Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants

October 2008

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants: Total Claimants October 2008
	Oct 2008	Sep 2008	Monthly Change	Oct 2007	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
United States	3,214,661	3,006,706	207,955	2,183,425	1,031,236	47.2
Alaska	8,680	6,891	1,789	7,370	1,310	17.8
Alabama	38,795	35,052	3,743	25,656	13,139	51.2
Arkansas	36,732	30,873	5,859	26,147	10,585	40.5
Arizona	54,484	52,356	2,128	28,528	25,956	91.0
California	521,644	494,776	26,868	330,822	190,822	57.7
Colorado	30,514	25,972	4,542	19,052	11,462	60.2
Connecticut	45,521	43,421	2,100	31,773	13,748	43.3
District of Columbia	7,788	9,177	-1,389	8,957	-1,169	-13.1
Delaware	10,132	8,821	1,311	6,370	3,762	59.1
Florida	203,796	196,696	7,100	126,230	77,566	61.4
Georgia	91,270	81,096	10,174	56,758	34,512	60.8
Hawaii	14,192	13,183	1,009	6,857	7,335	107.0
Iowa	22,899	21,420	1,479	16,165	6,734	41.7
Idaho	15,476	12,696	2,780	7,960	7,516	94.4
Illinois	141,426	136,149	5,277	113,977	27,449	24.1
Indiana	69,046	63,640	5,406	43,382	25,664	59.2
Kansas	22,997	20,445	2,552	14,888	8,109	54.5
Kentucky	39,574	35,716	3,858	24,091	15,483	64.3
Louisiana	31,720	40,093	-8,373	17,736	13,984	78.8
Massachusetts	83,163	80,457	2,706	65,080	18,083	27.8
Maryland	48,528	45,712	2,816	32,788	15,740	48.0
Maine	8,501	7,801	700	5,737	2,764	48.2
Michigan	143,648	135,121	8,527	109,751	33,897	30.9
Minnesota	43,615	38,942	4,673	37,208	6,407	17.2
Missouri	53,738	51,863	1,875	39,232	14,506	37.0
Mississippi	25,164	24,719	445	17,274	7,890	45.7
Montana	4,978	3,787	1,191	2,740	2,238	81.7
North Carolina	112,041	101,153	10,888	69,274	42,767	61.7
North Dakota	1,709	1,733	-24	1,147	562	49.0
Nebraska	11,935	12,889	-954	6,847	5,088	74.3
New Hampshire	8,227	7,743	484	4,926	3,301	67.0
New Jersey	125,811	125,757	54	95,146	30,665	32.2
New Mexico	12,734	11,909	825	9,366	3,368	36.0
Nevada	44,507	39,864	4,643	24,476	20,031	81.8
New York	193,240	180,632	12,608	143,133	50,107	35.0
Ohio	99,760	93,785	5,975	74,612	25,148	33.7
Oklahoma	21,605	23,328	-1,723	12,433	9,172	73.8
Oregon	60,538	53,539	6,999	36,649	23,889	65.2
Pennsylvania	176,431	165,216	11,215	125,992	50,439	40.0
Puerto Rico	40,997	42,200	-1,203	37,052	3,945	10.6
Rhode Island	13,302	13,261	41	10,605	2,697	25.4
South Carolina	62,599	58,796	3,803	38,683	23,916	61.8
South Dakota	1,542	1,230	312	970	572	59.0
Tennessee	52,843	49,287	3,556	37,847	14,996	39.6
Texas	132,102	112,490	19,612	87,772	44,330	50.5
Utah	15,621	13,186	2,435	7,386	8,235	111.5
Virginia	48,940	43,753	5,187	32,620	16,320	50.0
Virgin Islands	492	576	-84	411	81	19.7
Vermont	5,999	5,477	522	3,670	2,329	63.5
Washington	67,398	54,111	13,287	37,788	29,610	78.4
Wisconsin	72,779	64,705	8,074	51,546	21,233	41.2
West Virginia	11,578	11,398	180	9,133	2,445	26.8
Wyoming	1,910	1,813	97	1,412	498	35.3

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants US Totals
	Oct 2008	Percent	Sep 2008	Oct 2007	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	3,214,661		3,006,706	2,183,425	1,031,236	47.2
Male	1,803,950	56.1%	1,641,587	1,164,897	639,053	54.9%
Female	1,406,828	43.8%	1,362,365	1,016,519	390,309	38.4%
Information Not Available	3,883	0.1%	2,754	2,009	1,874	93.3%

Ethnicity	3,214,661		3,006,706	2,183,425
Hispanic or Latino	502,784	15.6%	473,649	339,035	163,749	48.3%
Not Hispanic or Latino	2,300,917	84.8%	2,191,866	1,598,821	702,096	43.9%
Information Not Available	410,960	11.3%	341,191	245,569	165,391	67.4%

Race	3,214,661		3,006,706	2,183,425
American Indian or Alaskan Native	33,974	1.1%	30,979	73,205	-39,231	-53.6%
Asian	86,850	2.7%	85,613	56,625	30,225	53.4%
Black or African American	593,477	18.5%	582,917	428,680	164,797	38.4%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	11,635	0.4%	12,030	10,180	1,455	14.3%
White	1,774,555	55.2%	1,634,312	1,156,095	618,460	53.5%
Information Not Available	714,170	22.2%	660,855	458,640	255,530	55.7%

Years of Age	3,214,661		3,006,706	2,183,425
Younger than 22	130,631	4.1%	110,001	91,954	38,677	42.1%
22-24	185,676	5.8%	174,144	125,053	60,623	48.5%
25-34	761,743	23.7%	712,603	517,042	244,701	47.3%
35-44	781,671	24.3%	740,358	551,353	230,318	41.8%
45-54	788,011	24.5%	735,883	528,048	259,963	49.2%
55-59	274,452	8.5%	259,018	181,342	93,110	51.3%
60-64	170,657	5.3%	161,143	107,332	63,325	59.0%
65 and older	104,058	3.2%	99,894	64,715	39,343	60.8%
Information Not Available	17,762	0.6%	13,662	16,586	1,176	7.1%

Industry	3,214,661		3,006,706	2,183,425
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	58,335	1.8%	53,804	39,683	18,652	47.0%
Mining	8,749	0.3%	8,003	7,213	1,536	21.3%
Utilities	6,092	0.2%	5,424	4,440	1,652	37.2%
Construction	374,787	11.7%	347,750	238,249	136,538	57.3%
Manufacturing	500,020	15.6%	433,684	330,698	169,322	51.2%
Wholesale Trade	133,193	4.1%	122,653	91,730	41,463	45.2%
Retail Trade	281,179	8.7%	261,580	192,320	88,859	46.2%
Transporation and Warehousing	101,795	3.2%	98,460	63,357	38,438	60.7%
Information	89,354	2.8%	84,982	60,867	28,487	46.8%
Finance and Insurance	123,745	3.8%	122,343	103,930	19,815	19.1%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	52,447	1.6%	48,816	43,967	8,480	19.3%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	155,951	4.9%	151,400	105,006	50,945	48.5%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	12,372	0.4%	10,702	9,834	2,538	25.8%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	361,278	11.2%	334,530	241,503	119,775	49.6%
Educational Services	75,969	2.4%	83,730	55,661	20,308	36.5%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	211,949	6.6%	204,418	160,584	51,365	32.0%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	44,845	1.4%	41,041	31,168	13,677	43.9%
Accomodation and Food Services	168,676	5.2%	154,300	106,967	61,709	57.7%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	86,391	2.7%	86,021	63,931	22,460	35.1%
Public Administration	52,346	1.6%	50,398	37,695	14,651	38.9%
Information Not Available	315,188	9.8%	302,667	194,622	120,566	61.9%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Alaska
	Oct 2008	Percent	Sep 2008	Oct 2007	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	8,680		6,891	7,370	1,310	17.8
Male	4,804	55.3%	3,562	3,872	932	24.1%
Female	3,876	44.7%	3,329	3,498	378	10.8%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	8,680		6,891	7,370
Hispanic or Latino	340	3.9%	254	288	52	18.1%
Not Hispanic or Latino	8,250	95.0%	6,581	7,024	1,226	17.5%
Information Not Available	90	1.0%	56	58	32	55.2%

Race	8,680		6,891	7,370
American Indian or Alaskan Native	2,569	29.6%	2,177	2,348	221	9.4%
Asian	594	6.8%	418	482	112	23.2%
Black or African American	365	4.2%	368	343	22	6.4%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	110	1.3%	76	57	53	93.0%
White	4,729	54.5%	3,632	3,898	831	21.3%
Information Not Available	313	3.6%	220	242	71	29.3%

Years of Age	8,680		6,891	7,370
Younger than 22	270	2.1%	226	242	28	11.6%
22-24	557	4.3%	539	514	43	8.4%
25-34	2,285	17.5%	1,735	1,923	362	18.8%
35-44	1,892	14.5%	1,601	1,762	130	7.4%
45-54	2,229	17.1%	1,679	1,808	421	23.3%
55-59	828	6.4%	634	582	246	42.3%
60-64	387	3.0%	288	362	25	6.9%
65 and older	232	1.8%	189	177	55	31.1%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	8,680		6,891	7,370
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	34	0.4%	21	31	3	9.7%
Mining	275	3.2%	171	215	60	27.9%
Utilities	44	0.5%	31	50	-6	-12.0%
Construction	1,190	13.7%	792	842	348	41.3%
Manufacturing	863	9.9%	553	657	206	31.4%
Wholesale Trade	134	1.5%	108	124	10	8.1%
Retail Trade	830	9.5%	789	654	176	26.9%
Transporation and Warehousing	589	6.8%	331	498	91	18.3%
Information	104	1.2%	93	69	35	50.7%
Finance and Insurance	147	1.7%	158	188	-41	-21.8%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	172	2.0%	144	160	12	7.5%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	259	3.0%	250	193	66	34.2%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	4	0.0%	2	20	-16	-80.0%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	513	5.9%	451	400	113	28.3%
Educational Services	233	2.7%	267	276	-43	-15.6%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	700	8.0%	753	761	-61	-8.0%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	177	2.0%	91	109	68	62.4%
Accomodation and Food Services	917	10.5%	636	777	140	18.0%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	239	2.7%	278	252	-13	-5.2%
Public Administration	995	11.4%	739	875	120	13.7%
Information Not Available	261	3.0%	233	219	42	19.2%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Alabama
	Oct 2008	Percent	Sep 2008	Oct 2007	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	38,795		35,052	25,656
Male	20,071	51.7%	17,731	12,254	7,817	63.8%
Female	18,637	48.0%	17,251	13,317	5,320	39.9%
Information Not Available	87	0.2%	70	85	2	2.4%

Ethnicity	38,795		35,052	25,656
Hispanic or Latino	857	2.2%	833	602	255	42.4%
Not Hispanic or Latino	31,303	80.7%	27,886	20,512	10,791	52.6%
Information Not Available	6,635	17.1%	6,333	4,542	2,093	46.1%

Race	38,795		35,052	25,656
American Indian or Alaskan Native	1,257	3.2%	1,367	644	613	95.2%
Asian	491	1.3%	619	387	104	26.9%
Black or African American	16,151	41.6%	14,532	11,542	4,609	39.9%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	71	0.2%	54	43	28	65.1%
White	18,714	48.2%	16,224	11,583	7,131	61.6%
Information Not Available	2,111	5.4%	2,256	1,457	654	44.9%

Years of Age	38,795		35,052	25,656
Younger than 22	1,733	3.1%	1,433	1,039	694	66.8%
22-24	2,769	5.0%	2,489	1,798	971	54.0%
25-34	10,173	18.3%	9,196	6,534	3,639	55.7%
35-44	9,282	16.7%	8,332	6,305	2,977	47.2%
45-54	8,902	16.0%	8,057	6,029	2,873	47.7%
55-59	2,894	5.2%	2,716	1,923	971	50.5%
60-64	1,791	3.2%	1,660	1,176	615	52.3%
65 and older	1,222	2.2%	1,134	808	414	51.2%
Information Not Available	29	0.1%	35	44	-15	-34.1%

Industry	38,795		35,052	25,656
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	385	1.0%	354	278	107	38.5%
Mining	113	0.3%	83	88	25	28.4%
Utilities	54	0.1%	51	35	19	54.3%
Construction	3,913	10.0%	3,467	2,135	1,778	83.3%
Manufacturing	9,649	24.6%	8,345	6,754	2,895	42.9%
Wholesale Trade	1,474	3.8%	1,198	854	620	72.6%
Retail Trade	4,177	10.7%	3,632	2,564	1,613	62.9%
Transporation and Warehousing	1,175	3.0%	994	737	438	59.4%
Information	583	1.5%	563	370	213	57.6%
Finance and Insurance	1,121	2.9%	1,007	704	417	59.2%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	485	1.2%	439	349	136	39.0%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	1,608	4.1%	1,636	1,249	359	28.7%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	46	0.1%	45	54	-8	-14.8%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	4,352	11.1%	3,779	2,771	1,581	57.1%
Educational Services	1,194	3.0%	1,091	707	487	68.9%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	2,689	6.9%	2,468	2,024	665	32.9%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	225	0.6%	209	167	58	34.7%
Accomodation and Food Services	2,414	6.2%	2,087	1,642	772	47.0%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	939	2.4%	861	611	328	53.7%
Public Administration	411	1.0%	381	341	70	20.5%
Information Not Available	1,788	4.6%	2,362	1,222	566	46.3%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Arkansas
	Oct 2008	Percent	Sep 2008	Oct 2007	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	36,732		30,873	26,147
Male	19,126	52.1%	16,057	13,308	5,818	43.7%
Female	17,605	47.9%	14,816	12,832	4,773	37.2%
Information Not Available	1	0.0%	0	7	-6	-85.7%

Ethnicity	36,732		30,873	26,147
Hispanic or Latino	986	2.7%	737	535	451	84.3%
Not Hispanic or Latino	35,745	97.3%	30,136	25,606	10,139	39.6%
Information Not Available	1	0.0%	0	6	-5	-83.3%

Race	36,732		30,873	26,147
American Indian or Alaskan Native	385	1.0%	314	351	34	9.7%
Asian	407	1.1%	265	248	159	64.1%
Black or African American	11,349	30.9%	9,938	7,722	3,627	47.0%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	611	1.7%	233	243	368	151.4%
White	22,990	62.6%	19,384	17,040	5,950	34.9%
Information Not Available	990	2.7%	739	543	447	82.3%

Years of Age	36,732		30,873	26,147
Younger than 22	1,449	2.5%	1,143	827	622	75.2%
22-24	2,629	4.5%	2,270	1,979	650	32.8%
25-34	9,684	16.6%	8,752	7,105	2,579	36.3%
35-44	9,353	16.0%	7,576	6,619	2,734	41.3%
45-54	8,659	14.9%	6,990	6,024	2,635	43.7%
55-59	2,717	4.7%	2,162	1,968	749	38.1%
60-64	1,433	2.5%	1,186	978	455	46.5%
65 and older	804	1.4%	791	638	166	26.0%
Information Not Available	4	0.0%	3	9	-5	-55.6%

Industry	36,732		30,873	26,147
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	385	1.0%	493	340	45	13.2%
Mining	110	0.3%	75	91	19	20.9%
Utilities	93	0.3%	92	59	34	57.6%
Construction	3,373	9.1%	3,007	2,222	1,151	51.8%
Manufacturing	9,601	25.9%	6,486	7,035	2,566	36.5%
Wholesale Trade	1,659	4.5%	1,544	1,086	573	52.8%
Retail Trade	4,189	11.3%	4,031	3,104	1,085	35.0%
Transporation and Warehousing	1,240	3.3%	1,127	816	424	52.0%
Information	369	1.0%	314	205	164	80.0%
Finance and Insurance	606	1.6%	552	389	217	55.8%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	358	1.0%	308	302	56	18.5%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	815	2.2%	774	665	150	22.6%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	82	0.2%	92	27	55	203.7%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	3,753	10.1%	3,067	2,595	1,158	44.6%
Educational Services	1,427	3.8%	1,273	1,027	400	38.9%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	3,720	10.0%	3,435	2,628	1,092	41.6%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	325	0.9%	325	237	88	37.1%
Accomodation and Food Services	2,948	7.9%	2,606	1,973	975	49.4%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	892	2.4%	569	730	162	22.2%
Public Administration	771	2.1%	693	594	177	29.8%
Information Not Available	16	0.0%	10	22	-6	-27.3%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Arizona
	Oct 2008	Percent	Sep 2008	Oct 2007	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	54,484		52,356	28,528
Male	32,282	59.3%	30,571	15,458	16,824	108.8%
Female	22,190	40.7%	21,776	13,070	9,120	69.8%
Information Not Available	12	0.0%	9	0	12	0.0%

Ethnicity	54,484		52,356	28,528
Hispanic or Latino	17,233	31.6%	18,328	10,353	6,880	66.5%
Not Hispanic or Latino	34,301	63.0%	31,541	18,175	16,126	88.7%
Information Not Available	2,950	5.4%	2,487	0	2,950	0.0%

Race	54,484		52,356	28,528
American Indian or Alaskan Native	3,372	6.2%	3,239	1,662	1,710	102.9%
Asian	701	1.3%	800	11	690	6272.7%
Black or African American	3,461	6.4%	3,281	1,806	1,655	91.6%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	82	0.2%	67	0	82	0.0%
White	26,997	49.6%	24,194	12,913	14,084	109.1%
Information Not Available	19,871	36.5%	20,775	12,136	7,735	63.7%

Years of Age	54,484		52,356	28,528
Younger than 22	1,936	2.5%	1,800	883	1,053	119.3%
22-24	3,131	4.0%	2,924	1,517	1,614	106.4%
25-34	12,284	15.7%	11,552	6,214	6,070	97.7%
35-44	13,322	17.0%	12,686	7,229	6,093	84.3%
45-54	13,831	17.7%	13,602	7,503	6,328	84.3%
55-59	4,989	6.4%	4,801	2,574	2,415	93.8%
60-64	3,183	4.1%	3,180	1,630	1,553	95.3%
65 and older	1,808	2.3%	1,811	978	830	84.9%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	54,484		52,356	28,528
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	2,510	4.4%	4,742	2,364	146	6.2%
Mining	135	0.2%	97	64	71	110.9%
Utilities	93	0.2%	85	43	50	116.3%
Construction	8,572	15.0%	7,111	3,623	4,949	136.6%
Manufacturing	3,611	6.3%	3,282	1,991	1,620	81.4%
Wholesale Trade	2,591	4.5%	2,499	1,329	1,262	95.0%
Retail Trade	5,142	9.0%	4,503	2,461	2,681	108.9%
Transporation and Warehousing	1,255	2.2%	1,225	556	699	125.7%
Information	684	1.2%	679	413	271	65.6%
Finance and Insurance	2,070	3.6%	1,949	2,020	50	2.5%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	1,178	2.1%	1,086	676	502	74.3%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	2,801	4.9%	2,500	1,306	1,495	114.5%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	170	0.3%	144	77	93	120.8%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	5,855	10.3%	5,191	3,032	2,823	93.1%
Educational Services	1,095	1.9%	1,082	689	406	58.9%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	2,903	5.1%	2,738	1,743	1,160	66.6%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	598	1.0%	530	263	335	127.4%
Accomodation and Food Services	2,197	3.9%	2,046	1,096	1,101	100.5%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	1,318	2.3%	1,131	609	709	116.4%
Public Administration	1,501	2.6%	1,330	629	872	138.6%
Information Not Available	8,205	14.4%	8,406	3,544	4,661	131.5%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants California
	Oct 2008	Percent	Sep 2008	Oct 2007	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	521,644		494,776	330,822
Male	294,867	56.5%	272,225	178,714	116,153	65.0%
Female	226,488	43.4%	222,258	151,741	74,747	49.3%
Information Not Available	289	0.1%	293	367	-78	-21.3%

Ethnicity	521,644		494,776	330,822
Hispanic or Latino	180,806	34.7%	169,945	116,329	64,477	55.4%
Not Hispanic or Latino	282,365	54.1%	271,344	179,448	102,917	57.4%
Information Not Available	58,473	11.2%	53,487	35,045	23,428	66.9%

