Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants

June 2008

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants: Total Claimants June 2008
	Jun 2008	May 2008	Monthly Change	Jun 2007	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
United States	2,842,129	2,785,192	56,937	2,275,584	566,545	24.9
Alaska	9,843	11,001	-1,158	9,027	816	9.0
Alabama	33,955	31,535	2,420	27,413	6,542	23.9
Arkansas	30,439	29,700	739	29,173	1,266	4.3
Arizona	45,124	41,135	3,989	30,735	14,389	46.8
California	452,458	462,697	-10,239	327,675	124,783	38.1
Colorado	24,091	23,840	251	19,839	4,252	21.4
Connecticut	40,257	39,324	933	33,632	6,625	19.7
District of Columbia	6,438	5,911	527	4,670	1,768	37.9
Delaware	8,415	8,275	140	8,830	-415	-4.7
Florida	165,115	147,990	17,125	109,599	55,516	50.7
Georgia	76,568	76,307	261	54,558	22,010	40.3
Hawaii	11,113	9,814	1,299	6,674	4,439	66.5
Iowa	25,353	21,470	3,883	18,745	6,608	35.3
Idaho	13,016	13,689	-673	7,913	5,103	64.5
Illinois	144,837	138,718	6,119	120,276	24,561	20.4
Indiana	58,635	57,114	1,521	47,727	10,908	22.9
Kansas	18,750	17,543	1,207	16,233	2,517	15.5
Kentucky	36,066	30,073	5,993	27,307	8,759	32.1
Louisiana	22,155	19,107	3,048	20,978	1,177	5.6
Massachusetts	82,141	80,962	1,179	71,494	10,647	14.9
Maryland	43,762	41,872	1,890	33,448	10,314	30.8
Maine	8,705	10,044	-1,339	7,565	1,140	15.1
Michigan	122,023	146,709	-24,686	109,629	12,394	11.3
Minnesota	43,342	44,900	-1,558	38,281	5,061	13.2
Missouri	51,673	46,990	4,683	47,087	4,586	9.7
Mississippi	24,354	22,468	1,886	22,284	2,070	9.3
Montana	4,437	4,520	-83	3,166	1,271	40.1
North Carolina	88,520	86,797	1,723	69,268	19,252	27.8
North Dakota	2,297	1,866	431	2,277	20	0.9
Nebraska	8,927	8,208	719	8,304	623	7.5
New Hampshire	7,487	7,976	-489	5,442	2,045	37.6
New Jersey	109,707	109,079	628	95,689	14,018	14.6
New Mexico	12,574	11,730	844	11,195	1,379	12.3
Nevada	34,709	34,194	515	22,851	11,858	51.9
New York	170,229	169,775	454	148,587	21,642	14.6
Ohio	102,042	104,848	-2,806	84,027	18,015	21.4
Oklahoma	15,917	14,424	1,493	14,479	1,438	9.9
Oregon	52,029	52,044	-15	37,455	14,574	38.9
Pennsylvania	167,308	158,734	8,574	141,688	25,620	18.1
Puerto Rico	41,690	35,464	6,226	36,784	4,906	13.3
Rhode Island	12,931	13,441	-510	10,678	2,253	21.1
South Carolina	49,514	45,595	3,919	39,117	10,397	26.6
South Dakota	1,475	1,323	152	1,609	-134	-8.3
Tennessee	48,126	43,952	4,174	42,414	5,712	13.5
Texas	117,447	103,951	13,496	92,139	25,308	27.5
Utah	11,785	11,796	-11	6,971	4,814	69.1
Virginia	42,847	42,069	778	34,092	8,755	25.7
Virgin Islands	378	384	-6	299	79	26.4
Vermont	5,199	5,546	-347	4,361	838	19.2
Washington	53,422	55,409	-1,987	38,219	15,203	39.8
Wisconsin	67,179	67,666	-487	60,887	6,292	10.3
West Virginia	13,174	12,894	280	11,096	2,078	18.7
Wyoming	2,151	2,319	-168	1,698	453	26.7

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants US Totals
	Jun 2008	Percent	May 2008	Jun 2007	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	2,842,129		2,785,192	2,275,584	566,545	24.9
Male	1,569,332	55.2%	1,614,535	1,194,977	374,355	31.3%
Female	1,270,215	44.7%	1,167,796	1,078,821	191,394	17.7%
Information Not Available	2,582	0.1%	2,861	1,786	796	44.6%

Ethnicity	2,842,129		2,785,192	2,275,584
Hispanic or Latino	454,354	16.0%	451,326	346,727	107,627	31.0%
Not Hispanic or Latino	2,052,086	85.9%	2,008,112	1,670,500	381,586	22.8%
Information Not Available	335,689	10.6%	325,754	258,357	77,332	29.9%

Race	2,842,129		2,785,192	2,275,584
American Indian or Alaskan Native	29,466	1.0%	29,068	24,386	5,080	20.8%
Asian	74,523	2.6%	73,018	56,244	18,279	32.5%
Black or African American	517,820	18.2%	496,418	438,479	79,341	18.1%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	11,716	0.4%	10,653	8,963	2,753	30.7%
White	1,574,980	55.4%	1,544,824	1,276,441	298,539	23.4%
Information Not Available	633,622	22.3%	631,211	472,870	160,752	34.0%

Years of Age	2,842,129		2,785,192	2,275,584
Younger than 22	107,076	3.8%	111,087	87,410	19,666	22.5%
22-24	157,678	5.5%	157,670	129,224	28,454	22.0%
25-34	660,049	23.2%	652,677	525,123	134,926	25.7%
35-44	700,916	24.7%	684,849	577,881	123,035	21.3%
45-54	703,926	24.8%	690,606	559,988	143,938	25.7%
55-59	242,114	8.5%	231,152	188,867	53,247	28.2%
60-64	152,592	5.4%	145,801	118,528	34,064	28.7%
65 and older	95,980	3.4%	88,766	73,853	22,127	30.0%
Information Not Available	21,798	0.8%	22,584	14,710	7,088	48.2%

Industry	2,842,129		2,785,192	2,275,584
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	55,110	1.9%	65,279	46,533	8,577	18.4%
Mining	8,139	0.3%	9,188	7,515	624	8.3%
Utilities	6,384	0.2%	6,377	4,828	1,556	32.2%
Construction	363,155	12.8%	398,780	254,138	109,017	42.9%
Manufacturing	401,178	14.1%	423,170	325,289	75,889	23.3%
Wholesale Trade	109,670	3.9%	108,857	90,383	19,287	21.3%
Retail Trade	246,068	8.7%	247,109	194,089	51,979	26.8%
Transporation and Warehousing	114,505	4.0%	92,619	87,999	26,506	30.1%
Information	82,306	2.9%	78,673	71,261	11,045	15.5%
Finance and Insurance	107,166	3.8%	105,068	84,718	22,448	26.5%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	45,890	1.6%	49,207	38,918	6,972	17.9%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	137,517	4.8%	131,279	111,172	26,345	23.7%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	11,858	0.4%	11,390	8,689	3,169	36.5%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	308,228	10.8%	306,829	234,734	73,494	31.3%
Educational Services	59,149	2.1%	38,982	53,682	5,467	10.2%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	196,289	6.9%	167,640	185,678	10,611	5.7%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	37,720	1.3%	37,749	33,065	4,655	14.1%
Accomodation and Food Services	158,510	5.6%	138,376	134,585	23,925	17.8%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	83,125	2.9%	75,773	70,742	12,383	17.5%
Public Administration	41,910	1.5%	36,182	38,774	3,136	8.1%
Information Not Available	268,252	9.4%	256,665	198,792	69,460	34.9%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Alaska
	Jun 2008	Percent	May 2008	Jun 2007	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	9,843		11,001	9,027	816	9.0
Male	5,178	52.6%	6,714	4,598	580	12.6%
Female	4,665	47.4%	4,287	4,429	236	5.3%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	9,843		11,001	9,027
Hispanic or Latino	376	3.8%	447	390	-14	-3.6%
Not Hispanic or Latino	9,385	95.3%	10,478	8,546	839	9.8%
Information Not Available	82	0.8%	76	91	-9	-9.9%

Race	9,843		11,001	9,027
American Indian or Alaskan Native	3,520	35.8%	3,846	3,169	351	11.1%
Asian	743	7.5%	906	669	74	11.1%
Black or African American	448	4.6%	451	358	90	25.1%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	94	1.0%	108	102	-8	-7.8%
White	4,710	47.9%	5,294	4,371	339	7.8%
Information Not Available	328	3.3%	396	358	-30	-8.4%

Years of Age	9,843		11,001	9,027
Younger than 22	392	2.8%	480	317	75	23.7%
22-24	693	4.9%	830	699	-6	-0.9%
25-34	2,427	17.2%	2,793	2,308	119	5.2%
35-44	2,310	16.4%	2,435	2,070	240	11.6%
45-54	2,442	17.3%	2,798	2,267	175	7.7%
55-59	841	6.0%	925	684	157	23.0%
60-64	460	3.3%	458	400	60	15.0%
65 and older	278	2.0%	282	282	-4	-1.4%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	9,843		11,001	9,027
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	31	0.3%	52	25	6	24.0%
Mining	302	3.1%	393	256	46	18.0%
Utilities	44	0.4%	50	45	-1	-2.2%
Construction	1,275	12.9%	2,015	1,197	78	6.5%
Manufacturing	915	9.3%	1,301	824	91	11.0%
Wholesale Trade	142	1.4%	159	122	20	16.4%
Retail Trade	859	8.7%	978	832	27	3.2%
Transporation and Warehousing	787	8.0%	473	743	44	5.9%
Information	94	1.0%	98	89	5	5.6%
Finance and Insurance	183	1.9%	171	155	28	18.1%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	239	2.4%	317	203	36	17.7%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	294	3.0%	328	245	49	20.0%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	8	0.1%	17	22	-14	-63.6%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	565	5.7%	611	450	115	25.6%
Educational Services	511	5.2%	306	512	-1	-0.2%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	1,048	10.6%	867	1,001	47	4.7%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	94	1.0%	93	88	6	6.8%
Accomodation and Food Services	699	7.1%	896	641	58	9.0%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	495	5.0%	415	459	36	7.8%
Public Administration	1,010	10.2%	1,202	898	112	12.5%
Information Not Available	248	2.5%	259	220	28	12.7%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Alabama
	Jun 2008	Percent	May 2008	Jun 2007	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	33,955		31,535	27,413
Male	16,549	48.7%	16,186	12,457	4,092	32.8%
Female	17,354	51.1%	15,287	14,904	2,450	16.4%
Information Not Available	52	0.2%	62	52	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	33,955		31,535	27,413
Hispanic or Latino	773	2.3%	760	663	110	16.6%
Not Hispanic or Latino	27,019	79.6%	25,204	21,063	5,956	28.3%
Information Not Available	6,163	18.2%	5,571	5,687	476	8.4%

Race	33,955		31,535	27,413
American Indian or Alaskan Native	1,126	3.3%	1,031	1,001	125	12.5%
Asian	457	1.3%	450	396	61	15.4%
Black or African American	15,167	44.7%	13,724	11,693	3,474	29.7%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	46	0.1%	54	50	-4	-8.0%
White	15,050	44.3%	14,468	11,874	3,176	26.7%
Information Not Available	2,109	6.2%	1,808	2,399	-290	-12.1%

Years of Age	33,955		31,535	27,413
Younger than 22	1,182	2.5%	1,193	1,046	136	13.0%
22-24	2,181	4.6%	2,149	1,860	321	17.3%
25-34	8,395	17.8%	7,943	6,869	1,526	22.2%
35-44	8,175	17.3%	7,559	6,761	1,414	20.9%
45-54	8,173	17.3%	7,520	6,378	1,795	28.1%
55-59	2,893	6.1%	2,548	2,178	715	32.8%
60-64	1,744	3.7%	1,556	1,293	451	34.9%
65 and older	1,203	2.5%	1,056	1,021	182	17.8%
Information Not Available	9	0.0%	11	7	2	28.6%

Industry	33,955		31,535	27,413
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	350	1.0%	416	226	124	54.9%
Mining	86	0.3%	98	124	-38	-30.6%
Utilities	47	0.1%	51	47	0	0.0%
Construction	3,301	9.6%	3,270	2,447	854	34.9%
Manufacturing	8,164	23.8%	8,277	5,690	2,474	43.5%
Wholesale Trade	1,165	3.4%	1,113	794	371	46.7%
Retail Trade	3,230	9.4%	3,172	2,600	630	24.2%
Transporation and Warehousing	1,078	3.1%	900	847	231	27.3%
Information	486	1.4%	449	319	167	52.4%
Finance and Insurance	969	2.8%	958	701	268	38.2%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	394	1.1%	379	320	74	23.1%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	1,625	4.7%	1,516	1,708	-83	-4.9%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	43	0.1%	45	102	-59	-57.8%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	3,211	9.4%	3,142	2,869	342	11.9%
Educational Services	680	2.0%	365	548	132	24.1%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	3,069	8.9%	2,351	2,818	251	8.9%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	161	0.5%	160	222	-61	-27.5%
Accomodation and Food Services	2,227	6.5%	2,138	1,898	329	17.3%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	1,347	3.9%	767	1,220	127	10.4%
Public Administration	359	1.0%	342	338	21	6.2%
Information Not Available	1,963	5.7%	1,626	1,575	388	24.6%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Arkansas
	Jun 2008	Percent	May 2008	Jun 2007	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	30,439		29,700	29,173
Male	15,252	50.1%	15,836	14,075	1,177	8.4%
Female	15,186	49.9%	13,863	15,078	108	0.7%
Information Not Available	1	0.0%	1	20	-19	-95.0%

Ethnicity	30,439		29,700	29,173
Hispanic or Latino	810	2.7%	983	698	112	16.0%
Not Hispanic or Latino	29,628	97.3%	28,715	28,455	1,173	4.1%
Information Not Available	1	0.0%	2	20	-19	-95.0%

Race	30,439		29,700	29,173
American Indian or Alaskan Native	277	0.9%	274	332	-55	-16.6%
Asian	255	0.8%	263	205	50	24.4%
Black or African American	9,292	30.5%	8,652	9,342	-50	-0.5%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	184	0.6%	219	166	18	10.8%
White	19,618	64.5%	19,305	18,408	1,210	6.6%
Information Not Available	813	2.7%	987	720	93	12.9%

Years of Age	30,439		29,700	29,173
Younger than 22	870	1.8%	874	770	100	13.0%
22-24	2,142	4.4%	2,204	2,111	31	1.5%
25-34	8,303	17.0%	7,811	8,035	268	3.3%
35-44	7,835	16.1%	7,607	7,680	155	2.0%
45-54	6,894	14.1%	7,047	6,378	516	8.1%
55-59	2,185	4.5%	2,061	2,072	113	5.5%
60-64	1,283	2.6%	1,236	1,329	-46	-3.5%
65 and older	924	1.9%	857	775	149	19.2%
Information Not Available	3	0.0%	3	23	-20	-87.0%

Industry	30,439		29,700	29,173
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	315	1.0%	511	410	-95	-23.2%
Mining	92	0.3%	109	121	-29	-24.0%
Utilities	48	0.2%	49	83	-35	-42.2%
Construction	2,979	9.7%	3,270	2,665	314	11.8%
Manufacturing	7,264	23.6%	6,711	7,320	-56	-0.8%
Wholesale Trade	1,076	3.5%	1,044	1,174	-98	-8.3%
Retail Trade	3,626	11.8%	3,578	3,363	263	7.8%
Transporation and Warehousing	1,098	3.6%	1,093	1,003	95	9.5%
Information	271	0.9%	296	199	72	36.2%
Finance and Insurance	451	1.5%	527	293	158	53.9%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	380	1.2%	340	238	142	59.7%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	815	2.7%	764	703	112	15.9%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	70	0.2%	87	60	10	16.7%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	3,072	10.0%	3,133	2,704	368	13.6%
Educational Services	1,440	4.7%	1,033	1,446	-6	-0.4%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	3,567	11.6%	3,193	3,668	-101	-2.8%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	222	0.7%	241	227	-5	-2.2%
Accomodation and Food Services	2,332	7.6%	2,506	2,000	332	16.6%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	657	2.1%	648	725	-68	-9.4%
Public Administration	647	2.1%	544	703	-56	-8.0%
Information Not Available	17	0.1%	23	68	-51	-75.0%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Arizona
	Jun 2008	Percent	May 2008	Jun 2007	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	45,124		41,135	30,735
Male	25,155	55.7%	24,402	16,711	8,444	50.5%
Female	19,969	44.3%	16,733	14,024	5,945	42.4%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	45,124		41,135	30,735
Hispanic or Latino	18,058	40.0%	16,812	13,762	4,296	31.2%
Not Hispanic or Latino	27,065	60.0%	24,322	16,973	10,092	59.5%
Information Not Available	1	0.0%	1	0	1	0.0%

Race	45,124		41,135	30,735
American Indian or Alaskan Native	2,776	6.2%	2,138	1,906	870	45.6%
Asian	11	0.0%	10	3	8	266.7%
Black or African American	2,526	5.6%	2,348	1,682	844	50.2%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
White	19,711	43.7%	17,883	11,474	8,237	71.8%
Information Not Available	20,100	44.5%	18,756	15,670	4,430	28.3%

Years of Age	45,124		41,135	30,735
Younger than 22	1,405	2.3%	1,325	862	543	63.0%
22-24	2,238	3.6%	2,099	1,340	898	67.0%
25-34	9,567	15.4%	8,651	6,100	3,467	56.8%
35-44	11,330	18.2%	10,315	8,324	3,006	36.1%
45-54	12,040	19.4%	11,003	8,341	3,699	44.3%
55-59	4,322	7.0%	3,871	2,812	1,510	53.7%
60-64	2,650	4.3%	2,423	1,896	754	39.8%
65 and older	1,572	2.5%	1,448	1,060	512	48.3%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	45,124		41,135	30,735
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	5,997	11.7%	6,582	5,728	269	4.7%
Mining	80	0.2%	70	58	22	37.9%
Utilities	65	0.1%	53	49	16	32.7%
Construction	5,643	11.0%	5,631	3,520	2,123	60.3%
Manufacturing	2,885	5.6%	2,749	1,900	985	51.8%
Wholesale Trade	1,925	3.8%	1,834	1,291	634	49.1%
Retail Trade	3,555	7.0%	3,240	1,993	1,562	78.4%
Transporation and Warehousing	1,002	2.0%	925	667	335	50.2%
Information	471	0.9%	435	439	32	7.3%
Finance and Insurance	1,652	3.2%	1,580	1,109	543	49.0%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	820	1.6%	784	563	257	45.6%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	2,068	4.0%	1,928	1,319	749	56.8%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	116	0.2%	105	97	19	19.6%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	4,098	8.0%	3,770	2,733	1,365	49.9%
Educational Services	1,345	2.6%	623	978	367	37.5%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	2,788	5.5%	2,046	2,309	479	20.7%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	482	0.9%	360	382	100	26.2%
Accomodation and Food Services	1,942	3.8%	1,294	1,512	430	28.4%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	990	1.9%	774	544	446	82.0%
Public Administration	791	1.5%	623	662	129	19.5%
Information Not Available	6,409	12.5%	5,729	2,882	3,527	122.4%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants California
	Jun 2008	Percent	May 2008	Jun 2007	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	452,458		462,697	327,675
Male	261,423	57.8%	270,666	185,802	75,621	40.7%
Female	190,654	42.1%	191,651	141,873	48,781	34.4%
Information Not Available	381	0.1%	380	0	381	0.0%

Ethnicity	452,458		462,697	327,675
Hispanic or Latino	162,423	35.9%	174,271	117,754	44,669	37.9%
Not Hispanic or Latino	240,440	53.1%	240,656	176,264	64,176	36.4%
Information Not Available	49,595	11.0%	47,770	33,657	15,938	47.4%

