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Characteristics of Insured Unemployment

August 2013

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants : Total Claimants August 2013
	Aug 2013	Jul 2013	Monthly Change	Aug 2012	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
United States	2,785,251	3,021,774	-236,523	3,093,864	-308,613	-10.0
Alaska	9,055	9,433	-378	9,493	-438	-4.6
Alabama	33,806	36,236	-2,430	35,107	-1,301	-3.7
Arkansas	27,711	28,825	-1,114	31,295	-3,584	-11.5
Arizona	46,143	47,997	-1,854	52,744	-6,601	-12.5
California	456,791	502,111	-45,320	491,712	-34,921	-7.1
Colorado	31,458	34,737	-3,279	33,631	-2,173	-6.5
Connecticut	55,344	55,973	-629	58,092	-2,748	-4.7
District of Columbia	12,278	12,310	-32	12,470	-192	-1.5
Delaware	8,790	9,045	-255	9,603	-813	-8.5
Florida	107,994	115,396	-7,402	134,371	-26,377	-19.6
Georgia	59,015	66,727	-7,712	73,938	-14,923	-20.2
Hawaii	11,199	11,526	-327	12,194	-995	-8.2
Iowa	20,513	21,798	-1,285	21,224	-711	-3.3
Idaho	10,187	10,503	-316	12,366	-2,179	-17.6
Illinois	149,877	156,926	-7,049	156,332	-6,455	-4.1
Indiana	40,568	45,081	-4,513	44,011	-3,443	-7.8
Kansas	21,904	22,730	-826	24,852	-2,948	-11.9
Kentucky	31,069	35,911	-4,842	34,618	-3,549	-10.3
Louisiana	28,469	28,368	101	44,027	-15,558	-35.3
Massachusetts	75,100	81,111	-6,011	90,999	-15,899	-17.5
Maryland	52,727	54,082	-1,355	59,391	-6,664	-11.2
Maine	8,136	8,805	-669	9,665	-1,529	-15.8
Michigan	72,345	102,846	-30,501	81,346	-9,001	-11.1
Minnesota	38,704	42,006	-3,302	43,042	-4,338	-10.1
Missouri	44,819	47,229	-2,410	48,880	-4,061	-8.3
Mississippi	26,819	29,489	-2,670	29,052	-2,233	-7.7
Montana	5,959	6,533	-574	6,136	-177	-2.9
North Carolina	77,819	100,095	-22,276	98,103	-20,284	-20.7
North Dakota	2,213	2,543	-330	1,819	394	21.7
Nebraska	8,027	9,201	-1,174	10,589	-2,562	-24.2
New Hampshire	7,807	8,302	-495	10,133	-2,326	-23.0
New Jersey	132,577	135,708	-3,131	136,794	-4,217	-3.1
New Mexico	15,116	15,825	-709	16,591	-1,475	-8.9
Nevada	27,264	28,632	-1,368	28,689	-1,425	-5.0
New York	229,326	238,297	-8,971	252,374	-23,048	-9.1
Ohio	68,134	76,812	-8,678	74,492	-6,358	-8.5
Oklahoma	25,800	27,021	-1,221	31,532	-5,732	-18.2
Oregon	41,063	44,555	-3,492	46,924	-5,861	-12.5
Pennsylvania	176,197	188,434	-12,237	202,637	-26,440	-13.0
Puerto Rico	35,122	40,594	-5,472	32,316	2,806	8.7
Rhode Island	12,693	12,357	336	13,137	-444	-3.4
South Carolina	31,558	35,451	-3,893	39,041	-7,483	-19.2
South Dakota	1,624	1,727	-103	1,783	-159	-8.9
Tennessee	39,340	46,505	-7,165	47,583	-8,243	-17.3
Texas	160,285	164,757	-4,472	159,931	354	0.2
Utah	13,147	14,341	-1,194	13,209	-62	-0.5
Virginia	50,013	53,020	-3,007	52,846	-2,833	-5.4
Virgin Islands	535	531	4	1,075	-540	-50.2
Vermont	4,731	5,143	-412	5,262	-531	-10.1
Washington	57,699	59,212	-1,513	62,927	-5,228	-8.3
Wisconsin	62,985	69,990	-7,005	73,156	-10,171	-13.9
West Virginia	14,455	15,828	-1,373	17,033	-2,578	-15.1
Wyoming	2,941	3,159	-218	3,297	-356	-10.8

