Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants

July 2008

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants: Total Claimants July 2008
	Jul 2008	Jun 2008	Monthly Change	Jul 2007	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
United States	3,153,478	2,842,129	311,349	2,535,323	618,155	24.4
Alaska	8,231	9,843	-1,612	7,927	304	3.8
Alabama	39,477	33,955	5,522	31,691	7,786	24.6
Arkansas	32,280	30,439	1,841	30,473	1,807	5.9
Arizona	49,767	45,124	4,643	34,340	15,427	44.9
California	475,045	452,458	22,587	358,239	116,806	32.6
Colorado	24,868	24,091	777	19,856	5,012	25.2
Connecticut	48,599	40,257	8,342	40,444	8,155	20.2
District of Columbia	10,086	6,438	3,648	9,257	829	9.0
Delaware	10,029	8,415	1,614	9,495	534	5.6
Florida	185,207	165,115	20,092	72,917	112,290	154.0
Georgia	78,697	76,568	2,129	59,509	19,188	32.2
Hawaii	11,661	11,113	548	7,118	4,543	63.8
Iowa	25,472	25,353	119	17,752	7,720	43.5
Idaho	13,056	13,016	40	8,479	4,577	54.0
Illinois	143,080	144,837	-1,757	127,635	15,445	12.1
Indiana	73,248	58,635	14,613	52,758	20,490	38.8
Kansas	19,364	18,750	614	17,046	2,318	13.6
Kentucky	36,995	36,066	929	35,297	1,698	4.8
Louisiana	25,931	22,155	3,776	22,589	3,342	14.8
Massachusetts	99,040	82,141	16,899	81,746	17,294	21.2
Maryland	48,059	43,762	4,297	36,072	11,987	33.2
Maine	9,485	8,705	780	7,213	2,272	31.5
Michigan	154,281	122,023	32,258	170,648	-16,367	-9.6
Minnesota	43,744	43,342	402	41,717	2,027	4.9
Missouri	55,282	51,673	3,609	52,293	2,989	5.7
Mississippi	27,442	24,354	3,088	24,249	3,193	13.2
Montana	4,082	4,437	-355	3,363	719	21.4
North Carolina	98,446	88,520	9,926	75,994	22,452	29.5
North Dakota	3,058	2,297	761	2,307	751	32.6
Nebraska	11,880	8,927	2,953	8,599	3,281	38.2
New Hampshire	8,977	7,487	1,490	6,584	2,393	36.3
New Jersey	132,837	109,707	23,130	119,023	13,814	11.6
New Mexico	12,847	12,574	273	11,159	1,688	15.1
Nevada	37,153	34,709	2,444	24,413	12,740	52.2
New York	201,044	170,229	30,815	172,621	28,423	16.5
Ohio	113,865	102,042	11,823	94,913	18,952	20.0
Oklahoma	19,307	15,917	3,390	15,411	3,896	25.3
Oregon	54,500	52,029	2,471	38,296	16,204	42.3
Pennsylvania	185,440	167,308	18,132	168,275	17,165	10.2
Puerto Rico	44,904	41,690	3,214	39,877	5,027	12.6
Rhode Island	15,910	12,931	2,979	14,679	1,231	8.4
South Carolina	57,111	49,514	7,597	43,841	13,270	30.3
South Dakota	1,591	1,475	116	1,658	-67	-4.0
Tennessee	56,943	48,126	8,817	50,396	6,547	13.0
Texas	123,203	117,447	5,756	100,819	22,384	22.2
Utah	12,960	11,785	1,175	7,524	5,436	72.2
Virginia	45,651	42,847	2,804	35,157	10,494	29.8
Virgin Islands	425	378	47	388	37	9.5
Vermont	6,149	5,199	950	4,327	1,822	42.1
Washington	55,133	53,422	1,711	39,277	15,856	40.4
Wisconsin	86,977	67,179	19,798	64,785	22,192	34.3
West Virginia	12,688	13,174	-486	13,189	-501	-3.8
Wyoming	1,971	2,151	-180	1,688	283	16.8

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants US Totals
	Jul 2008	Percent	Jun 2008	Jul 2007	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	3,153,478		2,842,129	2,535,323	618,155	24.4
Male	1,663,132	52.7%	1,569,332	1,288,042	375,090	29.1%
Female	1,487,627	47.2%	1,270,215	1,245,236	242,391	19.5%
Information Not Available	2,719	0.1%	2,582	2,045	674	33.0%

Ethnicity	3,153,478		2,842,129	2,535,323
Hispanic or Latino	495,677	15.7%	454,354	360,493	135,184	37.5%
Not Hispanic or Latino	2,288,065	86.1%	2,052,086	1,875,493	412,572	22.0%
Information Not Available	369,736	10.5%	335,689	299,337	70,399	23.5%

Race	3,153,478		2,842,129	2,535,323
American Indian or Alaskan Native	32,304	1.0%	29,466	25,880	6,424	24.8%
Asian	82,976	2.6%	74,523	62,067	20,909	33.7%
Black or African American	583,434	18.5%	517,820	495,285	88,149	17.8%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	10,498	0.3%	11,716	7,939	2,559	32.2%
White	1,743,791	55.3%	1,574,980	1,415,872	327,919	23.2%
Information Not Available	700,473	22.2%	633,622	528,281	172,192	32.6%

Years of Age	3,153,478		2,842,129	2,535,323
Younger than 22	102,670	3.3%	107,076	99,727	2,943	3.0%
22-24	167,854	5.3%	157,678	141,836	26,018	18.3%
25-34	713,665	22.6%	660,049	574,175	139,490	24.3%
35-44	762,323	24.2%	700,916	643,732	118,591	18.4%
45-54	797,904	25.3%	703,926	626,910	170,994	27.3%
55-59	284,471	9.0%	242,114	214,428	70,043	32.7%
60-64	182,458	5.8%	152,592	131,014	51,444	39.3%
65 and older	122,668	3.9%	95,980	84,630	38,038	44.9%
Information Not Available	19,465	0.6%	21,798	18,871	594	3.1%

Industry	3,153,478		2,842,129	2,535,323
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	57,420	1.8%	55,110	46,815	10,605	22.7%
Mining	7,939	0.3%	8,139	8,050	-111	-1.4%
Utilities	6,877	0.2%	6,384	5,304	1,573	29.7%
Construction	333,295	10.6%	363,155	241,889	91,406	37.8%
Manufacturing	487,963	15.5%	401,178	402,275	85,688	21.3%
Wholesale Trade	116,515	3.7%	109,670	94,084	22,431	23.8%
Retail Trade	251,977	8.0%	246,068	203,051	48,926	24.1%
Transporation and Warehousing	161,233	5.1%	114,505	134,003	27,230	20.3%
Information	87,983	2.8%	82,306	71,829	16,154	22.5%
Finance and Insurance	115,277	3.7%	107,166	85,752	29,525	34.4%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	47,443	1.5%	45,890	41,501	5,942	14.3%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	149,200	4.7%	137,517	120,664	28,536	23.6%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	10,181	0.3%	11,858	9,387	794	8.5%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	332,833	10.6%	308,228	250,594	82,239	32.8%
Educational Services	98,290	3.1%	59,149	83,678	14,612	17.5%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	226,549	7.2%	196,289	203,546	23,003	11.3%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	43,099	1.4%	37,720	33,680	9,419	28.0%
Accomodation and Food Services	183,279	5.8%	158,510	151,028	32,251	21.4%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	89,055	2.8%	83,125	76,260	12,795	16.8%
Public Administration	54,813	1.7%	41,910	49,420	5,393	10.9%
Information Not Available	292,257	9.3%	268,252	222,513	69,744	31.3%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Alaska
	Jul 2008	Percent	Jun 2008	Jul 2007	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	8,231		9,843	7,927	304	3.8
Male	3,963	48.1%	5,178	3,652	311	8.5%
Female	4,268	51.9%	4,665	4,275	-7	-0.2%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	8,231		9,843	7,927
Hispanic or Latino	256	3.1%	376	264	-8	-3.0%
Not Hispanic or Latino	7,899	96.0%	9,385	7,573	326	4.3%
Information Not Available	76	0.9%	82	90	-14	-15.6%

Race	8,231		9,843	7,927
American Indian or Alaskan Native	2,926	35.5%	3,520	2,933	-7	-0.2%
Asian	357	4.3%	743	377	-20	-5.3%
Black or African American	394	4.8%	448	324	70	21.6%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	68	0.8%	94	79	-11	-13.9%
White	4,258	51.7%	4,710	3,952	306	7.7%
Information Not Available	228	2.8%	328	262	-34	-13.0%

Years of Age	8,231		9,843	7,927
Younger than 22	313	2.6%	392	294	19	6.5%
22-24	583	4.8%	693	568	15	2.6%
25-34	2,106	17.4%	2,427	2,031	75	3.7%
35-44	1,857	15.4%	2,310	1,832	25	1.4%
45-54	2,022	16.7%	2,442	1,918	104	5.4%
55-59	688	5.7%	841	642	46	7.2%
60-64	397	3.3%	460	377	20	5.3%
65 and older	265	2.2%	278	265	0	0.0%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	8,231		9,843	7,927
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	20	0.2%	31	23	-3	-13.0%
Mining	233	2.8%	302	196	37	18.9%
Utilities	42	0.5%	44	25	17	68.0%
Construction	972	11.8%	1,275	938	34	3.6%
Manufacturing	373	4.5%	915	375	-2	-0.5%
Wholesale Trade	136	1.6%	142	103	33	32.0%
Retail Trade	759	9.2%	859	764	-5	-0.7%
Transporation and Warehousing	742	9.0%	787	629	113	18.0%
Information	110	1.3%	94	94	16	17.0%
Finance and Insurance	162	2.0%	183	169	-7	-4.1%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	184	2.2%	239	191	-7	-3.7%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	246	3.0%	294	214	32	15.0%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	3	0.0%	8	20	-17	-85.0%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	490	5.9%	565	395	95	24.1%
Educational Services	457	5.5%	511	518	-61	-11.8%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	985	11.9%	1,048	1,020	-35	-3.4%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	93	1.1%	94	104	-11	-10.6%
Accomodation and Food Services	617	7.5%	699	587	30	5.1%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	507	6.1%	495	465	42	9.0%
Public Administration	897	10.9%	1,010	892	5	0.6%
Information Not Available	203	2.5%	248	205	-2	-1.0%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Alabama
	Jul 2008	Percent	Jun 2008	Jul 2007	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	39,477		33,955	31,691
Male	19,258	48.8%	16,549	14,851	4,407	29.7%
Female	20,146	51.0%	17,354	16,769	3,377	20.1%
Information Not Available	73	0.2%	52	71	2	2.8%

Ethnicity	39,477		33,955	31,691
Hispanic or Latino	890	2.3%	773	880	10	1.1%
Not Hispanic or Latino	31,674	80.2%	27,019	24,749	6,925	28.0%
Information Not Available	6,913	17.5%	6,163	6,062	851	14.0%

Race	39,477		33,955	31,691
American Indian or Alaskan Native	1,220	3.1%	1,126	1,053	167	15.9%
Asian	523	1.3%	457	455	68	14.9%
Black or African American	17,182	43.5%	15,167	14,010	3,172	22.6%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	67	0.2%	46	57	10	17.5%
White	17,981	45.5%	15,050	13,693	4,288	31.3%
Information Not Available	2,504	6.3%	2,109	2,423	81	3.3%

Years of Age	39,477		33,955	31,691
Younger than 22	1,646	3.0%	1,182	1,382	264	19.1%
22-24	2,675	4.8%	2,181	2,145	530	24.7%
25-34	9,979	18.0%	8,395	7,960	2,019	25.4%
35-44	9,679	17.4%	8,175	7,876	1,803	22.9%
45-54	9,065	16.3%	8,173	7,330	1,735	23.7%
55-59	3,207	5.8%	2,893	2,500	707	28.3%
60-64	1,876	3.4%	1,744	1,418	458	32.3%
65 and older	1,315	2.4%	1,203	1,050	265	25.2%
Information Not Available	35	0.1%	9	30	5	16.7%

Industry	39,477		33,955	31,691
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	368	0.9%	350	343	25	7.3%
Mining	89	0.2%	86	151	-62	-41.1%
Utilities	50	0.1%	47	57	-7	-12.3%
Construction	3,711	9.3%	3,301	2,802	909	32.4%
Manufacturing	10,103	25.4%	8,164	7,596	2,507	33.0%
Wholesale Trade	1,222	3.1%	1,165	921	301	32.7%
Retail Trade	3,619	9.1%	3,230	2,843	776	27.3%
Transporation and Warehousing	1,259	3.2%	1,078	894	365	40.8%
Information	528	1.3%	486	377	151	40.1%
Finance and Insurance	1,032	2.6%	969	684	348	50.9%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	418	1.0%	394	344	74	21.5%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	1,873	4.7%	1,625	1,724	149	8.6%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	43	0.1%	43	105	-62	-59.0%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	4,406	11.1%	3,211	3,432	974	28.4%
Educational Services	641	1.6%	680	553	88	15.9%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	3,505	8.8%	3,069	3,043	462	15.2%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	193	0.5%	161	240	-47	-19.6%
Accomodation and Food Services	2,434	6.1%	2,227	2,147	287	13.4%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	1,436	3.6%	1,347	1,283	153	11.9%
Public Administration	389	1.0%	359	378	11	2.9%
Information Not Available	2,158	5.4%	1,963	1,774	384	21.6%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Arkansas
	Jul 2008	Percent	Jun 2008	Jul 2007	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	32,280		30,439	30,473
Male	15,773	48.9%	15,252	14,671	1,102	7.5%
Female	16,506	51.1%	15,186	15,801	705	4.5%
Information Not Available	1	0.0%	1	1	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	32,280		30,439	30,473
Hispanic or Latino	950	2.9%	810	695	255	36.7%
Not Hispanic or Latino	31,329	97.1%	29,628	29,777	1,552	5.2%
Information Not Available	1	0.0%	1	1	0	0.0%

Race	32,280		30,439	30,473
American Indian or Alaskan Native	278	0.9%	277	401	-123	-30.7%
Asian	305	0.9%	255	209	96	45.9%
Black or African American	10,108	31.3%	9,292	9,551	557	5.8%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	245	0.8%	184	203	42	20.7%
White	20,390	63.2%	19,618	19,412	978	5.0%
Information Not Available	954	3.0%	813	697	257	36.9%

Years of Age	32,280		30,439	30,473
Younger than 22	1,005	2.0%	870	881	124	14.1%
22-24	2,174	4.2%	2,142	2,153	21	1.0%
25-34	8,944	17.5%	8,303	8,703	241	2.8%
35-44	8,266	16.1%	7,835	7,589	677	8.9%
45-54	7,255	14.2%	6,894	6,838	417	6.1%
55-59	2,267	4.4%	2,185	2,175	92	4.2%
60-64	1,447	2.8%	1,283	1,356	91	6.7%
65 and older	917	1.8%	924	774	143	18.5%
Information Not Available	5	0.0%	3	4	1	25.0%

Industry	32,280		30,439	30,473
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	322	1.0%	315	367	-45	-12.3%
Mining	98	0.3%	92	79	19	24.1%
Utilities	54	0.2%	48	79	-25	-31.6%
Construction	2,830	8.7%	2,979	2,933	-103	-3.5%
Manufacturing	7,906	24.3%	7,264	7,228	678	9.4%
Wholesale Trade	1,245	3.8%	1,076	1,220	25	2.0%
Retail Trade	3,688	11.3%	3,626	3,311	377	11.4%
Transporation and Warehousing	1,038	3.2%	1,098	977	61	6.2%
Information	338	1.0%	271	169	169	100.0%
Finance and Insurance	475	1.5%	451	344	131	38.1%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	382	1.2%	380	243	139	57.2%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	857	2.6%	815	678	179	26.4%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	71	0.2%	70	56	15	26.8%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	3,343	10.3%	3,072	2,967	376	12.7%
Educational Services	1,502	4.6%	1,440	1,508	-6	-0.4%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	4,026	12.3%	3,567	4,040	-14	-0.3%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	224	0.7%	222	265	-41	-15.5%
Accomodation and Food Services	2,589	7.9%	2,332	2,413	176	7.3%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	655	2.0%	657	813	-158	-19.4%
Public Administration	617	1.9%	647	768	-151	-19.7%
Information Not Available	20	0.1%	17	15	5	33.3%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Arizona
	Jul 2008	Percent	Jun 2008	Jul 2007	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	49,767		45,124	34,340
Male	27,499	55.3%	25,155	18,458	9,041	49.0%
Female	22,268	44.7%	19,969	15,882	6,386	40.2%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	49,767		45,124	34,340
Hispanic or Latino	20,855	41.9%	18,058	16,399	4,456	27.2%
Not Hispanic or Latino	28,904	58.1%	27,065	17,940	10,964	61.1%
Information Not Available	8	0.0%	1	1	7	700.0%

Race	49,767		45,124	34,340
American Indian or Alaskan Native	3,066	6.2%	2,776	2,250	816	36.3%
Asian	19	0.0%	11	10	9	90.0%
Black or African American	2,831	5.7%	2,526	1,752	1,079	61.6%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
White	20,796	41.8%	19,711	12,052	8,744	72.6%
Information Not Available	23,055	46.3%	20,100	18,276	4,779	26.1%

Years of Age	49,767		45,124	34,340
Younger than 22	1,616	2.4%	1,405	980	636	64.9%
22-24	2,488	3.7%	2,238	1,524	964	63.3%
25-34	10,336	15.3%	9,567	6,616	3,720	56.2%
35-44	12,349	18.3%	11,330	9,184	3,165	34.5%
45-54	13,396	19.9%	12,040	9,522	3,874	40.7%
55-59	4,698	7.0%	4,322	3,226	1,472	45.6%
60-64	3,083	4.6%	2,650	2,038	1,045	51.3%
65 and older	1,801	2.7%	1,572	1,250	551	44.1%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	49,767		45,124	34,340
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	7,545	13.2%	5,997	6,949	596	8.6%
Mining	71	0.1%	80	51	20	39.2%
Utilities	57	0.1%	65	55	2	3.6%
Construction	5,865	10.2%	5,643	3,512	2,353	67.0%
Manufacturing	3,013	5.3%	2,885	1,956	1,057	54.0%
Wholesale Trade	2,295	4.0%	1,925	1,584	711	44.9%
Retail Trade	4,017	7.0%	3,555	2,186	1,831	83.8%
Transporation and Warehousing	1,110	1.9%	1,002	696	414	59.5%
Information	599	1.0%	471	442	157	35.5%
Finance and Insurance	1,684	2.9%	1,652	1,124	560	49.8%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	903	1.6%	820	567	336	59.3%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	2,288	4.0%	2,068	1,304	984	75.5%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	122	0.2%	116	74	48	64.9%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	4,526	7.9%	4,098	2,998	1,528	51.0%
Educational Services	1,634	2.9%	1,345	1,171	463	39.5%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	3,016	5.3%	2,788	2,407	609	25.3%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	552	1.0%	482	404	148	36.6%
Accomodation and Food Services	2,241	3.9%	1,942	1,685	556	33.0%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	1,104	1.9%	990	565	539	95.4%
Public Administration	949	1.7%	791	931	18	1.9%
Information Not Available	6,176	10.8%	6,409	3,679	2,497	67.9%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants California
	Jul 2008	Percent	Jun 2008	Jul 2007	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	475,045		452,458	358,239
Male	260,502	54.8%	261,423	192,309	68,193	35.5%
Female	214,267	45.1%	190,654	165,750	48,517	29.3%
Information Not Available	276	0.1%	381	180	96	53.3%

Ethnicity	475,045		452,458	358,239
Hispanic or Latino	170,972	36.0%	162,423	119,743	51,229	42.8%
Not Hispanic or Latino	252,322	53.1%	240,440	198,342	53,980	27.2%
Information Not Available	51,751	10.9%	49,595	40,154	11,597	28.9%

