Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants

August 2008

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants: Total Claimants August 2008
	Aug 2008	Jul 2008	Monthly Change	Aug 2007	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
United States	3,149,633	3,153,478	-3,845	2,364,170	785,463	33.2
Alaska	7,944	8,231	-287	7,141	803	11.2
Alabama	36,098	39,477	-3,379	27,175	8,923	32.8
Arkansas	31,834	32,280	-446	26,993	4,841	17.9
Arizona	50,800	49,767	1,033	32,066	18,734	58.4
California	498,711	475,045	23,666	347,826	150,885	43.4
Colorado	25,331	24,868	463	18,750	6,581	35.1
Connecticut	50,830	48,599	2,231	40,177	10,653	26.5
District of Columbia	7,490	10,086	-2,596	5,730	1,760	30.7
Delaware	10,921	10,029	892	9,517	1,404	14.8
Florida	197,464	185,207	12,257	124,092	73,372	59.1
Georgia	79,104	78,697	407	55,991	23,113	41.3
Hawaii	12,566	11,661	905	7,349	5,217	71.0
Iowa	22,867	25,472	-2,605	16,765	6,102	36.4
Idaho	13,491	13,056	435	8,556	4,935	57.7
Illinois	138,949	143,080	-4,131	117,536	21,413	18.2
Indiana	63,487	73,248	-9,761	45,760	17,727	38.7
Kansas	20,160	19,364	796	15,776	4,384	27.8
Kentucky	36,174	36,995	-821	27,337	8,837	32.3
Louisiana	33,823	25,931	7,892	20,557	13,266	64.5
Massachusetts	94,659	99,040	-4,381	79,634	15,025	18.9
Maryland	49,904	48,059	1,845	35,519	14,385	40.5
Maine	8,935	9,485	-550	6,409	2,526	39.4
Michigan	147,268	154,281	-7,013	106,711	40,557	38.0
Minnesota	41,319	43,744	-2,425	35,602	5,717	16.1
Missouri	56,464	55,282	1,182	45,007	11,457	25.5
Mississippi	26,990	27,442	-452	19,973	7,017	35.1
Montana	4,211	4,082	129	2,952	1,259	42.6
North Carolina	98,730	98,446	284	70,884	27,846	39.3
North Dakota	2,455	3,058	-603	1,759	696	39.6
Nebraska	13,498	11,880	1,618	7,469	6,029	80.7
New Hampshire	9,239	8,977	262	6,203	3,036	48.9
New Jersey	136,987	132,837	4,150	115,959	21,028	18.1
New Mexico	12,377	12,847	-470	9,748	2,629	27.0
Nevada	39,158	37,153	2,005	24,530	14,628	59.6
New York	205,498	201,044	4,454	172,671	32,827	19.0
Ohio	103,608	113,865	-10,257	79,023	24,585	31.1
Oklahoma	23,103	19,307	3,796	13,920	9,183	66.0
Oregon	53,716	54,500	-784	37,195	16,521	44.4
Pennsylvania	185,110	185,440	-330	153,129	31,981	20.9
Puerto Rico	42,526	44,904	-2,378	37,795	4,731	12.5
Rhode Island	16,079	15,910	169	13,781	2,298	16.7
South Carolina	57,412	57,111	301	38,792	18,620	48.0
South Dakota	1,354	1,591	-237	1,330	24	1.8
Tennessee	49,387	56,943	-7,556	40,385	9,002	22.3
Texas	122,554	123,203	-649	95,477	27,077	28.4
Utah	13,246	12,960	286	7,334	5,912	80.6
Virginia	44,076	45,651	-1,575	35,220	8,856	25.1
Virgin Islands	426	425	1	371	55	14.8
Vermont	6,014	6,149	-135	3,935	2,079	52.8
Washington	56,644	55,133	1,511	37,639	19,005	50.5
Wisconsin	73,420	86,977	-13,557	59,964	13,456	22.4
West Virginia	13,246	12,688	558	11,123	2,123	19.1
Wyoming	1,976	1,971	5	1,633	343	21.0

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants US Totals
	Aug 2008	Percent	Jul 2008	Aug 2007	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	3,149,633		3,153,478	2,364,170	785,463	33.2
Male	1,647,052	52.3%	1,663,132	1,183,425	463,627	39.2%
Female	1,499,727	47.6%	1,487,627	1,178,986	320,741	27.2%
Information Not Available	2,854	0.1%	2,719	1,759	1,095	62.3%

Ethnicity	3,149,633		3,153,478	2,364,170
Hispanic or Latino	496,739	15.8%	495,677	360,362	136,377	37.8%
Not Hispanic or Latino	2,290,112	86.3%	2,288,065	1,742,440	547,672	31.4%
Information Not Available	362,782	10.3%	369,736	261,368	101,414	38.8%

Race	3,149,633		3,153,478	2,364,170
American Indian or Alaskan Native	32,942	1.0%	32,304	24,343	8,599	35.3%
Asian	84,818	2.7%	82,976	56,022	28,796	51.4%
Black or African American	597,186	19.0%	583,434	475,007	122,179	25.7%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	11,889	0.4%	10,498	7,151	4,738	66.3%
White	1,721,588	54.7%	1,743,791	1,310,758	410,830	31.3%
Information Not Available	701,210	22.3%	700,473	490,889	210,321	42.8%

Years of Age	3,149,633		3,153,478	2,364,170
Younger than 22	108,817	3.5%	102,670	93,680	15,137	16.2%
22-24	172,009	5.5%	167,854	130,192	41,817	32.1%
25-34	722,937	23.0%	713,665	540,152	182,785	33.8%
35-44	773,277	24.6%	762,323	597,136	176,141	29.5%
45-54	779,880	24.8%	797,904	577,839	202,041	35.0%
55-59	275,402	8.7%	284,471	201,999	73,403	36.3%
60-64	178,256	5.7%	182,458	124,187	54,069	43.5%
65 and older	125,790	4.0%	122,668	82,961	42,829	51.6%
Information Not Available	13,265	0.4%	19,465	16,024	-2,759	-17.2%

Industry	3,149,633		3,153,478	2,364,170
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	60,274	1.9%	57,420	43,246	17,028	39.4%
Mining	7,442	0.2%	7,939	7,531	-89	-1.2%
Utilities	6,162	0.2%	6,877	4,618	1,544	33.4%
Construction	326,146	10.4%	333,295	226,532	99,614	44.0%
Manufacturing	439,884	14.0%	487,963	315,143	124,741	39.6%
Wholesale Trade	120,665	3.8%	116,515	92,986	27,679	29.8%
Retail Trade	262,525	8.3%	251,977	201,937	60,588	30.0%
Transporation and Warehousing	159,952	5.1%	161,233	130,325	29,627	22.7%
Information	84,670	2.7%	87,983	66,127	18,543	28.0%
Finance and Insurance	118,858	3.8%	115,277	94,460	24,398	25.8%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	48,963	1.6%	47,443	39,174	9,789	25.0%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	150,919	4.8%	149,200	111,305	39,614	35.6%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	10,826	0.3%	10,181	9,287	1,539	16.6%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	336,798	10.7%	332,833	247,625	89,173	36.0%
Educational Services	107,973	3.4%	98,290	85,931	22,042	25.7%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	230,189	7.3%	226,549	192,209	37,980	19.8%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	42,613	1.4%	43,099	34,116	8,497	24.9%
Accomodation and Food Services	191,897	6.1%	183,279	142,385	49,512	34.8%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	92,675	2.9%	89,055	71,983	20,692	28.7%
Public Administration	56,855	1.8%	54,813	48,049	8,806	18.3%
Information Not Available	293,347	9.3%	292,257	199,201	94,146	47.3%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Alaska
	Aug 2008	Percent	Jul 2008	Aug 2007	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	7,944		8,231	7,141	803	11.2
Male	3,898	49.1%	3,963	3,359	539	16.0%
Female	4,046	50.9%	4,268	3,782	264	7.0%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	7,944		8,231	7,141
Hispanic or Latino	283	3.6%	256	255	28	11.0%
Not Hispanic or Latino	7,591	95.6%	7,899	6,825	766	11.2%
Information Not Available	70	0.9%	76	61	9	14.8%

Race	7,944		8,231	7,141
American Indian or Alaskan Native	2,795	35.2%	2,926	2,627	168	6.4%
Asian	309	3.9%	357	264	45	17.0%
Black or African American	419	5.3%	394	324	95	29.3%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	89	1.1%	68	75	14	18.7%
White	4,095	51.5%	4,258	3,637	458	12.6%
Information Not Available	237	3.0%	228	214	23	10.7%

Years of Age	7,944		8,231	7,141
Younger than 22	287	2.5%	313	261	26	10.0%
22-24	607	5.2%	583	572	35	6.1%
25-34	2,066	17.7%	2,106	1,747	319	18.3%
35-44	1,793	15.4%	1,857	1,684	109	6.5%
45-54	1,887	16.2%	2,022	1,760	127	7.2%
55-59	703	6.0%	688	592	111	18.8%
60-64	371	3.2%	397	351	20	5.7%
65 and older	230	2.0%	265	174	56	32.2%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	7,944		8,231	7,141
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	14	0.2%	20	6	8	133.3%
Mining	208	2.6%	233	203	5	2.5%
Utilities	43	0.5%	42	33	10	30.3%
Construction	829	10.4%	972	802	27	3.4%
Manufacturing	355	4.5%	373	218	137	62.8%
Wholesale Trade	131	1.6%	136	110	21	19.1%
Retail Trade	886	11.1%	759	740	146	19.7%
Transporation and Warehousing	568	7.1%	742	559	9	1.6%
Information	121	1.5%	110	81	40	49.4%
Finance and Insurance	168	2.1%	162	165	3	1.8%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	172	2.2%	184	184	-12	-6.5%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	260	3.3%	246	190	70	36.8%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	2	0.0%	3	4	-2	-50.0%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	515	6.5%	490	412	103	25.0%
Educational Services	410	5.2%	457	435	-25	-5.7%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	879	11.0%	985	890	-11	-1.2%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	98	1.2%	93	91	7	7.7%
Accomodation and Food Services	700	8.8%	617	638	62	9.7%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	454	5.7%	507	374	80	21.4%
Public Administration	894	11.2%	897	786	108	13.7%
Information Not Available	237	3.0%	203	220	17	7.7%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Alabama
	Aug 2008	Percent	Jul 2008	Aug 2007	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	36,098		39,477	27,175
Male	18,085	50.1%	19,258	12,729	5,356	42.1%
Female	17,920	49.6%	20,146	14,389	3,531	24.5%
Information Not Available	93	0.3%	73	57	36	63.2%

Ethnicity	36,098		39,477	27,175
Hispanic or Latino	900	2.5%	890	642	258	40.2%
Not Hispanic or Latino	28,565	79.1%	31,674	21,420	7,145	33.4%
Information Not Available	6,633	18.4%	6,913	5,113	1,520	29.7%

Race	36,098		39,477	27,175
American Indian or Alaskan Native	1,436	4.0%	1,220	922	514	55.7%
Asian	547	1.5%	523	358	189	52.8%
Black or African American	15,437	42.8%	17,182	12,327	3,110	25.2%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	55	0.2%	67	44	11	25.0%
White	16,191	44.9%	17,981	11,712	4,479	38.2%
Information Not Available	2,432	6.7%	2,504	1,812	620	34.2%

Years of Age	36,098		39,477	27,175
Younger than 22	1,377	2.7%	1,646	1,058	319	30.2%
22-24	2,423	4.8%	2,675	1,946	477	24.5%
25-34	9,250	18.3%	9,979	6,897	2,353	34.1%
35-44	8,658	17.1%	9,679	6,694	1,964	29.3%
45-54	8,332	16.5%	9,065	6,378	1,954	30.6%
55-59	2,967	5.9%	3,207	2,097	870	41.5%
60-64	1,804	3.6%	1,876	1,210	594	49.1%
65 and older	1,238	2.5%	1,315	874	364	41.6%
Information Not Available	49	0.1%	35	21	28	133.3%

Industry	36,098		39,477	27,175
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	402	1.1%	368	309	93	30.1%
Mining	90	0.2%	89	113	-23	-20.4%
Utilities	57	0.2%	50	62	-5	-8.1%
Construction	3,607	9.9%	3,711	2,365	1,242	52.5%
Manufacturing	8,410	23.0%	10,103	6,242	2,168	34.7%
Wholesale Trade	1,229	3.4%	1,222	850	379	44.6%
Retail Trade	3,614	9.9%	3,619	2,634	980	37.2%
Transporation and Warehousing	1,041	2.9%	1,259	689	352	51.1%
Information	520	1.4%	528	389	131	33.7%
Finance and Insurance	1,038	2.8%	1,032	731	307	42.0%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	430	1.2%	418	349	81	23.2%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	1,696	4.6%	1,873	1,551	145	9.3%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	44	0.1%	43	89	-45	-50.6%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	3,758	10.3%	4,406	2,857	901	31.5%
Educational Services	742	2.0%	641	562	180	32.0%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	2,986	8.2%	3,505	2,422	564	23.3%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	210	0.6%	193	208	2	1.0%
Accomodation and Food Services	2,218	6.1%	2,434	1,840	378	20.5%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	1,161	3.2%	1,436	979	182	18.6%
Public Administration	357	1.0%	389	343	14	4.1%
Information Not Available	2,488	6.8%	2,158	1,591	897	56.4%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Arkansas
	Aug 2008	Percent	Jul 2008	Aug 2007	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	31,834		32,280	26,993
Male	16,166	50.8%	15,773	13,037	3,129	24.0%
Female	15,668	49.2%	16,506	13,955	1,713	12.3%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	1	1	-1	-100.0%

Ethnicity	31,834		32,280	26,993
Hispanic or Latino	889	2.8%	950	559	330	59.0%
Not Hispanic or Latino	30,945	97.2%	31,329	26,432	4,513	17.1%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	1	2	-2	-100.0%

Race	31,834		32,280	26,993
American Indian or Alaskan Native	305	1.0%	278	363	-58	-16.0%
Asian	262	0.8%	305	240	22	9.2%
Black or African American	10,054	31.6%	10,108	8,200	1,854	22.6%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	203	0.6%	245	151	52	34.4%
White	20,119	63.2%	20,390	17,476	2,643	15.1%
Information Not Available	891	2.8%	954	563	328	58.3%

Years of Age	31,834		32,280	26,993
Younger than 22	1,082	2.1%	1,005	968	114	11.8%
22-24	2,469	4.9%	2,174	2,110	359	17.0%
25-34	8,913	17.6%	8,944	7,534	1,379	18.3%
35-44	8,008	15.8%	8,266	6,616	1,392	21.0%
45-54	7,092	14.0%	7,255	5,939	1,153	19.4%
55-59	2,212	4.4%	2,267	1,925	287	14.9%
60-64	1,221	2.4%	1,447	1,136	85	7.5%
65 and older	835	1.6%	917	761	74	9.7%
Information Not Available	2	0.0%	5	4	-2	-50.0%

Industry	31,834		32,280	26,993
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	407	1.3%	322	302	105	34.8%
Mining	80	0.2%	98	100	-20	-20.0%
Utilities	80	0.2%	54	55	25	45.5%
Construction	2,930	9.1%	2,830	2,440	490	20.1%
Manufacturing	6,942	21.5%	7,906	6,028	914	15.2%
Wholesale Trade	1,606	5.0%	1,245	1,237	369	29.8%
Retail Trade	4,022	12.5%	3,688	3,330	692	20.8%
Transporation and Warehousing	1,146	3.6%	1,038	918	228	24.8%
Information	299	0.9%	338	212	87	41.0%
Finance and Insurance	562	1.7%	475	352	210	59.7%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	337	1.0%	382	319	18	5.6%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	857	2.7%	857	548	309	56.4%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	80	0.2%	71	50	30	60.0%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	3,347	10.4%	3,343	2,798	549	19.6%
Educational Services	1,376	4.3%	1,502	1,209	167	13.8%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	3,513	10.9%	4,026	3,117	396	12.7%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	241	0.7%	224	307	-66	-21.5%
Accomodation and Food Services	2,764	8.6%	2,589	2,244	520	23.2%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	573	1.8%	655	671	-98	-14.6%
Public Administration	664	2.1%	617	744	-80	-10.8%
Information Not Available	8	0.0%	20	12	-4	-33.3%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Arizona
	Aug 2008	Percent	Jul 2008	Aug 2007	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	50,800		49,767	32,066
Male	29,286	57.6%	27,499	17,879	11,407	63.8%
Female	21,514	42.4%	22,268	14,187	7,327	51.6%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	50,800		49,767	32,066
Hispanic or Latino	20,486	40.3%	20,855	14,602	5,884	40.3%
Not Hispanic or Latino	30,301	59.6%	28,904	17,464	12,837	73.5%
Information Not Available	13	0.0%	8	0	13	0.0%

Race	50,800		49,767	32,066
American Indian or Alaskan Native	3,171	6.2%	3,066	1,975	1,196	60.6%
Asian	24	0.0%	19	10	14	140.0%
Black or African American	3,004	5.9%	2,831	1,764	1,240	70.3%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
White	21,940	43.2%	20,796	11,888	10,052	84.6%
Information Not Available	22,661	44.6%	23,055	16,429	6,232	37.9%

Years of Age	50,800		49,767	32,066
Younger than 22	1,753	2.5%	1,616	950	803	84.5%
22-24	2,665	3.8%	2,488	1,510	1,155	76.5%
25-34	10,716	15.4%	10,336	6,266	4,450	71.0%
35-44	12,486	17.9%	12,349	8,359	4,127	49.4%
45-54	13,444	19.3%	13,396	8,842	4,602	52.0%
55-59	4,795	6.9%	4,698	3,033	1,762	58.1%
60-64	3,139	4.5%	3,083	1,949	1,190	61.1%
65 and older	1,802	2.6%	1,801	1,157	645	55.7%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	50,800		49,767	32,066
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	7,020	12.1%	7,545	5,963	1,057	17.7%
Mining	83	0.1%	71	71	12	16.9%
Utilities	56	0.1%	57	48	8	16.7%
Construction	6,530	11.3%	5,865	3,427	3,103	90.5%
Manufacturing	3,192	5.5%	3,013	2,197	995	45.3%
Wholesale Trade	2,562	4.4%	2,295	1,635	927	56.7%
Retail Trade	4,263	7.4%	4,017	2,300	1,963	85.3%
Transporation and Warehousing	1,171	2.0%	1,110	598	573	95.8%
Information	661	1.1%	599	403	258	64.0%
Finance and Insurance	1,830	3.2%	1,684	1,333	497	37.3%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	1,026	1.8%	903	624	402	64.4%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	2,527	4.4%	2,288	1,301	1,226	94.2%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	152	0.3%	122	72	80	111.1%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	5,078	8.8%	4,526	3,150	1,928	61.2%
Educational Services	1,212	2.1%	1,634	814	398	48.9%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	2,769	4.8%	3,016	1,711	1,058	61.8%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	632	1.1%	552	393	239	60.8%
Accomodation and Food Services	2,085	3.6%	2,241	1,187	898	75.7%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	1,115	1.9%	1,104	592	523	88.3%
Public Administration	974	1.7%	949	877	97	11.1%
Information Not Available	5,862	10.1%	6,176	3,370	2,492	73.9%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants California
	Aug 2008	Percent	Jul 2008	Aug 2007	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	498,711		475,045	347,826
Male	266,873	53.5%	260,502	179,447	87,426	48.7%
Female	231,548	46.4%	214,267	168,288	63,260	37.6%
Information Not Available	290	0.1%	276	91	199	218.7%

Ethnicity	498,711		475,045	347,826
Hispanic or Latino	174,312	35.0%	170,972	116,577	57,735	49.5%
Not Hispanic or Latino	269,190	54.0%	252,322	193,962	75,228	38.8%
Information Not Available	55,209	11.1%	51,751	37,287	17,922	48.1%

