Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants

October 2009

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants: Total Claimants October 2009
	Oct 2009	Sep 2009	Monthly Change	Oct 2008	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
United States	4,970,424	5,204,448	-234,024	3,214,661	1,755,763	54.6
Alaska	13,180	11,398	1,782	8,680	4,500	51.8
Alabama	63,480	66,019	-2,539	38,795	24,685	63.6
Arkansas	55,379	52,518	2,861	36,732	18,647	50.8
Arizona	102,730	107,543	-4,813	54,484	48,246	88.6
California	732,294	738,531	-6,237	521,644	210,650	40.4
Colorado	59,039	62,105	-3,066	30,514	28,525	93.5
Connecticut	69,339	73,018	-3,679	45,521	23,818	52.3
District of Columbia	13,332	15,808	-2,476	7,788	5,544	71.2
Delaware	12,545	5,533	7,012	10,132	2,413	23.8
Florida	275,165	300,770	-25,605	203,796	71,369	35.0
Georgia	147,923	158,031	-10,108	91,270	56,653	62.1
Hawaii	19,057	20,647	-1,590	14,192	4,865	34.3
Iowa	42,848	41,447	1,401	22,899	19,949	87.1
Idaho	23,026	23,460	-434	15,476	7,550	48.8
Illinois	234,471	243,450	-8,979	141,426	93,045	65.8
Indiana	90,870	96,980	-6,110	69,046	21,824	31.6
Kansas	42,411	47,807	-5,396	22,997	19,414	84.4
Kentucky	54,495	59,893	-5,398	39,574	14,921	37.7
Louisiana	71,482	73,193	-1,711	31,720	39,762	125.4
Massachusetts	116,506	126,325	-9,819	83,163	33,343	40.1
Maryland	72,687	77,508	-4,821	48,528	24,159	49.8
Maine	12,640	13,112	-472	8,501	4,139	48.7
Michigan	185,452	194,724	-9,272	143,648	41,804	29.1
Minnesota	85,696	83,878	1,818	43,615	42,081	96.5
Missouri	86,181	90,497	-4,316	53,738	32,443	60.4
Mississippi	40,195	41,034	-839	25,164	15,031	59.7
Montana	9,852	9,011	841	4,978	4,874	97.9
North Carolina	175,135	180,539	-5,404	112,041	63,094	56.3
North Dakota	3,492	3,769	-277	1,709	1,783	104.3
Nebraska	24,617	24,617		11,935	12,682	106.3
New Hampshire	14,810	16,283	-1,473	8,227	6,583	80.0
New Jersey	164,726	181,255	-16,529	125,811	38,915	30.9
New Mexico	22,827	23,855	-1,028	12,734	10,093	79.3
Nevada	61,933	62,293	-360	44,507	17,426	39.2
New York	292,276	315,214	-22,938	193,240	99,036	51.3
Ohio	150,707	166,280	-15,573	99,760	50,947	51.1
Oklahoma	66,522	68,542	-2,020	21,605	44,917	207.9
Oregon	88,874	91,836	-2,962	60,538	28,336	46.8
Pennsylvania	271,778	295,058	-23,280	176,431	95,347	54.0
Puerto Rico	60,002	62,883	-2,881	40,997	19,005	46.4
Rhode Island	16,738	18,626	-1,888	13,302	3,436	25.8
South Carolina	87,912	90,094	-2,182	62,599	25,313	40.4
South Dakota	4,123	3,900	223	1,542	2,581	167.4
Tennessee	75,393	82,043	-6,650	52,843	22,550	42.7
Texas	242,490	261,940	-19,450	132,102	110,388	83.6
Utah	30,354	31,789	-1,435	15,621	14,733	94.3
Virginia	80,270	85,366	-5,096	48,940	31,330	64.0
Virgin Islands	792	860	-68	492	300	61.0
Vermont	11,999	11,599	400	5,999	6,000	100.0
Washington	126,403	127,980	-1,577	67,398	59,005	87.5
Wisconsin	131,428	131,377	51	72,779	58,649	80.6
West Virginia	24,836	24,654	182	11,578	13,258	114.5
Wyoming	7,712	7,556	156	1,910	5,802	303.8

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants US Totals
	Oct 2009	Percent	Sep 2009	Oct 2008	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	4,970,424		5,204,448	3,214,661	1,755,763	54.6
Male	2,910,622	58.6%	3,035,371	1,803,950	1,106,672	61.3%
Female	2,054,190	41.3%	2,163,124	1,406,828	647,362	46.0%
Information Not Available	5,612	0.1%	5,953	3,883	1,729	44.5%

Ethnicity	4,970,424		5,204,448	3,214,661
Hispanic or Latino	731,261	14.7%	765,232	502,784	228,477	45.4%
Not Hispanic or Latino	3,545,893	83.6%	3,711,056	2,300,917	1,244,976	54.1%
Information Not Available	693,263	12.2%	728,180	410,960	282,303	68.7%

Race	4,970,424		5,204,448	3,214,661
American Indian or Alaskan Native	57,635	1.2%	59,657	33,974	23,661	69.6%
Asian	147,293	3.0%	154,838	86,850	60,443	69.6%
Black or African American	827,806	16.7%	874,726	593,477	234,329	39.5%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	17,990	0.4%	19,152	11,635	6,355	54.6%
White	2,845,212	57.2%	2,982,043	1,774,555	1,070,657	60.3%
Information Not Available	1,074,487	21.6%	1,114,034	714,170	360,317	50.5%

Years of Age	4,970,424		5,204,448	3,214,661
Younger than 22	171,078	3.4%	194,814	130,631	40,447	31.0%
22-24	294,041	5.9%	306,960	185,676	108,365	58.4%
25-34	1,198,258	24.1%	1,241,125	761,743	436,515	57.3%
35-44	1,153,634	23.2%	1,223,638	781,671	371,963	47.6%
45-54	1,225,132	24.6%	1,275,666	788,011	437,121	55.5%
55-59	444,784	8.9%	463,048	274,452	170,332	62.1%
60-64	293,934	5.9%	303,833	170,657	123,277	72.2%
65 and older	175,461	3.5%	180,299	104,058	71,403	68.6%
Information Not Available	14,102	0.3%	15,065	17,762	-3,660	-20.6%

Industry	4,970,424		5,204,448	3,214,661
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	70,975	1.4%	65,257	58,335	12,640	21.7%
Mining	38,146	0.8%	42,790	8,749	29,397	336.0%
Utilities	9,227	0.2%	10,753	6,092	3,135	51.5%
Construction	608,149	12.2%	616,444	374,787	233,362	62.3%
Manufacturing	778,452	15.7%	853,675	500,020	278,432	55.7%
Wholesale Trade	228,195	4.6%	244,958	133,193	95,002	71.3%
Retail Trade	408,147	8.2%	418,681	281,179	126,968	45.2%
Transporation and Warehousing	176,840	3.6%	193,453	101,795	75,045	73.7%
Information	119,060	2.4%	129,451	89,354	29,706	33.2%
Finance and Insurance	169,493	3.4%	179,304	123,745	45,748	37.0%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	72,931	1.5%	75,996	52,447	20,484	39.1%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	273,758	5.5%	294,815	155,951	117,807	75.5%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	20,177	0.4%	21,926	12,372	7,805	63.1%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	498,164	10.0%	515,688	361,278	136,886	37.9%
Educational Services	140,161	2.8%	160,589	75,969	64,192	84.5%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	326,277	6.6%	328,230	211,949	114,328	53.9%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	68,754	1.4%	67,378	44,845	23,909	53.3%
Accomodation and Food Services	268,978	5.4%	265,403	168,676	100,302	59.5%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	139,656	2.8%	142,251	86,391	53,265	61.7%
Public Administration	86,171	1.7%	88,699	52,346	33,825	64.6%
Information Not Available	468,713	9.4%	488,707	315,188	153,525	48.7%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Alaska
	Oct 2009	Percent	Sep 2009	Oct 2008	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	13,180		11,398	8,680	4,500	51.8
Male	7,727	58.6%	6,325	4,804	2,923	60.8%
Female	5,451	41.4%	5,073	3,876	1,575	40.6%
Information Not Available	2	0.0%	0	0	2	0.0%

Ethnicity	13,180		11,398	8,680
Hispanic or Latino	617	4.7%	497	340	277	81.5%
Not Hispanic or Latino	12,441	94.4%	10,779	8,250	4,191	50.8%
Information Not Available	122	0.9%	122	90	32	35.6%

Race	13,180		11,398	8,680
American Indian or Alaskan Native	3,439	26.1%	3,181	2,569	870	33.9%
Asian	921	7.0%	755	594	327	55.1%
Black or African American	595	4.5%	530	365	230	63.0%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	214	1.6%	186	110	104	94.5%
White	7,474	56.7%	6,326	4,729	2,745	58.0%
Information Not Available	537	4.1%	420	313	224	71.6%

Years of Age	13,180		11,398	8,680
Younger than 22	636	3.2%	509	270	366	135.6%
22-24	1,020	5.1%	941	557	463	83.1%
25-34	3,562	17.8%	3,094	2,285	1,277	55.9%
35-44	2,798	14.0%	2,486	1,892	906	47.9%
45-54	3,093	15.4%	2,603	2,229	864	38.8%
55-59	1,134	5.7%	895	828	306	37.0%
60-64	598	3.0%	591	387	211	54.5%
65 and older	339	1.7%	279	232	107	46.1%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	13,180		11,398	8,680
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	58	0.4%	10	34	24	70.6%
Mining	731	5.5%	661	275	456	165.8%
Utilities	52	0.4%	41	44	8	18.2%
Construction	1,875	14.2%	1,424	1,190	685	57.6%
Manufacturing	1,228	9.3%	958	863	365	42.3%
Wholesale Trade	188	1.4%	239	134	54	40.3%
Retail Trade	1,326	10.0%	1,417	830	496	59.8%
Transporation and Warehousing	707	5.3%	477	589	118	20.0%
Information	200	1.5%	141	104	96	92.3%
Finance and Insurance	258	1.9%	215	147	111	75.5%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	235	1.8%	233	172	63	36.6%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	425	3.2%	432	259	166	64.1%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	22	0.2%	13	4	18	450.0%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	821	6.2%	689	513	308	60.0%
Educational Services	359	2.7%	438	233	126	54.1%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	973	7.4%	1,023	700	273	39.0%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	190	1.4%	156	177	13	7.3%
Accomodation and Food Services	1,354	10.2%	988	917	437	47.7%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	480	3.6%	440	239	241	100.8%
Public Administration	1,228	9.3%	1,019	995	233	23.4%
Information Not Available	470	3.6%	384	261	209	80.1%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Alabama
	Oct 2009	Percent	Sep 2009	Oct 2008	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	63,480		66,019	38,795
Male	35,859	56.5%	37,242	20,071	15,788	78.7%
Female	27,523	43.4%	28,670	18,637	8,886	47.7%
Information Not Available	98	0.2%	107	87	11	12.6%

Ethnicity	63,480		66,019	38,795
Hispanic or Latino	1,220	1.9%	1,246	857	363	42.4%
Not Hispanic or Latino	51,142	80.6%	53,227	31,303	19,839	63.4%
Information Not Available	11,118	17.5%	11,546	6,635	4,483	67.6%

Race	63,480		66,019	38,795
American Indian or Alaskan Native	2,495	3.9%	2,852	1,257	1,238	98.5%
Asian	1,109	1.7%	1,075	491	618	125.9%
Black or African American	23,075	36.4%	23,967	16,151	6,924	42.9%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	94	0.1%	97	71	23	32.4%
White	33,847	53.3%	34,986	18,714	15,133	80.9%
Information Not Available	2,860	4.5%	3,042	2,111	749	35.5%

Years of Age	63,480		66,019	38,795
Younger than 22	2,739	2.9%	2,823	1,733	1,006	58.0%
22-24	4,532	4.8%	4,643	2,769	1,763	63.7%
25-34	16,502	17.5%	17,086	10,173	6,329	62.2%
35-44	14,834	15.8%	15,550	9,282	5,552	59.8%
45-54	14,528	15.4%	15,127	8,902	5,626	63.2%
55-59	5,106	5.4%	5,299	2,894	2,212	76.4%
60-64	3,227	3.4%	3,417	1,791	1,436	80.2%
65 and older	1,979	2.1%	2,071	1,222	757	61.9%
Information Not Available	33	0.0%	3	29	4	13.8%

Industry	63,480		66,019	38,795
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	798	1.2%	656	385	413	107.3%
Mining	509	0.8%	494	113	396	350.4%
Utilities	80	0.1%	79	54	26	48.1%
Construction	7,854	12.2%	7,897	3,913	3,941	100.7%
Manufacturing	14,707	22.9%	15,768	9,649	5,058	52.4%
Wholesale Trade	2,864	4.5%	2,746	1,474	1,390	94.3%
Retail Trade	6,684	10.4%	6,938	4,177	2,507	60.0%
Transporation and Warehousing	2,068	3.2%	1,974	1,175	893	76.0%
Information	636	1.0%	677	583	53	9.1%
Finance and Insurance	1,770	2.8%	1,884	1,121	649	57.9%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	846	1.3%	874	485	361	74.4%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	2,886	4.5%	3,137	1,608	1,278	79.5%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	73	0.1%	74	46	27	58.7%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	6,573	10.2%	6,723	4,352	2,221	51.0%
Educational Services	1,923	3.0%	1,821	1,194	729	61.1%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	4,070	6.3%	4,166	2,689	1,381	51.4%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	445	0.7%	462	225	220	97.8%
Accomodation and Food Services	4,025	6.3%	3,807	2,414	1,611	66.7%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	1,343	2.1%	1,450	939	404	43.0%
Public Administration	726	1.1%	1,393	411	315	76.6%
Information Not Available	2,600	4.0%	2,999	1,788	812	45.4%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Arkansas
	Oct 2009	Percent	Sep 2009	Oct 2008	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	55,379		52,518	36,732
Male	32,878	59.4%	30,245	19,126	13,752	71.9%
Female	22,499	40.6%	22,272	17,605	4,894	27.8%
Information Not Available	2	0.0%	1	1	1	100.0%

Ethnicity	55,379		52,518	36,732
Hispanic or Latino	1,546	2.8%	1,551	986	560	56.8%
Not Hispanic or Latino	53,832	97.2%	50,966	35,745	18,087	50.6%
Information Not Available	1	0.0%	1	1	0	0.0%

Race	55,379		52,518	36,732
American Indian or Alaskan Native	459	0.8%	463	385	74	19.2%
Asian	393	0.7%	290	407	-14	-3.4%
Black or African American	15,101	27.3%	14,467	11,349	3,752	33.1%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	437	0.8%	435	611	-174	-28.5%
White	37,439	67.6%	35,311	22,990	14,449	62.8%
Information Not Available	1,550	2.8%	1,552	990	560	56.6%

Years of Age	55,379		52,518	36,732
Younger than 22	2,166	2.4%	2,159	1,449	717	49.5%
22-24	4,039	4.5%	3,788	2,629	1,410	53.6%
25-34	14,175	15.7%	14,026	9,684	4,491	46.4%
35-44	13,505	15.0%	12,698	9,353	4,152	44.4%
45-54	12,995	14.4%	12,112	8,659	4,336	50.1%
55-59	4,555	5.0%	4,028	2,717	1,838	67.6%
60-64	2,576	2.9%	2,438	1,433	1,143	79.8%
65 and older	1,363	1.5%	1,266	804	559	69.5%
Information Not Available	5	0.0%	3	4	1	25.0%

Industry	55,379		52,518	36,732
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	1,113	2.0%	702	385	728	189.1%
Mining	432	0.8%	496	110	322	292.7%
Utilities	182	0.3%	133	93	89	95.7%
Construction	6,411	11.3%	5,556	3,373	3,038	90.1%
Manufacturing	13,399	23.7%	12,313	9,601	3,798	39.6%
Wholesale Trade	2,410	4.3%	2,343	1,659	751	45.3%
Retail Trade	6,178	10.9%	6,304	4,189	1,989	47.5%
Transporation and Warehousing	2,421	4.3%	2,320	1,240	1,181	95.2%
Information	576	1.0%	524	369	207	56.1%
Finance and Insurance	731	1.3%	730	606	125	20.6%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	604	1.1%	574	358	246	68.7%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	1,124	2.0%	1,071	815	309	37.9%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	88	0.2%	111	82	6	7.3%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	5,530	9.8%	5,411	3,753	1,777	47.3%
Educational Services	2,067	3.7%	2,075	1,427	640	44.8%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	5,098	9.0%	5,082	3,720	1,378	37.0%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	587	1.0%	468	325	262	80.6%
Accomodation and Food Services	4,172	7.4%	4,095	2,948	1,224	41.5%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	1,003	1.8%	1,021	892	111	12.4%
Public Administration	1,191	2.1%	1,143	771	420	54.5%
Information Not Available	62	0.1%	46	16	46	287.5%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Arizona
	Oct 2009	Percent	Sep 2009	Oct 2008	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	102,730		107,543	54,484
Male	62,480	60.8%	65,993	32,282	30,198	93.5%
Female	40,217	39.1%	41,526	22,190	18,027	81.2%
Information Not Available	33	0.0%	24	12	21	175.0%

Ethnicity	102,730		107,543	54,484
Hispanic or Latino	32,170	31.3%	34,936	17,233	14,937	86.7%
Not Hispanic or Latino	47,214	46.0%	48,605	34,301	12,913	37.6%
Information Not Available	23,346	22.7%	24,002	2,950	20,396	691.4%

Race	102,730		107,543	54,484
American Indian or Alaskan Native	5,692	5.5%	5,981	3,372	2,320	68.8%
Asian	2,544	2.5%	2,736	701	1,843	262.9%
Black or African American	6,119	6.0%	6,195	3,461	2,658	76.8%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	568	0.6%	580	82	486	592.7%
White	57,792	56.3%	59,727	26,997	30,795	114.1%
Information Not Available	30,015	29.2%	32,324	19,871	10,144	51.0%

Years of Age	102,730		107,543	54,484
Younger than 22	4,656	3.0%	4,741	1,936	2,720	140.5%
22-24	7,051	4.6%	7,291	3,131	3,920	125.2%
25-34	24,241	15.7%	25,029	12,284	11,957	97.3%
35-44	23,779	15.4%	24,981	13,322	10,457	78.5%
45-54	24,730	16.0%	26,018	13,831	10,899	78.8%
55-59	9,034	5.8%	9,679	4,989	4,045	81.1%
60-64	5,817	3.8%	6,210	3,183	2,634	82.8%
65 and older	3,422	2.2%	3,594	1,808	1,614	89.3%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	102,730		107,543	54,484
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	3,553	3.3%	5,349	2,510	1,043	41.6%
Mining	866	0.8%	1,091	135	731	541.5%
Utilities	189	0.2%	203	93	96	103.2%
Construction	16,096	15.1%	16,881	8,572	7,524	87.8%
Manufacturing	7,430	7.0%	8,381	3,611	3,819	105.8%
Wholesale Trade	5,093	4.8%	5,388	2,591	2,502	96.6%
Retail Trade	9,444	8.9%	9,454	5,142	4,302	83.7%
Transporation and Warehousing	2,652	2.5%	2,655	1,255	1,397	111.3%
Information	1,372	1.3%	1,468	684	688	100.6%
Finance and Insurance	3,230	3.0%	3,312	2,070	1,160	56.0%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	2,176	2.0%	2,168	1,178	998	84.7%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	5,251	4.9%	5,776	2,801	2,450	87.5%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	390	0.4%	416	170	220	129.4%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	11,785	11.1%	12,042	5,855	5,930	101.3%
Educational Services	3,188	3.0%	3,279	1,095	2,093	191.1%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	6,131	5.8%	6,131	2,903	3,228	111.2%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	1,065	1.0%	1,096	598	467	78.1%
Accomodation and Food Services	5,480	5.2%	5,219	2,197	3,283	149.4%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	2,483	2.3%	2,448	1,318	1,165	88.4%
Public Administration	2,847	2.7%	2,915	1,501	1,346	89.7%
Information Not Available	12,009	11.3%	11,871	8,205	3,804	46.4%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants California
	Oct 2009	Percent	Sep 2009	Oct 2008	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	732,294		738,531	521,644
Male	423,761	57.9%	429,637	294,867	128,894	43.7%
Female	308,036	42.1%	308,428	226,488	81,548	36.0%
Information Not Available	497	0.1%	466	289	208	72.0%

Ethnicity	732,294		738,531	521,644
Hispanic or Latino	233,337	31.9%	236,636	180,806	52,531	29.1%
Not Hispanic or Latino	384,524	52.5%	383,018	282,365	102,159	36.2%
Information Not Available	114,433	15.6%	118,877	58,473	55,960	95.7%

