Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants

September 2008

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants: Total Claimants September 2008
	Sep 2008	Aug 2008	Monthly Change	Sep 2007	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
United States	3,006,706	3,149,633	-142,927	2,159,121	847,585	39.3
Alaska	6,891	7,944	-1,053	6,441	450	7.0
Alabama	35,052	36,098	-1,046	25,591	9,461	37.0
Arkansas	30,873	31,834	-961	25,691	5,182	20.2
Arizona	52,356	50,800	1,556	30,124	22,232	73.8
California	494,776	498,711	-3,935	340,423	154,353	45.3
Colorado	25,972	25,331	641	18,237	7,735	42.4
Connecticut	43,421	50,830	-7,409	32,063	11,358	35.4
District of Columbia	9,177	7,490	1,687	5,804	3,373	58.1
Delaware	8,821	10,921	-2,100	6,832	1,989	29.1
Florida	196,696	197,464	-768	122,370	74,326	60.7
Georgia	81,096	79,104	1,992	55,802	25,294	45.3
Hawaii	13,183	12,566	617	6,799	6,384	93.9
Iowa	21,420	22,867	-1,447	15,209	6,211	40.8
Idaho	12,696	13,491	-795	7,531	5,165	68.6
Illinois	136,149	138,949	-2,800	108,067	28,082	26.0
Indiana	63,640	63,487	153	44,211	19,429	43.9
Kansas	20,445	20,160	285	15,069	5,376	35.7
Kentucky	35,716	36,174	-458	24,479	11,237	45.9
Louisiana	40,093	33,823	6,270	18,507	21,586	116.6
Massachusetts	80,457	94,659	-14,202	66,203	14,254	21.5
Maryland	45,712	49,904	-4,192	32,525	13,187	40.5
Maine	7,801	8,935	-1,134	5,604	2,197	39.2
Michigan	135,121	147,268	-12,147	99,817	35,304	35.4
Minnesota	38,942	41,319	-2,377	32,658	6,284	19.2
Missouri	51,863	56,464	-4,601	37,976	13,887	36.6
Mississippi	24,719	26,990	-2,271	18,248	6,471	35.5
Montana	3,787	4,211	-424	2,411	1,376	57.1
North Carolina	101,153	98,730	2,423	67,558	33,595	49.7
North Dakota	1,733	2,455	-722	1,200	533	44.4
Nebraska	12,889	13,498	-609	6,903	5,986	86.7
New Hampshire	7,743	9,239	-1,496	4,856	2,887	59.5
New Jersey	125,757	136,987	-11,230	99,206	26,551	26.8
New Mexico	11,909	12,377	-468	9,141	2,768	30.3
Nevada	39,864	39,158	706	24,347	15,517	63.7
New York	180,632	205,498	-24,866	145,225	35,407	24.4
Ohio	93,785	103,608	-9,823	71,186	22,599	31.7
Oklahoma	23,328	23,103	225	13,328	10,000	75.0
Oregon	53,539	53,716	-177	33,981	19,558	57.6
Pennsylvania	165,216	185,110	-19,894	129,045	36,171	28.0
Puerto Rico	42,200	42,526	-326	36,166	6,034	16.7
Rhode Island	13,261	16,079	-2,818	10,555	2,706	25.6
South Carolina	58,796	57,412	1,384	37,860	20,936	55.3
South Dakota	1,230	1,354	-124	1,017	213	20.9
Tennessee	49,287	49,387	-100	36,735	12,552	34.2
Texas	112,490	122,554	-10,064	87,221	25,269	29.0
Utah	13,186	13,246	-60	7,207	5,979	83.0
Virginia	43,753	44,076	-323	31,316	12,437	39.7
Virgin Islands	576	426	150	343	233	67.9
Vermont	5,477	6,014	-537	3,202	2,275	71.0
Washington	54,111	56,644	-2,533	35,351	18,760	53.1
Wisconsin	64,705	73,420	-8,715	50,293	14,412	28.7
West Virginia	11,398	13,246	-1,848	9,777	1,621	16.6
Wyoming	1,813	1,976	-163	1,410	403	28.6

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants US Totals
	Sep 2008	Percent	Aug 2008	Sep 2007	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	3,006,706		3,149,633	2,159,121	847,585	39.3
Male	1,641,587	54.6%	1,647,052	1,135,326	506,261	44.6%
Female	1,362,365	45.3%	1,499,727	1,021,894	340,471	33.3%
Information Not Available	2,754	0.1%	2,854	1,901	853	44.9%

Ethnicity	3,006,706		3,149,633	2,159,121
Hispanic or Latino	473,649	15.8%	496,739	335,686	137,963	41.1%
Not Hispanic or Latino	2,191,866	86.5%	2,290,112	1,580,867	610,999	38.6%
Information Not Available	341,191	10.2%	362,782	242,568	98,623	40.7%

Race	3,006,706		3,149,633	2,159,121
American Indian or Alaskan Native	30,979	1.0%	32,942	22,289	8,690	39.0%
Asian	85,613	2.8%	84,818	51,733	33,880	65.5%
Black or African American	582,917	19.4%	597,186	432,099	150,818	34.9%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	12,030	0.4%	11,889	6,503	5,527	85.0%
White	1,634,312	54.4%	1,721,588	1,190,570	443,742	37.3%
Information Not Available	660,855	22.0%	701,210	454,925	205,930	45.3%

Years of Age	3,006,706		3,149,633	2,159,121
Younger than 22	110,001	3.7%	108,817	89,691	20,310	22.6%
22-24	174,144	5.8%	172,009	127,824	46,320	36.2%
25-34	712,603	23.7%	722,937	511,294	201,309	39.4%
35-44	740,358	24.6%	773,277	545,264	195,094	35.8%
45-54	735,883	24.5%	779,880	519,351	216,532	41.7%
55-59	259,018	8.6%	275,402	178,018	81,000	45.5%
60-64	161,143	5.4%	178,256	107,712	53,431	49.6%
65 and older	99,894	3.3%	125,790	64,062	35,832	55.9%
Information Not Available	13,662	0.5%	13,265	15,905	-2,243	-14.1%

Industry	3,006,706		3,149,633	2,159,121
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	53,804	1.8%	60,274	39,670	14,134	35.6%
Mining	8,003	0.3%	7,442	7,478	525	7.0%
Utilities	5,424	0.2%	6,162	5,046	378	7.5%
Construction	347,750	11.6%	326,146	232,004	115,746	49.9%
Manufacturing	433,684	14.4%	439,884	305,976	127,708	41.7%
Wholesale Trade	122,653	4.1%	120,665	93,046	29,607	31.8%
Retail Trade	261,580	8.7%	262,525	193,510	68,070	35.2%
Transporation and Warehousing	98,460	3.3%	159,952	66,521	31,939	48.0%
Information	84,982	2.8%	84,670	63,940	21,042	32.9%
Finance and Insurance	122,343	4.1%	118,858	99,247	23,096	23.3%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	48,816	1.6%	48,963	39,986	8,830	22.1%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	151,400	5.0%	150,919	104,983	46,417	44.2%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	10,702	0.4%	10,826	9,553	1,149	12.0%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	334,530	11.1%	336,798	238,271	96,259	40.4%
Educational Services	83,730	2.8%	107,973	65,346	18,384	28.1%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	204,418	6.8%	230,189	167,099	37,319	22.3%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	41,041	1.4%	42,613	31,061	9,980	32.1%
Accomodation and Food Services	154,300	5.1%	191,897	103,389	50,911	49.2%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	86,021	2.9%	92,675	65,132	20,889	32.1%
Public Administration	50,398	1.7%	56,855	37,452	12,946	34.6%
Information Not Available	302,667	10.1%	293,347	190,411	112,256	59.0%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Alaska
	Sep 2008	Percent	Aug 2008	Sep 2007	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	6,891		7,944	6,441	450	7.0
Male	3,562	51.7%	3,898	3,140	422	13.4%
Female	3,329	48.3%	4,046	3,301	28	0.8%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	6,891		7,944	6,441
Hispanic or Latino	254	3.7%	283	229	25	10.9%
Not Hispanic or Latino	6,581	95.5%	7,591	6,150	431	7.0%
Information Not Available	56	0.8%	70	62	-6	-9.7%

Race	6,891		7,944	6,441
American Indian or Alaskan Native	2,177	31.6%	2,795	2,240	-63	-2.8%
Asian	418	6.1%	309	389	29	7.5%
Black or African American	368	5.3%	419	303	65	21.5%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	76	1.1%	89	65	11	16.9%
White	3,632	52.7%	4,095	3,244	388	12.0%
Information Not Available	220	3.2%	237	200	20	10.0%

Years of Age	6,891		7,944	6,441
Younger than 22	226	2.2%	287	242	-16	-6.6%
22-24	539	5.3%	607	495	44	8.9%
25-34	1,735	17.0%	2,066	1,641	94	5.7%
35-44	1,601	15.6%	1,793	1,528	73	4.8%
45-54	1,679	16.4%	1,887	1,578	101	6.4%
55-59	634	6.2%	703	509	125	24.6%
60-64	288	2.8%	371	315	-27	-8.6%
65 and older	189	1.8%	230	133	56	42.1%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	6,891		7,944	6,441
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	21	0.3%	14	20	1	5.0%
Mining	171	2.5%	208	161	10	6.2%
Utilities	31	0.4%	43	46	-15	-32.6%
Construction	792	11.5%	829	650	142	21.8%
Manufacturing	553	8.0%	355	436	117	26.8%
Wholesale Trade	108	1.6%	131	118	-10	-8.5%
Retail Trade	789	11.4%	886	696	93	13.4%
Transporation and Warehousing	331	4.8%	568	329	2	0.6%
Information	93	1.3%	121	69	24	34.8%
Finance and Insurance	158	2.3%	168	185	-27	-14.6%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	144	2.1%	172	154	-10	-6.5%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	250	3.6%	260	178	72	40.4%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	2	0.0%	2	8	-6	-75.0%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	451	6.5%	515	356	95	26.7%
Educational Services	267	3.9%	410	279	-12	-4.3%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	753	10.9%	879	833	-80	-9.6%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	91	1.3%	98	81	10	12.3%
Accomodation and Food Services	636	9.2%	700	642	-6	-0.9%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	278	4.0%	454	244	34	13.9%
Public Administration	739	10.7%	894	740	-1	-0.1%
Information Not Available	233	3.4%	237	216	17	7.9%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Alabama
	Sep 2008	Percent	Aug 2008	Sep 2007	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	35,052		36,098	25,591
Male	17,731	50.6%	18,085	12,248	5,483	44.8%
Female	17,251	49.2%	17,920	13,295	3,956	29.8%
Information Not Available	70	0.2%	93	48	22	45.8%

Ethnicity	35,052		36,098	25,591
Hispanic or Latino	833	2.4%	900	628	205	32.6%
Not Hispanic or Latino	27,886	79.6%	28,565	20,305	7,581	37.3%
Information Not Available	6,333	18.1%	6,633	4,658	1,675	36.0%

Race	35,052		36,098	25,591
American Indian or Alaskan Native	1,367	3.9%	1,436	756	611	80.8%
Asian	619	1.8%	547	346	273	78.9%
Black or African American	14,532	41.5%	15,437	11,556	2,976	25.8%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	54	0.2%	55	42	12	28.6%
White	16,224	46.3%	16,191	11,299	4,925	43.6%
Information Not Available	2,256	6.4%	2,432	1,592	664	41.7%

Years of Age	35,052		36,098	25,591
Younger than 22	1,433	2.9%	1,377	1,054	379	36.0%
22-24	2,489	5.0%	2,423	1,831	658	35.9%
25-34	9,196	18.5%	9,250	6,491	2,705	41.7%
35-44	8,332	16.8%	8,658	6,280	2,052	32.7%
45-54	8,057	16.2%	8,332	5,979	2,078	34.8%
55-59	2,716	5.5%	2,967	1,972	744	37.7%
60-64	1,660	3.3%	1,804	1,195	465	38.9%
65 and older	1,134	2.3%	1,238	773	361	46.7%
Information Not Available	35	0.1%	49	16	19	118.8%

Industry	35,052		36,098	25,591
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	354	1.0%	402	269	85	31.6%
Mining	83	0.2%	90	96	-13	-13.5%
Utilities	51	0.1%	57	47	4	8.5%
Construction	3,467	9.8%	3,607	2,186	1,281	58.6%
Manufacturing	8,345	23.6%	8,410	6,539	1,806	27.6%
Wholesale Trade	1,198	3.4%	1,229	870	328	37.7%
Retail Trade	3,632	10.3%	3,614	2,540	1,092	43.0%
Transporation and Warehousing	994	2.8%	1,041	603	391	64.8%
Information	563	1.6%	520	376	187	49.7%
Finance and Insurance	1,007	2.8%	1,038	678	329	48.5%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	439	1.2%	430	344	95	27.6%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	1,636	4.6%	1,696	1,355	281	20.7%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	45	0.1%	44	72	-27	-37.5%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	3,779	10.7%	3,758	2,754	1,025	37.2%
Educational Services	1,091	3.1%	742	690	401	58.1%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	2,468	7.0%	2,986	2,043	425	20.8%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	209	0.6%	210	178	31	17.4%
Accomodation and Food Services	2,087	5.9%	2,218	1,593	494	31.0%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	861	2.4%	1,161	634	227	35.8%
Public Administration	381	1.1%	357	352	29	8.2%
Information Not Available	2,362	6.7%	2,488	1,372	990	72.2%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Arkansas
	Sep 2008	Percent	Aug 2008	Sep 2007	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	30,873		31,834	25,691
Male	16,057	52.0%	16,166	12,974	3,083	23.8%
Female	14,816	48.0%	15,668	12,716	2,100	16.5%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	1	-1	-100.0%

Ethnicity	30,873		31,834	25,691
Hispanic or Latino	737	2.4%	889	566	171	30.2%
Not Hispanic or Latino	30,136	97.6%	30,945	25,124	5,012	19.9%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	1	-1	-100.0%

Race	30,873		31,834	25,691
American Indian or Alaskan Native	314	1.0%	305	358	-44	-12.3%
Asian	265	0.9%	262	201	64	31.8%
Black or African American	9,938	32.2%	10,054	7,577	2,361	31.2%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	233	0.8%	203	134	99	73.9%
White	19,384	62.8%	20,119	16,852	2,532	15.0%
Information Not Available	739	2.4%	891	569	170	29.9%

Years of Age	30,873		31,834	25,691
Younger than 22	1,143	2.3%	1,082	840	303	36.1%
22-24	2,270	4.6%	2,469	2,023	247	12.2%
25-34	8,752	17.8%	8,913	7,067	1,685	23.8%
35-44	7,576	15.4%	8,008	6,501	1,075	16.5%
45-54	6,990	14.2%	7,092	5,772	1,218	21.1%
55-59	2,162	4.4%	2,212	1,827	335	18.3%
60-64	1,186	2.4%	1,221	1,008	178	17.7%
65 and older	791	1.6%	835	650	141	21.7%
Information Not Available	3	0.0%	2	3	0	0.0%

Industry	30,873		31,834	25,691
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	493	1.6%	407	297	196	66.0%
Mining	75	0.2%	80	84	-9	-10.7%
Utilities	92	0.3%	80	84	8	9.5%
Construction	3,007	9.6%	2,930	2,309	698	30.2%
Manufacturing	6,486	20.7%	6,942	5,811	675	11.6%
Wholesale Trade	1,544	4.9%	1,606	1,272	272	21.4%
Retail Trade	4,031	12.9%	4,022	3,334	697	20.9%
Transporation and Warehousing	1,127	3.6%	1,146	907	220	24.3%
Information	314	1.0%	299	274	40	14.6%
Finance and Insurance	552	1.8%	562	353	199	56.4%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	308	1.0%	337	218	90	41.3%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	774	2.5%	857	538	236	43.9%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	92	0.3%	80	33	59	178.8%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	3,067	9.8%	3,347	2,712	355	13.1%
Educational Services	1,273	4.1%	1,376	1,143	130	11.4%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	3,435	11.0%	3,513	2,701	734	27.2%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	325	1.0%	241	229	96	41.9%
Accomodation and Food Services	2,606	8.3%	2,764	2,129	477	22.4%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	569	1.8%	573	610	-41	-6.7%
Public Administration	693	2.2%	664	644	49	7.6%
Information Not Available	10	0.0%	8	9	1	11.1%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Arizona
	Sep 2008	Percent	Aug 2008	Sep 2007	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	52,356		50,800	30,124
Male	30,571	58.4%	29,286	16,538	14,033	84.9%
Female	21,776	41.6%	21,514	13,586	8,190	60.3%
Information Not Available	9	0.0%	0	0	9	0.0%

Ethnicity	52,356		50,800	30,124
Hispanic or Latino	18,328	35.0%	20,486	12,170	6,158	50.6%
Not Hispanic or Latino	31,541	60.2%	30,301	17,954	13,587	75.7%
Information Not Available	2,487	4.8%	13	0	2,487	0.0%

Race	52,356		50,800	30,124
American Indian or Alaskan Native	3,239	6.2%	3,171	1,675	1,564	93.4%
Asian	800	1.5%	24	6	794	13233.3%
Black or African American	3,281	6.3%	3,004	1,831	1,450	79.2%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	67	0.1%	0	0	67	0.0%
White	24,194	46.2%	21,940	12,606	11,588	91.9%
Information Not Available	20,775	39.7%	22,661	14,006	6,769	48.3%

Years of Age	52,356		50,800	30,124
Younger than 22	1,800	2.5%	1,753	865	935	108.1%
22-24	2,924	4.0%	2,665	1,595	1,329	83.3%
25-34	11,552	15.7%	10,716	6,213	5,339	85.9%
35-44	12,686	17.3%	12,486	7,798	4,888	62.7%
45-54	13,602	18.5%	13,444	7,957	5,645	70.9%
55-59	4,801	6.5%	4,795	2,790	2,011	72.1%
60-64	3,180	4.3%	3,139	1,816	1,364	75.1%
65 and older	1,811	2.5%	1,802	1,090	721	66.1%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	52,356		50,800	30,124
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	4,742	8.3%	7,020	3,934	808	20.5%
Mining	97	0.2%	83	71	26	36.6%
Utilities	85	0.1%	56	48	37	77.1%
Construction	7,111	12.5%	6,530	3,555	3,556	100.0%
Manufacturing	3,282	5.7%	3,192	2,160	1,122	51.9%
Wholesale Trade	2,499	4.4%	2,562	1,516	983	64.8%
Retail Trade	4,503	7.9%	4,263	2,400	2,103	87.6%
Transporation and Warehousing	1,225	2.1%	1,171	579	646	111.6%
Information	679	1.2%	661	435	244	56.1%
Finance and Insurance	1,949	3.4%	1,830	1,954	-5	-0.3%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	1,086	1.9%	1,026	644	442	68.6%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	2,500	4.4%	2,527	1,354	1,146	84.6%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	144	0.3%	152	78	66	84.6%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	5,191	9.1%	5,078	3,153	2,038	64.6%
Educational Services	1,082	1.9%	1,212	702	380	54.1%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	2,738	4.8%	2,769	1,777	961	54.1%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	530	0.9%	632	316	214	67.7%
Accomodation and Food Services	2,046	3.6%	2,085	1,094	952	87.0%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	1,131	2.0%	1,115	609	522	85.7%
Public Administration	1,330	2.3%	974	669	661	98.8%
Information Not Available	8,406	14.7%	5,862	3,076	5,330	173.3%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants California
	Sep 2008	Percent	Aug 2008	Sep 2007	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	494,776		498,711	340,423
Male	272,225	55.0%	266,873	181,458	90,767	50.0%
Female	222,258	44.9%	231,548	158,775	63,483	40.0%
Information Not Available	293	0.1%	290	190	103	54.2%

Ethnicity	494,776		498,711	340,423
Hispanic or Latino	169,945	34.3%	174,312	113,980	55,965	49.1%
Not Hispanic or Latino	271,344	54.8%	269,190	188,671	82,673	43.8%
Information Not Available	53,487	10.8%	55,209	37,772	15,715	41.6%

