Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants

September 2009

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants: Total Claimants September 2009
	Sep 2009	Aug 2009	Monthly Change	Sep 2008	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
United States	5,204,448	5,595,701	-391,253	3,006,706	2,197,742	73.1
Alaska	11,398	11,622	-224	6,891	4,507	65.4
Alabama	66,019	71,383	-5,364	35,052	30,967	88.3
Arkansas	52,518	54,395	-1,877	30,873	21,645	70.1
Arizona	107,543	111,929	-4,386	52,356	55,187	105.4
California	738,531	783,695	-45,164	494,776	243,755	49.3
Colorado	62,105	64,907	-2,802	25,972	36,133	139.1
Connecticut	73,018	86,344	-13,326	43,421	29,597	68.2
District of Columbia	15,808	15,315	493	9,177	6,631	72.3
Delaware	5,533	15,181	-9,648	8,821	-3,288	-37.3
Florida	300,770	312,062	-11,292	196,696	104,074	52.9
Georgia	158,031	163,876	-5,845	81,096	76,935	94.9
Hawaii	20,647	20,147	500	13,183	7,464	56.6
Iowa	41,447	47,684	-6,237	21,420	20,027	93.5
Idaho	23,460	29,901	-6,441	12,696	10,764	84.8
Illinois	243,450	271,156	-27,706	136,149	107,301	78.8
Indiana	96,980	108,460	-11,480	63,640	33,340	52.4
Kansas	47,807	48,323	-516	20,445	27,362	133.8
Kentucky	59,893	68,239	-8,346	35,716	24,177	67.7
Louisiana	73,193	75,305	-2,112	40,093	33,100	82.6
Massachusetts	126,325	144,542	-18,217	80,457	45,868	57.0
Maryland	77,508	85,548	-8,040	45,712	31,796	69.6
Maine	13,112	14,721	-1,609	7,801	5,311	68.1
Michigan	194,724	221,355	-26,631	135,121	59,603	44.1
Minnesota	83,878	91,652	-7,774	38,942	44,936	115.4
Missouri	90,497	100,054	-9,557	51,863	38,634	74.5
Mississippi	41,034	39,530	1,504	24,719	16,315	66.0
Montana	9,011	9,946	-935	3,787	5,224	137.9
North Carolina	180,539	189,662	-9,123	101,153	79,386	78.5
North Dakota	3,769	4,816	-1,047	1,733	2,036	117.5
Nebraska	24,617	25,918	-1,301	12,889	11,728	91.0
New Hampshire	16,283	13,636	2,647	7,743	8,540	110.3
New Jersey	181,255	201,222	-19,967	125,757	55,498	44.1
New Mexico	23,855	26,876	-3,021	11,909	11,946	100.3
Nevada	62,293	66,967	-4,674	39,864	22,429	56.3
New York	315,214	350,454	-35,240	180,632	134,582	74.5
Ohio	166,280	185,027	-18,747	93,785	72,495	77.3
Oklahoma	68,542	17,519	51,023	23,328	45,214	193.8
Oregon	91,836	100,599	-8,763	53,539	38,297	71.5
Pennsylvania	295,058	332,273	-37,215	165,216	129,842	78.6
Puerto Rico	62,883	63,620	-737	42,200	20,683	49.0
Rhode Island	18,626	22,421	-3,795	13,261	5,365	40.5
South Carolina	90,094	93,507	-3,413	58,796	31,298	53.2
South Dakota	3,900	4,657	-757	1,230	2,670	217.1
Tennessee	82,043	89,874	-7,831	49,287	32,756	66.5
Texas	261,940	280,649	-18,709	112,490	149,450	132.9
Utah	31,789	34,225	-2,436	13,186	18,603	141.1
Virginia	85,366	92,304	-6,938	43,753	41,613	95.1
Virgin Islands	860	883	-23	576	284	49.3
Vermont	11,599	12,974	-1,375	5,477	6,122	111.8
Washington	127,980	135,579	-7,599	54,111	73,869	136.5
Wisconsin	131,377	146,786	-15,409	64,705	66,672	103.0
West Virginia	24,654	27,690	-3,036	11,398	13,256	116.3
Wyoming	7,556	8,291	-735	1,813	5,743	316.8

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants US Totals
	Sep 2009	Percent	Aug 2009	Sep 2008	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	5,204,448		5,595,701	3,006,706	2,197,742	73.1
Male	3,035,371	58.3%	3,206,326	1,641,587	1,393,784	84.9%
Female	2,163,124	41.6%	2,382,822	1,362,365	800,759	58.8%
Information Not Available	5,953	0.1%	6,553	2,754	3,199	116.2%

Ethnicity	5,204,448		5,595,701	3,006,706
Hispanic or Latino	765,232	14.7%	817,819	473,649	291,583	61.6%
Not Hispanic or Latino	3,711,056	83.6%	3,988,208	2,191,866	1,519,190	69.3%
Information Not Available	728,180	12.3%	790,316	341,191	386,989	113.4%

Race	5,204,448		5,595,701	3,006,706
American Indian or Alaskan Native	59,657	1.1%	57,549	30,979	28,678	92.6%
Asian	154,838	3.0%	168,361	85,613	69,225	80.9%
Black or African American	874,726	16.8%	933,976	582,917	291,809	50.1%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	19,152	0.4%	20,024	12,030	7,122	59.2%
White	2,982,043	57.3%	3,215,645	1,634,312	1,347,731	82.5%
Information Not Available	1,114,034	21.4%	1,200,045	660,855	453,179	68.6%

Years of Age	5,204,448		5,595,701	3,006,706
Younger than 22	194,814	3.7%	200,025	110,001	84,813	77.1%
22-24	306,960	5.9%	319,474	174,144	132,816	76.3%
25-34	1,241,125	23.8%	1,318,790	712,603	528,522	74.2%
35-44	1,223,638	23.5%	1,309,927	740,358	483,280	65.3%
45-54	1,275,666	24.5%	1,385,218	735,883	539,783	73.4%
55-59	463,048	8.9%	504,442	259,018	204,030	78.8%
60-64	303,833	5.8%	332,857	161,143	142,690	88.5%
65 and older	180,299	3.5%	207,427	99,894	80,405	80.5%
Information Not Available	15,065	0.3%	17,541	13,662	1,403	10.3%

Industry	5,204,448		5,595,701	3,006,706
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	65,257	1.3%	70,640	53,804	11,453	21.3%
Mining	42,790	0.8%	45,429	8,003	34,787	434.7%
Utilities	10,753	0.2%	10,426	5,424	5,329	98.2%
Construction	616,444	11.8%	619,574	347,750	268,694	77.3%
Manufacturing	853,675	16.4%	946,417	433,684	419,991	96.8%
Wholesale Trade	244,958	4.7%	263,447	122,653	122,305	99.7%
Retail Trade	418,681	8.0%	442,724	261,580	157,101	60.1%
Transporation and Warehousing	193,453	3.7%	255,479	98,460	94,993	96.5%
Information	129,451	2.5%	132,716	84,982	44,469	52.3%
Finance and Insurance	179,304	3.4%	186,307	122,343	56,961	46.6%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	75,996	1.5%	78,081	48,816	27,180	55.7%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	294,815	5.7%	313,663	151,400	143,415	94.7%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	21,926	0.4%	25,062	10,702	11,224	104.9%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	515,688	9.9%	547,020	334,530	181,158	54.2%
Educational Services	160,589	3.1%	178,429	83,730	76,859	91.8%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	328,230	6.3%	348,049	204,418	123,812	60.6%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	67,378	1.3%	71,672	41,041	26,337	64.2%
Accomodation and Food Services	265,403	5.1%	305,883	154,300	111,103	72.0%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	142,251	2.7%	151,618	86,021	56,230	65.4%
Public Administration	88,699	1.7%	93,703	50,398	38,301	76.0%
Information Not Available	488,707	9.4%	509,362	302,667	186,040	61.5%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Alaska
	Sep 2009	Percent	Aug 2009	Sep 2008	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	11,398		11,622	6,891	4,507	65.4
Male	6,325	55.5%	6,097	3,562	2,763	77.6%
Female	5,073	44.5%	5,525	3,329	1,744	52.4%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	11,398		11,622	6,891
Hispanic or Latino	497	4.4%	475	254	243	95.7%
Not Hispanic or Latino	10,779	94.6%	11,010	6,581	4,198	63.8%
Information Not Available	122	1.1%	137	56	66	117.9%

Race	11,398		11,622	6,891
American Indian or Alaskan Native	3,181	27.9%	3,403	2,177	1,004	46.1%
Asian	755	6.6%	450	418	337	80.6%
Black or African American	530	4.6%	533	368	162	44.0%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	186	1.6%	143	76	110	144.7%
White	6,326	55.5%	6,658	3,632	2,694	74.2%
Information Not Available	420	3.7%	435	220	200	90.9%

Years of Age	11,398		11,622	6,891
Younger than 22	509	3.0%	560	226	283	125.2%
22-24	941	5.5%	850	539	402	74.6%
25-34	3,094	18.1%	3,065	1,735	1,359	78.3%
35-44	2,486	14.5%	2,560	1,601	885	55.3%
45-54	2,603	15.2%	2,709	1,679	924	55.0%
55-59	895	5.2%	919	634	261	41.2%
60-64	591	3.4%	610	288	303	105.2%
65 and older	279	1.6%	349	189	90	47.6%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	11,398		11,622	6,891
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	10	0.1%	12	21	-11	-52.4%
Mining	661	5.8%	658	171	490	286.5%
Utilities	41	0.4%	42	31	10	32.3%
Construction	1,424	12.5%	1,316	792	632	79.8%
Manufacturing	958	8.4%	497	553	405	73.2%
Wholesale Trade	239	2.1%	210	108	131	121.3%
Retail Trade	1,417	12.4%	1,404	789	628	79.6%
Transporation and Warehousing	477	4.2%	885	331	146	44.1%
Information	141	1.2%	147	93	48	51.6%
Finance and Insurance	215	1.9%	221	158	57	36.1%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	233	2.0%	231	144	89	61.8%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	432	3.8%	449	250	182	72.8%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	13	0.1%	28	2	11	550.0%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	689	6.0%	668	451	238	52.8%
Educational Services	438	3.8%	549	267	171	64.0%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	1,023	9.0%	1,127	753	270	35.9%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	156	1.4%	156	91	65	71.4%
Accomodation and Food Services	988	8.7%	1,021	636	352	55.3%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	440	3.9%	591	278	162	58.3%
Public Administration	1,019	8.9%	997	739	280	37.9%
Information Not Available	384	3.4%	413	233	151	64.8%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Alabama
	Sep 2009	Percent	Aug 2009	Sep 2008	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	66,019		71,383	35,052
Male	37,242	56.4%	40,373	17,731	19,511	110.0%
Female	28,670	43.4%	30,916	17,251	11,419	66.2%
Information Not Available	107	0.2%	94	70	37	52.9%

Ethnicity	66,019		71,383	35,052
Hispanic or Latino	1,246	1.9%	1,344	833	413	49.6%
Not Hispanic or Latino	53,227	80.6%	57,453	27,886	25,341	90.9%
Information Not Available	11,546	17.5%	12,586	6,333	5,213	82.3%

Race	66,019		71,383	35,052
American Indian or Alaskan Native	2,852	4.3%	3,021	1,367	1,485	108.6%
Asian	1,075	1.6%	1,161	619	456	73.7%
Black or African American	23,967	36.3%	26,655	14,532	9,435	64.9%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	97	0.1%	112	54	43	79.6%
White	34,986	53.0%	37,123	16,224	18,762	115.6%
Information Not Available	3,042	4.6%	3,311	2,256	786	34.8%

Years of Age	66,019		71,383	35,052
Younger than 22	2,823	2.9%	3,021	1,433	1,390	97.0%
22-24	4,643	4.8%	4,999	2,489	2,154	86.5%
25-34	17,086	17.5%	18,577	9,196	7,890	85.8%
35-44	15,550	15.9%	16,906	8,332	7,218	86.6%
45-54	15,127	15.5%	16,392	8,057	7,070	87.7%
55-59	5,299	5.4%	5,712	2,716	2,583	95.1%
60-64	3,417	3.5%	3,534	1,660	1,757	105.8%
65 and older	2,071	2.1%	2,219	1,134	937	82.6%
Information Not Available	3	0.0%	23	35	-32	-91.4%

Industry	66,019		71,383	35,052
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	656	1.0%	750	354	302	85.3%
Mining	494	0.7%	602	83	411	495.2%
Utilities	79	0.1%	74	51	28	54.9%
Construction	7,897	11.8%	8,298	3,467	4,430	127.8%
Manufacturing	15,768	23.6%	17,143	8,345	7,423	89.0%
Wholesale Trade	2,746	4.1%	3,030	1,198	1,548	129.2%
Retail Trade	6,938	10.4%	7,416	3,632	3,306	91.0%
Transporation and Warehousing	1,974	3.0%	2,158	994	980	98.6%
Information	677	1.0%	746	563	114	20.2%
Finance and Insurance	1,884	2.8%	1,934	1,007	877	87.1%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	874	1.3%	871	439	435	99.1%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	3,137	4.7%	3,388	1,636	1,501	91.7%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	74	0.1%	75	45	29	64.4%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	6,723	10.1%	7,365	3,779	2,944	77.9%
Educational Services	1,821	2.7%	1,481	1,091	730	66.9%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	4,166	6.2%	4,646	2,468	1,698	68.8%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	462	0.7%	440	209	253	121.1%
Accomodation and Food Services	3,807	5.7%	4,351	2,087	1,720	82.4%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	1,450	2.2%	1,863	861	589	68.4%
Public Administration	1,393	2.1%	1,509	381	1,012	265.6%
Information Not Available	2,999	4.5%	3,243	2,362	637	27.0%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Arkansas
	Sep 2009	Percent	Aug 2009	Sep 2008	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	52,518		54,395	30,873
Male	30,245	57.6%	30,780	16,057	14,188	88.4%
Female	22,272	42.4%	23,613	14,816	7,456	50.3%
Information Not Available	1	0.0%	2	0	1	0.0%

Ethnicity	52,518		54,395	30,873
Hispanic or Latino	1,551	3.0%	1,750	737	814	110.4%
Not Hispanic or Latino	50,966	97.0%	52,643	30,136	20,830	69.1%
Information Not Available	1	0.0%	2	0	1	0.0%

Race	52,518		54,395	30,873
American Indian or Alaskan Native	463	0.9%	523	314	149	47.5%
Asian	290	0.6%	376	265	25	9.4%
Black or African American	14,467	27.5%	15,327	9,938	4,529	45.6%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	435	0.8%	420	233	202	86.7%
White	35,311	67.2%	35,995	19,384	15,927	82.2%
Information Not Available	1,552	3.0%	1,754	739	813	110.0%

Years of Age	52,518		54,395	30,873
Younger than 22	2,159	2.5%	2,061	1,143	1,016	88.9%
22-24	3,788	4.4%	3,949	2,270	1,518	66.9%
25-34	14,026	16.4%	14,831	8,752	5,274	60.3%
35-44	12,698	14.9%	13,276	7,576	5,122	67.6%
45-54	12,112	14.2%	12,327	6,990	5,122	73.3%
55-59	4,028	4.7%	4,020	2,162	1,866	86.3%
60-64	2,438	2.9%	2,481	1,186	1,252	105.6%
65 and older	1,266	1.5%	1,445	791	475	60.1%
Information Not Available	3	0.0%	5	3	0	0.0%

Industry	52,518		54,395	30,873
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	702	1.3%	529	493	209	42.4%
Mining	496	0.9%	485	75	421	561.3%
Utilities	133	0.2%	125	92	41	44.6%
Construction	5,556	10.4%	4,947	3,007	2,549	84.8%
Manufacturing	12,313	23.1%	13,505	6,486	5,827	89.8%
Wholesale Trade	2,343	4.4%	2,356	1,544	799	51.7%
Retail Trade	6,304	11.8%	6,600	4,031	2,273	56.4%
Transporation and Warehousing	2,320	4.4%	2,569	1,127	1,193	105.9%
Information	524	1.0%	610	314	210	66.9%
Finance and Insurance	730	1.4%	752	552	178	32.2%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	574	1.1%	572	308	266	86.4%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	1,071	2.0%	1,123	774	297	38.4%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	111	0.2%	87	92	19	20.7%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	5,411	10.2%	5,858	3,067	2,344	76.4%
Educational Services	2,075	3.9%	2,427	1,273	802	63.0%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	5,082	9.5%	5,061	3,435	1,647	47.9%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	468	0.9%	480	325	143	44.0%
Accomodation and Food Services	4,095	7.7%	4,074	2,606	1,489	57.1%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	1,021	1.9%	1,020	569	452	79.4%
Public Administration	1,143	2.1%	1,167	693	450	64.9%
Information Not Available	46	0.1%	48	10	36	360.0%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Arizona
	Sep 2009	Percent	Aug 2009	Sep 2008	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	107,543		111,929	52,356
Male	65,993	61.4%	68,777	30,571	35,422	115.9%
Female	41,526	38.6%	43,130	21,776	19,750	90.7%
Information Not Available	24	0.0%	22	9	15	166.7%

Ethnicity	107,543		111,929	52,356
Hispanic or Latino	34,936	32.5%	37,982	18,328	16,608	90.6%
Not Hispanic or Latino	48,605	45.2%	49,348	31,541	17,064	54.1%
Information Not Available	24,002	22.3%	24,599	2,487	21,515	865.1%

Race	107,543		111,929	52,356
American Indian or Alaskan Native	5,981	5.6%	6,524	3,239	2,742	84.7%
Asian	2,736	2.5%	2,923	800	1,936	242.0%
Black or African American	6,195	5.8%	6,237	3,281	2,914	88.8%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	580	0.5%	528	67	513	765.7%
White	59,727	55.5%	60,768	24,194	35,533	146.9%
Information Not Available	32,324	30.1%	34,949	20,775	11,549	55.6%

Years of Age	107,543		111,929	52,356
Younger than 22	4,741	2.9%	4,717	1,800	2,941	163.4%
22-24	7,291	4.5%	7,069	2,924	4,367	149.4%
25-34	25,029	15.5%	25,281	11,552	13,477	116.7%
35-44	24,981	15.5%	26,184	12,686	12,295	96.9%
45-54	26,018	16.2%	27,877	13,602	12,416	91.3%
55-59	9,679	6.0%	10,164	4,801	4,878	101.6%
60-64	6,210	3.9%	6,719	3,180	3,030	95.3%
65 and older	3,594	2.2%	3,918	1,811	1,783	98.5%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	107,543		111,929	52,356
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	5,349	4.7%	7,539	4,742	607	12.8%
Mining	1,091	1.0%	1,210	97	994	1024.7%
Utilities	203	0.2%	216	85	118	138.8%
Construction	16,881	15.0%	17,143	7,111	9,770	137.4%
Manufacturing	8,381	7.4%	8,977	3,282	5,099	155.4%
Wholesale Trade	5,388	4.8%	5,744	2,499	2,889	115.6%
Retail Trade	9,454	8.4%	9,277	4,503	4,951	109.9%
Transporation and Warehousing	2,655	2.4%	2,665	1,225	1,430	116.7%
Information	1,468	1.3%	1,504	679	789	116.2%
Finance and Insurance	3,312	2.9%	3,009	1,949	1,363	69.9%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	2,168	1.9%	2,155	1,086	1,082	99.6%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	5,776	5.1%	5,971	2,500	3,276	131.0%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	416	0.4%	367	144	272	188.9%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	12,042	10.7%	12,134	5,191	6,851	132.0%
Educational Services	3,279	2.9%	3,581	1,082	2,197	203.0%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	6,131	5.4%	5,943	2,738	3,393	123.9%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	1,096	1.0%	1,105	530	566	106.8%
Accomodation and Food Services	5,219	4.6%	5,388	2,046	3,173	155.1%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	2,448	2.2%	2,351	1,131	1,317	116.4%
Public Administration	2,915	2.6%	3,367	1,330	1,585	119.2%
Information Not Available	11,871	10.5%	12,283	8,406	3,465	41.2%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants California
	Sep 2009	Percent	Aug 2009	Sep 2008	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	738,531		783,695	494,776
Male	429,637	58.2%	448,704	272,225	157,412	57.8%
Female	308,428	41.8%	334,308	222,258	86,170	38.8%
Information Not Available	466	0.1%	683	293	173	59.0%

Ethnicity	738,531		783,695	494,776
Hispanic or Latino	236,636	32.0%	250,657	169,945	66,691	39.2%
Not Hispanic or Latino	383,018	51.9%	409,954	271,344	111,674	41.2%
Information Not Available	118,877	16.1%	123,084	53,487	65,390	122.3%

