Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants

December 2009

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants: Total Claimants December 2009
	Dec 2009	Nov 2009	Monthly Change	Dec 2008	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
United States	5,351,454	5,078,472	272,982	4,563,503	787,951	17.3
Alaska	18,241	15,751	2,490	13,937	4,304	30.9
Alabama	63,080	62,734	346	57,069	6,011	10.5
Arkansas	54,750	53,178	1,572	46,195	8,555	18.5
Arizona	95,636	98,837	-3,201	67,074	28,562	42.6
California	783,041	772,278	10,763	648,712	134,329	20.7
Colorado	68,527	62,273	6,254	41,843	26,684	63.8
Connecticut	72,395	69,005	3,390	62,706	9,689	15.5
District of Columbia	15,073	14,185	888	12,118	2,955	24.4
Delaware	14,479	12,937	1,542	10,797	3,682	34.1
Florida	270,873	269,914	959	243,632	27,241	11.2
Georgia	141,419	143,726	-2,307	123,075	18,344	14.9
Hawaii	20,066	19,409	657	17,653	2,413	13.7
Iowa	51,884	40,946	10,938	43,985	7,899	18.0
Idaho	34,168	26,926	7,242	31,748	2,420	7.6
Illinois	264,603	234,623	29,980	232,198	32,405	14.0
Indiana	96,041	87,955	8,086	114,918	-18,877	-16.4
Kansas	45,731	40,712	5,019	29,617	16,114	54.4
Kentucky	58,857	54,071	4,786	56,368	2,489	4.4
Louisiana	95,999	77,367	18,632	38,836	57,163	147.2
Massachusetts	130,589	119,450	11,139	126,437	4,152	3.3
Maryland	75,462	74,246	1,216	65,852	9,610	14.6
Maine	18,338	14,973	3,365	17,364	974	5.6
Michigan	215,534	201,820	13,714	226,209	-10,675	-4.7
Minnesota	100,432	91,280	9,152	87,264	13,168	15.1
Missouri	96,432	88,019	8,413	80,550	15,882	19.7
Mississippi	41,565	39,382	2,183	34,805	6,760	19.4
Montana	15,111	11,500	3,611	10,520	4,591	43.6
North Carolina	185,204	180,337	4,867	151,308	33,896	22.4
North Dakota	7,058	4,170	2,888	5,574	1,484	26.6
Nebraska	33,467	25,272	8,195	19,502	13,965	71.6
New Hampshire	16,723	15,506	1,217	14,181	2,542	17.9
New Jersey	162,919	169,061	-6,142	162,919		0.0
New Mexico	24,107	23,399	708	17,093	7,014	41.0
Nevada	61,588	58,959	2,629	60,885	703	1.2
New York	312,876	296,785	16,091	281,778	31,098	11.0
Ohio	155,536	150,795	4,741	168,407	-12,871	-7.6
Oklahoma	72,225	68,342	3,883	31,152	41,073	131.8
Oregon	100,525	98,121	2,404	90,480	10,045	11.1
Pennsylvania	298,646	274,463	24,183	266,069	32,577	12.2
Puerto Rico	51,389	59,182	-7,793	36,604	14,785	40.4
Rhode Island	19,946	17,190	2,756	19,630	316	1.6
South Carolina	87,712	86,164	1,548	82,084	5,628	6.9
South Dakota	6,317	4,457	1,860	4,117	2,200	53.4
Tennessee	76,432	73,073	3,359	77,632	-1,200	-1.5
Texas	248,651	242,957	5,694	170,902	77,749	45.5
Utah	36,596	31,327	5,269	27,717	8,879	32.0
Virginia	81,386	80,153	1,233	68,291	13,095	19.2
Virgin Islands	567	582	-15	491	76	15.5
Vermont	14,812	13,271	1,541	10,458	4,354	41.6
Washington	149,626	138,955	10,671	105,887	43,739	41.3
Wisconsin	151,899	135,467	16,432	123,203	28,696	23.3
West Virginia	26,670	24,411	2,259	20,954	5,716	27.3
Wyoming	10,251	8,576	1,675	4,703	5,548	118.0

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants US Totals
	Dec 2009	Percent	Nov 2009	Dec 2008	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	5,351,454		5,078,472	4,563,503	787,951	17.3
Male	3,275,030	61.2%	3,000,751	2,842,355	432,675	15.2%
Female	2,069,891	38.7%	2,071,575	1,716,764	353,127	20.6%
Information Not Available	6,533	0.1%	6,146	4,384	2,149	49.0%

Ethnicity	5,351,454		5,078,472	4,563,503
Hispanic or Latino	788,871	14.7%	773,064	688,834	100,037	14.5%
Not Hispanic or Latino	3,800,732	83.3%	3,598,600	3,280,269	520,463	15.9%
Information Not Available	761,850	12.5%	706,808	594,340	167,510	28.2%

Race	5,351,454		5,078,472	4,563,503
American Indian or Alaskan Native	63,410	1.2%	60,184	48,712	14,698	30.2%
Asian	139,892	2.6%	144,545	113,191	26,701	23.6%
Black or African American	839,676	15.7%	824,466	718,262	121,414	16.9%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	18,572	0.3%	17,485	15,142	3,430	22.7%
White	3,117,218	58.2%	2,899,978	2,694,530	422,688	15.7%
Information Not Available	1,172,685	21.9%	1,131,814	973,666	199,019	20.4%

Years of Age	5,351,454		5,078,472	4,563,503
Younger than 22	210,508	3.9%	208,288	192,548	17,960	9.3%
22-24	316,618	5.9%	306,552	271,007	45,611	16.8%
25-34	1,281,613	23.9%	1,224,850	1,093,888	187,725	17.2%
35-44	1,238,412	23.1%	1,174,975	1,108,493	129,919	11.7%
45-54	1,311,123	24.5%	1,240,118	1,111,617	199,506	17.9%
55-59	473,551	8.8%	446,865	385,200	88,351	22.9%
60-64	309,500	5.8%	289,147	233,548	75,952	32.5%
65 and older	196,343	3.7%	174,617	143,958	52,385	36.4%
Information Not Available	13,786	0.3%	13,060	23,244	-9,458	-40.7%

Industry	5,351,454		5,078,472	4,563,503
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	102,077	1.9%	89,658	106,016	-3,939	-3.7%
Mining	36,572	0.7%	35,617	22,488	14,084	62.6%
Utilities	10,701	0.2%	10,176	8,019	2,682	33.4%
Construction	775,902	14.5%	641,156	708,588	67,314	9.5%
Manufacturing	732,062	13.7%	741,368	724,098	7,964	1.1%
Wholesale Trade	217,245	4.1%	225,768	178,487	38,758	21.7%
Retail Trade	421,986	7.9%	412,330	368,413	53,573	14.5%
Transporation and Warehousing	187,406	3.5%	178,980	145,355	42,051	28.9%
Information	123,198	2.3%	121,389	101,813	21,385	21.0%
Finance and Insurance	161,349	3.0%	163,569	146,497	14,852	10.1%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	81,763	1.5%	75,477	68,064	13,699	20.1%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	255,842	4.8%	265,125	206,941	48,901	23.6%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	19,076	0.4%	19,561	16,996	2,080	12.2%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	563,664	10.5%	514,324	515,690	47,974	9.3%
Educational Services	130,092	2.4%	137,783	77,782	52,310	67.3%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	337,126	6.3%	332,007	227,704	109,422	48.1%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	99,459	1.9%	86,922	82,427	17,032	20.7%
Accomodation and Food Services	312,176	5.8%	293,245	233,058	79,118	33.9%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	144,536	2.7%	141,922	108,952	35,584	32.7%
Public Administration	96,923	1.8%	94,193	66,126	30,797	46.6%
Information Not Available	542,299	10.1%	497,902	449,989	92,310	20.5%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Alaska
	Dec 2009	Percent	Nov 2009	Dec 2008	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	18,241		15,751	13,937	4,304	30.9
Male	11,775	64.6%	9,658	8,856	2,919	33.0%
Female	6,464	35.4%	6,089	5,081	1,383	27.2%
Information Not Available	2	0.0%	4	0	2	0.0%

Ethnicity	18,241		15,751	13,937
Hispanic or Latino	865	4.7%	733	615	250	40.7%
Not Hispanic or Latino	17,201	94.3%	14,852	13,195	4,006	30.4%
Information Not Available	175	1.0%	166	127	48	37.8%

Race	18,241		15,751	13,937
American Indian or Alaskan Native	4,380	24.0%	3,899	3,620	760	21.0%
Asian	1,199	6.6%	1,056	941	258	27.4%
Black or African American	706	3.9%	649	522	184	35.2%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	260	1.4%	244	155	105	67.7%
White	10,926	59.9%	9,233	8,157	2,769	33.9%
Information Not Available	770	4.2%	670	542	228	42.1%

Years of Age	18,241		15,751	13,937
Younger than 22	785	2.8%	677	513	272	53.0%
22-24	1,370	4.8%	1,182	1,009	361	35.8%
25-34	4,918	17.4%	4,245	3,678	1,240	33.7%
35-44	3,871	13.7%	3,365	3,059	812	26.5%
45-54	4,411	15.6%	3,810	3,542	869	24.5%
55-59	1,590	5.6%	1,343	1,182	408	34.5%
60-64	878	3.1%	742	620	258	41.6%
65 and older	418	1.5%	387	334	84	25.1%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	18,241		15,751	13,937
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	113	0.6%	61	111	2	1.8%
Mining	872	4.8%	725	431	441	102.3%
Utilities	115	0.6%	65	85	30	35.3%
Construction	3,681	20.1%	2,918	3,101	580	18.7%
Manufacturing	1,707	9.3%	1,467	1,470	237	16.1%
Wholesale Trade	274	1.5%	225	191	83	43.5%
Retail Trade	1,528	8.3%	1,417	1,156	372	32.2%
Transporation and Warehousing	1,102	6.0%	937	784	318	40.6%
Information	226	1.2%	185	128	98	76.6%
Finance and Insurance	280	1.5%	267	189	91	48.1%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	356	1.9%	282	212	144	67.9%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	594	3.2%	528	374	220	58.8%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	26	0.1%	24	9	17	188.9%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	1,081	5.9%	971	760	321	42.2%
Educational Services	396	2.2%	378	280	116	41.4%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	1,094	6.0%	1,021	810	284	35.1%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	288	1.6%	236	279	9	3.2%
Accomodation and Food Services	1,566	8.5%	1,519	1,374	192	14.0%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	625	3.4%	546	334	291	87.1%
Public Administration	1,768	9.6%	1,465	1,500	268	17.9%
Information Not Available	549	3.0%	514	359	190	52.9%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Alabama
	Dec 2009	Percent	Nov 2009	Dec 2008	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	63,080		62,734	57,069
Male	36,332	57.6%	35,398	32,705	3,627	11.1%
Female	26,660	42.3%	27,291	24,271	2,389	9.8%
Information Not Available	88	0.1%	45	93	-5	-5.4%

Ethnicity	63,080		62,734	57,069
Hispanic or Latino	1,179	1.9%	1,178	1,264	-85	-6.7%
Not Hispanic or Latino	50,661	80.3%	50,467	46,081	4,580	9.9%
Information Not Available	11,240	17.8%	11,089	9,724	1,516	15.6%

Race	63,080		62,734	57,069
American Indian or Alaskan Native	2,964	4.7%	2,743	1,823	1,141	62.6%
Asian	1,158	1.8%	1,127	717	441	61.5%
Black or African American	22,089	35.0%	22,536	21,832	257	1.2%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	81	0.1%	86	109	-28	-25.7%
White	33,815	53.6%	33,388	29,253	4,562	15.6%
Information Not Available	2,973	4.7%	2,854	3,335	-362	-10.9%

Years of Age	63,080		62,734	57,069
Younger than 22	2,719	2.9%	2,660	2,608	111	4.3%
22-24	4,424	4.7%	4,448	4,169	255	6.1%
25-34	16,423	17.5%	16,312	14,643	1,780	12.2%
35-44	14,790	15.8%	14,759	13,804	986	7.1%
45-54	14,674	15.7%	14,567	13,235	1,439	10.9%
55-59	5,001	5.3%	5,000	4,379	622	14.2%
60-64	3,139	3.3%	3,089	2,517	622	24.7%
65 and older	1,880	2.0%	1,862	1,653	227	13.7%
Information Not Available	30	0.0%	37	61	-31	-50.8%

Industry	63,080		62,734	57,069
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	597	0.9%	595	528	69	13.1%
Mining	395	0.6%	400	214	181	84.6%
Utilities	77	0.1%	82	61	16	26.2%
Construction	8,082	12.7%	7,503	6,452	1,630	25.3%
Manufacturing	14,258	22.4%	14,557	16,635	-2,377	-14.3%
Wholesale Trade	2,709	4.3%	2,771	2,210	499	22.6%
Retail Trade	6,361	10.0%	6,602	5,583	778	13.9%
Transporation and Warehousing	2,055	3.2%	1,990	1,885	170	9.0%
Information	648	1.0%	646	732	-84	-11.5%
Finance and Insurance	1,760	2.8%	1,710	1,365	395	28.9%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	885	1.4%	888	691	194	28.1%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	2,762	4.3%	2,860	1,965	797	40.6%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	73	0.1%	78	82	-9	-11.0%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	6,626	10.4%	6,576	5,989	637	10.6%
Educational Services	1,849	2.9%	1,907	1,175	674	57.4%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	3,913	6.1%	4,080	3,331	582	17.5%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	637	1.0%	569	313	324	103.5%
Accomodation and Food Services	4,368	6.9%	4,076	3,404	964	28.3%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	1,305	2.0%	1,363	1,147	158	13.8%
Public Administration	770	1.2%	746	622	148	23.8%
Information Not Available	2,950	4.6%	2,735	2,685	265	9.9%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Arkansas
	Dec 2009	Percent	Nov 2009	Dec 2008	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	54,750		53,178	46,195
Male	32,958	60.2%	31,481	27,528	5,430	19.7%
Female	21,791	39.8%	21,696	18,666	3,125	16.7%
Information Not Available	1	0.0%	1	1	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	54,750		53,178	46,195
Hispanic or Latino	1,740	3.2%	1,571	1,508	232	15.4%
Not Hispanic or Latino	53,008	96.8%	51,606	44,685	8,323	18.6%
Information Not Available	2	0.0%	1	2	0	0.0%

Race	54,750		53,178	46,195
American Indian or Alaskan Native	520	0.9%	538	485	35	7.2%
Asian	379	0.7%	409	346	33	9.5%
Black or African American	14,057	25.7%	14,284	12,650	1,407	11.1%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	536	1.0%	414	387	149	38.5%
White	37,513	68.5%	35,959	30,815	6,698	21.7%
Information Not Available	1,745	3.2%	1,574	1,512	233	15.4%

Years of Age	54,750		53,178	46,195
Younger than 22	2,380	2.7%	2,142	1,974	406	20.6%
22-24	3,937	4.4%	3,913	3,457	480	13.9%
25-34	14,735	16.4%	14,139	12,671	2,064	16.3%
35-44	13,455	15.0%	13,095	11,617	1,838	15.8%
45-54	11,991	13.4%	11,873	10,361	1,630	15.7%
55-59	4,403	4.9%	4,262	3,178	1,225	38.5%
60-64	2,505	2.8%	2,400	1,865	640	34.3%
65 and older	1,339	1.5%	1,350	1,069	270	25.3%
Information Not Available	5	0.0%	4	3	2	66.7%

Industry	54,750		53,178	46,195
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	1,155	2.1%	925	1,028	127	12.4%
Mining	292	0.5%	366	273	19	7.0%
Utilities	189	0.3%	199	87	102	117.2%
Construction	6,735	12.0%	5,985	5,038	1,697	33.7%
Manufacturing	12,511	22.4%	12,923	13,157	-646	-4.9%
Wholesale Trade	2,505	4.5%	2,265	2,015	490	24.3%
Retail Trade	6,123	11.0%	5,807	4,961	1,162	23.4%
Transporation and Warehousing	2,158	3.9%	2,319	1,819	339	18.6%
Information	477	0.9%	516	403	74	18.4%
Finance and Insurance	688	1.2%	699	640	48	7.5%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	661	1.2%	575	392	269	68.6%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	1,345	2.4%	1,076	816	529	64.8%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	135	0.2%	107	124	11	8.9%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	5,380	9.6%	5,603	4,501	879	19.5%
Educational Services	1,898	3.4%	1,803	1,426	472	33.1%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	4,881	8.7%	5,054	3,643	1,238	34.0%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	591	1.1%	656	428	163	38.1%
Accomodation and Food Services	4,615	8.3%	4,214	3,601	1,014	28.2%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	1,122	2.0%	1,054	925	197	21.3%
Public Administration	1,236	2.2%	974	888	348	39.2%
Information Not Available	53	0.1%	58	30	23	76.7%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Arizona
	Dec 2009	Percent	Nov 2009	Dec 2008	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	95,636		98,837	67,074
Male	59,507	62.2%	60,354	42,012	17,495	41.6%
Female	36,101	37.7%	38,454	25,046	11,055	44.1%
Information Not Available	28	0.0%	29	16	12	75.0%

Ethnicity	95,636		98,837	67,074
Hispanic or Latino	26,974	28.2%	29,267	18,777	8,197	43.7%
Not Hispanic or Latino	46,160	48.3%	46,228	38,554	7,606	19.7%
Information Not Available	22,502	23.5%	23,342	9,743	12,759	131.0%

Race	95,636		98,837	67,074
American Indian or Alaskan Native	5,863	6.1%	5,668	4,456	1,407	31.6%
Asian	2,232	2.3%	2,519	1,089	1,143	105.0%
Black or African American	5,589	5.8%	5,828	3,917	1,672	42.7%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	514	0.5%	570	262	252	96.2%
White	54,599	57.1%	56,184	37,189	17,410	46.8%
Information Not Available	26,839	28.1%	28,068	20,161	6,678	33.1%

Years of Age	95,636		98,837	67,074
Younger than 22	4,232	2.9%	4,421	2,495	1,737	69.6%
22-24	6,586	4.5%	6,817	4,020	2,566	63.8%
25-34	23,118	16.0%	23,760	15,380	7,738	50.3%
35-44	22,038	15.2%	22,851	16,325	5,713	35.0%
45-54	22,501	15.5%	23,515	16,846	5,655	33.6%
55-59	8,496	5.9%	8,627	6,098	2,398	39.3%
60-64	5,370	3.7%	5,549	3,755	1,615	43.0%
65 and older	3,295	2.3%	3,297	2,155	1,140	52.9%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	95,636		98,837	67,074
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	982	1.0%	1,967	580	402	69.3%
Mining	515	0.5%	569	328	187	57.0%
Utilities	175	0.2%	195	120	55	45.8%
Construction	16,485	17.1%	15,916	13,341	3,144	23.6%
Manufacturing	6,620	6.9%	7,028	5,062	1,558	30.8%
Wholesale Trade	4,337	4.5%	4,694	3,316	1,021	30.8%
Retail Trade	9,006	9.3%	9,241	6,380	2,626	41.2%
Transporation and Warehousing	2,400	2.5%	2,502	1,551	849	54.7%
Information	1,252	1.3%	1,241	865	387	44.7%
Finance and Insurance	3,059	3.2%	3,167	2,468	591	23.9%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	2,158	2.2%	2,180	1,625	533	32.8%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	4,961	5.1%	5,116	3,801	1,160	30.5%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	370	0.4%	357	215	155	72.1%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	11,283	11.7%	11,519	7,876	3,407	43.3%
Educational Services	2,712	2.8%	3,018	1,144	1,568	137.1%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	5,964	6.2%	5,977	3,251	2,713	83.5%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	1,210	1.3%	1,145	795	415	52.2%
Accomodation and Food Services	5,446	5.6%	5,364	2,695	2,751	102.1%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	2,352	2.4%	2,396	1,601	751	46.9%
Public Administration	3,023	3.1%	2,857	1,681	1,342	79.8%
Information Not Available	11,326	11.7%	12,388	8,379	2,947	35.2%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants California
	Dec 2009	Percent	Nov 2009	Dec 2008	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	783,041		772,278	648,712
Male	454,931	58.1%	446,440	391,364	63,567	16.2%
Female	327,478	41.8%	325,247	256,770	70,708	27.5%
Information Not Available	632	0.1%	591	578	54	9.3%

Ethnicity	783,041		772,278	648,712
Hispanic or Latino	254,117	32.5%	266,129	247,527	6,590	2.7%
Not Hispanic or Latino	400,602	51.2%	394,022	334,369	66,233	19.8%
Information Not Available	128,322	16.4%	112,127	66,816	61,506	92.1%

