Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants

March 2008

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants: Total Claimants March 2008
	Mar 2008	Feb 2008	Monthly Change	Mar 2007	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
United States	3,256,582	3,302,038	-45,456	2,814,853	441,729	15.7
Alaska	14,748	15,477	-729	15,655	-907	-5.8
Alabama	29,322	31,220	-1,898	25,930	3,392	13.1
Arkansas	28,944	32,068	-3,124	29,210	-266	-0.9
Arizona	32,382	30,958	1,424	21,559	10,823	50.2
California	512,363	474,637	37,726	347,097	165,266	47.6
Colorado	27,545	28,781	-1,236	23,444	4,101	17.5
Connecticut	48,420	49,733	-1,313	46,949	1,471	3.1
District of Columbia	6,422	6,194	228	4,451	1,971	44.3
Delaware	10,292	10,509	-217	10,544	-252	-2.4
Florida	139,958	140,207	-249	92,080	47,878	52.0
Georgia	67,052	68,067	-1,015	49,872	17,180	34.4
Hawaii	8,082	7,809	273	6,661	1,421	21.3
Iowa	36,670	38,450	-1,780	35,007	1,663	4.8
Idaho	22,365	24,787	-2,422	15,069	7,296	48.4
Illinois	184,333	189,451	-5,118	163,926	20,407	12.4
Indiana	76,324	79,907	-3,583	66,093	10,231	15.5
Kansas	19,242	21,575	-2,333	17,026	2,216	13.0
Kentucky	38,750	41,594	-2,844	39,397	-647	-1.6
Louisiana	19,337	19,791	-454	18,030	1,307	7.2
Massachusetts	105,900	110,085	-4,185	101,317	4,583	4.5
Maryland	46,768	47,924	-1,156	37,711	9,057	24.0
Maine	15,593	15,811	-218	13,873	1,720	12.4
Michigan	182,540	184,051	-1,511	182,550	-10	0.0
Minnesota	72,505	75,429	-2,924	77,368	-4,863	-6.3
Missouri	58,197	63,119	-4,922	48,392	9,805	20.3
Mississippi	19,638	20,048	-410	19,529	109	0.6
Montana	7,451	8,461	-1,010	6,237	1,214	19.5
North Carolina	85,736	89,888	-4,152	72,369	13,367	18.5
North Dakota	5,305	6,482	-1,177	5,909	-604	-10.2
Nebraska	10,955	12,180	-1,225	11,356	-401	-3.5
New Hampshire	10,756	10,551	205	9,147	1,609	17.6
New Jersey	131,632	135,709	-4,077	129,552	2,080	1.6
New Mexico	12,330	12,207	123	10,815	1,515	14.0
Nevada	34,531	34,367	164	24,129	10,402	43.1
New York	210,687	214,463	-3,776	199,914	10,773	5.4
Ohio	139,528	134,301	5,227	121,052	18,476	15.3
Oklahoma	13,828	14,376	-548	14,145	-317	-2.2
Oregon	57,761	58,937	-1,176	45,219	12,542	27.7
Pennsylvania	210,883	222,263	-11,380	204,668	6,215	3.0
Puerto Rico	35,195	33,798	1,397	32,367	2,828	8.7
Rhode Island	18,671	19,355	-684	16,706	1,965	11.8
South Carolina	45,640	47,966	-2,326	37,509	8,131	21.7
South Dakota	3,160	3,617	-457	3,309	-149	-4.5
Tennessee	46,353	49,307	-2,954	40,505	5,848	14.4
Texas	99,903	100,325	-422	96,456	3,447	3.6
Utah	14,804	16,826	-2,022	9,162	5,642	61.6
Virginia	46,148	47,215	-1,067	37,654	8,494	22.6
Virgin Islands	351	344	7	236	115	48.7
Vermont	8,744	8,491	253	7,799	945	12.1
Washington	63,647	65,507	-1,860	52,014	11,633	22.4
Wisconsin	98,760	104,607	-5,847	98,331	429	0.4
West Virginia	16,467	18,621	-2,154	16,402	65	0.4
Wyoming	3,664	4,192	-528	3,151	513	16.3

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants US Totals
	Mar 2008	Percent	Feb 2008	Mar 2007	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	3,256,582		3,302,038	2,814,853	441,729	15.7
Male	2,067,182	63.5%	2,118,335	1,760,351	306,831	17.4%
Female	1,186,572	36.4%	1,180,993	1,052,368	134,204	12.8%
Information Not Available	2,828	0.1%	2,710	2,134	694	32.5%

Ethnicity	3,256,582		3,302,038	2,814,853
Hispanic or Latino	522,765	16.1%	515,033	417,397	105,368	25.2%
Not Hispanic or Latino	2,358,364	86.3%	2,406,587	2,090,408	267,956	12.8%
Information Not Available	375,723	10.3%	380,418	307,049	68,674	22.4%

Race	3,256,582		3,302,038	2,814,853
American Indian or Alaskan Native	33,683	1.0%	34,671	30,009	3,674	12.2%
Asian	71,953	2.2%	65,988	59,428	12,525	21.1%
Black or African American	485,195	14.9%	479,267	435,601	49,594	11.4%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	10,903	0.3%	10,960	12,407	-1,504	-12.1%
White	1,942,335	59.6%	2,008,127	1,722,828	219,507	12.7%
Information Not Available	712,514	21.9%	703,024	554,580	157,934	28.5%

Years of Age	3,256,582		3,302,038	2,814,853
Younger than 22	125,822	3.9%	128,703	115,246	10,576	9.2%
22-24	187,851	5.8%	191,237	167,348	20,503	12.3%
25-34	762,286	23.4%	772,038	656,013	106,273	16.2%
35-44	811,302	24.9%	822,435	720,889	90,413	12.5%
45-54	800,651	24.6%	811,854	682,271	118,380	17.4%
55-59	270,631	8.3%	272,833	226,305	44,326	19.6%
60-64	165,980	5.1%	165,597	137,491	28,489	20.7%
65 and older	104,980	3.2%	107,011	89,443	15,537	17.4%
Information Not Available	27,079	0.8%	30,330	19,847	7,232	36.4%

Industry	3,256,582		3,302,038	2,814,853
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	100,000	3.1%	103,181	78,907	21,093	26.7%
Mining	17,924	0.6%	20,455	17,200	724	4.2%
Utilities	6,431	0.2%	6,737	5,228	1,203	23.0%
Construction	637,438	19.6%	682,339	543,102	94,336	17.4%
Manufacturing	446,893	13.7%	425,577	407,013	39,880	9.8%
Wholesale Trade	112,696	3.5%	112,644	100,980	11,716	11.6%
Retail Trade	261,960	8.0%	257,068	222,150	39,810	17.9%
Transporation and Warehousing	104,843	3.2%	104,670	88,492	16,351	18.5%
Information	74,437	2.3%	75,511	62,154	12,283	19.8%
Finance and Insurance	107,324	3.3%	107,959	79,915	27,409	34.3%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	55,789	1.7%	54,913	41,825	13,964	33.4%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	121,050	3.7%	120,890	100,256	20,794	20.7%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	11,126	0.3%	11,399	10,565	561	5.3%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	366,899	11.3%	373,314	316,516	50,383	15.9%
Educational Services	44,730	1.4%	47,453	39,312	5,418	13.8%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	162,890	5.0%	160,031	152,550	10,340	6.8%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	65,084	2.0%	73,484	60,780	4,304	7.1%
Accomodation and Food Services	155,737	4.8%	158,338	144,140	11,597	8.0%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	78,649	2.4%	76,436	68,919	9,730	14.1%
Public Administration	49,753	1.5%	51,257	45,432	4,321	9.5%
Information Not Available	274,929	8.4%	278,382	229,417	45,512	19.8%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Alaska
	Mar 2008	Percent	Feb 2008	Mar 2007	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	14,748		15,477	15,655	-907	-5.8
Male	9,545	64.7%	10,218	10,019	-474	-4.7%
Female	5,203	35.3%	5,259	5,635	-432	-7.7%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	1	-1	-100.0%

Ethnicity	14,748		15,477	15,655
Hispanic or Latino	437	3.0%	446	593	-156	-26.3%
Not Hispanic or Latino	14,190	96.2%	14,910	14,941	-751	-5.0%
Information Not Available	121	0.8%	121	121	0	0.0%

Race	14,748		15,477	15,655
American Indian or Alaskan Native	4,472	30.3%	4,628	4,686	-214	-4.6%
Asian	513	3.5%	522	723	-210	-29.0%
Black or African American	515	3.5%	514	504	11	2.2%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	116	0.8%	109	96	20	20.8%
White	8,727	59.2%	9,266	9,136	-409	-4.5%
Information Not Available	405	2.7%	438	510	-105	-20.6%

Years of Age	14,748		15,477	15,655
Younger than 22	629	2.8%	623	700	-71	-10.1%
22-24	1,110	4.9%	1,168	1,096	14	1.3%
25-34	3,841	16.9%	4,087	3,852	-11	-0.3%
35-44	3,199	14.0%	3,358	3,644	-445	-12.2%
45-54	3,767	16.5%	3,959	4,015	-248	-6.2%
55-59	1,156	5.1%	1,221	1,290	-134	-10.4%
60-64	686	3.0%	674	674	12	1.8%
65 and older	360	1.6%	387	384	-24	-6.3%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	14,748		15,477	15,655
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	134	0.9%	179	159	-25	-15.7%
Mining	506	3.4%	529	442	64	14.5%
Utilities	92	0.6%	115	96	-4	-4.2%
Construction	3,396	22.8%	3,612	3,954	-558	-14.1%
Manufacturing	896	6.0%	1,013	1,126	-230	-20.4%
Wholesale Trade	178	1.2%	165	218	-40	-18.3%
Retail Trade	1,238	8.3%	1,262	1,346	-108	-8.0%
Transporation and Warehousing	890	6.0%	857	957	-67	-7.0%
Information	136	0.9%	156	151	-15	-9.9%
Finance and Insurance	241	1.6%	250	265	-24	-9.1%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	387	2.6%	380	369	18	4.9%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	456	3.1%	464	366	90	24.6%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	57	0.4%	48	59	-2	-3.4%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	821	5.5%	873	773	48	6.2%
Educational Services	375	2.5%	376	373	2	0.5%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	941	6.3%	923	939	2	0.2%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	181	1.2%	208	208	-27	-13.0%
Accomodation and Food Services	1,369	9.2%	1,406	1,361	8	0.6%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	381	2.6%	404	416	-35	-8.4%
Public Administration	1,711	11.5%	1,876	1,706	5	0.3%
Information Not Available	362	2.4%	381	371	-9	-2.4%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Alabama
	Mar 2008	Percent	Feb 2008	Mar 2007	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	29,322		31,220	25,930
Male	15,661	53.4%	17,036	13,191	2,470	18.7%
Female	13,600	46.4%	14,125	12,693	907	7.1%
Information Not Available	61	0.2%	59	46	15	32.6%

Ethnicity	29,322		31,220	25,930
Hispanic or Latino	687	2.3%	738	675	12	1.8%
Not Hispanic or Latino	23,489	80.1%	25,238	19,329	4,160	21.5%
Information Not Available	5,146	17.5%	5,244	5,926	-780	-13.2%

Race	29,322		31,220	25,930
American Indian or Alaskan Native	856	2.9%	956	966	-110	-11.4%
Asian	519	1.8%	471	776	-257	-33.1%
Black or African American	12,820	43.7%	12,955	10,103	2,717	26.9%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	51	0.2%	55	41	10	24.4%
White	13,530	46.1%	15,129	10,879	2,651	24.4%
Information Not Available	1,546	5.3%	1,654	3,165	-1,619	-51.2%

Years of Age	29,322		31,220	25,930
Younger than 22	1,187	2.9%	1,285	1,094	93	8.5%
22-24	2,042	4.9%	2,157	1,822	220	12.1%
25-34	7,688	18.5%	7,860	6,719	969	14.4%
35-44	6,976	16.8%	7,632	6,471	505	7.8%
45-54	6,919	16.7%	7,533	5,972	947	15.9%
55-59	2,194	5.3%	2,424	2,015	179	8.9%
60-64	1,365	3.3%	1,387	1,125	240	21.3%
65 and older	926	2.2%	921	708	218	30.8%
Information Not Available	25	0.1%	21	4	21	525.0%

Industry	29,322		31,220	25,930
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	250	0.8%	258	169	81	47.9%
Mining	95	0.3%	90	187	-92	-49.2%
Utilities	39	0.1%	45	41	-2	-4.9%
Construction	3,299	11.2%	3,587	2,327	972	41.8%
Manufacturing	7,761	26.2%	8,888	7,536	225	3.0%
Wholesale Trade	1,061	3.6%	1,026	831	230	27.7%
Retail Trade	3,028	10.2%	3,106	2,578	450	17.5%
Transporation and Warehousing	940	3.2%	959	720	220	30.6%
Information	407	1.4%	436	349	58	16.6%
Finance and Insurance	886	3.0%	865	676	210	31.1%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	380	1.3%	380	296	84	28.4%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	1,060	3.6%	1,138	931	129	13.9%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	40	0.1%	38	55	-15	-27.3%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	3,241	11.0%	3,342	3,078	163	5.3%
Educational Services	429	1.5%	547	352	77	21.9%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	1,986	6.7%	1,870	1,838	148	8.1%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	179	0.6%	200	250	-71	-28.4%
Accomodation and Food Services	1,740	5.9%	1,747	1,594	146	9.2%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	656	2.2%	649	572	84	14.7%
Public Administration	389	1.3%	421	330	59	17.9%
Information Not Available	1,456	4.9%	1,628	1,220	236	19.3%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Arkansas
	Mar 2008	Percent	Feb 2008	Mar 2007	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	28,944		32,068	29,210
Male	16,654	57.5%	19,226	16,655	-1	0.0%
Female	12,289	42.5%	12,842	12,554	-265	-2.1%
Information Not Available	1	0.0%	0	1	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	28,944		32,068	29,210
Hispanic or Latino	615	2.1%	794	867	-252	-29.1%
Not Hispanic or Latino	28,328	97.9%	31,274	28,342	-14	0.0%
Information Not Available	1	0.0%	0	1	0	0.0%

Race	28,944		32,068	29,210
American Indian or Alaskan Native	274	0.9%	302	306	-32	-10.5%
Asian	137	0.5%	207	300	-163	-54.3%
Black or African American	8,382	29.0%	8,964	8,578	-196	-2.3%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	159	0.5%	201	182	-23	-12.6%
White	19,374	66.9%	21,599	18,973	401	2.1%
Information Not Available	618	2.1%	795	871	-253	-29.0%

Years of Age	28,944		32,068	29,210
Younger than 22	709	1.5%	738	772	-63	-8.2%
22-24	2,006	4.3%	2,199	1,905	101	5.3%
25-34	7,629	16.3%	8,483	7,734	-105	-1.4%
35-44	7,172	15.3%	7,945	7,876	-704	-8.9%
45-54	6,897	14.7%	7,705	6,619	278	4.2%
55-59	2,176	4.6%	2,501	2,241	-65	-2.9%
60-64	1,407	3.0%	1,398	1,280	127	9.9%
65 and older	945	2.0%	1,096	778	167	21.5%
Information Not Available	3	0.0%	3	5	-2	-40.0%

Industry	28,944		32,068	29,210
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	774	2.6%	984	761	13	1.7%
Mining	148	0.5%	207	165	-17	-10.3%
Utilities	43	0.1%	78	76	-33	-43.4%
Construction	3,633	12.2%	4,090	3,640	-7	-0.2%
Manufacturing	6,601	22.2%	7,487	7,044	-443	-6.3%
Wholesale Trade	1,099	3.7%	1,421	1,351	-252	-18.7%
Retail Trade	3,484	11.7%	3,586	3,303	181	5.5%
Transporation and Warehousing	1,247	4.2%	1,370	979	268	27.4%
Information	247	0.8%	341	306	-59	-19.3%
Finance and Insurance	588	2.0%	537	383	205	53.5%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	357	1.2%	425	277	80	28.9%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	571	1.9%	570	519	52	10.0%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	60	0.2%	55	47	13	27.7%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	2,957	10.0%	3,290	3,067	-110	-3.6%
Educational Services	978	3.3%	900	955	23	2.4%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	2,434	8.2%	2,629	2,507	-73	-2.9%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	285	1.0%	268	247	38	15.4%
Accomodation and Food Services	2,215	7.5%	2,450	2,171	44	2.0%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	566	1.9%	693	607	-41	-6.8%
Public Administration	637	2.1%	665	778	-141	-18.1%
Information Not Available	20	0.1%	22	27	-7	-25.9%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Arizona
	Mar 2008	Percent	Feb 2008	Mar 2007	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	32,382		30,958	21,559
Male	19,119	59.0%	18,262	12,434	6,685	53.8%
Female	13,263	41.0%	12,696	9,125	4,138	45.3%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	32,382		30,958	21,559
Hispanic or Latino	9,625	29.7%	8,788	6,621	3,004	45.4%
Not Hispanic or Latino	22,757	70.3%	22,170	13,867	8,890	64.1%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	1,071	-1,071	-100.0%

Race	32,382		30,958	21,559
American Indian or Alaskan Native	2,250	6.9%	2,221	1,815	435	24.0%
Asian	5	0.0%	6	442	-437	-98.9%
Black or African American	2,131	6.6%	2,033	1,437	694	48.3%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
White	16,659	51.4%	16,210	16,794	-135	-0.8%
Information Not Available	11,337	35.0%	10,488	1,071	10,266	958.5%

Years of Age	32,382		30,958	21,559
Younger than 22	1,029	2.2%	982	558	471	84.4%
22-24	1,666	3.5%	1,565	1,089	577	53.0%
25-34	7,210	15.3%	6,847	4,498	2,712	60.3%
35-44	8,036	17.0%	7,767	5,595	2,441	43.6%
45-54	8,353	17.7%	8,031	5,708	2,645	46.3%
55-59	3,105	6.6%	2,958	2,016	1,089	54.0%
60-64	1,898	4.0%	1,823	1,378	520	37.7%
65 and older	1,085	2.3%	985	717	368	51.3%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	32,382		30,958	21,559
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	1,198	3.6%	748	1,303	-105	-8.1%
Mining	77	0.2%	74	59	18	30.5%
Utilities	48	0.1%	46	45	3	6.7%
Construction	5,483	16.3%	5,531	3,664	1,819	49.6%
Manufacturing	2,543	7.6%	2,305	1,756	787	44.8%
Wholesale Trade	1,347	4.0%	1,212	864	483	55.9%
Retail Trade	2,907	8.7%	2,734	1,775	1,132	63.8%
Transporation and Warehousing	698	2.1%	619	456	242	53.1%
Information	346	1.0%	348	461	-115	-24.9%
Finance and Insurance	1,753	5.2%	1,887	992	761	76.7%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	745	2.2%	749	490	255	52.0%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	1,514	4.5%	1,432	1,028	486	47.3%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	86	0.3%	81	68	18	26.5%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	3,161	9.4%	3,100	2,456	705	28.7%
Educational Services	579	1.7%	545	399	180	45.1%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	1,891	5.6%	1,722	1,468	423	28.8%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	351	1.0%	326	255	96	37.6%
Accomodation and Food Services	1,179	3.5%	1,156	855	324	37.9%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	653	1.9%	637	475	178	37.5%
Public Administration	548	1.6%	514	530	18	3.4%
Information Not Available	5,275	15.7%	5,192	2,160	3,115	144.2%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants California
	Mar 2008	Percent	Feb 2008	Mar 2007	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	512,363		474,637	347,097
Male	310,957	60.7%	281,739	201,112	109,845	54.6%
Female	201,099	39.2%	192,800	145,892	55,207	37.8%
Information Not Available	307	0.1%	98	93	214	230.1%

Ethnicity	512,363		474,637	347,097
Hispanic or Latino	206,111	40.2%	192,309	139,396	66,715	47.9%
Not Hispanic or Latino	255,108	49.8%	234,030	178,745	76,363	42.7%
Information Not Available	51,144	10.0%	48,298	28,956	22,188	76.6%