Race	498,711		475,045	347,826
American Indian or Alaskan Native	3,861	0.8%	3,861	2,994	867	29.0%
Asian	44,978	9.0%	40,077	25,946	19,032	73.4%
Black or African American	44,688	9.0%	40,997	35,835	8,853	24.7%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
White	175,664	35.2%	167,387	129,187	46,477	36.0%
Information Not Available	229,520	46.0%	222,723	153,864	75,656	49.2%

Years of Age	498,711		475,045	347,826
Younger than 22	17,180	2.7%	15,718	11,431	5,749	50.3%
22-24	30,017	4.6%	28,679	19,414	10,603	54.6%
25-34	118,814	18.4%	112,419	84,462	34,352	40.7%
35-44	121,517	18.8%	112,327	85,822	35,695	41.6%
45-54	121,904	18.9%	120,140	83,464	38,440	46.1%
55-59	40,924	6.3%	40,445	31,117	9,807	31.5%
60-64	27,797	4.3%	26,473	18,235	9,562	52.4%
65 and older	20,172	3.1%	18,568	13,790	6,382	46.3%
Information Not Available	386	0.1%	276	91	295	324.2%

Industry	498,711		475,045	347,826
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	34,361	6.4%	33,827	23,678	10,683	45.1%
Mining	579	0.1%	827	907	-328	-36.2%
Utilities	1,834	0.3%	2,206	726	1,108	152.6%
Construction	64,955	12.2%	62,966	40,099	24,856	62.0%
Manufacturing	61,000	11.4%	63,333	44,091	16,909	38.4%
Wholesale Trade	7,142	1.3%	4,320	3,266	3,876	118.7%
Retail Trade	42,275	7.9%	40,997	30,936	11,339	36.7%
Transporation and Warehousing	15,250	2.9%	16,178	10,342	4,908	47.5%
Information	33,492	6.3%	37,871	27,670	5,822	21.0%
Finance and Insurance	18,628	3.5%	17,005	13,517	5,111	37.8%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	9,266	1.7%	8,181	8,165	1,101	13.5%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	10,714	2.0%	9,376	5,443	5,271	96.8%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	71,424	13.4%	69,492	50,442	20,982	41.6%
Educational Services	34,168	6.4%	27,300	24,495	9,673	39.5%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	27,315	5.1%	26,473	22,045	5,270	23.9%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	7,528	1.4%	7,905	5,534	1,994	36.0%
Accomodation and Food Services	25,191	4.7%	19,855	11,340	13,851	122.1%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	17,663	3.3%	12,042	9,526	8,137	85.4%
Public Administration	4,633	0.9%	4,596	2,812	1,821	64.8%
Information Not Available	11,293	2.1%	10,295	12,792	-1,499	-11.7%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Colorado
	Aug 2008	Percent	Jul 2008	Aug 2007	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	25,331		24,868	18,750
Male	12,751	50.3%	12,592	8,998	3,753	41.7%
Female	12,580	49.7%	12,276	9,752	2,828	29.0%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	25,331		24,868	18,750
Hispanic or Latino	4,400	17.4%	4,371	3,438	962	28.0%
Not Hispanic or Latino	16,876	66.6%	16,523	12,431	4,445	35.8%
Information Not Available	4,055	16.0%	3,974	2,881	1,174	40.7%

Race	25,331		24,868	18,750
American Indian or Alaskan Native	411	1.6%	422	320	91	28.4%
Asian	471	1.9%	501	481	-10	-2.1%
Black or African American	1,911	7.5%	1,791	1,395	516	37.0%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	89	0.4%	94	75	14	18.7%
White	17,192	67.9%	16,797	12,840	4,352	33.9%
Information Not Available	5,257	20.8%	5,263	3,639	1,618	44.5%

Years of Age	25,331		24,868	18,750
Younger than 22	331	0.8%	355	262	69	26.3%
22-24	839	2.0%	825	583	256	43.9%
25-34	5,230	12.8%	5,042	3,573	1,657	46.4%
35-44	6,371	15.6%	6,201	4,790	1,581	33.0%
45-54	7,485	18.3%	7,331	5,626	1,859	33.0%
55-59	2,793	6.8%	2,747	2,138	655	30.6%
60-64	1,559	3.8%	1,639	1,217	342	28.1%
65 and older	722	1.8%	728	556	166	29.9%
Information Not Available	1	0.0%	0	5	-4	-80.0%

Industry	25,331		24,868	18,750
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	186	0.7%	158	108	78	72.2%
Mining	144	0.6%	153	110	34	30.9%
Utilities	24	0.1%	29	23	1	4.3%
Construction	3,183	12.5%	3,157	2,299	884	38.5%
Manufacturing	2,368	9.3%	2,500	1,790	578	32.3%
Wholesale Trade	1,296	5.1%	1,204	923	373	40.4%
Retail Trade	2,346	9.2%	2,198	1,741	605	34.8%
Transporation and Warehousing	739	2.9%	704	445	294	66.1%
Information	1,021	4.0%	1,027	712	309	43.4%
Finance and Insurance	1,774	7.0%	1,652	1,262	512	40.6%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	600	2.4%	606	486	114	23.5%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	2,186	8.6%	2,153	1,544	642	41.6%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	339	1.3%	300	200	139	69.5%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	3,217	12.6%	2,996	2,237	980	43.8%
Educational Services	717	2.8%	723	652	65	10.0%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	1,959	7.7%	2,053	1,642	317	19.3%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	380	1.5%	364	291	89	30.6%
Accomodation and Food Services	1,267	5.0%	1,285	914	353	38.6%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	614	2.4%	585	509	105	20.6%
Public Administration	439	1.7%	471	413	26	6.3%
Information Not Available	532	2.1%	550	449	83	18.5%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Connecticut
	Aug 2008	Percent	Jul 2008	Aug 2007	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	50,830		48,599	40,177
Male	25,173	49.5%	24,656	18,660	6,513	34.9%
Female	25,657	50.5%	23,943	21,517	4,140	19.2%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	50,830		48,599	40,177
Hispanic or Latino	6,527	12.8%	6,170	5,120	1,407	27.5%
Not Hispanic or Latino	44,303	87.2%	42,429	35,057	9,246	26.4%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Race	50,830		48,599	40,177
American Indian or Alaskan Native	203	0.4%	183	134	69	51.5%
Asian	731	1.4%	685	552	179	32.4%
Black or African American	7,315	14.4%	6,837	5,765	1,550	26.9%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
White	27,104	53.3%	26,183	20,822	6,282	30.2%
Information Not Available	15,477	30.4%	14,711	12,904	2,573	19.9%

Years of Age	50,830		48,599	40,177
Younger than 22	1,609	2.2%	1,430	1,255	354	28.2%
22-24	2,723	3.7%	2,454	2,266	457	20.2%
25-34	10,650	14.3%	10,076	8,298	2,352	28.3%
35-44	11,902	16.0%	11,529	9,893	2,009	20.3%
45-54	12,760	17.1%	12,315	9,852	2,908	29.5%
55-59	4,622	6.2%	4,431	3,459	1,163	33.6%
60-64	3,454	4.6%	3,409	2,771	683	24.6%
65 and older	3,110	4.2%	2,955	2,383	727	30.5%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	50,830		48,599	40,177
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	229	0.4%	187	185	44	23.8%
Mining	20	0.0%	18	9	11	122.2%
Utilities	48	0.1%	55	57	-9	-15.8%
Construction	4,502	8.8%	4,751	2,425	2,077	85.6%
Manufacturing	5,515	10.8%	5,846	4,482	1,033	23.0%
Wholesale Trade	2,227	4.4%	2,072	1,678	549	32.7%
Retail Trade	5,699	11.2%	5,467	4,375	1,324	30.3%
Transporation and Warehousing	5,942	11.6%	5,166	5,418	524	9.7%
Information	1,342	2.6%	1,193	719	623	86.6%
Finance and Insurance	2,392	4.7%	2,260	2,066	326	15.8%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	760	1.5%	732	557	203	36.4%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	2,466	4.8%	2,341	1,988	478	24.0%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	244	0.5%	213	163	81	49.7%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	4,807	9.4%	4,733	3,757	1,050	27.9%
Educational Services	1,776	3.5%	1,559	1,374	402	29.3%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	4,364	8.5%	4,019	3,750	614	16.4%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	914	1.8%	875	775	139	17.9%
Accomodation and Food Services	4,586	9.0%	4,313	3,869	717	18.5%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	1,393	2.7%	1,357	1,070	323	30.2%
Public Administration	817	1.6%	729	837	-20	-2.4%
Information Not Available	787	1.5%	713	623	164	26.3%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants District of Columbia
	Aug 2008	Percent	Jul 2008	Aug 2007	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	7,490		10,086	5,730
Male	3,282	43.8%	4,629	2,757	525	19.0%
Female	4,208	56.2%	5,457	2,973	1,235	41.5%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	7,490		10,086	5,730
Hispanic or Latino	637	8.5%	1,066	487	150	30.8%
Not Hispanic or Latino	6,660	88.9%	8,730	4,999	1,661	33.2%
Information Not Available	193	2.6%	290	244	-51	-20.9%

Race	7,490		10,086	5,730
American Indian or Alaskan Native	61	0.8%	80	27	34	125.9%
Asian	132	1.8%	179	143	-11	-7.7%
Black or African American	6,091	81.3%	8,002	4,591	1,500	32.7%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	46	0.6%	87	49	-3	-6.1%
White	1,160	15.5%	1,734	858	302	35.2%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	4	62	-62	-100.0%

Years of Age	7,490		10,086	5,730
Younger than 22	179	2.2%	212	128	51	39.8%
22-24	405	4.9%	490	317	88	27.8%
25-34	1,801	21.8%	2,259	1,443	358	24.8%
35-44	1,948	23.5%	2,611	1,506	442	29.3%
45-54	1,951	23.6%	2,822	1,531	420	27.4%
55-59	653	7.9%	878	443	210	47.4%
60-64	371	4.5%	538	235	136	57.9%
65 and older	182	2.2%	276	127	55	43.3%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	7,490		10,086	5,730
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	3	-3	-100.0%
Construction	5	0.1%	9	38	-33	-86.8%
Manufacturing	1	0.0%	1	2	-1	-50.0%
Wholesale Trade	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
Retail Trade	1	0.0%	5	4	-3	-75.0%
Transporation and Warehousing	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
Information	2	0.0%	1	2	0	0.0%
Finance and Insurance	1	0.0%	3	0	1	0.0%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	0	0.0%	10	11	-11	-100.0%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	8	0.1%	0	21	-13	-61.9%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	22	0.3%	25	9	13	144.4%
Educational Services	6	0.1%	6	20	-14	-70.0%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	5	0.1%	5	14	-9	-64.3%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	0	0.0%	0	3	-3	-100.0%
Accomodation and Food Services	4	0.1%	9	4	0	0.0%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	1	0.0%	2	14	-13	-92.9%
Public Administration	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
Information Not Available	7,434	99.3%	10,010	5,585	1,849	33.1%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Delaware
	Aug 2008	Percent	Jul 2008	Aug 2007	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	10,921		10,029	9,517
Male	5,323	48.7%	4,931	4,073	1,250	30.7%
Female	5,598	51.3%	5,098	5,444	154	2.8%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	10,921		10,029	9,517
Hispanic or Latino	379	3.5%	372	365	14	3.8%
Not Hispanic or Latino	10,542	96.5%	9,657	9,152	1,390	15.2%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Race	10,921		10,029	9,517
American Indian or Alaskan Native	26	0.2%	14	17	9	52.9%
Asian	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
Black or African American	4,222	38.7%	3,826	3,663	559	15.3%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	45	0.4%	45	67	-22	-32.8%
White	5,983	54.8%	5,535	5,036	947	18.8%
Information Not Available	645	5.9%	608	734	-89	-12.1%

Years of Age	10,921		10,029	9,517
Younger than 22	335	2.1%	256	2,107	-1,772	-84.1%
22-24	667	4.1%	588	636	31	4.9%
25-34	2,590	15.9%	2,476	2,195	395	18.0%
35-44	2,629	16.2%	2,395	2,455	174	7.1%
45-54	2,618	16.1%	2,447	1,571	1,047	66.6%
55-59	902	5.5%	822	334	568	170.1%
60-64	643	4.0%	570	129	514	398.4%
65 and older	454	2.8%	394	76	378	497.4%
Information Not Available	83	0.5%	81	14	69	492.9%

Industry	10,921		10,029	9,517
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	26	0.2%	18	19	7	36.8%
Mining	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
Utilities	11	0.1%	20	7	4	57.1%
Construction	1,147	10.5%	1,049	870	277	31.8%
Manufacturing	703	6.4%	657	622	81	13.0%
Wholesale Trade	418	3.8%	374	346	72	20.8%
Retail Trade	1,961	17.9%	1,758	1,561	400	25.6%
Transporation and Warehousing	340	3.1%	324	379	-39	-10.3%
Information	177	1.6%	142	145	32	22.1%
Finance and Insurance	801	7.3%	723	953	-152	-15.9%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	214	2.0%	232	238	-24	-10.1%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	677	6.2%	639	467	210	45.0%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	39	0.4%	34	33	6	18.2%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	1,857	17.0%	1,760	1,401	456	32.5%
Educational Services	337	3.1%	290	312	25	8.0%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	853	7.8%	777	856	-3	-0.4%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	171	1.6%	130	122	49	40.2%
Accomodation and Food Services	768	7.0%	731	751	17	2.3%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	288	2.6%	266	288	0	0.0%
Public Administration	69	0.6%	50	91	-22	-24.2%
Information Not Available	64	0.6%	55	56	8	14.3%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Florida
	Aug 2008	Percent	Jul 2008	Aug 2007	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	197,464		185,207	124,092
Male	105,226	53.3%	99,403	64,955	40,271	62.0%
Female	92,162	46.7%	85,767	59,060	33,102	56.0%
Information Not Available	76	0.0%	37	77	-1	-1.3%

Ethnicity	197,464		185,207	124,092
Hispanic or Latino	63,053	31.9%	60,767	41,530	21,523	51.8%
Not Hispanic or Latino	120,782	61.2%	110,096	72,916	47,866	65.6%
Information Not Available	13,629	6.9%	14,344	9,646	3,983	41.3%

Race	197,464		185,207	124,092
American Indian or Alaskan Native	868	0.4%	596	498	370	74.3%
Asian	868	0.4%	1,192	804	64	8.0%
Black or African American	39,757	20.1%	38,114	25,798	13,959	54.1%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	1,926	1.0%	2,012	1,684	242	14.4%
White	116,326	58.9%	107,898	69,548	46,778	67.3%
Information Not Available	37,719	19.1%	35,395	25,760	11,959	46.4%

Years of Age	197,464		185,207	124,092
Younger than 22	5,626	1.9%	5,030	2,565	3,061	119.3%
22-24	10,270	3.4%	8,793	6,048	4,222	69.8%
25-34	42,476	14.1%	39,269	24,727	17,749	71.8%
35-44	46,062	15.3%	44,634	31,080	14,982	48.2%
45-54	52,292	17.3%	44,709	31,769	20,523	64.6%
55-59	18,198	6.0%	18,927	12,899	5,299	41.1%
60-64	12,120	4.0%	13,003	9,148	2,972	32.5%
65 and older	10,420	3.5%	10,842	5,856	4,564	77.9%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	197,464		185,207	124,092
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	6,683	3.3%	4,583	4,899	1,784	36.4%
Mining	189	0.1%	149	38	151	397.4%
Utilities	227	0.1%	410	153	74	48.4%
Construction	23,673	11.6%	22,392	14,162	9,511	67.2%
Manufacturing	12,497	6.1%	14,195	8,229	4,268	51.9%
Wholesale Trade	9,401	4.6%	8,010	5,435	3,966	73.0%
Retail Trade	20,426	10.0%	18,331	11,981	8,445	70.5%
Transporation and Warehousing	5,890	2.9%	5,998	3,675	2,215	60.3%
Information	4,342	2.1%	3,428	2,832	1,510	53.3%
Finance and Insurance	8,873	4.3%	8,756	6,277	2,596	41.4%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	3,398	1.7%	4,024	2,603	795	30.5%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	11,780	5.8%	10,805	6,545	5,235	80.0%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	1,208	0.6%	1,229	536	672	125.4%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	37,643	18.4%	36,438	24,382	13,261	54.4%
Educational Services	5,324	2.6%	5,626	2,182	3,142	144.0%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	13,366	6.5%	11,438	7,005	6,361	90.8%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	4,720	2.3%	3,726	3,062	1,658	54.1%
Accomodation and Food Services	12,384	6.1%	11,438	7,808	4,576	58.6%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	4,493	2.2%	4,955	2,641	1,852	70.1%
Public Administration	2,303	1.1%	1,826	1,646	657	39.9%
Information Not Available	8,644	4.2%	7,450	8,001	643	8.0%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Georgia
	Aug 2008	Percent	Jul 2008	Aug 2007	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	79,104		78,697	55,991
Male	39,884	50.4%	38,649	26,223	13,661	52.1%
Female	38,126	48.2%	38,974	29,049	9,077	31.2%
Information Not Available	1,094	1.4%	1,074	719	375	52.2%

Ethnicity	79,104		78,697	55,991
Hispanic or Latino	211	0.3%	320	137	74	54.0%
Not Hispanic or Latino	77,799	98.4%	77,303	55,135	22,664	41.1%
Information Not Available	1,094	1.4%	1,074	719	375	52.2%

Race	79,104		78,697	55,991
American Indian or Alaskan Native	364	0.5%	430	229	135	59.0%
Asian	1,061	1.3%	1,024	678	383	56.5%
Black or African American	39,182	49.5%	39,009	31,070	8,112	26.1%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
White	37,403	47.3%	37,160	23,295	14,108	60.6%
Information Not Available	1,094	1.4%	1,074	719	375	52.2%

Years of Age	79,104		78,697	55,991
Younger than 22	2,267	2.0%	2,088	1,588	679	42.8%
22-24	4,032	3.6%	3,965	2,889	1,143	39.6%
25-34	18,646	16.6%	18,477	13,415	5,231	39.0%
35-44	20,208	18.0%	19,768	14,638	5,570	38.1%
45-54	19,101	17.0%	18,761	13,442	5,659	42.1%
55-59	6,350	5.6%	6,453	4,507	1,843	40.9%
60-64	3,997	3.6%	3,941	2,559	1,438	56.2%
65 and older	2,284	2.0%	2,297	1,437	847	58.9%
Information Not Available	2,219	2.0%	2,947	1,516	703	46.4%

Industry	79,104		78,697	55,991
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	1,476	1.8%	1,092	768	708	92.2%
Mining	144	0.2%	122	52	92	176.9%
Utilities	137	0.2%	119	132	5	3.8%
Construction	6,185	7.7%	5,740	3,487	2,698	77.4%
Manufacturing	7,842	9.7%	8,883	6,486	1,356	20.9%
Wholesale Trade	4,057	5.0%	4,223	2,914	1,143	39.2%
Retail Trade	6,095	7.6%	5,881	4,168	1,927	46.2%
Transporation and Warehousing	1,853	2.3%	1,863	1,354	499	36.9%
Information	1,594	2.0%	1,457	1,055	539	51.1%
Finance and Insurance	2,322	2.9%	2,264	1,966	356	18.1%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	1,517	1.9%	1,437	1,043	474	45.4%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	12,445	15.4%	11,987	9,134	3,311	36.2%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	196	0.2%	189	138	58	42.0%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	275	0.3%	240	216	59	27.3%
Educational Services	1,755	2.2%	1,730	1,410	345	24.5%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	3,911	4.9%	4,759	3,538	373	10.5%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	4,079	5.1%	4,249	3,108	971	31.2%
Accomodation and Food Services	815	1.0%	785	590	225	38.1%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	1,215	1.5%	1,303	912	303	33.2%
Public Administration	1,051	1.3%	1,039	785	266	33.9%
Information Not Available	20,140	25.0%	19,335	12,735	7,405	58.1%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Hawaii
	Aug 2008	Percent	Jul 2008	Aug 2007	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	12,566		11,661	7,349
Male	8,042	64.0%	7,441	4,484	3,558	79.3%
Female	4,523	36.0%	4,220	2,865	1,658	57.9%
Information Not Available	1	0.0%	0	0	1	0.0%