Race	783,041		772,278	648,712
American Indian or Alaskan Native	4,659	0.6%	5,321	5,295	-636	-12.0%
Asian	65,780	8.4%	70,252	51,219	14,561	28.4%
Black or African American	50,144	6.4%	50,940	45,057	5,087	11.3%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
White	280,018	35.8%	266,129	232,797	47,221	20.3%
Information Not Available	382,440	48.8%	379,636	314,344	68,096	21.7%

Years of Age	783,041		772,278	648,712
Younger than 22	25,901	2.6%	30,347	28,113	-2,212	-7.9%
22-24	40,668	4.0%	46,309	40,821	-153	-0.4%
25-34	181,625	17.9%	193,610	159,434	22,191	13.9%
35-44	178,782	17.7%	175,876	157,220	21,562	13.7%
45-54	198,366	19.6%	192,528	158,471	39,895	25.2%
55-59	71,466	7.1%	66,114	52,086	19,380	37.2%
60-64	51,013	5.0%	43,452	31,290	19,723	63.0%
65 and older	34,588	3.4%	23,352	20,411	14,177	69.5%
Information Not Available	632	0.1%	690	866	-234	-27.0%

Industry	783,041		772,278	648,712
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	66,806	7.9%	60,892	74,807	-8,001	-10.7%
Mining	1,263	0.1%	2,266	1,733	-470	-27.1%
Utilities	2,448	0.3%	2,463	2,311	137	5.9%
Construction	106,054	12.5%	103,949	93,292	12,762	13.7%
Manufacturing	104,790	12.3%	105,722	89,056	15,734	17.7%
Wholesale Trade	23,611	2.8%	30,938	16,174	7,437	46.0%
Retail Trade	66,175	7.8%	63,355	58,536	7,639	13.1%
Transporation and Warehousing	22,190	2.6%	20,987	18,774	3,416	18.2%
Information	42,327	5.0%	39,215	39,377	2,950	7.5%
Finance and Insurance	26,849	3.2%	26,308	23,492	3,357	14.3%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	13,898	1.6%	9,065	9,531	4,367	45.8%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	23,769	2.8%	29,362	18,389	5,380	29.3%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	96,024	11.3%	89,859	78,946	17,078	21.6%
Educational Services	28,744	3.4%	32,416	17,234	11,510	66.8%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	45,011	5.3%	43,255	28,402	16,609	58.5%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	13,267	1.6%	13,991	9,435	3,832	40.6%
Accomodation and Food Services	32,929	3.9%	31,431	26,284	6,645	25.3%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	30,087	3.5%	29,165	20,988	9,099	43.4%
Public Administration	11,529	1.4%	12,021	7,510	4,019	53.5%
Information Not Available	25,270	3.0%	25,618	14,441	10,829	75.0%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Colorado
	Dec 2009	Percent	Nov 2009	Dec 2008	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	68,527		62,273	41,843
Male	43,925	64.1%	38,203	25,579	18,346	71.7%
Female	24,602	35.9%	24,070	16,264	8,338	51.3%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	68,527		62,273	41,843
Hispanic or Latino	14,389	21.0%	12,035	7,427	6,962	93.7%
Not Hispanic or Latino	44,882	65.5%	41,754	27,850	17,032	61.2%
Information Not Available	9,256	13.5%	8,484	6,566	2,690	41.0%

Race	68,527		62,273	41,843
American Indian or Alaskan Native	1,001	1.5%	869	630	371	58.9%
Asian	1,207	1.8%	1,191	658	549	83.4%
Black or African American	3,689	5.4%	3,569	2,513	1,176	46.8%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	246	0.4%	242	150	96	64.0%
White	47,914	69.9%	43,696	29,595	18,319	61.9%
Information Not Available	14,470	21.1%	12,706	8,297	6,173	74.4%

Years of Age	68,527		62,273	41,843
Younger than 22	1,708	1.5%	1,491	763	945	123.9%
22-24	3,441	3.1%	2,989	1,673	1,768	105.7%
25-34	15,769	14.0%	14,507	8,903	6,866	77.1%
35-44	16,328	14.5%	14,823	10,227	6,101	59.7%
45-54	18,379	16.4%	16,391	12,115	6,264	51.7%
55-59	6,974	6.2%	6,404	4,442	2,532	57.0%
60-64	4,117	3.7%	3,785	2,606	1,511	58.0%
65 and older	1,772	1.6%	1,855	1,114	658	59.1%
Information Not Available	39	0.0%	28	0	39	0.0%

Industry	68,527		62,273	41,843
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	584	0.8%	529	267	317	118.7%
Mining	990	1.4%	946	455	535	117.6%
Utilities	103	0.1%	82	32	71	221.9%
Construction	14,812	21.4%	11,321	8,382	6,430	76.7%
Manufacturing	6,074	8.8%	5,621	3,992	2,082	52.2%
Wholesale Trade	3,152	4.6%	3,106	1,939	1,213	62.6%
Retail Trade	5,552	8.0%	5,278	3,510	2,042	58.2%
Transporation and Warehousing	1,981	2.9%	1,794	1,392	589	42.3%
Information	2,094	3.0%	2,116	1,298	796	61.3%
Finance and Insurance	2,410	3.5%	2,393	2,045	365	17.8%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	1,458	2.1%	1,389	1,022	436	42.7%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	5,408	7.8%	5,295	3,597	1,811	50.3%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	487	0.7%	479	382	105	27.5%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	8,653	12.5%	7,724	5,306	3,347	63.1%
Educational Services	1,629	2.4%	1,653	774	855	110.5%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	3,415	4.9%	3,303	1,884	1,531	81.3%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	1,093	1.6%	1,164	746	347	46.5%
Accomodation and Food Services	3,724	5.4%	3,654	1,924	1,800	93.6%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	1,661	2.4%	1,602	1,013	648	64.0%
Public Administration	1,481	2.1%	1,285	856	625	73.0%
Information Not Available	1,766	2.6%	1,539	1,027	739	72.0%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Connecticut
	Dec 2009	Percent	Nov 2009	Dec 2008	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	72,395		69,005	62,706
Male	43,181	59.6%	39,294	39,533	3,648	9.2%
Female	29,214	40.4%	29,711	23,173	6,041	26.1%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	72,395		69,005	62,706
Hispanic or Latino	10,696	14.8%	9,397	9,897	799	8.1%
Not Hispanic or Latino	61,699	85.2%	59,608	52,809	8,890	16.8%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Race	72,395		69,005	62,706
American Indian or Alaskan Native	235	0.3%	222	236	-1	-0.4%
Asian	1,090	1.5%	1,113	976	114	11.7%
Black or African American	8,799	12.2%	8,823	7,774	1,025	13.2%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
White	40,841	56.4%	38,268	36,295	4,546	12.5%
Information Not Available	21,430	29.6%	20,579	17,425	4,005	23.0%

Years of Age	72,395		69,005	62,706
Younger than 22	2,820	2.6%	2,616	2,450	370	15.1%
22-24	4,749	4.4%	4,465	4,007	742	18.5%
25-34	15,696	14.5%	14,610	13,938	1,758	12.6%
35-44	15,665	14.5%	14,930	14,620	1,045	7.1%
45-54	17,912	16.6%	17,337	15,326	2,586	16.9%
55-59	6,888	6.4%	6,588	5,516	1,372	24.9%
60-64	5,022	4.6%	4,960	3,950	1,072	27.1%
65 and older	3,643	3.4%	3,499	2,899	744	25.7%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	72,395		69,005	62,706
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	972	1.3%	566	878	94	10.7%
Mining	38	0.1%	24	50	-12	-24.0%
Utilities	63	0.1%	60	50	13	26.0%
Construction	9,049	12.3%	7,180	10,175	-1,126	-11.1%
Manufacturing	12,691	17.3%	13,690	8,808	3,883	44.1%
Wholesale Trade	3,528	4.8%	3,565	3,035	493	16.2%
Retail Trade	7,324	10.0%	7,331	6,650	674	10.1%
Transporation and Warehousing	2,187	3.0%	2,232	1,971	216	11.0%
Information	1,594	2.2%	1,634	1,516	78	5.1%
Finance and Insurance	3,209	4.4%	3,323	2,825	384	13.6%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	1,091	1.5%	1,020	1,060	31	2.9%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	3,575	4.9%	3,586	2,999	576	19.2%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	468	0.6%	546	276	192	69.6%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	8,122	11.1%	6,776	8,044	78	1.0%
Educational Services	2,307	3.1%	2,197	1,539	768	49.9%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	5,785	7.9%	5,737	4,251	1,534	36.1%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	2,209	3.0%	1,755	2,126	83	3.9%
Accomodation and Food Services	4,237	5.8%	4,027	3,124	1,113	35.6%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	1,870	2.5%	1,781	1,588	282	17.8%
Public Administration	933	1.3%	904	784	149	19.0%
Information Not Available	1,143	1.6%	1,071	957	186	19.4%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants District of Columbia
	Dec 2009	Percent	Nov 2009	Dec 2008	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	15,073		14,185	12,118
Male	7,091	47.0%	6,610	5,548	1,543	27.8%
Female	7,982	53.0%	7,575	6,569	1,413	21.5%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	1	-1	-100.0%

Ethnicity	15,073		14,185	12,118
Hispanic or Latino	1,538	10.2%	1,263	1,362	176	12.9%
Not Hispanic or Latino	13,535	89.8%	12,922	10,389	3,146	30.3%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	367	-367	-100.0%

Race	15,073		14,185	12,118
American Indian or Alaskan Native	136	0.9%	112	102	34	33.3%
Asian	518	3.4%	416	312	206	66.0%
Black or African American	10,000	66.3%	9,553	9,187	813	8.8%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	91	0.6%	67	48	43	89.6%
White	3,925	26.0%	3,694	2,466	1,459	59.2%
Information Not Available	403	2.7%	343	3	400	13333.3%

Years of Age	15,073		14,185	12,118
Younger than 22	318	1.8%	303	327	-9	-2.8%
22-24	763	4.2%	738	631	132	20.9%
25-34	3,992	22.0%	3,912	3,004	988	32.9%
35-44	3,661	20.2%	3,425	2,956	705	23.8%
45-54	3,739	20.6%	3,435	3,169	570	18.0%
55-59	1,330	7.3%	1,209	1,081	249	23.0%
60-64	857	4.7%	772	636	221	34.7%
65 and older	413	2.3%	391	314	99	31.5%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	15,073		14,185	12,118
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
Mining	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
Utilities	1	0.0%	1	0	1	0.0%
Construction	4	0.0%	3	10	-6	-60.0%
Manufacturing	1	0.0%	1	1	0	0.0%
Wholesale Trade	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
Retail Trade	3	0.0%	3	7	-4	-57.1%
Transporation and Warehousing	1	0.0%	1	0	1	0.0%
Information	0	0.0%	1	2	-2	-100.0%
Finance and Insurance	0	0.0%	0	2	-2	-100.0%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	2	0.0%	2	1	1	100.0%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	13	0.1%	16	20	-7	-35.0%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	24	0.2%	20	39	-15	-38.5%
Educational Services	2	0.0%	3	4	-2	-50.0%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	4	0.0%	3	6	-2	-33.3%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
Accomodation and Food Services	4	0.0%	5	7	-3	-42.9%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	3	0.0%	2	5	-2	-40.0%
Public Administration	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
Information Not Available	15,011	99.6%	14,124	12,014	2,997	24.9%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Delaware
	Dec 2009	Percent	Nov 2009	Dec 2008	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	14,479		12,937	10,797
Male	7,557	52.2%	6,689	426	7,131	1673.9%
Female	6,922	47.8%	6,248	10,371	-3,449	-33.3%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	14,479		12,937	10,797
Hispanic or Latino	592	4.1%	553	425	167	39.3%
Not Hispanic or Latino	13,886	95.9%	12,384	10,372	3,514	33.9%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Race	14,479		12,937	10,797
American Indian or Alaskan Native	30	0.2%	36	24	6	25.0%
Asian	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
Black or African American	4,821	33.3%	4,347	3,594	1,227	34.1%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	91	0.6%	85	39	52	133.3%
White	8,318	57.5%	7,394	6,447	1,871	29.0%
Information Not Available	1,218	8.4%	1,075	693	525	75.8%

Years of Age	14,479		12,937	10,797
Younger than 22	422	1.9%	645	391	31	7.9%
22-24	933	4.3%	906	746	187	25.1%
25-34	3,603	16.5%	3,074	2,640	963	36.5%
35-44	3,207	14.7%	2,819	2,475	732	29.6%
45-54	3,337	15.3%	2,986	2,546	791	31.1%
55-59	1,240	5.7%	1,124	843	397	47.1%
60-64	979	4.5%	747	650	329	50.6%
65 and older	652	3.0%	553	433	219	50.6%
Information Not Available	106	0.5%	83	73	33	45.2%

Industry	14,479		12,937	10,797
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	19	0.1%	21	26	-7	-26.9%
Mining	0	0.0%	0	1	-1	-100.0%
Utilities	12	0.1%	9	8	4	50.0%
Construction	1,572	10.8%	1,406	1,647	-75	-4.6%
Manufacturing	1,348	9.3%	1,087	746	602	80.7%
Wholesale Trade	700	4.8%	667	412	288	69.9%
Retail Trade	1,940	13.4%	1,787	1,837	103	5.6%
Transporation and Warehousing	407	2.8%	378	333	74	22.2%
Information	342	2.4%	276	200	142	71.0%
Finance and Insurance	1,201	8.3%	1,120	709	492	69.4%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	285	2.0%	263	258	27	10.5%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	927	6.4%	853	602	325	54.0%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	61	0.4%	52	39	22	56.4%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	2,075	14.3%	1,849	1,586	489	30.8%
Educational Services	280	1.9%	278	177	103	58.2%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	1,084	7.5%	1,001	690	394	57.1%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	339	2.3%	301	173	166	96.0%
Accomodation and Food Services	1,306	9.0%	1,075	910	396	43.5%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	454	3.1%	401	295	159	53.9%
Public Administration	95	0.7%	87	68	27	39.7%
Information Not Available	32	0.2%	26	80	-48	-60.0%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Florida
	Dec 2009	Percent	Nov 2009	Dec 2008	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	270,873		269,914	243,632
Male	157,100	58.0%	157,034	141,712	15,388	10.9%
Female	112,999	41.7%	111,919	101,845	11,154	11.0%
Information Not Available	774	0.3%	961	75	699	932.0%

Ethnicity	270,873		269,914	243,632
Hispanic or Latino	73,061	27.0%	75,154	70,950	2,111	3.0%
Not Hispanic or Latino	181,270	66.9%	178,279	159,093	22,177	13.9%
Information Not Available	16,542	6.1%	16,481	13,589	2,953	21.7%

Race	270,873		269,914	243,632
American Indian or Alaskan Native	1,363	0.5%	1,072	1,014	349	34.4%
Asian	2,284	0.8%	2,143	2,065	219	10.6%
Black or African American	47,970	17.7%	48,403	43,246	4,724	10.9%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	3,795	1.4%	3,325	3,078	717	23.3%
White	172,869	63.8%	169,559	154,175	18,694	12.1%
Information Not Available	42,592	15.7%	45,412	40,054	2,538	6.3%

Years of Age	270,873		269,914	243,632
Younger than 22	8,990	2.1%	8,942	8,409	581	6.9%
22-24	15,401	3.6%	15,038	13,327	2,074	15.6%
25-34	59,650	14.0%	60,005	51,992	7,658	14.7%
35-44	61,786	14.5%	60,190	59,012	2,774	4.7%
45-54	69,266	16.3%	68,171	61,190	8,076	13.2%
55-59	24,169	5.7%	25,125	23,875	294	1.2%
60-64	17,869	4.2%	18,733	15,316	2,553	16.7%
65 and older	13,669	3.2%	13,634	10,511	3,158	30.0%
Information Not Available	73	0.0%	76	0	73	0.0%

Industry	270,873		269,914	243,632
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	1,805	0.7%	2,845	1,201	604	50.3%
Mining	147	0.1%	185	263	-116	-44.1%
Utilities	479	0.2%	222	375	104	27.7%
Construction	33,085	12.1%	31,370	33,823	-738	-2.2%
Manufacturing	19,601	7.2%	20,026	18,319	1,282	7.0%
Wholesale Trade	12,674	4.6%	13,080	10,511	2,163	20.6%
Retail Trade	28,259	10.4%	28,081	26,353	1,906	7.2%
Transporation and Warehousing	6,263	2.3%	7,020	5,969	294	4.9%
Information	5,305	1.9%	6,097	4,017	1,288	32.1%
Finance and Insurance	10,648	3.9%	9,939	10,999	-351	-3.2%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	6,116	2.2%	6,097	5,443	673	12.4%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	15,437	5.7%	15,814	13,777	1,660	12.0%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	1,768	0.6%	1,884	1,952	-184	-9.4%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	49,997	18.3%	49,364	51,730	-1,733	-3.4%
Educational Services	6,116	2.2%	6,946	4,505	1,611	35.8%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	17,869	6.6%	16,664	13,927	3,942	28.3%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	5,342	2.0%	5,136	4,692	650	13.9%
Accomodation and Food Services	21,738	8.0%	21,209	17,156	4,582	26.7%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	7,479	2.7%	7,094	6,081	1,398	23.0%
Public Administration	3,611	1.3%	3,769	1,614	1,997	123.7%
Information Not Available	17,134	6.3%	17,072	10,925	6,209	56.8%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Georgia
	Dec 2009	Percent	Nov 2009	Dec 2008	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	141,419		143,726	123,075
Male	77,780	55.0%	78,128	70,309	7,471	10.6%
Female	61,452	43.5%	63,504	51,085	10,367	20.3%
Information Not Available	2,187	1.5%	2,094	1,681	506	30.1%

Ethnicity	141,419		143,726	123,075
Hispanic or Latino	822	0.6%	784	479	343	71.6%
Not Hispanic or Latino	138,410	97.9%	140,848	120,915	17,495	14.5%
Information Not Available	2,187	1.5%	2,094	1,681	506	30.1%

Race	141,419		143,726	123,075
American Indian or Alaskan Native	755	0.5%	768	714	41	5.7%
Asian	2,284	1.6%	2,463	1,593	691	43.4%
Black or African American	61,105	43.2%	62,432	55,578	5,527	9.9%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
White	75,088	53.1%	75,969	63,509	11,579	18.2%
Information Not Available	2,187	1.5%	2,094	1,681	506	30.1%

Years of Age	141,419		143,726	123,075
Younger than 22	4,403	2.1%	4,063	4,709	-306	-6.5%
22-24	7,005	3.4%	6,877	7,107	-102	-1.4%
25-34	32,049	15.3%	32,402	29,375	2,674	9.1%
35-44	35,270	16.9%	35,883	31,048	4,222	13.6%
45-54	33,813	16.2%	34,700	28,337	5,476	19.3%
55-59	11,744	5.6%	12,297	9,043	2,701	29.9%
60-64	7,634	3.7%	8,061	5,420	2,214	40.8%
65 and older	3,893	1.9%	4,239	2,906	987	34.0%
Information Not Available	5,608	2.7%	5,204	5,130	478	9.3%

Industry	141,419		143,726	123,075
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	2,751	1.9%	2,747	2,884	-133	-4.6%
Mining	335	0.2%	342	306	29	9.5%
Utilities	262	0.2%	261	177	85	48.0%
Construction	12,686	8.8%	12,520	10,786	1,900	17.6%
Manufacturing	16,115	11.2%	16,176	15,493	622	4.0%
Wholesale Trade	9,754	6.8%	9,821	7,351	2,403	32.7%
Retail Trade	10,184	7.1%	10,280	9,419	765	8.1%
Transporation and Warehousing	3,742	2.6%	3,837	3,516	226	6.4%
Information	3,248	2.3%	3,463	2,103	1,145	54.4%
Finance and Insurance	3,889	2.7%	4,210	2,972	917	30.9%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	2,591	1.8%	2,721	2,324	267	11.5%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	21,369	14.8%	22,135	18,605	2,764	14.9%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	228	0.2%	214	285	-57	-20.0%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	520	0.4%	539	401	119	29.7%
Educational Services	4,033	2.8%	4,158	2,203	1,830	83.1%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	6,009	4.2%	6,289	4,205	1,804	42.9%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	5,865	4.1%	5,503	5,149	716	13.9%
Accomodation and Food Services	1,368	0.9%	1,299	1,102	266	24.1%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	1,499	1.0%	1,679	1,170	329	28.1%
Public Administration	1,807	1.3%	1,920	1,170	637	54.4%
Information Not Available	33,164	23.0%	33,612	31,454	1,710	5.4%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Hawaii
	Dec 2009	Percent	Nov 2009	Dec 2008	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	20,066		19,409	17,653
Male	12,549	62.5%	12,335	11,185	1,364	12.2%
Female	7,516	37.5%	7,074	6,468	1,048	16.2%
Information Not Available	1	0.0%	0	0	1	0.0%

