Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants

April 2009

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants: Total Claimants April 2009
	Apr 2009	Mar 2009	Monthly Change	Apr 2008	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
United States	6,298,716	6,412,654	-113,938	3,056,108	3,242,608	106.1
Alaska	16,095	16,998	-903	13,026	3,069	23.6
Alabama	74,778	72,903	1,875	30,032	44,746	149.0
Arkansas	60,743	58,424	2,319	30,477	30,266	99.3
Arizona	105,930	97,142	8,788	37,093	68,837	185.6
California	847,431	851,875	-4,444	486,416	361,015	74.2
Colorado	69,535	70,333	-798	25,674	43,861	170.8
Connecticut	85,459	91,688	-6,229	41,883	43,576	104.0
District of Columbia	11,490	13,753	-2,263	8,067	3,423	42.4
Delaware	17,745	19,167	-1,422	10,509	7,236	68.9
Florida	299,673	294,013	5,660	145,680	153,993	105.7
Georgia	151,211	154,029	-2,818	67,112	84,099	125.3
Hawaii	20,489	20,434	55	10,111	10,378	102.6
Iowa	59,611	67,915	-8,304	29,349	30,262	103.1
Idaho	41,301	46,334	-5,033	18,384	22,917	124.7
Illinois	327,857	329,093	-1,236	163,541	164,316	100.5
Indiana	148,350	161,537	-13,187	67,561	80,789	119.6
Kansas	49,503	45,272	4,231	19,016	30,487	160.3
Kentucky	78,303	88,208	-9,905	38,745	39,558	102.1
Louisiana	51,762	46,203	5,559	18,835	32,927	174.8
Massachusetts	166,216	181,744	-15,528	90,958	75,258	82.7
Maryland	87,532	91,690	-4,158	44,104	43,428	98.5
Maine	23,434	26,143	-2,709	14,199	9,235	65.0
Michigan	291,706	331,512	-39,806	181,345	110,361	60.9
Minnesota	121,409	130,706	-9,297	66,473	54,936	82.6
Missouri	109,400	114,257	-4,857	50,667	58,733	115.9
Mississippi	56,899	61,474	-4,575	18,899	38,000	201.1
Montana	15,008	16,317	-1,309	5,828	9,180	157.5
North Carolina	216,680	211,356	5,324	86,863	129,817	149.5
North Dakota	7,517	10,528	-3,011	3,356	4,161	124.0
Nebraska	24,669	26,330	-1,661	9,431	15,238	161.6
New Hampshire	24,591	25,270	-679	9,891	14,700	148.6
New Jersey	225,426	230,268	-4,842	121,053	104,373	86.2
New Mexico	28,349	27,115	1,234	11,964	16,385	137.0
Nevada	75,991	71,854	4,137	34,765	41,226	118.6
New York	403,323	398,202	5,121	191,264	212,059	110.9
Ohio	255,521	258,151	-2,630	123,914	131,607	106.2
Oklahoma	47,973	44,663	3,310	14,213	33,760	237.5
Oregon	126,688	130,374	-3,686	55,583	71,105	127.9
Pennsylvania	364,217	387,557	-23,340	183,075	181,142	98.9
Puerto Rico	50,979	49,894	1,085	35,065	15,914	45.4
Rhode Island	28,407	34,033	-5,626	15,642	12,765	81.6
South Carolina	106,516	103,443	3,073	45,828	60,688	132.4
South Dakota	7,079	7,742	-663	2,107	4,972	236.0
Tennessee	113,108	116,148	-3,040	43,390	69,718	160.7
Texas	267,124	239,150	27,974	102,990	164,134	159.4
Utah	43,632	41,584	2,048	13,201	30,431	230.5
Virginia	102,957	103,462	-505	42,766	60,191	140.7
Virgin Islands	652	609	43	443	209	47.2
Vermont	15,516	16,537	-1,021	8,203	7,313	89.2
Washington	150,818	151,145	-327	59,961	90,857	151.5
Wisconsin	181,533	188,387	-6,854	90,004	91,529	101.7
West Virginia	29,422	30,146	-724	14,058	15,364	109.3
Wyoming	11,158	9,542	1,616	3,094	8,064	260.6

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants US Totals
	Apr 2009	Percent	Mar 2009	Apr 2008	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	6,298,716		6,412,654	3,056,108	3,242,608	106.1
Male	3,887,714	61.7%	4,153,957	1,868,034	2,019,680	108.1%
Female	2,403,761	38.2%	2,252,099	1,185,664	1,218,097	102.7%
Information Not Available	7,241	0.1%	6,598	2,410	4,831	200.5%

Ethnicity	6,298,716		6,412,654	3,056,108
Hispanic or Latino	915,660	14.5%	929,845	489,431	426,229	87.1%
Not Hispanic or Latino	4,512,475	83.8%	4,608,551	2,206,181	2,306,294	104.5%
Information Not Available	870,581	12.1%	874,257	360,890	509,691	141.2%

Race	6,298,716		6,412,654	3,056,108
American Indian or Alaskan Native	65,742	1.0%	66,148	30,989	34,753	112.1%
Asian	182,797	2.9%	177,741	73,039	109,758	150.3%
Black or African American	926,726	14.7%	904,760	493,013	433,713	88.0%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	20,965	0.3%	20,923	12,218	8,747	71.6%
White	3,762,655	59.7%	3,906,191	1,763,774	1,998,881	113.3%
Information Not Available	1,339,832	21.3%	1,336,890	683,074	656,758	96.1%

Years of Age	6,298,716		6,412,654	3,056,108
Younger than 22	229,269	3.6%	230,565	120,230	109,039	90.7%
22-24	370,604	5.9%	371,547	171,573	199,031	116.0%
25-34	1,494,246	23.7%	1,518,738	714,929	779,317	109.0%
35-44	1,503,460	23.9%	1,531,729	758,093	745,367	98.3%
45-54	1,555,512	24.7%	1,597,926	759,696	795,816	104.8%
55-59	551,168	8.8%	562,185	255,384	295,784	115.8%
60-64	355,303	5.6%	354,633	157,017	198,286	126.3%
65 and older	204,511	3.2%	213,106	95,179	109,332	114.9%
Information Not Available	34,643	0.6%	32,225	24,007	10,636	44.3%

Industry	6,298,716		6,412,654	3,056,108
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	111,414	1.8%	128,517	89,771	21,643	24.1%
Mining	60,253	1.0%	53,087	13,550	46,703	344.7%
Utilities	9,168	0.1%	8,632	5,801	3,367	58.0%
Construction	933,150	14.8%	1,043,284	539,900	393,250	72.8%
Manufacturing	1,224,168	19.4%	1,208,044	453,892	770,276	169.7%
Wholesale Trade	288,824	4.6%	278,191	112,223	176,601	157.4%
Retail Trade	513,867	8.2%	519,083	254,209	259,658	102.1%
Transporation and Warehousing	250,752	4.0%	223,924	106,548	144,204	135.3%
Information	140,302	2.2%	134,271	73,572	66,730	90.7%
Finance and Insurance	181,440	2.9%	175,038	107,120	74,320	69.4%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	90,385	1.4%	91,183	53,711	36,674	68.3%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	307,974	4.9%	291,957	120,109	187,865	156.4%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	25,061	0.4%	23,035	10,928	14,133	129.3%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	660,366	10.5%	690,407	332,466	327,900	98.6%
Educational Services	77,835	1.2%	76,275	43,365	34,470	79.5%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	273,222	4.3%	268,743	165,196	108,026	65.4%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	78,811	1.3%	102,194	45,995	32,816	71.3%
Accomodation and Food Services	288,770	4.6%	300,608	139,893	148,877	106.4%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	140,004	2.2%	140,022	74,321	65,683	88.4%
Public Administration	80,206	1.3%	85,527	43,039	37,167	86.4%
Information Not Available	562,744	8.9%	570,632	270,499	292,245	108.0%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Alaska
	Apr 2009	Percent	Mar 2009	Apr 2008	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	16,095		16,998	13,026	3,069	23.6
Male	10,523	65.4%	11,232	8,142	2,381	29.2%
Female	5,572	34.6%	5,766	4,884	688	14.1%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	16,095		16,998	13,026
Hispanic or Latino	685	4.3%	632	454	231	50.9%
Not Hispanic or Latino	15,276	94.9%	16,215	12,454	2,822	22.7%
Information Not Available	134	0.8%	151	118	16	13.6%

Race	16,095		16,998	13,026
American Indian or Alaskan Native	4,733	29.4%	4,616	4,018	715	17.8%
Asian	931	5.8%	676	626	305	48.7%
Black or African American	626	3.9%	546	492	134	27.2%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	191	1.2%	159	123	68	55.3%
White	9,041	56.2%	10,455	7,325	1,716	23.4%
Information Not Available	573	3.6%	546	442	131	29.6%

Years of Age	16,095		16,998	13,026
Younger than 22	705	2.9%	724	542	163	30.1%
22-24	1,345	5.5%	1,265	997	348	34.9%
25-34	4,346	17.8%	4,336	3,417	929	27.2%
35-44	3,444	14.1%	3,717	2,860	584	20.4%
45-54	3,877	15.8%	4,292	3,288	589	17.9%
55-59	1,305	5.3%	1,458	1,012	293	29.0%
60-64	675	2.8%	817	604	71	11.8%
65 and older	398	1.6%	389	306	92	30.1%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	16,095		16,998	13,026
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	86	0.5%	127	94	-8	-8.5%
Mining	841	5.2%	802	418	423	101.2%
Utilities	106	0.7%	119	77	29	37.7%
Construction	3,393	21.0%	4,160	2,857	536	18.8%
Manufacturing	1,228	7.6%	1,082	1,000	228	22.8%
Wholesale Trade	270	1.7%	225	169	101	59.8%
Retail Trade	1,514	9.4%	1,589	1,181	333	28.2%
Transporation and Warehousing	921	5.7%	995	596	325	54.5%
Information	198	1.2%	191	130	68	52.3%
Finance and Insurance	264	1.6%	221	224	40	17.9%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	361	2.2%	386	310	51	16.5%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	481	3.0%	484	415	66	15.9%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	16	0.1%	9	37	-21	-56.8%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	937	5.8%	975	746	191	25.6%
Educational Services	402	2.5%	427	358	44	12.3%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	1,085	6.7%	1,034	935	150	16.0%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	223	1.4%	238	166	57	34.3%
Accomodation and Food Services	1,445	8.9%	1,473	1,199	246	20.5%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	453	2.8%	519	370	83	22.4%
Public Administration	1,443	8.9%	1,572	1,417	26	1.8%
Information Not Available	428	2.6%	370	327	101	30.9%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Alabama
	Apr 2009	Percent	Mar 2009	Apr 2008	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	74,778		72,903	30,032
Male	45,220	60.5%	44,389	15,842	29,378	185.4%
Female	29,455	39.4%	28,392	14,136	15,319	108.4%
Information Not Available	103	0.1%	122	54	49	90.7%

Ethnicity	74,778		72,903	30,032
Hispanic or Latino	1,419	1.9%	1,529	702	717	102.1%
Not Hispanic or Latino	60,588	81.0%	58,745	24,067	36,521	151.7%
Information Not Available	12,771	17.1%	12,629	5,263	7,508	142.7%

Race	74,778		72,903	30,032
American Indian or Alaskan Native	2,314	3.1%	2,137	868	1,446	166.6%
Asian	1,097	1.5%	1,007	473	624	131.9%
Black or African American	27,172	36.3%	26,629	13,071	14,101	107.9%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	138	0.2%	113	49	89	181.6%
White	40,544	54.2%	39,220	13,974	26,570	190.1%
Information Not Available	3,513	4.7%	3,797	1,597	1,916	120.0%

Years of Age	74,778		72,903	30,032
Younger than 22	3,367	3.0%	3,307	1,232	2,135	173.3%
22-24	5,378	4.8%	5,161	2,133	3,245	152.1%
25-34	19,226	17.2%	18,791	7,735	11,491	148.6%
35-44	18,133	16.2%	17,725	7,192	10,941	152.1%
45-54	17,168	15.3%	16,827	7,024	10,144	144.4%
55-59	5,740	5.1%	5,622	2,342	3,398	145.1%
60-64	3,472	3.1%	3,248	1,466	2,006	136.8%
65 and older	2,238	2.0%	2,176	892	1,346	150.9%
Information Not Available	56	0.1%	46	16	40	250.0%

Industry	74,778		72,903	30,032
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	905	1.2%	794	259	646	249.4%
Mining	513	0.7%	486	88	425	483.0%
Utilities	80	0.1%	78	49	31	63.3%
Construction	9,016	11.9%	8,858	3,233	5,783	178.9%
Manufacturing	21,965	29.0%	21,590	8,287	13,678	165.1%
Wholesale Trade	3,396	4.5%	3,377	1,073	2,323	216.5%
Retail Trade	7,448	9.8%	7,254	3,115	4,333	139.1%
Transporation and Warehousing	2,715	3.6%	2,635	928	1,787	192.6%
Information	943	1.2%	901	442	501	113.3%
Finance and Insurance	1,832	2.4%	1,726	964	868	90.0%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	958	1.3%	935	376	582	154.8%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	2,643	3.5%	2,568	1,126	1,517	134.7%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	89	0.1%	73	40	49	122.5%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	8,322	11.0%	8,004	3,278	5,044	153.9%
Educational Services	826	1.1%	950	383	443	115.7%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	3,828	5.1%	3,647	2,108	1,720	81.6%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	363	0.5%	383	151	212	140.4%
Accomodation and Food Services	3,840	5.1%	3,813	1,674	2,166	129.4%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	1,431	1.9%	1,432	654	777	118.8%
Public Administration	746	1.0%	766	348	398	114.4%
Information Not Available	2,919	3.9%	2,633	1,456	1,463	100.5%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Arkansas
	Apr 2009	Percent	Mar 2009	Apr 2008	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	60,743		58,424	30,477
Male	37,933	62.4%	36,385	17,632	20,301	115.1%
Female	22,809	37.6%	22,038	12,844	9,965	77.6%
Information Not Available	1	0.0%	1	1	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	60,743		58,424	30,477
Hispanic or Latino	2,033	3.3%	2,158	996	1,037	104.1%
Not Hispanic or Latino	58,709	96.7%	56,266	29,480	29,229	99.1%
Information Not Available	1	0.0%	0	1	0	0.0%

Race	60,743		58,424	30,477
American Indian or Alaskan Native	808	1.3%	653	337	471	139.8%
Asian	588	1.0%	536	224	364	162.5%
Black or African American	15,059	24.8%	14,405	8,837	6,222	70.4%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	583	1.0%	526	176	407	231.3%
White	41,669	68.6%	40,144	19,903	21,766	109.4%
Information Not Available	2,036	3.4%	2,160	1,000	1,036	103.6%

Years of Age	60,743		58,424	30,477
Younger than 22	1,980	2.0%	1,669	792	1,188	150.0%
22-24	4,297	4.3%	3,922	2,051	2,246	109.5%
25-34	16,531	16.6%	16,037	8,125	8,406	103.5%
35-44	15,215	15.3%	14,681	7,621	7,594	99.6%
45-54	13,839	13.9%	13,193	7,316	6,523	89.2%
55-59	4,463	4.5%	4,369	2,292	2,171	94.7%
60-64	2,879	2.9%	2,897	1,344	1,535	114.2%
65 and older	1,535	1.5%	1,653	931	604	64.9%
Information Not Available	4	0.0%	3	5	-1	-20.0%

Industry	60,743		58,424	30,477
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	1,065	1.7%	1,222	744	321	43.1%
Mining	540	0.9%	398	144	396	275.0%
Utilities	139	0.2%	143	48	91	189.6%
Construction	6,711	10.9%	6,517	3,963	2,748	69.3%
Manufacturing	17,093	27.7%	16,345	7,343	9,750	132.8%
Wholesale Trade	2,451	4.0%	2,338	1,151	1,300	112.9%
Retail Trade	7,053	11.4%	6,979	3,647	3,406	93.4%
Transporation and Warehousing	2,681	4.3%	2,583	1,178	1,503	127.6%
Information	658	1.1%	451	278	380	136.7%
Finance and Insurance	749	1.2%	680	508	241	47.4%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	444	0.7%	462	423	21	5.0%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	1,161	1.9%	1,047	578	583	100.9%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	155	0.3%	175	80	75	93.8%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	6,593	10.7%	6,113	3,010	3,583	119.0%
Educational Services	1,953	3.2%	1,631	974	979	100.5%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	4,292	6.9%	4,172	2,603	1,689	64.9%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	476	0.8%	574	251	225	89.6%
Accomodation and Food Services	4,035	6.5%	4,156	2,260	1,775	78.5%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	1,038	1.7%	1,084	658	380	57.8%
Public Administration	1,407	2.3%	1,307	621	786	126.6%
Information Not Available	49	0.1%	47	15	34	226.7%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Arizona
	Apr 2009	Percent	Mar 2009	Apr 2008	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	105,930		97,142	37,093
Male	69,062	65.2%	63,334	22,039	47,023	213.4%
Female	36,842	34.8%	33,788	15,054	21,788	144.7%
Information Not Available	26	0.0%	20	0	26	0.0%

Ethnicity	105,930		97,142	37,093
Hispanic or Latino	35,504	33.5%	28,664	14,000	21,504	153.6%
Not Hispanic or Latino	47,099	44.5%	46,774	23,092	24,007	104.0%
Information Not Available	23,327	22.0%	21,704	1	23,326	2332600.0%

Race	105,930		97,142	37,093
American Indian or Alaskan Native	5,530	5.2%	5,311	2,130	3,400	159.6%
Asian	2,623	2.5%	2,269	13	2,610	20076.9%
Black or African American	5,441	5.1%	5,251	2,172	3,269	150.5%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	575	0.5%	518	0	575	0.0%
White	57,330	54.1%	55,251	16,980	40,350	237.6%
Information Not Available	34,431	32.5%	28,542	15,798	18,633	117.9%

Years of Age	105,930		97,142	37,093
Younger than 22	4,291	2.7%	3,891	1,182	3,109	263.0%
22-24	6,403	4.1%	5,925	1,889	4,514	239.0%
25-34	23,925	15.2%	22,303	7,894	16,031	203.1%
35-44	25,362	16.1%	23,139	9,339	16,023	171.6%
45-54	26,817	17.1%	24,352	9,822	16,995	173.0%
55-59	9,618	6.1%	8,876	3,537	6,081	171.9%
60-64	6,020	3.8%	5,515	2,184	3,836	175.6%
65 and older	3,494	2.2%	3,141	1,246	2,248	180.4%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	105,930		97,142	37,093
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	6,906	6.1%	1,987	4,773	2,133	44.7%
Mining	1,498	1.3%	1,036	78	1,420	1820.5%
Utilities	173	0.2%	169	54	119	220.4%
Construction	19,980	17.7%	19,755	5,433	14,547	267.8%
Manufacturing	9,596	8.5%	9,338	2,685	6,911	257.4%
Wholesale Trade	5,321	4.7%	4,847	1,631	3,690	226.2%
Retail Trade	9,263	8.2%	9,080	2,928	6,335	216.4%
Transporation and Warehousing	2,604	2.3%	2,374	896	1,708	190.6%
Information	1,203	1.1%	1,184	388	815	210.1%
Finance and Insurance	2,741	2.4%	2,690	1,639	1,102	67.2%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	2,184	1.9%	2,083	768	1,416	184.4%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	5,790	5.1%	5,471	1,606	4,184	260.5%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	343	0.3%	321	95	248	261.1%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	11,886	10.5%	11,106	3,379	8,507	251.8%
Educational Services	1,279	1.1%	1,235	595	684	115.0%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	4,544	4.0%	4,205	1,943	2,601	133.9%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	876	0.8%	905	284	592	208.5%
Accomodation and Food Services	3,653	3.2%	3,696	1,130	2,523	223.3%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	2,091	1.9%	2,110	696	1,395	200.4%
Public Administration	2,677	2.4%	2,618	617	2,060	333.9%
Information Not Available	11,322	10.0%	10,932	5,475	5,847	106.8%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants California
	Apr 2009	Percent	Mar 2009	Apr 2008	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	847,431		851,875	486,416
Male	514,860	60.8%	523,260	287,010	227,850	79.4%
Female	332,010	39.2%	327,363	199,308	132,702	66.6%
Information Not Available	561	0.1%	1,252	98	463	472.4%

Ethnicity	847,431		851,875	486,416
Hispanic or Latino	306,838	36.2%	315,613	191,113	115,725	60.6%
Not Hispanic or Latino	425,400	50.2%	433,690	241,940	183,460	75.8%
Information Not Available	115,193	13.6%	102,572	53,363	61,830	115.9%

