,041	-69	-3.4%
60-64	1,195	3.3%	1,210	1,096	99	9.0%
65 and older	773	2.2%	874	751	22	2.9%
Information Not Available	16	0.0%	21	0	16	0.0%

Industry	25,591		27,175	25,766
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	269	1.0%	309	265	4	1.5%
Mining	96	0.4%	113	104	-8	-7.7%
Utilities	47	0.2%	62	46	1	2.2%
Construction	2,186	8.5%	2,365	2,080	106	5.1%
Manufacturing	6,539	25.3%	6,242	6,691	-152	-2.3%
Wholesale Trade	870	3.4%	850	820	50	6.1%
Retail Trade	2,540	9.8%	2,634	2,944	-404	-13.7%
Transporation and Warehousing	603	2.3%	689	609	-6	-1.0%
Information	376	1.5%	389	422	-46	-10.9%
Finance and Insurance	678	2.6%	731	705	-27	-3.8%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	344	1.3%	349	423	-79	-18.7%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	1,355	5.2%	1,551	1,164	191	16.4%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	72	0.3%	89	29	43	148.3%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	2,754	10.6%	2,857	2,577	177	6.9%
Educational Services	690	2.7%	562	653	37	5.7%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	2,043	7.9%	2,422	1,962	81	4.1%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	178	0.7%	208	157	21	13.4%
Accomodation and Food Services	1,593	6.2%	1,840	1,556	37	2.4%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	634	2.5%	979	647	-13	-2.0%
Public Administration	352	1.4%	343	301	51	16.9%
Information Not Available	1,372	5.3%	1,591	1,611	-239	-14.8%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Arkansas
	Sep 2007	Percent	Aug 2007	Sep 2006	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	25,691		26,993	24,934
Male	12,974	50.5%	13,037	12,446	528	4.2%
Female	12,716	49.5%	13,955	12,487	229	1.8%
Information Not Available	1	0.0%	1	1	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	25,691		26,993	24,934
Hispanic or Latino	566	2.2%	559	558	8	1.4%
Not Hispanic or Latino	25,124	97.8%	26,432	24,375	749	3.1%
Information Not Available	1	0.0%	2	1	0	0.0%

Race	25,691		26,993	24,934
American Indian or Alaskan Native	358	1.4%	363	243	115	47.3%
Asian	201	0.8%	240	208	-7	-3.4%
Black or African American	7,577	29.5%	8,200	8,297	-720	-8.7%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	134	0.5%	151	219	-85	-38.8%
White	16,852	65.6%	17,476	15,406	1,446	9.4%
Information Not Available	569	2.2%	563	561	8	1.4%

Years of Age	25,691		26,993	24,934
Younger than 22	840	2.0%	968	1,034	-194	-18.8%
22-24	2,023	4.9%	2,110	1,848	175	9.5%
25-34	7,067	17.0%	7,534	6,960	107	1.5%
35-44	6,501	15.7%	6,616	6,710	-209	-3.1%
45-54	5,772	13.9%	5,939	5,379	393	7.3%
55-59	1,827	4.4%	1,925	1,581	246	15.6%
60-64	1,008	2.4%	1,136	849	159	18.7%
65 and older	650	1.6%	761	570	80	14.0%
Information Not Available	3	0.0%	4	3	0	0.0%

Industry	25,691		26,993	24,934
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	297	1.1%	302	213	84	39.4%
Mining	84	0.3%	100	89	-5	-5.6%
Utilities	84	0.3%	55	53	31	58.5%
Construction	2,309	8.9%	2,440	1,937	372	19.2%
Manufacturing	5,811	22.4%	6,028	6,258	-447	-7.1%
Wholesale Trade	1,272	4.9%	1,237	1,390	-118	-8.5%
Retail Trade	3,334	12.8%	3,330	2,858	476	16.7%
Transporation and Warehousing	907	3.5%	918	760	147	19.3%
Information	274	1.1%	212	219	55	25.1%
Finance and Insurance	353	1.4%	352	380	-27	-7.1%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	218	0.8%	319	285	-67	-23.5%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	538	2.1%	548	552	-14	-2.5%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	33	0.1%	50	29	4	13.8%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	2,712	10.4%	2,798	2,716	-4	-0.1%
Educational Services	1,143	4.4%	1,209	1,052	91	8.7%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	2,701	10.4%	3,117	2,835	-134	-4.7%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	229	0.9%	307	196	33	16.8%
Accomodation and Food Services	2,129	8.2%	2,244	1,878	251	13.4%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	610	2.3%	671	517	93	18.0%
Public Administration	644	2.5%	744	677	-33	-4.9%
Information Not Available	9	0.0%	12	40	-31	-77.5%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Arizona
	Sep 2007	Percent	Aug 2007	Sep 2006	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	30,124		32,066	23,209
Male	16,538	54.9%	17,879	12,359	4,179	33.8%
Female	13,586	45.1%	14,187	10,850	2,736	25.2%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	30,124		32,066	23,209
Hispanic or Latino	12,170	40.4%	14,602	9,690	2,480	25.6%
Not Hispanic or Latino	17,954	59.6%	17,464	12,473	5,481	43.9%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	1,046	-1,046	-100.0%

Race	30,124		32,066	23,209
American Indian or Alaskan Native	1,675	5.6%	1,975	1,687	-12	-0.7%
Asian	6	0.0%	10	276	-270	-97.8%
Black or African American	1,831	6.1%	1,764	1,309	522	39.9%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
White	12,606	41.8%	11,888	9,201	3,405	37.0%
Information Not Available	14,006	46.5%	16,429	0	14,006	0.0%

Years of Age	30,124		32,066	23,209
Younger than 22	865	2.1%	950	596	269	45.1%
22-24	1,595	3.9%	1,510	1,086	509	46.9%
25-34	6,213	15.2%	6,266	4,608	1,605	34.8%
35-44	7,798	19.1%	8,359	6,175	1,623	26.3%
45-54	7,957	19.4%	8,842	6,389	1,568	24.5%
55-59	2,790	6.8%	3,033	2,256	534	23.7%
60-64	1,816	4.4%	1,949	1,287	529	41.1%
65 and older	1,090	2.7%	1,157	812	278	34.2%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	30,124		32,066	23,209
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	3,934	11.6%	5,963	3,507	427	12.2%
Mining	71	0.2%	71	50	21	42.0%
Utilities	48	0.1%	48	46	2	4.3%
Construction	3,555	10.4%	3,427	2,420	1,135	46.9%
Manufacturing	2,160	6.3%	2,197	1,390	770	55.4%
Wholesale Trade	1,516	4.5%	1,635	1,239	277	22.4%
Retail Trade	2,400	7.0%	2,300	1,704	696	40.8%
Transporation and Warehousing	579	1.7%	598	555	24	4.3%
Information	435	1.3%	403	465	-30	-6.5%
Finance and Insurance	1,954	5.7%	1,333	1,006	948	94.2%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	644	1.9%	624	494	150	30.4%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	1,354	4.0%	1,301	1,037	317	30.6%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	78	0.2%	72	79	-1	-1.3%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	3,153	9.3%	3,150	2,200	953	43.3%
Educational Services	702	2.1%	814	685	17	2.5%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	1,777	5.2%	1,711	1,482	295	19.9%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	316	0.9%	393	258	58	22.5%
Accomodation and Food Services	1,094	3.2%	1,187	950	144	15.2%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	609	1.8%	592	477	132	27.7%
Public Administration	669	2.0%	877	790	-121	-15.3%
Information Not Available	3,076	9.0%	3,370	2,375	701	29.5%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants California
	Sep 2007	Percent	Aug 2007	Sep 2006	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	340,423		347,826	291,439
Male	181,458	53.3%	179,447	150,048	31,410	20.9%
Female	158,775	46.6%	168,288	141,211	17,564	12.4%
Information Not Available	190	0.1%	91	180	10	5.6%

Ethnicity	340,423		347,826	291,439
Hispanic or Latino	113,980	33.5%	116,577	96,034	17,946	18.7%
Not Hispanic or Latino	188,671	55.4%	193,962	166,099	22,572	13.6%
Information Not Available	37,772	11.1%	37,287	29,306	8,466	28.9%

Race	340,423		347,826	291,439
American Indian or Alaskan Native	3,227	0.9%	2,994	2,435	792	32.5%
Asian	23,726	7.0%	25,946	23,174	552	2.4%
Black or African American	32,932	9.7%	35,835	28,585	4,347	15.2%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
White	128,786	37.8%	129,187	111,905	16,881	15.1%
Information Not Available	151,752	44.6%	153,864	125,340	26,412	21.1%

Years of Age	340,423		347,826	291,439
Younger than 22	11,104	2.5%	11,431	9,739	1,365	14.0%
22-24	22,208	4.9%	19,414	15,961	6,247	39.1%
25-34	80,669	17.9%	84,462	67,179	13,490	20.1%
35-44	84,369	18.7%	85,822	75,113	9,256	12.3%
45-54	81,808	18.2%	83,464	68,892	12,916	18.7%
55-59	29,231	6.5%	31,117	27,413	1,818	6.6%
60-64	19,171	4.3%	18,235	16,051	3,120	19.4%
65 and older	11,768	2.6%	13,790	10,911	857	7.9%
Information Not Available	95	0.0%	91	180	-85	-47.2%

Industry	340,423		347,826	291,439
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	23,726	6.5%	23,678	21,732	1,994	9.2%
Mining	1,139	0.3%	907	541	598	110.5%
Utilities	949	0.3%	726	721	228	31.6%
Construction	42,802	11.8%	40,099	28,855	13,947	48.3%
Manufacturing	41,378	11.4%	44,091	37,512	3,866	10.3%
Wholesale Trade	3,701	1.0%	3,266	2,164	1,537	71.0%
Retail Trade	30,275	8.3%	30,936	27,683	2,592	9.4%
Transporation and Warehousing	8,352	2.3%	10,342	7,124	1,228	17.2%
Information	27,143	7.5%	27,670	25,699	1,444	5.6%
Finance and Insurance	15,090	4.1%	13,517	10,550	4,540	43.0%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	9,396	2.6%	8,165	4,509	4,887	108.4%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	4,461	1.2%	5,443	5,140	-679	-13.2%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	51,342	14.1%	50,442	46,349	4,993	10.8%
Educational Services	15,944	4.4%	24,495	13,616	2,328	17.1%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	22,018	6.0%	22,045	18,576	3,442	18.5%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	6,074	1.7%	5,534	5,140	934	18.2%
Accomodation and Food Services	10,914	3.0%	11,340	13,255	-2,341	-17.7%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	9,870	2.7%	9,526	8,927	943	10.6%
Public Administration	3,227	0.9%	2,812	2,435	792	32.5%
Information Not Available	12,622	3.5%	12,792	10,911	1,711	15.7%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Colorado
	Sep 2007	Percent	Aug 2007	Sep 2006	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	18,237		18,750	17,650
Male	8,911	48.9%	8,998	8,860	51	0.6%
Female	9,326	51.1%	9,752	8,790	536	6.1%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	18,237		18,750	17,650
Hispanic or Latino	3,108	17.0%	3,438	3,127	-19	-0.6%
Not Hispanic or Latino	12,319	67.5%	12,431	11,426	893	7.8%
Information Not Available	2,810	15.4%	2,881	3,097	-287	-9.3%

Race	18,237		18,750	17,650
American Indian or Alaskan Native	294	1.6%	320	312	-18	-5.8%
Asian	475	2.6%	481	364	111	30.5%
Black or African American	1,320	7.2%	1,395	1,488	-168	-11.3%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	81	0.4%	75	61	20	32.8%
White	12,623	69.2%	12,840	12,053	570	4.7%
Information Not Available	3,444	18.9%	3,639	3,372	72	2.1%

Years of Age	18,237		18,750	17,650
Younger than 22	244	0.8%	262	285	-41	-14.4%
22-24	572	1.9%	583	595	-23	-3.9%
25-34	3,522	11.9%	3,573	3,549	-27	-0.8%
35-44	4,630	15.6%	4,790	4,673	-43	-0.9%
45-54	5,493	18.5%	5,626	5,241	252	4.8%
55-59	2,026	6.8%	2,138	1,862	164	8.8%
60-64	1,206	4.1%	1,217	941	265	28.2%
65 and older	530	1.8%	556	493	37	7.5%
Information Not Available	14	0.0%	5	11	3	27.3%

Industry	18,237		18,750	17,650
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	99	0.5%	108	70	29	41.4%
Mining	105	0.6%	110	93	12	12.9%
Utilities	29	0.2%	23	18	11	61.1%
Construction	2,145	11.7%	2,299	2,172	-27	-1.2%
Manufacturing	1,790	9.8%	1,790	1,732	58	3.3%
Wholesale Trade	954	5.2%	923	795	159	20.0%
Retail Trade	1,670	9.1%	1,741	1,844	-174	-9.4%
Transporation and Warehousing	390	2.1%	445	488	-98	-20.1%
Information	698	3.8%	712	719	-21	-2.9%
Finance and Insurance	1,372	7.5%	1,262	1,130	242	21.4%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	501	2.7%	486	489	12	2.5%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	1,577	8.6%	1,544	1,505	72	4.8%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	211	1.2%	200	139	72	51.8%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	2,317	12.6%	2,237	2,035	282	13.9%
Educational Services	610	3.3%	652	589	21	3.6%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	1,340	7.3%	1,642	1,319	21	1.6%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	288	1.6%	291	315	-27	-8.6%
Accomodation and Food Services	785	4.3%	914	893	-108	-12.1%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	511	2.8%	509	533	-22	-4.1%
Public Administration	386	2.1%	413	352	34	9.7%
Information Not Available	459	2.5%	449	420	39	9.3%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Connecticut
	Sep 2007	Percent	Aug 2007	Sep 2006	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	32,063		40,177	32,598
Male	16,657	52.0%	18,660	16,995	-338	-2.0%
Female	15,406	48.0%	21,517	15,603	-197	-1.3%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	32,063		40,177	32,598
Hispanic or Latino	4,488	14.0%	5,120	4,423	65	1.5%
Not Hispanic or Latino	27,575	86.0%	35,057	28,175	-600	-2.1%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Race	32,063		40,177	32,598
American Indian or Alaskan Native	121	0.4%	134	117	4	3.4%
Asian	504	1.6%	552	482	22	4.6%
Black or African American	5,136	16.0%	5,765	5,288	-152	-2.9%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
White	18,428	57.5%	20,822	18,782	-354	-1.9%
Information Not Available	7,874	24.6%	12,904	7,929	-55	-0.7%

Years of Age	32,063		40,177	32,598
Younger than 22	1,130	2.3%	1,255	1,113	17	1.5%
22-24	1,992	4.1%	2,266	1,987	5	0.3%
25-34	7,055	14.6%	8,298	7,011	44	0.6%
35-44	7,815	16.1%	9,893	8,306	-491	-5.9%
45-54	7,810	16.1%	9,852	7,873	-63	-0.8%
55-59	2,716	5.6%	3,459	2,860	-144	-5.0%
60-64	2,083	4.3%	2,771	2,042	41	2.0%
65 and older	1,462	3.0%	2,383	1,406	56	4.0%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	32,063		40,177	32,598
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	142	0.4%	185	291	-149	-51.2%
Mining	13	0.0%	9	11	2	18.2%
Utilities	50	0.2%	57	60	-10	-16.7%
Construction	2,630	8.2%	2,425	3,162	-532	-16.8%
Manufacturing	4,455	13.8%	4,482	4,526	-71	-1.6%
Wholesale Trade	1,601	5.0%	1,678	1,464	137	9.4%
Retail Trade	4,074	12.7%	4,375	4,680	-606	-12.9%
Transporation and Warehousing	1,131	3.5%	5,418	1,064	67	6.3%
Information	669	2.1%	719	691	-22	-3.2%
Finance and Insurance	2,031	6.3%	2,066	1,870	161	8.6%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	559	1.7%	557	497	62	12.5%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	1,857	5.8%	1,988	1,705	152	8.9%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	163	0.5%	163	225	-62	-27.6%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	3,534	11.0%	3,757	3,439	95	2.8%
Educational Services	1,068	3.3%	1,374	1,115	-47	-4.2%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	3,251	10.1%	3,750	3,189	62	1.9%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	720	2.2%	775	780	-60	-7.7%
Accomodation and Food Services	1,961	6.1%	3,869	1,847	114	6.2%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	995	3.1%	1,070	992	3	0.3%
Public Administration	623	1.9%	837	447	176	39.4%
Information Not Available	536	1.7%	623	543	-7	-1.3%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants District of Columbia
	Sep 2007	Percent	Aug 2007	Sep 2006	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	5,804		5,730	5,295
Male	2,769	47.7%	2,757	2,371	398	16.8%
Female	3,035	52.3%	2,973	2,924	111	3.8%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	5,804		5,730	5,295
Hispanic or Latino	512	8.8%	487	355	157	44.2%
Not Hispanic or Latino	5,097	87.8%	4,999	4,009	1,088	27.1%
Information Not Available	195	3.4%	244	931	-736	-79.1%

Race	5,804		5,730	5,295
American Indian or Alaskan Native	35	0.6%	27	32	3	9.4%
Asian	128	2.2%	143	155	-27	-17.4%
Black or African American	4,674	80.5%	4,591	4,046	628	15.5%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	57	1.0%	49	78	-21	-26.9%
White	850	14.6%	858	880	-30	-3.4%
Information Not Available	60	1.0%	62	104	-44	-42.3%