Ethnicity	20,066		19,409	17,653
Hispanic or Latino	975	4.9%	953	1,067	-92	-8.6%
Not Hispanic or Latino	15,723	78.4%	15,156	13,709	2,014	14.7%
Information Not Available	3,368	16.8%	3,300	2,877	491	17.1%

Race	20,066		19,409	17,653
American Indian or Alaskan Native	106	0.5%	94	134	-28	-20.9%
Asian	6,833	34.1%	6,577	6,167	666	10.8%
Black or African American	342	1.7%	328	286	56	19.6%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	5,079	25.3%	4,861	4,267	812	19.0%
White	5,221	26.0%	5,113	4,693	528	11.3%
Information Not Available	2,485	12.4%	2,436	2,106	379	18.0%

Years of Age	20,066		19,409	17,653
Younger than 22	574	2.4%	569	521	53	10.2%
22-24	1,069	4.4%	1,068	1,046	23	2.2%
25-34	4,948	20.6%	4,822	4,212	736	17.5%
35-44	4,692	19.5%	4,459	4,183	509	12.2%
45-54	4,906	20.4%	4,699	4,361	545	12.5%
55-59	1,907	7.9%	1,846	1,711	196	11.5%
60-64	1,215	5.0%	1,206	1,003	212	21.1%
65 and older	755	3.1%	740	616	139	22.6%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	20,066		19,409	17,653
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	334	1.6%	270	389	-55	-14.1%
Mining	1	0.0%	1	3	-2	-66.7%
Utilities	12	0.1%	12	9	3	33.3%
Construction	5,328	26.1%	5,423	4,760	568	11.9%
Manufacturing	499	2.4%	505	442	57	12.9%
Wholesale Trade	448	2.2%	436	309	139	45.0%
Retail Trade	1,308	6.4%	1,258	1,128	180	16.0%
Transporation and Warehousing	797	3.9%	821	784	13	1.7%
Information	336	1.6%	327	202	134	66.3%
Finance and Insurance	335	1.6%	340	330	5	1.5%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	362	1.8%	359	415	-53	-12.8%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	607	3.0%	625	475	132	27.8%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	39	0.2%	39	57	-18	-31.6%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	2,195	10.8%	2,218	2,034	161	7.9%
Educational Services	233	1.1%	231	113	120	106.2%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	920	4.5%	878	567	353	62.3%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	324	1.6%	297	254	70	27.6%
Accomodation and Food Services	2,767	13.6%	2,596	3,115	-348	-11.2%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	488	2.4%	441	421	67	15.9%
Public Administration	513	2.5%	509	214	299	139.7%
Information Not Available	2,220	10.9%	1,823	1,632	588	36.0%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Iowa
	Dec 2009	Percent	Nov 2009	Dec 2008	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	51,884		40,946	43,985
Male	35,819	69.0%	25,392	30,221	5,598	18.5%
Female	16,065	31.0%	15,554	13,764	2,301	16.7%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	51,884		40,946	43,985
Hispanic or Latino	2,083	4.0%	1,448	1,698	385	22.7%
Not Hispanic or Latino	30,707	59.2%	24,604	28,622	2,085	7.3%
Information Not Available	19,094	36.8%	14,894	13,665	5,429	39.7%

Race	51,884		40,946	43,985
American Indian or Alaskan Native	211	0.4%	183	148	63	42.6%
Asian	327	0.6%	287	264	63	23.9%
Black or African American	1,975	3.8%	1,824	1,622	353	21.8%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
White	28,194	54.3%	22,310	26,588	1,606	6.0%
Information Not Available	21,177	40.8%	16,342	15,363	5,814	37.8%

Years of Age	51,884		40,946	43,985
Younger than 22	1,319	1.7%	1,598	1,084	235	21.7%
22-24	2,993	3.9%	2,481	2,600	393	15.1%
25-34	12,815	16.7%	9,791	10,654	2,161	20.3%
35-44	11,381	14.8%	9,106	9,595	1,786	18.6%
45-54	12,925	16.9%	10,359	11,231	1,694	15.1%
55-59	4,888	6.4%	3,662	4,172	716	17.2%
60-64	3,384	4.4%	2,482	2,736	648	23.7%
65 and older	2,178	2.8%	1,466	1,913	265	13.9%
Information Not Available	1	0.0%	1	0	1	0.0%

Industry	51,884		40,946	43,985
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	375	0.7%	328	280	95	33.9%
Mining	471	0.9%	72	164	307	187.2%
Utilities	129	0.2%	120	61	68	111.5%
Construction	13,006	24.9%	5,905	9,105	3,901	42.8%
Manufacturing	12,149	23.2%	11,287	13,807	-1,658	-12.0%
Wholesale Trade	2,082	4.0%	1,856	1,624	458	28.2%
Retail Trade	3,535	6.8%	3,205	2,627	908	34.6%
Transporation and Warehousing	1,722	3.3%	1,329	1,188	534	44.9%
Information	1,079	2.1%	1,219	795	284	35.7%
Finance and Insurance	1,303	2.5%	1,329	965	338	35.0%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	482	0.9%	413	351	131	37.3%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	1,454	2.8%	1,479	987	467	47.3%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	57	0.1%	52	48	9	18.8%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	4,854	9.3%	3,687	4,075	779	19.1%
Educational Services	783	1.5%	776	449	334	74.4%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	2,449	4.7%	2,426	1,546	903	58.4%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	926	1.8%	777	695	231	33.2%
Accomodation and Food Services	2,629	5.0%	2,403	1,730	899	52.0%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	993	1.9%	949	614	379	61.7%
Public Administration	901	1.7%	668	669	232	34.7%
Information Not Available	505	1.0%	666	2,205	-1,700	-77.1%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Idaho
	Dec 2009	Percent	Nov 2009	Dec 2008	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	34,168		26,926	31,748
Male	23,587	69.0%	17,134	22,500	1,087	4.8%
Female	10,578	31.0%	9,792	9,245	1,333	14.4%
Information Not Available	3	0.0%	0	3	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	34,168		26,926	31,748
Hispanic or Latino	4,435	13.0%	3,218	4,134	301	7.3%
Not Hispanic or Latino	28,925	84.7%	22,725	26,569	2,356	8.9%
Information Not Available	808	2.4%	983	1,045	-237	-22.7%

Race	34,168		26,926	31,748
American Indian or Alaskan Native	472	1.4%	377	464	8	1.7%
Asian	261	0.8%	266	289	-28	-9.7%
Black or African American	226	0.7%	209	199	27	13.6%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	97	0.3%	90	92	5	5.4%
White	27,540	80.6%	21,753	25,464	2,076	8.2%
Information Not Available	5,572	16.3%	4,231	5,240	332	6.3%

Years of Age	34,168		26,926	31,748
Younger than 22	1,727	2.9%	1,333	1,676	51	3.0%
22-24	2,533	4.2%	1,952	2,389	144	6.0%
25-34	8,854	14.7%	6,835	8,079	775	9.6%
35-44	7,472	12.4%	5,860	7,117	355	5.0%
45-54	8,009	13.3%	6,345	7,377	632	8.6%
55-59	2,893	4.8%	2,386	2,653	240	9.0%
60-64	1,639	2.7%	1,358	1,521	118	7.8%
65 and older	1,041	1.7%	857	936	105	11.2%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	34,168		26,926	31,748
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	1,631	4.6%	956	1,491	140	9.4%
Mining	318	0.9%	147	337	-19	-5.6%
Utilities	87	0.2%	66	53	34	64.2%
Construction	7,489	20.9%	4,623	7,197	292	4.1%
Manufacturing	4,225	11.8%	3,781	5,340	-1,115	-20.9%
Wholesale Trade	1,240	3.5%	1,053	1,041	199	19.1%
Retail Trade	3,188	8.9%	2,700	3,057	131	4.3%
Transporation and Warehousing	883	2.5%	712	810	73	9.0%
Information	403	1.1%	376	347	56	16.1%
Finance and Insurance	542	1.5%	515	613	-71	-11.6%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	376	1.1%	350	405	-29	-7.2%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	1,137	3.2%	1,027	1,080	57	5.3%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	67	0.2%	70	35	32	91.4%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	3,641	10.2%	2,691	3,028	613	20.2%
Educational Services	469	1.3%	483	285	184	64.6%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	1,876	5.2%	1,806	1,183	693	58.6%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	667	1.9%	542	525	142	27.0%
Accomodation and Food Services	1,916	5.4%	1,625	1,377	539	39.1%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	692	1.9%	634	594	98	16.5%
Public Administration	780	2.2%	638	537	243	45.3%
Information Not Available	2,541	7.1%	2,131	2,413	128	5.3%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Illinois
	Dec 2009	Percent	Nov 2009	Dec 2008	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	264,603		234,623	232,198
Male	168,346	63.6%	139,597	150,597	17,749	11.8%
Female	96,257	36.4%	95,026	81,601	14,656	18.0%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	264,603		234,623	232,198
Hispanic or Latino	45,254	17.1%	33,029	42,033	3,221	7.7%
Not Hispanic or Latino	219,349	82.9%	201,594	190,165	29,184	15.3%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Race	264,603		234,623	232,198
American Indian or Alaskan Native	975	0.4%	864	895	80	8.9%
Asian	7,076	2.7%	6,779	5,586	1,490	26.7%
Black or African American	54,249	20.5%	53,279	49,239	5,010	10.2%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
White	199,176	75.3%	170,723	174,362	24,814	14.2%
Information Not Available	3,127	1.2%	2,978	2,116	1,011	47.8%

Years of Age	264,603		234,623	232,198
Younger than 22	9,436	2.1%	8,185	7,988	1,448	18.1%
22-24	16,015	3.6%	14,019	13,552	2,463	18.2%
25-34	66,511	14.8%	58,711	57,985	8,526	14.7%
35-44	64,384	14.3%	56,190	59,435	4,949	8.3%
45-54	64,286	14.3%	56,419	58,076	6,210	10.7%
55-59	22,156	4.9%	20,119	19,092	3,064	16.0%
60-64	13,473	3.0%	12,852	10,635	2,838	26.7%
65 and older	8,342	1.9%	8,128	5,435	2,907	53.5%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	264,603		234,623	232,198
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	1,520	0.6%	975	1,269	251	19.8%
Mining	772	0.3%	546	825	-53	-6.4%
Utilities	470	0.2%	403	241	229	95.0%
Construction	50,134	18.8%	34,775	46,028	4,106	8.9%
Manufacturing	37,428	14.1%	37,684	36,604	824	2.3%
Wholesale Trade	12,664	4.8%	12,148	11,427	1,237	10.8%
Retail Trade	21,545	8.1%	20,656	18,669	2,876	15.4%
Transporation and Warehousing	11,329	4.3%	10,691	10,289	1,040	10.1%
Information	4,599	1.7%	4,477	4,216	383	9.1%
Finance and Insurance	10,470	3.9%	10,533	10,144	326	3.2%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	3,677	1.4%	3,556	3,244	433	13.3%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	14,936	5.6%	14,394	12,221	2,715	22.2%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	1,286	0.5%	1,102	1,038	248	23.9%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	35,688	13.4%	27,297	32,771	2,917	8.9%
Educational Services	6,776	2.5%	7,164	4,228	2,548	60.3%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	16,355	6.1%	15,935	11,734	4,621	39.4%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	4,778	1.8%	3,749	3,917	861	22.0%
Accomodation and Food Services	13,684	5.1%	12,875	10,474	3,210	30.6%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	6,683	2.5%	6,386	4,948	1,735	35.1%
Public Administration	5,002	1.9%	4,737	3,550	1,452	40.9%
Information Not Available	4,807	1.8%	4,540	4,361	446	10.2%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Indiana
	Dec 2009	Percent	Nov 2009	Dec 2008	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	96,041		87,955	114,918
Male	61,517	64.1%	52,816	76,768	-15,251	-19.9%
Female	34,413	35.8%	35,030	38,019	-3,606	-9.5%
Information Not Available	111	0.1%	109	131	-20	-15.3%

Ethnicity	96,041		87,955	114,918
Hispanic or Latino	4,679	4.9%	4,070	6,680	-2,001	-30.0%
Not Hispanic or Latino	70,204	73.1%	63,793	85,412	-15,208	-17.8%
Information Not Available	21,158	22.0%	20,092	22,826	-1,668	-7.3%

Race	96,041		87,955	114,918
American Indian or Alaskan Native	409	0.4%	373	522	-113	-21.6%
Asian	607	0.6%	639	739	-132	-17.9%
Black or African American	11,169	11.6%	11,084	12,746	-1,577	-12.4%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	74	0.1%	74	105	-31	-29.5%
White	78,322	81.6%	71,029	93,671	-15,349	-16.4%
Information Not Available	5,460	5.7%	4,756	7,135	-1,675	-23.5%

Years of Age	96,041		87,955	114,918
Younger than 22	3,257	1.9%	2,917	4,476	-1,219	-27.2%
22-24	5,927	3.5%	5,225	6,951	-1,024	-14.7%
25-34	23,695	14.0%	21,318	28,472	-4,777	-16.8%
35-44	23,280	13.8%	21,262	28,783	-5,503	-19.1%
45-54	23,850	14.1%	21,922	28,486	-4,636	-16.3%
55-59	8,393	5.0%	8,000	9,551	-1,158	-12.1%
60-64	5,093	3.0%	4,872	5,341	-248	-4.6%
65 and older	2,546	1.5%	2,439	2,858	-312	-10.9%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	96,041		87,955	114,918
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	393	0.4%	248	349	44	12.6%
Mining	303	0.3%	136	410	-107	-26.1%
Utilities	106	0.1%	91	83	23	27.7%
Construction	16,562	17.2%	11,104	18,238	-1,676	-9.2%
Manufacturing	21,650	22.5%	23,201	39,704	-18,054	-45.5%
Wholesale Trade	3,818	4.0%	3,813	4,164	-346	-8.3%
Retail Trade	7,389	7.7%	7,219	7,245	144	2.0%
Transporation and Warehousing	3,962	4.1%	3,279	4,457	-495	-11.1%
Information	1,167	1.2%	1,241	906	261	28.8%
Finance and Insurance	2,083	2.2%	2,204	2,148	-65	-3.0%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	1,393	1.4%	1,361	1,096	297	27.1%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	3,067	3.2%	3,138	2,867	200	7.0%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	460	0.5%	495	458	2	0.4%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	10,044	10.4%	8,117	11,057	-1,013	-9.2%
Educational Services	1,613	1.7%	1,681	942	671	71.2%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	5,648	5.9%	5,705	4,183	1,465	35.0%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	1,801	1.9%	1,392	1,480	321	21.7%
Accomodation and Food Services	4,746	4.9%	4,503	3,503	1,243	35.5%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	2,208	2.3%	2,099	2,072	136	6.6%
Public Administration	873	0.9%	807	735	138	18.8%
Information Not Available	6,755	7.0%	6,121	8,821	-2,066	-23.4%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Kansas
	Dec 2009	Percent	Nov 2009	Dec 2008	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	45,731		40,712	29,617
Male	29,866	65.3%	24,718	18,840	11,026	58.5%
Female	15,865	34.7%	15,994	10,777	5,088	47.2%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	45,731		40,712	29,617
Hispanic or Latino	3,247	7.1%	2,632	2,077	1,170	56.3%
Not Hispanic or Latino	19,778	43.2%	17,520	13,067	6,711	51.4%
Information Not Available	22,706	49.7%	20,560	14,473	8,233	56.9%

Race	45,731		40,712	29,617
American Indian or Alaskan Native	684	1.5%	598	461	223	48.4%
Asian	988	2.2%	1,032	496	492	99.2%
Black or African American	6,712	14.7%	6,530	4,482	2,230	49.8%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	107	0.2%	126	74	33	44.6%
White	34,238	74.9%	29,775	21,943	12,295	56.0%
Information Not Available	3,002	6.6%	2,651	2,161	841	38.9%

Years of Age	45,731		40,712	29,617
Younger than 22	1,484	1.9%	1,286	1,010	474	46.9%
22-24	2,889	3.7%	2,513	1,849	1,040	56.2%
25-34	11,671	15.1%	10,498	7,269	4,402	60.6%
35-44	10,594	13.7%	9,321	7,014	3,580	51.0%
45-54	11,421	14.7%	10,105	7,677	3,744	48.8%
55-59	3,965	5.1%	3,583	2,479	1,486	59.9%
60-64	2,436	3.1%	2,224	1,470	966	65.7%
65 and older	1,271	1.6%	1,182	849	422	49.7%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	45,731		40,712	29,617
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	163	0.4%	139	355	-192	-54.1%
Mining	396	0.9%	380	313	83	26.5%
Utilities	60	0.1%	77	28	32	114.3%
Construction	8,059	17.6%	4,820	4,935	3,124	63.3%
Manufacturing	9,262	20.2%	8,979	6,146	3,116	50.7%
Wholesale Trade	2,793	6.1%	2,056	1,282	1,511	117.9%
Retail Trade	2,923	6.4%	2,754	2,121	802	37.8%
Transporation and Warehousing	1,486	3.2%	1,315	911	575	63.1%
Information	1,559	3.4%	1,670	901	658	73.0%
Finance and Insurance	1,192	2.6%	1,239	909	283	31.1%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	550	1.2%	503	448	102	22.8%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	2,006	4.4%	1,990	1,270	736	58.0%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	134	0.3%	126	211	-77	-36.5%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	4,279	9.3%	3,835	3,227	1,052	32.6%
Educational Services	830	1.8%	967	443	387	87.4%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	3,193	7.0%	3,137	1,803	1,390	77.1%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	320	0.7%	261	253	67	26.5%
Accomodation and Food Services	1,529	3.3%	1,529	914	615	67.3%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	999	2.2%	967	781	218	27.9%
Public Administration	862	1.9%	824	555	307	55.3%
Information Not Available	3,136	6.8%	3,144	1,811	1,325	73.2%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Kentucky
	Dec 2009	Percent	Nov 2009	Dec 2008	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	58,857		54,071	56,368
Male	38,652	65.7%	33,863	37,108	1,544	4.2%
Female	20,205	34.3%	20,208	19,260	945	4.9%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	58,857		54,071	56,368
Hispanic or Latino	318	0.5%	245	92	226	245.7%
Not Hispanic or Latino	1,390	2.4%	1,274	1,743	-353	-20.3%
Information Not Available	57,149	97.1%	52,552	54,533	2,616	4.8%

Race	58,857		54,071	56,368
American Indian or Alaskan Native	309	0.5%	334	410	-101	-24.6%
Asian	229	0.4%	200	244	-15	-6.1%
Black or African American	6,169	10.5%	5,716	6,123	46	0.8%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
White	51,303	87.2%	47,081	49,051	2,252	4.6%
Information Not Available	847	1.4%	740	540	307	56.9%

Years of Age	58,857		54,071	56,368
Younger than 22	1,798	1.7%	1,796	1,854	-56	-3.0%
22-24	3,129	2.9%	2,949	2,997	132	4.4%
25-34	14,390	13.5%	13,365	13,611	779	5.7%
35-44	14,337	13.4%	13,245	14,372	-35	-0.2%
45-54	14,682	13.7%	13,566	13,985	697	5.0%
55-59	5,433	5.1%	4,798	4,782	651	13.6%
60-64	3,246	3.0%	2,896	2,868	378	13.2%
65 and older	1,834	1.7%	1,452	1,890	-56	-3.0%
Information Not Available	8	0.0%	4	9	-1	-11.1%

Industry	58,857		54,071	56,368
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	170	0.3%	111	221	-51	-23.1%
Mining	1,802	3.1%	1,916	604	1,198	198.3%
Utilities	90	0.2%	45	51	39	76.5%
Construction	9,455	16.0%	7,021	8,701	754	8.7%
Manufacturing	12,942	21.9%	12,563	16,585	-3,643	-22.0%
Wholesale Trade	2,448	4.1%	2,334	2,508	-60	-2.4%
Retail Trade	4,344	7.4%	3,903	3,735	609	16.3%
Transporation and Warehousing	2,506	4.2%	2,281	2,633	-127	-4.8%
Information	955	1.6%	998	761	194	25.5%
Finance and Insurance	1,336	2.3%	1,497	1,208	128	10.6%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	677	1.1%	642	576	101	17.5%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	2,340	4.0%	2,085	1,720	620	36.0%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	179	0.3%	192	120	59	49.2%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	5,402	9.2%	4,745	5,358	44	0.8%
Educational Services	1,170	2.0%	1,314	871	299	34.3%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	3,658	6.2%	3,555	2,859	799	27.9%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	1,372	2.3%	900	1,213	159	13.1%
Accomodation and Food Services	3,057	5.2%	2,900	2,338	719	30.8%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	1,322	2.2%	1,132	885	437	49.4%
Public Administration	560	0.9%	428	558	2	0.4%
Information Not Available	3,072	5.2%	3,509	2,863	209	7.3%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Louisiana
	Dec 2009	Percent	Nov 2009	Dec 2008	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	95,999		77,367	38,836
Male	54,652	56.9%	44,601	19,432	35,220	181.2%
Female	41,346	43.1%	32,765	19,403	21,943	113.1%
Information Not Available	1	0.0%	1	1	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	95,999		77,367	38,836
Hispanic or Latino	2,728	2.8%	2,116	880	1,848	210.0%
Not Hispanic or Latino	93,070	96.9%	75,089	37,870	55,200	145.8%
Information Not Available	201	0.2%	162	86	115	133.7%