Race	475,045		452,458	358,239
American Indian or Alaskan Native	3,861	0.8%	2,766	2,161	1,700	78.7%
Asian	40,077	8.4%	36,624	29,171	10,906	37.4%
Black or African American	40,997	8.6%	36,910	30,701	10,296	33.5%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
White	167,387	35.2%	164,140	136,309	31,078	22.8%
Information Not Available	222,723	46.9%	212,018	159,897	62,826	39.3%

Years of Age	475,045		452,458	358,239
Younger than 22	15,718	2.6%	14,306	11,794	3,924	33.3%
22-24	28,679	4.7%	25,942	21,968	6,711	30.5%
25-34	112,419	18.3%	104,912	80,759	31,660	39.2%
35-44	112,327	18.2%	108,250	89,402	22,925	25.6%
45-54	120,140	19.5%	116,453	90,483	29,657	32.8%
55-59	40,445	6.6%	39,104	31,241	9,204	29.5%
60-64	26,473	4.3%	25,370	19,807	6,666	33.7%
65 and older	18,568	3.0%	17,740	12,695	5,873	46.3%
Information Not Available	276	0.0%	381	90	186	206.7%

Industry	475,045		452,458	358,239
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	33,827	6.6%	34,526	26,740	7,087	26.5%
Mining	827	0.2%	763	720	107	14.9%
Utilities	2,206	0.4%	1,621	1,080	1,126	104.3%
Construction	62,966	12.4%	71,054	44,926	18,040	40.2%
Manufacturing	63,333	12.4%	59,134	46,457	16,876	36.3%
Wholesale Trade	4,320	0.8%	3,910	2,341	1,979	84.5%
Retail Trade	40,997	8.1%	42,346	31,871	9,126	28.6%
Transporation and Warehousing	16,178	3.2%	14,402	8,823	7,355	83.4%
Information	37,871	7.4%	37,482	33,852	4,019	11.9%
Finance and Insurance	17,005	3.3%	16,404	10,984	6,021	54.8%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	8,181	1.6%	8,584	8,193	-12	-0.1%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	9,376	1.8%	8,870	5,402	3,974	73.6%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	69,492	13.7%	67,048	49,428	20,064	40.6%
Educational Services	27,300	5.4%	13,734	21,338	5,962	27.9%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	26,473	5.2%	22,985	20,978	5,495	26.2%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	7,905	1.6%	6,772	5,942	1,963	33.0%
Accomodation and Food Services	19,855	3.9%	17,454	14,765	5,090	34.5%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	12,042	2.4%	12,017	8,193	3,849	47.0%
Public Administration	4,596	0.9%	3,147	2,251	2,345	104.2%
Information Not Available	10,295	2.0%	10,205	13,955	-3,660	-26.2%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Colorado
	Jul 2008	Percent	Jun 2008	Jul 2007	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	24,868		24,091	19,856
Male	12,592	50.6%	12,354	9,526	3,066	32.2%
Female	12,276	49.4%	11,737	10,330	1,946	18.8%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	24,868		24,091	19,856
Hispanic or Latino	4,371	17.6%	4,126	3,701	670	18.1%
Not Hispanic or Latino	16,523	66.4%	16,070	12,979	3,544	27.3%
Information Not Available	3,974	16.0%	3,895	3,176	798	25.1%

Race	24,868		24,091	19,856
American Indian or Alaskan Native	422	1.7%	405	307	115	37.5%
Asian	501	2.0%	495	500	1	0.2%
Black or African American	1,791	7.2%	1,704	1,461	330	22.6%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	94	0.4%	85	73	21	28.8%
White	16,797	67.5%	16,354	13,514	3,283	24.3%
Information Not Available	5,263	21.2%	5,048	4,001	1,262	31.5%

Years of Age	24,868		24,091	19,856
Younger than 22	355	0.9%	337	268	87	32.5%
22-24	825	2.1%	814	668	157	23.5%
25-34	5,042	12.6%	4,895	3,865	1,177	30.5%
35-44	6,201	15.5%	6,010	5,054	1,147	22.7%
45-54	7,331	18.3%	7,139	5,892	1,439	24.4%
55-59	2,747	6.9%	2,647	2,232	515	23.1%
60-64	1,639	4.1%	1,560	1,273	366	28.8%
65 and older	728	1.8%	689	597	131	21.9%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	7	-7	-100.0%

Industry	24,868		24,091	19,856
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	158	0.6%	121	75	83	110.7%
Mining	153	0.6%	153	118	35	29.7%
Utilities	29	0.1%	28	23	6	26.1%
Construction	3,157	12.6%	3,309	2,480	677	27.3%
Manufacturing	2,500	10.0%	2,261	1,908	592	31.0%
Wholesale Trade	1,204	4.8%	1,114	938	266	28.4%
Retail Trade	2,198	8.8%	2,116	1,832	366	20.0%
Transporation and Warehousing	704	2.8%	694	518	186	35.9%
Information	1,027	4.1%	961	743	284	38.2%
Finance and Insurance	1,652	6.6%	1,500	1,210	442	36.5%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	606	2.4%	565	515	91	17.7%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	2,153	8.6%	2,086	1,636	517	31.6%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	300	1.2%	284	159	141	88.7%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	2,996	12.0%	2,931	2,254	742	32.9%
Educational Services	723	2.9%	650	694	29	4.2%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	2,053	8.2%	1,973	1,870	183	9.8%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	364	1.5%	399	343	21	6.1%
Accomodation and Food Services	1,285	5.1%	1,427	1,093	192	17.6%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	585	2.3%	543	554	31	5.6%
Public Administration	471	1.9%	427	467	4	0.9%
Information Not Available	550	2.2%	549	426	124	29.1%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Connecticut
	Jul 2008	Percent	Jun 2008	Jul 2007	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	48,599		40,257	40,444
Male	24,656	50.7%	22,640	19,195	5,461	28.5%
Female	23,943	49.3%	17,617	21,249	2,694	12.7%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	48,599		40,257	40,444
Hispanic or Latino	6,170	12.7%	5,413	5,041	1,129	22.4%
Not Hispanic or Latino	42,429	87.3%	34,844	35,403	7,026	19.8%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Race	48,599		40,257	40,444
American Indian or Alaskan Native	183	0.4%	164	145	38	26.2%
Asian	685	1.4%	610	563	122	21.7%
Black or African American	6,837	14.1%	6,036	5,739	1,098	19.1%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
White	26,183	53.9%	23,476	21,392	4,791	22.4%
Information Not Available	14,711	30.3%	9,971	12,605	2,106	16.7%

Years of Age	48,599		40,257	40,444
Younger than 22	1,430	2.0%	1,286	1,166	264	22.6%
22-24	2,454	3.4%	2,362	2,188	266	12.2%
25-34	10,076	14.1%	8,709	8,366	1,710	20.4%
35-44	11,529	16.2%	9,368	9,938	1,591	16.0%
45-54	12,315	17.3%	10,020	10,064	2,251	22.4%
55-59	4,431	6.2%	3,653	3,549	882	24.9%
60-64	3,409	4.8%	2,758	2,842	567	20.0%
65 and older	2,955	4.1%	2,101	2,331	624	26.8%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	48,599		40,257	40,444
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	187	0.4%	142	178	9	5.1%
Mining	18	0.0%	21	17	1	5.9%
Utilities	55	0.1%	53	46	9	19.6%
Construction	4,751	9.7%	5,291	2,847	1,904	66.9%
Manufacturing	5,846	12.0%	5,112	5,020	826	16.5%
Wholesale Trade	2,072	4.2%	1,887	1,685	387	23.0%
Retail Trade	5,467	11.2%	5,076	4,377	1,090	24.9%
Transporation and Warehousing	5,166	10.6%	1,303	4,792	374	7.8%
Information	1,193	2.4%	1,048	677	516	76.2%
Finance and Insurance	2,260	4.6%	2,116	2,177	83	3.8%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	732	1.5%	695	549	183	33.3%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	2,341	4.8%	2,149	2,033	308	15.2%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	213	0.4%	202	134	79	59.0%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	4,733	9.7%	4,420	3,801	932	24.5%
Educational Services	1,559	3.2%	795	1,353	206	15.2%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	4,019	8.2%	3,424	3,661	358	9.8%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	875	1.8%	764	798	77	9.6%
Accomodation and Food Services	4,313	8.8%	3,370	3,821	492	12.9%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	1,357	2.8%	1,217	1,080	277	25.6%
Public Administration	729	1.5%	493	776	-47	-6.1%
Information Not Available	713	1.5%	679	622	91	14.6%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants District of Columbia
	Jul 2008	Percent	Jun 2008	Jul 2007	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	10,086		6,438	9,257
Male	4,629	45.9%	3,102	4,494	135	3.0%
Female	5,457	54.1%	3,336	4,763	694	14.6%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	10,086		6,438	9,257
Hispanic or Latino	1,066	10.6%	614	792	274	34.6%
Not Hispanic or Latino	8,730	86.6%	5,663	7,891	839	10.6%
Information Not Available	290	2.9%	161	574	-284	-49.5%

Race	10,086		6,438	9,257
American Indian or Alaskan Native	80	0.8%	46	72	8	11.1%
Asian	179	1.8%	152	216	-37	-17.1%
Black or African American	8,002	79.3%	5,075	7,368	634	8.6%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	87	0.9%	60	110	-23	-20.9%
White	1,734	17.2%	1,100	1,391	343	24.7%
Information Not Available	4	0.0%	5	100	-96	-96.0%

Years of Age	10,086		6,438	9,257
Younger than 22	212	1.9%	149	218	-6	-2.8%
22-24	490	4.3%	335	468	22	4.7%
25-34	2,259	20.0%	1,599	2,291	-32	-1.4%
35-44	2,611	23.1%	1,698	2,441	170	7.0%
45-54	2,822	25.0%	1,694	2,516	306	12.2%
55-59	878	7.8%	514	724	154	21.3%
60-64	538	4.8%	300	409	129	31.5%
65 and older	276	2.4%	149	190	86	45.3%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	10,086		6,438	9,257
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	2	-2	-100.0%
Construction	9	0.1%	6	55	-46	-83.6%
Manufacturing	1	0.0%	0	3	-2	-66.7%
Wholesale Trade	0	0.0%	0	9	-9	-100.0%
Retail Trade	5	0.0%	3	23	-18	-78.3%
Transporation and Warehousing	0	0.0%	0	2	-2	-100.0%
Information	1	0.0%	1	12	-11	-91.7%
Finance and Insurance	3	0.0%	1	1	2	200.0%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	10	0.1%	2	10	0	0.0%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	0	0.0%	5	29	-29	-100.0%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	25	0.2%	12	12	13	108.3%
Educational Services	6	0.1%	4	35	-29	-82.9%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	5	0.0%	7	44	-39	-88.6%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	0	0.0%	0	2	-2	-100.0%
Accomodation and Food Services	9	0.1%	4	10	-1	-10.0%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	2	0.0%	1	34	-32	-94.1%
Public Administration	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
Information Not Available	10,010	99.2%	6,392	8,974	1,036	11.5%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Delaware
	Jul 2008	Percent	Jun 2008	Jul 2007	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	10,029		8,415	9,495
Male	4,931	49.2%	4,225	4,206	725	17.2%
Female	5,098	50.8%	4,190	5,289	-191	-3.6%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	10,029		8,415	9,495
Hispanic or Latino	372	3.7%	283	329	43	13.1%
Not Hispanic or Latino	9,657	96.3%	8,132	9,166	491	5.4%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Race	10,029		8,415	9,495
American Indian or Alaskan Native	14	0.1%	17	17	-3	-17.6%
Asian	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
Black or African American	3,826	38.2%	3,234	3,821	5	0.1%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	45	0.4%	43	72	-27	-37.5%
White	5,535	55.2%	4,660	4,938	597	12.1%
Information Not Available	608	6.1%	460	648	-40	-6.2%

Years of Age	10,029		8,415	9,495
Younger than 22	256	1.7%	194	2,026	-1,770	-87.4%
22-24	588	3.9%	481	624	-36	-5.8%
25-34	2,476	16.5%	2,040	2,193	283	12.9%
35-44	2,395	16.0%	1,988	2,479	-84	-3.4%
45-54	2,447	16.3%	2,075	1,575	872	55.4%
55-59	822	5.5%	727	346	476	137.6%
60-64	570	3.8%	503	160	410	256.3%
65 and older	394	2.6%	346	79	315	398.7%
Information Not Available	81	0.5%	61	13	68	523.1%

Industry	10,029		8,415	9,495
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	18	0.2%	13	19	-1	-5.3%
Mining	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
Utilities	20	0.2%	14	7	13	185.7%
Construction	1,049	10.4%	945	844	205	24.3%
Manufacturing	657	6.5%	508	574	83	14.5%
Wholesale Trade	374	3.7%	321	305	69	22.6%
Retail Trade	1,758	17.5%	1,562	1,518	240	15.8%
Transporation and Warehousing	324	3.2%	287	355	-31	-8.7%
Information	142	1.4%	129	143	-1	-0.7%
Finance and Insurance	723	7.2%	592	908	-185	-20.4%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	232	2.3%	210	222	10	4.5%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	639	6.4%	518	474	165	34.8%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	34	0.3%	32	31	3	9.7%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	1,760	17.5%	1,446	1,556	204	13.1%
Educational Services	290	2.9%	144	360	-70	-19.4%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	777	7.7%	646	844	-67	-7.9%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	130	1.3%	119	129	1	0.8%
Accomodation and Food Services	731	7.3%	605	748	-17	-2.3%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	266	2.6%	241	296	-30	-10.1%
Public Administration	50	0.5%	44	93	-43	-46.2%
Information Not Available	55	0.5%	39	69	-14	-20.3%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Florida
	Jul 2008	Percent	Jun 2008	Jul 2007	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	185,207		165,115	72,917
Male	99,403	53.7%	91,793	37,963	61,440	161.8%
Female	85,767	46.3%	73,322	34,932	50,835	145.5%
Information Not Available	37	0.0%	0	22	15	68.2%

Ethnicity	185,207		165,115	72,917
Hispanic or Latino	60,767	32.8%	54,325	23,937	36,830	153.9%
Not Hispanic or Latino	110,096	59.4%	97,838	43,715	66,381	151.8%
Information Not Available	14,344	7.7%	12,952	5,265	9,079	172.4%

Race	185,207		165,115	72,917
American Indian or Alaskan Native	596	0.3%	413	310	286	92.3%
Asian	1,192	0.6%	1,201	686	506	73.8%
Black or African American	38,114	20.6%	32,062	14,800	23,314	157.5%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	2,012	1.1%	1,614	1,283	729	56.8%
White	107,898	58.3%	98,551	41,348	66,550	161.0%
Information Not Available	35,395	19.1%	31,274	14,490	20,905	144.3%

Years of Age	185,207		165,115	72,917
Younger than 22	5,030	1.8%	4,355	1,726	3,304	191.4%
22-24	8,793	3.1%	7,696	3,097	5,696	183.9%
25-34	39,269	14.0%	37,806	14,048	25,221	179.5%
35-44	44,634	15.9%	38,482	18,119	26,515	146.3%
45-54	44,709	16.0%	40,472	18,804	25,905	137.8%
55-59	18,927	6.8%	16,106	7,743	11,184	144.4%
60-64	13,003	4.6%	11,563	5,509	7,494	136.0%
65 and older	10,842	3.9%	8,635	3,871	6,971	180.1%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	185,207		165,115	72,917
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	4,583	2.4%	2,140	3,097	1,486	48.0%
Mining	149	0.1%	113	0	149	0.0%
Utilities	410	0.2%	488	199	211	106.0%
Construction	22,392	11.8%	21,625	8,296	14,096	169.9%
Manufacturing	14,195	7.5%	11,826	4,978	9,217	185.2%
Wholesale Trade	8,010	4.2%	7,847	2,787	5,223	187.4%
Retail Trade	18,331	9.7%	16,894	7,101	11,230	158.1%
Transporation and Warehousing	5,998	3.2%	5,631	1,947	4,051	208.1%
Information	3,428	1.8%	2,966	1,372	2,056	149.9%
Finance and Insurance	8,756	4.6%	8,635	3,761	4,995	132.8%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	4,024	2.1%	4,092	1,460	2,564	175.6%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	10,805	5.7%	9,724	4,933	5,872	119.0%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	1,229	0.6%	939	265	964	363.8%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	36,438	19.2%	33,301	12,765	23,673	185.5%
Educational Services	5,626	3.0%	2,966	1,659	3,967	239.1%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	11,438	6.0%	9,423	4,425	7,013	158.5%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	3,726	2.0%	3,003	1,593	2,133	133.9%
Accomodation and Food Services	11,438	6.0%	9,611	4,425	7,013	158.5%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	4,955	2.6%	4,430	2,146	2,809	130.9%
Public Administration	1,826	1.0%	1,840	774	1,052	135.9%
Information Not Available	7,450	3.9%	7,621	4,934	2,516	51.0%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Georgia
	Jul 2008	Percent	Jun 2008	Jul 2007	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	78,697		76,568	59,509
Male	38,649	49.1%	38,131	26,544	12,105	45.6%
Female	38,974	49.5%	37,436	32,193	6,781	21.1%
Information Not Available	1,074	1.4%	1,001	772	302	39.1%

Ethnicity	78,697		76,568	59,509
Hispanic or Latino	320	0.4%	284	162	158	97.5%
Not Hispanic or Latino	77,303	98.2%	75,283	58,575	18,728	32.0%
Information Not Available	1,074	1.4%	1,001	772	302	39.1%

Race	78,697		76,568	59,509
American Indian or Alaskan Native	430	0.5%	370	256	174	68.0%
Asian	1,024	1.3%	1,043	678	346	51.0%
Black or African American	39,009	49.6%	38,129	33,260	5,749	17.3%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
White	37,160	47.2%	36,025	24,536	12,624	51.5%
Information Not Available	1,074	1.4%	1,001	779	295	37.9%

Years of Age	78,697		76,568	59,509
Younger than 22	2,088	1.9%	1,948	1,633	455	27.9%
22-24	3,965	3.5%	3,855	3,031	934	30.8%
25-34	18,477	16.5%	18,220	14,249	4,228	29.7%
35-44	19,768	17.7%	19,543	15,586	4,182	26.8%
45-54	18,761	16.8%	18,398	14,141	4,620	32.7%
55-59	6,453	5.8%	6,229	4,759	1,694	35.6%
60-64	3,941	3.5%	3,845	2,684	1,257	46.8%
65 and older	2,297	2.1%	2,218	1,595	702	44.0%
Information Not Available	2,947	2.6%	2,312	1,831	1,116	61.0%

Industry	78,697		76,568	59,509
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	1,092	1.4%	1,335	914	178	19.5%
Mining	122	0.2%	104	64	58	90.6%
Utilities	119	0.1%	122	133	-14	-10.5%
Construction	5,740	7.2%	5,707	3,550	2,190	61.7%
Manufacturing	8,883	11.1%	8,192	7,996	887	11.1%
Wholesale Trade	4,223	5.3%	3,828	2,797	1,426	51.0%
Retail Trade	5,881	7.4%	6,080	4,251	1,630	38.3%
Transporation and Warehousing	1,863	2.3%	1,822	1,422	441	31.0%
Information	1,457	1.8%	1,529	1,027	430	41.9%
Finance and Insurance	2,264	2.8%	2,322	1,830	434	23.7%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	1,437	1.8%	1,413	1,000	437	43.7%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	11,987	15.0%	11,946	9,329	2,658	28.5%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	189	0.2%	183	134	55	41.0%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	240	0.3%	235	199	41	20.6%
Educational Services	1,730	2.2%	1,618	1,508	222	14.7%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	4,759	6.0%	4,552	4,740	19	0.4%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	4,249	5.3%	4,286	3,500	749	21.4%
Accomodation and Food Services	785	1.0%	752	580	205	35.3%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	1,303	1.6%	1,212	1,046	257	24.6%
Public Administration	1,039	1.3%	968	879	160	18.2%
Information Not Available	19,335	24.2%	18,362	12,610	6,725	53.3%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Hawaii
	Jul 2008	Percent	Jun 2008	Jul 2007	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	11,661		11,113	7,118
Male	7,441	63.8%	7,143	4,181	3,260	78.0%
Female	4,220	36.2%	3,970	2,937	1,283	43.7%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	11,661		11,113	7,118
Hispanic or Latino	718	6.2%	665	407	311	76.4%
Not Hispanic or Latino	8,953	76.8%	8,541	5,405	3,548	65.6%
Information Not Available	1,990	17.1%	1,907	1,306	684	52.4%