Race	512,363		474,637	347,097
American Indian or Alaskan Native	3,171	0.6%	2,552	3,155	16	0.5%
Asian	37,131	7.2%	32,101	25,336	11,795	46.6%
Black or African American	33,346	6.5%	29,843	27,100	6,246	23.0%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
White	181,460	35.4%	169,534	123,154	58,306	47.3%
Information Not Available	257,255	50.2%	240,607	168,352	88,903	52.8%

Years of Age	512,363		474,637	347,097
Younger than 22	13,809	2.1%	12,664	10,116	3,693	36.5%
22-24	28,641	4.3%	25,622	19,211	9,430	49.1%
25-34	116,813	17.6%	105,529	76,009	40,804	53.7%
35-44	128,884	19.4%	119,665	86,681	42,203	48.7%
45-54	128,270	19.3%	123,199	85,568	42,702	49.9%
55-59	45,928	6.9%	43,193	32,482	13,446	41.4%
60-64	28,845	4.3%	26,211	20,046	8,799	43.9%
65 and older	20,662	3.1%	18,161	16,520	4,142	25.1%
Information Not Available	511	0.1%	393	464	47	10.1%

Industry	512,363		474,637	347,097
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	72,113	12.3%	71,760	53,364	18,749	35.1%
Mining	409	0.1%	295	742	-333	-44.9%
Utilities	1,943	0.3%	2,062	1,114	829	74.4%
Construction	88,890	15.2%	84,225	52,065	36,825	70.7%
Manufacturing	60,759	10.4%	53,795	47,424	13,335	28.1%
Wholesale Trade	4,092	0.7%	2,847	2,691	1,401	52.1%
Retail Trade	44,189	7.6%	37,402	25,800	18,389	71.3%
Transporation and Warehousing	15,241	2.6%	12,762	8,445	6,796	80.5%
Information	34,062	5.8%	34,653	23,759	10,303	43.4%
Finance and Insurance	17,594	3.0%	15,314	8,909	8,685	97.5%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	14,730	2.5%	13,056	4,362	10,368	237.7%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	7,876	1.3%	6,283	4,269	3,607	84.5%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	65,362	11.2%	61,649	48,074	17,288	36.0%
Educational Services	10,331	1.8%	10,897	7,053	3,278	46.5%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	20,355	3.5%	19,437	18,376	1,979	10.8%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	8,183	1.4%	9,031	6,404	1,779	27.8%
Accomodation and Food Services	16,571	2.8%	15,510	12,343	4,228	34.3%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	13,604	2.3%	10,602	7,889	5,715	72.4%
Public Administration	5,830	1.0%	3,927	2,970	2,860	96.3%
Information Not Available	10,229	1.8%	9,130	11,044	-815	-7.4%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Colorado
	Mar 2008	Percent	Feb 2008	Mar 2007	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	27,545		28,781	23,444
Male	16,825	61.1%	18,183	13,980	2,845	20.4%
Female	10,720	38.9%	10,598	9,464	1,256	13.3%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	27,545		28,781	23,444
Hispanic or Latino	5,617	20.4%	6,256	5,208	409	7.9%
Not Hispanic or Latino	17,360	63.0%	17,725	14,664	2,696	18.4%
Information Not Available	4,568	16.6%	4,800	3,572	996	27.9%

Race	27,545		28,781	23,444
American Indian or Alaskan Native	475	1.7%	495	422	53	12.6%
Asian	581	2.1%	565	396	185	46.7%
Black or African American	1,660	6.0%	1,556	1,515	145	9.6%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	85	0.3%	76	63	22	34.9%
White	18,324	66.5%	19,043	15,787	2,537	16.1%
Information Not Available	6,420	23.3%	7,046	5,261	1,159	22.0%

Years of Age	27,545		28,781	23,444
Younger than 22	504	1.1%	588	430	74	17.2%
22-24	966	2.2%	1,092	831	135	16.2%
25-34	5,519	12.5%	5,741	4,593	926	20.2%
35-44	6,892	15.6%	7,192	6,065	827	13.6%
45-54	8,258	18.7%	8,561	7,049	1,209	17.2%
55-59	2,985	6.8%	3,151	2,543	442	17.4%
60-64	1,720	3.9%	1,750	1,326	394	29.7%
65 and older	693	1.6%	687	604	89	14.7%
Information Not Available	8	0.0%	19	3	5	166.7%

Industry	27,545		28,781	23,444
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	176	0.6%	227	153	23	15.0%
Mining	246	0.9%	296	242	4	1.7%
Utilities	38	0.1%	38	30	8	26.7%
Construction	6,366	23.0%	7,228	5,039	1,327	26.3%
Manufacturing	2,717	9.8%	2,833	2,382	335	14.1%
Wholesale Trade	1,058	3.8%	1,048	1,021	37	3.6%
Retail Trade	2,228	8.0%	2,241	2,015	213	10.6%
Transporation and Warehousing	846	3.1%	841	688	158	23.0%
Information	877	3.2%	856	696	181	26.0%
Finance and Insurance	1,540	5.6%	1,505	1,296	244	18.8%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	602	2.2%	603	572	30	5.2%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	1,933	7.0%	1,854	1,633	300	18.4%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	312	1.1%	295	144	168	116.7%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	3,518	12.7%	3,743	2,790	728	26.1%
Educational Services	481	1.7%	489	413	68	16.5%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	1,350	4.9%	1,289	1,297	53	4.1%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	320	1.2%	373	330	-10	-3.0%
Accomodation and Food Services	1,198	4.3%	1,163	1,028	170	16.5%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	545	2.0%	560	565	-20	-3.5%
Public Administration	602	2.2%	701	582	20	3.4%
Information Not Available	592	2.1%	598	528	64	12.1%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Connecticut
	Mar 2008	Percent	Feb 2008	Mar 2007	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	48,420		49,733	46,949
Male	31,956	66.0%	33,254	30,707	1,249	4.1%
Female	16,464	34.0%	16,479	16,242	222	1.4%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	48,420		49,733	46,949
Hispanic or Latino	7,815	16.1%	8,361	7,331	484	6.6%
Not Hispanic or Latino	40,605	83.9%	41,372	39,618	987	2.5%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Race	48,420		49,733	46,949
American Indian or Alaskan Native	159	0.3%	164	150	9	6.0%
Asian	546	1.1%	548	550	-4	-0.7%
Black or African American	6,039	12.5%	5,971	5,846	193	3.3%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
White	28,282	58.4%	29,168	28,043	239	0.9%
Information Not Available	13,394	27.7%	13,882	12,360	1,034	8.4%

Years of Age	48,420		49,733	46,949
Younger than 22	1,384	1.9%	1,379	1,406	-22	-1.6%
22-24	3,047	4.1%	3,056	2,892	155	5.4%
25-34	10,851	14.8%	11,325	10,342	509	4.9%
35-44	11,354	15.4%	11,796	11,556	-202	-1.7%
45-54	12,040	16.4%	12,310	11,568	472	4.1%
55-59	4,204	5.7%	4,312	4,023	181	4.5%
60-64	3,148	4.3%	3,120	3,008	140	4.7%
65 and older	2,392	3.3%	2,435	2,154	238	11.0%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	48,420		49,733	46,949
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	640	1.3%	890	494	146	29.6%
Mining	69	0.1%	79	75	-6	-8.0%
Utilities	47	0.1%	53	61	-14	-23.0%
Construction	9,948	20.3%	10,729	9,650	298	3.1%
Manufacturing	5,478	11.2%	5,284	5,413	65	1.2%
Wholesale Trade	2,071	4.2%	2,076	1,910	161	8.4%
Retail Trade	5,281	10.8%	5,305	5,077	204	4.0%
Transporation and Warehousing	1,449	3.0%	1,539	1,299	150	11.5%
Information	812	1.7%	775	682	130	19.1%
Finance and Insurance	1,911	3.9%	1,904	2,173	-262	-12.1%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	812	1.7%	835	675	137	20.3%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	1,720	3.5%	1,741	1,562	158	10.1%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	158	0.3%	163	138	20	14.5%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	6,968	14.2%	7,243	6,769	199	2.9%
Educational Services	851	1.7%	951	885	-34	-3.8%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	3,123	6.4%	3,119	3,046	77	2.5%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	1,517	3.1%	1,817	1,545	-28	-1.8%
Accomodation and Food Services	2,835	5.8%	2,447	2,990	-155	-5.2%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	1,369	2.8%	1,354	1,264	105	8.3%
Public Administration	548	1.1%	579	456	92	20.2%
Information Not Available	813	1.7%	850	785	28	3.6%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants District of Columbia
	Mar 2008	Percent	Feb 2008	Mar 2007	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	6,422		6,194	4,451
Male	3,232	50.3%	3,157	2,303	929	40.3%
Female	3,190	49.7%	3,037	2,148	1,042	48.5%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	6,422		6,194	4,451
Hispanic or Latino	725	11.3%	736	370	355	95.9%
Not Hispanic or Latino	5,511	85.8%	5,249	3,271	2,240	68.5%
Information Not Available	186	2.9%	209	810	-624	-77.0%

Race	6,422		6,194	4,451
American Indian or Alaskan Native	53	0.8%	58	29	24	82.8%
Asian	163	2.5%	146	152	11	7.2%
Black or African American	4,849	75.5%	4,675	3,255	1,594	49.0%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	76	1.2%	74	79	-3	-3.8%
White	1,268	19.7%	1,232	776	492	63.4%
Information Not Available	13	0.2%	9	160	-147	-91.9%

Years of Age	6,422		6,194	4,451
Younger than 22	147	2.0%	128	93	54	58.1%
22-24	335	4.5%	325	196	139	70.9%
25-34	1,528	20.7%	1,453	1,073	455	42.4%
35-44	1,679	22.8%	1,618	1,202	477	39.7%
45-54	1,758	23.8%	1,688	1,230	528	42.9%
55-59	515	7.0%	512	366	149	40.7%
60-64	311	4.2%	307	197	114	57.9%
65 and older	149	2.0%	163	94	55	58.5%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	6,422		6,194	4,451
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
Mining	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
Utilities	2	0.0%	0	6	-4	-66.7%
Construction	10	0.2%	15	67	-57	-85.1%
Manufacturing	0	0.0%	0	3	-3	-100.0%
Wholesale Trade	0	0.0%	1	5	-5	-100.0%
Retail Trade	8	0.1%	4	11	-3	-27.3%
Transporation and Warehousing	0	0.0%	0	1	-1	-100.0%
Information	0	0.0%	0	20	-20	-100.0%
Finance and Insurance	1	0.0%	1	0	1	0.0%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	0	0.0%	2	6	-6	-100.0%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	6	0.1%	9	55	-49	-89.1%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	13	0.2%	10	8	5	62.5%
Educational Services	3	0.0%	4	26	-23	-88.5%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	2	0.0%	4	25	-23	-92.0%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	0	0.0%	0	4	-4	-100.0%
Accomodation and Food Services	2	0.0%	1	2	0	0.0%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	5	0.1%	9	41	-36	-87.8%
Public Administration	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
Information Not Available	6,370	99.2%	6,134	4,171	2,199	52.7%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Delaware
	Mar 2008	Percent	Feb 2008	Mar 2007	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	10,292		10,509	10,544
Male	5,360	52.1%	5,689	5,426	-66	-1.2%
Female	4,932	47.9%	4,820	5,118	-186	-3.6%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	10,292		10,509	10,544
Hispanic or Latino	408	4.0%	431	408	0	0.0%
Not Hispanic or Latino	9,884	96.0%	10,078	10,137	-253	-2.5%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Race	10,292		10,509	10,544
American Indian or Alaskan Native	22	0.2%	26	29	-7	-24.1%
Asian	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
Black or African American	3,946	38.3%	4,007	4,173	-227	-5.4%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	45	0.4%	39	45	0	0.0%
White	5,632	54.7%	5,748	5,532	100	1.8%
Information Not Available	648	6.3%	689	765	-117	-15.3%

Years of Age	10,292		10,509	10,544
Younger than 22	205	1.3%	200	2,336	-2,131	-91.2%
22-24	638	4.2%	645	787	-149	-18.9%
25-34	2,628	17.1%	2,683	2,355	273	11.6%
35-44	2,473	16.1%	2,503	2,746	-273	-9.9%
45-54	2,432	15.9%	2,472	1,690	742	43.9%
55-59	890	5.8%	911	374	516	138.0%
60-64	586	3.8%	624	150	436	290.7%
65 and older	380	2.5%	406	91	289	317.6%
Information Not Available	60	0.4%	65	15	45	300.0%

Industry	10,292		10,509	10,544
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	17	0.2%	20	36	-19	-52.8%
Mining	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
Utilities	15	0.1%	9	10	5	50.0%
Construction	1,407	13.6%	1,535	1,218	189	15.5%
Manufacturing	752	7.3%	750	910	-158	-17.4%
Wholesale Trade	331	3.2%	408	424	-93	-21.9%
Retail Trade	1,783	17.3%	1,750	1,668	115	6.9%
Transporation and Warehousing	367	3.6%	388	279	88	31.5%
Information	145	1.4%	146	148	-3	-2.0%
Finance and Insurance	590	5.7%	562	1,030	-440	-42.7%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	311	3.0%	316	224	87	38.8%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	538	5.2%	517	467	71	15.2%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	32	0.3%	30	36	-4	-11.1%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	1,714	16.6%	1,672	1,718	-4	-0.2%
Educational Services	125	1.2%	139	129	-4	-3.1%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	644	6.2%	674	708	-64	-9.0%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	169	1.6%	211	184	-15	-8.2%
Accomodation and Food Services	981	9.5%	1,003	934	47	5.0%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	266	2.6%	268	262	4	1.5%
Public Administration	56	0.5%	55	79	-23	-29.1%
Information Not Available	49	0.5%	56	80	-31	-38.8%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Florida
	Mar 2008	Percent	Feb 2008	Mar 2007	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	139,958		140,207	92,080
Male	79,081	56.5%	80,065	51,453	27,628	53.7%
Female	60,840	43.5%	60,067	40,590	20,250	49.9%
Information Not Available	37	0.0%	75	37	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	139,958		140,207	92,080
Hispanic or Latino	45,919	32.8%	45,826	28,956	16,963	58.6%
Not Hispanic or Latino	83,073	59.4%	83,691	54,866	28,207	51.4%
Information Not Available	10,966	7.8%	10,690	8,258	2,708	32.8%

Race	139,958		140,207	92,080
American Indian or Alaskan Native	597	0.4%	673	404	193	47.8%
Asian	1,082	0.8%	972	954	128	13.4%
Black or African American	24,097	17.2%	23,362	16,772	7,325	43.7%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	1,455	1.0%	1,420	2,569	-1,114	-43.4%
White	84,080	60.1%	85,298	53,619	30,461	56.8%
Information Not Available	28,647	20.5%	28,482	17,762	10,885	61.3%

Years of Age	139,958		140,207	92,080
Younger than 22	3,171	1.5%	2,803	1,688	1,483	87.9%
22-24	6,230	2.9%	6,167	4,184	2,046	48.9%
25-34	29,693	13.9%	29,903	19,965	9,728	48.7%
35-44	32,528	15.2%	33,005	22,681	9,847	43.4%
45-54	37,713	17.6%	37,379	23,745	13,968	58.8%
55-59	14,287	6.7%	14,279	8,037	6,250	77.8%
60-64	10,146	4.7%	9,606	7,230	2,916	40.3%
65 and older	6,190	2.9%	7,065	4,550	1,640	36.0%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	139,958		140,207	92,080
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	821	0.6%	1,047	440	381	86.6%
Mining	75	0.1%	112	0	75	0.0%
Utilities	373	0.3%	224	110	263	239.1%
Construction	21,300	15.1%	21,007	11,414	9,886	86.6%
Manufacturing	9,773	6.9%	8,933	7,083	2,690	38.0%
Wholesale Trade	6,043	4.3%	6,653	4,551	1,492	32.8%
Retail Trade	14,660	10.4%	13,980	8,514	6,146	72.2%
Transporation and Warehousing	3,208	2.3%	3,252	2,312	896	38.8%
Information	3,432	2.4%	3,102	2,275	1,157	50.9%
Finance and Insurance	8,654	6.1%	8,896	4,110	4,544	110.6%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	3,544	2.5%	3,364	2,532	1,012	40.0%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	8,654	6.1%	8,522	4,587	4,067	88.7%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	485	0.3%	561	661	-176	-26.6%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	28,238	20.1%	27,735	16,185	12,053	74.5%
Educational Services	1,977	1.4%	2,093	807	1,170	145.0%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	8,132	5.8%	7,812	5,505	2,627	47.7%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	1,865	1.3%	2,355	1,762	103	5.8%
Accomodation and Food Services	6,752	4.8%	7,289	4,110	2,642	64.3%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	3,283	2.3%	3,476	1,982	1,301	65.6%
Public Administration	1,567	1.1%	1,682	1,138	429	37.7%
Information Not Available	7,122	5.1%	8,112	12,002	-4,880	-40.7%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Georgia
	Mar 2008	Percent	Feb 2008	Mar 2007	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	67,052		68,067	49,872
Male	35,921	53.6%	36,610	24,313	11,608	47.7%
Female	30,193	45.0%	30,523	24,576	5,617	22.9%
Information Not Available	938	1.4%	934	983	-45	-4.6%

Ethnicity	67,052		68,067	49,872
Hispanic or Latino	313	0.5%	270	347	-34	-9.8%
Not Hispanic or Latino	65,801	98.1%	66,863	48,542	17,259	35.6%
Information Not Available	938	1.4%	934	983	-45	-4.6%

Race	67,052		68,067	49,872
American Indian or Alaskan Native	345	0.5%	372	218	127	58.3%
Asian	819	1.2%	809	718	101	14.1%
Black or African American	31,798	47.4%	32,350	25,854	5,944	23.0%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
White	33,152	49.4%	33,601	22,090	11,062	50.1%
Information Not Available	938	1.4%	935	992	-54	-5.4%

Years of Age	67,052		68,067	49,872
Younger than 22	1,524	1.6%	1,596	1,082	442	40.9%
22-24	3,258	3.4%	3,314	2,401	857	35.7%
25-34	15,691	16.2%	15,971	11,425	4,266	37.3%
35-44	17,197	17.8%	17,477	13,177	4,020	30.5%
45-54	16,037	16.6%	16,268	11,972	4,065	34.0%
55-59	5,430	5.6%	5,493	4,109	1,321	32.1%
60-64	3,409	3.5%	3,426	2,461	948	38.5%
65 and older	1,863	1.9%	1,926	1,317	546	41.5%
Information Not Available	2,643	2.7%	2,596	1,928	715	37.1%

Industry	67,052		68,067	49,872
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	1,755	2.6%	1,791	1,034	721	69.7%
Mining	133	0.2%	129	51	82	160.8%
Utilities	126	0.2%	136	92	34	37.0%
Construction	5,806	8.4%	5,836	3,140	2,666	84.9%
Manufacturing	8,909	12.9%	8,742	7,062	1,847	26.2%
Wholesale Trade	3,293	4.8%	3,349	2,653	640	24.1%
Retail Trade	5,360	7.8%	5,483	3,636	1,724	47.4%
Transporation and Warehousing	1,889	2.7%	1,857	1,306	583	44.6%
Information	1,266	1.8%	1,200	1,022	244	23.9%
Finance and Insurance	2,236	3.2%	2,324	1,639	597	36.4%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	1,389	2.0%	1,350	976	413	42.3%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	10,416	15.1%	10,617	8,191	2,225	27.2%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	136	0.2%	143	102	34	33.3%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	219	0.3%	231	184	35	19.0%
Educational Services	1,176	1.7%	1,362	1,027	149	14.5%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	2,900	4.2%	2,972	2,782	118	4.2%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	3,014	4.4%	2,967	2,356	658	27.9%
Accomodation and Food Services	540	0.8%	560	499	41	8.2%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	684	1.0%	686	706	-22	-3.1%
Public Administration	651	0.9%	676	570	81	14.2%
Information Not Available	15,154	22.0%	15,656	10,844	4,310	39.7%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Hawaii
	Mar 2008	Percent	Feb 2008	Mar 2007	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	8,082		7,809	6,661
Male	5,604	69.3%	5,449	4,382	1,222	27.9%
Female	2,477	30.6%	2,359	2,279	198	8.7%
Information Not Available	1	0.0%	1	0	1	0.0%