Race	738,531		783,695	494,776
American Indian or Alaskan Native	5,594	0.8%	4,783	3,422	2,172	63.5%
Asian	69,741	9.4%	77,794	43,415	26,326	60.6%
Black or African American	46,898	6.4%	52,025	44,882	2,016	4.5%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
White	260,784	35.3%	275,352	179,625	81,159	45.2%
Information Not Available	355,514	48.1%	373,741	223,432	132,082	59.1%

Years of Age	738,531		783,695	494,776
Younger than 22	24,615	2.6%	24,207	14,961	9,654	64.5%
22-24	45,127	4.7%	44,509	30,019	15,108	50.3%
25-34	178,736	18.7%	192,093	118,414	60,322	50.9%
35-44	175,752	18.4%	181,453	119,978	55,774	46.5%
45-54	180,040	18.9%	197,753	122,324	57,716	47.2%
55-59	64,613	6.8%	69,009	43,220	21,393	49.5%
60-64	44,474	4.7%	45,876	26,890	17,584	65.4%
65 and older	24,335	2.5%	27,428	18,872	5,463	28.9%
Information Not Available	839	0.1%	1,367	98	741	756.1%

Industry	738,531		783,695	494,776
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	35,617	4.6%	37,189	31,584	4,033	12.8%
Mining	2,611	0.3%	3,123	1,173	1,438	122.6%
Utilities	2,797	0.4%	2,733	1,369	1,428	104.3%
Construction	103,680	13.4%	102,976	69,523	34,157	49.1%
Manufacturing	116,356	15.0%	123,476	61,994	54,362	87.7%
Wholesale Trade	27,785	3.6%	32,894	8,703	19,082	219.3%
Retail Trade	58,926	7.6%	64,324	43,317	15,609	36.0%
Transporation and Warehousing	22,750	2.9%	25,573	14,569	8,181	56.2%
Information	39,066	5.0%	38,067	33,930	5,136	15.1%
Finance and Insurance	24,335	3.1%	25,183	18,383	5,952	32.4%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	9,883	1.3%	9,761	8,898	985	11.1%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	28,158	3.6%	29,575	12,125	16,033	132.2%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	84,007	10.9%	95,656	72,360	11,647	16.1%
Educational Services	44,661	5.8%	51,732	21,316	23,345	109.5%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	36,922	4.8%	36,603	28,943	7,979	27.6%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	9,883	1.3%	10,932	8,996	887	9.9%
Accomodation and Food Services	29,370	3.8%	31,527	23,761	5,609	23.6%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	26,946	3.5%	28,404	16,623	10,323	62.1%
Public Administration	10,536	1.4%	9,663	5,769	4,767	82.6%
Information Not Available	24,242	3.1%	24,304	11,440	12,802	111.9%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Colorado
	Sep 2009	Percent	Aug 2009	Sep 2008	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	62,105		64,907	25,972
Male	37,110	59.8%	38,804	13,465	23,645	175.6%
Female	24,995	40.2%	26,103	12,507	12,488	99.8%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	62,105		64,907	25,972
Hispanic or Latino	11,036	17.8%	11,470	4,351	6,685	153.6%
Not Hispanic or Latino	42,549	68.5%	44,324	17,529	25,020	142.7%
Information Not Available	8,520	13.7%	9,113	4,092	4,428	108.2%

Race	62,105		64,907	25,972
American Indian or Alaskan Native	873	1.4%	918	413	460	111.4%
Asian	1,410	2.3%	1,521	499	911	182.6%
Black or African American	3,574	5.8%	3,736	2,005	1,569	78.3%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	231	0.4%	245	87	144	165.5%
White	43,919	70.7%	45,927	17,747	26,172	147.5%
Information Not Available	12,098	19.5%	12,560	5,221	6,877	131.7%

Years of Age	62,105		64,907	25,972
Younger than 22	1,332	1.3%	1,375	349	983	281.7%
22-24	2,761	2.7%	2,960	890	1,871	210.2%
25-34	14,271	14.0%	15,026	5,319	8,952	168.3%
35-44	14,848	14.5%	15,441	6,547	8,301	126.8%
45-54	16,617	16.3%	17,341	7,667	8,950	116.7%
55-59	6,396	6.3%	6,648	2,802	3,594	128.3%
60-64	3,824	3.7%	3,989	1,634	2,190	134.0%
65 and older	2,039	2.0%	2,110	764	1,275	166.9%
Information Not Available	17	0.0%	17	0	17	0.0%

Industry	62,105		64,907	25,972
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	371	0.6%	374	179	192	107.3%
Mining	1,429	2.3%	1,804	166	1,263	760.8%
Utilities	69	0.1%	62	22	47	213.6%
Construction	10,227	16.4%	10,563	3,458	6,769	195.7%
Manufacturing	6,390	10.2%	6,722	2,431	3,959	162.9%
Wholesale Trade	3,504	5.6%	3,771	1,308	2,196	167.9%
Retail Trade	5,264	8.4%	5,488	2,443	2,821	115.5%
Transporation and Warehousing	1,871	3.0%	1,990	806	1,065	132.1%
Information	2,333	3.7%	2,451	1,030	1,303	126.5%
Finance and Insurance	2,573	4.1%	2,706	1,822	751	41.2%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	1,471	2.4%	1,493	623	848	136.1%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	5,977	9.6%	6,294	2,403	3,574	148.7%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	485	0.8%	515	328	157	47.9%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	7,508	12.0%	7,620	3,297	4,211	127.7%
Educational Services	1,761	2.8%	1,794	677	1,084	160.1%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	3,215	5.1%	3,323	1,703	1,512	88.8%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	844	1.4%	863	397	447	112.6%
Accomodation and Food Services	2,818	4.5%	3,021	1,168	1,650	141.3%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	1,573	2.5%	1,637	694	879	126.7%
Public Administration	885	1.4%	888	422	463	109.7%
Information Not Available	1,537	2.5%	1,528	595	942	158.3%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Connecticut
	Sep 2009	Percent	Aug 2009	Sep 2008	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	73,018		86,344	43,421
Male	40,422	55.4%	46,106	23,461	16,961	72.3%
Female	32,596	44.6%	40,238	19,960	12,636	63.3%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	73,018		86,344	43,421
Hispanic or Latino	9,493	13.0%	10,517	6,069	3,424	56.4%
Not Hispanic or Latino	63,525	87.0%	75,827	37,352	26,173	70.1%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Race	73,018		86,344	43,421
American Indian or Alaskan Native	231	0.3%	250	196	35	17.9%
Asian	1,353	1.9%	1,570	696	657	94.4%
Black or African American	9,419	12.9%	10,343	6,716	2,703	40.2%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
White	40,709	55.8%	46,011	25,278	15,431	61.0%
Information Not Available	21,306	29.2%	28,170	10,535	10,771	102.2%

Years of Age	73,018		86,344	43,421
Younger than 22	2,567	2.4%	2,681	1,619	948	58.6%
22-24	4,522	4.2%	4,904	2,571	1,951	75.9%
25-34	15,321	14.1%	17,367	9,522	5,799	60.9%
35-44	15,789	14.6%	18,863	9,990	5,799	58.0%
45-54	18,529	17.1%	22,369	10,789	7,740	71.7%
55-59	7,087	6.5%	8,486	3,859	3,228	83.6%
60-64	5,289	4.9%	6,518	2,904	2,385	82.1%
65 and older	3,914	3.6%	5,156	2,167	1,747	80.6%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	73,018		86,344	43,421
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	319	0.4%	261	204	115	56.4%
Mining	22	0.0%	22	17	5	29.4%
Utilities	72	0.1%	76	45	27	60.0%
Construction	6,908	9.4%	7,099	4,838	2,070	42.8%
Manufacturing	14,665	20.0%	17,618	5,442	9,223	169.5%
Wholesale Trade	3,921	5.3%	4,204	2,227	1,694	76.1%
Retail Trade	8,158	11.1%	8,800	5,589	2,569	46.0%
Transporation and Warehousing	2,350	3.2%	6,891	1,436	914	63.6%
Information	1,937	2.6%	2,063	1,413	524	37.1%
Finance and Insurance	3,861	5.3%	4,109	2,441	1,420	58.2%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	1,062	1.4%	1,111	738	324	43.9%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	4,497	6.1%	4,894	2,371	2,126	89.7%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	776	1.1%	804	304	472	155.3%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	7,129	9.7%	7,547	4,693	2,436	51.9%
Educational Services	2,400	3.3%	2,855	1,512	888	58.7%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	5,842	8.0%	6,135	4,000	1,842	46.1%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	1,393	1.9%	1,401	924	469	50.8%
Accomodation and Food Services	3,959	5.4%	6,206	2,550	1,409	55.3%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	1,802	2.5%	1,931	1,332	470	35.3%
Public Administration	827	1.1%	1,084	616	211	34.3%
Information Not Available	1,118	1.5%	1,233	729	389	53.4%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants District of Columbia
	Sep 2009	Percent	Aug 2009	Sep 2008	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	15,808		15,315	9,177
Male	7,342	46.4%	7,014	4,064	3,278	80.7%
Female	8,466	53.6%	8,301	5,113	3,353	65.6%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	15,808		15,315	9,177
Hispanic or Latino	1,974	12.5%	1,949	776	1,198	154.4%
Not Hispanic or Latino	13,305	84.2%	12,829	8,141	5,164	63.4%
Information Not Available	529	3.3%	537	260	269	103.5%

Race	15,808		15,315	9,177
American Indian or Alaskan Native	107	0.7%	123	55	52	94.5%
Asian	448	2.8%	478	156	292	187.2%
Black or African American	11,236	71.1%	10,783	7,611	3,625	47.6%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	71	0.4%	78	44	27	61.4%
White	3,945	25.0%	3,852	1,310	2,635	201.1%
Information Not Available	1	0.0%	1	1	0	0.0%

Years of Age	15,808		15,315	9,177
Younger than 22	409	2.2%	387	243	166	68.3%
22-24	909	4.8%	821	467	442	94.6%
25-34	4,301	22.7%	4,239	2,140	2,161	101.0%
35-44	3,741	19.8%	3,680	2,348	1,393	59.3%
45-54	3,868	20.5%	3,733	2,473	1,395	56.4%
55-59	1,344	7.1%	1,299	808	536	66.3%
60-64	847	4.5%	767	470	377	80.2%
65 and older	389	2.1%	389	228	161	70.6%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	15,808		15,315	9,177
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	2	0.0%	3	7	-5	-71.4%
Manufacturing	0	0.0%	0	1	-1	-100.0%
Wholesale Trade	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
Retail Trade	7	0.0%	4	1	6	600.0%
Transporation and Warehousing	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
Information	0	0.0%	0	2	-2	-100.0%
Finance and Insurance	3	0.0%	3	1	2	200.0%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	4	0.0%	2	0	4	0.0%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	17	0.1%	14	7	10	142.9%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	36	0.2%	38	27	9	33.3%
Educational Services	1	0.0%	1	5	-4	-80.0%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	6	0.0%	8	6	0	0.0%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	0	0.0%	1	0	0	0.0%
Accomodation and Food Services	4	0.0%	4	3	1	33.3%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	3	0.0%	4	3	0	0.0%
Public Administration	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
Information Not Available	15,725	99.5%	15,233	9,114	6,611	72.5%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Delaware
	Sep 2009	Percent	Aug 2009	Sep 2008	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	5,533		15,181	8,821
Male	2,852	51.5%	7,975	4,450	-1,598	-35.9%
Female	2,681	48.5%	7,206	4,371	-1,690	-38.7%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	5,533		15,181	8,821
Hispanic or Latino	240	4.3%	642	318	-78	-24.5%
Not Hispanic or Latino	5,293	95.7%	15,181	8,503	-3,210	-37.8%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Race	5,533		15,181	8,821
American Indian or Alaskan Native	12	0.2%	39	21	-9	-42.9%
Asian	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
Black or African American	1,898	34.3%	5,138	3,366	-1,468	-43.6%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	45	0.8%	134	39	6	15.4%
White	3,114	56.3%	8,485	4,874	-1,760	-36.1%
Information Not Available	465	8.4%	1,285	521	-56	-10.7%

Years of Age	5,533		15,181	8,821
Younger than 22	250	3.0%	647	271	-21	-7.7%
22-24	391	4.7%	1,090	536	-145	-27.1%
25-34	1,314	15.8%	3,635	2,139	-825	-38.6%
35-44	1,246	15.0%	3,447	2,132	-886	-41.6%
45-54	1,286	15.5%	3,476	2,088	-802	-38.4%
55-59	467	5.6%	1,272	725	-258	-35.6%
60-64	332	4.0%	918	522	-190	-36.4%
65 and older	207	2.5%	580	344	-137	-39.8%
Information Not Available	40	0.5%	116	64	-24	-37.5%

Industry	5,533		15,181	8,821
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	5	0.1%	12	15	-10	-66.7%
Mining	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
Utilities	5	0.1%	10	11	-6	-54.5%
Construction	607	11.0%	1,632	1,036	-429	-41.4%
Manufacturing	458	8.3%	1,275	575	-117	-20.3%
Wholesale Trade	290	5.2%	812	357	-67	-18.8%
Retail Trade	782	14.1%	2,208	1,567	-785	-50.1%
Transporation and Warehousing	161	2.9%	475	244	-83	-34.0%
Information	121	2.2%	324	154	-33	-21.4%
Finance and Insurance	498	9.0%	1,248	666	-168	-25.2%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	106	1.9%	317	157	-51	-32.5%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	403	7.3%	1,151	550	-147	-26.7%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	24	0.4%	67	23	1	4.3%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	837	15.1%	2,328	1,414	-577	-40.8%
Educational Services	126	2.3%	364	238	-112	-47.1%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	401	7.2%	1,094	698	-297	-42.6%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	113	2.0%	295	132	-19	-14.4%
Accomodation and Food Services	402	7.3%	1,028	610	-208	-34.1%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	154	2.8%	421	253	-99	-39.1%
Public Administration	31	0.6%	84	58	-27	-46.6%
Information Not Available	9	0.2%	36	63	-54	-85.7%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Florida
	Sep 2009	Percent	Aug 2009	Sep 2008	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	300,770		312,062	196,696
Male	171,575	57.0%	177,045	107,995	63,580	58.9%
Female	128,315	42.7%	133,877	88,664	39,651	44.7%
Information Not Available	880	0.3%	1,140	37	843	2278.4%

Ethnicity	300,770		312,062	196,696
Hispanic or Latino	82,195	27.3%	87,842	60,819	21,376	35.1%
Not Hispanic or Latino	202,591	67.4%	209,806	124,724	77,867	62.4%
Information Not Available	15,984	5.3%	14,414	11,153	4,831	43.3%

Race	300,770		312,062	196,696
American Indian or Alaskan Native	1,027	0.3%	993	781	246	31.5%
Asian	2,456	0.8%	2,427	929	1,527	164.4%
Black or African American	56,239	18.7%	58,610	39,778	16,461	41.4%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	4,363	1.5%	4,596	2,231	2,132	95.6%
White	188,293	62.6%	194,510	117,884	70,409	59.7%
Information Not Available	48,392	16.1%	50,926	35,093	13,299	37.9%

Years of Age	300,770		312,062	196,696
Younger than 22	9,129	1.9%	9,045	5,614	3,515	62.6%
22-24	15,984	3.4%	16,509	11,264	4,720	41.9%
25-34	66,724	14.2%	69,899	41,637	25,087	60.3%
35-44	69,840	14.9%	72,914	46,655	23,185	49.7%
45-54	77,539	16.5%	79,385	51,228	26,311	51.4%
55-59	28,119	6.0%	29,232	18,588	9,531	51.3%
60-64	18,771	4.0%	19,635	11,896	6,875	57.8%
65 and older	14,628	3.1%	15,406	9,777	4,851	49.6%
Information Not Available	36	0.0%	37	37	-1	-2.7%

Industry	300,770		312,062	196,696
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	6,526	2.1%	6,729	6,060	466	7.7%
Mining	183	0.1%	184	260	-77	-29.6%
Utilities	623	0.2%	441	186	437	234.9%
Construction	36,551	11.9%	36,806	25,168	11,383	45.2%
Manufacturing	21,117	6.9%	22,540	12,379	8,738	70.6%
Wholesale Trade	14,921	4.9%	15,590	9,963	4,958	49.8%
Retail Trade	30,612	10.0%	32,136	19,963	10,649	53.3%
Transporation and Warehousing	7,662	2.5%	8,825	5,279	2,383	45.1%
Information	6,526	2.1%	6,435	4,498	2,028	45.1%
Finance and Insurance	13,968	4.5%	14,303	9,517	4,451	46.8%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	6,599	2.1%	7,244	3,532	3,067	86.8%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	19,321	6.3%	20,554	12,454	6,867	55.1%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	1,833	0.6%	2,022	1,227	606	49.4%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	54,186	17.6%	55,154	37,324	16,862	45.2%
Educational Services	8,029	2.6%	9,413	4,758	3,271	68.7%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	16,681	5.4%	16,583	12,045	4,636	38.5%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	7,626	2.5%	7,979	3,755	3,871	103.1%
Accomodation and Food Services	21,044	6.8%	21,142	13,197	7,847	59.5%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	7,516	2.4%	8,457	4,907	2,609	53.2%
Public Administration	3,959	1.3%	3,677	2,416	1,543	63.9%
Information Not Available	15,287	5.0%	15,848	7,808	7,479	95.8%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Georgia
	Sep 2009	Percent	Aug 2009	Sep 2008	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	158,031		163,876	81,096
Male	84,690	53.6%	87,785	41,441	43,249	104.4%
Female	71,006	44.9%	73,701	38,520	32,486	84.3%
Information Not Available	2,335	1.5%	2,390	1,135	1,200	105.7%

Ethnicity	158,031		163,876	81,096
Hispanic or Latino	556	0.4%	477	451	105	23.3%
Not Hispanic or Latino	155,140	98.2%	161,009	79,510	75,630	95.1%
Information Not Available	2,335	1.5%	2,390	1,135	1,200	105.7%

Race	158,031		163,876	81,096
American Indian or Alaskan Native	802	0.5%	753	410	392	95.6%
Asian	2,776	1.8%	2,875	1,035	1,741	168.2%
Black or African American	69,740	44.1%	72,747	39,676	30,064	75.8%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
White	82,378	52.1%	85,111	38,840	43,538	112.1%
Information Not Available	2,335	1.5%	2,390	1,135	1,200	105.7%

Years of Age	158,031		163,876	81,096
Younger than 22	4,065	1.8%	4,126	2,430	1,635	67.3%
22-24	7,367	3.2%	7,676	4,322	3,045	70.5%
25-34	36,035	15.6%	37,480	19,358	16,677	86.2%
35-44	40,112	17.3%	41,412	20,728	19,384	93.5%
45-54	38,137	16.5%	39,607	19,312	18,825	97.5%
55-59	13,339	5.8%	13,827	6,304	7,035	111.6%
60-64	8,964	3.9%	9,358	3,945	5,019	127.2%
65 and older	4,875	2.1%	5,302	2,156	2,719	126.1%
Information Not Available	5,137	2.2%	5,088	2,541	2,596	102.2%

Industry	158,031		163,876	81,096
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	2,487	1.5%	2,564	1,598	889	55.6%
Mining	328	0.2%	371	161	167	103.7%
Utilities	282	0.2%	262	138	144	104.3%
Construction	13,014	8.1%	13,512	6,287	6,727	107.0%
Manufacturing	18,693	11.6%	18,783	8,309	10,384	125.0%
Wholesale Trade	10,218	6.4%	10,511	4,351	5,867	134.8%
Retail Trade	11,132	6.9%	11,266	6,317	4,815	76.2%
Transporation and Warehousing	3,981	2.5%	4,007	1,972	2,009	101.9%
Information	3,621	2.3%	3,779	1,619	2,002	123.7%
Finance and Insurance	4,564	2.8%	4,634	2,515	2,049	81.5%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	2,802	1.7%	2,866	1,566	1,236	78.9%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	25,154	15.7%	26,478	12,929	12,225	94.6%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	224	0.1%	237	234	-10	-4.3%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	606	0.4%	643	264	342	129.5%
Educational Services	4,665	2.9%	4,515	1,776	2,889	162.7%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	6,901	4.3%	7,060	3,716	3,185	85.7%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	5,987	3.7%	6,837	3,565	2,422	67.9%
Accomodation and Food Services	1,478	0.9%	1,527	788	690	87.6%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	1,958	1.2%	2,106	1,173	785	66.9%
Public Administration	2,127	1.3%	2,204	1,041	1,086	104.3%
Information Not Available	37,809	23.6%	39,714	20,777	17,032	82.0%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Hawaii
	Sep 2009	Percent	Aug 2009	Sep 2008	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	20,647		20,147	13,183
Male	13,078	63.3%	13,070	8,145	4,933	60.6%
Female	7,568	36.7%	7,076	5,038	2,530	50.2%
Information Not Available	1	0.0%	1	0	1	0.0%

