Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants

February 2009

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants: Total Claimants February 2009
	Feb 2009	Jan 2009	Monthly Change	Feb 2008	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
United States	6,074,109	5,693,109	381,000	3,302,038	2,772,071	84.0
Alaska	17,301	16,534	767	15,477	1,824	11.8
Alabama	71,284	71,450	-166	31,220	40,064	128.3
Arkansas	55,878	54,622	1,256	32,068	23,810	74.2
Arizona	86,298	76,291	10,007	30,958	55,340	178.8
California	762,005	710,093	51,912	474,637	287,368	60.5
Colorado	63,486	55,559	7,927	28,781	34,705	120.6
Connecticut	86,296	83,361	2,935	49,733	36,563	73.5
District of Columbia	10,725	9,806	919	6,194	4,531	73.2
Delaware	19,025	17,129	1,896	10,509	8,516	81.0
Florida	294,814	257,821	36,993	140,207	154,607	110.3
Georgia	149,634	142,729	6,905	68,067	81,567	119.8
Hawaii	19,007	18,336	671	7,809	11,198	143.4
Iowa	66,480	62,319	4,161	38,450	28,030	72.9
Idaho	46,030	42,696	3,334	24,787	21,243	85.7
Illinois	314,398	291,580	22,818	189,451	124,947	66.0
Indiana	157,847	154,022	3,825	79,907	77,940	97.5
Kansas	43,384	38,575	4,809	21,575	21,809	101.1
Kentucky	93,776	90,790	2,986	41,594	52,182	125.5
Louisiana	43,264	40,951	2,313	19,791	23,473	118.6
Massachusetts	174,059	160,691	13,368	110,085	63,974	58.1
Maryland	88,932	82,039	6,893	47,924	41,008	85.6
Maine	25,235	23,008	2,227	15,811	9,424	59.6
Michigan	333,848	363,212	-29,364	184,051	149,797	81.4
Minnesota	122,592	113,681	8,911	75,429	47,163	62.5
Missouri	114,269	108,625	5,644	63,119	51,150	81.0
Mississippi	41,861	41,630	231	20,048	21,813	108.8
Montana	15,398	14,286	1,112	8,461	6,937	82.0
North Carolina	202,587	183,646	18,941	89,888	112,699	125.4
North Dakota	10,870	10,278	592	6,482	4,388	67.7
Nebraska	24,985	23,615	1,370	12,180	12,805	105.1
New Hampshire	22,670	19,332	3,338	10,551	12,119	114.9
New Jersey	221,089	203,718	17,371	135,709	85,380	62.9
New Mexico	24,119	21,605	2,514	12,207	11,912	97.6
Nevada	72,243	69,011	3,232	34,367	37,876	110.2
New York	374,776	349,325	25,451	214,463	160,313	74.8
Ohio	247,675	236,713	10,962	134,301	113,374	84.4
Oklahoma	40,937	37,028	3,909	14,376	26,561	184.8
Oregon	125,630	116,507	9,123	58,937	66,693	113.2
Pennsylvania	371,104	342,388	28,716	222,263	148,841	67.0
Puerto Rico	45,835	39,296	6,539	33,798	12,037	35.6
Rhode Island	29,062	24,412	4,650	19,355	9,707	50.2
South Carolina	101,111	98,505	2,606	47,966	53,145	110.8
South Dakota	7,092	6,178	914	3,617	3,475	96.1
Tennessee	111,130	105,987	5,143	49,307	61,823	125.4
Texas	208,291	196,508	11,783	100,325	107,966	107.6
Utah	41,584	36,833	4,751	16,826	24,758	147.1
Virginia	97,951	88,828	9,123	47,215	50,736	107.5
Virgin Islands	577	538	39	344	233	67.7
Vermont	15,207	13,215	1,992	8,491	6,716	79.1
Washington	143,865	128,130	15,735	65,507	78,358	119.6
Wisconsin	178,869	165,469	13,400	104,607	74,262	71.0
West Virginia	29,369	27,136	2,233	18,621	10,748	57.7
Wyoming	8,355	7,072	1,283	4,192	4,163	99.3

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants US Totals
	Feb 2009	Percent	Jan 2009	Feb 2008	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	6,074,109		5,693,109	3,302,038	2,772,071	84.0
Male	3,944,501	64.9%	3,680,482	2,118,335	1,826,166	86.2%
Female	2,124,149	35.0%	2,007,054	1,180,993	943,156	79.9%
Information Not Available	5,459	0.1%	5,573	2,710	2,749	101.4%

Ethnicity	6,074,109		5,693,109	3,302,038
Hispanic or Latino	871,699	14.4%	796,518	515,033	356,666	69.3%
Not Hispanic or Latino	4,377,799	84.1%	4,111,801	2,406,587	1,971,212	81.9%
Information Not Available	824,611	12.0%	784,790	380,418	444,193	116.8%

Race	6,074,109		5,693,109	3,302,038
American Indian or Alaskan Native	64,151	1.1%	58,523	34,671	29,480	85.0%
Asian	157,118	2.6%	137,976	65,988	91,130	138.1%
Black or African American	861,898	14.2%	838,939	479,267	382,631	79.8%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	19,003	0.3%	21,462	10,960	8,043	73.4%
White	3,725,352	61.3%	3,466,959	2,008,127	1,717,225	85.5%
Information Not Available	1,246,588	20.5%	1,169,248	703,024	543,564	77.3%

Years of Age	6,074,109		5,693,109	3,302,038
Younger than 22	215,945	3.6%	192,223	128,703	87,242	67.8%
22-24	352,608	5.8%	320,380	191,237	161,371	84.4%
25-34	1,441,327	23.7%	1,346,444	772,038	669,289	86.7%
35-44	1,454,263	23.9%	1,381,151	822,435	631,828	76.8%
45-54	1,510,501	24.9%	1,424,857	811,854	698,647	86.1%
55-59	533,202	8.8%	498,622	272,833	260,369	95.4%
60-64	333,582	5.5%	310,873	165,597	167,985	101.4%
65 and older	201,830	3.3%	189,142	107,011	94,819	88.6%
Information Not Available	30,851	0.5%	29,417	30,330	521	1.7%

Industry	6,074,109		5,693,109	3,302,038
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	126,196	2.1%	117,445	103,181	23,015	22.3%
Mining	44,751	0.7%	36,731	20,455	24,296	118.8%
Utilities	8,725	0.1%	8,995	6,737	1,988	29.5%
Construction	1,016,968	16.7%	951,111	682,339	334,629	49.0%
Manufacturing	1,088,463	17.9%	1,041,578	425,577	662,886	155.8%
Wholesale Trade	253,151	4.2%	222,576	112,644	140,507	124.7%
Retail Trade	487,262	8.0%	445,933	257,068	230,194	89.5%
Transporation and Warehousing	209,589	3.5%	198,732	104,670	104,919	100.2%
Information	124,886	2.1%	113,235	75,511	49,375	65.4%
Finance and Insurance	166,473	2.7%	155,882	107,959	58,514	54.2%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	85,562	1.4%	79,950	54,913	30,649	55.8%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	266,455	4.4%	239,427	120,890	145,565	120.4%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	26,243	0.4%	23,277	11,399	14,844	130.2%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	659,106	10.9%	612,537	373,314	285,792	76.6%
Educational Services	76,737	1.3%	81,101	47,453	29,284	61.7%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	249,879	4.1%	234,566	160,031	89,848	56.1%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	109,698	1.8%	105,128	73,484	36,214	49.3%
Accomodation and Food Services	295,032	4.9%	286,706	158,338	136,694	86.3%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	133,281	2.2%	122,933	76,436	56,845	74.4%
Public Administration	84,386	1.4%	80,056	51,257	33,129	64.6%
Information Not Available	561,266	9.2%	535,210	278,382	282,884	101.6%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Alaska
	Feb 2009	Percent	Jan 2009	Feb 2008	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	17,301		16,534	15,477	1,824	11.8
Male	11,529	66.6%	11,138	10,218	1,311	12.8%
Female	5,772	33.4%	5,396	5,259	513	9.8%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	17,301		16,534	15,477
Hispanic or Latino	658	3.8%	628	446	212	47.5%
Not Hispanic or Latino	16,476	95.2%	15,749	14,910	1,566	10.5%
Information Not Available	167	1.0%	157	121	46	38.0%

Race	17,301		16,534	15,477
American Indian or Alaskan Native	4,664	27.0%	4,302	4,628	36	0.8%
Asian	850	4.9%	601	522	328	62.8%
Black or African American	550	3.2%	544	514	36	7.0%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	191	1.1%	159	109	82	75.2%
White	10,469	60.5%	10,366	9,266	1,203	13.0%
Information Not Available	577	3.3%	562	438	139	31.7%

Years of Age	17,301		16,534	15,477
Younger than 22	701	2.6%	646	623	78	12.5%
22-24	1,200	4.5%	1,122	1,168	32	2.7%
25-34	4,477	16.6%	4,380	4,087	390	9.5%
35-44	3,791	14.1%	3,650	3,358	433	12.9%
45-54	4,380	16.2%	4,242	3,959	421	10.6%
55-59	1,531	5.7%	1,435	1,221	310	25.4%
60-64	815	3.0%	702	674	141	20.9%
65 and older	406	1.5%	357	387	19	4.9%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	17,301		16,534	15,477
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	156	0.9%	163	179	-23	-12.8%
Mining	757	4.3%	686	529	228	43.1%
Utilities	117	0.7%	102	115	2	1.7%
Construction	4,321	24.8%	4,382	3,612	709	19.6%
Manufacturing	1,415	8.1%	1,121	1,013	402	39.7%
Wholesale Trade	219	1.3%	218	165	54	32.7%
Retail Trade	1,619	9.3%	1,417	1,262	357	28.3%
Transporation and Warehousing	914	5.2%	1,010	857	57	6.7%
Information	188	1.1%	200	156	32	20.5%
Finance and Insurance	220	1.3%	203	250	-30	-12.0%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	363	2.1%	308	380	-17	-4.5%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	495	2.8%	492	464	31	6.7%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	8	0.0%	11	48	-40	-83.3%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	911	5.2%	939	873	38	4.4%
Educational Services	392	2.2%	368	376	16	4.3%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	989	5.7%	890	923	66	7.2%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	220	1.3%	209	208	12	5.8%
Accomodation and Food Services	1,440	8.2%	1,429	1,406	34	2.4%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	467	2.7%	430	404	63	15.6%
Public Administration	1,681	9.6%	1,590	1,876	-195	-10.4%
Information Not Available	409	2.3%	366	381	28	7.3%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Alabama
	Feb 2009	Percent	Jan 2009	Feb 2008	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	71,284		71,450	31,220
Male	43,001	60.3%	42,811	17,036	25,965	152.4%
Female	28,142	39.5%	28,589	14,125	14,017	99.2%
Information Not Available	141	0.2%	50	59	82	139.0%

Ethnicity	71,284		71,450	31,220
Hispanic or Latino	1,512	2.1%	1,507	738	774	104.9%
Not Hispanic or Latino	57,497	80.7%	58,000	25,238	32,259	127.8%
Information Not Available	12,275	17.2%	11,943	5,244	7,031	134.1%

Race	71,284		71,450	31,220
American Indian or Alaskan Native	2,308	3.2%	2,159	956	1,352	141.4%
Asian	972	1.4%	943	471	501	106.4%
Black or African American	25,890	36.3%	27,753	12,955	12,935	99.8%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	94	0.1%	106	55	39	70.9%
White	38,279	53.7%	36,667	15,129	23,150	153.0%
Information Not Available	3,741	5.2%	3,822	1,654	2,087	126.2%

Years of Age	71,284		71,450	31,220
Younger than 22	3,128	2.9%	3,044	1,285	1,843	143.4%
22-24	5,025	4.7%	4,915	2,157	2,868	133.0%
25-34	18,300	17.2%	18,333	7,860	10,440	132.8%
35-44	17,341	16.3%	18,064	7,632	9,709	127.2%
45-54	16,575	15.6%	16,698	7,533	9,042	120.0%
55-59	5,514	5.2%	5,412	2,424	3,090	127.5%
60-64	3,190	3.0%	3,032	1,387	1,803	130.0%
65 and older	2,136	2.0%	1,948	921	1,215	131.9%
Information Not Available	75	0.1%	4	21	54	257.1%

Industry	71,284		71,450	31,220
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	625	0.9%	586	258	367	142.2%
Mining	424	0.6%	320	90	334	371.1%
Utilities	90	0.1%	80	45	45	100.0%
Construction	8,729	12.1%	8,174	3,587	5,142	143.4%
Manufacturing	20,758	28.9%	23,202	8,888	11,870	133.6%
Wholesale Trade	2,995	4.2%	2,619	1,026	1,969	191.9%
Retail Trade	6,874	9.6%	6,517	3,106	3,768	121.3%
Transporation and Warehousing	2,517	3.5%	2,682	959	1,558	162.5%
Information	888	1.2%	843	436	452	103.7%
Finance and Insurance	1,694	2.4%	1,529	865	829	95.8%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	951	1.3%	847	380	571	150.3%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	2,498	3.5%	2,456	1,138	1,360	119.5%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	85	0.1%	80	38	47	123.7%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	7,985	11.1%	7,495	3,342	4,643	138.9%
Educational Services	1,207	1.7%	1,215	547	660	120.7%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	3,606	5.0%	3,466	1,870	1,736	92.8%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	399	0.6%	423	200	199	99.5%
Accomodation and Food Services	3,683	5.1%	3,740	1,747	1,936	110.8%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	1,386	1.9%	1,270	649	737	113.6%
Public Administration	760	1.1%	684	421	339	80.5%
Information Not Available	3,130	4.4%	3,222	1,628	1,502	92.3%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Arkansas
	Feb 2009	Percent	Jan 2009	Feb 2008	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	55,878		54,622	32,068
Male	35,025	62.7%	33,629	19,226	15,799	82.2%
Female	20,852	37.3%	20,992	12,842	8,010	62.4%
Information Not Available	1	0.0%	1	0	1	0.0%

Ethnicity	55,878		54,622	32,068
Hispanic or Latino	2,283	4.1%	1,841	794	1,489	187.5%
Not Hispanic or Latino	53,594	95.9%	52,780	31,274	22,320	71.4%
Information Not Available	1	0.0%	1	0	1	0.0%

Race	55,878		54,622	32,068
American Indian or Alaskan Native	580	1.0%	640	302	278	92.1%
Asian	531	1.0%	470	207	324	156.5%
Black or African American	13,856	24.8%	13,869	8,964	4,892	54.6%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	537	1.0%	418	201	336	167.2%
White	38,088	68.2%	37,381	21,599	16,489	76.3%
Information Not Available	2,286	4.1%	1,844	795	1,491	187.5%

Years of Age	55,878		54,622	32,068
Younger than 22	1,595	1.7%	1,455	738	857	116.1%
22-24	3,578	3.9%	3,677	2,199	1,379	62.7%
25-34	15,135	16.6%	14,949	8,483	6,652	78.4%
35-44	13,835	15.2%	13,478	7,945	5,890	74.1%
45-54	13,034	14.3%	12,647	7,705	5,329	69.2%
55-59	4,357	4.8%	4,132	2,501	1,856	74.2%
60-64	2,767	3.0%	2,677	1,398	1,369	97.9%
65 and older	1,574	1.7%	1,603	1,096	478	43.6%
Information Not Available	3	0.0%	4	3	0	0.0%

Industry	55,878		54,622	32,068
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	1,257	2.2%	1,381	984	273	27.7%
Mining	419	0.7%	412	207	212	102.4%
Utilities	112	0.2%	100	78	34	43.6%
Construction	6,485	11.4%	6,381	4,090	2,395	58.6%
Manufacturing	15,097	26.4%	14,250	7,487	7,610	101.6%
Wholesale Trade	2,482	4.3%	2,238	1,421	1,061	74.7%
Retail Trade	6,334	11.1%	6,191	3,586	2,748	76.6%
Transporation and Warehousing	2,396	4.2%	2,249	1,370	1,026	74.9%
Information	515	0.9%	428	341	174	51.0%
Finance and Insurance	714	1.2%	772	537	177	33.0%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	386	0.7%	433	425	-39	-9.2%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	983	1.7%	920	570	413	72.5%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	139	0.2%	137	55	84	152.7%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	5,980	10.5%	6,106	3,290	2,690	81.8%
Educational Services	1,542	2.7%	1,561	900	642	71.3%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	3,820	6.7%	3,979	2,629	1,191	45.3%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	537	0.9%	560	268	269	100.4%
Accomodation and Food Services	4,260	7.5%	4,212	2,450	1,810	73.9%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	1,171	2.0%	1,079	693	478	69.0%
Public Administration	1,187	2.1%	1,190	665	522	78.5%
Information Not Available	62	0.1%	43	22	40	181.8%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Arizona
	Feb 2009	Percent	Jan 2009	Feb 2008	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	86,298		76,291	30,958
Male	56,509	65.5%	49,131	18,262	38,247	209.4%
Female	29,774	34.5%	27,148	12,696	17,078	134.5%
Information Not Available	15	0.0%	12	0	15	0.0%

Ethnicity	86,298		76,291	30,958
Hispanic or Latino	24,907	28.9%	21,661	8,788	16,119	183.4%
Not Hispanic or Latino	43,236	50.1%	40,734	22,170	21,066	95.0%
Information Not Available	18,155	21.0%	13,896	0	18,155	0.0%

Race	86,298		76,291	30,958
American Indian or Alaskan Native	5,057	5.9%	5,135	2,221	2,836	127.7%
Asian	1,709	2.0%	1,188	6	1,703	28383.3%
Black or African American	4,701	5.4%	4,302	2,033	2,668	131.2%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	400	0.5%	317	0	400	0.0%
White	49,076	56.9%	43,019	16,210	32,866	202.8%
Information Not Available	25,355	29.4%	22,330	10,488	14,867	141.8%

Years of Age	86,298		76,291	30,958
Younger than 22	3,531	2.7%	3,054	982	2,549	259.6%
22-24	5,304	4.1%	4,678	1,565	3,739	238.9%
25-34	19,793	15.2%	17,678	6,847	12,946	189.1%
35-44	20,788	15.9%	18,452	7,767	13,021	167.6%
45-54	21,601	16.5%	19,095	8,031	13,570	169.0%
55-59	7,727	5.9%	6,788	2,958	4,769	161.2%
60-64	4,836	3.7%	4,182	1,823	3,013	165.3%
65 and older	2,718	2.1%	2,364	985	1,733	175.9%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	86,298		76,291	30,958
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	1,071	1.2%	699	748	323	43.2%
Mining	878	1.0%	609	74	804	1086.5%
Utilities	146	0.2%	134	46	100	217.4%
Construction	18,154	20.8%	16,006	5,531	12,623	228.2%
Manufacturing	7,539	8.6%	6,148	2,305	5,234	227.1%
Wholesale Trade	4,256	4.9%	3,673	1,212	3,044	251.2%
Retail Trade	8,386	9.6%	7,485	2,734	5,652	206.7%
Transporation and Warehousing	2,125	2.4%	1,881	619	1,506	243.3%
Information	1,008	1.2%	934	348	660	189.7%
Finance and Insurance	2,516	2.9%	2,442	1,887	629	33.3%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	1,882	2.2%	1,770	749	1,133	151.3%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	4,780	5.5%	4,223	1,432	3,348	233.8%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	298	0.3%	246	81	217	267.9%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	10,124	11.6%	9,082	3,100	7,024	226.6%
Educational Services	1,152	1.3%	1,097	545	607	111.4%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	3,620	4.1%	3,409	1,722	1,898	110.2%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	903	1.0%	830	326	577	177.0%
Accomodation and Food Services	3,495	4.0%	3,236	1,156	2,339	202.3%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	1,851	2.1%	1,748	637	1,214	190.6%
Public Administration	2,020	2.3%	1,885	514	1,506	293.0%
Information Not Available	10,094	11.6%	8,754	5,192	4,902	94.4%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants California
	Feb 2009	Percent	Jan 2009	Feb 2008	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	762,005		710,093	474,637
Male	465,574	61.1%	433,751	281,739	183,835	65.3%
Female	295,950	38.8%	275,491	192,800	103,150	53.5%
Information Not Available	481	0.1%	851	98	383	390.8%

Ethnicity	762,005		710,093	474,637
Hispanic or Latino	291,428	38.2%	263,673	192,309	99,119	51.5%
Not Hispanic or Latino	388,700	51.0%	357,174	234,030	154,670	66.1%
Information Not Available	81,877	10.7%	89,246	48,298	33,579	69.5%