Race	494,776		498,711	340,423
American Indian or Alaskan Native	3,422	0.7%	3,861	3,227	195	6.0%
Asian	43,415	8.8%	44,978	23,726	19,689	83.0%
Black or African American	44,882	9.1%	44,688	32,932	11,950	36.3%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
White	179,625	36.3%	175,664	128,786	50,839	39.5%
Information Not Available	223,432	45.2%	229,520	151,752	71,680	47.2%

Years of Age	494,776		498,711	340,423
Younger than 22	14,961	2.3%	17,180	11,104	3,857	34.7%
22-24	30,019	4.6%	30,017	22,208	7,811	35.2%
25-34	118,414	18.3%	118,814	80,669	37,745	46.8%
35-44	119,978	18.5%	121,517	84,369	35,609	42.2%
45-54	122,324	18.9%	121,904	81,808	40,516	49.5%
55-59	43,220	6.7%	40,924	29,231	13,989	47.9%
60-64	26,890	4.2%	27,797	19,171	7,719	40.3%
65 and older	18,872	2.9%	20,172	11,768	7,104	60.4%
Information Not Available	98	0.0%	386	95	3	3.2%

Industry	494,776		498,711	340,423
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	31,584	6.0%	34,361	23,726	7,858	33.1%
Mining	1,173	0.2%	579	1,139	34	3.0%
Utilities	1,369	0.3%	1,834	949	420	44.3%
Construction	69,523	13.2%	64,955	42,802	26,721	62.4%
Manufacturing	61,994	11.8%	61,000	41,378	20,616	49.8%
Wholesale Trade	8,703	1.7%	7,142	3,701	5,002	135.2%
Retail Trade	43,317	8.2%	42,275	30,275	13,042	43.1%
Transporation and Warehousing	14,569	2.8%	15,250	8,352	6,217	74.4%
Information	33,930	6.4%	33,492	27,143	6,787	25.0%
Finance and Insurance	18,383	3.5%	18,628	15,090	3,293	21.8%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	8,898	1.7%	9,266	9,396	-498	-5.3%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	12,125	2.3%	10,714	4,461	7,664	171.8%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	72,360	13.7%	71,424	51,342	21,018	40.9%
Educational Services	21,316	4.0%	34,168	15,944	5,372	33.7%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	28,943	5.5%	27,315	22,018	6,925	31.5%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	8,996	1.7%	7,528	6,074	2,922	48.1%
Accomodation and Food Services	23,761	4.5%	25,191	10,914	12,847	117.7%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	16,623	3.2%	17,663	9,870	6,753	68.4%
Public Administration	5,769	1.1%	4,633	3,227	2,542	78.8%
Information Not Available	11,440	2.2%	11,293	12,622	-1,182	-9.4%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Colorado
	Sep 2008	Percent	Aug 2008	Sep 2007	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	25,972		25,331	18,237
Male	13,465	51.8%	12,751	8,911	4,554	51.1%
Female	12,507	48.2%	12,580	9,326	3,181	34.1%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	25,972		25,331	18,237
Hispanic or Latino	4,351	16.8%	4,400	3,108	1,243	40.0%
Not Hispanic or Latino	17,529	67.5%	16,876	12,319	5,210	42.3%
Information Not Available	4,092	15.8%	4,055	2,810	1,282	45.6%

Race	25,972		25,331	18,237
American Indian or Alaskan Native	413	1.6%	411	294	119	40.5%
Asian	499	1.9%	471	475	24	5.1%
Black or African American	2,005	7.7%	1,911	1,320	685	51.9%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	87	0.3%	89	81	6	7.4%
White	17,747	68.3%	17,192	12,623	5,124	40.6%
Information Not Available	5,221	20.1%	5,257	3,444	1,777	51.6%

Years of Age	25,972		25,331	18,237
Younger than 22	349	0.8%	331	244	105	43.0%
22-24	890	2.1%	839	572	318	55.6%
25-34	5,319	12.6%	5,230	3,522	1,797	51.0%
35-44	6,547	15.6%	6,371	4,630	1,917	41.4%
45-54	7,667	18.2%	7,485	5,493	2,174	39.6%
55-59	2,802	6.7%	2,793	2,026	776	38.3%
60-64	1,634	3.9%	1,559	1,206	428	35.5%
65 and older	764	1.8%	722	530	234	44.2%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	1	14	-14	-100.0%

Industry	25,972		25,331	18,237
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	179	0.7%	186	99	80	80.8%
Mining	166	0.6%	144	105	61	58.1%
Utilities	22	0.1%	24	29	-7	-24.1%
Construction	3,458	13.2%	3,183	2,145	1,313	61.2%
Manufacturing	2,431	9.3%	2,368	1,790	641	35.8%
Wholesale Trade	1,308	5.0%	1,296	954	354	37.1%
Retail Trade	2,443	9.3%	2,346	1,670	773	46.3%
Transporation and Warehousing	806	3.1%	739	390	416	106.7%
Information	1,030	3.9%	1,021	698	332	47.6%
Finance and Insurance	1,822	7.0%	1,774	1,372	450	32.8%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	623	2.4%	600	501	122	24.4%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	2,403	9.2%	2,186	1,577	826	52.4%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	328	1.3%	339	211	117	55.5%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	3,297	12.6%	3,217	2,317	980	42.3%
Educational Services	677	2.6%	717	610	67	11.0%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	1,703	6.5%	1,959	1,340	363	27.1%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	397	1.5%	380	288	109	37.8%
Accomodation and Food Services	1,168	4.5%	1,267	785	383	48.8%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	694	2.7%	614	511	183	35.8%
Public Administration	422	1.6%	439	386	36	9.3%
Information Not Available	595	2.3%	532	459	136	29.6%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Connecticut
	Sep 2008	Percent	Aug 2008	Sep 2007	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	43,421		50,830	32,063
Male	23,461	54.0%	25,173	16,657	6,804	40.8%
Female	19,960	46.0%	25,657	15,406	4,554	29.6%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	43,421		50,830	32,063
Hispanic or Latino	6,069	14.0%	6,527	4,488	1,581	35.2%
Not Hispanic or Latino	37,352	86.0%	44,303	27,575	9,777	35.5%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Race	43,421		50,830	32,063
American Indian or Alaskan Native	196	0.5%	203	121	75	62.0%
Asian	696	1.6%	731	504	192	38.1%
Black or African American	6,716	15.5%	7,315	5,136	1,580	30.8%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
White	25,278	58.2%	27,104	18,428	6,850	37.2%
Information Not Available	10,535	24.3%	15,477	7,874	2,661	33.8%

Years of Age	43,421		50,830	32,063
Younger than 22	1,619	2.5%	1,609	1,130	489	43.3%
22-24	2,571	3.9%	2,723	1,992	579	29.1%
25-34	9,522	14.5%	10,650	7,055	2,467	35.0%
35-44	9,990	15.2%	11,902	7,815	2,175	27.8%
45-54	10,789	16.4%	12,760	7,810	2,979	38.1%
55-59	3,859	5.9%	4,622	2,716	1,143	42.1%
60-64	2,904	4.4%	3,454	2,083	821	39.4%
65 and older	2,167	3.3%	3,110	1,462	705	48.2%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	43,421		50,830	32,063
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	204	0.5%	229	142	62	43.7%
Mining	17	0.0%	20	13	4	30.8%
Utilities	45	0.1%	48	50	-5	-10.0%
Construction	4,838	11.1%	4,502	2,630	2,208	84.0%
Manufacturing	5,442	12.5%	5,515	4,455	987	22.2%
Wholesale Trade	2,227	5.1%	2,227	1,601	626	39.1%
Retail Trade	5,589	12.8%	5,699	4,074	1,515	37.2%
Transporation and Warehousing	1,436	3.3%	5,942	1,131	305	27.0%
Information	1,413	3.2%	1,342	669	744	111.2%
Finance and Insurance	2,441	5.6%	2,392	2,031	410	20.2%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	738	1.7%	760	559	179	32.0%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	2,371	5.4%	2,466	1,857	514	27.7%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	304	0.7%	244	163	141	86.5%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	4,693	10.8%	4,807	3,534	1,159	32.8%
Educational Services	1,512	3.5%	1,776	1,068	444	41.6%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	4,000	9.2%	4,364	3,251	749	23.0%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	924	2.1%	914	720	204	28.3%
Accomodation and Food Services	2,550	5.8%	4,586	1,961	589	30.0%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	1,332	3.1%	1,393	995	337	33.9%
Public Administration	616	1.4%	817	623	-7	-1.1%
Information Not Available	729	1.7%	787	536	193	36.0%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants District of Columbia
	Sep 2008	Percent	Aug 2008	Sep 2007	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	9,177		7,490	5,804
Male	4,064	44.3%	3,282	2,769	1,295	46.8%
Female	5,113	55.7%	4,208	3,035	2,078	68.5%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	9,177		7,490	5,804
Hispanic or Latino	776	8.5%	637	512	264	51.6%
Not Hispanic or Latino	8,141	88.7%	6,660	5,097	3,044	59.7%
Information Not Available	260	2.8%	193	195	65	33.3%

Race	9,177		7,490	5,804
American Indian or Alaskan Native	55	0.6%	61	35	20	57.1%
Asian	156	1.7%	132	128	28	21.9%
Black or African American	7,611	82.9%	6,091	4,674	2,937	62.8%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	44	0.5%	46	57	-13	-22.8%
White	1,310	14.3%	1,160	850	460	54.1%
Information Not Available	1	0.0%	0	60	-59	-98.3%

Years of Age	9,177		7,490	5,804
Younger than 22	243	2.4%	179	140	103	73.6%
22-24	467	4.7%	405	328	139	42.4%
25-34	2,140	21.4%	1,801	1,448	692	47.8%
35-44	2,348	23.4%	1,948	1,513	835	55.2%
45-54	2,473	24.7%	1,951	1,563	910	58.2%
55-59	808	8.1%	653	454	354	78.0%
60-64	470	4.7%	371	238	232	97.5%
65 and older	228	2.3%	182	120	108	90.0%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	9,177		7,490	5,804
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
Mining	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
Utilities	0	0.0%	0	3	-3	-100.0%
Construction	7	0.1%	5	20	-13	-65.0%
Manufacturing	1	0.0%	1	0	1	0.0%
Wholesale Trade	0	0.0%	0	2	-2	-100.0%
Retail Trade	1	0.0%	1	6	-5	-83.3%
Transporation and Warehousing	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
Information	2	0.0%	2	2	0	0.0%
Finance and Insurance	1	0.0%	1	0	1	0.0%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	0	0.0%	0	12	-12	-100.0%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	7	0.1%	8	20	-13	-65.0%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	27	0.3%	22	11	16	145.5%
Educational Services	5	0.1%	6	21	-16	-76.2%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	6	0.1%	5	13	-7	-53.8%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	0	0.0%	0	2	-2	-100.0%
Accomodation and Food Services	3	0.0%	4	0	3	0.0%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	3	0.0%	1	11	-8	-72.7%
Public Administration	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
Information Not Available	9,114	99.3%	7,434	5,681	3,433	60.4%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Delaware
	Sep 2008	Percent	Aug 2008	Sep 2007	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	8,821		10,921	6,832
Male	4,450	50.4%	5,323	3,069	1,381	45.0%
Female	4,371	49.6%	5,598	3,763	608	16.2%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	8,821		10,921	6,832
Hispanic or Latino	318	3.6%	379	255	63	24.7%
Not Hispanic or Latino	8,503	96.4%	10,542	6,577	1,926	29.3%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Race	8,821		10,921	6,832
American Indian or Alaskan Native	21	0.2%	26	12	9	75.0%
Asian	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
Black or African American	3,366	38.2%	4,222	2,701	665	24.6%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	39	0.4%	45	32	7	21.9%
White	4,874	55.3%	5,983	3,569	1,305	36.6%
Information Not Available	521	5.9%	645	517	4	0.8%

Years of Age	8,821		10,921	6,832
Younger than 22	271	2.1%	335	1,537	-1,266	-82.4%
22-24	536	4.1%	667	457	79	17.3%
25-34	2,139	16.2%	2,590	1,542	597	38.7%
35-44	2,132	16.2%	2,629	1,754	378	21.6%
45-54	2,088	15.9%	2,618	1,143	945	82.7%
55-59	725	5.5%	902	236	489	207.2%
60-64	522	4.0%	643	108	414	383.3%
65 and older	344	2.6%	454	49	295	602.0%
Information Not Available	64	0.5%	83	6	58	966.7%

Industry	8,821		10,921	6,832
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	15	0.2%	26	10	5	50.0%
Mining	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
Utilities	11	0.1%	11	7	4	57.1%
Construction	1,036	11.7%	1,147	693	343	49.5%
Manufacturing	575	6.5%	703	492	83	16.9%
Wholesale Trade	357	4.0%	418	286	71	24.8%
Retail Trade	1,567	17.7%	1,961	1,127	440	39.0%
Transporation and Warehousing	244	2.8%	340	236	8	3.4%
Information	154	1.7%	177	106	48	45.3%
Finance and Insurance	666	7.5%	801	652	14	2.1%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	157	1.8%	214	175	-18	-10.3%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	550	6.2%	677	305	245	80.3%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	23	0.3%	39	22	1	4.5%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	1,414	16.0%	1,857	979	435	44.4%
Educational Services	238	2.7%	337	187	51	27.3%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	698	7.9%	853	629	69	11.0%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	132	1.5%	171	83	49	59.0%
Accomodation and Food Services	610	6.9%	768	514	96	18.7%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	253	2.9%	288	216	37	17.1%
Public Administration	58	0.7%	69	71	-13	-18.3%
Information Not Available	63	0.7%	64	42	21	50.0%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Florida
	Sep 2008	Percent	Aug 2008	Sep 2007	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	196,696		197,464	122,370
Male	107,995	54.9%	105,226	64,782	43,213	66.7%
Female	88,664	45.1%	92,162	57,476	31,188	54.3%
Information Not Available	37	0.0%	76	112	-75	-67.0%

Ethnicity	196,696		197,464	122,370
Hispanic or Latino	60,819	30.9%	63,053	41,178	19,641	47.7%
Not Hispanic or Latino	124,724	63.4%	120,782	72,351	52,373	72.4%
Information Not Available	11,153	5.7%	13,629	8,841	2,312	26.2%

Race	196,696		197,464	122,370
American Indian or Alaskan Native	781	0.4%	868	674	107	15.9%
Asian	929	0.5%	868	562	367	65.3%
Black or African American	39,778	20.2%	39,757	24,204	15,574	64.3%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	2,231	1.1%	1,926	1,424	807	56.7%
White	117,884	59.9%	116,326	71,714	46,170	64.4%
Information Not Available	35,093	17.8%	37,719	23,792	11,301	47.5%

Years of Age	196,696		197,464	122,370
Younger than 22	5,614	1.9%	5,626	2,810	2,804	99.8%
22-24	11,264	3.7%	10,270	6,220	5,044	81.1%
25-34	41,637	13.8%	42,476	26,415	15,222	57.6%
35-44	46,655	15.4%	46,062	30,274	16,381	54.1%
45-54	51,228	16.9%	52,292	31,548	19,680	62.4%
55-59	18,588	6.1%	18,198	12,027	6,561	54.6%
60-64	11,896	3.9%	12,120	7,868	4,028	51.2%
65 and older	9,777	3.2%	10,420	5,208	4,569	87.7%
Information Not Available	37	0.0%	0	0	37	0.0%

Industry	196,696		197,464	122,370
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	6,060	3.0%	6,683	3,972	2,088	52.6%
Mining	260	0.1%	189	37	223	602.7%
Utilities	186	0.1%	227	337	-151	-44.8%
Construction	25,168	12.4%	23,673	14,388	10,780	74.9%
Manufacturing	12,379	6.1%	12,497	8,768	3,611	41.2%
Wholesale Trade	9,963	4.9%	9,401	5,583	4,380	78.5%
Retail Trade	19,963	9.8%	20,426	12,477	7,486	60.0%
Transporation and Warehousing	5,279	2.6%	5,890	2,923	2,356	80.6%
Information	4,498	2.2%	4,342	2,360	2,138	90.6%
Finance and Insurance	9,517	4.7%	8,873	6,782	2,735	40.3%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	3,532	1.7%	3,398	2,810	722	25.7%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	12,454	6.1%	11,780	6,519	5,935	91.0%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	1,227	0.6%	1,208	712	515	72.3%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	37,324	18.4%	37,643	23,830	13,494	56.6%
Educational Services	4,758	2.3%	5,324	1,873	2,885	154.0%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	12,045	5.9%	13,366	7,119	4,926	69.2%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	3,755	1.9%	4,720	3,072	683	22.2%
Accomodation and Food Services	13,197	6.5%	12,384	7,231	5,966	82.5%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	4,907	2.4%	4,493	2,997	1,910	63.7%
Public Administration	2,416	1.2%	2,303	1,124	1,292	114.9%
Information Not Available	7,808	3.9%	8,644	7,456	352	4.7%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Georgia
	Sep 2008	Percent	Aug 2008	Sep 2007	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	81,096		79,104	55,802
Male	41,441	51.1%	39,884	26,327	15,114	57.4%
Female	38,520	47.5%	38,126	28,744	9,776	34.0%
Information Not Available	1,135	1.4%	1,094	731	404	55.3%

Ethnicity	81,096		79,104	55,802
Hispanic or Latino	451	0.6%	211	258	193	74.8%
Not Hispanic or Latino	79,510	98.0%	77,799	54,813	24,697	45.1%
Information Not Available	1,135	1.4%	1,094	731	404	55.3%

Race	81,096		79,104	55,802
American Indian or Alaskan Native	410	0.5%	364	272	138	50.7%
Asian	1,035	1.3%	1,061	637	398	62.5%
Black or African American	39,676	48.9%	39,182	30,364	9,312	30.7%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
White	38,840	47.9%	37,403	23,798	15,042	63.2%
Information Not Available	1,135	1.4%	1,094	731	404	55.3%

Years of Age	81,096		79,104	55,802
Younger than 22	2,430	2.1%	2,267	1,680	750	44.6%
22-24	4,322	3.7%	4,032	2,995	1,327	44.3%
25-34	19,358	16.7%	18,646	13,466	5,892	43.8%
35-44	20,728	17.9%	20,208	14,620	6,108	41.8%
45-54	19,312	16.6%	19,101	13,144	6,168	46.9%
55-59	6,304	5.4%	6,350	4,465	1,839	41.2%
60-64	3,945	3.4%	3,997	2,478	1,467	59.2%
65 and older	2,156	1.9%	2,284	1,357	799	58.9%
Information Not Available	2,541	2.2%	2,219	1,597	944	59.1%

Industry	81,096		79,104	55,802
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	1,598	1.9%	1,476	768	830	108.1%
Mining	161	0.2%	144	50	111	222.0%
Utilities	138	0.2%	137	148	-10	-6.8%
Construction	6,287	7.6%	6,185	3,626	2,661	73.4%
Manufacturing	8,309	10.0%	7,842	6,522	1,787	27.4%
Wholesale Trade	4,351	5.3%	4,057	3,372	979	29.0%
Retail Trade	6,317	7.6%	6,095	4,053	2,264	55.9%
Transporation and Warehousing	1,972	2.4%	1,853	1,377	595	43.2%
Information	1,619	2.0%	1,594	1,072	547	51.0%
Finance and Insurance	2,515	3.0%	2,322	2,116	399	18.9%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	1,566	1.9%	1,517	1,027	539	52.5%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	12,929	15.6%	12,445	8,884	4,045	45.5%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	234	0.3%	196	136	98	72.1%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	264	0.3%	275	220	44	20.0%
Educational Services	1,776	2.1%	1,755	1,393	383	27.5%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	3,716	4.5%	3,911	3,346	370	11.1%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	3,565	4.3%	4,079	2,667	898	33.7%
Accomodation and Food Services	788	1.0%	815	570	218	38.2%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	1,173	1.4%	1,215	805	368	45.7%
Public Administration	1,041	1.3%	1,051	751	290	38.6%
Information Not Available	20,777	25.1%	20,140	12,899	7,878	61.1%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Hawaii
	Sep 2008	Percent	Aug 2008	Sep 2007	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	13,183		12,566	6,799
Male	8,145	61.8%	8,042	4,108	4,037	98.3%
Female	5,038	38.2%	4,523	2,690	2,348	87.3%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	1	1	-1	-100.0%