Race	95,999		77,367	38,836
American Indian or Alaskan Native	727	0.8%	604	226	501	221.7%
Asian	928	1.0%	706	274	654	238.7%
Black or African American	50,379	52.5%	40,592	21,502	28,877	134.3%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	171	0.2%	149	62	109	175.8%
White	43,747	45.6%	35,290	16,729	27,018	161.5%
Information Not Available	47	0.0%	26	43	4	9.3%

Years of Age	95,999		77,367	38,836
Younger than 22	3,262	2.4%	2,970	1,288	1,974	153.3%
22-24	6,403	4.8%	5,580	2,517	3,886	154.4%
25-34	25,686	19.1%	21,700	10,194	15,492	152.0%
35-44	21,291	15.8%	17,438	9,151	12,140	132.7%
45-54	23,051	17.1%	17,797	9,397	13,654	145.3%
55-59	7,728	5.7%	5,845	3,094	4,634	149.8%
60-64	5,061	3.8%	3,657	1,943	3,118	160.5%
65 and older	3,517	2.6%	2,380	1,250	2,267	181.4%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	2	-2	-100.0%

Industry	95,999		77,367	38,836
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	803	0.8%	526	539	264	49.0%
Mining	1,606	1.7%	1,705	408	1,198	293.6%
Utilities	181	0.2%	143	86	95	110.5%
Construction	13,599	14.0%	11,080	4,850	8,749	180.4%
Manufacturing	7,647	7.9%	6,307	4,061	3,586	88.3%
Wholesale Trade	2,161	2.2%	1,939	848	1,313	154.8%
Retail Trade	5,911	6.1%	5,180	2,850	3,061	107.4%
Transporation and Warehousing	2,612	2.7%	2,227	1,122	1,490	132.8%
Information	761	0.8%	689	498	263	52.8%
Finance and Insurance	1,284	1.3%	1,129	698	586	84.0%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	1,232	1.3%	1,063	517	715	138.3%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	3,540	3.7%	3,118	1,628	1,912	117.4%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	347	0.4%	302	146	201	137.7%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	5,724	5.9%	4,928	2,454	3,270	133.3%
Educational Services	1,482	1.5%	1,407	700	782	111.7%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	6,104	6.3%	5,419	2,985	3,119	104.5%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	1,079	1.1%	938	586	493	84.1%
Accomodation and Food Services	4,837	5.0%	4,200	2,068	2,769	133.9%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	2,689	2.8%	2,271	1,322	1,367	103.4%
Public Administration	1,241	1.3%	1,152	638	603	94.5%
Information Not Available	31,159	32.2%	21,644	9,832	21,327	216.9%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Massachusetts
	Dec 2009	Percent	Nov 2009	Dec 2008	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	130,589		119,450	126,437
Male	82,380	63.1%	71,450	83,829	-1,449	-1.7%
Female	48,209	36.9%	48,000	42,608	5,601	13.1%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	130,589		119,450	126,437
Hispanic or Latino	13,152	10.1%	11,644	12,272	880	7.2%
Not Hispanic or Latino	115,068	88.1%	105,549	111,726	3,342	3.0%
Information Not Available	2,369	1.8%	2,257	2,439	-70	-2.9%

Race	130,589		119,450	126,437
American Indian or Alaskan Native	318	0.2%	298	316	2	0.6%
Asian	3,676	2.8%	3,663	3,440	236	6.9%
Black or African American	10,183	7.8%	9,759	9,341	842	9.0%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	80	0.1%	78	95	-15	-15.8%
White	106,640	81.7%	96,965	103,377	3,263	3.2%
Information Not Available	9,692	7.4%	8,687	9,868	-176	-1.8%

Years of Age	130,589		119,450	126,437
Younger than 22	4,230	1.8%	3,730	4,073	157	3.9%
22-24	7,790	3.4%	7,084	7,249	541	7.5%
25-34	30,156	13.2%	27,240	28,039	2,117	7.6%
35-44	30,271	13.2%	27,557	30,675	-404	-1.3%
45-54	32,074	14.0%	29,607	32,138	-64	-0.2%
55-59	11,823	5.2%	10,959	11,375	448	3.9%
60-64	8,494	3.7%	7,943	7,754	740	9.5%
65 and older	5,751	2.5%	5,330	5,134	617	12.0%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	130,589		119,450	126,437
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	1,011	0.8%	849	845	166	19.6%
Mining	156	0.1%	61	216	-60	-27.8%
Utilities	117	0.1%	109	125	-8	-6.4%
Construction	21,489	16.3%	16,766	22,138	-649	-2.9%
Manufacturing	11,890	9.0%	12,708	14,464	-2,574	-17.8%
Wholesale Trade	5,880	4.5%	5,958	5,666	214	3.8%
Retail Trade	10,623	8.1%	10,350	10,719	-96	-0.9%
Transporation and Warehousing	3,809	2.9%	3,556	3,558	251	7.1%
Information	3,638	2.8%	3,455	2,999	639	21.3%
Finance and Insurance	4,608	3.5%	4,869	4,247	361	8.5%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	1,944	1.5%	1,816	1,932	12	0.6%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	9,338	7.1%	9,621	8,129	1,209	14.9%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	413	0.3%	463	337	76	22.6%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	15,563	11.8%	11,567	16,058	-495	-3.1%
Educational Services	2,930	2.2%	2,985	1,636	1,294	79.1%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	9,897	7.5%	9,979	7,089	2,808	39.6%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	3,795	2.9%	2,652	3,609	186	5.2%
Accomodation and Food Services	10,047	7.6%	8,671	8,133	1,914	23.5%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	5,180	3.9%	4,984	3,926	1,254	31.9%
Public Administration	3,990	3.0%	3,961	2,511	1,479	58.9%
Information Not Available	4,271	3.2%	4,070	8,100	-3,829	-47.3%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Maryland
	Dec 2009	Percent	Nov 2009	Dec 2008	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	75,462		74,246	65,852
Male	45,075	59.7%	43,152	39,232	5,843	14.9%
Female	30,387	40.3%	31,094	26,620	3,767	14.2%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	75,462		74,246	65,852
Hispanic or Latino	4,824	6.4%	4,499	3,423	1,401	40.9%
Not Hispanic or Latino	69,542	92.2%	68,607	61,359	8,183	13.3%
Information Not Available	1,096	1.5%	1,140	1,010	86	8.5%

Race	75,462		74,246	65,852
American Indian or Alaskan Native	236	0.3%	222	168	68	40.5%
Asian	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
Black or African American	28,390	37.6%	29,203	25,628	2,762	10.8%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	122	0.2%	125	119	3	2.5%
White	40,794	54.1%	39,057	35,445	5,349	15.1%
Information Not Available	5,920	7.8%	5,639	4,492	1,428	31.8%

Years of Age	75,462		74,246	65,852
Younger than 22	3,230	2.9%	3,230	2,590	640	24.7%
22-24	5,236	4.7%	5,199	4,144	1,092	26.4%
25-34	18,291	16.3%	18,334	15,211	3,080	20.2%
35-44	16,788	15.0%	16,400	15,558	1,230	7.9%
45-54	18,066	16.1%	17,660	16,373	1,693	10.3%
55-59	6,268	5.6%	6,069	5,467	801	14.7%
60-64	4,254	3.8%	4,167	3,630	624	17.2%
65 and older	3,329	3.0%	3,187	2,879	450	15.6%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	75,462		74,246	65,852
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	194	0.3%	138	180	14	7.8%
Mining	153	0.2%	121	76	77	101.3%
Utilities	85	0.1%	78	67	18	26.9%
Construction	14,230	18.8%	13,178	11,721	2,509	21.4%
Manufacturing	770	1.0%	696	791	-21	-2.7%
Wholesale Trade	3,037	4.0%	3,001	2,871	166	5.8%
Retail Trade	2,240	3.0%	2,291	2,218	22	1.0%
Transporation and Warehousing	1,738	2.3%	1,710	1,429	309	21.6%
Information	1,379	1.8%	1,435	1,367	12	0.9%
Finance and Insurance	2,461	3.3%	2,779	2,865	-404	-14.1%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	1,577	2.1%	1,661	1,634	-57	-3.5%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	5,737	7.6%	5,908	4,477	1,260	28.1%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	333	0.4%	279	297	36	12.1%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	8,687	11.5%	8,199	8,164	523	6.4%
Educational Services	2,654	3.5%	2,773	1,490	1,164	78.1%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	5,529	7.3%	5,753	3,654	1,875	51.3%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	1,406	1.9%	1,159	1,230	176	14.3%
Accomodation and Food Services	6,088	8.0%	5,777	4,725	1,363	28.8%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	2,173	2.9%	2,189	1,945	228	11.7%
Public Administration	1,627	2.2%	1,590	1,071	556	51.9%
Information Not Available	13,364	17.7%	13,531	13,580	-216	-1.6%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Maine
	Dec 2009	Percent	Nov 2009	Dec 2008	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	18,338		14,973	17,364
Male	11,671	63.6%	8,918	11,511	160	1.4%
Female	6,667	36.4%	6,055	5,852	815	13.9%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	1	-1	-100.0%

Ethnicity	18,338		14,973	17,364
Hispanic or Latino	201	1.1%	166	141	60	42.6%
Not Hispanic or Latino	12,033	65.6%	10,058	11,869	164	1.4%
Information Not Available	6,104	33.3%	4,749	5,354	750	14.0%

Race	18,338		14,973	17,364
American Indian or Alaskan Native	159	0.9%	124	142	17	12.0%
Asian	68	0.4%	76	69	-1	-1.4%
Black or African American	171	0.9%	140	166	5	3.0%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
White	13,061	71.2%	10,892	12,848	213	1.7%
Information Not Available	4,879	26.6%	3,741	4,139	740	17.9%

Years of Age	18,338		14,973	17,364
Younger than 22	946	3.1%	664	965	-19	-2.0%
22-24	1,271	4.2%	1,038	1,258	13	1.0%
25-34	4,154	13.7%	3,265	3,958	196	5.0%
35-44	3,864	12.8%	3,208	3,841	23	0.6%
45-54	4,615	15.2%	3,860	4,294	321	7.5%
55-59	1,740	5.7%	1,430	1,522	218	14.3%
60-64	1,101	3.6%	991	992	109	11.0%
65 and older	647	2.1%	517	534	113	21.2%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	18,338		14,973	17,364
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	246	1.3%	179	232	14	6.0%
Mining	8	0.0%	1	10	-2	-20.0%
Utilities	14	0.1%	25	57	-43	-75.4%
Construction	2,606	14.0%	1,633	3,048	-442	-14.5%
Manufacturing	2,048	11.0%	1,780	2,018	30	1.5%
Wholesale Trade	455	2.4%	410	490	-35	-7.1%
Retail Trade	1,249	6.7%	1,177	1,226	23	1.9%
Transporation and Warehousing	311	1.7%	262	306	5	1.6%
Information	130	0.7%	127	141	-11	-7.8%
Finance and Insurance	214	1.2%	218	173	41	23.7%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	165	0.9%	129	135	30	22.2%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	421	2.3%	407	323	98	30.3%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	25	0.1%	26	5	20	400.0%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	1,175	6.3%	775	1,292	-117	-9.1%
Educational Services	225	1.2%	218	208	17	8.2%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	818	4.4%	832	660	158	23.9%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	388	2.1%	314	353	35	9.9%
Accomodation and Food Services	1,826	9.8%	1,387	1,664	162	9.7%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	306	1.6%	246	271	35	12.9%
Public Administration	228	1.2%	209	227	1	0.4%
Information Not Available	5,480	29.5%	4,618	4,525	955	21.1%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Michigan
	Dec 2009	Percent	Nov 2009	Dec 2008	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	215,534		201,820	226,209
Male	136,870	63.5%	122,105	150,245	-13,375	-8.9%
Female	78,640	36.5%	79,685	75,938	2,702	3.6%
Information Not Available	24	0.0%	30	26	-2	-7.7%

Ethnicity	215,534		201,820	226,209
Hispanic or Latino	8,269	3.8%	6,305	8,731	-462	-5.3%
Not Hispanic or Latino	168,355	78.1%	159,384	171,203	-2,848	-1.7%
Information Not Available	38,910	18.1%	36,131	46,275	-7,365	-15.9%

Race	215,534		201,820	226,209
American Indian or Alaskan Native	2,387	1.1%	2,008	2,201	186	8.5%
Asian	1,970	0.9%	2,184	1,989	-19	-1.0%
Black or African American	24,822	11.5%	25,734	24,373	449	1.8%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	128	0.1%	121	160	-32	-20.0%
White	135,395	62.8%	126,083	141,013	-5,618	-4.0%
Information Not Available	50,832	23.6%	45,690	56,473	-5,641	-10.0%

Years of Age	215,534		201,820	226,209
Younger than 22	6,948	2.0%	5,912	7,723	-775	-10.0%
22-24	13,125	3.9%	11,845	13,943	-818	-5.9%
25-34	51,243	15.1%	46,461	54,299	-3,056	-5.6%
35-44	52,429	15.4%	49,298	57,874	-5,445	-9.4%
45-54	55,011	16.2%	53,340	58,231	-3,220	-5.5%
55-59	19,739	5.8%	18,868	18,422	1,317	7.1%
60-64	10,900	3.2%	10,513	10,200	700	6.9%
65 and older	5,581	1.6%	5,152	5,445	136	2.5%
Information Not Available	558	0.2%	431	72	486	675.0%

Industry	215,534		201,820	226,209
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	2,534	1.2%	1,605	2,071	463	22.4%
Mining	968	0.4%	547	1,040	-72	-6.9%
Utilities	161	0.1%	131	100	61	61.0%
Construction	27,465	12.6%	17,703	31,238	-3,773	-12.1%
Manufacturing	40,468	18.6%	44,897	48,804	-8,336	-17.1%
Wholesale Trade	7,477	3.4%	7,561	7,864	-387	-4.9%
Retail Trade	16,126	7.4%	15,354	13,735	2,391	17.4%
Transporation and Warehousing	5,972	2.7%	6,029	7,128	-1,156	-16.2%
Information	2,068	0.9%	2,238	2,032	36	1.8%
Finance and Insurance	4,920	2.3%	5,211	4,819	101	2.1%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	2,913	1.3%	3,035	2,286	627	27.4%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	10,829	5.0%	11,674	10,274	555	5.4%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	839	0.4%	834	1,154	-315	-27.3%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	23,797	10.9%	21,724	29,260	-5,463	-18.7%
Educational Services	5,185	2.4%	5,447	3,228	1,957	60.6%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	13,755	6.3%	13,420	9,731	4,024	41.4%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	6,389	2.9%	4,996	5,675	714	12.6%
Accomodation and Food Services	11,153	5.1%	9,927	8,852	2,301	26.0%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	4,483	2.1%	4,274	3,680	803	21.8%
Public Administration	4,160	1.9%	3,366	2,790	1,370	49.1%
Information Not Available	23,872	10.9%	21,847	30,448	-6,576	-21.6%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Minnesota
	Dec 2009	Percent	Nov 2009	Dec 2008	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	100,432		91,280	87,264
Male	69,188	68.9%	56,953	63,221	5,967	9.4%
Female	31,232	31.1%	34,315	24,025	7,207	30.0%
Information Not Available	12	0.0%	12	18	-6	-33.3%

Ethnicity	100,432		91,280	87,264
Hispanic or Latino	3,064	3.1%	2,711	2,744	320	11.7%
Not Hispanic or Latino	87,217	86.8%	78,933	75,632	11,585	15.3%
Information Not Available	10,151	10.1%	9,636	8,888	1,263	14.2%

Race	100,432		91,280	87,264
American Indian or Alaskan Native	983	1.0%	981	1,017	-34	-3.3%
Asian	2,373	2.4%	2,696	1,693	680	40.2%
Black or African American	5,072	5.1%	5,628	4,623	449	9.7%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	165	0.2%	178	166	-1	-0.6%
White	85,759	85.4%	75,776	74,369	11,390	15.3%
Information Not Available	6,080	6.1%	6,021	5,396	684	12.7%

Years of Age	100,432		91,280	87,264
Younger than 22	3,248	1.8%	2,715	3,075	173	5.6%
22-24	6,722	3.7%	5,614	6,071	651	10.7%
25-34	26,561	14.7%	22,710	22,799	3,762	16.5%
35-44	21,850	12.1%	19,686	19,560	2,290	11.7%
45-54	24,860	13.8%	23,251	21,818	3,042	13.9%
55-59	9,109	5.0%	8,844	7,542	1,567	20.8%
60-64	5,409	3.0%	5,590	4,221	1,188	28.1%
65 and older	2,632	1.5%	2,822	2,087	545	26.1%
Information Not Available	41	0.0%	48	91	-50	-54.9%

Industry	100,432		91,280	87,264
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	910	0.9%	706	832	78	9.4%
Mining	628	0.6%	539	677	-49	-7.2%
Utilities	303	0.3%	282	265	38	14.3%
Construction	24,430	24.1%	14,869	24,295	135	0.6%
Manufacturing	15,745	15.5%	16,147	14,041	1,704	12.1%
Wholesale Trade	4,375	4.3%	4,484	4,056	319	7.9%
Retail Trade	6,842	6.8%	7,010	6,407	435	6.8%
Transporation and Warehousing	3,003	3.0%	2,756	2,236	767	34.3%
Information	1,922	1.9%	2,143	1,346	576	42.8%
Finance and Insurance	2,472	2.4%	2,785	2,050	422	20.6%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	1,235	1.2%	1,268	1,086	149	13.7%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	4,963	4.9%	5,299	4,089	874	21.4%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	1,691	1.7%	1,841	1,081	610	56.4%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	8,114	8.0%	7,070	7,503	611	8.1%
Educational Services	2,399	2.4%	2,745	1,323	1,076	81.3%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	5,781	5.7%	6,448	3,707	2,074	55.9%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	1,680	1.7%	1,560	1,447	233	16.1%
Accomodation and Food Services	4,534	4.5%	4,571	3,321	1,213	36.5%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	2,329	2.3%	2,421	1,900	429	22.6%
Public Administration	2,007	2.0%	1,734	1,568	439	28.0%
Information Not Available	5,069	5.0%	4,602	4,034	1,035	25.7%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Missouri
	Dec 2009	Percent	Nov 2009	Dec 2008	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	96,432		88,019	80,550
Male	60,646	62.9%	52,768	50,673	9,973	19.7%
Female	35,764	37.1%	35,229	29,864	5,900	19.8%
Information Not Available	22	0.0%	22	13	9	69.2%

Ethnicity	96,432		88,019	80,550
Hispanic or Latino	1,500	1.6%	1,356	1,222	278	22.7%
Not Hispanic or Latino	48,367	50.2%	43,749	36,177	12,190	33.7%
Information Not Available	46,565	48.3%	42,914	43,151	3,414	7.9%

Race	96,432		88,019	80,550
American Indian or Alaskan Native	679	0.7%	624	609	70	11.5%
Asian	697	0.7%	716	601	96	16.0%
Black or African American	16,654	17.3%	16,493	12,564	4,090	32.6%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	872	0.9%	734	672	200	29.8%
White	71,143	73.8%	63,230	54,651	16,492	30.2%
Information Not Available	6,387	6.6%	6,222	11,453	-5,066	-44.2%

Years of Age	96,432		88,019	80,550
Younger than 22	3,557	2.2%	3,029	2,779	778	28.0%
22-24	5,850	3.6%	5,382	4,712	1,138	24.2%
25-34	23,802	14.6%	21,720	19,300	4,502	23.3%
35-44	22,982	14.1%	20,963	19,958	3,024	15.2%
45-54	24,303	14.9%	22,021	21,000	3,303	15.7%
55-59	7,991	4.9%	7,479	6,603	1,388	21.0%
60-64	4,983	3.1%	4,697	3,862	1,121	29.0%
65 and older	2,870	1.8%	2,646	2,289	581	25.4%
Information Not Available	94	0.1%	82	47	47	100.0%