Race	732,294		738,531	521,644
American Indian or Alaskan Native	4,867	0.7%	5,594	5,001	-134	-2.7%
Asian	71,124	9.7%	69,741	42,989	28,135	65.4%
Black or African American	46,985	6.4%	46,898	42,701	4,284	10.0%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
White	261,548	35.7%	260,784	191,673	69,875	36.5%
Information Not Available	347,770	47.5%	355,514	239,280	108,490	45.3%

Years of Age	732,294		738,531	521,644
Younger than 22	26,224	2.8%	24,615	23,178	3,046	13.1%
22-24	41,224	4.3%	45,127	32,795	8,429	25.7%
25-34	183,372	19.3%	178,736	128,102	55,270	43.1%
35-44	168,074	17.7%	175,752	124,160	43,914	35.4%
45-54	182,179	19.2%	180,040	126,949	55,230	43.5%
55-59	63,475	6.7%	64,613	41,162	22,313	54.2%
60-64	43,111	4.5%	44,474	27,698	15,413	55.6%
65 and older	23,940	2.5%	24,335	17,119	6,821	39.8%
Information Not Available	695	0.1%	839	481	214	44.5%

Industry	732,294		738,531	521,644
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	43,012	5.5%	35,617	39,239	3,773	9.6%
Mining	2,384	0.3%	2,611	1,346	1,038	77.1%
Utilities	1,887	0.2%	2,797	1,923	-36	-1.9%
Construction	101,421	13.1%	103,680	70,399	31,022	44.1%
Manufacturing	108,772	14.0%	116,356	70,977	37,795	53.2%
Wholesale Trade	30,098	3.9%	27,785	11,829	18,269	154.4%
Retail Trade	62,283	8.0%	58,926	49,722	12,561	25.3%
Transporation and Warehousing	19,966	2.6%	22,750	15,099	4,867	32.2%
Information	34,072	4.4%	39,066	35,392	-1,320	-3.7%
Finance and Insurance	25,827	3.3%	24,335	19,331	6,496	33.6%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	8,642	1.1%	9,883	9,136	-494	-5.4%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	28,906	3.7%	28,158	12,022	16,884	140.4%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	87,414	11.3%	84,007	73,188	14,226	19.4%
Educational Services	32,085	4.1%	44,661	16,638	15,447	92.8%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	41,422	5.3%	36,922	29,044	12,378	42.6%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	11,026	1.4%	9,883	7,502	3,524	47.0%
Accomodation and Food Services	30,496	3.9%	29,370	25,678	4,818	18.8%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	28,608	3.7%	26,946	14,618	13,990	95.7%
Public Administration	10,033	1.3%	10,536	6,732	3,301	49.0%
Information Not Available	23,940	3.1%	24,242	11,829	12,111	102.4%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Colorado
	Oct 2009	Percent	Sep 2009	Oct 2008	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	59,039		62,105	30,514
Male	35,487	60.1%	37,110	16,417	19,070	116.2%
Female	23,552	39.9%	24,995	14,097	9,455	67.1%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	59,039		62,105	30,514
Hispanic or Latino	10,823	18.3%	11,036	5,351	5,472	102.3%
Not Hispanic or Latino	40,179	68.1%	42,549	20,409	19,770	96.9%
Information Not Available	8,037	13.6%	8,520	4,754	3,283	69.1%

Race	59,039		62,105	30,514
American Indian or Alaskan Native	831	1.4%	873	479	352	73.5%
Asian	1,216	2.1%	1,410	565	651	115.2%
Black or African American	3,454	5.9%	3,574	2,293	1,161	50.6%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	224	0.4%	231	108	116	107.4%
White	41,651	70.5%	43,919	20,896	20,755	99.3%
Information Not Available	11,663	19.8%	12,098	6,173	5,490	88.9%

Years of Age	59,039		62,105	30,514
Younger than 22	1,367	1.4%	1,332	487	880	180.7%
22-24	2,759	2.8%	2,761	1,083	1,676	154.8%
25-34	13,654	14.1%	14,271	6,403	7,251	113.2%
35-44	14,178	14.6%	14,848	7,813	6,365	81.5%
45-54	15,621	16.1%	16,617	8,759	6,862	78.3%
55-59	5,971	6.2%	6,396	3,227	2,744	85.0%
60-64	3,639	3.7%	3,824	1,869	1,770	94.7%
65 and older	1,832	1.9%	2,039	872	960	110.1%
Information Not Available	18	0.0%	17	1	17	1700.0%

Industry	59,039		62,105	30,514
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	441	0.7%	371	196	245	125.0%
Mining	1,126	1.9%	1,429	202	924	457.4%
Utilities	77	0.1%	69	31	46	148.4%
Construction	10,154	17.1%	10,227	4,262	5,892	138.2%
Manufacturing	5,559	9.3%	6,390	2,696	2,863	106.2%
Wholesale Trade	3,110	5.2%	3,504	1,509	1,601	106.1%
Retail Trade	4,925	8.3%	5,264	2,787	2,138	76.7%
Transporation and Warehousing	1,725	2.9%	1,871	973	752	77.3%
Information	2,168	3.6%	2,333	1,169	999	85.5%
Finance and Insurance	2,443	4.1%	2,573	1,967	476	24.2%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	1,358	2.3%	1,471	739	619	83.8%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	5,344	9.0%	5,977	2,644	2,700	102.1%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	469	0.8%	485	346	123	35.5%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	7,135	12.0%	7,508	3,972	3,163	79.6%
Educational Services	1,635	2.7%	1,761	768	867	112.9%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	3,175	5.3%	3,215	1,883	1,292	68.6%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	1,031	1.7%	844	583	448	76.8%
Accomodation and Food Services	3,157	5.3%	2,818	1,631	1,526	93.6%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	1,573	2.6%	1,573	825	748	90.7%
Public Administration	943	1.6%	885	567	376	66.3%
Information Not Available	1,491	2.5%	1,537	764	727	95.2%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Connecticut
	Oct 2009	Percent	Sep 2009	Oct 2008	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	69,339		73,018	45,521
Male	38,891	56.1%	40,422	25,208	13,683	54.3%
Female	30,448	43.9%	32,596	20,313	10,135	49.9%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	69,339		73,018	45,521
Hispanic or Latino	9,149	13.2%	9,493	6,588	2,561	38.9%
Not Hispanic or Latino	60,190	86.8%	63,525	38,933	21,257	54.6%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Race	69,339		73,018	45,521
American Indian or Alaskan Native	220	0.3%	231	195	25	12.8%
Asian	1,187	1.7%	1,353	763	424	55.6%
Black or African American	8,952	12.9%	9,419	6,791	2,161	31.8%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
White	38,194	55.1%	40,709	26,209	11,985	45.7%
Information Not Available	20,786	30.0%	21,306	11,563	9,223	79.8%

Years of Age	69,339		73,018	45,521
Younger than 22	2,496	2.4%	2,567	1,726	770	44.6%
22-24	4,371	4.3%	4,522	2,820	1,551	55.0%
25-34	14,641	14.3%	15,321	9,965	4,676	46.9%
35-44	14,983	14.6%	15,789	10,472	4,511	43.1%
45-54	17,555	17.1%	18,529	11,147	6,408	57.5%
55-59	6,630	6.5%	7,087	4,105	2,525	61.5%
60-64	5,019	4.9%	5,289	2,986	2,033	68.1%
65 and older	3,644	3.6%	3,914	2,300	1,344	58.4%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	69,339		73,018	45,521
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	433	0.6%	319	376	57	15.2%
Mining	21	0.0%	22	18	3	16.7%
Utilities	72	0.1%	72	29	43	148.3%
Construction	6,720	9.6%	6,908	5,091	1,629	32.0%
Manufacturing	14,587	20.9%	14,665	6,238	8,349	133.8%
Wholesale Trade	3,578	5.1%	3,921	2,342	1,236	52.8%
Retail Trade	7,525	10.8%	8,158	5,594	1,931	34.5%
Transporation and Warehousing	2,223	3.2%	2,350	1,533	690	45.0%
Information	1,703	2.4%	1,937	1,366	337	24.7%
Finance and Insurance	3,614	5.2%	3,861	2,601	1,013	38.9%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	1,000	1.4%	1,062	774	226	29.2%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	3,993	5.7%	4,497	2,518	1,475	58.6%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	621	0.9%	776	273	348	127.5%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	6,483	9.3%	7,129	4,940	1,543	31.2%
Educational Services	2,217	3.2%	2,400	1,441	776	53.9%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	5,663	8.1%	5,842	4,017	1,646	41.0%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	1,426	2.0%	1,393	1,036	390	37.6%
Accomodation and Food Services	3,808	5.5%	3,959	2,578	1,230	47.7%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	1,741	2.5%	1,802	1,345	396	29.4%
Public Administration	852	1.2%	827	654	198	30.3%
Information Not Available	1,059	1.5%	1,118	757	302	39.9%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants District of Columbia
	Oct 2009	Percent	Sep 2009	Oct 2008	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	13,332		15,808	7,788
Male	6,186	46.4%	7,342	3,468	2,718	78.4%
Female	7,146	53.6%	8,466	4,320	2,826	65.4%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	13,332		15,808	7,788
Hispanic or Latino	1,561	11.7%	1,974	646	915	141.6%
Not Hispanic or Latino	11,325	84.9%	13,305	6,921	4,404	63.6%
Information Not Available	446	3.3%	529	221	225	101.8%

Race	13,332		15,808	7,788
American Indian or Alaskan Native	94	0.7%	107	49	45	91.8%
Asian	353	2.6%	448	135	218	161.5%
Black or African American	9,676	72.6%	11,236	6,416	3,260	50.8%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	58	0.4%	71	23	35	152.2%
White	3,151	23.6%	3,945	1,164	1,987	170.7%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	1	1	-1	-100.0%

Years of Age	13,332		15,808	7,788
Younger than 22	375	2.4%	409	227	148	65.2%
22-24	782	5.0%	909	447	335	74.9%
25-34	3,734	23.7%	4,301	1,922	1,812	94.3%
35-44	3,198	20.3%	3,741	1,992	1,206	60.5%
45-54	3,176	20.1%	3,868	1,994	1,182	59.3%
55-59	1,068	6.8%	1,344	653	415	63.6%
60-64	709	4.5%	847	373	336	90.1%
65 and older	290	1.8%	389	180	110	61.1%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	13,332		15,808	7,788
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
Mining	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
Utilities	1	0.0%	0	0	1	0.0%
Construction	3	0.0%	2	2	1	50.0%
Manufacturing	0	0.0%	0	1	-1	-100.0%
Wholesale Trade	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
Retail Trade	5	0.0%	7	1	4	400.0%
Transporation and Warehousing	1	0.0%	0	0	1	0.0%
Information	1	0.0%	0	1	0	0.0%
Finance and Insurance	1	0.0%	3	1	0	0.0%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	3	0.0%	4	1	2	200.0%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	14	0.1%	17	7	7	100.0%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	24	0.2%	36	17	7	41.2%
Educational Services	2	0.0%	1	2	0	0.0%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	5	0.0%	6	3	2	66.7%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
Accomodation and Food Services	5	0.0%	4	4	1	25.0%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	0	0.0%	3	5	-5	-100.0%
Public Administration	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
Information Not Available	13,267	99.5%	15,725	7,743	5,524	71.3%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Delaware
	Oct 2009	Percent	Sep 2009	Oct 2008	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	12,545		5,533	10,132
Male	6,390	50.9%	2,852	5,284	1,106	20.9%
Female	6,155	49.1%	2,681	4,848	1,307	27.0%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	12,545		5,533	10,132
Hispanic or Latino	521	4.2%	240	351	170	48.4%
Not Hispanic or Latino	12,024	95.8%	5,293	9,781	2,243	22.9%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Race	12,545		5,533	10,132
American Indian or Alaskan Native	36	0.3%	12	23	13	56.5%
Asian	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
Black or African American	4,257	33.9%	1,898	3,743	514	13.7%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	81	0.6%	45	28	53	189.3%
White	7,146	57.0%	3,114	5,757	1,389	24.1%
Information Not Available	1,025	8.2%	465	581	444	76.4%

Years of Age	12,545		5,533	10,132
Younger than 22	587	3.1%	250	355	232	65.4%
22-24	863	4.6%	391	656	207	31.6%
25-34	3,042	16.1%	1,314	2,446	596	24.4%
35-44	2,716	14.3%	1,246	2,409	307	12.7%
45-54	2,913	15.4%	1,286	2,386	527	22.1%
55-59	1,073	5.7%	467	829	244	29.4%
60-64	749	4.0%	332	591	158	26.7%
65 and older	512	2.7%	207	380	132	34.7%
Information Not Available	90	0.5%	40	80	10	12.5%

Industry	12,545		5,533	10,132
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	21	0.2%	5	16	5	31.3%
Mining	0	0.0%	0	2	-2	-100.0%
Utilities	10	0.1%	5	15	-5	-33.3%
Construction	1,351	10.8%	607	1,297	54	4.2%
Manufacturing	1,061	8.4%	458	636	425	66.8%
Wholesale Trade	637	5.1%	290	409	228	55.7%
Retail Trade	1,769	14.1%	782	1,761	8	0.5%
Transporation and Warehousing	376	3.0%	161	302	74	24.5%
Information	263	2.1%	121	192	71	37.0%
Finance and Insurance	1,109	8.8%	498	716	393	54.9%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	230	1.8%	106	209	21	10.0%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	888	7.1%	403	627	261	41.6%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	57	0.5%	24	36	21	58.3%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	1,797	14.3%	837	1,549	248	16.0%
Educational Services	300	2.4%	126	242	58	24.0%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	979	7.8%	401	752	227	30.2%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	251	2.0%	113	135	116	85.9%
Accomodation and Food Services	952	7.6%	402	810	142	17.5%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	393	3.1%	154	273	120	44.0%
Public Administration	76	0.6%	31	76	0	0.0%
Information Not Available	25	0.2%	9	77	-52	-67.5%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Florida
	Oct 2009	Percent	Sep 2009	Oct 2008	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	275,165		300,770	203,796
Male	156,386	56.8%	171,575	114,217	42,169	36.9%
Female	118,150	42.9%	128,315	89,504	28,646	32.0%
Information Not Available	629	0.2%	880	75	554	738.7%

Ethnicity	275,165		300,770	203,796
Hispanic or Latino	74,991	27.3%	82,195	62,623	12,368	19.7%
Not Hispanic or Latino	184,961	67.2%	202,591	128,686	56,275	43.7%
Information Not Available	15,213	5.5%	15,984	12,487	2,726	21.8%

Race	275,165		300,770	203,796
American Indian or Alaskan Native	1,333	0.5%	1,027	523	810	154.9%
Asian	2,147	0.8%	2,456	1,533	614	40.1%
Black or African American	51,006	18.5%	56,239	38,995	12,011	30.8%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	3,812	1.4%	4,363	2,243	1,569	70.0%
White	171,821	62.4%	188,293	124,835	46,986	37.6%
Information Not Available	45,046	16.4%	48,392	35,667	9,379	26.3%

Years of Age	275,165		300,770	203,796
Younger than 22	9,106	2.1%	9,129	6,281	2,825	45.0%
22-24	15,065	3.5%	15,984	10,468	4,597	43.9%
25-34	60,259	14.1%	66,724	43,518	16,741	38.5%
35-44	61,999	14.5%	69,840	48,715	13,284	27.3%
45-54	71,105	16.6%	77,539	51,257	19,848	38.7%
55-59	25,170	5.9%	28,119	19,292	5,878	30.5%
60-64	19,284	4.5%	18,771	13,609	5,675	41.7%
65 and older	13,140	3.1%	14,628	10,655	2,485	23.3%
Information Not Available	37	0.0%	36	1	36	3600.0%

Industry	275,165		300,770	203,796
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	4,146	1.5%	6,526	3,402	744	21.9%
Mining	148	0.1%	183	262	-114	-43.5%
Utilities	259	0.1%	623	374	-115	-30.7%
Construction	31,869	11.4%	36,551	25,348	6,521	25.7%
Manufacturing	20,136	7.2%	21,117	13,983	6,153	44.0%
Wholesale Trade	13,214	4.7%	14,921	9,459	3,755	39.7%
Retail Trade	28,834	10.3%	30,612	21,423	7,411	34.6%
Transporation and Warehousing	6,848	2.5%	7,662	4,673	2,175	46.5%
Information	6,515	2.3%	6,526	4,000	2,515	62.9%
Finance and Insurance	11,474	4.1%	13,968	8,935	2,539	28.4%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	6,366	2.3%	6,599	4,486	1,880	41.9%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	16,953	6.1%	19,321	12,375	4,578	37.0%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	1,999	0.7%	1,833	1,421	578	40.7%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	50,488	18.1%	54,186	41,911	8,577	20.5%
Educational Services	7,551	2.7%	8,029	5,047	2,504	49.6%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	16,249	5.8%	16,681	12,637	3,612	28.6%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	5,811	2.1%	7,626	3,813	1,998	52.4%
Accomodation and Food Services	21,987	7.9%	21,044	13,833	8,154	58.9%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	7,070	2.5%	7,516	5,683	1,387	24.4%
Public Administration	3,479	1.2%	3,959	2,318	1,161	50.1%
Information Not Available	13,769	4.9%	15,287	8,413	5,356	63.7%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Georgia
	Oct 2009	Percent	Sep 2009	Oct 2008	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	147,923		158,031	91,270
Male	80,481	54.4%	84,690	48,170	32,311	67.1%
Female	65,341	44.2%	71,006	41,885	23,456	56.0%
Information Not Available	2,101	1.4%	2,335	1,215	886	72.9%

Ethnicity	147,923		158,031	91,270
Hispanic or Latino	500	0.3%	556	413	87	21.1%
Not Hispanic or Latino	145,322	98.2%	155,140	89,642	55,680	62.1%
Information Not Available	2,101	1.4%	2,335	1,215	886	72.9%

Race	147,923		158,031	91,270
American Indian or Alaskan Native	777	0.5%	802	454	323	71.1%
Asian	2,460	1.7%	2,776	1,119	1,341	119.8%
Black or African American	64,451	43.6%	69,740	43,232	21,219	49.1%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
White	78,134	52.8%	82,378	45,250	32,884	72.7%
Information Not Available	2,101	1.4%	2,335	1,215	886	72.9%

Years of Age	147,923		158,031	91,270
Younger than 22	3,961	1.8%	4,065	2,973	988	33.2%
22-24	6,961	3.2%	7,367	4,999	1,962	39.2%
25-34	33,331	15.3%	36,035	21,821	11,510	52.7%
35-44	36,997	17.0%	40,112	23,103	13,894	60.1%
45-54	35,800	16.4%	38,137	21,336	14,464	67.8%
55-59	12,486	5.7%	13,339	6,929	5,557	80.2%
60-64	8,310	3.8%	8,964	4,311	3,999	92.8%
65 and older	4,407	2.0%	4,875	2,297	2,110	91.9%
Information Not Available	5,670	2.6%	5,137	3,501	2,169	62.0%

Industry	147,923		158,031	91,270
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	2,986	2.0%	2,487	1,901	1,085	57.1%
Mining	330	0.2%	328	126	204	161.9%
Utilities	256	0.2%	282	146	110	75.3%
Construction	12,985	8.6%	13,014	7,081	5,904	83.4%
Manufacturing	17,268	11.4%	18,693	10,995	6,273	57.1%
Wholesale Trade	9,912	6.6%	10,218	4,824	5,088	105.5%
Retail Trade	10,576	7.0%	11,132	7,438	3,138	42.2%
Transporation and Warehousing	3,823	2.5%	3,981	2,393	1,430	59.8%
Information	3,470	2.3%	3,621	1,777	1,693	95.3%
Finance and Insurance	4,289	2.8%	4,564	2,548	1,741	68.3%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	2,656	1.8%	2,802	1,769	887	50.1%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	22,610	15.0%	25,154	14,096	8,514	60.4%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	213	0.1%	224	225	-12	-5.3%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	553	0.4%	606	277	276	99.6%
Educational Services	4,243	2.8%	4,665	1,861	2,382	128.0%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	6,393	4.2%	6,901	3,846	2,547	66.2%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	5,672	3.8%	5,987	3,803	1,869	49.1%
Accomodation and Food Services	1,294	0.9%	1,478	675	619	91.7%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	1,711	1.1%	1,958	1,156	555	48.0%
Public Administration	2,018	1.3%	2,127	1,065	953	89.5%
Information Not Available	34,665	23.0%	37,809	23,268	11,397	49.0%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Hawaii
	Oct 2009	Percent	Sep 2009	Oct 2008	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	19,057		20,647	14,192
Male	12,139	63.7%	13,078	8,956	3,183	35.5%
Female	6,917	36.3%	7,568	5,236	1,681	32.1%
Information Not Available	1	0.0%	1	0	1	0.0%