Ethnicity	13,183		12,566	6,799
Hispanic or Latino	773	5.9%	763	363	410	112.9%
Not Hispanic or Latino	10,169	77.1%	9,661	5,153	5,016	97.3%
Information Not Available	2,241	17.0%	2,142	1,283	958	74.7%

Race	13,183		12,566	6,799
American Indian or Alaskan Native	96	0.7%	107	67	29	43.3%
Asian	4,450	33.8%	3,988	2,230	2,220	99.6%
Black or African American	206	1.6%	200	169	37	21.9%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	3,512	26.6%	3,479	1,675	1,837	109.7%
White	3,221	24.4%	3,153	1,804	1,417	78.5%
Information Not Available	1,698	12.9%	1,639	854	844	98.8%

Years of Age	13,183		12,566	6,799
Younger than 22	353	2.3%	299	155	198	127.7%
22-24	743	4.8%	670	296	447	151.0%
25-34	3,032	19.5%	2,887	1,461	1,571	107.5%
35-44	3,191	20.5%	3,036	1,701	1,490	87.6%
45-54	3,269	21.0%	3,170	1,806	1,463	81.0%
55-59	1,321	8.5%	1,293	697	624	89.5%
60-64	822	5.3%	763	425	397	93.4%
65 and older	452	2.9%	448	258	194	75.2%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	13,183		12,566	6,799
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	210	1.6%	228	198	12	6.1%
Mining	3	0.0%	2	0	3	0.0%
Utilities	7	0.1%	9	2	5	250.0%
Construction	3,559	26.6%	3,754	1,656	1,903	114.9%
Manufacturing	314	2.3%	282	198	116	58.6%
Wholesale Trade	202	1.5%	195	117	85	72.6%
Retail Trade	680	5.1%	608	389	291	74.8%
Transporation and Warehousing	1,105	8.3%	1,087	228	877	384.6%
Information	204	1.5%	291	136	68	50.0%
Finance and Insurance	231	1.7%	189	179	52	29.1%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	282	2.1%	248	111	171	154.1%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	377	2.8%	365	268	109	40.7%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	51	0.4%	44	13	38	292.3%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	1,363	10.2%	1,320	638	725	113.6%
Educational Services	96	0.7%	83	59	37	62.7%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	484	3.6%	455	304	180	59.2%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	172	1.3%	157	56	116	207.1%
Accomodation and Food Services	1,751	13.1%	1,170	1,142	609	53.3%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	297	2.2%	269	173	124	71.7%
Public Administration	213	1.6%	217	140	73	52.1%
Information Not Available	1,582	11.8%	1,593	792	790	99.7%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Iowa
	Sep 2008	Percent	Aug 2008	Sep 2007	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	21,420		22,867	15,209
Male	11,529	53.8%	11,424	8,052	3,477	43.2%
Female	9,891	46.2%	11,443	7,157	2,734	38.2%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	21,420		22,867	15,209
Hispanic or Latino	669	3.1%	705	520	149	28.7%
Not Hispanic or Latino	15,170	70.8%	16,399	14,495	675	4.7%
Information Not Available	5,581	26.1%	5,763	194	5,387	2776.8%

Race	21,420		22,867	15,209
American Indian or Alaskan Native	84	0.4%	79	81	3	3.7%
Asian	163	0.8%	181	111	52	46.8%
Black or African American	1,351	6.3%	1,432	820	531	64.8%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
White	13,572	63.4%	14,707	13,483	89	0.7%
Information Not Available	6,250	29.2%	6,468	714	5,536	775.4%

Years of Age	21,420		22,867	15,209
Younger than 22	725	2.1%	654	432	293	67.8%
22-24	1,279	3.8%	1,344	831	448	53.9%
25-34	4,955	14.7%	5,089	3,330	1,625	48.8%
35-44	4,839	14.3%	5,135	3,709	1,130	30.5%
45-54	5,576	16.5%	6,034	4,033	1,543	38.3%
55-59	2,014	6.0%	2,199	1,357	657	48.4%
60-64	1,246	3.7%	1,452	914	332	36.3%
65 and older	786	2.3%	960	595	191	32.1%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	8	-8	-100.0%

Industry	21,420		22,867	15,209
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	202	0.9%	210	106	96	90.6%
Mining	12	0.1%	16	33	-21	-63.6%
Utilities	27	0.1%	29	31	-4	-12.9%
Construction	2,177	10.1%	1,859	1,797	380	21.1%
Manufacturing	6,066	28.1%	6,249	3,595	2,471	68.7%
Wholesale Trade	894	4.1%	996	736	158	21.5%
Retail Trade	1,909	8.8%	1,978	1,763	146	8.3%
Transporation and Warehousing	623	2.9%	1,012	458	165	36.0%
Information	776	3.6%	839	587	189	32.2%
Finance and Insurance	848	3.9%	768	562	286	50.9%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	245	1.1%	252	195	50	25.6%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	799	3.7%	870	603	196	32.5%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	29	0.1%	29	37	-8	-21.6%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	2,176	10.1%	2,219	1,339	837	62.5%
Educational Services	453	2.1%	568	313	140	44.7%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	1,413	6.5%	1,603	1,231	182	14.8%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	214	1.0%	255	138	76	55.1%
Accomodation and Food Services	1,441	6.7%	1,866	885	556	62.8%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	456	2.1%	669	415	41	9.9%
Public Administration	280	1.3%	275	217	63	29.0%
Information Not Available	380	1.8%	305	168	212	126.2%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Idaho
	Sep 2008	Percent	Aug 2008	Sep 2007	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	12,696		13,491	7,531
Male	7,339	57.8%	7,339	4,131	3,208	77.7%
Female	5,356	42.2%	6,152	3,400	1,956	57.5%
Information Not Available	1	0.0%	0	0	1	0.0%

Ethnicity	12,696		13,491	7,531
Hispanic or Latino	1,501	11.8%	1,716	868	633	72.9%
Not Hispanic or Latino	10,552	83.1%	11,156	6,182	4,370	70.7%
Information Not Available	643	5.1%	619	481	162	33.7%

Race	12,696		13,491	7,531
American Indian or Alaskan Native	245	1.9%	279	145	100	69.0%
Asian	157	1.2%	151	152	5	3.3%
Black or African American	111	0.9%	92	62	49	79.0%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	45	0.4%	48	33	12	36.4%
White	10,076	79.4%	10,674	5,964	4,112	68.9%
Information Not Available	2,062	16.2%	2,247	1,175	887	75.5%

Years of Age	12,696		13,491	7,531
Younger than 22	457	2.1%	461	204	253	124.0%
22-24	697	3.2%	739	368	329	89.4%
25-34	3,029	13.7%	3,047	1,640	1,389	84.7%
35-44	3,000	13.6%	3,103	1,803	1,197	66.4%
45-54	3,179	14.4%	3,390	2,028	1,151	56.8%
55-59	1,184	5.4%	1,328	782	402	51.4%
60-64	724	3.3%	825	453	271	59.8%
65 and older	426	1.9%	598	253	173	68.4%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	12,696		13,491	7,531
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	209	1.6%	349	150	59	39.3%
Mining	41	0.3%	38	18	23	127.8%
Utilities	14	0.1%	15	11	3	27.3%
Construction	2,089	16.2%	1,995	1,042	1,047	100.5%
Manufacturing	2,127	16.5%	2,443	1,573	554	35.2%
Wholesale Trade	593	4.6%	615	302	291	96.4%
Retail Trade	1,325	10.3%	1,299	677	648	95.7%
Transporation and Warehousing	362	2.8%	728	231	131	56.7%
Information	258	2.0%	266	115	143	124.3%
Finance and Insurance	437	3.4%	428	290	147	50.7%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	179	1.4%	182	98	81	82.7%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	586	4.5%	583	320	266	83.1%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	19	0.1%	11	13	6	46.2%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	1,028	8.0%	1,022	568	460	81.0%
Educational Services	223	1.7%	202	133	90	67.7%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	774	6.0%	856	478	296	61.9%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	149	1.2%	135	81	68	84.0%
Accomodation and Food Services	541	4.2%	562	297	244	82.2%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	281	2.2%	363	120	161	134.2%
Public Administration	212	1.6%	247	173	39	22.5%
Information Not Available	1,249	9.7%	1,152	841	408	48.5%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Illinois
	Sep 2008	Percent	Aug 2008	Sep 2007	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	136,149		138,949	108,067
Male	73,310	53.8%	70,985	57,049	16,261	28.5%
Female	62,839	46.2%	67,964	51,018	11,821	23.2%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	136,149		138,949	108,067
Hispanic or Latino	16,826	12.4%	16,624	12,058	4,768	39.5%
Not Hispanic or Latino	119,323	87.6%	122,325	96,009	23,314	24.3%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Race	136,149		138,949	108,067
American Indian or Alaskan Native	483	0.4%	499	385	98	25.5%
Asian	3,706	2.7%	3,795	2,566	1,140	44.4%
Black or African American	38,233	28.1%	38,410	31,753	6,480	20.4%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
White	92,335	67.8%	94,865	71,478	20,857	29.2%
Information Not Available	1,392	1.0%	1,380	884	508	57.5%

Years of Age	136,149		138,949	108,067
Younger than 22	3,832	1.7%	3,569	2,765	1,067	38.6%
22-24	7,244	3.3%	7,057	5,702	1,542	27.0%
25-34	33,091	15.0%	32,577	26,401	6,690	25.3%
35-44	34,265	15.5%	34,728	27,540	6,725	24.4%
45-54	34,568	15.6%	36,062	27,664	6,904	25.0%
55-59	12,016	5.4%	12,727	9,433	2,583	27.4%
60-64	7,170	3.2%	7,831	5,516	1,654	30.0%
65 and older	3,963	1.8%	4,398	3,046	917	30.1%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	136,149		138,949	108,067
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	256	0.2%	295	221	35	15.8%
Mining	313	0.2%	321	605	-292	-48.3%
Utilities	153	0.1%	164	138	15	10.9%
Construction	17,158	12.6%	15,291	12,752	4,406	34.6%
Manufacturing	20,055	14.7%	19,283	16,462	3,593	21.8%
Wholesale Trade	7,155	5.2%	7,102	5,296	1,859	35.1%
Retail Trade	13,112	9.6%	13,114	10,718	2,394	22.3%
Transporation and Warehousing	7,158	5.2%	10,579	4,824	2,334	48.4%
Information	3,243	2.4%	2,986	2,357	886	37.6%
Finance and Insurance	8,480	6.2%	8,237	7,502	978	13.0%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	2,196	1.6%	2,161	1,864	332	17.8%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	8,483	6.2%	8,417	6,625	1,858	28.0%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	686	0.5%	788	292	394	134.9%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	16,069	11.8%	15,990	12,334	3,735	30.3%
Educational Services	3,912	2.9%	3,719	3,507	405	11.5%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	9,828	7.2%	9,993	8,307	1,521	18.3%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	1,295	0.9%	1,357	1,126	169	15.0%
Accomodation and Food Services	7,311	5.4%	9,388	5,375	1,936	36.0%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	3,508	2.6%	3,700	2,920	588	20.1%
Public Administration	2,893	2.1%	3,044	2,617	276	10.5%
Information Not Available	2,885	2.1%	3,020	2,225	660	29.7%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Indiana
	Sep 2008	Percent	Aug 2008	Sep 2007	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	63,640		63,487	44,211
Male	36,741	57.7%	34,670	23,770	12,971	54.6%
Female	26,842	42.2%	28,753	20,385	6,457	31.7%
Information Not Available	57	0.1%	64	56	1	1.8%

Ethnicity	63,640		63,487	44,211
Hispanic or Latino	2,978	4.7%	2,755	1,718	1,260	73.3%
Not Hispanic or Latino	47,194	74.2%	47,492	33,454	13,740	41.1%
Information Not Available	13,468	21.2%	13,240	9,039	4,429	49.0%

Race	63,640		63,487	44,211
American Indian or Alaskan Native	271	0.4%	293	225	46	20.4%
Asian	558	0.9%	516	339	219	64.6%
Black or African American	8,896	14.0%	9,247	7,423	1,473	19.8%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	57	0.1%	52	39	18	46.2%
White	50,474	79.3%	50,230	34,118	16,356	47.9%
Information Not Available	3,384	5.3%	3,149	2,067	1,317	63.7%

Years of Age	63,640		63,487	44,211
Younger than 22	1,729	1.6%	1,642	1,203	526	43.7%
22-24	3,348	3.0%	3,323	2,419	929	38.4%
25-34	14,989	13.5%	14,876	10,695	4,294	40.1%
35-44	16,017	14.5%	15,815	11,671	4,346	37.2%
45-54	16,552	14.9%	16,529	11,151	5,401	48.4%
55-59	5,769	5.2%	5,764	3,665	2,104	57.4%
60-64	3,351	3.0%	3,474	2,216	1,135	51.2%
65 and older	1,885	1.7%	2,064	1,191	694	58.3%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	63,640		63,487	44,211
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	126	0.2%	127	80	46	57.5%
Mining	87	0.1%	89	100	-13	-13.0%
Utilities	65	0.1%	71	194	-129	-66.5%
Construction	6,097	9.6%	5,774	4,339	1,758	40.5%
Manufacturing	22,019	34.5%	20,071	11,688	10,331	88.4%
Wholesale Trade	2,361	3.7%	2,334	1,740	621	35.7%
Retail Trade	4,541	7.1%	4,607	3,928	613	15.6%
Transporation and Warehousing	2,410	3.8%	2,748	1,372	1,038	75.7%
Information	737	1.2%	646	453	284	62.7%
Finance and Insurance	1,668	2.6%	1,648	1,610	58	3.6%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	755	1.2%	768	691	64	9.3%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	2,159	3.4%	2,157	1,590	569	35.8%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	232	0.4%	231	95	137	144.2%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	5,432	8.5%	5,500	4,045	1,387	34.3%
Educational Services	985	1.5%	1,374	820	165	20.1%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	3,739	5.9%	4,446	3,565	174	4.9%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	506	0.8%	582	416	90	21.6%
Accomodation and Food Services	2,333	3.7%	3,069	1,904	429	22.5%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	1,424	2.2%	1,403	1,018	406	39.9%
Public Administration	468	0.7%	545	318	150	47.2%
Information Not Available	5,496	8.6%	5,297	4,245	1,251	29.5%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Kansas
	Sep 2008	Percent	Aug 2008	Sep 2007	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	20,445		20,160	15,069
Male	10,889	53.3%	10,279	7,832	3,057	39.0%
Female	9,556	46.7%	9,881	7,237	2,319	32.0%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	20,445		20,160	15,069
Hispanic or Latino	1,304	6.4%	1,348	855	449	52.5%
Not Hispanic or Latino	10,111	49.5%	9,888	8,155	1,956	24.0%
Information Not Available	9,030	44.2%	8,924	6,059	2,971	49.0%

Race	20,445		20,160	15,069
American Indian or Alaskan Native	313	1.5%	286	218	95	43.6%
Asian	297	1.5%	268	187	110	58.8%
Black or African American	3,291	16.1%	3,384	2,555	736	28.8%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	46	0.2%	50	22	24	109.1%
White	14,913	72.9%	14,616	11,038	3,875	35.1%
Information Not Available	1,585	7.8%	1,556	1,049	536	51.1%

Years of Age	20,445		20,160	15,069
Younger than 22	485	1.4%	471	420	65	15.5%
22-24	1,080	3.2%	1,043	807	273	33.8%
25-34	4,940	14.4%	4,904	3,676	1,264	34.4%
35-44	4,810	14.1%	4,711	3,747	1,063	28.4%
45-54	5,456	15.9%	5,308	3,905	1,551	39.7%
55-59	1,893	5.5%	1,819	1,312	581	44.3%
60-64	1,147	3.4%	1,199	766	381	49.7%
65 and older	634	1.9%	705	436	198	45.4%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	20,445		20,160	15,069
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	162	0.8%	166	113	49	43.4%
Mining	127	0.6%	157	96	31	32.3%
Utilities	27	0.1%	29	26	1	3.8%
Construction	2,467	12.0%	1,944	1,617	850	52.6%
Manufacturing	3,314	16.1%	3,239	2,381	933	39.2%
Wholesale Trade	899	4.4%	889	751	148	19.7%
Retail Trade	1,742	8.5%	1,712	1,252	490	39.1%
Transporation and Warehousing	588	2.9%	662	434	154	35.5%
Information	1,014	4.9%	992	1,019	-5	-0.5%
Finance and Insurance	719	3.5%	782	648	71	11.0%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	302	1.5%	310	258	44	17.1%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	1,051	5.1%	1,061	718	333	46.4%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	65	0.3%	71	57	8	14.0%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	2,126	10.3%	2,118	1,342	784	58.4%
Educational Services	486	2.4%	487	348	138	39.7%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	1,754	8.5%	1,912	1,354	400	29.5%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	145	0.7%	145	114	31	27.2%
Accomodation and Food Services	840	4.1%	910	580	260	44.8%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	642	3.1%	632	462	180	39.0%
Public Administration	485	2.4%	467	385	100	26.0%
Information Not Available	1,490	7.2%	1,475	1,114	376	33.8%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Kentucky
	Sep 2008	Percent	Aug 2008	Sep 2007	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	35,716		36,174	24,479
Male	21,696	60.7%	21,701	14,003	7,693	54.9%
Female	14,020	39.3%	14,473	10,476	3,544	33.8%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	35,716		36,174	24,479
Hispanic or Latino	114	0.3%	91	22	92	418.2%
Not Hispanic or Latino	35,602	99.7%	36,083	24,457	11,145	45.6%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Race	35,716		36,174	24,479
American Indian or Alaskan Native	199	0.6%	240	165	34	20.6%
Asian	95	0.3%	118	95	0	0.0%
Black or African American	4,681	13.1%	4,753	2,887	1,794	62.1%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	10	0.0%	27	9	1	11.1%
White	30,169	84.5%	30,496	21,046	9,123	43.3%
Information Not Available	562	1.6%	540	277	285	102.9%

Years of Age	35,716		36,174	24,479
Younger than 22	784	1.2%	702	551	233	42.3%
22-24	1,799	2.8%	1,699	1,331	468	35.2%
25-34	8,691	13.5%	9,013	6,094	2,597	42.6%
35-44	9,371	14.6%	9,792	6,404	2,967	46.3%
45-54	9,366	14.6%	9,375	6,146	3,220	52.4%
55-59	2,909	4.5%	2,751	1,916	993	51.8%
60-64	1,695	2.6%	1,686	1,331	364	27.3%
65 and older	1,101	1.7%	1,156	706	395	55.9%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	35,716		36,174	24,479
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	95	0.3%	63	95	0	0.0%
Mining	353	1.0%	322	594	-241	-40.6%
Utilities	27	0.1%	82	61	-34	-55.7%
Construction	3,575	10.0%	3,562	2,743	832	30.3%
Manufacturing	10,757	30.0%	10,558	6,202	4,555	73.4%
Wholesale Trade	1,559	4.4%	1,545	1,049	510	48.6%
Retail Trade	2,683	7.5%	2,470	1,924	759	39.4%
Transporation and Warehousing	1,754	4.9%	1,699	793	961	121.2%
Information	825	2.3%	761	485	340	70.1%
Finance and Insurance	1,078	3.0%	1,237	854	224	26.2%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	372	1.0%	417	299	73	24.4%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	1,169	3.3%	1,310	815	354	43.4%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	118	0.3%	145	30	88	293.3%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	3,122	8.7%	2,986	2,054	1,068	52.0%
Educational Services	893	2.5%	983	646	247	38.2%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	2,306	6.4%	2,297	2,050	256	12.5%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	403	1.1%	344	256	147	57.4%
Accomodation and Food Services	1,323	3.7%	1,704	962	361	37.5%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	802	2.2%	861	680	122	17.9%
Public Administration	345	1.0%	435	303	42	13.9%
Information Not Available	2,157	6.0%	2,393	1,584	573	36.2%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Louisiana
	Sep 2008	Percent	Aug 2008	Sep 2007	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	40,093		33,823	18,507
Male	17,656	44.0%	15,189	8,651	9,005	104.1%
Female	22,436	56.0%	18,633	9,856	12,580	127.6%
Information Not Available	1	0.0%	1	0	1	0.0%