Race	847,431		851,875	486,416
American Indian or Alaskan Native	5,895	0.7%	7,127	2,927	2,968	101.4%
Asian	82,441	9.7%	83,213	35,901	46,540	129.6%
Black or African American	52,777	6.2%	51,816	34,535	18,242	52.8%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
White	284,286	33.5%	291,535	168,577	115,709	68.6%
Information Not Available	422,032	49.8%	418,184	244,476	177,556	72.6%

Years of Age	847,431		851,875	486,416
Younger than 22	25,546	2.4%	24,656	15,121	10,425	68.9%
22-24	52,403	4.8%	49,408	26,633	25,770	96.8%
25-34	199,599	18.4%	202,832	112,190	87,409	77.9%
35-44	205,027	18.9%	201,965	119,214	85,813	72.0%
45-54	216,256	19.9%	217,856	123,018	93,238	75.8%
55-59	73,177	6.7%	75,027	43,608	29,569	67.8%
60-64	46,882	4.3%	48,059	27,804	19,078	68.6%
65 and older	27,418	2.5%	30,916	18,438	8,980	48.7%
Information Not Available	1,123	0.1%	1,156	390	733	187.9%

Industry	847,431		851,875	486,416
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	70,931	7.7%	85,910	63,607	7,324	11.5%
Mining	3,088	0.3%	2,600	390	2,698	691.8%
Utilities	1,965	0.2%	1,348	1,658	307	18.5%
Construction	128,013	13.9%	129,346	84,482	43,531	51.5%
Manufacturing	137,277	14.9%	132,333	62,339	74,938	120.2%
Wholesale Trade	30,412	3.3%	28,797	3,512	26,900	765.9%
Retail Trade	78,698	8.6%	78,494	41,071	37,627	91.6%
Transporation and Warehousing	30,319	3.3%	29,857	13,170	17,149	130.2%
Information	46,414	5.1%	45,844	31,803	14,611	45.9%
Finance and Insurance	26,389	2.9%	25,619	16,585	9,804	59.1%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	11,604	1.3%	11,076	13,073	-1,469	-11.2%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	26,482	2.9%	24,463	7,805	18,677	239.3%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	106,865	11.6%	104,883	65,168	41,697	64.0%
Educational Services	15,159	1.7%	15,602	10,341	4,818	46.6%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	33,594	3.7%	33,709	21,072	12,522	59.4%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	11,042	1.2%	10,787	7,122	3,920	55.0%
Accomodation and Food Services	31,629	3.4%	32,457	15,609	16,020	102.6%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	24,611	2.7%	24,848	12,487	12,124	97.1%
Public Administration	7,860	0.9%	9,535	4,488	3,372	75.1%
Information Not Available	25,079	2.7%	24,367	10,634	14,445	135.8%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Colorado
	Apr 2009	Percent	Mar 2009	Apr 2008	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	69,535		70,333	25,674
Male	45,335	65.2%	46,223	15,082	30,253	200.6%
Female	24,200	34.8%	24,110	10,592	13,608	128.5%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	69,535		70,333	25,674
Hispanic or Latino	12,965	18.6%	13,476	4,883	8,082	165.5%
Not Hispanic or Latino	46,335	66.6%	46,268	16,663	29,672	178.1%
Information Not Available	10,235	14.7%	10,589	4,128	6,107	147.9%

Race	69,535		70,333	25,674
American Indian or Alaskan Native	980	1.4%	1,008	435	545	125.3%
Asian	1,524	2.2%	1,455	565	959	169.7%
Black or African American	3,641	5.2%	3,715	1,645	1,996	121.3%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	226	0.3%	225	86	140	162.8%
White	49,234	70.8%	49,366	17,212	32,022	186.0%
Information Not Available	13,930	20.0%	14,564	5,731	8,199	143.1%

Years of Age	69,535		70,333	25,674
Younger than 22	1,495	1.3%	1,528	438	1,057	241.3%
22-24	3,223	2.8%	3,208	854	2,369	277.4%
25-34	16,197	14.1%	15,991	5,166	11,031	213.5%
35-44	16,934	14.8%	17,230	6,415	10,519	164.0%
45-54	18,946	16.5%	19,371	7,667	11,279	147.1%
55-59	7,027	6.1%	7,191	2,831	4,196	148.2%
60-64	4,055	3.5%	4,189	1,627	2,428	149.2%
65 and older	1,652	1.4%	1,621	673	979	145.5%
Information Not Available	6	0.0%	4	3	3	100.0%

Industry	69,535		70,333	25,674
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	227	0.3%	281	119	108	90.8%
Mining	2,306	3.3%	1,986	212	2,094	987.7%
Utilities	41	0.1%	46	35	6	17.1%
Construction	14,743	21.1%	15,714	5,039	9,704	192.6%
Manufacturing	7,726	11.1%	7,593	2,678	5,048	188.5%
Wholesale Trade	3,769	5.4%	3,677	1,078	2,691	249.6%
Retail Trade	5,705	8.2%	5,861	2,176	3,529	162.2%
Transporation and Warehousing	2,403	3.4%	2,294	769	1,634	212.5%
Information	2,176	3.1%	2,104	909	1,267	139.4%
Finance and Insurance	2,490	3.6%	2,653	1,586	904	57.0%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	1,606	2.3%	1,622	578	1,028	177.9%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	6,214	8.9%	6,036	1,951	4,263	218.5%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	543	0.8%	568	316	227	71.8%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	8,003	11.5%	8,435	3,158	4,845	153.4%
Educational Services	881	1.3%	909	464	417	89.9%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	2,574	3.7%	2,616	1,340	1,234	92.1%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	1,039	1.5%	840	377	662	175.6%
Accomodation and Food Services	3,037	4.4%	2,801	1,249	1,788	143.2%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	1,630	2.3%	1,601	577	1,053	182.5%
Public Administration	869	1.2%	1,015	460	409	88.9%
Information Not Available	1,553	2.2%	1,681	603	950	157.5%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Connecticut
	Apr 2009	Percent	Mar 2009	Apr 2008	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	85,459		91,688	41,883
Male	51,668	60.5%	59,823	25,810	25,858	100.2%
Female	33,791	39.5%	31,865	16,073	17,718	110.2%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	85,459		91,688	41,883
Hispanic or Latino	11,333	13.3%	13,734	6,184	5,149	83.3%
Not Hispanic or Latino	74,126	86.7%	77,954	35,699	38,427	107.6%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Race	85,459		91,688	41,883
American Indian or Alaskan Native	259	0.3%	292	152	107	70.4%
Asian	1,568	1.8%	1,636	550	1,018	185.1%
Black or African American	9,375	11.0%	9,861	5,962	3,413	57.2%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
White	48,229	56.4%	53,696	24,545	23,684	96.5%
Information Not Available	26,028	30.5%	26,203	10,674	15,354	143.8%

Years of Age	85,459		91,688	41,883
Younger than 22	2,383	1.9%	2,526	1,275	1,108	86.9%
22-24	4,706	3.7%	5,317	2,623	2,083	79.4%
25-34	17,744	13.9%	20,024	9,406	8,338	88.6%
35-44	19,124	15.0%	20,637	9,836	9,288	94.4%
45-54	22,003	17.3%	23,188	10,356	11,647	112.5%
55-59	8,312	6.5%	8,747	3,641	4,671	128.3%
60-64	6,302	4.9%	6,475	2,695	3,607	133.8%
65 and older	4,885	3.8%	4,774	2,051	2,834	138.2%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	85,459		91,688	41,883
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	411	0.5%	953	283	128	45.2%
Mining	61	0.1%	127	48	13	27.1%
Utilities	79	0.1%	106	47	32	68.1%
Construction	12,376	14.4%	16,414	7,402	4,974	67.2%
Manufacturing	16,769	19.5%	15,432	5,237	11,532	220.2%
Wholesale Trade	4,429	5.2%	4,493	1,883	2,546	135.2%
Retail Trade	9,036	10.5%	9,797	5,105	3,931	77.0%
Transporation and Warehousing	5,242	6.1%	2,744	1,370	3,872	282.6%
Information	2,023	2.4%	2,103	898	1,125	125.3%
Finance and Insurance	3,771	4.4%	3,987	1,982	1,789	90.3%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	1,430	1.7%	1,567	814	616	75.7%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	4,106	4.8%	4,135	1,699	2,407	141.7%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	482	0.6%	402	179	303	169.3%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	8,712	10.1%	11,341	5,149	3,563	69.2%
Educational Services	1,363	1.6%	1,454	752	611	81.3%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	4,754	5.5%	4,786	3,236	1,518	46.9%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	1,841	2.1%	2,656	1,031	810	78.6%
Accomodation and Food Services	4,679	5.4%	4,937	2,319	2,360	101.8%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	1,954	2.3%	2,094	1,286	668	51.9%
Public Administration	747	0.9%	835	491	256	52.1%
Information Not Available	1,194	1.4%	1,325	672	522	77.7%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants District of Columbia
	Apr 2009	Percent	Mar 2009	Apr 2008	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	11,490		13,753	8,067
Male	5,657	49.2%	6,790	4,126	1,531	37.1%
Female	5,832	50.8%	6,962	3,941	1,891	48.0%
Information Not Available	1	0.0%	1	0	1	0.0%

Ethnicity	11,490		13,753	8,067
Hispanic or Latino	1,359	11.8%	1,728	882	477	54.1%
Not Hispanic or Latino	9,789	85.2%	11,604	6,945	2,844	41.0%
Information Not Available	342	3.0%	421	240	102	42.5%

Race	11,490		13,753	8,067
American Indian or Alaskan Native	87	0.8%	110	75	12	16.0%
Asian	369	3.2%	466	185	184	99.5%
Black or African American	7,848	68.3%	9,329	6,162	1,686	27.4%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	71	0.6%	77	88	-17	-19.3%
White	3,111	27.1%	3,768	1,549	1,562	100.8%
Information Not Available	4	0.0%	3	8	-4	-50.0%

Years of Age	11,490		13,753	8,067
Younger than 22	290	2.1%	324	180	110	61.1%
22-24	642	4.6%	722	420	222	52.9%
25-34	3,160	22.6%	3,583	1,836	1,324	72.1%
35-44	2,807	20.0%	3,376	2,136	671	31.4%
45-54	2,753	19.7%	3,404	2,245	508	22.6%
55-59	943	6.7%	1,235	648	295	45.5%
60-64	599	4.3%	755	406	193	47.5%
65 and older	296	2.1%	354	196	100	51.0%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	11,490		13,753	8,067
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
Mining	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
Utilities	0	0.0%	0	2	-2	-100.0%
Construction	10	0.1%	23	14	-4	-28.6%
Manufacturing	2	0.0%	4	0	2	0.0%
Wholesale Trade	1	0.0%	1	0	1	0.0%
Retail Trade	5	0.0%	8	5	0	0.0%
Transporation and Warehousing	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
Information	3	0.0%	3	2	1	50.0%
Finance and Insurance	2	0.0%	2	1	1	100.0%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	1	0.0%	2	0	1	0.0%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	23	0.2%	21	7	16	228.6%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	39	0.3%	34	15	24	160.0%
Educational Services	2	0.0%	3	3	-1	-33.3%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	6	0.1%	12	3	3	100.0%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	1	0.0%	1	0	1	0.0%
Accomodation and Food Services	5	0.0%	15	3	2	66.7%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	4	0.0%	9	5	-1	-20.0%
Public Administration	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
Information Not Available	11,386	99.1%	13,615	8,007	3,379	42.2%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Delaware
	Apr 2009	Percent	Mar 2009	Apr 2008	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	17,745		19,167	10,509
Male	10,283	57.9%	11,343	5,429	4,854	89.4%
Female	7,462	42.1%	7,824	5,080	2,382	46.9%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	17,745		19,167	10,509
Hispanic or Latino	736	4.1%	789	394	342	86.8%
Not Hispanic or Latino	17,009	95.9%	18,379	10,509	6,500	61.9%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Race	17,745		19,167	10,509
American Indian or Alaskan Native	59	0.3%	69	25	34	136.0%
Asian	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
Black or African American	5,691	32.1%	5,940	4,063	1,628	40.1%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	97	0.5%	92	50	47	94.0%
White	10,504	59.2%	11,586	5,730	4,774	83.3%
Information Not Available	1,395	7.9%	1,480	641	754	117.6%

Years of Age	17,745		19,167	10,509
Younger than 22	728	2.7%	816	214	514	240.2%
22-24	1,290	4.8%	1,402	658	632	96.0%
25-34	4,240	15.6%	4,556	2,682	1,558	58.1%
35-44	3,972	14.6%	4,275	2,471	1,501	60.7%
45-54	4,148	15.3%	4,488	2,560	1,588	62.0%
55-59	1,428	5.3%	1,528	864	564	65.3%
60-64	1,106	4.1%	1,171	590	516	87.5%
65 and older	733	2.7%	825	407	326	80.1%
Information Not Available	100	0.4%	106	63	37	58.7%

Industry	17,745		19,167	10,509
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	26	0.1%	29	19	7	36.8%
Mining	2	0.0%	2	0	2	0.0%
Utilities	10	0.1%	9	12	-2	-16.7%
Construction	2,575	14.5%	2,968	1,401	1,174	83.8%
Manufacturing	1,510	8.5%	1,604	722	788	109.1%
Wholesale Trade	776	4.4%	808	343	433	126.2%
Retail Trade	2,945	16.6%	3,179	1,924	1,021	53.1%
Transporation and Warehousing	613	3.4%	657	363	250	68.9%
Information	322	1.8%	328	152	170	111.8%
Finance and Insurance	1,103	6.2%	1,104	615	488	79.3%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	454	2.6%	523	284	170	59.9%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	1,140	6.4%	1,178	579	561	96.9%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	53	0.3%	54	37	16	43.2%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	2,733	15.4%	2,873	1,744	989	56.7%
Educational Services	146	0.8%	161	108	38	35.2%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	976	5.5%	1,027	698	278	39.8%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	256	1.4%	307	172	84	48.8%
Accomodation and Food Services	1,420	8.0%	1,635	940	480	51.1%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	524	2.9%	529	293	231	78.8%
Public Administration	104	0.6%	117	50	54	108.0%
Information Not Available	57	0.3%	75	53	4	7.5%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Florida
	Apr 2009	Percent	Mar 2009	Apr 2008	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	299,673		294,013	145,680
Male	180,135	60.1%	176,271	82,657	97,478	117.9%
Female	119,161	39.8%	117,363	63,023	56,138	89.1%
Information Not Available	377	0.1%	379	0	377	0.0%

Ethnicity	299,673		294,013	145,680
Hispanic or Latino	82,968	27.7%	84,274	48,382	34,586	71.5%
Not Hispanic or Latino	201,414	67.2%	195,125	85,822	115,592	134.7%
Information Not Available	15,291	5.1%	14,614	11,476	3,815	33.2%

Race	299,673		294,013	145,680
American Indian or Alaskan Native	1,168	0.4%	1,325	610	558	91.5%
Asian	2,034	0.7%	2,082	1,068	966	90.4%
Black or African American	51,446	17.2%	50,542	26,307	25,139	95.6%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	3,917	1.3%	4,013	1,220	2,697	221.1%
White	192,978	64.4%	189,105	86,775	106,203	122.4%
Information Not Available	48,130	16.1%	46,946	29,700	18,430	62.1%

Years of Age	299,673		294,013	145,680
Younger than 22	8,210	1.7%	6,209	3,546	4,664	131.5%
22-24	15,931	3.4%	14,916	5,795	10,136	174.9%
25-34	66,623	14.1%	60,233	32,140	34,483	107.3%
35-44	67,226	14.2%	69,244	33,627	33,599	99.9%
45-54	77,357	16.4%	77,119	39,918	37,439	93.8%
55-59	28,886	6.1%	31,082	14,221	14,665	103.1%
60-64	20,224	4.3%	20,179	9,608	10,616	110.5%
65 and older	15,178	3.2%	14,992	6,825	8,353	122.4%
Information Not Available	38	0.0%	39	0	38	0.0%

Industry	299,673		294,013	145,680
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	2,147	0.7%	2,007	877	1,270	144.8%
Mining	75	0.0%	227	0	75	0.0%
Utilities	377	0.1%	454	191	186	97.4%
Construction	41,691	13.8%	42,326	21,884	19,807	90.5%
Manufacturing	26,740	8.9%	24,116	10,790	15,950	147.8%
Wholesale Trade	16,496	5.5%	14,046	6,939	9,557	137.7%
Retail Trade	34,008	11.3%	33,429	15,098	18,910	125.2%
Transporation and Warehousing	7,796	2.6%	7,155	3,851	3,945	102.4%
Information	5,084	1.7%	5,868	3,546	1,538	43.4%
Finance and Insurance	13,483	4.5%	12,645	8,617	4,866	56.5%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	7,495	2.5%	7,382	3,774	3,721	98.6%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	19,433	6.4%	19,535	8,388	11,045	131.7%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	2,109	0.7%	1,704	343	1,766	514.9%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	57,773	19.1%	55,690	29,205	28,568	97.8%
Educational Services	3,013	1.0%	3,748	1,983	1,030	51.9%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	14,311	4.7%	15,409	8,693	5,618	64.6%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	5,122	1.7%	4,922	1,868	3,254	174.2%
Accomodation and Food Services	17,550	5.8%	17,642	6,863	10,687	155.7%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	6,967	2.3%	7,761	3,050	3,917	128.4%
Public Administration	2,900	1.0%	3,256	2,249	651	28.9%
Information Not Available	15,103	5.0%	14,691	7,471	7,632	102.2%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Georgia
	Apr 2009	Percent	Mar 2009	Apr 2008	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	151,211		154,029	67,112
Male	87,859	58.1%	89,953	35,306	52,553	148.9%
Female	61,204	40.5%	61,899	30,880	30,324	98.2%
Information Not Available	2,148	1.4%	2,177	926	1,222	132.0%

Ethnicity	151,211		154,029	67,112
Hispanic or Latino	551	0.4%	573	322	229	71.1%
Not Hispanic or Latino	148,512	98.2%	151,279	65,864	82,648	125.5%
Information Not Available	2,148	1.4%	2,177	926	1,222	132.0%

Race	151,211		154,029	67,112
American Indian or Alaskan Native	779	0.5%	844	352	427	121.3%
Asian	2,609	1.7%	2,513	817	1,792	219.3%
Black or African American	63,060	41.7%	63,752	32,753	30,307	92.5%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
White	82,615	54.6%	84,743	32,264	50,351	156.1%
Information Not Available	2,148	1.4%	2,177	926	1,222	132.0%

Years of Age	151,211		154,029	67,112
Younger than 22	3,689	1.6%	3,640	1,553	2,136	137.5%
22-24	7,368	3.3%	7,701	3,273	4,095	125.1%
25-34	34,905	15.5%	35,750	15,556	19,349	124.4%
35-44	38,123	16.9%	38,686	17,054	21,069	123.5%
45-54	36,156	16.0%	36,782	16,210	19,946	123.0%
55-59	12,338	5.5%	12,490	5,382	6,956	129.2%
60-64	8,063	3.6%	8,115	3,439	4,624	134.5%
65 and older	4,410	2.0%	4,451	1,888	2,522	133.6%
Information Not Available	6,159	2.7%	6,414	2,757	3,402	123.4%

Industry	151,211		154,029	67,112
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	3,648	2.4%	3,662	1,591	2,057	129.3%
Mining	417	0.3%	379	134	283	211.2%
Utilities	209	0.1%	191	111	98	88.3%
Construction	13,582	8.8%	13,554	5,538	8,044	145.3%
Manufacturing	21,996	14.2%	22,835	7,860	14,136	179.8%
Wholesale Trade	9,628	6.2%	9,437	3,462	6,166	178.1%
Retail Trade	10,277	6.6%	10,865	5,442	4,835	88.8%
Transporation and Warehousing	4,522	2.9%	4,501	1,786	2,736	153.2%
Information	2,836	1.8%	2,659	1,275	1,561	122.4%
Finance and Insurance	3,667	2.4%	3,548	2,237	1,430	63.9%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	2,821	1.8%	2,921	1,315	1,506	114.5%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	23,496	15.2%	23,716	10,423	13,073	125.4%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	289	0.2%	308	172	117	68.0%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	645	0.4%	629	233	412	176.8%
Educational Services	2,131	1.4%	2,273	1,127	1,004	89.1%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	4,659	3.0%	4,790	2,989	1,670	55.9%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	5,274	3.4%	5,558	3,205	2,069	64.6%
Accomodation and Food Services	1,184	0.8%	1,371	570	614	107.7%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	1,326	0.9%	1,310	822	504	61.3%
Public Administration	1,700	1.1%	1,753	658	1,042	158.4%
Information Not Available	36,904	23.8%	37,769	16,162	20,742	128.3%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Hawaii
	Apr 2009	Percent	Mar 2009	Apr 2008	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	20,489		20,434	10,111
Male	13,716	66.9%	13,500	6,847	6,869	100.3%
Female	6,771	33.0%	6,934	3,263	3,508	107.5%
Information Not Available	2	0.0%	0	1	1	100.0%