Race	762,005		710,093	474,637
American Indian or Alaskan Native	5,965	0.8%	4,443	2,552	3,413	133.7%
Asian	71,871	9.4%	62,680	32,101	39,770	123.9%
Black or African American	48,299	6.3%	45,568	29,843	18,456	61.8%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
White	262,565	34.5%	244,481	169,534	93,031	54.9%
Information Not Available	373,305	49.0%	352,921	240,607	132,698	55.2%

Years of Age	762,005		710,093	474,637
Younger than 22	21,840	2.2%	16,261	12,664	9,176	72.5%
22-24	45,412	4.6%	39,802	25,622	19,790	77.2%
25-34	185,498	18.9%	171,874	105,529	79,969	75.8%
35-44	180,399	18.4%	172,914	119,665	60,734	50.8%
45-54	189,733	19.4%	175,750	123,199	66,534	54.0%
55-59	65,713	6.7%	61,168	43,193	22,520	52.1%
60-64	44,547	4.5%	43,678	26,211	18,336	70.0%
65 and older	27,805	2.8%	27,228	18,161	9,644	53.1%
Information Not Available	1,058	0.1%	1,418	393	665	169.2%

Industry	762,005		710,093	474,637
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	83,224	9.8%	75,821	71,760	11,464	16.0%
Mining	2,790	0.3%	1,513	295	2,495	845.8%
Utilities	1,924	0.2%	2,080	2,062	-138	-6.7%
Construction	116,800	13.8%	106,358	84,225	32,575	38.7%
Manufacturing	104,872	12.4%	97,944	53,795	51,077	94.9%
Wholesale Trade	24,438	2.9%	20,421	2,847	21,591	758.4%
Retail Trade	70,620	8.4%	64,760	37,402	33,218	88.8%
Transporation and Warehousing	28,960	3.4%	25,999	12,762	16,198	126.9%
Information	43,007	5.1%	39,707	34,653	8,354	24.1%
Finance and Insurance	26,940	3.2%	23,730	15,314	11,626	75.9%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	9,333	1.1%	9,643	13,056	-3,723	-28.5%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	21,552	2.5%	20,137	6,283	15,269	243.0%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	92,942	11.0%	84,896	61,649	31,293	50.8%
Educational Services	15,394	1.8%	19,286	10,897	4,497	41.3%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	26,170	3.1%	26,566	19,437	6,733	34.6%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	11,161	1.3%	10,778	9,031	2,130	23.6%
Accomodation and Food Services	31,462	3.7%	29,213	15,510	15,952	102.8%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	22,899	2.7%	20,704	10,602	12,297	116.0%
Public Administration	10,295	1.2%	9,549	3,927	6,368	162.2%
Information Not Available	17,222	2.0%	20,988	9,130	8,092	88.6%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Colorado
	Feb 2009	Percent	Jan 2009	Feb 2008	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	63,486		55,559	28,781
Male	41,970	66.1%	36,179	18,183	23,787	130.8%
Female	21,516	33.9%	19,380	10,598	10,918	103.0%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	63,486		55,559	28,781
Hispanic or Latino	12,423	19.6%	11,046	6,256	6,167	98.6%
Not Hispanic or Latino	41,335	65.1%	35,828	17,725	23,610	133.2%
Information Not Available	9,728	15.3%	8,685	4,800	4,928	102.7%

Race	63,486		55,559	28,781
American Indian or Alaskan Native	859	1.4%	774	495	364	73.5%
Asian	1,175	1.9%	991	565	610	108.0%
Black or African American	3,272	5.2%	3,014	1,556	1,716	110.3%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	200	0.3%	169	76	124	163.2%
White	44,478	70.1%	38,558	19,043	25,435	133.6%
Information Not Available	13,502	21.3%	12,053	7,046	6,456	91.6%

Years of Age	63,486		55,559	28,781
Younger than 22	1,380	1.3%	1,110	588	792	134.7%
22-24	2,883	2.8%	2,368	1,092	1,791	164.0%
25-34	14,385	13.8%	12,329	5,741	8,644	150.6%
35-44	15,621	15.0%	13,717	7,192	8,429	117.2%
45-54	17,460	16.8%	15,546	8,561	8,899	103.9%
55-59	6,491	6.2%	5,728	3,151	3,340	106.0%
60-64	3,761	3.6%	3,346	1,750	2,011	114.9%
65 and older	1,505	1.4%	1,415	687	818	119.1%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	19	-19	-100.0%

Industry	63,486		55,559	28,781
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	327	0.5%	377	227	100	44.1%
Mining	1,492	2.3%	866	296	1,196	404.1%
Utilities	37	0.1%	36	38	-1	-2.6%
Construction	14,740	23.1%	13,102	7,228	7,512	103.9%
Manufacturing	6,594	10.3%	5,458	2,833	3,761	132.8%
Wholesale Trade	3,086	4.8%	2,493	1,048	2,038	194.5%
Retail Trade	5,274	8.3%	4,584	2,241	3,033	135.3%
Transporation and Warehousing	2,050	3.2%	1,858	841	1,209	143.8%
Information	1,839	2.9%	1,557	856	983	114.8%
Finance and Insurance	2,455	3.8%	2,263	1,505	950	63.1%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	1,419	2.2%	1,245	603	816	135.3%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	5,257	8.2%	4,475	1,854	3,403	183.5%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	517	0.8%	458	295	222	75.3%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	7,969	12.5%	7,218	3,743	4,226	112.9%
Educational Services	825	1.3%	829	489	336	68.7%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	2,261	3.5%	1,992	1,289	972	75.4%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	874	1.4%	809	373	501	134.3%
Accomodation and Food Services	2,531	4.0%	2,393	1,163	1,368	117.6%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	1,407	2.2%	1,195	560	847	151.3%
Public Administration	1,066	1.7%	1,051	701	365	52.1%
Information Not Available	1,466	2.3%	1,300	598	868	145.2%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Connecticut
	Feb 2009	Percent	Jan 2009	Feb 2008	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	86,296		83,361	49,733
Male	56,889	65.9%	54,400	33,254	23,635	71.1%
Female	29,407	34.1%	28,961	16,479	12,928	78.5%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	86,296		83,361	49,733
Hispanic or Latino	13,313	15.4%	12,876	8,361	4,952	59.2%
Not Hispanic or Latino	72,983	84.6%	70,485	41,372	31,611	76.4%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Race	86,296		83,361	49,733
American Indian or Alaskan Native	289	0.3%	298	164	125	76.2%
Asian	1,478	1.7%	1,317	548	930	169.7%
Black or African American	9,211	10.7%	9,103	5,971	3,240	54.3%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
White	50,803	58.9%	47,730	29,168	21,635	74.2%
Information Not Available	24,515	28.4%	24,913	13,882	10,633	76.6%

Years of Age	86,296		83,361	49,733
Younger than 22	2,313	1.8%	2,007	1,379	934	67.7%
22-24	5,039	3.8%	4,869	3,056	1,983	64.9%
25-34	19,093	14.6%	18,517	11,325	7,768	68.6%
35-44	19,522	14.9%	19,062	11,796	7,726	65.5%
45-54	21,655	16.5%	20,953	12,310	9,345	75.9%
55-59	8,205	6.3%	7,789	4,312	3,893	90.3%
60-64	5,983	4.6%	5,820	3,120	2,863	91.8%
65 and older	4,486	3.4%	4,344	2,435	2,051	84.2%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	86,296		83,361	49,733
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	1,198	1.4%	1,248	890	308	34.6%
Mining	122	0.1%	98	79	43	54.4%
Utilities	105	0.1%	101	53	52	98.1%
Construction	16,176	18.5%	15,446	10,729	5,447	50.8%
Manufacturing	13,606	15.6%	12,484	5,284	8,322	157.5%
Wholesale Trade	4,098	4.7%	3,724	2,076	2,022	97.4%
Retail Trade	9,079	10.4%	8,433	5,305	3,774	71.1%
Transporation and Warehousing	2,684	3.1%	2,985	1,539	1,145	74.4%
Information	1,910	2.2%	1,862	775	1,135	146.5%
Finance and Insurance	3,535	4.0%	3,338	1,904	1,631	85.7%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	1,473	1.7%	1,288	835	638	76.4%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	3,801	4.3%	3,589	1,741	2,060	118.3%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	396	0.5%	327	163	233	142.9%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	10,899	12.5%	10,686	7,243	3,656	50.5%
Educational Services	1,488	1.7%	1,647	951	537	56.5%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	4,592	5.2%	4,532	3,119	1,473	47.2%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	2,840	3.2%	2,791	1,817	1,023	56.3%
Accomodation and Food Services	4,263	4.9%	4,798	2,447	1,816	74.2%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	1,975	2.3%	1,883	1,354	621	45.9%
Public Administration	786	0.9%	839	579	207	35.8%
Information Not Available	1,270	1.5%	1,262	850	420	49.4%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants District of Columbia
	Feb 2009	Percent	Jan 2009	Feb 2008	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	10,725		9,806	6,194
Male	5,130	47.8%	4,661	3,157	1,973	62.5%
Female	5,594	52.2%	5,144	3,037	2,557	84.2%
Information Not Available	1	0.0%	1	0	1	0.0%

Ethnicity	10,725		9,806	6,194
Hispanic or Latino	1,278	11.9%	1,136	736	542	73.6%
Not Hispanic or Latino	9,161	85.4%	8,402	5,249	3,912	74.5%
Information Not Available	286	2.7%	268	209	77	36.8%

Race	10,725		9,806	6,194
American Indian or Alaskan Native	88	0.8%	76	58	30	51.7%
Asian	340	3.2%	275	146	194	132.9%
Black or African American	7,490	69.8%	7,167	4,675	2,815	60.2%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	68	0.6%	48	74	-6	-8.1%
White	2,735	25.5%	2,238	1,232	1,503	122.0%
Information Not Available	4	0.0%	2	9	-5	-55.6%

Years of Age	10,725		9,806	6,194
Younger than 22	289	2.2%	280	128	161	125.8%
22-24	582	4.5%	536	325	257	79.1%
25-34	2,901	22.4%	2,647	1,453	1,448	99.7%
35-44	2,665	20.6%	2,419	1,618	1,047	64.7%
45-54	2,616	20.2%	2,390	1,688	928	55.0%
55-59	899	6.9%	829	512	387	75.6%
60-64	514	4.0%	467	307	207	67.4%
65 and older	259	2.0%	238	163	96	58.9%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	10,725		9,806	6,194
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	19	0.2%	11	15	4	26.7%
Manufacturing	1	0.0%	1	0	1	0.0%
Wholesale Trade	1	0.0%	0	1	0	0.0%
Retail Trade	8	0.1%	6	4	4	100.0%
Transporation and Warehousing	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
Information	2	0.0%	1	0	2	0.0%
Finance and Insurance	2	0.0%	2	1	1	100.0%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	1	0.0%	1	2	-1	-50.0%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	17	0.2%	17	9	8	88.9%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	24	0.2%	18	10	14	140.0%
Educational Services	5	0.0%	4	4	1	25.0%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	9	0.1%	3	4	5	125.0%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	1	0.0%	0	0	1	0.0%
Accomodation and Food Services	11	0.1%	11	1	10	1000.0%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	9	0.1%	4	9	0	0.0%
Public Administration	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
Information Not Available	10,615	99.0%	9,727	6,134	4,481	73.1%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Delaware
	Feb 2009	Percent	Jan 2009	Feb 2008	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	19,025		17,129	10,509
Male	11,148	58.6%	9,809	5,689	5,459	96.0%
Female	7,877	41.4%	7,320	4,820	3,057	63.4%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	19,025		17,129	10,509
Hispanic or Latino	818	4.3%	713	431	387	89.8%
Not Hispanic or Latino	18,207	95.7%	16,416	10,078	8,129	80.7%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Race	19,025		17,129	10,509
American Indian or Alaskan Native	60	0.3%	54	26	34	130.8%
Asian	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
Black or African American	5,974	31.4%	5,603	4,007	1,967	49.1%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	97	0.5%	74	39	58	148.7%
White	11,501	60.5%	10,212	5,748	5,753	100.1%
Information Not Available	1,393	7.3%	1,185	689	704	102.2%

Years of Age	19,025		17,129	10,509
Younger than 22	802	2.7%	716	200	602	301.0%
22-24	1,393	4.7%	1,286	645	748	116.0%
25-34	4,576	15.6%	4,108	2,683	1,893	70.6%
35-44	4,300	14.7%	3,900	2,503	1,797	71.8%
45-54	4,386	14.9%	3,996	2,472	1,914	77.4%
55-59	1,460	5.0%	1,339	911	549	60.3%
60-64	1,177	4.0%	1,014	624	553	88.6%
65 and older	823	2.8%	673	406	417	102.7%
Information Not Available	108	0.4%	97	65	43	66.2%

Industry	19,025		17,129	10,509
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	35	0.2%	32	20	15	75.0%
Mining	2	0.0%	2	0	2	0.0%
Utilities	7	0.0%	9	9	-2	-22.2%
Construction	2,966	15.6%	2,701	1,535	1,431	93.2%
Manufacturing	1,469	7.7%	1,180	750	719	95.9%
Wholesale Trade	748	3.9%	657	408	340	83.3%
Retail Trade	3,226	16.9%	2,931	1,750	1,476	84.3%
Transporation and Warehousing	672	3.5%	588	388	284	73.2%
Information	337	1.8%	301	146	191	130.8%
Finance and Insurance	1,093	5.7%	1,001	562	531	94.5%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	503	2.6%	424	316	187	59.2%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	1,108	5.8%	925	517	591	114.3%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	52	0.3%	49	30	22	73.3%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	2,891	15.2%	2,607	1,672	1,219	72.9%
Educational Services	164	0.9%	195	139	25	18.0%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	1,057	5.5%	1,039	674	383	56.8%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	305	1.6%	319	211	94	44.5%
Accomodation and Food Services	1,625	8.5%	1,512	1,003	622	62.0%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	538	2.8%	464	268	270	100.7%
Public Administration	123	0.6%	99	55	68	123.6%
Information Not Available	104	0.5%	94	56	48	85.7%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Florida
	Feb 2009	Percent	Jan 2009	Feb 2008	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	294,814		257,821	140,207
Male	173,804	59.0%	151,536	80,065	93,739	117.1%
Female	120,781	41.0%	106,210	60,067	60,714	101.1%
Information Not Available	229	0.1%	75	75	154	205.3%

Ethnicity	294,814		257,821	140,207
Hispanic or Latino	81,424	27.6%	73,188	45,826	35,598	77.7%
Not Hispanic or Latino	198,731	67.4%	171,469	83,691	115,040	137.5%
Information Not Available	14,659	5.0%	13,164	10,690	3,969	37.1%

Race	294,814		257,821	140,207
American Indian or Alaskan Native	1,603	0.5%	1,234	673	930	138.2%
Asian	2,023	0.7%	1,758	972	1,051	108.1%
Black or African American	52,107	17.7%	46,299	23,362	28,745	123.0%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	3,626	1.2%	3,702	1,420	2,206	155.4%
White	189,570	64.3%	164,663	85,298	104,272	122.2%
Information Not Available	45,885	15.6%	40,165	28,482	17,403	61.1%

Years of Age	294,814		257,821	140,207
Younger than 22	6,948	1.5%	5,572	2,803	4,145	147.9%
22-24	15,918	3.4%	12,827	6,167	9,751	158.1%
25-34	59,207	12.8%	53,554	29,903	29,304	98.0%
35-44	69,132	14.9%	61,146	33,005	36,127	109.5%
45-54	76,194	16.4%	66,194	37,379	38,815	103.8%
55-59	31,684	6.8%	27,600	14,279	17,405	121.9%
60-64	20,117	4.3%	17,353	9,606	10,511	109.4%
65 and older	15,575	3.4%	13,575	7,065	8,510	120.5%
Information Not Available	39	0.0%	0	0	39	0.0%

Industry	294,814		257,821	140,207
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	1,641	0.6%	1,197	1,047	594	56.7%
Mining	153	0.1%	187	112	41	36.6%
Utilities	534	0.2%	486	224	310	138.4%
Construction	40,998	13.8%	36,014	21,007	19,991	95.2%
Manufacturing	22,713	7.7%	20,157	8,933	13,780	154.3%
Wholesale Trade	14,430	4.9%	12,154	6,653	7,777	116.9%
Retail Trade	33,593	11.3%	29,170	13,980	19,613	140.3%
Transporation and Warehousing	6,909	2.3%	6,096	3,252	3,657	112.5%
Information	6,070	2.0%	4,824	3,102	2,968	95.7%
Finance and Insurance	12,063	4.1%	10,883	8,896	3,167	35.6%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	7,902	2.7%	6,096	3,364	4,538	134.9%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	19,049	6.4%	15,969	8,522	10,527	123.5%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	1,756	0.6%	1,571	561	1,195	213.0%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	56,879	19.2%	50,861	27,735	29,144	105.1%
Educational Services	4,275	1.4%	4,226	2,093	2,182	104.3%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	15,651	5.3%	13,762	7,812	7,839	100.3%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	5,230	1.8%	4,413	2,355	2,875	122.1%
Accomodation and Food Services	19,163	6.5%	16,941	7,289	11,874	162.9%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	7,291	2.5%	6,545	3,476	3,815	109.8%
Public Administration	3,245	1.1%	3,029	1,682	1,563	92.9%
Information Not Available	15,269	5.2%	13,240	8,112	7,157	88.2%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Georgia
	Feb 2009	Percent	Jan 2009	Feb 2008	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	149,634		142,729	68,067
Male	87,471	58.5%	83,301	36,610	50,861	138.9%
Female	60,123	40.2%	57,474	30,523	29,600	97.0%
Information Not Available	2,040	1.4%	1,954	934	1,106	118.4%

Ethnicity	149,634		142,729	68,067
Hispanic or Latino	590	0.4%	649	270	320	118.5%
Not Hispanic or Latino	147,004	98.2%	140,126	66,863	80,141	119.9%
Information Not Available	2,040	1.4%	1,954	934	1,106	118.4%

Race	149,634		142,729	68,067
American Indian or Alaskan Native	931	0.6%	789	372	559	150.3%
Asian	2,240	1.5%	1,905	809	1,431	176.9%
Black or African American	63,244	42.3%	62,108	32,350	30,894	95.5%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
White	81,179	54.3%	75,973	33,601	47,578	141.6%
Information Not Available	2,040	1.4%	1,954	935	1,105	118.2%

Years of Age	149,634		142,729	68,067
Younger than 22	3,505	1.6%	3,450	1,596	1,909	119.6%
22-24	7,554	3.4%	7,413	3,314	4,240	127.9%
25-34	34,588	15.5%	33,194	15,971	18,617	116.6%
35-44	37,486	16.8%	35,543	17,477	20,009	114.5%
45-54	35,729	16.0%	34,155	16,268	19,461	119.6%
55-59	12,099	5.4%	11,312	5,493	6,606	120.3%
60-64	7,916	3.6%	7,335	3,426	4,490	131.1%
65 and older	4,341	1.9%	4,059	1,926	2,415	125.4%
Information Not Available	6,416	2.9%	6,268	2,596	3,820	147.1%

Industry	149,634		142,729	68,067
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	3,748	2.4%	3,757	1,791	1,957	109.3%
Mining	411	0.3%	455	129	282	218.6%
Utilities	214	0.1%	221	136	78	57.4%
Construction	13,366	8.7%	12,974	5,836	7,530	129.0%
Manufacturing	21,410	14.0%	18,874	8,742	12,668	144.9%
Wholesale Trade	9,522	6.2%	8,347	3,349	6,173	184.3%
Retail Trade	10,729	7.0%	10,765	5,483	5,246	95.7%
Transporation and Warehousing	4,277	2.8%	4,184	1,857	2,420	130.3%
Information	2,554	1.7%	2,299	1,200	1,354	112.8%
Finance and Insurance	3,440	2.2%	3,218	2,324	1,116	48.0%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	2,823	1.8%	2,718	1,350	1,473	109.1%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	22,545	14.7%	21,404	10,617	11,928	112.3%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	283	0.2%	274	143	140	97.9%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	538	0.4%	501	231	307	132.9%
Educational Services	2,357	1.5%	2,365	1,362	995	73.1%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	4,711	3.1%	4,567	2,972	1,739	58.5%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	5,477	3.6%	5,836	2,967	2,510	84.6%
Accomodation and Food Services	1,394	0.9%	1,330	560	834	148.9%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	1,271	0.8%	1,252	686	585	85.3%
Public Administration	1,695	1.1%	1,551	676	1,019	150.7%
Information Not Available	36,869	24.0%	35,837	15,656	21,213	135.5%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Hawaii
	Feb 2009	Percent	Jan 2009	Feb 2008	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	19,007		18,336	7,809
Male	12,570	66.1%	11,906	5,449	7,121	130.7%
Female	6,436	33.9%	6,430	2,359	4,077	172.8%
Information Not Available	1	0.0%	0	1	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	19,007		18,336	7,809
Hispanic or Latino	1,013	5.3%	1,037	462	551	119.3%
Not Hispanic or Latino	14,948	78.6%	14,374	5,914	9,034	152.8%
Information Not Available	3,046	16.0%	2,925	1,433	1,613	112.6%