Race	521,644		494,776	330,822
American Indian or Alaskan Native	5,001	1.0%	3,422	1,835	3,166	172.5%
Asian	42,989	8.2%	43,415	24,679	18,310	74.2%
Black or African American	42,701	8.2%	44,882	31,376	11,325	36.1%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
White	191,673	36.7%	179,625	121,558	70,115	57.7%
Information Not Available	239,280	45.9%	223,432	151,374	87,906	58.1%

Years of Age	521,644		494,776	330,822
Younger than 22	23,178	3.4%	14,961	12,293	10,885	88.5%
22-24	32,795	4.8%	30,019	18,257	14,538	79.6%
25-34	128,102	18.7%	118,414	78,439	49,663	63.3%
35-44	124,160	18.1%	119,978	80,825	43,335	53.6%
45-54	126,949	18.5%	122,324	80,734	46,215	57.2%
55-59	41,162	6.0%	43,220	30,183	10,979	36.4%
60-64	27,698	4.0%	26,890	18,165	9,533	52.5%
65 and older	17,119	2.5%	18,872	11,743	5,376	45.8%
Information Not Available	481	0.1%	98	183	298	162.8%

Industry	521,644		494,776	330,822
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	39,239	7.0%	31,584	25,321	13,918	55.0%
Mining	1,346	0.2%	1,173	642	704	109.7%
Utilities	1,923	0.3%	1,369	826	1,097	132.8%
Construction	70,399	12.6%	69,523	45,321	25,078	55.3%
Manufacturing	70,977	12.7%	61,994	43,027	27,950	65.0%
Wholesale Trade	11,829	2.1%	8,703	2,844	8,985	315.9%
Retail Trade	49,722	8.9%	43,317	29,357	20,365	69.4%
Transporation and Warehousing	15,099	2.7%	14,569	7,615	7,484	98.3%
Information	35,392	6.3%	33,930	24,036	11,356	47.2%
Finance and Insurance	19,331	3.4%	18,383	15,413	3,918	25.4%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	9,136	1.6%	8,898	12,202	-3,066	-25.1%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	12,022	2.1%	12,125	5,138	6,884	134.0%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	73,188	13.0%	72,360	50,090	23,098	46.1%
Educational Services	16,638	3.0%	21,316	10,550	6,088	57.7%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	29,044	5.2%	28,943	18,899	10,145	53.7%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	7,502	1.3%	8,996	5,321	2,181	41.0%
Accomodation and Food Services	25,678	4.6%	23,761	12,569	13,109	104.3%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	14,618	2.6%	16,623	8,899	5,719	64.3%
Public Administration	6,732	1.2%	5,769	2,477	4,255	171.8%
Information Not Available	11,829	2.1%	11,440	10,275	1,554	15.1%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Colorado
	Oct 2008	Percent	Sep 2008	Oct 2007	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	30,514		25,972	19,052
Male	16,417	53.8%	13,465	9,443	6,974	73.9%
Female	14,097	46.2%	12,507	9,609	4,488	46.7%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	30,514		25,972	19,052
Hispanic or Latino	5,351	17.5%	4,351	3,205	2,146	67.0%
Not Hispanic or Latino	20,409	66.9%	17,529	13,020	7,389	56.8%
Information Not Available	4,754	15.6%	4,092	2,827	1,927	68.2%

Race	30,514		25,972	19,052
American Indian or Alaskan Native	479	1.6%	413	321	158	49.2%
Asian	565	1.9%	499	490	75	15.3%
Black or African American	2,293	7.5%	2,005	1,312	981	74.8%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	108	0.4%	87	82	26	31.7%
White	20,896	68.5%	17,747	13,179	7,717	58.6%
Information Not Available	6,173	20.2%	5,221	3,668	2,505	68.3%

Years of Age	30,514		25,972	19,052
Younger than 22	487	1.0%	349	276	211	76.4%
22-24	1,083	2.2%	890	614	469	76.4%
25-34	6,403	12.9%	5,319	3,835	2,568	67.0%
35-44	7,813	15.8%	6,547	4,812	3,001	62.4%
45-54	8,759	17.7%	7,667	5,599	3,160	56.4%
55-59	3,227	6.5%	2,802	2,107	1,120	53.2%
60-64	1,869	3.8%	1,634	1,264	605	47.9%
65 and older	872	1.8%	764	525	347	66.1%
Information Not Available	1	0.0%	0	20	-19	-95.0%

Industry	30,514		25,972	19,052
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	196	0.6%	179	115	81	70.4%
Mining	202	0.7%	166	114	88	77.2%
Utilities	31	0.1%	22	27	4	14.8%
Construction	4,262	13.9%	3,458	2,234	2,028	90.8%
Manufacturing	2,696	8.8%	2,431	1,760	936	53.2%
Wholesale Trade	1,509	4.9%	1,308	911	598	65.6%
Retail Trade	2,787	9.1%	2,443	1,728	1,059	61.3%
Transporation and Warehousing	973	3.2%	806	433	540	124.7%
Information	1,169	3.8%	1,030	755	414	54.8%
Finance and Insurance	1,967	6.4%	1,822	1,400	567	40.5%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	739	2.4%	623	567	172	30.3%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	2,644	8.6%	2,403	1,626	1,018	62.6%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	346	1.1%	328	257	89	34.6%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	3,972	12.9%	3,297	2,437	1,535	63.0%
Educational Services	768	2.5%	677	597	171	28.6%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	1,883	6.1%	1,703	1,309	574	43.9%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	583	1.9%	397	369	214	58.0%
Accomodation and Food Services	1,631	5.3%	1,168	990	641	64.7%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	825	2.7%	694	559	266	47.6%
Public Administration	567	1.8%	422	402	165	41.0%
Information Not Available	764	2.5%	595	462	302	65.4%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Connecticut
	Oct 2008	Percent	Sep 2008	Oct 2007	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	45,521		43,421	31,773
Male	25,208	55.4%	23,461	16,789	8,419	50.1%
Female	20,313	44.6%	19,960	14,984	5,329	35.6%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	45,521		43,421	31,773
Hispanic or Latino	6,588	14.5%	6,069	4,607	1,981	43.0%
Not Hispanic or Latino	38,933	85.5%	37,352	27,166	11,767	43.3%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Race	45,521		43,421	31,773
American Indian or Alaskan Native	195	0.4%	196	119	76	63.9%
Asian	763	1.7%	696	471	292	62.0%
Black or African American	6,791	14.9%	6,716	5,075	1,716	33.8%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
White	26,209	57.6%	25,278	18,394	7,815	42.5%
Information Not Available	11,563	25.4%	10,535	7,714	3,849	49.9%

Years of Age	45,521		43,421	31,773
Younger than 22	1,726	2.5%	1,619	1,119	607	54.2%
22-24	2,820	4.1%	2,571	1,955	865	44.2%
25-34	9,965	14.5%	9,522	7,094	2,871	40.5%
35-44	10,472	15.2%	9,990	7,785	2,687	34.5%
45-54	11,147	16.2%	10,789	7,641	3,506	45.9%
55-59	4,105	6.0%	3,859	2,714	1,391	51.3%
60-64	2,986	4.3%	2,904	2,022	964	47.7%
65 and older	2,300	3.3%	2,167	1,443	857	59.4%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	45,521		43,421	31,773
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	376	0.8%	204	232	144	62.1%
Mining	18	0.0%	17	11	7	63.6%
Utilities	29	0.1%	45	45	-16	-35.6%
Construction	5,091	11.1%	4,838	2,865	2,226	77.7%
Manufacturing	6,238	13.6%	5,442	4,298	1,940	45.1%
Wholesale Trade	2,342	5.1%	2,227	1,565	777	49.6%
Retail Trade	5,594	12.2%	5,589	3,936	1,658	42.1%
Transporation and Warehousing	1,533	3.3%	1,436	1,053	480	45.6%
Information	1,366	3.0%	1,413	682	684	100.3%
Finance and Insurance	2,601	5.7%	2,441	1,995	606	30.4%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	774	1.7%	738	569	205	36.0%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	2,518	5.5%	2,371	1,709	809	47.3%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	273	0.6%	304	158	115	72.8%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	4,940	10.8%	4,693	3,551	1,389	39.1%
Educational Services	1,441	3.1%	1,512	1,016	425	41.8%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	4,017	8.8%	4,000	3,266	751	23.0%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	1,036	2.3%	924	682	354	51.9%
Accomodation and Food Services	2,578	5.6%	2,550	1,880	698	37.1%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	1,345	2.9%	1,332	1,044	301	28.8%
Public Administration	654	1.4%	616	657	-3	-0.5%
Information Not Available	757	1.6%	729	559	198	35.4%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants District of Columbia
	Oct 2008	Percent	Sep 2008	Oct 2007	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	7,788		9,177	8,957
Male	3,468	44.5%	4,064	4,252	-784	-18.4%
Female	4,320	55.5%	5,113	4,705	-385	-8.2%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	7,788		9,177	8,957
Hispanic or Latino	646	8.3%	776	812	-166	-20.4%
Not Hispanic or Latino	6,921	88.9%	8,141	7,837	-916	-11.7%
Information Not Available	221	2.8%	260	308	-87	-28.2%

Race	7,788		9,177	8,957
American Indian or Alaskan Native	49	0.6%	55	51	-2	-3.9%
Asian	135	1.7%	156	173	-38	-22.0%
Black or African American	6,416	82.4%	7,611	7,147	-731	-10.2%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	23	0.3%	44	99	-76	-76.8%
White	1,164	14.9%	1,310	1,406	-242	-17.2%
Information Not Available	1	0.0%	1	81	-80	-98.8%

Years of Age	7,788		9,177	8,957
Younger than 22	227	2.6%	243	215	12	5.6%
22-24	447	5.2%	467	434	13	3.0%
25-34	1,922	22.4%	2,140	2,180	-258	-11.8%
35-44	1,992	23.2%	2,348	2,386	-394	-16.5%
45-54	1,994	23.2%	2,473	2,435	-441	-18.1%
55-59	653	7.6%	808	721	-68	-9.4%
60-64	373	4.3%	470	377	-4	-1.1%
65 and older	180	2.1%	228	209	-29	-13.9%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	7,788		9,177	8,957
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	2	0.0%	7	30	-28	-93.3%
Manufacturing	1	0.0%	1	0	1	0.0%
Wholesale Trade	0	0.0%	0	5	-5	-100.0%
Retail Trade	1	0.0%	1	16	-15	-93.8%
Transporation and Warehousing	0	0.0%	0	1	-1	-100.0%
Information	1	0.0%	2	4	-3	-75.0%
Finance and Insurance	1	0.0%	1	0	1	0.0%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	1	0.0%	0	12	-11	-91.7%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	7	0.1%	7	25	-18	-72.0%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	17	0.2%	27	8	9	112.5%
Educational Services	2	0.0%	5	30	-28	-93.3%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	3	0.0%	6	21	-18	-85.7%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	0	0.0%	0	2	-2	-100.0%
Accomodation and Food Services	4	0.1%	3	2	2	100.0%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	5	0.1%	3	26	-21	-80.8%
Public Administration	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
Information Not Available	7,743	99.4%	9,114	8,773	-1,030	-11.7%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Delaware
	Oct 2008	Percent	Sep 2008	Oct 2007	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	10,132		8,821	6,370
Male	5,284	52.2%	4,450	3,003	2,281	76.0%
Female	4,848	47.8%	4,371	3,367	1,481	44.0%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	10,132		8,821	6,370
Hispanic or Latino	351	3.5%	318	235	116	49.4%
Not Hispanic or Latino	9,781	96.5%	8,503	6,135	3,646	59.4%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Race	10,132		8,821	6,370
American Indian or Alaskan Native	23	0.2%	21	10	13	130.0%
Asian	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
Black or African American	3,743	36.9%	3,366	2,449	1,294	52.8%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	28	0.3%	39	30	-2	-6.7%
White	5,757	56.8%	4,874	3,382	2,375	70.2%
Information Not Available	581	5.7%	521	499	82	16.4%

Years of Age	10,132		8,821	6,370
Younger than 22	355	2.3%	271	1,446	-1,091	-75.4%
22-24	656	4.3%	536	420	236	56.2%
25-34	2,446	16.0%	2,139	1,431	1,015	70.9%
35-44	2,409	15.7%	2,132	1,619	790	48.8%
45-54	2,386	15.6%	2,088	1,078	1,308	121.3%
55-59	829	5.4%	725	222	607	273.4%
60-64	591	3.9%	522	91	500	549.5%
65 and older	380	2.5%	344	55	325	590.9%
Information Not Available	80	0.5%	64	8	72	900.0%

Industry	10,132		8,821	6,370
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	16	0.2%	15	7	9	128.6%
Mining	2	0.0%	0	0	2	0.0%
Utilities	15	0.1%	11	6	9	150.0%
Construction	1,297	12.8%	1,036	677	620	91.6%
Manufacturing	636	6.3%	575	525	111	21.1%
Wholesale Trade	409	4.0%	357	255	154	60.4%
Retail Trade	1,761	17.4%	1,567	1,033	728	70.5%
Transporation and Warehousing	302	3.0%	244	222	80	36.0%
Information	192	1.9%	154	100	92	92.0%
Finance and Insurance	716	7.1%	666	563	153	27.2%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	209	2.1%	157	183	26	14.2%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	627	6.2%	550	291	336	115.5%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	36	0.4%	23	19	17	89.5%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	1,549	15.3%	1,414	930	619	66.6%
Educational Services	242	2.4%	238	157	85	54.1%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	752	7.4%	698	557	195	35.0%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	135	1.3%	132	82	53	64.6%
Accomodation and Food Services	810	8.0%	610	474	336	70.9%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	273	2.7%	253	197	76	38.6%
Public Administration	76	0.7%	58	57	19	33.3%
Information Not Available	77	0.8%	63	35	42	120.0%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Florida
	Oct 2008	Percent	Sep 2008	Oct 2007	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	203,796		196,696	126,230
Male	114,217	56.0%	107,995	66,854	47,363	70.8%
Female	89,504	43.9%	88,664	59,265	30,239	51.0%
Information Not Available	75	0.0%	37	111	-36	-32.4%

Ethnicity	203,796		196,696	126,230
Hispanic or Latino	62,623	30.7%	60,819	41,534	21,089	50.8%
Not Hispanic or Latino	128,686	63.1%	124,724	75,146	53,540	71.2%
Information Not Available	12,487	6.1%	11,153	9,550	2,937	30.8%

Race	203,796		196,696	126,230
American Indian or Alaskan Native	523	0.3%	781	518	5	1.0%
Asian	1,533	0.8%	929	777	756	97.3%
Black or African American	38,995	19.1%	39,778	24,024	14,971	62.3%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	2,243	1.1%	2,231	1,592	651	40.9%
White	124,835	61.3%	117,884	74,035	50,800	68.6%
Information Not Available	35,667	17.5%	35,093	25,284	10,383	41.1%

Years of Age	203,796		196,696	126,230
Younger than 22	6,281	2.0%	5,614	2,813	3,468	123.3%
22-24	10,468	3.3%	11,264	5,849	4,619	79.0%
25-34	43,518	13.8%	41,637	27,319	16,199	59.3%
35-44	48,715	15.5%	46,655	30,614	18,101	59.1%
45-54	51,257	16.3%	51,228	33,390	17,867	53.5%
55-59	19,292	6.1%	18,588	12,549	6,743	53.7%
60-64	13,609	4.3%	11,896	7,996	5,613	70.2%
65 and older	10,655	3.4%	9,777	5,700	4,955	86.9%
Information Not Available	1	0.0%	37	0	1	0.0%

Industry	203,796		196,696	126,230
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	3,402	1.6%	6,060	2,850	552	19.4%
Mining	262	0.1%	260	0	262	0.0%
Utilities	374	0.2%	186	222	152	68.5%
Construction	25,348	12.2%	25,168	14,992	10,356	69.1%
Manufacturing	13,983	6.7%	12,379	8,699	5,284	60.7%
Wholesale Trade	9,459	4.6%	9,963	6,071	3,388	55.8%
Retail Trade	21,423	10.3%	19,963	12,771	8,652	67.7%
Transporation and Warehousing	4,673	2.3%	5,279	2,776	1,897	68.3%
Information	4,000	1.9%	4,498	2,850	1,150	40.4%
Finance and Insurance	8,935	4.3%	9,517	7,515	1,420	18.9%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	4,486	2.2%	3,532	2,998	1,488	49.6%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	12,375	6.0%	12,454	7,107	5,268	74.1%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	1,421	0.7%	1,227	851	570	67.0%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	41,911	20.2%	37,324	25,061	16,850	67.2%
Educational Services	5,047	2.4%	4,758	1,777	3,270	184.0%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	12,637	6.1%	12,045	7,663	4,974	64.9%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	3,813	1.8%	3,755	2,665	1,148	43.1%
Accomodation and Food Services	13,833	6.7%	13,197	7,255	6,578	90.7%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	5,683	2.7%	4,907	3,072	2,611	85.0%
Public Administration	2,318	1.1%	2,416	1,555	763	49.1%
Information Not Available	8,413	4.1%	7,808	7,480	933	12.5%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Georgia
	Oct 2008	Percent	Sep 2008	Oct 2007	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	91,270		81,096	56,758
Male	48,170	52.8%	41,441	27,445	20,725	75.5%
Female	41,885	45.9%	38,520	28,579	13,306	46.6%
Information Not Available	1,215	1.3%	1,135	734	481	65.5%

Ethnicity	91,270		81,096	56,758
Hispanic or Latino	413	0.5%	451	172	241	140.1%
Not Hispanic or Latino	89,642	98.2%	79,510	55,852	33,790	60.5%
Information Not Available	1,215	1.3%	1,135	734	481	65.5%

Race	91,270		81,096	56,758
American Indian or Alaskan Native	454	0.5%	410	244	210	86.1%
Asian	1,119	1.2%	1,035	640	479	74.8%
Black or African American	43,232	47.4%	39,676	30,505	12,727	41.7%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
White	45,250	49.6%	38,840	24,635	20,615	83.7%
Information Not Available	1,215	1.3%	1,135	734	481	65.5%

Years of Age	91,270		81,096	56,758
Younger than 22	2,973	2.2%	2,430	1,813	1,160	64.0%
22-24	4,999	3.8%	4,322	3,084	1,915	62.1%
25-34	21,821	16.5%	19,358	13,561	8,260	60.9%
35-44	23,103	17.5%	20,728	15,013	8,090	53.9%
45-54	21,336	16.1%	19,312	13,281	8,055	60.7%
55-59	6,929	5.2%	6,304	4,409	2,520	57.2%
60-64	4,311	3.3%	3,945	2,486	1,825	73.4%
65 and older	2,297	1.7%	2,156	1,337	960	71.8%
Information Not Available	3,501	2.6%	2,541	1,774	1,727	97.4%

Industry	91,270		81,096	56,758
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	1,901	2.0%	1,598	1,072	829	77.3%
Mining	126	0.1%	161	80	46	57.5%
Utilities	146	0.2%	138	135	11	8.1%
Construction	7,081	7.6%	6,287	3,672	3,409	92.8%
Manufacturing	10,995	11.8%	8,309	7,022	3,973	56.6%
Wholesale Trade	4,824	5.2%	4,351	3,201	1,623	50.7%
Retail Trade	7,438	8.0%	6,317	4,314	3,124	72.4%
Transporation and Warehousing	2,393	2.6%	1,972	1,395	998	71.5%
Information	1,777	1.9%	1,619	1,104	673	61.0%
Finance and Insurance	2,548	2.7%	2,515	2,170	378	17.4%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	1,769	1.9%	1,566	1,088	681	62.6%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	14,096	15.1%	12,929	8,955	5,141	57.4%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	225	0.2%	234	131	94	71.8%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	277	0.3%	264	227	50	22.0%
Educational Services	1,861	2.0%	1,776	1,390	471	33.9%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	3,846	4.1%	3,716	3,304	542	16.4%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	3,803	4.1%	3,565	2,641	1,162	44.0%
Accomodation and Food Services	675	0.7%	788	516	159	30.8%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	1,156	1.2%	1,173	745	411	55.2%
Public Administration	1,065	1.1%	1,041	730	335	45.9%
Information Not Available	23,268	25.0%	20,777	12,866	10,402	80.8%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Hawaii
	Oct 2008	Percent	Sep 2008	Oct 2007	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	14,192		13,183	6,857
Male	8,956	63.1%	8,145	4,214	4,742	112.5%
Female	5,236	36.9%	5,038	2,643	2,593	98.1%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	14,192		13,183	6,857
Hispanic or Latino	851	6.0%	773	368	483	131.3%
Not Hispanic or Latino	10,938	77.1%	10,169	5,223	5,715	109.4%
Information Not Available	2,403	16.9%	2,241	1,266	1,137	89.8%