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants US Totals
	Aug 2013	Percent	Jul 2013	Aug 2012	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	2,785,251		3,021,774	3,093,864	-308,613	-10.0
Male	1,394,681	50.1%	1,525,716	1,567,072	-172,391	-11.0%
Female	1,374,108	49.3%	1,479,660	1,506,073	-131,965	-8.8%
Information Not Available	16,462	0.6%	16,398	20,719	-4,257	-20.5%

Ethnicity	2,785,251		3,021,774	3,093,864
Hispanic or Latino	443,258	15.9%	483,232	482,470	-39,212	-8.1%
Not Hispanic or Latino	1,965,812	83.9%	2,133,713	2,183,473	-217,661	-10.0%
Information Not Available	376,180	11.9%	404,828	427,905	-51,725	-12.1%

Race	2,785,251		3,021,774	3,093,864
American Indian or Alaskan Native	34,617	1.2%	37,470	37,787	-3,170	-8.4%
Asian	88,276	3.2%	93,494	84,649	3,627	4.3%
Black or African American	541,585	19.4%	583,396	588,902	-47,317	-8.0%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	13,067	0.5%	13,808	14,154	-1,087	-7.7%
White	1,469,524	52.8%	1,599,522	1,657,959	-188,435	-11.4%
Information Not Available	638,183	22.9%	694,085	710,413	-72,230	-10.2%

Years of Age	2,785,251		3,021,774	3,093,864
Younger than 22	62,562	2.2%	65,507	81,958	-19,396	-23.7%
22-24	148,628	5.3%	160,548	178,651	-30,023	-16.8%
25-34	653,627	23.5%	707,421	733,262	-79,635	-10.9%
35-44	609,139	21.9%	660,789	676,766	-67,627	-10.0%
45-54	665,905	23.9%	730,782	742,266	-76,361	-10.3%
55-59	291,839	10.5%	315,287	305,792	-13,953	-4.6%
60-64	195,673	7.0%	211,933	204,317	-8,644	-4.2%
65 and older	143,834	5.2%	154,440	152,001	-8,167	-5.4%
Information Not Available	14,044	0.5%	15,067	18,851	-4,807	-25.5%

Industry	2,785,251		3,021,774	3,093,864
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	51,279	1.8%	57,272	58,288	-7,009	-12.0%
Mining	14,439	0.5%	16,199	17,150	-2,711	-15.8%
Utilities	6,541	0.2%	5,621	6,454	87	1.3%
Construction	221,985	8.0%	250,775	270,374	-48,389	-17.9%
Manufacturing	259,258	9.3%	311,484	283,060	-23,802	-8.4%
Wholesale Trade	88,098	3.2%	93,738	100,888	-12,790	-12.7%
Retail Trade	224,137	8.0%	238,574	265,292	-41,155	-15.5%
Transporation and Warehousing	151,399	5.4%	152,848	158,506	-7,107	-4.5%
Information	79,427	2.9%	92,304	85,238	-5,811	-6.8%
Finance and Insurance	81,811	2.9%	87,377	89,264	-7,453	-8.3%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	36,854	1.3%	37,656	40,293	-3,439	-8.5%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	148,106	5.3%	156,527	151,959	-3,853	-2.5%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	12,658	0.5%	14,556	13,565	-907	-6.7%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	339,905	12.2%	365,445	368,032	-28,127	-7.6%
Educational Services	132,025	4.7%	142,050	150,831	-18,806	-12.5%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	284,339	10.2%	301,015	308,094	-23,755	-7.7%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	42,859	1.5%	45,277	45,064	-2,205	-4.9%
Accomodation and Food Services	194,911	7.0%	208,846	213,905	-18,994	-8.9%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	73,599	2.6%	80,589	93,971	-20,372	-21.7%
Public Administration	57,004	2.0%	60,985	64,139	-7,135	-11.1%
Information Not Available	284,617	10.2%	302,636	309,497	-24,880	-8.0%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Alaska
	Aug 2013	Percent	Jul 2013	Aug 2012	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	9,055		9,433	9,493	-438	-4.6
Male	4,225	46.7%	4,711	4,589	-364	-7.9%
Female	4,830	53.3%	4,722	4,904	-74	-1.5%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	9,055		9,433	9,493
Hispanic or Latino	449	5.0%	472	493	-44	-8.9%
Not Hispanic or Latino	8,504	93.9%	8,847	8,874	-370	-4.2%
Information Not Available	102	1.1%	114	126	-24	-19.0%

