Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants

December 2008

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants: Total Claimants December 2008
	Dec 2008	Nov 2008	Monthly Change	Dec 2007	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
United States	4,563,503	3,734,451	829,052	2,753,503	1,810,000	65.7
Alaska	13,937	11,611	2,326	12,936	1,001	7.7
Alabama	57,069	46,517	10,552	27,198	29,871	109.8
Arkansas	46,195	40,617	5,578	31,296	14,899	47.6
Arizona	67,074	59,737	7,337	27,988	39,086	139.7
California	648,712	587,320	61,392	445,001	203,711	45.8
Colorado	41,843	36,289	5,554	24,112	17,731	73.5
Connecticut	62,706	51,785	10,921	38,721	23,985	61.9
District of Columbia	12,118	7,865	4,253	6,493	5,625	86.6
Delaware	10,797	10,797		8,489	2,308	27.2
Florida	243,632	220,235	23,397	124,887	118,745	95.1
Georgia	123,075	106,155	16,920	62,419	60,656	97.2
Hawaii	17,653	15,339	2,314	7,836	9,817	125.3
Iowa	43,985	29,408	14,577	28,167	15,818	56.2
Idaho	31,748	23,820	7,928	16,745	15,003	89.6
Illinois	232,198	162,681	69,517	156,366	75,832	48.5
Indiana	114,918	84,289	30,629	60,705	54,213	89.3
Kansas	29,617	23,439	6,178	20,140	9,477	47.1
Kentucky	56,368	43,443	12,925	30,575	25,793	84.4
Louisiana	38,836	31,202	7,634	19,445	19,391	99.7
Massachusetts	126,437	97,939	28,498	83,850	42,587	50.8
Maryland	65,852	57,414	8,438	39,727	26,125	65.8
Maine	17,364	11,955	5,409	10,487	6,877	65.6
Michigan	226,209	166,214	59,995	148,470	77,739	52.4
Minnesota	87,264	61,318	25,946	60,615	26,649	44.0
Missouri	80,550	65,759	14,791	49,452	31,098	62.9
Mississippi	34,805	28,382	6,423	20,029	14,776	73.8
Montana	10,520	7,242	3,278	5,967	4,553	76.3
North Carolina	151,308	126,759	24,549	78,279	73,029	93.3
North Dakota	5,574	3,003	2,571	4,573	1,001	21.9
Nebraska	19,502	13,603	5,899	10,069	9,433	93.7
New Hampshire	14,181	10,511	3,670	6,686	7,495	112.1
New Jersey	162,919	146,229	16,690	109,014	53,905	49.4
New Mexico	17,093	14,810	2,283	11,197	5,896	52.7
Nevada	60,885	51,028	9,857	30,446	30,439	100.0
New York	281,778	227,992	53,786	176,688	105,090	59.5
Ohio	168,407	124,039	44,368	109,150	59,257	54.3
Oklahoma	31,152	22,864	8,288	15,035	16,117	107.2
Oregon	90,480	76,440	14,040	49,508	40,972	82.8
Pennsylvania	266,069	209,192	56,877	144,001	122,068	84.8
Puerto Rico	36,604	41,709	-5,105	28,985	7,619	26.3
Rhode Island	19,630	14,952	4,678	14,477	5,153	35.6
South Carolina	82,084	68,572	13,512	43,240	38,844	89.8
South Dakota	4,117	2,392	1,725	2,748	1,369	49.8
Tennessee	77,632	64,228	13,404	40,482	37,150	91.8
Texas	170,902	147,291	23,611	97,660	73,242	75.0
Utah	27,717	20,490	7,227	12,046	15,671	130.1
Virginia	68,291	57,266	11,025	37,099	31,192	84.1
Virgin Islands	491	513	-22	412	79	19.2
Vermont	10,458	7,979	2,479	6,747	3,711	55.0
Washington	105,887	86,033	19,854	57,522	48,365	84.1
Wisconsin	123,203	90,507	32,696	81,041	42,162	52.0
West Virginia	20,954	13,943	7,011	15,730	5,224	33.2
Wyoming	4,703	3,334	1,369	2,552	2,151	84.3

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants US Totals
	Dec 2008	Percent	Nov 2008	Dec 2007	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	4,563,503		3,734,451	2,753,503	1,810,000	65.7
Male	2,842,355	62.3%	2,201,649	1,670,156	1,172,199	70.2%
Female	1,716,764	37.6%	1,529,385	1,080,959	635,805	58.8%
Information Not Available	4,384	0.1%	3,417	2,388	1,996	83.6%

Ethnicity	4,563,503		3,734,451	2,753,503
Hispanic or Latino	688,834	15.1%	579,919	443,983	244,851	55.1%
Not Hispanic or Latino	3,280,269	84.7%	2,667,164	1,983,886	1,296,383	65.3%
Information Not Available	594,340	11.5%	487,368	325,634	268,706	82.5%

Race	4,563,503		3,734,451	2,753,503
American Indian or Alaskan Native	48,712	1.1%	40,700	28,411	20,301	71.5%
Asian	113,191	2.5%	99,605	62,211	50,980	81.9%
Black or African American	718,262	15.7%	635,382	448,433	269,829	60.2%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	15,142	0.3%	14,002	9,895	5,247	53.0%
White	2,694,530	59.0%	2,111,041	1,596,983	1,097,547	68.7%
Information Not Available	973,666	21.3%	833,720	607,570	366,096	60.3%

Years of Age	4,563,503		3,734,451	2,753,503
Younger than 22	192,548	4.2%	153,796	117,103	75,445	64.4%
22-24	271,007	5.9%	219,465	164,008	106,999	65.2%
25-34	1,093,888	24.0%	889,089	655,712	438,176	66.8%
35-44	1,108,493	24.3%	905,039	690,910	417,583	60.4%
45-54	1,111,617	24.4%	912,648	664,368	447,249	67.3%
55-59	385,200	8.4%	318,401	224,426	160,774	71.6%
60-64	233,548	5.1%	197,467	135,546	98,002	72.3%
65 and older	143,958	3.2%	120,101	83,450	60,508	72.5%
Information Not Available	23,244	0.5%	18,445	17,980	5,264	29.3%

Industry	4,563,503		3,734,451	2,753,503
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	106,016	2.3%	79,284	92,872	13,144	14.2%
Mining	22,488	0.5%	12,832	13,504	8,984	66.5%
Utilities	8,019	0.2%	6,508	5,629	2,390	42.5%
Construction	708,588	15.5%	487,246	461,459	247,129	53.6%
Manufacturing	724,098	15.9%	586,031	361,016	363,082	100.6%
Wholesale Trade	178,487	3.9%	151,007	96,104	82,383	85.7%
Retail Trade	368,413	8.1%	319,312	209,605	158,808	75.8%
Transporation and Warehousing	145,355	3.2%	119,245	80,610	64,745	80.3%
Information	101,813	2.2%	93,025	69,987	31,826	45.5%
Finance and Insurance	146,497	3.2%	132,689	107,729	38,768	36.0%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	68,064	1.5%	60,072	52,061	16,003	30.7%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	206,941	4.5%	176,568	109,429	97,512	89.1%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	16,996	0.4%	13,358	8,667	8,329	96.1%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	515,690	11.3%	415,200	309,018	206,672	66.9%
Educational Services	77,782	1.7%	74,658	51,380	26,402	51.4%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	227,704	5.0%	219,069	160,909	66,795	41.5%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	82,427	1.8%	63,742	59,997	22,430	37.4%
Accomodation and Food Services	233,058	5.1%	197,720	140,768	92,290	65.6%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	108,952	2.4%	95,253	69,062	39,890	57.8%
Public Administration	66,126	1.4%	57,470	47,966	18,160	37.9%
Information Not Available	449,989	9.9%	374,162	245,731	204,258	83.1%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Alaska
	Dec 2008	Percent	Nov 2008	Dec 2007	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	13,937		11,611	12,936	1,001	7.7
Male	8,856	63.5%	7,055	8,051	805	10.0%
Female	5,081	36.5%	4,556	4,885	196	4.0%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	13,937		11,611	12,936
Hispanic or Latino	615	4.4%	479	578	37	6.4%
Not Hispanic or Latino	13,195	94.7%	11,035	12,249	946	7.7%
Information Not Available	127	0.9%	97	109	18	16.5%

Race	13,937		11,611	12,936
American Indian or Alaskan Native	3,620	26.0%	3,156	3,506	114	3.3%
Asian	941	6.8%	747	969	-28	-2.9%
Black or African American	522	3.7%	453	437	85	19.5%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	155	1.1%	129	127	28	22.0%
White	8,157	58.5%	6,710	7,365	792	10.8%
Information Not Available	542	3.9%	416	532	10	1.9%

Years of Age	13,937		11,611	12,936
Younger than 22	513	2.4%	399	493	20	4.1%
22-24	1,009	4.7%	738	975	34	3.5%
25-34	3,678	17.1%	3,026	3,267	411	12.6%
35-44	3,059	14.2%	2,556	2,914	145	5.0%
45-54	3,542	16.5%	2,996	3,390	152	4.5%
55-59	1,182	5.5%	1,072	1,018	164	16.1%
60-64	620	2.9%	530	563	57	10.1%
65 and older	334	1.6%	294	316	18	5.7%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	13,937		11,611	12,936
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	111	0.8%	72	130	-19	-14.6%
Mining	431	3.1%	345	387	44	11.4%
Utilities	85	0.6%	74	70	15	21.4%
Construction	3,101	22.1%	2,474	2,636	465	17.6%
Manufacturing	1,470	10.5%	1,083	1,493	-23	-1.5%
Wholesale Trade	191	1.4%	157	157	34	21.7%
Retail Trade	1,156	8.2%	993	1,014	142	14.0%
Transporation and Warehousing	784	5.6%	706	754	30	4.0%
Information	128	0.9%	116	118	10	8.5%
Finance and Insurance	189	1.3%	181	218	-29	-13.3%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	212	1.5%	175	235	-23	-9.8%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	374	2.7%	345	335	39	11.6%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	9	0.1%	9	58	-49	-84.5%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	760	5.4%	638	762	-2	-0.3%
Educational Services	280	2.0%	246	316	-36	-11.4%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	810	5.8%	758	840	-30	-3.6%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	279	2.0%	252	152	127	83.6%
Accomodation and Food Services	1,374	9.8%	1,154	1,165	209	17.9%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	334	2.4%	277	345	-11	-3.2%
Public Administration	1,500	10.7%	1,257	1,460	40	2.7%
Information Not Available	359	2.6%	299	291	68	23.4%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Alabama
	Dec 2008	Percent	Nov 2008	Dec 2007	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	57,069		46,517	27,198
Male	32,705	57.3%	25,243	14,217	18,488	130.0%
Female	24,271	42.5%	21,203	12,929	11,342	87.7%
Information Not Available	93	0.2%	71	52	41	78.8%

Ethnicity	57,069		46,517	27,198
Hispanic or Latino	1,264	2.2%	1,151	651	613	94.2%
Not Hispanic or Latino	46,081	80.7%	37,394	21,709	24,372	112.3%
Information Not Available	9,724	17.0%	7,972	4,838	4,886	101.0%

Race	57,069		46,517	27,198
American Indian or Alaskan Native	1,823	3.2%	1,448	770	1,053	136.8%
Asian	717	1.3%	592	321	396	123.4%
Black or African American	21,832	38.3%	18,396	11,872	9,960	83.9%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	109	0.2%	83	59	50	84.7%
White	29,253	51.3%	23,276	12,580	16,673	132.5%
Information Not Available	3,335	5.8%	2,722	1,596	1,739	109.0%

Years of Age	57,069		46,517	27,198
Younger than 22	2,608	3.1%	2,150	1,171	1,437	122.7%
22-24	4,169	5.0%	3,328	1,963	2,206	112.4%
25-34	14,643	17.5%	12,134	6,988	7,655	109.5%
35-44	13,804	16.5%	11,181	6,635	7,169	108.0%
45-54	13,235	15.8%	10,683	6,350	6,885	108.4%
55-59	4,379	5.2%	3,544	2,074	2,305	111.1%
60-64	2,517	3.0%	2,062	1,222	1,295	106.0%
65 and older	1,653	2.0%	1,397	785	868	110.6%
Information Not Available	61	0.1%	38	10	51	510.0%

Industry	57,069		46,517	27,198
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	528	0.9%	434	247	281	113.8%
Mining	214	0.4%	130	88	126	143.2%
Utilities	61	0.1%	48	37	24	64.9%
Construction	6,452	11.2%	4,682	2,816	3,636	129.1%
Manufacturing	16,635	28.9%	12,591	6,908	9,727	140.8%
Wholesale Trade	2,210	3.8%	2,118	928	1,282	138.1%
Retail Trade	5,583	9.7%	4,783	2,627	2,956	112.5%
Transporation and Warehousing	1,885	3.3%	1,411	805	1,080	134.2%
Information	732	1.3%	638	380	352	92.6%
Finance and Insurance	1,365	2.4%	1,309	691	674	97.5%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	691	1.2%	610	355	336	94.6%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	1,965	3.4%	1,689	1,167	798	68.4%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	82	0.1%	56	27	55	203.7%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	5,989	10.4%	4,922	2,947	3,042	103.2%
Educational Services	1,175	2.0%	1,169	665	510	76.7%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	3,331	5.8%	3,171	1,854	1,477	79.7%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	313	0.5%	268	215	98	45.6%
Accomodation and Food Services	3,404	5.9%	2,868	1,816	1,588	87.4%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	1,147	2.0%	1,047	626	521	83.2%
Public Administration	622	1.1%	523	395	227	57.5%
Information Not Available	2,685	4.7%	2,050	1,604	1,081	67.4%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Arkansas
	Dec 2008	Percent	Nov 2008	Dec 2007	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	46,195		40,617	31,296
Male	27,528	59.6%	22,844	18,299	9,229	50.4%
Female	18,666	40.4%	17,758	12,996	5,670	43.6%
Information Not Available	1	0.0%	15	1	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	46,195		40,617	31,296
Hispanic or Latino	1,508	3.3%	1,361	843	665	78.9%
Not Hispanic or Latino	44,685	96.7%	39,240	30,452	14,233	46.7%
Information Not Available	2	0.0%	16	1	1	100.0%

Race	46,195		40,617	31,296
American Indian or Alaskan Native	485	1.0%	404	408	77	18.9%
Asian	346	0.7%	287	204	142	69.6%
Black or African American	12,650	27.4%	11,916	8,553	4,097	47.9%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	387	0.8%	420	257	130	50.6%
White	30,815	66.7%	26,211	21,028	9,787	46.5%
Information Not Available	1,512	3.3%	1,379	846	666	78.7%

Years of Age	46,195		40,617	31,296
Younger than 22	1,974	2.6%	1,596	1,343	631	47.0%
22-24	3,457	4.6%	3,176	2,208	1,249	56.6%
25-34	12,671	16.9%	11,310	8,273	4,398	53.2%
35-44	11,617	15.5%	10,012	7,994	3,623	45.3%
45-54	10,361	13.8%	8,985	7,118	3,243	45.6%
55-59	3,178	4.2%	2,910	2,347	831	35.4%
60-64	1,865	2.5%	1,617	1,139	726	63.7%
65 and older	1,069	1.4%	994	870	199	22.9%
Information Not Available	3	0.0%	17	4	-1	-25.0%

Industry	46,195		40,617	31,296
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	1,028	2.2%	611	918	110	12.0%
Mining	273	0.6%	143	118	155	131.4%
Utilities	87	0.2%	74	69	18	26.1%
Construction	5,038	10.7%	4,160	4,040	998	24.7%
Manufacturing	13,157	27.9%	11,225	7,274	5,883	80.9%
Wholesale Trade	2,015	4.3%	1,803	1,348	667	49.5%
Retail Trade	4,961	10.5%	4,506	3,529	1,432	40.6%
Transporation and Warehousing	1,819	3.9%	1,468	1,133	686	60.5%
Information	403	0.9%	340	247	156	63.2%
Finance and Insurance	640	1.4%	617	483	157	32.5%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	392	0.8%	452	333	59	17.7%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	816	1.7%	680	531	285	53.7%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	124	0.3%	53	42	82	195.2%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	4,501	9.5%	4,186	3,180	1,321	41.5%
Educational Services	1,426	3.0%	1,308	1,015	411	40.5%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	3,643	7.7%	3,803	2,783	860	30.9%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	428	0.9%	430	381	47	12.3%
Accomodation and Food Services	3,601	7.6%	3,117	2,562	1,039	40.6%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	925	2.0%	861	660	265	40.2%
Public Administration	888	1.9%	750	623	265	42.5%
Information Not Available	30	0.1%	30	27	3	11.1%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Arizona
	Dec 2008	Percent	Nov 2008	Dec 2007	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	67,074		59,737	27,988
Male	42,012	62.6%	36,325	15,625	26,387	168.9%
Female	25,046	37.3%	23,395	12,363	12,683	102.6%
Information Not Available	16	0.0%	17	0	16	0.0%

Ethnicity	67,074		59,737	27,988
Hispanic or Latino	18,777	28.0%	17,691	7,810	10,967	140.4%
Not Hispanic or Latino	38,554	57.5%	36,466	20,178	18,376	91.1%
Information Not Available	9,743	14.5%	5,580	0	9,743	0.0%

Race	67,074		59,737	27,988
American Indian or Alaskan Native	4,456	6.6%	3,774	2,144	2,312	107.8%
Asian	1,089	1.6%	929	9	1,080	12000.0%
Black or African American	3,917	5.8%	3,777	1,907	2,010	105.4%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	262	0.4%	134	0	262	0.0%
White	37,189	55.4%	31,118	14,404	22,785	158.2%
Information Not Available	20,161	30.1%	20,005	9,524	10,637	111.7%

Years of Age	67,074		59,737	27,988
Younger than 22	2,495	2.5%	2,093	851	1,644	193.2%
22-24	4,020	4.0%	3,414	1,536	2,484	161.7%
25-34	15,380	15.3%	13,577	6,411	8,969	139.9%
35-44	16,325	16.2%	14,724	6,986	9,339	133.7%
45-54	16,846	16.8%	15,130	7,174	9,672	134.8%
55-59	6,098	6.1%	5,413	2,572	3,526	137.1%
60-64	3,755	3.7%	3,440	1,584	2,171	137.1%
65 and older	2,155	2.1%	1,946	874	1,281	146.6%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	67,074		59,737	27,988
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	580	0.9%	1,585	397	183	46.1%
Mining	328	0.5%	205	84	244	290.5%
Utilities	120	0.2%	107	46	74	160.9%
Construction	13,341	19.7%	10,669	4,694	8,647	184.2%
Manufacturing	5,062	7.5%	4,247	2,077	2,985	143.7%
Wholesale Trade	3,316	4.9%	2,811	1,048	2,268	216.4%
Retail Trade	6,380	9.4%	5,676	2,374	4,006	168.7%
Transporation and Warehousing	1,551	2.3%	1,347	531	1,020	192.1%
Information	865	1.3%	773	350	515	147.1%
Finance and Insurance	2,468	3.6%	2,266	2,018	450	22.3%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	1,625	2.4%	1,361	701	924	131.8%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	3,801	5.6%	3,230	1,388	2,413	173.8%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	215	0.3%	195	84	131	156.0%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	7,876	11.6%	6,765	2,983	4,893	164.0%
Educational Services	1,144	1.7%	1,123	617	527	85.4%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	3,251	4.8%	3,006	1,773	1,478	83.4%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	795	1.2%	667	340	455	133.8%
Accomodation and Food Services	2,695	4.0%	2,392	1,088	1,607	147.7%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	1,601	2.4%	1,448	586	1,015	173.2%
Public Administration	1,681	2.5%	1,552	563	1,118	198.6%
Information Not Available	8,379	12.4%	8,312	4,246	4,133	97.3%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants California
	Dec 2008	Percent	Nov 2008	Dec 2007	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	648,712		587,320	445,001
Male	391,364	60.3%	347,609	262,880	128,484	48.9%
Female	256,770	39.6%	239,424	181,925	74,845	41.1%
Information Not Available	578	0.1%	287	196	382	194.9%

Ethnicity	648,712		587,320	445,001
Hispanic or Latino	247,527	38.2%	212,067	177,510	70,017	39.4%
Not Hispanic or Latino	334,369	51.5%	306,573	220,685	113,684	51.5%
Information Not Available	66,816	10.3%	68,680	46,806	20,010	42.8%