Race	14,192		13,183	6,857
American Indian or Alaskan Native	120	0.8%	96	59	61	103.4%
Asian	4,625	32.6%	4,450	2,186	2,439	111.6%
Black or African American	246	1.7%	206	180	66	36.7%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	3,666	25.8%	3,512	1,702	1,964	115.4%
White	3,768	26.6%	3,221	1,860	1,908	102.6%
Information Not Available	1,767	12.5%	1,698	870	897	103.1%

Years of Age	14,192		13,183	6,857
Younger than 22	377	2.2%	353	154	223	144.8%
22-24	811	4.7%	743	320	491	153.4%
25-34	3,246	18.9%	3,032	1,530	1,716	112.2%
35-44	3,420	20.0%	3,191	1,682	1,738	103.3%
45-54	3,570	20.8%	3,269	1,819	1,751	96.3%
55-59	1,445	8.4%	1,321	672	773	115.0%
60-64	820	4.8%	822	414	406	98.1%
65 and older	503	2.9%	452	266	237	89.1%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	14,192		13,183	6,857
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	255	1.8%	210	187	68	36.4%
Mining	2	0.0%	3	0	2	0.0%
Utilities	9	0.1%	7	3	6	200.0%
Construction	3,804	26.3%	3,559	1,651	2,153	130.4%
Manufacturing	389	2.7%	314	206	183	88.8%
Wholesale Trade	234	1.6%	202	121	113	93.4%
Retail Trade	829	5.7%	680	391	438	112.0%
Transporation and Warehousing	752	5.2%	1,105	229	523	228.4%
Information	230	1.6%	204	138	92	66.7%
Finance and Insurance	247	1.7%	231	202	45	22.3%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	289	2.0%	282	114	175	153.5%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	414	2.9%	377	279	135	48.4%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	53	0.4%	51	17	36	211.8%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	1,601	11.1%	1,363	713	888	124.5%
Educational Services	109	0.8%	96	62	47	75.8%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	516	3.6%	484	297	219	73.7%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	182	1.3%	172	59	123	208.5%
Accomodation and Food Services	2,118	14.7%	1,751	1,055	1,063	100.8%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	314	2.2%	297	188	126	67.0%
Public Administration	200	1.4%	213	143	57	39.9%
Information Not Available	1,645	11.4%	1,582	802	843	105.1%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Iowa
	Oct 2008	Percent	Sep 2008	Oct 2007	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	22,899		21,420	16,165
Male	12,548	54.8%	11,529	8,583	3,965	46.2%
Female	10,351	45.2%	9,891	7,582	2,769	36.5%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	22,899		21,420	16,165
Hispanic or Latino	707	3.1%	669	634	73	11.5%
Not Hispanic or Latino	15,667	68.4%	15,170	15,330	337	2.2%
Information Not Available	6,525	28.5%	5,581	201	6,324	3146.3%

Race	22,899		21,420	16,165
American Indian or Alaskan Native	73	0.3%	84	74	-1	-1.4%
Asian	182	0.8%	163	170	12	7.1%
Black or African American	1,252	5.5%	1,351	828	424	51.2%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
White	14,160	61.8%	13,572	14,258	-98	-0.7%
Information Not Available	7,232	31.6%	6,250	835	6,397	766.1%

Years of Age	22,899		21,420	16,165
Younger than 22	753	2.1%	725	499	254	50.9%
22-24	1,353	3.8%	1,279	997	356	35.7%
25-34	5,231	14.7%	4,955	3,584	1,647	46.0%
35-44	5,156	14.4%	4,839	3,888	1,268	32.6%
45-54	6,044	16.9%	5,576	4,248	1,796	42.3%
55-59	2,188	6.1%	2,014	1,404	784	55.8%
60-64	1,377	3.9%	1,246	968	409	42.3%
65 and older	797	2.2%	786	570	227	39.8%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	7	-7	-100.0%

Industry	22,899		21,420	16,165
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	201	0.9%	202	119	82	68.9%
Mining	23	0.1%	12	42	-19	-45.2%
Utilities	22	0.1%	27	34	-12	-35.3%
Construction	2,550	11.0%	2,177	1,858	692	37.2%
Manufacturing	7,183	31.1%	6,066	4,199	2,984	71.1%
Wholesale Trade	865	3.7%	894	713	152	21.3%
Retail Trade	1,938	8.4%	1,909	1,784	154	8.6%
Transporation and Warehousing	633	2.7%	623	458	175	38.2%
Information	711	3.1%	776	629	82	13.0%
Finance and Insurance	874	3.8%	848	576	298	51.7%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	245	1.1%	245	209	36	17.2%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	787	3.4%	799	575	212	36.9%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	25	0.1%	29	42	-17	-40.5%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	2,141	9.3%	2,176	1,343	798	59.4%
Educational Services	419	1.8%	453	279	140	50.2%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	1,434	6.2%	1,413	1,309	125	9.5%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	259	1.1%	214	169	90	53.3%
Accomodation and Food Services	1,470	6.4%	1,441	942	528	56.1%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	466	2.0%	456	405	61	15.1%
Public Administration	329	1.4%	280	246	83	33.7%
Information Not Available	324	1.4%	380	234	90	38.5%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Idaho
	Oct 2008	Percent	Sep 2008	Oct 2007	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	15,476		12,696	7,960
Male	9,606	62.1%	7,339	4,645	4,961	106.8%
Female	5,870	37.9%	5,356	3,315	2,555	77.1%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	1	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	15,476		12,696	7,960
Hispanic or Latino	1,655	10.7%	1,501	844	811	96.1%
Not Hispanic or Latino	13,193	85.2%	10,552	6,910	6,283	90.9%
Information Not Available	628	4.1%	643	206	422	204.9%

Race	15,476		12,696	7,960
American Indian or Alaskan Native	275	1.8%	245	184	91	49.5%
Asian	167	1.1%	157	112	55	49.1%
Black or African American	102	0.7%	111	62	40	64.5%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	49	0.3%	45	23	26	113.0%
White	12,565	81.2%	10,076	6,427	6,138	95.5%
Information Not Available	2,318	15.0%	2,062	1,152	1,166	101.2%

Years of Age	15,476		12,696	7,960
Younger than 22	649	2.4%	457	252	397	157.5%
22-24	942	3.5%	697	449	493	109.8%
25-34	3,827	14.1%	3,029	1,840	1,987	108.0%
35-44	3,539	13.0%	3,000	1,919	1,620	84.4%
45-54	3,776	13.9%	3,179	2,079	1,697	81.6%
55-59	1,405	5.2%	1,184	753	652	86.6%
60-64	846	3.1%	724	410	436	106.3%
65 and older	492	1.8%	426	258	234	90.7%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	15,476		12,696	7,960
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	273	1.7%	209	235	38	16.2%
Mining	110	0.7%	41	29	81	279.3%
Utilities	24	0.2%	14	12	12	100.0%
Construction	2,850	18.1%	2,089	1,360	1,490	109.6%
Manufacturing	2,698	17.1%	2,127	1,497	1,201	80.2%
Wholesale Trade	560	3.6%	593	257	303	117.9%
Retail Trade	1,655	10.5%	1,325	762	893	117.2%
Transporation and Warehousing	382	2.4%	362	217	165	76.0%
Information	271	1.7%	258	109	162	148.6%
Finance and Insurance	477	3.0%	437	347	130	37.5%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	242	1.5%	179	122	120	98.4%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	671	4.3%	586	369	302	81.8%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	21	0.1%	19	17	4	23.5%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	1,301	8.3%	1,028	611	690	112.9%
Educational Services	217	1.4%	223	117	100	85.5%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	885	5.6%	774	501	384	76.6%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	220	1.4%	149	95	125	131.6%
Accomodation and Food Services	754	4.8%	541	347	407	117.3%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	343	2.2%	281	149	194	130.2%
Public Administration	279	1.8%	212	200	79	39.5%
Information Not Available	1,243	7.9%	1,249	607	636	104.8%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Illinois
	Oct 2008	Percent	Sep 2008	Oct 2007	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	141,426		136,149	113,977
Male	78,385	55.4%	73,310	61,126	17,259	28.2%
Female	63,041	44.6%	62,839	52,851	10,190	19.3%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	141,426		136,149	113,977
Hispanic or Latino	18,569	13.1%	16,826	13,054	5,515	42.2%
Not Hispanic or Latino	122,857	86.9%	119,323	100,923	21,934	21.7%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Race	141,426		136,149	113,977
American Indian or Alaskan Native	502	0.4%	483	418	84	20.1%
Asian	3,794	2.7%	3,706	2,688	1,106	41.1%
Black or African American	38,164	27.0%	38,233	33,348	4,816	14.4%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
White	97,543	69.0%	92,335	76,560	20,983	27.4%
Information Not Available	1,423	1.0%	1,392	963	460	47.8%

Years of Age	141,426		136,149	113,977
Younger than 22	4,380	1.9%	3,832	3,222	1,158	35.9%
22-24	7,671	3.3%	7,244	6,137	1,534	25.0%
25-34	34,576	14.9%	33,091	28,276	6,300	22.3%
35-44	35,322	15.3%	34,265	29,227	6,095	20.9%
45-54	35,758	15.4%	34,568	28,768	6,990	24.3%
55-59	12,302	5.3%	12,016	9,671	2,631	27.2%
60-64	7,373	3.2%	7,170	5,603	1,770	31.6%
65 and older	4,044	1.7%	3,963	3,073	971	31.6%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	141,426		136,149	113,977
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	289	0.2%	256	269	20	7.4%
Mining	330	0.2%	313	538	-208	-38.7%
Utilities	146	0.1%	153	137	9	6.6%
Construction	18,388	13.0%	17,158	12,829	5,559	43.3%
Manufacturing	22,508	15.9%	20,055	20,438	2,070	10.1%
Wholesale Trade	7,401	5.2%	7,155	5,497	1,904	34.6%
Retail Trade	13,622	9.6%	13,112	10,920	2,702	24.7%
Transporation and Warehousing	6,657	4.7%	7,158	4,611	2,046	44.4%
Information	3,301	2.3%	3,243	2,495	806	32.3%
Finance and Insurance	8,397	5.9%	8,480	7,670	727	9.5%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	2,237	1.6%	2,196	1,917	320	16.7%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	8,871	6.3%	8,483	6,680	2,191	32.8%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	650	0.5%	686	316	334	105.7%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	16,865	11.9%	16,069	12,560	4,305	34.3%
Educational Services	3,733	2.6%	3,912	3,466	267	7.7%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	9,936	7.0%	9,828	8,509	1,427	16.8%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	1,488	1.0%	1,295	1,297	191	14.7%
Accomodation and Food Services	7,410	5.2%	7,311	5,582	1,828	32.7%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	3,554	2.5%	3,508	2,891	663	22.9%
Public Administration	2,706	1.9%	2,893	2,497	209	8.4%
Information Not Available	2,937	2.1%	2,885	2,858	79	2.8%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Indiana
	Oct 2008	Percent	Sep 2008	Oct 2007	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	69,046		63,640	43,382
Male	40,693	58.9%	36,741	23,492	17,201	73.2%
Female	28,290	41.0%	26,842	19,849	8,441	42.5%
Information Not Available	63	0.1%	57	41	22	53.7%

Ethnicity	69,046		63,640	43,382
Hispanic or Latino	3,247	4.7%	2,978	1,822	1,425	78.2%
Not Hispanic or Latino	51,520	74.6%	47,194	32,565	18,955	58.2%
Information Not Available	14,279	20.7%	13,468	8,995	5,284	58.7%

Race	69,046		63,640	43,382
American Indian or Alaskan Native	292	0.4%	271	202	90	44.6%
Asian	547	0.8%	558	354	193	54.5%
Black or African American	9,170	13.3%	8,896	6,976	2,194	31.5%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	72	0.1%	57	48	24	50.0%
White	55,302	80.1%	50,474	33,676	21,626	64.2%
Information Not Available	3,663	5.3%	3,384	2,126	1,537	72.3%

Years of Age	69,046		63,640	43,382
Younger than 22	2,079	1.7%	1,729	1,144	935	81.7%
22-24	3,712	3.1%	3,348	2,341	1,371	58.6%
25-34	16,306	13.5%	14,989	10,616	5,690	53.6%
35-44	17,399	14.4%	16,017	11,137	6,262	56.2%
45-54	17,741	14.7%	16,552	10,922	6,819	62.4%
55-59	6,282	5.2%	5,769	3,753	2,529	67.4%
60-64	3,632	3.0%	3,351	2,293	1,339	58.4%
65 and older	1,895	1.6%	1,885	1,176	719	61.1%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	69,046		63,640	43,382
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	125	0.2%	126	77	48	62.3%
Mining	77	0.1%	87	97	-20	-20.6%
Utilities	66	0.1%	65	165	-99	-60.0%
Construction	6,508	9.4%	6,097	4,339	2,169	50.0%
Manufacturing	24,618	35.6%	22,019	12,146	12,472	102.7%
Wholesale Trade	2,666	3.9%	2,361	1,712	954	55.7%
Retail Trade	5,091	7.4%	4,541	3,692	1,399	37.9%
Transporation and Warehousing	2,401	3.5%	2,410	1,327	1,074	80.9%
Information	853	1.2%	737	447	406	90.8%
Finance and Insurance	1,836	2.7%	1,668	1,507	329	21.8%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	785	1.1%	755	678	107	15.8%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	2,213	3.2%	2,159	1,528	685	44.8%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	248	0.4%	232	114	134	117.5%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	5,898	8.5%	5,432	3,912	1,986	50.8%
Educational Services	916	1.3%	985	741	175	23.6%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	3,840	5.6%	3,739	3,253	587	18.0%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	617	0.9%	506	402	215	53.5%
Accomodation and Food Services	2,473	3.6%	2,333	1,824	649	35.6%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	1,481	2.1%	1,424	961	520	54.1%
Public Administration	463	0.7%	468	325	138	42.5%
Information Not Available	5,871	8.5%	5,496	4,135	1,736	42.0%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Kansas
	Oct 2008	Percent	Sep 2008	Oct 2007	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	22,997		20,445	14,888
Male	12,647	55.0%	10,889	7,818	4,829	61.8%
Female	9,307	40.5%	9,556	7,070	2,237	31.6%
Information Not Available	1,043	4.5%	0	0	1,043	0.0%

Ethnicity	22,997		20,445	14,888
Hispanic or Latino	1,386	6.0%	1,304	850	536	63.1%
Not Hispanic or Latino	10,711	46.6%	10,111	7,732	2,979	38.5%
Information Not Available	10,900	47.4%	9,030	6,306	4,594	72.9%

Race	22,997		20,445	14,888
American Indian or Alaskan Native	345	1.5%	313	250	95	38.0%
Asian	326	1.4%	297	177	149	84.2%
Black or African American	3,847	16.7%	3,291	2,532	1,315	51.9%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	56	0.2%	46	26	30	115.4%
White	15,900	69.1%	14,913	10,888	5,012	46.0%
Information Not Available	2,523	11.0%	1,585	1,015	1,508	148.6%

Years of Age	22,997		20,445	14,888
Younger than 22	622	1.6%	485	444	178	40.1%
22-24	1,192	3.2%	1,080	835	357	42.8%
25-34	5,279	14.0%	4,940	3,663	1,616	44.1%
35-44	5,272	14.0%	4,810	3,643	1,629	44.7%
45-54	5,851	15.5%	5,456	3,847	2,004	52.1%
55-59	1,925	5.1%	1,893	1,316	609	46.3%
60-64	1,183	3.1%	1,147	720	463	64.3%
65 and older	630	1.7%	634	420	210	50.0%
Information Not Available	1,043	2.8%	0	0	1,043	0.0%

Industry	22,997		20,445	14,888
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	217	0.9%	162	104	113	108.7%
Mining	175	0.8%	127	111	64	57.7%
Utilities	22	0.1%	27	22	0	0.0%
Construction	2,697	11.6%	2,467	1,645	1,052	64.0%
Manufacturing	4,432	19.1%	3,314	2,297	2,135	92.9%
Wholesale Trade	920	4.0%	899	712	208	29.2%
Retail Trade	1,692	7.3%	1,742	1,241	451	36.3%
Transporation and Warehousing	700	3.0%	588	402	298	74.1%
Information	886	3.8%	1,014	899	-13	-1.4%
Finance and Insurance	713	3.1%	719	636	77	12.1%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	340	1.5%	302	278	62	22.3%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	1,006	4.3%	1,051	684	322	47.1%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	106	0.5%	65	45	61	135.6%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	2,450	10.6%	2,126	1,408	1,042	74.0%
Educational Services	443	1.9%	486	346	97	28.0%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	1,655	7.1%	1,754	1,325	330	24.9%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	198	0.9%	145	137	61	44.5%
Accomodation and Food Services	800	3.4%	840	613	187	30.5%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	629	2.7%	642	442	187	42.3%
Public Administration	450	1.9%	485	446	4	0.9%
Information Not Available	2,466	10.6%	1,490	1,095	1,371	125.2%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Kentucky
	Oct 2008	Percent	Sep 2008	Oct 2007	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	39,574		35,716	24,091
Male	24,237	61.2%	21,696	13,572	10,665	78.6%
Female	15,337	38.8%	14,020	10,519	4,818	45.8%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	39,574		35,716	24,091
Hispanic or Latino	58	0.1%	114	35	23	65.7%
Not Hispanic or Latino	1,758	4.4%	35,602	24,056	-22,298	-92.7%
Information Not Available	37,758	95.4%	0	0	37,758	0.0%

Race	39,574		35,716	24,091
American Indian or Alaskan Native	225	0.6%	199	184	41	22.3%
Asian	207	0.5%	95	79	128	162.0%
Black or African American	4,958	12.5%	4,681	3,223	1,735	53.8%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0	0.0%	10	0	0	0.0%
White	33,721	85.2%	30,169	20,399	13,322	65.3%
Information Not Available	463	1.2%	562	206	257	124.8%

Years of Age	39,574		35,716	24,091
Younger than 22	1,025	1.4%	784	652	373	57.2%
22-24	1,924	2.7%	1,799	1,321	603	45.6%
25-34	9,201	12.9%	8,691	6,119	3,082	50.4%
35-44	10,815	15.2%	9,371	6,478	4,337	66.9%
45-54	10,253	14.4%	9,366	5,843	4,410	75.5%
55-59	3,057	4.3%	2,909	1,916	1,141	59.6%
60-64	1,973	2.8%	1,695	1,128	845	74.9%
65 and older	1,322	1.9%	1,101	630	692	109.8%
Information Not Available	4	0.0%	0	4	0	0.0%

Industry	39,574		35,716	24,091
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	76	0.2%	95	114	-38	-33.3%
Mining	342	0.9%	353	451	-109	-24.2%
Utilities	18	0.0%	27	26	-8	-30.8%
Construction	4,014	10.1%	3,575	2,712	1,302	48.0%
Manufacturing	13,067	33.0%	10,757	6,482	6,585	101.6%
Wholesale Trade	1,668	4.2%	1,559	1,045	623	59.6%
Retail Trade	3,178	8.0%	2,683	1,846	1,332	72.2%
Transporation and Warehousing	1,780	4.5%	1,754	866	914	105.5%
Information	782	2.0%	825	573	209	36.5%
Finance and Insurance	1,047	2.6%	1,078	953	94	9.9%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	400	1.0%	372	367	33	9.0%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	1,151	2.9%	1,169	800	351	43.9%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	63	0.2%	118	61	2	3.3%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	3,421	8.6%	3,122	1,942	1,479	76.2%
Educational Services	948	2.4%	893	577	371	64.3%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	2,544	6.4%	2,306	1,811	733	40.5%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	418	1.1%	403	227	191	84.1%
Accomodation and Food Services	1,479	3.7%	1,323	1,181	298	25.2%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	674	1.7%	802	564	110	19.5%
Public Administration	346	0.9%	345	197	149	75.6%
Information Not Available	2,158	5.4%	2,157	1,296	862	66.5%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Louisiana
	Oct 2008	Percent	Sep 2008	Oct 2007	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	31,720		40,093	17,736
Male	14,559	45.9%	17,656	8,428	6,131	72.7%
Female	17,161	54.1%	22,436	9,308	7,853	84.4%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	1	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	31,720		40,093	17,736
Hispanic or Latino	703	2.2%	911	384	319	83.1%
Not Hispanic or Latino	30,949	97.6%	39,102	17,212	13,737	79.8%
Information Not Available	68	0.2%	80	140	-72	-51.4%

