Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants

October 2012

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants: Total Claimants October 2012
	Oct 2012	Sep 2012	Monthly Change	Oct 2011	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
United States	2,801,247	2,829,427	-28,180	3,176,043	-374,796	-11.8
Alaska	9,712	8,777	935	10,654	-942	-8.8
Alabama	32,992	33,539	-547	38,472	-5,480	-14.2
Arkansas	29,344	29,305	39	33,987	-4,643	-13.7
Arizona	43,114	46,769	-3,655	60,752	-17,638	-29.0
California	443,676	461,216	-17,540	484,047	-40,371	-8.3
Colorado	34,811	32,626	2,185	40,803	-5,992	-14.7
Connecticut	47,167	47,384	-217	49,077	-1,910	-3.9
District of Columbia	11,403	11,605	-202	12,777	-1,374	-10.8
Delaware	8,182	8,005	177	10,028	-1,846	-18.4
Florida	126,930	128,193	-1,263	137,409	-10,479	-7.6
Georgia	69,803	69,742	61	95,862	-26,059	-27.2
Hawaii	11,635	11,521	114	13,564	-1,929	-14.2
Iowa	19,820	19,943	-123	22,064	-2,244	-10.2
Idaho	10,804	10,491	313	14,024	-3,220	-23.0
Illinois	143,311	143,303	8	159,508	-16,197	-10.2
Indiana	40,672	43,289	-2,617	49,020	-8,348	-17.0
Kansas	23,118	23,545	-427	25,495	-2,377	-9.3
Kentucky	33,102	32,649	453	33,252	-150	-0.5
Louisiana	40,156	42,959	-2,803	57,232	-17,076	-29.8
Massachusetts	76,454	75,465	989	83,362	-6,908	-8.3
Maryland	53,267	53,146	121	46,914	6,353	13.5
Maine	9,028	8,390	638	9,736	-708	-7.3
Michigan	79,482	73,866	5,616	92,715	-13,233	-14.3
Minnesota	39,863	39,082	781	43,675	-3,812	-8.7
Missouri	41,201	46,928	-5,727	50,354	-9,153	-18.2
Mississippi	25,540	28,494	-2,954	28,758	-3,218	-11.2
Montana	6,024	5,180	844	6,831	-807	-11.8
North Carolina	95,926	90,397	5,529	103,372	-7,446	-7.2
North Dakota	1,534	1,449	85	1,838	-304	-16.5
Nebraska	9,289	9,639	-350	11,981	-2,692	-22.5
New Hampshire	8,260	8,111	149	10,175	-1,915	-18.8
New Jersey	117,408	117,595	-187	124,877	-7,469	-6.0
New Mexico	14,994	14,921	73	19,063	-4,069	-21.3
Nevada	26,919	27,581	-662	32,061	-5,142	-16.0
New York	218,124	217,706	418	229,934	-11,810	-5.1
Ohio	71,925	68,337	3,588	78,860	-6,935	-8.8
Oklahoma	28,445	29,561	-1,116	37,632	-9,187	-24.4
Oregon	44,488	43,535	953	54,981	-10,493	-19.1
Pennsylvania	170,372	174,841	-4,469	192,010	-21,638	-11.3
Puerto Rico	31,209	30,733	476	39,206	-7,997	-20.4
Rhode Island	11,019	11,024	-5	12,240	-1,221	-10.0
South Carolina	34,686	33,986	700	54,325	-19,639	-36.2
South Dakota	1,621	1,530	91	1,899	-278	-14.6
Tennessee	43,853	44,517	-664	52,083	-8,230	-15.8
Texas	145,959	150,908	-4,949	166,146	-20,187	-12.2
Utah	13,534	13,129	405	17,100	-3,566	-20.9
Virginia	50,116	49,528	588	55,521	-5,405	-9.7
Virgin Islands	1,140	1,229	-89	632	508	80.4
Vermont	4,168	4,051	117	4,919	-751	-15.3
Washington	61,027	65,702	-4,675	73,614	-12,587	-17.1
Wisconsin	65,543	63,641	1,902	74,776	-9,233	-12.3
West Virginia	15,691	17,297	-1,606	12,949	2,742	21.2
Wyoming	3,386	3,067	319	3,477	-91	-2.6

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants US Totals
	Oct 2012	Percent	Sep 2012	Oct 2011	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	2,801,247		2,829,427	3,176,043	-374,796	-11.8
Male	1,493,763	53.3%	1,491,124	1,673,427	-179,664	-10.7%
Female	1,291,032	46.1%	1,320,260	1,491,662	-200,630	-13.5%
Information Not Available	16,452	0.6%	18,043	10,954	5,498	50.2%

Ethnicity	2,801,247		2,829,427	3,176,043
Hispanic or Latino	434,460	15.5%	438,555	486,316	-51,856	-10.7%
Not Hispanic or Latino	1,978,124	83.6%	1,988,396	2,248,963	-270,839	-12.0%
Information Not Available	388,663	12.2%	402,474	440,763	-52,100	-11.8%

Race	2,801,247		2,829,427	3,176,043
American Indian or Alaskan Native	34,074	1.2%	34,507	37,913	-3,839	-10.1%
Asian	80,672	2.9%	83,323	90,541	-9,869	-10.9%
Black or African American	531,070	19.0%	553,897	606,425	-75,355	-12.4%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	13,492	0.5%	13,443	15,535	-2,043	-13.2%
White	1,504,778	53.7%	1,506,405	1,715,739	-210,961	-12.3%
Information Not Available	637,162	22.7%	637,852	709,891	-72,729	-10.2%

Years of Age	2,801,247		2,829,427	3,176,043
Younger than 22	79,849	2.9%	106,806	103,141	-23,292	-22.6%
22-24	168,867	6.0%	169,484	197,002	-28,135	-14.3%
25-34	683,465	24.4%	684,690	794,508	-111,043	-14.0%
35-44	616,106	22.0%	627,317	704,580	-88,474	-12.6%
45-54	669,433	23.9%	665,515	745,718	-76,285	-10.2%
55-59	272,459	9.7%	269,081	293,187	-20,728	-7.1%
60-64	177,992	6.4%	174,248	200,146	-22,154	-11.1%
65 and older	118,334	4.2%	115,854	127,261	-8,927	-7.0%
Information Not Available	14,742	0.5%	16,432	10,500	4,242	40.4%

Industry	2,801,247		2,829,427	3,176,043
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	50,251	1.8%	53,535	52,422	-2,171	-4.1%
Mining	18,748	0.7%	18,224	10,268	8,480	82.6%
Utilities	6,672	0.2%	5,379	6,399	273	4.3%
Construction	257,745	9.2%	264,484	306,972	-49,227	-16.0%
Manufacturing	289,997	10.4%	282,070	321,085	-31,088	-9.7%
Wholesale Trade	98,478	3.5%	97,749	115,632	-17,154	-14.8%
Retail Trade	249,049	8.9%	252,882	287,409	-38,360	-13.3%
Transporation and Warehousing	83,167	3.0%	85,267	92,957	-9,790	-10.5%
Information	81,375	2.9%	84,828	88,652	-7,277	-8.2%
Finance and Insurance	83,408	3.0%	85,920	97,784	-14,376	-14.7%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	40,405	1.4%	40,174	47,470	-7,065	-14.9%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	143,482	5.1%	147,583	163,766	-20,284	-12.4%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	15,816	0.6%	14,969	12,270	3,546	28.9%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	348,384	12.4%	349,199	374,119	-25,735	-6.9%
Educational Services	106,252	3.8%	119,635	132,746	-26,494	-20.0%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	274,206	9.8%	279,154	312,310	-38,104	-12.2%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	45,132	1.6%	43,566	53,486	-8,354	-15.6%
Accomodation and Food Services	167,603	6.0%	164,422	197,169	-29,566	-15.0%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	84,151	3.0%	86,632	98,301	-14,150	-14.4%
Public Administration	53,577	1.9%	52,312	71,487	-17,910	-25.1%
Information Not Available	303,349	10.8%	301,443	333,339	-29,990	-9.0%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Alaska
	Oct 2012	Percent	Sep 2012	Oct 2011	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	9,712		8,777	10,654	-942	-8.8
Male	5,234	53.9%	4,416	5,863	-629	-10.7%
Female	4,478	46.1%	4,361	4,791	-313	-6.5%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	9,712		8,777	10,654
Hispanic or Latino	513	5.3%	415	554	-41	-7.4%
Not Hispanic or Latino	9,050	93.2%	8,230	9,977	-927	-9.3%
Information Not Available	149	1.5%	132	123	26	21.1%

Race	9,712		8,777	10,654
American Indian or Alaskan Native	2,764	28.5%	2,753	2,983	-219	-7.3%
Asian	735	7.6%	527	616	119	19.3%
Black or African American	478	4.9%	493	423	55	13.0%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	231	2.4%	189	166	65	39.2%
White	5,035	51.8%	4,421	6,004	-969	-16.1%
Information Not Available	469	4.8%	394	462	7	1.5%

Years of Age	9,712		8,777	10,654
Younger than 22	306	2.2%	272	471	-165	-35.0%
22-24	806	5.7%	711	919	-113	-12.3%
25-34	2,819	19.9%	2,550	3,026	-207	-6.8%
35-44	1,964	13.9%	1,822	2,173	-209	-9.6%
45-54	2,077	14.7%	1,918	2,288	-211	-9.2%
55-59	871	6.1%	701	958	-87	-9.1%
60-64	572	4.0%	530	491	81	16.5%
65 and older	297	2.1%	273	328	-31	-9.5%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	9,712		8,777	10,654
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	73	0.7%	63	67	6	9.0%
Mining	305	3.1%	292	323	-18	-5.6%
Utilities	39	0.4%	38	41	-2	-4.9%
Construction	1,026	10.5%	786	1,234	-208	-16.9%
Manufacturing	884	9.0%	584	713	171	24.0%
Wholesale Trade	151	1.5%	146	157	-6	-3.8%
Retail Trade	984	10.1%	966	1,165	-181	-15.5%
Transporation and Warehousing	470	4.8%	314	650	-180	-27.7%
Information	122	1.2%	134	107	15	14.0%
Finance and Insurance	176	1.8%	185	229	-53	-23.1%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	222	2.3%	238	210	12	5.7%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	395	4.0%	366	346	49	14.2%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	17	0.2%	20	11	6	54.5%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	609	6.2%	487	594	15	2.5%
Educational Services	343	3.5%	361	383	-40	-10.4%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	1,060	10.8%	1,087	1,049	11	1.0%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	164	1.7%	146	186	-22	-11.8%
Accomodation and Food Services	1,008	10.3%	915	1,165	-157	-13.5%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	319	3.3%	379	400	-81	-20.3%
Public Administration	973	9.9%	900	1,215	-242	-19.9%
Information Not Available	372	3.8%	370	409	-37	-9.0%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Alabama
	Oct 2012	Percent	Sep 2012	Oct 2011	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	32,992		33,539	38,472
Male	16,876	51.2%	17,415	19,324	-2,448	-12.7%
Female	16,090	48.8%	16,102	19,055	-2,965	-15.6%
Information Not Available	26	0.1%	22	93	-67	-72.0%

Ethnicity	32,992		33,539	38,472
Hispanic or Latino	464	1.4%	471	598	-134	-22.4%
Not Hispanic or Latino	27,385	83.0%	27,984	31,910	-4,525	-14.2%
Information Not Available	5,143	15.6%	5,084	5,964	-821	-13.8%

Race	32,992		33,539	38,472
American Indian or Alaskan Native	1,617	4.9%	2,077	1,699	-82	-4.8%
Asian	681	2.1%	942	744	-63	-8.5%
Black or African American	13,070	39.6%	12,949	15,126	-2,056	-13.6%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	46	0.1%	44	40	6	15.0%
White	15,922	48.3%	15,870	19,254	-3,332	-17.3%
Information Not Available	1,656	5.0%	1,657	1,609	47	2.9%

Years of Age	32,992		33,539	38,472
Younger than 22	1,226	2.6%	1,265	1,515	-289	-19.1%
22-24	2,282	4.8%	2,347	2,735	-453	-16.6%
25-34	8,906	18.9%	8,917	10,174	-1,268	-12.5%
35-44	7,672	16.3%	7,941	8,818	-1,146	-13.0%
45-54	7,151	15.2%	7,231	8,447	-1,296	-15.3%
55-59	2,790	5.9%	2,943	3,275	-485	-14.8%
60-64	1,762	3.7%	1,733	2,060	-298	-14.5%
65 and older	1,182	2.5%	1,139	1,424	-242	-17.0%
Information Not Available	21	0.0%	23	24	-3	-12.5%

Industry	32,992		33,539	38,472
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	343	1.0%	318	390	-47	-12.1%
Mining	184	0.6%	167	126	58	46.0%
Utilities	56	0.2%	57	77	-21	-27.3%
Construction	2,829	8.5%	3,098	3,441	-612	-17.8%
Manufacturing	5,260	15.8%	5,229	6,287	-1,027	-16.3%
Wholesale Trade	1,253	3.8%	1,307	1,177	76	6.5%
Retail Trade	3,837	11.5%	3,833	4,375	-538	-12.3%
Transporation and Warehousing	921	2.8%	857	1,006	-85	-8.4%
Information	520	1.6%	388	536	-16	-3.0%
Finance and Insurance	908	2.7%	864	862	46	5.3%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	468	1.4%	457	525	-57	-10.9%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	1,692	5.1%	1,671	1,895	-203	-10.7%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	135	0.4%	122	125	10	8.0%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	4,448	13.3%	4,381	5,115	-667	-13.0%
Educational Services	1,010	3.0%	1,010	1,468	-458	-31.2%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	2,979	8.9%	2,981	3,544	-565	-15.9%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	187	0.6%	171	311	-124	-39.9%
Accomodation and Food Services	2,714	8.1%	2,711	3,114	-400	-12.8%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	718	2.2%	762	924	-206	-22.3%
Public Administration	589	1.8%	587	1,004	-415	-41.3%
Information Not Available	1,941	5.8%	2,568	2,170	-229	-10.6%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Arkansas
	Oct 2012	Percent	Sep 2012	Oct 2011	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	29,344		29,305	33,987
Male	15,761	53.7%	15,338	17,486	-1,725	-9.9%
Female	13,152	44.8%	13,510	15,775	-2,623	-16.6%
Information Not Available	431	1.5%	457	726	-295	-40.6%

Ethnicity	29,344		29,305	33,987
Hispanic or Latino	1,027	3.5%	1,033	1,301	-274	-21.1%
Not Hispanic or Latino	27,886	95.0%	27,815	31,960	-4,074	-12.7%
Information Not Available	431	1.5%	457	726	-295	-40.6%

Race	29,344		29,305	33,987
American Indian or Alaskan Native	332	1.1%	336	415	-83	-20.0%
Asian	264	0.9%	259	314	-50	-15.9%
Black or African American	8,050	27.4%	8,151	9,886	-1,836	-18.6%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	325	1.1%	328	308	17	5.5%
White	18,915	64.5%	18,741	21,037	-2,122	-10.1%
Information Not Available	1,458	5.0%	1,490	2,027	-569	-28.1%

Years of Age	29,344		29,305	33,987
Younger than 22	1,118	2.4%	1,096	1,313	-195	-14.9%
22-24	1,846	4.0%	1,860	2,223	-377	-17.0%
25-34	7,178	15.4%	7,162	8,570	-1,392	-16.2%
35-44	6,375	13.7%	6,530	7,742	-1,367	-17.7%
45-54	7,074	15.2%	6,934	7,822	-748	-9.6%
55-59	2,711	5.8%	2,753	2,865	-154	-5.4%
60-64	1,608	3.4%	1,568	1,678	-70	-4.2%
65 and older	1,003	2.2%	945	1,034	-31	-3.0%
Information Not Available	431	0.9%	457	740	-309	-41.8%

Industry	29,344		29,305	33,987
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	261	0.9%	226	282	-21	-7.4%
Mining	464	1.6%	484	233	231	99.1%
Utilities	42	0.1%	54	75	-33	-44.0%
Construction	2,497	8.4%	2,267	2,734	-237	-8.7%
Manufacturing	6,032	20.4%	5,424	7,155	-1,123	-15.7%
Wholesale Trade	1,166	3.9%	1,276	1,463	-297	-20.3%
Retail Trade	2,836	9.6%	2,830	3,411	-575	-16.9%
Transporation and Warehousing	1,102	3.7%	1,161	1,023	79	7.7%
Information	332	1.1%	351	518	-186	-35.9%
Finance and Insurance	537	1.8%	577	443	94	21.2%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	359	1.2%	334	417	-58	-13.9%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	857	2.9%	951	906	-49	-5.4%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	86	0.3%	103	80	6	7.5%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	2,868	9.7%	2,795	3,105	-237	-7.6%
Educational Services	690	2.3%	817	953	-263	-27.6%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	3,501	11.8%	3,724	4,247	-746	-17.6%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	216	0.7%	179	260	-44	-16.9%
Accomodation and Food Services	1,744	5.9%	1,706	2,230	-486	-21.8%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	551	1.9%	572	667	-116	-17.4%
Public Administration	506	1.7%	516	651	-145	-22.3%
Information Not Available	2,697	9.1%	2,958	3,134	-437	-13.9%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Arizona
	Oct 2012	Percent	Sep 2012	Oct 2011	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	43,114		46,769	60,752
Male	22,730	52.7%	25,271	33,146	-10,416	-31.4%
Female	20,363	47.2%	21,482	27,591	-7,228	-26.2%
Information Not Available	21	0.0%	16	15	6	40.0%

Ethnicity	43,114		46,769	60,752
Hispanic or Latino	14,600	33.9%	17,145	20,455	-5,855	-28.6%
Not Hispanic or Latino	20,532	47.6%	21,165	28,758	-8,226	-28.6%
Information Not Available	7,982	18.5%	8,459	11,539	-3,557	-30.8%

Race	43,114		46,769	60,752
American Indian or Alaskan Native	2,442	5.7%	2,536	3,630	-1,188	-32.7%
Asian	1,516	3.5%	1,686	1,805	-289	-16.0%
Black or African American	3,026	7.0%	3,034	3,905	-879	-22.5%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	283	0.7%	258	310	-27	-8.7%
White	25,053	58.1%	27,256	35,160	-10,107	-28.7%
Information Not Available	10,794	25.0%	11,999	15,942	-5,148	-32.3%

Years of Age	43,114		46,769	60,752
Younger than 22	1,289	2.0%	1,524	2,452	-1,163	-47.4%
22-24	2,603	4.0%	2,903	3,959	-1,356	-34.3%
25-34	10,123	15.5%	10,742	14,501	-4,378	-30.2%
35-44	9,339	14.3%	10,051	13,415	-4,076	-30.4%
45-54	10,510	16.1%	11,393	14,565	-4,055	-27.8%
55-59	4,405	6.7%	4,726	5,635	-1,230	-21.8%
60-64	2,813	4.3%	3,103	3,734	-921	-24.7%
65 and older	2,032	3.1%	2,327	2,491	-459	-18.4%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	43,114		46,769	60,752
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	3,036	6.6%	5,156	3,724	-688	-18.5%
Mining	102	0.2%	98	110	-8	-7.3%
Utilities	73	0.2%	69	109	-36	-33.0%
Construction	3,416	7.4%	3,516	6,144	-2,728	-44.4%
Manufacturing	2,317	5.0%	2,335	3,220	-903	-28.0%
Wholesale Trade	1,730	3.7%	1,859	2,458	-728	-29.6%
Retail Trade	3,685	8.0%	3,919	5,425	-1,740	-32.1%
Transporation and Warehousing	998	2.2%	1,046	1,206	-208	-17.2%
Information	547	1.2%	544	771	-224	-29.1%
Finance and Insurance	1,427	3.1%	1,401	2,024	-597	-29.5%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	931	2.0%	930	1,205	-274	-22.7%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	2,305	5.0%	2,496	3,224	-919	-28.5%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	130	0.3%	146	174	-44	-25.3%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	5,896	12.8%	6,218	7,894	-1,998	-25.3%
Educational Services	1,705	3.7%	1,708	2,469	-764	-30.9%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	3,841	8.3%	3,813	5,310	-1,469	-27.7%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	527	1.1%	641	778	-251	-32.3%
Accomodation and Food Services	2,368	5.1%	2,512	4,304	-1,936	-45.0%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	987	2.1%	970	1,534	-547	-35.7%
Public Administration	962	2.1%	926	1,534	-572	-37.3%
Information Not Available	6,131	13.3%	6,466	7,135	-1,004	-14.1%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants California
	Oct 2012	Percent	Sep 2012	Oct 2011	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	443,676		461,216	484,047
Male	233,514	52.6%	241,220	263,290	-29,776	-11.3%
Female	209,778	47.3%	219,422	220,281	-10,503	-4.8%
Information Not Available	384	0.1%	574	476	-92	-19.3%

Ethnicity	443,676		461,216	484,047
Hispanic or Latino	142,799	32.2%	144,273	154,149	-11,350	-7.4%
Not Hispanic or Latino	214,198	48.3%	224,681	244,640	-30,442	-12.4%
Information Not Available	86,679	19.5%	92,262	85,258	1,421	1.7%