Race	648,712		587,320	445,001
American Indian or Alaskan Native	5,295	0.8%	6,026	2,846	2,449	86.1%
Asian	51,219	7.9%	48,593	30,713	20,506	66.8%
Black or African American	45,057	6.9%	42,758	30,713	14,344	46.7%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
White	232,797	35.9%	209,197	156,413	76,384	48.8%
Information Not Available	314,344	48.5%	280,746	224,316	90,028	40.1%

Years of Age	648,712		587,320	445,001
Younger than 22	28,113	3.3%	23,340	14,130	13,983	99.0%
22-24	40,821	4.8%	37,210	25,709	15,112	58.8%
25-34	159,434	18.8%	141,760	102,149	57,285	56.1%
35-44	157,220	18.5%	144,439	115,494	41,726	36.1%
45-54	158,471	18.6%	145,108	109,410	49,061	44.8%
55-59	52,086	6.1%	48,401	39,447	12,639	32.0%
60-64	31,290	3.7%	28,888	24,826	6,464	26.0%
65 and older	20,411	2.4%	17,887	13,640	6,771	49.6%
Information Not Available	866	0.1%	287	196	670	341.8%

Industry	648,712		587,320	445,001
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	74,807	10.3%	55,575	69,277	5,530	8.0%
Mining	1,733	0.2%	1,339	687	1,046	152.3%
Utilities	2,311	0.3%	2,104	1,668	643	38.5%
Construction	93,292	12.9%	82,837	64,174	29,118	45.4%
Manufacturing	89,056	12.3%	83,318	54,460	34,596	63.5%
Wholesale Trade	16,174	2.2%	14,253	2,748	13,426	488.6%
Retail Trade	58,536	8.1%	54,523	32,283	26,253	81.3%
Transporation and Warehousing	18,774	2.6%	17,600	9,028	9,746	108.0%
Information	39,377	5.4%	36,731	34,246	5,131	15.0%
Finance and Insurance	23,492	3.2%	22,192	17,172	6,320	36.8%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	9,531	1.3%	10,044	15,210	-5,679	-37.3%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	18,389	2.5%	16,166	6,378	12,011	188.3%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	78,946	10.9%	74,993	54,166	24,780	45.7%
Educational Services	17,234	2.4%	15,400	9,126	8,108	88.8%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	28,402	3.9%	28,792	21,293	7,109	33.4%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	9,435	1.3%	7,365	8,537	898	10.5%
Accomodation and Food Services	26,284	3.6%	25,922	16,583	9,701	58.5%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	20,988	2.9%	16,835	11,677	9,311	79.7%
Public Administration	7,510	1.0%	6,313	4,219	3,291	78.0%
Information Not Available	14,441	2.0%	15,018	12,069	2,372	19.7%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Colorado
	Dec 2008	Percent	Nov 2008	Dec 2007	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	41,843		36,289	24,112
Male	25,579	61.1%	20,507	14,358	11,221	78.2%
Female	16,264	38.9%	15,782	9,754	6,510	66.7%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	41,843		36,289	24,112
Hispanic or Latino	7,427	17.7%	6,649	5,205	2,222	42.7%
Not Hispanic or Latino	27,850	66.6%	24,001	15,234	12,616	82.8%
Information Not Available	6,566	15.7%	5,639	3,673	2,893	78.8%

Race	41,843		36,289	24,112
American Indian or Alaskan Native	630	1.5%	547	435	195	44.8%
Asian	658	1.6%	641	497	161	32.4%
Black or African American	2,513	6.0%	2,430	1,402	1,111	79.2%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	150	0.4%	131	77	73	94.8%
White	29,595	70.7%	25,107	16,108	13,487	83.7%
Information Not Available	8,297	19.8%	7,433	5,593	2,704	48.3%

Years of Age	41,843		36,289	24,112
Younger than 22	763	1.1%	628	416	347	83.4%
22-24	1,673	2.4%	1,367	811	862	106.3%
25-34	8,903	12.9%	7,775	4,841	4,062	83.9%
35-44	10,227	14.9%	9,115	6,031	4,196	69.6%
45-54	12,115	17.6%	10,401	7,189	4,926	68.5%
55-59	4,442	6.5%	3,804	2,636	1,806	68.5%
60-64	2,606	3.8%	2,225	1,544	1,062	68.8%
65 and older	1,114	1.6%	974	619	495	80.0%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	25	-25	-100.0%

Industry	41,843		36,289	24,112
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	267	0.6%	247	200	67	33.5%
Mining	455	1.1%	264	228	227	99.6%
Utilities	32	0.1%	33	38	-6	-15.8%
Construction	8,382	19.9%	5,688	5,299	3,083	58.2%
Manufacturing	3,992	9.5%	3,414	2,195	1,797	81.9%
Wholesale Trade	1,939	4.6%	1,741	936	1,003	107.2%
Retail Trade	3,510	8.3%	3,200	1,830	1,680	91.8%
Transporation and Warehousing	1,392	3.3%	1,174	615	777	126.3%
Information	1,298	3.1%	1,216	763	535	70.1%
Finance and Insurance	2,045	4.9%	2,116	1,482	563	38.0%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	1,022	2.4%	943	561	461	82.2%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	3,597	8.5%	3,125	1,688	1,909	113.1%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	382	0.9%	356	271	111	41.0%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	5,306	12.6%	4,710	3,111	2,195	70.6%
Educational Services	774	1.8%	801	560	214	38.2%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	1,884	4.5%	1,915	1,248	636	51.0%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	746	1.8%	753	341	405	118.8%
Accomodation and Food Services	1,924	4.6%	1,966	1,044	880	84.3%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	1,013	2.4%	930	545	468	85.9%
Public Administration	856	2.0%	746	606	250	41.3%
Information Not Available	1,027	2.4%	951	551	476	86.4%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Connecticut
	Dec 2008	Percent	Nov 2008	Dec 2007	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	62,706		51,785	38,721
Male	39,533	63.0%	30,194	23,646	15,887	67.2%
Female	23,173	37.0%	21,591	15,075	8,098	53.7%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	62,706		51,785	38,721
Hispanic or Latino	9,897	15.8%	7,552	6,157	3,740	60.7%
Not Hispanic or Latino	52,809	84.2%	44,233	32,564	20,245	62.2%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Race	62,706		51,785	38,721
American Indian or Alaskan Native	236	0.4%	225	128	108	84.4%
Asian	976	1.6%	873	473	503	106.3%
Black or African American	7,774	12.4%	7,168	5,399	2,375	44.0%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
White	36,295	57.9%	30,017	22,627	13,668	60.4%
Information Not Available	17,425	27.8%	13,502	10,094	7,331	72.6%

Years of Age	62,706		51,785	38,721
Younger than 22	2,450	2.6%	1,991	1,603	847	52.8%
22-24	4,007	4.2%	3,214	2,565	1,442	56.2%
25-34	13,938	14.7%	11,306	8,627	5,311	61.6%
35-44	14,620	15.4%	11,946	9,394	5,226	55.6%
45-54	15,326	16.1%	12,718	9,335	5,991	64.2%
55-59	5,516	5.8%	4,703	3,235	2,281	70.5%
60-64	3,950	4.2%	3,350	2,255	1,695	75.2%
65 and older	2,899	3.0%	2,557	1,707	1,192	69.8%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	62,706		51,785	38,721
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	878	1.4%	475	578	300	51.9%
Mining	50	0.1%	30	27	23	85.2%
Utilities	50	0.1%	50	48	2	4.2%
Construction	10,175	16.0%	6,812	6,300	3,875	61.5%
Manufacturing	8,808	13.9%	7,464	4,427	4,381	99.0%
Wholesale Trade	3,035	4.8%	2,666	1,683	1,352	80.3%
Retail Trade	6,650	10.5%	5,979	4,144	2,506	60.5%
Transporation and Warehousing	1,971	3.1%	1,641	1,134	837	73.8%
Information	1,516	2.4%	1,436	664	852	128.3%
Finance and Insurance	2,825	4.4%	2,655	1,962	863	44.0%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	1,060	1.7%	868	701	359	51.2%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	2,999	4.7%	2,636	1,656	1,343	81.1%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	276	0.4%	281	157	119	75.8%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	8,044	12.7%	5,796	5,067	2,977	58.8%
Educational Services	1,539	2.4%	1,428	1,046	493	47.1%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	4,251	6.7%	4,102	3,221	1,030	32.0%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	2,126	3.3%	1,655	1,316	810	61.6%
Accomodation and Food Services	3,124	4.9%	2,775	2,033	1,091	53.7%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	1,588	2.5%	1,476	1,182	406	34.3%
Public Administration	784	1.2%	741	689	95	13.8%
Information Not Available	957	1.5%	819	686	271	39.5%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants District of Columbia
	Dec 2008	Percent	Nov 2008	Dec 2007	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	12,118		7,865	6,493
Male	5,548	45.8%	3,552	3,087	2,461	79.7%
Female	6,569	54.2%	4,313	3,406	3,163	92.9%
Information Not Available	1	0.0%	0	0	1	0.0%

Ethnicity	12,118		7,865	6,493
Hispanic or Latino	1,362	11.2%	680	726	636	87.6%
Not Hispanic or Latino	10,389	85.7%	6,961	5,529	4,860	87.9%
Information Not Available	367	3.0%	224	238	129	54.2%

Race	12,118		7,865	6,493
American Indian or Alaskan Native	102	0.8%	58	56	46	82.1%
Asian	312	2.6%	162	153	159	103.9%
Black or African American	9,187	75.8%	6,325	5,020	4,167	83.0%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	48	0.4%	28	93	-45	-48.4%
White	2,466	20.3%	1,290	1,126	1,340	119.0%
Information Not Available	3	0.0%	2	45	-42	-93.3%

Years of Age	12,118		7,865	6,493
Younger than 22	327	2.3%	195	177	150	84.7%
22-24	631	4.5%	464	326	305	93.6%
25-34	3,004	21.5%	2,026	1,578	1,426	90.4%
35-44	2,956	21.2%	1,986	1,750	1,206	68.9%
45-54	3,169	22.7%	1,985	1,754	1,415	80.7%
55-59	1,081	7.8%	655	496	585	117.9%
60-64	636	4.6%	364	270	366	135.6%
65 and older	314	2.3%	190	142	172	121.1%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	12,118		7,865	6,493
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	10	0.1%	7	17	-7	-41.2%
Manufacturing	1	0.0%	1	0	1	0.0%
Wholesale Trade	0	0.0%	0	2	-2	-100.0%
Retail Trade	7	0.1%	5	4	3	75.0%
Transporation and Warehousing	0	0.0%	0	2	-2	-100.0%
Information	2	0.0%	3	2	0	0.0%
Finance and Insurance	2	0.0%	1	0	2	0.0%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	1	0.0%	1	5	-4	-80.0%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	20	0.2%	13	12	8	66.7%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	0	0.0%	0	4	-4	-100.0%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	39	0.3%	24	10	29	290.0%
Educational Services	4	0.0%	5	7	-3	-42.9%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	6	0.0%	4	8	-2	-25.0%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	0	0.0%	0	2	-2	-100.0%
Accomodation and Food Services	7	0.1%	2	0	7	0.0%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	5	0.0%	4	5	0	0.0%
Public Administration	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
Information Not Available	12,014	99.1%	7,795	6,413	5,601	87.3%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Delaware
	Dec 2008	Percent	Nov 2008	Dec 2007	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	10,797		10,797	8,489
Male	426	3.9%	5,804	4,321	-3,895	-90.1%
Female	10,371	96.1%	4,993	4,168	6,203	148.8%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	10,797		10,797	8,489
Hispanic or Latino	425	3.9%	405	332	93	28.0%
Not Hispanic or Latino	10,372	96.1%	10,392	8,157	2,215	27.2%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Race	10,797		10,797	8,489
American Indian or Alaskan Native	24	0.2%	22	18	6	33.3%
Asian	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
Black or African American	3,594	33.3%	3,823	3,255	339	10.4%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	39	0.4%	31	32	7	21.9%
White	6,447	59.7%	6,281	4,572	1,875	41.0%
Information Not Available	693	6.4%	641	612	81	13.2%

Years of Age	10,797		10,797	8,489
Younger than 22	391	2.4%	418	2,045	-1,654	-80.9%
22-24	746	4.5%	728	608	138	22.7%
25-34	2,640	15.9%	2,667	1,901	739	38.9%
35-44	2,475	14.9%	2,464	2,124	351	16.5%
45-54	2,546	15.3%	2,556	1,333	1,213	91.0%
55-59	843	5.1%	846	276	567	205.4%
60-64	650	3.9%	617	118	532	450.8%
65 and older	433	2.6%	422	72	361	501.4%
Information Not Available	73	0.4%	79	12	61	508.3%

Industry	10,797		10,797	8,489
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	26	0.2%	25	16	10	62.5%
Mining	1	0.0%	2	0	1	0.0%
Utilities	8	0.1%	12	5	3	60.0%
Construction	1,647	15.2%	1,523	1,055	592	56.1%
Manufacturing	746	6.9%	661	635	111	17.5%
Wholesale Trade	412	3.8%	435	314	98	31.2%
Retail Trade	1,837	17.0%	1,864	1,295	542	41.9%
Transporation and Warehousing	333	3.1%	321	350	-17	-4.9%
Information	200	1.8%	198	135	65	48.1%
Finance and Insurance	709	6.6%	728	601	108	18.0%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	258	2.4%	237	264	-6	-2.3%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	602	5.6%	602	366	236	64.5%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	39	0.4%	37	27	12	44.4%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	1,586	14.7%	1,616	1,196	390	32.6%
Educational Services	177	1.6%	224	188	-11	-5.9%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	690	6.4%	761	673	17	2.5%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	173	1.6%	165	149	24	16.1%
Accomodation and Food Services	910	8.4%	926	863	47	5.4%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	295	2.7%	312	242	53	21.9%
Public Administration	68	0.6%	69	70	-2	-2.9%
Information Not Available	80	0.7%	79	45	35	77.8%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Florida
	Dec 2008	Percent	Nov 2008	Dec 2007	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	243,632		220,235	124,887
Male	141,712	58.2%	127,562	70,877	70,835	99.9%
Female	101,845	41.8%	92,635	53,973	47,872	88.7%
Information Not Available	75	0.0%	38	37	38	102.7%

Ethnicity	243,632		220,235	124,887
Hispanic or Latino	70,950	29.1%	65,541	40,517	30,433	75.1%
Not Hispanic or Latino	159,093	65.3%	141,450	74,324	84,769	114.1%
Information Not Available	13,589	5.6%	13,244	10,046	3,543	35.3%

Race	243,632		220,235	124,887
American Indian or Alaskan Native	1,014	0.4%	908	550	464	84.4%
Asian	2,065	0.8%	1,854	880	1,185	134.7%
Black or African American	43,246	17.8%	40,944	22,770	20,476	89.9%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	3,078	1.3%	2,384	1,247	1,831	146.8%
White	154,175	63.3%	137,590	75,350	78,825	104.6%
Information Not Available	40,054	16.4%	36,555	24,090	15,964	66.3%

Years of Age	243,632		220,235	124,887
Younger than 22	8,409	2.2%	7,152	3,227	5,182	160.6%
22-24	13,327	3.5%	11,390	5,500	7,827	142.3%
25-34	51,992	13.6%	47,415	27,940	24,052	86.1%
35-44	59,012	15.4%	53,167	30,873	28,139	91.1%
45-54	61,190	16.0%	54,188	31,350	29,840	95.2%
55-59	23,875	6.2%	21,948	12,467	11,408	91.5%
60-64	15,316	4.0%	14,455	8,543	6,773	79.3%
65 and older	10,511	2.7%	10,482	4,987	5,524	110.8%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	38	0	0	0.0%

Industry	243,632		220,235	124,887
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	1,201	0.5%	2,043	807	394	48.8%
Mining	263	0.1%	303	37	226	610.8%
Utilities	375	0.2%	378	110	265	240.9%
Construction	33,823	13.8%	29,327	19,433	14,390	74.0%
Manufacturing	18,319	7.5%	15,439	10,047	8,272	82.3%
Wholesale Trade	10,511	4.3%	9,612	5,610	4,901	87.4%
Retail Trade	26,353	10.8%	24,370	11,403	14,950	131.1%
Transporation and Warehousing	5,969	2.4%	5,752	2,640	3,329	126.1%
Information	4,017	1.6%	4,200	2,713	1,304	48.1%
Finance and Insurance	10,999	4.5%	9,536	8,287	2,712	32.7%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	5,443	2.2%	5,222	3,667	1,776	48.4%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	13,777	5.6%	13,358	6,233	7,544	121.0%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	1,952	0.8%	1,551	367	1,585	431.9%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	51,730	21.1%	45,901	22,770	28,960	127.2%
Educational Services	4,505	1.8%	4,881	1,907	2,598	136.2%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	13,927	5.7%	12,412	6,527	7,400	113.4%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	4,692	1.9%	4,049	2,053	2,639	128.5%
Accomodation and Food Services	17,156	7.0%	14,342	6,930	10,226	147.6%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	6,081	2.5%	6,319	3,117	2,964	95.1%
Public Administration	1,614	0.7%	2,006	1,980	-366	-18.5%
Information Not Available	10,925	4.5%	9,234	8,249	2,676	32.4%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Georgia
	Dec 2008	Percent	Nov 2008	Dec 2007	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	123,075		106,155	62,419
Male	70,309	57.1%	58,935	31,989	38,320	119.8%
Female	51,085	41.5%	45,749	29,569	21,516	72.8%
Information Not Available	1,681	1.4%	1,471	861	820	95.2%

Ethnicity	123,075		106,155	62,419
Hispanic or Latino	479	0.4%	644	285	194	68.1%
Not Hispanic or Latino	120,915	98.2%	104,040	61,273	59,642	97.3%
Information Not Available	1,681	1.4%	1,471	861	820	95.2%

Race	123,075		106,155	62,419
American Indian or Alaskan Native	714	0.6%	554	294	420	142.9%
Asian	1,593	1.3%	1,361	743	850	114.4%
Black or African American	55,578	45.2%	49,156	32,122	23,456	73.0%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
White	63,509	51.6%	53,613	28,399	35,110	123.6%
Information Not Available	1,681	1.4%	1,471	861	820	95.2%

Years of Age	123,075		106,155	62,419
Younger than 22	4,709	2.6%	3,782	2,332	2,377	101.9%
22-24	7,107	3.9%	5,991	3,481	3,626	104.2%
25-34	29,375	16.2%	25,107	14,953	14,422	96.4%
35-44	31,048	17.1%	26,785	16,448	14,600	88.8%
45-54	28,337	15.6%	24,451	14,394	13,943	96.9%
55-59	9,043	5.0%	7,841	4,743	4,300	90.7%
60-64	5,420	3.0%	4,756	2,734	2,686	98.2%
65 and older	2,906	1.6%	2,566	1,471	1,435	97.6%
Information Not Available	5,130	2.8%	4,876	1,863	3,267	175.4%

Industry	123,075		106,155	62,419
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	2,884	2.3%	2,838	1,343	1,541	114.7%
Mining	306	0.2%	191	92	214	232.6%
Utilities	177	0.1%	159	135	42	31.1%
Construction	10,786	8.6%	8,547	4,799	5,987	124.8%
Manufacturing	15,493	12.3%	13,289	6,981	8,512	121.9%
Wholesale Trade	7,351	5.8%	6,348	3,525	3,826	108.5%
Retail Trade	9,419	7.5%	8,290	4,778	4,641	97.1%
Transporation and Warehousing	3,516	2.8%	2,869	1,585	1,931	121.8%
Information	2,103	1.7%	1,880	1,255	848	67.6%
Finance and Insurance	2,972	2.4%	2,717	2,238	734	32.8%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	2,324	1.8%	2,072	1,277	1,047	82.0%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	18,605	14.8%	16,114	9,847	8,758	88.9%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	285	0.2%	244	170	115	67.6%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	401	0.3%	328	213	188	88.3%
Educational Services	2,203	1.7%	1,987	1,573	630	40.1%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	4,205	3.3%	4,013	3,084	1,121	36.3%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	5,149	4.1%	4,409	3,094	2,055	66.4%
Accomodation and Food Services	1,102	0.9%	776	606	496	81.8%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	1,170	0.9%	1,136	765	405	52.9%
Public Administration	1,170	0.9%	1,116	700	470	67.1%
Information Not Available	31,454	25.0%	26,832	14,359	17,095	119.1%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Hawaii
	Dec 2008	Percent	Nov 2008	Dec 2007	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	17,653		15,339	7,836
Male	11,185	63.4%	9,686	5,148	6,037	117.3%
Female	6,468	36.6%	5,653	2,687	3,781	140.7%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	1	-1	-100.0%

