Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants

January 2008

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants: Total Claimants January 2008
	Jan 2008	Dec 2007	Monthly Change	Jan 2007	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
United States	3,266,068	2,753,503	512,565	2,919,685	346,383	11.9
Alaska	14,357	12,936	1,421	13,954	403	2.9
Alabama	32,930	27,198	5,732	31,738	1,192	3.8
Arkansas	34,060	31,296	2,764	33,812	248	0.7
Arizona	30,172	27,988	2,184	21,158	9,014	42.6
California	474,569	445,001	29,568	350,623	123,946	35.4
Colorado	27,752	24,112	3,640	26,812	940	3.5
Connecticut	49,619	38,721	10,898	47,100	2,519	5.3
District of Columbia	10,026	6,493	3,533	10,030	-4	0.0
Delaware	10,725	8,489	2,236	9,483	1,242	13.1
Florida	132,895	124,887	8,008	91,368	41,527	45.5
Georgia	71,981	62,419	9,562	58,636	13,345	22.8
Hawaii	8,081	7,836	245	6,456	1,625	25.2
Iowa	37,258	28,167	9,091	37,093	165	0.4
Idaho	23,685	16,745	6,940	18,630	5,055	27.1
Illinois	184,408	156,366	28,042	175,543	8,865	5.1
Indiana	79,655	60,705	18,950	73,835	5,820	7.9
Kansas	21,452	20,140	1,312	19,638	1,814	9.2
Kentucky	39,357	30,575	8,782	40,652	-1,295	-3.2
Louisiana	20,279	19,445	834	20,772	-493	-2.4
Massachusetts	108,891	83,850	25,041	103,270	5,621	5.4
Maryland	46,711	39,727	6,984	38,939	7,772	20.0
Maine	14,915	10,487	4,428	13,896	1,019	7.3
Michigan	179,668	148,470	31,198	179,085	583	0.3
Minnesota	72,808	60,615	12,193	63,661	9,147	14.4
Missouri	64,283	49,452	14,831	57,429	6,854	11.9
Mississippi	22,303	20,029	2,274	20,130	2,173	10.8
Montana	7,202	5,967	1,235	5,923	1,279	21.6
North Carolina	89,292	78,279	11,013	80,696	8,596	10.7
North Dakota	6,088	4,573	1,515	6,622	-534	-8.1
Nebraska	11,857	10,069	1,788	12,553	-696	-5.5
New Hampshire	9,622	6,686	2,936	8,828	794	9.0
New Jersey	136,433	109,014	27,419	125,599	10,834	8.6
New Mexico	11,978	11,197	781	12,246	-268	-2.2
Nevada	32,745	30,446	2,299	23,616	9,129	38.7
New York	212,571	176,688	35,883	205,335	7,236	3.5
Ohio	134,794	109,150	25,644	129,283	5,511	4.3
Oklahoma	14,644	15,035	-391	15,391	-747	-4.9
Oregon	60,260	49,508	10,752	50,626	9,634	19.0
Pennsylvania	209,797	144,001	65,796	192,164	17,633	9.2
Puerto Rico	32,397	28,985	3,412	32,256	141	0.4
Rhode Island	18,744	14,477	4,267	14,854	3,890	26.2
South Carolina	48,772	43,240	5,532	44,353	4,419	10.0
South Dakota	3,554	2,748	806	3,598	-44	-1.2
Tennessee	50,132	40,482	9,650	47,199	2,933	6.2
Texas	104,132	97,660	6,472	103,312	820	0.8
Utah	15,761	12,046	3,715	10,248	5,513	53.8
Virginia	44,579	37,099	7,480	39,994	4,585	11.5
Virgin Islands	414	412	2	256	158	61.7
Vermont	8,097	6,747	1,350	7,248	849	11.7
Washington	67,096	57,522	9,574	64,541	2,555	4.0
Wisconsin	100,697	81,041	19,656	99,496	1,201	1.2
West Virginia	18,403	15,730	2,673	17,036	1,367	8.0
Wyoming	3,167	2,552	615	2,669	498	18.7

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants US Totals
	Jan 2008	Percent	Dec 2007	Jan 2007	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	3,266,068		2,753,503	2,919,685	346,383	11.9
Male	2,053,746	62.9%	1,670,156	1,808,307	245,439	13.6%
Female	1,209,448	37.0%	1,080,959	1,108,424	101,024	9.1%
Information Not Available	2,874	0.1%	2,388	2,954	-80	-2.7%

Ethnicity	3,266,068		2,753,503	2,919,685
Hispanic or Latino	505,963	15.5%	443,983	426,167	79,796	18.7%
Not Hispanic or Latino	2,379,070	86.2%	1,983,886	2,262,641	116,429	5.1%
Information Not Available	381,035	10.4%	325,634	330,877	50,158	15.2%

Race	3,266,068		2,753,503	2,919,685
American Indian or Alaskan Native	34,261	1.0%	28,411	29,720	4,541	15.3%
Asian	68,755	2.1%	62,211	61,590	7,165	11.6%
Black or African American	497,863	15.2%	448,433	461,802	36,061	7.8%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	10,840	0.3%	9,895	12,838	-1,998	-15.6%
White	1,959,250	60.0%	1,596,983	1,774,140	185,110	10.4%
Information Not Available	695,097	21.3%	607,570	579,594	115,503	19.9%

Years of Age	3,266,068		2,753,503	2,919,685
Younger than 22	122,166	3.7%	117,103	111,317	10,849	9.7%
22-24	186,830	5.7%	164,008	170,480	16,350	9.6%
25-34	767,018	23.5%	655,712	679,282	87,736	12.9%
35-44	812,575	24.9%	690,910	747,844	64,731	8.7%
45-54	802,783	24.6%	664,368	717,789	84,994	11.8%
55-59	270,892	8.3%	224,426	237,071	33,821	14.3%
60-64	167,953	5.1%	135,546	142,982	24,971	17.5%
65 and older	106,264	3.3%	83,450	91,571	14,693	16.0%
Information Not Available	29,587	0.9%	17,980	21,349	8,238	38.6%

Industry	3,266,068		2,753,503	2,919,685
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	99,155	3.0%	92,872	86,338	12,817	14.8%
Mining	19,956	0.6%	13,504	18,194	1,762	9.7%
Utilities	6,334	0.2%	5,629	5,156	1,178	22.8%
Construction	619,183	19.0%	461,459	519,035	100,148	19.3%
Manufacturing	431,080	13.2%	361,016	429,720	1,360	0.3%
Wholesale Trade	108,281	3.3%	96,104	99,625	8,656	8.7%
Retail Trade	240,422	7.4%	209,605	217,872	22,550	10.4%
Transporation and Warehousing	103,058	3.2%	80,610	90,207	12,851	14.2%
Information	80,749	2.5%	69,987	67,676	13,073	19.3%
Finance and Insurance	112,790	3.5%	107,729	77,230	35,560	46.0%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	55,819	1.7%	52,061	40,025	15,794	39.5%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	118,918	3.6%	109,429	104,562	14,356	13.7%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	10,458	0.3%	8,667	11,351	-893	-7.9%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	363,520	11.1%	309,018	328,113	35,407	10.8%
Educational Services	54,853	1.7%	51,380	52,577	2,276	4.3%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	165,072	5.1%	160,909	151,338	13,734	9.1%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	76,440	2.3%	59,997	67,508	8,932	13.2%
Accomodation and Food Services	176,800	5.4%	140,768	161,604	15,196	9.4%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	76,861	2.4%	69,062	68,735	8,126	11.8%
Public Administration	52,407	1.6%	47,966	50,911	1,496	2.9%
Information Not Available	293,912	9.0%	245,731	271,908	22,004	8.1%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Alaska
	Jan 2008	Percent	Dec 2007	Jan 2007	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	14,357		12,936	13,954	403	2.9
Male	9,235	64.3%	8,051	8,838	397	4.5%
Female	5,122	35.7%	4,885	5,116	6	0.1%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	14,357		12,936	13,954
Hispanic or Latino	609	4.2%	578	564	45	8.0%
Not Hispanic or Latino	13,638	95.0%	12,249	13,239	399	3.0%
Information Not Available	110	0.8%	109	151	-41	-27.2%

Race	14,357		12,936	13,954
American Indian or Alaskan Native	3,932	27.4%	3,506	3,625	307	8.5%
Asian	962	6.7%	969	843	119	14.1%
Black or African American	472	3.3%	437	537	-65	-12.1%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	139	1.0%	127	107	32	29.9%
White	8,319	57.9%	7,365	8,297	22	0.3%
Information Not Available	533	3.7%	532	545	-12	-2.2%

Years of Age	14,357		12,936	13,954
Younger than 22	546	2.5%	493	544	2	0.4%
22-24	1,036	4.7%	975	1,151	-115	-10.0%
25-34	3,566	16.2%	3,267	3,614	-48	-1.3%
35-44	3,307	15.0%	2,914	3,309	-2	-0.1%
45-54	3,765	17.1%	3,390	3,482	283	8.1%
55-59	1,169	5.3%	1,018	1,047	122	11.7%
60-64	624	2.8%	563	515	109	21.2%
65 and older	344	1.6%	316	292	52	17.8%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	14,357		12,936	13,954
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	182	1.3%	130	195	-13	-6.7%
Mining	428	2.9%	387	400	28	7.0%
Utilities	87	0.6%	70	85	2	2.4%
Construction	3,235	22.3%	2,636	3,433	-198	-5.8%
Manufacturing	1,508	10.4%	1,493	1,312	196	14.9%
Wholesale Trade	167	1.1%	157	184	-17	-9.2%
Retail Trade	1,066	7.3%	1,014	1,164	-98	-8.4%
Transporation and Warehousing	798	5.5%	754	750	48	6.4%
Information	127	0.9%	118	150	-23	-15.3%
Finance and Insurance	223	1.5%	218	203	20	9.9%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	307	2.1%	235	281	26	9.3%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	409	2.8%	335	299	110	36.8%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	60	0.4%	58	58	2	3.4%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	849	5.8%	762	674	175	26.0%
Educational Services	329	2.3%	316	384	-55	-14.3%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	825	5.7%	840	771	54	7.0%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	191	1.3%	152	186	5	2.7%
Accomodation and Food Services	1,247	8.6%	1,165	1,224	23	1.9%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	396	2.7%	345	421	-25	-5.9%
Public Administration	1,545	10.6%	1,460	1,430	115	8.0%
Information Not Available	378	2.6%	291	350	28	8.0%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Alabama
	Jan 2008	Percent	Dec 2007	Jan 2007	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	32,930		27,198	31,738
Male	18,163	55.2%	14,217	16,585	1,578	9.5%
Female	14,715	44.7%	12,929	15,063	-348	-2.3%
Information Not Available	52	0.2%	52	90	-38	-42.2%

Ethnicity	32,930		27,198	31,738
Hispanic or Latino	770	2.3%	651	724	46	6.4%
Not Hispanic or Latino	26,614	80.8%	21,709	23,570	3,044	12.9%
Information Not Available	5,546	16.8%	4,838	7,444	-1,898	-25.5%

Race	32,930		27,198	31,738
American Indian or Alaskan Native	1,006	3.1%	770	1,106	-100	-9.0%
Asian	443	1.3%	321	418	25	6.0%
Black or African American	14,172	43.0%	11,872	11,924	2,248	18.9%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	66	0.2%	59	52	14	26.9%
White	15,371	46.7%	12,580	13,916	1,455	10.5%
Information Not Available	1,872	5.7%	1,596	4,322	-2,450	-56.7%

Years of Age	32,930		27,198	31,738
Younger than 22	1,414	3.0%	1,171	1,399	15	1.1%
22-24	2,361	5.0%	1,963	2,206	155	7.0%
25-34	8,467	18.1%	6,988	7,963	504	6.3%
35-44	8,066	17.2%	6,635	7,879	187	2.4%
45-54	7,791	16.6%	6,350	7,470	321	4.3%
55-59	2,477	5.3%	2,074	2,472	5	0.2%
60-64	1,440	3.1%	1,222	1,392	48	3.4%
65 and older	901	1.9%	785	919	-18	-2.0%
Information Not Available	13	0.0%	10	38	-25	-65.8%

Industry	32,930		27,198	31,738
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	341	1.0%	247	359	-18	-5.0%
Mining	102	0.3%	88	474	-372	-78.5%
Utilities	38	0.1%	37	48	-10	-20.8%
Construction	3,768	11.3%	2,816	3,003	765	25.5%
Manufacturing	9,372	28.2%	6,908	9,358	14	0.1%
Wholesale Trade	1,048	3.1%	928	941	107	11.4%
Retail Trade	3,033	9.1%	2,627	2,906	127	4.4%
Transporation and Warehousing	947	2.8%	805	884	63	7.1%
Information	382	1.1%	380	393	-11	-2.8%
Finance and Insurance	805	2.4%	691	759	46	6.1%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	389	1.2%	355	423	-34	-8.0%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	1,248	3.8%	1,167	1,204	44	3.7%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	30	0.1%	27	20	10	50.0%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	3,434	10.3%	2,947	3,509	-75	-2.1%
Educational Services	657	2.0%	665	593	64	10.8%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	1,946	5.8%	1,854	1,940	6	0.3%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	249	0.7%	215	270	-21	-7.8%
Accomodation and Food Services	2,112	6.3%	1,816	1,862	250	13.4%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	702	2.1%	626	602	100	16.6%
Public Administration	418	1.3%	395	373	45	12.1%
Information Not Available	1,909	5.7%	1,604	1,817	92	5.1%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Arkansas
	Jan 2008	Percent	Dec 2007	Jan 2007	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	34,060		31,296	33,812
Male	20,038	58.8%	18,299	20,208	-170	-0.8%
Female	14,021	41.2%	12,996	13,603	418	3.1%
Information Not Available	1	0.0%	1	1	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	34,060		31,296	33,812
Hispanic or Latino	760	2.2%	843	946	-186	-19.7%
Not Hispanic or Latino	33,299	97.8%	30,452	132,865	-99,566	-74.9%
Information Not Available	1	0.0%	1	1	0	0.0%

Race	34,060		31,296	33,812
American Indian or Alaskan Native	382	1.1%	408	394	-12	-3.0%
Asian	257	0.8%	204	325	-68	-20.9%
Black or African American	9,464	27.8%	8,553	9,258	206	2.2%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	273	0.8%	257	273	0	0.0%
White	22,921	67.3%	21,028	22,612	309	1.4%
Information Not Available	763	2.2%	846	950	-187	-19.7%

Years of Age	34,060		31,296	33,812
Younger than 22	716	1.3%	1,343	836	-120	-14.4%
22-24	2,106	3.8%	2,208	2,294	-188	-8.2%
25-34	9,256	16.7%	8,273	8,753	503	5.7%
35-44	8,446	15.2%	7,994	8,991	-545	-6.1%
45-54	8,096	14.6%	7,118	7,876	220	2.8%
55-59	2,822	5.1%	2,347	2,503	319	12.7%
60-64	1,449	2.6%	1,139	1,475	-26	-1.8%
65 and older	1,165	2.1%	870	1,080	85	7.9%
Information Not Available	4	0.0%	4	4	0	0.0%

Industry	34,060		31,296	33,812
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	1,094	3.1%	918	1,138	-44	-3.9%
Mining	136	0.4%	118	180	-44	-24.4%
Utilities	71	0.2%	69	81	-10	-12.3%
Construction	4,474	12.7%	4,040	4,739	-265	-5.6%
Manufacturing	7,686	21.9%	7,274	7,888	-202	-2.6%
Wholesale Trade	1,515	4.3%	1,348	1,806	-291	-16.1%
Retail Trade	3,840	10.9%	3,529	3,450	390	11.3%
Transporation and Warehousing	1,263	3.6%	1,133	1,208	55	4.6%
Information	273	0.8%	247	273	0	0.0%
Finance and Insurance	508	1.4%	483	429	79	18.4%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	388	1.1%	333	302	86	28.5%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	590	1.7%	531	569	21	3.7%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	54	0.2%	42	29	25	86.2%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	3,348	9.5%	3,180	3,415	-67	-2.0%
Educational Services	1,055	3.0%	1,015	993	62	6.2%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	2,986	8.5%	2,783	2,718	268	9.9%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	388	1.1%	381	331	57	17.2%
Accomodation and Food Services	2,839	8.1%	2,562	2,666	173	6.5%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	809	2.3%	660	737	72	9.8%
Public Administration	705	2.0%	623	824	-119	-14.4%
Information Not Available	38	0.1%	27	36	2	5.6%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Arizona
	Jan 2008	Percent	Dec 2007	Jan 2007	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	30,172		27,988	21,158
Male	17,236	57.1%	15,625	11,619	5,617	48.3%
Female	12,936	42.9%	12,363	9,539	3,397	35.6%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	30,172		27,988	21,158
Hispanic or Latino	8,452	28.0%	7,810	5,700	2,752	48.3%
Not Hispanic or Latino	21,719	72.0%	20,178	14,291	7,428	52.0%
Information Not Available	1	0.0%	0	1,167	-1,166	-99.9%

Race	30,172		27,988	21,158
American Indian or Alaskan Native	2,417	8.0%	2,144	1,949	468	24.0%
Asian	7	0.0%	9	426	-419	-98.4%
Black or African American	2,011	6.7%	1,907	1,382	629	45.5%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
White	15,524	51.5%	14,404	16,234	-710	-4.4%
Information Not Available	10,213	33.8%	9,524	1,167	9,046	775.1%

Years of Age	30,172		27,988	21,158
Younger than 22	963	2.2%	851	587	376	64.1%
22-24	1,628	3.7%	1,536	1,147	481	41.9%
25-34	6,836	15.6%	6,411	4,542	2,294	50.5%
35-44	7,533	17.1%	6,986	5,619	1,914	34.1%
45-54	7,742	17.6%	7,174	5,506	2,236	40.6%
55-59	2,786	6.3%	2,572	1,920	866	45.1%
60-64	1,744	4.0%	1,584	1,174	570	48.6%
65 and older	940	2.1%	874	663	277	41.8%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	30,172		27,988	21,158
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	365	1.2%	397	378	-13	-3.4%
Mining	88	0.3%	84	74	14	18.9%
Utilities	48	0.2%	46	46	2	4.3%
Construction	5,188	17.0%	4,694	3,497	1,691	48.4%
Manufacturing	2,356	7.7%	2,077	1,892	464	24.5%
Wholesale Trade	1,089	3.6%	1,048	858	231	26.9%
Retail Trade	2,587	8.5%	2,374	1,777	810	45.6%
Transporation and Warehousing	569	1.9%	531	467	102	21.8%
Information	360	1.2%	350	478	-118	-24.7%
Finance and Insurance	2,007	6.6%	2,018	1,039	968	93.2%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	733	2.4%	701	503	230	45.7%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	1,459	4.8%	1,388	1,063	396	37.3%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	80	0.3%	84	77	3	3.9%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	3,102	10.2%	2,983	2,381	721	30.3%
Educational Services	619	2.0%	617	507	112	22.1%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	1,737	5.7%	1,773	1,455	282	19.4%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	352	1.2%	340	317	35	11.0%
Accomodation and Food Services	1,217	4.0%	1,088	1,022	195	19.1%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	629	2.1%	586	537	92	17.1%
Public Administration	540	1.8%	563	528	12	2.3%
Information Not Available	5,047	16.5%	4,246	2,262	2,785	123.1%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants California
	Jan 2008	Percent	Dec 2007	Jan 2007	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	474,569		445,001	350,623
Male	283,678	59.8%	262,880	199,960	83,718	41.9%
Female	190,891	40.2%	181,925	150,386	40,505	26.9%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	196	277	-277	-100.0%

Ethnicity	474,569		445,001	350,623
Hispanic or Latino	189,151	39.9%	177,510	138,825	50,326	36.3%
Not Hispanic or Latino	237,574	50.1%	220,685	179,520	58,054	32.3%
Information Not Available	47,844	10.1%	46,806	32,278	15,566	48.2%