Ethnicity	19,057		20,647	14,192
Hispanic or Latino	967	5.1%	1,047	851	116	13.6%
Not Hispanic or Latino	14,745	77.4%	15,988	10,938	3,807	34.8%
Information Not Available	3,345	17.6%	3,612	2,403	942	39.2%

Race	19,057		20,647	14,192
American Indian or Alaskan Native	100	0.5%	100	120	-20	-16.7%
Asian	6,398	33.6%	7,048	4,625	1,773	38.3%
Black or African American	347	1.8%	366	246	101	41.1%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	4,928	25.9%	5,186	3,666	1,262	34.4%
White	4,924	25.8%	5,388	3,768	1,156	30.7%
Information Not Available	2,360	12.4%	2,559	1,767	593	33.6%

Years of Age	19,057		20,647	14,192
Younger than 22	541	2.4%	544	377	164	43.5%
22-24	1,062	4.7%	1,116	811	251	30.9%
25-34	4,779	21.0%	5,209	3,246	1,533	47.2%
35-44	4,369	19.2%	4,827	3,420	949	27.7%
45-54	4,539	19.9%	4,883	3,570	969	27.1%
55-59	1,837	8.1%	2,019	1,445	392	27.1%
60-64	1,188	5.2%	1,258	820	368	44.9%
65 and older	742	3.3%	791	503	239	47.5%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	19,057		20,647	14,192
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	276	1.4%	314	255	21	8.2%
Mining	1	0.0%	1	2	-1	-50.0%
Utilities	17	0.1%	17	9	8	88.9%
Construction	5,390	27.9%	5,784	3,804	1,586	41.7%
Manufacturing	533	2.8%	566	389	144	37.0%
Wholesale Trade	391	2.0%	387	234	157	67.1%
Retail Trade	1,214	6.3%	1,360	829	385	46.4%
Transporation and Warehousing	777	4.0%	801	752	25	3.3%
Information	238	1.2%	331	230	8	3.5%
Finance and Insurance	328	1.7%	341	247	81	32.8%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	351	1.8%	375	289	62	21.5%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	621	3.2%	691	414	207	50.0%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	34	0.2%	54	53	-19	-35.8%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	2,205	11.4%	2,392	1,601	604	37.7%
Educational Services	226	1.2%	243	109	117	107.3%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	907	4.7%	954	516	391	75.8%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	266	1.4%	275	182	84	46.2%
Accomodation and Food Services	2,435	12.6%	2,822	2,118	317	15.0%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	459	2.4%	488	314	145	46.2%
Public Administration	488	2.5%	517	200	288	144.0%
Information Not Available	1,900	9.8%	1,934	1,645	255	15.5%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Iowa
	Oct 2009	Percent	Sep 2009	Oct 2008	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	42,848		41,447	22,899
Male	26,842	62.6%	24,758	12,548	14,294	113.9%
Female	16,006	37.4%	16,689	10,351	5,655	54.6%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	42,848		41,447	22,899
Hispanic or Latino	1,301	3.0%	1,194	707	594	84.0%
Not Hispanic or Latino	23,878	55.7%	24,214	15,667	8,211	52.4%
Information Not Available	17,669	41.2%	16,039	6,525	11,144	170.8%

Race	42,848		41,447	22,899
American Indian or Alaskan Native	174	0.4%	178	73	101	138.4%
Asian	269	0.6%	293	182	87	47.8%
Black or African American	1,837	4.3%	1,840	1,252	585	46.7%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
White	21,598	50.4%	21,903	14,160	7,438	52.5%
Information Not Available	18,970	44.3%	17,233	7,232	11,738	162.3%

Years of Age	42,848		41,447	22,899
Younger than 22	1,543	2.5%	1,451	753	790	104.9%
22-24	2,498	4.0%	2,445	1,353	1,145	84.6%
25-34	10,257	16.6%	9,781	5,231	5,026	96.1%
35-44	9,687	15.6%	9,325	5,156	4,531	87.9%
45-54	10,955	17.7%	10,593	6,044	4,911	81.3%
55-59	4,017	6.5%	3,897	2,188	1,829	83.6%
60-64	2,527	4.1%	2,495	1,377	1,150	83.5%
65 and older	1,363	2.2%	1,459	797	566	71.0%
Information Not Available	1	0.0%	1	0	1	0.0%

Industry	42,848		41,447	22,899
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	324	0.8%	308	201	123	61.2%
Mining	51	0.1%	43	23	28	121.7%
Utilities	169	0.4%	89	22	147	668.2%
Construction	5,474	12.7%	4,699	2,550	2,924	114.7%
Manufacturing	14,591	33.8%	13,352	7,183	7,408	103.1%
Wholesale Trade	1,975	4.6%	2,266	865	1,110	128.3%
Retail Trade	3,143	7.3%	3,251	1,938	1,205	62.2%
Transporation and Warehousing	1,475	3.4%	1,367	633	842	133.0%
Information	1,362	3.2%	1,441	711	651	91.6%
Finance and Insurance	1,381	3.2%	1,428	874	507	58.0%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	385	0.9%	366	245	140	57.1%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	1,498	3.5%	1,635	787	711	90.3%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	46	0.1%	52	25	21	84.0%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	3,390	7.9%	3,550	2,141	1,249	58.3%
Educational Services	744	1.7%	806	419	325	77.6%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	2,368	5.5%	2,395	1,434	934	65.1%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	489	1.1%	393	259	230	88.8%
Accomodation and Food Services	2,138	5.0%	2,111	1,470	668	45.4%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	931	2.2%	922	466	465	99.8%
Public Administration	476	1.1%	427	329	147	44.7%
Information Not Available	438	1.0%	546	324	114	35.2%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Idaho
	Oct 2009	Percent	Sep 2009	Oct 2008	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	23,026		23,460	15,476
Male	14,223	61.8%	14,252	9,606	4,617	48.1%
Female	8,799	38.2%	9,208	5,870	2,929	49.9%
Information Not Available	4	0.0%	0	0	4	0.0%

Ethnicity	23,026		23,460	15,476
Hispanic or Latino	2,288	9.9%	2,515	1,655	633	38.2%
Not Hispanic or Latino	19,724	85.7%	20,004	13,193	6,531	49.5%
Information Not Available	1,014	4.4%	941	628	386	61.5%

Race	23,026		23,460	15,476
American Indian or Alaskan Native	353	1.5%	365	275	78	28.4%
Asian	277	1.2%	358	167	110	65.9%
Black or African American	214	0.9%	197	102	112	109.8%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	73	0.3%	81	49	24	49.0%
White	18,859	81.9%	19,043	12,565	6,294	50.1%
Information Not Available	3,250	14.1%	3,416	2,318	932	40.2%

Years of Age	23,026		23,460	15,476
Younger than 22	1,020	2.5%	883	649	371	57.2%
22-24	1,547	3.8%	1,485	942	605	64.2%
25-34	5,818	14.3%	5,809	3,827	1,991	52.0%
35-44	5,084	12.5%	5,290	3,539	1,545	43.7%
45-54	5,531	13.6%	5,748	3,776	1,755	46.5%
55-59	2,140	5.3%	2,191	1,405	735	52.3%
60-64	1,169	2.9%	1,321	846	323	38.2%
65 and older	717	1.8%	733	492	225	45.7%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	23,026		23,460	15,476
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	482	2.1%	396	273	209	76.6%
Mining	117	0.5%	97	110	7	6.4%
Utilities	40	0.2%	43	24	16	66.7%
Construction	3,732	15.9%	3,660	2,850	882	30.9%
Manufacturing	3,667	15.6%	4,783	2,698	969	35.9%
Wholesale Trade	894	3.8%	1,065	560	334	59.6%
Retail Trade	2,402	10.2%	2,330	1,655	747	45.1%
Transporation and Warehousing	635	2.7%	699	382	253	66.2%
Information	424	1.8%	420	271	153	56.5%
Finance and Insurance	541	2.3%	562	477	64	13.4%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	328	1.4%	333	242	86	35.5%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	950	4.0%	963	671	279	41.6%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	62	0.3%	66	21	41	195.2%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	1,919	8.2%	1,835	1,301	618	47.5%
Educational Services	460	2.0%	480	217	243	112.0%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	1,597	6.8%	1,572	885	712	80.5%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	322	1.4%	222	220	102	46.4%
Accomodation and Food Services	1,252	5.3%	1,007	754	498	66.0%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	519	2.2%	525	343	176	51.3%
Public Administration	489	2.1%	426	279	210	75.3%
Information Not Available	2,194	9.3%	1,976	1,243	951	76.5%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Illinois
	Oct 2009	Percent	Sep 2009	Oct 2008	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	234,471		243,450	141,426
Male	137,099	58.5%	140,948	78,385	58,714	74.9%
Female	97,372	41.5%	102,502	63,041	34,331	54.5%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	234,471		243,450	141,426
Hispanic or Latino	30,122	12.8%	31,257	18,569	11,553	62.2%
Not Hispanic or Latino	204,349	87.2%	212,193	122,857	81,492	66.3%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Race	234,471		243,450	141,426
American Indian or Alaskan Native	851	0.4%	872	502	349	69.5%
Asian	7,173	3.1%	7,719	3,794	3,379	89.1%
Black or African American	53,746	22.9%	56,296	38,164	15,582	40.8%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
White	169,658	72.4%	175,391	97,543	72,115	73.9%
Information Not Available	3,043	1.3%	3,172	1,423	1,620	113.8%

Years of Age	234,471		243,450	141,426
Younger than 22	7,579	1.9%	7,537	4,380	3,199	73.0%
22-24	13,552	3.5%	13,963	7,671	5,881	76.7%
25-34	58,347	14.9%	60,704	34,576	23,771	68.8%
35-44	55,996	14.3%	58,208	35,322	20,674	58.5%
45-54	56,846	14.5%	59,171	35,758	21,088	59.0%
55-59	20,791	5.3%	21,585	12,302	8,489	69.0%
60-64	13,167	3.4%	13,930	7,373	5,794	78.6%
65 and older	8,193	2.1%	8,352	4,044	4,149	102.6%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	234,471		243,450	141,426
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	646	0.3%	614	289	357	123.5%
Mining	579	0.2%	511	330	249	75.5%
Utilities	345	0.1%	331	146	199	136.3%
Construction	31,562	13.4%	30,296	18,388	13,174	71.6%
Manufacturing	42,508	18.1%	46,214	22,508	20,000	88.9%
Wholesale Trade	12,753	5.4%	13,758	7,401	5,352	72.3%
Retail Trade	20,797	8.8%	21,476	13,622	7,175	52.7%
Transporation and Warehousing	10,667	4.5%	12,118	6,657	4,010	60.2%
Information	4,520	1.9%	4,781	3,301	1,219	36.9%
Finance and Insurance	11,234	4.8%	11,572	8,397	2,837	33.8%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	3,349	1.4%	3,433	2,237	1,112	49.7%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	15,291	6.5%	16,392	8,871	6,420	72.4%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	1,125	0.5%	1,239	650	475	73.1%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	25,822	11.0%	26,596	16,865	8,957	53.1%
Educational Services	7,230	3.1%	7,595	3,733	3,497	93.7%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	15,789	6.7%	16,087	9,936	5,853	58.9%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	2,511	1.1%	2,145	1,488	1,023	68.8%
Accomodation and Food Services	12,158	5.2%	12,387	7,410	4,748	64.1%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	6,400	2.7%	6,596	3,554	2,846	80.1%
Public Administration	4,729	2.0%	4,829	2,706	2,023	74.8%
Information Not Available	4,456	1.9%	4,480	2,937	1,519	51.7%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Indiana
	Oct 2009	Percent	Sep 2009	Oct 2008	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	90,870		96,980	69,046
Male	54,807	60.3%	59,129	40,693	14,114	34.7%
Female	35,973	39.6%	37,751	28,290	7,683	27.2%
Information Not Available	90	0.1%	100	63	27	42.9%

Ethnicity	90,870		96,980	69,046
Hispanic or Latino	4,050	4.5%	4,429	3,247	803	24.7%
Not Hispanic or Latino	65,984	72.6%	70,449	51,520	14,464	28.1%
Information Not Available	20,836	22.9%	22,102	14,279	6,557	45.9%

Race	90,870		96,980	69,046
American Indian or Alaskan Native	379	0.4%	437	292	87	29.8%
Asian	679	0.7%	758	547	132	24.1%
Black or African American	11,681	12.9%	12,170	9,170	2,511	27.4%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	74	0.1%	83	72	2	2.8%
White	73,331	80.7%	78,449	55,302	18,029	32.6%
Information Not Available	4,726	5.2%	5,083	3,663	1,063	29.0%

Years of Age	90,870		96,980	69,046
Younger than 22	2,696	1.7%	2,613	2,079	617	29.7%
22-24	5,234	3.3%	5,509	3,712	1,522	41.0%
25-34	21,815	13.7%	23,278	16,306	5,509	33.8%
35-44	22,141	13.9%	23,766	17,399	4,742	27.3%
45-54	23,022	14.5%	24,569	17,741	5,281	29.8%
55-59	8,418	5.3%	8,973	6,282	2,136	34.0%
60-64	5,107	3.2%	5,530	3,632	1,475	40.6%
65 and older	2,437	1.5%	2,742	1,895	542	28.6%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	90,870		96,980	69,046
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	171	0.2%	226	125	46	36.8%
Mining	116	0.1%	141	77	39	50.6%
Utilities	79	0.1%	84	66	13	19.7%
Construction	10,892	12.0%	11,650	6,508	4,384	67.4%
Manufacturing	27,145	29.8%	30,492	24,618	2,527	10.3%
Wholesale Trade	3,903	4.3%	4,505	2,666	1,237	46.4%
Retail Trade	7,117	7.8%	7,159	5,091	2,026	39.8%
Transporation and Warehousing	3,250	3.6%	3,369	2,401	849	35.4%
Information	1,236	1.4%	1,289	853	383	44.9%
Finance and Insurance	2,209	2.4%	2,201	1,836	373	20.3%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	1,208	1.3%	1,143	785	423	53.9%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	3,437	3.8%	3,734	2,213	1,224	55.3%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	509	0.6%	460	248	261	105.2%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	7,842	8.6%	8,543	5,898	1,944	33.0%
Educational Services	1,842	2.0%	2,010	916	926	101.1%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	5,624	6.2%	5,600	3,840	1,784	46.5%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	1,023	1.1%	991	617	406	65.8%
Accomodation and Food Services	4,230	4.6%	4,146	2,473	1,757	71.0%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	2,075	2.3%	2,222	1,481	594	40.1%
Public Administration	788	0.9%	718	463	325	70.2%
Information Not Available	6,174	6.8%	6,297	5,871	303	5.2%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Kansas
	Oct 2009	Percent	Sep 2009	Oct 2008	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	42,411		47,807	22,997
Male	25,429	60.0%	29,514	12,647	12,782	101.1%
Female	16,982	40.0%	18,293	9,307	7,675	82.5%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	1,043	-1,043	-100.0%

Ethnicity	42,411		47,807	22,997
Hispanic or Latino	2,715	6.4%	3,132	1,386	1,329	95.9%
Not Hispanic or Latino	18,689	44.1%	22,210	10,711	7,978	74.5%
Information Not Available	21,007	49.5%	22,465	10,900	10,107	92.7%

Race	42,411		47,807	22,997
American Indian or Alaskan Native	616	1.5%	675	345	271	78.6%
Asian	1,128	2.7%	1,646	326	802	246.0%
Black or African American	6,726	15.9%	6,885	3,847	2,879	74.8%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	125	0.3%	123	56	69	123.2%
White	31,036	73.2%	35,225	15,900	15,136	95.2%
Information Not Available	2,780	6.6%	3,253	2,523	257	10.2%

Years of Age	42,411		47,807	22,997
Younger than 22	1,201	1.7%	1,191	622	579	93.1%
22-24	2,666	3.7%	2,910	1,192	1,474	123.7%
25-34	10,971	15.4%	12,326	5,279	5,692	107.8%
35-44	9,896	13.9%	11,273	5,272	4,624	87.7%
45-54	10,495	14.7%	12,030	5,851	4,644	79.4%
55-59	3,691	5.2%	4,210	1,925	1,766	91.7%
60-64	2,284	3.2%	2,606	1,183	1,101	93.1%
65 and older	1,207	1.7%	1,261	630	577	91.6%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	1,043	-1,043	-100.0%

Industry	42,411		47,807	22,997
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	165	0.4%	177	217	-52	-24.0%
Mining	471	1.1%	558	175	296	169.1%
Utilities	69	0.2%	62	22	47	213.6%
Construction	4,804	11.3%	5,026	2,697	2,107	78.1%
Manufacturing	9,748	22.9%	13,621	4,432	5,316	119.9%
Wholesale Trade	2,096	4.9%	2,854	920	1,176	127.8%
Retail Trade	2,778	6.5%	2,859	1,692	1,086	64.2%
Transporation and Warehousing	1,419	3.3%	1,531	700	719	102.7%
Information	2,092	4.9%	2,116	886	1,206	136.1%
Finance and Insurance	1,301	3.1%	1,293	713	588	82.5%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	480	1.1%	463	340	140	41.2%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	2,091	4.9%	2,170	1,006	1,085	107.9%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	150	0.4%	149	106	44	41.5%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	3,979	9.3%	4,161	2,450	1,529	62.4%
Educational Services	1,034	2.4%	1,045	443	591	133.4%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	3,191	7.5%	3,160	1,655	1,536	92.8%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	263	0.6%	220	198	65	32.8%
Accomodation and Food Services	1,516	3.6%	1,482	800	716	89.5%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	951	2.2%	1,103	629	322	51.2%
Public Administration	784	1.8%	846	450	334	74.2%
Information Not Available	3,029	7.1%	2,911	2,466	563	22.8%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Kentucky
	Oct 2009	Percent	Sep 2009	Oct 2008	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	54,495		59,893	39,574
Male	34,546	63.4%	38,058	24,237	10,309	42.5%
Female	19,949	36.6%	21,835	15,337	4,612	30.1%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	54,495		59,893	39,574
Hispanic or Latino	244	0.4%	269	58	186	320.7%
Not Hispanic or Latino	1,290	2.4%	1,459	1,758	-468	-26.6%
Information Not Available	52,961	97.2%	58,165	37,758	15,203	40.3%

Race	54,495		59,893	39,574
American Indian or Alaskan Native	443	0.8%	368	225	218	96.9%
Asian	145	0.3%	162	207	-62	-30.0%
Black or African American	5,941	10.9%	6,762	4,958	983	19.8%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
White	47,238	86.7%	51,825	33,721	13,517	40.1%
Information Not Available	728	1.3%	776	463	265	57.2%

Years of Age	54,495		59,893	39,574
Younger than 22	1,493	1.5%	1,683	1,025	468	45.7%
22-24	2,656	2.7%	3,439	1,924	732	38.0%
25-34	13,380	13.5%	14,602	9,201	4,179	45.4%
35-44	13,656	13.8%	14,570	10,815	2,841	26.3%
45-54	13,941	14.1%	15,001	10,253	3,688	36.0%
55-59	4,805	4.9%	5,716	3,057	1,748	57.2%
60-64	2,986	3.0%	3,107	1,973	1,013	51.3%
65 and older	1,561	1.6%	1,765	1,322	239	18.1%
Information Not Available	17	0.0%	10	4	13	325.0%

Industry	54,495		59,893	39,574
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	118	0.2%	166	76	42	55.3%
Mining	1,995	3.7%	2,582	342	1,653	483.3%
Utilities	36	0.1%	85	18	18	100.0%
Construction	7,108	13.0%	7,611	4,014	3,094	77.1%
Manufacturing	13,732	25.1%	16,380	13,067	665	5.1%
Wholesale Trade	2,299	4.2%	2,721	1,668	631	37.8%
Retail Trade	4,181	7.7%	4,099	3,178	1,003	31.6%
Transporation and Warehousing	2,389	4.4%	3,237	1,780	609	34.2%
Information	1,086	2.0%	1,194	782	304	38.9%
Finance and Insurance	1,556	2.8%	1,477	1,047	509	48.6%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	620	1.1%	851	400	220	55.0%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	2,276	4.2%	2,308	1,151	1,125	97.7%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	199	0.4%	292	63	136	215.9%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	4,751	8.7%	4,760	3,421	1,330	38.9%
Educational Services	1,303	2.4%	1,361	948	355	37.4%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	3,280	6.0%	3,206	2,544	736	28.9%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	484	0.9%	575	418	66	15.8%
Accomodation and Food Services	2,556	4.7%	2,766	1,479	1,077	72.8%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	1,217	2.2%	1,176	674	543	80.6%
Public Administration	416	0.8%	395	346	70	20.2%
Information Not Available	2,893	5.3%	2,651	2,158	735	34.1%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Louisiana
	Oct 2009	Percent	Sep 2009	Oct 2008	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	71,482		73,193	31,720
Male	40,720	57.0%	40,776	14,559	26,161	179.7%
Female	30,761	43.0%	32,416	17,161	13,600	79.2%
Information Not Available	1	0.0%	1	0	1	0.0%