Ethnicity	20,489		20,434	10,111
Hispanic or Latino	1,125	5.5%	1,102	559	566	101.3%
Not Hispanic or Latino	15,874	77.5%	16,015	7,796	8,078	103.6%
Information Not Available	3,490	17.0%	3,317	1,756	1,734	98.7%

Race	20,489		20,434	10,111
American Indian or Alaskan Native	165	0.8%	164	79	86	108.9%
Asian	7,071	34.5%	7,051	3,340	3,731	111.7%
Black or African American	329	1.6%	353	170	159	93.5%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	5,012	24.5%	4,939	2,777	2,235	80.5%
White	5,456	26.6%	5,506	2,421	3,035	125.4%
Information Not Available	2,456	12.0%	2,421	1,324	1,132	85.5%

Years of Age	20,489		20,434	10,111
Younger than 22	465	1.9%	417	201	264	131.3%
22-24	1,054	4.3%	1,070	480	574	119.6%
25-34	5,285	21.5%	5,217	2,400	2,885	120.2%
35-44	4,661	18.9%	4,698	2,504	2,157	86.1%
45-54	4,817	19.6%	4,846	2,518	2,299	91.3%
55-59	2,060	8.4%	2,006	1,006	1,054	104.8%
60-64	1,315	5.3%	1,309	621	694	111.8%
65 and older	832	3.4%	871	381	451	118.4%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	20,489		20,434	10,111
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	341	1.6%	374	360	-19	-5.3%
Mining	4	0.0%	4	2	2	100.0%
Utilities	13	0.1%	12	4	9	225.0%
Construction	6,302	30.3%	6,006	3,209	3,093	96.4%
Manufacturing	602	2.9%	578	209	393	188.0%
Wholesale Trade	497	2.4%	500	151	346	229.1%
Retail Trade	1,647	7.9%	1,576	517	1,130	218.6%
Transporation and Warehousing	824	4.0%	741	1,585	-761	-48.0%
Information	412	2.0%	277	188	224	119.1%
Finance and Insurance	289	1.4%	317	159	130	81.8%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	458	2.2%	502	157	301	191.7%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	547	2.6%	519	219	328	149.8%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	67	0.3%	64	29	38	131.0%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	2,455	11.8%	2,541	978	1,477	151.0%
Educational Services	117	0.6%	109	49	68	138.8%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	746	3.6%	717	291	455	156.4%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	365	1.8%	362	103	262	254.4%
Accomodation and Food Services	2,438	11.7%	2,903	743	1,695	228.1%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	460	2.2%	457	204	256	125.5%
Public Administration	231	1.1%	226	104	127	122.1%
Information Not Available	1,674	8.0%	1,649	850	824	96.9%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Iowa
	Apr 2009	Percent	Mar 2009	Apr 2008	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	59,611		67,915	29,349
Male	40,379	67.7%	48,806	20,106	20,273	100.8%
Female	19,232	32.3%	19,109	9,243	9,989	108.1%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	59,611		67,915	29,349
Hispanic or Latino	1,552	2.6%	2,046	1,218	334	27.4%
Not Hispanic or Latino	31,362	52.6%	36,074	27,782	3,580	12.9%
Information Not Available	26,697	44.8%	29,795	349	26,348	7549.6%

Race	59,611		67,915	29,349
American Indian or Alaskan Native	163	0.3%	177	125	38	30.4%
Asian	362	0.6%	372	192	170	88.5%
Black or African American	2,081	3.5%	2,149	1,617	464	28.7%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
White	28,756	48.2%	33,376	25,848	2,908	11.3%
Information Not Available	28,249	47.4%	31,841	1,567	26,682	1702.7%

Years of Age	59,611		67,915	29,349
Younger than 22	1,762	2.1%	2,025	806	956	118.6%
22-24	3,643	4.3%	4,289	1,653	1,990	120.4%
25-34	14,236	16.8%	16,576	6,619	7,617	115.1%
35-44	13,326	15.7%	14,868	6,690	6,636	99.2%
45-54	15,445	18.2%	17,146	7,805	7,640	97.9%
55-59	5,674	6.7%	6,413	2,702	2,972	110.0%
60-64	3,453	4.1%	4,004	1,770	1,683	95.1%
65 and older	2,072	2.4%	2,594	1,302	770	59.1%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	2	-2	-100.0%

Industry	59,611		67,915	29,349
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	291	0.5%	384	179	112	62.6%
Mining	133	0.2%	402	171	-38	-22.2%
Utilities	108	0.2%	127	27	81	300.0%
Construction	10,690	17.8%	16,493	8,100	2,590	32.0%
Manufacturing	23,722	39.6%	24,094	7,880	15,842	201.0%
Wholesale Trade	2,455	4.1%	2,449	1,035	1,420	137.2%
Retail Trade	3,898	6.5%	4,077	2,174	1,724	79.3%
Transporation and Warehousing	1,986	3.3%	2,149	975	1,011	103.7%
Information	1,375	2.3%	1,240	550	825	150.0%
Finance and Insurance	1,259	2.1%	1,200	662	597	90.2%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	438	0.7%	465	240	198	82.5%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	1,740	2.9%	1,655	659	1,081	164.0%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	64	0.1%	75	72	-8	-11.1%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	4,602	7.7%	5,487	2,460	2,142	87.1%
Educational Services	469	0.8%	469	263	206	78.3%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	2,044	3.4%	1,892	1,212	832	68.6%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	402	0.7%	714	335	67	20.0%
Accomodation and Food Services	2,103	3.5%	2,213	1,170	933	79.7%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	811	1.4%	874	475	336	70.7%
Public Administration	454	0.8%	695	338	116	34.3%
Information Not Available	567	0.9%	761	372	195	52.4%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Idaho
	Apr 2009	Percent	Mar 2009	Apr 2008	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	41,301		46,334	18,384
Male	28,964	70.1%	33,865	13,146	15,818	120.3%
Female	12,337	29.9%	12,469	5,238	7,099	135.5%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	41,301		46,334	18,384
Hispanic or Latino	4,572	11.1%	5,424	1,903	2,669	140.3%
Not Hispanic or Latino	35,507	86.0%	39,597	15,737	19,770	125.6%
Information Not Available	1,222	3.0%	1,313	744	478	64.2%

Race	41,301		46,334	18,384
American Indian or Alaskan Native	586	1.4%	664	353	233	66.0%
Asian	508	1.2%	493	148	360	243.2%
Black or African American	276	0.7%	276	91	185	203.3%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	138	0.3%	143	64	74	115.6%
White	33,599	81.4%	37,761	15,146	18,453	121.8%
Information Not Available	6,194	15.0%	6,997	2,582	3,612	139.9%

Years of Age	41,301		46,334	18,384
Younger than 22	1,431	2.0%	1,653	515	916	177.9%
22-24	2,784	3.8%	3,128	1,171	1,613	137.7%
25-34	10,571	14.6%	12,060	4,405	6,166	140.0%
35-44	9,404	13.0%	10,501	4,220	5,184	122.8%
45-54	9,775	13.5%	10,936	4,643	5,132	110.5%
55-59	3,604	5.0%	3,960	1,746	1,858	106.4%
60-64	2,384	3.3%	2,549	1,006	1,378	137.0%
65 and older	1,348	1.9%	1,547	678	670	98.8%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	41,301		46,334	18,384
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	1,616	3.8%	2,117	1,414	202	14.3%
Mining	318	0.7%	444	151	167	110.6%
Utilities	45	0.1%	111	36	9	25.0%
Construction	9,538	22.2%	11,681	4,913	4,625	94.1%
Manufacturing	7,859	18.3%	8,132	2,347	5,512	234.9%
Wholesale Trade	1,577	3.7%	1,658	529	1,048	198.1%
Retail Trade	4,046	9.4%	4,542	1,519	2,527	166.4%
Transporation and Warehousing	1,313	3.1%	1,426	803	510	63.5%
Information	547	1.3%	491	181	366	202.2%
Finance and Insurance	657	1.5%	641	339	318	93.8%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	517	1.2%	564	203	314	154.7%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	1,475	3.4%	1,543	639	836	130.8%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	47	0.1%	57	19	28	147.4%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	3,344	7.8%	3,961	1,355	1,989	146.8%
Educational Services	285	0.7%	301	154	131	85.1%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	1,605	3.7%	1,559	750	855	114.0%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	542	1.3%	594	276	266	96.4%
Accomodation and Food Services	1,753	4.1%	1,881	680	1,073	157.8%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	738	1.7%	809	274	464	169.3%
Public Administration	530	1.2%	669	289	241	83.4%
Information Not Available	2,949	6.9%	3,153	1,513	1,436	94.9%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Illinois
	Apr 2009	Percent	Mar 2009	Apr 2008	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	327,857		329,093	163,541
Male	215,285	65.7%	221,885	105,558	109,727	103.9%
Female	112,572	34.3%	107,208	57,983	54,589	94.1%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	327,857		329,093	163,541
Hispanic or Latino	51,978	15.9%	59,267	27,334	24,644	90.2%
Not Hispanic or Latino	275,879	84.1%	269,826	136,207	139,672	102.5%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Race	327,857		329,093	163,541
American Indian or Alaskan Native	1,192	0.4%	1,252	599	593	99.0%
Asian	9,740	3.0%	9,275	3,580	6,160	172.1%
Black or African American	62,712	19.1%	59,732	36,826	25,886	70.3%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
White	250,803	76.5%	255,599	121,248	129,555	106.9%
Information Not Available	3,410	1.0%	3,235	1,287	2,123	165.0%

Years of Age	327,857		329,093	163,541
Younger than 22	7,761	1.4%	7,734	3,380	4,381	129.6%
22-24	17,296	3.1%	17,407	7,983	9,313	116.7%
25-34	80,365	14.3%	81,303	39,937	40,428	101.2%
35-44	81,822	14.6%	82,618	42,823	38,999	91.1%
45-54	84,020	15.0%	84,446	43,090	40,930	95.0%
55-59	29,631	5.3%	29,389	13,970	15,661	112.1%
60-64	18,163	3.2%	17,643	8,258	9,905	119.9%
65 and older	8,799	1.6%	8,553	4,100	4,699	114.6%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	327,857		329,093	163,541
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	970	0.3%	1,485	716	254	35.5%
Mining	1,121	0.3%	1,378	995	126	12.7%
Utilities	235	0.1%	250	211	24	11.4%
Construction	60,281	18.3%	67,230	39,300	20,981	53.4%
Manufacturing	69,784	21.2%	61,965	22,108	47,676	215.7%
Wholesale Trade	18,764	5.7%	18,057	7,245	11,519	159.0%
Retail Trade	26,866	8.2%	26,617	13,959	12,907	92.5%
Transporation and Warehousing	16,728	5.1%	15,267	7,499	9,229	123.1%
Information	5,884	1.8%	5,576	2,742	3,142	114.6%
Finance and Insurance	12,644	3.8%	11,997	7,645	4,999	65.4%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	4,455	1.4%	4,469	2,421	2,034	84.0%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	18,271	5.6%	17,686	7,410	10,861	146.6%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	1,664	0.5%	1,707	733	931	127.0%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	38,603	11.7%	43,351	20,341	18,262	89.8%
Educational Services	3,790	1.2%	3,799	2,455	1,335	54.4%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	13,119	4.0%	12,565	8,687	4,432	51.0%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	3,499	1.1%	4,826	2,250	1,249	55.5%
Accomodation and Food Services	13,761	4.2%	13,982	6,920	6,841	98.9%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	6,667	2.0%	6,438	3,422	3,245	94.8%
Public Administration	4,633	1.4%	4,329	3,035	1,598	52.7%
Information Not Available	6,118	1.9%	6,119	3,447	2,671	77.5%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Indiana
	Apr 2009	Percent	Mar 2009	Apr 2008	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	148,350		161,537	67,561
Male	98,934	66.7%	110,773	43,036	55,898	129.9%
Female	49,254	33.2%	50,601	24,461	24,793	101.4%
Information Not Available	162	0.1%	163	64	98	153.1%

Ethnicity	148,350		161,537	67,561
Hispanic or Latino	7,860	5.3%	8,573	2,924	4,936	168.8%
Not Hispanic or Latino	108,847	73.4%	119,841	51,301	57,546	112.2%
Information Not Available	31,643	21.3%	33,123	13,336	18,307	137.3%

Race	148,350		161,537	67,561
American Indian or Alaskan Native	672	0.5%	749	349	323	92.6%
Asian	1,070	0.7%	1,135	386	684	177.2%
Black or African American	15,855	10.7%	16,170	8,969	6,886	76.8%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	131	0.1%	148	42	89	211.9%
White	122,292	82.4%	134,322	54,518	67,774	124.3%
Information Not Available	8,330	5.6%	9,013	3,297	5,033	152.7%

Years of Age	148,350		161,537	67,561
Younger than 22	3,683	1.4%	4,106	1,378	2,305	167.3%
22-24	8,397	3.2%	9,098	3,466	4,931	142.3%
25-34	36,025	13.7%	39,214	16,130	19,895	123.3%
35-44	36,720	14.0%	40,009	17,372	19,348	111.4%
45-54	37,723	14.4%	41,084	18,192	19,531	107.4%
55-59	13,455	5.1%	14,502	5,854	7,601	129.8%
60-64	8,255	3.1%	8,915	3,327	4,928	148.1%
65 and older	4,092	1.6%	4,609	1,842	2,250	122.1%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	148,350		161,537	67,561
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	366	0.2%	469	222	144	64.9%
Mining	276	0.2%	525	209	67	32.1%
Utilities	83	0.1%	74	56	27	48.2%
Construction	22,628	15.2%	27,829	12,376	10,252	82.8%
Manufacturing	55,827	37.5%	58,558	19,479	36,348	186.6%
Wholesale Trade	6,134	4.1%	6,064	2,128	4,006	188.3%
Retail Trade	9,032	6.1%	9,726	4,571	4,461	97.6%
Transporation and Warehousing	6,365	4.3%	6,789	4,246	2,119	49.9%
Information	1,386	0.9%	1,396	545	841	154.3%
Finance and Insurance	2,333	1.6%	2,334	1,473	860	58.4%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	1,423	1.0%	1,560	840	583	69.4%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	3,898	2.6%	3,836	1,546	2,352	152.1%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	590	0.4%	600	159	431	271.1%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	13,201	8.9%	15,025	5,813	7,388	127.1%
Educational Services	1,025	0.7%	1,032	614	411	66.9%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	5,167	3.5%	5,055	3,354	1,813	54.1%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	1,088	0.7%	1,842	574	514	89.5%
Accomodation and Food Services	4,496	3.0%	4,767	2,469	2,027	82.1%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	2,603	1.8%	2,627	1,180	1,423	120.6%
Public Administration	788	0.5%	923	488	300	61.5%
Information Not Available	9,641	6.5%	10,506	5,219	4,422	84.7%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Kansas
	Apr 2009	Percent	Mar 2009	Apr 2008	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	49,503		45,272	19,016
Male	32,815	66.3%	30,260	11,579	21,236	183.4%
Female	16,688	33.7%	15,012	7,437	9,251	124.4%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	49,503		45,272	19,016
Hispanic or Latino	3,376	6.8%	3,260	1,583	1,793	113.3%
Not Hispanic or Latino	20,747	41.9%	18,481	9,074	11,673	128.6%
Information Not Available	25,380	51.3%	23,531	8,359	17,021	203.6%

Race	49,503		45,272	19,016
American Indian or Alaskan Native	699	1.4%	647	278	421	151.4%
Asian	1,403	2.8%	859	229	1,174	512.7%
Black or African American	6,592	13.3%	6,249	2,860	3,732	130.5%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	112	0.2%	94	40	72	180.0%
White	36,902	74.5%	34,002	13,870	23,032	166.1%
Information Not Available	3,795	7.7%	3,421	1,739	2,056	118.2%

Years of Age	49,503		45,272	19,016
Younger than 22	1,295	1.5%	1,172	407	888	218.2%
22-24	3,199	3.8%	2,835	978	2,221	227.1%
25-34	12,905	15.4%	11,542	4,606	8,299	180.2%
35-44	11,662	13.9%	10,485	4,600	7,062	153.5%
45-54	12,173	14.5%	11,299	5,130	7,043	137.3%
55-59	4,255	5.1%	3,970	1,676	2,579	153.9%
60-64	2,578	3.1%	2,525	1,078	1,500	139.1%
65 and older	1,436	1.7%	1,444	541	895	165.4%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	49,503		45,272	19,016
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	303	0.6%	354	161	142	88.2%
Mining	1,095	2.2%	976	165	930	563.6%
Utilities	40	0.1%	36	28	12	42.9%
Construction	6,895	13.8%	7,800	3,479	3,416	98.2%
Manufacturing	14,656	29.4%	10,908	3,083	11,573	375.4%
Wholesale Trade	2,007	4.0%	1,931	756	1,251	165.5%
Retail Trade	3,022	6.1%	3,027	1,571	1,451	92.4%
Transporation and Warehousing	1,706	3.4%	1,690	703	1,003	142.7%
Information	1,844	3.7%	1,217	763	1,081	141.7%
Finance and Insurance	1,073	2.2%	1,006	705	368	52.2%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	567	1.1%	602	276	291	105.4%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	2,159	4.3%	1,931	761	1,398	183.7%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	221	0.4%	219	46	175	380.4%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	4,717	9.5%	4,576	1,891	2,826	149.4%
Educational Services	571	1.1%	536	249	322	129.3%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	2,736	5.5%	2,460	1,400	1,336	95.4%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	224	0.4%	271	118	106	89.8%
Accomodation and Food Services	1,376	2.8%	1,308	685	691	100.9%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	1,083	2.2%	978	464	619	133.4%
Public Administration	581	1.2%	655	323	258	79.9%
Information Not Available	2,627	5.3%	2,791	1,389	1,238	89.1%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Kentucky
	Apr 2009	Percent	Mar 2009	Apr 2008	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	78,303		88,208	38,745
Male	51,886	66.3%	60,736	25,682	26,204	102.0%
Female	26,417	33.7%	27,472	13,063	13,354	102.2%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	78,303		88,208	38,745
Hispanic or Latino	124	0.2%	179	66	58	87.9%
Not Hispanic or Latino	1,958	2.5%	2,360	38,679	-36,721	-94.9%
Information Not Available	76,221	97.3%	85,669	0	76,221	0.0%

Race	78,303		88,208	38,745
American Indian or Alaskan Native	469	0.6%	482	238	231	97.1%
Asian	175	0.2%	257	79	96	121.5%
Black or African American	9,046	11.6%	9,611	5,026	4,020	80.0%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0	0.0%	0	4	-4	-100.0%
White	67,781	86.6%	77,004	33,054	34,727	105.1%
Information Not Available	832	1.1%	854	344	488	141.9%

Years of Age	78,303		88,208	38,745
Younger than 22	1,811	1.3%	1,873	662	1,149	173.6%
22-24	4,574	3.2%	4,642	1,790	2,784	155.5%
25-34	19,053	13.4%	21,159	8,972	10,081	112.4%
35-44	19,329	13.6%	22,022	10,655	8,674	81.4%
45-54	20,285	14.3%	23,482	10,855	9,430	86.9%
55-59	7,033	5.0%	7,664	3,192	3,841	120.3%
60-64	4,031	2.8%	4,688	1,803	2,228	123.6%
65 and older	2,174	1.5%	2,663	816	1,358	166.4%
Information Not Available	13	0.0%	15	0	13	0.0%

Industry	78,303		88,208	38,745
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	225	0.3%	207	35	190	542.9%
Mining	1,071	1.4%	1,162	626	445	71.1%
Utilities	46	0.1%	51	62	-16	-25.8%
Construction	11,767	15.0%	14,584	6,829	4,938	72.3%
Manufacturing	27,125	34.5%	31,408	12,486	14,639	117.2%
Wholesale Trade	3,328	4.2%	3,375	1,362	1,966	144.3%
Retail Trade	4,840	6.2%	5,795	2,685	2,155	80.3%
Transporation and Warehousing	3,544	4.5%	4,486	1,944	1,600	82.3%
Information	1,338	1.7%	1,029	322	1,016	315.5%
Finance and Insurance	1,411	1.8%	1,612	939	472	50.3%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	873	1.1%	849	339	534	157.5%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	2,018	2.6%	2,144	807	1,211	150.1%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	340	0.4%	349	57	283	496.5%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	7,511	9.6%	7,994	3,161	4,350	137.6%
Educational Services	712	0.9%	767	397	315	79.3%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	2,979	3.8%	2,939	1,962	1,017	51.8%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	529	0.7%	1,079	617	-88	-14.3%
Accomodation and Food Services	3,015	3.8%	2,943	1,292	1,723	133.4%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	1,521	1.9%	1,410	578	943	163.1%
Public Administration	372	0.5%	569	604	-232	-38.4%
Information Not Available	3,738	4.8%	3,456	1,641	2,097	127.8%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Louisiana
	Apr 2009	Percent	Mar 2009	Apr 2008	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	51,762		46,203	18,835
Male	30,385	58.7%	26,538	9,973	20,412	204.7%
Female	21,377	41.3%	19,665	8,862	12,515	141.2%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	51,762		46,203	18,835
Hispanic or Latino	1,474	2.8%	1,313	367	1,107	301.6%
Not Hispanic or Latino	50,182	96.9%	44,804	18,400	31,782	172.7%
Information Not Available	106	0.2%	86	68	38	55.9%