Ethnicity	20,647		20,147	13,183
Hispanic or Latino	1,047	5.1%	1,067	773	274	35.4%
Not Hispanic or Latino	15,988	77.4%	15,615	10,169	5,819	57.2%
Information Not Available	3,612	17.5%	3,465	2,241	1,371	61.2%

Race	20,647		20,147	13,183
American Indian or Alaskan Native	100	0.5%	123	96	4	4.2%
Asian	7,048	34.1%	6,858	4,450	2,598	58.4%
Black or African American	366	1.8%	326	206	160	77.7%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	5,186	25.1%	5,154	3,512	1,674	47.7%
White	5,388	26.1%	5,197	3,221	2,167	67.3%
Information Not Available	2,559	12.4%	2,489	1,698	861	50.7%

Years of Age	20,647		20,147	13,183
Younger than 22	544	2.2%	535	353	191	54.1%
22-24	1,116	4.5%	1,065	743	373	50.2%
25-34	5,209	21.0%	5,045	3,032	2,177	71.8%
35-44	4,827	19.5%	4,655	3,191	1,636	51.3%
45-54	4,883	19.7%	4,761	3,269	1,614	49.4%
55-59	2,019	8.1%	1,978	1,321	698	52.8%
60-64	1,258	5.1%	1,299	822	436	53.0%
65 and older	791	3.2%	809	452	339	75.0%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	20,647		20,147	13,183
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	314	1.5%	392	210	104	49.5%
Mining	1	0.0%	3	3	-2	-66.7%
Utilities	17	0.1%	15	7	10	142.9%
Construction	5,784	27.6%	5,851	3,559	2,225	62.5%
Manufacturing	566	2.7%	590	314	252	80.3%
Wholesale Trade	387	1.8%	454	202	185	91.6%
Retail Trade	1,360	6.5%	1,365	680	680	100.0%
Transporation and Warehousing	801	3.8%	778	1,105	-304	-27.5%
Information	331	1.6%	432	204	127	62.3%
Finance and Insurance	341	1.6%	337	231	110	47.6%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	375	1.8%	363	282	93	33.0%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	691	3.3%	679	377	314	83.3%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	54	0.3%	58	51	3	5.9%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	2,392	11.4%	2,348	1,363	1,029	75.5%
Educational Services	243	1.2%	217	96	147	153.1%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	954	4.6%	902	484	470	97.1%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	275	1.3%	296	172	103	59.9%
Accomodation and Food Services	2,822	13.5%	2,194	1,751	1,071	61.2%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	488	2.3%	456	297	191	64.3%
Public Administration	517	2.5%	487	213	304	142.7%
Information Not Available	1,934	9.2%	1,930	1,582	352	22.3%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Iowa
	Sep 2009	Percent	Aug 2009	Sep 2008	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	41,447		47,684	21,420
Male	24,758	59.7%	28,239	11,529	13,229	114.7%
Female	16,689	40.3%	19,445	9,891	6,798	68.7%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	41,447		47,684	21,420
Hispanic or Latino	1,194	2.9%	1,297	669	525	78.5%
Not Hispanic or Latino	24,214	58.4%	26,848	15,170	9,044	59.6%
Information Not Available	16,039	38.7%	19,539	5,581	10,458	187.4%

Race	41,447		47,684	21,420
American Indian or Alaskan Native	178	0.4%	195	84	94	111.9%
Asian	293	0.7%	348	163	130	79.8%
Black or African American	1,840	4.4%	2,005	1,351	489	36.2%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
White	21,903	52.8%	24,300	13,572	8,331	61.4%
Information Not Available	17,233	41.6%	20,836	6,250	10,983	175.7%

Years of Age	41,447		47,684	21,420
Younger than 22	1,451	2.4%	1,568	725	726	100.1%
22-24	2,445	4.0%	2,814	1,279	1,166	91.2%
25-34	9,781	16.1%	11,093	4,955	4,826	97.4%
35-44	9,325	15.3%	10,619	4,839	4,486	92.7%
45-54	10,593	17.4%	12,292	5,576	5,017	90.0%
55-59	3,897	6.4%	4,540	2,014	1,883	93.5%
60-64	2,495	4.1%	2,992	1,246	1,249	100.2%
65 and older	1,459	2.4%	1,765	786	673	85.6%
Information Not Available	1	0.0%	1	0	1	0.0%

Industry	41,447		47,684	21,420
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	308	0.7%	294	202	106	52.5%
Mining	43	0.1%	39	12	31	258.3%
Utilities	89	0.2%	150	27	62	229.6%
Construction	4,699	11.3%	4,896	2,177	2,522	115.8%
Manufacturing	13,352	32.0%	16,155	6,066	7,286	120.1%
Wholesale Trade	2,266	5.4%	2,688	894	1,372	153.5%
Retail Trade	3,251	7.8%	3,432	1,909	1,342	70.3%
Transporation and Warehousing	1,367	3.3%	2,031	623	744	119.4%
Information	1,441	3.5%	1,604	776	665	85.7%
Finance and Insurance	1,428	3.4%	1,506	848	580	68.4%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	366	0.9%	376	245	121	49.4%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	1,635	3.9%	1,795	799	836	104.6%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	52	0.1%	55	29	23	79.3%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	3,550	8.5%	3,887	2,176	1,374	63.1%
Educational Services	806	1.9%	957	453	353	77.9%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	2,395	5.7%	2,632	1,413	982	69.5%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	393	0.9%	439	214	179	83.6%
Accomodation and Food Services	2,111	5.1%	2,538	1,441	670	46.5%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	922	2.2%	1,116	456	466	102.2%
Public Administration	427	1.0%	447	280	147	52.5%
Information Not Available	546	1.3%	647	380	166	43.7%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Idaho
	Sep 2009	Percent	Aug 2009	Sep 2008	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	23,460		29,901	12,696
Male	14,252	60.8%	18,462	7,339	6,913	94.2%
Female	9,208	39.2%	11,436	5,356	3,852	71.9%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	3	1	-1	-100.0%

Ethnicity	23,460		29,901	12,696
Hispanic or Latino	2,515	10.7%	3,494	1,501	1,014	67.6%
Not Hispanic or Latino	20,004	85.3%	25,244	10,552	9,452	89.6%
Information Not Available	941	4.0%	1,163	643	298	46.3%

Race	23,460		29,901	12,696
American Indian or Alaskan Native	365	1.6%	448	245	120	49.0%
Asian	358	1.5%	449	157	201	128.0%
Black or African American	197	0.8%	235	111	86	77.5%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	81	0.3%	104	45	36	80.0%
White	19,043	81.2%	23,878	10,076	8,967	89.0%
Information Not Available	3,416	14.6%	4,787	2,062	1,354	65.7%

Years of Age	23,460		29,901	12,696
Younger than 22	883	2.1%	986	457	426	93.2%
22-24	1,485	3.6%	1,834	697	788	113.1%
25-34	5,809	14.1%	7,296	3,029	2,780	91.8%
35-44	5,290	12.8%	6,655	3,000	2,290	76.3%
45-54	5,748	14.0%	7,291	3,179	2,569	80.8%
55-59	2,191	5.3%	2,889	1,184	1,007	85.1%
60-64	1,321	3.2%	1,828	724	597	82.5%
65 and older	733	1.8%	1,122	426	307	72.1%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	23,460		29,901	12,696
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	396	1.7%	655	209	187	89.5%
Mining	97	0.4%	126	41	56	136.6%
Utilities	43	0.2%	36	14	29	207.1%
Construction	3,660	15.3%	4,726	2,089	1,571	75.2%
Manufacturing	4,783	20.0%	6,512	2,127	2,656	124.9%
Wholesale Trade	1,065	4.5%	1,189	593	472	79.6%
Retail Trade	2,330	9.8%	2,955	1,325	1,005	75.8%
Transporation and Warehousing	699	2.9%	1,263	362	337	93.1%
Information	420	1.8%	493	258	162	62.8%
Finance and Insurance	562	2.4%	618	437	125	28.6%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	333	1.4%	365	179	154	86.0%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	963	4.0%	1,193	586	377	64.3%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	66	0.3%	47	19	47	247.4%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	1,835	7.7%	2,243	1,028	807	78.5%
Educational Services	480	2.0%	421	223	257	115.2%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	1,572	6.6%	1,725	774	798	103.1%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	222	0.9%	308	149	73	49.0%
Accomodation and Food Services	1,007	4.2%	1,311	541	466	86.1%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	525	2.2%	713	281	244	86.8%
Public Administration	426	1.8%	504	212	214	100.9%
Information Not Available	1,976	8.3%	2,498	1,249	727	58.2%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Illinois
	Sep 2009	Percent	Aug 2009	Sep 2008	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	243,450		271,156	136,149
Male	140,948	57.9%	154,179	73,310	67,638	92.3%
Female	102,502	42.1%	116,977	62,839	39,663	63.1%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	243,450		271,156	136,149
Hispanic or Latino	31,257	12.8%	34,829	16,826	14,431	85.8%
Not Hispanic or Latino	212,193	87.2%	236,327	119,323	92,870	77.8%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Race	243,450		271,156	136,149
American Indian or Alaskan Native	872	0.4%	958	483	389	80.5%
Asian	7,719	3.2%	8,644	3,706	4,013	108.3%
Black or African American	56,296	23.1%	61,388	38,233	18,063	47.2%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
White	175,391	72.0%	196,729	92,335	83,056	90.0%
Information Not Available	3,172	1.3%	3,437	1,392	1,780	127.9%

Years of Age	243,450		271,156	136,149
Younger than 22	7,537	1.9%	7,849	3,832	3,705	96.7%
22-24	13,963	3.4%	15,117	7,244	6,719	92.8%
25-34	60,704	15.0%	66,026	33,091	27,613	83.4%
35-44	58,208	14.4%	64,982	34,265	23,943	69.9%
45-54	59,171	14.6%	67,238	34,568	24,603	71.2%
55-59	21,585	5.3%	24,664	12,016	9,569	79.6%
60-64	13,930	3.4%	16,015	7,170	6,760	94.3%
65 and older	8,352	2.1%	9,265	3,963	4,389	110.7%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	243,450		271,156	136,149
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	614	0.3%	617	256	358	139.8%
Mining	511	0.2%	601	313	198	63.3%
Utilities	331	0.1%	336	153	178	116.3%
Construction	30,296	12.4%	31,219	17,158	13,138	76.6%
Manufacturing	46,214	18.9%	52,958	20,055	26,159	130.4%
Wholesale Trade	13,758	5.6%	15,174	7,155	6,603	92.3%
Retail Trade	21,476	8.8%	23,561	13,112	8,364	63.8%
Transporation and Warehousing	12,118	5.0%	17,377	7,158	4,960	69.3%
Information	4,781	2.0%	5,141	3,243	1,538	47.4%
Finance and Insurance	11,572	4.7%	12,225	8,480	3,092	36.5%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	3,433	1.4%	3,613	2,196	1,237	56.3%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	16,392	6.7%	17,774	8,483	7,909	93.2%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	1,239	0.5%	1,338	686	553	80.6%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	26,596	10.9%	29,039	16,069	10,527	65.5%
Educational Services	7,595	3.1%	8,045	3,912	3,683	94.1%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	16,087	6.6%	17,155	9,828	6,259	63.7%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	2,145	0.9%	2,318	1,295	850	65.6%
Accomodation and Food Services	12,387	5.1%	15,460	7,311	5,076	69.4%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	6,596	2.7%	7,284	3,508	3,088	88.0%
Public Administration	4,829	2.0%	5,070	2,893	1,936	66.9%
Information Not Available	4,480	1.8%	4,851	2,885	1,595	55.3%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Indiana
	Sep 2009	Percent	Aug 2009	Sep 2008	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	96,980		108,460	63,640
Male	59,129	61.0%	64,836	36,741	22,388	60.9%
Female	37,751	38.9%	43,513	26,842	10,909	40.6%
Information Not Available	100	0.1%	111	57	43	75.4%

Ethnicity	96,980		108,460	63,640
Hispanic or Latino	4,429	4.6%	5,168	2,978	1,451	48.7%
Not Hispanic or Latino	70,449	72.6%	78,804	47,194	23,255	49.3%
Information Not Available	22,102	22.8%	24,488	13,468	8,634	64.1%

Race	96,980		108,460	63,640
American Indian or Alaskan Native	437	0.5%	483	271	166	61.3%
Asian	758	0.8%	813	558	200	35.8%
Black or African American	12,170	12.5%	14,109	8,896	3,274	36.8%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	83	0.1%	104	57	26	45.6%
White	78,449	80.9%	87,134	50,474	27,975	55.4%
Information Not Available	5,083	5.2%	5,817	3,384	1,699	50.2%

Years of Age	96,980		108,460	63,640
Younger than 22	2,613	1.5%	2,854	1,729	884	51.1%
22-24	5,509	3.2%	5,905	3,348	2,161	64.5%
25-34	23,278	13.7%	25,879	14,989	8,289	55.3%
35-44	23,766	14.0%	26,398	16,017	7,749	48.4%
45-54	24,569	14.5%	27,481	16,552	8,017	48.4%
55-59	8,973	5.3%	10,121	5,769	3,204	55.5%
60-64	5,530	3.3%	6,512	3,351	2,179	65.0%
65 and older	2,742	1.6%	3,310	1,885	857	45.5%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	96,980		108,460	63,640
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	226	0.2%	230	126	100	79.4%
Mining	141	0.1%	145	87	54	62.1%
Utilities	84	0.1%	96	65	19	29.2%
Construction	11,650	12.0%	11,599	6,097	5,553	91.1%
Manufacturing	30,492	31.4%	35,137	22,019	8,473	38.5%
Wholesale Trade	4,505	4.6%	4,944	2,361	2,144	90.8%
Retail Trade	7,159	7.4%	7,496	4,541	2,618	57.7%
Transporation and Warehousing	3,369	3.5%	4,223	2,410	959	39.8%
Information	1,289	1.3%	1,327	737	552	74.9%
Finance and Insurance	2,201	2.3%	2,320	1,668	533	32.0%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	1,143	1.2%	1,169	755	388	51.4%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	3,734	3.8%	4,029	2,159	1,575	73.0%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	460	0.5%	454	232	228	98.3%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	8,543	8.8%	9,210	5,432	3,111	57.3%
Educational Services	2,010	2.1%	2,544	985	1,025	104.1%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	5,600	5.8%	6,503	3,739	1,861	49.8%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	991	1.0%	1,030	506	485	95.8%
Accomodation and Food Services	4,146	4.3%	5,288	2,333	1,813	77.7%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	2,222	2.3%	2,417	1,424	798	56.0%
Public Administration	718	0.7%	825	468	250	53.4%
Information Not Available	6,297	6.5%	7,474	5,496	801	14.6%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Kansas
	Sep 2009	Percent	Aug 2009	Sep 2008	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	47,807		48,323	20,445
Male	29,514	61.7%	29,378	10,889	18,625	171.0%
Female	18,293	38.3%	18,945	9,556	8,737	91.4%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	47,807		48,323	20,445
Hispanic or Latino	3,132	6.6%	3,083	1,304	1,828	140.2%
Not Hispanic or Latino	22,210	46.5%	22,003	10,111	12,099	119.7%
Information Not Available	22,465	47.0%	23,237	9,030	13,435	148.8%

Race	47,807		48,323	20,445
American Indian or Alaskan Native	675	1.4%	694	313	362	115.7%
Asian	1,646	3.4%	1,606	297	1,349	454.2%
Black or African American	6,885	14.4%	7,042	3,291	3,594	109.2%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	123	0.3%	113	46	77	167.4%
White	35,225	73.7%	35,508	14,913	20,312	136.2%
Information Not Available	3,253	6.8%	3,360	1,585	1,668	105.2%

Years of Age	47,807		48,323	20,445
Younger than 22	1,191	1.5%	1,289	485	706	145.6%
22-24	2,910	3.6%	3,009	1,080	1,830	169.4%
25-34	12,326	15.3%	12,591	4,940	7,386	149.5%
35-44	11,273	14.0%	11,275	4,810	6,463	134.4%
45-54	12,030	15.0%	11,880	5,456	6,574	120.5%
55-59	4,210	5.2%	4,241	1,893	2,317	122.4%
60-64	2,606	3.2%	2,596	1,147	1,459	127.2%
65 and older	1,261	1.6%	1,442	634	627	98.9%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	47,807		48,323	20,445
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	177	0.4%	178	162	15	9.3%
Mining	558	1.2%	726	127	431	339.4%
Utilities	62	0.1%	50	27	35	129.6%
Construction	5,026	10.5%	4,539	2,467	2,559	103.7%
Manufacturing	13,621	28.4%	13,998	3,314	10,307	311.0%
Wholesale Trade	2,854	5.9%	2,165	899	1,955	217.5%
Retail Trade	2,859	6.0%	3,022	1,742	1,117	64.1%
Transporation and Warehousing	1,531	3.2%	1,751	588	943	160.4%
Information	2,116	4.4%	2,083	1,014	1,102	108.7%
Finance and Insurance	1,293	2.7%	1,159	719	574	79.8%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	463	1.0%	475	302	161	53.3%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	2,170	4.5%	2,244	1,051	1,119	106.5%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	149	0.3%	169	65	84	129.2%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	4,161	8.7%	4,404	2,126	2,035	95.7%
Educational Services	1,045	2.2%	1,138	486	559	115.0%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	3,160	6.6%	3,353	1,754	1,406	80.2%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	220	0.5%	211	145	75	51.7%
Accomodation and Food Services	1,482	3.1%	1,703	840	642	76.4%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	1,103	2.3%	1,137	642	461	71.8%
Public Administration	846	1.8%	860	485	361	74.4%
Information Not Available	2,911	6.1%	2,958	1,490	1,421	95.4%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Kentucky
	Sep 2009	Percent	Aug 2009	Sep 2008	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	59,893		68,239	35,716
Male	38,058	63.5%	44,006	21,696	16,362	75.4%
Female	21,835	36.5%	24,233	14,020	7,815	55.7%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	59,893		68,239	35,716
Hispanic or Latino	269	0.4%	229	114	155	136.0%
Not Hispanic or Latino	1,459	2.4%	1,383	35,602	-34,143	-95.9%
Information Not Available	58,165	97.1%	66,627	0	58,165	0.0%

Race	59,893		68,239	35,716
American Indian or Alaskan Native	368	0.6%	507	199	169	84.9%
Asian	162	0.3%	234	95	67	70.5%
Black or African American	6,762	11.3%	7,850	4,681	2,081	44.5%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0	0.0%	0	10	-10	-100.0%
White	51,825	86.5%	58,826	30,169	21,656	71.8%
Information Not Available	776	1.3%	822	562	214	38.1%

Years of Age	59,893		68,239	35,716
Younger than 22	1,683	1.5%	1,832	784	899	114.7%
22-24	3,439	3.2%	3,858	1,799	1,640	91.2%
25-34	14,602	13.4%	16,994	8,691	5,911	68.0%
35-44	14,570	13.4%	16,360	9,371	5,199	55.5%
45-54	15,001	13.8%	17,218	9,366	5,635	60.2%
55-59	5,716	5.3%	6,215	2,909	2,807	96.5%
60-64	3,107	2.9%	3,768	1,695	1,412	83.3%
65 and older	1,765	1.6%	1,985	1,101	664	60.3%
Information Not Available	10	0.0%	9	0	10	0.0%

Industry	59,893		68,239	35,716
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	166	0.3%	234	95	71	74.7%
Mining	2,582	4.3%	2,578	353	2,229	631.4%
Utilities	85	0.1%	36	27	58	214.8%
Construction	7,611	12.7%	8,443	3,575	4,036	112.9%
Manufacturing	16,380	27.3%	20,214	10,757	5,623	52.3%
Wholesale Trade	2,721	4.5%	2,825	1,559	1,162	74.5%
Retail Trade	4,099	6.8%	4,482	2,683	1,416	52.8%
Transporation and Warehousing	3,237	5.4%	3,683	1,754	1,483	84.5%
Information	1,194	2.0%	1,320	825	369	44.7%
Finance and Insurance	1,477	2.5%	1,666	1,078	399	37.0%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	851	1.4%	701	372	479	128.8%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	2,308	3.8%	2,434	1,169	1,139	97.4%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	292	0.5%	310	118	174	147.5%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	4,760	7.9%	4,998	3,122	1,638	52.5%
Educational Services	1,361	2.3%	1,410	893	468	52.4%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	3,206	5.3%	3,359	2,306	900	39.0%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	575	1.0%	624	403	172	42.7%
Accomodation and Food Services	2,766	4.6%	3,395	1,323	1,443	109.1%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	1,176	2.0%	1,513	802	374	46.6%
Public Administration	395	0.7%	409	345	50	14.5%
Information Not Available	2,651	4.4%	3,605	2,157	494	22.9%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Louisiana
	Sep 2009	Percent	Aug 2009	Sep 2008	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	73,193		75,305	40,093
Male	40,776	55.7%	41,292	17,656	23,120	130.9%
Female	32,416	44.3%	34,012	22,436	9,980	44.5%
Information Not Available	1	0.0%	1	1	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	73,193		75,305	40,093
Hispanic or Latino	2,027	2.8%	2,046	911	1,116	122.5%
Not Hispanic or Latino	70,977	97.0%	73,037	39,102	31,875	81.5%
Information Not Available	189	0.3%	222	80	109	136.3%