Ethnicity	8,082		7,809	6,661
Hispanic or Latino	475	5.9%	462	432	43	10.0%
Not Hispanic or Latino	6,105	75.5%	5,914	4,912	1,193	24.3%
Information Not Available	1,502	18.6%	1,433	1,317	185	14.0%

Race	8,082		7,809	6,661
American Indian or Alaskan Native	72	0.9%	88	50	22	44.0%
Asian	2,640	32.7%	2,380	2,319	321	13.8%
Black or African American	156	1.9%	153	132	24	18.2%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	2,131	26.4%	2,187	1,627	504	31.0%
White	2,052	25.4%	2,030	1,666	386	23.2%
Information Not Available	1,031	12.8%	971	867	164	18.9%

Years of Age	8,082		7,809	6,661
Younger than 22	153	1.6%	141	109	44	40.4%
22-24	401	4.2%	365	303	98	32.3%
25-34	1,937	20.2%	1,915	1,484	453	30.5%
35-44	1,891	19.7%	1,883	1,661	230	13.8%
45-54	2,001	20.8%	1,927	1,747	254	14.5%
55-59	830	8.6%	774	677	153	22.6%
60-64	531	5.5%	512	442	89	20.1%
65 and older	338	3.5%	292	238	100	42.0%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	8,082		7,809	6,661
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	259	3.1%	184	321	-62	-19.3%
Mining	2	0.0%	3	2	0	0.0%
Utilities	2	0.0%	4	4	-2	-50.0%
Construction	2,753	33.0%	2,678	2,014	739	36.7%
Manufacturing	170	2.0%	191	211	-41	-19.4%
Wholesale Trade	138	1.7%	137	112	26	23.2%
Retail Trade	499	6.0%	476	439	60	13.7%
Transporation and Warehousing	323	3.9%	290	258	65	25.2%
Information	174	2.1%	328	114	60	52.6%
Finance and Insurance	171	2.1%	182	80	91	113.8%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	162	1.9%	144	125	37	29.6%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	198	2.4%	197	181	17	9.4%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	28	0.3%	30	17	11	64.7%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	915	11.0%	859	713	202	28.3%
Educational Services	45	0.5%	46	36	9	25.0%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	281	3.4%	279	321	-40	-12.5%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	99	1.2%	108	84	15	17.9%
Accomodation and Food Services	796	9.5%	640	620	176	28.4%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	178	2.1%	180	164	14	8.5%
Public Administration	101	1.2%	109	101	0	0.0%
Information Not Available	788	9.4%	744	744	44	5.9%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Iowa
	Mar 2008	Percent	Feb 2008	Mar 2007	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	36,670		38,450	35,007
Male	27,041	73.7%	29,084	25,521	1,520	6.0%
Female	9,629	26.3%	9,366	9,486	143	1.5%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	36,670		38,450	35,007
Hispanic or Latino	1,625	4.4%	1,747	1,645	-20	-1.2%
Not Hispanic or Latino	34,620	94.4%	36,266	32,968	1,652	5.0%
Information Not Available	425	1.2%	437	394	31	7.9%

Race	36,670		38,450	35,007
American Indian or Alaskan Native	168	0.5%	185	158	10	6.3%
Asian	198	0.5%	179	201	-3	-1.5%
Black or African American	1,122	3.1%	1,143	1,171	-49	-4.2%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
White	33,132	90.4%	34,759	31,438	1,694	5.4%
Information Not Available	2,050	5.6%	2,184	2,039	11	0.5%

Years of Age	36,670		38,450	35,007
Younger than 22	1,018	1.5%	1,109	904	114	12.6%
22-24	2,205	3.3%	2,424	2,183	22	1.0%
25-34	8,765	13.0%	9,359	7,994	771	9.6%
35-44	8,160	12.1%	8,385	8,216	-56	-0.7%
45-54	9,306	13.8%	9,682	8,964	342	3.8%
55-59	3,277	4.8%	3,362	3,000	277	9.2%
60-64	2,201	3.3%	2,251	2,096	105	5.0%
65 and older	1,734	2.6%	1,873	1,637	97	5.9%
Information Not Available	4	0.0%	5	13	-9	-69.2%

Industry	36,670		38,450	35,007
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	216	0.6%	236	171	45	26.3%
Mining	396	1.1%	526	331	65	19.6%
Utilities	50	0.1%	72	65	-15	-23.1%
Construction	12,330	33.4%	13,865	11,734	596	5.1%
Manufacturing	8,557	23.2%	7,863	8,179	378	4.6%
Wholesale Trade	1,224	3.3%	1,273	928	296	31.9%
Retail Trade	2,405	6.5%	2,436	2,337	68	2.9%
Transporation and Warehousing	1,154	3.1%	1,289	1,146	8	0.7%
Information	459	1.2%	474	581	-122	-21.0%
Finance and Insurance	659	1.8%	659	533	126	23.6%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	285	0.8%	307	260	25	9.6%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	796	2.2%	754	1,011	-215	-21.3%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	64	0.2%	46	95	-31	-32.6%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	3,164	8.6%	3,390	2,863	301	10.5%
Educational Services	277	0.8%	272	253	24	9.5%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	1,261	3.4%	1,300	1,299	-38	-2.9%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	547	1.5%	717	482	65	13.5%
Accomodation and Food Services	1,264	3.4%	1,324	1,233	31	2.5%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	555	1.5%	575	554	1	0.2%
Public Administration	566	1.5%	681	605	-39	-6.4%
Information Not Available	441	1.2%	391	347	94	27.1%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Idaho
	Mar 2008	Percent	Feb 2008	Mar 2007	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	22,365		24,787	15,069
Male	16,587	74.2%	18,687	10,420	6,167	59.2%
Female	5,778	25.8%	6,100	4,649	1,129	24.3%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	22,365		24,787	15,069
Hispanic or Latino	2,794	12.5%	3,317	2,061	733	35.6%
Not Hispanic or Latino	18,769	83.9%	20,602	11,799	6,970	59.1%
Information Not Available	802	3.6%	868	1,209	-407	-33.7%

Race	22,365		24,787	15,069
American Indian or Alaskan Native	427	1.9%	484	349	78	22.3%
Asian	161	0.7%	165	141	20	14.2%
Black or African American	92	0.4%	129	86	6	7.0%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	65	0.3%	77	45	20	44.4%
White	18,060	80.8%	19,841	11,840	6,220	52.5%
Information Not Available	3,560	15.9%	4,091	2,608	952	36.5%

Years of Age	22,365		24,787	15,069
Younger than 22	698	1.8%	846	420	278	66.2%
22-24	1,403	3.6%	1,666	947	456	48.2%
25-34	5,468	14.0%	6,176	3,320	2,148	64.7%
35-44	4,961	12.7%	5,603	3,540	1,421	40.1%
45-54	5,539	14.2%	6,011	3,916	1,623	41.4%
55-59	2,096	5.4%	2,211	1,380	716	51.9%
60-64	1,302	3.3%	1,359	880	422	48.0%
65 and older	898	2.3%	915	666	232	34.8%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	22,365		24,787	15,069
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	1,859	7.7%	1,804	1,494	365	24.4%
Mining	177	0.7%	227	101	76	75.2%
Utilities	90	0.4%	104	40	50	125.0%
Construction	6,416	26.5%	7,522	3,441	2,975	86.5%
Manufacturing	2,794	11.5%	3,000	1,967	827	42.0%
Wholesale Trade	636	2.6%	748	484	152	31.4%
Retail Trade	1,771	7.3%	1,962	1,065	706	66.3%
Transporation and Warehousing	791	3.3%	675	577	214	37.1%
Information	187	0.8%	200	161	26	16.1%
Finance and Insurance	357	1.5%	381	209	148	70.8%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	215	0.9%	216	125	90	72.0%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	695	2.9%	753	393	302	76.8%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	26	0.1%	33	10	16	160.0%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	1,860	7.7%	2,271	1,259	601	47.7%
Educational Services	151	0.6%	171	125	26	20.8%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	781	3.2%	811	683	98	14.3%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	315	1.3%	378	229	86	37.6%
Accomodation and Food Services	772	3.2%	804	540	232	43.0%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	336	1.4%	362	217	119	54.8%
Public Administration	424	1.8%	509	385	39	10.1%
Information Not Available	1,712	7.1%	1,856	1,564	148	9.5%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Illinois
	Mar 2008	Percent	Feb 2008	Mar 2007	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	184,333		189,451	163,926
Male	125,373	68.0%	130,501	110,460	14,913	13.5%
Female	58,960	32.0%	58,950	53,466	5,494	10.3%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	184,333		189,451	163,926
Hispanic or Latino	36,345	19.7%	37,885	33,016	3,329	10.1%
Not Hispanic or Latino	147,988	80.3%	151,566	130,910	17,078	13.0%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Race	184,333		189,451	163,926
American Indian or Alaskan Native	704	0.4%	720	607	97	16.0%
Asian	3,770	2.0%	3,774	3,172	598	18.9%
Black or African American	37,164	20.2%	37,135	33,842	3,322	9.8%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
White	141,409	76.7%	146,510	125,393	16,016	12.8%
Information Not Available	1,286	0.7%	1,311	912	374	41.0%

Years of Age	184,333		189,451	163,926
Younger than 22	3,729	1.2%	3,774	3,171	558	17.6%
22-24	8,995	2.8%	9,086	7,975	1,020	12.8%
25-34	45,327	14.3%	46,489	39,377	5,950	15.1%
35-44	48,257	15.2%	49,896	44,191	4,066	9.2%
45-54	48,634	15.4%	50,038	43,229	5,405	12.5%
55-59	15,719	5.0%	16,224	13,761	1,958	14.2%
60-64	9,166	2.9%	9,386	8,184	982	12.0%
65 and older	4,506	1.4%	4,558	4,038	468	11.6%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	184,333		189,451	163,926
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	1,203	0.6%	1,338	1,107	96	8.7%
Mining	1,372	0.7%	1,438	714	658	92.2%
Utilities	191	0.1%	216	176	15	8.5%
Construction	48,905	26.4%	52,469	40,972	7,933	19.4%
Manufacturing	23,404	12.6%	23,317	23,075	329	1.4%
Wholesale Trade	7,728	4.2%	7,681	6,897	831	12.0%
Retail Trade	14,481	7.8%	14,330	13,647	834	6.1%
Transporation and Warehousing	7,226	3.9%	7,245	6,536	690	10.6%
Information	2,658	1.4%	2,686	2,452	206	8.4%
Finance and Insurance	7,506	4.0%	7,759	6,054	1,452	24.0%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	2,515	1.4%	2,563	2,165	350	16.2%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	8,025	4.3%	7,840	7,057	968	13.7%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	656	0.4%	585	372	284	76.3%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	25,885	14.0%	26,539	23,505	2,380	10.1%
Educational Services	2,748	1.5%	2,976	2,650	98	3.7%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	8,834	4.8%	8,571	7,991	843	10.5%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	3,341	1.8%	3,749	3,090	251	8.1%
Accomodation and Food Services	7,571	4.1%	7,688	6,637	934	14.1%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	3,566	1.9%	3,645	3,383	183	5.4%
Public Administration	2,948	1.6%	2,990	2,865	83	2.9%
Information Not Available	3,570	1.9%	3,826	2,581	989	38.3%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Indiana
	Mar 2008	Percent	Feb 2008	Mar 2007	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	76,324		79,907	66,093
Male	51,680	67.7%	55,241	43,253	8,427	19.5%
Female	24,584	32.2%	24,611	22,787	1,797	7.9%
Information Not Available	60	0.1%	55	53	7	13.2%

Ethnicity	76,324		79,907	66,093
Hispanic or Latino	3,679	4.8%	3,913	2,974	705	23.7%
Not Hispanic or Latino	58,514	76.7%	62,024	57,416	1,098	1.9%
Information Not Available	14,131	18.5%	13,970	5,703	8,428	147.8%

Race	76,324		79,907	66,093
American Indian or Alaskan Native	358	0.5%	348	290	68	23.4%
Asian	372	0.5%	382	314	58	18.5%
Black or African American	8,932	11.7%	8,706	8,341	591	7.1%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	36	0.0%	54	55	-19	-34.5%
White	62,631	82.1%	66,199	53,793	8,838	16.4%
Information Not Available	3,995	5.2%	4,218	3,300	695	21.1%

Years of Age	76,324		79,907	66,093
Younger than 22	1,639	1.2%	1,806	1,445	194	13.4%
22-24	4,032	3.0%	4,352	3,823	209	5.5%
25-34	18,274	13.5%	19,574	16,377	1,897	11.6%
35-44	19,613	14.5%	20,271	17,367	2,246	12.9%
45-54	20,283	15.0%	20,891	16,830	3,453	20.5%
55-59	6,576	4.9%	6,691	5,286	1,290	24.4%
60-64	3,802	2.8%	3,899	3,095	707	22.8%
65 and older	2,105	1.6%	2,423	1,869	236	12.6%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	1	-1	-100.0%

Industry	76,324		79,907	66,093
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	283	0.4%	333	253	30	11.9%
Mining	321	0.4%	513	203	118	58.1%
Utilities	58	0.1%	71	59	-1	-1.7%
Construction	17,331	22.6%	19,873	15,144	2,187	14.4%
Manufacturing	21,015	27.4%	18,822	15,403	5,612	36.4%
Wholesale Trade	1,980	2.6%	2,143	1,878	102	5.4%
Retail Trade	4,765	6.2%	5,334	4,760	5	0.1%
Transporation and Warehousing	3,719	4.9%	3,866	3,034	685	22.6%
Information	532	0.7%	521	469	63	13.4%
Finance and Insurance	1,606	2.1%	1,624	1,348	258	19.1%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	893	1.2%	954	827	66	8.0%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	1,619	2.1%	1,677	1,352	267	19.7%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	134	0.2%	156	120	14	11.7%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	7,130	9.3%	7,926	6,932	198	2.9%
Educational Services	601	0.8%	673	567	34	6.0%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	3,135	4.1%	3,131	3,388	-253	-7.5%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	1,040	1.4%	1,318	919	121	13.2%
Accomodation and Food Services	2,559	3.3%	2,616	2,328	231	9.9%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	1,227	1.6%	1,290	1,167	60	5.1%
Public Administration	582	0.8%	699	524	58	11.1%
Information Not Available	5,794	7.6%	6,367	5,418	376	6.9%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Kansas
	Mar 2008	Percent	Feb 2008	Mar 2007	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	19,242		21,575	17,026
Male	11,966	62.2%	14,510	10,442	1,524	14.6%
Female	7,276	37.8%	7,065	6,584	692	10.5%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	19,242		21,575	17,026
Hispanic or Latino	1,461	7.6%	1,653	1,011	450	44.5%
Not Hispanic or Latino	8,926	46.4%	10,458	9,503	-577	-6.1%
Information Not Available	8,855	46.0%	9,464	6,512	2,343	36.0%

Race	19,242		21,575	17,026
American Indian or Alaskan Native	289	1.5%	344	255	34	13.3%
Asian	219	1.1%	196	175	44	25.1%
Black or African American	2,721	14.1%	2,749	2,490	231	9.3%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	33	0.2%	34	32	1	3.1%
White	14,338	74.5%	16,366	12,780	1,558	12.2%
Information Not Available	1,642	8.5%	1,886	1,294	348	26.9%

Years of Age	19,242		21,575	17,026
Younger than 22	390	1.2%	436	300	90	30.0%
22-24	1,056	3.2%	1,180	1,001	55	5.5%
25-34	4,648	14.3%	5,183	4,158	490	11.8%
35-44	4,586	14.1%	5,236	4,325	261	6.0%
45-54	5,205	16.0%	5,819	4,475	730	16.3%
55-59	1,761	5.4%	1,906	1,433	328	22.9%
60-64	1,029	3.2%	1,182	828	201	24.3%
65 and older	567	1.7%	633	506	61	12.1%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	19,242		21,575	17,026
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	217	1.1%	240	272	-55	-20.2%
Mining	166	0.9%	204	125	41	32.8%
Utilities	30	0.2%	30	60	-30	-50.0%
Construction	3,830	19.7%	5,915	3,623	207	5.7%
Manufacturing	2,555	13.1%	2,948	2,291	264	11.5%
Wholesale Trade	902	4.6%	856	745	157	21.1%
Retail Trade	1,599	8.2%	1,532	1,331	268	20.1%
Transporation and Warehousing	641	3.3%	763	536	105	19.6%
Information	571	2.9%	550	436	135	31.0%
Finance and Insurance	727	3.7%	559	538	189	35.1%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	325	1.7%	336	257	68	26.5%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	710	3.6%	707	625	85	13.6%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	43	0.2%	49	38	5	13.2%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	1,976	10.2%	2,123	1,700	276	16.2%
Educational Services	250	1.3%	230	270	-20	-7.4%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	1,427	7.3%	1,357	1,282	145	11.3%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	143	0.7%	176	152	-9	-5.9%
Accomodation and Food Services	707	3.6%	665	571	136	23.8%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	486	2.5%	479	412	74	18.0%
Public Administration	355	1.8%	403	362	-7	-1.9%
Information Not Available	1,582	8.1%	1,453	1,400	182	13.0%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Kentucky
	Mar 2008	Percent	Feb 2008	Mar 2007	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	38,750		41,594	39,397
Male	26,022	67.2%	28,885	26,277	-255	-1.0%
Female	12,728	32.8%	12,709	13,120	-392	-3.0%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	38,750		41,594	39,397
Hispanic or Latino	73	0.2%	76	67	6	9.0%
Not Hispanic or Latino	38,677	99.8%	41,518	39,330	-653	-1.7%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Race	38,750		41,594	39,397
American Indian or Alaskan Native	260	0.7%	245	129	131	101.6%
Asian	59	0.2%	120	115	-56	-48.7%
Black or African American	4,039	10.4%	4,076	4,970	-931	-18.7%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	5	0.0%	4	0	5	0.0%
White	34,128	88.1%	36,757	33,789	339	1.0%
Information Not Available	259	0.7%	392	394	-135	-34.3%

Years of Age	38,750		41,594	39,397
Younger than 22	669	0.9%	713	736	-67	-9.1%
22-24	1,940	2.7%	2,036	2,072	-132	-6.4%
25-34	8,862	12.5%	9,555	9,012	-150	-1.7%
35-44	9,982	14.1%	10,741	11,137	-1,155	-10.4%
45-54	10,665	15.1%	11,199	10,229	436	4.3%
55-59	3,365	4.8%	3,746	3,070	295	9.6%
60-64	2,110	3.0%	2,450	1,930	180	9.3%
65 and older	1,157	1.6%	1,154	1,211	-54	-4.5%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	38,750		41,594	39,397
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	114	0.3%	125	93	21	22.6%
Mining	647	1.7%	802	879	-232	-26.4%
Utilities	82	0.2%	71	18	64	355.6%
Construction	8,980	23.1%	9,315	6,318	2,662	42.1%
Manufacturing	8,880	22.8%	9,279	11,998	-3,118	-26.0%
Wholesale Trade	1,298	3.3%	1,421	1,234	64	5.2%
Retail Trade	2,810	7.2%	2,700	2,556	254	9.9%
Transporation and Warehousing	2,008	5.2%	2,254	1,620	388	24.0%
Information	414	1.1%	445	493	-79	-16.0%
Finance and Insurance	870	2.2%	1,118	697	173	24.8%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	355	0.9%	321	368	-13	-3.5%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	874	2.2%	829	666	208	31.2%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	77	0.2%	53	35	42	120.0%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	3,261	8.4%	3,537	2,658	603	22.7%
Educational Services	364	0.9%	330	346	18	5.2%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	1,922	4.9%	1,818	1,952	-30	-1.5%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	1,079	2.8%	1,180	976	103	10.6%
Accomodation and Food Services	1,608	4.1%	1,613	1,140	468	41.1%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	587	1.5%	682	674	-87	-12.9%
Public Administration	533	1.4%	588	461	72	15.6%
Information Not Available	1,987	5.1%	3,113	4,215	-2,228	-52.9%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Louisiana
	Mar 2008	Percent	Feb 2008	Mar 2007	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	19,337		19,791	18,030
Male	10,552	54.6%	10,887	9,248	1,304	14.1%
Female	8,785	45.4%	8,904	8,782	3	0.0%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	19,337		19,791	18,030
Hispanic or Latino	400	2.1%	403	356	44	12.4%
Not Hispanic or Latino	18,811	97.3%	19,258	17,629	1,182	6.7%
Information Not Available	126	0.7%	130	45	81	180.0%

