Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants

November 2008

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants: Total Claimants November 2008
	Nov 2008	Oct 2008	Monthly Change	Nov 2007	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
United States	3,734,451	3,214,661	519,790	2,241,131	1,493,320	66.6
Alaska	11,611	8,680	2,931	11,225	386	3.4
Alabama	46,517	38,795	7,722	24,625	21,892	88.9
Arkansas	40,617	36,732	3,885	28,090	12,527	44.6
Arizona	59,737	54,484	5,253	26,798	32,939	122.9
California	587,320	521,644	65,676	298,314	289,006	96.9
Colorado	36,289	30,514	5,775	20,004	16,285	81.4
Connecticut	51,785	45,521	6,264	32,716	19,069	58.3
District of Columbia	7,865	7,788	77	6,199	1,666	26.9
Delaware	10,797	10,132	665	7,037	3,760	53.4
Florida	220,235	203,796	16,439	116,480	103,755	89.1
Georgia	106,155	91,270	14,885	56,210	49,945	88.9
Hawaii	15,339	14,192	1,147	6,889	8,450	122.7
Iowa	29,408	22,899	6,509	17,453	11,955	68.5
Idaho	23,820	15,476	8,344	10,686	13,134	122.9
Illinois	162,681	141,426	21,255	118,804	43,877	36.9
Indiana	84,289	69,046	15,243	42,744	41,545	97.2
Kansas	23,439	22,997	442	14,445	8,994	62.3
Kentucky	43,443	39,574	3,869	26,153	17,290	66.1
Louisiana	31,202	31,720	-518	17,862	13,340	74.7
Massachusetts	97,939	83,163	14,776	70,252	27,687	39.4
Maryland	57,414	48,528	8,886	33,316	24,098	72.3
Maine	11,955	8,501	3,454	7,420	4,535	61.1
Michigan	166,214	143,648	22,566	120,795	45,419	37.6
Minnesota	61,318	43,615	17,703	38,446	22,872	59.5
Missouri	65,759	53,738	12,021	39,163	26,596	67.9
Mississippi	28,382	25,164	3,218	17,270	11,112	64.3
Montana	7,242	4,978	2,264	3,942	3,300	83.7
North Carolina	126,759	112,041	14,718	70,698	56,061	79.3
North Dakota	3,003	1,709	1,294	2,061	942	45.7
Nebraska	13,603	11,935	1,668	7,119	6,484	91.1
New Hampshire	10,511	8,227	2,284	5,412	5,099	94.2
New Jersey	146,229	125,811	20,418	98,990	47,239	47.7
New Mexico	14,810	12,734	2,076	10,122	4,688	46.3
Nevada	51,028	44,507	6,521	25,182	25,846	102.6
New York	227,992	193,240	34,752	154,343	73,649	47.7
Ohio	124,039	99,760	24,279	79,706	44,333	55.6
Oklahoma	22,864	21,605	1,259	12,665	10,199	80.5
Oregon	76,440	60,538	15,902	41,642	34,798	83.6
Pennsylvania	209,192	176,431	32,761	144,001	65,191	45.3
Puerto Rico	41,709	40,997	712	35,384	6,325	17.9
Rhode Island	14,952	13,302	1,650	10,984	3,968	36.1
South Carolina	68,572	62,599	5,973	39,949	28,623	71.6
South Dakota	2,392	1,542	850	1,378	1,014	73.6
Tennessee	64,228	52,843	11,385	34,691	29,537	85.1
Texas	147,291	132,102	15,189	84,404	62,887	74.5
Utah	20,490	15,621	4,869	8,843	11,647	131.7
Virginia	57,266	48,940	8,326	34,562	22,704	65.7
Virgin Islands	513	492	21	399	114	28.6
Vermont	7,979	5,999	1,980	5,638	2,341	41.5
Washington	86,033	67,398	18,635	47,759	38,274	80.1
Wisconsin	90,507	72,779	17,728	58,762	31,745	54.0
West Virginia	13,943	11,578	2,365	11,118	2,825	25.4
Wyoming	3,334	1,910	1,424	1,981	1,353	68.3

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants US Totals
	Nov 2008	Percent	Oct 2008	Nov 2007	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	3,734,451		3,214,661	2,241,131	1,493,320	66.6
Male	2,201,649	59.0%	1,803,950	1,267,213	934,436	73.7%
Female	1,529,385	41.0%	1,406,828	972,084	557,301	57.3%
Information Not Available	3,417	0.1%	3,883	1,834	1,583	86.3%

Ethnicity	3,734,451		3,214,661	2,241,131
Hispanic or Latino	579,919	15.5%	502,784	343,794	236,125	68.7%
Not Hispanic or Latino	2,667,164	84.6%	2,300,917	1,638,540	1,028,624	62.8%
Information Not Available	487,368	11.5%	410,960	258,797	228,571	88.3%

Race	3,734,451		3,214,661	2,241,131
American Indian or Alaskan Native	40,700	1.1%	33,974	23,928	16,772	70.1%
Asian	99,605	2.7%	86,850	50,957	48,648	95.5%
Black or African American	635,382	17.0%	593,477	412,401	222,981	54.1%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	14,002	0.4%	11,635	6,611	7,391	111.8%
White	2,111,041	56.5%	1,774,555	1,271,724	839,317	66.0%
Information Not Available	833,720	22.3%	714,170	475,610	358,110	75.3%

Years of Age	3,734,451		3,214,661	2,241,131
Younger than 22	153,796	4.1%	130,631	97,644	56,152	57.5%
22-24	219,465	5.9%	185,676	131,351	88,114	67.1%
25-34	889,089	23.8%	761,743	528,251	360,838	68.3%
35-44	905,039	24.2%	781,671	564,158	340,881	60.4%
45-54	912,648	24.4%	788,011	541,477	371,171	68.5%
55-59	318,401	8.5%	274,452	183,354	135,047	73.7%
60-64	197,467	5.3%	170,657	109,139	88,328	80.9%
65 and older	120,101	3.2%	104,058	68,259	51,842	75.9%
Information Not Available	18,445	0.5%	17,762	17,498	947	5.4%

Industry	3,734,451		3,214,661	2,241,131
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	79,284	2.1%	58,335	60,102	19,182	31.9%
Mining	12,832	0.3%	8,749	8,655	4,177	48.3%
Utilities	6,508	0.2%	6,092	4,525	1,983	43.8%
Construction	487,246	13.0%	374,787	292,745	194,501	66.4%
Manufacturing	586,031	15.7%	500,020	318,874	267,157	83.8%
Wholesale Trade	151,007	4.0%	133,193	88,842	62,165	70.0%
Retail Trade	319,312	8.6%	281,179	181,960	137,352	75.5%
Transporation and Warehousing	119,245	3.2%	101,795	64,273	54,972	85.5%
Information	93,025	2.5%	89,354	53,882	39,143	72.6%
Finance and Insurance	132,689	3.6%	123,745	99,310	33,379	33.6%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	60,072	1.6%	52,447	44,931	15,141	33.7%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	176,568	4.7%	155,951	99,852	76,716	76.8%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	13,358	0.4%	12,372	7,942	5,416	68.2%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	415,200	11.1%	361,278	241,457	173,743	72.0%
Educational Services	74,658	2.0%	75,969	49,403	25,255	51.1%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	219,069	5.9%	211,949	151,240	67,829	44.8%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	63,742	1.7%	44,845	44,685	19,057	42.6%
Accomodation and Food Services	197,720	5.3%	168,676	117,096	80,624	68.9%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	95,253	2.6%	86,391	63,098	32,155	51.0%
Public Administration	57,470	1.5%	52,346	42,116	15,354	36.5%
Information Not Available	374,162	10.0%	315,188	206,143	168,019	81.5%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Alaska
	Nov 2008	Percent	Oct 2008	Nov 2007	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	11,611		8,680	11,225	386	3.4
Male	7,055	60.8%	4,804	6,583	472	7.2%
Female	4,556	39.2%	3,876	4,642	-86	-1.9%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	11,611		8,680	11,225
Hispanic or Latino	479	4.1%	340	455	24	5.3%
Not Hispanic or Latino	11,035	95.0%	8,250	10,664	371	3.5%
Information Not Available	97	0.8%	90	106	-9	-8.5%

Race	11,611		8,680	11,225
American Indian or Alaskan Native	3,156	27.2%	2,569	3,391	-235	-6.9%
Asian	747	6.4%	594	733	14	1.9%
Black or African American	453	3.9%	365	394	59	15.0%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	129	1.1%	110	86	43	50.0%
White	6,710	57.8%	4,729	6,194	516	8.3%
Information Not Available	416	3.6%	313	427	-11	-2.6%

Years of Age	11,611		8,680	11,225
Younger than 22	399	2.2%	270	383	16	4.2%
22-24	738	4.1%	557	843	-105	-12.5%
25-34	3,026	17.0%	2,285	2,857	169	5.9%
35-44	2,556	14.4%	1,892	2,543	13	0.5%
45-54	2,996	16.8%	2,229	2,938	58	2.0%
55-59	1,072	6.0%	828	948	124	13.1%
60-64	530	3.0%	387	453	77	17.0%
65 and older	294	1.7%	232	260	34	13.1%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	11,611		8,680	11,225
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	72	0.6%	34	86	-14	-16.3%
Mining	345	3.0%	275	365	-20	-5.5%
Utilities	74	0.6%	44	59	15	25.4%
Construction	2,474	21.2%	1,190	2,081	393	18.9%
Manufacturing	1,083	9.3%	863	1,089	-6	-0.6%
Wholesale Trade	157	1.3%	134	148	9	6.1%
Retail Trade	993	8.5%	830	927	66	7.1%
Transporation and Warehousing	706	6.0%	589	627	79	12.6%
Information	116	1.0%	104	96	20	20.8%
Finance and Insurance	181	1.5%	147	226	-45	-19.9%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	175	1.5%	172	202	-27	-13.4%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	345	3.0%	259	282	63	22.3%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	9	0.1%	4	44	-35	-79.5%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	638	5.5%	513	686	-48	-7.0%
Educational Services	246	2.1%	233	337	-91	-27.0%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	758	6.5%	700	847	-89	-10.5%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	252	2.2%	177	162	90	55.6%
Accomodation and Food Services	1,154	9.9%	917	1,091	63	5.8%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	277	2.4%	239	320	-43	-13.4%
Public Administration	1,257	10.8%	995	1,300	-43	-3.3%
Information Not Available	299	2.6%	261	250	49	19.6%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Alabama
	Nov 2008	Percent	Oct 2008	Nov 2007	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	46,517		38,795	24,625
Male	25,243	54.3%	20,071	12,265	12,978	105.8%
Female	21,203	45.6%	18,637	12,299	8,904	72.4%
Information Not Available	71	0.2%	87	61	10	16.4%

Ethnicity	46,517		38,795	24,625
Hispanic or Latino	1,151	2.5%	857	612	539	88.1%
Not Hispanic or Latino	37,394	80.4%	31,303	19,525	17,869	91.5%
Information Not Available	7,972	17.1%	6,635	4,488	3,484	77.6%

Race	46,517		38,795	24,625
American Indian or Alaskan Native	1,448	3.1%	1,257	688	760	110.5%
Asian	592	1.3%	491	360	232	64.4%
Black or African American	18,396	39.5%	16,151	11,034	7,362	66.7%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	83	0.2%	71	41	42	102.4%
White	23,276	50.0%	18,714	11,066	12,210	110.3%
Information Not Available	2,722	5.9%	2,111	1,436	1,286	89.6%

Years of Age	46,517		38,795	24,625
Younger than 22	2,150	3.2%	1,733	998	1,152	115.4%
22-24	3,328	4.9%	2,769	1,780	1,548	87.0%
25-34	12,134	17.9%	10,173	6,256	5,878	94.0%
35-44	11,181	16.5%	9,282	6,045	5,136	85.0%
45-54	10,683	15.8%	8,902	5,825	4,858	83.4%
55-59	3,544	5.2%	2,894	1,856	1,688	90.9%
60-64	2,062	3.0%	1,791	1,074	988	92.0%
65 and older	1,397	2.1%	1,222	767	630	82.1%
Information Not Available	38	0.1%	29	24	14	58.3%

Industry	46,517		38,795	24,625
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	434	0.9%	385	281	153	54.4%
Mining	130	0.3%	113	83	47	56.6%
Utilities	48	0.1%	54	30	18	60.0%
Construction	4,682	10.0%	3,913	2,407	2,275	94.5%
Manufacturing	12,591	26.8%	9,649	6,254	6,337	101.3%
Wholesale Trade	2,118	4.5%	1,474	855	1,263	147.7%
Retail Trade	4,783	10.2%	4,177	2,382	2,401	100.8%
Transporation and Warehousing	1,411	3.0%	1,175	622	789	126.8%
Information	638	1.4%	583	356	282	79.2%
Finance and Insurance	1,309	2.8%	1,121	647	662	102.3%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	610	1.3%	485	340	270	79.4%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	1,689	3.6%	1,608	1,116	573	51.3%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	56	0.1%	46	34	22	64.7%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	4,922	10.5%	4,352	2,697	2,225	82.5%
Educational Services	1,169	2.5%	1,194	648	521	80.4%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	3,171	6.8%	2,689	1,859	1,312	70.6%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	268	0.6%	225	159	109	68.6%
Accomodation and Food Services	2,868	6.1%	2,414	1,557	1,311	84.2%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	1,047	2.2%	939	600	447	74.5%
Public Administration	523	1.1%	411	330	193	58.5%
Information Not Available	2,050	4.4%	1,788	1,368	682	49.9%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Arkansas
	Nov 2008	Percent	Oct 2008	Nov 2007	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	40,617		36,732	28,090
Male	22,844	56.2%	19,126	15,457	7,387	47.8%
Female	17,758	43.7%	17,605	12,632	5,126	40.6%
Information Not Available	15	0.0%	1	1	14	1400.0%

Ethnicity	40,617		36,732	28,090
Hispanic or Latino	1,361	3.4%	986	688	673	97.8%
Not Hispanic or Latino	39,240	96.6%	35,745	27,401	11,839	43.2%
Information Not Available	16	0.0%	1	1	15	1500.0%

Race	40,617		36,732	28,090
American Indian or Alaskan Native	404	1.0%	385	388	16	4.1%
Asian	287	0.7%	407	225	62	27.6%
Black or African American	11,916	29.3%	11,349	8,083	3,833	47.4%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	420	1.0%	611	204	216	105.9%
White	26,211	64.5%	22,990	18,498	7,713	41.7%
Information Not Available	1,379	3.4%	990	692	687	99.3%

Years of Age	40,617		36,732	28,090
Younger than 22	1,596	2.4%	1,449	1,124	472	42.0%
22-24	3,176	4.9%	2,629	2,011	1,165	57.9%
25-34	11,310	17.3%	9,684	7,563	3,747	49.5%
35-44	10,012	15.4%	9,353	7,095	2,917	41.1%
45-54	8,985	13.8%	8,659	6,465	2,520	39.0%
55-59	2,910	4.5%	2,717	2,074	836	40.3%
60-64	1,617	2.5%	1,433	1,039	578	55.6%
65 and older	994	1.5%	804	714	280	39.2%
Information Not Available	17	0.0%	4	5	12	240.0%

Industry	40,617		36,732	28,090
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	611	1.5%	385	556	55	9.9%
Mining	143	0.3%	110	105	38	36.2%
Utilities	74	0.2%	93	57	17	29.8%
Construction	4,160	10.1%	3,373	2,930	1,230	42.0%
Manufacturing	11,225	27.2%	9,601	7,080	4,145	58.5%
Wholesale Trade	1,803	4.4%	1,659	1,181	622	52.7%
Retail Trade	4,506	10.9%	4,189	3,182	1,324	41.6%
Transporation and Warehousing	1,468	3.6%	1,240	961	507	52.8%
Information	340	0.8%	369	204	136	66.7%
Finance and Insurance	617	1.5%	606	378	239	63.2%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	452	1.1%	358	325	127	39.1%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	680	1.6%	815	588	92	15.6%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	53	0.1%	82	42	11	26.2%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	4,186	10.2%	3,753	2,888	1,298	44.9%
Educational Services	1,308	3.2%	1,427	866	442	51.0%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	3,803	9.2%	3,720	2,731	1,072	39.3%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	430	1.0%	325	346	84	24.3%
Accomodation and Food Services	3,117	7.6%	2,948	2,305	812	35.2%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	861	2.1%	892	672	189	28.1%
Public Administration	750	1.8%	771	672	78	11.6%
Information Not Available	30	0.1%	16	21	9	42.9%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Arizona
	Nov 2008	Percent	Oct 2008	Nov 2007	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	59,737		54,484	26,798
Male	36,325	60.8%	32,282	14,626	21,699	148.4%
Female	23,395	39.2%	22,190	12,172	11,223	92.2%
Information Not Available	17	0.0%	12	0	17	0.0%

Ethnicity	59,737		54,484	26,798
Hispanic or Latino	17,691	29.6%	17,233	8,368	9,323	111.4%
Not Hispanic or Latino	36,466	61.0%	34,301	18,430	18,036	97.9%
Information Not Available	5,580	9.3%	2,950	0	5,580	0.0%

Race	59,737		54,484	26,798
American Indian or Alaskan Native	3,774	6.3%	3,372	1,793	1,981	110.5%
Asian	929	1.6%	701	11	918	8345.5%
Black or African American	3,777	6.3%	3,461	1,780	1,997	112.2%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	134	0.2%	82	0	134	0.0%
White	31,118	52.1%	26,997	13,221	17,897	135.4%
Information Not Available	20,005	33.5%	19,871	9,993	10,012	100.2%

Years of Age	59,737		54,484	26,798
Younger than 22	2,093	2.4%	1,936	816	1,277	156.5%
22-24	3,414	3.9%	3,131	1,424	1,990	139.7%
25-34	13,577	15.5%	12,284	5,981	7,596	127.0%
35-44	14,724	16.8%	13,322	6,740	7,984	118.5%
45-54	15,130	17.3%	13,831	6,999	8,131	116.2%
55-59	5,413	6.2%	4,989	2,468	2,945	119.3%
60-64	3,440	3.9%	3,183	1,510	1,930	127.8%
65 and older	1,946	2.2%	1,808	860	1,086	126.3%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	59,737		54,484	26,798
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	1,585	2.6%	2,510	1,032	553	53.6%
Mining	205	0.3%	135	80	125	156.3%
Utilities	107	0.2%	93	43	64	148.8%
Construction	10,669	17.4%	8,572	3,977	6,692	168.3%
Manufacturing	4,247	6.9%	3,611	1,778	2,469	138.9%
Wholesale Trade	2,811	4.6%	2,591	1,059	1,752	165.4%
Retail Trade	5,676	9.3%	5,142	2,355	3,321	141.0%
Transporation and Warehousing	1,347	2.2%	1,255	501	846	168.9%
Information	773	1.3%	684	354	419	118.4%
Finance and Insurance	2,266	3.7%	2,070	1,983	283	14.3%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	1,361	2.2%	1,178	675	686	101.6%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	3,230	5.3%	2,801	1,325	1,905	143.8%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	195	0.3%	170	69	126	182.6%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	6,765	11.0%	5,855	2,933	3,832	130.7%
Educational Services	1,123	1.8%	1,095	668	455	68.1%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	3,006	4.9%	2,903	1,650	1,356	82.2%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	667	1.1%	598	301	366	121.6%
Accomodation and Food Services	2,392	3.9%	2,197	1,042	1,350	129.6%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	1,448	2.4%	1,318	611	837	137.0%
Public Administration	1,552	2.5%	1,501	573	979	170.9%
Information Not Available	8,312	13.6%	8,205	3,789	4,523	119.4%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants California
	Nov 2008	Percent	Oct 2008	Nov 2007	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	587,320		521,644	298,314
Male	347,609	59.2%	294,867	170,922	176,687	103.4%
Female	239,424	40.8%	226,488	127,295	112,129	88.1%
Information Not Available	287	0.0%	289	97	190	195.9%

Ethnicity	587,320		521,644	298,314
Hispanic or Latino	212,067	36.1%	180,806	118,666	93,401	78.7%
Not Hispanic or Latino	306,573	52.2%	282,365	151,048	155,525	103.0%
Information Not Available	68,680	11.7%	58,473	28,600	40,080	140.1%