Industry	96,432		88,019	80,550
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	533	0.5%	301	520	13	2.5%
Mining	580	0.6%	430	327	253	77.4%
Utilities	135	0.1%	102	103	32	31.1%
Construction	19,498	20.1%	14,582	15,052	4,446	29.5%
Manufacturing	14,737	15.2%	14,538	16,162	-1,425	-8.8%
Wholesale Trade	4,045	4.2%	4,112	3,396	649	19.1%
Retail Trade	8,306	8.6%	7,992	6,986	1,320	18.9%
Transporation and Warehousing	4,156	4.3%	3,538	3,163	993	31.4%
Information	1,668	1.7%	1,736	1,665	3	0.2%
Finance and Insurance	2,655	2.7%	2,788	2,809	-154	-5.5%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	1,543	1.6%	1,456	1,331	212	15.9%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	4,011	4.1%	4,179	2,734	1,277	46.7%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	270	0.3%	271	273	-3	-1.1%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	9,822	10.1%	9,347	8,515	1,307	15.3%
Educational Services	2,076	2.1%	2,109	1,309	767	58.6%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	6,936	7.2%	6,683	4,644	2,292	49.4%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	1,761	1.8%	1,423	1,561	200	12.8%
Accomodation and Food Services	7,043	7.3%	6,603	4,868	2,175	44.7%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	2,575	2.7%	2,412	1,975	600	30.4%
Public Administration	1,080	1.1%	977	690	390	56.5%
Information Not Available	3,002	3.1%	2,440	2,467	535	21.7%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Mississippi
	Dec 2009	Percent	Nov 2009	Dec 2008	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	41,565		39,382	34,805
Male	24,544	59.0%	22,159	20,235	4,309	21.3%
Female	17,016	40.9%	17,219	14,568	2,448	16.8%
Information Not Available	5	0.0%	4	2	3	150.0%

Ethnicity	41,565		39,382	34,805
Hispanic or Latino	584	1.4%	530	469	115	24.5%
Not Hispanic or Latino	38,695	93.1%	36,715	33,017	5,678	17.2%
Information Not Available	2,286	5.5%	2,137	1,319	967	73.3%

Race	41,565		39,382	34,805
American Indian or Alaskan Native	102	0.2%	103	68	34	50.0%
Asian	99	0.2%	97	210	-111	-52.9%
Black or African American	22,813	54.9%	21,297	19,150	3,663	19.1%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	225	0.5%	188	13	212	1630.8%
White	17,872	43.0%	17,284	14,307	3,565	24.9%
Information Not Available	454	1.1%	413	1,057	-603	-57.0%

Years of Age	41,565		39,382	34,805
Younger than 22	1,693	2.9%	1,577	1,293	400	30.9%
22-24	2,898	5.0%	2,868	2,391	507	21.2%
25-34	11,177	19.4%	10,850	8,818	2,359	26.8%
35-44	9,766	17.0%	9,339	8,537	1,229	14.4%
45-54	9,693	16.8%	8,988	8,431	1,262	15.0%
55-59	3,257	5.7%	2,959	2,764	493	17.8%
60-64	1,871	3.3%	1,706	1,557	314	20.2%
65 and older	1,210	2.1%	1,095	1,014	196	19.3%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	41,565		39,382	34,805
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	1,550	3.6%	503	1,693	-143	-8.4%
Mining	265	0.6%	271	132	133	100.8%
Utilities	63	0.1%	54	39	24	61.5%
Construction	3,927	9.1%	3,489	2,816	1,111	39.5%
Manufacturing	8,180	19.0%	8,181	10,045	-1,865	-18.6%
Wholesale Trade	903	2.1%	981	829	74	8.9%
Retail Trade	3,633	8.4%	3,544	3,178	455	14.3%
Transporation and Warehousing	1,176	2.7%	1,040	1,284	-108	-8.4%
Information	314	0.7%	320	221	93	42.1%
Finance and Insurance	539	1.3%	538	410	129	31.5%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	381	0.9%	381	320	61	19.1%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	937	2.2%	1,021	698	239	34.2%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	132	0.3%	120	48	84	175.0%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	3,091	7.2%	3,147	2,867	224	7.8%
Educational Services	839	1.9%	928	536	303	56.5%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	2,505	5.8%	2,520	1,999	506	25.3%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	399	0.9%	361	391	8	2.0%
Accomodation and Food Services	3,764	8.7%	3,449	2,785	979	35.2%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	669	1.6%	655	494	175	35.4%
Public Administration	510	1.2%	504	440	70	15.9%
Information Not Available	7,788	18.1%	7,375	3,580	4,208	117.5%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Montana
	Dec 2009	Percent	Nov 2009	Dec 2008	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	15,111		11,500	10,520
Male	10,260	67.9%	7,181	7,484	2,776	37.1%
Female	4,814	31.9%	4,288	3,007	1,807	60.1%
Information Not Available	37	0.2%	31	29	8	27.6%

Ethnicity	15,111		11,500	10,520
Hispanic or Latino	480	3.2%	369	278	202	72.7%
Not Hispanic or Latino	13,697	90.6%	10,406	9,545	4,152	43.5%
Information Not Available	934	6.2%	725	697	237	34.0%

Race	15,111		11,500	10,520
American Indian or Alaskan Native	1,047	6.9%	803	763	284	37.2%
Asian	57	0.4%	55	35	22	62.9%
Black or African American	83	0.5%	72	40	43	107.5%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	30	0.2%	27	31	-1	-3.2%
White	13,706	90.7%	10,407	9,553	4,153	43.5%
Information Not Available	188	1.2%	136	98	90	91.8%

Years of Age	15,111		11,500	10,520
Younger than 22	680	2.4%	516	468	212	45.3%
22-24	1,204	4.3%	874	773	431	55.8%
25-34	4,272	15.2%	3,176	2,842	1,430	50.3%
35-44	3,037	10.8%	2,313	2,234	803	35.9%
45-54	3,476	12.4%	2,687	2,477	999	40.3%
55-59	1,307	4.6%	1,025	890	417	46.9%
60-64	699	2.5%	569	515	184	35.7%
65 and older	436	1.6%	340	321	115	35.8%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	15,111		11,500	10,520
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	215	1.4%	128	219	-4	-1.8%
Mining	387	2.5%	301	323	64	19.8%
Utilities	50	0.3%	43	17	33	194.1%
Construction	4,087	26.7%	2,244	2,928	1,159	39.6%
Manufacturing	1,271	8.3%	1,152	997	274	27.5%
Wholesale Trade	349	2.3%	305	301	48	15.9%
Retail Trade	1,377	9.0%	1,165	969	408	42.1%
Transporation and Warehousing	367	2.4%	300	317	50	15.8%
Information	158	1.0%	168	114	44	38.6%
Finance and Insurance	165	1.1%	162	180	-15	-8.3%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	161	1.1%	155	141	20	14.2%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	488	3.2%	404	322	166	51.6%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	8	0.1%	6	4	4	100.0%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	1,375	9.0%	1,006	924	451	48.8%
Educational Services	276	1.8%	249	220	56	25.5%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	725	4.7%	659	359	366	101.9%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	475	3.1%	433	294	181	61.6%
Accomodation and Food Services	1,941	12.7%	1,648	1,046	895	85.6%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	375	2.4%	302	261	114	43.7%
Public Administration	381	2.5%	317	222	159	71.6%
Information Not Available	480	3.1%	353	362	118	32.6%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants North Carolina
	Dec 2009	Percent	Nov 2009	Dec 2008	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	185,204		180,337	151,308
Male	107,036	57.8%	104,546	89,904	17,132	19.1%
Female	78,157	42.2%	75,783	61,400	16,757	27.3%
Information Not Available	11	0.0%	8	4	7	175.0%

Ethnicity	185,204		180,337	151,308
Hispanic or Latino	9,127	4.9%	9,982	6,999	2,128	30.4%
Not Hispanic or Latino	172,122	92.9%	166,483	140,331	31,791	22.7%
Information Not Available	3,955	2.1%	3,872	3,978	-23	-0.6%

Race	185,204		180,337	151,308
American Indian or Alaskan Native	2,168	1.2%	2,171	1,880	288	15.3%
Asian	2,004	1.1%	2,040	1,520	484	31.8%
Black or African American	57,623	31.1%	55,959	49,104	8,519	17.3%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	254	0.1%	259	177	77	43.5%
White	112,841	60.9%	109,257	89,275	23,566	26.4%
Information Not Available	10,314	5.6%	10,651	9,352	962	10.3%

Years of Age	185,204		180,337	151,308
Younger than 22	6,038	2.1%	5,793	5,521	517	9.4%
22-24	10,871	3.8%	10,404	9,135	1,736	19.0%
25-34	43,159	15.0%	42,017	35,840	7,319	20.4%
35-44	46,147	16.1%	45,339	39,101	7,046	18.0%
45-54	45,486	15.8%	44,357	36,479	9,007	24.7%
55-59	16,487	5.7%	16,071	12,732	3,755	29.5%
60-64	10,953	3.8%	10,667	8,000	2,953	36.9%
65 and older	6,063	2.1%	5,689	4,500	1,563	34.7%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	185,204		180,337	151,308
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	764	0.4%	733	629	135	21.5%
Mining	239	0.1%	303	220	19	8.6%
Utilities	138	0.1%	122	92	46	50.0%
Construction	24,256	13.0%	25,899	20,948	3,308	15.8%
Manufacturing	34,747	18.7%	34,196	31,773	2,974	9.4%
Wholesale Trade	7,903	4.2%	7,742	5,987	1,916	32.0%
Retail Trade	16,422	8.8%	15,626	12,773	3,649	28.6%
Transporation and Warehousing	5,199	2.8%	5,259	4,308	891	20.7%
Information	2,642	1.4%	2,635	1,599	1,043	65.2%
Finance and Insurance	4,671	2.5%	4,749	3,076	1,595	51.9%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	2,796	1.5%	2,549	2,180	616	28.3%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	8,398	4.5%	8,358	6,075	2,323	38.2%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	612	0.3%	591	642	-30	-4.7%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	17,600	9.5%	16,478	16,859	741	4.4%
Educational Services	4,503	2.4%	4,889	1,677	2,826	168.5%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	13,787	7.4%	13,360	8,945	4,842	54.1%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	2,349	1.3%	1,743	1,690	659	39.0%
Accomodation and Food Services	11,270	6.1%	9,600	7,777	3,493	44.9%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	3,564	1.9%	3,478	2,346	1,218	51.9%
Public Administration	1,484	0.8%	1,423	1,085	399	36.8%
Information Not Available	21,860	11.8%	20,604	20,627	1,233	6.0%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants North Dakota
	Dec 2009	Percent	Nov 2009	Dec 2008	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	7,058		4,170	5,574
Male	5,537	78.4%	2,736	4,364	1,173	26.9%
Female	1,515	21.5%	1,429	1,204	311	25.8%
Information Not Available	6	0.1%	5	6	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	7,058		4,170	5,574
Hispanic or Latino	238	3.4%	136	170	68	40.0%
Not Hispanic or Latino	6,691	94.8%	3,923	5,264	1,427	27.1%
Information Not Available	129	1.8%	111	140	-11	-7.9%

Race	7,058		4,170	5,574
American Indian or Alaskan Native	460	6.5%	289	402	58	14.4%
Asian	35	0.5%	27	13	22	169.2%
Black or African American	95	1.3%	80	79	16	20.3%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	3	0.0%	2	7	-4	-57.1%
White	6,098	86.4%	3,525	4,763	1,335	28.0%
Information Not Available	367	5.2%	247	310	57	18.4%

Years of Age	7,058		4,170	5,574
Younger than 22	256	2.0%	97	199	57	28.6%
22-24	480	3.8%	228	354	126	35.6%
25-34	1,748	13.7%	1,004	1,356	392	28.9%
35-44	1,439	11.3%	909	1,112	327	29.4%
45-54	1,719	13.5%	1,104	1,448	271	18.7%
55-59	690	5.4%	423	533	157	29.5%
60-64	431	3.4%	256	324	107	33.0%
65 and older	284	2.2%	143	235	49	20.9%
Information Not Available	11	0.1%	6	13	-2	-15.4%

Industry	7,058		4,170	5,574
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	162	2.2%	70	148	14	9.5%
Mining	367	5.1%	135	275	92	33.5%
Utilities	9	0.1%	3	6	3	50.0%
Construction	2,279	31.6%	743	1,731	548	31.7%
Manufacturing	1,057	14.6%	838	1,087	-30	-2.8%
Wholesale Trade	319	4.4%	183	217	102	47.0%
Retail Trade	326	4.5%	255	269	57	21.2%
Transporation and Warehousing	248	3.4%	149	146	102	69.9%
Information	93	1.3%	79	54	39	72.2%
Finance and Insurance	109	1.5%	104	54	55	101.9%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	38	0.5%	27	24	14	58.3%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	257	3.6%	251	142	115	81.0%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	38	0.5%	35	20	18	90.0%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	382	5.3%	227	250	132	52.8%
Educational Services	6	0.1%	9	6	0	0.0%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	215	3.0%	194	156	59	37.8%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	60	0.8%	33	59	1	1.7%
Accomodation and Food Services	196	2.7%	165	157	39	24.8%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	90	1.2%	67	75	15	20.0%
Public Administration	331	4.6%	254	273	58	21.2%
Information Not Available	476	6.6%	349	425	51	12.0%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Nebraska
	Dec 2009	Percent	Nov 2009	Dec 2008	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	33,467		25,272	19,502
Male	19,264	57.6%	13,610	10,974	8,290	75.5%
Female	12,655	37.8%	10,465	7,830	4,825	61.6%
Information Not Available	1,548	4.6%	1,197	698	850	121.8%

Ethnicity	33,467		25,272	19,502
Hispanic or Latino	1,553	4.6%	1,021	868	685	78.9%
Not Hispanic or Latino	26,276	78.5%	19,945	15,249	11,027	72.3%
Information Not Available	5,638	16.8%	4,306	3,385	2,253	66.6%

Race	33,467		25,272	19,502
American Indian or Alaskan Native	351	1.0%	279	200	151	75.5%
Asian	351	1.0%	287	177	174	98.3%
Black or African American	2,197	6.6%	1,677	1,250	947	75.8%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	46	0.1%	39	23	23	100.0%
White	16,811	50.2%	12,617	8,900	7,911	88.9%
Information Not Available	13,711	41.0%	10,373	8,952	4,759	53.2%

Years of Age	33,467		25,272	19,502
Younger than 22	668	1.4%	949	378	290	76.7%
22-24	1,948	4.0%	1,746	1,061	887	83.6%
25-34	8,328	17.3%	6,405	4,652	3,676	79.0%
35-44	7,408	15.4%	5,588	4,365	3,043	69.7%
45-54	8,257	17.2%	6,020	5,088	3,169	62.3%
55-59	3,055	6.3%	2,146	1,835	1,220	66.5%
60-64	2,136	4.4%	1,389	1,166	970	83.2%
65 and older	1,667	3.5%	1,029	957	710	74.2%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	33,467		25,272	19,502
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	241	0.7%	186	127	114	89.8%
Mining	138	0.4%	51	101	37	36.6%
Utilities	44	0.1%	38	28	16	57.1%
Construction	5,594	16.6%	2,894	2,859	2,735	95.7%
Manufacturing	5,566	16.5%	4,658	3,532	2,034	57.6%
Wholesale Trade	1,208	3.6%	962	635	573	90.2%
Retail Trade	3,233	9.6%	2,596	1,903	1,330	69.9%
Transporation and Warehousing	1,141	3.4%	871	594	547	92.1%
Information	679	2.0%	550	412	267	64.8%
Finance and Insurance	1,204	3.6%	1,055	737	467	63.4%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	385	1.1%	292	223	162	72.6%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	1,220	3.6%	1,050	718	502	69.9%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	155	0.5%	148	79	76	96.2%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	3,561	10.6%	2,593	2,247	1,314	58.5%
Educational Services	497	1.5%	412	307	190	61.9%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	2,557	7.6%	2,151	1,491	1,066	71.5%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	384	1.1%	300	239	145	60.7%
Accomodation and Food Services	2,129	6.3%	1,734	1,089	1,040	95.5%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	660	2.0%	548	371	289	77.9%
Public Administration	798	2.4%	605	526	272	51.7%
Information Not Available	2,073	6.1%	1,578	1,284	789	61.4%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants New Hampshire
	Dec 2009	Percent	Nov 2009	Dec 2008	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	16,723		15,506	14,181
Male	10,247	61.3%	8,931	9,075	1,172	12.9%
Female	6,417	38.4%	6,527	5,106	1,311	25.7%
Information Not Available	59	0.4%	48	0	59	0.0%

Ethnicity	16,723		15,506	14,181
Hispanic or Latino	584	3.5%	532	466	118	25.3%
Not Hispanic or Latino	12,534	75.0%	11,732	10,158	2,376	23.4%
Information Not Available	3,605	21.6%	3,242	3,557	48	1.3%

Race	16,723		15,506	14,181
American Indian or Alaskan Native	97	0.6%	88	47	50	106.4%
Asian	272	1.6%	294	227	45	19.8%
Black or African American	271	1.6%	261	242	29	12.0%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	25	0.1%	22	17	8	47.1%
White	14,806	88.5%	13,732	12,853	1,953	15.2%
Information Not Available	1,252	7.5%	1,109	795	457	57.5%

Years of Age	16,723		15,506	14,181
Younger than 22	469	1.6%	375	460	9	2.0%
22-24	888	2.9%	784	829	59	7.1%
25-34	3,170	10.5%	2,799	2,852	318	11.2%
35-44	3,577	11.8%	3,334	3,177	400	12.6%
45-54	4,544	15.0%	4,335	3,857	687	17.8%
55-59	1,932	6.4%	1,825	1,503	429	28.5%
60-64	1,329	4.4%	1,284	968	361	37.3%
65 and older	814	2.7%	770	535	279	52.1%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	16,723		15,506	14,181
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	76	0.5%	55	50	26	52.0%
Mining	44	0.3%	20	75	-31	-41.3%
Utilities	13	0.1%	16	5	8	160.0%
Construction	831	4.9%	507	2,253	-1,422	-63.1%
Manufacturing	3,316	19.7%	3,433	2,149	1,167	54.3%
Wholesale Trade	812	4.8%	838	650	162	24.9%
Retail Trade	1,297	7.7%	1,204	1,559	-262	-16.8%
Transporation and Warehousing	370	2.2%	341	348	22	6.3%
Information	288	1.7%	303	175	113	64.6%
Finance and Insurance	593	3.5%	614	397	196	49.4%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	241	1.4%	253	250	-9	-3.6%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	764	4.5%	804	539	225	41.7%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	40	0.2%	41	21	19	90.5%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	1,551	9.2%	1,316	1,679	-128	-7.6%
Educational Services	452	2.7%	491	234	218	93.2%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	948	5.6%	986	603	345	57.2%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	389	2.3%	287	278	111	39.9%
Accomodation and Food Services	1,042	6.2%	988	816	226	27.7%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	437	2.6%	443	380	57	15.0%
Public Administration	292	1.7%	306	202	90	44.6%
Information Not Available	2,927	17.4%	2,260	1,518	1,409	92.8%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants New Jersey
	Dec 2009	Percent	Nov 2009	Dec 2008	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	162,919		169,061	162,919
Male	94,830	58.2%	94,722	97,317	-2,487	-2.6%
Female	68,089	41.8%	74,339	65,602	2,487	3.8%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	162,919		169,061	162,919
Hispanic or Latino	31,922	19.6%	31,717	32,774	-852	-2.6%
Not Hispanic or Latino	112,887	69.3%	118,435	116,521	-3,634	-3.1%
Information Not Available	18,110	11.1%	18,909	13,624	4,486	32.9%

Race	162,919		169,061	162,919
American Indian or Alaskan Native	572	0.4%	591	601	-29	-4.8%
Asian	5,749	3.5%	6,298	5,403	346	6.4%
Black or African American	29,127	17.9%	31,770	30,300	-1,173	-3.9%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	1,028	0.6%	1,054	1,013	15	1.5%
White	101,537	62.3%	103,655	100,825	712	0.7%
Information Not Available	24,906	15.3%	25,693	24,777	129	0.5%