Race	443,676		461,216	484,047
American Indian or Alaskan Native	3,459	0.8%	3,442	2,284	1,175	51.4%
Asian	35,556	8.0%	37,479	42,248	-6,692	-15.8%
Black or African American	29,982	6.8%	30,977	33,209	-3,227	-9.7%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
White	145,201	32.7%	152,783	166,900	-21,699	-13.0%
Information Not Available	229,478	51.7%	236,535	239,406	-9,928	-4.1%

Years of Age	443,676		461,216	484,047
Younger than 22	12,108	2.2%	12,238	16,271	-4,163	-25.6%
22-24	27,676	4.9%	28,205	30,925	-3,249	-10.5%
25-34	105,129	18.7%	112,627	126,745	-21,616	-17.1%
35-44	96,769	17.2%	100,676	106,477	-9,708	-9.1%
45-54	111,567	19.9%	112,340	109,712	1,855	1.7%
55-59	42,571	7.6%	44,076	43,866	-1,295	-3.0%
60-64	27,868	5.0%	28,969	31,020	-3,152	-10.2%
65 and older	19,796	3.5%	21,703	18,936	860	4.5%
Information Not Available	192	0.0%	382	95	97	102.1%

Industry	443,676		461,216	484,047
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	33,153	7.0%	33,463	33,113	40	0.1%
Mining	1,249	0.3%	1,147	761	488	64.1%
Utilities	2,018	0.4%	956	1,427	591	41.4%
Construction	39,880	8.4%	43,884	53,952	-14,072	-26.1%
Manufacturing	44,685	9.4%	44,937	51,859	-7,174	-13.8%
Wholesale Trade	2,787	0.6%	2,868	5,329	-2,542	-47.7%
Retail Trade	36,901	7.7%	37,287	41,772	-4,871	-11.7%
Transporation and Warehousing	9,033	1.9%	9,656	13,131	-4,098	-31.2%
Information	36,132	7.6%	38,530	37,681	-1,549	-4.1%
Finance and Insurance	10,378	2.2%	11,473	12,085	-1,707	-14.1%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	3,459	0.7%	3,538	4,377	-918	-21.0%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	11,243	2.4%	12,907	12,180	-937	-7.7%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	82,163	17.2%	83,084	79,455	2,708	3.4%
Educational Services	25,946	5.4%	33,176	25,977	-31	-0.1%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	38,438	8.1%	39,104	39,679	-1,241	-3.1%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	8,264	1.7%	8,414	10,752	-2,488	-23.1%
Accomodation and Food Services	21,622	4.5%	22,086	23,027	-1,405	-6.1%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	13,550	2.8%	15,011	15,700	-2,150	-13.7%
Public Administration	4,805	1.0%	5,354	6,851	-2,046	-29.9%
Information Not Available	17,970	3.8%	14,341	14,939	3,031	20.3%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Colorado
	Oct 2012	Percent	Sep 2012	Oct 2011	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	34,811		32,626	40,803
Male	18,709	53.7%	17,273	21,791	-3,082	-14.1%
Female	16,101	46.3%	15,352	19,012	-2,911	-15.3%
Information Not Available	1	0.0%	1	0	1	0.0%

Ethnicity	34,811		32,626	40,803
Hispanic or Latino	6,864	19.7%	6,513	8,247	-1,383	-16.8%
Not Hispanic or Latino	24,563	70.6%	22,915	28,002	-3,439	-12.3%
Information Not Available	3,384	9.7%	3,198	4,554	-1,170	-25.7%

Race	34,811		32,626	40,803
American Indian or Alaskan Native	637	1.8%	577	629	8	1.3%
Asian	663	1.9%	623	747	-84	-11.2%
Black or African American	2,409	6.9%	2,309	2,786	-377	-13.5%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	130	0.4%	125	177	-47	-26.6%
White	25,399	73.0%	23,742	29,361	-3,962	-13.5%
Information Not Available	5,573	16.0%	5,250	7,103	-1,530	-21.5%

Years of Age	34,811		32,626	40,803
Younger than 22	564	1.0%	489	866	-302	-34.9%
22-24	1,405	2.4%	1,263	1,775	-370	-20.8%
25-34	8,143	14.1%	7,495	9,633	-1,490	-15.5%
35-44	7,969	13.8%	7,469	9,503	-1,534	-16.1%
45-54	8,774	15.2%	8,403	10,331	-1,557	-15.1%
55-59	4,091	7.1%	3,794	4,409	-318	-7.2%
60-64	2,488	4.3%	2,408	2,869	-381	-13.3%
65 and older	1,363	2.4%	1,293	1,359	4	0.3%
Information Not Available	14	0.0%	12	58	-44	-75.9%

Industry	34,811		32,626	40,803
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	364	1.0%	290	339	25	7.4%
Mining	625	1.8%	580	315	310	98.4%
Utilities	58	0.2%	48	51	7	13.7%
Construction	3,551	10.1%	3,399	4,903	-1,352	-27.6%
Manufacturing	2,504	7.1%	2,437	2,401	103	4.3%
Wholesale Trade	1,580	4.5%	1,465	1,814	-234	-12.9%
Retail Trade	3,236	9.2%	3,056	3,880	-644	-16.6%
Transporation and Warehousing	852	2.4%	842	1,100	-248	-22.5%
Information	1,266	3.6%	1,255	1,384	-118	-8.5%
Finance and Insurance	1,380	3.9%	1,377	1,747	-367	-21.0%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	865	2.5%	841	1,073	-208	-19.4%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	2,715	7.7%	2,571	3,084	-369	-12.0%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	419	1.2%	377	363	56	15.4%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	4,519	12.8%	4,229	5,112	-593	-11.6%
Educational Services	1,578	4.5%	1,540	1,835	-257	-14.0%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	3,082	8.8%	3,052	3,619	-537	-14.8%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	900	2.6%	655	1,045	-145	-13.9%
Accomodation and Food Services	2,550	7.2%	2,101	3,237	-687	-21.2%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	947	2.7%	919	1,204	-257	-21.3%
Public Administration	832	2.4%	688	996	-164	-16.5%
Information Not Available	988	2.8%	904	1,301	-313	-24.1%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Connecticut
	Oct 2012	Percent	Sep 2012	Oct 2011	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	47,167		47,384	49,077
Male	24,922	52.8%	24,753	25,651	-729	-2.8%
Female	22,245	47.2%	22,631	23,426	-1,181	-5.0%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	47,167		47,384	49,077
Hispanic or Latino	6,943	14.7%	6,901	7,198	-255	-3.5%
Not Hispanic or Latino	40,224	85.3%	40,483	41,879	-1,655	-4.0%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Race	47,167		47,384	49,077
American Indian or Alaskan Native	161	0.3%	149	145	16	11.0%
Asian	920	2.0%	923	856	64	7.5%
Black or African American	7,353	15.6%	7,433	7,381	-28	-0.4%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
White	25,953	55.0%	26,046	27,472	-1,519	-5.5%
Information Not Available	12,780	27.1%	12,833	13,223	-443	-3.4%

Years of Age	47,167		47,384	49,077
Younger than 22	1,418	2.0%	1,375	1,641	-223	-13.6%
22-24	2,965	4.3%	2,964	3,363	-398	-11.8%
25-34	11,005	15.8%	11,073	11,417	-412	-3.6%
35-44	9,332	13.4%	9,352	9,989	-657	-6.6%
45-54	11,241	16.1%	11,345	11,542	-301	-2.6%
55-59	4,940	7.1%	4,941	4,725	215	4.6%
60-64	3,407	4.9%	3,431	3,575	-168	-4.7%
65 and older	2,859	4.1%	2,903	2,825	34	1.2%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	47,167		47,384	49,077
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	313	0.7%	240	461	-148	-32.1%
Mining	19	0.0%	15	14	5	35.7%
Utilities	71	0.1%	75	75	-4	-5.3%
Construction	3,954	8.3%	4,134	4,287	-333	-7.8%
Manufacturing	5,744	12.1%	5,550	5,040	704	14.0%
Wholesale Trade	2,000	4.2%	1,981	2,020	-20	-1.0%
Retail Trade	5,632	11.9%	5,885	6,115	-483	-7.9%
Transporation and Warehousing	1,692	3.6%	1,810	1,742	-50	-2.9%
Information	848	1.8%	894	1,011	-163	-16.1%
Finance and Insurance	2,149	4.5%	2,170	2,671	-522	-19.5%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	676	1.4%	691	784	-108	-13.8%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	2,506	5.3%	2,530	2,642	-136	-5.1%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	373	0.8%	284	258	115	44.6%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	5,491	11.6%	5,364	5,361	130	2.4%
Educational Services	1,749	3.7%	1,849	2,009	-260	-12.9%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	6,367	13.4%	6,495	6,423	-56	-0.9%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	1,346	2.8%	1,142	1,243	103	8.3%
Accomodation and Food Services	3,179	6.7%	3,145	3,397	-218	-6.4%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	1,566	3.3%	1,671	1,747	-181	-10.4%
Public Administration	649	1.4%	633	1,029	-380	-36.9%
Information Not Available	843	1.8%	826	748	95	12.7%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants District of Columbia
	Oct 2012	Percent	Sep 2012	Oct 2011	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	11,403		11,605	12,777
Male	5,314	46.6%	5,356	5,851	-537	-9.2%
Female	6,089	53.4%	6,249	6,920	-831	-12.0%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	6	-6	-100.0%

Ethnicity	11,403		11,605	12,777
Hispanic or Latino	910	8.0%	940	969	-59	-6.1%
Not Hispanic or Latino	10,441	91.6%	10,597	11,749	-1,308	-11.1%
Information Not Available	52	0.5%	68	59	-7	-11.9%

Race	11,403		11,605	12,777
American Indian or Alaskan Native	91	0.8%	84	80	11	13.8%
Asian	328	2.9%	343	323	5	1.5%
Black or African American	8,005	70.2%	8,125	9,240	-1,235	-13.4%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	44	0.4%	49	42	2	4.8%
White	2,494	21.9%	2,537	2,661	-167	-6.3%
Information Not Available	441	3.9%	467	431	10	2.3%

Years of Age	11,403		11,605	12,777
Younger than 22	273	2.1%	257	328	-55	-16.8%
22-24	624	4.7%	659	758	-134	-17.7%
25-34	3,157	23.8%	3,199	3,478	-321	-9.2%
35-44	2,680	20.2%	2,722	2,960	-280	-9.5%
45-54	2,640	19.9%	2,671	2,945	-305	-10.4%
55-59	1,041	7.9%	1,040	1,076	-35	-3.3%
60-64	649	4.9%	698	795	-146	-18.4%
65 and older	339	2.6%	359	437	-98	-22.4%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	11,403		11,605	12,777
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
Mining	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
Utilities	4	0.0%	3	1	3	300.0%
Construction	25	0.2%	35	49	-24	-49.0%
Manufacturing	7	0.1%	7	12	-5	-41.7%
Wholesale Trade	5	0.0%	8	7	-2	-28.6%
Retail Trade	40	0.4%	38	28	12	42.9%
Transporation and Warehousing	10	0.1%	12	19	-9	-47.4%
Information	11	0.1%	12	12	-1	-8.3%
Finance and Insurance	14	0.1%	9	3	11	366.7%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	14	0.1%	13	22	-8	-36.4%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	103	0.9%	96	82	21	25.6%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	71	0.6%	85	67	4	6.0%
Educational Services	27	0.2%	26	13	14	107.7%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	42	0.4%	35	28	14	50.0%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	6	0.1%	8	2	4	200.0%
Accomodation and Food Services	22	0.2%	25	19	3	15.8%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	17	0.1%	15	20	-3	-15.0%
Public Administration	4	0.0%	5	3	1	33.3%
Information Not Available	10,981	96.3%	11,173	12,390	-1,409	-11.4%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Delaware
	Oct 2012	Percent	Sep 2012	Oct 2011	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	8,182		8,005	10,028
Male	3,650	44.6%	3,590	4,926	-1,276	-25.9%
Female	4,030	49.3%	3,995	5,102	-1,072	-21.0%
Information Not Available	502	6.1%	420	0	502	0.0%

Ethnicity	8,182		8,005	10,028
Hispanic or Latino	476	5.8%	482	605	-129	-21.3%
Not Hispanic or Latino	7,204	88.0%	7,103	9,422	-2,218	-23.5%
Information Not Available	502	6.1%	420	0	502	0.0%

Race	8,182		8,005	10,028
American Indian or Alaskan Native	23	0.3%	17	34	-11	-32.4%
Asian	126	1.5%	124	0	126	0.0%
Black or African American	3,011	36.8%	2,928	3,483	-472	-13.6%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	12	0.1%	16	100	-88	-88.0%
White	4,751	58.1%	4,700	5,123	-372	-7.3%
Information Not Available	260	3.2%	220	1,289	-1,029	-79.8%

Years of Age	8,182		8,005	10,028
Younger than 22	232	1.9%	209	415	-183	-44.1%
22-24	541	4.4%	496	800	-259	-32.4%
25-34	2,023	16.3%	1,992	2,556	-533	-20.9%
35-44	1,738	14.0%	1,719	2,054	-316	-15.4%
45-54	1,961	15.8%	1,922	2,244	-283	-12.6%
55-59	702	5.7%	707	889	-187	-21.0%
60-64	521	4.2%	526	589	-68	-11.5%
65 and older	384	3.1%	358	401	-17	-4.2%
Information Not Available	80	0.6%	76	80	0	0.0%

Industry	8,182		8,005	10,028
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	31	0.4%	35	57	-26	-45.6%
Mining	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
Utilities	6	0.1%	14	19	-13	-68.4%
Construction	595	7.2%	594	839	-244	-29.1%
Manufacturing	722	8.8%	594	1,076	-354	-32.9%
Wholesale Trade	280	3.4%	266	297	-17	-5.7%
Retail Trade	1,210	14.7%	1,223	1,518	-308	-20.3%
Transporation and Warehousing	218	2.7%	204	230	-12	-5.2%
Information	112	1.4%	111	172	-60	-34.9%
Finance and Insurance	715	8.7%	765	959	-244	-25.4%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	149	1.8%	157	219	-70	-32.0%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	467	5.7%	479	501	-34	-6.8%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	26	0.3%	30	36	-10	-27.8%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	1,157	14.1%	1,241	1,387	-230	-16.6%
Educational Services	304	3.7%	303	309	-5	-1.6%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	918	11.2%	867	912	6	0.7%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	163	2.0%	147	174	-11	-6.3%
Accomodation and Food Services	733	8.9%	650	845	-112	-13.3%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	261	3.2%	241	328	-67	-20.4%
Public Administration	80	1.0%	49	109	-29	-26.6%
Information Not Available	35	0.4%	35	41	-6	-14.6%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Florida
	Oct 2012	Percent	Sep 2012	Oct 2011	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	126,930		128,193	137,409
Male	63,459	50.0%	63,859	69,847	-6,388	-9.1%
Female	63,420	50.0%	64,274	67,487	-4,067	-6.0%
Information Not Available	51	0.0%	60	75	-24	-32.0%

Ethnicity	126,930		128,193	137,409
Hispanic or Latino	32,579	25.7%	33,843	35,494	-2,915	-8.2%
Not Hispanic or Latino	90,909	71.6%	91,120	96,939	-6,030	-6.2%
Information Not Available	3,442	2.7%	3,230	4,976	-1,534	-30.8%

Race	126,930		128,193	137,409
American Indian or Alaskan Native	526	0.4%	529	566	-40	-7.1%
Asian	595	0.5%	580	625	-30	-4.8%
Black or African American	31,194	24.6%	31,363	30,762	432	1.4%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	1,478	1.2%	1,466	1,570	-92	-5.9%
White	77,949	61.4%	78,712	86,155	-8,206	-9.5%
Information Not Available	15,188	12.0%	15,543	17,731	-2,543	-14.3%

Years of Age	126,930		128,193	137,409
Younger than 22	2,705	1.4%	2,578	3,140	-435	-13.9%
22-24	6,812	3.5%	6,654	7,054	-242	-3.4%
25-34	28,877	14.7%	28,879	30,867	-1,990	-6.4%
35-44	27,839	14.2%	28,103	30,687	-2,848	-9.3%
45-54	31,543	16.1%	31,978	34,947	-3,404	-9.7%
55-59	13,109	6.7%	13,443	13,975	-866	-6.2%
60-64	8,967	4.6%	9,198	9,629	-662	-6.9%
65 and older	7,077	3.6%	7,359	7,107	-30	-0.4%
Information Not Available	1	0.0%	1	3	-2	-66.7%

Industry	126,930		128,193	137,409
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	2,981	2.3%	4,563	2,515	466	18.5%
Mining	99	0.1%	98	109	-10	-9.2%
Utilities	209	0.2%	207	205	4	2.0%
Construction	7,603	5.9%	7,913	10,630	-3,027	-28.5%
Manufacturing	6,840	5.3%	6,701	6,939	-99	-1.4%
Wholesale Trade	5,126	3.9%	5,130	5,645	-519	-9.2%
Retail Trade	14,926	11.5%	14,862	14,788	138	0.9%
Transporation and Warehousing	3,370	2.6%	3,397	3,365	5	0.1%
Information	2,248	1.7%	2,277	2,615	-367	-14.0%
Finance and Insurance	4,333	3.3%	4,318	4,723	-390	-8.3%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	2,919	2.2%	2,883	3,130	-211	-6.7%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	7,779	6.0%	7,837	9,154	-1,375	-15.0%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	645	0.5%	624	766	-121	-15.8%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	23,698	18.2%	23,414	24,854	-1,156	-4.7%
Educational Services	4,019	3.1%	4,109	4,981	-962	-19.3%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	13,126	10.1%	12,923	13,093	33	0.3%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	2,928	2.3%	3,297	2,825	103	3.6%
Accomodation and Food Services	11,178	8.6%	11,364	11,170	8	0.1%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	3,703	2.9%	3,733	3,914	-211	-5.4%
Public Administration	2,208	1.7%	2,098	3,239	-1,031	-31.8%
Information Not Available	6,992	5.4%	6,445	8,749	-1,757	-20.1%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Georgia
	Oct 2012	Percent	Sep 2012	Oct 2011	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	69,803		69,742	95,862
Male	34,750	49.8%	34,392	46,760	-12,010	-25.7%
Female	34,154	48.9%	34,427	47,728	-13,574	-28.4%
Information Not Available	899	1.3%	923	1,374	-475	-34.6%

Ethnicity	69,803		69,742	95,862
Hispanic or Latino	162	0.2%	187	419	-257	-61.3%
Not Hispanic or Latino	68,742	98.5%	68,632	94,069	-25,327	-26.9%
Information Not Available	899	1.3%	923	1,374	-475	-34.6%

Race	69,803		69,742	95,862
American Indian or Alaskan Native	385	0.6%	344	458	-73	-15.9%
Asian	1,044	1.5%	1,082	1,258	-214	-17.0%
Black or African American	34,918	50.0%	34,719	45,900	-10,982	-23.9%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
White	32,557	46.6%	32,674	46,872	-14,315	-30.5%
Information Not Available	899	1.3%	923	1,374	-475	-34.6%

Years of Age	69,803		69,742	95,862
Younger than 22	1,730	1.8%	1,704	2,421	-691	-28.5%
22-24	3,718	3.8%	3,594	5,129	-1,411	-27.5%
25-34	16,425	16.7%	16,507	22,425	-6,000	-26.8%
35-44	16,531	16.8%	16,472	22,495	-5,964	-26.5%
45-54	16,602	16.9%	16,648	22,709	-6,107	-26.9%
55-59	6,385	6.5%	6,240	8,408	-2,023	-24.1%
60-64	4,076	4.1%	4,106	5,753	-1,677	-29.2%
65 and older	2,362	2.4%	2,460	3,553	-1,191	-33.5%
Information Not Available	1,974	2.0%	2,011	2,969	-995	-33.5%

Industry	69,803		69,742	95,862
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	831	1.2%	964	1,338	-507	-37.9%
Mining	67	0.1%	52	96	-29	-30.2%
Utilities	98	0.1%	105	221	-123	-55.7%
Construction	3,812	5.4%	3,782	5,915	-2,103	-35.6%
Manufacturing	6,201	8.8%	5,396	8,424	-2,223	-26.4%
Wholesale Trade	3,298	4.7%	3,195	4,691	-1,393	-29.7%
Retail Trade	5,653	8.0%	5,766	7,522	-1,869	-24.8%
Transporation and Warehousing	1,529	2.2%	1,553	2,051	-522	-25.5%
Information	1,354	1.9%	1,358	2,342	-988	-42.2%
Finance and Insurance	1,858	2.6%	1,971	2,584	-726	-28.1%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	1,097	1.6%	1,087	1,553	-456	-29.4%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	11,106	15.7%	11,080	14,850	-3,744	-25.2%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	78	0.1%	76	181	-103	-56.9%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	179	0.3%	196	270	-91	-33.7%
Educational Services	3,184	4.5%	3,433	4,003	-819	-20.5%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	4,156	5.9%	4,382	6,527	-2,371	-36.3%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	3,457	4.9%	3,416	4,556	-1,099	-24.1%
Accomodation and Food Services	488	0.7%	598	787	-299	-38.0%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	1,245	1.8%	1,287	1,320	-75	-5.7%
Public Administration	1,012	1.4%	1,049	1,720	-708	-41.2%
Information Not Available	19,100	27.0%	18,996	24,911	-5,811	-23.3%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Hawaii
	Oct 2012	Percent	Sep 2012	Oct 2011	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	11,635		11,521	13,564
Male	7,552	64.9%	7,431	8,832	-1,280	-14.5%
Female	4,083	35.1%	4,090	4,728	-645	-13.6%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	4	-4	-100.0%