Race	452,458		462,697	327,675
American Indian or Alaskan Native	2,766	0.6%	3,609	2,109	657	31.2%
Asian	36,624	8.1%	36,564	26,320	10,304	39.1%
Black or African American	36,910	8.2%	38,938	24,670	12,240	49.6%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
White	164,140	36.3%	161,545	123,165	40,975	33.3%
Information Not Available	212,018	46.9%	222,041	151,411	60,607	40.0%

Years of Age	452,458		462,697	327,675
Younger than 22	14,306	2.4%	15,100	10,546	3,760	35.7%
22-24	25,942	4.4%	27,162	19,442	6,500	33.4%
25-34	104,912	17.7%	109,976	76,118	28,794	37.8%
35-44	108,250	18.3%	109,216	81,804	26,446	32.3%
45-54	116,453	19.7%	117,669	81,621	34,832	42.7%
55-59	39,104	6.6%	37,893	27,788	11,316	40.7%
60-64	25,370	4.3%	26,972	18,709	6,661	35.6%
65 and older	17,740	3.0%	18,329	11,464	6,276	54.7%
Information Not Available	381	0.1%	380	183	198	108.2%

Industry	452,458		462,697	327,675
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	34,526	7.1%	41,882	27,788	6,738	24.2%
Mining	763	0.2%	475	459	304	66.2%
Utilities	1,621	0.3%	2,279	734	887	120.8%
Construction	71,054	14.6%	71,037	42,645	28,409	66.6%
Manufacturing	59,134	12.1%	61,066	44,661	14,473	32.4%
Wholesale Trade	3,910	0.8%	4,369	2,843	1,067	37.5%
Retail Trade	42,346	8.7%	46,156	26,779	15,567	58.1%
Transporation and Warehousing	14,402	3.0%	15,005	8,345	6,057	72.6%
Information	37,482	7.7%	35,614	33,565	3,917	11.7%
Finance and Insurance	16,404	3.4%	16,430	10,271	6,133	59.7%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	8,584	1.8%	10,542	7,520	1,064	14.1%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	8,870	1.8%	8,832	5,778	3,092	53.5%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	67,048	13.8%	67,524	44,112	22,936	52.0%
Educational Services	13,734	2.8%	7,503	11,372	2,362	20.8%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	22,985	4.7%	21,938	19,901	3,084	15.5%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	6,772	1.4%	6,933	5,594	1,178	21.1%
Accomodation and Food Services	17,454	3.6%	17,570	12,472	4,982	39.9%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	12,017	2.5%	13,866	7,062	4,955	70.2%
Public Administration	3,147	0.6%	3,419	3,026	121	4.0%
Information Not Available	10,205	2.1%	10,257	12,748	-2,543	-19.9%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Colorado
	Jun 2008	Percent	May 2008	Jun 2007	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	24,091		23,840	19,839
Male	12,354	51.3%	13,125	9,806	2,548	26.0%
Female	11,737	48.7%	10,715	10,033	1,704	17.0%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	24,091		23,840	19,839
Hispanic or Latino	4,126	17.1%	4,044	3,692	434	11.8%
Not Hispanic or Latino	16,070	66.7%	15,945	12,999	3,071	23.6%
Information Not Available	3,895	16.2%	3,851	3,148	747	23.7%

Race	24,091		23,840	19,839
American Indian or Alaskan Native	405	1.7%	388	320	85	26.6%
Asian	495	2.1%	494	467	28	6.0%
Black or African American	1,704	7.1%	1,639	1,445	259	17.9%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	85	0.4%	88	79	6	7.6%
White	16,354	67.9%	16,233	13,532	2,822	20.9%
Information Not Available	5,048	21.0%	4,998	3,996	1,052	26.3%

Years of Age	24,091		23,840	19,839
Younger than 22	337	0.9%	354	283	54	19.1%
22-24	814	2.1%	830	663	151	22.8%
25-34	4,895	12.6%	4,973	3,893	1,002	25.7%
35-44	6,010	15.5%	6,018	5,061	949	18.8%
45-54	7,139	18.4%	6,949	5,847	1,292	22.1%
55-59	2,647	6.8%	2,582	2,207	440	19.9%
60-64	1,560	4.0%	1,496	1,274	286	22.4%
65 and older	689	1.8%	637	605	84	13.9%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	1	6	-6	-100.0%

Industry	24,091		23,840	19,839
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	121	0.5%	89	70	51	72.9%
Mining	153	0.6%	171	102	51	50.0%
Utilities	28	0.1%	26	21	7	33.3%
Construction	3,309	13.7%	3,804	2,755	554	20.1%
Manufacturing	2,261	9.3%	2,309	1,918	343	17.9%
Wholesale Trade	1,114	4.6%	1,067	934	180	19.3%
Retail Trade	2,116	8.7%	2,134	1,868	248	13.3%
Transporation and Warehousing	694	2.9%	697	503	191	38.0%
Information	961	4.0%	893	668	293	43.9%
Finance and Insurance	1,500	6.2%	1,452	1,222	278	22.7%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	565	2.3%	586	488	77	15.8%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	2,086	8.6%	2,017	1,604	482	30.0%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	284	1.2%	301	161	123	76.4%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	2,931	12.1%	2,932	2,186	745	34.1%
Educational Services	650	2.7%	419	620	30	4.8%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	1,973	8.1%	1,355	1,734	239	13.8%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	399	1.6%	529	429	-30	-7.0%
Accomodation and Food Services	1,427	5.9%	1,551	1,206	221	18.3%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	543	2.2%	571	541	2	0.4%
Public Administration	427	1.8%	403	410	17	4.1%
Information Not Available	549	2.3%	534	399	150	37.6%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Connecticut
	Jun 2008	Percent	May 2008	Jun 2007	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	40,257		39,324	33,632
Male	22,640	56.2%	22,893	17,956	4,684	26.1%
Female	17,617	43.8%	16,431	15,676	1,941	12.4%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	40,257		39,324	33,632
Hispanic or Latino	5,413	13.4%	5,603	4,571	842	18.4%
Not Hispanic or Latino	34,844	86.6%	33,721	29,061	5,783	19.9%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Race	40,257		39,324	33,632
American Indian or Alaskan Native	164	0.4%	139	148	16	10.8%
Asian	610	1.5%	562	524	86	16.4%
Black or African American	6,036	15.0%	5,939	5,273	763	14.5%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
White	23,476	58.3%	23,012	19,237	4,239	22.0%
Information Not Available	9,971	24.8%	9,672	8,450	1,521	18.0%

Years of Age	40,257		39,324	33,632
Younger than 22	1,286	2.1%	1,230	1,048	238	22.7%
22-24	2,362	3.9%	2,467	2,020	342	16.9%
25-34	8,709	14.3%	8,661	7,248	1,461	20.2%
35-44	9,368	15.4%	9,079	8,133	1,235	15.2%
45-54	10,020	16.4%	9,765	8,211	1,809	22.0%
55-59	3,653	6.0%	3,511	3,006	647	21.5%
60-64	2,758	4.5%	2,619	2,284	474	20.8%
65 and older	2,101	3.4%	1,992	1,682	419	24.9%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	40,257		39,324	33,632
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	142	0.4%	149	140	2	1.4%
Mining	21	0.1%	24	18	3	16.7%
Utilities	53	0.1%	42	47	6	12.8%
Construction	5,291	13.1%	5,907	3,287	2,004	61.0%
Manufacturing	5,112	12.7%	5,013	4,567	545	11.9%
Wholesale Trade	1,887	4.7%	1,860	1,649	238	14.4%
Retail Trade	5,076	12.6%	4,987	4,144	932	22.5%
Transporation and Warehousing	1,303	3.2%	1,290	945	358	37.9%
Information	1,048	2.6%	928	626	422	67.4%
Finance and Insurance	2,116	5.2%	2,047	2,133	-17	-0.8%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	695	1.7%	718	559	136	24.3%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	2,149	5.3%	2,039	1,818	331	18.2%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	202	0.5%	195	125	77	61.6%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	4,420	10.9%	4,571	3,735	685	18.3%
Educational Services	795	2.0%	728	801	-6	-0.7%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	3,424	8.5%	3,281	3,278	146	4.5%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	764	1.9%	764	729	35	4.8%
Accomodation and Food Services	3,370	8.3%	2,477	2,958	412	13.9%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	1,217	3.0%	1,217	988	229	23.2%
Public Administration	493	1.2%	447	535	-42	-7.9%
Information Not Available	679	1.7%	640	550	129	23.5%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants District of Columbia
	Jun 2008	Percent	May 2008	Jun 2007	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	6,438		5,911	4,670
Male	3,102	48.2%	2,922	2,341	761	32.5%
Female	3,336	51.8%	2,989	2,329	1,007	43.2%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	6,438		5,911	4,670
Hispanic or Latino	614	9.5%	555	452	162	35.8%
Not Hispanic or Latino	5,663	88.0%	5,218	3,799	1,864	49.1%
Information Not Available	161	2.5%	138	419	-258	-61.6%

Race	6,438		5,911	4,670
American Indian or Alaskan Native	46	0.7%	45	37	9	24.3%
Asian	152	2.4%	132	102	50	49.0%
Black or African American	5,075	78.8%	4,617	3,646	1,429	39.2%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	60	0.9%	71	70	-10	-14.3%
White	1,100	17.1%	1,041	763	337	44.2%
Information Not Available	5	0.1%	5	52	-47	-90.4%

Years of Age	6,438		5,911	4,670
Younger than 22	149	2.1%	117	97	52	53.6%
22-24	335	4.6%	303	207	128	61.8%
25-34	1,599	22.1%	1,453	1,119	480	42.9%
35-44	1,698	23.5%	1,619	1,277	421	33.0%
45-54	1,694	23.4%	1,550	1,298	396	30.5%
55-59	514	7.1%	466	381	133	34.9%
60-64	300	4.1%	266	199	101	50.8%
65 and older	149	2.1%	137	92	57	62.0%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	6,438		5,911	4,670
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
Mining	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
Utilities	0	0.0%	0	3	-3	-100.0%
Construction	6	0.1%	5	29	-23	-79.3%
Manufacturing	0	0.0%	0	2	-2	-100.0%
Wholesale Trade	0	0.0%	0	8	-8	-100.0%
Retail Trade	3	0.0%	1	16	-13	-81.3%
Transporation and Warehousing	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
Information	1	0.0%	1	7	-6	-85.7%
Finance and Insurance	1	0.0%	1	0	1	0.0%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	2	0.0%	0	7	-5	-71.4%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	5	0.1%	6	17	-12	-70.6%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	12	0.2%	11	10	2	20.0%
Educational Services	4	0.1%	4	17	-13	-76.5%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	7	0.1%	2	35	-28	-80.0%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
Accomodation and Food Services	4	0.1%	2	1	3	300.0%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	1	0.0%	1	30	-29	-96.7%
Public Administration	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
Information Not Available	6,392	99.3%	5,877	4,488	1,904	42.4%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Delaware
	Jun 2008	Percent	May 2008	Jun 2007	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	8,415		8,275	8,830
Male	4,225	50.2%	4,264	3,985	240	6.0%
Female	4,190	49.8%	4,011	4,845	-655	-13.5%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	8,415		8,275	8,830
Hispanic or Latino	283	3.4%	291	312	-29	-9.3%
Not Hispanic or Latino	8,132	96.6%	7,984	8,518	-386	-4.5%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Race	8,415		8,275	8,830
American Indian or Alaskan Native	17	0.2%	14	24	-7	-29.2%
Asian	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
Black or African American	3,234	38.4%	3,099	3,589	-355	-9.9%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	43	0.5%	34	64	-21	-32.8%
White	4,660	55.4%	4,644	4,516	144	3.2%
Information Not Available	460	5.5%	484	636	-176	-27.7%

Years of Age	8,415		8,275	8,830
Younger than 22	194	1.5%	190	1,821	-1,627	-89.3%
22-24	481	3.8%	489	641	-160	-25.0%
25-34	2,040	16.2%	2,062	2,064	-24	-1.2%
35-44	1,988	15.8%	1,958	2,264	-276	-12.2%
45-54	2,075	16.5%	2,046	1,454	621	42.7%
55-59	727	5.8%	676	348	379	108.9%
60-64	503	4.0%	499	136	367	269.9%
65 and older	346	2.8%	304	86	260	302.3%
Information Not Available	61	0.5%	51	16	45	281.3%

Industry	8,415		8,275	8,830
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	13	0.2%	17	21	-8	-38.1%
Mining	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
Utilities	14	0.2%	6	5	9	180.0%
Construction	945	11.2%	1,060	875	70	8.0%
Manufacturing	508	6.0%	519	567	-59	-10.4%
Wholesale Trade	321	3.8%	312	293	28	9.6%
Retail Trade	1,562	18.5%	1,518	1,475	87	5.9%
Transporation and Warehousing	287	3.4%	274	281	6	2.1%
Information	129	1.5%	124	129	0	0.0%
Finance and Insurance	592	7.0%	541	920	-328	-35.7%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	210	2.5%	215	217	-7	-3.2%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	518	6.1%	510	441	77	17.5%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	32	0.4%	30	29	3	10.3%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	1,446	17.2%	1,386	1,466	-20	-1.4%
Educational Services	144	1.7%	92	141	3	2.1%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	646	7.7%	553	760	-114	-15.0%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	119	1.4%	130	107	12	11.2%
Accomodation and Food Services	605	7.2%	666	725	-120	-16.6%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	241	2.9%	245	253	-12	-4.7%
Public Administration	44	0.5%	42	72	-28	-38.9%
Information Not Available	39	0.5%	35	53	-14	-26.4%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Florida
	Jun 2008	Percent	May 2008	Jun 2007	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	165,115		147,990	109,599
Male	91,793	55.6%	85,096	57,968	33,825	58.4%
Female	73,322	44.4%	62,820	51,519	21,803	42.3%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	74	112	-112	-100.0%

Ethnicity	165,115		147,990	109,599
Hispanic or Latino	54,325	32.9%	49,491	34,855	19,470	55.9%
Not Hispanic or Latino	97,838	59.3%	87,398	65,536	32,302	49.3%
Information Not Available	12,952	7.8%	11,101	9,208	3,744	40.7%

Race	165,115		147,990	109,599
American Indian or Alaskan Native	413	0.3%	446	671	-258	-38.5%
Asian	1,201	0.7%	1,077	1,007	194	19.3%
Black or African American	32,062	19.4%	27,474	21,062	11,000	52.2%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	1,614	1.0%	1,522	2,498	-884	-35.4%
White	98,551	59.7%	88,920	62,926	35,625	56.6%
Information Not Available	31,274	18.9%	28,551	21,435	9,839	45.9%

Years of Age	165,115		147,990	109,599
Younger than 22	4,355	1.7%	4,307	2,199	2,156	98.0%
22-24	7,696	3.1%	7,091	4,548	3,148	69.2%
25-34	37,806	15.0%	32,004	22,814	14,992	65.7%
35-44	38,482	15.3%	34,269	26,729	11,753	44.0%
45-54	40,472	16.1%	37,573	29,040	11,432	39.4%
55-59	16,106	6.4%	14,443	10,513	5,593	53.2%
60-64	11,563	4.6%	10,321	8,164	3,399	41.6%
65 and older	8,635	3.4%	7,982	5,555	3,080	55.4%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	37	-37	-100.0%

Industry	165,115		147,990	109,599
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	2,140	1.3%	1,374	2,870	-730	-25.4%
Mining	113	0.1%	186	37	76	205.4%
Utilities	488	0.3%	371	261	227	87.0%
Construction	21,625	12.9%	21,979	13,346	8,279	62.0%
Manufacturing	11,826	7.1%	10,581	7,120	4,706	66.1%
Wholesale Trade	7,847	4.7%	7,834	4,287	3,560	83.0%
Retail Trade	16,894	10.1%	15,111	10,102	6,792	67.2%
Transporation and Warehousing	5,631	3.4%	3,750	3,952	1,679	42.5%
Information	2,966	1.8%	3,082	2,162	804	37.2%
Finance and Insurance	8,635	5.2%	8,057	5,890	2,745	46.6%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	4,092	2.4%	4,233	2,349	1,743	74.2%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	9,724	5.8%	8,873	6,598	3,126	47.4%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	939	0.6%	705	410	529	129.0%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	33,301	19.9%	29,850	18,639	14,662	78.7%
Educational Services	2,966	1.8%	1,856	2,386	580	24.3%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	9,423	5.6%	7,723	7,008	2,415	34.5%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	3,003	1.8%	2,599	2,274	729	32.1%
Accomodation and Food Services	9,611	5.7%	7,277	6,002	3,609	60.1%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	4,430	2.6%	3,973	3,504	926	26.4%
Public Administration	1,840	1.1%	1,708	895	945	105.6%
Information Not Available	7,621	4.6%	6,868	9,507	-1,886	-19.8%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Georgia
	Jun 2008	Percent	May 2008	Jun 2007	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	76,568		76,307	54,558
Male	38,131	49.8%	39,508	24,600	13,531	55.0%
Female	37,436	48.9%	35,726	29,199	8,237	28.2%
Information Not Available	1,001	1.3%	1,073	759	242	31.9%

Ethnicity	76,568		76,307	54,558
Hispanic or Latino	284	0.4%	349	144	140	97.2%
Not Hispanic or Latino	75,283	98.3%	74,885	53,655	21,628	40.3%
Information Not Available	1,001	1.3%	1,073	759	242	31.9%

Race	76,568		76,307	54,558
American Indian or Alaskan Native	370	0.5%	395	270	100	37.0%
Asian	1,043	1.4%	1,025	661	382	57.8%
Black or African American	38,129	49.8%	37,179	29,852	8,277	27.7%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
White	36,025	47.0%	36,635	23,005	13,020	56.6%
Information Not Available	1,001	1.3%	1,073	770	231	30.0%

Years of Age	76,568		76,307	54,558
Younger than 22	1,948	1.8%	1,923	1,351	597	44.2%
22-24	3,855	3.5%	3,853	2,739	1,116	40.7%
25-34	18,220	16.8%	17,815	13,187	5,033	38.2%
35-44	19,543	18.0%	19,303	14,211	5,332	37.5%
45-54	18,398	16.9%	18,359	13,025	5,373	41.3%
55-59	6,229	5.7%	6,154	4,378	1,851	42.3%
60-64	3,845	3.5%	3,826	2,568	1,277	49.7%
65 and older	2,218	2.0%	2,086	1,565	653	41.7%
Information Not Available	2,312	2.1%	2,988	1,534	778	50.7%

Industry	76,568		76,307	54,558
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	1,335	1.7%	1,581	773	562	72.7%
Mining	104	0.1%	107	57	47	82.5%
Utilities	122	0.2%	116	134	-12	-9.0%
Construction	5,707	7.3%	6,110	3,401	2,306	67.8%
Manufacturing	8,192	10.5%	9,071	6,263	1,929	30.8%
Wholesale Trade	3,828	4.9%	3,850	2,663	1,165	43.7%
Retail Trade	6,080	7.8%	6,210	4,168	1,912	45.9%
Transporation and Warehousing	1,822	2.3%	2,037	1,306	516	39.5%
Information	1,529	2.0%	1,404	1,034	495	47.9%
Finance and Insurance	2,322	3.0%	2,401	1,853	469	25.3%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	1,413	1.8%	1,436	912	501	54.9%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	11,946	15.3%	11,964	8,663	3,283	37.9%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	183	0.2%	190	119	64	53.8%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	235	0.3%	243	190	45	23.7%
Educational Services	1,618	2.1%	1,293	1,416	202	14.3%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	4,552	5.8%	3,492	4,402	150	3.4%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	4,286	5.5%	3,998	3,276	1,010	30.8%
Accomodation and Food Services	752	1.0%	664	481	271	56.3%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	1,212	1.6%	1,097	887	325	36.6%
Public Administration	968	1.2%	795	790	178	22.5%
Information Not Available	18,362	23.6%	18,248	11,770	6,592	56.0%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Hawaii
	Jun 2008	Percent	May 2008	Jun 2007	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	11,113		9,814	6,674
Male	7,143	64.3%	6,622	3,971	3,172	79.9%
Female	3,970	35.7%	3,192	2,703	1,267	46.9%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	11,113		9,814	6,674
Hispanic or Latino	665	6.0%	511	371	294	79.2%
Not Hispanic or Latino	8,541	76.9%	7,553	5,071	3,470	68.4%
Information Not Available	1,907	17.2%	1,750	1,232	675	54.8%