Years of Age	5,804		5,730	5,295
Younger than 22	140	2.2%	128	101	39	38.6%
22-24	328	5.1%	317	287	41	14.3%
25-34	1,448	22.6%	1,443	1,309	139	10.6%
35-44	1,513	23.6%	1,506	1,445	68	4.7%
45-54	1,563	24.4%	1,531	1,379	184	13.3%
55-59	454	7.1%	443	449	5	1.1%
60-64	238	3.7%	235	223	15	6.7%
65 and older	120	1.9%	127	102	18	17.6%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	5,804		5,730	5,295
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
Mining	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
Utilities	3	0.1%	3	0	3	0.0%
Construction	20	0.3%	38	33	-13	-39.4%
Manufacturing	0	0.0%	2	6	-6	-100.0%
Wholesale Trade	2	0.0%	0	5	-3	-60.0%
Retail Trade	6	0.1%	4	13	-7	-53.8%
Transporation and Warehousing	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
Information	2	0.0%	2	20	-18	-90.0%
Finance and Insurance	0	0.0%	0	1	-1	-100.0%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	12	0.2%	11	12	0	0.0%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	20	0.3%	21	84	-64	-76.2%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	0	0.0%	0	1	-1	-100.0%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	11	0.2%	9	14	-3	-21.4%
Educational Services	21	0.4%	20	31	-10	-32.3%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	13	0.2%	14	25	-12	-48.0%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	2	0.0%	3	0	2	0.0%
Accomodation and Food Services	0	0.0%	4	5	-5	-100.0%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	11	0.2%	14	32	-21	-65.6%
Public Administration	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
Information Not Available	5,681	97.9%	5,585	5,013	668	13.3%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Delaware
	Sep 2007	Percent	Aug 2007	Sep 2006	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	6,832		9,517	6,455
Male	3,069	44.9%	4,073	2,837	232	8.2%
Female	3,763	55.1%	5,444	3,618	145	4.0%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	6,832		9,517	6,455
Hispanic or Latino	255	3.7%	365	231	24	10.4%
Not Hispanic or Latino	6,577	96.3%	9,152	6,224	353	5.7%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Race	6,832		9,517	6,455
American Indian or Alaskan Native	12	0.2%	17	14	-2	-14.3%
Asian	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
Black or African American	2,701	39.5%	3,663	2,753	-52	-1.9%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	32	0.5%	67	51	-19	-37.3%
White	3,569	52.2%	5,036	3,207	362	11.3%
Information Not Available	517	7.6%	734	430	87	20.2%

Years of Age	6,832		9,517	6,455
Younger than 22	1,537	14.9%	2,107	1,293	244	18.9%
22-24	457	4.4%	636	492	-35	-7.1%
25-34	1,542	15.0%	2,195	1,534	8	0.5%
35-44	1,754	17.0%	2,455	1,630	124	7.6%
45-54	1,143	11.1%	1,571	1,051	92	8.8%
55-59	236	2.3%	334	248	-12	-4.8%
60-64	108	1.0%	129	110	-2	-1.8%
65 and older	49	0.5%	76	82	-33	-40.2%
Information Not Available	6	0.1%	14	15	-9	-60.0%

Industry	6,832		9,517	6,455
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	10	0.1%	19	23	-13	-56.5%
Mining	0	0.0%	0	2	-2	-100.0%
Utilities	7	0.1%	7	7	0	0.0%
Construction	693	10.1%	870	483	210	43.5%
Manufacturing	492	7.2%	622	388	104	26.8%
Wholesale Trade	286	4.2%	346	269	17	6.3%
Retail Trade	1,127	16.5%	1,561	1,106	21	1.9%
Transporation and Warehousing	236	3.4%	379	177	59	33.3%
Information	106	1.5%	145	103	3	2.9%
Finance and Insurance	652	9.5%	953	553	99	17.9%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	175	2.6%	238	128	47	36.7%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	305	4.5%	467	343	-38	-11.1%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	22	0.3%	33	24	-2	-8.3%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	979	14.3%	1,401	1,141	-162	-14.2%
Educational Services	187	2.7%	312	236	-49	-20.8%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	629	9.2%	856	546	83	15.2%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	83	1.2%	122	163	-80	-49.1%
Accomodation and Food Services	514	7.5%	751	485	29	6.0%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	216	3.2%	288	205	11	5.4%
Public Administration	71	1.0%	91	56	15	26.8%
Information Not Available	42	0.6%	56	17	25	147.1%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Florida
	Sep 2007	Percent	Aug 2007	Sep 2006	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	122,370		124,092	90,307
Male	64,782	52.9%	64,955	44,249	20,533	46.4%
Female	57,476	47.0%	59,060	46,021	11,455	24.9%
Information Not Available	112	0.1%	77	37	75	202.7%

Ethnicity	122,370		124,092	90,307
Hispanic or Latino	41,178	33.7%	41,530	32,071	9,107	28.4%
Not Hispanic or Latino	72,351	59.1%	72,916	50,339	22,012	43.7%
Information Not Available	8,841	7.2%	9,646	7,897	944	12.0%

Race	122,370		124,092	90,307
American Indian or Alaskan Native	674	0.6%	498	332	342	103.0%
Asian	562	0.5%	804	1,107	-545	-49.2%
Black or African American	24,204	19.8%	25,798	17,751	6,453	36.4%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	1,424	1.2%	1,684	2,399	-975	-40.6%
White	71,714	58.6%	69,548	48,161	23,553	48.9%
Information Not Available	23,792	19.4%	25,760	20,557	3,235	15.7%

Years of Age	122,370		124,092	90,307
Younger than 22	2,810	1.5%	2,565	1,919	891	46.4%
22-24	6,220	3.3%	6,048	4,761	1,459	30.6%
25-34	26,415	14.2%	24,727	17,899	8,516	47.6%
35-44	30,274	16.3%	31,080	25,280	4,994	19.8%
45-54	31,548	16.9%	31,769	22,807	8,741	38.3%
55-59	12,027	6.5%	12,899	7,861	4,166	53.0%
60-64	7,868	4.2%	9,148	4,798	3,070	64.0%
65 and older	5,208	2.8%	5,856	4,982	226	4.5%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	122,370		124,092	90,307
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	3,972	3.1%	4,899	3,912	60	1.5%
Mining	37	0.0%	38	74	-37	-50.0%
Utilities	337	0.3%	153	295	42	14.2%
Construction	14,388	11.4%	14,162	6,717	7,671	114.2%
Manufacturing	8,768	6.9%	8,229	6,016	2,752	45.7%
Wholesale Trade	5,583	4.4%	5,435	4,392	1,191	27.1%
Retail Trade	12,477	9.9%	11,981	9,042	3,435	38.0%
Transporation and Warehousing	2,923	2.3%	3,675	2,141	782	36.5%
Information	2,360	1.9%	2,832	2,104	256	12.2%
Finance and Insurance	6,782	5.4%	6,277	3,801	2,981	78.4%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	2,810	2.2%	2,603	2,067	743	35.9%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	6,519	5.2%	6,545	4,724	1,795	38.0%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	712	0.6%	536	480	232	48.3%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	23,830	18.9%	24,382	13,507	10,323	76.4%
Educational Services	1,873	1.5%	2,182	1,956	-83	-4.2%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	7,119	5.6%	7,005	6,274	845	13.5%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	3,072	2.4%	3,062	1,624	1,448	89.2%
Accomodation and Food Services	7,231	5.7%	7,808	5,794	1,437	24.8%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	2,997	2.4%	2,641	1,587	1,410	88.8%
Public Administration	1,124	0.9%	1,646	1,181	-57	-4.8%
Information Not Available	7,456	5.9%	8,001	12,619	-5,163	-40.9%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Georgia
	Sep 2007	Percent	Aug 2007	Sep 2006	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	55,802		55,991	50,393
Male	26,327	47.2%	26,223	23,067	3,260	14.1%
Female	28,744	51.5%	29,049	25,678	3,066	11.9%
Information Not Available	731	1.3%	719	1,648	-917	-55.6%

Ethnicity	55,802		55,991	50,393
Hispanic or Latino	258	0.5%	137	270	-12	-4.4%
Not Hispanic or Latino	54,813	98.2%	55,135	48,475	6,338	13.1%
Information Not Available	731	1.3%	719	1,648	-917	-55.6%

Race	55,802		55,991	50,393
American Indian or Alaskan Native	272	0.5%	229	141	131	92.9%
Asian	637	1.1%	678	766	-129	-16.8%
Black or African American	30,364	54.4%	31,070	26,966	3,398	12.6%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
White	23,798	42.6%	23,295	20,872	2,926	14.0%
Information Not Available	731	1.3%	719	1,648	-917	-55.6%

Years of Age	55,802		55,991	50,393
Younger than 22	1,680	2.2%	1,588	1,435	245	17.1%
22-24	2,995	3.9%	2,889	2,606	389	14.9%
25-34	13,466	17.5%	13,415	11,808	1,658	14.0%
35-44	14,620	19.0%	14,638	13,604	1,016	7.5%
45-54	13,144	17.0%	13,442	11,994	1,150	9.6%
55-59	4,465	5.8%	4,507	3,781	684	18.1%
60-64	2,478	3.2%	2,559	2,175	303	13.9%
65 and older	1,357	1.8%	1,437	1,176	181	15.4%
Information Not Available	1,597	2.1%	1,516	1,814	-217	-12.0%

Industry	55,802		55,991	50,393
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	768	1.4%	768	917	-149	-16.2%
Mining	50	0.1%	52	34	16	47.1%
Utilities	148	0.3%	132	109	39	35.8%
Construction	3,626	6.4%	3,487	2,590	1,036	40.0%
Manufacturing	6,522	11.5%	6,486	6,648	-126	-1.9%
Wholesale Trade	3,372	6.0%	2,914	2,746	626	22.8%
Retail Trade	4,053	7.2%	4,168	3,724	329	8.8%
Transporation and Warehousing	1,377	2.4%	1,354	1,415	-38	-2.7%
Information	1,072	1.9%	1,055	1,101	-29	-2.6%
Finance and Insurance	2,116	3.7%	1,966	1,526	590	38.7%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	1,027	1.8%	1,043	979	48	4.9%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	8,884	15.7%	9,134	8,263	621	7.5%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	136	0.2%	138	76	60	78.9%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	220	0.4%	216	222	-2	-0.9%
Educational Services	1,393	2.5%	1,410	1,441	-48	-3.3%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	3,346	5.9%	3,538	3,046	300	9.8%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	2,667	4.7%	3,108	2,410	257	10.7%
Accomodation and Food Services	570	1.0%	590	582	-12	-2.1%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	805	1.4%	912	830	-25	-3.0%
Public Administration	751	1.3%	785	679	72	10.6%
Information Not Available	12,899	22.8%	12,735	11,055	1,844	16.7%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Hawaii
	Sep 2007	Percent	Aug 2007	Sep 2006	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	6,799		7,349	5,798
Male	4,108	60.4%	4,484	3,592	516	14.4%
Female	2,690	39.6%	2,865	2,206	484	21.9%
Information Not Available	1	0.0%	0	0	1	0.0%

Ethnicity	6,799		7,349	5,798
Hispanic or Latino	363	5.3%	388	301	62	20.6%
Not Hispanic or Latino	5,153	75.8%	5,546	4,406	747	17.0%
Information Not Available	1,283	18.9%	1,415	1,091	192	17.6%

Race	6,799		7,349	5,798
American Indian or Alaskan Native	67	1.0%	67	55	12	21.8%
Asian	2,230	32.8%	2,395	1,927	303	15.7%
Black or African American	169	2.5%	160	141	28	19.9%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	1,675	24.6%	1,789	1,420	255	18.0%
White	1,804	26.5%	1,978	1,509	295	19.5%
Information Not Available	854	12.6%	960	746	108	14.5%

Years of Age	6,799		7,349	5,798
Younger than 22	155	1.9%	134	137	18	13.1%
22-24	296	3.6%	328	244	52	21.3%
25-34	1,461	17.9%	1,597	1,300	161	12.4%
35-44	1,701	20.8%	1,863	1,475	226	15.3%
45-54	1,806	22.1%	1,919	1,520	286	18.8%
55-59	697	8.5%	758	576	121	21.0%
60-64	425	5.2%	472	338	87	25.7%
65 and older	258	3.2%	278	208	50	24.0%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	6,799		7,349	5,798
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	198	2.8%	278	90	108	120.0%
Mining	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
Utilities	2	0.0%	3	1	1	100.0%
Construction	1,656	23.7%	1,808	1,429	227	15.9%
Manufacturing	198	2.8%	213	190	8	4.2%
Wholesale Trade	117	1.7%	138	114	3	2.6%
Retail Trade	389	5.6%	415	383	6	1.6%
Transporation and Warehousing	228	3.3%	243	215	13	6.0%
Information	136	1.9%	192	179	-43	-24.0%
Finance and Insurance	179	2.6%	152	98	81	82.7%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	111	1.6%	112	138	-27	-19.6%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	268	3.8%	286	248	20	8.1%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	13	0.2%	18	18	-5	-27.8%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	638	9.1%	706	560	78	13.9%
Educational Services	59	0.8%	62	53	6	11.3%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	304	4.3%	322	346	-42	-12.1%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	56	0.8%	72	101	-45	-44.6%
Accomodation and Food Services	1,142	16.3%	1,027	529	613	115.9%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	173	2.5%	168	151	22	14.6%
Public Administration	140	2.0%	166	153	-13	-8.5%
Information Not Available	792	11.3%	968	802	-10	-1.2%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Iowa
	Sep 2007	Percent	Aug 2007	Sep 2006	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	15,209		16,765	18,377
Male	8,052	52.9%	8,432	10,474	-2,422	-23.1%
Female	7,157	47.1%	8,333	7,903	-746	-9.4%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	15,209		16,765	18,377
Hispanic or Latino	520	3.4%	571	494	26	5.3%
Not Hispanic or Latino	14,495	95.3%	15,993	17,679	-3,184	-18.0%
Information Not Available	194	1.3%	201	204	-10	-4.9%

Race	15,209		16,765	18,377
American Indian or Alaskan Native	81	0.5%	81	96	-15	-15.6%
Asian	111	0.7%	134	133	-22	-16.5%
Black or African American	820	5.4%	874	831	-11	-1.3%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
White	13,483	88.7%	14,904	16,619	-3,136	-18.9%
Information Not Available	714	4.7%	772	698	16	2.3%

Years of Age	15,209		16,765	18,377
Younger than 22	432	1.6%	437	555	-123	-22.2%
22-24	831	3.0%	938	1,048	-217	-20.7%
25-34	3,330	12.0%	3,534	4,097	-767	-18.7%
35-44	3,709	13.4%	4,033	4,456	-747	-16.8%
45-54	4,033	14.5%	4,423	4,931	-898	-18.2%
55-59	1,357	4.9%	1,542	1,645	-288	-17.5%
60-64	914	3.3%	1,057	991	-77	-7.8%
65 and older	595	2.1%	794	643	-48	-7.5%
Information Not Available	8	0.0%	7	11	-3	-27.3%

Industry	15,209		16,765	18,377
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	106	0.7%	110	123	-17	-13.8%
Mining	33	0.2%	33	31	2	6.5%
Utilities	31	0.2%	31	28	3	10.7%
Construction	1,797	11.7%	1,807	2,094	-297	-14.2%
Manufacturing	3,595	23.5%	3,617	5,570	-1,975	-35.5%
Wholesale Trade	736	4.8%	825	779	-43	-5.5%
Retail Trade	1,763	11.5%	1,813	1,706	57	3.3%
Transporation and Warehousing	458	3.0%	772	524	-66	-12.6%
Information	587	3.8%	714	598	-11	-1.8%
Finance and Insurance	562	3.7%	525	522	40	7.7%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	195	1.3%	201	197	-2	-1.0%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	603	3.9%	673	853	-250	-29.3%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	37	0.2%	40	12	25	208.3%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	1,339	8.7%	1,458	1,690	-351	-20.8%
Educational Services	313	2.0%	367	364	-51	-14.0%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	1,231	8.0%	1,420	1,248	-17	-1.4%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	138	0.9%	181	167	-29	-17.4%
Accomodation and Food Services	885	5.8%	1,139	936	-51	-5.4%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	415	2.7%	634	428	-13	-3.0%
Public Administration	217	1.4%	217	256	-39	-15.2%
Information Not Available	168	1.1%	188	251	-83	-33.1%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Idaho
	Sep 2007	Percent	Aug 2007	Sep 2006	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	7,531		8,556	5,483
Male	4,131	54.9%	4,307	2,683	1,448	54.0%
Female	3,400	45.1%	4,248	2,800	600	21.4%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	1	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	7,531		8,556	5,483
Hispanic or Latino	868	11.5%	1,126	588	280	47.6%
Not Hispanic or Latino	6,182	82.1%	6,955	4,194	1,988	47.4%
Information Not Available	481	6.4%	475	701	-220	-31.4%

Race	7,531		8,556	5,483
American Indian or Alaskan Native	145	1.9%	184	136	9	6.6%
Asian	152	2.0%	157	90	62	68.9%
Black or African American	62	0.8%	64	44	18	40.9%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	33	0.4%	35	15	18	120.0%
White	5,964	79.2%	6,666	4,386	1,578	36.0%
Information Not Available	1,175	15.6%	1,450	812	363	44.7%

Years of Age	7,531		8,556	5,483
Younger than 22	204	1.6%	244	136	68	50.0%
22-24	368	2.8%	371	292	76	26.0%
25-34	1,640	12.6%	1,796	1,172	468	39.9%
35-44	1,803	13.8%	1,954	1,400	403	28.8%
45-54	2,028	15.5%	2,370	1,430	598	41.8%
55-59	782	6.0%	894	510	272	53.3%
60-64	453	3.5%	532	355	98	27.6%
65 and older	253	1.9%	395	188	65	34.6%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	7,531		8,556	5,483
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	150	2.0%	196	190	-40	-21.1%
Mining	18	0.2%	19	12	6	50.0%
Utilities	11	0.1%	9	10	1	10.0%
Construction	1,042	13.6%	898	526	516	98.1%
Manufacturing	1,573	20.5%	2,022	739	834	112.9%
Wholesale Trade	302	3.9%	350	301	1	0.3%
Retail Trade	677	8.8%	705	544	133	24.4%
Transporation and Warehousing	231	3.0%	533	180	51	28.3%
Information	115	1.5%	125	104	11	10.6%
Finance and Insurance	290	3.8%	248	173	117	67.6%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	98	1.3%	86	57	41	71.9%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	320	4.2%	316	210	110	52.4%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	13	0.2%	11	3	10	333.3%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	568	7.4%	603	418	150	35.9%
Educational Services	133	1.7%	127	141	-8	-5.7%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	478	6.2%	602	457	21	4.6%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	81	1.1%	74	67	14	20.9%
Accomodation and Food Services	297	3.9%	348	267	30	11.2%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	120	1.6%	217	125	-5	-4.0%
Public Administration	173	2.3%	207	144	29	20.1%
Information Not Available	841	10.9%	860	815	26	3.2%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Illinois
	Sep 2007	Percent	Aug 2007	Sep 2006	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	108,067		117,536	102,706
Male	57,049	52.8%	58,663	53,502	3,547	6.6%
Female	51,018	47.2%	58,873	49,204	1,814	3.7%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	108,067		117,536	102,706
Hispanic or Latino	12,058	11.2%	12,796	11,359	699	6.2%
Not Hispanic or Latino	96,009	88.8%	104,740	91,347	4,662	5.1%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Race	108,067		117,536	102,706
American Indian or Alaskan Native	385	0.4%	393	316	69	21.8%
Asian	2,566	2.4%	2,710	2,297	269	11.7%
Black or African American	31,753	29.7%	33,991	29,874	1,879	6.3%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
White	71,478	66.8%	79,512	69,603	1,875	2.7%
Information Not Available	884	0.8%	930	616	268	43.5%