Ethnicity	11,635		11,521	13,564
Hispanic or Latino	613	5.3%	630	667	-54	-8.1%
Not Hispanic or Latino	8,564	73.6%	8,523	10,326	-1,762	-17.1%
Information Not Available	2,458	21.1%	2,368	2,571	-113	-4.4%

Race	11,635		11,521	13,564
American Indian or Alaskan Native	56	0.5%	49	76	-20	-26.3%
Asian	3,822	32.8%	3,804	4,396	-574	-13.1%
Black or African American	217	1.9%	215	257	-40	-15.6%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	3,062	26.3%	3,021	3,557	-495	-13.9%
White	2,925	25.1%	2,920	3,659	-734	-20.1%
Information Not Available	1,553	13.3%	1,512	1,619	-66	-4.1%

Years of Age	11,635		11,521	13,564
Younger than 22	213	1.6%	205	253	-40	-15.8%
22-24	479	3.5%	477	643	-164	-25.5%
25-34	2,820	20.6%	2,801	3,351	-531	-15.8%
35-44	2,713	19.9%	2,641	3,113	-400	-12.8%
45-54	2,758	20.2%	2,745	3,203	-445	-13.9%
55-59	1,213	8.9%	1,156	1,375	-162	-11.8%
60-64	903	6.6%	951	952	-49	-5.1%
65 and older	536	3.9%	545	674	-138	-20.5%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	11,635		11,521	13,564
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	169	1.4%	202	238	-69	-29.0%
Mining	4	0.0%	4	0	4	0.0%
Utilities	10	0.1%	10	16	-6	-37.5%
Construction	3,238	27.4%	3,203	3,642	-404	-11.1%
Manufacturing	280	2.4%	266	382	-102	-26.7%
Wholesale Trade	215	1.8%	221	283	-68	-24.0%
Retail Trade	673	5.7%	679	941	-268	-28.5%
Transporation and Warehousing	370	3.1%	355	454	-84	-18.5%
Information	148	1.3%	176	293	-145	-49.5%
Finance and Insurance	127	1.1%	137	173	-46	-26.6%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	191	1.6%	198	269	-78	-29.0%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	560	4.7%	515	583	-23	-3.9%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	27	0.2%	28	36	-9	-25.0%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	1,574	13.3%	1,479	1,888	-314	-16.6%
Educational Services	124	1.1%	119	156	-32	-20.5%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	611	5.2%	628	741	-130	-17.5%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	101	0.9%	130	154	-53	-34.4%
Accomodation and Food Services	1,119	9.5%	1,206	1,333	-214	-16.1%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	321	2.7%	308	371	-50	-13.5%
Public Administration	331	2.8%	334	320	11	3.4%
Information Not Available	1,442	12.2%	1,323	1,291	151	11.7%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Iowa
	Oct 2012	Percent	Sep 2012	Oct 2011	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	19,820		19,943	22,064
Male	10,385	52.4%	10,449	11,520	-1,135	-9.9%
Female	9,435	47.6%	9,494	10,544	-1,109	-10.5%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	19,820		19,943	22,064
Hispanic or Latino	1,122	5.7%	985	989	133	13.4%
Not Hispanic or Latino	17,687	89.2%	17,555	16,990	697	4.1%
Information Not Available	1,011	5.1%	1,403	4,085	-3,074	-75.3%

Race	19,820		19,943	22,064
American Indian or Alaskan Native	141	0.7%	135	94	47	50.0%
Asian	247	1.2%	238	233	14	6.0%
Black or African American	1,593	8.0%	1,606	1,499	94	6.3%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
White	15,706	79.2%	15,576	15,164	542	3.6%
Information Not Available	2,133	10.8%	2,388	5,074	-2,941	-58.0%

Years of Age	19,820		19,943	22,064
Younger than 22	604	1.8%	525	746	-142	-19.0%
22-24	1,103	3.2%	1,074	1,297	-194	-15.0%
25-34	4,605	13.5%	4,574	5,198	-593	-11.4%
35-44	4,170	12.2%	4,237	4,645	-475	-10.2%
45-54	4,886	14.3%	4,958	5,527	-641	-11.6%
55-59	2,157	6.3%	2,218	2,301	-144	-6.3%
60-64	1,442	4.2%	1,479	1,470	-28	-1.9%
65 and older	853	2.5%	878	879	-26	-3.0%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	1	-1	-100.0%

Industry	19,820		19,943	22,064
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	201	1.0%	193	152	49	32.2%
Mining	51	0.3%	64	21	30	142.9%
Utilities	34	0.2%	29	40	-6	-15.0%
Construction	2,143	10.7%	2,125	2,240	-97	-4.3%
Manufacturing	4,114	20.5%	4,197	4,299	-185	-4.3%
Wholesale Trade	834	4.2%	903	1,216	-382	-31.4%
Retail Trade	1,963	9.8%	1,961	2,026	-63	-3.1%
Transporation and Warehousing	571	2.9%	585	667	-96	-14.4%
Information	798	4.0%	862	782	16	2.0%
Finance and Insurance	817	4.1%	854	980	-163	-16.6%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	214	1.1%	220	239	-25	-10.5%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	722	3.6%	816	840	-118	-14.0%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	30	0.1%	34	27	3	11.1%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	2,349	11.7%	2,224	2,428	-79	-3.3%
Educational Services	527	2.6%	562	649	-122	-18.8%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	1,896	9.5%	1,906	2,310	-414	-17.9%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	271	1.4%	199	331	-60	-18.1%
Accomodation and Food Services	1,256	6.3%	1,237	1,495	-239	-16.0%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	483	2.4%	510	508	-25	-4.9%
Public Administration	345	1.7%	327	550	-205	-37.3%
Information Not Available	201	1.0%	135	264	-63	-23.9%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Idaho
	Oct 2012	Percent	Sep 2012	Oct 2011	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	10,804		10,491	14,024
Male	5,796	53.6%	5,541	7,597	-1,801	-23.7%
Female	5,004	46.3%	4,945	6,417	-1,413	-22.0%
Information Not Available	4	0.0%	5	10	-6	-60.0%

Ethnicity	10,804		10,491	14,024
Hispanic or Latino	1,086	10.1%	1,166	1,658	-572	-34.5%
Not Hispanic or Latino	9,148	84.7%	8,725	11,701	-2,553	-21.8%
Information Not Available	570	5.3%	600	665	-95	-14.3%

Race	10,804		10,491	14,024
American Indian or Alaskan Native	184	1.7%	197	235	-51	-21.7%
Asian	129	1.2%	134	132	-3	-2.3%
Black or African American	95	0.9%	109	120	-25	-20.8%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	45	0.4%	29	52	-7	-13.5%
White	8,895	82.3%	8,538	11,352	-2,457	-21.6%
Information Not Available	1,456	13.5%	1,484	2,133	-677	-31.7%

Years of Age	10,804		10,491	14,024
Younger than 22	302	1.6%	239	497	-195	-39.2%
22-24	612	3.2%	563	854	-242	-28.3%
25-34	2,580	13.6%	2,430	3,459	-879	-25.4%
35-44	2,271	12.0%	2,236	3,017	-746	-24.7%
45-54	2,670	14.1%	2,663	3,321	-651	-19.6%
55-59	1,211	6.4%	1,152	1,414	-203	-14.4%
60-64	741	3.9%	752	934	-193	-20.7%
65 and older	417	2.2%	456	528	-111	-21.0%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	10,804		10,491	14,024
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	206	1.9%	204	289	-83	-28.7%
Mining	100	0.9%	51	23	77	334.8%
Utilities	20	0.2%	16	31	-11	-35.5%
Construction	1,030	9.4%	1,024	1,451	-421	-29.0%
Manufacturing	1,074	9.8%	1,019	1,583	-509	-32.2%
Wholesale Trade	368	3.3%	471	494	-126	-25.5%
Retail Trade	1,180	10.7%	1,154	1,473	-293	-19.9%
Transporation and Warehousing	269	2.4%	285	386	-117	-30.3%
Information	215	2.0%	174	227	-12	-5.3%
Finance and Insurance	270	2.5%	280	382	-112	-29.3%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	123	1.1%	113	163	-40	-24.5%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	539	4.9%	529	647	-108	-16.7%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	31	0.3%	32	45	-14	-31.1%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	1,143	10.4%	1,093	1,640	-497	-30.3%
Educational Services	350	3.2%	346	468	-118	-25.2%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	1,116	10.1%	1,158	1,420	-304	-21.4%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	179	1.6%	126	212	-33	-15.6%
Accomodation and Food Services	735	6.7%	591	912	-177	-19.4%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	258	2.3%	271	350	-92	-26.3%
Public Administration	348	3.2%	287	403	-55	-13.6%
Information Not Available	1,250	11.4%	1,267	1,425	-175	-12.3%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Illinois
	Oct 2012	Percent	Sep 2012	Oct 2011	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	143,311		143,303	159,508
Male	78,111	54.5%	77,699	85,720	-7,609	-8.9%
Female	64,226	44.8%	64,669	72,750	-8,524	-11.7%
Information Not Available	974	0.7%	935	1,038	-64	-6.2%

Ethnicity	143,311		143,303	159,508
Hispanic or Latino	18,511	12.9%	18,146	20,714	-2,203	-10.6%
Not Hispanic or Latino	110,806	77.3%	111,028	123,974	-13,168	-10.6%
Information Not Available	13,994	9.8%	14,129	14,820	-826	-5.6%

Race	143,311		143,303	159,508
American Indian or Alaskan Native	622	0.4%	603	682	-60	-8.8%
Asian	3,357	2.3%	3,370	3,440	-83	-2.4%
Black or African American	37,209	26.0%	37,673	41,435	-4,226	-10.2%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	255	0.2%	290	283	-28	-9.9%
White	88,211	61.6%	87,889	97,639	-9,428	-9.7%
Information Not Available	13,657	9.5%	13,478	16,029	-2,372	-14.8%

Years of Age	143,311		143,303	159,508
Younger than 22	3,505	1.6%	3,263	4,278	-773	-18.1%
22-24	7,835	3.5%	7,757	8,897	-1,062	-11.9%
25-34	34,848	15.7%	34,640	39,624	-4,776	-12.1%
35-44	33,220	14.9%	33,514	37,397	-4,177	-11.2%
45-54	35,561	16.0%	35,510	39,509	-3,948	-10.0%
55-59	14,420	6.5%	14,632	14,970	-550	-3.7%
60-64	8,915	4.0%	8,902	9,551	-636	-6.7%
65 and older	5,007	2.2%	5,085	5,282	-275	-5.2%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	143,311		143,303	159,508
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	385	0.3%	308	495	-110	-22.2%
Mining	311	0.2%	325	289	22	7.6%
Utilities	214	0.1%	216	184	30	16.3%
Construction	16,083	11.2%	16,673	19,311	-3,228	-16.7%
Manufacturing	14,352	10.0%	13,478	16,201	-1,849	-11.4%
Wholesale Trade	6,751	4.7%	6,603	7,143	-392	-5.5%
Retail Trade	13,503	9.4%	13,774	15,027	-1,524	-10.1%
Transporation and Warehousing	5,544	3.9%	6,083	6,644	-1,100	-16.6%
Information	3,147	2.2%	3,195	3,239	-92	-2.8%
Finance and Insurance	5,178	3.6%	5,313	6,306	-1,128	-17.9%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	2,007	1.4%	1,932	2,313	-306	-13.2%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	9,496	6.6%	9,267	10,058	-562	-5.6%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	708	0.5%	706	811	-103	-12.7%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	19,583	13.6%	19,273	20,985	-1,402	-6.7%
Educational Services	5,305	3.7%	5,604	7,013	-1,708	-24.4%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	13,025	9.1%	13,387	15,098	-2,073	-13.7%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	1,988	1.4%	1,748	2,332	-344	-14.8%
Accomodation and Food Services	8,177	5.7%	8,146	9,509	-1,332	-14.0%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	4,550	3.2%	4,676	4,962	-412	-8.3%
Public Administration	3,938	2.7%	3,989	5,107	-1,169	-22.9%
Information Not Available	9,066	6.3%	8,607	6,481	2,585	39.9%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Indiana
	Oct 2012	Percent	Sep 2012	Oct 2011	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	40,672		43,289	49,020
Male	22,143	54.4%	23,882	25,545	-3,402	-13.3%
Female	18,472	45.4%	19,351	23,394	-4,922	-21.0%
Information Not Available	57	0.1%	56	81	-24	-29.6%

Ethnicity	40,672		43,289	49,020
Hispanic or Latino	1,748	4.3%	1,834	2,090	-342	-16.4%
Not Hispanic or Latino	30,553	75.1%	32,663	36,611	-6,058	-16.5%
Information Not Available	8,371	20.6%	8,792	10,319	-1,948	-18.9%

Race	40,672		43,289	49,020
American Indian or Alaskan Native	172	0.4%	190	213	-41	-19.2%
Asian	303	0.7%	297	292	11	3.8%
Black or African American	6,938	17.1%	7,277	8,132	-1,194	-14.7%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	54	0.1%	46	68	-14	-20.6%
White	31,099	76.5%	33,221	37,676	-6,577	-17.5%
Information Not Available	2,106	5.2%	2,258	2,639	-533	-20.2%

Years of Age	40,672		43,289	49,020
Younger than 22	849	1.2%	859	1,261	-412	-32.7%
22-24	2,106	3.0%	2,231	2,735	-629	-23.0%
25-34	10,026	14.5%	10,464	12,556	-2,530	-20.1%
35-44	9,781	14.1%	10,503	11,575	-1,794	-15.5%
45-54	9,991	14.4%	10,807	11,846	-1,855	-15.7%
55-59	4,016	5.8%	4,439	4,632	-616	-13.3%
60-64	2,529	3.7%	2,613	2,909	-380	-13.1%
65 and older	1,374	2.0%	1,373	1,506	-132	-8.8%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	40,672		43,289	49,020
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	92	0.2%	84	120	-28	-23.3%
Mining	88	0.2%	105	61	27	44.3%
Utilities	71	0.2%	76	89	-18	-20.2%
Construction	4,359	10.7%	4,745	4,418	-59	-1.3%
Manufacturing	7,969	19.5%	9,765	9,362	-1,393	-14.9%
Wholesale Trade	1,599	3.9%	1,555	1,852	-253	-13.7%
Retail Trade	3,564	8.7%	3,722	4,363	-799	-18.3%
Transporation and Warehousing	1,579	3.9%	1,493	1,734	-155	-8.9%
Information	562	1.4%	533	737	-175	-23.7%
Finance and Insurance	1,083	2.7%	1,083	1,334	-251	-18.8%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	562	1.4%	531	686	-124	-18.1%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	1,377	3.4%	1,383	1,790	-413	-23.1%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	218	0.5%	187	313	-95	-30.4%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	4,641	11.4%	4,645	5,547	-906	-16.3%
Educational Services	1,273	3.1%	1,398	1,736	-463	-26.7%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	3,974	9.7%	4,053	5,162	-1,188	-23.0%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	498	1.2%	500	576	-78	-13.5%
Accomodation and Food Services	2,117	5.2%	2,198	2,841	-724	-25.5%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	940	2.3%	962	1,222	-282	-23.1%
Public Administration	356	0.9%	377	421	-65	-15.4%
Information Not Available	3,750	9.2%	3,894	4,656	-906	-19.5%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Kansas
	Oct 2012	Percent	Sep 2012	Oct 2011	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	23,118		23,545	25,495
Male	12,461	53.9%	12,471	13,397	-936	-7.0%
Female	10,657	46.1%	11,074	12,098	-1,441	-11.9%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	23,118		23,545	25,495
Hispanic or Latino	1,650	7.1%	1,688	1,620	30	1.9%
Not Hispanic or Latino	9,789	42.3%	9,831	10,459	-670	-6.4%
Information Not Available	11,679	50.5%	12,026	13,416	-1,737	-12.9%

Race	23,118		23,545	25,495
American Indian or Alaskan Native	333	1.4%	320	403	-70	-17.4%
Asian	400	1.7%	410	386	14	3.6%
Black or African American	4,266	18.5%	4,549	5,357	-1,091	-20.4%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	56	0.2%	44	97	-41	-42.3%
White	16,623	71.9%	16,741	17,815	-1,192	-6.7%
Information Not Available	1,440	6.2%	1,481	1,437	3	0.2%

Years of Age	23,118		23,545	25,495
Younger than 22	627	1.6%	605	734	-107	-14.6%
22-24	1,384	3.6%	1,342	1,524	-140	-9.2%
25-34	5,755	15.1%	5,935	6,500	-745	-11.5%
35-44	5,127	13.4%	5,338	5,583	-456	-8.2%
45-54	5,591	14.6%	5,648	6,152	-561	-9.1%
55-59	2,297	6.0%	2,319	2,430	-133	-5.5%
60-64	1,510	3.9%	1,504	1,564	-54	-3.5%
65 and older	827	2.2%	854	1,008	-181	-18.0%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	23,118		23,545	25,495
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	102	0.4%	100	108	-6	-5.6%
Mining	174	0.7%	165	175	-1	-0.6%
Utilities	55	0.2%	50	51	4	7.8%
Construction	2,368	10.2%	2,438	2,350	18	0.8%
Manufacturing	3,424	14.7%	3,380	2,969	455	15.3%
Wholesale Trade	1,037	4.5%	972	1,128	-91	-8.1%
Retail Trade	2,155	9.3%	2,223	2,210	-55	-2.5%
Transporation and Warehousing	806	3.5%	727	643	163	25.3%
Information	854	3.7%	831	727	127	17.5%
Finance and Insurance	761	3.3%	762	890	-129	-14.5%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	351	1.5%	349	372	-21	-5.6%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	1,216	5.2%	1,319	1,296	-80	-6.2%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	78	0.3%	84	63	15	23.8%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	2,901	12.5%	2,923	2,572	329	12.8%
Educational Services	621	2.7%	670	900	-279	-31.0%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	2,743	11.8%	2,868	2,999	-256	-8.5%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	158	0.7%	148	179	-21	-11.7%
Accomodation and Food Services	1,172	5.0%	1,198	1,239	-67	-5.4%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	625	2.7%	624	664	-39	-5.9%
Public Administration	574	2.5%	619	739	-165	-22.3%
Information Not Available	943	4.1%	1,095	3,221	-2,278	-70.7%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Kentucky
	Oct 2012	Percent	Sep 2012	Oct 2011	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	33,102		32,649	33,252
Male	20,184	61.0%	19,272	19,615	569	2.9%
Female	12,918	39.0%	13,377	13,637	-719	-5.3%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	33,102		32,649	33,252
Hispanic or Latino	86	0.3%	75	75	11	14.7%
Not Hispanic or Latino	666	2.0%	603	517	149	28.8%
Information Not Available	32,350	97.7%	31,971	32,660	-310	-0.9%

Race	33,102		32,649	33,252
American Indian or Alaskan Native	227	0.7%	230	234	-7	-3.0%
Asian	122	0.4%	71	163	-41	-25.2%
Black or African American	4,596	13.9%	4,326	4,856	-260	-5.4%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	9	0.0%	9	234	-225	-96.2%
White	27,776	83.9%	27,618	27,482	294	1.1%
Information Not Available	372	1.1%	395	283	89	31.4%

Years of Age	33,102		32,649	33,252
Younger than 22	865	1.5%	834	927	-62	-6.7%
22-24	1,709	2.9%	1,689	1,960	-251	-12.8%
25-34	7,583	12.9%	8,080	8,357	-774	-9.3%
35-44	8,100	13.8%	7,721	7,836	264	3.4%
45-54	8,349	14.2%	7,881	8,353	-4	0.0%
55-59	3,291	5.6%	3,426	2,821	470	16.7%
60-64	1,981	3.4%	1,808	1,916	65	3.4%
65 and older	1,215	2.1%	1,206	1,068	147	13.8%
Information Not Available	9	0.0%	4	14	-5	-35.7%

