Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants

January 2009

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants: Total Claimants January 2009
	Jan 2009	Dec 2008	Monthly Change	Jan 2008	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
United States	5,693,109	4,563,503	1,129,606	3,266,068	2,427,041	74.3
Alaska	16,534	13,937	2,597	14,357	2,177	15.2
Alabama	71,450	57,069	14,381	32,930	38,520	117.0
Arkansas	54,622	46,195	8,427	34,060	20,562	60.4
Arizona	76,291	67,074	9,217	30,172	46,119	152.9
California	710,093	648,712	61,381	474,569	235,524	49.6
Colorado	55,559	41,843	13,716	27,752	27,807	100.2
Connecticut	83,361	62,706	20,655	49,619	33,742	68.0
District of Columbia	9,806	12,118	-2,312	10,026	-220	-2.2
Delaware	17,129	10,797	6,332	10,725	6,404	59.7
Florida	257,821	243,632	14,189	132,895	124,926	94.0
Georgia	142,729	123,075	19,654	71,981	70,748	98.3
Hawaii	18,336	17,653	683	8,081	10,255	126.9
Iowa	62,319	43,985	18,334	37,258	25,061	67.3
Idaho	42,696	31,748	10,948	23,685	19,011	80.3
Illinois	291,580	232,198	59,382	184,408	107,172	58.1
Indiana	154,022	114,918	39,104	79,655	74,367	93.4
Kansas	38,575	29,617	8,958	21,452	17,123	79.8
Kentucky	90,790	56,368	34,422	39,357	51,433	130.7
Louisiana	40,951	38,836	2,115	20,279	20,672	101.9
Massachusetts	160,691	126,437	34,254	108,891	51,800	47.6
Maryland	82,039	65,852	16,187	46,711	35,328	75.6
Maine	23,008	17,364	5,644	14,915	8,093	54.3
Michigan	363,212	226,209	137,003	179,668	183,544	102.2
Minnesota	113,681	87,264	26,417	72,808	40,873	56.1
Missouri	108,625	80,550	28,075	64,283	44,342	69.0
Mississippi	41,630	34,805	6,825	22,303	19,327	86.7
Montana	14,286	10,520	3,766	7,202	7,084	98.4
North Carolina	183,646	151,308	32,338	89,292	94,354	105.7
North Dakota	10,278	5,574	4,704	6,088	4,190	68.8
Nebraska	23,615	19,502	4,113	11,857	11,758	99.2
New Hampshire	19,332	14,181	5,151	9,622	9,710	100.9
New Jersey	203,718	162,919	40,799	136,433	67,285	49.3
New Mexico	21,605	17,093	4,512	11,978	9,627	80.4
Nevada	69,011	60,885	8,126	32,745	36,266	110.8
New York	349,325	281,778	67,547	212,571	136,754	64.3
Ohio	236,713	168,407	68,306	134,794	101,919	75.6
Oklahoma	37,028	31,152	5,876	14,644	22,384	152.9
Oregon	116,507	90,480	26,027	60,260	56,247	93.3
Pennsylvania	342,388	266,069	76,319	209,797	132,591	63.2
Puerto Rico	39,296	36,604	2,692	32,397	6,899	21.3
Rhode Island	24,412	19,630	4,782	18,744	5,668	30.2
South Carolina	98,505	82,084	16,421	48,772	49,733	102.0
South Dakota	6,178	4,117	2,061	3,554	2,624	73.8
Tennessee	105,987	77,632	28,355	50,132	55,855	111.4
Texas	196,508	170,902	25,606	104,132	92,376	88.7
Utah	36,833	27,717	9,116	15,761	21,072	133.7
Virginia	88,828	68,291	20,537	44,579	44,249	99.3
Virgin Islands	538	491	47	414	124	30.0
Vermont	13,215	10,458	2,757	8,097	5,118	63.2
Washington	128,130	105,887	22,243	67,096	61,034	91.0
Wisconsin	165,469	123,203	42,266	100,697	64,772	64.3
West Virginia	27,136	20,954	6,182	18,403	8,733	47.5
Wyoming	7,072	4,703	2,369	3,167	3,905	123.3

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants US Totals
	Jan 2009	Percent	Dec 2008	Jan 2008	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	5,693,109		4,563,503	3,266,068	2,427,041	74.3
Male	3,680,482	64.6%	2,842,355	2,053,746	1,626,736	79.2%
Female	2,007,054	35.3%	1,716,764	1,209,448	797,606	65.9%
Information Not Available	5,573	0.1%	4,384	2,874	2,699	93.9%

Ethnicity	5,693,109		4,563,503	3,266,068
Hispanic or Latino	796,518	14.0%	688,834	505,963	290,555	57.4%
Not Hispanic or Latino	4,111,801	84.0%	3,280,269	2,379,070	1,732,731	72.8%
Information Not Available	784,790	12.1%	594,340	381,035	403,755	106.0%

Race	5,693,109		4,563,503	3,266,068
American Indian or Alaskan Native	58,523	1.0%	48,712	34,261	24,262	70.8%
Asian	137,976	2.4%	113,191	68,755	69,221	100.7%
Black or African American	838,939	14.7%	718,262	497,863	341,076	68.5%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	21,462	0.4%	15,142	10,840	10,622	98.0%
White	3,466,959	60.9%	2,694,530	1,959,250	1,507,709	77.0%
Information Not Available	1,169,248	20.5%	973,666	695,097	474,151	68.2%

Years of Age	5,693,109		4,563,503	3,266,068
Younger than 22	192,223	3.4%	192,548	122,166	70,057	57.3%
22-24	320,380	5.6%	271,007	186,830	133,550	71.5%
25-34	1,346,444	23.7%	1,093,888	767,018	579,426	75.5%
35-44	1,381,151	24.3%	1,108,493	812,575	568,576	70.0%
45-54	1,424,857	25.0%	1,111,617	802,783	622,074	77.5%
55-59	498,622	8.8%	385,200	270,892	227,730	84.1%
60-64	310,873	5.5%	233,548	167,953	142,920	85.1%
65 and older	189,142	3.3%	143,958	106,264	82,878	78.0%
Information Not Available	29,417	0.5%	23,244	29,587	-170	-0.6%

Industry	5,693,109		4,563,503	3,266,068
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	117,445	2.1%	106,016	99,155	18,290	18.4%
Mining	36,731	0.6%	22,488	19,956	16,775	84.1%
Utilities	8,995	0.2%	8,019	6,334	2,661	42.0%
Construction	951,111	16.7%	708,588	619,183	331,928	53.6%
Manufacturing	1,041,578	18.3%	724,098	431,080	610,498	141.6%
Wholesale Trade	222,576	3.9%	178,487	108,281	114,295	105.6%
Retail Trade	445,933	7.8%	368,413	240,422	205,511	85.5%
Transporation and Warehousing	198,732	3.5%	145,355	103,058	95,674	92.8%
Information	113,235	2.0%	101,813	80,749	32,486	40.2%
Finance and Insurance	155,882	2.7%	146,497	112,790	43,092	38.2%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	79,950	1.4%	68,064	55,819	24,131	43.2%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	239,427	4.2%	206,941	118,918	120,509	101.3%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	23,277	0.4%	16,996	10,458	12,819	122.6%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	612,537	10.8%	515,690	363,520	249,017	68.5%
Educational Services	81,101	1.4%	77,782	54,853	26,248	47.9%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	234,566	4.1%	227,704	165,072	69,494	42.1%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	105,128	1.8%	82,427	76,440	28,688	37.5%
Accomodation and Food Services	286,706	5.0%	233,058	176,800	109,906	62.2%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	122,933	2.2%	108,952	76,861	46,072	59.9%
Public Administration	80,056	1.4%	66,126	52,407	27,649	52.8%
Information Not Available	535,210	9.4%	449,989	293,912	241,298	82.1%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Alaska
	Jan 2009	Percent	Dec 2008	Jan 2008	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	16,534		13,937	14,357	2,177	15.2
Male	11,138	67.4%	8,856	9,235	1,903	20.6%
Female	5,396	32.6%	5,081	5,122	274	5.3%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	16,534		13,937	14,357
Hispanic or Latino	628	3.8%	615	609	19	3.1%
Not Hispanic or Latino	15,749	95.3%	13,195	13,638	2,111	15.5%
Information Not Available	157	0.9%	127	110	47	42.7%

Race	16,534		13,937	14,357
American Indian or Alaskan Native	4,302	26.0%	3,620	3,932	370	9.4%
Asian	601	3.6%	941	962	-361	-37.5%
Black or African American	544	3.3%	522	472	72	15.3%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	159	1.0%	155	139	20	14.4%
White	10,366	62.7%	8,157	8,319	2,047	24.6%
Information Not Available	562	3.4%	542	533	29	5.4%

Years of Age	16,534		13,937	14,357
Younger than 22	646	2.5%	513	546	100	18.3%
22-24	1,122	4.3%	1,009	1,036	86	8.3%
25-34	4,380	16.7%	3,678	3,566	814	22.8%
35-44	3,650	13.9%	3,059	3,307	343	10.4%
45-54	4,242	16.2%	3,542	3,765	477	12.7%
55-59	1,435	5.5%	1,182	1,169	266	22.8%
60-64	702	2.7%	620	624	78	12.5%
65 and older	357	1.4%	334	344	13	3.8%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	16,534		13,937	14,357
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	163	1.0%	111	182	-19	-10.4%
Mining	686	4.1%	431	428	258	60.3%
Utilities	102	0.6%	85	87	15	17.2%
Construction	4,382	26.2%	3,101	3,235	1,147	35.5%
Manufacturing	1,121	6.7%	1,470	1,508	-387	-25.7%
Wholesale Trade	218	1.3%	191	167	51	30.5%
Retail Trade	1,417	8.5%	1,156	1,066	351	32.9%
Transporation and Warehousing	1,010	6.0%	784	798	212	26.6%
Information	200	1.2%	128	127	73	57.5%
Finance and Insurance	203	1.2%	189	223	-20	-9.0%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	308	1.8%	212	307	1	0.3%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	492	2.9%	374	409	83	20.3%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	11	0.1%	9	60	-49	-81.7%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	939	5.6%	760	849	90	10.6%
Educational Services	368	2.2%	280	329	39	11.9%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	890	5.3%	810	825	65	7.9%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	209	1.3%	279	191	18	9.4%
Accomodation and Food Services	1,429	8.6%	1,374	1,247	182	14.6%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	430	2.6%	334	396	34	8.6%
Public Administration	1,590	9.5%	1,500	1,545	45	2.9%
Information Not Available	366	2.2%	359	378	-12	-3.2%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Alabama
	Jan 2009	Percent	Dec 2008	Jan 2008	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	71,450		57,069	32,930
Male	42,811	59.9%	32,705	18,163	24,648	135.7%
Female	28,589	40.0%	24,271	14,715	13,874	94.3%
Information Not Available	50	0.1%	93	52	-2	-3.8%

Ethnicity	71,450		57,069	32,930
Hispanic or Latino	1,507	2.1%	1,264	770	737	95.7%
Not Hispanic or Latino	58,000	81.2%	46,081	26,614	31,386	117.9%
Information Not Available	11,943	16.7%	9,724	5,546	6,397	115.3%

Race	71,450		57,069	32,930
American Indian or Alaskan Native	2,159	3.0%	1,823	1,006	1,153	114.6%
Asian	943	1.3%	717	443	500	112.9%
Black or African American	27,753	38.8%	21,832	14,172	13,581	95.8%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	106	0.1%	109	66	40	60.6%
White	36,667	51.3%	29,253	15,371	21,296	138.5%
Information Not Available	3,822	5.3%	3,335	1,872	1,950	104.2%

Years of Age	71,450		57,069	32,930
Younger than 22	3,044	2.9%	2,608	1,414	1,630	115.3%
22-24	4,915	4.7%	4,169	2,361	2,554	108.2%
25-34	18,333	17.4%	14,643	8,467	9,866	116.5%
35-44	18,064	17.2%	13,804	8,066	9,998	124.0%
45-54	16,698	15.9%	13,235	7,791	8,907	114.3%
55-59	5,412	5.2%	4,379	2,477	2,935	118.5%
60-64	3,032	2.9%	2,517	1,440	1,592	110.6%
65 and older	1,948	1.9%	1,653	901	1,047	116.2%
Information Not Available	4	0.0%	61	13	-9	-69.2%

Industry	71,450		57,069	32,930
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	586	0.8%	528	341	245	71.8%
Mining	320	0.4%	214	102	218	213.7%
Utilities	80	0.1%	61	38	42	110.5%
Construction	8,174	11.3%	6,452	3,768	4,406	116.9%
Manufacturing	23,202	32.2%	16,635	9,372	13,830	147.6%
Wholesale Trade	2,619	3.6%	2,210	1,048	1,571	149.9%
Retail Trade	6,517	9.0%	5,583	3,033	3,484	114.9%
Transporation and Warehousing	2,682	3.7%	1,885	947	1,735	183.2%
Information	843	1.2%	732	382	461	120.7%
Finance and Insurance	1,529	2.1%	1,365	805	724	89.9%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	847	1.2%	691	389	458	117.7%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	2,456	3.4%	1,965	1,248	1,208	96.8%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	80	0.1%	82	30	50	166.7%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	7,495	10.4%	5,989	3,434	4,061	118.3%
Educational Services	1,215	1.7%	1,175	657	558	84.9%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	3,466	4.8%	3,331	1,946	1,520	78.1%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	423	0.6%	313	249	174	69.9%
Accomodation and Food Services	3,740	5.2%	3,404	2,112	1,628	77.1%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	1,270	1.8%	1,147	702	568	80.9%
Public Administration	684	0.9%	622	418	266	63.6%
Information Not Available	3,222	4.5%	2,685	1,909	1,313	68.8%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Arkansas
	Jan 2009	Percent	Dec 2008	Jan 2008	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	54,622		46,195	34,060
Male	33,629	61.6%	27,528	20,038	13,591	67.8%
Female	20,992	38.4%	18,666	14,021	6,971	49.7%
Information Not Available	1	0.0%	1	1	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	54,622		46,195	34,060
Hispanic or Latino	1,841	3.4%	1,508	760	1,081	142.2%
Not Hispanic or Latino	52,780	96.6%	44,685	33,299	19,481	58.5%
Information Not Available	1	0.0%	2	1	0	0.0%

Race	54,622		46,195	34,060
American Indian or Alaskan Native	640	1.2%	485	382	258	67.5%
Asian	470	0.9%	346	257	213	82.9%
Black or African American	13,869	25.4%	12,650	9,464	4,405	46.5%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	418	0.8%	387	273	145	53.1%
White	37,381	68.4%	30,815	22,921	14,460	63.1%
Information Not Available	1,844	3.4%	1,512	763	1,081	141.7%

Years of Age	54,622		46,195	34,060
Younger than 22	1,455	1.6%	1,974	716	739	103.2%
22-24	3,677	4.1%	3,457	2,106	1,571	74.6%
25-34	14,949	16.7%	12,671	9,256	5,693	61.5%
35-44	13,478	15.1%	11,617	8,446	5,032	59.6%
45-54	12,647	14.2%	10,361	8,096	4,551	56.2%
55-59	4,132	4.6%	3,178	2,822	1,310	46.4%
60-64	2,677	3.0%	1,865	1,449	1,228	84.7%
65 and older	1,603	1.8%	1,069	1,165	438	37.6%
Information Not Available	4	0.0%	3	4	0	0.0%

Industry	54,622		46,195	34,060
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	1,381	2.5%	1,028	1,094	287	26.2%
Mining	412	0.7%	273	136	276	202.9%
Utilities	100	0.2%	87	71	29	40.8%
Construction	6,381	11.4%	5,038	4,474	1,907	42.6%
Manufacturing	14,250	25.4%	13,157	7,686	6,564	85.4%
Wholesale Trade	2,238	4.0%	2,015	1,515	723	47.7%
Retail Trade	6,191	11.1%	4,961	3,840	2,351	61.2%
Transporation and Warehousing	2,249	4.0%	1,819	1,263	986	78.1%
Information	428	0.8%	403	273	155	56.8%
Finance and Insurance	772	1.4%	640	508	264	52.0%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	433	0.8%	392	388	45	11.6%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	920	1.6%	816	590	330	55.9%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	137	0.2%	124	54	83	153.7%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	6,106	10.9%	4,501	3,348	2,758	82.4%
Educational Services	1,561	2.8%	1,426	1,055	506	48.0%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	3,979	7.1%	3,643	2,986	993	33.3%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	560	1.0%	428	388	172	44.3%
Accomodation and Food Services	4,212	7.5%	3,601	2,839	1,373	48.4%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	1,079	1.9%	925	809	270	33.4%
Public Administration	1,190	2.1%	888	705	485	68.8%
Information Not Available	43	0.1%	30	38	5	13.2%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Arizona
	Jan 2009	Percent	Dec 2008	Jan 2008	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	76,291		67,074	30,172
Male	49,131	64.4%	42,012	17,236	31,895	185.0%
Female	27,148	35.6%	25,046	12,936	14,212	109.9%
Information Not Available	12	0.0%	16	0	12	0.0%

Ethnicity	76,291		67,074	30,172
Hispanic or Latino	21,661	28.4%	18,777	8,452	13,209	156.3%
Not Hispanic or Latino	40,734	53.4%	38,554	21,719	19,015	87.6%
Information Not Available	13,896	18.2%	9,743	1	13,895	1389500.0%

Race	76,291		67,074	30,172
American Indian or Alaskan Native	5,135	6.7%	4,456	2,417	2,718	112.5%
Asian	1,188	1.6%	1,089	7	1,181	16871.4%
Black or African American	4,302	5.6%	3,917	2,011	2,291	113.9%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	317	0.4%	262	0	317	0.0%
White	43,019	56.4%	37,189	15,524	27,495	177.1%
Information Not Available	22,330	29.3%	20,161	10,213	12,117	118.6%

Years of Age	76,291		67,074	30,172
Younger than 22	3,054	2.7%	2,495	963	2,091	217.1%
22-24	4,678	4.1%	4,020	1,628	3,050	187.3%
25-34	17,678	15.4%	15,380	6,836	10,842	158.6%
35-44	18,452	16.0%	16,325	7,533	10,919	144.9%
45-54	19,095	16.6%	16,846	7,742	11,353	146.6%
55-59	6,788	5.9%	6,098	2,786	4,002	143.6%
60-64	4,182	3.6%	3,755	1,744	2,438	139.8%
65 and older	2,364	2.1%	2,155	940	1,424	151.5%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	76,291		67,074	30,172
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	699	0.9%	580	365	334	91.5%
Mining	609	0.8%	328	88	521	592.0%
Utilities	134	0.2%	120	48	86	179.2%
Construction	16,006	20.8%	13,341	5,188	10,818	208.5%
Manufacturing	6,148	8.0%	5,062	2,356	3,792	161.0%
Wholesale Trade	3,673	4.8%	3,316	1,089	2,584	237.3%
Retail Trade	7,485	9.7%	6,380	2,587	4,898	189.3%
Transporation and Warehousing	1,881	2.4%	1,551	569	1,312	230.6%
Information	934	1.2%	865	360	574	159.4%
Finance and Insurance	2,442	3.2%	2,468	2,007	435	21.7%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	1,770	2.3%	1,625	733	1,037	141.5%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	4,223	5.5%	3,801	1,459	2,764	189.4%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	246	0.3%	215	80	166	207.5%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	9,082	11.8%	7,876	3,102	5,980	192.8%
Educational Services	1,097	1.4%	1,144	619	478	77.2%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	3,409	4.4%	3,251	1,737	1,672	96.3%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	830	1.1%	795	352	478	135.8%
Accomodation and Food Services	3,236	4.2%	2,695	1,217	2,019	165.9%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	1,748	2.3%	1,601	629	1,119	177.9%
Public Administration	1,885	2.4%	1,681	540	1,345	249.1%
Information Not Available	8,754	11.4%	8,379	5,047	3,707	73.4%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants California
	Jan 2009	Percent	Dec 2008	Jan 2008	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	710,093		648,712	474,569
Male	433,751	61.1%	391,364	283,678	150,073	52.9%
Female	275,491	38.8%	256,770	190,891	84,600	44.3%
Information Not Available	851	0.1%	578	0	851	0.0%

Ethnicity	710,093		648,712	474,569
Hispanic or Latino	263,673	37.1%	247,527	189,151	74,522	39.4%
Not Hispanic or Latino	357,174	50.3%	334,369	237,574	119,600	50.3%
Information Not Available	89,246	12.6%	66,816	47,844	41,402	86.5%