Years of Age	162,919		169,061	162,919
Younger than 22	31,566	12.1%	32,468	25,999	5,567	21.4%
22-24	12,036	4.6%	12,299	12,226	-190	-1.6%
25-34	35,059	13.5%	36,142	35,928	-869	-2.4%
35-44	38,471	14.8%	39,571	39,942	-1,471	-3.7%
45-54	29,852	11.5%	31,583	31,267	-1,415	-4.5%
55-59	8,866	3.4%	9,525	9,587	-721	-7.5%
60-64	4,088	1.6%	4,400	4,610	-522	-11.3%
65 and older	2,981	1.1%	3,073	3,360	-379	-11.3%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	162,919		169,061	162,919
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	842	0.5%	601	842	0	0.0%
Mining	108	0.1%	89	138	-30	-21.7%
Utilities	207	0.1%	216	168	39	23.2%
Construction	18,767	11.5%	17,803	18,850	-83	-0.4%
Manufacturing	13,005	7.9%	14,635	14,636	-1,631	-11.1%
Wholesale Trade	8,764	5.4%	9,556	9,116	-352	-3.9%
Retail Trade	18,428	11.3%	20,131	18,204	224	1.2%
Transporation and Warehousing	7,424	4.5%	8,215	6,720	704	10.5%
Information	3,408	2.1%	3,624	3,475	-67	-1.9%
Finance and Insurance	5,724	3.5%	6,473	7,267	-1,543	-21.2%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	2,706	1.7%	2,869	2,786	-80	-2.9%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	10,074	6.2%	10,955	9,151	923	10.1%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	928	0.6%	1,011	526	402	76.4%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	19,527	11.9%	18,546	18,825	702	3.7%
Educational Services	5,667	3.5%	6,196	3,755	1,912	50.9%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	13,164	8.0%	14,201	10,630	2,534	23.8%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	4,334	2.6%	3,364	3,318	1,016	30.6%
Accomodation and Food Services	13,448	8.2%	13,456	11,172	2,276	20.4%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	4,141	2.5%	4,349	3,730	411	11.0%
Public Administration	2,053	1.3%	1,968	1,770	283	16.0%
Information Not Available	10,200	6.2%	10,803	17,840	-7,640	-42.8%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants New Mexico
	Dec 2009	Percent	Nov 2009	Dec 2008	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	24,107		23,399	17,093
Male	15,029	62.3%	14,314	10,559	4,470	42.3%
Female	9,078	37.7%	9,085	6,534	2,544	38.9%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	24,107		23,399	17,093
Hispanic or Latino	12,693	52.7%	12,060	9,127	3,566	39.1%
Not Hispanic or Latino	9,708	40.3%	9,709	6,899	2,809	40.7%
Information Not Available	1,706	7.1%	1,630	1,067	639	59.9%

Race	24,107		23,399	17,093
American Indian or Alaskan Native	2,592	10.8%	2,542	1,561	1,031	66.0%
Asian	220	0.9%	232	182	38	20.9%
Black or African American	627	2.6%	621	442	185	41.9%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	45	0.2%	49	50	-5	-10.0%
White	11,420	47.4%	11,223	8,364	3,056	36.5%
Information Not Available	9,203	38.2%	8,732	6,494	2,709	41.7%

Years of Age	24,107		23,399	17,093
Younger than 22	1,274	3.7%	1,196	923	351	38.0%
22-24	1,836	5.3%	1,777	991	845	85.3%
25-34	5,866	17.1%	5,734	3,418	2,448	71.6%
35-44	5,390	15.7%	5,184	4,102	1,288	31.4%
45-54	5,814	16.9%	5,555	3,418	2,396	70.1%
55-59	1,982	5.8%	1,970	1,880	102	5.4%
60-64	1,202	3.5%	1,202	683	519	76.0%
65 and older	743	2.2%	781	1,025	-282	-27.5%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	653	-653	-100.0%

Industry	24,107		23,399	17,093
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	907	3.6%	686	748	159	21.3%
Mining	858	3.4%	935	369	489	132.5%
Utilities	46	0.2%	37	61	-15	-24.6%
Construction	4,959	19.8%	4,508	3,460	1,499	43.3%
Manufacturing	1,615	6.5%	1,508	1,957	-342	-17.5%
Wholesale Trade	846	3.4%	802	597	249	41.7%
Retail Trade	2,414	9.7%	2,345	1,881	533	28.3%
Transporation and Warehousing	701	2.8%	701	431	270	62.6%
Information	804	3.2%	786	465	339	72.9%
Finance and Insurance	515	2.1%	523	433	82	18.9%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	428	1.7%	453	308	120	39.0%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	1,325	5.3%	1,346	879	446	50.7%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	29	0.1%	25	21	8	38.1%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	2,143	8.6%	2,175	1,568	575	36.7%
Educational Services	605	2.4%	705	453	152	33.6%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	2,220	8.9%	2,209	1,266	954	75.4%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	424	1.7%	439	275	149	54.2%
Accomodation and Food Services	1,730	6.9%	1,730	925	805	87.0%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	641	2.6%	656	430	211	49.1%
Public Administration	829	3.3%	800	489	340	69.5%
Information Not Available	68	0.3%	30	77	-9	-11.7%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Nevada
	Dec 2009	Percent	Nov 2009	Dec 2008	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	61,588		58,959	60,885
Male	39,227	63.7%	36,522	38,096	1,131	3.0%
Female	22,361	36.3%	22,437	22,778	-417	-1.8%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	11	-11	-100.0%

Ethnicity	61,588		58,959	60,885
Hispanic or Latino	12,911	21.0%	11,954	12,824	87	0.7%
Not Hispanic or Latino	40,292	65.4%	39,001	37,736	2,556	6.8%
Information Not Available	8,385	13.6%	8,004	10,325	-1,940	-18.8%

Race	61,588		58,959	60,885
American Indian or Alaskan Native	1,101	1.8%	1,023	1,106	-5	-0.5%
Asian	2,906	4.7%	2,779	3,122	-216	-6.9%
Black or African American	5,948	9.7%	6,028	6,052	-104	-1.7%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	1,086	1.8%	1,072	1,105	-19	-1.7%
White	40,712	66.1%	38,802	39,261	1,451	3.7%
Information Not Available	9,835	16.0%	9,255	10,239	-404	-3.9%

Years of Age	61,588		58,959	60,885
Younger than 22	1,990	2.0%	1,947	2,451	-461	-18.8%
22-24	3,566	3.6%	3,474	3,699	-133	-3.6%
25-34	14,603	14.8%	13,882	13,480	1,123	8.3%
35-44	14,519	14.7%	13,697	14,255	264	1.9%
45-54	14,969	15.2%	14,231	15,069	-100	-0.7%
55-59	5,431	5.5%	5,204	5,560	-129	-2.3%
60-64	3,754	3.8%	3,706	3,688	66	1.8%
65 and older	2,756	2.8%	2,817	2,615	141	5.4%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	1	68	-68	-100.0%

Industry	61,588		58,959	60,885
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	75	0.1%	86	60	15	25.0%
Mining	272	0.4%	332	350	-78	-22.3%
Utilities	70	0.1%	90	48	22	45.8%
Construction	11,473	18.6%	14,938	14,004	-2,531	-18.1%
Manufacturing	2,130	3.5%	2,708	2,964	-834	-28.1%
Wholesale Trade	1,510	2.4%	1,743	1,420	90	6.3%
Retail Trade	4,373	7.1%	5,081	4,660	-287	-6.2%
Transporation and Warehousing	1,556	2.5%	1,896	1,738	-182	-10.5%
Information	597	1.0%	737	613	-16	-2.6%
Finance and Insurance	1,338	2.2%	1,509	1,141	197	17.3%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	1,530	2.5%	1,849	1,662	-132	-7.9%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	1,989	3.2%	2,543	2,291	-302	-13.2%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	391	0.6%	465	410	-19	-4.6%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	4,941	8.0%	6,569	8,026	-3,085	-38.4%
Educational Services	612	1.0%	811	566	46	8.1%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	2,208	3.6%	2,570	1,804	404	22.4%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	1,097	1.8%	1,318	1,380	-283	-20.5%
Accomodation and Food Services	9,131	14.8%	11,114	13,237	-4,106	-31.0%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	1,141	1.9%	1,334	1,033	108	10.5%
Public Administration	667	1.1%	796	625	42	6.7%
Information Not Available	14,487	23.5%	470	2,853	11,634	407.8%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants New York
	Dec 2009	Percent	Nov 2009	Dec 2008	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	312,876		296,785	281,778
Male	187,237	59.8%	168,111	173,947	13,290	7.6%
Female	125,639	40.2%	128,674	107,831	17,808	16.5%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	312,876		296,785	281,778
Hispanic or Latino	49,037	15.7%	46,137	42,452	6,585	15.5%
Not Hispanic or Latino	210,169	67.2%	197,534	193,350	16,819	8.7%
Information Not Available	53,670	17.2%	53,114	45,976	7,694	16.7%

Race	312,876		296,785	281,778
American Indian or Alaskan Native	1,874	0.6%	1,728	1,764	110	6.2%
Asian	9,492	3.0%	9,903	8,501	991	11.7%
Black or African American	46,639	14.9%	46,999	39,441	7,198	18.3%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	827	0.3%	787	540	287	53.1%
White	170,132	54.4%	154,999	159,248	10,884	6.8%
Information Not Available	83,912	26.8%	82,369	72,284	11,628	16.1%

Years of Age	312,876		296,785	281,778
Younger than 22	14,558	3.1%	13,599	11,426	3,132	27.4%
22-24	23,031	4.9%	21,848	19,638	3,393	17.3%
25-34	79,436	17.0%	75,519	71,136	8,300	11.7%
35-44	71,446	15.3%	67,632	67,473	3,973	5.9%
45-54	70,202	15.1%	65,868	64,289	5,913	9.2%
55-59	24,926	5.3%	23,891	22,369	2,557	11.4%
60-64	16,910	3.6%	16,401	14,554	2,356	16.2%
65 and older	12,367	2.7%	12,027	10,893	1,474	13.5%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	312,876		296,785	281,778
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	1,164	0.4%	778	1,103	61	5.5%
Mining	1,298	0.4%	535	1,622	-324	-20.0%
Utilities	281	0.1%	268	192	89	46.4%
Construction	46,901	14.9%	34,802	44,642	2,259	5.1%
Manufacturing	30,417	9.7%	32,469	30,237	180	0.6%
Wholesale Trade	13,285	4.2%	13,878	12,266	1,019	8.3%
Retail Trade	26,834	8.5%	27,531	23,478	3,356	14.3%
Transporation and Warehousing	9,365	3.0%	9,223	9,089	276	3.0%
Information	9,747	3.1%	9,774	7,711	2,036	26.4%
Finance and Insurance	15,078	4.8%	16,161	16,485	-1,407	-8.5%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	6,998	2.2%	6,765	6,339	659	10.4%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	21,735	6.9%	23,096	19,684	2,051	10.4%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	1,505	0.5%	1,631	1,254	251	20.0%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	36,057	11.5%	32,912	33,808	2,249	6.7%
Educational Services	11,489	3.7%	11,707	7,206	4,283	59.4%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	25,776	8.2%	26,466	18,555	7,221	38.9%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	11,437	3.6%	9,116	10,220	1,217	11.9%
Accomodation and Food Services	20,097	6.4%	18,294	17,843	2,254	12.6%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	9,637	3.1%	9,172	7,237	2,400	33.2%
Public Administration	9,161	2.9%	8,215	7,914	1,247	15.8%
Information Not Available	4,614	1.5%	3,992	4,893	-279	-5.7%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Ohio
	Dec 2009	Percent	Nov 2009	Dec 2008	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	155,536		150,795	168,407
Male	103,176	66.3%	94,198	114,942	-11,766	-10.2%
Female	51,815	33.3%	55,992	52,863	-1,048	-2.0%
Information Not Available	545	0.4%	605	602	-57	-9.5%

Ethnicity	155,536		150,795	168,407
Hispanic or Latino	4,634	3.0%	4,062	5,600	-966	-17.3%
Not Hispanic or Latino	141,543	91.0%	137,501	154,652	-13,109	-8.5%
Information Not Available	9,359	6.0%	9,232	8,155	1,204	14.8%

Race	155,536		150,795	168,407
American Indian or Alaskan Native	738	0.5%	724	712	26	3.7%
Asian	874	0.6%	913	883	-9	-1.0%
Black or African American	19,143	12.3%	20,834	22,436	-3,293	-14.7%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	138	0.1%	143	114	24	21.1%
White	127,957	82.3%	121,746	137,181	-9,224	-6.7%
Information Not Available	6,686	4.3%	6,435	7,081	-395	-5.6%

Years of Age	155,536		150,795	168,407
Younger than 22	4,815	1.8%	4,467	5,484	-669	-12.2%
22-24	8,667	3.2%	8,111	9,576	-909	-9.5%
25-34	36,028	13.1%	33,845	39,327	-3,299	-8.4%
35-44	37,356	13.6%	35,768	42,000	-4,644	-11.1%
45-54	40,664	14.8%	40,036	45,021	-4,357	-9.7%
55-59	15,099	5.5%	15,349	15,275	-176	-1.2%
60-64	8,923	3.2%	9,167	8,338	585	7.0%
65 and older	3,984	1.5%	4,052	3,386	598	17.7%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	155,536		150,795	168,407
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	924	0.6%	586	924	0	0.0%
Mining	922	0.6%	482	744	178	23.9%
Utilities	235	0.2%	218	129	106	82.2%
Construction	29,751	19.0%	21,193	33,224	-3,473	-10.5%
Manufacturing	30,998	19.8%	36,148	47,477	-16,479	-34.7%
Wholesale Trade	7,116	4.5%	7,596	6,915	201	2.9%
Retail Trade	7,793	5.0%	7,763	8,065	-272	-3.4%
Transporation and Warehousing	7,434	4.8%	7,435	7,344	90	1.2%
Information	2,478	1.6%	2,783	1,848	630	34.1%
Finance and Insurance	3,859	2.5%	4,110	3,901	-42	-1.1%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	2,199	1.4%	2,122	2,194	5	0.2%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	7,307	4.7%	7,906	6,519	788	12.1%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	1,479	0.9%	1,545	1,517	-38	-2.5%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	19,206	12.3%	16,410	21,097	-1,891	-9.0%
Educational Services	3,246	2.1%	3,559	2,082	1,164	55.9%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	10,349	6.6%	11,081	7,409	2,940	39.7%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	3,027	1.9%	2,437	2,604	423	16.2%
Accomodation and Food Services	6,701	4.3%	6,556	5,455	1,246	22.8%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	3,388	2.2%	3,524	3,078	310	10.1%
Public Administration	1,969	1.3%	1,852	1,431	538	37.6%
Information Not Available	5,155	3.3%	5,489	4,450	705	15.8%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Oklahoma
	Dec 2009	Percent	Nov 2009	Dec 2008	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	72,225		68,342	31,152
Male	45,548	63.1%	43,174	17,170	28,378	165.3%
Female	26,573	36.8%	25,072	13,923	12,650	90.9%
Information Not Available	104	0.1%	96	59	45	76.3%

Ethnicity	72,225		68,342	31,152
Hispanic or Latino	6,065	8.4%	5,542	2,346	3,719	158.5%
Not Hispanic or Latino	66,160	91.6%	62,800	28,806	37,354	129.7%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Race	72,225		68,342	31,152
American Indian or Alaskan Native	6,698	9.3%	6,424	2,957	3,741	126.5%
Asian	775	1.1%	667	306	469	153.3%
Black or African American	9,537	13.2%	8,888	4,498	5,039	112.0%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	108	0.1%	90	37	71	191.9%
White	47,284	65.5%	45,198	20,174	27,110	134.4%
Information Not Available	7,823	10.8%	7,075	3,180	4,643	146.0%

Years of Age	72,225		68,342	31,152
Younger than 22	1,230	1.1%	2,169	486	744	153.1%
22-24	3,738	3.2%	4,192	1,380	2,358	170.9%
25-34	18,095	15.7%	17,561	7,110	10,985	154.5%
35-44	16,638	14.5%	15,802	7,282	9,356	128.5%
45-54	18,367	16.0%	16,959	8,519	9,848	115.6%
55-59	6,595	5.7%	5,679	2,946	3,649	123.9%
60-64	4,404	3.8%	3,581	2,008	2,396	119.3%
65 and older	3,158	2.7%	2,399	1,421	1,737	122.2%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	72,225		68,342	31,152
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	179	0.2%	166	57	122	214.0%
Mining	4,704	6.5%	4,744	1,046	3,658	349.7%
Utilities	418	0.6%	421	228	190	83.3%
Construction	8,519	11.8%	7,444	2,990	5,529	184.9%
Manufacturing	14,538	20.1%	14,148	5,707	8,831	154.7%
Wholesale Trade	3,134	4.3%	3,065	1,218	1,916	157.3%
Retail Trade	5,784	8.0%	5,330	2,771	3,013	108.7%
Transporation and Warehousing	1,798	2.5%	1,817	835	963	115.3%
Information	1,605	2.2%	1,504	931	674	72.4%
Finance and Insurance	1,523	2.1%	1,412	997	526	52.8%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	1,323	1.8%	1,286	619	704	113.7%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	3,084	4.3%	2,974	1,450	1,634	112.7%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	237	0.3%	222	199	38	19.1%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	8,587	11.9%	8,179	4,042	4,545	112.4%
Educational Services	1,085	1.5%	1,045	638	447	70.1%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	4,423	6.1%	4,063	2,411	2,012	83.5%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	916	1.3%	859	444	472	106.3%
Accomodation and Food Services	2,799	3.9%	2,714	1,190	1,609	135.2%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	2,168	3.0%	2,007	952	1,216	127.7%
Public Administration	2,006	2.8%	1,784	1,147	859	74.9%
Information Not Available	3,395	4.7%	3,158	1,280	2,115	165.2%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Oregon
	Dec 2009	Percent	Nov 2009	Dec 2008	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	100,525		98,121	90,480
Male	64,895	64.6%	61,745	60,064	4,831	8.0%
Female	35,625	35.4%	36,367	30,412	5,213	17.1%
Information Not Available	5	0.0%	9	4	1	25.0%

Ethnicity	100,525		98,121	90,480
Hispanic or Latino	10,096	10.0%	9,216	8,504	1,592	18.7%
Not Hispanic or Latino	77,601	77.2%	76,310	70,030	7,571	10.8%
Information Not Available	12,828	12.8%	12,595	11,946	882	7.4%

Race	100,525		98,121	90,480
American Indian or Alaskan Native	1,022	1.0%	1,008	794	228	28.7%
Asian	1,581	1.6%	1,700	1,235	346	28.0%
Black or African American	1,138	1.1%	1,163	914	224	24.5%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	673	0.7%	667	577	96	16.6%
White	48,258	48.0%	47,535	40,869	7,389	18.1%
Information Not Available	47,853	47.6%	46,048	46,091	1,762	3.8%

Years of Age	100,525		98,121	90,480
Younger than 22	4,237	3.0%	3,930	3,867	370	9.6%
22-24	6,697	4.7%	6,488	6,206	491	7.9%
25-34	25,075	17.5%	24,567	22,311	2,764	12.4%
35-44	22,796	15.9%	22,315	21,086	1,710	8.1%
45-54	23,652	16.5%	22,890	21,856	1,796	8.2%
55-59	9,483	6.6%	9,348	8,161	1,322	16.2%
60-64	5,716	4.0%	5,677	4,628	1,088	23.5%
65 and older	2,868	2.0%	2,906	2,365	503	21.3%
Information Not Available	1	0.0%	0	0	1	0.0%

Industry	100,525		98,121	90,480
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	3,811	3.7%	3,157	3,112	699	22.5%
Mining	661	0.6%	452	480	181	37.7%
Utilities	113	0.1%	120	94	19	20.2%
Construction	17,338	16.6%	15,776	15,529	1,809	11.6%
Manufacturing	16,021	15.4%	15,750	17,947	-1,926	-10.7%
Wholesale Trade	4,128	4.0%	4,338	3,545	583	16.4%
Retail Trade	9,587	9.2%	9,549	9,742	-155	-1.6%
Transporation and Warehousing	2,887	2.8%	2,935	2,851	36	1.3%
Information	1,752	1.7%	1,887	1,704	48	2.8%
Finance and Insurance	2,474	2.4%	2,642	2,465	9	0.4%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	1,600	1.5%	1,691	1,369	231	16.9%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	3,746	3.6%	3,831	3,082	664	21.5%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	382	0.4%	405	254	128	50.4%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	8,791	8.4%	8,609	8,222	569	6.9%
Educational Services	2,183	2.1%	2,331	1,092	1,091	99.9%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	6,543	6.3%	6,624	4,752	1,791	37.7%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	1,605	1.5%	1,546	1,268	337	26.6%
Accomodation and Food Services	7,618	7.3%	7,047	5,937	1,681	28.3%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	2,686	2.6%	2,664	2,233	453	20.3%
Public Administration	2,161	2.1%	2,094	1,488	673	45.2%
Information Not Available	4,438	4.3%	4,673	3,314	1,124	33.9%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Pennsylvania
	Dec 2009	Percent	Nov 2009	Dec 2008	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	298,646		274,463	266,069
Male	187,750	62.9%	161,415	174,228	13,522	7.8%
Female	110,896	37.1%	113,048	91,841	19,055	20.7%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	298,646		274,463	266,069
Hispanic or Latino	17,068	5.7%	15,736	13,313	3,755	28.2%
Not Hispanic or Latino	274,808	92.0%	252,549	248,608	26,200	10.5%
Information Not Available	6,770	2.3%	6,178	4,148	2,622	63.2%