Race	11,661		11,113	7,118
American Indian or Alaskan Native	93	0.8%	77	74	19	25.7%
Asian	3,815	32.7%	3,711	2,355	1,460	62.0%
Black or African American	191	1.6%	190	162	29	17.9%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	3,172	27.2%	3,068	1,747	1,425	81.6%
White	2,849	24.4%	2,643	1,863	986	52.9%
Information Not Available	1,541	13.2%	1,424	917	624	68.0%

Years of Age	11,661		11,113	7,118
Younger than 22	258	1.9%	236	128	130	101.6%
22-24	583	4.2%	527	279	304	109.0%
25-34	2,688	19.5%	2,486	1,494	1,194	79.9%
35-44	2,794	20.3%	2,712	1,750	1,044	59.7%
45-54	2,940	21.3%	2,831	1,862	1,078	57.9%
55-59	1,232	8.9%	1,175	776	456	58.8%
60-64	734	5.3%	713	516	218	42.2%
65 and older	432	3.1%	433	313	119	38.0%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	11,661		11,113	7,118
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	311	2.6%	331	317	-6	-1.9%
Mining	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
Utilities	7	0.1%	4	2	5	250.0%
Construction	3,336	27.9%	3,387	1,611	1,725	107.1%
Manufacturing	238	2.0%	224	178	60	33.7%
Wholesale Trade	172	1.4%	140	128	44	34.4%
Retail Trade	594	5.0%	520	420	174	41.4%
Transporation and Warehousing	1,245	10.4%	1,408	342	903	264.0%
Information	358	3.0%	273	204	154	75.5%
Finance and Insurance	159	1.3%	132	115	44	38.3%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	182	1.5%	190	118	64	54.2%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	326	2.7%	294	264	62	23.5%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	39	0.3%	25	16	23	143.8%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	1,138	9.5%	995	654	484	74.0%
Educational Services	59	0.5%	41	56	3	5.4%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	468	3.9%	395	423	45	10.6%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	118	1.0%	101	80	38	47.5%
Accomodation and Food Services	1,135	9.5%	1,018	971	164	16.9%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	236	2.0%	210	155	81	52.3%
Public Administration	177	1.5%	152	151	26	17.2%
Information Not Available	1,363	11.4%	1,273	913	450	49.3%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Iowa
	Jul 2008	Percent	Jun 2008	Jul 2007	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	25,472		25,353	17,752
Male	13,015	51.1%	13,922	8,745	4,270	48.8%
Female	12,457	48.9%	11,431	9,007	3,450	38.3%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	25,472		25,353	17,752
Hispanic or Latino	753	3.0%	775	600	153	25.5%
Not Hispanic or Latino	19,412	76.2%	20,637	16,950	2,462	14.5%
Information Not Available	5,307	20.8%	3,941	202	5,105	2527.2%

Race	25,472		25,353	17,752
American Indian or Alaskan Native	92	0.4%	108	61	31	50.8%
Asian	216	0.8%	174	146	70	47.9%
Black or African American	1,671	6.6%	1,748	902	769	85.3%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
White	17,433	68.4%	18,607	15,841	1,592	10.0%
Information Not Available	6,060	23.8%	4,716	802	5,258	655.6%

Years of Age	25,472		25,353	17,752
Younger than 22	723	1.8%	729	408	315	77.2%
22-24	1,418	3.4%	1,371	898	520	57.9%
25-34	5,464	13.2%	5,623	3,669	1,795	48.9%
35-44	5,716	13.9%	5,721	4,351	1,365	31.4%
45-54	6,871	16.7%	6,757	4,693	2,178	46.4%
55-59	2,535	6.1%	2,451	1,713	822	48.0%
60-64	1,639	4.0%	1,619	1,159	480	41.4%
65 and older	1,106	2.7%	1,082	851	255	30.0%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	10	-10	-100.0%

Industry	25,472		25,353	17,752
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	176	0.7%	124	105	71	67.6%
Mining	15	0.1%	56	18	-3	-16.7%
Utilities	33	0.1%	46	26	7	26.9%
Construction	2,211	8.6%	3,436	1,905	306	16.1%
Manufacturing	7,807	30.4%	6,887	4,071	3,736	91.8%
Wholesale Trade	1,002	3.9%	971	848	154	18.2%
Retail Trade	2,083	8.1%	2,015	1,752	331	18.9%
Transporation and Warehousing	1,103	4.3%	1,095	860	243	28.3%
Information	852	3.3%	783	708	144	20.3%
Finance and Insurance	766	3.0%	743	544	222	40.8%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	227	0.9%	207	202	25	12.4%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	1,008	3.9%	934	742	266	35.8%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	32	0.1%	40	57	-25	-43.9%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	2,241	8.7%	2,219	1,398	843	60.3%
Educational Services	604	2.4%	498	392	212	54.1%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	1,553	6.1%	1,472	1,455	98	6.7%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	254	1.0%	238	177	77	43.5%
Accomodation and Food Services	2,101	8.2%	1,910	1,304	797	61.1%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	818	3.2%	743	727	91	12.5%
Public Administration	280	1.1%	252	205	75	36.6%
Information Not Available	306	1.2%	684	256	50	19.5%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Idaho
	Jul 2008	Percent	Jun 2008	Jul 2007	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	13,056		13,016	8,479
Male	7,304	55.9%	7,936	4,271	3,033	71.0%
Female	5,752	44.1%	5,080	4,206	1,546	36.8%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	2	-2	-100.0%

Ethnicity	13,056		13,016	8,479
Hispanic or Latino	1,477	11.3%	1,194	874	603	69.0%
Not Hispanic or Latino	10,973	84.0%	11,266	7,070	3,903	55.2%
Information Not Available	606	4.6%	556	535	71	13.3%

Race	13,056		13,016	8,479
American Indian or Alaskan Native	254	1.9%	256	184	70	38.0%
Asian	158	1.2%	136	175	-17	-9.7%
Black or African American	78	0.6%	71	68	10	14.7%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	47	0.4%	48	30	17	56.7%
White	10,502	80.4%	10,763	6,768	3,734	55.2%
Information Not Available	2,017	15.4%	1,742	1,254	763	60.8%

Years of Age	13,056		13,016	8,479
Younger than 22	387	1.7%	380	194	193	99.5%
22-24	696	3.1%	734	420	276	65.7%
25-34	2,987	13.1%	2,982	1,775	1,212	68.3%
35-44	2,973	13.1%	2,971	1,891	1,082	57.2%
45-54	3,313	14.6%	3,350	2,368	945	39.9%
55-59	1,283	5.6%	1,248	900	383	42.6%
60-64	835	3.7%	779	530	305	57.5%
65 and older	582	2.6%	572	401	181	45.1%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	13,056		13,016	8,479
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	290	2.2%	597	250	40	16.0%
Mining	41	0.3%	73	18	23	127.8%
Utilities	18	0.1%	19	10	8	80.0%
Construction	2,107	15.8%	2,451	931	1,176	126.3%
Manufacturing	2,193	16.4%	1,771	1,641	552	33.6%
Wholesale Trade	476	3.6%	490	288	188	65.3%
Retail Trade	1,287	9.6%	1,201	708	579	81.8%
Transporation and Warehousing	723	5.4%	806	532	191	35.9%
Information	255	1.9%	172	126	129	102.4%
Finance and Insurance	401	3.0%	364	182	219	120.3%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	183	1.4%	169	79	104	131.6%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	576	4.3%	565	316	260	82.3%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	11	0.1%	14	10	1	10.0%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	1,060	7.9%	901	646	414	64.1%
Educational Services	204	1.5%	162	149	55	36.9%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	860	6.4%	801	683	177	25.9%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	167	1.3%	211	79	88	111.4%
Accomodation and Food Services	542	4.1%	571	390	152	39.0%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	367	2.7%	353	264	103	39.0%
Public Administration	255	1.9%	238	232	23	9.9%
Information Not Available	1,040	7.8%	1,087	945	95	10.1%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Illinois
	Jul 2008	Percent	Jun 2008	Jul 2007	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	143,080		144,837	127,635
Male	74,887	52.3%	79,465	64,689	10,198	15.8%
Female	68,193	47.7%	65,372	62,946	5,247	8.3%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	143,080		144,837	127,635
Hispanic or Latino	17,014	11.9%	18,334	14,221	2,793	19.6%
Not Hispanic or Latino	126,066	88.1%	126,503	113,414	12,652	11.2%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Race	143,080		144,837	127,635
American Indian or Alaskan Native	531	0.4%	532	418	113	27.0%
Asian	3,781	2.6%	3,659	2,977	804	27.0%
Black or African American	37,858	26.5%	37,188	35,572	2,286	6.4%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
White	99,539	69.6%	102,099	87,690	11,849	13.5%
Information Not Available	1,371	1.0%	1,358	978	393	40.2%

Years of Age	143,080		144,837	127,635
Younger than 22	3,429	1.5%	3,241	2,876	553	19.2%
22-24	7,039	3.0%	6,972	6,308	731	11.6%
25-34	33,413	14.2%	34,144	29,842	3,571	12.0%
35-44	36,050	15.4%	36,735	32,633	3,417	10.5%
45-54	37,482	16.0%	38,285	33,518	3,964	11.8%
55-59	13,129	5.6%	13,148	11,630	1,499	12.9%
60-64	8,101	3.5%	7,988	7,084	1,017	14.4%
65 and older	4,437	1.9%	4,324	3,744	693	18.5%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	143,080		144,837	127,635
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	329	0.2%	379	308	21	6.8%
Mining	388	0.3%	571	456	-68	-14.9%
Utilities	153	0.1%	190	154	-1	-0.6%
Construction	17,613	12.3%	22,751	13,753	3,860	28.1%
Manufacturing	20,789	14.5%	19,586	20,128	661	3.3%
Wholesale Trade	7,142	5.0%	6,758	5,907	1,235	20.9%
Retail Trade	13,611	9.5%	13,544	12,168	1,443	11.9%
Transporation and Warehousing	9,878	6.9%	9,465	8,240	1,638	19.9%
Information	2,959	2.1%	2,888	2,565	394	15.4%
Finance and Insurance	7,869	5.5%	7,998	7,032	837	11.9%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	2,215	1.5%	2,291	1,911	304	15.9%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	8,357	5.8%	8,160	7,305	1,052	14.4%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	859	0.6%	832	376	483	128.5%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	16,396	11.4%	16,593	14,574	1,822	12.5%
Educational Services	3,785	2.6%	3,043	3,840	-55	-1.4%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	9,830	6.9%	9,551	9,682	148	1.5%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	1,509	1.1%	1,490	1,470	39	2.7%
Accomodation and Food Services	9,600	6.7%	9,146	8,545	1,055	12.3%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	3,788	2.6%	3,683	3,618	170	4.7%
Public Administration	2,836	2.0%	2,775	3,015	-179	-5.9%
Information Not Available	3,174	2.2%	3,143	2,588	586	22.6%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Indiana
	Jul 2008	Percent	Jun 2008	Jul 2007	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	73,248		58,635	52,758
Male	40,858	55.8%	31,851	26,810	14,048	52.4%
Female	32,330	44.1%	26,736	25,876	6,454	24.9%
Information Not Available	60	0.1%	48	72	-12	-16.7%

Ethnicity	73,248		58,635	52,758
Hispanic or Latino	3,374	4.6%	2,442	2,150	1,224	56.9%
Not Hispanic or Latino	55,753	76.1%	44,052	41,107	14,646	35.6%
Information Not Available	14,121	19.3%	12,141	9,501	4,620	48.6%

Race	73,248		58,635	52,758
American Indian or Alaskan Native	315	0.4%	277	279	36	12.9%
Asian	560	0.8%	455	347	213	61.4%
Black or African American	10,001	13.7%	8,654	8,953	1,048	11.7%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	67	0.1%	65	44	23	52.3%
White	58,581	80.0%	46,452	40,679	17,902	44.0%
Information Not Available	3,724	5.1%	2,732	2,456	1,268	51.6%

Years of Age	73,248		58,635	52,758
Younger than 22	1,673	1.3%	1,355	1,266	407	32.1%
22-24	3,652	2.9%	2,988	2,829	823	29.1%
25-34	17,000	13.3%	13,752	12,727	4,273	33.6%
35-44	18,626	14.6%	14,586	13,687	4,939	36.1%
45-54	19,459	15.2%	15,496	13,483	5,976	44.3%
55-59	6,701	5.2%	5,333	4,445	2,256	50.8%
60-64	3,836	3.0%	3,144	2,696	1,140	42.3%
65 and older	2,301	1.8%	1,981	1,625	676	41.6%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	73,248		58,635	52,758
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	156	0.2%	177	125	31	24.8%
Mining	89	0.1%	85	98	-9	-9.2%
Utilities	52	0.1%	51	52	0	0.0%
Construction	5,617	7.7%	6,455	4,257	1,360	31.9%
Manufacturing	28,447	38.8%	15,998	14,469	13,978	96.6%
Wholesale Trade	2,283	3.1%	2,075	1,855	428	23.1%
Retail Trade	4,706	6.4%	4,410	4,251	455	10.7%
Transporation and Warehousing	3,235	4.4%	2,949	2,459	776	31.6%
Information	626	0.9%	586	441	185	42.0%
Finance and Insurance	1,564	2.1%	1,504	1,432	132	9.2%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	769	1.0%	788	654	115	17.6%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	2,052	2.8%	1,807	1,406	646	45.9%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	222	0.3%	212	138	84	60.9%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	5,695	7.8%	5,342	4,576	1,119	24.5%
Educational Services	1,663	2.3%	1,396	1,299	364	28.0%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	4,710	6.4%	4,437	4,636	74	1.6%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	561	0.8%	534	509	52	10.2%
Accomodation and Food Services	3,376	4.6%	3,305	3,114	262	8.4%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	1,521	2.1%	1,338	1,169	352	30.1%
Public Administration	566	0.8%	513	394	172	43.7%
Information Not Available	5,338	7.3%	4,673	5,424	-86	-1.6%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Kansas
	Jul 2008	Percent	Jun 2008	Jul 2007	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	19,364		18,750	17,046
Male	9,953	51.4%	10,108	8,517	1,436	16.9%
Female	9,411	48.6%	8,642	8,529	882	10.3%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	19,364		18,750	17,046
Hispanic or Latino	1,390	7.2%	1,417	823	567	68.9%
Not Hispanic or Latino	9,476	48.9%	9,137	9,046	430	4.8%
Information Not Available	8,498	43.9%	8,196	7,177	1,321	18.4%

Race	19,364		18,750	17,046
American Indian or Alaskan Native	281	1.5%	300	241	40	16.6%
Asian	243	1.3%	231	199	44	22.1%
Black or African American	3,160	16.3%	3,065	2,870	290	10.1%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	43	0.2%	35	34	9	26.5%
White	14,037	72.5%	13,551	12,511	1,526	12.2%
Information Not Available	1,600	8.3%	1,568	1,191	409	34.3%

Years of Age	19,364		18,750	17,046
Younger than 22	473	1.5%	439	424	49	11.6%
22-24	1,066	3.3%	998	904	162	17.9%
25-34	4,790	14.8%	4,521	4,145	645	15.6%
35-44	4,457	13.8%	4,461	4,231	226	5.3%
45-54	5,118	15.8%	4,927	4,430	688	15.5%
55-59	1,720	5.3%	1,686	1,463	257	17.6%
60-64	1,105	3.4%	1,116	875	230	26.3%
65 and older	635	2.0%	602	574	61	10.6%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	19,364		18,750	17,046
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	130	0.7%	138	129	1	0.8%
Mining	133	0.7%	142	110	23	20.9%
Utilities	27	0.1%	26	43	-16	-37.2%
Construction	1,929	9.9%	2,363	1,546	383	24.8%
Manufacturing	3,191	16.4%	2,869	2,765	426	15.4%
Wholesale Trade	759	3.9%	834	842	-83	-9.9%
Retail Trade	1,600	8.2%	1,470	1,406	194	13.8%
Transporation and Warehousing	655	3.4%	660	522	133	25.5%
Information	905	4.6%	845	967	-62	-6.4%
Finance and Insurance	735	3.8%	675	583	152	26.1%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	281	1.4%	268	330	-49	-14.8%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	1,027	5.3%	957	854	173	20.3%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	74	0.4%	53	47	27	57.4%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	2,008	10.3%	2,082	1,632	376	23.0%
Educational Services	489	2.5%	427	417	72	17.3%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	1,978	10.1%	1,792	1,763	215	12.2%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	129	0.7%	105	103	26	25.2%
Accomodation and Food Services	965	5.0%	891	794	171	21.5%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	582	3.0%	552	580	2	0.3%
Public Administration	455	2.3%	363	443	12	2.7%
Information Not Available	1,312	6.7%	1,238	1,170	142	12.1%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Kentucky
	Jul 2008	Percent	Jun 2008	Jul 2007	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	36,995		36,066	35,297
Male	21,785	58.9%	21,976	20,632	1,153	5.6%
Female	15,210	41.1%	14,090	14,665	545	3.7%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	36,995		36,066	35,297
Hispanic or Latino	54	0.1%	112	66	-12	-18.2%
Not Hispanic or Latino	36,941	99.9%	35,954	35,231	1,710	4.9%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Race	36,995		36,066	35,297
American Indian or Alaskan Native	253	0.7%	228	173	80	46.2%
Asian	99	0.3%	134	71	28	39.4%
Black or African American	4,600	12.4%	4,610	4,571	29	0.6%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0	0.0%	0	9	-9	-100.0%
White	31,459	85.0%	30,524	30,216	1,243	4.1%
Information Not Available	584	1.6%	570	257	327	127.2%

Years of Age	36,995		36,066	35,297
Younger than 22	818	1.2%	650	917	-99	-10.8%
22-24	1,907	2.9%	1,631	1,756	151	8.6%
25-34	8,752	13.1%	8,167	8,693	59	0.7%
35-44	9,788	14.7%	9,986	9,478	310	3.3%
45-54	9,842	14.7%	9,471	8,791	1,051	12.0%
55-59	3,109	4.7%	3,432	2,784	325	11.7%
60-64	1,717	2.6%	1,685	1,818	-101	-5.6%
65 and older	1,048	1.6%	1,044	1,060	-12	-1.1%
Information Not Available	14	0.0%	0	0	14	0.0%

Industry	36,995		36,066	35,297
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	63	0.2%	49	18	45	250.0%
Mining	524	1.4%	556	780	-256	-32.8%
Utilities	14	0.0%	18	35	-21	-60.0%
Construction	3,556	9.6%	3,772	2,749	807	29.4%
Manufacturing	11,360	30.7%	11,783	10,094	1,266	12.5%
Wholesale Trade	1,568	4.2%	1,187	1,135	433	38.1%
Retail Trade	2,833	7.6%	2,764	2,261	572	25.3%
Transporation and Warehousing	1,582	4.3%	1,402	1,326	256	19.3%
Information	804	2.2%	909	332	472	142.2%
Finance and Insurance	981	2.6%	909	727	254	34.9%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	366	1.0%	255	315	51	16.2%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	1,274	3.4%	1,187	966	308	31.9%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	63	0.2%	90	58	5	8.6%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	3,195	8.6%	2,894	2,474	721	29.1%
Educational Services	1,437	3.9%	1,030	1,006	431	42.8%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	2,345	6.3%	2,388	1,964	381	19.4%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	334	0.9%	399	177	157	88.7%
Accomodation and Food Services	1,518	4.1%	1,304	984	534	54.3%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	696	1.9%	775	567	129	22.8%
Public Administration	438	1.2%	417	536	-98	-18.3%
Information Not Available	2,044	5.5%	1,978	6,793	-4,749	-69.9%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Louisiana
	Jul 2008	Percent	Jun 2008	Jul 2007	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	25,931		22,155	22,589
Male	11,580	44.7%	10,023	9,950	1,630	16.4%
Female	14,351	55.3%	12,132	12,639	1,712	13.5%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	25,931		22,155	22,589
Hispanic or Latino	510	2.0%	404	409	101	24.7%
Not Hispanic or Latino	25,366	97.8%	21,719	22,120	3,246	14.7%
Information Not Available	55	0.2%	32	60	-5	-8.3%