Race	19,007		18,336	7,809
American Indian or Alaskan Native	146	0.8%	149	88	58	65.9%
Asian	6,340	33.4%	6,188	2,380	3,960	166.4%
Black or African American	331	1.7%	315	153	178	116.3%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	4,683	24.6%	4,472	2,187	2,496	114.1%
White	5,202	27.4%	5,017	2,030	3,172	156.3%
Information Not Available	2,305	12.1%	2,195	971	1,334	137.4%

Years of Age	19,007		18,336	7,809
Younger than 22	378	1.6%	323	141	237	168.1%
22-24	1,013	4.4%	932	365	648	177.5%
25-34	4,790	20.8%	4,401	1,915	2,875	150.1%
35-44	4,410	19.2%	4,407	1,883	2,527	134.2%
45-54	4,557	19.8%	4,487	1,927	2,630	136.5%
55-59	1,849	8.0%	1,854	774	1,075	138.9%
60-64	1,224	5.3%	1,200	512	712	139.1%
65 and older	786	3.4%	732	292	494	169.2%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	19,007		18,336	7,809
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	319	1.7%	411	184	135	73.4%
Mining	3	0.0%	1	3	0	0.0%
Utilities	10	0.1%	9	4	6	150.0%
Construction	5,545	28.7%	5,210	2,678	2,867	107.1%
Manufacturing	542	2.8%	497	191	351	183.8%
Wholesale Trade	430	2.2%	365	137	293	213.9%
Retail Trade	1,481	7.7%	1,251	476	1,005	211.1%
Transporation and Warehousing	746	3.9%	785	290	456	157.2%
Information	322	1.7%	288	328	-6	-1.8%
Finance and Insurance	304	1.6%	302	182	122	67.0%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	456	2.4%	426	144	312	216.7%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	478	2.5%	454	197	281	142.6%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	56	0.3%	53	30	26	86.7%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	2,416	12.5%	2,249	859	1,557	181.3%
Educational Services	104	0.5%	117	46	58	126.1%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	679	3.5%	697	279	400	143.4%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	316	1.6%	315	108	208	192.6%
Accomodation and Food Services	2,568	13.3%	2,689	640	1,928	301.3%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	452	2.3%	436	180	272	151.1%
Public Administration	220	1.1%	235	109	111	101.8%
Information Not Available	1,560	8.1%	1,546	744	816	109.7%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Iowa
	Feb 2009	Percent	Jan 2009	Feb 2008	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	66,480		62,319	38,450
Male	48,061	72.3%	45,259	29,084	18,977	65.2%
Female	18,419	27.7%	17,060	9,366	9,053	96.7%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	66,480		62,319	38,450
Hispanic or Latino	2,122	3.2%	2,086	1,747	375	21.5%
Not Hispanic or Latino	36,422	54.8%	35,579	36,266	156	0.4%
Information Not Available	27,936	42.0%	24,654	437	27,499	6292.7%

Race	66,480		62,319	38,450
American Indian or Alaskan Native	168	0.3%	179	185	-17	-9.2%
Asian	365	0.5%	326	179	186	103.9%
Black or African American	2,101	3.2%	1,943	1,143	958	83.8%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
White	33,788	50.8%	33,131	34,759	-971	-2.8%
Information Not Available	30,058	45.2%	26,740	2,184	27,874	1276.3%

Years of Age	66,480		62,319	38,450
Younger than 22	1,985	2.1%	1,825	1,109	876	79.0%
22-24	4,149	4.3%	3,940	2,424	1,725	71.2%
25-34	16,147	16.8%	15,198	9,359	6,788	72.5%
35-44	14,509	15.1%	13,577	8,385	6,124	73.0%
45-54	16,768	17.4%	15,599	9,682	7,086	73.2%
55-59	6,313	6.6%	5,950	3,362	2,951	87.8%
60-64	3,973	4.1%	3,722	2,251	1,722	76.5%
65 and older	2,636	2.7%	2,508	1,873	763	40.7%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	5	-5	-100.0%

Industry	66,480		62,319	38,450
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	406	0.6%	391	236	170	72.0%
Mining	517	0.8%	708	526	-9	-1.7%
Utilities	112	0.2%	126	72	40	55.6%
Construction	17,127	25.6%	17,165	13,865	3,262	23.5%
Manufacturing	22,386	33.5%	19,684	7,863	14,523	184.7%
Wholesale Trade	2,269	3.4%	2,011	1,273	996	78.2%
Retail Trade	4,039	6.0%	3,540	2,436	1,603	65.8%
Transporation and Warehousing	2,003	3.0%	1,924	1,289	714	55.4%
Information	1,106	1.7%	925	474	632	133.3%
Finance and Insurance	1,136	1.7%	1,087	659	477	72.4%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	452	0.7%	439	307	145	47.2%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	1,602	2.4%	1,361	754	848	112.5%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	83	0.1%	71	46	37	80.4%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	5,640	8.4%	5,349	3,390	2,250	66.4%
Educational Services	496	0.7%	491	272	224	82.4%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	1,851	2.8%	1,715	1,300	551	42.4%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	853	1.3%	943	717	136	19.0%
Accomodation and Food Services	2,101	3.1%	2,152	1,324	777	58.7%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	874	1.3%	771	575	299	52.0%
Public Administration	795	1.2%	838	681	114	16.7%
Information Not Available	632	0.9%	628	391	241	61.6%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Idaho
	Feb 2009	Percent	Jan 2009	Feb 2008	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	46,030		42,696	24,787
Male	33,857	73.6%	31,104	18,687	15,170	81.2%
Female	12,173	26.4%	11,592	6,100	6,073	99.6%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	46,030		42,696	24,787
Hispanic or Latino	5,763	12.5%	5,524	3,317	2,446	73.7%
Not Hispanic or Latino	38,987	84.7%	35,885	20,602	18,385	89.2%
Information Not Available	1,280	2.8%	1,287	868	412	47.5%

Race	46,030		42,696	24,787
American Indian or Alaskan Native	673	1.5%	640	484	189	39.0%
Asian	430	0.9%	391	165	265	160.6%
Black or African American	253	0.5%	236	129	124	96.1%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	120	0.3%	119	77	43	55.8%
White	37,146	80.7%	34,267	19,841	17,305	87.2%
Information Not Available	7,408	16.1%	7,043	4,091	3,317	81.1%

Years of Age	46,030		42,696	24,787
Younger than 22	1,627	2.0%	1,527	846	781	92.3%
22-24	3,165	3.9%	2,969	1,666	1,499	90.0%
25-34	11,959	14.8%	11,180	6,176	5,783	93.6%
35-44	10,383	12.9%	9,563	5,603	4,780	85.3%
45-54	10,837	13.4%	10,061	6,011	4,826	80.3%
55-59	3,961	4.9%	3,674	2,211	1,750	79.1%
60-64	2,553	3.2%	2,291	1,359	1,194	87.9%
65 and older	1,545	1.9%	1,431	915	630	68.9%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	46,030		42,696	24,787
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	2,211	4.6%	1,779	1,804	407	22.6%
Mining	421	0.9%	438	227	194	85.5%
Utilities	121	0.3%	113	104	17	16.3%
Construction	11,837	24.5%	10,872	7,522	4,315	57.4%
Manufacturing	7,783	16.1%	7,335	3,000	4,783	159.4%
Wholesale Trade	1,592	3.3%	1,424	748	844	112.8%
Retail Trade	4,553	9.4%	4,157	1,962	2,591	132.1%
Transporation and Warehousing	1,219	2.5%	980	675	544	80.6%
Information	445	0.9%	440	200	245	122.5%
Finance and Insurance	644	1.3%	669	381	263	69.0%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	565	1.2%	481	216	349	161.6%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	1,553	3.2%	1,417	753	800	106.2%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	57	0.1%	46	33	24	72.7%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	4,163	8.6%	3,904	2,271	1,892	83.3%
Educational Services	296	0.6%	321	171	125	73.1%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	1,469	3.0%	1,346	811	658	81.1%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	598	1.2%	574	378	220	58.2%
Accomodation and Food Services	1,833	3.8%	1,902	804	1,029	128.0%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	742	1.5%	706	362	380	105.0%
Public Administration	730	1.5%	707	509	221	43.4%
Information Not Available	3,198	6.6%	3,085	1,856	1,342	72.3%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Illinois
	Feb 2009	Percent	Jan 2009	Feb 2008	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	314,398		291,580	189,451
Male	213,560	67.9%	196,115	130,501	83,059	63.6%
Female	100,838	32.1%	95,465	58,950	41,888	71.1%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	314,398		291,580	189,451
Hispanic or Latino	57,261	18.2%	52,574	37,885	19,376	51.1%
Not Hispanic or Latino	257,137	81.8%	239,006	151,566	105,571	69.7%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Race	314,398		291,580	189,451
American Indian or Alaskan Native	1,174	0.4%	1,084	720	454	63.1%
Asian	8,268	2.6%	7,076	3,774	4,494	119.1%
Black or African American	57,534	18.3%	56,347	37,135	20,399	54.9%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
White	244,458	77.8%	224,417	146,510	97,948	66.9%
Information Not Available	2,964	0.9%	2,656	1,311	1,653	126.1%

Years of Age	314,398		291,580	189,451
Younger than 22	7,113	1.3%	6,420	3,774	3,339	88.5%
22-24	16,430	3.0%	15,014	9,086	7,344	80.8%
25-34	77,572	14.3%	71,940	46,489	31,083	66.9%
35-44	79,257	14.6%	73,828	49,896	29,361	58.8%
45-54	81,298	15.0%	75,767	50,038	31,260	62.5%
55-59	28,034	5.2%	25,704	16,224	11,810	72.8%
60-64	16,693	3.1%	15,363	9,386	7,307	77.8%
65 and older	8,001	1.5%	7,544	4,558	3,443	75.5%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	314,398		291,580	189,451
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	1,605	0.5%	1,583	1,338	267	20.0%
Mining	1,471	0.5%	1,462	1,438	33	2.3%
Utilities	266	0.1%	268	216	50	23.1%
Construction	68,563	21.7%	63,597	52,469	16,094	30.7%
Manufacturing	55,177	17.5%	49,665	23,317	31,860	136.6%
Wholesale Trade	16,522	5.2%	14,646	7,681	8,841	115.1%
Retail Trade	24,804	7.8%	22,691	14,330	10,474	73.1%
Transporation and Warehousing	14,259	4.5%	13,245	7,245	7,014	96.8%
Information	5,236	1.7%	4,697	2,686	2,550	94.9%
Finance and Insurance	11,319	3.6%	10,840	7,759	3,560	45.9%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	4,215	1.3%	3,825	2,563	1,652	64.5%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	16,058	5.1%	14,401	7,840	8,218	104.8%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	1,642	0.5%	1,414	585	1,057	180.7%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	41,853	13.2%	39,118	26,539	15,314	57.7%
Educational Services	4,101	1.3%	4,286	2,976	1,125	37.8%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	12,212	3.9%	12,241	8,571	3,641	42.5%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	5,202	1.6%	4,985	3,749	1,453	38.8%
Accomodation and Food Services	13,695	4.3%	13,418	7,688	6,007	78.1%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	6,096	1.9%	5,711	3,645	2,451	67.2%
Public Administration	4,277	1.4%	4,165	2,990	1,287	43.0%
Information Not Available	5,825	1.8%	5,322	3,826	1,999	52.2%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Indiana
	Feb 2009	Percent	Jan 2009	Feb 2008	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	157,847		154,022	79,907
Male	109,459	69.3%	107,280	55,241	54,218	98.1%
Female	48,247	30.6%	46,600	24,611	23,636	96.0%
Information Not Available	141	0.1%	142	55	86	156.4%

Ethnicity	157,847		154,022	79,907
Hispanic or Latino	8,678	5.5%	8,573	3,913	4,765	121.8%
Not Hispanic or Latino	117,558	74.5%	115,481	62,024	55,534	89.5%
Information Not Available	31,611	20.0%	29,968	13,970	17,641	126.3%

Race	157,847		154,022	79,907
American Indian or Alaskan Native	716	0.5%	693	348	368	105.7%
Asian	1,039	0.7%	1,000	382	657	172.0%
Black or African American	15,363	9.7%	14,786	8,706	6,657	76.5%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	127	0.1%	132	54	73	135.2%
White	131,555	83.3%	128,415	66,199	65,356	98.7%
Information Not Available	9,047	5.7%	8,996	4,218	4,829	114.5%

Years of Age	157,847		154,022	79,907
Younger than 22	4,014	1.4%	3,574	1,806	2,208	122.3%
22-24	8,935	3.2%	8,405	4,352	4,583	105.3%
25-34	38,573	13.7%	37,378	19,574	18,999	97.1%
35-44	38,687	13.8%	38,960	20,271	18,416	90.8%
45-54	40,421	14.4%	39,643	20,891	19,530	93.5%
55-59	14,151	5.0%	13,643	6,691	7,460	111.5%
60-64	8,517	3.0%	8,213	3,899	4,618	118.4%
65 and older	4,549	1.6%	4,206	2,423	2,126	87.7%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	157,847		154,022	79,907
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	504	0.3%	493	333	171	51.4%
Mining	706	0.4%	733	513	193	37.6%
Utilities	67	0.0%	82	71	-4	-5.6%
Construction	29,530	18.6%	27,588	19,873	9,657	48.6%
Manufacturing	53,583	33.8%	56,418	18,822	34,761	184.7%
Wholesale Trade	5,424	3.4%	4,671	2,143	3,281	153.1%
Retail Trade	9,580	6.0%	9,040	5,334	4,246	79.6%
Transporation and Warehousing	6,586	4.2%	6,138	3,866	2,720	70.4%
Information	1,202	0.8%	1,041	521	681	130.7%
Finance and Insurance	2,243	1.4%	2,224	1,624	619	38.1%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	1,501	0.9%	1,340	954	547	57.3%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	3,591	2.3%	3,356	1,677	1,914	114.1%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	595	0.4%	505	156	439	281.4%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	15,176	9.6%	13,949	7,926	7,250	91.5%
Educational Services	977	0.6%	1,021	673	304	45.2%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	4,690	3.0%	4,453	3,131	1,559	49.8%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	2,028	1.3%	2,006	1,318	710	53.9%
Accomodation and Food Services	4,424	2.8%	4,249	2,616	1,808	69.1%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	2,728	1.7%	2,558	1,290	1,438	111.5%
Public Administration	975	0.6%	985	699	276	39.5%
Information Not Available	11,737	7.4%	11,172	6,367	5,370	84.3%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Kansas
	Feb 2009	Percent	Jan 2009	Feb 2008	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	43,384		38,575	21,575
Male	29,667	68.4%	26,535	14,510	15,157	104.5%
Female	13,717	31.6%	12,040	7,065	6,652	94.2%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	43,384		38,575	21,575
Hispanic or Latino	3,159	7.3%	2,651	1,653	1,506	91.1%
Not Hispanic or Latino	17,007	39.2%	15,628	10,458	6,549	62.6%
Information Not Available	23,218	53.5%	20,296	9,464	13,754	145.3%

Race	43,384		38,575	21,575
American Indian or Alaskan Native	638	1.5%	586	344	294	85.5%
Asian	770	1.8%	519	196	574	292.9%
Black or African American	5,867	13.5%	5,355	2,749	3,118	113.4%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	97	0.2%	87	34	63	185.3%
White	32,647	75.3%	29,116	16,366	16,281	99.5%
Information Not Available	3,365	7.8%	2,912	1,886	1,479	78.4%

Years of Age	43,384		38,575	21,575
Younger than 22	945	1.3%	781	436	509	116.7%
22-24	2,514	3.4%	2,109	1,180	1,334	113.1%
25-34	10,878	14.8%	9,402	5,183	5,695	109.9%
35-44	9,999	13.6%	8,910	5,236	4,763	91.0%
45-54	11,370	15.4%	10,277	5,819	5,551	95.4%
55-59	3,879	5.3%	3,643	1,906	1,973	103.5%
60-64	2,432	3.3%	2,221	1,182	1,250	105.8%
65 and older	1,367	1.9%	1,232	633	734	116.0%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	43,384		38,575	21,575
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	382	0.9%	420	240	142	59.2%
Mining	892	2.0%	696	204	688	337.3%
Utilities	43	0.1%	36	30	13	43.3%
Construction	8,052	18.4%	7,849	5,915	2,137	36.1%
Manufacturing	10,760	24.6%	9,298	2,948	7,812	265.0%
Wholesale Trade	1,753	4.0%	1,412	856	897	104.8%
Retail Trade	2,891	6.6%	2,609	1,532	1,359	88.7%
Transporation and Warehousing	1,538	3.5%	1,347	763	775	101.6%
Information	1,057	2.4%	971	550	507	92.2%
Finance and Insurance	976	2.2%	873	559	417	74.6%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	634	1.4%	550	336	298	88.7%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	1,644	3.8%	1,405	707	937	132.5%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	215	0.5%	233	49	166	338.8%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	4,355	10.0%	3,698	2,123	2,232	105.1%
Educational Services	467	1.1%	382	230	237	103.0%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	2,092	4.8%	1,866	1,357	735	54.2%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	295	0.7%	301	176	119	67.6%
Accomodation and Food Services	1,154	2.6%	995	665	489	73.5%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	895	2.0%	890	479	416	86.8%
Public Administration	651	1.5%	575	403	248	61.5%
Information Not Available	2,638	6.0%	2,169	1,453	1,185	81.6%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Kentucky
	Feb 2009	Percent	Jan 2009	Feb 2008	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	93,776		90,790	41,594
Male	65,308	69.6%	63,712	28,885	36,423	126.1%
Female	28,468	30.4%	27,078	12,709	15,759	124.0%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	93,776		90,790	41,594
Hispanic or Latino	273	0.3%	266	76	197	259.2%
Not Hispanic or Latino	2,743	2.9%	4,504	41,518	-38,775	-93.4%
Information Not Available	90,760	96.8%	86,020	0	90,760	0.0%

Race	93,776		90,790	41,594
American Indian or Alaskan Native	465	0.5%	410	245	220	89.8%
Asian	287	0.3%	302	120	167	139.2%
Black or African American	9,907	10.6%	10,066	4,076	5,831	143.1%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0	0.0%	0	4	-4	-100.0%
White	82,215	87.7%	79,088	36,757	45,458	123.7%
Information Not Available	902	1.0%	924	392	510	130.1%

Years of Age	93,776		90,790	41,594
Younger than 22	1,918	1.1%	1,492	713	1,205	169.0%
22-24	4,799	2.8%	4,125	2,036	2,763	135.7%
25-34	22,307	13.1%	20,366	9,555	12,752	133.5%
35-44	23,619	13.8%	24,833	10,741	12,878	119.9%
45-54	25,005	14.6%	24,878	11,199	13,806	123.3%
55-59	8,522	5.0%	8,001	3,746	4,776	127.5%
60-64	5,113	3.0%	4,900	2,450	2,663	108.7%
65 and older	2,484	1.5%	2,186	1,154	1,330	115.3%
Information Not Available	9	0.0%	9	0	9	0.0%

Industry	93,776		90,790	41,594
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	264	0.3%	162	125	139	111.2%
Mining	1,044	1.1%	757	802	242	30.2%
Utilities	38	0.0%	63	71	-33	-46.5%
Construction	15,964	17.0%	14,096	9,315	6,649	71.4%
Manufacturing	32,879	35.0%	37,761	9,279	23,600	254.3%
Wholesale Trade	2,939	3.1%	2,772	1,421	1,518	106.8%
Retail Trade	5,127	5.5%	4,120	2,700	2,427	89.9%
Transporation and Warehousing	4,557	4.8%	4,940	2,254	2,303	102.2%
Information	975	1.0%	911	445	530	119.1%
Finance and Insurance	1,221	1.3%	1,109	1,118	103	9.2%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	779	0.8%	703	321	458	142.7%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	2,046	2.2%	1,821	829	1,217	146.8%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	187	0.2%	117	53	134	252.8%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	7,765	8.3%	6,807	3,537	4,228	119.5%
Educational Services	825	0.9%	807	330	495	150.0%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	3,349	3.6%	2,524	1,818	1,531	84.2%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	1,349	1.4%	1,249	1,180	169	14.3%
Accomodation and Food Services	2,989	3.2%	2,385	1,613	1,376	85.3%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	1,723	1.8%	1,285	682	1,041	152.6%
Public Administration	542	0.6%	527	588	-46	-7.8%
Information Not Available	7,214	7.7%	5,874	3,113	4,101	131.7%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Louisiana
	Feb 2009	Percent	Jan 2009	Feb 2008	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	43,264		40,951	19,791
Male	24,662	57.0%	22,199	10,887	13,775	126.5%
Female	18,602	43.0%	18,752	8,904	9,698	108.9%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	43,264		40,951	19,791
Hispanic or Latino	1,154	2.7%	1,011	403	751	186.4%
Not Hispanic or Latino	41,998	97.1%	39,845	19,258	22,740	118.1%
Information Not Available	112	0.3%	95	130	-18	-13.8%