Race	19,337		19,791	18,030
American Indian or Alaskan Native	115	0.6%	118	115	0	0.0%
Asian	156	0.8%	151	136	20	14.7%
Black or African American	10,140	52.4%	10,258	9,951	189	1.9%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	26	0.1%	17	18	8	44.4%
White	8,820	45.6%	9,167	7,805	1,015	13.0%
Information Not Available	80	0.4%	80	5	75	1500.0%

Years of Age	19,337		19,791	18,030
Younger than 22	428	1.6%	375	481	-53	-11.0%
22-24	1,089	4.0%	1,110	1,085	4	0.4%
25-34	5,050	18.6%	5,128	4,586	464	10.1%
35-44	4,561	16.8%	4,762	4,380	181	4.1%
45-54	4,904	18.1%	5,035	4,589	315	6.9%
55-59	1,603	5.9%	1,656	1,477	126	8.5%
60-64	1,029	3.8%	1,062	893	136	15.2%
65 and older	673	2.5%	663	538	135	25.1%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	1	-1	-100.0%

Industry	19,337		19,791	18,030
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	426	2.2%	539	399	27	6.8%
Mining	288	1.5%	286	204	84	41.2%
Utilities	61	0.3%	56	38	23	60.5%
Construction	3,160	16.0%	3,389	2,538	622	24.5%
Manufacturing	2,211	11.2%	2,043	1,890	321	17.0%
Wholesale Trade	503	2.5%	451	428	75	17.5%
Retail Trade	1,514	7.7%	1,538	1,375	139	10.1%
Transporation and Warehousing	653	3.3%	613	642	11	1.7%
Information	211	1.1%	213	345	-134	-38.8%
Finance and Insurance	433	2.2%	413	365	68	18.6%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	253	1.3%	266	234	19	8.1%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	951	4.8%	981	716	235	32.8%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	87	0.4%	103	119	-32	-26.9%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	1,302	6.6%	1,381	1,151	151	13.1%
Educational Services	306	1.5%	327	229	77	33.6%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	1,380	7.0%	1,411	1,408	-28	-2.0%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	299	1.5%	328	331	-32	-9.7%
Accomodation and Food Services	963	4.9%	990	809	154	19.0%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	741	3.7%	706	788	-47	-6.0%
Public Administration	294	1.5%	296	314	-20	-6.4%
Information Not Available	3,301	16.7%	3,461	3,707	-406	-11.0%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Massachusetts
	Mar 2008	Percent	Feb 2008	Mar 2007	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	105,900		110,085	101,317
Male	72,863	68.8%	76,572	69,517	3,346	4.8%
Female	33,037	31.2%	33,513	31,800	1,237	3.9%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	105,900		110,085	101,317
Hispanic or Latino	10,649	10.1%	10,928	10,331	318	3.1%
Not Hispanic or Latino	93,060	87.9%	96,884	89,048	4,012	4.5%
Information Not Available	2,191	2.1%	2,273	1,938	253	13.1%

Race	105,900		110,085	101,317
American Indian or Alaskan Native	226	0.2%	250	265	-39	-14.7%
Asian	2,486	2.3%	2,417	2,296	190	8.3%
Black or African American	7,662	7.2%	7,864	7,402	260	3.5%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	63	0.1%	63	56	7	12.5%
White	86,438	81.6%	90,011	82,576	3,862	4.7%
Information Not Available	9,025	8.5%	9,480	8,722	303	3.5%

Years of Age	105,900		110,085	101,317
Younger than 22	3,618	1.9%	3,892	3,505	113	3.2%
22-24	6,110	3.3%	6,414	5,912	198	3.3%
25-34	23,207	12.5%	24,166	22,131	1,076	4.9%
35-44	26,593	14.3%	27,810	26,717	-124	-0.5%
45-54	26,621	14.3%	27,715	25,216	1,405	5.6%
55-59	9,292	5.0%	9,551	8,698	594	6.8%
60-64	6,443	3.5%	6,480	5,770	673	11.7%
65 and older	4,016	2.2%	4,057	3,368	648	19.2%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	105,900		110,085	101,317
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	1,003	0.9%	1,215	947	56	5.9%
Mining	432	0.4%	462	443	-11	-2.5%
Utilities	106	0.1%	102	60	46	76.7%
Construction	24,620	23.0%	26,058	25,320	-700	-2.8%
Manufacturing	9,727	9.1%	9,665	9,406	321	3.4%
Wholesale Trade	4,692	4.4%	4,778	4,196	496	11.8%
Retail Trade	9,157	8.6%	9,229	8,493	664	7.8%
Transporation and Warehousing	2,923	2.7%	3,019	2,777	146	5.3%
Information	1,875	1.8%	1,780	1,803	72	4.0%
Finance and Insurance	3,410	3.2%	3,433	2,741	669	24.4%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	1,673	1.6%	1,693	1,550	123	7.9%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	5,267	4.9%	5,233	4,898	369	7.5%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	202	0.2%	210	191	11	5.8%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	14,069	13.2%	14,761	13,074	995	7.6%
Educational Services	1,088	1.0%	1,118	1,028	60	5.8%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	5,399	5.1%	5,260	5,186	213	4.1%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	3,085	2.9%	3,376	2,895	190	6.6%
Accomodation and Food Services	7,063	6.6%	7,204	6,630	433	6.5%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	3,369	3.2%	3,319	3,263	106	3.2%
Public Administration	1,615	1.5%	1,718	1,481	134	9.0%
Information Not Available	5,125	4.8%	6,452	4,935	190	3.9%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Maryland
	Mar 2008	Percent	Feb 2008	Mar 2007	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	46,768		47,924	37,711
Male	28,647	61.3%	29,647	22,442	6,205	27.6%
Female	18,121	38.7%	18,277	15,269	2,852	18.7%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	46,768		47,924	37,711
Hispanic or Latino	2,350	5.0%	2,885	1,787	563	31.5%
Not Hispanic or Latino	43,857	93.2%	44,263	35,308	8,549	24.2%
Information Not Available	831	1.8%	776	616	215	34.9%

Race	46,768		47,924	37,711
American Indian or Alaskan Native	125	0.3%	114	102	23	22.5%
Asian	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
Black or African American	18,114	38.7%	18,321	15,626	2,488	15.9%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	67	0.1%	74	77	-10	-13.0%
White	24,627	52.7%	25,753	19,503	5,124	26.3%
Information Not Available	3,835	8.2%	3,662	2,403	1,432	59.6%

Years of Age	46,768		47,924	37,711
Younger than 22	1,164	1.7%	1,178	937	227	24.2%
22-24	2,429	3.5%	2,543	2,013	416	20.7%
25-34	10,172	14.9%	10,633	7,895	2,277	28.8%
35-44	11,048	16.1%	11,227	9,302	1,746	18.8%
45-54	12,249	17.9%	12,481	9,814	2,435	24.8%
55-59	4,110	6.0%	4,187	3,355	755	22.5%
60-64	2,948	4.3%	2,944	2,226	722	32.4%
65 and older	2,647	3.9%	2,729	2,156	491	22.8%
Information Not Available	1	0.0%	2	13	-12	-92.3%

Industry	46,768		47,924	37,711
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	141	0.3%	192	110	31	28.2%
Mining	83	0.2%	99	65	18	27.7%
Utilities	37	0.1%	41	41	-4	-9.8%
Construction	9,675	20.6%	10,374	7,726	1,949	25.2%
Manufacturing	750	1.6%	782	697	53	7.6%
Wholesale Trade	1,952	4.2%	1,862	1,340	612	45.7%
Retail Trade	1,453	3.1%	1,389	1,271	182	14.3%
Transporation and Warehousing	1,170	2.5%	1,176	886	284	32.1%
Information	810	1.7%	832	633	177	28.0%
Finance and Insurance	2,212	4.7%	2,319	1,219	993	81.5%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	1,147	2.4%	1,110	903	244	27.0%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	2,707	5.8%	2,721	2,375	332	14.0%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	253	0.5%	290	30	223	743.3%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	5,567	11.9%	6,155	5,039	528	10.5%
Educational Services	738	1.6%	764	654	84	12.8%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	2,575	5.5%	2,544	2,301	274	11.9%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	935	2.0%	1,114	799	136	17.0%
Accomodation and Food Services	3,613	7.7%	3,848	3,105	508	16.4%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	1,231	2.6%	1,202	1,020	211	20.7%
Public Administration	868	1.9%	886	737	131	17.8%
Information Not Available	8,851	18.9%	8,224	6,760	2,091	30.9%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Maine
	Mar 2008	Percent	Feb 2008	Mar 2007	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	15,593		15,811	13,873
Male	10,645	68.3%	10,615	9,420	1,225	13.0%
Female	4,946	31.7%	5,195	4,453	493	11.1%
Information Not Available	2	0.0%	1	0	2	0.0%

Ethnicity	15,593		15,811	13,873
Hispanic or Latino	124	0.8%	142	126	-2	-1.6%
Not Hispanic or Latino	12,523	80.3%	12,741	11,413	1,110	9.7%
Information Not Available	2,946	18.9%	2,928	2,334	612	26.2%

Race	15,593		15,811	13,873
American Indian or Alaskan Native	139	0.9%	121	108	31	28.7%
Asian	56	0.4%	59	44	12	27.3%
Black or African American	149	1.0%	141	123	26	21.1%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
White	13,060	83.8%	13,305	11,860	1,200	10.1%
Information Not Available	2,189	14.0%	2,185	1,738	451	25.9%

Years of Age	15,593		15,811	13,873
Younger than 22	664	2.4%	612	541	123	22.7%
22-24	1,027	3.7%	1,060	962	65	6.8%
25-34	3,525	12.7%	3,601	3,118	407	13.1%
35-44	3,492	12.6%	3,607	3,246	246	7.6%
45-54	3,918	14.1%	3,897	3,414	504	14.8%
55-59	1,430	5.2%	1,459	1,301	129	9.9%
60-64	938	3.4%	973	829	109	13.1%
65 and older	599	2.2%	602	462	137	29.7%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	15,593		15,811	13,873
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	272	1.7%	257	250	22	8.8%
Mining	25	0.2%	24	30	-5	-16.7%
Utilities	15	0.1%	18	22	-7	-31.8%
Construction	3,660	23.1%	3,675	3,385	275	8.1%
Manufacturing	1,678	10.6%	1,618	1,523	155	10.2%
Wholesale Trade	423	2.7%	452	363	60	16.5%
Retail Trade	1,487	9.4%	1,453	1,333	154	11.6%
Transporation and Warehousing	381	2.4%	390	299	82	27.4%
Information	81	0.5%	72	86	-5	-5.8%
Finance and Insurance	156	1.0%	170	133	23	17.3%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	118	0.7%	126	75	43	57.3%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	227	1.4%	224	200	27	13.5%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	7	0.0%	10	7	0	0.0%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	1,224	7.7%	1,243	1,029	195	19.0%
Educational Services	140	0.9%	154	117	23	19.7%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	595	3.8%	597	492	103	20.9%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	215	1.4%	264	191	24	12.6%
Accomodation and Food Services	1,419	8.9%	1,638	1,272	147	11.6%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	246	1.6%	260	222	24	10.8%
Public Administration	161	1.0%	161	188	-27	-14.4%
Information Not Available	3,063	19.3%	3,005	2,656	407	15.3%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Michigan
	Mar 2008	Percent	Feb 2008	Mar 2007	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	182,540		184,051	182,550
Male	126,829	69.5%	126,863	125,973	856	0.7%
Female	55,681	30.5%	57,180	56,566	-885	-1.6%
Information Not Available	30	0.0%	8	11	19	172.7%

Ethnicity	182,540		184,051	182,550
Hispanic or Latino	7,246	4.0%	7,586	7,674	-428	-5.6%
Not Hispanic or Latino	130,473	71.5%	129,944	127,748	2,725	2.1%
Information Not Available	44,821	24.6%	46,521	47,128	-2,307	-4.9%

Race	182,540		184,051	182,550
American Indian or Alaskan Native	2,074	1.1%	2,207	2,166	-92	-4.2%
Asian	1,167	0.6%	1,015	1,031	136	13.2%
Black or African American	18,624	10.2%	17,958	17,687	937	5.3%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	92	0.1%	98	118	-26	-22.0%
White	107,994	59.2%	108,507	106,486	1,508	1.4%
Information Not Available	52,589	28.8%	54,266	55,062	-2,473	-4.5%

Years of Age	182,540		184,051	182,550
Younger than 22	6,346	2.2%	6,857	7,434	-1,088	-14.6%
22-24	11,357	4.0%	11,690	12,274	-917	-7.5%
25-34	43,759	15.5%	44,663	45,206	-1,447	-3.2%
35-44	46,767	16.5%	47,665	47,988	-1,221	-2.5%
45-54	47,705	16.9%	46,549	44,257	3,448	7.8%
55-59	14,633	5.2%	14,385	13,671	962	7.0%
60-64	7,587	2.7%	7,669	7,275	312	4.3%
65 and older	4,332	1.5%	4,572	4,439	-107	-2.4%
Information Not Available	54	0.0%	1	6	48	800.0%

Industry	182,540		184,051	182,550
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	1,753	1.0%	2,140	1,823	-70	-3.8%
Mining	996	0.5%	1,165	1,159	-163	-14.1%
Utilities	130	0.1%	135	170	-40	-23.5%
Construction	36,608	19.9%	39,039	43,020	-6,412	-14.9%
Manufacturing	36,860	20.0%	31,480	27,795	9,065	32.6%
Wholesale Trade	4,948	2.7%	5,086	5,820	-872	-15.0%
Retail Trade	11,949	6.5%	13,130	14,042	-2,093	-14.9%
Transporation and Warehousing	5,777	3.1%	5,595	5,363	414	7.7%
Information	1,249	0.7%	1,181	1,258	-9	-0.7%
Finance and Insurance	3,818	2.1%	3,937	3,720	98	2.6%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	2,325	1.3%	2,108	2,107	218	10.3%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	6,169	3.3%	6,704	6,750	-581	-8.6%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	575	0.3%	596	1,403	-828	-59.0%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	23,362	12.7%	24,293	24,885	-1,523	-6.1%
Educational Services	1,652	0.9%	2,174	1,993	-341	-17.1%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	7,787	4.2%	7,937	7,954	-167	-2.1%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	4,933	2.7%	5,627	5,599	-666	-11.9%
Accomodation and Food Services	7,756	4.2%	7,902	8,581	-825	-9.6%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	3,038	1.6%	3,197	3,575	-537	-15.0%
Public Administration	2,004	1.1%	2,285	2,276	-272	-12.0%
Information Not Available	18,851	10.2%	18,340	13,257	5,594	42.2%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Minnesota
	Mar 2008	Percent	Feb 2008	Mar 2007	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	72,505		75,429	77,368
Male	55,165	76.1%	57,752	60,914	-5,749	-9.4%
Female	17,340	23.9%	17,675	16,433	907	5.5%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	2	21	-21	-100.0%

Ethnicity	72,505		75,429	77,368
Hispanic or Latino	2,417	3.3%	2,515	2,506	-89	-3.6%
Not Hispanic or Latino	63,464	87.5%	66,362	69,622	-6,158	-8.8%
Information Not Available	6,624	9.1%	6,552	5,240	1,384	26.4%

Race	72,505		75,429	77,368
American Indian or Alaskan Native	813	1.1%	837	871	-58	-6.7%
Asian	1,107	1.5%	1,031	1,046	61	5.8%
Black or African American	3,423	4.7%	3,450	3,576	-153	-4.3%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	181	0.2%	198	281	-100	-35.6%
White	62,857	86.7%	65,792	68,357	-5,500	-8.0%
Information Not Available	4,124	5.7%	4,121	3,237	887	27.4%

Years of Age	72,505		75,429	77,368
Younger than 22	2,541	1.9%	2,794	3,591	-1,050	-29.2%
22-24	5,239	4.0%	5,556	6,151	-912	-14.8%
25-34	18,797	14.2%	19,550	19,652	-855	-4.4%
35-44	16,367	12.4%	17,047	18,149	-1,782	-9.8%
45-54	17,942	13.6%	18,540	18,624	-682	-3.7%
55-59	6,207	4.7%	6,380	6,131	76	1.2%
60-64	3,386	2.6%	3,480	3,294	92	2.8%
65 and older	1,687	1.3%	1,713	1,116	571	51.2%
Information Not Available	339	0.3%	369	660	-321	-48.6%

Industry	72,505		75,429	77,368
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	888	1.2%	941	1,123	-235	-20.9%
Mining	654	0.9%	733	807	-153	-19.0%
Utilities	218	0.3%	217	231	-13	-5.6%
Construction	26,587	36.2%	28,134	32,312	-5,725	-17.7%
Manufacturing	9,111	12.4%	9,343	10,954	-1,843	-16.8%
Wholesale Trade	2,937	4.0%	2,934	2,971	-34	-1.1%
Retail Trade	4,678	6.4%	4,601	4,375	303	6.9%
Transporation and Warehousing	2,008	2.7%	1,990	2,346	-338	-14.4%
Information	869	1.2%	846	722	147	20.4%
Finance and Insurance	1,590	2.2%	1,613	1,508	82	5.4%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	856	1.2%	847	852	4	0.5%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	2,691	3.7%	2,723	2,247	444	19.8%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	857	1.2%	867	807	50	6.2%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	5,926	8.1%	6,112	6,198	-272	-4.4%
Educational Services	782	1.1%	846	754	28	3.7%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	2,721	3.7%	2,692	2,803	-82	-2.9%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	1,049	1.4%	1,199	1,272	-223	-17.5%
Accomodation and Food Services	2,464	3.4%	2,522	2,423	41	1.7%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	1,335	1.8%	1,405	1,144	191	16.7%
Public Administration	1,159	1.6%	1,307	1,186	-27	-2.3%
Information Not Available	3,125	4.3%	3,557	333	2,792	838.4%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Missouri
	Mar 2008	Percent	Feb 2008	Mar 2007	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	58,197		63,119	48,392
Male	35,834	61.6%	40,237	27,562	8,272	30.0%
Female	22,358	38.4%	22,878	20,825	1,533	7.4%
Information Not Available	5	0.0%	4	5	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	58,197		63,119	48,392
Hispanic or Latino	590	1.0%	777	705	-115	-16.3%
Not Hispanic or Latino	16,301	28.0%	20,440	17,711	-1,410	-8.0%
Information Not Available	41,306	71.0%	41,902	29,976	11,330	37.8%

Race	58,197		63,119	48,392
American Indian or Alaskan Native	401	0.7%	495	382	19	5.0%
Asian	288	0.5%	350	302	-14	-4.6%
Black or African American	9,092	15.6%	9,421	10,568	-1,476	-14.0%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	396	0.7%	504	363	33	9.1%
White	37,315	64.1%	43,703	34,881	2,434	7.0%
Information Not Available	10,705	18.4%	8,646	1,896	8,809	464.6%

Years of Age	58,197		63,119	48,392
Younger than 22	1,214	1.3%	1,419	1,191	23	1.9%
22-24	2,990	3.2%	3,375	2,639	351	13.3%
25-34	13,256	14.3%	14,578	11,306	1,950	17.2%
35-44	14,635	15.8%	15,469	12,256	2,379	19.4%
45-54	15,958	17.3%	16,938	12,536	3,422	27.3%
55-59	4,839	5.2%	5,154	3,923	916	23.3%
60-64	3,010	3.3%	3,396	2,506	504	20.1%
65 and older	2,262	2.4%	2,749	2,035	227	11.2%
Information Not Available	33	0.0%	41	0	33	0.0%