Race	474,569		445,001	350,623
American Indian or Alaskan Native	2,803	0.6%	2,846	2,590	213	8.2%
Asian	32,379	6.8%	30,713	25,157	7,222	28.7%
Black or African American	28,899	6.1%	30,713	26,359	2,540	9.6%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
White	173,493	36.6%	156,413	125,414	48,079	38.3%
Information Not Available	236,995	49.9%	224,316	171,103	65,892	38.5%

Years of Age	474,569		445,001	350,623
Younger than 22	8,892	1.4%	14,130	6,844	2,048	29.9%
22-24	24,067	3.9%	25,709	18,035	6,032	33.4%
25-34	109,798	17.7%	102,149	78,153	31,645	40.5%
35-44	117,724	19.0%	115,494	91,749	25,975	28.3%
45-54	124,973	20.2%	109,410	91,563	33,410	36.5%
55-59	42,818	6.9%	39,447	29,689	13,129	44.2%
60-64	28,223	4.6%	24,826	21,272	6,951	32.7%
65 and older	17,784	2.9%	13,640	13,226	4,558	34.5%
Information Not Available	290	0.0%	196	92	198	215.2%

Industry	474,569		445,001	350,623
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	68,141	12.6%	69,277	56,235	11,906	21.2%
Mining	773	0.1%	687	740	33	4.5%
Utilities	1,643	0.3%	1,668	647	996	153.9%
Construction	76,937	14.2%	64,174	49,296	27,641	56.1%
Manufacturing	55,382	10.2%	54,460	46,614	8,768	18.8%
Wholesale Trade	2,900	0.5%	2,748	1,942	958	49.3%
Retail Trade	31,316	5.8%	32,283	21,920	9,396	42.9%
Transporation and Warehousing	12,855	2.4%	9,028	8,601	4,254	49.5%
Information	40,111	7.4%	34,246	28,209	11,902	42.2%
Finance and Insurance	18,268	3.4%	17,172	9,989	8,279	82.9%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	14,981	2.8%	15,210	4,069	10,912	268.2%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	6,282	1.2%	6,378	4,162	2,120	50.9%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	57,509	10.6%	54,166	48,741	8,768	18.0%
Educational Services	14,015	2.6%	9,126	10,359	3,656	35.3%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	20,394	3.8%	21,293	16,370	4,024	24.6%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	9,762	1.8%	8,537	6,104	3,658	59.9%
Accomodation and Food Services	14,981	2.8%	16,583	11,931	3,050	25.6%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	11,598	2.1%	11,677	6,659	4,939	74.2%
Public Administration	4,156	0.8%	4,219	4,347	-191	-4.4%
Information Not Available	12,565	2.3%	12,069	13,688	-1,123	-8.2%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Colorado
	Jan 2008	Percent	Dec 2007	Jan 2007	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	27,752		24,112	26,812
Male	17,322	62.4%	14,358	16,798	524	3.1%
Female	10,430	37.6%	9,754	10,014	416	4.2%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	27,752		24,112	26,812
Hispanic or Latino	6,142	22.1%	5,205	6,609	-467	-7.1%
Not Hispanic or Latino	17,121	61.7%	15,234	16,221	900	5.5%
Information Not Available	4,489	16.2%	3,673	3,982	507	12.7%

Race	27,752		24,112	26,812
American Indian or Alaskan Native	479	1.7%	435	466	13	2.8%
Asian	581	2.1%	497	437	144	33.0%
Black or African American	1,490	5.4%	1,402	1,628	-138	-8.5%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	75	0.3%	77	66	9	13.6%
White	18,359	66.2%	16,108	17,908	451	2.5%
Information Not Available	6,768	24.4%	5,593	6,307	461	7.3%

Years of Age	27,752		24,112	26,812
Younger than 22	534	1.2%	416	561	-27	-4.8%
22-24	1,040	2.3%	811	992	48	4.8%
25-34	5,601	12.6%	4,841	5,386	215	4.0%
35-44	6,917	15.6%	6,031	6,994	-77	-1.1%
45-54	8,292	18.7%	7,189	7,935	357	4.5%
55-59	2,953	6.7%	2,636	2,801	152	5.4%
60-64	1,712	3.9%	1,544	1,467	245	16.7%
65 and older	681	1.5%	619	658	23	3.5%
Information Not Available	22	0.0%	25	18	4	22.2%

Industry	27,752		24,112	26,812
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	247	0.9%	200	220	27	12.3%
Mining	322	1.2%	228	312	10	3.2%
Utilities	38	0.1%	38	33	5	15.2%
Construction	6,977	24.9%	5,299	6,755	222	3.3%
Manufacturing	2,531	9.0%	2,195	2,766	-235	-8.5%
Wholesale Trade	1,023	3.7%	936	983	40	4.1%
Retail Trade	1,987	7.1%	1,830	2,170	-183	-8.4%
Transporation and Warehousing	771	2.8%	615	781	-10	-1.3%
Information	809	2.9%	763	791	18	2.3%
Finance and Insurance	1,512	5.4%	1,482	1,291	221	17.1%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	590	2.1%	561	525	65	12.4%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	1,774	6.3%	1,688	1,638	136	8.3%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	289	1.0%	271	153	136	88.9%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	3,634	13.0%	3,111	3,115	519	16.7%
Educational Services	538	1.9%	560	532	6	1.1%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	1,277	4.6%	1,248	1,318	-41	-3.1%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	375	1.3%	341	400	-25	-6.3%
Accomodation and Food Services	1,186	4.2%	1,044	1,190	-4	-0.3%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	569	2.0%	545	528	41	7.8%
Public Administration	708	2.5%	606	706	2	0.3%
Information Not Available	595	2.1%	551	605	-10	-1.7%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Connecticut
	Jan 2008	Percent	Dec 2007	Jan 2007	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	49,619		38,721	47,100
Male	32,278	65.1%	23,646	30,204	2,074	6.9%
Female	17,341	34.9%	15,075	16,896	445	2.6%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	49,619		38,721	47,100
Hispanic or Latino	8,046	16.2%	6,157	7,358	688	9.4%
Not Hispanic or Latino	41,573	83.8%	32,564	39,742	1,831	4.6%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Race	49,619		38,721	47,100
American Indian or Alaskan Native	164	0.3%	128	163	1	0.6%
Asian	539	1.1%	473	535	4	0.7%
Black or African American	6,046	12.2%	5,399	5,932	114	1.9%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
White	28,800	58.0%	22,627	27,586	1,214	4.4%
Information Not Available	14,070	28.4%	10,094	12,884	1,186	9.2%

Years of Age	49,619		38,721	47,100
Younger than 22	1,313	1.7%	1,603	1,235	78	6.3%
22-24	3,041	4.0%	2,565	2,791	250	9.0%
25-34	11,292	15.0%	8,627	10,280	1,012	9.8%
35-44	11,755	15.6%	9,394	11,504	251	2.2%
45-54	12,310	16.3%	9,335	11,722	588	5.0%
55-59	4,328	5.7%	3,235	4,173	155	3.7%
60-64	3,083	4.1%	2,255	3,065	18	0.6%
65 and older	2,497	3.3%	1,707	2,330	167	7.2%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	49,619		38,721	47,100
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	902	1.8%	578	791	111	14.0%
Mining	62	0.1%	27	52	10	19.2%
Utilities	54	0.1%	48	52	2	3.8%
Construction	10,095	20.0%	6,300	8,540	1,555	18.2%
Manufacturing	5,249	10.4%	4,427	5,762	-513	-8.9%
Wholesale Trade	1,945	3.8%	1,683	1,921	24	1.2%
Retail Trade	4,902	9.7%	4,144	5,192	-290	-5.6%
Transporation and Warehousing	1,587	3.1%	1,134	1,348	239	17.7%
Information	743	1.5%	664	729	14	1.9%
Finance and Insurance	1,991	3.9%	1,962	1,920	71	3.7%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	841	1.7%	701	686	155	22.6%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	1,924	3.8%	1,656	1,684	240	14.3%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	160	0.3%	157	177	-17	-9.6%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	7,077	14.0%	5,067	6,633	444	6.7%
Educational Services	1,044	2.1%	1,046	1,114	-70	-6.3%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	3,248	6.4%	3,221	3,154	94	3.0%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	1,762	3.5%	1,316	1,746	16	0.9%
Accomodation and Food Services	3,256	6.4%	2,033	3,107	149	4.8%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	1,299	2.6%	1,182	1,226	73	6.0%
Public Administration	658	1.3%	689	510	148	29.0%
Information Not Available	820	1.6%	686	756	64	8.5%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants District of Columbia
	Jan 2008	Percent	Dec 2007	Jan 2007	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	10,026		6,493	10,030
Male	4,859	48.5%	3,087	4,889	-30	-0.6%
Female	5,167	51.5%	3,406	5,141	26	0.5%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	10,026		6,493	10,030
Hispanic or Latino	1,372	13.7%	726	847	525	62.0%
Not Hispanic or Latino	8,270	82.5%	5,529	7,330	940	12.8%
Information Not Available	384	3.8%	238	1,853	-1,469	-79.3%

Race	10,026		6,493	10,030
American Indian or Alaskan Native	87	0.9%	56	99	-12	-12.1%
Asian	297	3.0%	153	384	-87	-22.7%
Black or African American	7,397	73.8%	5,020	7,320	77	1.1%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	205	2.0%	93	187	18	9.6%
White	1,985	19.8%	1,126	1,736	249	14.3%
Information Not Available	55	0.5%	45	304	-249	-81.9%

Years of Age	10,026		6,493	10,030
Younger than 22	203	1.8%	177	208	-5	-2.4%
22-24	452	3.9%	326	549	-97	-17.7%
25-34	2,177	19.0%	1,578	2,391	-214	-9.0%
35-44	2,609	22.7%	1,750	2,793	-184	-6.6%
45-54	2,913	25.4%	1,754	2,683	230	8.6%
55-59	873	7.6%	496	797	76	9.5%
60-64	528	4.6%	270	412	116	28.2%
65 and older	271	2.4%	142	195	76	39.0%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	2	-2	-100.0%

Industry	10,026		6,493	10,030
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
Mining	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
Utilities	2	0.0%	0	12	-10	-83.3%
Construction	32	0.3%	17	49	-17	-34.7%
Manufacturing	0	0.0%	0	3	-3	-100.0%
Wholesale Trade	4	0.0%	2	10	-6	-60.0%
Retail Trade	4	0.0%	4	18	-14	-77.8%
Transporation and Warehousing	2	0.0%	2	7	-5	-71.4%
Information	1	0.0%	2	29	-28	-96.6%
Finance and Insurance	1	0.0%	0	4	-3	-75.0%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	7	0.1%	5	19	-12	-63.2%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	15	0.1%	12	118	-103	-87.3%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	4	0.0%	4	5	-1	-20.0%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	12	0.1%	10	28	-16	-57.1%
Educational Services	9	0.1%	7	46	-37	-80.4%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	9	0.1%	8	61	-52	-85.2%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	2	0.0%	2	10	-8	-80.0%
Accomodation and Food Services	3	0.0%	0	6	-3	-50.0%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	14	0.1%	5	82	-68	-82.9%
Public Administration	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
Information Not Available	9,905	98.8%	6,413	9,523	382	4.0%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Delaware
	Jan 2008	Percent	Dec 2007	Jan 2007	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	10,725		8,489	9,483
Male	5,549	51.7%	4,321	4,623	926	20.0%
Female	5,176	48.3%	4,168	4,860	316	6.5%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	10,725		8,489	9,483
Hispanic or Latino	438	4.1%	332	349	89	25.5%
Not Hispanic or Latino	10,287	95.9%	8,157	9,134	1,153	12.6%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Race	10,725		8,489	9,483
American Indian or Alaskan Native	24	0.2%	18	24	0	0.0%
Asian	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
Black or African American	4,156	38.8%	3,255	3,886	270	6.9%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	36	0.3%	32	52	-16	-30.8%
White	5,783	53.9%	4,572	4,854	929	19.1%
Information Not Available	724	6.8%	612	667	57	8.5%

Years of Age	10,725		8,489	9,483
Younger than 22	187	1.2%	2,045	2,143	-1,956	-91.3%
22-24	658	4.1%	608	728	-70	-9.6%
25-34	2,728	17.2%	1,901	2,078	650	31.3%
35-44	2,542	16.0%	2,124	2,501	41	1.6%
45-54	2,578	16.2%	1,333	1,463	1,115	76.2%
55-59	903	5.7%	276	301	602	200.0%
60-64	632	4.0%	118	147	485	329.9%
65 and older	417	2.6%	72	93	324	348.4%
Information Not Available	80	0.5%	12	29	51	175.9%

Industry	10,725		8,489	9,483
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	18	0.2%	16	30	-12	-40.0%
Mining	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
Utilities	6	0.1%	5	7	-1	-14.3%
Construction	1,376	12.8%	1,055	964	412	42.7%
Manufacturing	738	6.9%	635	739	-1	-0.1%
Wholesale Trade	385	3.6%	314	436	-51	-11.7%
Retail Trade	1,703	15.9%	1,295	1,549	154	9.9%
Transporation and Warehousing	473	4.4%	350	241	232	96.3%
Information	150	1.4%	135	108	42	38.9%
Finance and Insurance	636	5.9%	601	843	-207	-24.6%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	333	3.1%	264	184	149	81.0%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	475	4.4%	366	412	63	15.3%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	30	0.3%	27	35	-5	-14.3%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	1,763	16.4%	1,196	1,599	164	10.3%
Educational Services	162	1.5%	188	208	-46	-22.1%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	748	7.0%	673	657	91	13.9%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	231	2.2%	149	180	51	28.3%
Accomodation and Food Services	1,117	10.4%	863	932	185	19.8%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	259	2.4%	242	236	23	9.7%
Public Administration	64	0.6%	70	82	-18	-22.0%
Information Not Available	58	0.5%	45	41	17	41.5%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Florida
	Jan 2008	Percent	Dec 2007	Jan 2007	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	132,895		124,887	91,368
Male	76,086	57.3%	70,877	48,591	27,495	56.6%
Female	56,736	42.7%	53,973	42,740	13,996	32.7%
Information Not Available	73	0.1%	37	37	36	97.3%

Ethnicity	132,895		124,887	91,368
Hispanic or Latino	42,561	32.0%	40,517	28,962	13,599	47.0%
Not Hispanic or Latino	79,693	60.0%	74,324	54,554	25,139	46.1%
Information Not Available	10,641	8.0%	10,046	7,852	2,789	35.5%

Race	132,895		124,887	91,368
American Indian or Alaskan Native	619	0.5%	550	519	100	19.3%
Asian	1,130	0.9%	880	1,185	-55	-4.6%
Black or African American	23,321	17.5%	22,770	16,666	6,655	39.9%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	1,494	1.1%	1,247	2,481	-987	-39.8%
White	80,568	60.6%	75,350	53,554	27,014	50.4%
Information Not Available	25,763	19.4%	24,090	16,963	8,800	51.9%

Years of Age	132,895		124,887	91,368
Younger than 22	2,405	1.2%	3,227	1,296	1,109	85.6%
22-24	4,956	2.4%	5,500	3,778	1,178	31.2%
25-34	28,824	14.2%	27,940	18,703	10,121	54.1%
35-44	30,646	15.1%	30,873	22,333	8,313	37.2%
45-54	35,346	17.5%	31,350	24,110	11,236	46.6%
55-59	12,645	6.2%	12,467	8,815	3,830	43.4%
60-64	11,078	5.5%	8,543	6,704	4,374	65.2%
65 and older	6,995	3.5%	4,987	5,629	1,366	24.3%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	132,895		124,887	91,368
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	911	0.7%	807	370	541	146.2%
Mining	36	0.0%	37	37	-1	-2.7%
Utilities	219	0.2%	110	222	-3	-1.4%
Construction	20,297	15.2%	19,433	9,666	10,631	110.0%
Manufacturing	10,312	7.7%	10,047	6,259	4,053	64.8%
Wholesale Trade	6,158	4.6%	5,610	3,481	2,677	76.9%
Retail Trade	12,280	9.2%	11,403	9,074	3,206	35.3%
Transporation and Warehousing	3,316	2.5%	2,640	2,815	501	17.8%
Information	3,024	2.3%	2,713	1,926	1,098	57.0%
Finance and Insurance	8,891	6.6%	8,287	3,667	5,224	142.5%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	3,899	2.9%	3,667	2,444	1,455	59.5%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	6,413	4.8%	6,233	5,222	1,191	22.8%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	401	0.3%	367	519	-118	-22.7%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	23,977	17.9%	22,770	16,370	7,607	46.5%
Educational Services	1,749	1.3%	1,907	1,889	-140	-7.4%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	6,960	5.2%	6,527	5,815	1,145	19.7%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	2,223	1.7%	2,053	1,407	816	58.0%
Accomodation and Food Services	7,652	5.7%	6,930	4,259	3,393	79.7%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	3,134	2.3%	3,117	1,926	1,208	62.7%
Public Administration	2,150	1.6%	1,980	1,222	928	75.9%
Information Not Available	8,893	6.6%	8,249	12,778	-3,885	-30.4%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Georgia
	Jan 2008	Percent	Dec 2007	Jan 2007	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	71,981		62,419	58,636
Male	37,857	52.6%	31,989	29,180	8,677	29.7%
Female	33,010	45.9%	29,569	27,859	5,151	18.5%
Information Not Available	1,114	1.5%	861	1,597	-483	-30.2%

Ethnicity	71,981		62,419	58,636
Hispanic or Latino	647	0.9%	285	437	210	48.1%
Not Hispanic or Latino	70,220	97.6%	61,273	56,602	13,618	24.1%
Information Not Available	1,114	1.5%	861	1,597	-483	-30.2%

Race	71,981		62,419	58,636
American Indian or Alaskan Native	377	0.5%	294	197	180	91.4%
Asian	845	1.2%	743	845	0	0.0%
Black or African American	36,101	50.2%	32,122	30,964	5,137	16.6%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
White	33,544	46.6%	28,399	25,031	8,513	34.0%
Information Not Available	1,114	1.5%	861	1,599	-485	-30.3%

Years of Age	71,981		62,419	58,636
Younger than 22	1,722	1.7%	2,332	1,345	377	28.0%
22-24	3,562	3.5%	3,481	2,720	842	31.0%
25-34	16,612	16.3%	14,953	13,246	3,366	25.4%
35-44	18,457	18.1%	16,448	15,380	3,077	20.0%
45-54	17,293	17.0%	14,394	14,077	3,216	22.8%
55-59	5,721	5.6%	4,743	4,637	1,084	23.4%
60-64	3,613	3.5%	2,734	2,921	692	23.7%
65 and older	2,035	2.0%	1,471	1,532	503	32.8%
Information Not Available	2,966	2.9%	1,863	2,778	188	6.8%

Industry	71,981		62,419	58,636
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	1,646	2.2%	1,343	1,356	290	21.4%
Mining	95	0.1%	92	54	41	75.9%
Utilities	137	0.2%	135	95	42	44.2%
Construction	5,965	8.1%	4,799	3,694	2,271	61.5%
Manufacturing	8,430	11.4%	6,981	8,612	-182	-2.1%
Wholesale Trade	3,743	5.1%	3,525	4,072	-329	-8.1%
Retail Trade	5,546	7.5%	4,778	3,883	1,663	42.8%
Transporation and Warehousing	1,949	2.6%	1,585	1,693	256	15.1%
Information	1,270	1.7%	1,255	1,170	100	8.5%
Finance and Insurance	2,493	3.4%	2,238	1,650	843	51.1%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	1,440	2.0%	1,277	1,049	391	37.3%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	11,152	15.1%	9,847	9,304	1,848	19.9%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	154	0.2%	170	93	61	65.6%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	234	0.3%	213	208	26	12.5%
Educational Services	1,652	2.2%	1,573	1,476	176	11.9%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	3,291	4.5%	3,084	2,870	421	14.7%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	3,624	4.9%	3,094	3,170	454	14.3%
Accomodation and Food Services	791	1.1%	606	763	28	3.7%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	771	1.0%	765	913	-142	-15.6%
Public Administration	711	1.0%	700	629	82	13.0%
Information Not Available	16,887	22.9%	14,359	11,882	5,005	42.1%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Hawaii
	Jan 2008	Percent	Dec 2007	Jan 2007	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	8,081		7,836	6,456
Male	5,259	65.1%	5,148	4,279	980	22.9%
Female	2,821	34.9%	2,687	2,177	644	29.6%
Information Not Available	1	0.0%	1	0	1	0.0%