Race	9,055		9,433	9,493
American Indian or Alaskan Native	3,014	33.3%	3,142	3,056	-42	-1.4%
Asian	412	4.5%	561	556	-144	-25.9%
Black or African American	475	5.2%	491	539	-64	-11.9%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	220	2.4%	203	210	10	4.8%
White	4,552	50.3%	4,640	4,684	-132	-2.8%
Information Not Available	382	4.2%	396	448	-66	-14.7%

Years of Age	9,055		9,433	9,493
Younger than 22	281	2.1%	267	321	-40	-12.5%
22-24	674	5.1%	702	772	-98	-12.7%
25-34	2,697	20.6%	2,677	2,758	-61	-2.2%
35-44	1,881	14.3%	1,968	1,921	-40	-2.1%
45-54	1,913	14.6%	2,052	2,019	-106	-5.3%
55-59	760	5.8%	854	795	-35	-4.4%
60-64	497	3.8%	520	557	-60	-10.8%
65 and older	352	2.7%	393	350	2	0.6%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	9,055		9,433	9,493
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	19	0.2%	21	38	-19	-50.0%
Mining	297	3.3%	355	283	14	4.9%
Utilities	39	0.4%	37	42	-3	-7.1%
Construction	790	8.7%	893	793	-3	-0.4%
Manufacturing	325	3.6%	461	497	-172	-34.6%
Wholesale Trade	127	1.4%	148	163	-36	-22.1%
Retail Trade	1,054	11.6%	1,024	1,037	17	1.6%
Transporation and Warehousing	564	6.2%	567	599	-35	-5.8%
Information	123	1.4%	109	106	17	16.0%
Finance and Insurance	212	2.3%	205	209	3	1.4%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	187	2.1%	238	260	-73	-28.1%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	351	3.9%	363	392	-41	-10.5%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	12	0.1%	18	17	-5	-29.4%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	550	6.1%	510	482	68	14.1%
Educational Services	482	5.3%	468	421	61	14.5%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	1,275	14.1%	1,081	1,236	39	3.2%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	132	1.5%	115	137	-5	-3.6%
Accomodation and Food Services	787	8.7%	800	907	-120	-13.2%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	471	5.2%	574	596	-125	-21.0%
Public Administration	959	10.6%	1,076	939	20	2.1%
Information Not Available	299	3.3%	370	339	-40	-11.8%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Alabama
	Aug 2013	Percent	Jul 2013	Aug 2012	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	33,806		36,236	35,107
Male	16,342	48.3%	17,515	17,648	-1,306	-7.4%
Female	17,443	51.6%	18,707	17,435	8	0.0%
Information Not Available	21	0.1%	14	24	-3	-12.5%