Race	73,193		75,305	40,093
American Indian or Alaskan Native	505	0.7%	498	256	249	97.3%
Asian	674	0.9%	644	346	328	94.8%
Black or African American	38,393	52.5%	40,031	23,502	14,891	63.4%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	132	0.2%	124	52	80	153.8%
White	33,457	45.7%	33,956	15,905	17,552	110.4%
Information Not Available	32	0.0%	52	32	0	0.0%

Years of Age	73,193		75,305	40,093
Younger than 22	2,493	2.4%	2,420	1,186	1,307	110.2%
22-24	5,045	4.9%	5,103	2,570	2,475	96.3%
25-34	20,174	19.6%	20,730	11,164	9,010	80.7%
35-44	16,461	16.0%	17,009	9,710	6,751	69.5%
45-54	17,049	16.6%	17,639	9,417	7,632	81.0%
55-59	5,739	5.6%	6,006	2,961	2,778	93.8%
60-64	3,735	3.6%	3,862	1,843	1,892	102.7%
65 and older	2,495	2.4%	2,534	1,239	1,256	101.4%
Information Not Available	2	0.0%	2	3	-1	-33.3%

Industry	73,193		75,305	40,093
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	376	0.5%	429	185	191	103.2%
Mining	1,823	2.5%	1,974	320	1,503	469.7%
Utilities	160	0.2%	164	67	93	138.8%
Construction	9,824	13.4%	9,753	4,589	5,235	114.1%
Manufacturing	6,029	8.2%	6,786	2,938	3,091	105.2%
Wholesale Trade	1,896	2.6%	1,948	738	1,158	156.9%
Retail Trade	4,854	6.6%	4,942	2,703	2,151	79.6%
Transporation and Warehousing	2,355	3.2%	2,632	1,013	1,342	132.5%
Information	805	1.1%	863	510	295	57.8%
Finance and Insurance	1,178	1.6%	1,261	763	415	54.4%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	1,025	1.4%	1,057	471	554	117.6%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	3,451	4.7%	3,520	1,666	1,785	107.1%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	281	0.4%	267	115	166	144.3%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	4,761	6.5%	4,515	2,533	2,228	88.0%
Educational Services	1,528	2.1%	1,592	1,026	502	48.9%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	5,277	7.2%	5,636	3,524	1,753	49.7%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	951	1.3%	963	574	377	65.7%
Accomodation and Food Services	4,071	5.5%	4,079	2,296	1,775	77.3%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	2,283	3.1%	2,361	1,586	697	43.9%
Public Administration	1,148	1.6%	1,220	545	603	110.6%
Information Not Available	19,117	26.0%	19,343	11,931	7,186	60.2%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Massachusetts
	Sep 2009	Percent	Aug 2009	Sep 2008	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	126,325		144,542	80,457
Male	73,717	58.4%	81,358	46,804	26,913	57.5%
Female	52,608	41.6%	63,184	33,653	18,955	56.3%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	126,325		144,542	80,457
Hispanic or Latino	12,185	9.6%	14,131	8,118	4,067	50.1%
Not Hispanic or Latino	111,473	88.2%	127,369	70,501	40,972	58.1%
Information Not Available	2,667	2.1%	3,042	1,838	829	45.1%

Race	126,325		144,542	80,457
American Indian or Alaskan Native	292	0.2%	325	200	92	46.0%
Asian	4,499	3.6%	4,995	2,585	1,914	74.0%
Black or African American	10,849	8.6%	12,175	7,361	3,488	47.4%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	83	0.1%	95	79	4	5.1%
White	101,084	80.0%	115,797	63,430	37,654	59.4%
Information Not Available	9,518	7.5%	11,155	6,802	2,716	39.9%

Years of Age	126,325		144,542	80,457
Younger than 22	3,691	1.7%	3,974	2,331	1,360	58.3%
22-24	7,181	3.3%	7,880	4,188	2,993	71.5%
25-34	28,237	12.9%	30,919	17,362	10,875	62.6%
35-44	29,476	13.5%	33,869	19,797	9,679	48.9%
45-54	31,957	14.6%	37,102	20,672	11,285	54.6%
55-59	11,933	5.5%	13,932	7,700	4,233	55.0%
60-64	8,599	3.9%	10,128	5,203	3,396	65.3%
65 and older	5,251	2.4%	6,738	3,204	2,047	63.9%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	126,325		144,542	80,457
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	533	0.4%	510	541	-8	-1.5%
Mining	61	0.0%	76	63	-2	-3.2%
Utilities	102	0.1%	120	73	29	39.7%
Construction	15,849	12.5%	16,092	9,926	5,923	59.7%
Manufacturing	16,857	13.3%	18,989	9,636	7,221	74.9%
Wholesale Trade	6,873	5.4%	7,682	4,375	2,498	57.1%
Retail Trade	10,871	8.6%	11,924	7,506	3,365	44.8%
Transporation and Warehousing	4,717	3.7%	9,055	2,447	2,270	92.8%
Information	3,837	3.0%	3,977	2,139	1,698	79.4%
Finance and Insurance	5,723	4.5%	6,688	3,669	2,054	56.0%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	1,677	1.3%	1,861	1,246	431	34.6%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	11,689	9.2%	12,698	6,074	5,615	92.4%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	492	0.4%	605	251	241	96.0%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	11,683	9.2%	12,591	8,080	3,603	44.6%
Educational Services	3,261	2.6%	3,577	1,511	1,750	115.8%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	10,139	8.0%	11,078	6,511	3,628	55.7%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	1,425	1.1%	1,510	951	474	49.8%
Accomodation and Food Services	6,835	5.4%	9,402	4,210	2,625	62.4%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	4,966	3.9%	5,295	3,275	1,691	51.6%
Public Administration	4,477	3.5%	5,764	2,355	2,122	90.1%
Information Not Available	4,258	3.4%	5,048	5,618	-1,360	-24.2%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Maryland
	Sep 2009	Percent	Aug 2009	Sep 2008	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	77,508		85,548	45,712
Male	44,346	57.2%	46,907	24,474	19,872	81.2%
Female	33,162	42.8%	38,641	21,238	11,924	56.1%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	77,508		85,548	45,712
Hispanic or Latino	4,519	5.8%	4,717	1,879	2,640	140.5%
Not Hispanic or Latino	71,758	92.6%	79,512	42,855	28,903	67.4%
Information Not Available	1,231	1.6%	1,319	978	253	25.9%

Race	77,508		85,548	45,712
American Indian or Alaskan Native	267	0.3%	273	112	155	138.4%
Asian	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
Black or African American	31,245	40.3%	34,241	20,307	10,938	53.9%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	132	0.2%	152	72	60	83.3%
White	40,115	51.8%	44,843	22,363	17,752	79.4%
Information Not Available	5,749	7.4%	6,038	2,858	2,891	101.2%

Years of Age	77,508		85,548	45,712
Younger than 22	2,923	2.6%	3,018	1,471	1,452	98.7%
22-24	5,199	4.6%	5,443	2,713	2,486	91.6%
25-34	19,054	16.8%	20,327	10,852	8,202	75.6%
35-44	17,567	15.5%	19,210	11,045	6,522	59.0%
45-54	18,856	16.7%	21,081	11,465	7,391	64.5%
55-59	6,370	5.6%	7,327	3,866	2,504	64.8%
60-64	4,493	4.0%	5,215	2,529	1,964	77.7%
65 and older	3,046	2.7%	3,927	1,771	1,275	72.0%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	77,508		85,548	45,712
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	106	0.1%	120	70	36	51.4%
Mining	73	0.1%	98	32	41	128.1%
Utilities	87	0.1%	98	42	45	107.1%
Construction	13,260	17.1%	13,040	6,516	6,744	103.5%
Manufacturing	846	1.1%	933	582	264	45.4%
Wholesale Trade	3,367	4.3%	3,632	1,971	1,396	70.8%
Retail Trade	2,463	3.2%	2,778	1,822	641	35.2%
Transporation and Warehousing	1,866	2.4%	4,331	1,160	706	60.9%
Information	1,755	2.3%	1,876	1,044	711	68.1%
Finance and Insurance	3,292	4.2%	3,448	2,316	976	42.1%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	1,702	2.2%	1,747	1,168	534	45.7%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	6,913	8.9%	7,074	3,621	3,292	90.9%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	308	0.4%	351	141	167	118.4%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	8,697	11.2%	9,301	5,932	2,765	46.6%
Educational Services	3,105	4.0%	3,578	1,391	1,714	123.2%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	5,921	7.6%	6,579	3,325	2,596	78.1%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	771	1.0%	909	438	333	76.0%
Accomodation and Food Services	4,432	5.7%	5,380	2,647	1,785	67.4%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	2,289	2.9%	2,443	1,520	769	50.6%
Public Administration	1,153	1.5%	1,096	633	520	82.1%
Information Not Available	15,102	19.5%	16,736	9,341	5,761	61.7%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Maine
	Sep 2009	Percent	Aug 2009	Sep 2008	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	13,112		14,721	7,801
Male	7,673	58.5%	8,444	4,424	3,249	73.4%
Female	5,439	41.5%	6,277	3,377	2,062	61.1%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	13,112		14,721	7,801
Hispanic or Latino	135	1.0%	124	58	77	132.8%
Not Hispanic or Latino	9,059	69.1%	10,038	6,186	2,873	46.4%
Information Not Available	3,918	29.9%	4,559	1,557	2,361	151.6%

Race	13,112		14,721	7,801
American Indian or Alaskan Native	98	0.7%	108	70	28	40.0%
Asian	93	0.7%	99	47	46	97.9%
Black or African American	135	1.0%	128	76	59	77.6%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
White	9,735	74.2%	10,879	6,465	3,270	50.6%
Information Not Available	3,051	23.3%	3,507	1,143	1,908	166.9%

Years of Age	13,112		14,721	7,801
Younger than 22	426	1.9%	447	289	137	47.4%
22-24	796	3.6%	862	436	360	82.6%
25-34	2,785	12.7%	3,026	1,522	1,263	83.0%
35-44	2,903	13.3%	3,338	1,778	1,125	63.3%
45-54	3,523	16.1%	3,970	2,192	1,331	60.7%
55-59	1,309	6.0%	1,528	857	452	52.7%
60-64	944	4.3%	1,056	509	435	85.5%
65 and older	426	1.9%	494	218	208	95.4%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	13,112		14,721	7,801
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	150	1.1%	219	103	47	45.6%
Mining	1	0.0%	0	4	-3	-75.0%
Utilities	25	0.2%	27	91	-66	-72.5%
Construction	1,141	8.6%	1,240	697	444	63.7%
Manufacturing	1,986	15.0%	2,246	1,068	918	86.0%
Wholesale Trade	406	3.1%	430	245	161	65.7%
Retail Trade	1,087	8.2%	1,186	758	329	43.4%
Transporation and Warehousing	212	1.6%	407	154	58	37.7%
Information	167	1.3%	177	102	65	63.7%
Finance and Insurance	221	1.7%	238	154	67	43.5%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	99	0.7%	104	59	40	67.8%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	453	3.4%	492	275	178	64.7%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	23	0.2%	29	10	13	130.0%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	592	4.5%	634	463	129	27.9%
Educational Services	236	1.8%	257	191	45	23.6%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	884	6.7%	1,000	647	237	36.6%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	151	1.1%	206	95	56	58.9%
Accomodation and Food Services	448	3.4%	559	349	99	28.4%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	250	1.9%	346	176	74	42.0%
Public Administration	139	1.0%	146	111	28	25.2%
Information Not Available	4,441	33.5%	4,778	2,049	2,392	116.7%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Michigan
	Sep 2009	Percent	Aug 2009	Sep 2008	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	194,724		221,355	135,121
Male	116,406	59.8%	132,960	78,368	38,038	48.5%
Female	78,296	40.2%	88,371	56,706	21,590	38.1%
Information Not Available	22	0.0%	24	47	-25	-53.2%

Ethnicity	194,724		221,355	135,121
Hispanic or Latino	5,048	2.6%	5,899	3,528	1,520	43.1%
Not Hispanic or Latino	156,057	80.1%	177,719	100,971	55,086	54.6%
Information Not Available	33,619	17.3%	37,737	30,622	2,997	9.8%

Race	194,724		221,355	135,121
American Indian or Alaskan Native	1,684	0.9%	1,790	1,027	657	64.0%
Asian	2,490	1.3%	3,031	1,245	1,245	100.0%
Black or African American	25,371	13.0%	28,540	20,299	5,072	25.0%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	134	0.1%	184	97	37	38.1%
White	123,560	63.5%	141,017	77,608	45,952	59.2%
Information Not Available	41,485	21.3%	46,793	34,845	6,640	19.1%

Years of Age	194,724		221,355	135,121
Younger than 22	5,492	1.8%	6,131	3,837	1,655	43.1%
22-24	10,898	3.5%	12,069	7,525	3,373	44.8%
25-34	44,970	14.6%	50,080	31,810	13,160	41.4%
35-44	49,178	16.0%	56,108	36,246	12,932	35.7%
45-54	50,990	16.6%	59,128	34,998	15,992	45.7%
55-59	17,905	5.8%	20,417	11,400	6,505	57.1%
60-64	10,648	3.5%	12,033	6,362	4,286	67.4%
65 and older	4,635	1.5%	5,327	2,873	1,762	61.3%
Information Not Available	8	0.0%	62	70	-62	-88.6%

Industry	194,724		221,355	135,121
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	738	0.4%	775	510	228	44.7%
Mining	465	0.2%	462	112	353	315.2%
Utilities	87	0.0%	83	52	35	67.3%
Construction	17,184	8.8%	17,928	10,583	6,601	62.4%
Manufacturing	46,260	23.7%	57,343	34,474	11,786	34.2%
Wholesale Trade	9,216	4.7%	10,937	4,110	5,106	124.2%
Retail Trade	14,587	7.5%	15,779	9,291	5,296	57.0%
Transporation and Warehousing	5,748	2.9%	6,736	4,324	1,424	32.9%
Information	2,450	1.3%	2,608	1,547	903	58.4%
Finance and Insurance	5,344	2.7%	5,586	4,260	1,084	25.4%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	2,573	1.3%	2,792	1,587	986	62.1%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	13,069	6.7%	14,408	7,783	5,286	67.9%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	1,351	0.7%	2,649	796	555	69.7%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	19,532	10.0%	21,813	14,593	4,939	33.8%
Educational Services	6,216	3.2%	6,705	3,287	2,929	89.1%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	12,981	6.6%	14,695	8,365	4,616	55.2%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	2,258	1.2%	2,540	1,513	745	49.2%
Accomodation and Food Services	8,226	4.2%	9,292	4,921	3,305	67.2%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	4,363	2.2%	4,625	2,771	1,592	57.5%
Public Administration	1,855	0.9%	1,822	978	877	89.7%
Information Not Available	20,221	10.3%	21,777	19,264	957	5.0%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Minnesota
	Sep 2009	Percent	Aug 2009	Sep 2008	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	83,878		91,652	38,942
Male	50,741	60.5%	54,671	22,265	28,476	127.9%
Female	33,126	39.5%	36,969	16,668	16,458	98.7%
Information Not Available	11	0.0%	12	9	2	22.2%

Ethnicity	83,878		91,652	38,942
Hispanic or Latino	2,364	2.8%	2,739	1,050	1,314	125.1%
Not Hispanic or Latino	72,400	86.3%	78,922	33,718	38,682	114.7%
Information Not Available	9,114	10.9%	9,991	4,174	4,940	118.4%

Race	83,878		91,652	38,942
American Indian or Alaskan Native	796	0.9%	924	539	257	47.7%
Asian	2,751	3.3%	3,173	1,057	1,694	160.3%
Black or African American	5,571	6.6%	6,298	3,215	2,356	73.3%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	176	0.2%	178	68	108	158.8%
White	69,058	82.3%	75,003	31,336	37,722	120.4%
Information Not Available	5,526	6.6%	6,076	2,727	2,799	102.6%

Years of Age	83,878		91,652	38,942
Younger than 22	1,954	1.3%	2,171	812	1,142	140.6%
22-24	4,898	3.3%	5,372	2,132	2,766	129.7%
25-34	20,331	13.8%	22,594	9,713	10,618	109.3%
35-44	18,559	12.6%	20,222	9,094	9,465	104.1%
45-54	21,802	14.8%	23,555	10,212	11,590	113.5%
55-59	8,317	5.6%	8,947	3,689	4,628	125.5%
60-64	5,421	3.7%	5,825	2,177	3,244	149.0%
65 and older	2,564	1.7%	2,897	1,076	1,488	138.3%
Information Not Available	32	0.0%	69	37	-5	-13.5%

Industry	83,878		91,652	38,942
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	390	0.5%	433	187	203	108.6%
Mining	600	0.7%	1,156	46	554	1204.3%
Utilities	211	0.3%	289	69	142	205.8%
Construction	11,045	13.1%	10,284	5,686	5,359	94.2%
Manufacturing	17,591	20.9%	20,382	5,658	11,933	210.9%
Wholesale Trade	4,644	5.5%	5,114	2,393	2,251	94.1%
Retail Trade	6,721	8.0%	7,349	3,660	3,061	83.6%
Transporation and Warehousing	2,500	3.0%	2,598	1,295	1,205	93.1%
Information	2,040	2.4%	2,002	972	1,068	109.9%
Finance and Insurance	2,786	3.3%	2,867	1,710	1,076	62.9%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	1,130	1.3%	1,127	744	386	51.9%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	5,459	6.5%	5,909	2,412	3,047	126.3%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	1,899	2.3%	1,988	731	1,168	159.8%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	6,419	7.6%	6,885	3,128	3,291	105.2%
Educational Services	2,718	3.2%	3,192	1,298	1,420	109.4%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	5,977	7.1%	6,238	2,912	3,065	105.3%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	843	1.0%	932	544	299	55.0%
Accomodation and Food Services	3,620	4.3%	4,466	1,725	1,895	109.9%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	2,293	2.7%	3,102	1,205	1,088	90.3%
Public Administration	1,198	1.4%	1,264	693	505	72.9%
Information Not Available	3,794	4.5%	4,075	1,874	1,920	102.5%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Missouri
	Sep 2009	Percent	Aug 2009	Sep 2008	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	90,497		100,054	51,863
Male	52,992	58.6%	56,014	27,737	25,255	91.1%
Female	37,493	41.4%	44,018	24,112	13,381	55.5%
Information Not Available	12	0.0%	22	14	-2	-14.3%

Ethnicity	90,497		100,054	51,863
Hispanic or Latino	1,305	1.4%	1,355	507	798	157.4%
Not Hispanic or Latino	42,011	46.4%	45,213	17,342	24,669	142.3%
Information Not Available	47,181	52.1%	53,486	34,014	13,167	38.7%

Race	90,497		100,054	51,863
American Indian or Alaskan Native	640	0.7%	656	313	327	104.5%
Asian	820	0.9%	902	380	440	115.8%
Black or African American	16,965	18.7%	19,642	8,200	8,765	106.9%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	808	0.9%	917	416	392	94.2%
White	64,587	71.4%	69,661	29,133	35,454	121.7%
Information Not Available	6,677	7.4%	8,276	13,421	-6,744	-50.2%

Years of Age	90,497		100,054	51,863
Younger than 22	2,648	1.8%	2,761	1,577	1,071	67.9%
22-24	5,356	3.6%	5,652	2,842	2,514	88.5%
25-34	21,651	14.4%	23,146	12,282	9,369	76.3%
35-44	21,539	14.4%	24,051	13,099	8,440	64.4%
45-54	23,728	15.8%	25,868	13,562	10,166	75.0%
55-59	7,719	5.1%	8,825	4,373	3,346	76.5%
60-64	5,048	3.4%	5,901	2,552	2,496	97.8%
65 and older	2,806	1.9%	3,793	1,548	1,258	81.3%
Information Not Available	2	0.0%	57	28	-26	-92.9%