Race	31,720		40,093	17,736
American Indian or Alaskan Native	213	0.7%	256	77	136	176.6%
Asian	282	0.9%	346	129	153	118.6%
Black or African American	18,442	58.1%	23,502	9,636	8,806	91.4%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	60	0.2%	52	19	41	215.8%
White	12,692	40.0%	15,905	7,746	4,946	63.9%
Information Not Available	31	0.1%	32	129	-98	-76.0%

Years of Age	31,720		40,093	17,736
Younger than 22	1,183	2.8%	1,186	574	609	106.1%
22-24	2,216	5.2%	2,570	1,288	928	72.0%
25-34	8,759	20.4%	11,164	4,789	3,970	82.9%
35-44	7,564	17.6%	9,710	4,286	3,278	76.5%
45-54	7,486	17.4%	9,417	4,288	3,198	74.6%
55-59	2,278	5.3%	2,961	1,282	996	77.7%
60-64	1,407	3.3%	1,843	771	636	82.5%
65 and older	826	1.9%	1,239	458	368	80.3%
Information Not Available	1	0.0%	3	0	1	0.0%

Industry	31,720		40,093	17,736
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	187	0.6%	185	126	61	48.4%
Mining	314	1.0%	320	216	98	45.4%
Utilities	76	0.2%	67	69	7	10.1%
Construction	3,720	11.7%	4,589	2,386	1,334	55.9%
Manufacturing	2,687	8.4%	2,938	1,514	1,173	77.5%
Wholesale Trade	727	2.3%	738	376	351	93.4%
Retail Trade	2,553	8.0%	2,703	1,450	1,103	76.1%
Transporation and Warehousing	949	3.0%	1,013	520	429	82.5%
Information	376	1.2%	510	298	78	26.2%
Finance and Insurance	628	2.0%	763	489	139	28.4%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	468	1.5%	471	234	234	100.0%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	1,440	4.5%	1,666	1,036	404	39.0%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	112	0.4%	115	194	-82	-42.3%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	2,141	6.7%	2,533	1,136	1,005	88.5%
Educational Services	721	2.3%	1,026	350	371	106.0%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	2,981	9.3%	3,524	1,715	1,266	73.8%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	520	1.6%	574	318	202	63.5%
Accomodation and Food Services	2,161	6.8%	2,296	1,019	1,142	112.1%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	1,291	4.0%	1,586	780	511	65.5%
Public Administration	501	1.6%	545	294	207	70.4%
Information Not Available	7,167	22.5%	11,931	3,216	3,951	122.9%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Massachusetts
	Oct 2008	Percent	Sep 2008	Oct 2007	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	83,163		80,457	65,080
Male	49,567	59.6%	46,804	37,306	12,261	32.9%
Female	33,596	40.4%	33,653	27,774	5,822	21.0%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	83,163		80,457	65,080
Hispanic or Latino	8,453	10.2%	8,118	6,356	2,097	33.0%
Not Hispanic or Latino	72,866	87.6%	70,501	57,209	15,657	27.4%
Information Not Available	1,844	2.2%	1,838	1,515	329	21.7%

Race	83,163		80,457	65,080
American Indian or Alaskan Native	207	0.2%	200	51,362	-51,155	-99.6%
Asian	2,639	3.2%	2,585	5,896	-3,257	-55.2%
Black or African American	7,324	8.8%	7,361	153	7,171	4686.9%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	69	0.1%	79	1,969	-1,900	-96.5%
White	65,862	79.2%	63,430	30	65,832	219440.0%
Information Not Available	7,062	8.5%	6,802	5,670	1,392	24.6%

Years of Age	83,163		80,457	65,080
Younger than 22	2,541	1.8%	2,331	1,867	674	36.1%
22-24	4,526	3.1%	4,188	3,448	1,078	31.3%
25-34	18,159	12.6%	17,362	13,945	4,214	30.2%
35-44	20,366	14.2%	19,797	16,533	3,833	23.2%
45-54	21,165	14.7%	20,672	16,750	4,415	26.4%
55-59	7,802	5.4%	7,700	6,019	1,783	29.6%
60-64	5,292	3.7%	5,203	4,203	1,089	25.9%
65 and older	3,312	2.3%	3,204	2,315	997	43.1%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	83,163		80,457	65,080
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	728	0.9%	541	558	170	30.5%
Mining	69	0.1%	63	85	-16	-18.8%
Utilities	92	0.1%	73	66	26	39.4%
Construction	11,170	13.3%	9,926	8,472	2,698	31.8%
Manufacturing	10,375	12.4%	9,636	7,879	2,496	31.7%
Wholesale Trade	4,509	5.4%	4,375	3,693	816	22.1%
Retail Trade	7,975	9.5%	7,506	6,245	1,730	27.7%
Transporation and Warehousing	2,446	2.9%	2,447	1,599	847	53.0%
Information	2,369	2.8%	2,139	1,632	737	45.2%
Finance and Insurance	3,601	4.3%	3,669	3,390	211	6.2%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	1,291	1.5%	1,246	1,123	168	15.0%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	5,956	7.1%	6,074	4,916	1,040	21.2%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	268	0.3%	251	174	94	54.0%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	8,684	10.4%	8,080	6,237	2,447	39.2%
Educational Services	1,476	1.8%	1,511	1,260	216	17.1%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	6,544	7.8%	6,511	5,503	1,041	18.9%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	1,186	1.4%	951	686	500	72.9%
Accomodation and Food Services	4,471	5.3%	4,210	3,456	1,015	29.4%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	3,292	3.9%	3,275	2,684	608	22.7%
Public Administration	2,138	2.5%	2,355	1,832	306	16.7%
Information Not Available	4,523	5.4%	5,618	3,590	933	26.0%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Maryland
	Oct 2008	Percent	Sep 2008	Oct 2007	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	48,528		45,712	32,788
Male	26,692	55.0%	24,474	16,486	10,206	61.9%
Female	21,836	45.0%	21,238	16,302	5,534	33.9%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	48,528		45,712	32,788
Hispanic or Latino	2,082	4.3%	1,879	1,248	834	66.8%
Not Hispanic or Latino	45,496	93.8%	42,855	30,941	14,555	47.0%
Information Not Available	950	2.0%	978	599	351	58.6%

Race	48,528		45,712	32,788
American Indian or Alaskan Native	112	0.2%	112	80	32	40.0%
Asian	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
Black or African American	21,120	43.5%	20,307	15,083	6,037	40.0%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	79	0.2%	72	60	19	31.7%
White	24,185	49.8%	22,363	15,202	8,983	59.1%
Information Not Available	3,032	6.2%	2,858	2,363	669	28.3%

Years of Age	48,528		45,712	32,788
Younger than 22	1,704	2.4%	1,471	1,005	699	69.6%
22-24	3,008	4.3%	2,713	1,917	1,091	56.9%
25-34	11,375	16.2%	10,852	7,563	3,812	50.4%
35-44	11,561	16.5%	11,045	8,319	3,242	39.0%
45-54	12,152	17.4%	11,465	8,251	3,901	47.3%
55-59	4,106	5.9%	3,866	2,704	1,402	51.8%
60-64	2,697	3.9%	2,529	1,729	968	56.0%
65 and older	1,925	2.7%	1,771	1,298	627	48.3%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	2	-2	-100.0%

Industry	48,528		45,712	32,788
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	100	0.2%	70	57	43	75.4%
Mining	41	0.1%	32	29	12	41.4%
Utilities	45	0.1%	42	32	13	40.6%
Construction	7,184	14.8%	6,516	3,889	3,295	84.7%
Manufacturing	626	1.3%	582	671	-45	-6.7%
Wholesale Trade	2,020	4.2%	1,971	1,371	649	47.3%
Retail Trade	1,969	4.0%	1,822	1,273	696	54.7%
Transporation and Warehousing	1,118	2.3%	1,160	820	298	36.3%
Information	1,060	2.2%	1,044	728	332	45.6%
Finance and Insurance	2,385	4.9%	2,316	2,086	299	14.3%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	1,234	2.5%	1,168	819	415	50.7%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	3,723	7.7%	3,621	2,858	865	30.3%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	157	0.3%	141	19	138	726.3%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	6,054	12.4%	5,932	4,252	1,802	42.4%
Educational Services	1,285	2.6%	1,391	891	394	44.2%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	3,354	6.9%	3,325	2,699	655	24.3%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	562	1.2%	438	430	132	30.7%
Accomodation and Food Services	3,063	6.3%	2,647	2,058	1,005	48.8%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	1,579	3.2%	1,520	950	629	66.2%
Public Administration	739	1.5%	633	587	152	25.9%
Information Not Available	10,230	21.0%	9,341	6,269	3,961	63.2%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Maine
	Oct 2008	Percent	Sep 2008	Oct 2007	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	8,501		7,801	5,737
Male	4,904	57.7%	4,424	2,963	1,941	65.5%
Female	3,597	42.3%	3,377	2,774	823	29.7%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	8,501		7,801	5,737
Hispanic or Latino	65	0.8%	58	72	-7	-9.7%
Not Hispanic or Latino	6,531	76.8%	6,186	4,818	1,713	35.6%
Information Not Available	1,905	22.4%	1,557	847	1,058	124.9%

Race	8,501		7,801	5,737
American Indian or Alaskan Native	83	1.0%	70	58	25	43.1%
Asian	41	0.5%	47	29	12	41.4%
Black or African American	72	0.8%	76	59	13	22.0%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
White	6,879	80.9%	6,465	4,933	1,946	39.4%
Information Not Available	1,426	16.8%	1,143	658	768	116.7%

Years of Age	8,501		7,801	5,737
Younger than 22	315	2.1%	289	255	60	23.5%
22-24	529	3.6%	436	351	178	50.7%
25-34	1,765	11.9%	1,522	1,200	565	47.1%
35-44	1,878	12.6%	1,778	1,430	448	31.3%
45-54	2,353	15.8%	2,192	1,492	861	57.7%
55-59	886	6.0%	857	529	357	67.5%
60-64	526	3.5%	509	328	198	60.4%
65 and older	249	1.7%	218	152	97	63.8%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	8,501		7,801	5,737
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	75	0.9%	103	74	1	1.4%
Mining	3	0.0%	4	2	1	50.0%
Utilities	82	1.0%	91	9	73	811.1%
Construction	855	10.0%	697	517	338	65.4%
Manufacturing	1,173	13.7%	1,068	693	480	69.3%
Wholesale Trade	271	3.2%	245	185	86	46.5%
Retail Trade	828	9.7%	758	591	237	40.1%
Transporation and Warehousing	151	1.8%	154	86	65	75.6%
Information	109	1.3%	102	80	29	36.3%
Finance and Insurance	160	1.9%	154	128	32	25.0%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	69	0.8%	59	71	-2	-2.8%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	283	3.3%	275	181	102	56.4%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	8	0.1%	10	8	0	0.0%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	486	5.7%	463	353	133	37.7%
Educational Services	152	1.8%	191	142	10	7.0%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	614	7.2%	647	566	48	8.5%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	133	1.6%	95	53	80	150.9%
Accomodation and Food Services	490	5.7%	349	377	113	30.0%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	175	2.0%	176	166	9	5.4%
Public Administration	116	1.4%	111	84	32	38.1%
Information Not Available	2,268	26.4%	2,049	1,371	897	65.4%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Michigan
	Oct 2008	Percent	Sep 2008	Oct 2007	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	143,648		135,121	109,751
Male	85,390	59.4%	78,368	62,041	23,349	37.6%
Female	58,225	40.5%	56,706	47,700	10,525	22.1%
Information Not Available	33	0.0%	47	10	23	230.0%

Ethnicity	143,648		135,121	109,751
Hispanic or Latino	4,144	2.9%	3,528	3,249	895	27.5%
Not Hispanic or Latino	107,602	74.9%	100,971	80,638	26,964	33.4%
Information Not Available	31,902	22.2%	30,622	25,864	6,038	23.3%

Race	143,648		135,121	109,751
American Indian or Alaskan Native	1,110	0.8%	1,027	1,074	36	3.4%
Asian	1,409	1.0%	1,245	797	612	76.8%
Black or African American	20,701	14.4%	20,299	17,557	3,144	17.9%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	104	0.1%	97	77	27	35.1%
White	83,414	58.1%	77,608	61,311	22,103	36.1%
Information Not Available	36,910	25.7%	34,845	28,935	7,975	27.6%

Years of Age	143,648		135,121	109,751
Younger than 22	4,344	2.0%	3,837	3,055	1,289	42.2%
22-24	8,315	3.8%	7,525	6,012	2,303	38.3%
25-34	33,951	15.4%	31,810	26,114	7,837	30.0%
35-44	36,856	16.7%	36,246	29,589	7,267	24.6%
45-54	38,094	17.3%	34,998	29,017	9,077	31.3%
55-59	12,243	5.6%	11,400	8,994	3,249	36.1%
60-64	6,758	3.1%	6,362	4,620	2,138	46.3%
65 and older	3,034	1.4%	2,873	2,348	686	29.2%
Information Not Available	53	0.0%	70	2	51	2550.0%

Industry	143,648		135,121	109,751
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	636	0.4%	510	444	192	43.2%
Mining	85	0.1%	112	127	-42	-33.1%
Utilities	46	0.0%	52	80	-34	-42.5%
Construction	11,482	8.0%	10,583	9,435	2,047	21.7%
Manufacturing	38,069	26.4%	34,474	26,887	11,182	41.6%
Wholesale Trade	4,957	3.4%	4,110	3,679	1,278	34.7%
Retail Trade	9,478	6.6%	9,291	10,653	-1,175	-11.0%
Transporation and Warehousing	4,430	3.1%	4,324	3,142	1,288	41.0%
Information	1,427	1.0%	1,547	1,085	342	31.5%
Finance and Insurance	4,001	2.8%	4,260	3,676	325	8.8%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	1,924	1.3%	1,587	1,443	481	33.3%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	7,478	5.2%	7,783	5,335	2,143	40.2%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	793	0.5%	796	867	-74	-8.5%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	15,622	10.8%	14,593	13,860	1,762	12.7%
Educational Services	2,938	2.0%	3,287	3,171	-233	-7.3%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	8,276	5.7%	8,365	7,326	950	13.0%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	1,812	1.3%	1,513	1,106	706	63.8%
Accomodation and Food Services	5,411	3.8%	4,921	4,416	995	22.5%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	2,431	1.7%	2,771	2,340	91	3.9%
Public Administration	1,328	0.9%	978	1,082	246	22.7%
Information Not Available	21,024	14.6%	19,264	9,597	11,427	119.1%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Minnesota
	Oct 2008	Percent	Sep 2008	Oct 2007	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	43,615		38,942	37,208
Male	26,126	59.9%	22,265	21,478	4,648	21.6%
Female	17,482	40.1%	16,668	15,727	1,755	11.2%
Information Not Available	7	0.0%	9	3	4	133.3%

Ethnicity	43,615		38,942	37,208
Hispanic or Latino	1,247	2.9%	1,050	1,144	103	9.0%
Not Hispanic or Latino	37,677	86.4%	33,718	33,165	4,512	13.6%
Information Not Available	4,691	10.8%	4,174	2,899	1,792	61.8%

Race	43,615		38,942	37,208
American Indian or Alaskan Native	609	1.4%	539	462	147	31.8%
Asian	1,124	2.6%	1,057	873	251	28.8%
Black or African American	3,383	7.8%	3,215	2,928	455	15.5%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	79	0.2%	68	160	-81	-50.6%
White	35,332	81.0%	31,336	30,832	4,500	14.6%
Information Not Available	3,088	7.1%	2,727	1,953	1,135	58.1%

Years of Age	43,615		38,942	37,208
Younger than 22	1,023	1.3%	812	1,007	16	1.6%
22-24	2,537	3.3%	2,132	2,129	408	19.2%
25-34	10,807	14.1%	9,713	8,875	1,932	21.8%
35-44	9,996	13.1%	9,094	8,919	1,077	12.1%
45-54	11,516	15.0%	10,212	9,635	1,881	19.5%
55-59	4,224	5.5%	3,689	3,529	695	19.7%
60-64	2,356	3.1%	2,177	2,087	269	12.9%
65 and older	1,115	1.5%	1,076	631	484	76.7%
Information Not Available	41	0.1%	37	396	-355	-89.6%

Industry	43,615		38,942	37,208
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	242	0.6%	187	270	-28	-10.4%
Mining	69	0.2%	46	69	0	0.0%
Utilities	87	0.2%	69	79	8	10.1%
Construction	7,444	17.0%	5,686	5,557	1,887	34.0%
Manufacturing	6,311	14.4%	5,658	5,655	656	11.6%
Wholesale Trade	2,467	5.6%	2,393	2,185	282	12.9%
Retail Trade	3,949	9.0%	3,660	3,579	370	10.3%
Transporation and Warehousing	1,325	3.0%	1,295	962	363	37.7%
Information	1,014	2.3%	972	947	67	7.1%
Finance and Insurance	1,868	4.3%	1,710	2,037	-169	-8.3%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	792	1.8%	744	688	104	15.1%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	2,629	6.0%	2,412	2,109	520	24.7%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	751	1.7%	731	710	41	5.8%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	3,534	8.1%	3,128	2,960	574	19.4%
Educational Services	1,246	2.8%	1,298	1,231	15	1.2%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	3,045	6.9%	2,912	2,858	187	6.5%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	648	1.5%	544	494	154	31.2%
Accomodation and Food Services	2,011	4.6%	1,725	1,737	274	15.8%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	1,209	2.8%	1,205	948	261	27.5%
Public Administration	841	1.9%	693	682	159	23.3%
Information Not Available	2,133	4.9%	1,874	1,451	682	47.0%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Missouri
	Oct 2008	Percent	Sep 2008	Oct 2007	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	53,738		51,863	39,232
Male	29,214	54.4%	27,737	20,381	8,833	43.3%
Female	24,520	45.6%	24,112	18,846	5,674	30.1%
Information Not Available	4	0.0%	14	5	-1	-20.0%

Ethnicity	53,738		51,863	39,232
Hispanic or Latino	696	1.3%	507	392	304	77.6%
Not Hispanic or Latino	21,884	40.7%	17,342	12,612	9,272	73.5%
Information Not Available	31,158	58.0%	34,014	26,228	4,930	18.8%

Race	53,738		51,863	39,232
American Indian or Alaskan Native	371	0.7%	313	330	41	12.4%
Asian	400	0.7%	380	267	133	49.8%
Black or African American	9,514	17.7%	8,200	9,710	-196	-2.0%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	393	0.7%	416	338	55	16.3%
White	32,641	60.7%	29,133	25,848	6,793	26.3%
Information Not Available	10,419	19.4%	13,421	2,739	7,680	280.4%

Years of Age	53,738		51,863	39,232
Younger than 22	1,565	1.9%	1,577	1,122	443	39.5%
22-24	2,948	3.5%	2,842	2,157	791	36.7%
25-34	12,812	15.3%	12,282	9,194	3,618	39.4%
35-44	13,278	15.9%	13,099	10,185	3,093	30.4%
45-54	14,241	17.0%	13,562	10,307	3,934	38.2%
55-59	4,597	5.5%	4,373	3,243	1,354	41.8%
60-64	2,672	3.2%	2,552	1,942	730	37.6%
65 and older	1,597	1.9%	1,548	1,060	537	50.7%
Information Not Available	28	0.0%	28	22	6	27.3%