Ethnicity	8,081		7,836	6,456
Hispanic or Latino	443	5.5%	436	374	69	18.4%
Not Hispanic or Latino	6,057	75.0%	5,903	4,827	1,230	25.5%
Information Not Available	1,581	19.6%	1,497	1,255	326	26.0%

Race	8,081		7,836	6,456
American Indian or Alaskan Native	77	1.0%	74	54	23	42.6%
Asian	2,427	30.0%	2,444	2,124	303	14.3%
Black or African American	165	2.0%	186	137	28	20.4%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	2,220	27.5%	1,965	1,658	562	33.9%
White	2,133	26.4%	2,113	1,649	484	29.4%
Information Not Available	1,059	13.1%	1,054	834	225	27.0%

Years of Age	8,081		7,836	6,456
Younger than 22	119	1.2%	187	118	1	0.8%
22-24	312	3.2%	355	299	13	4.3%
25-34	1,838	19.0%	1,855	1,460	378	25.9%
35-44	2,002	20.7%	1,996	1,630	372	22.8%
45-54	2,064	21.4%	1,942	1,681	383	22.8%
55-59	852	8.8%	789	652	200	30.7%
60-64	557	5.8%	461	404	153	37.9%
65 and older	337	3.5%	251	212	125	59.0%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	8,081		7,836	6,456
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	155	1.9%	241	191	-36	-18.8%
Mining	2	0.0%	3	0	2	0.0%
Utilities	4	0.0%	4	4	0	0.0%
Construction	2,339	28.4%	2,176	1,964	375	19.1%
Manufacturing	174	2.1%	175	207	-33	-15.9%
Wholesale Trade	130	1.6%	129	115	15	13.0%
Retail Trade	471	5.7%	382	377	94	24.9%
Transporation and Warehousing	484	5.9%	251	465	19	4.1%
Information	347	4.2%	330	126	221	175.4%
Finance and Insurance	201	2.4%	208	91	110	120.9%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	150	1.8%	136	111	39	35.1%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	216	2.6%	249	175	41	23.4%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	32	0.4%	18	20	12	60.0%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	872	10.6%	886	650	222	34.2%
Educational Services	49	0.6%	52	44	5	11.4%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	299	3.6%	261	331	-32	-9.7%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	118	1.4%	77	102	16	15.7%
Accomodation and Food Services	796	9.7%	1,066	531	265	49.9%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	197	2.4%	188	158	39	24.7%
Public Administration	140	1.7%	127	107	33	30.8%
Information Not Available	905	11.0%	877	687	218	31.7%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Iowa
	Jan 2008	Percent	Dec 2007	Jan 2007	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	37,258		28,167	37,093
Male	27,493	73.8%	20,186	26,810	683	2.5%
Female	9,765	26.2%	7,981	10,283	-518	-5.0%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	37,258		28,167	37,093
Hispanic or Latino	1,778	4.8%	1,449	1,757	21	1.2%
Not Hispanic or Latino	35,039	94.0%	26,352	34,866	173	0.5%
Information Not Available	441	1.2%	366	470	-29	-6.2%

Race	37,258		28,167	37,093
American Indian or Alaskan Native	166	0.4%	133	165	1	0.6%
Asian	201	0.5%	125	232	-31	-13.4%
Black or African American	1,168	3.1%	928	1,228	-60	-4.9%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
White	33,504	89.9%	25,166	33,241	263	0.8%
Information Not Available	2,219	6.0%	1,815	2,227	-8	-0.4%

Years of Age	37,258		28,167	37,093
Younger than 22	992	1.4%	632	1,018	-26	-2.6%
22-24	2,297	3.4%	1,659	2,308	-11	-0.5%
25-34	8,937	13.0%	6,646	8,706	231	2.7%
35-44	8,138	11.9%	6,267	8,618	-480	-5.6%
45-54	9,444	13.8%	7,258	9,341	103	1.1%
55-59	3,374	4.9%	2,519	3,167	207	6.5%
60-64	2,239	3.3%	1,761	2,180	59	2.7%
65 and older	1,828	2.7%	1,418	1,738	90	5.2%
Information Not Available	9	0.0%	7	17	-8	-47.1%

Industry	37,258		28,167	37,093
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	217	0.6%	159	213	4	1.9%
Mining	613	1.6%	223	500	113	22.6%
Utilities	41	0.1%	34	41	0	0.0%
Construction	12,447	33.2%	7,786	11,407	1,040	9.1%
Manufacturing	8,015	21.4%	5,603	8,573	-558	-6.5%
Wholesale Trade	1,217	3.2%	939	1,088	129	11.9%
Retail Trade	2,278	6.1%	1,904	2,460	-182	-7.4%
Transporation and Warehousing	1,159	3.1%	831	1,095	64	5.8%
Information	498	1.3%	485	601	-103	-17.1%
Finance and Insurance	641	1.7%	577	499	142	28.5%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	312	0.8%	259	281	31	11.0%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	766	2.0%	631	1,103	-337	-30.6%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	59	0.2%	55	42	17	40.5%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	3,464	9.2%	2,500	3,215	249	7.7%
Educational Services	285	0.8%	274	295	-10	-3.4%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	1,294	3.5%	1,207	1,388	-94	-6.8%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	778	2.1%	567	755	23	3.0%
Accomodation and Food Services	1,463	3.9%	1,084	1,496	-33	-2.2%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	606	1.6%	456	592	14	2.4%
Public Administration	714	1.9%	571	704	10	1.4%
Information Not Available	391	1.0%	2,022	745	-354	-47.5%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Idaho
	Jan 2008	Percent	Dec 2007	Jan 2007	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	23,685		16,745	18,630
Male	17,712	74.8%	11,938	13,321	4,391	33.0%
Female	5,973	25.2%	4,807	5,309	664	12.5%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	23,685		16,745	18,630
Hispanic or Latino	3,351	14.1%	2,359	2,930	421	14.4%
Not Hispanic or Latino	19,375	81.8%	13,703	13,946	5,429	38.9%
Information Not Available	959	4.0%	683	1,754	-795	-45.3%

Race	23,685		16,745	18,630
American Indian or Alaskan Native	451	1.9%	349	425	26	6.1%
Asian	215	0.9%	178	198	17	8.6%
Black or African American	136	0.6%	95	94	42	44.7%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	66	0.3%	45	49	17	34.7%
White	18,743	79.1%	13,138	14,273	4,470	31.3%
Information Not Available	4,074	17.2%	2,940	3,591	483	13.5%

Years of Age	23,685		16,745	18,630
Younger than 22	748	1.8%	444	603	145	24.0%
22-24	1,566	3.8%	1,018	1,232	334	27.1%
25-34	5,961	14.5%	4,079	4,415	1,546	35.0%
35-44	5,321	12.9%	3,696	4,236	1,085	25.6%
45-54	5,785	14.1%	4,216	4,722	1,063	22.5%
55-59	2,070	5.0%	1,600	1,657	413	24.9%
60-64	1,306	3.2%	1,000	992	314	31.7%
65 and older	928	2.3%	692	773	155	20.1%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	23,685		16,745	18,630
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	1,386	5.5%	1,274	1,295	91	7.0%
Mining	242	1.0%	158	164	78	47.6%
Utilities	98	0.4%	50	97	1	1.0%
Construction	7,127	28.4%	4,013	4,643	2,484	53.5%
Manufacturing	3,024	12.1%	2,158	2,437	587	24.1%
Wholesale Trade	669	2.7%	476	606	63	10.4%
Retail Trade	1,787	7.1%	1,321	1,447	340	23.5%
Transporation and Warehousing	606	2.4%	486	461	145	31.5%
Information	187	0.7%	160	162	25	15.4%
Finance and Insurance	396	1.6%	379	224	172	76.8%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	221	0.9%	187	137	84	61.3%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	731	2.9%	585	443	288	65.0%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	27	0.1%	28	13	14	107.7%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	2,216	8.8%	1,556	1,799	417	23.2%
Educational Services	170	0.7%	147	167	3	1.8%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	759	3.0%	660	732	27	3.7%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	384	1.5%	332	354	30	8.5%
Accomodation and Food Services	793	3.2%	594	698	95	13.6%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	308	1.2%	243	252	56	22.2%
Public Administration	510	2.0%	434	513	-3	-0.6%
Information Not Available	2,044	8.2%	1,504	1,986	58	2.9%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Illinois
	Jan 2008	Percent	Dec 2007	Jan 2007	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	184,408		156,366	175,543
Male	123,458	66.9%	100,994	117,298	6,160	5.3%
Female	60,950	33.1%	55,372	58,245	2,705	4.6%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	184,408		156,366	175,543
Hispanic or Latino	35,875	19.5%	29,650	34,432	1,443	4.2%
Not Hispanic or Latino	148,533	80.5%	126,716	141,111	7,422	5.3%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Race	184,408		156,366	175,543
American Indian or Alaskan Native	683	0.4%	575	649	34	5.2%
Asian	3,708	2.0%	3,216	3,265	443	13.6%
Black or African American	38,056	20.6%	34,567	36,266	1,790	4.9%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
White	140,747	76.3%	116,949	134,445	6,302	4.7%
Information Not Available	1,214	0.7%	1,059	918	296	32.2%

Years of Age	184,408		156,366	175,543
Younger than 22	3,607	1.1%	4,736	3,436	171	5.0%
22-24	8,915	2.8%	8,813	8,621	294	3.4%
25-34	45,176	14.3%	39,073	42,265	2,911	6.9%
35-44	48,068	15.2%	41,125	46,856	1,212	2.6%
45-54	48,646	15.4%	39,646	46,372	2,274	4.9%
55-59	15,997	5.1%	12,552	14,819	1,178	7.9%
60-64	9,244	2.9%	6,886	8,733	511	5.9%
65 and older	4,755	1.5%	3,535	4,441	314	7.1%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	184,408		156,366	175,543
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	1,338	0.7%	1,088	1,389	-51	-3.7%
Mining	1,413	0.8%	813	891	522	58.6%
Utilities	213	0.1%	181	214	-1	-0.5%
Construction	46,583	25.1%	34,893	41,355	5,228	12.6%
Manufacturing	22,282	12.0%	19,549	25,785	-3,503	-13.6%
Wholesale Trade	7,586	4.1%	6,780	7,440	146	2.0%
Retail Trade	13,791	7.4%	12,442	13,813	-22	-0.2%
Transporation and Warehousing	7,624	4.1%	6,084	7,228	396	5.5%
Information	2,718	1.5%	2,604	2,688	30	1.1%
Finance and Insurance	8,092	4.4%	7,728	5,933	2,159	36.4%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	2,484	1.3%	2,209	2,226	258	11.6%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	8,007	4.3%	7,657	7,316	691	9.4%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	505	0.3%	434	773	-268	-34.7%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	26,939	14.5%	22,857	25,826	1,113	4.3%
Educational Services	3,464	1.9%	3,455	3,492	-28	-0.8%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	9,000	4.8%	8,847	8,435	565	6.7%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	3,839	2.1%	3,039	3,603	236	6.6%
Accomodation and Food Services	8,381	4.5%	6,801	7,626	755	9.9%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	3,757	2.0%	3,355	3,728	29	0.8%
Public Administration	3,083	1.7%	2,665	2,850	233	8.2%
Information Not Available	3,309	1.8%	2,885	2,932	377	12.9%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Indiana
	Jan 2008	Percent	Dec 2007	Jan 2007	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	79,655		60,705	73,835
Male	54,061	67.9%	38,605	48,347	5,714	11.8%
Female	25,516	32.0%	22,035	25,472	44	0.2%
Information Not Available	78	0.1%	65	16	62	387.5%

Ethnicity	79,655		60,705	73,835
Hispanic or Latino	4,015	5.0%	2,771	3,802	213	5.6%
Not Hispanic or Latino	61,918	77.7%	46,877	67,694	-5,776	-8.5%
Information Not Available	13,722	17.2%	11,057	2,339	11,383	486.7%

Race	79,655		60,705	73,835
American Indian or Alaskan Native	374	0.5%	287	301	73	24.3%
Asian	460	0.6%	401	389	71	18.3%
Black or African American	9,326	11.7%	8,122	8,663	663	7.7%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	53	0.1%	50	51	2	3.9%
White	65,121	81.8%	48,777	60,062	5,059	8.4%
Information Not Available	4,321	5.4%	3,068	4,369	-48	-1.1%

Years of Age	79,655		60,705	73,835
Younger than 22	1,663	1.2%	2,072	1,735	-72	-4.1%
22-24	4,353	3.1%	3,632	4,281	72	1.7%
25-34	19,550	13.9%	15,099	18,314	1,236	6.7%
35-44	20,365	14.5%	15,749	19,288	1,077	5.6%
45-54	20,797	14.8%	15,072	18,569	2,228	12.0%
55-59	6,548	4.6%	4,648	5,881	667	11.3%
60-64	3,930	2.8%	2,757	3,576	354	9.9%
65 and older	2,449	1.7%	1,676	2,191	258	11.8%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	79,655		60,705	73,835
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	342	0.4%	231	359	-17	-4.7%
Mining	506	0.6%	212	306	200	65.4%
Utilities	150	0.2%	168	61	89	145.9%
Construction	17,855	22.3%	11,494	14,891	2,964	19.9%
Manufacturing	17,721	22.2%	14,525	19,741	-2,020	-10.2%
Wholesale Trade	2,110	2.6%	1,972	1,969	141	7.2%
Retail Trade	5,196	6.5%	4,227	5,182	14	0.3%
Transporation and Warehousing	3,918	4.9%	2,812	3,225	693	21.5%
Information	555	0.7%	546	453	102	22.5%
Finance and Insurance	1,649	2.1%	1,585	1,270	379	29.8%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	958	1.2%	814	832	126	15.1%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	1,653	2.1%	1,467	1,480	173	11.7%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	135	0.2%	131	113	22	19.5%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	7,792	9.7%	6,233	8,156	-364	-4.5%
Educational Services	801	1.0%	665	733	68	9.3%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	3,321	4.2%	3,106	3,122	199	6.4%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	1,422	1.8%	1,077	1,338	84	6.3%
Accomodation and Food Services	3,019	3.8%	2,402	2,769	250	9.0%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	1,334	1.7%	1,157	1,224	110	9.0%
Public Administration	658	0.8%	470	665	-7	-1.1%
Information Not Available	8,560	10.7%	5,411	5,946	2,614	44.0%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Kansas
	Jan 2008	Percent	Dec 2007	Jan 2007	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	21,452		20,140	19,638
Male	14,123	65.8%	13,132	12,364	1,759	14.2%
Female	7,329	34.2%	7,008	7,274	55	0.8%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	21,452		20,140	19,638
Hispanic or Latino	1,606	7.5%	1,471	1,381	225	16.3%
Not Hispanic or Latino	10,449	48.7%	10,303	10,961	-512	-4.7%
Information Not Available	9,397	43.8%	8,366	7,296	2,101	28.8%

Race	21,452		20,140	19,638
American Indian or Alaskan Native	345	1.6%	321	301	44	14.6%
Asian	211	1.0%	202	258	-47	-18.2%
Black or African American	2,773	12.9%	2,625	2,772	1	0.0%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	41	0.2%	33	31	10	32.3%
White	16,255	75.8%	15,328	14,621	1,634	11.2%
Information Not Available	1,827	8.5%	1,631	1,655	172	10.4%

Years of Age	21,452		20,140	19,638
Younger than 22	385	1.1%	616	389	-4	-1.0%
22-24	1,207	3.3%	1,216	1,189	18	1.5%
25-34	5,164	14.2%	4,909	4,737	427	9.0%
35-44	5,188	14.2%	5,052	4,855	333	6.9%
45-54	5,746	15.7%	5,302	5,148	598	11.6%
55-59	1,925	5.3%	1,657	1,743	182	10.4%
60-64	1,213	3.3%	910	1,000	213	21.3%
65 and older	624	1.7%	478	577	47	8.1%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	21,452		20,140	19,638
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	213	1.0%	180	328	-115	-35.1%
Mining	215	1.0%	178	179	36	20.1%
Utilities	28	0.1%	26	18	10	55.6%
Construction	5,602	25.9%	5,506	4,536	1,066	23.5%
Manufacturing	2,917	13.5%	2,849	2,723	194	7.1%
Wholesale Trade	867	4.0%	763	747	120	16.1%
Retail Trade	1,496	6.9%	1,283	1,469	27	1.8%
Transporation and Warehousing	793	3.7%	648	667	126	18.9%
Information	583	2.7%	604	437	146	33.4%
Finance and Insurance	575	2.7%	579	489	86	17.6%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	344	1.6%	313	281	63	22.4%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	717	3.3%	668	717	0	0.0%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	46	0.2%	46	52	-6	-11.5%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	2,251	10.4%	2,052	2,096	155	7.4%
Educational Services	255	1.2%	299	274	-19	-6.9%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	1,283	5.9%	1,302	1,298	-15	-1.2%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	225	1.0%	177	180	45	25.0%
Accomodation and Food Services	752	3.5%	613	716	36	5.0%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	543	2.5%	535	443	100	22.6%
Public Administration	448	2.1%	429	422	26	6.2%
Information Not Available	1,299	6.0%	1,090	1,566	-267	-17.0%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Kentucky
	Jan 2008	Percent	Dec 2007	Jan 2007	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	39,357		30,575	40,652
Male	26,658	67.7%	18,936	27,227	-569	-2.1%
Female	12,699	32.3%	11,639	13,425	-726	-5.4%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	39,357		30,575	40,652
Hispanic or Latino	73	0.2%	58	87	-14	-16.1%
Not Hispanic or Latino	39,284	99.8%	30,517	40,565	-1,281	-3.2%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Race	39,357		30,575	40,652
American Indian or Alaskan Native	249	0.6%	179	123	126	102.4%
Asian	146	0.4%	89	105	41	39.0%
Black or African American	3,938	10.0%	3,354	4,651	-713	-15.3%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0	0.0%	22	0	0	0.0%
White	34,645	88.0%	26,529	35,427	-782	-2.2%
Information Not Available	379	1.0%	402	346	33	9.5%

Years of Age	39,357		30,575	40,652
Younger than 22	580	0.8%	831	739	-159	-21.5%
22-24	2,169	3.0%	1,541	1,774	395	22.3%
25-34	9,775	13.5%	7,570	9,644	131	1.4%
35-44	10,612	14.7%	8,191	11,632	-1,020	-8.8%
45-54	10,080	14.0%	7,780	10,315	-235	-2.3%
55-59	3,195	4.4%	2,327	3,452	-257	-7.4%
60-64	1,799	2.5%	1,572	1,965	-166	-8.4%
65 and older	1,147	1.6%	759	1,131	16	1.4%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	4	0	0	0.0%

Industry	39,357		30,575	40,652
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	90	0.2%	40	96	-6	-6.3%
Mining	739	1.9%	505	766	-27	-3.5%
Utilities	43	0.1%	27	55	-12	-21.8%
Construction	7,954	20.2%	4,846	7,337	617	8.4%
Manufacturing	9,272	23.5%	7,726	12,066	-2,794	-23.2%
Wholesale Trade	1,585	4.0%	1,644	1,249	336	26.9%
Retail Trade	2,504	6.3%	2,166	2,563	-59	-2.3%
Transporation and Warehousing	1,890	4.8%	1,313	1,550	340	21.9%
Information	502	1.3%	442	602	-100	-16.6%
Finance and Insurance	971	2.5%	960	866	105	12.1%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	262	0.7%	219	360	-98	-27.2%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	962	2.4%	987	871	91	10.4%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	125	0.3%	80	73	52	71.2%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	3,268	8.3%	2,447	3,019	249	8.2%
Educational Services	438	1.1%	576	511	-73	-14.3%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	1,546	3.9%	1,773	1,756	-210	-12.0%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	1,121	2.8%	929	967	154	15.9%
Accomodation and Food Services	1,705	4.3%	1,085	1,984	-279	-14.1%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	739	1.9%	496	784	-45	-5.7%
Public Administration	442	1.1%	393	547	-105	-19.2%
Information Not Available	3,199	8.1%	1,921	2,630	569	21.6%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Louisiana
	Jan 2008	Percent	Dec 2007	Jan 2007	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	20,279		19,445	20,772
Male	11,032	54.4%	10,266	10,800	232	2.1%
Female	9,247	45.6%	9,179	9,972	-725	-7.3%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	20,279		19,445	20,772
Hispanic or Latino	427	2.1%	420	403	24	6.0%
Not Hispanic or Latino	19,749	97.4%	18,913	20,247	-498	-2.5%
Information Not Available	103	0.5%	112	122	-19	-15.6%