Ethnicity	33,806		36,236	35,107
Hispanic or Latino	430	1.3%	412	469	-39	-8.3%
Not Hispanic or Latino	25,468	75.3%	27,808	29,273	-3,805	-13.0%
Information Not Available	7,908	23.4%	8,016	5,365	2,543	47.4%

Race	33,806		36,236	35,107
American Indian or Alaskan Native	1,693	5.0%	1,729	1,973	-280	-14.2%
Asian	700	2.1%	687	756	-56	-7.4%
Black or African American	14,613	43.2%	15,746	14,467	146	1.0%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	38	0.1%	43	49	-11	-22.4%
White	15,213	45.0%	16,200	16,388	-1,175	-7.2%
Information Not Available	1,549	4.6%	1,831	1,474	75	5.1%

Years of Age	33,806		36,236	35,107
Younger than 22	1,104	2.3%	1,224	1,321	-217	-16.4%
22-24	2,306	4.9%	2,411	2,444	-138	-5.6%
25-34	8,783	18.7%	9,327	9,259	-476	-5.1%
35-44	7,681	16.3%	8,308	8,024	-343	-4.3%
45-54	7,563	16.1%	8,072	7,685	-122	-1.6%
55-59	2,992	6.4%	3,258	3,117	-125	-4.0%
60-64	1,995	4.2%	2,117	1,913	82	4.3%
65 and older	1,373	2.9%	1,507	1,315	58	4.4%
Information Not Available	9	0.0%	12	29	-20	-69.0%

Industry	33,806		36,236	35,107
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	285	0.8%	263	364	-79	-21.7%
Mining	216	0.6%	222	143	73	51.0%
Utilities	60	0.2%	64	55	5	9.1%
Construction	2,920	8.6%	3,226	3,355	-435	-13.0%
Manufacturing	4,963	14.6%	5,949	5,042	-79	-1.6%
Wholesale Trade	1,118	3.3%	1,167	1,330	-212	-15.9%
Retail Trade	3,470	10.2%	3,497	3,827	-357	-9.3%
Transporation and Warehousing	1,191	3.5%	1,184	1,244	-53	-4.3%
Information	338	1.0%	368	392	-54	-13.8%
Finance and Insurance	911	2.7%	912	862	49	5.7%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	409	1.2%	429	461	-52	-11.3%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	1,855	5.4%	1,975	1,765	90	5.1%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	89	0.3%	102	127	-38	-29.9%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	4,553	13.4%	4,935	4,655	-102	-2.2%
Educational Services	798	2.3%	818	862	-64	-7.4%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	3,790	11.1%	3,923	3,567	223	6.3%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	165	0.5%	188	201	-36	-17.9%
Accomodation and Food Services	2,892	8.5%	3,194	3,071	-179	-5.8%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	1,083	3.2%	1,289	897	186	20.7%
Public Administration	702	2.1%	546	610	92	15.1%
Information Not Available	1,998	5.9%	1,985	2,277	-279	-12.3%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Arkansas
	Aug 2013	Percent	Jul 2013	Aug 2012	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	27,711		28,825	31,295
Male	13,799	49.8%	13,642	16,154	-2,355	-14.6%
Female	13,332	48.1%	14,491	14,475	-1,143	-7.9%
Information Not Available	580	2.1%	692	666	-86	-12.9%

Ethnicity	27,711		28,825	31,295
Hispanic or Latino	1,006	3.6%	1,028	1,000	6	0.6%
Not Hispanic or Latino	26,125	94.3%	27,105	29,629	-3,504	-11.8%
Information Not Available	580	2.1%	692	666	-86	-12.9%

Race	27,711		28,825	31,295
American Indian or Alaskan Native	323	1.2%	329	360	-37	-10.3%
Asian	245	0.9%	284	252	-7	-2.8%
Black or African American	8,099	29.2%	8,697	8,992	-893	-9.9%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	252	0.9%	242	305	-53	-17.4%
White	17,206	62.1%	17,553	19,720	-2,514	-12.7%
Information Not Available	1,586	5.7%	1,720	1,666	-80	-4.8%