Ethnicity	71,482		73,193	31,720
Hispanic or Latino	1,960	2.7%	2,027	703	1,257	178.8%
Not Hispanic or Latino	69,334	97.0%	70,977	30,949	38,385	124.0%
Information Not Available	178	0.2%	189	68	110	161.8%

Race	71,482		73,193	31,720
American Indian or Alaskan Native	560	0.8%	505	213	347	162.9%
Asian	672	0.9%	674	282	390	138.3%
Black or African American	37,449	52.4%	38,393	18,442	19,007	103.1%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	130	0.2%	132	60	70	116.7%
White	32,643	45.7%	33,457	12,692	19,951	157.2%
Information Not Available	28	0.0%	32	31	-3	-9.7%

Years of Age	71,482		73,193	31,720
Younger than 22	2,726	2.7%	2,493	1,183	1,543	130.4%
22-24	5,224	5.2%	5,045	2,216	3,008	135.7%
25-34	20,002	19.9%	20,174	8,759	11,243	128.4%
35-44	16,072	16.0%	16,461	7,564	8,508	112.5%
45-54	16,359	16.2%	17,049	7,486	8,873	118.5%
55-59	5,431	5.4%	5,739	2,278	3,153	138.4%
60-64	3,385	3.4%	3,735	1,407	1,978	140.6%
65 and older	2,282	2.3%	2,495	826	1,456	176.3%
Information Not Available	1	0.0%	2	1	0	0.0%

Industry	71,482		73,193	31,720
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	475	0.7%	376	187	288	154.0%
Mining	1,713	2.4%	1,823	314	1,399	445.5%
Utilities	145	0.2%	160	76	69	90.8%
Construction	9,922	13.8%	9,824	3,720	6,202	166.7%
Manufacturing	6,066	8.4%	6,029	2,687	3,379	125.8%
Wholesale Trade	1,924	2.7%	1,896	727	1,197	164.6%
Retail Trade	4,979	6.9%	4,854	2,553	2,426	95.0%
Transporation and Warehousing	2,213	3.1%	2,355	949	1,264	133.2%
Information	690	1.0%	805	376	314	83.5%
Finance and Insurance	1,150	1.6%	1,178	628	522	83.1%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	1,038	1.4%	1,025	468	570	121.8%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	3,285	4.6%	3,451	1,440	1,845	128.1%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	272	0.4%	281	112	160	142.9%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	4,492	6.2%	4,761	2,141	2,351	109.8%
Educational Services	1,398	1.9%	1,528	721	677	93.9%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	5,198	7.2%	5,277	2,981	2,217	74.4%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	906	1.3%	951	520	386	74.2%
Accomodation and Food Services	4,140	5.8%	4,071	2,161	1,979	91.6%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	2,185	3.0%	2,283	1,291	894	69.2%
Public Administration	1,093	1.5%	1,148	501	592	118.2%
Information Not Available	18,198	25.3%	19,117	7,167	11,031	153.9%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Massachusetts
	Oct 2009	Percent	Sep 2009	Oct 2008	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	116,506		126,325	83,163
Male	68,595	58.9%	73,717	49,567	19,028	38.4%
Female	47,911	41.1%	52,608	33,596	14,315	42.6%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	116,506		126,325	83,163
Hispanic or Latino	11,404	9.8%	12,185	8,453	2,951	34.9%
Not Hispanic or Latino	102,765	88.2%	111,473	72,866	29,899	41.0%
Information Not Available	2,337	2.0%	2,667	1,844	493	26.7%

Race	116,506		126,325	83,163
American Indian or Alaskan Native	284	0.2%	292	207	77	37.2%
Asian	3,874	3.3%	4,499	2,639	1,235	46.8%
Black or African American	9,728	8.3%	10,849	7,324	2,404	32.8%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	75	0.1%	83	69	6	8.7%
White	93,985	80.7%	101,084	65,862	28,123	42.7%
Information Not Available	8,560	7.3%	9,518	7,062	1,498	21.2%

Years of Age	116,506		126,325	83,163
Younger than 22	3,682	1.8%	3,691	2,541	1,141	44.9%
22-24	6,765	3.3%	7,181	4,526	2,239	49.5%
25-34	26,488	13.1%	28,237	18,159	8,329	45.9%
35-44	27,091	13.4%	29,476	20,366	6,725	33.0%
45-54	29,217	14.4%	31,957	21,165	8,052	38.0%
55-59	10,710	5.3%	11,933	7,802	2,908	37.3%
60-64	7,804	3.9%	8,599	5,292	2,512	47.5%
65 and older	4,749	2.3%	5,251	3,312	1,437	43.4%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	116,506		126,325	83,163
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	737	0.6%	533	728	9	1.2%
Mining	42	0.0%	61	69	-27	-39.1%
Utilities	94	0.1%	102	92	2	2.2%
Construction	15,574	13.3%	15,849	11,170	4,404	39.4%
Manufacturing	14,118	12.0%	16,857	10,375	3,743	36.1%
Wholesale Trade	6,035	5.1%	6,873	4,509	1,526	33.8%
Retail Trade	10,142	8.7%	10,871	7,975	2,167	27.2%
Transporation and Warehousing	3,422	2.9%	4,717	2,446	976	39.9%
Information	3,666	3.1%	3,837	2,369	1,297	54.7%
Finance and Insurance	5,221	4.5%	5,723	3,601	1,620	45.0%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	1,623	1.4%	1,677	1,291	332	25.7%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	10,371	8.8%	11,689	5,956	4,415	74.1%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	476	0.4%	492	268	208	77.6%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	10,904	9.3%	11,683	8,684	2,220	25.6%
Educational Services	3,031	2.6%	3,261	1,476	1,555	105.4%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	9,965	8.5%	10,139	6,544	3,421	52.3%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	1,583	1.4%	1,425	1,186	397	33.5%
Accomodation and Food Services	6,794	5.8%	6,835	4,471	2,323	52.0%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	4,932	4.2%	4,966	3,292	1,640	49.8%
Public Administration	3,973	3.4%	4,477	2,138	1,835	85.8%
Information Not Available	3,803	3.2%	4,258	4,523	-720	-15.9%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Maryland
	Oct 2009	Percent	Sep 2009	Oct 2008	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	72,687		77,508	48,528
Male	41,639	57.3%	44,346	26,692	14,947	56.0%
Female	31,048	42.7%	33,162	21,836	9,212	42.2%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	72,687		77,508	48,528
Hispanic or Latino	4,334	6.0%	4,519	2,082	2,252	108.2%
Not Hispanic or Latino	67,198	92.4%	71,758	45,496	21,702	47.7%
Information Not Available	1,157	1.6%	1,231	950	207	21.8%

Race	72,687		77,508	48,528
American Indian or Alaskan Native	226	0.3%	267	112	114	101.8%
Asian	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
Black or African American	29,143	40.1%	31,245	21,120	8,023	38.0%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	137	0.2%	132	79	58	73.4%
White	37,690	51.9%	40,115	24,185	13,505	55.8%
Information Not Available	5,491	7.6%	5,749	3,032	2,459	81.1%

Years of Age	72,687		77,508	48,528
Younger than 22	2,915	2.7%	2,923	1,704	1,211	71.1%
22-24	4,968	4.7%	5,199	3,008	1,960	65.2%
25-34	17,895	16.8%	19,054	11,375	6,520	57.3%
35-44	16,275	15.3%	17,567	11,561	4,714	40.8%
45-54	17,546	16.5%	18,856	12,152	5,394	44.4%
55-59	6,046	5.7%	6,370	4,106	1,940	47.2%
60-64	4,135	3.9%	4,493	2,697	1,438	53.3%
65 and older	2,907	2.7%	3,046	1,925	982	51.0%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	72,687		77,508	48,528
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	114	0.2%	106	100	14	14.0%
Mining	63	0.1%	73	41	22	53.7%
Utilities	87	0.1%	87	45	42	93.3%
Construction	12,628	17.3%	13,260	7,184	5,444	75.8%
Manufacturing	798	1.1%	846	626	172	27.5%
Wholesale Trade	3,033	4.2%	3,367	2,020	1,013	50.1%
Retail Trade	2,344	3.2%	2,463	1,969	375	19.0%
Transporation and Warehousing	1,670	2.3%	1,866	1,118	552	49.4%
Information	1,541	2.1%	1,755	1,060	481	45.4%
Finance and Insurance	2,980	4.1%	3,292	2,385	595	24.9%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	1,607	2.2%	1,702	1,234	373	30.2%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	6,236	8.6%	6,913	3,723	2,513	67.5%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	293	0.4%	308	157	136	86.6%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	8,061	11.1%	8,697	6,054	2,007	33.2%
Educational Services	2,761	3.8%	3,105	1,285	1,476	114.9%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	5,749	7.9%	5,921	3,354	2,395	71.4%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	812	1.1%	771	562	250	44.5%
Accomodation and Food Services	4,596	6.3%	4,432	3,063	1,533	50.0%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	2,229	3.1%	2,289	1,579	650	41.2%
Public Administration	1,294	1.8%	1,153	739	555	75.1%
Information Not Available	13,791	18.9%	15,102	10,230	3,561	34.8%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Maine
	Oct 2009	Percent	Sep 2009	Oct 2008	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	12,640		13,112	8,501
Male	7,385	58.4%	7,673	4,904	2,481	50.6%
Female	5,255	41.6%	5,439	3,597	1,658	46.1%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	12,640		13,112	8,501
Hispanic or Latino	115	0.9%	135	65	50	76.9%
Not Hispanic or Latino	8,823	69.8%	9,059	6,531	2,292	35.1%
Information Not Available	3,702	29.3%	3,918	1,905	1,797	94.3%

Race	12,640		13,112	8,501
American Indian or Alaskan Native	103	0.8%	98	83	20	24.1%
Asian	76	0.6%	93	41	35	85.4%
Black or African American	125	1.0%	135	72	53	73.6%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
White	9,480	75.0%	9,735	6,879	2,601	37.8%
Information Not Available	2,856	22.6%	3,051	1,426	1,430	100.3%

Years of Age	12,640		13,112	8,501
Younger than 22	467	2.2%	426	315	152	48.3%
22-24	825	3.9%	796	529	296	56.0%
25-34	2,713	12.8%	2,785	1,765	948	53.7%
35-44	2,738	12.9%	2,903	1,878	860	45.8%
45-54	3,362	15.8%	3,523	2,353	1,009	42.9%
55-59	1,251	5.9%	1,309	886	365	41.2%
60-64	867	4.1%	944	526	341	64.8%
65 and older	417	2.0%	426	249	168	67.5%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	12,640		13,112	8,501
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	108	0.8%	150	75	33	44.0%
Mining	1	0.0%	1	3	-2	-66.7%
Utilities	23	0.2%	25	82	-59	-72.0%
Construction	1,109	8.7%	1,141	855	254	29.7%
Manufacturing	1,778	13.9%	1,986	1,173	605	51.6%
Wholesale Trade	398	3.1%	406	271	127	46.9%
Retail Trade	1,029	8.1%	1,087	828	201	24.3%
Transporation and Warehousing	212	1.7%	212	151	61	40.4%
Information	142	1.1%	167	109	33	30.3%
Finance and Insurance	221	1.7%	221	160	61	38.1%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	114	0.9%	99	69	45	65.2%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	406	3.2%	453	283	123	43.5%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	22	0.2%	23	8	14	175.0%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	606	4.8%	592	486	120	24.7%
Educational Services	194	1.5%	236	152	42	27.6%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	886	7.0%	884	614	272	44.3%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	149	1.2%	151	133	16	12.0%
Accomodation and Food Services	628	4.9%	448	490	138	28.2%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	239	1.9%	250	175	64	36.6%
Public Administration	155	1.2%	139	116	39	33.6%
Information Not Available	4,220	33.1%	4,441	2,268	1,952	86.1%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Michigan
	Oct 2009	Percent	Sep 2009	Oct 2008	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	185,452		194,724	143,648
Male	109,907	59.3%	116,406	85,390	24,517	28.7%
Female	75,520	40.7%	78,296	58,225	17,295	29.7%
Information Not Available	25	0.0%	22	33	-8	-24.2%

Ethnicity	185,452		194,724	143,648
Hispanic or Latino	5,235	2.8%	5,048	4,144	1,091	26.3%
Not Hispanic or Latino	147,279	79.4%	156,057	107,602	39,677	36.9%
Information Not Available	32,938	17.8%	33,619	31,902	1,036	3.2%

Race	185,452		194,724	143,648
American Indian or Alaskan Native	1,650	0.9%	1,684	1,110	540	48.6%
Asian	2,326	1.3%	2,490	1,409	917	65.1%
Black or African American	25,339	13.7%	25,371	20,701	4,638	22.4%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	133	0.1%	134	104	29	27.9%
White	115,255	62.1%	123,560	83,414	31,841	38.2%
Information Not Available	40,749	22.0%	41,485	36,910	3,839	10.4%

Years of Age	185,452		194,724	143,648
Younger than 22	5,339	1.8%	5,492	4,344	995	22.9%
22-24	10,738	3.7%	10,898	8,315	2,423	29.1%
25-34	42,356	14.6%	44,970	33,951	8,405	24.8%
35-44	45,937	15.8%	49,178	36,856	9,081	24.6%
45-54	48,812	16.8%	50,990	38,094	10,718	28.1%
55-59	17,600	6.1%	17,905	12,243	5,357	43.8%
60-64	10,066	3.5%	10,648	6,758	3,308	48.9%
65 and older	4,550	1.6%	4,635	3,034	1,516	50.0%
Information Not Available	54	0.0%	8	53	1	1.9%

Industry	185,452		194,724	143,648
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	910	0.5%	738	636	274	43.1%
Mining	402	0.2%	465	85	317	372.9%
Utilities	90	0.0%	87	46	44	95.7%
Construction	15,502	8.3%	17,184	11,482	4,020	35.0%
Manufacturing	43,406	23.3%	46,260	38,069	5,337	14.0%
Wholesale Trade	7,973	4.3%	9,216	4,957	3,016	60.8%
Retail Trade	14,626	7.8%	14,587	9,478	5,148	54.3%
Transporation and Warehousing	5,552	3.0%	5,748	4,430	1,122	25.3%
Information	2,314	1.2%	2,450	1,427	887	62.2%
Finance and Insurance	5,310	2.8%	5,344	4,001	1,309	32.7%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	2,461	1.3%	2,573	1,924	537	27.9%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	12,415	6.7%	13,069	7,478	4,937	66.0%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	864	0.5%	1,351	793	71	9.0%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	17,797	9.5%	19,532	15,622	2,175	13.9%
Educational Services	5,708	3.1%	6,216	2,938	2,770	94.3%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	13,038	7.0%	12,981	8,276	4,762	57.5%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	2,463	1.3%	2,258	1,812	651	35.9%
Accomodation and Food Services	7,858	4.2%	8,226	5,411	2,447	45.2%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	4,187	2.2%	4,363	2,431	1,756	72.2%
Public Administration	2,428	1.3%	1,855	1,328	1,100	82.8%
Information Not Available	20,148	10.8%	20,221	21,024	-876	-4.2%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Minnesota
	Oct 2009	Percent	Sep 2009	Oct 2008	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	85,696		83,878	43,615
Male	52,066	60.8%	50,741	26,126	25,940	99.3%
Female	33,618	39.2%	33,126	17,482	16,136	92.3%
Information Not Available	12	0.0%	11	7	5	71.4%

Ethnicity	85,696		83,878	43,615
Hispanic or Latino	2,390	2.8%	2,364	1,247	1,143	91.7%
Not Hispanic or Latino	74,005	86.4%	72,400	37,677	36,328	96.4%
Information Not Available	9,301	10.9%	9,114	4,691	4,610	98.3%

Race	85,696		83,878	43,615
American Indian or Alaskan Native	813	0.9%	796	609	204	33.5%
Asian	2,743	3.2%	2,751	1,124	1,619	144.0%
Black or African American	5,777	6.7%	5,571	3,383	2,394	70.8%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	177	0.2%	176	79	98	124.1%
White	70,572	82.4%	69,058	35,332	35,240	99.7%
Information Not Available	5,614	6.6%	5,526	3,088	2,526	81.8%

Years of Age	85,696		83,878	43,615
Younger than 22	2,219	1.5%	1,954	1,023	1,196	116.9%
22-24	5,129	3.4%	4,898	2,537	2,592	102.2%
25-34	21,198	14.1%	20,331	10,807	10,391	96.2%
35-44	18,727	12.4%	18,559	9,996	8,731	87.3%
45-54	22,073	14.6%	21,802	11,516	10,557	91.7%
55-59	8,311	5.5%	8,317	4,224	4,087	96.8%
60-64	5,422	3.6%	5,421	2,356	3,066	130.1%
65 and older	2,568	1.7%	2,564	1,115	1,453	130.3%
Information Not Available	49	0.0%	32	41	8	19.5%

Industry	85,696		83,878	43,615
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	434	0.5%	390	242	192	79.3%
Mining	476	0.6%	600	69	407	589.9%
Utilities	200	0.2%	211	87	113	129.9%
Construction	12,205	14.2%	11,045	7,444	4,761	64.0%
Manufacturing	16,528	19.2%	17,591	6,311	10,217	161.9%
Wholesale Trade	4,560	5.3%	4,644	2,467	2,093	84.8%
Retail Trade	6,840	7.9%	6,721	3,949	2,891	73.2%
Transporation and Warehousing	2,636	3.1%	2,500	1,325	1,311	98.9%
Information	2,158	2.5%	2,040	1,014	1,144	112.8%
Finance and Insurance	2,798	3.2%	2,786	1,868	930	49.8%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	1,174	1.4%	1,130	792	382	48.2%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	5,410	6.3%	5,459	2,629	2,781	105.8%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	1,920	2.2%	1,899	751	1,169	155.7%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	6,695	7.8%	6,419	3,534	3,161	89.4%
Educational Services	2,684	3.1%	2,718	1,246	1,438	115.4%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	6,350	7.4%	5,977	3,045	3,305	108.5%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	981	1.1%	843	648	333	51.4%
Accomodation and Food Services	3,841	4.5%	3,620	2,011	1,830	91.0%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	2,341	2.7%	2,293	1,209	1,132	93.6%
Public Administration	1,360	1.6%	1,198	841	519	61.7%
Information Not Available	4,105	4.8%	3,794	2,133	1,972	92.5%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Missouri
	Oct 2009	Percent	Sep 2009	Oct 2008	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	86,181		90,497	53,738
Male	51,480	59.7%	52,992	29,214	22,266	76.2%
Female	34,683	40.2%	37,493	24,520	10,163	41.4%
Information Not Available	18	0.0%	12	4	14	350.0%

Ethnicity	86,181		90,497	53,738
Hispanic or Latino	1,265	1.5%	1,305	696	569	81.8%
Not Hispanic or Latino	41,341	48.0%	42,011	21,884	19,457	88.9%
Information Not Available	43,575	50.6%	47,181	31,158	12,417	39.9%

Race	86,181		90,497	53,738
American Indian or Alaskan Native	589	0.7%	640	371	218	58.8%
Asian	711	0.8%	820	400	311	77.8%
Black or African American	16,127	18.7%	16,965	9,514	6,613	69.5%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	744	0.9%	808	393	351	89.3%
White	61,580	71.5%	64,587	32,641	28,939	88.7%
Information Not Available	6,430	7.5%	6,677	10,419	-3,989	-38.3%

Years of Age	86,181		90,497	53,738
Younger than 22	2,742	1.9%	2,648	1,565	1,177	75.2%
22-24	5,088	3.6%	5,356	2,948	2,140	72.6%
25-34	20,785	14.5%	21,651	12,812	7,973	62.2%
35-44	20,724	14.5%	21,539	13,278	7,446	56.1%
45-54	22,031	15.4%	23,728	14,241	7,790	54.7%
55-59	7,453	5.2%	7,719	4,597	2,856	62.1%
60-64	4,782	3.3%	5,048	2,672	2,110	79.0%
65 and older	2,516	1.8%	2,806	1,597	919	57.5%
Information Not Available	60	0.0%	2	28	32	114.3%