Industry	90,497		100,054	51,863
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	285	0.3%	327	163	122	74.8%
Mining	339	0.4%	361	140	199	142.1%
Utilities	102	0.1%	110	81	21	25.9%
Construction	13,917	15.3%	13,679	6,635	7,282	109.8%
Manufacturing	17,340	19.1%	18,804	9,683	7,657	79.1%
Wholesale Trade	4,617	5.1%	4,896	2,358	2,259	95.8%
Retail Trade	8,012	8.8%	9,015	5,153	2,859	55.5%
Transporation and Warehousing	3,583	3.9%	6,707	1,851	1,732	93.6%
Information	2,204	2.4%	2,161	1,135	1,069	94.2%
Finance and Insurance	3,161	3.5%	3,301	2,469	692	28.0%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	1,365	1.5%	1,547	893	472	52.9%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	4,761	5.2%	4,914	2,328	2,433	104.5%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	253	0.3%	280	280	-27	-9.6%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	9,470	10.4%	10,014	5,309	4,161	78.4%
Educational Services	2,176	2.4%	2,391	1,265	911	72.0%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	6,594	7.3%	7,018	4,447	2,147	48.3%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	1,086	1.2%	1,162	725	361	49.8%
Accomodation and Food Services	5,494	6.1%	7,271	3,137	2,357	75.1%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	2,434	2.7%	2,755	1,526	908	59.5%
Public Administration	797	0.9%	799	517	280	54.2%
Information Not Available	2,507	2.8%	2,542	1,768	739	41.8%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Mississippi
	Sep 2009	Percent	Aug 2009	Sep 2008	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	41,034		39,530	24,719
Male	22,538	54.9%	19,179	12,060	10,478	86.9%
Female	18,495	45.1%	20,350	12,659	5,836	46.1%
Information Not Available	1	0.0%	1	0	1	0.0%

Ethnicity	41,034		39,530	24,719
Hispanic or Latino	457	1.1%	410	333	124	37.2%
Not Hispanic or Latino	38,293	93.3%	39,119	23,387	14,906	63.7%
Information Not Available	2,284	5.6%	1	999	1,285	128.6%

Race	41,034		39,530	24,719
American Indian or Alaskan Native	87	0.2%	73	58	29	50.0%
Asian	106	0.3%	91	120	-14	-11.7%
Black or African American	22,489	54.8%	23,916	14,310	8,179	57.2%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	204	0.5%	249	3	201	6700.0%
White	17,702	43.1%	15,200	9,381	8,321	88.7%
Information Not Available	446	1.1%	1	847	-401	-47.3%

Years of Age	41,034		39,530	24,719
Younger than 22	1,493	2.6%	1,300	852	641	75.2%
22-24	2,927	5.2%	2,709	1,734	1,193	68.8%
25-34	11,258	19.8%	10,623	6,590	4,668	70.8%
35-44	9,810	17.3%	9,291	5,947	3,863	65.0%
45-54	9,281	16.3%	9,073	5,851	3,430	58.6%
55-59	3,119	5.5%	3,167	1,843	1,276	69.2%
60-64	1,946	3.4%	1,980	1,112	834	75.0%
65 and older	1,200	2.1%	1,387	790	410	51.9%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	41,034		39,530	24,719
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	381	0.9%	592	357	24	6.7%
Mining	341	0.8%	397	73	268	367.1%
Utilities	51	0.1%	38	36	15	41.7%
Construction	3,393	8.2%	3,471	1,579	1,814	114.9%
Manufacturing	9,661	23.3%	10,522	6,804	2,857	42.0%
Wholesale Trade	1,109	2.7%	1,120	641	468	73.0%
Retail Trade	3,600	8.7%	3,759	2,518	1,082	43.0%
Transporation and Warehousing	1,168	2.8%	1,306	793	375	47.3%
Information	328	0.8%	317	193	135	69.9%
Finance and Insurance	583	1.4%	617	419	164	39.1%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	396	1.0%	401	278	118	42.4%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	1,075	2.6%	1,125	587	488	83.1%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	110	0.3%	114	27	83	307.4%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	3,141	7.6%	3,373	2,143	998	46.6%
Educational Services	957	2.3%	1,010	560	397	70.9%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	2,919	7.0%	5,306	1,983	936	47.2%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	295	0.7%	288	235	60	25.5%
Accomodation and Food Services	3,265	7.9%	3,570	1,975	1,290	65.3%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	608	1.5%	667	365	243	66.6%
Public Administration	451	1.1%	510	387	64	16.5%
Information Not Available	7,202	17.4%	1,027	2,766	4,436	160.4%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Montana
	Sep 2009	Percent	Aug 2009	Sep 2008	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	9,011		9,946	3,787
Male	5,354	59.4%	5,842	2,144	3,210	149.7%
Female	3,626	40.2%	4,068	1,634	1,992	121.9%
Information Not Available	31	0.3%	36	9	22	244.4%

Ethnicity	9,011		9,946	3,787
Hispanic or Latino	276	3.1%	307	114	162	142.1%
Not Hispanic or Latino	8,149	90.4%	9,000	3,447	4,702	136.4%
Information Not Available	586	6.5%	639	226	360	159.3%

Race	9,011		9,946	3,787
American Indian or Alaskan Native	714	7.9%	813	386	328	85.0%
Asian	39	0.4%	43	12	27	225.0%
Black or African American	56	0.6%	64	25	31	124.0%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	29	0.3%	33	7	22	314.3%
White	8,083	89.7%	8,908	3,314	4,769	143.9%
Information Not Available	90	1.0%	85	43	47	109.3%

Years of Age	9,011		9,946	3,787
Younger than 22	316	1.9%	318	98	218	222.4%
22-24	634	3.8%	663	207	427	206.3%
25-34	2,277	13.7%	2,433	827	1,450	175.3%
35-44	1,911	11.5%	2,126	827	1,084	131.1%
45-54	2,249	13.6%	2,465	1,064	1,185	111.4%
55-59	840	5.1%	1,006	419	421	100.5%
60-64	516	3.1%	598	223	293	131.4%
65 and older	268	1.6%	337	122	146	119.7%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	9,011		9,946	3,787
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	82	0.9%	95	34	48	141.2%
Mining	340	3.7%	378	64	276	431.3%
Utilities	45	0.5%	51	19	26	136.8%
Construction	1,631	17.9%	1,723	676	955	141.3%
Manufacturing	1,049	11.5%	1,191	392	657	167.6%
Wholesale Trade	258	2.8%	282	120	138	115.0%
Retail Trade	991	10.9%	1,030	428	563	131.5%
Transporation and Warehousing	287	3.2%	447	118	169	143.2%
Information	193	2.1%	181	83	110	132.5%
Finance and Insurance	179	2.0%	185	129	50	38.8%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	142	1.6%	154	73	69	94.5%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	426	4.7%	457	156	270	173.1%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	4	0.0%	7	4	0	0.0%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	678	7.5%	655	305	373	122.3%
Educational Services	243	2.7%	310	128	115	89.8%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	688	7.6%	858	276	412	149.3%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	212	2.3%	214	86	126	146.5%
Accomodation and Food Services	891	9.8%	981	347	544	156.8%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	257	2.8%	305	127	130	102.4%
Public Administration	270	3.0%	300	141	129	91.5%
Information Not Available	145	1.6%	142	81	64	79.0%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants North Carolina
	Sep 2009	Percent	Aug 2009	Sep 2008	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	180,539		189,662	101,153
Male	102,549	56.8%	107,709	54,808	47,741	87.1%
Female	77,982	43.2%	81,945	46,342	31,640	68.3%
Information Not Available	8	0.0%	8	3	5	166.7%

Ethnicity	180,539		189,662	101,153
Hispanic or Latino	8,638	4.8%	9,071	3,919	4,719	120.4%
Not Hispanic or Latino	167,844	93.0%	175,556	94,941	72,903	76.8%
Information Not Available	4,057	2.2%	5,035	2,293	1,764	76.9%

Race	180,539		189,662	101,153
American Indian or Alaskan Native	2,119	1.2%	2,132	1,384	735	53.1%
Asian	2,300	1.3%	2,456	881	1,419	161.1%
Black or African American	57,921	32.1%	61,128	37,438	20,483	54.7%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	272	0.2%	285	117	155	132.5%
White	108,410	60.0%	113,383	55,631	52,779	94.9%
Information Not Available	9,517	5.3%	10,278	5,702	3,815	66.9%

Years of Age	180,539		189,662	101,153
Younger than 22	5,645	2.0%	6,071	3,236	2,409	74.4%
22-24	10,455	3.8%	11,043	5,937	4,518	76.1%
25-34	41,621	15.0%	43,818	24,488	17,133	70.0%
35-44	45,811	16.5%	48,007	26,616	19,195	72.1%
45-54	44,540	16.0%	46,759	24,140	20,400	84.5%
55-59	16,080	5.8%	16,620	8,355	7,725	92.5%
60-64	10,879	3.9%	11,338	5,465	5,414	99.1%
65 and older	5,508	2.0%	6,006	2,916	2,592	88.9%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	180,539		189,662	101,153
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	523	0.3%	500	425	98	23.1%
Mining	182	0.1%	130	77	105	136.4%
Utilities	116	0.1%	130	68	48	70.6%
Construction	20,994	11.6%	20,008	12,182	8,812	72.3%
Manufacturing	41,675	23.0%	44,225	19,991	21,684	108.5%
Wholesale Trade	7,761	4.3%	8,101	4,161	3,600	86.5%
Retail Trade	15,699	8.7%	15,374	8,727	6,972	79.9%
Transporation and Warehousing	4,952	2.7%	5,262	2,780	2,172	78.1%
Information	2,614	1.4%	2,580	1,393	1,221	87.7%
Finance and Insurance	5,037	2.8%	4,559	2,673	2,364	88.4%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	2,305	1.3%	2,221	1,247	1,058	84.8%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	9,169	5.1%	9,421	4,433	4,736	106.8%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	561	0.3%	501	311	250	80.4%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	16,927	9.3%	17,017	10,933	5,994	54.8%
Educational Services	5,753	3.2%	5,410	1,932	3,821	197.8%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	12,610	7.0%	11,570	7,884	4,726	59.9%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	1,342	0.7%	1,150	626	716	114.4%
Accomodation and Food Services	8,750	4.8%	8,739	4,666	4,084	87.5%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	3,286	1.8%	2,985	1,731	1,555	89.8%
Public Administration	1,456	0.8%	1,463	860	596	69.3%
Information Not Available	18,827	10.4%	28,316	14,053	4,774	34.0%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants North Dakota
	Sep 2009	Percent	Aug 2009	Sep 2008	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	3,769		4,816	1,733
Male	2,218	58.8%	2,829	861	1,357	157.6%
Female	1,548	41.1%	1,984	870	678	77.9%
Information Not Available	3	0.1%	3	2	1	50.0%

Ethnicity	3,769		4,816	1,733
Hispanic or Latino	105	2.8%	142	39	66	169.2%
Not Hispanic or Latino	3,577	94.9%	4,562	1,653	1,924	116.4%
Information Not Available	87	2.3%	112	41	46	112.2%

Race	3,769		4,816	1,733
American Indian or Alaskan Native	253	6.7%	390	227	26	11.5%
Asian	34	0.9%	60	8	26	325.0%
Black or African American	103	2.7%	119	22	81	368.2%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	3	0.1%	8	4	-1	-25.0%
White	3,184	84.5%	3,985	1,392	1,792	128.7%
Information Not Available	192	5.1%	254	80	112	140.0%

Years of Age	3,769		4,816	1,733
Younger than 22	72	1.1%	90	24	48	200.0%
22-24	182	2.7%	227	66	116	175.8%
25-34	963	14.3%	1,187	374	589	157.5%
35-44	864	12.8%	1,025	373	491	131.6%
45-54	975	14.5%	1,248	503	472	93.8%
55-59	363	5.4%	507	202	161	79.7%
60-64	219	3.3%	310	109	110	100.9%
65 and older	131	1.9%	221	80	51	63.8%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	1	2	-2	-100.0%

Industry	3,769		4,816	1,733
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	86	2.2%	127	49	37	75.5%
Mining	151	3.9%	218	13	138	1061.5%
Utilities	4	0.1%	2	2	2	100.0%
Construction	330	8.6%	420	240	90	37.5%
Manufacturing	1,152	29.9%	1,482	247	905	366.4%
Wholesale Trade	169	4.4%	196	81	88	108.6%
Retail Trade	235	6.1%	242	136	99	72.8%
Transporation and Warehousing	116	3.0%	230	39	77	197.4%
Information	86	2.2%	92	44	42	95.5%
Finance and Insurance	131	3.4%	143	44	87	197.7%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	26	0.7%	31	13	13	100.0%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	258	6.7%	298	54	204	377.8%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	36	0.9%	35	23	13	56.5%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	197	5.1%	235	63	134	212.7%
Educational Services	7	0.2%	11	1	6	600.0%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	180	4.7%	202	152	28	18.4%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	12	0.3%	15	8	4	50.0%
Accomodation and Food Services	149	3.9%	185	77	72	93.5%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	64	1.7%	80	46	18	39.1%
Public Administration	176	4.6%	299	208	-32	-15.4%
Information Not Available	204	5.3%	273	193	11	5.7%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Nebraska
	Sep 2009	Percent	Aug 2009	Sep 2008	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	24,617		25,918	12,889
Male	12,880	52.3%	13,397	5,964	6,916	116.0%
Female	10,722	43.6%	11,489	6,438	4,284	66.5%
Information Not Available	1,015	4.1%	1,032	487	528	108.4%

Ethnicity	24,617		25,918	12,889
Hispanic or Latino	963	3.9%	1,019	424	539	127.1%
Not Hispanic or Latino	19,605	79.6%	20,643	9,915	9,690	97.7%
Information Not Available	4,049	16.4%	4,256	2,550	1,499	58.8%

Race	24,617		25,918	12,889
American Indian or Alaskan Native	279	1.1%	296	141	138	97.9%
Asian	280	1.1%	302	147	133	90.5%
Black or African American	1,634	6.6%	1,728	1,000	634	63.4%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	34	0.1%	42	14	20	142.9%
White	12,176	49.5%	12,805	5,372	6,804	126.7%
Information Not Available	10,214	41.5%	10,745	6,215	3,999	64.3%

Years of Age	24,617		25,918	12,889
Younger than 22	841	2.4%	838	303	538	177.6%
22-24	1,651	4.7%	1,719	701	950	135.5%
25-34	6,215	17.6%	6,407	2,940	3,275	111.4%
35-44	5,512	15.6%	5,778	3,031	2,481	81.9%
45-54	5,956	16.8%	6,337	3,431	2,525	73.6%
55-59	2,103	5.9%	2,239	1,173	930	79.3%
60-64	1,403	4.0%	1,536	754	649	86.1%
65 and older	936	2.6%	1,064	556	380	68.3%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	24,617		25,918	12,889
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	168	0.7%	172	86	82	95.3%
Mining	40	0.2%	42	12	28	233.3%
Utilities	33	0.1%	25	22	11	50.0%
Construction	2,300	9.3%	2,236	1,015	1,285	126.6%
Manufacturing	5,254	21.2%	5,670	2,111	3,143	148.9%
Wholesale Trade	937	3.8%	948	449	488	108.7%
Retail Trade	2,581	10.4%	2,699	1,477	1,104	74.7%
Transporation and Warehousing	770	3.1%	930	411	359	87.3%
Information	572	2.3%	589	353	219	62.0%
Finance and Insurance	1,081	4.4%	1,095	640	441	68.9%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	266	1.1%	279	182	84	46.2%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	1,122	4.5%	1,124	617	505	81.8%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	155	0.6%	159	56	99	176.8%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	2,501	10.1%	2,577	1,351	1,150	85.1%
Educational Services	411	1.7%	472	282	129	45.7%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	2,064	8.3%	2,181	1,352	712	52.7%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	260	1.0%	267	143	117	81.8%
Accomodation and Food Services	1,615	6.5%	1,860	864	751	86.9%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	523	2.1%	529	298	225	75.5%
Public Administration	477	1.9%	486	313	164	52.4%
Information Not Available	1,487	6.0%	1,578	855	632	73.9%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants New Hampshire
	Sep 2009	Percent	Aug 2009	Sep 2008	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	16,283		13,636	7,743
Male	9,167	56.3%	7,683	4,204	4,963	118.1%
Female	7,116	43.7%	5,953	3,539	3,577	101.1%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	16,283		13,636	7,743
Hispanic or Latino	554	3.4%	459	250	304	121.6%
Not Hispanic or Latino	12,098	74.3%	10,132	5,727	6,371	111.2%
Information Not Available	3,631	22.3%	3,045	1,766	1,865	105.6%

Race	16,283		13,636	7,743
American Indian or Alaskan Native	47	0.3%	39	37	10	27.0%
Asian	355	2.2%	297	118	237	200.8%
Black or African American	234	1.4%	196	145	89	61.4%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	20	0.1%	17	5	15	300.0%
White	14,612	89.7%	12,237	6,995	7,617	108.9%
Information Not Available	1,015	6.2%	850	443	572	129.1%

Years of Age	16,283		13,636	7,743
Younger than 22	404	1.4%	338	146	258	176.7%
22-24	796	2.7%	667	351	445	126.8%
25-34	3,084	10.4%	2,583	1,311	1,773	135.2%
35-44	3,551	12.0%	2,974	1,757	1,794	102.1%
45-54	4,495	15.2%	3,764	2,372	2,123	89.5%
55-59	1,798	6.1%	1,506	908	890	98.0%
60-64	1,373	4.7%	1,150	567	806	142.2%
65 and older	782	2.6%	654	331	451	136.3%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	16,283		13,636	7,743
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	60	0.4%	50	31	29	93.5%
Mining	13	0.1%	11	10	3	30.0%
Utilities	6	0.0%	5	9	-3	-33.3%
Construction	1,360	8.3%	1,139	547	813	148.6%
Manufacturing	3,521	21.5%	2,949	1,350	2,171	160.8%
Wholesale Trade	853	5.2%	714	418	435	104.1%
Retail Trade	1,857	11.4%	1,555	1,000	857	85.7%
Transporation and Warehousing	849	5.2%	711	190	659	346.8%
Information	318	1.9%	266	136	182	133.8%
Finance and Insurance	487	3.0%	408	299	188	62.9%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	210	1.3%	176	102	108	105.9%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	861	5.3%	721	383	478	124.8%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	53	0.3%	45	17	36	211.8%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	1,329	8.1%	1,113	855	474	55.4%
Educational Services	524	3.2%	439	248	276	111.3%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	855	5.2%	716	511	344	67.3%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	158	1.0%	132	74	84	113.5%
Accomodation and Food Services	848	5.2%	710	347	501	144.4%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	412	2.5%	345	242	170	70.2%
Public Administration	228	1.4%	191	127	101	79.5%
Information Not Available	1,481	9.1%	1,240	847	634	74.9%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants New Jersey
	Sep 2009	Percent	Aug 2009	Sep 2008	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	181,255		201,222	125,757
Male	98,192	54.2%	102,799	66,890	31,302	46.8%
Female	83,063	45.8%	98,423	58,867	24,196	41.1%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	181,255		201,222	125,757
Hispanic or Latino	33,702	18.6%	37,795	23,603	10,099	42.8%
Not Hispanic or Latino	127,248	70.2%	140,734	91,604	35,644	38.9%
Information Not Available	20,305	11.2%	22,693	10,550	9,755	92.5%

Race	181,255		201,222	125,757
American Indian or Alaskan Native	629	0.3%	694	396	233	58.8%
Asian	7,355	4.1%	8,095	4,100	3,255	79.4%
Black or African American	35,449	19.6%	38,494	28,457	6,992	24.6%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	1,201	0.7%	1,201	744	457	61.4%
White	109,233	60.3%	122,726	73,208	36,025	49.2%
Information Not Available	27,388	15.1%	30,012	18,852	8,536	45.3%