Race	20,279		19,445	20,772
American Indian or Alaskan Native	119	0.6%	107	147	-28	-19.0%
Asian	185	0.9%	175	166	19	11.4%
Black or African American	10,473	51.6%	10,069	11,107	-634	-5.7%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	18	0.1%	21	22	-4	-18.2%
White	9,390	46.3%	8,982	9,310	80	0.9%
Information Not Available	94	0.5%	91	20	74	370.0%

Years of Age	20,279		19,445	20,772
Younger than 22	352	1.2%	642	339	13	3.8%
22-24	1,191	4.2%	1,360	1,092	99	9.1%
25-34	5,309	18.6%	5,019	5,073	236	4.7%
35-44	4,910	17.2%	4,741	5,092	-182	-3.6%
45-54	5,085	17.8%	4,718	5,479	-394	-7.2%
55-59	1,631	5.7%	1,450	1,919	-288	-15.0%
60-64	1,124	3.9%	913	1,080	44	4.1%
65 and older	676	2.4%	602	698	-22	-3.2%
Information Not Available	1	0.0%	0	0	1	0.0%

Industry	20,279		19,445	20,772
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	527	2.5%	393	514	13	2.5%
Mining	278	1.3%	281	190	88	46.3%
Utilities	53	0.3%	57	42	11	26.2%
Construction	3,634	17.5%	3,269	2,667	967	36.3%
Manufacturing	1,782	8.6%	1,640	3,175	-1,393	-43.9%
Wholesale Trade	441	2.1%	410	457	-16	-3.5%
Retail Trade	1,454	7.0%	1,400	1,358	96	7.1%
Transporation and Warehousing	674	3.2%	620	696	-22	-3.2%
Information	283	1.4%	268	365	-82	-22.5%
Finance and Insurance	448	2.2%	431	375	73	19.5%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	248	1.2%	245	260	-12	-4.6%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	1,057	5.1%	1,183	826	231	28.0%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	113	0.5%	140	85	28	32.9%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	1,343	6.5%	1,299	1,299	44	3.4%
Educational Services	345	1.7%	393	436	-91	-20.9%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	1,451	7.0%	1,547	1,376	75	5.5%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	369	1.8%	362	354	15	4.2%
Accomodation and Food Services	1,177	5.7%	1,091	1,038	139	13.4%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	710	3.4%	731	693	17	2.5%
Public Administration	282	1.4%	274	382	-100	-26.2%
Information Not Available	3,610	17.4%	3,411	4,184	-574	-13.7%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Massachusetts
	Jan 2008	Percent	Dec 2007	Jan 2007	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	108,891		83,850	103,270
Male	74,107	68.1%	54,016	69,265	4,842	7.0%
Female	34,784	31.9%	29,834	34,005	779	2.3%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	108,891		83,850	103,270
Hispanic or Latino	10,841	10.0%	8,301	10,548	293	2.8%
Not Hispanic or Latino	95,820	88.0%	73,695	90,687	5,133	5.7%
Information Not Available	2,230	2.0%	1,854	2,035	195	9.6%

Race	108,891		83,850	103,270
American Indian or Alaskan Native	239	0.2%	201	276	-37	-13.4%
Asian	2,500	2.3%	1,961	2,524	-24	-1.0%
Black or African American	7,946	7.3%	6,535	7,653	293	3.8%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	64	0.1%	48	55	9	16.4%
White	88,778	81.5%	67,848	84,075	4,703	5.6%
Information Not Available	9,364	8.6%	7,257	8,687	677	7.8%

Years of Age	108,891		83,850	103,270
Younger than 22	3,679	1.9%	2,579	3,514	165	4.7%
22-24	6,133	3.2%	4,468	5,851	282	4.8%
25-34	23,707	12.4%	18,170	22,249	1,458	6.6%
35-44	27,484	14.4%	21,236	27,113	371	1.4%
45-54	27,427	14.4%	21,162	25,874	1,553	6.0%
55-59	9,713	5.1%	7,625	9,060	653	7.2%
60-64	6,658	3.5%	5,305	6,039	619	10.3%
65 and older	4,090	2.1%	3,305	3,570	520	14.6%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	108,891		83,850	103,270
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	1,218	1.1%	819	1,259	-41	-3.3%
Mining	401	0.4%	134	381	20	5.2%
Utilities	117	0.1%	105	64	53	82.8%
Construction	23,830	21.6%	14,611	22,009	1,821	8.3%
Manufacturing	9,876	9.0%	8,372	9,474	402	4.2%
Wholesale Trade	4,555	4.1%	4,051	4,068	487	12.0%
Retail Trade	8,520	7.7%	6,767	8,564	-44	-0.5%
Transporation and Warehousing	2,800	2.5%	2,083	2,857	-57	-2.0%
Information	1,724	1.6%	1,686	1,893	-169	-8.9%
Finance and Insurance	3,398	3.1%	3,349	2,689	709	26.4%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	1,654	1.5%	1,371	1,544	110	7.1%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	5,219	4.7%	4,817	5,130	89	1.7%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	211	0.2%	192	141	70	49.6%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	14,096	12.8%	9,956	12,917	1,179	9.1%
Educational Services	1,228	1.1%	1,219	1,227	1	0.1%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	5,329	4.8%	5,265	5,219	110	2.1%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	3,543	3.2%	2,540	3,326	217	6.5%
Accomodation and Food Services	8,574	7.8%	5,622	8,036	538	6.7%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	3,194	2.9%	2,901	3,125	69	2.2%
Public Administration	2,036	1.8%	1,969	2,065	-29	-1.4%
Information Not Available	7,368	6.7%	6,021	7,282	86	1.2%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Maryland
	Jan 2008	Percent	Dec 2007	Jan 2007	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	46,711		39,727	38,939
Male	27,471	58.8%	22,040	22,162	5,309	24.0%
Female	19,240	41.2%	17,687	16,777	2,463	14.7%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	46,711		39,727	38,939
Hispanic or Latino	2,632	5.6%	1,841	1,932	700	36.2%
Not Hispanic or Latino	43,329	92.8%	37,195	36,329	7,000	19.3%
Information Not Available	750	1.6%	691	678	72	10.6%

Race	46,711		39,727	38,939
American Indian or Alaskan Native	105	0.2%	95	99	6	6.1%
Asian	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
Black or African American	18,567	39.7%	16,327	16,135	2,432	15.1%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	82	0.2%	72	76	6	7.9%
White	24,576	52.6%	20,233	20,019	4,557	22.8%
Information Not Available	3,381	7.2%	3,000	2,610	771	29.5%

Years of Age	46,711		39,727	38,939
Younger than 22	1,147	1.7%	1,407	938	209	22.3%
22-24	2,556	3.7%	2,357	2,089	467	22.4%
25-34	10,410	15.2%	8,996	8,267	2,143	25.9%
35-44	10,896	15.9%	9,709	9,374	1,522	16.2%
45-54	12,014	17.6%	9,849	10,130	1,884	18.6%
55-59	4,080	6.0%	3,233	3,474	606	17.4%
60-64	2,890	4.2%	2,162	2,366	524	22.1%
65 and older	2,717	4.0%	2,010	2,292	425	18.5%
Information Not Available	1	0.0%	4	9	-8	-88.9%

Industry	46,711		39,727	38,939
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	186	0.4%	113	238	-52	-21.8%
Mining	79	0.2%	57	54	25	46.3%
Utilities	44	0.1%	43	48	-4	-8.3%
Construction	8,542	18.2%	6,686	6,552	1,990	30.4%
Manufacturing	828	1.8%	814	895	-67	-7.5%
Wholesale Trade	1,723	3.7%	1,581	1,390	333	24.0%
Retail Trade	1,397	3.0%	1,241	1,273	124	9.7%
Transporation and Warehousing	1,164	2.5%	969	891	273	30.6%
Information	859	1.8%	782	738	121	16.4%
Finance and Insurance	2,452	5.2%	2,366	1,159	1,293	111.6%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	1,041	2.2%	991	867	174	20.1%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	2,786	5.9%	2,792	2,636	150	5.7%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	315	0.7%	19	27	288	1066.7%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	6,029	12.9%	4,977	5,636	393	7.0%
Educational Services	918	2.0%	838	879	39	4.4%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	2,619	5.6%	2,652	2,296	323	14.1%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	1,128	2.4%	900	881	247	28.0%
Accomodation and Food Services	4,594	9.8%	3,264	3,906	688	17.6%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	1,098	2.3%	1,084	967	131	13.5%
Public Administration	878	1.9%	820	738	140	19.0%
Information Not Available	8,031	17.1%	6,738	6,868	1,163	16.9%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Maine
	Jan 2008	Percent	Dec 2007	Jan 2007	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	14,915		10,487	13,896
Male	9,749	65.4%	6,516	9,114	635	7.0%
Female	5,165	34.6%	3,970	4,782	383	8.0%
Information Not Available	1	0.0%	1	0	1	0.0%

Ethnicity	14,915		10,487	13,896
Hispanic or Latino	142	1.0%	104	117	25	21.4%
Not Hispanic or Latino	11,959	80.2%	8,677	11,383	576	5.1%
Information Not Available	2,814	18.9%	1,706	2,396	418	17.4%

Race	14,915		10,487	13,896
American Indian or Alaskan Native	134	0.9%	93	130	4	3.1%
Asian	53	0.4%	33	51	2	3.9%
Black or African American	120	0.8%	95	102	18	17.6%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
White	12,489	83.7%	8,992	11,827	662	5.6%
Information Not Available	2,119	14.2%	1,274	1,786	333	18.6%

Years of Age	14,915		10,487	13,896
Younger than 22	574	2.2%	525	520	54	10.4%
22-24	1,021	3.9%	746	984	37	3.8%
25-34	3,382	12.8%	2,285	3,094	288	9.3%
35-44	3,412	12.9%	2,468	3,181	231	7.3%
45-54	3,675	13.9%	2,672	3,568	107	3.0%
55-59	1,377	5.2%	910	1,311	66	5.0%
60-64	896	3.4%	537	817	79	9.7%
65 and older	578	2.2%	344	421	157	37.3%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	14,915		10,487	13,896
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	256	1.7%	179	203	53	26.1%
Mining	21	0.1%	10	26	-5	-19.2%
Utilities	19	0.1%	10	14	5	35.7%
Construction	3,240	21.4%	1,851	3,098	142	4.6%
Manufacturing	1,433	9.4%	976	1,469	-36	-2.5%
Wholesale Trade	395	2.6%	254	384	11	2.9%
Retail Trade	1,301	8.6%	844	1,152	149	12.9%
Transporation and Warehousing	326	2.1%	217	265	61	23.0%
Information	72	0.5%	74	88	-16	-18.2%
Finance and Insurance	161	1.1%	144	153	8	5.2%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	124	0.8%	97	83	41	49.4%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	208	1.4%	185	191	17	8.9%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	13	0.1%	13	6	7	116.7%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	1,217	8.0%	888	1,050	167	15.9%
Educational Services	160	1.1%	128	142	18	12.7%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	561	3.7%	545	485	76	15.7%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	300	2.0%	213	288	12	4.2%
Accomodation and Food Services	1,826	12.0%	1,253	1,671	155	9.3%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	240	1.6%	194	223	17	7.6%
Public Administration	166	1.1%	140	242	-76	-31.4%
Information Not Available	2,876	19.0%	2,272	2,663	213	8.0%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Michigan
	Jan 2008	Percent	Dec 2007	Jan 2007	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	179,668		148,470	179,085
Male	120,898	67.3%	96,822	120,532	366	0.3%
Female	58,760	32.7%	51,640	58,543	217	0.4%
Information Not Available	10	0.0%	8	10	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	179,668		148,470	179,085
Hispanic or Latino	7,759	4.3%	6,603	7,696	63	0.8%
Not Hispanic or Latino	126,664	70.5%	104,551	126,999	-335	-0.3%
Information Not Available	45,245	25.2%	37,316	44,390	855	1.9%

Race	179,668		148,470	179,085
American Indian or Alaskan Native	2,219	1.2%	1,974	2,131	88	4.1%
Asian	1,194	0.7%	892	1,330	-136	-10.2%
Black or African American	17,242	9.6%	15,478	17,404	-162	-0.9%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	94	0.1%	77	123	-29	-23.6%
White	105,503	58.7%	86,127	105,763	-260	-0.2%
Information Not Available	53,416	29.7%	43,922	52,334	1,082	2.1%

Years of Age	179,668		148,470	179,085
Younger than 22	6,238	2.2%	5,235	7,066	-828	-11.7%
22-24	11,384	4.1%	9,213	11,992	-608	-5.1%
25-34	44,079	15.9%	36,039	45,138	-1,059	-2.3%
35-44	46,245	16.7%	37,862	46,718	-473	-1.0%
45-54	45,491	16.4%	37,610	43,320	2,171	5.0%
55-59	14,049	5.1%	11,961	13,270	779	5.9%
60-64	7,631	2.7%	6,472	7,105	526	7.4%
65 and older	4,549	1.6%	4,075	4,470	79	1.8%
Information Not Available	2	0.0%	3	6	-4	-66.7%

Industry	179,668		148,470	179,085
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	2,277	1.3%	1,773	2,242	35	1.6%
Mining	1,148	0.6%	876	1,225	-77	-6.3%
Utilities	113	0.1%	104	144	-31	-21.5%
Construction	35,141	19.3%	26,460	36,530	-1,389	-3.8%
Manufacturing	30,614	16.8%	25,176	30,029	585	1.9%
Wholesale Trade	5,074	2.8%	4,522	5,828	-754	-12.9%
Retail Trade	12,911	7.1%	11,521	12,597	314	2.5%
Transporation and Warehousing	5,801	3.2%	4,453	5,180	621	12.0%
Information	1,173	0.6%	1,085	1,310	-137	-10.5%
Finance and Insurance	3,620	2.0%	3,470	3,440	180	5.2%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	1,994	1.1%	1,705	2,284	-290	-12.7%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	6,431	3.5%	5,686	6,892	-461	-6.7%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	743	0.4%	693	1,607	-864	-53.8%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	24,166	13.3%	19,829	23,615	551	2.3%
Educational Services	2,460	1.4%	2,789	2,658	-198	-7.4%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	8,117	4.5%	7,845	7,765	352	4.5%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	6,078	3.3%	4,643	6,270	-192	-3.1%
Accomodation and Food Services	8,350	4.6%	7,039	8,986	-636	-7.1%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	3,016	1.7%	2,875	3,310	-294	-8.9%
Public Administration	2,570	1.4%	2,328	2,513	57	2.3%
Information Not Available	17,871	9.8%	13,598	14,660	3,211	21.9%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Minnesota
	Jan 2008	Percent	Dec 2007	Jan 2007	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	72,808		60,615	63,661
Male	54,743	75.2%	44,733	47,420	7,323	15.4%
Female	18,055	24.8%	15,882	16,222	1,833	11.3%
Information Not Available	10	0.0%	0	19	-9	-47.4%

Ethnicity	72,808		60,615	63,661
Hispanic or Latino	2,465	3.4%	2,048	2,217	248	11.2%
Not Hispanic or Latino	64,163	88.1%	53,581	56,942	7,221	12.7%
Information Not Available	6,180	8.5%	4,986	4,502	1,678	37.3%

Race	72,808		60,615	63,661
American Indian or Alaskan Native	872	1.2%	749	701	171	24.4%
Asian	1,014	1.4%	855	921	93	10.1%
Black or African American	3,503	4.8%	3,179	3,307	196	5.9%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	219	0.3%	229	265	-46	-17.4%
White	63,320	87.0%	52,449	55,523	7,797	14.0%
Information Not Available	3,880	5.3%	3,154	2,944	936	31.8%

Years of Age	72,808		60,615	63,661
Younger than 22	2,704	2.0%	2,128	3,089	-385	-12.5%
22-24	5,372	4.0%	4,448	4,981	391	7.8%
25-34	18,762	14.1%	15,371	16,400	2,362	14.4%
35-44	16,444	12.4%	13,793	14,920	1,524	10.2%
45-54	17,818	13.4%	14,893	15,447	2,371	15.3%
55-59	6,308	4.8%	5,344	5,021	1,287	25.6%
60-64	3,421	2.6%	2,915	2,441	980	40.1%
65 and older	1,645	1.2%	1,477	780	865	110.9%
Information Not Available	334	0.3%	246	582	-248	-42.6%

Industry	72,808		60,615	63,661
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	949	1.3%	778	1,078	-129	-12.0%
Mining	695	0.9%	604	570	125	21.9%
Utilities	295	0.4%	228	232	63	27.2%
Construction	25,488	34.6%	20,814	22,496	2,992	13.3%
Manufacturing	9,603	13.0%	7,417	9,825	-222	-2.3%
Wholesale Trade	2,800	3.8%	2,357	2,574	226	8.8%
Retail Trade	4,452	6.0%	3,827	3,923	529	13.5%
Transporation and Warehousing	1,966	2.7%	1,587	1,739	227	13.1%
Information	899	1.2%	833	880	19	2.2%
Finance and Insurance	1,706	2.3%	1,603	1,372	334	24.3%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	775	1.1%	716	742	33	4.4%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	2,681	3.6%	2,503	2,146	535	24.9%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	835	1.1%	734	729	106	14.5%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	6,111	8.3%	5,328	5,469	642	11.7%
Educational Services	914	1.2%	948	917	-3	-0.3%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	2,684	3.6%	2,668	2,728	-44	-1.6%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	1,235	1.7%	1,118	1,101	134	12.2%
Accomodation and Food Services	2,757	3.7%	2,240	2,533	224	8.8%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	1,381	1.9%	1,185	1,156	225	19.5%
Public Administration	1,382	1.9%	1,209	1,110	272	24.5%
Information Not Available	3,200	4.3%	1,918	341	2,859	838.4%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Missouri
	Jan 2008	Percent	Dec 2007	Jan 2007	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	64,283		49,452	57,429
Male	38,931	60.6%	29,496	33,817	5,114	15.1%
Female	25,347	39.4%	19,952	23,603	1,744	7.4%
Information Not Available	5	0.0%	4	9	-4	-44.4%

Ethnicity	64,283		49,452	57,429
Hispanic or Latino	826	1.3%	532	733	93	12.7%
Not Hispanic or Latino	22,893	35.6%	16,992	19,772	3,121	15.8%
Information Not Available	40,564	63.1%	31,928	36,924	3,640	9.9%

Race	64,283		49,452	57,429
American Indian or Alaskan Native	538	0.8%	416	436	102	23.4%
Asian	402	0.6%	305	338	64	18.9%
Black or African American	11,690	18.2%	10,000	10,904	786	7.2%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	523	0.8%	471	455	68	14.9%
White	46,651	72.6%	36,185	42,611	4,040	9.5%
Information Not Available	4,479	7.0%	2,075	2,685	1,794	66.8%

Years of Age	64,283		49,452	57,429
Younger than 22	1,321	1.2%	1,613	1,205	116	9.6%
22-24	3,391	3.2%	3,052	3,056	335	11.0%
25-34	14,599	13.6%	11,606	12,855	1,744	13.6%
35-44	15,867	14.8%	12,284	14,162	1,705	12.0%
45-54	17,510	16.3%	12,921	15,217	2,293	15.1%
55-59	5,385	5.0%	3,942	5,003	382	7.6%
60-64	3,471	3.2%	2,333	3,227	244	7.6%
65 and older	2,710	2.5%	1,671	2,702	8	0.3%
Information Not Available	29	0.0%	30	2	27	1350.0%