Industry	86,181		90,497	53,738
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	288	0.3%	285	171	117	68.4%
Mining	363	0.4%	339	114	249	218.4%
Utilities	104	0.1%	102	84	20	23.8%
Construction	14,268	16.5%	13,917	7,016	7,252	103.4%
Manufacturing	15,598	18.0%	17,340	10,613	4,985	47.0%
Wholesale Trade	4,130	4.8%	4,617	2,290	1,840	80.3%
Retail Trade	7,801	9.0%	8,012	5,284	2,517	47.6%
Transporation and Warehousing	3,505	4.1%	3,583	1,899	1,606	84.6%
Information	1,825	2.1%	2,204	1,317	508	38.6%
Finance and Insurance	2,837	3.3%	3,161	2,449	388	15.8%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	1,389	1.6%	1,365	1,111	278	25.0%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	4,253	4.9%	4,761	2,183	2,070	94.8%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	240	0.3%	253	244	-4	-1.6%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	8,686	10.0%	9,470	5,702	2,984	52.3%
Educational Services	2,027	2.3%	2,176	1,227	800	65.2%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	6,544	7.6%	6,594	4,311	2,233	51.8%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	1,060	1.2%	1,086	711	349	49.1%
Accomodation and Food Services	5,586	6.5%	5,494	3,377	2,209	65.4%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	2,403	2.8%	2,434	1,595	808	50.7%
Public Administration	844	1.0%	797	537	307	57.2%
Information Not Available	2,430	2.8%	2,507	1,503	927	61.7%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Mississippi
	Oct 2009	Percent	Sep 2009	Oct 2008	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	40,195		41,034	25,164
Male	22,857	56.9%	22,538	12,519	10,338	82.6%
Female	17,335	43.1%	18,495	12,641	4,694	37.1%
Information Not Available	3	0.0%	1	4	-1	-25.0%

Ethnicity	40,195		41,034	25,164
Hispanic or Latino	535	1.3%	457	293	242	82.6%
Not Hispanic or Latino	37,695	93.8%	38,293	24,066	13,629	56.6%
Information Not Available	1,965	4.9%	2,284	805	1,160	144.1%

Race	40,195		41,034	25,164
American Indian or Alaskan Native	90	0.2%	87	50	40	80.0%
Asian	103	0.3%	106	135	-32	-23.7%
Black or African American	22,039	54.8%	22,489	14,793	7,246	49.0%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	212	0.5%	204	7	205	2928.6%
White	17,380	43.2%	17,702	9,607	7,773	80.9%
Information Not Available	371	0.9%	446	572	-201	-35.1%

Years of Age	40,195		41,034	25,164
Younger than 22	1,549	2.8%	1,493	915	634	69.3%
22-24	2,870	5.1%	2,927	1,850	1,020	55.1%
25-34	10,940	19.6%	11,258	6,724	4,216	62.7%
35-44	9,498	17.0%	9,810	6,070	3,428	56.5%
45-54	9,277	16.6%	9,281	5,887	3,390	57.6%
55-59	3,080	5.5%	3,119	1,850	1,230	66.5%
60-64	1,796	3.2%	1,946	1,099	697	63.4%
65 and older	1,185	2.1%	1,200	769	416	54.1%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	40,195		41,034	25,164
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	757	1.8%	381	262	495	188.9%
Mining	302	0.7%	341	79	223	282.3%
Utilities	58	0.1%	51	32	26	81.3%
Construction	3,710	9.1%	3,393	1,630	2,080	127.6%
Manufacturing	9,081	22.2%	9,661	7,254	1,827	25.2%
Wholesale Trade	999	2.4%	1,109	657	342	52.1%
Retail Trade	3,509	8.6%	3,600	2,650	859	32.4%
Transporation and Warehousing	1,174	2.9%	1,168	837	337	40.3%
Information	312	0.8%	328	193	119	61.7%
Finance and Insurance	530	1.3%	583	396	134	33.8%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	392	1.0%	396	309	83	26.9%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	1,013	2.5%	1,075	537	476	88.6%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	122	0.3%	110	28	94	335.7%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	3,202	7.8%	3,141	2,415	787	32.6%
Educational Services	914	2.2%	957	529	385	72.8%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	2,565	6.3%	2,919	1,939	626	32.3%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	315	0.8%	295	243	72	29.6%
Accomodation and Food Services	3,376	8.2%	3,265	2,009	1,367	68.0%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	609	1.5%	608	348	261	75.0%
Public Administration	473	1.2%	451	445	28	6.3%
Information Not Available	6,782	16.6%	7,202	2,372	4,410	185.9%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Montana
	Oct 2009	Percent	Sep 2009	Oct 2008	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	9,852		9,011	4,978
Male	6,157	62.5%	5,354	3,102	3,055	98.5%
Female	3,665	37.2%	3,626	1,859	1,806	97.1%
Information Not Available	30	0.3%	31	17	13	76.5%

Ethnicity	9,852		9,011	4,978
Hispanic or Latino	317	3.2%	276	148	169	114.2%
Not Hispanic or Latino	8,941	90.8%	8,149	4,538	4,403	97.0%
Information Not Available	594	6.0%	586	292	302	103.4%

Race	9,852		9,011	4,978
American Indian or Alaskan Native	739	7.5%	714	439	300	68.3%
Asian	36	0.4%	39	21	15	71.4%
Black or African American	79	0.8%	56	22	57	259.1%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	30	0.3%	29	14	16	114.3%
White	8,875	90.1%	8,083	4,422	4,453	100.7%
Information Not Available	93	0.9%	90	60	33	55.0%

Years of Age	9,852		9,011	4,978
Younger than 22	379	2.1%	316	176	203	115.3%
22-24	711	3.9%	634	330	381	115.5%
25-34	2,609	14.3%	2,277	1,216	1,393	114.6%
35-44	2,098	11.5%	1,911	1,076	1,022	95.0%
45-54	2,384	13.1%	2,249	1,282	1,102	86.0%
55-59	891	4.9%	840	471	420	89.2%
60-64	504	2.8%	516	269	235	87.4%
65 and older	276	1.5%	268	158	118	74.7%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	9,852		9,011	4,978
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	85	0.9%	82	56	29	51.8%
Mining	294	3.0%	340	86	208	241.9%
Utilities	30	0.3%	45	12	18	150.0%
Construction	2,064	20.8%	1,631	970	1,094	112.8%
Manufacturing	1,111	11.2%	1,049	529	582	110.0%
Wholesale Trade	272	2.7%	258	148	124	83.8%
Retail Trade	1,009	10.2%	991	527	482	91.5%
Transporation and Warehousing	293	2.9%	287	164	129	78.7%
Information	167	1.7%	193	82	85	103.7%
Finance and Insurance	148	1.5%	179	146	2	1.4%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	120	1.2%	142	82	38	46.3%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	388	3.9%	426	163	225	138.0%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	5	0.1%	4	0	5	0.0%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	774	7.8%	678	388	386	99.5%
Educational Services	237	2.4%	243	160	77	48.1%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	634	6.4%	688	274	360	131.4%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	290	2.9%	212	157	133	84.7%
Accomodation and Food Services	1,199	12.1%	891	599	600	100.2%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	268	2.7%	257	145	123	84.8%
Public Administration	262	2.6%	270	154	108	70.1%
Information Not Available	202	2.0%	145	136	66	48.5%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants North Carolina
	Oct 2009	Percent	Sep 2009	Oct 2008	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	175,135		180,539	112,041
Male	100,082	57.1%	102,549	61,547	38,535	62.6%
Female	75,042	42.8%	77,982	50,492	24,550	48.6%
Information Not Available	11	0.0%	8	2	9	450.0%

Ethnicity	175,135		180,539	112,041
Hispanic or Latino	9,083	5.2%	8,638	5,503	3,580	65.1%
Not Hispanic or Latino	162,492	92.8%	167,844	103,980	58,512	56.3%
Information Not Available	3,560	2.0%	4,057	2,558	1,002	39.2%

Race	175,135		180,539	112,041
American Indian or Alaskan Native	2,023	1.2%	2,119	1,392	631	45.3%
Asian	2,092	1.2%	2,300	1,048	1,044	99.6%
Black or African American	55,391	31.6%	57,921	40,057	15,334	38.3%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	273	0.2%	272	131	142	108.4%
White	105,667	60.3%	108,410	63,140	42,527	67.4%
Information Not Available	9,689	5.5%	9,517	6,273	3,416	54.5%

Years of Age	175,135		180,539	112,041
Younger than 22	5,599	2.1%	5,645	3,728	1,871	50.2%
22-24	10,143	3.8%	10,455	6,478	3,665	56.6%
25-34	40,643	15.0%	41,621	26,727	13,916	52.1%
35-44	44,307	16.4%	45,811	29,257	15,050	51.4%
45-54	43,043	15.9%	44,540	27,081	15,962	58.9%
55-59	15,662	5.8%	16,080	9,490	6,172	65.0%
60-64	10,372	3.8%	10,879	6,117	4,255	69.6%
65 and older	5,366	2.0%	5,508	3,163	2,203	69.6%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	175,135		180,539	112,041
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	560	0.3%	523	440	120	27.3%
Mining	207	0.1%	182	84	123	146.4%
Utilities	107	0.1%	116	71	36	50.7%
Construction	23,313	13.3%	20,994	12,520	10,793	86.2%
Manufacturing	35,813	20.4%	41,675	24,556	11,257	45.8%
Wholesale Trade	7,485	4.3%	7,761	4,457	3,028	67.9%
Retail Trade	15,175	8.6%	15,699	9,502	5,673	59.7%
Transporation and Warehousing	5,127	2.9%	4,952	2,874	2,253	78.4%
Information	2,566	1.5%	2,614	1,336	1,230	92.1%
Finance and Insurance	4,878	2.8%	5,037	2,818	2,060	73.1%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	2,369	1.3%	2,305	1,435	934	65.1%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	8,455	4.8%	9,169	4,657	3,798	81.6%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	551	0.3%	561	350	201	57.4%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	15,917	9.1%	16,927	11,759	4,158	35.4%
Educational Services	5,148	2.9%	5,753	1,744	3,404	195.2%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	12,907	7.3%	12,610	8,241	4,666	56.6%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	1,324	0.8%	1,342	775	549	70.8%
Accomodation and Food Services	8,728	5.0%	8,750	5,124	3,604	70.3%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	3,329	1.9%	3,286	1,897	1,432	75.5%
Public Administration	1,417	0.8%	1,456	865	552	63.8%
Information Not Available	19,759	11.2%	18,827	16,536	3,223	19.5%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants North Dakota
	Oct 2009	Percent	Sep 2009	Oct 2008	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	3,492		3,769	1,709
Male	2,114	60.5%	2,218	904	1,210	133.8%
Female	1,375	39.4%	1,548	804	571	71.0%
Information Not Available	3	0.1%	3	1	2	200.0%

Ethnicity	3,492		3,769	1,709
Hispanic or Latino	83	2.4%	105	38	45	118.4%
Not Hispanic or Latino	3,322	95.1%	3,577	1,636	1,686	103.1%
Information Not Available	87	2.5%	87	35	52	148.6%

Race	3,492		3,769	1,709
American Indian or Alaskan Native	247	7.1%	253	212	35	16.5%
Asian	27	0.8%	34	8	19	237.5%
Black or African American	85	2.4%	103	33	52	157.6%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	1	0.0%	3	1	0	0.0%
White	2,962	84.8%	3,184	1,382	1,580	114.3%
Information Not Available	170	4.9%	192	73	97	132.9%

Years of Age	3,492		3,769	1,709
Younger than 22	73	1.2%	72	37	36	97.3%
22-24	173	2.8%	182	73	100	137.0%
25-34	884	14.2%	963	359	525	146.2%
35-44	806	12.9%	864	371	435	117.3%
45-54	878	14.1%	975	512	366	71.5%
55-59	338	5.4%	363	188	150	79.8%
60-64	217	3.5%	219	90	127	141.1%
65 and older	120	1.9%	131	78	42	53.8%
Information Not Available	3	0.0%	0	1	2	200.0%

Industry	3,492		3,769	1,709
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	29	0.8%	86	12	17	141.7%
Mining	125	3.6%	151	13	112	861.5%
Utilities	6	0.2%	4	3	3	100.0%
Construction	448	12.7%	330	236	212	89.8%
Manufacturing	878	24.9%	1,152	282	596	211.3%
Wholesale Trade	179	5.1%	169	79	100	126.6%
Retail Trade	220	6.2%	235	151	69	45.7%
Transporation and Warehousing	116	3.3%	116	47	69	146.8%
Information	78	2.2%	86	39	39	100.0%
Finance and Insurance	107	3.0%	131	36	71	197.2%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	29	0.8%	26	22	7	31.8%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	247	7.0%	258	62	185	298.4%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	37	1.1%	36	19	18	94.7%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	191	5.4%	197	74	117	158.1%
Educational Services	7	0.2%	7	6	1	16.7%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	163	4.6%	180	145	18	12.4%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	15	0.4%	12	9	6	66.7%
Accomodation and Food Services	141	4.0%	149	78	63	80.8%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	58	1.6%	64	44	14	31.8%
Public Administration	193	5.5%	176	205	-12	-5.9%
Information Not Available	225	6.4%	204	147	78	53.1%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Nebraska
	Oct 2009	Percent	Sep 2009	Oct 2008	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	24,617		24,617	11,935
Male	13,001	52.8%	12,880	5,894	7,107	120.6%
Female	10,438	42.4%	10,722	5,573	4,865	87.3%
Information Not Available	1,178	4.8%	1,015	468	710	151.7%

Ethnicity	24,617		24,617	11,935
Hispanic or Latino	994	4.0%	963	426	568	133.3%
Not Hispanic or Latino	19,402	78.8%	19,605	9,373	10,029	107.0%
Information Not Available	4,221	17.1%	4,049	2,136	2,085	97.6%

Race	24,617		24,617	11,935
American Indian or Alaskan Native	281	1.1%	279	119	162	136.1%
Asian	272	1.1%	280	107	165	154.2%
Black or African American	1,675	6.8%	1,634	866	809	93.4%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	30	0.1%	34	16	14	87.5%
White	12,195	49.5%	12,176	5,350	6,845	127.9%
Information Not Available	10,164	41.3%	10,214	5,477	4,687	85.6%

Years of Age	24,617		24,617	11,935
Younger than 22	893	2.5%	841	327	566	173.1%
22-24	1,665	4.7%	1,651	681	984	144.5%
25-34	6,195	17.5%	6,215	2,801	3,394	121.2%
35-44	5,453	15.4%	5,512	2,874	2,579	89.7%
45-54	5,923	16.7%	5,956	3,151	2,772	88.0%
55-59	2,108	6.0%	2,103	1,024	1,084	105.9%
60-64	1,414	4.0%	1,403	645	769	119.2%
65 and older	966	2.7%	936	432	534	123.6%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	24,617		24,617	11,935
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	176	0.7%	168	79	97	122.8%
Mining	45	0.2%	40	15	30	200.0%
Utilities	40	0.2%	33	19	21	110.5%
Construction	2,669	10.8%	2,300	1,053	1,616	153.5%
Manufacturing	4,818	19.4%	5,254	2,353	2,465	104.8%
Wholesale Trade	916	3.7%	937	397	519	130.7%
Retail Trade	2,595	10.5%	2,581	1,290	1,305	101.2%
Transporation and Warehousing	798	3.2%	770	391	407	104.1%
Information	565	2.3%	572	286	279	97.6%
Finance and Insurance	1,061	4.3%	1,081	579	482	83.2%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	285	1.1%	266	150	135	90.0%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	1,076	4.3%	1,122	548	528	96.4%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	152	0.6%	155	36	116	322.2%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	2,437	9.8%	2,501	1,200	1,237	103.1%
Educational Services	417	1.7%	411	225	192	85.3%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	2,076	8.4%	2,064	1,092	984	90.1%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	250	1.0%	260	136	114	83.8%
Accomodation and Food Services	1,699	6.9%	1,615	757	942	124.4%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	523	2.1%	523	256	267	104.3%
Public Administration	517	2.1%	477	291	226	77.7%
Information Not Available	1,502	6.1%	1,487	782	720	92.1%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants New Hampshire
	Oct 2009	Percent	Sep 2009	Oct 2008	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	14,810		16,283	8,227
Male	8,445	57.0%	9,167	4,628	3,817	82.5%
Female	6,325	42.7%	7,116	3,599	2,726	75.7%
Information Not Available	40	0.3%	0	0	40	0.0%

Ethnicity	14,810		16,283	8,227
Hispanic or Latino	482	3.3%	554	290	192	66.2%
Not Hispanic or Latino	11,232	75.8%	12,098	6,037	5,195	86.1%
Information Not Available	3,096	20.9%	3,631	1,900	1,196	62.9%

Race	14,810		16,283	8,227
American Indian or Alaskan Native	77	0.5%	47	46	31	67.4%
Asian	284	1.9%	355	114	170	149.1%
Black or African American	251	1.7%	234	153	98	64.1%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	19	0.1%	20	9	10	111.1%
White	13,144	88.8%	14,612	7,444	5,700	76.6%
Information Not Available	1,035	7.0%	1,015	461	574	124.5%

Years of Age	14,810		16,283	8,227
Younger than 22	355	1.3%	404	174	181	104.0%
22-24	744	2.8%	796	425	319	75.1%
25-34	2,648	9.9%	3,084	1,505	1,143	75.9%
35-44	3,159	11.8%	3,551	1,889	1,270	67.2%
45-54	4,219	15.8%	4,495	2,357	1,862	79.0%
55-59	1,722	6.4%	1,798	960	762	79.4%
60-64	1,215	4.5%	1,373	585	630	107.7%
65 and older	748	2.8%	782	332	416	125.3%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	14,810		16,283	8,227
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	57	0.4%	60	30	27	90.0%
Mining	10	0.1%	13	12	-2	-16.7%
Utilities	14	0.1%	6	9	5	55.6%
Construction	439	3.0%	1,360	667	-228	-34.2%
Manufacturing	3,439	23.1%	3,521	1,375	2,064	150.1%
Wholesale Trade	901	6.1%	853	462	439	95.0%
Retail Trade	1,216	8.2%	1,857	1,092	124	11.4%
Transporation and Warehousing	306	2.1%	849	183	123	67.2%
Information	323	2.2%	318	143	180	125.9%
Finance and Insurance	646	4.3%	487	314	332	105.7%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	255	1.7%	210	122	133	109.0%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	812	5.5%	861	416	396	95.2%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	44	0.3%	53	21	23	109.5%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	1,248	8.4%	1,329	894	354	39.6%
Educational Services	540	3.6%	524	218	322	147.7%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	975	6.6%	855	483	492	101.9%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	214	1.4%	158	115	99	86.1%
Accomodation and Food Services	773	5.2%	848	431	342	79.4%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	418	2.8%	412	248	170	68.5%
Public Administration	274	1.8%	228	124	150	121.0%
Information Not Available	1,906	12.8%	1,481	868	1,038	119.6%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants New Jersey
	Oct 2009	Percent	Sep 2009	Oct 2008	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	164,726		181,255	125,811
Male	91,091	55.3%	98,192	68,756	22,335	32.5%
Female	73,635	44.7%	83,063	57,055	16,580	29.1%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	164,726		181,255	125,811
Hispanic or Latino	30,654	18.6%	33,702	23,636	7,018	29.7%
Not Hispanic or Latino	115,462	70.1%	127,248	91,989	23,473	25.5%
Information Not Available	18,610	11.3%	20,305	10,186	8,424	82.7%

Race	164,726		181,255	125,811
American Indian or Alaskan Native	578	0.4%	629	427	151	35.4%
Asian	6,522	4.0%	7,355	4,239	2,283	53.9%
Black or African American	32,175	19.5%	35,449	27,325	4,850	17.7%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	1,024	0.6%	1,201	803	221	27.5%
White	99,288	60.3%	109,233	74,196	25,092	33.8%
Information Not Available	25,139	15.3%	27,388	18,821	6,318	33.6%

