Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants

April 2008

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants: Total Claimants April 2008
	Apr 2008	Mar 2008	Monthly Change	Apr 2007	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
United States	3,056,108	3,256,582	-200,474	2,623,930	432,178	16.5
Alaska	13,026	14,748	-1,722	13,766	-740	-5.4
Alabama	30,032	29,322	710	24,505	5,527	22.6
Arkansas	30,477	28,944	1,533	27,749	2,728	9.8
Arizona	37,093	32,382	4,711	25,384	11,709	46.1
California	486,416	512,363	-25,947	393,332	93,084	23.7
Colorado	25,674	27,545	-1,871	21,762	3,912	18.0
Connecticut	41,883	48,420	-6,537	38,870	3,013	7.8
District of Columbia	8,067	6,422	1,645	4,392	3,675	83.7
Delaware	10,509	10,292	217	10,041	468	4.7
Florida	145,680	139,958	5,722	90,584	55,096	60.8
Georgia	67,112	67,052	60	49,334	17,778	36.0
Hawaii	10,111	8,082	2,029	6,666	3,445	51.7
Iowa	29,349	36,670	-7,321	25,271	4,078	16.1
Idaho	18,384	22,365	-3,981	11,855	6,529	55.1
Illinois	163,541	184,333	-20,792	140,337	23,204	16.5
Indiana	67,561	76,324	-8,763	56,849	10,712	18.8
Kansas	19,016	19,242	-226	16,901	2,115	12.5
Kentucky	38,745	38,750	-5	30,141	8,604	28.5
Louisiana	18,835	19,337	-502	18,009	826	4.6
Massachusetts	90,958	105,900	-14,942	84,942	6,016	7.1
Maryland	44,104	46,768	-2,664	32,294	11,810	36.6
Maine	14,199	15,593	-1,394	12,892	1,307	10.1
Michigan	181,345	182,540	-1,195	164,629	16,716	10.2
Minnesota	66,473	72,505	-6,032	68,871	-2,398	-3.5
Missouri	50,667	58,197	-7,530	42,408	8,259	19.5
Mississippi	18,899	19,638	-739	16,658	2,241	13.5
Montana	5,828	7,451	-1,623	4,951	877	17.7
North Carolina	86,863	85,736	1,127	74,200	12,663	17.1
North Dakota	3,356	5,305	-1,949	4,235	-879	-20.8
Nebraska	9,431	10,955	-1,524	9,109	322	3.5
New Hampshire	9,891	10,756	-865	7,884	2,007	25.5
New Jersey	121,053	131,632	-10,579	118,377	2,676	2.3
New Mexico	11,964	12,330	-366	10,807	1,157	10.7
Nevada	34,765	34,531	234	23,462	11,303	48.2
New York	191,264	210,687	-19,423	185,923	5,341	2.9
Ohio	123,914	139,528	-15,614	102,571	21,343	20.8
Oklahoma	14,213	13,828	385	13,996	217	1.6
Oregon	55,583	57,761	-2,178	43,856	11,727	26.7
Pennsylvania	183,075	210,883	-27,808	177,883	5,192	2.9
Puerto Rico	35,065	35,195	-130	33,059	2,006	6.1
Rhode Island	15,642	18,671	-3,029	13,218	2,424	18.3
South Carolina	45,828	45,640	188	38,309	7,519	19.6
South Dakota	2,107	3,160	-1,053	2,410	-303	-12.6
Tennessee	43,390	46,353	-2,963	36,441	6,949	19.1
Texas	102,990	99,903	3,087	94,587	8,403	8.9
Utah	13,201	14,804	-1,603	7,277	5,924	81.4
Virginia	42,766	46,148	-3,382	33,859	8,907	26.3
Virgin Islands	443	351	92	247	196	79.4
Vermont	8,203	8,744	-541	7,324	879	12.0
Washington	59,961	63,647	-3,686	47,692	12,269	25.7
Wisconsin	90,004	98,760	-8,756	85,768	4,236	4.9
West Virginia	14,058	16,467	-2,409	15,250	-1,192	-7.8
Wyoming	3,094	3,664	-570	2,793	301	10.8

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants US Totals
	Apr 2008	Percent	Mar 2008	Apr 2007	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	3,056,108		3,256,582	2,623,930	432,178	16.5
Male	1,868,034	61.1%	2,067,182	1,563,217	304,817	19.5%
Female	1,185,664	38.8%	1,186,572	1,058,697	126,967	12.0%
Information Not Available	2,410	0.1%	2,828	2,016	394	19.5%

Ethnicity	3,056,108		3,256,582	2,623,930
Hispanic or Latino	489,431	16.0%	522,765	412,258	77,173	18.7%
Not Hispanic or Latino	2,206,181	85.9%	2,358,364	1,918,621	287,560	15.0%
Information Not Available	360,890	10.6%	375,723	293,052	67,838	23.1%

Race	3,056,108		3,256,582	2,623,930
American Indian or Alaskan Native	30,989	1.0%	33,683	28,348	2,641	9.3%
Asian	73,039	2.4%	71,953	60,271	12,768	21.2%
Black or African American	493,013	16.1%	485,195	432,399	60,614	14.0%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	12,218	0.4%	10,903	12,144	74	0.6%
White	1,763,774	57.7%	1,942,335	1,530,084	233,690	15.3%
Information Not Available	683,074	22.4%	712,514	560,684	122,390	21.8%

Years of Age	3,056,108		3,256,582	2,623,930
Younger than 22	120,230	3.9%	125,822	104,402	15,828	15.2%
22-24	171,573	5.6%	187,851	153,967	17,606	11.4%
25-34	714,929	23.4%	762,286	612,756	102,173	16.7%
35-44	758,093	24.8%	811,302	669,144	88,949	13.3%
45-54	759,696	24.9%	800,651	639,357	120,339	18.8%
55-59	255,384	8.4%	270,631	214,274	41,110	19.2%
60-64	157,017	5.1%	165,980	130,627	26,390	20.2%
65 and older	95,179	3.1%	104,980	80,066	15,113	18.9%
Information Not Available	24,007	0.8%	27,079	19,337	4,670	24.2%

Industry	3,056,108		3,256,582	2,623,930
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	89,771	2.9%	100,000	82,546	7,225	8.8%
Mining	13,550	0.4%	17,924	13,286	264	2.0%
Utilities	5,801	0.2%	6,431	5,338	463	8.7%
Construction	539,900	17.7%	637,438	440,010	99,890	22.7%
Manufacturing	453,892	14.9%	446,893	395,730	58,162	14.7%
Wholesale Trade	112,223	3.7%	112,696	97,207	15,016	15.4%
Retail Trade	254,209	8.3%	261,960	215,204	39,005	18.1%
Transporation and Warehousing	106,548	3.5%	104,843	93,654	12,894	13.8%
Information	73,572	2.4%	74,437	69,439	4,133	6.0%
Finance and Insurance	107,120	3.5%	107,324	84,215	22,905	27.2%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	53,711	1.8%	55,789	41,342	12,369	29.9%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	120,109	3.9%	121,050	97,947	22,162	22.6%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	10,928	0.4%	11,126	10,739	189	1.8%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	332,466	10.9%	366,899	278,042	54,424	19.6%
Educational Services	43,365	1.4%	44,730	39,748	3,617	9.1%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	165,196	5.4%	162,890	155,348	9,848	6.3%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	45,995	1.5%	65,084	42,570	3,425	8.0%
Accomodation and Food Services	139,893	4.6%	155,737	130,401	9,492	7.3%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	74,321	2.4%	78,649	68,546	5,775	8.4%
Public Administration	43,039	1.4%	49,753	41,730	1,309	3.1%
Information Not Available	270,499	8.9%	274,929	220,888	49,611	22.5%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Alaska
	Apr 2008	Percent	Mar 2008	Apr 2007	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	13,026		14,748	13,766	-740	-5.4
Male	8,142	62.5%	9,545	8,742	-600	-6.9%
Female	4,884	37.5%	5,203	5,024	-140	-2.8%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	13,026		14,748	13,766
Hispanic or Latino	454	3.5%	437	542	-88	-16.2%
Not Hispanic or Latino	12,454	95.6%	14,190	13,122	-668	-5.1%
Information Not Available	118	0.9%	121	102	16	15.7%

Race	13,026		14,748	13,766
American Indian or Alaskan Native	4,018	30.8%	4,472	4,448	-430	-9.7%
Asian	626	4.8%	513	564	62	11.0%
Black or African American	492	3.8%	515	496	-4	-0.8%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	123	0.9%	116	89	34	38.2%
White	7,325	56.2%	8,727	7,716	-391	-5.1%
Information Not Available	442	3.4%	405	453	-11	-2.4%

Years of Age	13,026		14,748	13,766
Younger than 22	542	2.7%	629	629	-87	-13.8%
22-24	997	5.0%	1,110	1,064	-67	-6.3%
25-34	3,417	17.3%	3,841	3,365	52	1.5%
35-44	2,860	14.5%	3,199	3,296	-436	-13.2%
45-54	3,288	16.7%	3,767	3,477	-189	-5.4%
55-59	1,012	5.1%	1,156	1,038	-26	-2.5%
60-64	604	3.1%	686	583	21	3.6%
65 and older	306	1.5%	360	314	-8	-2.5%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	13,026		14,748	13,766
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	94	0.7%	134	95	-1	-1.1%
Mining	418	3.2%	506	411	7	1.7%
Utilities	77	0.6%	92	101	-24	-23.8%
Construction	2,857	21.8%	3,396	3,421	-564	-16.5%
Manufacturing	1,000	7.6%	896	878	122	13.9%
Wholesale Trade	169	1.3%	178	207	-38	-18.4%
Retail Trade	1,181	9.0%	1,238	1,216	-35	-2.9%
Transporation and Warehousing	596	4.5%	890	694	-98	-14.1%
Information	130	1.0%	136	151	-21	-13.9%
Finance and Insurance	224	1.7%	241	259	-35	-13.5%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	310	2.4%	387	370	-60	-16.2%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	415	3.2%	456	296	119	40.2%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	37	0.3%	57	46	-9	-19.6%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	746	5.7%	821	702	44	6.3%
Educational Services	358	2.7%	375	388	-30	-7.7%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	935	7.1%	941	907	28	3.1%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	166	1.3%	181	206	-40	-19.4%
Accomodation and Food Services	1,199	9.1%	1,369	1,192	7	0.6%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	370	2.8%	381	430	-60	-14.0%
Public Administration	1,417	10.8%	1,711	1,448	-31	-2.1%
Information Not Available	327	2.5%	362	348	-21	-6.0%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Alabama
	Apr 2008	Percent	Mar 2008	Apr 2007	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	30,032		29,322	24,505
Male	15,842	52.8%	15,661	12,304	3,538	28.8%
Female	14,136	47.1%	13,600	12,132	2,004	16.5%
Information Not Available	54	0.2%	61	69	-15	-21.7%

Ethnicity	30,032		29,322	24,505
Hispanic or Latino	702	2.3%	687	599	103	17.2%
Not Hispanic or Latino	24,067	80.1%	23,489	18,372	5,695	31.0%
Information Not Available	5,263	17.5%	5,146	5,534	-271	-4.9%

Race	30,032		29,322	24,505
American Indian or Alaskan Native	868	2.9%	856	822	46	5.6%
Asian	473	1.6%	519	440	33	7.5%
Black or African American	13,071	43.5%	12,820	9,643	3,428	35.5%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	49	0.2%	51	39	10	25.6%
White	13,974	46.5%	13,530	10,792	3,182	29.5%
Information Not Available	1,597	5.3%	1,546	2,769	-1,172	-42.3%

Years of Age	30,032		29,322	24,505
Younger than 22	1,232	2.9%	1,187	1,011	221	21.9%
22-24	2,133	5.0%	2,042	1,715	418	24.4%
25-34	7,735	18.2%	7,688	6,353	1,382	21.8%
35-44	7,192	16.9%	6,976	6,168	1,024	16.6%
45-54	7,024	16.5%	6,919	5,541	1,483	26.8%
55-59	2,342	5.5%	2,194	1,898	444	23.4%
60-64	1,466	3.4%	1,365	1,101	365	33.2%
65 and older	892	2.1%	926	705	187	26.5%
Information Not Available	16	0.0%	25	13	3	23.1%

Industry	30,032		29,322	24,505
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	259	0.9%	250	157	102	65.0%
Mining	88	0.3%	95	140	-52	-37.1%
Utilities	49	0.2%	39	43	6	14.0%
Construction	3,233	10.7%	3,299	2,349	884	37.6%
Manufacturing	8,287	27.4%	7,761	6,375	1,912	30.0%
Wholesale Trade	1,073	3.5%	1,061	833	240	28.8%
Retail Trade	3,115	10.3%	3,028	2,534	581	22.9%
Transporation and Warehousing	928	3.1%	940	724	204	28.2%
Information	442	1.5%	407	338	104	30.8%
Finance and Insurance	964	3.2%	886	672	292	43.5%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	376	1.2%	380	292	84	28.8%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	1,126	3.7%	1,060	1,068	58	5.4%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	40	0.1%	40	88	-48	-54.5%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	3,278	10.8%	3,241	2,975	303	10.2%
Educational Services	383	1.3%	429	319	64	20.1%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	2,108	7.0%	1,986	1,767	341	19.3%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	151	0.5%	179	247	-96	-38.9%
Accomodation and Food Services	1,674	5.5%	1,740	1,412	262	18.6%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	654	2.2%	656	608	46	7.6%
Public Administration	348	1.1%	389	324	24	7.4%
Information Not Available	1,456	4.8%	1,456	1,240	216	17.4%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Arkansas
	Apr 2008	Percent	Mar 2008	Apr 2007	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	30,477		28,944	27,749
Male	17,632	57.9%	16,654	15,168	2,464	16.2%
Female	12,844	42.1%	12,289	12,580	264	2.1%
Information Not Available	1	0.0%	1	1	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	30,477		28,944	27,749
Hispanic or Latino	996	3.3%	615	739	257	34.8%
Not Hispanic or Latino	29,480	96.7%	28,328	27,009	2,471	9.1%
Information Not Available	1	0.0%	1	1	0	0.0%

Race	30,477		28,944	27,749
American Indian or Alaskan Native	337	1.1%	274	313	24	7.7%
Asian	224	0.7%	137	313	-89	-28.4%
Black or African American	8,837	29.0%	8,382	8,099	738	9.1%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	176	0.6%	159	212	-36	-17.0%
White	19,903	65.3%	19,374	18,069	1,834	10.1%
Information Not Available	1,000	3.3%	618	743	257	34.6%

Years of Age	30,477		28,944	27,749
Younger than 22	792	1.6%	709	828	-36	-4.3%
22-24	2,051	4.2%	2,006	1,915	136	7.1%
25-34	8,125	16.6%	7,629	7,500	625	8.3%
35-44	7,621	15.5%	7,172	7,281	340	4.7%
45-54	7,316	14.9%	6,897	6,116	1,200	19.6%
55-59	2,292	4.7%	2,176	2,262	30	1.3%
60-64	1,344	2.7%	1,407	1,137	207	18.2%
65 and older	931	1.9%	945	705	226	32.1%
Information Not Available	5	0.0%	3	5	0	0.0%

Industry	30,477		28,944	27,749
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	744	2.4%	774	509	235	46.2%
Mining	144	0.5%	148	134	10	7.5%
Utilities	48	0.2%	43	67	-19	-28.4%
Construction	3,963	12.7%	3,633	3,198	765	23.9%
Manufacturing	7,343	23.5%	6,601	6,940	403	5.8%
Wholesale Trade	1,151	3.7%	1,099	1,181	-30	-2.5%
Retail Trade	3,647	11.7%	3,484	3,243	404	12.5%
Transporation and Warehousing	1,178	3.8%	1,247	1,025	153	14.9%
Information	278	0.9%	247	246	32	13.0%
Finance and Insurance	508	1.6%	588	324	184	56.8%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	423	1.4%	357	224	199	88.8%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	578	1.9%	571	604	-26	-4.3%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	80	0.3%	60	50	30	60.0%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	3,010	9.6%	2,957	2,856	154	5.4%
Educational Services	974	3.1%	978	1,041	-67	-6.4%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	2,603	8.3%	2,434	2,688	-85	-3.2%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	251	0.8%	285	173	78	45.1%
Accomodation and Food Services	2,260	7.2%	2,215	1,966	294	15.0%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	658	2.1%	566	576	82	14.2%
Public Administration	621	2.0%	637	672	-51	-7.6%
Information Not Available	15	0.0%	20	32	-17	-53.1%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Arizona
	Apr 2008	Percent	Mar 2008	Apr 2007	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	37,093		32,382	25,384
Male	22,039	59.4%	19,119	14,864	7,175	48.3%
Female	15,054	40.6%	13,263	10,520	4,534	43.1%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	37,093		32,382	25,384
Hispanic or Latino	14,000	37.7%	9,625	10,672	3,328	31.2%
Not Hispanic or Latino	23,092	62.3%	22,757	14,712	8,380	57.0%
Information Not Available	1	0.0%	0	0	1	0.0%

Race	37,093		32,382	25,384
American Indian or Alaskan Native	2,130	5.7%	2,250	1,630	500	30.7%
Asian	13	0.0%	5	2	11	550.0%
Black or African American	2,172	5.9%	2,131	1,478	694	47.0%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
White	16,980	45.8%	16,659	10,041	6,939	69.1%
Information Not Available	15,798	42.6%	11,337	12,233	3,565	29.1%

Years of Age	37,093		32,382	25,384
Younger than 22	1,182	2.3%	1,029	760	422	55.5%
22-24	1,889	3.6%	1,666	1,203	686	57.0%
25-34	7,894	15.2%	7,210	5,015	2,879	57.4%
35-44	9,339	18.0%	8,036	6,827	2,512	36.8%
45-54	9,822	18.9%	8,353	6,871	2,951	42.9%
55-59	3,537	6.8%	3,105	2,316	1,221	52.7%
60-64	2,184	4.2%	1,898	1,536	648	42.2%
65 and older	1,246	2.4%	1,085	856	390	45.6%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	37,093		32,382	25,384
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	4,773	11.4%	1,198	4,767	6	0.1%
Mining	78	0.2%	77	60	18	30.0%
Utilities	54	0.1%	48	48	6	12.5%
Construction	5,433	13.0%	5,483	3,425	2,008	58.6%
Manufacturing	2,685	6.4%	2,543	1,731	954	55.1%
Wholesale Trade	1,631	3.9%	1,347	1,107	524	47.3%
Retail Trade	2,928	7.0%	2,907	1,825	1,103	60.4%
Transporation and Warehousing	896	2.1%	698	517	379	73.3%
Information	388	0.9%	346	446	-58	-13.0%
Finance and Insurance	1,639	3.9%	1,753	1,001	638	63.7%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	768	1.8%	745	504	264	52.4%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	1,606	3.8%	1,514	1,102	504	45.7%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	95	0.2%	86	69	26	37.7%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	3,379	8.1%	3,161	2,518	861	34.2%
Educational Services	595	1.4%	579	403	192	47.6%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	1,943	4.6%	1,891	1,460	483	33.1%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	284	0.7%	351	234	50	21.4%
Accomodation and Food Services	1,130	2.7%	1,179	771	359	46.6%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	696	1.7%	653	468	228	48.7%
Public Administration	617	1.5%	548	527	90	17.1%
Information Not Available	5,475	13.1%	5,275	2,401	3,074	128.0%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants California
	Apr 2008	Percent	Mar 2008	Apr 2007	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	486,416		512,363	393,332
Male	287,010	59.0%	310,957	225,571	61,439	27.2%
Female	199,308	41.0%	201,099	167,478	31,830	19.0%
Information Not Available	98	0.0%	307	283	-185	-65.4%

Ethnicity	486,416		512,363	393,332
Hispanic or Latino	191,113	39.3%	206,111	159,827	31,286	19.6%
Not Hispanic or Latino	241,940	49.7%	255,108	198,271	43,669	22.0%
Information Not Available	53,363	11.0%	51,144	35,234	18,129	51.5%