Race	51,762		46,203	18,835
American Indian or Alaskan Native	429	0.8%	394	120	309	257.5%
Asian	430	0.8%	416	159	271	170.4%
Black or African American	26,106	50.4%	23,178	10,018	16,088	160.6%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	78	0.2%	72	23	55	239.1%
White	24,698	47.7%	22,124	8,459	16,239	192.0%
Information Not Available	21	0.0%	19	56	-35	-62.5%

Years of Age	51,762		46,203	18,835
Younger than 22	1,356	1.8%	1,064	412	944	229.1%
22-24	3,419	4.6%	2,889	1,141	2,278	199.6%
25-34	14,225	19.3%	12,284	5,004	9,221	184.3%
35-44	11,929	16.2%	10,592	4,557	7,372	161.8%
45-54	12,276	16.6%	11,343	4,684	7,592	162.1%
55-59	4,244	5.8%	3,904	1,514	2,730	180.3%
60-64	2,703	3.7%	2,471	932	1,771	190.0%
65 and older	1,610	2.2%	1,655	591	1,019	172.4%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	1	0	0	0.0%

Industry	51,762		46,203	18,835
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	604	1.2%	671	303	301	99.3%
Mining	1,888	3.6%	1,357	273	1,615	591.6%
Utilities	130	0.2%	114	48	82	170.8%
Construction	7,937	15.2%	6,769	3,093	4,844	156.6%
Manufacturing	5,519	10.5%	5,571	2,047	3,472	169.6%
Wholesale Trade	1,485	2.8%	1,269	466	1,019	218.7%
Retail Trade	3,735	7.1%	3,404	1,512	2,223	147.0%
Transporation and Warehousing	2,163	4.1%	1,677	610	1,553	254.6%
Information	605	1.2%	623	230	375	163.0%
Finance and Insurance	935	1.8%	840	413	522	126.4%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	748	1.4%	651	251	497	198.0%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	2,457	4.7%	2,285	889	1,568	176.4%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	199	0.4%	155	68	131	192.6%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	3,311	6.3%	2,887	1,335	1,976	148.0%
Educational Services	529	1.0%	589	265	264	99.6%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	3,208	6.1%	2,971	1,449	1,759	121.4%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	732	1.4%	650	333	399	119.8%
Accomodation and Food Services	2,264	4.3%	2,051	992	1,272	128.2%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	1,509	2.9%	1,298	733	776	105.9%
Public Administration	776	1.5%	779	269	507	188.5%
Information Not Available	11,028	21.1%	9,592	3,256	7,772	238.7%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Massachusetts
	Apr 2009	Percent	Mar 2009	Apr 2008	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	166,216		181,744	90,958
Male	108,368	65.2%	123,052	59,785	48,583	81.3%
Female	57,848	34.8%	58,692	31,173	26,675	85.6%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	166,216		181,744	90,958
Hispanic or Latino	15,366	9.2%	17,069	9,000	6,366	70.7%
Not Hispanic or Latino	147,459	88.7%	161,231	79,906	67,553	84.5%
Information Not Available	3,391	2.0%	3,444	2,052	1,339	65.3%

Race	166,216		181,744	90,958
American Indian or Alaskan Native	398	0.2%	436	193	205	106.2%
Asian	5,673	3.4%	5,568	2,459	3,214	130.7%
Black or African American	11,906	7.2%	12,425	7,111	4,795	67.4%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	143	0.1%	148	55	88	160.0%
White	135,863	81.7%	149,881	73,539	62,324	84.7%
Information Not Available	12,233	7.4%	13,286	7,601	4,632	60.9%

Years of Age	166,216		181,744	90,958
Younger than 22	5,176	1.8%	6,095	2,913	2,263	77.7%
22-24	9,800	3.4%	11,133	5,023	4,777	95.1%
25-34	36,774	12.6%	40,920	19,705	17,069	86.6%
35-44	39,944	13.7%	43,666	22,569	17,375	77.0%
45-54	42,510	14.6%	45,846	23,220	19,290	83.1%
55-59	15,029	5.2%	15,947	8,201	6,828	83.3%
60-64	10,536	3.6%	11,097	5,783	4,753	82.2%
65 and older	6,447	2.2%	7,040	3,544	2,903	81.9%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	166,216		181,744	90,958
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	717	0.4%	1,072	654	63	9.6%
Mining	278	0.2%	425	297	-19	-6.4%
Utilities	126	0.1%	154	86	40	46.5%
Construction	29,178	17.5%	36,059	19,216	9,962	51.8%
Manufacturing	24,542	14.7%	23,593	9,898	14,644	147.9%
Wholesale Trade	9,056	5.4%	8,948	4,461	4,595	103.0%
Retail Trade	15,723	9.4%	16,506	8,449	7,274	86.1%
Transporation and Warehousing	4,811	2.9%	5,122	2,723	2,088	76.7%
Information	4,532	2.7%	4,350	1,892	2,640	139.5%
Finance and Insurance	7,569	4.5%	7,090	3,380	4,189	123.9%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	2,490	1.5%	2,687	1,531	959	62.6%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	13,276	8.0%	12,487	5,177	8,099	156.4%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	582	0.3%	560	215	367	170.7%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	17,358	10.4%	22,101	10,033	7,325	73.0%
Educational Services	1,818	1.1%	1,809	999	819	82.0%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	8,664	5.2%	8,425	5,491	3,173	57.8%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	2,659	1.6%	4,387	1,780	879	49.4%
Accomodation and Food Services	9,741	5.8%	11,643	5,548	4,193	75.6%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	4,964	3.0%	5,141	3,265	1,699	52.0%
Public Administration	2,156	1.3%	2,367	1,270	886	69.8%
Information Not Available	5,976	3.6%	6,818	4,593	1,383	30.1%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Maryland
	Apr 2009	Percent	Mar 2009	Apr 2008	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	87,532		91,690	44,104
Male	54,180	61.9%	58,168	25,955	28,225	108.7%
Female	33,352	38.1%	33,522	18,149	15,203	83.8%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	87,532		91,690	44,104
Hispanic or Latino	5,017	5.7%	5,782	2,111	2,906	137.7%
Not Hispanic or Latino	81,299	92.9%	84,632	41,139	40,160	97.6%
Information Not Available	1,216	1.4%	1,276	854	362	42.4%

Race	87,532		91,690	44,104
American Indian or Alaskan Native	237	0.3%	203	129	108	83.7%
Asian	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
Black or African American	32,273	36.9%	32,122	18,155	14,118	77.8%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	158	0.2%	163	71	87	122.5%
White	48,631	55.6%	52,144	22,172	26,459	119.3%
Information Not Available	6,233	7.1%	7,058	3,577	2,656	74.3%

Years of Age	87,532		91,690	44,104
Younger than 22	2,456	1.9%	2,484	1,085	1,371	126.4%
22-24	5,348	4.1%	5,334	2,338	3,010	128.7%
25-34	20,568	15.7%	21,446	9,826	10,742	109.3%
35-44	20,042	15.3%	20,853	10,550	9,492	90.0%
45-54	22,052	16.9%	23,150	11,551	10,501	90.9%
55-59	7,565	5.8%	8,189	3,815	3,750	98.3%
60-64	5,555	4.3%	5,755	2,752	2,803	101.9%
65 and older	3,946	3.0%	4,479	2,170	1,776	81.8%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	17	-17	-100.0%

Industry	87,532		91,690	44,104
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	157	0.2%	211	93	64	68.8%
Mining	103	0.1%	120	57	46	80.7%
Utilities	193	0.2%	218	52	141	271.2%
Construction	17,413	19.9%	19,502	8,016	9,397	117.2%
Manufacturing	1,036	1.2%	1,080	806	230	28.5%
Wholesale Trade	4,172	4.8%	4,116	1,907	2,265	118.8%
Retail Trade	2,944	3.4%	3,010	1,517	1,427	94.1%
Transporation and Warehousing	2,527	2.9%	2,383	1,244	1,283	103.1%
Information	1,989	2.3%	1,854	865	1,124	129.9%
Finance and Insurance	3,357	3.8%	3,326	2,203	1,154	52.4%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	2,122	2.4%	2,260	1,150	972	84.5%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	6,587	7.5%	6,244	2,755	3,832	139.1%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	466	0.5%	569	167	299	179.0%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	10,138	11.6%	10,509	5,386	4,752	88.2%
Educational Services	1,447	1.7%	1,455	749	698	93.2%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	4,731	5.4%	4,444	2,634	2,097	79.6%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	1,065	1.2%	1,604	554	511	92.2%
Accomodation and Food Services	5,383	6.1%	6,232	3,152	2,231	70.8%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	2,370	2.7%	2,407	1,244	1,126	90.5%
Public Administration	1,068	1.2%	1,284	760	308	40.5%
Information Not Available	18,264	20.8%	18,862	8,793	9,471	107.7%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Maine
	Apr 2009	Percent	Mar 2009	Apr 2008	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	23,434		26,143	14,199
Male	16,043	68.5%	18,043	9,616	6,427	66.8%
Female	7,391	31.5%	8,100	4,582	2,809	61.3%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	1	-1	-100.0%

Ethnicity	23,434		26,143	14,199
Hispanic or Latino	186	0.8%	211	122	64	52.5%
Not Hispanic or Latino	14,606	62.3%	16,393	11,416	3,190	27.9%
Information Not Available	8,642	36.9%	9,539	2,661	5,981	224.8%

Race	23,434		26,143	14,199
American Indian or Alaskan Native	194	0.8%	202	115	79	68.7%
Asian	90	0.4%	97	55	35	63.6%
Black or African American	215	0.9%	243	131	84	64.1%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
White	16,223	69.2%	18,163	11,872	4,351	36.6%
Information Not Available	6,712	28.6%	7,438	2,026	4,686	231.3%

Years of Age	23,434		26,143	14,199
Younger than 22	800	2.1%	988	599	201	33.6%
22-24	1,430	3.8%	1,619	910	520	57.1%
25-34	5,102	13.4%	5,989	3,119	1,983	63.6%
35-44	5,256	13.8%	5,654	3,231	2,025	62.7%
45-54	6,095	16.0%	6,675	3,592	2,503	69.7%
55-59	2,229	5.9%	2,509	1,332	897	67.3%
60-64	1,616	4.2%	1,732	884	732	82.8%
65 and older	906	2.4%	977	532	374	70.3%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	23,434		26,143	14,199
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	954	3.9%	437	610	344	56.4%
Mining	18	0.1%	25	19	-1	-5.3%
Utilities	30	0.1%	37	10	20	200.0%
Construction	3,881	15.9%	4,988	2,919	962	33.0%
Manufacturing	3,247	13.3%	3,976	1,441	1,806	125.3%
Wholesale Trade	711	2.9%	776	406	305	75.1%
Retail Trade	1,942	8.0%	2,129	1,435	507	35.3%
Transporation and Warehousing	618	2.5%	504	459	159	34.6%
Information	202	0.8%	203	108	94	87.0%
Finance and Insurance	193	0.8%	181	165	28	17.0%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	140	0.6%	170	125	15	12.0%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	495	2.0%	463	255	240	94.1%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	23	0.1%	14	11	12	109.1%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	1,212	5.0%	1,612	979	233	23.8%
Educational Services	171	0.7%	191	105	66	62.9%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	826	3.4%	806	599	227	37.9%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	341	1.4%	346	194	147	75.8%
Accomodation and Food Services	1,203	4.9%	1,818	1,020	183	17.9%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	326	1.3%	342	245	81	33.1%
Public Administration	189	0.8%	248	121	68	56.2%
Information Not Available	6,712	27.5%	6,877	2,973	3,739	125.8%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Michigan
	Apr 2009	Percent	Mar 2009	Apr 2008	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	291,706		331,512	181,345
Male	198,511	68.1%	229,881	124,164	74,347	59.9%
Female	93,160	31.9%	101,585	57,152	36,008	63.0%
Information Not Available	35	0.0%	46	29	6	20.7%

Ethnicity	291,706		331,512	181,345
Hispanic or Latino	10,625	3.6%	12,589	6,539	4,086	62.5%
Not Hispanic or Latino	233,219	80.0%	264,759	131,526	101,693	77.3%
Information Not Available	47,862	16.4%	54,164	43,280	4,582	10.6%

Race	291,706		331,512	181,345
American Indian or Alaskan Native	2,843	1.0%	3,119	1,833	1,010	55.1%
Asian	3,598	1.2%	3,907	1,432	2,166	151.3%
Black or African American	30,924	10.6%	35,655	21,075	9,849	46.7%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	228	0.1%	282	102	126	123.5%
White	191,998	65.8%	218,318	106,608	85,390	80.1%
Information Not Available	62,115	21.3%	70,231	50,295	11,820	23.5%

Years of Age	291,706		331,512	181,345
Younger than 22	9,666	2.1%	10,929	5,778	3,888	67.3%
22-24	17,776	3.8%	19,414	10,571	7,205	68.2%
25-34	68,352	14.5%	76,704	42,015	26,337	62.7%
35-44	73,974	15.7%	84,882	46,288	27,686	59.8%
45-54	76,632	16.3%	88,467	49,696	26,936	54.2%
55-59	25,014	5.3%	28,463	15,381	9,633	62.6%
60-64	13,877	3.0%	15,361	7,654	6,223	81.3%
65 and older	6,316	1.3%	7,185	3,914	2,402	61.4%
Information Not Available	99	0.0%	107	48	51	106.3%

Industry	291,706		331,512	181,345
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	1,651	0.6%	2,198	1,344	307	22.8%
Mining	1,685	0.6%	1,537	696	989	142.1%
Utilities	129	0.0%	166	112	17	15.2%
Construction	40,487	13.8%	46,279	32,317	8,170	25.3%
Manufacturing	76,880	26.2%	97,564	45,461	31,419	69.1%
Wholesale Trade	14,067	4.8%	14,480	4,801	9,266	193.0%
Retail Trade	18,498	6.3%	19,585	11,084	7,414	66.9%
Transporation and Warehousing	9,907	3.4%	11,226	6,403	3,504	54.7%
Information	2,724	0.9%	2,515	1,262	1,462	115.8%
Finance and Insurance	5,401	1.8%	5,235	3,899	1,502	38.5%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	3,569	1.2%	3,863	2,435	1,134	46.6%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	15,093	5.1%	14,622	6,252	8,841	141.4%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	2,198	0.7%	2,190	612	1,586	259.2%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	34,353	11.7%	38,760	22,353	12,000	53.7%
Educational Services	2,335	0.8%	2,470	1,490	845	56.7%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	11,171	3.8%	10,756	7,643	3,528	46.2%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	4,597	1.6%	6,843	3,075	1,522	49.5%
Accomodation and Food Services	10,755	3.7%	11,147	7,468	3,287	44.0%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	4,887	1.7%	5,068	2,882	2,005	69.6%
Public Administration	1,972	0.7%	2,708	1,482	490	33.1%
Information Not Available	29,347	10.0%	32,300	18,274	11,073	60.6%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Minnesota
	Apr 2009	Percent	Mar 2009	Apr 2008	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	121,409		130,706	66,473
Male	86,927	71.6%	96,845	49,666	37,261	75.0%
Female	34,462	28.4%	33,833	16,807	17,655	105.0%
Information Not Available	20	0.0%	28	0	20	0.0%

Ethnicity	121,409		130,706	66,473
Hispanic or Latino	3,874	3.2%	4,167	2,164	1,710	79.0%
Not Hispanic or Latino	104,674	86.2%	113,208	58,190	46,484	79.9%
Information Not Available	12,861	10.6%	13,331	6,119	6,742	110.2%

Race	121,409		130,706	66,473
American Indian or Alaskan Native	1,110	0.9%	1,251	802	308	38.4%
Asian	3,578	2.9%	3,331	1,147	2,431	211.9%
Black or African American	6,604	5.4%	6,549	3,407	3,197	93.8%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	261	0.2%	262	155	106	68.4%
White	102,248	84.2%	111,431	57,137	45,111	79.0%
Information Not Available	7,608	6.3%	7,882	3,825	3,783	98.9%

Years of Age	121,409		130,706	66,473
Younger than 22	2,879	1.3%	3,147	2,127	752	35.4%
22-24	7,595	3.5%	8,424	4,543	3,052	67.2%
25-34	31,929	14.7%	35,032	17,288	14,641	84.7%
35-44	26,922	12.4%	28,756	15,223	11,699	76.9%
45-54	30,569	14.1%	32,758	16,618	13,951	84.0%
55-59	11,235	5.2%	11,934	5,654	5,581	98.7%
60-64	6,799	3.1%	6,995	3,170	3,629	114.5%
65 and older	3,375	1.6%	3,537	1,542	1,833	118.9%
Information Not Available	106	0.0%	123	308	-202	-65.6%

Industry	121,409		130,706	66,473
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	966	0.8%	1,046	897	69	7.7%
Mining	1,390	1.1%	1,180	461	929	201.5%
Utilities	245	0.2%	275	202	43	21.3%
Construction	28,179	23.0%	35,114	23,616	4,563	19.3%
Manufacturing	27,814	22.7%	27,204	8,976	18,838	209.9%
Wholesale Trade	6,050	4.9%	6,246	2,617	3,433	131.2%
Retail Trade	8,738	7.1%	9,006	4,322	4,416	102.2%
Transporation and Warehousing	3,449	2.8%	3,562	1,923	1,526	79.4%
Information	1,858	1.5%	1,799	847	1,011	119.4%
Finance and Insurance	2,673	2.2%	2,570	1,550	1,123	72.5%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	1,349	1.1%	1,381	803	546	68.0%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	6,294	5.1%	6,320	2,606	3,688	141.5%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	1,899	1.6%	1,718	859	1,040	121.1%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	9,455	7.7%	10,789	5,095	4,360	85.6%
Educational Services	1,296	1.1%	1,346	713	583	81.8%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	5,239	4.3%	4,946	2,785	2,454	88.1%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	1,223	1.0%	1,623	745	478	64.2%
Accomodation and Food Services	4,179	3.4%	4,480	2,295	1,884	82.1%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	2,560	2.1%	2,666	1,232	1,328	107.8%
Public Administration	1,123	0.9%	1,559	848	275	32.4%
Information Not Available	5,430	4.4%	5,876	3,081	2,349	76.2%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Missouri
	Apr 2009	Percent	Mar 2009	Apr 2008	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	109,400		114,257	50,667
Male	69,012	63.1%	73,248	30,614	38,398	125.4%
Female	40,377	36.9%	40,994	20,046	20,331	101.4%
Information Not Available	11	0.0%	15	7	4	57.1%

Ethnicity	109,400		114,257	50,667
Hispanic or Latino	1,776	1.6%	1,922	453	1,323	292.1%
Not Hispanic or Latino	50,936	46.6%	54,968	13,010	37,926	291.5%
Information Not Available	56,688	51.8%	57,367	37,204	19,484	52.4%

Race	109,400		114,257	50,667
American Indian or Alaskan Native	810	0.7%	831	315	495	157.1%
Asian	1,032	0.9%	1,010	269	763	283.6%
Black or African American	17,703	16.2%	17,451	8,045	9,658	120.0%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	838	0.8%	839	360	478	132.8%
White	79,249	72.4%	84,212	31,276	47,973	153.4%
Information Not Available	9,768	8.9%	9,914	10,402	-634	-6.1%

Years of Age	109,400		114,257	50,667
Younger than 22	2,606	1.4%	2,754	1,087	1,519	139.7%
22-24	6,148	3.4%	6,553	2,552	3,596	140.9%
25-34	26,139	14.3%	27,293	11,744	14,395	122.6%
35-44	26,383	14.4%	27,041	12,587	13,796	109.6%
45-54	28,907	15.8%	30,018	14,005	14,902	106.4%
55-59	9,581	5.2%	10,008	4,396	5,185	117.9%
60-64	6,049	3.3%	6,393	2,605	3,444	132.2%
65 and older	3,521	1.9%	4,130	1,659	1,862	112.2%
Information Not Available	66	0.0%	67	32	34	106.3%