Race	298,646		274,463	266,069
American Indian or Alaskan Native	191	0.1%	193	579	-388	-67.0%
Asian	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
Black or African American	45,197	15.1%	41,512	33,476	11,721	35.0%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
White	242,578	81.2%	223,007	210,790	31,788	15.1%
Information Not Available	10,680	3.6%	9,751	21,224	-10,544	-49.7%

Years of Age	298,646		274,463	266,069
Younger than 22	8,963	1.7%	8,206	14,278	-5,315	-37.2%
22-24	11,252	2.2%	10,330	7,525	3,727	49.5%
25-34	60,454	11.7%	55,511	62,321	-1,867	-3.0%
35-44	61,598	11.9%	56,669	63,477	-1,879	-3.0%
45-54	82,957	16.0%	76,266	61,646	21,311	34.6%
55-59	32,897	6.3%	30,217	24,504	8,393	34.3%
60-64	22,599	4.4%	20,756	15,725	6,874	43.7%
65 and older	17,926	3.5%	16,508	10,998	6,928	63.0%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	5,595	-5,595	-100.0%

Industry	298,646		274,463	266,069
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	381	0.1%	290	1,061	-680	-64.1%
Mining	667	0.2%	676	1,254	-587	-46.8%
Utilities	381	0.1%	290	579	-198	-34.2%
Construction	29,083	9.7%	26,645	49,779	-20,696	-41.6%
Manufacturing	55,591	18.6%	50,587	48,236	7,355	15.2%
Wholesale Trade	11,061	3.7%	10,137	8,104	2,957	36.5%
Retail Trade	22,694	7.6%	21,432	24,118	-1,424	-5.9%
Transporation and Warehousing	32,325	10.8%	29,831	10,419	21,906	210.3%
Information	7,247	2.4%	6,661	3,280	3,967	120.9%
Finance and Insurance	11,919	4.0%	11,006	8,200	3,719	45.4%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	1,907	0.6%	1,738	2,219	-312	-14.1%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	14,875	5.0%	13,902	12,541	2,334	18.6%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	667	0.2%	676	1,544	-877	-56.8%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	26,127	8.7%	23,942	26,433	-306	-1.2%
Educational Services	6,961	2.3%	6,372	3,087	3,874	125.5%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	30,132	10.1%	27,610	16,786	13,346	79.5%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	5,912	2.0%	5,406	5,306	606	11.4%
Accomodation and Food Services	28,034	9.4%	25,680	12,445	15,589	125.3%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	4,863	1.6%	4,441	4,438	425	9.6%
Public Administration	2,765	0.9%	2,510	2,122	643	30.3%
Information Not Available	5,054	1.7%	4,631	24,118	-19,064	-79.0%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Puerto Rico
	Dec 2009	Percent	Nov 2009	Dec 2008	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	51,389		59,182	36,604
Male	29,256	56.9%	33,630	20,690	8,566	41.4%
Female	22,133	43.1%	25,552	15,914	6,219	39.1%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	51,389		59,182	36,604
Hispanic or Latino	50,886	99.0%	58,550	35,888	14,998	41.8%
Not Hispanic or Latino	232	0.5%	264	282	-50	-17.7%
Information Not Available	271	0.5%	368	434	-163	-37.6%

Race	51,389		59,182	36,604
American Indian or Alaskan Native	2,326	4.5%	2,586	1,402	924	65.9%
Asian	497	1.0%	623	61	436	714.8%
Black or African American	1,487	2.9%	1,807	1,646	-159	-9.7%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	167	0.3%	106	94	73	77.7%
White	10,832	21.1%	12,630	7,021	3,811	54.3%
Information Not Available	36,080	70.2%	41,430	26,380	9,700	36.8%

Years of Age	51,389		59,182	36,604
Younger than 22	2,294	3.8%	2,709	2,042	252	12.3%
22-24	4,620	7.6%	5,287	3,609	1,011	28.0%
25-34	17,357	28.7%	19,952	12,436	4,921	39.6%
35-44	12,521	20.7%	14,488	8,641	3,880	44.9%
45-54	9,067	15.0%	10,476	6,179	2,888	46.7%
55-59	2,841	4.7%	3,346	2,065	776	37.6%
60-64	1,785	3.0%	1,991	1,166	619	53.1%
65 and older	874	1.4%	933	466	408	87.6%
Information Not Available	30	0.0%	0	0	30	0.0%

Industry	51,389		59,182	36,604
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
Mining	65	0.1%	98	49	16	32.7%
Utilities	1,371	2.7%	1,670	878	493	56.2%
Construction	7,299	14.2%	8,714	5,496	1,803	32.8%
Manufacturing	4,482	8.7%	5,591	3,612	870	24.1%
Wholesale Trade	7,595	14.8%	8,889	6,244	1,351	21.6%
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	1,420	2.8%	1,641	1,187	233	19.6%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
Educational Services	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
Accomodation and Food Services	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	11,865	23.1%	13,862	9,412	2,453	26.1%
Public Administration	7,394	14.4%	8,442	3,475	3,919	112.8%
Information Not Available	9,898	19.3%	10,275	6,251	3,647	58.3%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Rhode Island
	Dec 2009	Percent	Nov 2009	Dec 2008	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	19,946		17,190	19,630
Male	11,887	59.6%	9,694	12,045	-158	-1.3%
Female	8,059	40.4%	7,496	7,585	474	6.2%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	19,946		17,190	19,630
Hispanic or Latino	2,188	11.0%	1,835	2,843	-655	-23.0%
Not Hispanic or Latino	12,392	62.1%	10,786	11,580	812	7.0%
Information Not Available	5,366	26.9%	4,569	5,207	159	3.1%

Race	19,946		17,190	19,630
American Indian or Alaskan Native	102	0.5%	88	121	-19	-15.7%
Asian	331	1.7%	273	312	19	6.1%
Black or African American	824	4.1%	845	873	-49	-5.6%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	56	0.3%	51	71	-15	-21.1%
White	14,750	73.9%	12,714	14,080	670	4.8%
Information Not Available	3,883	19.5%	3,219	4,173	-290	-6.9%

Years of Age	19,946		17,190	19,630
Younger than 22	639	1.9%	564	652	-13	-2.0%
22-24	1,194	3.6%	986	1,133	61	5.4%
25-34	4,347	13.0%	3,794	4,344	3	0.1%
35-44	4,487	13.5%	3,830	4,678	-191	-4.1%
45-54	4,991	15.0%	4,309	4,855	136	2.8%
55-59	1,944	5.8%	1,676	1,838	106	5.8%
60-64	1,357	4.1%	1,173	1,271	86	6.8%
65 and older	987	3.0%	858	859	128	14.9%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	19,946		17,190	19,630
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	123	0.6%	61	115	8	7.0%
Mining	34	0.2%	8	50	-16	-32.0%
Utilities	22	0.1%	20	32	-10	-31.3%
Construction	3,367	16.8%	2,612	3,160	207	6.6%
Manufacturing	2,958	14.7%	2,793	3,360	-402	-12.0%
Wholesale Trade	781	3.9%	722	724	57	7.9%
Retail Trade	1,494	7.4%	1,421	1,749	-255	-14.6%
Transporation and Warehousing	474	2.4%	429	544	-70	-12.9%
Information	380	1.9%	366	333	47	14.1%
Finance and Insurance	826	4.1%	836	943	-117	-12.4%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	411	2.0%	362	358	53	14.8%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	983	4.9%	870	796	187	23.5%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	130	0.6%	107	87	43	49.4%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	2,087	10.4%	1,491	2,155	-68	-3.2%
Educational Services	566	2.8%	588	395	171	43.3%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	1,532	7.6%	1,535	1,427	105	7.4%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	660	3.3%	394	639	21	3.3%
Accomodation and Food Services	1,795	8.9%	1,372	1,487	308	20.7%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	713	3.6%	617	600	113	18.8%
Public Administration	145	0.7%	155	129	16	12.4%
Information Not Available	465	2.3%	431	547	-82	-15.0%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants South Carolina
	Dec 2009	Percent	Nov 2009	Dec 2008	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	87,712		86,164	82,084
Male	48,119	54.9%	47,730	46,622	1,497	3.2%
Female	39,593	45.1%	38,434	35,462	4,131	11.6%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	87,712		86,164	82,084
Hispanic or Latino	2,218	2.5%	2,131	1,913	305	15.9%
Not Hispanic or Latino	77,998	88.9%	76,838	69,383	8,615	12.4%
Information Not Available	7,496	8.5%	7,195	10,788	-3,292	-30.5%

Race	87,712		86,164	82,084
American Indian or Alaskan Native	561	0.6%	574	623	-62	-10.0%
Asian	517	0.6%	503	461	56	12.1%
Black or African American	37,193	42.4%	35,963	36,347	846	2.3%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	199	0.2%	186	220	-21	-9.5%
White	47,624	54.3%	47,283	43,019	4,605	10.7%
Information Not Available	1,618	1.8%	1,655	1,414	204	14.4%

Years of Age	87,712		86,164	82,084
Younger than 22	5,669	4.3%	5,193	5,168	501	9.7%
22-24	3,911	3.0%	3,785	3,571	340	9.5%
25-34	20,514	15.7%	20,496	18,331	2,183	11.9%
35-44	19,009	14.5%	18,634	17,154	1,855	10.8%
45-54	18,587	14.2%	18,438	16,258	2,329	14.3%
55-59	6,612	5.0%	6,537	5,628	984	17.5%
60-64	4,395	3.4%	4,408	3,538	857	24.2%
65 and older	2,744	2.1%	2,699	2,049	695	33.9%
Information Not Available	6,271	4.8%	5,974	10,387	-4,116	-39.6%

Industry	87,712		86,164	82,084
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	395	0.4%	389	450	-55	-12.2%
Mining	110	0.1%	133	135	-25	-18.5%
Utilities	106	0.1%	100	99	7	7.1%
Construction	9,589	10.9%	9,411	9,782	-193	-2.0%
Manufacturing	15,007	17.0%	14,079	16,485	-1,478	-9.0%
Wholesale Trade	3,419	3.9%	3,391	3,393	26	0.8%
Retail Trade	9,669	11.0%	9,304	8,529	1,140	13.4%
Transporation and Warehousing	2,373	2.7%	2,398	2,667	-294	-11.0%
Information	885	1.0%	869	783	102	13.0%
Finance and Insurance	2,000	2.3%	1,994	1,535	465	30.3%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	1,601	1.8%	1,460	1,716	-115	-6.7%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	3,102	3.5%	3,078	2,772	330	11.9%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	247	0.3%	272	192	55	28.6%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	9,647	10.9%	9,030	10,896	-1,249	-11.5%
Educational Services	1,671	1.9%	1,765	971	700	72.1%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	5,053	5.7%	4,941	3,544	1,509	42.6%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	1,306	1.5%	1,140	1,232	74	6.0%
Accomodation and Food Services	9,904	11.2%	8,540	7,973	1,931	24.2%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	2,008	2.3%	1,969	1,732	276	15.9%
Public Administration	1,344	1.5%	1,321	1,060	284	26.8%
Information Not Available	8,276	9.4%	10,580	6,138	2,138	34.8%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants South Dakota
	Dec 2009	Percent	Nov 2009	Dec 2008	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	6,317		4,457	4,117
Male	4,400	69.7%	2,703	2,959	1,441	48.7%
Female	1,917	30.3%	1,754	1,158	759	65.5%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	6,317		4,457	4,117
Hispanic or Latino	193	3.1%	116	108	85	78.7%
Not Hispanic or Latino	5,673	89.8%	3,997	3,728	1,945	52.2%
Information Not Available	451	7.1%	344	281	170	60.5%

Race	6,317		4,457	4,117
American Indian or Alaskan Native	523	8.3%	411	429	94	21.9%
Asian	9	0.1%	11	7	2	28.6%
Black or African American	129	2.0%	124	105	24	22.9%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	3	0.0%	1	0	3	0.0%
White	5,155	81.6%	3,554	3,264	1,891	57.9%
Information Not Available	498	7.9%	356	312	186	59.6%

Years of Age	6,317		4,457	4,117
Younger than 22	104	0.9%	113	79	25	31.6%
22-24	303	2.8%	204	197	106	53.8%
25-34	1,448	13.2%	961	909	539	59.3%
35-44	1,344	12.2%	985	856	488	57.0%
45-54	1,677	15.2%	1,250	1,164	513	44.1%
55-59	681	6.2%	464	428	253	59.1%
60-64	471	4.3%	293	294	177	60.2%
65 and older	289	2.6%	187	190	99	52.1%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	6,317		4,457	4,117
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	30	0.5%	27	51	-21	-41.2%
Mining	111	1.7%	27	109	2	1.8%
Utilities	4	0.1%	5	4	0	0.0%
Construction	1,797	28.3%	665	1,233	564	45.7%
Manufacturing	1,337	21.1%	1,110	649	688	106.0%
Wholesale Trade	181	2.9%	185	158	23	14.6%
Retail Trade	410	6.5%	345	291	119	40.9%
Transporation and Warehousing	170	2.7%	87	159	11	6.9%
Information	89	1.4%	63	48	41	85.4%
Finance and Insurance	231	3.6%	216	118	113	95.8%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	57	0.9%	51	30	27	90.0%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	138	2.2%	147	87	51	58.6%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	10	0.2%	14	24	-14	-58.3%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	361	5.7%	276	257	104	40.5%
Educational Services	119	1.9%	127	83	36	43.4%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	244	3.8%	231	121	123	101.7%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	87	1.4%	80	63	24	38.1%
Accomodation and Food Services	434	6.8%	381	256	178	69.5%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	104	1.6%	84	54	50	92.6%
Public Administration	205	3.2%	172	173	32	18.5%
Information Not Available	198	3.1%	164	149	49	32.9%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Tennessee
	Dec 2009	Percent	Nov 2009	Dec 2008	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	76,432		73,073	77,632
Male	44,489	58.2%	42,156	45,082	-593	-1.3%
Female	31,943	41.8%	30,917	32,550	-607	-1.9%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	76,432		73,073	77,632
Hispanic or Latino	1,083	1.4%	1,101	1,040	43	4.1%
Not Hispanic or Latino	75,349	98.6%	71,972	76,592	-1,243	-1.6%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Race	76,432		73,073	77,632
American Indian or Alaskan Native	166	0.2%	163	177	-11	-6.2%
Asian	1,650	2.2%	743	2,183	-533	-24.4%
Black or African American	21,190	27.7%	18,954	21,055	135	0.6%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	512	0.7%	577	517	-5	-1.0%
White	51,981	68.0%	51,676	52,817	-836	-1.6%
Information Not Available	933	1.2%	960	883	50	5.7%

Years of Age	76,432		73,073	77,632
Younger than 22	1,620	1.3%	1,667	2,006	-386	-19.2%
22-24	3,299	2.7%	3,432	3,624	-325	-9.0%
25-34	15,690	12.8%	15,563	16,189	-499	-3.1%
35-44	17,336	14.2%	16,903	18,767	-1,431	-7.6%
45-54	19,724	16.1%	18,489	20,055	-331	-1.7%
55-59	7,724	6.3%	7,222	7,734	-10	-0.1%
60-64	6,107	5.0%	5,625	5,404	703	13.0%
65 and older	4,657	3.8%	3,795	3,684	973	26.4%
Information Not Available	275	0.2%	377	169	106	62.7%

Industry	76,432		73,073	77,632
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	267	0.3%	208	351	-84	-23.9%
Mining	215	0.3%	235	263	-48	-18.3%
Utilities	82	0.1%	79	60	22	36.7%
Construction	8,371	10.9%	7,835	8,285	86	1.0%
Manufacturing	18,838	24.6%	19,405	21,275	-2,437	-11.5%
Wholesale Trade	4,029	5.3%	4,151	3,753	276	7.4%
Retail Trade	6,744	8.8%	6,683	6,790	-46	-0.7%
Transporation and Warehousing	2,931	3.8%	2,885	2,933	-2	-0.1%
Information	1,107	1.4%	1,145	1,061	46	4.3%
Finance and Insurance	1,871	2.4%	1,869	1,972	-101	-5.1%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	1,082	1.4%	1,050	1,124	-42	-3.7%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	2,624	3.4%	2,749	2,333	291	12.5%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	289	0.4%	315	237	52	21.9%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	9,364	12.2%	9,081	9,117	247	2.7%
Educational Services	1,391	1.8%	1,407	1,192	199	16.7%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	4,013	5.2%	3,942	3,687	326	8.8%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	716	0.9%	622	823	-107	-13.0%
Accomodation and Food Services	3,846	5.0%	3,801	3,679	167	4.5%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	1,945	2.5%	1,802	1,885	60	3.2%
Public Administration	1,314	1.7%	1,234	1,306	8	0.6%
Information Not Available	5,393	7.0%	2,575	5,506	-113	-2.1%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Texas
	Dec 2009	Percent	Nov 2009	Dec 2008	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	248,651		242,957	170,902
Male	152,954	61.5%	148,202	96,193	56,761	59.0%
Female	95,697	38.5%	94,755	74,707	20,990	28.1%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	2	-2	-100.0%

Ethnicity	248,651		242,957	170,902
Hispanic or Latino	78,812	31.7%	74,570	51,173	27,639	54.0%
Not Hispanic or Latino	149,903	60.3%	148,713	104,455	45,448	43.5%
Information Not Available	19,936	8.0%	19,674	15,274	4,662	30.5%

Race	248,651		242,957	170,902
American Indian or Alaskan Native	1,028	0.4%	989	732	296	40.4%
Asian	5,493	2.2%	5,707	3,476	2,017	58.0%
Black or African American	47,583	19.1%	46,657	35,619	11,964	33.6%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
White	95,463	38.4%	95,033	64,442	31,021	48.1%
Information Not Available	99,084	39.8%	94,571	66,633	32,451	48.7%

Years of Age	248,651		242,957	170,902
Younger than 22	7,743	2.3%	7,066	4,212	3,531	83.8%
22-24	14,914	4.5%	14,279	8,797	6,117	69.5%
25-34	62,430	18.8%	60,574	42,125	20,305	48.2%
35-44	62,650	18.9%	61,674	45,704	16,946	37.1%
45-54	60,799	18.3%	59,637	43,346	17,453	40.3%
55-59	21,005	6.3%	20,622	14,316	6,689	46.7%
60-64	12,622	3.8%	12,528	8,236	4,386	53.3%
65 and older	6,488	2.0%	6,577	4,164	2,324	55.8%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	2	-2	-100.0%

Industry	248,651		242,957	170,902
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	1,347	0.5%	1,192	830	517	62.3%
Mining	7,488	3.0%	8,589	3,155	4,333	137.3%
Utilities	732	0.3%	651	401	331	82.5%
Construction	38,882	15.6%	34,638	22,351	16,531	74.0%
Manufacturing	29,678	11.9%	30,976	21,479	8,199	38.2%
Wholesale Trade	14,026	5.6%	14,476	10,906	3,120	28.6%
Retail Trade	18,678	7.5%	18,546	13,144	5,534	42.1%
Transporation and Warehousing	9,925	4.0%	9,716	6,289	3,636	57.8%
Information	5,845	2.3%	5,708	5,340	505	9.5%
Finance and Insurance	9,698	3.9%	9,445	9,390	308	3.3%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	5,120	2.0%	5,003	3,827	1,293	33.8%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	18,908	7.6%	18,841	12,935	5,973	46.2%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	1,055	0.4%	1,114	776	279	36.0%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	31,983	12.8%	31,149	23,121	8,862	38.3%
Educational Services	5,260	2.1%	5,170	3,397	1,863	54.8%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	16,749	6.7%	16,057	10,957	5,792	52.9%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	1,620	0.6%	1,491	1,247	373	29.9%
Accomodation and Food Services	10,496	4.2%	9,980	6,146	4,350	70.8%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	5,793	2.3%	5,754	3,564	2,229	62.5%
Public Administration	2,598	1.0%	2,533	1,642	956	58.2%
Information Not Available	12,770	5.1%	11,928	10,005	2,765	27.6%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Utah
	Dec 2009	Percent	Nov 2009	Dec 2008	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	36,596		31,327	27,717
Male	24,727	67.6%	20,285	18,562	6,165	33.2%
Female	11,565	31.6%	10,848	8,863	2,702	30.5%
Information Not Available	304	0.8%	194	292	12	4.1%

Ethnicity	36,596		31,327	27,717
Hispanic or Latino	3,311	9.0%	2,680	2,641	670	25.4%
Not Hispanic or Latino	23,848	65.2%	21,145	17,708	6,140	34.7%
Information Not Available	9,437	25.8%	7,502	7,368	2,069	28.1%