Race	710,093		648,712	474,569
American Indian or Alaskan Native	4,443	0.6%	5,295	2,803	1,640	58.5%
Asian	62,680	8.8%	51,219	32,379	30,301	93.6%
Black or African American	45,568	6.4%	45,057	28,899	16,669	57.7%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
White	244,481	34.4%	232,797	173,493	70,988	40.9%
Information Not Available	352,921	49.7%	314,344	236,995	115,926	48.9%

Years of Age	710,093		648,712	474,569
Younger than 22	16,261	1.8%	28,113	8,892	7,369	82.9%
22-24	39,802	4.4%	40,821	24,067	15,735	65.4%
25-34	171,874	18.9%	159,434	109,798	62,076	56.5%
35-44	172,914	19.0%	157,220	117,724	55,190	46.9%
45-54	175,750	19.3%	158,471	124,973	50,777	40.6%
55-59	61,168	6.7%	52,086	42,818	18,350	42.9%
60-64	43,678	4.8%	31,290	28,223	15,455	54.8%
65 and older	27,228	3.0%	20,411	17,784	9,444	53.1%
Information Not Available	1,418	0.2%	866	290	1,128	389.0%

Industry	710,093		648,712	474,569
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	75,821	9.6%	74,807	68,141	7,680	11.3%
Mining	1,513	0.2%	1,733	773	740	95.7%
Utilities	2,080	0.3%	2,311	1,643	437	26.6%
Construction	106,358	13.5%	93,292	76,937	29,421	38.2%
Manufacturing	97,944	12.5%	89,056	55,382	42,562	76.9%
Wholesale Trade	20,421	2.6%	16,174	2,900	17,521	604.2%
Retail Trade	64,760	8.2%	58,536	31,316	33,444	106.8%
Transporation and Warehousing	25,999	3.3%	18,774	12,855	13,144	102.2%
Information	39,707	5.1%	39,377	40,111	-404	-1.0%
Finance and Insurance	23,730	3.0%	23,492	18,268	5,462	29.9%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	9,643	1.2%	9,531	14,981	-5,338	-35.6%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	20,137	2.6%	18,389	6,282	13,855	220.6%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	84,896	10.8%	78,946	57,509	27,387	47.6%
Educational Services	19,286	2.5%	17,234	14,015	5,271	37.6%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	26,566	3.4%	28,402	20,394	6,172	30.3%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	10,778	1.4%	9,435	9,762	1,016	10.4%
Accomodation and Food Services	29,213	3.7%	26,284	14,981	14,232	95.0%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	20,704	2.6%	20,988	11,598	9,106	78.5%
Public Administration	9,549	1.2%	7,510	4,156	5,393	129.8%
Information Not Available	20,988	2.7%	14,441	12,565	8,423	67.0%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Colorado
	Jan 2009	Percent	Dec 2008	Jan 2008	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	55,559		41,843	27,752
Male	36,179	65.1%	25,579	17,322	18,857	108.9%
Female	19,380	34.9%	16,264	10,430	8,950	85.8%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	55,559		41,843	27,752
Hispanic or Latino	11,046	19.9%	7,427	6,142	4,904	79.8%
Not Hispanic or Latino	35,828	64.5%	27,850	17,121	18,707	109.3%
Information Not Available	8,685	15.6%	6,566	4,489	4,196	93.5%

Race	55,559		41,843	27,752
American Indian or Alaskan Native	774	1.4%	630	479	295	61.6%
Asian	991	1.8%	658	581	410	70.6%
Black or African American	3,014	5.4%	2,513	1,490	1,524	102.3%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	169	0.3%	150	75	94	125.3%
White	38,558	69.4%	29,595	18,359	20,199	110.0%
Information Not Available	12,053	21.7%	8,297	6,768	5,285	78.1%

Years of Age	55,559		41,843	27,752
Younger than 22	1,110	1.2%	763	534	576	107.9%
22-24	2,368	2.6%	1,673	1,040	1,328	127.7%
25-34	12,329	13.6%	8,903	5,601	6,728	120.1%
35-44	13,717	15.1%	10,227	6,917	6,800	98.3%
45-54	15,546	17.1%	12,115	8,292	7,254	87.5%
55-59	5,728	6.3%	4,442	2,953	2,775	94.0%
60-64	3,346	3.7%	2,606	1,712	1,634	95.4%
65 and older	1,415	1.6%	1,114	681	734	107.8%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	22	-22	-100.0%

Industry	55,559		41,843	27,752
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	377	0.7%	267	247	130	52.6%
Mining	866	1.5%	455	322	544	168.9%
Utilities	36	0.1%	32	38	-2	-5.3%
Construction	13,102	23.4%	8,382	6,977	6,125	87.8%
Manufacturing	5,458	9.8%	3,992	2,531	2,927	115.6%
Wholesale Trade	2,493	4.5%	1,939	1,023	1,470	143.7%
Retail Trade	4,584	8.2%	3,510	1,987	2,597	130.7%
Transporation and Warehousing	1,858	3.3%	1,392	771	1,087	141.0%
Information	1,557	2.8%	1,298	809	748	92.5%
Finance and Insurance	2,263	4.0%	2,045	1,512	751	49.7%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	1,245	2.2%	1,022	590	655	111.0%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	4,475	8.0%	3,597	1,774	2,701	152.3%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	458	0.8%	382	289	169	58.5%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	7,218	12.9%	5,306	3,634	3,584	98.6%
Educational Services	829	1.5%	774	538	291	54.1%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	1,992	3.6%	1,884	1,277	715	56.0%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	809	1.4%	746	375	434	115.7%
Accomodation and Food Services	2,393	4.3%	1,924	1,186	1,207	101.8%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	1,195	2.1%	1,013	569	626	110.0%
Public Administration	1,051	1.9%	856	708	343	48.4%
Information Not Available	1,300	2.3%	1,027	595	705	118.5%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Connecticut
	Jan 2009	Percent	Dec 2008	Jan 2008	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	83,361		62,706	49,619
Male	54,400	65.3%	39,533	32,278	22,122	68.5%
Female	28,961	34.7%	23,173	17,341	11,620	67.0%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	83,361		62,706	49,619
Hispanic or Latino	12,876	15.4%	9,897	8,046	4,830	60.0%
Not Hispanic or Latino	70,485	84.6%	52,809	41,573	28,912	69.5%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Race	83,361		62,706	49,619
American Indian or Alaskan Native	298	0.4%	236	164	134	81.7%
Asian	1,317	1.6%	976	539	778	144.3%
Black or African American	9,103	10.9%	7,774	6,046	3,057	50.6%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
White	47,730	57.3%	36,295	28,800	18,930	65.7%
Information Not Available	24,913	29.9%	17,425	14,070	10,843	77.1%

Years of Age	83,361		62,706	49,619
Younger than 22	2,007	1.6%	2,450	1,313	694	52.9%
22-24	4,869	3.9%	4,007	3,041	1,828	60.1%
25-34	18,517	14.8%	13,938	11,292	7,225	64.0%
35-44	19,062	15.2%	14,620	11,755	7,307	62.2%
45-54	20,953	16.7%	15,326	12,310	8,643	70.2%
55-59	7,789	6.2%	5,516	4,328	3,461	80.0%
60-64	5,820	4.6%	3,950	3,083	2,737	88.8%
65 and older	4,344	3.5%	2,899	2,497	1,847	74.0%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	83,361		62,706	49,619
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	1,248	1.5%	878	902	346	38.4%
Mining	98	0.1%	50	62	36	58.1%
Utilities	101	0.1%	50	54	47	87.0%
Construction	15,446	18.3%	10,175	10,095	5,351	53.0%
Manufacturing	12,484	14.8%	8,808	5,249	7,235	137.8%
Wholesale Trade	3,724	4.4%	3,035	1,945	1,779	91.5%
Retail Trade	8,433	10.0%	6,650	4,902	3,531	72.0%
Transporation and Warehousing	2,985	3.5%	1,971	1,587	1,398	88.1%
Information	1,862	2.2%	1,516	743	1,119	150.6%
Finance and Insurance	3,338	3.9%	2,825	1,991	1,347	67.7%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	1,288	1.5%	1,060	841	447	53.2%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	3,589	4.2%	2,999	1,924	1,665	86.5%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	327	0.4%	276	160	167	104.4%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	10,686	12.6%	8,044	7,077	3,609	51.0%
Educational Services	1,647	1.9%	1,539	1,044	603	57.8%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	4,532	5.4%	4,251	3,248	1,284	39.5%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	2,791	3.3%	2,126	1,762	1,029	58.4%
Accomodation and Food Services	4,798	5.7%	3,124	3,256	1,542	47.4%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	1,883	2.2%	1,588	1,299	584	45.0%
Public Administration	839	1.0%	784	658	181	27.5%
Information Not Available	1,262	1.5%	957	820	442	53.9%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants District of Columbia
	Jan 2009	Percent	Dec 2008	Jan 2008	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	9,806		12,118	10,026
Male	4,661	47.5%	5,548	4,859	-198	-4.1%
Female	5,144	52.5%	6,569	5,167	-23	-0.4%
Information Not Available	1	0.0%	1	0	1	0.0%

Ethnicity	9,806		12,118	10,026
Hispanic or Latino	1,136	11.6%	1,362	1,372	-236	-17.2%
Not Hispanic or Latino	8,402	85.7%	10,389	8,270	132	1.6%
Information Not Available	268	2.7%	367	384	-116	-30.2%

Race	9,806		12,118	10,026
American Indian or Alaskan Native	76	0.8%	102	87	-11	-12.6%
Asian	275	2.8%	312	297	-22	-7.4%
Black or African American	7,167	73.1%	9,187	7,397	-230	-3.1%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	48	0.5%	48	205	-157	-76.6%
White	2,238	22.8%	2,466	1,985	253	12.7%
Information Not Available	2	0.0%	3	55	-53	-96.4%

Years of Age	9,806		12,118	10,026
Younger than 22	280	2.4%	327	203	77	37.9%
22-24	536	4.6%	631	452	84	18.6%
25-34	2,647	22.9%	3,004	2,177	470	21.6%
35-44	2,419	20.9%	2,956	2,609	-190	-7.3%
45-54	2,390	20.6%	3,169	2,913	-523	-18.0%
55-59	829	7.2%	1,081	873	-44	-5.0%
60-64	467	4.0%	636	528	-61	-11.6%
65 and older	238	2.1%	314	271	-33	-12.2%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	9,806		12,118	10,026
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
Mining	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
Utilities	0	0.0%	0	2	-2	-100.0%
Construction	11	0.1%	10	32	-21	-65.6%
Manufacturing	1	0.0%	1	0	1	0.0%
Wholesale Trade	0	0.0%	0	4	-4	-100.0%
Retail Trade	6	0.1%	7	4	2	50.0%
Transporation and Warehousing	0	0.0%	0	2	-2	-100.0%
Information	1	0.0%	2	1	0	0.0%
Finance and Insurance	2	0.0%	2	1	1	100.0%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	1	0.0%	1	7	-6	-85.7%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	17	0.2%	20	15	2	13.3%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	0	0.0%	0	4	-4	-100.0%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	18	0.2%	39	12	6	50.0%
Educational Services	4	0.0%	4	9	-5	-55.6%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	3	0.0%	6	9	-6	-66.7%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	0	0.0%	0	2	-2	-100.0%
Accomodation and Food Services	11	0.1%	7	3	8	266.7%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	4	0.0%	5	14	-10	-71.4%
Public Administration	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
Information Not Available	9,727	99.2%	12,014	9,905	-178	-1.8%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Delaware
	Jan 2009	Percent	Dec 2008	Jan 2008	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	17,129		10,797	10,725
Male	9,809	57.3%	426	5,549	4,260	76.8%
Female	7,320	42.7%	10,371	5,176	2,144	41.4%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	17,129		10,797	10,725
Hispanic or Latino	713	4.2%	425	438	275	62.8%
Not Hispanic or Latino	16,416	95.8%	10,372	10,287	6,129	59.6%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Race	17,129		10,797	10,725
American Indian or Alaskan Native	54	0.3%	24	24	30	125.0%
Asian	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
Black or African American	5,603	32.7%	3,594	4,156	1,447	34.8%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	74	0.4%	39	36	38	105.6%
White	10,212	59.6%	6,447	5,783	4,429	76.6%
Information Not Available	1,185	6.9%	693	724	461	63.7%

Years of Age	17,129		10,797	10,725
Younger than 22	716	2.7%	391	187	529	282.9%
22-24	1,286	4.9%	746	658	628	95.4%
25-34	4,108	15.6%	2,640	2,728	1,380	50.6%
35-44	3,900	14.8%	2,475	2,542	1,358	53.4%
45-54	3,996	15.2%	2,546	2,578	1,418	55.0%
55-59	1,339	5.1%	843	903	436	48.3%
60-64	1,014	3.9%	650	632	382	60.4%
65 and older	673	2.6%	433	417	256	61.4%
Information Not Available	97	0.4%	73	80	17	21.3%

Industry	17,129		10,797	10,725
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	32	0.2%	26	18	14	77.8%
Mining	2	0.0%	1	0	2	0.0%
Utilities	9	0.1%	8	6	3	50.0%
Construction	2,701	15.7%	1,647	1,376	1,325	96.3%
Manufacturing	1,180	6.9%	746	738	442	59.9%
Wholesale Trade	657	3.8%	412	385	272	70.6%
Retail Trade	2,931	17.1%	1,837	1,703	1,228	72.1%
Transporation and Warehousing	588	3.4%	333	473	115	24.3%
Information	301	1.8%	200	150	151	100.7%
Finance and Insurance	1,001	5.8%	709	636	365	57.4%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	424	2.5%	258	333	91	27.3%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	925	5.4%	602	475	450	94.7%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	49	0.3%	39	30	19	63.3%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	2,607	15.2%	1,586	1,763	844	47.9%
Educational Services	195	1.1%	177	162	33	20.4%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	1,039	6.1%	690	748	291	38.9%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	319	1.9%	173	231	88	38.1%
Accomodation and Food Services	1,512	8.8%	910	1,117	395	35.4%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	464	2.7%	295	259	205	79.2%
Public Administration	99	0.6%	68	64	35	54.7%
Information Not Available	94	0.5%	80	58	36	62.1%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Florida
	Jan 2009	Percent	Dec 2008	Jan 2008	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	257,821		243,632	132,895
Male	151,536	58.8%	141,712	76,086	75,450	99.2%
Female	106,210	41.2%	101,845	56,736	49,474	87.2%
Information Not Available	75	0.0%	75	73	2	2.7%

Ethnicity	257,821		243,632	132,895
Hispanic or Latino	73,188	28.4%	70,950	42,561	30,627	72.0%
Not Hispanic or Latino	171,469	66.5%	159,093	79,693	91,776	115.2%
Information Not Available	13,164	5.1%	13,589	10,641	2,523	23.7%

Race	257,821		243,632	132,895
American Indian or Alaskan Native	1,234	0.5%	1,014	619	615	99.4%
Asian	1,758	0.7%	2,065	1,130	628	55.6%
Black or African American	46,299	18.0%	43,246	23,321	22,978	98.5%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	3,702	1.4%	3,078	1,494	2,208	147.8%
White	164,663	63.9%	154,175	80,568	84,095	104.4%
Information Not Available	40,165	15.6%	40,054	25,763	14,402	55.9%

Years of Age	257,821		243,632	132,895
Younger than 22	5,572	1.4%	8,409	2,405	3,167	131.7%
22-24	12,827	3.2%	13,327	4,956	7,871	158.8%
25-34	53,554	13.2%	51,992	28,824	24,730	85.8%
35-44	61,146	15.1%	59,012	30,646	30,500	99.5%
45-54	66,194	16.3%	61,190	35,346	30,848	87.3%
55-59	27,600	6.8%	23,875	12,645	14,955	118.3%
60-64	17,353	4.3%	15,316	11,078	6,275	56.6%
65 and older	13,575	3.4%	10,511	6,995	6,580	94.1%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	257,821		243,632	132,895
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	1,197	0.5%	1,201	911	286	31.4%
Mining	187	0.1%	263	36	151	419.4%
Utilities	486	0.2%	375	219	267	121.9%
Construction	36,014	13.9%	33,823	20,297	15,717	77.4%
Manufacturing	20,157	7.8%	18,319	10,312	9,845	95.5%
Wholesale Trade	12,154	4.7%	10,511	6,158	5,996	97.4%
Retail Trade	29,170	11.3%	26,353	12,280	16,890	137.5%
Transporation and Warehousing	6,096	2.4%	5,969	3,316	2,780	83.8%
Information	4,824	1.9%	4,017	3,024	1,800	59.5%
Finance and Insurance	10,883	4.2%	10,999	8,891	1,992	22.4%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	6,096	2.4%	5,443	3,899	2,197	56.3%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	15,969	6.2%	13,777	6,413	9,556	149.0%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	1,571	0.6%	1,952	401	1,170	291.8%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	50,861	19.6%	51,730	23,977	26,884	112.1%
Educational Services	4,226	1.6%	4,505	1,749	2,477	141.6%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	13,762	5.3%	13,927	6,960	6,802	97.7%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	4,413	1.7%	4,692	2,223	2,190	98.5%
Accomodation and Food Services	16,941	6.5%	17,156	7,652	9,289	121.4%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	6,545	2.5%	6,081	3,134	3,411	108.8%
Public Administration	3,029	1.2%	1,614	2,150	879	40.9%
Information Not Available	13,240	5.1%	10,925	8,893	4,347	48.9%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Georgia
	Jan 2009	Percent	Dec 2008	Jan 2008	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	142,729		123,075	71,981
Male	83,301	58.4%	70,309	37,857	45,444	120.0%
Female	57,474	40.3%	51,085	33,010	24,464	74.1%
Information Not Available	1,954	1.4%	1,681	1,114	840	75.4%

Ethnicity	142,729		123,075	71,981
Hispanic or Latino	649	0.5%	479	647	2	0.3%
Not Hispanic or Latino	140,126	98.2%	120,915	70,220	69,906	99.6%
Information Not Available	1,954	1.4%	1,681	1,114	840	75.4%

Race	142,729		123,075	71,981
American Indian or Alaskan Native	789	0.6%	714	377	412	109.3%
Asian	1,905	1.3%	1,593	845	1,060	125.4%
Black or African American	62,108	43.5%	55,578	36,101	26,007	72.0%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
White	75,973	53.2%	63,509	33,544	42,429	126.5%
Information Not Available	1,954	1.4%	1,681	1,114	840	75.4%

Years of Age	142,729		123,075	71,981
Younger than 22	3,450	1.6%	4,709	1,722	1,728	100.3%
22-24	7,413	3.5%	7,107	3,562	3,851	108.1%
25-34	33,194	15.7%	29,375	16,612	16,582	99.8%
35-44	35,543	16.8%	31,048	18,457	17,086	92.6%
45-54	34,155	16.2%	28,337	17,293	16,862	97.5%
55-59	11,312	5.4%	9,043	5,721	5,591	97.7%
60-64	7,335	3.5%	5,420	3,613	3,722	103.0%
65 and older	4,059	1.9%	2,906	2,035	2,024	99.5%
Information Not Available	6,268	3.0%	5,130	2,966	3,302	111.3%

Industry	142,729		123,075	71,981
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	3,757	2.6%	2,884	1,646	2,111	128.3%
Mining	455	0.3%	306	95	360	378.9%
Utilities	221	0.2%	177	137	84	61.3%
Construction	12,974	8.9%	10,786	5,965	7,009	117.5%
Manufacturing	18,874	12.9%	15,493	8,430	10,444	123.9%
Wholesale Trade	8,347	5.7%	7,351	3,743	4,604	123.0%
Retail Trade	10,765	7.3%	9,419	5,546	5,219	94.1%
Transporation and Warehousing	4,184	2.9%	3,516	1,949	2,235	114.7%
Information	2,299	1.6%	2,103	1,270	1,029	81.0%
Finance and Insurance	3,218	2.2%	2,972	2,493	725	29.1%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	2,718	1.9%	2,324	1,440	1,278	88.8%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	21,404	14.6%	18,605	11,152	10,252	91.9%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	274	0.2%	285	154	120	77.9%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	501	0.3%	401	234	267	114.1%
Educational Services	2,365	1.6%	2,203	1,652	713	43.2%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	4,567	3.1%	4,205	3,291	1,276	38.8%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	5,836	4.0%	5,149	3,624	2,212	61.0%
Accomodation and Food Services	1,330	0.9%	1,102	791	539	68.1%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	1,252	0.9%	1,170	771	481	62.4%
Public Administration	1,551	1.1%	1,170	711	840	118.1%
Information Not Available	35,837	24.5%	31,454	16,887	18,950	112.2%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Hawaii
	Jan 2009	Percent	Dec 2008	Jan 2008	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	18,336		17,653	8,081
Male	11,906	64.9%	11,185	5,259	6,647	126.4%
Female	6,430	35.1%	6,468	2,821	3,609	127.9%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	1	-1	-100.0%