Ethnicity	12,566		11,661	7,349
Hispanic or Latino	763	6.1%	718	388	375	96.6%
Not Hispanic or Latino	9,661	76.9%	8,953	5,546	4,115	74.2%
Information Not Available	2,142	17.0%	1,990	1,415	727	51.4%

Race	12,566		11,661	7,349
American Indian or Alaskan Native	107	0.9%	93	67	40	59.7%
Asian	3,988	31.7%	3,815	2,395	1,593	66.5%
Black or African American	200	1.6%	191	160	40	25.0%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	3,479	27.7%	3,172	1,789	1,690	94.5%
White	3,153	25.1%	2,849	1,978	1,175	59.4%
Information Not Available	1,639	13.0%	1,541	960	679	70.7%

Years of Age	12,566		11,661	7,349
Younger than 22	299	2.0%	258	134	165	123.1%
22-24	670	4.5%	583	328	342	104.3%
25-34	2,887	19.3%	2,688	1,597	1,290	80.8%
35-44	3,036	20.3%	2,794	1,863	1,173	63.0%
45-54	3,170	21.2%	2,940	1,919	1,251	65.2%
55-59	1,293	8.6%	1,232	758	535	70.6%
60-64	763	5.1%	734	472	291	61.7%
65 and older	448	3.0%	432	278	170	61.2%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	12,566		11,661	7,349
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	228	1.8%	311	278	-50	-18.0%
Mining	2	0.0%	0	0	2	0.0%
Utilities	9	0.1%	7	3	6	200.0%
Construction	3,754	29.3%	3,336	1,808	1,946	107.6%
Manufacturing	282	2.2%	238	213	69	32.4%
Wholesale Trade	195	1.5%	172	138	57	41.3%
Retail Trade	608	4.8%	594	415	193	46.5%
Transporation and Warehousing	1,087	8.5%	1,245	243	844	347.3%
Information	291	2.3%	358	192	99	51.6%
Finance and Insurance	189	1.5%	159	152	37	24.3%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	248	1.9%	182	112	136	121.4%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	365	2.9%	326	286	79	27.6%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	44	0.3%	39	18	26	144.4%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	1,320	10.3%	1,138	706	614	87.0%
Educational Services	83	0.6%	59	62	21	33.9%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	455	3.6%	468	322	133	41.3%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	157	1.2%	118	72	85	118.1%
Accomodation and Food Services	1,170	9.1%	1,135	1,027	143	13.9%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	269	2.1%	236	168	101	60.1%
Public Administration	217	1.7%	177	166	51	30.7%
Information Not Available	1,593	12.5%	1,363	968	625	64.6%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Iowa
	Aug 2008	Percent	Jul 2008	Aug 2007	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	22,867		25,472	16,765
Male	11,424	50.0%	13,015	8,432	2,992	35.5%
Female	11,443	50.0%	12,457	8,333	3,110	37.3%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	22,867		25,472	16,765
Hispanic or Latino	705	3.1%	753	571	134	23.5%
Not Hispanic or Latino	16,399	71.7%	19,412	15,993	406	2.5%
Information Not Available	5,763	25.2%	5,307	201	5,562	2767.2%

Race	22,867		25,472	16,765
American Indian or Alaskan Native	79	0.3%	92	81	-2	-2.5%
Asian	181	0.8%	216	134	47	35.1%
Black or African American	1,432	6.3%	1,671	874	558	63.8%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
White	14,707	64.3%	17,433	14,904	-197	-1.3%
Information Not Available	6,468	28.3%	6,060	772	5,696	737.8%

Years of Age	22,867		25,472	16,765
Younger than 22	654	1.8%	723	437	217	49.7%
22-24	1,344	3.7%	1,418	938	406	43.3%
25-34	5,089	14.1%	5,464	3,534	1,555	44.0%
35-44	5,135	14.2%	5,716	4,033	1,102	27.3%
45-54	6,034	16.7%	6,871	4,423	1,611	36.4%
55-59	2,199	6.1%	2,535	1,542	657	42.6%
60-64	1,452	4.0%	1,639	1,057	395	37.4%
65 and older	960	2.7%	1,106	794	166	20.9%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	7	-7	-100.0%

Industry	22,867		25,472	16,765
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	210	0.9%	176	110	100	90.9%
Mining	16	0.1%	15	33	-17	-51.5%
Utilities	29	0.1%	33	31	-2	-6.5%
Construction	1,859	8.1%	2,211	1,807	52	2.9%
Manufacturing	6,249	27.1%	7,807	3,617	2,632	72.8%
Wholesale Trade	996	4.3%	1,002	825	171	20.7%
Retail Trade	1,978	8.6%	2,083	1,813	165	9.1%
Transporation and Warehousing	1,012	4.4%	1,103	772	240	31.1%
Information	839	3.6%	852	714	125	17.5%
Finance and Insurance	768	3.3%	766	525	243	46.3%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	252	1.1%	227	201	51	25.4%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	870	3.8%	1,008	673	197	29.3%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	29	0.1%	32	40	-11	-27.5%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	2,219	9.6%	2,241	1,458	761	52.2%
Educational Services	568	2.5%	604	367	201	54.8%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	1,603	6.9%	1,553	1,420	183	12.9%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	255	1.1%	254	181	74	40.9%
Accomodation and Food Services	1,866	8.1%	2,101	1,139	727	63.8%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	669	2.9%	818	634	35	5.5%
Public Administration	275	1.2%	280	217	58	26.7%
Information Not Available	305	1.3%	306	188	117	62.2%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Idaho
	Aug 2008	Percent	Jul 2008	Aug 2007	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	13,491		13,056	8,556
Male	7,339	54.4%	7,304	4,307	3,032	70.4%
Female	6,152	45.6%	5,752	4,248	1,904	44.8%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	1	-1	-100.0%

Ethnicity	13,491		13,056	8,556
Hispanic or Latino	1,716	12.7%	1,477	1,126	590	52.4%
Not Hispanic or Latino	11,156	82.7%	10,973	6,955	4,201	60.4%
Information Not Available	619	4.6%	606	475	144	30.3%

Race	13,491		13,056	8,556
American Indian or Alaskan Native	279	2.1%	254	184	95	51.6%
Asian	151	1.1%	158	157	-6	-3.8%
Black or African American	92	0.7%	78	64	28	43.8%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	48	0.4%	47	35	13	37.1%
White	10,674	79.1%	10,502	6,666	4,008	60.1%
Information Not Available	2,247	16.7%	2,017	1,450	797	55.0%

Years of Age	13,491		13,056	8,556
Younger than 22	461	2.0%	387	244	217	88.9%
22-24	739	3.2%	696	371	368	99.2%
25-34	3,047	13.1%	2,987	1,796	1,251	69.7%
35-44	3,103	13.3%	2,973	1,954	1,149	58.8%
45-54	3,390	14.5%	3,313	2,370	1,020	43.0%
55-59	1,328	5.7%	1,283	894	434	48.5%
60-64	825	3.5%	835	532	293	55.1%
65 and older	598	2.6%	582	395	203	51.4%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	13,491		13,056	8,556
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	349	2.5%	290	196	153	78.1%
Mining	38	0.3%	41	19	19	100.0%
Utilities	15	0.1%	18	9	6	66.7%
Construction	1,995	14.4%	2,107	898	1,097	122.2%
Manufacturing	2,443	17.7%	2,193	2,022	421	20.8%
Wholesale Trade	615	4.4%	476	350	265	75.7%
Retail Trade	1,299	9.4%	1,287	705	594	84.3%
Transporation and Warehousing	728	5.3%	723	533	195	36.6%
Information	266	1.9%	255	125	141	112.8%
Finance and Insurance	428	3.1%	401	248	180	72.6%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	182	1.3%	183	86	96	111.6%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	583	4.2%	576	316	267	84.5%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	11	0.1%	11	11	0	0.0%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	1,022	7.4%	1,060	603	419	69.5%
Educational Services	202	1.5%	204	127	75	59.1%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	856	6.2%	860	602	254	42.2%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	135	1.0%	167	74	61	82.4%
Accomodation and Food Services	562	4.1%	542	348	214	61.5%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	363	2.6%	367	217	146	67.3%
Public Administration	247	1.8%	255	207	40	19.3%
Information Not Available	1,152	8.3%	1,040	860	292	34.0%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Illinois
	Aug 2008	Percent	Jul 2008	Aug 2007	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	138,949		143,080	117,536
Male	70,985	51.1%	74,887	58,663	12,322	21.0%
Female	67,964	48.9%	68,193	58,873	9,091	15.4%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	138,949		143,080	117,536
Hispanic or Latino	16,624	12.0%	17,014	12,796	3,828	29.9%
Not Hispanic or Latino	122,325	88.0%	126,066	104,740	17,585	16.8%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Race	138,949		143,080	117,536
American Indian or Alaskan Native	499	0.4%	531	393	106	27.0%
Asian	3,795	2.7%	3,781	2,710	1,085	40.0%
Black or African American	38,410	27.6%	37,858	33,991	4,419	13.0%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
White	94,865	68.3%	99,539	79,512	15,353	19.3%
Information Not Available	1,380	1.0%	1,371	930	450	48.4%

Years of Age	138,949		143,080	117,536
Younger than 22	3,569	1.6%	3,429	2,833	736	26.0%
22-24	7,057	3.1%	7,039	5,976	1,081	18.1%
25-34	32,577	14.4%	33,413	27,815	4,762	17.1%
35-44	34,728	15.4%	36,050	29,897	4,831	16.2%
45-54	36,062	16.0%	37,482	30,444	5,618	18.5%
55-59	12,727	5.6%	13,129	10,591	2,136	20.2%
60-64	7,831	3.5%	8,101	6,488	1,343	20.7%
65 and older	4,398	1.9%	4,437	3,492	906	25.9%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	138,949		143,080	117,536
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	295	0.2%	329	286	9	3.1%
Mining	321	0.2%	388	483	-162	-33.5%
Utilities	164	0.1%	153	139	25	18.0%
Construction	15,291	11.0%	17,613	12,319	2,972	24.1%
Manufacturing	19,283	13.8%	20,789	16,212	3,071	18.9%
Wholesale Trade	7,102	5.1%	7,142	5,603	1,499	26.8%
Retail Trade	13,114	9.4%	13,611	11,439	1,675	14.6%
Transporation and Warehousing	10,579	7.6%	9,878	8,497	2,082	24.5%
Information	2,986	2.1%	2,959	2,424	562	23.2%
Finance and Insurance	8,237	5.9%	7,869	7,128	1,109	15.6%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	2,161	1.6%	2,215	1,878	283	15.1%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	8,417	6.0%	8,357	6,893	1,524	22.1%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	788	0.6%	859	358	430	120.1%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	15,990	11.5%	16,396	13,326	2,664	20.0%
Educational Services	3,719	2.7%	3,785	3,682	37	1.0%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	9,993	7.2%	9,830	9,212	781	8.5%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	1,357	1.0%	1,509	1,258	99	7.9%
Accomodation and Food Services	9,388	6.7%	9,600	7,704	1,684	21.9%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	3,700	2.7%	3,788	3,342	358	10.7%
Public Administration	3,044	2.2%	2,836	3,021	23	0.8%
Information Not Available	3,020	2.2%	3,174	2,332	688	29.5%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Indiana
	Aug 2008	Percent	Jul 2008	Aug 2007	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	63,487		73,248	45,760
Male	34,670	54.6%	40,858	23,323	11,347	48.7%
Female	28,753	45.3%	32,330	22,376	6,377	28.5%
Information Not Available	64	0.1%	60	61	3	4.9%

Ethnicity	63,487		73,248	45,760
Hispanic or Latino	2,755	4.3%	3,374	1,787	968	54.2%
Not Hispanic or Latino	47,492	74.8%	55,753	34,805	12,687	36.5%
Information Not Available	13,240	20.9%	14,121	9,168	4,072	44.4%

Race	63,487		73,248	45,760
American Indian or Alaskan Native	293	0.5%	315	245	48	19.6%
Asian	516	0.8%	560	289	227	78.5%
Black or African American	9,247	14.6%	10,001	8,090	1,157	14.3%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	52	0.1%	67	39	13	33.3%
White	50,230	79.1%	58,581	34,988	15,242	43.6%
Information Not Available	3,149	5.0%	3,724	2,109	1,040	49.3%

Years of Age	63,487		73,248	45,760
Younger than 22	1,642	1.5%	1,673	1,113	529	47.5%
22-24	3,323	3.0%	3,652	2,447	876	35.8%
25-34	14,876	13.5%	17,000	11,083	3,793	34.2%
35-44	15,815	14.3%	18,626	11,825	3,990	33.7%
45-54	16,529	15.0%	19,459	11,668	4,861	41.7%
55-59	5,764	5.2%	6,701	3,867	1,897	49.1%
60-64	3,474	3.2%	3,836	2,379	1,095	46.0%
65 and older	2,064	1.9%	2,301	1,378	686	49.8%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	63,487		73,248	45,760
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	127	0.2%	156	86	41	47.7%
Mining	89	0.1%	89	85	4	4.7%
Utilities	71	0.1%	52	193	-122	-63.2%
Construction	5,774	9.1%	5,617	4,168	1,606	38.5%
Manufacturing	20,071	31.6%	28,447	10,365	9,706	93.6%
Wholesale Trade	2,334	3.7%	2,283	1,857	477	25.7%
Retail Trade	4,607	7.2%	4,706	3,996	611	15.3%
Transporation and Warehousing	2,748	4.3%	3,235	1,859	889	47.8%
Information	646	1.0%	626	494	152	30.8%
Finance and Insurance	1,648	2.6%	1,564	1,596	52	3.3%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	768	1.2%	769	654	114	17.4%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	2,157	3.4%	2,052	1,600	557	34.8%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	231	0.4%	222	130	101	77.7%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	5,500	8.6%	5,695	4,189	1,311	31.3%
Educational Services	1,374	2.2%	1,663	1,096	278	25.4%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	4,446	7.0%	4,710	4,331	115	2.7%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	582	0.9%	561	494	88	17.8%
Accomodation and Food Services	3,069	4.8%	3,376	2,585	484	18.7%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	1,403	2.2%	1,521	1,119	284	25.4%
Public Administration	545	0.9%	566	400	145	36.3%
Information Not Available	5,297	8.3%	5,338	4,463	834	18.7%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Kansas
	Aug 2008	Percent	Jul 2008	Aug 2007	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	20,160		19,364	15,776
Male	10,279	51.0%	9,953	7,851	2,428	30.9%
Female	9,881	49.0%	9,411	7,925	1,956	24.7%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	20,160		19,364	15,776
Hispanic or Latino	1,348	6.7%	1,390	792	556	70.2%
Not Hispanic or Latino	9,888	49.0%	9,476	8,600	1,288	15.0%
Information Not Available	8,924	44.3%	8,498	6,384	2,540	39.8%

Race	20,160		19,364	15,776
American Indian or Alaskan Native	286	1.4%	281	245	41	16.7%
Asian	268	1.3%	243	179	89	49.7%
Black or African American	3,384	16.8%	3,160	2,641	743	28.1%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	50	0.2%	43	23	27	117.4%
White	14,616	72.5%	14,037	11,644	2,972	25.5%
Information Not Available	1,556	7.7%	1,600	1,044	512	49.0%

Years of Age	20,160		19,364	15,776
Younger than 22	471	1.4%	473	444	27	6.1%
22-24	1,043	3.1%	1,066	840	203	24.2%
25-34	4,904	14.6%	4,790	3,760	1,144	30.4%
35-44	4,711	14.0%	4,457	3,912	799	20.4%
45-54	5,308	15.8%	5,118	4,096	1,212	29.6%
55-59	1,819	5.4%	1,720	1,366	453	33.2%
60-64	1,199	3.6%	1,105	865	334	38.6%
65 and older	705	2.1%	635	493	212	43.0%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	20,160		19,364	15,776
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	166	0.8%	130	113	53	46.9%
Mining	157	0.8%	133	111	46	41.4%
Utilities	29	0.1%	27	29	0	0.0%
Construction	1,944	9.6%	1,929	1,637	307	18.8%
Manufacturing	3,239	15.9%	3,191	2,162	1,077	49.8%
Wholesale Trade	889	4.4%	759	763	126	16.5%
Retail Trade	1,712	8.4%	1,600	1,334	378	28.3%
Transporation and Warehousing	662	3.3%	655	430	232	54.0%
Information	992	4.9%	905	1,001	-9	-0.9%
Finance and Insurance	782	3.8%	735	619	163	26.3%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	310	1.5%	281	296	14	4.7%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	1,061	5.2%	1,027	797	264	33.1%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	71	0.3%	74	52	19	36.5%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	2,118	10.4%	2,008	1,496	622	41.6%
Educational Services	487	2.4%	489	385	102	26.5%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	1,912	9.4%	1,978	1,583	329	20.8%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	145	0.7%	129	112	33	29.5%
Accomodation and Food Services	910	4.5%	965	739	171	23.1%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	632	3.1%	582	500	132	26.4%
Public Administration	467	2.3%	455	437	30	6.9%
Information Not Available	1,475	7.3%	1,312	1,180	295	25.0%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Kentucky
	Aug 2008	Percent	Jul 2008	Aug 2007	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	36,174		36,995	27,337
Male	21,701	60.0%	21,785	16,296	5,405	33.2%
Female	14,473	40.0%	15,210	11,041	3,432	31.1%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	36,174		36,995	27,337
Hispanic or Latino	91	0.3%	54	47	44	93.6%
Not Hispanic or Latino	36,083	99.7%	36,941	27,290	8,793	32.2%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Race	36,174		36,995	27,337
American Indian or Alaskan Native	240	0.7%	253	121	119	98.3%
Asian	118	0.3%	99	82	36	43.9%
Black or African American	4,753	13.1%	4,600	3,460	1,293	37.4%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	27	0.1%	0	0	27	0.0%
White	30,496	84.3%	31,459	23,275	7,221	31.0%
Information Not Available	540	1.5%	584	399	141	35.3%

Years of Age	36,174		36,995	27,337
Younger than 22	702	1.1%	818	688	14	2.0%
22-24	1,699	2.6%	1,907	1,368	331	24.2%
25-34	9,013	13.9%	8,752	6,420	2,593	40.4%
35-44	9,792	15.1%	9,788	7,917	1,875	23.7%
45-54	9,375	14.4%	9,842	6,827	2,548	37.3%
55-59	2,751	4.2%	3,109	2,123	628	29.6%
60-64	1,686	2.6%	1,717	1,267	419	33.1%
65 and older	1,156	1.8%	1,048	727	429	59.0%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	14	0	0	0.0%

Industry	36,174		36,995	27,337
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	63	0.2%	63	82	-19	-23.2%
Mining	322	0.9%	524	590	-268	-45.4%
Utilities	82	0.2%	14	47	35	74.5%
Construction	3,562	9.8%	3,556	2,369	1,193	50.4%
Manufacturing	10,558	29.1%	11,360	9,079	1,479	16.3%
Wholesale Trade	1,545	4.3%	1,568	915	630	68.9%
Retail Trade	2,470	6.8%	2,833	1,888	582	30.8%
Transporation and Warehousing	1,699	4.7%	1,582	888	811	91.3%
Information	761	2.1%	804	418	343	82.1%
Finance and Insurance	1,237	3.4%	981	719	518	72.0%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	417	1.2%	366	227	190	83.7%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	1,310	3.6%	1,274	962	348	36.2%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	145	0.4%	63	31	114	367.7%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	2,986	8.2%	3,195	2,017	969	48.0%
Educational Services	983	2.7%	1,437	919	64	7.0%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	2,297	6.3%	2,345	1,830	467	25.5%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	344	0.9%	334	282	62	22.0%
Accomodation and Food Services	1,704	4.7%	1,518	1,110	594	53.5%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	861	2.4%	696	516	345	66.9%
Public Administration	435	1.2%	438	422	13	3.1%
Information Not Available	2,393	6.6%	2,044	2,026	367	18.1%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Louisiana
	Aug 2008	Percent	Jul 2008	Aug 2007	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	33,823		25,931	20,557
Male	15,189	44.9%	11,580	9,215	5,974	64.8%
Female	18,633	55.1%	14,351	11,342	7,291	64.3%
Information Not Available	1	0.0%	0	0	1	0.0%