Industry	58,197		63,119	48,392
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	457	0.8%	604	391	66	16.9%
Mining	297	0.5%	481	309	-12	-3.9%
Utilities	41	0.1%	46	77	-36	-46.8%
Construction	12,043	20.5%	15,841	8,793	3,250	37.0%
Manufacturing	10,805	18.4%	9,061	7,568	3,237	42.8%
Wholesale Trade	1,974	3.4%	1,993	1,702	272	16.0%
Retail Trade	4,978	8.5%	5,230	4,980	-2	0.0%
Transporation and Warehousing	2,574	4.4%	3,062	2,345	229	9.8%
Information	850	1.4%	867	882	-32	-3.6%
Finance and Insurance	1,777	3.0%	1,850	1,581	196	12.4%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	1,007	1.7%	1,141	1,016	-9	-0.9%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	1,537	2.6%	1,526	1,183	354	29.9%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	163	0.3%	137	92	71	77.2%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	5,742	9.8%	6,467	4,173	1,569	37.6%
Educational Services	761	1.3%	862	685	76	11.1%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	3,683	6.3%	3,501	3,886	-203	-5.2%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	1,183	2.0%	1,693	1,199	-16	-1.3%
Accomodation and Food Services	4,314	7.4%	5,103	4,436	-122	-2.8%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	1,450	2.5%	1,551	1,514	-64	-4.2%
Public Administration	611	1.0%	696	562	49	8.7%
Information Not Available	1,950	3.3%	1,407	1,018	932	91.6%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Mississippi
	Mar 2008	Percent	Feb 2008	Mar 2007	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	19,638		20,048	19,529
Male	10,490	53.4%	11,160	10,516	-26	-0.2%
Female	9,146	46.6%	8,887	9,007	139	1.5%
Information Not Available	2	0.0%	1	6	-4	-66.7%

Ethnicity	19,638		20,048	19,529
Hispanic or Latino	246	1.3%	288	294	-48	-16.3%
Not Hispanic or Latino	18,727	95.4%	18,953	18,665	62	0.3%
Information Not Available	665	3.4%	807	570	95	16.7%

Race	19,638		20,048	19,529
American Indian or Alaskan Native	46	0.2%	49	26	20	76.9%
Asian	154	0.8%	156	82	72	87.8%
Black or African American	11,530	58.7%	11,466	11,786	-256	-2.2%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	5	0.0%	5	2	3	150.0%
White	7,430	37.8%	7,785	7,189	241	3.4%
Information Not Available	473	2.4%	587	444	29	6.5%

Years of Age	19,638		20,048	19,529
Younger than 22	461	1.8%	489	431	30	7.0%
22-24	1,127	4.3%	1,100	1,091	36	3.3%
25-34	4,917	18.9%	4,886	4,647	270	5.8%
35-44	4,821	18.5%	4,811	4,918	-97	-2.0%
45-54	4,835	18.6%	5,100	5,141	-306	-6.0%
55-59	1,618	6.2%	1,745	1,705	-87	-5.1%
60-64	1,078	4.1%	1,110	963	115	11.9%
65 and older	781	3.0%	807	633	148	23.4%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	19,638		20,048	19,529
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	1,300	6.2%	1,799	880	420	47.7%
Mining	75	0.4%	76	51	24	47.1%
Utilities	24	0.1%	25	13	11	84.6%
Construction	1,755	8.4%	1,875	1,226	529	43.1%
Manufacturing	5,175	24.7%	4,895	7,303	-2,128	-29.1%
Wholesale Trade	525	2.5%	462	403	122	30.3%
Retail Trade	1,886	9.0%	1,841	1,637	249	15.2%
Transporation and Warehousing	755	3.6%	723	612	143	23.4%
Information	152	0.7%	145	165	-13	-7.9%
Finance and Insurance	283	1.4%	262	229	54	23.6%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	190	0.9%	186	166	24	14.5%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	412	2.0%	398	382	30	7.9%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	27	0.1%	22	124	-97	-78.2%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	1,492	7.1%	1,514	1,423	69	4.8%
Educational Services	269	1.3%	265	262	7	2.7%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	1,274	6.1%	1,350	1,059	215	20.3%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	152	0.7%	176	123	29	23.6%
Accomodation and Food Services	1,374	6.6%	1,275	1,385	-11	-0.8%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	301	1.4%	322	267	34	12.7%
Public Administration	418	2.0%	450	295	123	41.7%
Information Not Available	1,799	8.6%	1,987	1,524	275	18.0%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Montana
	Mar 2008	Percent	Feb 2008	Mar 2007	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	7,451		8,461	6,237
Male	5,498	73.8%	6,378	4,495	1,003	22.3%
Female	1,925	25.8%	2,059	1,718	207	12.0%
Information Not Available	28	0.4%	24	24	4	16.7%

Ethnicity	7,451		8,461	6,237
Hispanic or Latino	184	2.5%	216	167	17	10.2%
Not Hispanic or Latino	6,833	91.7%	7,719	5,684	1,149	20.2%
Information Not Available	434	5.8%	526	386	48	12.4%

Race	7,451		8,461	6,237
American Indian or Alaskan Native	695	9.3%	780	667	28	4.2%
Asian	19	0.3%	28	18	1	5.6%
Black or African American	40	0.5%	42	31	9	29.0%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	19	0.3%	18	17	2	11.8%
White	6,612	88.7%	7,523	5,458	1,154	21.1%
Information Not Available	66	0.9%	70	46	20	43.5%

Years of Age	7,451		8,461	6,237
Younger than 22	216	1.6%	301	197	19	9.6%
22-24	471	3.5%	553	378	93	24.6%
25-34	1,842	13.5%	2,137	1,412	430	30.5%
35-44	1,542	11.3%	1,711	1,411	131	9.3%
45-54	1,949	14.3%	2,183	1,647	302	18.3%
55-59	716	5.3%	777	595	121	20.3%
60-64	430	3.2%	473	353	77	21.8%
65 and older	285	2.1%	326	244	41	16.8%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	7,451		8,461	6,237
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	220	2.9%	209	180	40	22.2%
Mining	197	2.6%	235	200	-3	-1.5%
Utilities	29	0.4%	30	21	8	38.1%
Construction	2,597	33.9%	3,058	1,884	713	37.8%
Manufacturing	468	6.1%	551	352	116	33.0%
Wholesale Trade	145	1.9%	174	144	1	0.7%
Retail Trade	592	7.7%	666	476	116	24.4%
Transporation and Warehousing	208	2.7%	205	196	12	6.1%
Information	68	0.9%	71	64	4	6.3%
Finance and Insurance	89	1.2%	87	83	6	7.2%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	79	1.0%	80	57	22	38.6%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	156	2.0%	176	152	4	2.6%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	6	0.1%	6	1	5	500.0%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	656	8.6%	766	524	132	25.2%
Educational Services	143	1.9%	146	122	21	17.2%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	226	2.9%	236	251	-25	-10.0%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	213	2.8%	254	177	36	20.3%
Accomodation and Food Services	610	8.0%	637	546	64	11.7%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	140	1.8%	136	137	3	2.2%
Public Administration	233	3.0%	271	236	-3	-1.3%
Information Not Available	376	4.9%	467	434	-58	-13.4%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants North Carolina
	Mar 2008	Percent	Feb 2008	Mar 2007	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	85,736		89,888	72,369
Male	47,613	55.5%	50,931	37,600	10,013	26.6%
Female	38,118	44.5%	38,955	34,768	3,350	9.6%
Information Not Available	5	0.0%	2	1	4	400.0%

Ethnicity	85,736		89,888	72,369
Hispanic or Latino	3,171	3.7%	3,735	2,441	730	29.9%
Not Hispanic or Latino	80,564	94.0%	83,768	68,452	12,112	17.7%
Information Not Available	2,001	2.3%	2,385	1,476	525	35.6%

Race	85,736		89,888	72,369
American Indian or Alaskan Native	1,230	1.4%	1,376	1,112	118	10.6%
Asian	734	0.9%	696	816	-82	-10.0%
Black or African American	31,069	36.2%	30,864	27,304	3,765	13.8%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	85	0.1%	81	73	12	16.4%
White	47,421	55.3%	50,683	39,112	8,309	21.2%
Information Not Available	5,197	6.1%	6,188	3,952	1,245	31.5%

Years of Age	85,736		89,888	72,369
Younger than 22	2,846	2.2%	2,979	2,451	395	16.1%
22-24	5,072	3.9%	5,236	4,247	825	19.4%
25-34	20,620	16.0%	21,486	16,897	3,723	22.0%
35-44	22,101	17.2%	23,247	18,929	3,172	16.8%
45-54	20,647	16.1%	21,556	17,439	3,208	18.4%
55-59	7,123	5.5%	7,531	5,959	1,164	19.5%
60-64	4,541	3.5%	4,782	3,972	569	14.3%
65 and older	2,786	2.2%	3,071	2,475	311	12.6%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	85,736		89,888	72,369
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	461	0.5%	483	339	122	36.0%
Mining	104	0.1%	92	48	56	116.7%
Utilities	88	0.1%	95	129	-41	-31.8%
Construction	11,193	13.0%	13,517	6,556	4,637	70.7%
Manufacturing	16,959	19.7%	17,384	16,700	259	1.6%
Wholesale Trade	3,539	4.1%	3,458	2,497	1,042	41.7%
Retail Trade	7,069	8.2%	7,151	5,823	1,246	21.4%
Transporation and Warehousing	2,404	2.8%	2,660	1,926	478	24.8%
Information	1,098	1.3%	1,122	913	185	20.3%
Finance and Insurance	2,157	2.5%	2,360	1,849	308	16.7%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	1,263	1.5%	1,292	983	280	28.5%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	3,223	3.7%	3,252	2,306	917	39.8%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	289	0.3%	354	172	117	68.0%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	9,604	11.1%	9,877	8,245	1,359	16.5%
Educational Services	969	1.1%	1,056	764	205	26.8%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	6,210	7.2%	6,049	4,651	1,559	33.5%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	1,040	1.2%	1,262	876	164	18.7%
Accomodation and Food Services	5,179	6.0%	5,274	4,368	811	18.6%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	1,464	1.7%	1,571	1,239	225	18.2%
Public Administration	717	0.8%	715	736	-19	-2.6%
Information Not Available	10,706	12.4%	10,864	11,249	-543	-4.8%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants North Dakota
	Mar 2008	Percent	Feb 2008	Mar 2007	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	5,305		6,482	5,909
Male	4,388	82.7%	5,497	4,862	-474	-9.7%
Female	902	17.0%	971	1,027	-125	-12.2%
Information Not Available	15	0.3%	14	20	-5	-25.0%

Ethnicity	5,305		6,482	5,909
Hispanic or Latino	136	2.6%	156	159	-23	-14.5%
Not Hispanic or Latino	5,038	95.0%	6,184	5,654	-616	-10.9%
Information Not Available	131	2.5%	142	96	35	36.5%

Race	5,305		6,482	5,909
American Indian or Alaskan Native	365	6.9%	460	467	-102	-21.8%
Asian	11	0.2%	11	11	0	0.0%
Black or African American	47	0.9%	59	42	5	11.9%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	5	0.1%	5	3	2	66.7%
White	4,610	86.9%	5,649	5,131	-521	-10.2%
Information Not Available	267	5.0%	298	255	12	4.7%

Years of Age	5,305		6,482	5,909
Younger than 22	82	0.9%	96	108	-26	-24.1%
22-24	307	3.2%	360	364	-57	-15.7%
25-34	1,190	12.5%	1,518	1,320	-130	-9.8%
35-44	1,048	11.0%	1,295	1,256	-208	-16.6%
45-54	1,357	14.2%	1,639	1,527	-170	-11.1%
55-59	561	5.9%	685	576	-15	-2.6%
60-64	384	4.0%	447	423	-39	-9.2%
65 and older	346	3.6%	406	294	52	17.7%
Information Not Available	30	0.3%	36	41	-11	-26.8%

Industry	5,305		6,482	5,909
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	169	3.1%	195	203	-34	-16.7%
Mining	303	5.5%	448	343	-40	-11.7%
Utilities	16	0.3%	16	19	-3	-15.8%
Construction	2,219	40.5%	2,889	2,466	-247	-10.0%
Manufacturing	522	9.5%	584	671	-149	-22.2%
Wholesale Trade	215	3.9%	266	212	3	1.4%
Retail Trade	229	4.2%	235	257	-28	-10.9%
Transporation and Warehousing	161	2.9%	197	208	-47	-22.6%
Information	49	0.9%	47	51	-2	-3.9%
Finance and Insurance	77	1.4%	70	71	6	8.5%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	14	0.3%	19	15	-1	-6.7%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	139	2.5%	137	139	0	0.0%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	17	0.3%	23	21	-4	-19.0%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	272	5.0%	291	240	32	13.3%
Educational Services	4	0.1%	4	2	2	100.0%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	130	2.4%	128	147	-17	-11.6%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	32	0.6%	49	33	-1	-3.0%
Accomodation and Food Services	106	1.9%	123	126	-20	-15.9%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	49	0.9%	55	66	-17	-25.8%
Public Administration	235	4.3%	269	313	-78	-24.9%
Information Not Available	347	6.3%	437	306	41	13.4%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Nebraska
	Mar 2008	Percent	Feb 2008	Mar 2007	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	10,955		12,180	11,356
Male	6,956	63.5%	8,060	6,975	-19	-0.3%
Female	3,626	33.1%	3,722	3,974	-348	-8.8%
Information Not Available	373	3.4%	398	407	-34	-8.4%

Ethnicity	10,955		12,180	11,356
Hispanic or Latino	533	4.9%	654	546	-13	-2.4%
Not Hispanic or Latino	8,411	76.8%	9,277	9,114	-703	-7.7%
Information Not Available	2,011	18.4%	2,249	1,696	315	18.6%

Race	10,955		12,180	11,356
American Indian or Alaskan Native	104	0.9%	108	110	-6	-5.5%
Asian	88	0.8%	85	90	-2	-2.2%
Black or African American	619	5.7%	606	627	-8	-1.3%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	12	0.1%	10	12	0	0.0%
White	5,137	46.9%	5,874	5,155	-18	-0.3%
Information Not Available	4,995	45.6%	5,497	5,362	-367	-6.8%

Years of Age	10,955		12,180	11,356
Younger than 22	279	1.8%	320	262	17	6.5%
22-24	603	3.9%	703	665	-62	-9.3%
25-34	2,564	16.6%	2,826	2,743	-179	-6.5%
35-44	2,505	16.2%	2,749	2,754	-249	-9.0%
45-54	2,857	18.5%	3,182	2,880	-23	-0.8%
55-59	1,001	6.5%	1,108	967	34	3.5%
60-64	628	4.1%	701	613	15	2.4%
65 and older	518	3.3%	591	472	46	9.7%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	10,955		12,180	11,356
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	84	0.8%	106	71	13	18.3%
Mining	130	1.2%	178	134	-4	-3.0%
Utilities	15	0.1%	18	21	-6	-28.6%
Construction	2,795	25.3%	3,529	2,456	339	13.8%
Manufacturing	1,432	13.0%	1,516	1,552	-120	-7.7%
Wholesale Trade	327	3.0%	367	385	-58	-15.1%
Retail Trade	902	8.2%	934	971	-69	-7.1%
Transporation and Warehousing	328	3.0%	338	336	-8	-2.4%
Information	175	1.6%	180	210	-35	-16.7%
Finance and Insurance	357	3.2%	358	280	77	27.5%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	152	1.4%	140	148	4	2.7%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	293	2.7%	281	410	-117	-28.5%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	39	0.4%	37	24	15	62.5%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	1,099	10.0%	1,239	1,118	-19	-1.7%
Educational Services	149	1.3%	155	170	-21	-12.4%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	722	6.5%	729	753	-31	-4.1%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	129	1.2%	149	132	-3	-2.3%
Accomodation and Food Services	536	4.9%	539	547	-11	-2.0%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	208	1.9%	191	194	14	7.2%
Public Administration	298	2.7%	352	321	-23	-7.2%
Information Not Available	785	7.1%	844	1,123	-338	-30.1%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants New Hampshire
	Mar 2008	Percent	Feb 2008	Mar 2007	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	10,756		10,551	9,147
Male	7,420	69.0%	7,362	6,352	1,068	16.8%
Female	3,336	31.0%	3,189	2,795	541	19.4%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	10,756		10,551	9,147
Hispanic or Latino	359	3.3%	353	270	89	33.0%
Not Hispanic or Latino	7,584	70.5%	7,437	6,413	1,171	18.3%
Information Not Available	2,813	26.2%	2,761	2,464	349	14.2%

Race	10,756		10,551	9,147
American Indian or Alaskan Native	49	0.5%	43	37	12	32.4%
Asian	93	0.9%	82	97	-4	-4.1%
Black or African American	159	1.5%	145	158	1	0.6%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	17	0.2%	17	8	9	112.5%
White	9,845	91.5%	9,714	8,379	1,466	17.5%
Information Not Available	593	5.5%	550	468	125	26.7%

Years of Age	10,756		10,551	9,147
Younger than 22	203	1.0%	214	182	21	11.5%
22-24	575	2.9%	575	486	89	18.3%
25-34	2,211	11.2%	2,181	1,735	476	27.4%
35-44	2,457	12.4%	2,316	2,175	282	13.0%
45-54	2,996	15.1%	2,869	2,529	467	18.5%
55-59	1,082	5.5%	1,121	1,018	64	6.3%
60-64	775	3.9%	829	642	133	20.7%
65 and older	457	2.3%	446	380	77	20.3%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	10,756		10,551	9,147
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	54	0.5%	47	38	16	42.1%
Mining	71	0.7%	90	52	19	36.5%
Utilities	7	0.1%	7	14	-7	-50.0%
Construction	2,604	24.1%	2,689	2,503	101	4.0%
Manufacturing	1,345	12.4%	1,280	1,085	260	24.0%
Wholesale Trade	445	4.1%	433	379	66	17.4%
Retail Trade	1,257	11.6%	1,193	923	334	36.2%
Transporation and Warehousing	228	2.1%	237	221	7	3.2%
Information	116	1.1%	105	103	13	12.6%
Finance and Insurance	249	2.3%	238	221	28	12.7%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	172	1.6%	174	137	35	25.5%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	344	3.2%	333	273	71	26.0%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	22	0.2%	19	11	11	100.0%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	1,294	12.0%	1,265	964	330	34.2%
Educational Services	131	1.2%	121	128	3	2.3%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	405	3.7%	403	362	43	11.9%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	225	2.1%	243	168	57	33.9%
Accomodation and Food Services	447	4.1%	435	397	50	12.6%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	248	2.3%	231	209	39	18.7%
Public Administration	136	1.3%	129	124	12	9.7%
Information Not Available	956	8.8%	879	835	121	14.5%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants New Jersey
	Mar 2008	Percent	Feb 2008	Mar 2007	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	131,632		135,709	129,552
Male	81,147	61.6%	84,975	80,863	284	0.4%
Female	50,485	38.4%	50,734	48,689	1,796	3.7%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	131,632		135,709	129,552
Hispanic or Latino	27,007	20.5%	27,571	26,745	262	1.0%
Not Hispanic or Latino	94,500	71.8%	97,802	92,947	1,553	1.7%
Information Not Available	10,125	7.7%	10,336	9,860	265	2.7%

Race	131,632		135,709	129,552
American Indian or Alaskan Native	491	0.4%	524	547	-56	-10.2%
Asian	3,477	2.6%	3,438	3,364	113	3.4%
Black or African American	24,802	18.8%	24,426	24,566	236	1.0%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	964	0.7%	970	932	32	3.4%
White	81,799	62.1%	85,792	80,201	1,598	2.0%
Information Not Available	20,099	15.3%	20,559	19,942	157	0.8%