Years of Age	27,711		28,825	31,295
Younger than 22	989	2.3%	970	1,113	-124	-11.1%
22-24	1,715	4.0%	1,722	2,011	-296	-14.7%
25-34	6,714	15.5%	7,027	7,676	-962	-12.5%
35-44	6,314	14.6%	6,527	6,893	-579	-8.4%
45-54	6,359	14.7%	6,598	7,266	-907	-12.5%
55-59	2,409	5.6%	2,568	2,836	-427	-15.1%
60-64	1,581	3.6%	1,610	1,749	-168	-9.6%
65 and older	1,050	2.4%	1,111	1,085	-35	-3.2%
Information Not Available	580	1.3%	692	666	-86	-12.9%

Industry	27,711		28,825	31,295
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	243	0.9%	223	244	-1	-0.4%
Mining	212	0.8%	193	471	-259	-55.0%
Utilities	34	0.1%	32	34	0	0.0%
Construction	2,259	8.1%	2,041	2,421	-162	-6.7%
Manufacturing	4,325	15.5%	4,275	5,425	-1,100	-20.3%
Wholesale Trade	1,256	4.5%	1,292	1,377	-121	-8.8%
Retail Trade	2,451	8.8%	2,459	2,985	-534	-17.9%
Transporation and Warehousing	1,058	3.8%	1,131	1,270	-212	-16.7%
Information	287	1.0%	283	349	-62	-17.8%
Finance and Insurance	398	1.4%	416	524	-126	-24.0%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	295	1.1%	319	329	-34	-10.3%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	1,041	3.7%	984	1,002	39	3.9%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	100	0.4%	101	88	12	13.6%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	3,110	11.1%	2,954	3,116	-6	-0.2%
Educational Services	827	3.0%	979	901	-74	-8.2%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	3,841	13.7%	4,609	3,969	-128	-3.2%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	169	0.6%	157	195	-26	-13.3%
Accomodation and Food Services	1,947	7.0%	2,178	2,031	-84	-4.1%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	573	2.0%	655	648	-75	-11.6%
Public Administration	480	1.7%	495	543	-63	-11.6%
Information Not Available	2,805	10.0%	3,049	3,373	-568	-16.8%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Arizona
	Aug 2013	Percent	Jul 2013	Aug 2012	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	46,143		47,997	52,744
Male	25,420	55.1%	25,613	28,663	-3,243	-11.3%
Female	20,697	44.9%	22,369	24,059	-3,362	-14.0%
Information Not Available	26	0.1%	15	22	4	18.2%

Ethnicity	46,143		47,997	52,744
Hispanic or Latino	18,409	39.9%	20,338	20,895	-2,486	-11.9%
Not Hispanic or Latino	18,821	40.8%	19,054	22,636	-3,815	-16.9%
Information Not Available	8,913	19.3%	8,605	9,213	-300	-3.3%

Race	46,143		47,997	52,744
American Indian or Alaskan Native	2,880	6.2%	3,089	2,919	-39	-1.3%
Asian	2,216	4.8%	1,816	1,823	393	21.6%
Black or African American	3,068	6.6%	2,982	3,267	-199	-6.1%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	266	0.6%	213	256	10	3.9%
White	26,218	56.8%	27,280	30,649	-4,431	-14.5%
Information Not Available	11,495	24.9%	12,617	13,830	-2,335	-16.9%