Ethnicity	33,823		25,931	20,557
Hispanic or Latino	668	2.0%	510	402	266	66.2%
Not Hispanic or Latino	33,085	97.8%	25,366	19,965	13,120	65.7%
Information Not Available	70	0.2%	55	190	-120	-63.2%

Race	33,823		25,931	20,557
American Indian or Alaskan Native	149	0.4%	116	108	41	38.0%
Asian	214	0.6%	193	103	111	107.8%
Black or African American	18,766	55.5%	14,597	11,299	7,467	66.1%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	33	0.1%	25	24	9	37.5%
White	14,632	43.3%	10,981	8,844	5,788	65.4%
Information Not Available	29	0.1%	19	179	-150	-83.8%

Years of Age	33,823		25,931	20,557
Younger than 22	794	1.7%	578	603	191	31.7%
22-24	1,885	4.1%	1,564	1,408	477	33.9%
25-34	8,334	17.9%	6,578	5,370	2,964	55.2%
35-44	7,783	16.7%	6,094	5,070	2,713	53.5%
45-54	8,626	18.6%	6,637	5,060	3,566	70.5%
55-59	3,017	6.5%	2,216	1,567	1,450	92.5%
60-64	1,967	4.2%	1,335	914	1,053	115.2%
65 and older	1,417	3.0%	929	565	852	150.8%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	33,823		25,931	20,557
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	172	0.5%	151	140	32	22.9%
Mining	266	0.8%	218	235	31	13.2%
Utilities	69	0.2%	123	71	-2	-2.8%
Construction	3,904	11.5%	3,581	2,784	1,120	40.2%
Manufacturing	2,500	7.4%	2,087	1,609	891	55.4%
Wholesale Trade	686	2.0%	532	401	285	71.1%
Retail Trade	2,335	6.9%	1,841	1,522	813	53.4%
Transporation and Warehousing	962	2.8%	886	590	372	63.1%
Information	527	1.6%	374	337	190	56.4%
Finance and Insurance	653	1.9%	487	508	145	28.5%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	399	1.2%	327	250	149	59.6%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	1,511	4.4%	1,361	953	558	58.6%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	108	0.3%	81	239	-131	-54.8%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	2,130	6.3%	1,626	1,200	930	77.5%
Educational Services	1,009	3.0%	1,037	519	490	94.4%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	3,151	9.3%	2,841	2,474	677	27.4%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	490	1.4%	361	349	141	40.4%
Accomodation and Food Services	1,777	5.2%	1,515	1,322	455	34.4%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	1,560	4.6%	1,344	953	607	63.7%
Public Administration	574	1.7%	503	346	228	65.9%
Information Not Available	9,040	26.6%	4,655	3,755	5,285	140.7%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Massachusetts
	Aug 2008	Percent	Jul 2008	Aug 2007	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	94,659		99,040	79,634
Male	51,707	54.6%	54,639	42,198	9,509	22.5%
Female	42,952	45.4%	44,401	37,436	5,516	14.7%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	94,659		99,040	79,634
Hispanic or Latino	9,423	10.0%	9,578	7,724	1,699	22.0%
Not Hispanic or Latino	83,209	87.9%	87,345	70,337	12,872	18.3%
Information Not Available	2,027	2.1%	2,117	1,573	454	28.9%

Race	94,659		99,040	79,634
American Indian or Alaskan Native	230	0.2%	254	218	12	5.5%
Asian	2,753	2.9%	2,891	2,047	706	34.5%
Black or African American	8,841	9.3%	8,971	7,491	1,350	18.0%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	69	0.1%	78	37	32	86.5%
White	74,613	78.8%	78,422	63,081	11,532	18.3%
Information Not Available	8,153	8.6%	8,424	6,760	1,393	20.6%

Years of Age	94,659		99,040	79,634
Younger than 22	2,532	1.6%	2,552	2,037	495	24.3%
22-24	4,496	2.8%	4,673	3,685	811	22.0%
25-34	19,307	11.9%	19,932	16,125	3,182	19.7%
35-44	23,117	14.2%	24,248	20,355	2,762	13.6%
45-54	24,745	15.2%	26,207	20,986	3,759	17.9%
55-59	9,233	5.7%	9,792	7,655	1,578	20.6%
60-64	6,685	4.1%	6,999	5,385	1,300	24.1%
65 and older	4,544	2.8%	4,637	3,406	1,138	33.4%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	94,659		99,040	79,634
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	462	0.5%	394	412	50	12.1%
Mining	84	0.1%	101	79	5	6.3%
Utilities	70	0.1%	75	64	6	9.4%
Construction	9,754	10.3%	10,797	7,492	2,262	30.2%
Manufacturing	9,636	10.1%	10,755	8,280	1,356	16.4%
Wholesale Trade	4,606	4.8%	4,802	3,799	807	21.2%
Retail Trade	8,115	8.5%	8,443	6,840	1,275	18.6%
Transporation and Warehousing	7,585	8.0%	7,354	6,713	872	13.0%
Information	2,204	2.3%	2,254	1,777	427	24.0%
Finance and Insurance	3,831	4.0%	4,088	3,329	502	15.1%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	1,324	1.4%	1,348	1,164	160	13.7%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	6,364	6.7%	6,583	5,582	782	14.0%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	254	0.3%	256	160	94	58.8%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	8,680	9.1%	8,762	6,312	2,368	37.5%
Educational Services	1,909	2.0%	1,951	1,618	291	18.0%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	7,732	8.1%	7,765	6,800	932	13.7%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	1,002	1.1%	1,099	763	239	31.3%
Accomodation and Food Services	6,705	7.0%	6,819	5,809	896	15.4%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	3,688	3.9%	3,795	3,239	449	13.9%
Public Administration	3,410	3.6%	3,634	2,953	457	15.5%
Information Not Available	7,244	7.6%	7,965	6,449	795	12.3%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Maryland
	Aug 2008	Percent	Jul 2008	Aug 2007	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	49,904		48,059	35,519
Male	25,044	50.2%	24,855	16,338	8,706	53.3%
Female	24,860	49.8%	23,204	19,181	5,679	29.6%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	49,904		48,059	35,519
Hispanic or Latino	1,793	3.6%	1,863	1,112	681	61.2%
Not Hispanic or Latino	47,151	94.5%	45,233	33,787	13,364	39.6%
Information Not Available	960	1.9%	963	620	340	54.8%

Race	49,904		48,059	35,519
American Indian or Alaskan Native	126	0.3%	127	91	35	38.5%
Asian	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
Black or African American	22,311	44.7%	21,190	17,093	5,218	30.5%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	78	0.2%	72	78	0	0.0%
White	24,636	49.4%	23,844	16,525	8,111	49.1%
Information Not Available	2,753	5.5%	2,826	1,732	1,021	58.9%

Years of Age	49,904		48,059	35,519
Younger than 22	1,455	2.0%	1,275	997	458	45.9%
22-24	2,855	4.0%	2,600	1,902	953	50.1%
25-34	11,329	15.8%	10,692	7,861	3,468	44.1%
35-44	11,778	16.5%	11,401	8,843	2,935	33.2%
45-54	12,659	17.7%	12,284	8,935	3,724	41.7%
55-59	4,322	6.0%	4,329	3,139	1,183	37.7%
60-64	2,990	4.2%	2,991	2,030	960	47.3%
65 and older	2,516	3.5%	2,487	1,805	711	39.4%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	7	-7	-100.0%

Industry	49,904		48,059	35,519
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	86	0.2%	77	46	40	87.0%
Mining	24	0.0%	28	18	6	33.3%
Utilities	43	0.1%	42	34	9	26.5%
Construction	6,281	12.6%	6,446	3,413	2,868	84.0%
Manufacturing	603	1.2%	698	822	-219	-26.6%
Wholesale Trade	1,954	3.9%	1,928	1,247	707	56.7%
Retail Trade	1,876	3.8%	1,705	1,316	560	42.6%
Transporation and Warehousing	3,292	6.6%	2,917	2,801	491	17.5%
Information	970	1.9%	874	660	310	47.0%
Finance and Insurance	2,256	4.5%	2,161	1,571	685	43.6%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	1,151	2.3%	1,123	766	385	50.3%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	3,604	7.2%	3,413	2,734	870	31.8%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	143	0.3%	144	17	126	741.2%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	6,111	12.2%	5,717	4,468	1,643	36.8%
Educational Services	1,566	3.1%	1,613	1,195	371	31.0%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	4,097	8.2%	3,864	3,416	681	19.9%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	489	1.0%	543	1,061	-572	-53.9%
Accomodation and Food Services	3,439	6.9%	3,241	2,462	977	39.7%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	1,719	3.4%	1,456	1,160	559	48.2%
Public Administration	673	1.3%	687	559	114	20.4%
Information Not Available	9,527	19.1%	9,382	5,753	3,774	65.6%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Maine
	Aug 2008	Percent	Jul 2008	Aug 2007	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	8,935		9,485	6,409
Male	4,790	53.6%	5,050	3,079	1,711	55.6%
Female	4,145	46.4%	4,434	3,330	815	24.5%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	1	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	8,935		9,485	6,409
Hispanic or Latino	44	0.5%	54	54	-10	-18.5%
Not Hispanic or Latino	7,139	79.9%	7,722	5,414	1,725	31.9%
Information Not Available	1,752	19.6%	1,709	941	811	86.2%

Race	8,935		9,485	6,409
American Indian or Alaskan Native	71	0.8%	84	61	10	16.4%
Asian	49	0.5%	53	35	14	40.0%
Black or African American	91	1.0%	115	65	26	40.0%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
White	7,460	83.5%	7,960	5,539	1,921	34.7%
Information Not Available	1,264	14.1%	1,273	709	555	78.3%

Years of Age	8,935		9,485	6,409
Younger than 22	324	2.1%	345	248	76	30.6%
22-24	485	3.1%	484	374	111	29.7%
25-34	1,726	11.0%	1,879	1,238	488	39.4%
35-44	2,089	13.3%	2,195	1,625	464	28.6%
45-54	2,432	15.4%	2,608	1,726	706	40.9%
55-59	982	6.2%	1,000	661	321	48.6%
60-64	633	4.0%	680	373	260	69.7%
65 and older	264	1.7%	294	164	100	61.0%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	8,935		9,485	6,409
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	180	2.0%	203	77	103	133.8%
Mining	2	0.0%	3	0	2	0.0%
Utilities	102	1.1%	93	8	94	1175.0%
Construction	755	8.3%	852	334	421	126.0%
Manufacturing	1,037	11.4%	1,090	434	603	138.9%
Wholesale Trade	260	2.9%	286	140	120	85.7%
Retail Trade	831	9.1%	993	451	380	84.3%
Transporation and Warehousing	319	3.5%	364	179	140	78.2%
Information	101	1.1%	95	70	31	44.3%
Finance and Insurance	149	1.6%	166	88	61	69.3%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	70	0.8%	87	24	46	191.7%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	286	3.1%	319	141	145	102.8%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	15	0.2%	14	5	10	200.0%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	524	5.7%	520	225	299	132.9%
Educational Services	258	2.8%	283	140	118	84.3%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	820	9.0%	882	489	331	67.7%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	113	1.2%	141	51	62	121.6%
Accomodation and Food Services	418	4.6%	491	226	192	85.0%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	283	3.1%	271	175	108	61.7%
Public Administration	116	1.3%	131	52	64	123.1%
Information Not Available	2,296	25.2%	2,201	3,100	-804	-25.9%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Michigan
	Aug 2008	Percent	Jul 2008	Aug 2007	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	147,268		154,281	106,711
Male	83,068	56.4%	87,990	55,245	27,823	50.4%
Female	64,141	43.6%	66,238	51,458	12,683	24.6%
Information Not Available	59	0.0%	53	8	51	637.5%

Ethnicity	147,268		154,281	106,711
Hispanic or Latino	3,895	2.6%	4,330	2,838	1,057	37.2%
Not Hispanic or Latino	109,919	74.6%	112,195	77,392	32,527	42.0%
Information Not Available	33,454	22.7%	37,756	26,481	6,973	26.3%

Race	147,268		154,281	106,711
American Indian or Alaskan Native	1,052	0.7%	1,184	1,082	-30	-2.8%
Asian	1,355	0.9%	2,317	823	532	64.6%
Black or African American	22,852	15.5%	20,089	15,762	7,090	45.0%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	82	0.1%	116	61	21	34.4%
White	83,826	56.9%	86,880	59,274	24,552	41.4%
Information Not Available	38,101	25.9%	43,695	29,709	8,392	28.2%

Years of Age	147,268		154,281	106,711
Younger than 22	4,083	1.8%	4,245	3,214	869	27.0%
22-24	7,681	3.4%	7,996	6,123	1,558	25.4%
25-34	33,858	15.1%	35,365	25,274	8,584	34.0%
35-44	40,122	17.9%	39,908	27,687	12,435	44.9%
45-54	38,840	17.3%	42,000	27,887	10,953	39.3%
55-59	12,597	5.6%	13,794	9,045	3,552	39.3%
60-64	6,784	3.0%	7,467	4,876	1,908	39.1%
65 and older	3,209	1.4%	3,415	2,603	606	23.3%
Information Not Available	94	0.0%	91	2	92	4600.0%

Industry	147,268		154,281	106,711
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	547	0.4%	557	426	121	28.4%
Mining	113	0.1%	120	123	-10	-8.1%
Utilities	56	0.0%	64	82	-26	-31.7%
Construction	9,674	6.5%	10,591	9,418	256	2.7%
Manufacturing	40,218	27.2%	41,194	20,119	20,099	99.9%
Wholesale Trade	4,383	3.0%	4,901	3,837	546	14.2%
Retail Trade	9,653	6.5%	9,094	11,221	-1,568	-14.0%
Transporation and Warehousing	4,788	3.2%	6,290	2,922	1,866	63.9%
Information	1,470	1.0%	1,433	1,236	234	18.9%
Finance and Insurance	4,326	2.9%	3,822	3,254	1,072	32.9%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	1,647	1.1%	2,489	1,463	184	12.6%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	8,217	5.6%	8,658	5,919	2,298	38.8%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	787	0.5%	721	733	54	7.4%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	14,985	10.1%	18,305	11,749	3,236	27.5%
Educational Services	4,206	2.8%	3,914	4,213	-7	-0.2%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	10,770	7.3%	8,675	9,818	952	9.7%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	1,924	1.3%	1,748	1,553	371	23.9%
Accomodation and Food Services	6,390	4.3%	6,066	5,745	645	11.2%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	2,986	2.0%	2,806	2,758	228	8.3%
Public Administration	1,026	0.7%	1,122	1,108	-82	-7.4%
Information Not Available	19,102	12.9%	21,711	9,014	10,088	111.9%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Minnesota
	Aug 2008	Percent	Jul 2008	Aug 2007	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	41,319		43,744	35,602
Male	22,560	54.6%	24,396	19,399	3,161	16.3%
Female	18,755	45.4%	19,347	16,202	2,553	15.8%
Information Not Available	4	0.0%	1	1	3	300.0%

Ethnicity	41,319		43,744	35,602
Hispanic or Latino	1,177	2.8%	1,328	1,089	88	8.1%
Not Hispanic or Latino	35,681	86.4%	37,814	31,708	3,973	12.5%
Information Not Available	4,461	10.8%	4,602	2,805	1,656	59.0%

Race	41,319		43,744	35,602
American Indian or Alaskan Native	602	1.5%	651	567	35	6.2%
Asian	1,089	2.6%	1,094	861	228	26.5%
Black or African American	3,506	8.5%	3,516	3,265	241	7.4%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	82	0.2%	106	178	-96	-53.9%
White	33,155	80.2%	35,313	28,951	4,204	14.5%
Information Not Available	2,885	7.0%	3,064	1,780	1,105	62.1%

Years of Age	41,319		43,744	35,602
Younger than 22	801	1.1%	1,148	1,153	-352	-30.5%
22-24	2,172	3.0%	2,502	2,045	127	6.2%
25-34	10,055	14.0%	10,460	8,373	1,682	20.1%
35-44	9,527	13.2%	10,038	8,760	767	8.8%
45-54	10,838	15.1%	11,599	9,279	1,559	16.8%
55-59	4,052	5.6%	4,249	3,241	811	25.0%
60-64	2,511	3.5%	2,421	1,803	708	39.3%
65 and older	1,316	1.8%	1,098	571	745	130.5%
Information Not Available	47	0.1%	229	377	-330	-87.5%

Industry	41,319		43,744	35,602
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	239	0.6%	293	254	-15	-5.9%
Mining	34	0.1%	64	38	-4	-10.5%
Utilities	116	0.3%	159	157	-41	-26.1%
Construction	5,111	12.3%	5,813	4,857	254	5.2%
Manufacturing	5,946	14.3%	6,986	5,286	660	12.5%
Wholesale Trade	2,452	5.9%	2,467	2,013	439	21.8%
Retail Trade	3,863	9.3%	3,634	3,124	739	23.7%
Transporation and Warehousing	1,415	3.4%	1,473	1,167	248	21.3%
Information	989	2.4%	878	822	167	20.3%
Finance and Insurance	1,618	3.9%	1,584	1,746	-128	-7.3%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	750	1.8%	712	602	148	24.6%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	2,541	6.1%	2,612	1,953	588	30.1%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	776	1.9%	761	638	138	21.6%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	3,233	7.8%	3,318	3,012	221	7.3%
Educational Services	1,599	3.8%	1,697	1,650	-51	-3.1%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	3,194	7.7%	3,088	3,222	-28	-0.9%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	566	1.4%	593	435	131	30.1%
Accomodation and Food Services	2,453	5.9%	2,595	2,227	226	10.1%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	1,848	4.4%	2,037	1,670	178	10.7%
Public Administration	684	1.6%	631	530	154	29.1%
Information Not Available	1,892	4.6%	2,349	199	1,693	850.8%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Missouri
	Aug 2008	Percent	Jul 2008	Aug 2007	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	56,464		55,282	45,007
Male	28,702	50.8%	27,530	21,184	7,518	35.5%
Female	27,755	49.2%	27,750	23,815	3,940	16.5%
Information Not Available	7	0.0%	2	8	-1	-12.5%

Ethnicity	56,464		55,282	45,007
Hispanic or Latino	465	0.8%	371	462	3	0.6%
Not Hispanic or Latino	15,668	27.7%	13,412	14,883	785	5.3%
Information Not Available	40,331	71.4%	41,499	29,662	10,669	36.0%

Race	56,464		55,282	45,007
American Indian or Alaskan Native	312	0.6%	312	344	-32	-9.3%
Asian	367	0.6%	349	292	75	25.7%
Black or African American	9,343	16.5%	8,631	11,983	-2,640	-22.0%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	419	0.7%	434	368	51	13.9%
White	30,468	54.0%	31,001	30,080	388	1.3%
Information Not Available	15,555	27.5%	14,555	1,940	13,615	701.8%

Years of Age	56,464		55,282	45,007
Younger than 22	1,374	1.6%	1,170	1,197	177	14.8%
22-24	2,638	3.1%	2,526	2,259	379	16.8%
25-34	12,290	14.7%	11,633	9,949	2,341	23.5%
35-44	14,475	17.3%	13,986	11,463	3,012	26.3%
45-54	15,408	18.4%	15,331	11,849	3,559	30.0%
55-59	4,870	5.8%	4,956	3,871	999	25.8%
60-64	3,049	3.6%	3,183	2,551	498	19.5%
65 and older	2,309	2.8%	2,458	1,844	465	25.2%
Information Not Available	51	0.1%	39	24	27	112.5%