Race	587,320		521,644	298,314
American Indian or Alaskan Native	6,026	1.0%	5,001	2,036	3,990	196.0%
Asian	48,593	8.3%	42,989	22,880	25,713	112.4%
Black or African American	42,758	7.3%	42,701	23,171	19,587	84.5%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
White	209,197	35.6%	191,673	102,961	106,236	103.2%
Information Not Available	280,746	47.8%	239,280	147,266	133,480	90.6%

Years of Age	587,320		521,644	298,314
Younger than 22	23,340	3.0%	23,178	10,471	12,869	122.9%
22-24	37,210	4.8%	32,795	16,384	20,826	127.1%
25-34	141,760	18.5%	128,102	66,314	75,446	113.8%
35-44	144,439	18.8%	124,160	78,238	66,201	84.6%
45-54	145,108	18.9%	126,949	76,009	69,099	90.9%
55-59	48,401	6.3%	41,162	26,176	22,225	84.9%
60-64	28,888	3.8%	27,698	15,027	13,861	92.2%
65 and older	17,887	2.3%	17,119	9,404	8,483	90.2%
Information Not Available	287	0.0%	481	291	-4	-1.4%

Industry	587,320		521,644	298,314
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	55,575	8.6%	39,239	43,821	11,754	26.8%
Mining	1,339	0.2%	1,346	388	951	245.1%
Utilities	2,104	0.3%	1,923	1,066	1,038	97.4%
Construction	82,837	12.9%	70,399	41,688	41,149	98.7%
Manufacturing	83,318	13.0%	70,977	37,810	45,508	120.4%
Wholesale Trade	14,253	2.2%	11,829	2,036	12,217	600.0%
Retail Trade	54,523	8.5%	49,722	19,390	35,133	181.2%
Transporation and Warehousing	17,600	2.7%	15,099	6,399	11,201	175.0%
Information	36,731	5.7%	35,392	20,650	16,081	77.9%
Finance and Insurance	22,192	3.5%	19,331	12,119	10,073	83.1%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	10,044	1.6%	9,136	11,731	-1,687	-14.4%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	16,166	2.5%	12,022	4,363	11,803	270.5%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	74,993	11.7%	73,188	38,295	36,698	95.8%
Educational Services	15,400	2.4%	16,638	7,659	7,741	101.1%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	28,792	4.5%	29,044	15,609	13,183	84.5%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	7,365	1.1%	7,502	5,429	1,936	35.7%
Accomodation and Food Services	25,922	4.0%	25,678	10,568	15,354	145.3%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	16,835	2.6%	14,618	8,241	8,594	104.3%
Public Administration	6,313	1.0%	6,732	2,908	3,405	117.1%
Information Not Available	15,018	2.3%	11,829	8,144	6,874	84.4%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Colorado
	Nov 2008	Percent	Oct 2008	Nov 2007	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	36,289		30,514	20,004
Male	20,507	56.5%	16,417	10,486	10,021	95.6%
Female	15,782	43.5%	14,097	9,518	6,264	65.8%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	36,289		30,514	20,004
Hispanic or Latino	6,649	18.3%	5,351	3,520	3,129	88.9%
Not Hispanic or Latino	24,001	66.1%	20,409	13,591	10,410	76.6%
Information Not Available	5,639	15.5%	4,754	2,893	2,746	94.9%

Race	36,289		30,514	20,004
American Indian or Alaskan Native	547	1.5%	479	339	208	61.4%
Asian	641	1.8%	565	466	175	37.6%
Black or African American	2,430	6.7%	2,293	1,308	1,122	85.8%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	131	0.4%	108	83	48	57.8%
White	25,107	69.2%	20,896	13,895	11,212	80.7%
Information Not Available	7,433	20.5%	6,173	3,913	3,520	90.0%

Years of Age	36,289		30,514	20,004
Younger than 22	628	1.1%	487	300	328	109.3%
22-24	1,367	2.3%	1,083	617	750	121.6%
25-34	7,775	13.1%	6,403	4,087	3,688	90.2%
35-44	9,115	15.4%	7,813	4,986	4,129	82.8%
45-54	10,401	17.6%	8,759	5,889	4,512	76.6%
55-59	3,804	6.4%	3,227	2,222	1,582	71.2%
60-64	2,225	3.8%	1,869	1,320	905	68.6%
65 and older	974	1.6%	872	559	415	74.2%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	1	24	-24	-100.0%

Industry	36,289		30,514	20,004
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	247	0.7%	196	148	99	66.9%
Mining	264	0.7%	202	121	143	118.2%
Utilities	33	0.1%	31	33	0	0.0%
Construction	5,688	15.6%	4,262	2,695	2,993	111.1%
Manufacturing	3,414	9.3%	2,696	1,699	1,715	100.9%
Wholesale Trade	1,741	4.8%	1,509	889	852	95.8%
Retail Trade	3,200	8.8%	2,787	1,737	1,463	84.2%
Transporation and Warehousing	1,174	3.2%	973	464	710	153.0%
Information	1,216	3.3%	1,169	751	465	61.9%
Finance and Insurance	2,116	5.8%	1,967	1,481	635	42.9%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	943	2.6%	739	582	361	62.0%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	3,125	8.6%	2,644	1,608	1,517	94.3%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	356	1.0%	346	245	111	45.3%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	4,710	12.9%	3,972	2,599	2,111	81.2%
Educational Services	801	2.2%	768	572	229	40.0%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	1,915	5.2%	1,883	1,219	696	57.1%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	753	2.1%	583	417	336	80.6%
Accomodation and Food Services	1,966	5.4%	1,631	1,126	840	74.6%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	930	2.5%	825	565	365	64.6%
Public Administration	746	2.0%	567	543	203	37.4%
Information Not Available	951	2.6%	764	510	441	86.5%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Connecticut
	Nov 2008	Percent	Oct 2008	Nov 2007	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	51,785		45,521	32,716
Male	30,194	58.3%	25,208	18,222	11,972	65.7%
Female	21,591	41.7%	20,313	14,494	7,097	49.0%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	51,785		45,521	32,716
Hispanic or Latino	7,552	14.6%	6,588	4,819	2,733	56.7%
Not Hispanic or Latino	44,233	85.4%	38,933	27,897	16,336	58.6%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Race	51,785		45,521	32,716
American Indian or Alaskan Native	225	0.4%	195	118	107	90.7%
Asian	873	1.7%	763	459	414	90.2%
Black or African American	7,168	13.8%	6,791	5,020	2,148	42.8%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
White	30,017	58.0%	26,209	19,151	10,866	56.7%
Information Not Available	13,502	26.1%	11,563	7,968	5,534	69.5%

Years of Age	51,785		45,521	32,716
Younger than 22	1,991	2.5%	1,726	1,246	745	59.8%
22-24	3,214	4.1%	2,820	2,129	1,085	51.0%
25-34	11,306	14.4%	9,965	7,284	4,022	55.2%
35-44	11,946	15.2%	10,472	7,865	4,081	51.9%
45-54	12,718	16.2%	11,147	7,870	4,848	61.6%
55-59	4,703	6.0%	4,105	2,798	1,905	68.1%
60-64	3,350	4.3%	2,986	2,015	1,335	66.3%
65 and older	2,557	3.3%	2,300	1,509	1,048	69.4%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	51,785		45,521	32,716
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	475	0.9%	376	363	112	30.9%
Mining	30	0.1%	18	11	19	172.7%
Utilities	50	0.1%	29	43	7	16.3%
Construction	6,812	13.0%	5,091	3,703	3,109	84.0%
Manufacturing	7,464	14.3%	6,238	4,049	3,415	84.3%
Wholesale Trade	2,666	5.1%	2,342	1,545	1,121	72.6%
Retail Trade	5,979	11.4%	5,594	3,897	2,082	53.4%
Transporation and Warehousing	1,641	3.1%	1,533	1,023	618	60.4%
Information	1,436	2.7%	1,366	660	776	117.6%
Finance and Insurance	2,655	5.1%	2,601	1,921	734	38.2%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	868	1.7%	774	615	253	41.1%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	2,636	5.0%	2,518	1,550	1,086	70.1%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	281	0.5%	273	145	136	93.8%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	5,796	11.1%	4,940	3,744	2,052	54.8%
Educational Services	1,428	2.7%	1,441	971	457	47.1%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	4,102	7.8%	4,017	3,235	867	26.8%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	1,655	3.2%	1,036	936	719	76.8%
Accomodation and Food Services	2,775	5.3%	2,578	1,882	893	47.4%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	1,476	2.8%	1,345	1,094	382	34.9%
Public Administration	741	1.4%	654	722	19	2.6%
Information Not Available	819	1.6%	757	607	212	34.9%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants District of Columbia
	Nov 2008	Percent	Oct 2008	Nov 2007	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	7,865		7,788	6,199
Male	3,552	45.2%	3,468	2,891	661	22.9%
Female	4,313	54.8%	4,320	3,308	1,005	30.4%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	7,865		7,788	6,199
Hispanic or Latino	680	8.6%	646	614	66	10.7%
Not Hispanic or Latino	6,961	88.5%	6,921	5,366	1,595	29.7%
Information Not Available	224	2.8%	221	219	5	2.3%

Race	7,865		7,788	6,199
American Indian or Alaskan Native	58	0.7%	49	48	10	20.8%
Asian	162	2.1%	135	142	20	14.1%
Black or African American	6,325	80.4%	6,416	4,793	1,532	32.0%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	28	0.4%	23	80	-52	-65.0%
White	1,290	16.4%	1,164	1,085	205	18.9%
Information Not Available	2	0.0%	1	51	-49	-96.1%

Years of Age	7,865		7,788	6,199
Younger than 22	195	2.2%	227	156	39	25.0%
22-24	464	5.3%	447	311	153	49.2%
25-34	2,026	23.0%	1,922	1,565	461	29.5%
35-44	1,986	22.6%	1,992	1,657	329	19.9%
45-54	1,985	22.6%	1,994	1,649	336	20.4%
55-59	655	7.5%	653	474	181	38.2%
60-64	364	4.1%	373	256	108	42.2%
65 and older	190	2.2%	180	131	59	45.0%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	7,865		7,788	6,199
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
Mining	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
Utilities	0	0.0%	0	2	-2	-100.0%
Construction	7	0.1%	2	14	-7	-50.0%
Manufacturing	1	0.0%	1	0	1	0.0%
Wholesale Trade	0	0.0%	0	2	-2	-100.0%
Retail Trade	5	0.1%	1	9	-4	-44.4%
Transporation and Warehousing	0	0.0%	0	2	-2	-100.0%
Information	3	0.0%	1	2	1	50.0%
Finance and Insurance	1	0.0%	1	0	1	0.0%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	1	0.0%	1	8	-7	-87.5%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	13	0.2%	7	12	1	8.3%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	0	0.0%	0	4	-4	-100.0%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	24	0.3%	17	7	17	242.9%
Educational Services	5	0.1%	2	8	-3	-37.5%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	4	0.1%	3	9	-5	-55.6%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	0	0.0%	0	2	-2	-100.0%
Accomodation and Food Services	2	0.0%	4	0	2	0.0%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	4	0.1%	5	14	-10	-71.4%
Public Administration	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
Information Not Available	7,795	99.1%	7,743	6,104	1,691	27.7%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Delaware
	Nov 2008	Percent	Oct 2008	Nov 2007	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	10,797		10,132	7,037
Male	5,804	53.8%	5,284	3,318	2,486	74.9%
Female	4,993	46.2%	4,848	3,719	1,274	34.3%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	10,797		10,132	7,037
Hispanic or Latino	405	3.8%	351	260	145	55.8%
Not Hispanic or Latino	10,392	96.2%	9,781	6,777	3,615	53.3%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Race	10,797		10,132	7,037
American Indian or Alaskan Native	22	0.2%	23	12	10	83.3%
Asian	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
Black or African American	3,823	35.4%	3,743	2,705	1,118	41.3%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	31	0.3%	28	33	-2	-6.1%
White	6,281	58.2%	5,757	3,736	2,545	68.1%
Information Not Available	641	5.9%	581	552	89	16.1%

Years of Age	10,797		10,132	7,037
Younger than 22	418	2.5%	355	1,597	-1,179	-73.8%
22-24	728	4.4%	656	464	264	56.9%
25-34	2,667	16.2%	2,446	1,581	1,086	68.7%
35-44	2,464	15.0%	2,409	1,788	676	37.8%
45-54	2,556	15.5%	2,386	1,190	1,366	114.8%
55-59	846	5.1%	829	245	601	245.3%
60-64	617	3.7%	591	100	517	517.0%
65 and older	422	2.6%	380	61	361	591.8%
Information Not Available	79	0.5%	80	11	68	618.2%

Industry	10,797		10,132	7,037
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	25	0.2%	16	8	17	212.5%
Mining	2	0.0%	2	0	2	0.0%
Utilities	12	0.1%	15	7	5	71.4%
Construction	1,523	14.1%	1,297	748	775	103.6%
Manufacturing	661	6.1%	636	580	81	14.0%
Wholesale Trade	435	4.0%	409	282	153	54.3%
Retail Trade	1,864	17.2%	1,761	1,141	723	63.4%
Transporation and Warehousing	321	3.0%	302	245	76	31.0%
Information	198	1.8%	192	110	88	80.0%
Finance and Insurance	728	6.7%	716	622	106	17.0%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	237	2.2%	209	203	34	16.7%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	602	5.6%	627	321	281	87.5%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	37	0.3%	36	21	16	76.2%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	1,616	14.9%	1,549	1,027	589	57.4%
Educational Services	224	2.1%	242	173	51	29.5%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	761	7.0%	752	616	145	23.5%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	165	1.5%	135	91	74	81.3%
Accomodation and Food Services	926	8.6%	810	524	402	76.7%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	312	2.9%	273	217	95	43.8%
Public Administration	69	0.6%	76	63	6	9.5%
Information Not Available	79	0.7%	77	38	41	107.9%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Florida
	Nov 2008	Percent	Oct 2008	Nov 2007	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	220,235		203,796	116,480
Male	127,562	57.9%	114,217	65,485	62,077	94.8%
Female	92,635	42.1%	89,504	50,995	41,640	81.7%
Information Not Available	38	0.0%	75	0	38	0.0%

Ethnicity	220,235		203,796	116,480
Hispanic or Latino	65,541	29.8%	62,623	38,293	27,248	71.2%
Not Hispanic or Latino	141,450	64.2%	128,686	69,694	71,756	103.0%
Information Not Available	13,244	6.0%	12,487	8,493	4,751	55.9%

Race	220,235		203,796	116,480
American Indian or Alaskan Native	908	0.4%	523	596	312	52.3%
Asian	1,854	0.8%	1,533	745	1,109	148.9%
Black or African American	40,944	18.6%	38,995	21,083	19,861	94.2%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	2,384	1.1%	2,243	1,229	1,155	94.0%
White	137,590	62.5%	124,835	71,184	66,406	93.3%
Information Not Available	36,555	16.6%	35,667	21,643	14,912	68.9%

Years of Age	220,235		203,796	116,480
Younger than 22	7,152	2.1%	6,281	2,570	4,582	178.3%
22-24	11,390	3.3%	10,468	5,103	6,287	123.2%
25-34	47,415	13.8%	43,518	25,330	22,085	87.2%
35-44	53,167	15.5%	48,715	28,645	24,522	85.6%
45-54	54,188	15.8%	51,257	29,427	24,761	84.1%
55-59	21,948	6.4%	19,292	12,106	9,842	81.3%
60-64	14,455	4.2%	13,609	7,934	6,521	82.2%
65 and older	10,482	3.1%	10,655	5,364	5,118	95.4%
Information Not Available	38	0.0%	1	1	37	3700.0%

Industry	220,235		203,796	116,480
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	2,043	0.9%	3,402	1,490	553	37.1%
Mining	303	0.1%	262	74	229	309.5%
Utilities	378	0.2%	374	74	304	410.8%
Construction	29,327	13.2%	25,348	17,954	11,373	63.3%
Manufacturing	15,439	6.9%	13,983	9,722	5,717	58.8%
Wholesale Trade	9,612	4.3%	9,459	5,513	4,099	74.4%
Retail Trade	24,370	11.0%	21,423	10,914	13,456	123.3%
Transporation and Warehousing	5,752	2.6%	4,673	2,272	3,480	153.2%
Information	4,200	1.9%	4,000	2,458	1,742	70.9%
Finance and Insurance	9,536	4.3%	8,935	7,711	1,825	23.7%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	5,222	2.3%	4,486	3,315	1,907	57.5%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	13,358	6.0%	12,375	6,034	7,324	121.4%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	1,551	0.7%	1,421	335	1,216	363.0%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	45,901	20.7%	41,911	20,562	25,339	123.2%
Educational Services	4,881	2.2%	5,047	1,825	3,056	167.5%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	12,412	5.6%	12,637	6,295	6,117	97.2%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	4,049	1.8%	3,813	1,676	2,373	141.6%
Accomodation and Food Services	14,342	6.5%	13,833	6,519	7,823	120.0%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	6,319	2.8%	5,683	3,129	3,190	101.9%
Public Administration	2,006	0.9%	2,318	1,639	367	22.4%
Information Not Available	9,234	4.2%	8,413	6,969	2,265	32.5%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Georgia
	Nov 2008	Percent	Oct 2008	Nov 2007	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	106,155		91,270	56,210
Male	58,935	55.5%	48,170	28,096	30,839	109.8%
Female	45,749	43.1%	41,885	27,339	18,410	67.3%
Information Not Available	1,471	1.4%	1,215	775	696	89.8%

Ethnicity	106,155		91,270	56,210
Hispanic or Latino	644	0.6%	413	164	480	292.7%
Not Hispanic or Latino	104,040	98.0%	89,642	55,271	48,769	88.2%
Information Not Available	1,471	1.4%	1,215	775	696	89.8%

Race	106,155		91,270	56,210
American Indian or Alaskan Native	554	0.5%	454	236	318	134.7%
Asian	1,361	1.3%	1,119	675	686	101.6%
Black or African American	49,156	46.3%	43,232	29,385	19,771	67.3%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
White	53,613	50.5%	45,250	25,139	28,474	113.3%
Information Not Available	1,471	1.4%	1,215	775	696	89.8%

Years of Age	106,155		91,270	56,210
Younger than 22	3,782	2.4%	2,973	1,892	1,890	99.9%
22-24	5,991	3.9%	4,999	3,036	2,955	97.3%
25-34	25,107	16.2%	21,821	13,456	11,651	86.6%
35-44	26,785	17.3%	23,103	14,943	11,842	79.2%
45-54	24,451	15.8%	21,336	13,219	11,232	85.0%
55-59	7,841	5.1%	6,929	4,318	3,523	81.6%
60-64	4,756	3.1%	4,311	2,558	2,198	85.9%
65 and older	2,566	1.7%	2,297	1,389	1,177	84.7%
Information Not Available	4,876	3.1%	3,501	1,399	3,477	248.5%

Industry	106,155		91,270	56,210
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	2,838	2.6%	1,901	1,008	1,830	181.5%
Mining	191	0.2%	126	74	117	158.1%
Utilities	159	0.1%	146	144	15	10.4%
Construction	8,547	7.8%	7,081	4,086	4,461	109.2%
Manufacturing	13,289	12.2%	10,995	6,890	6,399	92.9%
Wholesale Trade	6,348	5.8%	4,824	3,228	3,120	96.7%
Retail Trade	8,290	7.6%	7,438	4,203	4,087	97.2%
Transporation and Warehousing	2,869	2.6%	2,393	1,431	1,438	100.5%
Information	1,880	1.7%	1,777	1,122	758	67.6%
Finance and Insurance	2,717	2.5%	2,548	2,104	613	29.1%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	2,072	1.9%	1,769	1,149	923	80.3%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	16,114	14.8%	14,096	8,955	7,159	79.9%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	244	0.2%	225	141	103	73.0%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	328	0.3%	277	211	117	55.5%
Educational Services	1,987	1.8%	1,861	1,401	586	41.8%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	4,013	3.7%	3,846	3,003	1,010	33.6%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	4,409	4.0%	3,803	2,460	1,949	79.2%
Accomodation and Food Services	776	0.7%	675	481	295	61.3%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	1,136	1.0%	1,156	697	439	63.0%
Public Administration	1,116	1.0%	1,065	694	422	60.8%
Information Not Available	26,832	24.6%	23,268	12,728	14,104	110.8%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Hawaii
	Nov 2008	Percent	Oct 2008	Nov 2007	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	15,339		14,192	6,889
Male	9,686	63.1%	8,956	4,366	5,320	121.9%
Female	5,653	36.9%	5,236	2,522	3,131	124.1%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	1	-1	-100.0%