Years of Age	164,726		181,255	125,811
Younger than 22	6,905	2.7%	32,323	19,808	-12,903	-65.1%
22-24	11,700	4.6%	12,887	9,675	2,025	20.9%
25-34	38,800	15.3%	38,306	27,928	10,872	38.9%
35-44	35,996	14.2%	43,355	30,872	5,124	16.6%
45-54	38,213	15.1%	34,779	24,045	14,168	58.9%
55-59	14,151	5.6%	10,892	7,508	6,643	88.5%
60-64	10,607	4.2%	5,148	3,520	7,087	201.3%
65 and older	8,354	3.3%	3,565	2,455	5,899	240.3%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	164,726		181,255	125,811
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	352	0.2%	196	205	147	71.7%
Mining	74	0.0%	64	67	7	10.4%
Utilities	198	0.1%	187	132	66	50.0%
Construction	16,577	10.0%	17,785	11,602	4,975	42.9%
Manufacturing	15,435	9.4%	17,407	11,754	3,681	31.3%
Wholesale Trade	9,706	5.9%	10,879	7,349	2,357	32.1%
Retail Trade	19,772	12.0%	21,426	14,715	5,057	34.4%
Transporation and Warehousing	8,169	4.9%	10,498	5,887	2,282	38.8%
Information	3,666	2.2%	4,005	2,891	775	26.8%
Finance and Insurance	7,010	4.2%	7,979	6,625	385	5.8%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	2,777	1.7%	2,908	2,165	612	28.3%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	11,393	6.9%	13,089	7,903	3,490	44.2%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	1,088	0.7%	1,196	390	698	179.0%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	17,922	10.9%	19,230	13,093	4,829	36.9%
Educational Services	6,321	3.8%	7,094	3,798	2,523	66.4%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	13,972	8.5%	14,690	10,281	3,691	35.9%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	2,324	1.4%	2,162	1,472	852	57.9%
Accomodation and Food Services	11,388	6.9%	11,628	7,916	3,472	43.9%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	4,134	2.5%	4,405	3,066	1,068	34.8%
Public Administration	1,878	1.1%	2,857	1,425	453	31.8%
Information Not Available	10,570	6.4%	11,570	13,075	-2,505	-19.2%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants New Mexico
	Oct 2009	Percent	Sep 2009	Oct 2008	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	22,827		23,855	12,734
Male	13,836	60.6%	14,660	7,179	6,657	92.7%
Female	8,991	39.4%	9,195	5,555	3,436	61.9%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	22,827		23,855	12,734
Hispanic or Latino	11,586	50.8%	12,050	6,469	5,117	79.1%
Not Hispanic or Latino	9,585	42.0%	10,076	5,511	4,074	73.9%
Information Not Available	1,656	7.3%	1,729	754	902	119.6%

Race	22,827		23,855	12,734
American Indian or Alaskan Native	2,479	10.9%	2,590	1,205	1,274	105.7%
Asian	234	1.0%	238	151	83	55.0%
Black or African American	668	2.9%	692	392	276	70.4%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	54	0.2%	54	34	20	58.8%
White	10,861	47.6%	11,398	6,333	4,528	71.5%
Information Not Available	8,531	37.4%	8,883	4,619	3,912	84.7%

Years of Age	22,827		23,855	12,734
Younger than 22	1,175	3.6%	1,156	662	513	77.5%
22-24	1,825	5.6%	1,866	496	1,329	267.9%
25-34	5,677	17.4%	6,146	2,852	2,825	99.1%
35-44	4,995	15.4%	5,312	2,852	2,143	75.1%
45-54	5,374	16.5%	5,548	3,081	2,293	74.4%
55-59	1,901	5.8%	1,931	1,273	628	49.3%
60-64	1,150	3.5%	1,161	611	539	88.2%
65 and older	730	2.2%	735	853	-123	-14.4%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	54	-54	-100.0%

Industry	22,827		23,855	12,734
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	411	1.8%	282	159	252	158.5%
Mining	1,134	4.9%	1,413	149	985	661.1%
Utilities	38	0.2%	41	63	-25	-39.7%
Construction	4,261	18.3%	4,494	2,384	1,877	78.7%
Manufacturing	1,311	5.6%	1,541	1,274	37	2.9%
Wholesale Trade	841	3.6%	929	439	402	91.6%
Retail Trade	2,345	10.1%	2,451	1,371	974	71.0%
Transporation and Warehousing	815	3.5%	817	395	420	106.3%
Information	721	3.1%	765	472	249	52.8%
Finance and Insurance	516	2.2%	519	367	149	40.6%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	466	2.0%	475	240	226	94.2%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	1,345	5.8%	1,429	781	564	72.2%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	25	0.1%	25	15	10	66.7%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	2,162	9.3%	2,117	1,149	1,013	88.2%
Educational Services	794	3.4%	840	500	294	58.8%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	2,156	9.3%	2,202	1,168	988	84.6%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	427	1.8%	424	254	173	68.1%
Accomodation and Food Services	1,604	6.9%	1,648	721	883	122.5%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	639	2.7%	670	330	309	93.6%
Public Administration	801	3.4%	773	453	348	76.8%
Information Not Available	15	0.1%	0	50	-35	-70.0%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Nevada
	Oct 2009	Percent	Sep 2009	Oct 2008	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	61,933		62,293	44,507
Male	38,344	61.9%	38,597	26,863	11,481	42.7%
Female	23,589	38.1%	23,696	17,636	5,953	33.8%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	8	-8	-100.0%

Ethnicity	61,933		62,293	44,507
Hispanic or Latino	12,683	20.5%	13,079	8,022	4,661	58.1%
Not Hispanic or Latino	40,916	66.1%	40,826	28,860	12,056	41.8%
Information Not Available	8,334	13.5%	8,388	7,625	709	9.3%

Race	61,933		62,293	44,507
American Indian or Alaskan Native	1,067	1.7%	1,095	749	318	42.5%
Asian	2,839	4.6%	2,881	2,018	821	40.7%
Black or African American	6,585	10.6%	6,703	5,129	1,456	28.4%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	1,078	1.7%	1,137	801	277	34.6%
White	40,569	65.5%	40,583	28,916	11,653	40.3%
Information Not Available	9,795	15.8%	9,894	6,894	2,901	42.1%

Years of Age	61,933		62,293	44,507
Younger than 22	2,082	2.1%	2,029	1,561	521	33.4%
22-24	3,663	3.7%	3,680	2,592	1,071	41.3%
25-34	14,566	14.8%	14,556	9,584	4,982	52.0%
35-44	14,424	14.6%	14,668	10,337	4,087	39.5%
45-54	14,984	15.2%	15,080	11,069	3,915	35.4%
55-59	5,437	5.5%	5,446	4,268	1,169	27.4%
60-64	3,813	3.9%	3,881	2,876	937	32.6%
65 and older	2,964	3.0%	2,953	2,168	796	36.7%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	52	-52	-100.0%

Industry	61,933		62,293	44,507
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	56	0.1%	44	41	15	36.6%
Mining	313	0.5%	331	196	117	59.7%
Utilities	74	0.1%	54	41	33	80.5%
Construction	15,515	25.0%	15,663	9,868	5,647	57.2%
Manufacturing	3,006	4.8%	3,284	2,079	927	44.6%
Wholesale Trade	1,852	3.0%	1,994	1,076	776	72.1%
Retail Trade	5,370	8.7%	5,488	4,097	1,273	31.1%
Transporation and Warehousing	1,960	3.2%	1,951	1,399	561	40.1%
Information	842	1.4%	828	539	303	56.2%
Finance and Insurance	1,605	2.6%	1,527	1,145	460	40.2%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	2,008	3.2%	2,025	1,385	623	45.0%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	2,787	4.5%	2,915	2,028	759	37.4%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	531	0.9%	604	351	180	51.3%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	7,570	12.2%	7,383	6,022	1,548	25.7%
Educational Services	857	1.4%	900	512	345	67.4%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	2,607	4.2%	2,586	1,732	875	50.5%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	1,303	2.1%	1,210	1,030	273	26.5%
Accomodation and Food Services	11,083	17.9%	11,180	7,275	3,808	52.3%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	1,342	2.2%	1,218	820	522	63.7%
Public Administration	770	1.2%	722	450	320	71.1%
Information Not Available	482	0.8%	386	2,421	-1,939	-80.1%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants New York
	Oct 2009	Percent	Sep 2009	Oct 2008	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	292,276		315,214	193,240
Male	162,618	55.6%	170,806	106,139	56,479	53.2%
Female	129,658	44.4%	144,408	87,101	42,557	48.9%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	292,276		315,214	193,240
Hispanic or Latino	45,284	15.5%	49,625	30,351	14,933	49.2%
Not Hispanic or Latino	192,985	66.0%	209,553	130,546	62,439	47.8%
Information Not Available	54,007	18.5%	56,036	32,343	21,664	67.0%

Race	292,276		315,214	193,240
American Indian or Alaskan Native	1,681	0.6%	1,784	1,199	482	40.2%
Asian	10,403	3.6%	11,679	6,200	4,203	67.8%
Black or African American	47,579	16.3%	53,535	32,326	15,253	47.2%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	817	0.3%	853	441	376	85.3%
White	149,149	51.0%	159,699	100,492	48,657	48.4%
Information Not Available	82,647	28.3%	87,664	52,582	30,065	57.2%

Years of Age	292,276		315,214	193,240
Younger than 22	12,827	3.0%	12,830	7,576	5,251	69.3%
22-24	21,446	5.0%	22,244	13,425	8,021	59.7%
25-34	75,048	17.6%	79,970	49,140	25,908	52.7%
35-44	67,149	15.8%	72,514	46,708	20,441	43.8%
45-54	64,899	15.3%	70,305	43,507	21,392	49.2%
55-59	23,493	5.5%	25,899	15,302	8,191	53.5%
60-64	16,098	3.8%	18,314	10,158	5,940	58.5%
65 and older	11,316	2.7%	13,138	7,424	3,892	52.4%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	292,276		315,214	193,240
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	545	0.2%	484	393	152	38.7%
Mining	261	0.1%	281	310	-49	-15.8%
Utilities	247	0.1%	289	222	25	11.3%
Construction	31,758	10.8%	31,090	21,238	10,520	49.5%
Manufacturing	33,691	11.5%	34,908	18,317	15,374	83.9%
Wholesale Trade	14,399	4.9%	16,404	9,362	5,037	53.8%
Retail Trade	27,618	9.4%	30,792	17,519	10,099	57.6%
Transporation and Warehousing	9,320	3.2%	10,460	6,922	2,398	34.6%
Information	10,253	3.5%	11,513	6,211	4,042	65.1%
Finance and Insurance	17,249	5.9%	20,911	14,214	3,035	21.4%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	6,755	2.3%	7,413	4,672	2,083	44.6%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	24,281	8.3%	26,921	15,225	9,056	59.5%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	1,787	0.6%	2,042	961	826	86.0%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	31,537	10.8%	33,636	22,293	9,244	41.5%
Educational Services	11,844	4.0%	13,008	7,362	4,482	60.9%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	26,466	9.0%	29,203	17,496	8,970	51.3%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	7,180	2.5%	7,096	5,300	1,880	35.5%
Accomodation and Food Services	16,484	5.6%	16,981	11,360	5,124	45.1%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	8,789	3.0%	9,709	5,399	3,390	62.8%
Public Administration	7,366	2.5%	7,929	5,407	1,959	36.2%
Information Not Available	4,446	1.5%	4,144	3,057	1,389	45.4%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Ohio
	Oct 2009	Percent	Sep 2009	Oct 2008	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	150,707		166,280	99,760
Male	93,434	62.0%	103,333	59,416	34,018	57.3%
Female	56,702	37.6%	62,303	39,935	16,767	42.0%
Information Not Available	571	0.4%	644	409	162	39.6%

Ethnicity	150,707		166,280	99,760
Hispanic or Latino	3,951	2.6%	4,256	3,026	925	30.6%
Not Hispanic or Latino	137,235	91.1%	151,505	92,172	45,063	48.9%
Information Not Available	9,521	6.3%	10,519	4,562	4,959	108.7%

Race	150,707		166,280	99,760
American Indian or Alaskan Native	682	0.5%	769	473	209	44.2%
Asian	987	0.7%	1,179	613	374	61.0%
Black or African American	21,405	14.2%	23,617	17,034	4,371	25.7%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	134	0.1%	145	89	45	50.6%
White	121,133	80.4%	133,590	77,354	43,779	56.6%
Information Not Available	6,366	4.2%	6,980	4,197	2,169	51.7%

Years of Age	150,707		166,280	99,760
Younger than 22	4,241	1.6%	4,583	2,901	1,340	46.2%
22-24	7,963	3.0%	8,862	5,148	2,815	54.7%
25-34	33,476	12.7%	36,893	22,459	11,017	49.1%
35-44	36,289	13.8%	39,987	25,299	10,990	43.4%
45-54	40,230	15.3%	44,386	27,380	12,850	46.9%
55-59	15,487	5.9%	16,756	9,382	6,105	65.1%
60-64	9,163	3.5%	10,284	5,095	4,068	79.8%
65 and older	3,858	1.5%	4,529	2,096	1,762	84.1%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	150,707		166,280	99,760
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	412	0.3%	384	283	129	45.6%
Mining	463	0.3%	510	190	273	143.7%
Utilities	262	0.2%	341	100	162	162.0%
Construction	19,070	12.6%	19,710	12,147	6,923	57.0%
Manufacturing	40,172	26.6%	47,893	28,450	11,722	41.2%
Wholesale Trade	7,827	5.2%	8,864	4,559	3,268	71.7%
Retail Trade	7,396	4.9%	7,891	5,289	2,107	39.8%
Transporation and Warehousing	7,335	4.9%	7,777	4,079	3,256	79.8%
Information	2,949	2.0%	3,060	1,631	1,318	80.8%
Finance and Insurance	4,238	2.8%	4,535	3,570	668	18.7%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	2,063	1.4%	2,088	1,476	587	39.8%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	8,393	5.6%	9,241	4,878	3,515	72.1%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	1,539	1.0%	1,730	936	603	64.4%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	15,783	10.4%	17,837	11,873	3,910	32.9%
Educational Services	3,771	2.5%	4,064	1,924	1,847	96.0%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	10,967	7.3%	11,365	6,738	4,229	62.8%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	1,352	0.9%	1,278	914	438	47.9%
Accomodation and Food Services	6,071	4.0%	6,266	4,114	1,957	47.6%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	3,494	2.3%	3,949	2,257	1,237	54.8%
Public Administration	1,742	1.2%	1,588	1,035	707	68.3%
Information Not Available	5,408	3.6%	5,909	3,317	2,091	63.0%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Oklahoma
	Oct 2009	Percent	Sep 2009	Oct 2008	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	66,522		68,542	21,605
Male	42,616	64.1%	43,001	10,895	31,721	291.2%
Female	23,821	35.8%	25,439	10,679	13,142	123.1%
Information Not Available	85	0.1%	102	31	54	174.2%

Ethnicity	66,522		68,542	21,605
Hispanic or Latino	5,962	9.0%	5,653	1,480	4,482	302.8%
Not Hispanic or Latino	60,560	91.0%	62,889	20,125	40,435	200.9%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Race	66,522		68,542	21,605
American Indian or Alaskan Native	6,070	9.1%	6,235	1,974	4,096	207.5%
Asian	661	1.0%	725	301	360	119.6%
Black or African American	8,378	12.6%	8,960	3,423	4,955	144.8%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	97	0.1%	96	19	78	410.5%
White	43,465	65.3%	45,245	13,648	29,817	218.5%
Information Not Available	7,851	11.8%	7,281	2,240	5,611	250.5%

Years of Age	66,522		68,542	21,605
Younger than 22	2,091	2.0%	2,035	498	1,593	319.9%
22-24	4,160	3.9%	4,076	1,098	3,062	278.9%
25-34	17,174	16.1%	17,453	4,949	12,225	247.0%
35-44	15,532	14.6%	15,915	5,372	10,160	189.1%
45-54	16,407	15.4%	17,002	5,770	10,637	184.4%
55-59	5,488	5.2%	5,783	1,882	3,606	191.6%
60-64	3,445	3.2%	3,721	1,216	2,229	183.3%
65 and older	2,225	2.1%	2,557	820	1,405	171.3%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	66,522		68,542	21,605
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	168	0.3%	162	41	127	309.8%
Mining	5,096	7.6%	5,022	546	4,550	833.3%
Utilities	419	0.6%	501	60	359	598.3%
Construction	7,595	11.4%	6,789	1,712	5,883	343.6%
Manufacturing	13,861	20.8%	14,838	3,878	9,983	257.4%
Wholesale Trade	2,798	4.2%	2,961	760	2,038	268.2%
Retail Trade	5,093	7.6%	5,307	2,043	3,050	149.3%
Transporation and Warehousing	1,783	2.7%	1,846	550	1,233	224.2%
Information	1,409	2.1%	1,560	750	659	87.9%
Finance and Insurance	1,456	2.2%	1,513	818	638	78.0%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	1,257	1.9%	1,272	428	829	193.7%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	2,775	4.2%	2,986	1,147	1,628	141.9%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	228	0.3%	281	141	87	61.7%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	7,909	11.9%	8,222	2,804	5,105	182.1%
Educational Services	1,018	1.5%	1,088	527	491	93.2%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	3,787	5.7%	4,078	1,836	1,951	106.3%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	813	1.2%	811	297	516	173.7%
Accomodation and Food Services	2,517	3.8%	2,435	917	1,600	174.5%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	1,841	2.8%	2,004	633	1,208	190.8%
Public Administration	1,693	2.5%	1,772	868	825	95.0%
Information Not Available	3,006	4.5%	3,094	849	2,157	254.1%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Oregon
	Oct 2009	Percent	Sep 2009	Oct 2008	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	88,874		91,836	60,538
Male	54,873	61.7%	55,672	37,328	17,545	47.0%
Female	33,996	38.3%	36,156	23,209	10,787	46.5%
Information Not Available	5	0.0%	8	1	4	400.0%

Ethnicity	88,874		91,836	60,538
Hispanic or Latino	7,709	8.7%	7,525	4,718	2,991	63.4%
Not Hispanic or Latino	69,155	77.8%	72,032	46,708	22,447	48.1%
Information Not Available	12,010	13.5%	12,279	9,112	2,898	31.8%

Race	88,874		91,836	60,538
American Indian or Alaskan Native	890	1.0%	859	435	455	104.6%
Asian	1,672	1.9%	1,724	834	838	100.5%
Black or African American	1,194	1.3%	1,239	668	526	78.7%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	582	0.7%	548	287	295	102.8%
White	43,782	49.3%	44,408	24,457	19,325	79.0%
Information Not Available	40,754	45.9%	43,058	33,857	6,897	20.4%

Years of Age	88,874		91,836	60,538
Younger than 22	3,354	2.6%	3,436	2,180	1,174	53.9%
22-24	5,691	4.5%	5,743	3,933	1,758	44.7%
25-34	22,438	17.6%	23,358	14,993	7,445	49.7%
35-44	20,322	16.0%	20,985	14,187	6,135	43.2%
45-54	20,532	16.1%	21,354	14,718	5,814	39.5%
55-59	8,518	6.7%	8,775	5,648	2,870	50.8%
60-64	5,366	4.2%	5,484	3,250	2,116	65.1%
65 and older	2,653	2.1%	2,701	1,629	1,024	62.9%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	88,874		91,836	60,538
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	2,255	2.5%	2,021	1,519	736	48.5%
Mining	253	0.3%	202	193	60	31.1%
Utilities	105	0.1%	102	63	42	66.7%
Construction	13,165	14.4%	12,854	9,043	4,122	45.6%
Manufacturing	15,147	16.6%	16,403	11,436	3,711	32.5%
Wholesale Trade	4,076	4.5%	4,413	2,367	1,709	72.2%
Retail Trade	9,099	10.0%	9,683	6,554	2,545	38.8%
Transporation and Warehousing	2,530	2.8%	2,644	1,712	818	47.8%
Information	1,860	2.0%	1,990	1,329	531	40.0%
Finance and Insurance	2,660	2.9%	2,833	2,187	473	21.6%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	1,537	1.7%	1,582	999	538	53.9%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	3,828	4.2%	4,092	2,280	1,548	67.9%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	405	0.4%	452	199	206	103.5%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	7,867	8.6%	8,140	5,707	2,160	37.8%
Educational Services	2,272	2.5%	2,533	982	1,290	131.4%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	6,359	7.0%	6,753	3,993	2,366	59.3%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	1,059	1.2%	940	724	335	46.3%
Accomodation and Food Services	5,916	6.5%	5,810	3,988	1,928	48.3%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	2,419	2.7%	2,527	1,543	876	56.8%
Public Administration	1,802	2.0%	1,774	1,086	716	65.9%
Information Not Available	4,260	4.7%	4,088	2,634	1,626	61.7%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Pennsylvania
	Oct 2009	Percent	Sep 2009	Oct 2008	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	271,778		295,058	176,431
Male	158,931	58.5%	172,533	100,110	58,821	58.8%
Female	112,847	41.5%	122,525	76,321	36,526	47.9%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	271,778		295,058	176,431
Hispanic or Latino	15,671	5.8%	17,126	11,200	4,471	39.9%
Not Hispanic or Latino	252,306	92.8%	270,984	160,870	91,436	56.8%
Information Not Available	3,802	1.4%	6,948	4,361	-559	-12.8%