Industry	56,464		55,282	45,007
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	209	0.4%	202	204	5	2.5%
Mining	128	0.2%	163	56	72	128.6%
Utilities	96	0.2%	47	62	34	54.8%
Construction	5,578	9.8%	5,745	3,844	1,734	45.1%
Manufacturing	11,379	20.1%	11,381	8,353	3,026	36.2%
Wholesale Trade	2,173	3.8%	2,267	1,623	550	33.9%
Retail Trade	5,069	8.9%	4,999	4,464	605	13.6%
Transporation and Warehousing	4,178	7.4%	3,777	3,447	731	21.2%
Information	1,209	2.1%	1,108	900	309	34.3%
Finance and Insurance	2,285	4.0%	2,051	1,710	575	33.6%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	987	1.7%	1,040	830	157	18.9%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	2,287	4.0%	2,143	1,698	589	34.7%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	263	0.5%	278	108	155	143.5%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	5,088	9.0%	4,698	4,005	1,083	27.0%
Educational Services	1,475	2.6%	1,446	1,290	185	14.3%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	4,765	8.4%	4,671	4,102	663	16.2%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	840	1.5%	834	695	145	20.9%
Accomodation and Food Services	4,370	7.7%	4,655	3,837	533	13.9%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	1,710	3.0%	1,659	1,547	163	10.5%
Public Administration	483	0.9%	408	410	73	17.8%
Information Not Available	1,892	3.3%	1,710	1,822	70	3.8%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Mississippi
	Aug 2008	Percent	Jul 2008	Aug 2007	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	26,990		27,442	19,973
Male	12,365	45.8%	11,501	8,694	3,671	42.2%
Female	14,625	54.2%	15,939	11,279	3,346	29.7%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	2	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	26,990		27,442	19,973
Hispanic or Latino	357	1.3%	316	264	93	35.2%
Not Hispanic or Latino	25,579	94.8%	26,112	18,930	6,649	35.1%
Information Not Available	1,054	3.9%	1,014	779	275	35.3%

Race	26,990		27,442	19,973
American Indian or Alaskan Native	50	0.2%	36	39	11	28.2%
Asian	117	0.4%	122	71	46	64.8%
Black or African American	16,536	61.3%	17,056	12,516	4,020	32.1%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	2	0.0%	3	4	-2	-50.0%
White	9,404	34.8%	9,372	6,710	2,694	40.1%
Information Not Available	881	3.3%	853	633	248	39.2%

Years of Age	26,990		27,442	19,973
Younger than 22	822	2.3%	685	669	153	22.9%
22-24	1,820	5.2%	1,545	1,289	531	41.2%
25-34	6,944	19.8%	6,784	5,090	1,854	36.4%
35-44	6,460	18.4%	6,679	5,069	1,391	27.4%
45-54	6,486	18.5%	6,859	4,791	1,695	35.4%
55-59	2,153	6.1%	2,317	1,532	621	40.5%
60-64	1,292	3.7%	1,424	868	424	48.8%
65 and older	1,013	2.9%	1,149	665	348	52.3%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	26,990		27,442	19,973
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	376	1.4%	297	261	115	44.1%
Mining	76	0.3%	79	77	-1	-1.3%
Utilities	33	0.1%	27	21	12	57.1%
Construction	1,592	5.8%	1,421	1,237	355	28.7%
Manufacturing	6,764	24.7%	7,008	5,422	1,342	24.8%
Wholesale Trade	641	2.3%	685	426	215	50.5%
Retail Trade	2,581	9.4%	2,268	1,928	653	33.9%
Transporation and Warehousing	793	2.9%	948	620	173	27.9%
Information	184	0.7%	183	145	39	26.9%
Finance and Insurance	386	1.4%	341	263	123	46.8%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	271	1.0%	221	170	101	59.4%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	612	2.2%	619	566	46	8.1%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	31	0.1%	33	124	-93	-75.0%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	2,162	7.9%	1,815	1,598	564	35.3%
Educational Services	626	2.3%	556	441	185	42.0%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	3,813	13.9%	5,468	2,750	1,063	38.7%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	222	0.8%	182	109	113	103.7%
Accomodation and Food Services	2,103	7.7%	1,917	1,513	590	39.0%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	391	1.4%	360	326	65	19.9%
Public Administration	399	1.5%	426	310	89	28.7%
Information Not Available	2,934	10.7%	2,588	1,666	1,268	76.1%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Montana
	Aug 2008	Percent	Jul 2008	Aug 2007	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	4,211		4,082	2,952
Male	2,085	49.5%	2,220	1,378	707	51.3%
Female	2,115	50.2%	1,847	1,560	555	35.6%
Information Not Available	11	0.3%	15	14	-3	-21.4%

Ethnicity	4,211		4,082	2,952
Hispanic or Latino	134	3.2%	118	65	69	106.2%
Not Hispanic or Latino	3,823	90.8%	3,716	2,708	1,115	41.2%
Information Not Available	254	6.0%	248	179	75	41.9%

Race	4,211		4,082	2,952
American Indian or Alaskan Native	502	11.9%	511	415	87	21.0%
Asian	16	0.4%	18	12	4	33.3%
Black or African American	20	0.5%	16	19	1	5.3%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	8	0.2%	8	8	0	0.0%
White	3,628	86.2%	3,491	2,485	1,143	46.0%
Information Not Available	37	0.9%	38	13	24	184.6%

Years of Age	4,211		4,082	2,952
Younger than 22	101	1.3%	99	69	32	46.4%
22-24	209	2.8%	213	124	85	68.5%
25-34	905	11.9%	897	546	359	65.8%
35-44	904	11.9%	934	670	234	34.9%
45-54	1,149	15.2%	1,098	890	259	29.1%
55-59	487	6.4%	423	354	133	37.6%
60-64	263	3.5%	252	188	75	39.9%
65 and older	193	2.5%	166	111	82	73.9%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	4,211		4,082	2,952
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	31	0.7%	63	68	-37	-54.4%
Mining	63	1.5%	69	36	27	75.0%
Utilities	24	0.6%	27	16	8	50.0%
Construction	602	14.2%	719	327	275	84.1%
Manufacturing	332	7.8%	346	238	94	39.5%
Wholesale Trade	99	2.3%	100	71	28	39.4%
Retail Trade	392	9.2%	378	271	121	44.6%
Transporation and Warehousing	206	4.9%	192	142	64	45.1%
Information	77	1.8%	75	59	18	30.5%
Finance and Insurance	138	3.3%	108	64	74	115.6%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	57	1.3%	52	34	23	67.6%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	170	4.0%	154	101	69	68.3%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	2	0.0%	2	1	1	100.0%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	306	7.2%	258	204	102	50.0%
Educational Services	207	4.9%	202	140	67	47.9%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	523	12.3%	407	438	85	19.4%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	110	2.6%	104	63	47	74.6%
Accomodation and Food Services	419	9.9%	415	313	106	33.9%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	160	3.8%	116	91	69	75.8%
Public Administration	206	4.9%	201	178	28	15.7%
Information Not Available	87	2.1%	94	97	-10	-10.3%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants North Carolina
	Aug 2008	Percent	Jul 2008	Aug 2007	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	98,730		98,446	70,884
Male	52,441	53.1%	53,269	35,397	17,044	48.2%
Female	46,285	46.9%	45,173	35,484	10,801	30.4%
Information Not Available	4	0.0%	4	3	1	33.3%

Ethnicity	98,730		98,446	70,884
Hispanic or Latino	3,468	3.5%	4,499	2,250	1,218	54.1%
Not Hispanic or Latino	92,741	93.9%	91,018	67,384	25,357	37.6%
Information Not Available	2,521	2.6%	2,929	1,250	1,271	101.7%

Race	98,730		98,446	70,884
American Indian or Alaskan Native	1,302	1.3%	1,239	911	391	42.9%
Asian	852	0.9%	856	803	49	6.1%
Black or African American	37,204	37.7%	35,984	28,346	8,858	31.2%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	132	0.1%	122	58	74	127.6%
White	53,874	54.6%	53,992	37,268	16,606	44.6%
Information Not Available	5,366	5.4%	6,253	3,498	1,868	53.4%

Years of Age	98,730		98,446	70,884
Younger than 22	3,137	2.1%	3,109	2,269	868	38.3%
22-24	5,638	3.8%	5,442	4,181	1,457	34.8%
25-34	23,762	16.1%	23,240	17,097	6,665	39.0%
35-44	25,864	17.6%	25,675	18,637	7,227	38.8%
45-54	23,653	16.1%	23,905	17,075	6,578	38.5%
55-59	8,343	5.7%	8,526	5,835	2,508	43.0%
60-64	5,356	3.6%	5,449	3,708	1,648	44.4%
65 and older	2,977	2.0%	3,100	2,082	895	43.0%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	98,730		98,446	70,884
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	423	0.4%	402	300	123	41.0%
Mining	55	0.1%	77	42	13	31.0%
Utilities	69	0.1%	77	65	4	6.2%
Construction	10,842	10.9%	10,665	5,588	5,254	94.0%
Manufacturing	19,879	20.0%	24,094	16,931	2,948	17.4%
Wholesale Trade	4,087	4.1%	3,846	2,468	1,619	65.6%
Retail Trade	8,260	8.3%	7,734	5,330	2,930	55.0%
Transporation and Warehousing	2,629	2.7%	2,559	1,545	1,084	70.2%
Information	1,324	1.3%	1,232	964	360	37.3%
Finance and Insurance	2,474	2.5%	2,226	2,101	373	17.8%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	1,179	1.2%	1,096	757	422	55.7%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	4,448	4.5%	4,242	2,910	1,538	52.9%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	441	0.4%	326	218	223	102.3%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	10,680	10.8%	10,047	7,074	3,606	51.0%
Educational Services	2,099	2.1%	1,849	1,487	612	41.2%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	7,624	7.7%	6,927	5,190	2,434	46.9%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	677	0.7%	570	499	178	35.7%
Accomodation and Food Services	4,933	5.0%	4,831	3,143	1,790	57.0%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	1,689	1.7%	1,604	1,118	571	51.1%
Public Administration	843	0.9%	773	636	207	32.5%
Information Not Available	14,075	14.2%	13,269	12,518	1,557	12.4%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants North Dakota
	Aug 2008	Percent	Jul 2008	Aug 2007	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	2,455		3,058	1,759
Male	1,285	52.3%	1,683	934	351	37.6%
Female	1,167	47.5%	1,373	821	346	42.1%
Information Not Available	3	0.1%	2	4	-1	-25.0%

Ethnicity	2,455		3,058	1,759
Hispanic or Latino	66	2.7%	75	44	22	50.0%
Not Hispanic or Latino	2,335	95.1%	2,924	1,685	650	38.6%
Information Not Available	54	2.2%	59	30	24	80.0%

Race	2,455		3,058	1,759
American Indian or Alaskan Native	331	13.5%	413	307	24	7.8%
Asian	11	0.4%	7	5	6	120.0%
Black or African American	22	0.9%	32	23	-1	-4.3%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	5	0.2%	3	3	2	66.7%
White	1,966	80.1%	2,469	1,347	619	46.0%
Information Not Available	120	4.9%	134	74	46	62.2%

Years of Age	2,455		3,058	1,759
Younger than 22	42	1.0%	33	21	21	100.0%
22-24	98	2.3%	93	82	16	19.5%
25-34	509	11.9%	591	361	148	41.0%
35-44	520	12.2%	705	399	121	30.3%
45-54	716	16.8%	899	479	237	49.5%
55-59	275	6.4%	385	192	83	43.2%
60-64	151	3.5%	189	131	20	15.3%
65 and older	140	3.3%	158	88	52	59.1%
Information Not Available	4	0.1%	5	6	-2	-33.3%

Industry	2,455		3,058	1,759
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	99	3.9%	112	74	25	33.8%
Mining	12	0.5%	12	23	-11	-47.8%
Utilities	4	0.2%	4	4	0	0.0%
Construction	289	11.3%	321	229	60	26.2%
Manufacturing	453	17.7%	904	249	204	81.9%
Wholesale Trade	88	3.4%	81	71	17	23.9%
Retail Trade	151	5.9%	161	127	24	18.9%
Transporation and Warehousing	119	4.7%	133	81	38	46.9%
Information	54	2.1%	48	67	-13	-19.4%
Finance and Insurance	57	2.2%	59	36	21	58.3%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	22	0.9%	16	14	8	57.1%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	67	2.6%	74	56	11	19.6%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	29	1.1%	19	10	19	190.0%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	89	3.5%	98	67	22	32.8%
Educational Services	6	0.2%	8	7	-1	-14.3%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	164	6.4%	158	100	64	64.0%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	6	0.2%	8	5	1	20.0%
Accomodation and Food Services	93	3.6%	102	86	7	8.1%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	52	2.0%	61	41	11	26.8%
Public Administration	329	12.9%	342	270	59	21.9%
Information Not Available	272	10.6%	337	142	130	91.5%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Nebraska
	Aug 2008	Percent	Jul 2008	Aug 2007	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	13,498		11,880	7,469
Male	6,051	44.8%	5,389	3,300	2,751	83.4%
Female	6,915	51.2%	6,105	3,871	3,044	78.6%
Information Not Available	532	3.9%	386	298	234	78.5%

Ethnicity	13,498		11,880	7,469
Hispanic or Latino	436	3.2%	388	231	205	88.7%
Not Hispanic or Latino	10,494	77.7%	9,326	5,606	4,888	87.2%
Information Not Available	2,568	19.0%	2,166	1,632	936	57.4%

Race	13,498		11,880	7,469
American Indian or Alaskan Native	149	1.1%	120	79	70	88.6%
Asian	124	0.9%	101	60	64	106.7%
Black or African American	1,094	8.1%	892	596	498	83.6%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	17	0.1%	15	9	8	88.9%
White	5,725	42.4%	5,220	3,091	2,634	85.2%
Information Not Available	6,389	47.3%	5,532	3,634	2,755	75.8%

Years of Age	13,498		11,880	7,469
Younger than 22	313	1.7%	235	175	138	78.9%
22-24	708	3.8%	577	430	278	64.7%
25-34	3,080	16.7%	2,640	1,717	1,363	79.4%
35-44	3,129	17.0%	2,760	1,805	1,324	73.4%
45-54	3,624	19.7%	3,255	1,968	1,656	84.1%
55-59	1,237	6.7%	1,133	670	567	84.6%
60-64	799	4.3%	714	412	387	93.9%
65 and older	608	3.3%	566	292	316	108.2%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	13,498		11,880	7,469
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	118	0.9%	69	76	42	55.3%
Mining	12	0.1%	12	11	1	9.1%
Utilities	24	0.2%	18	12	12	100.0%
Construction	964	7.1%	865	510	454	89.0%
Manufacturing	2,071	15.2%	2,219	1,193	878	73.6%
Wholesale Trade	457	3.4%	369	280	177	63.2%
Retail Trade	1,510	11.1%	1,245	786	724	92.1%
Transporation and Warehousing	563	4.1%	603	341	222	65.1%
Information	341	2.5%	272	211	130	61.6%
Finance and Insurance	622	4.6%	499	336	286	85.1%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	193	1.4%	151	97	96	99.0%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	629	4.6%	535	345	284	82.3%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	59	0.4%	50	29	30	103.4%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	1,367	10.0%	1,048	682	685	100.4%
Educational Services	325	2.4%	281	173	152	87.9%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	1,446	10.6%	1,201	852	594	69.7%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	162	1.2%	140	105	57	54.3%
Accomodation and Food Services	1,096	8.0%	987	619	477	77.1%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	329	2.4%	297	186	143	76.9%
Public Administration	336	2.5%	264	198	138	69.7%
Information Not Available	874	6.4%	755	427	447	104.7%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants New Hampshire
	Aug 2008	Percent	Jul 2008	Aug 2007	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	9,239		8,977	6,203
Male	4,609	49.9%	4,466	2,802	1,807	64.5%
Female	4,630	50.1%	4,511	3,401	1,229	36.1%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	9,239		8,977	6,203
Hispanic or Latino	283	3.1%	273	209	74	35.4%
Not Hispanic or Latino	6,822	73.8%	6,651	4,642	2,180	47.0%
Information Not Available	2,134	23.1%	2,053	1,352	782	57.8%

Race	9,239		8,977	6,203
American Indian or Alaskan Native	39	0.4%	43	26	13	50.0%
Asian	126	1.4%	158	81	45	55.6%
Black or African American	157	1.7%	140	103	54	52.4%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	6	0.1%	9	7	-1	-14.3%
White	8,377	90.7%	8,105	5,659	2,718	48.0%
Information Not Available	534	5.8%	522	327	207	63.3%

Years of Age	9,239		8,977	6,203
Younger than 22	162	1.0%	164	112	50	44.6%
22-24	366	2.2%	318	208	158	76.0%
25-34	1,563	9.3%	1,509	1,074	489	45.5%
35-44	2,126	12.6%	2,125	1,549	577	37.2%
45-54	2,738	16.2%	2,705	1,813	925	51.0%
55-59	1,061	6.3%	1,050	700	361	51.6%
60-64	756	4.5%	712	478	278	58.2%
65 and older	467	2.8%	394	269	198	73.6%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	9,239		8,977	6,203
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	37	0.4%	34	17	20	117.6%
Mining	11	0.1%	18	3	8	266.7%
Utilities	4	0.0%	4	6	-2	-33.3%
Construction	632	6.8%	658	369	263	71.3%
Manufacturing	1,264	13.6%	1,473	832	432	51.9%
Wholesale Trade	421	4.5%	435	281	140	49.8%
Retail Trade	1,040	11.2%	994	626	414	66.1%
Transporation and Warehousing	894	9.6%	913	848	46	5.4%
Information	130	1.4%	148	110	20	18.2%
Finance and Insurance	304	3.3%	252	269	35	13.0%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	102	1.1%	98	79	23	29.1%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	445	4.8%	409	265	180	67.9%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	23	0.2%	19	6	17	283.3%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	857	9.2%	833	529	328	62.0%
Educational Services	330	3.6%	329	233	97	41.6%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	679	7.3%	624	495	184	37.2%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	62	0.7%	57	53	9	17.0%
Accomodation and Food Services	474	5.1%	493	322	152	47.2%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	300	3.2%	259	194	106	54.6%
Public Administration	132	1.4%	136	80	52	65.0%
Information Not Available	1,098	11.8%	791	586	512	87.4%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants New Jersey
	Aug 2008	Percent	Jul 2008	Aug 2007	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	136,987		132,837	115,959
Male	65,265	47.6%	63,897	52,365	12,900	24.6%
Female	71,722	52.4%	68,940	63,594	8,128	12.8%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	136,987		132,837	115,959
Hispanic or Latino	26,000	19.0%	24,825	21,781	4,219	19.4%
Not Hispanic or Latino	99,518	72.6%	96,937	84,595	14,923	17.6%
Information Not Available	11,469	8.4%	11,075	9,583	1,886	19.7%

Race	136,987		132,837	115,959
American Indian or Alaskan Native	455	0.3%	425	395	60	15.2%
Asian	4,234	3.1%	4,248	3,212	1,022	31.8%
Black or African American	30,022	21.9%	28,937	26,228	3,794	14.5%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	805	0.6%	802	682	123	18.0%
White	81,919	59.8%	79,497	68,820	13,099	19.0%
Information Not Available	19,552	14.3%	18,928	16,622	2,930	17.6%