Race	11,113		9,814	6,674
American Indian or Alaskan Native	77	0.7%	76	66	11	16.7%
Asian	3,711	33.4%	3,201	2,294	1,417	61.8%
Black or African American	190	1.7%	175	130	60	46.2%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	3,068	27.6%	2,756	1,706	1,362	79.8%
White	2,643	23.8%	2,348	1,667	976	58.5%
Information Not Available	1,424	12.8%	1,258	811	613	75.6%

Years of Age	11,113		9,814	6,674
Younger than 22	236	1.8%	196	113	123	108.8%
22-24	527	4.0%	489	254	273	107.5%
25-34	2,486	19.1%	2,353	1,395	1,091	78.2%
35-44	2,712	20.8%	2,432	1,587	1,125	70.9%
45-54	2,831	21.7%	2,445	1,759	1,072	60.9%
55-59	1,175	9.0%	941	757	418	55.2%
60-64	713	5.5%	613	497	216	43.5%
65 and older	433	3.3%	345	312	121	38.8%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	11,113		9,814	6,674
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	331	2.9%	308	361	-30	-8.3%
Mining	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
Utilities	4	0.0%	1	2	2	100.0%
Construction	3,387	29.6%	3,298	1,552	1,835	118.2%
Manufacturing	224	2.0%	242	160	64	40.0%
Wholesale Trade	140	1.2%	144	116	24	20.7%
Retail Trade	520	4.5%	485	412	108	26.2%
Transporation and Warehousing	1,408	12.3%	1,297	437	971	222.2%
Information	273	2.4%	210	235	38	16.2%
Finance and Insurance	132	1.2%	139	112	20	17.9%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	190	1.7%	170	115	75	65.2%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	294	2.6%	267	241	53	22.0%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	25	0.2%	23	16	9	56.3%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	995	8.7%	942	611	384	62.8%
Educational Services	41	0.4%	42	43	-2	-4.7%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	395	3.5%	254	421	-26	-6.2%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	101	0.9%	78	85	16	18.8%
Accomodation and Food Services	1,018	8.9%	767	621	397	63.9%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	210	1.8%	189	147	63	42.9%
Public Administration	152	1.3%	77	132	20	15.2%
Information Not Available	1,273	11.1%	881	855	418	48.9%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Iowa
	Jun 2008	Percent	May 2008	Jun 2007	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	25,353		21,470	18,745
Male	13,922	54.9%	12,286	9,512	4,410	46.4%
Female	11,431	45.1%	9,184	9,233	2,198	23.8%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	25,353		21,470	18,745
Hispanic or Latino	775	3.1%	729	627	148	23.6%
Not Hispanic or Latino	20,637	81.4%	19,397	17,894	2,743	15.3%
Information Not Available	3,941	15.5%	1,344	224	3,717	1659.4%

Race	25,353		21,470	18,745
American Indian or Alaskan Native	108	0.4%	112	73	35	47.9%
Asian	174	0.7%	184	156	18	11.5%
Black or African American	1,748	6.9%	1,625	951	797	83.8%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
White	18,607	73.4%	17,476	16,714	1,893	11.3%
Information Not Available	4,716	18.6%	2,073	851	3,865	454.2%

Years of Age	25,353		21,470	18,745
Younger than 22	729	1.7%	598	401	328	81.8%
22-24	1,371	3.2%	1,071	915	456	49.8%
25-34	5,623	13.3%	4,764	3,943	1,680	42.6%
35-44	5,721	13.5%	4,908	4,757	964	20.3%
45-54	6,757	16.0%	5,797	4,912	1,845	37.6%
55-59	2,451	5.8%	2,063	1,779	672	37.8%
60-64	1,619	3.8%	1,342	1,182	437	37.0%
65 and older	1,082	2.6%	926	847	235	27.7%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	1	9	-9	-100.0%

Industry	25,353		21,470	18,745
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	124	0.5%	111	88	36	40.9%
Mining	56	0.2%	43	28	28	100.0%
Utilities	46	0.2%	21	34	12	35.3%
Construction	3,436	13.5%	3,258	2,253	1,183	52.5%
Manufacturing	6,887	27.0%	6,019	4,580	2,307	50.4%
Wholesale Trade	971	3.8%	952	782	189	24.2%
Retail Trade	2,015	7.9%	1,893	1,769	246	13.9%
Transporation and Warehousing	1,095	4.3%	643	921	174	18.9%
Information	783	3.1%	703	751	32	4.3%
Finance and Insurance	743	2.9%	685	545	198	36.3%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	207	0.8%	217	201	6	3.0%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	934	3.7%	901	827	107	12.9%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	40	0.2%	65	63	-23	-36.5%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	2,219	8.7%	2,052	1,470	749	51.0%
Educational Services	498	2.0%	286	358	140	39.1%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	1,472	5.8%	1,227	1,451	21	1.4%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	238	0.9%	250	177	61	34.5%
Accomodation and Food Services	1,910	7.5%	1,211	1,336	574	43.0%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	743	2.9%	425	714	29	4.1%
Public Administration	252	1.0%	228	204	48	23.5%
Information Not Available	684	2.7%	280	193	491	254.4%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Idaho
	Jun 2008	Percent	May 2008	Jun 2007	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	13,016		13,689	7,913
Male	7,936	61.0%	9,009	4,032	3,904	96.8%
Female	5,080	39.0%	4,680	3,881	1,199	30.9%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	13,016		13,689	7,913
Hispanic or Latino	1,194	9.2%	1,311	819	375	45.8%
Not Hispanic or Latino	11,266	86.6%	11,806	6,346	4,920	77.5%
Information Not Available	556	4.3%	572	748	-192	-25.7%

Race	13,016		13,689	7,913
American Indian or Alaskan Native	256	2.0%	276	187	69	36.9%
Asian	136	1.0%	128	154	-18	-11.7%
Black or African American	71	0.5%	76	60	11	18.3%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	48	0.4%	52	31	17	54.8%
White	10,763	82.7%	11,294	6,282	4,481	71.3%
Information Not Available	1,742	13.4%	1,863	1,199	543	45.3%

Years of Age	13,016		13,689	7,913
Younger than 22	380	1.7%	399	173	207	119.7%
22-24	734	3.2%	826	403	331	82.1%
25-34	2,982	13.0%	3,196	1,672	1,310	78.3%
35-44	2,971	12.9%	3,151	1,779	1,192	67.0%
45-54	3,350	14.6%	3,510	2,205	1,145	51.9%
55-59	1,248	5.4%	1,284	784	464	59.2%
60-64	779	3.4%	813	510	269	52.7%
65 and older	572	2.5%	510	387	185	47.8%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	13,016		13,689	7,913
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	597	4.4%	886	277	320	115.5%
Mining	73	0.5%	72	19	54	284.2%
Utilities	19	0.1%	26	11	8	72.7%
Construction	2,451	18.0%	3,087	970	1,481	152.7%
Manufacturing	1,771	13.0%	1,817	1,176	595	50.6%
Wholesale Trade	490	3.6%	467	283	207	73.1%
Retail Trade	1,201	8.8%	1,225	742	459	61.9%
Transporation and Warehousing	806	5.9%	572	554	252	45.5%
Information	172	1.3%	168	118	54	45.8%
Finance and Insurance	364	2.7%	342	180	184	102.2%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	169	1.2%	171	83	86	103.6%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	565	4.2%	594	271	294	108.5%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	14	0.1%	21	10	4	40.0%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	901	6.6%	951	589	312	53.0%
Educational Services	162	1.2%	125	127	35	27.6%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	801	5.9%	668	681	120	17.6%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	211	1.5%	268	95	116	122.1%
Accomodation and Food Services	571	4.2%	596	393	178	45.3%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	353	2.6%	255	249	104	41.8%
Public Administration	238	1.7%	197	222	16	7.2%
Information Not Available	1,087	8.0%	1,181	863	224	26.0%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Illinois
	Jun 2008	Percent	May 2008	Jun 2007	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	144,837		138,718	120,276
Male	79,465	54.9%	82,258	62,892	16,573	26.4%
Female	65,372	45.1%	56,460	57,384	7,988	13.9%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	144,837		138,718	120,276
Hispanic or Latino	18,334	12.7%	19,028	14,361	3,973	27.7%
Not Hispanic or Latino	126,503	87.3%	119,690	105,915	20,588	19.4%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Race	144,837		138,718	120,276
American Indian or Alaskan Native	532	0.4%	504	417	115	27.6%
Asian	3,659	2.5%	3,399	2,816	843	29.9%
Black or African American	37,188	25.7%	34,875	33,000	4,188	12.7%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
White	102,099	70.5%	98,702	84,935	17,164	20.2%
Information Not Available	1,358	0.9%	1,238	908	450	49.6%

Years of Age	144,837		138,718	120,276
Younger than 22	3,241	1.4%	3,121	2,535	706	27.9%
22-24	6,972	2.9%	6,848	5,899	1,073	18.2%
25-34	34,144	14.3%	33,404	28,161	5,983	21.2%
35-44	36,735	15.4%	35,815	31,067	5,668	18.2%
45-54	38,285	16.0%	36,199	31,439	6,846	21.8%
55-59	13,148	5.5%	12,210	10,773	2,375	22.0%
60-64	7,988	3.3%	7,331	6,718	1,270	18.9%
65 and older	4,324	1.8%	3,790	3,684	640	17.4%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	144,837		138,718	120,276
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	379	0.3%	450	343	36	10.5%
Mining	571	0.4%	689	471	100	21.2%
Utilities	190	0.1%	198	148	42	28.4%
Construction	22,751	15.7%	26,279	14,990	7,761	51.8%
Manufacturing	19,586	13.5%	19,650	17,998	1,588	8.8%
Wholesale Trade	6,758	4.7%	6,794	5,579	1,179	21.1%
Retail Trade	13,544	9.3%	13,157	11,897	1,647	13.8%
Transporation and Warehousing	9,465	6.5%	6,263	7,680	1,785	23.2%
Information	2,888	2.0%	2,793	2,463	425	17.3%
Finance and Insurance	7,998	5.5%	7,644	6,605	1,393	21.1%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	2,291	1.6%	2,243	1,886	405	21.5%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	8,160	5.6%	7,666	6,596	1,564	23.7%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	832	0.6%	739	354	478	135.0%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	16,593	11.4%	16,153	13,629	2,964	21.7%
Educational Services	3,043	2.1%	2,167	3,076	-33	-1.1%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	9,551	6.6%	8,571	8,873	678	7.6%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	1,490	1.0%	1,506	1,332	158	11.9%
Accomodation and Food Services	9,146	6.3%	6,647	7,990	1,156	14.5%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	3,683	2.5%	3,235	3,308	375	11.3%
Public Administration	2,775	1.9%	2,730	2,755	20	0.7%
Information Not Available	3,143	2.2%	3,144	2,303	840	36.5%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Indiana
	Jun 2008	Percent	May 2008	Jun 2007	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	58,635		57,114	47,727
Male	31,851	54.3%	33,273	24,107	7,744	32.1%
Female	26,736	45.6%	23,791	23,564	3,172	13.5%
Information Not Available	48	0.1%	50	56	-8	-14.3%

Ethnicity	58,635		57,114	47,727
Hispanic or Latino	2,442	4.2%	2,431	1,750	692	39.5%
Not Hispanic or Latino	44,052	75.1%	42,745	37,557	6,495	17.3%
Information Not Available	12,141	20.7%	11,938	8,420	3,721	44.2%

Race	58,635		57,114	47,727
American Indian or Alaskan Native	277	0.5%	285	230	47	20.4%
Asian	455	0.8%	365	259	196	75.7%
Black or African American	8,654	14.8%	7,902	8,246	408	4.9%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	65	0.1%	58	49	16	32.7%
White	46,452	79.2%	45,749	36,893	9,559	25.9%
Information Not Available	2,732	4.7%	2,755	2,050	682	33.3%

Years of Age	58,635		57,114	47,727
Younger than 22	1,355	1.3%	1,326	1,148	207	18.0%
22-24	2,988	2.9%	2,965	2,515	473	18.8%
25-34	13,752	13.5%	13,898	11,424	2,328	20.4%
35-44	14,586	14.3%	14,358	12,371	2,215	17.9%
45-54	15,496	15.2%	15,090	12,277	3,219	26.2%
55-59	5,333	5.2%	4,927	4,033	1,300	32.2%
60-64	3,144	3.1%	2,878	2,478	666	26.9%
65 and older	1,981	1.9%	1,672	1,481	500	33.8%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	58,635		57,114	47,727
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	177	0.3%	166	119	58	48.7%
Mining	85	0.1%	121	79	6	7.6%
Utilities	51	0.1%	52	37	14	37.8%
Construction	6,455	11.0%	7,657	4,507	1,948	43.2%
Manufacturing	15,998	27.2%	16,607	11,341	4,657	41.1%
Wholesale Trade	2,075	3.5%	2,016	1,785	290	16.2%
Retail Trade	4,410	7.5%	4,282	4,021	389	9.7%
Transporation and Warehousing	2,949	5.0%	2,655	2,106	843	40.0%
Information	586	1.0%	572	441	145	32.9%
Finance and Insurance	1,504	2.6%	1,561	1,456	48	3.3%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	788	1.3%	745	611	177	29.0%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	1,807	3.1%	1,696	1,343	464	34.5%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	212	0.4%	186	132	80	60.6%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	5,342	9.1%	5,334	4,236	1,106	26.1%
Educational Services	1,396	2.4%	640	1,132	264	23.3%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	4,437	7.5%	3,364	4,580	-143	-3.1%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	534	0.9%	480	487	47	9.7%
Accomodation and Food Services	3,305	5.6%	2,750	3,031	274	9.0%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	1,338	2.3%	1,220	1,139	199	17.5%
Public Administration	513	0.9%	410	444	69	15.5%
Information Not Available	4,673	7.9%	4,600	4,700	-27	-0.6%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Kansas
	Jun 2008	Percent	May 2008	Jun 2007	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	18,750		17,543	16,233
Male	10,108	53.9%	9,788	8,327	1,781	21.4%
Female	8,642	46.1%	7,755	7,906	736	9.3%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	18,750		17,543	16,233
Hispanic or Latino	1,417	7.6%	1,425	805	612	76.0%
Not Hispanic or Latino	9,137	48.7%	8,301	8,963	174	1.9%
Information Not Available	8,196	43.7%	7,817	6,465	1,731	26.8%

Race	18,750		17,543	16,233
American Indian or Alaskan Native	300	1.6%	255	240	60	25.0%
Asian	231	1.2%	224	167	64	38.3%
Black or African American	3,065	16.3%	2,803	2,682	383	14.3%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	35	0.2%	34	35	0	0.0%
White	13,551	72.3%	12,720	12,064	1,487	12.3%
Information Not Available	1,568	8.4%	1,507	1,045	523	50.0%

Years of Age	18,750		17,543	16,233
Younger than 22	439	1.4%	438	361	78	21.6%
22-24	998	3.2%	965	860	138	16.0%
25-34	4,521	14.5%	4,173	4,019	502	12.5%
35-44	4,461	14.3%	4,193	3,920	541	13.8%
45-54	4,927	15.8%	4,671	4,275	652	15.3%
55-59	1,686	5.4%	1,556	1,366	320	23.4%
60-64	1,116	3.6%	1,054	858	258	30.1%
65 and older	602	1.9%	493	574	28	4.9%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	18,750		17,543	16,233
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	138	0.7%	153	169	-31	-18.3%
Mining	142	0.8%	155	140	2	1.4%
Utilities	26	0.1%	22	46	-20	-43.5%
Construction	2,363	12.5%	2,151	1,792	571	31.9%
Manufacturing	2,869	15.2%	2,810	2,168	701	32.3%
Wholesale Trade	834	4.4%	851	723	111	15.4%
Retail Trade	1,470	7.8%	1,546	1,329	141	10.6%
Transporation and Warehousing	660	3.5%	637	501	159	31.7%
Information	845	4.5%	798	1,024	-179	-17.5%
Finance and Insurance	675	3.6%	672	575	100	17.4%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	268	1.4%	339	240	28	11.7%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	957	5.1%	943	807	150	18.6%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	53	0.3%	38	43	10	23.3%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	2,082	11.0%	1,934	1,607	475	29.6%
Educational Services	427	2.3%	258	393	34	8.7%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	1,792	9.5%	1,446	1,789	3	0.2%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	105	0.6%	94	79	26	32.9%
Accomodation and Food Services	891	4.7%	710	807	84	10.4%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	552	2.9%	433	487	65	13.3%
Public Administration	363	1.9%	346	361	2	0.6%
Information Not Available	1,238	6.6%	1,207	1,153	85	7.4%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Kentucky
	Jun 2008	Percent	May 2008	Jun 2007	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	36,066		30,073	27,307
Male	21,976	60.9%	18,501	14,783	7,193	48.7%
Female	14,090	39.1%	11,572	12,524	1,566	12.5%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	36,066		30,073	27,307
Hispanic or Latino	112	0.3%	55	81	31	38.3%
Not Hispanic or Latino	35,954	99.7%	30,018	27,226	8,728	32.1%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Race	36,066		30,073	27,307
American Indian or Alaskan Native	228	0.6%	228	140	88	62.9%
Asian	134	0.4%	114	81	53	65.4%
Black or African American	4,610	12.8%	3,801	3,282	1,328	40.5%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0	0.0%	5	9	-9	-100.0%
White	30,524	84.6%	25,587	23,515	7,009	29.8%
Information Not Available	570	1.6%	338	280	290	103.6%

Years of Age	36,066		30,073	27,307
Younger than 22	650	1.0%	617	676	-26	-3.8%
22-24	1,631	2.5%	1,562	1,573	58	3.7%
25-34	8,167	12.6%	6,862	6,830	1,337	19.6%
35-44	9,986	15.4%	7,730	7,020	2,966	42.3%
45-54	9,471	14.6%	7,980	6,379	3,092	48.5%
55-59	3,432	5.3%	2,750	2,232	1,200	53.8%
60-64	1,685	2.6%	1,631	1,578	107	6.8%
65 and older	1,044	1.6%	941	1,019	25	2.5%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	36,066		30,073	27,307
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	49	0.1%	64	9	40	444.4%
Mining	556	1.5%	598	866	-310	-35.8%
Utilities	18	0.0%	18	50	-32	-64.0%
Construction	3,772	10.4%	4,025	2,971	801	27.0%
Manufacturing	11,783	32.6%	7,944	6,699	5,084	75.9%
Wholesale Trade	1,187	3.3%	1,147	1,082	105	9.7%
Retail Trade	2,764	7.7%	2,695	2,299	465	20.2%
Transporation and Warehousing	1,402	3.9%	1,284	771	631	81.8%
Information	909	2.5%	612	334	575	172.2%
Finance and Insurance	909	2.5%	827	870	39	4.5%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	255	0.7%	292	329	-74	-22.5%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	1,187	3.3%	1,160	956	231	24.2%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	90	0.2%	82	68	22	32.4%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	2,894	8.0%	2,759	2,673	221	8.3%
Educational Services	1,030	2.9%	297	1,105	-75	-6.8%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	2,388	6.6%	1,978	2,087	301	14.4%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	399	1.1%	347	216	183	84.7%
Accomodation and Food Services	1,304	3.6%	1,160	1,032	272	26.4%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	775	2.1%	617	564	211	37.4%
Public Administration	417	1.2%	365	546	-129	-23.6%
Information Not Available	1,978	5.5%	1,802	1,780	198	11.1%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Louisiana
	Jun 2008	Percent	May 2008	Jun 2007	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	22,155		19,107	20,978
Male	10,023	45.2%	9,827	9,395	628	6.7%
Female	12,132	54.8%	9,280	11,583	549	4.7%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	22,155		19,107	20,978
Hispanic or Latino	404	1.8%	380	376	28	7.4%
Not Hispanic or Latino	21,719	98.0%	18,692	20,527	1,192	5.8%
Information Not Available	32	0.1%	35	75	-43	-57.3%