Race	486,416		512,363	393,332
American Indian or Alaskan Native	2,927	0.6%	3,171	3,684	-757	-20.5%
Asian	35,901	7.4%	37,131	27,866	8,035	28.8%
Black or African American	34,535	7.1%	33,346	29,566	4,969	16.8%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
White	168,577	34.7%	181,460	137,156	31,421	22.9%
Information Not Available	244,476	50.3%	257,255	195,060	49,416	25.3%

Years of Age	486,416		512,363	393,332
Younger than 22	15,121	2.4%	13,809	10,768	4,353	40.4%
22-24	26,633	4.2%	28,641	22,482	4,151	18.5%
25-34	112,190	17.9%	116,813	90,115	22,075	24.5%
35-44	119,214	19.0%	128,884	96,633	22,581	23.4%
45-54	123,018	19.6%	128,270	98,710	24,308	24.6%
55-59	43,608	7.0%	45,928	35,706	7,902	22.1%
60-64	27,804	4.4%	28,845	22,954	4,850	21.1%
65 and older	18,438	2.9%	20,662	15,586	2,852	18.3%
Information Not Available	390	0.1%	511	378	12	3.2%

Industry	486,416		512,363	393,332
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	63,607	11.6%	72,113	58,942	4,665	7.9%
Mining	390	0.1%	409	378	12	3.2%
Utilities	1,658	0.3%	1,943	1,417	241	17.0%
Construction	84,482	15.4%	88,890	55,637	28,845	51.8%
Manufacturing	62,339	11.3%	60,759	54,692	7,647	14.0%
Wholesale Trade	3,512	0.6%	4,092	3,117	395	12.7%
Retail Trade	41,071	7.5%	44,189	31,455	9,616	30.6%
Transporation and Warehousing	13,170	2.4%	15,241	9,352	3,818	40.8%
Information	31,803	5.8%	34,062	29,849	1,954	6.5%
Finance and Insurance	16,585	3.0%	17,594	11,430	5,155	45.1%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	13,073	2.4%	14,730	5,857	7,216	123.2%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	7,805	1.4%	7,876	5,668	2,137	37.7%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	65,168	11.8%	65,362	50,631	14,537	28.7%
Educational Services	10,341	1.9%	10,331	8,690	1,651	19.0%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	21,072	3.8%	20,355	18,514	2,558	13.8%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	7,122	1.3%	8,183	6,518	604	9.3%
Accomodation and Food Services	15,609	2.8%	16,571	14,263	1,346	9.4%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	12,487	2.3%	13,604	9,352	3,135	33.5%
Public Administration	4,488	0.8%	5,830	3,495	993	28.4%
Information Not Available	10,634	1.9%	10,229	14,075	-3,441	-24.4%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Colorado
	Apr 2008	Percent	Mar 2008	Apr 2007	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	25,674		27,545	21,762
Male	15,082	58.7%	16,825	12,120	2,962	24.4%
Female	10,592	41.3%	10,720	9,642	950	9.9%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	25,674		27,545	21,762
Hispanic or Latino	4,883	19.0%	5,617	4,274	609	14.2%
Not Hispanic or Latino	16,663	64.9%	17,360	14,154	2,509	17.7%
Information Not Available	4,128	16.1%	4,568	3,334	794	23.8%

Race	25,674		27,545	21,762
American Indian or Alaskan Native	435	1.7%	475	381	54	14.2%
Asian	565	2.2%	581	452	113	25.0%
Black or African American	1,645	6.4%	1,660	1,535	110	7.2%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	86	0.3%	85	60	26	43.3%
White	17,212	67.0%	18,324	14,864	2,348	15.8%
Information Not Available	5,731	22.3%	6,420	4,470	1,261	28.2%

Years of Age	25,674		27,545	21,762
Younger than 22	438	1.1%	504	362	76	21.0%
22-24	854	2.1%	966	739	115	15.6%
25-34	5,166	12.5%	5,519	4,343	823	19.0%
35-44	6,415	15.5%	6,892	5,572	843	15.1%
45-54	7,667	18.6%	8,258	6,490	1,177	18.1%
55-59	2,831	6.9%	2,985	2,347	484	20.6%
60-64	1,627	3.9%	1,720	1,298	329	25.3%
65 and older	673	1.6%	693	605	68	11.2%
Information Not Available	3	0.0%	8	6	-3	-50.0%

Industry	25,674		27,545	21,762
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	119	0.5%	176	105	14	13.3%
Mining	212	0.8%	246	168	44	26.2%
Utilities	35	0.1%	38	23	12	52.2%
Construction	5,039	19.5%	6,366	3,939	1,100	27.9%
Manufacturing	2,678	10.4%	2,717	2,227	451	20.3%
Wholesale Trade	1,078	4.2%	1,058	1,052	26	2.5%
Retail Trade	2,176	8.4%	2,228	2,008	168	8.4%
Transporation and Warehousing	769	3.0%	846	577	192	33.3%
Information	909	3.5%	877	724	185	25.6%
Finance and Insurance	1,586	6.1%	1,540	1,351	235	17.4%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	578	2.2%	602	569	9	1.6%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	1,951	7.6%	1,933	1,566	385	24.6%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	316	1.2%	312	157	159	101.3%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	3,158	12.2%	3,518	2,413	745	30.9%
Educational Services	464	1.8%	481	402	62	15.4%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	1,340	5.2%	1,350	1,375	-35	-2.5%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	377	1.5%	320	410	-33	-8.0%
Accomodation and Food Services	1,249	4.8%	1,198	1,142	107	9.4%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	577	2.2%	545	592	-15	-2.5%
Public Administration	460	1.8%	602	456	4	0.9%
Information Not Available	603	2.3%	592	506	97	19.2%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Connecticut
	Apr 2008	Percent	Mar 2008	Apr 2007	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	41,883		48,420	38,870
Male	25,810	61.6%	31,956	23,584	2,226	9.4%
Female	16,073	38.4%	16,464	15,286	787	5.1%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	41,883		48,420	38,870
Hispanic or Latino	6,184	14.8%	7,815	5,574	610	10.9%
Not Hispanic or Latino	35,699	85.2%	40,605	33,296	2,403	7.2%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Race	41,883		48,420	38,870
American Indian or Alaskan Native	152	0.4%	159	144	8	5.6%
Asian	550	1.3%	546	520	30	5.8%
Black or African American	5,962	14.2%	6,039	5,593	369	6.6%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
White	24,545	58.6%	28,282	23,036	1,509	6.6%
Information Not Available	10,674	25.5%	13,394	9,577	1,097	11.5%

Years of Age	41,883		48,420	38,870
Younger than 22	1,275	2.0%	1,384	1,150	125	10.9%
22-24	2,623	4.1%	3,047	2,331	292	12.5%
25-34	9,406	14.8%	10,851	8,485	921	10.9%
35-44	9,836	15.4%	11,354	9,623	213	2.2%
45-54	10,356	16.2%	12,040	9,510	846	8.9%
55-59	3,641	5.7%	4,204	3,397	244	7.2%
60-64	2,695	4.2%	3,148	2,556	139	5.4%
65 and older	2,051	3.2%	2,392	1,818	233	12.8%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	41,883		48,420	38,870
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	283	0.7%	640	228	55	24.1%
Mining	48	0.1%	69	50	-2	-4.0%
Utilities	47	0.1%	47	45	2	4.4%
Construction	7,402	17.6%	9,948	6,384	1,018	15.9%
Manufacturing	5,237	12.4%	5,478	5,150	87	1.7%
Wholesale Trade	1,883	4.5%	2,071	1,799	84	4.7%
Retail Trade	5,105	12.1%	5,281	4,588	517	11.3%
Transporation and Warehousing	1,370	3.2%	1,449	1,242	128	10.3%
Information	898	2.1%	812	669	229	34.2%
Finance and Insurance	1,982	4.7%	1,911	2,135	-153	-7.2%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	814	1.9%	812	656	158	24.1%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	1,699	4.0%	1,720	1,459	240	16.4%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	179	0.4%	158	132	47	35.6%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	5,149	12.2%	6,968	4,944	205	4.1%
Educational Services	752	1.8%	851	784	-32	-4.1%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	3,236	7.7%	3,123	3,022	214	7.1%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	1,031	2.4%	1,517	1,034	-3	-0.3%
Accomodation and Food Services	2,319	5.5%	2,835	2,383	-64	-2.7%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	1,286	3.0%	1,369	1,119	167	14.9%
Public Administration	491	1.2%	548	409	82	20.0%
Information Not Available	672	1.6%	813	638	34	5.3%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants District of Columbia
	Apr 2008	Percent	Mar 2008	Apr 2007	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	8,067		6,422	4,392
Male	4,126	51.1%	3,232	2,288	1,838	80.3%
Female	3,941	48.9%	3,190	2,104	1,837	87.3%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	8,067		6,422	4,392
Hispanic or Latino	882	10.9%	725	360	522	145.0%
Not Hispanic or Latino	6,945	86.1%	5,511	3,340	3,605	107.9%
Information Not Available	240	3.0%	186	692	-452	-65.3%

Race	8,067		6,422	4,392
American Indian or Alaskan Native	75	0.9%	53	30	45	150.0%
Asian	185	2.3%	163	149	36	24.2%
Black or African American	6,162	76.4%	4,849	3,238	2,924	90.3%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	88	1.1%	76	69	19	27.5%
White	1,549	19.2%	1,268	780	769	98.6%
Information Not Available	8	0.1%	13	126	-118	-93.7%

Years of Age	8,067		6,422	4,392
Younger than 22	180	2.0%	147	86	94	109.3%
22-24	420	4.6%	335	208	212	101.9%
25-34	1,836	19.9%	1,528	1,067	769	72.1%
35-44	2,136	23.2%	1,679	1,188	948	79.8%
45-54	2,245	24.4%	1,758	1,222	1,023	83.7%
55-59	648	7.0%	515	344	304	88.4%
60-64	406	4.4%	311	174	232	133.3%
65 and older	196	2.1%	149	103	93	90.3%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	8,067		6,422	4,392
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
Mining	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
Utilities	2	0.0%	2	5	-3	-60.0%
Construction	14	0.2%	10	55	-41	-74.5%
Manufacturing	0	0.0%	0	2	-2	-100.0%
Wholesale Trade	0	0.0%	0	2	-2	-100.0%
Retail Trade	5	0.1%	8	11	-6	-54.5%
Transporation and Warehousing	0	0.0%	0	1	-1	-100.0%
Information	2	0.0%	0	17	-15	-88.2%
Finance and Insurance	1	0.0%	1	0	1	0.0%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	0	0.0%	0	7	-7	-100.0%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	7	0.1%	6	52	-45	-86.5%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	15	0.2%	13	6	9	150.0%
Educational Services	3	0.0%	3	26	-23	-88.5%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	3	0.0%	2	27	-24	-88.9%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	0	0.0%	0	4	-4	-100.0%
Accomodation and Food Services	3	0.0%	2	2	1	50.0%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	5	0.1%	5	37	-32	-86.5%
Public Administration	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
Information Not Available	8,007	99.3%	6,370	4,138	3,869	93.5%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Delaware
	Apr 2008	Percent	Mar 2008	Apr 2007	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	10,509		10,292	10,041
Male	5,429	51.7%	5,360	4,988	441	8.8%
Female	5,080	48.3%	4,932	5,053	27	0.5%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	10,509		10,292	10,041
Hispanic or Latino	394	3.6%	408	343	51	14.9%
Not Hispanic or Latino	10,509	96.4%	9,884	9,698	811	8.4%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Race	10,509		10,292	10,041
American Indian or Alaskan Native	25	0.2%	22	12	13	108.3%
Asian	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
Black or African American	4,063	38.7%	3,946	4,099	-36	-0.9%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	50	0.5%	45	50	0	0.0%
White	5,730	54.5%	5,632	5,170	560	10.8%
Information Not Available	641	6.1%	648	710	-69	-9.7%

Years of Age	10,509		10,292	10,041
Younger than 22	214	1.4%	205	2,135	-1,921	-90.0%
22-24	658	4.2%	638	777	-119	-15.3%
25-34	2,682	17.1%	2,628	2,305	377	16.4%
35-44	2,471	15.8%	2,473	2,650	-179	-6.8%
45-54	2,560	16.4%	2,432	1,594	966	60.6%
55-59	864	5.5%	890	346	518	149.7%
60-64	590	3.8%	586	141	449	318.4%
65 and older	407	2.6%	380	74	333	450.0%
Information Not Available	63	0.4%	60	19	44	231.6%

Industry	10,509		10,292	10,041
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	19	0.2%	17	31	-12	-38.7%
Mining	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
Utilities	12	0.1%	15	12	0	0.0%
Construction	1,401	13.3%	1,407	1,127	274	24.3%
Manufacturing	722	6.9%	752	794	-72	-9.1%
Wholesale Trade	343	3.3%	331	408	-65	-15.9%
Retail Trade	1,924	18.3%	1,783	1,583	341	21.5%
Transporation and Warehousing	363	3.4%	367	286	77	26.9%
Information	152	1.4%	145	148	4	2.7%
Finance and Insurance	615	5.8%	590	1,053	-438	-41.6%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	284	2.7%	311	205	79	38.5%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	579	5.5%	538	450	129	28.7%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	37	0.4%	32	31	6	19.4%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	1,744	16.6%	1,714	1,673	71	4.2%
Educational Services	108	1.0%	125	122	-14	-11.5%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	698	6.6%	644	717	-19	-2.6%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	172	1.6%	169	162	10	6.2%
Accomodation and Food Services	940	8.9%	981	884	56	6.3%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	293	2.8%	266	226	67	29.6%
Public Administration	50	0.5%	56	74	-24	-32.4%
Information Not Available	53	0.5%	49	55	-2	-3.6%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Florida
	Apr 2008	Percent	Mar 2008	Apr 2007	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	145,680		139,958	90,584
Male	82,657	56.7%	79,081	49,150	33,507	68.2%
Female	63,023	43.3%	60,840	41,399	21,624	52.2%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	37	35	-35	-100.0%

Ethnicity	145,680		139,958	90,584
Hispanic or Latino	48,382	33.2%	45,919	28,851	19,531	67.7%
Not Hispanic or Latino	85,822	58.9%	83,073	53,252	32,570	61.2%
Information Not Available	11,476	7.9%	10,966	8,481	2,995	35.3%

Race	145,680		139,958	90,584
American Indian or Alaskan Native	610	0.4%	597	452	158	35.0%
Asian	1,068	0.7%	1,082	1,043	25	2.4%
Black or African American	26,307	18.1%	24,097	17,137	9,170	53.5%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	1,220	0.8%	1,455	2,259	-1,039	-46.0%
White	86,775	59.6%	84,080	51,896	34,879	67.2%
Information Not Available	29,700	20.4%	28,647	17,797	11,903	66.9%

Years of Age	145,680		139,958	90,584
Younger than 22	3,546	1.6%	3,171	1,773	1,773	100.0%
22-24	5,795	2.6%	6,230	4,380	1,415	32.3%
25-34	32,140	14.4%	29,693	20,439	11,701	57.2%
35-44	33,627	15.1%	32,528	21,551	12,076	56.0%
45-54	39,918	17.9%	37,713	23,498	16,420	69.9%
55-59	14,221	6.4%	14,287	8,099	6,122	75.6%
60-64	9,608	4.3%	10,146	6,848	2,760	40.3%
65 and older	6,825	3.1%	6,190	3,996	2,829	70.8%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	145,680		139,958	90,584
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	877	0.6%	821	487	390	80.1%
Mining	0	0.0%	75	0	0	0.0%
Utilities	191	0.1%	373	104	87	83.7%
Construction	21,884	14.9%	21,300	11,366	10,518	92.5%
Manufacturing	10,790	7.4%	9,773	6,535	4,255	65.1%
Wholesale Trade	6,939	4.7%	6,043	4,136	2,803	67.8%
Retail Trade	15,098	10.3%	14,660	8,134	6,964	85.6%
Transporation and Warehousing	3,851	2.6%	3,208	2,225	1,626	73.1%
Information	3,546	2.4%	3,432	2,607	939	36.0%
Finance and Insurance	8,617	5.9%	8,654	4,623	3,994	86.4%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	3,774	2.6%	3,544	2,468	1,306	52.9%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	8,388	5.7%	8,654	4,588	3,800	82.8%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	343	0.2%	485	313	30	9.6%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	29,205	19.9%	28,238	16,963	12,242	72.2%
Educational Services	1,983	1.4%	1,977	799	1,184	148.2%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	8,693	5.9%	8,132	5,457	3,236	59.3%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	1,868	1.3%	1,865	1,425	443	31.1%
Accomodation and Food Services	6,863	4.7%	6,752	3,615	3,248	89.8%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	3,050	2.1%	3,283	2,329	721	31.0%
Public Administration	2,249	1.5%	1,567	1,078	1,171	108.6%
Information Not Available	7,471	5.1%	7,122	11,332	-3,861	-34.1%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Georgia
	Apr 2008	Percent	Mar 2008	Apr 2007	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	67,112		67,052	49,334
Male	35,306	52.6%	35,921	23,537	11,769	50.0%
Female	30,880	46.0%	30,193	24,994	5,886	23.5%
Information Not Available	926	1.4%	938	803	123	15.3%

Ethnicity	67,112		67,052	49,334
Hispanic or Latino	322	0.5%	313	488	-166	-34.0%
Not Hispanic or Latino	65,864	98.1%	65,801	48,043	17,821	37.1%
Information Not Available	926	1.4%	938	803	123	15.3%

Race	67,112		67,052	49,334
American Indian or Alaskan Native	352	0.5%	345	223	129	57.8%
Asian	817	1.2%	819	710	107	15.1%
Black or African American	32,753	48.8%	31,798	25,732	7,021	27.3%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
White	32,264	48.1%	33,152	21,854	10,410	47.6%
Information Not Available	926	1.4%	938	815	111	13.6%

Years of Age	67,112		67,052	49,334
Younger than 22	1,553	1.6%	1,524	1,045	508	48.6%
22-24	3,273	3.4%	3,258	2,259	1,014	44.9%
25-34	15,556	16.2%	15,691	11,470	4,086	35.6%
35-44	17,054	17.8%	17,197	13,132	3,922	29.9%
45-54	16,210	16.9%	16,037	11,801	4,409	37.4%
55-59	5,382	5.6%	5,430	4,003	1,379	34.4%
60-64	3,439	3.6%	3,409	2,333	1,106	47.4%
65 and older	1,888	2.0%	1,863	1,293	595	46.0%
Information Not Available	2,757	2.9%	2,643	1,998	759	38.0%

Industry	67,112		67,052	49,334
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	1,591	2.3%	1,755	852	739	86.7%
Mining	134	0.2%	133	55	79	143.6%
Utilities	111	0.2%	126	80	31	38.8%
Construction	5,538	8.1%	5,806	2,980	2,558	85.8%
Manufacturing	7,860	11.4%	8,909	7,633	227	3.0%
Wholesale Trade	3,462	5.0%	3,293	2,536	926	36.5%
Retail Trade	5,442	7.9%	5,360	3,736	1,706	45.7%
Transporation and Warehousing	1,786	2.6%	1,889	1,218	568	46.6%
Information	1,275	1.9%	1,266	997	278	27.9%
Finance and Insurance	2,237	3.3%	2,236	1,918	319	16.6%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	1,315	1.9%	1,389	915	400	43.7%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	10,423	15.2%	10,416	8,087	2,336	28.9%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	172	0.3%	136	101	71	70.3%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	233	0.3%	219	177	56	31.6%
Educational Services	1,127	1.6%	1,176	944	183	19.4%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	2,989	4.4%	2,900	2,797	192	6.9%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	3,205	4.7%	3,014	2,240	965	43.1%
Accomodation and Food Services	570	0.8%	540	480	90	18.8%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	822	1.2%	684	693	129	18.6%
Public Administration	658	1.0%	651	555	103	18.6%
Information Not Available	16,162	23.5%	15,154	10,340	5,822	56.3%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Hawaii
	Apr 2008	Percent	Mar 2008	Apr 2007	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	10,111		8,082	6,666
Male	6,847	67.7%	5,604	4,227	2,620	62.0%
Female	3,263	32.3%	2,477	2,439	824	33.8%
Information Not Available	1	0.0%	1	0	1	0.0%