Ethnicity	40,093		33,823	18,507
Hispanic or Latino	911	2.3%	668	372	539	144.9%
Not Hispanic or Latino	39,102	97.5%	33,085	17,985	21,117	117.4%
Information Not Available	80	0.2%	70	150	-70	-46.7%

Race	40,093		33,823	18,507
American Indian or Alaskan Native	256	0.6%	149	88	168	190.9%
Asian	346	0.9%	214	124	222	179.0%
Black or African American	23,502	58.6%	18,766	9,790	13,712	140.1%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	52	0.1%	33	23	29	126.1%
White	15,905	39.7%	14,632	8,344	7,561	90.6%
Information Not Available	32	0.1%	29	138	-106	-76.8%

Years of Age	40,093		33,823	18,507
Younger than 22	1,186	2.2%	794	561	625	111.4%
22-24	2,570	4.7%	1,885	1,278	1,292	101.1%
25-34	11,164	20.6%	8,334	4,863	6,301	129.6%
35-44	9,710	17.9%	7,783	4,574	5,136	112.3%
45-54	9,417	17.4%	8,626	4,436	4,981	112.3%
55-59	2,961	5.5%	3,017	1,401	1,560	111.3%
60-64	1,843	3.4%	1,967	864	979	113.3%
65 and older	1,239	2.3%	1,417	530	709	133.8%
Information Not Available	3	0.0%	0	0	3	0.0%

Industry	40,093		33,823	18,507
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	185	0.5%	172	133	52	39.1%
Mining	320	0.8%	266	229	91	39.7%
Utilities	67	0.2%	69	66	1	1.5%
Construction	4,589	11.4%	3,904	2,631	1,958	74.4%
Manufacturing	2,938	7.3%	2,500	1,492	1,446	96.9%
Wholesale Trade	738	1.8%	686	401	337	84.0%
Retail Trade	2,703	6.7%	2,335	1,417	1,286	90.8%
Transporation and Warehousing	1,013	2.5%	962	559	454	81.2%
Information	510	1.3%	527	335	175	52.2%
Finance and Insurance	763	1.9%	653	491	272	55.4%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	471	1.2%	399	250	221	88.4%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	1,666	4.1%	1,511	1,066	600	56.3%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	115	0.3%	108	246	-131	-53.3%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	2,533	6.3%	2,130	1,143	1,390	121.6%
Educational Services	1,026	2.5%	1,009	475	551	116.0%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	3,524	8.7%	3,151	1,872	1,652	88.2%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	574	1.4%	490	335	239	71.3%
Accomodation and Food Services	2,296	5.7%	1,777	1,054	1,242	117.8%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	1,586	3.9%	1,560	797	789	99.0%
Public Administration	545	1.4%	574	300	245	81.7%
Information Not Available	11,931	29.6%	9,040	3,215	8,716	271.1%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Massachusetts
	Sep 2008	Percent	Aug 2008	Sep 2007	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	80,457		94,659	66,203
Male	46,804	58.2%	51,707	37,413	9,391	25.1%
Female	33,653	41.8%	42,952	28,790	4,863	16.9%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	80,457		94,659	66,203
Hispanic or Latino	8,118	10.1%	9,423	6,311	1,807	28.6%
Not Hispanic or Latino	70,501	87.6%	83,209	58,427	12,074	20.7%
Information Not Available	1,838	2.3%	2,027	1,465	373	25.5%

Race	80,457		94,659	66,203
American Indian or Alaskan Native	200	0.2%	230	181	19	10.5%
Asian	2,585	3.2%	2,753	1,880	705	37.5%
Black or African American	7,361	9.1%	8,841	6,079	1,282	21.1%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	79	0.1%	69	35	44	125.7%
White	63,430	78.8%	74,613	52,376	11,054	21.1%
Information Not Available	6,802	8.5%	8,153	5,652	1,150	20.3%

Years of Age	80,457		94,659	66,203
Younger than 22	2,331	1.7%	2,532	1,878	453	24.1%
22-24	4,188	3.0%	4,496	3,421	767	22.4%
25-34	17,362	12.5%	19,307	14,183	3,179	22.4%
35-44	19,797	14.3%	23,117	16,730	3,067	18.3%
45-54	20,672	14.9%	24,745	17,261	3,411	19.8%
55-59	7,700	5.6%	9,233	6,146	1,554	25.3%
60-64	5,203	3.8%	6,685	4,217	986	23.4%
65 and older	3,204	2.3%	4,544	2,367	837	35.4%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	80,457		94,659	66,203
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	541	0.7%	462	459	82	17.9%
Mining	63	0.1%	84	68	-5	-7.4%
Utilities	73	0.1%	70	68	5	7.4%
Construction	9,926	12.3%	9,754	7,860	2,066	26.3%
Manufacturing	9,636	11.9%	9,636	7,682	1,954	25.4%
Wholesale Trade	4,375	5.4%	4,606	3,643	732	20.1%
Retail Trade	7,506	9.3%	8,115	6,411	1,095	17.1%
Transporation and Warehousing	2,447	3.0%	7,585	1,751	696	39.7%
Information	2,139	2.6%	2,204	1,639	500	30.5%
Finance and Insurance	3,669	4.5%	3,831	3,344	325	9.7%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	1,246	1.5%	1,324	1,120	126	11.3%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	6,074	7.5%	6,364	5,202	872	16.8%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	251	0.3%	254	152	99	65.1%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	8,080	10.0%	8,680	6,171	1,909	30.9%
Educational Services	1,511	1.9%	1,909	1,305	206	15.8%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	6,511	8.0%	7,732	5,718	793	13.9%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	951	1.2%	1,002	645	306	47.4%
Accomodation and Food Services	4,210	5.2%	6,705	3,555	655	18.4%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	3,275	4.0%	3,688	2,696	579	21.5%
Public Administration	2,355	2.9%	3,410	1,972	383	19.4%
Information Not Available	5,618	6.9%	7,244	4,742	876	18.5%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Maryland
	Sep 2008	Percent	Aug 2008	Sep 2007	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	45,712		49,904	32,525
Male	24,474	53.5%	25,044	16,161	8,313	51.4%
Female	21,238	46.5%	24,860	16,364	4,874	29.8%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	45,712		49,904	32,525
Hispanic or Latino	1,879	4.1%	1,793	1,121	758	67.6%
Not Hispanic or Latino	42,855	93.8%	47,151	30,773	12,082	39.3%
Information Not Available	978	2.1%	960	631	347	55.0%

Race	45,712		49,904	32,525
American Indian or Alaskan Native	112	0.2%	126	90	22	24.4%
Asian	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
Black or African American	20,307	44.4%	22,311	15,194	5,113	33.7%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	72	0.2%	78	74	-2	-2.7%
White	22,363	48.9%	24,636	14,936	7,427	49.7%
Information Not Available	2,858	6.3%	2,753	2,231	627	28.1%

Years of Age	45,712		49,904	32,525
Younger than 22	1,471	2.2%	1,455	1,005	466	46.4%
22-24	2,713	4.1%	2,855	1,917	796	41.5%
25-34	10,852	16.6%	11,329	7,510	3,342	44.5%
35-44	11,045	16.9%	11,778	8,238	2,807	34.1%
45-54	11,465	17.5%	12,659	8,230	3,235	39.3%
55-59	3,866	5.9%	4,322	2,758	1,108	40.2%
60-64	2,529	3.9%	2,990	1,701	828	48.7%
65 and older	1,771	2.7%	2,516	1,165	606	52.0%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	1	-1	-100.0%

Industry	45,712		49,904	32,525
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	70	0.2%	86	42	28	66.7%
Mining	32	0.1%	24	18	14	77.8%
Utilities	42	0.1%	43	31	11	35.5%
Construction	6,516	14.2%	6,281	3,650	2,866	78.5%
Manufacturing	582	1.3%	603	827	-245	-29.6%
Wholesale Trade	1,971	4.3%	1,954	1,316	655	49.8%
Retail Trade	1,822	4.0%	1,876	1,306	516	39.5%
Transporation and Warehousing	1,160	2.5%	3,292	845	315	37.3%
Information	1,044	2.3%	970	696	348	50.0%
Finance and Insurance	2,316	5.1%	2,256	1,886	430	22.8%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	1,168	2.6%	1,151	793	375	47.3%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	3,621	7.9%	3,604	2,791	830	29.7%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	141	0.3%	143	10	131	1310.0%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	5,932	13.0%	6,111	4,324	1,608	37.2%
Educational Services	1,391	3.0%	1,566	893	498	55.8%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	3,325	7.3%	4,097	2,810	515	18.3%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	438	1.0%	489	383	55	14.4%
Accomodation and Food Services	2,647	5.8%	3,439	1,848	799	43.2%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	1,520	3.3%	1,719	992	528	53.2%
Public Administration	633	1.4%	673	551	82	14.9%
Information Not Available	9,341	20.4%	9,527	6,513	2,828	43.4%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Maine
	Sep 2008	Percent	Aug 2008	Sep 2007	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	7,801		8,935	5,604
Male	4,424	56.7%	4,790	2,874	1,550	53.9%
Female	3,377	43.3%	4,145	2,730	647	23.7%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	7,801		8,935	5,604
Hispanic or Latino	58	0.7%	44	65	-7	-10.8%
Not Hispanic or Latino	6,186	79.3%	7,139	4,707	1,479	31.4%
Information Not Available	1,557	20.0%	1,752	832	725	87.1%

Race	7,801		8,935	5,604
American Indian or Alaskan Native	70	0.9%	71	54	16	29.6%
Asian	47	0.6%	49	36	11	30.6%
Black or African American	76	1.0%	91	72	4	5.6%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
White	6,465	82.9%	7,460	4,825	1,640	34.0%
Information Not Available	1,143	14.7%	1,264	617	526	85.3%

Years of Age	7,801		8,935	5,604
Younger than 22	289	2.1%	324	218	71	32.6%
22-24	436	3.2%	485	341	95	27.9%
25-34	1,522	11.1%	1,726	1,157	365	31.5%
35-44	1,778	12.9%	2,089	1,376	402	29.2%
45-54	2,192	15.9%	2,432	1,526	666	43.6%
55-59	857	6.2%	982	524	333	63.5%
60-64	509	3.7%	633	331	178	53.8%
65 and older	218	1.6%	264	131	87	66.4%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	7,801		8,935	5,604
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	103	1.3%	180	38	65	171.1%
Mining	4	0.1%	2	0	4	0.0%
Utilities	91	1.2%	102	1	90	9000.0%
Construction	697	8.8%	755	267	430	161.0%
Manufacturing	1,068	13.5%	1,037	341	727	213.2%
Wholesale Trade	245	3.1%	260	109	136	124.8%
Retail Trade	758	9.6%	831	314	444	141.4%
Transporation and Warehousing	154	1.9%	319	50	104	208.0%
Information	102	1.3%	101	43	59	137.2%
Finance and Insurance	154	1.9%	149	55	99	180.0%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	59	0.7%	70	20	39	195.0%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	275	3.5%	286	101	174	172.3%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	10	0.1%	15	4	6	150.0%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	463	5.9%	524	199	264	132.7%
Educational Services	191	2.4%	258	80	111	138.8%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	647	8.2%	820	296	351	118.6%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	95	1.2%	113	36	59	163.9%
Accomodation and Food Services	349	4.4%	418	138	211	152.9%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	176	2.2%	283	66	110	166.7%
Public Administration	111	1.4%	116	35	76	217.1%
Information Not Available	2,049	25.9%	2,296	3,411	-1,362	-39.9%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Michigan
	Sep 2008	Percent	Aug 2008	Sep 2007	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	135,121		147,268	99,817
Male	78,368	58.0%	83,068	53,986	24,382	45.2%
Female	56,706	42.0%	64,141	45,821	10,885	23.8%
Information Not Available	47	0.0%	59	10	37	370.0%

Ethnicity	135,121		147,268	99,817
Hispanic or Latino	3,528	2.6%	3,895	2,805	723	25.8%
Not Hispanic or Latino	100,971	74.7%	109,919	72,073	28,898	40.1%
Information Not Available	30,622	22.7%	33,454	24,939	5,683	22.8%

Race	135,121		147,268	99,817
American Indian or Alaskan Native	1,027	0.8%	1,052	1,017	10	1.0%
Asian	1,245	0.9%	1,355	800	445	55.6%
Black or African American	20,299	15.0%	22,852	14,889	5,410	36.3%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	97	0.1%	82	51	46	90.2%
White	77,608	57.4%	83,826	55,123	22,485	40.8%
Information Not Available	34,845	25.8%	38,101	27,937	6,908	24.7%

Years of Age	135,121		147,268	99,817
Younger than 22	3,837	1.9%	4,083	2,877	960	33.4%
22-24	7,525	3.6%	7,681	5,783	1,742	30.1%
25-34	31,810	15.4%	33,858	24,069	7,741	32.2%
35-44	36,246	17.6%	40,122	26,256	9,990	38.0%
45-54	34,998	17.0%	38,840	25,754	9,244	35.9%
55-59	11,400	5.5%	12,597	8,279	3,121	37.7%
60-64	6,362	3.1%	6,784	4,470	1,892	42.3%
65 and older	2,873	1.4%	3,209	2,326	547	23.5%
Information Not Available	70	0.0%	94	3	67	2233.3%

Industry	135,121		147,268	99,817
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	510	0.4%	547	413	97	23.5%
Mining	112	0.1%	113	111	1	0.9%
Utilities	52	0.0%	56	78	-26	-33.3%
Construction	10,583	7.8%	9,674	9,307	1,276	13.7%
Manufacturing	34,474	25.4%	40,218	19,945	14,529	72.8%
Wholesale Trade	4,110	3.0%	4,383	3,606	504	14.0%
Retail Trade	9,291	6.9%	9,653	11,158	-1,867	-16.7%
Transporation and Warehousing	4,324	3.2%	4,788	2,802	1,522	54.3%
Information	1,547	1.1%	1,470	1,092	455	41.7%
Finance and Insurance	4,260	3.1%	4,326	3,388	872	25.7%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	1,587	1.2%	1,647	1,472	115	7.8%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	7,783	5.7%	8,217	5,580	2,203	39.5%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	796	0.6%	787	769	27	3.5%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	14,593	10.8%	14,985	11,127	3,466	31.1%
Educational Services	3,287	2.4%	4,206	3,515	-228	-6.5%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	8,365	6.2%	10,770	7,879	486	6.2%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	1,513	1.1%	1,924	1,107	406	36.7%
Accomodation and Food Services	4,921	3.6%	6,390	4,298	623	14.5%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	2,771	2.0%	2,986	2,329	442	19.0%
Public Administration	978	0.7%	1,026	994	-16	-1.6%
Information Not Available	19,264	14.2%	19,102	8,847	10,417	117.7%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Minnesota
	Sep 2008	Percent	Aug 2008	Sep 2007	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	38,942		41,319	32,658
Male	22,265	57.2%	22,560	18,772	3,493	18.6%
Female	16,668	42.8%	18,755	13,886	2,782	20.0%
Information Not Available	9	0.0%	4	0	9	0.0%

Ethnicity	38,942		41,319	32,658
Hispanic or Latino	1,050	2.7%	1,177	997	53	5.3%
Not Hispanic or Latino	33,718	86.6%	35,681	29,088	4,630	15.9%
Information Not Available	4,174	10.7%	4,461	2,573	1,601	62.2%

Race	38,942		41,319	32,658
American Indian or Alaskan Native	539	1.4%	602	456	83	18.2%
Asian	1,057	2.7%	1,089	778	279	35.9%
Black or African American	3,215	8.3%	3,506	2,949	266	9.0%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	68	0.2%	82	169	-101	-59.8%
White	31,336	80.5%	33,155	26,599	4,737	17.8%
Information Not Available	2,727	7.0%	2,885	1,707	1,020	59.8%

Years of Age	38,942		41,319	32,658
Younger than 22	812	1.2%	801	1,023	-211	-20.6%
22-24	2,132	3.1%	2,172	1,916	216	11.3%
25-34	9,713	14.3%	10,055	7,832	1,881	24.0%
35-44	9,094	13.4%	9,527	8,027	1,067	13.3%
45-54	10,212	15.0%	10,838	8,374	1,838	21.9%
55-59	3,689	5.4%	4,052	2,959	730	24.7%
60-64	2,177	3.2%	2,511	1,669	508	30.4%
65 and older	1,076	1.6%	1,316	491	585	119.1%
Information Not Available	37	0.1%	47	367	-330	-89.9%

Industry	38,942		41,319	32,658
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	187	0.5%	239	219	-32	-14.6%
Mining	46	0.1%	34	30	16	53.3%
Utilities	69	0.2%	116	123	-54	-43.9%
Construction	5,686	14.5%	5,111	5,221	465	8.9%
Manufacturing	5,658	14.5%	5,946	4,854	804	16.6%
Wholesale Trade	2,393	6.1%	2,452	1,867	526	28.2%
Retail Trade	3,660	9.4%	3,863	3,157	503	15.9%
Transporation and Warehousing	1,295	3.3%	1,415	926	369	39.8%
Information	972	2.5%	989	816	156	19.1%
Finance and Insurance	1,710	4.4%	1,618	1,763	-53	-3.0%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	744	1.9%	750	587	157	26.7%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	2,412	6.2%	2,541	1,799	613	34.1%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	731	1.9%	776	626	105	16.8%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	3,128	8.0%	3,233	2,799	329	11.8%
Educational Services	1,298	3.3%	1,599	1,235	63	5.1%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	2,912	7.4%	3,194	2,812	100	3.6%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	544	1.4%	566	451	93	20.6%
Accomodation and Food Services	1,725	4.4%	2,453	1,592	133	8.4%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	1,205	3.1%	1,848	1,027	178	17.3%
Public Administration	693	1.8%	684	550	143	26.0%
Information Not Available	1,874	4.8%	1,892	204	1,670	818.6%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Missouri
	Sep 2008	Percent	Aug 2008	Sep 2007	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	51,863		56,464	37,976
Male	27,737	53.5%	28,702	18,976	8,761	46.2%
Female	24,112	46.5%	27,755	18,997	5,115	26.9%
Information Not Available	14	0.0%	7	3	11	366.7%

Ethnicity	51,863		56,464	37,976
Hispanic or Latino	507	1.0%	465	408	99	24.3%
Not Hispanic or Latino	17,342	33.4%	15,668	13,006	4,336	33.3%
Information Not Available	34,014	65.6%	40,331	24,562	9,452	38.5%

Race	51,863		56,464	37,976
American Indian or Alaskan Native	313	0.6%	312	295	18	6.1%
Asian	380	0.7%	367	265	115	43.4%
Black or African American	8,200	15.8%	9,343	9,900	-1,700	-17.2%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	416	0.8%	419	358	58	16.2%
White	29,133	56.2%	30,468	25,750	3,383	13.1%
Information Not Available	13,421	25.9%	15,555	1,408	12,013	853.2%

Years of Age	51,863		56,464	37,976
Younger than 22	1,577	2.0%	1,374	1,160	417	35.9%
22-24	2,842	3.6%	2,638	2,264	578	25.5%
25-34	12,282	15.7%	12,290	8,996	3,286	36.5%
35-44	13,099	16.7%	14,475	9,585	3,514	36.7%
45-54	13,562	17.3%	15,408	9,850	3,712	37.7%
55-59	4,373	5.6%	4,870	3,152	1,221	38.7%
60-64	2,552	3.3%	3,049	1,900	652	34.3%
65 and older	1,548	2.0%	2,309	1,045	503	48.1%
Information Not Available	28	0.0%	51	24	4	16.7%