Years of Age	181,255		201,222	125,757
Younger than 22	32,323	11.3%	32,897	19,163	13,160	68.7%
22-24	12,887	4.5%	13,492	9,545	3,342	35.0%
25-34	38,306	13.4%	40,999	27,857	10,449	37.5%
35-44	43,355	15.2%	48,551	30,917	12,438	40.2%
45-54	34,779	12.2%	39,818	24,275	10,504	43.3%
55-59	10,892	3.8%	12,952	7,701	3,191	41.4%
60-64	5,148	1.8%	6,819	3,696	1,452	39.3%
65 and older	3,565	1.2%	5,694	2,603	962	37.0%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	181,255		201,222	125,757
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	196	0.1%	191	151	45	29.8%
Mining	64	0.0%	72	58	6	10.3%
Utilities	187	0.1%	182	125	62	49.6%
Construction	17,785	9.8%	17,051	11,263	6,522	57.9%
Manufacturing	17,407	9.6%	18,668	11,296	6,111	54.1%
Wholesale Trade	10,879	6.0%	11,437	7,257	3,622	49.9%
Retail Trade	21,426	11.8%	22,370	14,781	6,645	45.0%
Transporation and Warehousing	10,498	5.8%	15,308	6,531	3,967	60.7%
Information	4,005	2.2%	4,226	2,982	1,023	34.3%
Finance and Insurance	7,979	4.4%	8,163	6,475	1,504	23.2%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	2,908	1.6%	2,979	2,214	694	31.3%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	13,089	7.2%	13,899	8,158	4,931	60.4%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	1,196	0.7%	1,191	439	757	172.4%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	19,230	10.6%	19,652	12,993	6,237	48.0%
Educational Services	7,094	3.9%	8,830	4,384	2,710	61.8%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	14,690	8.1%	15,662	10,707	3,983	37.2%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	2,162	1.2%	2,072	1,350	812	60.1%
Accomodation and Food Services	11,628	6.4%	16,991	7,314	4,314	59.0%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	4,405	2.4%	4,743	3,006	1,399	46.5%
Public Administration	2,857	1.6%	5,346	1,554	1,303	83.8%
Information Not Available	11,570	6.4%	12,189	12,719	-1,149	-9.0%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants New Mexico
	Sep 2009	Percent	Aug 2009	Sep 2008	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	23,855		26,876	11,909
Male	14,660	61.5%	16,329	6,700	7,960	118.8%
Female	9,195	38.5%	10,547	5,209	3,986	76.5%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	23,855		26,876	11,909
Hispanic or Latino	12,050	50.5%	13,744	5,898	6,152	104.3%
Not Hispanic or Latino	10,076	42.2%	11,145	5,330	4,746	89.0%
Information Not Available	1,729	7.2%	1,987	681	1,048	153.9%

Race	23,855		26,876	11,909
American Indian or Alaskan Native	2,590	10.9%	2,882	1,233	1,357	110.1%
Asian	238	1.0%	287	129	109	84.5%
Black or African American	692	2.9%	784	378	314	83.1%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	54	0.2%	74	23	31	134.8%
White	11,398	47.8%	13,030	5,909	5,489	92.9%
Information Not Available	8,883	37.2%	9,819	4,237	4,646	109.7%

Years of Age	23,855		26,876	11,909
Younger than 22	1,156	3.4%	1,250	405	751	185.4%
22-24	1,866	5.5%	1,940	715	1,151	161.0%
25-34	6,146	18.0%	6,621	2,596	3,550	136.7%
35-44	5,312	15.6%	6,031	2,894	2,418	83.6%
45-54	5,548	16.3%	6,362	2,727	2,821	103.4%
55-59	1,931	5.7%	2,264	905	1,026	113.4%
60-64	1,161	3.4%	1,412	476	685	143.9%
65 and older	735	2.2%	996	310	425	137.1%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	881	-881	-100.0%

Industry	23,855		26,876	11,909
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	282	1.2%	289	127	155	122.0%
Mining	1,413	5.9%	2,019	153	1,260	823.5%
Utilities	41	0.2%	48	68	-27	-39.7%
Construction	4,494	18.6%	4,763	2,267	2,227	98.2%
Manufacturing	1,541	6.4%	2,012	1,049	492	46.9%
Wholesale Trade	929	3.8%	1,020	369	560	151.8%
Retail Trade	2,451	10.2%	2,549	1,253	1,198	95.6%
Transporation and Warehousing	817	3.4%	1,371	299	518	173.2%
Information	765	3.2%	770	474	291	61.4%
Finance and Insurance	519	2.2%	518	359	160	44.6%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	475	2.0%	487	226	249	110.2%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	1,429	5.9%	1,491	797	632	79.3%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	25	0.1%	50	12	13	108.3%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	2,117	8.8%	2,151	1,081	1,036	95.8%
Educational Services	840	3.5%	939	475	365	76.8%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	2,202	9.1%	2,502	1,144	1,058	92.5%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	424	1.8%	438	251	173	68.9%
Accomodation and Food Services	1,648	6.8%	1,866	692	956	138.2%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	670	2.8%	693	307	363	118.2%
Public Administration	773	3.2%	900	471	302	64.1%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	35	-35	-100.0%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Nevada
	Sep 2009	Percent	Aug 2009	Sep 2008	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	62,293		66,967	39,864
Male	38,597	62.0%	41,682	23,590	15,007	63.6%
Female	23,696	38.0%	25,285	16,267	7,429	45.7%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	7	-7	-100.0%

Ethnicity	62,293		66,967	39,864
Hispanic or Latino	13,079	21.0%	14,111	7,217	5,862	81.2%
Not Hispanic or Latino	40,826	65.5%	43,795	25,860	14,966	57.9%
Information Not Available	8,388	13.5%	9,061	6,787	1,601	23.6%

Race	62,293		66,967	39,864
American Indian or Alaskan Native	1,095	1.8%	1,175	682	413	60.6%
Asian	2,881	4.6%	3,129	1,773	1,108	62.5%
Black or African American	6,703	10.8%	7,288	4,684	2,019	43.1%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	1,137	1.8%	1,231	785	352	44.8%
White	40,583	65.1%	43,539	25,710	14,873	57.8%
Information Not Available	9,894	15.9%	10,605	6,230	3,664	58.8%

Years of Age	62,293		66,967	39,864
Younger than 22	2,029	2.0%	2,234	1,246	783	62.8%
22-24	3,680	3.7%	4,025	2,188	1,492	68.2%
25-34	14,556	14.7%	15,821	8,590	5,966	69.5%
35-44	14,668	14.8%	15,542	9,408	5,260	55.9%
45-54	15,080	15.2%	15,969	9,889	5,191	52.5%
55-59	5,446	5.5%	5,837	3,779	1,667	44.1%
60-64	3,881	3.9%	4,146	2,667	1,214	45.5%
65 and older	2,953	3.0%	3,393	2,044	909	44.5%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	53	-53	-100.0%

Industry	62,293		66,967	39,864
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	44	0.1%	47	27	17	63.0%
Mining	331	0.5%	330	176	155	88.1%
Utilities	54	0.1%	105	32	22	68.8%
Construction	15,663	25.1%	16,629	8,938	6,725	75.2%
Manufacturing	3,284	5.3%	3,590	1,887	1,397	74.0%
Wholesale Trade	1,994	3.2%	2,174	1,028	966	94.0%
Retail Trade	5,488	8.8%	5,898	3,439	2,049	59.6%
Transporation and Warehousing	1,951	3.1%	2,037	1,268	683	53.9%
Information	828	1.3%	873	468	360	76.9%
Finance and Insurance	1,527	2.4%	1,595	1,078	449	41.7%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	2,025	3.2%	2,100	1,135	890	78.4%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	2,915	4.7%	3,270	2,007	908	45.2%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	604	1.0%	611	354	250	70.6%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	7,383	11.8%	8,305	5,299	2,084	39.3%
Educational Services	900	1.4%	1,172	555	345	62.2%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	2,586	4.1%	2,613	1,651	935	56.6%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	1,210	1.9%	1,283	839	371	44.2%
Accomodation and Food Services	11,180	17.9%	11,521	6,291	4,889	77.7%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	1,218	2.0%	1,323	678	540	79.6%
Public Administration	722	1.2%	979	433	289	66.7%
Information Not Available	386	0.6%	512	2,281	-1,895	-83.1%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants New York
	Sep 2009	Percent	Aug 2009	Sep 2008	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	315,214		350,454	180,632
Male	170,806	54.2%	185,912	96,391	74,415	77.2%
Female	144,408	45.8%	164,542	84,241	60,167	71.4%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	315,214		350,454	180,632
Hispanic or Latino	49,625	15.7%	54,441	28,478	21,147	74.3%
Not Hispanic or Latino	209,553	66.5%	231,840	121,467	88,086	72.5%
Information Not Available	56,036	17.8%	64,173	30,687	25,349	82.6%

Race	315,214		350,454	180,632
American Indian or Alaskan Native	1,784	0.6%	1,902	1,096	688	62.8%
Asian	11,679	3.7%	12,843	5,947	5,732	96.4%
Black or African American	53,535	17.0%	56,559	30,921	22,614	73.1%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	853	0.3%	912	419	434	103.6%
White	159,699	50.7%	179,623	92,415	67,284	72.8%
Information Not Available	87,664	27.8%	98,615	49,834	37,830	75.9%

Years of Age	315,214		350,454	180,632
Younger than 22	12,830	2.8%	13,216	6,922	5,908	85.4%
22-24	22,244	4.9%	23,350	12,380	9,864	79.7%
25-34	79,970	17.5%	85,594	46,015	33,955	73.8%
35-44	72,514	15.9%	79,891	43,877	28,637	65.3%
45-54	70,305	15.4%	79,995	40,769	29,536	72.4%
55-59	25,899	5.7%	30,020	14,354	11,545	80.4%
60-64	18,314	4.0%	21,805	9,600	8,714	90.8%
65 and older	13,138	2.9%	16,583	6,715	6,423	95.7%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	315,214		350,454	180,632
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	484	0.2%	649	313	171	54.6%
Mining	281	0.1%	326	221	60	27.1%
Utilities	289	0.1%	286	213	76	35.7%
Construction	31,090	9.8%	29,885	17,837	13,253	74.3%
Manufacturing	34,908	11.1%	40,999	16,777	18,131	108.1%
Wholesale Trade	16,404	5.2%	17,555	9,138	7,266	79.5%
Retail Trade	30,792	9.8%	32,327	16,596	14,196	85.5%
Transporation and Warehousing	10,460	3.3%	21,017	6,599	3,861	58.5%
Information	11,513	3.6%	12,455	6,330	5,183	81.9%
Finance and Insurance	20,911	6.6%	21,882	14,033	6,878	49.0%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	7,413	2.3%	7,570	4,161	3,252	78.2%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	26,921	8.5%	29,012	14,564	12,357	84.8%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	2,042	0.6%	3,139	869	1,173	135.0%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	33,636	10.7%	34,548	20,550	13,086	63.7%
Educational Services	13,008	4.1%	14,950	7,767	5,241	67.5%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	29,203	9.3%	30,843	17,551	11,652	66.4%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	7,096	2.2%	7,600	4,744	2,352	49.6%
Accomodation and Food Services	16,981	5.4%	22,659	9,647	7,334	76.0%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	9,709	3.1%	10,130	5,022	4,687	93.3%
Public Administration	7,929	2.5%	8,666	4,340	3,589	82.7%
Information Not Available	4,144	1.3%	3,956	3,360	784	23.3%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Ohio
	Sep 2009	Percent	Aug 2009	Sep 2008	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	166,280		185,027	93,785
Male	103,333	62.1%	114,027	54,318	49,015	90.2%
Female	62,303	37.5%	70,327	39,080	23,223	59.4%
Information Not Available	644	0.4%	673	387	257	66.4%

Ethnicity	166,280		185,027	93,785
Hispanic or Latino	4,256	2.6%	4,763	2,663	1,593	59.8%
Not Hispanic or Latino	151,505	91.1%	168,432	86,872	64,633	74.4%
Information Not Available	10,519	6.3%	11,832	4,250	6,269	147.5%

Race	166,280		185,027	93,785
American Indian or Alaskan Native	769	0.5%	789	439	330	75.2%
Asian	1,179	0.7%	1,375	523	656	125.4%
Black or African American	23,617	14.2%	25,976	16,326	7,291	44.7%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	145	0.1%	164	93	52	55.9%
White	133,590	80.3%	149,128	72,511	61,079	84.2%
Information Not Available	6,980	4.2%	7,595	3,893	3,087	79.3%

Years of Age	166,280		185,027	93,785
Younger than 22	4,583	1.6%	5,164	2,579	2,004	77.7%
22-24	8,862	3.1%	9,753	4,717	4,145	87.9%
25-34	36,893	12.7%	40,604	21,208	15,685	74.0%
35-44	39,987	13.8%	44,761	24,102	15,885	65.9%
45-54	44,386	15.3%	49,568	25,553	18,833	73.7%
55-59	16,756	5.8%	18,794	8,696	8,060	92.7%
60-64	10,284	3.6%	11,372	4,951	5,333	107.7%
65 and older	4,529	1.6%	5,011	1,979	2,550	128.9%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	166,280		185,027	93,785
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	384	0.2%	370	169	215	127.2%
Mining	510	0.3%	440	173	337	194.8%
Utilities	341	0.2%	385	111	230	207.2%
Construction	19,710	11.8%	19,556	10,925	8,785	80.4%
Manufacturing	47,893	28.7%	56,809	25,994	21,899	84.2%
Wholesale Trade	8,864	5.3%	9,756	4,318	4,546	105.3%
Retail Trade	7,891	4.7%	8,502	5,184	2,707	52.2%
Transporation and Warehousing	7,777	4.7%	9,915	3,690	4,087	110.8%
Information	3,060	1.8%	3,169	1,477	1,583	107.2%
Finance and Insurance	4,535	2.7%	4,539	3,799	736	19.4%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	2,088	1.3%	2,261	1,415	673	47.6%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	9,241	5.5%	9,906	4,773	4,468	93.6%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	1,730	1.0%	1,862	410	1,320	322.0%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	17,837	10.7%	19,725	11,195	6,642	59.3%
Educational Services	4,064	2.4%	4,440	2,137	1,927	90.2%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	11,365	6.8%	12,621	6,880	4,485	65.2%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	1,278	0.8%	1,383	830	448	54.0%
Accomodation and Food Services	6,266	3.8%	7,159	3,771	2,495	66.2%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	3,949	2.4%	4,397	2,280	1,669	73.2%
Public Administration	1,588	1.0%	1,541	857	731	85.3%
Information Not Available	5,909	3.5%	6,291	3,397	2,512	73.9%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Oklahoma
	Sep 2009	Percent	Aug 2009	Sep 2008	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	68,542		17,519	23,328
Male	43,001	62.7%	11,170	11,425	31,576	276.4%
Female	25,439	37.1%	6,294	11,848	13,591	114.7%
Information Not Available	102	0.1%	55	55	47	85.5%

Ethnicity	68,542		17,519	23,328
Hispanic or Latino	5,653	8.2%	1,482	1,540	4,113	267.1%
Not Hispanic or Latino	62,889	91.8%	16,037	21,788	41,101	188.6%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Race	68,542		17,519	23,328
American Indian or Alaskan Native	6,235	9.1%	1,356	2,191	4,044	184.6%
Asian	725	1.1%	209	209	516	246.9%
Black or African American	8,960	13.1%	1,457	3,824	5,136	134.3%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	96	0.1%	33	28	68	242.9%
White	45,245	66.0%	11,727	14,611	30,634	209.7%
Information Not Available	7,281	10.6%	2,737	2,465	4,816	195.4%

Years of Age	68,542		17,519	23,328
Younger than 22	2,035	1.8%	565	466	1,569	336.7%
22-24	4,076	3.7%	1,073	1,060	3,016	284.5%
25-34	17,453	15.9%	4,372	5,202	12,251	235.5%
35-44	15,915	14.5%	3,851	5,527	10,388	188.0%
45-54	17,002	15.4%	4,341	6,398	10,604	165.7%
55-59	5,783	5.3%	1,560	2,235	3,548	158.7%
60-64	3,721	3.4%	1,071	1,451	2,270	156.4%
65 and older	2,557	2.3%	686	989	1,568	158.5%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	68,542		17,519	23,328
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	162	0.2%	54	46	116	252.2%
Mining	5,022	7.3%	1,465	594	4,428	745.5%
Utilities	501	0.7%	121	66	435	659.1%
Construction	6,789	9.9%	1,669	1,758	5,031	286.2%
Manufacturing	14,838	21.6%	3,740	4,059	10,779	265.6%
Wholesale Trade	2,961	4.3%	939	811	2,150	265.1%
Retail Trade	5,307	7.7%	1,245	2,177	3,130	143.8%
Transporation and Warehousing	1,846	2.7%	552	588	1,258	213.9%
Information	1,560	2.3%	530	848	712	84.0%
Finance and Insurance	1,513	2.2%	413	891	622	69.8%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	1,272	1.9%	350	492	780	158.5%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	2,986	4.3%	892	1,273	1,713	134.6%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	281	0.4%	69	112	169	150.9%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	8,222	12.0%	1,683	3,052	5,170	169.4%
Educational Services	1,088	1.6%	391	627	461	73.5%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	4,078	5.9%	1,079	2,088	1,990	95.3%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	811	1.2%	175	313	498	159.1%
Accomodation and Food Services	2,435	3.5%	501	872	1,563	179.2%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	2,004	2.9%	505	766	1,238	161.6%
Public Administration	1,772	2.6%	414	959	813	84.8%
Information Not Available	3,094	4.5%	732	936	2,158	230.6%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Oregon
	Sep 2009	Percent	Aug 2009	Sep 2008	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	91,836		100,599	53,539
Male	55,672	60.6%	60,029	31,662	24,010	75.8%
Female	36,156	39.4%	40,563	21,874	14,282	65.3%
Information Not Available	8	0.0%	7	3	5	166.7%

Ethnicity	91,836		100,599	53,539
Hispanic or Latino	7,525	8.2%	8,698	4,374	3,151	72.0%
Not Hispanic or Latino	72,032	78.4%	79,238	41,062	30,970	75.4%
Information Not Available	12,279	13.4%	12,663	8,103	4,176	51.5%

Race	91,836		100,599	53,539
American Indian or Alaskan Native	859	0.9%	939	403	456	113.2%
Asian	1,724	1.9%	1,902	710	1,014	142.8%
Black or African American	1,239	1.3%	1,322	589	650	110.4%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	548	0.6%	601	278	270	97.1%
White	44,408	48.4%	48,571	21,807	22,601	103.6%
Information Not Available	43,058	46.9%	47,264	29,752	13,306	44.7%

Years of Age	91,836		100,599	53,539
Younger than 22	3,436	2.6%	3,575	1,729	1,707	98.7%
22-24	5,743	4.4%	6,211	3,324	2,419	72.8%
25-34	23,358	17.9%	24,940	13,293	10,065	75.7%
35-44	20,985	16.0%	22,708	12,665	8,320	65.7%
45-54	21,354	16.3%	23,759	13,040	8,314	63.8%
55-59	8,775	6.7%	9,847	5,088	3,687	72.5%
60-64	5,484	4.2%	6,210	2,963	2,521	85.1%
65 and older	2,701	2.1%	3,348	1,435	1,266	88.2%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	1	2	-2	-100.0%

Industry	91,836		100,599	53,539
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	2,021	2.2%	2,245	1,148	873	76.0%
Mining	202	0.2%	217	140	62	44.3%
Utilities	102	0.1%	99	47	55	117.0%
Construction	12,854	13.7%	13,513	7,443	5,411	72.7%
Manufacturing	16,403	17.5%	18,330	10,188	6,215	61.0%
Wholesale Trade	4,413	4.7%	4,991	2,154	2,259	104.9%
Retail Trade	9,683	10.3%	10,254	5,987	3,696	61.7%
Transporation and Warehousing	2,644	2.8%	3,835	1,427	1,217	85.3%
Information	1,990	2.1%	2,125	1,164	826	71.0%
Finance and Insurance	2,833	3.0%	2,830	2,106	727	34.5%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	1,582	1.7%	1,657	934	648	69.4%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	4,092	4.4%	4,361	2,080	2,012	96.7%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	452	0.5%	437	191	261	136.6%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	8,140	8.7%	8,646	4,788	3,352	70.0%
Educational Services	2,533	2.7%	2,701	1,038	1,495	144.0%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	6,753	7.2%	8,019	4,001	2,752	68.8%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	940	1.0%	1,033	534	406	76.0%
Accomodation and Food Services	5,810	6.2%	6,578	3,423	2,387	69.7%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	2,527	2.7%	2,644	1,370	1,157	84.5%
Public Administration	1,774	1.9%	1,839	935	839	89.7%
Information Not Available	4,088	4.4%	4,245	2,441	1,647	67.5%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Pennsylvania
	Sep 2009	Percent	Aug 2009	Sep 2008	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	295,058		332,273	165,216
Male	172,533	58.5%	184,596	88,650	83,883	94.6%
Female	122,525	41.5%	147,677	76,566	45,959	60.0%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	295,058		332,273	165,216
Hispanic or Latino	17,126	5.8%	18,990	6,961	10,165	146.0%
Not Hispanic or Latino	270,984	91.8%	305,764	154,678	116,306	75.2%
Information Not Available	6,948	2.4%	7,519	3,577	3,371	94.2%