Ethnicity	10,111		8,082	6,666
Hispanic or Latino	559	5.5%	475	401	158	39.4%
Not Hispanic or Latino	7,796	77.1%	6,105	4,947	2,849	57.6%
Information Not Available	1,756	17.4%	1,502	1,318	438	33.2%

Race	10,111		8,082	6,666
American Indian or Alaskan Native	79	0.8%	72	68	11	16.2%
Asian	3,340	33.0%	2,640	2,331	1,009	43.3%
Black or African American	170	1.7%	156	133	37	27.8%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	2,777	27.5%	2,131	1,585	1,192	75.2%
White	2,421	23.9%	2,052	1,685	736	43.7%
Information Not Available	1,324	13.1%	1,031	864	460	53.2%

Years of Age	10,111		8,082	6,666
Younger than 22	201	1.7%	153	106	95	89.6%
22-24	480	4.0%	401	306	174	56.9%
25-34	2,400	20.1%	1,937	1,427	973	68.2%
35-44	2,504	21.0%	1,891	1,662	842	50.7%
45-54	2,518	21.1%	2,001	1,716	802	46.7%
55-59	1,006	8.4%	830	729	277	38.0%
60-64	621	5.2%	531	457	164	35.9%
65 and older	381	3.2%	338	263	118	44.9%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	10,111		8,082	6,666
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	360	3.4%	259	336	24	7.1%
Mining	2	0.0%	2	0	2	0.0%
Utilities	4	0.0%	2	5	-1	-20.0%
Construction	3,209	30.6%	2,753	1,800	1,409	78.3%
Manufacturing	209	2.0%	170	208	1	0.5%
Wholesale Trade	151	1.4%	138	123	28	22.8%
Retail Trade	517	4.9%	499	483	34	7.0%
Transporation and Warehousing	1,585	15.1%	323	259	1,326	512.0%
Information	188	1.8%	174	129	59	45.7%
Finance and Insurance	159	1.5%	171	108	51	47.2%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	157	1.5%	162	123	34	27.6%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	219	2.1%	198	194	25	12.9%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	29	0.3%	28	15	14	93.3%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	978	9.3%	915	702	276	39.3%
Educational Services	49	0.5%	45	47	2	4.3%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	291	2.8%	281	301	-10	-3.3%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	103	1.0%	99	86	17	19.8%
Accomodation and Food Services	743	7.1%	796	684	59	8.6%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	204	1.9%	178	166	38	22.9%
Public Administration	104	1.0%	101	96	8	8.3%
Information Not Available	850	8.1%	788	801	49	6.1%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Iowa
	Apr 2008	Percent	Mar 2008	Apr 2007	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	29,349		36,670	25,271
Male	20,106	68.5%	27,041	16,883	3,223	19.1%
Female	9,243	31.5%	9,629	8,388	855	10.2%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	29,349		36,670	25,271
Hispanic or Latino	1,218	4.2%	1,625	1,130	88	7.8%
Not Hispanic or Latino	27,782	94.7%	34,620	23,838	3,944	16.5%
Information Not Available	349	1.2%	425	303	46	15.2%

Race	29,349		36,670	25,271
American Indian or Alaskan Native	125	0.4%	168	110	15	13.6%
Asian	192	0.7%	198	185	7	3.8%
Black or African American	1,617	5.5%	1,122	1,001	616	61.5%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
White	25,848	88.1%	33,132	22,542	3,306	14.7%
Information Not Available	1,567	5.3%	2,050	1,433	134	9.4%

Years of Age	29,349		36,670	25,271
Younger than 22	806	1.5%	1,018	611	195	31.9%
22-24	1,653	3.1%	2,205	1,448	205	14.2%
25-34	6,619	12.4%	8,765	5,539	1,080	19.5%
35-44	6,690	12.5%	8,160	6,158	532	8.6%
45-54	7,805	14.6%	9,306	6,656	1,149	17.3%
55-59	2,702	5.1%	3,277	2,208	494	22.4%
60-64	1,770	3.3%	2,201	1,524	246	16.1%
65 and older	1,302	2.4%	1,734	1,118	184	16.5%
Information Not Available	2	0.0%	4	9	-7	-77.8%

Industry	29,349		36,670	25,271
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	179	0.6%	216	119	60	50.4%
Mining	171	0.6%	396	129	42	32.6%
Utilities	27	0.1%	50	38	-11	-28.9%
Construction	8,100	27.4%	12,330	6,951	1,149	16.5%
Manufacturing	7,880	26.7%	8,557	6,313	1,567	24.8%
Wholesale Trade	1,035	3.5%	1,224	720	315	43.8%
Retail Trade	2,174	7.4%	2,405	2,001	173	8.6%
Transporation and Warehousing	975	3.3%	1,154	766	209	27.3%
Information	550	1.9%	459	581	-31	-5.3%
Finance and Insurance	662	2.2%	659	545	117	21.5%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	240	0.8%	285	236	4	1.7%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	659	2.2%	796	832	-173	-20.8%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	72	0.2%	64	94	-22	-23.4%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	2,460	8.3%	3,164	2,033	427	21.0%
Educational Services	263	0.9%	277	227	36	15.9%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	1,212	4.1%	1,261	1,244	-32	-2.6%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	335	1.1%	547	241	94	39.0%
Accomodation and Food Services	1,170	4.0%	1,264	1,052	118	11.2%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	475	1.6%	555	474	1	0.2%
Public Administration	338	1.1%	566	326	12	3.7%
Information Not Available	372	1.3%	441	349	23	6.6%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Idaho
	Apr 2008	Percent	Mar 2008	Apr 2007	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	18,384		22,365	11,855
Male	13,146	71.5%	16,587	7,482	5,664	75.7%
Female	5,238	28.5%	5,778	4,373	865	19.8%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	18,384		22,365	11,855
Hispanic or Latino	1,903	10.4%	2,794	1,373	530	38.6%
Not Hispanic or Latino	15,737	85.6%	18,769	9,415	6,322	67.1%
Information Not Available	744	4.0%	802	1,067	-323	-30.3%

Race	18,384		22,365	11,855
American Indian or Alaskan Native	353	1.9%	427	255	98	38.4%
Asian	148	0.8%	161	205	-57	-27.8%
Black or African American	91	0.5%	92	57	34	59.6%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	64	0.3%	65	33	31	93.9%
White	15,146	82.4%	18,060	9,431	5,715	60.6%
Information Not Available	2,582	14.0%	3,560	1,874	708	37.8%

Years of Age	18,384		22,365	11,855
Younger than 22	515	1.6%	698	303	212	70.0%
22-24	1,171	3.6%	1,403	719	452	62.9%
25-34	4,405	13.5%	5,468	2,486	1,919	77.2%
35-44	4,220	13.0%	4,961	2,780	1,440	51.8%
45-54	4,643	14.3%	5,539	3,217	1,426	44.3%
55-59	1,746	5.4%	2,096	1,159	587	50.6%
60-64	1,006	3.1%	1,302	713	293	41.1%
65 and older	678	2.1%	898	478	200	41.8%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	18,384		22,365	11,855
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	1,414	7.1%	1,859	1,102	312	28.3%
Mining	151	0.8%	177	54	97	179.6%
Utilities	36	0.2%	90	19	17	89.5%
Construction	4,913	24.8%	6,416	2,112	2,801	132.6%
Manufacturing	2,347	11.9%	2,794	2,111	236	11.2%
Wholesale Trade	529	2.7%	636	339	190	56.0%
Retail Trade	1,519	7.7%	1,771	854	665	77.9%
Transporation and Warehousing	803	4.1%	791	530	273	51.5%
Information	181	0.9%	187	161	20	12.4%
Finance and Insurance	339	1.7%	357	209	130	62.2%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	203	1.0%	215	105	98	93.3%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	639	3.2%	695	316	323	102.2%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	19	0.1%	26	13	6	46.2%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	1,355	6.8%	1,860	790	565	71.5%
Educational Services	154	0.8%	151	92	62	67.4%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	750	3.8%	781	630	120	19.0%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	276	1.4%	315	153	123	80.4%
Accomodation and Food Services	680	3.4%	772	490	190	38.8%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	274	1.4%	336	179	95	53.1%
Public Administration	289	1.5%	424	293	-4	-1.4%
Information Not Available	1,513	7.6%	1,712	1,303	210	16.1%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Illinois
	Apr 2008	Percent	Mar 2008	Apr 2007	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	163,541		184,333	140,337
Male	105,558	64.5%	125,373	87,568	17,990	20.5%
Female	57,983	35.5%	58,960	52,769	5,214	9.9%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	163,541		184,333	140,337
Hispanic or Latino	27,334	16.7%	36,345	22,487	4,847	21.6%
Not Hispanic or Latino	136,207	83.3%	147,988	117,850	18,357	15.6%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Race	163,541		184,333	140,337
American Indian or Alaskan Native	599	0.4%	704	508	91	17.9%
Asian	3,580	2.2%	3,770	2,931	649	22.1%
Black or African American	36,826	22.5%	37,164	33,686	3,140	9.3%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
White	121,248	74.1%	141,409	102,353	18,895	18.5%
Information Not Available	1,287	0.8%	1,286	858	429	50.0%

Years of Age	163,541		184,333	140,337
Younger than 22	3,380	1.2%	3,729	2,858	522	18.3%
22-24	7,983	2.9%	8,995	6,878	1,105	16.1%
25-34	39,937	14.4%	45,327	33,444	6,493	19.4%
35-44	42,823	15.5%	48,257	37,323	5,500	14.7%
45-54	43,090	15.6%	48,634	36,995	6,095	16.5%
55-59	13,970	5.1%	15,719	12,021	1,949	16.2%
60-64	8,258	3.0%	9,166	7,206	1,052	14.6%
65 and older	4,100	1.5%	4,506	3,612	488	13.5%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	163,541		184,333	140,337
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	716	0.4%	1,203	684	32	4.7%
Mining	995	0.6%	1,372	628	367	58.4%
Utilities	211	0.1%	191	146	65	44.5%
Construction	39,300	23.9%	48,905	30,014	9,286	30.9%
Manufacturing	22,108	13.5%	23,404	20,823	1,285	6.2%
Wholesale Trade	7,245	4.4%	7,728	6,315	930	14.7%
Retail Trade	13,959	8.5%	14,481	13,216	743	5.6%
Transporation and Warehousing	7,499	4.6%	7,226	6,569	930	14.2%
Information	2,742	1.7%	2,658	2,543	199	7.8%
Finance and Insurance	7,645	4.7%	7,506	6,285	1,360	21.6%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	2,421	1.5%	2,515	2,020	401	19.9%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	7,410	4.5%	8,025	6,177	1,233	20.0%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	733	0.4%	656	376	357	94.9%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	20,341	12.4%	25,885	17,423	2,918	16.7%
Educational Services	2,455	1.5%	2,748	2,354	101	4.3%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	8,687	5.3%	8,834	8,059	628	7.8%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	2,250	1.4%	3,341	2,037	213	10.5%
Accomodation and Food Services	6,920	4.2%	7,571	6,241	679	10.9%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	3,422	2.1%	3,566	3,097	325	10.5%
Public Administration	3,035	1.8%	2,948	2,928	107	3.7%
Information Not Available	3,447	2.1%	3,570	2,402	1,045	43.5%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Indiana
	Apr 2008	Percent	Mar 2008	Apr 2007	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	67,561		76,324	56,849
Male	43,036	63.7%	51,680	34,558	8,478	24.5%
Female	24,461	36.2%	24,584	22,228	2,233	10.0%
Information Not Available	64	0.1%	60	63	1	1.6%

Ethnicity	67,561		76,324	56,849
Hispanic or Latino	2,924	4.3%	3,679	2,282	642	28.1%
Not Hispanic or Latino	51,301	75.9%	58,514	47,866	3,435	7.2%
Information Not Available	13,336	19.7%	14,131	6,701	6,635	99.0%

Race	67,561		76,324	56,849
American Indian or Alaskan Native	349	0.5%	358	243	106	43.6%
Asian	386	0.6%	372	311	75	24.1%
Black or African American	8,969	13.3%	8,932	8,466	503	5.9%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	42	0.1%	36	51	-9	-17.6%
White	54,518	80.7%	62,631	45,118	9,400	20.8%
Information Not Available	3,297	4.9%	3,995	2,660	637	23.9%

Years of Age	67,561		76,324	56,849
Younger than 22	1,378	1.2%	1,639	1,318	60	4.6%
22-24	3,466	2.9%	4,032	3,082	384	12.5%
25-34	16,130	13.6%	18,274	14,084	2,046	14.5%
35-44	17,372	14.6%	19,613	15,013	2,359	15.7%
45-54	18,192	15.3%	20,283	14,485	3,707	25.6%
55-59	5,854	4.9%	6,576	4,657	1,197	25.7%
60-64	3,327	2.8%	3,802	2,713	614	22.6%
65 and older	1,842	1.6%	2,105	1,493	349	23.4%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	4	-4	-100.0%

Industry	67,561		76,324	56,849
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	222	0.3%	283	152	70	46.1%
Mining	209	0.3%	321	146	63	43.2%
Utilities	56	0.1%	58	55	1	1.8%
Construction	12,376	18.3%	17,331	10,249	2,127	20.8%
Manufacturing	19,479	28.7%	21,015	14,482	4,997	34.5%
Wholesale Trade	2,128	3.1%	1,980	1,838	290	15.8%
Retail Trade	4,571	6.7%	4,765	4,571	0	0.0%
Transporation and Warehousing	4,246	6.3%	3,719	2,609	1,637	62.7%
Information	545	0.8%	532	450	95	21.1%
Finance and Insurance	1,473	2.2%	1,606	1,310	163	12.4%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	840	1.2%	893	730	110	15.1%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	1,546	2.3%	1,619	1,254	292	23.3%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	159	0.2%	134	123	36	29.3%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	5,813	8.6%	7,130	5,258	555	10.6%
Educational Services	614	0.9%	601	595	19	3.2%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	3,354	4.9%	3,135	3,556	-202	-5.7%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	574	0.8%	1,040	565	9	1.6%
Accomodation and Food Services	2,469	3.6%	2,559	2,267	202	8.9%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	1,180	1.7%	1,227	1,040	140	13.5%
Public Administration	488	0.7%	582	423	65	15.4%
Information Not Available	5,219	7.7%	5,794	5,176	43	0.8%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Kansas
	Apr 2008	Percent	Mar 2008	Apr 2007	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	19,016		19,242	16,901
Male	11,579	60.9%	11,966	9,986	1,593	16.0%
Female	7,437	39.1%	7,276	6,915	522	7.5%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	19,016		19,242	16,901
Hispanic or Latino	1,583	8.3%	1,461	914	669	73.2%
Not Hispanic or Latino	9,074	47.7%	8,926	9,474	-400	-4.2%
Information Not Available	8,359	44.0%	8,855	6,513	1,846	28.3%

Race	19,016		19,242	16,901
American Indian or Alaskan Native	278	1.5%	289	271	7	2.6%
Asian	229	1.2%	219	193	36	18.7%
Black or African American	2,860	15.0%	2,721	2,631	229	8.7%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	40	0.2%	33	23	17	73.9%
White	13,870	72.9%	14,338	12,571	1,299	10.3%
Information Not Available	1,739	9.1%	1,642	1,212	527	43.5%

Years of Age	19,016		19,242	16,901
Younger than 22	407	1.3%	390	350	57	16.3%
22-24	978	3.1%	1,056	898	80	8.9%
25-34	4,606	14.5%	4,648	4,093	513	12.5%
35-44	4,600	14.5%	4,586	4,250	350	8.2%
45-54	5,130	16.1%	5,205	4,554	576	12.6%
55-59	1,676	5.3%	1,761	1,433	243	17.0%
60-64	1,078	3.4%	1,029	824	254	30.8%
65 and older	541	1.7%	567	499	42	8.4%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	19,016		19,242	16,901
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	161	0.8%	217	245	-84	-34.3%
Mining	165	0.9%	166	145	20	13.8%
Utilities	28	0.1%	30	55	-27	-49.1%
Construction	3,479	18.1%	3,830	3,230	249	7.7%
Manufacturing	3,083	16.1%	2,555	2,516	567	22.5%
Wholesale Trade	756	3.9%	902	753	3	0.4%
Retail Trade	1,571	8.2%	1,599	1,312	259	19.7%
Transporation and Warehousing	703	3.7%	641	505	198	39.2%
Information	763	4.0%	571	768	-5	-0.7%
Finance and Insurance	705	3.7%	727	565	140	24.8%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	276	1.4%	325	233	43	18.5%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	761	4.0%	710	604	157	26.0%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	46	0.2%	43	40	6	15.0%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	1,891	9.9%	1,976	1,602	289	18.0%
Educational Services	249	1.3%	250	228	21	9.2%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	1,400	7.3%	1,427	1,343	57	4.2%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	118	0.6%	143	112	6	5.4%
Accomodation and Food Services	685	3.6%	707	561	124	22.1%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	464	2.4%	486	427	37	8.7%
Public Administration	323	1.7%	355	352	-29	-8.2%
Information Not Available	1,389	7.2%	1,582	1,305	84	6.4%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Kentucky
	Apr 2008	Percent	Mar 2008	Apr 2007	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	38,745		38,750	30,141
Male	25,682	66.3%	26,022	18,737	6,945	37.1%
Female	13,063	33.7%	12,728	11,404	1,659	14.5%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	38,745		38,750	30,141
Hispanic or Latino	66	0.2%	73	52	14	26.9%
Not Hispanic or Latino	38,679	99.8%	38,677	30,089	8,590	28.5%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Race	38,745		38,750	30,141
American Indian or Alaskan Native	238	0.6%	260	90	148	164.4%
Asian	79	0.2%	59	95	-16	-16.8%
Black or African American	5,026	13.0%	4,039	3,540	1,486	42.0%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	4	0.0%	5	13	-9	-69.2%
White	33,054	85.3%	34,128	26,093	6,961	26.7%
Information Not Available	344	0.9%	259	310	34	11.0%

Years of Age	38,745		38,750	30,141
Younger than 22	662	0.9%	669	568	94	16.5%
22-24	1,790	2.6%	1,940	1,576	214	13.6%
25-34	8,972	12.8%	8,862	6,877	2,095	30.5%
35-44	10,655	15.2%	9,982	7,877	2,778	35.3%
45-54	10,855	15.5%	10,665	8,178	2,677	32.7%
55-59	3,192	4.6%	3,365	2,446	746	30.5%
60-64	1,803	2.6%	2,110	1,684	119	7.1%
65 and older	816	1.2%	1,157	922	-106	-11.5%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	13	-13	-100.0%

Industry	38,745		38,750	30,141
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	35	0.1%	114	69	-34	-49.3%
Mining	626	1.6%	647	866	-240	-27.7%
Utilities	62	0.2%	82	17	45	264.7%
Construction	6,829	17.6%	8,980	4,147	2,682	64.7%
Manufacturing	12,486	32.2%	8,880	7,924	4,562	57.6%
Wholesale Trade	1,362	3.5%	1,298	1,171	191	16.3%
Retail Trade	2,685	6.9%	2,810	2,059	626	30.4%
Transporation and Warehousing	1,944	5.0%	2,008	1,348	596	44.2%
Information	322	0.8%	414	448	-126	-28.1%
Finance and Insurance	939	2.4%	870	702	237	33.8%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	339	0.9%	355	349	-10	-2.9%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	807	2.1%	874	668	139	20.8%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	57	0.1%	77	43	14	32.6%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	3,161	8.2%	3,261	2,446	715	29.2%
Educational Services	397	1.0%	364	327	70	21.4%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	1,962	5.1%	1,922	2,295	-333	-14.5%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	617	1.6%	1,079	465	152	32.7%
Accomodation and Food Services	1,292	3.3%	1,608	956	336	35.1%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	578	1.5%	587	706	-128	-18.1%
Public Administration	604	1.6%	533	362	242	66.9%
Information Not Available	1,641	4.2%	1,987	2,773	-1,132	-40.8%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Louisiana
	Apr 2008	Percent	Mar 2008	Apr 2007	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	18,835		19,337	18,009
Male	9,973	52.9%	10,552	9,286	687	7.4%
Female	8,862	47.1%	8,785	8,722	140	1.6%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	1	-1	-100.0%