Industry	109,400		114,257	50,667
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	345	0.3%	525	285	60	21.1%
Mining	644	0.6%	727	284	360	126.8%
Utilities	86	0.1%	106	44	42	95.5%
Construction	19,722	18.0%	22,087	10,209	9,513	93.2%
Manufacturing	24,729	22.5%	24,497	9,196	15,533	168.9%
Wholesale Trade	5,142	4.7%	4,992	2,201	2,941	133.6%
Retail Trade	9,684	8.8%	9,938	4,690	4,994	106.5%
Transporation and Warehousing	5,367	4.9%	5,269	2,112	3,255	154.1%
Information	2,449	2.2%	2,211	854	1,595	186.8%
Finance and Insurance	3,275	3.0%	3,217	1,751	1,524	87.0%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	1,643	1.5%	1,809	917	726	79.2%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	4,477	4.1%	4,073	1,582	2,895	183.0%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	324	0.3%	352	182	142	78.0%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	11,267	10.3%	12,113	4,882	6,385	130.8%
Educational Services	1,412	1.3%	1,457	705	707	100.3%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	5,570	5.1%	5,458	3,602	1,968	54.6%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	1,455	1.3%	2,077	678	777	114.6%
Accomodation and Food Services	6,467	5.9%	7,473	3,277	3,190	97.3%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	2,548	2.3%	2,625	1,360	1,188	87.4%
Public Administration	751	0.7%	907	477	274	57.4%
Information Not Available	2,043	1.9%	2,344	1,379	664	48.2%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Mississippi
	Apr 2009	Percent	Mar 2009	Apr 2008	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	56,899		61,474	18,899
Male	31,951	56.2%	35,360	9,781	22,170	226.7%
Female	24,947	43.8%	26,114	9,117	15,830	173.6%
Information Not Available	1	0.0%	0	1	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	56,899		61,474	18,899
Hispanic or Latino	680	1.2%	883	222	458	206.3%
Not Hispanic or Latino	56,218	98.8%	60,591	18,048	38,170	211.5%
Information Not Available	1	0.0%	0	629	-628	-99.8%

Race	56,899		61,474	18,899
American Indian or Alaskan Native	137	0.2%	120	72	65	90.3%
Asian	255	0.4%	259	159	96	60.4%
Black or African American	31,838	56.0%	35,727	11,029	20,809	188.7%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	461	0.8%	609	4	457	11425.0%
White	24,207	42.5%	24,759	7,234	16,973	234.6%
Information Not Available	1	0.0%	0	401	-400	-99.8%

Years of Age	56,899		61,474	18,899
Younger than 22	1,677	2.1%	1,555	489	1,188	242.9%
22-24	3,732	4.8%	4,245	1,182	2,550	215.7%
25-34	14,911	19.1%	17,162	4,918	9,993	203.2%
35-44	13,471	17.2%	14,754	4,622	8,849	191.5%
45-54	13,395	17.1%	14,189	4,542	8,853	194.9%
55-59	4,709	6.0%	4,721	1,510	3,199	211.9%
60-64	2,881	3.7%	2,920	954	1,927	202.0%
65 and older	2,123	2.7%	1,928	682	1,441	211.3%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	56,899		61,474	18,899
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	1,216	2.1%	1,858	549	667	121.5%
Mining	629	1.1%	594	91	538	591.2%
Utilities	76	0.1%	57	21	55	261.9%
Construction	5,497	9.5%	5,987	1,498	3,999	267.0%
Manufacturing	17,389	29.9%	17,788	5,611	11,778	209.9%
Wholesale Trade	1,730	3.0%	1,753	652	1,078	165.3%
Retail Trade	5,841	10.1%	6,717	1,874	3,967	211.7%
Transporation and Warehousing	2,490	4.3%	2,596	721	1,769	245.4%
Information	422	0.7%	422	147	275	187.1%
Finance and Insurance	820	1.4%	836	264	556	210.6%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	561	1.0%	593	189	372	196.8%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	1,275	2.2%	1,244	395	880	222.8%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	122	0.2%	157	32	90	281.3%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	4,682	8.1%	6,111	1,471	3,211	218.3%
Educational Services	741	1.3%	789	237	504	212.7%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	3,122	5.4%	3,955	1,286	1,836	142.8%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	527	0.9%	618	138	389	281.9%
Accomodation and Food Services	4,877	8.4%	5,787	1,268	3,609	284.6%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	889	1.5%	948	296	593	200.3%
Public Administration	737	1.3%	933	389	348	89.5%
Information Not Available	3,256	5.6%	1,731	1,770	1,486	84.0%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Montana
	Apr 2009	Percent	Mar 2009	Apr 2008	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	15,008		16,317	5,828
Male	10,798	71.9%	12,106	4,095	6,703	163.7%
Female	4,172	27.8%	4,168	1,716	2,456	143.1%
Information Not Available	38	0.3%	43	17	21	123.5%

Ethnicity	15,008		16,317	5,828
Hispanic or Latino	440	2.9%	423	155	285	183.9%
Not Hispanic or Latino	13,556	90.3%	14,781	5,324	8,232	154.6%
Information Not Available	1,012	6.7%	1,113	349	663	190.0%

Race	15,008		16,317	5,828
American Indian or Alaskan Native	968	6.4%	1,071	506	462	91.3%
Asian	56	0.4%	67	14	42	300.0%
Black or African American	81	0.5%	73	32	49	153.1%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	37	0.2%	35	16	21	131.3%
White	13,725	91.5%	14,935	5,206	8,519	163.6%
Information Not Available	141	0.9%	136	54	87	161.1%

Years of Age	15,008		16,317	5,828
Younger than 22	675	2.4%	720	164	511	311.6%
22-24	1,182	4.2%	1,294	336	846	251.8%
25-34	4,063	14.5%	4,384	1,417	2,646	186.7%
35-44	3,230	11.5%	3,373	1,225	2,005	163.7%
45-54	3,472	12.4%	3,820	1,570	1,902	121.1%
55-59	1,319	4.7%	1,472	557	762	136.8%
60-64	680	2.4%	817	346	334	96.5%
65 and older	387	1.4%	437	213	174	81.7%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	15,008		16,317	5,828
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	365	2.4%	384	225	140	62.2%
Mining	579	3.8%	661	122	457	374.6%
Utilities	28	0.2%	37	14	14	100.0%
Construction	4,194	27.3%	4,936	1,835	2,359	128.6%
Manufacturing	1,815	11.8%	2,016	410	1,405	342.7%
Wholesale Trade	376	2.4%	374	120	256	213.3%
Retail Trade	1,554	10.1%	1,676	498	1,056	212.0%
Transporation and Warehousing	494	3.2%	456	207	287	138.6%
Information	184	1.2%	169	70	114	162.9%
Finance and Insurance	187	1.2%	187	81	106	130.9%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	204	1.3%	213	78	126	161.5%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	506	3.3%	466	126	380	301.6%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	11	0.1%	2	5	6	120.0%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	1,072	7.0%	1,229	467	605	129.6%
Educational Services	201	1.3%	204	119	82	68.9%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	596	3.9%	519	222	374	168.5%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	374	2.4%	376	153	221	144.4%
Accomodation and Food Services	1,466	9.5%	1,354	568	898	158.1%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	334	2.2%	328	112	222	198.2%
Public Administration	247	1.6%	318	158	89	56.3%
Information Not Available	221	1.4%	412	238	-17	-7.1%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants North Carolina
	Apr 2009	Percent	Mar 2009	Apr 2008	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	216,680		211,356	86,863
Male	133,784	61.7%	130,894	48,266	85,518	177.2%
Female	82,892	38.3%	80,457	38,592	44,300	114.8%
Information Not Available	4	0.0%	5	5	-1	-20.0%

Ethnicity	216,680		211,356	86,863
Hispanic or Latino	12,279	5.7%	11,728	3,274	9,005	275.0%
Not Hispanic or Latino	197,598	91.2%	193,135	80,958	116,640	144.1%
Information Not Available	6,803	3.1%	6,493	2,631	4,172	158.6%

Race	216,680		211,356	86,863
American Indian or Alaskan Native	2,503	1.2%	2,309	1,152	1,351	117.3%
Asian	3,018	1.4%	2,713	814	2,204	270.8%
Black or African American	64,973	30.0%	62,434	31,889	33,084	103.7%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	270	0.1%	292	86	184	214.0%
White	133,244	61.5%	130,857	47,198	86,046	182.3%
Information Not Available	12,672	5.8%	12,751	5,724	6,948	121.4%

Years of Age	216,680		211,356	86,863
Younger than 22	7,367	2.2%	7,299	2,883	4,484	155.5%
22-24	12,257	3.6%	12,169	5,079	7,178	141.3%
25-34	48,644	14.4%	48,171	20,992	27,652	131.7%
35-44	55,795	16.5%	53,777	22,359	33,436	149.5%
45-54	54,309	16.1%	52,506	20,908	33,401	159.8%
55-59	19,007	5.6%	18,389	7,258	11,749	161.9%
60-64	12,501	3.7%	12,199	4,640	7,861	169.4%
65 and older	6,800	2.0%	6,846	2,744	4,056	147.8%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	216,680		211,356	86,863
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	803	0.4%	862	450	353	78.4%
Mining	298	0.1%	368	74	224	302.7%
Utilities	125	0.1%	124	80	45	56.3%
Construction	27,622	12.7%	28,396	11,582	16,040	138.5%
Manufacturing	61,242	28.2%	54,984	19,125	42,117	220.2%
Wholesale Trade	9,421	4.3%	8,924	3,582	5,839	163.0%
Retail Trade	17,102	7.9%	17,286	7,138	9,964	139.6%
Transporation and Warehousing	6,813	3.1%	6,403	2,343	4,470	190.8%
Information	2,297	1.1%	2,096	1,166	1,131	97.0%
Finance and Insurance	3,920	1.8%	3,647	2,139	1,781	83.3%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	2,729	1.3%	2,864	1,201	1,528	127.2%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	9,499	4.4%	9,098	3,259	6,240	191.5%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	489	0.2%	541	304	185	60.9%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	20,966	9.6%	21,351	9,594	11,372	118.5%
Educational Services	1,571	0.7%	1,554	952	619	65.0%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	9,981	4.6%	9,691	6,329	3,652	57.7%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	1,588	0.7%	2,184	770	818	106.2%
Accomodation and Food Services	7,951	3.7%	9,351	4,119	3,832	93.0%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	3,044	1.4%	3,033	1,423	1,621	113.9%
Public Administration	1,614	0.7%	1,688	720	894	124.2%
Information Not Available	27,605	12.7%	26,911	10,513	17,092	162.6%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants North Dakota
	Apr 2009	Percent	Mar 2009	Apr 2008	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	7,517		10,528	3,356
Male	5,928	78.9%	8,679	2,541	3,387	133.3%
Female	1,585	21.1%	1,841	804	781	97.1%
Information Not Available	4	0.1%	8	11	-7	-63.6%

Ethnicity	7,517		10,528	3,356
Hispanic or Latino	165	2.2%	225	69	96	139.1%
Not Hispanic or Latino	7,181	95.5%	10,088	3,192	3,989	125.0%
Information Not Available	171	2.3%	215	95	76	80.0%

Race	7,517		10,528	3,356
American Indian or Alaskan Native	459	6.1%	560	267	192	71.9%
Asian	44	0.6%	26	9	35	388.9%
Black or African American	152	2.0%	136	33	119	360.6%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	11	0.1%	18	6	5	83.3%
White	6,515	86.7%	9,348	2,877	3,638	126.5%
Information Not Available	336	4.5%	440	164	172	104.9%

Years of Age	7,517		10,528	3,356
Younger than 22	161	1.2%	199	44	117	265.9%
22-24	527	3.9%	648	147	380	258.5%
25-34	2,052	15.1%	2,669	756	1,296	171.4%
35-44	1,495	11.0%	2,256	680	815	119.9%
45-54	1,799	13.2%	2,606	860	939	109.2%
55-59	722	5.3%	1,072	369	353	95.7%
60-64	431	3.2%	622	250	181	72.4%
65 and older	316	2.3%	431	230	86	37.4%
Information Not Available	14	0.1%	25	20	-6	-30.0%

Industry	7,517		10,528	3,356
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	106	1.4%	208	79	27	34.2%
Mining	600	7.9%	699	123	477	387.8%
Utilities	11	0.1%	22	8	3	37.5%
Construction	2,306	30.3%	3,374	1,253	1,053	84.0%
Manufacturing	1,469	19.3%	2,759	362	1,107	305.8%
Wholesale Trade	290	3.8%	376	119	171	143.7%
Retail Trade	383	5.0%	422	183	200	109.3%
Transporation and Warehousing	248	3.3%	324	127	121	95.3%
Information	118	1.5%	110	49	69	140.8%
Finance and Insurance	141	1.8%	105	82	59	72.0%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	53	0.7%	45	12	41	341.7%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	207	2.7%	268	87	120	137.9%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	28	0.4%	24	13	15	115.4%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	315	4.1%	397	172	143	83.1%
Educational Services	8	0.1%	2	4	4	100.0%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	223	2.9%	183	108	115	106.5%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	37	0.5%	83	17	20	117.6%
Accomodation and Food Services	178	2.3%	180	88	90	102.3%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	102	1.3%	116	34	68	200.0%
Public Administration	229	3.0%	292	169	60	35.5%
Information Not Available	465	6.1%	539	267	198	74.2%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Nebraska
	Apr 2009	Percent	Mar 2009	Apr 2008	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	24,669		26,330	9,431
Male	14,253	57.8%	16,188	5,357	8,896	166.1%
Female	9,461	38.4%	9,248	3,671	5,790	157.7%
Information Not Available	955	3.9%	894	403	552	137.0%

Ethnicity	24,669		26,330	9,431
Hispanic or Latino	1,078	4.4%	1,226	369	709	192.1%
Not Hispanic or Latino	19,493	79.0%	20,817	7,200	12,293	170.7%
Information Not Available	4,098	16.6%	4,287	1,862	2,236	120.1%

Race	24,669		26,330	9,431
American Indian or Alaskan Native	243	1.0%	242	97	146	150.5%
Asian	286	1.2%	261	67	219	326.9%
Black or African American	1,597	6.5%	1,523	658	939	142.7%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	37	0.1%	35	15	22	146.7%
White	11,939	48.4%	13,023	4,159	7,780	187.1%
Information Not Available	10,567	42.8%	11,246	4,435	6,132	138.3%

Years of Age	24,669		26,330	9,431
Younger than 22	705	2.0%	719	208	497	238.9%
22-24	1,604	4.6%	1,687	502	1,102	219.5%
25-34	6,132	17.5%	6,395	2,173	3,959	182.2%
35-44	5,539	15.8%	5,858	2,213	3,326	150.3%
45-54	6,167	17.5%	6,660	2,536	3,631	143.2%
55-59	2,113	6.0%	2,313	839	1,274	151.8%
60-64	1,468	4.2%	1,605	512	956	186.7%
65 and older	941	2.7%	1,093	448	493	110.0%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	24,669		26,330	9,431
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	163	0.7%	186	67	96	143.3%
Mining	77	0.3%	188	54	23	42.6%
Utilities	23	0.1%	29	14	9	64.3%
Construction	3,048	12.3%	4,524	1,742	1,306	75.0%
Manufacturing	5,353	21.6%	5,305	1,441	3,912	271.5%
Wholesale Trade	909	3.7%	923	295	614	208.1%
Retail Trade	2,577	10.4%	2,476	877	1,700	193.8%
Transporation and Warehousing	912	3.7%	923	483	429	88.8%
Information	535	2.2%	514	184	351	190.8%
Finance and Insurance	920	3.7%	861	358	562	157.0%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	260	1.0%	271	134	126	94.0%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	975	3.9%	900	294	681	231.6%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	137	0.6%	127	44	93	211.4%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	2,807	11.3%	2,928	863	1,944	225.3%
Educational Services	314	1.3%	324	132	182	137.9%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	1,703	6.9%	1,609	744	959	128.9%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	190	0.8%	241	72	118	163.9%
Accomodation and Food Services	1,393	5.6%	1,412	551	842	152.8%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	431	1.7%	432	185	246	133.0%
Public Administration	442	1.8%	560	215	227	105.6%
Information Not Available	1,500	6.0%	1,597	682	818	119.9%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants New Hampshire
	Apr 2009	Percent	Mar 2009	Apr 2008	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	24,591		25,270	9,891
Male	15,671	63.7%	16,859	6,441	9,230	143.3%
Female	8,920	36.3%	8,411	3,450	5,470	158.6%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	24,591		25,270	9,891
Hispanic or Latino	848	3.4%	915	304	544	178.9%
Not Hispanic or Latino	17,669	71.9%	18,015	7,072	10,597	149.8%
Information Not Available	6,074	24.7%	6,340	2,515	3,559	141.5%

Race	24,591		25,270	9,891
American Indian or Alaskan Native	67	0.3%	91	38	29	76.3%
Asian	444	1.8%	441	97	347	357.7%
Black or African American	363	1.5%	385	137	226	165.0%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	25	0.1%	28	8	17	212.5%
White	22,169	90.2%	22,802	9,112	13,057	143.3%
Information Not Available	1,523	6.2%	1,523	499	1,024	205.2%

Years of Age	24,591		25,270	9,891
Younger than 22	612	1.4%	641	201	411	204.5%
22-24	1,379	3.1%	1,471	495	884	178.6%
25-34	4,888	10.9%	5,316	1,918	2,970	154.8%
35-44	5,349	11.9%	5,409	2,248	3,101	137.9%
45-54	6,642	14.8%	6,724	2,841	3,801	133.8%
55-59	2,670	6.0%	2,699	1,045	1,625	155.5%
60-64	1,973	4.4%	1,923	718	1,255	174.8%
65 and older	1,078	2.4%	1,087	425	653	153.6%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	24,591		25,270	9,891
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	128	0.5%	106	70	58	82.9%
Mining	78	0.3%	110	55	23	41.8%
Utilities	9	0.0%	11	10	-1	-10.0%
Construction	3,486	14.1%	4,433	1,894	1,592	84.1%
Manufacturing	5,277	21.3%	5,176	1,398	3,879	277.5%
Wholesale Trade	1,223	4.9%	1,144	432	791	183.1%
Retail Trade	2,899	11.7%	2,891	1,218	1,681	138.0%
Transporation and Warehousing	598	2.4%	603	231	367	158.9%
Information	341	1.4%	313	128	213	166.4%
Finance and Insurance	641	2.6%	609	253	388	153.4%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	330	1.3%	338	147	183	124.5%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	1,184	4.8%	1,067	319	865	271.2%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	69	0.3%	66	15	54	360.0%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	2,245	9.1%	2,569	1,071	1,174	109.6%
Educational Services	293	1.2%	320	130	163	125.4%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	989	4.0%	926	435	554	127.4%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	414	1.7%	424	212	202	95.3%
Accomodation and Food Services	1,336	5.4%	1,147	552	784	142.0%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	557	2.3%	521	215	342	159.1%
Public Administration	294	1.2%	273	143	151	105.6%
Information Not Available	2,200	8.9%	2,223	963	1,237	128.5%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants New Jersey
	Apr 2009	Percent	Mar 2009	Apr 2008	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	225,426		230,268	121,053
Male	131,337	58.3%	142,684	70,712	60,625	85.7%
Female	94,089	41.7%	87,584	50,341	43,748	86.9%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	225,426		230,268	121,053
Hispanic or Latino	45,797	20.3%	47,324	24,065	21,732	90.3%
Not Hispanic or Latino	155,985	69.2%	159,807	87,306	68,679	78.7%
Information Not Available	23,644	10.5%	23,137	9,682	13,962	144.2%

Race	225,426		230,268	121,053
American Indian or Alaskan Native	847	0.4%	860	449	398	88.6%
Asian	8,980	4.0%	8,592	3,634	5,346	147.1%
Black or African American	38,482	17.1%	37,340	24,578	13,904	56.6%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	1,456	0.6%	1,494	847	609	71.9%
White	140,901	62.5%	146,504	73,181	67,720	92.5%
Information Not Available	34,760	15.4%	35,478	18,364	16,396	89.3%