Years of Age	108,067		117,536	102,706
Younger than 22	2,765	1.6%	2,833	2,641	124	4.7%
22-24	5,702	3.3%	5,976	5,426	276	5.1%
25-34	26,401	15.2%	27,815	24,702	1,699	6.9%
35-44	27,540	15.8%	29,897	27,156	384	1.4%
45-54	27,664	15.9%	30,444	26,426	1,238	4.7%
55-59	9,433	5.4%	10,591	8,743	690	7.9%
60-64	5,516	3.2%	6,488	4,883	633	13.0%
65 and older	3,046	1.8%	3,492	2,729	317	11.6%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	108,067		117,536	102,706
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	221	0.2%	286	232	-11	-4.7%
Mining	605	0.6%	483	245	360	146.9%
Utilities	138	0.1%	139	169	-31	-18.3%
Construction	12,752	11.8%	12,319	11,791	961	8.2%
Manufacturing	16,462	15.2%	16,212	16,874	-412	-2.4%
Wholesale Trade	5,296	4.9%	5,603	5,323	-27	-0.5%
Retail Trade	10,718	9.9%	11,439	10,496	222	2.1%
Transporation and Warehousing	4,824	4.5%	8,497	5,001	-177	-3.5%
Information	2,357	2.2%	2,424	2,524	-167	-6.6%
Finance and Insurance	7,502	6.9%	7,128	5,418	2,084	38.5%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	1,864	1.7%	1,878	1,665	199	12.0%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	6,625	6.1%	6,893	5,874	751	12.8%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	292	0.3%	358	279	13	4.7%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	12,334	11.4%	13,326	11,564	770	6.7%
Educational Services	3,507	3.2%	3,682	3,675	-168	-4.6%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	8,307	7.7%	9,212	7,983	324	4.1%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	1,126	1.0%	1,258	1,066	60	5.6%
Accomodation and Food Services	5,375	5.0%	7,704	5,396	-21	-0.4%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	2,920	2.7%	3,342	3,022	-102	-3.4%
Public Administration	2,617	2.4%	3,021	2,136	481	22.5%
Information Not Available	2,225	2.1%	2,332	1,973	252	12.8%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Indiana
	Sep 2007	Percent	Aug 2007	Sep 2006	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	44,211		45,760	43,084
Male	23,770	53.8%	23,323	23,297	473	2.0%
Female	20,385	46.1%	22,376	19,779	606	3.1%
Information Not Available	56	0.1%	61	8	48	600.0%

Ethnicity	44,211		45,760	43,084
Hispanic or Latino	1,718	3.9%	1,787	1,653	65	3.9%
Not Hispanic or Latino	33,454	75.7%	34,805	39,821	-6,367	-16.0%
Information Not Available	9,039	20.4%	9,168	1,610	7,429	461.4%

Race	44,211		45,760	43,084
American Indian or Alaskan Native	225	0.5%	245	173	52	30.1%
Asian	339	0.8%	289	272	67	24.6%
Black or African American	7,423	16.8%	8,090	6,623	800	12.1%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	39	0.1%	39	51	-12	-23.5%
White	34,118	77.2%	34,988	33,790	328	1.0%
Information Not Available	2,067	4.7%	2,109	2,175	-108	-5.0%

Years of Age	44,211		45,760	43,084
Younger than 22	1,203	1.6%	1,113	1,166	37	3.2%
22-24	2,419	3.2%	2,447	2,433	-14	-0.6%
25-34	10,695	14.1%	11,083	10,457	238	2.3%
35-44	11,671	15.3%	11,825	11,382	289	2.5%
45-54	11,151	14.7%	11,668	10,740	411	3.8%
55-59	3,665	4.8%	3,867	3,613	52	1.4%
60-64	2,216	2.9%	2,379	2,085	131	6.3%
65 and older	1,191	1.6%	1,378	1,208	-17	-1.4%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	44,211		45,760	43,084
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	80	0.2%	86	98	-18	-18.4%
Mining	100	0.2%	85	67	33	49.3%
Utilities	194	0.4%	193	43	151	351.2%
Construction	4,339	9.8%	4,168	4,312	27	0.6%
Manufacturing	11,688	26.4%	10,365	11,960	-272	-2.3%
Wholesale Trade	1,740	3.9%	1,857	1,607	133	8.3%
Retail Trade	3,928	8.9%	3,996	3,822	106	2.8%
Transporation and Warehousing	1,372	3.1%	1,859	1,335	37	2.8%
Information	453	1.0%	494	493	-40	-8.1%
Finance and Insurance	1,610	3.6%	1,596	1,341	269	20.1%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	691	1.6%	654	576	115	20.0%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	1,590	3.6%	1,600	1,545	45	2.9%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	95	0.2%	130	134	-39	-29.1%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	4,045	9.1%	4,189	4,287	-242	-5.6%
Educational Services	820	1.9%	1,096	933	-113	-12.1%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	3,565	8.0%	4,331	3,217	348	10.8%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	416	0.9%	494	477	-61	-12.8%
Accomodation and Food Services	1,904	4.3%	2,585	1,816	88	4.8%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	1,018	2.3%	1,119	930	88	9.5%
Public Administration	318	0.7%	400	354	-36	-10.2%
Information Not Available	4,245	9.6%	4,463	3,737	508	13.6%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Kansas
	Sep 2007	Percent	Aug 2007	Sep 2006	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	15,069		15,776	14,961
Male	7,832	52.0%	7,851	7,524	308	4.1%
Female	7,237	48.0%	7,925	7,437	-200	-2.7%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	15,069		15,776	14,961
Hispanic or Latino	855	5.7%	792	819	36	4.4%
Not Hispanic or Latino	8,155	54.1%	8,600	8,532	-377	-4.4%
Information Not Available	6,059	40.2%	6,384	5,610	449	8.0%

Race	15,069		15,776	14,961
American Indian or Alaskan Native	218	1.4%	245	231	-13	-5.6%
Asian	187	1.2%	179	126	61	48.4%
Black or African American	2,555	17.0%	2,641	2,449	106	4.3%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	22	0.1%	23	19	3	15.8%
White	11,038	73.2%	11,644	11,086	-48	-0.4%
Information Not Available	1,049	7.0%	1,044	1,050	-1	-0.1%

Years of Age	15,069		15,776	14,961
Younger than 22	420	1.7%	444	432	-12	-2.8%
22-24	807	3.2%	840	889	-82	-9.2%
25-34	3,676	14.5%	3,760	3,559	117	3.3%
35-44	3,747	14.8%	3,912	3,688	59	1.6%
45-54	3,905	15.4%	4,096	3,954	-49	-1.2%
55-59	1,312	5.2%	1,366	1,257	55	4.4%
60-64	766	3.0%	865	732	34	4.6%
65 and older	436	1.7%	493	450	-14	-3.1%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	15,069		15,776	14,961
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	113	0.7%	113	228	-115	-50.4%
Mining	96	0.6%	111	76	20	26.3%
Utilities	26	0.2%	29	13	13	100.0%
Construction	1,617	10.7%	1,637	1,433	184	12.8%
Manufacturing	2,381	15.7%	2,162	1,874	507	27.1%
Wholesale Trade	751	4.9%	763	1,170	-419	-35.8%
Retail Trade	1,252	8.2%	1,334	1,219	33	2.7%
Transporation and Warehousing	434	2.9%	430	458	-24	-5.2%
Information	1,019	6.7%	1,001	590	429	72.7%
Finance and Insurance	648	4.3%	619	496	152	30.6%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	258	1.7%	296	261	-3	-1.1%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	718	4.7%	797	837	-119	-14.2%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	57	0.4%	52	36	21	58.3%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	1,342	8.8%	1,496	1,416	-74	-5.2%
Educational Services	348	2.3%	385	442	-94	-21.3%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	1,354	8.9%	1,583	1,625	-271	-16.7%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	114	0.8%	112	85	29	34.1%
Accomodation and Food Services	580	3.8%	739	721	-141	-19.6%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	462	3.0%	500	400	62	15.5%
Public Administration	385	2.5%	437	358	27	7.5%
Information Not Available	1,114	7.3%	1,180	1,223	-109	-8.9%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Kentucky
	Sep 2007	Percent	Aug 2007	Sep 2006	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	24,479		27,337	27,639
Male	14,003	57.2%	16,296	16,921	-2,918	-17.2%
Female	10,476	42.8%	11,041	10,718	-242	-2.3%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	24,479		27,337	27,639
Hispanic or Latino	22	0.1%	47	32	-10	-31.3%
Not Hispanic or Latino	24,457	99.9%	27,290	27,607	-3,150	-11.4%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Race	24,479		27,337	27,639
American Indian or Alaskan Native	165	0.7%	121	181	-16	-8.8%
Asian	95	0.4%	82	113	-18	-15.9%
Black or African American	2,887	11.8%	3,460	3,624	-737	-20.3%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	9	0.0%	0	23	-14	-60.9%
White	21,046	86.0%	23,275	23,372	-2,326	-10.0%
Information Not Available	277	1.1%	399	326	-49	-15.0%

Years of Age	24,479		27,337	27,639
Younger than 22	551	1.2%	688	625	-74	-11.8%
22-24	1,331	3.0%	1,368	1,280	51	4.0%
25-34	6,094	13.8%	6,420	6,881	-787	-11.4%
35-44	6,404	14.5%	7,917	7,773	-1,369	-17.6%
45-54	6,146	13.9%	6,827	7,135	-989	-13.9%
55-59	1,916	4.3%	2,123	1,941	-25	-1.3%
60-64	1,331	3.0%	1,267	1,181	150	12.7%
65 and older	706	1.6%	727	823	-117	-14.2%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	24,479		27,337	27,639
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	95	0.4%	82	32	63	196.9%
Mining	594	2.4%	590	706	-112	-15.9%
Utilities	61	0.2%	47	36	25	69.4%
Construction	2,743	11.2%	2,369	2,868	-125	-4.4%
Manufacturing	6,202	25.2%	9,079	9,094	-2,892	-31.8%
Wholesale Trade	1,049	4.3%	915	955	94	9.8%
Retail Trade	1,924	7.8%	1,888	2,203	-279	-12.7%
Transporation and Warehousing	793	3.2%	888	1,140	-347	-30.4%
Information	485	2.0%	418	416	69	16.6%
Finance and Insurance	854	3.5%	719	688	166	24.1%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	299	1.2%	227	258	41	15.9%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	815	3.3%	962	837	-22	-2.6%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	30	0.1%	31	54	-24	-44.4%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	2,054	8.4%	2,017	2,154	-100	-4.6%
Educational Services	646	2.6%	919	701	-55	-7.8%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	2,050	8.3%	1,830	1,755	295	16.8%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	256	1.0%	282	312	-56	-17.9%
Accomodation and Food Services	962	3.9%	1,110	1,176	-214	-18.2%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	680	2.8%	516	647	33	5.1%
Public Administration	303	1.2%	422	303	0	0.0%
Information Not Available	1,584	6.4%	2,026	1,304	280	21.5%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Louisiana
	Sep 2007	Percent	Aug 2007	Sep 2006	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	18,507		20,557	18,194
Male	8,651	46.7%	9,215	7,698	953	12.4%
Female	9,856	53.3%	11,342	10,496	-640	-6.1%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	18,507		20,557	18,194
Hispanic or Latino	372	2.0%	402	366	6	1.6%
Not Hispanic or Latino	17,985	97.2%	19,965	17,584	401	2.3%
Information Not Available	150	0.8%	190	244	-94	-38.5%

Race	18,507		20,557	18,194
American Indian or Alaskan Native	88	0.5%	108	117	-29	-24.8%
Asian	124	0.7%	103	117	7	6.0%
Black or African American	9,790	52.9%	11,299	10,335	-545	-5.3%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	23	0.1%	24	21	2	9.5%
White	8,344	45.1%	8,844	7,543	801	10.6%
Information Not Available	138	0.7%	179	61	77	126.2%

Years of Age	18,507		20,557	18,194
Younger than 22	561	2.2%	603	501	60	12.0%
22-24	1,278	4.9%	1,408	1,153	125	10.8%
25-34	4,863	18.7%	5,370	4,623	240	5.2%
35-44	4,574	17.6%	5,070	4,662	-88	-1.9%
45-54	4,436	17.1%	5,060	4,445	-9	-0.2%
55-59	1,401	5.4%	1,567	1,422	-21	-1.5%
60-64	864	3.3%	914	840	24	2.9%
65 and older	530	2.0%	565	548	-18	-3.3%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	18,507		20,557	18,194
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	133	0.7%	140	86	47	54.7%
Mining	229	1.2%	235	189	40	21.2%
Utilities	66	0.4%	71	32	34	106.3%
Construction	2,631	14.1%	2,784	1,724	907	52.6%
Manufacturing	1,492	8.0%	1,609	948	544	57.4%
Wholesale Trade	401	2.2%	401	452	-51	-11.3%
Retail Trade	1,417	7.6%	1,522	1,353	64	4.7%
Transporation and Warehousing	559	3.0%	590	422	137	32.5%
Information	335	1.8%	337	465	-130	-28.0%
Finance and Insurance	491	2.6%	508	413	78	18.9%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	250	1.3%	250	295	-45	-15.3%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	1,066	5.7%	953	747	319	42.7%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	246	1.3%	239	28	218	778.6%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	1,143	6.1%	1,200	1,301	-158	-12.1%
Educational Services	475	2.5%	519	691	-216	-31.3%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	1,872	10.0%	2,474	1,549	323	20.9%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	335	1.8%	349	348	-13	-3.7%
Accomodation and Food Services	1,054	5.7%	1,322	1,081	-27	-2.5%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	797	4.3%	953	440	357	81.1%
Public Administration	300	1.6%	346	389	-89	-22.9%
Information Not Available	3,215	17.2%	3,755	5,241	-2,026	-38.7%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Massachusetts
	Sep 2007	Percent	Aug 2007	Sep 2006	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	66,203		79,634	64,705
Male	37,413	56.5%	42,198	36,073	1,340	3.7%
Female	28,790	43.5%	37,436	28,632	158	0.6%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	66,203		79,634	64,705
Hispanic or Latino	6,311	9.5%	7,724	6,301	10	0.2%
Not Hispanic or Latino	58,427	88.3%	70,337	56,970	1,457	2.6%
Information Not Available	1,465	2.2%	1,573	1,434	31	2.2%

Race	66,203		79,634	64,705
American Indian or Alaskan Native	181	0.3%	218	171	10	5.8%
Asian	1,880	2.8%	2,047	1,905	-25	-1.3%
Black or African American	6,079	9.2%	7,491	5,958	121	2.0%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	35	0.1%	37	36	-1	-2.8%
White	52,376	79.1%	63,081	51,311	1,065	2.1%
Information Not Available	5,652	8.5%	6,760	5,324	328	6.2%

Years of Age	66,203		79,634	64,705
Younger than 22	1,878	1.6%	2,037	1,891	-13	-0.7%
22-24	3,421	3.0%	3,685	3,343	78	2.3%
25-34	14,183	12.4%	16,125	13,835	348	2.5%
35-44	16,730	14.6%	20,355	17,114	-384	-2.2%
45-54	17,261	15.1%	20,986	16,497	764	4.6%
55-59	6,146	5.4%	7,655	5,961	185	3.1%
60-64	4,217	3.7%	5,385	3,834	383	10.0%
65 and older	2,367	2.1%	3,406	2,230	137	6.1%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	66,203		79,634	64,705
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	459	0.7%	412	509	-50	-9.8%
Mining	68	0.1%	79	66	2	3.0%
Utilities	68	0.1%	64	58	10	17.2%
Construction	7,860	11.8%	7,492	7,988	-128	-1.6%
Manufacturing	7,682	11.5%	8,280	7,820	-138	-1.8%
Wholesale Trade	3,643	5.5%	3,799	3,354	289	8.6%
Retail Trade	6,411	9.6%	6,840	7,056	-645	-9.1%
Transporation and Warehousing	1,751	2.6%	6,713	1,828	-77	-4.2%
Information	1,639	2.5%	1,777	1,739	-100	-5.8%
Finance and Insurance	3,344	5.0%	3,329	2,765	579	20.9%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	1,120	1.7%	1,164	1,091	29	2.7%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	5,202	7.8%	5,582	5,014	188	3.7%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	152	0.2%	160	85	67	78.8%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	6,171	9.3%	6,312	5,492	679	12.4%
Educational Services	1,305	2.0%	1,618	1,308	-3	-0.2%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	5,718	8.6%	6,800	5,639	79	1.4%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	645	1.0%	763	596	49	8.2%
Accomodation and Food Services	3,555	5.3%	5,809	3,212	343	10.7%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	2,696	4.0%	3,239	2,831	-135	-4.8%
Public Administration	1,972	3.0%	2,953	2,081	-109	-5.2%
Information Not Available	4,742	7.1%	6,449	4,173	569	13.6%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Maryland
	Sep 2007	Percent	Aug 2007	Sep 2006	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	32,525		35,519	29,482
Male	16,161	49.7%	16,338	14,530	1,631	11.2%
Female	16,364	50.3%	19,181	14,952	1,412	9.4%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	32,525		35,519	29,482
Hispanic or Latino	1,121	3.4%	1,112	933	188	20.2%
Not Hispanic or Latino	30,773	94.6%	33,787	28,001	2,772	9.9%
Information Not Available	631	1.9%	620	548	83	15.1%

Race	32,525		35,519	29,482
American Indian or Alaskan Native	90	0.3%	91	86	4	4.7%
Asian	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
Black or African American	15,194	46.7%	17,093	11,661	3,533	30.3%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	74	0.2%	78	55	19	34.5%
White	14,936	45.9%	16,525	10,438	4,498	43.1%
Information Not Available	2,231	6.9%	1,732	7,242	-5,011	-69.2%

Years of Age	32,525		35,519	29,482
Younger than 22	1,005	2.2%	997	943	62	6.6%
22-24	1,917	4.2%	1,902	1,709	208	12.2%
25-34	7,510	16.4%	7,861	6,763	747	11.0%
35-44	8,238	18.0%	8,843	7,651	587	7.7%
45-54	8,230	18.0%	8,935	7,357	873	11.9%
55-59	2,758	6.0%	3,139	2,475	283	11.4%
60-64	1,701	3.7%	2,030	1,195	506	42.3%
65 and older	1,165	2.5%	1,805	1,068	97	9.1%
Information Not Available	1	0.0%	7	321	-320	-99.7%