Ethnicity	18,835		19,337	18,009
Hispanic or Latino	367	1.9%	400	329	38	11.6%
Not Hispanic or Latino	18,400	97.7%	18,811	17,646	754	4.3%
Information Not Available	68	0.4%	126	34	34	100.0%

Race	18,835		19,337	18,009
American Indian or Alaskan Native	120	0.6%	115	114	6	5.3%
Asian	159	0.8%	156	114	45	39.5%
Black or African American	10,018	53.2%	10,140	9,791	227	2.3%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	23	0.1%	26	18	5	27.8%
White	8,459	44.9%	8,820	7,962	497	6.2%
Information Not Available	56	0.3%	80	10	46	460.0%

Years of Age	18,835		19,337	18,009
Younger than 22	412	1.6%	428	416	-4	-1.0%
22-24	1,141	4.3%	1,089	1,123	18	1.6%
25-34	5,004	19.0%	5,050	4,730	274	5.8%
35-44	4,557	17.3%	4,561	4,423	134	3.0%
45-54	4,684	17.8%	4,904	4,497	187	4.2%
55-59	1,514	5.7%	1,603	1,470	44	3.0%
60-64	932	3.5%	1,029	850	82	9.6%
65 and older	591	2.2%	673	499	92	18.4%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	1	-1	-100.0%

Industry	18,835		19,337	18,009
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	303	1.6%	426	289	14	4.8%
Mining	273	1.4%	288	266	7	2.6%
Utilities	48	0.3%	61	55	-7	-12.7%
Construction	3,093	16.2%	3,160	2,607	486	18.6%
Manufacturing	2,047	10.7%	2,211	1,910	137	7.2%
Wholesale Trade	466	2.4%	503	432	34	7.9%
Retail Trade	1,512	7.9%	1,514	1,370	142	10.4%
Transporation and Warehousing	610	3.2%	653	619	-9	-1.5%
Information	230	1.2%	211	343	-113	-32.9%
Finance and Insurance	413	2.2%	433	414	-1	-0.2%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	251	1.3%	253	240	11	4.6%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	889	4.6%	951	713	176	24.7%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	68	0.4%	87	133	-65	-48.9%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	1,335	7.0%	1,302	1,148	187	16.3%
Educational Services	265	1.4%	306	243	22	9.1%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	1,449	7.6%	1,380	1,435	14	1.0%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	333	1.7%	299	342	-9	-2.6%
Accomodation and Food Services	992	5.2%	963	880	112	12.7%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	733	3.8%	741	805	-72	-8.9%
Public Administration	269	1.4%	294	246	23	9.3%
Information Not Available	3,256	17.0%	3,301	3,519	-263	-7.5%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Massachusetts
	Apr 2008	Percent	Mar 2008	Apr 2007	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	90,958		105,900	84,942
Male	59,785	65.7%	72,863	55,877	3,908	7.0%
Female	31,173	34.3%	33,037	29,065	2,108	7.3%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	90,958		105,900	84,942
Hispanic or Latino	9,000	9.9%	10,649	8,466	534	6.3%
Not Hispanic or Latino	79,906	87.8%	93,060	74,734	5,172	6.9%
Information Not Available	2,052	2.3%	2,191	1,742	310	17.8%

Race	90,958		105,900	84,942
American Indian or Alaskan Native	193	0.2%	226	244	-51	-20.9%
Asian	2,459	2.7%	2,486	2,223	236	10.6%
Black or African American	7,111	7.8%	7,662	6,782	329	4.9%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	55	0.1%	63	42	13	31.0%
White	73,539	80.8%	86,438	68,236	5,303	7.8%
Information Not Available	7,601	8.4%	9,025	7,415	186	2.5%

Years of Age	90,958		105,900	84,942
Younger than 22	2,913	1.8%	3,618	2,764	149	5.4%
22-24	5,023	3.2%	6,110	4,708	315	6.7%
25-34	19,705	12.4%	23,207	18,358	1,347	7.3%
35-44	22,569	14.2%	26,593	22,326	243	1.1%
45-54	23,220	14.6%	26,621	21,497	1,723	8.0%
55-59	8,201	5.2%	9,292	7,428	773	10.4%
60-64	5,783	3.6%	6,443	4,985	798	16.0%
65 and older	3,544	2.2%	4,016	2,876	668	23.2%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	90,958		105,900	84,942
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	654	0.7%	1,003	694	-40	-5.8%
Mining	297	0.3%	432	266	31	11.7%
Utilities	86	0.1%	106	59	27	45.8%
Construction	19,216	21.0%	24,620	19,050	166	0.9%
Manufacturing	9,898	10.8%	9,727	9,058	840	9.3%
Wholesale Trade	4,461	4.9%	4,692	3,895	566	14.5%
Retail Trade	8,449	9.2%	9,157	7,749	700	9.0%
Transporation and Warehousing	2,723	3.0%	2,923	2,481	242	9.8%
Information	1,892	2.1%	1,875	1,777	115	6.5%
Finance and Insurance	3,380	3.7%	3,410	2,817	563	20.0%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	1,531	1.7%	1,673	1,435	96	6.7%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	5,177	5.7%	5,267	4,779	398	8.3%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	215	0.2%	202	186	29	15.6%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	10,033	11.0%	14,069	9,249	784	8.5%
Educational Services	999	1.1%	1,088	944	55	5.8%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	5,491	6.0%	5,399	5,162	329	6.4%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	1,780	1.9%	3,085	1,723	57	3.3%
Accomodation and Food Services	5,548	6.1%	7,063	4,960	588	11.9%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	3,265	3.6%	3,369	2,929	336	11.5%
Public Administration	1,270	1.4%	1,615	1,160	110	9.5%
Information Not Available	4,593	5.0%	5,125	4,569	24	0.5%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Maryland
	Apr 2008	Percent	Mar 2008	Apr 2007	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	44,104		46,768	32,294
Male	25,955	58.8%	28,647	17,552	8,403	47.9%
Female	18,149	41.2%	18,121	14,742	3,407	23.1%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	44,104		46,768	32,294
Hispanic or Latino	2,111	4.8%	2,350	1,236	875	70.8%
Not Hispanic or Latino	41,139	93.3%	43,857	30,471	10,668	35.0%
Information Not Available	854	1.9%	831	587	267	45.5%

Race	44,104		46,768	32,294
American Indian or Alaskan Native	129	0.3%	125	81	48	59.3%
Asian	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
Black or African American	18,155	41.2%	18,114	14,775	3,380	22.9%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	71	0.2%	67	92	-21	-22.8%
White	22,172	50.3%	24,627	15,523	6,649	42.8%
Information Not Available	3,577	8.1%	3,835	1,823	1,754	96.2%

Years of Age	44,104		46,768	32,294
Younger than 22	1,085	1.7%	1,164	791	294	37.2%
22-24	2,338	3.7%	2,429	1,732	606	35.0%
25-34	9,826	15.5%	10,172	7,019	2,807	40.0%
35-44	10,550	16.6%	11,048	8,030	2,520	31.4%
45-54	11,551	18.2%	12,249	8,406	3,145	37.4%
55-59	3,815	6.0%	4,110	2,858	957	33.5%
60-64	2,752	4.3%	2,948	1,846	906	49.1%
65 and older	2,170	3.4%	2,647	1,612	558	34.6%
Information Not Available	17	0.0%	1	0	17	0.0%

Industry	44,104		46,768	32,294
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	93	0.2%	141	63	30	47.6%
Mining	57	0.1%	83	41	16	39.0%
Utilities	52	0.1%	37	49	3	6.1%
Construction	8,016	18.1%	9,675	4,858	3,158	65.0%
Manufacturing	806	1.8%	750	874	-68	-7.8%
Wholesale Trade	1,907	4.3%	1,952	1,214	693	57.1%
Retail Trade	1,517	3.4%	1,453	1,154	363	31.5%
Transporation and Warehousing	1,244	2.8%	1,170	1,084	160	14.8%
Information	865	2.0%	810	606	259	42.7%
Finance and Insurance	2,203	5.0%	2,212	1,205	998	82.8%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	1,150	2.6%	1,147	821	329	40.1%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	2,755	6.2%	2,707	2,262	493	21.8%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	167	0.4%	253	30	137	456.7%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	5,386	12.2%	5,567	4,416	970	22.0%
Educational Services	749	1.7%	738	615	134	21.8%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	2,634	6.0%	2,575	2,368	266	11.2%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	554	1.3%	935	461	93	20.2%
Accomodation and Food Services	3,152	7.1%	3,613	2,394	758	31.7%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	1,244	2.8%	1,231	981	263	26.8%
Public Administration	760	1.7%	868	619	141	22.8%
Information Not Available	8,793	19.9%	8,851	6,179	2,614	42.3%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Maine
	Apr 2008	Percent	Mar 2008	Apr 2007	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	14,199		15,593	12,892
Male	9,616	67.7%	10,645	8,776	840	9.6%
Female	4,582	32.3%	4,946	4,115	467	11.3%
Information Not Available	1	0.0%	2	1	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	14,199		15,593	12,892
Hispanic or Latino	122	0.9%	124	120	2	1.7%
Not Hispanic or Latino	11,416	80.4%	12,523	10,634	782	7.4%
Information Not Available	2,661	18.7%	2,946	2,138	523	24.5%

Race	14,199		15,593	12,892
American Indian or Alaskan Native	115	0.8%	139	103	12	11.7%
Asian	55	0.4%	56	39	16	41.0%
Black or African American	131	0.9%	149	127	4	3.1%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
White	11,872	83.6%	13,060	11,072	800	7.2%
Information Not Available	2,026	14.3%	2,189	1,551	475	30.6%

Years of Age	14,199		15,593	12,892
Younger than 22	599	2.4%	664	499	100	20.0%
22-24	910	3.6%	1,027	842	68	8.1%
25-34	3,119	12.4%	3,525	2,846	273	9.6%
35-44	3,231	12.8%	3,492	3,008	223	7.4%
45-54	3,592	14.3%	3,918	3,197	395	12.4%
55-59	1,332	5.3%	1,430	1,279	53	4.1%
60-64	884	3.5%	938	767	117	15.3%
65 and older	532	2.1%	599	454	78	17.2%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	14,199		15,593	12,892
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	610	4.1%	272	820	-210	-25.6%
Mining	19	0.1%	25	27	-8	-29.6%
Utilities	10	0.1%	15	15	-5	-33.3%
Construction	2,919	19.7%	3,660	2,671	248	9.3%
Manufacturing	1,441	9.7%	1,678	1,236	205	16.6%
Wholesale Trade	406	2.7%	423	335	71	21.2%
Retail Trade	1,435	9.7%	1,487	1,215	220	18.1%
Transporation and Warehousing	459	3.1%	381	404	55	13.6%
Information	108	0.7%	81	105	3	2.9%
Finance and Insurance	165	1.1%	156	148	17	11.5%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	125	0.8%	118	72	53	73.6%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	255	1.7%	227	207	48	23.2%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	11	0.1%	7	8	3	37.5%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	979	6.6%	1,224	890	89	10.0%
Educational Services	105	0.7%	140	107	-2	-1.9%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	599	4.0%	595	519	80	15.4%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	194	1.3%	215	203	-9	-4.4%
Accomodation and Food Services	1,020	6.9%	1,419	895	125	14.0%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	245	1.7%	246	206	39	18.9%
Public Administration	121	0.8%	161	141	-20	-14.2%
Information Not Available	2,973	20.1%	3,063	2,668	305	11.4%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Michigan
	Apr 2008	Percent	Mar 2008	Apr 2007	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	181,345		182,540	164,629
Male	124,164	68.5%	126,829	110,091	14,073	12.8%
Female	57,152	31.5%	55,681	54,530	2,622	4.8%
Information Not Available	29	0.0%	30	8	21	262.5%

Ethnicity	181,345		182,540	164,629
Hispanic or Latino	6,539	3.6%	7,246	6,442	97	1.5%
Not Hispanic or Latino	131,526	72.5%	130,473	115,392	16,134	14.0%
Information Not Available	43,280	23.9%	44,821	42,795	485	1.1%

Race	181,345		182,540	164,629
American Indian or Alaskan Native	1,833	1.0%	2,074	1,909	-76	-4.0%
Asian	1,432	0.8%	1,167	908	524	57.7%
Black or African American	21,075	11.6%	18,624	18,688	2,387	12.8%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	102	0.1%	92	97	5	5.2%
White	106,608	58.8%	107,994	93,909	12,699	13.5%
Information Not Available	50,295	27.7%	52,589	49,118	1,177	2.4%

Years of Age	181,345		182,540	164,629
Younger than 22	5,778	2.1%	6,346	6,090	-312	-5.1%
22-24	10,571	3.8%	11,357	10,440	131	1.3%
25-34	42,015	15.0%	43,759	40,554	1,461	3.6%
35-44	46,288	16.5%	46,767	43,984	2,304	5.2%
45-54	49,696	17.7%	47,705	40,724	8,972	22.0%
55-59	15,381	5.5%	14,633	12,520	2,861	22.9%
60-64	7,654	2.7%	7,587	6,613	1,041	15.7%
65 and older	3,914	1.4%	4,332	3,704	210	5.7%
Information Not Available	48	0.0%	54	0	48	0.0%

Industry	181,345		182,540	164,629
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	1,344	0.7%	1,753	1,328	16	1.2%
Mining	696	0.4%	996	744	-48	-6.5%
Utilities	112	0.1%	130	147	-35	-23.8%
Construction	32,317	17.7%	36,608	35,909	-3,592	-10.0%
Manufacturing	45,461	24.9%	36,860	30,260	15,201	50.2%
Wholesale Trade	4,801	2.6%	4,948	5,525	-724	-13.1%
Retail Trade	11,084	6.1%	11,949	12,484	-1,400	-11.2%
Transporation and Warehousing	6,403	3.5%	5,777	4,901	1,502	30.6%
Information	1,262	0.7%	1,249	1,222	40	3.3%
Finance and Insurance	3,899	2.1%	3,818	3,462	437	12.6%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	2,435	1.3%	2,325	1,903	532	28.0%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	6,252	3.4%	6,169	6,269	-17	-0.3%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	612	0.3%	575	1,737	-1,125	-64.8%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	22,353	12.2%	23,362	20,667	1,686	8.2%
Educational Services	1,490	0.8%	1,652	1,730	-240	-13.9%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	7,643	4.2%	7,787	8,178	-535	-6.5%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	3,075	1.7%	4,933	3,379	-304	-9.0%
Accomodation and Food Services	7,468	4.1%	7,756	8,105	-637	-7.9%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	2,882	1.6%	3,038	3,232	-350	-10.8%
Public Administration	1,482	0.8%	2,004	1,704	-222	-13.0%
Information Not Available	18,274	10.0%	18,851	11,743	6,531	55.6%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Minnesota
	Apr 2008	Percent	Mar 2008	Apr 2007	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	66,473		72,505	68,871
Male	49,666	74.7%	55,165	53,077	-3,411	-6.4%
Female	16,807	25.3%	17,340	15,792	1,015	6.4%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	2	-2	-100.0%

Ethnicity	66,473		72,505	68,871
Hispanic or Latino	2,164	3.3%	2,417	2,198	-34	-1.5%
Not Hispanic or Latino	58,190	87.5%	63,464	61,934	-3,744	-6.0%
Information Not Available	6,119	9.2%	6,624	4,739	1,380	29.1%

Race	66,473		72,505	68,871
American Indian or Alaskan Native	802	1.2%	813	762	40	5.2%
Asian	1,147	1.7%	1,107	1,005	142	14.1%
Black or African American	3,407	5.1%	3,423	3,407	0	0.0%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	155	0.2%	181	271	-116	-42.8%
White	57,137	86.0%	62,857	60,525	-3,388	-5.6%
Information Not Available	3,825	5.8%	4,124	2,901	924	31.9%

Years of Age	66,473		72,505	68,871
Younger than 22	2,127	1.8%	2,541	2,924	-797	-27.3%
22-24	4,543	3.8%	5,239	5,201	-658	-12.7%
25-34	17,288	14.4%	18,797	17,440	-152	-0.9%
35-44	15,223	12.6%	16,367	16,290	-1,067	-6.6%
45-54	16,618	13.8%	17,942	16,943	-325	-1.9%
55-59	5,654	4.7%	6,207	5,502	152	2.8%
60-64	3,170	2.6%	3,386	3,001	169	5.6%
65 and older	1,542	1.3%	1,687	999	543	54.4%
Information Not Available	308	0.3%	339	571	-263	-46.1%

Industry	66,473		72,505	68,871
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	897	1.3%	888	1,021	-124	-12.1%
Mining	461	0.7%	654	528	-67	-12.7%
Utilities	202	0.3%	218	223	-21	-9.4%
Construction	23,616	35.1%	26,587	28,116	-4,500	-16.0%
Manufacturing	8,976	13.3%	9,111	10,122	-1,146	-11.3%
Wholesale Trade	2,617	3.9%	2,937	2,591	26	1.0%
Retail Trade	4,322	6.4%	4,678	3,931	391	9.9%
Transporation and Warehousing	1,923	2.9%	2,008	2,134	-211	-9.9%
Information	847	1.3%	869	719	128	17.8%
Finance and Insurance	1,550	2.3%	1,590	1,666	-116	-7.0%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	803	1.2%	856	782	21	2.7%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	2,606	3.9%	2,691	2,161	445	20.6%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	859	1.3%	857	762	97	12.7%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	5,095	7.6%	5,926	5,282	-187	-3.5%
Educational Services	713	1.1%	782	687	26	3.8%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	2,785	4.1%	2,721	2,846	-61	-2.1%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	745	1.1%	1,049	853	-108	-12.7%
Accomodation and Food Services	2,295	3.4%	2,464	2,132	163	7.6%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	1,232	1.8%	1,335	1,132	100	8.8%
Public Administration	848	1.3%	1,159	842	6	0.7%
Information Not Available	3,081	4.6%	3,125	341	2,740	803.5%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Missouri
	Apr 2008	Percent	Mar 2008	Apr 2007	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	50,667		58,197	42,408
Male	30,614	60.4%	35,834	23,615	6,999	29.6%
Female	20,046	39.6%	22,358	18,786	1,260	6.7%
Information Not Available	7	0.0%	5	7	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	50,667		58,197	42,408
Hispanic or Latino	453	0.9%	590	570	-117	-20.5%
Not Hispanic or Latino	13,010	25.7%	16,301	15,046	-2,036	-13.5%
Information Not Available	37,204	73.4%	41,306	26,792	10,412	38.9%

Race	50,667		58,197	42,408
American Indian or Alaskan Native	315	0.6%	401	339	-24	-7.1%
Asian	269	0.5%	288	293	-24	-8.2%
Black or African American	8,045	15.9%	9,092	9,826	-1,781	-18.1%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	360	0.7%	396	384	-24	-6.3%
White	31,276	61.7%	37,315	29,891	1,385	4.6%
Information Not Available	10,402	20.5%	10,705	1,675	8,727	521.0%

Years of Age	50,667		58,197	42,408
Younger than 22	1,087	1.4%	1,214	1,049	38	3.6%
22-24	2,552	3.2%	2,990	2,380	172	7.2%
25-34	11,744	14.8%	13,256	9,981	1,763	17.7%
35-44	12,587	15.9%	14,635	10,999	1,588	14.4%
45-54	14,005	17.7%	15,958	11,046	2,959	26.8%
55-59	4,396	5.5%	4,839	3,399	997	29.3%
60-64	2,605	3.3%	3,010	2,116	489	23.1%
65 and older	1,659	2.1%	2,262	1,402	257	18.3%
Information Not Available	32	0.0%	33	36	-4	-11.1%