Race	43,264		40,951	19,791
American Indian or Alaskan Native	333	0.8%	303	118	215	182.2%
Asian	322	0.7%	315	151	171	113.2%
Black or African American	22,218	51.4%	21,843	10,258	11,960	116.6%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	55	0.1%	56	17	38	223.5%
White	20,318	47.0%	18,402	9,167	11,151	121.6%
Information Not Available	18	0.0%	32	80	-62	-77.5%

Years of Age	43,264		40,951	19,791
Younger than 22	867	1.4%	818	375	492	131.2%
22-24	2,526	4.1%	2,378	1,110	1,416	127.6%
25-34	11,172	18.3%	10,789	5,128	6,044	117.9%
35-44	9,817	16.1%	9,320	4,762	5,055	106.2%
45-54	11,041	18.1%	10,290	5,035	6,006	119.3%
55-59	3,928	6.4%	3,651	1,656	2,272	137.2%
60-64	2,466	4.0%	2,327	1,062	1,404	132.2%
65 and older	1,447	2.4%	1,378	663	784	118.3%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	43,264		40,951	19,791
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	729	1.7%	759	539	190	35.3%
Mining	1,019	2.3%	702	286	733	256.3%
Utilities	117	0.3%	100	56	61	108.9%
Construction	6,087	13.8%	5,743	3,389	2,698	79.6%
Manufacturing	5,674	12.9%	5,081	2,043	3,631	177.7%
Wholesale Trade	1,141	2.6%	954	451	690	153.0%
Retail Trade	3,243	7.4%	3,002	1,538	1,705	110.9%
Transporation and Warehousing	1,457	3.3%	1,278	613	844	137.7%
Information	640	1.5%	646	213	427	200.5%
Finance and Insurance	739	1.7%	765	413	326	78.9%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	621	1.4%	545	266	355	133.5%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	1,924	4.4%	1,702	981	943	96.1%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	151	0.3%	134	103	48	46.6%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	2,645	6.0%	2,548	1,381	1,264	91.5%
Educational Services	546	1.2%	598	327	219	67.0%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	2,837	6.4%	2,803	1,411	1,426	101.1%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	591	1.3%	589	328	263	80.2%
Accomodation and Food Services	1,942	4.4%	2,171	990	952	96.2%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	1,207	2.7%	1,225	706	501	71.0%
Public Administration	754	1.7%	737	296	458	154.7%
Information Not Available	9,200	20.9%	8,869	3,461	5,739	165.8%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Massachusetts
	Feb 2009	Percent	Jan 2009	Feb 2008	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	174,059		160,691	110,085
Male	118,911	68.3%	109,363	76,572	42,339	55.3%
Female	55,148	31.7%	51,328	33,513	21,635	64.6%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	174,059		160,691	110,085
Hispanic or Latino	16,381	9.4%	15,409	10,928	5,453	49.9%
Not Hispanic or Latino	154,513	88.8%	142,445	96,884	57,629	59.5%
Information Not Available	3,165	1.8%	2,837	2,273	892	39.2%

Race	174,059		160,691	110,085
American Indian or Alaskan Native	436	0.3%	417	250	186	74.4%
Asian	5,131	2.9%	4,551	2,417	2,714	112.3%
Black or African American	11,912	6.8%	11,333	7,864	4,048	51.5%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	149	0.1%	126	63	86	136.5%
White	143,659	82.5%	132,193	90,011	53,648	59.6%
Information Not Available	12,772	7.3%	12,071	9,480	3,292	34.7%

Years of Age	174,059		160,691	110,085
Younger than 22	5,957	1.9%	5,480	3,892	2,065	53.1%
22-24	10,734	3.5%	9,699	6,414	4,320	67.4%
25-34	38,964	12.7%	35,989	24,166	14,798	61.2%
35-44	41,897	13.6%	38,963	27,810	14,087	50.7%
45-54	44,143	14.4%	40,733	27,715	16,428	59.3%
55-59	15,198	4.9%	14,010	9,551	5,647	59.1%
60-64	10,544	3.4%	9,654	6,480	4,064	62.7%
65 and older	6,622	2.2%	6,163	4,057	2,565	63.2%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	174,059		160,691	110,085
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	1,342	0.8%	1,315	1,215	127	10.5%
Mining	425	0.2%	365	462	-37	-8.0%
Utilities	145	0.1%	145	102	43	42.2%
Construction	35,110	20.0%	32,080	26,058	9,052	34.7%
Manufacturing	21,450	12.2%	17,807	9,665	11,785	121.9%
Wholesale Trade	8,139	4.6%	6,953	4,778	3,361	70.3%
Retail Trade	15,621	8.9%	13,892	9,229	6,392	69.3%
Transporation and Warehousing	4,858	2.8%	4,440	3,019	1,839	60.9%
Information	4,106	2.3%	3,697	1,780	2,326	130.7%
Finance and Insurance	5,829	3.3%	4,942	3,433	2,396	69.8%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	2,584	1.5%	2,360	1,693	891	52.6%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	11,354	6.5%	10,006	5,233	6,121	117.0%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	439	0.3%	372	210	229	109.0%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	21,764	12.4%	20,273	14,761	7,003	47.4%
Educational Services	1,774	1.0%	1,701	1,118	656	58.7%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	7,875	4.5%	7,559	5,260	2,615	49.7%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	4,632	2.6%	4,707	3,376	1,256	37.2%
Accomodation and Food Services	11,467	6.5%	12,004	7,204	4,263	59.2%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	4,933	2.8%	4,576	3,319	1,614	48.6%
Public Administration	2,206	1.3%	2,286	1,718	488	28.4%
Information Not Available	8,006	4.6%	9,211	6,452	1,554	24.1%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Maryland
	Feb 2009	Percent	Jan 2009	Feb 2008	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	88,932		82,039	47,924
Male	56,906	64.0%	51,867	29,647	27,259	91.9%
Female	32,026	36.0%	30,172	18,277	13,749	75.2%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	88,932		82,039	47,924
Hispanic or Latino	5,862	6.6%	5,091	2,885	2,977	103.2%
Not Hispanic or Latino	81,881	92.1%	75,810	44,263	37,618	85.0%
Information Not Available	1,189	1.3%	1,139	776	413	53.2%

Race	88,932		82,039	47,924
American Indian or Alaskan Native	214	0.2%	196	114	100	87.7%
Asian	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
Black or African American	30,880	34.7%	29,313	18,321	12,559	68.5%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	163	0.2%	157	74	89	120.3%
White	50,624	56.9%	46,143	25,753	24,871	96.6%
Information Not Available	7,051	7.9%	6,230	3,662	3,389	92.5%

Years of Age	88,932		82,039	47,924
Younger than 22	2,337	1.7%	2,123	1,178	1,159	98.4%
22-24	5,230	3.9%	4,758	2,543	2,687	105.7%
25-34	20,662	15.4%	18,994	10,633	10,029	94.3%
35-44	20,237	15.1%	18,663	11,227	9,010	80.3%
45-54	22,646	16.9%	20,904	12,481	10,165	81.4%
55-59	7,905	5.9%	7,307	4,187	3,718	88.8%
60-64	5,545	4.1%	5,185	2,944	2,601	88.3%
65 and older	4,370	3.3%	4,105	2,729	1,641	60.1%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	2	-2	-100.0%

Industry	88,932		82,039	47,924
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	297	0.3%	305	192	105	54.7%
Mining	157	0.2%	143	99	58	58.6%
Utilities	223	0.2%	243	41	182	443.9%
Construction	19,052	21.4%	16,705	10,374	8,678	83.7%
Manufacturing	1,061	1.2%	995	782	279	35.7%
Wholesale Trade	3,771	4.2%	3,334	1,862	1,909	102.5%
Retail Trade	2,897	3.2%	2,526	1,389	1,508	108.6%
Transporation and Warehousing	2,270	2.5%	2,068	1,176	1,094	93.0%
Information	1,702	1.9%	1,528	832	870	104.6%
Finance and Insurance	3,109	3.5%	2,947	2,319	790	34.1%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	2,152	2.4%	1,945	1,110	1,042	93.9%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	5,756	6.5%	5,162	2,721	3,035	111.5%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	562	0.6%	523	290	272	93.8%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	10,656	11.9%	10,107	6,155	4,501	73.1%
Educational Services	1,512	1.7%	1,502	764	748	97.9%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	4,241	4.8%	3,832	2,544	1,697	66.7%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	1,689	1.9%	1,635	1,114	575	51.6%
Accomodation and Food Services	6,209	7.0%	6,272	3,848	2,361	61.4%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	2,213	2.5%	2,235	1,202	1,011	84.1%
Public Administration	1,308	1.5%	1,245	886	422	47.6%
Information Not Available	18,095	20.3%	16,787	8,224	9,871	120.0%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Maine
	Feb 2009	Percent	Jan 2009	Feb 2008	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	25,235		23,008	15,811
Male	17,262	68.4%	15,536	10,615	6,647	62.6%
Female	7,973	31.6%	7,472	5,195	2,778	53.5%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	1	-1	-100.0%

Ethnicity	25,235		23,008	15,811
Hispanic or Latino	202	0.8%	179	142	60	42.3%
Not Hispanic or Latino	15,820	62.7%	14,766	12,741	3,079	24.2%
Information Not Available	9,213	36.5%	8,063	2,928	6,285	214.7%

Race	25,235		23,008	15,811
American Indian or Alaskan Native	205	0.8%	164	121	84	69.4%
Asian	82	0.3%	80	59	23	39.0%
Black or African American	227	0.9%	221	141	86	61.0%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
White	17,531	69.5%	16,247	13,305	4,226	31.8%
Information Not Available	7,190	28.5%	6,296	2,185	5,005	229.1%

Years of Age	25,235		23,008	15,811
Younger than 22	1,029	2.5%	909	612	417	68.1%
22-24	1,571	3.8%	1,499	1,060	511	48.2%
25-34	5,826	14.2%	5,439	3,601	2,225	61.8%
35-44	5,435	13.2%	4,966	3,607	1,828	50.7%
45-54	6,315	15.4%	5,679	3,897	2,418	62.0%
55-59	2,404	5.9%	2,143	1,459	945	64.8%
60-64	1,681	4.1%	1,506	973	708	72.8%
65 and older	974	2.4%	867	602	372	61.8%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	25,235		23,008	15,811
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	321	1.3%	297	257	64	24.9%
Mining	23	0.1%	23	24	-1	-4.2%
Utilities	54	0.2%	51	18	36	200.0%
Construction	4,807	18.8%	4,396	3,675	1,132	30.8%
Manufacturing	3,560	13.9%	2,895	1,618	1,942	120.0%
Wholesale Trade	753	2.9%	674	452	301	66.6%
Retail Trade	1,946	7.6%	1,812	1,453	493	33.9%
Transporation and Warehousing	457	1.8%	380	390	67	17.2%
Information	177	0.7%	158	72	105	145.8%
Finance and Insurance	174	0.7%	206	170	4	2.4%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	179	0.7%	163	126	53	42.1%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	415	1.6%	387	224	191	85.3%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	8	0.0%	10	10	-2	-20.0%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	1,641	6.4%	1,572	1,243	398	32.0%
Educational Services	186	0.7%	183	154	32	20.8%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	755	3.0%	696	597	158	26.5%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	382	1.5%	421	264	118	44.7%
Accomodation and Food Services	1,977	7.7%	2,162	1,638	339	20.7%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	341	1.3%	310	260	81	31.2%
Public Administration	260	1.0%	243	161	99	61.5%
Information Not Available	6,819	26.7%	5,969	3,005	3,814	126.9%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Michigan
	Feb 2009	Percent	Jan 2009	Feb 2008	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	333,848		363,212	184,051
Male	230,539	69.1%	250,521	126,863	103,676	81.7%
Female	103,277	30.9%	112,632	57,180	46,097	80.6%
Information Not Available	32	0.0%	59	8	24	300.0%

Ethnicity	333,848		363,212	184,051
Hispanic or Latino	13,067	3.9%	13,990	7,586	5,481	72.3%
Not Hispanic or Latino	265,635	79.6%	286,818	129,944	135,691	104.4%
Information Not Available	55,146	16.5%	62,404	46,521	8,625	18.5%

Race	333,848		363,212	184,051
American Indian or Alaskan Native	3,167	0.9%	3,086	2,207	960	43.5%
Asian	3,991	1.2%	4,557	1,015	2,976	293.2%
Black or African American	38,683	11.6%	46,579	17,958	20,725	115.4%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	245	0.1%	275	98	147	150.0%
White	216,410	64.8%	230,113	108,507	107,903	99.4%
Information Not Available	71,352	21.4%	78,602	54,266	17,086	31.5%

Years of Age	333,848		363,212	184,051
Younger than 22	10,854	2.0%	10,503	6,857	3,997	58.3%
22-24	19,226	3.6%	18,916	11,690	7,536	64.5%
25-34	77,241	14.4%	80,246	44,663	32,578	72.9%
35-44	86,387	16.1%	96,430	47,665	38,722	81.2%
45-54	88,896	16.6%	101,710	46,549	42,347	91.0%
55-59	28,881	5.4%	32,314	14,385	14,496	100.8%
60-64	15,135	2.8%	15,912	7,669	7,466	97.4%
65 and older	7,157	1.3%	7,050	4,572	2,585	56.5%
Information Not Available	71	0.0%	131	1	70	7000.0%

Industry	333,848		363,212	184,051
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	2,386	0.7%	2,367	2,140	246	11.5%
Mining	1,443	0.4%	1,323	1,165	278	23.9%
Utilities	144	0.0%	136	135	9	6.7%
Construction	44,670	13.3%	41,161	39,039	5,631	14.4%
Manufacturing	99,703	29.7%	132,624	31,480	68,223	216.7%
Wholesale Trade	13,318	4.0%	12,291	5,086	8,232	161.9%
Retail Trade	18,637	5.5%	16,413	13,130	5,507	41.9%
Transporation and Warehousing	11,005	3.3%	12,265	5,595	5,410	96.7%
Information	2,382	0.7%	2,084	1,181	1,201	101.7%
Finance and Insurance	4,826	1.4%	4,666	3,937	889	22.6%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	3,434	1.0%	4,186	2,108	1,326	62.9%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	14,227	4.2%	13,884	6,704	7,523	112.2%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	6,911	2.1%	6,185	596	6,315	1059.6%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	37,753	11.2%	37,730	24,293	13,460	55.4%
Educational Services	2,697	0.8%	2,994	2,174	523	24.1%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	10,087	3.0%	9,726	7,937	2,150	27.1%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	7,239	2.2%	6,759	5,627	1,612	28.6%
Accomodation and Food Services	10,740	3.2%	10,204	7,902	2,838	35.9%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	4,854	1.4%	4,518	3,197	1,657	51.8%
Public Administration	2,842	0.8%	2,847	2,285	557	24.4%
Information Not Available	34,550	10.3%	38,849	18,340	16,210	88.4%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Minnesota
	Feb 2009	Percent	Jan 2009	Feb 2008	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	122,592		113,681	75,429
Male	91,521	74.7%	84,640	57,752	33,769	58.5%
Female	31,040	25.3%	29,018	17,675	13,365	75.6%
Information Not Available	31	0.0%	23	2	29	1450.0%

Ethnicity	122,592		113,681	75,429
Hispanic or Latino	3,882	3.2%	3,622	2,515	1,367	54.4%
Not Hispanic or Latino	105,517	86.1%	98,476	66,362	39,155	59.0%
Information Not Available	13,193	10.8%	11,583	6,552	6,641	101.4%

Race	122,592		113,681	75,429
American Indian or Alaskan Native	1,163	0.9%	1,157	837	326	38.9%
Asian	2,888	2.4%	2,253	1,031	1,857	180.1%
Black or African American	5,937	4.8%	5,210	3,450	2,487	72.1%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	298	0.2%	232	198	100	50.5%
White	104,792	85.5%	98,003	65,792	39,000	59.3%
Information Not Available	7,514	6.1%	6,826	4,121	3,393	82.3%

Years of Age	122,592		113,681	75,429
Younger than 22	2,894	1.3%	2,547	2,794	100	3.6%
22-24	7,857	3.6%	7,056	5,556	2,301	41.4%
25-34	33,061	15.0%	30,649	19,550	13,511	69.1%
35-44	26,941	12.2%	25,110	17,047	9,894	58.0%
45-54	30,587	13.9%	28,412	18,540	12,047	65.0%
55-59	11,057	5.0%	10,402	6,380	4,677	73.3%
60-64	6,688	3.0%	6,226	3,480	3,208	92.2%
65 and older	2,868	1.3%	3,160	1,713	1,155	67.4%
Information Not Available	639	0.3%	119	369	270	73.2%

Industry	122,592		113,681	75,429
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	1,052	0.9%	1,112	941	111	11.8%
Mining	955	0.8%	970	733	222	30.3%
Utilities	332	0.3%	335	217	115	53.0%
Construction	34,620	28.0%	34,529	28,134	6,486	23.1%
Manufacturing	23,052	18.6%	19,721	9,343	13,709	146.7%
Wholesale Trade	5,807	4.7%	5,306	2,934	2,873	97.9%
Retail Trade	8,351	6.8%	7,723	4,601	3,750	81.5%
Transporation and Warehousing	3,347	2.7%	2,864	1,990	1,357	68.2%
Information	1,650	1.3%	1,492	846	804	95.0%
Finance and Insurance	2,295	1.9%	2,224	1,613	682	42.3%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	1,282	1.0%	1,215	847	435	51.4%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	5,795	4.7%	4,926	2,723	3,072	112.8%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	1,530	1.2%	1,306	867	663	76.5%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	10,107	8.2%	9,410	6,112	3,995	65.4%
Educational Services	1,317	1.1%	1,293	846	471	55.7%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	4,544	3.7%	4,209	2,692	1,852	68.8%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	1,677	1.4%	1,700	1,199	478	39.9%
Accomodation and Food Services	4,172	3.4%	4,016	2,522	1,650	65.4%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	2,448	2.0%	2,386	1,405	1,043	74.2%
Public Administration	2,041	1.7%	1,757	1,307	734	56.2%
Information Not Available	6,218	5.0%	5,187	3,557	2,661	74.8%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Missouri
	Feb 2009	Percent	Jan 2009	Feb 2008	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	114,269		108,625	63,119
Male	75,157	65.8%	70,940	40,237	34,920	86.8%
Female	39,099	34.2%	37,673	22,878	16,221	70.9%
Information Not Available	13	0.0%	12	4	9	225.0%

Ethnicity	114,269		108,625	63,119
Hispanic or Latino	1,889	1.7%	1,719	777	1,112	143.1%
Not Hispanic or Latino	54,672	47.8%	50,419	20,440	34,232	167.5%
Information Not Available	57,708	50.5%	56,487	41,902	15,806	37.7%

Race	114,269		108,625	63,119
American Indian or Alaskan Native	810	0.7%	730	495	315	63.6%
Asian	855	0.7%	748	350	505	144.3%
Black or African American	16,181	14.2%	15,527	9,421	6,760	71.8%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	839	0.7%	832	504	335	66.5%
White	83,373	73.0%	76,531	43,703	39,670	90.8%
Information Not Available	12,211	10.7%	14,257	8,646	3,565	41.2%

Years of Age	114,269		108,625	63,119
Younger than 22	2,734	1.4%	2,401	1,419	1,315	92.7%
22-24	6,395	3.3%	5,990	3,375	3,020	89.5%
25-34	27,040	14.1%	25,763	14,578	12,462	85.5%
35-44	27,398	14.3%	25,807	15,469	11,929	77.1%
45-54	30,142	15.8%	28,948	16,938	13,204	78.0%
55-59	9,869	5.2%	9,684	5,154	4,715	91.5%
60-64	6,386	3.3%	6,080	3,396	2,990	88.0%
65 and older	4,242	2.2%	3,899	2,749	1,493	54.3%
Information Not Available	63	0.0%	53	41	22	53.7%