Ethnicity	18,336		17,653	8,081
Hispanic or Latino	1,037	5.7%	1,067	443	594	134.1%
Not Hispanic or Latino	14,374	78.4%	13,709	6,057	8,317	137.3%
Information Not Available	2,925	16.0%	2,877	1,581	1,344	85.0%

Race	18,336		17,653	8,081
American Indian or Alaskan Native	149	0.8%	134	77	72	93.5%
Asian	6,188	33.7%	6,167	2,427	3,761	155.0%
Black or African American	315	1.7%	286	165	150	90.9%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	4,472	24.4%	4,267	2,220	2,252	101.4%
White	5,017	27.4%	4,693	2,133	2,884	135.2%
Information Not Available	2,195	12.0%	2,106	1,059	1,136	107.3%

Years of Age	18,336		17,653	8,081
Younger than 22	323	1.5%	521	119	204	171.4%
22-24	932	4.2%	1,046	312	620	198.7%
25-34	4,401	19.9%	4,212	1,838	2,563	139.4%
35-44	4,407	19.9%	4,183	2,002	2,405	120.1%
45-54	4,487	20.3%	4,361	2,064	2,423	117.4%
55-59	1,854	8.4%	1,711	852	1,002	117.6%
60-64	1,200	5.4%	1,003	557	643	115.4%
65 and older	732	3.3%	616	337	395	117.2%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	18,336		17,653	8,081
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	411	2.2%	389	155	256	165.2%
Mining	1	0.0%	3	2	-1	-50.0%
Utilities	9	0.0%	9	4	5	125.0%
Construction	5,210	27.8%	4,760	2,339	2,871	122.7%
Manufacturing	497	2.7%	442	174	323	185.6%
Wholesale Trade	365	1.9%	309	130	235	180.8%
Retail Trade	1,251	6.7%	1,128	471	780	165.6%
Transporation and Warehousing	785	4.2%	784	484	301	62.2%
Information	288	1.5%	202	347	-59	-17.0%
Finance and Insurance	302	1.6%	330	201	101	50.2%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	426	2.3%	415	150	276	184.0%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	454	2.4%	475	216	238	110.2%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	53	0.3%	57	32	21	65.6%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	2,249	12.0%	2,034	872	1,377	157.9%
Educational Services	117	0.6%	113	49	68	138.8%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	697	3.7%	567	299	398	133.1%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	315	1.7%	254	118	197	166.9%
Accomodation and Food Services	2,689	14.3%	3,115	796	1,893	237.8%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	436	2.3%	421	197	239	121.3%
Public Administration	235	1.3%	214	140	95	67.9%
Information Not Available	1,546	8.2%	1,632	905	641	70.8%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Iowa
	Jan 2009	Percent	Dec 2008	Jan 2008	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	62,319		43,985	37,258
Male	45,259	72.6%	30,221	27,493	17,766	64.6%
Female	17,060	27.4%	13,764	9,765	7,295	74.7%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	62,319		43,985	37,258
Hispanic or Latino	2,086	3.3%	1,698	1,778	308	17.3%
Not Hispanic or Latino	35,579	57.1%	28,622	35,039	540	1.5%
Information Not Available	24,654	39.6%	13,665	441	24,213	5490.5%

Race	62,319		43,985	37,258
American Indian or Alaskan Native	179	0.3%	148	166	13	7.8%
Asian	326	0.5%	264	201	125	62.2%
Black or African American	1,943	3.1%	1,622	1,168	775	66.4%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
White	33,131	53.2%	26,588	33,504	-373	-1.1%
Information Not Available	26,740	42.9%	15,363	2,219	24,521	1105.0%

Years of Age	62,319		43,985	37,258
Younger than 22	1,825	2.0%	1,084	992	833	84.0%
22-24	3,940	4.3%	2,600	2,297	1,643	71.5%
25-34	15,198	16.6%	10,654	8,937	6,261	70.1%
35-44	13,577	14.8%	9,595	8,138	5,439	66.8%
45-54	15,599	17.0%	11,231	9,444	6,155	65.2%
55-59	5,950	6.5%	4,172	3,374	2,576	76.3%
60-64	3,722	4.1%	2,736	2,239	1,483	66.2%
65 and older	2,508	2.7%	1,913	1,828	680	37.2%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	9	-9	-100.0%

Industry	62,319		43,985	37,258
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	391	0.6%	280	217	174	80.2%
Mining	708	1.1%	164	613	95	15.5%
Utilities	126	0.2%	61	41	85	207.3%
Construction	17,165	27.4%	9,105	12,447	4,718	37.9%
Manufacturing	19,684	31.4%	13,807	8,015	11,669	145.6%
Wholesale Trade	2,011	3.2%	1,624	1,217	794	65.2%
Retail Trade	3,540	5.6%	2,627	2,278	1,262	55.4%
Transporation and Warehousing	1,924	3.1%	1,188	1,159	765	66.0%
Information	925	1.5%	795	498	427	85.7%
Finance and Insurance	1,087	1.7%	965	641	446	69.6%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	439	0.7%	351	312	127	40.7%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	1,361	2.2%	987	766	595	77.7%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	71	0.1%	48	59	12	20.3%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	5,349	8.5%	4,075	3,464	1,885	54.4%
Educational Services	491	0.8%	449	285	206	72.3%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	1,715	2.7%	1,546	1,294	421	32.5%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	943	1.5%	695	778	165	21.2%
Accomodation and Food Services	2,152	3.4%	1,730	1,463	689	47.1%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	771	1.2%	614	606	165	27.2%
Public Administration	838	1.3%	669	714	124	17.4%
Information Not Available	628	1.0%	2,205	391	237	60.6%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Idaho
	Jan 2009	Percent	Dec 2008	Jan 2008	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	42,696		31,748	23,685
Male	31,104	72.8%	22,500	17,712	13,392	75.6%
Female	11,592	27.2%	9,245	5,973	5,619	94.1%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	3	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	42,696		31,748	23,685
Hispanic or Latino	5,524	12.9%	4,134	3,351	2,173	64.8%
Not Hispanic or Latino	35,885	84.0%	26,569	19,375	16,510	85.2%
Information Not Available	1,287	3.0%	1,045	959	328	34.2%

Race	42,696		31,748	23,685
American Indian or Alaskan Native	640	1.5%	464	451	189	41.9%
Asian	391	0.9%	289	215	176	81.9%
Black or African American	236	0.6%	199	136	100	73.5%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	119	0.3%	92	66	53	80.3%
White	34,267	80.3%	25,464	18,743	15,524	82.8%
Information Not Available	7,043	16.5%	5,240	4,074	2,969	72.9%

Years of Age	42,696		31,748	23,685
Younger than 22	1,527	2.0%	1,676	748	779	104.1%
22-24	2,969	4.0%	2,389	1,566	1,403	89.6%
25-34	11,180	15.0%	8,079	5,961	5,219	87.6%
35-44	9,563	12.8%	7,117	5,321	4,242	79.7%
45-54	10,061	13.5%	7,377	5,785	4,276	73.9%
55-59	3,674	4.9%	2,653	2,070	1,604	77.5%
60-64	2,291	3.1%	1,521	1,306	985	75.4%
65 and older	1,431	1.9%	936	928	503	54.2%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	42,696		31,748	23,685
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	1,779	4.0%	1,491	1,386	393	28.4%
Mining	438	1.0%	337	242	196	81.0%
Utilities	113	0.3%	53	98	15	15.3%
Construction	10,872	24.4%	7,197	7,127	3,745	52.5%
Manufacturing	7,335	16.5%	5,340	3,024	4,311	142.6%
Wholesale Trade	1,424	3.2%	1,041	669	755	112.9%
Retail Trade	4,157	9.3%	3,057	1,787	2,370	132.6%
Transporation and Warehousing	980	2.2%	810	606	374	61.7%
Information	440	1.0%	347	187	253	135.3%
Finance and Insurance	669	1.5%	613	396	273	68.9%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	481	1.1%	405	221	260	117.6%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	1,417	3.2%	1,080	731	686	93.8%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	46	0.1%	35	27	19	70.4%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	3,904	8.8%	3,028	2,216	1,688	76.2%
Educational Services	321	0.7%	285	170	151	88.8%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	1,346	3.0%	1,183	759	587	77.3%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	574	1.3%	525	384	190	49.5%
Accomodation and Food Services	1,902	4.3%	1,377	793	1,109	139.8%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	706	1.6%	594	308	398	129.2%
Public Administration	707	1.6%	537	510	197	38.6%
Information Not Available	3,085	6.9%	2,413	2,044	1,041	50.9%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Illinois
	Jan 2009	Percent	Dec 2008	Jan 2008	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	291,580		232,198	184,408
Male	196,115	67.3%	150,597	123,458	72,657	58.9%
Female	95,465	32.7%	81,601	60,950	34,515	56.6%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	291,580		232,198	184,408
Hispanic or Latino	52,574	18.0%	42,033	35,875	16,699	46.5%
Not Hispanic or Latino	239,006	82.0%	190,165	148,533	90,473	60.9%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Race	291,580		232,198	184,408
American Indian or Alaskan Native	1,084	0.4%	895	683	401	58.7%
Asian	7,076	2.4%	5,586	3,708	3,368	90.8%
Black or African American	56,347	19.3%	49,239	38,056	18,291	48.1%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
White	224,417	77.0%	174,362	140,747	83,670	59.4%
Information Not Available	2,656	0.9%	2,116	1,214	1,442	118.8%

Years of Age	291,580		232,198	184,408
Younger than 22	6,420	1.3%	7,988	3,607	2,813	78.0%
22-24	15,014	3.0%	13,552	8,915	6,099	68.4%
25-34	71,940	14.4%	57,985	45,176	26,764	59.2%
35-44	73,828	14.7%	59,435	48,068	25,760	53.6%
45-54	75,767	15.1%	58,076	48,646	27,121	55.8%
55-59	25,704	5.1%	19,092	15,997	9,707	60.7%
60-64	15,363	3.1%	10,635	9,244	6,119	66.2%
65 and older	7,544	1.5%	5,435	4,755	2,789	58.7%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	291,580		232,198	184,408
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	1,583	0.5%	1,269	1,338	245	18.3%
Mining	1,462	0.5%	825	1,413	49	3.5%
Utilities	268	0.1%	241	213	55	25.8%
Construction	63,597	21.7%	46,028	46,583	17,014	36.5%
Manufacturing	49,665	16.9%	36,604	22,282	27,383	122.9%
Wholesale Trade	14,646	5.0%	11,427	7,586	7,060	93.1%
Retail Trade	22,691	7.7%	18,669	13,791	8,900	64.5%
Transporation and Warehousing	13,245	4.5%	10,289	7,624	5,621	73.7%
Information	4,697	1.6%	4,216	2,718	1,979	72.8%
Finance and Insurance	10,840	3.7%	10,144	8,092	2,748	34.0%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	3,825	1.3%	3,244	2,484	1,341	54.0%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	14,401	4.9%	12,221	8,007	6,394	79.9%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	1,414	0.5%	1,038	505	909	180.0%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	39,118	13.3%	32,771	26,939	12,179	45.2%
Educational Services	4,286	1.5%	4,228	3,464	822	23.7%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	12,241	4.2%	11,734	9,000	3,241	36.0%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	4,985	1.7%	3,917	3,839	1,146	29.9%
Accomodation and Food Services	13,418	4.6%	10,474	8,381	5,037	60.1%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	5,711	1.9%	4,948	3,757	1,954	52.0%
Public Administration	4,165	1.4%	3,550	3,083	1,082	35.1%
Information Not Available	5,322	1.8%	4,361	3,309	2,013	60.8%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Indiana
	Jan 2009	Percent	Dec 2008	Jan 2008	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	154,022		114,918	79,655
Male	107,280	69.7%	76,768	54,061	53,219	98.4%
Female	46,600	30.3%	38,019	25,516	21,084	82.6%
Information Not Available	142	0.1%	131	78	64	82.1%

Ethnicity	154,022		114,918	79,655
Hispanic or Latino	8,573	5.6%	6,680	4,015	4,558	113.5%
Not Hispanic or Latino	115,481	75.0%	85,412	61,918	53,563	86.5%
Information Not Available	29,968	19.5%	22,826	13,722	16,246	118.4%

Race	154,022		114,918	79,655
American Indian or Alaskan Native	693	0.4%	522	374	319	85.3%
Asian	1,000	0.6%	739	460	540	117.4%
Black or African American	14,786	9.6%	12,746	9,326	5,460	58.5%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	132	0.1%	105	53	79	149.1%
White	128,415	83.4%	93,671	65,121	63,294	97.2%
Information Not Available	8,996	5.8%	7,135	4,321	4,675	108.2%

Years of Age	154,022		114,918	79,655
Younger than 22	3,574	1.3%	4,476	1,663	1,911	114.9%
22-24	8,405	3.1%	6,951	4,353	4,052	93.1%
25-34	37,378	13.6%	28,472	19,550	17,828	91.2%
35-44	38,960	14.2%	28,783	20,365	18,595	91.3%
45-54	39,643	14.5%	28,486	20,797	18,846	90.6%
55-59	13,643	5.0%	9,551	6,548	7,095	108.4%
60-64	8,213	3.0%	5,341	3,930	4,283	109.0%
65 and older	4,206	1.5%	2,858	2,449	1,757	71.7%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	154,022		114,918	79,655
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	493	0.3%	349	342	151	44.2%
Mining	733	0.5%	410	506	227	44.9%
Utilities	82	0.1%	83	150	-68	-45.3%
Construction	27,588	17.9%	18,238	17,855	9,733	54.5%
Manufacturing	56,418	36.5%	39,704	17,721	38,697	218.4%
Wholesale Trade	4,671	3.0%	4,164	2,110	2,561	121.4%
Retail Trade	9,040	5.9%	7,245	5,196	3,844	74.0%
Transporation and Warehousing	6,138	4.0%	4,457	3,918	2,220	56.7%
Information	1,041	0.7%	906	555	486	87.6%
Finance and Insurance	2,224	1.4%	2,148	1,649	575	34.9%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	1,340	0.9%	1,096	958	382	39.9%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	3,356	2.2%	2,867	1,653	1,703	103.0%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	505	0.3%	458	135	370	274.1%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	13,949	9.0%	11,057	7,792	6,157	79.0%
Educational Services	1,021	0.7%	942	801	220	27.5%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	4,453	2.9%	4,183	3,321	1,132	34.1%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	2,006	1.3%	1,480	1,422	584	41.1%
Accomodation and Food Services	4,249	2.7%	3,503	3,019	1,230	40.7%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	2,558	1.7%	2,072	1,334	1,224	91.8%
Public Administration	985	0.6%	735	658	327	49.7%
Information Not Available	11,172	7.2%	8,821	8,560	2,612	30.5%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Kansas
	Jan 2009	Percent	Dec 2008	Jan 2008	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	38,575		29,617	21,452
Male	26,535	68.8%	18,840	14,123	12,412	87.9%
Female	12,040	31.2%	10,777	7,329	4,711	64.3%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	38,575		29,617	21,452
Hispanic or Latino	2,651	6.9%	2,077	1,606	1,045	65.1%
Not Hispanic or Latino	15,628	40.5%	13,067	10,449	5,179	49.6%
Information Not Available	20,296	52.6%	14,473	9,397	10,899	116.0%

Race	38,575		29,617	21,452
American Indian or Alaskan Native	586	1.5%	461	345	241	69.9%
Asian	519	1.3%	496	211	308	146.0%
Black or African American	5,355	13.9%	4,482	2,773	2,582	93.1%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	87	0.2%	74	41	46	112.2%
White	29,116	75.5%	21,943	16,255	12,861	79.1%
Information Not Available	2,912	7.5%	2,161	1,827	1,085	59.4%

Years of Age	38,575		29,617	21,452
Younger than 22	781	1.2%	1,010	385	396	102.9%
22-24	2,109	3.2%	1,849	1,207	902	74.7%
25-34	9,402	14.4%	7,269	5,164	4,238	82.1%
35-44	8,910	13.6%	7,014	5,188	3,722	71.7%
45-54	10,277	15.7%	7,677	5,746	4,531	78.9%
55-59	3,643	5.6%	2,479	1,925	1,718	89.2%
60-64	2,221	3.4%	1,470	1,213	1,008	83.1%
65 and older	1,232	1.9%	849	624	608	97.4%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	38,575		29,617	21,452
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	420	1.1%	355	213	207	97.2%
Mining	696	1.8%	313	215	481	223.7%
Utilities	36	0.1%	28	28	8	28.6%
Construction	7,849	20.1%	4,935	5,602	2,247	40.1%
Manufacturing	9,298	23.8%	6,146	2,917	6,381	218.8%
Wholesale Trade	1,412	3.6%	1,282	867	545	62.9%
Retail Trade	2,609	6.7%	2,121	1,496	1,113	74.4%
Transporation and Warehousing	1,347	3.5%	911	793	554	69.9%
Information	971	2.5%	901	583	388	66.6%
Finance and Insurance	873	2.2%	909	575	298	51.8%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	550	1.4%	448	344	206	59.9%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	1,405	3.6%	1,270	717	688	96.0%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	233	0.6%	211	46	187	406.5%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	3,698	9.5%	3,227	2,251	1,447	64.3%
Educational Services	382	1.0%	443	255	127	49.8%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	1,866	4.8%	1,803	1,283	583	45.4%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	301	0.8%	253	225	76	33.8%
Accomodation and Food Services	995	2.6%	914	752	243	32.3%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	890	2.3%	781	543	347	63.9%
Public Administration	575	1.5%	555	448	127	28.3%
Information Not Available	2,169	5.6%	1,811	1,299	870	67.0%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Kentucky
	Jan 2009	Percent	Dec 2008	Jan 2008	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	90,790		56,368	39,357
Male	63,712	70.2%	37,108	26,658	37,054	139.0%
Female	27,078	29.8%	19,260	12,699	14,379	113.2%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	90,790		56,368	39,357
Hispanic or Latino	266	0.3%	92	73	193	264.4%
Not Hispanic or Latino	4,504	5.0%	1,743	39,284	-34,780	-88.5%
Information Not Available	86,020	94.7%	54,533	0	86,020	0.0%

Race	90,790		56,368	39,357
American Indian or Alaskan Native	410	0.5%	410	249	161	64.7%
Asian	302	0.3%	244	146	156	106.8%
Black or African American	10,066	11.1%	6,123	3,938	6,128	155.6%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
White	79,088	87.1%	49,051	34,645	44,443	128.3%
Information Not Available	924	1.0%	540	379	545	143.8%

Years of Age	90,790		56,368	39,357
Younger than 22	1,492	0.9%	1,854	580	912	157.2%
22-24	4,125	2.5%	2,997	2,169	1,956	90.2%
25-34	20,366	12.3%	13,611	9,775	10,591	108.3%
35-44	24,833	15.1%	14,372	10,612	14,221	134.0%
45-54	24,878	15.1%	13,985	10,080	14,798	146.8%
55-59	8,001	4.8%	4,782	3,195	4,806	150.4%
60-64	4,900	3.0%	2,868	1,799	3,101	172.4%
65 and older	2,186	1.3%	1,890	1,147	1,039	90.6%
Information Not Available	9	0.0%	9	0	9	0.0%

Industry	90,790		56,368	39,357
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	162	0.2%	221	90	72	80.0%
Mining	757	0.8%	604	739	18	2.4%
Utilities	63	0.1%	51	43	20	46.5%
Construction	14,096	15.5%	8,701	7,954	6,142	77.2%
Manufacturing	37,761	41.5%	16,585	9,272	28,489	307.3%
Wholesale Trade	2,772	3.0%	2,508	1,585	1,187	74.9%
Retail Trade	4,120	4.5%	3,735	2,504	1,616	64.5%
Transporation and Warehousing	4,940	5.4%	2,633	1,890	3,050	161.4%
Information	911	1.0%	761	502	409	81.5%
Finance and Insurance	1,109	1.2%	1,208	971	138	14.2%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	703	0.8%	576	262	441	168.3%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	1,821	2.0%	1,720	962	859	89.3%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	117	0.1%	120	125	-8	-6.4%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	6,807	7.5%	5,358	3,268	3,539	108.3%
Educational Services	807	0.9%	871	438	369	84.2%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	2,524	2.8%	2,859	1,546	978	63.3%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	1,249	1.4%	1,213	1,121	128	11.4%
Accomodation and Food Services	2,385	2.6%	2,338	1,705	680	39.9%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	1,285	1.4%	885	739	546	73.9%
Public Administration	527	0.6%	558	442	85	19.2%
Information Not Available	5,874	6.5%	2,863	3,199	2,675	83.6%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Louisiana
	Jan 2009	Percent	Dec 2008	Jan 2008	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	40,951		38,836	20,279
Male	22,199	54.2%	19,432	11,032	11,167	101.2%
Female	18,752	45.8%	19,403	9,247	9,505	102.8%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	1	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	40,951		38,836	20,279
Hispanic or Latino	1,011	2.5%	880	427	584	136.8%
Not Hispanic or Latino	39,845	97.3%	37,870	19,749	20,096	101.8%
Information Not Available	95	0.2%	86	103	-8	-7.8%