Industry	50,667		58,197	42,408
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	285	0.6%	457	238	47	19.7%
Mining	284	0.6%	297	215	69	32.1%
Utilities	44	0.1%	41	58	-14	-24.1%
Construction	10,209	20.0%	12,043	6,958	3,251	46.7%
Manufacturing	9,196	18.0%	10,805	7,639	1,557	20.4%
Wholesale Trade	2,201	4.3%	1,974	1,616	585	36.2%
Retail Trade	4,690	9.2%	4,978	4,481	209	4.7%
Transporation and Warehousing	2,112	4.1%	2,574	1,761	351	19.9%
Information	854	1.7%	850	820	34	4.1%
Finance and Insurance	1,751	3.4%	1,777	1,565	186	11.9%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	917	1.8%	1,007	826	91	11.0%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	1,582	3.1%	1,537	1,242	340	27.4%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	182	0.4%	163	83	99	119.3%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	4,882	9.6%	5,742	3,882	1,000	25.8%
Educational Services	705	1.4%	761	624	81	13.0%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	3,602	7.1%	3,683	3,680	-78	-2.1%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	678	1.3%	1,183	718	-40	-5.6%
Accomodation and Food Services	3,277	6.4%	4,314	3,226	51	1.6%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	1,360	2.7%	1,450	1,356	4	0.3%
Public Administration	477	0.9%	611	491	-14	-2.9%
Information Not Available	1,379	2.7%	1,950	929	450	48.4%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Mississippi
	Apr 2008	Percent	Mar 2008	Apr 2007	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	18,899		19,638	16,658
Male	9,781	51.8%	10,490	8,360	1,421	17.0%
Female	9,117	48.2%	9,146	8,294	823	9.9%
Information Not Available	1	0.0%	2	4	-3	-75.0%

Ethnicity	18,899		19,638	16,658
Hispanic or Latino	222	1.2%	246	205	17	8.3%
Not Hispanic or Latino	18,048	95.5%	18,727	15,881	2,167	13.6%
Information Not Available	629	3.3%	665	572	57	10.0%

Race	18,899		19,638	16,658
American Indian or Alaskan Native	72	0.4%	46	33	39	118.2%
Asian	159	0.8%	154	84	75	89.3%
Black or African American	11,029	58.4%	11,530	10,229	800	7.8%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	4	0.0%	5	5	-1	-20.0%
White	7,234	38.3%	7,430	5,921	1,313	22.2%
Information Not Available	401	2.1%	473	386	15	3.9%

Years of Age	18,899		19,638	16,658
Younger than 22	489	1.9%	461	411	78	19.0%
22-24	1,182	4.7%	1,127	1,106	76	6.9%
25-34	4,918	19.5%	4,917	4,204	714	17.0%
35-44	4,622	18.4%	4,821	4,186	436	10.4%
45-54	4,542	18.0%	4,835	4,171	371	8.9%
55-59	1,510	6.0%	1,618	1,338	172	12.9%
60-64	954	3.8%	1,078	724	230	31.8%
65 and older	682	2.7%	781	518	164	31.7%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	18,899		19,638	16,658
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	549	2.8%	1,300	379	170	44.9%
Mining	91	0.5%	75	40	51	127.5%
Utilities	21	0.1%	24	17	4	23.5%
Construction	1,498	7.7%	1,755	1,083	415	38.3%
Manufacturing	5,611	28.9%	5,175	5,626	-15	-0.3%
Wholesale Trade	652	3.4%	525	469	183	39.0%
Retail Trade	1,874	9.6%	1,886	1,640	234	14.3%
Transporation and Warehousing	721	3.7%	755	460	261	56.7%
Information	147	0.8%	152	147	0	0.0%
Finance and Insurance	264	1.4%	283	218	46	21.1%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	189	1.0%	190	159	30	18.9%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	395	2.0%	412	373	22	5.9%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	32	0.2%	27	138	-106	-76.8%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	1,471	7.6%	1,492	1,405	66	4.7%
Educational Services	237	1.2%	269	231	6	2.6%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	1,286	6.6%	1,274	1,031	255	24.7%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	138	0.7%	152	113	25	22.1%
Accomodation and Food Services	1,268	6.5%	1,374	1,099	169	15.4%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	296	1.5%	301	257	39	15.2%
Public Administration	389	2.0%	418	248	141	56.9%
Information Not Available	1,770	9.1%	1,799	1,525	245	16.1%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Montana
	Apr 2008	Percent	Mar 2008	Apr 2007	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	5,828		7,451	4,951
Male	4,095	70.3%	5,498	3,281	814	24.8%
Female	1,716	29.4%	1,925	1,652	64	3.9%
Information Not Available	17	0.3%	28	18	-1	-5.6%

Ethnicity	5,828		7,451	4,951
Hispanic or Latino	155	2.7%	184	142	13	9.2%
Not Hispanic or Latino	5,324	91.4%	6,833	4,512	812	18.0%
Information Not Available	349	6.0%	434	297	52	17.5%

Race	5,828		7,451	4,951
American Indian or Alaskan Native	506	8.7%	695	527	-21	-4.0%
Asian	14	0.2%	19	16	-2	-12.5%
Black or African American	32	0.5%	40	22	10	45.5%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	16	0.3%	19	9	7	77.8%
White	5,206	89.3%	6,612	4,333	873	20.1%
Information Not Available	54	0.9%	66	44	10	22.7%

Years of Age	5,828		7,451	4,951
Younger than 22	164	1.5%	216	158	6	3.8%
22-24	336	3.1%	471	282	54	19.1%
25-34	1,417	13.3%	1,842	1,091	326	29.9%
35-44	1,225	11.5%	1,542	1,137	88	7.7%
45-54	1,570	14.7%	1,949	1,362	208	15.3%
55-59	557	5.2%	716	460	97	21.1%
60-64	346	3.2%	430	276	70	25.4%
65 and older	213	2.0%	285	185	28	15.1%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	5,828		7,451	4,951
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	225	3.7%	220	201	24	11.9%
Mining	122	2.0%	197	149	-27	-18.1%
Utilities	14	0.2%	29	11	3	27.3%
Construction	1,835	30.3%	2,597	1,239	596	48.1%
Manufacturing	410	6.8%	468	294	116	39.5%
Wholesale Trade	120	2.0%	145	115	5	4.3%
Retail Trade	498	8.2%	592	412	86	20.9%
Transporation and Warehousing	207	3.4%	208	178	29	16.3%
Information	70	1.2%	68	77	-7	-9.1%
Finance and Insurance	81	1.3%	89	81	0	0.0%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	78	1.3%	79	61	17	27.9%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	126	2.1%	156	126	0	0.0%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	5	0.1%	6	2	3	150.0%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	467	7.7%	656	374	93	24.9%
Educational Services	119	2.0%	143	106	13	12.3%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	222	3.7%	226	277	-55	-19.9%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	153	2.5%	213	136	17	12.5%
Accomodation and Food Services	568	9.4%	610	553	15	2.7%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	112	1.9%	140	132	-20	-15.2%
Public Administration	158	2.6%	233	160	-2	-1.3%
Information Not Available	238	3.9%	376	267	-29	-10.9%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants North Carolina
	Apr 2008	Percent	Mar 2008	Apr 2007	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	86,863		85,736	74,200
Male	48,266	55.6%	47,613	39,562	8,704	22.0%
Female	38,592	44.4%	38,118	34,636	3,956	11.4%
Information Not Available	5	0.0%	5	2	3	150.0%

Ethnicity	86,863		85,736	74,200
Hispanic or Latino	3,274	3.8%	3,171	2,584	690	26.7%
Not Hispanic or Latino	80,958	93.2%	80,564	70,182	10,776	15.4%
Information Not Available	2,631	3.0%	2,001	1,434	1,197	83.5%

Race	86,863		85,736	74,200
American Indian or Alaskan Native	1,152	1.3%	1,230	1,120	32	2.9%
Asian	814	0.9%	734	825	-11	-1.3%
Black or African American	31,889	36.7%	31,069	27,989	3,900	13.9%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	86	0.1%	85	69	17	24.6%
White	47,198	54.3%	47,421	40,127	7,071	17.6%
Information Not Available	5,724	6.6%	5,197	4,070	1,654	40.6%

Years of Age	86,863		85,736	74,200
Younger than 22	2,883	2.2%	2,846	2,342	541	23.1%
22-24	5,079	3.9%	5,072	4,183	896	21.4%
25-34	20,992	16.2%	20,620	17,391	3,601	20.7%
35-44	22,359	17.3%	22,101	19,801	2,558	12.9%
45-54	20,908	16.2%	20,647	18,052	2,856	15.8%
55-59	7,258	5.6%	7,123	6,226	1,032	16.6%
60-64	4,640	3.6%	4,541	3,919	721	18.4%
65 and older	2,744	2.1%	2,786	2,286	458	20.0%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	86,863		85,736	74,200
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	450	0.5%	461	279	171	61.3%
Mining	74	0.1%	104	45	29	64.4%
Utilities	80	0.1%	88	117	-37	-31.6%
Construction	11,582	13.3%	11,193	6,390	5,192	81.3%
Manufacturing	19,125	21.9%	16,959	21,136	-2,011	-9.5%
Wholesale Trade	3,582	4.1%	3,539	2,426	1,156	47.7%
Retail Trade	7,138	8.2%	7,069	5,424	1,714	31.6%
Transporation and Warehousing	2,343	2.7%	2,404	1,832	511	27.9%
Information	1,166	1.3%	1,098	910	256	28.1%
Finance and Insurance	2,139	2.4%	2,157	1,866	273	14.6%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	1,201	1.4%	1,263	849	352	41.5%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	3,259	3.7%	3,223	2,299	960	41.8%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	304	0.3%	289	185	119	64.3%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	9,594	11.0%	9,604	7,839	1,755	22.4%
Educational Services	952	1.1%	969	740	212	28.6%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	6,329	7.2%	6,210	4,483	1,846	41.2%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	770	0.9%	1,040	554	216	39.0%
Accomodation and Food Services	4,119	4.7%	5,179	3,190	929	29.1%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	1,423	1.6%	1,464	1,107	316	28.5%
Public Administration	720	0.8%	717	672	48	7.1%
Information Not Available	10,513	12.0%	10,706	11,857	-1,344	-11.3%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants North Dakota
	Apr 2008	Percent	Mar 2008	Apr 2007	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	3,356		5,305	4,235
Male	2,541	75.7%	4,388	3,259	-718	-22.0%
Female	804	24.0%	902	961	-157	-16.3%
Information Not Available	11	0.3%	15	15	-4	-26.7%

Ethnicity	3,356		5,305	4,235
Hispanic or Latino	69	2.1%	136	120	-51	-42.5%
Not Hispanic or Latino	3,192	95.1%	5,038	4,033	-841	-20.9%
Information Not Available	95	2.8%	131	82	13	15.9%

Race	3,356		5,305	4,235
American Indian or Alaskan Native	267	8.0%	365	397	-130	-32.7%
Asian	9	0.3%	11	10	-1	-10.0%
Black or African American	33	1.0%	47	42	-9	-21.4%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	6	0.2%	5	2	4	200.0%
White	2,877	85.7%	4,610	3,582	-705	-19.7%
Information Not Available	164	4.9%	267	202	-38	-18.8%

Years of Age	3,356		5,305	4,235
Younger than 22	44	0.7%	82	71	-27	-38.0%
22-24	147	2.5%	307	246	-99	-40.2%
25-34	756	12.6%	1,190	927	-171	-18.4%
35-44	680	11.4%	1,048	906	-226	-24.9%
45-54	860	14.4%	1,357	1,138	-278	-24.4%
55-59	369	6.2%	561	426	-57	-13.4%
60-64	250	4.2%	384	278	-28	-10.1%
65 and older	230	3.8%	346	212	18	8.5%
Information Not Available	20	0.3%	30	31	-11	-35.5%

Industry	3,356		5,305	4,235
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	79	2.3%	169	89	-10	-11.2%
Mining	123	3.6%	303	183	-60	-32.8%
Utilities	8	0.2%	16	6	2	33.3%
Construction	1,253	36.5%	2,219	1,647	-394	-23.9%
Manufacturing	362	10.5%	522	471	-109	-23.1%
Wholesale Trade	119	3.5%	215	144	-25	-17.4%
Retail Trade	183	5.3%	229	200	-17	-8.5%
Transporation and Warehousing	127	3.7%	161	148	-21	-14.2%
Information	49	1.4%	49	59	-10	-16.9%
Finance and Insurance	82	2.4%	77	74	8	10.8%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	12	0.3%	14	12	0	0.0%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	87	2.5%	139	105	-18	-17.1%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	13	0.4%	17	11	2	18.2%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	172	5.0%	272	170	2	1.2%
Educational Services	4	0.1%	4	2	2	100.0%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	108	3.1%	130	130	-22	-16.9%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	17	0.5%	32	20	-3	-15.0%
Accomodation and Food Services	88	2.6%	106	96	-8	-8.3%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	34	1.0%	49	55	-21	-38.2%
Public Administration	169	4.9%	235	257	-88	-34.2%
Information Not Available	267	7.8%	347	356	-89	-25.0%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Nebraska
	Apr 2008	Percent	Mar 2008	Apr 2007	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	9,431		10,955	9,109
Male	5,357	56.8%	6,956	5,015	342	6.8%
Female	3,671	38.9%	3,626	3,782	-111	-2.9%
Information Not Available	403	4.3%	373	312	91	29.2%

Ethnicity	9,431		10,955	9,109
Hispanic or Latino	369	3.9%	533	326	43	13.2%
Not Hispanic or Latino	7,200	76.3%	8,411	7,328	-128	-1.7%
Information Not Available	1,862	19.7%	2,011	1,455	407	28.0%

Race	9,431		10,955	9,109
American Indian or Alaskan Native	97	1.0%	104	80	17	21.3%
Asian	67	0.7%	88	66	1	1.5%
Black or African American	658	7.0%	619	630	28	4.4%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	15	0.2%	12	8	7	87.5%
White	4,159	44.1%	5,137	3,739	420	11.2%
Information Not Available	4,435	47.0%	4,995	4,586	-151	-3.3%

Years of Age	9,431		10,955	9,109
Younger than 22	208	1.6%	279	230	-22	-9.6%
22-24	502	3.8%	603	490	12	2.4%
25-34	2,173	16.6%	2,564	2,231	-58	-2.6%
35-44	2,213	16.9%	2,505	2,214	-1	0.0%
45-54	2,536	19.4%	2,857	2,375	161	6.8%
55-59	839	6.4%	1,001	757	82	10.8%
60-64	512	3.9%	628	460	52	11.3%
65 and older	448	3.4%	518	352	96	27.3%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	9,431		10,955	9,109
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	67	0.7%	84	51	16	31.4%
Mining	54	0.6%	130	55	-1	-1.8%
Utilities	14	0.1%	15	14	0	0.0%
Construction	1,742	18.3%	2,795	1,411	331	23.5%
Manufacturing	1,441	15.2%	1,432	1,510	-69	-4.6%
Wholesale Trade	295	3.1%	327	329	-34	-10.3%
Retail Trade	877	9.2%	902	962	-85	-8.8%
Transporation and Warehousing	483	5.1%	328	278	205	73.7%
Information	184	1.9%	175	203	-19	-9.4%
Finance and Insurance	358	3.8%	357	314	44	14.0%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	134	1.4%	152	136	-2	-1.5%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	294	3.1%	293	343	-49	-14.3%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	44	0.5%	39	26	18	69.2%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	863	9.1%	1,099	891	-28	-3.1%
Educational Services	132	1.4%	149	150	-18	-12.0%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	744	7.8%	722	758	-14	-1.8%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	72	0.8%	129	93	-21	-22.6%
Accomodation and Food Services	551	5.8%	536	486	65	13.4%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	185	1.9%	208	161	24	14.9%
Public Administration	215	2.3%	298	224	-9	-4.0%
Information Not Available	682	7.2%	785	714	-32	-4.5%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants New Hampshire
	Apr 2008	Percent	Mar 2008	Apr 2007	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	9,891		10,756	7,884
Male	6,441	65.1%	7,420	5,221	1,220	23.4%
Female	3,450	34.9%	3,336	2,663	787	29.6%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	9,891		10,756	7,884
Hispanic or Latino	304	3.1%	359	234	70	29.9%
Not Hispanic or Latino	7,072	71.5%	7,584	5,550	1,522	27.4%
Information Not Available	2,515	25.4%	2,813	2,100	415	19.8%

Race	9,891		10,756	7,884
American Indian or Alaskan Native	38	0.4%	49	33	5	15.2%
Asian	97	1.0%	93	87	10	11.5%
Black or African American	137	1.4%	159	129	8	6.2%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	8	0.1%	17	6	2	33.3%
White	9,112	92.1%	9,845	7,254	1,858	25.6%
Information Not Available	499	5.0%	593	375	124	33.1%

Years of Age	9,891		10,756	7,884
Younger than 22	201	1.1%	203	149	52	34.9%
22-24	495	2.7%	575	400	95	23.8%
25-34	1,918	10.5%	2,211	1,483	435	29.3%
35-44	2,248	12.3%	2,457	1,897	351	18.5%
45-54	2,841	15.5%	2,996	2,213	628	28.4%
55-59	1,045	5.7%	1,082	868	177	20.4%
60-64	718	3.9%	775	558	160	28.7%
65 and older	425	2.3%	457	316	109	34.5%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	9,891		10,756	7,884
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	70	0.7%	54	72	-2	-2.8%
Mining	55	0.6%	71	32	23	71.9%
Utilities	10	0.1%	7	11	-1	-9.1%
Construction	1,894	19.0%	2,604	1,660	234	14.1%
Manufacturing	1,398	14.0%	1,345	1,030	368	35.7%
Wholesale Trade	432	4.3%	445	340	92	27.1%
Retail Trade	1,218	12.2%	1,257	880	338	38.4%
Transporation and Warehousing	231	2.3%	228	213	18	8.5%
Information	128	1.3%	116	102	26	25.5%
Finance and Insurance	253	2.5%	249	195	58	29.7%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	147	1.5%	172	117	30	25.6%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	319	3.2%	344	257	62	24.1%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	15	0.2%	22	8	7	87.5%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	1,071	10.8%	1,294	779	292	37.5%
Educational Services	130	1.3%	131	110	20	18.2%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	435	4.4%	405	342	93	27.2%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	212	2.1%	225	152	60	39.5%
Accomodation and Food Services	552	5.5%	447	454	98	21.6%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	215	2.2%	248	162	53	32.7%
Public Administration	143	1.4%	136	120	23	19.2%
Information Not Available	963	9.7%	956	848	115	13.6%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants New Jersey
	Apr 2008	Percent	Mar 2008	Apr 2007	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	121,053		131,632	118,377
Male	70,712	58.4%	81,147	66,563	4,149	6.2%
Female	50,341	41.6%	50,485	51,814	-1,473	-2.8%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	121,053		131,632	118,377
Hispanic or Latino	24,065	19.9%	27,007	23,857	208	0.9%
Not Hispanic or Latino	87,306	72.1%	94,500	85,155	2,151	2.5%
Information Not Available	9,682	8.0%	10,125	9,365	317	3.4%

Race	121,053		131,632	118,377
American Indian or Alaskan Native	449	0.4%	491	486	-37	-7.6%
Asian	3,634	3.0%	3,477	3,452	182	5.3%
Black or African American	24,578	20.3%	24,802	24,828	-250	-1.0%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	847	0.7%	964	828	19	2.3%
White	73,181	60.5%	81,799	70,958	2,223	3.1%
Information Not Available	18,364	15.2%	20,099	17,825	539	3.0%