Race	25,931		22,155	22,589
American Indian or Alaskan Native	116	0.4%	95	125	-9	-7.2%
Asian	193	0.7%	129	134	59	44.0%
Black or African American	14,597	56.3%	12,503	12,519	2,078	16.6%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	25	0.1%	20	19	6	31.6%
White	10,981	42.3%	9,392	9,742	1,239	12.7%
Information Not Available	19	0.1%	16	50	-31	-62.0%

Years of Age	25,931		22,155	22,589
Younger than 22	578	1.6%	510	652	-74	-11.3%
22-24	1,564	4.4%	1,336	1,449	115	7.9%
25-34	6,578	18.5%	5,719	5,828	750	12.9%
35-44	6,094	17.1%	5,290	5,532	562	10.2%
45-54	6,637	18.7%	5,658	5,547	1,090	19.7%
55-59	2,216	6.2%	1,846	1,805	411	22.8%
60-64	1,335	3.8%	1,121	1,070	265	24.8%
65 and older	929	2.6%	675	705	224	31.8%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	1	-1	-100.0%

Industry	25,931		22,155	22,589
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	151	0.6%	164	165	-14	-8.5%
Mining	218	0.8%	203	278	-60	-21.6%
Utilities	123	0.5%	120	125	-2	-1.6%
Construction	3,581	13.7%	3,259	2,891	690	23.9%
Manufacturing	2,087	8.0%	1,832	2,027	60	3.0%
Wholesale Trade	532	2.0%	511	409	123	30.1%
Retail Trade	1,841	7.1%	1,648	1,509	332	22.0%
Transporation and Warehousing	886	3.4%	708	686	200	29.2%
Information	374	1.4%	296	385	-11	-2.9%
Finance and Insurance	487	1.9%	458	461	26	5.6%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	327	1.3%	274	240	87	36.3%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	1,361	5.2%	1,114	1,015	346	34.1%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	81	0.3%	69	198	-117	-59.1%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	1,626	6.2%	1,463	1,246	380	30.5%
Educational Services	1,037	4.0%	886	897	140	15.6%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	2,841	10.9%	2,579	2,769	72	2.6%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	361	1.4%	360	362	-1	-0.3%
Accomodation and Food Services	1,515	5.8%	1,315	1,211	304	25.1%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	1,344	5.2%	1,168	1,153	191	16.6%
Public Administration	503	1.9%	431	485	18	3.7%
Information Not Available	4,655	17.8%	3,297	4,077	578	14.2%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Massachusetts
	Jul 2008	Percent	Jun 2008	Jul 2007	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	99,040		82,141	81,746
Male	54,639	55.2%	49,350	44,075	10,564	24.0%
Female	44,401	44.8%	32,791	37,671	6,730	17.9%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	99,040		82,141	81,746
Hispanic or Latino	9,578	9.7%	8,006	7,823	1,755	22.4%
Not Hispanic or Latino	87,345	88.2%	72,303	72,310	15,035	20.8%
Information Not Available	2,117	2.1%	1,832	1,613	504	31.2%

Race	99,040		82,141	81,746
American Indian or Alaskan Native	254	0.3%	212	240	14	5.8%
Asian	2,891	2.9%	2,659	2,122	769	36.2%
Black or African American	8,971	9.1%	7,144	7,460	1,511	20.3%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	78	0.1%	57	43	35	81.4%
White	78,422	79.2%	65,271	64,864	13,558	20.9%
Information Not Available	8,424	8.5%	6,798	7,017	1,407	20.1%

Years of Age	99,040		82,141	81,746
Younger than 22	2,552	1.5%	2,395	2,054	498	24.2%
22-24	4,673	2.7%	4,151	3,696	977	26.4%
25-34	19,932	11.7%	17,154	16,440	3,492	21.2%
35-44	24,248	14.2%	20,310	20,903	3,345	16.0%
45-54	26,207	15.4%	21,633	21,713	4,494	20.7%
55-59	9,792	5.7%	7,878	7,961	1,831	23.0%
60-64	6,999	4.1%	5,439	5,548	1,451	26.2%
65 and older	4,637	2.7%	3,181	3,431	1,206	35.2%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	99,040		82,141	81,746
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	394	0.4%	437	365	29	7.9%
Mining	101	0.1%	107	78	23	29.5%
Utilities	75	0.1%	75	58	17	29.3%
Construction	10,797	10.9%	11,557	8,467	2,330	27.5%
Manufacturing	10,755	10.8%	9,434	8,889	1,866	21.0%
Wholesale Trade	4,802	4.8%	4,370	3,803	999	26.3%
Retail Trade	8,443	8.5%	7,391	7,105	1,338	18.8%
Transporation and Warehousing	7,354	7.4%	2,288	6,505	849	13.1%
Information	2,254	2.3%	1,940	1,792	462	25.8%
Finance and Insurance	4,088	4.1%	3,751	3,141	947	30.1%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	1,348	1.4%	1,258	1,216	132	10.9%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	6,583	6.6%	6,010	5,623	960	17.1%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	256	0.3%	212	167	89	53.3%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	8,762	8.8%	7,646	6,498	2,264	34.8%
Educational Services	1,951	2.0%	1,138	1,629	322	19.8%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	7,765	7.8%	6,402	6,565	1,200	18.3%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	1,099	1.1%	916	805	294	36.5%
Accomodation and Food Services	6,819	6.9%	5,636	5,656	1,163	20.6%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	3,795	3.8%	3,154	3,168	627	19.8%
Public Administration	3,634	3.7%	981	3,215	419	13.0%
Information Not Available	7,965	8.0%	7,438	7,001	964	13.8%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Maryland
	Jul 2008	Percent	Jun 2008	Jul 2007	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	48,059		43,762	36,072
Male	24,855	51.7%	23,774	16,831	8,024	47.7%
Female	23,204	48.3%	19,988	19,241	3,963	20.6%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	48,059		43,762	36,072
Hispanic or Latino	1,863	3.9%	1,802	1,142	721	63.1%
Not Hispanic or Latino	45,233	94.1%	41,075	34,893	10,340	29.6%
Information Not Available	963	2.0%	885	37	926	2502.7%

Race	48,059		43,762	36,072
American Indian or Alaskan Native	127	0.3%	125	101	26	25.7%
Asian	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
Black or African American	21,190	44.1%	19,297	17,272	3,918	22.7%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	72	0.1%	69	93	-21	-22.6%
White	23,844	49.6%	21,584	16,802	7,042	41.9%
Information Not Available	2,826	5.9%	2,687	1,804	1,022	56.7%

Years of Age	48,059		43,762	36,072
Younger than 22	1,275	1.9%	1,127	975	300	30.8%
22-24	2,600	3.8%	2,395	2,021	579	28.6%
25-34	10,692	15.5%	9,764	7,911	2,781	35.2%
35-44	11,401	16.5%	10,416	8,959	2,442	27.3%
45-54	12,284	17.8%	11,363	9,120	3,164	34.7%
55-59	4,329	6.3%	3,867	3,201	1,128	35.2%
60-64	2,991	4.3%	2,731	2,080	911	43.8%
65 and older	2,487	3.6%	2,099	1,798	689	38.3%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	7	-7	-100.0%

Industry	48,059		43,762	36,072
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	77	0.2%	65	50	27	54.0%
Mining	28	0.1%	35	27	1	3.7%
Utilities	42	0.1%	46	35	7	20.0%
Construction	6,446	13.4%	6,662	3,603	2,843	78.9%
Manufacturing	698	1.5%	713	827	-129	-15.6%
Wholesale Trade	1,928	4.0%	1,803	1,308	620	47.4%
Retail Trade	1,705	3.5%	1,585	1,279	426	33.3%
Transporation and Warehousing	2,917	6.1%	1,871	2,459	458	18.6%
Information	874	1.8%	835	700	174	24.9%
Finance and Insurance	2,161	4.5%	2,000	1,336	825	61.8%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	1,123	2.3%	1,089	833	290	34.8%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	3,413	7.1%	3,088	2,800	613	21.9%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	144	0.3%	152	28	116	414.3%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	5,717	11.9%	5,275	4,554	1,163	25.5%
Educational Services	1,613	3.4%	1,050	1,274	339	26.6%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	3,864	8.0%	3,288	3,488	376	10.8%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	543	1.1%	475	490	53	10.8%
Accomodation and Food Services	3,241	6.7%	3,136	2,518	723	28.7%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	1,456	3.0%	1,297	1,162	294	25.3%
Public Administration	687	1.4%	610	598	89	14.9%
Information Not Available	9,382	19.5%	8,687	6,703	2,679	40.0%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Maine
	Jul 2008	Percent	Jun 2008	Jul 2007	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	9,485		8,705	7,213
Male	5,050	53.2%	4,968	3,547	1,503	42.4%
Female	4,434	46.7%	3,737	3,666	768	20.9%
Information Not Available	1	0.0%	0	0	1	0.0%

Ethnicity	9,485		8,705	7,213
Hispanic or Latino	54	0.6%	52	55	-1	-1.8%
Not Hispanic or Latino	7,722	81.4%	7,023	6,094	1,628	26.7%
Information Not Available	1,709	18.0%	1,630	1,064	645	60.6%

Race	9,485		8,705	7,213
American Indian or Alaskan Native	84	0.9%	80	59	25	42.4%
Asian	53	0.6%	60	47	6	12.8%
Black or African American	115	1.2%	112	77	38	49.4%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
White	7,960	83.9%	7,222	6,245	1,715	27.5%
Information Not Available	1,273	13.4%	1,231	785	488	62.2%

Years of Age	9,485		8,705	7,213
Younger than 22	345	2.1%	294	248	97	39.1%
22-24	484	2.9%	517	384	100	26.0%
25-34	1,879	11.2%	1,782	1,390	489	35.2%
35-44	2,195	13.1%	2,021	1,824	371	20.3%
45-54	2,608	15.6%	2,357	2,006	602	30.0%
55-59	1,000	6.0%	890	745	255	34.2%
60-64	680	4.1%	576	427	253	59.3%
65 and older	294	1.8%	268	189	105	55.6%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	9,485		8,705	7,213
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	203	2.1%	359	139	64	46.0%
Mining	3	0.0%	2	1	2	200.0%
Utilities	93	1.0%	67	6	87	1450.0%
Construction	852	8.8%	915	547	305	55.8%
Manufacturing	1,090	11.3%	909	629	461	73.3%
Wholesale Trade	286	3.0%	274	185	101	54.6%
Retail Trade	993	10.2%	923	672	321	47.8%
Transporation and Warehousing	364	3.8%	224	249	115	46.2%
Information	95	1.0%	81	97	-2	-2.1%
Finance and Insurance	166	1.7%	170	125	41	32.8%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	87	0.9%	103	40	47	117.5%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	319	3.3%	281	203	116	57.1%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	14	0.1%	14	8	6	75.0%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	520	5.4%	513	347	173	49.9%
Educational Services	283	2.9%	115	185	98	53.0%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	882	9.1%	683	659	223	33.8%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	141	1.5%	172	81	60	74.1%
Accomodation and Food Services	491	5.1%	519	342	149	43.6%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	271	2.8%	234	205	66	32.2%
Public Administration	131	1.4%	101	70	61	87.1%
Information Not Available	2,201	22.7%	2,046	2,423	-222	-9.2%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Michigan
	Jul 2008	Percent	Jun 2008	Jul 2007	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	154,281		122,023	170,648
Male	87,990	57.0%	72,709	94,784	-6,794	-7.2%
Female	66,238	42.9%	49,267	75,848	-9,610	-12.7%
Information Not Available	53	0.0%	47	16	37	231.3%

Ethnicity	154,281		122,023	170,648
Hispanic or Latino	4,330	2.8%	3,189	5,137	-807	-15.7%
Not Hispanic or Latino	112,195	72.7%	90,386	118,854	-6,659	-5.6%
Information Not Available	37,756	24.5%	28,448	46,657	-8,901	-19.1%

Race	154,281		122,023	170,648
American Indian or Alaskan Native	1,184	0.8%	1,075	1,567	-383	-24.4%
Asian	2,317	1.5%	1,131	2,336	-19	-0.8%
Black or African American	20,089	13.0%	16,611	23,137	-3,048	-13.2%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	116	0.1%	76	92	24	26.1%
White	86,880	56.3%	70,624	90,736	-3,856	-4.2%
Information Not Available	43,695	28.3%	32,506	52,780	-9,085	-17.2%

Years of Age	154,281		122,023	170,648
Younger than 22	4,245	1.8%	3,769	5,386	-1,141	-21.2%
22-24	7,996	3.4%	6,861	9,802	-1,806	-18.4%
25-34	35,365	15.1%	28,582	40,734	-5,369	-13.2%
35-44	39,908	17.1%	31,291	46,032	-6,124	-13.3%
45-54	42,000	18.0%	32,334	44,337	-2,337	-5.3%
55-59	13,794	5.9%	10,460	13,946	-152	-1.1%
60-64	7,467	3.2%	5,771	6,946	521	7.5%
65 and older	3,415	1.5%	2,882	3,455	-40	-1.2%
Information Not Available	91	0.0%	73	10	81	810.0%

Industry	154,281		122,023	170,648
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	557	0.4%	544	602	-45	-7.5%
Mining	120	0.1%	118	193	-73	-37.8%
Utilities	64	0.0%	72	64	0	0.0%
Construction	10,591	6.8%	13,139	10,905	-314	-2.9%
Manufacturing	41,194	26.6%	27,879	54,468	-13,274	-24.4%
Wholesale Trade	4,901	3.2%	4,150	5,608	-707	-12.6%
Retail Trade	9,094	5.9%	9,100	10,285	-1,191	-11.6%
Transporation and Warehousing	6,290	4.1%	3,952	7,487	-1,197	-16.0%
Information	1,433	0.9%	1,388	1,271	162	12.7%
Finance and Insurance	3,822	2.5%	3,517	3,313	509	15.4%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	2,489	1.6%	1,559	3,382	-893	-26.4%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	8,658	5.6%	6,519	11,080	-2,422	-21.9%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	721	0.5%	635	1,669	-948	-56.8%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	18,305	11.8%	13,545	18,282	23	0.1%
Educational Services	3,914	2.5%	1,523	4,689	-775	-16.5%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	8,675	5.6%	7,778	10,302	-1,627	-15.8%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	1,748	1.1%	1,610	1,627	121	7.4%
Accomodation and Food Services	6,066	3.9%	5,577	6,494	-428	-6.6%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	2,806	1.8%	2,606	2,913	-107	-3.7%
Public Administration	1,122	0.7%	940	1,149	-27	-2.3%
Information Not Available	21,711	14.0%	15,872	14,865	6,846	46.1%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Minnesota
	Jul 2008	Percent	Jun 2008	Jul 2007	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	43,744		43,342	41,717
Male	24,396	55.8%	25,406	23,765	631	2.7%
Female	19,347	44.2%	17,936	17,952	1,395	7.8%
Information Not Available	1	0.0%	0	0	1	0.0%

Ethnicity	43,744		43,342	41,717
Hispanic or Latino	1,328	3.0%	1,370	1,258	70	5.6%
Not Hispanic or Latino	37,814	86.4%	37,411	37,167	647	1.7%
Information Not Available	4,602	10.5%	4,561	3,292	1,310	39.8%

Race	43,744		43,342	41,717
American Indian or Alaskan Native	651	1.5%	603	591	60	10.2%
Asian	1,094	2.5%	1,091	923	171	18.5%
Black or African American	3,516	8.0%	3,363	3,622	-106	-2.9%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	106	0.2%	110	206	-100	-48.5%
White	35,313	80.7%	35,163	34,276	1,037	3.0%
Information Not Available	3,064	7.0%	3,012	2,099	965	46.0%

Years of Age	43,744		43,342	41,717
Younger than 22	1,148	1.5%	1,149	1,285	-137	-10.7%
22-24	2,502	3.3%	2,426	2,487	15	0.6%
25-34	10,460	13.6%	10,510	9,373	1,087	11.6%
35-44	10,038	13.1%	9,972	10,361	-323	-3.1%
45-54	11,599	15.1%	11,425	11,382	217	1.9%
55-59	4,249	5.5%	4,099	3,753	496	13.2%
60-64	2,421	3.2%	2,419	2,106	315	15.0%
65 and older	1,098	1.4%	1,093	580	518	89.3%
Information Not Available	229	0.3%	249	390	-161	-41.3%

Industry	43,744		43,342	41,717
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	293	0.7%	355	320	-27	-8.4%
Mining	64	0.1%	70	66	-2	-3.0%
Utilities	159	0.4%	142	282	-123	-43.6%
Construction	5,813	13.2%	7,299	6,283	-470	-7.5%
Manufacturing	6,986	15.9%	6,366	7,220	-234	-3.2%
Wholesale Trade	2,467	5.6%	2,319	2,301	166	7.2%
Retail Trade	3,634	8.3%	3,615	3,035	599	19.7%
Transporation and Warehousing	1,473	3.3%	1,469	2,169	-696	-32.1%
Information	878	2.0%	812	789	89	11.3%
Finance and Insurance	1,584	3.6%	1,469	1,600	-16	-1.0%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	712	1.6%	699	676	36	5.3%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	2,612	5.9%	2,554	2,315	297	12.8%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	761	1.7%	714	615	146	23.7%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	3,318	7.5%	3,290	3,102	216	7.0%
Educational Services	1,697	3.9%	1,354	1,661	36	2.2%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	3,088	7.0%	2,926	3,526	-438	-12.4%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	593	1.3%	555	510	83	16.3%
Accomodation and Food Services	2,595	5.9%	2,471	2,368	227	9.6%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	2,037	4.6%	1,877	1,993	44	2.2%
Public Administration	631	1.4%	569	638	-7	-1.1%
Information Not Available	2,349	5.3%	2,417	248	2,101	847.2%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Missouri
	Jul 2008	Percent	Jun 2008	Jul 2007	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	55,282		51,673	52,293
Male	27,530	49.8%	26,145	24,656	2,874	11.7%
Female	27,750	50.2%	25,522	27,629	121	0.4%
Information Not Available	2	0.0%	6	8	-6	-75.0%

Ethnicity	55,282		51,673	52,293
Hispanic or Latino	371	0.7%	352	548	-177	-32.3%
Not Hispanic or Latino	13,412	24.3%	11,301	16,528	-3,116	-18.9%
Information Not Available	41,499	75.1%	40,020	35,217	6,282	17.8%

Race	55,282		51,673	52,293
American Indian or Alaskan Native	312	0.6%	315	388	-76	-19.6%
Asian	349	0.6%	302	335	14	4.2%
Black or African American	8,631	15.6%	8,176	13,041	-4,410	-33.8%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	434	0.8%	387	418	16	3.8%
White	31,001	56.1%	29,217	35,390	-4,389	-12.4%
Information Not Available	14,555	26.3%	13,276	2,721	11,834	434.9%

Years of Age	55,282		51,673	52,293
Younger than 22	1,170	1.4%	1,047	1,297	-127	-9.8%
22-24	2,526	3.0%	2,420	2,524	2	0.1%
25-34	11,633	14.0%	11,363	11,484	149	1.3%
35-44	13,986	16.8%	13,200	13,426	560	4.2%
45-54	15,331	18.4%	13,856	13,961	1,370	9.8%
55-59	4,956	6.0%	4,559	4,534	422	9.3%
60-64	3,183	3.8%	2,910	2,940	243	8.3%
65 and older	2,458	3.0%	2,289	2,102	356	16.9%
Information Not Available	39	0.0%	29	25	14	56.0%