Years of Age	136,987		132,837	115,959
Younger than 22	18,033	8.4%	17,008	12,578	5,455	43.4%
22-24	9,384	4.4%	9,070	7,979	1,405	17.6%
25-34	28,237	13.2%	27,417	24,355	3,882	15.9%
35-44	33,807	15.8%	32,963	28,986	4,821	16.6%
45-54	27,820	13.0%	27,144	23,534	4,286	18.2%
55-59	9,294	4.4%	9,113	8,242	1,052	12.8%
60-64	5,287	2.5%	5,157	4,923	364	7.4%
65 and older	5,125	2.4%	4,965	5,362	-237	-4.4%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	136,987		132,837	115,959
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	127	0.1%	125	99	28	28.3%
Mining	42	0.0%	41	39	3	7.7%
Utilities	127	0.1%	122	115	12	10.4%
Construction	10,156	7.4%	10,750	7,616	2,540	33.4%
Manufacturing	10,734	7.8%	10,561	8,682	2,052	23.6%
Wholesale Trade	6,945	5.1%	6,474	5,851	1,094	18.7%
Retail Trade	14,180	10.3%	13,898	11,936	2,244	18.8%
Transporation and Warehousing	12,022	8.8%	11,160	10,972	1,050	9.6%
Information	2,840	2.1%	2,748	2,358	482	20.4%
Finance and Insurance	5,818	4.2%	5,483	5,053	765	15.1%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	2,072	1.5%	1,985	1,751	321	18.3%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	7,781	5.7%	7,516	5,909	1,872	31.7%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	432	0.3%	461	495	-63	-12.7%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	12,661	9.2%	12,255	11,145	1,516	13.6%
Educational Services	5,827	4.2%	5,576	5,878	-51	-0.9%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	11,496	8.4%	11,085	10,293	1,203	11.7%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	1,287	0.9%	1,229	1,158	129	11.1%
Accomodation and Food Services	12,823	9.4%	12,655	11,867	956	8.1%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	3,075	2.2%	3,020	2,790	285	10.2%
Public Administration	4,699	3.4%	4,436	4,355	344	7.9%
Information Not Available	11,843	8.6%	11,257	7,597	4,246	55.9%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants New Mexico
	Aug 2008	Percent	Jul 2008	Aug 2007	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	12,377		12,847	9,748
Male	6,557	53.0%	6,610	4,857	1,700	35.0%
Female	5,820	47.0%	6,237	4,891	929	19.0%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	12,377		12,847	9,748
Hispanic or Latino	6,233	50.4%	6,758	5,192	1,041	20.1%
Not Hispanic or Latino	5,523	44.6%	5,493	4,187	1,336	31.9%
Information Not Available	621	5.0%	596	369	252	68.3%

Race	12,377		12,847	9,748
American Indian or Alaskan Native	1,440	11.6%	1,447	1,146	294	25.7%
Asian	126	1.0%	138	88	38	43.2%
Black or African American	368	3.0%	355	304	64	21.1%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	27	0.2%	28	22	5	22.7%
White	6,176	49.9%	6,397	4,764	1,412	29.6%
Information Not Available	4,240	34.3%	4,482	3,424	816	23.8%

Years of Age	12,377		12,847	9,748
Younger than 22	408	2.3%	398	322	86	26.7%
22-24	743	4.1%	719	585	158	27.0%
25-34	2,698	15.0%	2,711	2,122	576	27.1%
35-44	3,094	17.2%	3,238	2,439	655	26.9%
45-54	2,847	15.8%	3,070	2,242	605	27.0%
55-59	953	5.3%	1,015	751	202	26.9%
60-64	557	3.1%	578	439	118	26.9%
65 and older	396	2.2%	450	312	84	26.9%
Information Not Available	681	3.8%	668	536	145	27.1%

Industry	12,377		12,847	9,748
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	128	1.0%	203	143	-15	-10.5%
Mining	145	1.2%	139	129	16	12.4%
Utilities	64	0.5%	67	30	34	113.3%
Construction	2,356	18.8%	2,235	1,592	764	48.0%
Manufacturing	698	5.6%	778	809	-111	-13.7%
Wholesale Trade	393	3.1%	344	269	124	46.1%
Retail Trade	1,261	10.1%	1,173	862	399	46.3%
Transporation and Warehousing	509	4.1%	1,008	342	167	48.8%
Information	446	3.6%	422	315	131	41.6%
Finance and Insurance	338	2.7%	294	269	69	25.7%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	226	1.8%	225	167	59	35.3%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	819	6.5%	971	523	296	56.6%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	16	0.1%	23	21	-5	-23.8%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	1,042	8.3%	927	913	129	14.1%
Educational Services	508	4.1%	467	408	100	24.5%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	1,426	11.4%	1,467	1,307	119	9.1%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	273	2.2%	273	236	37	15.7%
Accomodation and Food Services	829	6.6%	876	620	209	33.7%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	297	2.4%	345	241	56	23.2%
Public Administration	574	4.6%	577	521	53	10.2%
Information Not Available	29	0.2%	33	31	-2	-6.5%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Nevada
	Aug 2008	Percent	Jul 2008	Aug 2007	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	39,158		37,153	24,530
Male	22,963	58.6%	21,621	13,474	9,489	70.4%
Female	16,194	41.4%	15,531	11,054	5,140	46.5%
Information Not Available	1	0.0%	1	2	-1	-50.0%

Ethnicity	39,158		37,153	24,530
Hispanic or Latino	7,012	17.9%	6,489	3,706	3,306	89.2%
Not Hispanic or Latino	25,641	65.5%	24,376	16,278	9,363	57.5%
Information Not Available	6,505	16.6%	6,288	4,546	1,959	43.1%

Race	39,158		37,153	24,530
American Indian or Alaskan Native	689	1.8%	694	447	242	54.1%
Asian	1,687	4.3%	1,697	1,122	565	50.4%
Black or African American	4,760	12.2%	4,406	3,250	1,510	46.5%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	710	1.8%	676	378	332	87.8%
White	25,135	64.2%	23,834	15,885	9,250	58.2%
Information Not Available	6,177	15.8%	5,846	3,448	2,729	79.1%

Years of Age	39,158		37,153	24,530
Younger than 22	1,167	1.9%	1,018	670	497	74.2%
22-24	2,098	3.4%	1,943	1,181	917	77.6%
25-34	8,300	13.5%	7,903	4,900	3,400	69.4%
35-44	9,069	14.7%	8,699	5,766	3,303	57.3%
45-54	9,815	15.9%	9,396	6,346	3,469	54.7%
55-59	3,687	6.0%	3,536	2,436	1,251	51.4%
60-64	2,655	4.3%	2,511	1,666	989	59.4%
65 and older	2,295	3.7%	2,083	1,521	774	50.9%
Information Not Available	72	0.1%	64	44	28	63.6%

Industry	39,158		37,153	24,530
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	36	0.1%	30	13	23	176.9%
Mining	202	0.5%	160	96	106	110.4%
Utilities	39	0.1%	35	33	6	18.2%
Construction	8,624	22.0%	7,719	4,734	3,890	82.2%
Manufacturing	1,760	4.5%	1,610	1,083	677	62.5%
Wholesale Trade	1,035	2.6%	1,003	553	482	87.2%
Retail Trade	3,331	8.5%	3,179	1,979	1,352	68.3%
Transporation and Warehousing	1,202	3.1%	1,143	629	573	91.1%
Information	450	1.1%	481	337	113	33.5%
Finance and Insurance	1,061	2.7%	1,034	1,024	37	3.6%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	1,143	2.9%	1,039	614	529	86.2%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	2,053	5.2%	1,855	1,315	738	56.1%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	356	0.9%	359	109	247	226.6%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	5,125	13.1%	5,385	3,209	1,916	59.7%
Educational Services	631	1.6%	604	389	242	62.2%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	1,716	4.4%	1,680	1,271	445	35.0%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	896	2.3%	845	524	372	71.0%
Accomodation and Food Services	6,104	15.6%	5,884	4,039	2,065	51.1%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	640	1.6%	651	432	208	48.1%
Public Administration	671	1.7%	605	576	95	16.5%
Information Not Available	2,083	5.3%	1,852	1,571	512	32.6%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants New York
	Aug 2008	Percent	Jul 2008	Aug 2007	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	205,498		201,044	172,671
Male	102,287	49.8%	101,190	83,501	18,786	22.5%
Female	103,211	50.2%	99,854	89,170	14,041	15.7%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	205,498		201,044	172,671
Hispanic or Latino	33,040	16.1%	31,776	27,974	5,066	18.1%
Not Hispanic or Latino	137,879	67.1%	135,666	116,540	21,339	18.3%
Information Not Available	34,579	16.8%	33,602	28,157	6,422	22.8%

Race	205,498		201,044	172,671
American Indian or Alaskan Native	1,163	0.6%	1,149	1,035	128	12.4%
Asian	6,221	3.0%	6,092	4,558	1,663	36.5%
Black or African American	34,318	16.7%	32,922	28,808	5,510	19.1%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	414	0.2%	414	319	95	29.8%
White	106,492	51.8%	105,792	90,509	15,983	17.7%
Information Not Available	56,890	27.7%	54,675	47,442	9,448	19.9%

Years of Age	205,498		201,044	172,671
Younger than 22	6,716	2.2%	6,685	5,307	1,409	26.5%
22-24	12,420	4.1%	12,562	9,748	2,672	27.4%
25-34	48,042	16.0%	47,213	39,138	8,904	22.8%
35-44	49,460	16.5%	48,715	42,468	6,992	16.5%
45-54	48,364	16.2%	47,158	41,354	7,010	17.0%
55-59	17,929	6.0%	17,258	15,423	2,506	16.2%
60-64	12,528	4.2%	11,932	10,480	2,048	19.5%
65 and older	10,039	3.4%	9,521	8,753	1,286	14.7%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	205,498		201,044	172,671
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	457	0.2%	483	315	142	45.1%
Mining	153	0.1%	190	92	61	66.3%
Utilities	219	0.1%	213	147	72	49.0%
Construction	16,348	7.9%	17,424	12,601	3,747	29.7%
Manufacturing	16,543	8.0%	16,833	13,989	2,554	18.3%
Wholesale Trade	9,200	4.5%	9,291	7,110	2,090	29.4%
Retail Trade	16,677	8.1%	16,770	13,919	2,758	19.8%
Transporation and Warehousing	20,623	10.0%	18,563	21,015	-392	-1.9%
Information	6,720	3.3%	6,790	5,074	1,646	32.4%
Finance and Insurance	13,510	6.6%	13,326	10,550	2,960	28.1%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	3,990	1.9%	4,144	3,457	533	15.4%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	14,614	7.1%	14,405	11,309	3,305	29.2%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	881	0.4%	890	728	153	21.0%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	19,939	9.7%	19,158	14,459	5,480	37.9%
Educational Services	11,362	5.5%	10,296	10,231	1,131	11.1%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	19,790	9.6%	19,061	17,146	2,644	15.4%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	5,135	2.5%	4,763	4,680	455	9.7%
Accomodation and Food Services	15,569	7.6%	15,249	13,510	2,059	15.2%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	5,464	2.7%	5,450	4,870	594	12.2%
Public Administration	5,291	2.6%	5,234	5,029	262	5.2%
Information Not Available	3,013	1.5%	2,511	2,440	573	23.5%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Ohio
	Aug 2008	Percent	Jul 2008	Aug 2007	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	103,608		113,865	79,023
Male	57,252	55.3%	63,766	41,389	15,863	38.3%
Female	45,970	44.4%	49,629	37,360	8,610	23.0%
Information Not Available	386	0.4%	470	274	112	40.9%

Ethnicity	103,608		113,865	79,023
Hispanic or Latino	2,917	2.8%	3,290	2,153	764	35.5%
Not Hispanic or Latino	96,311	93.0%	105,969	73,583	22,728	30.9%
Information Not Available	4,380	4.2%	4,606	3,287	1,093	33.3%

Race	103,608		113,865	79,023
American Indian or Alaskan Native	491	0.5%	508	416	75	18.0%
Asian	612	0.6%	623	410	202	49.3%
Black or African American	18,699	18.0%	19,781	14,842	3,857	26.0%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	107	0.1%	101	85	22	25.9%
White	79,476	76.7%	88,205	60,262	19,214	31.9%
Information Not Available	4,223	4.1%	4,647	3,008	1,215	40.4%

Years of Age	103,608		113,865	79,023
Younger than 22	2,588	1.5%	2,922	2,022	566	28.0%
22-24	5,061	2.9%	5,274	3,950	1,111	28.1%
25-34	22,574	12.7%	24,166	17,804	4,770	26.8%
35-44	26,447	14.9%	29,339	21,146	5,301	25.1%
45-54	28,666	16.2%	32,143	21,750	6,916	31.8%
55-59	10,020	5.7%	11,210	7,419	2,601	35.1%
60-64	5,761	3.2%	6,200	3,891	1,870	48.1%
65 and older	2,491	1.4%	2,611	1,041	1,450	139.3%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	103,608		113,865	79,023
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	127	0.1%	200	188	-61	-32.4%
Mining	168	0.2%	225	145	23	15.9%
Utilities	114	0.1%	153	127	-13	-10.2%
Construction	10,769	10.4%	12,690	9,231	1,538	16.7%
Manufacturing	28,600	27.6%	33,828	17,340	11,260	64.9%
Wholesale Trade	4,639	4.5%	4,756	3,881	758	19.5%
Retail Trade	5,501	5.3%	5,422	4,521	980	21.7%
Transporation and Warehousing	5,046	4.9%	5,628	3,199	1,847	57.7%
Information	1,463	1.4%	1,521	1,216	247	20.3%
Finance and Insurance	3,850	3.7%	3,965	3,188	662	20.8%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	1,441	1.4%	1,551	1,301	140	10.8%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	5,013	4.8%	5,524	4,137	876	21.2%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	368	0.4%	371	258	110	42.6%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	12,039	11.6%	12,501	8,800	3,239	36.8%
Educational Services	2,796	2.7%	2,712	3,016	-220	-7.3%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	8,530	8.2%	8,969	7,640	890	11.6%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	964	0.9%	976	790	174	22.0%
Accomodation and Food Services	4,627	4.5%	4,718	3,737	890	23.8%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	2,868	2.8%	2,895	2,449	419	17.1%
Public Administration	891	0.9%	970	704	187	26.6%
Information Not Available	3,794	3.7%	4,290	3,155	639	20.3%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Oklahoma
	Aug 2008	Percent	Jul 2008	Aug 2007	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	23,103		19,307	13,920
Male	11,187	48.4%	9,217	6,759	4,428	65.5%
Female	11,868	51.4%	10,039	7,110	4,758	66.9%
Information Not Available	48	0.2%	51	51	-3	-5.9%

Ethnicity	23,103		19,307	13,920
Hispanic or Latino	1,523	6.6%	1,398	955	568	59.5%
Not Hispanic or Latino	21,580	93.4%	17,909	12,965	8,615	66.4%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Race	23,103		19,307	13,920
American Indian or Alaskan Native	2,170	9.4%	1,845	1,318	852	64.6%
Asian	218	0.9%	143	104	114	109.6%
Black or African American	3,845	16.6%	3,104	2,155	1,690	78.4%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	26	0.1%	15	5	21	420.0%
White	14,462	62.6%	12,129	8,897	5,565	62.5%
Information Not Available	2,382	10.3%	2,071	1,441	941	65.3%

Years of Age	23,103		19,307	13,920
Younger than 22	444	1.2%	414	340	104	30.6%
22-24	1,083	3.0%	901	768	315	41.0%
25-34	5,093	14.1%	4,365	3,416	1,677	49.1%
35-44	5,562	15.4%	4,670	3,557	2,005	56.4%
45-54	6,349	17.6%	5,258	3,608	2,741	76.0%
55-59	2,159	6.0%	1,788	1,121	1,038	92.6%
60-64	1,421	3.9%	1,123	696	725	104.2%
65 and older	992	2.7%	788	414	578	139.6%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	23,103		19,307	13,920
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	67	0.3%	52	32	35	109.4%
Mining	584	2.5%	422	392	192	49.0%
Utilities	63	0.3%	52	89	-26	-29.2%
Construction	1,666	7.2%	1,455	1,035	631	61.0%
Manufacturing	3,889	16.8%	2,986	2,023	1,866	92.2%
Wholesale Trade	761	3.3%	676	567	194	34.2%
Retail Trade	2,150	9.3%	1,748	1,344	806	60.0%
Transporation and Warehousing	589	2.5%	497	304	285	93.8%
Information	806	3.5%	679	510	296	58.0%
Finance and Insurance	941	4.1%	813	479	462	96.5%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	474	2.0%	363	338	136	40.2%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	1,211	5.2%	1,039	720	491	68.2%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	87	0.4%	46	32	55	171.9%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	3,232	13.9%	2,758	1,747	1,485	85.0%
Educational Services	697	3.0%	611	459	238	51.9%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	2,048	8.8%	1,772	1,363	685	50.3%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	310	1.3%	275	246	64	26.0%
Accomodation and Food Services	941	4.1%	702	607	334	55.0%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	770	3.3%	695	501	269	53.7%
Public Administration	940	4.1%	915	591	349	59.1%
Information Not Available	877	3.8%	751	541	336	62.1%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Oregon
	Aug 2008	Percent	Jul 2008	Aug 2007	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	53,716		54,500	37,195
Male	30,178	56.2%	31,158	19,079	11,099	58.2%
Female	23,535	43.8%	23,340	18,111	5,424	29.9%
Information Not Available	3	0.0%	2	5	-2	-40.0%

Ethnicity	53,716		54,500	37,195
Hispanic or Latino	4,323	8.0%	4,697	2,795	1,528	54.7%
Not Hispanic or Latino	41,264	76.8%	41,798	28,132	13,132	46.7%
Information Not Available	8,129	15.1%	8,005	6,268	1,861	29.7%

Race	53,716		54,500	37,195
American Indian or Alaskan Native	427	0.8%	458	321	106	33.0%
Asian	688	1.3%	619	538	150	27.9%
Black or African American	602	1.1%	563	568	34	6.0%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	303	0.6%	277	192	111	57.8%
White	21,826	40.6%	22,727	16,083	5,743	35.7%
Information Not Available	29,870	55.6%	29,856	19,493	10,377	53.2%

Years of Age	53,716		54,500	37,195
Younger than 22	1,542	2.1%	1,450	1,039	503	48.4%
22-24	3,078	4.3%	3,011	2,136	942	44.1%
25-34	12,713	17.6%	12,788	8,731	3,982	45.6%
35-44	12,699	17.6%	12,983	8,859	3,840	43.3%
45-54	13,316	18.4%	13,836	9,583	3,733	39.0%
55-59	5,299	7.3%	5,365	3,482	1,817	52.2%
60-64	3,283	4.5%	3,299	2,159	1,124	52.1%
65 and older	1,786	2.5%	1,768	1,206	580	48.1%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	53,716		54,500	37,195
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	1,236	2.2%	1,167	747	489	65.5%
Mining	135	0.2%	174	60	75	125.0%
Utilities	64	0.1%	51	76	-12	-15.8%
Construction	7,068	12.9%	7,378	3,785	3,283	86.7%
Manufacturing	8,713	15.9%	10,167	5,494	3,219	58.6%
Wholesale Trade	2,161	3.9%	2,105	1,550	611	39.4%
Retail Trade	5,934	10.8%	5,962	4,127	1,807	43.8%
Transporation and Warehousing	2,312	4.2%	2,331	1,833	479	26.1%
Information	1,107	2.0%	1,073	789	318	40.3%
Finance and Insurance	1,954	3.6%	1,926	1,659	295	17.8%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	923	1.7%	869	674	249	36.9%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	2,106	3.8%	2,031	1,348	758	56.2%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	201	0.4%	151	126	75	59.5%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	4,810	8.8%	4,766	3,350	1,460	43.6%
Educational Services	966	1.8%	1,000	782	184	23.5%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	4,908	8.9%	4,792	3,865	1,043	27.0%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	544	1.0%	551	458	86	18.8%
Accomodation and Food Services	3,749	6.8%	3,699	2,760	989	35.8%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	1,428	2.6%	1,373	1,015	413	40.7%
Public Administration	1,028	1.9%	1,063	1,015	13	1.3%
Information Not Available	2,369	4.3%	1,871	1,682	687	40.8%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Pennsylvania
	Aug 2008	Percent	Jul 2008	Aug 2007	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	185,110		185,440	153,129
Male	93,603	50.6%	93,232	75,748	17,855	23.6%
Female	91,507	49.4%	92,208	77,381	14,126	18.3%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	185,110		185,440	153,129
Hispanic or Latino	8,595	4.6%	10,618	6,312	2,283	36.2%
Not Hispanic or Latino	173,580	93.8%	170,631	141,375	32,205	22.8%
Information Not Available	2,935	1.6%	4,191	5,442	-2,507	-46.1%