Industry	64,283		49,452	57,429
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	600	0.9%	489	627	-27	-4.3%
Mining	449	0.7%	297	478	-29	-6.1%
Utilities	67	0.1%	59	81	-14	-17.3%
Construction	12,782	19.7%	10,033	10,185	2,597	25.5%
Manufacturing	12,379	19.1%	7,860	11,520	859	7.5%
Wholesale Trade	1,851	2.9%	1,633	1,678	173	10.3%
Retail Trade	5,142	7.9%	4,166	5,152	-10	-0.2%
Transporation and Warehousing	3,228	5.0%	1,925	2,757	471	17.1%
Information	854	1.3%	817	1,146	-292	-25.5%
Finance and Insurance	1,949	3.0%	1,826	1,476	473	32.0%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	1,025	1.6%	891	1,004	21	2.1%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	1,444	2.2%	1,472	1,293	151	11.7%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	133	0.2%	114	99	34	34.3%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	6,359	9.8%	5,016	4,687	1,672	35.7%
Educational Services	890	1.4%	951	805	85	10.6%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	3,779	5.8%	3,458	3,695	84	2.3%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	1,693	2.6%	1,140	1,818	-125	-6.9%
Accomodation and Food Services	5,894	9.1%	3,799	5,654	240	4.2%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	1,567	2.4%	1,361	1,503	64	4.3%
Public Administration	638	1.0%	586	522	116	22.2%
Information Not Available	1,560	2.4%	1,559	1,249	311	24.9%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Mississippi
	Jan 2008	Percent	Dec 2007	Jan 2007	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	22,303		20,029	20,130
Male	12,283	55.1%	10,658	10,861	1,422	13.1%
Female	10,018	44.9%	9,371	9,263	755	8.2%
Information Not Available	2	0.0%	0	6	-4	-66.7%

Ethnicity	22,303		20,029	20,130
Hispanic or Latino	357	1.6%	358	308	49	15.9%
Not Hispanic or Latino	20,935	93.9%	18,931	19,046	1,889	9.9%
Information Not Available	1,011	4.5%	740	776	235	30.3%

Race	22,303		20,029	20,130
American Indian or Alaskan Native	57	0.3%	54	35	22	62.9%
Asian	127	0.6%	113	74	53	71.6%
Black or African American	13,034	58.4%	11,919	12,321	713	5.8%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	4	0.0%	2	5	-1	-20.0%
White	8,251	37.0%	7,290	7,052	1,199	17.0%
Information Not Available	830	3.7%	651	643	187	29.1%

Years of Age	22,303		20,029	20,130
Younger than 22	532	1.8%	807	423	109	25.8%
22-24	1,315	4.5%	1,351	1,220	95	7.8%
25-34	5,450	18.5%	5,037	4,767	683	14.3%
35-44	5,483	18.7%	4,856	5,005	478	9.6%
45-54	5,708	19.4%	4,924	5,151	557	10.8%
55-59	1,856	6.3%	1,508	1,765	91	5.2%
60-64	1,159	3.9%	906	1,036	123	11.9%
65 and older	800	2.7%	640	763	37	4.8%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	22,303		20,029	20,130
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	1,969	8.1%	1,676	2,138	-169	-7.9%
Mining	91	0.4%	96	53	38	71.7%
Utilities	25	0.1%	22	25	0	0.0%
Construction	1,863	7.7%	1,663	1,394	469	33.6%
Manufacturing	5,926	24.4%	4,944	5,037	889	17.6%
Wholesale Trade	457	1.9%	468	410	47	11.5%
Retail Trade	1,934	8.0%	1,885	1,859	75	4.0%
Transporation and Warehousing	736	3.0%	700	554	182	32.9%
Information	131	0.5%	139	135	-4	-3.0%
Finance and Insurance	269	1.1%	291	235	34	14.5%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	169	0.7%	156	174	-5	-2.9%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	463	1.9%	540	444	19	4.3%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	25	0.1%	26	34	-9	-26.5%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	1,765	7.3%	1,644	1,539	226	14.7%
Educational Services	306	1.3%	350	371	-65	-17.5%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	1,451	6.0%	1,369	1,301	150	11.5%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	179	0.7%	173	168	11	6.5%
Accomodation and Food Services	1,541	6.3%	1,531	1,415	126	8.9%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	344	1.4%	329	357	-13	-3.6%
Public Administration	449	1.8%	345	395	54	13.7%
Information Not Available	2,210	9.1%	1,682	2,092	118	5.6%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Montana
	Jan 2008	Percent	Dec 2007	Jan 2007	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	7,202		5,967	5,923
Male	5,227	72.6%	4,180	4,168	1,059	25.4%
Female	1,951	27.1%	1,767	1,734	217	12.5%
Information Not Available	24	0.3%	20	21	3	14.3%

Ethnicity	7,202		5,967	5,923
Hispanic or Latino	172	2.4%	157	140	32	22.9%
Not Hispanic or Latino	6,581	91.4%	5,483	5,417	1,164	21.5%
Information Not Available	449	6.2%	327	366	83	22.7%

Race	7,202		5,967	5,923
American Indian or Alaskan Native	652	9.1%	560	607	45	7.4%
Asian	21	0.3%	22	27	-6	-22.2%
Black or African American	32	0.4%	34	28	4	14.3%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	11	0.2%	11	9	2	22.2%
White	6,434	89.3%	5,293	5,211	1,223	23.5%
Information Not Available	52	0.7%	47	41	11	26.8%

Years of Age	7,202		5,967	5,923
Younger than 22	301	2.3%	210	200	101	50.5%
22-24	518	3.9%	402	429	89	20.7%
25-34	1,812	13.6%	1,452	1,541	271	17.6%
35-44	1,522	11.5%	1,290	1,247	275	22.1%
45-54	1,830	13.8%	1,564	1,489	341	22.9%
55-59	635	4.8%	536	491	144	29.3%
60-64	350	2.6%	304	312	38	12.2%
65 and older	234	1.8%	209	214	20	9.3%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	7,202		5,967	5,923
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	153	2.1%	125	99	54	54.5%
Mining	161	2.2%	155	170	-9	-5.3%
Utilities	31	0.4%	25	21	10	47.6%
Construction	2,551	34.7%	1,920	1,867	684	36.6%
Manufacturing	428	5.8%	323	345	83	24.1%
Wholesale Trade	182	2.5%	157	143	39	27.3%
Retail Trade	556	7.6%	442	508	48	9.4%
Transporation and Warehousing	175	2.4%	136	152	23	15.1%
Information	64	0.9%	65	57	7	12.3%
Finance and Insurance	91	1.2%	84	71	20	28.2%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	67	0.9%	54	44	23	52.3%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	150	2.0%	139	139	11	7.9%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	9	0.1%	8	8	1	12.5%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	637	8.7%	558	494	143	28.9%
Educational Services	140	1.9%	147	136	4	2.9%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	284	3.9%	260	245	39	15.9%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	199	2.7%	199	142	57	40.1%
Accomodation and Food Services	588	8.0%	545	568	20	3.5%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	140	1.9%	127	125	15	12.0%
Public Administration	224	3.0%	193	215	9	4.2%
Information Not Available	372	5.1%	305	374	-2	-0.5%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants North Carolina
	Jan 2008	Percent	Dec 2007	Jan 2007	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	89,292		78,279	80,696
Male	49,789	55.8%	41,536	42,967	6,822	15.9%
Female	39,498	44.2%	36,738	37,726	1,772	4.7%
Information Not Available	5	0.0%	5	3	2	66.7%

Ethnicity	89,292		78,279	80,696
Hispanic or Latino	3,885	4.4%	2,930	3,068	817	26.6%
Not Hispanic or Latino	82,932	92.9%	73,734	75,610	7,322	9.7%
Information Not Available	2,475	2.8%	1,615	2,018	457	22.6%

Race	89,292		78,279	80,696
American Indian or Alaskan Native	1,441	1.6%	1,226	1,154	287	24.9%
Asian	821	0.9%	660	762	59	7.7%
Black or African American	30,892	34.6%	28,986	28,942	1,950	6.7%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	70	0.1%	68	75	-5	-6.7%
White	49,646	55.6%	42,841	44,564	5,082	11.4%
Information Not Available	6,422	7.2%	4,498	5,199	1,223	23.5%

Years of Age	89,292		78,279	80,696
Younger than 22	2,961	2.2%	2,745	2,674	287	10.7%
22-24	5,190	3.9%	4,686	4,708	482	10.2%
25-34	21,551	16.0%	19,202	18,703	2,848	15.2%
35-44	23,121	17.2%	20,387	21,079	2,042	9.7%
45-54	21,471	16.0%	18,632	19,621	1,850	9.4%
55-59	7,391	5.5%	6,364	6,882	509	7.4%
60-64	4,640	3.5%	3,886	4,291	349	8.1%
65 and older	2,967	2.2%	2,377	2,737	230	8.4%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	1	-1	-100.0%

Industry	89,292		78,279	80,696
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	521	0.6%	428	510	11	2.2%
Mining	100	0.1%	55	80	20	25.0%
Utilities	80	0.1%	83	131	-51	-38.9%
Construction	12,275	13.7%	7,987	8,380	3,895	46.5%
Manufacturing	17,993	20.0%	14,709	17,248	745	4.3%
Wholesale Trade	3,387	3.8%	2,835	2,346	1,041	44.4%
Retail Trade	6,655	7.4%	5,804	5,981	674	11.3%
Transporation and Warehousing	2,608	2.9%	1,883	2,233	375	16.8%
Information	1,092	1.2%	1,003	941	151	16.0%
Finance and Insurance	2,473	2.8%	2,216	1,733	740	42.7%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	1,343	1.5%	1,154	1,036	307	29.6%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	3,104	3.5%	2,656	2,324	780	33.6%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	272	0.3%	195	172	100	58.1%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	9,425	10.5%	8,241	8,947	478	5.3%
Educational Services	1,189	1.3%	1,079	1,113	76	6.8%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	6,000	6.7%	5,422	4,728	1,272	26.9%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	1,412	1.6%	1,029	1,057	355	33.6%
Accomodation and Food Services	5,616	6.3%	4,591	4,795	821	17.1%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	1,509	1.7%	1,494	1,338	171	12.8%
Public Administration	720	0.8%	711	816	-96	-11.8%
Information Not Available	11,518	12.8%	14,704	14,787	-3,269	-22.1%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants North Dakota
	Jan 2008	Percent	Dec 2007	Jan 2007	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	6,088		4,573	6,622
Male	5,122	84.1%	3,768	5,536	-414	-7.5%
Female	954	15.7%	795	1,062	-108	-10.2%
Information Not Available	12	0.2%	10	24	-12	-50.0%

Ethnicity	6,088		4,573	6,622
Hispanic or Latino	155	2.5%	132	155	0	0.0%
Not Hispanic or Latino	5,786	95.0%	4,338	6,359	-573	-9.0%
Information Not Available	147	2.4%	103	108	39	36.1%

Race	6,088		4,573	6,622
American Indian or Alaskan Native	446	7.3%	336	489	-43	-8.8%
Asian	3	0.0%	5	8	-5	-62.5%
Black or African American	51	0.8%	48	52	-1	-1.9%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	5	0.1%	6	2	3	150.0%
White	5,281	86.7%	3,943	5,808	-527	-9.1%
Information Not Available	302	5.0%	235	263	39	14.8%

Years of Age	6,088		4,573	6,622
Younger than 22	96	0.9%	156	130	-34	-26.2%
22-24	345	3.2%	276	397	-52	-13.1%
25-34	1,407	12.9%	1,074	1,486	-79	-5.3%
35-44	1,215	11.1%	958	1,391	-176	-12.7%
45-54	1,564	14.3%	1,138	1,723	-159	-9.2%
55-59	632	5.8%	454	647	-15	-2.3%
60-64	424	3.9%	283	449	-25	-5.6%
65 and older	372	3.4%	206	350	22	6.3%
Information Not Available	33	0.3%	28	49	-16	-32.7%

Industry	6,088		4,573	6,622
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	186	3.0%	142	215	-29	-13.5%
Mining	419	6.7%	287	429	-10	-2.3%
Utilities	17	0.3%	7	20	-3	-15.0%
Construction	2,549	40.6%	1,727	2,816	-267	-9.5%
Manufacturing	567	9.0%	478	650	-83	-12.8%
Wholesale Trade	245	3.9%	187	262	-17	-6.5%
Retail Trade	248	4.0%	209	251	-3	-1.2%
Transporation and Warehousing	196	3.1%	132	263	-67	-25.5%
Information	51	0.8%	54	39	12	30.8%
Finance and Insurance	53	0.8%	33	76	-23	-30.3%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	17	0.3%	18	19	-2	-10.5%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	109	1.7%	87	147	-38	-25.9%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	24	0.4%	22	31	-7	-22.6%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	276	4.4%	226	272	4	1.5%
Educational Services	4	0.1%	5	3	1	33.3%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	135	2.2%	124	169	-34	-20.1%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	67	1.1%	52	70	-3	-4.3%
Accomodation and Food Services	142	2.3%	118	118	24	20.3%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	53	0.8%	47	87	-34	-39.1%
Public Administration	252	4.0%	223	338	-86	-25.4%
Information Not Available	478	7.6%	395	347	131	37.8%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Nebraska
	Jan 2008	Percent	Dec 2007	Jan 2007	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	11,857		10,069	12,553
Male	7,551	63.7%	6,152	7,885	-334	-4.2%
Female	3,911	33.0%	3,614	4,303	-392	-9.1%
Information Not Available	395	3.3%	303	365	30	8.2%

Ethnicity	11,857		10,069	12,553
Hispanic or Latino	627	5.3%	531	663	-36	-5.4%
Not Hispanic or Latino	8,963	75.6%	7,466	10,095	-1,132	-11.2%
Information Not Available	2,267	19.1%	2,072	1,795	472	26.3%

Race	11,857		10,069	12,553
American Indian or Alaskan Native	104	0.9%	90	126	-22	-17.5%
Asian	87	0.7%	71	87	0	0.0%
Black or African American	644	5.4%	570	682	-38	-5.6%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	14	0.1%	14	17	-3	-17.6%
White	5,604	47.3%	4,659	5,992	-388	-6.5%
Information Not Available	5,404	45.6%	4,665	5,649	-245	-4.3%

Years of Age	11,857		10,069	12,553
Younger than 22	294	1.8%	224	314	-20	-6.4%
22-24	656	3.9%	571	765	-109	-14.2%
25-34	2,755	16.4%	2,375	2,971	-216	-7.3%
35-44	2,704	16.1%	2,287	2,964	-260	-8.8%
45-54	3,067	18.3%	2,563	3,199	-132	-4.1%
55-59	1,096	6.5%	949	1,111	-15	-1.4%
60-64	702	4.2%	602	710	-8	-1.1%
65 and older	583	3.5%	498	519	64	12.3%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	11,857		10,069	12,553
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	110	0.9%	88	85	25	29.4%
Mining	161	1.3%	104	184	-23	-12.5%
Utilities	21	0.2%	19	19	2	10.5%
Construction	3,139	26.2%	2,420	2,789	350	12.5%
Manufacturing	1,495	12.5%	1,312	1,692	-197	-11.6%
Wholesale Trade	396	3.3%	354	412	-16	-3.9%
Retail Trade	877	7.3%	803	1,014	-137	-13.5%
Transporation and Warehousing	364	3.0%	270	349	15	4.3%
Information	182	1.5%	175	215	-33	-15.3%
Finance and Insurance	336	2.8%	332	292	44	15.1%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	143	1.2%	113	154	-11	-7.1%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	345	2.9%	335	386	-41	-10.6%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	42	0.4%	42	27	15	55.6%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	1,207	10.1%	1,034	1,311	-104	-7.9%
Educational Services	152	1.3%	155	194	-42	-21.6%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	696	5.8%	688	791	-95	-12.0%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	149	1.2%	143	174	-25	-14.4%
Accomodation and Food Services	632	5.3%	504	580	52	9.0%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	191	1.6%	156	218	-27	-12.4%
Public Administration	348	2.9%	326	323	25	7.7%
Information Not Available	871	7.3%	696	1,344	-473	-35.2%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants New Hampshire
	Jan 2008	Percent	Dec 2007	Jan 2007	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	9,622		6,686	8,828
Male	6,556	68.1%	4,188	5,932	624	10.5%
Female	3,066	31.9%	2,498	2,896	170	5.9%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	9,622		6,686	8,828
Hispanic or Latino	301	3.1%	190	248	53	21.4%
Not Hispanic or Latino	6,867	71.4%	4,835	6,279	588	9.4%
Information Not Available	2,454	25.5%	1,661	2,301	153	6.6%

Race	9,622		6,686	8,828
American Indian or Alaskan Native	33	0.3%	26	39	-6	-15.4%
Asian	92	1.0%	67	77	15	19.5%
Black or African American	144	1.5%	97	143	1	0.7%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	12	0.1%	13	9	3	33.3%
White	8,863	92.1%	6,171	8,109	754	9.3%
Information Not Available	478	5.0%	312	451	27	6.0%

Years of Age	9,622		6,686	8,828
Younger than 22	189	1.1%	181	189	0	0.0%
22-24	516	2.9%	357	451	65	14.4%
25-34	1,969	11.1%	1,351	1,640	329	20.1%
35-44	2,155	12.2%	1,580	2,137	18	0.8%
45-54	2,599	14.7%	1,798	2,487	112	4.5%
55-59	1,036	5.8%	728	939	97	10.3%
60-64	763	4.3%	457	642	121	18.8%
65 and older	395	2.2%	234	343	52	15.2%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	9,622		6,686	8,828
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	36	0.4%	26	45	-9	-20.0%
Mining	97	1.0%	36	49	48	98.0%
Utilities	3	0.0%	3	6	-3	-50.0%
Construction	2,379	24.6%	1,117	2,078	301	14.5%
Manufacturing	1,126	11.7%	823	1,140	-14	-1.2%
Wholesale Trade	370	3.8%	338	363	7	1.9%
Retail Trade	990	10.3%	699	919	71	7.7%
Transporation and Warehousing	212	2.2%	144	190	22	11.6%
Information	89	0.9%	81	103	-14	-13.6%
Finance and Insurance	256	2.7%	258	210	46	21.9%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	129	1.3%	118	116	13	11.2%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	288	3.0%	244	249	39	15.7%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	15	0.2%	13	8	7	87.5%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	1,113	11.5%	758	1,010	103	10.2%
Educational Services	117	1.2%	108	142	-25	-17.6%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	358	3.7%	352	338	20	5.9%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	249	2.6%	198	206	43	20.9%
Accomodation and Food Services	575	6.0%	358	501	74	14.8%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	207	2.1%	169	177	30	16.9%
Public Administration	99	1.0%	101	130	-31	-23.8%
Information Not Available	914	9.5%	742	848	66	7.8%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants New Jersey
	Jan 2008	Percent	Dec 2007	Jan 2007	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	136,433		109,014	125,599
Male	83,394	61.1%	63,487	77,229	6,165	8.0%
Female	53,039	38.9%	45,527	48,370	4,669	9.7%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	136,433		109,014	125,599
Hispanic or Latino	27,595	20.2%	21,440	25,407	2,188	8.6%
Not Hispanic or Latino	98,432	72.1%	78,931	90,495	7,937	8.8%
Information Not Available	10,406	7.6%	8,643	9,697	709	7.3%

Race	136,433		109,014	125,599
American Indian or Alaskan Native	515	0.4%	405	502	13	2.6%
Asian	3,473	2.5%	2,736	3,170	303	9.6%
Black or African American	25,586	18.8%	22,166	23,890	1,696	7.1%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	969	0.7%	721	902	67	7.4%
White	85,193	62.4%	66,293	77,916	7,277	9.3%
Information Not Available	20,697	15.2%	16,693	19,218	1,479	7.7%