Industry	33,102		32,649	33,252
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	63	0.2%	89	84	-21	-25.0%
Mining	2,094	6.3%	2,261	468	1,626	347.4%
Utilities	41	0.1%	44	26	15	57.7%
Construction	3,653	11.0%	3,245	3,647	6	0.2%
Manufacturing	5,281	15.9%	5,567	5,324	-43	-0.8%
Wholesale Trade	1,160	3.5%	1,108	1,497	-337	-22.5%
Retail Trade	2,615	7.9%	2,721	2,569	46	1.8%
Transporation and Warehousing	2,271	6.8%	1,534	1,201	1,070	89.1%
Information	743	2.2%	740	940	-197	-21.0%
Finance and Insurance	961	2.9%	1,073	834	127	15.2%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	476	1.4%	368	587	-111	-18.9%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	1,514	4.6%	1,423	1,881	-367	-19.5%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	141	0.4%	111	93	48	51.6%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	3,123	9.4%	3,409	3,797	-674	-17.8%
Educational Services	1,115	3.4%	1,192	1,192	-77	-6.5%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	2,942	8.9%	3,023	3,324	-382	-11.5%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	263	0.8%	222	415	-152	-36.6%
Accomodation and Food Services	1,877	5.7%	1,822	2,450	-573	-23.4%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	716	2.2%	829	826	-110	-13.3%
Public Administration	639	1.9%	536	768	-129	-16.8%
Information Not Available	1,414	4.3%	1,332	1,329	85	6.4%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Louisiana
	Oct 2012	Percent	Sep 2012	Oct 2011	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	40,156		42,959	57,232
Male	18,152	45.2%	19,659	27,058	-8,906	-32.9%
Female	22,004	54.8%	23,300	30,174	-8,170	-27.1%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	40,156		42,959	57,232
Hispanic or Latino	1,208	3.0%	1,342	1,732	-524	-30.3%
Not Hispanic or Latino	38,938	97.0%	41,604	55,484	-16,546	-29.8%
Information Not Available	10	0.0%	13	16	-6	-37.5%

Race	40,156		42,959	57,232
American Indian or Alaskan Native	237	0.6%	280	356	-119	-33.4%
Asian	345	0.9%	355	443	-98	-22.1%
Black or African American	23,191	57.8%	24,871	32,599	-9,408	-28.9%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	58	0.1%	74	139	-81	-58.3%
White	16,324	40.7%	17,376	23,691	-7,367	-31.1%
Information Not Available	1	0.0%	3	4	-3	-75.0%

Years of Age	40,156		42,959	57,232
Younger than 22	955	1.8%	978	1,739	-784	-45.1%
22-24	2,268	4.2%	2,410	3,819	-1,551	-40.6%
25-34	11,012	20.4%	11,829	16,032	-5,020	-31.3%
35-44	8,816	16.3%	9,479	12,464	-3,648	-29.3%
45-54	9,276	17.2%	9,995	12,918	-3,642	-28.2%
55-59	3,596	6.6%	3,885	4,709	-1,113	-23.6%
60-64	2,394	4.4%	2,479	3,204	-810	-25.3%
65 and older	1,839	3.4%	1,904	2,347	-508	-21.6%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	40,156		42,959	57,232
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	250	0.6%	266	445	-195	-43.8%
Mining	707	1.7%	734	741	-34	-4.6%
Utilities	129	0.3%	123	166	-37	-22.3%
Construction	4,983	12.3%	5,811	8,325	-3,342	-40.1%
Manufacturing	3,306	8.2%	3,489	4,271	-965	-22.6%
Wholesale Trade	1,165	2.9%	1,246	1,581	-416	-26.3%
Retail Trade	4,321	10.7%	4,588	6,132	-1,811	-29.5%
Transporation and Warehousing	1,209	3.0%	1,262	1,584	-375	-23.7%
Information	669	1.7%	681	756	-87	-11.5%
Finance and Insurance	1,109	2.7%	1,075	1,472	-363	-24.7%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	688	1.7%	706	979	-291	-29.7%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	1,967	4.9%	1,975	3,077	-1,110	-36.1%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	191	0.5%	204	288	-97	-33.7%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	3,476	8.6%	3,807	5,264	-1,788	-34.0%
Educational Services	1,407	3.5%	1,517	1,936	-529	-27.3%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	6,346	15.7%	6,469	8,079	-1,733	-21.5%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	872	2.2%	920	1,232	-360	-29.2%
Accomodation and Food Services	3,962	9.8%	4,381	5,773	-1,811	-31.4%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	1,467	3.6%	1,601	2,289	-822	-35.9%
Public Administration	1,029	2.5%	1,093	1,278	-249	-19.5%
Information Not Available	903	2.2%	1,011	1,564	-661	-42.3%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Massachusetts
	Oct 2012	Percent	Sep 2012	Oct 2011	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	76,454		75,465	83,362
Male	43,279	56.6%	41,901	46,272	-2,993	-6.5%
Female	33,174	43.4%	33,563	37,090	-3,916	-10.6%
Information Not Available	1	0.0%	1	0	1	0.0%

Ethnicity	76,454		75,465	83,362
Hispanic or Latino	9,267	12.1%	8,946	10,003	-736	-7.4%
Not Hispanic or Latino	65,158	85.2%	64,575	71,794	-6,636	-9.2%
Information Not Available	2,029	2.7%	1,944	1,565	464	29.6%

Race	76,454		75,465	83,362
American Indian or Alaskan Native	221	0.3%	211	202	19	9.4%
Asian	2,726	3.6%	2,750	2,934	-208	-7.1%
Black or African American	7,917	10.4%	7,982	8,882	-965	-10.9%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	93	0.1%	103	59	34	57.6%
White	58,189	76.1%	57,265	64,749	-6,560	-10.1%
Information Not Available	7,308	9.6%	7,154	6,536	772	11.8%

Years of Age	76,454		75,465	83,362
Younger than 22	1,821	1.4%	1,844	2,465	-644	-26.1%
22-24	4,618	3.6%	4,587	4,933	-315	-6.4%
25-34	18,079	14.0%	17,680	19,519	-1,440	-7.4%
35-44	15,986	12.4%	15,942	18,257	-2,271	-12.4%
45-54	18,634	14.4%	18,446	20,512	-1,878	-9.2%
55-59	7,741	6.0%	7,598	8,116	-375	-4.6%
60-64	5,609	4.3%	5,465	5,762	-153	-2.7%
65 and older	3,966	3.1%	3,903	3,798	168	4.4%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	76,454		75,465	83,362
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	519	0.7%	417	529	-10	-1.9%
Mining	27	0.0%	18	39	-12	-30.8%
Utilities	156	0.2%	142	231	-75	-32.5%
Construction	7,667	10.0%	7,368	8,944	-1,277	-14.3%
Manufacturing	7,818	10.2%	7,085	8,387	-569	-6.8%
Wholesale Trade	3,594	4.7%	3,582	3,798	-204	-5.4%
Retail Trade	7,302	9.5%	7,366	8,189	-887	-10.8%
Transporation and Warehousing	1,986	2.6%	2,156	2,279	-293	-12.9%
Information	1,837	2.4%	1,882	1,843	-6	-0.3%
Finance and Insurance	2,943	3.8%	3,070	2,979	-36	-1.2%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	1,997	2.6%	1,970	1,199	798	66.6%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	5,909	7.7%	6,283	6,484	-575	-8.9%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	242	0.3%	249	293	-51	-17.4%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	8,482	11.0%	8,286	9,508	-1,026	-10.8%
Educational Services	2,105	2.7%	2,161	2,257	-152	-6.7%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	8,500	11.0%	8,403	9,537	-1,037	-10.9%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	1,047	1.4%	948	1,169	-122	-10.4%
Accomodation and Food Services	5,547	7.2%	5,101	5,924	-377	-6.4%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	4,239	5.5%	4,362	4,285	-46	-1.1%
Public Administration	1,859	2.4%	1,984	2,673	-814	-30.5%
Information Not Available	2,678	3.5%	2,632	2,815	-137	-4.9%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Maryland
	Oct 2012	Percent	Sep 2012	Oct 2011	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	53,267		53,146	46,914
Male	23,334	43.8%	22,053	22,556	778	3.4%
Female	18,113	34.0%	17,778	18,927	-814	-4.3%
Information Not Available	11,820	22.2%	13,315	5,431	6,389	117.6%

Ethnicity	53,267		53,146	46,914
Hispanic or Latino	2,027	3.8%	1,956	2,236	-209	-9.3%
Not Hispanic or Latino	38,653	72.6%	37,137	38,582	71	0.2%
Information Not Available	12,587	23.6%	14,053	6,096	6,491	106.5%

Race	53,267		53,146	46,914
American Indian or Alaskan Native	142	0.3%	132	141	1	0.7%
Asian	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
Black or African American	17,499	32.9%	17,283	17,371	128	0.7%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	67	0.1%	66	71	-4	-5.6%
White	20,945	39.3%	19,656	20,999	-54	-0.3%
Information Not Available	14,614	27.4%	16,009	8,332	6,282	75.4%

Years of Age	53,267		53,146	46,914
Younger than 22	1,250	1.8%	1,148	1,319	-69	-5.2%
22-24	2,620	3.7%	2,565	2,738	-118	-4.3%
25-34	10,028	14.1%	9,763	10,110	-82	-0.8%
35-44	8,732	12.2%	8,346	8,891	-159	-1.8%
45-54	9,684	13.6%	9,217	9,848	-164	-1.7%
55-59	4,188	5.9%	4,075	3,894	294	7.6%
60-64	2,859	4.0%	2,747	2,659	200	7.5%
65 and older	2,087	2.9%	1,971	2,024	63	3.1%
Information Not Available	11,819	16.6%	13,314	5,431	6,388	117.6%

Industry	53,267		53,146	46,914
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	73	0.1%	55	109	-36	-33.0%
Mining	70	0.1%	35	19	51	268.4%
Utilities	26	0.0%	27	45	-19	-42.2%
Construction	4,744	8.9%	4,661	5,448	-704	-12.9%
Manufacturing	533	1.0%	579	594	-61	-10.3%
Wholesale Trade	1,509	2.8%	1,449	1,554	-45	-2.9%
Retail Trade	1,602	3.0%	1,662	1,508	94	6.2%
Transporation and Warehousing	920	1.7%	947	937	-17	-1.8%
Information	726	1.4%	727	863	-137	-15.9%
Finance and Insurance	1,289	2.4%	1,284	1,460	-171	-11.7%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	791	1.5%	755	814	-23	-2.8%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	3,707	6.9%	3,515	3,853	-146	-3.8%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	160	0.3%	151	207	-47	-22.7%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	4,944	9.3%	4,719	4,713	231	4.9%
Educational Services	1,501	2.8%	1,540	1,680	-179	-10.7%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	4,093	7.7%	4,154	3,821	272	7.1%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	537	1.0%	422	522	15	2.9%
Accomodation and Food Services	3,015	5.7%	2,608	3,124	-109	-3.5%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	1,230	2.3%	1,217	1,257	-27	-2.1%
Public Administration	724	1.4%	652	917	-193	-21.0%
Information Not Available	21,073	39.5%	21,987	13,469	7,604	56.5%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Maine
	Oct 2012	Percent	Sep 2012	Oct 2011	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	9,028		8,390	9,736
Male	4,930	54.6%	4,464	5,394	-464	-8.6%
Female	4,098	45.4%	3,926	4,342	-244	-5.6%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	9,028		8,390	9,736
Hispanic or Latino	93	1.0%	87	80	13	16.3%
Not Hispanic or Latino	6,441	71.3%	5,988	6,962	-521	-7.5%
Information Not Available	2,494	27.6%	2,315	2,694	-200	-7.4%

Race	9,028		8,390	9,736
American Indian or Alaskan Native	83	0.9%	69	79	4	5.1%
Asian	44	0.5%	50	46	-2	-4.3%
Black or African American	111	1.2%	115	114	-3	-2.6%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
White	6,861	76.0%	6,362	7,361	-500	-6.8%
Information Not Available	1,929	21.4%	1,794	2,136	-207	-9.7%

Years of Age	9,028		8,390	9,736
Younger than 22	345	2.3%	258	392	-47	-12.0%
22-24	554	3.6%	516	677	-123	-18.2%
25-34	2,146	14.1%	1,932	2,187	-41	-1.9%
35-44	1,736	11.4%	1,653	1,935	-199	-10.3%
45-54	2,243	14.7%	2,077	2,373	-130	-5.5%
55-59	970	6.4%	948	1,065	-95	-8.9%
60-64	665	4.4%	638	715	-50	-7.0%
65 and older	369	2.4%	368	392	-23	-5.9%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	9,028		8,390	9,736
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	80	0.9%	103	75	5	6.7%
Mining	3	0.0%	1	4	-1	-25.0%
Utilities	6	0.1%	11	25	-19	-76.0%
Construction	706	7.8%	642	668	38	5.7%
Manufacturing	890	9.8%	708	988	-98	-9.9%
Wholesale Trade	203	2.2%	196	253	-50	-19.8%
Retail Trade	789	8.7%	793	797	-8	-1.0%
Transporation and Warehousing	165	1.8%	141	175	-10	-5.7%
Information	97	1.1%	115	121	-24	-19.8%
Finance and Insurance	180	2.0%	205	142	38	26.8%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	72	0.8%	63	96	-24	-25.0%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	312	3.4%	308	333	-21	-6.3%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	10	0.1%	11	6	4	66.7%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	597	6.6%	526	702	-105	-15.0%
Educational Services	204	2.2%	202	212	-8	-3.8%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	862	9.5%	857	851	11	1.3%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	140	1.5%	111	129	11	8.5%
Accomodation and Food Services	574	6.3%	442	668	-94	-14.1%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	185	2.0%	191	228	-43	-18.9%
Public Administration	137	1.5%	124	173	-36	-20.8%
Information Not Available	2,816	30.9%	2,640	3,090	-274	-8.9%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Michigan
	Oct 2012	Percent	Sep 2012	Oct 2011	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	79,482		73,866	92,715
Male	43,175	54.3%	38,340	48,389	-5,214	-10.8%
Female	36,267	45.6%	35,518	44,262	-7,995	-18.1%
Information Not Available	40	0.1%	8	64	-24	-37.5%

Ethnicity	79,482		73,866	92,715
Hispanic or Latino	2,512	3.2%	2,359	2,893	-381	-13.2%
Not Hispanic or Latino	60,844	76.6%	56,244	68,862	-8,018	-11.6%
Information Not Available	16,126	20.3%	15,263	20,960	-4,834	-23.1%

Race	79,482		73,866	92,715
American Indian or Alaskan Native	1,036	1.3%	941	1,056	-20	-1.9%
Asian	672	0.8%	1,688	748	-76	-10.2%
Black or African American	12,933	16.3%	28,801	13,867	-934	-6.7%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	70	0.1%	66	69	1	1.4%
White	43,419	54.6%	38,342	51,376	-7,957	-15.5%
Information Not Available	21,352	26.9%	4,028	25,599	-4,247	-16.6%

Years of Age	79,482		73,866	92,715
Younger than 22	2,300	1.9%	4,778	3,002	-702	-23.4%
22-24	4,904	4.1%	4,384	5,951	-1,047	-17.6%
25-34	19,098	16.1%	17,407	22,898	-3,800	-16.6%
35-44	18,167	15.3%	16,320	21,234	-3,067	-14.4%
45-54	20,015	16.9%	17,668	22,811	-2,796	-12.3%
55-59	8,345	7.0%	7,231	8,736	-391	-4.5%
60-64	4,412	3.7%	3,994	5,422	-1,010	-18.6%
65 and older	2,221	1.9%	2,082	2,631	-410	-15.6%
Information Not Available	20	0.0%	2	30	-10	-33.3%

Industry	79,482		73,866	92,715
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	545	0.7%	439	526	19	3.6%
Mining	134	0.2%	136	66	68	103.0%
Utilities	51	0.1%	58	76	-25	-32.9%
Construction	5,741	7.2%	5,672	7,123	-1,382	-19.4%
Manufacturing	10,736	13.4%	9,715	12,036	-1,300	-10.8%
Wholesale Trade	2,949	3.7%	2,577	3,921	-972	-24.8%
Retail Trade	5,540	6.9%	5,345	8,507	-2,967	-34.9%
Transporation and Warehousing	2,158	2.7%	1,861	2,269	-111	-4.9%
Information	942	1.2%	949	1,176	-234	-19.9%
Finance and Insurance	1,869	2.3%	1,839	2,275	-406	-17.8%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	1,177	1.5%	1,054	1,388	-211	-15.2%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	3,987	5.0%	4,100	4,483	-496	-11.1%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	4,514	5.6%	1,619	752	3,762	500.3%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	9,976	12.5%	9,857	11,874	-1,898	-16.0%
Educational Services	3,567	4.5%	4,104	4,528	-961	-21.2%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	8,094	10.1%	8,439	10,256	-2,162	-21.1%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	911	1.1%	895	1,357	-446	-32.9%
Accomodation and Food Services	4,059	5.1%	3,881	5,583	-1,524	-27.3%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	2,047	2.6%	1,976	2,357	-310	-13.2%
Public Administration	1,591	2.0%	1,072	1,683	-92	-5.5%
Information Not Available	8,894	11.1%	8,278	10,479	-1,585	-15.1%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Minnesota
	Oct 2012	Percent	Sep 2012	Oct 2011	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	39,863		39,082	43,675
Male	22,567	56.6%	21,362	23,548	-981	-4.2%
Female	17,270	43.3%	17,692	20,110	-2,840	-14.1%
Information Not Available	26	0.1%	28	17	9	52.9%

Ethnicity	39,863		39,082	43,675
Hispanic or Latino	1,288	3.2%	1,195	1,423	-135	-9.5%
Not Hispanic or Latino	33,899	85.0%	33,217	36,803	-2,904	-7.9%
Information Not Available	4,676	11.7%	4,670	5,449	-773	-14.2%

Race	39,863		39,082	43,675
American Indian or Alaskan Native	583	1.5%	590	618	-35	-5.7%
Asian	1,258	3.2%	1,251	1,383	-125	-9.0%
Black or African American	3,782	9.5%	3,889	3,916	-134	-3.4%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	80	0.2%	76	110	-30	-27.3%
White	31,127	78.1%	30,274	34,325	-3,198	-9.3%
Information Not Available	3,033	7.6%	3,002	3,323	-290	-8.7%

Years of Age	39,863		39,082	43,675
Younger than 22	867	1.3%	763	983	-116	-11.8%
22-24	2,217	3.3%	2,113	2,446	-229	-9.4%
25-34	9,755	14.3%	9,524	10,719	-964	-9.0%
35-44	8,178	12.0%	8,148	8,969	-791	-8.8%
45-54	10,000	14.7%	9,757	10,944	-944	-8.6%
55-59	4,431	6.5%	4,428	4,780	-349	-7.3%
60-64	2,878	4.2%	2,849	3,253	-375	-11.5%
65 and older	1,507	2.2%	1,474	1,550	-43	-2.8%
Information Not Available	30	0.0%	26	31	-1	-3.2%

Industry	39,863		39,082	43,675
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	268	0.7%	224	249	19	7.6%
Mining	98	0.2%	114	54	44	81.5%
Utilities	127	0.3%	128	109	18	16.5%
Construction	4,527	11.3%	3,809	4,433	94	2.1%
Manufacturing	5,695	14.2%	5,151	5,912	-217	-3.7%
Wholesale Trade	2,064	5.1%	2,087	1,969	95	4.8%
Retail Trade	3,463	8.6%	3,401	3,755	-292	-7.8%
Transporation and Warehousing	1,015	2.5%	1,014	1,044	-29	-2.8%
Information	966	2.4%	947	1,248	-282	-22.6%
Finance and Insurance	1,332	3.3%	1,353	1,515	-183	-12.1%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	684	1.7%	643	822	-138	-16.8%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	2,237	5.6%	2,324	2,567	-330	-12.9%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	789	2.0%	828	769	20	2.6%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	3,963	9.9%	4,125	4,162	-199	-4.8%
Educational Services	1,401	3.5%	1,577	2,079	-678	-32.6%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	3,991	9.9%	4,214	4,935	-944	-19.1%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	735	1.8%	620	779	-44	-5.6%
Accomodation and Food Services	2,139	5.3%	2,098	2,532	-393	-15.5%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	1,282	3.2%	1,409	1,579	-297	-18.8%
Public Administration	1,152	2.9%	1,070	937	215	22.9%
Information Not Available	1,935	4.8%	1,946	2,226	-291	-13.1%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Missouri
	Oct 2012	Percent	Sep 2012	Oct 2011	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	41,201		46,928	50,354
Male	21,767	52.8%	25,340	26,030	-4,263	-16.4%
Female	19,391	47.1%	21,540	24,269	-4,878	-20.1%
Information Not Available	43	0.1%	48	55	-12	-21.8%

Ethnicity	41,201		46,928	50,354
Hispanic or Latino	980	2.4%	1,068	741	239	32.3%
Not Hispanic or Latino	33,161	80.5%	35,781	25,167	7,994	31.8%
Information Not Available	7,060	17.1%	10,079	24,446	-17,386	-71.1%

Race	41,201		46,928	50,354
American Indian or Alaskan Native	321	0.8%	355	323	-2	-0.6%
Asian	366	0.9%	433	404	-38	-9.4%
Black or African American	9,112	22.1%	10,016	11,331	-2,219	-19.6%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	463	1.1%	512	543	-80	-14.7%
White	28,671	69.6%	31,823	35,216	-6,545	-18.6%
Information Not Available	2,268	5.5%	3,789	2,537	-269	-10.6%

Years of Age	41,201		46,928	50,354
Younger than 22	1,206	1.8%	1,337	1,578	-372	-23.6%
22-24	2,448	3.6%	2,676	3,120	-672	-21.5%
25-34	10,251	15.2%	11,358	12,590	-2,339	-18.6%
35-44	9,281	13.8%	10,544	11,166	-1,885	-16.9%
45-54	10,158	15.1%	11,942	12,481	-2,323	-18.6%
55-59	3,911	5.8%	4,642	4,681	-770	-16.4%
60-64	2,396	3.6%	2,751	2,862	-466	-16.3%
65 and older	1,508	2.2%	1,641	1,818	-310	-17.1%
Information Not Available	42	0.1%	37	58	-16	-27.6%