Race	295,058		332,273	165,216
American Indian or Alaskan Native	196	0.1%	193	483	-287	-59.4%
Asian	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
Black or African American	44,724	15.2%	50,318	31,226	13,498	43.2%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
White	239,374	81.1%	269,905	120,939	118,435	97.9%
Information Not Available	10,765	3.6%	11,857	12,568	-1,803	-14.3%

Years of Age	295,058		332,273	165,216
Younger than 22	8,855	1.7%	9,929	7,831	1,024	13.1%
22-24	11,145	2.2%	12,531	8,507	2,638	31.0%
25-34	59,683	11.7%	67,187	39,346	20,337	51.7%
35-44	60,904	11.9%	68,633	42,344	18,560	43.8%
45-54	81,972	16.0%	92,346	35,286	46,686	132.3%
55-59	32,508	6.3%	36,630	14,211	18,297	128.8%
60-64	22,282	4.4%	25,063	8,894	13,388	150.5%
65 and older	17,709	3.5%	19,954	5,607	12,102	215.8%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	3,190	-3,190	-100.0%

Industry	295,058		332,273	165,216
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	339	0.1%	386	290	49	16.9%
Mining	677	0.2%	771	387	290	74.9%
Utilities	339	0.1%	386	193	146	75.6%
Construction	28,453	9.6%	31,810	17,208	11,245	65.3%
Manufacturing	54,921	18.6%	62,368	25,909	29,012	112.0%
Wholesale Trade	10,835	3.7%	12,146	5,607	5,228	93.2%
Retail Trade	22,856	7.7%	25,545	17,015	5,841	34.3%
Transporation and Warehousing	32,178	10.9%	37,401	6,961	25,217	362.3%
Information	7,111	2.4%	7,904	2,610	4,501	172.5%
Finance and Insurance	12,021	4.1%	13,784	6,477	5,544	85.6%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	1,862	0.6%	2,121	2,417	-555	-23.0%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	14,899	5.0%	16,676	7,154	7,745	108.3%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	677	0.2%	771	773	-96	-12.4%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	25,903	8.8%	28,918	14,501	11,402	78.6%
Educational Services	6,772	2.3%	7,519	5,220	1,552	29.7%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	29,261	9.9%	32,485	13,341	15,920	119.3%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	5,756	1.9%	6,458	1,160	4,596	396.2%
Accomodation and Food Services	27,500	9.3%	30,654	12,084	15,416	127.6%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	4,741	1.6%	5,302	3,287	1,454	44.2%
Public Administration	2,709	0.9%	2,988	2,610	99	3.8%
Information Not Available	5,248	1.8%	5,880	20,012	-14,764	-73.8%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Puerto Rico
	Sep 2009	Percent	Aug 2009	Sep 2008	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	62,883		63,620	42,200
Male	35,715	56.8%	36,321	22,592	13,123	58.1%
Female	27,168	43.2%	27,299	19,608	7,560	38.6%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	62,883		63,620	42,200
Hispanic or Latino	62,110	98.8%	62,788	41,275	20,835	50.5%
Not Hispanic or Latino	325	0.5%	355	394	-69	-17.5%
Information Not Available	448	0.7%	477	531	-83	-15.6%

Race	62,883		63,620	42,200
American Indian or Alaskan Native	2,699	4.3%	2,660	966	1,733	179.4%
Asian	567	0.9%	552	64	503	785.9%
Black or African American	2,113	3.4%	2,184	2,398	-285	-11.9%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	70	0.1%	66	99	-29	-29.3%
White	13,433	21.4%	13,559	8,395	5,038	60.0%
Information Not Available	44,001	70.0%	44,599	30,278	13,723	45.3%

Years of Age	62,883		63,620	42,200
Younger than 22	3,035	4.1%	3,092	2,435	600	24.6%
22-24	5,849	7.9%	5,922	4,116	1,733	42.1%
25-34	21,169	28.5%	21,052	14,244	6,925	48.6%
35-44	15,072	20.3%	15,442	10,093	4,979	49.3%
45-54	11,069	14.9%	11,370	7,125	3,944	55.4%
55-59	3,555	4.8%	3,658	2,268	1,287	56.7%
60-64	2,160	2.9%	2,151	1,350	810	60.0%
65 and older	974	1.3%	933	569	405	71.2%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	62,883		63,620	42,200
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
Mining	87	0.1%	105	75	12	16.0%
Utilities	1,690	2.7%	1,719	954	736	77.1%
Construction	9,264	14.7%	9,358	5,809	3,455	59.5%
Manufacturing	6,916	11.0%	7,394	4,420	2,496	56.5%
Wholesale Trade	9,709	15.4%	9,607	7,616	2,093	27.5%
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	1,693	2.7%	1,618	1,203	490	40.7%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
Educational Services	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
Accomodation and Food Services	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	14,935	23.8%	15,022	10,839	4,096	37.8%
Public Administration	8,363	13.3%	8,573	4,832	3,531	73.1%
Information Not Available	10,226	16.3%	10,224	6,452	3,774	58.5%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Rhode Island
	Sep 2009	Percent	Aug 2009	Sep 2008	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	18,626		22,421	13,261
Male	10,003	53.7%	10,781	6,892	3,111	45.1%
Female	8,623	46.3%	11,640	6,369	2,254	35.4%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	18,626		22,421	13,261
Hispanic or Latino	2,096	11.3%	2,487	1,976	120	6.1%
Not Hispanic or Latino	11,860	63.7%	14,221	8,076	3,784	46.9%
Information Not Available	4,670	25.1%	5,713	3,209	1,461	45.5%

Race	18,626		22,421	13,261
American Indian or Alaskan Native	89	0.5%	112	92	-3	-3.3%
Asian	318	1.7%	359	225	93	41.3%
Black or African American	1,008	5.4%	1,160	731	277	37.9%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	56	0.3%	57	32	24	75.0%
White	13,606	73.0%	16,365	9,414	4,192	44.5%
Information Not Available	3,549	19.1%	4,368	2,767	782	28.3%

Years of Age	18,626		22,421	13,261
Younger than 22	534	1.7%	539	389	145	37.3%
22-24	967	3.1%	1,042	738	229	31.0%
25-34	3,825	12.4%	4,245	2,910	915	31.4%
35-44	4,215	13.7%	5,005	3,209	1,006	31.3%
45-54	4,818	15.6%	6,051	3,263	1,555	47.7%
55-59	1,922	6.2%	2,341	1,284	638	49.7%
60-64	1,405	4.6%	1,790	879	526	59.8%
65 and older	940	3.0%	1,408	589	351	59.6%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	18,626		22,421	13,261
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	20	0.1%	20	17	3	17.6%
Mining	7	0.0%	7	7	0	0.0%
Utilities	10	0.1%	9	21	-11	-52.4%
Construction	2,440	13.1%	2,299	1,595	845	53.0%
Manufacturing	3,583	19.2%	4,022	2,119	1,464	69.1%
Wholesale Trade	884	4.7%	931	529	355	67.1%
Retail Trade	1,635	8.8%	1,718	1,456	179	12.3%
Transporation and Warehousing	559	3.0%	1,794	365	194	53.2%
Information	434	2.3%	487	256	178	69.5%
Finance and Insurance	1,059	5.7%	1,097	877	182	20.8%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	362	1.9%	394	234	128	54.7%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	1,050	5.6%	1,092	644	406	63.0%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	117	0.6%	115	61	56	91.8%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	1,491	8.0%	1,637	1,106	385	34.8%
Educational Services	759	4.1%	924	494	265	53.6%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	1,752	9.4%	2,062	1,409	343	24.3%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	246	1.3%	262	259	-13	-5.0%
Accomodation and Food Services	1,027	5.5%	2,134	731	296	40.5%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	630	3.4%	679	521	109	20.9%
Public Administration	173	0.9%	312	136	37	27.2%
Information Not Available	388	2.1%	426	424	-36	-8.5%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants South Carolina
	Sep 2009	Percent	Aug 2009	Sep 2008	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	90,094		93,507	58,796
Male	50,112	55.6%	51,265	30,844	19,268	62.5%
Female	39,982	44.4%	42,242	27,952	12,030	43.0%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	90,094		93,507	58,796
Hispanic or Latino	2,186	2.4%	2,243	1,249	937	75.0%
Not Hispanic or Latino	77,796	86.3%	79,321	50,495	27,301	54.1%
Information Not Available	10,112	11.2%	11,943	7,052	3,060	43.4%

Race	90,094		93,507	58,796
American Indian or Alaskan Native	521	0.6%	535	405	116	28.6%
Asian	579	0.6%	637	269	310	115.2%
Black or African American	38,132	42.3%	40,132	28,945	9,187	31.7%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	178	0.2%	199	128	50	39.1%
White	48,920	54.3%	50,240	27,979	20,941	74.8%
Information Not Available	1,764	2.0%	1,764	1,070	694	64.9%

Years of Age	90,094		93,507	58,796
Younger than 22	4,395	3.3%	4,109	2,997	1,398	46.6%
22-24	3,785	2.8%	3,811	2,381	1,404	59.0%
25-34	20,789	15.5%	20,956	13,430	7,359	54.8%
35-44	19,158	14.3%	19,379	12,683	6,475	51.1%
45-54	19,001	14.2%	19,548	12,152	6,849	56.4%
55-59	6,834	5.1%	7,247	4,264	2,570	60.3%
60-64	4,757	3.5%	5,126	2,783	1,974	70.9%
65 and older	2,820	2.1%	3,102	1,622	1,198	73.9%
Information Not Available	8,555	6.4%	10,229	6,484	2,071	31.9%

Industry	90,094		93,507	58,796
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	363	0.4%	355	305	58	19.0%
Mining	93	0.1%	102	52	41	78.8%
Utilities	115	0.1%	104	90	25	27.8%
Construction	9,213	10.2%	9,528	6,607	2,606	39.4%
Manufacturing	18,989	21.0%	20,239	11,908	7,081	59.5%
Wholesale Trade	3,900	4.3%	4,188	2,379	1,521	63.9%
Retail Trade	9,263	10.2%	9,701	6,081	3,182	52.3%
Transporation and Warehousing	2,426	2.7%	2,702	1,963	463	23.6%
Information	1,035	1.1%	1,093	674	361	53.6%
Finance and Insurance	2,110	2.3%	2,176	1,534	576	37.5%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	1,351	1.5%	1,382	1,101	250	22.7%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	3,482	3.8%	3,743	1,891	1,591	84.1%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	299	0.3%	342	137	162	118.2%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	9,743	10.8%	10,672	7,755	1,988	25.6%
Educational Services	1,974	2.2%	2,208	955	1,019	106.7%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	4,934	5.5%	5,254	3,168	1,766	55.7%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	751	0.8%	686	611	140	22.9%
Accomodation and Food Services	6,336	7.0%	7,204	4,007	2,329	58.1%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	1,973	2.2%	2,305	1,214	759	62.5%
Public Administration	1,309	1.4%	1,356	812	497	61.2%
Information Not Available	10,435	11.5%	8,167	5,552	4,883	88.0%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants South Dakota
	Sep 2009	Percent	Aug 2009	Sep 2008	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	3,900		4,657	1,230
Male	2,176	55.8%	2,499	589	1,587	269.4%
Female	1,724	44.2%	2,158	641	1,083	169.0%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	3,900		4,657	1,230
Hispanic or Latino	84	2.2%	94	29	55	189.7%
Not Hispanic or Latino	3,558	91.2%	4,263	1,076	2,482	230.7%
Information Not Available	258	6.6%	300	125	133	106.4%

Race	3,900		4,657	1,230
American Indian or Alaskan Native	353	9.1%	506	208	145	69.7%
Asian	1	0.0%	2	4	-3	-75.0%
Black or African American	132	3.4%	143	31	101	325.8%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	1	0.0%	2	4	-3	-75.0%
White	3,144	80.6%	3,683	877	2,267	258.5%
Information Not Available	269	6.9%	321	106	163	153.8%

Years of Age	3,900		4,657	1,230
Younger than 22	57	0.8%	94	20	37	185.0%
22-24	189	2.8%	223	46	143	310.9%
25-34	832	12.3%	975	214	618	288.8%
35-44	909	13.4%	1,014	285	624	218.9%
45-54	1,075	15.9%	1,317	380	695	182.9%
55-59	419	6.2%	514	149	270	181.2%
60-64	273	4.0%	346	95	178	187.4%
65 and older	146	2.2%	174	41	105	256.1%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	3,900		4,657	1,230
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	26	0.7%	20	10	16	160.0%
Mining	28	0.7%	41	1	27	2700.0%
Utilities	5	0.1%	3	4	1	25.0%
Construction	383	9.8%	369	108	275	254.6%
Manufacturing	1,176	30.0%	1,401	174	1,002	575.9%
Wholesale Trade	180	4.6%	181	71	109	153.5%
Retail Trade	335	8.5%	420	129	206	159.7%
Transporation and Warehousing	68	1.7%	93	34	34	100.0%
Information	74	1.9%	79	19	55	289.5%
Finance and Insurance	209	5.3%	216	67	142	211.9%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	43	1.1%	52	12	31	258.3%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	132	3.4%	146	43	89	207.0%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	11	0.3%	16	3	8	266.7%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	217	5.5%	246	76	141	185.5%
Educational Services	122	3.1%	154	79	43	54.4%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	232	5.9%	295	113	119	105.3%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	66	1.7%	73	22	44	200.0%
Accomodation and Food Services	275	7.0%	372	84	191	227.4%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	74	1.9%	94	24	50	208.3%
Public Administration	140	3.6%	261	86	54	62.8%
Information Not Available	104	2.6%	125	71	33	46.5%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Tennessee
	Sep 2009	Percent	Aug 2009	Sep 2008	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	82,043		89,874	49,287
Male	47,907	58.4%	51,633	25,833	22,074	85.4%
Female	34,136	41.6%	38,241	23,454	10,682	45.5%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	82,043		89,874	49,287
Hispanic or Latino	1,166	1.4%	1,324	498	668	134.1%
Not Hispanic or Latino	80,877	98.6%	88,550	48,789	32,088	65.8%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Race	82,043		89,874	49,287
American Indian or Alaskan Native	184	0.2%	216	100	84	84.0%
Asian	1,924	2.3%	888	2,360	-436	-18.5%
Black or African American	23,535	28.7%	22,983	16,009	7,526	47.0%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	632	0.8%	754	310	322	103.9%
White	54,724	66.7%	63,824	30,024	24,700	82.3%
Information Not Available	1,044	1.3%	1,209	484	560	115.7%

Years of Age	82,043		89,874	49,287
Younger than 22	1,774	1.4%	1,914	867	907	104.6%
22-24	3,861	3.0%	4,156	1,946	1,915	98.4%
25-34	18,084	13.8%	19,230	9,690	8,394	86.6%
35-44	19,461	14.9%	20,797	11,438	8,023	70.1%
45-54	20,900	16.0%	22,972	12,874	8,026	62.3%
55-59	8,010	6.1%	9,015	5,331	2,679	50.3%
60-64	5,915	4.5%	6,802	4,203	1,712	40.7%
65 and older	3,673	2.8%	4,544	2,829	844	29.8%
Information Not Available	365	0.3%	444	109	256	234.9%

Industry	82,043		89,874	49,287
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	192	0.2%	219	124	68	54.8%
Mining	292	0.4%	322	58	234	403.4%
Utilities	97	0.1%	109	58	39	67.2%
Construction	8,252	10.0%	9,106	3,879	4,373	112.7%
Manufacturing	21,666	26.3%	25,215	11,833	9,833	83.1%
Wholesale Trade	4,614	5.6%	5,143	2,405	2,209	91.9%
Retail Trade	6,997	8.5%	8,082	4,264	2,733	64.1%
Transporation and Warehousing	3,082	3.7%	3,565	1,651	1,431	86.7%
Information	1,219	1.5%	1,424	775	444	57.3%
Finance and Insurance	1,928	2.3%	2,203	1,452	476	32.8%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	1,071	1.3%	1,185	653	418	64.0%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	2,963	3.6%	3,412	1,844	1,119	60.7%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	299	0.4%	324	152	147	96.7%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	10,013	12.2%	11,619	5,646	4,367	77.3%
Educational Services	1,544	1.9%	1,695	1,021	523	51.2%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	4,021	4.9%	4,613	2,679	1,342	50.1%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	474	0.6%	536	283	191	67.5%
Accomodation and Food Services	3,890	4.7%	4,458	2,111	1,779	84.3%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	1,859	2.3%	2,221	1,242	617	49.7%
Public Administration	1,261	1.5%	1,494	820	441	53.8%
Information Not Available	6,309	7.7%	2,929	6,337	-28	-0.4%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Texas
	Sep 2009	Percent	Aug 2009	Sep 2008	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	261,940		280,649	112,490
Male	161,321	61.6%	171,030	57,738	103,583	179.4%
Female	100,615	38.4%	109,617	54,727	45,888	83.8%
Information Not Available	4	0.0%	2	25	-21	-84.0%

Ethnicity	261,940		280,649	112,490
Hispanic or Latino	78,692	30.0%	83,750	33,966	44,726	131.7%
Not Hispanic or Latino	160,254	61.2%	169,372	69,520	90,734	130.5%
Information Not Available	22,994	8.8%	27,527	9,004	13,990	155.4%

Race	261,940		280,649	112,490
American Indian or Alaskan Native	1,170	0.4%	1,219	473	697	147.4%
Asian	6,779	2.6%	7,560	2,076	4,703	226.5%
Black or African American	48,607	18.6%	51,266	26,145	22,462	85.9%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0	0.0%	0	1,378	-1,378	-100.0%
White	103,357	39.5%	108,974	40,425	62,932	155.7%
Information Not Available	102,027	39.0%	111,630	41,993	60,034	143.0%

Years of Age	261,940		280,649	112,490
Younger than 22	7,471	2.1%	7,905	2,631	4,840	184.0%
22-24	14,932	4.2%	15,867	5,442	9,490	174.4%
25-34	65,376	18.6%	70,148	27,617	37,759	136.7%
35-44	66,185	18.8%	71,324	30,176	36,009	119.3%
45-54	64,861	18.5%	68,669	28,454	36,407	128.0%
55-59	22,055	6.3%	23,840	9,438	12,617	133.7%
60-64	13,952	4.0%	14,905	5,853	8,099	138.4%
65 and older	7,108	2.0%	7,991	2,857	4,251	148.8%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	22	-22	-100.0%

Industry	261,940		280,649	112,490
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	1,747	0.7%	1,850	1,377	370	26.9%
Mining	12,320	4.7%	14,798	1,221	11,099	909.0%
Utilities	663	0.3%	666	322	341	105.9%
Construction	35,365	13.4%	35,864	14,363	21,002	146.2%
Manufacturing	38,090	14.4%	42,344	11,591	26,499	228.6%
Wholesale Trade	17,120	6.5%	17,822	6,606	10,514	159.2%
Retail Trade	18,516	7.0%	19,026	8,251	10,265	124.4%
Transporation and Warehousing	11,554	4.4%	14,213	4,111	7,443	181.1%
Information	6,233	2.4%	6,764	3,813	2,420	63.5%
Finance and Insurance	10,353	3.9%	10,805	6,614	3,739	56.5%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	5,050	1.9%	5,421	2,448	2,602	106.3%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	20,952	7.9%	22,701	8,344	12,608	151.1%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	1,382	0.5%	1,457	488	894	183.2%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	31,885	12.1%	33,153	15,164	16,721	110.3%
Educational Services	5,595	2.1%	5,212	2,711	2,884	106.4%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	15,371	5.8%	16,635	8,285	7,086	85.5%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	1,358	0.5%	1,346	779	579	74.3%
Accomodation and Food Services	8,846	3.4%	10,548	3,911	4,935	126.2%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	5,486	2.1%	5,540	2,549	2,937	115.2%
Public Administration	2,337	0.9%	2,465	1,251	1,086	86.8%
Information Not Available	11,717	4.4%	12,019	8,291	3,426	41.3%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Utah
	Sep 2009	Percent	Aug 2009	Sep 2008	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	31,789		34,225	13,186
Male	20,104	63.2%	21,369	7,659	12,445	162.5%
Female	11,554	36.3%	12,673	5,444	6,110	112.2%
Information Not Available	131	0.4%	183	83	48	57.8%

Ethnicity	31,789		34,225	13,186
Hispanic or Latino	2,717	8.5%	3,047	1,121	1,596	142.4%
Not Hispanic or Latino	21,393	67.3%	23,210	9,498	11,895	125.2%
Information Not Available	7,679	24.2%	7,968	2,567	5,112	199.1%