Years of Age	46,143		47,997	52,744
Younger than 22	1,238	1.8%	1,294	1,887	-649	-34.4%
22-24	2,519	3.7%	2,558	3,284	-765	-23.3%
25-34	10,150	14.7%	10,421	11,852	-1,702	-14.4%
35-44	9,771	14.2%	10,174	11,102	-1,331	-12.0%
45-54	11,886	17.2%	12,520	13,153	-1,267	-9.6%
55-59	5,067	7.3%	5,363	5,396	-329	-6.1%
60-64	3,372	4.9%	3,434	3,487	-115	-3.3%
65 and older	2,140	3.1%	2,233	2,583	-443	-17.2%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	46,143		47,997	52,744
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	6,885	13.0%	8,214	8,002	-1,117	-14.0%
Mining	104	0.2%	105	116	-12	-10.3%
Utilities	66	0.1%	94	80	-14	-17.5%
Construction	3,187	6.0%	3,162	3,670	-483	-13.2%
Manufacturing	2,212	4.2%	2,282	2,298	-86	-3.7%
Wholesale Trade	1,737	3.3%	1,706	1,951	-214	-11.0%
Retail Trade	2,959	5.6%	3,018	4,198	-1,239	-29.5%
Transporation and Warehousing	934	1.8%	987	1,119	-185	-16.5%
Information	479	0.9%	489	557	-78	-14.0%
Finance and Insurance	1,403	2.6%	1,275	1,456	-53	-3.6%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	787	1.5%	771	959	-172	-17.9%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	2,091	3.9%	2,232	2,614	-523	-20.0%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	212	0.4%	199	138	74	53.6%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	4,885	9.2%	5,148	6,656	-1,771	-26.6%
Educational Services	1,555	2.9%	1,886	1,900	-345	-18.2%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	3,640	6.9%	4,076	4,038	-398	-9.9%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	550	1.0%	547	749	-199	-26.6%
Accomodation and Food Services	2,142	4.0%	2,642	2,902	-760	-26.2%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	827	1.6%	851	1,023	-196	-19.2%
Public Administration	1,024	1.9%	1,204	1,159	-135	-11.6%
Information Not Available	8,464	16.0%	7,109	7,159	1,305	18.2%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants California
	Aug 2013	Percent	Jul 2013	Aug 2012	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	456,791		502,111	491,712
Male	236,958	51.9%	259,839	251,220	-14,262	-5.7%
Female	219,252	48.0%	241,894	239,815	-20,563	-8.6%
Information Not Available	581	0.1%	378	677	-96	-14.2%

Ethnicity	456,791		502,111	491,712
Hispanic or Latino	140,492	30.8%	156,981	156,300	-15,808	-10.1%
Not Hispanic or Latino	243,634	53.3%	263,995	237,495	6,139	2.6%
Information Not Available	72,665	15.9%	81,135	97,917	-25,252	-25.8%

Race	456,791		502,111	491,712
American Indian or Alaskan Native	2,903	0.6%	3,117	3,770	-867	-23.0%
Asian	42,863	9.4%	44,771	37,504	5,359	14.3%
Black or African American	35,316	7.7%	37,120	34,024	1,292	3.8%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
White	162,552	35.6%	178,988	162,196	356	0.2%
Information Not Available	213,157	46.7%	238,115	254,218	-41,061	-16.2%

Years of Age	456,791		502,111	491,712
Younger than 22	10,160	1.7%	10,579	12,276	-2,116	-17.2%
22-24	25,060	4.3%	28,336	30,061	-5,001	-16.6%
25-34	110,013	18.7%	121,939	117,153	-7,140	-6.1%
35-44	99,660	17.0%	106,070	108,936	-9,276	-8.5%
45-54	108,368	18.5%	122,694	120,827	-12,459	-10.3%
55-59	48,959	8.3%	51,099	46,977	1,982	4.2%
60-64	32,510	5.5%	35,514	31,511	999	3.2%
65 and older	22,061	3.8%	25,691	23,778	-1,717	-7.2%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	189	193	-193	-100.0%