Years of Age	225,426		230,268	121,053
Younger than 22	35,833	10.0%	37,410	16,939	18,894	111.5%
22-24	15,355	4.3%	16,386	8,880	6,475	72.9%
25-34	47,412	13.2%	49,816	27,042	20,370	75.3%
35-44	55,563	15.5%	56,790	29,834	25,729	86.2%
45-54	45,162	12.6%	44,896	23,767	21,395	90.0%
55-59	14,130	3.9%	13,805	7,752	6,378	82.3%
60-64	6,982	1.9%	6,653	3,937	3,045	77.3%
65 and older	4,989	1.4%	4,512	2,902	2,087	71.9%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	225,426		230,268	121,053
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	742	0.3%	1,157	619	123	19.9%
Mining	243	0.1%	301	102	141	138.2%
Utilities	180	0.1%	193	127	53	41.7%
Construction	26,042	11.5%	30,183	16,165	9,877	61.1%
Manufacturing	24,518	10.8%	23,868	10,459	14,059	134.4%
Wholesale Trade	13,244	5.9%	13,048	6,782	6,462	95.3%
Retail Trade	26,435	11.7%	27,424	14,320	12,115	84.6%
Transporation and Warehousing	13,856	6.1%	9,615	5,183	8,673	167.3%
Information	5,146	2.3%	4,960	2,443	2,703	110.6%
Finance and Insurance	8,942	4.0%	8,786	5,233	3,709	70.9%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	3,754	1.7%	3,827	2,253	1,501	66.6%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	14,136	6.3%	13,966	6,594	7,542	114.4%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	1,114	0.5%	1,061	445	669	150.3%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	23,290	10.3%	26,555	14,028	9,262	66.0%
Educational Services	3,034	1.3%	2,932	1,810	1,224	67.6%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	12,846	5.7%	12,280	8,993	3,853	42.8%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	3,137	1.4%	4,848	2,342	795	33.9%
Accomodation and Food Services	16,702	7.4%	15,373	8,407	8,295	98.7%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	5,023	2.2%	5,002	3,023	2,000	66.2%
Public Administration	3,184	1.4%	2,430	1,472	1,712	116.3%
Information Not Available	19,858	8.8%	22,459	10,253	9,605	93.7%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants New Mexico
	Apr 2009	Percent	Mar 2009	Apr 2008	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	28,349		27,115	11,964
Male	19,082	67.3%	18,263	7,179	11,903	165.8%
Female	9,267	32.7%	8,852	4,785	4,482	93.7%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	28,349		27,115	11,964
Hispanic or Latino	15,178	53.5%	14,719	6,846	8,332	121.7%
Not Hispanic or Latino	10,994	38.8%	10,345	4,546	6,448	141.8%
Information Not Available	2,177	7.7%	2,051	572	1,605	280.6%

Race	28,349		27,115	11,964
American Indian or Alaskan Native	2,588	9.1%	2,283	1,085	1,503	138.5%
Asian	317	1.1%	330	130	187	143.8%
Black or African American	755	2.7%	717	321	434	135.2%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	74	0.3%	75	27	47	174.1%
White	14,085	49.7%	13,599	6,021	8,064	133.9%
Information Not Available	10,530	37.1%	10,111	4,380	6,150	140.4%

Years of Age	28,349		27,115	11,964
Younger than 22	964	2.3%	949	407	557	136.9%
22-24	1,701	4.1%	1,546	718	983	136.9%
25-34	5,953	14.4%	5,694	2,512	3,441	137.0%
35-44	7,683	18.6%	6,562	3,243	4,440	136.9%
45-54	6,945	16.9%	6,453	2,931	4,014	136.9%
55-59	2,155	5.2%	2,223	909	1,246	137.1%
60-64	1,219	3.0%	1,193	514	705	137.2%
65 and older	737	1.8%	841	311	426	137.0%
Information Not Available	992	2.4%	1,654	419	573	136.8%

Industry	28,349		27,115	11,964
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	1,209	4.1%	1,241	968	241	24.9%
Mining	2,345	7.9%	1,879	146	2,199	1506.2%
Utilities	65	0.2%	65	60	5	8.3%
Construction	5,628	19.0%	5,570	2,345	3,283	140.0%
Manufacturing	2,970	10.0%	3,297	1,258	1,712	136.1%
Wholesale Trade	1,113	3.8%	1,004	362	751	207.5%
Retail Trade	2,982	10.1%	2,890	1,091	1,891	173.3%
Transporation and Warehousing	742	2.5%	688	279	463	165.9%
Information	954	3.2%	1,037	424	530	125.0%
Finance and Insurance	522	1.8%	491	244	278	113.9%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	493	1.7%	465	225	268	119.1%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	1,409	4.8%	1,236	860	549	63.8%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	30	0.1%	31	15	15	100.0%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	2,296	7.8%	2,197	920	1,376	149.6%
Educational Services	421	1.4%	442	218	203	93.1%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	1,741	5.9%	1,592	926	815	88.0%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	474	1.6%	356	252	222	88.1%
Accomodation and Food Services	1,495	5.1%	1,316	715	780	109.1%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	677	2.3%	633	246	431	175.2%
Public Administration	698	2.4%	600	355	343	96.6%
Information Not Available	85	0.3%	85	55	30	54.5%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Nevada
	Apr 2009	Percent	Mar 2009	Apr 2008	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	75,991		71,854	34,765
Male	48,767	64.2%	45,910	21,313	27,454	128.8%
Female	27,223	35.8%	25,944	13,452	13,771	102.4%
Information Not Available	1	0.0%	0	0	1	0.0%

Ethnicity	75,991		71,854	34,765
Hispanic or Latino	17,899	23.6%	17,121	6,594	11,305	171.4%
Not Hispanic or Latino	47,701	62.8%	44,857	22,153	25,548	115.3%
Information Not Available	10,391	13.7%	9,876	6,018	4,373	72.7%

Race	75,991		71,854	34,765
American Indian or Alaskan Native	1,400	1.8%	1,315	683	717	105.0%
Asian	3,695	4.9%	3,640	1,534	2,161	140.9%
Black or African American	7,468	9.8%	6,855	3,643	3,825	105.0%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	1,379	1.8%	1,334	568	811	142.8%
White	49,325	64.9%	46,440	22,667	26,658	117.6%
Information Not Available	12,724	16.7%	12,270	5,670	7,054	124.4%

Years of Age	75,991		71,854	34,765
Younger than 22	2,581	2.1%	2,657	895	1,686	188.4%
22-24	4,702	3.9%	4,455	1,879	2,823	150.2%
25-34	18,070	15.0%	17,046	7,680	10,390	135.3%
35-44	18,033	14.9%	17,090	8,123	9,910	122.0%
45-54	18,168	15.0%	17,119	8,921	9,247	103.7%
55-59	6,442	5.3%	6,119	3,258	3,184	97.7%
60-64	4,519	3.7%	4,155	2,196	2,323	105.8%
65 and older	3,476	2.9%	3,213	1,771	1,705	96.3%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	42	-42	-100.0%

Industry	75,991		71,854	34,765
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	58	0.1%	68	27	31	114.8%
Mining	494	0.6%	508	170	324	190.6%
Utilities	47	0.1%	61	35	12	34.3%
Construction	19,872	26.1%	18,170	9,422	10,450	110.9%
Manufacturing	4,567	6.0%	4,153	1,628	2,939	180.5%
Wholesale Trade	2,426	3.2%	2,223	924	1,502	162.6%
Retail Trade	7,066	9.3%	6,625	2,923	4,143	141.7%
Transporation and Warehousing	2,702	3.6%	2,569	1,202	1,500	124.8%
Information	810	1.1%	768	344	466	135.5%
Finance and Insurance	1,486	2.0%	1,321	1,004	482	48.0%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	2,078	2.7%	1,911	967	1,111	114.9%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	3,365	4.4%	2,883	1,411	1,954	138.5%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	648	0.9%	593	177	471	266.1%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	8,399	11.0%	7,870	4,168	4,231	101.5%
Educational Services	585	0.8%	493	342	243	71.1%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	2,461	3.2%	2,194	1,271	1,190	93.6%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	1,641	2.2%	1,589	768	873	113.7%
Accomodation and Food Services	14,440	19.0%	15,249	5,060	9,380	185.4%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	1,555	2.0%	1,433	628	927	147.6%
Public Administration	700	0.9%	676	401	299	74.6%
Information Not Available	591	0.8%	497	1,893	-1,302	-68.8%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants New York
	Apr 2009	Percent	Mar 2009	Apr 2008	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	403,323		398,202	191,264
Male	240,094	59.5%	250,374	112,591	127,503	113.2%
Female	163,229	40.5%	147,828	78,673	84,556	107.5%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	403,323		398,202	191,264
Hispanic or Latino	60,195	14.9%	59,780	27,726	32,469	117.1%
Not Hispanic or Latino	269,122	66.7%	267,724	131,868	137,254	104.1%
Information Not Available	74,006	18.3%	70,698	31,670	42,336	133.7%

Race	403,323		398,202	191,264
American Indian or Alaskan Native	2,276	0.6%	2,300	1,280	996	77.8%
Asian	14,268	3.5%	13,587	5,402	8,866	164.1%
Black or African American	56,320	14.0%	51,947	28,563	27,757	97.2%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	943	0.2%	884	362	581	160.5%
White	218,542	54.2%	222,899	106,942	111,600	104.4%
Information Not Available	110,974	27.5%	106,585	48,715	62,259	127.8%

Years of Age	403,323		398,202	191,264
Younger than 22	16,545	2.8%	17,080	7,471	9,074	121.5%
22-24	28,033	4.7%	28,813	12,743	15,290	120.0%
25-34	100,121	16.7%	101,669	46,685	53,436	114.5%
35-44	94,640	15.8%	94,678	47,236	47,404	100.4%
45-54	93,167	15.5%	90,374	44,081	49,086	111.4%
55-59	32,901	5.5%	31,122	15,314	17,587	114.8%
60-64	22,125	3.7%	20,206	9,937	12,188	122.7%
65 and older	15,791	2.6%	14,260	7,797	7,994	102.5%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	403,323		398,202	191,264
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	971	0.2%	1,328	635	336	52.9%
Mining	1,228	0.3%	1,959	679	549	80.9%
Utilities	230	0.1%	211	185	45	24.3%
Construction	54,090	13.4%	63,465	29,561	24,529	83.0%
Manufacturing	52,070	12.9%	51,209	19,737	32,333	163.8%
Wholesale Trade	19,662	4.9%	18,773	9,008	10,654	118.3%
Retail Trade	36,966	9.1%	37,110	16,958	20,008	118.0%
Transporation and Warehousing	26,111	6.5%	13,324	9,088	17,023	187.3%
Information	13,064	3.2%	11,689	5,802	7,262	125.2%
Finance and Insurance	23,666	5.9%	22,818	12,405	11,261	90.8%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	8,293	2.1%	8,310	4,400	3,893	88.5%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	31,595	7.8%	28,536	11,716	19,879	169.7%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	2,036	0.5%	1,933	775	1,261	162.7%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	41,157	10.2%	45,236	20,005	21,152	105.7%
Educational Services	9,838	2.4%	7,170	3,947	5,891	149.3%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	24,582	6.1%	23,057	15,189	9,393	61.8%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	9,740	2.4%	12,831	5,666	4,074	71.9%
Accomodation and Food Services	23,971	5.9%	24,706	12,149	11,822	97.3%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	9,643	2.4%	9,592	4,988	4,655	93.3%
Public Administration	9,924	2.5%	9,547	5,826	4,098	70.3%
Information Not Available	4,486	1.1%	5,398	2,545	1,941	76.3%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Ohio
	Apr 2009	Percent	Mar 2009	Apr 2008	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	255,521		258,151	123,914
Male	175,995	68.9%	181,338	83,780	92,215	110.1%
Female	78,551	30.7%	75,833	39,570	38,981	98.5%
Information Not Available	975	0.4%	980	564	411	72.9%

Ethnicity	255,521		258,151	123,914
Hispanic or Latino	7,521	2.9%	7,854	3,689	3,832	103.9%
Not Hispanic or Latino	232,083	90.8%	234,876	115,251	116,832	101.4%
Information Not Available	15,917	6.2%	15,421	4,974	10,943	220.0%

Race	255,521		258,151	123,914
American Indian or Alaskan Native	1,152	0.5%	1,091	618	534	86.4%
Asian	1,806	0.7%	1,589	562	1,244	221.4%
Black or African American	31,958	12.5%	30,877	18,591	13,367	71.9%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	189	0.1%	211	120	69	57.5%
White	209,744	82.1%	213,304	99,079	110,665	111.7%
Information Not Available	10,672	4.2%	11,079	4,944	5,728	115.9%

Years of Age	255,521		258,151	123,914
Younger than 22	8,168	1.8%	9,025	3,680	4,488	122.0%
22-24	14,168	3.1%	15,310	6,515	7,653	117.5%
25-34	57,627	12.8%	59,343	28,336	29,291	103.4%
35-44	63,532	14.1%	64,695	32,968	30,564	92.7%
45-54	68,663	15.2%	68,289	33,300	35,363	106.2%
55-59	24,395	5.4%	23,522	10,884	13,511	124.1%
60-64	13,553	3.0%	12,874	5,690	7,863	138.2%
65 and older	5,415	1.2%	5,093	2,541	2,874	113.1%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	255,521		258,151	123,914
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	546	0.2%	927	472	74	15.7%
Mining	859	0.3%	1,155	626	233	37.2%
Utilities	333	0.1%	228	177	156	88.1%
Construction	41,415	16.2%	46,641	30,308	11,107	36.6%
Manufacturing	89,609	35.0%	85,194	30,639	58,970	192.5%
Wholesale Trade	12,267	4.8%	11,763	4,569	7,698	168.5%
Retail Trade	10,600	4.1%	11,381	6,109	4,491	73.5%
Transporation and Warehousing	13,123	5.1%	12,411	5,500	7,623	138.6%
Information	3,264	1.3%	2,939	1,294	1,970	152.2%
Finance and Insurance	4,620	1.8%	4,391	3,371	1,249	37.1%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	2,855	1.1%	2,879	1,547	1,308	84.6%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	10,648	4.2%	9,911	4,120	6,528	158.4%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	2,517	1.0%	2,429	469	2,048	436.7%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	28,909	11.3%	31,681	14,617	14,292	97.8%
Educational Services	2,246	0.9%	2,137	1,358	888	65.4%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	10,019	3.9%	8,897	6,214	3,805	61.2%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	2,097	0.8%	3,045	1,561	536	34.3%
Accomodation and Food Services	6,726	2.6%	7,135	3,906	2,820	72.2%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	4,444	1.7%	4,316	2,354	2,090	88.8%
Public Administration	1,743	0.7%	1,957	998	745	74.6%
Information Not Available	6,681	2.6%	6,734	3,705	2,976	80.3%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Oklahoma
	Apr 2009	Percent	Mar 2009	Apr 2008	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	47,973		44,663	14,213
Male	31,175	65.0%	28,448	7,459	23,716	318.0%
Female	16,714	34.8%	16,145	6,721	9,993	148.7%
Information Not Available	84	0.2%	70	33	51	154.5%

Ethnicity	47,973		44,663	14,213
Hispanic or Latino	4,164	8.7%	3,799	1,028	3,136	305.1%
Not Hispanic or Latino	43,809	91.3%	40,864	13,185	30,624	232.3%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Race	47,973		44,663	14,213
American Indian or Alaskan Native	4,318	9.0%	4,130	1,266	3,052	241.1%
Asian	561	1.2%	439	107	454	424.3%
Black or African American	5,555	11.6%	5,580	2,225	3,330	149.7%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	61	0.1%	64	6	55	916.7%
White	31,789	66.3%	29,130	9,002	22,787	253.1%
Information Not Available	5,689	11.9%	5,320	1,607	4,082	254.0%

Years of Age	47,973		44,663	14,213
Younger than 22	1,289	1.7%	1,065	279	1,010	362.0%
22-24	2,942	3.8%	2,566	715	2,227	311.5%
25-34	12,259	15.9%	11,096	3,337	8,922	267.4%
35-44	11,418	14.8%	10,593	3,574	7,844	219.5%
45-54	11,787	15.3%	11,486	3,741	8,046	215.1%
55-59	3,950	5.1%	3,820	1,250	2,700	216.0%
60-64	2,649	3.4%	2,445	815	1,834	225.0%
65 and older	1,679	2.2%	1,592	502	1,177	234.5%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	47,973		44,663	14,213
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	80	0.2%	104	42	38	90.5%
Mining	3,999	8.3%	3,306	426	3,573	838.7%
Utilities	486	1.0%	438	44	442	1004.5%
Construction	4,889	10.2%	4,737	1,315	3,574	271.8%
Manufacturing	10,983	22.9%	9,639	1,998	8,985	449.7%
Wholesale Trade	2,016	4.2%	1,776	530	1,486	280.4%
Retail Trade	3,485	7.3%	3,285	1,425	2,060	144.6%
Transporation and Warehousing	1,397	2.9%	1,287	456	941	206.4%
Information	1,069	2.2%	1,073	458	611	133.4%
Finance and Insurance	1,082	2.3%	1,009	583	499	85.6%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	885	1.8%	825	308	577	187.3%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	2,308	4.8%	2,055	770	1,538	199.7%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	280	0.6%	209	43	237	551.2%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	5,491	11.4%	5,419	1,782	3,709	208.1%
Educational Services	575	1.2%	576	232	343	147.8%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	2,490	5.2%	2,495	1,295	1,195	92.3%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	488	1.0%	532	215	273	127.0%
Accomodation and Food Services	1,371	2.9%	1,356	602	769	127.7%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	1,238	2.6%	1,176	479	759	158.5%
Public Administration	1,063	2.2%	1,123	577	486	84.2%
Information Not Available	2,298	4.8%	2,243	633	1,665	263.0%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Oregon
	Apr 2009	Percent	Mar 2009	Apr 2008	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	126,688		130,374	55,583
Male	85,152	67.2%	88,877	35,813	49,339	137.8%
Female	41,533	32.8%	41,487	19,757	21,776	110.2%
Information Not Available	3	0.0%	10	13	-10	-76.9%

Ethnicity	126,688		130,374	55,583
Hispanic or Latino	11,746	9.3%	12,619	5,212	6,534	125.4%
Not Hispanic or Latino	100,144	79.0%	102,651	41,607	58,537	140.7%
Information Not Available	14,798	11.7%	15,104	8,764	6,034	68.8%

Race	126,688		130,374	55,583
American Indian or Alaskan Native	1,284	1.0%	1,341	496	788	158.9%
Asian	2,214	1.7%	2,095	618	1,596	258.3%
Black or African American	1,522	1.2%	1,494	558	964	172.8%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	784	0.6%	894	280	504	180.0%
White	62,337	49.2%	64,700	23,717	38,620	162.8%
Information Not Available	58,547	46.2%	59,850	29,914	28,633	95.7%

Years of Age	126,688		130,374	55,583
Younger than 22	4,129	2.3%	4,133	1,528	2,601	170.2%
22-24	8,113	4.5%	8,323	3,279	4,834	147.4%
25-34	31,457	17.3%	32,608	13,189	18,268	138.5%
35-44	28,817	15.9%	29,771	13,254	15,563	117.4%
45-54	30,620	16.9%	31,234	14,144	16,476	116.5%
55-59	12,127	6.7%	12,494	5,271	6,856	130.1%
60-64	7,540	4.2%	7,772	3,178	4,362	137.3%
65 and older	3,885	2.1%	4,039	1,740	2,145	123.3%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	126,688		130,374	55,583
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	4,161	3.2%	4,782	2,410	1,751	72.7%
Mining	671	0.5%	781	333	338	101.5%
Utilities	98	0.1%	100	78	20	25.6%
Construction	21,690	16.6%	22,392	10,685	11,005	103.0%
Manufacturing	28,907	22.1%	29,698	9,113	19,794	217.2%
Wholesale Trade	5,590	4.3%	5,505	2,089	3,501	167.6%
Retail Trade	13,064	10.0%	13,683	6,098	6,966	114.2%
Transporation and Warehousing	4,149	3.2%	4,393	1,799	2,350	130.6%
Information	2,291	1.8%	2,315	985	1,306	132.6%
Finance and Insurance	2,787	2.1%	2,674	1,791	996	55.6%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	1,860	1.4%	1,863	934	926	99.1%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	4,363	3.3%	4,267	1,536	2,827	184.0%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	463	0.4%	360	122	341	279.5%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	11,320	8.7%	11,633	5,105	6,215	121.7%
Educational Services	1,263	1.0%	1,264	658	605	91.9%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	6,275	4.8%	6,153	3,406	2,869	84.2%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	1,161	0.9%	1,320	537	624	116.2%
Accomodation and Food Services	7,570	5.8%	7,978	3,443	4,127	119.9%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	3,024	2.3%	2,982	1,271	1,753	137.9%
Public Administration	1,708	1.3%	1,877	961	747	77.7%
Information Not Available	4,273	3.3%	4,354	2,229	2,044	91.7%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Pennsylvania
	Apr 2009	Percent	Mar 2009	Apr 2008	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	364,217		387,557	183,075
Male	241,310	66.3%	260,237	113,479	127,831	112.6%
Female	122,907	33.7%	127,320	69,596	53,311	76.6%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	364,217		387,557	183,075
Hispanic or Latino	14,713	4.0%	16,128	8,685	6,028	69.4%
Not Hispanic or Latino	346,001	95.0%	364,976	165,591	180,410	108.9%
Information Not Available	3,503	1.0%	6,451	8,799	-5,296	-60.2%