Industry	114,269		108,625	63,119
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	683	0.6%	654	604	79	13.1%
Mining	737	0.6%	834	481	256	53.2%
Utilities	118	0.1%	101	46	72	156.5%
Construction	23,649	20.6%	22,955	15,841	7,808	49.3%
Manufacturing	24,073	20.9%	23,043	9,061	15,012	165.7%
Wholesale Trade	4,548	4.0%	3,910	1,993	2,555	128.2%
Retail Trade	9,497	8.3%	8,817	5,230	4,267	81.6%
Transporation and Warehousing	5,346	4.7%	4,983	3,062	2,284	74.6%
Information	1,980	1.7%	2,001	867	1,113	128.4%
Finance and Insurance	3,071	2.7%	2,931	1,850	1,221	66.0%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	1,809	1.6%	1,822	1,141	668	58.5%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	3,696	3.2%	3,186	1,526	2,170	142.2%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	325	0.3%	331	137	188	137.2%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	11,792	10.3%	11,038	6,467	5,325	82.3%
Educational Services	1,292	1.1%	1,321	862	430	49.9%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	5,097	4.4%	4,771	3,501	1,596	45.6%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	2,626	2.3%	2,532	1,693	933	55.1%
Accomodation and Food Services	7,810	6.8%	7,708	5,103	2,707	53.0%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	2,642	2.3%	2,348	1,551	1,091	70.3%
Public Administration	986	0.9%	849	696	290	41.7%
Information Not Available	2,492	2.2%	2,490	1,407	1,085	77.1%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Mississippi
	Feb 2009	Percent	Jan 2009	Feb 2008	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	41,861		41,630	20,048
Male	25,436	60.8%	25,094	11,160	14,276	127.9%
Female	16,425	39.2%	16,535	8,887	7,538	84.8%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	1	1	-1	-100.0%

Ethnicity	41,861		41,630	20,048
Hispanic or Latino	603	1.4%	570	288	315	109.4%
Not Hispanic or Latino	39,776	95.0%	39,581	18,953	20,823	109.9%
Information Not Available	1,482	3.5%	1,479	807	675	83.6%

Race	41,861		41,630	20,048
American Indian or Alaskan Native	70	0.2%	72	49	21	42.9%
Asian	293	0.7%	277	156	137	87.8%
Black or African American	22,149	52.9%	22,865	11,466	10,683	93.2%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	5	0.0%	6	5	0	0.0%
White	18,225	43.5%	17,209	7,785	10,440	134.1%
Information Not Available	1,119	2.7%	1,201	587	532	90.6%

Years of Age	41,861		41,630	20,048
Younger than 22	1,078	1.9%	1,001	489	589	120.4%
22-24	2,704	4.7%	2,594	1,100	1,604	145.8%
25-34	10,679	18.5%	10,505	4,886	5,793	118.6%
35-44	9,998	17.3%	10,045	4,811	5,187	107.8%
45-54	10,237	17.7%	10,352	5,100	5,137	100.7%
55-59	3,473	6.0%	3,545	1,745	1,728	99.0%
60-64	2,221	3.8%	2,175	1,110	1,111	100.1%
65 and older	1,471	2.5%	1,413	807	664	82.3%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	41,861		41,630	20,048
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	1,902	4.3%	2,089	1,799	103	5.7%
Mining	297	0.7%	245	76	221	290.8%
Utilities	47	0.1%	48	25	22	88.0%
Construction	4,008	9.2%	3,816	1,875	2,133	113.8%
Manufacturing	12,254	28.0%	12,268	4,895	7,359	150.3%
Wholesale Trade	1,048	2.4%	1,004	462	586	126.8%
Retail Trade	3,792	8.7%	3,727	1,841	1,951	106.0%
Transporation and Warehousing	1,461	3.3%	1,505	723	738	102.1%
Information	255	0.6%	247	145	110	75.9%
Finance and Insurance	520	1.2%	469	262	258	98.5%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	382	0.9%	351	186	196	105.4%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	798	1.8%	784	398	400	100.5%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	79	0.2%	52	22	57	259.1%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	3,265	7.5%	3,346	1,514	1,751	115.7%
Educational Services	506	1.2%	564	265	241	90.9%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	2,050	4.7%	2,052	1,350	700	51.9%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	412	0.9%	431	176	236	134.1%
Accomodation and Food Services	3,126	7.1%	3,305	1,275	1,851	145.2%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	573	1.3%	554	322	251	78.0%
Public Administration	527	1.2%	514	450	77	17.1%
Information Not Available	4,559	10.4%	4,259	1,987	2,572	129.4%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Montana
	Feb 2009	Percent	Jan 2009	Feb 2008	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	15,398		14,286	8,461
Male	11,385	73.9%	10,658	6,378	5,007	78.5%
Female	3,966	25.8%	3,588	2,059	1,907	92.6%
Information Not Available	47	0.3%	40	24	23	95.8%

Ethnicity	15,398		14,286	8,461
Hispanic or Latino	416	2.7%	372	216	200	92.6%
Not Hispanic or Latino	13,956	90.6%	12,945	7,719	6,237	80.8%
Information Not Available	1,026	6.7%	969	526	500	95.1%

Race	15,398		14,286	8,461
American Indian or Alaskan Native	1,041	6.8%	1,040	780	261	33.5%
Asian	66	0.4%	56	28	38	135.7%
Black or African American	71	0.5%	66	42	29	69.0%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	32	0.2%	30	18	14	77.8%
White	14,050	91.2%	12,966	7,523	6,527	86.8%
Information Not Available	138	0.9%	128	70	68	97.1%

Years of Age	15,398		14,286	8,461
Younger than 22	727	2.5%	654	301	426	141.5%
22-24	1,213	4.2%	1,138	553	660	119.3%
25-34	4,101	14.3%	3,826	2,137	1,964	91.9%
35-44	3,168	11.0%	2,924	1,711	1,457	85.2%
45-54	3,630	12.7%	3,392	2,183	1,447	66.3%
55-59	1,350	4.7%	1,234	777	573	73.7%
60-64	769	2.7%	718	473	296	62.6%
65 and older	440	1.5%	400	326	114	35.0%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	15,398		14,286	8,461
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	369	2.3%	291	209	160	76.6%
Mining	633	4.0%	566	235	398	169.4%
Utilities	26	0.2%	30	30	-4	-13.3%
Construction	4,597	29.2%	4,339	3,058	1,539	50.3%
Manufacturing	1,719	10.9%	1,602	551	1,168	212.0%
Wholesale Trade	347	2.2%	316	174	173	99.4%
Retail Trade	1,636	10.4%	1,354	666	970	145.6%
Transporation and Warehousing	412	2.6%	369	205	207	101.0%
Information	154	1.0%	125	71	83	116.9%
Finance and Insurance	178	1.1%	182	87	91	104.6%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	186	1.2%	168	80	106	132.5%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	433	2.7%	393	176	257	146.0%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	3	0.0%	5	6	-3	-50.0%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	1,185	7.5%	1,157	766	419	54.7%
Educational Services	232	1.5%	229	146	86	58.9%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	464	2.9%	412	236	228	96.6%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	391	2.5%	360	254	137	53.9%
Accomodation and Food Services	1,311	8.3%	1,258	637	674	105.8%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	322	2.0%	314	136	186	136.8%
Public Administration	330	2.1%	320	271	59	21.8%
Information Not Available	470	3.0%	496	467	3	0.6%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants North Carolina
	Feb 2009	Percent	Jan 2009	Feb 2008	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	202,587		183,646	89,888
Male	125,129	61.8%	112,571	50,931	74,198	145.7%
Female	77,454	38.2%	71,073	38,955	38,499	98.8%
Information Not Available	4	0.0%	2	2	2	100.0%

Ethnicity	202,587		183,646	89,888
Hispanic or Latino	10,988	5.4%	9,488	3,735	7,253	194.2%
Not Hispanic or Latino	185,999	91.8%	168,198	83,768	102,231	122.0%
Information Not Available	5,600	2.8%	5,960	2,385	3,215	134.8%

Race	202,587		183,646	89,888
American Indian or Alaskan Native	2,329	1.1%	2,202	1,376	953	69.3%
Asian	2,361	1.2%	1,986	696	1,665	239.2%
Black or African American	60,409	29.8%	55,611	30,864	29,545	95.7%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	257	0.1%	276	81	176	217.3%
White	124,912	61.7%	111,856	50,683	74,229	146.5%
Information Not Available	12,319	6.1%	11,715	6,188	6,131	99.1%

Years of Age	202,587		183,646	89,888
Younger than 22	7,137	2.3%	6,481	2,979	4,158	139.6%
22-24	11,683	3.7%	10,735	5,236	6,447	123.1%
25-34	45,981	14.6%	42,341	21,486	24,495	114.0%
35-44	51,404	16.3%	46,931	23,247	28,157	121.1%
45-54	50,412	16.0%	45,095	21,556	28,856	133.9%
55-59	17,732	5.6%	15,966	7,531	10,201	135.5%
60-64	11,695	3.7%	10,297	4,782	6,913	144.6%
65 and older	6,543	2.1%	5,800	3,071	3,472	113.1%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	202,587		183,646	89,888
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	828	0.4%	803	483	345	71.4%
Mining	435	0.2%	374	92	343	372.8%
Utilities	131	0.1%	128	95	36	37.9%
Construction	27,163	13.4%	26,042	13,517	13,646	101.0%
Manufacturing	50,937	25.0%	43,357	17,384	33,553	193.0%
Wholesale Trade	8,404	4.1%	7,240	3,458	4,946	143.0%
Retail Trade	16,513	8.1%	14,842	7,151	9,362	130.9%
Transporation and Warehousing	5,835	2.9%	5,479	2,660	3,175	119.4%
Information	1,972	1.0%	1,757	1,122	850	75.8%
Finance and Insurance	3,491	1.7%	3,225	2,360	1,131	47.9%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	2,778	1.4%	2,543	1,292	1,486	115.0%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	8,221	4.0%	7,215	3,252	4,969	152.8%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	494	0.2%	446	354	140	39.5%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	21,293	10.5%	19,430	9,877	11,416	115.6%
Educational Services	1,649	0.8%	1,683	1,056	593	56.2%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	9,203	4.5%	9,012	6,049	3,154	52.1%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	2,326	1.1%	2,262	1,262	1,064	84.3%
Accomodation and Food Services	9,285	4.6%	9,066	5,274	4,011	76.1%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	2,968	1.5%	2,713	1,571	1,397	88.9%
Public Administration	1,710	0.8%	1,466	715	995	139.2%
Information Not Available	26,951	13.2%	24,563	10,864	16,087	148.1%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants North Dakota
	Feb 2009	Percent	Jan 2009	Feb 2008	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	10,870		10,278	6,482
Male	9,030	83.1%	8,534	5,497	3,533	64.3%
Female	1,829	16.8%	1,736	971	858	88.4%
Information Not Available	11	0.1%	8	14	-3	-21.4%

Ethnicity	10,870		10,278	6,482
Hispanic or Latino	245	2.3%	254	156	89	57.1%
Not Hispanic or Latino	10,408	95.7%	9,829	6,184	4,224	68.3%
Information Not Available	217	2.0%	195	142	75	52.8%

Race	10,870		10,278	6,482
American Indian or Alaskan Native	588	5.4%	609	460	128	27.8%
Asian	26	0.2%	26	11	15	136.4%
Black or African American	138	1.3%	117	59	79	133.9%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	13	0.1%	15	5	8	160.0%
White	9,643	88.7%	9,062	5,649	3,994	70.7%
Information Not Available	462	4.3%	449	298	164	55.0%

Years of Age	10,870		10,278	6,482
Younger than 22	198	1.0%	193	96	102	106.3%
22-24	673	3.4%	642	360	313	86.9%
25-34	2,729	13.7%	2,594	1,518	1,211	79.8%
35-44	2,264	11.4%	2,112	1,295	969	74.8%
45-54	2,722	13.7%	2,571	1,639	1,083	66.1%
55-59	1,141	5.7%	1,077	685	456	66.6%
60-64	643	3.2%	603	447	196	43.8%
65 and older	471	2.4%	457	406	65	16.0%
Information Not Available	29	0.1%	29	36	-7	-19.4%

Industry	10,870		10,278	6,482
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	217	2.0%	227	195	22	11.3%
Mining	669	6.0%	562	448	221	49.3%
Utilities	24	0.2%	22	16	8	50.0%
Construction	3,556	32.1%	3,478	2,889	667	23.1%
Manufacturing	2,986	26.9%	2,734	584	2,402	411.3%
Wholesale Trade	376	3.4%	355	266	110	41.4%
Retail Trade	410	3.7%	384	235	175	74.5%
Transporation and Warehousing	314	2.8%	287	197	117	59.4%
Information	98	0.9%	76	47	51	108.5%
Finance and Insurance	82	0.7%	78	70	12	17.1%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	42	0.4%	32	19	23	121.1%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	250	2.3%	197	137	113	82.5%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	25	0.2%	20	23	2	8.7%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	432	3.9%	415	291	141	48.5%
Educational Services	5	0.0%	3	4	1	25.0%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	176	1.6%	160	128	48	37.5%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	75	0.7%	79	49	26	53.1%
Accomodation and Food Services	186	1.7%	207	123	63	51.2%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	102	0.9%	96	55	47	85.5%
Public Administration	309	2.8%	311	269	40	14.9%
Information Not Available	536	4.8%	555	437	99	22.7%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Nebraska
	Feb 2009	Percent	Jan 2009	Feb 2008	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	24,985		23,615	12,180
Male	15,406	61.7%	14,587	8,060	7,346	91.1%
Female	8,648	34.6%	8,174	3,722	4,926	132.3%
Information Not Available	931	3.7%	854	398	533	133.9%

Ethnicity	24,985		23,615	12,180
Hispanic or Latino	1,212	4.9%	1,175	654	558	85.3%
Not Hispanic or Latino	19,605	78.5%	18,468	9,277	10,328	111.3%
Information Not Available	4,168	16.7%	3,972	2,249	1,919	85.3%

Race	24,985		23,615	12,180
American Indian or Alaskan Native	249	1.0%	245	108	141	130.6%
Asian	234	0.9%	206	85	149	175.3%
Black or African American	1,449	5.8%	1,372	606	843	139.1%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	31	0.1%	32	10	21	210.0%
White	12,298	49.2%	11,449	5,874	6,424	109.4%
Information Not Available	10,724	42.9%	10,311	5,497	5,227	95.1%

Years of Age	24,985		23,615	12,180
Younger than 22	638	1.8%	538	320	318	99.4%
22-24	1,569	4.4%	1,432	703	866	123.2%
25-34	6,099	17.1%	5,750	2,826	3,273	115.8%
35-44	5,555	15.5%	5,318	2,749	2,806	102.1%
45-54	6,361	17.8%	6,031	3,182	3,179	99.9%
55-59	2,183	6.1%	2,097	1,108	1,075	97.0%
60-64	1,513	4.2%	1,404	701	812	115.8%
65 and older	1,067	3.0%	1,045	591	476	80.5%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	24,985		23,615	12,180
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	190	0.8%	167	106	84	79.2%
Mining	206	0.8%	209	178	28	15.7%
Utilities	41	0.2%	41	18	23	127.8%
Construction	4,725	18.8%	4,716	3,529	1,196	33.9%
Manufacturing	4,716	18.7%	4,215	1,516	3,200	211.1%
Wholesale Trade	828	3.3%	755	367	461	125.6%
Retail Trade	2,350	9.3%	2,131	934	1,416	151.6%
Transporation and Warehousing	818	3.2%	740	338	480	142.0%
Information	455	1.8%	422	180	275	152.8%
Finance and Insurance	769	3.1%	741	358	411	114.8%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	265	1.1%	250	140	125	89.3%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	841	3.3%	757	281	560	199.3%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	109	0.4%	102	37	72	194.6%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	2,775	11.0%	2,638	1,239	1,536	124.0%
Educational Services	280	1.1%	296	155	125	80.6%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	1,526	6.1%	1,475	729	797	109.3%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	250	1.0%	274	149	101	67.8%
Accomodation and Food Services	1,275	5.1%	1,190	539	736	136.5%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	430	1.7%	392	191	239	125.1%
Public Administration	569	2.3%	577	352	217	61.6%
Information Not Available	1,567	6.2%	1,527	844	723	85.7%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants New Hampshire
	Feb 2009	Percent	Jan 2009	Feb 2008	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	22,670		19,332	10,551
Male	15,302	67.5%	12,876	7,362	7,940	107.9%
Female	7,368	32.5%	6,456	3,189	4,179	131.0%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	22,670		19,332	10,551
Hispanic or Latino	813	3.6%	713	353	460	130.3%
Not Hispanic or Latino	16,159	71.3%	13,736	7,437	8,722	117.3%
Information Not Available	5,698	25.1%	4,883	2,761	2,937	106.4%

Race	22,670		19,332	10,551
American Indian or Alaskan Native	68	0.3%	63	43	25	58.1%
Asian	350	1.5%	283	82	268	326.8%
Black or African American	355	1.6%	326	145	210	144.8%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	26	0.1%	22	17	9	52.9%
White	20,488	90.4%	17,485	9,714	10,774	110.9%
Information Not Available	1,383	6.1%	1,153	550	833	151.5%

Years of Age	22,670		19,332	10,551
Younger than 22	544	1.3%	402	214	330	154.2%
22-24	1,310	3.2%	1,097	575	735	127.8%
25-34	4,808	11.6%	4,146	2,181	2,627	120.4%
35-44	4,856	11.7%	4,089	2,316	2,540	109.7%
45-54	6,064	14.6%	5,194	2,869	3,195	111.4%
55-59	2,437	5.9%	2,137	1,121	1,316	117.4%
60-64	1,697	4.1%	1,429	829	868	104.7%
65 and older	954	2.3%	838	446	508	113.9%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	22,670		19,332	10,551
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	87	0.4%	92	47	40	85.1%
Mining	127	0.6%	118	90	37	41.1%
Utilities	12	0.1%	6	7	5	71.4%
Construction	4,133	18.2%	3,497	2,689	1,444	53.7%
Manufacturing	4,257	18.7%	3,348	1,280	2,977	232.6%
Wholesale Trade	977	4.3%	734	433	544	125.6%
Retail Trade	2,658	11.7%	2,107	1,193	1,465	122.8%
Transporation and Warehousing	537	2.4%	476	237	300	126.6%
Information	265	1.2%	242	105	160	152.4%
Finance and Insurance	556	2.4%	477	238	318	133.6%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	321	1.4%	289	174	147	84.5%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	839	3.7%	656	333	506	152.0%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	52	0.2%	30	19	33	173.7%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	2,447	10.8%	2,211	1,265	1,182	93.4%
Educational Services	289	1.3%	306	121	168	138.8%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	823	3.6%	694	403	420	104.2%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	407	1.8%	390	243	164	67.5%
Accomodation and Food Services	1,016	4.5%	1,050	435	581	133.6%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	486	2.1%	426	231	255	110.4%
Public Administration	269	1.2%	234	129	140	108.5%
Information Not Available	2,112	9.3%	1,949	879	1,233	140.3%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants New Jersey
	Feb 2009	Percent	Jan 2009	Feb 2008	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	221,089		203,718	135,709
Male	138,385	62.6%	126,590	84,975	53,410	62.9%
Female	82,704	37.4%	77,128	50,734	31,970	63.0%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	221,089		203,718	135,709
Hispanic or Latino	45,598	20.6%	41,398	27,571	18,027	65.4%
Not Hispanic or Latino	154,200	69.7%	143,588	97,802	56,398	57.7%
Information Not Available	21,291	9.6%	18,732	10,336	10,955	106.0%

Race	221,089		203,718	135,709
American Indian or Alaskan Native	849	0.4%	756	524	325	62.0%
Asian	7,771	3.5%	6,797	3,438	4,333	126.0%
Black or African American	35,821	16.2%	34,298	24,426	11,395	46.7%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	1,386	0.6%	1,290	970	416	42.9%
White	141,428	64.0%	129,965	85,792	55,636	64.8%
Information Not Available	33,835	15.3%	30,612	20,559	13,276	64.6%