Years of Age	131,632		135,709	129,552
Younger than 22	17,924	8.6%	18,239	14,439	3,485	24.1%
22-24	9,714	4.6%	9,959	9,329	385	4.1%
25-34	29,534	14.1%	30,450	29,190	344	1.2%
35-44	32,913	15.7%	34,199	33,418	-505	-1.5%
45-54	25,658	12.3%	26,626	26,024	-366	-1.4%
55-59	8,277	4.0%	8,421	8,554	-277	-3.2%
60-64	4,260	2.0%	4,328	4,668	-408	-8.7%
65 and older	3,352	1.6%	3,487	3,930	-578	-14.7%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	131,632		135,709	129,552
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	962	0.7%	1,117	958	4	0.4%
Mining	150	0.1%	181	176	-26	-14.8%
Utilities	127	0.1%	134	164	-37	-22.6%
Construction	19,996	15.1%	21,726	20,743	-747	-3.6%
Manufacturing	10,264	7.7%	10,453	11,391	-1,127	-9.9%
Wholesale Trade	6,870	5.2%	6,857	6,801	69	1.0%
Retail Trade	14,673	11.1%	14,683	13,704	969	7.1%
Transporation and Warehousing	5,185	3.9%	5,205	4,980	205	4.1%
Information	2,349	1.8%	2,278	2,399	-50	-2.1%
Finance and Insurance	5,087	3.8%	5,173	4,490	597	13.3%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	2,484	1.9%	2,482	2,483	1	0.0%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	6,676	5.0%	6,807	5,737	939	16.4%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	428	0.3%	404	456	-28	-6.1%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	16,812	12.7%	17,590	16,632	180	1.1%
Educational Services	1,899	1.4%	2,044	2,257	-358	-15.9%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	9,014	6.8%	8,959	8,137	877	10.8%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	3,599	2.7%	4,211	3,510	89	2.5%
Accomodation and Food Services	9,503	7.2%	9,833	10,590	-1,087	-10.3%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	3,152	2.4%	3,139	2,861	291	10.2%
Public Administration	1,761	1.3%	1,776	1,662	99	6.0%
Information Not Available	10,641	8.0%	10,657	9,421	1,220	12.9%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants New Mexico
	Mar 2008	Percent	Feb 2008	Mar 2007	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	12,330		12,207	10,815
Male	7,460	60.5%	7,434	6,414	1,046	16.3%
Female	4,870	39.5%	4,773	4,401	469	10.7%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	12,330		12,207	10,815
Hispanic or Latino	7,182	58.2%	6,951	6,378	804	12.6%
Not Hispanic or Latino	4,595	37.3%	4,659	4,120	475	11.5%
Information Not Available	553	4.5%	597	317	236	74.4%

Race	12,330		12,207	10,815
American Indian or Alaskan Native	1,076	8.7%	1,111	952	124	13.0%
Asian	116	0.9%	128	120	-4	-3.3%
Black or African American	343	2.8%	320	305	38	12.5%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	29	0.2%	28	21	8	38.1%
White	6,114	49.6%	6,097	5,211	903	17.3%
Information Not Available	4,652	37.7%	4,523	4,206	446	10.6%

Years of Age	12,330		12,207	10,815
Younger than 22	432	2.4%	427	379	53	14.0%
22-24	703	3.9%	696	616	87	14.1%
25-34	2,589	14.5%	2,563	2,271	318	14.0%
35-44	2,983	16.7%	2,954	2,621	362	13.8%
45-54	2,935	16.4%	2,906	2,574	361	14.0%
55-59	1,011	5.6%	1,001	887	124	14.0%
60-64	543	3.0%	537	472	71	15.0%
65 and older	382	2.1%	378	336	46	13.7%
Information Not Available	752	4.2%	745	659	93	14.1%

Industry	12,330		12,207	10,815
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	973	7.3%	918	1,152	-179	-15.5%
Mining	158	1.2%	158	139	19	13.7%
Utilities	72	0.5%	83	23	49	213.0%
Construction	2,468	18.6%	2,428	2,239	229	10.2%
Manufacturing	1,426	10.7%	1,446	1,107	319	28.8%
Wholesale Trade	374	2.8%	359	309	65	21.0%
Retail Trade	1,066	8.0%	1,060	766	300	39.2%
Transporation and Warehousing	285	2.1%	282	171	114	66.7%
Information	447	3.4%	419	623	-176	-28.3%
Finance and Insurance	261	2.0%	281	225	36	16.0%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	221	1.7%	203	160	61	38.1%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	810	6.1%	815	509	301	59.1%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	19	0.1%	17	23	-4	-17.4%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	943	7.1%	874	853	90	10.6%
Educational Services	241	1.8%	283	238	3	1.3%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	931	7.0%	934	866	65	7.5%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	238	1.8%	250	214	24	11.2%
Accomodation and Food Services	716	5.4%	691	577	139	24.1%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	260	2.0%	247	210	50	23.8%
Public Administration	351	2.6%	373	329	22	6.7%
Information Not Available	70	0.5%	86	82	-12	-14.6%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Nevada
	Mar 2008	Percent	Feb 2008	Mar 2007	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	34,531		34,367	24,129
Male	21,472	62.2%	21,518	14,649	6,823	46.6%
Female	13,056	37.8%	12,845	9,473	3,583	37.8%
Information Not Available	3	0.0%	4	7	-4	-57.1%

Ethnicity	34,531		34,367	24,129
Hispanic or Latino	6,505	18.8%	6,539	4,080	2,425	59.4%
Not Hispanic or Latino	21,998	63.7%	21,922	15,331	6,667	43.5%
Information Not Available	6,028	17.5%	5,906	4,718	1,310	27.8%

Race	34,531		34,367	24,129
American Indian or Alaskan Native	674	2.0%	700	494	180	36.4%
Asian	1,398	4.0%	1,324	1,075	323	30.0%
Black or African American	3,625	10.5%	3,450	2,656	969	36.5%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	559	1.6%	565	355	204	57.5%
White	22,678	65.7%	22,822	15,995	6,683	41.8%
Information Not Available	5,597	16.2%	5,506	3,554	2,043	57.5%

Years of Age	34,531		34,367	24,129
Younger than 22	840	1.5%	828	444	396	89.2%
22-24	1,842	3.4%	1,851	1,097	745	67.9%
25-34	7,347	13.4%	7,457	4,813	2,534	52.6%
35-44	8,161	14.8%	8,179	5,896	2,265	38.4%
45-54	8,984	16.3%	8,882	6,361	2,623	41.2%
55-59	3,205	5.8%	3,244	2,451	754	30.8%
60-64	2,225	4.0%	2,198	1,693	532	31.4%
65 and older	1,878	3.4%	1,696	1,339	539	40.3%
Information Not Available	49	0.1%	32	35	14	40.0%

Industry	34,531		34,367	24,129
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	36	0.1%	36	16	20	125.0%
Mining	165	0.5%	188	106	59	55.7%
Utilities	35	0.1%	37	32	3	9.4%
Construction	9,433	27.3%	9,744	6,120	3,313	54.1%
Manufacturing	1,669	4.8%	1,633	1,262	407	32.3%
Wholesale Trade	917	2.7%	879	618	299	48.4%
Retail Trade	2,789	8.1%	2,768	1,825	964	52.8%
Transporation and Warehousing	1,101	3.2%	1,074	681	420	61.7%
Information	362	1.0%	313	225	137	60.9%
Finance and Insurance	1,055	3.1%	1,089	771	284	36.8%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	946	2.7%	953	602	344	57.1%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	1,407	4.1%	1,428	822	585	71.2%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	163	0.5%	150	76	87	114.5%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	4,174	12.1%	4,004	2,869	1,305	45.5%
Educational Services	369	1.1%	375	200	169	84.5%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	1,221	3.5%	1,110	901	320	35.5%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	769	2.2%	783	480	289	60.2%
Accomodation and Food Services	4,793	13.9%	4,886	3,967	826	20.8%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	637	1.8%	625	473	164	34.7%
Public Administration	573	1.7%	490	350	223	63.7%
Information Not Available	1,917	5.5%	1,802	1,733	184	10.6%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants New York
	Mar 2008	Percent	Feb 2008	Mar 2007	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	210,687		214,463	199,914
Male	134,111	63.7%	137,825	128,371	5,740	4.5%
Female	76,576	36.3%	76,638	71,543	5,033	7.0%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	210,687		214,463	199,914
Hispanic or Latino	31,619	15.0%	32,318	30,504	1,115	3.7%
Not Hispanic or Latino	145,808	69.2%	148,180	140,196	5,612	4.0%
Information Not Available	33,260	15.8%	33,965	29,214	4,046	13.8%

Race	210,687		214,463	199,914
American Indian or Alaskan Native	1,461	0.7%	1,472	1,424	37	2.6%
Asian	5,456	2.6%	5,301	4,706	750	15.9%
Black or African American	28,600	13.6%	28,055	26,076	2,524	9.7%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	329	0.2%	328	304	25	8.2%
White	122,731	58.3%	125,905	118,659	4,072	3.4%
Information Not Available	52,110	24.7%	53,402	48,745	3,365	6.9%

Years of Age	210,687		214,463	199,914
Younger than 22	8,774	2.7%	8,849	8,194	580	7.1%
22-24	14,444	4.5%	14,604	13,299	1,145	8.6%
25-34	51,775	16.0%	52,806	48,680	3,095	6.4%
35-44	52,465	16.2%	53,326	51,539	926	1.8%
45-54	48,246	14.9%	49,258	45,420	2,826	6.2%
55-59	16,476	5.1%	16,831	15,648	828	5.3%
60-64	10,251	3.2%	10,443	9,412	839	8.9%
65 and older	8,256	2.6%	8,346	7,722	534	6.9%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	210,687		214,463	199,914
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	1,000	0.5%	1,139	1,043	-43	-4.1%
Mining	1,338	0.6%	1,557	1,273	65	5.1%
Utilities	178	0.1%	190	168	10	6.0%
Construction	40,215	19.0%	42,520	41,216	-1,001	-2.4%
Manufacturing	20,529	9.7%	19,522	18,176	2,353	12.9%
Wholesale Trade	8,829	4.2%	8,715	8,121	708	8.7%
Retail Trade	18,003	8.5%	17,752	16,752	1,251	7.5%
Transporation and Warehousing	6,374	3.0%	6,719	5,973	401	6.7%
Information	5,671	2.7%	6,123	5,043	628	12.5%
Finance and Insurance	11,606	5.5%	11,152	8,737	2,869	32.8%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	4,389	2.1%	4,407	4,409	-20	-0.5%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	11,454	5.4%	11,956	10,177	1,277	12.5%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	748	0.4%	814	647	101	15.6%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	24,123	11.4%	24,513	23,039	1,084	4.7%
Educational Services	4,084	1.9%	4,421	4,220	-136	-3.2%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	14,300	6.8%	14,107	13,667	633	4.6%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	8,785	4.1%	9,668	8,617	168	1.9%
Accomodation and Food Services	13,254	6.3%	13,296	13,003	251	1.9%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	5,585	2.6%	5,606	5,607	-22	-0.4%
Public Administration	6,986	3.3%	7,257	6,357	629	9.9%
Information Not Available	3,236	1.5%	3,029	3,669	-433	-11.8%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Ohio
	Mar 2008	Percent	Feb 2008	Mar 2007	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	139,528		134,301	121,052
Male	99,138	71.1%	95,518	85,211	13,927	16.3%
Female	39,788	28.5%	38,236	35,510	4,278	12.0%
Information Not Available	602	0.4%	547	331	271	81.9%

Ethnicity	139,528		134,301	121,052
Hispanic or Latino	4,395	3.1%	4,220	4,009	386	9.6%
Not Hispanic or Latino	129,518	92.8%	124,869	112,291	17,227	15.3%
Information Not Available	5,615	4.0%	5,212	4,752	863	18.2%

Race	139,528		134,301	121,052
American Indian or Alaskan Native	714	0.5%	660	559	155	27.7%
Asian	602	0.4%	519	437	165	37.8%
Black or African American	19,190	13.8%	17,941	16,835	2,355	14.0%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	129	0.1%	113	78	51	65.4%
White	113,278	81.2%	109,849	98,350	14,928	15.2%
Information Not Available	5,615	4.0%	5,219	4,793	822	17.2%

Years of Age	139,528		134,301	121,052
Younger than 22	4,341	1.8%	4,413	3,946	395	10.0%
22-24	7,524	3.1%	7,631	7,058	466	6.6%
25-34	32,310	13.1%	31,758	28,868	3,442	11.9%
35-44	37,316	15.1%	35,458	32,488	4,828	14.9%
45-54	37,206	15.1%	35,357	32,972	4,234	12.8%
55-59	11,989	4.9%	11,273	10,109	1,880	18.6%
60-64	6,132	2.5%	5,844	4,598	1,534	33.4%
65 and older	2,710	1.1%	2,567	1,013	1,697	167.5%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	139,528		134,301	121,052
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	869	0.6%	974	717	152	21.2%
Mining	990	0.7%	1,005	569	421	74.0%
Utilities	242	0.2%	286	104	138	132.7%
Construction	38,543	27.5%	39,307	34,556	3,987	11.5%
Manufacturing	31,638	22.5%	25,258	25,352	6,286	24.8%
Wholesale Trade	4,533	3.2%	4,483	4,196	337	8.0%
Retail Trade	6,709	4.8%	6,715	6,208	501	8.1%
Transporation and Warehousing	5,592	4.0%	5,109	4,270	1,322	31.0%
Information	1,225	0.9%	1,237	1,118	107	9.6%
Finance and Insurance	3,465	2.5%	3,531	2,673	792	29.6%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	1,599	1.1%	1,647	1,491	108	7.2%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	4,001	2.8%	4,078	3,726	275	7.4%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	470	0.3%	440	248	222	89.5%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	17,404	12.4%	17,898	15,354	2,050	13.4%
Educational Services	1,494	1.1%	1,615	1,393	101	7.3%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	6,376	4.5%	6,158	5,481	895	16.3%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	2,378	1.7%	2,662	2,035	343	16.9%
Accomodation and Food Services	4,376	3.1%	4,311	4,151	225	5.4%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	2,566	1.8%	2,557	2,418	148	6.1%
Public Administration	1,166	0.8%	1,249	1,145	21	1.8%
Information Not Available	3,892	2.8%	3,781	3,847	45	1.2%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Oklahoma
	Mar 2008	Percent	Feb 2008	Mar 2007	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	13,828		14,376	14,145
Male	7,271	52.6%	7,620	7,548	-277	-3.7%
Female	6,532	47.2%	6,724	6,564	-32	-0.5%
Information Not Available	25	0.2%	32	33	-8	-24.2%

Ethnicity	13,828		14,376	14,145
Hispanic or Latino	993	7.2%	1,079	989	4	0.4%
Not Hispanic or Latino	12,835	92.8%	13,297	13,156	-321	-2.4%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Race	13,828		14,376	14,145
American Indian or Alaskan Native	1,231	8.9%	1,268	1,201	30	2.5%
Asian	95	0.7%	89	158	-63	-39.9%
Black or African American	2,203	15.9%	2,182	2,239	-36	-1.6%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	10	0.1%	13	16	-6	-37.5%
White	8,728	63.1%	9,106	8,977	-249	-2.8%
Information Not Available	1,561	11.3%	1,718	1,554	7	0.5%

Years of Age	13,828		14,376	14,145
Younger than 22	226	1.0%	247	291	-65	-22.3%
22-24	697	3.2%	724	713	-16	-2.2%
25-34	3,280	15.1%	3,396	3,312	-32	-1.0%
35-44	3,477	16.0%	3,526	3,717	-240	-6.5%
45-54	3,681	16.9%	3,849	3,751	-70	-1.9%
55-59	1,199	5.5%	1,294	1,187	12	1.0%
60-64	764	3.5%	807	700	64	9.1%
65 and older	504	2.3%	533	474	30	6.3%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	13,828		14,376	14,145
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	36	0.3%	41	38	-2	-5.3%
Mining	460	3.3%	506	453	7	1.5%
Utilities	51	0.4%	54	36	15	41.7%
Construction	1,203	8.7%	1,393	1,322	-119	-9.0%
Manufacturing	1,903	13.7%	1,817	2,505	-602	-24.0%
Wholesale Trade	541	3.9%	537	515	26	5.0%
Retail Trade	1,263	9.1%	1,346	1,461	-198	-13.6%
Transporation and Warehousing	400	2.9%	404	301	99	32.9%
Information	386	2.8%	437	917	-531	-57.9%
Finance and Insurance	617	4.5%	694	417	200	48.0%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	323	2.3%	303	344	-21	-6.1%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	723	5.2%	708	564	159	28.2%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	35	0.3%	35	21	14	66.7%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	1,818	13.1%	1,852	1,436	382	26.6%
Educational Services	225	1.6%	254	263	-38	-14.4%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	1,265	9.1%	1,288	1,192	73	6.1%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	235	1.7%	317	229	6	2.6%
Accomodation and Food Services	656	4.7%	650	606	50	8.3%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	501	3.6%	531	422	79	18.7%
Public Administration	616	4.4%	640	611	5	0.8%
Information Not Available	571	4.1%	569	492	79	16.1%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Oregon
	Mar 2008	Percent	Feb 2008	Mar 2007	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	57,761		58,937	45,219
Male	37,733	65.3%	38,710	27,622	10,111	36.6%
Female	20,013	34.6%	20,215	17,584	2,429	13.8%
Information Not Available	15	0.0%	12	13	2	15.4%

Ethnicity	57,761		58,937	45,219
Hispanic or Latino	5,474	9.5%	5,895	4,308	1,166	27.1%
Not Hispanic or Latino	43,086	74.6%	43,835	32,934	10,152	30.8%
Information Not Available	9,201	15.9%	9,207	7,977	1,224	15.3%

Race	57,761		58,937	45,219
American Indian or Alaskan Native	540	0.9%	534	524	16	3.1%
Asian	638	1.1%	587	739	-101	-13.7%
Black or African American	547	0.9%	564	656	-109	-16.6%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	284	0.5%	322	252	32	12.7%
White	25,122	43.5%	25,034	22,366	2,756	12.3%
Information Not Available	30,630	53.0%	31,896	20,682	9,948	48.1%

Years of Age	57,761		58,937	45,219
Younger than 22	1,508	1.9%	1,574	1,075	433	40.3%
22-24	3,470	4.4%	3,668	2,552	918	36.0%
25-34	13,750	17.3%	14,253	10,606	3,144	29.6%
35-44	13,707	17.2%	13,819	11,037	2,670	24.2%
45-54	14,624	18.4%	14,910	11,769	2,855	24.3%
55-59	5,558	7.0%	5,477	4,170	1,388	33.3%
60-64	3,353	4.2%	3,336	2,514	839	33.4%
65 and older	1,791	2.3%	1,900	1,496	295	19.7%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	57,761		58,937	45,219
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	2,433	4.0%	2,689	1,973	460	23.3%
Mining	366	0.6%	353	128	238	185.9%
Utilities	71	0.1%	78	113	-42	-37.2%
Construction	11,409	19.0%	11,483	7,164	4,245	59.3%
Manufacturing	9,880	16.4%	9,762	7,295	2,585	35.4%
Wholesale Trade	1,993	3.3%	1,990	1,789	204	11.4%
Retail Trade	6,205	10.3%	6,402	5,051	1,154	22.8%
Transporation and Warehousing	1,809	3.0%	1,806	1,418	391	27.6%
Information	914	1.5%	934	866	48	5.5%
Finance and Insurance	1,823	3.0%	1,930	1,310	513	39.2%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	947	1.6%	973	799	148	18.5%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	1,476	2.5%	1,437	1,180	296	25.1%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	137	0.2%	160	149	-12	-8.1%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	5,349	8.9%	5,675	4,271	1,078	25.2%
Educational Services	656	1.1%	677	659	-3	-0.5%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	3,371	5.6%	3,367	3,121	250	8.0%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	659	1.1%	785	560	99	17.7%
Accomodation and Food Services	3,627	6.0%	3,854	3,096	531	17.2%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	1,243	2.1%	1,272	1,075	168	15.6%
Public Administration	1,051	1.7%	1,157	1,085	-34	-3.1%
Information Not Available	2,342	3.9%	2,153	2,117	225	10.6%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Pennsylvania
	Mar 2008	Percent	Feb 2008	Mar 2007	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	210,883		222,263	204,668
Male	140,698	66.7%	154,326	134,549	6,149	4.6%
Female	70,185	33.3%	67,937	70,119	66	0.1%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	210,883		222,263	204,668
Hispanic or Latino	9,321	4.4%	9,226	7,894	1,427	18.1%
Not Hispanic or Latino	191,692	90.9%	203,182	186,558	5,134	2.8%
Information Not Available	9,870	4.7%	9,855	10,216	-346	-3.4%