Industry	51,863		56,464	37,976
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	163	0.3%	209	148	15	10.1%
Mining	140	0.3%	128	82	58	70.7%
Utilities	81	0.2%	96	58	23	39.7%
Construction	6,635	12.8%	5,578	4,220	2,415	57.2%
Manufacturing	9,683	18.6%	11,379	6,669	3,014	45.2%
Wholesale Trade	2,358	4.5%	2,173	1,720	638	37.1%
Retail Trade	5,153	9.9%	5,069	3,842	1,311	34.1%
Transporation and Warehousing	1,851	3.6%	4,178	1,440	411	28.5%
Information	1,135	2.2%	1,209	866	269	31.1%
Finance and Insurance	2,469	4.7%	2,285	1,777	692	38.9%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	893	1.7%	987	707	186	26.3%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	2,328	4.5%	2,287	1,657	671	40.5%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	280	0.5%	263	111	169	152.3%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	5,309	10.2%	5,088	3,814	1,495	39.2%
Educational Services	1,265	2.4%	1,475	1,040	225	21.6%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	4,447	8.5%	4,765	3,599	848	23.6%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	725	1.4%	840	506	219	43.3%
Accomodation and Food Services	3,137	6.0%	4,370	2,510	627	25.0%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	1,526	2.9%	1,710	1,285	241	18.8%
Public Administration	517	1.0%	483	412	105	25.5%
Information Not Available	1,768	3.4%	1,892	1,513	255	16.9%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Mississippi
	Sep 2008	Percent	Aug 2008	Sep 2007	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	24,719		26,990	18,248
Male	12,060	48.8%	12,365	8,368	3,692	44.1%
Female	12,659	51.2%	14,625	9,880	2,779	28.1%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	24,719		26,990	18,248
Hispanic or Latino	333	1.3%	357	240	93	38.8%
Not Hispanic or Latino	23,387	94.6%	25,579	17,292	6,095	35.2%
Information Not Available	999	4.0%	1,054	716	283	39.5%

Race	24,719		26,990	18,248
American Indian or Alaskan Native	58	0.2%	50	51	7	13.7%
Asian	120	0.5%	117	85	35	41.2%
Black or African American	14,310	57.9%	16,536	10,757	3,553	33.0%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	3	0.0%	2	2	1	50.0%
White	9,381	38.0%	9,404	6,805	2,576	37.9%
Information Not Available	847	3.4%	881	548	299	54.6%

Years of Age	24,719		26,990	18,248
Younger than 22	852	2.6%	822	684	168	24.6%
22-24	1,734	5.3%	1,820	1,230	504	41.0%
25-34	6,590	20.0%	6,944	4,786	1,804	37.7%
35-44	5,947	18.0%	6,460	4,625	1,322	28.6%
45-54	5,851	17.7%	6,486	4,321	1,530	35.4%
55-59	1,843	5.6%	2,153	1,320	523	39.6%
60-64	1,112	3.4%	1,292	767	345	45.0%
65 and older	790	2.4%	1,013	515	275	53.4%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	24,719		26,990	18,248
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	357	1.4%	376	218	139	63.8%
Mining	73	0.3%	76	58	15	25.9%
Utilities	36	0.1%	33	20	16	80.0%
Construction	1,579	6.3%	1,592	1,185	394	33.2%
Manufacturing	6,804	27.1%	6,764	5,644	1,160	20.6%
Wholesale Trade	641	2.6%	641	478	163	34.1%
Retail Trade	2,518	10.0%	2,581	1,919	599	31.2%
Transporation and Warehousing	793	3.2%	793	593	200	33.7%
Information	193	0.8%	184	140	53	37.9%
Finance and Insurance	419	1.7%	386	270	149	55.2%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	278	1.1%	271	165	113	68.5%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	587	2.3%	612	532	55	10.3%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	27	0.1%	31	90	-63	-70.0%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	2,143	8.5%	2,162	1,608	535	33.3%
Educational Services	560	2.2%	626	387	173	44.7%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	1,983	7.9%	3,813	1,387	596	43.0%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	235	0.9%	222	112	123	109.8%
Accomodation and Food Services	1,975	7.9%	2,103	1,331	644	48.4%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	365	1.5%	391	286	79	27.6%
Public Administration	387	1.5%	399	303	84	27.7%
Information Not Available	2,766	11.0%	2,934	1,522	1,244	81.7%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Montana
	Sep 2008	Percent	Aug 2008	Sep 2007	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	3,787		4,211	2,411
Male	2,144	56.6%	2,085	1,280	864	67.5%
Female	1,634	43.1%	2,115	1,117	517	46.3%
Information Not Available	9	0.2%	11	14	-5	-35.7%

Ethnicity	3,787		4,211	2,411
Hispanic or Latino	114	3.0%	134	54	60	111.1%
Not Hispanic or Latino	3,447	91.0%	3,823	2,226	1,221	54.9%
Information Not Available	226	6.0%	254	131	95	72.5%

Race	3,787		4,211	2,411
American Indian or Alaskan Native	386	10.2%	502	274	112	40.9%
Asian	12	0.3%	16	8	4	50.0%
Black or African American	25	0.7%	20	18	7	38.9%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	7	0.2%	8	5	2	40.0%
White	3,314	87.5%	3,628	2,093	1,221	58.3%
Information Not Available	43	1.1%	37	13	30	230.8%

Years of Age	3,787		4,211	2,411
Younger than 22	98	1.4%	101	76	22	28.9%
22-24	207	3.0%	209	119	88	73.9%
25-34	827	12.0%	905	481	346	71.9%
35-44	827	12.0%	904	564	263	46.6%
45-54	1,064	15.5%	1,149	689	375	54.4%
55-59	419	6.1%	487	257	162	63.0%
60-64	223	3.2%	263	147	76	51.7%
65 and older	122	1.8%	193	78	44	56.4%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	3,787		4,211	2,411
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	34	0.9%	31	32	2	6.3%
Mining	64	1.7%	63	37	27	73.0%
Utilities	19	0.5%	24	15	4	26.7%
Construction	676	17.7%	602	361	315	87.3%
Manufacturing	392	10.3%	332	234	158	67.5%
Wholesale Trade	120	3.1%	99	76	44	57.9%
Retail Trade	428	11.2%	392	251	177	70.5%
Transporation and Warehousing	118	3.1%	206	60	58	96.7%
Information	83	2.2%	77	59	24	40.7%
Finance and Insurance	129	3.4%	138	78	51	65.4%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	73	1.9%	57	30	43	143.3%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	156	4.1%	170	102	54	52.9%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	4	0.1%	2	2	2	100.0%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	305	8.0%	306	192	113	58.9%
Educational Services	128	3.3%	207	100	28	28.0%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	276	7.2%	523	235	41	17.4%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	86	2.3%	110	60	26	43.3%
Accomodation and Food Services	347	9.1%	419	241	106	44.0%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	127	3.3%	160	59	68	115.3%
Public Administration	141	3.7%	206	109	32	29.4%
Information Not Available	81	2.1%	87	78	3	3.8%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants North Carolina
	Sep 2008	Percent	Aug 2008	Sep 2007	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	101,153		98,730	67,558
Male	54,808	54.2%	52,441	34,175	20,633	60.4%
Female	46,342	45.8%	46,285	33,380	12,962	38.8%
Information Not Available	3	0.0%	4	3	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	101,153		98,730	67,558
Hispanic or Latino	3,919	3.9%	3,468	2,205	1,714	77.7%
Not Hispanic or Latino	94,941	93.9%	92,741	64,285	30,656	47.7%
Information Not Available	2,293	2.3%	2,521	1,068	1,225	114.7%

Race	101,153		98,730	67,558
American Indian or Alaskan Native	1,384	1.4%	1,302	885	499	56.4%
Asian	881	0.9%	852	748	133	17.8%
Black or African American	37,438	37.0%	37,204	26,263	11,175	42.6%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	117	0.1%	132	66	51	77.3%
White	55,631	55.0%	53,874	36,313	19,318	53.2%
Information Not Available	5,702	5.6%	5,366	3,283	2,419	73.7%

Years of Age	101,153		98,730	67,558
Younger than 22	3,236	2.1%	3,137	2,055	1,181	57.5%
22-24	5,937	3.9%	5,638	3,959	1,978	50.0%
25-34	24,488	16.2%	23,762	16,451	8,037	48.9%
35-44	26,616	17.6%	25,864	17,947	8,669	48.3%
45-54	24,140	16.0%	23,653	16,084	8,056	50.1%
55-59	8,355	5.5%	8,343	5,659	2,696	47.6%
60-64	5,465	3.6%	5,356	3,502	1,963	56.1%
65 and older	2,916	1.9%	2,977	1,901	1,015	53.4%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	101,153		98,730	67,558
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	425	0.4%	423	251	174	69.3%
Mining	77	0.1%	55	40	37	92.5%
Utilities	68	0.1%	69	73	-5	-6.8%
Construction	12,182	12.0%	10,842	5,701	6,481	113.7%
Manufacturing	19,991	19.7%	19,879	15,957	4,034	25.3%
Wholesale Trade	4,161	4.1%	4,087	2,495	1,666	66.8%
Retail Trade	8,727	8.6%	8,260	5,223	3,504	67.1%
Transporation and Warehousing	2,780	2.7%	2,629	1,519	1,261	83.0%
Information	1,393	1.4%	1,324	952	441	46.3%
Finance and Insurance	2,673	2.6%	2,474	2,167	506	23.4%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	1,247	1.2%	1,179	749	498	66.5%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	4,433	4.4%	4,448	2,608	1,825	70.0%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	311	0.3%	441	182	129	70.9%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	10,933	10.8%	10,680	6,726	4,207	62.5%
Educational Services	1,932	1.9%	2,099	1,345	587	43.6%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	7,884	7.8%	7,624	5,094	2,790	54.8%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	626	0.6%	677	474	152	32.1%
Accomodation and Food Services	4,666	4.6%	4,933	2,736	1,930	70.5%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	1,731	1.7%	1,689	1,085	646	59.5%
Public Administration	860	0.8%	843	642	218	34.0%
Information Not Available	14,053	13.8%	14,075	11,539	2,514	21.8%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants North Dakota
	Sep 2008	Percent	Aug 2008	Sep 2007	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	1,733		2,455	1,200
Male	861	49.7%	1,285	612	249	40.7%
Female	870	50.2%	1,167	587	283	48.2%
Information Not Available	2	0.1%	3	1	1	100.0%

Ethnicity	1,733		2,455	1,200
Hispanic or Latino	39	2.3%	66	26	13	50.0%
Not Hispanic or Latino	1,653	95.4%	2,335	1,156	497	43.0%
Information Not Available	41	2.4%	54	18	23	127.8%

Race	1,733		2,455	1,200
American Indian or Alaskan Native	227	13.1%	331	188	39	20.7%
Asian	8	0.5%	11	3	5	166.7%
Black or African American	22	1.3%	22	17	5	29.4%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	4	0.2%	5	1	3	300.0%
White	1,392	80.3%	1,966	947	445	47.0%
Information Not Available	80	4.6%	120	44	36	81.8%

Years of Age	1,733		2,455	1,200
Younger than 22	24	0.8%	42	18	6	33.3%
22-24	66	2.2%	98	51	15	29.4%
25-34	374	12.4%	509	256	118	46.1%
35-44	373	12.4%	520	270	103	38.1%
45-54	503	16.7%	716	316	187	59.2%
55-59	202	6.7%	275	127	75	59.1%
60-64	109	3.6%	151	105	4	3.8%
65 and older	80	2.7%	140	53	27	50.9%
Information Not Available	2	0.1%	4	4	-2	-50.0%

Industry	1,733		2,455	1,200
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	49	2.7%	99	28	21	75.0%
Mining	13	0.7%	12	21	-8	-38.1%
Utilities	2	0.1%	4	5	-3	-60.0%
Construction	240	13.5%	289	136	104	76.5%
Manufacturing	247	13.9%	453	151	96	63.6%
Wholesale Trade	81	4.5%	88	54	27	50.0%
Retail Trade	136	7.6%	151	140	-4	-2.9%
Transporation and Warehousing	39	2.2%	119	21	18	85.7%
Information	44	2.5%	54	61	-17	-27.9%
Finance and Insurance	44	2.5%	57	35	9	25.7%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	13	0.7%	22	14	-1	-7.1%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	54	3.0%	67	45	9	20.0%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	23	1.3%	29	6	17	283.3%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	63	3.5%	89	44	19	43.2%
Educational Services	1	0.1%	6	3	-2	-66.7%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	152	8.5%	164	91	61	67.0%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	8	0.4%	6	5	3	60.0%
Accomodation and Food Services	77	4.3%	93	55	22	40.0%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	46	2.6%	52	44	2	4.5%
Public Administration	208	11.7%	329	169	39	23.1%
Information Not Available	193	10.8%	272	72	121	168.1%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Nebraska
	Sep 2008	Percent	Aug 2008	Sep 2007	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	12,889		13,498	6,903
Male	5,964	46.3%	6,051	3,055	2,909	95.2%
Female	6,438	49.9%	6,915	3,595	2,843	79.1%
Information Not Available	487	3.8%	532	253	234	92.5%

Ethnicity	12,889		13,498	6,903
Hispanic or Latino	424	3.3%	436	207	217	104.8%
Not Hispanic or Latino	9,915	76.9%	10,494	5,076	4,839	95.3%
Information Not Available	2,550	19.8%	2,568	1,620	930	57.4%

Race	12,889		13,498	6,903
American Indian or Alaskan Native	141	1.1%	149	76	65	85.5%
Asian	147	1.1%	124	49	98	200.0%
Black or African American	1,000	7.8%	1,094	506	494	97.6%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	14	0.1%	17	7	7	100.0%
White	5,372	41.7%	5,725	2,858	2,514	88.0%
Information Not Available	6,215	48.2%	6,389	3,407	2,808	82.4%

Years of Age	12,889		13,498	6,903
Younger than 22	303	1.7%	313	174	129	74.1%
22-24	701	4.0%	708	392	309	78.8%
25-34	2,940	16.8%	3,080	1,625	1,315	80.9%
35-44	3,031	17.3%	3,129	1,649	1,382	83.8%
45-54	3,431	19.6%	3,624	1,823	1,608	88.2%
55-59	1,173	6.7%	1,237	641	532	83.0%
60-64	754	4.3%	799	377	377	100.0%
65 and older	556	3.2%	608	222	334	150.5%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	12,889		13,498	6,903
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	86	0.7%	118	48	38	79.2%
Mining	12	0.1%	12	9	3	33.3%
Utilities	22	0.2%	24	13	9	69.2%
Construction	1,015	7.8%	964	469	546	116.4%
Manufacturing	2,111	16.3%	2,071	1,187	924	77.8%
Wholesale Trade	449	3.5%	457	256	193	75.4%
Retail Trade	1,477	11.4%	1,510	782	695	88.9%
Transporation and Warehousing	411	3.2%	563	200	211	105.5%
Information	353	2.7%	341	176	177	100.6%
Finance and Insurance	640	4.9%	622	329	311	94.5%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	182	1.4%	193	93	89	95.7%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	617	4.8%	629	371	246	66.3%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	56	0.4%	59	30	26	86.7%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	1,351	10.4%	1,367	714	637	89.2%
Educational Services	282	2.2%	325	159	123	77.4%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	1,352	10.4%	1,446	746	606	81.2%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	143	1.1%	162	81	62	76.5%
Accomodation and Food Services	864	6.7%	1,096	436	428	98.2%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	298	2.3%	329	162	136	84.0%
Public Administration	313	2.4%	336	203	110	54.2%
Information Not Available	855	6.6%	874	439	416	94.8%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants New Hampshire
	Sep 2008	Percent	Aug 2008	Sep 2007	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	7,743		9,239	4,856
Male	4,204	54.3%	4,609	2,550	1,654	64.9%
Female	3,539	45.7%	4,630	2,306	1,233	53.5%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	7,743		9,239	4,856
Hispanic or Latino	250	3.2%	283	148	102	68.9%
Not Hispanic or Latino	5,727	74.0%	6,822	3,609	2,118	58.7%
Information Not Available	1,766	22.8%	2,134	1,099	667	60.7%

Race	7,743		9,239	4,856
American Indian or Alaskan Native	37	0.5%	39	24	13	54.2%
Asian	118	1.5%	126	68	50	73.5%
Black or African American	145	1.9%	157	78	67	85.9%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	5	0.1%	6	4	1	25.0%
White	6,995	90.3%	8,377	4,420	2,575	58.3%
Information Not Available	443	5.7%	534	262	181	69.1%

Years of Age	7,743		9,239	4,856
Younger than 22	146	1.0%	162	91	55	60.4%
22-24	351	2.5%	366	185	166	89.7%
25-34	1,311	9.3%	1,563	911	400	43.9%
35-44	1,757	12.4%	2,126	1,169	588	50.3%
45-54	2,372	16.7%	2,738	1,405	967	68.8%
55-59	908	6.4%	1,061	546	362	66.3%
60-64	567	4.0%	756	364	203	55.8%
65 and older	331	2.3%	467	185	146	78.9%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	7,743		9,239	4,856
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	31	0.4%	37	12	19	158.3%
Mining	10	0.1%	11	2	8	400.0%
Utilities	9	0.1%	4	10	-1	-10.0%
Construction	547	7.0%	632	372	175	47.0%
Manufacturing	1,350	17.4%	1,264	783	567	72.4%
Wholesale Trade	418	5.4%	421	234	184	78.6%
Retail Trade	1,000	12.9%	1,040	557	443	79.5%
Transporation and Warehousing	190	2.4%	894	111	79	71.2%
Information	136	1.7%	130	98	38	38.8%
Finance and Insurance	299	3.8%	304	297	2	0.7%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	102	1.3%	102	76	26	34.2%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	383	4.9%	445	268	115	42.9%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	17	0.2%	23	7	10	142.9%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	855	11.0%	857	482	373	77.4%
Educational Services	248	3.2%	330	153	95	62.1%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	511	6.6%	679	360	151	41.9%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	74	1.0%	62	56	18	32.1%
Accomodation and Food Services	347	4.5%	474	221	126	57.0%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	242	3.1%	300	156	86	55.1%
Public Administration	127	1.6%	132	90	37	41.1%
Information Not Available	847	10.9%	1,098	511	336	65.8%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants New Jersey
	Sep 2008	Percent	Aug 2008	Sep 2007	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	125,757		136,987	99,206
Male	66,890	53.2%	65,265	50,721	16,169	31.9%
Female	58,867	46.8%	71,722	48,485	10,382	21.4%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	125,757		136,987	99,206
Hispanic or Latino	23,603	18.8%	26,000	18,327	5,276	28.8%
Not Hispanic or Latino	91,604	72.8%	99,518	72,553	19,051	26.3%
Information Not Available	10,550	8.4%	11,469	8,326	2,224	26.7%

Race	125,757		136,987	99,206
American Indian or Alaskan Native	396	0.3%	455	345	51	14.8%
Asian	4,100	3.3%	4,234	2,850	1,250	43.9%
Black or African American	28,457	22.6%	30,022	23,477	4,980	21.2%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	744	0.6%	805	618	126	20.4%
White	73,208	58.2%	81,919	56,781	16,427	28.9%
Information Not Available	18,852	15.0%	19,552	15,135	3,717	24.6%