Ethnicity	17,653		15,339	7,836
Hispanic or Latino	1,067	6.0%	968	436	631	144.7%
Not Hispanic or Latino	13,709	77.7%	11,805	5,903	7,806	132.2%
Information Not Available	2,877	16.3%	2,566	1,497	1,380	92.2%

Race	17,653		15,339	7,836
American Indian or Alaskan Native	134	0.8%	127	74	60	81.1%
Asian	6,167	34.9%	5,121	2,444	3,723	152.3%
Black or African American	286	1.6%	262	186	100	53.8%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	4,267	24.2%	3,837	1,965	2,302	117.2%
White	4,693	26.6%	4,098	2,113	2,580	122.1%
Information Not Available	2,106	11.9%	1,894	1,054	1,052	99.8%

Years of Age	17,653		15,339	7,836
Younger than 22	521	2.4%	441	187	334	178.6%
22-24	1,046	4.9%	892	355	691	194.6%
25-34	4,212	19.7%	3,630	1,855	2,357	127.1%
35-44	4,183	19.6%	3,657	1,996	2,187	109.6%
45-54	4,361	20.4%	3,785	1,942	2,419	124.6%
55-59	1,711	8.0%	1,515	789	922	116.9%
60-64	1,003	4.7%	865	461	542	117.6%
65 and older	616	2.9%	554	251	365	145.4%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	17,653		15,339	7,836
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	389	2.2%	333	241	148	61.4%
Mining	3	0.0%	1	3	0	0.0%
Utilities	9	0.0%	9	4	5	125.0%
Construction	4,760	26.4%	4,169	2,176	2,584	118.8%
Manufacturing	442	2.4%	364	175	267	152.6%
Wholesale Trade	309	1.7%	260	129	180	139.5%
Retail Trade	1,128	6.3%	979	382	746	195.3%
Transporation and Warehousing	784	4.3%	724	251	533	212.4%
Information	202	1.1%	180	330	-128	-38.8%
Finance and Insurance	330	1.8%	261	208	122	58.7%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	415	2.3%	342	136	279	205.1%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	475	2.6%	419	249	226	90.8%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	57	0.3%	60	18	39	216.7%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	2,034	11.3%	1,762	886	1,148	129.6%
Educational Services	113	0.6%	108	52	61	117.3%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	567	3.1%	526	261	306	117.2%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	254	1.4%	200	77	177	229.9%
Accomodation and Food Services	3,115	17.3%	2,459	1,066	2,049	192.2%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	421	2.3%	359	188	233	123.9%
Public Administration	214	1.2%	204	127	87	68.5%
Information Not Available	1,632	9.0%	1,620	877	755	86.1%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Iowa
	Dec 2008	Percent	Nov 2008	Dec 2007	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	43,985		29,408	28,167
Male	30,221	68.7%	17,815	20,186	10,035	49.7%
Female	13,764	31.3%	11,593	7,981	5,783	72.5%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	43,985		29,408	28,167
Hispanic or Latino	1,698	3.9%	1,008	1,449	249	17.2%
Not Hispanic or Latino	28,622	65.1%	19,887	26,352	2,270	8.6%
Information Not Available	13,665	31.1%	8,513	366	13,299	3633.6%

Race	43,985		29,408	28,167
American Indian or Alaskan Native	148	0.3%	104	133	15	11.3%
Asian	264	0.6%	207	125	139	111.2%
Black or African American	1,622	3.7%	1,318	928	694	74.8%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
White	26,588	60.4%	18,258	25,166	1,422	5.7%
Information Not Available	15,363	34.9%	9,521	1,815	13,548	746.4%

Years of Age	43,985		29,408	28,167
Younger than 22	1,084	1.6%	1,159	632	452	71.5%
22-24	2,600	3.8%	1,912	1,659	941	56.7%
25-34	10,654	15.7%	6,754	6,646	4,008	60.3%
35-44	9,595	14.1%	6,538	6,267	3,328	53.1%
45-54	11,231	16.6%	7,517	7,258	3,973	54.7%
55-59	4,172	6.2%	2,678	2,519	1,653	65.6%
60-64	2,736	4.0%	1,723	1,761	975	55.4%
65 and older	1,913	2.8%	1,127	1,418	495	34.9%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	7	-7	-100.0%

Industry	43,985		29,408	28,167
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	280	0.6%	211	159	121	76.1%
Mining	164	0.4%	47	223	-59	-26.5%
Utilities	61	0.1%	57	34	27	79.4%
Construction	9,105	20.6%	4,218	7,786	1,319	16.9%
Manufacturing	13,807	31.2%	9,669	5,603	8,204	146.4%
Wholesale Trade	1,624	3.7%	1,105	939	685	72.9%
Retail Trade	2,627	5.9%	2,156	1,904	723	38.0%
Transporation and Warehousing	1,188	2.7%	774	831	357	43.0%
Information	795	1.8%	729	485	310	63.9%
Finance and Insurance	965	2.2%	890	577	388	67.2%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	351	0.8%	292	259	92	35.5%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	987	2.2%	1,034	631	356	56.4%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	48	0.1%	35	55	-7	-12.7%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	4,075	9.2%	2,777	2,500	1,575	63.0%
Educational Services	449	1.0%	439	274	175	63.9%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	1,546	3.5%	1,470	1,207	339	28.1%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	695	1.6%	548	567	128	22.6%
Accomodation and Food Services	1,730	3.9%	1,533	1,084	646	59.6%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	614	1.4%	502	456	158	34.6%
Public Administration	669	1.5%	516	571	98	17.2%
Information Not Available	2,205	5.0%	406	2,022	183	9.1%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Idaho
	Dec 2008	Percent	Nov 2008	Dec 2007	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	31,748		23,820	16,745
Male	22,500	70.9%	16,010	11,938	10,562	88.5%
Female	9,245	29.1%	7,810	4,807	4,438	92.3%
Information Not Available	3	0.0%	0	0	3	0.0%

Ethnicity	31,748		23,820	16,745
Hispanic or Latino	4,134	13.0%	3,006	2,359	1,775	75.2%
Not Hispanic or Latino	26,569	83.7%	20,033	13,703	12,866	93.9%
Information Not Available	1,045	3.3%	781	683	362	53.0%

Race	31,748		23,820	16,745
American Indian or Alaskan Native	464	1.5%	351	349	115	33.0%
Asian	289	0.9%	235	178	111	62.4%
Black or African American	199	0.6%	163	95	104	109.5%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	92	0.3%	71	45	47	104.4%
White	25,464	80.2%	19,119	13,138	12,326	93.8%
Information Not Available	5,240	16.5%	3,881	2,940	2,300	78.2%

Years of Age	31,748		23,820	16,745
Younger than 22	1,676	3.0%	1,112	444	1,232	277.5%
22-24	2,389	4.3%	1,607	1,018	1,371	134.7%
25-34	8,079	14.5%	5,852	4,079	4,000	98.1%
35-44	7,117	12.8%	5,367	3,696	3,421	92.6%
45-54	7,377	13.2%	5,753	4,216	3,161	75.0%
55-59	2,653	4.8%	2,127	1,600	1,053	65.8%
60-64	1,521	2.7%	1,266	1,000	521	52.1%
65 and older	936	1.7%	736	692	244	35.3%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	31,748		23,820	16,745
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	1,491	4.5%	1,008	1,274	217	17.0%
Mining	337	1.0%	210	158	179	113.3%
Utilities	53	0.2%	44	50	3	6.0%
Construction	7,197	21.7%	4,716	4,013	3,184	79.3%
Manufacturing	5,340	16.1%	4,532	2,158	3,182	147.5%
Wholesale Trade	1,041	3.1%	813	476	565	118.7%
Retail Trade	3,057	9.2%	2,294	1,321	1,736	131.4%
Transporation and Warehousing	810	2.4%	610	486	324	66.7%
Information	347	1.0%	308	160	187	116.9%
Finance and Insurance	613	1.8%	533	379	234	61.7%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	405	1.2%	303	187	218	116.6%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	1,080	3.2%	859	585	495	84.6%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	35	0.1%	38	28	7	25.0%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	3,028	9.1%	2,121	1,556	1,472	94.6%
Educational Services	285	0.9%	252	147	138	93.9%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	1,183	3.6%	1,071	660	523	79.2%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	525	1.6%	420	332	193	58.1%
Accomodation and Food Services	1,377	4.1%	1,073	594	783	131.8%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	594	1.8%	463	243	351	144.4%
Public Administration	537	1.6%	389	434	103	23.7%
Information Not Available	2,413	7.3%	1,763	1,504	909	60.4%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Illinois
	Dec 2008	Percent	Nov 2008	Dec 2007	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	232,198		162,681	156,366
Male	150,597	64.9%	95,780	100,994	49,603	49.1%
Female	81,601	35.1%	66,901	55,372	26,229	47.4%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	232,198		162,681	156,366
Hispanic or Latino	42,033	18.1%	24,593	29,650	12,383	41.8%
Not Hispanic or Latino	190,165	81.9%	138,088	126,716	63,449	50.1%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Race	232,198		162,681	156,366
American Indian or Alaskan Native	895	0.4%	593	575	320	55.7%
Asian	5,586	2.4%	4,093	3,216	2,370	73.7%
Black or African American	49,239	21.2%	40,299	34,567	14,672	42.4%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
White	174,362	75.1%	116,160	116,949	57,413	49.1%
Information Not Available	2,116	0.9%	1,536	1,059	1,057	99.8%

Years of Age	232,198		162,681	156,366
Younger than 22	7,988	2.0%	5,103	4,736	3,252	68.7%
22-24	13,552	3.4%	9,057	8,813	4,739	53.8%
25-34	57,985	14.6%	40,031	39,073	18,912	48.4%
35-44	59,435	15.0%	40,810	41,125	18,310	44.5%
45-54	58,076	14.7%	40,938	39,646	18,430	46.5%
55-59	19,092	4.8%	14,090	12,552	6,540	52.1%
60-64	10,635	2.7%	8,184	6,886	3,749	54.4%
65 and older	5,435	1.4%	4,468	3,535	1,900	53.7%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	232,198		162,681	156,366
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	1,269	0.5%	624	1,088	181	16.6%
Mining	825	0.4%	436	813	12	1.5%
Utilities	241	0.1%	159	181	60	33.1%
Construction	46,028	19.7%	25,053	34,893	11,135	31.9%
Manufacturing	36,604	15.7%	25,705	19,549	17,055	87.2%
Wholesale Trade	11,427	4.9%	8,336	6,780	4,647	68.5%
Retail Trade	18,669	8.0%	14,670	12,442	6,227	50.0%
Transporation and Warehousing	10,289	4.4%	7,544	6,084	4,205	69.1%
Information	4,216	1.8%	3,570	2,604	1,612	61.9%
Finance and Insurance	10,144	4.3%	8,739	7,728	2,416	31.3%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	3,244	1.4%	2,519	2,209	1,035	46.9%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	12,221	5.2%	9,394	7,657	4,564	59.6%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	1,038	0.4%	688	434	604	139.2%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	32,771	14.0%	20,777	22,857	9,914	43.4%
Educational Services	4,228	1.8%	3,707	3,455	773	22.4%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	11,734	5.0%	10,090	8,847	2,887	32.6%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	3,917	1.7%	2,595	3,039	878	28.9%
Accomodation and Food Services	10,474	4.5%	8,091	6,801	3,673	54.0%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	4,948	2.1%	3,918	3,355	1,593	47.5%
Public Administration	3,550	1.5%	2,787	2,665	885	33.2%
Information Not Available	4,361	1.9%	3,279	2,885	1,476	51.2%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Indiana
	Dec 2008	Percent	Nov 2008	Dec 2007	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	114,918		84,289	60,705
Male	76,768	66.8%	52,393	38,605	38,163	98.9%
Female	38,019	33.1%	31,817	22,035	15,984	72.5%
Information Not Available	131	0.1%	79	65	66	101.5%

Ethnicity	114,918		84,289	60,705
Hispanic or Latino	6,680	5.8%	4,420	2,771	3,909	141.1%
Not Hispanic or Latino	85,412	74.3%	62,825	46,877	38,535	82.2%
Information Not Available	22,826	19.9%	17,044	11,057	11,769	106.4%

Race	114,918		84,289	60,705
American Indian or Alaskan Native	522	0.5%	365	287	235	81.9%
Asian	739	0.6%	560	401	338	84.3%
Black or African American	12,746	11.1%	10,802	8,122	4,624	56.9%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	105	0.1%	81	50	55	110.0%
White	93,671	81.5%	67,622	48,777	44,894	92.0%
Information Not Available	7,135	6.2%	4,859	3,068	4,067	132.6%

Years of Age	114,918		84,289	60,705
Younger than 22	4,476	2.2%	2,994	2,072	2,404	116.0%
22-24	6,951	3.4%	4,806	3,632	3,319	91.4%
25-34	28,472	14.0%	20,282	15,099	13,373	88.6%
35-44	28,783	14.2%	20,948	15,749	13,034	82.8%
45-54	28,486	14.0%	21,493	15,072	13,414	89.0%
55-59	9,551	4.7%	7,384	4,648	4,903	105.5%
60-64	5,341	2.6%	4,163	2,757	2,584	93.7%
65 and older	2,858	1.4%	2,217	1,676	1,182	70.5%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	2	0	0	0.0%

Industry	114,918		84,289	60,705
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	349	0.3%	189	231	118	51.1%
Mining	410	0.4%	191	212	198	93.4%
Utilities	83	0.1%	62	168	-85	-50.6%
Construction	18,238	15.8%	9,867	11,494	6,744	58.7%
Manufacturing	39,704	34.4%	29,971	14,525	25,179	173.3%
Wholesale Trade	4,164	3.6%	3,289	1,972	2,192	111.2%
Retail Trade	7,245	6.3%	5,815	4,227	3,018	71.4%
Transporation and Warehousing	4,457	3.9%	2,862	2,812	1,645	58.5%
Information	906	0.8%	846	546	360	65.9%
Finance and Insurance	2,148	1.9%	2,016	1,585	563	35.5%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	1,096	1.0%	930	814	282	34.6%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	2,867	2.5%	2,378	1,467	1,400	95.4%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	458	0.4%	372	131	327	249.6%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	11,057	9.6%	7,638	6,233	4,824	77.4%
Educational Services	942	0.8%	973	665	277	41.7%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	4,183	3.6%	3,977	3,106	1,077	34.7%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	1,480	1.3%	921	1,077	403	37.4%
Accomodation and Food Services	3,503	3.0%	2,849	2,402	1,101	45.8%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	2,072	1.8%	1,656	1,157	915	79.1%
Public Administration	735	0.6%	594	470	265	56.4%
Information Not Available	8,821	7.7%	6,893	5,411	3,410	63.0%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Kansas
	Dec 2008	Percent	Nov 2008	Dec 2007	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	29,617		23,439	20,140
Male	18,840	63.6%	13,856	13,132	5,708	43.5%
Female	10,777	36.4%	9,583	7,008	3,769	53.8%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	29,617		23,439	20,140
Hispanic or Latino	2,077	7.0%	1,484	1,471	606	41.2%
Not Hispanic or Latino	13,067	44.1%	10,926	10,303	2,764	26.8%
Information Not Available	14,473	48.9%	11,029	8,366	6,107	73.0%

Race	29,617		23,439	20,140
American Indian or Alaskan Native	461	1.6%	398	321	140	43.6%
Asian	496	1.7%	372	202	294	145.5%
Black or African American	4,482	15.1%	3,986	2,625	1,857	70.7%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	74	0.2%	53	33	41	124.2%
White	21,943	74.1%	17,039	15,328	6,615	43.2%
Information Not Available	2,161	7.3%	1,591	1,631	530	32.5%

Years of Age	29,617		23,439	20,140
Younger than 22	1,010	2.0%	791	616	394	64.0%
22-24	1,849	3.7%	1,379	1,216	633	52.1%
25-34	7,269	14.5%	5,762	4,909	2,360	48.1%
35-44	7,014	14.0%	5,468	5,052	1,962	38.8%
45-54	7,677	15.3%	6,106	5,302	2,375	44.8%
55-59	2,479	4.9%	1,969	1,657	822	49.6%
60-64	1,470	2.9%	1,258	910	560	61.5%
65 and older	849	1.7%	706	478	371	77.6%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	29,617		23,439	20,140
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	355	1.2%	295	180	175	97.2%
Mining	313	1.0%	196	178	135	75.8%
Utilities	28	0.1%	22	26	2	7.7%
Construction	4,935	16.5%	3,107	5,506	-571	-10.4%
Manufacturing	6,146	20.5%	4,461	2,849	3,297	115.7%
Wholesale Trade	1,282	4.3%	1,048	763	519	68.0%
Retail Trade	2,121	7.1%	1,814	1,283	838	65.3%
Transporation and Warehousing	911	3.0%	691	648	263	40.6%
Information	901	3.0%	868	604	297	49.2%
Finance and Insurance	909	3.0%	752	579	330	57.0%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	448	1.5%	360	313	135	43.1%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	1,270	4.2%	1,140	668	602	90.1%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	211	0.7%	180	46	165	358.7%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	3,227	10.8%	2,670	2,052	1,175	57.3%
Educational Services	443	1.5%	402	299	144	48.2%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	1,803	6.0%	1,716	1,302	501	38.5%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	253	0.8%	212	177	76	42.9%
Accomodation and Food Services	914	3.0%	816	613	301	49.1%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	781	2.6%	637	535	246	46.0%
Public Administration	555	1.9%	488	429	126	29.4%
Information Not Available	1,811	6.0%	1,564	1,090	721	66.1%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Kentucky
	Dec 2008	Percent	Nov 2008	Dec 2007	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	56,368		43,443	30,575
Male	37,108	65.8%	27,191	18,936	18,172	96.0%
Female	19,260	34.2%	16,252	11,639	7,621	65.5%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	56,368		43,443	30,575
Hispanic or Latino	92	0.2%	119	58	34	58.6%
Not Hispanic or Latino	1,743	3.1%	1,538	30,517	-28,774	-94.3%
Information Not Available	54,533	96.7%	41,786	0	54,533	0.0%

Race	56,368		43,443	30,575
American Indian or Alaskan Native	410	0.7%	146	179	231	129.1%
Asian	244	0.4%	165	89	155	174.2%
Black or African American	6,123	10.9%	5,213	3,354	2,769	82.6%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0	0.0%	0	22	-22	-100.0%
White	49,051	87.0%	37,498	26,529	22,522	84.9%
Information Not Available	540	1.0%	421	402	138	34.3%

Years of Age	56,368		43,443	30,575
Younger than 22	1,854	1.8%	1,208	831	1,023	123.1%
22-24	2,997	2.9%	2,147	1,541	1,456	94.5%
25-34	13,611	13.3%	10,357	7,570	6,041	79.8%
35-44	14,372	14.0%	11,003	8,191	6,181	75.5%
45-54	13,985	13.6%	11,332	7,780	6,205	79.8%
55-59	4,782	4.7%	3,602	2,327	2,455	105.5%
60-64	2,868	2.8%	2,288	1,572	1,296	82.4%
65 and older	1,890	1.8%	1,501	759	1,131	149.0%
Information Not Available	9	0.0%	5	4	5	125.0%

Industry	56,368		43,443	30,575
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	221	0.4%	114	40	181	452.5%
Mining	604	1.1%	458	505	99	19.6%
Utilities	51	0.1%	41	27	24	88.9%
Construction	8,701	15.4%	4,806	4,846	3,855	79.6%
Manufacturing	16,585	29.3%	13,657	7,726	8,859	114.7%
Wholesale Trade	2,508	4.4%	1,867	1,644	864	52.6%
Retail Trade	3,735	6.6%	2,979	2,166	1,569	72.4%
Transporation and Warehousing	2,633	4.7%	1,945	1,313	1,320	100.5%
Information	761	1.3%	728	442	319	72.2%
Finance and Insurance	1,208	2.1%	1,094	960	248	25.8%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	576	1.0%	421	219	357	163.0%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	1,720	3.0%	1,552	987	733	74.3%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	120	0.2%	69	80	40	50.0%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	5,358	9.5%	4,073	2,447	2,911	119.0%
Educational Services	871	1.5%	989	576	295	51.2%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	2,859	5.1%	2,389	1,773	1,086	61.3%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	1,213	2.1%	645	929	284	30.6%
Accomodation and Food Services	2,338	4.1%	1,721	1,085	1,253	115.5%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	885	1.6%	842	496	389	78.4%
Public Administration	558	1.0%	439	393	165	42.0%
Information Not Available	2,863	5.1%	2,614	1,921	942	49.0%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Louisiana
	Dec 2008	Percent	Nov 2008	Dec 2007	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	38,836		31,202	19,445
Male	19,432	50.0%	14,937	10,266	9,166	89.3%
Female	19,403	50.0%	16,265	9,179	10,224	111.4%
Information Not Available	1	0.0%	0	0	1	0.0%