Race	31,789		34,225	13,186
American Indian or Alaskan Native	846	2.7%	984	379	467	123.2%
Asian	533	1.7%	570	221	312	141.2%
Black or African American	537	1.7%	586	241	296	122.8%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	497	1.6%	522	196	301	153.6%
White	20,197	63.5%	21,935	9,367	10,830	115.6%
Information Not Available	9,179	28.9%	9,628	2,782	6,397	229.9%

Years of Age	31,789		34,225	13,186
Younger than 22	1,747	3.5%	1,929	590	1,157	196.1%
22-24	2,675	5.3%	2,944	915	1,760	192.3%
25-34	9,722	19.2%	10,415	3,650	6,072	166.4%
35-44	7,119	14.1%	7,733	3,161	3,958	125.2%
45-54	6,392	12.6%	6,839	3,002	3,390	112.9%
55-59	2,270	4.5%	2,411	1,056	1,214	115.0%
60-64	1,354	2.7%	1,420	586	768	131.1%
65 and older	510	1.0%	534	225	285	126.7%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	1	-1	-100.0%

Industry	31,789		34,225	13,186
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	75	0.2%	75	30	45	150.0%
Mining	829	2.6%	967	98	731	745.9%
Utilities	32	0.1%	29	16	16	100.0%
Construction	4,264	13.4%	4,487	2,001	2,263	113.1%
Manufacturing	4,034	12.7%	4,458	1,869	2,165	115.8%
Wholesale Trade	1,508	4.7%	1,626	517	991	191.7%
Retail Trade	3,121	9.8%	3,412	1,360	1,761	129.5%
Transporation and Warehousing	1,298	4.1%	1,375	472	826	175.0%
Information	1,019	3.2%	1,110	398	621	156.0%
Finance and Insurance	1,282	4.0%	1,333	544	738	135.7%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	538	1.7%	566	298	240	80.5%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	2,086	6.5%	2,267	789	1,297	164.4%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	71	0.2%	84	31	40	129.0%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	4,238	13.3%	4,587	1,877	2,361	125.8%
Educational Services	913	2.9%	987	297	616	207.4%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	1,348	4.2%	1,568	576	772	134.0%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	393	1.2%	431	122	271	222.1%
Accomodation and Food Services	1,448	4.5%	1,493	548	900	164.2%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	634	2.0%	653	212	422	199.1%
Public Administration	471	1.5%	525	217	254	117.1%
Information Not Available	2,187	6.9%	2,192	914	1,273	139.3%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Virginia
	Sep 2009	Percent	Aug 2009	Sep 2008	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	85,366		92,304	43,753
Male	49,232	57.7%	52,558	23,880	25,352	106.2%
Female	36,119	42.3%	39,730	19,867	16,252	81.8%
Information Not Available	15	0.0%	16	6	9	150.0%

Ethnicity	85,366		92,304	43,753
Hispanic or Latino	3,843	4.5%	4,078	1,566	2,277	145.4%
Not Hispanic or Latino	76,950	90.1%	83,518	39,930	37,020	92.7%
Information Not Available	4,573	5.4%	4,708	2,257	2,316	102.6%

Race	85,366		92,304	43,753
American Indian or Alaskan Native	6,154	7.2%	6,495	1,795	4,359	242.8%
Asian	418	0.5%	451	981	-563	-57.4%
Black or African American	30,443	35.7%	32,767	17,004	13,439	79.0%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
White	43,778	51.3%	47,883	21,716	22,062	101.6%
Information Not Available	4,573	5.4%	4,708	2,257	2,316	102.6%

Years of Age	85,366		92,304	43,753
Younger than 22	1,952	1.6%	2,083	1,031	921	89.3%
22-24	4,578	3.7%	4,812	2,273	2,305	101.4%
25-34	20,522	16.5%	21,861	10,260	10,262	100.0%
35-44	20,850	16.8%	22,693	11,182	9,668	86.5%
45-54	21,983	17.7%	24,000	11,357	10,626	93.6%
55-59	7,856	6.3%	8,432	3,891	3,965	101.9%
60-64	5,118	4.1%	5,650	2,591	2,527	97.5%
65 and older	2,499	2.0%	2,766	1,167	1,332	114.1%
Information Not Available	8	0.0%	7	1	7	700.0%

Industry	85,366		92,304	43,753
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	94	0.1%	102	52	42	80.8%
Mining	354	0.4%	368	44	310	704.5%
Utilities	16	0.0%	18	11	5	45.5%
Construction	5,362	6.3%	5,341	2,415	2,947	122.0%
Manufacturing	6,778	7.9%	8,063	4,080	2,698	66.1%
Wholesale Trade	1,230	1.4%	1,303	572	658	115.0%
Retail Trade	2,582	3.0%	2,616	1,412	1,170	82.9%
Transporation and Warehousing	1,470	1.7%	1,454	772	698	90.4%
Information	607	0.7%	602	342	265	77.5%
Finance and Insurance	814	1.0%	815	451	363	80.5%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	525	0.6%	495	272	253	93.0%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	2,068	2.4%	2,152	1,018	1,050	103.1%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	117	0.1%	119	41	76	185.4%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	4,151	4.9%	4,199	2,221	1,930	86.9%
Educational Services	320	0.4%	319	151	169	111.9%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	1,832	2.1%	2,089	1,049	783	74.6%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	188	0.2%	200	104	84	80.8%
Accomodation and Food Services	1,690	2.0%	2,516	858	832	97.0%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	853	1.0%	1,080	478	375	78.5%
Public Administration	5,400	6.3%	4,837	2,441	2,959	121.2%
Information Not Available	48,915	57.2%	53,616	24,969	23,946	95.9%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Virgin Islands
	Sep 2009	Percent	Aug 2009	Sep 2008	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	860		883	576
Male	543	63.1%	590	369	174	47.2%
Female	317	36.9%	293	206	111	53.9%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	1	-1	-100.0%

Ethnicity	860		883	576
Hispanic or Latino	177	20.6%	187	148	29	19.6%
Not Hispanic or Latino	675	78.5%	682	426	249	58.5%
Information Not Available	8	0.9%	14	2	6	300.0%

Race	860		883	576
American Indian or Alaskan Native	3	0.3%	5	1	2	200.0%
Asian	6	0.7%	5	17	-11	-64.7%
Black or African American	607	70.6%	618	369	238	64.5%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	7	0.8%	10	1	6	600.0%
White	59	6.9%	54	39	20	51.3%
Information Not Available	178	20.7%	191	149	29	19.5%

Years of Age	860		883	576
Younger than 22	13	1.5%	16	16	-3	-18.8%
22-24	57	6.7%	53	41	16	39.0%
25-34	206	24.3%	210	133	73	54.9%
35-44	170	20.0%	173	136	34	25.0%
45-54	217	25.6%	220	125	92	73.6%
55-59	74	8.7%	79	45	29	64.4%
60-64	70	8.2%	76	49	21	42.9%
65 and older	49	5.8%	53	30	19	63.3%
Information Not Available	4	0.5%	3	1	3	300.0%

Industry	860		883	576
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
Mining	3	0.3%	3	1	2	200.0%
Utilities	1	0.1%	2	1	0	0.0%
Construction	151	17.6%	151	177	-26	-14.7%
Manufacturing	13	1.5%	12	14	-1	-7.1%
Wholesale Trade	25	2.9%	29	4	21	525.0%
Retail Trade	68	7.9%	78	42	26	61.9%
Transporation and Warehousing	11	1.3%	25	8	3	37.5%
Information	12	1.4%	12	4	8	200.0%
Finance and Insurance	17	2.0%	20	3	14	466.7%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	20	2.3%	17	10	10	100.0%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	24	2.8%	21	7	17	242.9%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	15	1.7%	15	12	3	25.0%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	32	3.7%	22	24	8	33.3%
Educational Services	20	2.3%	13	5	15	300.0%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	13	1.5%	14	17	-4	-23.5%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	9	1.0%	6	7	2	28.6%
Accomodation and Food Services	106	12.3%	80	58	48	82.8%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	262	30.5%	312	110	152	138.2%
Public Administration	6	0.7%	5	4	2	50.0%
Information Not Available	52	6.0%	46	68	-16	-23.5%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Vermont
	Sep 2009	Percent	Aug 2009	Sep 2008	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	11,599		12,974	5,477
Male	6,777	58.4%	7,326	3,090	3,687	119.3%
Female	4,822	41.6%	5,648	2,387	2,435	102.0%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	11,599		12,974	5,477
Hispanic or Latino	23	0.2%	22	9	14	155.6%
Not Hispanic or Latino	2,974	25.6%	3,333	1,322	1,652	125.0%
Information Not Available	8,602	74.2%	9,619	4,146	4,456	107.5%

Race	11,599		12,974	5,477
American Indian or Alaskan Native	20	0.2%	24	13	7	53.8%
Asian	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
Black or African American	47	0.4%	56	26	21	80.8%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	15	0.1%	15	13	2	15.4%
White	2,915	25.1%	3,260	1,279	1,636	127.9%
Information Not Available	8,602	74.2%	9,619	4,146	4,456	107.5%

Years of Age	11,599		12,974	5,477
Younger than 22	407	3.0%	434	205	202	98.5%
22-24	701	5.2%	752	282	419	148.6%
25-34	2,551	18.7%	2,753	1,142	1,409	123.4%
35-44	2,496	18.3%	2,782	1,214	1,282	105.6%
45-54	2,737	20.1%	3,164	1,360	1,377	101.3%
55-59	1,200	8.8%	1,364	616	584	94.8%
60-64	908	6.7%	1,007	385	523	135.8%
65 and older	599	4.4%	718	273	326	119.4%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	11,599		12,974	5,477
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	88	0.8%	97	42	46	109.5%
Mining	42	0.4%	39	10	32	320.0%
Utilities	24	0.2%	25	10	14	140.0%
Construction	1,556	13.3%	1,686	733	823	112.3%
Manufacturing	2,136	18.3%	2,315	842	1,294	153.7%
Wholesale Trade	565	4.8%	568	260	305	117.3%
Retail Trade	1,461	12.5%	1,539	701	760	108.4%
Transporation and Warehousing	326	2.8%	609	147	179	121.8%
Information	216	1.8%	219	105	111	105.7%
Finance and Insurance	207	1.8%	207	95	112	117.9%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	182	1.6%	189	87	95	109.2%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	501	4.3%	499	283	218	77.0%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	9	0.1%	8	9	0	0.0%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	755	6.5%	781	326	429	131.6%
Educational Services	463	4.0%	588	214	249	116.4%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	1,016	8.7%	1,103	521	495	95.0%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	114	1.0%	119	72	42	58.3%
Accomodation and Food Services	1,355	11.6%	1,767	718	637	88.7%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	305	2.6%	315	149	156	104.7%
Public Administration	278	2.4%	301	153	125	81.7%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Washington
	Sep 2009	Percent	Aug 2009	Sep 2008	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	127,980		135,579	54,111
Male	78,870	61.6%	82,417	31,927	46,943	147.0%
Female	49,105	38.4%	53,159	22,184	26,921	121.4%
Information Not Available	5	0.0%	3	0	5	0.0%

Ethnicity	127,980		135,579	54,111
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	127,980	100.0%	135,579	54,111	73,869	136.5%

Race	127,980		135,579	54,111
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	127,980	100.0%	135,579	54,111	73,869	136.5%

Years of Age	127,980		135,579	54,111
Younger than 22	3,565	3.0%	3,563	1,205	2,360	195.9%
22-24	7,499	6.2%	7,853	2,742	4,757	173.5%
25-34	31,966	26.5%	33,449	12,773	19,193	150.3%
35-44	30,282	25.1%	32,223	13,413	16,869	125.8%
45-54	31,819	26.4%	33,703	14,114	17,705	125.4%
55-59	12,028	10.0%	12,916	5,297	6,731	127.1%
60-64	7,408	6.1%	8,088	3,186	4,222	132.5%
65 and older	3,413	2.8%	3,784	1,381	2,032	147.1%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	127,980		135,579	54,111
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	127,980	100.0%	135,579	54,111	73,869	136.5%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Wisconsin
	Sep 2009	Percent	Aug 2009	Sep 2008	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	131,377		146,786	64,705
Male	78,012	59.4%	86,405	36,189	41,823	115.6%
Female	53,339	40.6%	60,352	28,503	24,836	87.1%
Information Not Available	26	0.0%	29	13	13	100.0%

Ethnicity	131,377		146,786	64,705
Hispanic or Latino	5,309	4.0%	5,929	2,536	2,773	109.3%
Not Hispanic or Latino	124,846	95.0%	139,521	61,600	63,246	102.7%
Information Not Available	1,222	0.9%	1,336	569	653	114.8%

Race	131,377		146,786	64,705
American Indian or Alaskan Native	1,248	0.9%	1,424	654	594	90.8%
Asian	2,417	1.8%	2,804	776	1,641	211.5%
Black or African American	14,045	10.7%	15,499	9,245	4,800	51.9%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	131	0.1%	132	52	79	151.9%
White	112,314	85.5%	125,591	53,409	58,905	110.3%
Information Not Available	1,222	0.9%	1,336	569	653	114.8%

Years of Age	131,377		146,786	64,705
Younger than 22	4,664	2.0%	4,800	2,323	2,341	100.8%
22-24	8,474	3.6%	8,924	4,199	4,275	101.8%
25-34	31,071	13.2%	33,919	15,380	15,691	102.0%
35-44	28,890	12.3%	32,422	14,934	13,956	93.5%
45-54	33,461	14.2%	37,411	16,403	17,058	104.0%
55-59	12,612	5.4%	14,311	5,746	6,866	119.5%
60-64	8,027	3.4%	9,437	3,662	4,365	119.2%
65 and older	4,178	1.8%	5,562	2,058	2,120	103.0%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	131,377		146,786	64,705
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	447	0.3%	543	246	201	81.7%
Mining	105	0.1%	117	58	47	81.0%
Utilities	145	0.1%	176	71	74	104.2%
Construction	13,388	10.2%	13,534	7,190	6,198	86.2%
Manufacturing	45,463	34.5%	51,931	16,957	28,506	168.1%
Wholesale Trade	5,729	4.3%	6,180	2,562	3,167	123.6%
Retail Trade	11,418	8.7%	12,066	6,465	4,953	76.6%
Transporation and Warehousing	4,756	3.6%	8,323	2,633	2,123	80.6%
Information	2,036	1.5%	2,187	1,081	955	88.3%
Finance and Insurance	3,363	2.6%	3,347	1,993	1,370	68.7%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	1,130	0.9%	1,189	660	470	71.2%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	4,283	3.2%	4,727	2,213	2,070	93.5%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	775	0.6%	749	226	549	242.9%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	11,457	8.7%	12,213	6,944	4,513	65.0%
Educational Services	2,233	1.7%	2,393	1,171	1,062	90.7%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	9,224	7.0%	9,732	5,268	3,956	75.1%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	1,314	1.0%	1,394	796	518	65.1%
Accomodation and Food Services	6,819	5.2%	8,029	3,882	2,937	75.7%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	2,562	1.9%	2,921	1,436	1,126	78.4%
Public Administration	1,682	1.3%	1,864	1,022	660	64.6%
Information Not Available	3,048	2.3%	3,171	1,831	1,217	66.5%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants West Virginia
	Sep 2009	Percent	Aug 2009	Sep 2008	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	24,654		27,690	11,398
Male	17,811	72.2%	19,687	6,865	10,946	159.4%
Female	6,843	27.8%	8,003	4,533	2,310	51.0%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	24,654		27,690	11,398
Hispanic or Latino	346	1.4%	387	173	173	100.0%
Not Hispanic or Latino	19,231	78.0%	21,511	9,519	9,712	102.0%
Information Not Available	5,077	20.6%	5,792	1,706	3,371	197.6%

Race	24,654		27,690	11,398
American Indian or Alaskan Native	47	0.2%	59	29	18	62.1%
Asian	27	0.1%	39	21	6	28.6%
Black or African American	833	3.4%	949	509	324	63.7%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	7	0.0%	16	8	-1	-12.5%
White	22,865	92.7%	25,667	10,621	12,244	115.3%
Information Not Available	875	3.5%	960	210	665	316.7%

Years of Age	24,654		27,690	11,398
Younger than 22	827	1.8%	877	310	517	166.8%
22-24	1,575	3.4%	1,647	598	977	163.4%
25-34	6,382	13.8%	6,982	2,914	3,468	119.0%
35-44	6,124	13.2%	7,085	2,893	3,231	111.7%
45-54	5,842	12.6%	6,715	2,783	3,059	109.9%
55-59	2,128	4.6%	2,412	1,018	1,110	109.0%
60-64	1,234	2.7%	1,422	581	653	112.4%
65 and older	541	1.2%	547	301	240	79.7%
Information Not Available	1	0.0%	3	0	1	0.0%

Industry	24,654		27,690	11,398
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	133	0.5%	166	69	64	92.8%
Mining	2,969	12.0%	3,126	275	2,694	979.6%
Utilities	44	0.2%	33	23	21	91.3%
Construction	4,772	19.3%	4,840	2,101	2,671	127.1%
Manufacturing	3,573	14.4%	4,550	1,256	2,317	184.5%
Wholesale Trade	867	3.5%	912	415	452	108.9%
Retail Trade	1,758	7.1%	1,919	1,523	235	15.4%
Transporation and Warehousing	975	3.9%	1,049	313	662	211.5%
Information	330	1.3%	419	144	186	129.2%
Finance and Insurance	337	1.4%	349	241	96	39.8%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	328	1.3%	352	138	190	137.7%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	859	3.5%	882	436	423	97.0%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	30	0.1%	39	17	13	76.5%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	1,985	8.0%	2,121	949	1,036	109.2%
Educational Services	282	1.1%	470	212	70	33.0%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	1,578	6.4%	2,120	1,139	439	38.5%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	130	0.5%	143	123	7	5.7%
Accomodation and Food Services	1,184	4.8%	1,215	610	574	94.1%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	820	3.3%	1,241	353	467	132.3%
Public Administration	222	0.9%	246	167	55	32.9%
Information Not Available	1,478	6.0%	1,498	894	584	65.3%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Wyoming
	Sep 2009	Percent	Aug 2009	Sep 2008	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	7,556		8,291	1,813
Male	5,467	72.4%	5,986	1,054	4,413	418.7%
Female	2,089	27.6%	2,305	759	1,330	175.2%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	7,556		8,291	1,813
Hispanic or Latino	688	9.1%	768	193	495	256.5%
Not Hispanic or Latino	6,388	84.3%	6,936	1,447	4,941	341.5%
Information Not Available	500	6.6%	587	173	327	189.0%

Race	7,556		8,291	1,813
American Indian or Alaskan Native	267	3.5%	325	105	162	154.3%
Asian	23	0.3%	34	4	19	475.0%
Black or African American	123	1.6%	140	37	86	232.4%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	16	0.2%	20	4	12	300.0%
White	6,722	89.0%	7,323	1,580	5,142	325.4%
Information Not Available	405	5.4%	449	83	322	388.0%

Years of Age	7,556		8,291	1,813
Younger than 22	227	1.6%	223	25	202	808.0%
22-24	706	5.1%	746	106	600	566.0%
25-34	1,999	14.4%	2,167	413	1,586	384.0%
35-44	1,623	11.7%	1,799	421	1,202	285.5%
45-54	1,793	12.9%	1,962	500	1,293	258.6%
55-59	643	4.6%	735	175	468	267.4%
60-64	349	2.5%	392	107	242	226.2%
65 and older	214	1.5%	267	66	148	224.2%
Information Not Available	2	0.0%	0	0	2	0.0%

Industry	7,556		8,291	1,813
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	39	0.5%	54	10	29	290.0%
Mining	1,484	19.5%	1,814	96	1,388	1445.8%
Utilities	13	0.2%	19	7	6	85.7%
Construction	1,495	19.7%	1,554	446	1,049	235.2%
Manufacturing	335	4.4%	335	79	256	324.1%
Wholesale Trade	331	4.4%	378	54	277	513.0%
Retail Trade	547	7.2%	589	141	406	287.9%
Transporation and Warehousing	311	4.1%	345	70	241	344.3%
Information	49	0.6%	53	15	34	226.7%
Finance and Insurance	74	1.0%	68	34	40	117.6%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	115	1.5%	132	24	91	379.2%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	301	4.0%	314	70	231	330.0%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	0	0.0%	1	4	-4	-100.0%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	315	4.1%	279	112	203	181.3%
Educational Services	134	1.8%	136	54	80	148.1%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	338	4.5%	451	139	199	143.2%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	45	0.6%	31	22	23	104.5%
Accomodation and Food Services	430	5.7%	466	135	295	218.5%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	264	3.5%	239	76	188	247.4%
Public Administration	115	1.5%	189	69	46	66.7%
Information Not Available	821	10.8%	844	156	665	426.3%