Years of Age	125,757		136,987	99,206
Younger than 22	19,163	9.8%	18,033	12,595	6,568	52.1%
22-24	9,545	4.9%	9,384	7,711	1,834	23.8%
25-34	27,857	14.3%	28,237	22,790	5,067	22.2%
35-44	30,917	15.8%	33,807	24,828	6,089	24.5%
45-54	24,275	12.4%	27,820	19,132	5,143	26.9%
55-59	7,701	3.9%	9,294	6,407	1,294	20.2%
60-64	3,696	1.9%	5,287	3,232	464	14.4%
65 and older	2,603	1.3%	5,125	2,511	92	3.7%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	125,757		136,987	99,206
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	151	0.1%	127	103	48	46.6%
Mining	58	0.0%	42	37	21	56.8%
Utilities	125	0.1%	127	109	16	14.7%
Construction	11,263	8.9%	10,156	8,361	2,902	34.7%
Manufacturing	11,296	9.0%	10,734	8,892	2,404	27.0%
Wholesale Trade	7,257	5.8%	6,945	5,878	1,379	23.5%
Retail Trade	14,781	11.7%	14,180	12,010	2,771	23.1%
Transporation and Warehousing	6,531	5.2%	12,022	5,102	1,429	28.0%
Information	2,982	2.4%	2,840	2,339	643	27.5%
Finance and Insurance	6,475	5.1%	5,818	5,408	1,067	19.7%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	2,214	1.8%	2,072	1,777	437	24.6%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	8,158	6.5%	7,781	6,096	2,062	33.8%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	439	0.3%	432	489	-50	-10.2%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	12,993	10.3%	12,661	10,984	2,009	18.3%
Educational Services	4,384	3.5%	5,827	3,639	745	20.5%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	10,707	8.5%	11,496	9,114	1,593	17.5%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	1,350	1.1%	1,287	1,083	267	24.7%
Accomodation and Food Services	7,314	5.8%	12,823	6,387	927	14.5%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	3,006	2.4%	3,075	2,580	426	16.5%
Public Administration	1,554	1.2%	4,699	1,260	294	23.3%
Information Not Available	12,719	10.1%	11,843	7,558	5,161	68.3%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants New Mexico
	Sep 2008	Percent	Aug 2008	Sep 2007	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	11,909		12,377	9,141
Male	6,700	56.3%	6,557	4,850	1,850	38.1%
Female	5,209	43.7%	5,820	4,291	918	21.4%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	11,909		12,377	9,141
Hispanic or Latino	5,898	49.5%	6,233	4,754	1,144	24.1%
Not Hispanic or Latino	5,330	44.8%	5,523	3,966	1,364	34.4%
Information Not Available	681	5.7%	621	421	260	61.8%

Race	11,909		12,377	9,141
American Indian or Alaskan Native	1,233	10.4%	1,440	941	292	31.0%
Asian	129	1.1%	126	101	28	27.7%
Black or African American	378	3.2%	368	333	45	13.5%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	23	0.2%	27	25	-2	-8.0%
White	5,909	49.6%	6,176	4,512	1,397	31.0%
Information Not Available	4,237	35.6%	4,240	3,229	1,008	31.2%

Years of Age	11,909		12,377	9,141
Younger than 22	405	2.3%	408	311	94	30.2%
22-24	715	4.1%	743	548	167	30.5%
25-34	2,596	15.0%	2,698	1,993	603	30.3%
35-44	2,894	16.7%	3,094	2,221	673	30.3%
45-54	2,727	15.7%	2,847	2,093	634	30.3%
55-59	905	5.2%	953	695	210	30.2%
60-64	476	2.7%	557	366	110	30.1%
65 and older	310	1.8%	396	238	72	30.3%
Information Not Available	881	5.1%	681	676	205	30.3%

Industry	11,909		12,377	9,141
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	127	1.1%	128	161	-34	-21.1%
Mining	153	1.3%	145	141	12	8.5%
Utilities	68	0.6%	64	29	39	134.5%
Construction	2,267	18.8%	2,356	1,483	784	52.9%
Manufacturing	1,049	8.7%	698	1,093	-44	-4.0%
Wholesale Trade	369	3.1%	393	285	84	29.5%
Retail Trade	1,253	10.4%	1,261	851	402	47.2%
Transporation and Warehousing	299	2.5%	509	197	102	51.8%
Information	474	3.9%	446	240	234	97.5%
Finance and Insurance	359	3.0%	338	288	71	24.7%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	226	1.9%	226	165	61	37.0%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	797	6.6%	819	535	262	49.0%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	12	0.1%	16	16	-4	-25.0%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	1,081	9.0%	1,042	868	213	24.5%
Educational Services	475	3.9%	508	387	88	22.7%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	1,144	9.5%	1,426	984	160	16.3%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	251	2.1%	273	227	24	10.6%
Accomodation and Food Services	692	5.7%	829	476	216	45.4%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	307	2.6%	297	206	101	49.0%
Public Administration	471	3.9%	574	440	31	7.0%
Information Not Available	35	0.3%	29	69	-34	-49.3%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Nevada
	Sep 2008	Percent	Aug 2008	Sep 2007	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	39,864		39,158	24,347
Male	23,590	59.2%	22,963	13,575	10,015	73.8%
Female	16,267	40.8%	16,194	10,770	5,497	51.0%
Information Not Available	7	0.0%	1	2	5	250.0%

Ethnicity	39,864		39,158	24,347
Hispanic or Latino	7,217	18.1%	7,012	3,720	3,497	94.0%
Not Hispanic or Latino	25,860	64.9%	25,641	16,045	9,815	61.2%
Information Not Available	6,787	17.0%	6,505	4,582	2,205	48.1%

Race	39,864		39,158	24,347
American Indian or Alaskan Native	682	1.7%	689	429	253	59.0%
Asian	1,773	4.4%	1,687	1,142	631	55.3%
Black or African American	4,684	11.7%	4,760	3,214	1,470	45.7%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	785	2.0%	710	433	352	81.3%
White	25,710	64.5%	25,135	15,709	10,001	63.7%
Information Not Available	6,230	15.6%	6,177	3,420	2,810	82.2%

Years of Age	39,864		39,158	24,347
Younger than 22	1,246	2.0%	1,167	662	584	88.2%
22-24	2,188	3.5%	2,098	1,145	1,043	91.1%
25-34	8,590	13.7%	8,300	4,978	3,612	72.6%
35-44	9,408	15.0%	9,069	5,894	3,514	59.6%
45-54	9,889	15.7%	9,815	6,249	3,640	58.2%
55-59	3,779	6.0%	3,687	2,434	1,345	55.3%
60-64	2,667	4.2%	2,655	1,629	1,038	63.7%
65 and older	2,044	3.2%	2,295	1,321	723	54.7%
Information Not Available	53	0.1%	72	35	18	51.4%

Industry	39,864		39,158	24,347
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	27	0.1%	36	13	14	107.7%
Mining	176	0.4%	202	87	89	102.3%
Utilities	32	0.1%	39	25	7	28.0%
Construction	8,938	22.4%	8,624	4,844	4,094	84.5%
Manufacturing	1,887	4.7%	1,760	1,095	792	72.3%
Wholesale Trade	1,028	2.6%	1,035	608	420	69.1%
Retail Trade	3,439	8.6%	3,331	1,968	1,471	74.7%
Transporation and Warehousing	1,268	3.2%	1,202	636	632	99.4%
Information	468	1.2%	450	303	165	54.5%
Finance and Insurance	1,078	2.7%	1,061	1,068	10	0.9%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	1,135	2.8%	1,143	630	505	80.2%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	2,007	5.0%	2,053	1,274	733	57.5%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	354	0.9%	356	121	233	192.6%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	5,299	13.3%	5,125	3,591	1,708	47.6%
Educational Services	555	1.4%	631	293	262	89.4%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	1,651	4.1%	1,716	1,126	525	46.6%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	839	2.1%	896	502	337	67.1%
Accomodation and Food Services	6,291	15.8%	6,104	3,787	2,504	66.1%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	678	1.7%	640	432	246	56.9%
Public Administration	433	1.1%	671	323	110	34.1%
Information Not Available	2,281	5.7%	2,083	1,621	660	40.7%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants New York
	Sep 2008	Percent	Aug 2008	Sep 2007	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	180,632		205,498	145,225
Male	96,391	53.4%	102,287	74,367	22,024	29.6%
Female	84,241	46.6%	103,211	70,858	13,383	18.9%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	180,632		205,498	145,225
Hispanic or Latino	28,478	15.8%	33,040	22,995	5,483	23.8%
Not Hispanic or Latino	121,467	67.2%	137,879	97,893	23,574	24.1%
Information Not Available	30,687	17.0%	34,579	24,337	6,350	26.1%

Race	180,632		205,498	145,225
American Indian or Alaskan Native	1,096	0.6%	1,163	917	179	19.5%
Asian	5,947	3.3%	6,221	4,205	1,742	41.4%
Black or African American	30,921	17.1%	34,318	24,482	6,439	26.3%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	419	0.2%	414	281	138	49.1%
White	92,415	51.2%	106,492	75,327	17,088	22.7%
Information Not Available	49,834	27.6%	56,890	40,013	9,821	24.5%

Years of Age	180,632		205,498	145,225
Younger than 22	6,922	2.6%	6,716	5,269	1,653	31.4%
22-24	12,380	4.7%	12,420	9,379	3,001	32.0%
25-34	46,015	17.5%	48,042	36,332	9,683	26.7%
35-44	43,877	16.7%	49,460	35,825	8,052	22.5%
45-54	40,769	15.5%	48,364	33,257	7,512	22.6%
55-59	14,354	5.4%	17,929	11,861	2,493	21.0%
60-64	9,600	3.6%	12,528	7,540	2,060	27.3%
65 and older	6,715	2.5%	10,039	5,762	953	16.5%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	180,632		205,498	145,225
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	313	0.2%	457	201	112	55.7%
Mining	221	0.1%	153	83	138	166.3%
Utilities	213	0.1%	219	133	80	60.2%
Construction	17,837	9.9%	16,348	13,327	4,510	33.8%
Manufacturing	16,777	9.3%	16,543	13,725	3,052	22.2%
Wholesale Trade	9,138	5.1%	9,200	6,974	2,164	31.0%
Retail Trade	16,596	9.2%	16,677	13,376	3,220	24.1%
Transporation and Warehousing	6,599	3.6%	20,623	6,482	117	1.8%
Information	6,330	3.5%	6,720	4,788	1,542	32.2%
Finance and Insurance	14,033	7.8%	13,510	10,552	3,481	33.0%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	4,161	2.3%	3,990	3,511	650	18.5%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	14,564	8.0%	14,614	11,064	3,500	31.6%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	869	0.5%	881	770	99	12.9%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	20,550	11.4%	19,939	14,330	6,220	43.4%
Educational Services	7,767	4.3%	11,362	6,780	987	14.6%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	17,551	9.7%	19,790	14,875	2,676	18.0%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	4,744	2.6%	5,135	4,332	412	9.5%
Accomodation and Food Services	9,647	5.3%	15,569	8,894	753	8.5%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	5,022	2.8%	5,464	4,311	711	16.5%
Public Administration	4,340	2.4%	5,291	4,101	239	5.8%
Information Not Available	3,360	1.9%	3,013	2,616	744	28.4%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Ohio
	Sep 2008	Percent	Aug 2008	Sep 2007	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	93,785		103,608	71,186
Male	54,318	57.9%	57,252	38,973	15,345	39.4%
Female	39,080	41.7%	45,970	31,947	7,133	22.3%
Information Not Available	387	0.4%	386	266	121	45.5%

Ethnicity	93,785		103,608	71,186
Hispanic or Latino	2,663	2.8%	2,917	1,906	757	39.7%
Not Hispanic or Latino	86,872	92.6%	96,311	66,259	20,613	31.1%
Information Not Available	4,250	4.5%	4,380	3,021	1,229	40.7%

Race	93,785		103,608	71,186
American Indian or Alaskan Native	439	0.5%	491	366	73	19.9%
Asian	523	0.6%	612	390	133	34.1%
Black or African American	16,326	17.4%	18,699	13,489	2,837	21.0%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	93	0.1%	107	81	12	14.8%
White	72,511	77.3%	79,476	54,108	18,403	34.0%
Information Not Available	3,893	4.2%	4,223	2,752	1,141	41.5%

Years of Age	93,785		103,608	71,186
Younger than 22	2,579	1.6%	2,588	1,904	675	35.5%
22-24	4,717	2.9%	5,061	3,718	999	26.9%
25-34	21,208	13.1%	22,574	16,515	4,693	28.4%
35-44	24,102	14.9%	26,447	18,998	5,104	26.9%
45-54	25,553	15.8%	28,666	19,404	6,149	31.7%
55-59	8,696	5.4%	10,020	6,470	2,226	34.4%
60-64	4,951	3.1%	5,761	3,325	1,626	48.9%
65 and older	1,979	1.2%	2,491	852	1,127	132.3%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	93,785		103,608	71,186
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	169	0.2%	127	189	-20	-10.6%
Mining	173	0.2%	168	149	24	16.1%
Utilities	111	0.1%	114	93	18	19.4%
Construction	10,925	11.6%	10,769	8,846	2,079	23.5%
Manufacturing	25,994	27.7%	28,600	15,910	10,084	63.4%
Wholesale Trade	4,318	4.6%	4,639	3,585	733	20.4%
Retail Trade	5,184	5.5%	5,501	4,210	974	23.1%
Transporation and Warehousing	3,690	3.9%	5,046	2,141	1,549	72.3%
Information	1,477	1.6%	1,463	1,180	297	25.2%
Finance and Insurance	3,799	4.0%	3,850	3,344	455	13.6%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	1,415	1.5%	1,441	1,267	148	11.7%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	4,773	5.1%	5,013	3,877	896	23.1%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	410	0.4%	368	232	178	76.7%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	11,195	11.9%	12,039	8,437	2,758	32.7%
Educational Services	2,137	2.3%	2,796	2,405	-268	-11.1%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	6,880	7.3%	8,530	6,122	758	12.4%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	830	0.9%	964	651	179	27.5%
Accomodation and Food Services	3,771	4.0%	4,627	3,048	723	23.7%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	2,280	2.4%	2,868	2,078	202	9.7%
Public Administration	857	0.9%	891	693	164	23.7%
Information Not Available	3,397	3.6%	3,794	2,729	668	24.5%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Oklahoma
	Sep 2008	Percent	Aug 2008	Sep 2007	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	23,328		23,103	13,328
Male	11,425	49.0%	11,187	6,436	4,989	77.5%
Female	11,848	50.8%	11,868	6,853	4,995	72.9%
Information Not Available	55	0.2%	48	39	16	41.0%

Ethnicity	23,328		23,103	13,328
Hispanic or Latino	1,540	6.6%	1,523	948	592	62.4%
Not Hispanic or Latino	21,788	93.4%	21,580	12,380	9,408	76.0%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Race	23,328		23,103	13,328
American Indian or Alaskan Native	2,191	9.4%	2,170	1,240	951	76.7%
Asian	209	0.9%	218	85	124	145.9%
Black or African American	3,824	16.4%	3,845	2,113	1,711	81.0%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	28	0.1%	26	10	18	180.0%
White	14,611	62.6%	14,462	8,422	6,189	73.5%
Information Not Available	2,465	10.6%	2,382	1,458	1,007	69.1%

Years of Age	23,328		23,103	13,328
Younger than 22	466	1.3%	444	342	124	36.3%
22-24	1,060	2.9%	1,083	763	297	38.9%
25-34	5,202	14.3%	5,093	3,280	1,922	58.6%
35-44	5,527	15.1%	5,562	3,354	2,173	64.8%
45-54	6,398	17.5%	6,349	3,461	2,937	84.9%
55-59	2,235	6.1%	2,159	1,088	1,147	105.4%
60-64	1,451	4.0%	1,421	665	786	118.2%
65 and older	989	2.7%	992	375	614	163.7%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	23,328		23,103	13,328
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	46	0.2%	67	30	16	53.3%
Mining	594	2.5%	584	341	253	74.2%
Utilities	66	0.3%	63	92	-26	-28.3%
Construction	1,758	7.5%	1,666	1,000	758	75.8%
Manufacturing	4,059	17.4%	3,889	1,826	2,233	122.3%
Wholesale Trade	811	3.5%	761	553	258	46.7%
Retail Trade	2,177	9.3%	2,150	1,305	872	66.8%
Transporation and Warehousing	588	2.5%	589	301	287	95.3%
Information	848	3.6%	806	455	393	86.4%
Finance and Insurance	891	3.8%	941	567	324	57.1%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	492	2.1%	474	319	173	54.2%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	1,273	5.4%	1,211	637	636	99.8%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	112	0.5%	87	33	79	239.4%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	3,052	13.1%	3,232	1,616	1,436	88.9%
Educational Services	627	2.7%	697	386	241	62.4%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	2,088	8.9%	2,048	1,422	666	46.8%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	313	1.3%	310	218	95	43.6%
Accomodation and Food Services	872	3.7%	941	606	266	43.9%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	766	3.3%	770	480	286	59.6%
Public Administration	959	4.1%	940	593	366	61.7%
Information Not Available	936	4.0%	877	548	388	70.8%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Oregon
	Sep 2008	Percent	Aug 2008	Sep 2007	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	53,539		53,716	33,981
Male	31,662	59.1%	30,178	18,577	13,085	70.4%
Female	21,874	40.9%	23,535	15,401	6,473	42.0%
Information Not Available	3	0.0%	3	3	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	53,539		53,716	33,981
Hispanic or Latino	4,374	8.2%	4,323	2,522	1,852	73.4%
Not Hispanic or Latino	41,062	76.7%	41,264	25,584	15,478	60.5%
Information Not Available	8,103	15.1%	8,129	5,875	2,228	37.9%

Race	53,539		53,716	33,981
American Indian or Alaskan Native	403	0.8%	427	303	100	33.0%
Asian	710	1.3%	688	489	221	45.2%
Black or African American	589	1.1%	602	479	110	23.0%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	278	0.5%	303	172	106	61.6%
White	21,807	40.7%	21,826	14,696	7,111	48.4%
Information Not Available	29,752	55.6%	29,870	17,842	11,910	66.8%

Years of Age	53,539		53,716	33,981
Younger than 22	1,729	2.4%	1,542	1,043	686	65.8%
22-24	3,324	4.6%	3,078	2,027	1,297	64.0%
25-34	13,293	18.4%	12,713	8,259	5,034	61.0%
35-44	12,665	17.5%	12,699	8,178	4,487	54.9%
45-54	13,040	18.0%	13,316	8,657	4,383	50.6%
55-59	5,088	7.0%	5,299	3,134	1,954	62.3%
60-64	2,963	4.1%	3,283	1,794	1,169	65.2%
65 and older	1,435	2.0%	1,786	889	546	61.4%
Information Not Available	2	0.0%	0	0	2	0.0%

Industry	53,539		53,716	33,981
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	1,148	2.1%	1,236	801	347	43.3%
Mining	140	0.3%	135	63	77	122.2%
Utilities	47	0.1%	64	71	-24	-33.8%
Construction	7,443	13.6%	7,068	3,756	3,687	98.2%
Manufacturing	10,188	18.6%	8,713	5,400	4,788	88.7%
Wholesale Trade	2,154	3.9%	2,161	1,405	749	53.3%
Retail Trade	5,987	10.9%	5,934	3,848	2,139	55.6%
Transporation and Warehousing	1,427	2.6%	2,312	948	479	50.5%
Information	1,164	2.1%	1,107	725	439	60.6%
Finance and Insurance	2,106	3.9%	1,954	1,671	435	26.0%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	934	1.7%	923	695	239	34.4%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	2,080	3.8%	2,106	1,214	866	71.3%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	191	0.3%	201	134	57	42.5%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	4,788	8.8%	4,810	3,393	1,395	41.1%
Educational Services	1,038	1.9%	966	730	308	42.2%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	4,001	7.3%	4,908	2,952	1,049	35.5%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	534	1.0%	544	399	135	33.8%
Accomodation and Food Services	3,423	6.3%	3,749	2,217	1,206	54.4%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	1,370	2.5%	1,428	944	426	45.1%
Public Administration	935	1.7%	1,028	912	23	2.5%
Information Not Available	2,441	4.5%	2,369	1,703	738	43.3%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Pennsylvania
	Sep 2008	Percent	Aug 2008	Sep 2007	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	165,216		185,110	129,045
Male	88,650	53.7%	93,603	72,110	16,540	22.9%
Female	76,566	46.3%	91,507	56,824	19,742	34.7%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	111	-111	-100.0%

Ethnicity	165,216		185,110	129,045
Hispanic or Latino	6,961	4.2%	8,595	5,428	1,533	28.2%
Not Hispanic or Latino	154,678	93.6%	173,580	116,528	38,150	32.7%
Information Not Available	3,577	2.2%	2,935	7,089	-3,512	-49.5%