Years of Age	121,053		131,632	118,377
Younger than 22	16,939	8.9%	17,924	12,934	4,005	31.0%
22-24	8,880	4.7%	9,714	8,249	631	7.6%
25-34	27,042	14.2%	29,534	26,011	1,031	4.0%
35-44	29,834	15.7%	32,913	30,396	-562	-1.8%
45-54	23,767	12.5%	25,658	24,056	-289	-1.2%
55-59	7,752	4.1%	8,277	8,162	-410	-5.0%
60-64	3,937	2.1%	4,260	4,519	-582	-12.9%
65 and older	2,902	1.5%	3,352	4,050	-1,148	-28.3%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	121,053		131,632	118,377
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	619	0.5%	962	628	-9	-1.4%
Mining	102	0.1%	150	94	8	8.5%
Utilities	127	0.1%	127	133	-6	-4.5%
Construction	16,165	13.3%	19,996	14,832	1,333	9.0%
Manufacturing	10,459	8.6%	10,264	10,601	-142	-1.3%
Wholesale Trade	6,782	5.6%	6,870	6,266	516	8.2%
Retail Trade	14,320	11.8%	14,673	12,748	1,572	12.3%
Transporation and Warehousing	5,183	4.3%	5,185	7,533	-2,350	-31.2%
Information	2,443	2.0%	2,349	2,450	-7	-0.3%
Finance and Insurance	5,233	4.3%	5,087	4,683	550	11.7%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	2,253	1.9%	2,484	2,227	26	1.2%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	6,594	5.4%	6,676	5,312	1,282	24.1%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	445	0.4%	428	525	-80	-15.2%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	14,028	11.5%	16,812	13,347	681	5.1%
Educational Services	1,810	1.5%	1,899	2,209	-399	-18.1%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	8,993	7.4%	9,014	8,150	843	10.3%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	2,342	1.9%	3,599	2,040	302	14.8%
Accomodation and Food Services	8,407	6.9%	9,503	11,193	-2,786	-24.9%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	3,023	2.5%	3,152	2,702	321	11.9%
Public Administration	1,472	1.2%	1,761	2,074	-602	-29.0%
Information Not Available	10,253	8.4%	10,641	8,630	1,623	18.8%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants New Mexico
	Apr 2008	Percent	Mar 2008	Apr 2007	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	11,964		12,330	10,807
Male	7,179	60.0%	7,460	6,328	851	13.4%
Female	4,785	40.0%	4,870	4,479	306	6.8%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	11,964		12,330	10,807
Hispanic or Latino	6,846	57.2%	7,182	6,386	460	7.2%
Not Hispanic or Latino	4,546	38.0%	4,595	4,079	467	11.4%
Information Not Available	572	4.8%	553	342	230	67.3%

Race	11,964		12,330	10,807
American Indian or Alaskan Native	1,085	9.1%	1,076	896	189	21.1%
Asian	130	1.1%	116	106	24	22.6%
Black or African American	321	2.7%	343	326	-5	-1.5%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	27	0.2%	29	19	8	42.1%
White	6,021	50.3%	6,114	5,271	750	14.2%
Information Not Available	4,380	36.6%	4,652	4,189	191	4.6%

Years of Age	11,964		12,330	10,807
Younger than 22	407	2.3%	432	370	37	10.0%
22-24	718	4.1%	703	648	70	10.8%
25-34	2,512	14.4%	2,589	2,269	243	10.7%
35-44	3,243	18.6%	2,983	2,927	316	10.8%
45-54	2,931	16.8%	2,935	2,648	283	10.7%
55-59	909	5.2%	1,011	821	88	10.7%
60-64	514	2.9%	543	465	49	10.5%
65 and older	311	1.8%	382	281	30	10.7%
Information Not Available	419	2.4%	752	378	41	10.8%

Industry	11,964		12,330	10,807
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	968	7.5%	973	1,086	-118	-10.9%
Mining	146	1.1%	158	154	-8	-5.2%
Utilities	60	0.5%	72	21	39	185.7%
Construction	2,345	18.1%	2,468	2,158	187	8.7%
Manufacturing	1,258	9.7%	1,426	1,288	-30	-2.3%
Wholesale Trade	362	2.8%	374	283	79	27.9%
Retail Trade	1,091	8.4%	1,066	786	305	38.8%
Transporation and Warehousing	279	2.2%	285	175	104	59.4%
Information	424	3.3%	447	668	-244	-36.5%
Finance and Insurance	244	1.9%	261	225	19	8.4%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	225	1.7%	221	161	64	39.8%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	860	6.7%	810	458	402	87.8%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	15	0.1%	19	18	-3	-16.7%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	920	7.1%	943	879	41	4.7%
Educational Services	218	1.7%	241	195	23	11.8%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	926	7.2%	931	880	46	5.2%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	252	1.9%	238	238	14	5.9%
Accomodation and Food Services	715	5.5%	716	558	157	28.1%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	246	1.9%	260	202	44	21.8%
Public Administration	355	2.7%	351	317	38	12.0%
Information Not Available	55	0.4%	70	57	-2	-3.5%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Nevada
	Apr 2008	Percent	Mar 2008	Apr 2007	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	34,765		34,531	23,462
Male	21,313	61.3%	21,472	14,096	7,217	51.2%
Female	13,452	38.7%	13,056	9,363	4,089	43.7%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	3	3	-3	-100.0%

Ethnicity	34,765		34,531	23,462
Hispanic or Latino	6,594	19.0%	6,505	3,940	2,654	67.4%
Not Hispanic or Latino	22,153	63.7%	21,998	14,939	7,214	48.3%
Information Not Available	6,018	17.3%	6,028	4,583	1,435	31.3%

Race	34,765		34,531	23,462
American Indian or Alaskan Native	683	2.0%	674	487	196	40.2%
Asian	1,534	4.4%	1,398	1,132	402	35.5%
Black or African American	3,643	10.5%	3,625	2,613	1,030	39.4%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	568	1.6%	559	374	194	51.9%
White	22,667	65.2%	22,678	15,370	7,297	47.5%
Information Not Available	5,670	16.3%	5,597	3,486	2,184	62.7%

Years of Age	34,765		34,531	23,462
Younger than 22	895	1.6%	840	463	432	93.3%
22-24	1,879	3.4%	1,842	1,107	772	69.7%
25-34	7,680	13.9%	7,347	4,681	2,999	64.1%
35-44	8,123	14.7%	8,161	5,639	2,484	44.1%
45-54	8,921	16.2%	8,984	6,228	2,693	43.2%
55-59	3,258	5.9%	3,205	2,361	897	38.0%
60-64	2,196	4.0%	2,225	1,638	558	34.1%
65 and older	1,771	3.2%	1,878	1,310	461	35.2%
Information Not Available	42	0.1%	49	35	7	20.0%

Industry	34,765		34,531	23,462
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	27	0.1%	36	17	10	58.8%
Mining	170	0.5%	165	106	64	60.4%
Utilities	35	0.1%	35	39	-4	-10.3%
Construction	9,422	27.1%	9,433	5,862	3,560	60.7%
Manufacturing	1,628	4.7%	1,669	1,188	440	37.0%
Wholesale Trade	924	2.7%	917	591	333	56.3%
Retail Trade	2,923	8.4%	2,789	1,859	1,064	57.2%
Transporation and Warehousing	1,202	3.5%	1,101	689	513	74.5%
Information	344	1.0%	362	254	90	35.4%
Finance and Insurance	1,004	2.9%	1,055	760	244	32.1%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	967	2.8%	946	599	368	61.4%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	1,411	4.1%	1,407	876	535	61.1%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	177	0.5%	163	77	100	129.9%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	4,168	12.0%	4,174	2,690	1,478	54.9%
Educational Services	342	1.0%	369	182	160	87.9%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	1,271	3.7%	1,221	941	330	35.1%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	768	2.2%	769	461	307	66.6%
Accomodation and Food Services	5,060	14.5%	4,793	3,830	1,230	32.1%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	628	1.8%	637	454	174	38.3%
Public Administration	401	1.2%	573	312	89	28.5%
Information Not Available	1,893	5.4%	1,917	1,675	218	13.0%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants New York
	Apr 2008	Percent	Mar 2008	Apr 2007	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	191,264		210,687	185,923
Male	112,591	58.9%	134,111	111,275	1,316	1.2%
Female	78,673	41.1%	76,576	74,648	4,025	5.4%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	191,264		210,687	185,923
Hispanic or Latino	27,726	14.5%	31,619	26,641	1,085	4.1%
Not Hispanic or Latino	131,868	68.9%	145,808	131,236	632	0.5%
Information Not Available	31,670	16.6%	33,260	28,046	3,624	12.9%

Race	191,264		210,687	185,923
American Indian or Alaskan Native	1,280	0.7%	1,461	1,304	-24	-1.8%
Asian	5,402	2.8%	5,456	4,683	719	15.4%
Black or African American	28,563	14.9%	28,600	26,093	2,470	9.5%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	362	0.2%	329	314	48	15.3%
White	106,942	55.9%	122,731	108,040	-1,098	-1.0%
Information Not Available	48,715	25.5%	52,110	45,489	3,226	7.1%

Years of Age	191,264		210,687	185,923
Younger than 22	7,471	2.6%	8,774	7,142	329	4.6%
22-24	12,743	4.4%	14,444	11,902	841	7.1%
25-34	46,685	16.2%	51,775	43,962	2,723	6.2%
35-44	47,236	16.4%	52,465	47,508	-272	-0.6%
45-54	44,081	15.3%	48,246	42,826	1,255	2.9%
55-59	15,314	5.3%	16,476	15,157	157	1.0%
60-64	9,937	3.4%	10,251	9,409	528	5.6%
65 and older	7,797	2.7%	8,256	8,017	-220	-2.7%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	191,264		210,687	185,923
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	635	0.3%	1,000	791	-156	-19.7%
Mining	679	0.4%	1,338	849	-170	-20.0%
Utilities	185	0.1%	178	169	16	9.5%
Construction	29,561	15.4%	40,215	32,134	-2,573	-8.0%
Manufacturing	19,737	10.3%	20,529	17,484	2,253	12.9%
Wholesale Trade	9,008	4.7%	8,829	7,993	1,015	12.7%
Retail Trade	16,958	8.8%	18,003	15,618	1,340	8.6%
Transporation and Warehousing	9,088	4.7%	6,374	11,145	-2,057	-18.5%
Information	5,802	3.0%	5,671	5,574	228	4.1%
Finance and Insurance	12,405	6.5%	11,606	9,035	3,370	37.3%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	4,400	2.3%	4,389	4,312	88	2.0%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	11,716	6.1%	11,454	10,416	1,300	12.5%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	775	0.4%	748	683	92	13.5%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	20,005	10.4%	24,123	18,938	1,067	5.6%
Educational Services	3,947	2.1%	4,084	4,536	-589	-13.0%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	15,189	7.9%	14,300	13,919	1,270	9.1%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	5,666	3.0%	8,785	6,119	-453	-7.4%
Accomodation and Food Services	12,149	6.3%	13,254	12,235	-86	-0.7%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	4,988	2.6%	5,585	4,983	5	0.1%
Public Administration	5,826	3.0%	6,986	6,440	-614	-9.5%
Information Not Available	2,545	1.3%	3,236	2,550	-5	-0.2%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Ohio
	Apr 2008	Percent	Mar 2008	Apr 2007	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	123,914		139,528	102,571
Male	83,780	67.6%	99,138	67,368	16,412	24.4%
Female	39,570	31.9%	39,788	34,901	4,669	13.4%
Information Not Available	564	0.5%	602	302	262	86.8%

Ethnicity	123,914		139,528	102,571
Hispanic or Latino	3,689	3.0%	4,395	3,147	542	17.2%
Not Hispanic or Latino	115,251	93.0%	129,518	95,184	20,067	21.1%
Information Not Available	4,974	4.0%	5,615	4,240	734	17.3%

Race	123,914		139,528	102,571
American Indian or Alaskan Native	618	0.5%	714	472	146	30.9%
Asian	562	0.5%	602	398	164	41.2%
Black or African American	18,591	15.0%	19,190	15,924	2,667	16.7%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	120	0.1%	129	76	44	57.9%
White	99,079	80.0%	113,278	81,804	17,275	21.1%
Information Not Available	4,944	4.0%	5,615	3,897	1,047	26.9%

Years of Age	123,914		139,528	102,571
Younger than 22	3,680	1.7%	4,341	3,092	588	19.0%
22-24	6,515	3.0%	7,524	5,603	912	16.3%
25-34	28,336	13.0%	32,310	24,401	3,935	16.1%
35-44	32,968	15.2%	37,316	28,020	4,948	17.7%
45-54	33,300	15.3%	37,206	27,793	5,507	19.8%
55-59	10,884	5.0%	11,989	8,701	2,183	25.1%
60-64	5,690	2.6%	6,132	4,074	1,616	39.7%
65 and older	2,541	1.2%	2,710	887	1,654	186.5%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	123,914		139,528	102,571
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	472	0.4%	869	428	44	10.3%
Mining	626	0.5%	990	360	266	73.9%
Utilities	177	0.1%	242	85	92	108.2%
Construction	30,308	24.4%	38,543	25,416	4,892	19.2%
Manufacturing	30,639	24.6%	31,638	22,247	8,392	37.7%
Wholesale Trade	4,569	3.7%	4,533	3,987	582	14.6%
Retail Trade	6,109	4.9%	6,709	5,447	662	12.2%
Transporation and Warehousing	5,500	4.4%	5,592	4,323	1,177	27.2%
Information	1,294	1.0%	1,225	1,079	215	19.9%
Finance and Insurance	3,371	2.7%	3,465	2,792	579	20.7%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	1,547	1.2%	1,599	1,438	109	7.6%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	4,120	3.3%	4,001	3,597	523	14.5%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	469	0.4%	470	294	175	59.5%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	14,617	11.8%	17,404	11,990	2,627	21.9%
Educational Services	1,358	1.1%	1,494	1,359	-1	-0.1%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	6,214	5.0%	6,376	5,936	278	4.7%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	1,561	1.3%	2,378	1,222	339	27.7%
Accomodation and Food Services	3,906	3.1%	4,376	3,730	176	4.7%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	2,354	1.9%	2,566	2,395	-41	-1.7%
Public Administration	998	0.8%	1,166	949	49	5.2%
Information Not Available	3,705	3.0%	3,892	3,497	208	5.9%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Oklahoma
	Apr 2008	Percent	Mar 2008	Apr 2007	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	14,213		13,828	13,996
Male	7,459	52.5%	7,271	7,460	-1	0.0%
Female	6,721	47.3%	6,532	6,504	217	3.3%
Information Not Available	33	0.2%	25	32	1	3.1%

Ethnicity	14,213		13,828	13,996
Hispanic or Latino	1,028	7.2%	993	1,005	23	2.3%
Not Hispanic or Latino	13,185	92.8%	12,835	12,991	194	1.5%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Race	14,213		13,828	13,996
American Indian or Alaskan Native	1,266	8.9%	1,231	1,184	82	6.9%
Asian	107	0.8%	95	144	-37	-25.7%
Black or African American	2,225	15.7%	2,203	2,233	-8	-0.4%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	6	0.0%	10	16	-10	-62.5%
White	9,002	63.3%	8,728	8,740	262	3.0%
Information Not Available	1,607	11.3%	1,561	1,679	-72	-4.3%

Years of Age	14,213		13,828	13,996
Younger than 22	279	1.2%	226	276	3	1.1%
22-24	715	3.2%	697	730	-15	-2.1%
25-34	3,337	14.9%	3,280	3,292	45	1.4%
35-44	3,574	16.0%	3,477	3,668	-94	-2.6%
45-54	3,741	16.7%	3,681	3,672	69	1.9%
55-59	1,250	5.6%	1,199	1,184	66	5.6%
60-64	815	3.6%	764	715	100	14.0%
65 and older	502	2.2%	504	459	43	9.4%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	14,213		13,828	13,996
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	42	0.3%	36	39	3	7.7%
Mining	426	3.0%	460	492	-66	-13.4%
Utilities	44	0.3%	51	33	11	33.3%
Construction	1,315	9.2%	1,203	1,315	0	0.0%
Manufacturing	1,998	14.0%	1,903	2,441	-443	-18.1%
Wholesale Trade	530	3.7%	541	539	-9	-1.7%
Retail Trade	1,425	10.0%	1,263	1,355	70	5.2%
Transporation and Warehousing	456	3.2%	400	303	153	50.5%
Information	458	3.2%	386	944	-486	-51.5%
Finance and Insurance	583	4.1%	617	454	129	28.4%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	308	2.2%	323	326	-18	-5.5%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	770	5.4%	723	511	259	50.7%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	43	0.3%	35	17	26	152.9%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	1,782	12.5%	1,818	1,484	298	20.1%
Educational Services	232	1.6%	225	259	-27	-10.4%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	1,295	9.1%	1,265	1,177	118	10.0%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	215	1.5%	235	210	5	2.4%
Accomodation and Food Services	602	4.2%	656	587	15	2.6%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	479	3.4%	501	420	59	14.0%
Public Administration	577	4.0%	616	615	-38	-6.2%
Information Not Available	633	4.4%	571	475	158	33.3%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Oregon
	Apr 2008	Percent	Mar 2008	Apr 2007	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	55,583		57,761	43,856
Male	35,813	64.4%	37,733	26,725	9,088	34.0%
Female	19,757	35.5%	20,013	17,127	2,630	15.4%
Information Not Available	13	0.0%	15	4	9	225.0%

Ethnicity	55,583		57,761	43,856
Hispanic or Latino	5,212	9.4%	5,474	4,114	1,098	26.7%
Not Hispanic or Latino	41,607	74.9%	43,086	32,303	9,304	28.8%
Information Not Available	8,764	15.8%	9,201	7,439	1,325	17.8%

Race	55,583		57,761	43,856
American Indian or Alaskan Native	496	0.9%	540	512	-16	-3.1%
Asian	618	1.1%	638	869	-251	-28.9%
Black or African American	558	1.0%	547	644	-86	-13.4%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	280	0.5%	284	296	-16	-5.4%
White	23,717	42.7%	25,122	21,034	2,683	12.8%
Information Not Available	29,914	53.8%	30,630	20,501	9,413	45.9%

Years of Age	55,583		57,761	43,856
Younger than 22	1,528	2.0%	1,508	1,041	487	46.8%
22-24	3,279	4.3%	3,470	2,491	788	31.6%
25-34	13,189	17.3%	13,750	10,061	3,128	31.1%
35-44	13,254	17.4%	13,707	10,845	2,409	22.2%
45-54	14,144	18.6%	14,624	11,520	2,624	22.8%
55-59	5,271	6.9%	5,558	4,118	1,153	28.0%
60-64	3,178	4.2%	3,353	2,421	757	31.3%
65 and older	1,740	2.3%	1,791	1,359	381	28.0%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	55,583		57,761	43,856
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	2,410	4.2%	2,433	1,729	681	39.4%
Mining	333	0.6%	366	140	193	137.9%
Utilities	78	0.1%	71	104	-26	-25.0%
Construction	10,685	18.4%	11,409	6,745	3,940	58.4%
Manufacturing	9,113	15.7%	9,880	8,282	831	10.0%
Wholesale Trade	2,089	3.6%	1,993	1,755	334	19.0%
Retail Trade	6,098	10.5%	6,205	4,669	1,429	30.6%
Transporation and Warehousing	1,799	3.1%	1,809	1,350	449	33.3%
Information	985	1.7%	914	890	95	10.7%
Finance and Insurance	1,791	3.1%	1,823	1,290	501	38.8%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	934	1.6%	947	721	213	29.5%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	1,536	2.6%	1,476	1,173	363	30.9%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	122	0.2%	137	152	-30	-19.7%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	5,105	8.8%	5,349	4,014	1,091	27.2%
Educational Services	658	1.1%	656	648	10	1.5%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	3,406	5.9%	3,371	2,987	419	14.0%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	537	0.9%	659	450	87	19.3%
Accomodation and Food Services	3,443	5.9%	3,627	2,749	694	25.2%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	1,271	2.2%	1,243	1,042	229	22.0%
Public Administration	961	1.7%	1,051	1,016	-55	-5.4%
Information Not Available	2,229	3.8%	2,342	1,950	279	14.3%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Pennsylvania
	Apr 2008	Percent	Mar 2008	Apr 2007	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	183,075		210,883	177,883
Male	113,479	62.0%	140,698	109,838	3,641	3.3%
Female	69,596	38.0%	70,185	68,045	1,551	2.3%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	183,075		210,883	177,883
Hispanic or Latino	8,685	4.7%	9,321	8,594	91	1.1%
Not Hispanic or Latino	165,591	90.4%	191,692	159,401	6,190	3.9%
Information Not Available	8,799	4.8%	9,870	9,889	-1,090	-11.0%