Race	210,883		222,263	204,668
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	23,578	11.2%	21,912	23,683	-105	-0.4%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
White	165,811	78.6%	178,963	160,321	5,490	3.4%
Information Not Available	21,494	10.2%	21,388	20,664	830	4.0%

Years of Age	210,883		222,263	204,668
Younger than 22	25,113	6.7%	26,105	24,960	153	0.6%
22-24	13,050	3.5%	14,154	13,931	-881	-6.3%
25-34	47,155	12.7%	48,017	47,713	-558	-1.2%
35-44	56,477	15.2%	60,285	57,117	-640	-1.1%
45-54	37,286	10.0%	39,420	37,845	-559	-1.5%
55-59	8,992	2.4%	9,226	7,546	1,446	19.2%
60-64	3,948	1.1%	3,669	2,902	1,046	36.0%
65 and older	1,097	0.3%	1,258	1,509	-412	-27.3%
Information Not Available	17,765	4.8%	20,129	11,145	6,620	59.4%

Industry	210,883		222,263	204,668
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	1,206	0.6%	1,573	1,161	45	3.9%
Mining	2,303	1.1%	2,726	2,554	-251	-9.8%
Utilities	0	0.0%	0	116	-116	-100.0%
Construction	45,510	21.5%	53,782	43,883	1,627	3.7%
Manufacturing	31,583	14.9%	31,767	33,666	-2,083	-6.2%
Wholesale Trade	7,896	3.7%	8,492	8,242	-346	-4.2%
Retail Trade	18,423	8.7%	18,347	18,923	-500	-2.6%
Transporation and Warehousing	7,018	3.3%	8,073	8,475	-1,457	-17.2%
Information	2,632	1.2%	2,831	3,134	-502	-16.0%
Finance and Insurance	4,935	2.3%	6,186	4,992	-57	-1.1%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	1,535	0.7%	2,202	3,018	-1,483	-49.1%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	7,896	3.7%	7,863	6,733	1,163	17.3%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	3,071	1.4%	3,040	2,902	169	5.8%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	18,972	8.9%	19,186	18,110	862	4.8%
Educational Services	2,413	1.1%	2,097	2,090	323	15.5%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	10,747	5.1%	10,379	11,493	-746	-6.5%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	6,360	3.0%	6,290	6,153	207	3.4%
Accomodation and Food Services	10,528	5.0%	10,065	11,493	-965	-8.4%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	5,154	2.4%	4,928	4,295	859	20.0%
Public Administration	1,426	0.7%	1,782	2,090	-664	-31.8%
Information Not Available	21,275	10.0%	20,654	11,145	10,130	90.9%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Puerto Rico
	Mar 2008	Percent	Feb 2008	Mar 2007	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	35,195		33,798	32,367
Male	20,207	57.4%	19,389	17,620	2,587	14.7%
Female	14,988	42.6%	14,409	14,747	241	1.6%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	35,195		33,798	32,367
Hispanic or Latino	33,922	96.4%	32,489	31,810	2,112	6.6%
Not Hispanic or Latino	817	2.3%	841	157	660	420.4%
Information Not Available	456	1.3%	468	400	56	14.0%

Race	35,195		33,798	32,367
American Indian or Alaskan Native	781	2.2%	799	798	-17	-2.1%
Asian	71	0.2%	77	85	-14	-16.5%
Black or African American	3,166	9.0%	3,160	1,845	1,321	71.6%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	84	0.2%	79	14	70	500.0%
White	6,883	19.6%	6,804	7,705	-822	-10.7%
Information Not Available	24,210	68.8%	22,879	21,920	2,290	10.4%

Years of Age	35,195		33,798	32,367
Younger than 22	2,187	5.3%	2,142	2,028	159	7.8%
22-24	3,571	8.7%	3,445	3,296	275	8.3%
25-34	11,490	28.1%	11,082	10,639	851	8.0%
35-44	8,417	20.6%	8,024	7,762	655	8.4%
45-54	6,017	14.7%	5,685	5,457	560	10.3%
55-59	1,940	4.7%	1,825	1,795	145	8.1%
60-64	1,136	2.8%	1,126	1,005	131	13.0%
65 and older	437	1.1%	469	385	52	13.5%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	35,195		33,798	32,367
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
Mining	39	0.1%	41	42	-3	-7.1%
Utilities	987	2.8%	989	823	164	19.9%
Construction	5,273	15.0%	5,333	4,945	328	6.6%
Manufacturing	5,031	14.3%	4,149	5,714	-683	-12.0%
Wholesale Trade	7,246	20.6%	7,108	6,631	615	9.3%
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	1,072	3.0%	1,042	1,185	-113	-9.5%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
Educational Services	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
Accomodation and Food Services	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	8,964	25.5%	8,751	8,988	-24	-0.3%
Public Administration	1,340	3.8%	1,541	1,379	-39	-2.8%
Information Not Available	5,243	14.9%	4,844	2,660	2,583	97.1%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Rhode Island
	Mar 2008	Percent	Feb 2008	Mar 2007	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	18,671		19,355	16,706
Male	12,147	65.1%	12,673	11,029	1,118	10.1%
Female	6,524	34.9%	6,682	5,677	847	14.9%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	18,671		19,355	16,706
Hispanic or Latino	2,867	15.4%	2,928	2,210	657	29.7%
Not Hispanic or Latino	11,136	59.6%	11,575	10,002	1,134	11.3%
Information Not Available	4,668	25.0%	4,852	4,494	174	3.9%

Race	18,671		19,355	16,706
American Indian or Alaskan Native	98	0.5%	97	124	-26	-21.0%
Asian	250	1.3%	250	215	35	16.3%
Black or African American	672	3.6%	686	591	81	13.7%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	62	0.3%	61	45	17	37.8%
White	13,435	72.0%	13,912	11,852	1,583	13.4%
Information Not Available	4,154	22.2%	4,349	3,879	275	7.1%

Years of Age	18,671		19,355	16,706
Younger than 22	695	2.2%	731	649	46	7.1%
22-24	1,177	3.8%	1,222	1,028	149	14.5%
25-34	4,199	13.5%	4,353	3,720	479	12.9%
35-44	4,751	15.3%	4,885	4,282	469	11.0%
45-54	4,463	14.4%	4,701	4,067	396	9.7%
55-59	1,513	4.9%	1,526	1,403	110	7.8%
60-64	1,036	3.3%	1,079	900	136	15.1%
65 and older	837	2.7%	858	657	180	27.4%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	18,671		19,355	16,706
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	209	1.1%	242	212	-3	-1.4%
Mining	82	0.4%	83	79	3	3.8%
Utilities	28	0.1%	21	8	20	250.0%
Construction	4,287	22.7%	4,439	3,991	296	7.4%
Manufacturing	2,390	12.7%	2,365	2,062	328	15.9%
Wholesale Trade	695	3.7%	702	586	109	18.6%
Retail Trade	1,626	8.6%	1,707	1,328	298	22.4%
Transporation and Warehousing	486	2.6%	419	402	84	20.9%
Information	166	0.9%	165	192	-26	-13.5%
Finance and Insurance	862	4.6%	946	612	250	40.8%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	305	1.6%	316	264	41	15.5%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	595	3.2%	608	537	58	10.8%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	35	0.2%	111	102	-67	-65.7%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	2,638	14.0%	2,747	2,337	301	12.9%
Educational Services	170	0.9%	163	198	-28	-14.1%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	1,013	5.4%	1,003	898	115	12.8%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	674	3.6%	779	621	53	8.5%
Accomodation and Food Services	1,341	7.1%	1,450	1,288	53	4.1%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	533	2.8%	512	451	82	18.2%
Public Administration	105	0.6%	116	130	-25	-19.2%
Information Not Available	431	2.3%	461	408	23	5.6%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants South Carolina
	Mar 2008	Percent	Feb 2008	Mar 2007	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	45,640		47,966	37,509
Male	24,589	53.9%	25,824	18,927	5,662	29.9%
Female	21,051	46.1%	22,142	18,582	2,469	13.3%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	45,640		47,966	37,509
Hispanic or Latino	947	2.1%	993	685	262	38.2%
Not Hispanic or Latino	39,557	86.7%	41,005	31,768	7,789	24.5%
Information Not Available	5,136	11.3%	5,968	5,056	80	1.6%

Race	45,640		47,966	37,509
American Indian or Alaskan Native	376	0.8%	384	319	57	17.9%
Asian	231	0.5%	233	197	34	17.3%
Black or African American	21,995	48.2%	22,883	19,030	2,965	15.6%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	97	0.2%	90	73	24	32.9%
White	22,161	48.6%	23,584	17,156	5,005	29.2%
Information Not Available	780	1.7%	792	734	46	6.3%

Years of Age	45,640		47,966	37,509
Younger than 22	1,322	2.0%	1,336	957	365	38.1%
22-24	1,617	2.5%	1,646	1,226	391	31.9%
25-34	10,162	15.6%	10,428	8,064	2,098	26.0%
35-44	9,822	15.1%	10,015	7,989	1,833	22.9%
45-54	10,187	15.6%	10,582	8,357	1,830	21.9%
55-59	3,735	5.7%	3,945	2,895	840	29.0%
60-64	2,581	4.0%	2,696	2,099	482	23.0%
65 and older	1,554	2.4%	1,674	1,265	289	22.8%
Information Not Available	4,660	7.1%	5,644	4,657	3	0.1%

Industry	45,640		47,966	37,509
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	343	0.7%	379	236	107	45.3%
Mining	50	0.1%	45	28	22	78.6%
Utilities	52	0.1%	66	68	-16	-23.5%
Construction	5,928	12.9%	6,172	3,688	2,240	60.7%
Manufacturing	8,516	18.5%	9,638	8,837	-321	-3.6%
Wholesale Trade	2,126	4.6%	1,991	1,483	643	43.4%
Retail Trade	4,734	10.3%	4,770	3,679	1,055	28.7%
Transporation and Warehousing	1,240	2.7%	1,270	898	342	38.1%
Information	530	1.2%	541	333	197	59.2%
Finance and Insurance	1,219	2.7%	1,275	867	352	40.6%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	833	1.8%	902	623	210	33.7%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	1,358	3.0%	1,305	985	373	37.9%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	105	0.2%	153	78	27	34.6%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	6,286	13.7%	6,381	5,362	924	17.2%
Educational Services	431	0.9%	449	404	27	6.7%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	2,277	5.0%	2,272	2,011	266	13.2%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	495	1.1%	568	386	109	28.2%
Accomodation and Food Services	4,229	9.2%	4,736	3,630	599	16.5%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	898	2.0%	947	772	126	16.3%
Public Administration	560	1.2%	562	524	36	6.9%
Information Not Available	3,430	7.5%	3,544	2,617	813	31.1%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants South Dakota
	Mar 2008	Percent	Feb 2008	Mar 2007	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	3,160		3,617	3,309
Male	2,374	75.1%	2,826	2,458	-84	-3.4%
Female	786	24.9%	791	851	-65	-7.6%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	3,160		3,617	3,309
Hispanic or Latino	79	2.5%	85	76	3	3.9%
Not Hispanic or Latino	2,872	90.9%	3,297	3,013	-141	-4.7%
Information Not Available	209	6.6%	235	220	-11	-5.0%

Race	3,160		3,617	3,309
American Indian or Alaskan Native	307	9.7%	340	386	-79	-20.5%
Asian	4	0.1%	3	2	2	100.0%
Black or African American	62	2.0%	59	46	16	34.8%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	1	0.0%	1	4	-3	-75.0%
White	2,549	80.7%	2,946	2,664	-115	-4.3%
Information Not Available	237	7.5%	268	207	30	14.5%

Years of Age	3,160		3,617	3,309
Younger than 22	64	1.2%	84	63	1	1.6%
22-24	172	3.1%	208	188	-16	-8.5%
25-34	785	14.2%	911	806	-21	-2.6%
35-44	762	13.7%	841	679	83	12.2%
45-54	836	15.1%	934	884	-48	-5.4%
55-59	375	6.8%	430	427	-52	-12.2%
60-64	166	3.0%	209	262	-96	-36.6%
65 and older	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	3,160		3,617	3,309
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	23	0.7%	29	42	-19	-45.2%
Mining	96	3.0%	113	85	11	12.9%
Utilities	15	0.5%	15	17	-2	-11.8%
Construction	1,276	40.1%	1,516	1,359	-83	-6.1%
Manufacturing	392	12.3%	418	349	43	12.3%
Wholesale Trade	89	2.8%	92	94	-5	-5.3%
Retail Trade	186	5.8%	207	230	-44	-19.1%
Transporation and Warehousing	103	3.2%	128	109	-6	-5.5%
Information	29	0.9%	28	25	4	16.0%
Finance and Insurance	70	2.2%	81	45	25	55.6%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	25	0.8%	39	44	-19	-43.2%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	63	2.0%	62	53	10	18.9%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	1	0.0%	0	3	-2	-66.7%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	157	4.9%	183	180	-23	-12.8%
Educational Services	42	1.3%	43	70	-28	-40.0%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	99	3.1%	108	112	-13	-11.6%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	48	1.5%	64	49	-1	-2.0%
Accomodation and Food Services	153	4.8%	183	196	-43	-21.9%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	46	1.4%	43	37	9	24.3%
Public Administration	142	4.5%	141	150	-8	-5.3%
Information Not Available	105	3.3%	124	60	45	75.0%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Tennessee
	Mar 2008	Percent	Feb 2008	Mar 2007	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	46,353		49,307	40,505
Male	26,504	57.2%	28,566	21,920	4,584	20.9%
Female	19,849	42.8%	20,741	18,585	1,264	6.8%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	46,353		49,307	40,505
Hispanic or Latino	644	1.4%	638	576	68	11.8%
Not Hispanic or Latino	45,709	98.6%	48,669	39,929	5,780	14.5%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Race	46,353		49,307	40,505
American Indian or Alaskan Native	117	0.3%	125	89	28	31.5%
Asian	525	1.1%	552	485	40	8.2%
Black or African American	11,741	25.3%	12,090	10,321	1,420	13.8%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	275	0.6%	289	222	53	23.9%
White	33,193	71.6%	35,707	28,997	4,196	14.5%
Information Not Available	502	1.1%	544	391	111	28.4%

Years of Age	46,353		49,307	40,505
Younger than 22	997	1.3%	1,070	812	185	22.8%
22-24	1,986	2.6%	2,128	1,688	298	17.7%
25-34	9,539	12.5%	9,947	8,026	1,513	18.9%
35-44	10,904	14.3%	11,464	9,704	1,200	12.4%
45-54	11,904	15.6%	12,550	10,444	1,460	14.0%
55-59	4,493	5.9%	4,843	3,896	597	15.3%
60-64	3,436	4.5%	3,655	3,101	335	10.8%
65 and older	2,971	3.9%	3,440	2,663	308	11.6%
Information Not Available	123	0.2%	210	171	-48	-28.1%

Industry	46,353		49,307	40,505
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	342	0.7%	405	281	61	21.7%
Mining	146	0.3%	179	93	53	57.0%
Utilities	56	0.1%	63	46	10	21.7%
Construction	6,329	13.6%	6,981	4,179	2,150	51.4%
Manufacturing	10,285	22.0%	10,910	10,247	38	0.4%
Wholesale Trade	2,095	4.5%	2,011	1,980	115	5.8%
Retail Trade	4,205	9.0%	4,287	3,470	735	21.2%
Transporation and Warehousing	1,935	4.1%	2,068	1,766	169	9.6%
Information	547	1.2%	594	512	35	6.8%
Finance and Insurance	1,199	2.6%	1,187	930	269	28.9%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	723	1.5%	732	552	171	31.0%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	1,312	2.8%	1,389	1,051	261	24.8%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	124	0.3%	111	97	27	27.8%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	5,978	12.8%	5,843	5,290	688	13.0%
Educational Services	561	1.2%	619	596	-35	-5.9%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	2,500	5.4%	2,515	2,152	348	16.2%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	1,197	2.6%	1,886	1,261	-64	-5.1%
Accomodation and Food Services	3,063	6.6%	3,405	2,575	488	19.0%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	1,161	2.5%	1,242	1,079	82	7.6%
Public Administration	906	1.9%	1,134	861	45	5.2%
Information Not Available	1,689	3.6%	1,746	1,487	202	13.6%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Texas
	Mar 2008	Percent	Feb 2008	Mar 2007	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	99,903		100,325	96,456
Male	52,578	52.6%	53,095	48,817	3,761	7.7%
Female	47,308	47.4%	47,211	47,607	-299	-0.6%
Information Not Available	17	0.0%	19	32	-15	-46.9%

Ethnicity	99,903		100,325	96,456
Hispanic or Latino	30,028	30.1%	29,764	30,204	-176	-0.6%
Not Hispanic or Latino	62,697	62.8%	63,631	58,380	4,317	7.4%
Information Not Available	7,178	7.2%	6,930	7,872	-694	-8.8%

Race	99,903		100,325	96,456
American Indian or Alaskan Native	442	0.4%	441	417	25	6.0%
Asian	1,747	1.7%	1,650	1,894	-147	-7.8%
Black or African American	22,914	22.9%	23,118	21,523	1,391	6.5%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	2,586	2.6%	2,411	4,048	-1,462	-36.1%
White	37,189	37.2%	37,652	33,766	3,423	10.1%
Information Not Available	35,025	35.1%	35,053	34,808	217	0.6%

Years of Age	99,903		100,325	96,456
Younger than 22	2,301	1.7%	2,228	2,315	-14	-0.6%
22-24	4,680	3.5%	4,617	4,620	60	1.3%
25-34	23,620	17.9%	23,897	22,556	1,064	4.7%
35-44	27,658	20.9%	27,652	26,500	1,158	4.4%
45-54	25,535	19.3%	25,619	24,898	637	2.6%
55-59	8,430	6.4%	8,347	8,144	286	3.5%
60-64	5,043	3.8%	5,096	4,716	327	6.9%
65 and older	2,617	2.0%	2,850	2,681	-64	-2.4%
Information Not Available	19	0.0%	19	26	-7	-26.9%

Industry	99,903		100,325	96,456
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	897	0.9%	1,043	1,292	-395	-30.6%
Mining	1,285	1.3%	1,375	1,084	201	18.5%
Utilities	214	0.2%	223	277	-63	-22.7%
Construction	11,430	11.3%	11,294	8,843	2,587	29.3%
Manufacturing	10,333	10.3%	10,101	10,433	-100	-1.0%
Wholesale Trade	6,196	6.1%	5,821	5,168	1,028	19.9%
Retail Trade	7,926	7.9%	7,808	7,607	319	4.2%
Transporation and Warehousing	4,051	4.0%	3,750	3,437	614	17.9%
Information	2,822	2.8%	2,878	2,939	-117	-4.0%
Finance and Insurance	6,349	6.3%	6,649	4,843	1,506	31.1%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	2,350	2.3%	2,407	2,148	202	9.4%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	6,552	6.5%	6,757	6,779	-227	-3.3%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	414	0.4%	442	390	24	6.2%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	12,412	12.3%	12,818	11,492	920	8.0%
Educational Services	1,873	1.9%	1,947	1,772	101	5.7%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	7,594	7.5%	7,576	8,075	-481	-6.0%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	571	0.6%	645	569	2	0.4%
Accomodation and Food Services	3,496	3.5%	3,338	4,099	-603	-14.7%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	2,077	2.1%	2,053	2,154	-77	-3.6%
Public Administration	1,203	1.2%	1,239	1,139	64	5.6%
Information Not Available	9,858	9.8%	10,161	11,916	-2,058	-17.3%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Utah
	Mar 2008	Percent	Feb 2008	Mar 2007	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	14,804		16,826	9,162
Male	10,085	68.1%	11,656	5,753	4,332	75.3%
Female	4,446	30.0%	4,754	3,406	1,040	30.5%
Information Not Available	273	1.8%	416	3	270	9000.0%

Ethnicity	14,804		16,826	9,162
Hispanic or Latino	1,679	11.3%	1,885	965	714	74.0%
Not Hispanic or Latino	10,354	69.9%	11,162	6,764	3,590	53.1%
Information Not Available	2,771	18.7%	3,779	1,433	1,338	93.4%