Years of Age	221,089		203,718	135,709
Younger than 22	35,523	10.0%	32,271	18,239	17,284	94.8%
22-24	15,804	4.4%	14,726	9,959	5,845	58.7%
25-34	47,999	13.5%	44,437	30,450	17,549	57.6%
35-44	54,868	15.4%	50,702	34,199	20,669	60.4%
45-54	43,251	12.1%	39,757	26,626	16,625	62.4%
55-59	13,012	3.7%	11,956	8,421	4,591	54.5%
60-64	6,242	1.8%	5,746	4,328	1,914	44.2%
65 and older	4,390	1.2%	4,123	3,487	903	25.9%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	221,089		203,718	135,709
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	1,284	0.6%	1,230	1,117	167	15.0%
Mining	333	0.1%	282	181	152	84.0%
Utilities	192	0.1%	191	134	58	43.3%
Construction	30,009	13.5%	27,440	21,726	8,283	38.1%
Manufacturing	21,449	9.6%	18,708	10,453	10,996	105.2%
Wholesale Trade	11,925	5.4%	10,878	6,857	5,068	73.9%
Retail Trade	25,526	11.5%	22,853	14,683	10,843	73.8%
Transporation and Warehousing	8,872	4.0%	8,239	5,205	3,667	70.5%
Information	4,550	2.0%	4,218	2,278	2,272	99.7%
Finance and Insurance	8,518	3.8%	8,037	5,173	3,345	64.7%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	3,652	1.6%	3,443	2,482	1,170	47.1%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	12,586	5.7%	11,120	6,807	5,779	84.9%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	987	0.4%	886	404	583	144.3%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	25,629	11.5%	24,018	17,590	8,039	45.7%
Educational Services	3,095	1.4%	3,191	2,044	1,051	51.4%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	11,735	5.3%	11,253	8,959	2,776	31.0%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	5,212	2.3%	4,923	4,211	1,001	23.8%
Accomodation and Food Services	14,657	6.6%	14,160	9,833	4,824	49.1%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	4,722	2.1%	4,436	3,139	1,583	50.4%
Public Administration	2,396	1.1%	2,286	1,776	620	34.9%
Information Not Available	23,760	10.7%	21,926	10,657	13,103	123.0%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants New Mexico
	Feb 2009	Percent	Jan 2009	Feb 2008	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	24,119		21,605	12,207
Male	15,897	65.9%	13,919	7,434	8,463	113.8%
Female	8,222	34.1%	7,686	4,773	3,449	72.3%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	24,119		21,605	12,207
Hispanic or Latino	13,126	54.4%	11,707	6,951	6,175	88.8%
Not Hispanic or Latino	9,262	38.4%	8,480	4,659	4,603	98.8%
Information Not Available	1,731	7.2%	1,418	597	1,134	189.9%

Race	24,119		21,605	12,207
American Indian or Alaskan Native	2,095	8.7%	1,977	1,111	984	88.6%
Asian	295	1.2%	247	128	167	130.5%
Black or African American	642	2.7%	548	320	322	100.6%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	61	0.3%	57	28	33	117.9%
White	11,718	48.6%	10,334	6,097	5,621	92.2%
Information Not Available	9,308	38.6%	8,442	4,523	4,785	105.8%

Years of Age	24,119		21,605	12,207
Younger than 22	844	2.4%	756	427	417	97.7%
22-24	1,375	4.0%	1,340	696	679	97.6%
25-34	5,065	14.6%	4,710	2,563	2,502	97.6%
35-44	5,837	16.8%	5,444	2,954	2,883	97.6%
45-54	5,740	16.5%	5,596	2,906	2,834	97.5%
55-59	1,978	5.7%	1,836	1,001	977	97.6%
60-64	1,061	3.1%	1,210	537	524	97.6%
65 and older	748	2.2%	713	378	370	97.9%
Information Not Available	1,471	4.2%	0	745	726	97.4%

Industry	24,119		21,605	12,207
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	1,146	4.5%	974	918	228	24.8%
Mining	1,012	4.0%	728	158	854	540.5%
Utilities	70	0.3%	56	83	-13	-15.7%
Construction	5,170	20.5%	4,667	2,428	2,742	112.9%
Manufacturing	2,577	10.2%	2,277	1,446	1,131	78.2%
Wholesale Trade	852	3.4%	701	359	493	137.3%
Retail Trade	2,706	10.7%	2,344	1,060	1,646	155.3%
Transporation and Warehousing	602	2.4%	564	282	320	113.5%
Information	962	3.8%	867	419	543	129.6%
Finance and Insurance	477	1.9%	480	281	196	69.8%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	409	1.6%	375	203	206	101.5%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	1,161	4.6%	1,010	815	346	42.5%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	25	0.1%	29	17	8	47.1%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	2,135	8.5%	1,996	874	1,261	144.3%
Educational Services	447	1.8%	462	283	164	58.0%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	1,572	6.2%	1,418	934	638	68.3%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	340	1.3%	324	250	90	36.0%
Accomodation and Food Services	1,273	5.0%	1,220	691	582	84.2%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	537	2.1%	501	247	290	117.4%
Public Administration	556	2.2%	518	373	183	49.1%
Information Not Available	90	0.4%	94	86	4	4.7%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Nevada
	Feb 2009	Percent	Jan 2009	Feb 2008	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	72,243		69,011	34,367
Male	45,412	62.9%	43,431	21,518	23,894	111.0%
Female	26,830	37.1%	25,571	12,845	13,985	108.9%
Information Not Available	1	0.0%	9	4	-3	-75.0%

Ethnicity	72,243		69,011	34,367
Hispanic or Latino	17,436	24.1%	15,618	6,539	10,897	166.6%
Not Hispanic or Latino	44,858	62.1%	42,059	21,922	22,936	104.6%
Information Not Available	9,949	13.8%	11,334	5,906	4,043	68.5%

Race	72,243		69,011	34,367
American Indian or Alaskan Native	1,342	1.9%	1,265	700	642	91.7%
Asian	3,621	5.0%	3,516	1,324	2,297	173.5%
Black or African American	6,884	9.5%	6,404	3,450	3,434	99.5%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	1,303	1.8%	1,292	565	738	130.6%
White	46,592	64.5%	44,712	22,822	23,770	104.2%
Information Not Available	12,501	17.3%	11,822	5,506	6,995	127.0%

Years of Age	72,243		69,011	34,367
Younger than 22	2,611	2.3%	1,780	828	1,783	215.3%
22-24	4,533	4.0%	3,984	1,851	2,682	144.9%
25-34	17,172	15.0%	15,832	7,457	9,715	130.3%
35-44	17,223	15.0%	15,854	8,179	9,044	110.6%
45-54	17,253	15.0%	17,135	8,882	8,371	94.2%
55-59	6,158	5.4%	6,329	3,244	2,914	89.8%
60-64	4,176	3.6%	4,560	2,198	1,978	90.0%
65 and older	3,116	2.7%	3,452	1,696	1,420	83.7%
Information Not Available	1	0.0%	85	32	-31	-96.9%

Industry	72,243		69,011	34,367
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	72	0.1%	74	36	36	100.0%
Mining	513	0.7%	481	188	325	172.9%
Utilities	65	0.1%	61	37	28	75.7%
Construction	17,760	24.6%	17,278	9,744	8,016	82.3%
Manufacturing	3,940	5.4%	3,603	1,633	2,307	141.3%
Wholesale Trade	2,032	2.8%	1,759	879	1,153	131.2%
Retail Trade	6,583	9.1%	5,761	2,768	3,815	137.8%
Transporation and Warehousing	2,597	3.6%	2,240	1,074	1,523	141.8%
Information	745	1.0%	640	313	432	138.0%
Finance and Insurance	1,329	1.8%	1,210	1,089	240	22.0%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	1,917	2.7%	1,818	953	964	101.2%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	2,795	3.9%	2,589	1,428	1,367	95.7%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	584	0.8%	448	150	434	289.3%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	7,558	10.5%	7,254	4,004	3,554	88.8%
Educational Services	516	0.7%	609	375	141	37.6%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	2,190	3.0%	1,935	1,110	1,080	97.3%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	1,719	2.4%	1,628	783	936	119.5%
Accomodation and Food Services	16,539	22.9%	14,628	4,886	11,653	238.5%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	1,430	2.0%	1,227	625	805	128.8%
Public Administration	706	1.0%	752	490	216	44.1%
Information Not Available	653	0.9%	3,016	1,802	-1,149	-63.8%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants New York
	Feb 2009	Percent	Jan 2009	Feb 2008	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	374,776		349,325	214,463
Male	237,945	63.5%	220,694	137,825	100,120	72.6%
Female	136,831	36.5%	128,631	76,638	60,193	78.5%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	374,776		349,325	214,463
Hispanic or Latino	57,046	15.2%	53,010	32,318	24,728	76.5%
Not Hispanic or Latino	254,861	68.0%	240,107	148,180	106,681	72.0%
Information Not Available	62,869	16.8%	56,208	33,965	28,904	85.1%

Race	374,776		349,325	214,463
American Indian or Alaskan Native	2,228	0.6%	2,129	1,472	756	51.4%
Asian	12,190	3.3%	10,469	5,301	6,889	130.0%
Black or African American	48,657	13.0%	46,770	28,055	20,602	73.4%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	830	0.2%	731	328	502	153.0%
White	213,387	56.9%	200,441	125,905	87,482	69.5%
Information Not Available	97,484	26.0%	88,785	53,402	44,082	82.5%

Years of Age	374,776		349,325	214,463
Younger than 22	16,030	2.8%	14,767	8,849	7,181	81.2%
22-24	27,138	4.8%	25,006	14,604	12,534	85.8%
25-34	95,958	16.8%	89,244	52,806	43,152	81.7%
35-44	89,632	15.7%	83,792	53,326	36,306	68.1%
45-54	84,885	14.9%	79,417	49,258	35,627	72.3%
55-59	29,108	5.1%	27,220	16,831	12,277	72.9%
60-64	18,676	3.3%	17,310	10,443	8,233	78.8%
65 and older	13,349	2.3%	12,569	8,346	5,003	59.9%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	374,776		349,325	214,463
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	1,390	0.4%	1,416	1,139	251	22.0%
Mining	2,103	0.6%	2,198	1,557	546	35.1%
Utilities	220	0.1%	218	190	30	15.8%
Construction	62,872	16.7%	60,080	42,520	20,352	47.9%
Manufacturing	44,561	11.8%	38,063	19,522	25,039	128.3%
Wholesale Trade	17,361	4.6%	15,262	8,715	8,646	99.2%
Retail Trade	34,404	9.1%	30,401	17,752	16,652	93.8%
Transporation and Warehousing	12,586	3.3%	11,825	6,719	5,867	87.3%
Information	10,771	2.9%	9,724	6,123	4,648	75.9%
Finance and Insurance	21,596	5.7%	19,555	11,152	10,444	93.7%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	7,755	2.1%	7,109	4,407	3,348	76.0%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	25,664	6.8%	23,124	11,956	13,708	114.7%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	1,807	0.5%	1,573	814	993	122.0%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	43,521	11.6%	41,445	24,513	19,008	77.5%
Educational Services	7,319	1.9%	7,654	4,421	2,898	65.6%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	20,784	5.5%	20,201	14,107	6,677	47.3%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	13,072	3.5%	12,876	9,668	3,404	35.2%
Accomodation and Food Services	23,635	6.3%	24,426	13,296	10,339	77.8%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	9,159	2.4%	8,653	5,606	3,553	63.4%
Public Administration	9,441	2.5%	9,202	7,257	2,184	30.1%
Information Not Available	4,755	1.3%	4,320	3,029	1,726	57.0%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Ohio
	Feb 2009	Percent	Jan 2009	Feb 2008	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	247,675		236,713	134,301
Male	175,555	70.9%	166,265	95,518	80,037	83.8%
Female	71,240	28.8%	69,542	38,236	33,004	86.3%
Information Not Available	880	0.4%	906	547	333	60.9%

Ethnicity	247,675		236,713	134,301
Hispanic or Latino	7,702	3.1%	7,825	4,220	3,482	82.5%
Not Hispanic or Latino	225,564	91.1%	215,593	124,869	100,695	80.6%
Information Not Available	14,409	5.8%	13,295	5,212	9,197	176.5%

Race	247,675		236,713	134,301
American Indian or Alaskan Native	1,055	0.4%	1,006	660	395	59.8%
Asian	1,356	0.5%	1,290	519	837	161.3%
Black or African American	29,139	11.8%	29,176	17,941	11,198	62.4%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	195	0.1%	197	113	82	72.6%
White	205,388	82.9%	194,754	109,849	95,539	87.0%
Information Not Available	10,542	4.3%	10,290	5,219	5,323	102.0%

Years of Age	247,675		236,713	134,301
Younger than 22	8,671	2.0%	7,825	4,413	4,258	96.5%
22-24	14,612	3.3%	13,148	7,631	6,981	91.5%
25-34	57,505	13.0%	54,077	31,758	25,747	81.1%
35-44	62,489	14.2%	60,092	35,458	27,031	76.2%
45-54	65,409	14.8%	63,884	35,357	30,052	85.0%
55-59	22,353	5.1%	21,864	11,273	11,080	98.3%
60-64	12,001	2.7%	11,515	5,844	6,157	105.4%
65 and older	4,635	1.1%	4,308	2,567	2,068	80.6%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	247,675		236,713	134,301
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	1,089	0.4%	1,109	974	115	11.8%
Mining	1,188	0.5%	1,178	1,005	183	18.2%
Utilities	205	0.1%	220	286	-81	-28.3%
Construction	48,971	19.7%	45,967	39,307	9,664	24.6%
Manufacturing	78,542	31.6%	79,321	25,258	53,284	211.0%
Wholesale Trade	10,567	4.2%	9,177	4,483	6,084	135.7%
Retail Trade	11,147	4.5%	9,979	6,715	4,432	66.0%
Transporation and Warehousing	11,667	4.7%	11,236	5,109	6,558	128.4%
Information	2,785	1.1%	2,397	1,237	1,548	125.1%
Finance and Insurance	4,092	1.6%	4,050	3,531	561	15.9%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	2,768	1.1%	2,511	1,647	1,121	68.1%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	9,050	3.6%	8,000	4,078	4,972	121.9%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	2,268	0.9%	1,990	440	1,828	415.5%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	30,469	12.2%	27,932	17,898	12,571	70.2%
Educational Services	2,141	0.9%	2,210	1,615	526	32.6%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	8,206	3.3%	7,769	6,158	2,048	33.3%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	3,405	1.4%	3,448	2,662	743	27.9%
Accomodation and Food Services	6,814	2.7%	6,745	4,311	2,503	58.1%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	4,107	1.7%	3,780	2,557	1,550	60.6%
Public Administration	1,828	0.7%	1,792	1,249	579	46.4%
Information Not Available	6,366	2.6%	5,902	3,781	2,585	68.4%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Oklahoma
	Feb 2009	Percent	Jan 2009	Feb 2008	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	40,937		37,028	14,376
Male	25,297	61.8%	21,851	7,620	17,677	232.0%
Female	15,573	38.0%	15,071	6,724	8,849	131.6%
Information Not Available	67	0.2%	106	32	35	109.4%

Ethnicity	40,937		37,028	14,376
Hispanic or Latino	3,479	8.5%	3,262	1,079	2,400	222.4%
Not Hispanic or Latino	37,458	91.5%	33,766	13,297	24,161	181.7%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Race	40,937		37,028	14,376
American Indian or Alaskan Native	3,844	9.4%	3,550	1,268	2,576	203.2%
Asian	378	0.9%	349	89	289	324.7%
Black or African American	5,200	12.7%	4,917	2,182	3,018	138.3%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	50	0.1%	52	13	37	284.6%
White	26,511	64.8%	23,513	9,106	17,405	191.1%
Information Not Available	4,954	12.1%	4,647	1,718	3,236	188.4%

Years of Age	40,937		37,028	14,376
Younger than 22	934	1.4%	693	247	687	278.1%
22-24	2,275	3.5%	1,891	724	1,551	214.2%
25-34	10,026	15.4%	8,771	3,396	6,630	195.2%
35-44	9,627	14.8%	8,785	3,526	6,101	173.0%
45-54	10,584	16.2%	9,753	3,849	6,735	175.0%
55-59	3,613	5.5%	3,417	1,294	2,319	179.2%
60-64	2,287	3.5%	2,233	807	1,480	183.4%
65 and older	1,591	2.4%	1,485	533	1,058	198.5%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	40,937		37,028	14,376
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	93	0.2%	71	41	52	126.8%
Mining	2,635	6.4%	1,783	506	2,129	420.8%
Utilities	384	0.9%	306	54	330	611.1%
Construction	4,509	11.0%	3,974	1,393	3,116	223.7%
Manufacturing	8,056	19.6%	7,710	1,817	6,239	343.4%
Wholesale Trade	1,578	3.8%	1,352	537	1,041	193.9%
Retail Trade	3,164	7.7%	2,836	1,346	1,818	135.1%
Transporation and Warehousing	1,201	2.9%	1,014	404	797	197.3%
Information	1,085	2.6%	995	437	648	148.3%
Finance and Insurance	1,026	2.5%	1,004	694	332	47.8%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	833	2.0%	756	303	530	174.9%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	1,930	4.7%	1,679	708	1,222	172.6%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	247	0.6%	245	35	212	605.7%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	5,025	12.2%	4,732	1,852	3,173	171.3%
Educational Services	551	1.3%	595	254	297	116.9%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	2,430	5.9%	2,316	1,288	1,142	88.7%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	574	1.4%	549	317	257	81.1%
Accomodation and Food Services	1,328	3.2%	1,251	650	678	104.3%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	1,151	2.8%	1,049	531	620	116.8%
Public Administration	1,122	2.7%	1,107	640	482	75.3%
Information Not Available	2,015	4.9%	1,704	569	1,446	254.1%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Oregon
	Feb 2009	Percent	Jan 2009	Feb 2008	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	125,630		116,507	58,937
Male	85,697	68.2%	78,388	38,710	46,987	121.4%
Female	39,924	31.8%	38,115	20,215	19,709	97.5%
Information Not Available	9	0.0%	4	12	-3	-25.0%

Ethnicity	125,630		116,507	58,937
Hispanic or Latino	12,440	9.9%	11,394	5,895	6,545	111.0%
Not Hispanic or Latino	98,873	78.7%	91,416	43,835	55,038	125.6%
Information Not Available	14,317	11.4%	13,697	9,207	5,110	55.5%

Race	125,630		116,507	58,937
American Indian or Alaskan Native	1,236	1.0%	1,126	534	702	131.5%
Asian	1,811	1.4%	1,648	587	1,224	208.5%
Black or African American	1,351	1.1%	1,230	564	787	139.5%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	844	0.7%	769	322	522	162.1%
White	61,150	48.7%	55,581	25,034	36,116	144.3%
Information Not Available	59,238	47.2%	56,153	31,896	27,342	85.7%

Years of Age	125,630		116,507	58,937
Younger than 22	3,938	2.2%	3,444	1,574	2,364	150.2%
22-24	8,110	4.5%	7,379	3,668	4,442	121.1%
25-34	31,465	17.5%	29,400	14,253	17,212	120.8%
35-44	28,844	16.1%	26,831	13,819	15,025	108.7%
45-54	30,094	16.8%	27,892	14,910	15,184	101.8%
55-59	11,919	6.6%	11,044	5,477	6,442	117.6%
60-64	7,280	4.1%	6,858	3,336	3,944	118.2%
65 and older	3,980	2.2%	3,658	1,900	2,080	109.5%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	1	0	0	0.0%

Industry	125,630		116,507	58,937
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	4,645	3.6%	4,252	2,689	1,956	72.7%
Mining	828	0.6%	686	353	475	134.6%
Utilities	93	0.1%	120	78	15	19.2%
Construction	22,137	17.0%	19,962	11,483	10,654	92.8%
Manufacturing	27,897	21.4%	24,846	9,762	18,135	185.8%
Wholesale Trade	5,084	3.9%	4,534	1,990	3,094	155.5%
Retail Trade	13,414	10.3%	12,762	6,402	7,012	109.5%
Transporation and Warehousing	4,057	3.1%	3,698	1,806	2,251	124.6%
Information	2,222	1.7%	2,050	934	1,288	137.9%
Finance and Insurance	2,558	2.0%	2,584	1,930	628	32.5%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	1,812	1.4%	1,676	973	839	86.2%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	3,965	3.0%	3,689	1,437	2,528	175.9%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	335	0.3%	315	160	175	109.4%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	11,364	8.7%	10,558	5,675	5,689	100.2%
Educational Services	1,286	1.0%	1,249	677	609	90.0%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	5,853	4.5%	5,533	3,367	2,486	73.8%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	1,441	1.1%	1,459	785	656	83.6%
Accomodation and Food Services	8,092	6.2%	8,227	3,854	4,238	110.0%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	2,856	2.2%	2,630	1,272	1,584	124.5%
Public Administration	1,877	1.4%	1,816	1,157	720	62.2%
Information Not Available	3,814	2.9%	3,861	2,153	1,661	77.1%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Pennsylvania
	Feb 2009	Percent	Jan 2009	Feb 2008	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	371,104		342,388	222,263
Male	251,155	67.7%	233,099	154,326	96,829	62.7%
Female	119,949	32.3%	109,289	67,937	52,012	76.6%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	371,104		342,388	222,263
Hispanic or Latino	15,527	4.2%	15,087	9,226	6,301	68.3%
Not Hispanic or Latino	348,493	93.9%	321,454	203,182	145,311	71.5%
Information Not Available	7,084	1.9%	5,846	9,855	-2,771	-28.1%