Race	185,110		185,440	153,129
American Indian or Alaskan Native	419	0.2%	93	0	419	0.0%
Asian	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
Black or African American	31,131	16.8%	26,451	26,664	4,467	16.8%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
White	140,143	75.7%	142,037	113,296	26,847	23.7%
Information Not Available	13,417	7.2%	16,858	13,169	248	1.9%

Years of Age	185,110		185,440	153,129
Younger than 22	7,023	2.2%	5,402	18,393	-11,370	-61.8%
22-24	7,442	2.4%	6,799	8,163	-721	-8.8%
25-34	39,307	12.5%	36,417	31,126	8,181	26.3%
35-44	46,434	14.8%	37,162	41,466	4,968	12.0%
45-54	40,984	13.1%	50,017	30,256	10,728	35.5%
55-59	16,981	5.4%	19,839	8,380	8,601	102.6%
60-64	11,216	3.6%	13,598	3,700	7,516	203.1%
65 and older	12,683	4.0%	10,804	3,047	9,636	316.2%
Information Not Available	3,040	1.0%	5,402	8,598	-5,558	-64.6%

Industry	185,110		185,440	153,129
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	419	0.2%	186	0	419	0.0%
Mining	524	0.3%	373	218	306	140.4%
Utilities	210	0.1%	186	109	101	92.7%
Construction	14,465	7.8%	16,020	13,931	534	3.8%
Manufacturing	27,880	15.0%	30,176	18,501	9,379	50.7%
Wholesale Trade	4,822	2.6%	5,961	5,115	-293	-5.7%
Retail Trade	17,085	9.2%	12,667	14,257	2,828	19.8%
Transporation and Warehousing	19,287	10.4%	18,628	19,154	133	0.7%
Information	3,354	1.8%	4,098	2,939	415	14.1%
Finance and Insurance	5,346	2.9%	6,799	4,353	993	22.8%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	2,411	1.3%	1,025	1,850	561	30.3%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	6,918	3.7%	8,196	6,857	61	0.9%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	629	0.3%	373	2,177	-1,548	-71.1%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	13,836	7.5%	14,250	13,931	-95	-0.7%
Educational Services	5,660	3.1%	3,726	4,245	1,415	33.3%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	18,134	9.8%	16,020	17,630	504	2.9%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	1,363	0.7%	3,167	1,415	-52	-3.7%
Accomodation and Food Services	16,771	9.0%	15,275	12,081	4,690	38.8%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	3,669	2.0%	2,794	2,721	948	34.8%
Public Administration	2,935	1.6%	1,490	1,850	1,085	58.6%
Information Not Available	19,392	10.5%	24,030	9,795	9,597	98.0%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Puerto Rico
	Aug 2008	Percent	Jul 2008	Aug 2007	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	42,526		44,904	37,795
Male	22,197	52.2%	22,780	19,496	2,701	13.9%
Female	20,329	47.8%	22,123	18,299	2,030	11.1%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	1	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	42,526		44,904	37,795
Hispanic or Latino	41,565	97.7%	43,767	36,892	4,673	12.7%
Not Hispanic or Latino	445	1.0%	594	261	184	70.5%
Information Not Available	516	1.2%	543	642	-126	-19.6%

Race	42,526		44,904	37,795
American Indian or Alaskan Native	834	2.0%	769	1,170	-336	-28.7%
Asian	52	0.1%	56	129	-77	-59.7%
Black or African American	2,647	6.2%	3,196	3,363	-716	-21.3%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	89	0.2%	65	37	52	140.5%
White	8,471	19.9%	8,754	9,631	-1,160	-12.0%
Information Not Available	30,433	71.6%	32,064	23,465	6,968	29.7%

Years of Age	42,526		44,904	37,795
Younger than 22	2,455	4.9%	2,515	2,095	360	17.2%
22-24	4,136	8.3%	4,327	3,677	459	12.5%
25-34	14,196	28.6%	14,876	12,941	1,255	9.7%
35-44	10,261	20.7%	10,899	9,242	1,019	11.0%
45-54	7,238	14.6%	7,764	6,181	1,057	17.1%
55-59	2,319	4.7%	2,495	1,966	353	18.0%
60-64	1,332	2.7%	1,427	1,226	106	8.6%
65 and older	589	1.2%	601	467	122	26.1%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	42,526		44,904	37,795
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
Mining	58	0.1%	55	47	11	23.4%
Utilities	955	2.2%	1,213	1,027	-72	-7.0%
Construction	5,481	12.9%	5,465	5,267	214	4.1%
Manufacturing	4,903	11.5%	4,849	4,583	320	7.0%
Wholesale Trade	7,628	17.9%	7,759	6,800	828	12.2%
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	1,192	2.8%	1,144	1,161	31	2.7%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
Educational Services	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
Accomodation and Food Services	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	10,989	25.8%	12,876	10,929	60	0.5%
Public Administration	4,944	11.6%	4,802	4,305	639	14.8%
Information Not Available	6,376	15.0%	6,741	3,676	2,700	73.4%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Rhode Island
	Aug 2008	Percent	Jul 2008	Aug 2007	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	16,079		15,910	13,781
Male	7,056	43.9%	7,084	5,780	1,276	22.1%
Female	9,023	56.1%	8,826	8,001	1,022	12.8%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	16,079		15,910	13,781
Hispanic or Latino	2,365	14.7%	2,314	1,851	514	27.8%
Not Hispanic or Latino	9,810	61.0%	9,644	8,300	1,510	18.2%
Information Not Available	3,904	24.3%	3,952	3,630	274	7.5%

Race	16,079		15,910	13,781
American Indian or Alaskan Native	102	0.6%	91	75	27	36.0%
Asian	248	1.5%	254	196	52	26.5%
Black or African American	806	5.0%	779	640	166	25.9%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	38	0.2%	60	52	-14	-26.9%
White	11,569	72.0%	11,425	9,628	1,941	20.2%
Information Not Available	3,316	20.6%	3,301	3,190	126	3.9%

Years of Age	16,079		15,910	13,781
Younger than 22	421	1.6%	423	297	124	41.8%
22-24	754	2.8%	769	608	146	24.0%
25-34	3,071	11.6%	3,161	2,683	388	14.5%
35-44	3,842	14.5%	3,814	3,420	422	12.3%
45-54	4,215	15.9%	4,209	3,680	535	14.5%
55-59	1,615	6.1%	1,498	1,285	330	25.7%
60-64	1,157	4.4%	1,043	909	248	27.3%
65 and older	1,004	3.8%	993	899	105	11.7%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	16,079		15,910	13,781
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	17	0.1%	18	27	-10	-37.0%
Mining	15	0.1%	8	7	8	114.3%
Utilities	23	0.1%	23	6	17	283.3%
Construction	1,405	8.7%	1,520	1,092	313	28.7%
Manufacturing	2,129	13.2%	2,248	1,818	311	17.1%
Wholesale Trade	543	3.4%	543	445	98	22.0%
Retail Trade	1,453	9.0%	1,501	1,154	299	25.9%
Transporation and Warehousing	1,449	9.0%	1,315	1,376	73	5.3%
Information	249	1.5%	189	157	92	58.6%
Finance and Insurance	842	5.2%	797	891	-49	-5.5%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	287	1.8%	292	250	37	14.8%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	683	4.2%	764	563	120	21.3%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	64	0.4%	36	79	-15	-19.0%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	1,199	7.4%	1,209	957	242	25.3%
Educational Services	670	4.2%	547	694	-24	-3.5%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	1,709	10.6%	1,720	1,425	284	19.9%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	299	1.9%	249	208	91	43.8%
Accomodation and Food Services	1,820	11.3%	1,737	1,626	194	11.9%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	567	3.5%	511	422	145	34.4%
Public Administration	248	1.5%	219	238	10	4.2%
Information Not Available	408	2.5%	464	346	62	17.9%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants South Carolina
	Aug 2008	Percent	Jul 2008	Aug 2007	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	57,412		57,111	38,792
Male	28,833	50.2%	28,508	18,439	10,394	56.4%
Female	28,579	49.8%	28,603	20,353	8,226	40.4%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	57,412		57,111	38,792
Hispanic or Latino	1,191	2.1%	1,065	731	460	62.9%
Not Hispanic or Latino	49,211	85.7%	46,186	33,225	15,986	48.1%
Information Not Available	7,010	12.2%	9,860	4,836	2,174	45.0%

Race	57,412		57,111	38,792
American Indian or Alaskan Native	395	0.7%	417	234	161	68.8%
Asian	274	0.5%	276	171	103	60.2%
Black or African American	28,508	49.7%	29,021	20,202	8,306	41.1%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	141	0.2%	159	73	68	93.2%
White	27,134	47.3%	26,140	17,409	9,725	55.9%
Information Not Available	960	1.7%	1,098	703	257	36.6%

Years of Age	57,412		57,111	38,792
Younger than 22	2,696	3.3%	2,152	1,676	1,020	60.9%
22-24	2,269	2.8%	1,966	1,463	806	55.1%
25-34	13,094	16.0%	12,061	8,581	4,513	52.6%
35-44	12,105	14.8%	11,316	8,361	3,744	44.8%
45-54	12,005	14.7%	11,498	8,622	3,383	39.2%
55-59	4,248	5.2%	4,200	2,968	1,280	43.1%
60-64	2,867	3.5%	2,844	1,935	932	48.2%
65 and older	1,737	2.1%	1,704	1,058	679	64.2%
Information Not Available	6,391	7.8%	9,370	4,128	2,263	54.8%

Industry	57,412		57,111	38,792
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	322	0.6%	336	236	86	36.4%
Mining	59	0.1%	59	27	32	118.5%
Utilities	83	0.1%	69	57	26	45.6%
Construction	6,299	10.9%	5,886	3,618	2,681	74.1%
Manufacturing	10,274	17.8%	12,036	7,892	2,382	30.2%
Wholesale Trade	2,417	4.2%	2,448	1,695	722	42.6%
Retail Trade	6,123	10.6%	5,650	3,828	2,295	60.0%
Transporation and Warehousing	1,805	3.1%	1,749	1,207	598	49.5%
Information	688	1.2%	664	435	253	58.2%
Finance and Insurance	1,585	2.7%	1,542	1,078	507	47.0%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	1,019	1.8%	956	509	510	100.2%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	1,916	3.3%	1,882	1,213	703	58.0%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	134	0.2%	104	195	-61	-31.3%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	8,011	13.9%	7,284	5,405	2,606	48.2%
Educational Services	1,012	1.8%	961	668	344	51.5%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	3,580	6.2%	3,541	2,479	1,101	44.4%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	424	0.7%	375	317	107	33.8%
Accomodation and Food Services	4,743	8.2%	4,492	3,209	1,534	47.8%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	1,429	2.5%	1,697	1,182	247	20.9%
Public Administration	801	1.4%	703	584	217	37.2%
Information Not Available	4,688	8.1%	4,677	2,958	1,730	58.5%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants South Dakota
	Aug 2008	Percent	Jul 2008	Aug 2007	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	1,354		1,591	1,330
Male	543	40.1%	616	499	44	8.8%
Female	811	59.9%	975	831	-20	-2.4%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	1,354		1,591	1,330
Hispanic or Latino	29	2.1%	32	26	3	11.5%
Not Hispanic or Latino	1,283	94.8%	1,413	1,197	86	7.2%
Information Not Available	42	3.1%	146	107	-65	-60.7%

Race	1,354		1,591	1,330
American Indian or Alaskan Native	315	23.3%	364	311	4	1.3%
Asian	0	0.0%	6	5	-5	-100.0%
Black or African American	18	1.3%	29	24	-6	-25.0%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0	0.0%	0	1	-1	-100.0%
White	936	69.1%	1,063	898	38	4.2%
Information Not Available	85	6.3%	129	91	-6	-6.6%

Years of Age	1,354		1,591	1,330
Younger than 22	18	0.8%	23	33	-15	-45.5%
22-24	52	2.4%	53	39	13	33.3%
25-34	241	11.1%	295	269	-28	-10.4%
35-44	308	14.2%	360	288	20	6.9%
45-54	396	18.2%	473	401	-5	-1.2%
55-59	160	7.4%	172	168	-8	-4.8%
60-64	114	5.2%	138	132	-18	-13.6%
65 and older	65	3.0%	77	0	65	0.0%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	1,354		1,591	1,330
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	6	0.4%	14	11	-5	-45.5%
Mining	0	0.0%	6	0	0	0.0%
Utilities	2	0.1%	3	0	2	0.0%
Construction	88	6.5%	94	91	-3	-3.3%
Manufacturing	174	12.8%	181	155	19	12.3%
Wholesale Trade	57	4.2%	71	34	23	67.6%
Retail Trade	138	10.1%	136	132	6	4.5%
Transporation and Warehousing	20	1.5%	31	33	-13	-39.4%
Information	18	1.3%	28	19	-1	-5.3%
Finance and Insurance	71	5.2%	69	43	28	65.1%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	13	1.0%	17	29	-16	-55.2%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	48	3.5%	56	41	7	17.1%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	3	0.2%	1	4	-1	-25.0%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	69	5.1%	73	51	18	35.3%
Educational Services	88	6.5%	93	90	-2	-2.2%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	153	11.3%	151	128	25	19.5%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	32	2.4%	46	28	4	14.3%
Accomodation and Food Services	161	11.8%	185	150	11	7.3%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	22	1.6%	46	54	-32	-59.3%
Public Administration	187	13.8%	214	188	-1	-0.5%
Information Not Available	4	0.3%	76	49	-45	-91.8%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Tennessee
	Aug 2008	Percent	Jul 2008	Aug 2007	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	49,387		56,943	40,385
Male	24,947	50.5%	29,024	20,822	4,125	19.8%
Female	24,440	49.5%	27,919	19,563	4,877	24.9%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	49,387		56,943	40,385
Hispanic or Latino	595	1.2%	597	530	65	12.3%
Not Hispanic or Latino	48,792	98.8%	56,346	39,855	8,937	22.4%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Race	49,387		56,943	40,385
American Indian or Alaskan Native	108	0.2%	109	93	15	16.1%
Asian	671	1.4%	2,259	623	48	7.7%
Black or African American	13,691	27.7%	17,123	11,442	2,249	19.7%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	262	0.5%	237	185	77	41.6%
White	34,131	69.1%	36,663	27,574	6,557	23.8%
Information Not Available	524	1.1%	552	468	56	12.0%

Years of Age	49,387		56,943	40,385
Younger than 22	931	1.2%	1,070	853	78	9.1%
22-24	1,993	2.5%	2,288	1,654	339	20.5%
25-34	9,768	12.3%	11,813	7,546	2,222	29.4%
35-44	11,286	14.2%	13,673	9,349	1,937	20.7%
45-54	12,736	16.1%	15,099	11,635	1,101	9.5%
55-59	5,191	6.5%	5,814	4,146	1,045	25.2%
60-64	4,240	5.3%	4,257	2,860	1,380	48.3%
65 and older	3,140	4.0%	2,700	1,701	1,439	84.6%
Information Not Available	102	0.1%	229	641	-539	-84.1%

Industry	49,387		56,943	40,385
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	149	0.3%	86	108	41	38.0%
Mining	92	0.2%	80	72	20	27.8%
Utilities	62	0.1%	65	63	-1	-1.6%
Construction	4,161	8.4%	4,446	2,445	1,716	70.2%
Manufacturing	12,549	25.3%	13,109	9,625	2,924	30.4%
Wholesale Trade	2,614	5.3%	2,619	4,799	-2,185	-45.5%
Retail Trade	4,565	9.2%	4,733	3,315	1,250	37.7%
Transporation and Warehousing	1,665	3.4%	2,580	1,187	478	40.3%
Information	845	1.7%	826	524	321	61.3%
Finance and Insurance	1,569	3.2%	1,573	1,185	384	32.4%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	733	1.5%	691	625	108	17.3%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	2,198	4.4%	2,299	1,711	487	28.5%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	178	0.4%	223	95	83	87.4%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	6,566	13.3%	6,783	5,064	1,502	29.7%
Educational Services	1,159	2.3%	1,204	932	227	24.4%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	3,107	6.3%	4,019	2,576	531	20.6%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	317	0.6%	319	236	81	34.3%
Accomodation and Food Services	2,497	5.0%	2,705	2,034	463	22.8%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	1,443	2.9%	2,019	1,323	120	9.1%
Public Administration	1,016	2.1%	1,204	853	163	19.1%
Information Not Available	1,902	3.8%	5,360	1,613	289	17.9%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Texas
	Aug 2008	Percent	Jul 2008	Aug 2007	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	122,554		123,203	95,477
Male	61,291	50.0%	61,923	45,906	15,385	33.5%
Female	61,218	50.0%	61,264	49,569	11,649	23.5%
Information Not Available	45	0.0%	16	2	43	2150.0%

Ethnicity	122,554		123,203	95,477
Hispanic or Latino	37,002	30.2%	35,923	27,173	9,829	36.2%
Not Hispanic or Latino	74,529	60.8%	73,894	60,417	14,112	23.4%
Information Not Available	11,023	9.0%	13,386	7,887	3,136	39.8%

Race	122,554		123,203	95,477
American Indian or Alaskan Native	540	0.4%	491	415	125	30.1%
Asian	2,094	1.7%	2,217	1,656	438	26.4%
Black or African American	28,418	23.2%	27,745	23,430	4,988	21.3%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	1,660	1.4%	482	102	1,558	1527.5%
White	42,815	34.9%	43,117	34,787	8,028	23.1%
Information Not Available	47,027	38.4%	49,151	35,087	11,940	34.0%

Years of Age	122,554		123,203	95,477
Younger than 22	2,911	1.8%	2,678	2,393	518	21.6%
22-24	5,936	3.7%	5,920	4,824	1,112	23.1%
25-34	30,039	18.9%	29,374	23,379	6,660	28.5%
35-44	32,619	20.5%	32,918	26,214	6,405	24.4%
45-54	30,702	19.3%	31,818	23,718	6,984	29.4%
55-59	10,330	6.5%	10,419	7,760	2,570	33.1%
60-64	6,424	4.0%	6,458	4,626	1,798	38.9%
65 and older	3,553	2.2%	3,610	2,561	992	38.7%
Information Not Available	40	0.0%	8	2	38	1900.0%

Industry	122,554		123,203	95,477
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	1,362	1.1%	1,315	1,145	217	19.0%
Mining	1,282	1.0%	1,289	1,309	-27	-2.1%
Utilities	368	0.3%	336	264	104	39.4%
Construction	14,890	12.0%	15,389	10,333	4,557	44.1%
Manufacturing	11,866	9.6%	15,557	9,820	2,046	20.8%
Wholesale Trade	6,801	5.5%	6,248	4,658	2,143	46.0%
Retail Trade	8,824	7.1%	8,838	7,114	1,710	24.0%
Transporation and Warehousing	5,038	4.1%	6,585	3,096	1,942	62.7%
Information	3,684	3.0%	3,694	2,564	1,120	43.7%
Finance and Insurance	6,707	5.4%	6,494	5,283	1,424	27.0%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	2,483	2.0%	2,495	1,964	519	26.4%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	9,010	7.3%	8,713	7,569	1,441	19.0%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	601	0.5%	533	429	172	40.1%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	16,147	13.0%	14,407	11,933	4,214	35.3%
Educational Services	2,985	2.4%	2,888	2,656	329	12.4%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	10,527	8.5%	10,694	9,018	1,509	16.7%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	843	0.7%	809	639	204	31.9%
Accomodation and Food Services	5,613	4.5%	5,124	4,535	1,078	23.8%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	2,764	2.2%	2,731	2,423	341	14.1%
Public Administration	1,655	1.3%	1,741	1,483	172	11.6%
Information Not Available	9,104	7.3%	7,323	7,242	1,862	25.7%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Utah
	Aug 2008	Percent	Jul 2008	Aug 2007	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	13,246		12,960	7,334
Male	7,482	56.5%	7,208	3,526	3,956	112.2%
Female	5,638	42.6%	5,587	3,730	1,908	51.2%
Information Not Available	126	1.0%	165	78	48	61.5%