Race	14,804		16,826	9,162
American Indian or Alaskan Native	547	3.7%	670	376	171	45.5%
Asian	164	1.1%	175	162	2	1.2%
Black or African American	259	1.7%	263	165	94	57.0%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	170	1.1%	171	97	73	75.3%
White	10,274	69.4%	11,280	6,713	3,561	53.0%
Information Not Available	3,390	22.9%	4,267	1,649	1,741	105.6%

Years of Age	14,804		16,826	9,162
Younger than 22	707	2.9%	809	343	364	106.1%
22-24	1,098	4.5%	1,189	550	548	99.6%
25-34	4,292	17.5%	4,918	2,468	1,824	73.9%
35-44	3,423	14.0%	3,842	2,268	1,155	50.9%
45-54	3,408	13.9%	3,924	2,259	1,149	50.9%
55-59	1,092	4.5%	1,251	740	352	47.6%
60-64	585	2.4%	656	397	188	47.4%
65 and older	199	0.8%	237	137	62	45.3%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	14,804		16,826	9,162
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	63	0.4%	79	54	9	16.7%
Mining	113	0.8%	130	93	20	21.5%
Utilities	18	0.1%	20	13	5	38.5%
Construction	4,150	27.9%	5,087	2,029	2,121	104.5%
Manufacturing	1,956	13.2%	2,008	886	1,070	120.8%
Wholesale Trade	415	2.8%	420	284	131	46.1%
Retail Trade	1,195	8.0%	1,314	747	448	60.0%
Transporation and Warehousing	596	4.0%	685	381	215	56.4%
Information	307	2.1%	299	361	-54	-15.0%
Finance and Insurance	484	3.3%	516	266	218	82.0%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	205	1.4%	206	129	76	58.9%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	652	4.4%	664	432	220	50.9%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	68	0.5%	113	27	41	151.9%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	2,092	14.1%	2,348	1,291	801	62.0%
Educational Services	234	1.6%	235	158	76	48.1%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	496	3.3%	422	406	90	22.2%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	99	0.7%	134	92	7	7.6%
Accomodation and Food Services	592	4.0%	794	485	107	22.1%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	156	1.0%	176	143	13	9.1%
Public Administration	296	2.0%	352	272	24	8.8%
Information Not Available	617	4.2%	824	613	4	0.7%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Virginia
	Mar 2008	Percent	Feb 2008	Mar 2007	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	46,148		47,215	37,654
Male	26,940	58.4%	28,093	21,329	5,611	26.3%
Female	19,204	41.6%	19,118	16,323	2,881	17.6%
Information Not Available	4	0.0%	4	2	2	100.0%

Ethnicity	46,148		47,215	37,654
Hispanic or Latino	1,896	4.1%	2,050	1,347	549	40.8%
Not Hispanic or Latino	42,112	91.3%	42,940	34,366	7,746	22.5%
Information Not Available	2,140	4.6%	2,225	1,941	199	10.3%

Race	46,148		47,215	37,654
American Indian or Alaskan Native	2,114	4.6%	2,255	153	1,961	1281.7%
Asian	956	2.1%	926	2,074	-1,118	-53.9%
Black or African American	17,932	38.9%	17,873	14,683	3,249	22.1%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
White	23,006	49.9%	23,936	18,803	4,203	22.4%
Information Not Available	2,140	4.6%	2,225	1,941	199	10.3%

Years of Age	46,148		47,215	37,654
Younger than 22	896	1.4%	920	709	187	26.4%
22-24	2,186	3.3%	2,248	1,990	196	9.8%
25-34	10,567	15.9%	10,767	8,787	1,780	20.3%
35-44	11,404	17.2%	11,594	9,778	1,626	16.6%
45-54	12,571	19.0%	12,882	9,994	2,577	25.8%
55-59	4,338	6.5%	4,442	3,227	1,111	34.4%
60-64	2,836	4.3%	2,877	2,122	714	33.6%
65 and older	1,350	2.0%	1,485	1,047	303	28.9%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	46,148		47,215	37,654
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	122	0.3%	131	131	-9	-6.9%
Mining	100	0.2%	126	101	-1	-1.0%
Utilities	28	0.1%	32	16	12	75.0%
Construction	4,833	10.4%	5,658	4,137	696	16.8%
Manufacturing	4,948	10.7%	4,597	4,575	373	8.2%
Wholesale Trade	874	1.9%	889	725	149	20.6%
Retail Trade	2,357	5.1%	2,290	2,070	287	13.9%
Transporation and Warehousing	1,316	2.8%	1,319	1,128	188	16.7%
Information	554	1.2%	597	449	105	23.4%
Finance and Insurance	767	1.7%	840	642	125	19.5%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	393	0.8%	410	415	-22	-5.3%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	1,469	3.2%	1,554	1,571	-102	-6.5%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	79	0.2%	77	64	15	23.4%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	3,036	6.6%	3,161	2,714	322	11.9%
Educational Services	151	0.3%	153	152	-1	-0.7%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	1,095	2.4%	1,079	1,058	37	3.5%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	227	0.5%	397	200	27	13.5%
Accomodation and Food Services	1,618	3.5%	1,653	1,583	35	2.2%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	544	1.2%	559	579	-35	-6.0%
Public Administration	2,188	4.7%	2,346	1,788	400	22.4%
Information Not Available	19,449	42.0%	19,347	13,556	5,893	43.5%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Virgin Islands
	Mar 2008	Percent	Feb 2008	Mar 2007	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	351		344	236
Male	252	71.8%	266	141	111	78.7%
Female	99	28.2%	78	95	4	4.2%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	351		344	236
Hispanic or Latino	90	25.6%	115	62	28	45.2%
Not Hispanic or Latino	254	72.4%	222	171	83	48.5%
Information Not Available	7	2.0%	7	3	4	133.3%

Race	351		344	236
American Indian or Alaskan Native	0	0.0%	1	1	-1	-100.0%
Asian	9	2.6%	5	1	8	800.0%
Black or African American	226	64.4%	203	161	65	40.4%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	6	1.7%	6	2	4	200.0%
White	19	5.4%	13	8	11	137.5%
Information Not Available	91	25.9%	116	63	28	44.4%

Years of Age	351		344	236
Younger than 22	5	1.4%	11	7	-2	-28.6%
22-24	22	6.3%	34	15	7	46.7%
25-34	82	23.3%	87	48	34	70.8%
35-44	97	27.6%	80	54	43	79.6%
45-54	81	23.0%	63	63	18	28.6%
55-59	35	9.9%	27	20	15	75.0%
60-64	18	5.1%	31	18	0	0.0%
65 and older	11	3.1%	11	11	0	0.0%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	351		344	236
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
Mining	0	0.0%	0	1	-1	-100.0%
Utilities	3	0.9%	4	0	3	0.0%
Construction	168	47.9%	182	66	102	154.5%
Manufacturing	13	3.7%	19	17	-4	-23.5%
Wholesale Trade	2	0.6%	1	2	0	0.0%
Retail Trade	28	8.0%	17	19	9	47.4%
Transporation and Warehousing	1	0.3%	1	2	-1	-50.0%
Information	3	0.9%	2	0	3	0.0%
Finance and Insurance	0	0.0%	0	12	-12	-100.0%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	11	3.1%	5	8	3	37.5%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	7	2.0%	4	6	1	16.7%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	6	1.7%	2	6	0	0.0%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	15	4.3%	16	5	10	200.0%
Educational Services	5	1.4%	1	6	-1	-16.7%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	8	2.3%	5	5	3	60.0%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	2	0.6%	0	2	0	0.0%
Accomodation and Food Services	19	5.4%	19	16	3	18.8%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	37	10.5%	45	33	4	12.1%
Public Administration	7	2.0%	8	16	-9	-56.3%
Information Not Available	16	4.6%	13	14	2	14.3%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Vermont
	Mar 2008	Percent	Feb 2008	Mar 2007	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	8,744		8,491	7,799
Male	6,492	74.2%	6,263	5,801	691	11.9%
Female	2,252	25.8%	2,228	1,998	254	12.7%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	8,744		8,491	7,799
Hispanic or Latino	17	0.2%	19	12	5	41.7%
Not Hispanic or Latino	2,826	32.3%	2,771	2,286	540	23.6%
Information Not Available	5,901	67.5%	5,701	5,501	400	7.3%

Race	8,744		8,491	7,799
American Indian or Alaskan Native	11	0.1%	12	11	0	0.0%
Asian	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
Black or African American	45	0.5%	42	40	5	12.5%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	7	0.1%	9	8	-1	-12.5%
White	2,780	31.8%	2,727	2,239	541	24.2%
Information Not Available	5,901	67.5%	5,701	5,501	400	7.3%

Years of Age	8,744		8,491	7,799
Younger than 22	313	2.9%	301	309	4	1.3%
22-24	579	5.3%	529	527	52	9.9%
25-34	1,981	18.1%	1,923	1,776	205	11.5%
35-44	1,891	17.3%	1,856	1,799	92	5.1%
45-54	2,060	18.8%	2,015	1,749	311	17.8%
55-59	822	7.5%	790	660	162	24.5%
60-64	585	5.3%	569	522	63	12.1%
65 and older	513	4.7%	508	457	56	12.3%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	8,744		8,491	7,799
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	111	1.3%	107	108	3	2.8%
Mining	70	0.8%	71	59	11	18.6%
Utilities	9	0.1%	7	5	4	80.0%
Construction	3,247	36.7%	3,083	2,948	299	10.1%
Manufacturing	1,012	11.4%	930	833	179	21.5%
Wholesale Trade	245	2.8%	258	210	35	16.7%
Retail Trade	801	9.0%	791	727	74	10.2%
Transporation and Warehousing	240	2.7%	294	199	41	20.6%
Information	61	0.7%	53	65	-4	-6.2%
Finance and Insurance	56	0.6%	50	78	-22	-28.2%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	116	1.3%	110	93	23	24.7%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	282	3.2%	276	187	95	50.8%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	2	0.0%	6	2	0	0.0%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	711	8.0%	733	618	93	15.0%
Educational Services	129	1.5%	127	98	31	31.6%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	377	4.3%	341	354	23	6.5%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	285	3.2%	279	276	9	3.3%
Accomodation and Food Services	631	7.1%	624	555	76	13.7%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	190	2.1%	180	193	-3	-1.6%
Public Administration	169	1.9%	171	191	-22	-11.5%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Washington
	Mar 2008	Percent	Feb 2008	Mar 2007	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	63,647		65,507	52,014
Male	41,355	65.0%	43,514	31,846	9,509	29.9%
Female	22,288	35.0%	21,993	20,164	2,124	10.5%
Information Not Available	4	0.0%	0	4	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	63,647		65,507	52,014
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	63,647	100.0%	65,507	52,014	11,633	22.4%

Race	63,647		65,507	52,014
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	63,647	100.0%	65,507	52,014	11,633	22.4%

Years of Age	63,647		65,507	52,014
Younger than 22	1,316	2.2%	1,494	1,015	301	29.7%
22-24	3,309	5.5%	3,546	2,456	853	34.7%
25-34	14,833	24.7%	15,305	11,591	3,242	28.0%
35-44	15,518	25.9%	15,863	13,163	2,355	17.9%
45-54	16,963	28.3%	17,428	14,127	2,836	20.1%
55-59	6,184	10.3%	6,219	5,063	1,121	22.1%
60-64	3,636	6.1%	3,742	3,035	601	19.8%
65 and older	1,888	3.1%	1,910	1,564	324	20.7%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	63,647		65,507	52,014
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	63,647	100.0%	65,507	52,014	11,633	22.4%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Wisconsin
	Mar 2008	Percent	Feb 2008	Mar 2007	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	98,760		104,607	98,331
Male	68,628	69.5%	73,330	67,229	1,399	2.1%
Female	30,112	30.5%	31,277	31,102	-990	-3.2%
Information Not Available	20	0.0%	0	0	20	0.0%

Ethnicity	98,760		104,607	98,331
Hispanic or Latino	4,345	4.4%	4,875	4,631	-286	-6.2%
Not Hispanic or Latino	93,664	94.8%	99,240	93,228	436	0.5%
Information Not Available	751	0.8%	492	472	279	59.1%

Race	98,760		104,607	98,331
American Indian or Alaskan Native	1,165	1.2%	1,213	1,023	142	13.9%
Asian	879	0.9%	1,046	905	-26	-2.9%
Black or African American	8,236	8.3%	8,493	8,556	-320	-3.7%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	79	0.1%	73	59	20	33.9%
White	87,650	88.8%	93,290	87,316	334	0.4%
Information Not Available	751	0.8%	492	472	279	59.1%

Years of Age	98,760		104,607	98,331
Younger than 22	2,775	1.5%	2,992	3,255	-480	-14.7%
22-24	6,528	3.6%	7,197	7,051	-523	-7.4%
25-34	24,641	13.6%	26,747	24,388	253	1.0%
35-44	22,438	12.4%	23,317	22,658	-220	-1.0%
45-54	24,918	13.8%	26,016	24,035	883	3.7%
55-59	8,454	4.7%	8,839	8,221	233	2.8%
60-64	5,461	3.0%	5,691	5,281	180	3.4%
65 and older	3,545	2.0%	3,808	3,442	103	3.0%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	98,760		104,607	98,331
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	938	0.9%	1,182	983	-45	-4.6%
Mining	711	0.7%	764	678	33	4.9%
Utilities	148	0.1%	199	197	-49	-24.9%
Construction	25,874	26.0%	29,128	24,597	1,277	5.2%
Manufacturing	20,305	20.4%	21,045	21,582	-1,277	-5.9%
Wholesale Trade	3,190	3.2%	3,368	3,127	63	2.0%
Retail Trade	8,513	8.5%	8,932	8,367	146	1.7%
Transporation and Warehousing	4,187	4.2%	4,205	3,933	254	6.5%
Information	968	1.0%	952	914	54	5.9%
Finance and Insurance	1,679	1.7%	1,674	1,711	-32	-1.9%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	879	0.9%	868	875	4	0.5%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	2,104	2.1%	2,144	1,839	265	14.4%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	257	0.3%	251	256	1	0.4%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	10,409	10.4%	10,857	10,383	26	0.3%
Educational Services	721	0.7%	774	787	-66	-8.4%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	4,553	4.6%	4,728	4,897	-344	-7.0%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	1,946	2.0%	2,176	1,917	29	1.5%
Accomodation and Food Services	5,254	5.3%	5,575	5,368	-114	-2.1%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	1,689	1.7%	1,768	1,632	57	3.5%
Public Administration	1,778	1.8%	1,893	1,731	47	2.7%
Information Not Available	2,657	2.7%	2,124	2,557	100	3.9%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants West Virginia
	Mar 2008	Percent	Feb 2008	Mar 2007	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	16,467		18,621	16,402
Male	11,937	72.5%	14,090	11,845	92	0.8%
Female	4,530	27.5%	4,531	4,557	-27	-0.6%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	16,467		18,621	16,402
Hispanic or Latino	261	1.6%	291	199	62	31.2%
Not Hispanic or Latino	13,919	84.5%	15,852	14,656	-737	-5.0%
Information Not Available	2,287	13.9%	2,478	1,547	740	47.8%

Race	16,467		18,621	16,402
American Indian or Alaskan Native	33	0.2%	28	41	-8	-19.5%
Asian	39	0.2%	39	35	4	11.4%
Black or African American	531	3.2%	568	542	-11	-2.0%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	7	0.0%	11	11	-4	-36.4%
White	15,328	93.1%	17,347	15,438	-110	-0.7%
Information Not Available	529	3.2%	628	335	194	57.9%

Years of Age	16,467		18,621	16,402
Younger than 22	371	1.2%	474	325	46	14.2%
22-24	911	2.9%	999	926	-15	-1.6%
25-34	4,121	13.3%	4,613	4,190	-69	-1.6%
35-44	4,121	13.3%	4,663	4,085	36	0.9%
45-54	4,067	13.2%	4,768	4,199	-132	-3.1%
55-59	1,474	4.8%	1,596	1,490	-16	-1.1%
60-64	888	2.9%	1,004	779	109	14.0%
65 and older	514	1.7%	504	408	106	26.0%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	16,467		18,621	16,402
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	135	0.8%	163	92	43	46.7%
Mining	568	3.4%	725	1,057	-489	-46.3%
Utilities	35	0.2%	52	39	-4	-10.3%
Construction	4,942	29.8%	6,221	4,349	593	13.6%
Manufacturing	1,966	11.8%	1,903	2,176	-210	-9.7%
Wholesale Trade	416	2.5%	425	404	12	3.0%
Retail Trade	1,347	8.1%	1,413	1,211	136	11.2%
Transporation and Warehousing	577	3.5%	674	564	13	2.3%
Information	117	0.7%	130	200	-83	-41.5%
Finance and Insurance	197	1.2%	201	160	37	23.1%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	224	1.3%	239	189	35	18.5%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	371	2.2%	380	380	-9	-2.4%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	22	0.1%	28	17	5	29.4%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	1,279	7.7%	1,406	1,313	-34	-2.6%
Educational Services	112	0.7%	131	141	-29	-20.6%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	1,015	6.1%	983	920	95	10.3%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	366	2.2%	435	313	53	16.9%
Accomodation and Food Services	1,097	6.6%	1,110	1,007	90	8.9%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	425	2.6%	483	432	-7	-1.6%
Public Administration	229	1.4%	292	280	-51	-18.2%
Information Not Available	1,027	6.2%	1,227	1,158	-131	-11.3%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Wyoming
	Mar 2008	Percent	Feb 2008	Mar 2007	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	3,664		4,192	3,151
Male	2,580	70.4%	3,067	2,185	395	18.1%
Female	1,084	29.6%	1,125	966	118	12.2%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	3,664		4,192	3,151
Hispanic or Latino	365	10.0%	456	373	-8	-2.1%
Not Hispanic or Latino	3,064	83.6%	3,458	2,534	530	20.9%
Information Not Available	235	6.4%	278	244	-9	-3.7%

Race	3,664		4,192	3,151
American Indian or Alaskan Native	171	4.7%	218	124	47	37.9%
Asian	22	0.6%	22	21	1	4.8%
Black or African American	51	1.4%	63	32	19	59.4%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0	0.0%	0	4	-4	-100.0%
White	3,203	87.4%	3,605	2,717	486	17.9%
Information Not Available	217	5.9%	284	253	-36	-14.2%

Years of Age	3,664		4,192	3,151
Younger than 22	59	0.9%	92	60	-1	-1.7%
22-24	204	3.1%	248	207	-3	-1.4%
25-34	752	11.4%	874	566	186	32.9%
35-44	820	12.4%	904	723	97	13.4%
45-54	1,006	15.2%	1,123	883	123	13.9%
55-59	330	5.0%	378	293	37	12.6%
60-64	258	3.9%	293	206	52	25.2%
65 and older	235	3.6%	280	213	22	10.3%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	3,664		4,192	3,151
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	45	1.2%	43	40	5	12.5%
Mining	240	6.5%	236	239	1	0.4%
Utilities	6	0.2%	4	4	2	50.0%
Construction	1,325	35.7%	1,763	1,119	206	18.4%
Manufacturing	247	6.7%	184	189	58	30.7%
Wholesale Trade	50	1.3%	65	58	-8	-13.8%
Retail Trade	264	7.1%	246	191	73	38.2%
Transporation and Warehousing	140	3.8%	154	98	42	42.9%
Information	19	0.5%	22	29	-10	-34.5%
Finance and Insurance	23	0.6%	25	17	6	35.3%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	25	0.7%	26	30	-5	-16.7%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	65	1.8%	62	64	1	1.6%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	4	0.1%	5	2	2	100.0%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	279	7.5%	332	172	107	62.2%
Educational Services	47	1.3%	52	36	11	30.6%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	132	3.6%	142	144	-12	-8.3%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	33	0.9%	39	24	9	37.5%
Accomodation and Food Services	288	7.8%	293	274	14	5.1%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	64	1.7%	75	77	-13	-16.9%
Public Administration	103	2.8%	128	131	-28	-21.4%
Information Not Available	265	7.1%	296	213	52	24.4%