Years of Age	136,433		109,014	125,599
Younger than 22	18,200	8.4%	14,448	13,748	4,452	32.4%
22-24	10,091	4.6%	8,200	9,036	1,055	11.7%
25-34	30,791	14.2%	24,802	28,278	2,513	8.9%
35-44	34,426	15.8%	27,314	32,483	1,943	6.0%
45-54	26,526	12.2%	21,047	25,178	1,348	5.4%
55-59	8,419	3.9%	6,720	8,314	105	1.3%
60-64	4,371	2.0%	3,496	4,497	-126	-2.8%
65 and older	3,609	1.7%	2,987	4,065	-456	-11.2%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	136,433		109,014	125,599
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	1,123	0.8%	756	1,042	81	7.8%
Mining	159	0.1%	66	181	-22	-12.2%
Utilities	147	0.1%	119	180	-33	-18.3%
Construction	20,274	14.7%	13,985	18,106	2,168	12.0%
Manufacturing	10,551	7.7%	8,673	10,988	-437	-4.0%
Wholesale Trade	6,872	5.0%	6,041	6,328	544	8.6%
Retail Trade	14,352	10.4%	11,491	13,492	860	6.4%
Transporation and Warehousing	5,159	3.8%	4,215	4,743	416	8.8%
Information	2,378	1.7%	1,985	2,256	122	5.4%
Finance and Insurance	5,508	4.0%	5,061	3,865	1,643	42.5%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	2,519	1.8%	2,084	2,273	246	10.8%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	6,743	4.9%	5,693	5,652	1,091	19.3%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	418	0.3%	356	435	-17	-3.9%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	17,839	13.0%	13,168	16,478	1,361	8.3%
Educational Services	2,453	1.8%	2,810	3,159	-706	-22.3%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	9,235	6.7%	8,637	8,062	1,173	14.5%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	4,346	3.2%	2,938	3,974	372	9.4%
Accomodation and Food Services	10,735	7.8%	8,345	10,570	165	1.6%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	3,159	2.3%	2,594	2,734	425	15.5%
Public Administration	1,925	1.4%	1,552	1,758	167	9.5%
Information Not Available	10,538	7.7%	8,445	9,323	1,215	13.0%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants New Mexico
	Jan 2008	Percent	Dec 2007	Jan 2007	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	11,978		11,197	12,246
Male	7,001	58.4%	6,431	7,357	-356	-4.8%
Female	4,977	41.6%	4,766	4,889	88	1.8%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	11,978		11,197	12,246
Hispanic or Latino	6,798	56.8%	6,347	6,966	-168	-2.4%
Not Hispanic or Latino	4,618	38.6%	4,346	4,932	-314	-6.4%
Information Not Available	562	4.7%	504	348	214	61.5%

Race	11,978		11,197	12,246
American Indian or Alaskan Native	1,126	9.4%	1,075	1,254	-128	-10.2%
Asian	132	1.1%	123	110	22	20.0%
Black or African American	331	2.8%	336	382	-51	-13.4%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	29	0.2%	26	22	7	31.8%
White	5,925	49.5%	5,490	5,840	85	1.5%
Information Not Available	4,435	37.0%	4,147	4,638	-203	-4.4%

Years of Age	11,978		11,197	12,246
Younger than 22	419	2.4%	414	430	-11	-2.6%
22-24	743	4.3%	683	754	-11	-1.5%
25-34	2,611	15.2%	2,429	2,665	-54	-2.0%
35-44	3,019	17.5%	2,785	3,107	-88	-2.8%
45-54	3,102	18.0%	2,878	3,166	-64	-2.0%
55-59	1,018	5.9%	1,008	1,041	-23	-2.2%
60-64	671	3.9%	619	681	-10	-1.5%
65 and older	395	2.3%	381	402	-7	-1.7%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	11,978		11,197	12,246
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	732	5.8%	723	825	-93	-11.3%
Mining	190	1.5%	171	114	76	66.7%
Utilities	92	0.7%	101	20	72	360.0%
Construction	2,266	17.8%	2,051	2,019	247	12.2%
Manufacturing	1,454	11.4%	1,362	878	576	65.6%
Wholesale Trade	353	2.8%	336	273	80	29.3%
Retail Trade	1,043	8.2%	960	713	330	46.3%
Transporation and Warehousing	403	3.2%	240	221	182	82.4%
Information	398	3.1%	306	665	-267	-40.2%
Finance and Insurance	309	2.4%	294	242	67	27.7%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	187	1.5%	191	132	55	41.7%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	594	4.7%	576	398	196	49.2%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	17	0.1%	14	28	-11	-39.3%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	903	7.1%	919	738	165	22.4%
Educational Services	333	2.6%	351	263	70	26.6%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	928	7.3%	971	850	78	9.2%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	276	2.2%	253	202	74	36.6%
Accomodation and Food Services	787	6.2%	641	551	236	42.8%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	241	1.9%	247	219	22	10.0%
Public Administration	376	3.0%	396	328	48	14.6%
Information Not Available	96	0.8%	94	2,567	-2,471	-96.3%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Nevada
	Jan 2008	Percent	Dec 2007	Jan 2007	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	32,745		30,446	23,616
Male	20,088	61.3%	18,092	14,536	5,552	38.2%
Female	12,650	38.6%	12,350	9,077	3,573	39.4%
Information Not Available	7	0.0%	4	3	4	133.3%

Ethnicity	32,745		30,446	23,616
Hispanic or Latino	5,961	18.2%	5,279	3,995	1,966	49.2%
Not Hispanic or Latino	20,949	64.0%	19,695	15,050	5,899	39.2%
Information Not Available	5,835	17.8%	5,472	4,571	1,264	27.7%

Race	32,745		30,446	23,616
American Indian or Alaskan Native	665	2.0%	539	504	161	31.9%
Asian	1,323	4.0%	1,324	1,024	299	29.2%
Black or African American	3,376	10.3%	3,351	2,415	961	39.8%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	519	1.6%	537	348	171	49.1%
White	21,780	66.5%	20,012	16,023	5,757	35.9%
Information Not Available	5,082	15.5%	4,683	3,302	1,780	53.9%

Years of Age	32,745		30,446	23,616
Younger than 22	769	1.5%	982	485	284	58.6%
22-24	1,694	3.2%	1,640	1,032	662	64.1%
25-34	7,073	13.5%	6,286	4,654	2,419	52.0%
35-44	7,920	15.1%	7,585	5,788	2,132	36.8%
45-54	8,392	16.0%	7,746	6,300	2,092	33.2%
55-59	3,095	5.9%	2,791	2,395	700	29.2%
60-64	2,115	4.0%	1,926	1,634	481	29.4%
65 and older	1,647	3.1%	1,455	1,294	353	27.3%
Information Not Available	40	0.1%	35	34	6	17.6%

Industry	32,745		30,446	23,616
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	33	0.1%	23	29	4	13.8%
Mining	230	0.7%	175	118	112	94.9%
Utilities	43	0.1%	38	25	18	72.0%
Construction	8,984	27.4%	6,909	6,486	2,498	38.5%
Manufacturing	1,521	4.6%	1,452	1,118	403	36.0%
Wholesale Trade	808	2.5%	702	551	257	46.6%
Retail Trade	2,553	7.8%	2,117	1,781	772	43.3%
Transporation and Warehousing	949	2.9%	794	637	312	49.0%
Information	293	0.9%	310	215	78	36.3%
Finance and Insurance	1,146	3.5%	1,073	638	508	79.6%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	891	2.7%	835	531	360	67.8%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	1,379	4.2%	1,332	743	636	85.6%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	131	0.4%	125	83	48	57.8%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	3,950	12.1%	4,671	2,506	1,444	57.6%
Educational Services	317	1.0%	294	217	100	46.1%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	1,030	3.1%	962	859	171	19.9%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	765	2.3%	708	541	224	41.4%
Accomodation and Food Services	4,849	14.8%	5,341	4,129	720	17.4%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	591	1.8%	495	458	133	29.0%
Public Administration	510	1.6%	459	402	108	26.9%
Information Not Available	1,772	5.4%	1,631	1,549	223	14.4%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants New York
	Jan 2008	Percent	Dec 2007	Jan 2007	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	212,571		176,688	205,335
Male	134,257	63.2%	106,797	130,010	4,247	3.3%
Female	78,314	36.8%	69,891	75,325	2,989	4.0%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	212,571		176,688	205,335
Hispanic or Latino	31,939	15.0%	25,938	31,528	411	1.3%
Not Hispanic or Latino	147,297	69.3%	122,444	145,292	2,005	1.4%
Information Not Available	33,335	15.7%	28,306	28,515	4,820	16.9%

Race	212,571		176,688	205,335
American Indian or Alaskan Native	1,501	0.7%	1,196	1,479	22	1.5%
Asian	5,132	2.4%	4,539	5,032	100	2.0%
Black or African American	28,193	13.3%	25,335	26,556	1,637	6.2%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	316	0.1%	295	300	16	5.3%
White	124,684	58.7%	100,847	123,010	1,674	1.4%
Information Not Available	52,745	24.8%	44,476	48,958	3,787	7.7%

Years of Age	212,571		176,688	205,335
Younger than 22	8,777	2.7%	7,221	8,470	307	3.6%
22-24	14,453	4.4%	11,927	13,680	773	5.7%
25-34	52,161	16.0%	43,641	49,687	2,474	5.0%
35-44	52,916	16.2%	43,363	53,359	-443	-0.8%
45-54	48,643	14.9%	39,939	46,557	2,086	4.5%
55-59	16,789	5.1%	14,046	16,228	561	3.5%
60-64	10,361	3.2%	9,077	9,443	918	9.7%
65 and older	8,471	2.6%	7,474	7,911	560	7.1%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	212,571		176,688	205,335
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	1,184	0.6%	745	1,169	15	1.3%
Mining	1,566	0.7%	894	1,586	-20	-1.3%
Utilities	186	0.1%	146	204	-18	-8.8%
Construction	39,176	18.3%	28,199	40,036	-860	-2.1%
Manufacturing	20,216	9.5%	16,842	18,375	1,841	10.0%
Wholesale Trade	8,343	3.9%	7,311	8,158	185	2.3%
Retail Trade	17,138	8.0%	14,115	17,073	65	0.4%
Transporation and Warehousing	6,381	3.0%	5,188	6,212	169	2.7%
Information	5,780	2.7%	5,115	5,448	332	6.1%
Finance and Insurance	11,100	5.2%	10,241	8,469	2,631	31.1%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	4,368	2.0%	4,278	4,170	198	4.7%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	11,638	5.4%	11,152	10,798	840	7.8%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	760	0.4%	737	697	63	9.0%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	24,341	11.4%	19,587	23,757	584	2.5%
Educational Services	4,827	2.3%	5,028	5,258	-431	-8.2%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	14,201	6.6%	14,193	13,994	207	1.5%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	9,812	4.6%	7,712	9,536	276	2.9%
Accomodation and Food Services	15,822	7.4%	10,788	14,786	1,036	7.0%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	5,669	2.7%	5,238	5,840	-171	-2.9%
Public Administration	7,231	3.4%	6,335	6,683	548	8.2%
Information Not Available	2,832	1.3%	2,844	3,086	-254	-8.2%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Ohio
	Jan 2008	Percent	Dec 2007	Jan 2007	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	134,794		109,150	129,283
Male	93,915	69.7%	73,668	89,179	4,736	5.3%
Female	40,303	29.9%	35,014	39,763	540	1.4%
Information Not Available	576	0.4%	468	341	235	68.9%

Ethnicity	134,794		109,150	129,283
Hispanic or Latino	4,343	3.2%	3,396	4,476	-133	-3.0%
Not Hispanic or Latino	125,198	92.9%	101,570	119,729	5,469	4.6%
Information Not Available	5,253	3.9%	4,184	5,078	175	3.4%

Race	134,794		109,150	129,283
American Indian or Alaskan Native	657	0.5%	553	564	93	16.5%
Asian	507	0.4%	375	479	28	5.8%
Black or African American	18,790	13.9%	15,974	18,171	619	3.4%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	97	0.1%	88	83	14	16.9%
White	109,220	81.0%	87,841	104,519	4,701	4.5%
Information Not Available	5,523	4.1%	4,319	5,467	56	1.0%

Years of Age	134,794		109,150	129,283
Younger than 22	4,320	1.8%	3,390	4,113	207	5.0%
22-24	7,265	3.1%	5,903	7,029	236	3.4%
25-34	31,350	13.2%	25,462	30,101	1,249	4.1%
35-44	35,086	14.7%	28,858	34,738	348	1.0%
45-54	36,494	15.3%	28,913	35,787	707	2.0%
55-59	11,651	4.9%	9,599	11,376	275	2.4%
60-64	5,961	2.5%	4,905	5,015	946	18.9%
65 and older	2,667	1.1%	2,120	1,124	1,543	137.3%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	134,794		109,150	129,283
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	1,024	0.8%	786	1,012	12	1.2%
Mining	1,041	0.8%	502	648	393	60.6%
Utilities	169	0.1%	165	149	20	13.4%
Construction	35,981	26.5%	27,736	32,252	3,729	11.6%
Manufacturing	28,260	20.8%	21,824	31,768	-3,508	-11.0%
Wholesale Trade	4,457	3.3%	4,093	4,317	140	3.2%
Retail Trade	6,536	4.8%	5,246	6,572	-36	-0.5%
Transporation and Warehousing	5,153	3.8%	3,576	4,583	570	12.4%
Information	1,221	0.9%	1,129	1,239	-18	-1.5%
Finance and Insurance	3,686	2.7%	3,569	2,483	1,203	48.4%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	1,590	1.2%	1,515	1,568	22	1.4%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	4,240	3.1%	3,839	3,805	435	11.4%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	296	0.2%	276	329	-33	-10.0%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	16,974	12.5%	13,893	16,541	433	2.6%
Educational Services	1,947	1.4%	1,972	1,676	271	16.2%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	6,175	4.5%	5,906	5,549	626	11.3%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	2,893	2.1%	2,212	2,666	227	8.5%
Accomodation and Food Services	5,033	3.7%	4,174	4,464	569	12.7%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	2,697	2.0%	2,353	2,461	236	9.6%
Public Administration	1,338	1.0%	1,111	1,306	32	2.5%
Information Not Available	4,083	3.0%	3,273	3,895	188	4.8%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Oklahoma
	Jan 2008	Percent	Dec 2007	Jan 2007	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	14,644		15,035	15,391
Male	7,578	51.7%	7,974	8,352	-774	-9.3%
Female	7,036	48.0%	7,036	6,983	53	0.8%
Information Not Available	30	0.2%	25	56	-26	-46.4%

Ethnicity	14,644		15,035	15,391
Hispanic or Latino	1,087	7.4%	1,499	1,259	-172	-13.7%
Not Hispanic or Latino	13,557	92.6%	13,536	14,132	-575	-4.1%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Race	14,644		15,035	15,391
American Indian or Alaskan Native	1,343	9.2%	1,359	1,381	-38	-2.8%
Asian	116	0.8%	103	129	-13	-10.1%
Black or African American	2,302	15.7%	2,165	2,319	-17	-0.7%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	8	0.1%	8	14	-6	-42.9%
White	9,165	62.6%	9,156	9,388	-223	-2.4%
Information Not Available	1,710	11.7%	2,244	2,160	-450	-20.8%

Years of Age	14,644		15,035	15,391
Younger than 22	221	1.0%	232	266	-45	-16.9%
22-24	709	3.1%	716	718	-9	-1.3%
25-34	3,450	15.0%	3,545	3,416	34	1.0%
35-44	3,671	16.0%	3,808	3,986	-315	-7.9%
45-54	3,871	16.9%	3,953	4,234	-363	-8.6%
55-59	1,317	5.7%	1,340	1,407	-90	-6.4%
60-64	853	3.7%	881	823	30	3.6%
65 and older	552	2.4%	560	541	11	2.0%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	14,644		15,035	15,391
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	49	0.3%	32	53	-4	-7.5%
Mining	417	2.8%	400	326	91	27.9%
Utilities	57	0.4%	58	44	13	29.5%
Construction	1,307	8.9%	1,893	1,781	-474	-26.6%
Manufacturing	1,775	12.1%	2,133	3,117	-1,342	-43.1%
Wholesale Trade	558	3.8%	563	528	30	5.7%
Retail Trade	1,376	9.4%	1,252	1,453	-77	-5.3%
Transporation and Warehousing	345	2.3%	423	317	28	8.8%
Information	415	2.8%	392	467	-52	-11.1%
Finance and Insurance	697	4.7%	669	465	232	49.9%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	301	2.0%	304	320	-19	-5.9%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	689	4.7%	590	656	33	5.0%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	35	0.2%	36	15	20	133.3%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	2,077	14.1%	2,038	1,699	378	22.2%
Educational Services	292	2.0%	357	291	1	0.3%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	1,382	9.4%	1,341	1,328	54	4.1%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	315	2.1%	273	270	45	16.7%
Accomodation and Food Services	760	5.2%	642	693	67	9.7%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	568	3.9%	519	484	84	17.4%
Public Administration	657	4.5%	589	564	93	16.5%
Information Not Available	572	3.9%	531	520	52	10.0%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Oregon
	Jan 2008	Percent	Dec 2007	Jan 2007	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	60,260		49,508	50,626
Male	39,346	65.3%	31,060	31,852	7,494	23.5%
Female	20,901	34.7%	18,447	18,771	2,130	11.3%
Information Not Available	13	0.0%	1	3	10	333.3%

Ethnicity	60,260		49,508	50,626
Hispanic or Latino	6,103	10.1%	4,757	5,064	1,039	20.5%
Not Hispanic or Latino	44,382	73.7%	36,376	36,827	7,555	20.5%
Information Not Available	9,775	16.2%	8,375	8,735	1,040	11.9%

Race	60,260		49,508	50,626
American Indian or Alaskan Native	580	1.0%	471	618	-38	-6.1%
Asian	654	1.1%	601	707	-53	-7.5%
Black or African American	599	1.0%	518	686	-87	-12.7%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	321	0.5%	291	302	19	6.3%
White	26,160	43.4%	21,656	26,542	-382	-1.4%
Information Not Available	31,946	53.0%	25,971	21,771	10,175	46.7%

Years of Age	60,260		49,508	50,626
Younger than 22	1,480	1.8%	1,932	1,181	299	25.3%
22-24	3,628	4.4%	3,187	2,898	730	25.2%
25-34	14,290	17.2%	11,794	11,612	2,678	23.1%
35-44	14,162	17.1%	11,681	12,343	1,819	14.7%
45-54	15,527	18.7%	12,633	13,298	2,229	16.8%
55-59	5,719	6.9%	4,456	4,726	993	21.0%
60-64	3,501	4.2%	2,448	2,874	627	21.8%
65 and older	1,953	2.4%	1,377	1,694	259	15.3%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	60,260		49,508	50,626
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	3,297	5.2%	2,371	2,744	553	20.2%
Mining	388	0.6%	206	225	163	72.4%
Utilities	91	0.1%	85	146	-55	-37.7%
Construction	11,712	18.4%	8,295	8,393	3,319	39.5%
Manufacturing	9,354	14.7%	7,697	8,141	1,213	14.9%
Wholesale Trade	1,959	3.1%	1,746	1,645	314	19.1%
Retail Trade	6,233	9.8%	5,050	5,315	918	17.3%
Transporation and Warehousing	1,877	3.0%	1,504	1,626	251	15.4%
Information	936	1.5%	866	864	72	8.3%
Finance and Insurance	1,996	3.1%	1,933	1,279	717	56.1%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	931	1.5%	798	811	120	14.8%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	1,488	2.3%	1,336	1,430	58	4.1%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	168	0.3%	156	132	36	27.3%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	5,751	9.0%	4,813	4,923	828	16.8%
Educational Services	732	1.2%	701	799	-67	-8.4%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	3,490	5.5%	3,233	3,335	155	4.6%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	861	1.4%	772	770	91	11.8%
Accomodation and Food Services	4,083	6.4%	3,384	3,638	445	12.2%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	1,285	2.0%	1,141	1,151	134	11.6%
Public Administration	1,213	1.9%	1,118	1,262	-49	-3.9%
Information Not Available	2,415	3.8%	2,303	1,997	418	20.9%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Pennsylvania
	Jan 2008	Percent	Dec 2007	Jan 2007	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	209,797		144,001	192,164
Male	137,876	65.7%	90,471	126,633	11,243	8.9%
Female	71,921	34.3%	53,530	65,531	6,390	9.8%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	209,797		144,001	192,164
Hispanic or Latino	9,057	4.3%	3,760	7,852	1,205	15.3%
Not Hispanic or Latino	190,724	90.9%	129,181	176,058	14,666	8.3%
Information Not Available	10,016	4.8%	11,060	8,254	1,762	21.3%