Industry	55,282		51,673	52,293
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	202	0.4%	174	206	-4	-1.9%
Mining	163	0.3%	186	76	87	114.5%
Utilities	47	0.1%	36	73	-26	-35.6%
Construction	5,745	10.4%	6,558	3,935	1,810	46.0%
Manufacturing	11,381	20.5%	8,688	12,058	-677	-5.6%
Wholesale Trade	2,267	4.1%	2,153	1,748	519	29.7%
Retail Trade	4,999	9.0%	4,794	4,992	7	0.1%
Transporation and Warehousing	3,777	6.8%	3,680	3,811	-34	-0.9%
Information	1,108	2.0%	1,084	948	160	16.9%
Finance and Insurance	2,051	3.7%	1,900	1,673	378	22.6%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	1,040	1.9%	1,011	937	103	11.0%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	2,143	3.9%	2,057	1,830	313	17.1%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	278	0.5%	284	101	177	175.2%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	4,698	8.5%	4,513	4,268	430	10.1%
Educational Services	1,446	2.6%	1,237	1,366	80	5.9%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	4,671	8.4%	4,538	4,641	30	0.6%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	834	1.5%	576	686	148	21.6%
Accomodation and Food Services	4,655	8.4%	4,685	4,915	-260	-5.3%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	1,659	3.0%	1,637	1,733	-74	-4.3%
Public Administration	408	0.7%	407	453	-45	-9.9%
Information Not Available	1,710	3.1%	1,475	1,843	-133	-7.2%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Mississippi
	Jul 2008	Percent	Jun 2008	Jul 2007	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	27,442		24,354	24,249
Male	11,501	41.9%	10,256	9,483	2,018	21.3%
Female	15,939	58.1%	14,096	14,766	1,173	7.9%
Information Not Available	2	0.0%	2	0	2	0.0%

Ethnicity	27,442		24,354	24,249
Hispanic or Latino	316	1.2%	292	271	45	16.6%
Not Hispanic or Latino	26,112	95.2%	23,189	23,284	2,828	12.1%
Information Not Available	1,014	3.7%	873	694	320	46.1%

Race	27,442		24,354	24,249
American Indian or Alaskan Native	36	0.1%	27	28	8	28.6%
Asian	122	0.4%	105	50	72	144.0%
Black or African American	17,056	62.2%	15,150	16,045	1,011	6.3%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	3	0.0%	4	5	-2	-40.0%
White	9,372	34.2%	8,373	7,502	1,870	24.9%
Information Not Available	853	3.1%	695	619	234	37.8%

Years of Age	27,442		24,354	24,249
Younger than 22	685	1.9%	606	658	27	4.1%
22-24	1,545	4.4%	1,337	1,403	142	10.1%
25-34	6,784	19.2%	5,890	5,928	856	14.4%
35-44	6,679	18.9%	5,958	6,171	508	8.2%
45-54	6,859	19.4%	6,065	5,971	888	14.9%
55-59	2,317	6.5%	2,077	2,006	311	15.5%
60-64	1,424	4.0%	1,314	1,151	273	23.7%
65 and older	1,149	3.2%	1,107	961	188	19.6%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	27,442		24,354	24,249
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	297	1.1%	266	308	-11	-3.6%
Mining	79	0.3%	74	64	15	23.4%
Utilities	27	0.1%	23	25	2	8.0%
Construction	1,421	5.1%	1,302	1,191	230	19.3%
Manufacturing	7,008	25.3%	5,503	6,387	621	9.7%
Wholesale Trade	685	2.5%	706	554	131	23.6%
Retail Trade	2,268	8.2%	2,115	2,034	234	11.5%
Transporation and Warehousing	948	3.4%	894	778	170	21.9%
Information	183	0.7%	145	143	40	28.0%
Finance and Insurance	341	1.2%	296	287	54	18.8%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	221	0.8%	198	177	44	24.9%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	619	2.2%	569	587	32	5.5%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	33	0.1%	35	173	-140	-80.9%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	1,815	6.5%	1,494	1,621	194	12.0%
Educational Services	556	2.0%	536	514	42	8.2%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	5,468	19.7%	5,176	5,222	246	4.7%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	182	0.7%	156	98	84	85.7%
Accomodation and Food Services	1,917	6.9%	1,868	1,759	158	9.0%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	360	1.3%	326	331	29	8.8%
Public Administration	426	1.5%	387	319	107	33.5%
Information Not Available	2,588	9.3%	2,285	1,677	911	54.3%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Montana
	Jul 2008	Percent	Jun 2008	Jul 2007	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	4,082		4,437	3,363
Male	2,220	54.4%	2,612	1,541	679	44.1%
Female	1,847	45.2%	1,811	1,808	39	2.2%
Information Not Available	15	0.4%	14	14	1	7.1%

Ethnicity	4,082		4,437	3,363
Hispanic or Latino	118	2.9%	150	85	33	38.8%
Not Hispanic or Latino	3,716	91.0%	4,010	3,048	668	21.9%
Information Not Available	248	6.1%	277	230	18	7.8%

Race	4,082		4,437	3,363
American Indian or Alaskan Native	511	12.5%	501	495	16	3.2%
Asian	18	0.4%	13	13	5	38.5%
Black or African American	16	0.4%	24	17	-1	-5.9%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	8	0.2%	9	6	2	33.3%
White	3,491	85.5%	3,847	2,808	683	24.3%
Information Not Available	38	0.9%	43	24	14	58.3%

Years of Age	4,082		4,437	3,363
Younger than 22	99	1.4%	117	84	15	17.9%
22-24	213	2.9%	231	160	53	33.1%
25-34	897	12.3%	1,018	660	237	35.9%
35-44	934	12.8%	985	753	181	24.0%
45-54	1,098	15.0%	1,199	973	125	12.8%
55-59	423	5.8%	443	364	59	16.2%
60-64	252	3.4%	278	224	28	12.5%
65 and older	166	2.3%	166	145	21	14.5%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	4,082		4,437	3,363
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	63	1.5%	130	29	34	117.2%
Mining	69	1.7%	104	61	8	13.1%
Utilities	27	0.7%	15	30	-3	-10.0%
Construction	719	17.3%	981	500	219	43.8%
Manufacturing	346	8.3%	319	225	121	53.8%
Wholesale Trade	100	2.4%	112	68	32	47.1%
Retail Trade	378	9.1%	365	283	95	33.6%
Transporation and Warehousing	192	4.6%	187	163	29	17.8%
Information	75	1.8%	62	66	9	13.6%
Finance and Insurance	108	2.6%	99	59	49	83.1%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	52	1.3%	63	36	16	44.4%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	154	3.7%	165	120	34	28.3%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	2	0.0%	6	5	-3	-60.0%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	258	6.2%	268	201	57	28.4%
Educational Services	202	4.9%	166	165	37	22.4%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	407	9.8%	390	501	-94	-18.8%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	104	2.5%	124	73	31	42.5%
Accomodation and Food Services	415	10.0%	476	356	59	16.6%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	116	2.8%	118	83	33	39.8%
Public Administration	201	4.8%	190	234	-33	-14.1%
Information Not Available	94	2.3%	97	105	-11	-10.5%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants North Carolina
	Jul 2008	Percent	Jun 2008	Jul 2007	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	98,446		88,520	75,994
Male	53,269	54.1%	47,519	38,709	14,560	37.6%
Female	45,173	45.9%	40,997	37,283	7,890	21.2%
Information Not Available	4	0.0%	4	2	2	100.0%

Ethnicity	98,446		88,520	75,994
Hispanic or Latino	4,499	4.6%	3,559	2,428	2,071	85.3%
Not Hispanic or Latino	91,018	92.5%	82,636	72,109	18,909	26.2%
Information Not Available	2,929	3.0%	2,325	1,457	1,472	101.0%

Race	98,446		88,520	75,994
American Indian or Alaskan Native	1,239	1.3%	1,170	1,076	163	15.1%
Asian	856	0.9%	765	885	-29	-3.3%
Black or African American	35,984	36.6%	33,522	29,569	6,415	21.7%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	122	0.1%	91	50	72	144.0%
White	53,992	54.8%	47,868	40,495	13,497	33.3%
Information Not Available	6,253	6.4%	5,104	3,919	2,334	59.6%

Years of Age	98,446		88,520	75,994
Younger than 22	3,109	2.1%	2,885	2,323	786	33.8%
22-24	5,442	3.7%	5,037	4,251	1,191	28.0%
25-34	23,240	15.8%	21,167	17,952	5,288	29.5%
35-44	25,675	17.5%	22,891	20,268	5,407	26.7%
45-54	23,905	16.3%	21,465	18,661	5,244	28.1%
55-59	8,526	5.8%	7,480	6,334	2,192	34.6%
60-64	5,449	3.7%	4,826	3,958	1,491	37.7%
65 and older	3,100	2.1%	2,769	2,247	853	38.0%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	98,446		88,520	75,994
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	402	0.4%	390	294	108	36.7%
Mining	77	0.1%	72	28	49	175.0%
Utilities	77	0.1%	86	85	-8	-9.4%
Construction	10,665	10.8%	10,035	5,613	5,052	90.0%
Manufacturing	24,094	24.4%	18,854	21,282	2,812	13.2%
Wholesale Trade	3,846	3.9%	3,704	2,455	1,391	56.7%
Retail Trade	7,734	7.8%	7,523	5,345	2,389	44.7%
Transporation and Warehousing	2,559	2.6%	2,128	1,547	1,012	65.4%
Information	1,232	1.2%	1,171	953	279	29.3%
Finance and Insurance	2,226	2.3%	2,151	1,939	287	14.8%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	1,096	1.1%	1,115	761	335	44.0%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	4,242	4.3%	3,963	2,932	1,310	44.7%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	326	0.3%	338	182	144	79.1%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	10,047	10.2%	9,635	7,400	2,647	35.8%
Educational Services	1,849	1.9%	1,194	1,518	331	21.8%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	6,927	7.0%	6,638	5,101	1,826	35.8%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	570	0.6%	564	452	118	26.1%
Accomodation and Food Services	4,831	4.9%	4,762	3,530	1,301	36.9%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	1,604	1.6%	1,533	1,177	427	36.3%
Public Administration	773	0.8%	697	652	121	18.6%
Information Not Available	13,269	13.4%	11,967	12,748	521	4.1%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants North Dakota
	Jul 2008	Percent	Jun 2008	Jul 2007	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	3,058		2,297	2,307
Male	1,683	55.0%	1,244	1,156	527	45.6%
Female	1,373	44.9%	1,051	1,146	227	19.8%
Information Not Available	2	0.1%	2	5	-3	-60.0%

Ethnicity	3,058		2,297	2,307
Hispanic or Latino	75	2.5%	59	57	18	31.6%
Not Hispanic or Latino	2,924	95.6%	2,195	2,212	712	32.2%
Information Not Available	59	1.9%	43	38	21	55.3%

Race	3,058		2,297	2,307
American Indian or Alaskan Native	413	13.5%	350	470	-57	-12.1%
Asian	7	0.2%	9	5	2	40.0%
Black or African American	32	1.0%	27	26	6	23.1%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	3	0.1%	5	2	1	50.0%
White	2,469	80.7%	1,804	1,709	760	44.5%
Information Not Available	134	4.4%	102	95	39	41.1%

Years of Age	3,058		2,297	2,307
Younger than 22	33	0.6%	23	26	7	26.9%
22-24	93	1.7%	84	97	-4	-4.1%
25-34	591	11.1%	455	457	134	29.3%
35-44	705	13.2%	495	513	192	37.4%
45-54	899	16.8%	666	667	232	34.8%
55-59	385	7.2%	266	264	121	45.8%
60-64	189	3.5%	158	157	32	20.4%
65 and older	158	3.0%	146	120	38	31.7%
Information Not Available	5	0.1%	4	6	-1	-16.7%

Industry	3,058		2,297	2,307
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	112	3.5%	82	101	11	10.9%
Mining	12	0.4%	31	26	-14	-53.8%
Utilities	4	0.1%	4	7	-3	-42.9%
Construction	321	10.1%	375	312	9	2.9%
Manufacturing	904	28.5%	224	360	544	151.1%
Wholesale Trade	81	2.6%	79	72	9	12.5%
Retail Trade	161	5.1%	169	126	35	27.8%
Transporation and Warehousing	133	4.2%	136	102	31	30.4%
Information	48	1.5%	41	72	-24	-33.3%
Finance and Insurance	59	1.9%	62	36	23	63.9%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	16	0.5%	15	14	2	14.3%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	74	2.3%	65	70	4	5.7%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	19	0.6%	15	11	8	72.7%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	98	3.1%	95	80	18	22.5%
Educational Services	8	0.3%	3	12	-4	-33.3%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	158	5.0%	127	117	41	35.0%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	8	0.3%	6	7	1	14.3%
Accomodation and Food Services	102	3.2%	101	94	8	8.5%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	61	1.9%	54	65	-4	-6.2%
Public Administration	342	10.8%	300	411	-69	-16.8%
Information Not Available	337	10.6%	313	212	125	59.0%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Nebraska
	Jul 2008	Percent	Jun 2008	Jul 2007	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	11,880		8,927	8,599
Male	5,389	45.4%	4,124	3,821	1,568	41.0%
Female	6,105	51.4%	4,454	4,467	1,638	36.7%
Information Not Available	386	3.2%	349	311	75	24.1%

Ethnicity	11,880		8,927	8,599
Hispanic or Latino	388	3.3%	271	240	148	61.7%
Not Hispanic or Latino	9,326	78.5%	6,993	6,612	2,714	41.0%
Information Not Available	2,166	18.2%	1,663	1,747	419	24.0%

Race	11,880		8,927	8,599
American Indian or Alaskan Native	120	1.0%	89	88	32	36.4%
Asian	101	0.9%	76	77	24	31.2%
Black or African American	892	7.5%	621	623	269	43.2%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	15	0.1%	12	14	1	7.1%
White	5,220	43.9%	3,864	3,703	1,517	41.0%
Information Not Available	5,532	46.6%	4,265	4,094	1,438	35.1%

Years of Age	11,880		8,927	8,599
Younger than 22	235	1.4%	182	192	43	22.4%
22-24	577	3.5%	454	496	81	16.3%
25-34	2,640	16.1%	2,061	1,940	700	36.1%
35-44	2,760	16.8%	2,099	2,076	684	32.9%
45-54	3,255	19.9%	2,394	2,247	1,008	44.9%
55-59	1,133	6.9%	825	776	357	46.0%
60-64	714	4.4%	510	516	198	38.4%
65 and older	566	3.5%	402	356	210	59.0%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	11,880		8,927	8,599
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	69	0.6%	49	57	12	21.1%
Mining	12	0.1%	12	7	5	71.4%
Utilities	18	0.2%	13	7	11	157.1%
Construction	865	7.2%	760	602	263	43.7%
Manufacturing	2,219	18.6%	1,462	1,504	715	47.5%
Wholesale Trade	369	3.1%	293	278	91	32.7%
Retail Trade	1,245	10.4%	906	885	360	40.7%
Transporation and Warehousing	603	5.0%	527	472	131	27.8%
Information	272	2.3%	200	197	75	38.1%
Finance and Insurance	499	4.2%	387	346	153	44.2%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	151	1.3%	100	106	45	42.5%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	535	4.5%	439	409	126	30.8%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	50	0.4%	43	36	14	38.9%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	1,048	8.8%	738	762	286	37.5%
Educational Services	281	2.4%	203	199	82	41.2%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	1,201	10.1%	891	923	278	30.1%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	140	1.2%	102	117	23	19.7%
Accomodation and Food Services	987	8.3%	788	728	259	35.6%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	297	2.5%	227	235	62	26.4%
Public Administration	264	2.2%	176	229	35	15.3%
Information Not Available	755	6.3%	611	500	255	51.0%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants New Hampshire
	Jul 2008	Percent	Jun 2008	Jul 2007	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	8,977		7,487	6,584
Male	4,466	49.7%	4,119	3,049	1,417	46.5%
Female	4,511	50.3%	3,368	3,535	976	27.6%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	8,977		7,487	6,584
Hispanic or Latino	273	3.0%	242	227	46	20.3%
Not Hispanic or Latino	6,651	74.1%	5,497	4,876	1,775	36.4%
Information Not Available	2,053	22.9%	1,748	1,481	572	38.6%

Race	8,977		7,487	6,584
American Indian or Alaskan Native	43	0.5%	25	25	18	72.0%
Asian	158	1.8%	114	104	54	51.9%
Black or African American	140	1.6%	142	127	13	10.2%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	9	0.1%	4	5	4	80.0%
White	8,105	90.3%	6,778	5,935	2,170	36.6%
Information Not Available	522	5.8%	424	388	134	34.5%

Years of Age	8,977		7,487	6,584
Younger than 22	164	1.0%	143	106	58	54.7%
22-24	318	1.9%	325	233	85	36.5%
25-34	1,509	9.2%	1,297	1,099	410	37.3%
35-44	2,125	13.0%	1,691	1,634	491	30.0%
45-54	2,705	16.5%	2,254	1,954	751	38.4%
55-59	1,050	6.4%	903	735	315	42.9%
60-64	712	4.3%	567	502	210	41.8%
65 and older	394	2.4%	307	321	73	22.7%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	8,977		7,487	6,584
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	34	0.4%	33	20	14	70.0%
Mining	18	0.2%	7	3	15	500.0%
Utilities	4	0.0%	6	7	-3	-42.9%
Construction	658	7.3%	770	389	269	69.2%
Manufacturing	1,473	16.3%	1,156	1,056	417	39.5%
Wholesale Trade	435	4.8%	388	269	166	61.7%
Retail Trade	994	11.0%	984	633	361	57.0%
Transporation and Warehousing	913	10.1%	130	832	81	9.7%
Information	148	1.6%	137	83	65	78.3%
Finance and Insurance	252	2.8%	265	208	44	21.2%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	98	1.1%	115	89	9	10.1%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	409	4.5%	424	275	134	48.7%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	19	0.2%	18	9	10	111.1%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	833	9.2%	765	569	264	46.4%
Educational Services	329	3.7%	146	267	62	23.2%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	624	6.9%	489	540	84	15.6%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	57	0.6%	79	44	13	29.5%
Accomodation and Food Services	493	5.5%	476	359	134	37.3%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	259	2.9%	247	210	49	23.3%
Public Administration	136	1.5%	118	78	58	74.4%
Information Not Available	791	8.8%	734	644	147	22.8%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants New Jersey
	Jul 2008	Percent	Jun 2008	Jul 2007	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	132,837		109,707	119,023
Male	63,897	48.1%	59,900	55,068	8,829	16.0%
Female	68,940	51.9%	49,807	63,955	4,985	7.8%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	132,837		109,707	119,023
Hispanic or Latino	24,825	18.7%	20,964	22,451	2,374	10.6%
Not Hispanic or Latino	96,937	73.0%	79,661	86,978	9,959	11.5%
Information Not Available	11,075	8.3%	9,082	9,594	1,481	15.4%

Race	132,837		109,707	119,023
American Indian or Alaskan Native	425	0.3%	352	409	16	3.9%
Asian	4,248	3.2%	3,757	3,460	788	22.8%
Black or African American	28,937	21.8%	24,397	26,900	2,037	7.6%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	802	0.6%	725	705	97	13.8%
White	79,497	59.8%	63,921	68,610	10,887	15.9%
Information Not Available	18,928	14.2%	16,555	18,939	-11	-0.1%