Industry	456,791		502,111	491,712
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	28,640	5.9%	32,586	33,445	-4,805	-14.4%
Mining	871	0.2%	1,417	773	98	12.7%
Utilities	3,096	0.6%	1,889	1,643	1,453	88.4%
Construction	40,154	8.3%	45,526	46,494	-6,340	-13.6%
Manufacturing	39,283	8.1%	45,432	44,077	-4,794	-10.9%
Wholesale Trade	2,806	0.6%	2,550	2,417	389	16.1%
Retail Trade	35,026	7.2%	38,348	39,437	-4,411	-11.2%
Transporation and Warehousing	15,191	3.1%	15,112	14,402	789	5.5%
Information	38,703	8.0%	49,399	37,504	1,199	3.2%
Finance and Insurance	11,708	2.4%	12,373	11,793	-85	-0.7%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	4,161	0.9%	3,211	3,770	391	10.4%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	10,450	2.2%	9,823	11,406	-956	-8.4%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	85,630	17.6%	90,109	88,444	-2,814	-3.2%
Educational Services	38,122	7.9%	43,259	49,007	-10,885	-22.2%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	36,284	7.5%	38,726	40,791	-4,507	-11.0%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	9,676	2.0%	10,201	7,540	2,136	28.3%
Accomodation and Food Services	23,125	4.8%	24,463	22,329	796	3.6%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	11,611	2.4%	12,846	15,272	-3,661	-24.0%
Public Administration	5,031	1.0%	5,856	7,056	-2,025	-28.7%
Information Not Available	17,223	3.5%	18,985	14,112	3,111	22.0%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Colorado
	Aug 2013	Percent	Jul 2013	Aug 2012	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	31,458		34,737	33,631
Male	15,779	50.2%	17,397	17,547	-1,768	-10.1%
Female	15,678	49.8%	17,340	16,084	-406	-2.5%
Information Not Available	1	0.0%	0	0	1	0.0%

Ethnicity	31,458		34,737	33,631
Hispanic or Latino	6,412	20.4%	7,047	6,838	-426	-6.2%
Not Hispanic or Latino	22,191	70.5%	24,556	23,490	-1,299	-5.5%
Information Not Available	2,855	9.1%	3,134	3,303	-448	-13.6%

Race	31,458		34,737	33,631
American Indian or Alaskan Native	577	1.8%	667	600	-23	-3.8%
Asian	617	2.0%	677	609	8	1.3%
Black or African American	2,173	6.9%	2,367	2,421	-248	-10.2%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	119	0.4%	140	120	-1	-0.8%
White	22,339	71.0%	24,645	24,356	-2,017	-8.3%
Information Not Available	5,633	17.9%	6,241	5,525	108	2.0%

Years of Age	31,458		34,737	33,631
Younger than 22	516	1.0%	564	530	-14	-2.6%
22-24	1,169	2.3%	1,267	1,297	-128	-9.9%
25-34	6,989	13.6%	7,841	7,648	-659	-8.6%
35-44	7,150	13.9%	7,877	7,676	-526	-6.9%
45-54	8,061	15.7%	8,866	8,638	-577	-6.7%
55-59	3,793	7.4%	4,188	3,859	-66	-1.7%
60-64	2,434	4.7%	2,671	2,568	-134	-5.2%
65 and older	1,344	2.6%	1,459	1,402	-58	-4.1%
Information Not Available	2	0.0%	4	13	-11	-84.6%