Ethnicity	15,339		14,192	6,889
Hispanic or Latino	968	6.3%	851	383	585	152.7%
Not Hispanic or Latino	11,805	77.0%	10,938	5,191	6,614	127.4%
Information Not Available	2,566	16.7%	2,403	1,315	1,251	95.1%

Race	15,339		14,192	6,889
American Indian or Alaskan Native	127	0.8%	120	64	63	98.4%
Asian	5,121	33.4%	4,625	2,140	2,981	139.3%
Black or African American	262	1.7%	246	160	102	63.8%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	3,837	25.0%	3,666	1,776	2,061	116.0%
White	4,098	26.7%	3,768	1,853	2,245	121.2%
Information Not Available	1,894	12.3%	1,767	896	998	111.4%

Years of Age	15,339		14,192	6,889
Younger than 22	441	2.4%	377	158	283	179.1%
22-24	892	4.8%	811	298	594	199.3%
25-34	3,630	19.5%	3,246	1,581	2,049	129.6%
35-44	3,657	19.7%	3,420	1,690	1,967	116.4%
45-54	3,785	20.4%	3,570	1,812	1,973	108.9%
55-59	1,515	8.2%	1,445	679	836	123.1%
60-64	865	4.7%	820	426	439	103.1%
65 and older	554	3.0%	503	245	309	126.1%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	15,339		14,192	6,889
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	333	2.1%	255	202	131	64.9%
Mining	1	0.0%	2	1	0	0.0%
Utilities	9	0.1%	9	4	5	125.0%
Construction	4,169	26.6%	3,804	1,769	2,400	135.7%
Manufacturing	364	2.3%	389	168	196	116.7%
Wholesale Trade	260	1.7%	234	121	139	114.9%
Retail Trade	979	6.2%	829	367	612	166.8%
Transporation and Warehousing	724	4.6%	752	239	485	202.9%
Information	180	1.1%	230	182	-2	-1.1%
Finance and Insurance	261	1.7%	247	203	58	28.6%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	342	2.2%	289	113	229	202.7%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	419	2.7%	414	234	185	79.1%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	60	0.4%	53	19	41	215.8%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	1,762	11.2%	1,601	760	1,002	131.8%
Educational Services	108	0.7%	109	55	53	96.4%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	526	3.4%	516	267	259	97.0%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	200	1.3%	182	83	117	141.0%
Accomodation and Food Services	2,459	15.7%	2,118	1,021	1,438	140.8%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	359	2.3%	314	181	178	98.3%
Public Administration	204	1.3%	200	140	64	45.7%
Information Not Available	1,620	10.3%	1,645	760	860	113.2%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Iowa
	Nov 2008	Percent	Oct 2008	Nov 2007	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	29,408		22,899	17,453
Male	17,815	60.6%	12,548	10,072	7,743	76.9%
Female	11,593	39.4%	10,351	7,381	4,212	57.1%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	29,408		22,899	17,453
Hispanic or Latino	1,008	3.4%	707	715	293	41.0%
Not Hispanic or Latino	19,887	67.6%	15,667	16,519	3,368	20.4%
Information Not Available	8,513	28.9%	6,525	219	8,294	3787.2%

Race	29,408		22,899	17,453
American Indian or Alaskan Native	104	0.4%	73	94	10	10.6%
Asian	207	0.7%	182	124	83	66.9%
Black or African American	1,318	4.5%	1,252	781	537	68.8%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
White	18,258	62.1%	14,160	15,520	2,738	17.6%
Information Not Available	9,521	32.4%	7,232	934	8,587	919.4%

Years of Age	29,408		22,899	17,453
Younger than 22	1,159	2.5%	753	629	530	84.3%
22-24	1,912	4.2%	1,353	1,065	847	79.5%
25-34	6,754	14.7%	5,231	3,774	2,980	79.0%
35-44	6,538	14.2%	5,156	4,096	2,442	59.6%
45-54	7,517	16.4%	6,044	4,550	2,967	65.2%
55-59	2,678	5.8%	2,188	1,540	1,138	73.9%
60-64	1,723	3.8%	1,377	1,071	652	60.9%
65 and older	1,127	2.5%	797	723	404	55.9%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	5	-5	-100.0%

Industry	29,408		22,899	17,453
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	211	0.7%	201	114	97	85.1%
Mining	47	0.2%	23	57	-10	-17.5%
Utilities	57	0.2%	22	35	22	62.9%
Construction	4,218	14.2%	2,550	2,596	1,622	62.5%
Manufacturing	9,669	32.6%	7,183	4,052	5,617	138.6%
Wholesale Trade	1,105	3.7%	865	764	341	44.6%
Retail Trade	2,156	7.3%	1,938	1,756	400	22.8%
Transporation and Warehousing	774	2.6%	633	489	285	58.3%
Information	729	2.5%	711	500	229	45.8%
Finance and Insurance	890	3.0%	874	566	324	57.2%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	292	1.0%	245	216	76	35.2%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	1,034	3.5%	787	609	425	69.8%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	35	0.1%	25	47	-12	-25.5%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	2,777	9.4%	2,141	1,656	1,121	67.7%
Educational Services	439	1.5%	419	274	165	60.2%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	1,470	5.0%	1,434	1,244	226	18.2%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	548	1.9%	259	420	128	30.5%
Accomodation and Food Services	1,533	5.2%	1,470	977	556	56.9%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	502	1.7%	466	409	93	22.7%
Public Administration	516	1.7%	329	453	63	13.9%
Information Not Available	406	1.4%	324	219	187	85.4%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Idaho
	Nov 2008	Percent	Oct 2008	Nov 2007	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	23,820		15,476	10,686
Male	16,010	67.2%	9,606	6,581	9,429	143.3%
Female	7,810	32.8%	5,870	4,105	3,705	90.3%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	23,820		15,476	10,686
Hispanic or Latino	3,006	12.6%	1,655	1,338	1,668	124.7%
Not Hispanic or Latino	20,033	84.1%	13,193	8,813	11,220	127.3%
Information Not Available	781	3.3%	628	535	246	46.0%

Race	23,820		15,476	10,686
American Indian or Alaskan Native	351	1.5%	275	264	87	33.0%
Asian	235	1.0%	167	136	99	72.8%
Black or African American	163	0.7%	102	73	90	123.3%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	71	0.3%	49	42	29	69.0%
White	19,119	80.3%	12,565	8,397	10,722	127.7%
Information Not Available	3,881	16.3%	2,318	1,774	2,107	118.8%

Years of Age	23,820		15,476	10,686
Younger than 22	1,112	2.7%	649	250	862	344.8%
22-24	1,607	3.9%	942	543	1,064	195.9%
25-34	5,852	14.0%	3,827	2,564	3,288	128.2%
35-44	5,367	12.9%	3,539	2,424	2,943	121.4%
45-54	5,753	13.8%	3,776	2,713	3,040	112.1%
55-59	2,127	5.1%	1,405	1,070	1,057	98.8%
60-64	1,266	3.0%	846	669	597	89.2%
65 and older	736	1.8%	492	453	283	62.5%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	23,820		15,476	10,686
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	1,008	4.1%	273	413	595	144.1%
Mining	210	0.8%	110	46	164	356.5%
Utilities	44	0.2%	24	30	14	46.7%
Construction	4,716	19.0%	2,850	1,932	2,784	144.1%
Manufacturing	4,532	18.3%	2,698	1,676	2,856	170.4%
Wholesale Trade	813	3.3%	560	330	483	146.4%
Retail Trade	2,294	9.2%	1,655	986	1,308	132.7%
Transporation and Warehousing	610	2.5%	382	253	357	141.1%
Information	308	1.2%	271	109	199	182.6%
Finance and Insurance	533	2.1%	477	380	153	40.3%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	303	1.2%	242	149	154	103.4%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	859	3.5%	671	428	431	100.7%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	38	0.2%	21	25	13	52.0%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	2,121	8.5%	1,301	864	1,257	145.5%
Educational Services	252	1.0%	217	148	104	70.3%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	1,071	4.3%	885	611	460	75.3%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	420	1.7%	220	205	215	104.9%
Accomodation and Food Services	1,073	4.3%	754	484	589	121.7%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	463	1.9%	343	180	283	157.2%
Public Administration	389	1.6%	279	292	97	33.2%
Information Not Available	1,763	7.1%	1,243	1,145	618	54.0%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Illinois
	Nov 2008	Percent	Oct 2008	Nov 2007	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	162,681		141,426	118,804
Male	95,780	58.9%	78,385	67,318	28,462	42.3%
Female	66,901	41.1%	63,041	51,486	15,415	29.9%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	162,681		141,426	118,804
Hispanic or Latino	24,593	15.1%	18,569	16,458	8,135	49.4%
Not Hispanic or Latino	138,088	84.9%	122,857	102,346	35,742	34.9%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Race	162,681		141,426	118,804
American Indian or Alaskan Native	593	0.4%	502	444	149	33.6%
Asian	4,093	2.5%	3,794	2,664	1,429	53.6%
Black or African American	40,299	24.8%	38,164	32,631	7,668	23.5%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
White	116,160	71.4%	97,543	82,138	34,022	41.4%
Information Not Available	1,536	0.9%	1,423	926	610	65.9%

Years of Age	162,681		141,426	118,804
Younger than 22	5,103	1.9%	4,380	3,494	1,609	46.1%
22-24	9,057	3.3%	7,671	6,683	2,374	35.5%
25-34	40,031	14.8%	34,576	29,742	10,289	34.6%
35-44	40,810	15.1%	35,322	30,624	10,186	33.3%
45-54	40,938	15.1%	35,758	29,750	11,188	37.6%
55-59	14,090	5.2%	12,302	9,710	4,380	45.1%
60-64	8,184	3.0%	7,373	5,661	2,523	44.6%
65 and older	4,468	1.7%	4,044	3,140	1,328	42.3%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	162,681		141,426	118,804
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	624	0.4%	289	504	120	23.8%
Mining	436	0.3%	330	549	-113	-20.6%
Utilities	159	0.1%	146	149	10	6.7%
Construction	25,053	15.3%	18,388	17,723	7,330	41.4%
Manufacturing	25,705	15.7%	22,508	17,895	7,810	43.6%
Wholesale Trade	8,336	5.1%	7,401	5,749	2,587	45.0%
Retail Trade	14,670	9.0%	13,622	10,932	3,738	34.2%
Transporation and Warehousing	7,544	4.6%	6,657	4,786	2,758	57.6%
Information	3,570	2.2%	3,301	2,394	1,176	49.1%
Finance and Insurance	8,739	5.4%	8,397	7,425	1,314	17.7%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	2,519	1.5%	2,237	1,972	547	27.7%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	9,394	5.8%	8,871	6,548	2,846	43.5%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	688	0.4%	650	317	371	117.0%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	20,777	12.7%	16,865	14,408	6,369	44.2%
Educational Services	3,707	2.3%	3,733	3,335	372	11.2%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	10,090	6.2%	9,936	8,371	1,719	20.5%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	2,595	1.6%	1,488	2,072	523	25.2%
Accomodation and Food Services	8,091	5.0%	7,410	5,808	2,283	39.3%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	3,918	2.4%	3,554	2,952	966	32.7%
Public Administration	2,787	1.7%	2,706	2,395	392	16.4%
Information Not Available	3,279	2.0%	2,937	2,520	759	30.1%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Indiana
	Nov 2008	Percent	Oct 2008	Nov 2007	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	84,289		69,046	42,744
Male	52,393	62.2%	40,693	24,116	28,277	117.3%
Female	31,817	37.7%	28,290	18,579	13,238	71.3%
Information Not Available	79	0.1%	63	49	30	61.2%

Ethnicity	84,289		69,046	42,744
Hispanic or Latino	4,420	5.2%	3,247	1,838	2,582	140.5%
Not Hispanic or Latino	62,825	74.5%	51,520	32,326	30,499	94.3%
Information Not Available	17,044	20.2%	14,279	8,580	8,464	98.6%

Race	84,289		69,046	42,744
American Indian or Alaskan Native	365	0.4%	292	183	182	99.5%
Asian	560	0.7%	547	330	230	69.7%
Black or African American	10,802	12.8%	9,170	6,440	4,362	67.7%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	81	0.1%	72	40	41	102.5%
White	67,622	80.2%	55,302	33,662	33,960	100.9%
Information Not Available	4,859	5.8%	3,663	2,089	2,770	132.6%

Years of Age	84,289		69,046	42,744
Younger than 22	2,994	2.0%	2,079	1,359	1,635	120.3%
22-24	4,806	3.3%	3,712	2,565	2,241	87.4%
25-34	20,282	13.7%	16,306	10,488	9,794	93.4%
35-44	20,948	14.2%	17,399	11,215	9,733	86.8%
45-54	21,493	14.5%	17,741	10,543	10,950	103.9%
55-59	7,384	5.0%	6,282	3,424	3,960	115.7%
60-64	4,163	2.8%	3,632	2,042	2,121	103.9%
65 and older	2,217	1.5%	1,895	1,108	1,109	100.1%
Information Not Available	2	0.0%	0	0	2	0.0%

Industry	84,289		69,046	42,744
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	189	0.2%	125	133	56	42.1%
Mining	191	0.2%	77	96	95	99.0%
Utilities	62	0.1%	66	148	-86	-58.1%
Construction	9,867	11.7%	6,508	5,136	4,731	92.1%
Manufacturing	29,971	35.5%	24,618	11,108	18,863	169.8%
Wholesale Trade	3,289	3.9%	2,666	1,645	1,644	99.9%
Retail Trade	5,815	6.9%	5,091	3,424	2,391	69.8%
Transporation and Warehousing	2,862	3.4%	2,401	1,510	1,352	89.5%
Information	846	1.0%	853	466	380	81.5%
Finance and Insurance	2,016	2.4%	1,836	1,449	567	39.1%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	930	1.1%	785	669	261	39.0%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	2,378	2.8%	2,213	1,315	1,063	80.8%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	372	0.4%	248	128	244	190.6%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	7,638	9.0%	5,898	4,168	3,470	83.3%
Educational Services	973	1.2%	916	642	331	51.6%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	3,977	4.7%	3,840	2,772	1,205	43.5%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	921	1.1%	617	586	335	57.2%
Accomodation and Food Services	2,849	3.4%	2,473	1,933	916	47.4%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	1,656	2.0%	1,481	930	726	78.1%
Public Administration	594	0.7%	463	346	248	71.7%
Information Not Available	6,893	8.2%	5,871	4,140	2,753	66.5%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Kansas
	Nov 2008	Percent	Oct 2008	Nov 2007	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	23,439		22,997	14,445
Male	13,856	59.1%	12,647	7,931	5,925	74.7%
Female	9,583	40.9%	9,307	6,514	3,069	47.1%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	1,043	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	23,439		22,997	14,445
Hispanic or Latino	1,484	6.3%	1,386	880	604	68.6%
Not Hispanic or Latino	10,926	46.6%	10,711	7,415	3,511	47.3%
Information Not Available	11,029	47.1%	10,900	6,150	4,879	79.3%

Race	23,439		22,997	14,445
American Indian or Alaskan Native	398	1.7%	345	252	146	57.9%
Asian	372	1.6%	326	174	198	113.8%
Black or African American	3,986	17.0%	3,847	2,341	1,645	70.3%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	53	0.2%	56	21	32	152.4%
White	17,039	72.7%	15,900	10,623	6,416	60.4%
Information Not Available	1,591	6.8%	2,523	1,034	557	53.9%

Years of Age	23,439		22,997	14,445
Younger than 22	791	2.0%	622	420	371	88.3%
22-24	1,379	3.5%	1,192	850	529	62.2%
25-34	5,762	14.7%	5,279	3,462	2,300	66.4%
35-44	5,468	13.9%	5,272	3,639	1,829	50.3%
45-54	6,106	15.6%	5,851	3,757	2,349	62.5%
55-59	1,969	5.0%	1,925	1,217	752	61.8%
60-64	1,258	3.2%	1,183	708	550	77.7%
65 and older	706	1.8%	630	392	314	80.1%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	1,043	0	0	0.0%

Industry	23,439		22,997	14,445
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	295	1.2%	217	118	177	150.0%
Mining	196	0.8%	175	109	87	79.8%
Utilities	22	0.1%	22	21	1	4.8%
Construction	3,107	13.1%	2,697	1,872	1,235	66.0%
Manufacturing	4,461	18.8%	4,432	2,179	2,282	104.7%
Wholesale Trade	1,048	4.4%	920	711	337	47.4%
Retail Trade	1,814	7.6%	1,692	1,157	657	56.8%
Transporation and Warehousing	691	2.9%	700	413	278	67.3%
Information	868	3.7%	886	652	216	33.1%
Finance and Insurance	752	3.2%	713	552	200	36.2%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	360	1.5%	340	283	77	27.2%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	1,140	4.8%	1,006	633	507	80.1%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	180	0.8%	106	44	136	309.1%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	2,670	11.2%	2,450	1,590	1,080	67.9%
Educational Services	402	1.7%	443	317	85	26.8%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	1,716	7.2%	1,655	1,219	497	40.8%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	212	0.9%	198	161	51	31.7%
Accomodation and Food Services	816	3.4%	800	536	280	52.2%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	637	2.7%	629	509	128	25.1%
Public Administration	488	2.1%	450	371	117	31.5%
Information Not Available	1,564	6.6%	2,466	998	566	56.7%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Kentucky
	Nov 2008	Percent	Oct 2008	Nov 2007	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	43,443		39,574	26,153
Male	27,191	62.6%	24,237	15,685	11,506	73.4%
Female	16,252	37.4%	15,337	10,468	5,784	55.3%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	43,443		39,574	26,153
Hispanic or Latino	119	0.3%	58	24	95	395.8%
Not Hispanic or Latino	1,538	3.5%	1,758	26,129	-24,591	-94.1%
Information Not Available	41,786	96.2%	37,758	0	41,786	0.0%

Race	43,443		39,574	26,153
American Indian or Alaskan Native	146	0.3%	225	198	-52	-26.3%
Asian	165	0.4%	207	105	60	57.1%
Black or African American	5,213	12.0%	4,958	3,010	2,203	73.2%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0	0.0%	0	36	-36	-100.0%
White	37,498	86.3%	33,721	22,548	14,950	66.3%
Information Not Available	421	1.0%	463	256	165	64.5%

Years of Age	43,443		39,574	26,153
Younger than 22	1,208	1.5%	1,025	761	447	58.7%
22-24	2,147	2.7%	1,924	1,519	628	41.3%
25-34	10,357	13.2%	9,201	6,364	3,993	62.7%
35-44	11,003	14.0%	10,815	7,409	3,594	48.5%
45-54	11,332	14.4%	10,253	6,247	5,085	81.4%
55-59	3,602	4.6%	3,057	2,026	1,576	77.8%
60-64	2,288	2.9%	1,973	1,227	1,061	86.5%
65 and older	1,501	1.9%	1,322	600	901	150.2%
Information Not Available	5	0.0%	4	0	5	0.0%

Industry	43,443		39,574	26,153
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	114	0.3%	76	113	1	0.9%
Mining	458	1.1%	342	490	-32	-6.5%
Utilities	41	0.1%	18	24	17	70.8%
Construction	4,806	11.0%	4,014	3,553	1,253	35.3%
Manufacturing	13,657	31.4%	13,067	6,883	6,774	98.4%
Wholesale Trade	1,867	4.3%	1,668	1,236	631	51.1%
Retail Trade	2,979	6.8%	3,178	1,884	1,095	58.1%
Transporation and Warehousing	1,945	4.5%	1,780	972	973	100.1%
Information	728	1.7%	782	409	319	78.0%
Finance and Insurance	1,094	2.5%	1,047	863	231	26.8%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	421	1.0%	400	300	121	40.3%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	1,552	3.6%	1,151	713	839	117.7%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	69	0.2%	63	73	-4	-5.5%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	4,073	9.4%	3,421	2,021	2,052	101.5%
Educational Services	989	2.3%	948	547	442	80.8%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	2,389	5.5%	2,544	1,839	550	29.9%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	645	1.5%	418	421	224	53.2%
Accomodation and Food Services	1,721	4.0%	1,479	1,256	465	37.0%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	842	1.9%	674	442	400	90.5%
Public Administration	439	1.0%	346	332	107	32.2%
Information Not Available	2,614	6.0%	2,158	1,782	832	46.7%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Louisiana
	Nov 2008	Percent	Oct 2008	Nov 2007	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	31,202		31,720	17,862
Male	14,937	47.9%	14,559	8,930	6,007	67.3%
Female	16,265	52.1%	17,161	8,932	7,333	82.1%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	31,202		31,720	17,862
Hispanic or Latino	721	2.3%	703	376	345	91.8%
Not Hispanic or Latino	30,385	97.4%	30,949	17,383	13,002	74.8%
Information Not Available	96	0.3%	68	103	-7	-6.8%