Years of Age	132,837		109,707	119,023
Younger than 22	17,008	8.2%	15,627	12,809	4,199	32.8%
22-24	9,070	4.4%	8,117	8,128	942	11.6%
25-34	27,417	13.2%	24,096	25,115	2,302	9.2%
35-44	32,963	15.9%	27,238	29,745	3,218	10.8%
45-54	27,144	13.1%	21,759	24,314	2,830	11.6%
55-59	9,113	4.4%	7,023	8,558	555	6.5%
60-64	5,157	2.5%	3,409	5,070	87	1.7%
65 and older	4,965	2.4%	2,438	5,284	-319	-6.0%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	132,837		109,707	119,023
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	125	0.1%	158	93	32	34.4%
Mining	41	0.0%	48	37	4	10.8%
Utilities	122	0.1%	115	117	5	4.3%
Construction	10,750	8.1%	11,628	8,821	1,929	21.9%
Manufacturing	10,561	7.9%	10,062	9,304	1,257	13.5%
Wholesale Trade	6,474	4.9%	6,217	5,892	582	9.9%
Retail Trade	13,898	10.5%	13,415	12,143	1,755	14.5%
Transporation and Warehousing	11,160	8.4%	5,075	10,128	1,032	10.2%
Information	2,748	2.1%	2,654	2,494	254	10.2%
Finance and Insurance	5,483	4.1%	5,080	4,881	602	12.3%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	1,985	1.5%	1,944	1,835	150	8.2%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	7,516	5.7%	7,078	6,066	1,450	23.9%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	461	0.3%	447	561	-100	-17.8%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	12,255	9.2%	11,800	11,707	548	4.7%
Educational Services	5,576	4.2%	1,889	6,233	-657	-10.5%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	11,085	8.3%	9,001	10,262	823	8.0%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	1,229	0.9%	1,112	1,190	39	3.3%
Accomodation and Food Services	12,655	9.5%	7,768	12,321	334	2.7%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	3,020	2.3%	2,757	2,857	163	5.7%
Public Administration	4,436	3.3%	1,314	4,264	172	4.0%
Information Not Available	11,257	8.5%	10,145	7,817	3,440	44.0%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants New Mexico
	Jul 2008	Percent	Jun 2008	Jul 2007	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	12,847		12,574	11,159
Male	6,610	51.5%	6,586	5,450	1,160	21.3%
Female	6,237	48.5%	5,988	5,709	528	9.2%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	12,847		12,574	11,159
Hispanic or Latino	6,758	52.6%	6,824	6,097	661	10.8%
Not Hispanic or Latino	5,493	42.8%	5,173	4,663	830	17.8%
Information Not Available	596	4.6%	577	399	197	49.4%

Race	12,847		12,574	11,159
American Indian or Alaskan Native	1,447	11.3%	1,370	1,215	232	19.1%
Asian	138	1.1%	135	127	11	8.7%
Black or African American	355	2.8%	343	336	19	5.7%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	28	0.2%	29	22	6	27.3%
White	6,397	49.8%	6,261	5,396	1,001	18.6%
Information Not Available	4,482	34.9%	4,436	4,063	419	10.3%

Years of Age	12,847		12,574	11,159
Younger than 22	398	2.1%	289	346	52	15.0%
22-24	719	3.9%	641	625	94	15.0%
25-34	2,711	14.5%	2,615	2,355	356	15.1%
35-44	3,238	17.3%	3,195	2,811	427	15.2%
45-54	3,070	16.4%	3,193	2,667	403	15.1%
55-59	1,015	5.4%	1,069	882	133	15.1%
60-64	578	3.1%	654	502	76	15.1%
65 and older	450	2.4%	490	391	59	15.1%
Information Not Available	668	3.6%	428	580	88	15.2%

Industry	12,847		12,574	11,159
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	203	1.6%	320	230	-27	-11.7%
Mining	139	1.1%	134	144	-5	-3.5%
Utilities	67	0.5%	52	23	44	191.3%
Construction	2,235	17.1%	2,241	1,780	455	25.6%
Manufacturing	778	6.0%	928	877	-99	-11.3%
Wholesale Trade	344	2.6%	323	281	63	22.4%
Retail Trade	1,173	9.0%	1,125	825	348	42.2%
Transporation and Warehousing	1,008	7.7%	974	828	180	21.7%
Information	422	3.2%	374	402	20	5.0%
Finance and Insurance	294	2.3%	271	248	46	18.5%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	225	1.7%	227	153	72	47.1%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	971	7.4%	949	575	396	68.9%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	23	0.2%	18	32	-9	-28.1%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	927	7.1%	872	1,007	-80	-7.9%
Educational Services	467	3.6%	382	413	54	13.1%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	1,467	11.2%	1,367	1,412	55	3.9%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	273	2.1%	282	261	12	4.6%
Accomodation and Food Services	876	6.7%	881	789	87	11.0%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	345	2.6%	282	310	35	11.3%
Public Administration	577	4.4%	541	522	55	10.5%
Information Not Available	33	0.3%	31	47	-14	-29.8%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Nevada
	Jul 2008	Percent	Jun 2008	Jul 2007	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	37,153		34,709	24,413
Male	21,621	58.2%	20,310	13,632	7,989	58.6%
Female	15,531	41.8%	14,399	10,773	4,758	44.2%
Information Not Available	1	0.0%	0	8	-7	-87.5%

Ethnicity	37,153		34,709	24,413
Hispanic or Latino	6,489	17.5%	6,269	3,661	2,828	77.2%
Not Hispanic or Latino	24,376	65.6%	22,593	16,247	8,129	50.0%
Information Not Available	6,288	16.9%	5,847	4,505	1,783	39.6%

Race	37,153		34,709	24,413
American Indian or Alaskan Native	694	1.9%	659	492	202	41.1%
Asian	1,697	4.6%	1,590	1,031	666	64.6%
Black or African American	4,406	11.9%	4,096	3,262	1,144	35.1%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	676	1.8%	604	407	269	66.1%
White	23,834	64.2%	22,217	15,728	8,106	51.5%
Information Not Available	5,846	15.7%	5,543	3,493	2,353	67.4%

Years of Age	37,153		34,709	24,413
Younger than 22	1,018	1.7%	923	621	397	63.9%
22-24	1,943	3.3%	1,876	1,156	787	68.1%
25-34	7,903	13.5%	7,467	4,952	2,951	59.6%
35-44	8,699	14.9%	8,076	5,815	2,884	49.6%
45-54	9,396	16.1%	8,754	6,375	3,021	47.4%
55-59	3,536	6.0%	3,314	2,310	1,226	53.1%
60-64	2,511	4.3%	2,331	1,686	825	48.9%
65 and older	2,083	3.6%	1,925	1,448	635	43.9%
Information Not Available	64	0.1%	43	50	14	28.0%

Industry	37,153		34,709	24,413
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	30	0.1%	25	16	14	87.5%
Mining	160	0.4%	160	89	71	79.8%
Utilities	35	0.1%	45	32	3	9.4%
Construction	7,719	20.8%	7,866	4,776	2,943	61.6%
Manufacturing	1,610	4.3%	1,553	1,032	578	56.0%
Wholesale Trade	1,003	2.7%	980	534	469	87.8%
Retail Trade	3,179	8.5%	3,039	1,919	1,260	65.7%
Transporation and Warehousing	1,143	3.1%	1,178	636	507	79.7%
Information	481	1.3%	382	326	155	47.5%
Finance and Insurance	1,034	2.8%	992	860	174	20.2%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	1,039	2.8%	976	654	385	58.9%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	1,855	5.0%	1,692	1,324	531	40.1%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	359	1.0%	333	97	262	270.1%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	5,385	14.5%	4,439	3,825	1,560	40.8%
Educational Services	604	1.6%	531	411	193	47.0%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	1,680	4.5%	1,514	1,324	356	26.9%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	845	2.3%	825	552	293	53.1%
Accomodation and Food Services	5,884	15.8%	5,090	3,518	2,366	67.3%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	651	1.8%	677	412	239	58.0%
Public Administration	605	1.6%	587	518	87	16.8%
Information Not Available	1,852	5.0%	1,825	1,558	294	18.9%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants New York
	Jul 2008	Percent	Jun 2008	Jul 2007	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	201,044		170,229	172,621
Male	101,190	50.3%	92,674	85,468	15,722	18.4%
Female	99,854	49.7%	77,555	87,153	12,701	14.6%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	201,044		170,229	172,621
Hispanic or Latino	31,776	15.8%	26,183	26,940	4,836	18.0%
Not Hispanic or Latino	135,666	67.5%	115,098	117,960	17,706	15.0%
Information Not Available	33,602	16.7%	28,948	27,721	5,881	21.2%

Race	201,044		170,229	172,621
American Indian or Alaskan Native	1,149	0.6%	1,078	1,037	112	10.8%
Asian	6,092	3.0%	5,638	4,577	1,515	33.1%
Black or African American	32,922	16.4%	27,808	28,067	4,855	17.3%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	414	0.2%	366	337	77	22.8%
White	105,792	52.6%	89,372	92,498	13,294	14.4%
Information Not Available	54,675	27.2%	45,967	46,105	8,570	18.6%

Years of Age	201,044		170,229	172,621
Younger than 22	6,685	2.3%	6,250	5,521	1,164	21.1%
22-24	12,562	4.3%	11,514	10,127	2,435	24.0%
25-34	47,213	16.0%	42,424	39,576	7,637	19.3%
35-44	48,715	16.5%	41,872	42,993	5,722	13.3%
45-54	47,158	16.0%	39,362	40,783	6,375	15.6%
55-59	17,258	5.9%	13,743	15,126	2,132	14.1%
60-64	11,932	4.0%	8,934	10,159	1,773	17.5%
65 and older	9,521	3.2%	6,130	8,336	1,185	14.2%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	201,044		170,229	172,621
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	483	0.2%	415	340	143	42.1%
Mining	190	0.1%	157	116	74	63.8%
Utilities	213	0.1%	214	132	81	61.4%
Construction	17,424	8.6%	19,833	15,039	2,385	15.9%
Manufacturing	16,833	8.4%	16,489	14,491	2,342	16.2%
Wholesale Trade	9,291	4.6%	8,748	7,206	2,085	28.9%
Retail Trade	16,770	8.3%	15,915	14,450	2,320	16.1%
Transporation and Warehousing	18,563	9.2%	5,439	17,014	1,549	9.1%
Information	6,790	3.4%	6,311	5,376	1,414	26.3%
Finance and Insurance	13,326	6.6%	12,754	9,620	3,706	38.5%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	4,144	2.1%	3,867	3,532	612	17.3%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	14,405	7.1%	13,041	11,743	2,662	22.7%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	890	0.4%	763	711	179	25.2%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	19,158	9.5%	18,103	15,030	4,128	27.5%
Educational Services	10,296	5.1%	4,432	8,817	1,479	16.8%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	19,061	9.5%	14,941	16,936	2,125	12.5%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	4,763	2.4%	4,365	4,569	194	4.2%
Accomodation and Food Services	15,249	7.6%	12,562	13,811	1,438	10.4%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	5,450	2.7%	4,646	4,756	694	14.6%
Public Administration	5,234	2.6%	3,946	5,048	186	3.7%
Information Not Available	2,511	1.2%	3,288	3,884	-1,373	-35.4%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Ohio
	Jul 2008	Percent	Jun 2008	Jul 2007	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	113,865		102,042	94,913
Male	63,766	56.0%	58,833	51,281	12,485	24.3%
Female	49,629	43.6%	42,751	43,274	6,355	14.7%
Information Not Available	470	0.4%	458	358	112	31.3%

Ethnicity	113,865		102,042	94,913
Hispanic or Latino	3,290	2.9%	2,810	2,927	363	12.4%
Not Hispanic or Latino	105,969	93.1%	95,078	88,131	17,838	20.2%
Information Not Available	4,606	4.0%	4,154	3,855	751	19.5%

Race	113,865		102,042	94,913
American Indian or Alaskan Native	508	0.4%	493	442	66	14.9%
Asian	623	0.5%	563	469	154	32.8%
Black or African American	19,781	17.4%	17,854	17,676	2,105	11.9%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	101	0.1%	87	72	29	40.3%
White	88,205	77.5%	79,004	72,338	15,867	21.9%
Information Not Available	4,647	4.1%	4,041	3,916	731	18.7%

Years of Age	113,865		102,042	94,913
Younger than 22	2,922	1.5%	2,752	2,373	549	23.1%
22-24	5,274	2.7%	4,953	4,437	837	18.9%
25-34	24,166	12.3%	22,843	21,415	2,751	12.8%
35-44	29,339	15.0%	26,143	25,170	4,169	16.6%
45-54	32,143	16.4%	28,140	26,967	5,176	19.2%
55-59	11,210	5.7%	9,471	9,040	2,170	24.0%
60-64	6,200	3.2%	5,250	4,411	1,789	40.6%
65 and older	2,611	1.3%	2,490	1,100	1,511	137.4%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	113,865		102,042	94,913
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	200	0.2%	188	162	38	23.5%
Mining	225	0.2%	259	182	43	23.6%
Utilities	153	0.1%	177	106	47	44.3%
Construction	12,690	11.1%	14,835	9,887	2,803	28.4%
Manufacturing	33,828	29.7%	24,999	28,561	5,267	18.4%
Wholesale Trade	4,756	4.2%	4,199	4,159	597	14.4%
Retail Trade	5,422	4.8%	5,405	4,822	600	12.4%
Transporation and Warehousing	5,628	4.9%	5,054	4,402	1,226	27.9%
Information	1,521	1.3%	1,384	1,201	320	26.6%
Finance and Insurance	3,965	3.5%	3,562	2,994	971	32.4%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	1,551	1.4%	1,518	1,391	160	11.5%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	5,524	4.8%	5,080	4,238	1,286	30.3%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	371	0.3%	405	223	148	66.4%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	12,501	11.0%	11,788	9,501	3,000	31.6%
Educational Services	2,712	2.4%	2,000	2,957	-245	-8.3%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	8,969	7.9%	8,257	8,590	379	4.4%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	976	0.9%	976	863	113	13.1%
Accomodation and Food Services	4,718	4.1%	4,474	4,042	676	16.7%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	2,895	2.5%	2,701	2,370	525	22.2%
Public Administration	970	0.9%	857	817	153	18.7%
Information Not Available	4,290	3.8%	3,924	3,445	845	24.5%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Oklahoma
	Jul 2008	Percent	Jun 2008	Jul 2007	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	19,307		15,917	15,411
Male	9,217	47.7%	7,890	7,467	1,750	23.4%
Female	10,039	52.0%	7,991	7,892	2,147	27.2%
Information Not Available	51	0.3%	36	52	-1	-1.9%

Ethnicity	19,307		15,917	15,411
Hispanic or Latino	1,398	7.2%	1,077	1,333	65	4.9%
Not Hispanic or Latino	17,909	92.8%	14,840	14,078	3,831	27.2%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Race	19,307		15,917	15,411
American Indian or Alaskan Native	1,845	9.6%	1,527	1,431	414	28.9%
Asian	143	0.7%	103	121	22	18.2%
Black or African American	3,104	16.1%	2,396	2,410	694	28.8%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	15	0.1%	10	10	5	50.0%
White	12,129	62.8%	10,211	9,371	2,758	29.4%
Information Not Available	2,071	10.7%	1,670	2,068	3	0.1%

Years of Age	19,307		15,917	15,411
Younger than 22	414	1.4%	338	367	47	12.8%
22-24	901	3.0%	777	832	69	8.3%
25-34	4,365	14.4%	3,662	3,701	664	17.9%
35-44	4,670	15.4%	3,900	3,929	741	18.9%
45-54	5,258	17.3%	4,210	4,005	1,253	31.3%
55-59	1,788	5.9%	1,473	1,283	505	39.4%
60-64	1,123	3.7%	937	790	333	42.2%
65 and older	788	2.6%	620	504	284	56.3%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	19,307		15,917	15,411
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	52	0.3%	45	29	23	79.3%
Mining	422	2.2%	373	443	-21	-4.7%
Utilities	52	0.3%	43	59	-7	-11.9%
Construction	1,455	7.5%	1,296	1,332	123	9.2%
Manufacturing	2,986	15.4%	2,473	2,316	670	28.9%
Wholesale Trade	676	3.5%	523	566	110	19.4%
Retail Trade	1,748	9.0%	1,459	1,259	489	38.8%
Transporation and Warehousing	497	2.6%	389	387	110	28.4%
Information	679	3.5%	593	769	-90	-11.7%
Finance and Insurance	813	4.2%	539	453	360	79.5%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	363	1.9%	297	366	-3	-0.8%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	1,039	5.4%	944	665	374	56.2%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	46	0.2%	44	24	22	91.7%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	2,758	14.2%	2,364	1,990	768	38.6%
Educational Services	611	3.2%	414	473	138	29.2%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	1,772	9.2%	1,403	1,457	315	21.6%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	275	1.4%	231	238	37	15.5%
Accomodation and Food Services	702	3.6%	576	652	50	7.7%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	695	3.6%	566	575	120	20.9%
Public Administration	915	4.7%	757	787	128	16.3%
Information Not Available	751	3.9%	588	571	180	31.5%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Oregon
	Jul 2008	Percent	Jun 2008	Jul 2007	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	54,500		52,029	38,296
Male	31,158	57.2%	31,351	19,882	11,276	56.7%
Female	23,340	42.8%	20,675	18,411	4,929	26.8%
Information Not Available	2	0.0%	3	3	-1	-33.3%

Ethnicity	54,500		52,029	38,296
Hispanic or Latino	4,697	8.6%	4,485	2,882	1,815	63.0%
Not Hispanic or Latino	41,798	76.7%	39,787	29,050	12,748	43.9%
Information Not Available	8,005	14.7%	7,757	6,364	1,641	25.8%

Race	54,500		52,029	38,296
American Indian or Alaskan Native	458	0.8%	431	356	102	28.7%
Asian	619	1.1%	645	591	28	4.7%
Black or African American	563	1.0%	576	588	-25	-4.3%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	277	0.5%	274	216	61	28.2%
White	22,727	41.7%	21,955	16,636	6,091	36.6%
Information Not Available	29,856	54.8%	28,148	19,909	9,947	50.0%

Years of Age	54,500		52,029	38,296
Younger than 22	1,450	2.0%	1,401	1,002	448	44.7%
22-24	3,011	4.1%	2,961	2,071	940	45.4%
25-34	12,788	17.3%	12,269	8,773	4,015	45.8%
35-44	12,983	17.6%	12,424	9,271	3,712	40.0%
45-54	13,836	18.7%	13,221	10,036	3,800	37.9%
55-59	5,365	7.3%	4,993	3,603	1,762	48.9%
60-64	3,299	4.5%	3,109	2,271	1,028	45.3%
65 and older	1,768	2.4%	1,651	1,269	499	39.3%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	54,500		52,029	38,296
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	1,167	2.1%	1,589	893	274	30.7%
Mining	174	0.3%	203	53	121	228.3%
Utilities	51	0.1%	68	80	-29	-36.3%
Construction	7,378	13.3%	8,298	3,992	3,386	84.8%
Manufacturing	10,167	18.3%	8,756	5,683	4,484	78.9%
Wholesale Trade	2,105	3.8%	2,054	1,590	515	32.4%
Retail Trade	5,962	10.7%	5,851	4,225	1,737	41.1%
Transporation and Warehousing	2,331	4.2%	1,787	1,923	408	21.2%
Information	1,073	1.9%	1,028	818	255	31.2%
Finance and Insurance	1,926	3.5%	1,735	1,437	489	34.0%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	869	1.6%	879	646	223	34.5%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	2,031	3.6%	1,856	1,393	638	45.8%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	151	0.3%	169	150	1	0.7%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	4,766	8.6%	4,812	3,556	1,210	34.0%
Educational Services	1,000	1.8%	707	894	106	11.9%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	4,792	8.6%	4,180	3,942	850	21.6%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	551	1.0%	561	466	85	18.2%
Accomodation and Food Services	3,699	6.6%	3,439	2,864	835	29.2%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	1,373	2.5%	1,291	1,027	346	33.7%
Public Administration	1,063	1.9%	860	1,073	-10	-0.9%
Information Not Available	1,871	3.4%	1,906	1,591	280	17.6%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Pennsylvania
	Jul 2008	Percent	Jun 2008	Jul 2007	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	185,440		167,308	168,275
Male	93,232	50.3%	92,233	85,360	7,872	9.2%
Female	92,208	49.7%	75,075	82,915	9,293	11.2%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	185,440		167,308	168,275
Hispanic or Latino	10,618	5.7%	8,111	6,056	4,562	75.3%
Not Hispanic or Latino	170,631	92.0%	151,190	154,300	16,331	10.6%
Information Not Available	4,191	2.3%	8,007	7,919	-3,728	-47.1%

Race	185,440		167,308	168,275
American Indian or Alaskan Native	93	0.1%	0	0	93	0.0%
Asian	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
Black or African American	26,451	14.3%	23,188	25,969	482	1.9%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
White	142,037	76.6%	125,714	126,584	15,453	12.2%
Information Not Available	16,858	9.1%	18,406	15,722	1,136	7.2%