Race	271,778		295,058	176,431
American Indian or Alaskan Native	185	0.1%	196	396	-211	-53.3%
Asian	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
Black or African American	41,077	15.1%	44,724	28,943	12,134	41.9%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
White	220,872	81.3%	239,374	128,953	91,919	71.3%
Information Not Available	9,643	3.5%	10,765	18,139	-8,496	-46.8%

Years of Age	271,778		295,058	176,431
Younger than 22	8,160	1.7%	8,855	8,822	-662	-7.5%
22-24	10,200	2.2%	11,145	5,352	4,848	90.6%
25-34	54,986	11.6%	59,683	38,161	16,825	44.1%
35-44	56,099	11.9%	60,904	40,738	15,361	37.7%
45-54	75,478	16.0%	81,972	42,818	32,660	76.3%
55-59	29,950	6.3%	32,508	17,445	12,505	71.7%
60-64	20,585	4.4%	22,282	10,011	10,574	105.6%
65 and older	16,320	3.5%	17,709	7,236	9,084	125.5%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	5,848	-5,848	-100.0%

Industry	271,778		295,058	176,431
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	278	0.1%	339	793	-515	-64.9%
Mining	649	0.2%	677	198	451	227.8%
Utilities	278	0.1%	339	99	179	180.8%
Construction	26,334	9.7%	28,453	18,337	7,997	43.6%
Manufacturing	50,072	18.4%	54,921	33,401	16,671	49.9%
Wholesale Trade	10,014	3.7%	10,835	7,335	2,679	36.5%
Retail Trade	21,141	7.8%	22,856	14,868	6,273	42.2%
Transporation and Warehousing	29,765	10.9%	32,178	7,335	22,430	305.8%
Information	6,583	2.4%	7,111	4,460	2,123	47.6%
Finance and Insurance	11,127	4.1%	12,021	5,452	5,675	104.1%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	1,762	0.6%	1,862	1,586	176	11.1%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	13,816	5.1%	14,899	7,632	6,184	81.0%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	649	0.2%	677	1,586	-937	-59.1%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	23,645	8.7%	25,903	17,742	5,903	33.3%
Educational Services	6,305	2.3%	6,772	4,064	2,241	55.1%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	27,261	10.0%	29,261	16,652	10,609	63.7%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	5,285	1.9%	5,756	2,280	3,005	131.8%
Accomodation and Food Services	25,407	9.3%	27,500	9,912	15,495	156.3%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	4,358	1.6%	4,741	3,073	1,285	41.8%
Public Administration	2,504	0.9%	2,709	1,388	1,116	80.4%
Information Not Available	4,545	1.7%	5,248	18,238	-13,693	-75.1%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Puerto Rico
	Oct 2009	Percent	Sep 2009	Oct 2008	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	60,002		62,883	40,997
Male	34,202	57.0%	35,715	22,136	12,066	54.5%
Female	25,800	43.0%	27,168	18,861	6,939	36.8%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	60,002		62,883	40,997
Hispanic or Latino	59,293	98.8%	62,110	40,142	19,151	47.7%
Not Hispanic or Latino	286	0.5%	325	333	-47	-14.1%
Information Not Available	423	0.7%	448	522	-99	-19.0%

Race	60,002		62,883	40,997
American Indian or Alaskan Native	2,646	4.4%	2,699	1,238	1,408	113.7%
Asian	646	1.1%	567	63	583	925.4%
Black or African American	1,986	3.3%	2,113	2,084	-98	-4.7%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	64	0.1%	70	96	-32	-33.3%
White	12,902	21.5%	13,433	8,154	4,748	58.2%
Information Not Available	41,758	69.6%	44,001	29,362	12,396	42.2%

Years of Age	60,002		62,883	40,997
Younger than 22	2,838	4.0%	3,035	2,323	515	22.2%
22-24	5,587	7.9%	5,849	4,044	1,543	38.2%
25-34	20,158	28.4%	21,169	13,747	6,411	46.6%
35-44	14,481	20.4%	15,072	9,782	4,699	48.0%
45-54	10,561	14.9%	11,069	6,920	3,641	52.6%
55-59	3,421	4.8%	3,555	2,269	1,152	50.8%
60-64	2,039	2.9%	2,160	1,347	692	51.4%
65 and older	917	1.3%	974	565	352	62.3%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	60,002		62,883	40,997
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
Mining	72	0.1%	87	68	4	5.9%
Utilities	1,576	2.6%	1,690	985	591	60.0%
Construction	9,024	15.0%	9,264	5,955	3,069	51.5%
Manufacturing	6,071	10.1%	6,916	4,104	1,967	47.9%
Wholesale Trade	9,268	15.4%	9,709	7,172	2,096	29.2%
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	1,661	2.8%	1,693	1,230	431	35.0%
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)	14,348	23.9%	14,935	10,659	3,689	34.6%
Public Administration	7,873	13.1%	8,363	4,427	3,446	77.8%
Information Not Available	10,109	16.8%	10,226	6,397	3,712	58.0%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Rhode Island
	Oct 2009	Percent	Sep 2009	Oct 2008	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	16,738		18,626	13,302
Male	9,318	55.7%	10,003	7,257	2,061	28.4%
Female	7,420	44.3%	8,623	6,045	1,375	22.7%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	16,738		18,626	13,302
Hispanic or Latino	1,821	10.9%	2,096	1,976	-155	-7.8%
Not Hispanic or Latino	10,630	63.5%	11,860	8,032	2,598	32.3%
Information Not Available	4,287	25.6%	4,670	3,294	993	30.1%

Race	16,738		18,626	13,302
American Indian or Alaskan Native	87	0.5%	89	94	-7	-7.4%
Asian	272	1.6%	318	221	51	23.1%
Black or African American	906	5.4%	1,008	709	197	27.8%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	57	0.3%	56	40	17	42.5%
White	12,262	73.3%	13,606	9,412	2,850	30.3%
Information Not Available	3,154	18.8%	3,549	2,826	328	11.6%

Years of Age	16,738		18,626	13,302
Younger than 22	501	1.8%	534	371	130	35.0%
22-24	889	3.2%	967	741	148	20.0%
25-34	3,613	13.0%	3,825	2,889	724	25.1%
35-44	3,817	13.7%	4,215	3,218	599	18.6%
45-54	4,188	15.1%	4,818	3,303	885	26.8%
55-59	1,681	6.0%	1,922	1,299	382	29.4%
60-64	1,205	4.3%	1,405	882	323	36.6%
65 and older	844	3.0%	940	599	245	40.9%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	16,738		18,626	13,302
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	25	0.1%	20	15	10	66.7%
Mining	7	0.0%	7	12	-5	-41.7%
Utilities	11	0.1%	10	19	-8	-42.1%
Construction	2,446	14.6%	2,440	1,786	660	37.0%
Manufacturing	2,967	17.7%	3,583	2,318	649	28.0%
Wholesale Trade	739	4.4%	884	550	189	34.4%
Retail Trade	1,414	8.4%	1,635	1,344	70	5.2%
Transporation and Warehousing	441	2.6%	559	355	86	24.2%
Information	332	2.0%	434	270	62	23.0%
Finance and Insurance	891	5.3%	1,059	857	34	4.0%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	323	1.9%	362	225	98	43.6%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	916	5.5%	1,050	622	294	47.3%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	119	0.7%	117	56	63	112.5%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	1,350	8.1%	1,491	1,129	221	19.6%
Educational Services	664	4.0%	759	439	225	51.3%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	1,605	9.6%	1,752	1,346	259	19.2%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	266	1.6%	246	234	32	13.7%
Accomodation and Food Services	1,084	6.5%	1,027	721	363	50.3%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	595	3.5%	630	481	114	23.7%
Public Administration	144	0.9%	173	107	37	34.6%
Information Not Available	399	2.4%	388	416	-17	-4.1%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants South Carolina
	Oct 2009	Percent	Sep 2009	Oct 2008	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	87,912		90,094	62,599
Male	49,079	55.8%	50,112	33,419	15,660	46.9%
Female	38,833	44.2%	39,982	29,180	9,653	33.1%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	87,912		90,094	62,599
Hispanic or Latino	2,108	2.4%	2,186	1,381	727	52.6%
Not Hispanic or Latino	77,596	88.3%	77,796	54,395	23,201	42.7%
Information Not Available	8,208	9.3%	10,112	6,823	1,385	20.3%

Race	87,912		90,094	62,599
American Indian or Alaskan Native	548	0.6%	521	349	199	57.0%
Asian	539	0.6%	579	313	226	72.2%
Black or African American	36,988	42.1%	38,132	29,848	7,140	23.9%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	170	0.2%	178	135	35	25.9%
White	47,982	54.6%	48,920	30,868	17,114	55.4%
Information Not Available	1,685	1.9%	1,764	1,086	599	55.2%

Years of Age	87,912		90,094	62,599
Younger than 22	4,948	3.8%	4,395	3,617	1,331	36.8%
22-24	3,907	3.0%	3,785	2,688	1,219	45.3%
25-34	20,753	15.8%	20,789	14,453	6,300	43.6%
35-44	18,922	14.4%	19,158	13,522	5,400	39.9%
45-54	18,570	14.1%	19,001	12,866	5,704	44.3%
55-59	6,658	5.1%	6,834	4,470	2,188	48.9%
60-64	4,509	3.4%	4,757	2,871	1,638	57.1%
65 and older	2,694	2.1%	2,820	1,664	1,030	61.9%
Information Not Available	6,951	5.3%	8,555	6,448	503	7.8%

Industry	87,912		90,094	62,599
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	370	0.4%	363	330	40	12.1%
Mining	110	0.1%	93	69	41	59.4%
Utilities	119	0.1%	115	89	30	33.7%
Construction	9,605	10.9%	9,213	7,080	2,525	35.7%
Manufacturing	15,516	17.6%	18,989	12,051	3,465	28.8%
Wholesale Trade	3,648	4.1%	3,900	2,500	1,148	45.9%
Retail Trade	9,388	10.6%	9,263	6,841	2,547	37.2%
Transporation and Warehousing	2,502	2.8%	2,426	2,069	433	20.9%
Information	916	1.0%	1,035	697	219	31.4%
Finance and Insurance	2,044	2.3%	2,110	1,463	581	39.7%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	1,392	1.6%	1,351	1,243	149	12.0%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	3,273	3.7%	3,482	2,078	1,195	57.5%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	304	0.3%	299	119	185	155.5%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	9,331	10.6%	9,743	8,285	1,046	12.6%
Educational Services	1,856	2.1%	1,974	938	918	97.9%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	5,010	5.7%	4,934	3,256	1,754	53.9%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	968	1.1%	751	824	144	17.5%
Accomodation and Food Services	7,335	8.3%	6,336	5,019	2,316	46.1%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	1,983	2.2%	1,973	1,337	646	48.3%
Public Administration	1,337	1.5%	1,309	837	500	59.7%
Information Not Available	10,905	12.4%	10,435	5,474	5,431	99.2%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants South Dakota
	Oct 2009	Percent	Sep 2009	Oct 2008	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	4,123		3,900	1,542
Male	2,483	60.2%	2,176	835	1,648	197.4%
Female	1,640	39.8%	1,724	707	933	132.0%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	4,123		3,900	1,542
Hispanic or Latino	93	2.3%	84	37	56	151.4%
Not Hispanic or Latino	3,705	89.9%	3,558	1,370	2,335	170.4%
Information Not Available	325	7.9%	258	135	190	140.7%

Race	4,123		3,900	1,542
American Indian or Alaskan Native	368	8.9%	353	252	116	46.0%
Asian	7	0.2%	1	4	3	75.0%
Black or African American	126	3.1%	132	32	94	293.8%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	1	0.0%	1	1	0	0.0%
White	3,300	80.0%	3,144	1,137	2,163	190.2%
Information Not Available	321	7.8%	269	116	205	176.7%

Years of Age	4,123		3,900	1,542
Younger than 22	83	1.2%	57	31	52	167.7%
22-24	183	2.6%	189	53	130	245.3%
25-34	855	12.0%	832	303	552	182.2%
35-44	903	12.6%	909	355	548	154.4%
45-54	1,207	16.9%	1,075	483	724	149.9%
55-59	450	6.3%	419	168	282	167.9%
60-64	283	4.0%	273	98	185	188.8%
65 and older	159	2.2%	146	51	108	211.8%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	4,123		3,900	1,542
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	32	0.8%	26	27	5	18.5%
Mining	18	0.4%	28	16	2	12.5%
Utilities	4	0.1%	5	2	2	100.0%
Construction	586	14.1%	383	142	444	312.7%
Manufacturing	1,133	27.3%	1,176	260	873	335.8%
Wholesale Trade	182	4.4%	180	71	111	156.3%
Retail Trade	338	8.1%	335	183	155	84.7%
Transporation and Warehousing	94	2.3%	68	39	55	141.0%
Information	67	1.6%	74	19	48	252.6%
Finance and Insurance	207	5.0%	209	67	140	209.0%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	47	1.1%	43	13	34	261.5%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	133	3.2%	132	50	83	166.0%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	10	0.2%	11	3	7	233.3%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	248	6.0%	217	113	135	119.5%
Educational Services	118	2.8%	122	78	40	51.3%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	210	5.1%	232	105	105	100.0%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	71	1.7%	66	38	33	86.8%
Accomodation and Food Services	284	6.8%	275	112	172	153.6%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	63	1.5%	74	39	24	61.5%
Public Administration	132	3.2%	140	100	32	32.0%
Information Not Available	146	3.5%	104	65	81	124.6%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Tennessee
	Oct 2009	Percent	Sep 2009	Oct 2008	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	75,393		82,043	52,843
Male	43,346	57.5%	47,907	27,813	15,533	55.8%
Female	32,047	42.5%	34,136	25,030	7,017	28.0%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	75,393		82,043	52,843
Hispanic or Latino	1,119	1.5%	1,166	669	450	67.3%
Not Hispanic or Latino	74,274	98.5%	80,877	52,174	22,100	42.4%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Race	75,393		82,043	52,843
American Indian or Alaskan Native	170	0.2%	184	125	45	36.0%
Asian	708	0.9%	1,924	572	136	23.8%
Black or African American	19,430	25.8%	23,535	14,414	5,016	34.8%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	619	0.8%	632	396	223	56.3%
White	53,447	70.9%	54,724	36,673	16,774	45.7%
Information Not Available	1,019	1.4%	1,044	663	356	53.7%

Years of Age	75,393		82,043	52,843
Younger than 22	1,645	1.3%	1,774	1,220	425	34.8%
22-24	3,487	2.8%	3,861	2,398	1,089	45.4%
25-34	15,951	13.0%	18,084	10,958	4,993	45.6%
35-44	17,483	14.2%	19,461	12,622	4,861	38.5%
45-54	19,177	15.6%	20,900	13,651	5,526	40.5%
55-59	7,501	6.1%	8,010	5,411	2,090	38.6%
60-64	5,836	4.7%	5,915	3,980	1,856	46.6%
65 and older	3,906	3.2%	3,673	2,517	1,389	55.2%
Information Not Available	407	0.3%	365	86	321	373.3%

Industry	75,393		82,043	52,843
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	214	0.3%	192	123	91	74.0%
Mining	272	0.4%	292	82	190	231.7%
Utilities	83	0.1%	97	45	38	84.4%
Construction	8,128	10.8%	8,252	4,973	3,155	63.4%
Manufacturing	20,657	27.3%	21,666	14,195	6,462	45.5%
Wholesale Trade	4,348	5.8%	4,614	2,621	1,727	65.9%
Retail Trade	6,842	9.0%	6,997	5,139	1,703	33.1%
Transporation and Warehousing	2,958	3.9%	3,082	2,009	949	47.2%
Information	1,182	1.6%	1,219	888	294	33.1%
Finance and Insurance	1,946	2.6%	1,928	1,680	266	15.8%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	1,068	1.4%	1,071	798	270	33.8%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	2,839	3.8%	2,963	2,015	824	40.9%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	288	0.4%	299	170	118	69.4%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	9,363	12.4%	10,013	6,787	2,576	38.0%
Educational Services	1,468	1.9%	1,544	1,138	330	29.0%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	4,000	5.3%	4,021	3,151	849	26.9%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	510	0.7%	474	352	158	44.9%
Accomodation and Food Services	3,775	5.0%	3,890	2,565	1,210	47.2%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	1,810	2.4%	1,859	1,385	425	30.7%
Public Administration	1,214	1.6%	1,261	945	269	28.5%
Information Not Available	2,428	3.2%	6,309	1,782	646	36.3%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Texas
	Oct 2009	Percent	Sep 2009	Oct 2008	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	242,490		261,940	132,102
Male	147,733	60.9%	161,321	66,992	80,741	120.5%
Female	94,757	39.1%	100,615	65,109	29,648	45.5%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	4	1	-1	-100.0%

Ethnicity	242,490		261,940	132,102
Hispanic or Latino	74,040	30.5%	78,692	36,194	37,846	104.6%
Not Hispanic or Latino	148,116	61.1%	160,254	83,927	64,189	76.5%
Information Not Available	20,334	8.4%	22,994	11,981	8,353	69.7%

Race	242,490		261,940	132,102
American Indian or Alaskan Native	1,006	0.4%	1,170	546	460	84.2%
Asian	5,968	2.5%	6,779	2,625	3,343	127.4%
Black or African American	46,265	19.1%	48,607	32,009	14,256	44.5%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0	0.0%	0	128	-128	-100.0%
White	94,557	39.0%	103,357	48,578	45,979	94.6%
Information Not Available	94,694	39.1%	102,027	48,216	46,478	96.4%

Years of Age	242,490		261,940	132,102
Younger than 22	6,979	2.2%	7,471	3,373	3,606	106.9%
22-24	14,186	4.4%	14,932	6,917	7,269	105.1%
25-34	60,391	18.6%	65,376	32,506	27,885	85.8%
35-44	61,324	18.9%	66,185	35,381	25,943	73.3%
45-54	59,829	18.4%	64,861	32,968	26,861	81.5%
55-59	20,664	6.4%	22,055	11,246	9,418	83.7%
60-64	12,567	3.9%	13,952	6,324	6,243	98.7%
65 and older	6,550	2.0%	7,108	3,384	3,166	93.6%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	3	-3	-100.0%

Industry	242,490		261,940	132,102
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	1,321	0.5%	1,747	971	350	36.0%
Mining	10,092	4.1%	12,320	1,345	8,747	650.3%
Utilities	654	0.3%	663	276	378	137.0%
Construction	33,082	13.6%	35,365	14,629	18,453	126.1%
Manufacturing	32,378	13.3%	38,090	14,776	17,602	119.1%
Wholesale Trade	14,446	5.9%	17,120	8,449	5,997	71.0%
Retail Trade	17,936	7.4%	18,516	10,335	7,601	73.5%
Transporation and Warehousing	9,891	4.1%	11,554	4,879	5,012	102.7%
Information	5,888	2.4%	6,233	4,363	1,525	35.0%
Finance and Insurance	9,474	3.9%	10,353	7,540	1,934	25.6%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	4,836	2.0%	5,050	2,726	2,110	77.4%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	19,368	7.9%	20,952	9,361	10,007	106.9%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	1,148	0.5%	1,382	539	609	113.0%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	30,886	12.7%	31,885	17,781	13,105	73.7%
Educational Services	5,276	2.2%	5,595	3,149	2,127	67.5%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	15,651	6.4%	15,371	10,936	4,715	43.1%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	1,307	0.5%	1,358	1,089	218	20.0%
Accomodation and Food Services	9,318	3.8%	8,846	6,039	3,279	54.3%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	5,540	2.3%	5,486	3,056	2,484	81.3%
Public Administration	2,484	1.0%	2,337	1,551	933	60.2%
Information Not Available	11,514	4.7%	11,717	8,312	3,202	38.5%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Utah
	Oct 2009	Percent	Sep 2009	Oct 2008	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	30,354		31,789	15,621
Male	19,383	63.9%	20,104	9,410	9,973	106.0%
Female	10,818	35.6%	11,554	6,105	4,713	77.2%
Information Not Available	153	0.5%	131	106	47	44.3%

Ethnicity	30,354		31,789	15,621
Hispanic or Latino	2,564	8.4%	2,717	1,364	1,200	88.0%
Not Hispanic or Latino	20,523	67.6%	21,393	11,122	9,401	84.5%
Information Not Available	7,267	23.9%	7,679	3,135	4,132	131.8%