Race	22,155		19,107	20,978
American Indian or Alaskan Native	95	0.4%	108	108	-13	-12.0%
Asian	129	0.6%	128	117	12	10.3%
Black or African American	12,503	56.4%	10,322	11,694	809	6.9%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	20	0.1%	20	18	2	11.1%
White	9,392	42.4%	8,511	8,989	403	4.5%
Information Not Available	16	0.1%	18	52	-36	-69.2%

Years of Age	22,155		19,107	20,978
Younger than 22	510	1.7%	469	544	-34	-6.3%
22-24	1,336	4.4%	1,183	1,278	58	4.5%
25-34	5,719	18.8%	5,127	5,455	264	4.8%
35-44	5,290	17.4%	4,650	5,283	7	0.1%
45-54	5,658	18.6%	4,697	5,146	512	9.9%
55-59	1,846	6.1%	1,520	1,731	115	6.6%
60-64	1,121	3.7%	923	948	173	18.2%
65 and older	675	2.2%	538	592	83	14.0%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	1	-1	-100.0%

Industry	22,155		19,107	20,978
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	164	0.7%	205	180	-16	-8.9%
Mining	203	0.9%	250	258	-55	-21.3%
Utilities	120	0.5%	53	133	-13	-9.8%
Construction	3,259	14.6%	3,148	2,757	502	18.2%
Manufacturing	1,832	8.2%	1,915	1,875	-43	-2.3%
Wholesale Trade	511	2.3%	505	402	109	27.1%
Retail Trade	1,648	7.4%	1,623	1,470	178	12.1%
Transporation and Warehousing	708	3.2%	646	571	137	24.0%
Information	296	1.3%	254	360	-64	-17.8%
Finance and Insurance	458	2.1%	458	472	-14	-3.0%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	274	1.2%	261	255	19	7.5%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	1,114	5.0%	938	906	208	23.0%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	69	0.3%	70	175	-106	-60.6%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	1,463	6.6%	1,350	1,127	336	29.8%
Educational Services	886	4.0%	265	692	194	28.0%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	2,579	11.6%	1,540	2,582	-3	-0.1%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	360	1.6%	324	388	-28	-7.2%
Accomodation and Food Services	1,315	5.9%	1,136	1,135	180	15.9%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	1,168	5.2%	750	1,026	142	13.8%
Public Administration	431	1.9%	276	453	-22	-4.9%
Information Not Available	3,297	14.8%	3,140	3,761	-464	-12.3%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Massachusetts
	Jun 2008	Percent	May 2008	Jun 2007	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	82,141		80,962	71,494
Male	49,350	60.1%	50,163	41,679	7,671	18.4%
Female	32,791	39.9%	30,799	29,815	2,976	10.0%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	82,141		80,962	71,494
Hispanic or Latino	8,006	9.7%	8,016	7,020	986	14.0%
Not Hispanic or Latino	72,303	88.0%	71,107	62,993	9,310	14.8%
Information Not Available	1,832	2.2%	1,839	1,481	351	23.7%

Race	82,141		80,962	71,494
American Indian or Alaskan Native	212	0.3%	213	223	-11	-4.9%
Asian	2,659	3.2%	2,592	1,998	661	33.1%
Black or African American	7,144	8.7%	6,930	6,325	819	12.9%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	57	0.1%	52	38	19	50.0%
White	65,271	79.5%	64,398	56,603	8,668	15.3%
Information Not Available	6,798	8.3%	6,777	6,307	491	7.8%

Years of Age	82,141		80,962	71,494
Younger than 22	2,395	1.7%	2,472	2,053	342	16.7%
22-24	4,151	2.9%	4,242	3,603	548	15.2%
25-34	17,154	12.1%	17,287	14,952	2,202	14.7%
35-44	20,310	14.3%	20,108	18,364	1,946	10.6%
45-54	21,633	15.2%	21,002	18,655	2,978	16.0%
55-59	7,878	5.5%	7,550	6,695	1,183	17.7%
60-64	5,439	3.8%	5,270	4,591	848	18.5%
65 and older	3,181	2.2%	3,031	2,581	600	23.2%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	82,141		80,962	71,494
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	437	0.5%	670	356	81	22.8%
Mining	107	0.1%	151	100	7	7.0%
Utilities	75	0.1%	76	60	15	25.0%
Construction	11,557	14.0%	13,211	9,542	2,015	21.1%
Manufacturing	9,434	11.4%	9,431	7,617	1,817	23.9%
Wholesale Trade	4,370	5.3%	4,381	3,684	686	18.6%
Retail Trade	7,391	9.0%	7,519	6,787	604	8.9%
Transporation and Warehousing	2,288	2.8%	2,308	2,179	109	5.0%
Information	1,940	2.3%	1,921	1,740	200	11.5%
Finance and Insurance	3,751	4.5%	3,700	3,001	750	25.0%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	1,258	1.5%	1,276	1,188	70	5.9%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	6,010	7.3%	5,788	5,342	668	12.5%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	212	0.3%	226	156	56	35.9%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	7,646	9.3%	8,028	6,459	1,187	18.4%
Educational Services	1,138	1.4%	1,016	1,047	91	8.7%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	6,402	7.8%	5,634	5,828	574	9.8%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	916	1.1%	895	793	123	15.5%
Accomodation and Food Services	5,636	6.8%	4,973	5,136	500	9.7%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	3,154	3.8%	3,085	2,813	341	12.1%
Public Administration	981	1.2%	1,000	1,102	-121	-11.0%
Information Not Available	7,438	9.0%	5,673	6,564	874	13.3%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Maryland
	Jun 2008	Percent	May 2008	Jun 2007	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	43,762		41,872	33,448
Male	23,774	54.3%	24,111	16,658	7,116	42.7%
Female	19,988	45.7%	17,761	16,790	3,198	19.0%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	43,762		41,872	33,448
Hispanic or Latino	1,802	4.1%	1,857	1,194	608	50.9%
Not Hispanic or Latino	41,075	93.9%	39,148	31,632	9,443	29.9%
Information Not Available	885	2.0%	867	622	263	42.3%

Race	43,762		41,872	33,448
American Indian or Alaskan Native	125	0.3%	123	86	39	45.3%
Asian	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
Black or African American	19,297	44.1%	18,232	16,153	3,144	19.5%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	69	0.2%	82	78	-9	-11.5%
White	21,584	49.3%	20,711	15,315	6,269	40.9%
Information Not Available	2,687	6.1%	2,724	1,816	871	48.0%

Years of Age	43,762		41,872	33,448
Younger than 22	1,127	1.8%	1,097	881	246	27.9%
22-24	2,395	3.8%	2,291	1,825	570	31.2%
25-34	9,764	15.6%	9,446	7,495	2,269	30.3%
35-44	10,416	16.6%	10,014	8,382	2,034	24.3%
45-54	11,363	18.1%	10,933	8,619	2,744	31.8%
55-59	3,867	6.2%	3,680	2,942	925	31.4%
60-64	2,731	4.4%	2,586	1,877	854	45.5%
65 and older	2,099	3.4%	1,825	1,414	685	48.4%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	13	-13	-100.0%

Industry	43,762		41,872	33,448
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	65	0.1%	68	47	18	38.3%
Mining	35	0.1%	49	32	3	9.4%
Utilities	46	0.1%	44	34	12	35.3%
Construction	6,662	15.2%	7,227	3,923	2,739	69.8%
Manufacturing	713	1.6%	686	900	-187	-20.8%
Wholesale Trade	1,803	4.1%	1,789	1,282	521	40.6%
Retail Trade	1,585	3.6%	1,545	1,274	311	24.4%
Transporation and Warehousing	1,871	4.3%	1,142	1,015	856	84.3%
Information	835	1.9%	833	690	145	21.0%
Finance and Insurance	2,000	4.6%	2,013	1,354	646	47.7%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	1,089	2.5%	1,101	828	261	31.5%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	3,088	7.0%	2,892	2,685	403	15.0%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	152	0.3%	144	28	124	442.9%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	5,275	12.0%	5,219	4,431	844	19.0%
Educational Services	1,050	2.4%	766	866	184	21.2%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	3,288	7.5%	2,734	3,058	230	7.5%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	475	1.1%	444	439	36	8.2%
Accomodation and Food Services	3,136	7.2%	2,704	2,591	545	21.0%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	1,297	3.0%	1,251	1,093	204	18.7%
Public Administration	610	1.4%	595	455	155	34.1%
Information Not Available	8,687	19.8%	8,626	6,423	2,264	35.2%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Maine
	Jun 2008	Percent	May 2008	Jun 2007	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	8,705		10,044	7,565
Male	4,968	57.1%	6,206	4,059	909	22.4%
Female	3,737	42.9%	3,837	3,506	231	6.6%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	1	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	8,705		10,044	7,565
Hispanic or Latino	52	0.6%	71	63	-11	-17.5%
Not Hispanic or Latino	7,023	80.7%	8,046	6,300	723	11.5%
Information Not Available	1,630	18.7%	1,927	1,202	428	35.6%

Race	8,705		10,044	7,565
American Indian or Alaskan Native	80	0.9%	70	59	21	35.6%
Asian	60	0.7%	56	52	8	15.4%
Black or African American	112	1.3%	122	80	32	40.0%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
White	7,222	83.0%	8,323	6,491	731	11.3%
Information Not Available	1,231	14.1%	1,473	883	348	39.4%

Years of Age	8,705		10,044	7,565
Younger than 22	294	1.9%	371	249	45	18.1%
22-24	517	3.4%	668	432	85	19.7%
25-34	1,782	11.6%	2,069	1,587	195	12.3%
35-44	2,021	13.2%	2,337	1,815	206	11.3%
45-54	2,357	15.4%	2,632	2,010	347	17.3%
55-59	890	5.8%	978	791	99	12.5%
60-64	576	3.8%	646	473	103	21.8%
65 and older	268	1.7%	343	208	60	28.8%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	8,705		10,044	7,565
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	359	4.0%	703	320	39	12.2%
Mining	2	0.0%	4	2	0	0.0%
Utilities	67	0.7%	10	9	58	644.4%
Construction	915	10.1%	1,285	740	175	23.6%
Manufacturing	909	10.0%	1,115	865	44	5.1%
Wholesale Trade	274	3.0%	302	243	31	12.8%
Retail Trade	923	10.2%	1,105	844	79	9.4%
Transporation and Warehousing	224	2.5%	349	163	61	37.4%
Information	81	0.9%	96	100	-19	-19.0%
Finance and Insurance	170	1.9%	168	149	21	14.1%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	103	1.1%	108	47	56	119.1%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	281	3.1%	256	219	62	28.3%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	14	0.2%	12	7	7	100.0%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	513	5.7%	598	419	94	22.4%
Educational Services	115	1.3%	91	118	-3	-2.5%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	683	7.5%	577	677	6	0.9%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	172	1.9%	187	107	65	60.7%
Accomodation and Food Services	519	5.7%	608	449	70	15.6%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	234	2.6%	184	226	8	3.5%
Public Administration	101	1.1%	78	66	35	53.0%
Information Not Available	2,046	22.6%	2,208	1,795	251	14.0%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Michigan
	Jun 2008	Percent	May 2008	Jun 2007	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	122,023		146,709	109,629
Male	72,709	59.6%	93,444	62,452	10,257	16.4%
Female	49,267	40.4%	53,227	47,169	2,098	4.4%
Information Not Available	47	0.0%	38	8	39	487.5%

Ethnicity	122,023		146,709	109,629
Hispanic or Latino	3,189	2.6%	4,204	3,076	113	3.7%
Not Hispanic or Latino	90,386	74.1%	108,210	79,134	11,252	14.2%
Information Not Available	28,448	23.3%	34,295	27,419	1,029	3.8%

Race	122,023		146,709	109,629
American Indian or Alaskan Native	1,075	0.9%	1,356	1,167	-92	-7.9%
Asian	1,131	0.9%	1,643	822	309	37.6%
Black or African American	16,611	13.6%	21,196	14,905	1,706	11.4%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	76	0.1%	111	44	32	72.7%
White	70,624	57.9%	83,226	61,670	8,954	14.5%
Information Not Available	32,506	26.6%	39,177	31,021	1,485	4.8%

Years of Age	122,023		146,709	109,629
Younger than 22	3,769	2.0%	4,514	3,640	129	3.5%
22-24	6,861	3.7%	8,222	6,556	305	4.7%
25-34	28,582	15.3%	34,415	26,448	2,134	8.1%
35-44	31,291	16.7%	38,585	28,569	2,722	9.5%
45-54	32,334	17.3%	39,009	28,110	4,224	15.0%
55-59	10,460	5.6%	12,306	8,882	1,578	17.8%
60-64	5,771	3.1%	6,488	4,732	1,039	22.0%
65 and older	2,882	1.5%	3,094	2,690	192	7.1%
Information Not Available	73	0.0%	76	2	71	3550.0%

Industry	122,023		146,709	109,629
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	544	0.4%	676	616	-72	-11.7%
Mining	118	0.1%	193	140	-22	-15.7%
Utilities	72	0.1%	70	88	-16	-18.2%
Construction	13,139	10.7%	17,143	13,146	-7	-0.1%
Manufacturing	27,879	22.7%	44,194	22,341	5,538	24.8%
Wholesale Trade	4,150	3.4%	4,023	4,370	-220	-5.0%
Retail Trade	9,100	7.4%	9,585	9,634	-534	-5.5%
Transporation and Warehousing	3,952	3.2%	5,030	3,442	510	14.8%
Information	1,388	1.1%	1,332	1,233	155	12.6%
Finance and Insurance	3,517	2.9%	3,405	3,104	413	13.3%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	1,559	1.3%	2,385	1,614	-55	-3.4%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	6,519	5.3%	6,714	6,389	130	2.0%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	635	0.5%	714	1,050	-415	-39.5%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	13,545	11.1%	15,420	12,448	1,097	8.8%
Educational Services	1,523	1.2%	1,282	1,739	-216	-12.4%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	7,778	6.3%	6,984	8,029	-251	-3.1%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	1,610	1.3%	1,653	1,644	-34	-2.1%
Accomodation and Food Services	5,577	4.6%	5,632	6,094	-517	-8.5%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	2,606	2.1%	2,465	2,717	-111	-4.1%
Public Administration	940	0.8%	1,014	1,079	-139	-12.9%
Information Not Available	15,872	12.9%	16,795	8,712	7,160	82.2%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Minnesota
	Jun 2008	Percent	May 2008	Jun 2007	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	43,342		44,900	38,281
Male	25,406	58.6%	29,429	21,975	3,431	15.6%
Female	17,936	41.4%	15,470	16,305	1,631	10.0%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	1	1	-1	-100.0%

Ethnicity	43,342		44,900	38,281
Hispanic or Latino	1,370	3.2%	1,452	1,221	149	12.2%
Not Hispanic or Latino	37,411	86.3%	38,790	34,073	3,338	9.8%
Information Not Available	4,561	10.5%	4,658	2,987	1,574	52.7%

Race	43,342		44,900	38,281
American Indian or Alaskan Native	603	1.4%	554	543	60	11.0%
Asian	1,091	2.5%	1,015	932	159	17.1%
Black or African American	3,363	7.8%	3,237	3,401	-38	-1.1%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	110	0.3%	120	213	-103	-48.4%
White	35,163	81.1%	36,940	31,253	3,910	12.5%
Information Not Available	3,012	6.9%	3,034	1,939	1,073	55.3%

Years of Age	43,342		44,900	38,281
Younger than 22	1,149	1.5%	1,284	1,139	10	0.9%
22-24	2,426	3.2%	2,744	2,491	-65	-2.6%
25-34	10,510	13.8%	11,160	9,089	1,421	15.6%
35-44	9,972	13.1%	10,335	9,419	553	5.9%
45-54	11,425	15.0%	11,679	9,937	1,488	15.0%
55-59	4,099	5.4%	4,052	3,350	749	22.4%
60-64	2,419	3.2%	2,325	1,888	531	28.1%
65 and older	1,093	1.4%	1,081	597	496	83.1%
Information Not Available	249	0.3%	240	371	-122	-32.9%

Industry	43,342		44,900	38,281
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	355	0.8%	483	365	-10	-2.7%
Mining	70	0.2%	156	49	21	42.9%
Utilities	142	0.3%	144	195	-53	-27.2%
Construction	7,299	16.7%	10,636	6,841	458	6.7%
Manufacturing	6,366	14.6%	6,450	6,412	-46	-0.7%
Wholesale Trade	2,319	5.3%	2,275	1,984	335	16.9%
Retail Trade	3,615	8.3%	3,740	2,993	622	20.8%
Transporation and Warehousing	1,469	3.4%	1,441	1,092	377	34.5%
Information	812	1.9%	823	728	84	11.5%
Finance and Insurance	1,469	3.4%	1,421	1,535	-66	-4.3%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	699	1.6%	756	614	85	13.8%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	2,554	5.8%	2,432	2,164	390	18.0%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	714	1.6%	745	611	103	16.9%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	3,290	7.5%	3,416	2,901	389	13.4%
Educational Services	1,354	3.1%	665	1,107	247	22.3%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	2,926	6.7%	2,657	3,359	-433	-12.9%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	555	1.3%	567	487	68	14.0%
Accomodation and Food Services	2,471	5.7%	1,883	2,124	347	16.3%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	1,877	4.3%	1,225	1,907	-30	-1.6%
Public Administration	569	1.3%	554	550	19	3.5%
Information Not Available	2,417	5.5%	2,431	263	2,154	819.0%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Missouri
	Jun 2008	Percent	May 2008	Jun 2007	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	51,673		46,990	47,087
Male	26,145	50.6%	25,980	22,301	3,844	17.2%
Female	25,522	49.4%	21,006	24,781	741	3.0%
Information Not Available	6	0.0%	4	5	1	20.0%

Ethnicity	51,673		46,990	47,087
Hispanic or Latino	352	0.7%	421	480	-128	-26.7%
Not Hispanic or Latino	11,301	21.9%	13,051	14,709	-3,408	-23.2%
Information Not Available	40,020	77.4%	33,518	31,898	8,122	25.5%

Race	51,673		46,990	47,087
American Indian or Alaskan Native	315	0.6%	295	349	-34	-9.7%
Asian	302	0.6%	276	296	6	2.0%
Black or African American	8,176	15.8%	7,748	11,877	-3,701	-31.2%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	387	0.7%	352	356	31	8.7%
White	29,217	56.5%	27,416	32,028	-2,811	-8.8%
Information Not Available	13,276	25.7%	10,903	2,181	11,095	508.7%

Years of Age	51,673		46,990	47,087
Younger than 22	1,047	1.3%	1,048	1,086	-39	-3.6%
22-24	2,420	3.1%	2,377	2,322	98	4.2%
25-34	11,363	14.6%	11,011	10,319	1,044	10.1%
35-44	13,200	16.9%	11,771	11,932	1,268	10.6%
45-54	13,856	17.8%	12,785	12,523	1,333	10.6%
55-59	4,559	5.8%	4,094	4,151	408	9.8%
60-64	2,910	3.7%	2,379	2,759	151	5.5%
65 and older	2,289	2.9%	1,492	1,966	323	16.4%
Information Not Available	29	0.0%	33	29	0	0.0%