Race	40,951		38,836	20,279
American Indian or Alaskan Native	303	0.7%	226	119	184	154.6%
Asian	315	0.8%	274	185	130	70.3%
Black or African American	21,843	53.3%	21,502	10,473	11,370	108.6%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	56	0.1%	62	18	38	211.1%
White	18,402	44.9%	16,729	9,390	9,012	96.0%
Information Not Available	32	0.1%	43	94	-62	-66.0%

Years of Age	40,951		38,836	20,279
Younger than 22	818	1.4%	1,288	352	466	132.4%
22-24	2,378	4.2%	2,517	1,191	1,187	99.7%
25-34	10,789	18.9%	10,194	5,309	5,480	103.2%
35-44	9,320	16.3%	9,151	4,910	4,410	89.8%
45-54	10,290	18.0%	9,397	5,085	5,205	102.4%
55-59	3,651	6.4%	3,094	1,631	2,020	123.9%
60-64	2,327	4.1%	1,943	1,124	1,203	107.0%
65 and older	1,378	2.4%	1,250	676	702	103.8%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	2	1	-1	-100.0%

Industry	40,951		38,836	20,279
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	759	1.8%	539	527	232	44.0%
Mining	702	1.7%	408	278	424	152.5%
Utilities	100	0.2%	86	53	47	88.7%
Construction	5,743	13.8%	4,850	3,634	2,109	58.0%
Manufacturing	5,081	12.2%	4,061	1,782	3,299	185.1%
Wholesale Trade	954	2.3%	848	441	513	116.3%
Retail Trade	3,002	7.2%	2,850	1,454	1,548	106.5%
Transporation and Warehousing	1,278	3.1%	1,122	674	604	89.6%
Information	646	1.5%	498	283	363	128.3%
Finance and Insurance	765	1.8%	698	448	317	70.8%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	545	1.3%	517	248	297	119.8%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	1,702	4.1%	1,628	1,057	645	61.0%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	134	0.3%	146	113	21	18.6%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	2,548	6.1%	2,454	1,343	1,205	89.7%
Educational Services	598	1.4%	700	345	253	73.3%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	2,803	6.7%	2,985	1,451	1,352	93.2%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	589	1.4%	586	369	220	59.6%
Accomodation and Food Services	2,171	5.2%	2,068	1,177	994	84.5%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	1,225	2.9%	1,322	710	515	72.5%
Public Administration	737	1.8%	638	282	455	161.3%
Information Not Available	8,869	21.3%	9,832	3,610	5,259	145.7%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Massachusetts
	Jan 2009	Percent	Dec 2008	Jan 2008	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	160,691		126,437	108,891
Male	109,363	68.1%	83,829	74,107	35,256	47.6%
Female	51,328	31.9%	42,608	34,784	16,544	47.6%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	160,691		126,437	108,891
Hispanic or Latino	15,409	9.6%	12,272	10,841	4,568	42.1%
Not Hispanic or Latino	142,445	88.6%	111,726	95,820	46,625	48.7%
Information Not Available	2,837	1.8%	2,439	2,230	607	27.2%

Race	160,691		126,437	108,891
American Indian or Alaskan Native	417	0.3%	316	239	178	74.5%
Asian	4,551	2.8%	3,440	2,500	2,051	82.0%
Black or African American	11,333	7.1%	9,341	7,946	3,387	42.6%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	126	0.1%	95	64	62	96.9%
White	132,193	82.3%	103,377	88,778	43,415	48.9%
Information Not Available	12,071	7.5%	9,868	9,364	2,707	28.9%

Years of Age	160,691		126,437	108,891
Younger than 22	5,480	1.9%	4,073	3,679	1,801	49.0%
22-24	9,699	3.4%	7,249	6,133	3,566	58.1%
25-34	35,989	12.7%	28,039	23,707	12,282	51.8%
35-44	38,963	13.8%	30,675	27,484	11,479	41.8%
45-54	40,733	14.4%	32,138	27,427	13,306	48.5%
55-59	14,010	4.9%	11,375	9,713	4,297	44.2%
60-64	9,654	3.4%	7,754	6,658	2,996	45.0%
65 and older	6,163	2.2%	5,134	4,090	2,073	50.7%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	160,691		126,437	108,891
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	1,315	0.8%	845	1,218	97	8.0%
Mining	365	0.2%	216	401	-36	-9.0%
Utilities	145	0.1%	125	117	28	23.9%
Construction	32,080	19.8%	22,138	23,830	8,250	34.6%
Manufacturing	17,807	11.0%	14,464	9,876	7,931	80.3%
Wholesale Trade	6,953	4.3%	5,666	4,555	2,398	52.6%
Retail Trade	13,892	8.6%	10,719	8,520	5,372	63.1%
Transporation and Warehousing	4,440	2.7%	3,558	2,800	1,640	58.6%
Information	3,697	2.3%	2,999	1,724	1,973	114.4%
Finance and Insurance	4,942	3.1%	4,247	3,398	1,544	45.4%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	2,360	1.5%	1,932	1,654	706	42.7%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	10,006	6.2%	8,129	5,219	4,787	91.7%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	372	0.2%	337	211	161	76.3%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	20,273	12.5%	16,058	14,096	6,177	43.8%
Educational Services	1,701	1.0%	1,636	1,228	473	38.5%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	7,559	4.7%	7,089	5,329	2,230	41.8%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	4,707	2.9%	3,609	3,543	1,164	32.9%
Accomodation and Food Services	12,004	7.4%	8,133	8,574	3,430	40.0%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	4,576	2.8%	3,926	3,194	1,382	43.3%
Public Administration	2,286	1.4%	2,511	2,036	250	12.3%
Information Not Available	9,211	5.7%	8,100	7,368	1,843	25.0%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Maryland
	Jan 2009	Percent	Dec 2008	Jan 2008	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	82,039		65,852	46,711
Male	51,867	63.2%	39,232	27,471	24,396	88.8%
Female	30,172	36.8%	26,620	19,240	10,932	56.8%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	82,039		65,852	46,711
Hispanic or Latino	5,091	6.2%	3,423	2,632	2,459	93.4%
Not Hispanic or Latino	75,810	92.4%	61,359	43,329	32,481	75.0%
Information Not Available	1,139	1.4%	1,010	750	389	51.9%

Race	82,039		65,852	46,711
American Indian or Alaskan Native	196	0.2%	168	105	91	86.7%
Asian	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
Black or African American	29,313	35.7%	25,628	18,567	10,746	57.9%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	157	0.2%	119	82	75	91.5%
White	46,143	56.2%	35,445	24,576	21,567	87.8%
Information Not Available	6,230	7.6%	4,492	3,381	2,849	84.3%

Years of Age	82,039		65,852	46,711
Younger than 22	2,123	1.7%	2,590	1,147	976	85.1%
22-24	4,758	3.9%	4,144	2,556	2,202	86.2%
25-34	18,994	15.4%	15,211	10,410	8,584	82.5%
35-44	18,663	15.2%	15,558	10,896	7,767	71.3%
45-54	20,904	17.0%	16,373	12,014	8,890	74.0%
55-59	7,307	5.9%	5,467	4,080	3,227	79.1%
60-64	5,185	4.2%	3,630	2,890	2,295	79.4%
65 and older	4,105	3.3%	2,879	2,717	1,388	51.1%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	1	-1	-100.0%

Industry	82,039		65,852	46,711
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	305	0.4%	180	186	119	64.0%
Mining	143	0.2%	76	79	64	81.0%
Utilities	243	0.3%	67	44	199	452.3%
Construction	16,705	20.3%	11,721	8,542	8,163	95.6%
Manufacturing	995	1.2%	791	828	167	20.2%
Wholesale Trade	3,334	4.0%	2,871	1,723	1,611	93.5%
Retail Trade	2,526	3.1%	2,218	1,397	1,129	80.8%
Transporation and Warehousing	2,068	2.5%	1,429	1,164	904	77.7%
Information	1,528	1.9%	1,367	859	669	77.9%
Finance and Insurance	2,947	3.6%	2,865	2,452	495	20.2%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	1,945	2.4%	1,634	1,041	904	86.8%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	5,162	6.3%	4,477	2,786	2,376	85.3%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	523	0.6%	297	315	208	66.0%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	10,107	12.3%	8,164	6,029	4,078	67.6%
Educational Services	1,502	1.8%	1,490	918	584	63.6%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	3,832	4.7%	3,654	2,619	1,213	46.3%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	1,635	2.0%	1,230	1,128	507	44.9%
Accomodation and Food Services	6,272	7.6%	4,725	4,594	1,678	36.5%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	2,235	2.7%	1,945	1,098	1,137	103.6%
Public Administration	1,245	1.5%	1,071	878	367	41.8%
Information Not Available	16,787	20.4%	13,580	8,031	8,756	109.0%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Maine
	Jan 2009	Percent	Dec 2008	Jan 2008	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	23,008		17,364	14,915
Male	15,536	67.5%	11,511	9,749	5,787	59.4%
Female	7,472	32.5%	5,852	5,165	2,307	44.7%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	1	1	-1	-100.0%

Ethnicity	23,008		17,364	14,915
Hispanic or Latino	179	0.8%	141	142	37	26.1%
Not Hispanic or Latino	14,766	64.2%	11,869	11,959	2,807	23.5%
Information Not Available	8,063	35.0%	5,354	2,814	5,249	186.5%

Race	23,008		17,364	14,915
American Indian or Alaskan Native	164	0.7%	142	134	30	22.4%
Asian	80	0.3%	69	53	27	50.9%
Black or African American	221	1.0%	166	120	101	84.2%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
White	16,247	70.6%	12,848	12,489	3,758	30.1%
Information Not Available	6,296	27.4%	4,139	2,119	4,177	197.1%

Years of Age	23,008		17,364	14,915
Younger than 22	909	2.4%	965	574	335	58.4%
22-24	1,499	4.0%	1,258	1,021	478	46.8%
25-34	5,439	14.4%	3,958	3,382	2,057	60.8%
35-44	4,966	13.2%	3,841	3,412	1,554	45.5%
45-54	5,679	15.0%	4,294	3,675	2,004	54.5%
55-59	2,143	5.7%	1,522	1,377	766	55.6%
60-64	1,506	4.0%	992	896	610	68.1%
65 and older	867	2.3%	534	578	289	50.0%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	23,008		17,364	14,915
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	297	1.3%	232	256	41	16.0%
Mining	23	0.1%	10	21	2	9.5%
Utilities	51	0.2%	57	19	32	168.4%
Construction	4,396	18.9%	3,048	3,240	1,156	35.7%
Manufacturing	2,895	12.4%	2,018	1,433	1,462	102.0%
Wholesale Trade	674	2.9%	490	395	279	70.6%
Retail Trade	1,812	7.8%	1,226	1,301	511	39.3%
Transporation and Warehousing	380	1.6%	306	326	54	16.6%
Information	158	0.7%	141	72	86	119.4%
Finance and Insurance	206	0.9%	173	161	45	28.0%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	163	0.7%	135	124	39	31.5%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	387	1.7%	323	208	179	86.1%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	10	0.0%	5	13	-3	-23.1%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	1,572	6.7%	1,292	1,217	355	29.2%
Educational Services	183	0.8%	208	160	23	14.4%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	696	3.0%	660	561	135	24.1%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	421	1.8%	353	300	121	40.3%
Accomodation and Food Services	2,162	9.3%	1,664	1,826	336	18.4%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	310	1.3%	271	240	70	29.2%
Public Administration	243	1.0%	227	166	77	46.4%
Information Not Available	5,969	25.6%	4,525	2,876	3,093	107.5%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Michigan
	Jan 2009	Percent	Dec 2008	Jan 2008	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	363,212		226,209	179,668
Male	250,521	69.0%	150,245	120,898	129,623	107.2%
Female	112,632	31.0%	75,938	58,760	53,872	91.7%
Information Not Available	59	0.0%	26	10	49	490.0%

Ethnicity	363,212		226,209	179,668
Hispanic or Latino	13,990	3.9%	8,731	7,759	6,231	80.3%
Not Hispanic or Latino	286,818	79.0%	171,203	126,664	160,154	126.4%
Information Not Available	62,404	17.2%	46,275	45,245	17,159	37.9%

Race	363,212		226,209	179,668
American Indian or Alaskan Native	3,086	0.8%	2,201	2,219	867	39.1%
Asian	4,557	1.3%	1,989	1,194	3,363	281.7%
Black or African American	46,579	12.8%	24,373	17,242	29,337	170.1%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	275	0.1%	160	94	181	192.6%
White	230,113	63.4%	141,013	105,503	124,610	118.1%
Information Not Available	78,602	21.6%	56,473	53,416	25,186	47.2%

Years of Age	363,212		226,209	179,668
Younger than 22	10,503	1.8%	7,723	6,238	4,265	68.4%
22-24	18,916	3.3%	13,943	11,384	7,532	66.2%
25-34	80,246	13.9%	54,299	44,079	36,167	82.1%
35-44	96,430	16.7%	57,874	46,245	50,185	108.5%
45-54	101,710	17.6%	58,231	45,491	56,219	123.6%
55-59	32,314	5.6%	18,422	14,049	18,265	130.0%
60-64	15,912	2.8%	10,200	7,631	8,281	108.5%
65 and older	7,050	1.2%	5,445	4,549	2,501	55.0%
Information Not Available	131	0.0%	72	2	129	6450.0%

Industry	363,212		226,209	179,668
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	2,367	0.6%	2,071	2,277	90	4.0%
Mining	1,323	0.4%	1,040	1,148	175	15.2%
Utilities	136	0.0%	100	113	23	20.4%
Construction	41,161	11.3%	31,238	35,141	6,020	17.1%
Manufacturing	132,624	36.3%	48,804	30,614	102,010	333.2%
Wholesale Trade	12,291	3.4%	7,864	5,074	7,217	142.2%
Retail Trade	16,413	4.5%	13,735	12,911	3,502	27.1%
Transporation and Warehousing	12,265	3.4%	7,128	5,801	6,464	111.4%
Information	2,084	0.6%	2,032	1,173	911	77.7%
Finance and Insurance	4,666	1.3%	4,819	3,620	1,046	28.9%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	4,186	1.1%	2,286	1,994	2,192	109.9%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	13,884	3.8%	10,274	6,431	7,453	115.9%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	6,185	1.7%	1,154	743	5,442	732.4%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	37,730	10.3%	29,260	24,166	13,564	56.1%
Educational Services	2,994	0.8%	3,228	2,460	534	21.7%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	9,726	2.7%	9,731	8,117	1,609	19.8%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	6,759	1.8%	5,675	6,078	681	11.2%
Accomodation and Food Services	10,204	2.8%	8,852	8,350	1,854	22.2%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	4,518	1.2%	3,680	3,016	1,502	49.8%
Public Administration	2,847	0.8%	2,790	2,570	277	10.8%
Information Not Available	38,849	10.6%	30,448	17,871	20,978	117.4%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Minnesota
	Jan 2009	Percent	Dec 2008	Jan 2008	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	113,681		87,264	72,808
Male	84,640	74.5%	63,221	54,743	29,897	54.6%
Female	29,018	25.5%	24,025	18,055	10,963	60.7%
Information Not Available	23	0.0%	18	10	13	130.0%

Ethnicity	113,681		87,264	72,808
Hispanic or Latino	3,622	3.2%	2,744	2,465	1,157	46.9%
Not Hispanic or Latino	98,476	86.6%	75,632	64,163	34,313	53.5%
Information Not Available	11,583	10.2%	8,888	6,180	5,403	87.4%

Race	113,681		87,264	72,808
American Indian or Alaskan Native	1,157	1.0%	1,017	872	285	32.7%
Asian	2,253	2.0%	1,693	1,014	1,239	122.2%
Black or African American	5,210	4.6%	4,623	3,503	1,707	48.7%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	232	0.2%	166	219	13	5.9%
White	98,003	86.2%	74,369	63,320	34,683	54.8%
Information Not Available	6,826	6.0%	5,396	3,880	2,946	75.9%

Years of Age	113,681		87,264	72,808
Younger than 22	2,547	1.2%	3,075	2,704	-157	-5.8%
22-24	7,056	3.4%	6,071	5,372	1,684	31.3%
25-34	30,649	14.9%	22,799	18,762	11,887	63.4%
35-44	25,110	12.2%	19,560	16,444	8,666	52.7%
45-54	28,412	13.8%	21,818	17,818	10,594	59.5%
55-59	10,402	5.1%	7,542	6,308	4,094	64.9%
60-64	6,226	3.0%	4,221	3,421	2,805	82.0%
65 and older	3,160	1.5%	2,087	1,645	1,515	92.1%
Information Not Available	119	0.1%	91	334	-215	-64.4%

Industry	113,681		87,264	72,808
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	1,112	1.0%	832	949	163	17.2%
Mining	970	0.8%	677	695	275	39.6%
Utilities	335	0.3%	265	295	40	13.6%
Construction	34,529	30.1%	24,295	25,488	9,041	35.5%
Manufacturing	19,721	17.2%	14,041	9,603	10,118	105.4%
Wholesale Trade	5,306	4.6%	4,056	2,800	2,506	89.5%
Retail Trade	7,723	6.7%	6,407	4,452	3,271	73.5%
Transporation and Warehousing	2,864	2.5%	2,236	1,966	898	45.7%
Information	1,492	1.3%	1,346	899	593	66.0%
Finance and Insurance	2,224	1.9%	2,050	1,706	518	30.4%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	1,215	1.1%	1,086	775	440	56.8%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	4,926	4.3%	4,089	2,681	2,245	83.7%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	1,306	1.1%	1,081	835	471	56.4%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	9,410	8.2%	7,503	6,111	3,299	54.0%
Educational Services	1,293	1.1%	1,323	914	379	41.5%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	4,209	3.7%	3,707	2,684	1,525	56.8%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	1,700	1.5%	1,447	1,235	465	37.7%
Accomodation and Food Services	4,016	3.5%	3,321	2,757	1,259	45.7%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	2,386	2.1%	1,900	1,381	1,005	72.8%
Public Administration	1,757	1.5%	1,568	1,382	375	27.1%
Information Not Available	5,187	4.5%	4,034	3,200	1,987	62.1%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Missouri
	Jan 2009	Percent	Dec 2008	Jan 2008	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	108,625		80,550	64,283
Male	70,940	65.3%	50,673	38,931	32,009	82.2%
Female	37,673	34.7%	29,864	25,347	12,326	48.6%
Information Not Available	12	0.0%	13	5	7	140.0%

Ethnicity	108,625		80,550	64,283
Hispanic or Latino	1,719	1.6%	1,222	826	893	108.1%
Not Hispanic or Latino	50,419	46.4%	36,177	22,893	27,526	120.2%
Information Not Available	56,487	52.0%	43,151	40,564	15,923	39.3%

Race	108,625		80,550	64,283
American Indian or Alaskan Native	730	0.7%	609	538	192	35.7%
Asian	748	0.7%	601	402	346	86.1%
Black or African American	15,527	14.3%	12,564	11,690	3,837	32.8%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	832	0.8%	672	523	309	59.1%
White	76,531	70.5%	54,651	46,651	29,880	64.1%
Information Not Available	14,257	13.1%	11,453	4,479	9,778	218.3%

Years of Age	108,625		80,550	64,283
Younger than 22	2,401	1.3%	2,779	1,321	1,080	81.8%
22-24	5,990	3.3%	4,712	3,391	2,599	76.6%
25-34	25,763	14.4%	19,300	14,599	11,164	76.5%
35-44	25,807	14.4%	19,958	15,867	9,940	62.6%
45-54	28,948	16.2%	21,000	17,510	11,438	65.3%
55-59	9,684	5.4%	6,603	5,385	4,299	79.8%
60-64	6,080	3.4%	3,862	3,471	2,609	75.2%
65 and older	3,899	2.2%	2,289	2,710	1,189	43.9%
Information Not Available	53	0.0%	47	29	24	82.8%