Race	371,104		342,388	222,263
American Indian or Alaskan Native	970	0.3%	754	0	970	0.0%
Asian	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
Black or African American	39,013	10.5%	37,153	21,912	17,101	78.0%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
White	304,142	82.0%	279,775	178,963	125,179	69.9%
Information Not Available	26,979	7.3%	24,705	21,388	5,591	26.1%

Years of Age	371,104		342,388	222,263
Younger than 22	18,245	2.8%	18,293	26,105	-7,860	-30.1%
22-24	14,557	2.2%	12,636	14,154	403	2.8%
25-34	82,101	12.5%	75,814	48,017	34,084	71.0%
35-44	85,401	13.0%	81,943	60,285	25,116	41.7%
45-54	95,589	14.6%	86,941	39,420	56,169	142.5%
55-59	33,578	5.1%	29,043	9,226	24,352	263.9%
60-64	19,894	3.0%	16,313	3,669	16,225	442.2%
65 and older	13,878	2.1%	13,013	1,258	12,620	1003.2%
Information Not Available	7,861	1.2%	8,392	20,129	-12,268	-60.9%

Industry	371,104		342,388	222,263
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	2,232	0.6%	2,452	1,573	659	41.9%
Mining	2,135	0.6%	2,640	2,726	-591	-21.7%
Utilities	194	0.1%	566	0	194	0.0%
Construction	76,375	20.5%	73,079	53,782	22,593	42.0%
Manufacturing	76,667	20.5%	62,329	31,767	44,900	141.3%
Wholesale Trade	14,460	3.9%	11,881	8,492	5,968	70.3%
Retail Trade	30,181	8.1%	31,778	18,347	11,834	64.5%
Transporation and Warehousing	16,013	4.3%	16,219	8,073	7,940	98.4%
Information	4,464	1.2%	4,149	2,831	1,633	57.7%
Finance and Insurance	6,987	1.9%	8,487	6,186	801	12.9%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	2,620	0.7%	2,735	2,202	418	19.0%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	12,228	3.3%	10,467	7,863	4,365	55.5%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	388	0.1%	566	3,040	-2,652	-87.2%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	36,295	9.7%	33,852	19,186	17,109	89.2%
Educational Services	4,076	1.1%	3,300	2,097	1,979	94.4%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	21,738	5.8%	16,125	10,379	11,359	109.4%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	12,519	3.4%	10,844	6,290	6,229	99.0%
Accomodation and Food Services	20,865	5.6%	19,142	10,065	10,800	107.3%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	6,502	1.7%	5,752	4,928	1,574	31.9%
Public Administration	1,844	0.5%	2,640	1,782	62	3.5%
Information Not Available	22,321	6.0%	23,385	20,654	1,667	8.1%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Puerto Rico
	Feb 2009	Percent	Jan 2009	Feb 2008	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	45,835		39,296	33,798
Male	26,399	57.6%	22,322	19,389	7,010	36.2%
Female	19,436	42.4%	16,974	14,409	5,027	34.9%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	45,835		39,296	33,798
Hispanic or Latino	44,972	98.1%	38,515	32,489	12,483	38.4%
Not Hispanic or Latino	291	0.6%	274	841	-550	-65.4%
Information Not Available	572	1.2%	507	468	104	22.2%

Race	45,835		39,296	33,798
American Indian or Alaskan Native	2,308	5.0%	1,876	799	1,509	188.9%
Asian	76	0.2%	72	77	-1	-1.3%
Black or African American	1,524	3.3%	1,488	3,160	-1,636	-51.8%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	82	0.2%	90	79	3	3.8%
White	8,567	18.7%	7,153	6,804	1,763	25.9%
Information Not Available	33,278	72.6%	28,617	22,879	10,399	45.5%

Years of Age	45,835		39,296	33,798
Younger than 22	2,397	4.5%	2,042	2,142	255	11.9%
22-24	4,362	8.3%	3,729	3,445	917	26.6%
25-34	15,116	28.6%	13,127	11,082	4,034	36.4%
35-44	10,887	20.6%	9,360	8,024	2,863	35.7%
45-54	8,184	15.5%	6,975	5,685	2,499	44.0%
55-59	2,694	5.1%	2,236	1,825	869	47.6%
60-64	1,553	2.9%	1,299	1,126	427	37.9%
65 and older	642	1.2%	528	469	173	36.9%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	45,835		39,296	33,798
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
Mining	76	0.2%	58	41	35	85.4%
Utilities	954	2.1%	832	989	-35	-3.5%
Construction	6,585	14.4%	5,848	5,333	1,252	23.5%
Manufacturing	5,629	12.3%	4,273	4,149	1,480	35.7%
Wholesale Trade	7,575	16.5%	6,523	7,108	467	6.6%
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	1,383	3.0%	1,284	1,042	341	32.7%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
Educational Services	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
Accomodation and Food Services	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	10,200	22.3%	9,603	8,751	1,449	16.6%
Public Administration	5,857	12.8%	4,354	1,541	4,316	280.1%
Information Not Available	7,576	16.5%	6,521	4,844	2,732	56.4%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Rhode Island
	Feb 2009	Percent	Jan 2009	Feb 2008	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	29,062		24,412	19,355
Male	18,883	65.0%	15,759	12,673	6,210	49.0%
Female	10,179	35.0%	8,653	6,682	3,497	52.3%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	29,062		24,412	19,355
Hispanic or Latino	3,925	13.5%	3,509	2,928	997	34.1%
Not Hispanic or Latino	17,003	58.5%	14,293	11,575	5,428	46.9%
Information Not Available	8,134	28.0%	6,610	4,852	3,282	67.6%

Race	29,062		24,412	19,355
American Indian or Alaskan Native	145	0.5%	130	97	48	49.5%
Asian	446	1.5%	355	250	196	78.4%
Black or African American	1,110	3.8%	1,006	686	424	61.8%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	111	0.4%	91	61	50	82.0%
White	21,163	72.8%	17,701	13,912	7,251	52.1%
Information Not Available	6,087	20.9%	5,129	4,349	1,738	40.0%

Years of Age	29,062		24,412	19,355
Younger than 22	942	1.9%	811	731	211	28.9%
22-24	1,677	3.5%	1,425	1,222	455	37.2%
25-34	6,363	13.1%	5,299	4,353	2,010	46.2%
35-44	6,834	14.1%	5,720	4,885	1,949	39.9%
45-54	7,331	15.1%	6,229	4,701	2,630	55.9%
55-59	2,790	5.8%	2,332	1,526	1,264	82.8%
60-64	1,830	3.8%	1,548	1,079	751	69.6%
65 and older	1,295	2.7%	1,048	858	437	50.9%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	29,062		24,412	19,355
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	280	1.0%	213	242	38	15.7%
Mining	111	0.4%	102	83	28	33.7%
Utilities	26	0.1%	28	21	5	23.8%
Construction	5,750	19.6%	4,695	4,439	1,311	29.5%
Manufacturing	5,369	18.3%	4,201	2,365	3,004	127.0%
Wholesale Trade	1,041	3.5%	864	702	339	48.3%
Retail Trade	2,304	7.9%	2,007	1,707	597	35.0%
Transporation and Warehousing	826	2.8%	681	419	407	97.1%
Information	458	1.6%	381	165	293	177.6%
Finance and Insurance	1,166	4.0%	970	946	220	23.3%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	494	1.7%	433	316	178	56.3%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	994	3.4%	857	608	386	63.5%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	191	0.7%	122	111	80	72.1%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	3,542	12.1%	2,967	2,747	795	28.9%
Educational Services	266	0.9%	299	163	103	63.2%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	1,380	4.7%	1,366	1,003	377	37.6%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	1,045	3.6%	812	779	266	34.1%
Accomodation and Food Services	2,319	7.9%	2,067	1,450	869	59.9%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	754	2.6%	635	512	242	47.3%
Public Administration	154	0.5%	136	116	38	32.8%
Information Not Available	592	2.0%	576	461	131	28.4%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants South Carolina
	Feb 2009	Percent	Jan 2009	Feb 2008	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	101,111		98,505	47,966
Male	59,469	58.8%	56,913	25,824	33,645	130.3%
Female	41,642	41.2%	41,592	22,142	19,500	88.1%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	101,111		98,505	47,966
Hispanic or Latino	2,521	2.5%	2,338	993	1,528	153.9%
Not Hispanic or Latino	85,144	84.2%	82,894	41,005	44,139	107.6%
Information Not Available	13,446	13.3%	13,273	5,968	7,478	125.3%

Race	101,111		98,505	47,966
American Indian or Alaskan Native	796	0.8%	784	384	412	107.3%
Asian	670	0.7%	606	233	437	187.6%
Black or African American	41,850	41.4%	42,273	22,883	18,967	82.9%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	308	0.3%	315	90	218	242.2%
White	55,653	55.0%	52,757	23,584	32,069	136.0%
Information Not Available	1,834	1.8%	1,770	792	1,042	131.6%

Years of Age	101,111		98,505	47,966
Younger than 22	2,861	1.9%	2,712	1,336	1,525	114.1%
22-24	3,667	2.4%	3,631	1,646	2,021	122.8%
25-34	21,880	14.5%	21,716	10,428	11,452	109.8%
35-44	20,677	13.7%	20,111	10,015	10,662	106.5%
45-54	21,349	14.2%	20,679	10,582	10,767	101.7%
55-59	8,300	5.5%	7,819	3,945	4,355	110.4%
60-64	6,078	4.0%	5,724	2,696	3,382	125.4%
65 and older	3,857	2.6%	3,649	1,674	2,183	130.4%
Information Not Available	12,442	8.3%	12,464	5,644	6,798	120.4%

Industry	101,111		98,505	47,966
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	583	0.6%	563	379	204	53.8%
Mining	177	0.2%	167	45	132	293.3%
Utilities	101	0.1%	108	66	35	53.0%
Construction	11,556	11.4%	11,383	6,172	5,384	87.2%
Manufacturing	22,177	21.8%	20,460	9,638	12,539	130.1%
Wholesale Trade	4,379	4.3%	4,051	1,991	2,388	119.9%
Retail Trade	9,708	9.5%	9,699	4,770	4,938	103.5%
Transporation and Warehousing	3,209	3.2%	3,070	1,270	1,939	152.7%
Information	1,027	1.0%	882	541	486	89.8%
Finance and Insurance	1,685	1.7%	1,628	1,275	410	32.2%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	2,125	2.1%	2,018	902	1,223	135.6%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	3,605	3.5%	3,368	1,305	2,300	176.2%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	228	0.2%	224	153	75	49.0%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	13,178	13.0%	13,084	6,381	6,797	106.5%
Educational Services	976	1.0%	1,032	449	527	117.4%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	3,795	3.7%	3,825	2,272	1,523	67.0%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	1,359	1.3%	1,577	568	791	139.3%
Accomodation and Food Services	7,993	7.9%	9,234	4,736	3,257	68.8%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	2,091	2.1%	2,022	947	1,144	120.8%
Public Administration	1,200	1.2%	1,225	562	638	113.5%
Information Not Available	9,959	9.8%	8,885	3,544	6,415	181.0%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants South Dakota
	Feb 2009	Percent	Jan 2009	Feb 2008	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	7,092		6,178	3,617
Male	5,399	76.1%	4,768	2,826	2,573	91.0%
Female	1,693	23.9%	1,410	791	902	114.0%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	7,092		6,178	3,617
Hispanic or Latino	189	2.7%	161	85	104	122.4%
Not Hispanic or Latino	6,511	91.8%	5,854	3,297	3,214	97.5%
Information Not Available	392	5.5%	163	235	157	66.8%

Race	7,092		6,178	3,617
American Indian or Alaskan Native	604	8.5%	567	340	264	77.6%
Asian	6	0.1%	0	3	3	100.0%
Black or African American	168	2.4%	127	59	109	184.7%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0	0.0%	0	1	-1	-100.0%
White	5,834	82.3%	5,118	2,946	2,888	98.0%
Information Not Available	480	6.8%	366	268	212	79.1%

Years of Age	7,092		6,178	3,617
Younger than 22	170	1.4%	109	84	86	102.4%
22-24	378	3.0%	347	208	170	81.7%
25-34	1,664	13.4%	1,482	911	753	82.7%
35-44	1,491	12.0%	1,291	841	650	77.3%
45-54	1,893	15.2%	1,675	934	959	102.7%
55-59	726	5.8%	616	430	296	68.8%
60-64	481	3.9%	399	209	272	130.1%
65 and older	289	2.3%	259	0	289	0.0%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	7,092		6,178	3,617
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	68	0.9%	61	29	39	134.5%
Mining	156	2.2%	149	113	43	38.1%
Utilities	9	0.1%	9	15	-6	-40.0%
Construction	2,269	31.7%	2,064	1,516	753	49.7%
Manufacturing	1,571	21.9%	1,449	418	1,153	275.8%
Wholesale Trade	228	3.2%	184	92	136	147.8%
Retail Trade	509	7.1%	414	207	302	145.9%
Transporation and Warehousing	264	3.7%	205	128	136	106.3%
Information	74	1.0%	59	28	46	164.3%
Finance and Insurance	159	2.2%	145	81	78	96.3%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	53	0.7%	49	39	14	35.9%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	124	1.7%	94	62	62	100.0%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	18	0.3%	13	0	18	0.0%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	374	5.2%	319	183	191	104.4%
Educational Services	93	1.3%	84	43	50	116.3%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	169	2.4%	147	108	61	56.5%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	93	1.3%	88	64	29	45.3%
Accomodation and Food Services	396	5.5%	363	183	213	116.4%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	96	1.3%	71	43	53	123.3%
Public Administration	215	3.0%	203	141	74	52.5%
Information Not Available	154	2.2%	8	124	30	24.2%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Tennessee
	Feb 2009	Percent	Jan 2009	Feb 2008	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	111,130		105,987	49,307
Male	66,396	59.7%	62,792	28,566	37,830	132.4%
Female	44,734	40.3%	43,195	20,741	23,993	115.7%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	111,130		105,987	49,307
Hispanic or Latino	1,617	1.5%	1,626	638	979	153.4%
Not Hispanic or Latino	109,513	98.5%	104,361	48,669	60,844	125.0%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Race	111,130		105,987	49,307
American Indian or Alaskan Native	279	0.3%	267	125	154	123.2%
Asian	1,003	0.9%	1,130	552	451	81.7%
Black or African American	25,975	23.4%	25,776	12,090	13,885	114.8%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	799	0.7%	726	289	510	176.5%
White	81,722	73.5%	76,889	35,707	46,015	128.9%
Information Not Available	1,352	1.2%	1,199	544	808	148.5%

Years of Age	111,130		105,987	49,307
Younger than 22	2,086	1.1%	1,775	1,070	1,016	95.0%
22-24	4,897	2.7%	4,437	2,128	2,769	130.1%
25-34	22,686	12.3%	21,502	9,947	12,739	128.1%
35-44	25,476	13.8%	24,494	11,464	14,012	122.2%
45-54	28,657	15.6%	28,235	12,550	16,107	128.3%
55-59	11,422	6.2%	11,218	4,843	6,579	135.8%
60-64	8,650	4.7%	8,158	3,655	4,995	136.7%
65 and older	6,693	3.6%	5,887	3,440	3,253	94.6%
Information Not Available	563	0.3%	281	210	353	168.1%

Industry	111,130		105,987	49,307
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	516	0.5%	537	405	111	27.4%
Mining	589	0.5%	520	179	410	229.1%
Utilities	98	0.1%	111	63	35	55.6%
Construction	13,105	11.7%	12,227	6,981	6,124	87.7%
Manufacturing	31,594	28.3%	29,690	10,910	20,684	189.6%
Wholesale Trade	5,782	5.2%	6,848	2,011	3,771	187.5%
Retail Trade	10,060	9.0%	9,455	4,287	5,773	134.7%
Transporation and Warehousing	4,381	3.9%	4,111	2,068	2,313	111.8%
Information	1,606	1.4%	1,578	594	1,012	170.4%
Finance and Insurance	2,436	2.2%	2,500	1,187	1,249	105.2%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	1,591	1.4%	1,535	732	859	117.3%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	3,159	2.8%	2,969	1,389	1,770	127.4%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	368	0.3%	287	111	257	231.5%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	14,175	12.7%	13,130	5,843	8,332	142.6%
Educational Services	1,533	1.4%	1,523	619	914	147.7%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	4,923	4.4%	4,761	2,515	2,408	95.7%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	1,823	1.6%	1,249	1,886	-63	-3.3%
Accomodation and Food Services	5,866	5.3%	5,296	3,405	2,461	72.3%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	2,697	2.4%	2,585	1,242	1,455	117.1%
Public Administration	1,849	1.7%	1,855	1,134	715	63.1%
Information Not Available	2,979	2.7%	3,220	1,746	1,233	70.6%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Texas
	Feb 2009	Percent	Jan 2009	Feb 2008	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	208,291		196,508	100,325
Male	124,723	59.9%	115,523	53,095	71,628	134.9%
Female	83,568	40.1%	80,926	47,211	36,357	77.0%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	59	19	-19	-100.0%

Ethnicity	208,291		196,508	100,325
Hispanic or Latino	62,043	29.8%	59,258	29,764	32,279	108.4%
Not Hispanic or Latino	127,066	61.0%	115,299	63,631	63,435	99.7%
Information Not Available	19,182	9.2%	21,951	6,930	12,252	176.8%

Race	208,291		196,508	100,325
American Indian or Alaskan Native	861	0.4%	755	441	420	95.2%
Asian	5,163	2.5%	4,137	1,650	3,513	212.9%
Black or African American	39,131	18.8%	37,572	23,118	16,013	69.3%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0	0.0%	3,392	2,411	-2,411	-100.0%
White	81,667	39.2%	71,767	37,652	44,015	116.9%
Information Not Available	81,469	39.1%	78,885	35,053	46,416	132.4%

Years of Age	208,291		196,508	100,325
Younger than 22	5,382	1.9%	4,961	2,228	3,154	141.6%
22-24	10,354	3.7%	9,771	4,617	5,737	124.3%
25-34	50,871	18.2%	47,726	23,897	26,974	112.9%
35-44	55,120	19.7%	51,924	27,652	27,468	99.3%
45-54	53,042	19.0%	50,153	25,619	27,423	107.0%
55-59	17,842	6.4%	16,953	8,347	9,495	113.8%
60-64	10,336	3.7%	9,877	5,096	5,240	102.8%
65 and older	5,344	1.9%	5,085	2,850	2,494	87.5%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	58	19	-19	-100.0%

Industry	208,291		196,508	100,325
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	1,386	0.7%	1,383	1,043	343	32.9%
Mining	8,226	3.9%	5,230	1,375	6,851	498.3%
Utilities	386	0.2%	378	223	163	73.1%
Construction	27,232	13.0%	25,370	11,294	15,938	141.1%
Manufacturing	28,934	13.8%	28,813	10,101	18,833	186.4%
Wholesale Trade	13,354	6.4%	12,080	5,821	7,533	129.4%
Retail Trade	16,311	7.8%	14,251	7,808	8,503	108.9%
Transporation and Warehousing	8,881	4.2%	7,611	3,750	5,131	136.8%
Information	5,768	2.8%	5,128	2,878	2,890	100.4%
Finance and Insurance	10,286	4.9%	9,339	6,649	3,637	54.7%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	4,719	2.3%	4,266	2,407	2,312	96.1%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	16,451	7.8%	14,390	6,757	9,694	143.5%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	939	0.4%	827	442	497	112.4%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	27,653	13.2%	24,598	12,818	14,835	115.7%
Educational Services	3,523	1.7%	3,457	1,947	1,576	80.9%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	10,907	5.2%	10,554	7,576	3,331	44.0%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	1,144	0.5%	1,261	645	499	77.4%
Accomodation and Food Services	6,154	2.9%	6,500	3,338	2,816	84.4%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	4,095	2.0%	3,774	2,053	2,042	99.5%
Public Administration	1,697	0.8%	1,701	1,239	458	37.0%
Information Not Available	10,245	4.9%	15,597	10,161	84	0.8%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Utah
	Feb 2009	Percent	Jan 2009	Feb 2008	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	41,584		36,833	16,826
Male	29,250	70.3%	25,773	11,656	17,594	150.9%
Female	11,975	28.8%	10,663	4,754	7,221	151.9%
Information Not Available	359	0.9%	397	416	-57	-13.7%

Ethnicity	41,584		36,833	16,826
Hispanic or Latino	4,276	10.3%	3,620	1,885	2,391	126.8%
Not Hispanic or Latino	26,559	63.9%	23,041	11,162	15,397	137.9%
Information Not Available	10,749	25.8%	10,172	3,779	6,970	184.4%