Industry	53,738		51,863	39,232
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	171	0.3%	163	179	-8	-4.5%
Mining	114	0.2%	140	92	22	23.9%
Utilities	84	0.2%	81	53	31	58.5%
Construction	7,016	13.0%	6,635	4,110	2,906	70.7%
Manufacturing	10,613	19.7%	9,683	8,664	1,949	22.5%
Wholesale Trade	2,290	4.2%	2,358	1,501	789	52.6%
Retail Trade	5,284	9.8%	5,153	3,821	1,463	38.3%
Transporation and Warehousing	1,899	3.5%	1,851	1,590	309	19.4%
Information	1,317	2.4%	1,135	816	501	61.4%
Finance and Insurance	2,449	4.5%	2,469	1,786	663	37.1%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	1,111	2.1%	893	658	453	68.8%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	2,183	4.0%	2,328	1,481	702	47.4%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	244	0.5%	280	103	141	136.9%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	5,702	10.6%	5,309	3,911	1,791	45.8%
Educational Services	1,227	2.3%	1,265	961	266	27.7%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	4,311	8.0%	4,447	3,477	834	24.0%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	711	1.3%	725	472	239	50.6%
Accomodation and Food Services	3,377	6.3%	3,137	2,593	784	30.2%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	1,595	3.0%	1,526	1,247	348	27.9%
Public Administration	537	1.0%	517	435	102	23.4%
Information Not Available	1,503	2.8%	1,768	1,282	221	17.2%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Mississippi
	Oct 2008	Percent	Sep 2008	Oct 2007	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	25,164		24,719	17,274
Male	12,519	49.7%	12,060	7,878	4,641	58.9%
Female	12,641	50.2%	12,659	9,396	3,245	34.5%
Information Not Available	4	0.0%	0	0	4	0.0%

Ethnicity	25,164		24,719	17,274
Hispanic or Latino	293	1.2%	333	272	21	7.7%
Not Hispanic or Latino	24,066	95.6%	23,387	16,342	7,724	47.3%
Information Not Available	805	3.2%	999	660	145	22.0%

Race	25,164		24,719	17,274
American Indian or Alaskan Native	50	0.2%	58	48	2	4.2%
Asian	135	0.5%	120	93	42	45.2%
Black or African American	14,793	58.8%	14,310	10,311	4,482	43.5%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	7	0.0%	3	6	1	16.7%
White	9,607	38.2%	9,381	6,351	3,256	51.3%
Information Not Available	572	2.3%	847	465	107	23.0%

Years of Age	25,164		24,719	17,274
Younger than 22	915	2.7%	852	641	274	42.7%
22-24	1,850	5.5%	1,734	1,200	650	54.2%
25-34	6,724	20.0%	6,590	4,609	2,115	45.9%
35-44	6,070	18.0%	5,947	4,187	1,883	45.0%
45-54	5,887	17.5%	5,851	4,122	1,765	42.8%
55-59	1,850	5.5%	1,843	1,257	593	47.2%
60-64	1,099	3.3%	1,112	732	367	50.1%
65 and older	769	2.3%	790	526	243	46.2%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	25,164		24,719	17,274
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	262	1.0%	357	188	74	39.4%
Mining	79	0.3%	73	55	24	43.6%
Utilities	32	0.1%	36	19	13	68.4%
Construction	1,630	6.4%	1,579	1,260	370	29.4%
Manufacturing	7,254	28.5%	6,804	4,810	2,444	50.8%
Wholesale Trade	657	2.6%	641	519	138	26.6%
Retail Trade	2,650	10.4%	2,518	1,893	757	40.0%
Transporation and Warehousing	837	3.3%	793	566	271	47.9%
Information	193	0.8%	193	140	53	37.9%
Finance and Insurance	396	1.6%	419	270	126	46.7%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	309	1.2%	278	164	145	88.4%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	537	2.1%	587	556	-19	-3.4%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	28	0.1%	27	67	-39	-58.2%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	2,415	9.5%	2,143	1,559	856	54.9%
Educational Services	529	2.1%	560	368	161	43.8%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	1,939	7.6%	1,983	1,377	562	40.8%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	243	1.0%	235	134	109	81.3%
Accomodation and Food Services	2,009	7.9%	1,975	1,341	668	49.8%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	348	1.4%	365	295	53	18.0%
Public Administration	445	1.8%	387	316	129	40.8%
Information Not Available	2,372	9.3%	2,766	1,377	995	72.3%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Montana
	Oct 2008	Percent	Sep 2008	Oct 2007	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	4,978		3,787	2,740
Male	3,102	62.3%	2,144	1,567	1,535	98.0%
Female	1,859	37.3%	1,634	1,160	699	60.3%
Information Not Available	17	0.3%	9	13	4	30.8%

Ethnicity	4,978		3,787	2,740
Hispanic or Latino	148	3.0%	114	64	84	131.3%
Not Hispanic or Latino	4,538	91.2%	3,447	2,511	2,027	80.7%
Information Not Available	292	5.9%	226	165	127	77.0%

Race	4,978		3,787	2,740
American Indian or Alaskan Native	439	8.8%	386	292	147	50.3%
Asian	21	0.4%	12	10	11	110.0%
Black or African American	22	0.4%	25	22	0	0.0%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	14	0.3%	7	6	8	133.3%
White	4,422	88.8%	3,314	2,385	2,037	85.4%
Information Not Available	60	1.2%	43	25	35	140.0%

Years of Age	4,978		3,787	2,740
Younger than 22	176	1.9%	98	70	106	151.4%
22-24	330	3.6%	207	159	171	107.5%
25-34	1,216	13.3%	827	645	571	88.5%
35-44	1,076	11.8%	827	599	477	79.6%
45-54	1,282	14.0%	1,064	752	530	70.5%
55-59	471	5.2%	419	292	179	61.3%
60-64	269	2.9%	223	138	131	94.9%
65 and older	158	1.7%	122	85	73	85.9%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	4,978		3,787	2,740
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	56	1.1%	34	25	31	124.0%
Mining	86	1.7%	64	59	27	45.8%
Utilities	12	0.2%	19	11	1	9.1%
Construction	970	19.3%	676	485	485	100.0%
Manufacturing	529	10.5%	392	236	293	124.2%
Wholesale Trade	148	2.9%	120	78	70	89.7%
Retail Trade	527	10.5%	428	277	250	90.3%
Transporation and Warehousing	164	3.3%	118	63	101	160.3%
Information	82	1.6%	83	42	40	95.2%
Finance and Insurance	146	2.9%	129	67	79	117.9%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	82	1.6%	73	38	44	115.8%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	163	3.2%	156	98	65	66.3%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	0	0.0%	4	3	-3	-100.0%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	388	7.7%	305	203	185	91.1%
Educational Services	160	3.2%	128	91	69	75.8%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	274	5.4%	276	210	64	30.5%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	157	3.1%	86	105	52	49.5%
Accomodation and Food Services	599	11.9%	347	333	266	79.9%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	145	2.9%	127	76	69	90.8%
Public Administration	154	3.1%	141	120	34	28.3%
Information Not Available	136	2.7%	81	120	16	13.3%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants North Carolina
	Oct 2008	Percent	Sep 2008	Oct 2007	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	112,041		101,153	69,274
Male	61,547	54.9%	54,808	35,485	26,062	73.4%
Female	50,492	45.1%	46,342	33,785	16,707	49.5%
Information Not Available	2	0.0%	3	4	-2	-50.0%

Ethnicity	112,041		101,153	69,274
Hispanic or Latino	5,503	4.9%	3,919	2,367	3,136	132.5%
Not Hispanic or Latino	103,980	92.8%	94,941	65,707	38,273	58.2%
Information Not Available	2,558	2.3%	2,293	1,200	1,358	113.2%

Race	112,041		101,153	69,274
American Indian or Alaskan Native	1,392	1.2%	1,384	909	483	53.1%
Asian	1,048	0.9%	881	725	323	44.6%
Black or African American	40,057	35.8%	37,438	26,458	13,599	51.4%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	131	0.1%	117	72	59	81.9%
White	63,140	56.4%	55,631	37,539	25,601	68.2%
Information Not Available	6,273	5.6%	5,702	3,571	2,702	75.7%

Years of Age	112,041		101,153	69,274
Younger than 22	3,728	2.2%	3,236	2,194	1,534	69.9%
22-24	6,478	3.8%	5,937	4,043	2,435	60.2%
25-34	26,727	15.8%	24,488	16,872	9,855	58.4%
35-44	29,257	17.3%	26,616	18,423	10,834	58.8%
45-54	27,081	16.0%	24,140	16,525	10,556	63.9%
55-59	9,490	5.6%	8,355	5,700	3,790	66.5%
60-64	6,117	3.6%	5,465	3,600	2,517	69.9%
65 and older	3,163	1.9%	2,916	1,917	1,246	65.0%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	112,041		101,153	69,274
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	440	0.4%	425	263	177	67.3%
Mining	84	0.1%	77	41	43	104.9%
Utilities	71	0.1%	68	64	7	10.9%
Construction	12,520	11.1%	12,182	5,909	6,611	111.9%
Manufacturing	24,556	21.8%	19,991	16,267	8,289	51.0%
Wholesale Trade	4,457	4.0%	4,161	2,627	1,830	69.7%
Retail Trade	9,502	8.4%	8,727	5,321	4,181	78.6%
Transporation and Warehousing	2,874	2.6%	2,780	1,511	1,363	90.2%
Information	1,336	1.2%	1,393	955	381	39.9%
Finance and Insurance	2,818	2.5%	2,673	2,181	637	29.2%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	1,435	1.3%	1,247	795	640	80.5%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	4,657	4.1%	4,433	2,579	2,078	80.6%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	350	0.3%	311	175	175	100.0%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	11,759	10.5%	10,933	6,668	5,091	76.3%
Educational Services	1,744	1.6%	1,932	1,232	512	41.6%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	8,241	7.3%	7,884	5,074	3,167	62.4%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	775	0.7%	626	443	332	74.9%
Accomodation and Food Services	5,124	4.6%	4,666	2,772	2,352	84.8%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	1,897	1.7%	1,731	1,144	753	65.8%
Public Administration	865	0.8%	860	641	224	34.9%
Information Not Available	16,536	14.7%	14,053	12,612	3,924	31.1%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants North Dakota
	Oct 2008	Percent	Sep 2008	Oct 2007	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	1,709		1,733	1,147
Male	904	52.9%	861	607	297	48.9%
Female	804	47.0%	870	539	265	49.2%
Information Not Available	1	0.1%	2	1	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	1,709		1,733	1,147
Hispanic or Latino	38	2.2%	39	16	22	137.5%
Not Hispanic or Latino	1,636	95.7%	1,653	1,103	533	48.3%
Information Not Available	35	2.0%	41	28	7	25.0%

Race	1,709		1,733	1,147
American Indian or Alaskan Native	212	12.4%	227	180	32	17.8%
Asian	8	0.5%	8	3	5	166.7%
Black or African American	33	1.9%	22	16	17	106.3%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	1	0.1%	4	0	1	0.0%
White	1,382	80.9%	1,392	904	478	52.9%
Information Not Available	73	4.3%	80	44	29	65.9%

Years of Age	1,709		1,733	1,147
Younger than 22	37	1.2%	24	20	17	85.0%
22-24	73	2.4%	66	47	26	55.3%
25-34	359	12.0%	374	249	110	44.2%
35-44	371	12.4%	373	247	124	50.2%
45-54	512	17.1%	503	305	207	67.9%
55-59	188	6.3%	202	128	60	46.9%
60-64	90	3.0%	109	93	-3	-3.2%
65 and older	78	2.6%	80	56	22	39.3%
Information Not Available	1	0.0%	2	2	-1	-50.0%

Industry	1,709		1,733	1,147
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	12	0.7%	49	10	2	20.0%
Mining	13	0.8%	13	29	-16	-55.2%
Utilities	3	0.2%	2	2	1	50.0%
Construction	236	13.7%	240	122	114	93.4%
Manufacturing	282	16.4%	247	133	149	112.0%
Wholesale Trade	79	4.6%	81	50	29	58.0%
Retail Trade	151	8.8%	136	114	37	32.5%
Transporation and Warehousing	47	2.7%	39	22	25	113.6%
Information	39	2.3%	44	51	-12	-23.5%
Finance and Insurance	36	2.1%	44	34	2	5.9%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	22	1.3%	13	10	12	120.0%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	62	3.6%	54	42	20	47.6%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	19	1.1%	23	9	10	111.1%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	74	4.3%	63	47	27	57.4%
Educational Services	6	0.3%	1	3	3	100.0%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	145	8.4%	152	114	31	27.2%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	9	0.5%	8	10	-1	-10.0%
Accomodation and Food Services	78	4.5%	77	56	22	39.3%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	44	2.6%	46	41	3	7.3%
Public Administration	205	11.9%	208	160	45	28.1%
Information Not Available	147	8.5%	193	88	59	67.0%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Nebraska
	Oct 2008	Percent	Sep 2008	Oct 2007	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	11,935		12,889	6,847
Male	5,894	49.4%	5,964	3,109	2,785	89.6%
Female	5,573	46.7%	6,438	3,510	2,063	58.8%
Information Not Available	468	3.9%	487	228	240	105.3%

Ethnicity	11,935		12,889	6,847
Hispanic or Latino	426	3.6%	424	195	231	118.5%
Not Hispanic or Latino	9,373	78.5%	9,915	5,006	4,367	87.2%
Information Not Available	2,136	17.9%	2,550	1,646	490	29.8%

Race	11,935		12,889	6,847
American Indian or Alaskan Native	119	1.0%	141	69	50	72.5%
Asian	107	0.9%	147	47	60	127.7%
Black or African American	866	7.3%	1,000	484	382	78.9%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	16	0.1%	14	7	9	128.6%
White	5,350	44.8%	5,372	2,863	2,487	86.9%
Information Not Available	5,477	45.9%	6,215	3,377	2,100	62.2%

Years of Age	11,935		12,889	6,847
Younger than 22	327	2.0%	303	175	152	86.9%
22-24	681	4.1%	701	399	282	70.7%
25-34	2,801	16.8%	2,940	1,592	1,209	75.9%
35-44	2,874	17.3%	3,031	1,669	1,205	72.2%
45-54	3,151	18.9%	3,431	1,782	1,369	76.8%
55-59	1,024	6.2%	1,173	622	402	64.6%
60-64	645	3.9%	754	375	270	72.0%
65 and older	432	2.6%	556	233	199	85.4%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	11,935		12,889	6,847
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	79	0.7%	86	38	41	107.9%
Mining	15	0.1%	12	8	7	87.5%
Utilities	19	0.2%	22	17	2	11.8%
Construction	1,053	8.8%	1,015	465	588	126.5%
Manufacturing	2,353	19.6%	2,111	1,221	1,132	92.7%
Wholesale Trade	397	3.3%	449	263	134	51.0%
Retail Trade	1,290	10.7%	1,477	774	516	66.7%
Transporation and Warehousing	391	3.3%	411	189	202	106.9%
Information	286	2.4%	353	163	123	75.5%
Finance and Insurance	579	4.8%	640	339	240	70.8%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	150	1.2%	182	93	57	61.3%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	548	4.6%	617	381	167	43.8%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	36	0.3%	56	30	6	20.0%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	1,200	10.0%	1,351	676	524	77.5%
Educational Services	225	1.9%	282	160	65	40.6%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	1,092	9.1%	1,352	727	365	50.2%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	136	1.1%	143	73	63	86.3%
Accomodation and Food Services	757	6.3%	864	440	317	72.0%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	256	2.1%	298	154	102	66.2%
Public Administration	291	2.4%	313	205	86	42.0%
Information Not Available	782	6.5%	855	431	351	81.4%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants New Hampshire
	Oct 2008	Percent	Sep 2008	Oct 2007	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	8,227		7,743	4,926
Male	4,628	56.3%	4,204	2,655	1,973	74.3%
Female	3,599	43.7%	3,539	2,271	1,328	58.5%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	8,227		7,743	4,926
Hispanic or Latino	290	3.5%	250	164	126	76.8%
Not Hispanic or Latino	6,037	73.4%	5,727	3,616	2,421	67.0%
Information Not Available	1,900	23.1%	1,766	1,146	754	65.8%

Race	8,227		7,743	4,926
American Indian or Alaskan Native	46	0.6%	37	25	21	84.0%
Asian	114	1.4%	118	80	34	42.5%
Black or African American	153	1.9%	145	82	71	86.6%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	9	0.1%	5	4	5	125.0%
White	7,444	90.5%	6,995	4,471	2,973	66.5%
Information Not Available	461	5.6%	443	264	197	74.6%

Years of Age	8,227		7,743	4,926
Younger than 22	174	1.2%	146	83	91	109.6%
22-24	425	2.8%	351	190	235	123.7%
25-34	1,505	10.0%	1,311	918	587	63.9%
35-44	1,889	12.5%	1,757	1,219	670	55.0%
45-54	2,357	15.6%	2,372	1,396	961	68.8%
55-59	960	6.4%	908	579	381	65.8%
60-64	585	3.9%	567	374	211	56.4%
65 and older	332	2.2%	331	167	165	98.8%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	8,227		7,743	4,926
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	30	0.4%	31	12	18	150.0%
Mining	12	0.1%	10	6	6	100.0%
Utilities	9	0.1%	9	6	3	50.0%
Construction	667	8.1%	547	399	268	67.2%
Manufacturing	1,375	16.7%	1,350	804	571	71.0%
Wholesale Trade	462	5.6%	418	279	183	65.6%
Retail Trade	1,092	13.2%	1,000	585	507	86.7%
Transporation and Warehousing	183	2.2%	190	89	94	105.6%
Information	143	1.7%	136	107	36	33.6%
Finance and Insurance	314	3.8%	299	266	48	18.0%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	122	1.5%	102	85	37	43.5%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	416	5.0%	383	271	145	53.5%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	21	0.3%	17	7	14	200.0%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	894	10.8%	855	466	428	91.8%
Educational Services	218	2.6%	248	119	99	83.2%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	483	5.8%	511	339	144	42.5%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	115	1.4%	74	77	38	49.4%
Accomodation and Food Services	431	5.2%	347	235	196	83.4%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	248	3.0%	242	145	103	71.0%
Public Administration	124	1.5%	127	89	35	39.3%
Information Not Available	868	10.5%	847	540	328	60.7%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants New Jersey
	Oct 2008	Percent	Sep 2008	Oct 2007	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	125,811		125,757	95,146
Male	68,756	54.7%	66,890	49,721	19,035	38.3%
Female	57,055	45.3%	58,867	45,425	11,630	25.6%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	125,811		125,757	95,146
Hispanic or Latino	23,636	18.8%	23,603	17,488	6,148	35.2%
Not Hispanic or Latino	91,989	73.1%	91,604	69,569	22,420	32.2%
Information Not Available	10,186	8.1%	10,550	8,089	2,097	25.9%

Race	125,811		125,757	95,146
American Indian or Alaskan Native	427	0.3%	396	350	77	22.0%
Asian	4,239	3.4%	4,100	2,714	1,525	56.2%
Black or African American	27,325	21.7%	28,457	22,395	4,930	22.0%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	803	0.6%	744	596	207	34.7%
White	74,196	59.0%	73,208	54,465	19,731	36.2%
Information Not Available	18,821	15.0%	18,852	14,626	4,195	28.7%