Race	165,216		185,110	129,045
American Indian or Alaskan Native	483	0.3%	419	0	483	0.0%
Asian	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
Black or African American	31,226	18.9%	31,131	22,818	8,408	36.8%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
White	120,939	73.2%	140,143	92,270	28,669	31.1%
Information Not Available	12,568	7.6%	13,417	13,957	-1,389	-10.0%

Years of Age	165,216		185,110	129,045
Younger than 22	7,831	2.8%	7,023	17,280	-9,449	-54.7%
22-24	8,507	3.1%	7,442	7,864	643	8.2%
25-34	39,346	14.2%	39,307	29,464	9,882	33.5%
35-44	42,344	15.3%	46,434	34,338	8,006	23.3%
45-54	35,286	12.7%	40,984	21,600	13,686	63.4%
55-59	14,211	5.1%	16,981	6,092	8,119	133.3%
60-64	8,894	3.2%	11,216	1,994	6,900	346.0%
65 and older	5,607	2.0%	12,683	2,105	3,502	166.4%
Information Not Available	3,190	1.2%	3,040	8,308	-5,118	-61.6%

Industry	165,216		185,110	129,045
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	290	0.2%	419	222	68	30.6%
Mining	387	0.2%	524	0	387	0.0%
Utilities	193	0.1%	210	222	-29	-13.1%
Construction	17,208	10.4%	14,465	15,285	1,923	12.6%
Manufacturing	25,909	15.7%	27,880	19,937	5,972	30.0%
Wholesale Trade	5,607	3.4%	4,822	6,535	-928	-14.2%
Retail Trade	17,015	10.3%	17,085	11,963	5,052	42.2%
Transporation and Warehousing	6,961	4.2%	19,287	6,314	647	10.2%
Information	2,610	1.6%	3,354	2,880	-270	-9.4%
Finance and Insurance	6,477	3.9%	5,346	3,988	2,489	62.4%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	2,417	1.5%	2,411	1,551	866	55.8%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	7,154	4.3%	6,918	6,535	619	9.5%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	773	0.5%	629	2,437	-1,664	-68.3%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	14,501	8.8%	13,836	11,188	3,313	29.6%
Educational Services	5,220	3.2%	5,660	3,988	1,232	30.9%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	13,341	8.1%	18,134	14,511	-1,170	-8.1%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	1,160	0.7%	1,363	1,329	-169	-12.7%
Accomodation and Food Services	12,084	7.3%	16,771	6,203	5,881	94.8%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	3,287	2.0%	3,669	2,658	629	23.7%
Public Administration	2,610	1.6%	2,935	665	1,945	292.5%
Information Not Available	20,012	12.1%	19,392	10,634	9,378	88.2%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Puerto Rico
	Sep 2008	Percent	Aug 2008	Sep 2007	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	42,200		42,526	36,166
Male	22,592	53.5%	22,197	19,084	3,508	18.4%
Female	19,608	46.5%	20,329	17,082	2,526	14.8%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	42,200		42,526	36,166
Hispanic or Latino	41,275	97.8%	41,565	35,147	6,128	17.4%
Not Hispanic or Latino	394	0.9%	445	388	6	1.5%
Information Not Available	531	1.3%	516	631	-100	-15.8%

Race	42,200		42,526	36,166
American Indian or Alaskan Native	966	2.3%	834	1,149	-183	-15.9%
Asian	64	0.2%	52	125	-61	-48.8%
Black or African American	2,398	5.7%	2,647	3,266	-868	-26.6%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	99	0.2%	89	45	54	120.0%
White	8,395	19.9%	8,471	9,224	-829	-9.0%
Information Not Available	30,278	71.7%	30,433	22,357	7,921	35.4%

Years of Age	42,200		42,526	36,166
Younger than 22	2,435	4.9%	2,455	2,131	304	14.3%
22-24	4,116	8.4%	4,136	3,445	671	19.5%
25-34	14,244	28.9%	14,196	12,433	1,811	14.6%
35-44	10,093	20.5%	10,261	8,751	1,342	15.3%
45-54	7,125	14.5%	7,238	5,904	1,221	20.7%
55-59	2,268	4.6%	2,319	1,836	432	23.5%
60-64	1,350	2.7%	1,332	1,177	173	14.7%
65 and older	569	1.2%	589	489	80	16.4%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	42,200		42,526	36,166
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
Mining	75	0.2%	58	50	25	50.0%
Utilities	954	2.3%	955	984	-30	-3.0%
Construction	5,809	13.8%	5,481	5,159	650	12.6%
Manufacturing	4,420	10.5%	4,903	4,274	146	3.4%
Wholesale Trade	7,616	18.0%	7,628	6,881	735	10.7%
Retail Trade	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
Transporation and Warehousing	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
Information	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
Finance and Insurance	1,203	2.9%	1,192	1,069	134	12.5%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
Educational Services	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
Accomodation and Food Services	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	10,839	25.7%	10,989	10,393	446	4.3%
Public Administration	4,832	11.5%	4,944	3,562	1,270	35.7%
Information Not Available	6,452	15.3%	6,376	3,794	2,658	70.1%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Rhode Island
	Sep 2008	Percent	Aug 2008	Sep 2007	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	13,261		16,079	10,555
Male	6,892	52.0%	7,056	5,463	1,429	26.2%
Female	6,369	48.0%	9,023	5,092	1,277	25.1%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	13,261		16,079	10,555
Hispanic or Latino	1,976	14.9%	2,365	1,436	540	37.6%
Not Hispanic or Latino	8,076	60.9%	9,810	6,267	1,809	28.9%
Information Not Available	3,209	24.2%	3,904	2,852	357	12.5%

Race	13,261		16,079	10,555
American Indian or Alaskan Native	92	0.7%	102	68	24	35.3%
Asian	225	1.7%	248	156	69	44.2%
Black or African American	731	5.5%	806	518	213	41.1%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	32	0.2%	38	39	-7	-17.9%
White	9,414	71.0%	11,569	7,158	2,256	31.5%
Information Not Available	2,767	20.9%	3,316	2,616	151	5.8%

Years of Age	13,261		16,079	10,555
Younger than 22	389	1.8%	421	328	61	18.6%
22-24	738	3.4%	754	568	170	29.9%
25-34	2,910	13.4%	3,071	2,359	551	23.4%
35-44	3,209	14.7%	3,842	2,630	579	22.0%
45-54	3,263	15.0%	4,215	2,544	719	28.3%
55-59	1,284	5.9%	1,615	912	372	40.8%
60-64	879	4.0%	1,157	619	260	42.0%
65 and older	589	2.7%	1,004	595	-6	-1.0%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	13,261		16,079	10,555
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	17	0.1%	17	23	-6	-26.1%
Mining	7	0.1%	15	11	-4	-36.4%
Utilities	21	0.2%	23	4	17	425.0%
Construction	1,595	12.0%	1,405	1,156	439	38.0%
Manufacturing	2,119	16.0%	2,129	1,669	450	27.0%
Wholesale Trade	529	4.0%	543	436	93	21.3%
Retail Trade	1,456	11.0%	1,453	1,263	193	15.3%
Transporation and Warehousing	365	2.7%	1,449	258	107	41.5%
Information	256	1.9%	249	166	90	54.2%
Finance and Insurance	877	6.6%	842	980	-103	-10.5%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	234	1.8%	287	218	16	7.3%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	644	4.9%	683	554	90	16.2%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	61	0.5%	64	84	-23	-27.4%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	1,106	8.3%	1,199	805	301	37.4%
Educational Services	494	3.7%	670	419	75	17.9%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	1,409	10.6%	1,709	1,025	384	37.5%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	259	2.0%	299	158	101	63.9%
Accomodation and Food Services	731	5.5%	1,820	586	145	24.7%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	521	3.9%	567	347	174	50.1%
Public Administration	136	1.0%	248	97	39	40.2%
Information Not Available	424	3.2%	408	296	128	43.2%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants South Carolina
	Sep 2008	Percent	Aug 2008	Sep 2007	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	58,796		57,412	37,860
Male	30,844	52.5%	28,833	18,532	12,312	66.4%
Female	27,952	47.5%	28,579	19,328	8,624	44.6%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	58,796		57,412	37,860
Hispanic or Latino	1,249	2.1%	1,191	723	526	72.8%
Not Hispanic or Latino	50,495	85.9%	49,211	32,175	18,320	56.9%
Information Not Available	7,052	12.0%	7,010	4,962	2,090	42.1%

Race	58,796		57,412	37,860
American Indian or Alaskan Native	405	0.7%	395	227	178	78.4%
Asian	269	0.5%	274	185	84	45.4%
Black or African American	28,945	49.2%	28,508	19,783	9,162	46.3%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	128	0.2%	141	71	57	80.3%
White	27,979	47.6%	27,134	16,928	11,051	65.3%
Information Not Available	1,070	1.8%	960	666	404	60.7%

Years of Age	58,796		57,412	37,860
Younger than 22	2,997	3.6%	2,696	1,716	1,281	74.7%
22-24	2,381	2.8%	2,269	1,411	970	68.7%
25-34	13,430	16.0%	13,094	8,397	5,033	59.9%
35-44	12,683	15.1%	12,105	8,156	4,527	55.5%
45-54	12,152	14.5%	12,005	8,324	3,828	46.0%
55-59	4,264	5.1%	4,248	2,826	1,438	50.9%
60-64	2,783	3.3%	2,867	1,809	974	53.8%
65 and older	1,622	1.9%	1,737	908	714	78.6%
Information Not Available	6,484	7.7%	6,391	4,313	2,171	50.3%

Industry	58,796		57,412	37,860
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	305	0.5%	322	211	94	44.5%
Mining	52	0.1%	59	25	27	108.0%
Utilities	90	0.2%	83	60	30	50.0%
Construction	6,607	11.2%	6,299	3,666	2,941	80.2%
Manufacturing	11,908	20.1%	10,274	9,617	2,291	23.8%
Wholesale Trade	2,379	4.0%	2,417	1,600	779	48.7%
Retail Trade	6,081	10.3%	6,123	3,665	2,416	65.9%
Transporation and Warehousing	1,963	3.3%	1,805	927	1,036	111.8%
Information	674	1.1%	688	422	252	59.7%
Finance and Insurance	1,534	2.6%	1,585	1,152	382	33.2%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	1,101	1.9%	1,019	555	546	98.4%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	1,891	3.2%	1,916	1,129	762	67.5%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	137	0.2%	134	246	-109	-44.3%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	7,755	13.1%	8,011	5,172	2,583	49.9%
Educational Services	955	1.6%	1,012	573	382	66.7%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	3,168	5.4%	3,580	2,218	950	42.8%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	611	1.0%	424	305	306	100.3%
Accomodation and Food Services	4,007	6.8%	4,743	2,368	1,639	69.2%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	1,214	2.1%	1,429	798	416	52.1%
Public Administration	812	1.4%	801	541	271	50.1%
Information Not Available	5,552	9.4%	4,688	2,610	2,942	112.7%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants South Dakota
	Sep 2008	Percent	Aug 2008	Sep 2007	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	1,230		1,354	1,017
Male	589	47.9%	543	448	141	31.5%
Female	641	52.1%	811	569	72	12.7%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	1,230		1,354	1,017
Hispanic or Latino	29	2.4%	29	21	8	38.1%
Not Hispanic or Latino	1,076	87.5%	1,283	885	191	21.6%
Information Not Available	125	10.2%	42	111	14	12.6%

Race	1,230		1,354	1,017
American Indian or Alaskan Native	208	16.9%	315	179	29	16.2%
Asian	4	0.3%	0	1	3	300.0%
Black or African American	31	2.5%	18	20	11	55.0%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	4	0.3%	0	0	4	0.0%
White	877	71.3%	936	726	151	20.8%
Information Not Available	106	8.6%	85	91	15	16.5%

Years of Age	1,230		1,354	1,017
Younger than 22	20	1.0%	18	19	1	5.3%
22-24	46	2.3%	52	31	15	48.4%
25-34	214	10.6%	241	200	14	7.0%
35-44	285	14.2%	308	208	77	37.0%
45-54	380	18.9%	396	330	50	15.2%
55-59	149	7.4%	160	132	17	12.9%
60-64	95	4.7%	114	97	-2	-2.1%
65 and older	41	2.0%	65	0	41	0.0%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	1,230		1,354	1,017
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	10	0.8%	6	9	1	11.1%
Mining	1	0.1%	0	2	-1	-50.0%
Utilities	4	0.3%	2	0	4	0.0%
Construction	108	8.7%	88	96	12	12.5%
Manufacturing	174	14.0%	174	176	-2	-1.1%
Wholesale Trade	71	5.7%	57	28	43	153.6%
Retail Trade	129	10.4%	138	115	14	12.2%
Transporation and Warehousing	34	2.7%	20	25	9	36.0%
Information	19	1.5%	18	13	6	46.2%
Finance and Insurance	67	5.4%	71	47	20	42.6%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	12	1.0%	13	27	-15	-55.6%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	43	3.5%	48	35	8	22.9%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	3	0.2%	3	4	-1	-25.0%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	76	6.1%	69	54	22	40.7%
Educational Services	79	6.4%	88	64	15	23.4%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	113	9.1%	153	80	33	41.3%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	22	1.8%	32	21	1	4.8%
Accomodation and Food Services	84	6.8%	161	65	19	29.2%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	24	1.9%	22	33	-9	-27.3%
Public Administration	86	6.9%	187	75	11	14.7%
Information Not Available	71	5.7%	4	48	23	47.9%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Tennessee
	Sep 2008	Percent	Aug 2008	Sep 2007	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	49,287		49,387	36,735
Male	25,833	52.4%	24,947	19,097	6,736	35.3%
Female	23,454	47.6%	24,440	17,638	5,816	33.0%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	49,287		49,387	36,735
Hispanic or Latino	498	1.0%	595	545	-47	-8.6%
Not Hispanic or Latino	48,789	99.0%	48,792	36,190	12,599	34.8%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Race	49,287		49,387	36,735
American Indian or Alaskan Native	100	0.2%	108	88	12	13.6%
Asian	2,360	4.8%	671	514	1,846	359.1%
Black or African American	16,009	32.5%	13,691	10,306	5,703	55.3%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	310	0.6%	262	176	134	76.1%
White	30,024	60.9%	34,131	25,192	4,832	19.2%
Information Not Available	484	1.0%	524	459	25	5.4%

Years of Age	49,287		49,387	36,735
Younger than 22	867	1.2%	931	724	143	19.8%
22-24	1,946	2.6%	1,993	1,507	439	29.1%
25-34	9,690	12.9%	9,768	6,949	2,741	39.4%
35-44	11,438	15.2%	11,286	8,641	2,797	32.4%
45-54	12,874	17.1%	12,736	10,846	2,028	18.7%
55-59	5,331	7.1%	5,191	3,701	1,630	44.0%
60-64	4,203	5.6%	4,240	2,430	1,773	73.0%
65 and older	2,829	3.8%	3,140	1,503	1,326	88.2%
Information Not Available	109	0.1%	102	434	-325	-74.9%

Industry	49,287		49,387	36,735
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	124	0.3%	149	114	10	8.8%
Mining	58	0.1%	92	83	-25	-30.1%
Utilities	58	0.1%	62	70	-12	-17.1%
Construction	3,879	7.9%	4,161	2,486	1,393	56.0%
Manufacturing	11,833	23.9%	12,549	8,831	3,002	34.0%
Wholesale Trade	2,405	4.9%	2,614	4,570	-2,165	-47.4%
Retail Trade	4,264	8.6%	4,565	3,067	1,197	39.0%
Transporation and Warehousing	1,651	3.3%	1,665	1,075	576	53.6%
Information	775	1.6%	845	542	233	43.0%
Finance and Insurance	1,452	2.9%	1,569	1,231	221	18.0%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	653	1.3%	733	606	47	7.8%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	1,844	3.7%	2,198	1,380	464	33.6%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	152	0.3%	178	92	60	65.2%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	5,646	11.4%	6,566	4,363	1,283	29.4%
Educational Services	1,021	2.1%	1,159	945	76	8.0%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	2,679	5.4%	3,107	2,246	433	19.3%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	283	0.6%	317	207	76	36.7%
Accomodation and Food Services	2,111	4.3%	2,497	1,655	456	27.6%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	1,242	2.5%	1,443	1,050	192	18.3%
Public Administration	820	1.7%	1,016	707	113	16.0%
Information Not Available	6,337	12.8%	1,902	1,415	4,922	347.8%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Texas
	Sep 2008	Percent	Aug 2008	Sep 2007	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	112,490		122,554	87,221
Male	57,738	51.3%	61,291	42,856	14,882	34.7%
Female	54,727	48.7%	61,218	44,365	10,362	23.4%
Information Not Available	25	0.0%	45	0	25	0.0%

Ethnicity	112,490		122,554	87,221
Hispanic or Latino	33,966	30.2%	37,002	24,653	9,313	37.8%
Not Hispanic or Latino	69,520	61.8%	74,529	56,562	12,958	22.9%
Information Not Available	9,004	8.0%	11,023	6,006	2,998	49.9%

Race	112,490		122,554	87,221
American Indian or Alaskan Native	473	0.4%	540	352	121	34.4%
Asian	2,076	1.8%	2,094	1,611	465	28.9%
Black or African American	26,145	23.2%	28,418	21,784	4,361	20.0%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	1,378	1.2%	1,660	0	1,378	0.0%
White	40,425	35.9%	42,815	32,707	7,718	23.6%
Information Not Available	41,993	37.3%	47,027	30,767	11,226	36.5%

Years of Age	112,490		122,554	87,221
Younger than 22	2,631	1.8%	2,911	2,070	561	27.1%
22-24	5,442	3.7%	5,936	4,230	1,212	28.7%
25-34	27,617	18.8%	30,039	21,909	5,708	26.1%
35-44	30,176	20.5%	32,619	24,292	5,884	24.2%
45-54	28,454	19.3%	30,702	21,564	6,890	32.0%
55-59	9,438	6.4%	10,330	6,958	2,480	35.6%
60-64	5,853	4.0%	6,424	4,104	1,749	42.6%
65 and older	2,857	1.9%	3,553	2,094	763	36.4%
Information Not Available	22	0.0%	40	0	22	0.0%

Industry	112,490		122,554	87,221
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	1,377	1.2%	1,362	1,028	349	33.9%
Mining	1,221	1.1%	1,282	1,249	-28	-2.2%
Utilities	322	0.3%	368	256	66	25.8%
Construction	14,363	12.6%	14,890	9,345	5,018	53.7%
Manufacturing	11,591	10.2%	11,866	9,261	2,330	25.2%
Wholesale Trade	6,606	5.8%	6,801	4,745	1,861	39.2%
Retail Trade	8,251	7.2%	8,824	6,873	1,378	20.0%
Transporation and Warehousing	4,111	3.6%	5,038	2,721	1,390	51.1%
Information	3,813	3.3%	3,684	2,727	1,086	39.8%
Finance and Insurance	6,614	5.8%	6,707	5,725	889	15.5%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	2,448	2.1%	2,483	1,884	564	29.9%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	8,344	7.3%	9,010	6,226	2,118	34.0%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	488	0.4%	601	348	140	40.2%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	15,164	13.3%	16,147	11,314	3,850	34.0%
Educational Services	2,711	2.4%	2,985	2,508	203	8.1%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	8,285	7.3%	10,527	7,772	513	6.6%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	779	0.7%	843	561	218	38.9%
Accomodation and Food Services	3,911	3.4%	5,613	2,985	926	31.0%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	2,549	2.2%	2,764	2,240	309	13.8%
Public Administration	1,251	1.1%	1,655	1,261	-10	-0.8%
Information Not Available	8,291	7.3%	9,104	6,192	2,099	33.9%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Utah
	Sep 2008	Percent	Aug 2008	Sep 2007	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	13,186		13,246	7,207
Male	7,659	58.1%	7,482	3,710	3,949	106.4%
Female	5,444	41.3%	5,638	3,445	1,999	58.0%
Information Not Available	83	0.6%	126	52	31	59.6%

Ethnicity	13,186		13,246	7,207
Hispanic or Latino	1,121	8.5%	1,170	585	536	91.6%
Not Hispanic or Latino	9,498	72.0%	9,462	5,380	4,118	76.5%
Information Not Available	2,567	19.5%	2,614	1,242	1,325	106.7%