Industry	108,625		80,550	64,283
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	654	0.6%	520	600	54	9.0%
Mining	834	0.8%	327	449	385	85.7%
Utilities	101	0.1%	103	67	34	50.7%
Construction	22,955	21.0%	15,052	12,782	10,173	79.6%
Manufacturing	23,043	21.1%	16,162	12,379	10,664	86.1%
Wholesale Trade	3,910	3.6%	3,396	1,851	2,059	111.2%
Retail Trade	8,817	8.1%	6,986	5,142	3,675	71.5%
Transporation and Warehousing	4,983	4.6%	3,163	3,228	1,755	54.4%
Information	2,001	1.8%	1,665	854	1,147	134.3%
Finance and Insurance	2,931	2.7%	2,809	1,949	982	50.4%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	1,822	1.7%	1,331	1,025	797	77.8%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	3,186	2.9%	2,734	1,444	1,742	120.6%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	331	0.3%	273	133	198	148.9%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	11,038	10.1%	8,515	6,359	4,679	73.6%
Educational Services	1,321	1.2%	1,309	890	431	48.4%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	4,771	4.4%	4,644	3,779	992	26.3%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	2,532	2.3%	1,561	1,693	839	49.6%
Accomodation and Food Services	7,708	7.1%	4,868	5,894	1,814	30.8%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	2,348	2.1%	1,975	1,567	781	49.8%
Public Administration	849	0.8%	690	638	211	33.1%
Information Not Available	2,490	2.3%	2,467	1,560	930	59.6%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Mississippi
	Jan 2009	Percent	Dec 2008	Jan 2008	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	41,630		34,805	22,303
Male	25,094	60.3%	20,235	12,283	12,811	104.3%
Female	16,535	39.7%	14,568	10,018	6,517	65.1%
Information Not Available	1	0.0%	2	2	-1	-50.0%

Ethnicity	41,630		34,805	22,303
Hispanic or Latino	570	1.4%	469	357	213	59.7%
Not Hispanic or Latino	39,581	95.1%	33,017	20,935	18,646	89.1%
Information Not Available	1,479	3.6%	1,319	1,011	468	46.3%

Race	41,630		34,805	22,303
American Indian or Alaskan Native	72	0.2%	68	57	15	26.3%
Asian	277	0.7%	210	127	150	118.1%
Black or African American	22,865	54.9%	19,150	13,034	9,831	75.4%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	6	0.0%	13	4	2	50.0%
White	17,209	41.3%	14,307	8,251	8,958	108.6%
Information Not Available	1,201	2.9%	1,057	830	371	44.7%

Years of Age	41,630		34,805	22,303
Younger than 22	1,001	1.8%	1,293	532	469	88.2%
22-24	2,594	4.6%	2,391	1,315	1,279	97.3%
25-34	10,505	18.5%	8,818	5,450	5,055	92.8%
35-44	10,045	17.7%	8,537	5,483	4,562	83.2%
45-54	10,352	18.3%	8,431	5,708	4,644	81.4%
55-59	3,545	6.3%	2,764	1,856	1,689	91.0%
60-64	2,175	3.8%	1,557	1,159	1,016	87.7%
65 and older	1,413	2.5%	1,014	800	613	76.6%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	41,630		34,805	22,303
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	2,089	4.8%	1,693	1,969	120	6.1%
Mining	245	0.6%	132	91	154	169.2%
Utilities	48	0.1%	39	25	23	92.0%
Construction	3,816	8.7%	2,816	1,863	1,953	104.8%
Manufacturing	12,268	28.1%	10,045	5,926	6,342	107.0%
Wholesale Trade	1,004	2.3%	829	457	547	119.7%
Retail Trade	3,727	8.5%	3,178	1,934	1,793	92.7%
Transporation and Warehousing	1,505	3.4%	1,284	736	769	104.5%
Information	247	0.6%	221	131	116	88.5%
Finance and Insurance	469	1.1%	410	269	200	74.3%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	351	0.8%	320	169	182	107.7%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	784	1.8%	698	463	321	69.3%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	52	0.1%	48	25	27	108.0%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	3,346	7.7%	2,867	1,765	1,581	89.6%
Educational Services	564	1.3%	536	306	258	84.3%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	2,052	4.7%	1,999	1,451	601	41.4%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	431	1.0%	391	179	252	140.8%
Accomodation and Food Services	3,305	7.6%	2,785	1,541	1,764	114.5%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	554	1.3%	494	344	210	61.0%
Public Administration	514	1.2%	440	449	65	14.5%
Information Not Available	4,259	9.7%	3,580	2,210	2,049	92.7%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Montana
	Jan 2009	Percent	Dec 2008	Jan 2008	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	14,286		10,520	7,202
Male	10,658	74.6%	7,484	5,227	5,431	103.9%
Female	3,588	25.1%	3,007	1,951	1,637	83.9%
Information Not Available	40	0.3%	29	24	16	66.7%

Ethnicity	14,286		10,520	7,202
Hispanic or Latino	372	2.6%	278	172	200	116.3%
Not Hispanic or Latino	12,945	90.6%	9,545	6,581	6,364	96.7%
Information Not Available	969	6.8%	697	449	520	115.8%

Race	14,286		10,520	7,202
American Indian or Alaskan Native	1,040	7.3%	763	652	388	59.5%
Asian	56	0.4%	35	21	35	166.7%
Black or African American	66	0.5%	40	32	34	106.3%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	30	0.2%	31	11	19	172.7%
White	12,966	90.8%	9,553	6,434	6,532	101.5%
Information Not Available	128	0.9%	98	52	76	146.2%

Years of Age	14,286		10,520	7,202
Younger than 22	654	2.5%	468	301	353	117.3%
22-24	1,138	4.3%	773	518	620	119.7%
25-34	3,826	14.4%	2,842	1,812	2,014	111.1%
35-44	2,924	11.0%	2,234	1,522	1,402	92.1%
45-54	3,392	12.8%	2,477	1,830	1,562	85.4%
55-59	1,234	4.7%	890	635	599	94.3%
60-64	718	2.7%	515	350	368	105.1%
65 and older	400	1.5%	321	234	166	70.9%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	14,286		10,520	7,202
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	291	2.0%	219	153	138	90.2%
Mining	566	3.9%	323	161	405	251.6%
Utilities	30	0.2%	17	31	-1	-3.2%
Construction	4,339	29.8%	2,928	2,551	1,788	70.1%
Manufacturing	1,602	11.0%	997	428	1,174	274.3%
Wholesale Trade	316	2.2%	301	182	134	73.6%
Retail Trade	1,354	9.3%	969	556	798	143.5%
Transporation and Warehousing	369	2.5%	317	175	194	110.9%
Information	125	0.9%	114	64	61	95.3%
Finance and Insurance	182	1.2%	180	91	91	100.0%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	168	1.2%	141	67	101	150.7%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	393	2.7%	322	150	243	162.0%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	5	0.0%	4	9	-4	-44.4%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	1,157	7.9%	924	637	520	81.6%
Educational Services	229	1.6%	220	140	89	63.6%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	412	2.8%	359	284	128	45.1%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	360	2.5%	294	199	161	80.9%
Accomodation and Food Services	1,258	8.6%	1,046	588	670	113.9%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	314	2.2%	261	140	174	124.3%
Public Administration	320	2.2%	222	224	96	42.9%
Information Not Available	496	3.4%	362	372	124	33.3%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants North Carolina
	Jan 2009	Percent	Dec 2008	Jan 2008	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	183,646		151,308	89,292
Male	112,571	61.3%	89,904	49,789	62,782	126.1%
Female	71,073	38.7%	61,400	39,498	31,575	79.9%
Information Not Available	2	0.0%	4	5	-3	-60.0%

Ethnicity	183,646		151,308	89,292
Hispanic or Latino	9,488	5.2%	6,999	3,885	5,603	144.2%
Not Hispanic or Latino	168,198	91.6%	140,331	82,932	85,266	102.8%
Information Not Available	5,960	3.2%	3,978	2,475	3,485	140.8%

Race	183,646		151,308	89,292
American Indian or Alaskan Native	2,202	1.2%	1,880	1,441	761	52.8%
Asian	1,986	1.1%	1,520	821	1,165	141.9%
Black or African American	55,611	30.3%	49,104	30,892	24,719	80.0%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	276	0.2%	177	70	206	294.3%
White	111,856	60.9%	89,275	49,646	62,210	125.3%
Information Not Available	11,715	6.4%	9,352	6,422	5,293	82.4%

Years of Age	183,646		151,308	89,292
Younger than 22	6,481	2.3%	5,521	2,961	3,520	118.9%
22-24	10,735	3.8%	9,135	5,190	5,545	106.8%
25-34	42,341	14.8%	35,840	21,551	20,790	96.5%
35-44	46,931	16.5%	39,101	23,121	23,810	103.0%
45-54	45,095	15.8%	36,479	21,471	23,624	110.0%
55-59	15,966	5.6%	12,732	7,391	8,575	116.0%
60-64	10,297	3.6%	8,000	4,640	5,657	121.9%
65 and older	5,800	2.0%	4,500	2,967	2,833	95.5%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	183,646		151,308	89,292
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	803	0.4%	629	521	282	54.1%
Mining	374	0.2%	220	100	274	274.0%
Utilities	128	0.1%	92	80	48	60.0%
Construction	26,042	14.1%	20,948	12,275	13,767	112.2%
Manufacturing	43,357	23.5%	31,773	17,993	25,364	141.0%
Wholesale Trade	7,240	3.9%	5,987	3,387	3,853	113.8%
Retail Trade	14,842	8.0%	12,773	6,655	8,187	123.0%
Transporation and Warehousing	5,479	3.0%	4,308	2,608	2,871	110.1%
Information	1,757	1.0%	1,599	1,092	665	60.9%
Finance and Insurance	3,225	1.7%	3,076	2,473	752	30.4%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	2,543	1.4%	2,180	1,343	1,200	89.4%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	7,215	3.9%	6,075	3,104	4,111	132.4%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	446	0.2%	642	272	174	64.0%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	19,430	10.5%	16,859	9,425	10,005	106.2%
Educational Services	1,683	0.9%	1,677	1,189	494	41.5%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	9,012	4.9%	8,945	6,000	3,012	50.2%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	2,262	1.2%	1,690	1,412	850	60.2%
Accomodation and Food Services	9,066	4.9%	7,777	5,616	3,450	61.4%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	2,713	1.5%	2,346	1,509	1,204	79.8%
Public Administration	1,466	0.8%	1,085	720	746	103.6%
Information Not Available	24,563	13.3%	20,627	11,518	13,045	113.3%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants North Dakota
	Jan 2009	Percent	Dec 2008	Jan 2008	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	10,278		5,574	6,088
Male	8,534	83.0%	4,364	5,122	3,412	66.6%
Female	1,736	16.9%	1,204	954	782	82.0%
Information Not Available	8	0.1%	6	12	-4	-33.3%

Ethnicity	10,278		5,574	6,088
Hispanic or Latino	254	2.5%	170	155	99	63.9%
Not Hispanic or Latino	9,829	95.6%	5,264	5,786	4,043	69.9%
Information Not Available	195	1.9%	140	147	48	32.7%

Race	10,278		5,574	6,088
American Indian or Alaskan Native	609	5.9%	402	446	163	36.5%
Asian	26	0.3%	13	3	23	766.7%
Black or African American	117	1.1%	79	51	66	129.4%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	15	0.1%	7	5	10	200.0%
White	9,062	88.2%	4,763	5,281	3,781	71.6%
Information Not Available	449	4.4%	310	302	147	48.7%

Years of Age	10,278		5,574	6,088
Younger than 22	193	1.0%	199	96	97	101.0%
22-24	642	3.4%	354	345	297	86.1%
25-34	2,594	13.8%	1,356	1,407	1,187	84.4%
35-44	2,112	11.3%	1,112	1,215	897	73.8%
45-54	2,571	13.7%	1,448	1,564	1,007	64.4%
55-59	1,077	5.7%	533	632	445	70.4%
60-64	603	3.2%	324	424	179	42.2%
65 and older	457	2.4%	235	372	85	22.8%
Information Not Available	29	0.2%	13	33	-4	-12.1%

Industry	10,278		5,574	6,088
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	227	2.2%	148	186	41	22.0%
Mining	562	5.3%	275	419	143	34.1%
Utilities	22	0.2%	6	17	5	29.4%
Construction	3,478	33.1%	1,731	2,549	929	36.4%
Manufacturing	2,734	26.0%	1,087	567	2,167	382.2%
Wholesale Trade	355	3.4%	217	245	110	44.9%
Retail Trade	384	3.7%	269	248	136	54.8%
Transporation and Warehousing	287	2.7%	146	196	91	46.4%
Information	76	0.7%	54	51	25	49.0%
Finance and Insurance	78	0.7%	54	53	25	47.2%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	32	0.3%	24	17	15	88.2%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	197	1.9%	142	109	88	80.7%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	20	0.2%	20	24	-4	-16.7%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	415	4.0%	250	276	139	50.4%
Educational Services	3	0.0%	6	4	-1	-25.0%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	160	1.5%	156	135	25	18.5%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	79	0.8%	59	67	12	17.9%
Accomodation and Food Services	207	2.0%	157	142	65	45.8%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	96	0.9%	75	53	43	81.1%
Public Administration	311	3.0%	273	252	59	23.4%
Information Not Available	555	5.3%	425	478	77	16.1%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Nebraska
	Jan 2009	Percent	Dec 2008	Jan 2008	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	23,615		19,502	11,857
Male	14,587	61.8%	10,974	7,551	7,036	93.2%
Female	8,174	34.6%	7,830	3,911	4,263	109.0%
Information Not Available	854	3.6%	698	395	459	116.2%

Ethnicity	23,615		19,502	11,857
Hispanic or Latino	1,175	5.0%	868	627	548	87.4%
Not Hispanic or Latino	18,468	78.2%	15,249	8,963	9,505	106.0%
Information Not Available	3,972	16.8%	3,385	2,267	1,705	75.2%

Race	23,615		19,502	11,857
American Indian or Alaskan Native	245	1.0%	200	104	141	135.6%
Asian	206	0.9%	177	87	119	136.8%
Black or African American	1,372	5.8%	1,250	644	728	113.0%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	32	0.1%	23	14	18	128.6%
White	11,449	48.5%	8,900	5,604	5,845	104.3%
Information Not Available	10,311	43.7%	8,952	5,404	4,907	90.8%

Years of Age	23,615		19,502	11,857
Younger than 22	538	1.6%	378	294	244	83.0%
22-24	1,432	4.3%	1,061	656	776	118.3%
25-34	5,750	17.1%	4,652	2,755	2,995	108.7%
35-44	5,318	15.8%	4,365	2,704	2,614	96.7%
45-54	6,031	17.9%	5,088	3,067	2,964	96.6%
55-59	2,097	6.2%	1,835	1,096	1,001	91.3%
60-64	1,404	4.2%	1,166	702	702	100.0%
65 and older	1,045	3.1%	957	583	462	79.2%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	23,615		19,502	11,857
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	167	0.7%	127	110	57	51.8%
Mining	209	0.9%	101	161	48	29.8%
Utilities	41	0.2%	28	21	20	95.2%
Construction	4,716	19.8%	2,859	3,139	1,577	50.2%
Manufacturing	4,215	17.7%	3,532	1,495	2,720	181.9%
Wholesale Trade	755	3.2%	635	396	359	90.7%
Retail Trade	2,131	9.0%	1,903	877	1,254	143.0%
Transporation and Warehousing	740	3.1%	594	364	376	103.3%
Information	422	1.8%	412	182	240	131.9%
Finance and Insurance	741	3.1%	737	336	405	120.5%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	250	1.1%	223	143	107	74.8%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	757	3.2%	718	345	412	119.4%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	102	0.4%	79	42	60	142.9%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	2,638	11.1%	2,247	1,207	1,431	118.6%
Educational Services	296	1.2%	307	152	144	94.7%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	1,475	6.2%	1,491	696	779	111.9%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	274	1.2%	239	149	125	83.9%
Accomodation and Food Services	1,190	5.0%	1,089	632	558	88.3%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	392	1.6%	371	191	201	105.2%
Public Administration	577	2.4%	526	348	229	65.8%
Information Not Available	1,527	6.4%	1,284	871	656	75.3%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants New Hampshire
	Jan 2009	Percent	Dec 2008	Jan 2008	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	19,332		14,181	9,622
Male	12,876	66.6%	9,075	6,556	6,320	96.4%
Female	6,456	33.4%	5,106	3,066	3,390	110.6%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	19,332		14,181	9,622
Hispanic or Latino	713	3.7%	466	301	412	136.9%
Not Hispanic or Latino	13,736	71.1%	10,158	6,867	6,869	100.0%
Information Not Available	4,883	25.3%	3,557	2,454	2,429	99.0%

Race	19,332		14,181	9,622
American Indian or Alaskan Native	63	0.3%	47	33	30	90.9%
Asian	283	1.5%	227	92	191	207.6%
Black or African American	326	1.7%	242	144	182	126.4%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	22	0.1%	17	12	10	83.3%
White	17,485	90.4%	12,853	8,863	8,622	97.3%
Information Not Available	1,153	6.0%	795	478	675	141.2%

Years of Age	19,332		14,181	9,622
Younger than 22	402	1.1%	460	189	213	112.7%
22-24	1,097	3.1%	829	516	581	112.6%
25-34	4,146	11.7%	2,852	1,969	2,177	110.6%
35-44	4,089	11.6%	3,177	2,155	1,934	89.7%
45-54	5,194	14.7%	3,857	2,599	2,595	99.8%
55-59	2,137	6.0%	1,503	1,036	1,101	106.3%
60-64	1,429	4.0%	968	763	666	87.3%
65 and older	838	2.4%	535	395	443	112.2%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	19,332		14,181	9,622
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	92	0.5%	50	36	56	155.6%
Mining	118	0.6%	75	97	21	21.6%
Utilities	6	0.0%	5	3	3	100.0%
Construction	3,497	18.0%	2,253	2,379	1,118	47.0%
Manufacturing	3,348	17.2%	2,149	1,126	2,222	197.3%
Wholesale Trade	734	3.8%	650	370	364	98.4%
Retail Trade	2,107	10.8%	1,559	990	1,117	112.8%
Transporation and Warehousing	476	2.5%	348	212	264	124.5%
Information	242	1.2%	175	89	153	171.9%
Finance and Insurance	477	2.5%	397	256	221	86.3%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	289	1.5%	250	129	160	124.0%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	656	3.4%	539	288	368	127.8%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	30	0.2%	21	15	15	100.0%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	2,211	11.4%	1,679	1,113	1,098	98.7%
Educational Services	306	1.6%	234	117	189	161.5%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	694	3.6%	603	358	336	93.9%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	390	2.0%	278	249	141	56.6%
Accomodation and Food Services	1,050	5.4%	816	575	475	82.6%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	426	2.2%	380	207	219	105.8%
Public Administration	234	1.2%	202	99	135	136.4%
Information Not Available	1,949	10.0%	1,518	914	1,035	113.2%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants New Jersey
	Jan 2009	Percent	Dec 2008	Jan 2008	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	203,718		162,919	136,433
Male	126,590	62.1%	97,317	83,394	43,196	51.8%
Female	77,128	37.9%	65,602	53,039	24,089	45.4%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	203,718		162,919	136,433
Hispanic or Latino	41,398	20.3%	32,774	27,595	13,803	50.0%
Not Hispanic or Latino	143,588	70.5%	116,521	98,432	45,156	45.9%
Information Not Available	18,732	9.2%	13,624	10,406	8,326	80.0%

Race	203,718		162,919	136,433
American Indian or Alaskan Native	756	0.4%	601	515	241	46.8%
Asian	6,797	3.3%	5,403	3,473	3,324	95.7%
Black or African American	34,298	16.8%	30,300	25,586	8,712	34.0%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	1,290	0.6%	1,013	969	321	33.1%
White	129,965	63.8%	100,825	85,193	44,772	52.6%
Information Not Available	30,612	15.0%	24,777	20,697	9,915	47.9%