Industry	51,673		46,990	47,087
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	174	0.3%	201	151	23	15.2%
Mining	186	0.4%	217	89	97	109.0%
Utilities	36	0.1%	41	65	-29	-44.6%
Construction	6,558	12.6%	7,433	4,162	2,396	57.6%
Manufacturing	8,688	16.8%	7,881	9,091	-403	-4.4%
Wholesale Trade	2,153	4.2%	2,136	1,721	432	25.1%
Retail Trade	4,794	9.2%	4,732	4,634	160	3.5%
Transporation and Warehousing	3,680	7.1%	1,762	3,290	390	11.9%
Information	1,084	2.1%	947	903	181	20.0%
Finance and Insurance	1,900	3.7%	1,796	1,557	343	22.0%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	1,011	1.9%	921	882	129	14.6%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	2,057	4.0%	1,859	1,667	390	23.4%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	284	0.5%	315	87	197	226.4%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	4,513	8.7%	4,914	3,813	700	18.4%
Educational Services	1,237	2.4%	829	1,018	219	21.5%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	4,538	8.8%	3,859	4,547	-9	-0.2%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	576	1.1%	615	602	-26	-4.3%
Accomodation and Food Services	4,685	9.0%	3,234	4,325	360	8.3%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	1,637	3.2%	1,430	1,658	-21	-1.3%
Public Administration	407	0.8%	440	448	-41	-9.2%
Information Not Available	1,475	2.8%	1,428	2,377	-902	-37.9%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Mississippi
	Jun 2008	Percent	May 2008	Jun 2007	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	24,354		22,468	22,284
Male	10,256	42.1%	10,611	8,771	1,485	16.9%
Female	14,096	57.9%	11,854	13,511	585	4.3%
Information Not Available	2	0.0%	3	2	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	24,354		22,468	22,284
Hispanic or Latino	292	1.2%	282	235	57	24.3%
Not Hispanic or Latino	23,189	95.2%	21,508	21,389	1,800	8.4%
Information Not Available	873	3.6%	678	660	213	32.3%

Race	24,354		22,468	22,284
American Indian or Alaskan Native	27	0.1%	39	55	-28	-50.9%
Asian	105	0.4%	126	43	62	144.2%
Black or African American	15,150	62.2%	13,195	14,661	489	3.3%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	4	0.0%	4	3	1	33.3%
White	8,373	34.4%	8,574	7,012	1,361	19.4%
Information Not Available	695	2.9%	530	510	185	36.3%

Years of Age	24,354		22,468	22,284
Younger than 22	606	1.9%	546	527	79	15.0%
22-24	1,337	4.3%	1,365	1,266	71	5.6%
25-34	5,890	18.8%	5,636	5,518	372	6.7%
35-44	5,958	19.0%	5,616	5,578	380	6.8%
45-54	6,065	19.3%	5,450	5,494	571	10.4%
55-59	2,077	6.6%	1,811	1,891	186	9.8%
60-64	1,314	4.2%	1,175	1,090	224	20.6%
65 and older	1,107	3.5%	869	920	187	20.3%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	24,354		22,468	22,284
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	266	1.1%	340	225	41	18.2%
Mining	74	0.3%	85	47	27	57.4%
Utilities	23	0.1%	16	20	3	15.0%
Construction	1,302	5.3%	1,413	1,068	234	21.9%
Manufacturing	5,503	22.4%	6,779	5,699	-196	-3.4%
Wholesale Trade	706	2.9%	694	517	189	36.6%
Retail Trade	2,115	8.6%	2,004	1,853	262	14.1%
Transporation and Warehousing	894	3.6%	670	713	181	25.4%
Information	145	0.6%	145	136	9	6.6%
Finance and Insurance	296	1.2%	277	278	18	6.5%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	198	0.8%	187	165	33	20.0%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	569	2.3%	495	541	28	5.2%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	35	0.1%	30	176	-141	-80.1%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	1,494	6.1%	1,415	1,416	78	5.5%
Educational Services	536	2.2%	280	448	88	19.6%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	5,176	21.0%	3,219	4,985	191	3.8%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	156	0.6%	148	104	52	50.0%
Accomodation and Food Services	1,868	7.6%	1,717	1,649	219	13.3%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	326	1.3%	281	317	9	2.8%
Public Administration	387	1.6%	388	279	108	38.7%
Information Not Available	2,285	9.3%	1,885	1,648	637	38.7%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Montana
	Jun 2008	Percent	May 2008	Jun 2007	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	4,437		4,520	3,166
Male	2,612	58.9%	2,921	1,508	1,104	73.2%
Female	1,811	40.8%	1,586	1,646	165	10.0%
Information Not Available	14	0.3%	13	12	2	16.7%

Ethnicity	4,437		4,520	3,166
Hispanic or Latino	150	3.4%	134	88	62	70.5%
Not Hispanic or Latino	4,010	90.4%	4,127	2,871	1,139	39.7%
Information Not Available	277	6.2%	259	207	70	33.8%

Race	4,437		4,520	3,166
American Indian or Alaskan Native	501	11.3%	426	435	66	15.2%
Asian	13	0.3%	18	14	-1	-7.1%
Black or African American	24	0.5%	25	13	11	84.6%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	9	0.2%	8	9	0	0.0%
White	3,847	86.7%	3,999	2,662	1,185	44.5%
Information Not Available	43	1.0%	44	33	10	30.3%

Years of Age	4,437		4,520	3,166
Younger than 22	117	1.5%	152	88	29	33.0%
22-24	231	2.9%	296	171	60	35.1%
25-34	1,018	12.7%	1,129	658	360	54.7%
35-44	985	12.3%	996	732	253	34.6%
45-54	1,199	15.0%	1,138	844	355	42.1%
55-59	443	5.5%	423	329	114	34.7%
60-64	278	3.5%	244	206	72	35.0%
65 and older	166	2.1%	142	138	28	20.3%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	4,437		4,520	3,166
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	130	2.8%	211	44	86	195.5%
Mining	104	2.3%	164	72	32	44.4%
Utilities	15	0.3%	14	12	3	25.0%
Construction	981	21.5%	1,103	463	518	111.9%
Manufacturing	319	7.0%	318	194	125	64.4%
Wholesale Trade	112	2.5%	112	76	36	47.4%
Retail Trade	365	8.0%	414	291	74	25.4%
Transporation and Warehousing	187	4.1%	160	137	50	36.5%
Information	62	1.4%	79	52	10	19.2%
Finance and Insurance	99	2.2%	89	60	39	65.0%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	63	1.4%	71	44	19	43.2%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	165	3.6%	152	99	66	66.7%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	6	0.1%	5	4	2	50.0%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	268	5.9%	267	222	46	20.7%
Educational Services	166	3.6%	98	136	30	22.1%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	390	8.5%	233	433	-43	-9.9%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	124	2.7%	140	76	48	63.2%
Accomodation and Food Services	476	10.4%	513	371	105	28.3%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	118	2.6%	124	90	28	31.1%
Public Administration	190	4.2%	150	184	6	3.3%
Information Not Available	97	2.1%	103	106	-9	-8.5%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants North Carolina
	Jun 2008	Percent	May 2008	Jun 2007	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	88,520		86,797	69,268
Male	47,519	53.7%	46,768	34,562	12,957	37.5%
Female	40,997	46.3%	40,027	34,703	6,294	18.1%
Information Not Available	4	0.0%	2	3	1	33.3%

Ethnicity	88,520		86,797	69,268
Hispanic or Latino	3,559	4.0%	3,173	2,075	1,484	71.5%
Not Hispanic or Latino	82,636	93.4%	81,186	65,899	16,737	25.4%
Information Not Available	2,325	2.6%	2,438	1,294	1,031	79.7%

Race	88,520		86,797	69,268
American Indian or Alaskan Native	1,170	1.3%	1,091	1,000	170	17.0%
Asian	765	0.9%	788	805	-40	-5.0%
Black or African American	33,522	37.9%	33,145	27,644	5,878	21.3%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	91	0.1%	83	55	36	65.5%
White	47,868	54.1%	46,385	36,371	11,497	31.6%
Information Not Available	5,104	5.8%	5,305	3,393	1,711	50.4%

Years of Age	88,520		86,797	69,268
Younger than 22	2,885	2.2%	2,923	2,234	651	29.1%
22-24	5,037	3.8%	4,993	4,022	1,015	25.2%
25-34	21,167	16.1%	21,095	16,518	4,649	28.1%
35-44	22,891	17.4%	22,475	18,169	4,722	26.0%
45-54	21,465	16.3%	20,780	16,683	4,782	28.7%
55-59	7,480	5.7%	7,221	5,776	1,704	29.5%
60-64	4,826	3.7%	4,664	3,710	1,116	30.1%
65 and older	2,769	2.1%	2,646	2,156	613	28.4%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	88,520		86,797	69,268
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	390	0.4%	403	290	100	34.5%
Mining	72	0.1%	68	31	41	132.3%
Utilities	86	0.1%	110	108	-22	-20.4%
Construction	10,035	11.3%	10,296	5,541	4,494	81.1%
Manufacturing	18,854	21.2%	18,233	16,876	1,978	11.7%
Wholesale Trade	3,704	4.2%	3,575	2,422	1,282	52.9%
Retail Trade	7,523	8.5%	7,304	5,387	2,136	39.7%
Transporation and Warehousing	2,128	2.4%	2,190	1,521	607	39.9%
Information	1,171	1.3%	1,177	910	261	28.7%
Finance and Insurance	2,151	2.4%	2,117	1,946	205	10.5%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	1,115	1.3%	1,152	738	377	51.1%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	3,963	4.5%	3,719	2,762	1,201	43.5%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	338	0.4%	351	211	127	60.2%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	9,635	10.8%	9,309	7,394	2,241	30.3%
Educational Services	1,194	1.3%	994	1,148	46	4.0%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	6,638	7.5%	6,600	4,722	1,916	40.6%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	564	0.6%	628	412	152	36.9%
Accomodation and Food Services	4,762	5.4%	4,753	3,488	1,274	36.5%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	1,533	1.7%	1,456	1,154	379	32.8%
Public Administration	697	0.8%	689	593	104	17.5%
Information Not Available	11,967	13.5%	11,673	11,614	353	3.0%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants North Dakota
	Jun 2008	Percent	May 2008	Jun 2007	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	2,297		1,866	2,277
Male	1,244	54.2%	1,118	1,253	-9	-0.7%
Female	1,051	45.8%	742	1,019	32	3.1%
Information Not Available	2	0.1%	6	5	-3	-60.0%

Ethnicity	2,297		1,866	2,277
Hispanic or Latino	59	2.6%	55	59	0	0.0%
Not Hispanic or Latino	2,195	95.6%	1,769	2,186	9	0.4%
Information Not Available	43	1.9%	42	32	11	34.4%

Race	2,297		1,866	2,277
American Indian or Alaskan Native	350	15.2%	135	458	-108	-23.6%
Asian	9	0.4%	9	7	2	28.6%
Black or African American	27	1.2%	29	26	1	3.8%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	5	0.2%	4	2	3	150.0%
White	1,804	78.5%	1,592	1,693	111	6.6%
Information Not Available	102	4.4%	97	91	11	12.1%

Years of Age	2,297		1,866	2,277
Younger than 22	23	0.6%	23	25	-2	-8.0%
22-24	84	2.1%	69	110	-26	-23.6%
25-34	455	11.5%	383	470	-15	-3.2%
35-44	495	12.6%	400	515	-20	-3.9%
45-54	666	16.9%	521	604	62	10.3%
55-59	266	6.7%	215	259	7	2.7%
60-64	158	4.0%	146	161	-3	-1.9%
65 and older	146	3.7%	100	123	23	18.7%
Information Not Available	4	0.1%	9	10	-6	-60.0%

Industry	2,297		1,866	2,277
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	82	3.4%	53	74	8	10.8%
Mining	31	1.3%	34	31	0	0.0%
Utilities	4	0.2%	2	9	-5	-55.6%
Construction	375	15.8%	419	337	38	11.3%
Manufacturing	224	9.4%	211	380	-156	-41.1%
Wholesale Trade	79	3.3%	76	67	12	17.9%
Retail Trade	169	7.1%	154	131	38	29.0%
Transporation and Warehousing	136	5.7%	75	93	43	46.2%
Information	41	1.7%	46	61	-20	-32.8%
Finance and Insurance	62	2.6%	57	44	18	40.9%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	15	0.6%	9	12	3	25.0%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	65	2.7%	70	61	4	6.6%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	15	0.6%	18	7	8	114.3%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	95	4.0%	108	90	5	5.6%
Educational Services	3	0.1%	3	6	-3	-50.0%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	127	5.3%	121	101	26	25.7%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	6	0.3%	9	5	1	20.0%
Accomodation and Food Services	101	4.2%	92	115	-14	-12.2%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	54	2.3%	40	59	-5	-8.5%
Public Administration	300	12.6%	96	392	-92	-23.5%
Information Not Available	313	13.2%	173	202	111	55.0%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Nebraska
	Jun 2008	Percent	May 2008	Jun 2007	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	8,927		8,208	8,304
Male	4,124	46.2%	3,961	3,695	429	11.6%
Female	4,454	49.9%	3,897	4,263	191	4.5%
Information Not Available	349	3.9%	350	346	3	0.9%

Ethnicity	8,927		8,208	8,304
Hispanic or Latino	271	3.0%	291	239	32	13.4%
Not Hispanic or Latino	6,993	78.3%	6,335	6,393	600	9.4%
Information Not Available	1,663	18.6%	1,582	1,672	-9	-0.5%

Race	8,927		8,208	8,304
American Indian or Alaskan Native	89	1.0%	74	89	0	0.0%
Asian	76	0.9%	68	66	10	15.2%
Black or African American	621	7.0%	567	648	-27	-4.2%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	12	0.1%	8	10	2	20.0%
White	3,864	43.3%	3,428	3,408	456	13.4%
Information Not Available	4,265	47.8%	4,063	4,083	182	4.5%

Years of Age	8,927		8,208	8,304
Younger than 22	182	1.5%	190	171	11	6.4%
22-24	454	3.7%	434	454	0	0.0%
25-34	2,061	16.8%	1,932	1,909	152	8.0%
35-44	2,099	17.1%	1,983	2,048	51	2.5%
45-54	2,394	19.5%	2,164	2,160	234	10.8%
55-59	825	6.7%	734	735	90	12.2%
60-64	510	4.2%	466	483	27	5.6%
65 and older	402	3.3%	305	344	58	16.9%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	8,927		8,208	8,304
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	49	0.5%	44	55	-6	-10.9%
Mining	12	0.1%	18	10	2	20.0%
Utilities	13	0.1%	13	10	3	30.0%
Construction	760	8.5%	861	658	102	15.5%
Manufacturing	1,462	16.3%	1,413	1,287	175	13.6%
Wholesale Trade	293	3.3%	274	292	1	0.3%
Retail Trade	906	10.1%	909	843	63	7.5%
Transporation and Warehousing	527	5.9%	287	409	118	28.9%
Information	200	2.2%	197	199	1	0.5%
Finance and Insurance	387	4.3%	383	359	28	7.8%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	100	1.1%	103	111	-11	-9.9%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	439	4.9%	378	386	53	13.7%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	43	0.5%	39	30	13	43.3%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	738	8.2%	726	754	-16	-2.1%
Educational Services	203	2.3%	139	191	12	6.3%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	891	9.9%	797	892	-1	-0.1%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	102	1.1%	66	109	-7	-6.4%
Accomodation and Food Services	788	8.8%	629	685	103	15.0%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	227	2.5%	216	213	14	6.6%
Public Administration	176	2.0%	169	195	-19	-9.7%
Information Not Available	611	6.8%	547	616	-5	-0.8%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants New Hampshire
	Jun 2008	Percent	May 2008	Jun 2007	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	7,487		7,976	5,442
Male	4,119	55.0%	4,561	2,843	1,276	44.9%
Female	3,368	45.0%	3,415	2,599	769	29.6%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	7,487		7,976	5,442
Hispanic or Latino	242	3.2%	257	204	38	18.6%
Not Hispanic or Latino	5,497	73.4%	5,798	3,976	1,521	38.3%
Information Not Available	1,748	23.3%	1,921	1,262	486	38.5%

Race	7,487		7,976	5,442
American Indian or Alaskan Native	25	0.3%	29	26	-1	-3.8%
Asian	114	1.5%	121	82	32	39.0%
Black or African American	142	1.9%	126	121	21	17.4%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	4	0.1%	5	3	1	33.3%
White	6,778	90.5%	7,253	4,884	1,894	38.8%
Information Not Available	424	5.7%	442	326	98	30.1%

Years of Age	7,487		7,976	5,442
Younger than 22	143	1.0%	172	94	49	52.1%
22-24	325	2.4%	352	185	140	75.7%
25-34	1,297	9.5%	1,427	963	334	34.7%
35-44	1,691	12.3%	1,787	1,331	360	27.0%
45-54	2,254	16.5%	2,367	1,625	629	38.7%
55-59	903	6.6%	918	600	303	50.5%
60-64	567	4.1%	632	408	159	39.0%
65 and older	307	2.2%	321	236	71	30.1%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	7,487		7,976	5,442
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	33	0.4%	50	20	13	65.0%
Mining	7	0.1%	22	8	-1	-12.5%
Utilities	6	0.1%	14	7	-1	-14.3%
Construction	770	10.2%	913	528	242	45.8%
Manufacturing	1,156	15.4%	1,248	820	336	41.0%
Wholesale Trade	388	5.2%	395	266	122	45.9%
Retail Trade	984	13.1%	1,053	672	312	46.4%
Transporation and Warehousing	130	1.7%	157	158	-28	-17.7%
Information	137	1.8%	146	79	58	73.4%
Finance and Insurance	265	3.5%	280	211	54	25.6%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	115	1.5%	117	89	26	29.2%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	424	5.6%	430	256	168	65.6%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	18	0.2%	19	4	14	350.0%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	765	10.2%	786	492	273	55.5%
Educational Services	146	1.9%	132	97	49	50.5%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	489	6.5%	430	490	-1	-0.2%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	79	1.1%	134	49	30	61.2%
Accomodation and Food Services	476	6.3%	535	358	118	33.0%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	247	3.3%	224	172	75	43.6%
Public Administration	118	1.6%	134	79	39	49.4%
Information Not Available	734	9.8%	757	587	147	25.0%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants New Jersey
	Jun 2008	Percent	May 2008	Jun 2007	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	109,707		109,079	95,689
Male	59,900	54.6%	61,334	50,820	9,080	17.9%
Female	49,807	45.4%	47,745	44,869	4,938	11.0%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	109,707		109,079	95,689
Hispanic or Latino	20,964	19.1%	21,068	18,135	2,829	15.6%
Not Hispanic or Latino	79,661	72.6%	79,043	69,824	9,837	14.1%
Information Not Available	9,082	8.3%	8,968	7,730	1,352	17.5%

Race	109,707		109,079	95,689
American Indian or Alaskan Native	352	0.3%	379	355	-3	-0.8%
Asian	3,757	3.4%	3,570	3,028	729	24.1%
Black or African American	24,397	22.2%	23,907	22,001	2,396	10.9%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	725	0.7%	738	624	101	16.2%
White	63,921	58.3%	63,921	55,091	8,830	16.0%
Information Not Available	16,555	15.1%	16,564	14,590	1,965	13.5%