Years of Age	185,440		167,308	168,275
Younger than 22	5,402	1.7%	18,613	20,728	-15,326	-73.9%
22-24	6,799	2.2%	10,398	11,180	-4,381	-39.2%
25-34	36,417	11.6%	37,642	35,751	666	1.9%
35-44	37,162	11.8%	45,960	45,184	-8,022	-17.8%
45-54	50,017	15.9%	30,675	32,607	17,410	53.4%
55-59	19,839	6.3%	7,175	8,967	10,872	121.2%
60-64	13,598	4.3%	4,055	3,727	9,871	264.9%
65 and older	10,804	3.4%	1,664	3,144	7,660	243.6%
Information Not Available	5,402	1.7%	11,126	6,987	-1,585	-22.7%

Industry	185,440		167,308	168,275
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	186	0.1%	104	116	70	60.3%
Mining	373	0.2%	208	349	24	6.9%
Utilities	186	0.1%	208	233	-47	-20.2%
Construction	16,020	8.6%	18,405	15,022	998	6.6%
Manufacturing	30,176	16.3%	25,579	21,429	8,747	40.8%
Wholesale Trade	5,961	3.2%	6,447	5,706	255	4.5%
Retail Trade	12,667	6.8%	16,013	14,673	-2,006	-13.7%
Transporation and Warehousing	18,628	10.0%	13,622	20,380	-1,752	-8.6%
Information	4,098	2.2%	2,600	3,028	1,070	35.3%
Finance and Insurance	6,799	3.7%	4,367	4,425	2,374	53.6%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	1,025	0.6%	1,248	2,678	-1,653	-61.7%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	8,196	4.4%	7,695	8,385	-189	-2.3%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	373	0.2%	2,808	1,514	-1,141	-75.4%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	14,250	7.7%	14,038	14,207	43	0.3%
Educational Services	3,726	2.0%	2,704	3,377	349	10.3%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	16,020	8.6%	11,126	18,283	-2,263	-12.4%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	3,167	1.7%	1,352	1,630	1,537	94.3%
Accomodation and Food Services	15,275	8.2%	10,502	13,276	1,999	15.1%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	2,794	1.5%	3,743	3,610	-816	-22.6%
Public Administration	1,490	0.8%	1,872	2,678	-1,188	-44.4%
Information Not Available	24,030	12.9%	22,667	13,276	10,754	81.0%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Puerto Rico
	Jul 2008	Percent	Jun 2008	Jul 2007	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	44,904		41,690	39,877
Male	22,780	50.7%	21,921	19,935	2,845	14.3%
Female	22,123	49.3%	19,768	19,942	2,181	10.9%
Information Not Available	1	0.0%	1	0	1	0.0%

Ethnicity	44,904		41,690	39,877
Hispanic or Latino	43,767	97.5%	40,535	38,993	4,774	12.2%
Not Hispanic or Latino	594	1.3%	640	242	352	145.5%
Information Not Available	543	1.2%	515	642	-99	-15.4%

Race	44,904		41,690	39,877
American Indian or Alaskan Native	769	1.7%	756	1,208	-439	-36.3%
Asian	56	0.1%	60	100	-44	-44.0%
Black or African American	3,196	7.1%	3,103	3,608	-412	-11.4%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	65	0.1%	54	39	26	66.7%
White	8,754	19.5%	7,982	10,408	-1,654	-15.9%
Information Not Available	32,064	71.4%	29,735	24,514	7,550	30.8%

Years of Age	44,904		41,690	39,877
Younger than 22	2,515	4.8%	2,395	2,179	336	15.4%
22-24	4,327	8.3%	4,091	3,913	414	10.6%
25-34	14,876	28.5%	13,712	13,358	1,518	11.4%
35-44	10,899	20.9%	10,130	9,839	1,060	10.8%
45-54	7,764	14.9%	7,263	6,670	1,094	16.4%
55-59	2,495	4.8%	2,263	2,131	364	17.1%
60-64	1,427	2.7%	1,281	1,289	138	10.7%
65 and older	601	1.2%	555	498	103	20.7%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	44,904		41,690	39,877
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
Mining	55	0.1%	54	42	13	31.0%
Utilities	1,213	2.7%	1,195	1,145	68	5.9%
Construction	5,465	12.2%	5,271	5,367	98	1.8%
Manufacturing	4,849	10.8%	4,937	4,679	170	3.6%
Wholesale Trade	7,759	17.3%	7,622	7,140	619	8.7%
Retail Trade	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
Transporation and Warehousing	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
Information	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
Finance and Insurance	1,144	2.5%	1,137	1,254	-110	-8.8%
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)	12,876	28.7%	11,439	12,687	189	1.5%
Public Administration	4,802	10.7%	3,599	3,991	811	20.3%
Information Not Available	6,741	15.0%	6,436	3,572	3,169	88.7%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Rhode Island
	Jul 2008	Percent	Jun 2008	Jul 2007	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	15,910		12,931	14,679
Male	7,084	44.5%	6,627	6,375	709	11.1%
Female	8,826	55.5%	6,304	8,304	522	6.3%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	15,910		12,931	14,679
Hispanic or Latino	2,314	14.5%	2,037	2,073	241	11.6%
Not Hispanic or Latino	9,644	60.6%	7,718	8,777	867	9.9%
Information Not Available	3,952	24.8%	3,176	3,829	123	3.2%

Race	15,910		12,931	14,679
American Indian or Alaskan Native	91	0.6%	76	80	11	13.8%
Asian	254	1.6%	261	224	30	13.4%
Black or African American	779	4.9%	657	697	82	11.8%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	60	0.4%	54	57	3	5.3%
White	11,425	71.8%	9,019	10,170	1,255	12.3%
Information Not Available	3,301	20.7%	2,864	3,451	-150	-4.3%

Years of Age	15,910		12,931	14,679
Younger than 22	423	1.6%	403	354	69	19.5%
22-24	769	2.9%	716	639	130	20.3%
25-34	3,161	12.0%	2,700	2,895	266	9.2%
35-44	3,814	14.5%	3,131	3,626	188	5.2%
45-54	4,209	16.0%	3,307	3,928	281	7.2%
55-59	1,498	5.7%	1,142	1,388	110	7.9%
60-64	1,043	4.0%	849	965	78	8.1%
65 and older	993	3.8%	683	884	109	12.3%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	15,910		12,931	14,679
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	18	0.1%	20	30	-12	-40.0%
Mining	8	0.1%	7	7	1	14.3%
Utilities	23	0.1%	23	4	19	475.0%
Construction	1,520	9.5%	1,708	1,262	258	20.4%
Manufacturing	2,248	14.1%	2,200	2,177	71	3.3%
Wholesale Trade	543	3.4%	507	459	84	18.3%
Retail Trade	1,501	9.4%	1,491	1,183	318	26.9%
Transporation and Warehousing	1,315	8.3%	349	1,341	-26	-1.9%
Information	189	1.2%	186	165	24	14.5%
Finance and Insurance	797	5.0%	754	913	-116	-12.7%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	292	1.8%	288	232	60	25.9%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	764	4.8%	704	606	158	26.1%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	36	0.2%	28	85	-49	-57.6%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	1,209	7.6%	1,141	1,055	154	14.6%
Educational Services	547	3.4%	184	748	-201	-26.9%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	1,720	10.8%	1,291	1,433	287	20.0%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	249	1.6%	238	192	57	29.7%
Accomodation and Food Services	1,737	10.9%	915	1,709	28	1.6%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	511	3.2%	467	448	63	14.1%
Public Administration	219	1.4%	77	276	-57	-20.7%
Information Not Available	464	2.9%	353	354	110	31.1%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants South Carolina
	Jul 2008	Percent	Jun 2008	Jul 2007	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	57,111		49,514	43,841
Male	28,508	49.9%	25,086	20,484	8,024	39.2%
Female	28,603	50.1%	24,428	23,357	5,246	22.5%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	57,111		49,514	43,841
Hispanic or Latino	1,065	1.9%	949	770	295	38.3%
Not Hispanic or Latino	46,186	80.9%	41,207	34,558	11,628	33.6%
Information Not Available	9,860	17.3%	7,358	8,513	1,347	15.8%

Race	57,111		49,514	43,841
American Indian or Alaskan Native	417	0.7%	351	361	56	15.5%
Asian	276	0.5%	239	194	82	42.3%
Black or African American	29,021	50.8%	24,475	23,487	5,534	23.6%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	159	0.3%	141	117	42	35.9%
White	26,140	45.8%	23,441	18,846	7,294	38.7%
Information Not Available	1,098	1.9%	867	836	262	31.3%

Years of Age	57,111		49,514	43,841
Younger than 22	2,152	2.7%	1,801	1,615	537	33.3%
22-24	1,966	2.4%	1,791	1,504	462	30.7%
25-34	12,061	15.0%	10,806	8,899	3,162	35.5%
35-44	11,316	14.1%	10,088	8,681	2,635	30.4%
45-54	11,498	14.3%	10,330	8,990	2,508	27.9%
55-59	4,200	5.2%	3,747	3,036	1,164	38.3%
60-64	2,844	3.5%	2,614	2,100	744	35.4%
65 and older	1,704	2.1%	1,531	1,155	549	47.5%
Information Not Available	9,370	11.7%	6,806	7,861	1,509	19.2%

Industry	57,111		49,514	43,841
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	336	0.6%	339	232	104	44.8%
Mining	59	0.1%	55	33	26	78.8%
Utilities	69	0.1%	64	70	-1	-1.4%
Construction	5,886	10.2%	5,495	3,759	2,127	56.6%
Manufacturing	12,036	21.0%	8,919	10,836	1,200	11.1%
Wholesale Trade	2,448	4.3%	2,322	1,532	916	59.8%
Retail Trade	5,650	9.8%	4,951	3,864	1,786	46.2%
Transporation and Warehousing	1,749	3.0%	1,643	1,289	460	35.7%
Information	664	1.2%	597	371	293	79.0%
Finance and Insurance	1,542	2.7%	1,508	1,106	436	39.4%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	956	1.7%	860	528	428	81.1%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	1,882	3.3%	1,735	1,277	605	47.4%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	104	0.2%	94	105	-1	-1.0%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	7,284	12.7%	6,411	5,850	1,434	24.5%
Educational Services	961	1.7%	728	735	226	30.7%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	3,541	6.2%	3,157	3,089	452	14.6%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	375	0.7%	350	339	36	10.6%
Accomodation and Food Services	4,492	7.8%	4,348	3,711	781	21.0%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	1,697	3.0%	1,502	1,375	322	23.4%
Public Administration	703	1.2%	575	620	83	13.4%
Information Not Available	4,677	8.1%	3,861	3,120	1,557	49.9%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants South Dakota
	Jul 2008	Percent	Jun 2008	Jul 2007	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	1,591		1,475	1,658
Male	616	38.7%	627	635	-19	-3.0%
Female	975	61.3%	848	1,023	-48	-4.7%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	1,591		1,475	1,658
Hispanic or Latino	32	2.0%	31	38	-6	-15.8%
Not Hispanic or Latino	1,413	88.8%	1,321	1,481	-68	-4.6%
Information Not Available	146	9.2%	123	139	7	5.0%

Race	1,591		1,475	1,658
American Indian or Alaskan Native	364	22.9%	312	411	-47	-11.4%
Asian	6	0.4%	4	4	2	50.0%
Black or African American	29	1.8%	37	23	6	26.1%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0	0.0%	0	2	-2	-100.0%
White	1,063	66.8%	1,001	1,085	-22	-2.0%
Information Not Available	129	8.1%	121	133	-4	-3.0%

Years of Age	1,591		1,475	1,658
Younger than 22	23	0.9%	23	38	-15	-39.5%
22-24	53	2.1%	47	51	2	3.9%
25-34	295	11.7%	354	333	-38	-11.4%
35-44	360	14.3%	357	363	-3	-0.8%
45-54	473	18.8%	434	502	-29	-5.8%
55-59	172	6.8%	183	217	-45	-20.7%
60-64	138	5.5%	77	154	-16	-10.4%
65 and older	77	3.1%	0	0	77	0.0%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	1,591		1,475	1,658
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	14	0.9%	12	22	-8	-36.4%
Mining	6	0.4%	6	1	5	500.0%
Utilities	3	0.2%	3	2	1	50.0%
Construction	94	5.9%	137	118	-24	-20.3%
Manufacturing	181	11.3%	163	192	-11	-5.7%
Wholesale Trade	71	4.4%	50	46	25	54.3%
Retail Trade	136	8.5%	116	137	-1	-0.7%
Transporation and Warehousing	31	1.9%	33	32	-1	-3.1%
Information	28	1.7%	22	32	-4	-12.5%
Finance and Insurance	69	4.3%	70	62	7	11.3%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	17	1.1%	16	33	-16	-48.5%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	56	3.5%	51	52	4	7.7%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	1	0.1%	1	3	-2	-66.7%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	73	4.5%	73	78	-5	-6.4%
Educational Services	93	5.8%	75	99	-6	-6.1%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	151	9.4%	131	165	-14	-8.5%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	46	2.9%	43	33	13	39.4%
Accomodation and Food Services	185	11.5%	165	189	-4	-2.1%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	46	2.9%	52	54	-8	-14.8%
Public Administration	214	13.3%	185	226	-12	-5.3%
Information Not Available	76	4.7%	71	82	-6	-7.3%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Tennessee
	Jul 2008	Percent	Jun 2008	Jul 2007	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	56,943		48,126	50,396
Male	29,024	51.0%	23,766	24,253	4,771	19.7%
Female	27,919	49.0%	24,360	26,143	1,776	6.8%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	56,943		48,126	50,396
Hispanic or Latino	597	1.0%	587	626	-29	-4.6%
Not Hispanic or Latino	56,346	99.0%	47,539	49,770	6,576	13.2%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Race	56,943		48,126	50,396
American Indian or Alaskan Native	109	0.2%	102	104	5	4.8%
Asian	2,259	4.0%	732	692	1,567	226.4%
Black or African American	17,123	30.1%	13,596	14,481	2,642	18.2%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	237	0.4%	255	265	-28	-10.6%
White	36,663	64.4%	32,928	34,333	2,330	6.8%
Information Not Available	552	1.0%	513	521	31	6.0%

Years of Age	56,943		48,126	50,396
Younger than 22	1,070	1.2%	967	1,013	57	5.6%
22-24	2,288	2.6%	1,993	1,972	316	16.0%
25-34	11,813	13.2%	10,057	9,420	2,393	25.4%
35-44	13,673	15.3%	11,445	11,862	1,811	15.3%
45-54	15,099	16.9%	12,423	14,167	932	6.6%
55-59	5,814	6.5%	4,873	5,038	776	15.4%
60-64	4,257	4.8%	3,594	3,593	664	18.5%
65 and older	2,700	3.0%	2,536	2,383	317	13.3%
Information Not Available	229	0.3%	238	948	-719	-75.8%

Industry	56,943		48,126	50,396
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	86	0.2%	95	114	-28	-24.6%
Mining	80	0.1%	88	57	23	40.4%
Utilities	65	0.1%	56	40	25	62.5%
Construction	4,446	7.8%	4,348	2,781	1,665	59.9%
Manufacturing	13,109	23.0%	9,817	12,275	834	6.8%
Wholesale Trade	2,619	4.6%	2,423	5,289	-2,670	-50.5%
Retail Trade	4,733	8.3%	4,525	3,886	847	21.8%
Transporation and Warehousing	2,580	4.5%	2,474	2,250	330	14.7%
Information	826	1.4%	685	569	257	45.2%
Finance and Insurance	1,573	2.8%	1,511	1,244	329	26.4%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	691	1.2%	685	711	-20	-2.8%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	2,299	4.0%	2,091	2,047	252	12.3%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	223	0.4%	227	213	10	4.7%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	6,783	11.9%	6,478	6,065	718	11.8%
Educational Services	1,204	2.1%	903	1,204	0	0.0%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	4,019	7.0%	3,895	3,965	54	1.4%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	319	0.6%	311	299	20	6.7%
Accomodation and Food Services	2,705	4.7%	2,632	2,236	469	21.0%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	2,019	3.5%	1,885	1,985	34	1.7%
Public Administration	1,204	2.1%	1,080	1,304	-100	-7.7%
Information Not Available	5,360	9.4%	1,917	1,862	3,498	187.9%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Texas
	Jul 2008	Percent	Jun 2008	Jul 2007	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	123,203		117,447	100,819
Male	61,923	50.3%	60,461	48,179	13,744	28.5%
Female	61,264	49.7%	56,947	52,622	8,642	16.4%
Information Not Available	16	0.0%	39	18	-2	-11.1%

Ethnicity	123,203		117,447	100,819
Hispanic or Latino	35,923	29.2%	35,384	30,174	5,749	19.1%
Not Hispanic or Latino	73,894	60.0%	70,971	60,747	13,147	21.6%
Information Not Available	13,386	10.9%	11,092	9,898	3,488	35.2%

Race	123,203		117,447	100,819
American Indian or Alaskan Native	491	0.4%	475	429	62	14.5%
Asian	2,217	1.8%	2,040	1,567	650	41.5%
Black or African American	27,745	22.5%	26,559	23,613	4,132	17.5%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	482	0.4%	2,708	830	-348	-41.9%
White	43,117	35.0%	41,299	34,803	8,314	23.9%
Information Not Available	49,151	39.9%	44,366	39,577	9,574	24.2%

Years of Age	123,203		117,447	100,819
Younger than 22	2,678	1.7%	2,619	2,414	264	10.9%
22-24	5,920	3.7%	5,641	5,180	740	14.3%
25-34	29,374	18.4%	28,397	24,502	4,872	19.9%
35-44	32,918	20.6%	31,013	27,361	5,557	20.3%
45-54	31,818	19.9%	30,202	25,378	6,440	25.4%
55-59	10,419	6.5%	10,094	8,392	2,027	24.2%
60-64	6,458	4.0%	6,078	4,786	1,672	34.9%
65 and older	3,610	2.3%	3,370	2,792	818	29.3%
Information Not Available	8	0.0%	33	14	-6	-42.9%

Industry	123,203		117,447	100,819
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	1,315	1.1%	1,296	1,341	-26	-1.9%
Mining	1,289	1.0%	1,322	1,392	-103	-7.4%
Utilities	336	0.3%	355	260	76	29.2%
Construction	15,389	12.4%	15,211	10,911	4,478	41.0%
Manufacturing	15,557	12.5%	11,710	11,282	4,275	37.9%
Wholesale Trade	6,248	5.0%	6,270	5,182	1,066	20.6%
Retail Trade	8,838	7.1%	8,616	7,918	920	11.6%
Transporation and Warehousing	6,585	5.3%	6,286	3,319	3,266	98.4%
Information	3,694	3.0%	3,392	2,568	1,126	43.8%
Finance and Insurance	6,494	5.2%	6,159	4,819	1,675	34.8%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	2,495	2.0%	2,439	1,969	526	26.7%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	8,713	7.0%	8,430	8,465	248	2.9%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	533	0.4%	508	484	49	10.1%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	14,407	11.6%	13,762	11,654	2,753	23.6%
Educational Services	2,888	2.3%	2,408	2,659	229	8.6%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	10,694	8.6%	9,965	10,155	539	5.3%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	809	0.6%	698	614	195	31.8%
Accomodation and Food Services	5,124	4.1%	4,923	4,440	684	15.4%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	2,731	2.2%	2,740	2,471	260	10.5%
Public Administration	1,741	1.4%	1,571	1,714	27	1.6%
Information Not Available	7,323	5.9%	9,386	7,202	121	1.7%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Utah
	Jul 2008	Percent	Jun 2008	Jul 2007	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	12,960		11,785	7,524
Male	7,208	55.6%	6,846	3,635	3,573	98.3%
Female	5,587	43.1%	4,819	3,771	1,816	48.2%
Information Not Available	165	1.3%	120	118	47	39.8%

Ethnicity	12,960		11,785	7,524
Hispanic or Latino	1,144	8.8%	1,100	596	548	91.9%
Not Hispanic or Latino	9,076	70.0%	8,452	5,513	3,563	64.6%
Information Not Available	2,740	21.1%	2,233	1,415	1,325	93.6%