Race	31,202		31,720	17,862
American Indian or Alaskan Native	197	0.6%	213	86	111	129.1%
Asian	244	0.8%	282	155	89	57.4%
Black or African American	17,694	56.7%	18,442	9,452	8,242	87.2%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	51	0.2%	60	16	35	218.8%
White	12,980	41.6%	12,692	8,058	4,922	61.1%
Information Not Available	36	0.1%	31	95	-59	-62.1%

Years of Age	31,202		31,720	17,862
Younger than 22	1,100	2.6%	1,183	560	540	96.4%
22-24	2,167	5.1%	2,216	1,223	944	77.2%
25-34	8,359	19.6%	8,759	4,659	3,700	79.4%
35-44	7,414	17.4%	7,564	4,392	3,022	68.8%
45-54	7,385	17.3%	7,486	4,295	3,090	71.9%
55-59	2,404	5.6%	2,278	1,350	1,054	78.1%
60-64	1,459	3.4%	1,407	846	613	72.5%
65 and older	912	2.1%	826	537	375	69.8%
Information Not Available	2	0.0%	1	0	2	0.0%

Industry	31,202		31,720	17,862
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	273	0.9%	187	201	72	35.8%
Mining	301	1.0%	314	262	39	14.9%
Utilities	83	0.3%	76	50	33	66.0%
Construction	3,651	11.6%	3,720	2,747	904	32.9%
Manufacturing	3,225	10.2%	2,687	1,548	1,677	108.3%
Wholesale Trade	701	2.2%	727	396	305	77.0%
Retail Trade	2,577	8.2%	2,553	1,393	1,184	85.0%
Transporation and Warehousing	914	2.9%	949	508	406	79.9%
Information	376	1.2%	376	237	139	58.6%
Finance and Insurance	639	2.0%	628	437	202	46.2%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	432	1.4%	468	252	180	71.4%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	1,501	4.8%	1,440	1,180	321	27.2%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	123	0.4%	112	158	-35	-22.2%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	2,004	6.4%	2,141	1,224	780	63.7%
Educational Services	683	2.2%	721	398	285	71.6%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	2,807	8.9%	2,981	1,548	1,259	81.3%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	527	1.7%	520	344	183	53.2%
Accomodation and Food Services	1,944	6.2%	2,161	945	999	105.7%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	1,242	3.9%	1,291	719	523	72.7%
Public Administration	562	1.8%	501	250	312	124.8%
Information Not Available	6,637	21.1%	7,167	3,065	3,572	116.5%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Massachusetts
	Nov 2008	Percent	Oct 2008	Nov 2007	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	97,939		83,163	70,252
Male	60,839	62.1%	49,567	41,536	19,303	46.5%
Female	37,100	37.9%	33,596	28,716	8,384	29.2%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	97,939		83,163	70,252
Hispanic or Latino	9,456	9.7%	8,453	6,794	2,662	39.2%
Not Hispanic or Latino	86,431	88.2%	72,866	61,820	24,611	39.8%
Information Not Available	2,052	2.1%	1,844	1,638	414	25.3%

Race	97,939		83,163	70,252
American Indian or Alaskan Native	245	0.3%	207	169	76	45.0%
Asian	2,894	3.0%	2,639	1,945	949	48.8%
Black or African American	7,894	8.1%	7,324	6,034	1,860	30.8%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	84	0.1%	69	35	49	140.0%
White	79,025	80.7%	65,862	55,960	23,065	41.2%
Information Not Available	7,797	8.0%	7,062	6,109	1,688	27.6%

Years of Age	97,939		83,163	70,252
Younger than 22	3,054	1.8%	2,541	1,988	1,066	53.6%
22-24	5,445	3.2%	4,526	3,668	1,777	48.4%
25-34	21,357	12.5%	18,159	15,043	6,314	42.0%
35-44	23,780	13.9%	20,366	17,839	5,941	33.3%
45-54	24,817	14.5%	21,165	17,924	6,893	38.5%
55-59	9,031	5.3%	7,802	6,507	2,524	38.8%
60-64	6,291	3.7%	5,292	4,547	1,744	38.4%
65 and older	4,164	2.4%	3,312	2,736	1,428	52.2%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	97,939		83,163	70,252
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	722	0.7%	728	716	6	0.8%
Mining	99	0.1%	69	78	21	26.9%
Utilities	88	0.1%	92	73	15	20.5%
Construction	14,413	14.6%	11,170	9,421	4,992	53.0%
Manufacturing	11,811	12.0%	10,375	8,016	3,795	47.3%
Wholesale Trade	4,908	5.0%	4,509	3,903	1,005	25.7%
Retail Trade	9,262	9.4%	7,975	6,402	2,860	44.7%
Transporation and Warehousing	3,017	3.1%	2,446	1,830	1,187	64.9%
Information	2,519	2.6%	2,369	1,674	845	50.5%
Finance and Insurance	3,678	3.7%	3,601	3,420	258	7.5%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	1,536	1.6%	1,291	1,247	289	23.2%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	6,717	6.8%	5,956	4,741	1,976	41.7%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	292	0.3%	268	189	103	54.5%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	10,443	10.6%	8,684	6,906	3,537	51.2%
Educational Services	1,540	1.6%	1,476	1,204	336	27.9%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	6,757	6.8%	6,544	5,383	1,374	25.5%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	2,318	2.3%	1,186	1,396	922	66.0%
Accomodation and Food Services	6,333	6.4%	4,471	4,660	1,673	35.9%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	3,492	3.5%	3,292	2,693	799	29.7%
Public Administration	2,302	2.3%	2,138	1,863	439	23.6%
Information Not Available	5,692	5.8%	4,523	4,437	1,255	28.3%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Maryland
	Nov 2008	Percent	Oct 2008	Nov 2007	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	57,414		48,528	33,316
Male	33,025	57.5%	26,692	17,576	15,449	87.9%
Female	24,389	42.5%	21,836	15,740	8,649	54.9%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	57,414		48,528	33,316
Hispanic or Latino	2,721	4.7%	2,082	1,470	1,251	85.1%
Not Hispanic or Latino	53,682	93.5%	45,496	31,272	22,410	71.7%
Information Not Available	1,011	1.8%	950	574	437	76.1%

Race	57,414		48,528	33,316
American Indian or Alaskan Native	140	0.2%	112	79	61	77.2%
Asian	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
Black or African American	23,681	41.2%	21,120	14,476	9,205	63.6%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	95	0.2%	79	64	31	48.4%
White	29,766	51.8%	24,185	16,172	13,594	84.1%
Information Not Available	3,732	6.5%	3,032	2,525	1,207	47.8%

Years of Age	57,414		48,528	33,316
Younger than 22	2,122	2.5%	1,704	1,153	969	84.0%
22-24	3,546	4.2%	3,008	1,959	1,587	81.0%
25-34	13,377	15.9%	11,375	7,585	5,792	76.4%
35-44	13,509	16.1%	11,561	8,286	5,223	63.0%
45-54	14,306	17.0%	12,152	8,287	6,019	72.6%
55-59	4,833	5.8%	4,106	2,707	2,126	78.5%
60-64	3,226	3.8%	2,697	1,776	1,450	81.6%
65 and older	2,495	3.0%	1,925	1,560	935	59.9%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	3	-3	-100.0%

Industry	57,414		48,528	33,316
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	127	0.2%	100	74	53	71.6%
Mining	41	0.1%	41	32	9	28.1%
Utilities	48	0.1%	45	35	13	37.1%
Construction	9,175	15.9%	7,184	4,652	4,523	97.2%
Manufacturing	772	1.3%	626	657	115	17.5%
Wholesale Trade	2,442	4.2%	2,020	1,416	1,026	72.5%
Retail Trade	2,051	3.6%	1,969	1,195	856	71.6%
Transporation and Warehousing	1,315	2.3%	1,118	792	523	66.0%
Information	1,065	1.9%	1,060	644	421	65.4%
Finance and Insurance	2,533	4.4%	2,385	1,997	536	26.8%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	1,487	2.6%	1,234	867	620	71.5%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	3,984	6.9%	3,723	2,541	1,443	56.8%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	210	0.4%	157	19	191	1005.3%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	7,079	12.3%	6,054	4,266	2,813	65.9%
Educational Services	1,354	2.4%	1,285	791	563	71.2%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	3,537	6.1%	3,354	2,477	1,060	42.8%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	961	1.7%	562	667	294	44.1%
Accomodation and Food Services	4,079	7.1%	3,063	2,580	1,499	58.1%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	1,759	3.1%	1,579	921	838	91.0%
Public Administration	988	1.7%	739	682	306	44.9%
Information Not Available	12,407	21.6%	10,230	6,011	6,396	106.4%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Maine
	Nov 2008	Percent	Oct 2008	Nov 2007	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	11,955		8,501	7,420
Male	7,272	60.8%	4,904	4,028	3,244	80.5%
Female	4,683	39.2%	3,597	3,392	1,291	38.1%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	11,955		8,501	7,420
Hispanic or Latino	100	0.8%	65	73	27	37.0%
Not Hispanic or Latino	8,830	73.9%	6,531	6,238	2,592	41.6%
Information Not Available	3,025	25.3%	1,905	1,109	1,916	172.8%

Race	11,955		8,501	7,420
American Indian or Alaskan Native	114	1.0%	83	66	48	72.7%
Asian	49	0.4%	41	32	17	53.1%
Black or African American	118	1.0%	72	76	42	55.3%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
White	9,343	78.2%	6,879	6,421	2,922	45.5%
Information Not Available	2,331	19.5%	1,426	825	1,506	182.5%

Years of Age	11,955		8,501	7,420
Younger than 22	542	2.6%	315	346	196	56.6%
22-24	836	4.1%	529	497	339	68.2%
25-34	2,663	12.9%	1,765	1,620	1,043	64.4%
35-44	2,682	13.0%	1,878	1,740	942	54.1%
45-54	3,031	14.7%	2,353	1,915	1,116	58.3%
55-59	1,095	5.3%	886	671	424	63.2%
60-64	730	3.5%	526	405	325	80.2%
65 and older	376	1.8%	249	226	150	66.4%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	11,955		8,501	7,420
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	154	1.3%	75	113	41	36.3%
Mining	4	0.0%	3	4	0	0.0%
Utilities	28	0.2%	82	12	16	133.3%
Construction	1,571	13.0%	855	699	872	124.7%
Manufacturing	1,450	12.0%	1,173	761	689	90.5%
Wholesale Trade	366	3.0%	271	214	152	71.0%
Retail Trade	1,027	8.5%	828	702	325	46.3%
Transporation and Warehousing	196	1.6%	151	122	74	60.7%
Information	125	1.0%	109	77	48	62.3%
Finance and Insurance	145	1.2%	160	129	16	12.4%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	93	0.8%	69	88	5	5.7%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	303	2.5%	283	156	147	94.2%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	4	0.0%	8	8	-4	-50.0%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	789	6.5%	486	489	300	61.3%
Educational Services	171	1.4%	152	138	33	23.9%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	626	5.2%	614	546	80	14.7%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	279	2.3%	133	145	134	92.4%
Accomodation and Food Services	1,169	9.7%	490	871	298	34.2%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	202	1.7%	175	168	34	20.2%
Public Administration	157	1.3%	116	105	52	49.5%
Information Not Available	3,096	25.6%	2,268	1,873	1,223	65.3%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Michigan
	Nov 2008	Percent	Oct 2008	Nov 2007	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	166,214		143,648	120,795
Male	101,602	61.1%	85,390	71,861	29,741	41.4%
Female	64,565	38.8%	58,225	48,928	15,637	32.0%
Information Not Available	47	0.0%	33	6	41	683.3%

Ethnicity	166,214		143,648	120,795
Hispanic or Latino	5,305	3.2%	4,144	4,041	1,264	31.3%
Not Hispanic or Latino	123,611	74.4%	107,602	87,327	36,284	41.5%
Information Not Available	37,298	22.4%	31,902	29,427	7,871	26.7%

Race	166,214		143,648	120,795
American Indian or Alaskan Native	1,495	0.9%	1,110	1,492	3	0.2%
Asian	1,640	1.0%	1,409	791	849	107.3%
Black or African American	20,375	12.3%	20,701	16,694	3,681	22.0%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	115	0.1%	104	66	49	74.2%
White	98,754	59.4%	83,414	68,236	30,518	44.7%
Information Not Available	43,835	26.4%	36,910	33,516	10,319	30.8%

Years of Age	166,214		143,648	120,795
Younger than 22	5,573	2.2%	4,344	3,818	1,755	46.0%
22-24	10,136	3.9%	8,315	7,020	3,116	44.4%
25-34	39,879	15.5%	33,951	28,578	11,301	39.5%
35-44	41,797	16.3%	36,856	30,776	11,021	35.8%
45-54	42,709	16.6%	38,094	31,157	11,552	37.1%
55-59	13,995	5.4%	12,243	10,393	3,602	34.7%
60-64	7,943	3.1%	6,758	5,663	2,280	40.3%
65 and older	4,094	1.6%	3,034	3,389	705	20.8%
Information Not Available	88	0.0%	53	1	87	8700.0%

Industry	166,214		143,648	120,795
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	1,144	0.7%	636	1,035	109	10.5%
Mining	276	0.2%	85	330	-54	-16.4%
Utilities	59	0.0%	46	73	-14	-19.2%
Construction	16,411	9.8%	11,482	14,097	2,314	16.4%
Manufacturing	36,372	21.7%	38,069	26,273	10,099	38.4%
Wholesale Trade	5,867	3.5%	4,957	3,880	1,987	51.2%
Retail Trade	11,052	6.6%	9,478	10,320	732	7.1%
Transporation and Warehousing	5,206	3.1%	4,430	3,573	1,633	45.7%
Information	1,608	1.0%	1,427	1,033	575	55.7%
Finance and Insurance	4,318	2.6%	4,001	3,486	832	23.9%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	1,949	1.2%	1,924	1,583	366	23.1%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	7,982	4.8%	7,478	5,072	2,910	57.4%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	854	0.5%	793	721	133	18.4%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	19,625	11.7%	15,622	13,624	6,001	44.0%
Educational Services	3,079	1.8%	2,938	2,998	81	2.7%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	9,027	5.4%	8,276	7,705	1,322	17.2%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	4,281	2.6%	1,812	3,441	840	24.4%
Accomodation and Food Services	7,437	4.4%	5,411	6,190	1,247	20.1%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	2,914	1.7%	2,431	2,500	414	16.6%
Public Administration	1,990	1.2%	1,328	1,853	137	7.4%
Information Not Available	24,763	14.8%	21,024	11,008	13,755	125.0%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Minnesota
	Nov 2008	Percent	Oct 2008	Nov 2007	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	61,318		43,615	38,446
Male	41,066	67.0%	26,126	24,851	16,215	65.2%
Female	20,244	33.0%	17,482	13,593	6,651	48.9%
Information Not Available	8	0.0%	7	2	6	300.0%

Ethnicity	61,318		43,615	38,446
Hispanic or Latino	1,799	2.9%	1,247	1,236	563	45.6%
Not Hispanic or Latino	53,149	86.7%	37,677	34,043	19,106	56.1%
Information Not Available	6,370	10.4%	4,691	3,167	3,203	101.1%

Race	61,318		43,615	38,446
American Indian or Alaskan Native	804	1.3%	609	538	266	49.4%
Asian	1,344	2.2%	1,124	721	623	86.4%
Black or African American	3,776	6.2%	3,383	2,712	1,064	39.2%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	110	0.2%	79	164	-54	-32.9%
White	51,265	83.6%	35,332	32,282	18,983	58.8%
Information Not Available	4,019	6.6%	3,088	2,029	1,990	98.1%

Years of Age	61,318		43,615	38,446
Younger than 22	1,750	1.6%	1,023	1,179	571	48.4%
22-24	3,851	3.5%	2,537	2,460	1,391	56.5%
25-34	15,345	14.0%	10,807	9,343	6,002	64.2%
35-44	13,918	12.7%	9,996	8,934	4,984	55.8%
45-54	16,000	14.6%	11,516	9,863	6,137	62.2%
55-59	5,678	5.2%	4,224	3,508	2,170	61.9%
60-64	3,167	2.9%	2,356	1,997	1,170	58.6%
65 and older	1,554	1.4%	1,115	985	569	57.8%
Information Not Available	55	0.1%	41	177	-122	-68.9%

Industry	61,318		43,615	38,446
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	512	0.8%	242	442	70	15.8%
Mining	218	0.4%	69	192	26	13.5%
Utilities	183	0.3%	87	153	30	19.6%
Construction	13,805	22.3%	7,444	8,443	5,362	63.5%
Manufacturing	9,481	15.3%	6,311	5,017	4,464	89.0%
Wholesale Trade	3,097	5.0%	2,467	1,781	1,316	73.9%
Retail Trade	4,988	8.1%	3,949	3,180	1,808	56.9%
Transporation and Warehousing	1,612	2.6%	1,325	910	702	77.1%
Information	1,088	1.8%	1,014	702	386	55.0%
Finance and Insurance	1,937	3.1%	1,868	1,552	385	24.8%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	931	1.5%	792	636	295	46.4%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	3,260	5.3%	2,629	1,904	1,356	71.2%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	843	1.4%	751	581	262	45.1%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	5,115	8.3%	3,534	3,378	1,737	51.4%
Educational Services	1,351	2.2%	1,246	877	474	54.0%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	3,320	5.4%	3,045	2,386	934	39.1%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	1,176	1.9%	648	786	390	49.6%
Accomodation and Food Services	2,785	4.5%	2,011	1,896	889	46.9%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	1,475	2.4%	1,209	921	554	60.2%
Public Administration	1,215	2.0%	841	852	363	42.6%
Information Not Available	2,926	4.7%	2,133	1,857	1,069	57.6%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Missouri
	Nov 2008	Percent	Oct 2008	Nov 2007	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	65,759		53,738	39,163
Male	38,635	58.8%	29,214	21,124	17,511	82.9%
Female	27,120	41.2%	24,520	18,028	9,092	50.4%
Information Not Available	4	0.0%	4	11	-7	-63.6%

Ethnicity	65,759		53,738	39,163
Hispanic or Latino	960	1.5%	696	452	508	112.4%
Not Hispanic or Latino	28,397	43.2%	21,884	13,579	14,818	109.1%
Information Not Available	36,402	55.4%	31,158	25,132	11,270	44.8%

Race	65,759		53,738	39,163
American Indian or Alaskan Native	417	0.6%	371	336	81	24.1%
Asian	513	0.8%	400	272	241	88.6%
Black or African American	11,107	16.9%	9,514	9,400	1,707	18.2%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	499	0.8%	393	354	145	41.0%
White	42,484	64.6%	32,641	27,104	15,380	56.7%
Information Not Available	10,739	16.3%	10,419	1,697	9,042	532.8%

Years of Age	65,759		53,738	39,163
Younger than 22	2,119	2.0%	1,565	1,253	866	69.1%
22-24	3,640	3.5%	2,948	2,234	1,406	62.9%
25-34	15,465	14.7%	12,812	9,086	6,379	70.2%
35-44	16,095	15.3%	13,278	9,749	6,346	65.1%
45-54	17,589	16.8%	14,241	10,376	7,213	69.5%
55-59	5,597	5.3%	4,597	3,213	2,384	74.2%
60-64	3,294	3.1%	2,672	1,952	1,342	68.8%
65 and older	1,923	1.8%	1,597	1,295	628	48.5%
Information Not Available	37	0.0%	28	5	32	640.0%