Industry	32,525		35,519	29,482
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	42	0.1%	46	38	4	10.5%
Mining	18	0.1%	18	59	-41	-69.5%
Utilities	31	0.1%	34	25	6	24.0%
Construction	3,650	11.2%	3,413	3,308	342	10.3%
Manufacturing	827	2.5%	822	516	311	60.3%
Wholesale Trade	1,316	4.0%	1,247	1,291	25	1.9%
Retail Trade	1,306	4.0%	1,316	1,252	54	4.3%
Transporation and Warehousing	845	2.6%	2,801	652	193	29.6%
Information	696	2.1%	660	693	3	0.4%
Finance and Insurance	1,886	5.8%	1,571	1,321	565	42.8%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	793	2.4%	766	686	107	15.6%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	2,791	8.6%	2,734	2,782	9	0.3%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	10	0.0%	17	35	-25	-71.4%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	4,324	13.3%	4,468	4,127	197	4.8%
Educational Services	893	2.7%	1,195	859	34	4.0%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	2,810	8.6%	3,416	2,426	384	15.8%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	383	1.2%	1,061	339	44	13.0%
Accomodation and Food Services	1,848	5.7%	2,462	1,771	77	4.3%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	992	3.0%	1,160	1,020	-28	-2.7%
Public Administration	551	1.7%	559	402	149	37.1%
Information Not Available	6,513	20.0%	5,753	5,880	633	10.8%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Maine
	Sep 2007	Percent	Aug 2007	Sep 2006	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	5,604		6,409	5,781
Male	2,874	51.3%	3,079	3,089	-215	-7.0%
Female	2,730	48.7%	3,330	2,692	38	1.4%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	5,604		6,409	5,781
Hispanic or Latino	65	1.2%	54	55	10	18.2%
Not Hispanic or Latino	4,707	84.0%	5,414	4,939	-232	-4.7%
Information Not Available	832	14.8%	941	787	45	5.7%

Race	5,604		6,409	5,781
American Indian or Alaskan Native	54	1.0%	61	63	-9	-14.3%
Asian	36	0.6%	35	41	-5	-12.2%
Black or African American	72	1.3%	65	47	25	53.2%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
White	4,825	86.1%	5,539	5,076	-251	-4.9%
Information Not Available	617	11.0%	709	554	63	11.4%

Years of Age	5,604		6,409	5,781
Younger than 22	218	2.2%	248	270	-52	-19.3%
22-24	341	3.4%	374	361	-20	-5.5%
25-34	1,157	11.5%	1,238	1,126	31	2.8%
35-44	1,376	13.6%	1,625	1,451	-75	-5.2%
45-54	1,526	15.1%	1,726	1,583	-57	-3.6%
55-59	524	5.2%	661	583	-59	-10.1%
60-64	331	3.3%	373	285	46	16.1%
65 and older	131	1.3%	164	122	9	7.4%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	5,604		6,409	5,781
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	38	0.7%	77	79	-41	-51.9%
Mining	0	0.0%	0	1	-1	-100.0%
Utilities	1	0.0%	8	9	-8	-88.9%
Construction	267	4.7%	334	551	-284	-51.5%
Manufacturing	341	6.0%	434	797	-456	-57.2%
Wholesale Trade	109	1.9%	140	171	-62	-36.3%
Retail Trade	314	5.6%	451	641	-327	-51.0%
Transporation and Warehousing	50	0.9%	179	102	-52	-51.0%
Information	43	0.8%	70	76	-33	-43.4%
Finance and Insurance	55	1.0%	88	175	-120	-68.6%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	20	0.4%	24	47	-27	-57.4%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	101	1.8%	141	182	-81	-44.5%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	4	0.1%	5	7	-3	-42.9%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	199	3.5%	225	284	-85	-29.9%
Educational Services	80	1.4%	140	139	-59	-42.4%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	296	5.2%	489	479	-183	-38.2%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	36	0.6%	51	59	-23	-39.0%
Accomodation and Food Services	138	2.4%	226	268	-130	-48.5%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	66	1.2%	175	157	-91	-58.0%
Public Administration	35	0.6%	52	145	-110	-75.9%
Information Not Available	3,411	60.5%	3,100	1,412	1,999	141.6%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Michigan
	Sep 2007	Percent	Aug 2007	Sep 2006	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	99,817		106,711	108,177
Male	53,986	54.1%	55,245	59,896	-5,910	-9.9%
Female	45,821	45.9%	51,458	48,278	-2,457	-5.1%
Information Not Available	10	0.0%	8	3	7	233.3%

Ethnicity	99,817		106,711	108,177
Hispanic or Latino	2,805	2.8%	2,838	3,166	-361	-11.4%
Not Hispanic or Latino	72,073	72.2%	77,392	80,089	-8,016	-10.0%
Information Not Available	24,939	25.0%	26,481	24,922	17	0.1%

Race	99,817		106,711	108,177
American Indian or Alaskan Native	1,017	1.0%	1,082	1,100	-83	-7.5%
Asian	800	0.8%	823	1,001	-201	-20.1%
Black or African American	14,889	14.9%	15,762	16,809	-1,920	-11.4%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	51	0.1%	61	100	-49	-49.0%
White	55,123	55.2%	59,274	61,361	-6,238	-10.2%
Information Not Available	27,937	28.0%	29,709	27,806	131	0.5%

Years of Age	99,817		106,711	108,177
Younger than 22	2,877	1.9%	3,214	3,499	-622	-17.8%
22-24	5,783	3.8%	6,123	6,341	-558	-8.8%
25-34	24,069	16.0%	25,274	26,147	-2,078	-7.9%
35-44	26,256	17.4%	27,687	29,147	-2,891	-9.9%
45-54	25,754	17.1%	27,887	27,480	-1,726	-6.3%
55-59	8,279	5.5%	9,045	8,744	-465	-5.3%
60-64	4,470	3.0%	4,876	4,430	40	0.9%
65 and older	2,326	1.5%	2,603	2,389	-63	-2.6%
Information Not Available	3	0.0%	2	0	3	0.0%

Industry	99,817		106,711	108,177
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	413	0.4%	426	458	-45	-9.8%
Mining	111	0.1%	123	129	-18	-14.0%
Utilities	78	0.1%	82	84	-6	-7.1%
Construction	9,307	9.3%	9,418	11,576	-2,269	-19.6%
Manufacturing	19,945	19.9%	20,119	22,040	-2,095	-9.5%
Wholesale Trade	3,606	3.6%	3,837	3,973	-367	-9.2%
Retail Trade	11,158	11.1%	11,221	9,514	1,644	17.3%
Transporation and Warehousing	2,802	2.8%	2,922	2,882	-80	-2.8%
Information	1,092	1.1%	1,236	1,289	-197	-15.3%
Finance and Insurance	3,388	3.4%	3,254	3,167	221	7.0%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	1,472	1.5%	1,463	1,641	-169	-10.3%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	5,580	5.6%	5,919	6,390	-810	-12.7%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	769	0.8%	733	1,159	-390	-33.6%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	11,127	11.1%	11,749	12,233	-1,106	-9.0%
Educational Services	3,515	3.5%	4,213	4,098	-583	-14.2%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	7,879	7.9%	9,818	7,826	53	0.7%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	1,107	1.1%	1,553	1,184	-77	-6.5%
Accomodation and Food Services	4,298	4.3%	5,745	5,254	-956	-18.2%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	2,329	2.3%	2,758	2,723	-394	-14.5%
Public Administration	994	1.0%	1,108	1,105	-111	-10.0%
Information Not Available	8,847	8.8%	9,014	9,452	-605	-6.4%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Minnesota
	Sep 2007	Percent	Aug 2007	Sep 2006	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	32,658		35,602	30,360
Male	18,772	57.5%	19,399	17,379	1,393	8.0%
Female	13,886	42.5%	16,202	12,941	945	7.3%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	1	40	-40	-100.0%

Ethnicity	32,658		35,602	30,360
Hispanic or Latino	997	3.1%	1,089	999	-2	-0.2%
Not Hispanic or Latino	29,088	89.1%	31,708	26,956	2,132	7.9%
Information Not Available	2,573	7.9%	2,805	2,405	168	7.0%

Race	32,658		35,602	30,360
American Indian or Alaskan Native	456	1.4%	567	392	64	16.3%
Asian	778	2.4%	861	617	161	26.1%
Black or African American	2,949	9.0%	3,265	2,925	24	0.8%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	169	0.5%	178	149	20	13.4%
White	26,599	81.4%	28,951	24,697	1,902	7.7%
Information Not Available	1,707	5.2%	1,780	1,580	127	8.0%

Years of Age	32,658		35,602	30,360
Younger than 22	1,023	1.8%	1,153	966	57	5.9%
22-24	1,916	3.3%	2,045	1,868	48	2.6%
25-34	7,832	13.6%	8,373	7,181	651	9.1%
35-44	8,027	13.9%	8,760	7,525	502	6.7%
45-54	8,374	14.5%	9,279	8,070	304	3.8%
55-59	2,959	5.1%	3,241	2,664	295	11.1%
60-64	1,669	2.9%	1,803	1,369	300	21.9%
65 and older	491	0.9%	571	422	69	16.4%
Information Not Available	367	0.6%	377	295	72	24.4%

Industry	32,658		35,602	30,360
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	219	0.7%	254	212	7	3.3%
Mining	30	0.1%	38	44	-14	-31.8%
Utilities	123	0.4%	157	106	17	16.0%
Construction	5,221	15.9%	4,857	4,257	964	22.6%
Manufacturing	4,854	14.8%	5,286	6,211	-1,357	-21.8%
Wholesale Trade	1,867	5.7%	2,013	1,721	146	8.5%
Retail Trade	3,157	9.6%	3,124	2,732	425	15.6%
Transporation and Warehousing	926	2.8%	1,167	888	38	4.3%
Information	816	2.5%	822	681	135	19.8%
Finance and Insurance	1,763	5.4%	1,746	1,273	490	38.5%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	587	1.8%	602	580	7	1.2%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	1,799	5.5%	1,953	1,487	312	21.0%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	626	1.9%	638	586	40	6.8%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	2,799	8.5%	3,012	2,458	341	13.9%
Educational Services	1,235	3.8%	1,650	1,185	50	4.2%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	2,812	8.6%	3,222	2,367	445	18.8%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	451	1.4%	435	407	44	10.8%
Accomodation and Food Services	1,592	4.8%	2,227	1,421	171	12.0%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	1,027	3.1%	1,670	919	108	11.8%
Public Administration	550	1.7%	530	410	140	34.1%
Information Not Available	204	0.6%	199	415	-211	-50.8%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Missouri
	Sep 2007	Percent	Aug 2007	Sep 2006	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	37,976		45,007	38,502
Male	18,976	50.0%	21,184	19,549	-573	-2.9%
Female	18,997	50.0%	23,815	18,948	49	0.3%
Information Not Available	3	0.0%	8	5	-2	-40.0%

Ethnicity	37,976		45,007	38,502
Hispanic or Latino	408	1.1%	462	413	-5	-1.2%
Not Hispanic or Latino	13,006	34.2%	14,883	12,216	790	6.5%
Information Not Available	24,562	64.7%	29,662	25,873	-1,311	-5.1%

Race	37,976		45,007	38,502
American Indian or Alaskan Native	295	0.8%	344	307	-12	-3.9%
Asian	265	0.7%	292	289	-24	-8.3%
Black or African American	9,900	26.1%	11,983	9,783	117	1.2%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	358	0.9%	368	290	68	23.4%
White	25,750	67.8%	30,080	24,932	818	3.3%
Information Not Available	1,408	3.7%	1,940	2,901	-1,493	-51.5%

Years of Age	37,976		45,007	38,502
Younger than 22	1,160	1.9%	1,197	1,040	120	11.5%
22-24	2,264	3.7%	2,259	2,153	111	5.2%
25-34	8,996	14.6%	9,949	9,193	-197	-2.1%
35-44	9,585	15.5%	11,463	10,035	-450	-4.5%
45-54	9,850	15.9%	11,849	9,953	-103	-1.0%
55-59	3,152	5.1%	3,871	3,140	12	0.4%
60-64	1,900	3.1%	2,551	1,840	60	3.3%
65 and older	1,045	1.7%	1,844	1,148	-103	-9.0%
Information Not Available	24	0.0%	24	0	24	0.0%

Industry	37,976		45,007	38,502
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	148	0.4%	204	160	-12	-7.5%
Mining	82	0.2%	56	97	-15	-15.5%
Utilities	58	0.2%	62	69	-11	-15.9%
Construction	4,220	11.1%	3,844	4,227	-7	-0.2%
Manufacturing	6,669	17.5%	8,353	8,094	-1,425	-17.6%
Wholesale Trade	1,720	4.5%	1,623	1,593	127	8.0%
Retail Trade	3,842	10.1%	4,464	4,364	-522	-12.0%
Transporation and Warehousing	1,440	3.8%	3,447	1,378	62	4.5%
Information	866	2.3%	900	1,087	-221	-20.3%
Finance and Insurance	1,777	4.7%	1,710	1,295	482	37.2%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	707	1.9%	830	746	-39	-5.2%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	1,657	4.3%	1,698	1,405	252	17.9%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	111	0.3%	108	139	-28	-20.1%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	3,814	10.0%	4,005	3,055	759	24.8%
Educational Services	1,040	2.7%	1,290	1,022	18	1.8%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	3,599	9.4%	4,102	3,975	-376	-9.5%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	506	1.3%	695	529	-23	-4.3%
Accomodation and Food Services	2,510	6.6%	3,837	2,539	-29	-1.1%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	1,285	3.4%	1,547	1,237	48	3.9%
Public Administration	412	1.1%	410	427	-15	-3.5%
Information Not Available	1,513	4.0%	1,822	1,064	449	42.2%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Mississippi
	Sep 2007	Percent	Aug 2007	Sep 2006	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	18,248		19,973	15,448
Male	8,368	45.9%	8,694	6,548	1,820	27.8%
Female	9,880	54.1%	11,279	8,896	984	11.1%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	4	-4	-100.0%

Ethnicity	18,248		19,973	15,448
Hispanic or Latino	240	1.3%	264	307	-67	-21.8%
Not Hispanic or Latino	17,292	94.8%	18,930	14,659	2,633	18.0%
Information Not Available	716	3.9%	779	482	234	48.5%

Race	18,248		19,973	15,448
American Indian or Alaskan Native	51	0.3%	39	42	9	21.4%
Asian	85	0.5%	71	40	45	112.5%
Black or African American	10,757	58.9%	12,516	9,087	1,670	18.4%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	2	0.0%	4	7	-5	-71.4%
White	6,805	37.3%	6,710	5,735	1,070	18.7%
Information Not Available	548	3.0%	633	537	11	2.0%

Years of Age	18,248		19,973	15,448
Younger than 22	684	2.8%	669	571	113	19.8%
22-24	1,230	5.1%	1,289	1,113	117	10.5%
25-34	4,786	19.7%	5,090	3,843	943	24.5%
35-44	4,625	19.0%	5,069	3,989	636	15.9%
45-54	4,321	17.8%	4,791	3,687	634	17.2%
55-59	1,320	5.4%	1,532	1,133	187	16.5%
60-64	767	3.2%	868	609	158	25.9%
65 and older	515	2.1%	665	503	12	2.4%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	18,248		19,973	15,448
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	218	1.2%	261	209	9	4.3%
Mining	58	0.3%	77	35	23	65.7%
Utilities	20	0.1%	21	28	-8	-28.6%
Construction	1,185	6.4%	1,237	793	392	49.4%
Manufacturing	5,644	30.6%	5,422	4,633	1,011	21.8%
Wholesale Trade	478	2.6%	426	365	113	31.0%
Retail Trade	1,919	10.4%	1,928	1,582	337	21.3%
Transporation and Warehousing	593	3.2%	620	382	211	55.2%
Information	140	0.8%	145	221	-81	-36.7%
Finance and Insurance	270	1.5%	263	259	11	4.2%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	165	0.9%	170	177	-12	-6.8%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	532	2.9%	566	445	87	19.6%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	90	0.5%	124	12	78	650.0%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	1,608	8.7%	1,598	1,212	396	32.7%
Educational Services	387	2.1%	441	468	-81	-17.3%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	1,387	7.5%	2,750	1,241	146	11.8%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	112	0.6%	109	131	-19	-14.5%
Accomodation and Food Services	1,331	7.2%	1,513	1,113	218	19.6%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	286	1.5%	326	308	-22	-7.1%
Public Administration	303	1.6%	310	300	3	1.0%
Information Not Available	1,522	8.2%	1,666	1,534	-12	-0.8%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Montana
	Sep 2007	Percent	Aug 2007	Sep 2006	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	2,411		2,952	2,185
Male	1,280	53.1%	1,378	1,069	211	19.7%
Female	1,117	46.3%	1,560	1,100	17	1.5%
Information Not Available	14	0.6%	14	16	-2	-12.5%

Ethnicity	2,411		2,952	2,185
Hispanic or Latino	54	2.2%	65	68	-14	-20.6%
Not Hispanic or Latino	2,226	92.3%	2,708	1,994	232	11.6%
Information Not Available	131	5.4%	179	123	8	6.5%

Race	2,411		2,952	2,185
American Indian or Alaskan Native	274	11.4%	415	255	19	7.5%
Asian	8	0.3%	12	5	3	60.0%
Black or African American	18	0.7%	19	12	6	50.0%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	5	0.2%	8	7	-2	-28.6%
White	2,093	86.8%	2,485	1,891	202	10.7%
Information Not Available	13	0.5%	13	15	-2	-13.3%