Race	12,960		11,785	7,524
American Indian or Alaskan Native	455	3.5%	418	268	187	69.8%
Asian	215	1.7%	180	167	48	28.7%
Black or African American	203	1.6%	217	130	73	56.2%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	163	1.3%	151	92	71	77.2%
White	9,003	69.5%	8,374	5,452	3,551	65.1%
Information Not Available	2,921	22.5%	2,445	1,415	1,506	106.4%

Years of Age	12,960		11,785	7,524
Younger than 22	525	2.5%	515	293	232	79.2%
22-24	899	4.2%	833	453	446	98.5%
25-34	3,677	17.2%	3,313	2,054	1,623	79.0%
35-44	3,077	14.4%	2,827	1,931	1,146	59.3%
45-54	3,012	14.1%	2,692	1,774	1,238	69.8%
55-59	1,006	4.7%	941	600	406	67.7%
60-64	560	2.6%	493	304	256	84.2%
65 and older	203	0.9%	170	115	88	76.5%
Information Not Available	1	0.0%	1	0	1	0.0%

Industry	12,960		11,785	7,524
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	20	0.2%	19	15	5	33.3%
Mining	97	0.7%	87	81	16	19.8%
Utilities	12	0.1%	11	11	1	9.1%
Construction	1,908	14.7%	1,936	751	1,157	154.1%
Manufacturing	1,816	14.0%	1,537	978	838	85.7%
Wholesale Trade	491	3.8%	430	250	241	96.4%
Retail Trade	1,270	9.8%	1,131	652	618	94.8%
Transporation and Warehousing	462	3.6%	453	243	219	90.1%
Information	386	3.0%	348	259	127	49.0%
Finance and Insurance	525	4.0%	510	305	220	72.1%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	239	1.8%	223	123	116	94.3%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	796	6.1%	683	516	280	54.3%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	38	0.3%	32	18	20	111.1%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	1,661	12.8%	1,491	886	775	87.5%
Educational Services	372	2.9%	287	306	66	21.6%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	818	6.3%	694	621	197	31.7%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	172	1.3%	241	112	60	53.6%
Accomodation and Food Services	525	4.0%	513	332	193	58.1%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	165	1.3%	161	136	29	21.3%
Public Administration	275	2.1%	238	197	78	39.6%
Information Not Available	912	7.0%	760	732	180	24.6%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Virginia
	Jul 2008	Percent	Jun 2008	Jul 2007	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	45,651		42,847	35,157
Male	23,729	52.0%	22,783	17,318	6,411	37.0%
Female	21,914	48.0%	20,061	17,834	4,080	22.9%
Information Not Available	8	0.0%	3	5	3	60.0%

Ethnicity	45,651		42,847	35,157
Hispanic or Latino	1,599	3.5%	1,534	1,028	571	55.5%
Not Hispanic or Latino	41,788	91.5%	39,246	32,291	9,497	29.4%
Information Not Available	2,264	5.0%	2,067	1,838	426	23.2%

Race	45,651		42,847	35,157
American Indian or Alaskan Native	1,829	4.0%	1,763	166	1,663	1001.8%
Asian	1,078	2.4%	1,071	1,787	-709	-39.7%
Black or African American	17,722	38.8%	16,595	14,281	3,441	24.1%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
White	22,758	49.9%	21,351	17,085	5,673	33.2%
Information Not Available	2,264	5.0%	2,067	1,838	426	23.2%

Years of Age	45,651		42,847	35,157
Younger than 22	934	1.4%	848	787	147	18.7%
22-24	2,268	3.5%	2,052	1,819	449	24.7%
25-34	10,419	15.9%	9,767	8,321	2,098	25.2%
35-44	11,610	17.7%	11,012	8,897	2,713	30.5%
45-54	12,022	18.3%	11,318	9,201	2,821	30.7%
55-59	4,266	6.5%	3,889	3,208	1,058	33.0%
60-64	2,840	4.3%	2,689	1,935	905	46.8%
65 and older	1,291	2.0%	1,271	988	303	30.7%
Information Not Available	1	0.0%	1	1	0	0.0%

Industry	45,651		42,847	35,157
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	51	0.1%	60	68	-17	-25.0%
Mining	57	0.1%	74	374	-317	-84.8%
Utilities	22	0.0%	21	15	7	46.7%
Construction	2,548	5.6%	2,801	2,038	510	25.0%
Manufacturing	5,343	11.7%	4,237	4,234	1,109	26.2%
Wholesale Trade	667	1.5%	715	718	-51	-7.1%
Retail Trade	1,796	3.9%	1,839	1,853	-57	-3.1%
Transporation and Warehousing	811	1.8%	943	816	-5	-0.6%
Information	415	0.9%	426	512	-97	-18.9%
Finance and Insurance	515	1.1%	518	665	-150	-22.6%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	319	0.7%	334	403	-84	-20.8%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	1,285	2.8%	1,276	1,621	-336	-20.7%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	60	0.1%	55	70	-10	-14.3%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	2,380	5.2%	2,386	2,368	12	0.5%
Educational Services	174	0.4%	133	174	0	0.0%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	1,616	3.5%	1,424	1,650	-34	-2.1%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	125	0.3%	123	124	1	0.8%
Accomodation and Food Services	1,707	3.7%	1,854	1,756	-49	-2.8%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	787	1.7%	677	822	-35	-4.3%
Public Administration	2,495	5.5%	2,002	1,970	525	26.6%
Information Not Available	22,478	49.2%	20,949	12,906	9,572	74.2%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Virgin Islands
	Jul 2008	Percent	Jun 2008	Jul 2007	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	425		378	388
Male	269	63.3%	253	260	9	3.5%
Female	156	36.7%	125	128	28	21.9%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	425		378	388
Hispanic or Latino	128	30.1%	124	116	12	10.3%
Not Hispanic or Latino	293	68.9%	249	262	31	11.8%
Information Not Available	4	0.9%	5	10	-6	-60.0%

Race	425		378	388
American Indian or Alaskan Native	3	0.7%	3	1	2	200.0%
Asian	13	3.1%	14	1	12	1200.0%
Black or African American	251	59.1%	210	243	8	3.3%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	4	0.9%	4	6	-2	-33.3%
White	26	6.1%	22	17	9	52.9%
Information Not Available	128	30.1%	125	120	8	6.7%

Years of Age	425		378	388
Younger than 22	13	3.1%	4	7	6	85.7%
22-24	39	9.3%	34	22	17	77.3%
25-34	95	22.7%	96	83	12	14.5%
35-44	103	24.6%	96	86	17	19.8%
45-54	91	21.8%	83	97	-6	-6.2%
55-59	32	7.7%	26	33	-1	-3.0%
60-64	33	7.9%	26	40	-7	-17.5%
65 and older	19	4.5%	13	17	2	11.8%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	3	-3	-100.0%

Industry	425		378	388
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
Mining	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
Utilities	2	0.5%	2	0	2	0.0%
Construction	151	35.5%	143	193	-42	-21.8%
Manufacturing	37	8.7%	41	31	6	19.4%
Wholesale Trade	7	1.6%	5	2	5	250.0%
Retail Trade	31	7.3%	27	27	4	14.8%
Transporation and Warehousing	35	8.2%	7	29	6	20.7%
Information	1	0.2%	0	2	-1	-50.0%
Finance and Insurance	3	0.7%	3	6	-3	-50.0%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	6	1.4%	8	7	-1	-14.3%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	8	1.9%	8	1	7	700.0%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	4	0.9%	4	6	-2	-33.3%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	11	2.6%	6	3	8	266.7%
Educational Services	4	0.9%	3	5	-1	-20.0%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	8	1.9%	8	6	2	33.3%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	3	0.7%	3	2	1	50.0%
Accomodation and Food Services	40	9.4%	33	21	19	90.5%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	47	11.1%	54	25	22	88.0%
Public Administration	6	1.4%	5	6	0	0.0%
Information Not Available	21	4.9%	18	16	5	31.3%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Vermont
	Jul 2008	Percent	Jun 2008	Jul 2007	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	6,149		5,199	4,327
Male	3,165	51.5%	2,701	1,960	1,205	61.5%
Female	2,984	48.5%	2,498	2,367	617	26.1%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	6,149		5,199	4,327
Hispanic or Latino	10	0.2%	10	8	2	25.0%
Not Hispanic or Latino	1,476	24.0%	1,319	1,232	244	19.8%
Information Not Available	4,663	75.8%	3,870	3,087	1,576	51.1%

Race	6,149		5,199	4,327
American Indian or Alaskan Native	10	0.2%	9	13	-3	-23.1%
Asian	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
Black or African American	31	0.5%	37	18	13	72.2%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	5	0.1%	7	7	-2	-28.6%
White	1,440	23.4%	1,276	1,202	238	19.8%
Information Not Available	4,663	75.8%	3,870	3,087	1,576	51.1%

Years of Age	6,149		5,199	4,327
Younger than 22	170	2.4%	140	132	38	28.8%
22-24	306	4.3%	257	193	113	58.5%
25-34	1,208	16.9%	1,050	804	404	50.2%
35-44	1,437	20.1%	1,226	1,046	391	37.4%
45-54	1,510	21.1%	1,297	1,140	370	32.5%
55-59	676	9.5%	545	463	213	46.0%
60-64	443	6.2%	364	277	166	59.9%
65 and older	399	5.6%	320	272	127	46.7%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	6,149		5,199	4,327
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	54	0.9%	36	26	28	107.7%
Mining	13	0.2%	5	8	5	62.5%
Utilities	13	0.2%	12	3	10	333.3%
Construction	678	10.9%	627	344	334	97.1%
Manufacturing	739	11.9%	588	546	193	35.3%
Wholesale Trade	238	3.8%	184	151	87	57.6%
Retail Trade	752	12.1%	631	494	258	52.2%
Transporation and Warehousing	437	7.0%	306	345	92	26.7%
Information	74	1.2%	56	70	4	5.7%
Finance and Insurance	110	1.8%	87	73	37	50.7%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	82	1.3%	64	50	32	64.0%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	288	4.6%	239	232	56	24.1%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	7	0.1%	2	5	2	40.0%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	311	5.0%	236	197	114	57.9%
Educational Services	293	4.7%	185	234	59	25.2%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	612	9.9%	473	439	173	39.4%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	61	1.0%	54	26	35	134.6%
Accomodation and Food Services	1,086	17.5%	1,180	870	216	24.8%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	172	2.8%	144	125	47	37.6%
Public Administration	129	2.1%	90	89	40	44.9%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Washington
	Jul 2008	Percent	Jun 2008	Jul 2007	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	55,133		53,422	39,277
Male	32,111	58.2%	32,258	20,892	11,219	53.7%
Female	23,021	41.8%	21,162	18,384	4,637	25.2%
Information Not Available	1	0.0%	2	1	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	55,133		53,422	39,277
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	55,133	100.0%	53,422	39,277	15,856	40.4%

Race	55,133		53,422	39,277
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	55,133	100.0%	53,422	39,277	15,856	40.4%

Years of Age	55,133		53,422	39,277
Younger than 22	1,130	2.2%	1,114	690	440	63.8%
22-24	2,624	5.1%	2,648	1,805	819	45.4%
25-34	12,609	24.4%	12,219	8,774	3,835	43.7%
35-44	13,529	26.2%	13,239	10,034	3,495	34.8%
45-54	14,667	28.4%	14,259	10,635	4,032	37.9%
55-59	5,608	10.8%	5,308	3,871	1,737	44.9%
60-64	3,398	6.6%	3,139	2,339	1,059	45.3%
65 and older	1,568	3.0%	1,496	1,129	439	38.9%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	55,133		53,422	39,277
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	55,133	100.0%	53,422	39,277	15,856	40.4%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Wisconsin
	Jul 2008	Percent	Jun 2008	Jul 2007	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	86,977		67,179	64,785
Male	45,863	52.7%	36,613	32,690	13,173	40.3%
Female	41,097	47.3%	30,553	32,089	9,008	28.1%
Information Not Available	17	0.0%	13	6	11	183.3%

Ethnicity	86,977		67,179	64,785
Hispanic or Latino	3,340	3.8%	2,694	2,565	775	30.2%
Not Hispanic or Latino	82,959	95.4%	63,894	61,702	21,257	34.5%
Information Not Available	678	0.8%	591	518	160	30.9%

Race	86,977		67,179	64,785
American Indian or Alaskan Native	1,000	1.1%	786	726	274	37.7%
Asian	1,122	1.3%	920	758	364	48.0%
Black or African American	12,393	14.2%	8,270	9,589	2,804	29.2%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	61	0.1%	47	52	9	17.3%
White	71,723	82.5%	56,565	53,142	18,581	35.0%
Information Not Available	678	0.8%	591	518	160	30.9%

Years of Age	86,977		67,179	64,785
Younger than 22	2,374	1.6%	2,029	2,248	126	5.6%
22-24	4,854	3.2%	4,011	4,140	714	17.2%
25-34	19,017	12.4%	15,579	14,875	4,142	27.8%
35-44	19,339	12.6%	14,867	15,322	4,017	26.2%
45-54	23,063	15.1%	17,399	15,955	7,108	44.6%
55-59	8,369	5.5%	6,207	5,656	2,713	48.0%
60-64	5,663	3.7%	4,165	3,738	1,925	51.5%
65 and older	4,298	2.8%	2,922	2,851	1,447	50.8%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	86,977		67,179	64,785
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	513	0.6%	430	376	137	36.4%
Mining	87	0.1%	114	52	35	67.3%
Utilities	104	0.1%	94	110	-6	-5.5%
Construction	8,648	9.9%	8,760	5,792	2,856	49.3%
Manufacturing	22,205	25.4%	15,815	15,302	6,903	45.1%
Wholesale Trade	3,176	3.6%	2,660	2,267	909	40.1%
Retail Trade	8,143	9.3%	6,731	6,375	1,768	27.7%
Transporation and Warehousing	6,569	7.5%	3,950	5,448	1,121	20.6%
Information	1,322	1.5%	1,008	920	402	43.7%
Finance and Insurance	2,262	2.6%	1,659	1,840	422	22.9%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	861	1.0%	665	609	252	41.4%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	2,715	3.1%	2,143	2,080	635	30.5%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	261	0.3%	215	194	67	34.5%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	8,578	9.8%	6,416	6,064	2,514	41.5%
Educational Services	1,583	1.8%	994	1,322	261	19.7%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	7,195	8.2%	5,475	5,714	1,481	25.9%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	957	1.1%	712	790	167	21.1%
Accomodation and Food Services	6,056	6.9%	4,763	4,943	1,113	22.5%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	1,923	2.2%	1,505	1,432	491	34.3%
Public Administration	1,696	1.9%	1,229	1,289	407	31.6%
Information Not Available	2,123	2.4%	1,841	1,866	257	13.8%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants West Virginia
	Jul 2008	Percent	Jun 2008	Jul 2007	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	12,688		13,174	13,189
Male	7,430	58.6%	7,863	7,833	-403	-5.1%
Female	5,258	41.4%	5,311	5,356	-98	-1.8%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	12,688		13,174	13,189
Hispanic or Latino	195	1.5%	215	197	-2	-1.0%
Not Hispanic or Latino	10,773	84.9%	11,174	11,711	-938	-8.0%
Information Not Available	1,720	13.6%	1,785	1,281	439	34.3%

Race	12,688		13,174	13,189
American Indian or Alaskan Native	36	0.3%	34	21	15	71.4%
Asian	25	0.2%	22	22	3	13.6%
Black or African American	504	4.0%	569	459	45	9.8%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	8	0.1%	12	8	0	0.0%
White	11,815	93.1%	12,189	12,428	-613	-4.9%
Information Not Available	300	2.4%	348	251	49	19.5%

Years of Age	12,688		13,174	13,189
Younger than 22	270	1.1%	290	289	-19	-6.6%
22-24	534	2.2%	655	671	-137	-20.4%
25-34	3,014	12.7%	3,244	3,247	-233	-7.2%
35-44	3,240	13.6%	3,359	3,380	-140	-4.1%
45-54	3,425	14.4%	3,413	3,472	-47	-1.4%
55-59	1,132	4.8%	1,130	1,192	-60	-5.0%
60-64	690	2.9%	735	618	72	11.7%
65 and older	383	1.6%	347	317	66	20.8%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	1	3	-3	-100.0%

Industry	12,688		13,174	13,189
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	136	1.1%	124	91	45	49.5%
Mining	405	3.2%	392	644	-239	-37.1%
Utilities	21	0.2%	28	20	1	5.0%
Construction	2,182	17.0%	2,435	2,476	-294	-11.9%
Manufacturing	1,733	13.5%	1,539	1,570	163	10.4%
Wholesale Trade	389	3.0%	396	316	73	23.1%
Retail Trade	1,243	9.7%	1,239	972	271	27.9%
Transporation and Warehousing	425	3.3%	357	519	-94	-18.1%
Information	111	0.9%	154	183	-72	-39.3%
Finance and Insurance	238	1.9%	251	192	46	24.0%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	156	1.2%	158	147	9	6.1%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	499	3.9%	516	472	27	5.7%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	30	0.2%	27	10	20	200.0%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	794	6.2%	888	805	-11	-1.4%
Educational Services	264	2.1%	123	346	-82	-23.7%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	1,736	13.5%	1,592	1,821	-85	-4.7%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	130	1.0%	149	103	27	26.2%
Accomodation and Food Services	726	5.7%	1,314	719	7	1.0%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	519	4.0%	502	761	-242	-31.8%
Public Administration	122	1.0%	106	199	-77	-38.7%
Information Not Available	829	6.5%	884	823	6	0.7%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Wyoming
	Jul 2008	Percent	Jun 2008	Jul 2007	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	1,971		2,151	1,688
Male	1,065	54.0%	1,298	904	161	17.8%
Female	906	46.0%	853	784	122	15.6%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	1,971		2,151	1,688
Hispanic or Latino	240	12.2%	259	198	42	21.2%
Not Hispanic or Latino	1,570	79.7%	1,741	1,360	210	15.4%
Information Not Available	161	8.2%	151	130	31	23.8%

Race	1,971		2,151	1,688
American Indian or Alaskan Native	126	6.4%	146	122	4	3.3%
Asian	2	0.1%	4	9	-7	-77.8%
Black or African American	39	2.0%	36	28	11	39.3%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	3	0.2%	2	1	2	200.0%
White	1,677	85.1%	1,837	1,428	249	17.4%
Information Not Available	124	6.3%	126	100	24	24.0%

Years of Age	1,971		2,151	1,688
Younger than 22	28	0.8%	34	34	-6	-17.6%
22-24	120	3.4%	138	87	33	37.9%
25-34	389	11.0%	427	350	39	11.1%
35-44	471	13.3%	538	413	58	14.0%
45-54	556	15.7%	606	480	76	15.8%
55-59	218	6.2%	218	162	56	34.6%
60-64	107	3.0%	109	84	23	27.4%
65 and older	82	2.3%	81	78	4	5.1%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	1,971		2,151	1,688
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	2	0.1%	22	8	-6	-75.0%
Mining	145	7.3%	175	162	-17	-10.5%
Utilities	9	0.5%	9	10	-1	-10.0%
Construction	424	21.5%	519	275	149	54.2%
Manufacturing	101	5.1%	118	111	-10	-9.0%
Wholesale Trade	47	2.4%	63	47	0	0.0%
Retail Trade	142	7.2%	160	148	-6	-4.1%
Transporation and Warehousing	64	3.2%	103	78	-14	-17.9%
Information	34	1.7%	20	17	17	100.0%
Finance and Insurance	30	1.5%	24	24	6	25.0%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	36	1.8%	33	24	12	50.0%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	51	2.6%	54	38	13	34.2%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	2	0.1%	0	0	2	0.0%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	115	5.8%	119	55	60	109.1%
Educational Services	40	2.0%	32	39	1	2.6%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	222	11.3%	172	250	-28	-11.2%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	11	0.6%	19	10	1	10.0%
Accomodation and Food Services	177	9.0%	200	123	54	43.9%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	54	2.7%	52	39	15	38.5%
Public Administration	89	4.5%	76	116	-27	-23.3%
Information Not Available	176	8.9%	181	114	62	54.4%