Industry	41,201		46,928	50,354
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	165	0.4%	205	214	-49	-22.9%
Mining	108	0.3%	107	143	-35	-24.5%
Utilities	53	0.1%	66	57	-4	-7.0%
Construction	4,646	11.2%	5,244	5,790	-1,144	-19.8%
Manufacturing	5,068	12.3%	8,209	5,735	-667	-11.6%
Wholesale Trade	1,787	4.3%	1,885	2,120	-333	-15.7%
Retail Trade	4,554	11.0%	4,759	5,322	-768	-14.4%
Transporation and Warehousing	1,440	3.5%	1,395	1,775	-335	-18.9%
Information	941	2.3%	1,022	1,108	-167	-15.1%
Finance and Insurance	1,250	3.0%	1,345	1,548	-298	-19.3%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	762	1.8%	859	838	-76	-9.1%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	1,719	4.2%	1,925	2,143	-424	-19.8%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	290	0.7%	280	206	84	40.8%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	4,966	12.0%	5,396	6,047	-1,081	-17.9%
Educational Services	1,402	3.4%	1,546	1,793	-391	-21.8%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	4,984	12.0%	5,201	5,970	-986	-16.5%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	510	1.2%	560	728	-218	-29.9%
Accomodation and Food Services	3,105	7.5%	3,274	4,279	-1,174	-27.4%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	1,461	3.5%	1,550	1,709	-248	-14.5%
Public Administration	492	1.2%	445	633	-141	-22.3%
Information Not Available	1,498	3.6%	1,655	2,196	-698	-31.8%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Mississippi
	Oct 2012	Percent	Sep 2012	Oct 2011	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	25,540		28,494	28,758
Male	12,182	47.7%	14,479	13,725	-1,543	-11.2%
Female	13,346	52.3%	14,003	15,019	-1,673	-11.1%
Information Not Available	12	0.0%	12	14	-2	-14.3%

Ethnicity	25,540		28,494	28,758
Hispanic or Latino	349	1.4%	545	382	-33	-8.6%
Not Hispanic or Latino	23,771	93.1%	26,710	26,706	-2,935	-11.0%
Information Not Available	1,420	5.6%	1,237	1,670	-250	-15.0%

Race	25,540		28,494	28,758
American Indian or Alaskan Native	121	0.5%	119	105	16	15.2%
Asian	105	0.4%	99	104	1	1.0%
Black or African American	15,461	60.5%	16,540	16,934	-1,473	-8.7%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	68	0.3%	136	89	-21	-23.6%
White	9,528	37.3%	11,279	11,180	-1,652	-14.8%
Information Not Available	257	1.0%	321	346	-89	-25.7%

Years of Age	25,540		28,494	28,758
Younger than 22	779	2.3%	805	1,081	-302	-27.9%
22-24	1,779	5.3%	1,906	2,066	-287	-13.9%
25-34	7,168	21.3%	7,699	8,031	-863	-10.7%
35-44	5,856	17.4%	6,575	6,558	-702	-10.7%
45-54	5,494	16.3%	6,321	6,292	-798	-12.7%
55-59	2,147	6.4%	2,551	2,314	-167	-7.2%
60-64	1,343	4.0%	1,563	1,408	-65	-4.6%
65 and older	974	2.9%	1,074	1,008	-34	-3.4%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	25,540		28,494	28,758
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	283	1.1%	275	245	38	15.5%
Mining	78	0.3%	74	92	-14	-15.2%
Utilities	88	0.3%	22	44	44	100.0%
Construction	1,710	6.6%	1,818	1,825	-115	-6.3%
Manufacturing	3,624	14.0%	3,853	3,554	70	2.0%
Wholesale Trade	656	2.5%	616	643	13	2.0%
Retail Trade	2,681	10.4%	2,724	2,986	-305	-10.2%
Transporation and Warehousing	566	2.2%	605	732	-166	-22.7%
Information	139	0.5%	150	170	-31	-18.2%
Finance and Insurance	433	1.7%	432	419	14	3.3%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	278	1.1%	286	301	-23	-7.6%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	736	2.9%	744	837	-101	-12.1%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	254	1.0%	2,515	304	-50	-16.4%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	2,574	10.0%	2,566	2,806	-232	-8.3%
Educational Services	730	2.8%	782	910	-180	-19.8%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	2,645	10.2%	2,717	2,772	-127	-4.6%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	228	0.9%	269	203	25	12.3%
Accomodation and Food Services	2,539	9.8%	2,609	1,852	687	37.1%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	427	1.7%	416	426	1	0.2%
Public Administration	418	1.6%	377	440	-22	-5.0%
Information Not Available	4,453	17.2%	4,644	7,197	-2,744	-38.1%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Montana
	Oct 2012	Percent	Sep 2012	Oct 2011	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	6,024		5,180	6,831
Male	3,388	56.2%	2,811	3,687	-299	-8.1%
Female	2,623	43.5%	2,362	3,132	-509	-16.3%
Information Not Available	13	0.2%	7	12	1	8.3%

Ethnicity	6,024		5,180	6,831
Hispanic or Latino	225	3.7%	171	213	12	5.6%
Not Hispanic or Latino	5,529	91.8%	4,775	6,235	-706	-11.3%
Information Not Available	270	4.5%	234	383	-113	-29.5%

Race	6,024		5,180	6,831
American Indian or Alaskan Native	590	9.8%	559	770	-180	-23.4%
Asian	39	0.6%	31	28	11	39.3%
Black or African American	75	1.2%	65	67	8	11.9%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	25	0.4%	22	15	10	66.7%
White	5,239	87.0%	4,462	5,879	-640	-10.9%
Information Not Available	56	0.9%	41	72	-16	-22.2%

Years of Age	6,024		5,180	6,831
Younger than 22	181	1.7%	149	224	-43	-19.2%
22-24	427	3.9%	310	521	-94	-18.0%
25-34	1,640	15.1%	1,286	1,760	-120	-6.8%
35-44	1,236	11.4%	1,083	1,409	-173	-12.3%
45-54	1,363	12.5%	1,263	1,600	-237	-14.8%
55-59	603	5.5%	539	654	-51	-7.8%
60-64	381	3.5%	366	422	-41	-9.7%
65 and older	193	1.8%	184	241	-48	-19.9%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	6,024		5,180	6,831
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	52	0.9%	51	95	-43	-45.3%
Mining	102	1.7%	103	71	31	43.7%
Utilities	28	0.5%	34	36	-8	-22.2%
Construction	788	13.0%	698	770	18	2.3%
Manufacturing	354	5.8%	336	524	-170	-32.4%
Wholesale Trade	144	2.4%	131	147	-3	-2.0%
Retail Trade	693	11.4%	608	712	-19	-2.7%
Transporation and Warehousing	162	2.7%	157	165	-3	-1.8%
Information	89	1.5%	74	97	-8	-8.2%
Finance and Insurance	107	1.8%	98	147	-40	-27.2%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	86	1.4%	63	108	-22	-20.4%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	238	3.9%	229	288	-50	-17.4%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	6	0.1%	2	6	0	0.0%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	551	9.1%	466	591	-40	-6.8%
Educational Services	177	2.9%	185	236	-59	-25.0%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	595	9.8%	600	682	-87	-12.8%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	248	4.1%	140	265	-17	-6.4%
Accomodation and Food Services	970	16.0%	640	987	-17	-1.7%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	164	2.7%	166	211	-47	-22.3%
Public Administration	243	4.0%	231	403	-160	-39.7%
Information Not Available	227	3.7%	168	290	-63	-21.7%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants North Carolina
	Oct 2012	Percent	Sep 2012	Oct 2011	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	95,926		90,397	103,372
Male	51,673	53.9%	47,317	54,124	-2,451	-4.5%
Female	44,246	46.1%	43,074	49,235	-4,989	-10.1%
Information Not Available	7	0.0%	6	13	-6	-46.2%

Ethnicity	95,926		90,397	103,372
Hispanic or Latino	7,435	7.8%	4,284	5,641	1,794	31.8%
Not Hispanic or Latino	87,027	90.7%	84,825	95,728	-8,701	-9.1%
Information Not Available	1,464	1.5%	1,288	2,003	-539	-26.9%

Race	95,926		90,397	103,372
American Indian or Alaskan Native	1,338	1.4%	1,323	1,523	-185	-12.1%
Asian	1,081	1.1%	967	1,308	-227	-17.4%
Black or African American	35,041	36.5%	34,125	36,830	-1,789	-4.9%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	129	0.1%	139	184	-55	-29.9%
White	52,822	55.1%	48,489	56,672	-3,850	-6.8%
Information Not Available	5,515	5.7%	5,354	6,855	-1,340	-19.5%

Years of Age	95,926		90,397	103,372
Younger than 22	3,107	2.2%	3,024	3,618	-511	-14.1%
22-24	6,756	4.7%	6,503	7,025	-269	-3.8%
25-34	23,665	16.5%	22,969	25,832	-2,167	-8.4%
35-44	22,845	15.9%	21,550	24,640	-1,795	-7.3%
45-54	22,618	15.8%	20,639	24,147	-1,529	-6.3%
55-59	8,665	6.0%	7,972	9,041	-376	-4.2%
60-64	5,312	3.7%	4,882	5,845	-533	-9.1%
65 and older	2,958	2.1%	2,858	3,224	-266	-8.3%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	95,926		90,397	103,372
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	334	0.3%	310	399	-65	-16.3%
Mining	85	0.1%	112	58	27	46.6%
Utilities	63	0.1%	67	68	-5	-7.4%
Construction	7,356	7.6%	7,236	9,737	-2,381	-24.5%
Manufacturing	13,940	14.5%	9,691	11,898	2,042	17.2%
Wholesale Trade	3,048	3.2%	3,051	3,338	-290	-8.7%
Retail Trade	7,613	7.9%	7,692	8,455	-842	-10.0%
Transporation and Warehousing	1,726	1.8%	1,658	2,352	-626	-26.6%
Information	1,074	1.1%	1,122	1,157	-83	-7.2%
Finance and Insurance	2,118	2.2%	2,131	2,533	-415	-16.4%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	969	1.0%	864	1,147	-178	-15.5%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	3,464	3.6%	3,554	4,056	-592	-14.6%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	382	0.4%	370	253	129	51.0%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	11,291	11.7%	11,190	11,068	223	2.0%
Educational Services	2,554	2.7%	2,736	4,159	-1,605	-38.6%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	7,411	7.7%	7,392	8,938	-1,527	-17.1%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	454	0.5%	425	591	-137	-23.2%
Accomodation and Food Services	5,039	5.2%	4,787	5,834	-795	-13.6%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	1,715	1.8%	1,602	1,670	45	2.7%
Public Administration	1,022	1.1%	994	1,248	-226	-18.1%
Information Not Available	24,268	25.2%	23,413	24,413	-145	-0.6%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants North Dakota
	Oct 2012	Percent	Sep 2012	Oct 2011	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	1,534		1,449	1,838
Male	900	58.7%	787	965	-65	-6.7%
Female	632	41.2%	660	868	-236	-27.2%
Information Not Available	2	0.1%	2	5	-3	-60.0%

Ethnicity	1,534		1,449	1,838
Hispanic or Latino	55	3.6%	62	49	6	12.2%
Not Hispanic or Latino	1,417	92.4%	1,335	1,747	-330	-18.9%
Information Not Available	62	4.0%	52	42	20	47.6%

Race	1,534		1,449	1,838
American Indian or Alaskan Native	123	8.0%	114	127	-4	-3.1%
Asian	11	0.7%	10	9	2	22.2%
Black or African American	76	5.0%	67	50	26	52.0%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0	0.0%	3	2	-2	-100.0%
White	1,207	78.7%	1,141	1,559	-352	-22.6%
Information Not Available	117	7.6%	114	91	26	28.6%

Years of Age	1,534		1,449	1,838
Younger than 22	21	0.8%	20	26	-5	-19.2%
22-24	64	2.4%	58	73	-9	-12.3%
25-34	355	13.5%	336	390	-35	-9.0%
35-44	333	12.6%	338	370	-37	-10.0%
45-54	390	14.8%	341	506	-116	-22.9%
55-59	178	6.8%	174	240	-62	-25.8%
60-64	104	3.9%	102	136	-32	-23.5%
65 and older	89	3.4%	79	92	-3	-3.3%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	1	5	-5	-100.0%

Industry	1,534		1,449	1,838
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	25	1.6%	28	22	3	13.6%
Mining	89	5.7%	85	31	58	187.1%
Utilities	2	0.1%	2	3	-1	-33.3%
Construction	209	13.4%	160	194	15	7.7%
Manufacturing	134	8.6%	125	322	-188	-58.4%
Wholesale Trade	80	5.1%	70	101	-21	-20.8%
Retail Trade	109	7.0%	98	142	-33	-23.2%
Transporation and Warehousing	99	6.4%	110	48	51	106.3%
Information	28	1.8%	29	42	-14	-33.3%
Finance and Insurance	44	2.8%	48	69	-25	-36.2%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	26	1.7%	26	29	-3	-10.3%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	63	4.0%	73	81	-18	-22.2%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	17	1.1%	9	9	8	88.9%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	106	6.8%	76	111	-5	-4.5%
Educational Services	3	0.2%	5	12	-9	-75.0%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	124	8.0%	121	172	-48	-27.9%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	9	0.6%	6	11	-2	-18.2%
Accomodation and Food Services	60	3.8%	71	117	-57	-48.7%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	28	1.8%	36	39	-11	-28.2%
Public Administration	131	8.4%	136	150	-19	-12.7%
Information Not Available	148	9.5%	135	133	15	11.3%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Nebraska
	Oct 2012	Percent	Sep 2012	Oct 2011	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	9,289		9,639	11,981
Male	4,214	45.4%	4,253	5,570	-1,356	-24.3%
Female	4,462	48.0%	4,751	5,550	-1,088	-19.6%
Information Not Available	613	6.6%	635	861	-248	-28.8%

Ethnicity	9,289		9,639	11,981
Hispanic or Latino	548	5.9%	579	711	-163	-22.9%
Not Hispanic or Latino	7,207	77.6%	7,468	9,242	-2,035	-22.0%
Information Not Available	1,534	16.5%	1,592	2,028	-494	-24.4%

Race	9,289		9,639	11,981
American Indian or Alaskan Native	168	1.8%	173	187	-19	-10.2%
Asian	128	1.4%	132	144	-16	-11.1%
Black or African American	970	10.4%	997	1,177	-207	-17.6%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	16	0.2%	14	31	-15	-48.4%
White	6,070	65.3%	6,341	7,644	-1,574	-20.6%
Information Not Available	1,937	20.9%	1,982	2,798	-861	-30.8%

Years of Age	9,289		9,639	11,981
Younger than 22	193	1.3%	199	317	-124	-39.1%
22-24	511	3.5%	547	687	-176	-25.6%
25-34	2,347	16.0%	2,423	3,122	-775	-24.8%
35-44	2,107	14.3%	2,200	2,577	-470	-18.2%
45-54	2,194	14.9%	2,317	2,941	-747	-25.4%
55-59	948	6.4%	938	1,131	-183	-16.2%
60-64	651	4.4%	634	735	-84	-11.4%
65 and older	338	2.3%	381	471	-133	-28.2%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	9,289		9,639	11,981
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	58	0.6%	52	82	-24	-29.3%
Mining	31	0.3%	24	16	15	93.8%
Utilities	18	0.2%	15	21	-3	-14.3%
Construction	669	7.2%	669	1,119	-450	-40.2%
Manufacturing	1,267	13.6%	1,261	1,822	-555	-30.5%
Wholesale Trade	357	3.8%	360	387	-30	-7.8%
Retail Trade	1,029	11.0%	1,100	1,189	-160	-13.5%
Transporation and Warehousing	290	3.1%	284	382	-92	-24.1%
Information	181	1.9%	172	217	-36	-16.6%
Finance and Insurance	379	4.1%	441	479	-100	-20.9%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	98	1.0%	103	153	-55	-35.9%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	453	4.8%	476	501	-48	-9.6%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	51	0.5%	55	60	-9	-15.0%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	999	10.7%	1,032	1,110	-111	-10.0%
Educational Services	251	2.7%	272	352	-101	-28.7%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	1,134	12.1%	1,249	1,441	-307	-21.3%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	106	1.1%	120	151	-45	-29.8%
Accomodation and Food Services	664	7.1%	710	907	-243	-26.8%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	258	2.8%	251	291	-33	-11.3%
Public Administration	256	2.7%	258	344	-88	-25.6%
Information Not Available	740	7.9%	735	957	-217	-22.7%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants New Hampshire
	Oct 2012	Percent	Sep 2012	Oct 2011	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	8,260		8,111	10,175
Male	4,455	53.9%	4,238	5,086	-631	-12.4%
Female	3,746	45.4%	3,823	5,034	-1,288	-25.6%
Information Not Available	59	0.7%	50	55	4	7.3%

Ethnicity	8,260		8,111	10,175
Hispanic or Latino	346	4.2%	304	309	37	12.0%
Not Hispanic or Latino	6,676	80.8%	6,625	8,237	-1,561	-19.0%
Information Not Available	1,238	15.0%	1,182	1,629	-391	-24.0%

Race	8,260		8,111	10,175
American Indian or Alaskan Native	45	0.5%	51	77	-32	-41.6%
Asian	204	2.5%	174	189	15	7.9%
Black or African American	145	1.8%	144	193	-48	-24.9%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	7	0.1%	7	11	-4	-36.4%
White	7,198	87.1%	7,154	8,995	-1,797	-20.0%
Information Not Available	661	8.0%	581	710	-49	-6.9%

Years of Age	8,260		8,111	10,175
Younger than 22	107	0.7%	96	143	-36	-25.2%
22-24	298	2.0%	283	397	-99	-24.9%
25-34	1,521	10.4%	1,493	1,807	-286	-15.8%
35-44	1,647	11.2%	1,633	2,064	-417	-20.2%
45-54	2,257	15.4%	2,211	2,847	-590	-20.7%
55-59	1,105	7.5%	1,073	1,326	-221	-16.7%
60-64	809	5.5%	799	1,012	-203	-20.1%
65 and older	516	3.5%	523	579	-63	-10.9%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	8,260		8,111	10,175
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	24	0.3%	20	25	-1	-4.0%
Mining	4	0.0%	3	11	-7	-63.6%
Utilities	9	0.1%	8	9	0	0.0%
Construction	223	2.7%	197	221	2	0.9%
Manufacturing	1,146	13.8%	1,090	1,515	-369	-24.4%
Wholesale Trade	435	5.3%	464	460	-25	-5.4%
Retail Trade	569	6.9%	628	789	-220	-27.9%
Transporation and Warehousing	181	2.2%	161	191	-10	-5.2%
Information	133	1.6%	116	224	-91	-40.6%
Finance and Insurance	248	3.0%	260	294	-46	-15.6%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	108	1.3%	125	133	-25	-18.8%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	442	5.3%	409	501	-59	-11.8%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	61	0.7%	48	29	32	110.3%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	1,021	12.3%	951	1,095	-74	-6.8%
Educational Services	350	4.2%	373	573	-223	-38.9%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	815	9.8%	837	1,124	-309	-27.5%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	115	1.4%	81	175	-60	-34.3%
Accomodation and Food Services	143	1.7%	127	599	-456	-76.1%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	294	3.5%	321	333	-39	-11.7%
Public Administration	116	1.4%	135	220	-104	-47.3%
Information Not Available	1,823	22.0%	1,757	1,654	169	10.2%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants New Jersey
	Oct 2012	Percent	Sep 2012	Oct 2011	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	117,408		117,595	124,877
Male	62,878	53.6%	62,511	64,986	-2,108	-3.2%
Female	54,530	46.4%	55,084	59,891	-5,361	-9.0%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	117,408		117,595	124,877
Hispanic or Latino	22,749	19.4%	22,695	23,786	-1,037	-4.4%
Not Hispanic or Latino	81,946	69.8%	82,077	87,189	-5,243	-6.0%
Information Not Available	12,713	10.8%	12,823	13,902	-1,189	-8.6%

Race	117,408		117,595	124,877
American Indian or Alaskan Native	512	0.4%	486	529	-17	-3.2%
Asian	4,407	3.8%	4,439	4,863	-456	-9.4%
Black or African American	24,369	20.8%	24,635	25,564	-1,195	-4.7%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	767	0.7%	717	765	2	0.3%
White	70,333	59.9%	70,230	74,773	-4,440	-5.9%
Information Not Available	17,020	14.5%	17,088	18,383	-1,363	-7.4%