Years of Age	2,411		2,952	2,185
Younger than 22	76	1.7%	69	56	20	35.7%
22-24	119	2.7%	124	118	1	0.8%
25-34	481	11.0%	546	448	33	7.4%
35-44	564	12.9%	670	530	34	6.4%
45-54	689	15.8%	890	622	67	10.8%
55-59	257	5.9%	354	233	24	10.3%
60-64	147	3.4%	188	116	31	26.7%
65 and older	78	1.8%	111	62	16	25.8%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	2,411		2,952	2,185
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	32	1.3%	68	27	5	18.5%
Mining	37	1.5%	36	39	-2	-5.1%
Utilities	15	0.6%	16	7	8	114.3%
Construction	361	14.8%	327	293	68	23.2%
Manufacturing	234	9.6%	238	170	64	37.6%
Wholesale Trade	76	3.1%	71	60	16	26.7%
Retail Trade	251	10.3%	271	247	4	1.6%
Transporation and Warehousing	60	2.5%	142	80	-20	-25.0%
Information	59	2.4%	59	63	-4	-6.3%
Finance and Insurance	78	3.2%	64	47	31	66.0%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	30	1.2%	34	35	-5	-14.3%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	102	4.2%	101	84	18	21.4%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	2	0.1%	1	1	1	100.0%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	192	7.9%	204	146	46	31.5%
Educational Services	100	4.1%	140	95	5	5.3%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	235	9.6%	438	261	-26	-10.0%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	60	2.5%	63	52	8	15.4%
Accomodation and Food Services	241	9.9%	313	210	31	14.8%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	59	2.4%	91	63	-4	-6.3%
Public Administration	109	4.5%	178	103	6	5.8%
Information Not Available	78	3.2%	97	102	-24	-23.5%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants North Carolina
	Sep 2007	Percent	Aug 2007	Sep 2006	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	67,558		70,884	66,250
Male	34,175	50.6%	35,397	32,266	1,909	5.9%
Female	33,380	49.4%	35,484	33,980	-600	-1.8%
Information Not Available	3	0.0%	3	4	-1	-25.0%

Ethnicity	67,558		70,884	66,250
Hispanic or Latino	2,205	3.3%	2,250	2,141	64	3.0%
Not Hispanic or Latino	64,285	95.2%	67,384	62,971	1,314	2.1%
Information Not Available	1,068	1.6%	1,250	1,138	-70	-6.2%

Race	67,558		70,884	66,250
American Indian or Alaskan Native	885	1.3%	911	870	15	1.7%
Asian	748	1.1%	803	690	58	8.4%
Black or African American	26,263	38.9%	28,346	25,760	503	2.0%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	66	0.1%	58	49	17	34.7%
White	36,313	53.8%	37,268	35,383	930	2.6%
Information Not Available	3,283	4.9%	3,498	3,498	-215	-6.1%

Years of Age	67,558		70,884	66,250
Younger than 22	2,055	2.0%	2,269	1,994	61	3.1%
22-24	3,959	3.9%	4,181	3,787	172	4.5%
25-34	16,451	16.4%	17,097	15,749	702	4.5%
35-44	17,947	17.9%	18,637	17,596	351	2.0%
45-54	16,084	16.0%	17,075	16,023	61	0.4%
55-59	5,659	5.6%	5,835	5,778	-119	-2.1%
60-64	3,502	3.5%	3,708	3,383	119	3.5%
65 and older	1,901	1.9%	2,082	1,939	-38	-2.0%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	1	-1	-100.0%

Industry	67,558		70,884	66,250
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	251	0.4%	300	290	-39	-13.4%
Mining	40	0.1%	42	39	1	2.6%
Utilities	73	0.1%	65	71	2	2.8%
Construction	5,701	8.4%	5,588	5,169	532	10.3%
Manufacturing	15,957	23.5%	16,931	16,221	-264	-1.6%
Wholesale Trade	2,495	3.7%	2,468	2,102	393	18.7%
Retail Trade	5,223	7.7%	5,330	5,144	79	1.5%
Transporation and Warehousing	1,519	2.2%	1,545	1,621	-102	-6.3%
Information	952	1.4%	964	923	29	3.1%
Finance and Insurance	2,167	3.2%	2,101	1,870	297	15.9%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	749	1.1%	757	661	88	13.3%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	2,608	3.8%	2,910	2,358	250	10.6%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	182	0.3%	218	227	-45	-19.8%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	6,726	9.9%	7,074	6,650	76	1.1%
Educational Services	1,345	2.0%	1,487	1,599	-254	-15.9%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	5,094	7.5%	5,190	4,998	96	1.9%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	474	0.7%	499	344	130	37.8%
Accomodation and Food Services	2,736	4.0%	3,143	2,766	-30	-1.1%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	1,085	1.6%	1,118	1,334	-249	-18.7%
Public Administration	642	0.9%	636	698	-56	-8.0%
Information Not Available	11,539	17.0%	12,518	11,165	374	3.3%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants North Dakota
	Sep 2007	Percent	Aug 2007	Sep 2006	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	1,200		1,759	1,298
Male	612	51.0%	934	695	-83	-11.9%
Female	587	48.9%	821	599	-12	-2.0%
Information Not Available	1	0.1%	4	4	-3	-75.0%

Ethnicity	1,200		1,759	1,298
Hispanic or Latino	26	2.2%	44	23	3	13.0%
Not Hispanic or Latino	1,156	96.3%	1,685	1,247	-91	-7.3%
Information Not Available	18	1.5%	30	28	-10	-35.7%

Race	1,200		1,759	1,298
American Indian or Alaskan Native	188	15.7%	307	186	2	1.1%
Asian	3	0.3%	5	3	0	0.0%
Black or African American	17	1.4%	23	24	-7	-29.2%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	1	0.1%	3	3	-2	-66.7%
White	947	78.9%	1,347	1,031	-84	-8.1%
Information Not Available	44	3.7%	74	51	-7	-13.7%

Years of Age	1,200		1,759	1,298
Younger than 22	18	0.9%	21	16	2	12.5%
22-24	51	2.5%	82	64	-13	-20.3%
25-34	256	12.5%	361	294	-38	-12.9%
35-44	270	13.2%	399	320	-50	-15.6%
45-54	316	15.5%	479	343	-27	-7.9%
55-59	127	6.2%	192	128	-1	-0.8%
60-64	105	5.1%	131	74	31	41.9%
65 and older	53	2.6%	88	56	-3	-5.4%
Information Not Available	4	0.2%	6	3	1	33.3%

Industry	1,200		1,759	1,298
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	28	2.3%	74	27	1	3.7%
Mining	21	1.7%	23	15	6	40.0%
Utilities	5	0.4%	4	3	2	66.7%
Construction	136	11.1%	229	151	-15	-9.9%
Manufacturing	151	12.3%	249	186	-35	-18.8%
Wholesale Trade	54	4.4%	71	62	-8	-12.9%
Retail Trade	140	11.4%	127	118	22	18.6%
Transporation and Warehousing	21	1.7%	81	29	-8	-27.6%
Information	61	5.0%	67	29	32	110.3%
Finance and Insurance	35	2.9%	36	47	-12	-25.5%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	14	1.1%	14	9	5	55.6%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	45	3.7%	56	51	-6	-11.8%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	6	0.5%	10	8	-2	-25.0%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	44	3.6%	67	74	-30	-40.5%
Educational Services	3	0.2%	7	4	-1	-25.0%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	91	7.4%	100	109	-18	-16.5%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	5	0.4%	5	6	-1	-16.7%
Accomodation and Food Services	55	4.5%	86	50	5	10.0%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	44	3.6%	41	43	1	2.3%
Public Administration	169	13.8%	270	201	-32	-15.9%
Information Not Available	72	5.9%	142	76	-4	-5.3%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Nebraska
	Sep 2007	Percent	Aug 2007	Sep 2006	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	6,903		7,469	7,800
Male	3,055	44.3%	3,300	3,604	-549	-15.2%
Female	3,595	52.1%	3,871	3,940	-345	-8.8%
Information Not Available	253	3.7%	298	256	-3	-1.2%

Ethnicity	6,903		7,469	7,800
Hispanic or Latino	207	3.0%	231	398	-191	-48.0%
Not Hispanic or Latino	5,076	73.5%	5,606	6,206	-1,130	-18.2%
Information Not Available	1,620	23.5%	1,632	1,196	424	35.5%

Race	6,903		7,469	7,800
American Indian or Alaskan Native	76	1.1%	79	130	-54	-41.5%
Asian	49	0.7%	60	63	-14	-22.2%
Black or African American	506	7.3%	596	751	-245	-32.6%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	7	0.1%	9	6	1	16.7%
White	2,858	41.4%	3,091	4,264	-1,406	-33.0%
Information Not Available	3,407	49.4%	3,634	2,586	821	31.7%

Years of Age	6,903		7,469	7,800
Younger than 22	174	1.9%	175	243	-69	-28.4%
22-24	392	4.2%	430	484	-92	-19.0%
25-34	1,625	17.3%	1,717	1,764	-139	-7.9%
35-44	1,649	17.6%	1,805	2,000	-351	-17.6%
45-54	1,823	19.4%	1,968	1,963	-140	-7.1%
55-59	641	6.8%	670	721	-80	-11.1%
60-64	377	4.0%	412	391	-14	-3.6%
65 and older	222	2.4%	292	234	-12	-5.1%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	6,903		7,469	7,800
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	48	0.7%	76	51	-3	-5.9%
Mining	9	0.1%	11	8	1	12.5%
Utilities	13	0.2%	12	16	-3	-18.8%
Construction	469	6.7%	510	573	-104	-18.2%
Manufacturing	1,187	17.1%	1,193	1,398	-211	-15.1%
Wholesale Trade	256	3.7%	280	315	-59	-18.7%
Retail Trade	782	11.3%	786	944	-162	-17.2%
Transporation and Warehousing	200	2.9%	341	151	49	32.5%
Information	176	2.5%	211	205	-29	-14.1%
Finance and Insurance	329	4.7%	336	317	12	3.8%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	93	1.3%	97	114	-21	-18.4%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	371	5.3%	345	346	25	7.2%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	30	0.4%	29	20	10	50.0%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	714	10.3%	682	795	-81	-10.2%
Educational Services	159	2.3%	173	199	-40	-20.1%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	746	10.7%	852	821	-75	-9.1%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	81	1.2%	105	83	-2	-2.4%
Accomodation and Food Services	436	6.3%	619	488	-52	-10.7%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	162	2.3%	186	203	-41	-20.2%
Public Administration	203	2.9%	198	200	3	1.5%
Information Not Available	439	6.3%	427	553	-114	-20.6%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants New Hampshire
	Sep 2007	Percent	Aug 2007	Sep 2006	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	4,856		6,203	4,885
Male	2,550	52.5%	2,802	2,509	41	1.6%
Female	2,306	47.5%	3,401	2,376	-70	-2.9%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	4,856		6,203	4,885
Hispanic or Latino	148	3.0%	209	159	-11	-6.9%
Not Hispanic or Latino	3,609	74.3%	4,642	3,593	16	0.4%
Information Not Available	1,099	22.6%	1,352	1,133	-34	-3.0%

Race	4,856		6,203	4,885
American Indian or Alaskan Native	24	0.5%	26	18	6	33.3%
Asian	68	1.4%	81	82	-14	-17.1%
Black or African American	78	1.6%	103	104	-26	-25.0%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	4	0.1%	7	5	-1	-20.0%
White	4,420	91.0%	5,659	4,393	27	0.6%
Information Not Available	262	5.4%	327	283	-21	-7.4%

Years of Age	4,856		6,203	4,885
Younger than 22	91	1.0%	112	95	-4	-4.2%
22-24	185	2.1%	208	170	15	8.8%
25-34	911	10.2%	1,074	823	88	10.7%
35-44	1,169	13.1%	1,549	1,171	-2	-0.2%
45-54	1,405	15.8%	1,813	1,448	-43	-3.0%
55-59	546	6.1%	700	621	-75	-12.1%
60-64	364	4.1%	478	378	-14	-3.7%
65 and older	185	2.1%	269	179	6	3.4%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	4,856		6,203	4,885
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	12	0.2%	17	9	3	33.3%
Mining	2	0.0%	3	3	-1	-33.3%
Utilities	10	0.2%	6	8	2	25.0%
Construction	372	7.6%	369	326	46	14.1%
Manufacturing	783	16.1%	832	948	-165	-17.4%
Wholesale Trade	234	4.8%	281	278	-44	-15.8%
Retail Trade	557	11.4%	626	602	-45	-7.5%
Transporation and Warehousing	111	2.3%	848	139	-28	-20.1%
Information	98	2.0%	110	107	-9	-8.4%
Finance and Insurance	297	6.1%	269	220	77	35.0%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	76	1.6%	79	74	2	2.7%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	268	5.5%	265	222	46	20.7%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	7	0.1%	6	3	4	133.3%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	482	9.9%	529	408	74	18.1%
Educational Services	153	3.1%	233	181	-28	-15.5%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	360	7.4%	495	395	-35	-8.9%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	56	1.2%	53	58	-2	-3.4%
Accomodation and Food Services	221	4.5%	322	215	6	2.8%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	156	3.2%	194	135	21	15.6%
Public Administration	90	1.8%	80	50	40	80.0%
Information Not Available	511	10.5%	586	504	7	1.4%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants New Jersey
	Sep 2007	Percent	Aug 2007	Sep 2006	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	99,206		115,959	97,532
Male	50,721	51.1%	52,365	49,644	1,077	2.2%
Female	48,485	48.9%	63,594	47,888	597	1.2%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	99,206		115,959	97,532
Hispanic or Latino	18,327	18.5%	21,781	17,508	819	4.7%
Not Hispanic or Latino	72,553	73.1%	84,595	71,984	569	0.8%
Information Not Available	8,326	8.4%	9,583	8,040	286	3.6%

Race	99,206		115,959	97,532
American Indian or Alaskan Native	345	0.3%	395	347	-2	-0.6%
Asian	2,850	2.9%	3,212	3,126	-276	-8.8%
Black or African American	23,477	23.7%	26,228	23,608	-131	-0.6%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	618	0.6%	682	611	7	1.1%
White	56,781	57.2%	68,820	55,257	1,524	2.8%
Information Not Available	15,135	15.3%	16,622	14,583	552	3.8%

Years of Age	99,206		115,959	97,532
Younger than 22	12,595	8.2%	12,578	9,903	2,692	27.2%
22-24	7,711	5.0%	7,979	7,452	259	3.5%
25-34	22,790	14.9%	24,355	22,761	29	0.1%
35-44	24,828	16.3%	28,986	25,182	-354	-1.4%
45-54	19,132	12.5%	23,534	19,412	-280	-1.4%
55-59	6,407	4.2%	8,242	6,469	-62	-1.0%
60-64	3,232	2.1%	4,923	3,578	-346	-9.7%
65 and older	2,511	1.6%	5,362	2,775	-264	-9.5%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	99,206		115,959	97,532
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	103	0.1%	99	83	20	24.1%
Mining	37	0.0%	39	56	-19	-33.9%
Utilities	109	0.1%	115	126	-17	-13.5%
Construction	8,361	8.4%	7,616	8,183	178	2.2%
Manufacturing	8,892	9.0%	8,682	8,914	-22	-0.2%
Wholesale Trade	5,878	5.9%	5,851	5,845	33	0.6%
Retail Trade	12,010	12.1%	11,936	11,159	851	7.6%
Transporation and Warehousing	5,102	5.1%	10,972	4,747	355	7.5%
Information	2,339	2.4%	2,358	2,687	-348	-13.0%
Finance and Insurance	5,408	5.4%	5,053	4,186	1,222	29.2%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	1,777	1.8%	1,751	1,575	202	12.8%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	6,096	6.1%	5,909	5,498	598	10.9%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	489	0.5%	495	333	156	46.8%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	10,984	11.1%	11,145	10,198	786	7.7%
Educational Services	3,639	3.7%	5,878	5,106	-1,467	-28.7%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	9,114	9.2%	10,293	9,595	-481	-5.0%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	1,083	1.1%	1,158	1,158	-75	-6.5%
Accomodation and Food Services	6,387	6.4%	11,867	5,875	512	8.7%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	2,580	2.6%	2,790	2,562	18	0.7%
Public Administration	1,260	1.3%	4,355	1,254	6	0.5%
Information Not Available	7,558	7.6%	7,597	8,392	-834	-9.9%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants New Mexico
	Sep 2007	Percent	Aug 2007	Sep 2006	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	9,141		9,748	9,331
Male	4,850	53.1%	4,857	4,876	-26	-0.5%
Female	4,291	46.9%	4,891	4,455	-164	-3.7%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	9,141		9,748	9,331
Hispanic or Latino	4,754	52.0%	5,192	4,743	11	0.2%
Not Hispanic or Latino	3,966	43.4%	4,187	4,292	-326	-7.6%
Information Not Available	421	4.6%	369	296	125	42.2%

Race	9,141		9,748	9,331
American Indian or Alaskan Native	941	10.3%	1,146	1,106	-165	-14.9%
Asian	101	1.1%	88	95	6	6.3%
Black or African American	333	3.6%	304	332	1	0.3%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	25	0.3%	22	28	-3	-10.7%
White	4,512	49.4%	4,764	4,575	-63	-1.4%
Information Not Available	3,229	35.3%	3,424	3,195	34	1.1%

Years of Age	9,141		9,748	9,331
Younger than 22	311	2.3%	322	312	-1	-0.3%
22-24	548	4.1%	585	602	-54	-9.0%
25-34	1,993	15.0%	2,122	2,115	-122	-5.8%
35-44	2,221	16.7%	2,439	2,341	-120	-5.1%
45-54	2,093	15.8%	2,242	2,325	-232	-10.0%
55-59	695	5.2%	751	864	-169	-19.6%
60-64	366	2.8%	439	452	-86	-19.0%
65 and older	238	1.8%	312	320	-82	-25.6%
Information Not Available	676	5.1%	536	0	676	0.0%

Industry	9,141		9,748	9,331
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	161	1.7%	143	163	-2	-1.2%
Mining	141	1.5%	129	89	52	58.4%
Utilities	29	0.3%	30	20	9	45.0%
Construction	1,483	15.9%	1,592	1,137	346	30.4%
Manufacturing	1,093	11.8%	809	573	520	90.8%
Wholesale Trade	285	3.1%	269	218	67	30.7%
Retail Trade	851	9.1%	862	833	18	2.2%
Transporation and Warehousing	197	2.1%	342	186	11	5.9%
Information	240	2.6%	315	268	-28	-10.4%
Finance and Insurance	288	3.1%	269	347	-59	-17.0%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	165	1.8%	167	155	10	6.5%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	535	5.8%	523	386	149	38.6%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	16	0.2%	21	33	-17	-51.5%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	868	9.3%	913	613	255	41.6%
Educational Services	387	4.2%	408	367	20	5.4%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	984	10.6%	1,307	900	84	9.3%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	227	2.4%	236	173	54	31.2%
Accomodation and Food Services	476	5.1%	620	476	0	0.0%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	206	2.2%	241	240	-34	-14.2%
Public Administration	440	4.7%	521	448	-8	-1.8%
Information Not Available	69	0.7%	31	1,706	-1,637	-96.0%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Nevada
	Sep 2007	Percent	Aug 2007	Sep 2006	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	24,347		24,530	17,094
Male	13,575	55.8%	13,474	9,547	4,028	42.2%
Female	10,770	44.2%	11,054	7,546	3,224	42.7%
Information Not Available	2	0.0%	2	1	1	100.0%