Industry	65,759		53,738	39,163
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	288	0.4%	171	311	-23	-7.4%
Mining	175	0.3%	114	87	88	101.1%
Utilities	86	0.1%	84	41	45	109.8%
Construction	9,550	14.5%	7,016	5,489	4,061	74.0%
Manufacturing	13,811	20.9%	10,613	7,174	6,637	92.5%
Wholesale Trade	2,830	4.3%	2,290	1,496	1,334	89.2%
Retail Trade	6,147	9.3%	5,284	3,739	2,408	64.4%
Transporation and Warehousing	2,463	3.7%	1,899	1,325	1,138	85.9%
Information	1,570	2.4%	1,317	757	813	107.4%
Finance and Insurance	2,511	3.8%	2,449	1,681	830	49.4%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	1,132	1.7%	1,111	724	408	56.4%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	2,411	3.7%	2,183	1,357	1,054	77.7%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	257	0.4%	244	82	175	213.4%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	7,237	11.0%	5,702	4,249	2,988	70.3%
Educational Services	1,239	1.9%	1,227	890	349	39.2%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	4,483	6.8%	4,311	3,263	1,220	37.4%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	1,090	1.7%	711	740	350	47.3%
Accomodation and Food Services	4,052	6.1%	3,377	2,774	1,278	46.1%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	1,809	2.7%	1,595	1,171	638	54.5%
Public Administration	636	1.0%	537	522	114	21.8%
Information Not Available	1,982	3.0%	1,503	1,291	691	53.5%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Mississippi
	Nov 2008	Percent	Oct 2008	Nov 2007	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	28,382		25,164	17,270
Male	15,144	53.4%	12,519	8,353	6,791	81.3%
Female	13,238	46.6%	12,641	8,917	4,321	48.5%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	4	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	28,382		25,164	17,270
Hispanic or Latino	349	1.2%	293	266	83	31.2%
Not Hispanic or Latino	27,079	95.4%	24,066	16,354	10,725	65.6%
Information Not Available	954	3.4%	805	650	304	46.8%

Race	28,382		25,164	17,270
American Indian or Alaskan Native	69	0.2%	50	40	29	72.5%
Asian	168	0.6%	135	102	66	64.7%
Black or African American	15,865	55.9%	14,793	10,134	5,731	56.6%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	8	0.0%	7	2	6	300.0%
White	11,568	40.8%	9,607	6,485	5,083	78.4%
Information Not Available	704	2.5%	572	507	197	38.9%

Years of Age	28,382		25,164	17,270
Younger than 22	1,084	2.8%	915	699	385	55.1%
22-24	2,099	5.4%	1,850	1,151	948	82.4%
25-34	7,497	19.4%	6,724	4,506	2,991	66.4%
35-44	6,918	17.9%	6,070	4,213	2,705	64.2%
45-54	6,595	17.0%	5,887	4,142	2,453	59.2%
55-59	2,076	5.4%	1,850	1,235	841	68.1%
60-64	1,243	3.2%	1,099	755	488	64.6%
65 and older	870	2.2%	769	569	301	52.9%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	28,382		25,164	17,270
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	641	2.2%	262	487	154	31.6%
Mining	86	0.3%	79	78	8	10.3%
Utilities	36	0.1%	32	15	21	140.0%
Construction	1,983	6.8%	1,630	1,346	637	47.3%
Manufacturing	8,134	28.0%	7,254	4,581	3,553	77.6%
Wholesale Trade	778	2.7%	657	536	242	45.1%
Retail Trade	2,810	9.7%	2,650	1,809	1,001	55.3%
Transporation and Warehousing	936	3.2%	837	595	341	57.3%
Information	199	0.7%	193	147	52	35.4%
Finance and Insurance	415	1.4%	396	280	135	48.2%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	338	1.2%	309	144	194	134.7%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	596	2.1%	537	522	74	14.2%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	36	0.1%	28	31	5	16.1%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	2,589	8.9%	2,415	1,544	1,045	67.7%
Educational Services	516	1.8%	529	342	174	50.9%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	2,008	6.9%	1,939	1,344	664	49.4%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	335	1.2%	243	138	197	142.8%
Accomodation and Food Services	2,360	8.1%	2,009	1,279	1,081	84.5%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	386	1.3%	348	298	88	29.5%
Public Administration	405	1.4%	445	320	85	26.6%
Information Not Available	2,795	9.6%	2,372	1,434	1,361	94.9%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Montana
	Nov 2008	Percent	Oct 2008	Nov 2007	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	7,242		4,978	3,942
Male	4,802	66.3%	3,102	2,396	2,406	100.4%
Female	2,418	33.4%	1,859	1,531	887	57.9%
Information Not Available	22	0.3%	17	15	7	46.7%

Ethnicity	7,242		4,978	3,942
Hispanic or Latino	185	2.6%	148	102	83	81.4%
Not Hispanic or Latino	6,623	91.5%	4,538	3,620	3,003	83.0%
Information Not Available	434	6.0%	292	220	214	97.3%

Race	7,242		4,978	3,942
American Indian or Alaskan Native	565	7.8%	439	401	164	40.9%
Asian	36	0.5%	21	18	18	100.0%
Black or African American	32	0.4%	22	25	7	28.0%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	17	0.2%	14	8	9	112.5%
White	6,511	89.9%	4,422	3,458	3,053	88.3%
Information Not Available	81	1.1%	60	32	49	153.1%

Years of Age	7,242		4,978	3,942
Younger than 22	289	2.2%	176	100	189	189.0%
22-24	537	4.0%	330	243	294	121.0%
25-34	1,914	14.3%	1,216	917	997	108.7%
35-44	1,511	11.3%	1,076	853	658	77.1%
45-54	1,740	13.0%	1,282	1,054	686	65.1%
55-59	657	4.9%	471	412	245	59.5%
60-64	373	2.8%	269	216	157	72.7%
65 and older	221	1.7%	158	147	74	50.3%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	7,242		4,978	3,942
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	105	1.4%	56	61	44	72.1%
Mining	118	1.6%	86	81	37	45.7%
Utilities	11	0.1%	12	24	-13	-54.2%
Construction	1,629	22.2%	970	833	796	95.6%
Manufacturing	794	10.8%	529	260	534	205.4%
Wholesale Trade	204	2.8%	148	84	120	142.9%
Retail Trade	700	9.5%	527	344	356	103.5%
Transporation and Warehousing	201	2.7%	164	89	112	125.8%
Information	97	1.3%	82	64	33	51.6%
Finance and Insurance	157	2.1%	146	88	69	78.4%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	119	1.6%	82	47	72	153.2%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	231	3.1%	163	104	127	122.1%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	1	0.0%	0	4	-3	-75.0%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	574	7.8%	388	356	218	61.2%
Educational Services	178	2.4%	160	122	56	45.9%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	283	3.9%	274	251	32	12.7%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	264	3.6%	157	163	101	62.0%
Accomodation and Food Services	934	12.7%	599	494	440	89.1%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	198	2.7%	145	104	94	90.4%
Public Administration	180	2.4%	154	151	29	19.2%
Information Not Available	264	3.6%	136	218	46	21.1%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants North Carolina
	Nov 2008	Percent	Oct 2008	Nov 2007	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	126,759		112,041	70,698
Male	72,317	57.1%	61,547	37,151	35,166	94.7%
Female	54,440	42.9%	50,492	33,544	20,896	62.3%
Information Not Available	2	0.0%	2	3	-1	-33.3%

Ethnicity	126,759		112,041	70,698
Hispanic or Latino	5,526	4.4%	5,503	2,365	3,161	133.7%
Not Hispanic or Latino	118,386	93.4%	103,980	67,135	51,251	76.3%
Information Not Available	2,847	2.2%	2,558	1,198	1,649	137.6%

Race	126,759		112,041	70,698
American Indian or Alaskan Native	1,634	1.3%	1,392	1,009	625	61.9%
Asian	1,259	1.0%	1,048	605	654	108.1%
Black or African American	43,144	34.0%	40,057	26,538	16,606	62.6%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	149	0.1%	131	58	91	156.9%
White	73,288	57.8%	63,140	38,917	34,371	88.3%
Information Not Available	7,285	5.7%	6,273	3,571	3,714	104.0%

Years of Age	126,759		112,041	70,698
Younger than 22	4,503	2.3%	3,728	2,259	2,244	99.3%
22-24	7,495	3.9%	6,478	4,180	3,315	79.3%
25-34	30,347	15.7%	26,727	17,090	13,257	77.6%
35-44	32,823	17.0%	29,257	18,762	14,061	74.9%
45-54	30,363	15.7%	27,081	16,879	13,484	79.9%
55-59	10,580	5.5%	9,490	5,820	4,760	81.8%
60-64	6,916	3.6%	6,117	3,677	3,239	88.1%
65 and older	3,732	1.9%	3,163	2,031	1,701	83.8%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	126,759		112,041	70,698
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	485	0.4%	440	299	186	62.2%
Mining	141	0.1%	84	38	103	271.1%
Utilities	82	0.1%	71	74	8	10.8%
Construction	15,719	12.4%	12,520	6,636	9,083	136.9%
Manufacturing	26,936	21.2%	24,556	15,169	11,767	77.6%
Wholesale Trade	5,027	4.0%	4,457	2,744	2,283	83.2%
Retail Trade	10,986	8.6%	9,502	5,478	5,508	100.5%
Transporation and Warehousing	3,445	2.7%	2,874	1,578	1,867	118.3%
Information	1,441	1.1%	1,336	911	530	58.2%
Finance and Insurance	2,944	2.3%	2,818	2,182	762	34.9%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	1,791	1.4%	1,435	977	814	83.3%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	5,209	4.1%	4,657	2,567	2,642	102.9%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	395	0.3%	350	161	234	145.3%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	13,978	11.0%	11,759	7,420	6,558	88.4%
Educational Services	1,677	1.3%	1,744	1,064	613	57.6%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	8,499	6.7%	8,241	5,117	3,382	66.1%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	1,145	0.9%	775	701	444	63.3%
Accomodation and Food Services	6,115	4.8%	5,124	3,166	2,949	93.1%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	2,092	1.6%	1,897	1,177	915	77.7%
Public Administration	900	0.7%	865	647	253	39.1%
Information Not Available	17,752	14.0%	16,536	12,592	5,160	41.0%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants North Dakota
	Nov 2008	Percent	Oct 2008	Nov 2007	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	3,003		1,709	2,061
Male	2,007	66.8%	904	1,393	614	44.1%
Female	993	33.1%	804	665	328	49.3%
Information Not Available	3	0.1%	1	3	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	3,003		1,709	2,061
Hispanic or Latino	88	2.9%	38	58	30	51.7%
Not Hispanic or Latino	2,825	94.1%	1,636	1,950	875	44.9%
Information Not Available	90	3.0%	35	53	37	69.8%

Race	3,003		1,709	2,061
American Indian or Alaskan Native	268	8.9%	212	213	55	25.8%
Asian	10	0.3%	8	6	4	66.7%
Black or African American	50	1.7%	33	21	29	138.1%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	3	0.1%	1	8	-5	-62.5%
White	2,494	83.1%	1,382	1,702	792	46.5%
Information Not Available	178	5.9%	73	111	67	60.4%

Years of Age	3,003		1,709	2,061
Younger than 22	76	1.4%	37	65	11	16.9%
22-24	159	3.0%	73	104	55	52.9%
25-34	641	12.0%	359	455	186	40.9%
35-44	646	12.1%	371	439	207	47.2%
45-54	861	16.1%	512	523	338	64.6%
55-59	304	5.7%	188	205	99	48.3%
60-64	164	3.1%	90	150	14	9.3%
65 and older	143	2.7%	78	113	30	26.5%
Information Not Available	9	0.2%	1	7	2	28.6%

Industry	3,003		1,709	2,061
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	79	2.6%	12	62	17	27.4%
Mining	61	2.0%	13	77	-16	-20.8%
Utilities	2	0.1%	3	4	-2	-50.0%
Construction	681	22.1%	236	455	226	49.7%
Manufacturing	468	15.2%	282	230	238	103.5%
Wholesale Trade	126	4.1%	79	89	37	41.6%
Retail Trade	199	6.5%	151	153	46	30.1%
Transporation and Warehousing	79	2.6%	47	50	29	58.0%
Information	44	1.4%	39	52	-8	-15.4%
Finance and Insurance	48	1.6%	36	29	19	65.5%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	29	0.9%	22	16	13	81.3%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	93	3.0%	62	69	24	34.8%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	16	0.5%	19	13	3	23.1%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	159	5.2%	74	96	63	65.6%
Educational Services	5	0.2%	6	2	3	150.0%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	163	5.3%	145	115	48	41.7%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	35	1.1%	9	35	0	0.0%
Accomodation and Food Services	102	3.3%	78	86	16	18.6%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	55	1.8%	44	45	10	22.2%
Public Administration	224	7.3%	205	164	60	36.6%
Information Not Available	335	10.9%	147	219	116	53.0%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Nebraska
	Nov 2008	Percent	Oct 2008	Nov 2007	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	13,603		11,935	7,119
Male	7,115	52.3%	5,894	3,448	3,667	106.4%
Female	5,904	43.4%	5,573	3,380	2,524	74.7%
Information Not Available	584	4.3%	468	291	293	100.7%

Ethnicity	13,603		11,935	7,119
Hispanic or Latino	543	4.0%	426	251	292	116.3%
Not Hispanic or Latino	10,660	78.4%	9,373	5,121	5,539	108.2%
Information Not Available	2,400	17.6%	2,136	1,747	653	37.4%

Race	13,603		11,935	7,119
American Indian or Alaskan Native	128	0.9%	119	61	67	109.8%
Asian	121	0.9%	107	54	67	124.1%
Black or African American	902	6.6%	866	468	434	92.7%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	16	0.1%	16	11	5	45.5%
White	6,142	45.2%	5,350	3,008	3,134	104.2%
Information Not Available	6,294	46.3%	5,477	3,517	2,777	79.0%

Years of Age	13,603		11,935	7,119
Younger than 22	428	2.2%	327	241	187	77.6%
22-24	789	4.1%	681	431	358	83.1%
25-34	3,185	16.7%	2,801	1,635	1,550	94.8%
35-44	3,280	17.2%	2,874	1,652	1,628	98.5%
45-54	3,554	18.7%	3,151	1,834	1,720	93.8%
55-59	1,140	6.0%	1,024	633	507	80.1%
60-64	708	3.7%	645	406	302	74.4%
65 and older	519	2.7%	432	287	232	80.8%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	13,603		11,935	7,119
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	99	0.7%	79	58	41	70.7%
Mining	33	0.2%	15	18	15	83.3%
Utilities	28	0.2%	19	17	11	64.7%
Construction	1,586	11.6%	1,053	641	945	147.4%
Manufacturing	2,592	18.9%	2,353	1,137	1,455	128.0%
Wholesale Trade	477	3.5%	397	258	219	84.9%
Retail Trade	1,381	10.1%	1,290	743	638	85.9%
Transporation and Warehousing	391	2.9%	391	204	187	91.7%
Information	297	2.2%	286	170	127	74.7%
Finance and Insurance	591	4.3%	579	345	246	71.3%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	159	1.2%	150	101	58	57.4%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	571	4.2%	548	360	211	58.6%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	49	0.4%	36	36	13	36.1%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	1,472	10.7%	1,200	758	714	94.2%
Educational Services	223	1.6%	225	144	79	54.9%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	1,122	8.2%	1,092	681	441	64.8%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	168	1.2%	136	103	65	63.1%
Accomodation and Food Services	776	5.7%	757	459	317	69.1%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	267	1.9%	256	136	131	96.3%
Public Administration	374	2.7%	291	244	130	53.3%
Information Not Available	947	6.9%	782	506	441	87.2%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants New Hampshire
	Nov 2008	Percent	Oct 2008	Nov 2007	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	10,511		8,227	5,412
Male	6,167	58.7%	4,628	3,018	3,149	104.3%
Female	4,344	41.3%	3,599	2,394	1,950	81.5%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	10,511		8,227	5,412
Hispanic or Latino	353	3.4%	290	161	192	119.3%
Not Hispanic or Latino	7,645	72.7%	6,037	3,997	3,648	91.3%
Information Not Available	2,513	23.9%	1,900	1,254	1,259	100.4%

Race	10,511		8,227	5,412
American Indian or Alaskan Native	45	0.4%	46	21	24	114.3%
Asian	166	1.6%	114	55	111	201.8%
Black or African American	196	1.9%	153	89	107	120.2%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	10	0.1%	9	11	-1	-9.1%
White	9,516	90.5%	7,444	4,957	4,559	92.0%
Information Not Available	578	5.5%	461	279	299	107.2%

Years of Age	10,511		8,227	5,412
Younger than 22	311	1.6%	174	112	199	177.7%
22-24	560	2.9%	425	270	290	107.4%
25-34	2,091	10.8%	1,505	1,020	1,071	105.0%
35-44	2,313	12.0%	1,889	1,304	1,009	77.4%
45-54	2,908	15.1%	2,357	1,530	1,378	90.1%
55-59	1,162	6.0%	960	633	529	83.6%
60-64	748	3.9%	585	369	379	102.7%
65 and older	418	2.2%	332	174	244	140.2%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	10,511		8,227	5,412
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	35	0.3%	30	16	19	118.8%
Mining	18	0.2%	12	7	11	157.1%
Utilities	9	0.1%	9	2	7	350.0%
Construction	1,074	10.2%	667	540	534	98.9%
Manufacturing	1,705	16.2%	1,375	757	948	125.2%
Wholesale Trade	557	5.3%	462	328	229	69.8%
Retail Trade	1,312	12.4%	1,092	631	681	107.9%
Transporation and Warehousing	246	2.3%	183	115	131	113.9%
Information	164	1.6%	143	91	73	80.2%
Finance and Insurance	350	3.3%	314	275	75	27.3%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	162	1.5%	122	95	67	70.5%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	464	4.4%	416	262	202	77.1%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	25	0.2%	21	9	16	177.8%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	1,109	10.5%	894	527	582	110.4%
Educational Services	227	2.2%	218	109	118	108.3%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	533	5.1%	483	345	188	54.5%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	216	2.0%	115	122	94	77.0%
Accomodation and Food Services	694	6.6%	431	343	351	102.3%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	326	3.1%	248	145	181	124.8%
Public Administration	177	1.7%	124	106	71	67.0%
Information Not Available	1,108	10.5%	868	587	521	88.8%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants New Jersey
	Nov 2008	Percent	Oct 2008	Nov 2007	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	146,229		125,811	98,990
Male	82,571	56.5%	68,756	53,924	28,647	53.1%
Female	63,658	43.5%	57,055	45,066	18,592	41.3%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	146,229		125,811	98,990
Hispanic or Latino	28,244	19.3%	23,636	18,419	9,825	53.3%
Not Hispanic or Latino	106,252	72.7%	91,989	72,340	33,912	46.9%
Information Not Available	11,733	8.0%	10,186	8,231	3,502	42.5%

Race	146,229		125,811	98,990
American Indian or Alaskan Native	506	0.3%	427	381	125	32.8%
Asian	4,864	3.3%	4,239	2,535	2,329	91.9%
Black or African American	29,445	20.1%	27,325	21,774	7,671	35.2%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	910	0.6%	803	623	287	46.1%
White	88,337	60.4%	74,196	58,723	29,614	50.4%
Information Not Available	22,165	15.2%	18,821	14,954	7,211	48.2%