Race	36,596		31,327	27,717
American Indian or Alaskan Native	970	2.7%	812	803	167	20.8%
Asian	423	1.2%	416	372	51	13.7%
Black or African American	464	1.3%	456	369	95	25.7%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	425	1.2%	389	346	79	22.8%
White	21,220	58.0%	18,806	17,708	3,512	19.8%
Information Not Available	13,094	35.8%	10,448	8,119	4,975	61.3%

Years of Age	36,596		31,327	27,717
Younger than 22	2,056	3.7%	1,754	1,485	571	38.5%
22-24	3,070	5.5%	2,669	2,226	844	37.9%
25-34	11,189	19.9%	9,567	8,311	2,878	34.6%
35-44	8,053	14.3%	6,958	6,234	1,819	29.2%
45-54	7,453	13.2%	6,295	5,919	1,534	25.9%
55-59	2,657	4.7%	2,231	1,994	663	33.2%
60-64	1,512	2.7%	1,317	1,111	401	36.1%
65 and older	606	1.1%	536	436	170	39.0%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	1	-1	-100.0%

Industry	36,596		31,327	27,717
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	141	0.4%	92	93	48	51.6%
Mining	560	1.5%	538	338	222	65.7%
Utilities	53	0.1%	31	33	20	60.6%
Construction	7,230	19.7%	4,872	5,906	1,324	22.4%
Manufacturing	4,007	10.9%	3,421	4,231	-224	-5.3%
Wholesale Trade	1,404	3.8%	1,363	866	538	62.1%
Retail Trade	3,397	9.2%	3,125	2,497	900	36.0%
Transporation and Warehousing	1,573	4.3%	1,408	974	599	61.5%
Information	836	2.3%	849	624	212	34.0%
Finance and Insurance	1,135	3.1%	1,183	761	374	49.1%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	505	1.4%	498	437	68	15.6%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	1,834	5.0%	1,839	1,395	439	31.5%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	70	0.2%	72	73	-3	-4.1%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	5,097	13.9%	4,355	3,958	1,139	28.8%
Educational Services	839	2.3%	833	482	357	74.1%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	1,361	3.7%	1,316	848	513	60.5%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	472	1.3%	489	276	196	71.0%
Accomodation and Food Services	2,126	5.8%	1,825	1,355	771	56.9%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	700	1.9%	662	419	281	67.1%
Public Administration	837	2.3%	700	508	329	64.8%
Information Not Available	2,419	6.6%	1,856	1,643	776	47.2%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Virginia
	Dec 2009	Percent	Nov 2009	Dec 2008	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	81,386		80,153	68,291
Male	48,801	60.0%	47,197	41,594	7,207	17.3%
Female	32,569	40.0%	32,937	26,688	5,881	22.0%
Information Not Available	16	0.0%	19	9	7	77.8%

Ethnicity	81,386		80,153	68,291
Hispanic or Latino	4,121	5.1%	3,791	3,014	1,107	36.7%
Not Hispanic or Latino	73,227	90.0%	72,228	62,385	10,842	17.4%
Information Not Available	4,038	5.0%	4,134	2,892	1,146	39.6%

Race	81,386		80,153	68,291
American Indian or Alaskan Native	6,090	7.5%	5,822	3,361	2,729	81.2%
Asian	401	0.5%	368	1,333	-932	-69.9%
Black or African American	28,227	34.7%	28,457	23,118	5,109	22.1%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
White	42,630	52.4%	41,372	37,587	5,043	13.4%
Information Not Available	4,038	5.0%	4,134	2,892	1,146	39.6%

Years of Age	81,386		80,153	68,291
Younger than 22	1,342	1.1%	2,098	1,226	116	9.5%
22-24	3,853	3.2%	4,402	3,415	438	12.8%
25-34	19,484	16.4%	19,270	15,763	3,721	23.6%
35-44	19,188	16.2%	19,484	16,668	2,520	15.1%
45-54	21,378	18.0%	20,580	18,271	3,107	17.0%
55-59	7,919	6.7%	7,277	6,553	1,366	20.8%
60-64	5,376	4.5%	4,728	4,187	1,189	28.4%
65 and older	2,846	2.4%	2,303	2,208	638	28.9%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	11	0	0	0.0%

Industry	81,386		80,153	68,291
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	171	0.2%	122	101	70	69.3%
Mining	240	0.3%	272	124	116	93.5%
Utilities	27	0.0%	24	9	18	200.0%
Construction	6,644	8.1%	6,020	4,902	1,742	35.5%
Manufacturing	5,280	6.5%	5,390	6,236	-956	-15.3%
Wholesale Trade	987	1.2%	965	666	321	48.2%
Retail Trade	2,415	3.0%	2,392	1,678	737	43.9%
Transporation and Warehousing	1,374	1.7%	1,434	1,053	321	30.5%
Information	549	0.7%	557	451	98	21.7%
Finance and Insurance	598	0.7%	641	399	199	49.9%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	531	0.7%	516	347	184	53.0%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	1,974	2.4%	1,937	1,102	872	79.1%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	107	0.1%	120	62	45	72.6%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	4,029	4.9%	3,741	2,868	1,161	40.5%
Educational Services	256	0.3%	270	153	103	67.3%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	1,775	2.2%	1,838	941	834	88.6%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	381	0.5%	301	262	119	45.4%
Accomodation and Food Services	2,006	2.5%	1,760	1,380	626	45.4%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	739	0.9%	710	496	243	49.0%
Public Administration	4,105	5.0%	5,103	2,530	1,575	62.3%
Information Not Available	47,198	57.9%	46,040	42,531	4,667	11.0%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Virgin Islands
	Dec 2009	Percent	Nov 2009	Dec 2008	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	567		582	491
Male	321	56.6%	335	294	27	9.2%
Female	245	43.2%	246	197	48	24.4%
Information Not Available	1	0.2%	1	0	1	0.0%

Ethnicity	567		582	491
Hispanic or Latino	100	17.6%	101	129	-29	-22.5%
Not Hispanic or Latino	453	79.9%	467	351	102	29.1%
Information Not Available	14	2.5%	14	11	3	27.3%

Race	567		582	491
American Indian or Alaskan Native	2	0.4%	2	1	1	100.0%
Asian	7	1.2%	6	9	-2	-22.2%
Black or African American	391	69.0%	404	312	79	25.3%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	12	2.1%	12	10	2	20.0%
White	53	9.3%	55	29	24	82.8%
Information Not Available	102	18.0%	103	130	-28	-21.5%

Years of Age	567		582	491
Younger than 22	9	1.6%	13	10	-1	-10.0%
22-24	32	5.6%	38	38	-6	-15.8%
25-34	131	23.0%	135	116	15	12.9%
35-44	126	22.1%	140	108	18	16.7%
45-54	136	23.9%	134	108	28	25.9%
55-59	52	9.1%	48	49	3	6.1%
60-64	51	9.0%	41	39	12	30.8%
65 and older	29	5.1%	32	21	8	38.1%
Information Not Available	1	0.2%	1	2	-1	-50.0%

Industry	567		582	491
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	0	0.0%	0	1	-1	-100.0%
Mining	0	0.0%	0	2	-2	-100.0%
Utilities	5	0.9%	4	0	5	0.0%
Construction	148	26.1%	139	124	24	19.4%
Manufacturing	17	3.0%	21	26	-9	-34.6%
Wholesale Trade	10	1.8%	13	12	-2	-16.7%
Retail Trade	59	10.4%	68	47	12	25.5%
Transporation and Warehousing	16	2.8%	14	7	9	128.6%
Information	5	0.9%	6	5	0	0.0%
Finance and Insurance	3	0.5%	5	4	-1	-25.0%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	18	3.2%	18	10	8	80.0%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	19	3.4%	25	20	-1	-5.0%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	7	1.2%	6	10	-3	-30.0%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	43	7.6%	39	21	22	104.8%
Educational Services	21	3.7%	19	6	15	250.0%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	18	3.2%	17	12	6	50.0%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	5	0.9%	8	4	1	25.0%
Accomodation and Food Services	81	14.3%	84	54	27	50.0%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	59	10.4%	62	86	-27	-31.4%
Public Administration	7	1.2%	7	7	0	0.0%
Information Not Available	26	4.6%	27	33	-7	-21.2%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Vermont
	Dec 2009	Percent	Nov 2009	Dec 2008	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	14,812		13,271	10,458
Male	9,672	65.3%	8,166	7,143	2,529	35.4%
Female	5,140	34.7%	5,105	3,315	1,825	55.1%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	14,812		13,271	10,458
Hispanic or Latino	21	0.1%	22	11	10	90.9%
Not Hispanic or Latino	3,634	24.5%	3,449	2,172	1,462	67.3%
Information Not Available	11,157	75.3%	9,800	8,275	2,882	34.8%

Race	14,812		13,271	10,458
American Indian or Alaskan Native	25	0.2%	24	19	6	31.6%
Asian	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
Black or African American	47	0.3%	48	31	16	51.6%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	20	0.1%	20	9	11	122.2%
White	3,563	24.1%	3,379	2,124	1,439	67.7%
Information Not Available	11,157	75.3%	9,800	8,275	2,882	34.8%

Years of Age	14,812		13,271	10,458
Younger than 22	557	3.2%	496	518	39	7.5%
22-24	947	5.5%	827	642	305	47.5%
25-34	3,306	19.1%	2,886	2,341	965	41.2%
35-44	3,161	18.3%	2,786	2,231	930	41.7%
45-54	3,505	20.3%	3,161	2,500	1,005	40.2%
55-59	1,447	8.4%	1,345	1,019	428	42.0%
60-64	1,088	6.3%	1,028	666	422	63.4%
65 and older	801	4.6%	742	541	260	48.1%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	14,812		13,271	10,458
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	165	1.1%	118	130	35	26.9%
Mining	65	0.4%	44	28	37	132.1%
Utilities	26	0.2%	25	11	15	136.4%
Construction	3,238	21.6%	2,230	2,720	518	19.0%
Manufacturing	2,149	14.3%	1,979	1,625	524	32.2%
Wholesale Trade	634	4.2%	594	383	251	65.5%
Retail Trade	1,613	10.8%	1,501	1,040	573	55.1%
Transporation and Warehousing	375	2.5%	360	280	95	33.9%
Information	194	1.3%	198	109	85	78.0%
Finance and Insurance	216	1.4%	209	141	75	53.2%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	222	1.5%	214	150	72	48.0%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	505	3.4%	479	326	179	54.9%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	3	0.0%	4	2	1	50.0%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	1,254	8.4%	975	882	372	42.2%
Educational Services	435	2.9%	415	231	204	88.3%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	1,049	7.0%	1,016	591	458	77.5%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	345	2.3%	341	316	29	9.2%
Accomodation and Food Services	1,538	10.3%	1,824	996	542	54.4%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	378	2.5%	363	247	131	53.0%
Public Administration	408	2.7%	382	250	158	63.2%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Washington
	Dec 2009	Percent	Nov 2009	Dec 2008	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	149,626		138,955	105,887
Male	98,770	66.0%	88,357	71,585	27,185	38.0%
Female	50,850	34.0%	50,595	34,299	16,551	48.3%
Information Not Available	6	0.0%	3	3	3	100.0%

Ethnicity	149,626		138,955	105,887
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	149,626	100.0%	138,955	105,887	43,739	41.3%

Race	149,626		138,955	105,887
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	149,626	100.0%	138,955	105,887	43,739	41.3%

Years of Age	149,626		138,955	105,887
Younger than 22	2,835	2.0%	4,496	1,882	953	50.6%
22-24	8,166	5.8%	8,409	5,617	2,549	45.4%
25-34	38,005	27.1%	34,633	25,796	12,209	47.3%
35-44	35,178	25.1%	33,032	25,485	9,693	38.0%
45-54	37,214	26.5%	34,404	27,354	9,860	36.0%
55-59	14,441	10.3%	12,719	10,152	4,289	42.2%
60-64	9,240	6.6%	7,601	6,440	2,800	43.5%
65 and older	4,547	3.2%	3,661	3,161	1,386	43.8%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	149,626		138,955	105,887
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	149,626	100.0%	138,955	105,887	43,739	41.3%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Wisconsin
	Dec 2009	Percent	Nov 2009	Dec 2008	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	151,899		135,467	123,203
Male	97,003	63.9%	80,711	81,880	15,123	18.5%
Female	54,896	36.1%	54,729	41,298	13,598	32.9%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	27	25	-25	-100.0%

Ethnicity	151,899		135,467	123,203
Hispanic or Latino	6,819	4.5%	5,649	5,593	1,226	21.9%
Not Hispanic or Latino	144,214	94.9%	128,572	116,674	27,540	23.6%
Information Not Available	866	0.6%	1,246	936	-70	-7.5%

Race	151,899		135,467	123,203
American Indian or Alaskan Native	1,671	1.1%	1,477	1,281	390	30.4%
Asian	1,884	1.2%	1,978	1,343	541	40.3%
Black or African American	15,294	10.1%	14,888	11,963	3,331	27.8%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	137	0.1%	135	99	38	38.4%
White	132,047	86.9%	115,743	107,581	24,466	22.7%
Information Not Available	866	0.6%	1,246	936	-70	-7.5%

Years of Age	151,899		135,467	123,203
Younger than 22	6,242	2.3%	5,446	5,347	895	16.7%
22-24	10,313	3.7%	8,954	8,661	1,652	19.1%
25-34	37,318	13.6%	31,862	29,778	7,540	25.3%
35-44	32,397	11.8%	28,909	27,930	4,467	16.0%
45-54	37,804	13.7%	34,043	30,764	7,040	22.9%
55-59	13,807	5.0%	12,937	10,460	3,347	32.0%
60-64	8,672	3.2%	8,277	6,407	2,265	35.4%
65 and older	5,346	1.9%	5,039	3,856	1,490	38.6%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	151,899		135,467	123,203
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	1,201	0.8%	732	1,023	178	17.4%
Mining	592	0.4%	203	628	-36	-5.7%
Utilities	273	0.2%	244	136	137	100.7%
Construction	26,811	17.5%	15,295	23,938	2,873	12.0%
Manufacturing	38,500	25.1%	39,062	31,329	7,171	22.9%
Wholesale Trade	5,654	3.7%	5,581	4,238	1,416	33.4%
Retail Trade	12,783	8.3%	12,627	9,869	2,914	29.5%
Transporation and Warehousing	5,852	3.8%	4,633	5,113	739	14.5%
Information	1,991	1.3%	2,032	1,441	550	38.2%
Finance and Insurance	3,344	2.2%	3,468	2,341	1,003	42.8%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	1,505	1.0%	1,368	1,183	322	27.2%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	4,088	2.7%	4,105	3,191	897	28.1%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	744	0.5%	745	345	399	115.7%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	15,427	10.1%	12,735	13,725	1,702	12.4%
Educational Services	1,960	1.3%	2,073	1,097	863	78.7%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	9,819	6.4%	10,053	6,296	3,523	56.0%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	2,949	1.9%	2,452	2,365	584	24.7%
Accomodation and Food Services	10,031	6.6%	9,159	7,257	2,774	38.2%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	3,131	2.0%	2,980	2,329	802	34.4%
Public Administration	2,584	1.7%	2,506	1,934	650	33.6%
Information Not Available	2,660	1.7%	3,414	3,425	-765	-22.3%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants West Virginia
	Dec 2009	Percent	Nov 2009	Dec 2008	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	26,670		24,411	20,954
Male	19,709	73.9%	17,243	15,264	4,445	29.1%
Female	6,961	26.1%	7,168	5,690	1,271	22.3%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	26,670		24,411	20,954
Hispanic or Latino	461	1.7%	306	400	61	15.3%
Not Hispanic or Latino	20,961	78.6%	18,907	17,438	3,523	20.2%
Information Not Available	5,248	19.7%	5,198	3,116	2,132	68.4%

Race	26,670		24,411	20,954
American Indian or Alaskan Native	59	0.2%	62	46	13	28.3%
Asian	43	0.2%	61	33	10	30.3%
Black or African American	830	3.1%	744	593	237	40.0%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	6	0.0%	9	15	-9	-60.0%
White	24,422	91.6%	22,531	19,427	4,995	25.7%
Information Not Available	1,310	4.9%	1,004	840	470	56.0%

Years of Age	26,670		24,411	20,954
Younger than 22	1,001	2.0%	927	728	273	37.5%
22-24	1,677	3.4%	1,381	1,148	529	46.1%
25-34	6,845	13.7%	6,459	5,222	1,623	31.1%
35-44	6,780	13.6%	5,946	5,424	1,356	25.0%
45-54	6,317	12.7%	5,815	5,167	1,150	22.3%
55-59	2,183	4.4%	2,099	1,773	410	23.1%
60-64	1,219	2.4%	1,176	964	255	26.5%
65 and older	648	1.3%	608	528	120	22.7%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	26,670		24,411	20,954
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	269	1.0%	158	171	98	57.3%
Mining	2,294	8.5%	2,771	724	1,570	216.9%
Utilities	49	0.2%	54	29	20	69.0%
Construction	6,408	23.8%	4,505	5,930	478	8.1%
Manufacturing	3,812	14.2%	3,460	3,125	687	22.0%
Wholesale Trade	798	3.0%	808	583	215	36.9%
Retail Trade	1,814	6.7%	1,953	1,754	60	3.4%
Transporation and Warehousing	1,226	4.6%	788	799	427	53.4%
Information	282	1.0%	227	166	116	69.9%
Finance and Insurance	347	1.3%	347	230	117	50.9%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	290	1.1%	313	197	93	47.2%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	702	2.6%	818	549	153	27.9%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	41	0.2%	27	19	22	115.8%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	2,003	7.4%	1,848	1,541	462	30.0%
Educational Services	231	0.9%	229	171	60	35.1%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	1,578	5.9%	1,583	1,171	407	34.8%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	436	1.6%	416	418	18	4.3%
Accomodation and Food Services	1,582	5.9%	1,594	1,286	296	23.0%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	781	2.9%	674	487	294	60.4%
Public Administration	285	1.1%	399	252	33	13.1%
Information Not Available	1,442	5.4%	1,439	1,352	90	6.7%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Wyoming
	Dec 2009	Percent	Nov 2009	Dec 2008	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	10,251		8,576	4,703
Male	7,387	72.1%	5,887	3,149	4,238	134.6%
Female	2,864	27.9%	2,689	1,554	1,310	84.3%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	10,251		8,576	4,703
Hispanic or Latino	964	9.4%	762	466	498	106.9%
Not Hispanic or Latino	8,623	84.1%	7,214	3,920	4,703	120.0%
Information Not Available	664	6.5%	600	317	347	109.5%

Race	10,251		8,576	4,703
American Indian or Alaskan Native	313	3.1%	276	171	142	83.0%
Asian	58	0.6%	54	20	38	190.0%
Black or African American	97	0.9%	75	43	54	125.6%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	38	0.4%	31	17	21	123.5%
White	9,107	88.8%	7,665	4,166	4,941	118.6%
Information Not Available	638	6.2%	475	286	352	123.1%

Years of Age	10,251		8,576	4,703
Younger than 22	266	1.4%	216	106	160	150.9%
22-24	978	5.2%	845	300	678	226.0%
25-34	2,724	14.5%	2,340	1,096	1,628	148.5%
35-44	2,126	11.3%	1,737	991	1,135	114.5%
45-54	2,371	12.6%	1,944	1,230	1,141	92.8%
55-59	897	4.8%	729	464	433	93.3%
60-64	519	2.8%	462	260	259	99.6%
65 and older	368	2.0%	301	256	112	43.8%
Information Not Available	2	0.0%	2	0	2	0.0%

Industry	10,251		8,576	4,703
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	76	0.7%	55	44	32	72.7%
Mining	859	8.3%	948	290	569	196.2%
Utilities	9	0.1%	10	6	3	50.0%
Construction	2,758	26.7%	1,782	1,395	1,363	97.7%
Manufacturing	369	3.6%	299	214	155	72.4%
Wholesale Trade	222	2.1%	211	61	161	263.9%
Retail Trade	731	7.1%	582	340	391	115.0%
Transporation and Warehousing	354	3.4%	312	105	249	237.1%
Information	46	0.4%	37	33	13	39.4%
Finance and Insurance	81	0.8%	85	49	32	65.3%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	101	1.0%	100	36	65	180.6%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	220	2.1%	211	125	95	76.0%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	14	0.1%	11	6	8	133.3%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	660	6.4%	495	328	332	101.2%
Educational Services	131	1.3%	126	59	72	122.0%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	435	4.2%	424	198	237	119.7%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	147	1.4%	130	82	65	79.3%
Accomodation and Food Services	1,280	12.4%	1,310	652	628	96.3%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	283	2.7%	255	102	181	177.5%
Public Administration	213	2.1%	183	120	93	77.5%
Information Not Available	1,262	12.2%	1,010	458	804	175.5%