Ethnicity	24,347		24,530	17,094
Hispanic or Latino	3,720	15.3%	3,706	2,348	1,372	58.4%
Not Hispanic or Latino	16,045	65.9%	16,278	11,181	4,864	43.5%
Information Not Available	4,582	18.8%	4,546	3,565	1,017	28.5%

Race	24,347		24,530	17,094
American Indian or Alaskan Native	429	1.8%	447	305	124	40.7%
Asian	1,142	4.7%	1,122	788	354	44.9%
Black or African American	3,214	13.2%	3,250	2,159	1,055	48.9%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	433	1.8%	378	256	177	69.1%
White	15,709	64.5%	15,885	11,455	4,254	37.1%
Information Not Available	3,420	14.0%	3,448	2,131	1,289	60.5%

Years of Age	24,347		24,530	17,094
Younger than 22	662	1.7%	670	401	261	65.1%
22-24	1,145	3.0%	1,181	808	337	41.7%
25-34	4,978	13.0%	4,900	3,410	1,568	46.0%
35-44	5,894	15.3%	5,766	4,447	1,447	32.5%
45-54	6,249	16.3%	6,346	4,422	1,827	41.3%
55-59	2,434	6.3%	2,436	1,692	742	43.9%
60-64	1,629	4.2%	1,666	1,057	572	54.1%
65 and older	1,321	3.4%	1,521	833	488	58.6%
Information Not Available	35	0.1%	44	24	11	45.8%

Industry	24,347		24,530	17,094
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	13	0.1%	13	11	2	18.2%
Mining	87	0.4%	96	54	33	61.1%
Utilities	25	0.1%	33	18	7	38.9%
Construction	4,844	19.9%	4,734	3,610	1,234	34.2%
Manufacturing	1,095	4.5%	1,083	717	378	52.7%
Wholesale Trade	608	2.5%	553	425	183	43.1%
Retail Trade	1,968	8.1%	1,979	1,354	614	45.3%
Transporation and Warehousing	636	2.6%	629	361	275	76.2%
Information	303	1.2%	337	241	62	25.7%
Finance and Insurance	1,068	4.4%	1,024	640	428	66.9%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	630	2.6%	614	509	121	23.8%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	1,274	5.2%	1,315	649	625	96.3%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	121	0.5%	109	83	38	45.8%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	3,591	14.7%	3,209	2,493	1,098	44.0%
Educational Services	293	1.2%	389	231	62	26.8%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	1,126	4.6%	1,271	965	161	16.7%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	502	2.1%	524	386	116	30.1%
Accomodation and Food Services	3,787	15.5%	4,039	2,235	1,552	69.4%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	432	1.8%	432	285	147	51.6%
Public Administration	323	1.3%	576	248	75	30.2%
Information Not Available	1,621	6.7%	1,571	1,579	42	2.7%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants New York
	Sep 2007	Percent	Aug 2007	Sep 2006	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	145,225		172,671	145,414
Male	74,367	51.2%	83,501	74,533	-166	-0.2%
Female	70,858	48.8%	89,170	70,881	-23	0.0%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	145,225		172,671	145,414
Hispanic or Latino	22,995	15.8%	27,974	23,586	-591	-2.5%
Not Hispanic or Latino	97,893	67.4%	116,540	103,970	-6,077	-5.8%
Information Not Available	24,337	16.8%	28,157	17,858	6,479	36.3%

Race	145,225		172,671	145,414
American Indian or Alaskan Native	917	0.6%	1,035	1,011	-94	-9.3%
Asian	4,205	2.9%	4,558	4,451	-246	-5.5%
Black or African American	24,482	16.9%	28,808	24,934	-452	-1.8%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	281	0.2%	319	269	12	4.5%
White	75,327	51.9%	90,509	79,645	-4,318	-5.4%
Information Not Available	40,013	27.6%	47,442	35,104	4,909	14.0%

Years of Age	145,225		172,671	145,414
Younger than 22	5,269	2.5%	5,307	5,108	161	3.2%
22-24	9,379	4.4%	9,748	9,035	344	3.8%
25-34	36,332	17.1%	39,138	34,614	1,718	5.0%
35-44	35,825	16.8%	42,468	38,023	-2,198	-5.8%
45-54	33,257	15.6%	41,354	33,185	72	0.2%
55-59	11,861	5.6%	15,423	12,141	-280	-2.3%
60-64	7,540	3.5%	10,480	7,231	309	4.3%
65 and older	5,762	2.7%	8,753	6,077	-315	-5.2%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	145,225		172,671	145,414
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	201	0.1%	315	247	-46	-18.6%
Mining	83	0.1%	92	77	6	7.8%
Utilities	133	0.1%	147	164	-31	-18.9%
Construction	13,327	9.2%	12,601	14,548	-1,221	-8.4%
Manufacturing	13,725	9.4%	13,989	13,228	497	3.8%
Wholesale Trade	6,974	4.8%	7,110	6,697	277	4.1%
Retail Trade	13,376	9.2%	13,919	13,095	281	2.1%
Transporation and Warehousing	6,482	4.5%	21,015	10,020	-3,538	-35.3%
Information	4,788	3.3%	5,074	4,738	50	1.1%
Finance and Insurance	10,552	7.3%	10,550	7,535	3,017	40.0%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	3,511	2.4%	3,457	3,416	95	2.8%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	11,064	7.6%	11,309	10,502	562	5.4%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	770	0.5%	728	647	123	19.0%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	14,330	9.9%	14,459	13,574	756	5.6%
Educational Services	6,780	4.7%	10,231	7,204	-424	-5.9%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	14,875	10.2%	17,146	14,389	486	3.4%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	4,332	3.0%	4,680	4,066	266	6.5%
Accomodation and Food Services	8,894	6.1%	13,510	8,287	607	7.3%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	4,311	3.0%	4,870	4,345	-34	-0.8%
Public Administration	4,101	2.8%	5,029	3,997	104	2.6%
Information Not Available	2,616	1.8%	2,440	4,638	-2,022	-43.6%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Ohio
	Sep 2007	Percent	Aug 2007	Sep 2006	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	71,186		79,023	72,512
Male	38,973	54.7%	41,389	40,844	-1,871	-4.6%
Female	31,947	44.9%	37,360	31,426	521	1.7%
Information Not Available	266	0.4%	274	242	24	9.9%

Ethnicity	71,186		79,023	72,512
Hispanic or Latino	1,906	2.7%	2,153	1,614	292	18.1%
Not Hispanic or Latino	66,259	93.1%	73,583	67,701	-1,442	-2.1%
Information Not Available	3,021	4.2%	3,287	3,197	-176	-5.5%

Race	71,186		79,023	72,512
American Indian or Alaskan Native	366	0.5%	416	288	78	27.1%
Asian	390	0.5%	410	365	25	6.8%
Black or African American	13,489	18.9%	14,842	13,067	422	3.2%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	81	0.1%	85	66	15	22.7%
White	54,108	76.0%	60,262	56,067	-1,959	-3.5%
Information Not Available	2,752	3.9%	3,008	2,659	93	3.5%

Years of Age	71,186		79,023	72,512
Younger than 22	1,904	1.6%	2,022	1,767	137	7.8%
22-24	3,718	3.0%	3,950	3,477	241	6.9%
25-34	16,515	13.5%	17,804	16,412	103	0.6%
35-44	18,998	15.6%	21,146	19,722	-724	-3.7%
45-54	19,404	15.9%	21,750	20,381	-977	-4.8%
55-59	6,470	5.3%	7,419	6,872	-402	-5.8%
60-64	3,325	2.7%	3,891	3,055	270	8.8%
65 and older	852	0.7%	1,041	826	26	3.1%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	71,186		79,023	72,512
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	189	0.3%	188	121	68	56.2%
Mining	149	0.2%	145	143	6	4.2%
Utilities	93	0.1%	127	105	-12	-11.4%
Construction	8,846	12.4%	9,231	8,988	-142	-1.6%
Manufacturing	15,910	22.3%	17,340	18,848	-2,938	-15.6%
Wholesale Trade	3,585	5.0%	3,881	3,227	358	11.1%
Retail Trade	4,210	5.9%	4,521	4,055	155	3.8%
Transporation and Warehousing	2,141	3.0%	3,199	3,050	-909	-29.8%
Information	1,180	1.7%	1,216	1,136	44	3.9%
Finance and Insurance	3,344	4.7%	3,188	2,615	729	27.9%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	1,267	1.8%	1,301	1,226	41	3.3%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	3,877	5.4%	4,137	3,686	191	5.2%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	232	0.3%	258	224	8	3.6%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	8,437	11.8%	8,800	7,860	577	7.3%
Educational Services	2,405	3.4%	3,016	2,246	159	7.1%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	6,122	8.6%	7,640	5,936	186	3.1%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	651	0.9%	790	681	-30	-4.4%
Accomodation and Food Services	3,048	4.3%	3,737	2,783	265	9.5%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	2,078	2.9%	2,449	1,954	124	6.3%
Public Administration	693	1.0%	704	732	-39	-5.3%
Information Not Available	2,729	3.8%	3,155	2,896	-167	-5.8%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Oklahoma
	Sep 2007	Percent	Aug 2007	Sep 2006	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	13,328		13,920	13,333
Male	6,436	48.3%	6,759	6,174	262	4.2%
Female	6,853	51.4%	7,110	7,116	-263	-3.7%
Information Not Available	39	0.3%	51	43	-4	-9.3%

Ethnicity	13,328		13,920	13,333
Hispanic or Latino	948	7.1%	955	906	42	4.6%
Not Hispanic or Latino	12,380	92.9%	12,965	12,427	-47	-0.4%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Race	13,328		13,920	13,333
American Indian or Alaskan Native	1,240	9.3%	1,318	1,194	46	3.9%
Asian	85	0.6%	104	71	14	19.7%
Black or African American	2,113	15.9%	2,155	2,240	-127	-5.7%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	10	0.1%	5	12	-2	-16.7%
White	8,422	63.2%	8,897	8,299	123	1.5%
Information Not Available	1,458	10.9%	1,441	1,517	-59	-3.9%

Years of Age	13,328		13,920	13,333
Younger than 22	342	1.6%	340	368	-26	-7.1%
22-24	763	3.6%	768	742	21	2.8%
25-34	3,280	15.6%	3,416	3,133	147	4.7%
35-44	3,354	15.9%	3,557	3,517	-163	-4.6%
45-54	3,461	16.4%	3,608	3,481	-20	-0.6%
55-59	1,088	5.2%	1,121	1,115	-27	-2.4%
60-64	665	3.2%	696	602	63	10.5%
65 and older	375	1.8%	414	375	0	0.0%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	13,328		13,920	13,333
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	30	0.2%	32	43	-13	-30.2%
Mining	341	2.6%	392	257	84	32.7%
Utilities	92	0.7%	89	49	43	87.8%
Construction	1,000	7.5%	1,035	1,116	-116	-10.4%
Manufacturing	1,826	13.7%	2,023	1,830	-4	-0.2%
Wholesale Trade	553	4.1%	567	514	39	7.6%
Retail Trade	1,305	9.8%	1,344	1,442	-137	-9.5%
Transporation and Warehousing	301	2.3%	304	332	-31	-9.3%
Information	455	3.4%	510	521	-66	-12.7%
Finance and Insurance	567	4.2%	479	509	58	11.4%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	319	2.4%	338	295	24	8.1%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	637	4.8%	720	758	-121	-16.0%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	33	0.2%	32	16	17	106.3%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	1,616	12.1%	1,747	1,472	144	9.8%
Educational Services	386	2.9%	459	437	-51	-11.7%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	1,422	10.6%	1,363	1,480	-58	-3.9%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	218	1.6%	246	203	15	7.4%
Accomodation and Food Services	606	4.5%	607	565	41	7.3%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	480	3.6%	501	483	-3	-0.6%
Public Administration	593	4.4%	591	583	10	1.7%
Information Not Available	548	4.1%	541	428	120	28.0%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Oregon
	Sep 2007	Percent	Aug 2007	Sep 2006	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	33,981		37,195	32,374
Male	18,577	54.7%	19,079	17,119	1,458	8.5%
Female	15,401	45.3%	18,111	15,254	147	1.0%
Information Not Available	3	0.0%	5	1	2	200.0%

Ethnicity	33,981		37,195	32,374
Hispanic or Latino	2,522	7.4%	2,795	2,183	339	15.5%
Not Hispanic or Latino	25,584	75.3%	28,132	23,803	1,781	7.5%
Information Not Available	5,875	17.3%	6,268	6,388	-513	-8.0%

Race	33,981		37,195	32,374
American Indian or Alaskan Native	303	0.9%	321	417	-114	-27.3%
Asian	489	1.4%	538	610	-121	-19.8%
Black or African American	479	1.4%	568	631	-152	-24.1%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	172	0.5%	192	235	-63	-26.8%
White	14,696	43.2%	16,083	17,344	-2,648	-15.3%
Information Not Available	17,842	52.5%	19,493	13,137	4,705	35.8%

Years of Age	33,981		37,195	32,374
Younger than 22	1,043	2.2%	1,039	1,010	33	3.3%
22-24	2,027	4.3%	2,136	1,874	153	8.2%
25-34	8,259	17.6%	8,731	7,676	583	7.6%
35-44	8,178	17.4%	8,859	8,037	141	1.8%
45-54	8,657	18.5%	9,583	8,313	344	4.1%
55-59	3,134	6.7%	3,482	2,988	146	4.9%
60-64	1,794	3.8%	2,159	1,668	126	7.6%
65 and older	889	1.9%	1,206	808	81	10.0%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	33,981		37,195	32,374
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	801	2.3%	747	920	-119	-12.9%
Mining	63	0.2%	60	31	32	103.2%
Utilities	71	0.2%	76	101	-30	-29.7%
Construction	3,756	10.8%	3,785	3,192	564	17.7%
Manufacturing	5,400	15.5%	5,494	4,900	500	10.2%
Wholesale Trade	1,405	4.0%	1,550	1,216	189	15.5%
Retail Trade	3,848	11.1%	4,127	3,801	47	1.2%
Transporation and Warehousing	948	2.7%	1,833	887	61	6.9%
Information	725	2.1%	789	793	-68	-8.6%
Finance and Insurance	1,671	4.8%	1,659	1,211	460	38.0%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	695	2.0%	674	609	86	14.1%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	1,214	3.5%	1,348	1,240	-26	-2.1%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	134	0.4%	126	131	3	2.3%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	3,393	9.8%	3,350	3,138	255	8.1%
Educational Services	730	2.1%	782	841	-111	-13.2%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	2,952	8.5%	3,865	3,211	-259	-8.1%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	399	1.1%	458	413	-14	-3.4%
Accomodation and Food Services	2,217	6.4%	2,760	2,282	-65	-2.8%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	944	2.7%	1,015	875	69	7.9%
Public Administration	912	2.6%	1,015	779	133	17.1%
Information Not Available	1,703	4.9%	1,682	1,803	-100	-5.5%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Pennsylvania
	Sep 2007	Percent	Aug 2007	Sep 2006	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	129,045		153,129	128,379
Male	72,110	55.9%	75,748	70,620	1,490	2.1%
Female	56,824	44.0%	77,381	57,759	-935	-1.6%
Information Not Available	111	0.1%	0	0	111	0.0%

Ethnicity	129,045		153,129	128,379
Hispanic or Latino	5,428	4.2%	6,312	4,134	1,294	31.3%
Not Hispanic or Latino	116,528	90.3%	141,375	117,585	-1,057	-0.9%
Information Not Available	7,089	5.5%	5,442	6,660	429	6.4%

Race	129,045		153,129	128,379
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	22,818	17.7%	26,664	23,195	-377	-1.6%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
White	92,270	71.5%	113,296	92,667	-397	-0.4%
Information Not Available	13,957	10.8%	13,169	12,517	1,440	11.5%

Years of Age	129,045		153,129	128,379
Younger than 22	17,280	7.9%	18,393	14,813	2,467	16.7%
22-24	7,864	3.6%	8,163	7,923	-59	-0.7%
25-34	29,464	13.4%	31,126	31,004	-1,540	-5.0%
35-44	34,338	15.7%	41,466	33,531	807	2.4%
45-54	21,600	9.8%	30,256	24,803	-3,203	-12.9%
55-59	6,092	2.8%	8,380	6,775	-683	-10.1%
60-64	1,994	0.9%	3,700	2,526	-532	-21.1%
65 and older	2,105	1.0%	3,047	1,722	383	22.2%
Information Not Available	8,308	3.8%	8,598	5,282	3,026	57.3%

Industry	129,045		153,129	128,379
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	222	0.2%	0	230	-8	-3.5%
Mining	0	0.0%	218	1,148	-1,148	-100.0%
Utilities	222	0.2%	109	344	-122	-35.5%
Construction	15,285	11.8%	13,931	14,239	1,046	7.3%
Manufacturing	19,937	15.4%	18,501	18,948	989	5.2%
Wholesale Trade	6,535	5.1%	5,115	5,856	679	11.6%
Retail Trade	11,963	9.3%	14,257	16,881	-4,918	-29.1%
Transporation and Warehousing	6,314	4.9%	19,154	5,052	1,262	25.0%
Information	2,880	2.2%	2,939	2,411	469	19.5%
Finance and Insurance	3,988	3.1%	4,353	4,134	-146	-3.5%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	1,551	1.2%	1,850	1,493	58	3.9%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	6,535	5.1%	6,857	7,923	-1,388	-17.5%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	2,437	1.9%	2,177	2,526	-89	-3.5%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	11,188	8.7%	13,931	12,057	-869	-7.2%
Educational Services	3,988	3.1%	4,245	3,215	773	24.0%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	14,511	11.2%	17,630	10,909	3,602	33.0%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	1,329	1.0%	1,415	1,378	-49	-3.6%
Accomodation and Food Services	6,203	4.8%	12,081	5,397	806	14.9%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	2,658	2.1%	2,721	4,708	-2,050	-43.5%
Public Administration	665	0.5%	1,850	1,722	-1,057	-61.4%
Information Not Available	10,634	8.2%	9,795	7,808	2,826	36.2%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Puerto Rico
	Sep 2007	Percent	Aug 2007	Sep 2006	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	36,166		37,795	36,870
Male	19,084	52.8%	19,496	18,527	557	3.0%
Female	17,082	47.2%	18,299	18,343	-1,261	-6.9%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	36,166		37,795	36,870
Hispanic or Latino	35,147	97.2%	36,892	36,232	-1,085	-3.0%
Not Hispanic or Latino	388	1.1%	261	638	-250	-39.2%
Information Not Available	631	1.7%	642	0	631	0.0%