Ethnicity	38,836		31,202	19,445
Hispanic or Latino	880	2.3%	721	420	460	109.5%
Not Hispanic or Latino	37,870	97.5%	30,385	18,913	18,957	100.2%
Information Not Available	86	0.2%	96	112	-26	-23.2%

Race	38,836		31,202	19,445
American Indian or Alaskan Native	226	0.6%	197	107	119	111.2%
Asian	274	0.7%	244	175	99	56.6%
Black or African American	21,502	55.4%	17,694	10,069	11,433	113.5%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	62	0.2%	51	21	41	195.2%
White	16,729	43.1%	12,980	8,982	7,747	86.3%
Information Not Available	43	0.1%	36	91	-48	-52.7%

Years of Age	38,836		31,202	19,445
Younger than 22	1,288	2.4%	1,100	642	646	100.6%
22-24	2,517	4.7%	2,167	1,360	1,157	85.1%
25-34	10,194	19.0%	8,359	5,019	5,175	103.1%
35-44	9,151	17.1%	7,414	4,741	4,410	93.0%
45-54	9,397	17.5%	7,385	4,718	4,679	99.2%
55-59	3,094	5.8%	2,404	1,450	1,644	113.4%
60-64	1,943	3.6%	1,459	913	1,030	112.8%
65 and older	1,250	2.3%	912	602	648	107.6%
Information Not Available	2	0.0%	2	0	2	0.0%

Industry	38,836		31,202	19,445
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	539	1.4%	273	393	146	37.2%
Mining	408	1.0%	301	281	127	45.2%
Utilities	86	0.2%	83	57	29	50.9%
Construction	4,850	12.3%	3,651	3,269	1,581	48.4%
Manufacturing	4,061	10.3%	3,225	1,640	2,421	147.6%
Wholesale Trade	848	2.2%	701	410	438	106.8%
Retail Trade	2,850	7.2%	2,577	1,400	1,450	103.6%
Transporation and Warehousing	1,122	2.8%	914	620	502	81.0%
Information	498	1.3%	376	268	230	85.8%
Finance and Insurance	698	1.8%	639	431	267	61.9%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	517	1.3%	432	245	272	111.0%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	1,628	4.1%	1,501	1,183	445	37.6%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	146	0.4%	123	140	6	4.3%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	2,454	6.2%	2,004	1,299	1,155	88.9%
Educational Services	700	1.8%	683	393	307	78.1%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	2,985	7.6%	2,807	1,547	1,438	93.0%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	586	1.5%	527	362	224	61.9%
Accomodation and Food Services	2,068	5.3%	1,944	1,091	977	89.6%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	1,322	3.4%	1,242	731	591	80.8%
Public Administration	638	1.6%	562	274	364	132.8%
Information Not Available	9,832	25.0%	6,637	3,411	6,421	188.2%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Massachusetts
	Dec 2008	Percent	Nov 2008	Dec 2007	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	126,437		97,939	83,850
Male	83,829	66.3%	60,839	54,016	29,813	55.2%
Female	42,608	33.7%	37,100	29,834	12,774	42.8%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	126,437		97,939	83,850
Hispanic or Latino	12,272	9.7%	9,456	8,301	3,971	47.8%
Not Hispanic or Latino	111,726	88.4%	86,431	73,695	38,031	51.6%
Information Not Available	2,439	1.9%	2,052	1,854	585	31.6%

Race	126,437		97,939	83,850
American Indian or Alaskan Native	316	0.2%	245	201	115	57.2%
Asian	3,440	2.7%	2,894	1,961	1,479	75.4%
Black or African American	9,341	7.4%	7,894	6,535	2,806	42.9%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	95	0.1%	84	48	47	97.9%
White	103,377	81.8%	79,025	67,848	35,529	52.4%
Information Not Available	9,868	7.8%	7,797	7,257	2,611	36.0%

Years of Age	126,437		97,939	83,850
Younger than 22	4,073	1.8%	3,054	2,579	1,494	57.9%
22-24	7,249	3.3%	5,445	4,468	2,781	62.2%
25-34	28,039	12.6%	21,357	18,170	9,869	54.3%
35-44	30,675	13.8%	23,780	21,236	9,439	44.4%
45-54	32,138	14.5%	24,817	21,162	10,976	51.9%
55-59	11,375	5.1%	9,031	7,625	3,750	49.2%
60-64	7,754	3.5%	6,291	5,305	2,449	46.2%
65 and older	5,134	2.3%	4,164	3,305	1,829	55.3%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	126,437		97,939	83,850
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	845	0.7%	722	819	26	3.2%
Mining	216	0.2%	99	134	82	61.2%
Utilities	125	0.1%	88	105	20	19.0%
Construction	22,138	17.4%	14,413	14,611	7,527	51.5%
Manufacturing	14,464	11.4%	11,811	8,372	6,092	72.8%
Wholesale Trade	5,666	4.5%	4,908	4,051	1,615	39.9%
Retail Trade	10,719	8.4%	9,262	6,767	3,952	58.4%
Transporation and Warehousing	3,558	2.8%	3,017	2,083	1,475	70.8%
Information	2,999	2.4%	2,519	1,686	1,313	77.9%
Finance and Insurance	4,247	3.3%	3,678	3,349	898	26.8%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	1,932	1.5%	1,536	1,371	561	40.9%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	8,129	6.4%	6,717	4,817	3,312	68.8%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	337	0.3%	292	192	145	75.5%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	16,058	12.6%	10,443	9,956	6,102	61.3%
Educational Services	1,636	1.3%	1,540	1,219	417	34.2%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	7,089	5.6%	6,757	5,265	1,824	34.6%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	3,609	2.8%	2,318	2,540	1,069	42.1%
Accomodation and Food Services	8,133	6.4%	6,333	5,622	2,511	44.7%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	3,926	3.1%	3,492	2,901	1,025	35.3%
Public Administration	2,511	2.0%	2,302	1,969	542	27.5%
Information Not Available	8,100	6.4%	5,692	6,021	2,079	34.5%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Maryland
	Dec 2008	Percent	Nov 2008	Dec 2007	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	65,852		57,414	39,727
Male	39,232	59.6%	33,025	22,040	17,192	78.0%
Female	26,620	40.4%	24,389	17,687	8,933	50.5%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	65,852		57,414	39,727
Hispanic or Latino	3,423	5.2%	2,721	1,841	1,582	85.9%
Not Hispanic or Latino	61,359	93.3%	53,682	37,195	24,164	65.0%
Information Not Available	1,010	1.5%	1,011	691	319	46.2%

Race	65,852		57,414	39,727
American Indian or Alaskan Native	168	0.3%	140	95	73	76.8%
Asian	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
Black or African American	25,628	38.9%	23,681	16,327	9,301	57.0%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	119	0.2%	95	72	47	65.3%
White	35,445	53.8%	29,766	20,233	15,212	75.2%
Information Not Available	4,492	6.8%	3,732	3,000	1,492	49.7%

Years of Age	65,852		57,414	39,727
Younger than 22	2,590	2.7%	2,122	1,407	1,183	84.1%
22-24	4,144	4.2%	3,546	2,357	1,787	75.8%
25-34	15,211	15.6%	13,377	8,996	6,215	69.1%
35-44	15,558	15.9%	13,509	9,709	5,849	60.2%
45-54	16,373	16.8%	14,306	9,849	6,524	66.2%
55-59	5,467	5.6%	4,833	3,233	2,234	69.1%
60-64	3,630	3.7%	3,226	2,162	1,468	67.9%
65 and older	2,879	2.9%	2,495	2,010	869	43.2%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	4	-4	-100.0%

Industry	65,852		57,414	39,727
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	180	0.3%	127	113	67	59.3%
Mining	76	0.1%	41	57	19	33.3%
Utilities	67	0.1%	48	43	24	55.8%
Construction	11,721	17.8%	9,175	6,686	5,035	75.3%
Manufacturing	791	1.2%	772	814	-23	-2.8%
Wholesale Trade	2,871	4.3%	2,442	1,581	1,290	81.6%
Retail Trade	2,218	3.4%	2,051	1,241	977	78.7%
Transporation and Warehousing	1,429	2.2%	1,315	969	460	47.5%
Information	1,367	2.1%	1,065	782	585	74.8%
Finance and Insurance	2,865	4.3%	2,533	2,366	499	21.1%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	1,634	2.5%	1,487	991	643	64.9%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	4,477	6.8%	3,984	2,792	1,685	60.4%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	297	0.4%	210	19	278	1463.2%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	8,164	12.4%	7,079	4,977	3,187	64.0%
Educational Services	1,490	2.3%	1,354	838	652	77.8%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	3,654	5.5%	3,537	2,652	1,002	37.8%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	1,230	1.9%	961	900	330	36.7%
Accomodation and Food Services	4,725	7.2%	4,079	3,264	1,461	44.8%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	1,945	2.9%	1,759	1,084	861	79.4%
Public Administration	1,071	1.6%	988	820	251	30.6%
Information Not Available	13,580	20.6%	12,407	6,738	6,842	101.5%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Maine
	Dec 2008	Percent	Nov 2008	Dec 2007	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	17,364		11,955	10,487
Male	11,511	66.3%	7,272	6,516	4,995	76.7%
Female	5,852	33.7%	4,683	3,970	1,882	47.4%
Information Not Available	1	0.0%	0	1	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	17,364		11,955	10,487
Hispanic or Latino	141	0.8%	100	104	37	35.6%
Not Hispanic or Latino	11,869	68.4%	8,830	8,677	3,192	36.8%
Information Not Available	5,354	30.8%	3,025	1,706	3,648	213.8%

Race	17,364		11,955	10,487
American Indian or Alaskan Native	142	0.8%	114	93	49	52.7%
Asian	69	0.4%	49	33	36	109.1%
Black or African American	166	1.0%	118	95	71	74.7%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
White	12,848	74.0%	9,343	8,992	3,856	42.9%
Information Not Available	4,139	23.8%	2,331	1,274	2,865	224.9%

Years of Age	17,364		11,955	10,487
Younger than 22	965	3.3%	542	525	440	83.8%
22-24	1,258	4.3%	836	746	512	68.6%
25-34	3,958	13.5%	2,663	2,285	1,673	73.2%
35-44	3,841	13.1%	2,682	2,468	1,373	55.6%
45-54	4,294	14.7%	3,031	2,672	1,622	60.7%
55-59	1,522	5.2%	1,095	910	612	67.3%
60-64	992	3.4%	730	537	455	84.7%
65 and older	534	1.8%	376	344	190	55.2%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	17,364		11,955	10,487
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	232	1.3%	154	179	53	29.6%
Mining	10	0.1%	4	10	0	0.0%
Utilities	57	0.3%	28	10	47	470.0%
Construction	3,048	17.3%	1,571	1,851	1,197	64.7%
Manufacturing	2,018	11.5%	1,450	976	1,042	106.8%
Wholesale Trade	490	2.8%	366	254	236	92.9%
Retail Trade	1,226	7.0%	1,027	844	382	45.3%
Transporation and Warehousing	306	1.7%	196	217	89	41.0%
Information	141	0.8%	125	74	67	90.5%
Finance and Insurance	173	1.0%	145	144	29	20.1%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	135	0.8%	93	97	38	39.2%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	323	1.8%	303	185	138	74.6%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	5	0.0%	4	13	-8	-61.5%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	1,292	7.3%	789	888	404	45.5%
Educational Services	208	1.2%	171	128	80	62.5%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	660	3.8%	626	545	115	21.1%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	353	2.0%	279	213	140	65.7%
Accomodation and Food Services	1,664	9.5%	1,169	1,253	411	32.8%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	271	1.5%	202	194	77	39.7%
Public Administration	227	1.3%	157	140	87	62.1%
Information Not Available	4,525	25.7%	3,096	2,272	2,253	99.2%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Michigan
	Dec 2008	Percent	Nov 2008	Dec 2007	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	226,209		166,214	148,470
Male	150,245	66.4%	101,602	96,822	53,423	55.2%
Female	75,938	33.6%	64,565	51,640	24,298	47.1%
Information Not Available	26	0.0%	47	8	18	225.0%

Ethnicity	226,209		166,214	148,470
Hispanic or Latino	8,731	3.9%	5,305	6,603	2,128	32.2%
Not Hispanic or Latino	171,203	75.7%	123,611	104,551	66,652	63.8%
Information Not Available	46,275	20.5%	37,298	37,316	8,959	24.0%

Race	226,209		166,214	148,470
American Indian or Alaskan Native	2,201	1.0%	1,495	1,974	227	11.5%
Asian	1,989	0.9%	1,640	892	1,097	123.0%
Black or African American	24,373	10.8%	20,375	15,478	8,895	57.5%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	160	0.1%	115	77	83	107.8%
White	141,013	62.3%	98,754	86,127	54,886	63.7%
Information Not Available	56,473	25.0%	43,835	43,922	12,551	28.6%

Years of Age	226,209		166,214	148,470
Younger than 22	7,723	2.2%	5,573	5,235	2,488	47.5%
22-24	13,943	3.9%	10,136	9,213	4,730	51.3%
25-34	54,299	15.2%	39,879	36,039	18,260	50.7%
35-44	57,874	16.2%	41,797	37,862	20,012	52.9%
45-54	58,231	16.3%	42,709	37,610	20,621	54.8%
55-59	18,422	5.2%	13,995	11,961	6,461	54.0%
60-64	10,200	2.9%	7,943	6,472	3,728	57.6%
65 and older	5,445	1.5%	4,094	4,075	1,370	33.6%
Information Not Available	72	0.0%	88	3	69	2300.0%

Industry	226,209		166,214	148,470
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	2,071	0.9%	1,144	1,773	298	16.8%
Mining	1,040	0.5%	276	876	164	18.7%
Utilities	100	0.0%	59	104	-4	-3.8%
Construction	31,238	13.7%	16,411	26,460	4,778	18.1%
Manufacturing	48,804	21.4%	36,372	25,176	23,628	93.9%
Wholesale Trade	7,864	3.4%	5,867	4,522	3,342	73.9%
Retail Trade	13,735	6.0%	11,052	11,521	2,214	19.2%
Transporation and Warehousing	7,128	3.1%	5,206	4,453	2,675	60.1%
Information	2,032	0.9%	1,608	1,085	947	87.3%
Finance and Insurance	4,819	2.1%	4,318	3,470	1,349	38.9%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	2,286	1.0%	1,949	1,705	581	34.1%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	10,274	4.5%	7,982	5,686	4,588	80.7%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	1,154	0.5%	854	693	461	66.5%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	29,260	12.8%	19,625	19,829	9,431	47.6%
Educational Services	3,228	1.4%	3,079	2,789	439	15.7%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	9,731	4.3%	9,027	7,845	1,886	24.0%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	5,675	2.5%	4,281	4,643	1,032	22.2%
Accomodation and Food Services	8,852	3.9%	7,437	7,039	1,813	25.8%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	3,680	1.6%	2,914	2,875	805	28.0%
Public Administration	2,790	1.2%	1,990	2,328	462	19.8%
Information Not Available	30,448	13.3%	24,763	13,598	16,850	123.9%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Minnesota
	Dec 2008	Percent	Nov 2008	Dec 2007	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	87,264		61,318	60,615
Male	63,221	72.4%	41,066	44,733	18,488	41.3%
Female	24,025	27.5%	20,244	15,882	8,143	51.3%
Information Not Available	18	0.0%	8	0	18	0.0%

Ethnicity	87,264		61,318	60,615
Hispanic or Latino	2,744	3.1%	1,799	2,048	696	34.0%
Not Hispanic or Latino	75,632	86.7%	53,149	53,581	22,051	41.2%
Information Not Available	8,888	10.2%	6,370	4,986	3,902	78.3%

Race	87,264		61,318	60,615
American Indian or Alaskan Native	1,017	1.2%	804	749	268	35.8%
Asian	1,693	1.9%	1,344	855	838	98.0%
Black or African American	4,623	5.3%	3,776	3,179	1,444	45.4%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	166	0.2%	110	229	-63	-27.5%
White	74,369	85.2%	51,265	52,449	21,920	41.8%
Information Not Available	5,396	6.2%	4,019	3,154	2,242	71.1%

Years of Age	87,264		61,318	60,615
Younger than 22	3,075	2.0%	1,750	2,128	947	44.5%
22-24	6,071	3.9%	3,851	4,448	1,623	36.5%
25-34	22,799	14.5%	15,345	15,371	7,428	48.3%
35-44	19,560	12.4%	13,918	13,793	5,767	41.8%
45-54	21,818	13.9%	16,000	14,893	6,925	46.5%
55-59	7,542	4.8%	5,678	5,344	2,198	41.1%
60-64	4,221	2.7%	3,167	2,915	1,306	44.8%
65 and older	2,087	1.3%	1,554	1,477	610	41.3%
Information Not Available	91	0.1%	55	246	-155	-63.0%

Industry	87,264		61,318	60,615
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	832	0.9%	512	778	54	6.9%
Mining	677	0.8%	218	604	73	12.1%
Utilities	265	0.3%	183	228	37	16.2%
Construction	24,295	27.6%	13,805	20,814	3,481	16.7%
Manufacturing	14,041	15.9%	9,481	7,417	6,624	89.3%
Wholesale Trade	4,056	4.6%	3,097	2,357	1,699	72.1%
Retail Trade	6,407	7.3%	4,988	3,827	2,580	67.4%
Transporation and Warehousing	2,236	2.5%	1,612	1,587	649	40.9%
Information	1,346	1.5%	1,088	833	513	61.6%
Finance and Insurance	2,050	2.3%	1,937	1,603	447	27.9%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	1,086	1.2%	931	716	370	51.7%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	4,089	4.6%	3,260	2,503	1,586	63.4%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	1,081	1.2%	843	734	347	47.3%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	7,503	8.5%	5,115	5,328	2,175	40.8%
Educational Services	1,323	1.5%	1,351	948	375	39.6%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	3,707	4.2%	3,320	2,668	1,039	38.9%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	1,447	1.6%	1,176	1,118	329	29.4%
Accomodation and Food Services	3,321	3.8%	2,785	2,240	1,081	48.3%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	1,900	2.2%	1,475	1,185	715	60.3%
Public Administration	1,568	1.8%	1,215	1,209	359	29.7%
Information Not Available	4,034	4.6%	2,926	1,918	2,116	110.3%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Missouri
	Dec 2008	Percent	Nov 2008	Dec 2007	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	80,550		65,759	49,452
Male	50,673	62.9%	38,635	29,496	21,177	71.8%
Female	29,864	37.1%	27,120	19,952	9,912	49.7%
Information Not Available	13	0.0%	4	4	9	225.0%

Ethnicity	80,550		65,759	49,452
Hispanic or Latino	1,222	1.5%	960	532	690	129.7%
Not Hispanic or Latino	36,177	44.9%	28,397	16,992	19,185	112.9%
Information Not Available	43,151	53.6%	36,402	31,928	11,223	35.2%

Race	80,550		65,759	49,452
American Indian or Alaskan Native	609	0.8%	417	416	193	46.4%
Asian	601	0.7%	513	305	296	97.0%
Black or African American	12,564	15.6%	11,107	10,000	2,564	25.6%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	672	0.8%	499	471	201	42.7%
White	54,651	67.8%	42,484	36,185	18,466	51.0%
Information Not Available	11,453	14.2%	10,739	2,075	9,378	452.0%

Years of Age	80,550		65,759	49,452
Younger than 22	2,779	2.1%	2,119	1,613	1,166	72.3%
22-24	4,712	3.6%	3,640	3,052	1,660	54.4%
25-34	19,300	14.7%	15,465	11,606	7,694	66.3%
35-44	19,958	15.2%	16,095	12,284	7,674	62.5%
45-54	21,000	16.0%	17,589	12,921	8,079	62.5%
55-59	6,603	5.0%	5,597	3,942	2,661	67.5%
60-64	3,862	2.9%	3,294	2,333	1,529	65.5%
65 and older	2,289	1.7%	1,923	1,671	618	37.0%
Information Not Available	47	0.0%	37	30	17	56.7%