Years of Age	203,718		162,919	136,433
Younger than 22	32,271	9.8%	25,999	18,200	14,071	77.3%
22-24	14,726	4.5%	12,226	10,091	4,635	45.9%
25-34	44,437	13.6%	35,928	30,791	13,646	44.3%
35-44	50,702	15.5%	39,942	34,426	16,276	47.3%
45-54	39,757	12.1%	31,267	26,526	13,231	49.9%
55-59	11,956	3.6%	9,587	8,419	3,537	42.0%
60-64	5,746	1.8%	4,610	4,371	1,375	31.5%
65 and older	4,123	1.3%	3,360	3,609	514	14.2%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	203,718		162,919	136,433
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	1,230	0.6%	842	1,123	107	9.5%
Mining	282	0.1%	138	159	123	77.4%
Utilities	191	0.1%	168	147	44	29.9%
Construction	27,440	13.4%	18,850	20,274	7,166	35.3%
Manufacturing	18,708	9.1%	14,636	10,551	8,157	77.3%
Wholesale Trade	10,878	5.3%	9,116	6,872	4,006	58.3%
Retail Trade	22,853	11.2%	18,204	14,352	8,501	59.2%
Transporation and Warehousing	8,239	4.0%	6,720	5,159	3,080	59.7%
Information	4,218	2.1%	3,475	2,378	1,840	77.4%
Finance and Insurance	8,037	3.9%	7,267	5,508	2,529	45.9%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	3,443	1.7%	2,786	2,519	924	36.7%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	11,120	5.4%	9,151	6,743	4,377	64.9%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	886	0.4%	526	418	468	112.0%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	24,018	11.7%	18,825	17,839	6,179	34.6%
Educational Services	3,191	1.6%	3,755	2,453	738	30.1%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	11,253	5.5%	10,630	9,235	2,018	21.9%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	4,923	2.4%	3,318	4,346	577	13.3%
Accomodation and Food Services	14,160	6.9%	11,172	10,735	3,425	31.9%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	4,436	2.2%	3,730	3,159	1,277	40.4%
Public Administration	2,286	1.1%	1,770	1,925	361	18.8%
Information Not Available	21,926	10.7%	17,840	10,538	11,388	108.1%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants New Mexico
	Jan 2009	Percent	Dec 2008	Jan 2008	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	21,605		17,093	11,978
Male	13,919	64.4%	10,559	7,001	6,918	98.8%
Female	7,686	35.6%	6,534	4,977	2,709	54.4%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	21,605		17,093	11,978
Hispanic or Latino	11,707	54.2%	9,127	6,798	4,909	72.2%
Not Hispanic or Latino	8,480	39.3%	6,899	4,618	3,862	83.6%
Information Not Available	1,418	6.6%	1,067	562	856	152.3%

Race	21,605		17,093	11,978
American Indian or Alaskan Native	1,977	9.2%	1,561	1,126	851	75.6%
Asian	247	1.1%	182	132	115	87.1%
Black or African American	548	2.5%	442	331	217	65.6%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	57	0.3%	50	29	28	96.6%
White	10,334	47.8%	8,364	5,925	4,409	74.4%
Information Not Available	8,442	39.1%	6,494	4,435	4,007	90.3%

Years of Age	21,605		17,093	11,978
Younger than 22	756	2.5%	923	419	337	80.4%
22-24	1,340	4.4%	991	743	597	80.3%
25-34	4,710	15.3%	3,418	2,611	2,099	80.4%
35-44	5,444	17.7%	4,102	3,019	2,425	80.3%
45-54	5,596	18.2%	3,418	3,102	2,494	80.4%
55-59	1,836	6.0%	1,880	1,018	818	80.4%
60-64	1,210	3.9%	683	671	539	80.3%
65 and older	713	2.3%	1,025	395	318	80.5%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	653	0	0	0.0%

Industry	21,605		17,093	11,978
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	974	4.3%	748	732	242	33.1%
Mining	728	3.2%	369	190	538	283.2%
Utilities	56	0.2%	61	92	-36	-39.1%
Construction	4,667	20.7%	3,460	2,266	2,401	106.0%
Manufacturing	2,277	10.1%	1,957	1,454	823	56.6%
Wholesale Trade	701	3.1%	597	353	348	98.6%
Retail Trade	2,344	10.4%	1,881	1,043	1,301	124.7%
Transporation and Warehousing	564	2.5%	431	403	161	40.0%
Information	867	3.8%	465	398	469	117.8%
Finance and Insurance	480	2.1%	433	309	171	55.3%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	375	1.7%	308	187	188	100.5%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	1,010	4.5%	879	594	416	70.0%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	29	0.1%	21	17	12	70.6%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	1,996	8.8%	1,568	903	1,093	121.0%
Educational Services	462	2.0%	453	333	129	38.7%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	1,418	6.3%	1,266	928	490	52.8%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	324	1.4%	275	276	48	17.4%
Accomodation and Food Services	1,220	5.4%	925	787	433	55.0%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	501	2.2%	430	241	260	107.9%
Public Administration	518	2.3%	489	376	142	37.8%
Information Not Available	94	0.4%	77	96	-2	-2.1%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Nevada
	Jan 2009	Percent	Dec 2008	Jan 2008	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	69,011		60,885	32,745
Male	43,431	62.9%	38,096	20,088	23,343	116.2%
Female	25,571	37.1%	22,778	12,650	12,921	102.1%
Information Not Available	9	0.0%	11	7	2	28.6%

Ethnicity	69,011		60,885	32,745
Hispanic or Latino	15,618	22.6%	12,824	5,961	9,657	162.0%
Not Hispanic or Latino	42,059	60.9%	37,736	20,949	21,110	100.8%
Information Not Available	11,334	16.4%	10,325	5,835	5,499	94.2%

Race	69,011		60,885	32,745
American Indian or Alaskan Native	1,265	1.8%	1,106	665	600	90.2%
Asian	3,516	5.1%	3,122	1,323	2,193	165.8%
Black or African American	6,404	9.3%	6,052	3,376	3,028	89.7%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	1,292	1.9%	1,105	519	773	148.9%
White	44,712	64.8%	39,261	21,780	22,932	105.3%
Information Not Available	11,822	17.1%	10,239	5,082	6,740	132.6%

Years of Age	69,011		60,885	32,745
Younger than 22	1,780	1.6%	2,451	769	1,011	131.5%
22-24	3,984	3.6%	3,699	1,694	2,290	135.2%
25-34	15,832	14.5%	13,480	7,073	8,759	123.8%
35-44	15,854	14.5%	14,255	7,920	7,934	100.2%
45-54	17,135	15.7%	15,069	8,392	8,743	104.2%
55-59	6,329	5.8%	5,560	3,095	3,234	104.5%
60-64	4,560	4.2%	3,688	2,115	2,445	115.6%
65 and older	3,452	3.2%	2,615	1,647	1,805	109.6%
Information Not Available	85	0.1%	68	40	45	112.5%

Industry	69,011		60,885	32,745
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	74	0.1%	60	33	41	124.2%
Mining	481	0.7%	350	230	251	109.1%
Utilities	61	0.1%	48	43	18	41.9%
Construction	17,278	25.0%	14,004	8,984	8,294	92.3%
Manufacturing	3,603	5.2%	2,964	1,521	2,082	136.9%
Wholesale Trade	1,759	2.5%	1,420	808	951	117.7%
Retail Trade	5,761	8.3%	4,660	2,553	3,208	125.7%
Transporation and Warehousing	2,240	3.2%	1,738	949	1,291	136.0%
Information	640	0.9%	613	293	347	118.4%
Finance and Insurance	1,210	1.8%	1,141	1,146	64	5.6%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	1,818	2.6%	1,662	891	927	104.0%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	2,589	3.7%	2,291	1,379	1,210	87.7%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	448	0.6%	410	131	317	242.0%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	7,254	10.5%	8,026	3,950	3,304	83.6%
Educational Services	609	0.9%	566	317	292	92.1%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	1,935	2.8%	1,804	1,030	905	87.9%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	1,628	2.4%	1,380	765	863	112.8%
Accomodation and Food Services	14,628	21.2%	13,237	4,849	9,779	201.7%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	1,227	1.8%	1,033	591	636	107.6%
Public Administration	752	1.1%	625	510	242	47.5%
Information Not Available	3,016	4.4%	2,853	1,772	1,244	70.2%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants New York
	Jan 2009	Percent	Dec 2008	Jan 2008	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	349,325		281,778	212,571
Male	220,694	63.2%	173,947	134,257	86,437	64.4%
Female	128,631	36.8%	107,831	78,314	50,317	64.3%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	349,325		281,778	212,571
Hispanic or Latino	53,010	15.2%	42,452	31,939	21,071	66.0%
Not Hispanic or Latino	240,107	68.7%	193,350	147,297	92,810	63.0%
Information Not Available	56,208	16.1%	45,976	33,335	22,873	68.6%

Race	349,325		281,778	212,571
American Indian or Alaskan Native	2,129	0.6%	1,764	1,501	628	41.8%
Asian	10,469	3.0%	8,501	5,132	5,337	104.0%
Black or African American	46,770	13.4%	39,441	28,193	18,577	65.9%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	731	0.2%	540	316	415	131.3%
White	200,441	57.4%	159,248	124,684	75,757	60.8%
Information Not Available	88,785	25.4%	72,284	52,745	36,040	68.3%

Years of Age	349,325		281,778	212,571
Younger than 22	14,767	2.8%	11,426	8,777	5,990	68.2%
22-24	25,006	4.7%	19,638	14,453	10,553	73.0%
25-34	89,244	16.8%	71,136	52,161	37,083	71.1%
35-44	83,792	15.7%	67,473	52,916	30,876	58.3%
45-54	79,417	14.9%	64,289	48,643	30,774	63.3%
55-59	27,220	5.1%	22,369	16,789	10,431	62.1%
60-64	17,310	3.3%	14,554	10,361	6,949	67.1%
65 and older	12,569	2.4%	10,893	8,471	4,098	48.4%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	349,325		281,778	212,571
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	1,416	0.4%	1,103	1,184	232	19.6%
Mining	2,198	0.6%	1,622	1,566	632	40.4%
Utilities	218	0.1%	192	186	32	17.2%
Construction	60,080	17.1%	44,642	39,176	20,904	53.4%
Manufacturing	38,063	10.9%	30,237	20,216	17,847	88.3%
Wholesale Trade	15,262	4.4%	12,266	8,343	6,919	82.9%
Retail Trade	30,401	8.7%	23,478	17,138	13,263	77.4%
Transporation and Warehousing	11,825	3.4%	9,089	6,381	5,444	85.3%
Information	9,724	2.8%	7,711	5,780	3,944	68.2%
Finance and Insurance	19,555	5.6%	16,485	11,100	8,455	76.2%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	7,109	2.0%	6,339	4,368	2,741	62.8%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	23,124	6.6%	19,684	11,638	11,486	98.7%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	1,573	0.4%	1,254	760	813	107.0%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	41,445	11.8%	33,808	24,341	17,104	70.3%
Educational Services	7,654	2.2%	7,206	4,827	2,827	58.6%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	20,201	5.8%	18,555	14,201	6,000	42.3%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	12,876	3.7%	10,220	9,812	3,064	31.2%
Accomodation and Food Services	24,426	7.0%	17,843	15,822	8,604	54.4%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	8,653	2.5%	7,237	5,669	2,984	52.6%
Public Administration	9,202	2.6%	7,914	7,231	1,971	27.3%
Information Not Available	4,320	1.2%	4,893	2,832	1,488	52.5%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Ohio
	Jan 2009	Percent	Dec 2008	Jan 2008	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	236,713		168,407	134,794
Male	166,265	70.2%	114,942	93,915	72,350	77.0%
Female	69,542	29.4%	52,863	40,303	29,239	72.5%
Information Not Available	906	0.4%	602	576	330	57.3%

Ethnicity	236,713		168,407	134,794
Hispanic or Latino	7,825	3.3%	5,600	4,343	3,482	80.2%
Not Hispanic or Latino	215,593	91.1%	154,652	125,198	90,395	72.2%
Information Not Available	13,295	5.6%	8,155	5,253	8,042	153.1%

Race	236,713		168,407	134,794
American Indian or Alaskan Native	1,006	0.4%	712	657	349	53.1%
Asian	1,290	0.5%	883	507	783	154.4%
Black or African American	29,176	12.3%	22,436	18,790	10,386	55.3%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	197	0.1%	114	97	100	103.1%
White	194,754	82.3%	137,181	109,220	85,534	78.3%
Information Not Available	10,290	4.3%	7,081	5,523	4,767	86.3%

Years of Age	236,713		168,407	134,794
Younger than 22	7,825	1.9%	5,484	4,320	3,505	81.1%
22-24	13,148	3.1%	9,576	7,265	5,883	81.0%
25-34	54,077	12.9%	39,327	31,350	22,727	72.5%
35-44	60,092	14.3%	42,000	35,086	25,006	71.3%
45-54	63,884	15.2%	45,021	36,494	27,390	75.1%
55-59	21,864	5.2%	15,275	11,651	10,213	87.7%
60-64	11,515	2.7%	8,338	5,961	5,554	93.2%
65 and older	4,308	1.0%	3,386	2,667	1,641	61.5%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	236,713		168,407	134,794
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	1,109	0.5%	924	1,024	85	8.3%
Mining	1,178	0.5%	744	1,041	137	13.2%
Utilities	220	0.1%	129	169	51	30.2%
Construction	45,967	19.3%	33,224	35,981	9,986	27.8%
Manufacturing	79,321	33.4%	47,477	28,260	51,061	180.7%
Wholesale Trade	9,177	3.9%	6,915	4,457	4,720	105.9%
Retail Trade	9,979	4.2%	8,065	6,536	3,443	52.7%
Transporation and Warehousing	11,236	4.7%	7,344	5,153	6,083	118.0%
Information	2,397	1.0%	1,848	1,221	1,176	96.3%
Finance and Insurance	4,050	1.7%	3,901	3,686	364	9.9%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	2,511	1.1%	2,194	1,590	921	57.9%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	8,000	3.4%	6,519	4,240	3,760	88.7%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	1,990	0.8%	1,517	296	1,694	572.3%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	27,932	11.7%	21,097	16,974	10,958	64.6%
Educational Services	2,210	0.9%	2,082	1,947	263	13.5%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	7,769	3.3%	7,409	6,175	1,594	25.8%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	3,448	1.4%	2,604	2,893	555	19.2%
Accomodation and Food Services	6,745	2.8%	5,455	5,033	1,712	34.0%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	3,780	1.6%	3,078	2,697	1,083	40.2%
Public Administration	1,792	0.8%	1,431	1,338	454	33.9%
Information Not Available	5,902	2.5%	4,450	4,083	1,819	44.6%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Oklahoma
	Jan 2009	Percent	Dec 2008	Jan 2008	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	37,028		31,152	14,644
Male	21,851	59.0%	17,170	7,578	14,273	188.3%
Female	15,071	40.7%	13,923	7,036	8,035	114.2%
Information Not Available	106	0.3%	59	30	76	253.3%

Ethnicity	37,028		31,152	14,644
Hispanic or Latino	3,262	8.8%	2,346	1,087	2,175	200.1%
Not Hispanic or Latino	33,766	91.2%	28,806	13,557	20,209	149.1%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Race	37,028		31,152	14,644
American Indian or Alaskan Native	3,550	9.6%	2,957	1,343	2,207	164.3%
Asian	349	0.9%	306	116	233	200.9%
Black or African American	4,917	13.3%	4,498	2,302	2,615	113.6%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	52	0.1%	37	8	44	550.0%
White	23,513	63.5%	20,174	9,165	14,348	156.6%
Information Not Available	4,647	12.5%	3,180	1,710	2,937	171.8%

Years of Age	37,028		31,152	14,644
Younger than 22	693	1.2%	486	221	472	213.6%
22-24	1,891	3.2%	1,380	709	1,182	166.7%
25-34	8,771	15.0%	7,110	3,450	5,321	154.2%
35-44	8,785	15.1%	7,282	3,671	5,114	139.3%
45-54	9,753	16.7%	8,519	3,871	5,882	152.0%
55-59	3,417	5.9%	2,946	1,317	2,100	159.5%
60-64	2,233	3.8%	2,008	853	1,380	161.8%
65 and older	1,485	2.5%	1,421	552	933	169.0%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	37,028		31,152	14,644
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	71	0.2%	57	49	22	44.9%
Mining	1,783	4.8%	1,046	417	1,366	327.6%
Utilities	306	0.8%	228	57	249	436.8%
Construction	3,974	10.7%	2,990	1,307	2,667	204.1%
Manufacturing	7,710	20.8%	5,707	1,775	5,935	334.4%
Wholesale Trade	1,352	3.6%	1,218	558	794	142.3%
Retail Trade	2,836	7.6%	2,771	1,376	1,460	106.1%
Transporation and Warehousing	1,014	2.7%	835	345	669	193.9%
Information	995	2.7%	931	415	580	139.8%
Finance and Insurance	1,004	2.7%	997	697	307	44.0%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	756	2.0%	619	301	455	151.2%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	1,679	4.5%	1,450	689	990	143.7%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	245	0.7%	199	35	210	600.0%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	4,732	12.8%	4,042	2,077	2,655	127.8%
Educational Services	595	1.6%	638	292	303	103.8%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	2,316	6.2%	2,411	1,382	934	67.6%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	549	1.5%	444	315	234	74.3%
Accomodation and Food Services	1,251	3.4%	1,190	760	491	64.6%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	1,049	2.8%	952	568	481	84.7%
Public Administration	1,107	3.0%	1,147	657	450	68.5%
Information Not Available	1,704	4.6%	1,280	572	1,132	197.9%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Oregon
	Jan 2009	Percent	Dec 2008	Jan 2008	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	116,507		90,480	60,260
Male	78,388	67.3%	60,064	39,346	39,042	99.2%
Female	38,115	32.7%	30,412	20,901	17,214	82.4%
Information Not Available	4	0.0%	4	13	-9	-69.2%

Ethnicity	116,507		90,480	60,260
Hispanic or Latino	11,394	9.8%	8,504	6,103	5,291	86.7%
Not Hispanic or Latino	91,416	78.5%	70,030	44,382	47,034	106.0%
Information Not Available	13,697	11.8%	11,946	9,775	3,922	40.1%

Race	116,507		90,480	60,260
American Indian or Alaskan Native	1,126	1.0%	794	580	546	94.1%
Asian	1,648	1.4%	1,235	654	994	152.0%
Black or African American	1,230	1.1%	914	599	631	105.3%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	769	0.7%	577	321	448	139.6%
White	55,581	47.7%	40,869	26,160	29,421	112.5%
Information Not Available	56,153	48.2%	46,091	31,946	24,207	75.8%

Years of Age	116,507		90,480	60,260
Younger than 22	3,444	2.1%	3,867	1,480	1,964	132.7%
22-24	7,379	4.5%	6,206	3,628	3,751	103.4%
25-34	29,400	17.8%	22,311	14,290	15,110	105.7%
35-44	26,831	16.2%	21,086	14,162	12,669	89.5%
45-54	27,892	16.9%	21,856	15,527	12,365	79.6%
55-59	11,044	6.7%	8,161	5,719	5,325	93.1%
60-64	6,858	4.2%	4,628	3,501	3,357	95.9%
65 and older	3,658	2.2%	2,365	1,953	1,705	87.3%
Information Not Available	1	0.0%	0	0	1	0.0%

Industry	116,507		90,480	60,260
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	4,252	3.5%	3,112	3,297	955	29.0%
Mining	686	0.6%	480	388	298	76.8%
Utilities	120	0.1%	94	91	29	31.9%
Construction	19,962	16.5%	15,529	11,712	8,250	70.4%
Manufacturing	24,846	20.6%	17,947	9,354	15,492	165.6%
Wholesale Trade	4,534	3.8%	3,545	1,959	2,575	131.4%
Retail Trade	12,762	10.6%	9,742	6,233	6,529	104.7%
Transporation and Warehousing	3,698	3.1%	2,851	1,877	1,821	97.0%
Information	2,050	1.7%	1,704	936	1,114	119.0%
Finance and Insurance	2,584	2.1%	2,465	1,996	588	29.5%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	1,676	1.4%	1,369	931	745	80.0%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	3,689	3.1%	3,082	1,488	2,201	147.9%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	315	0.3%	254	168	147	87.5%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	10,558	8.7%	8,222	5,751	4,807	83.6%
Educational Services	1,249	1.0%	1,092	732	517	70.6%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	5,533	4.6%	4,752	3,490	2,043	58.5%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	1,459	1.2%	1,268	861	598	69.5%
Accomodation and Food Services	8,227	6.8%	5,937	4,083	4,144	101.5%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	2,630	2.2%	2,233	1,285	1,345	104.7%
Public Administration	1,816	1.5%	1,488	1,213	603	49.7%
Information Not Available	3,861	3.2%	3,314	2,415	1,446	59.9%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Pennsylvania
	Jan 2009	Percent	Dec 2008	Jan 2008	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	342,388		266,069	209,797
Male	233,099	68.1%	174,228	137,876	95,223	69.1%
Female	109,289	31.9%	91,841	71,921	37,368	52.0%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	342,388		266,069	209,797
Hispanic or Latino	15,087	4.4%	13,313	9,057	6,030	66.6%
Not Hispanic or Latino	321,454	93.9%	248,608	190,724	130,730	68.5%
Information Not Available	5,846	1.7%	4,148	10,016	-4,170	-41.6%