Race	30,354		31,789	15,621
American Indian or Alaskan Native	760	2.5%	846	476	284	59.7%
Asian	479	1.6%	533	236	243	103.0%
Black or African American	516	1.7%	537	255	261	102.4%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	455	1.5%	497	208	247	118.8%
White	19,319	63.6%	20,197	11,048	8,271	74.9%
Information Not Available	8,825	29.1%	9,179	3,398	5,427	159.7%

Years of Age	30,354		31,789	15,621
Younger than 22	1,638	3.4%	1,747	710	928	130.7%
22-24	2,546	5.3%	2,675	1,132	1,414	124.9%
25-34	9,309	19.2%	9,722	4,563	4,746	104.0%
35-44	6,744	13.9%	7,119	3,610	3,134	86.8%
45-54	6,110	12.6%	6,392	3,422	2,688	78.6%
55-59	2,246	4.6%	2,270	1,232	1,014	82.3%
60-64	1,261	2.6%	1,354	697	564	80.9%
65 and older	500	1.0%	510	254	246	96.9%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	1	-1	-100.0%

Industry	30,354		31,789	15,621
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	86	0.3%	75	44	42	95.5%
Mining	635	2.1%	829	111	524	472.1%
Utilities	37	0.1%	32	22	15	68.2%
Construction	4,247	14.0%	4,264	2,449	1,798	73.4%
Manufacturing	3,574	11.7%	4,034	2,230	1,344	60.3%
Wholesale Trade	1,416	4.7%	1,508	592	824	139.2%
Retail Trade	2,987	9.8%	3,121	1,608	1,379	85.8%
Transporation and Warehousing	1,359	4.5%	1,298	541	818	151.2%
Information	856	2.8%	1,019	447	409	91.5%
Finance and Insurance	1,289	4.2%	1,282	598	691	115.6%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	549	1.8%	538	324	225	69.4%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	1,936	6.4%	2,086	902	1,034	114.6%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	69	0.2%	71	41	28	68.3%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	4,109	13.5%	4,238	2,271	1,838	80.9%
Educational Services	845	2.8%	913	364	481	132.1%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	1,308	4.3%	1,348	658	650	98.8%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	431	1.4%	393	153	278	181.7%
Accomodation and Food Services	1,462	4.8%	1,448	644	818	127.0%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	613	2.0%	634	273	340	124.5%
Public Administration	499	1.6%	471	270	229	84.8%
Information Not Available	2,047	6.7%	2,187	1,079	968	89.7%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Virginia
	Oct 2009	Percent	Sep 2009	Oct 2008	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	80,270		85,366	48,940
Male	46,525	58.0%	49,232	27,622	18,903	68.4%
Female	33,730	42.0%	36,119	21,312	12,418	58.3%
Information Not Available	15	0.0%	15	6	9	150.0%

Ethnicity	80,270		85,366	48,940
Hispanic or Latino	3,711	4.6%	3,843	1,774	1,937	109.2%
Not Hispanic or Latino	72,267	90.0%	76,950	44,840	27,427	61.2%
Information Not Available	4,292	5.3%	4,573	2,326	1,966	84.5%

Race	80,270		85,366	48,940
American Indian or Alaskan Native	5,853	7.3%	6,154	2,022	3,831	189.5%
Asian	372	0.5%	418	1,066	-694	-65.1%
Black or African American	28,796	35.9%	30,443	18,635	10,161	54.5%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
White	40,957	51.0%	43,778	24,891	16,066	64.5%
Information Not Available	4,292	5.3%	4,573	2,326	1,966	84.5%

Years of Age	80,270		85,366	48,940
Younger than 22	1,977	1.7%	1,952	1,261	716	56.8%
22-24	4,448	3.8%	4,578	2,599	1,849	71.1%
25-34	19,573	16.8%	20,522	11,349	8,224	72.5%
35-44	19,489	16.7%	20,850	12,377	7,112	57.5%
45-54	20,518	17.6%	21,983	12,962	7,556	58.3%
55-59	7,249	6.2%	7,856	4,374	2,875	65.7%
60-64	4,711	4.0%	5,118	2,763	1,948	70.5%
65 and older	2,297	2.0%	2,499	1,254	1,043	83.2%
Information Not Available	8	0.0%	8	1	7	700.0%

Industry	80,270		85,366	48,940
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	89	0.1%	94	49	40	81.6%
Mining	253	0.3%	354	39	214	548.7%
Utilities	25	0.0%	16	9	16	177.8%
Construction	5,431	6.8%	5,362	2,769	2,662	96.1%
Manufacturing	5,773	7.2%	6,778	5,363	410	7.6%
Wholesale Trade	997	1.2%	1,230	561	436	77.7%
Retail Trade	2,513	3.1%	2,582	1,451	1,062	73.2%
Transporation and Warehousing	1,460	1.8%	1,470	851	609	71.6%
Information	582	0.7%	607	481	101	21.0%
Finance and Insurance	708	0.9%	814	430	278	64.7%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	530	0.7%	525	288	242	84.0%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	2,009	2.5%	2,068	1,019	990	97.2%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	109	0.1%	117	38	71	186.8%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	3,840	4.8%	4,151	2,305	1,535	66.6%
Educational Services	295	0.4%	320	158	137	86.7%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	1,884	2.3%	1,832	972	912	93.8%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	181	0.2%	188	98	83	84.7%
Accomodation and Food Services	1,678	2.1%	1,690	866	812	93.8%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	735	0.9%	853	465	270	58.1%
Public Administration	5,075	6.3%	5,400	2,352	2,723	115.8%
Information Not Available	46,103	57.4%	48,915	28,376	17,727	62.5%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Virgin Islands
	Oct 2009	Percent	Sep 2009	Oct 2008	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	792		860	492
Male	435	54.9%	543	280	155	55.4%
Female	356	44.9%	317	212	144	67.9%
Information Not Available	1	0.1%	0	0	1	0.0%

Ethnicity	792		860	492
Hispanic or Latino	141	17.8%	177	131	10	7.6%
Not Hispanic or Latino	638	80.6%	675	353	285	80.7%
Information Not Available	13	1.6%	8	8	5	62.5%

Race	792		860	492
American Indian or Alaskan Native	2	0.3%	3	1	1	100.0%
Asian	10	1.3%	6	12	-2	-16.7%
Black or African American	556	70.2%	607	317	239	75.4%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	9	1.1%	7	7	2	28.6%
White	70	8.8%	59	23	47	204.3%
Information Not Available	145	18.3%	178	132	13	9.8%

Years of Age	792		860	492
Younger than 22	22	2.8%	13	15	7	46.7%
22-24	49	6.2%	57	38	11	28.9%
25-34	171	21.5%	206	105	66	62.9%
35-44	196	24.6%	170	127	69	54.3%
45-54	181	22.7%	217	97	84	86.6%
55-59	66	8.3%	74	54	12	22.2%
60-64	66	8.3%	70	37	29	78.4%
65 and older	38	4.8%	49	18	20	111.1%
Information Not Available	3	0.4%	4	1	2	200.0%

Industry	792		860	492
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
Mining	1	0.1%	3	1	0	0.0%
Utilities	2	0.3%	1	0	2	0.0%
Construction	154	19.4%	151	132	22	16.7%
Manufacturing	18	2.3%	13	32	-14	-43.8%
Wholesale Trade	11	1.4%	25	14	-3	-21.4%
Retail Trade	75	9.5%	68	45	30	66.7%
Transporation and Warehousing	17	2.1%	11	1	16	1600.0%
Information	10	1.3%	12	3	7	233.3%
Finance and Insurance	7	0.9%	17	5	2	40.0%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	16	2.0%	20	9	7	77.8%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	26	3.3%	24	7	19	271.4%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	8	1.0%	15	9	-1	-11.1%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	37	4.7%	32	23	14	60.9%
Educational Services	21	2.7%	20	5	16	320.0%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	25	3.2%	13	8	17	212.5%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	8	1.0%	9	3	5	166.7%
Accomodation and Food Services	188	23.7%	106	54	134	248.1%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	99	12.5%	262	86	13	15.1%
Public Administration	8	1.0%	6	4	4	100.0%
Information Not Available	61	7.7%	52	51	10	19.6%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Vermont
	Oct 2009	Percent	Sep 2009	Oct 2008	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	11,999		11,599	5,999
Male	7,115	59.3%	6,777	3,462	3,653	105.5%
Female	4,884	40.7%	4,822	2,537	2,347	92.5%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	11,999		11,599	5,999
Hispanic or Latino	20	0.2%	23	10	10	100.0%
Not Hispanic or Latino	3,126	26.1%	2,974	1,515	1,611	106.3%
Information Not Available	8,853	73.8%	8,602	4,474	4,379	97.9%

Race	11,999		11,599	5,999
American Indian or Alaskan Native	20	0.2%	20	13	7	53.8%
Asian	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
Black or African American	43	0.4%	47	28	15	53.6%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	14	0.1%	15	8	6	75.0%
White	3,069	25.6%	2,915	1,476	1,593	107.9%
Information Not Available	8,853	73.8%	8,602	4,474	4,379	97.9%

Years of Age	11,999		11,599	5,999
Younger than 22	442	3.1%	407	236	206	87.3%
22-24	725	5.1%	701	343	382	111.4%
25-34	2,601	18.4%	2,551	1,266	1,335	105.5%
35-44	2,565	18.2%	2,496	1,292	1,273	98.5%
45-54	2,865	20.3%	2,737	1,483	1,382	93.2%
55-59	1,219	8.6%	1,200	640	579	90.5%
60-64	937	6.6%	908	425	512	120.5%
65 and older	645	4.6%	599	314	331	105.4%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	11,999		11,599	5,999
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	99	0.8%	88	46	53	115.2%
Mining	45	0.4%	42	7	38	542.9%
Utilities	21	0.2%	24	10	11	110.0%
Construction	1,687	13.9%	1,556	870	817	93.9%
Manufacturing	2,101	17.4%	2,136	936	1,165	124.5%
Wholesale Trade	563	4.7%	565	239	324	135.6%
Retail Trade	1,444	11.9%	1,461	712	732	102.8%
Transporation and Warehousing	332	2.7%	326	178	154	86.5%
Information	213	1.8%	216	99	114	115.2%
Finance and Insurance	205	1.7%	207	100	105	105.0%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	196	1.6%	182	94	102	108.5%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	489	4.0%	501	276	213	77.2%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	7	0.1%	9	6	1	16.7%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	812	6.7%	755	378	434	114.8%
Educational Services	443	3.7%	463	195	248	127.2%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	994	8.2%	1,016	499	495	99.2%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	193	1.6%	114	132	61	46.2%
Accomodation and Food Services	1,514	12.5%	1,355	904	610	67.5%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	325	2.7%	305	137	188	137.2%
Public Administration	316	2.6%	278	181	135	74.6%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Washington
	Oct 2009	Percent	Sep 2009	Oct 2008	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	126,403		127,980	67,398
Male	78,850	62.4%	78,870	42,296	36,554	86.4%
Female	47,549	37.6%	49,105	25,102	22,447	89.4%
Information Not Available	4	0.0%	5	0	4	0.0%

Ethnicity	126,403		127,980	67,398
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	126,403	100.0%	127,980	67,398	59,005	87.5%

Race	126,403		127,980	67,398
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	126,403	100.0%	127,980	67,398	59,005	87.5%

Years of Age	126,403		127,980	67,398
Younger than 22	3,881	3.3%	3,565	1,717	2,164	126.0%
22-24	7,642	6.4%	7,499	3,587	4,055	113.0%
25-34	31,654	26.5%	31,966	15,953	15,701	98.4%
35-44	30,052	25.2%	30,282	16,581	13,471	81.2%
45-54	31,049	26.0%	31,819	17,687	13,362	75.5%
55-59	11,729	9.8%	12,028	6,500	5,229	80.4%
60-64	7,068	5.9%	7,408	3,769	3,299	87.5%
65 and older	3,328	2.8%	3,413	1,604	1,724	107.5%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	126,403		127,980	67,398
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	126,403	100.0%	127,980	67,398	59,005	87.5%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Wisconsin
	Oct 2009	Percent	Sep 2009	Oct 2008	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	131,428		131,377	72,779
Male	76,977	58.6%	78,012	41,448	35,529	85.7%
Female	54,451	41.4%	53,339	31,331	23,120	73.8%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	26	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	131,428		131,377	72,779
Hispanic or Latino	5,508	4.2%	5,309	3,042	2,466	81.1%
Not Hispanic or Latino	125,105	95.2%	124,846	69,344	55,761	80.4%
Information Not Available	815	0.6%	1,222	393	422	107.4%

Race	131,428		131,377	72,779
American Indian or Alaskan Native	1,367	1.0%	1,248	764	603	78.9%
Asian	2,116	1.6%	2,417	881	1,235	140.2%
Black or African American	14,866	11.3%	14,045	9,570	5,296	55.3%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	131	0.1%	131	51	80	156.9%
White	112,133	85.3%	112,314	61,120	51,013	83.5%
Information Not Available	815	0.6%	1,222	393	422	107.4%

Years of Age	131,428		131,377	72,779
Younger than 22	4,902	2.1%	4,664	2,838	2,064	72.7%
22-24	8,714	3.7%	8,474	4,811	3,903	81.1%
25-34	31,148	13.2%	31,071	16,938	14,210	83.9%
35-44	28,270	12.0%	28,890	16,574	11,696	70.6%
45-54	32,976	14.0%	33,461	18,648	14,328	76.8%
55-59	12,591	5.4%	12,612	6,558	6,033	92.0%
60-64	8,227	3.5%	8,027	4,170	4,057	97.3%
65 and older	4,600	2.0%	4,178	2,242	2,358	105.2%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	131,428		131,377	72,779
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	605	0.5%	447	313	292	93.3%
Mining	131	0.1%	105	80	51	63.8%
Utilities	197	0.1%	145	66	131	198.5%
Construction	13,669	10.4%	13,388	7,801	5,868	75.2%
Manufacturing	41,859	31.7%	45,463	21,306	20,553	96.5%
Wholesale Trade	5,796	4.4%	5,729	2,715	3,081	113.5%
Retail Trade	12,183	9.2%	11,418	7,284	4,899	67.3%
Transporation and Warehousing	4,416	3.3%	4,756	2,853	1,563	54.8%
Information	2,169	1.6%	2,036	1,223	946	77.4%
Finance and Insurance	3,614	2.7%	3,363	2,118	1,496	70.6%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	1,249	0.9%	1,130	757	492	65.0%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	4,127	3.1%	4,283	2,234	1,893	84.7%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	775	0.6%	775	240	535	222.9%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	12,091	9.2%	11,457	7,553	4,538	60.1%
Educational Services	2,182	1.7%	2,233	968	1,214	125.4%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	10,028	7.6%	9,224	5,559	4,469	80.4%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	1,577	1.2%	1,314	881	696	79.0%
Accomodation and Food Services	7,544	5.7%	6,819	4,403	3,141	71.3%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	2,905	2.2%	2,562	1,659	1,246	75.1%
Public Administration	2,234	1.7%	1,682	1,092	1,142	104.6%
Information Not Available	2,077	1.6%	3,048	1,674	403	24.1%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants West Virginia
	Oct 2009	Percent	Sep 2009	Oct 2008	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	24,836		24,654	11,578
Male	17,906	72.1%	17,811	7,140	10,766	150.8%
Female	6,930	27.9%	6,843	4,438	2,492	56.2%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	24,836		24,654	11,578
Hispanic or Latino	307	1.2%	346	211	96	45.5%
Not Hispanic or Latino	19,332	77.8%	19,231	9,549	9,783	102.5%
Information Not Available	5,197	20.9%	5,077	1,818	3,379	185.9%

Race	24,836		24,654	11,578
American Indian or Alaskan Native	64	0.3%	47	24	40	166.7%
Asian	62	0.2%	27	22	40	181.8%
Black or African American	809	3.3%	833	587	222	37.8%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	10	0.0%	7	4	6	150.0%
White	22,985	92.5%	22,865	10,653	12,332	115.8%
Information Not Available	906	3.6%	875	288	618	214.6%

Years of Age	24,836		24,654	11,578
Younger than 22	874	1.9%	827	349	525	150.4%
22-24	1,418	3.0%	1,575	626	792	126.5%
25-34	6,617	14.2%	6,382	2,976	3,641	122.3%
35-44	6,151	13.2%	6,124	2,965	3,186	107.5%
45-54	5,782	12.4%	5,842	2,885	2,897	100.4%
55-59	2,225	4.8%	2,128	997	1,228	123.2%
60-64	1,174	2.5%	1,234	500	674	134.8%
65 and older	595	1.3%	541	280	315	112.5%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	1	0	0	0.0%

Industry	24,836		24,654	11,578
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	145	0.6%	133	83	62	74.7%
Mining	3,201	12.8%	2,969	333	2,868	861.3%
Utilities	47	0.2%	44	17	30	176.5%
Construction	4,552	18.2%	4,772	2,131	2,421	113.6%
Manufacturing	3,909	15.6%	3,573	1,436	2,473	172.2%
Wholesale Trade	821	3.3%	867	429	392	91.4%
Retail Trade	1,998	8.0%	1,758	1,340	658	49.1%
Transporation and Warehousing	903	3.6%	975	310	593	191.3%
Information	242	1.0%	330	138	104	75.4%
Finance and Insurance	338	1.4%	337	232	106	45.7%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	294	1.2%	328	134	160	119.4%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	867	3.5%	859	489	378	77.3%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	25	0.1%	30	11	14	127.3%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	1,793	7.2%	1,985	903	890	98.6%
Educational Services	204	0.8%	282	157	47	29.9%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	1,586	6.3%	1,578	1,116	470	42.1%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	192	0.8%	130	149	43	28.9%
Accomodation and Food Services	1,310	5.2%	1,184	784	526	67.1%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	712	2.9%	820	360	352	97.8%
Public Administration	308	1.2%	222	155	153	98.7%
Information Not Available	1,389	5.6%	1,478	871	518	59.5%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Wyoming
	Oct 2009	Percent	Sep 2009	Oct 2008	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	7,712		7,556	1,910
Male	5,468	70.9%	5,467	1,122	4,346	387.3%
Female	2,244	29.1%	2,089	788	1,456	184.8%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	7,712		7,556	1,910
Hispanic or Latino	717	9.3%	688	196	521	265.8%
Not Hispanic or Latino	6,449	83.6%	6,388	1,567	4,882	311.6%
Information Not Available	546	7.1%	500	147	399	271.4%

Race	7,712		7,556	1,910
American Indian or Alaskan Native	271	3.5%	267	110	161	146.4%
Asian	57	0.7%	23	6	51	850.0%
Black or African American	87	1.1%	123	33	54	163.6%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	25	0.3%	16	6	19	316.7%
White	6,841	88.7%	6,722	1,650	5,191	314.6%
Information Not Available	431	5.6%	405	105	326	310.5%

Years of Age	7,712		7,556	1,910
Younger than 22	189	1.3%	227	30	159	530.0%
22-24	687	4.8%	706	105	582	554.3%
25-34	2,063	14.6%	1,999	442	1,621	366.7%
35-44	1,656	11.7%	1,623	428	1,228	286.9%
45-54	1,854	13.1%	1,793	529	1,325	250.5%
55-59	655	4.6%	643	178	477	268.0%
60-64	378	2.7%	349	109	269	246.8%
65 and older	230	1.6%	214	89	141	158.4%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	2	0	0	0.0%

Industry	7,712		7,556	1,910
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	39	0.5%	39	2	37	1850.0%
Mining	1,146	14.8%	1,484	105	1,041	991.4%
Utilities	12	0.2%	13	5	7	140.0%
Construction	1,711	22.1%	1,495	453	1,258	277.7%
Manufacturing	298	3.8%	335	76	222	292.1%
Wholesale Trade	227	2.9%	331	48	179	372.9%
Retail Trade	529	6.8%	547	124	405	326.6%
Transporation and Warehousing	344	4.4%	311	80	264	330.0%
Information	39	0.5%	49	21	18	85.7%
Finance and Insurance	65	0.8%	74	32	33	103.1%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	113	1.5%	115	31	82	264.5%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	232	3.0%	301	64	168	262.5%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	8	0.1%	0	5	3	60.0%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	388	5.0%	315	110	278	252.7%
Educational Services	132	1.7%	134	51	81	158.8%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	437	5.6%	338	144	293	203.5%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	83	1.1%	45	35	48	137.1%
Accomodation and Food Services	642	8.3%	430	191	451	236.1%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	234	3.0%	264	69	165	239.1%
Public Administration	145	1.9%	115	66	79	119.7%
Information Not Available	888	11.5%	821	198	690	348.5%