Industry	80,550		65,759	49,452
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	520	0.6%	288	489	31	6.3%
Mining	327	0.4%	175	297	30	10.1%
Utilities	103	0.1%	86	59	44	74.6%
Construction	15,052	18.6%	9,550	10,033	5,019	50.0%
Manufacturing	16,162	19.9%	13,811	7,860	8,302	105.6%
Wholesale Trade	3,396	4.2%	2,830	1,633	1,763	108.0%
Retail Trade	6,986	8.6%	6,147	4,166	2,820	67.7%
Transporation and Warehousing	3,163	3.9%	2,463	1,925	1,238	64.3%
Information	1,665	2.1%	1,570	817	848	103.8%
Finance and Insurance	2,809	3.5%	2,511	1,826	983	53.8%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	1,331	1.6%	1,132	891	440	49.4%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	2,734	3.4%	2,411	1,472	1,262	85.7%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	273	0.3%	257	114	159	139.5%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	8,515	10.5%	7,237	5,016	3,499	69.8%
Educational Services	1,309	1.6%	1,239	951	358	37.6%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	4,644	5.7%	4,483	3,458	1,186	34.3%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	1,561	1.9%	1,090	1,140	421	36.9%
Accomodation and Food Services	4,868	6.0%	4,052	3,799	1,069	28.1%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	1,975	2.4%	1,809	1,361	614	45.1%
Public Administration	690	0.9%	636	586	104	17.7%
Information Not Available	2,467	3.0%	1,982	1,559	908	58.2%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Mississippi
	Dec 2008	Percent	Nov 2008	Dec 2007	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	34,805		28,382	20,029
Male	20,235	58.1%	15,144	10,658	9,577	89.9%
Female	14,568	41.9%	13,238	9,371	5,197	55.5%
Information Not Available	2	0.0%	0	0	2	0.0%

Ethnicity	34,805		28,382	20,029
Hispanic or Latino	469	1.3%	349	358	111	31.0%
Not Hispanic or Latino	33,017	94.9%	27,079	18,931	14,086	74.4%
Information Not Available	1,319	3.8%	954	740	579	78.2%

Race	34,805		28,382	20,029
American Indian or Alaskan Native	68	0.2%	69	54	14	25.9%
Asian	210	0.6%	168	113	97	85.8%
Black or African American	19,150	55.0%	15,865	11,919	7,231	60.7%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	13	0.0%	8	2	11	550.0%
White	14,307	41.1%	11,568	7,290	7,017	96.3%
Information Not Available	1,057	3.0%	704	651	406	62.4%

Years of Age	34,805		28,382	20,029
Younger than 22	1,293	2.7%	1,084	807	486	60.2%
22-24	2,391	5.0%	2,099	1,351	1,040	77.0%
25-34	8,818	18.5%	7,497	5,037	3,781	75.1%
35-44	8,537	18.0%	6,918	4,856	3,681	75.8%
45-54	8,431	17.7%	6,595	4,924	3,507	71.2%
55-59	2,764	5.8%	2,076	1,508	1,256	83.3%
60-64	1,557	3.3%	1,243	906	651	71.9%
65 and older	1,014	2.1%	870	640	374	58.4%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	34,805		28,382	20,029
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	1,693	4.6%	641	1,676	17	1.0%
Mining	132	0.4%	86	96	36	37.5%
Utilities	39	0.1%	36	22	17	77.3%
Construction	2,816	7.7%	1,983	1,663	1,153	69.3%
Manufacturing	10,045	27.5%	8,134	4,944	5,101	103.2%
Wholesale Trade	829	2.3%	778	468	361	77.1%
Retail Trade	3,178	8.7%	2,810	1,885	1,293	68.6%
Transporation and Warehousing	1,284	3.5%	936	700	584	83.4%
Information	221	0.6%	199	139	82	59.0%
Finance and Insurance	410	1.1%	415	291	119	40.9%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	320	0.9%	338	156	164	105.1%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	698	1.9%	596	540	158	29.3%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	48	0.1%	36	26	22	84.6%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	2,867	7.9%	2,589	1,644	1,223	74.4%
Educational Services	536	1.5%	516	350	186	53.1%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	1,999	5.5%	2,008	1,369	630	46.0%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	391	1.1%	335	173	218	126.0%
Accomodation and Food Services	2,785	7.6%	2,360	1,531	1,254	81.9%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	494	1.4%	386	329	165	50.2%
Public Administration	440	1.2%	405	345	95	27.5%
Information Not Available	3,580	9.8%	2,795	1,682	1,898	112.8%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Montana
	Dec 2008	Percent	Nov 2008	Dec 2007	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	10,520		7,242	5,967
Male	7,484	71.1%	4,802	4,180	3,304	79.0%
Female	3,007	28.6%	2,418	1,767	1,240	70.2%
Information Not Available	29	0.3%	22	20	9	45.0%

Ethnicity	10,520		7,242	5,967
Hispanic or Latino	278	2.6%	185	157	121	77.1%
Not Hispanic or Latino	9,545	90.7%	6,623	5,483	4,062	74.1%
Information Not Available	697	6.6%	434	327	370	113.1%

Race	10,520		7,242	5,967
American Indian or Alaskan Native	763	7.3%	565	560	203	36.3%
Asian	35	0.3%	36	22	13	59.1%
Black or African American	40	0.4%	32	34	6	17.6%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	31	0.3%	17	11	20	181.8%
White	9,553	90.8%	6,511	5,293	4,260	80.5%
Information Not Available	98	0.9%	81	47	51	108.5%

Years of Age	10,520		7,242	5,967
Younger than 22	468	2.4%	289	210	258	122.9%
22-24	773	4.0%	537	402	371	92.3%
25-34	2,842	14.5%	1,914	1,452	1,390	95.7%
35-44	2,234	11.4%	1,511	1,290	944	73.2%
45-54	2,477	12.7%	1,740	1,564	913	58.4%
55-59	890	4.6%	657	536	354	66.0%
60-64	515	2.6%	373	304	211	69.4%
65 and older	321	1.6%	221	209	112	53.6%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	10,520		7,242	5,967
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	219	2.0%	105	125	94	75.2%
Mining	323	3.0%	118	155	168	108.4%
Utilities	17	0.2%	11	25	-8	-32.0%
Construction	2,928	27.3%	1,629	1,920	1,008	52.5%
Manufacturing	997	9.3%	794	323	674	208.7%
Wholesale Trade	301	2.8%	204	157	144	91.7%
Retail Trade	969	9.0%	700	442	527	119.2%
Transporation and Warehousing	317	3.0%	201	136	181	133.1%
Information	114	1.1%	97	65	49	75.4%
Finance and Insurance	180	1.7%	157	84	96	114.3%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	141	1.3%	119	54	87	161.1%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	322	3.0%	231	139	183	131.7%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	4	0.0%	1	8	-4	-50.0%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	924	8.6%	574	558	366	65.6%
Educational Services	220	2.0%	178	147	73	49.7%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	359	3.3%	283	260	99	38.1%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	294	2.7%	264	199	95	47.7%
Accomodation and Food Services	1,046	9.7%	934	545	501	91.9%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	261	2.4%	198	127	134	105.5%
Public Administration	222	2.1%	180	193	29	15.0%
Information Not Available	362	3.4%	264	305	57	18.7%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants North Carolina
	Dec 2008	Percent	Nov 2008	Dec 2007	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	151,308		126,759	78,279
Male	89,904	59.4%	72,317	41,536	48,368	116.4%
Female	61,400	40.6%	54,440	36,738	24,662	67.1%
Information Not Available	4	0.0%	2	5	-1	-20.0%

Ethnicity	151,308		126,759	78,279
Hispanic or Latino	6,999	4.6%	5,526	2,930	4,069	138.9%
Not Hispanic or Latino	140,331	92.7%	118,386	73,734	66,597	90.3%
Information Not Available	3,978	2.6%	2,847	1,615	2,363	146.3%

Race	151,308		126,759	78,279
American Indian or Alaskan Native	1,880	1.2%	1,634	1,226	654	53.3%
Asian	1,520	1.0%	1,259	660	860	130.3%
Black or African American	49,104	32.5%	43,144	28,986	20,118	69.4%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	177	0.1%	149	68	109	160.3%
White	89,275	59.0%	73,288	42,841	46,434	108.4%
Information Not Available	9,352	6.2%	7,285	4,498	4,854	107.9%

Years of Age	151,308		126,759	78,279
Younger than 22	5,521	2.4%	4,503	2,745	2,776	101.1%
22-24	9,135	3.9%	7,495	4,686	4,449	94.9%
25-34	35,840	15.4%	30,347	19,202	16,638	86.6%
35-44	39,101	16.8%	32,823	20,387	18,714	91.8%
45-54	36,479	15.7%	30,363	18,632	17,847	95.8%
55-59	12,732	5.5%	10,580	6,364	6,368	100.1%
60-64	8,000	3.4%	6,916	3,886	4,114	105.9%
65 and older	4,500	1.9%	3,732	2,377	2,123	89.3%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	151,308		126,759	78,279
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	629	0.4%	485	428	201	47.0%
Mining	220	0.1%	141	55	165	300.0%
Utilities	92	0.1%	82	83	9	10.8%
Construction	20,948	13.8%	15,719	7,987	12,961	162.3%
Manufacturing	31,773	20.9%	26,936	14,709	17,064	116.0%
Wholesale Trade	5,987	3.9%	5,027	2,835	3,152	111.2%
Retail Trade	12,773	8.4%	10,986	5,804	6,969	120.1%
Transporation and Warehousing	4,308	2.8%	3,445	1,883	2,425	128.8%
Information	1,599	1.1%	1,441	1,003	596	59.4%
Finance and Insurance	3,076	2.0%	2,944	2,216	860	38.8%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	2,180	1.4%	1,791	1,154	1,026	88.9%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	6,075	4.0%	5,209	2,656	3,419	128.7%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	642	0.4%	395	195	447	229.2%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	16,859	11.1%	13,978	8,241	8,618	104.6%
Educational Services	1,677	1.1%	1,677	1,079	598	55.4%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	8,945	5.9%	8,499	5,422	3,523	65.0%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	1,690	1.1%	1,145	1,029	661	64.2%
Accomodation and Food Services	7,777	5.1%	6,115	4,591	3,186	69.4%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	2,346	1.5%	2,092	1,494	852	57.0%
Public Administration	1,085	0.7%	900	711	374	52.6%
Information Not Available	20,627	13.6%	17,752	14,704	5,923	40.3%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants North Dakota
	Dec 2008	Percent	Nov 2008	Dec 2007	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	5,574		3,003	4,573
Male	4,364	78.3%	2,007	3,768	596	15.8%
Female	1,204	21.6%	993	795	409	51.4%
Information Not Available	6	0.1%	3	10	-4	-40.0%

Ethnicity	5,574		3,003	4,573
Hispanic or Latino	170	3.0%	88	132	38	28.8%
Not Hispanic or Latino	5,264	94.4%	2,825	4,338	926	21.3%
Information Not Available	140	2.5%	90	103	37	35.9%

Race	5,574		3,003	4,573
American Indian or Alaskan Native	402	7.2%	268	336	66	19.6%
Asian	13	0.2%	10	5	8	160.0%
Black or African American	79	1.4%	50	48	31	64.6%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	7	0.1%	3	6	1	16.7%
White	4,763	85.5%	2,494	3,943	820	20.8%
Information Not Available	310	5.6%	178	235	75	31.9%

Years of Age	5,574		3,003	4,573
Younger than 22	199	2.0%	76	156	43	27.6%
22-24	354	3.5%	159	276	78	28.3%
25-34	1,356	13.5%	641	1,074	282	26.3%
35-44	1,112	11.1%	646	958	154	16.1%
45-54	1,448	14.5%	861	1,138	310	27.2%
55-59	533	5.3%	304	454	79	17.4%
60-64	324	3.2%	164	283	41	14.5%
65 and older	235	2.3%	143	206	29	14.1%
Information Not Available	13	0.1%	9	28	-15	-53.6%

Industry	5,574		3,003	4,573
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	148	2.6%	79	142	6	4.2%
Mining	275	4.8%	61	287	-12	-4.2%
Utilities	6	0.1%	2	7	-1	-14.3%
Construction	1,731	30.3%	681	1,727	4	0.2%
Manufacturing	1,087	19.0%	468	478	609	127.4%
Wholesale Trade	217	3.8%	126	187	30	16.0%
Retail Trade	269	4.7%	199	209	60	28.7%
Transporation and Warehousing	146	2.6%	79	132	14	10.6%
Information	54	0.9%	44	54	0	0.0%
Finance and Insurance	54	0.9%	48	33	21	63.6%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	24	0.4%	29	18	6	33.3%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	142	2.5%	93	87	55	63.2%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	20	0.3%	16	22	-2	-9.1%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	250	4.4%	159	226	24	10.6%
Educational Services	6	0.1%	5	5	1	20.0%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	156	2.7%	163	124	32	25.8%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	59	1.0%	35	52	7	13.5%
Accomodation and Food Services	157	2.7%	102	118	39	33.1%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	75	1.3%	55	47	28	59.6%
Public Administration	273	4.8%	224	223	50	22.4%
Information Not Available	425	7.4%	335	395	30	7.6%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Nebraska
	Dec 2008	Percent	Nov 2008	Dec 2007	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	19,502		13,603	10,069
Male	10,974	56.3%	7,115	6,152	4,822	78.4%
Female	7,830	40.1%	5,904	3,614	4,216	116.7%
Information Not Available	698	3.6%	584	303	395	130.4%

Ethnicity	19,502		13,603	10,069
Hispanic or Latino	868	4.5%	543	531	337	63.5%
Not Hispanic or Latino	15,249	78.2%	10,660	7,466	7,783	104.2%
Information Not Available	3,385	17.4%	2,400	2,072	1,313	63.4%

Race	19,502		13,603	10,069
American Indian or Alaskan Native	200	1.0%	128	90	110	122.2%
Asian	177	0.9%	121	71	106	149.3%
Black or African American	1,250	6.4%	902	570	680	119.3%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	23	0.1%	16	14	9	64.3%
White	8,900	45.6%	6,142	4,659	4,241	91.0%
Information Not Available	8,952	45.9%	6,294	4,665	4,287	91.9%

Years of Age	19,502		13,603	10,069
Younger than 22	378	1.4%	428	224	154	68.8%
22-24	1,061	3.9%	789	571	490	85.8%
25-34	4,652	17.1%	3,185	2,375	2,277	95.9%
35-44	4,365	16.0%	3,280	2,287	2,078	90.9%
45-54	5,088	18.7%	3,554	2,563	2,525	98.5%
55-59	1,835	6.7%	1,140	949	886	93.4%
60-64	1,166	4.3%	708	602	564	93.7%
65 and older	957	3.5%	519	498	459	92.2%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	19,502		13,603	10,069
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	127	0.6%	99	88	39	44.3%
Mining	101	0.5%	33	104	-3	-2.9%
Utilities	28	0.1%	28	19	9	47.4%
Construction	2,859	14.6%	1,586	2,420	439	18.1%
Manufacturing	3,532	18.0%	2,592	1,312	2,220	169.2%
Wholesale Trade	635	3.2%	477	354	281	79.4%
Retail Trade	1,903	9.7%	1,381	803	1,100	137.0%
Transporation and Warehousing	594	3.0%	391	270	324	120.0%
Information	412	2.1%	297	175	237	135.4%
Finance and Insurance	737	3.8%	591	332	405	122.0%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	223	1.1%	159	113	110	97.3%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	718	3.7%	571	335	383	114.3%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	79	0.4%	49	42	37	88.1%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	2,247	11.4%	1,472	1,034	1,213	117.3%
Educational Services	307	1.6%	223	155	152	98.1%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	1,491	7.6%	1,122	688	803	116.7%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	239	1.2%	168	143	96	67.1%
Accomodation and Food Services	1,089	5.5%	776	504	585	116.1%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	371	1.9%	267	156	215	137.8%
Public Administration	526	2.7%	374	326	200	61.3%
Information Not Available	1,284	6.5%	947	696	588	84.5%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants New Hampshire
	Dec 2008	Percent	Nov 2008	Dec 2007	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	14,181		10,511	6,686
Male	9,075	64.0%	6,167	4,188	4,887	116.7%
Female	5,106	36.0%	4,344	2,498	2,608	104.4%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	14,181		10,511	6,686
Hispanic or Latino	466	3.3%	353	190	276	145.3%
Not Hispanic or Latino	10,158	71.6%	7,645	4,835	5,323	110.1%
Information Not Available	3,557	25.1%	2,513	1,661	1,896	114.1%

Race	14,181		10,511	6,686
American Indian or Alaskan Native	47	0.3%	45	26	21	80.8%
Asian	227	1.6%	166	67	160	238.8%
Black or African American	242	1.7%	196	97	145	149.5%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	17	0.1%	10	13	4	30.8%
White	12,853	90.6%	9,516	6,171	6,682	108.3%
Information Not Available	795	5.6%	578	312	483	154.8%

Years of Age	14,181		10,511	6,686
Younger than 22	460	1.8%	311	181	279	154.1%
22-24	829	3.2%	560	357	472	132.2%
25-34	2,852	10.9%	2,091	1,351	1,501	111.1%
35-44	3,177	12.2%	2,313	1,580	1,597	101.1%
45-54	3,857	14.8%	2,908	1,798	2,059	114.5%
55-59	1,503	5.8%	1,162	728	775	106.5%
60-64	968	3.7%	748	457	511	111.8%
65 and older	535	2.1%	418	234	301	128.6%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	14,181		10,511	6,686
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	50	0.4%	35	26	24	92.3%
Mining	75	0.5%	18	36	39	108.3%
Utilities	5	0.0%	9	3	2	66.7%
Construction	2,253	15.8%	1,074	1,117	1,136	101.7%
Manufacturing	2,149	15.1%	1,705	823	1,326	161.1%
Wholesale Trade	650	4.6%	557	338	312	92.3%
Retail Trade	1,559	11.0%	1,312	699	860	123.0%
Transporation and Warehousing	348	2.4%	246	144	204	141.7%
Information	175	1.2%	164	81	94	116.0%
Finance and Insurance	397	2.8%	350	258	139	53.9%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	250	1.8%	162	118	132	111.9%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	539	3.8%	464	244	295	120.9%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	21	0.1%	25	13	8	61.5%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	1,679	11.8%	1,109	758	921	121.5%
Educational Services	234	1.6%	227	108	126	116.7%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	603	4.2%	533	352	251	71.3%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	278	2.0%	216	198	80	40.4%
Accomodation and Food Services	816	5.7%	694	358	458	127.9%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	380	2.7%	326	169	211	124.9%
Public Administration	202	1.4%	177	101	101	100.0%
Information Not Available	1,518	10.7%	1,108	742	776	104.6%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants New Jersey
	Dec 2008	Percent	Nov 2008	Dec 2007	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	162,919		146,229	109,014
Male	97,317	59.7%	82,571	63,487	33,830	53.3%
Female	65,602	40.3%	63,658	45,527	20,075	44.1%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	162,919		146,229	109,014
Hispanic or Latino	32,774	20.1%	28,244	21,440	11,334	52.9%
Not Hispanic or Latino	116,521	71.5%	106,252	78,931	37,590	47.6%
Information Not Available	13,624	8.4%	11,733	8,643	4,981	57.6%

Race	162,919		146,229	109,014
American Indian or Alaskan Native	601	0.4%	506	405	196	48.4%
Asian	5,403	3.3%	4,864	2,736	2,667	97.5%
Black or African American	30,300	18.6%	29,445	22,166	8,134	36.7%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	1,013	0.6%	910	721	292	40.5%
White	100,825	61.9%	88,337	66,293	34,532	52.1%
Information Not Available	24,777	15.2%	22,165	16,693	8,084	48.4%