Race	13,186		13,246	7,207
American Indian or Alaskan Native	379	2.9%	426	246	133	54.1%
Asian	221	1.7%	235	135	86	63.7%
Black or African American	241	1.8%	237	143	98	68.5%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	196	1.5%	195	80	116	145.0%
White	9,367	71.0%	9,278	5,409	3,958	73.2%
Information Not Available	2,782	21.1%	2,875	1,194	1,588	133.0%

Years of Age	13,186		13,246	7,207
Younger than 22	590	2.7%	579	251	339	135.1%
22-24	915	4.2%	931	494	421	85.2%
25-34	3,650	16.6%	3,663	2,013	1,637	81.3%
35-44	3,161	14.4%	3,178	1,807	1,354	74.9%
45-54	3,002	13.7%	3,057	1,691	1,311	77.5%
55-59	1,056	4.8%	1,046	558	498	89.2%
60-64	586	2.7%	574	276	310	112.3%
65 and older	225	1.0%	217	117	108	92.3%
Information Not Available	1	0.0%	1	0	1	0.0%

Industry	13,186		13,246	7,207
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	30	0.2%	32	10	20	200.0%
Mining	98	0.7%	103	166	-68	-41.0%
Utilities	16	0.1%	12	7	9	128.6%
Construction	2,001	15.1%	1,908	743	1,258	169.3%
Manufacturing	1,869	14.1%	1,794	977	892	91.3%
Wholesale Trade	517	3.9%	531	267	250	93.6%
Retail Trade	1,360	10.3%	1,396	659	701	106.4%
Transporation and Warehousing	472	3.6%	473	233	239	102.6%
Information	398	3.0%	418	240	158	65.8%
Finance and Insurance	544	4.1%	547	423	121	28.6%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	298	2.3%	269	155	143	92.3%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	789	6.0%	800	486	303	62.3%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	31	0.2%	27	16	15	93.8%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	1,877	14.2%	1,796	929	948	102.0%
Educational Services	297	2.2%	360	217	80	36.9%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	576	4.4%	762	377	199	52.8%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	122	0.9%	125	78	44	56.4%
Accomodation and Food Services	548	4.1%	534	306	242	79.1%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	212	1.6%	195	117	95	81.2%
Public Administration	217	1.6%	282	122	95	77.9%
Information Not Available	914	6.9%	882	679	235	34.6%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Virginia
	Sep 2008	Percent	Aug 2008	Sep 2007	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	43,753		44,076	31,316
Male	23,880	54.6%	22,925	16,248	7,632	47.0%
Female	19,867	45.4%	21,145	15,065	4,802	31.9%
Information Not Available	6	0.0%	6	3	3	100.0%

Ethnicity	43,753		44,076	31,316
Hispanic or Latino	1,566	3.6%	1,504	955	611	64.0%
Not Hispanic or Latino	39,930	91.3%	40,366	28,599	11,331	39.6%
Information Not Available	2,257	5.2%	2,206	1,762	495	28.1%

Race	43,753		44,076	31,316
American Indian or Alaskan Native	1,795	4.1%	1,739	152	1,643	1080.9%
Asian	981	2.2%	1,033	1,659	-678	-40.9%
Black or African American	17,004	38.9%	17,230	12,691	4,313	34.0%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
White	21,716	49.6%	21,868	15,052	6,664	44.3%
Information Not Available	2,257	5.2%	2,206	1,762	495	28.1%

Years of Age	43,753		44,076	31,316
Younger than 22	1,031	1.6%	971	718	313	43.6%
22-24	2,273	3.6%	2,329	1,679	594	35.4%
25-34	10,260	16.3%	10,251	7,538	2,722	36.1%
35-44	11,182	17.8%	11,231	7,894	3,288	41.7%
45-54	11,357	18.1%	11,459	8,218	3,139	38.2%
55-59	3,891	6.2%	4,005	2,795	1,096	39.2%
60-64	2,591	4.1%	2,624	1,681	910	54.1%
65 and older	1,167	1.9%	1,204	792	375	47.3%
Information Not Available	1	0.0%	2	1	0	0.0%

Industry	43,753		44,076	31,316
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	52	0.1%	49	43	9	20.9%
Mining	44	0.1%	48	343	-299	-87.2%
Utilities	11	0.0%	18	17	-6	-35.3%
Construction	2,415	5.5%	2,376	1,921	494	25.7%
Manufacturing	4,080	9.3%	3,898	3,610	470	13.0%
Wholesale Trade	572	1.3%	614	668	-96	-14.4%
Retail Trade	1,412	3.2%	1,529	1,608	-196	-12.2%
Transporation and Warehousing	772	1.8%	777	785	-13	-1.7%
Information	342	0.8%	341	531	-189	-35.6%
Finance and Insurance	451	1.0%	485	784	-333	-42.5%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	272	0.6%	281	401	-129	-32.2%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	1,018	2.3%	1,097	1,496	-478	-32.0%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	41	0.1%	47	66	-25	-37.9%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	2,221	5.1%	2,235	2,197	24	1.1%
Educational Services	151	0.3%	187	199	-48	-24.1%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	1,049	2.4%	1,338	1,128	-79	-7.0%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	104	0.2%	108	98	6	6.1%
Accomodation and Food Services	858	2.0%	1,539	916	-58	-6.3%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	478	1.1%	692	515	-37	-7.2%
Public Administration	2,441	5.6%	2,236	1,773	668	37.7%
Information Not Available	24,969	57.0%	24,181	12,217	12,752	104.4%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Virgin Islands
	Sep 2008	Percent	Aug 2008	Sep 2007	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	576		426	343
Male	369	64.1%	260	239	130	54.4%
Female	206	35.8%	166	104	102	98.1%
Information Not Available	1	0.2%	0	0	1	0.0%

Ethnicity	576		426	343
Hispanic or Latino	148	25.7%	130	109	39	35.8%
Not Hispanic or Latino	426	74.0%	294	232	194	83.6%
Information Not Available	2	0.3%	2	2	0	0.0%

Race	576		426	343
American Indian or Alaskan Native	1	0.2%	2	2	-1	-50.0%
Asian	17	3.0%	16	1	16	1600.0%
Black or African American	369	64.1%	245	214	155	72.4%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	1	0.2%	2	2	-1	-50.0%
White	39	6.8%	31	15	24	160.0%
Information Not Available	149	25.9%	130	109	40	36.7%

Years of Age	576		426	343
Younger than 22	16	2.8%	9	7	9	128.6%
22-24	41	7.2%	38	19	22	115.8%
25-34	133	23.5%	99	83	50	60.2%
35-44	136	24.0%	90	92	44	47.8%
45-54	125	22.1%	102	83	42	50.6%
55-59	45	8.0%	35	35	10	28.6%
60-64	49	8.7%	35	15	34	226.7%
65 and older	30	5.3%	18	9	21	233.3%
Information Not Available	1	0.2%	0	0	1	0.0%

Industry	576		426	343
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
Mining	1	0.2%	1	0	1	0.0%
Utilities	1	0.2%	0	1	0	0.0%
Construction	177	30.7%	139	144	33	22.9%
Manufacturing	14	2.4%	43	18	-4	-22.2%
Wholesale Trade	4	0.7%	8	2	2	100.0%
Retail Trade	42	7.3%	35	15	27	180.0%
Transporation and Warehousing	8	1.4%	37	5	3	60.0%
Information	4	0.7%	4	0	4	0.0%
Finance and Insurance	3	0.5%	1	1	2	200.0%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	10	1.7%	13	6	4	66.7%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	7	1.2%	6	1	6	600.0%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	12	2.1%	6	1	11	1100.0%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	24	4.2%	13	8	16	200.0%
Educational Services	5	0.9%	6	4	1	25.0%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	17	3.0%	5	13	4	30.8%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	7	1.2%	4	2	5	250.0%
Accomodation and Food Services	58	10.1%	39	40	18	45.0%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	110	19.1%	41	49	61	124.5%
Public Administration	4	0.7%	5	7	-3	-42.9%
Information Not Available	68	11.8%	20	26	42	161.5%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Vermont
	Sep 2008	Percent	Aug 2008	Sep 2007	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	5,477		6,014	3,202
Male	3,090	56.4%	3,179	1,701	1,389	81.7%
Female	2,387	43.6%	2,835	1,501	886	59.0%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	5,477		6,014	3,202
Hispanic or Latino	9	0.2%	15	12	-3	-25.0%
Not Hispanic or Latino	1,322	24.1%	1,561	968	354	36.6%
Information Not Available	4,146	75.7%	4,438	2,222	1,924	86.6%

Race	5,477		6,014	3,202
American Indian or Alaskan Native	13	0.2%	11	10	3	30.0%
Asian	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
Black or African American	26	0.5%	32	26	0	0.0%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	13	0.2%	12	5	8	160.0%
White	1,279	23.4%	1,521	939	340	36.2%
Information Not Available	4,146	75.7%	4,438	2,222	1,924	86.6%

Years of Age	5,477		6,014	3,202
Younger than 22	205	3.2%	185	97	108	111.3%
22-24	282	4.4%	290	150	132	88.0%
25-34	1,142	17.9%	1,170	641	501	78.2%
35-44	1,214	19.1%	1,364	759	455	59.9%
45-54	1,360	21.3%	1,512	839	521	62.1%
55-59	616	9.7%	688	361	255	70.6%
60-64	385	6.0%	419	220	165	75.0%
65 and older	273	4.3%	386	135	138	102.2%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	5,477		6,014	3,202
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	42	0.8%	54	13	29	223.1%
Mining	10	0.2%	9	4	6	150.0%
Utilities	10	0.2%	9	3	7	233.3%
Construction	733	13.3%	674	303	430	141.9%
Manufacturing	842	15.3%	807	654	188	28.7%
Wholesale Trade	260	4.7%	241	147	113	76.9%
Retail Trade	701	12.7%	701	382	319	83.5%
Transporation and Warehousing	147	2.7%	430	75	72	96.0%
Information	105	1.9%	96	60	45	75.0%
Finance and Insurance	95	1.7%	90	68	27	39.7%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	87	1.6%	79	43	44	102.3%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	283	5.1%	288	170	113	66.5%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	9	0.2%	10	8	1	12.5%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	326	5.9%	316	158	168	106.3%
Educational Services	214	3.9%	275	144	70	48.6%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	521	9.4%	568	267	254	95.1%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	72	1.3%	62	23	49	213.0%
Accomodation and Food Services	718	13.0%	1,009	503	215	42.7%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	149	2.7%	149	95	54	56.8%
Public Administration	153	2.8%	147	82	71	86.6%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Washington
	Sep 2008	Percent	Aug 2008	Sep 2007	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	54,111		56,644	35,351
Male	31,927	59.0%	31,910	19,619	12,308	62.7%
Female	22,184	41.0%	24,734	15,730	6,454	41.0%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	2	-2	-100.0%

Ethnicity	54,111		56,644	35,351
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	54,111	100.0%	56,644	35,351	18,760	53.1%

Race	54,111		56,644	35,351
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	54,111	100.0%	56,644	35,351	18,760	53.1%

Years of Age	54,111		56,644	35,351
Younger than 22	1,205	2.4%	1,196	765	440	57.5%
22-24	2,742	5.4%	2,706	1,715	1,027	59.9%
25-34	12,773	25.1%	12,981	8,188	4,585	56.0%
35-44	13,413	26.3%	14,031	9,035	4,378	48.5%
45-54	14,114	27.7%	15,036	9,378	4,736	50.5%
55-59	5,297	10.4%	5,650	3,326	1,971	59.3%
60-64	3,186	6.3%	3,427	2,010	1,176	58.5%
65 and older	1,381	2.7%	1,617	934	447	47.9%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	54,111		56,644	35,351
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	54,111	100.0%	56,644	35,351	18,760	53.1%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Wisconsin
	Sep 2008	Percent	Aug 2008	Sep 2007	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	64,705		73,420	50,293
Male	36,189	55.9%	38,289	27,096	9,093	33.6%
Female	28,503	44.1%	35,131	23,197	5,306	22.9%
Information Not Available	13	0.0%	0	0	13	0.0%

Ethnicity	64,705		73,420	50,293
Hispanic or Latino	2,536	3.9%	2,856	1,931	605	31.3%
Not Hispanic or Latino	61,600	95.2%	70,116	47,904	13,696	28.6%
Information Not Available	569	0.9%	448	458	111	24.2%

Race	64,705		73,420	50,293
American Indian or Alaskan Native	654	1.0%	866	538	116	21.6%
Asian	776	1.2%	910	563	213	37.8%
Black or African American	9,245	14.3%	10,623	7,800	1,445	18.5%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	52	0.1%	44	45	7	15.6%
White	53,409	82.5%	60,529	40,889	12,520	30.6%
Information Not Available	569	0.9%	448	458	111	24.2%

Years of Age	64,705		73,420	50,293
Younger than 22	2,323	2.0%	2,372	1,997	326	16.3%
22-24	4,199	3.7%	4,472	3,495	704	20.1%
25-34	15,380	13.4%	16,466	12,222	3,158	25.8%
35-44	14,934	13.0%	16,745	11,805	3,129	26.5%
45-54	16,403	14.3%	18,714	12,279	4,124	33.6%
55-59	5,746	5.0%	6,801	4,260	1,486	34.9%
60-64	3,662	3.2%	4,582	2,696	966	35.8%
65 and older	2,058	1.8%	3,268	1,539	519	33.7%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	64,705		73,420	50,293
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	246	0.4%	345	191	55	28.8%
Mining	58	0.1%	59	65	-7	-10.8%
Utilities	71	0.1%	81	65	6	9.2%
Construction	7,190	11.1%	6,799	5,402	1,788	33.1%
Manufacturing	16,957	26.1%	18,192	11,726	5,231	44.6%
Wholesale Trade	2,562	3.9%	2,731	2,032	530	26.1%
Retail Trade	6,465	10.0%	6,806	5,528	937	17.0%
Transporation and Warehousing	2,633	4.1%	6,050	1,881	752	40.0%
Information	1,081	1.7%	1,057	850	231	27.2%
Finance and Insurance	1,993	3.1%	1,872	1,941	52	2.7%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	660	1.0%	712	583	77	13.2%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	2,213	3.4%	2,261	1,730	483	27.9%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	226	0.3%	206	231	-5	-2.2%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	6,944	10.7%	7,379	5,176	1,768	34.2%
Educational Services	1,171	1.8%	1,439	1,001	170	17.0%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	5,268	8.1%	6,395	4,492	776	17.3%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	796	1.2%	852	609	187	30.7%
Accomodation and Food Services	3,882	6.0%	5,492	3,168	714	22.5%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	1,436	2.2%	1,740	1,127	309	27.4%
Public Administration	1,022	1.6%	1,395	971	51	5.3%
Information Not Available	1,831	2.8%	1,557	1,524	307	20.1%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants West Virginia
	Sep 2008	Percent	Aug 2008	Sep 2007	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	11,398		13,246	9,777
Male	6,865	60.2%	7,446	6,220	645	10.4%
Female	4,533	39.8%	5,800	3,557	976	27.4%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	11,398		13,246	9,777
Hispanic or Latino	173	1.5%	175	93	80	86.0%
Not Hispanic or Latino	9,519	83.5%	11,143	8,438	1,081	12.8%
Information Not Available	1,706	15.0%	1,928	1,246	460	36.9%

Race	11,398		13,246	9,777
American Indian or Alaskan Native	29	0.3%	33	19	10	52.6%
Asian	21	0.2%	22	19	2	10.5%
Black or African American	509	4.5%	604	338	171	50.6%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	8	0.1%	8	6	2	33.3%
White	10,621	93.2%	12,285	9,211	1,410	15.3%
Information Not Available	210	1.8%	294	184	26	14.1%

Years of Age	11,398		13,246	9,777
Younger than 22	310	1.4%	363	235	75	31.9%
22-24	598	2.8%	647	510	88	17.3%
25-34	2,914	13.6%	3,297	2,529	385	15.2%
35-44	2,893	13.5%	3,417	2,553	340	13.3%
45-54	2,783	13.0%	3,341	2,489	294	11.8%
55-59	1,018	4.7%	1,140	814	204	25.1%
60-64	581	2.7%	688	432	149	34.5%
65 and older	301	1.4%	353	215	86	40.0%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	11,398		13,246	9,777
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	69	0.6%	101	63	6	9.5%
Mining	275	2.4%	289	557	-282	-50.6%
Utilities	23	0.2%	17	31	-8	-25.8%
Construction	2,101	18.3%	2,301	2,133	-32	-1.5%
Manufacturing	1,256	11.0%	1,330	992	264	26.6%
Wholesale Trade	415	3.6%	408	285	130	45.6%
Retail Trade	1,523	13.3%	1,621	904	619	68.5%
Transporation and Warehousing	313	2.7%	358	329	-16	-4.9%
Information	144	1.3%	140	120	24	20.0%
Finance and Insurance	241	2.1%	263	181	60	33.1%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	138	1.2%	156	148	-10	-6.8%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	436	3.8%	472	386	50	13.0%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	17	0.1%	22	16	1	6.3%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	949	8.3%	975	742	207	27.9%
Educational Services	212	1.8%	445	165	47	28.5%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	1,139	9.9%	1,537	948	191	20.1%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	123	1.1%	142	94	29	30.9%
Accomodation and Food Services	610	5.3%	750	479	131	27.3%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	353	3.1%	783	358	-5	-1.4%
Public Administration	167	1.5%	180	129	38	29.5%
Information Not Available	894	7.8%	956	717	177	24.7%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Wyoming
	Sep 2008	Percent	Aug 2008	Sep 2007	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	1,813		1,976	1,410
Male	1,054	58.1%	1,119	713	341	47.8%
Female	759	41.9%	857	697	62	8.9%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	1,813		1,976	1,410
Hispanic or Latino	193	10.6%	211	141	52	36.9%
Not Hispanic or Latino	1,447	79.8%	1,600	1,127	320	28.4%
Information Not Available	173	9.5%	165	142	31	21.8%

Race	1,813		1,976	1,410
American Indian or Alaskan Native	105	5.8%	118	89	16	18.0%
Asian	4	0.2%	4	4	0	0.0%
Black or African American	37	2.0%	41	26	11	42.3%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	4	0.2%	4	6	-2	-33.3%
White	1,580	87.1%	1,709	1,206	374	31.0%
Information Not Available	83	4.6%	100	79	4	5.1%

Years of Age	1,813		1,976	1,410
Younger than 22	25	0.8%	25	31	-6	-19.4%
22-24	106	3.2%	104	89	17	19.1%
25-34	413	12.6%	430	276	137	49.6%
35-44	421	12.8%	432	338	83	24.6%
45-54	500	15.2%	558	412	88	21.4%
55-59	175	5.3%	223	139	36	25.9%
60-64	107	3.3%	123	80	27	33.8%
65 and older	66	2.0%	81	45	21	46.7%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	1,813		1,976	1,410
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	10	0.5%	19	4	6	150.0%
Mining	96	5.3%	112	115	-19	-16.5%
Utilities	7	0.4%	6	2	5	250.0%
Construction	446	24.5%	470	218	228	104.6%
Manufacturing	79	4.3%	76	77	2	2.6%
Wholesale Trade	54	3.0%	64	41	13	31.7%
Retail Trade	141	7.7%	163	120	21	17.5%
Transporation and Warehousing	70	3.8%	62	42	28	66.7%
Information	15	0.8%	12	30	-15	-50.0%
Finance and Insurance	34	1.9%	39	21	13	61.9%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	24	1.3%	28	13	11	84.6%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	70	3.8%	65	49	21	42.9%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	4	0.2%	4	2	2	100.0%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	112	6.1%	98	75	37	49.3%
Educational Services	54	3.0%	46	73	-19	-26.0%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	139	7.6%	200	169	-30	-17.8%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	22	1.2%	22	16	6	37.5%
Accomodation and Food Services	135	7.4%	166	107	28	26.2%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	76	4.2%	68	47	29	61.7%
Public Administration	69	3.8%	88	68	1	1.5%
Information Not Available	156	8.6%	168	121	35	28.9%