Years of Age	109,707		109,079	95,689
Younger than 22	15,627	9.2%	15,632	11,382	4,245	37.3%
22-24	8,117	4.8%	8,064	7,123	994	14.0%
25-34	24,096	14.2%	24,482	21,516	2,580	12.0%
35-44	27,238	16.0%	26,898	24,304	2,934	12.1%
45-54	21,759	12.8%	21,389	18,935	2,824	14.9%
55-59	7,023	4.1%	6,938	6,436	587	9.1%
60-64	3,409	2.0%	3,312	3,402	7	0.2%
65 and older	2,438	1.4%	2,364	2,591	-153	-5.9%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	109,707		109,079	95,689
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	158	0.1%	276	124	34	27.4%
Mining	48	0.0%	60	49	-1	-2.0%
Utilities	115	0.1%	116	123	-8	-6.5%
Construction	11,628	10.6%	12,825	9,532	2,096	22.0%
Manufacturing	10,062	9.2%	10,081	8,963	1,099	12.3%
Wholesale Trade	6,217	5.7%	6,336	5,600	617	11.0%
Retail Trade	13,415	12.2%	13,318	11,612	1,803	15.5%
Transporation and Warehousing	5,075	4.6%	4,539	4,372	703	16.1%
Information	2,654	2.4%	2,544	2,377	277	11.7%
Finance and Insurance	5,080	4.6%	5,081	4,577	503	11.0%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	1,944	1.8%	1,979	1,778	166	9.3%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	7,078	6.4%	6,811	5,556	1,522	27.4%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	447	0.4%	434	516	-69	-13.4%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	11,800	10.7%	12,212	11,106	694	6.2%
Educational Services	1,889	1.7%	1,673	2,039	-150	-7.4%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	9,001	8.2%	8,723	7,927	1,074	13.5%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	1,112	1.0%	1,237	1,098	14	1.3%
Accomodation and Food Services	7,768	7.1%	6,927	7,597	171	2.3%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	2,757	2.5%	2,805	2,472	285	11.5%
Public Administration	1,314	1.2%	1,340	972	342	35.2%
Information Not Available	10,145	9.2%	9,762	7,299	2,846	39.0%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants New Mexico
	Jun 2008	Percent	May 2008	Jun 2007	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	12,574		11,730	11,195
Male	6,586	52.4%	6,825	5,729	857	15.0%
Female	5,988	47.6%	4,905	5,466	522	9.5%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	12,574		11,730	11,195
Hispanic or Latino	6,824	54.3%	6,624	6,397	427	6.7%
Not Hispanic or Latino	5,173	41.1%	4,548	4,417	756	17.1%
Information Not Available	577	4.6%	558	381	196	51.4%

Race	12,574		11,730	11,195
American Indian or Alaskan Native	1,370	10.9%	1,089	1,042	328	31.5%
Asian	135	1.1%	134	109	26	23.9%
Black or African American	343	2.7%	322	333	10	3.0%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	29	0.2%	33	26	3	11.5%
White	6,261	49.8%	5,898	5,440	821	15.1%
Information Not Available	4,436	35.3%	4,254	4,245	191	4.5%

Years of Age	12,574		11,730	11,195
Younger than 22	289	1.6%	422	257	32	12.5%
22-24	641	3.5%	680	574	67	11.7%
25-34	2,615	14.4%	2,498	2,332	283	12.1%
35-44	3,195	17.6%	3,063	2,842	353	12.4%
45-54	3,193	17.6%	2,839	2,838	355	12.5%
55-59	1,069	5.9%	903	950	119	12.5%
60-64	654	3.6%	504	587	67	11.4%
65 and older	490	2.7%	340	434	56	12.9%
Information Not Available	428	2.4%	481	381	47	12.3%

Industry	12,574		11,730	11,195
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	320	2.5%	792	472	-152	-32.2%
Mining	134	1.0%	133	141	-7	-5.0%
Utilities	52	0.4%	50	24	28	116.7%
Construction	2,241	17.4%	2,315	1,860	381	20.5%
Manufacturing	928	7.2%	1,090	1,013	-85	-8.4%
Wholesale Trade	323	2.5%	336	286	37	12.9%
Retail Trade	1,125	8.7%	1,110	823	302	36.7%
Transporation and Warehousing	974	7.6%	270	774	200	25.8%
Information	374	2.9%	433	530	-156	-29.4%
Finance and Insurance	271	2.1%	253	224	47	21.0%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	227	1.8%	224	150	77	51.3%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	949	7.4%	921	562	387	68.9%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	18	0.1%	14	31	-13	-41.9%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	872	6.8%	922	831	41	4.9%
Educational Services	382	3.0%	217	363	19	5.2%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	1,367	10.6%	972	1,363	4	0.3%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	282	2.2%	327	269	13	4.8%
Accomodation and Food Services	881	6.8%	747	779	102	13.1%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	282	2.2%	228	257	25	9.7%
Public Administration	541	4.2%	340	386	155	40.2%
Information Not Available	31	0.2%	36	57	-26	-45.6%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Nevada
	Jun 2008	Percent	May 2008	Jun 2007	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	34,709		34,194	22,851
Male	20,310	58.5%	20,285	13,073	7,237	55.4%
Female	14,399	41.5%	13,908	9,772	4,627	47.3%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	1	6	-6	-100.0%

Ethnicity	34,709		34,194	22,851
Hispanic or Latino	6,269	18.1%	6,249	3,508	2,761	78.7%
Not Hispanic or Latino	22,593	65.1%	22,032	14,909	7,684	51.5%
Information Not Available	5,847	16.8%	5,913	4,434	1,413	31.9%

Race	34,709		34,194	22,851
American Indian or Alaskan Native	659	1.9%	651	472	187	39.6%
Asian	1,590	4.6%	1,586	1,015	575	56.7%
Black or African American	4,096	11.8%	3,788	2,913	1,183	40.6%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	604	1.7%	570	385	219	56.9%
White	22,217	64.0%	22,047	14,783	7,434	50.3%
Information Not Available	5,543	16.0%	5,552	3,283	2,260	68.8%

Years of Age	34,709		34,194	22,851
Younger than 22	923	1.7%	888	557	366	65.7%
22-24	1,876	3.4%	1,852	1,110	766	69.0%
25-34	7,467	13.7%	7,446	4,552	2,915	64.0%
35-44	8,076	14.8%	8,055	5,445	2,631	48.3%
45-54	8,754	16.0%	8,725	5,964	2,790	46.8%
55-59	3,314	6.1%	3,135	2,271	1,043	45.9%
60-64	2,331	4.3%	2,228	1,580	751	47.5%
65 and older	1,925	3.5%	1,831	1,336	589	44.1%
Information Not Available	43	0.1%	34	36	7	19.4%

Industry	34,709		34,194	22,851
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	25	0.1%	26	15	10	66.7%
Mining	160	0.5%	157	79	81	102.5%
Utilities	45	0.1%	50	27	18	66.7%
Construction	7,866	22.6%	8,322	4,660	3,206	68.8%
Manufacturing	1,553	4.5%	1,668	1,008	545	54.1%
Wholesale Trade	980	2.8%	999	495	485	98.0%
Retail Trade	3,039	8.7%	3,093	1,831	1,208	66.0%
Transporation and Warehousing	1,178	3.4%	1,231	643	535	83.2%
Information	382	1.1%	384	283	99	35.0%
Finance and Insurance	992	2.9%	1,001	838	154	18.4%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	976	2.8%	968	609	367	60.3%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	1,692	4.9%	1,622	1,187	505	42.5%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	333	1.0%	315	95	238	250.5%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	4,439	12.8%	3,963	3,636	803	22.1%
Educational Services	531	1.5%	382	254	277	109.1%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	1,514	4.4%	1,322	1,175	339	28.9%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	825	2.4%	844	460	365	79.3%
Accomodation and Food Services	5,090	14.7%	4,949	3,179	1,911	60.1%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	677	1.9%	620	423	254	60.0%
Public Administration	587	1.7%	366	427	160	37.5%
Information Not Available	1,825	5.3%	1,912	1,527	298	19.5%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants New York
	Jun 2008	Percent	May 2008	Jun 2007	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	170,229		169,775	148,587
Male	92,674	54.4%	96,029	79,569	13,105	16.5%
Female	77,555	45.6%	73,746	69,018	8,537	12.4%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	170,229		169,775	148,587
Hispanic or Latino	26,183	15.4%	25,981	22,730	3,453	15.2%
Not Hispanic or Latino	115,098	67.6%	115,019	101,747	13,351	13.1%
Information Not Available	28,948	17.0%	28,775	24,110	4,838	20.1%

Race	170,229		169,775	148,587
American Indian or Alaskan Native	1,078	0.6%	1,101	970	108	11.1%
Asian	5,638	3.3%	5,296	4,362	1,276	29.3%
Black or African American	27,808	16.3%	27,322	24,040	3,768	15.7%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	366	0.2%	364	294	72	24.5%
White	89,372	52.5%	90,279	79,475	9,897	12.5%
Information Not Available	45,967	27.0%	45,413	39,446	6,521	16.5%

Years of Age	170,229		169,775	148,587
Younger than 22	6,250	2.5%	6,586	5,341	909	17.0%
22-24	11,514	4.6%	11,356	9,791	1,723	17.6%
25-34	42,424	16.9%	42,436	36,480	5,944	16.3%
35-44	41,872	16.7%	42,117	37,448	4,424	11.8%
45-54	39,362	15.7%	39,190	34,041	5,321	15.6%
55-59	13,743	5.5%	13,495	12,125	1,618	13.3%
60-64	8,934	3.6%	8,624	7,664	1,270	16.6%
65 and older	6,130	2.4%	5,971	5,697	433	7.6%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	170,229		169,775	148,587
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	415	0.2%	450	319	96	30.1%
Mining	157	0.1%	251	138	19	13.8%
Utilities	214	0.1%	198	156	58	37.2%
Construction	19,833	11.6%	22,138	16,743	3,090	18.5%
Manufacturing	16,489	9.7%	18,521	15,048	1,441	9.6%
Wholesale Trade	8,748	5.1%	8,605	7,209	1,539	21.3%
Retail Trade	15,915	9.3%	15,891	14,387	1,528	10.6%
Transporation and Warehousing	5,439	3.2%	5,378	4,286	1,153	26.9%
Information	6,311	3.7%	5,864	5,386	925	17.2%
Finance and Insurance	12,754	7.5%	12,291	9,367	3,387	36.2%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	3,867	2.3%	3,949	3,376	491	14.5%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	13,041	7.6%	12,473	11,418	1,623	14.2%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	763	0.4%	747	638	125	19.6%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	18,103	10.6%	18,371	14,779	3,324	22.5%
Educational Services	4,432	2.6%	3,795	4,045	387	9.6%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	14,941	8.8%	14,507	13,870	1,071	7.7%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	4,365	2.6%	4,318	4,401	-36	-0.8%
Accomodation and Food Services	12,562	7.4%	10,550	11,941	621	5.2%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	4,646	2.7%	4,413	4,233	413	9.8%
Public Administration	3,946	2.3%	4,346	3,566	380	10.7%
Information Not Available	3,288	1.9%	2,719	3,281	7	0.2%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Ohio
	Jun 2008	Percent	May 2008	Jun 2007	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	102,042		104,848	84,027
Male	58,833	57.7%	65,124	46,118	12,715	27.6%
Female	42,751	41.9%	39,218	37,646	5,105	13.6%
Information Not Available	458	0.4%	506	263	195	74.1%

Ethnicity	102,042		104,848	84,027
Hispanic or Latino	2,810	2.8%	2,885	2,183	627	28.7%
Not Hispanic or Latino	95,078	93.2%	97,706	78,425	16,653	21.2%
Information Not Available	4,154	4.1%	4,257	3,419	735	21.5%

Race	102,042		104,848	84,027
American Indian or Alaskan Native	493	0.5%	534	391	102	26.1%
Asian	563	0.6%	570	409	154	37.7%
Black or African American	17,854	17.5%	17,862	15,764	2,090	13.3%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	87	0.1%	97	62	25	40.3%
White	79,004	77.4%	81,657	64,269	14,735	22.9%
Information Not Available	4,041	4.0%	4,128	3,132	909	29.0%

Years of Age	102,042		104,848	84,027
Younger than 22	2,752	1.6%	2,835	2,245	507	22.6%
22-24	4,953	2.8%	5,219	4,270	683	16.0%
25-34	22,843	13.0%	23,761	19,405	3,438	17.7%
35-44	26,143	14.9%	27,730	22,655	3,488	15.4%
45-54	28,140	16.0%	28,390	23,202	4,938	21.3%
55-59	9,471	5.4%	9,331	7,660	1,811	23.6%
60-64	5,250	3.0%	5,088	3,688	1,562	42.4%
65 and older	2,490	1.4%	2,494	902	1,588	176.1%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	102,042		104,848	84,027
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	188	0.2%	256	181	7	3.9%
Mining	259	0.3%	309	204	55	27.0%
Utilities	177	0.2%	201	162	15	9.3%
Construction	14,835	14.5%	18,227	11,448	3,387	29.6%
Manufacturing	24,999	24.5%	28,363	18,748	6,251	33.3%
Wholesale Trade	4,199	4.1%	4,211	3,886	313	8.1%
Retail Trade	5,405	5.3%	5,511	5,023	382	7.6%
Transporation and Warehousing	5,054	4.9%	4,340	3,351	1,703	50.8%
Information	1,384	1.4%	1,322	1,170	214	18.3%
Finance and Insurance	3,562	3.5%	3,424	3,006	556	18.5%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	1,518	1.5%	1,468	1,376	142	10.3%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	5,080	5.0%	5,017	4,146	934	22.5%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	405	0.4%	435	236	169	71.6%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	11,788	11.5%	12,142	9,566	2,222	23.2%
Educational Services	2,000	2.0%	1,303	2,395	-395	-16.5%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	8,257	8.1%	6,372	7,957	300	3.8%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	976	1.0%	983	882	94	10.7%
Accomodation and Food Services	4,474	4.4%	4,117	3,859	615	15.9%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	2,701	2.6%	2,211	2,201	500	22.7%
Public Administration	857	0.8%	806	818	39	4.8%
Information Not Available	3,924	3.8%	3,830	3,412	512	15.0%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Oklahoma
	Jun 2008	Percent	May 2008	Jun 2007	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	15,917		14,424	14,479
Male	7,890	49.6%	7,458	7,069	821	11.6%
Female	7,991	50.2%	6,940	7,372	619	8.4%
Information Not Available	36	0.2%	26	38	-2	-5.3%

Ethnicity	15,917		14,424	14,479
Hispanic or Latino	1,077	6.8%	1,048	1,123	-46	-4.1%
Not Hispanic or Latino	14,840	93.2%	13,376	13,356	1,484	11.1%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Race	15,917		14,424	14,479
American Indian or Alaskan Native	1,527	9.6%	1,329	1,312	215	16.4%
Asian	103	0.6%	95	148	-45	-30.4%
Black or African American	2,396	15.1%	2,215	2,275	121	5.3%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	10	0.1%	9	21	-11	-52.4%
White	10,211	64.2%	9,124	9,040	1,171	13.0%
Information Not Available	1,670	10.5%	1,652	1,683	-13	-0.8%

Years of Age	15,917		14,424	14,479
Younger than 22	338	1.3%	297	333	5	1.5%
22-24	777	3.1%	735	797	-20	-2.5%
25-34	3,662	14.5%	3,393	3,498	164	4.7%
35-44	3,900	15.5%	3,581	3,730	170	4.6%
45-54	4,210	16.7%	3,765	3,717	493	13.3%
55-59	1,473	5.8%	1,312	1,164	309	26.5%
60-64	937	3.7%	805	728	209	28.7%
65 and older	620	2.5%	536	512	108	21.1%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	15,917		14,424	14,479
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	45	0.3%	39	37	8	21.6%
Mining	373	2.3%	429	444	-71	-16.0%
Utilities	43	0.3%	46	46	-3	-6.5%
Construction	1,296	8.1%	1,280	1,288	8	0.6%
Manufacturing	2,473	15.5%	2,074	2,025	448	22.1%
Wholesale Trade	523	3.3%	526	542	-19	-3.5%
Retail Trade	1,459	9.1%	1,453	1,227	232	18.9%
Transporation and Warehousing	389	2.4%	400	372	17	4.6%
Information	593	3.7%	538	784	-191	-24.4%
Finance and Insurance	539	3.4%	568	433	106	24.5%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	297	1.9%	311	339	-42	-12.4%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	944	5.9%	817	667	277	41.5%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	44	0.3%	40	16	28	175.0%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	2,364	14.8%	1,950	1,905	459	24.1%
Educational Services	414	2.6%	246	446	-32	-7.2%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	1,403	8.8%	1,257	1,327	76	5.7%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	231	1.4%	197	235	-4	-1.7%
Accomodation and Food Services	576	3.6%	594	618	-42	-6.8%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	566	3.5%	492	483	83	17.2%
Public Administration	757	4.7%	575	750	7	0.9%
Information Not Available	588	3.7%	592	495	93	18.8%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Oregon
	Jun 2008	Percent	May 2008	Jun 2007	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	52,029		52,044	37,455
Male	31,351	60.3%	32,666	20,418	10,933	53.5%
Female	20,675	39.7%	19,370	17,034	3,641	21.4%
Information Not Available	3	0.0%	8	3	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	52,029		52,044	37,455
Hispanic or Latino	4,485	8.6%	4,681	3,225	1,260	39.1%
Not Hispanic or Latino	39,787	76.5%	39,203	27,996	11,791	42.1%
Information Not Available	7,757	14.9%	8,160	6,234	1,523	24.4%

Race	52,029		52,044	37,455
American Indian or Alaskan Native	431	0.8%	419	359	72	20.1%
Asian	645	1.2%	611	653	-8	-1.2%
Black or African American	576	1.1%	566	565	11	1.9%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	274	0.5%	288	214	60	28.0%
White	21,955	42.2%	21,907	16,976	4,979	29.3%
Information Not Available	28,148	54.1%	28,253	18,688	9,460	50.6%

Years of Age	52,029		52,044	37,455
Younger than 22	1,401	2.0%	1,441	916	485	52.9%
22-24	2,961	4.2%	3,097	2,144	817	38.1%
25-34	12,269	17.3%	12,453	8,866	3,403	38.4%
35-44	12,424	17.5%	12,378	9,115	3,309	36.3%
45-54	13,221	18.7%	13,076	9,713	3,508	36.1%
55-59	4,993	7.0%	4,929	3,495	1,498	42.9%
60-64	3,109	4.4%	2,993	2,090	1,019	48.8%
65 and older	1,651	2.3%	1,677	1,115	536	48.1%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	1	-1	-100.0%

Industry	52,029		52,044	37,455
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	1,589	3.0%	1,962	1,049	540	51.5%
Mining	203	0.4%	221	59	144	244.1%
Utilities	68	0.1%	64	87	-19	-21.8%
Construction	8,298	15.5%	9,206	4,568	3,730	81.7%
Manufacturing	8,756	16.3%	8,557	6,112	2,644	43.3%
Wholesale Trade	2,054	3.8%	2,021	1,607	447	27.8%
Retail Trade	5,851	10.9%	6,090	4,213	1,638	38.9%
Transporation and Warehousing	1,787	3.3%	1,631	1,200	587	48.9%
Information	1,028	1.9%	985	816	212	26.0%
Finance and Insurance	1,735	3.2%	1,695	1,346	389	28.9%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	879	1.6%	900	636	243	38.2%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	1,856	3.5%	1,723	1,322	534	40.4%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	169	0.3%	147	137	32	23.4%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	4,812	9.0%	4,983	3,456	1,356	39.2%
Educational Services	707	1.3%	601	655	52	7.9%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	4,180	7.8%	3,337	3,730	450	12.1%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	561	1.0%	491	479	82	17.1%
Accomodation and Food Services	3,439	6.4%	3,267	2,485	954	38.4%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	1,291	2.4%	1,178	987	304	30.8%
Public Administration	860	1.6%	841	856	4	0.5%
Information Not Available	1,906	3.6%	2,144	1,655	251	15.2%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Pennsylvania
	Jun 2008	Percent	May 2008	Jun 2007	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	167,308		158,734	141,688
Male	92,233	55.1%	92,551	72,722	19,511	26.8%
Female	75,075	44.9%	66,078	68,966	6,109	8.9%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	105	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	167,308		158,734	141,688
Hispanic or Latino	8,111	4.8%	8,194	6,550	1,561	23.8%
Not Hispanic or Latino	151,190	90.4%	142,136	127,914	23,276	18.2%
Information Not Available	8,007	4.8%	8,404	7,224	783	10.8%

Race	167,308		158,734	141,688
American Indian or Alaskan Native	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
Asian	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
Black or African American	23,188	13.9%	22,481	20,613	2,575	12.5%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
White	125,714	75.1%	117,449	105,664	20,050	19.0%
Information Not Available	18,406	11.0%	18,804	15,411	2,995	19.4%