Race	183,075		210,883	177,883
American Indian or Alaskan Native	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
Asian	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
Black or African American	23,084	12.6%	23,578	24,016	-932	-3.9%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
White	139,879	76.4%	165,811	134,207	5,672	4.2%
Information Not Available	20,112	11.0%	21,494	19,661	451	2.3%

Years of Age	183,075		210,883	177,883
Younger than 22	24,113	7.5%	25,113	22,603	1,510	6.7%
22-24	10,857	3.4%	13,050	12,597	-1,740	-13.8%
25-34	40,911	12.8%	47,155	41,322	-411	-1.0%
35-44	48,453	15.2%	56,477	48,385	68	0.1%
45-54	32,684	10.2%	37,286	31,786	898	2.8%
55-59	7,200	2.3%	8,992	7,534	-334	-4.4%
60-64	3,543	1.1%	3,948	2,825	718	25.4%
65 and older	686	0.2%	1,097	942	-256	-27.2%
Information Not Available	14,628	4.6%	17,765	9,889	4,739	47.9%

Industry	183,075		210,883	177,883
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	686	0.4%	1,206	589	97	16.5%
Mining	1,486	0.8%	2,303	1,766	-280	-15.9%
Utilities	114	0.1%	0	235	-121	-51.5%
Construction	33,598	18.3%	45,510	31,079	2,519	8.1%
Manufacturing	29,598	16.1%	31,583	28,136	1,462	5.2%
Wholesale Trade	7,542	4.1%	7,896	8,594	-1,052	-12.2%
Retail Trade	18,742	10.2%	18,423	17,894	848	4.7%
Transporation and Warehousing	6,285	3.4%	7,018	7,770	-1,485	-19.1%
Information	2,628	1.4%	2,632	3,414	-786	-23.0%
Finance and Insurance	5,028	2.7%	4,935	4,475	553	12.4%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	1,943	1.1%	1,535	3,179	-1,236	-38.9%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	7,771	4.2%	7,896	6,593	1,178	17.9%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	2,857	1.6%	3,071	2,943	-86	-2.9%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	15,428	8.4%	18,972	14,362	1,066	7.4%
Educational Services	2,514	1.4%	2,413	2,119	395	18.6%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	10,171	5.5%	10,747	12,714	-2,543	-20.0%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	3,314	1.8%	6,360	3,414	-100	-2.9%
Accomodation and Food Services	7,771	4.2%	10,528	9,300	-1,529	-16.4%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	4,457	2.4%	5,154	4,709	-252	-5.4%
Public Administration	800	0.4%	1,426	1,884	-1,084	-57.5%
Information Not Available	20,342	11.1%	21,275	12,714	7,628	60.0%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Puerto Rico
	Apr 2008	Percent	Mar 2008	Apr 2007	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	35,065		35,195	33,059
Male	20,287	57.9%	20,207	18,180	2,107	11.6%
Female	14,778	42.1%	14,988	14,879	-101	-0.7%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	35,065		35,195	33,059
Hispanic or Latino	33,817	96.4%	33,922	32,515	1,302	4.0%
Not Hispanic or Latino	800	2.3%	817	121	679	561.2%
Information Not Available	448	1.3%	456	423	25	5.9%

Race	35,065		35,195	33,059
American Indian or Alaskan Native	718	2.0%	781	810	-92	-11.4%
Asian	63	0.2%	71	80	-17	-21.3%
Black or African American	3,062	8.7%	3,166	1,992	1,070	53.7%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	72	0.2%	84	21	51	242.9%
White	6,482	18.5%	6,883	7,857	-1,375	-17.5%
Information Not Available	24,668	70.3%	24,210	22,299	2,369	10.6%

Years of Age	35,065		35,195	33,059
Younger than 22	2,236	5.5%	2,187	2,094	142	6.8%
22-24	3,636	9.0%	3,571	3,370	266	7.9%
25-34	11,438	28.3%	11,490	10,884	554	5.1%
35-44	8,333	20.6%	8,417	7,906	427	5.4%
45-54	5,964	14.7%	6,017	5,525	439	7.9%
55-59	1,906	4.7%	1,940	1,811	95	5.2%
60-64	1,097	2.7%	1,136	1,060	37	3.5%
65 and older	455	1.1%	437	409	46	11.2%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	35,065		35,195	33,059
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
Mining	42	0.1%	39	45	-3	-6.7%
Utilities	979	2.8%	987	867	112	12.9%
Construction	5,196	14.8%	5,273	5,002	194	3.9%
Manufacturing	4,861	13.9%	5,031	5,519	-658	-11.9%
Wholesale Trade	7,507	21.4%	7,246	6,895	612	8.9%
Retail Trade	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
Transporation and Warehousing	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
Information	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
Finance and Insurance	1,113	3.2%	1,072	1,205	-92	-7.6%
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)	8,658	24.7%	8,964	9,326	-668	-7.2%
Public Administration	1,237	3.5%	1,340	1,309	-72	-5.5%
Information Not Available	5,472	15.6%	5,243	2,891	2,581	89.3%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Rhode Island
	Apr 2008	Percent	Mar 2008	Apr 2007	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	15,642		18,671	13,218
Male	9,545	61.0%	12,147	8,103	1,442	17.8%
Female	6,097	39.0%	6,524	5,115	982	19.2%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	15,642		18,671	13,218
Hispanic or Latino	2,478	15.8%	2,867	1,794	684	38.1%
Not Hispanic or Latino	9,297	59.4%	11,136	7,851	1,446	18.4%
Information Not Available	3,867	24.7%	4,668	3,573	294	8.2%

Race	15,642		18,671	13,218
American Indian or Alaskan Native	86	0.5%	98	98	-12	-12.2%
Asian	243	1.6%	250	224	19	8.5%
Black or African American	675	4.3%	672	536	139	25.9%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	59	0.4%	62	51	8	15.7%
White	11,123	71.1%	13,435	9,174	1,949	21.2%
Information Not Available	3,456	22.1%	4,154	3,135	321	10.2%

Years of Age	15,642		18,671	13,218
Younger than 22	545	2.1%	695	468	77	16.5%
22-24	985	3.8%	1,177	773	212	27.4%
25-34	3,453	13.4%	4,199	2,967	486	16.4%
35-44	3,936	15.2%	4,751	3,431	505	14.7%
45-54	3,870	15.0%	4,463	3,145	725	23.1%
55-59	1,268	4.9%	1,513	1,147	121	10.5%
60-64	910	3.5%	1,036	759	151	19.9%
65 and older	675	2.6%	837	528	147	27.8%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	15,642		18,671	13,218
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	104	0.7%	209	111	-7	-6.3%
Mining	53	0.3%	82	39	14	35.9%
Utilities	25	0.2%	28	5	20	400.0%
Construction	3,215	20.4%	4,287	2,779	436	15.7%
Manufacturing	2,332	14.8%	2,390	2,041	291	14.3%
Wholesale Trade	608	3.9%	695	514	94	18.3%
Retail Trade	1,593	10.1%	1,626	1,204	389	32.3%
Transporation and Warehousing	456	2.9%	486	333	123	36.9%
Information	185	1.2%	166	157	28	17.8%
Finance and Insurance	800	5.1%	862	616	184	29.9%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	294	1.9%	305	230	64	27.8%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	533	3.4%	595	457	76	16.6%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	30	0.2%	35	80	-50	-62.5%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	1,733	11.0%	2,638	1,422	311	21.9%
Educational Services	146	0.9%	170	189	-43	-22.8%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	1,082	6.9%	1,013	963	119	12.4%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	376	2.4%	674	283	93	32.9%
Accomodation and Food Services	1,081	6.9%	1,341	973	108	11.1%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	521	3.3%	533	381	140	36.7%
Public Administration	87	0.6%	105	99	-12	-12.1%
Information Not Available	388	2.5%	431	342	46	13.5%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants South Carolina
	Apr 2008	Percent	Mar 2008	Apr 2007	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	45,828		45,640	38,309
Male	24,770	54.0%	24,589	19,343	5,427	28.1%
Female	21,058	46.0%	21,051	18,966	2,092	11.0%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	45,828		45,640	38,309
Hispanic or Latino	926	2.0%	947	715	211	29.5%
Not Hispanic or Latino	39,891	87.0%	39,557	31,584	8,307	26.3%
Information Not Available	5,011	10.9%	5,136	6,010	-999	-16.6%

Race	45,828		45,640	38,309
American Indian or Alaskan Native	308	0.7%	376	291	17	5.8%
Asian	250	0.5%	231	203	47	23.2%
Black or African American	22,224	48.5%	21,995	19,988	2,236	11.2%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	122	0.3%	97	66	56	84.8%
White	22,100	48.2%	22,161	17,060	5,040	29.5%
Information Not Available	824	1.8%	780	701	123	17.5%

Years of Age	45,828		45,640	38,309
Younger than 22	1,461	2.2%	1,322	1,104	357	32.3%
22-24	1,687	2.6%	1,617	1,256	431	34.3%
25-34	10,202	15.6%	10,162	7,997	2,205	27.6%
35-44	9,804	15.0%	9,822	7,990	1,814	22.7%
45-54	9,991	15.3%	10,187	8,205	1,786	21.8%
55-59	3,661	5.6%	3,735	2,814	847	30.1%
60-64	2,469	3.8%	2,581	2,046	423	20.7%
65 and older	1,456	2.2%	1,554	1,162	294	25.3%
Information Not Available	5,097	7.8%	4,660	5,735	-638	-11.1%

Industry	45,828		45,640	38,309
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	343	0.7%	343	267	76	28.5%
Mining	44	0.1%	50	32	12	37.5%
Utilities	52	0.1%	52	71	-19	-26.8%
Construction	5,826	12.6%	5,928	3,630	2,196	60.5%
Manufacturing	9,854	21.3%	8,516	10,329	-475	-4.6%
Wholesale Trade	2,168	4.7%	2,126	1,410	758	53.8%
Retail Trade	4,687	10.2%	4,734	3,517	1,170	33.3%
Transporation and Warehousing	1,300	2.8%	1,240	1,020	280	27.5%
Information	512	1.1%	530	359	153	42.6%
Finance and Insurance	1,242	2.7%	1,219	903	339	37.5%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	775	1.7%	833	557	218	39.1%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	1,357	2.9%	1,358	979	378	38.6%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	98	0.2%	105	84	14	16.7%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	6,130	13.3%	6,286	5,557	573	10.3%
Educational Services	416	0.9%	431	383	33	8.6%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	2,371	5.1%	2,277	2,170	201	9.3%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	305	0.7%	495	286	19	6.6%
Accomodation and Food Services	3,394	7.4%	4,229	2,569	825	32.1%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	874	1.9%	898	916	-42	-4.6%
Public Administration	546	1.2%	560	539	7	1.3%
Information Not Available	3,534	7.7%	3,430	2,731	803	29.4%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants South Dakota
	Apr 2008	Percent	Mar 2008	Apr 2007	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	2,107		3,160	2,410
Male	1,454	69.0%	2,374	1,653	-199	-12.0%
Female	653	31.0%	786	757	-104	-13.7%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	2,107		3,160	2,410
Hispanic or Latino	54	2.6%	79	54	0	0.0%
Not Hispanic or Latino	1,989	94.4%	2,872	2,208	-219	-9.9%
Information Not Available	64	3.0%	209	148	-84	-56.8%

Race	2,107		3,160	2,410
American Indian or Alaskan Native	260	12.3%	307	344	-84	-24.4%
Asian	0	0.0%	4	1	-1	-100.0%
Black or African American	40	1.9%	62	30	10	33.3%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0	0.0%	1	2	-2	-100.0%
White	1,672	79.4%	2,549	1,886	-214	-11.3%
Information Not Available	135	6.4%	237	147	-12	-8.2%

Years of Age	2,107		3,160	2,410
Younger than 22	21	0.6%	64	42	-21	-50.0%
22-24	109	3.0%	172	116	-7	-6.0%
25-34	476	13.0%	785	542	-66	-12.2%
35-44	530	14.5%	762	511	19	3.7%
45-54	585	16.0%	836	693	-108	-15.6%
55-59	262	7.2%	375	301	-39	-13.0%
60-64	124	3.4%	166	205	-81	-39.5%
65 and older	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	2,107		3,160	2,410
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	15	0.7%	23	26	-11	-42.3%
Mining	54	2.5%	96	50	4	8.0%
Utilities	5	0.2%	15	4	1	25.0%
Construction	765	36.1%	1,276	847	-82	-9.7%
Manufacturing	282	13.3%	392	319	-37	-11.6%
Wholesale Trade	58	2.7%	89	71	-13	-18.3%
Retail Trade	149	7.0%	186	162	-13	-8.0%
Transporation and Warehousing	76	3.6%	103	89	-13	-14.6%
Information	40	1.9%	29	25	15	60.0%
Finance and Insurance	65	3.1%	70	54	11	20.4%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	26	1.2%	25	58	-32	-55.2%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	39	1.8%	63	30	9	30.0%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	1	0.0%	1	2	-1	-50.0%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	97	4.6%	157	115	-18	-15.7%
Educational Services	32	1.5%	42	70	-38	-54.3%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	105	4.9%	99	106	-1	-0.9%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	34	1.6%	48	41	-7	-17.1%
Accomodation and Food Services	110	5.2%	153	127	-17	-13.4%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	38	1.8%	46	34	4	11.8%
Public Administration	111	5.2%	142	124	-13	-10.5%
Information Not Available	5	0.2%	105	56	-51	-91.1%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Tennessee
	Apr 2008	Percent	Mar 2008	Apr 2007	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	43,390		46,353	36,441
Male	24,804	57.2%	26,504	19,474	5,330	27.4%
Female	18,586	42.8%	19,849	16,967	1,619	9.5%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	43,390		46,353	36,441
Hispanic or Latino	586	1.4%	644	448	138	30.8%
Not Hispanic or Latino	42,804	98.6%	45,709	35,993	6,811	18.9%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Race	43,390		46,353	36,441
American Indian or Alaskan Native	117	0.3%	117	86	31	36.0%
Asian	1,379	3.2%	525	515	864	167.8%
Black or African American	12,450	28.7%	11,741	9,732	2,718	27.9%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	259	0.6%	275	213	46	21.6%
White	28,704	66.2%	33,193	25,555	3,149	12.3%
Information Not Available	481	1.1%	502	340	141	41.5%

Years of Age	43,390		46,353	36,441
Younger than 22	884	1.3%	997	665	219	32.9%
22-24	1,958	2.8%	1,986	1,577	381	24.2%
25-34	9,336	13.5%	9,539	7,544	1,792	23.8%
35-44	10,488	15.2%	10,904	8,993	1,495	16.6%
45-54	11,051	16.0%	11,904	9,416	1,635	17.4%
55-59	4,215	6.1%	4,493	3,528	687	19.5%
60-64	3,127	4.5%	3,436	2,643	484	18.3%
65 and older	2,197	3.2%	2,971	1,889	308	16.3%
Information Not Available	134	0.2%	123	186	-52	-28.0%

Industry	43,390		46,353	36,441
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	202	0.5%	342	175	27	15.4%
Mining	117	0.3%	146	66	51	77.3%
Utilities	60	0.1%	56	32	28	87.5%
Construction	5,120	11.7%	6,329	3,077	2,043	66.4%
Manufacturing	9,652	22.1%	10,285	10,259	-607	-5.9%
Wholesale Trade	2,053	4.7%	2,095	1,815	238	13.1%
Retail Trade	3,965	9.1%	4,205	3,349	616	18.4%
Transporation and Warehousing	1,796	4.1%	1,935	1,349	447	33.1%
Information	565	1.3%	547	512	53	10.4%
Finance and Insurance	1,329	3.0%	1,199	1,002	327	32.6%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	667	1.5%	723	631	36	5.7%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	1,253	2.9%	1,312	1,002	251	25.0%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	130	0.3%	124	80	50	62.5%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	5,548	12.7%	5,978	4,972	576	11.6%
Educational Services	546	1.3%	561	561	-15	-2.7%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	2,397	5.5%	2,500	2,096	301	14.4%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	431	1.0%	1,197	408	23	5.6%
Accomodation and Food Services	2,405	5.5%	3,063	1,823	582	31.9%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	1,008	2.3%	1,161	999	9	0.9%
Public Administration	713	1.6%	906	722	-9	-1.2%
Information Not Available	3,433	7.9%	1,689	1,511	1,922	127.2%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Texas
	Apr 2008	Percent	Mar 2008	Apr 2007	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	102,990		99,903	94,587
Male	54,467	52.9%	52,578	48,704	5,763	11.8%
Female	48,495	47.1%	47,308	45,851	2,644	5.8%
Information Not Available	28	0.0%	17	32	-4	-12.5%

Ethnicity	102,990		99,903	94,587
Hispanic or Latino	31,249	30.3%	30,028	29,271	1,978	6.8%
Not Hispanic or Latino	64,537	62.7%	62,697	59,257	5,280	8.9%
Information Not Available	7,204	7.0%	7,178	6,059	1,145	18.9%

Race	102,990		99,903	94,587
American Indian or Alaskan Native	444	0.4%	442	413	31	7.5%
Asian	1,848	1.8%	1,747	1,757	91	5.2%
Black or African American	23,218	22.5%	22,914	21,728	1,490	6.9%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	3,603	3.5%	2,586	4,221	-618	-14.6%
White	38,229	37.1%	37,189	34,300	3,929	11.5%
Information Not Available	35,648	34.6%	35,025	32,168	3,480	10.8%

Years of Age	102,990		99,903	94,587
Younger than 22	2,377	1.7%	2,301	2,448	-71	-2.9%
22-24	4,571	3.4%	4,680	4,599	-28	-0.6%
25-34	24,302	17.9%	23,620	22,881	1,421	6.2%
35-44	28,191	20.8%	27,658	25,912	2,279	8.8%
45-54	26,501	19.5%	25,535	23,923	2,578	10.8%
55-59	8,960	6.6%	8,430	7,847	1,113	14.2%
60-64	5,378	4.0%	5,043	4,517	861	19.1%
65 and older	2,685	2.0%	2,617	2,432	253	10.4%
Information Not Available	25	0.0%	19	28	-3	-10.7%

Industry	102,990		99,903	94,587
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	1,007	1.0%	897	1,192	-185	-15.5%
Mining	1,344	1.3%	1,285	1,253	91	7.3%
Utilities	248	0.2%	214	260	-12	-4.6%
Construction	11,811	11.4%	11,430	9,069	2,742	30.2%
Manufacturing	11,240	10.8%	10,333	10,271	969	9.4%
Wholesale Trade	6,551	6.3%	6,196	5,001	1,550	31.0%
Retail Trade	8,218	7.9%	7,926	7,195	1,023	14.2%
Transporation and Warehousing	4,096	3.9%	4,051	3,222	874	27.1%
Information	2,996	2.9%	2,822	2,727	269	9.9%
Finance and Insurance	6,363	6.1%	6,349	5,259	1,104	21.0%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	2,480	2.4%	2,350	2,081	399	19.2%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	6,854	6.6%	6,552	6,235	619	9.9%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	406	0.4%	414	399	7	1.8%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	12,732	12.2%	12,412	11,824	908	7.7%
Educational Services	1,926	1.9%	1,873	1,587	339	21.4%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	7,509	7.2%	7,594	7,542	-33	-0.4%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	579	0.6%	571	511	68	13.3%
Accomodation and Food Services	3,160	3.0%	3,496	3,009	151	5.0%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	2,144	2.1%	2,077	2,160	-16	-0.7%
Public Administration	1,284	1.2%	1,203	1,112	172	15.5%
Information Not Available	10,042	9.7%	9,858	12,678	-2,636	-20.8%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Utah
	Apr 2008	Percent	Mar 2008	Apr 2007	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	13,201		14,804	7,277
Male	8,551	64.8%	10,085	4,157	4,394	105.7%
Female	4,519	34.2%	4,446	3,118	1,401	44.9%
Information Not Available	131	1.0%	273	2	129	6450.0%

Ethnicity	13,201		14,804	7,277
Hispanic or Latino	1,361	10.3%	1,679	664	697	105.0%
Not Hispanic or Latino	9,258	70.1%	10,354	5,490	3,768	68.6%
Information Not Available	2,582	19.6%	2,771	1,123	1,459	129.9%