Years of Age	117,408		117,595	124,877
Younger than 22	3,703	2.1%	28,825	4,177	-474	-11.3%
22-24	7,601	4.2%	8,040	8,291	-690	-8.3%
25-34	32,391	18.0%	24,312	34,486	-2,095	-6.1%
35-44	23,014	12.8%	27,500	24,624	-1,610	-6.5%
45-54	25,857	14.4%	20,382	27,444	-1,587	-5.8%
55-59	10,475	5.8%	4,980	10,975	-500	-4.6%
60-64	7,560	4.2%	2,213	7,928	-368	-4.6%
65 and older	6,807	3.8%	1,343	6,952	-145	-2.1%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	117,408		117,595	124,877
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	239	0.2%	160	328	-89	-27.1%
Mining	61	0.1%	52	62	-1	-1.6%
Utilities	116	0.1%	120	130	-14	-10.8%
Construction	10,262	8.7%	10,701	8,835	1,427	16.2%
Manufacturing	7,944	6.8%	8,148	8,728	-784	-9.0%
Wholesale Trade	6,231	5.3%	6,236	6,364	-133	-2.1%
Retail Trade	14,995	12.7%	14,916	15,129	-134	-0.9%
Transporation and Warehousing	5,251	4.5%	5,764	5,635	-384	-6.8%
Information	2,405	2.0%	2,502	2,384	21	0.9%
Finance and Insurance	4,362	3.7%	4,429	4,689	-327	-7.0%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	1,708	1.5%	1,753	1,989	-281	-14.1%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	7,232	6.1%	7,532	7,841	-609	-7.8%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	723	0.6%	733	546	177	32.4%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	14,114	12.0%	14,071	12,913	1,201	9.3%
Educational Services	4,890	4.2%	5,241	5,599	-709	-12.7%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	12,753	10.8%	12,950	13,480	-727	-5.4%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	1,730	1.5%	1,532	1,847	-117	-6.3%
Accomodation and Food Services	9,151	7.8%	7,858	9,699	-548	-5.7%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	3,264	2.8%	3,187	3,507	-243	-6.9%
Public Administration	1,653	1.4%	1,650	2,180	-527	-24.2%
Information Not Available	8,324	7.1%	8,060	12,992	-4,668	-35.9%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants New Mexico
	Oct 2012	Percent	Sep 2012	Oct 2011	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	14,994		14,921	19,063
Male	8,298	55.3%	8,204	10,350	-2,052	-19.8%
Female	6,696	44.7%	6,717	8,713	-2,017	-23.1%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	14,994		14,921	19,063
Hispanic or Latino	7,584	50.6%	7,442	9,450	-1,866	-19.7%
Not Hispanic or Latino	5,887	39.3%	5,903	7,263	-1,376	-18.9%
Information Not Available	1,523	10.2%	1,576	2,350	-827	-35.2%

Race	14,994		14,921	19,063
American Indian or Alaskan Native	1,549	10.3%	1,580	1,931	-382	-19.8%
Asian	149	1.0%	125	151	-2	-1.3%
Black or African American	421	2.8%	403	506	-85	-16.8%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	38	0.3%	30	42	-4	-9.5%
White	6,846	45.7%	6,749	8,871	-2,025	-22.8%
Information Not Available	5,991	40.0%	6,034	7,562	-1,571	-20.8%

Years of Age	14,994		14,921	19,063
Younger than 22	493	2.4%	477	756	-263	-34.8%
22-24	888	4.2%	894	1,314	-426	-32.4%
25-34	3,728	17.8%	3,697	4,768	-1,040	-21.8%
35-44	3,347	16.0%	3,341	4,238	-891	-21.0%
45-54	3,617	17.3%	3,593	4,482	-865	-19.3%
55-59	1,492	7.1%	1,464	1,741	-249	-14.3%
60-64	894	4.3%	901	1,079	-185	-17.1%
65 and older	535	2.6%	554	685	-150	-21.9%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	14,994		14,921	19,063
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	270	1.8%	264	293	-23	-7.8%
Mining	287	1.9%	328	251	36	14.3%
Utilities	35	0.2%	36	50	-15	-30.0%
Construction	2,362	15.5%	2,502	3,254	-892	-27.4%
Manufacturing	967	6.3%	791	862	105	12.2%
Wholesale Trade	410	2.7%	423	524	-114	-21.8%
Retail Trade	1,562	10.2%	1,529	2,161	-599	-27.7%
Transporation and Warehousing	301	2.0%	293	376	-75	-19.9%
Information	641	4.2%	679	826	-185	-22.4%
Finance and Insurance	293	1.9%	310	574	-281	-49.0%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	260	1.7%	269	305	-45	-14.8%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	958	6.3%	973	1,145	-187	-16.3%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	28	0.2%	27	31	-3	-9.7%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	1,377	9.0%	1,367	1,990	-613	-30.8%
Educational Services	674	4.4%	678	784	-110	-14.0%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	1,990	13.0%	2,010	2,461	-471	-19.1%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	313	2.1%	310	418	-105	-25.1%
Accomodation and Food Services	1,191	7.8%	1,121	1,378	-187	-13.6%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	436	2.9%	374	541	-105	-19.4%
Public Administration	639	4.2%	637	816	-177	-21.7%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	23	-23	-100.0%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Nevada
	Oct 2012	Percent	Sep 2012	Oct 2011	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	26,919		27,581	32,061
Male	14,761	54.8%	15,189	18,164	-3,403	-18.7%
Female	12,158	45.2%	12,392	13,897	-1,739	-12.5%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	26,919		27,581	32,061
Hispanic or Latino	5,295	19.7%	5,423	6,180	-885	-14.3%
Not Hispanic or Latino	18,568	69.0%	18,903	22,173	-3,605	-16.3%
Information Not Available	3,056	11.4%	3,255	3,708	-652	-17.6%

Race	26,919		27,581	32,061
American Indian or Alaskan Native	412	1.5%	444	508	-96	-18.9%
Asian	3,157	11.7%	3,193	3,292	-135	-4.1%
Black or African American	3,375	12.5%	3,454	3,813	-438	-11.5%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	1,142	4.2%	1,126	1,201	-59	-4.9%
White	16,368	60.8%	16,789	20,105	-3,737	-18.6%
Information Not Available	2,465	9.2%	2,575	3,142	-677	-21.5%

Years of Age	26,919		27,581	32,061
Younger than 22	711	1.7%	708	905	-194	-21.4%
22-24	1,578	3.8%	1,522	1,828	-250	-13.7%
25-34	6,437	15.5%	6,526	7,544	-1,107	-14.7%
35-44	5,920	14.3%	6,111	7,152	-1,232	-17.2%
45-54	6,257	15.1%	6,498	7,606	-1,349	-17.7%
55-59	2,703	6.5%	2,758	3,040	-337	-11.1%
60-64	1,783	4.3%	1,829	2,182	-399	-18.3%
65 and older	1,530	3.7%	1,629	1,804	-274	-15.2%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	26,919		27,581	32,061
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	39	0.1%	33	22	17	77.3%
Mining	157	0.6%	143	111	46	41.4%
Utilities	25	0.1%	33	41	-16	-39.0%
Construction	2,853	10.6%	2,853	4,378	-1,525	-34.8%
Manufacturing	1,089	4.0%	1,083	1,219	-130	-10.7%
Wholesale Trade	723	2.7%	697	942	-219	-23.2%
Retail Trade	2,796	10.4%	2,859	3,090	-294	-9.5%
Transporation and Warehousing	882	3.3%	930	978	-96	-9.8%
Information	295	1.1%	317	369	-74	-20.1%
Finance and Insurance	619	2.3%	624	911	-292	-32.1%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	769	2.9%	788	871	-102	-11.7%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	1,143	4.2%	1,181	1,370	-227	-16.6%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	235	0.9%	234	234	1	0.4%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	3,578	13.3%	3,878	4,027	-449	-11.1%
Educational Services	404	1.5%	442	654	-250	-38.2%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	1,888	7.0%	1,882	1,935	-47	-2.4%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	762	2.8%	764	685	77	11.2%
Accomodation and Food Services	5,278	19.6%	5,417	5,839	-561	-9.6%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	588	2.2%	576	774	-186	-24.0%
Public Administration	457	1.7%	428	638	-181	-28.4%
Information Not Available	2,339	8.7%	2,419	2,973	-634	-21.3%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants New York
	Oct 2012	Percent	Sep 2012	Oct 2011	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	218,124		217,706	229,934
Male	116,717	53.5%	113,892	120,564	-3,847	-3.2%
Female	101,394	46.5%	103,797	109,370	-7,976	-7.3%
Information Not Available	13	0.0%	17	0	13	0.0%

Ethnicity	218,124		217,706	229,934
Hispanic or Latino	36,314	16.6%	36,956	39,390	-3,076	-7.8%
Not Hispanic or Latino	145,028	66.5%	144,204	154,584	-9,556	-6.2%
Information Not Available	36,782	16.9%	36,546	35,960	822	2.3%

Race	218,124		217,706	229,934
American Indian or Alaskan Native	1,588	0.7%	1,507	1,415	173	12.2%
Asian	7,184	3.3%	7,422	7,204	-20	-0.3%
Black or African American	39,480	18.1%	40,057	42,357	-2,877	-6.8%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	1,011	0.5%	1,011	768	243	31.6%
White	113,534	52.1%	111,824	118,413	-4,879	-4.1%
Information Not Available	55,327	25.4%	55,885	59,777	-4,450	-7.4%

Years of Age	218,124		217,706	229,934
Younger than 22	9,003	2.8%	8,946	9,746	-743	-7.6%
22-24	17,055	5.3%	16,995	17,024	31	0.2%
25-34	57,737	18.1%	57,883	58,935	-1,198	-2.0%
35-44	45,954	14.4%	46,326	49,173	-3,219	-6.5%
45-54	47,817	15.0%	47,527	50,693	-2,876	-5.7%
55-59	18,373	5.8%	18,150	19,186	-813	-4.2%
60-64	12,691	4.0%	12,561	14,398	-1,707	-11.9%
65 and older	9,494	3.0%	9,318	10,779	-1,285	-11.9%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	218,124		217,706	229,934
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	463	0.2%	401	485	-22	-4.5%
Mining	231	0.1%	185	169	62	36.7%
Utilities	297	0.1%	274	406	-109	-26.8%
Construction	22,638	10.4%	20,749	22,948	-310	-1.4%
Manufacturing	13,878	6.3%	13,445	16,448	-2,570	-15.6%
Wholesale Trade	8,424	3.9%	8,294	9,572	-1,148	-12.0%
Retail Trade	22,349	10.2%	22,899	23,842	-1,493	-6.3%
Transporation and Warehousing	7,310	3.3%	8,122	7,644	-334	-4.4%
Information	6,436	2.9%	6,636	7,296	-860	-11.8%
Finance and Insurance	9,922	4.5%	10,144	10,484	-562	-5.4%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	4,722	2.2%	4,595	5,390	-668	-12.4%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	14,815	6.8%	14,894	15,735	-920	-5.8%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	1,039	0.5%	1,071	1,151	-112	-9.7%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	25,265	11.6%	24,721	26,416	-1,151	-4.4%
Educational Services	11,540	5.3%	12,994	12,213	-673	-5.5%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	28,257	12.9%	27,829	29,556	-1,299	-4.4%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	6,350	2.9%	6,424	6,170	180	2.9%
Accomodation and Food Services	15,245	7.0%	14,535	15,643	-398	-2.5%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	6,946	3.2%	6,803	7,875	-929	-11.8%
Public Administration	5,285	2.4%	4,719	7,512	-2,227	-29.6%
Information Not Available	6,712	3.1%	7,972	2,979	3,733	125.3%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Ohio
	Oct 2012	Percent	Sep 2012	Oct 2011	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	71,925		68,337	78,860
Male	41,904	58.3%	38,835	43,219	-1,315	-3.0%
Female	29,767	41.4%	29,242	35,356	-5,589	-15.8%
Information Not Available	254	0.4%	260	285	-31	-10.9%

Ethnicity	71,925		68,337	78,860
Hispanic or Latino	2,159	3.0%	1,850	2,331	-172	-7.4%
Not Hispanic or Latino	66,076	91.9%	62,904	72,360	-6,284	-8.7%
Information Not Available	3,690	5.1%	3,583	4,169	-479	-11.5%

Race	71,925		68,337	78,860
American Indian or Alaskan Native	277	0.4%	232	352	-75	-21.3%
Asian	444	0.6%	443	510	-66	-12.9%
Black or African American	12,086	16.8%	11,830	13,700	-1,614	-11.8%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	61	0.1%	60	95	-34	-35.8%
White	55,701	77.4%	52,701	60,496	-4,795	-7.9%
Information Not Available	3,356	4.7%	3,071	3,707	-351	-9.5%

Years of Age	71,925		68,337	78,860
Younger than 22	1,677	1.4%	1,537	2,162	-485	-22.4%
22-24	3,366	2.7%	3,186	4,130	-764	-18.5%
25-34	15,264	12.5%	14,895	17,820	-2,556	-14.3%
35-44	16,836	13.7%	15,733	18,487	-1,651	-8.9%
45-54	19,275	15.7%	18,184	20,567	-1,292	-6.3%
55-59	8,195	6.7%	7,799	8,025	170	2.1%
60-64	5,133	4.2%	4,823	5,319	-186	-3.5%
65 and older	2,179	1.8%	2,180	2,350	-171	-7.3%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	71,925		68,337	78,860
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	217	0.3%	165	224	-7	-3.1%
Mining	240	0.3%	203	175	65	37.1%
Utilities	138	0.2%	171	112	26	23.2%
Construction	8,608	11.9%	8,327	7,750	858	11.1%
Manufacturing	16,623	23.0%	13,109	14,644	1,979	13.5%
Wholesale Trade	3,440	4.8%	3,442	3,476	-36	-1.0%
Retail Trade	3,665	5.1%	3,605	4,171	-506	-12.1%
Transporation and Warehousing	2,218	3.1%	2,233	2,805	-587	-20.9%
Information	1,154	1.6%	1,122	1,194	-40	-3.4%
Finance and Insurance	2,133	3.0%	2,182	2,596	-463	-17.8%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	937	1.3%	992	1,243	-306	-24.6%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	4,061	5.6%	4,324	4,678	-617	-13.2%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	898	1.2%	819	804	94	11.7%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	9,399	13.0%	9,213	10,341	-942	-9.1%
Educational Services	2,664	3.7%	2,838	3,961	-1,297	-32.7%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	6,990	9.7%	7,187	9,062	-2,072	-22.9%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	732	1.0%	674	907	-175	-19.3%
Accomodation and Food Services	2,850	4.0%	2,706	4,232	-1,382	-32.7%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	1,714	2.4%	1,813	1,946	-232	-11.9%
Public Administration	671	0.9%	576	1,226	-555	-45.3%
Information Not Available	2,573	3.6%	2,636	3,313	-740	-22.3%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Oklahoma
	Oct 2012	Percent	Sep 2012	Oct 2011	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	28,445		29,561	37,632
Male	14,398	50.6%	14,949	18,716	-4,318	-23.1%
Female	14,018	49.3%	14,569	18,863	-4,845	-25.7%
Information Not Available	29	0.1%	43	53	-24	-45.3%

Ethnicity	28,445		29,561	37,632
Hispanic or Latino	2,231	7.8%	2,287	2,879	-648	-22.5%
Not Hispanic or Latino	26,214	92.2%	27,274	34,753	-8,539	-24.6%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Race	28,445		29,561	37,632
American Indian or Alaskan Native	2,862	10.1%	3,038	3,823	-961	-25.1%
Asian	212	0.7%	209	288	-76	-26.4%
Black or African American	4,590	16.1%	4,793	6,053	-1,463	-24.2%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	37	0.1%	35	42	-5	-11.9%
White	17,844	62.7%	18,418	23,467	-5,623	-24.0%
Information Not Available	2,900	10.2%	3,068	3,959	-1,059	-26.7%

Years of Age	28,445		29,561	37,632
Younger than 22	724	1.6%	715	947	-223	-23.5%
22-24	1,537	3.4%	1,620	2,152	-615	-28.6%
25-34	7,156	16.0%	7,380	9,753	-2,597	-26.6%
35-44	6,599	14.8%	6,856	8,528	-1,929	-22.6%
45-54	6,768	15.2%	7,091	8,838	-2,070	-23.4%
55-59	2,752	6.2%	2,883	3,473	-721	-20.8%
60-64	1,659	3.7%	1,717	2,309	-650	-28.2%
65 and older	1,250	2.8%	1,299	1,632	-382	-23.4%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	28,445		29,561	37,632
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	115	0.4%	130	188	-73	-38.8%
Mining	1,034	3.6%	1,001	890	144	16.2%
Utilities	95	0.3%	85	161	-66	-41.0%
Construction	2,276	8.0%	2,335	3,296	-1,020	-30.9%
Manufacturing	3,083	10.8%	3,262	3,580	-497	-13.9%
Wholesale Trade	1,096	3.8%	1,147	1,378	-282	-20.5%
Retail Trade	2,899	10.2%	2,954	4,100	-1,201	-29.3%
Transporation and Warehousing	791	2.8%	793	727	64	8.8%
Information	715	2.5%	775	1,146	-431	-37.6%
Finance and Insurance	860	3.0%	926	1,092	-232	-21.2%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	529	1.9%	599	701	-172	-24.5%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	1,345	4.7%	1,318	1,639	-294	-17.9%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	97	0.3%	88	136	-39	-28.7%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	3,989	14.0%	4,210	4,956	-967	-19.5%
Educational Services	897	3.1%	985	1,209	-312	-25.8%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	3,076	10.8%	3,167	4,280	-1,204	-28.1%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	399	1.4%	433	703	-304	-43.2%
Accomodation and Food Services	1,435	5.0%	1,545	2,143	-708	-33.0%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	1,030	3.6%	1,057	1,396	-366	-26.2%
Public Administration	1,255	4.4%	1,354	1,974	-719	-36.4%
Information Not Available	1,429	5.0%	1,397	1,937	-508	-26.2%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Oregon
	Oct 2012	Percent	Sep 2012	Oct 2011	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	44,488		43,535	54,981
Male	24,827	55.8%	23,596	29,421	-4,594	-15.6%
Female	19,653	44.2%	19,933	25,556	-5,903	-23.1%
Information Not Available	8	0.0%	6	4	4	100.0%

Ethnicity	44,488		43,535	54,981
Hispanic or Latino	3,886	8.7%	3,931	4,986	-1,100	-22.1%
Not Hispanic or Latino	34,058	76.6%	33,235	42,013	-7,955	-18.9%
Information Not Available	6,544	14.7%	6,369	7,982	-1,438	-18.0%

Race	44,488		43,535	54,981
American Indian or Alaskan Native	490	1.1%	469	568	-78	-13.7%
Asian	852	1.9%	865	1,053	-201	-19.1%
Black or African American	800	1.8%	843	1,036	-236	-22.8%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	301	0.7%	282	357	-56	-15.7%
White	25,016	56.2%	24,931	30,054	-5,038	-16.8%
Information Not Available	17,029	38.3%	16,145	21,913	-4,884	-22.3%

Years of Age	44,488		43,535	54,981
Younger than 22	1,064	1.6%	1,032	1,605	-541	-33.7%
22-24	2,458	3.7%	2,394	3,357	-899	-26.8%
25-34	11,079	16.7%	10,808	14,100	-3,021	-21.4%
35-44	9,994	15.1%	9,903	12,169	-2,175	-17.9%
45-54	10,394	15.7%	10,066	12,562	-2,168	-17.3%
55-59	4,619	7.0%	4,599	5,518	-899	-16.3%
60-64	3,234	4.9%	3,079	3,727	-493	-13.2%
65 and older	1,646	2.5%	1,654	1,943	-297	-15.3%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	44,488		43,535	54,981
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	1,211	2.6%	881	1,217	-6	-0.5%
Mining	102	0.2%	96	94	8	8.5%
Utilities	102	0.2%	101	64	38	59.4%
Construction	5,152	11.3%	4,744	5,643	-491	-8.7%
Manufacturing	4,654	10.2%	4,585	6,010	-1,356	-22.6%
Wholesale Trade	1,680	3.7%	1,693	2,084	-404	-19.4%
Retail Trade	4,865	10.6%	4,876	6,244	-1,379	-22.1%
Transporation and Warehousing	1,190	2.6%	1,141	1,287	-97	-7.5%
Information	847	1.9%	852	1,049	-202	-19.3%
Finance and Insurance	1,251	2.7%	1,265	1,804	-553	-30.7%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	725	1.6%	701	1,055	-330	-31.3%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	2,062	4.5%	2,118	2,431	-369	-15.2%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	221	0.5%	202	245	-24	-9.8%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	4,503	9.9%	4,390	5,354	-851	-15.9%
Educational Services	1,408	3.1%	1,606	2,499	-1,091	-43.7%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	5,346	11.7%	5,499	6,636	-1,290	-19.4%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	635	1.4%	502	746	-111	-14.9%
Accomodation and Food Services	3,389	7.4%	3,278	4,217	-828	-19.6%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	1,405	3.1%	1,377	1,726	-321	-18.6%
Public Administration	1,253	2.7%	1,190	1,597	-344	-21.5%
Information Not Available	2,487	5.4%	2,438	2,979	-492	-16.5%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Pennsylvania
	Oct 2012	Percent	Sep 2012	Oct 2011	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	170,372		174,841	192,010
Male	93,716	55.0%	94,451	100,614	-6,898	-6.9%
Female	76,644	45.0%	80,390	91,364	-14,720	-16.1%
Information Not Available	12	0.0%	0	32	-20	-62.5%