Race	209,797		144,001	192,164
American Indian or Alaskan Native	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
Asian	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
Black or African American	23,015	11.0%	20,350	23,958	-943	-3.9%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
White	165,045	78.7%	106,840	150,087	14,958	10.0%
Information Not Available	21,737	10.4%	16,811	18,119	3,618	20.0%

Years of Age	209,797		144,001	192,164
Younger than 22	26,957	7.3%	17,696	24,058	2,899	12.1%
22-24	14,491	3.9%	9,290	14,294	197	1.4%
25-34	43,686	11.8%	35,392	45,399	-1,713	-3.8%
35-44	57,537	15.5%	35,171	51,036	6,501	12.7%
45-54	33,776	9.1%	25,659	35,634	-1,858	-5.2%
55-59	9,376	2.5%	5,530	8,355	1,021	12.2%
60-64	3,516	0.9%	2,433	2,013	1,503	74.7%
65 and older	1,492	0.4%	1,991	1,510	-18	-1.2%
Information Not Available	18,966	5.1%	10,839	9,865	9,101	92.3%

Industry	209,797		144,001	192,164
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	1,705	0.8%	442	1,510	195	12.9%
Mining	2,131	1.0%	664	2,517	-386	-15.3%
Utilities	107	0.1%	0	101	6	5.9%
Construction	43,365	20.5%	23,004	39,963	3,402	8.5%
Manufacturing	29,834	14.1%	21,235	27,380	2,454	9.0%
Wholesale Trade	7,459	3.5%	5,972	7,248	211	2.9%
Retail Trade	17,368	8.2%	13,714	16,911	457	2.7%
Transporation and Warehousing	6,713	3.2%	6,194	6,946	-233	-3.4%
Information	2,877	1.4%	885	3,020	-143	-4.7%
Finance and Insurance	6,393	3.0%	6,636	4,328	2,065	47.7%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	1,811	0.9%	1,327	1,812	-1	-0.1%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	7,885	3.7%	6,415	6,845	1,040	15.2%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	2,344	1.1%	1,548	3,322	-978	-29.4%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	19,818	9.4%	14,599	18,622	1,196	6.4%
Educational Services	2,770	1.3%	3,097	3,221	-451	-14.0%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	12,786	6.0%	11,724	10,771	2,015	18.7%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	6,500	3.1%	3,982	5,637	863	15.3%
Accomodation and Food Services	12,466	5.9%	6,194	12,985	-519	-4.0%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	4,049	1.9%	1,991	3,624	425	11.7%
Public Administration	1,385	0.7%	1,327	2,013	-628	-31.2%
Information Not Available	20,031	9.5%	13,051	13,388	6,643	49.6%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Puerto Rico
	Jan 2008	Percent	Dec 2007	Jan 2007	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	32,397		28,985	32,256
Male	18,179	56.1%	16,292	16,931	1,248	7.4%
Female	14,218	43.9%	12,693	15,325	-1,107	-7.2%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	32,397		28,985	32,256
Hispanic or Latino	31,194	96.3%	27,892	31,634	-440	-1.4%
Not Hispanic or Latino	704	2.2%	608	193	511	264.8%
Information Not Available	499	1.5%	485	429	70	16.3%

Race	32,397		28,985	32,256
American Indian or Alaskan Native	900	2.8%	874	635	265	41.7%
Asian	99	0.3%	92	87	12	13.8%
Black or African American	2,991	9.2%	2,818	1,845	1,146	62.1%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	74	0.2%	57	17	57	335.3%
White	6,737	20.8%	6,267	7,887	-1,150	-14.6%
Information Not Available	21,596	66.7%	18,877	21,785	-189	-0.9%

Years of Age	32,397		28,985	32,256
Younger than 22	1,900	5.0%	1,717	1,867	33	1.8%
22-24	3,136	8.2%	2,816	3,143	-7	-0.2%
25-34	10,854	28.5%	9,786	10,636	218	2.0%
35-44	7,819	20.6%	6,940	7,906	-87	-1.1%
45-54	5,452	14.3%	4,825	5,492	-40	-0.7%
55-59	1,705	4.5%	1,520	1,817	-112	-6.2%
60-64	1,095	2.9%	984	1,002	93	9.3%
65 and older	436	1.1%	397	393	43	10.9%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	32,397		28,985	32,256
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
Mining	39	0.1%	39	44	-5	-11.4%
Utilities	936	2.9%	830	818	118	14.4%
Construction	5,023	15.5%	4,605	4,694	329	7.0%
Manufacturing	3,951	12.2%	3,359	5,464	-1,513	-27.7%
Wholesale Trade	6,391	19.7%	5,327	6,326	65	1.0%
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	973	3.0%	841	1,059	-86	-8.1%
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)	8,901	27.5%	8,285	9,235	-334	-3.6%
Public Administration	1,857	5.7%	1,941	2,220	-363	-16.4%
Information Not Available	4,326	13.4%	3,758	2,396	1,930	80.6%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Rhode Island
	Jan 2008	Percent	Dec 2007	Jan 2007	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	18,744		14,477	14,854
Male	11,933	63.7%	8,612	9,200	2,733	29.7%
Female	6,811	36.3%	5,865	5,654	1,157	20.5%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	18,744		14,477	14,854
Hispanic or Latino	2,809	15.0%	2,130	2,174	635	29.2%
Not Hispanic or Latino	11,318	60.4%	8,728	8,934	2,384	26.7%
Information Not Available	4,617	24.6%	3,619	3,746	871	23.3%

Race	18,744		14,477	14,854
American Indian or Alaskan Native	103	0.5%	84	113	-10	-8.8%
Asian	239	1.3%	194	184	55	29.9%
Black or African American	671	3.6%	558	570	101	17.7%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	43	0.2%	36	49	-6	-12.2%
White	13,480	71.9%	10,267	10,390	3,090	29.7%
Information Not Available	4,208	22.4%	3,338	3,548	660	18.6%

Years of Age	18,744		14,477	14,854
Younger than 22	680	2.2%	474	582	98	16.8%
22-24	1,151	3.7%	851	938	213	22.7%
25-34	4,260	13.6%	3,202	3,218	1,042	32.4%
35-44	4,746	15.2%	3,763	3,848	898	23.3%
45-54	4,563	14.6%	3,524	3,563	1,000	28.1%
55-59	1,490	4.8%	1,139	1,225	265	21.6%
60-64	1,006	3.2%	825	857	149	17.4%
65 and older	848	2.7%	699	623	225	36.1%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	18,744		14,477	14,854
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	204	1.1%	117	197	7	3.6%
Mining	76	0.4%	24	64	12	18.8%
Utilities	17	0.1%	20	8	9	112.5%
Construction	4,040	21.3%	2,498	2,699	1,341	49.7%
Manufacturing	2,291	12.1%	1,971	1,986	305	15.4%
Wholesale Trade	676	3.6%	550	532	144	27.1%
Retail Trade	1,619	8.5%	1,339	1,220	399	32.7%
Transporation and Warehousing	377	2.0%	290	322	55	17.1%
Information	183	1.0%	148	252	-69	-27.4%
Finance and Insurance	1,108	5.8%	1,109	584	524	89.7%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	302	1.6%	268	285	17	6.0%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	626	3.3%	576	494	132	26.7%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	91	0.5%	76	60	31	51.7%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	2,411	12.7%	1,604	2,029	382	18.8%
Educational Services	214	1.1%	233	291	-77	-26.5%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	1,105	5.8%	1,088	919	186	20.2%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	707	3.7%	526	547	160	29.3%
Accomodation and Food Services	1,566	8.3%	1,053	1,375	191	13.9%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	489	2.6%	401	440	49	11.1%
Public Administration	125	0.7%	123	111	14	12.6%
Information Not Available	517	2.7%	463	439	78	17.8%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants South Carolina
	Jan 2008	Percent	Dec 2007	Jan 2007	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	48,772		43,240	44,353
Male	25,610	52.5%	22,392	22,669	2,941	13.0%
Female	23,162	47.5%	20,848	21,684	1,478	6.8%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	48,772		43,240	44,353
Hispanic or Latino	1,011	2.1%	881	852	159	18.7%
Not Hispanic or Latino	40,822	83.7%	37,534	35,503	5,319	15.0%
Information Not Available	6,939	14.2%	4,825	7,998	-1,059	-13.2%

Race	48,772		43,240	44,353
American Indian or Alaskan Native	425	0.9%	300	504	-79	-15.7%
Asian	224	0.5%	206	221	3	1.4%
Black or African American	23,457	48.1%	21,067	21,891	1,566	7.2%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	104	0.2%	84	94	10	10.6%
White	23,674	48.5%	20,741	20,776	2,898	13.9%
Information Not Available	888	1.8%	842	867	21	2.4%

Years of Age	48,772		43,240	44,353
Younger than 22	1,183	1.7%	2,383	936	247	26.4%
22-24	1,637	2.3%	1,792	1,361	276	20.3%
25-34	10,598	15.2%	9,793	9,062	1,536	16.9%
35-44	9,972	14.3%	9,446	8,855	1,117	12.6%
45-54	10,525	15.1%	9,317	9,256	1,269	13.7%
55-59	3,899	5.6%	3,209	3,358	541	16.1%
60-64	2,733	3.9%	1,937	2,458	275	11.2%
65 and older	1,684	2.4%	1,034	1,513	171	11.3%
Information Not Available	6,541	9.4%	4,329	7,554	-1,013	-13.4%

Industry	48,772		43,240	44,353
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	354	0.7%	318	291	63	21.6%
Mining	30	0.1%	28	24	6	25.0%
Utilities	51	0.1%	45	72	-21	-29.2%
Construction	5,911	12.0%	5,071	4,442	1,469	33.1%
Manufacturing	9,179	18.7%	8,373	10,277	-1,098	-10.7%
Wholesale Trade	1,824	3.7%	1,699	1,650	174	10.5%
Retail Trade	4,705	9.6%	4,139	4,128	577	14.0%
Transporation and Warehousing	1,278	2.6%	1,086	1,030	248	24.1%
Information	518	1.1%	475	360	158	43.9%
Finance and Insurance	1,254	2.6%	1,223	858	396	46.2%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	866	1.8%	803	723	143	19.8%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	1,291	2.6%	1,217	994	297	29.9%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	213	0.4%	228	76	137	180.3%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	6,718	13.7%	5,970	6,159	559	9.1%
Educational Services	519	1.1%	501	474	45	9.5%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	2,253	4.6%	2,275	2,057	196	9.5%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	717	1.5%	496	701	16	2.3%
Accomodation and Food Services	6,268	12.8%	4,906	5,547	721	13.0%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	983	2.0%	876	880	103	11.7%
Public Administration	613	1.2%	595	600	13	2.2%
Information Not Available	3,227	6.6%	2,916	3,010	217	7.2%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants South Dakota
	Jan 2008	Percent	Dec 2007	Jan 2007	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	3,554		2,748	3,598
Male	2,671	75.2%	2,004	2,635	36	1.4%
Female	883	24.8%	744	963	-80	-8.3%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	3,554		2,748	3,598
Hispanic or Latino	85	2.4%	67	91	-6	-6.6%
Not Hispanic or Latino	3,206	90.2%	2,475	3,292	-86	-2.6%
Information Not Available	263	7.4%	206	215	48	22.3%

Race	3,554		2,748	3,598
American Indian or Alaskan Native	361	10.2%	292	399	-38	-9.5%
Asian	5	0.1%	2	2	3	150.0%
Black or African American	52	1.5%	38	58	-6	-10.3%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	1	0.0%	0	2	-1	-50.0%
White	2,867	80.7%	2,192	2,939	-72	-2.4%
Information Not Available	268	7.5%	224	198	70	35.4%

Years of Age	3,554		2,748	3,598
Younger than 22	85	1.4%	55	60	25	41.7%
22-24	201	3.2%	154	209	-8	-3.8%
25-34	889	14.3%	673	885	4	0.5%
35-44	833	13.4%	652	712	121	17.0%
45-54	936	15.0%	713	923	13	1.4%
55-59	410	6.6%	333	464	-54	-11.6%
60-64	200	3.2%	168	345	-145	-42.0%
65 and older	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	3,554		2,748	3,598
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	23	0.6%	14	44	-21	-47.7%
Mining	114	3.2%	71	96	18	18.8%
Utilities	17	0.5%	7	13	4	30.8%
Construction	1,414	39.5%	1,010	1,434	-20	-1.4%
Manufacturing	399	11.2%	347	399	0	0.0%
Wholesale Trade	90	2.5%	70	110	-20	-18.2%
Retail Trade	207	5.8%	164	222	-15	-6.8%
Transporation and Warehousing	123	3.4%	102	143	-20	-14.0%
Information	31	0.9%	15	32	-1	-3.1%
Finance and Insurance	64	1.8%	53	50	14	28.0%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	34	1.0%	27	28	6	21.4%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	62	1.7%	59	52	10	19.2%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	2	0.1%	3	3	-1	-33.3%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	159	4.4%	142	188	-29	-15.4%
Educational Services	54	1.5%	54	66	-12	-18.2%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	108	3.0%	87	130	-22	-16.9%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	60	1.7%	49	55	5	9.1%
Accomodation and Food Services	257	7.2%	158	254	3	1.2%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	56	1.6%	41	38	18	47.4%
Public Administration	145	4.1%	129	170	-25	-14.7%
Information Not Available	135	3.8%	146	71	64	90.1%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Tennessee
	Jan 2008	Percent	Dec 2007	Jan 2007	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	50,132		40,482	47,199
Male	29,251	58.3%	22,596	26,497	2,754	10.4%
Female	20,881	41.7%	17,886	20,702	179	0.9%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	50,132		40,482	47,199
Hispanic or Latino	665	1.3%	550	526	139	26.4%
Not Hispanic or Latino	49,467	98.7%	39,932	46,673	2,794	6.0%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Race	50,132		40,482	47,199
American Indian or Alaskan Native	110	0.2%	104	91	19	20.9%
Asian	1,832	3.7%	529	1,980	-148	-7.5%
Black or African American	14,535	29.0%	10,550	13,691	844	6.2%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	251	0.5%	215	267	-16	-6.0%
White	32,879	65.6%	28,601	30,736	2,143	7.0%
Information Not Available	525	1.0%	483	434	91	21.0%

Years of Age	50,132		40,482	47,199
Younger than 22	826	1.0%	1,091	768	58	7.6%
22-24	2,086	2.6%	1,841	1,913	173	9.0%
25-34	10,201	12.9%	8,526	9,488	713	7.5%
35-44	12,237	15.4%	9,972	11,530	707	6.1%
45-54	13,097	16.5%	10,325	12,555	542	4.3%
55-59	5,005	6.3%	3,711	4,654	351	7.5%
60-64	3,663	4.6%	2,697	3,545	118	3.3%
65 and older	2,778	3.5%	1,994	2,520	258	10.2%
Information Not Available	239	0.3%	325	226	13	5.8%

Industry	50,132		40,482	47,199
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	363	0.7%	294	313	50	16.0%
Mining	160	0.3%	106	107	53	49.5%
Utilities	83	0.2%	92	55	28	50.9%
Construction	6,418	12.7%	4,333	4,891	1,527	31.2%
Manufacturing	10,954	21.7%	10,156	11,499	-545	-4.7%
Wholesale Trade	2,029	4.0%	1,891	2,000	29	1.5%
Retail Trade	3,893	7.7%	3,292	3,495	398	11.4%
Transporation and Warehousing	1,981	3.9%	1,547	1,596	385	24.1%
Information	594	1.2%	553	709	-115	-16.2%
Finance and Insurance	1,295	2.6%	1,235	968	327	33.8%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	666	1.3%	612	621	45	7.2%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	1,417	2.8%	1,271	1,271	146	11.5%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	113	0.2%	100	108	5	4.6%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	5,851	11.6%	5,136	5,621	230	4.1%
Educational Services	769	1.5%	811	772	-3	-0.4%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	2,567	5.1%	2,382	2,307	260	11.3%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	1,038	2.1%	799	1,016	22	2.2%
Accomodation and Food Services	2,963	5.9%	2,341	2,631	332	12.6%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	1,233	2.4%	1,034	1,410	-177	-12.6%
Public Administration	1,158	2.3%	957	1,188	-30	-2.5%
Information Not Available	4,587	9.1%	1,540	4,621	-34	-0.7%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Texas
	Jan 2008	Percent	Dec 2007	Jan 2007	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	104,132		97,660	103,312
Male	55,562	53.4%	51,076	54,706	856	1.6%
Female	48,550	46.6%	46,565	48,554	-4	0.0%
Information Not Available	20	0.0%	19	52	-32	-61.5%

Ethnicity	104,132		97,660	103,312
Hispanic or Latino	31,836	30.6%	29,876	32,520	-684	-2.1%
Not Hispanic or Latino	64,179	61.6%	61,469	61,326	2,853	4.7%
Information Not Available	8,117	7.8%	6,315	9,466	-1,349	-14.3%

Race	104,132		97,660	103,312
American Indian or Alaskan Native	433	0.4%	401	398	35	8.8%
Asian	1,791	1.7%	1,570	1,952	-161	-8.2%
Black or African American	23,464	22.5%	23,354	21,761	1,703	7.8%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	2,072	2.0%	2,283	4,154	-2,082	-50.1%
White	38,025	36.5%	35,641	35,325	2,700	7.6%
Information Not Available	38,347	36.8%	34,411	39,722	-1,375	-3.5%

Years of Age	104,132		97,660	103,312
Younger than 22	2,437	1.8%	2,305	2,380	57	2.4%
22-24	4,867	3.5%	4,854	4,964	-97	-2.0%
25-34	25,407	18.5%	24,516	23,971	1,436	6.0%
35-44	28,278	20.6%	26,458	28,684	-406	-1.4%
45-54	26,488	19.3%	24,460	26,797	-309	-1.2%
55-59	9,008	6.6%	8,056	8,933	75	0.8%
60-64	4,974	3.6%	4,657	4,861	113	2.3%
65 and older	2,656	1.9%	2,335	2,681	-25	-0.9%
Information Not Available	17	0.0%	19	41	-24	-58.5%

Industry	104,132		97,660	103,312
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	840	0.8%	709	1,304	-464	-35.6%
Mining	1,213	1.2%	1,364	992	221	22.3%
Utilities	235	0.2%	232	321	-86	-26.8%
Construction	13,025	12.4%	11,956	10,564	2,461	23.3%
Manufacturing	11,347	10.8%	9,719	12,979	-1,632	-12.6%
Wholesale Trade	5,585	5.3%	5,372	5,123	462	9.0%
Retail Trade	7,286	6.9%	7,153	7,626	-340	-4.5%
Transporation and Warehousing	3,816	3.6%	3,550	3,323	493	14.8%
Information	2,909	2.8%	2,878	2,979	-70	-2.3%
Finance and Insurance	6,834	6.5%	6,906	4,695	2,139	45.6%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	2,184	2.1%	2,245	1,895	289	15.3%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	6,647	6.3%	6,163	6,189	458	7.4%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	410	0.4%	363	434	-24	-5.5%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	12,884	12.3%	12,450	11,954	930	7.8%
Educational Services	1,976	1.9%	2,039	1,900	76	4.0%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	7,810	7.4%	7,877	8,219	-409	-5.0%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	814	0.8%	643	723	91	12.6%
Accomodation and Food Services	4,243	4.0%	3,190	4,151	92	2.2%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	2,246	2.1%	2,053	2,162	84	3.9%
Public Administration	1,255	1.2%	1,328	1,252	3	0.2%
Information Not Available	10,573	10.1%	9,470	14,527	-3,954	-27.2%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Utah
	Jan 2008	Percent	Dec 2007	Jan 2007	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	15,761		12,046	10,248
Male	10,625	67.4%	7,619	6,662	3,963	59.5%
Female	4,705	29.9%	4,134	3,583	1,122	31.3%
Information Not Available	431	2.7%	293	3	428	14266.7%