Years of Age	162,919		146,229	109,014
Younger than 22	25,999	10.0%	23,359	14,448	11,551	79.9%
22-24	12,226	4.7%	11,086	8,200	4,026	49.1%
25-34	35,928	13.9%	32,189	24,802	11,126	44.9%
35-44	39,942	15.4%	35,620	27,314	12,628	46.2%
45-54	31,267	12.1%	27,983	21,047	10,220	48.6%
55-59	9,587	3.7%	8,661	6,720	2,867	42.7%
60-64	4,610	1.8%	4,289	3,496	1,114	31.9%
65 and older	3,360	1.3%	3,042	2,987	373	12.5%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	162,919		146,229	109,014
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	842	0.5%	516	756	86	11.4%
Mining	138	0.1%	81	66	72	109.1%
Utilities	168	0.1%	140	119	49	41.2%
Construction	18,850	11.5%	14,591	13,985	4,865	34.8%
Manufacturing	14,636	8.9%	13,300	8,673	5,963	68.8%
Wholesale Trade	9,116	5.6%	8,367	6,041	3,075	50.9%
Retail Trade	18,204	11.1%	16,745	11,491	6,713	58.4%
Transporation and Warehousing	6,720	4.1%	6,689	4,215	2,505	59.4%
Information	3,475	2.1%	3,082	1,985	1,490	75.1%
Finance and Insurance	7,267	4.4%	7,101	5,061	2,206	43.6%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	2,786	1.7%	2,544	2,084	702	33.7%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	9,151	5.6%	8,602	5,693	3,458	60.7%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	526	0.3%	469	356	170	47.8%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	18,825	11.5%	15,546	13,168	5,657	43.0%
Educational Services	3,755	2.3%	3,972	2,810	945	33.6%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	10,630	6.5%	10,810	8,637	1,993	23.1%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	3,318	2.0%	2,455	2,938	380	12.9%
Accomodation and Food Services	11,172	6.8%	10,413	8,345	2,827	33.9%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	3,730	2.3%	3,421	2,594	1,136	43.8%
Public Administration	1,770	1.1%	1,589	1,552	218	14.0%
Information Not Available	17,840	10.9%	15,796	8,445	9,395	111.2%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants New Mexico
	Dec 2008	Percent	Nov 2008	Dec 2007	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	17,093		14,810	11,197
Male	10,559	61.8%	8,735	6,431	4,128	64.2%
Female	6,534	38.2%	6,075	4,766	1,768	37.1%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	17,093		14,810	11,197
Hispanic or Latino	9,127	53.4%	7,744	6,347	2,780	43.8%
Not Hispanic or Latino	6,899	40.4%	6,193	4,346	2,553	58.7%
Information Not Available	1,067	6.2%	873	504	563	111.7%

Race	17,093		14,810	11,197
American Indian or Alaskan Native	1,561	9.1%	1,332	1,075	486	45.2%
Asian	182	1.1%	162	123	59	48.0%
Black or African American	442	2.6%	443	336	106	31.5%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	50	0.3%	24	26	24	92.3%
White	8,364	48.9%	7,293	5,490	2,874	52.3%
Information Not Available	6,494	38.0%	5,556	4,147	2,347	56.6%

Years of Age	17,093		14,810	11,197
Younger than 22	923	3.7%	710	414	509	122.9%
22-24	991	4.0%	459	683	308	45.1%
25-34	3,418	13.8%	3,110	2,429	989	40.7%
35-44	4,102	16.6%	3,554	2,785	1,317	47.3%
45-54	3,418	13.8%	3,406	2,878	540	18.8%
55-59	1,880	7.6%	1,481	1,008	872	86.5%
60-64	683	2.8%	740	619	64	10.3%
65 and older	1,025	4.1%	1,036	381	644	169.0%
Information Not Available	653	2.6%	314	0	653	0.0%

Industry	17,093		14,810	11,197
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	748	4.2%	462	723	25	3.5%
Mining	369	2.1%	227	171	198	115.8%
Utilities	61	0.3%	63	101	-40	-39.6%
Construction	3,460	19.4%	2,799	2,051	1,409	68.7%
Manufacturing	1,957	11.0%	1,677	1,362	595	43.7%
Wholesale Trade	597	3.3%	496	336	261	77.7%
Retail Trade	1,881	10.5%	1,670	960	921	95.9%
Transporation and Warehousing	431	2.4%	374	240	191	79.6%
Information	465	2.6%	417	306	159	52.0%
Finance and Insurance	433	2.4%	424	294	139	47.3%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	308	1.7%	267	191	117	61.3%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	879	4.9%	846	576	303	52.6%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	21	0.1%	15	14	7	50.0%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	1,568	8.8%	1,303	919	649	70.6%
Educational Services	453	2.5%	475	351	102	29.1%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	1,266	7.1%	1,231	971	295	30.4%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	275	1.5%	256	253	22	8.7%
Accomodation and Food Services	925	5.2%	856	641	284	44.3%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	430	2.4%	379	247	183	74.1%
Public Administration	489	2.7%	482	396	93	23.5%
Information Not Available	77	0.4%	91	94	-17	-18.1%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Nevada
	Dec 2008	Percent	Nov 2008	Dec 2007	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	60,885		51,028	30,446
Male	38,096	62.6%	31,346	18,092	20,004	110.6%
Female	22,778	37.4%	19,676	12,350	10,428	84.4%
Information Not Available	11	0.0%	6	4	7	175.0%

Ethnicity	60,885		51,028	30,446
Hispanic or Latino	12,824	21.1%	9,807	5,279	7,545	142.9%
Not Hispanic or Latino	37,736	62.0%	32,490	19,695	18,041	91.6%
Information Not Available	10,325	17.0%	8,731	5,472	4,853	88.7%

Race	60,885		51,028	30,446
American Indian or Alaskan Native	1,106	1.8%	936	539	567	105.2%
Asian	3,122	5.1%	2,503	1,324	1,798	135.8%
Black or African American	6,052	9.9%	5,488	3,351	2,701	80.6%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	1,105	1.8%	942	537	568	105.8%
White	39,261	64.5%	32,921	20,012	19,249	96.2%
Information Not Available	10,239	16.8%	8,238	4,683	5,556	118.6%

Years of Age	60,885		51,028	30,446
Younger than 22	2,451	2.5%	1,963	982	1,469	149.6%
22-24	3,699	3.8%	3,153	1,640	2,059	125.5%
25-34	13,480	14.0%	11,128	6,286	7,194	114.4%
35-44	14,255	14.8%	11,810	7,585	6,670	87.9%
45-54	15,069	15.6%	12,651	7,746	7,323	94.5%
55-59	5,560	5.8%	4,771	2,791	2,769	99.2%
60-64	3,688	3.8%	3,167	1,926	1,762	91.5%
65 and older	2,615	2.7%	2,335	1,455	1,160	79.7%
Information Not Available	68	0.1%	50	35	33	94.3%

Industry	60,885		51,028	30,446
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	60	0.1%	50	23	37	160.9%
Mining	350	0.6%	277	175	175	100.0%
Utilities	48	0.1%	50	38	10	26.3%
Construction	14,004	23.0%	11,561	6,909	7,095	102.7%
Manufacturing	2,964	4.9%	2,513	1,452	1,512	104.1%
Wholesale Trade	1,420	2.3%	1,286	702	718	102.3%
Retail Trade	4,660	7.6%	4,333	2,117	2,543	120.1%
Transporation and Warehousing	1,738	2.9%	1,576	794	944	118.9%
Information	613	1.0%	528	310	303	97.7%
Finance and Insurance	1,141	1.9%	1,138	1,073	68	6.3%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	1,662	2.7%	1,520	835	827	99.0%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	2,291	3.8%	2,100	1,332	959	72.0%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	410	0.7%	413	125	285	228.0%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	8,026	13.2%	6,376	4,671	3,355	71.8%
Educational Services	566	0.9%	534	294	272	92.5%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	1,804	3.0%	1,781	962	842	87.5%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	1,380	2.3%	1,270	708	672	94.9%
Accomodation and Food Services	13,237	21.7%	9,593	5,341	7,896	147.8%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	1,033	1.7%	924	495	538	108.7%
Public Administration	625	1.0%	522	459	166	36.2%
Information Not Available	2,853	4.7%	2,683	1,631	1,222	74.9%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants New York
	Dec 2008	Percent	Nov 2008	Dec 2007	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	281,778		227,992	176,688
Male	173,947	61.7%	131,363	106,797	67,150	62.9%
Female	107,831	38.3%	96,629	69,891	37,940	54.3%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	281,778		227,992	176,688
Hispanic or Latino	42,452	15.1%	34,440	25,938	16,514	63.7%
Not Hispanic or Latino	193,350	68.6%	156,128	122,444	70,906	57.9%
Information Not Available	45,976	16.3%	37,424	28,306	17,670	62.4%

Race	281,778		227,992	176,688
American Indian or Alaskan Native	1,764	0.6%	1,402	1,196	568	47.5%
Asian	8,501	3.0%	7,111	4,539	3,962	87.3%
Black or African American	39,441	14.0%	34,818	25,335	14,106	55.7%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	540	0.2%	487	295	245	83.1%
White	159,248	56.5%	124,594	100,847	58,401	57.9%
Information Not Available	72,284	25.7%	59,580	44,476	27,808	62.5%

Years of Age	281,778		227,992	176,688
Younger than 22	11,426	2.7%	9,072	7,221	4,205	58.2%
22-24	19,638	4.6%	15,772	11,927	7,711	64.7%
25-34	71,136	16.7%	57,411	43,641	27,495	63.0%
35-44	67,473	15.8%	54,695	43,363	24,110	55.6%
45-54	64,289	15.1%	51,485	39,939	24,350	61.0%
55-59	22,369	5.2%	18,113	14,046	8,323	59.3%
60-64	14,554	3.4%	12,141	9,077	5,477	60.3%
65 and older	10,893	2.6%	9,303	7,474	3,419	45.7%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	281,778		227,992	176,688
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	1,103	0.4%	686	745	358	48.1%
Mining	1,622	0.6%	770	894	728	81.4%
Utilities	192	0.1%	190	146	46	31.5%
Construction	44,642	15.8%	29,216	28,199	16,443	58.3%
Manufacturing	30,237	10.7%	22,150	16,842	13,395	79.5%
Wholesale Trade	12,266	4.3%	10,525	7,311	4,955	67.8%
Retail Trade	23,478	8.3%	20,072	14,115	9,363	66.3%
Transporation and Warehousing	9,089	3.2%	7,947	5,188	3,901	75.2%
Information	7,711	2.7%	6,588	5,115	2,596	50.8%
Finance and Insurance	16,485	5.8%	15,209	10,241	6,244	61.0%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	6,339	2.2%	5,212	4,278	2,061	48.2%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	19,684	7.0%	17,107	11,152	8,532	76.5%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	1,254	0.4%	1,162	737	517	70.1%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	33,808	12.0%	26,662	19,587	14,221	72.6%
Educational Services	7,206	2.5%	7,326	5,028	2,178	43.3%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	18,555	6.6%	18,348	14,193	4,362	30.7%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	10,220	3.6%	8,042	7,712	2,508	32.5%
Accomodation and Food Services	17,843	6.3%	13,901	10,788	7,055	65.4%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	7,237	2.6%	6,365	5,238	1,999	38.2%
Public Administration	7,914	2.8%	6,691	6,335	1,579	24.9%
Information Not Available	4,893	1.7%	3,823	2,844	2,049	72.0%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Ohio
	Dec 2008	Percent	Nov 2008	Dec 2007	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	168,407		124,039	109,150
Male	114,942	68.3%	78,201	73,668	41,274	56.0%
Female	52,863	31.4%	45,366	35,014	17,849	51.0%
Information Not Available	602	0.4%	472	468	134	28.6%

Ethnicity	168,407		124,039	109,150
Hispanic or Latino	5,600	3.3%	3,969	3,396	2,204	64.9%
Not Hispanic or Latino	154,652	91.8%	114,463	101,570	53,082	52.3%
Information Not Available	8,155	4.8%	5,607	4,184	3,971	94.9%

Race	168,407		124,039	109,150
American Indian or Alaskan Native	712	0.4%	586	553	159	28.8%
Asian	883	0.5%	744	375	508	135.5%
Black or African American	22,436	13.3%	19,293	15,974	6,462	40.5%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	114	0.1%	115	88	26	29.5%
White	137,181	81.5%	98,035	87,841	49,340	56.2%
Information Not Available	7,081	4.2%	5,266	4,319	2,762	63.9%

Years of Age	168,407		124,039	109,150
Younger than 22	5,484	1.8%	3,752	3,390	2,094	61.8%
22-24	9,576	3.2%	6,576	5,903	3,673	62.2%
25-34	39,327	13.2%	27,872	25,462	13,865	54.5%
35-44	42,000	14.1%	30,814	28,858	13,142	45.5%
45-54	45,021	15.1%	34,183	28,913	16,108	55.7%
55-59	15,275	5.1%	11,733	9,599	5,676	59.1%
60-64	8,338	2.8%	6,476	4,905	3,433	70.0%
65 and older	3,386	1.1%	2,633	2,120	1,266	59.7%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	168,407		124,039	109,150
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	924	0.5%	544	786	138	17.6%
Mining	744	0.4%	277	502	242	48.2%
Utilities	129	0.1%	111	165	-36	-21.8%
Construction	33,224	19.6%	17,712	27,736	5,488	19.8%
Manufacturing	47,477	28.0%	36,799	21,824	25,653	117.5%
Wholesale Trade	6,915	4.1%	5,571	4,093	2,822	68.9%
Retail Trade	8,065	4.8%	6,290	5,246	2,819	53.7%
Transporation and Warehousing	7,344	4.3%	5,205	3,576	3,768	105.4%
Information	1,848	1.1%	1,760	1,129	719	63.7%
Finance and Insurance	3,901	2.3%	3,657	3,569	332	9.3%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	2,194	1.3%	1,686	1,515	679	44.8%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	6,519	3.8%	5,491	3,839	2,680	69.8%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	1,517	0.9%	1,226	276	1,241	449.6%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	21,097	12.5%	14,877	13,893	7,204	51.9%
Educational Services	2,082	1.2%	1,895	1,972	110	5.6%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	7,409	4.4%	6,914	5,906	1,503	25.4%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	2,604	1.5%	1,870	2,212	392	17.7%
Accomodation and Food Services	5,455	3.2%	4,637	4,174	1,281	30.7%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	3,078	1.8%	2,499	2,353	725	30.8%
Public Administration	1,431	0.8%	1,217	1,111	320	28.8%
Information Not Available	4,450	2.6%	3,801	3,273	1,177	36.0%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Oklahoma
	Dec 2008	Percent	Nov 2008	Dec 2007	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	31,152		22,864	15,035
Male	17,170	55.1%	12,162	7,974	9,196	115.3%
Female	13,923	44.7%	10,668	7,036	6,887	97.9%
Information Not Available	59	0.2%	34	25	34	136.0%

Ethnicity	31,152		22,864	15,035
Hispanic or Latino	2,346	7.5%	1,660	1,499	847	56.5%
Not Hispanic or Latino	28,806	92.5%	21,204	13,536	15,270	112.8%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Race	31,152		22,864	15,035
American Indian or Alaskan Native	2,957	9.5%	2,148	1,359	1,598	117.6%
Asian	306	1.0%	208	103	203	197.1%
Black or African American	4,498	14.4%	3,420	2,165	2,333	107.8%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	37	0.1%	23	8	29	362.5%
White	20,174	64.8%	14,637	9,156	11,018	120.3%
Information Not Available	3,180	10.2%	2,428	2,244	936	41.7%

Years of Age	31,152		22,864	15,035
Younger than 22	486	1.0%	628	232	254	109.5%
22-24	1,380	2.8%	1,261	716	664	92.7%
25-34	7,110	14.4%	5,369	3,545	3,565	100.6%
35-44	7,282	14.8%	5,592	3,808	3,474	91.2%
45-54	8,519	17.3%	6,002	3,953	4,566	115.5%
55-59	2,946	6.0%	1,985	1,340	1,606	119.9%
60-64	2,008	4.1%	1,234	881	1,127	127.9%
65 and older	1,421	2.9%	793	560	861	153.8%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	31,152		22,864	15,035
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	57	0.2%	45	32	25	78.1%
Mining	1,046	3.4%	598	400	646	161.5%
Utilities	228	0.7%	91	58	170	293.1%
Construction	2,990	9.6%	2,056	1,893	1,097	58.0%
Manufacturing	5,707	18.3%	3,939	2,133	3,574	167.6%
Wholesale Trade	1,218	3.9%	921	563	655	116.3%
Retail Trade	2,771	8.9%	2,100	1,252	1,519	121.3%
Transporation and Warehousing	835	2.7%	569	423	412	97.4%
Information	931	3.0%	738	392	539	137.5%
Finance and Insurance	997	3.2%	763	669	328	49.0%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	619	2.0%	491	304	315	103.6%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	1,450	4.6%	1,163	590	860	145.8%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	199	0.6%	132	36	163	452.8%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	4,042	13.0%	3,090	2,038	2,004	98.3%
Educational Services	638	2.0%	485	357	281	78.7%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	2,411	7.7%	1,874	1,341	1,070	79.8%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	444	1.4%	325	273	171	62.6%
Accomodation and Food Services	1,190	3.8%	970	642	548	85.4%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	952	3.1%	680	519	433	83.4%
Public Administration	1,147	3.7%	860	589	558	94.7%
Information Not Available	1,280	4.1%	974	531	749	141.1%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Oregon
	Dec 2008	Percent	Nov 2008	Dec 2007	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	90,480		76,440	49,508
Male	60,064	66.4%	49,359	31,060	29,004	93.4%
Female	30,412	33.6%	27,078	18,447	11,965	64.9%
Information Not Available	4	0.0%	3	1	3	300.0%

Ethnicity	90,480		76,440	49,508
Hispanic or Latino	8,504	9.4%	6,778	4,757	3,747	78.8%
Not Hispanic or Latino	70,030	77.4%	58,821	36,376	33,654	92.5%
Information Not Available	11,946	13.2%	10,841	8,375	3,571	42.6%

Race	90,480		76,440	49,508
American Indian or Alaskan Native	794	0.9%	572	471	323	68.6%
Asian	1,235	1.4%	920	601	634	105.5%
Black or African American	914	1.0%	716	518	396	76.4%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	577	0.6%	425	291	286	98.3%
White	40,869	45.2%	30,372	21,656	19,213	88.7%
Information Not Available	46,091	50.9%	43,435	25,971	20,120	77.5%

Years of Age	90,480		76,440	49,508
Younger than 22	3,867	3.1%	2,944	1,932	1,935	100.2%
22-24	6,206	4.9%	5,031	3,187	3,019	94.7%
25-34	22,311	17.6%	18,788	11,794	10,517	89.2%
35-44	21,086	16.6%	17,752	11,681	9,405	80.5%
45-54	21,856	17.2%	18,646	12,633	9,223	73.0%
55-59	8,161	6.4%	7,163	4,456	3,705	83.1%
60-64	4,628	3.7%	4,026	2,448	2,180	89.1%
65 and older	2,365	1.9%	2,090	1,377	988	71.8%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	90,480		76,440	49,508
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	3,112	3.3%	2,571	2,371	741	31.3%
Mining	480	0.5%	331	206	274	133.0%
Utilities	94	0.1%	81	85	9	10.6%
Construction	15,529	16.6%	12,547	8,295	7,234	87.2%
Manufacturing	17,947	19.2%	14,840	7,697	10,250	133.2%
Wholesale Trade	3,545	3.8%	2,980	1,746	1,799	103.0%
Retail Trade	9,742	10.4%	8,094	5,050	4,692	92.9%
Transporation and Warehousing	2,851	3.0%	2,369	1,504	1,347	89.6%
Information	1,704	1.8%	1,485	866	838	96.8%
Finance and Insurance	2,465	2.6%	2,359	1,933	532	27.5%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	1,369	1.5%	1,214	798	571	71.6%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	3,082	3.3%	2,731	1,336	1,746	130.7%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	254	0.3%	231	156	98	62.8%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	8,222	8.8%	6,875	4,813	3,409	70.8%
Educational Services	1,092	1.2%	1,013	701	391	55.8%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	4,752	5.1%	4,336	3,233	1,519	47.0%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	1,268	1.4%	1,096	772	496	64.2%
Accomodation and Food Services	5,937	6.3%	5,009	3,384	2,553	75.4%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	2,233	2.4%	1,842	1,141	1,092	95.7%
Public Administration	1,488	1.6%	1,374	1,118	370	33.1%
Information Not Available	3,314	3.5%	3,062	2,303	1,011	43.9%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Pennsylvania
	Dec 2008	Percent	Nov 2008	Dec 2007	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	266,069		209,192	144,001
Male	174,228	65.5%	125,072	90,471	83,757	92.6%
Female	91,841	34.5%	84,120	53,530	38,311	71.6%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	266,069		209,192	144,001
Hispanic or Latino	13,313	5.0%	12,334	3,760	9,553	254.1%
Not Hispanic or Latino	248,608	93.4%	191,847	129,181	119,427	92.4%
Information Not Available	4,148	1.6%	5,011	11,060	-6,912	-62.5%