Years of Age	125,811		125,757	95,146
Younger than 22	19,808	10.1%	19,163	12,735	7,073	55.5%
22-24	9,675	4.9%	9,545	7,500	2,175	29.0%
25-34	27,928	14.2%	27,857	21,898	6,030	27.5%
35-44	30,872	15.7%	30,917	23,719	7,153	30.2%
45-54	24,045	12.2%	24,275	18,120	5,925	32.7%
55-59	7,508	3.8%	7,701	5,952	1,556	26.1%
60-64	3,520	1.8%	3,696	2,988	532	17.8%
65 and older	2,455	1.2%	2,603	2,234	221	9.9%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	125,811		125,757	95,146
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	205	0.2%	151	138	67	48.6%
Mining	67	0.1%	58	53	14	26.4%
Utilities	132	0.1%	125	99	33	33.3%
Construction	11,602	9.2%	11,263	8,219	3,383	41.2%
Manufacturing	11,754	9.3%	11,296	8,641	3,113	36.0%
Wholesale Trade	7,349	5.8%	7,257	5,628	1,721	30.6%
Retail Trade	14,715	11.7%	14,781	11,595	3,120	26.9%
Transporation and Warehousing	5,887	4.7%	6,531	4,182	1,705	40.8%
Information	2,891	2.3%	2,982	2,249	642	28.5%
Finance and Insurance	6,625	5.3%	6,475	5,272	1,353	25.7%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	2,165	1.7%	2,214	1,883	282	15.0%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	7,903	6.3%	8,158	5,858	2,045	34.9%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	390	0.3%	439	440	-50	-11.4%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	13,093	10.4%	12,993	10,509	2,584	24.6%
Educational Services	3,798	3.0%	4,384	3,189	609	19.1%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	10,281	8.2%	10,707	8,892	1,389	15.6%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	1,472	1.2%	1,350	1,108	364	32.9%
Accomodation and Food Services	7,916	6.3%	7,314	6,339	1,577	24.9%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	3,066	2.4%	3,006	2,475	591	23.9%
Public Administration	1,425	1.1%	1,554	1,084	341	31.5%
Information Not Available	13,075	10.4%	12,719	7,293	5,782	79.3%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants New Mexico
	Oct 2008	Percent	Sep 2008	Oct 2007	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	12,734		11,909	9,366
Male	7,179	56.4%	6,700	4,982	2,197	44.1%
Female	5,555	43.6%	5,209	4,384	1,171	26.7%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	12,734		11,909	9,366
Hispanic or Latino	6,469	50.8%	5,898	5,020	1,449	28.9%
Not Hispanic or Latino	5,511	43.3%	5,330	3,912	1,599	40.9%
Information Not Available	754	5.9%	681	434	320	73.7%

Race	12,734		11,909	9,366
American Indian or Alaskan Native	1,205	9.5%	1,233	873	332	38.0%
Asian	151	1.2%	129	103	48	46.6%
Black or African American	392	3.1%	378	315	77	24.4%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	34	0.3%	23	24	10	41.7%
White	6,333	49.7%	5,909	4,671	1,662	35.6%
Information Not Available	4,619	36.3%	4,237	3,380	1,239	36.7%

Years of Age	12,734		11,909	9,366
Younger than 22	662	3.6%	405	313	349	111.5%
22-24	496	2.7%	715	562	-66	-11.7%
25-34	2,852	15.5%	2,596	2,014	838	41.6%
35-44	2,852	15.5%	2,894	2,185	667	30.5%
45-54	3,081	16.7%	2,727	2,182	899	41.2%
55-59	1,273	6.9%	905	693	580	83.7%
60-64	611	3.3%	476	403	208	51.6%
65 and older	853	4.6%	310	272	581	213.6%
Information Not Available	54	0.3%	881	742	-688	-92.7%

Industry	12,734		11,909	9,366
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	159	1.2%	127	149	10	6.7%
Mining	149	1.2%	153	150	-1	-0.7%
Utilities	63	0.5%	68	33	30	90.9%
Construction	2,384	18.5%	2,267	1,480	904	61.1%
Manufacturing	1,274	9.9%	1,049	1,100	174	15.8%
Wholesale Trade	439	3.4%	369	296	143	48.3%
Retail Trade	1,371	10.6%	1,253	907	464	51.2%
Transporation and Warehousing	395	3.1%	299	281	114	40.6%
Information	472	3.7%	474	237	235	99.2%
Finance and Insurance	367	2.8%	359	296	71	24.0%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	240	1.9%	226	169	71	42.0%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	781	6.1%	797	563	218	38.7%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	15	0.1%	12	13	2	15.4%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	1,149	8.9%	1,081	848	301	35.5%
Educational Services	500	3.9%	475	377	123	32.6%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	1,168	9.1%	1,144	1,005	163	16.2%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	254	2.0%	251	231	23	10.0%
Accomodation and Food Services	721	5.6%	692	554	167	30.1%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	330	2.6%	307	228	102	44.7%
Public Administration	453	3.5%	471	392	61	15.6%
Information Not Available	50	0.4%	35	57	-7	-12.3%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Nevada
	Oct 2008	Percent	Sep 2008	Oct 2007	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	44,507		39,864	24,476
Male	26,863	60.4%	23,590	13,773	13,090	95.0%
Female	17,636	39.6%	16,267	10,702	6,934	64.8%
Information Not Available	8	0.0%	7	1	7	700.0%

Ethnicity	44,507		39,864	24,476
Hispanic or Latino	8,022	18.0%	7,217	3,912	4,110	105.1%
Not Hispanic or Latino	28,860	64.8%	25,860	16,651	12,209	73.3%
Information Not Available	7,625	17.1%	6,787	3,913	3,712	94.9%

Race	44,507		39,864	24,476
American Indian or Alaskan Native	749	1.7%	682	455	294	64.6%
Asian	2,018	4.5%	1,773	958	1,060	110.6%
Black or African American	5,129	11.5%	4,684	3,225	1,904	59.0%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	801	1.8%	785	382	419	109.7%
White	28,916	65.0%	25,710	15,791	13,125	83.1%
Information Not Available	6,894	15.5%	6,230	3,665	3,229	88.1%

Years of Age	44,507		39,864	24,476
Younger than 22	1,561	2.2%	1,246	692	869	125.6%
22-24	2,592	3.7%	2,188	1,239	1,353	109.2%
25-34	9,584	13.6%	8,590	4,981	4,603	92.4%
35-44	10,337	14.7%	9,408	5,967	4,370	73.2%
45-54	11,069	15.7%	9,889	6,295	4,774	75.8%
55-59	4,268	6.0%	3,779	2,382	1,886	79.2%
60-64	2,876	4.1%	2,667	1,580	1,296	82.0%
65 and older	2,168	3.1%	2,044	1,301	867	66.6%
Information Not Available	52	0.1%	53	39	13	33.3%

Industry	44,507		39,864	24,476
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	41	0.1%	27	23	18	78.3%
Mining	196	0.4%	176	93	103	110.8%
Utilities	41	0.1%	32	27	14	51.9%
Construction	9,868	22.2%	8,938	5,124	4,744	92.6%
Manufacturing	2,079	4.7%	1,887	1,179	900	76.3%
Wholesale Trade	1,076	2.4%	1,028	664	412	62.0%
Retail Trade	4,097	9.2%	3,439	1,997	2,100	105.2%
Transporation and Warehousing	1,399	3.1%	1,268	736	663	90.1%
Information	539	1.2%	468	306	233	76.1%
Finance and Insurance	1,145	2.6%	1,078	1,211	-66	-5.5%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	1,385	3.1%	1,135	672	713	106.1%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	2,028	4.6%	2,007	1,357	671	49.4%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	351	0.8%	354	141	210	148.9%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	6,022	13.5%	5,299	3,643	2,379	65.3%
Educational Services	512	1.1%	555	347	165	47.6%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	1,732	3.9%	1,651	1,094	638	58.3%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	1,030	2.3%	839	509	521	102.4%
Accomodation and Food Services	7,275	16.3%	6,291	3,655	3,620	99.0%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	820	1.8%	678	447	373	83.4%
Public Administration	450	1.0%	433	359	91	25.3%
Information Not Available	2,421	5.4%	2,281	892	1,529	171.4%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants New York
	Oct 2008	Percent	Sep 2008	Oct 2007	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	193,240		180,632	143,133
Male	106,139	54.9%	96,391	76,719	29,420	38.3%
Female	87,101	45.1%	84,241	66,414	20,687	31.1%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	193,240		180,632	143,133
Hispanic or Latino	30,351	15.7%	28,478	22,109	8,242	37.3%
Not Hispanic or Latino	130,546	67.6%	121,467	96,959	33,587	34.6%
Information Not Available	32,343	16.7%	30,687	24,065	8,278	34.4%

Race	193,240		180,632	143,133
American Indian or Alaskan Native	1,199	0.6%	1,096	913	286	31.3%
Asian	6,200	3.2%	5,947	4,065	2,135	52.5%
Black or African American	32,326	16.7%	30,921	23,872	8,454	35.4%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	441	0.2%	419	261	180	69.0%
White	100,492	52.0%	92,415	75,151	25,341	33.7%
Information Not Available	52,582	27.2%	49,834	38,871	13,711	35.3%

Years of Age	193,240		180,632	143,133
Younger than 22	7,576	2.7%	6,922	5,493	2,083	37.9%
22-24	13,425	4.7%	12,380	9,430	3,995	42.4%
25-34	49,140	17.3%	46,015	35,947	13,193	36.7%
35-44	46,708	16.5%	43,877	35,407	11,301	31.9%
45-54	43,507	15.3%	40,769	32,305	11,202	34.7%
55-59	15,302	5.4%	14,354	11,526	3,776	32.8%
60-64	10,158	3.6%	9,600	7,405	2,753	37.2%
65 and older	7,424	2.6%	6,715	5,620	1,804	32.1%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	193,240		180,632	143,133
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	393	0.2%	313	267	126	47.2%
Mining	310	0.2%	221	164	146	89.0%
Utilities	222	0.1%	213	119	103	86.6%
Construction	21,238	11.0%	17,837	14,638	6,600	45.1%
Manufacturing	18,317	9.5%	16,777	15,306	3,011	19.7%
Wholesale Trade	9,362	4.8%	9,138	6,832	2,530	37.0%
Retail Trade	17,519	9.0%	16,596	13,006	4,513	34.7%
Transporation and Warehousing	6,922	3.6%	6,599	4,295	2,627	61.2%
Information	6,211	3.2%	6,330	4,637	1,574	33.9%
Finance and Insurance	14,214	7.3%	14,033	10,163	4,051	39.9%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	4,672	2.4%	4,161	3,600	1,072	29.8%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	15,225	7.9%	14,564	10,946	4,279	39.1%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	961	0.5%	869	746	215	28.8%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	22,293	11.5%	20,550	14,717	7,576	51.5%
Educational Services	7,362	3.8%	7,767	5,427	1,935	35.7%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	17,496	9.0%	17,551	14,379	3,117	21.7%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	5,300	2.7%	4,744	4,374	926	21.2%
Accomodation and Food Services	11,360	5.9%	9,647	8,562	2,798	32.7%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	5,399	2.8%	5,022	4,344	1,055	24.3%
Public Administration	5,407	2.8%	4,340	4,637	770	16.6%
Information Not Available	3,057	1.6%	3,360	1,974	1,083	54.9%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Ohio
	Oct 2008	Percent	Sep 2008	Oct 2007	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	99,760		93,785	74,612
Male	59,416	59.6%	54,318	42,191	17,225	40.8%
Female	39,935	40.0%	39,080	32,114	7,821	24.4%
Information Not Available	409	0.4%	387	307	102	33.2%

Ethnicity	99,760		93,785	74,612
Hispanic or Latino	3,026	3.0%	2,663	2,083	943	45.3%
Not Hispanic or Latino	92,172	92.4%	86,872	69,347	22,825	32.9%
Information Not Available	4,562	4.6%	4,250	3,182	1,380	43.4%

Race	99,760		93,785	74,612
American Indian or Alaskan Native	473	0.5%	439	415	58	14.0%
Asian	613	0.6%	523	388	225	58.0%
Black or African American	17,034	17.1%	16,326	13,775	3,259	23.7%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	89	0.1%	93	73	16	21.9%
White	77,354	77.5%	72,511	56,975	20,379	35.8%
Information Not Available	4,197	4.2%	3,893	2,986	1,211	40.6%

Years of Age	99,760		93,785	74,612
Younger than 22	2,901	1.7%	2,579	2,008	893	44.5%
22-24	5,148	3.0%	4,717	3,778	1,370	36.3%
25-34	22,459	13.1%	21,208	16,889	5,570	33.0%
35-44	25,299	14.7%	24,102	19,873	5,426	27.3%
45-54	27,380	15.9%	25,553	20,439	6,941	34.0%
55-59	9,382	5.5%	8,696	7,057	2,325	32.9%
60-64	5,095	3.0%	4,951	3,647	1,448	39.7%
65 and older	2,096	1.2%	1,979	921	1,175	127.6%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	99,760		93,785	74,612
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	283	0.3%	169	261	22	8.4%
Mining	190	0.2%	173	168	22	13.1%
Utilities	100	0.1%	111	94	6	6.4%
Construction	12,147	12.1%	10,925	8,739	3,408	39.0%
Manufacturing	28,450	28.4%	25,994	19,468	8,982	46.1%
Wholesale Trade	4,559	4.6%	4,318	3,594	965	26.9%
Retail Trade	5,289	5.3%	5,184	4,285	1,004	23.4%
Transporation and Warehousing	4,079	4.1%	3,690	2,211	1,868	84.5%
Information	1,631	1.6%	1,477	1,167	464	39.8%
Finance and Insurance	3,570	3.6%	3,799	3,425	145	4.2%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	1,476	1.5%	1,415	1,326	150	11.3%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	4,878	4.9%	4,773	3,843	1,035	26.9%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	936	0.9%	410	264	672	254.5%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	11,873	11.9%	11,195	8,540	3,333	39.0%
Educational Services	1,924	1.9%	2,137	2,144	-220	-10.3%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	6,738	6.7%	6,880	5,889	849	14.4%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	914	0.9%	830	726	188	25.9%
Accomodation and Food Services	4,114	4.1%	3,771	3,011	1,103	36.6%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	2,257	2.3%	2,280	2,048	209	10.2%
Public Administration	1,035	1.0%	857	759	276	36.4%
Information Not Available	3,317	3.3%	3,397	2,650	667	25.2%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Oklahoma
	Oct 2008	Percent	Sep 2008	Oct 2007	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	21,605		23,328	12,433
Male	10,895	50.4%	11,425	5,955	4,940	83.0%
Female	10,679	49.4%	11,848	6,461	4,218	65.3%
Information Not Available	31	0.1%	55	17	14	82.4%

Ethnicity	21,605		23,328	12,433
Hispanic or Latino	1,480	6.9%	1,540	878	602	68.6%
Not Hispanic or Latino	20,125	93.1%	21,788	11,555	8,570	74.2%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Race	21,605		23,328	12,433
American Indian or Alaskan Native	1,974	9.1%	2,191	1,193	781	65.5%
Asian	301	1.4%	209	76	225	296.1%
Black or African American	3,423	15.8%	3,824	1,985	1,438	72.4%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	19	0.1%	28	12	7	58.3%
White	13,648	63.2%	14,611	8,007	5,641	70.5%
Information Not Available	2,240	10.4%	2,465	1,160	1,080	93.1%

Years of Age	21,605		23,328	12,433
Younger than 22	498	1.5%	466	320	178	55.6%
22-24	1,098	3.2%	1,060	711	387	54.4%
25-34	4,949	14.5%	5,202	3,045	1,904	62.5%
35-44	5,372	15.8%	5,527	3,149	2,223	70.6%
45-54	5,770	17.0%	6,398	3,224	2,546	79.0%
55-59	1,882	5.5%	2,235	987	895	90.7%
60-64	1,216	3.6%	1,451	624	592	94.9%
65 and older	820	2.4%	989	373	447	119.8%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	21,605		23,328	12,433
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	41	0.2%	46	33	8	24.2%
Mining	546	2.5%	594	334	212	63.5%
Utilities	60	0.3%	66	77	-17	-22.1%
Construction	1,712	7.9%	1,758	894	818	91.5%
Manufacturing	3,878	17.9%	4,059	1,583	2,295	145.0%
Wholesale Trade	760	3.5%	811	514	246	47.9%
Retail Trade	2,043	9.4%	2,177	1,235	808	65.4%
Transporation and Warehousing	550	2.5%	588	249	301	120.9%
Information	750	3.5%	848	432	318	73.6%
Finance and Insurance	818	3.8%	891	564	254	45.0%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	428	2.0%	492	288	140	48.6%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	1,147	5.3%	1,273	607	540	89.0%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	141	0.7%	112	39	102	261.5%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	2,804	13.0%	3,052	1,521	1,283	84.4%
Educational Services	527	2.4%	627	377	150	39.8%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	1,836	8.5%	2,088	1,346	490	36.4%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	297	1.4%	313	239	58	24.3%
Accomodation and Food Services	917	4.2%	872	556	361	64.9%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	633	2.9%	766	448	185	41.3%
Public Administration	868	4.0%	959	576	292	50.7%
Information Not Available	849	3.9%	936	521	328	63.0%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Oregon
	Oct 2008	Percent	Sep 2008	Oct 2007	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	60,538		53,539	36,649
Male	37,328	61.7%	31,662	20,988	16,340	77.9%
Female	23,209	38.3%	21,874	15,658	7,551	48.2%
Information Not Available	1	0.0%	3	3	-2	-66.7%

Ethnicity	60,538		53,539	36,649
Hispanic or Latino	4,718	7.8%	4,374	2,695	2,023	75.1%
Not Hispanic or Latino	46,708	77.2%	41,062	27,070	19,638	72.5%
Information Not Available	9,112	15.1%	8,103	6,884	2,228	32.4%

Race	60,538		53,539	36,649
American Indian or Alaskan Native	435	0.7%	403	347	88	25.4%
Asian	834	1.4%	710	559	275	49.2%
Black or African American	668	1.1%	589	489	179	36.6%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	287	0.5%	278	185	102	55.1%
White	24,457	40.4%	21,807	16,103	8,354	51.9%
Information Not Available	33,857	55.9%	29,752	18,966	14,891	78.5%

Years of Age	60,538		53,539	36,649
Younger than 22	2,180	2.7%	1,729	1,175	1,005	85.5%
22-24	3,933	4.8%	3,324	2,267	1,666	73.5%
25-34	14,993	18.3%	13,293	8,911	6,082	68.3%
35-44	14,187	17.4%	12,665	8,750	5,437	62.1%
45-54	14,718	18.0%	13,040	9,225	5,493	59.5%
55-59	5,648	6.9%	5,088	3,408	2,240	65.7%
60-64	3,250	4.0%	2,963	1,940	1,310	67.5%
65 and older	1,629	2.0%	1,435	973	656	67.4%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	2	0	0	0.0%

Industry	60,538		53,539	36,649
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	1,519	2.4%	1,148	1,128	391	34.7%
Mining	193	0.3%	140	77	116	150.6%
Utilities	63	0.1%	47	73	-10	-13.7%
Construction	9,043	14.6%	7,443	4,624	4,419	95.6%
Manufacturing	11,436	18.4%	10,188	5,552	5,884	106.0%
Wholesale Trade	2,367	3.8%	2,154	1,410	957	67.9%
Retail Trade	6,554	10.6%	5,987	3,885	2,669	68.7%
Transporation and Warehousing	1,712	2.8%	1,427	1,054	658	62.4%
Information	1,329	2.1%	1,164	746	583	78.2%
Finance and Insurance	2,187	3.5%	2,106	1,752	435	24.8%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	999	1.6%	934	697	302	43.3%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	2,280	3.7%	2,080	1,192	1,088	91.3%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	199	0.3%	191	140	59	42.1%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	5,707	9.2%	4,788	3,546	2,161	60.9%
Educational Services	982	1.6%	1,038	717	265	37.0%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	3,993	6.4%	4,001	2,925	1,068	36.5%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	724	1.2%	534	495	229	46.3%
Accomodation and Food Services	3,988	6.4%	3,423	2,406	1,582	65.8%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	1,543	2.5%	1,370	916	627	68.4%
Public Administration	1,086	1.8%	935	985	101	10.3%
Information Not Available	2,634	4.2%	2,441	2,329	305	13.1%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Pennsylvania
	Oct 2008	Percent	Sep 2008	Oct 2007	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	176,431		165,216	125,992
Male	100,110	56.7%	88,650	68,955	31,155	45.2%
Female	76,321	43.3%	76,566	57,037	19,284	33.8%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	176,431		165,216	125,992
Hispanic or Latino	11,200	6.3%	6,961	5,214	5,986	114.8%
Not Hispanic or Latino	160,870	91.2%	154,678	114,180	46,690	40.9%
Information Not Available	4,361	2.5%	3,577	6,598	-2,237	-33.9%

Race	176,431		165,216	125,992
American Indian or Alaskan Native	396	0.2%	483	0	396	0.0%
Asian	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
Black or African American	28,943	16.4%	31,226	21,708	7,235	33.3%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
White	128,953	73.1%	120,939	90,982	37,971	41.7%
Information Not Available	18,139	10.3%	12,568	13,302	4,837	36.4%