Ethnicity	13,246		12,960	7,334
Hispanic or Latino	1,170	8.8%	1,144	561	609	108.6%
Not Hispanic or Latino	9,462	71.4%	9,076	5,458	4,004	73.4%
Information Not Available	2,614	19.7%	2,740	1,315	1,299	98.8%

Race	13,246		12,960	7,334
American Indian or Alaskan Native	426	3.2%	455	246	180	73.2%
Asian	235	1.8%	215	146	89	61.0%
Black or African American	237	1.8%	203	143	94	65.7%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	195	1.5%	163	89	106	119.1%
White	9,278	70.0%	9,003	5,433	3,845	70.8%
Information Not Available	2,875	21.7%	2,921	1,277	1,598	125.1%

Years of Age	13,246		12,960	7,334
Younger than 22	579	2.6%	525	266	313	117.7%
22-24	931	4.2%	899	497	434	87.3%
25-34	3,663	16.7%	3,677	2,015	1,648	81.8%
35-44	3,178	14.5%	3,077	1,865	1,313	70.4%
45-54	3,057	13.9%	3,012	1,709	1,348	78.9%
55-59	1,046	4.8%	1,006	582	464	79.7%
60-64	574	2.6%	560	290	284	97.9%
65 and older	217	1.0%	203	110	107	97.3%
Information Not Available	1	0.0%	1	0	1	0.0%

Industry	13,246		12,960	7,334
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	32	0.2%	20	13	19	146.2%
Mining	103	0.8%	97	63	40	63.5%
Utilities	12	0.1%	12	7	5	71.4%
Construction	1,908	14.4%	1,908	745	1,163	156.1%
Manufacturing	1,794	13.5%	1,816	985	809	82.1%
Wholesale Trade	531	4.0%	491	273	258	94.5%
Retail Trade	1,396	10.5%	1,270	647	749	115.8%
Transporation and Warehousing	473	3.6%	462	237	236	99.6%
Information	418	3.1%	386	232	186	80.2%
Finance and Insurance	547	4.1%	525	414	133	32.1%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	269	2.0%	239	147	122	83.0%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	800	6.0%	796	464	336	72.4%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	27	0.2%	38	15	12	80.0%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	1,796	13.5%	1,661	946	850	89.9%
Educational Services	360	2.7%	372	273	87	31.9%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	762	5.7%	818	547	215	39.3%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	125	0.9%	172	79	46	58.2%
Accomodation and Food Services	534	4.0%	525	300	234	78.0%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	195	1.5%	165	123	72	58.5%
Public Administration	282	2.1%	275	171	111	64.9%
Information Not Available	882	6.6%	912	653	229	35.1%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Virginia
	Aug 2008	Percent	Jul 2008	Aug 2007	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	44,076		45,651	35,220
Male	22,925	52.0%	23,729	17,804	5,121	28.8%
Female	21,145	48.0%	21,914	17,412	3,733	21.4%
Information Not Available	6	0.0%	8	4	2	50.0%

Ethnicity	44,076		45,651	35,220
Hispanic or Latino	1,504	3.4%	1,599	1,025	479	46.7%
Not Hispanic or Latino	40,366	91.6%	41,788	32,286	8,080	25.0%
Information Not Available	2,206	5.0%	2,264	1,909	297	15.6%

Race	44,076		45,651	35,220
American Indian or Alaskan Native	1,739	3.9%	1,829	186	1,553	834.9%
Asian	1,033	2.3%	1,078	1,802	-769	-42.7%
Black or African American	17,230	39.1%	17,722	14,492	2,738	18.9%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
White	21,868	49.6%	22,758	16,831	5,037	29.9%
Information Not Available	2,206	5.0%	2,264	1,909	297	15.6%

Years of Age	44,076		45,651	35,220
Younger than 22	971	1.5%	934	798	173	21.7%
22-24	2,329	3.7%	2,268	1,797	532	29.6%
25-34	10,251	16.2%	10,419	8,354	1,897	22.7%
35-44	11,231	17.7%	11,610	8,849	2,382	26.9%
45-54	11,459	18.1%	12,022	9,304	2,155	23.2%
55-59	4,005	6.3%	4,266	3,229	776	24.0%
60-64	2,624	4.1%	2,840	1,939	685	35.3%
65 and older	1,204	1.9%	1,291	949	255	26.9%
Information Not Available	2	0.0%	1	1	1	100.0%

Industry	44,076		45,651	35,220
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	49	0.1%	51	48	1	2.1%
Mining	48	0.1%	57	358	-310	-86.6%
Utilities	18	0.0%	22	20	-2	-10.0%
Construction	2,376	5.4%	2,548	2,043	333	16.3%
Manufacturing	3,898	8.8%	5,343	3,876	22	0.6%
Wholesale Trade	614	1.4%	667	1,149	-535	-46.6%
Retail Trade	1,529	3.5%	1,796	1,806	-277	-15.3%
Transporation and Warehousing	777	1.8%	811	825	-48	-5.8%
Information	341	0.8%	415	545	-204	-37.4%
Finance and Insurance	485	1.1%	515	753	-268	-35.6%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	281	0.6%	319	412	-131	-31.8%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	1,097	2.5%	1,285	1,599	-502	-31.4%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	47	0.1%	60	67	-20	-29.9%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	2,235	5.1%	2,380	2,372	-137	-5.8%
Educational Services	187	0.4%	174	204	-17	-8.3%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	1,338	3.0%	1,616	1,580	-242	-15.3%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	108	0.2%	125	139	-31	-22.3%
Accomodation and Food Services	1,539	3.5%	1,707	1,622	-83	-5.1%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	692	1.6%	787	755	-63	-8.3%
Public Administration	2,236	5.1%	2,495	2,126	110	5.2%
Information Not Available	24,181	54.8%	22,478	12,921	11,260	87.1%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Virgin Islands
	Aug 2008	Percent	Jul 2008	Aug 2007	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	426		425	371
Male	260	61.0%	269	260	0	0.0%
Female	166	39.0%	156	111	55	49.5%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	426		425	371
Hispanic or Latino	130	30.5%	128	122	8	6.6%
Not Hispanic or Latino	294	69.0%	293	246	48	19.5%
Information Not Available	2	0.5%	4	3	-1	-33.3%

Race	426		425	371
American Indian or Alaskan Native	2	0.5%	3	1	1	100.0%
Asian	16	3.8%	13	3	13	433.3%
Black or African American	245	57.5%	251	229	16	7.0%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	2	0.5%	4	3	-1	-33.3%
White	31	7.3%	26	13	18	138.5%
Information Not Available	130	30.5%	128	122	8	6.6%

Years of Age	426		425	371
Younger than 22	9	2.1%	13	9	0	0.0%
22-24	38	9.0%	39	21	17	81.0%
25-34	99	23.5%	95	91	8	8.8%
35-44	90	21.3%	103	98	-8	-8.2%
45-54	102	24.2%	91	85	17	20.0%
55-59	35	8.3%	32	37	-2	-5.4%
60-64	35	8.3%	33	21	14	66.7%
65 and older	18	4.3%	19	9	9	100.0%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	426		425	371
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
Mining	1	0.2%	0	0	1	0.0%
Utilities	0	0.0%	2	1	-1	-100.0%
Construction	139	32.6%	151	151	-12	-7.9%
Manufacturing	43	10.1%	37	21	22	104.8%
Wholesale Trade	8	1.9%	7	9	-1	-11.1%
Retail Trade	35	8.2%	31	15	20	133.3%
Transporation and Warehousing	37	8.7%	35	26	11	42.3%
Information	4	0.9%	1	2	2	100.0%
Finance and Insurance	1	0.2%	3	6	-5	-83.3%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	13	3.1%	6	6	7	116.7%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	6	1.4%	8	4	2	50.0%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	6	1.4%	4	8	-2	-25.0%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	13	3.1%	11	8	5	62.5%
Educational Services	6	1.4%	4	3	3	100.0%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	5	1.2%	8	10	-5	-50.0%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	4	0.9%	3	4	0	0.0%
Accomodation and Food Services	39	9.2%	40	24	15	62.5%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	41	9.6%	47	44	-3	-6.8%
Public Administration	5	1.2%	6	9	-4	-44.4%
Information Not Available	20	4.7%	21	20	0	0.0%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Vermont
	Aug 2008	Percent	Jul 2008	Aug 2007	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	6,014		6,149	3,935
Male	3,179	52.9%	3,165	1,866	1,313	70.4%
Female	2,835	47.1%	2,984	2,069	766	37.0%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	6,014		6,149	3,935
Hispanic or Latino	15	0.2%	10	9	6	66.7%
Not Hispanic or Latino	1,561	26.0%	1,476	1,074	487	45.3%
Information Not Available	4,438	73.8%	4,663	2,852	1,586	55.6%

Race	6,014		6,149	3,935
American Indian or Alaskan Native	11	0.2%	10	11	0	0.0%
Asian	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
Black or African American	32	0.5%	31	19	13	68.4%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	12	0.2%	5	5	7	140.0%
White	1,521	25.3%	1,440	1,048	473	45.1%
Information Not Available	4,438	73.8%	4,663	2,852	1,586	55.6%

Years of Age	6,014		6,149	3,935
Younger than 22	185	2.6%	170	105	80	76.2%
22-24	290	4.1%	306	156	134	85.9%
25-34	1,170	16.4%	1,208	742	428	57.7%
35-44	1,364	19.2%	1,437	927	437	47.1%
45-54	1,512	21.2%	1,510	1,049	463	44.1%
55-59	688	9.7%	676	456	232	50.9%
60-64	419	5.9%	443	259	160	61.8%
65 and older	386	5.4%	399	241	145	60.2%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	6,014		6,149	3,935
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	54	0.9%	54	24	30	125.0%
Mining	9	0.1%	13	7	2	28.6%
Utilities	9	0.1%	13	3	6	200.0%
Construction	674	11.1%	678	314	360	114.6%
Manufacturing	807	13.3%	739	533	274	51.4%
Wholesale Trade	241	4.0%	238	148	93	62.8%
Retail Trade	701	11.6%	752	447	254	56.8%
Transporation and Warehousing	430	7.1%	437	340	90	26.5%
Information	96	1.6%	74	66	30	45.5%
Finance and Insurance	90	1.5%	110	75	15	20.0%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	79	1.3%	82	48	31	64.6%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	288	4.7%	288	184	104	56.5%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	10	0.2%	7	7	3	42.9%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	316	5.2%	311	183	133	72.7%
Educational Services	275	4.5%	293	206	69	33.5%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	568	9.4%	612	375	193	51.5%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	62	1.0%	61	24	38	158.3%
Accomodation and Food Services	1,009	16.6%	1,086	755	254	33.6%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	149	2.5%	172	109	40	36.7%
Public Administration	147	2.4%	129	87	60	69.0%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Washington
	Aug 2008	Percent	Jul 2008	Aug 2007	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	56,644		55,133	37,639
Male	31,910	56.3%	32,111	19,487	12,423	63.8%
Female	24,734	43.7%	23,021	18,152	6,582	36.3%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	1	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	56,644		55,133	37,639
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	56,644	100.0%	55,133	37,639	19,005	50.5%

Race	56,644		55,133	37,639
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	56,644	100.0%	55,133	37,639	19,005	50.5%

Years of Age	56,644		55,133	37,639
Younger than 22	1,196	2.2%	1,130	713	483	67.7%
22-24	2,706	5.1%	2,624	1,722	984	57.1%
25-34	12,981	24.4%	12,609	8,295	4,686	56.5%
35-44	14,031	26.4%	13,529	9,689	4,342	44.8%
45-54	15,036	28.3%	14,667	10,212	4,824	47.2%
55-59	5,650	10.6%	5,608	3,691	1,959	53.1%
60-64	3,427	6.4%	3,398	2,223	1,204	54.2%
65 and older	1,617	3.0%	1,568	1,094	523	47.8%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	56,644		55,133	37,639
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	56,644	100.0%	55,133	37,639	19,005	50.5%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Wisconsin
	Aug 2008	Percent	Jul 2008	Aug 2007	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	73,420		86,977	59,964
Male	38,289	52.2%	45,863	30,228	8,061	26.7%
Female	35,131	47.8%	41,097	29,736	5,395	18.1%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	17	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	73,420		86,977	59,964
Hispanic or Latino	2,856	3.9%	3,340	2,309	547	23.7%
Not Hispanic or Latino	70,116	95.5%	82,959	57,295	12,821	22.4%
Information Not Available	448	0.6%	678	360	88	24.4%

Race	73,420		86,977	59,964
American Indian or Alaskan Native	866	1.2%	1,000	702	164	23.4%
Asian	910	1.2%	1,122	618	292	47.2%
Black or African American	10,623	14.5%	12,393	9,161	1,462	16.0%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	44	0.1%	61	42	2	4.8%
White	60,529	82.4%	71,723	49,081	11,448	23.3%
Information Not Available	448	0.6%	678	360	88	24.4%

Years of Age	73,420		86,977	59,964
Younger than 22	2,372	1.8%	2,374	2,273	99	4.4%
22-24	4,472	3.5%	4,854	3,880	592	15.3%
25-34	16,466	12.7%	19,017	13,898	2,568	18.5%
35-44	16,745	12.9%	19,339	13,910	2,835	20.4%
45-54	18,714	14.5%	23,063	14,575	4,139	28.4%
55-59	6,801	5.3%	8,369	5,186	1,615	31.1%
60-64	4,582	3.5%	5,663	3,550	1,032	29.1%
65 and older	3,268	2.5%	4,298	2,692	576	21.4%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	73,420		86,977	59,964
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	345	0.5%	513	294	51	17.3%
Mining	59	0.1%	87	48	11	22.9%
Utilities	81	0.1%	104	72	9	12.5%
Construction	6,799	9.2%	8,648	5,636	1,163	20.6%
Manufacturing	18,192	24.7%	22,205	12,987	5,205	40.1%
Wholesale Trade	2,731	3.7%	3,176	2,219	512	23.1%
Retail Trade	6,806	9.2%	8,143	6,049	757	12.5%
Transporation and Warehousing	6,050	8.2%	6,569	5,168	882	17.1%
Information	1,057	1.4%	1,322	935	122	13.0%
Finance and Insurance	1,872	2.5%	2,262	1,907	-35	-1.8%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	712	1.0%	861	594	118	19.9%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	2,261	3.1%	2,715	1,877	384	20.5%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	206	0.3%	261	216	-10	-4.6%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	7,379	10.0%	8,578	5,702	1,677	29.4%
Educational Services	1,439	2.0%	1,583	1,217	222	18.2%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	6,395	8.7%	7,195	5,498	897	16.3%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	852	1.2%	957	708	144	20.3%
Accomodation and Food Services	5,492	7.4%	6,056	4,712	780	16.6%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	1,740	2.4%	1,923	1,403	337	24.0%
Public Administration	1,395	1.9%	1,696	1,283	112	8.7%
Information Not Available	1,557	2.1%	2,123	1,439	118	8.2%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants West Virginia
	Aug 2008	Percent	Jul 2008	Aug 2007	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	13,246		12,688	11,123
Male	7,446	56.2%	7,430	6,708	738	11.0%
Female	5,800	43.8%	5,258	4,415	1,385	31.4%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	13,246		12,688	11,123
Hispanic or Latino	175	1.3%	195	128	47	36.7%
Not Hispanic or Latino	11,143	84.1%	10,773	9,696	1,447	14.9%
Information Not Available	1,928	14.6%	1,720	1,299	629	48.4%

Race	13,246		12,688	11,123
American Indian or Alaskan Native	33	0.2%	36	21	12	57.1%
Asian	22	0.2%	25	19	3	15.8%
Black or African American	604	4.6%	504	441	163	37.0%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	8	0.1%	8	9	-1	-11.1%
White	12,285	92.7%	11,815	10,405	1,880	18.1%
Information Not Available	294	2.2%	300	228	66	28.9%

Years of Age	13,246		12,688	11,123
Younger than 22	363	1.5%	270	242	121	50.0%
22-24	647	2.6%	534	583	64	11.0%
25-34	3,297	13.3%	3,014	2,779	518	18.6%
35-44	3,417	13.8%	3,240	2,977	440	14.8%
45-54	3,341	13.4%	3,425	2,835	506	17.8%
55-59	1,140	4.6%	1,132	999	141	14.1%
60-64	688	2.8%	690	459	229	49.9%
65 and older	353	1.4%	383	249	104	41.8%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	13,246		12,688	11,123
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	101	0.8%	136	49	52	106.1%
Mining	289	2.2%	405	608	-319	-52.5%
Utilities	17	0.1%	21	18	-1	-5.6%
Construction	2,301	17.2%	2,182	2,220	81	3.6%
Manufacturing	1,330	10.0%	1,733	1,023	307	30.0%
Wholesale Trade	408	3.1%	389	310	98	31.6%
Retail Trade	1,621	12.1%	1,243	975	646	66.3%
Transporation and Warehousing	358	2.7%	425	345	13	3.8%
Information	140	1.0%	111	130	10	7.7%
Finance and Insurance	263	2.0%	238	179	84	46.9%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	156	1.2%	156	140	16	11.4%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	472	3.5%	499	427	45	10.5%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	22	0.2%	30	11	11	100.0%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	975	7.3%	794	783	192	24.5%
Educational Services	445	3.3%	264	304	141	46.4%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	1,537	11.5%	1,736	1,390	147	10.6%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	142	1.1%	130	102	40	39.2%
Accomodation and Food Services	750	5.6%	726	611	139	22.7%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	783	5.9%	519	614	169	27.5%
Public Administration	180	1.3%	122	159	21	13.2%
Information Not Available	956	7.2%	829	725	231	31.9%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Wyoming
	Aug 2008	Percent	Jul 2008	Aug 2007	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	1,976		1,971	1,633
Male	1,119	56.6%	1,065	796	323	40.6%
Female	857	43.4%	906	837	20	2.4%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	1,976		1,971	1,633
Hispanic or Latino	211	10.7%	240	174	37	21.3%
Not Hispanic or Latino	1,600	81.0%	1,570	1,312	288	22.0%
Information Not Available	165	8.4%	161	147	18	12.2%

Race	1,976		1,971	1,633
American Indian or Alaskan Native	118	6.0%	126	110	8	7.3%
Asian	4	0.2%	2	7	-3	-42.9%
Black or African American	41	2.1%	39	29	12	41.4%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	4	0.2%	3	4	0	0.0%
White	1,709	86.5%	1,677	1,384	325	23.5%
Information Not Available	100	5.1%	124	99	1	1.0%

Years of Age	1,976		1,971	1,633
Younger than 22	25	0.7%	28	26	-1	-3.8%
22-24	104	2.9%	120	92	12	13.0%
25-34	430	12.1%	389	350	80	22.9%
35-44	432	12.1%	471	390	42	10.8%
45-54	558	15.7%	556	501	57	11.4%
55-59	223	6.3%	218	125	98	78.4%
60-64	123	3.5%	107	87	36	41.4%
65 and older	81	2.3%	82	62	19	30.6%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	1,976		1,971	1,633
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	19	1.0%	2	11	8	72.7%
Mining	112	5.6%	145	149	-37	-24.8%
Utilities	6	0.3%	9	2	4	200.0%
Construction	470	23.6%	424	230	240	104.3%
Manufacturing	76	3.8%	101	79	-3	-3.8%
Wholesale Trade	64	3.2%	47	49	15	30.6%
Retail Trade	163	8.2%	142	144	19	13.2%
Transporation and Warehousing	62	3.1%	64	42	20	47.6%
Information	12	0.6%	34	34	-22	-64.7%
Finance and Insurance	39	2.0%	30	26	13	50.0%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	28	1.4%	36	15	13	86.7%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	65	3.3%	51	53	12	22.6%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	4	0.2%	2	2	2	100.0%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	98	4.9%	115	86	12	14.0%
Educational Services	46	2.3%	40	67	-21	-31.3%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	200	10.0%	222	232	-32	-13.8%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	22	1.1%	11	17	5	29.4%
Accomodation and Food Services	166	8.3%	177	125	41	32.8%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	68	3.4%	54	53	15	28.3%
Public Administration	88	4.4%	89	88	0	0.0%
Information Not Available	168	8.4%	176	129	39	30.2%