Race	266,069		209,192	144,001
American Indian or Alaskan Native	579	0.2%	578	0	579	0.0%
Asian	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
Black or African American	33,476	12.6%	30,545	20,350	13,126	64.5%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
White	210,790	79.2%	158,219	106,840	103,950	97.3%
Information Not Available	21,224	8.0%	19,850	16,811	4,413	26.3%

Years of Age	266,069		209,192	144,001
Younger than 22	14,278	3.1%	9,925	17,696	-3,418	-19.3%
22-24	7,525	1.6%	6,360	9,290	-1,765	-19.0%
25-34	62,321	13.5%	49,720	35,392	26,929	76.1%
35-44	63,477	13.8%	46,155	35,171	28,306	80.5%
45-54	61,646	13.4%	49,431	25,659	35,987	140.3%
55-59	24,504	5.3%	18,693	5,530	18,974	343.1%
60-64	15,725	3.4%	14,743	2,433	13,292	546.3%
65 and older	10,998	2.4%	8,865	1,991	9,007	452.4%
Information Not Available	5,595	1.2%	5,300	10,839	-5,244	-48.4%

Industry	266,069		209,192	144,001
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	1,061	0.4%	578	442	619	140.0%
Mining	1,254	0.5%	771	664	590	88.9%
Utilities	579	0.2%	0	0	579	0.0%
Construction	49,779	18.6%	28,040	23,004	26,775	116.4%
Manufacturing	48,236	18.1%	39,696	21,235	27,001	127.2%
Wholesale Trade	8,104	3.0%	6,360	5,972	2,132	35.7%
Retail Trade	24,118	9.0%	19,561	13,714	10,404	75.9%
Transporation and Warehousing	10,419	3.9%	8,479	6,194	4,225	68.2%
Information	3,280	1.2%	3,662	885	2,395	270.6%
Finance and Insurance	8,200	3.1%	5,781	6,636	1,564	23.6%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	2,219	0.8%	1,927	1,327	892	67.2%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	12,541	4.7%	8,963	6,415	6,126	95.5%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	1,544	0.6%	964	1,548	-4	-0.3%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	26,433	9.9%	21,777	14,599	11,834	81.1%
Educational Services	3,087	1.2%	3,469	3,097	-10	-0.3%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	16,786	6.3%	18,597	11,724	5,062	43.2%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	5,306	2.0%	4,047	3,982	1,324	33.2%
Accomodation and Food Services	12,445	4.7%	11,467	6,194	6,251	100.9%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	4,438	1.7%	2,987	1,991	2,447	122.9%
Public Administration	2,122	0.8%	1,349	1,327	795	59.9%
Information Not Available	24,118	9.0%	20,717	13,051	11,067	84.8%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Puerto Rico
	Dec 2008	Percent	Nov 2008	Dec 2007	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	36,604		41,709	28,985
Male	20,690	56.5%	22,882	16,292	4,398	27.0%
Female	15,914	43.5%	18,827	12,693	3,221	25.4%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	36,604		41,709	28,985
Hispanic or Latino	35,888	98.0%	40,882	27,892	7,996	28.7%
Not Hispanic or Latino	282	0.8%	311	608	-326	-53.6%
Information Not Available	434	1.2%	516	485	-51	-10.5%

Race	36,604		41,709	28,985
American Indian or Alaskan Native	1,402	3.8%	1,433	874	528	60.4%
Asian	61	0.2%	62	92	-31	-33.7%
Black or African American	1,646	4.5%	2,001	2,818	-1,172	-41.6%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	94	0.3%	106	57	37	64.9%
White	7,021	19.2%	8,282	6,267	754	12.0%
Information Not Available	26,380	72.1%	29,825	18,877	7,503	39.7%

Years of Age	36,604		41,709	28,985
Younger than 22	2,042	4.8%	2,392	1,717	325	18.9%
22-24	3,609	8.5%	4,136	2,816	793	28.2%
25-34	12,436	29.3%	14,200	9,786	2,650	27.1%
35-44	8,641	20.4%	9,809	6,940	1,701	24.5%
45-54	6,179	14.6%	6,963	4,825	1,354	28.1%
55-59	2,065	4.9%	2,302	1,520	545	35.9%
60-64	1,166	2.7%	1,358	984	182	18.5%
65 and older	466	1.1%	549	397	69	17.4%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	36,604		41,709	28,985
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
Mining	49	0.1%	72	39	10	25.6%
Utilities	878	2.4%	964	830	48	5.8%
Construction	5,496	15.0%	6,155	4,605	891	19.3%
Manufacturing	3,612	9.9%	4,032	3,359	253	7.5%
Wholesale Trade	6,244	17.1%	7,426	5,327	917	17.2%
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	1,187	3.2%	1,260	841	346	41.1%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
Educational Services	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
Accomodation and Food Services	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	9,412	25.7%	10,780	8,285	1,127	13.6%
Public Administration	3,475	9.5%	4,381	1,941	1,534	79.0%
Information Not Available	6,251	17.1%	6,639	3,758	2,493	66.3%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Rhode Island
	Dec 2008	Percent	Nov 2008	Dec 2007	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	19,630		14,952	14,477
Male	12,045	61.4%	8,476	8,612	3,433	39.9%
Female	7,585	38.6%	6,476	5,865	1,720	29.3%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	19,630		14,952	14,477
Hispanic or Latino	2,843	14.5%	2,236	2,130	713	33.5%
Not Hispanic or Latino	11,580	59.0%	8,935	8,728	2,852	32.7%
Information Not Available	5,207	26.5%	3,781	3,619	1,588	43.9%

Race	19,630		14,952	14,477
American Indian or Alaskan Native	121	0.6%	89	84	37	44.0%
Asian	312	1.6%	265	194	118	60.8%
Black or African American	873	4.4%	704	558	315	56.5%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	71	0.4%	48	36	35	97.2%
White	14,080	71.7%	10,710	10,267	3,813	37.1%
Information Not Available	4,173	21.3%	3,136	3,338	835	25.0%

Years of Age	19,630		14,952	14,477
Younger than 22	652	2.0%	444	474	178	37.6%
22-24	1,133	3.5%	822	851	282	33.1%
25-34	4,344	13.4%	3,231	3,202	1,142	35.7%
35-44	4,678	14.4%	3,596	3,763	915	24.3%
45-54	4,855	15.0%	3,679	3,524	1,331	37.8%
55-59	1,838	5.7%	1,473	1,139	699	61.4%
60-64	1,271	3.9%	1,043	825	446	54.1%
65 and older	859	2.6%	664	699	160	22.9%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	19,630		14,952	14,477
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	115	0.6%	42	117	-2	-1.7%
Mining	50	0.3%	17	24	26	108.3%
Utilities	32	0.2%	20	20	12	60.0%
Construction	3,160	16.0%	2,091	2,498	662	26.5%
Manufacturing	3,360	17.0%	2,706	1,971	1,389	70.5%
Wholesale Trade	724	3.7%	583	550	174	31.6%
Retail Trade	1,749	8.9%	1,432	1,339	410	30.6%
Transporation and Warehousing	544	2.8%	429	290	254	87.6%
Information	333	1.7%	301	148	185	125.0%
Finance and Insurance	943	4.8%	860	1,109	-166	-15.0%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	358	1.8%	261	268	90	33.6%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	796	4.0%	619	576	220	38.2%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	87	0.4%	68	76	11	14.5%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	2,155	10.9%	1,348	1,604	551	34.4%
Educational Services	395	2.0%	415	233	162	69.5%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	1,427	7.2%	1,295	1,088	339	31.2%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	639	3.2%	359	526	113	21.5%
Accomodation and Food Services	1,487	7.5%	1,021	1,053	434	41.2%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	600	3.0%	524	401	199	49.6%
Public Administration	129	0.7%	105	123	6	4.9%
Information Not Available	547	2.8%	456	463	84	18.1%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants South Carolina
	Dec 2008	Percent	Nov 2008	Dec 2007	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	82,084		68,572	43,240
Male	46,622	56.8%	37,514	22,392	24,230	108.2%
Female	35,462	43.2%	31,058	20,848	14,614	70.1%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	82,084		68,572	43,240
Hispanic or Latino	1,913	2.3%	1,614	881	1,032	117.1%
Not Hispanic or Latino	69,383	84.5%	59,615	37,534	31,849	84.9%
Information Not Available	10,788	13.1%	7,343	4,825	5,963	123.6%

Race	82,084		68,572	43,240
American Indian or Alaskan Native	623	0.8%	441	300	323	107.7%
Asian	461	0.6%	364	206	255	123.8%
Black or African American	36,347	44.3%	31,463	21,067	15,280	72.5%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	220	0.3%	151	84	136	161.9%
White	43,019	52.4%	34,988	20,741	22,278	107.4%
Information Not Available	1,414	1.7%	1,165	842	572	67.9%

Years of Age	82,084		68,572	43,240
Younger than 22	5,168	4.3%	4,240	2,383	2,785	116.9%
22-24	3,571	2.9%	3,059	1,792	1,779	99.3%
25-34	18,331	15.1%	15,826	9,793	8,538	87.2%
35-44	17,154	14.1%	14,693	9,446	7,708	81.6%
45-54	16,258	13.4%	13,927	9,317	6,941	74.5%
55-59	5,628	4.6%	4,795	3,209	2,419	75.4%
60-64	3,538	2.9%	3,093	1,937	1,601	82.7%
65 and older	2,049	1.7%	1,804	1,034	1,015	98.2%
Information Not Available	10,387	8.5%	7,135	4,329	6,058	139.9%

Industry	82,084		68,572	43,240
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	450	0.5%	375	318	132	41.5%
Mining	135	0.2%	135	28	107	382.1%
Utilities	99	0.1%	96	45	54	120.0%
Construction	9,782	11.9%	8,019	5,071	4,711	92.9%
Manufacturing	16,485	20.0%	12,954	8,373	8,112	96.9%
Wholesale Trade	3,393	4.1%	2,856	1,699	1,694	99.7%
Retail Trade	8,529	10.3%	7,584	4,139	4,390	106.1%
Transporation and Warehousing	2,667	3.2%	2,191	1,086	1,581	145.6%
Information	783	0.9%	711	475	308	64.8%
Finance and Insurance	1,535	1.9%	1,502	1,223	312	25.5%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	1,716	2.1%	1,482	803	913	113.7%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	2,772	3.4%	2,353	1,217	1,555	127.8%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	192	0.2%	137	228	-36	-15.8%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	10,896	13.2%	9,201	5,970	4,926	82.5%
Educational Services	971	1.2%	953	501	470	93.8%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	3,544	4.3%	3,431	2,275	1,269	55.8%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	1,232	1.5%	1,019	496	736	148.4%
Accomodation and Food Services	7,973	9.7%	6,223	4,906	3,067	62.5%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	1,732	2.1%	1,462	876	856	97.7%
Public Administration	1,060	1.3%	906	595	465	78.2%
Information Not Available	6,138	7.4%	4,982	2,916	3,222	110.5%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants South Dakota
	Dec 2008	Percent	Nov 2008	Dec 2007	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	4,117		2,392	2,748
Male	2,959	71.9%	1,494	2,004	955	47.7%
Female	1,158	28.1%	898	744	414	55.6%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	4,117		2,392	2,748
Hispanic or Latino	108	2.6%	53	67	41	61.2%
Not Hispanic or Latino	3,728	90.6%	2,176	2,475	1,253	50.6%
Information Not Available	281	6.8%	163	206	75	36.4%

Race	4,117		2,392	2,748
American Indian or Alaskan Native	429	10.4%	313	292	137	46.9%
Asian	7	0.2%	2	2	5	250.0%
Black or African American	105	2.6%	56	38	67	176.3%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
White	3,264	79.3%	1,856	2,192	1,072	48.9%
Information Not Available	312	7.6%	165	224	88	39.3%

Years of Age	4,117		2,392	2,748
Younger than 22	79	1.1%	61	55	24	43.6%
22-24	197	2.8%	105	154	43	27.9%
25-34	909	12.8%	487	673	236	35.1%
35-44	856	12.1%	531	652	204	31.3%
45-54	1,164	16.4%	693	713	451	63.3%
55-59	428	6.0%	256	333	95	28.5%
60-64	294	4.1%	166	168	126	75.0%
65 and older	190	2.7%	93	0	190	0.0%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	4,117		2,392	2,748
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	51	1.2%	27	14	37	264.3%
Mining	109	2.6%	40	71	38	53.5%
Utilities	4	0.1%	1	7	-3	-42.9%
Construction	1,233	29.6%	468	1,010	223	22.1%
Manufacturing	649	15.6%	377	347	302	87.0%
Wholesale Trade	158	3.8%	123	70	88	125.7%
Retail Trade	291	7.0%	205	164	127	77.4%
Transporation and Warehousing	159	3.8%	77	102	57	55.9%
Information	48	1.2%	31	15	33	220.0%
Finance and Insurance	118	2.8%	84	53	65	122.6%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	30	0.7%	17	27	3	11.1%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	87	2.1%	66	59	28	47.5%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	24	0.6%	12	3	21	700.0%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	257	6.2%	177	142	115	81.0%
Educational Services	83	2.0%	73	54	29	53.7%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	121	2.9%	111	87	34	39.1%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	63	1.5%	38	49	14	28.6%
Accomodation and Food Services	256	6.1%	182	158	98	62.0%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	54	1.3%	33	41	13	31.7%
Public Administration	173	4.2%	147	129	44	34.1%
Information Not Available	149	3.6%	103	146	3	2.1%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Tennessee
	Dec 2008	Percent	Nov 2008	Dec 2007	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	77,632		64,228	40,482
Male	45,082	58.1%	36,403	22,596	22,486	99.5%
Female	32,550	41.9%	27,825	17,886	14,664	82.0%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	77,632		64,228	40,482
Hispanic or Latino	1,040	1.3%	873	550	490	89.1%
Not Hispanic or Latino	76,592	98.7%	63,355	39,932	36,660	91.8%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Race	77,632		64,228	40,482
American Indian or Alaskan Native	177	0.2%	138	104	73	70.2%
Asian	2,183	2.8%	1,708	529	1,654	312.7%
Black or African American	21,055	27.1%	17,995	10,550	10,505	99.6%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	517	0.7%	406	215	302	140.5%
White	52,817	68.0%	43,241	28,601	24,216	84.7%
Information Not Available	883	1.1%	740	483	400	82.8%

Years of Age	77,632		64,228	40,482
Younger than 22	2,006	1.6%	1,332	1,091	915	83.9%
22-24	3,624	2.9%	2,663	1,841	1,783	96.8%
25-34	16,189	12.9%	13,088	8,526	7,663	89.9%
35-44	18,767	15.0%	15,764	9,972	8,795	88.2%
45-54	20,055	16.0%	17,452	10,325	9,730	94.2%
55-59	7,734	6.2%	6,496	3,711	4,023	108.4%
60-64	5,404	4.3%	4,560	2,697	2,707	100.4%
65 and older	3,684	2.9%	2,788	1,994	1,690	84.8%
Information Not Available	169	0.1%	85	325	-156	-48.0%

Industry	77,632		64,228	40,482
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	351	0.5%	191	294	57	19.4%
Mining	263	0.3%	223	106	157	148.1%
Utilities	60	0.1%	56	92	-32	-34.8%
Construction	8,285	10.6%	5,966	4,333	3,952	91.2%
Manufacturing	21,275	27.3%	18,395	10,156	11,119	109.5%
Wholesale Trade	3,753	4.8%	3,095	1,891	1,862	98.5%
Retail Trade	6,790	8.7%	5,761	3,292	3,498	106.3%
Transporation and Warehousing	2,933	3.8%	2,387	1,547	1,386	89.6%
Information	1,061	1.4%	947	553	508	91.9%
Finance and Insurance	1,972	2.5%	1,674	1,235	737	59.7%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	1,124	1.4%	928	612	512	83.7%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	2,333	3.0%	1,984	1,271	1,062	83.6%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	237	0.3%	172	100	137	137.0%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	9,117	11.7%	7,377	5,136	3,981	77.5%
Educational Services	1,192	1.5%	1,143	811	381	47.0%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	3,687	4.7%	3,191	2,382	1,305	54.8%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	823	1.1%	528	799	24	3.0%
Accomodation and Food Services	3,679	4.7%	2,942	2,341	1,338	57.2%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	1,885	2.4%	1,557	1,034	851	82.3%
Public Administration	1,306	1.7%	1,080	957	349	36.5%
Information Not Available	5,506	7.1%	4,631	1,540	3,966	257.5%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Texas
	Dec 2008	Percent	Nov 2008	Dec 2007	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	170,902		147,291	97,660
Male	96,193	56.3%	77,785	51,076	45,117	88.3%
Female	74,707	43.7%	69,483	46,565	28,142	60.4%
Information Not Available	2	0.0%	23	19	-17	-89.5%

Ethnicity	170,902		147,291	97,660
Hispanic or Latino	51,173	29.9%	42,796	29,876	21,297	71.3%
Not Hispanic or Latino	104,455	61.1%	91,337	61,469	42,986	69.9%
Information Not Available	15,274	8.9%	13,158	6,315	8,959	141.9%

Race	170,902		147,291	97,660
American Indian or Alaskan Native	732	0.4%	606	401	331	82.5%
Asian	3,476	2.0%	2,950	1,570	1,906	121.4%
Black or African American	35,619	20.8%	33,118	23,354	12,265	52.5%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0	0.0%	1,438	2,283	-2,283	-100.0%
White	64,442	37.7%	54,164	35,641	28,801	80.8%
Information Not Available	66,633	39.0%	55,015	34,411	32,222	93.6%

Years of Age	170,902		147,291	97,660
Younger than 22	4,212	1.9%	3,759	2,305	1,907	82.7%
22-24	8,797	3.9%	7,723	4,854	3,943	81.2%
25-34	42,125	18.5%	36,099	24,516	17,609	71.8%
35-44	45,704	20.1%	39,052	26,458	19,246	72.7%
45-54	43,346	19.1%	37,274	24,460	18,886	77.2%
55-59	14,316	6.3%	12,412	8,056	6,260	77.7%
60-64	8,236	3.6%	7,165	4,657	3,579	76.9%
65 and older	4,164	1.8%	3,785	2,335	1,829	78.3%
Information Not Available	2	0.0%	22	19	-17	-89.5%

Industry	170,902		147,291	97,660
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	830	0.5%	958	709	121	17.1%
Mining	3,155	1.8%	1,921	1,364	1,791	131.3%
Utilities	401	0.2%	312	232	169	72.8%
Construction	22,351	13.0%	16,667	11,956	10,395	86.9%
Manufacturing	21,479	12.5%	16,886	9,719	11,760	121.0%
Wholesale Trade	10,906	6.4%	8,885	5,372	5,534	103.0%
Retail Trade	13,144	7.7%	11,858	7,153	5,991	83.8%
Transporation and Warehousing	6,289	3.7%	5,485	3,550	2,739	77.2%
Information	5,340	3.1%	4,852	2,878	2,462	85.5%
Finance and Insurance	9,390	5.5%	8,323	6,906	2,484	36.0%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	3,827	2.2%	3,213	2,245	1,582	70.5%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	12,935	7.5%	10,856	6,163	6,772	109.9%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	776	0.5%	622	363	413	113.8%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	23,121	13.5%	19,640	12,450	10,671	85.7%
Educational Services	3,397	2.0%	3,257	2,039	1,358	66.6%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	10,957	6.4%	10,896	7,877	3,080	39.1%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	1,247	0.7%	1,182	643	604	93.9%
Accomodation and Food Services	6,146	3.6%	6,111	3,190	2,956	92.7%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	3,564	2.1%	3,220	2,053	1,511	73.6%
Public Administration	1,642	1.0%	1,638	1,328	314	23.6%
Information Not Available	10,005	5.8%	10,509	9,470	535	5.6%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Utah
	Dec 2008	Percent	Nov 2008	Dec 2007	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	27,717		20,490	12,046
Male	18,562	67.0%	13,092	7,619	10,943	143.6%
Female	8,863	32.0%	7,196	4,134	4,729	114.4%
Information Not Available	292	1.1%	202	293	-1	-0.3%

Ethnicity	27,717		20,490	12,046
Hispanic or Latino	2,641	9.5%	1,889	1,210	1,431	118.3%
Not Hispanic or Latino	17,708	63.9%	14,221	7,960	9,748	122.5%
Information Not Available	7,368	26.6%	4,380	2,876	4,492	156.2%