Ethnicity	170,372		174,841	192,010
Hispanic or Latino	10,317	6.1%	10,809	11,568	-1,251	-10.8%
Not Hispanic or Latino	154,674	90.8%	158,467	174,531	-19,857	-11.4%
Information Not Available	5,381	3.2%	5,565	5,911	-530	-9.0%

Race	170,372		174,841	192,010
American Indian or Alaskan Native	478	0.3%	487	517	-39	-7.5%
Asian	84	0.0%	68	64	20	31.3%
Black or African American	28,108	16.5%	29,937	33,531	-5,423	-16.2%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	2,329	1.4%	2,324	2,893	-564	-19.5%
White	124,324	73.0%	126,379	137,837	-13,513	-9.8%
Information Not Available	15,049	8.8%	15,646	17,168	-2,119	-12.3%

Years of Age	170,372		174,841	192,010
Younger than 22	6,099	2.2%	6,535	8,238	-2,139	-26.0%
22-24	10,950	3.9%	11,600	12,923	-1,973	-15.3%
25-34	40,540	14.3%	41,633	45,063	-4,523	-10.0%
35-44	35,687	12.6%	36,704	40,339	-4,652	-11.5%
45-54	39,986	14.1%	40,821	45,036	-5,050	-11.2%
55-59	17,129	6.1%	17,203	18,222	-1,093	-6.0%
60-64	11,598	4.1%	11,810	12,873	-1,275	-9.9%
65 and older	8,383	3.0%	8,535	9,316	-933	-10.0%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	170,372		174,841	192,010
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	481	0.3%	434	582	-101	-17.4%
Mining	2,135	1.2%	1,997	943	1,192	126.4%
Utilities	306	0.2%	319	329	-23	-7.0%
Construction	19,607	11.5%	20,038	19,769	-162	-0.8%
Manufacturing	21,531	12.6%	21,055	22,712	-1,181	-5.2%
Wholesale Trade	6,628	3.9%	6,506	7,074	-446	-6.3%
Retail Trade	17,294	10.1%	17,815	20,906	-3,612	-17.3%
Transporation and Warehousing	8,571	5.0%	9,290	8,528	43	0.5%
Information	3,192	1.9%	3,356	2,926	266	9.1%
Finance and Insurance	4,410	2.6%	4,518	5,606	-1,196	-21.3%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	1,863	1.1%	2,038	2,329	-466	-20.0%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	8,251	4.8%	8,417	9,699	-1,448	-14.9%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	855	0.5%	858	930	-75	-8.1%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	18,528	10.8%	19,396	20,799	-2,271	-10.9%
Educational Services	7,510	4.4%	8,151	11,377	-3,867	-34.0%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	22,338	13.1%	23,222	25,431	-3,093	-12.2%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	3,058	1.8%	2,805	3,761	-703	-18.7%
Accomodation and Food Services	11,133	6.5%	11,455	13,834	-2,701	-19.5%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	4,630	2.7%	4,795	5,262	-632	-12.0%
Public Administration	1,913	1.1%	2,052	2,185	-272	-12.4%
Information Not Available	6,138	3.6%	6,324	7,028	-890	-12.7%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Puerto Rico
	Oct 2012	Percent	Sep 2012	Oct 2011	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	31,209		30,733	39,206
Male	17,387	55.7%	16,938	20,560	-3,173	-15.4%
Female	13,822	44.3%	13,795	18,646	-4,824	-25.9%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	31,209		30,733	39,206
Hispanic or Latino	31,080	99.6%	30,610	38,991	-7,911	-20.3%
Not Hispanic or Latino	107	0.3%	100	155	-48	-31.0%
Information Not Available	22	0.1%	23	60	-38	-63.3%

Race	31,209		30,733	39,206
American Indian or Alaskan Native	1,515	4.9%	1,512	1,575	-60	-3.8%
Asian	33	0.1%	47	399	-366	-91.7%
Black or African American	570	1.8%	654	520	50	9.6%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	41	0.1%	36	44	-3	-6.8%
White	2,832	9.1%	2,683	4,741	-1,909	-40.3%
Information Not Available	26,218	84.0%	25,801	31,927	-5,709	-17.9%

Years of Age	31,209		30,733	39,206
Younger than 22	1,513	4.6%	1,415	1,995	-482	-24.2%
22-24	2,857	8.7%	2,778	4,006	-1,149	-28.7%
25-34	10,111	30.7%	10,005	13,498	-3,387	-25.1%
35-44	7,412	22.5%	7,378	9,236	-1,824	-19.7%
45-54	5,729	17.4%	5,567	6,544	-815	-12.5%
55-59	1,892	5.7%	1,907	2,050	-158	-7.7%
60-64	1,070	3.2%	1,062	1,225	-155	-12.7%
65 and older	616	1.9%	611	645	-29	-4.5%
Information Not Available	9	0.0%	10	7	2	28.6%

Industry	31,209		30,733	39,206
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
Mining	28	0.1%	10	42	-14	-33.3%
Utilities	517	1.7%	541	720	-203	-28.2%
Construction	2,856	9.2%	2,694	2,490	366	14.7%
Manufacturing	3,116	10.0%	3,200	3,607	-491	-13.6%
Wholesale Trade	4,378	14.0%	4,433	7,704	-3,326	-43.2%
Retail Trade	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
Transporation and Warehousing	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
Information	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
Finance and Insurance	742	2.4%	744	1,018	-276	-27.1%
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)	7,936	25.4%	7,863	10,427	-2,491	-23.9%
Public Administration	2,261	7.2%	2,597	3,507	-1,246	-35.5%
Information Not Available	9,375	30.0%	8,651	9,691	-316	-3.3%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Rhode Island
	Oct 2012	Percent	Sep 2012	Oct 2011	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	11,019		11,024	12,240
Male	5,722	51.9%	5,634	6,139	-417	-6.8%
Female	5,297	48.1%	5,390	6,101	-804	-13.2%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	11,019		11,024	12,240
Hispanic or Latino	1,288	11.7%	1,291	1,396	-108	-7.7%
Not Hispanic or Latino	7,070	64.2%	7,081	7,843	-773	-9.9%
Information Not Available	2,661	24.1%	2,652	3,001	-340	-11.3%

Race	11,019		11,024	12,240
American Indian or Alaskan Native	67	0.6%	66	55	12	21.8%
Asian	175	1.6%	176	213	-38	-17.8%
Black or African American	631	5.7%	646	719	-88	-12.2%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	33	0.3%	33	26	7	26.9%
White	7,794	70.7%	7,764	8,533	-739	-8.7%
Information Not Available	2,319	21.0%	2,339	2,694	-375	-13.9%

Years of Age	11,019		11,024	12,240
Younger than 22	269	1.5%	272	344	-75	-21.8%
22-24	606	3.4%	574	722	-116	-16.1%
25-34	2,627	14.6%	2,531	2,981	-354	-11.9%
35-44	2,307	12.8%	2,292	2,615	-308	-11.8%
45-54	2,619	14.6%	2,681	2,857	-238	-8.3%
55-59	1,133	6.3%	1,133	1,204	-71	-5.9%
60-64	829	4.6%	901	903	-74	-8.2%
65 and older	629	3.5%	640	614	15	2.4%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	11,019		11,024	12,240
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	18	0.2%	12	20	-2	-10.0%
Mining	3	0.0%	4	6	-3	-50.0%
Utilities	11	0.1%	3	14	-3	-21.4%
Construction	1,190	10.8%	1,160	1,241	-51	-4.1%
Manufacturing	1,298	11.8%	1,427	1,516	-218	-14.4%
Wholesale Trade	482	4.4%	477	467	15	3.2%
Retail Trade	1,169	10.6%	1,187	1,309	-140	-10.7%
Transporation and Warehousing	247	2.2%	278	271	-24	-8.9%
Information	176	1.6%	219	180	-4	-2.2%
Finance and Insurance	485	4.4%	504	671	-186	-27.7%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	188	1.7%	174	204	-16	-7.8%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	658	6.0%	661	714	-56	-7.8%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	95	0.9%	89	101	-6	-5.9%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	1,120	10.1%	1,025	1,209	-89	-7.4%
Educational Services	429	3.9%	453	538	-109	-20.3%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	1,583	14.3%	1,592	1,808	-225	-12.4%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	161	1.5%	137	181	-20	-11.0%
Accomodation and Food Services	836	7.6%	755	857	-21	-2.5%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	501	4.5%	495	472	29	6.1%
Public Administration	84	0.8%	74	132	-48	-36.4%
Information Not Available	285	2.6%	298	329	-44	-13.4%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants South Carolina
	Oct 2012	Percent	Sep 2012	Oct 2011	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	34,686		33,986	54,325
Male	17,953	51.8%	17,269	27,697	-9,744	-35.2%
Female	16,733	48.2%	16,717	26,628	-9,895	-37.2%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	34,686		33,986	54,325
Hispanic or Latino	1,099	3.2%	1,033	1,670	-571	-34.2%
Not Hispanic or Latino	32,921	94.9%	32,270	50,390	-17,469	-34.7%
Information Not Available	666	1.9%	683	2,265	-1,599	-70.6%

Race	34,686		33,986	54,325
American Indian or Alaskan Native	236	0.7%	247	443	-207	-46.7%
Asian	240	0.7%	205	310	-70	-22.6%
Black or African American	15,652	45.1%	15,702	25,337	-9,685	-38.2%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	61	0.2%	47	103	-42	-40.8%
White	17,369	50.1%	16,698	26,774	-9,405	-35.1%
Information Not Available	1,128	3.3%	1,087	1,358	-230	-16.9%

Years of Age	34,686		33,986	54,325
Younger than 22	1,610	3.2%	1,521	3,084	-1,474	-47.8%
22-24	1,620	3.2%	1,600	2,667	-1,047	-39.3%
25-34	8,634	17.3%	8,757	13,980	-5,346	-38.2%
35-44	7,911	15.8%	7,707	12,045	-4,134	-34.3%
45-54	8,127	16.3%	7,806	11,997	-3,870	-32.3%
55-59	3,226	6.5%	3,113	4,506	-1,280	-28.4%
60-64	2,117	4.2%	2,094	3,180	-1,063	-33.4%
65 and older	1,374	2.8%	1,322	1,953	-579	-29.6%
Information Not Available	67	0.1%	66	913	-846	-92.7%

Industry	34,686		33,986	54,325
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	144	0.4%	151	281	-137	-48.8%
Mining	24	0.1%	26	36	-12	-33.3%
Utilities	47	0.1%	47	54	-7	-13.0%
Construction	2,478	7.1%	2,410	4,322	-1,844	-42.7%
Manufacturing	4,775	13.7%	4,873	6,518	-1,743	-26.7%
Wholesale Trade	988	2.8%	1,023	1,647	-659	-40.0%
Retail Trade	3,134	9.0%	3,382	5,688	-2,554	-44.9%
Transporation and Warehousing	709	2.0%	747	1,365	-656	-48.1%
Information	319	0.9%	348	601	-282	-46.9%
Finance and Insurance	778	2.2%	842	1,224	-446	-36.4%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	537	1.5%	526	860	-323	-37.6%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	1,475	4.2%	1,560	2,232	-757	-33.9%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	94	0.3%	105	136	-42	-30.9%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	5,474	15.7%	5,476	8,242	-2,768	-33.6%
Educational Services	766	2.2%	870	1,385	-619	-44.7%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	2,464	7.1%	2,615	4,563	-2,099	-46.0%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	377	1.1%	328	622	-245	-39.4%
Accomodation and Food Services	2,825	8.1%	2,563	5,273	-2,448	-46.4%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	826	2.4%	826	1,337	-511	-38.2%
Public Administration	693	2.0%	690	1,182	-489	-41.4%
Information Not Available	5,759	16.5%	4,578	6,757	-998	-14.8%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants South Dakota
	Oct 2012	Percent	Sep 2012	Oct 2011	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	1,621		1,530	1,899
Male	865	53.4%	806	899	-34	-3.8%
Female	756	46.6%	724	1,000	-244	-24.4%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	1,621		1,530	1,899
Hispanic or Latino	52	3.2%	41	57	-5	-8.8%
Not Hispanic or Latino	1,347	83.1%	1,291	1,643	-296	-18.0%
Information Not Available	222	13.7%	198	199	23	11.6%

Race	1,621		1,530	1,899
American Indian or Alaskan Native	248	15.3%	248	275	-27	-9.8%
Asian	3	0.2%	1	4	-1	-25.0%
Black or African American	51	3.1%	53	63	-12	-19.0%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
White	1,116	68.8%	1,067	1,383	-267	-19.3%
Information Not Available	203	12.5%	161	174	29	16.7%

Years of Age	1,621		1,530	1,899
Younger than 22	34	1.3%	24	40	-6	-15.0%
22-24	57	2.2%	49	68	-11	-16.2%
25-34	343	13.1%	319	352	-9	-2.6%
35-44	318	12.2%	315	389	-71	-18.3%
45-54	454	17.4%	411	547	-93	-17.0%
55-59	208	8.0%	206	231	-23	-10.0%
60-64	126	4.8%	136	163	-37	-22.7%
65 and older	81	3.1%	70	109	-28	-25.7%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	1,621		1,530	1,899
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	11	0.7%	11	9	2	22.2%
Mining	14	0.9%	10	6	8	133.3%
Utilities	1	0.1%	1	1	0	0.0%
Construction	202	12.4%	195	190	12	6.3%
Manufacturing	183	11.2%	153	168	15	8.9%
Wholesale Trade	60	3.7%	58	66	-6	-9.1%
Retail Trade	138	8.5%	139	190	-52	-27.4%
Transporation and Warehousing	37	2.3%	37	46	-9	-19.6%
Information	26	1.6%	24	33	-7	-21.2%
Finance and Insurance	85	5.2%	99	152	-67	-44.1%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	26	1.6%	23	21	5	23.8%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	64	3.9%	65	85	-21	-24.7%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	1	0.1%	1	2	-1	-50.0%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	121	7.4%	103	125	-4	-3.2%
Educational Services	118	7.2%	112	147	-29	-19.7%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	137	8.4%	144	171	-34	-19.9%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	31	1.9%	33	51	-20	-39.2%
Accomodation and Food Services	114	7.0%	84	151	-37	-24.5%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	50	3.1%	33	43	7	16.3%
Public Administration	135	8.3%	121	151	-16	-10.6%
Information Not Available	67	4.1%	84	91	-24	-26.4%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Tennessee
	Oct 2012	Percent	Sep 2012	Oct 2011	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	43,853		44,517	52,083
Male	21,288	48.5%	21,353	25,420	-4,132	-16.3%
Female	22,565	51.5%	23,164	26,663	-4,098	-15.4%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	43,853		44,517	52,083
Hispanic or Latino	591	1.3%	643	760	-169	-22.2%
Not Hispanic or Latino	43,262	98.7%	43,874	51,323	-8,061	-15.7%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Race	43,853		44,517	52,083
American Indian or Alaskan Native	114	0.3%	125	132	-18	-13.6%
Asian	616	1.4%	2	5	611	12220.0%
Black or African American	12,996	29.6%	12,223	14,382	-1,386	-9.6%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	257	0.6%	311	438	-181	-41.3%
White	29,292	66.8%	31,230	36,390	-7,098	-19.5%
Information Not Available	578	1.3%	626	736	-158	-21.5%

Years of Age	43,853		44,517	52,083
Younger than 22	698	1.0%	656	989	-291	-29.4%
22-24	1,784	2.6%	1,736	2,287	-503	-22.0%
25-34	8,893	12.8%	8,919	11,399	-2,506	-22.0%
35-44	10,031	14.5%	10,222	11,780	-1,749	-14.8%
45-54	10,971	15.8%	11,106	12,494	-1,523	-12.2%
55-59	4,806	6.9%	4,968	5,280	-474	-9.0%
60-64	3,742	5.4%	3,813	4,482	-740	-16.5%
65 and older	2,912	4.2%	3,093	3,364	-452	-13.4%
Information Not Available	16	0.0%	4	8	8	100.0%

Industry	43,853		44,517	52,083
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	145	0.3%	155	137	8	5.8%
Mining	146	0.3%	143	116	30	25.9%
Utilities	48	0.1%	43	62	-14	-22.6%
Construction	3,713	8.4%	4,027	4,317	-604	-14.0%
Manufacturing	7,517	17.1%	7,866	9,697	-2,180	-22.5%
Wholesale Trade	2,035	4.6%	2,086	2,493	-458	-18.4%
Retail Trade	4,332	9.8%	4,594	5,591	-1,259	-22.5%
Transporation and Warehousing	1,641	3.7%	1,700	2,099	-458	-21.8%
Information	801	1.8%	878	1,059	-258	-24.4%
Finance and Insurance	1,435	3.3%	1,533	1,955	-520	-26.6%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	638	1.5%	691	880	-242	-27.5%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	2,171	4.9%	2,533	2,407	-236	-9.8%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	162	0.4%	168	193	-31	-16.1%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	6,090	13.8%	6,388	7,107	-1,017	-14.3%
Educational Services	1,387	3.2%	1,448	1,719	-332	-19.3%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	4,338	9.9%	4,540	4,619	-281	-6.1%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	383	0.9%	408	527	-144	-27.3%
Accomodation and Food Services	2,629	6.0%	2,784	3,960	-1,331	-33.6%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	1,382	3.1%	1,414	1,597	-215	-13.5%
Public Administration	893	2.0%	947	1,203	-310	-25.8%
Information Not Available	1,967	4.5%	171	345	1,622	470.1%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Texas
	Oct 2012	Percent	Sep 2012	Oct 2011	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	145,959		150,908	166,146
Male	75,962	52.0%	79,089	83,481	-7,519	-9.0%
Female	69,997	48.0%	71,819	82,665	-12,668	-15.3%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	145,959		150,908	166,146
Hispanic or Latino	44,265	30.3%	47,127	50,586	-6,321	-12.5%
Not Hispanic or Latino	90,400	61.9%	92,556	102,043	-11,643	-11.4%
Information Not Available	11,294	7.7%	11,225	13,517	-2,223	-16.4%

Race	145,959		150,908	166,146
American Indian or Alaskan Native	576	0.4%	643	649	-73	-11.2%
Asian	2,897	2.0%	2,875	3,161	-264	-8.4%
Black or African American	34,423	23.6%	35,166	38,056	-3,633	-9.5%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
White	52,301	35.8%	53,653	59,942	-7,641	-12.7%
Information Not Available	55,762	38.2%	58,571	64,338	-8,576	-13.3%

Years of Age	145,959		150,908	166,146
Younger than 22	3,897	2.1%	4,220	4,708	-811	-17.2%
22-24	8,383	4.4%	8,734	9,654	-1,271	-13.2%
25-34	36,979	19.5%	38,551	41,858	-4,879	-11.7%
35-44	35,007	18.4%	36,038	40,287	-5,280	-13.1%
45-54	34,543	18.2%	35,510	39,680	-5,137	-12.9%
55-59	13,693	7.2%	14,088	15,069	-1,376	-9.1%
60-64	8,491	4.5%	8,715	9,705	-1,214	-12.5%
65 and older	4,966	2.6%	5,052	5,185	-219	-4.2%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	145,959		150,908	166,146
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	962	0.7%	1,268	1,191	-229	-19.2%
Mining	3,554	2.4%	3,278	1,961	1,593	81.2%
Utilities	893	0.6%	654	468	425	90.8%
Construction	14,654	10.0%	17,533	17,553	-2,899	-16.5%
Manufacturing	11,693	8.0%	11,963	13,787	-2,094	-15.2%
Wholesale Trade	8,076	5.5%	7,801	8,171	-95	-1.2%
Retail Trade	12,502	8.5%	13,017	13,788	-1,286	-9.3%
Transporation and Warehousing	6,031	4.1%	5,845	5,389	642	11.9%
Information	4,451	3.0%	4,618	3,829	622	16.2%
Finance and Insurance	6,386	4.3%	6,330	6,443	-57	-0.9%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	3,083	2.1%	3,089	3,582	-499	-13.9%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	10,674	7.3%	10,956	11,675	-1,001	-8.6%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	708	0.5%	681	651	57	8.8%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	20,597	14.0%	20,962	23,030	-2,433	-10.6%
Educational Services	5,022	3.4%	5,369	9,799	-4,777	-48.7%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	17,185	11.7%	17,597	19,748	-2,563	-13.0%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	997	0.7%	999	1,291	-294	-22.8%
Accomodation and Food Services	6,748	4.6%	7,035	7,902	-1,154	-14.6%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	3,294	2.2%	3,450	4,206	-912	-21.7%
Public Administration	2,104	1.4%	1,993	2,999	-895	-29.8%
Information Not Available	6,345	4.3%	6,470	8,683	-2,338	-26.9%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Utah
	Oct 2012	Percent	Sep 2012	Oct 2011	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	13,534		13,129	17,100
Male	8,054	59.5%	7,624	9,868	-1,814	-18.4%
Female	5,394	39.9%	5,430	7,145	-1,751	-24.5%
Information Not Available	86	0.6%	75	87	-1	-1.1%

Ethnicity	13,534		13,129	17,100
Hispanic or Latino	1,026	7.6%	1,040	1,512	-486	-32.1%
Not Hispanic or Latino	10,339	76.4%	10,386	14,048	-3,709	-26.4%
Information Not Available	2,169	16.0%	1,703	1,540	629	40.8%