Years of Age	167,308		158,734	141,688
Younger than 22	18,613	6.4%	21,116	17,049	1,564	9.2%
22-24	10,398	3.6%	9,140	9,150	1,248	13.6%
25-34	37,642	13.0%	34,877	30,052	7,590	25.3%
35-44	45,960	15.9%	40,551	39,107	6,853	17.5%
45-54	30,675	10.6%	30,360	28,511	2,164	7.6%
55-59	7,175	2.5%	6,618	6,357	818	12.9%
60-64	4,055	1.4%	2,521	2,793	1,262	45.2%
65 and older	1,664	0.6%	525	2,601	-937	-36.0%
Information Not Available	11,126	3.9%	13,026	6,068	5,058	83.4%

Industry	167,308		158,734	141,688
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	104	0.1%	420	96	8	8.3%
Mining	208	0.1%	420	193	15	7.8%
Utilities	208	0.1%	105	96	112	116.7%
Construction	18,405	11.0%	24,162	14,833	3,572	24.1%
Manufacturing	25,579	15.3%	25,633	20,131	5,448	27.1%
Wholesale Trade	6,447	3.9%	6,933	5,587	860	15.4%
Retail Trade	16,013	9.6%	15,338	11,944	4,069	34.1%
Transporation and Warehousing	13,622	8.1%	6,198	13,967	-345	-2.5%
Information	2,600	1.6%	2,836	2,697	-97	-3.6%
Finance and Insurance	4,367	2.6%	5,043	4,142	225	5.4%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	1,248	0.7%	1,681	2,697	-1,449	-53.7%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	7,695	4.6%	7,354	6,742	953	14.1%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	2,808	1.7%	2,626	1,541	1,267	82.2%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	14,038	8.4%	14,602	10,884	3,154	29.0%
Educational Services	2,704	1.6%	2,101	2,312	392	17.0%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	11,126	6.6%	10,190	14,448	-3,322	-23.0%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	1,352	0.8%	1,891	1,734	-382	-22.0%
Accomodation and Food Services	10,502	6.3%	7,564	10,981	-479	-4.4%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	3,743	2.2%	3,992	3,179	564	17.7%
Public Administration	1,872	1.1%	1,051	2,119	-247	-11.7%
Information Not Available	22,667	13.5%	18,594	11,365	11,302	99.4%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Puerto Rico
	Jun 2008	Percent	May 2008	Jun 2007	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	41,690		35,464	36,784
Male	21,921	52.6%	20,426	18,895	3,026	16.0%
Female	19,768	47.4%	15,038	17,889	1,879	10.5%
Information Not Available	1	0.0%	0	0	1	0.0%

Ethnicity	41,690		35,464	36,784
Hispanic or Latino	40,535	97.2%	34,334	36,001	4,534	12.6%
Not Hispanic or Latino	640	1.5%	687	183	457	249.7%
Information Not Available	515	1.2%	443	600	-85	-14.2%

Race	41,690		35,464	36,784
American Indian or Alaskan Native	756	1.8%	657	1,043	-287	-27.5%
Asian	60	0.1%	60	85	-25	-29.4%
Black or African American	3,103	7.4%	2,905	3,022	81	2.7%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	54	0.1%	54	29	25	86.2%
White	7,982	19.1%	6,392	9,571	-1,589	-16.6%
Information Not Available	29,735	71.3%	25,396	23,034	6,701	29.1%

Years of Age	41,690		35,464	36,784
Younger than 22	2,395	4.9%	2,269	2,100	295	14.0%
22-24	4,091	8.5%	3,527	3,743	348	9.3%
25-34	13,712	28.3%	11,584	12,160	1,552	12.8%
35-44	10,130	20.9%	8,414	9,041	1,089	12.0%
45-54	7,263	15.0%	6,166	6,103	1,160	19.0%
55-59	2,263	4.7%	1,923	1,979	284	14.4%
60-64	1,281	2.6%	1,111	1,208	73	6.0%
65 and older	555	1.1%	470	450	105	23.3%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	41,690		35,464	36,784
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
Mining	54	0.1%	43	42	12	28.6%
Utilities	1,195	2.9%	950	1,073	122	11.4%
Construction	5,271	12.6%	5,143	5,129	142	2.8%
Manufacturing	4,937	11.8%	5,088	4,896	41	0.8%
Wholesale Trade	7,622	18.3%	7,036	6,878	744	10.8%
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	1,137	2.7%	1,072	1,220	-83	-6.8%
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)	11,439	27.4%	8,976	11,266	173	1.5%
Public Administration	3,599	8.6%	1,214	2,939	660	22.5%
Information Not Available	6,436	15.4%	5,942	3,341	3,095	92.6%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Rhode Island
	Jun 2008	Percent	May 2008	Jun 2007	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	12,931		13,441	10,678
Male	6,627	51.2%	7,290	5,621	1,006	17.9%
Female	6,304	48.8%	6,151	5,057	1,247	24.7%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	12,931		13,441	10,678
Hispanic or Latino	2,037	15.8%	2,235	1,524	513	33.7%
Not Hispanic or Latino	7,718	59.7%	7,936	6,319	1,399	22.1%
Information Not Available	3,176	24.6%	3,270	2,835	341	12.0%

Race	12,931		13,441	10,678
American Indian or Alaskan Native	76	0.6%	73	70	6	8.6%
Asian	261	2.0%	276	189	72	38.1%
Black or African American	657	5.1%	632	551	106	19.2%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	54	0.4%	50	45	9	20.0%
White	9,019	69.7%	9,347	7,275	1,744	24.0%
Information Not Available	2,864	22.1%	3,063	2,548	316	12.4%

Years of Age	12,931		13,441	10,678
Younger than 22	403	1.9%	430	305	98	32.1%
22-24	716	3.4%	761	579	137	23.7%
25-34	2,700	12.8%	2,871	2,291	409	17.9%
35-44	3,131	14.8%	3,308	2,634	497	18.9%
45-54	3,307	15.7%	3,438	2,685	622	23.2%
55-59	1,142	5.4%	1,116	982	160	16.3%
60-64	849	4.0%	857	695	154	22.2%
65 and older	683	3.2%	660	507	176	34.7%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	12,931		13,441	10,678
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	20	0.2%	27	27	-7	-25.9%
Mining	7	0.1%	15	8	-1	-12.5%
Utilities	23	0.2%	24	3	20	666.7%
Construction	1,708	13.2%	2,062	1,323	385	29.1%
Manufacturing	2,200	17.0%	2,387	1,862	338	18.2%
Wholesale Trade	507	3.9%	547	443	64	14.4%
Retail Trade	1,491	11.5%	1,506	1,133	358	31.6%
Transporation and Warehousing	349	2.7%	360	314	35	11.1%
Information	186	1.4%	186	137	49	35.8%
Finance and Insurance	754	5.8%	790	711	43	6.0%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	288	2.2%	245	208	80	38.5%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	704	5.4%	688	539	165	30.6%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	28	0.2%	30	96	-68	-70.8%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	1,141	8.8%	1,296	869	272	31.3%
Educational Services	184	1.4%	151	186	-2	-1.1%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	1,291	10.0%	1,140	1,109	182	16.4%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	238	1.8%	253	157	81	51.6%
Accomodation and Food Services	915	7.1%	816	789	126	16.0%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	467	3.6%	458	362	105	29.0%
Public Administration	77	0.6%	77	103	-26	-25.2%
Information Not Available	353	2.7%	383	299	54	18.1%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants South Carolina
	Jun 2008	Percent	May 2008	Jun 2007	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	49,514		45,595	39,117
Male	25,086	50.7%	23,881	18,501	6,585	35.6%
Female	24,428	49.3%	21,714	20,616	3,812	18.5%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	49,514		45,595	39,117
Hispanic or Latino	949	1.9%	872	682	267	39.1%
Not Hispanic or Latino	41,207	83.2%	39,144	32,229	8,978	27.9%
Information Not Available	7,358	14.9%	5,579	6,206	1,152	18.6%

Race	49,514		45,595	39,117
American Indian or Alaskan Native	351	0.7%	286	253	98	38.7%
Asian	239	0.5%	237	177	62	35.0%
Black or African American	24,475	49.4%	22,337	20,304	4,171	20.5%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	141	0.3%	129	80	61	76.3%
White	23,441	47.3%	21,824	17,459	5,982	34.3%
Information Not Available	867	1.8%	782	844	23	2.7%

Years of Age	49,514		45,595	39,117
Younger than 22	1,801	2.6%	1,611	1,364	437	32.0%
22-24	1,791	2.5%	1,680	1,380	411	29.8%
25-34	10,806	15.4%	10,263	8,184	2,622	32.0%
35-44	10,088	14.3%	9,638	8,100	1,988	24.5%
45-54	10,330	14.7%	9,828	8,412	1,918	22.8%
55-59	3,747	5.3%	3,635	2,888	859	29.7%
60-64	2,614	3.7%	2,487	2,045	569	27.8%
65 and older	1,531	2.2%	1,429	1,209	322	26.6%
Information Not Available	6,806	9.7%	5,024	5,535	1,271	23.0%

Industry	49,514		45,595	39,117
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	339	0.7%	317	238	101	42.4%
Mining	55	0.1%	47	35	20	57.1%
Utilities	64	0.1%	63	80	-16	-20.0%
Construction	5,495	11.0%	5,533	3,637	1,858	51.1%
Manufacturing	8,919	17.9%	8,301	7,932	987	12.4%
Wholesale Trade	2,322	4.7%	2,308	1,479	843	57.0%
Retail Trade	4,951	9.9%	4,707	3,585	1,366	38.1%
Transporation and Warehousing	1,643	3.3%	1,479	1,181	462	39.1%
Information	597	1.2%	545	359	238	66.3%
Finance and Insurance	1,508	3.0%	1,280	1,029	479	46.6%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	860	1.7%	719	494	366	74.1%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	1,735	3.5%	1,590	1,220	515	42.2%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	94	0.2%	96	87	7	8.0%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	6,411	12.9%	6,217	5,511	900	16.3%
Educational Services	728	1.5%	458	673	55	8.2%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	3,157	6.3%	2,394	2,884	273	9.5%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	350	0.7%	302	320	30	9.4%
Accomodation and Food Services	4,348	8.7%	4,065	3,505	843	24.1%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	1,502	3.0%	1,099	1,331	171	12.8%
Public Administration	575	1.2%	530	564	11	2.0%
Information Not Available	3,861	7.7%	3,545	2,973	888	29.9%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants South Dakota
	Jun 2008	Percent	May 2008	Jun 2007	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	1,475		1,323	1,609
Male	627	42.5%	686	658	-31	-4.7%
Female	848	57.5%	637	951	-103	-10.8%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	1,475		1,323	1,609
Hispanic or Latino	31	2.1%	30	33	-2	-6.1%
Not Hispanic or Latino	1,321	89.6%	1,176	1,445	-124	-8.6%
Information Not Available	123	8.3%	117	131	-8	-6.1%

Race	1,475		1,323	1,609
American Indian or Alaskan Native	312	21.2%	195	377	-65	-17.2%
Asian	4	0.3%	4	2	2	100.0%
Black or African American	37	2.5%	28	22	15	68.2%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0	0.0%	3	0	0	0.0%
White	1,001	67.9%	988	1,089	-88	-8.1%
Information Not Available	121	8.2%	105	119	2	1.7%

Years of Age	1,475		1,323	1,609
Younger than 22	23	1.0%	27	55	-32	-58.2%
22-24	47	2.0%	47	59	-12	-20.3%
25-34	354	14.8%	261	350	4	1.1%
35-44	357	14.9%	324	329	28	8.5%
45-54	434	18.1%	428	478	-44	-9.2%
55-59	183	7.6%	154	202	-19	-9.4%
60-64	77	3.2%	82	136	-59	-43.4%
65 and older	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	1,475		1,323	1,609
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	12	0.8%	7	19	-7	-36.8%
Mining	6	0.4%	4	0	6	0.0%
Utilities	3	0.2%	5	0	3	0.0%
Construction	137	9.2%	189	139	-2	-1.4%
Manufacturing	163	11.0%	165	211	-48	-22.7%
Wholesale Trade	50	3.4%	45	44	6	13.6%
Retail Trade	116	7.8%	132	119	-3	-2.5%
Transporation and Warehousing	33	2.2%	45	31	2	6.5%
Information	22	1.5%	23	22	0	0.0%
Finance and Insurance	70	4.7%	68	60	10	16.7%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	16	1.1%	10	34	-18	-52.9%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	51	3.4%	46	56	-5	-8.9%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	1	0.1%	1	2	-1	-50.0%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	73	4.9%	77	59	14	23.7%
Educational Services	75	5.0%	39	88	-13	-14.8%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	131	8.8%	105	163	-32	-19.6%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	43	2.9%	45	39	4	10.3%
Accomodation and Food Services	165	11.1%	139	180	-15	-8.3%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	52	3.5%	34	54	-2	-3.7%
Public Administration	185	12.4%	86	213	-28	-13.1%
Information Not Available	71	4.8%	58	76	-5	-6.6%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Tennessee
	Jun 2008	Percent	May 2008	Jun 2007	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	48,126		43,952	42,414
Male	23,766	49.4%	23,697	20,852	2,914	14.0%
Female	24,360	50.6%	20,255	21,562	2,798	13.0%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	48,126		43,952	42,414
Hispanic or Latino	587	1.2%	573	510	77	15.1%
Not Hispanic or Latino	47,539	98.8%	43,379	41,904	5,635	13.4%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Race	48,126		43,952	42,414
American Indian or Alaskan Native	102	0.2%	112	101	1	1.0%
Asian	732	1.5%	600	571	161	28.2%
Black or African American	13,596	28.3%	12,047	12,126	1,470	12.1%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	255	0.5%	298	205	50	24.4%
White	32,928	68.4%	30,406	29,003	3,925	13.5%
Information Not Available	513	1.1%	489	408	105	25.7%

Years of Age	48,126		43,952	42,414
Younger than 22	967	1.2%	939	752	215	28.6%
22-24	1,993	2.6%	1,957	1,625	368	22.6%
25-34	10,057	13.0%	9,450	7,991	2,066	25.9%
35-44	11,445	14.8%	10,562	9,940	1,505	15.1%
45-54	12,423	16.0%	11,278	12,164	259	2.1%
55-59	4,873	6.3%	4,340	4,277	596	13.9%
60-64	3,594	4.6%	3,149	3,150	444	14.1%
65 and older	2,536	3.3%	2,082	2,084	452	21.7%
Information Not Available	238	0.3%	195	431	-193	-44.8%

Industry	48,126		43,952	42,414
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	95	0.2%	115	84	11	13.1%
Mining	88	0.2%	93	54	34	63.0%
Utilities	56	0.1%	54	43	13	30.2%
Construction	4,348	9.0%	4,614	2,653	1,695	63.9%
Manufacturing	9,817	20.4%	10,362	9,425	392	4.2%
Wholesale Trade	2,423	5.0%	2,197	4,552	-2,129	-46.8%
Retail Trade	4,525	9.4%	4,294	3,392	1,133	33.4%
Transporation and Warehousing	2,474	5.1%	1,730	1,948	526	27.0%
Information	685	1.4%	659	508	177	34.8%
Finance and Insurance	1,511	3.1%	1,464	1,073	438	40.8%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	685	1.4%	687	606	79	13.0%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	2,091	4.3%	1,745	1,687	404	23.9%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	227	0.5%	140	186	41	22.0%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	6,478	13.4%	5,965	5,235	1,243	23.7%
Educational Services	903	1.9%	580	879	24	2.7%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	3,895	8.1%	2,661	3,463	432	12.5%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	311	0.6%	281	251	60	23.9%
Accomodation and Food Services	2,632	5.5%	2,545	2,005	627	31.3%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	1,885	3.9%	1,409	1,689	196	11.6%
Public Administration	1,080	2.2%	708	1,100	-20	-1.8%
Information Not Available	1,917	4.0%	1,649	1,581	336	21.3%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Texas
	Jun 2008	Percent	May 2008	Jun 2007	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	117,447		103,951	92,139
Male	60,461	51.5%	55,715	43,391	17,070	39.3%
Female	56,947	48.5%	48,208	48,732	8,215	16.9%
Information Not Available	39	0.0%	28	16	23	143.8%

Ethnicity	117,447		103,951	92,139
Hispanic or Latino	35,384	30.1%	30,719	27,199	8,185	30.1%
Not Hispanic or Latino	70,971	60.4%	65,166	56,715	14,256	25.1%
Information Not Available	11,092	9.4%	8,066	8,225	2,867	34.9%

Race	117,447		103,951	92,139
American Indian or Alaskan Native	475	0.4%	460	429	46	10.7%
Asian	2,040	1.7%	1,921	1,471	569	38.7%
Black or African American	26,559	22.6%	24,178	21,870	4,689	21.4%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	2,708	2.3%	1,944	1,143	1,565	136.9%
White	41,299	35.2%	38,066	32,580	8,719	26.8%
Information Not Available	44,366	37.8%	37,382	34,646	9,720	28.1%

Years of Age	117,447		103,951	92,139
Younger than 22	2,619	1.7%	2,418	2,134	485	22.7%
22-24	5,641	3.7%	5,041	4,590	1,051	22.9%
25-34	28,397	18.6%	25,265	22,318	6,079	27.2%
35-44	31,013	20.3%	27,789	25,400	5,613	22.1%
45-54	30,202	19.8%	26,705	23,191	7,011	30.2%
55-59	10,094	6.6%	8,726	7,614	2,480	32.6%
60-64	6,078	4.0%	5,174	4,428	1,650	37.3%
65 and older	3,370	2.2%	2,805	2,450	920	37.6%
Information Not Available	33	0.0%	28	14	19	135.7%

Industry	117,447		103,951	92,139
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	1,296	1.1%	938	1,116	180	16.1%
Mining	1,322	1.1%	1,368	1,284	38	3.0%
Utilities	355	0.3%	311	267	88	33.0%
Construction	15,211	12.8%	13,869	9,292	5,919	63.7%
Manufacturing	11,710	9.9%	11,537	8,480	3,230	38.1%
Wholesale Trade	6,270	5.3%	5,979	4,361	1,909	43.8%
Retail Trade	8,616	7.3%	8,202	7,520	1,096	14.6%
Transporation and Warehousing	6,286	5.3%	4,234	3,144	3,142	99.9%
Information	3,392	2.9%	3,173	2,540	852	33.5%
Finance and Insurance	6,159	5.2%	5,868	4,662	1,497	32.1%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	2,439	2.1%	2,388	1,825	614	33.6%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	8,430	7.1%	7,617	7,971	459	5.8%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	508	0.4%	511	473	35	7.4%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	13,762	11.6%	13,204	11,029	2,733	24.8%
Educational Services	2,408	2.0%	1,632	2,457	-49	-2.0%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	9,965	8.4%	7,429	9,892	73	0.7%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	698	0.6%	614	561	137	24.4%
Accomodation and Food Services	4,923	4.1%	3,480	4,099	824	20.1%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	2,740	2.3%	2,471	2,378	362	15.2%
Public Administration	1,571	1.3%	1,126	1,512	59	3.9%
Information Not Available	9,386	7.9%	8,000	7,276	2,110	29.0%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Utah
	Jun 2008	Percent	May 2008	Jun 2007	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	11,785		11,796	6,971
Male	6,846	58.1%	7,243	3,475	3,371	97.0%
Female	4,819	40.9%	4,431	3,426	1,393	40.7%
Information Not Available	120	1.0%	122	70	50	71.4%

Ethnicity	11,785		11,796	6,971
Hispanic or Latino	1,100	9.3%	1,139	555	545	98.2%
Not Hispanic or Latino	8,452	71.7%	8,383	5,139	3,313	64.5%
Information Not Available	2,233	18.9%	2,274	1,277	956	74.9%