Race	41,584		36,833	16,826
American Indian or Alaskan Native	1,173	2.8%	1,034	670	503	75.1%
Asian	564	1.4%	423	175	389	222.3%
Black or African American	581	1.4%	469	263	318	120.9%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	472	1.1%	408	171	301	176.0%
White	26,375	63.4%	23,062	11,280	15,095	133.8%
Information Not Available	12,419	29.9%	11,437	4,267	8,152	191.0%

Years of Age	41,584		36,833	16,826
Younger than 22	2,516	3.8%	2,143	809	1,707	211.0%
22-24	3,593	5.4%	3,144	1,189	2,404	202.2%
25-34	12,630	19.0%	11,108	4,918	7,712	156.8%
35-44	9,147	13.8%	8,138	3,842	5,305	138.1%
45-54	8,691	13.1%	7,770	3,924	4,767	121.5%
55-59	2,868	4.3%	2,588	1,251	1,617	129.3%
60-64	1,547	2.3%	1,427	656	891	135.8%
65 and older	591	0.9%	514	237	354	149.4%
Information Not Available	1	0.0%	1	0	1	0.0%

Industry	41,584		36,833	16,826
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	132	0.3%	123	79	53	67.1%
Mining	990	2.4%	704	130	860	661.5%
Utilities	43	0.1%	45	20	23	115.0%
Construction	10,115	24.2%	9,134	5,087	5,028	98.8%
Manufacturing	6,303	15.1%	5,401	2,008	4,295	213.9%
Wholesale Trade	1,335	3.2%	1,084	420	915	217.9%
Retail Trade	3,917	9.4%	3,548	1,314	2,603	198.1%
Transporation and Warehousing	1,597	3.8%	1,316	685	912	133.1%
Information	828	2.0%	753	299	529	176.9%
Finance and Insurance	944	2.3%	823	516	428	82.9%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	544	1.3%	499	206	338	164.1%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	2,137	5.1%	1,761	664	1,473	221.8%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	85	0.2%	83	113	-28	-24.8%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	5,610	13.4%	5,118	2,348	3,262	138.9%
Educational Services	630	1.5%	572	235	395	168.1%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	1,086	2.6%	890	422	664	157.3%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	436	1.0%	356	134	302	225.4%
Accomodation and Food Services	1,727	4.1%	1,595	794	933	117.5%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	694	1.7%	590	176	518	294.3%
Public Administration	622	1.5%	626	352	270	76.7%
Information Not Available	1,809	4.3%	1,812	824	985	119.5%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Virginia
	Feb 2009	Percent	Jan 2009	Feb 2008	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	97,951		88,828	47,215
Male	61,586	62.9%	55,544	28,093	33,493	119.2%
Female	36,359	37.1%	33,278	19,118	17,241	90.2%
Information Not Available	6	0.0%	6	4	2	50.0%

Ethnicity	97,951		88,828	47,215
Hispanic or Latino	4,717	4.8%	4,116	2,050	2,667	130.1%
Not Hispanic or Latino	89,516	91.4%	81,286	42,940	46,576	108.5%
Information Not Available	3,718	3.8%	3,426	2,225	1,493	67.1%

Race	97,951		88,828	47,215
American Indian or Alaskan Native	5,199	5.3%	4,566	2,255	2,944	130.6%
Asian	2,075	2.1%	1,721	926	1,149	124.1%
Black or African American	32,527	33.2%	29,835	17,873	14,654	82.0%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
White	54,432	55.6%	49,280	23,936	30,496	127.4%
Information Not Available	3,718	3.8%	3,426	2,225	1,493	67.1%

Years of Age	97,951		88,828	47,215
Younger than 22	2,001	1.4%	1,854	920	1,081	117.5%
22-24	4,878	3.3%	4,531	2,248	2,630	117.0%
25-34	22,506	15.4%	20,318	10,767	11,739	109.0%
35-44	23,870	16.3%	21,475	11,594	12,276	105.9%
45-54	26,179	17.9%	23,860	12,882	13,297	103.2%
55-59	9,333	6.4%	8,483	4,442	4,891	110.1%
60-64	6,122	4.2%	5,548	2,877	3,245	112.8%
65 and older	3,062	2.1%	2,759	1,485	1,577	106.2%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	97,951		88,828	47,215
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	108	0.1%	121	131	-23	-17.6%
Mining	270	0.3%	258	126	144	114.3%
Utilities	17	0.0%	11	32	-15	-46.9%
Construction	6,764	6.9%	6,242	5,658	1,106	19.5%
Manufacturing	8,724	8.9%	8,362	4,597	4,127	89.8%
Wholesale Trade	822	0.8%	721	889	-67	-7.5%
Retail Trade	2,239	2.3%	1,990	2,290	-51	-2.2%
Transporation and Warehousing	1,418	1.4%	1,199	1,319	99	7.5%
Information	509	0.5%	492	597	-88	-14.7%
Finance and Insurance	440	0.4%	403	840	-400	-47.6%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	415	0.4%	395	410	5	1.2%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	1,392	1.4%	1,155	1,554	-162	-10.4%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	94	0.1%	66	77	17	22.1%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	3,869	3.9%	3,668	3,161	708	22.4%
Educational Services	164	0.2%	161	153	11	7.2%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	915	0.9%	923	1,079	-164	-15.2%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	450	0.5%	472	397	53	13.4%
Accomodation and Food Services	1,907	1.9%	2,182	1,653	254	15.4%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	681	0.7%	718	559	122	21.8%
Public Administration	4,729	4.8%	3,863	2,346	2,383	101.6%
Information Not Available	62,024	63.3%	55,426	19,347	42,677	220.6%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Virgin Islands
	Feb 2009	Percent	Jan 2009	Feb 2008	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	577		538	344
Male	334	57.9%	313	266	68	25.6%
Female	243	42.1%	225	78	165	211.5%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	577		538	344
Hispanic or Latino	119	20.6%	110	115	4	3.5%
Not Hispanic or Latino	447	77.5%	419	222	225	101.4%
Information Not Available	11	1.9%	9	7	4	57.1%

Race	577		538	344
American Indian or Alaskan Native	1	0.2%	1	1	0	0.0%
Asian	12	2.1%	15	5	7	140.0%
Black or African American	394	68.3%	359	203	191	94.1%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	9	1.6%	7	6	3	50.0%
White	40	6.9%	44	13	27	207.7%
Information Not Available	121	21.0%	112	116	5	4.3%

Years of Age	577		538	344
Younger than 22	23	4.0%	25	11	12	109.1%
22-24	51	8.8%	41	34	17	50.0%
25-34	124	21.3%	117	87	37	42.5%
35-44	142	24.4%	111	80	62	77.5%
45-54	115	19.8%	116	63	52	82.5%
55-59	49	8.4%	45	27	22	81.5%
60-64	35	6.0%	41	31	4	12.9%
65 and older	36	6.2%	41	11	25	227.3%
Information Not Available	2	0.3%	1	0	2	0.0%

Industry	577		538	344
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
Mining	2	0.3%	2	0	2	0.0%
Utilities	1	0.2%	1	4	-3	-75.0%
Construction	135	23.4%	117	182	-47	-25.8%
Manufacturing	16	2.8%	23	19	-3	-15.8%
Wholesale Trade	13	2.3%	6	1	12	1200.0%
Retail Trade	60	10.4%	56	17	43	252.9%
Transporation and Warehousing	8	1.4%	12	1	7	700.0%
Information	3	0.5%	3	2	1	50.0%
Finance and Insurance	7	1.2%	6	0	7	0.0%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	16	2.8%	15	5	11	220.0%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	20	3.5%	14	4	16	400.0%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	19	3.3%	12	2	17	850.0%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	50	8.7%	42	16	34	212.5%
Educational Services	4	0.7%	8	1	3	300.0%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	17	2.9%	16	5	12	240.0%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	6	1.0%	7	0	6	0.0%
Accomodation and Food Services	73	12.7%	64	19	54	284.2%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	90	15.6%	100	45	45	100.0%
Public Administration	2	0.3%	0	8	-6	-75.0%
Information Not Available	35	6.1%	34	13	22	169.2%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Vermont
	Feb 2009	Percent	Jan 2009	Feb 2008	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	15,207		13,215	8,491
Male	10,705	70.4%	9,291	6,263	4,442	70.9%
Female	4,502	29.6%	3,924	2,228	2,274	102.1%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	15,207		13,215	8,491
Hispanic or Latino	22	0.1%	21	19	3	15.8%
Not Hispanic or Latino	4,230	27.8%	3,508	2,771	1,459	52.7%
Information Not Available	10,955	72.0%	9,686	5,701	5,254	92.2%

Race	15,207		13,215	8,491
American Indian or Alaskan Native	25	0.2%	21	12	13	108.3%
Asian	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
Black or African American	64	0.4%	52	42	22	52.4%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	18	0.1%	18	9	9	100.0%
White	4,145	27.3%	3,438	2,727	1,418	52.0%
Information Not Available	10,955	72.0%	9,686	5,701	5,254	92.2%

Years of Age	15,207		13,215	8,491
Younger than 22	551	3.0%	456	301	250	83.1%
22-24	930	5.1%	841	529	401	75.8%
25-34	3,451	18.9%	3,080	1,923	1,528	79.5%
35-44	3,201	17.5%	2,740	1,856	1,345	72.5%
45-54	3,691	20.2%	3,183	2,015	1,676	83.2%
55-59	1,483	8.1%	1,308	790	693	87.7%
60-64	1,051	5.7%	887	569	482	84.7%
65 and older	849	4.6%	720	508	341	67.1%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	15,207		13,215	8,491
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	188	1.2%	170	107	81	75.7%
Mining	78	0.5%	62	71	7	9.9%
Utilities	18	0.1%	14	7	11	157.1%
Construction	4,415	28.7%	3,866	3,083	1,332	43.2%
Manufacturing	2,471	16.1%	2,125	930	1,541	165.7%
Wholesale Trade	607	3.9%	533	258	349	135.3%
Retail Trade	1,617	10.5%	1,360	791	826	104.4%
Transporation and Warehousing	495	3.2%	387	294	201	68.4%
Information	169	1.1%	145	53	116	218.9%
Finance and Insurance	171	1.1%	149	50	121	242.0%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	191	1.2%	175	110	81	73.6%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	412	2.7%	373	276	136	49.3%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	7	0.0%	7	6	1	16.7%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	1,216	7.9%	1,065	733	483	65.9%
Educational Services	281	1.8%	270	127	154	121.3%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	749	4.9%	647	341	408	119.6%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	351	2.3%	336	279	72	25.8%
Accomodation and Food Services	1,150	7.5%	970	624	526	84.3%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	336	2.2%	298	180	156	86.7%
Public Administration	285	1.9%	263	171	114	66.7%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Washington
	Feb 2009	Percent	Jan 2009	Feb 2008	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	143,865		128,130	65,507
Male	98,544	68.5%	87,890	43,514	55,030	126.5%
Female	45,321	31.5%	40,239	21,993	23,328	106.1%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	1	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	143,865		128,130	65,507
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	143,865	100.0%	128,130	65,507	78,358	119.6%

Race	143,865		128,130	65,507
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	143,865	100.0%	128,130	65,507	78,358	119.6%

Years of Age	143,865		128,130	65,507
Younger than 22	3,341	2.5%	2,731	1,494	1,847	123.6%
22-24	8,119	6.0%	7,227	3,546	4,573	129.0%
25-34	35,898	26.5%	31,927	15,305	20,593	134.6%
35-44	34,388	25.4%	30,668	15,863	18,525	116.8%
45-54	36,321	26.8%	32,465	17,428	18,893	108.4%
55-59	13,571	10.0%	12,081	6,219	7,352	118.2%
60-64	8,308	6.1%	7,432	3,742	4,566	122.0%
65 and older	3,919	2.9%	3,599	1,910	2,009	105.2%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	143,865		128,130	65,507
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	143,865	100.0%	128,130	65,507	78,358	119.6%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Wisconsin
	Feb 2009	Percent	Jan 2009	Feb 2008	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	178,869		165,469	104,607
Male	121,863	68.1%	112,254	73,330	48,533	66.2%
Female	56,988	31.9%	53,215	31,277	25,711	82.2%
Information Not Available	18	0.0%	0	0	18	0.0%

Ethnicity	178,869		165,469	104,607
Hispanic or Latino	7,942	4.4%	7,478	4,875	3,067	62.9%
Not Hispanic or Latino	169,550	94.8%	157,180	99,240	70,310	70.8%
Information Not Available	1,377	0.8%	811	492	885	179.9%

Race	178,869		165,469	104,607
American Indian or Alaskan Native	1,735	1.0%	1,721	1,213	522	43.0%
Asian	2,325	1.3%	1,870	1,046	1,279	122.3%
Black or African American	14,471	8.1%	13,931	8,493	5,978	70.4%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	143	0.1%	132	73	70	95.9%
White	158,818	88.8%	147,004	93,290	65,528	70.2%
Information Not Available	1,377	0.8%	811	492	885	179.9%

Years of Age	178,869		165,469	104,607
Younger than 22	4,883	1.5%	4,302	2,992	1,891	63.2%
22-24	11,251	3.4%	10,127	7,197	4,054	56.3%
25-34	43,161	13.2%	40,043	26,747	16,414	61.4%
35-44	38,815	11.9%	36,271	23,317	15,498	66.5%
45-54	46,130	14.1%	42,939	26,016	20,114	77.3%
55-59	16,957	5.2%	15,488	8,839	8,118	91.8%
60-64	10,857	3.3%	9,928	5,691	5,166	90.8%
65 and older	6,815	2.1%	6,371	3,808	3,007	79.0%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	178,869		165,469	104,607
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	1,342	0.7%	1,440	1,182	160	13.5%
Mining	930	0.5%	960	764	166	21.7%
Utilities	250	0.1%	248	199	51	25.6%
Construction	34,483	19.1%	35,877	29,128	5,355	18.4%
Manufacturing	53,029	29.4%	44,566	21,045	31,984	152.0%
Wholesale Trade	6,581	3.7%	5,677	3,368	3,213	95.4%
Retail Trade	14,917	8.3%	13,437	8,932	5,985	67.0%
Transporation and Warehousing	7,064	3.9%	7,894	4,205	2,859	68.0%
Information	2,075	1.2%	1,804	952	1,123	118.0%
Finance and Insurance	2,683	1.5%	2,532	1,674	1,009	60.3%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	1,610	0.9%	1,423	868	742	85.5%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	4,221	2.3%	3,855	2,144	2,077	96.9%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	554	0.3%	430	251	303	120.7%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	18,457	10.2%	16,681	10,857	7,600	70.0%
Educational Services	1,270	0.7%	1,324	774	496	64.1%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	7,368	4.1%	6,984	4,728	2,640	55.8%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	2,933	1.6%	2,912	2,176	757	34.8%
Accomodation and Food Services	8,835	4.9%	9,218	5,575	3,260	58.5%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	3,005	1.7%	2,730	1,768	1,237	70.0%
Public Administration	2,325	1.3%	2,317	1,893	432	22.8%
Information Not Available	4,937	2.7%	3,160	2,124	2,813	132.4%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants West Virginia
	Feb 2009	Percent	Jan 2009	Feb 2008	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	29,369		27,136	18,621
Male	22,130	75.4%	20,356	14,090	8,040	57.1%
Female	7,239	24.6%	6,780	4,531	2,708	59.8%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	29,369		27,136	18,621
Hispanic or Latino	524	1.8%	514	291	233	80.1%
Not Hispanic or Latino	23,791	81.0%	22,107	15,852	7,939	50.1%
Information Not Available	5,054	17.2%	4,515	2,478	2,576	104.0%

Race	29,369		27,136	18,621
American Indian or Alaskan Native	69	0.2%	59	28	41	146.4%
Asian	47	0.2%	43	39	8	20.5%
Black or African American	751	2.6%	716	568	183	32.2%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	13	0.0%	17	11	2	18.2%
White	27,163	92.5%	25,026	17,347	9,816	56.6%
Information Not Available	1,326	4.5%	1,275	628	698	111.1%

Years of Age	29,369		27,136	18,621
Younger than 22	746	1.4%	700	474	272	57.4%
22-24	1,686	3.1%	1,513	999	687	68.8%
25-34	7,119	13.0%	6,620	4,613	2,506	54.3%
35-44	7,433	13.5%	6,812	4,663	2,770	59.4%
45-54	7,248	13.2%	6,741	4,768	2,480	52.0%
55-59	2,769	5.0%	2,513	1,596	1,173	73.5%
60-64	1,570	2.9%	1,430	1,004	566	56.4%
65 and older	798	1.5%	807	504	294	58.3%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	29,369		27,136	18,621
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	200	0.7%	220	163	37	22.7%
Mining	1,515	5.1%	1,345	725	790	109.0%
Utilities	36	0.1%	30	52	-16	-30.8%
Construction	8,462	28.6%	8,101	6,221	2,241	36.0%
Manufacturing	4,409	14.9%	3,764	1,903	2,506	131.7%
Wholesale Trade	800	2.7%	680	425	375	88.2%
Retail Trade	2,206	7.5%	2,143	1,413	793	56.1%
Transporation and Warehousing	1,074	3.6%	1,007	674	400	59.3%
Information	221	0.7%	209	130	91	70.0%
Finance and Insurance	300	1.0%	294	201	99	49.3%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	295	1.0%	261	239	56	23.4%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	710	2.4%	651	380	330	86.8%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	36	0.1%	39	28	8	28.6%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	2,268	7.7%	2,283	1,406	862	61.3%
Educational Services	137	0.5%	152	131	6	4.6%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	1,329	4.5%	1,221	983	346	35.2%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	423	1.4%	452	435	-12	-2.8%
Accomodation and Food Services	2,253	7.6%	1,636	1,110	1,143	103.0%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	637	2.2%	628	483	154	31.9%
Public Administration	385	1.3%	370	292	93	31.8%
Information Not Available	1,673	5.7%	1,650	1,227	446	36.3%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Wyoming
	Feb 2009	Percent	Jan 2009	Feb 2008	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	8,355		7,072	4,192
Male	6,299	75.4%	5,104	3,067	3,232	105.4%
Female	2,056	24.6%	1,968	1,125	931	82.8%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	8,355		7,072	4,192
Hispanic or Latino	861	10.3%	729	456	405	88.8%
Not Hispanic or Latino	6,944	83.1%	5,866	3,458	3,486	100.8%
Information Not Available	550	6.6%	477	278	272	97.8%

Race	8,355		7,072	4,192
American Indian or Alaskan Native	280	3.4%	250	218	62	28.4%
Asian	22	0.3%	20	22	0	0.0%
Black or African American	86	1.0%	78	63	23	36.5%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	26	0.3%	16	0	26	0.0%
White	7,380	88.3%	6,247	3,605	3,775	104.7%
Information Not Available	561	6.7%	461	284	277	97.5%

Years of Age	8,355		7,072	4,192
Younger than 22	244	1.6%	186	92	152	165.2%
22-24	777	5.1%	585	248	529	213.3%
25-34	2,025	13.2%	1,635	874	1,151	131.7%
35-44	1,760	11.5%	1,492	904	856	94.7%
45-54	2,050	13.4%	1,773	1,123	927	82.5%
55-59	732	4.8%	665	378	354	93.7%
60-64	436	2.8%	398	293	143	48.8%
65 and older	331	2.2%	336	280	51	18.2%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	2	0	0	0.0%

Industry	8,355		7,072	4,192
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	66	0.8%	58	43	23	53.5%
Mining	1,256	14.9%	821	236	1,020	432.2%
Utilities	6	0.1%	10	4	2	50.0%
Construction	2,745	32.6%	2,357	1,763	982	55.7%
Manufacturing	522	6.2%	427	184	338	183.7%
Wholesale Trade	114	1.4%	110	65	49	75.4%
Retail Trade	521	6.2%	462	246	275	111.8%
Transporation and Warehousing	248	2.9%	179	154	94	61.0%
Information	67	0.8%	57	22	45	204.5%
Finance and Insurance	76	0.9%	64	25	51	204.0%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	70	0.8%	52	26	44	169.2%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	245	2.9%	185	62	183	295.2%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	6	0.1%	7	5	1	20.0%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	453	5.4%	437	332	121	36.4%
Educational Services	77	0.9%	58	52	25	48.1%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	227	2.7%	234	142	85	59.9%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	68	0.8%	75	39	29	74.4%
Accomodation and Food Services	549	6.5%	564	293	256	87.4%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	147	1.7%	127	75	72	96.0%
Public Administration	137	1.6%	145	128	9	7.0%
Information Not Available	755	9.0%	643	296	459	155.1%