Race	27,717		20,490	12,046
American Indian or Alaskan Native	803	2.9%	629	455	348	76.5%
Asian	372	1.3%	271	156	216	138.5%
Black or African American	369	1.3%	292	179	190	106.1%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	346	1.2%	269	110	236	214.5%
White	17,708	63.9%	13,919	8,046	9,662	120.1%
Information Not Available	8,119	29.3%	5,110	3,100	5,019	161.9%

Years of Age	27,717		20,490	12,046
Younger than 22	1,485	3.4%	1,009	521	964	185.0%
22-24	2,226	5.0%	1,544	850	1,376	161.9%
25-34	8,311	18.8%	6,105	3,427	4,884	142.5%
35-44	6,234	14.1%	4,658	2,808	3,426	122.0%
45-54	5,919	13.4%	4,424	2,861	3,058	106.9%
55-59	1,994	4.5%	1,549	931	1,063	114.2%
60-64	1,111	2.5%	856	479	632	131.9%
65 and older	436	1.0%	344	169	267	158.0%
Information Not Available	1	0.0%	1	0	1	0.0%

Industry	27,717		20,490	12,046
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	93	0.3%	65	65	28	43.1%
Mining	338	1.2%	171	131	207	158.0%
Utilities	33	0.1%	24	17	16	94.1%
Construction	5,906	21.2%	3,954	2,792	3,114	111.5%
Manufacturing	4,231	15.2%	2,991	1,233	2,998	243.1%
Wholesale Trade	866	3.1%	696	315	551	174.9%
Retail Trade	2,497	9.0%	1,964	959	1,538	160.4%
Transporation and Warehousing	974	3.5%	736	488	486	99.6%
Information	624	2.2%	527	267	357	133.7%
Finance and Insurance	761	2.7%	671	435	326	74.9%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	437	1.6%	391	206	231	112.1%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	1,395	5.0%	1,162	574	821	143.0%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	73	0.3%	58	124	-51	-41.1%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	3,958	14.2%	2,865	1,665	2,293	137.7%
Educational Services	482	1.7%	410	211	271	128.4%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	848	3.0%	744	350	498	142.3%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	276	1.0%	248	130	146	112.3%
Accomodation and Food Services	1,355	4.9%	1,000	725	630	86.9%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	419	1.5%	300	148	271	183.1%
Public Administration	508	1.8%	403	271	237	87.5%
Information Not Available	1,643	5.9%	1,110	940	703	74.8%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Virginia
	Dec 2008	Percent	Nov 2008	Dec 2007	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	68,291		57,266	37,099
Male	41,594	60.9%	33,588	20,859	20,735	99.4%
Female	26,688	39.1%	23,668	16,236	10,452	64.4%
Information Not Available	9	0.0%	10	4	5	125.0%

Ethnicity	68,291		57,266	37,099
Hispanic or Latino	3,014	4.4%	2,235	1,445	1,569	108.6%
Not Hispanic or Latino	62,385	91.4%	52,439	33,734	28,651	84.9%
Information Not Available	2,892	4.2%	2,592	1,920	972	50.6%

Race	68,291		57,266	37,099
American Indian or Alaskan Native	3,361	4.9%	2,518	169	3,192	1888.8%
Asian	1,333	2.0%	1,152	2,161	-828	-38.3%
Black or African American	23,118	33.9%	20,661	14,089	9,029	64.1%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
White	37,587	55.0%	30,343	18,760	18,827	100.4%
Information Not Available	2,892	4.2%	2,592	1,920	972	50.6%

Years of Age	68,291		57,266	37,099
Younger than 22	1,226	1.2%	1,608	640	586	91.6%
22-24	3,415	3.4%	3,146	1,780	1,635	91.9%
25-34	15,763	15.5%	13,290	8,749	7,014	80.2%
35-44	16,668	16.4%	14,460	9,043	7,625	84.3%
45-54	18,271	18.0%	15,093	10,007	8,264	82.6%
55-59	6,553	6.4%	5,092	3,421	3,132	91.6%
60-64	4,187	4.1%	3,102	2,280	1,907	83.6%
65 and older	2,208	2.2%	1,472	1,179	1,029	87.3%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	3	0	0	0.0%

Industry	68,291		57,266	37,099
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	101	0.1%	65	121	-20	-16.5%
Mining	124	0.2%	60	285	-161	-56.5%
Utilities	9	0.0%	8	31	-22	-71.0%
Construction	4,902	7.2%	3,653	3,437	1,465	42.6%
Manufacturing	6,236	9.1%	6,048	3,544	2,692	76.0%
Wholesale Trade	666	1.0%	606	733	-67	-9.1%
Retail Trade	1,678	2.5%	1,533	1,630	48	2.9%
Transporation and Warehousing	1,053	1.5%	1,000	912	141	15.5%
Information	451	0.7%	464	518	-67	-12.9%
Finance and Insurance	399	0.6%	417	836	-437	-52.3%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	347	0.5%	311	403	-56	-13.9%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	1,102	1.6%	1,050	1,418	-316	-22.3%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	62	0.1%	64	56	6	10.7%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	2,868	4.2%	2,516	2,581	287	11.1%
Educational Services	153	0.2%	153	161	-8	-5.0%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	941	1.4%	968	1,152	-211	-18.3%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	262	0.4%	200	326	-64	-19.6%
Accomodation and Food Services	1,380	2.0%	1,075	1,319	61	4.6%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	496	0.7%	480	575	-79	-13.7%
Public Administration	2,530	3.7%	2,095	1,815	715	39.4%
Information Not Available	42,531	62.2%	34,500	15,246	27,285	179.0%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Virgin Islands
	Dec 2008	Percent	Nov 2008	Dec 2007	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	491		513	412
Male	294	59.9%	296	304	-10	-3.3%
Female	197	40.1%	217	107	90	84.1%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	1	-1	-100.0%

Ethnicity	491		513	412
Hispanic or Latino	129	26.3%	131	121	8	6.6%
Not Hispanic or Latino	351	71.5%	371	281	70	24.9%
Information Not Available	11	2.2%	11	10	1	10.0%

Race	491		513	412
American Indian or Alaskan Native	1	0.2%	1	0	1	0.0%
Asian	9	1.8%	6	2	7	350.0%
Black or African American	312	63.5%	335	264	48	18.2%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	10	2.0%	10	9	1	11.1%
White	29	5.9%	29	15	14	93.3%
Information Not Available	130	26.5%	132	122	8	6.6%

Years of Age	491		513	412
Younger than 22	10	2.1%	18	6	4	66.7%
22-24	38	7.9%	35	29	9	31.0%
25-34	116	24.1%	113	101	15	14.9%
35-44	108	22.5%	127	98	10	10.2%
45-54	108	22.5%	113	91	17	18.7%
55-59	49	10.2%	49	41	8	19.5%
60-64	39	8.1%	39	35	4	11.4%
65 and older	21	4.4%	18	10	11	110.0%
Information Not Available	2	0.4%	1	1	1	100.0%

Industry	491		513	412
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	1	0.2%	1	0	1	0.0%
Mining	2	0.4%	2	0	2	0.0%
Utilities	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
Construction	124	25.2%	141	189	-65	-34.4%
Manufacturing	26	5.3%	35	18	8	44.4%
Wholesale Trade	12	2.4%	13	0	12	0.0%
Retail Trade	47	9.6%	50	15	32	213.3%
Transporation and Warehousing	7	1.4%	4	1	6	600.0%
Information	5	1.0%	3	1	4	400.0%
Finance and Insurance	4	0.8%	5	2	2	100.0%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	10	2.0%	10	5	5	100.0%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	20	4.1%	26	6	14	233.3%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	10	2.0%	10	3	7	233.3%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	21	4.3%	23	16	5	31.3%
Educational Services	6	1.2%	6	1	5	500.0%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	12	2.4%	11	7	5	71.4%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	4	0.8%	3	0	4	0.0%
Accomodation and Food Services	54	11.0%	64	20	34	170.0%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	86	17.5%	59	98	-12	-12.2%
Public Administration	7	1.4%	4	8	-1	-12.5%
Information Not Available	33	6.7%	43	22	11	50.0%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Vermont
	Dec 2008	Percent	Nov 2008	Dec 2007	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	10,458		7,979	6,747
Male	7,143	68.3%	5,139	4,764	2,379	49.9%
Female	3,315	31.7%	2,840	1,983	1,332	67.2%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	10,458		7,979	6,747
Hispanic or Latino	11	0.1%	14	18	-7	-38.9%
Not Hispanic or Latino	2,172	20.8%	2,123	1,832	340	18.6%
Information Not Available	8,275	79.1%	5,842	4,897	3,378	69.0%

Race	10,458		7,979	6,747
American Indian or Alaskan Native	19	0.2%	14	10	9	90.0%
Asian	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
Black or African American	31	0.3%	38	27	4	14.8%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	9	0.1%	12	13	-4	-30.8%
White	2,124	20.3%	2,073	1,800	324	18.0%
Information Not Available	8,275	79.1%	5,842	4,897	3,378	69.0%

Years of Age	10,458		7,979	6,747
Younger than 22	518	4.3%	351	307	211	68.7%
22-24	642	5.4%	450	430	212	49.3%
25-34	2,341	19.6%	1,724	1,510	831	55.0%
35-44	2,231	18.7%	1,691	1,471	760	51.7%
45-54	2,500	21.0%	1,939	1,585	915	57.7%
55-59	1,019	8.6%	834	619	400	64.6%
60-64	666	5.6%	554	460	206	44.8%
65 and older	541	4.5%	436	365	176	48.2%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	10,458		7,979	6,747
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	130	1.2%	89	87	43	49.4%
Mining	28	0.3%	25	50	-22	-44.0%
Utilities	11	0.1%	9	6	5	83.3%
Construction	2,720	25.7%	1,607	2,110	610	28.9%
Manufacturing	1,625	15.3%	1,278	663	962	145.1%
Wholesale Trade	383	3.6%	278	221	162	73.3%
Retail Trade	1,040	9.8%	807	563	477	84.7%
Transporation and Warehousing	280	2.6%	208	169	111	65.7%
Information	109	1.0%	92	61	48	78.7%
Finance and Insurance	141	1.3%	108	61	80	131.1%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	150	1.4%	125	85	65	76.5%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	326	3.1%	294	259	67	25.9%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	2	0.0%	5	2	0	0.0%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	882	8.3%	587	606	276	45.5%
Educational Services	231	2.2%	171	138	93	67.4%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	591	5.6%	462	312	279	89.4%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	316	3.0%	294	264	52	19.7%
Accomodation and Food Services	996	9.4%	1,134	754	242	32.1%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	247	2.3%	184	161	86	53.4%
Public Administration	250	2.4%	222	175	75	42.9%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Washington
	Dec 2008	Percent	Nov 2008	Dec 2007	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	105,887		86,033	57,522
Male	71,585	67.6%	56,462	37,240	34,345	92.2%
Female	34,299	32.4%	29,570	20,281	14,018	69.1%
Information Not Available	3	0.0%	1	1	2	200.0%

Ethnicity	105,887		86,033	57,522
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	105,887	100.0%	86,033	57,522	48,365	84.1%

Race	105,887		86,033	57,522
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	105,887	100.0%	86,033	57,522	48,365	84.1%

Years of Age	105,887		86,033	57,522
Younger than 22	1,882	1.9%	2,440	1,056	826	78.2%
22-24	5,617	5.6%	4,868	2,840	2,777	97.8%
25-34	25,796	25.9%	20,525	13,167	12,629	95.9%
35-44	25,485	25.6%	21,270	14,388	11,097	77.1%
45-54	27,354	27.5%	22,122	15,448	11,906	77.1%
55-59	10,152	10.2%	8,024	5,513	4,639	84.1%
60-64	6,440	6.5%	4,654	3,318	3,122	94.1%
65 and older	3,161	3.2%	2,129	1,792	1,369	76.4%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	1	0	0	0.0%

Industry	105,887		86,033	57,522
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	105,887	100.0%	86,033	57,522	48,365	84.1%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Wisconsin
	Dec 2008	Percent	Nov 2008	Dec 2007	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	123,203		90,507	81,041
Male	81,880	66.5%	55,250	54,611	27,269	49.9%
Female	41,298	33.5%	35,239	26,422	14,876	56.3%
Information Not Available	25	0.0%	18	8	17	212.5%

Ethnicity	123,203		90,507	81,041
Hispanic or Latino	5,593	4.5%	3,783	3,906	1,687	43.2%
Not Hispanic or Latino	116,674	94.7%	86,054	76,495	40,179	52.5%
Information Not Available	936	0.8%	670	640	296	46.3%

Race	123,203		90,507	81,041
American Indian or Alaskan Native	1,281	1.0%	977	964	317	32.9%
Asian	1,343	1.1%	1,032	681	662	97.2%
Black or African American	11,963	9.7%	9,884	8,095	3,868	47.8%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	99	0.1%	72	65	34	52.3%
White	107,581	87.3%	77,872	70,596	36,985	52.4%
Information Not Available	936	0.8%	670	640	296	46.3%

Years of Age	123,203		90,507	81,041
Younger than 22	5,347	2.4%	3,765	3,930	1,417	36.1%
22-24	8,661	3.9%	6,164	6,021	2,640	43.8%
25-34	29,778	13.3%	21,468	20,213	9,565	47.3%
35-44	27,930	12.4%	20,210	18,477	9,453	51.2%
45-54	30,764	13.7%	22,907	19,393	11,371	58.6%
55-59	10,460	4.7%	8,028	6,491	3,969	61.1%
60-64	6,407	2.9%	4,978	3,858	2,549	66.1%
65 and older	3,856	1.7%	2,987	2,658	1,198	45.1%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	123,203		90,507	81,041
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	1,023	0.8%	534	908	115	12.7%
Mining	628	0.5%	181	559	69	12.3%
Utilities	136	0.1%	91	113	23	20.4%
Construction	23,938	19.3%	12,445	19,454	4,484	23.0%
Manufacturing	31,329	25.2%	24,962	14,901	16,428	110.2%
Wholesale Trade	4,238	3.4%	3,349	2,610	1,628	62.4%
Retail Trade	9,869	7.9%	8,182	6,596	3,273	49.6%
Transporation and Warehousing	5,113	4.1%	3,548	3,404	1,709	50.2%
Information	1,441	1.2%	1,294	843	598	70.9%
Finance and Insurance	2,341	1.9%	2,217	1,767	574	32.5%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	1,183	1.0%	959	778	405	52.1%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	3,191	2.6%	2,525	2,018	1,173	58.1%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	345	0.3%	253	235	110	46.8%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	13,725	11.0%	9,639	9,108	4,617	50.7%
Educational Services	1,097	0.9%	1,005	843	254	30.1%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	6,296	5.1%	5,693	4,482	1,814	40.5%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	2,365	1.9%	1,828	1,945	420	21.6%
Accomodation and Food Services	7,257	5.8%	5,856	5,234	2,023	38.7%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	2,329	1.9%	1,855	1,499	830	55.4%
Public Administration	1,934	1.6%	1,493	1,775	159	9.0%
Information Not Available	3,425	2.8%	2,598	1,969	1,456	73.9%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants West Virginia
	Dec 2008	Percent	Nov 2008	Dec 2007	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	20,954		13,943	15,730
Male	15,264	72.8%	9,118	11,471	3,793	33.1%
Female	5,690	27.2%	4,825	4,259	1,431	33.6%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	20,954		13,943	15,730
Hispanic or Latino	400	1.9%	231	227	173	76.2%
Not Hispanic or Latino	17,438	83.2%	11,425	13,572	3,866	28.5%
Information Not Available	3,116	14.9%	2,287	1,931	1,185	61.4%

Race	20,954		13,943	15,730
American Indian or Alaskan Native	46	0.2%	19	32	14	43.8%
Asian	33	0.2%	35	24	9	37.5%
Black or African American	593	2.8%	612	503	90	17.9%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	15	0.1%	11	13	2	15.4%
White	19,427	92.7%	12,842	14,748	4,679	31.7%
Information Not Available	840	4.0%	424	410	430	104.9%

Years of Age	20,954		13,943	15,730
Younger than 22	728	1.8%	450	506	222	43.9%
22-24	1,148	2.9%	767	862	286	33.2%
25-34	5,222	13.2%	3,647	4,006	1,216	30.4%
35-44	5,424	13.8%	3,648	4,074	1,350	33.1%
45-54	5,167	13.1%	3,419	3,920	1,247	31.8%
55-59	1,773	4.5%	1,093	1,317	456	34.6%
60-64	964	2.4%	596	680	284	41.8%
65 and older	528	1.3%	323	365	163	44.7%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	20,954		13,943	15,730
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	171	0.8%	119	184	-13	-7.1%
Mining	724	3.4%	393	808	-84	-10.4%
Utilities	29	0.1%	21	43	-14	-32.6%
Construction	5,930	28.1%	2,884	4,686	1,244	26.5%
Manufacturing	3,125	14.8%	1,708	1,513	1,612	106.5%
Wholesale Trade	583	2.8%	508	374	209	55.9%
Retail Trade	1,754	8.3%	1,433	1,039	715	68.8%
Transporation and Warehousing	799	3.8%	414	706	93	13.2%
Information	166	0.8%	155	103	63	61.2%
Finance and Insurance	230	1.1%	216	198	32	16.2%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	197	0.9%	165	201	-4	-2.0%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	549	2.6%	494	386	163	42.2%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	19	0.1%	10	13	6	46.2%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	1,541	7.3%	1,214	1,123	418	37.2%
Educational Services	171	0.8%	165	152	19	12.5%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	1,171	5.5%	1,083	1,136	35	3.1%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	418	2.0%	281	450	-32	-7.1%
Accomodation and Food Services	1,286	6.1%	1,071	921	365	39.6%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	487	2.3%	383	431	56	13.0%
Public Administration	252	1.2%	223	216	36	16.7%
Information Not Available	1,352	6.4%	1,003	1,047	305	29.1%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Wyoming
	Dec 2008	Percent	Nov 2008	Dec 2007	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	4,703		3,334	2,552
Male	3,149	67.0%	2,052	1,676	1,473	87.9%
Female	1,554	33.0%	1,282	876	678	77.4%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	4,703		3,334	2,552
Hispanic or Latino	466	9.9%	282	289	177	61.2%
Not Hispanic or Latino	3,920	83.4%	2,814	2,071	1,849	89.3%
Information Not Available	317	6.7%	238	192	125	65.1%

Race	4,703		3,334	2,552
American Indian or Alaskan Native	171	3.6%	135	128	43	33.6%
Asian	20	0.4%	10	17	3	17.6%
Black or African American	43	0.9%	32	32	11	34.4%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	17	0.4%	14	5	12	240.0%
White	4,166	88.6%	2,974	2,189	1,977	90.3%
Information Not Available	286	6.1%	169	181	105	58.0%

Years of Age	4,703		3,334	2,552
Younger than 22	106	1.2%	71	39	67	171.8%
22-24	300	3.5%	205	139	161	115.8%
25-34	1,096	12.7%	808	556	540	97.1%
35-44	991	11.5%	686	585	406	69.4%
45-54	1,230	14.3%	873	674	556	82.5%
55-59	464	5.4%	344	228	236	103.5%
60-64	260	3.0%	174	163	97	59.5%
65 and older	256	3.0%	173	168	88	52.4%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	4,703		3,334	2,552
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	44	0.9%	23	22	22	100.0%
Mining	290	6.1%	198	129	161	124.8%
Utilities	6	0.1%	4	0	6	0.0%
Construction	1,395	29.4%	764	711	684	96.2%
Manufacturing	214	4.5%	103	75	139	185.3%
Wholesale Trade	61	1.3%	41	29	32	110.3%
Retail Trade	340	7.2%	250	157	183	116.6%
Transporation and Warehousing	105	2.2%	98	100	5	5.0%
Information	33	0.7%	35	31	2	6.5%
Finance and Insurance	49	1.0%	51	16	33	206.3%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	36	0.8%	39	21	15	71.4%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	125	2.6%	80	65	60	92.3%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	6	0.1%	6	6	0	0.0%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	328	6.9%	237	239	89	37.2%
Educational Services	59	1.2%	53	28	31	110.7%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	198	4.2%	152	139	59	42.4%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	82	1.7%	52	31	51	164.5%
Accomodation and Food Services	652	13.7%	633	348	304	87.4%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	102	2.1%	80	49	53	108.2%
Public Administration	120	2.5%	89	127	-7	-5.5%
Information Not Available	458	9.6%	346	229	229	100.0%