Race	364,217		387,557	183,075
American Indian or Alaskan Native	1,201	0.3%	379	0	1,201	0.0%
Asian	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
Black or African American	46,841	12.9%	40,511	23,084	23,757	102.9%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
White	290,553	79.8%	318,204	139,879	150,674	107.7%
Information Not Available	25,622	7.0%	28,462	20,112	5,510	27.4%

Years of Age	364,217		387,557	183,075
Younger than 22	20,918	3.3%	20,682	24,113	-3,195	-13.3%
22-24	16,314	2.6%	14,326	10,857	5,457	50.3%
25-34	81,871	13.0%	81,496	40,911	40,960	100.1%
35-44	79,769	12.7%	88,232	48,453	31,316	64.6%
45-54	82,472	13.1%	100,377	32,684	49,788	152.3%
55-59	33,129	5.3%	34,344	7,200	25,929	360.1%
60-64	26,323	4.2%	23,623	3,543	22,780	643.0%
65 and older	13,412	2.1%	15,654	686	12,726	1855.1%
Information Not Available	10,009	1.6%	8,823	14,628	-4,619	-31.6%

Industry	364,217		387,557	183,075
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	1,001	0.3%	1,992	686	315	45.9%
Mining	3,203	0.9%	2,467	1,486	1,717	115.5%
Utilities	601	0.2%	569	114	487	427.2%
Construction	55,648	15.2%	76,563	33,598	22,050	65.6%
Manufacturing	84,174	23.0%	88,517	29,598	54,576	184.4%
Wholesale Trade	15,714	4.3%	14,516	7,542	8,172	108.4%
Retail Trade	33,729	9.2%	31,593	18,742	14,987	80.0%
Transporation and Warehousing	19,717	5.4%	18,216	6,285	13,432	213.7%
Information	5,405	1.5%	5,692	2,628	2,777	105.7%
Finance and Insurance	7,907	2.2%	7,400	5,028	2,879	57.3%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	3,003	0.8%	3,131	1,943	1,060	54.6%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	16,414	4.5%	14,610	7,771	8,643	111.2%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	1,401	0.4%	474	2,857	-1,456	-51.0%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	40,635	11.1%	38,139	15,428	25,207	163.4%
Educational Services	4,804	1.3%	4,364	2,514	2,290	91.1%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	17,815	4.9%	20,303	10,171	7,644	75.2%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	5,004	1.4%	9,962	3,314	1,690	51.0%
Accomodation and Food Services	19,817	5.4%	19,544	7,771	12,046	155.0%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	6,606	1.8%	6,356	4,457	2,149	48.2%
Public Administration	2,202	0.6%	2,751	800	1,402	175.3%
Information Not Available	19,417	5.3%	20,398	20,342	-925	-4.5%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Puerto Rico
	Apr 2009	Percent	Mar 2009	Apr 2008	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	50,979		49,894	35,065
Male	30,618	60.1%	29,158	20,287	10,331	50.9%
Female	20,361	39.9%	20,736	14,778	5,583	37.8%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	50,979		49,894	35,065
Hispanic or Latino	50,152	98.4%	48,978	33,817	16,335	48.3%
Not Hispanic or Latino	299	0.6%	331	800	-501	-62.6%
Information Not Available	528	1.0%	585	448	80	17.9%

Race	50,979		49,894	35,065
American Indian or Alaskan Native	2,400	4.7%	2,501	718	1,682	234.3%
Asian	64	0.1%	53	63	1	1.6%
Black or African American	1,527	3.0%	1,635	3,062	-1,535	-50.1%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	70	0.1%	79	72	-2	-2.8%
White	10,066	19.7%	9,769	6,482	3,584	55.3%
Information Not Available	36,852	72.3%	35,857	24,668	12,184	49.4%

Years of Age	50,979		49,894	35,065
Younger than 22	2,702	4.6%	2,585	2,236	466	20.8%
22-24	4,994	8.4%	4,767	3,636	1,358	37.3%
25-34	16,473	27.8%	16,269	11,438	5,035	44.0%
35-44	12,210	20.6%	11,975	8,333	3,877	46.5%
45-54	9,114	15.4%	8,937	5,964	3,150	52.8%
55-59	3,013	5.1%	2,964	1,906	1,107	58.1%
60-64	1,721	2.9%	1,687	1,097	624	56.9%
65 and older	752	1.3%	710	455	297	65.3%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	50,979		49,894	35,065
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
Mining	109	0.2%	97	42	67	159.5%
Utilities	1,130	2.2%	1,049	979	151	15.4%
Construction	7,436	14.6%	7,055	5,196	2,240	43.1%
Manufacturing	7,095	13.9%	7,051	4,861	2,234	46.0%
Wholesale Trade	8,062	15.8%	8,159	7,507	555	7.4%
Retail Trade	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
Transporation and Warehousing	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
Information	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
Finance and Insurance	1,396	2.7%	1,409	1,113	283	25.4%
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)	10,752	21.1%	10,771	8,658	2,094	24.2%
Public Administration	6,056	11.9%	5,832	1,237	4,819	389.6%
Information Not Available	8,943	17.5%	8,471	5,472	3,471	63.4%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Rhode Island
	Apr 2009	Percent	Mar 2009	Apr 2008	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	28,407		34,033	15,642
Male	16,239	57.2%	22,039	9,545	6,694	70.1%
Female	12,168	42.8%	11,994	6,097	6,071	99.6%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	28,407		34,033	15,642
Hispanic or Latino	3,517	12.4%	4,461	2,478	1,039	41.9%
Not Hispanic or Latino	16,852	59.3%	19,839	9,297	7,555	81.3%
Information Not Available	8,038	28.3%	9,733	3,867	4,171	107.9%

Race	28,407		34,033	15,642
American Indian or Alaskan Native	146	0.5%	191	86	60	69.8%
Asian	508	1.8%	539	243	265	109.1%
Black or African American	1,261	4.4%	1,362	675	586	86.8%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	89	0.3%	126	59	30	50.8%
White	20,568	72.4%	24,665	11,123	9,445	84.9%
Information Not Available	5,835	20.5%	7,150	3,456	2,379	68.8%

Years of Age	28,407		34,033	15,642
Younger than 22	768	1.6%	1,111	545	223	40.9%
22-24	1,392	3.0%	1,908	985	407	41.3%
25-34	5,713	12.2%	7,315	3,453	2,260	65.5%
35-44	6,566	14.0%	7,943	3,936	2,630	66.8%
45-54	7,502	16.0%	8,650	3,870	3,632	93.9%
55-59	2,836	6.1%	3,248	1,268	1,568	123.7%
60-64	2,104	4.5%	2,281	910	1,194	131.2%
65 and older	1,526	3.3%	1,577	675	851	126.1%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	28,407		34,033	15,642
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	97	0.3%	278	104	-7	-6.7%
Mining	62	0.2%	128	53	9	17.0%
Utilities	15	0.1%	26	25	-10	-40.0%
Construction	4,418	15.5%	6,730	3,215	1,203	37.4%
Manufacturing	5,743	20.1%	6,622	2,332	3,411	146.3%
Wholesale Trade	1,186	4.2%	1,363	608	578	95.1%
Retail Trade	2,208	7.7%	2,694	1,593	615	38.6%
Transporation and Warehousing	2,090	7.3%	944	456	1,634	358.3%
Information	554	1.9%	522	185	369	199.5%
Finance and Insurance	1,361	4.8%	1,436	800	561	70.1%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	539	1.9%	570	294	245	83.3%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	1,079	3.8%	1,221	533	546	102.4%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	187	0.7%	222	30	157	523.3%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	2,593	9.1%	4,071	1,733	860	49.6%
Educational Services	271	1.0%	320	146	125	85.6%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	1,522	5.3%	1,585	1,082	440	40.7%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	527	1.8%	1,054	376	151	40.2%
Accomodation and Food Services	2,539	8.9%	2,575	1,081	1,458	134.9%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	725	2.5%	876	521	204	39.2%
Public Administration	224	0.8%	176	87	137	157.5%
Information Not Available	467	1.6%	620	388	79	20.4%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants South Carolina
	Apr 2009	Percent	Mar 2009	Apr 2008	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	106,516		103,443	45,828
Male	62,872	59.0%	61,178	24,770	38,102	153.8%
Female	43,644	41.0%	42,265	21,058	22,586	107.3%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	106,516		103,443	45,828
Hispanic or Latino	2,620	2.5%	2,549	926	1,694	182.9%
Not Hispanic or Latino	87,460	82.1%	86,585	39,891	47,569	119.2%
Information Not Available	16,436	15.4%	14,309	5,011	11,425	228.0%

Race	106,516		103,443	45,828
American Indian or Alaskan Native	830	0.8%	736	308	522	169.5%
Asian	752	0.7%	698	250	502	200.8%
Black or African American	44,293	41.6%	42,800	22,224	22,069	99.3%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	402	0.4%	287	122	280	229.5%
White	58,420	54.8%	57,077	22,100	36,320	164.3%
Information Not Available	1,819	1.7%	1,845	824	995	120.8%

Years of Age	106,516		103,443	45,828
Younger than 22	3,223	2.0%	2,995	1,461	1,762	120.6%
22-24	3,638	2.3%	3,712	1,687	1,951	115.6%
25-34	22,545	14.2%	22,259	10,202	12,343	121.0%
35-44	21,411	13.5%	21,132	9,804	11,607	118.4%
45-54	22,118	13.9%	21,724	9,991	12,127	121.4%
55-59	8,414	5.3%	8,418	3,661	4,753	129.8%
60-64	6,137	3.9%	6,196	2,469	3,668	148.6%
65 and older	3,791	2.4%	3,944	1,456	2,335	160.4%
Information Not Available	15,239	9.6%	13,063	5,097	10,142	199.0%

Industry	106,516		103,443	45,828
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	501	0.5%	552	343	158	46.1%
Mining	136	0.1%	166	44	92	209.1%
Utilities	98	0.1%	99	52	46	88.5%
Construction	11,965	11.2%	11,678	5,826	6,139	105.4%
Manufacturing	26,888	25.1%	24,094	9,854	17,034	172.9%
Wholesale Trade	5,091	4.8%	4,933	2,168	2,923	134.8%
Retail Trade	10,116	9.5%	9,888	4,687	5,429	115.8%
Transporation and Warehousing	3,509	3.3%	3,202	1,300	2,209	169.9%
Information	1,158	1.1%	1,037	512	646	126.2%
Finance and Insurance	1,872	1.7%	1,796	1,242	630	50.7%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	1,854	1.7%	2,061	775	1,079	139.2%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	3,953	3.7%	3,726	1,357	2,596	191.3%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	288	0.3%	246	98	190	193.9%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	13,258	12.4%	13,153	6,130	7,128	116.3%
Educational Services	967	0.9%	945	416	551	132.5%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	4,210	3.9%	3,882	2,371	1,839	77.6%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	899	0.8%	1,197	305	594	194.8%
Accomodation and Food Services	6,269	5.9%	7,665	3,394	2,875	84.7%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	2,228	2.1%	2,098	874	1,354	154.9%
Public Administration	1,217	1.1%	1,216	546	671	122.9%
Information Not Available	10,039	9.4%	9,809	3,534	6,505	184.1%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants South Dakota
	Apr 2009	Percent	Mar 2009	Apr 2008	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	7,079		7,742	2,107
Male	4,972	70.2%	5,807	1,454	3,518	242.0%
Female	2,107	29.8%	1,935	653	1,454	222.7%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	7,079		7,742	2,107
Hispanic or Latino	197	2.8%	205	54	143	264.8%
Not Hispanic or Latino	6,477	91.5%	7,109	1,989	4,488	225.6%
Information Not Available	405	5.7%	428	64	341	532.8%

Race	7,079		7,742	2,107
American Indian or Alaskan Native	570	8.1%	631	260	310	119.2%
Asian	14	0.2%	18	0	14	0.0%
Black or African American	187	2.6%	175	40	147	367.5%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
White	5,812	82.1%	6,403	1,672	4,140	247.6%
Information Not Available	496	7.0%	515	135	361	267.4%

Years of Age	7,079		7,742	2,107
Younger than 22	183	1.5%	176	21	162	771.4%
22-24	401	3.2%	423	109	292	267.9%
25-34	1,633	13.1%	1,824	476	1,157	243.1%
35-44	1,455	11.7%	1,577	530	925	174.5%
45-54	1,971	15.8%	2,109	585	1,386	236.9%
55-59	759	6.1%	806	262	497	189.7%
60-64	434	3.5%	528	124	310	250.0%
65 and older	243	2.0%	299	0	243	0.0%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	7,079		7,742	2,107
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	51	0.7%	61	15	36	240.0%
Mining	97	1.4%	156	54	43	79.6%
Utilities	4	0.1%	14	5	-1	-20.0%
Construction	1,548	21.7%	2,199	765	783	102.4%
Manufacturing	2,171	30.4%	1,974	282	1,889	669.9%
Wholesale Trade	242	3.4%	253	58	184	317.2%
Retail Trade	551	7.7%	563	149	402	269.8%
Transporation and Warehousing	260	3.6%	305	76	184	242.1%
Information	88	1.2%	76	40	48	120.0%
Finance and Insurance	203	2.8%	166	65	138	212.3%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	54	0.8%	65	26	28	107.7%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	155	2.2%	145	39	116	297.4%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	23	0.3%	20	1	22	2200.0%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	388	5.4%	395	97	291	300.0%
Educational Services	87	1.2%	98	32	55	171.9%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	262	3.7%	216	105	157	149.5%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	74	1.0%	89	34	40	117.6%
Accomodation and Food Services	384	5.4%	458	110	274	249.1%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	119	1.7%	107	38	81	213.2%
Public Administration	164	2.3%	195	111	53	47.7%
Information Not Available	154	2.2%	187	5	149	2980.0%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Tennessee
	Apr 2009	Percent	Mar 2009	Apr 2008	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	113,108		116,148	43,390
Male	67,693	59.8%	69,083	24,804	42,889	172.9%
Female	45,415	40.2%	47,065	18,586	26,829	144.4%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	113,108		116,148	43,390
Hispanic or Latino	1,817	1.6%	1,870	586	1,231	210.1%
Not Hispanic or Latino	111,291	98.4%	114,278	42,804	68,487	160.0%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Race	113,108		116,148	43,390
American Indian or Alaskan Native	285	0.3%	304	117	168	143.6%
Asian	1,075	1.0%	569	1,379	-304	-22.0%
Black or African American	26,567	23.5%	26,043	12,450	14,117	113.4%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	1,014	0.9%	917	259	755	291.5%
White	82,644	73.1%	86,857	28,704	53,940	187.9%
Information Not Available	1,523	1.3%	1,458	481	1,042	216.6%

Years of Age	113,108		116,148	43,390
Younger than 22	2,419	1.3%	2,308	884	1,535	173.6%
22-24	5,493	2.9%	5,233	1,958	3,535	180.5%
25-34	24,228	12.9%	23,625	9,336	14,892	159.5%
35-44	26,484	14.1%	26,422	10,488	15,996	152.5%
45-54	28,882	15.4%	30,342	11,051	17,831	161.4%
55-59	11,115	5.9%	11,918	4,215	6,900	163.7%
60-64	8,326	4.4%	8,979	3,127	5,199	166.3%
65 and older	5,549	3.0%	6,746	2,197	3,352	152.6%
Information Not Available	612	0.3%	575	134	478	356.7%

Industry	113,108		116,148	43,390
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	374	0.3%	442	202	172	85.1%
Mining	516	0.5%	592	117	399	341.0%
Utilities	97	0.1%	100	60	37	61.7%
Construction	12,492	11.0%	12,989	5,120	7,372	144.0%
Manufacturing	33,858	29.8%	33,096	9,652	24,206	250.8%
Wholesale Trade	6,150	5.4%	7,939	2,053	4,097	199.6%
Retail Trade	10,601	9.3%	10,886	3,965	6,636	167.4%
Transporation and Warehousing	4,563	4.0%	4,649	1,796	2,767	154.1%
Information	1,756	1.5%	1,713	565	1,191	210.8%
Finance and Insurance	2,544	2.2%	2,609	1,329	1,215	91.4%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	1,541	1.4%	1,693	667	874	131.0%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	3,389	3.0%	3,334	1,253	2,136	170.5%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	384	0.3%	375	130	254	195.4%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	14,551	12.8%	14,898	5,548	9,003	162.3%
Educational Services	1,516	1.3%	1,603	546	970	177.7%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	5,080	4.5%	5,257	2,397	2,683	111.9%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	767	0.7%	1,634	431	336	78.0%
Accomodation and Food Services	5,200	4.6%	5,915	2,405	2,795	116.2%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	2,615	2.3%	2,707	1,008	1,607	159.4%
Public Administration	1,593	1.4%	1,901	713	880	123.4%
Information Not Available	3,521	3.1%	1,816	3,433	88	2.6%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Texas
	Apr 2009	Percent	Mar 2009	Apr 2008	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	267,124		239,150	102,990
Male	170,146	63.7%	146,875	54,467	115,679	212.4%
Female	96,976	36.3%	92,275	48,495	48,481	100.0%
Information Not Available	2	0.0%	0	28	-26	-92.9%

Ethnicity	267,124		239,150	102,990
Hispanic or Latino	80,584	30.2%	71,849	31,249	49,335	157.9%
Not Hispanic or Latino	162,870	61.0%	145,912	64,537	98,333	152.4%
Information Not Available	23,670	8.9%	21,389	7,204	16,466	228.6%

Race	267,124		239,150	102,990
American Indian or Alaskan Native	1,091	0.4%	967	444	647	145.7%
Asian	7,417	2.8%	6,486	1,848	5,569	301.4%
Black or African American	47,404	17.7%	43,077	23,218	24,186	104.2%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0	0.0%	0	3,603	-3,603	-100.0%
White	106,648	39.9%	95,090	38,229	68,419	179.0%
Information Not Available	104,564	39.1%	93,530	35,648	68,916	193.3%

Years of Age	267,124		239,150	102,990
Younger than 22	7,488	2.1%	6,237	2,377	5,111	215.0%
22-24	14,733	4.1%	12,468	4,571	10,162	222.3%
25-34	67,739	18.8%	59,263	24,302	43,437	178.7%
35-44	69,683	19.3%	62,471	28,191	41,492	147.2%
45-54	65,516	18.2%	60,378	26,501	39,015	147.2%
55-59	22,196	6.2%	20,417	8,960	13,236	147.7%
60-64	13,237	3.7%	11,959	5,378	7,859	146.1%
65 and older	6,532	1.8%	5,957	2,685	3,847	143.3%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	25	-25	-100.0%

Industry	267,124		239,150	102,990
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	1,406	0.5%	1,458	1,007	399	39.6%
Mining	17,044	6.3%	12,681	1,344	15,700	1168.2%
Utilities	546	0.2%	467	248	298	120.2%
Construction	35,694	13.3%	32,214	11,811	23,883	202.2%
Manufacturing	42,162	15.7%	35,167	11,240	30,922	275.1%
Wholesale Trade	18,017	6.7%	15,497	6,551	11,466	175.0%
Retail Trade	19,487	7.3%	18,027	8,218	11,269	137.1%
Transporation and Warehousing	11,502	4.3%	10,383	4,096	7,406	180.8%
Information	7,256	2.7%	6,327	2,996	4,260	142.2%
Finance and Insurance	11,557	4.3%	11,186	6,363	5,194	81.6%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	5,385	2.0%	5,274	2,480	2,905	117.1%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	21,484	8.0%	19,015	6,854	14,630	213.5%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	1,290	0.5%	1,148	406	884	217.7%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	33,064	12.3%	30,889	12,732	20,332	159.7%
Educational Services	3,332	1.2%	3,542	1,926	1,406	73.0%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	11,731	4.4%	11,677	7,509	4,222	56.2%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	1,152	0.4%	1,057	579	573	99.0%
Accomodation and Food Services	6,755	2.5%	6,363	3,160	3,595	113.8%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	5,299	2.0%	4,580	2,144	3,155	147.2%
Public Administration	1,770	0.7%	1,780	1,284	486	37.9%
Information Not Available	11,191	4.2%	10,418	10,042	1,149	11.4%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Utah
	Apr 2009	Percent	Mar 2009	Apr 2008	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	43,632		41,584	13,201
Male	30,359	69.6%	29,250	8,551	21,808	255.0%
Female	13,028	29.9%	11,975	4,519	8,509	188.3%
Information Not Available	245	0.6%	359	131	114	87.0%

Ethnicity	43,632		41,584	13,201
Hispanic or Latino	4,556	10.4%	4,276	1,361	3,195	234.8%
Not Hispanic or Latino	28,898	66.2%	26,559	9,258	19,640	212.1%
Information Not Available	10,178	23.3%	10,749	2,582	7,596	294.2%