Years of Age	176,431		165,216	125,992
Younger than 22	8,822	3.0%	7,831	15,962	-7,140	-44.7%
22-24	5,352	1.8%	8,507	7,449	-2,097	-28.2%
25-34	38,161	12.9%	39,346	27,986	10,175	36.4%
35-44	40,738	13.8%	42,344	35,009	5,729	16.4%
45-54	42,818	14.5%	35,286	21,389	21,429	100.2%
55-59	17,445	5.9%	14,211	5,321	12,124	227.9%
60-64	10,011	3.4%	8,894	1,596	8,415	527.3%
65 and older	7,236	2.4%	5,607	2,235	5,001	223.8%
Information Not Available	5,848	2.0%	3,190	9,045	-3,197	-35.3%

Industry	176,431		165,216	125,992
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	793	0.4%	290	213	580	272.3%
Mining	198	0.1%	387	213	-15	-7.0%
Utilities	99	0.1%	193	106	-7	-6.6%
Construction	18,337	10.3%	17,208	14,578	3,759	25.8%
Manufacturing	33,401	18.8%	25,909	19,899	13,502	67.9%
Wholesale Trade	7,335	4.1%	5,607	5,533	1,802	32.6%
Retail Trade	14,868	8.4%	17,015	12,025	2,843	23.6%
Transporation and Warehousing	7,335	4.1%	6,961	6,172	1,163	18.8%
Information	4,460	2.5%	2,610	2,447	2,013	82.3%
Finance and Insurance	5,452	3.1%	6,477	5,108	344	6.7%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	1,586	0.9%	2,417	1,596	-10	-0.6%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	7,632	4.3%	7,154	6,172	1,460	23.7%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	1,586	0.9%	773	2,447	-861	-35.2%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	17,742	10.0%	14,501	11,067	6,675	60.3%
Educational Services	4,064	2.3%	5,220	3,405	659	19.4%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	16,652	9.4%	13,341	13,089	3,563	27.2%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	2,280	1.3%	1,160	1,703	577	33.9%
Accomodation and Food Services	9,912	5.6%	12,084	6,598	3,314	50.2%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	3,073	1.7%	3,287	2,554	519	20.3%
Public Administration	1,388	0.8%	2,610	745	643	86.3%
Information Not Available	18,238	10.3%	20,012	10,322	7,916	76.7%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Puerto Rico
	Oct 2008	Percent	Sep 2008	Oct 2007	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	40,997		42,200	37,052
Male	22,136	54.0%	22,592	19,878	2,258	11.4%
Female	18,861	46.0%	19,608	17,174	1,687	9.8%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	40,997		42,200	37,052
Hispanic or Latino	40,142	97.9%	41,275	35,845	4,297	12.0%
Not Hispanic or Latino	333	0.8%	394	555	-222	-40.0%
Information Not Available	522	1.3%	531	652	-130	-19.9%

Race	40,997		42,200	37,052
American Indian or Alaskan Native	1,238	3.0%	966	1,218	20	1.6%
Asian	63	0.2%	64	114	-51	-44.7%
Black or African American	2,084	5.1%	2,398	3,485	-1,401	-40.2%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	96	0.2%	99	63	33	52.4%
White	8,154	19.9%	8,395	9,211	-1,057	-11.5%
Information Not Available	29,362	71.6%	30,278	22,961	6,401	27.9%

Years of Age	40,997		42,200	37,052
Younger than 22	2,323	4.9%	2,435	2,305	18	0.8%
22-24	4,044	8.5%	4,116	3,569	475	13.3%
25-34	13,747	28.8%	14,244	12,490	1,257	10.1%
35-44	9,782	20.5%	10,093	8,874	908	10.2%
45-54	6,920	14.5%	7,125	6,121	799	13.1%
55-59	2,269	4.7%	2,268	1,962	307	15.6%
60-64	1,347	2.8%	1,350	1,243	104	8.4%
65 and older	565	1.2%	569	488	77	15.8%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	40,997		42,200	37,052
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
Mining	68	0.2%	75	49	19	38.8%
Utilities	985	2.4%	954	994	-9	-0.9%
Construction	5,955	14.5%	5,809	5,284	671	12.7%
Manufacturing	4,104	10.0%	4,420	4,475	-371	-8.3%
Wholesale Trade	7,172	17.5%	7,616	7,586	-414	-5.5%
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	1,230	3.0%	1,203	1,049	181	17.3%
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)	10,659	26.0%	10,839	10,459	200	1.9%
Public Administration	4,427	10.8%	4,832	3,110	1,317	42.3%
Information Not Available	6,397	15.6%	6,452	4,046	2,351	58.1%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Rhode Island
	Oct 2008	Percent	Sep 2008	Oct 2007	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	13,302		13,261	10,605
Male	7,257	54.6%	6,892	5,550	1,707	30.8%
Female	6,045	45.4%	6,369	5,055	990	19.6%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	13,302		13,261	10,605
Hispanic or Latino	1,976	14.9%	1,976	1,468	508	34.6%
Not Hispanic or Latino	8,032	60.4%	8,076	6,252	1,780	28.5%
Information Not Available	3,294	24.8%	3,209	2,885	409	14.2%

Race	13,302		13,261	10,605
American Indian or Alaskan Native	94	0.7%	92	66	28	42.4%
Asian	221	1.7%	225	184	37	20.1%
Black or African American	709	5.3%	731	507	202	39.8%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	40	0.3%	32	31	9	29.0%
White	9,412	70.8%	9,414	7,272	2,140	29.4%
Information Not Available	2,826	21.2%	2,767	2,545	281	11.0%

Years of Age	13,302		13,261	10,605
Younger than 22	371	1.7%	389	330	41	12.4%
22-24	741	3.4%	738	568	173	30.5%
25-34	2,889	13.2%	2,910	2,333	556	23.8%
35-44	3,218	14.7%	3,209	2,703	515	19.1%
45-54	3,303	15.1%	3,263	2,560	743	29.0%
55-59	1,299	5.9%	1,284	890	409	46.0%
60-64	882	4.0%	879	651	231	35.5%
65 and older	599	2.7%	589	570	29	5.1%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	13,302		13,261	10,605
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	15	0.1%	17	21	-6	-28.6%
Mining	12	0.1%	7	11	1	9.1%
Utilities	19	0.1%	21	6	13	216.7%
Construction	1,786	13.4%	1,595	1,226	560	45.7%
Manufacturing	2,318	17.4%	2,119	1,614	704	43.6%
Wholesale Trade	550	4.1%	529	437	113	25.9%
Retail Trade	1,344	10.1%	1,456	1,267	77	6.1%
Transporation and Warehousing	355	2.7%	365	227	128	56.4%
Information	270	2.0%	256	155	115	74.2%
Finance and Insurance	857	6.4%	877	1,110	-253	-22.8%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	225	1.7%	234	220	5	2.3%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	622	4.7%	644	568	54	9.5%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	56	0.4%	61	83	-27	-32.5%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	1,129	8.5%	1,106	786	343	43.6%
Educational Services	439	3.3%	494	331	108	32.6%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	1,346	10.1%	1,409	1,030	316	30.7%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	234	1.8%	259	168	66	39.3%
Accomodation and Food Services	721	5.4%	731	573	148	25.8%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	481	3.6%	521	344	137	39.8%
Public Administration	107	0.8%	136	107	0	0.0%
Information Not Available	416	3.1%	424	321	95	29.6%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants South Carolina
	Oct 2008	Percent	Sep 2008	Oct 2007	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	62,599		58,796	38,683
Male	33,419	53.4%	30,844	19,038	14,381	75.5%
Female	29,180	46.6%	27,952	19,645	9,535	48.5%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	62,599		58,796	38,683
Hispanic or Latino	1,381	2.2%	1,249	770	611	79.4%
Not Hispanic or Latino	54,395	86.9%	50,495	33,468	20,927	62.5%
Information Not Available	6,823	10.9%	7,052	4,445	2,378	53.5%

Race	62,599		58,796	38,683
American Indian or Alaskan Native	349	0.6%	405	259	90	34.7%
Asian	313	0.5%	269	200	113	56.5%
Black or African American	29,848	47.7%	28,945	19,470	10,378	53.3%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	135	0.2%	128	83	52	62.7%
White	30,868	49.3%	27,979	17,916	12,952	72.3%
Information Not Available	1,086	1.7%	1,070	755	331	43.8%

Years of Age	62,599		58,796	38,683
Younger than 22	3,617	4.0%	2,997	1,928	1,689	87.6%
22-24	2,688	3.0%	2,381	1,527	1,161	76.0%
25-34	14,453	16.0%	13,430	8,717	5,736	65.8%
35-44	13,522	14.9%	12,683	8,455	5,067	59.9%
45-54	12,866	14.2%	12,152	8,553	4,313	50.4%
55-59	4,470	4.9%	4,264	2,904	1,566	53.9%
60-64	2,871	3.2%	2,783	1,876	995	53.0%
65 and older	1,664	1.8%	1,622	971	693	71.4%
Information Not Available	6,448	7.1%	6,484	3,752	2,696	71.9%

Industry	62,599		58,796	38,683
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	330	0.5%	305	208	122	58.7%
Mining	69	0.1%	52	27	42	155.6%
Utilities	89	0.1%	90	46	43	93.5%
Construction	7,080	11.3%	6,607	3,793	3,287	86.7%
Manufacturing	12,051	19.2%	11,908	9,016	3,035	33.7%
Wholesale Trade	2,500	4.0%	2,379	1,676	824	49.2%
Retail Trade	6,841	10.9%	6,081	3,774	3,067	81.3%
Transporation and Warehousing	2,069	3.3%	1,963	982	1,087	110.7%
Information	697	1.1%	674	454	243	53.5%
Finance and Insurance	1,463	2.3%	1,534	1,194	269	22.5%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	1,243	2.0%	1,101	626	617	98.6%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	2,078	3.3%	1,891	1,195	883	73.9%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	119	0.2%	137	253	-134	-53.0%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	8,285	13.2%	7,755	5,436	2,849	52.4%
Educational Services	938	1.5%	955	544	394	72.4%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	3,256	5.2%	3,168	2,225	1,031	46.3%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	824	1.3%	611	307	517	168.4%
Accomodation and Food Services	5,019	8.0%	4,007	2,740	2,279	83.2%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	1,337	2.1%	1,214	826	511	61.9%
Public Administration	837	1.3%	812	549	288	52.5%
Information Not Available	5,474	8.7%	5,552	2,812	2,662	94.7%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants South Dakota
	Oct 2008	Percent	Sep 2008	Oct 2007	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	1,542		1,230	970
Male	835	54.2%	589	448	387	86.4%
Female	707	45.8%	641	522	185	35.4%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	1,542		1,230	970
Hispanic or Latino	37	2.4%	29	27	10	37.0%
Not Hispanic or Latino	1,370	88.8%	1,076	858	512	59.7%
Information Not Available	135	8.8%	125	85	50	58.8%

Race	1,542		1,230	970
American Indian or Alaskan Native	252	16.3%	208	181	71	39.2%
Asian	4	0.3%	4	6	-2	-33.3%
Black or African American	32	2.1%	31	14	18	128.6%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	1	0.1%	4	0	1	0.0%
White	1,137	73.7%	877	688	449	65.3%
Information Not Available	116	7.5%	106	81	35	43.2%

Years of Age	1,542		1,230	970
Younger than 22	31	1.2%	20	21	10	47.6%
22-24	53	2.1%	46	44	9	20.5%
25-34	303	11.7%	214	207	96	46.4%
35-44	355	13.8%	285	184	171	92.9%
45-54	483	18.7%	380	298	185	62.1%
55-59	168	6.5%	149	117	51	43.6%
60-64	98	3.8%	95	99	-1	-1.0%
65 and older	51	2.0%	41	0	51	0.0%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	1,542		1,230	970
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	27	1.7%	10	8	19	237.5%
Mining	16	1.0%	1	3	13	433.3%
Utilities	2	0.1%	4	0	2	0.0%
Construction	142	9.1%	108	86	56	65.1%
Manufacturing	260	16.6%	174	139	121	87.1%
Wholesale Trade	71	4.5%	71	24	47	195.8%
Retail Trade	183	11.7%	129	121	62	51.2%
Transporation and Warehousing	39	2.5%	34	26	13	50.0%
Information	19	1.2%	19	17	2	11.8%
Finance and Insurance	67	4.3%	67	40	27	67.5%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	13	0.8%	12	22	-9	-40.9%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	50	3.2%	43	36	14	38.9%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	3	0.2%	3	3	0	0.0%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	113	7.2%	76	54	59	109.3%
Educational Services	78	5.0%	79	60	18	30.0%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	105	6.7%	113	77	28	36.4%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	38	2.4%	22	19	19	100.0%
Accomodation and Food Services	112	7.1%	84	72	40	55.6%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	39	2.5%	24	29	10	34.5%
Public Administration	100	6.4%	86	85	15	17.6%
Information Not Available	65	4.1%	71	49	16	32.7%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Tennessee
	Oct 2008	Percent	Sep 2008	Oct 2007	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	52,843		49,287	37,847
Male	27,813	52.6%	25,833	19,624	8,189	41.7%
Female	25,030	47.4%	23,454	18,223	6,807	37.4%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	52,843		49,287	37,847
Hispanic or Latino	669	1.3%	498	524	145	27.7%
Not Hispanic or Latino	52,174	98.7%	48,789	37,323	14,851	39.8%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Race	52,843		49,287	37,847
American Indian or Alaskan Native	125	0.2%	100	84	41	48.8%
Asian	572	1.1%	2,360	1,058	-486	-45.9%
Black or African American	14,414	27.3%	16,009	11,578	2,836	24.5%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	396	0.7%	310	175	221	126.3%
White	36,673	69.4%	30,024	24,520	12,153	49.6%
Information Not Available	663	1.3%	484	432	231	53.5%

Years of Age	52,843		49,287	37,847
Younger than 22	1,220	1.4%	867	745	475	63.8%
22-24	2,398	2.8%	1,946	1,523	875	57.5%
25-34	10,958	12.8%	9,690	7,239	3,719	51.4%
35-44	12,622	14.8%	11,438	8,958	3,664	40.9%
45-54	13,651	16.0%	12,874	11,109	2,542	22.9%
55-59	5,411	6.3%	5,331	3,800	1,611	42.4%
60-64	3,980	4.7%	4,203	2,505	1,475	58.9%
65 and older	2,517	2.9%	2,829	1,434	1,083	75.5%
Information Not Available	86	0.1%	109	534	-448	-83.9%

Industry	52,843		49,287	37,847
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	123	0.2%	124	92	31	33.7%
Mining	82	0.2%	58	90	-8	-8.9%
Utilities	45	0.1%	58	75	-30	-40.0%
Construction	4,973	9.4%	3,879	2,302	2,671	116.0%
Manufacturing	14,195	26.8%	11,833	9,286	4,909	52.9%
Wholesale Trade	2,621	4.9%	2,405	4,246	-1,625	-38.3%
Retail Trade	5,139	9.7%	4,264	2,842	2,297	80.8%
Transporation and Warehousing	2,009	3.8%	1,651	1,291	718	55.6%
Information	888	1.7%	775	514	374	72.8%
Finance and Insurance	1,680	3.2%	1,452	1,209	471	39.0%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	798	1.5%	653	544	254	46.7%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	2,015	3.8%	1,844	1,218	797	65.4%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	170	0.3%	152	79	91	115.2%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	6,787	12.8%	5,646	4,223	2,564	60.7%
Educational Services	1,138	2.1%	1,021	931	207	22.2%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	3,151	5.9%	2,679	2,334	817	35.0%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	352	0.7%	283	256	96	37.5%
Accomodation and Food Services	2,565	4.8%	2,111	1,670	895	53.6%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	1,385	2.6%	1,242	1,034	351	33.9%
Public Administration	945	1.8%	820	717	228	31.8%
Information Not Available	1,782	3.4%	6,337	2,894	-1,112	-38.4%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Texas
	Oct 2008	Percent	Sep 2008	Oct 2007	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	132,102		112,490	87,772
Male	66,992	50.7%	57,738	41,969	25,023	59.6%
Female	65,109	49.3%	54,727	45,802	19,307	42.2%
Information Not Available	1	0.0%	25	1	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	132,102		112,490	87,772
Hispanic or Latino	36,194	27.4%	33,966	24,760	11,434	46.2%
Not Hispanic or Latino	83,927	63.5%	69,520	57,051	26,876	47.1%
Information Not Available	11,981	9.1%	9,004	5,961	6,020	101.0%

Race	132,102		112,490	87,772
American Indian or Alaskan Native	546	0.4%	473	336	210	62.5%
Asian	2,625	2.0%	2,076	1,625	1,000	61.5%
Black or African American	32,009	24.2%	26,145	21,838	10,171	46.6%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	128	0.1%	1,378	1,477	-1,349	-91.3%
White	48,578	36.8%	40,425	33,066	15,512	46.9%
Information Not Available	48,216	36.5%	41,993	29,430	18,786	63.8%

Years of Age	132,102		112,490	87,772
Younger than 22	3,373	1.9%	2,631	2,043	1,330	65.1%
22-24	6,917	4.0%	5,442	4,264	2,653	62.2%
25-34	32,506	18.6%	27,617	21,937	10,569	48.2%
35-44	35,381	20.3%	30,176	24,184	11,197	46.3%
45-54	32,968	18.9%	28,454	21,861	11,107	50.8%
55-59	11,246	6.5%	9,438	7,136	4,110	57.6%
60-64	6,324	3.6%	5,853	4,183	2,141	51.2%
65 and older	3,384	1.9%	2,857	2,163	1,221	56.4%
Information Not Available	3	0.0%	22	1	2	200.0%

Industry	132,102		112,490	87,772
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	971	0.7%	1,377	717	254	35.4%
Mining	1,345	1.0%	1,221	1,179	166	14.1%
Utilities	276	0.2%	322	213	63	29.6%
Construction	14,629	11.0%	14,363	8,002	6,627	82.8%
Manufacturing	14,776	11.1%	11,591	9,383	5,393	57.5%
Wholesale Trade	8,449	6.3%	6,606	4,697	3,752	79.9%
Retail Trade	10,335	7.8%	8,251	7,165	3,170	44.2%
Transporation and Warehousing	4,879	3.7%	4,111	2,930	1,949	66.5%
Information	4,363	3.3%	3,813	2,738	1,625	59.3%
Finance and Insurance	7,540	5.7%	6,614	7,009	531	7.6%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	2,726	2.0%	2,448	2,031	695	34.2%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	9,361	7.0%	8,344	6,230	3,131	50.3%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	539	0.4%	488	320	219	68.4%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	17,781	13.4%	15,164	11,288	6,493	57.5%
Educational Services	3,149	2.4%	2,711	2,351	798	33.9%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	10,936	8.2%	8,285	7,730	3,206	41.5%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	1,089	0.8%	779	704	385	54.7%
Accomodation and Food Services	6,039	4.5%	3,911	2,912	3,127	107.4%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	3,056	2.3%	2,549	2,134	922	43.2%
Public Administration	1,551	1.2%	1,251	1,306	245	18.8%
Information Not Available	8,312	6.2%	8,291	6,733	1,579	23.5%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Utah
	Oct 2008	Percent	Sep 2008	Oct 2007	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	15,621		13,186	7,386
Male	9,410	60.2%	7,659	3,899	5,511	141.3%
Female	6,105	39.1%	5,444	3,426	2,679	78.2%
Information Not Available	106	0.7%	83	61	45	73.8%

Ethnicity	15,621		13,186	7,386
Hispanic or Latino	1,364	8.7%	1,121	582	782	134.4%
Not Hispanic or Latino	11,122	71.2%	9,498	5,492	5,630	102.5%
Information Not Available	3,135	20.1%	2,567	1,312	1,823	138.9%

Race	15,621		13,186	7,386
American Indian or Alaskan Native	476	3.0%	379	234	242	103.4%
Asian	236	1.5%	221	135	101	74.8%
Black or African American	255	1.6%	241	131	124	94.7%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	208	1.3%	196	78	130	166.7%
White	11,048	70.7%	9,367	5,551	5,497	99.0%
Information Not Available	3,398	21.8%	2,782	1,257	2,141	170.3%