Race	36,166		37,795	36,870
American Indian or Alaskan Native	1,149	3.2%	1,170	752	397	52.8%
Asian	125	0.3%	129	96	29	30.2%
Black or African American	3,266	9.0%	3,363	2,003	1,263	63.1%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	45	0.1%	37	19	26	136.8%
White	9,224	25.5%	9,631	9,809	-585	-6.0%
Information Not Available	22,357	61.8%	23,465	24,191	-1,834	-7.6%

Years of Age	36,166		37,795	36,870
Younger than 22	2,131	4.8%	2,095	2,269	-138	-6.1%
22-24	3,445	7.8%	3,677	3,814	-369	-9.7%
25-34	12,433	28.1%	12,941	12,265	168	1.4%
35-44	8,751	19.8%	9,242	8,912	-161	-1.8%
45-54	5,904	13.4%	6,181	5,986	-82	-1.4%
55-59	1,836	4.2%	1,966	2,079	-243	-11.7%
60-64	1,177	2.7%	1,226	1,101	76	6.9%
65 and older	489	1.1%	467	444	45	10.1%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	36,166		37,795	36,870
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
Mining	50	0.1%	47	31	19	61.3%
Utilities	984	2.7%	1,027	817	167	20.4%
Construction	5,159	14.3%	5,267	4,917	242	4.9%
Manufacturing	4,274	11.8%	4,583	5,481	-1,207	-22.0%
Wholesale Trade	6,881	19.0%	6,800	7,075	-194	-2.7%
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	1,069	3.0%	1,161	1,315	-246	-18.7%
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)	10,393	28.7%	10,929	10,416	-23	-0.2%
Public Administration	3,562	9.8%	4,305	4,935	-1,373	-27.8%
Information Not Available	3,794	10.5%	3,676	1,883	1,911	101.5%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Rhode Island
	Sep 2007	Percent	Aug 2007	Sep 2006	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	10,555		13,781	9,163
Male	5,463	51.8%	5,780	4,494	969	21.6%
Female	5,092	48.2%	8,001	4,669	423	9.1%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	10,555		13,781	9,163
Hispanic or Latino	1,436	13.6%	1,851	1,370	66	4.8%
Not Hispanic or Latino	6,267	59.4%	8,300	5,532	735	13.3%
Information Not Available	2,852	27.0%	3,630	2,261	591	26.1%

Race	10,555		13,781	9,163
American Indian or Alaskan Native	68	0.6%	75	64	4	6.3%
Asian	156	1.5%	196	137	19	13.9%
Black or African American	518	4.9%	640	400	118	29.5%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	39	0.4%	52	31	8	25.8%
White	7,158	67.8%	9,628	6,385	773	12.1%
Information Not Available	2,616	24.8%	3,190	2,146	470	21.9%

Years of Age	10,555		13,781	9,163
Younger than 22	328	1.9%	297	279	49	17.6%
22-24	568	3.3%	608	463	105	22.7%
25-34	2,359	13.8%	2,683	1,877	482	25.7%
35-44	2,630	15.4%	3,420	2,381	249	10.5%
45-54	2,544	14.9%	3,680	2,281	263	11.5%
55-59	912	5.3%	1,285	848	64	7.5%
60-64	619	3.6%	909	562	57	10.1%
65 and older	595	3.5%	899	472	123	26.1%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	10,555		13,781	9,163
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	23	0.2%	27	11	12	109.1%
Mining	11	0.1%	7	8	3	37.5%
Utilities	4	0.0%	6	3	1	33.3%
Construction	1,156	10.9%	1,092	835	321	38.4%
Manufacturing	1,669	15.8%	1,818	1,764	-95	-5.4%
Wholesale Trade	436	4.1%	445	342	94	27.5%
Retail Trade	1,263	11.9%	1,154	1,067	196	18.4%
Transporation and Warehousing	258	2.4%	1,376	201	57	28.4%
Information	166	1.6%	157	230	-64	-27.8%
Finance and Insurance	980	9.3%	891	583	397	68.1%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	218	2.1%	250	191	27	14.1%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	554	5.2%	563	404	150	37.1%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	84	0.8%	79	43	41	95.3%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	805	7.6%	957	684	121	17.7%
Educational Services	419	4.0%	694	393	26	6.6%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	1,025	9.7%	1,425	998	27	2.7%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	158	1.5%	208	127	31	24.4%
Accomodation and Food Services	586	5.5%	1,626	567	19	3.4%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	347	3.3%	422	353	-6	-1.7%
Public Administration	97	0.9%	238	70	27	38.6%
Information Not Available	296	2.8%	346	289	7	2.4%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants South Carolina
	Sep 2007	Percent	Aug 2007	Sep 2006	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	37,860		38,792	36,031
Male	18,532	48.9%	18,439	17,272	1,260	7.3%
Female	19,328	51.1%	20,353	18,759	569	3.0%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	37,860		38,792	36,031
Hispanic or Latino	723	1.9%	731	654	69	10.6%
Not Hispanic or Latino	32,175	85.0%	33,225	29,963	2,212	7.4%
Information Not Available	4,962	13.1%	4,836	5,414	-452	-8.3%

Race	37,860		38,792	36,031
American Indian or Alaskan Native	227	0.6%	234	242	-15	-6.2%
Asian	185	0.5%	171	173	12	6.9%
Black or African American	19,783	52.3%	20,202	18,389	1,394	7.6%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	71	0.2%	73	77	-6	-7.8%
White	16,928	44.7%	17,409	16,454	474	2.9%
Information Not Available	666	1.8%	703	696	-30	-4.3%

Years of Age	37,860		38,792	36,031
Younger than 22	1,716	3.2%	1,676	1,594	122	7.7%
22-24	1,411	2.7%	1,463	1,431	-20	-1.4%
25-34	8,397	15.8%	8,581	7,927	470	5.9%
35-44	8,156	15.4%	8,361	8,131	25	0.3%
45-54	8,324	15.7%	8,622	7,776	548	7.0%
55-59	2,826	5.3%	2,968	2,603	223	8.6%
60-64	1,809	3.4%	1,935	1,657	152	9.2%
65 and older	908	1.7%	1,058	875	33	3.8%
Information Not Available	4,313	8.1%	4,128	4,037	276	6.8%

Industry	37,860		38,792	36,031
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	211	0.6%	236	184	27	14.7%
Mining	25	0.1%	27	24	1	4.2%
Utilities	60	0.2%	57	58	2	3.4%
Construction	3,666	9.6%	3,618	2,847	819	28.8%
Manufacturing	9,617	25.3%	7,892	9,356	261	2.8%
Wholesale Trade	1,600	4.2%	1,695	1,387	213	15.4%
Retail Trade	3,665	9.6%	3,828	3,485	180	5.2%
Transporation and Warehousing	927	2.4%	1,207	928	-1	-0.1%
Information	422	1.1%	435	427	-5	-1.2%
Finance and Insurance	1,152	3.0%	1,078	1,015	137	13.5%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	555	1.5%	509	508	47	9.3%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	1,129	3.0%	1,213	1,065	64	6.0%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	246	0.6%	195	45	201	446.7%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	5,172	13.6%	5,405	5,044	128	2.5%
Educational Services	573	1.5%	668	635	-62	-9.8%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	2,218	5.8%	2,479	2,209	9	0.4%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	305	0.8%	317	290	15	5.2%
Accomodation and Food Services	2,368	6.2%	3,209	2,169	199	9.2%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	798	2.1%	1,182	817	-19	-2.3%
Public Administration	541	1.4%	584	560	-19	-3.4%
Information Not Available	2,610	6.9%	2,958	2,978	-368	-12.4%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants South Dakota
	Sep 2007	Percent	Aug 2007	Sep 2006	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	1,017		1,330	1,176
Male	448	44.1%	499	495	-47	-9.5%
Female	569	55.9%	831	681	-112	-16.4%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	1,017		1,330	1,176
Hispanic or Latino	21	2.1%	26	19	2	10.5%
Not Hispanic or Latino	885	87.0%	1,197	1,052	-167	-15.9%
Information Not Available	111	10.9%	107	105	6	5.7%

Race	1,017		1,330	1,176
American Indian or Alaskan Native	179	17.6%	311	268	-89	-33.2%
Asian	1	0.1%	5	4	-3	-75.0%
Black or African American	20	2.0%	24	16	4	25.0%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0	0.0%	1	3	-3	-100.0%
White	726	71.4%	898	813	-87	-10.7%
Information Not Available	91	8.9%	91	72	19	26.4%

Years of Age	1,017		1,330	1,176
Younger than 22	19	1.2%	33	10	9	90.0%
22-24	31	1.9%	39	51	-20	-39.2%
25-34	200	12.2%	269	268	-68	-25.4%
35-44	208	12.6%	288	197	11	5.6%
45-54	330	20.0%	401	331	-1	-0.3%
55-59	132	8.0%	168	162	-30	-18.5%
60-64	97	5.9%	132	157	-60	-38.2%
65 and older	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	1,017		1,330	1,176
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	9	0.9%	11	12	-3	-25.0%
Mining	2	0.2%	0	0	2	0.0%
Utilities	0	0.0%	0	3	-3	-100.0%
Construction	96	9.4%	91	104	-8	-7.7%
Manufacturing	176	17.2%	155	182	-6	-3.3%
Wholesale Trade	28	2.7%	34	39	-11	-28.2%
Retail Trade	115	11.2%	132	114	1	0.9%
Transporation and Warehousing	25	2.4%	33	12	13	108.3%
Information	13	1.3%	19	31	-18	-58.1%
Finance and Insurance	47	4.6%	43	43	4	9.3%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	27	2.6%	29	26	1	3.8%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	35	3.4%	41	42	-7	-16.7%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	4	0.4%	4	1	3	300.0%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	54	5.3%	51	62	-8	-12.9%
Educational Services	64	6.2%	90	93	-29	-31.2%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	80	7.8%	128	121	-41	-33.9%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	21	2.0%	28	23	-2	-8.7%
Accomodation and Food Services	65	6.3%	150	81	-16	-19.8%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	33	3.2%	54	17	16	94.1%
Public Administration	75	7.3%	188	133	-58	-43.6%
Information Not Available	48	4.7%	49	37	11	29.7%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Tennessee
	Sep 2007	Percent	Aug 2007	Sep 2006	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	36,735		40,385	35,369
Male	19,097	52.0%	20,822	16,651	2,446	14.7%
Female	17,638	48.0%	19,563	18,718	-1,080	-5.8%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	36,735		40,385	35,369
Hispanic or Latino	545	1.5%	530	346	199	57.5%
Not Hispanic or Latino	36,190	98.5%	39,855	35,023	1,167	3.3%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Race	36,735		40,385	35,369
American Indian or Alaskan Native	88	0.2%	93	61	27	44.3%
Asian	514	1.4%	623	521	-7	-1.3%
Black or African American	10,306	28.1%	11,442	10,836	-530	-4.9%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	176	0.5%	185	231	-55	-23.8%
White	25,192	68.6%	27,574	23,270	1,922	8.3%
Information Not Available	459	1.2%	468	450	9	2.0%

Years of Age	36,735		40,385	35,369
Younger than 22	724	1.2%	853	823	-99	-12.0%
22-24	1,507	2.5%	1,654	1,648	-141	-8.6%
25-34	6,949	11.7%	7,546	7,418	-469	-6.3%
35-44	8,641	14.5%	9,349	8,699	-58	-0.7%
45-54	10,846	18.2%	11,635	9,116	1,730	19.0%
55-59	3,701	6.2%	4,146	3,342	359	10.7%
60-64	2,430	4.1%	2,860	2,387	43	1.8%
65 and older	1,503	2.5%	1,701	1,571	-68	-4.3%
Information Not Available	434	0.7%	641	365	69	18.9%

Industry	36,735		40,385	35,369
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	114	0.3%	108	46	68	147.8%
Mining	83	0.2%	72	37	46	124.3%
Utilities	70	0.2%	63	44	26	59.1%
Construction	2,486	6.7%	2,445	2,201	285	12.9%
Manufacturing	8,831	24.0%	9,625	10,059	-1,228	-12.2%
Wholesale Trade	4,570	12.4%	4,799	1,779	2,791	156.9%
Retail Trade	3,067	8.3%	3,315	2,839	228	8.0%
Transporation and Warehousing	1,075	2.9%	1,187	923	152	16.5%
Information	542	1.5%	524	930	-388	-41.7%
Finance and Insurance	1,231	3.3%	1,185	967	264	27.3%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	606	1.6%	625	387	219	56.6%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	1,380	3.7%	1,711	1,390	-10	-0.7%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	92	0.2%	95	124	-32	-25.8%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	4,363	11.8%	5,064	4,716	-353	-7.5%
Educational Services	945	2.6%	932	1,035	-90	-8.7%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	2,246	6.1%	2,576	2,519	-273	-10.8%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	207	0.6%	236	213	-6	-2.8%
Accomodation and Food Services	1,655	4.5%	2,034	1,623	32	2.0%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	1,050	2.8%	1,323	1,041	9	0.9%
Public Administration	707	1.9%	853	939	-232	-24.7%
Information Not Available	1,415	3.8%	1,613	1,557	-142	-9.1%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Texas
	Sep 2007	Percent	Aug 2007	Sep 2006	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	87,221		95,477	87,620
Male	42,856	49.1%	45,906	42,462	394	0.9%
Female	44,365	50.9%	49,569	45,158	-793	-1.8%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	2	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	87,221		95,477	87,620
Hispanic or Latino	24,653	28.3%	27,173	25,764	-1,111	-4.3%
Not Hispanic or Latino	56,562	64.8%	60,417	56,245	317	0.6%
Information Not Available	6,006	6.9%	7,887	5,611	395	7.0%

Race	87,221		95,477	87,620
American Indian or Alaskan Native	352	0.4%	415	386	-34	-8.8%
Asian	1,611	1.8%	1,656	1,791	-180	-10.1%
Black or African American	21,784	25.0%	23,430	21,443	341	1.6%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0	0.0%	102	0	0	0.0%
White	32,707	37.5%	34,787	32,546	161	0.5%
Information Not Available	30,767	35.3%	35,087	31,454	-687	-2.2%

Years of Age	87,221		95,477	87,620
Younger than 22	2,070	1.8%	2,393	2,072	-2	-0.1%
22-24	4,230	3.7%	4,824	4,361	-131	-3.0%
25-34	21,909	18.9%	23,379	21,236	673	3.2%
35-44	24,292	21.0%	26,214	24,384	-92	-0.4%
45-54	21,564	18.6%	23,718	22,499	-935	-4.2%
55-59	6,958	6.0%	7,760	7,231	-273	-3.8%
60-64	4,104	3.5%	4,626	3,841	263	6.8%
65 and older	2,094	1.8%	2,561	1,996	98	4.9%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	2	0	0	0.0%

Industry	87,221		95,477	87,620
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	1,028	1.2%	1,145	1,134	-106	-9.3%
Mining	1,249	1.4%	1,309	835	414	49.6%
Utilities	256	0.3%	264	387	-131	-33.9%
Construction	9,345	10.6%	10,333	8,673	672	7.7%
Manufacturing	9,261	10.5%	9,820	8,419	842	10.0%
Wholesale Trade	4,745	5.4%	4,658	4,533	212	4.7%
Retail Trade	6,873	7.8%	7,114	7,901	-1,028	-13.0%
Transporation and Warehousing	2,721	3.1%	3,096	3,110	-389	-12.5%
Information	2,727	3.1%	2,564	2,773	-46	-1.7%
Finance and Insurance	5,725	6.5%	5,283	4,315	1,410	32.7%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	1,884	2.1%	1,964	1,974	-90	-4.6%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	6,226	7.1%	7,569	5,772	454	7.9%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	348	0.4%	429	325	23	7.1%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	11,314	12.8%	11,933	11,244	70	0.6%
Educational Services	2,508	2.8%	2,656	2,515	-7	-0.3%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	7,772	8.8%	9,018	9,382	-1,610	-17.2%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	561	0.6%	639	599	-38	-6.3%
Accomodation and Food Services	2,985	3.4%	4,535	3,136	-151	-4.8%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	2,240	2.5%	2,423	2,479	-239	-9.6%
Public Administration	1,261	1.4%	1,483	1,177	84	7.1%
Information Not Available	6,192	7.0%	7,242	6,937	-745	-10.7%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Utah
	Sep 2007	Percent	Aug 2007	Sep 2006	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	7,207		7,334	5,707
Male	3,710	51.5%	3,526	2,758	952	34.5%
Female	3,445	47.8%	3,730	2,949	496	16.8%
Information Not Available	52	0.7%	78	0	52	0.0%

Ethnicity	7,207		7,334	5,707
Hispanic or Latino	585	8.1%	561	458	127	27.7%
Not Hispanic or Latino	5,380	74.6%	5,458	4,360	1,020	23.4%
Information Not Available	1,242	17.2%	1,315	889	353	39.7%

Race	7,207		7,334	5,707
American Indian or Alaskan Native	246	3.4%	246	180	66	36.7%
Asian	135	1.9%	146	107	28	26.2%
Black or African American	143	2.0%	143	110	33	30.0%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	80	1.1%	89	62	18	29.0%
White	5,409	75.1%	5,433	4,353	1,056	24.3%
Information Not Available	1,194	16.6%	1,277	895	299	33.4%