Race	342,388		266,069	209,797
American Indian or Alaskan Native	754	0.2%	579	0	754	0.0%
Asian	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
Black or African American	37,153	10.9%	33,476	23,015	14,138	61.4%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
White	279,775	81.7%	210,790	165,045	114,730	69.5%
Information Not Available	24,705	7.2%	21,224	21,737	2,968	13.7%

Years of Age	342,388		266,069	209,797
Younger than 22	18,293	3.0%	14,278	26,957	-8,664	-32.1%
22-24	12,636	2.1%	7,525	14,491	-1,855	-12.8%
25-34	75,814	12.5%	62,321	43,686	32,128	73.5%
35-44	81,943	13.5%	63,477	57,537	24,406	42.4%
45-54	86,941	14.4%	61,646	33,776	53,165	157.4%
55-59	29,043	4.8%	24,504	9,376	19,667	209.8%
60-64	16,313	2.7%	15,725	3,516	12,797	364.0%
65 and older	13,013	2.1%	10,998	1,492	11,521	772.2%
Information Not Available	8,392	1.4%	5,595	18,966	-10,574	-55.8%

Industry	342,388		266,069	209,797
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	2,452	0.7%	1,061	1,705	747	43.8%
Mining	2,640	0.8%	1,254	2,131	509	23.9%
Utilities	566	0.2%	579	107	459	429.0%
Construction	73,079	21.2%	49,779	43,365	29,714	68.5%
Manufacturing	62,329	18.1%	48,236	29,834	32,495	108.9%
Wholesale Trade	11,881	3.4%	8,104	7,459	4,422	59.3%
Retail Trade	31,778	9.2%	24,118	17,368	14,410	83.0%
Transporation and Warehousing	16,219	4.7%	10,419	6,713	9,506	141.6%
Information	4,149	1.2%	3,280	2,877	1,272	44.2%
Finance and Insurance	8,487	2.5%	8,200	6,393	2,094	32.8%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	2,735	0.8%	2,219	1,811	924	51.0%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	10,467	3.0%	12,541	7,885	2,582	32.7%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	566	0.2%	1,544	2,344	-1,778	-75.9%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	33,852	9.8%	26,433	19,818	14,034	70.8%
Educational Services	3,300	1.0%	3,087	2,770	530	19.1%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	16,125	4.7%	16,786	12,786	3,339	26.1%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	10,844	3.1%	5,306	6,500	4,344	66.8%
Accomodation and Food Services	19,142	5.6%	12,445	12,466	6,676	53.6%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	5,752	1.7%	4,438	4,049	1,703	42.1%
Public Administration	2,640	0.8%	2,122	1,385	1,255	90.6%
Information Not Available	23,385	6.8%	24,118	20,031	3,354	16.7%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Puerto Rico
	Jan 2009	Percent	Dec 2008	Jan 2008	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	39,296		36,604	32,397
Male	22,322	56.8%	20,690	18,179	4,143	22.8%
Female	16,974	43.2%	15,914	14,218	2,756	19.4%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	39,296		36,604	32,397
Hispanic or Latino	38,515	98.0%	35,888	31,194	7,321	23.5%
Not Hispanic or Latino	274	0.7%	282	704	-430	-61.1%
Information Not Available	507	1.3%	434	499	8	1.6%

Race	39,296		36,604	32,397
American Indian or Alaskan Native	1,876	4.8%	1,402	900	976	108.4%
Asian	72	0.2%	61	99	-27	-27.3%
Black or African American	1,488	3.8%	1,646	2,991	-1,503	-50.3%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	90	0.2%	94	74	16	21.6%
White	7,153	18.2%	7,021	6,737	416	6.2%
Information Not Available	28,617	72.8%	26,380	21,596	7,021	32.5%

Years of Age	39,296		36,604	32,397
Younger than 22	2,042	4.5%	2,042	1,900	142	7.5%
22-24	3,729	8.3%	3,609	3,136	593	18.9%
25-34	13,127	29.1%	12,436	10,854	2,273	20.9%
35-44	9,360	20.7%	8,641	7,819	1,541	19.7%
45-54	6,975	15.4%	6,179	5,452	1,523	27.9%
55-59	2,236	5.0%	2,065	1,705	531	31.1%
60-64	1,299	2.9%	1,166	1,095	204	18.6%
65 and older	528	1.2%	466	436	92	21.1%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	39,296		36,604	32,397
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
Mining	58	0.1%	49	39	19	48.7%
Utilities	832	2.1%	878	936	-104	-11.1%
Construction	5,848	14.9%	5,496	5,023	825	16.4%
Manufacturing	4,273	10.9%	3,612	3,951	322	8.1%
Wholesale Trade	6,523	16.6%	6,244	6,391	132	2.1%
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	1,284	3.3%	1,187	973	311	32.0%
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)	9,603	24.4%	9,412	8,901	702	7.9%
Public Administration	4,354	11.1%	3,475	1,857	2,497	134.5%
Information Not Available	6,521	16.6%	6,251	4,326	2,195	50.7%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Rhode Island
	Jan 2009	Percent	Dec 2008	Jan 2008	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	24,412		19,630	18,744
Male	15,759	64.6%	12,045	11,933	3,826	32.1%
Female	8,653	35.4%	7,585	6,811	1,842	27.0%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	24,412		19,630	18,744
Hispanic or Latino	3,509	14.4%	2,843	2,809	700	24.9%
Not Hispanic or Latino	14,293	58.5%	11,580	11,318	2,975	26.3%
Information Not Available	6,610	27.1%	5,207	4,617	1,993	43.2%

Race	24,412		19,630	18,744
American Indian or Alaskan Native	130	0.5%	121	103	27	26.2%
Asian	355	1.5%	312	239	116	48.5%
Black or African American	1,006	4.1%	873	671	335	49.9%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	91	0.4%	71	43	48	111.6%
White	17,701	72.5%	14,080	13,480	4,221	31.3%
Information Not Available	5,129	21.0%	4,173	4,208	921	21.9%

Years of Age	24,412		19,630	18,744
Younger than 22	811	2.0%	652	680	131	19.3%
22-24	1,425	3.5%	1,133	1,151	274	23.8%
25-34	5,299	13.1%	4,344	4,260	1,039	24.4%
35-44	5,720	14.1%	4,678	4,746	974	20.5%
45-54	6,229	15.4%	4,855	4,563	1,666	36.5%
55-59	2,332	5.7%	1,838	1,490	842	56.5%
60-64	1,548	3.8%	1,271	1,006	542	53.9%
65 and older	1,048	2.6%	859	848	200	23.6%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	24,412		19,630	18,744
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	213	0.9%	115	204	9	4.4%
Mining	102	0.4%	50	76	26	34.2%
Utilities	28	0.1%	32	17	11	64.7%
Construction	4,695	19.1%	3,160	4,040	655	16.2%
Manufacturing	4,201	17.1%	3,360	2,291	1,910	83.4%
Wholesale Trade	864	3.5%	724	676	188	27.8%
Retail Trade	2,007	8.2%	1,749	1,619	388	24.0%
Transporation and Warehousing	681	2.8%	544	377	304	80.6%
Information	381	1.5%	333	183	198	108.2%
Finance and Insurance	970	3.9%	943	1,108	-138	-12.5%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	433	1.8%	358	302	131	43.4%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	857	3.5%	796	626	231	36.9%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	122	0.5%	87	91	31	34.1%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	2,967	12.0%	2,155	2,411	556	23.1%
Educational Services	299	1.2%	395	214	85	39.7%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	1,366	5.5%	1,427	1,105	261	23.6%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	812	3.3%	639	707	105	14.9%
Accomodation and Food Services	2,067	8.4%	1,487	1,566	501	32.0%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	635	2.6%	600	489	146	29.9%
Public Administration	136	0.6%	129	125	11	8.8%
Information Not Available	576	2.3%	547	517	59	11.4%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants South Carolina
	Jan 2009	Percent	Dec 2008	Jan 2008	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	98,505		82,084	48,772
Male	56,913	57.8%	46,622	25,610	31,303	122.2%
Female	41,592	42.2%	35,462	23,162	18,430	79.6%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	98,505		82,084	48,772
Hispanic or Latino	2,338	2.4%	1,913	1,011	1,327	131.3%
Not Hispanic or Latino	82,894	84.2%	69,383	40,822	42,072	103.1%
Information Not Available	13,273	13.5%	10,788	6,939	6,334	91.3%

Race	98,505		82,084	48,772
American Indian or Alaskan Native	784	0.8%	623	425	359	84.5%
Asian	606	0.6%	461	224	382	170.5%
Black or African American	42,273	42.9%	36,347	23,457	18,816	80.2%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	315	0.3%	220	104	211	202.9%
White	52,757	53.6%	43,019	23,674	29,083	122.8%
Information Not Available	1,770	1.8%	1,414	888	882	99.3%

Years of Age	98,505		82,084	48,772
Younger than 22	2,712	1.9%	5,168	1,183	1,529	129.2%
22-24	3,631	2.5%	3,571	1,637	1,994	121.8%
25-34	21,716	14.9%	18,331	10,598	11,118	104.9%
35-44	20,111	13.8%	17,154	9,972	10,139	101.7%
45-54	20,679	14.2%	16,258	10,525	10,154	96.5%
55-59	7,819	5.4%	5,628	3,899	3,920	100.5%
60-64	5,724	3.9%	3,538	2,733	2,991	109.4%
65 and older	3,649	2.5%	2,049	1,684	1,965	116.7%
Information Not Available	12,464	8.6%	10,387	6,541	5,923	90.6%

Industry	98,505		82,084	48,772
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	563	0.6%	450	354	209	59.0%
Mining	167	0.2%	135	30	137	456.7%
Utilities	108	0.1%	99	51	57	111.8%
Construction	11,383	11.5%	9,782	5,911	5,472	92.6%
Manufacturing	20,460	20.7%	16,485	9,179	11,281	122.9%
Wholesale Trade	4,051	4.1%	3,393	1,824	2,227	122.1%
Retail Trade	9,699	9.8%	8,529	4,705	4,994	106.1%
Transporation and Warehousing	3,070	3.1%	2,667	1,278	1,792	140.2%
Information	882	0.9%	783	518	364	70.3%
Finance and Insurance	1,628	1.6%	1,535	1,254	374	29.8%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	2,018	2.0%	1,716	866	1,152	133.0%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	3,368	3.4%	2,772	1,291	2,077	160.9%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	224	0.2%	192	213	11	5.2%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	13,084	13.2%	10,896	6,718	6,366	94.8%
Educational Services	1,032	1.0%	971	519	513	98.8%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	3,825	3.9%	3,544	2,253	1,572	69.8%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	1,577	1.6%	1,232	717	860	119.9%
Accomodation and Food Services	9,234	9.3%	7,973	6,268	2,966	47.3%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	2,022	2.0%	1,732	983	1,039	105.7%
Public Administration	1,225	1.2%	1,060	613	612	99.8%
Information Not Available	8,885	9.0%	6,138	3,227	5,658	175.3%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants South Dakota
	Jan 2009	Percent	Dec 2008	Jan 2008	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	6,178		4,117	3,554
Male	4,768	77.2%	2,959	2,671	2,097	78.5%
Female	1,410	22.8%	1,158	883	527	59.7%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	6,178		4,117	3,554
Hispanic or Latino	161	2.6%	108	85	76	89.4%
Not Hispanic or Latino	5,854	94.8%	3,728	3,206	2,648	82.6%
Information Not Available	163	2.6%	281	263	-100	-38.0%

Race	6,178		4,117	3,554
American Indian or Alaskan Native	567	9.2%	429	361	206	57.1%
Asian	0	0.0%	7	5	-5	-100.0%
Black or African American	127	2.1%	105	52	75	144.2%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0	0.0%	0	1	-1	-100.0%
White	5,118	82.8%	3,264	2,867	2,251	78.5%
Information Not Available	366	5.9%	312	268	98	36.6%

Years of Age	6,178		4,117	3,554
Younger than 22	109	1.0%	79	85	24	28.2%
22-24	347	3.2%	197	201	146	72.6%
25-34	1,482	13.6%	909	889	593	66.7%
35-44	1,291	11.8%	856	833	458	55.0%
45-54	1,675	15.4%	1,164	936	739	79.0%
55-59	616	5.7%	428	410	206	50.2%
60-64	399	3.7%	294	200	199	99.5%
65 and older	259	2.4%	190	0	259	0.0%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	6,178		4,117	3,554
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	61	1.0%	51	23	38	165.2%
Mining	149	2.4%	109	114	35	30.7%
Utilities	9	0.1%	4	17	-8	-47.1%
Construction	2,064	33.1%	1,233	1,414	650	46.0%
Manufacturing	1,449	23.2%	649	399	1,050	263.2%
Wholesale Trade	184	2.9%	158	90	94	104.4%
Retail Trade	414	6.6%	291	207	207	100.0%
Transporation and Warehousing	205	3.3%	159	123	82	66.7%
Information	59	0.9%	48	31	28	90.3%
Finance and Insurance	145	2.3%	118	64	81	126.6%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	49	0.8%	30	34	15	44.1%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	94	1.5%	87	62	32	51.6%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	13	0.2%	24	2	11	550.0%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	319	5.1%	257	159	160	100.6%
Educational Services	84	1.3%	83	54	30	55.6%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	147	2.4%	121	108	39	36.1%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	88	1.4%	63	60	28	46.7%
Accomodation and Food Services	363	5.8%	256	257	106	41.2%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	71	1.1%	54	56	15	26.8%
Public Administration	203	3.3%	173	145	58	40.0%
Information Not Available	8	0.1%	149	135	-127	-94.1%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Tennessee
	Jan 2009	Percent	Dec 2008	Jan 2008	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	105,987		77,632	50,132
Male	62,792	59.2%	45,082	29,251	33,541	114.7%
Female	43,195	40.8%	32,550	20,881	22,314	106.9%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	105,987		77,632	50,132
Hispanic or Latino	1,626	1.5%	1,040	665	961	144.5%
Not Hispanic or Latino	104,361	98.5%	76,592	49,467	54,894	111.0%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Race	105,987		77,632	50,132
American Indian or Alaskan Native	267	0.3%	177	110	157	142.7%
Asian	1,130	1.1%	2,183	1,832	-702	-38.3%
Black or African American	25,776	24.3%	21,055	14,535	11,241	77.3%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	726	0.7%	517	251	475	189.2%
White	76,889	72.5%	52,817	32,879	44,010	133.9%
Information Not Available	1,199	1.1%	883	525	674	128.4%

Years of Age	105,987		77,632	50,132
Younger than 22	1,775	1.0%	2,006	826	949	114.9%
22-24	4,437	2.5%	3,624	2,086	2,351	112.7%
25-34	21,502	12.3%	16,189	10,201	11,301	110.8%
35-44	24,494	14.0%	18,767	12,237	12,257	100.2%
45-54	28,235	16.2%	20,055	13,097	15,138	115.6%
55-59	11,218	6.4%	7,734	5,005	6,213	124.1%
60-64	8,158	4.7%	5,404	3,663	4,495	122.7%
65 and older	5,887	3.4%	3,684	2,778	3,109	111.9%
Information Not Available	281	0.2%	169	239	42	17.6%

Industry	105,987		77,632	50,132
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	537	0.5%	351	363	174	47.9%
Mining	520	0.5%	263	160	360	225.0%
Utilities	111	0.1%	60	83	28	33.7%
Construction	12,227	11.5%	8,285	6,418	5,809	90.5%
Manufacturing	29,690	27.9%	21,275	10,954	18,736	171.0%
Wholesale Trade	6,848	6.4%	3,753	2,029	4,819	237.5%
Retail Trade	9,455	8.9%	6,790	3,893	5,562	142.9%
Transporation and Warehousing	4,111	3.9%	2,933	1,981	2,130	107.5%
Information	1,578	1.5%	1,061	594	984	165.7%
Finance and Insurance	2,500	2.3%	1,972	1,295	1,205	93.1%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	1,535	1.4%	1,124	666	869	130.5%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	2,969	2.8%	2,333	1,417	1,552	109.5%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	287	0.3%	237	113	174	154.0%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	13,130	12.3%	9,117	5,851	7,279	124.4%
Educational Services	1,523	1.4%	1,192	769	754	98.0%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	4,761	4.5%	3,687	2,567	2,194	85.5%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	1,249	1.2%	823	1,038	211	20.3%
Accomodation and Food Services	5,296	5.0%	3,679	2,963	2,333	78.7%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	2,585	2.4%	1,885	1,233	1,352	109.7%
Public Administration	1,855	1.7%	1,306	1,158	697	60.2%
Information Not Available	3,220	3.0%	5,506	4,587	-1,367	-29.8%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Texas
	Jan 2009	Percent	Dec 2008	Jan 2008	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	196,508		170,902	104,132
Male	115,523	58.8%	96,193	55,562	59,961	107.9%
Female	80,926	41.2%	74,707	48,550	32,376	66.7%
Information Not Available	59	0.0%	2	20	39	195.0%

Ethnicity	196,508		170,902	104,132
Hispanic or Latino	59,258	30.2%	51,173	31,836	27,422	86.1%
Not Hispanic or Latino	115,299	58.7%	104,455	64,179	51,120	79.7%
Information Not Available	21,951	11.2%	15,274	8,117	13,834	170.4%

Race	196,508		170,902	104,132
American Indian or Alaskan Native	755	0.4%	732	433	322	74.4%
Asian	4,137	2.1%	3,476	1,791	2,346	131.0%
Black or African American	37,572	19.1%	35,619	23,464	14,108	60.1%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	3,392	1.7%	0	2,072	1,320	63.7%
White	71,767	36.5%	64,442	38,025	33,742	88.7%
Information Not Available	78,885	40.1%	66,633	38,347	40,538	105.7%

Years of Age	196,508		170,902	104,132
Younger than 22	4,961	1.9%	4,212	2,437	2,524	103.6%
22-24	9,771	3.8%	8,797	4,867	4,904	100.8%
25-34	47,726	18.5%	42,125	25,407	22,319	87.8%
35-44	51,924	20.1%	45,704	28,278	23,646	83.6%
45-54	50,153	19.4%	43,346	26,488	23,665	89.3%
55-59	16,953	6.6%	14,316	9,008	7,945	88.2%
60-64	9,877	3.8%	8,236	4,974	4,903	98.6%
65 and older	5,085	2.0%	4,164	2,656	2,429	91.5%
Information Not Available	58	0.0%	2	17	41	241.2%

Industry	196,508		170,902	104,132
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	1,383	0.7%	830	840	543	64.6%
Mining	5,230	2.6%	3,155	1,213	4,017	331.2%
Utilities	378	0.2%	401	235	143	60.9%
Construction	25,370	12.8%	22,351	13,025	12,345	94.8%
Manufacturing	28,813	14.6%	21,479	11,347	17,466	153.9%
Wholesale Trade	12,080	6.1%	10,906	5,585	6,495	116.3%
Retail Trade	14,251	7.2%	13,144	7,286	6,965	95.6%
Transporation and Warehousing	7,611	3.8%	6,289	3,816	3,795	99.4%
Information	5,128	2.6%	5,340	2,909	2,219	76.3%
Finance and Insurance	9,339	4.7%	9,390	6,834	2,505	36.7%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	4,266	2.2%	3,827	2,184	2,082	95.3%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	14,390	7.3%	12,935	6,647	7,743	116.5%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	827	0.4%	776	410	417	101.7%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	24,598	12.4%	23,121	12,884	11,714	90.9%
Educational Services	3,457	1.7%	3,397	1,976	1,481	74.9%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	10,554	5.3%	10,957	7,810	2,744	35.1%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	1,261	0.6%	1,247	814	447	54.9%
Accomodation and Food Services	6,500	3.3%	6,146	4,243	2,257	53.2%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	3,774	1.9%	3,564	2,246	1,528	68.0%
Public Administration	1,701	0.9%	1,642	1,255	446	35.5%
Information Not Available	15,597	7.9%	10,005	10,573	5,024	47.5%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Utah
	Jan 2009	Percent	Dec 2008	Jan 2008	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	36,833		27,717	15,761
Male	25,773	70.0%	18,562	10,625	15,148	142.6%
Female	10,663	28.9%	8,863	4,705	5,958	126.6%
Information Not Available	397	1.1%	292	431	-34	-7.9%

Ethnicity	36,833		27,717	15,761
Hispanic or Latino	3,620	9.8%	2,641	1,617	2,003	123.9%
Not Hispanic or Latino	23,041	62.6%	17,708	10,301	12,740	123.7%
Information Not Available	10,172	27.6%	7,368	3,843	6,329	164.7%