Race	43,632		41,584	13,201
American Indian or Alaskan Native	1,267	2.9%	1,173	469	798	170.1%
Asian	693	1.6%	564	205	488	238.0%
Black or African American	703	1.6%	581	266	437	164.3%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	551	1.3%	472	174	377	216.7%
White	28,362	65.0%	26,375	9,368	18,994	202.8%
Information Not Available	12,056	27.6%	12,419	2,719	9,337	343.4%

Years of Age	43,632		41,584	13,201
Younger than 22	2,587	3.7%	2,516	578	2,009	347.6%
22-24	3,822	5.4%	3,593	901	2,921	324.2%
25-34	13,521	19.2%	12,630	3,855	9,666	250.7%
35-44	9,629	13.7%	9,147	3,119	6,510	208.7%
45-54	8,841	12.6%	8,691	3,061	5,780	188.8%
55-59	3,008	4.3%	2,868	977	2,031	207.9%
60-64	1,571	2.2%	1,547	525	1,046	199.2%
65 and older	653	0.9%	591	185	468	253.0%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	1	0	0	0.0%

Industry	43,632		41,584	13,201
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	73	0.2%	132	26	47	180.8%
Mining	1,351	3.1%	990	133	1,218	915.8%
Utilities	37	0.1%	43	17	20	117.6%
Construction	8,833	20.2%	10,115	3,062	5,771	188.5%
Manufacturing	7,208	16.5%	6,303	1,709	5,499	321.8%
Wholesale Trade	1,721	3.9%	1,335	419	1,302	310.7%
Retail Trade	4,184	9.6%	3,917	1,176	3,008	255.8%
Transporation and Warehousing	1,784	4.1%	1,597	545	1,239	227.3%
Information	1,132	2.6%	828	331	801	242.0%
Finance and Insurance	1,146	2.6%	944	507	639	126.0%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	665	1.5%	544	220	445	202.3%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	2,521	5.8%	2,137	692	1,829	264.3%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	98	0.2%	85	53	45	84.9%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	5,467	12.5%	5,610	1,820	3,647	200.4%
Educational Services	677	1.5%	630	220	457	207.7%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	1,182	2.7%	1,086	488	694	142.2%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	657	1.5%	436	115	542	471.3%
Accomodation and Food Services	1,668	3.8%	1,727	492	1,176	239.0%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	763	1.7%	694	166	597	359.6%
Public Administration	523	1.2%	622	223	300	134.5%
Information Not Available	1,942	4.4%	1,809	787	1,155	146.8%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Virginia
	Apr 2009	Percent	Mar 2009	Apr 2008	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	102,957		103,462	42,766
Male	64,093	62.3%	65,196	24,120	39,973	165.7%
Female	38,854	37.7%	38,260	18,643	20,211	108.4%
Information Not Available	10	0.0%	6	3	7	233.3%

Ethnicity	102,957		103,462	42,766
Hispanic or Latino	4,512	4.4%	4,874	1,624	2,888	177.8%
Not Hispanic or Latino	94,175	91.5%	94,514	39,025	55,150	141.3%
Information Not Available	4,270	4.1%	4,074	2,117	2,153	101.7%

Race	102,957		103,462	42,766
American Indian or Alaskan Native	5,013	4.9%	5,362	1,829	3,184	174.1%
Asian	2,472	2.4%	2,298	996	1,476	148.2%
Black or African American	34,737	33.7%	33,981	16,905	17,832	105.5%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
White	56,465	54.8%	57,747	20,919	35,546	169.9%
Information Not Available	4,270	4.1%	4,074	2,117	2,153	101.7%

Years of Age	102,957		103,462	42,766
Younger than 22	2,005	1.3%	2,030	847	1,158	136.7%
22-24	5,109	3.3%	5,121	2,072	3,037	146.6%
25-34	23,973	15.7%	24,030	9,856	14,117	143.2%
35-44	25,305	16.5%	25,173	10,721	14,584	136.0%
45-54	27,316	17.9%	27,607	11,472	15,844	138.1%
55-59	9,806	6.4%	9,978	3,952	5,854	148.1%
60-64	6,419	4.2%	6,448	2,652	3,767	142.0%
65 and older	3,021	2.0%	3,074	1,194	1,827	153.0%
Information Not Available	3	0.0%	1	0	3	0.0%

Industry	102,957		103,462	42,766
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	128	0.1%	106	95	33	34.7%
Mining	531	0.5%	455	95	436	458.9%
Utilities	20	0.0%	18	28	-8	-28.6%
Construction	6,192	6.0%	6,823	3,836	2,356	61.4%
Manufacturing	11,690	11.3%	10,293	4,167	7,523	180.5%
Wholesale Trade	1,082	1.0%	954	883	199	22.5%
Retail Trade	2,504	2.4%	2,462	2,206	298	13.5%
Transporation and Warehousing	1,537	1.5%	1,576	1,127	410	36.4%
Information	482	0.5%	485	489	-7	-1.4%
Finance and Insurance	629	0.6%	481	683	-54	-7.9%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	443	0.4%	442	349	94	26.9%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	1,724	1.7%	1,494	1,375	349	25.4%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	118	0.1%	107	75	43	57.3%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	3,886	3.8%	3,799	2,848	1,038	36.4%
Educational Services	141	0.1%	154	146	-5	-3.4%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	1,215	1.2%	1,031	1,042	173	16.6%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	192	0.2%	321	110	82	74.5%
Accomodation and Food Services	1,455	1.4%	2,196	1,098	357	32.5%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	651	0.6%	610	505	146	28.9%
Public Administration	5,310	5.2%	5,102	2,061	3,249	157.6%
Information Not Available	63,027	61.1%	64,553	19,548	43,479	222.4%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Virgin Islands
	Apr 2009	Percent	Mar 2009	Apr 2008	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	652		609	443
Male	426	65.3%	364	332	94	28.3%
Female	225	34.5%	245	111	114	102.7%
Information Not Available	1	0.2%	0	0	1	0.0%

Ethnicity	652		609	443
Hispanic or Latino	159	24.4%	135	107	52	48.6%
Not Hispanic or Latino	485	74.4%	462	331	154	46.5%
Information Not Available	8	1.2%	12	5	3	60.0%

Race	652		609	443
American Indian or Alaskan Native	6	0.9%	2	0	6	0.0%
Asian	12	1.8%	6	13	-1	-7.7%
Black or African American	408	62.6%	414	298	110	36.9%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	4	0.6%	10	5	-1	-20.0%
White	59	9.0%	40	20	39	195.0%
Information Not Available	163	25.0%	137	107	56	52.3%

Years of Age	652		609	443
Younger than 22	14	2.1%	19	7	7	100.0%
22-24	33	4.9%	52	32	1	3.1%
25-34	167	25.0%	129	95	72	75.8%
35-44	152	22.8%	148	119	33	27.7%
45-54	145	21.7%	133	104	41	39.4%
55-59	59	8.8%	53	40	19	47.5%
60-64	43	6.4%	36	31	12	38.7%
65 and older	35	5.2%	37	14	21	150.0%
Information Not Available	4	0.6%	2	1	3	300.0%

Industry	652		609	443
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	1	0.2%	1	0	1	0.0%
Mining	3	0.5%	1	1	2	200.0%
Utilities	0	0.0%	2	4	-4	-100.0%
Construction	155	23.7%	155	195	-40	-20.5%
Manufacturing	21	3.2%	18	12	9	75.0%
Wholesale Trade	14	2.1%	14	2	12	600.0%
Retail Trade	46	7.0%	71	33	13	39.4%
Transporation and Warehousing	14	2.1%	11	1	13	1300.0%
Information	9	1.4%	5	3	6	200.0%
Finance and Insurance	6	0.9%	7	1	5	500.0%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	21	3.2%	14	12	9	75.0%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	38	5.8%	22	6	32	533.3%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	14	2.1%	19	4	10	250.0%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	25	3.8%	52	21	4	19.0%
Educational Services	5	0.8%	4	3	2	66.7%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	18	2.8%	18	10	8	80.0%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	4	0.6%	6	1	3	300.0%
Accomodation and Food Services	74	11.3%	74	17	57	335.3%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	139	21.3%	76	96	43	44.8%
Public Administration	5	0.8%	2	6	-1	-16.7%
Information Not Available	40	6.1%	37	15	25	166.7%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Vermont
	Apr 2009	Percent	Mar 2009	Apr 2008	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	15,516		16,537	8,203
Male	9,949	64.1%	11,565	5,541	4,408	79.6%
Female	5,567	35.9%	4,972	2,662	2,905	109.1%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	15,516		16,537	8,203
Hispanic or Latino	26	0.2%	24	11	15	136.4%
Not Hispanic or Latino	4,342	28.0%	4,542	2,422	1,920	79.3%
Information Not Available	11,148	71.8%	11,971	5,770	5,378	93.2%

Race	15,516		16,537	8,203
American Indian or Alaskan Native	27	0.2%	27	11	16	145.5%
Asian	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
Black or African American	68	0.4%	71	38	30	78.9%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	22	0.1%	15	11	11	100.0%
White	4,251	27.4%	4,453	2,373	1,878	79.1%
Information Not Available	11,148	71.8%	11,971	5,770	5,378	93.2%

Years of Age	15,516		16,537	8,203
Younger than 22	516	2.8%	613	276	240	87.0%
22-24	930	5.0%	1,012	481	449	93.3%
25-34	3,440	18.4%	3,797	1,767	1,673	94.7%
35-44	3,307	17.7%	3,454	1,788	1,519	85.0%
45-54	3,764	20.2%	3,995	2,047	1,717	83.9%
55-59	1,557	8.3%	1,622	799	758	94.9%
60-64	1,094	5.9%	1,143	563	531	94.3%
65 and older	908	4.9%	901	482	426	88.4%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	15,516		16,537	8,203
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	139	0.9%	194	100	39	39.0%
Mining	39	0.2%	70	40	-1	-2.5%
Utilities	23	0.1%	21	9	14	155.6%
Construction	3,539	22.6%	4,703	2,524	1,015	40.2%
Manufacturing	2,644	16.9%	2,829	875	1,769	202.2%
Wholesale Trade	584	3.7%	663	232	352	151.7%
Retail Trade	1,656	10.6%	1,790	738	918	124.4%
Transporation and Warehousing	649	4.1%	443	327	322	98.5%
Information	187	1.2%	206	56	131	233.9%
Finance and Insurance	193	1.2%	186	62	131	211.3%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	222	1.4%	221	101	121	119.8%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	456	2.9%	457	267	189	70.8%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	7	0.0%	7	2	5	250.0%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	972	6.2%	1,284	451	521	115.5%
Educational Services	292	1.9%	288	136	156	114.7%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	875	5.6%	811	430	445	103.5%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	248	1.6%	368	195	53	27.2%
Accomodation and Food Services	2,182	13.9%	1,308	1,317	865	65.7%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	325	2.1%	384	180	145	80.6%
Public Administration	284	1.8%	304	161	123	76.4%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Washington
	Apr 2009	Percent	Mar 2009	Apr 2008	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	150,818		151,145	59,961
Male	102,065	67.7%	103,344	38,581	63,484	164.5%
Female	48,752	32.3%	47,801	21,378	27,374	128.0%
Information Not Available	1	0.0%	0	2	-1	-50.0%

Ethnicity	150,818		151,145	59,961
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	150,818	100.0%	151,145	59,961	90,857	151.5%

Race	150,818		151,145	59,961
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	150,818	100.0%	151,145	59,961	90,857	151.5%

Years of Age	150,818		151,145	59,961
Younger than 22	3,475	2.4%	3,582	1,258	2,217	176.2%
22-24	8,553	6.0%	8,706	3,086	5,467	177.2%
25-34	37,804	26.6%	38,099	13,894	23,910	172.1%
35-44	36,077	25.4%	36,149	14,816	21,261	143.5%
45-54	38,060	26.8%	37,849	16,034	22,026	137.4%
55-59	14,110	9.9%	13,981	5,736	8,374	146.0%
60-64	8,705	6.1%	8,686	3,432	5,273	153.6%
65 and older	4,034	2.8%	4,093	1,705	2,329	136.6%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	150,818		151,145	59,961
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	150,818	100.0%	151,145	59,961	90,857	151.5%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Wisconsin
	Apr 2009	Percent	Mar 2009	Apr 2008	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	181,533		188,387	90,004
Male	7,951	4.4%	129,265	60,447	-52,496	-86.8%
Female	172,112	94.8%	59,103	29,539	142,573	482.7%
Information Not Available	1,470	0.8%	19	18	1,452	8066.7%

Ethnicity	181,533		188,387	90,004
Hispanic or Latino	7,951	4.4%	8,346	3,789	4,162	109.8%
Not Hispanic or Latino	172,112	94.8%	178,572	85,540	86,572	101.2%
Information Not Available	1,470	0.8%	1,469	675	795	117.8%

Race	181,533		188,387	90,004
American Indian or Alaskan Native	1,706	0.9%	1,714	1,107	599	54.1%
Asian	3,249	1.8%	2,769	945	2,304	243.8%
Black or African American	15,939	8.8%	14,186	8,344	7,595	91.0%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	145	0.1%	188	72	73	101.4%
White	159,024	87.6%	168,061	78,861	80,163	101.7%
Information Not Available	1,470	0.8%	1,469	675	795	117.8%

Years of Age	181,533		188,387	90,004
Younger than 22	5,247	1.6%	5,540	2,619	2,628	100.3%
22-24	11,075	3.4%	11,946	5,886	5,189	88.2%
25-34	42,846	13.0%	45,787	22,312	20,534	92.0%
35-44	40,450	12.3%	41,227	20,314	20,136	99.1%
45-54	47,311	14.4%	48,652	22,844	24,467	107.1%
55-59	17,229	5.2%	17,674	7,875	9,354	118.8%
60-64	11,129	3.4%	11,155	5,040	6,089	120.8%
65 and older	6,246	1.9%	6,406	3,114	3,132	100.6%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	181,533		188,387	90,004
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	944	0.5%	1,319	783	161	20.6%
Mining	635	0.3%	942	558	77	13.8%
Utilities	145	0.1%	207	108	37	34.3%
Construction	28,374	15.5%	36,769	21,936	6,438	29.3%
Manufacturing	63,519	34.8%	59,391	19,801	43,718	220.8%
Wholesale Trade	7,134	3.9%	6,894	2,943	4,191	142.4%
Retail Trade	14,559	8.0%	15,013	8,298	6,261	75.5%
Transporation and Warehousing	8,695	4.8%	7,421	4,185	4,510	107.8%
Information	2,414	1.3%	2,242	972	1,442	148.4%
Finance and Insurance	2,923	1.6%	2,882	1,647	1,276	77.5%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	1,579	0.9%	1,545	810	769	94.9%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	4,429	2.4%	4,408	1,926	2,503	130.0%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	490	0.3%	509	261	229	87.7%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	16,193	8.9%	18,573	8,946	7,247	81.0%
Educational Services	1,289	0.7%	1,168	693	596	86.0%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	8,151	4.5%	7,365	4,608	3,543	76.9%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	1,888	1.0%	2,826	1,296	592	45.7%
Accomodation and Food Services	8,732	4.8%	8,834	4,824	3,908	81.0%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	2,850	1.6%	2,958	1,548	1,302	84.1%
Public Administration	1,743	1.0%	2,166	1,368	375	27.4%
Information Not Available	4,847	2.7%	4,955	2,493	2,354	94.4%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants West Virginia
	Apr 2009	Percent	Mar 2009	Apr 2008	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	29,422		30,146	14,058
Male	22,442	76.3%	22,715	9,459	12,983	137.3%
Female	6,980	23.7%	7,431	4,599	2,381	51.8%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	29,422		30,146	14,058
Hispanic or Latino	508	1.7%	496	205	303	147.8%
Not Hispanic or Latino	23,491	79.8%	23,900	11,743	11,748	100.0%
Information Not Available	5,423	18.4%	5,750	2,110	3,313	157.0%

Race	29,422		30,146	14,058
American Indian or Alaskan Native	56	0.2%	71	33	23	69.7%
Asian	40	0.1%	52	37	3	8.1%
Black or African American	842	2.9%	791	594	248	41.8%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	11	0.0%	14	6	5	83.3%
White	27,291	92.8%	27,969	12,978	14,313	110.3%
Information Not Available	1,182	4.0%	1,249	410	772	188.3%

Years of Age	29,422		30,146	14,058
Younger than 22	862	1.6%	718	346	516	149.1%
22-24	1,853	3.4%	1,664	728	1,125	154.5%
25-34	7,629	13.8%	7,299	3,507	4,122	117.5%
35-44	7,291	13.2%	7,684	3,582	3,709	103.5%
45-54	6,983	12.6%	7,467	3,475	3,508	100.9%
55-59	2,592	4.7%	2,820	1,210	1,382	114.2%
60-64	1,449	2.6%	1,638	821	628	76.5%
65 and older	763	1.4%	856	389	374	96.1%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	29,422		30,146	14,058
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	231	0.8%	182	119	112	94.1%
Mining	2,587	8.7%	1,676	438	2,149	490.6%
Utilities	43	0.1%	39	35	8	22.9%
Construction	7,254	24.5%	7,645	3,424	3,830	111.9%
Manufacturing	4,943	16.7%	5,641	1,767	3,176	179.7%
Wholesale Trade	911	3.1%	971	433	478	110.4%
Retail Trade	2,083	7.0%	2,256	1,757	326	18.6%
Transporation and Warehousing	1,244	4.2%	1,128	463	781	168.7%
Information	300	1.0%	251	113	187	165.5%
Finance and Insurance	329	1.1%	288	207	122	58.9%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	431	1.5%	338	211	220	104.3%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	806	2.7%	770	346	460	132.9%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	52	0.2%	41	21	31	147.6%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	1,929	6.5%	2,157	1,136	793	69.8%
Educational Services	144	0.5%	147	105	39	37.1%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	1,408	4.7%	1,303	950	458	48.2%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	235	0.8%	362	243	-8	-3.3%
Accomodation and Food Services	1,798	6.1%	2,191	931	867	93.1%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	690	2.3%	665	348	342	98.3%
Public Administration	294	1.0%	367	168	126	75.0%
Information Not Available	1,710	5.8%	1,728	843	867	102.8%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Wyoming
	Apr 2009	Percent	Mar 2009	Apr 2008	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	11,158		9,542	3,094
Male	8,652	77.5%	7,298	2,067	6,585	318.6%
Female	2,506	22.5%	2,244	1,027	1,479	144.0%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	11,158		9,542	3,094
Hispanic or Latino	1,062	9.5%	964	331	731	220.8%
Not Hispanic or Latino	9,363	83.9%	7,933	2,545	6,818	267.9%
Information Not Available	733	6.6%	645	218	515	236.2%

Race	11,158		9,542	3,094
American Indian or Alaskan Native	323	2.9%	314	141	182	129.1%
Asian	43	0.4%	26	16	27	168.8%
Black or African American	127	1.1%	96	58	69	119.0%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	33	0.3%	29	5	28	560.0%
White	9,930	89.0%	8,469	2,669	7,261	272.0%
Information Not Available	702	6.3%	608	205	497	242.4%

Years of Age	11,158		9,542	3,094
Younger than 22	325	1.6%	270	49	276	563.3%
22-24	1,120	5.4%	921	189	931	492.6%
25-34	3,050	14.8%	2,372	653	2,397	367.1%
35-44	2,365	11.5%	2,069	686	1,679	244.8%
45-54	2,622	12.7%	2,291	848	1,774	209.2%
55-59	859	4.2%	820	290	569	196.2%
60-64	499	2.4%	486	208	291	139.9%
65 and older	318	1.5%	313	171	147	86.0%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	11,158		9,542	3,094
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	62	0.6%	67	39	23	59.0%
Mining	2,475	22.1%	1,852	226	2,249	995.1%
Utilities	10	0.1%	8	2	8	400.0%
Construction	2,835	25.3%	2,782	949	1,886	198.7%
Manufacturing	639	5.7%	562	205	434	211.7%
Wholesale Trade	255	2.3%	207	54	201	372.2%
Retail Trade	622	5.5%	584	238	384	161.3%
Transporation and Warehousing	429	3.8%	371	136	293	215.4%
Information	61	0.5%	65	16	45	281.3%
Finance and Insurance	80	0.7%	72	24	56	233.3%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	143	1.3%	90	25	118	472.0%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	300	2.7%	259	69	231	334.8%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	2	0.0%	6	3	-1	-33.3%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	421	3.8%	422	166	255	153.6%
Educational Services	88	0.8%	82	48	40	83.3%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	297	2.6%	258	136	161	118.4%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	62	0.6%	46	34	28	82.4%
Accomodation and Food Services	1,010	9.0%	577	338	672	198.8%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	205	1.8%	191	68	137	201.5%
Public Administration	161	1.4%	147	83	78	94.0%
Information Not Available	1,001	8.9%	894	235	766	326.0%