Ethnicity	15,761		12,046	10,248
Hispanic or Latino	1,617	10.3%	1,210	1,094	523	47.8%
Not Hispanic or Latino	10,301	65.4%	7,960	7,503	2,798	37.3%
Information Not Available	3,843	24.4%	2,876	1,651	2,192	132.8%

Race	15,761		12,046	10,248
American Indian or Alaskan Native	605	3.8%	455	442	163	36.9%
Asian	177	1.1%	156	138	39	28.3%
Black or African American	220	1.4%	179	153	67	43.8%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	153	1.0%	110	89	64	71.9%
White	10,358	65.7%	8,046	7,421	2,937	39.6%
Information Not Available	4,248	27.0%	3,100	2,005	2,243	111.9%

Years of Age	15,761		12,046	10,248
Younger than 22	746	2.9%	521	448	298	66.5%
22-24	1,149	4.5%	850	731	418	57.2%
25-34	4,505	17.7%	3,427	2,851	1,654	58.0%
35-44	3,681	14.4%	2,808	2,475	1,206	48.7%
45-54	3,636	14.3%	2,861	2,440	1,196	49.0%
55-59	1,198	4.7%	931	743	455	61.2%
60-64	620	2.4%	479	414	206	49.8%
65 and older	226	0.9%	169	146	80	54.8%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	15,761		12,046	10,248
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	79	0.5%	65	56	23	41.1%
Mining	141	0.9%	131	154	-13	-8.4%
Utilities	20	0.1%	17	12	8	66.7%
Construction	4,472	28.2%	2,792	2,434	2,038	83.7%
Manufacturing	1,726	10.9%	1,233	941	785	83.4%
Wholesale Trade	361	2.3%	315	256	105	41.0%
Retail Trade	1,242	7.8%	959	913	329	36.0%
Transporation and Warehousing	673	4.2%	488	432	241	55.8%
Information	300	1.9%	267	325	-25	-7.7%
Finance and Insurance	481	3.0%	435	234	247	105.6%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	216	1.4%	206	97	119	122.7%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	667	4.2%	574	431	236	54.8%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	159	1.0%	124	25	134	536.0%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	2,168	13.7%	1,665	1,479	689	46.6%
Educational Services	212	1.3%	211	162	50	30.9%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	382	2.4%	350	316	66	20.9%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	150	0.9%	130	147	3	2.0%
Accomodation and Food Services	802	5.1%	725	679	123	18.1%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	168	1.1%	148	156	12	7.7%
Public Administration	356	2.2%	271	329	27	8.2%
Information Not Available	986	6.2%	940	670	316	47.2%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Virginia
	Jan 2008	Percent	Dec 2007	Jan 2007	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	44,579		37,099	39,994
Male	25,627	57.5%	20,859	22,720	2,907	12.8%
Female	18,949	42.5%	16,236	17,271	1,678	9.7%
Information Not Available	3	0.0%	4	3	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	44,579		37,099	39,994
Hispanic or Latino	1,782	4.0%	1,445	1,322	460	34.8%
Not Hispanic or Latino	40,560	91.0%	33,734	36,444	4,116	11.3%
Information Not Available	2,237	5.0%	1,920	2,228	9	0.4%

Race	44,579		37,099	39,994
American Indian or Alaskan Native	1,980	4.4%	169	153	1,827	1194.1%
Asian	854	1.9%	2,161	2,064	-1,210	-58.6%
Black or African American	17,060	38.3%	14,089	15,467	1,593	10.3%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
White	22,448	50.4%	18,760	20,082	2,366	11.8%
Information Not Available	2,237	5.0%	1,920	2,228	9	0.4%

Years of Age	44,579		37,099	39,994
Younger than 22	831	1.3%	640	735	96	13.1%
22-24	2,130	3.3%	1,780	1,994	136	6.8%
25-34	10,248	15.9%	8,749	9,045	1,203	13.3%
35-44	10,718	16.7%	9,043	10,295	423	4.1%
45-54	12,208	19.0%	10,007	10,700	1,508	14.1%
55-59	4,233	6.6%	3,421	3,586	647	18.0%
60-64	2,748	4.3%	2,280	2,436	312	12.8%
65 and older	1,463	2.3%	1,179	1,203	260	21.6%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	44,579		37,099	39,994
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	143	0.3%	121	121	22	18.2%
Mining	263	0.6%	285	113	150	132.7%
Utilities	30	0.1%	31	21	9	42.9%
Construction	4,831	10.8%	3,437	4,417	414	9.4%
Manufacturing	4,224	9.4%	3,544	5,185	-961	-18.5%
Wholesale Trade	756	1.7%	733	703	53	7.5%
Retail Trade	2,049	4.6%	1,630	1,953	96	4.9%
Transporation and Warehousing	1,100	2.5%	912	1,136	-36	-3.2%
Information	589	1.3%	518	509	80	15.7%
Finance and Insurance	868	1.9%	836	626	242	38.7%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	379	0.8%	403	402	-23	-5.7%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	1,471	3.3%	1,418	1,634	-163	-10.0%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	64	0.1%	56	75	-11	-14.7%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	2,900	6.5%	2,581	2,876	24	0.8%
Educational Services	148	0.3%	161	168	-20	-11.9%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	1,072	2.4%	1,152	1,111	-39	-3.5%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	470	1.1%	326	448	22	4.9%
Accomodation and Food Services	2,234	5.0%	1,319	2,109	125	5.9%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	677	1.5%	575	679	-2	-0.3%
Public Administration	2,092	4.7%	1,815	1,983	109	5.5%
Information Not Available	18,219	40.7%	15,246	13,725	4,494	32.7%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Virgin Islands
	Jan 2008	Percent	Dec 2007	Jan 2007	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	414		412	256
Male	316	76.3%	304	154	162	105.2%
Female	97	23.4%	107	102	-5	-4.9%
Information Not Available	1	0.2%	1	0	1	0.0%

Ethnicity	414		412	256
Hispanic or Latino	125	30.2%	121	56	69	123.2%
Not Hispanic or Latino	283	68.4%	281	196	87	44.4%
Information Not Available	6	1.4%	10	4	2	50.0%

Race	414		412	256
American Indian or Alaskan Native	1	0.2%	0	0	1	0.0%
Asian	2	0.5%	2	0	2	0.0%
Black or African American	264	63.8%	264	186	78	41.9%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	6	1.4%	9	3	3	100.0%
White	16	3.9%	15	10	6	60.0%
Information Not Available	125	30.2%	122	57	68	119.3%

Years of Age	414		412	256
Younger than 22	12	3.0%	6	9	3	33.3%
22-24	26	6.6%	29	24	2	8.3%
25-34	111	28.2%	101	59	52	88.1%
35-44	98	24.9%	98	55	43	78.2%
45-54	82	20.8%	91	60	22	36.7%
55-59	37	9.4%	41	14	23	164.3%
60-64	36	9.1%	35	22	14	63.6%
65 and older	12	3.0%	10	11	1	9.1%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	1	2	-2	-100.0%

Industry	414		412	256
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
Mining	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
Utilities	3	0.7%	0	1	2	200.0%
Construction	187	45.2%	189	80	107	133.8%
Manufacturing	20	4.8%	18	17	3	17.6%
Wholesale Trade	1	0.2%	0	1	0	0.0%
Retail Trade	15	3.6%	15	22	-7	-31.8%
Transporation and Warehousing	1	0.2%	1	4	-3	-75.0%
Information	4	1.0%	1	3	1	33.3%
Finance and Insurance	2	0.5%	2	2	0	0.0%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	6	1.4%	5	2	4	200.0%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	7	1.7%	6	4	3	75.0%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	3	0.7%	3	2	1	50.0%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	12	2.9%	16	5	7	140.0%
Educational Services	0	0.0%	1	3	-3	-100.0%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	5	1.2%	7	5	0	0.0%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
Accomodation and Food Services	20	4.8%	20	28	-8	-28.6%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	104	25.1%	98	53	51	96.2%
Public Administration	9	2.2%	8	5	4	80.0%
Information Not Available	15	3.6%	22	19	-4	-21.1%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Vermont
	Jan 2008	Percent	Dec 2007	Jan 2007	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	8,097		6,747	7,248
Male	5,938	73.3%	4,764	5,267	671	12.7%
Female	2,159	26.7%	1,983	1,981	178	9.0%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	8,097		6,747	7,248
Hispanic or Latino	15	0.2%	18	10	5	50.0%
Not Hispanic or Latino	2,265	28.0%	1,832	1,997	268	13.4%
Information Not Available	5,817	71.8%	4,897	5,241	576	11.0%

Race	8,097		6,747	7,248
American Indian or Alaskan Native	15	0.2%	10	9	6	66.7%
Asian	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
Black or African American	28	0.3%	27	34	-6	-17.6%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	9	0.1%	13	5	4	80.0%
White	2,228	27.5%	1,800	1,959	269	13.7%
Information Not Available	5,817	71.8%	4,897	5,241	576	11.0%

Years of Age	8,097		6,747	7,248
Younger than 22	292	3.0%	307	281	11	3.9%
22-24	533	5.4%	430	510	23	4.5%
25-34	1,864	19.0%	1,510	1,640	224	13.7%
35-44	1,715	17.5%	1,471	1,617	98	6.1%
45-54	1,934	19.7%	1,585	1,649	285	17.3%
55-59	756	7.7%	619	651	105	16.1%
60-64	523	5.3%	460	481	42	8.7%
65 and older	480	4.9%	365	419	61	14.6%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	8,097		6,747	7,248
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	105	1.3%	87	109	-4	-3.7%
Mining	65	0.8%	50	60	5	8.3%
Utilities	5	0.1%	6	5	0	0.0%
Construction	2,775	33.8%	2,110	2,377	398	16.7%
Manufacturing	876	10.7%	663	909	-33	-3.6%
Wholesale Trade	273	3.3%	221	237	36	15.2%
Retail Trade	788	9.6%	563	686	102	14.9%
Transporation and Warehousing	225	2.7%	169	203	22	10.8%
Information	63	0.8%	61	61	2	3.3%
Finance and Insurance	59	0.7%	61	75	-16	-21.3%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	99	1.2%	85	84	15	17.9%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	306	3.7%	259	188	118	62.8%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	10	0.1%	2	6	4	66.7%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	704	8.6%	606	611	93	15.2%
Educational Services	147	1.8%	138	129	18	14.0%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	350	4.3%	312	311	39	12.5%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	294	3.6%	264	300	-6	-2.0%
Accomodation and Food Services	590	7.2%	754	513	77	15.0%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	190	2.3%	161	190	0	0.0%
Public Administration	173	2.1%	175	194	-21	-10.8%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Washington
	Jan 2008	Percent	Dec 2007	Jan 2007	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	67,096		57,522	64,541
Male	44,725	66.7%	37,240	42,422	2,303	5.4%
Female	22,371	33.3%	20,281	22,111	260	1.2%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	1	8	-8	-100.0%

Ethnicity	67,096		57,522	64,541
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	67,096	100.0%	57,522	64,541	2,555	4.0%

Race	67,096		57,522	64,541
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	67,096	100.0%	57,522	64,541	2,555	4.0%

Years of Age	67,096		57,522	64,541
Younger than 22	1,396	2.2%	1,056	1,201	195	16.2%
22-24	3,444	5.4%	2,840	3,129	315	10.1%
25-34	15,496	24.5%	13,167	14,273	1,223	8.6%
35-44	16,513	26.1%	14,388	16,586	-73	-0.4%
45-54	18,027	28.5%	15,448	17,720	307	1.7%
55-59	6,451	10.2%	5,513	6,221	230	3.7%
60-64	3,758	5.9%	3,318	3,560	198	5.6%
65 and older	2,011	3.2%	1,792	1,851	160	8.6%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	67,096		57,522	64,541
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	67,096	100.0%	57,522	64,541	2,555	4.0%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Wisconsin
	Jan 2008	Percent	Dec 2007	Jan 2007	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	100,697		81,041	99,496
Male	69,481	69.0%	54,611	67,876	1,605	2.4%
Female	31,206	31.0%	26,422	31,610	-404	-1.3%
Information Not Available	10	0.0%	8	10	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	100,697		81,041	99,496
Hispanic or Latino	4,602	4.6%	3,906	4,418	184	4.2%
Not Hispanic or Latino	95,320	94.7%	76,495	94,401	919	1.0%
Information Not Available	775	0.8%	640	677	98	14.5%

Race	100,697		81,041	99,496
American Indian or Alaskan Native	1,148	1.1%	964	1,015	133	13.1%
Asian	866	0.9%	681	786	80	10.2%
Black or African American	8,942	8.9%	8,095	8,696	246	2.8%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	70	0.1%	65	60	10	16.7%
White	88,896	88.3%	70,596	88,262	634	0.7%
Information Not Available	775	0.8%	640	677	98	14.5%

Years of Age	100,697		81,041	99,496
Younger than 22	2,870	1.6%	3,930	3,283	-413	-12.6%
22-24	6,918	3.8%	6,021	6,985	-67	-1.0%
25-34	25,437	13.8%	20,213	24,844	593	2.4%
35-44	22,556	12.3%	18,477	22,984	-428	-1.9%
45-54	24,852	13.5%	19,393	24,416	436	1.8%
55-59	8,700	4.7%	6,491	8,248	452	5.5%
60-64	5,558	3.0%	3,858	5,124	434	8.5%
65 and older	3,806	2.1%	2,658	3,612	194	5.4%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	100,697		81,041	99,496
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	1,148	1.1%	908	1,144	4	0.3%
Mining	755	0.7%	559	726	29	4.0%
Utilities	191	0.2%	113	249	-58	-23.3%
Construction	25,718	25.3%	19,454	23,809	1,909	8.0%
Manufacturing	19,505	19.2%	14,901	20,537	-1,032	-5.0%
Wholesale Trade	3,051	3.0%	2,610	3,045	6	0.2%
Retail Trade	8,489	8.3%	6,596	8,119	370	4.6%
Transporation and Warehousing	4,360	4.3%	3,404	4,487	-127	-2.8%
Information	967	0.9%	843	895	72	8.0%
Finance and Insurance	1,742	1.7%	1,767	1,642	100	6.1%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	876	0.9%	778	1,035	-159	-15.4%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	2,175	2.1%	2,018	2,000	175	8.8%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	262	0.3%	235	269	-7	-2.6%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	11,006	10.8%	9,108	10,805	201	1.9%
Educational Services	856	0.8%	843	955	-99	-10.4%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	4,692	4.6%	4,482	4,716	-24	-0.5%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	2,296	2.3%	1,945	2,259	37	1.6%
Accomodation and Food Services	6,294	6.2%	5,234	6,079	215	3.5%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	1,672	1.6%	1,499	1,721	-49	-2.8%
Public Administration	1,923	1.9%	1,775	1,930	-7	-0.4%
Information Not Available	2,719	2.7%	1,969	3,074	-355	-11.5%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants West Virginia
	Jan 2008	Percent	Dec 2007	Jan 2007	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	18,403		15,730	17,036
Male	13,689	74.4%	11,471	12,042	1,647	13.7%
Female	4,714	25.6%	4,259	4,994	-280	-5.6%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	18,403		15,730	17,036
Hispanic or Latino	333	1.8%	227	326	7	2.1%
Not Hispanic or Latino	15,569	84.6%	13,572	15,231	338	2.2%
Information Not Available	2,501	13.6%	1,931	1,479	1,022	69.1%

Race	18,403		15,730	17,036
American Indian or Alaskan Native	37	0.2%	32	27	10	37.0%
Asian	10	0.1%	24	24	-14	-58.3%
Black or African American	509	2.8%	503	580	-71	-12.2%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	10	0.1%	13	5	5	100.0%
White	17,137	93.1%	14,748	15,981	1,156	7.2%
Information Not Available	700	3.8%	410	419	281	67.1%

Years of Age	18,403		15,730	17,036
Younger than 22	324	0.9%	506	309	15	4.9%
22-24	952	2.8%	862	883	69	7.8%
25-34	4,338	12.6%	4,006	4,114	224	5.4%
35-44	4,787	13.9%	4,074	4,303	484	11.2%
45-54	4,893	14.2%	3,920	4,598	295	6.4%
55-59	1,669	4.8%	1,317	1,643	26	1.6%
60-64	986	2.9%	680	825	161	19.5%
65 and older	454	1.3%	365	361	93	25.8%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	18,403		15,730	17,036
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	149	0.8%	184	148	1	0.7%
Mining	919	5.0%	808	917	2	0.2%
Utilities	48	0.3%	43	37	11	29.7%
Construction	5,573	30.0%	4,686	4,585	988	21.5%
Manufacturing	2,505	13.5%	1,513	2,403	102	4.2%
Wholesale Trade	377	2.0%	374	389	-12	-3.1%
Retail Trade	1,130	6.1%	1,039	1,059	71	6.7%
Transporation and Warehousing	777	4.2%	706	538	239	44.4%
Information	146	0.8%	103	132	14	10.6%
Finance and Insurance	184	1.0%	198	203	-19	-9.4%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	202	1.1%	201	186	16	8.6%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	443	2.4%	386	351	92	26.2%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	20	0.1%	13	24	-4	-16.7%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	1,294	7.0%	1,123	1,217	77	6.3%
Educational Services	140	0.8%	152	111	29	26.1%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	957	5.2%	1,136	1,072	-115	-10.7%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	444	2.4%	450	412	32	7.8%
Accomodation and Food Services	1,163	6.3%	921	1,527	-364	-23.8%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	513	2.8%	431	429	84	19.6%
Public Administration	237	1.3%	216	266	-29	-10.9%
Information Not Available	1,182	6.4%	1,047	1,030	152	14.8%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Wyoming
	Jan 2008	Percent	Dec 2007	Jan 2007	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	3,167		2,552	2,669
Male	2,160	68.2%	1,676	1,778	382	21.5%
Female	1,007	31.8%	876	891	116	13.0%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	3,167		2,552	2,669
Hispanic or Latino	328	10.4%	289	285	43	15.1%
Not Hispanic or Latino	2,615	82.6%	2,071	2,230	385	17.3%
Information Not Available	224	7.1%	192	154	70	45.5%

Race	3,167		2,552	2,669
American Indian or Alaskan Native	162	5.1%	128	112	50	44.6%
Asian	12	0.4%	17	10	2	20.0%
Black or African American	49	1.5%	32	46	3	6.5%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	4	0.1%	5	2	2	100.0%
White	2,732	86.3%	2,189	2,323	409	17.6%
Information Not Available	208	6.6%	181	176	32	18.2%

Years of Age	3,167		2,552	2,669
Younger than 22	64	1.1%	39	70	-6	-8.6%
22-24	212	3.7%	139	145	67	46.2%
25-34	648	11.3%	556	550	98	17.8%
35-44	731	12.7%	585	604	127	21.0%
45-54	839	14.6%	674	726	113	15.6%
55-59	302	5.3%	228	253	49	19.4%
60-64	161	2.8%	163	163	-2	-1.2%
65 and older	210	3.7%	168	158	52	32.9%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	3,167		2,552	2,669
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	24	0.8%	22	31	-7	-22.6%
Mining	187	5.9%	129	164	23	14.0%
Utilities	1	0.0%	0	10	-9	-90.0%
Construction	1,067	33.4%	711	943	124	13.1%
Manufacturing	119	3.7%	75	123	-4	-3.3%
Wholesale Trade	41	1.3%	29	42	-1	-2.4%
Retail Trade	176	5.5%	157	154	22	14.3%
Transporation and Warehousing	113	3.5%	100	96	17	17.7%
Information	34	1.1%	31	10	24	240.0%
Finance and Insurance	19	0.6%	16	18	1	5.6%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	23	0.7%	21	10	13	130.0%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	72	2.3%	65	44	28	63.6%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	1	0.0%	6	2	-1	-50.0%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	275	8.6%	239	225	50	22.2%
Educational Services	33	1.0%	28	22	11	50.0%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	157	4.9%	139	100	57	57.0%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	35	1.1%	31	29	6	20.7%
Accomodation and Food Services	289	9.1%	348	312	-23	-7.4%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	56	1.8%	49	44	12	27.3%
Public Administration	135	4.2%	127	99	36	36.4%
Information Not Available	310	9.7%	229	191	119	62.3%