Years of Age	146,229		125,811	98,990
Younger than 22	23,359	10.1%	19,808	13,179	10,180	77.2%
22-24	11,086	4.8%	9,675	7,613	3,473	45.6%
25-34	32,189	14.0%	27,928	22,496	9,693	43.1%
35-44	35,620	15.5%	30,872	24,672	10,948	44.4%
45-54	27,983	12.2%	24,045	19,013	8,970	47.2%
55-59	8,661	3.8%	7,508	6,180	2,481	40.1%
60-64	4,289	1.9%	3,520	3,209	1,080	33.7%
65 and older	3,042	1.3%	2,455	2,628	414	15.8%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	146,229		125,811	98,990
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	516	0.4%	205	467	49	10.5%
Mining	81	0.1%	67	52	29	55.8%
Utilities	140	0.1%	132	104	36	34.6%
Construction	14,591	9.9%	11,602	10,206	4,385	43.0%
Manufacturing	13,300	9.1%	11,754	8,491	4,809	56.6%
Wholesale Trade	8,367	5.7%	7,349	5,843	2,524	43.2%
Retail Trade	16,745	11.4%	14,715	11,331	5,414	47.8%
Transporation and Warehousing	6,689	4.6%	5,887	4,263	2,426	56.9%
Information	3,082	2.1%	2,891	1,994	1,088	54.6%
Finance and Insurance	7,101	4.8%	6,625	5,157	1,944	37.7%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	2,544	1.7%	2,165	1,950	594	30.5%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	8,602	5.9%	7,903	5,583	3,019	54.1%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	469	0.3%	390	386	83	21.5%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	15,546	10.6%	13,093	10,824	4,722	43.6%
Educational Services	3,972	2.7%	3,798	2,894	1,078	37.2%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	10,810	7.4%	10,281	8,504	2,306	27.1%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	2,455	1.7%	1,472	2,079	376	18.1%
Accomodation and Food Services	10,413	7.1%	7,916	7,680	2,733	35.6%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	3,421	2.3%	3,066	2,437	984	40.4%
Public Administration	1,589	1.1%	1,425	1,217	372	30.6%
Information Not Available	15,796	10.8%	13,075	7,528	8,268	109.8%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants New Mexico
	Nov 2008	Percent	Oct 2008	Nov 2007	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	14,810		12,734	10,122
Male	8,735	59.0%	7,179	5,559	3,176	57.1%
Female	6,075	41.0%	5,555	4,563	1,512	33.1%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	14,810		12,734	10,122
Hispanic or Latino	7,744	52.3%	6,469	5,497	2,247	40.9%
Not Hispanic or Latino	6,193	41.8%	5,511	4,132	2,061	49.9%
Information Not Available	873	5.9%	754	493	380	77.1%

Race	14,810		12,734	10,122
American Indian or Alaskan Native	1,332	9.0%	1,205	965	367	38.0%
Asian	162	1.1%	151	119	43	36.1%
Black or African American	443	3.0%	392	327	116	35.5%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	24	0.2%	34	27	-3	-11.1%
White	7,293	49.2%	6,333	5,042	2,251	44.6%
Information Not Available	5,556	37.5%	4,619	3,642	1,914	52.6%

Years of Age	14,810		12,734	10,122
Younger than 22	710	3.3%	662	344	366	106.4%
22-24	459	2.1%	496	607	-148	-24.4%
25-34	3,110	14.6%	2,852	2,207	903	40.9%
35-44	3,554	16.6%	2,852	2,473	1,081	43.7%
45-54	3,406	15.9%	3,081	2,308	1,098	47.6%
55-59	1,481	6.9%	1,273	766	715	93.3%
60-64	740	3.5%	611	405	335	82.7%
65 and older	1,036	4.8%	853	263	773	293.9%
Information Not Available	314	1.5%	54	749	-435	-58.1%

Industry	14,810		12,734	10,122
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	462	3.0%	159	449	13	2.9%
Mining	227	1.5%	149	158	69	43.7%
Utilities	63	0.4%	63	88	-25	-28.4%
Construction	2,799	18.3%	2,384	1,678	1,121	66.8%
Manufacturing	1,677	11.0%	1,274	1,327	350	26.4%
Wholesale Trade	496	3.2%	439	289	207	71.6%
Retail Trade	1,670	10.9%	1,371	946	724	76.5%
Transporation and Warehousing	374	2.4%	395	200	174	87.0%
Information	417	2.7%	472	246	171	69.5%
Finance and Insurance	424	2.8%	367	314	110	35.0%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	267	1.7%	240	188	79	42.0%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	846	5.5%	781	566	280	49.5%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	15	0.1%	15	16	-1	-6.3%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	1,303	8.5%	1,149	829	474	57.2%
Educational Services	475	3.1%	500	331	144	43.5%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	1,231	8.1%	1,168	977	254	26.0%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	256	1.7%	254	233	23	9.9%
Accomodation and Food Services	856	5.6%	721	588	268	45.6%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	379	2.5%	330	256	123	48.0%
Public Administration	482	3.2%	453	375	107	28.5%
Information Not Available	91	0.6%	50	68	23	33.8%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Nevada
	Nov 2008	Percent	Oct 2008	Nov 2007	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	51,028		44,507	25,182
Male	31,346	61.4%	26,863	14,868	16,478	110.8%
Female	19,676	38.6%	17,636	10,312	9,364	90.8%
Information Not Available	6	0.0%	8	2	4	200.0%

Ethnicity	51,028		44,507	25,182
Hispanic or Latino	9,807	19.2%	8,022	4,069	5,738	141.0%
Not Hispanic or Latino	32,490	63.7%	28,860	16,737	15,753	94.1%
Information Not Available	8,731	17.1%	7,625	4,376	4,355	99.5%

Race	51,028		44,507	25,182
American Indian or Alaskan Native	936	1.8%	749	474	462	97.5%
Asian	2,503	4.9%	2,018	1,047	1,456	139.1%
Black or African American	5,488	10.8%	5,129	2,907	2,581	88.8%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	942	1.8%	801	400	542	135.5%
White	32,921	64.5%	28,916	16,718	16,203	96.9%
Information Not Available	8,238	16.1%	6,894	3,636	4,602	126.6%

Years of Age	51,028		44,507	25,182
Younger than 22	1,963	2.4%	1,561	717	1,246	173.8%
22-24	3,153	3.9%	2,592	1,279	1,874	146.5%
25-34	11,128	13.8%	9,584	5,066	6,062	119.7%
35-44	11,810	14.6%	10,337	6,244	5,566	89.1%
45-54	12,651	15.7%	11,069	6,542	6,109	93.4%
55-59	4,771	5.9%	4,268	2,450	2,321	94.7%
60-64	3,167	3.9%	2,876	1,581	1,586	100.3%
65 and older	2,335	2.9%	2,168	1,269	1,066	84.0%
Information Not Available	50	0.1%	52	34	16	47.1%

Industry	51,028		44,507	25,182
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	50	0.1%	41	13	37	284.6%
Mining	277	0.5%	196	110	167	151.8%
Utilities	50	0.1%	41	32	18	56.3%
Construction	11,561	22.6%	9,868	5,697	5,864	102.9%
Manufacturing	2,513	4.9%	2,079	1,199	1,314	109.6%
Wholesale Trade	1,286	2.5%	1,076	615	671	109.1%
Retail Trade	4,333	8.5%	4,097	1,774	2,559	144.3%
Transporation and Warehousing	1,576	3.1%	1,399	641	935	145.9%
Information	528	1.0%	539	270	258	95.6%
Finance and Insurance	1,138	2.2%	1,145	991	147	14.8%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	1,520	3.0%	1,385	683	837	122.5%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	2,100	4.1%	2,028	1,212	888	73.3%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	413	0.8%	351	119	294	247.1%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	6,376	12.5%	6,022	4,061	2,315	57.0%
Educational Services	534	1.0%	512	290	244	84.1%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	1,781	3.5%	1,732	871	910	104.5%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	1,270	2.5%	1,030	545	725	133.0%
Accomodation and Food Services	9,593	18.8%	7,275	4,089	5,504	134.6%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	924	1.8%	820	387	537	138.8%
Public Administration	522	1.0%	450	402	120	29.9%
Information Not Available	2,683	5.3%	2,421	1,181	1,502	127.2%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants New York
	Nov 2008	Percent	Oct 2008	Nov 2007	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	227,992		193,240	154,343
Male	131,363	57.6%	106,139	86,906	44,457	51.2%
Female	96,629	42.4%	87,101	67,437	29,192	43.3%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	227,992		193,240	154,343
Hispanic or Latino	34,440	15.1%	30,351	23,264	11,176	48.0%
Not Hispanic or Latino	156,128	68.5%	130,546	106,050	50,078	47.2%
Information Not Available	37,424	16.4%	32,343	25,029	12,395	49.5%

Race	227,992		193,240	154,343
American Indian or Alaskan Native	1,402	0.6%	1,199	1,035	367	35.5%
Asian	7,111	3.1%	6,200	4,125	2,986	72.4%
Black or African American	34,818	15.3%	32,326	23,931	10,887	45.5%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	487	0.2%	441	239	248	103.8%
White	124,594	54.6%	100,492	84,836	39,758	46.9%
Information Not Available	59,580	26.1%	52,582	40,177	19,403	48.3%

Years of Age	227,992		193,240	154,343
Younger than 22	9,072	2.7%	7,576	6,118	2,954	48.3%
22-24	15,772	4.6%	13,425	10,155	5,617	55.3%
25-34	57,411	16.9%	49,140	37,902	19,509	51.5%
35-44	54,695	16.1%	46,708	37,692	17,003	45.1%
45-54	51,485	15.1%	43,507	34,992	16,493	47.1%
55-59	18,113	5.3%	15,302	12,520	5,593	44.7%
60-64	12,141	3.6%	10,158	8,198	3,943	48.1%
65 and older	9,303	2.7%	7,424	6,766	2,537	37.5%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	227,992		193,240	154,343
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	686	0.3%	393	472	214	45.3%
Mining	770	0.3%	310	308	462	150.0%
Utilities	190	0.1%	222	124	66	53.2%
Construction	29,216	12.8%	21,238	19,056	10,160	53.3%
Manufacturing	22,150	9.7%	18,317	15,201	6,949	45.7%
Wholesale Trade	10,525	4.6%	9,362	6,878	3,647	53.0%
Retail Trade	20,072	8.8%	17,519	13,317	6,755	50.7%
Transporation and Warehousing	7,947	3.5%	6,922	4,816	3,131	65.0%
Information	6,588	2.9%	6,211	4,661	1,927	41.3%
Finance and Insurance	15,209	6.7%	14,214	9,912	5,297	53.4%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	5,212	2.3%	4,672	3,778	1,434	38.0%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	17,107	7.5%	15,225	10,580	6,527	61.7%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	1,162	0.5%	961	708	454	64.1%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	26,662	11.7%	22,293	16,229	10,433	64.3%
Educational Services	7,326	3.2%	7,362	5,234	2,092	40.0%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	18,348	8.0%	17,496	13,946	4,402	31.6%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	8,042	3.5%	5,300	6,596	1,446	21.9%
Accomodation and Food Services	13,901	6.1%	11,360	9,765	4,136	42.4%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	6,365	2.8%	5,399	4,814	1,551	32.2%
Public Administration	6,691	2.9%	5,407	5,591	1,100	19.7%
Information Not Available	3,823	1.7%	3,057	2,357	1,466	62.2%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Ohio
	Nov 2008	Percent	Oct 2008	Nov 2007	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	124,039		99,760	79,706
Male	78,201	63.0%	59,416	47,805	30,396	63.6%
Female	45,366	36.6%	39,935	31,575	13,791	43.7%
Information Not Available	472	0.4%	409	326	146	44.8%

Ethnicity	124,039		99,760	79,706
Hispanic or Latino	3,969	3.2%	3,026	2,269	1,700	74.9%
Not Hispanic or Latino	114,463	92.3%	92,172	74,213	40,250	54.2%
Information Not Available	5,607	4.5%	4,562	3,224	2,383	73.9%

Race	124,039		99,760	79,706
American Indian or Alaskan Native	586	0.5%	473	412	174	42.2%
Asian	744	0.6%	613	341	403	118.2%
Black or African American	19,293	15.6%	17,034	13,589	5,704	42.0%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	115	0.1%	89	79	36	45.6%
White	98,035	79.0%	77,354	62,193	35,842	57.6%
Information Not Available	5,266	4.2%	4,197	3,092	2,174	70.3%

Years of Age	124,039		99,760	79,706
Younger than 22	3,752	1.7%	2,901	2,419	1,333	55.1%
22-24	6,576	3.1%	5,148	4,187	2,389	57.1%
25-34	27,872	12.9%	22,459	18,434	9,438	51.2%
35-44	30,814	14.3%	25,299	21,084	9,730	46.1%
45-54	34,183	15.9%	27,380	21,284	12,899	60.6%
55-59	11,733	5.4%	9,382	7,349	4,384	59.7%
60-64	6,476	3.0%	5,095	3,743	2,733	73.0%
65 and older	2,633	1.2%	2,096	1,206	1,427	118.3%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	124,039		99,760	79,706
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	544	0.4%	283	398	146	36.7%
Mining	277	0.2%	190	240	37	15.4%
Utilities	111	0.1%	100	101	10	9.9%
Construction	17,712	14.2%	12,147	13,279	4,433	33.4%
Manufacturing	36,799	29.5%	28,450	17,832	18,967	106.4%
Wholesale Trade	5,571	4.5%	4,559	3,663	1,908	52.1%
Retail Trade	6,290	5.0%	5,289	4,498	1,792	39.8%
Transporation and Warehousing	5,205	4.2%	4,079	2,326	2,879	123.8%
Information	1,760	1.4%	1,631	1,055	705	66.8%
Finance and Insurance	3,657	2.9%	3,570	3,341	316	9.5%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	1,686	1.4%	1,476	1,411	275	19.5%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	5,491	4.4%	4,878	3,459	2,032	58.7%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	1,226	1.0%	936	228	998	437.7%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	14,877	11.9%	11,873	9,407	5,470	58.1%
Educational Services	1,895	1.5%	1,924	1,830	65	3.6%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	6,914	5.5%	6,738	5,889	1,025	17.4%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	1,870	1.5%	914	1,469	401	27.3%
Accomodation and Food Services	4,637	3.7%	4,114	3,429	1,208	35.2%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	2,499	2.0%	2,257	2,036	463	22.7%
Public Administration	1,217	1.0%	1,035	915	302	33.0%
Information Not Available	3,801	3.1%	3,317	2,900	901	31.1%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Oklahoma
	Nov 2008	Percent	Oct 2008	Nov 2007	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	22,864		21,605	12,665
Male	12,162	53.2%	10,895	6,102	6,060	99.3%
Female	10,668	46.7%	10,679	6,526	4,142	63.5%
Information Not Available	34	0.1%	31	37	-3	-8.1%

Ethnicity	22,864		21,605	12,665
Hispanic or Latino	1,660	7.3%	1,480	860	800	93.0%
Not Hispanic or Latino	21,204	92.7%	20,125	11,805	9,399	79.6%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Race	22,864		21,605	12,665
American Indian or Alaskan Native	2,148	9.4%	1,974	1,196	952	79.6%
Asian	208	0.9%	301	99	109	110.1%
Black or African American	3,420	15.0%	3,423	2,024	1,396	69.0%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	23	0.1%	19	11	12	109.1%
White	14,637	64.0%	13,648	8,014	6,623	82.6%
Information Not Available	2,428	10.6%	2,240	1,321	1,107	83.8%

Years of Age	22,864		21,605	12,665
Younger than 22	628	1.7%	498	332	296	89.2%
22-24	1,261	3.5%	1,098	722	539	74.7%
25-34	5,369	14.8%	4,949	2,995	2,374	79.3%
35-44	5,592	15.4%	5,372	3,253	2,339	71.9%
45-54	6,002	16.5%	5,770	3,288	2,714	82.5%
55-59	1,985	5.5%	1,882	1,053	932	88.5%
60-64	1,234	3.4%	1,216	619	615	99.4%
65 and older	793	2.2%	820	403	390	96.8%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	22,864		21,605	12,665
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	45	0.2%	41	28	17	60.7%
Mining	598	2.6%	546	359	239	66.6%
Utilities	91	0.4%	60	73	18	24.7%
Construction	2,056	9.0%	1,712	869	1,187	136.6%
Manufacturing	3,939	17.2%	3,878	1,646	2,293	139.3%
Wholesale Trade	921	4.0%	760	526	395	75.1%
Retail Trade	2,100	9.2%	2,043	1,233	867	70.3%
Transporation and Warehousing	569	2.5%	550	234	335	143.2%
Information	738	3.2%	750	425	313	73.6%
Finance and Insurance	763	3.3%	818	639	124	19.4%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	491	2.1%	428	326	165	50.6%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	1,163	5.1%	1,147	558	605	108.4%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	132	0.6%	141	30	102	340.0%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	3,090	13.5%	2,804	1,609	1,481	92.0%
Educational Services	485	2.1%	527	342	143	41.8%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	1,874	8.2%	1,836	1,369	505	36.9%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	325	1.4%	297	251	74	29.5%
Accomodation and Food Services	970	4.2%	917	578	392	67.8%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	680	3.0%	633	485	195	40.2%
Public Administration	860	3.8%	868	586	274	46.8%
Information Not Available	974	4.3%	849	499	475	95.2%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Oregon
	Nov 2008	Percent	Oct 2008	Nov 2007	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	76,440		60,538	41,642
Male	49,359	64.6%	37,328	25,183	24,176	96.0%
Female	27,078	35.4%	23,209	16,457	10,621	64.5%
Information Not Available	3	0.0%	1	2	1	50.0%

Ethnicity	76,440		60,538	41,642
Hispanic or Latino	6,778	8.9%	4,718	3,781	2,997	79.3%
Not Hispanic or Latino	58,821	77.0%	46,708	31,005	27,816	89.7%
Information Not Available	10,841	14.2%	9,112	6,856	3,985	58.1%

Race	76,440		60,538	41,642
American Indian or Alaskan Native	572	0.7%	435	410	162	39.5%
Asian	920	1.2%	834	457	463	101.3%
Black or African American	716	0.9%	668	479	237	49.5%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	425	0.6%	287	229	196	85.6%
White	30,372	39.7%	24,457	18,114	12,258	67.7%
Information Not Available	43,435	56.8%	33,857	21,953	21,482	97.9%

Years of Age	76,440		60,538	41,642
Younger than 22	2,944	2.9%	2,180	1,373	1,571	114.4%
22-24	5,031	4.9%	3,933	2,586	2,445	94.5%
25-34	18,788	18.3%	14,993	9,835	8,953	91.0%
35-44	17,752	17.3%	14,187	9,986	7,766	77.8%
45-54	18,646	18.1%	14,718	10,753	7,893	73.4%
55-59	7,163	7.0%	5,648	3,813	3,350	87.9%
60-64	4,026	3.9%	3,250	2,152	1,874	87.1%
65 and older	2,090	2.0%	1,629	1,144	946	82.7%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	76,440		60,538	41,642
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	2,571	3.3%	1,519	1,817	754	41.5%
Mining	331	0.4%	193	143	188	131.5%
Utilities	81	0.1%	63	89	-8	-9.0%
Construction	12,547	15.9%	9,043	6,218	6,329	101.8%
Manufacturing	14,840	18.8%	11,436	6,960	7,880	113.2%
Wholesale Trade	2,980	3.8%	2,367	1,511	1,469	97.2%
Retail Trade	8,094	10.2%	6,554	4,244	3,850	90.7%
Transporation and Warehousing	2,369	3.0%	1,712	1,204	1,165	96.8%
Information	1,485	1.9%	1,329	766	719	93.9%
Finance and Insurance	2,359	3.0%	2,187	1,814	545	30.0%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	1,214	1.5%	999	703	511	72.7%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	2,731	3.5%	2,280	1,274	1,457	114.4%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	231	0.3%	199	145	86	59.3%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	6,875	8.7%	5,707	4,054	2,821	69.6%
Educational Services	1,013	1.3%	982	677	336	49.6%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	4,336	5.5%	3,993	2,957	1,379	46.6%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	1,096	1.4%	724	691	405	58.6%
Accomodation and Food Services	5,009	6.3%	3,988	2,742	2,267	82.7%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	1,842	2.3%	1,543	1,037	805	77.6%
Public Administration	1,374	1.7%	1,086	1,060	314	29.6%
Information Not Available	3,062	3.9%	2,634	1,536	1,526	99.3%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Pennsylvania
	Nov 2008	Percent	Oct 2008	Nov 2007	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	209,192		176,431	144,001
Male	125,072	59.8%	100,110	90,471	34,601	38.2%
Female	84,120	40.2%	76,321	53,530	30,590	57.1%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	209,192		176,431	144,001
Hispanic or Latino	12,334	5.9%	11,200	3,760	8,574	228.0%
Not Hispanic or Latino	191,847	91.7%	160,870	129,181	62,666	48.5%
Information Not Available	5,011	2.4%	4,361	11,060	-6,049	-54.7%