Years of Age	7,207		7,334	5,707
Younger than 22	251	2.0%	266	195	56	28.7%
22-24	494	4.0%	497	350	144	41.1%
25-34	2,013	16.3%	2,015	1,603	410	25.6%
35-44	1,807	14.6%	1,865	1,436	371	25.8%
45-54	1,691	13.7%	1,709	1,411	280	19.8%
55-59	558	4.5%	582	429	129	30.1%
60-64	276	2.2%	290	227	49	21.6%
65 and older	117	0.9%	110	56	61	108.9%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	7,207		7,334	5,707
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	10	0.1%	13	11	-1	-9.1%
Mining	166	2.3%	63	37	129	348.6%
Utilities	7	0.1%	7	8	-1	-12.5%
Construction	743	10.3%	745	454	289	63.7%
Manufacturing	977	13.5%	985	868	109	12.6%
Wholesale Trade	267	3.7%	273	243	24	9.9%
Retail Trade	659	9.1%	647	624	35	5.6%
Transporation and Warehousing	233	3.2%	237	189	44	23.3%
Information	240	3.3%	232	326	-86	-26.4%
Finance and Insurance	423	5.9%	414	271	152	56.1%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	155	2.1%	147	73	82	112.3%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	486	6.7%	464	358	128	35.8%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	16	0.2%	15	16	0	0.0%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	929	12.9%	946	729	200	27.4%
Educational Services	217	3.0%	273	160	57	35.6%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	377	5.2%	547	366	11	3.0%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	78	1.1%	79	88	-10	-11.4%
Accomodation and Food Services	306	4.2%	300	252	54	21.4%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	117	1.6%	123	119	-2	-1.7%
Public Administration	122	1.7%	171	110	12	10.9%
Information Not Available	679	9.4%	653	405	274	67.7%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Virginia
	Sep 2007	Percent	Aug 2007	Sep 2006	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	31,316		35,220	32,979
Male	16,248	51.9%	17,804	17,096	-848	-5.0%
Female	15,065	48.1%	17,412	15,878	-813	-5.1%
Information Not Available	3	0.0%	4	5	-2	-40.0%

Ethnicity	31,316		35,220	32,979
Hispanic or Latino	955	3.0%	1,025	878	77	8.8%
Not Hispanic or Latino	28,599	91.3%	32,286	30,219	-1,620	-5.4%
Information Not Available	1,762	5.6%	1,909	1,882	-120	-6.4%

Race	31,316		35,220	32,979
American Indian or Alaskan Native	152	0.5%	186	151	1	0.7%
Asian	1,659	5.3%	1,802	1,576	83	5.3%
Black or African American	12,691	40.5%	14,492	13,643	-952	-7.0%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
White	15,052	48.1%	16,831	15,727	-675	-4.3%
Information Not Available	1,762	5.6%	1,909	1,882	-120	-6.4%

Years of Age	31,316		35,220	32,979
Younger than 22	718	1.6%	798	708	10	1.4%
22-24	1,679	3.8%	1,797	1,740	-61	-3.5%
25-34	7,538	16.9%	8,354	7,612	-74	-1.0%
35-44	7,894	17.7%	8,849	8,826	-932	-10.6%
45-54	8,218	18.4%	9,304	8,567	-349	-4.1%
55-59	2,795	6.3%	3,229	3,042	-247	-8.1%
60-64	1,681	3.8%	1,939	1,733	-52	-3.0%
65 and older	792	1.8%	949	747	45	6.0%
Information Not Available	1	0.0%	1	4	-3	-75.0%

Industry	31,316		35,220	32,979
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	43	0.1%	48	49	-6	-12.2%
Mining	343	1.1%	358	120	223	185.8%
Utilities	17	0.1%	20	14	3	21.4%
Construction	1,921	6.1%	2,043	1,933	-12	-0.6%
Manufacturing	3,610	11.5%	3,876	6,457	-2,847	-44.1%
Wholesale Trade	668	2.1%	1,149	625	43	6.9%
Retail Trade	1,608	5.1%	1,806	1,703	-95	-5.6%
Transporation and Warehousing	785	2.5%	825	818	-33	-4.0%
Information	531	1.7%	545	611	-80	-13.1%
Finance and Insurance	784	2.5%	753	686	98	14.3%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	401	1.3%	412	348	53	15.2%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	1,496	4.8%	1,599	1,737	-241	-13.9%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	66	0.2%	67	54	12	22.2%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	2,197	7.0%	2,372	2,213	-16	-0.7%
Educational Services	199	0.6%	204	222	-23	-10.4%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	1,128	3.6%	1,580	1,274	-146	-11.5%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	98	0.3%	139	110	-12	-10.9%
Accomodation and Food Services	916	2.9%	1,622	862	54	6.3%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	515	1.6%	755	570	-55	-9.6%
Public Administration	1,773	5.7%	2,126	1,892	-119	-6.3%
Information Not Available	12,217	39.0%	12,921	10,681	1,536	14.4%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Virgin Islands
	Sep 2007	Percent	Aug 2007	Sep 2006	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	343		371	275
Male	239	69.7%	260	142	97	68.3%
Female	104	30.3%	111	133	-29	-21.8%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	343		371	275
Hispanic or Latino	109	31.8%	122	56	53	94.6%
Not Hispanic or Latino	232	67.6%	246	217	15	6.9%
Information Not Available	2	0.6%	3	2	0	0.0%

Race	343		371	275
American Indian or Alaskan Native	2	0.6%	1	0	2	0.0%
Asian	1	0.3%	3	0	1	0.0%
Black or African American	214	62.4%	229	198	16	8.1%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	2	0.6%	3	1	1	100.0%
White	15	4.4%	13	19	-4	-21.1%
Information Not Available	109	31.8%	122	57	52	91.2%

Years of Age	343		371	275
Younger than 22	7	2.0%	9	2	5	250.0%
22-24	19	5.5%	21	12	7	58.3%
25-34	83	24.2%	91	65	18	27.7%
35-44	92	26.8%	98	68	24	35.3%
45-54	83	24.2%	85	64	19	29.7%
55-59	35	10.2%	37	22	13	59.1%
60-64	15	4.4%	21	33	-18	-54.5%
65 and older	9	2.6%	9	8	1	12.5%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	1	-1	-100.0%

Industry	343		371	275
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
Mining	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
Utilities	1	0.3%	1	1	0	0.0%
Construction	144	42.0%	151	77	67	87.0%
Manufacturing	18	5.2%	21	9	9	100.0%
Wholesale Trade	2	0.6%	9	1	1	100.0%
Retail Trade	15	4.4%	15	20	-5	-25.0%
Transporation and Warehousing	5	1.5%	26	2	3	150.0%
Information	0	0.0%	2	8	-8	-100.0%
Finance and Insurance	1	0.3%	6	1	0	0.0%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	6	1.7%	6	9	-3	-33.3%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	1	0.3%	4	7	-6	-85.7%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	1	0.3%	8	2	-1	-50.0%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	8	2.3%	8	6	2	33.3%
Educational Services	4	1.2%	3	7	-3	-42.9%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	13	3.8%	10	2	11	550.0%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	2	0.6%	4	2	0	0.0%
Accomodation and Food Services	40	11.7%	24	53	-13	-24.5%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	49	14.3%	44	35	14	40.0%
Public Administration	7	2.0%	9	9	-2	-22.2%
Information Not Available	26	7.6%	20	24	2	8.3%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Vermont
	Sep 2007	Percent	Aug 2007	Sep 2006	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	3,202		3,935	3,202
Male	1,701	53.1%	1,866	1,556	145	9.3%
Female	1,501	46.9%	2,069	1,646	-145	-8.8%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	3,202		3,935	3,202
Hispanic or Latino	12	0.4%	9	7	5	71.4%
Not Hispanic or Latino	968	30.2%	1,074	1,042	-74	-7.1%
Information Not Available	2,222	69.4%	2,852	2,153	69	3.2%

Race	3,202		3,935	3,202
American Indian or Alaskan Native	10	0.3%	11	8	2	25.0%
Asian	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
Black or African American	26	0.8%	19	24	2	8.3%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	5	0.2%	5	9	-4	-44.4%
White	939	29.3%	1,048	1,008	-69	-6.8%
Information Not Available	2,222	69.4%	2,852	2,153	69	3.2%

Years of Age	3,202		3,935	3,202
Younger than 22	97	2.5%	105	109	-12	-11.0%
22-24	150	3.8%	156	174	-24	-13.8%
25-34	641	16.3%	742	634	7	1.1%
35-44	759	19.4%	927	769	-10	-1.3%
45-54	839	21.4%	1,049	850	-11	-1.3%
55-59	361	9.2%	456	344	17	4.9%
60-64	220	5.6%	259	195	25	12.8%
65 and older	135	3.4%	241	127	8	6.3%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	3,202		3,935	3,202
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	13	0.4%	24	26	-13	-50.0%
Mining	4	0.1%	7	4	0	0.0%
Utilities	3	0.1%	3	6	-3	-50.0%
Construction	303	9.4%	314	271	32	11.8%
Manufacturing	654	20.3%	533	517	137	26.5%
Wholesale Trade	147	4.6%	148	130	17	13.1%
Retail Trade	382	11.9%	447	446	-64	-14.3%
Transporation and Warehousing	75	2.3%	340	74	1	1.4%
Information	60	1.9%	66	55	5	9.1%
Finance and Insurance	68	2.1%	75	84	-16	-19.0%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	43	1.3%	48	45	-2	-4.4%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	170	5.3%	184	180	-10	-5.6%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	8	0.2%	7	6	2	33.3%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	158	4.9%	183	176	-18	-10.2%
Educational Services	144	4.5%	206	172	-28	-16.3%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	267	8.3%	375	338	-71	-21.0%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	23	0.7%	24	33	-10	-30.3%
Accomodation and Food Services	503	15.6%	755	456	47	10.3%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	95	3.0%	109	115	-20	-17.4%
Public Administration	82	2.6%	87	68	14	20.6%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Washington
	Sep 2007	Percent	Aug 2007	Sep 2006	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	35,351		37,639	37,686
Male	19,619	55.5%	19,487	20,637	-1,018	-4.9%
Female	15,730	44.5%	18,152	17,024	-1,294	-7.6%
Information Not Available	2	0.0%	0	25	-23	-92.0%

Ethnicity	35,351		37,639	37,686
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	35,351	100.0%	37,639	37,686	-2,335	-6.2%

Race	35,351		37,639	37,686
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	35,351	100.0%	37,639	37,686	-2,335	-6.2%

Years of Age	35,351		37,639	37,686
Younger than 22	765	2.3%	713	818	-53	-6.5%
22-24	1,715	5.1%	1,722	1,839	-124	-6.7%
25-34	8,188	24.6%	8,295	8,678	-490	-5.6%
35-44	9,035	27.1%	9,689	9,911	-876	-8.8%
45-54	9,378	28.1%	10,212	10,095	-717	-7.1%
55-59	3,326	10.0%	3,691	3,549	-223	-6.3%
60-64	2,010	6.0%	2,223	1,907	103	5.4%
65 and older	934	2.8%	1,094	889	45	5.1%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	35,351		37,639	37,686
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	35,351	100.0%	37,639	37,686	-2,335	-6.2%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Wisconsin
	Sep 2007	Percent	Aug 2007	Sep 2006	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	50,293		59,964	50,529
Male	27,096	53.9%	30,228	27,417	-321	-1.2%
Female	23,197	46.1%	29,736	23,112	85	0.4%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	50,293		59,964	50,529
Hispanic or Latino	1,931	3.8%	2,309	1,824	107	5.9%
Not Hispanic or Latino	47,904	95.2%	57,295	48,452	-548	-1.1%
Information Not Available	458	0.9%	360	253	205	81.0%

Race	50,293		59,964	50,529
American Indian or Alaskan Native	538	1.1%	702	546	-8	-1.5%
Asian	563	1.1%	618	500	63	12.6%
Black or African American	7,800	15.5%	9,161	7,321	479	6.5%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	45	0.1%	42	35	10	28.6%
White	40,889	81.3%	49,081	41,874	-985	-2.4%
Information Not Available	458	0.9%	360	253	205	81.0%

Years of Age	50,293		59,964	50,529
Younger than 22	1,997	2.3%	2,273	2,097	-100	-4.8%
22-24	3,495	3.9%	3,880	3,633	-138	-3.8%
25-34	12,222	13.8%	13,898	12,193	29	0.2%
35-44	11,805	13.3%	13,910	12,066	-261	-2.2%
45-54	12,279	13.9%	14,575	12,405	-126	-1.0%
55-59	4,260	4.8%	5,186	4,189	71	1.7%
60-64	2,696	3.0%	3,550	2,400	296	12.3%
65 and older	1,539	1.7%	2,692	1,546	-7	-0.5%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	50,293		59,964	50,529
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	191	0.4%	294	243	-52	-21.4%
Mining	65	0.1%	48	45	20	44.4%
Utilities	65	0.1%	72	56	9	16.1%
Construction	5,402	10.7%	5,636	6,154	-752	-12.2%
Manufacturing	11,726	23.2%	12,987	11,794	-68	-0.6%
Wholesale Trade	2,032	4.0%	2,219	1,870	162	8.7%
Retail Trade	5,528	11.0%	6,049	5,376	152	2.8%
Transporation and Warehousing	1,881	3.7%	5,168	1,789	92	5.1%
Information	850	1.7%	935	808	42	5.2%
Finance and Insurance	1,941	3.8%	1,907	1,673	268	16.0%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	583	1.2%	594	601	-18	-3.0%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	1,730	3.4%	1,877	1,662	68	4.1%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	231	0.5%	216	197	34	17.3%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	5,176	10.3%	5,702	5,220	-44	-0.8%
Educational Services	1,001	2.0%	1,217	1,147	-146	-12.7%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	4,492	8.9%	5,498	4,578	-86	-1.9%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	609	1.2%	708	586	23	3.9%
Accomodation and Food Services	3,168	6.3%	4,712	3,102	66	2.1%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	1,127	2.2%	1,403	1,127	0	0.0%
Public Administration	971	1.9%	1,283	970	1	0.1%
Information Not Available	1,524	3.0%	1,439	1,531	-7	-0.5%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants West Virginia
	Sep 2007	Percent	Aug 2007	Sep 2006	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	9,777		11,123	10,559
Male	6,220	63.6%	6,708	6,615	-395	-6.0%
Female	3,557	36.4%	4,415	3,944	-387	-9.8%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	9,777		11,123	10,559
Hispanic or Latino	93	1.0%	128	161	-68	-42.2%
Not Hispanic or Latino	8,438	86.3%	9,696	9,592	-1,154	-12.0%
Information Not Available	1,246	12.7%	1,299	806	440	54.6%

Race	9,777		11,123	10,559
American Indian or Alaskan Native	19	0.2%	21	21	-2	-9.5%
Asian	19	0.2%	19	13	6	46.2%
Black or African American	338	3.5%	441	530	-192	-36.2%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	6	0.1%	9	3	3	100.0%
White	9,211	94.2%	10,405	9,822	-611	-6.2%
Information Not Available	184	1.9%	228	170	14	8.2%

Years of Age	9,777		11,123	10,559
Younger than 22	235	1.3%	242	264	-29	-11.0%
22-24	510	2.7%	583	507	3	0.6%
25-34	2,529	13.6%	2,779	2,784	-255	-9.2%
35-44	2,553	13.8%	2,977	2,634	-81	-3.1%
45-54	2,489	13.4%	2,835	2,783	-294	-10.6%
55-59	814	4.4%	999	921	-107	-11.6%
60-64	432	2.3%	459	469	-37	-7.9%
65 and older	215	1.2%	249	197	18	9.1%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	9,777		11,123	10,559
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	63	0.6%	49	63	0	0.0%
Mining	557	5.7%	608	520	37	7.1%
Utilities	31	0.3%	18	22	9	40.9%
Construction	2,133	21.7%	2,220	2,050	83	4.0%
Manufacturing	992	10.1%	1,023	1,408	-416	-29.5%
Wholesale Trade	285	2.9%	310	273	12	4.4%
Retail Trade	904	9.2%	975	866	38	4.4%
Transporation and Warehousing	329	3.3%	345	379	-50	-13.2%
Information	120	1.2%	130	210	-90	-42.9%
Finance and Insurance	181	1.8%	179	565	-384	-68.0%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	148	1.5%	140	118	30	25.4%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	386	3.9%	427	454	-68	-15.0%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	16	0.2%	11	17	-1	-5.9%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	742	7.5%	783	760	-18	-2.4%
Educational Services	165	1.7%	304	163	2	1.2%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	948	9.6%	1,390	981	-33	-3.4%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	94	1.0%	102	93	1	1.1%
Accomodation and Food Services	479	4.9%	611	539	-60	-11.1%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	358	3.6%	614	304	54	17.8%
Public Administration	129	1.3%	159	133	-4	-3.0%
Information Not Available	717	7.3%	725	641	76	11.9%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Wyoming
	Sep 2007	Percent	Aug 2007	Sep 2006	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	1,410		1,633	1,082
Male	713	50.6%	796	554	159	28.7%
Female	697	49.4%	837	528	169	32.0%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	1,410		1,633	1,082
Hispanic or Latino	141	10.0%	174	104	37	35.6%
Not Hispanic or Latino	1,127	79.9%	1,312	870	257	29.5%
Information Not Available	142	10.1%	147	108	34	31.5%

Race	1,410		1,633	1,082
American Indian or Alaskan Native	89	6.3%	110	59	30	50.8%
Asian	4	0.3%	7	12	-8	-66.7%
Black or African American	26	1.8%	29	22	4	18.2%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	6	0.4%	4	0	6	0.0%
White	1,206	85.5%	1,384	937	269	28.7%
Information Not Available	79	5.6%	99	52	27	51.9%

Years of Age	1,410		1,633	1,082
Younger than 22	31	1.2%	26	21	10	47.6%
22-24	89	3.5%	92	48	41	85.4%
25-34	276	10.9%	350	240	36	15.0%
35-44	338	13.3%	390	291	47	16.2%
45-54	412	16.2%	501	299	113	37.8%
55-59	139	5.5%	125	88	51	58.0%
60-64	80	3.2%	87	56	24	42.9%
65 and older	45	1.8%	62	39	6	15.4%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	1,410		1,633	1,082
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	4	0.3%	11	10	-6	-60.0%
Mining	115	8.1%	149	57	58	101.8%
Utilities	2	0.1%	2	9	-7	-77.8%
Construction	218	15.4%	230	174	44	25.3%
Manufacturing	77	5.4%	79	60	17	28.3%
Wholesale Trade	41	2.9%	49	33	8	24.2%
Retail Trade	120	8.5%	144	129	-9	-7.0%
Transporation and Warehousing	42	3.0%	42	33	9	27.3%
Information	30	2.1%	34	12	18	150.0%
Finance and Insurance	21	1.5%	26	22	-1	-4.5%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	13	0.9%	15	10	3	30.0%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	49	3.5%	53	47	2	4.3%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	2	0.1%	2	0	2	0.0%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	75	5.3%	86	71	4	5.6%
Educational Services	73	5.2%	67	48	25	52.1%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	169	12.0%	232	101	68	67.3%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	16	1.1%	17	6	10	166.7%
Accomodation and Food Services	107	7.6%	125	89	18	20.2%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	47	3.3%	53	55	-8	-14.5%
Public Administration	68	4.8%	88	50	18	36.0%
Information Not Available	121	8.6%	129	66	55	83.3%