Years of Age	15,621		13,186	7,386
Younger than 22	710	2.7%	590	262	448	171.0%
22-24	1,132	4.4%	915	481	651	135.3%
25-34	4,563	17.6%	3,650	2,075	2,488	119.9%
35-44	3,610	13.9%	3,161	1,834	1,776	96.8%
45-54	3,422	13.2%	3,002	1,760	1,662	94.4%
55-59	1,232	4.7%	1,056	584	648	111.0%
60-64	697	2.7%	586	279	418	149.8%
65 and older	254	1.0%	225	111	143	128.8%
Information Not Available	1	0.0%	1	0	1	0.0%

Industry	15,621		13,186	7,386
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	44	0.3%	30	12	32	266.7%
Mining	111	0.7%	98	124	-13	-10.5%
Utilities	22	0.1%	16	12	10	83.3%
Construction	2,449	15.6%	2,001	892	1,557	174.6%
Manufacturing	2,230	14.2%	1,869	916	1,314	143.4%
Wholesale Trade	592	3.8%	517	278	314	112.9%
Retail Trade	1,608	10.3%	1,360	706	902	127.8%
Transporation and Warehousing	541	3.5%	472	241	300	124.5%
Information	447	2.9%	398	249	198	79.5%
Finance and Insurance	598	3.8%	544	444	154	34.7%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	324	2.1%	298	158	166	105.1%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	902	5.8%	789	463	439	94.8%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	41	0.3%	31	13	28	215.4%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	2,271	14.5%	1,877	944	1,327	140.6%
Educational Services	364	2.3%	297	218	146	67.0%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	658	4.2%	576	369	289	78.3%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	153	1.0%	122	101	52	51.5%
Accomodation and Food Services	644	4.1%	548	323	321	99.4%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	273	1.7%	212	117	156	133.3%
Public Administration	270	1.7%	217	149	121	81.2%
Information Not Available	1,079	6.9%	914	657	422	64.2%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Virginia
	Oct 2008	Percent	Sep 2008	Oct 2007	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	48,940		43,753	32,620
Male	27,622	56.4%	23,880	17,228	10,394	60.3%
Female	21,312	43.5%	19,867	15,389	5,923	38.5%
Information Not Available	6	0.0%	6	3	3	100.0%

Ethnicity	48,940		43,753	32,620
Hispanic or Latino	1,774	3.6%	1,566	1,007	767	76.2%
Not Hispanic or Latino	44,840	91.6%	39,930	29,806	15,034	50.4%
Information Not Available	2,326	4.8%	2,257	1,807	519	28.7%

Race	48,940		43,753	32,620
American Indian or Alaskan Native	2,022	4.1%	1,795	1,157	865	74.8%
Asian	1,066	2.2%	981	744	322	43.3%
Black or African American	18,635	38.1%	17,004	12,811	5,824	45.5%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
White	24,891	50.9%	21,716	16,101	8,790	54.6%
Information Not Available	2,326	4.8%	2,257	1,807	519	28.7%

Years of Age	48,940		43,753	32,620
Younger than 22	1,261	1.8%	1,031	770	491	63.8%
22-24	2,599	3.7%	2,273	1,721	878	51.0%
25-34	11,349	16.0%	10,260	7,809	3,540	45.3%
35-44	12,377	17.4%	11,182	8,249	4,128	50.0%
45-54	12,962	18.2%	11,357	8,574	4,388	51.2%
55-59	4,374	6.2%	3,891	2,968	1,406	47.4%
60-64	2,763	3.9%	2,591	1,728	1,035	59.9%
65 and older	1,254	1.8%	1,167	801	453	56.6%
Information Not Available	1	0.0%	1	0	1	0.0%

Industry	48,940		43,753	32,620
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	49	0.1%	52	53	-4	-7.5%
Mining	39	0.1%	44	321	-282	-87.9%
Utilities	9	0.0%	11	16	-7	-43.8%
Construction	2,769	5.7%	2,415	2,096	673	32.1%
Manufacturing	5,363	10.9%	4,080	4,190	1,173	28.0%
Wholesale Trade	561	1.1%	572	652	-91	-14.0%
Retail Trade	1,451	3.0%	1,412	1,594	-143	-9.0%
Transporation and Warehousing	851	1.7%	772	824	27	3.3%
Information	481	1.0%	342	545	-64	-11.7%
Finance and Insurance	430	0.9%	451	909	-479	-52.7%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	288	0.6%	272	370	-82	-22.2%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	1,019	2.1%	1,018	1,483	-464	-31.3%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	38	0.1%	41	60	-22	-36.7%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	2,305	4.7%	2,221	2,221	84	3.8%
Educational Services	158	0.3%	151	196	-38	-19.4%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	972	2.0%	1,049	1,188	-216	-18.2%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	98	0.2%	104	102	-4	-3.9%
Accomodation and Food Services	866	1.8%	858	858	8	0.9%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	465	0.9%	478	524	-59	-11.3%
Public Administration	2,352	4.8%	2,441	1,893	459	24.2%
Information Not Available	28,376	57.9%	24,969	12,525	15,851	126.6%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Virgin Islands
	Oct 2008	Percent	Sep 2008	Oct 2007	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	492		576	411
Male	280	56.9%	369	293	-13	-4.4%
Female	212	43.1%	206	118	94	79.7%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	1	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	492		576	411
Hispanic or Latino	131	26.6%	148	131	0	0.0%
Not Hispanic or Latino	353	71.7%	426	273	80	29.3%
Information Not Available	8	1.6%	2	7	1	14.3%

Race	492		576	411
American Indian or Alaskan Native	1	0.2%	1	2	-1	-50.0%
Asian	12	2.4%	17	8	4	50.0%
Black or African American	317	64.4%	369	242	75	31.0%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	7	1.4%	1	7	0	0.0%
White	23	4.7%	39	21	2	9.5%
Information Not Available	132	26.8%	149	131	1	0.8%

Years of Age	492		576	411
Younger than 22	15	3.1%	16	5	10	200.0%
22-24	38	7.9%	41	22	16	72.7%
25-34	105	22.0%	133	95	10	10.5%
35-44	127	26.6%	136	110	17	15.5%
45-54	97	20.3%	125	102	-5	-4.9%
55-59	54	11.3%	45	41	13	31.7%
60-64	37	7.7%	49	19	18	94.7%
65 and older	18	3.8%	30	17	1	5.9%
Information Not Available	1	0.2%	1	0	1	0.0%

Industry	492		576	411
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
Mining	1	0.2%	1	0	1	0.0%
Utilities	0	0.0%	1	2	-2	-100.0%
Construction	132	26.8%	177	168	-36	-21.4%
Manufacturing	32	6.5%	14	23	9	39.1%
Wholesale Trade	14	2.8%	4	0	14	0.0%
Retail Trade	45	9.1%	42	28	17	60.7%
Transporation and Warehousing	1	0.2%	8	2	-1	-50.0%
Information	3	0.6%	4	0	3	0.0%
Finance and Insurance	5	1.0%	3	2	3	150.0%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	9	1.8%	10	4	5	125.0%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	7	1.4%	7	6	1	16.7%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	9	1.8%	12	2	7	350.0%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	23	4.7%	24	14	9	64.3%
Educational Services	5	1.0%	5	6	-1	-16.7%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	8	1.6%	17	16	-8	-50.0%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	3	0.6%	7	3	0	0.0%
Accomodation and Food Services	54	11.0%	58	31	23	74.2%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	86	17.5%	110	85	1	1.2%
Public Administration	4	0.8%	4	5	-1	-20.0%
Information Not Available	51	10.4%	68	14	37	264.3%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Vermont
	Oct 2008	Percent	Sep 2008	Oct 2007	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	5,999		5,477	3,670
Male	3,462	57.7%	3,090	2,012	1,450	72.1%
Female	2,537	42.3%	2,387	1,658	879	53.0%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	5,999		5,477	3,670
Hispanic or Latino	10	0.2%	9	5	5	100.0%
Not Hispanic or Latino	1,515	25.3%	1,322	939	576	61.3%
Information Not Available	4,474	74.6%	4,146	2,726	1,748	64.1%

Race	5,999		5,477	3,670
American Indian or Alaskan Native	13	0.2%	13	5	8	160.0%
Asian	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
Black or African American	28	0.5%	26	14	14	100.0%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	8	0.1%	13	5	3	60.0%
White	1,476	24.6%	1,279	920	556	60.4%
Information Not Available	4,474	74.6%	4,146	2,726	1,748	64.1%

Years of Age	5,999		5,477	3,670
Younger than 22	236	3.3%	205	131	105	80.2%
22-24	343	4.9%	282	193	150	77.7%
25-34	1,266	18.0%	1,142	752	514	68.4%
35-44	1,292	18.3%	1,214	831	461	55.5%
45-54	1,483	21.0%	1,360	937	546	58.3%
55-59	640	9.1%	616	404	236	58.4%
60-64	425	6.0%	385	241	184	76.3%
65 and older	314	4.5%	273	181	133	73.5%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	5,999		5,477	3,670
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	46	0.8%	42	23	23	100.0%
Mining	7	0.1%	10	8	-1	-12.5%
Utilities	10	0.2%	10	6	4	66.7%
Construction	870	14.4%	733	435	435	100.0%
Manufacturing	936	15.5%	842	645	291	45.1%
Wholesale Trade	239	4.0%	260	157	82	52.2%
Retail Trade	712	11.8%	701	413	299	72.4%
Transporation and Warehousing	178	2.9%	147	98	80	81.6%
Information	99	1.6%	105	59	40	67.8%
Finance and Insurance	100	1.7%	95	70	30	42.9%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	94	1.6%	87	52	42	80.8%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	276	4.6%	283	174	102	58.6%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	6	0.1%	9	2	4	200.0%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	378	6.3%	326	203	175	86.2%
Educational Services	195	3.2%	214	157	38	24.2%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	499	8.3%	521	283	216	76.3%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	132	2.2%	72	66	66	100.0%
Accomodation and Food Services	904	15.0%	718	615	289	47.0%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	137	2.3%	149	104	33	31.7%
Public Administration	181	3.0%	153	100	81	81.0%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Washington
	Oct 2008	Percent	Sep 2008	Oct 2007	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	67,398		54,111	37,788
Male	42,296	62.8%	31,927	21,744	20,552	94.5%
Female	25,102	37.2%	22,184	16,042	9,060	56.5%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	2	-2	-100.0%

Ethnicity	67,398		54,111	37,788
Hispanic or Latino	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
Not Hispanic or Latino	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
Information Not Available	67,398	100.0%	54,111	37,788	29,610	78.4%

Race	67,398		54,111	37,788
American Indian or Alaskan Native	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
Asian	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
Black or African American	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
White	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
Information Not Available	67,398	100.0%	54,111	37,788	29,610	78.4%

Years of Age	67,398		54,111	37,788
Younger than 22	1,717	2.7%	1,205	902	815	90.4%
22-24	3,587	5.6%	2,742	1,914	1,673	87.4%
25-34	15,953	25.1%	12,773	8,725	7,228	82.8%
35-44	16,581	26.1%	13,413	9,669	6,912	71.5%
45-54	17,687	27.8%	14,114	9,987	7,700	77.1%
55-59	6,500	10.2%	5,297	3,573	2,927	81.9%
60-64	3,769	5.9%	3,186	2,047	1,722	84.1%
65 and older	1,604	2.5%	1,381	971	633	65.2%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	67,398		54,111	37,788
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
Mining	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
Utilities	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
Construction	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
Manufacturing	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
Wholesale Trade	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
Retail Trade	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
Transporation and Warehousing	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
Information	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
Finance and Insurance	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
Educational Services	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
Accomodation and Food Services	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
Public Administration	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
Information Not Available	67,398	100.0%	54,111	37,788	29,610	78.4%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Wisconsin
	Oct 2008	Percent	Sep 2008	Oct 2007	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	72,779		64,705	51,546
Male	41,448	57.0%	36,189	28,180	13,268	47.1%
Female	31,331	43.0%	28,503	23,361	7,970	34.1%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	13	5	-5	-100.0%

Ethnicity	72,779		64,705	51,546
Hispanic or Latino	3,042	4.2%	2,536	2,088	954	45.7%
Not Hispanic or Latino	69,344	95.3%	61,600	49,030	20,314	41.4%
Information Not Available	393	0.5%	569	428	-35	-8.2%

Race	72,779		64,705	51,546
American Indian or Alaskan Native	764	1.0%	654	582	182	31.3%
Asian	881	1.2%	776	598	283	47.3%
Black or African American	9,570	13.1%	9,245	7,514	2,056	27.4%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	51	0.1%	52	52	-1	-1.9%
White	61,120	84.0%	53,409	42,372	18,748	44.2%
Information Not Available	393	0.5%	569	428	-35	-8.2%

Years of Age	72,779		64,705	51,546
Younger than 22	2,838	2.2%	2,323	2,160	678	31.4%
22-24	4,811	3.7%	4,199	3,546	1,265	35.7%
25-34	16,938	13.1%	15,380	12,495	4,443	35.6%
35-44	16,574	12.8%	14,934	12,015	4,559	37.9%
45-54	18,648	14.4%	16,403	12,655	5,993	47.4%
55-59	6,558	5.1%	5,746	4,381	2,177	49.7%
60-64	4,170	3.2%	3,662	2,732	1,438	52.6%
65 and older	2,242	1.7%	2,058	1,562	680	43.5%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	72,779		64,705	51,546
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	313	0.4%	246	289	24	8.3%
Mining	80	0.1%	58	67	13	19.4%
Utilities	66	0.1%	71	52	14	26.9%
Construction	7,801	10.7%	7,190	5,557	2,244	40.4%
Manufacturing	21,306	29.1%	16,957	12,869	8,437	65.6%
Wholesale Trade	2,715	3.7%	2,562	2,046	669	32.7%
Retail Trade	7,284	10.0%	6,465	5,376	1,908	35.5%
Transporation and Warehousing	2,853	3.9%	2,633	1,835	1,018	55.5%
Information	1,223	1.7%	1,081	856	367	42.9%
Finance and Insurance	2,118	2.9%	1,993	1,907	211	11.1%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	757	1.0%	660	567	190	33.5%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	2,234	3.1%	2,213	1,686	548	32.5%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	240	0.3%	226	201	39	19.4%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	7,553	10.3%	6,944	5,258	2,295	43.6%
Educational Services	968	1.3%	1,171	923	45	4.9%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	5,559	7.6%	5,268	4,387	1,172	26.7%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	881	1.2%	796	588	293	49.8%
Accomodation and Food Services	4,403	6.0%	3,882	3,335	1,068	32.0%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	1,659	2.3%	1,436	1,165	494	42.4%
Public Administration	1,092	1.5%	1,022	1,036	56	5.4%
Information Not Available	1,674	2.3%	1,831	1,546	128	8.3%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants West Virginia
	Oct 2008	Percent	Sep 2008	Oct 2007	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	11,578		11,398	9,133
Male	7,140	61.7%	6,865	5,753	1,387	24.1%
Female	4,438	38.3%	4,533	3,380	1,058	31.3%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	11,578		11,398	9,133
Hispanic or Latino	211	1.8%	173	74	137	185.1%
Not Hispanic or Latino	9,549	82.5%	9,519	7,855	1,694	21.6%
Information Not Available	1,818	15.7%	1,706	1,204	614	51.0%

Race	11,578		11,398	9,133
American Indian or Alaskan Native	24	0.2%	29	17	7	41.2%
Asian	22	0.2%	21	13	9	69.2%
Black or African American	587	5.1%	509	333	254	76.3%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	4	0.0%	8	9	-5	-55.6%
White	10,653	92.0%	10,621	8,601	2,052	23.9%
Information Not Available	288	2.5%	210	160	128	80.0%

Years of Age	11,578		11,398	9,133
Younger than 22	349	1.6%	310	227	122	53.7%
22-24	626	2.9%	598	494	132	26.7%
25-34	2,976	13.7%	2,914	2,365	611	25.8%
35-44	2,965	13.6%	2,893	2,365	600	25.4%
45-54	2,885	13.3%	2,783	2,275	610	26.8%
55-59	997	4.6%	1,018	803	194	24.2%
60-64	500	2.3%	581	392	108	27.6%
65 and older	280	1.3%	301	212	68	32.1%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	11,578		11,398	9,133
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	83	0.7%	69	85	-2	-2.4%
Mining	333	2.9%	275	568	-235	-41.4%
Utilities	17	0.1%	23	32	-15	-46.9%
Construction	2,131	18.3%	2,101	1,859	272	14.6%
Manufacturing	1,436	12.3%	1,256	877	559	63.7%
Wholesale Trade	429	3.7%	415	310	119	38.4%
Retail Trade	1,340	11.5%	1,523	831	509	61.3%
Transporation and Warehousing	310	2.7%	313	303	7	2.3%
Information	138	1.2%	144	117	21	17.9%
Finance and Insurance	232	2.0%	241	178	54	30.3%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	134	1.1%	138	114	20	17.5%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	489	4.2%	436	338	151	44.7%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	11	0.1%	17	14	-3	-21.4%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	903	7.7%	949	695	208	29.9%
Educational Services	157	1.3%	212	125	32	25.6%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	1,116	9.6%	1,139	1,012	104	10.3%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	149	1.3%	123	117	32	27.4%
Accomodation and Food Services	784	6.7%	610	471	313	66.5%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	360	3.1%	353	291	69	23.7%
Public Administration	155	1.3%	167	136	19	14.0%
Information Not Available	871	7.5%	894	660	211	32.0%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Wyoming
	Oct 2008	Percent	Sep 2008	Oct 2007	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	1,910		1,813	1,412
Male	1,122	58.7%	1,054	771	351	45.5%
Female	788	41.3%	759	641	147	22.9%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	1,910		1,813	1,412
Hispanic or Latino	196	10.3%	193	153	43	28.1%
Not Hispanic or Latino	1,567	82.0%	1,447	1,136	431	37.9%
Information Not Available	147	7.7%	173	123	24	19.5%

Race	1,910		1,813	1,412
American Indian or Alaskan Native	110	5.8%	105	78	32	41.0%
Asian	6	0.3%	4	4	2	50.0%
Black or African American	33	1.7%	37	30	3	10.0%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	6	0.3%	4	4	2	50.0%
White	1,650	86.4%	1,580	1,205	445	36.9%
Information Not Available	105	5.5%	83	91	14	15.4%

Years of Age	1,910		1,813	1,412
Younger than 22	30	0.9%	25	26	4	15.4%
22-24	105	3.0%	106	90	15	16.7%
25-34	442	12.8%	413	304	138	45.4%
35-44	428	12.4%	421	315	113	35.9%
45-54	529	15.3%	500	407	122	30.0%
55-59	178	5.2%	175	138	40	29.0%
60-64	109	3.2%	107	79	30	38.0%
65 and older	89	2.6%	66	53	36	67.9%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	1,910		1,813	1,412
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	2	0.1%	10	4	-2	-50.0%
Mining	105	5.5%	96	123	-18	-14.6%
Utilities	5	0.3%	7	2	3	150.0%
Construction	453	23.7%	446	240	213	88.8%
Manufacturing	76	4.0%	79	70	6	8.6%
Wholesale Trade	48	2.5%	54	42	6	14.3%
Retail Trade	124	6.5%	141	118	6	5.1%
Transporation and Warehousing	80	4.2%	70	47	33	70.2%
Information	21	1.1%	15	20	1	5.0%
Finance and Insurance	32	1.7%	34	21	11	52.4%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	31	1.6%	24	16	15	93.8%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	64	3.3%	70	49	15	30.6%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	5	0.3%	4	2	3	150.0%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	110	5.8%	112	71	39	54.9%
Educational Services	51	2.7%	54	53	-2	-3.8%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	144	7.5%	139	149	-5	-3.4%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	35	1.8%	22	27	8	29.6%
Accomodation and Food Services	191	10.0%	135	135	56	41.5%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	69	3.6%	76	45	24	53.3%
Public Administration	66	3.5%	69	67	-1	-1.5%
Information Not Available	198	10.4%	156	111	87	78.4%