Race	209,192		176,431	144,001
American Indian or Alaskan Native	578	0.3%	396	0	578	0.0%
Asian	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
Black or African American	30,545	14.6%	28,943	20,350	10,195	50.1%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
White	158,219	75.6%	128,953	106,840	51,379	48.1%
Information Not Available	19,850	9.5%	18,139	16,811	3,039	18.1%

Years of Age	209,192		176,431	144,001
Younger than 22	9,925	2.8%	8,822	17,696	-7,771	-43.9%
22-24	6,360	1.8%	5,352	9,290	-2,930	-31.5%
25-34	49,720	14.1%	38,161	35,392	14,328	40.5%
35-44	46,155	13.1%	40,738	35,171	10,984	31.2%
45-54	49,431	14.0%	42,818	25,659	23,772	92.6%
55-59	18,693	5.3%	17,445	5,530	13,163	238.0%
60-64	14,743	4.2%	10,011	2,433	12,310	506.0%
65 and older	8,865	2.5%	7,236	1,991	6,874	345.3%
Information Not Available	5,300	1.5%	5,848	10,839	-5,539	-51.1%

Industry	209,192		176,431	144,001
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	578	0.3%	793	442	136	30.8%
Mining	771	0.4%	198	664	107	16.1%
Utilities	0	0.0%	99	0	0	0.0%
Construction	28,040	13.4%	18,337	23,004	5,036	21.9%
Manufacturing	39,696	18.9%	33,401	21,235	18,461	86.9%
Wholesale Trade	6,360	3.0%	7,335	5,972	388	6.5%
Retail Trade	19,561	9.3%	14,868	13,714	5,847	42.6%
Transporation and Warehousing	8,479	4.0%	7,335	6,194	2,285	36.9%
Information	3,662	1.7%	4,460	885	2,777	313.8%
Finance and Insurance	5,781	2.8%	5,452	6,636	-855	-12.9%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	1,927	0.9%	1,586	1,327	600	45.2%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	8,963	4.3%	7,632	6,415	2,548	39.7%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	964	0.5%	1,586	1,548	-584	-37.7%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	21,777	10.4%	17,742	14,599	7,178	49.2%
Educational Services	3,469	1.7%	4,064	3,097	372	12.0%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	18,597	8.9%	16,652	11,724	6,873	58.6%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	4,047	1.9%	2,280	3,982	65	1.6%
Accomodation and Food Services	11,467	5.5%	9,912	6,194	5,273	85.1%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	2,987	1.4%	3,073	1,991	996	50.0%
Public Administration	1,349	0.6%	1,388	1,327	22	1.7%
Information Not Available	20,717	9.9%	18,238	13,051	7,666	58.7%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Puerto Rico
	Nov 2008	Percent	Oct 2008	Nov 2007	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	41,709		40,997	35,384
Male	22,882	54.9%	22,136	19,397	3,485	18.0%
Female	18,827	45.1%	18,861	15,987	2,840	17.8%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	41,709		40,997	35,384
Hispanic or Latino	40,882	98.0%	40,142	34,168	6,714	19.6%
Not Hispanic or Latino	311	0.7%	333	618	-307	-49.7%
Information Not Available	516	1.2%	522	598	-82	-13.7%

Race	41,709		40,997	35,384
American Indian or Alaskan Native	1,433	3.4%	1,238	1,097	336	30.6%
Asian	62	0.1%	63	113	-51	-45.1%
Black or African American	2,001	4.8%	2,084	3,356	-1,355	-40.4%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	106	0.3%	96	69	37	53.6%
White	8,282	19.9%	8,154	8,081	201	2.5%
Information Not Available	29,825	71.5%	29,362	22,668	7,157	31.6%

Years of Age	41,709		40,997	35,384
Younger than 22	2,392	4.9%	2,323	2,135	257	12.0%
22-24	4,136	8.5%	4,044	3,381	755	22.3%
25-34	14,200	29.2%	13,747	11,883	2,317	19.5%
35-44	9,809	20.2%	9,782	8,446	1,363	16.1%
45-54	6,963	14.3%	6,920	5,935	1,028	17.3%
55-59	2,302	4.7%	2,269	1,887	415	22.0%
60-64	1,358	2.8%	1,347	1,241	117	9.4%
65 and older	549	1.1%	565	476	73	15.3%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	41,709		40,997	35,384
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
Mining	72	0.2%	68	61	11	18.0%
Utilities	964	2.3%	985	912	52	5.7%
Construction	6,155	14.8%	5,955	5,354	801	15.0%
Manufacturing	4,032	9.7%	4,104	4,284	-252	-5.9%
Wholesale Trade	7,426	17.8%	7,172	6,913	513	7.4%
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	1,260	3.0%	1,230	1,011	249	24.6%
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)	10,780	25.8%	10,659	10,109	671	6.6%
Public Administration	4,381	10.5%	4,427	2,540	1,841	72.5%
Information Not Available	6,639	15.9%	6,397	4,200	2,439	58.1%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Rhode Island
	Nov 2008	Percent	Oct 2008	Nov 2007	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	14,952		13,302	10,984
Male	8,476	56.7%	7,257	5,955	2,521	42.3%
Female	6,476	43.3%	6,045	5,029	1,447	28.8%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	14,952		13,302	10,984
Hispanic or Latino	2,236	15.0%	1,976	1,546	690	44.6%
Not Hispanic or Latino	8,935	59.8%	8,032	6,576	2,359	35.9%
Information Not Available	3,781	25.3%	3,294	2,862	919	32.1%

Race	14,952		13,302	10,984
American Indian or Alaskan Native	89	0.6%	94	66	23	34.8%
Asian	265	1.8%	221	156	109	69.9%
Black or African American	704	4.7%	709	492	212	43.1%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	48	0.3%	40	33	15	45.5%
White	10,710	71.6%	9,412	7,700	3,010	39.1%
Information Not Available	3,136	21.0%	2,826	2,537	599	23.6%

Years of Age	14,952		13,302	10,984
Younger than 22	444	1.8%	371	332	112	33.7%
22-24	822	3.3%	741	650	172	26.5%
25-34	3,231	13.1%	2,889	2,452	779	31.8%
35-44	3,596	14.6%	3,218	2,788	808	29.0%
45-54	3,679	14.9%	3,303	2,633	1,046	39.7%
55-59	1,473	6.0%	1,299	905	568	62.8%
60-64	1,043	4.2%	882	672	371	55.2%
65 and older	664	2.7%	599	552	112	20.3%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	14,952		13,302	10,984
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	42	0.3%	15	49	-7	-14.3%
Mining	17	0.1%	12	13	4	30.8%
Utilities	20	0.1%	19	8	12	150.0%
Construction	2,091	13.9%	1,786	1,326	765	57.7%
Manufacturing	2,706	18.0%	2,318	1,674	1,032	61.6%
Wholesale Trade	583	3.9%	550	456	127	27.9%
Retail Trade	1,432	9.6%	1,344	1,190	242	20.3%
Transporation and Warehousing	429	2.9%	355	260	169	65.0%
Information	301	2.0%	270	127	174	137.0%
Finance and Insurance	860	5.7%	857	1,021	-161	-15.8%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	261	1.7%	225	225	36	16.0%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	619	4.1%	622	522	97	18.6%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	68	0.5%	56	66	2	3.0%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	1,348	9.0%	1,129	933	415	44.5%
Educational Services	415	2.8%	439	253	162	64.0%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	1,295	8.6%	1,346	1,021	274	26.8%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	359	2.4%	234	269	90	33.5%
Accomodation and Food Services	1,021	6.8%	721	758	263	34.7%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	524	3.5%	481	347	177	51.0%
Public Administration	105	0.7%	107	106	-1	-0.9%
Information Not Available	456	3.0%	416	360	96	26.7%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants South Carolina
	Nov 2008	Percent	Oct 2008	Nov 2007	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	68,572		62,599	39,949
Male	37,514	54.7%	33,419	20,292	17,222	84.9%
Female	31,058	45.3%	29,180	19,657	11,401	58.0%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	68,572		62,599	39,949
Hispanic or Latino	1,614	2.4%	1,381	841	773	91.9%
Not Hispanic or Latino	59,615	86.9%	54,395	35,051	24,564	70.1%
Information Not Available	7,343	10.7%	6,823	4,057	3,286	81.0%

Race	68,572		62,599	39,949
American Indian or Alaskan Native	441	0.6%	349	270	171	63.3%
Asian	364	0.5%	313	214	150	70.1%
Black or African American	31,463	45.9%	29,848	19,683	11,780	59.8%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	151	0.2%	135	82	69	84.1%
White	34,988	51.0%	30,868	18,942	16,046	84.7%
Information Not Available	1,165	1.7%	1,086	758	407	53.7%

Years of Age	68,572		62,599	39,949
Younger than 22	4,240	4.2%	3,617	2,047	2,193	107.1%
22-24	3,059	3.0%	2,688	1,654	1,405	84.9%
25-34	15,826	15.8%	14,453	9,191	6,635	72.2%
35-44	14,693	14.6%	13,522	8,753	5,940	67.9%
45-54	13,927	13.9%	12,866	8,839	5,088	57.6%
55-59	4,795	4.8%	4,470	2,988	1,807	60.5%
60-64	3,093	3.1%	2,871	1,906	1,187	62.3%
65 and older	1,804	1.8%	1,664	1,019	785	77.0%
Information Not Available	7,135	7.1%	6,448	3,552	3,583	100.9%

Industry	68,572		62,599	39,949
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	375	0.5%	330	272	103	37.9%
Mining	135	0.2%	69	26	109	419.2%
Utilities	96	0.1%	89	43	53	123.3%
Construction	8,019	11.6%	7,080	4,480	3,539	79.0%
Manufacturing	12,954	18.8%	12,051	8,267	4,687	56.7%
Wholesale Trade	2,856	4.1%	2,500	1,651	1,205	73.0%
Retail Trade	7,584	11.0%	6,841	3,916	3,668	93.7%
Transporation and Warehousing	2,191	3.2%	2,069	1,009	1,182	117.1%
Information	711	1.0%	697	446	265	59.4%
Finance and Insurance	1,502	2.2%	1,463	1,175	327	27.8%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	1,482	2.1%	1,243	675	807	119.6%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	2,353	3.4%	2,078	1,221	1,132	92.7%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	137	0.2%	119	236	-99	-41.9%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	9,201	13.3%	8,285	5,533	3,668	66.3%
Educational Services	953	1.4%	938	515	438	85.0%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	3,431	5.0%	3,256	2,271	1,160	51.1%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	1,019	1.5%	824	388	631	162.6%
Accomodation and Food Services	6,223	9.0%	5,019	3,521	2,702	76.7%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	1,462	2.1%	1,337	883	579	65.6%
Public Administration	906	1.3%	837	551	355	64.4%
Information Not Available	4,982	7.2%	5,474	2,870	2,112	73.6%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants South Dakota
	Nov 2008	Percent	Oct 2008	Nov 2007	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	2,392		1,542	1,378
Male	1,494	62.5%	835	769	725	94.3%
Female	898	37.5%	707	609	289	47.5%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	2,392		1,542	1,378
Hispanic or Latino	53	2.2%	37	23	30	130.4%
Not Hispanic or Latino	2,176	91.0%	1,370	1,228	948	77.2%
Information Not Available	163	6.8%	135	127	36	28.3%

Race	2,392		1,542	1,378
American Indian or Alaskan Native	313	13.1%	252	218	95	43.6%
Asian	2	0.1%	4	2	0	0.0%
Black or African American	56	2.3%	32	15	41	273.3%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0	0.0%	1	2	-2	-100.0%
White	1,856	77.6%	1,137	1,027	829	80.7%
Information Not Available	165	6.9%	116	114	51	44.7%

Years of Age	2,392		1,542	1,378
Younger than 22	61	1.5%	31	30	31	103.3%
22-24	105	2.6%	53	75	30	40.0%
25-34	487	11.9%	303	291	196	67.4%
35-44	531	13.0%	355	331	200	60.4%
45-54	693	17.0%	483	367	326	88.8%
55-59	256	6.3%	168	166	90	54.2%
60-64	166	4.1%	98	118	48	40.7%
65 and older	93	2.3%	51	0	93	0.0%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	2,392		1,542	1,378
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	27	1.1%	27	8	19	237.5%
Mining	40	1.7%	16	14	26	185.7%
Utilities	1	0.0%	2	5	-4	-80.0%
Construction	468	19.3%	142	229	239	104.4%
Manufacturing	377	15.6%	260	260	117	45.0%
Wholesale Trade	123	5.1%	71	29	94	324.1%
Retail Trade	205	8.5%	183	114	91	79.8%
Transporation and Warehousing	77	3.2%	39	32	45	140.6%
Information	31	1.3%	19	12	19	158.3%
Finance and Insurance	84	3.5%	67	51	33	64.7%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	17	0.7%	13	16	1	6.3%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	66	2.7%	50	40	26	65.0%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	12	0.5%	3	3	9	300.0%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	177	7.3%	113	81	96	118.5%
Educational Services	73	3.0%	78	58	15	25.9%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	111	4.6%	105	86	25	29.1%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	38	1.6%	38	28	10	35.7%
Accomodation and Food Services	182	7.5%	112	100	82	82.0%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	33	1.4%	39	34	-1	-2.9%
Public Administration	147	6.1%	100	98	49	50.0%
Information Not Available	103	4.3%	65	80	23	28.8%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Tennessee
	Nov 2008	Percent	Oct 2008	Nov 2007	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	64,228		52,843	34,691
Male	36,403	56.7%	27,813	18,273	18,130	99.2%
Female	27,825	43.3%	25,030	16,418	11,407	69.5%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	64,228		52,843	34,691
Hispanic or Latino	873	1.4%	669	444	429	96.6%
Not Hispanic or Latino	63,355	98.6%	52,174	34,247	29,108	85.0%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Race	64,228		52,843	34,691
American Indian or Alaskan Native	138	0.2%	125	68	70	102.9%
Asian	1,708	2.7%	572	441	1,267	287.3%
Black or African American	17,995	28.0%	14,414	10,190	7,805	76.6%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	406	0.6%	396	176	230	130.7%
White	43,241	67.3%	36,673	23,419	19,822	84.6%
Information Not Available	740	1.2%	663	397	343	86.4%

Years of Age	64,228		52,843	34,691
Younger than 22	1,332	1.3%	1,220	821	511	62.2%
22-24	2,663	2.6%	2,398	1,476	1,187	80.4%
25-34	13,088	12.7%	10,958	7,202	5,886	81.7%
35-44	15,764	15.3%	12,622	8,526	7,238	84.9%
45-54	17,452	17.0%	13,651	9,060	8,392	92.6%
55-59	6,496	6.3%	5,411	3,301	3,195	96.8%
60-64	4,560	4.4%	3,980	2,341	2,219	94.8%
65 and older	2,788	2.7%	2,517	1,597	1,191	74.6%
Information Not Available	85	0.1%	86	367	-282	-76.8%

Industry	64,228		52,843	34,691
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	191	0.3%	123	144	47	32.6%
Mining	223	0.3%	82	109	114	104.6%
Utilities	56	0.1%	45	72	-16	-22.2%
Construction	5,966	9.3%	4,973	3,076	2,890	94.0%
Manufacturing	18,395	28.6%	14,195	9,423	8,972	95.2%
Wholesale Trade	3,095	4.8%	2,621	1,656	1,439	86.9%
Retail Trade	5,761	8.9%	5,139	2,907	2,854	98.2%
Transporation and Warehousing	2,387	3.7%	2,009	1,221	1,166	95.5%
Information	947	1.5%	888	507	440	86.8%
Finance and Insurance	1,674	2.6%	1,680	1,145	529	46.2%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	928	1.4%	798	544	384	70.6%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	1,984	3.1%	2,015	1,105	879	79.5%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	172	0.3%	170	81	91	112.3%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	7,377	11.5%	6,787	4,444	2,933	66.0%
Educational Services	1,143	1.8%	1,138	776	367	47.3%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	3,191	5.0%	3,151	2,179	1,012	46.4%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	528	0.8%	352	491	37	7.5%
Accomodation and Food Services	2,942	4.6%	2,565	1,739	1,203	69.2%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	1,557	2.4%	1,385	913	644	70.5%
Public Administration	1,080	1.7%	945	744	336	45.2%
Information Not Available	4,631	7.2%	1,782	1,415	3,216	227.3%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Texas
	Nov 2008	Percent	Oct 2008	Nov 2007	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	147,291		132,102	84,404
Male	77,785	52.8%	66,992	41,832	35,953	85.9%
Female	69,483	47.2%	65,109	42,572	26,911	63.2%
Information Not Available	23	0.0%	1	0	23	0.0%

Ethnicity	147,291		132,102	84,404
Hispanic or Latino	42,796	29.1%	36,194	24,111	18,685	77.5%
Not Hispanic or Latino	91,337	62.0%	83,927	54,743	36,594	66.8%
Information Not Available	13,158	8.9%	11,981	5,550	7,608	137.1%

Race	147,291		132,102	84,404
American Indian or Alaskan Native	606	0.4%	546	358	248	69.3%
Asian	2,950	2.0%	2,625	1,454	1,496	102.9%
Black or African American	33,118	22.5%	32,009	21,449	11,669	54.4%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	1,438	1.0%	128	0	1,438	0.0%
White	54,164	36.8%	48,578	31,387	22,777	72.6%
Information Not Available	55,015	37.4%	48,216	29,756	25,259	84.9%

Years of Age	147,291		132,102	84,404
Younger than 22	3,759	1.9%	3,373	1,940	1,819	93.8%
22-24	7,723	4.0%	6,917	4,241	3,482	82.1%
25-34	36,099	18.6%	32,506	21,245	14,854	69.9%
35-44	39,052	20.1%	35,381	22,938	16,114	70.3%
45-54	37,274	19.2%	32,968	21,311	15,963	74.9%
55-59	12,412	6.4%	11,246	6,867	5,545	80.7%
60-64	7,165	3.7%	6,324	3,844	3,321	86.4%
65 and older	3,785	1.9%	3,384	2,018	1,767	87.6%
Information Not Available	22	0.0%	3	0	22	0.0%

Industry	147,291		132,102	84,404
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	958	0.6%	971	512	446	87.1%
Mining	1,921	1.3%	1,345	1,154	767	66.5%
Utilities	312	0.2%	276	192	120	62.5%
Construction	16,667	11.2%	14,629	9,322	7,345	78.8%
Manufacturing	16,886	11.4%	14,776	8,233	8,653	105.1%
Wholesale Trade	8,885	6.0%	8,449	4,781	4,104	85.8%
Retail Trade	11,858	8.0%	10,335	6,467	5,391	83.4%
Transporation and Warehousing	5,485	3.7%	4,879	2,965	2,520	85.0%
Information	4,852	3.3%	4,363	2,599	2,253	86.7%
Finance and Insurance	8,323	5.6%	7,540	6,187	2,136	34.5%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	3,213	2.2%	2,726	1,968	1,245	63.3%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	10,856	7.3%	9,361	5,535	5,321	96.1%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	622	0.4%	539	327	295	90.2%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	19,640	13.2%	17,781	11,651	7,989	68.6%
Educational Services	3,257	2.2%	3,149	2,028	1,229	60.6%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	10,896	7.3%	10,936	7,512	3,384	45.0%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	1,182	0.8%	1,089	510	672	131.8%
Accomodation and Food Services	6,111	4.1%	6,039	2,995	3,116	104.0%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	3,220	2.2%	3,056	2,054	1,166	56.8%
Public Administration	1,638	1.1%	1,551	1,269	369	29.1%
Information Not Available	10,509	7.1%	8,312	6,143	4,366	71.1%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Utah
	Nov 2008	Percent	Oct 2008	Nov 2007	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	20,490		15,621	8,843
Male	13,092	63.9%	9,410	5,013	8,079	161.2%
Female	7,196	35.1%	6,105	3,681	3,515	95.5%
Information Not Available	202	1.0%	106	149	53	35.6%

Ethnicity	20,490		15,621	8,843
Hispanic or Latino	1,889	9.2%	1,364	738	1,151	156.0%
Not Hispanic or Latino	14,221	69.4%	11,122	6,307	7,914	125.5%
Information Not Available	4,380	21.4%	3,135	1,798	2,582	143.6%