Race	11,785		11,796	6,971
American Indian or Alaskan Native	418	3.5%	404	247	171	69.2%
Asian	180	1.5%	187	146	34	23.3%
Black or African American	217	1.8%	225	125	92	73.6%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	151	1.3%	146	80	71	88.8%
White	8,374	71.1%	8,382	5,139	3,235	62.9%
Information Not Available	2,445	20.7%	2,452	1,234	1,211	98.1%

Years of Age	11,785		11,796	6,971
Younger than 22	515	2.6%	514	230	285	123.9%
22-24	833	4.2%	802	430	403	93.7%
25-34	3,313	16.8%	3,429	1,896	1,417	74.7%
35-44	2,827	14.4%	2,867	1,759	1,068	60.7%
45-54	2,692	13.7%	2,680	1,705	987	57.9%
55-59	941	4.8%	876	563	378	67.1%
60-64	493	2.5%	460	289	204	70.6%
65 and older	170	0.9%	168	99	71	71.7%
Information Not Available	1	0.0%	0	0	1	0.0%

Industry	11,785		11,796	6,971
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	19	0.2%	20	11	8	72.7%
Mining	87	0.7%	104	82	5	6.1%
Utilities	11	0.1%	13	9	2	22.2%
Construction	1,936	16.4%	2,153	769	1,167	151.8%
Manufacturing	1,537	13.0%	1,535	783	754	96.3%
Wholesale Trade	430	3.6%	405	257	173	67.3%
Retail Trade	1,131	9.6%	1,166	620	511	82.4%
Transporation and Warehousing	453	3.8%	441	240	213	88.8%
Information	348	2.9%	319	265	83	31.3%
Finance and Insurance	510	4.3%	501	299	211	70.6%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	223	1.9%	223	119	104	87.4%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	683	5.8%	656	454	229	50.4%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	32	0.3%	35	16	16	100.0%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	1,491	12.6%	1,567	813	678	83.4%
Educational Services	287	2.4%	212	244	43	17.6%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	694	5.9%	490	571	123	21.5%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	241	2.0%	330	149	92	61.7%
Accomodation and Food Services	513	4.3%	561	339	174	51.3%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	161	1.4%	176	112	49	43.8%
Public Administration	238	2.0%	196	180	58	32.2%
Information Not Available	760	6.4%	693	639	121	18.9%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Virginia
	Jun 2008	Percent	May 2008	Jun 2007	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	42,847		42,069	34,092
Male	22,783	53.2%	23,109	17,190	5,593	32.5%
Female	20,061	46.8%	18,955	16,895	3,166	18.7%
Information Not Available	3	0.0%	5	7	-4	-57.1%

Ethnicity	42,847		42,069	34,092
Hispanic or Latino	1,534	3.6%	1,621	988	546	55.3%
Not Hispanic or Latino	39,246	91.6%	38,414	31,308	7,938	25.4%
Information Not Available	2,067	4.8%	2,034	1,796	271	15.1%

Race	42,847		42,069	34,092
American Indian or Alaskan Native	1,763	4.1%	1,828	168	1,595	949.4%
Asian	1,071	2.5%	1,005	1,698	-627	-36.9%
Black or African American	16,595	38.7%	16,478	14,153	2,442	17.3%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
White	21,351	49.8%	20,724	16,277	5,074	31.2%
Information Not Available	2,067	4.8%	2,034	1,796	271	15.1%

Years of Age	42,847		42,069	34,092
Younger than 22	848	1.4%	846	750	98	13.1%
22-24	2,052	3.3%	1,994	1,818	234	12.9%
25-34	9,767	15.9%	9,508	8,111	1,656	20.4%
35-44	11,012	17.9%	10,512	8,757	2,255	25.8%
45-54	11,318	18.4%	11,359	8,840	2,478	28.0%
55-59	3,889	6.3%	3,873	2,985	904	30.3%
60-64	2,689	4.4%	2,718	1,877	812	43.3%
65 and older	1,271	2.1%	1,257	953	318	33.4%
Information Not Available	1	0.0%	2	1	0	0.0%

Industry	42,847		42,069	34,092
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	60	0.1%	82	80	-20	-25.0%
Mining	74	0.2%	82	97	-23	-23.7%
Utilities	21	0.0%	28	18	3	16.7%
Construction	2,801	6.5%	3,253	2,245	556	24.8%
Manufacturing	4,237	9.9%	4,392	3,829	408	10.7%
Wholesale Trade	715	1.7%	736	747	-32	-4.3%
Retail Trade	1,839	4.3%	1,963	1,890	-51	-2.7%
Transporation and Warehousing	943	2.2%	1,047	922	21	2.3%
Information	426	1.0%	440	485	-59	-12.2%
Finance and Insurance	518	1.2%	561	681	-163	-23.9%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	334	0.8%	354	426	-92	-21.6%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	1,276	3.0%	1,330	1,647	-371	-22.5%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	55	0.1%	58	67	-12	-17.9%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	2,386	5.6%	2,531	2,440	-54	-2.2%
Educational Services	133	0.3%	119	175	-42	-24.0%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	1,424	3.3%	1,051	1,564	-140	-9.0%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	123	0.3%	86	153	-30	-19.6%
Accomodation and Food Services	1,854	4.3%	1,606	1,895	-41	-2.2%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	677	1.6%	459	822	-145	-17.6%
Public Administration	2,002	4.7%	1,885	1,859	143	7.7%
Information Not Available	20,949	48.8%	20,006	12,050	8,899	73.9%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Virgin Islands
	Jun 2008	Percent	May 2008	Jun 2007	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	378		384	299
Male	253	66.9%	262	207	46	22.2%
Female	125	33.1%	122	92	33	35.9%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	378		384	299
Hispanic or Latino	124	32.8%	129	91	33	36.3%
Not Hispanic or Latino	249	65.9%	247	205	44	21.5%
Information Not Available	5	1.3%	8	3	2	66.7%

Race	378		384	299
American Indian or Alaskan Native	3	0.8%	3	1	2	200.0%
Asian	14	3.7%	12	3	11	366.7%
Black or African American	210	55.6%	213	184	26	14.1%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	4	1.1%	6	3	1	33.3%
White	22	5.8%	19	17	5	29.4%
Information Not Available	125	33.1%	131	91	34	37.4%

Years of Age	378		384	299
Younger than 22	4	1.1%	8	9	-5	-55.6%
22-24	34	9.1%	31	15	19	126.7%
25-34	96	25.7%	94	76	20	26.3%
35-44	96	25.7%	100	71	25	35.2%
45-54	83	22.2%	83	74	9	12.2%
55-59	26	7.0%	27	29	-3	-10.3%
60-64	26	7.0%	29	17	9	52.9%
65 and older	13	3.5%	12	8	5	62.5%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	378		384	299
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%	3	0	2	0.0%
Construction	143	37.8%	159	113	30	26.5%
Manufacturing	41	10.8%	33	25	16	64.0%
Wholesale Trade	5	1.3%	2	5	0	0.0%
Retail Trade	27	7.1%	18	23	4	17.4%
Transporation and Warehousing	7	1.9%	3	9	-2	-22.2%
Information	0	0.0%	1	2	-2	-100.0%
Finance and Insurance	3	0.8%	1	8	-5	-62.5%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	8	2.1%	10	7	1	14.3%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	8	2.1%	5	7	1	14.3%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	4	1.1%	2	7	-3	-42.9%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	6	1.6%	11	8	-2	-25.0%
Educational Services	3	0.8%	1	6	-3	-50.0%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	8	2.1%	10	6	2	33.3%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	3	0.8%	4	1	2	200.0%
Accomodation and Food Services	33	8.7%	32	20	13	65.0%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	54	14.3%	74	25	29	116.0%
Public Administration	5	1.3%	3	13	-8	-61.5%
Information Not Available	18	4.8%	12	14	4	28.6%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Vermont
	Jun 2008	Percent	May 2008	Jun 2007	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	5,199		5,546	4,361
Male	2,701	52.0%	3,211	2,144	557	26.0%
Female	2,498	48.0%	2,335	2,217	281	12.7%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	5,199		5,546	4,361
Hispanic or Latino	10	0.2%	14	8	2	25.0%
Not Hispanic or Latino	1,319	25.4%	1,522	1,234	85	6.9%
Information Not Available	3,870	74.4%	4,010	3,119	751	24.1%

Race	5,199		5,546	4,361
American Indian or Alaskan Native	9	0.2%	7	12	-3	-25.0%
Asian	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
Black or African American	37	0.7%	39	22	15	68.2%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	7	0.1%	8	10	-3	-30.0%
White	1,276	24.5%	1,482	1,198	78	6.5%
Information Not Available	3,870	74.4%	4,010	3,119	751	24.1%

Years of Age	5,199		5,546	4,361
Younger than 22	140	2.3%	177	157	-17	-10.8%
22-24	257	4.2%	308	217	40	18.4%
25-34	1,050	17.2%	1,148	835	215	25.7%
35-44	1,226	20.1%	1,232	1,056	170	16.1%
45-54	1,297	21.2%	1,410	1,102	195	17.7%
55-59	545	8.9%	583	436	109	25.0%
60-64	364	6.0%	394	276	88	31.9%
65 and older	320	5.2%	294	282	38	13.5%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	5,199		5,546	4,361
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	36	0.7%	42	27	9	33.3%
Mining	5	0.1%	13	6	-1	-16.7%
Utilities	12	0.2%	10	2	10	500.0%
Construction	627	12.0%	976	409	218	53.3%
Manufacturing	588	11.2%	659	581	7	1.2%
Wholesale Trade	184	3.5%	189	146	38	26.0%
Retail Trade	631	12.1%	632	468	163	34.8%
Transporation and Warehousing	306	5.8%	147	285	21	7.4%
Information	56	1.1%	58	65	-9	-13.8%
Finance and Insurance	87	1.7%	76	79	8	10.1%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	64	1.2%	70	56	8	14.3%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	239	4.6%	253	183	56	30.6%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	2	0.0%	2	1	1	100.0%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	236	4.5%	250	186	50	26.9%
Educational Services	185	3.5%	114	186	-1	-0.5%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	473	9.0%	391	409	64	15.6%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	54	1.0%	61	32	22	68.8%
Accomodation and Food Services	1,180	22.5%	1,376	1,038	142	13.7%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	144	2.8%	141	124	20	16.1%
Public Administration	90	1.7%	86	78	12	15.4%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Washington
	Jun 2008	Percent	May 2008	Jun 2007	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	53,422		55,409	38,219
Male	32,258	60.4%	34,583	21,171	11,087	52.4%
Female	21,162	39.6%	20,824	17,046	4,116	24.1%
Information Not Available	2	0.0%	2	2	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	53,422		55,409	38,219
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	53,422	100.0%	55,409	38,219	15,203	39.8%

Race	53,422		55,409	38,219
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	53,422	100.0%	55,409	38,219	15,203	39.8%

Years of Age	53,422		55,409	38,219
Younger than 22	1,114	2.2%	1,165	703	411	58.5%
22-24	2,648	5.3%	2,797	1,771	877	49.5%
25-34	12,219	24.3%	12,811	8,696	3,523	40.5%
35-44	13,239	26.3%	13,678	9,859	3,380	34.3%
45-54	14,259	28.4%	14,800	10,277	3,982	38.7%
55-59	5,308	10.6%	5,345	3,682	1,626	44.2%
60-64	3,139	6.2%	3,235	2,186	953	43.6%
65 and older	1,496	3.0%	1,578	1,045	451	43.2%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	53,422		55,409	38,219
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	53,422	100.0%	55,409	38,219	15,203	39.8%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Wisconsin
	Jun 2008	Percent	May 2008	Jun 2007	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	67,179		67,666	60,887
Male	36,613	54.5%	39,916	30,602	6,011	19.6%
Female	30,553	45.5%	27,750	30,285	268	0.9%
Information Not Available	13	0.0%	0	0	13	0.0%

Ethnicity	67,179		67,666	60,887
Hispanic or Latino	2,694	4.0%	2,808	2,490	204	8.2%
Not Hispanic or Latino	63,894	95.1%	64,452	58,038	5,856	10.1%
Information Not Available	591	0.9%	406	359	232	64.6%

Race	67,179		67,666	60,887
American Indian or Alaskan Native	786	1.2%	812	706	80	11.3%
Asian	920	1.4%	886	633	287	45.3%
Black or African American	8,270	12.3%	8,114	8,628	-358	-4.1%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	47	0.1%	54	43	4	9.3%
White	56,565	84.2%	57,394	50,518	6,047	12.0%
Information Not Available	591	0.9%	406	359	232	64.6%

Years of Age	67,179		67,666	60,887
Younger than 22	2,029	1.7%	2,084	2,021	8	0.4%
22-24	4,011	3.4%	4,331	3,909	102	2.6%
25-34	15,579	13.0%	15,996	13,803	1,776	12.9%
35-44	14,867	12.4%	15,164	14,053	814	5.8%
45-54	17,399	14.6%	17,600	15,222	2,177	14.3%
55-59	6,207	5.2%	6,246	5,425	782	14.4%
60-64	4,165	3.5%	3,938	3,696	469	12.7%
65 and older	2,922	2.4%	2,307	2,758	164	5.9%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	67,179		67,666	60,887
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	430	0.6%	420	377	53	14.1%
Mining	114	0.2%	135	61	53	86.9%
Utilities	94	0.1%	68	91	3	3.3%
Construction	8,760	13.0%	10,217	6,143	2,617	42.6%
Manufacturing	15,815	23.4%	18,340	13,823	1,992	14.4%
Wholesale Trade	2,660	3.9%	2,666	2,180	480	22.0%
Retail Trade	6,731	10.0%	7,185	6,600	131	2.0%
Transporation and Warehousing	3,950	5.8%	2,612	4,195	-245	-5.8%
Information	1,008	1.5%	995	859	149	17.3%
Finance and Insurance	1,659	2.5%	1,543	1,808	-149	-8.2%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	665	1.0%	663	603	62	10.3%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	2,143	3.2%	1,962	1,954	189	9.7%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	215	0.3%	217	177	38	21.5%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	6,416	9.5%	6,617	5,784	632	10.9%
Educational Services	994	1.5%	656	1,029	-35	-3.4%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	5,475	8.1%	4,601	5,571	-96	-1.7%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	712	1.1%	670	731	-19	-2.6%
Accomodation and Food Services	4,763	7.0%	4,053	4,713	50	1.1%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	1,505	2.2%	1,387	1,455	50	3.4%
Public Administration	1,229	1.8%	974	1,193	36	3.0%
Information Not Available	1,841	2.7%	1,685	1,540	301	19.5%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants West Virginia
	Jun 2008	Percent	May 2008	Jun 2007	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	13,174		12,894	11,096
Male	7,863	59.7%	8,326	6,725	1,138	16.9%
Female	5,311	40.3%	4,568	4,371	940	21.5%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	13,174		12,894	11,096
Hispanic or Latino	215	1.6%	183	165	50	30.3%
Not Hispanic or Latino	11,174	84.8%	10,845	9,882	1,292	13.1%
Information Not Available	1,785	13.5%	1,866	1,049	736	70.2%

Race	13,174		12,894	11,096
American Indian or Alaskan Native	34	0.3%	37	16	18	112.5%
Asian	22	0.2%	24	22	0	0.0%
Black or African American	569	4.3%	534	429	140	32.6%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	12	0.1%	7	11	1	9.1%
White	12,189	92.5%	11,882	10,423	1,766	16.9%
Information Not Available	348	2.6%	410	195	153	78.5%

Years of Age	13,174		12,894	11,096
Younger than 22	290	1.2%	297	242	48	19.8%
22-24	655	2.7%	649	616	39	6.3%
25-34	3,244	13.2%	3,188	2,756	488	17.7%
35-44	3,359	13.6%	3,290	2,885	474	16.4%
45-54	3,413	13.9%	3,362	2,825	588	20.8%
55-59	1,130	4.6%	1,087	962	168	17.5%
60-64	735	3.0%	704	510	225	44.1%
65 and older	347	1.4%	316	298	49	16.4%
Information Not Available	1	0.0%	1	2	-1	-50.0%

Industry	13,174		12,894	11,096
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	124	0.9%	160	94	30	31.9%
Mining	392	2.9%	407	649	-257	-39.6%
Utilities	28	0.2%	25	9	19	211.1%
Construction	2,435	18.3%	2,652	2,137	298	13.9%
Manufacturing	1,539	11.6%	1,683	996	543	54.5%
Wholesale Trade	396	3.0%	386	299	97	32.4%
Retail Trade	1,239	9.3%	1,265	889	350	39.4%
Transporation and Warehousing	357	2.7%	400	342	15	4.4%
Information	154	1.2%	166	161	-7	-4.3%
Finance and Insurance	251	1.9%	265	170	81	47.6%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	158	1.2%	154	136	22	16.2%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	516	3.9%	450	405	111	27.4%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	27	0.2%	23	8	19	237.5%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	888	6.7%	967	705	183	26.0%
Educational Services	123	0.9%	86	126	-3	-2.4%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	1,592	12.0%	885	1,554	38	2.4%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	149	1.1%	145	91	58	63.7%
Accomodation and Food Services	1,314	9.9%	1,361	765	549	71.8%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	502	3.8%	410	580	-78	-13.4%
Public Administration	106	0.8%	113	163	-57	-35.0%
Information Not Available	884	6.6%	891	817	67	8.2%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Wyoming
	Jun 2008	Percent	May 2008	Jun 2007	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	2,151		2,319	1,698
Male	1,298	60.3%	1,469	953	345	36.2%
Female	853	39.7%	850	745	108	14.5%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	2,151		2,319	1,698
Hispanic or Latino	259	12.0%	250	193	66	34.2%
Not Hispanic or Latino	1,741	80.9%	1,895	1,388	353	25.4%
Information Not Available	151	7.0%	174	117	34	29.1%

Race	2,151		2,319	1,698
American Indian or Alaskan Native	146	6.8%	118	124	22	17.7%
Asian	4	0.2%	6	8	-4	-50.0%
Black or African American	36	1.7%	34	28	8	28.6%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	2	0.1%	5	0	2	0.0%
White	1,837	85.4%	2,024	1,434	403	28.1%
Information Not Available	126	5.9%	132	104	22	21.2%

Years of Age	2,151		2,319	1,698
Younger than 22	34	0.9%	36	30	4	13.3%
22-24	138	3.6%	163	109	29	26.6%
25-34	427	11.0%	554	375	52	13.9%
35-44	538	13.9%	576	399	139	34.8%
45-54	606	15.6%	607	473	133	28.1%
55-59	218	5.6%	197	162	56	34.6%
60-64	109	2.8%	110	84	25	29.8%
65 and older	81	2.1%	76	66	15	22.7%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	2,151		2,319	1,698
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	22	1.0%	32	7	15	214.3%
Mining	175	8.1%	175	186	-11	-5.9%
Utilities	9	0.4%	5	5	4	80.0%
Construction	519	23.9%	554	309	210	68.0%
Manufacturing	118	5.4%	141	87	31	35.6%
Wholesale Trade	63	2.9%	44	46	17	37.0%
Retail Trade	160	7.4%	180	168	-8	-4.8%
Transporation and Warehousing	103	4.7%	122	78	25	32.1%
Information	20	0.9%	26	21	-1	-4.8%
Finance and Insurance	24	1.1%	24	25	-1	-4.0%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	33	1.5%	30	15	18	120.0%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	54	2.5%	72	37	17	45.9%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	0	0.0%	0	2	-2	-100.0%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	119	5.5%	128	57	62	108.8%
Educational Services	32	1.5%	19	40	-8	-20.0%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	172	7.9%	109	196	-24	-12.2%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	19	0.9%	30	8	11	137.5%
Accomodation and Food Services	200	9.2%	336	172	28	16.3%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	52	2.4%	61	43	9	20.9%
Public Administration	76	3.5%	58	95	-19	-20.0%
Information Not Available	181	8.3%	173	101	80	79.2%