Race	36,833		27,717	15,761
American Indian or Alaskan Native	1,034	2.8%	803	605	429	70.9%
Asian	423	1.1%	372	177	246	139.0%
Black or African American	469	1.3%	369	220	249	113.2%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	408	1.1%	346	153	255	166.7%
White	23,062	62.6%	17,708	10,358	12,704	122.6%
Information Not Available	11,437	31.1%	8,119	4,248	7,189	169.2%

Years of Age	36,833		27,717	15,761
Younger than 22	2,143	3.7%	1,485	746	1,397	187.3%
22-24	3,144	5.4%	2,226	1,149	1,995	173.6%
25-34	11,108	19.0%	8,311	4,505	6,603	146.6%
35-44	8,138	13.9%	6,234	3,681	4,457	121.1%
45-54	7,770	13.3%	5,919	3,636	4,134	113.7%
55-59	2,588	4.4%	1,994	1,198	1,390	116.0%
60-64	1,427	2.4%	1,111	620	807	130.2%
65 and older	514	0.9%	436	226	288	127.4%
Information Not Available	1	0.0%	1	0	1	0.0%

Industry	36,833		27,717	15,761
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	123	0.3%	93	79	44	55.7%
Mining	704	1.9%	338	141	563	399.3%
Utilities	45	0.1%	33	20	25	125.0%
Construction	9,134	24.7%	5,906	4,472	4,662	104.2%
Manufacturing	5,401	14.6%	4,231	1,726	3,675	212.9%
Wholesale Trade	1,084	2.9%	866	361	723	200.3%
Retail Trade	3,548	9.6%	2,497	1,242	2,306	185.7%
Transporation and Warehousing	1,316	3.6%	974	673	643	95.5%
Information	753	2.0%	624	300	453	151.0%
Finance and Insurance	823	2.2%	761	481	342	71.1%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	499	1.4%	437	216	283	131.0%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	1,761	4.8%	1,395	667	1,094	164.0%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	83	0.2%	73	159	-76	-47.8%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	5,118	13.8%	3,958	2,168	2,950	136.1%
Educational Services	572	1.5%	482	212	360	169.8%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	890	2.4%	848	382	508	133.0%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	356	1.0%	276	150	206	137.3%
Accomodation and Food Services	1,595	4.3%	1,355	802	793	98.9%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	590	1.6%	419	168	422	251.2%
Public Administration	626	1.7%	508	356	270	75.8%
Information Not Available	1,812	4.9%	1,643	986	826	83.8%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Virginia
	Jan 2009	Percent	Dec 2008	Jan 2008	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	88,828		68,291	44,579
Male	55,544	62.5%	41,594	25,627	29,917	116.7%
Female	33,278	37.5%	26,688	18,949	14,329	75.6%
Information Not Available	6	0.0%	9	3	3	100.0%

Ethnicity	88,828		68,291	44,579
Hispanic or Latino	4,116	4.6%	3,014	1,782	2,334	131.0%
Not Hispanic or Latino	81,286	91.5%	62,385	40,560	40,726	100.4%
Information Not Available	3,426	3.9%	2,892	2,237	1,189	53.2%

Race	88,828		68,291	44,579
American Indian or Alaskan Native	4,566	5.1%	3,361	1,980	2,586	130.6%
Asian	1,721	1.9%	1,333	854	867	101.5%
Black or African American	29,835	33.6%	23,118	17,060	12,775	74.9%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
White	49,280	55.5%	37,587	22,448	26,832	119.5%
Information Not Available	3,426	3.9%	2,892	2,237	1,189	53.2%

Years of Age	88,828		68,291	44,579
Younger than 22	1,854	1.4%	1,226	831	1,023	123.1%
22-24	4,531	3.4%	3,415	2,130	2,401	112.7%
25-34	20,318	15.3%	15,763	10,248	10,070	98.3%
35-44	21,475	16.2%	16,668	10,718	10,757	100.4%
45-54	23,860	18.0%	18,271	12,208	11,652	95.4%
55-59	8,483	6.4%	6,553	4,233	4,250	100.4%
60-64	5,548	4.2%	4,187	2,748	2,800	101.9%
65 and older	2,759	2.1%	2,208	1,463	1,296	88.6%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	88,828		68,291	44,579
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	121	0.1%	101	143	-22	-15.4%
Mining	258	0.3%	124	263	-5	-1.9%
Utilities	11	0.0%	9	30	-19	-63.3%
Construction	6,242	7.0%	4,902	4,831	1,411	29.2%
Manufacturing	8,362	9.4%	6,236	4,224	4,138	98.0%
Wholesale Trade	721	0.8%	666	756	-35	-4.6%
Retail Trade	1,990	2.2%	1,678	2,049	-59	-2.9%
Transporation and Warehousing	1,199	1.3%	1,053	1,100	99	9.0%
Information	492	0.6%	451	589	-97	-16.5%
Finance and Insurance	403	0.5%	399	868	-465	-53.6%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	395	0.4%	347	379	16	4.2%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	1,155	1.3%	1,102	1,471	-316	-21.5%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	66	0.1%	62	64	2	3.1%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	3,668	4.1%	2,868	2,900	768	26.5%
Educational Services	161	0.2%	153	148	13	8.8%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	923	1.0%	941	1,072	-149	-13.9%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	472	0.5%	262	470	2	0.4%
Accomodation and Food Services	2,182	2.5%	1,380	2,234	-52	-2.3%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	718	0.8%	496	677	41	6.1%
Public Administration	3,863	4.3%	2,530	2,092	1,771	84.7%
Information Not Available	55,426	62.3%	42,531	18,219	37,207	204.2%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Virgin Islands
	Jan 2009	Percent	Dec 2008	Jan 2008	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	538		491	414
Male	313	58.2%	294	316	-3	-0.9%
Female	225	41.8%	197	97	128	132.0%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	1	-1	-100.0%

Ethnicity	538		491	414
Hispanic or Latino	110	20.4%	129	125	-15	-12.0%
Not Hispanic or Latino	419	77.9%	351	283	136	48.1%
Information Not Available	9	1.7%	11	6	3	50.0%

Race	538		491	414
American Indian or Alaskan Native	1	0.2%	1	1	0	0.0%
Asian	15	2.8%	9	2	13	650.0%
Black or African American	359	66.7%	312	264	95	36.0%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	7	1.3%	10	6	1	16.7%
White	44	8.2%	29	16	28	175.0%
Information Not Available	112	20.8%	130	125	-13	-10.4%

Years of Age	538		491	414
Younger than 22	25	4.6%	10	12	13	108.3%
22-24	41	7.6%	38	26	15	57.7%
25-34	117	21.6%	116	111	6	5.4%
35-44	111	20.5%	108	98	13	13.3%
45-54	116	21.4%	108	82	34	41.5%
55-59	45	8.3%	49	37	8	21.6%
60-64	41	7.6%	39	36	5	13.9%
65 and older	41	7.6%	21	12	29	241.7%
Information Not Available	1	0.2%	2	0	1	0.0%

Industry	538		491	414
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	0	0.0%	1	0	0	0.0%
Mining	2	0.4%	2	0	2	0.0%
Utilities	1	0.2%	0	3	-2	-66.7%
Construction	117	21.7%	124	187	-70	-37.4%
Manufacturing	23	4.3%	26	20	3	15.0%
Wholesale Trade	6	1.1%	12	1	5	500.0%
Retail Trade	56	10.4%	47	15	41	273.3%
Transporation and Warehousing	12	2.2%	7	1	11	1100.0%
Information	3	0.6%	5	4	-1	-25.0%
Finance and Insurance	6	1.1%	4	2	4	200.0%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	15	2.8%	10	6	9	150.0%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	14	2.6%	20	7	7	100.0%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	12	2.2%	10	3	9	300.0%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	42	7.8%	21	12	30	250.0%
Educational Services	8	1.5%	6	0	8	0.0%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	16	3.0%	12	5	11	220.0%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	7	1.3%	4	0	7	0.0%
Accomodation and Food Services	64	11.9%	54	20	44	220.0%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	100	18.6%	86	104	-4	-3.8%
Public Administration	0	0.0%	7	9	-9	-100.0%
Information Not Available	34	6.3%	33	15	19	126.7%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Vermont
	Jan 2009	Percent	Dec 2008	Jan 2008	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	13,215		10,458	8,097
Male	9,291	70.3%	7,143	5,938	3,353	56.5%
Female	3,924	29.7%	3,315	2,159	1,765	81.8%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	13,215		10,458	8,097
Hispanic or Latino	21	0.2%	11	15	6	40.0%
Not Hispanic or Latino	3,508	26.5%	2,172	2,265	1,243	54.9%
Information Not Available	9,686	73.3%	8,275	5,817	3,869	66.5%

Race	13,215		10,458	8,097
American Indian or Alaskan Native	21	0.2%	19	15	6	40.0%
Asian	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
Black or African American	52	0.4%	31	28	24	85.7%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	18	0.1%	9	9	9	100.0%
White	3,438	26.0%	2,124	2,228	1,210	54.3%
Information Not Available	9,686	73.3%	8,275	5,817	3,869	66.5%

Years of Age	13,215		10,458	8,097
Younger than 22	456	2.9%	518	292	164	56.2%
22-24	841	5.3%	642	533	308	57.8%
25-34	3,080	19.5%	2,341	1,864	1,216	65.2%
35-44	2,740	17.4%	2,231	1,715	1,025	59.8%
45-54	3,183	20.2%	2,500	1,934	1,249	64.6%
55-59	1,308	8.3%	1,019	756	552	73.0%
60-64	887	5.6%	666	523	364	69.6%
65 and older	720	4.6%	541	480	240	50.0%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	13,215		10,458	8,097
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	170	1.3%	130	105	65	61.9%
Mining	62	0.5%	28	65	-3	-4.6%
Utilities	14	0.1%	11	5	9	180.0%
Construction	3,866	28.9%	2,720	2,775	1,091	39.3%
Manufacturing	2,125	15.9%	1,625	876	1,249	142.6%
Wholesale Trade	533	4.0%	383	273	260	95.2%
Retail Trade	1,360	10.2%	1,040	788	572	72.6%
Transporation and Warehousing	387	2.9%	280	225	162	72.0%
Information	145	1.1%	109	63	82	130.2%
Finance and Insurance	149	1.1%	141	59	90	152.5%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	175	1.3%	150	99	76	76.8%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	373	2.8%	326	306	67	21.9%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	7	0.1%	2	10	-3	-30.0%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	1,065	8.0%	882	704	361	51.3%
Educational Services	270	2.0%	231	147	123	83.7%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	647	4.8%	591	350	297	84.9%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	336	2.5%	316	294	42	14.3%
Accomodation and Food Services	970	7.2%	996	590	380	64.4%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	298	2.2%	247	190	108	56.8%
Public Administration	263	2.0%	250	173	90	52.0%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Washington
	Jan 2009	Percent	Dec 2008	Jan 2008	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	128,130		105,887	67,096
Male	87,890	68.6%	71,585	44,725	43,165	96.5%
Female	40,239	31.4%	34,299	22,371	17,868	79.9%
Information Not Available	1	0.0%	3	0	1	0.0%

Ethnicity	128,130		105,887	67,096
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	128,130	100.0%	105,887	67,096	61,034	91.0%

Race	128,130		105,887	67,096
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	128,130	100.0%	105,887	67,096	61,034	91.0%

Years of Age	128,130		105,887	67,096
Younger than 22	2,731	2.3%	1,882	1,396	1,335	95.6%
22-24	7,227	6.0%	5,617	3,444	3,783	109.8%
25-34	31,927	26.5%	25,796	15,496	16,431	106.0%
35-44	30,668	25.4%	25,485	16,513	14,155	85.7%
45-54	32,465	26.9%	27,354	18,027	14,438	80.1%
55-59	12,081	10.0%	10,152	6,451	5,630	87.3%
60-64	7,432	6.2%	6,440	3,758	3,674	97.8%
65 and older	3,599	3.0%	3,161	2,011	1,588	79.0%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	128,130		105,887	67,096
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	128,130	100.0%	105,887	67,096	61,034	91.0%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Wisconsin
	Jan 2009	Percent	Dec 2008	Jan 2008	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	165,469		123,203	100,697
Male	112,254	67.8%	81,880	69,481	42,773	61.6%
Female	53,215	32.2%	41,298	31,206	22,009	70.5%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	25	10	-10	-100.0%

Ethnicity	165,469		123,203	100,697
Hispanic or Latino	7,478	4.5%	5,593	4,602	2,876	62.5%
Not Hispanic or Latino	157,180	95.0%	116,674	95,320	61,860	64.9%
Information Not Available	811	0.5%	936	775	36	4.6%

Race	165,469		123,203	100,697
American Indian or Alaskan Native	1,721	1.0%	1,281	1,148	573	49.9%
Asian	1,870	1.1%	1,343	866	1,004	115.9%
Black or African American	13,931	8.4%	11,963	8,942	4,989	55.8%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	132	0.1%	99	70	62	88.6%
White	147,004	88.8%	107,581	88,896	58,108	65.4%
Information Not Available	811	0.5%	936	775	36	4.6%

Years of Age	165,469		123,203	100,697
Younger than 22	4,302	1.4%	5,347	2,870	1,432	49.9%
22-24	10,127	3.3%	8,661	6,918	3,209	46.4%
25-34	40,043	13.2%	29,778	25,437	14,606	57.4%
35-44	36,271	12.0%	27,930	22,556	13,715	60.8%
45-54	42,939	14.2%	30,764	24,852	18,087	72.8%
55-59	15,488	5.1%	10,460	8,700	6,788	78.0%
60-64	9,928	3.3%	6,407	5,558	4,370	78.6%
65 and older	6,371	2.1%	3,856	3,806	2,565	67.4%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	165,469		123,203	100,697
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	1,440	0.9%	1,023	1,148	292	25.4%
Mining	960	0.6%	628	755	205	27.2%
Utilities	248	0.1%	136	191	57	29.8%
Construction	35,877	21.5%	23,938	25,718	10,159	39.5%
Manufacturing	44,566	26.7%	31,329	19,505	25,061	128.5%
Wholesale Trade	5,677	3.4%	4,238	3,051	2,626	86.1%
Retail Trade	13,437	8.1%	9,869	8,489	4,948	58.3%
Transporation and Warehousing	7,894	4.7%	5,113	4,360	3,534	81.1%
Information	1,804	1.1%	1,441	967	837	86.6%
Finance and Insurance	2,532	1.5%	2,341	1,742	790	45.4%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	1,423	0.9%	1,183	876	547	62.4%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	3,855	2.3%	3,191	2,175	1,680	77.2%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	430	0.3%	345	262	168	64.1%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	16,681	10.0%	13,725	11,006	5,675	51.6%
Educational Services	1,324	0.8%	1,097	856	468	54.7%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	6,984	4.2%	6,296	4,692	2,292	48.8%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	2,912	1.7%	2,365	2,296	616	26.8%
Accomodation and Food Services	9,218	5.5%	7,257	6,294	2,924	46.5%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	2,730	1.6%	2,329	1,672	1,058	63.3%
Public Administration	2,317	1.4%	1,934	1,923	394	20.5%
Information Not Available	3,160	1.9%	3,425	2,719	441	16.2%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants West Virginia
	Jan 2009	Percent	Dec 2008	Jan 2008	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	27,136		20,954	18,403
Male	20,356	75.0%	15,264	13,689	6,667	48.7%
Female	6,780	25.0%	5,690	4,714	2,066	43.8%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	27,136		20,954	18,403
Hispanic or Latino	514	1.9%	400	333	181	54.4%
Not Hispanic or Latino	22,107	81.5%	17,438	15,569	6,538	42.0%
Information Not Available	4,515	16.6%	3,116	2,501	2,014	80.5%

Race	27,136		20,954	18,403
American Indian or Alaskan Native	59	0.2%	46	37	22	59.5%
Asian	43	0.2%	33	10	33	330.0%
Black or African American	716	2.6%	593	509	207	40.7%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	17	0.1%	15	10	7	70.0%
White	25,026	92.2%	19,427	17,137	7,889	46.0%
Information Not Available	1,275	4.7%	840	700	575	82.1%

Years of Age	27,136		20,954	18,403
Younger than 22	700	1.4%	728	324	376	116.0%
22-24	1,513	3.0%	1,148	952	561	58.9%
25-34	6,620	13.0%	5,222	4,338	2,282	52.6%
35-44	6,812	13.4%	5,424	4,787	2,025	42.3%
45-54	6,741	13.3%	5,167	4,893	1,848	37.8%
55-59	2,513	5.0%	1,773	1,669	844	50.6%
60-64	1,430	2.8%	964	986	444	45.0%
65 and older	807	1.6%	528	454	353	77.8%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	27,136		20,954	18,403
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	220	0.8%	171	149	71	47.7%
Mining	1,345	4.9%	724	919	426	46.4%
Utilities	30	0.1%	29	48	-18	-37.5%
Construction	8,101	29.6%	5,930	5,573	2,528	45.4%
Manufacturing	3,764	13.8%	3,125	2,505	1,259	50.3%
Wholesale Trade	680	2.5%	583	377	303	80.4%
Retail Trade	2,143	7.8%	1,754	1,130	1,013	89.6%
Transporation and Warehousing	1,007	3.7%	799	777	230	29.6%
Information	209	0.8%	166	146	63	43.2%
Finance and Insurance	294	1.1%	230	184	110	59.8%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	261	1.0%	197	202	59	29.2%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	651	2.4%	549	443	208	47.0%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	39	0.1%	19	20	19	95.0%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	2,283	8.3%	1,541	1,294	989	76.4%
Educational Services	152	0.6%	171	140	12	8.6%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	1,221	4.5%	1,171	957	264	27.6%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	452	1.7%	418	444	8	1.8%
Accomodation and Food Services	1,636	6.0%	1,286	1,163	473	40.7%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	628	2.3%	487	513	115	22.4%
Public Administration	370	1.4%	252	237	133	56.1%
Information Not Available	1,650	6.0%	1,352	1,182	468	39.6%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Wyoming
	Jan 2009	Percent	Dec 2008	Jan 2008	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	7,072		4,703	3,167
Male	5,104	72.2%	3,149	2,160	2,944	136.3%
Female	1,968	27.8%	1,554	1,007	961	95.4%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	7,072		4,703	3,167
Hispanic or Latino	729	10.3%	466	328	401	122.3%
Not Hispanic or Latino	5,866	82.9%	3,920	2,615	3,251	124.3%
Information Not Available	477	6.7%	317	224	253	112.9%

Race	7,072		4,703	3,167
American Indian or Alaskan Native	250	3.5%	171	162	88	54.3%
Asian	20	0.3%	20	12	8	66.7%
Black or African American	78	1.1%	43	49	29	59.2%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	16	0.2%	17	4	12	300.0%
White	6,247	88.3%	4,166	2,732	3,515	128.7%
Information Not Available	461	6.5%	286	208	253	121.6%

Years of Age	7,072		4,703	3,167
Younger than 22	186	1.4%	106	64	122	190.6%
22-24	585	4.5%	300	212	373	175.9%
25-34	1,635	12.7%	1,096	648	987	152.3%
35-44	1,492	11.5%	991	731	761	104.1%
45-54	1,773	13.7%	1,230	839	934	111.3%
55-59	665	5.1%	464	302	363	120.2%
60-64	398	3.1%	260	161	237	147.2%
65 and older	336	2.6%	256	210	126	60.0%
Information Not Available	2	0.0%	0	0	2	0.0%

Industry	7,072		4,703	3,167
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	58	0.8%	44	24	34	141.7%
Mining	821	11.5%	290	187	634	339.0%
Utilities	10	0.1%	6	1	9	900.0%
Construction	2,357	33.1%	1,395	1,067	1,290	120.9%
Manufacturing	427	6.0%	214	119	308	258.8%
Wholesale Trade	110	1.5%	61	41	69	168.3%
Retail Trade	462	6.5%	340	176	286	162.5%
Transporation and Warehousing	179	2.5%	105	113	66	58.4%
Information	57	0.8%	33	34	23	67.6%
Finance and Insurance	64	0.9%	49	19	45	236.8%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	52	0.7%	36	23	29	126.1%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	185	2.6%	125	72	113	156.9%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	7	0.1%	6	1	6	600.0%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	437	6.1%	328	275	162	58.9%
Educational Services	58	0.8%	59	33	25	75.8%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	234	3.3%	198	157	77	49.0%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	75	1.1%	82	35	40	114.3%
Accomodation and Food Services	564	7.9%	652	289	275	95.2%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	127	1.8%	102	56	71	126.8%
Public Administration	145	2.0%	120	135	10	7.4%
Information Not Available	643	9.0%	458	310	333	107.4%