Race	20,490		15,621	8,843
American Indian or Alaskan Native	629	3.1%	476	307	322	104.9%
Asian	271	1.3%	236	155	116	74.8%
Black or African American	292	1.4%	255	148	144	97.3%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	269	1.3%	208	100	169	169.0%
White	13,919	67.9%	11,048	6,350	7,569	119.2%
Information Not Available	5,110	24.9%	3,398	1,783	3,327	186.6%

Years of Age	20,490		15,621	8,843
Younger than 22	1,009	3.0%	710	323	686	212.4%
22-24	1,544	4.6%	1,132	623	921	147.8%
25-34	6,105	18.2%	4,563	2,491	3,614	145.1%
35-44	4,658	13.9%	3,610	2,092	2,566	122.7%
45-54	4,424	13.2%	3,422	2,111	2,313	109.6%
55-59	1,549	4.6%	1,232	702	847	120.7%
60-64	856	2.6%	697	369	487	132.0%
65 and older	344	1.0%	254	132	212	160.6%
Information Not Available	1	0.0%	1	0	1	0.0%

Industry	20,490		15,621	8,843
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	65	0.3%	44	21	44	209.5%
Mining	171	0.8%	111	105	66	62.9%
Utilities	24	0.1%	22	15	9	60.0%
Construction	3,954	19.2%	2,449	1,381	2,573	186.3%
Manufacturing	2,991	14.6%	2,230	988	2,003	202.7%
Wholesale Trade	696	3.4%	592	314	382	121.7%
Retail Trade	1,964	9.6%	1,608	821	1,143	139.2%
Transporation and Warehousing	736	3.6%	541	326	410	125.8%
Information	527	2.6%	447	242	285	117.8%
Finance and Insurance	671	3.3%	598	460	211	45.9%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	391	1.9%	324	184	207	112.5%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	1,162	5.7%	902	465	697	149.9%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	58	0.3%	41	38	20	52.6%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	2,865	13.9%	2,271	1,124	1,741	154.9%
Educational Services	410	2.0%	364	219	191	87.2%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	744	3.6%	658	356	388	109.0%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	248	1.2%	153	139	109	78.4%
Accomodation and Food Services	1,000	4.9%	644	579	421	72.7%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	300	1.5%	273	129	171	132.6%
Public Administration	403	2.0%	270	216	187	86.6%
Information Not Available	1,110	5.4%	1,079	721	389	54.0%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Virginia
	Nov 2008	Percent	Oct 2008	Nov 2007	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	57,266		48,940	34,562
Male	33,588	58.7%	27,622	18,855	14,733	78.1%
Female	23,668	41.3%	21,312	15,705	7,963	50.7%
Information Not Available	10	0.0%	6	2	8	400.0%

Ethnicity	57,266		48,940	34,562
Hispanic or Latino	2,235	3.9%	1,774	1,229	1,006	81.9%
Not Hispanic or Latino	52,439	91.6%	44,840	31,566	20,873	66.1%
Information Not Available	2,592	4.5%	2,326	1,767	825	46.7%

Race	57,266		48,940	34,562
American Indian or Alaskan Native	2,518	4.4%	2,022	168	2,350	1398.8%
Asian	1,152	2.0%	1,066	1,971	-819	-41.6%
Black or African American	20,661	36.1%	18,635	13,079	7,582	58.0%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
White	30,343	53.0%	24,891	17,577	12,766	72.6%
Information Not Available	2,592	4.5%	2,326	1,767	825	46.7%

Years of Age	57,266		48,940	34,562
Younger than 22	1,608	1.9%	1,261	887	721	81.3%
22-24	3,146	3.7%	2,599	1,921	1,225	63.8%
25-34	13,290	15.7%	11,349	8,071	5,219	64.7%
35-44	14,460	17.1%	12,377	8,735	5,725	65.5%
45-54	15,093	17.9%	12,962	9,085	6,008	66.1%
55-59	5,092	6.0%	4,374	3,127	1,965	62.8%
60-64	3,102	3.7%	2,763	1,859	1,243	66.9%
65 and older	1,472	1.7%	1,254	874	598	68.4%
Information Not Available	3	0.0%	1	3	0	0.0%

Industry	57,266		48,940	34,562
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	65	0.1%	49	83	-18	-21.7%
Mining	60	0.1%	39	298	-238	-79.9%
Utilities	8	0.0%	9	14	-6	-42.9%
Construction	3,653	6.4%	2,769	2,597	1,056	40.7%
Manufacturing	6,048	10.5%	5,363	4,130	1,918	46.4%
Wholesale Trade	606	1.1%	561	712	-106	-14.9%
Retail Trade	1,533	2.7%	1,451	1,565	-32	-2.0%
Transporation and Warehousing	1,000	1.7%	851	897	103	11.5%
Information	464	0.8%	481	549	-85	-15.5%
Finance and Insurance	417	0.7%	430	851	-434	-51.0%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	311	0.5%	288	390	-79	-20.3%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	1,050	1.8%	1,019	1,465	-415	-28.3%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	64	0.1%	38	64	0	0.0%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	2,516	4.4%	2,305	2,343	173	7.4%
Educational Services	153	0.3%	158	158	-5	-3.2%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	968	1.7%	972	1,174	-206	-17.5%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	200	0.3%	98	266	-66	-24.8%
Accomodation and Food Services	1,075	1.9%	866	951	124	13.0%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	480	0.8%	465	558	-78	-14.0%
Public Administration	2,095	3.7%	2,352	1,696	399	23.5%
Information Not Available	34,500	60.2%	28,376	13,801	20,699	150.0%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Virgin Islands
	Nov 2008	Percent	Oct 2008	Nov 2007	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	513		492	399
Male	296	57.7%	280	284	12	4.2%
Female	217	42.3%	212	114	103	90.4%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	1	-1	-100.0%

Ethnicity	513		492	399
Hispanic or Latino	131	25.5%	131	114	17	14.9%
Not Hispanic or Latino	371	72.3%	353	279	92	33.0%
Information Not Available	11	2.1%	8	6	5	83.3%

Race	513		492	399
American Indian or Alaskan Native	1	0.2%	1	0	1	0.0%
Asian	6	1.2%	12	5	1	20.0%
Black or African American	335	65.3%	317	352	-17	-4.8%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	10	1.9%	7	6	4	66.7%
White	29	5.7%	23	22	7	31.8%
Information Not Available	132	25.7%	132	114	18	15.8%

Years of Age	513		492	399
Younger than 22	18	3.6%	15	3	15	500.0%
22-24	35	7.0%	38	22	13	59.1%
25-34	113	22.5%	105	92	21	22.8%
35-44	127	25.2%	127	96	31	32.3%
45-54	113	22.5%	97	96	17	17.7%
55-59	49	9.7%	54	40	9	22.5%
60-64	39	7.8%	37	34	5	14.7%
65 and older	18	3.6%	18	15	3	20.0%
Information Not Available	1	0.2%	1	1	0	0.0%

Industry	513		492	399
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	1	0.2%	0	0	1	0.0%
Mining	2	0.4%	1	0	2	0.0%
Utilities	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
Construction	141	27.4%	132	159	-18	-11.3%
Manufacturing	35	6.8%	32	20	15	75.0%
Wholesale Trade	13	2.5%	14	1	12	1200.0%
Retail Trade	50	9.7%	45	23	27	117.4%
Transporation and Warehousing	4	0.8%	1	1	3	300.0%
Information	3	0.6%	3	0	3	0.0%
Finance and Insurance	5	1.0%	5	3	2	66.7%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	10	1.9%	9	5	5	100.0%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	26	5.1%	7	7	19	271.4%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	10	1.9%	9	4	6	150.0%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	23	4.5%	23	11	12	109.1%
Educational Services	6	1.2%	5	1	5	500.0%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	11	2.1%	8	7	4	57.1%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	3	0.6%	3	1	2	200.0%
Accomodation and Food Services	64	12.5%	54	22	42	190.9%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	59	11.5%	86	107	-48	-44.9%
Public Administration	4	0.8%	4	8	-4	-50.0%
Information Not Available	43	8.4%	51	19	24	126.3%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Vermont
	Nov 2008	Percent	Oct 2008	Nov 2007	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	7,979		5,999	5,638
Male	5,139	64.4%	3,462	3,520	1,619	46.0%
Female	2,840	35.6%	2,537	2,118	722	34.1%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	7,979		5,999	5,638
Hispanic or Latino	14	0.2%	10	14	0	0.0%
Not Hispanic or Latino	2,123	26.6%	1,515	1,422	701	49.3%
Information Not Available	5,842	73.2%	4,474	4,202	1,640	39.0%

Race	7,979		5,999	5,638
American Indian or Alaskan Native	14	0.2%	13	8	6	75.0%
Asian	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
Black or African American	38	0.5%	28	24	14	58.3%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	12	0.2%	8	10	2	20.0%
White	2,073	26.0%	1,476	1,394	679	48.7%
Information Not Available	5,842	73.2%	4,474	4,202	1,640	39.0%

Years of Age	7,979		5,999	5,638
Younger than 22	351	3.7%	236	221	130	58.8%
22-24	450	4.7%	343	331	119	36.0%
25-34	1,724	18.2%	1,266	1,157	567	49.0%
35-44	1,691	17.8%	1,292	1,271	420	33.0%
45-54	1,939	20.4%	1,483	1,357	582	42.9%
55-59	834	8.8%	640	565	269	47.6%
60-64	554	5.8%	425	388	166	42.8%
65 and older	436	4.6%	314	348	88	25.3%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	7,979		5,999	5,638
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	89	1.1%	46	63	26	41.3%
Mining	25	0.3%	7	25	0	0.0%
Utilities	9	0.1%	10	6	3	50.0%
Construction	1,607	19.9%	870	1,122	485	43.2%
Manufacturing	1,278	15.8%	936	704	574	81.5%
Wholesale Trade	278	3.4%	239	179	99	55.3%
Retail Trade	807	10.0%	712	481	326	67.8%
Transporation and Warehousing	208	2.6%	178	256	-48	-18.8%
Information	92	1.1%	99	53	39	73.6%
Finance and Insurance	108	1.3%	100	69	39	56.5%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	125	1.5%	94	74	51	68.9%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	294	3.6%	276	165	129	78.2%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	5	0.1%	6	2	3	150.0%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	587	7.3%	378	403	184	45.7%
Educational Services	171	2.1%	195	154	17	11.0%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	462	5.7%	499	315	147	46.7%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	294	3.6%	132	247	47	19.0%
Accomodation and Food Services	1,134	14.1%	904	1,020	114	11.2%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	184	2.3%	137	155	29	18.7%
Public Administration	222	2.8%	181	145	77	53.1%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Washington
	Nov 2008	Percent	Oct 2008	Nov 2007	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	86,033		67,398	47,759
Male	56,462	65.6%	42,296	29,265	27,197	92.9%
Female	29,570	34.4%	25,102	18,494	11,076	59.9%
Information Not Available	1	0.0%	0	0	1	0.0%

Ethnicity	86,033		67,398	47,759
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	86,033	100.0%	67,398	47,759	38,274	80.1%

Race	86,033		67,398	47,759
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	86,033	100.0%	67,398	47,759	38,274	80.1%

Years of Age	86,033		67,398	47,759
Younger than 22	2,440	3.0%	1,717	1,306	1,134	86.8%
22-24	4,868	6.0%	3,587	2,552	2,316	90.8%
25-34	20,525	25.2%	15,953	10,731	9,794	91.3%
35-44	21,270	26.1%	16,581	12,376	8,894	71.9%
45-54	22,122	27.2%	17,687	12,724	9,398	73.9%
55-59	8,024	9.9%	6,500	4,397	3,627	82.5%
60-64	4,654	5.7%	3,769	2,393	2,261	94.5%
65 and older	2,129	2.6%	1,604	1,280	849	66.3%
Information Not Available	1	0.0%	0	0	1	0.0%

Industry	86,033		67,398	47,759
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	86,033	100.0%	67,398	47,759	38,274	80.1%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Wisconsin
	Nov 2008	Percent	Oct 2008	Nov 2007	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	90,507		72,779	58,762
Male	55,250	61.0%	41,448	34,252	20,998	61.3%
Female	35,239	38.9%	31,331	24,510	10,729	43.8%
Information Not Available	18	0.0%	0	0	18	0.0%

Ethnicity	90,507		72,779	58,762
Hispanic or Latino	3,783	4.2%	3,042	2,604	1,179	45.3%
Not Hispanic or Latino	86,054	95.1%	69,344	55,805	30,249	54.2%
Information Not Available	670	0.7%	393	353	317	89.8%

Race	90,507		72,779	58,762
American Indian or Alaskan Native	977	1.1%	764	752	225	29.9%
Asian	1,032	1.1%	881	582	450	77.3%
Black or African American	9,884	10.9%	9,570	7,482	2,402	32.1%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	72	0.1%	51	47	25	53.2%
White	77,872	86.0%	61,120	49,546	28,326	57.2%
Information Not Available	670	0.7%	393	353	317	89.8%

Years of Age	90,507		72,779	58,762
Younger than 22	3,765	2.3%	2,838	2,656	1,109	41.8%
22-24	6,164	3.8%	4,811	4,178	1,986	47.5%
25-34	21,468	13.1%	16,938	14,044	7,424	52.9%
35-44	20,210	12.4%	16,574	13,245	6,965	52.6%
45-54	22,907	14.0%	18,648	14,209	8,698	61.2%
55-59	8,028	4.9%	6,558	5,024	3,004	59.8%
60-64	4,978	3.0%	4,170	3,191	1,787	56.0%
65 and older	2,987	1.8%	2,242	2,215	772	34.9%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	90,507		72,779	58,762
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	534	0.6%	313	476	58	12.2%
Mining	181	0.2%	80	123	58	47.2%
Utilities	91	0.1%	66	71	20	28.2%
Construction	12,445	13.7%	7,801	8,033	4,412	54.9%
Manufacturing	24,962	27.4%	21,306	13,396	11,566	86.3%
Wholesale Trade	3,349	3.7%	2,715	2,068	1,281	61.9%
Retail Trade	8,182	9.0%	7,284	5,624	2,558	45.5%
Transporation and Warehousing	3,548	3.9%	2,853	2,051	1,497	73.0%
Information	1,294	1.4%	1,223	840	454	54.0%
Finance and Insurance	2,217	2.4%	2,118	1,810	407	22.5%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	959	1.1%	757	705	254	36.0%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	2,525	2.8%	2,234	1,704	821	48.2%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	253	0.3%	240	176	77	43.8%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	9,639	10.6%	7,553	6,288	3,351	53.3%
Educational Services	1,005	1.1%	968	858	147	17.1%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	5,693	6.3%	5,559	4,425	1,268	28.7%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	1,828	2.0%	881	1,493	335	22.4%
Accomodation and Food Services	5,856	6.4%	4,403	4,437	1,419	32.0%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	1,855	2.0%	1,659	1,263	592	46.9%
Public Administration	1,493	1.6%	1,092	1,434	59	4.1%
Information Not Available	2,598	2.9%	1,674	1,487	1,111	74.7%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants West Virginia
	Nov 2008	Percent	Oct 2008	Nov 2007	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	13,943		11,578	11,118
Male	9,118	65.4%	7,140	7,417	1,701	22.9%
Female	4,825	34.6%	4,438	3,701	1,124	30.4%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	13,943		11,578	11,118
Hispanic or Latino	231	1.7%	211	168	63	37.5%
Not Hispanic or Latino	11,425	81.9%	9,549	9,303	2,122	22.8%
Information Not Available	2,287	16.4%	1,818	1,647	640	38.9%

Race	13,943		11,578	11,118
American Indian or Alaskan Native	19	0.1%	24	16	3	18.8%
Asian	35	0.3%	22	9	26	288.9%
Black or African American	612	4.4%	587	418	194	46.4%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	11	0.1%	4	4	7	175.0%
White	12,842	92.1%	10,653	10,384	2,458	23.7%
Information Not Available	424	3.0%	288	287	137	47.7%

Years of Age	13,943		11,578	11,118
Younger than 22	450	1.7%	349	341	109	32.0%
22-24	767	2.9%	626	629	138	21.9%
25-34	3,647	13.9%	2,976	2,798	849	30.3%
35-44	3,648	13.9%	2,965	2,962	686	23.2%
45-54	3,419	13.1%	2,885	2,766	653	23.6%
55-59	1,093	4.2%	997	914	179	19.6%
60-64	596	2.3%	500	484	112	23.1%
65 and older	323	1.2%	280	224	99	44.2%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	13,943		11,578	11,118
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	119	0.8%	83	105	14	13.3%
Mining	393	2.8%	333	622	-229	-36.8%
Utilities	21	0.1%	17	34	-13	-38.2%
Construction	2,884	20.5%	2,131	2,447	437	17.9%
Manufacturing	1,708	12.1%	1,436	1,053	655	62.2%
Wholesale Trade	508	3.6%	429	328	180	54.9%
Retail Trade	1,433	10.2%	1,340	911	522	57.3%
Transporation and Warehousing	414	2.9%	310	389	25	6.4%
Information	155	1.1%	138	141	14	9.9%
Finance and Insurance	216	1.5%	232	168	48	28.6%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	165	1.2%	134	134	31	23.1%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	494	3.5%	489	444	50	11.3%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	10	0.1%	11	13	-3	-23.1%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	1,214	8.6%	903	957	257	26.9%
Educational Services	165	1.2%	157	139	26	18.7%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	1,083	7.7%	1,116	974	109	11.2%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	281	2.0%	149	276	5	1.8%
Accomodation and Food Services	1,071	7.6%	784	634	437	68.9%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	383	2.7%	360	292	91	31.2%
Public Administration	223	1.6%	155	221	2	0.9%
Information Not Available	1,003	7.1%	871	836	167	20.0%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Wyoming
	Nov 2008	Percent	Oct 2008	Nov 2007	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	3,334		1,910	1,981
Male	2,052	61.5%	1,122	1,186	866	73.0%
Female	1,282	38.5%	788	795	487	61.3%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	3,334		1,910	1,981
Hispanic or Latino	282	8.5%	196	135	147	108.9%
Not Hispanic or Latino	2,814	84.4%	1,567	1,690	1,124	66.5%
Information Not Available	238	7.1%	147	156	82	52.6%

Race	3,334		1,910	1,981
American Indian or Alaskan Native	135	4.0%	110	72	63	87.5%
Asian	10	0.3%	6	7	3	42.9%
Black or African American	32	1.0%	33	21	11	52.4%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	14	0.4%	6	6	8	133.3%
White	2,974	89.2%	1,650	1,784	1,190	66.7%
Information Not Available	169	5.1%	105	91	78	85.7%

Years of Age	3,334		1,910	1,981
Younger than 22	71	1.2%	30	27	44	163.0%
22-24	205	3.3%	105	114	91	79.8%
25-34	808	13.2%	442	490	318	64.9%
35-44	686	11.2%	428	443	243	54.9%
45-54	873	14.2%	529	514	359	69.8%
55-59	344	5.6%	178	172	172	100.0%
60-64	174	2.8%	109	110	64	58.2%
65 and older	173	2.8%	89	111	62	55.9%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	3,334		1,910	1,981
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	23	0.7%	2	18	5	27.8%
Mining	198	5.9%	105	138	60	43.5%
Utilities	4	0.1%	5	0	4	0.0%
Construction	764	22.8%	453	349	415	118.9%
Manufacturing	103	3.1%	76	59	44	74.6%
Wholesale Trade	41	1.2%	48	38	3	7.9%
Retail Trade	250	7.4%	124	152	98	64.5%
Transporation and Warehousing	98	2.9%	80	88	10	11.4%
Information	35	1.0%	21	30	5	16.7%
Finance and Insurance	51	1.5%	32	24	27	112.5%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	39	1.2%	31	21	18	85.7%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	80	2.4%	64	63	17	27.0%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	6	0.2%	5	7	-1	-14.3%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	237	7.1%	110	124	113	91.1%
Educational Services	53	1.6%	51	24	29	120.8%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	152	4.5%	144	126	26	20.6%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	52	1.5%	35	23	29	126.1%
Accomodation and Food Services	633	18.9%	191	422	211	50.0%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	80	2.4%	69	50	30	60.0%
Public Administration	89	2.7%	66	83	6	7.2%
Information Not Available	346	10.3%	198	142	204	143.7%