Race	13,201		14,804	7,277
American Indian or Alaskan Native	469	3.6%	547	263	206	78.3%
Asian	205	1.6%	164	160	45	28.1%
Black or African American	266	2.0%	259	142	124	87.3%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	174	1.3%	170	79	95	120.3%
White	9,368	71.0%	10,274	5,479	3,889	71.0%
Information Not Available	2,719	20.6%	3,390	1,154	1,565	135.6%

Years of Age	13,201		14,804	7,277
Younger than 22	578	2.6%	707	232	346	149.1%
22-24	901	4.1%	1,098	458	443	96.7%
25-34	3,855	17.5%	4,292	1,975	1,880	95.2%
35-44	3,119	14.1%	3,423	1,818	1,301	71.6%
45-54	3,061	13.9%	3,408	1,819	1,242	68.3%
55-59	977	4.4%	1,092	589	388	65.9%
60-64	525	2.4%	585	282	243	86.2%
65 and older	185	0.8%	199	104	81	77.9%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	13,201		14,804	7,277
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	26	0.2%	63	21	5	23.8%
Mining	133	1.0%	113	69	64	92.8%
Utilities	17	0.1%	18	13	4	30.8%
Construction	3,062	23.1%	4,150	1,153	1,909	165.6%
Manufacturing	1,709	12.9%	1,956	811	898	110.7%
Wholesale Trade	419	3.2%	415	263	156	59.3%
Retail Trade	1,176	8.9%	1,195	631	545	86.4%
Transporation and Warehousing	545	4.1%	596	266	279	104.9%
Information	331	2.5%	307	332	-1	-0.3%
Finance and Insurance	507	3.8%	484	279	228	81.7%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	220	1.7%	205	118	102	86.4%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	692	5.2%	652	426	266	62.4%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	53	0.4%	68	19	34	178.9%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	1,820	13.8%	2,092	906	914	100.9%
Educational Services	220	1.7%	234	168	52	31.0%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	488	3.7%	496	411	77	18.7%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	115	0.9%	99	135	-20	-14.8%
Accomodation and Food Services	492	3.7%	592	367	125	34.1%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	166	1.3%	156	146	20	13.7%
Public Administration	223	1.7%	296	162	61	37.7%
Information Not Available	787	5.9%	617	581	206	35.5%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Virginia
	Apr 2008	Percent	Mar 2008	Apr 2007	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	42,766		46,148	33,859
Male	24,120	56.4%	26,940	18,392	5,728	31.1%
Female	18,643	43.6%	19,204	15,464	3,179	20.6%
Information Not Available	3	0.0%	4	3	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	42,766		46,148	33,859
Hispanic or Latino	1,624	3.8%	1,896	996	628	63.1%
Not Hispanic or Latino	39,025	91.3%	42,112	31,150	7,875	25.3%
Information Not Available	2,117	5.0%	2,140	1,713	404	23.6%

Race	42,766		46,148	33,859
American Indian or Alaskan Native	1,829	4.3%	2,114	159	1,670	1050.3%
Asian	996	2.3%	956	1,693	-697	-41.2%
Black or African American	16,905	39.5%	17,932	13,228	3,677	27.8%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
White	20,919	48.9%	23,006	17,066	3,853	22.6%
Information Not Available	2,117	5.0%	2,140	1,713	404	23.6%

Years of Age	42,766		46,148	33,859
Younger than 22	847	1.4%	896	652	195	29.9%
22-24	2,072	3.4%	2,186	1,831	241	13.2%
25-34	9,856	16.1%	10,567	7,989	1,867	23.4%
35-44	10,721	17.6%	11,404	8,696	2,025	23.3%
45-54	11,472	18.8%	12,571	8,922	2,550	28.6%
55-59	3,952	6.5%	4,338	2,948	1,004	34.1%
60-64	2,652	4.3%	2,836	1,872	780	41.7%
65 and older	1,194	2.0%	1,350	947	247	26.1%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	2	-2	-100.0%

Industry	42,766		46,148	33,859
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	95	0.2%	122	119	-24	-20.2%
Mining	95	0.2%	100	94	1	1.1%
Utilities	28	0.1%	28	22	6	27.3%
Construction	3,836	8.9%	4,833	2,770	1,066	38.5%
Manufacturing	4,167	9.7%	4,948	4,627	-460	-9.9%
Wholesale Trade	883	2.1%	874	733	150	20.5%
Retail Trade	2,206	5.1%	2,357	2,053	153	7.5%
Transporation and Warehousing	1,127	2.6%	1,316	1,082	45	4.2%
Information	489	1.1%	554	467	22	4.7%
Finance and Insurance	683	1.6%	767	641	42	6.6%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	349	0.8%	393	385	-36	-9.4%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	1,375	3.2%	1,469	1,463	-88	-6.0%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	75	0.2%	79	63	12	19.0%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	2,848	6.6%	3,036	2,496	352	14.1%
Educational Services	146	0.3%	151	162	-16	-9.9%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	1,042	2.4%	1,095	1,028	14	1.4%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	110	0.3%	227	106	4	3.8%
Accomodation and Food Services	1,098	2.6%	1,618	998	100	10.0%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	505	1.2%	544	555	-50	-9.0%
Public Administration	2,061	4.8%	2,188	1,595	466	29.2%
Information Not Available	19,548	45.6%	19,449	12,400	7,148	57.6%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Virgin Islands
	Apr 2008	Percent	Mar 2008	Apr 2007	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	443		351	247
Male	332	74.9%	252	155	177	114.2%
Female	111	25.1%	99	92	19	20.7%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	443		351	247
Hispanic or Latino	107	24.2%	90	75	32	42.7%
Not Hispanic or Latino	331	74.7%	254	169	162	95.9%
Information Not Available	5	1.1%	7	3	2	66.7%

Race	443		351	247
American Indian or Alaskan Native	0	0.0%	0	1	-1	-100.0%
Asian	13	2.9%	9	1	12	1200.0%
Black or African American	298	67.3%	226	161	137	85.1%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	5	1.1%	6	2	3	150.0%
White	20	4.5%	19	6	14	233.3%
Information Not Available	107	24.2%	91	76	31	40.8%

Years of Age	443		351	247
Younger than 22	7	1.6%	5	6	1	16.7%
22-24	32	7.4%	22	18	14	77.8%
25-34	95	22.0%	82	54	41	75.9%
35-44	119	27.5%	97	54	65	120.4%
45-54	104	24.1%	81	65	39	60.0%
55-59	40	9.3%	35	26	14	53.8%
60-64	31	7.2%	18	17	14	82.4%
65 and older	14	3.2%	11	7	7	100.0%
Information Not Available	1	0.2%	0	0	1	0.0%

Industry	443		351	247
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
Mining	1	0.2%	0	0	1	0.0%
Utilities	4	0.9%	3	0	4	0.0%
Construction	195	44.0%	168	75	120	160.0%
Manufacturing	12	2.7%	13	21	-9	-42.9%
Wholesale Trade	2	0.5%	2	3	-1	-33.3%
Retail Trade	33	7.4%	28	19	14	73.7%
Transporation and Warehousing	1	0.2%	1	3	-2	-66.7%
Information	3	0.7%	3	0	3	0.0%
Finance and Insurance	1	0.2%	0	8	-7	-87.5%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	12	2.7%	11	4	8	200.0%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	6	1.4%	7	7	-1	-14.3%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	4	0.9%	6	11	-7	-63.6%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	21	4.7%	15	8	13	162.5%
Educational Services	3	0.7%	5	5	-2	-40.0%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	10	2.3%	8	3	7	233.3%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	1	0.2%	2	1	0	0.0%
Accomodation and Food Services	17	3.8%	19	15	2	13.3%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	96	21.7%	37	38	58	152.6%
Public Administration	6	1.4%	7	12	-6	-50.0%
Information Not Available	15	3.4%	16	14	1	7.1%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Vermont
	Apr 2008	Percent	Mar 2008	Apr 2007	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	8,203		8,744	7,324
Male	5,541	67.5%	6,492	4,977	564	11.3%
Female	2,662	32.5%	2,252	2,347	315	13.4%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	8,203		8,744	7,324
Hispanic or Latino	11	0.1%	17	13	-2	-15.4%
Not Hispanic or Latino	2,422	29.5%	2,826	2,033	389	19.1%
Information Not Available	5,770	70.3%	5,901	5,278	492	9.3%

Race	8,203		8,744	7,324
American Indian or Alaskan Native	11	0.1%	11	14	-3	-21.4%
Asian	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
Black or African American	38	0.5%	45	38	0	0.0%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	11	0.1%	7	8	3	37.5%
White	2,373	28.9%	2,780	1,986	387	19.5%
Information Not Available	5,770	70.3%	5,901	5,278	492	9.3%

Years of Age	8,203		8,744	7,324
Younger than 22	276	2.8%	313	295	-19	-6.4%
22-24	481	4.8%	579	443	38	8.6%
25-34	1,767	17.6%	1,981	1,599	168	10.5%
35-44	1,788	17.9%	1,891	1,670	118	7.1%
45-54	2,047	20.4%	2,060	1,729	318	18.4%
55-59	799	8.0%	822	649	150	23.1%
60-64	563	5.6%	585	512	51	10.0%
65 and older	482	4.8%	513	427	55	12.9%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	8,203		8,744	7,324
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	100	1.2%	111	100	0	0.0%
Mining	40	0.5%	70	25	15	60.0%
Utilities	9	0.1%	9	3	6	200.0%
Construction	2,524	30.4%	3,247	2,290	234	10.2%
Manufacturing	875	10.5%	1,012	801	74	9.2%
Wholesale Trade	232	2.8%	245	194	38	19.6%
Retail Trade	738	8.9%	801	627	111	17.7%
Transporation and Warehousing	327	3.9%	240	259	68	26.3%
Information	56	0.7%	61	67	-11	-16.4%
Finance and Insurance	62	0.7%	56	73	-11	-15.1%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	101	1.2%	116	83	18	21.7%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	267	3.2%	282	172	95	55.2%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	2	0.0%	2	1	1	100.0%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	451	5.4%	711	465	-14	-3.0%
Educational Services	136	1.6%	129	110	26	23.6%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	430	5.2%	377	377	53	14.1%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	195	2.3%	285	187	8	4.3%
Accomodation and Food Services	1,317	15.9%	631	1,153	164	14.2%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	180	2.2%	190	167	13	7.8%
Public Administration	161	1.9%	169	170	-9	-5.3%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Washington
	Apr 2008	Percent	Mar 2008	Apr 2007	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	59,961		63,647	47,692
Male	38,581	64.3%	41,355	28,591	9,990	34.9%
Female	21,378	35.7%	22,288	19,096	2,282	12.0%
Information Not Available	2	0.0%	4	5	-3	-60.0%

Ethnicity	59,961		63,647	47,692
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	59,961	100.0%	63,647	47,692	12,269	25.7%

Race	59,961		63,647	47,692
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	59,961	100.0%	63,647	47,692	12,269	25.7%

Years of Age	59,961		63,647	47,692
Younger than 22	1,258	2.2%	1,316	874	384	43.9%
22-24	3,086	5.5%	3,309	2,195	891	40.6%
25-34	13,894	24.6%	14,833	10,389	3,505	33.7%
35-44	14,816	26.2%	15,518	12,187	2,629	21.6%
45-54	16,034	28.4%	16,963	13,187	2,847	21.6%
55-59	5,736	10.1%	6,184	4,707	1,029	21.9%
60-64	3,432	6.1%	3,636	2,795	637	22.8%
65 and older	1,705	3.0%	1,888	1,358	347	25.6%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	59,961		63,647	47,692
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	59,961	100.0%	63,647	47,692	12,269	25.7%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Wisconsin
	Apr 2008	Percent	Mar 2008	Apr 2007	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	90,004		98,760	85,768
Male	60,447	67.2%	68,628	55,045	5,402	9.8%
Female	29,539	32.8%	30,112	30,714	-1,175	-3.8%
Information Not Available	18	0.0%	20	9	9	100.0%

Ethnicity	90,004		98,760	85,768
Hispanic or Latino	3,789	4.2%	4,345	3,679	110	3.0%
Not Hispanic or Latino	85,540	95.0%	93,664	81,463	4,077	5.0%
Information Not Available	675	0.7%	751	626	49	7.8%

Race	90,004		98,760	85,768
American Indian or Alaskan Native	1,107	1.2%	1,165	961	146	15.2%
Asian	945	1.0%	879	823	122	14.8%
Black or African American	8,344	9.3%	8,236	9,023	-679	-7.5%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	72	0.1%	79	60	12	20.0%
White	78,861	87.6%	87,650	74,275	4,586	6.2%
Information Not Available	675	0.7%	751	626	49	7.8%

Years of Age	90,004		98,760	85,768
Younger than 22	2,619	1.6%	2,775	2,719	-100	-3.7%
22-24	5,886	3.6%	6,528	5,876	10	0.2%
25-34	22,312	13.6%	24,641	20,715	1,597	7.7%
35-44	20,314	12.4%	22,438	19,926	388	1.9%
45-54	22,844	13.9%	24,918	21,264	1,580	7.4%
55-59	7,875	4.8%	8,454	7,326	549	7.5%
60-64	5,040	3.1%	5,461	4,777	263	5.5%
65 and older	3,114	1.9%	3,545	3,165	-51	-1.6%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	90,004		98,760	85,768
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	783	0.9%	938	686	97	14.1%
Mining	558	0.6%	711	455	103	22.6%
Utilities	108	0.1%	148	137	-29	-21.2%
Construction	21,936	24.2%	25,874	19,520	2,416	12.4%
Manufacturing	19,801	21.8%	20,305	18,474	1,327	7.2%
Wholesale Trade	2,943	3.2%	3,190	2,796	147	5.3%
Retail Trade	8,298	9.1%	8,513	7,951	347	4.4%
Transporation and Warehousing	4,185	4.6%	4,187	5,155	-970	-18.8%
Information	972	1.1%	968	926	46	5.0%
Finance and Insurance	1,647	1.8%	1,679	1,758	-111	-6.3%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	810	0.9%	879	755	55	7.3%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	1,926	2.1%	2,104	1,672	254	15.2%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	261	0.3%	257	266	-5	-1.9%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	8,946	9.9%	10,409	8,174	772	9.4%
Educational Services	693	0.8%	721	746	-53	-7.1%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	4,608	5.1%	4,553	4,846	-238	-4.9%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	1,296	1.4%	1,946	1,175	121	10.3%
Accomodation and Food Services	4,824	5.3%	5,254	5,026	-202	-4.0%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	1,548	1.7%	1,689	1,424	124	8.7%
Public Administration	1,368	1.5%	1,778	1,287	81	6.3%
Information Not Available	2,493	2.7%	2,657	2,539	-46	-1.8%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants West Virginia
	Apr 2008	Percent	Mar 2008	Apr 2007	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	14,058		16,467	15,250
Male	9,459	67.3%	11,937	10,194	-735	-7.2%
Female	4,599	32.7%	4,530	5,056	-457	-9.0%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	14,058		16,467	15,250
Hispanic or Latino	205	1.5%	261	181	24	13.3%
Not Hispanic or Latino	11,743	83.5%	13,919	13,648	-1,905	-14.0%
Information Not Available	2,110	15.0%	2,287	1,421	689	48.5%

Race	14,058		16,467	15,250
American Indian or Alaskan Native	33	0.2%	33	31	2	6.5%
Asian	37	0.3%	39	35	2	5.7%
Black or African American	594	4.2%	531	530	64	12.1%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	6	0.0%	7	6	0	0.0%
White	12,978	92.3%	15,328	14,333	-1,355	-9.5%
Information Not Available	410	2.9%	529	315	95	30.2%

Years of Age	14,058		16,467	15,250
Younger than 22	346	1.3%	371	292	54	18.5%
22-24	728	2.8%	911	834	-106	-12.7%
25-34	3,507	13.4%	4,121	3,929	-422	-10.7%
35-44	3,582	13.7%	4,121	3,850	-268	-7.0%
45-54	3,475	13.3%	4,067	3,921	-446	-11.4%
55-59	1,210	4.6%	1,474	1,337	-127	-9.5%
60-64	821	3.1%	888	733	88	12.0%
65 and older	389	1.5%	514	354	35	9.9%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	14,058		16,467	15,250
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	119	0.8%	135	115	4	3.5%
Mining	438	3.1%	568	968	-530	-54.8%
Utilities	35	0.2%	35	41	-6	-14.6%
Construction	3,424	24.2%	4,942	3,390	34	1.0%
Manufacturing	1,767	12.5%	1,966	1,888	-121	-6.4%
Wholesale Trade	433	3.1%	416	380	53	13.9%
Retail Trade	1,757	12.4%	1,347	1,199	558	46.5%
Transporation and Warehousing	463	3.3%	577	547	-84	-15.4%
Information	113	0.8%	117	207	-94	-45.4%
Finance and Insurance	207	1.5%	197	175	32	18.3%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	211	1.5%	224	177	34	19.2%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	346	2.4%	371	392	-46	-11.7%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	21	0.1%	22	22	-1	-4.5%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	1,136	8.0%	1,279	1,194	-58	-4.9%
Educational Services	105	0.7%	112	151	-46	-30.5%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	950	6.7%	1,015	1,595	-645	-40.4%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	243	1.7%	366	212	31	14.6%
Accomodation and Food Services	931	6.6%	1,097	1,020	-89	-8.7%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	348	2.5%	425	395	-47	-11.9%
Public Administration	168	1.2%	229	191	-23	-12.0%
Information Not Available	843	5.9%	1,027	991	-148	-14.9%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Wyoming
	Apr 2008	Percent	Mar 2008	Apr 2007	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	3,094		3,664	2,793
Male	2,067	66.8%	2,580	1,867	200	10.7%
Female	1,027	33.2%	1,084	926	101	10.9%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	3,094		3,664	2,793
Hispanic or Latino	331	10.7%	365	289	42	14.5%
Not Hispanic or Latino	2,545	82.3%	3,064	2,275	270	11.9%
Information Not Available	218	7.0%	235	229	-11	-4.8%

Race	3,094		3,664	2,793
American Indian or Alaskan Native	141	4.6%	171	110	31	28.2%
Asian	16	0.5%	22	15	1	6.7%
Black or African American	58	1.9%	51	27	31	114.8%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	5	0.2%	0	6	-1	-16.7%
White	2,669	86.3%	3,203	2,442	227	9.3%
Information Not Available	205	6.6%	217	193	12	6.2%

Years of Age	3,094		3,664	2,793
Younger than 22	49	0.9%	59	35	14	40.0%
22-24	189	3.4%	204	181	8	4.4%
25-34	653	11.8%	752	630	23	3.7%
35-44	686	12.3%	820	627	59	9.4%
45-54	848	15.3%	1,006	762	86	11.3%
55-59	290	5.2%	330	266	24	9.0%
60-64	208	3.7%	258	168	40	23.8%
65 and older	171	3.1%	235	124	47	37.9%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	3,094		3,664	2,793
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	39	1.2%	45	23	16	69.6%
Mining	226	7.2%	240	274	-48	-17.5%
Utilities	2	0.1%	6	2	0	0.0%
Construction	949	30.3%	1,325	884	65	7.4%
Manufacturing	205	6.5%	247	203	2	1.0%
Wholesale Trade	54	1.7%	50	56	-2	-3.6%
Retail Trade	238	7.6%	264	190	48	25.3%
Transporation and Warehousing	136	4.3%	140	101	35	34.7%
Information	16	0.5%	19	25	-9	-36.0%
Finance and Insurance	24	0.8%	23	13	11	84.6%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	25	0.8%	25	24	1	4.2%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	69	2.2%	65	55	14	25.5%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	3	0.1%	4	3	0	0.0%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	166	5.3%	279	101	65	64.4%
Educational Services	48	1.5%	47	32	16	50.0%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	136	4.3%	132	139	-3	-2.2%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	34	1.1%	33	12	22	183.3%
Accomodation and Food Services	338	10.8%	288	308	30	9.7%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	68	2.2%	64	64	4	6.3%
Public Administration	83	2.6%	103	99	-16	-16.2%
Information Not Available	235	7.5%	265	185	50	27.0%