Race	13,534		13,129	17,100
American Indian or Alaskan Native	426	3.1%	432	631	-205	-32.5%
Asian	268	2.0%	257	296	-28	-9.5%
Black or African American	268	2.0%	261	321	-53	-16.5%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	194	1.4%	196	310	-116	-37.4%
White	10,261	75.8%	9,950	13,268	-3,007	-22.7%
Information Not Available	2,117	15.6%	2,033	2,274	-157	-6.9%

Years of Age	13,534		13,129	17,100
Younger than 22	398	1.7%	365	664	-266	-40.1%
22-24	791	3.4%	774	1,206	-415	-34.4%
25-34	3,736	16.2%	3,533	5,016	-1,280	-25.5%
35-44	3,125	13.6%	3,049	3,861	-736	-19.1%
45-54	3,048	13.2%	3,051	3,619	-571	-15.8%
55-59	1,298	5.6%	1,254	1,441	-143	-9.9%
60-64	735	3.2%	722	874	-139	-15.9%
65 and older	402	1.7%	381	419	-17	-4.1%
Information Not Available	1	0.0%	0	0	1	0.0%

Industry	13,534		13,129	17,100
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	35	0.3%	34	37	-2	-5.4%
Mining	252	1.9%	220	115	137	119.1%
Utilities	13	0.1%	8	27	-14	-51.9%
Construction	1,595	11.8%	1,464	2,057	-462	-22.5%
Manufacturing	1,315	9.7%	1,356	1,460	-145	-9.9%
Wholesale Trade	556	4.1%	550	647	-91	-14.1%
Retail Trade	1,341	9.9%	1,337	1,706	-365	-21.4%
Transporation and Warehousing	428	3.2%	412	536	-108	-20.1%
Information	455	3.4%	461	684	-229	-33.5%
Finance and Insurance	466	3.4%	464	651	-185	-28.4%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	266	2.0%	243	298	-32	-10.7%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	901	6.6%	899	1,081	-180	-16.7%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	52	0.4%	50	32	20	62.5%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	1,779	13.1%	1,774	2,360	-581	-24.6%
Educational Services	506	3.7%	510	660	-154	-23.3%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	799	5.9%	821	1,168	-369	-31.6%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	311	2.3%	240	325	-14	-4.3%
Accomodation and Food Services	726	5.4%	627	939	-213	-22.7%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	281	2.1%	273	384	-103	-26.8%
Public Administration	278	2.0%	230	346	-68	-19.7%
Information Not Available	1,179	8.7%	1,156	1,587	-408	-25.7%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Virginia
	Oct 2012	Percent	Sep 2012	Oct 2011	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	50,116		49,528	55,521
Male	27,597	55.1%	26,916	29,759	-2,162	-7.3%
Female	22,509	44.9%	22,602	25,753	-3,244	-12.6%
Information Not Available	10	0.0%	10	9	1	11.1%

Ethnicity	50,116		49,528	55,521
Hispanic or Latino	2,161	4.3%	2,136	2,537	-376	-14.8%
Not Hispanic or Latino	45,700	91.2%	45,201	50,398	-4,698	-9.3%
Information Not Available	2,255	4.5%	2,191	2,586	-331	-12.8%

Race	50,116		49,528	55,521
American Indian or Alaskan Native	2,414	4.8%	2,393	2,815	-401	-14.2%
Asian	1,123	2.2%	1,143	1,323	-200	-15.1%
Black or African American	19,835	39.6%	19,276	21,972	-2,137	-9.7%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
White	24,489	48.9%	24,525	26,825	-2,336	-8.7%
Information Not Available	2,255	4.5%	2,191	2,586	-331	-12.8%

Years of Age	50,116		49,528	55,521
Younger than 22	1,009	1.4%	942	1,312	-303	-23.1%
22-24	2,726	3.8%	2,734	3,201	-475	-14.8%
25-34	12,331	17.3%	12,225	13,687	-1,356	-9.9%
35-44	11,288	15.8%	11,112	12,570	-1,282	-10.2%
45-54	12,400	17.4%	12,240	13,761	-1,361	-9.9%
55-59	5,185	7.3%	5,142	5,427	-242	-4.5%
60-64	3,339	4.7%	3,321	3,450	-111	-3.2%
65 and older	1,833	2.6%	1,809	2,105	-272	-12.9%
Information Not Available	5	0.0%	3	8	-3	-37.5%

Industry	50,116		49,528	55,521
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	72	0.1%	89	99	-27	-27.3%
Mining	546	1.1%	564	103	443	430.1%
Utilities	29	0.1%	29	21	8	38.1%
Construction	2,600	5.2%	2,628	3,373	-773	-22.9%
Manufacturing	2,573	5.1%	2,283	2,870	-297	-10.3%
Wholesale Trade	738	1.5%	647	705	33	4.7%
Retail Trade	1,731	3.4%	1,804	2,125	-394	-18.5%
Transporation and Warehousing	1,019	2.0%	982	1,180	-161	-13.6%
Information	397	0.8%	416	448	-51	-11.4%
Finance and Insurance	508	1.0%	518	546	-38	-7.0%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	357	0.7%	381	411	-54	-13.1%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	2,297	4.6%	2,396	2,351	-54	-2.3%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	104	0.2%	111	93	11	11.8%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	3,164	6.3%	3,227	3,416	-252	-7.4%
Educational Services	270	0.5%	301	318	-48	-15.1%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	2,001	4.0%	2,116	2,229	-228	-10.2%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	154	0.3%	141	184	-30	-16.3%
Accomodation and Food Services	1,340	2.7%	1,343	1,593	-253	-15.9%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	603	1.2%	702	765	-162	-21.2%
Public Administration	3,803	7.6%	3,347	3,870	-67	-1.7%
Information Not Available	25,810	51.4%	25,503	28,821	-3,011	-10.4%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Virgin Islands
	Oct 2012	Percent	Sep 2012	Oct 2011	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	1,140		1,229	632
Male	711	62.4%	754	320	391	122.2%
Female	429	37.6%	475	312	117	37.5%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	1,140		1,229	632
Hispanic or Latino	221	19.4%	235	106	115	108.5%
Not Hispanic or Latino	896	78.6%	968	506	390	77.1%
Information Not Available	23	2.0%	26	20	3	15.0%

Race	1,140		1,229	632
American Indian or Alaskan Native	12	1.1%	10	8	4	50.0%
Asian	9	0.8%	8	3	6	200.0%
Black or African American	813	71.3%	878	447	366	81.9%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	15	1.3%	18	14	1	7.1%
White	62	5.4%	72	48	14	29.2%
Information Not Available	229	20.1%	243	112	117	104.5%

Years of Age	1,140		1,229	632
Younger than 22	13	1.2%	17	18	-5	-27.8%
22-24	38	3.4%	44	42	-4	-9.5%
25-34	280	25.2%	313	156	124	79.5%
35-44	253	22.8%	283	130	123	94.6%
45-54	297	26.7%	312	144	153	106.3%
55-59	90	8.1%	97	62	28	45.2%
60-64	91	8.2%	85	36	55	152.8%
65 and older	75	6.8%	75	43	32	74.4%
Information Not Available	3	0.3%	3	1	2	200.0%

Industry	1,140		1,229	632
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
Mining	5	0.4%	5	0	5	0.0%
Utilities	2	0.2%	1	0	2	0.0%
Construction	127	11.1%	156	68	59	86.8%
Manufacturing	139	12.2%	132	23	116	504.3%
Wholesale Trade	8	0.7%	7	9	-1	-11.1%
Retail Trade	56	4.9%	72	41	15	36.6%
Transporation and Warehousing	21	1.8%	24	25	-4	-16.0%
Information	6	0.5%	7	6	0	0.0%
Finance and Insurance	7	0.6%	7	10	-3	-30.0%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	21	1.8%	22	17	4	23.5%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	42	3.7%	49	11	31	281.8%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	13	1.1%	17	7	6	85.7%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	58	5.1%	57	45	13	28.9%
Educational Services	36	3.2%	46	8	28	350.0%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	21	1.8%	46	22	-1	-4.5%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	11	1.0%	7	7	4	57.1%
Accomodation and Food Services	249	21.8%	222	203	46	22.7%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	205	18.0%	227	75	130	173.3%
Public Administration	15	1.3%	28	9	6	66.7%
Information Not Available	98	8.6%	97	46	52	113.0%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Vermont
	Oct 2012	Percent	Sep 2012	Oct 2011	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	4,168		4,051	4,919
Male	2,343	56.2%	2,161	2,514	-171	-6.8%
Female	1,825	43.8%	1,890	2,405	-580	-24.1%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	4,168		4,051	4,919
Hispanic or Latino	5	0.1%	6	11	-6	-54.5%
Not Hispanic or Latino	710	17.0%	889	1,555	-845	-54.3%
Information Not Available	3,453	82.8%	3,156	3,353	100	3.0%

Race	4,168		4,051	4,919
American Indian or Alaskan Native	9	0.2%	12	7	2	28.6%
Asian	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
Black or African American	18	0.4%	25	24	-6	-25.0%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	3	0.1%	2	13	-10	-76.9%
White	685	16.4%	856	1,522	-837	-55.0%
Information Not Available	3,453	82.8%	3,156	3,353	100	3.0%

Years of Age	4,168		4,051	4,919
Younger than 22	119	2.7%	93	141	-22	-15.6%
22-24	216	4.8%	224	282	-66	-23.4%
25-34	942	21.0%	937	1,107	-165	-14.9%
35-44	829	18.5%	803	986	-157	-15.9%
45-54	1,017	22.7%	991	1,236	-219	-17.7%
55-59	471	10.5%	449	507	-36	-7.1%
60-64	377	8.4%	344	399	-22	-5.5%
65 and older	197	4.4%	210	261	-64	-24.5%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	4,168		4,051	4,919
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	33	0.8%	28	42	-9	-21.4%
Mining	10	0.2%	10	4	6	150.0%
Utilities	10	0.2%	7	4	6	150.0%
Construction	449	10.7%	388	339	110	32.4%
Manufacturing	570	13.6%	462	545	25	4.6%
Wholesale Trade	186	4.4%	188	193	-7	-3.6%
Retail Trade	512	12.2%	524	664	-152	-22.9%
Transporation and Warehousing	109	2.6%	112	102	7	6.9%
Information	46	1.1%	55	89	-43	-48.3%
Finance and Insurance	79	1.9%	90	76	3	3.9%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	51	1.2%	47	84	-33	-39.3%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	190	4.5%	196	236	-46	-19.5%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	5	0.1%	6	4	1	25.0%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	302	7.2%	281	350	-48	-13.7%
Educational Services	233	5.5%	259	287	-54	-18.8%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	491	11.7%	554	617	-126	-20.4%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	48	1.1%	34	82	-34	-41.5%
Accomodation and Food Services	622	14.8%	574	891	-269	-30.2%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	104	2.5%	113	159	-55	-34.6%
Public Administration	118	2.8%	123	151	-33	-21.9%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Washington
	Oct 2012	Percent	Sep 2012	Oct 2011	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	61,027		65,702	73,614
Male	35,233	57.7%	36,827	42,914	-7,681	-17.9%
Female	25,787	42.3%	28,871	30,695	-4,908	-16.0%
Information Not Available	7	0.0%	4	5	2	40.0%

Ethnicity	61,027		65,702	73,614
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	61,027	100.0%	65,702	73,614	-12,587	-17.1%

Race	61,027		65,702	73,614
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	61,027	100.0%	65,702	73,614	-12,587	-17.1%

Years of Age	61,027		65,702	73,614
Younger than 22	1,274	2.2%	1,059	1,808	-534	-29.5%
22-24	3,101	5.5%	3,162	4,078	-977	-24.0%
25-34	14,882	26.2%	15,696	18,366	-3,484	-19.0%
35-44	14,062	24.7%	14,998	16,709	-2,647	-15.8%
45-54	14,723	25.9%	16,074	17,909	-3,186	-17.8%
55-59	6,494	11.4%	7,131	7,337	-843	-11.5%
60-64	4,208	7.4%	4,918	4,965	-757	-15.2%
65 and older	2,283	4.0%	2,664	2,441	-158	-6.5%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	1	-1	-100.0%

Industry	61,027		65,702	73,614
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	61,027	100.0%	65,702	73,614	-12,587	-17.1%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Wisconsin
	Oct 2012	Percent	Sep 2012	Oct 2011	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	65,543		63,641	74,776
Male	34,692	52.9%	33,424	39,272	-4,580	-11.7%
Female	30,805	47.0%	30,172	35,459	-4,654	-13.1%
Information Not Available	46	0.1%	45	45	1	2.2%

Ethnicity	65,543		63,641	74,776
Hispanic or Latino	3,126	4.8%	2,832	3,425	-299	-8.7%
Not Hispanic or Latino	61,683	94.1%	60,045	70,469	-8,786	-12.5%
Information Not Available	734	1.1%	764	882	-148	-16.8%

Race	65,543		63,641	74,776
American Indian or Alaskan Native	898	1.4%	821	1,032	-134	-13.0%
Asian	970	1.5%	942	1,032	-62	-6.0%
Black or African American	9,262	14.1%	9,266	10,319	-1,057	-10.2%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	79	0.1%	70	82	-3	-3.7%
White	53,600	81.8%	51,778	61,429	-7,829	-12.7%
Information Not Available	734	1.1%	764	882	-148	-16.8%

Years of Age	65,543		63,641	74,776
Younger than 22	2,038	1.8%	2,044	2,692	-654	-24.3%
22-24	4,169	3.6%	4,081	4,816	-647	-13.4%
25-34	15,747	13.7%	15,331	18,173	-2,426	-13.3%
35-44	13,127	11.5%	12,937	15,338	-2,211	-14.4%
45-54	15,781	13.8%	15,311	17,978	-2,197	-12.2%
55-59	7,143	6.2%	6,743	7,643	-500	-6.5%
60-64	4,562	4.0%	4,431	5,100	-538	-10.5%
65 and older	2,969	2.6%	2,763	3,021	-52	-1.7%
Information Not Available	7	0.0%	0	15	-8	-53.3%

Industry	65,543		63,641	74,776
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	419	0.6%	318	389	30	7.7%
Mining	59	0.1%	38	52	7	13.5%
Utilities	66	0.1%	76	82	-16	-19.5%
Construction	5,125	7.8%	5,434	6,692	-1,567	-23.4%
Manufacturing	12,833	19.5%	11,815	14,551	-1,718	-11.8%
Wholesale Trade	2,412	3.7%	2,361	2,640	-228	-8.6%
Retail Trade	7,433	11.3%	7,299	8,076	-643	-8.0%
Transporation and Warehousing	2,202	3.3%	2,317	2,311	-109	-4.7%
Information	1,049	1.6%	1,044	1,234	-185	-15.0%
Finance and Insurance	1,973	3.0%	1,960	2,333	-360	-15.4%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	682	1.0%	617	852	-170	-20.0%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	2,556	3.9%	2,622	2,610	-54	-2.1%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	334	0.5%	363	359	-25	-7.0%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	8,147	12.4%	7,591	8,861	-714	-8.1%
Educational Services	1,645	2.5%	1,769	2,026	-381	-18.8%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	7,577	11.5%	7,566	8,764	-1,187	-13.5%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	990	1.5%	872	1,107	-117	-10.6%
Accomodation and Food Services	4,719	7.2%	4,449	5,773	-1,054	-18.3%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	1,763	2.7%	1,706	1,959	-196	-10.0%
Public Administration	1,396	2.1%	1,330	1,697	-301	-17.7%
Information Not Available	2,163	3.3%	2,094	2,408	-245	-10.2%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants West Virginia
	Oct 2012	Percent	Sep 2012	Oct 2011	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	15,691		17,297	12,949
Male	10,804	68.9%	12,211	7,850	2,954	37.6%
Female	4,886	31.1%	5,084	5,090	-204	-4.0%
Information Not Available	1	0.0%	2	9	-8	-88.9%

Ethnicity	15,691		17,297	12,949
Hispanic or Latino	249	1.6%	275	215	34	15.8%
Not Hispanic or Latino	11,223	71.5%	12,198	9,318	1,905	20.4%
Information Not Available	4,219	26.9%	4,824	3,416	803	23.5%

Race	15,691		17,297	12,949
American Indian or Alaskan Native	32	0.2%	55	56	-24	-42.9%
Asian	39	0.2%	45	28	11	39.3%
Black or African American	553	3.5%	622	560	-7	-1.3%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	5	0.0%	4	7	-2	-28.6%
White	14,019	89.3%	15,583	11,450	2,569	22.4%
Information Not Available	1,043	6.6%	988	848	195	23.0%

Years of Age	15,691		17,297	12,949
Younger than 22	412	1.4%	437	348	64	18.4%
22-24	881	3.1%	900	724	157	21.7%
25-34	3,737	13.0%	3,963	3,200	537	16.8%
35-44	3,875	13.5%	4,198	3,202	673	21.0%
45-54	3,633	12.6%	4,331	3,152	481	15.3%
55-59	1,644	5.7%	1,891	1,172	472	40.3%
60-64	959	3.3%	998	710	249	35.1%
65 and older	549	1.9%	579	433	116	26.8%
Information Not Available	1	0.0%	0	8	-7	-87.5%

Industry	15,691		17,297	12,949
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	74	0.5%	40	73	1	1.4%
Mining	2,089	13.3%	2,157	497	1,592	320.3%
Utilities	35	0.2%	44	23	12	52.2%
Construction	2,378	15.1%	2,728	2,072	306	14.8%
Manufacturing	1,937	12.3%	2,816	1,222	715	58.5%
Wholesale Trade	500	3.2%	543	464	36	7.8%
Retail Trade	1,170	7.4%	1,175	1,207	-37	-3.1%
Transporation and Warehousing	572	3.6%	478	341	231	67.7%
Information	143	0.9%	131	158	-15	-9.5%
Finance and Insurance	198	1.3%	202	329	-131	-39.8%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	170	1.1%	185	176	-6	-3.4%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	632	4.0%	639	561	71	12.7%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	43	0.3%	41	47	-4	-8.5%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	1,243	7.9%	1,378	1,299	-56	-4.3%
Educational Services	236	1.5%	239	217	19	8.8%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	1,341	8.5%	1,444	1,421	-80	-5.6%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	116	0.7%	88	142	-26	-18.3%
Accomodation and Food Services	868	5.5%	895	909	-41	-4.5%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	522	3.3%	605	424	98	23.1%
Public Administration	209	1.3%	232	210	-1	-0.5%
Information Not Available	1,215	7.7%	1,237	1,157	58	5.0%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Wyoming
	Oct 2012	Percent	Sep 2012	Oct 2011	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	3,386		3,067	3,477
Male	2,086	61.6%	1,859	2,135	-49	-2.3%
Female	1,300	38.4%	1,208	1,342	-42	-3.1%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	3,386		3,067	3,477
Hispanic or Latino	276	8.2%	268	265	11	4.2%
Not Hispanic or Latino	2,947	87.0%	2,633	2,974	-27	-0.9%
Information Not Available	163	4.8%	166	238	-75	-31.5%

Race	3,386		3,067	3,477
American Indian or Alaskan Native	179	5.3%	215	168	11	6.5%
Asian	23	0.7%	26	24	-1	-4.2%
Black or African American	46	1.4%	42	57	-11	-19.3%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	12	0.4%	9	8	4	50.0%
White	2,928	86.5%	2,576	2,986	-58	-1.9%
Information Not Available	198	5.8%	199	234	-36	-15.4%

Years of Age	3,386		3,067	3,477
Younger than 22	25	0.4%	30	46	-21	-45.7%
22-24	235	3.9%	196	227	8	3.5%
25-34	824	13.5%	710	832	-8	-1.0%
35-44	700	11.5%	653	709	-9	-1.3%
45-54	848	13.9%	773	889	-41	-4.6%
55-59	389	6.4%	363	367	22	6.0%
60-64	229	3.8%	227	215	14	6.5%
65 and older	136	2.2%	115	192	-56	-29.2%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	3,386		3,067	3,477
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	23	0.7%	18	18	5	27.8%
Mining	299	8.8%	300	166	133	80.1%
Utilities	11	0.3%	16	2	9	450.0%
Construction	589	17.3%	572	601	-12	-2.0%
Manufacturing	78	2.3%	88	114	-36	-31.6%
Wholesale Trade	96	2.8%	89	69	27	39.1%
Retail Trade	248	7.3%	236	290	-42	-14.5%
Transporation and Warehousing	115	3.4%	104	127	-12	-9.4%
Information	40	1.2%	37	25	15	60.0%
Finance and Insurance	43	1.3%	36	59	-16	-27.1%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	54	1.6%	44	51	3	5.9%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	129	3.8%	99	102	27	26.5%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	0	0.0%	0	4	-4	-100.0%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	177	5.2%	154	157	20	12.7%
Educational Services	95	2.8%	101	105	-10	-9.5%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	220	6.5%	234	276	-56	-20.3%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	46	1.3%	29	87	-41	-47.1%
Accomodation and Food Services	380	11.1%	236	480	-100	-20.8%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	117	3.4%	105	91	26	28.6%
Public Administration	141	4.1%	149	144	-3	-2.1%
Information Not Available	485	14.2%	420	509	-24	-4.7%