Industry	31,458		34,737	33,631
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	345	1.1%	332	326	19	5.8%
Mining	436	1.4%	451	571	-135	-23.6%
Utilities	51	0.2%	54	54	-3	-5.6%
Construction	2,796	8.8%	3,137	3,489	-693	-19.9%
Manufacturing	2,284	7.2%	2,491	2,467	-183	-7.4%
Wholesale Trade	1,509	4.7%	1,646	1,489	20	1.3%
Retail Trade	2,866	9.0%	3,114	3,137	-271	-8.6%
Transporation and Warehousing	827	2.6%	1,018	949	-122	-12.9%
Information	1,035	3.3%	1,115	1,289	-254	-19.7%
Finance and Insurance	1,386	4.4%	1,331	1,417	-31	-2.2%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	756	2.4%	820	817	-61	-7.5%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	2,910	9.2%	3,231	2,538	372	14.7%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	367	1.2%	378	390	-23	-5.9%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	3,804	12.0%	4,175	4,218	-414	-9.8%
Educational Services	1,296	4.1%	1,536	1,669	-373	-22.3%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	3,339	10.5%	3,752	3,344	-5	-0.1%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	642	2.0%	716	645	-3	-0.5%
Accomodation and Food Services	2,277	7.2%	2,577	2,170	107	4.9%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	930	2.9%	1,043	959	-29	-3.0%
Public Administration	663	2.1%	737	748	-85	-11.4%
Information Not Available	939	3.0%	1,083	945	-6	-0.6%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Connecticut
	Aug 2013	Percent	Jul 2013	Aug 2012	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	55,344		55,973	58,092
Male	26,388	47.7%	27,159	28,928	-2,540	-8.8%
Female	28,956	52.3%	28,814	29,164	-208	-0.7%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	55,344		55,973	58,092
Hispanic or Latino	8,214	14.8%	8,162	8,147	67	0.8%
Not Hispanic or Latino	47,130	85.2%	47,811	49,945	-2,815	-5.6%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Race	55,344		55,973	58,092
American Indian or Alaskan Native	187	0.3%	176	172	15	8.7%
Asian	938	1.7%	964	1,009	-71	-7.0%
Black or African American	8,652	15.6%	8,601	8,327	325	3.9%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
White	29,019	52.4%	29,590	29,963	-944	-3.2%
Information Not Available	16,548	29.9%	16,642	18,621	-2,073	-11.1%

Years of Age	55,344		55,973	58,092
Younger than 22	1,127	1.4%	1,090	1,486	-359	-24.2%
22-24	2,895	3.6%	2,879	3,317	-422	-12.7%
25-34	11,984	15.0%	12,196	12,627	-643	-5.1%
35-44	10,979	13.7%	11,226	11,432	-453	-4.0%
45-54	13,572	17.0%	13,776	14,373	-801	-5.6%
55-59	6,087	7.6%	6,067	6,275	-188	-3.0%
60-64	4,429	5.5%	4,454	4,422	7	0.2%
65 and older	4,271	5.3%	4,285	4,160	111	2.7%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	55,344		55,973	58,092
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	198	0.4%	178	229	-31	-13.5%
Mining	9	0.0%	10	16	-7	-43.8%
Utilities	63	0.1%	74	76	-13	-17.1%
Construction	3,423	6.2%	3,877	4,060	-637	-15.7%
Manufacturing	5,181	9.3%	5,686	7,199	-2,018	-28.0%
Wholesale Trade	2,033	3.7%	2,074	2,015	18	0.9%
Retail Trade	5,746	10.3%	5,955	6,026	-280	-4.6%
Transporation and Warehousing	7,453	13.4%	6,578	6,952	501	7.2%
Information	928	1.7%	920	934	-6	-0.6%
Finance and Insurance	2,112	3.8%	2,183	2,131	-19	-0.9%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	672	1.2%	727	718	-46	-6.4%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	2,719	4.9%	2,715	2,637	82	3.1%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	253	0.5%	267	252	1	0.4%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	5,524	9.9%	5,645	5,603	-79	-1.4%
Educational Services	2,239	4.0%	2,189	2,269	-30	-1.3%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	6,740	12.1%	6,719	6,947	-207	-3.0%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	1,216	2.2%	1,227	1,138	78	6.9%
Accomodation and Food Services	5,432	9.8%	5,504	5,491	-59	-1.1%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	1,718	3.1%	1,816	1,732	-14	-0.8%
Public Administration	910	1.6%	842	825	85	10.3%
Information Not Available	775	1.4%	787	842	-67	-8.0%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants District of Columbia
	Aug 2013	Percent	Jul 2013	Aug 2012	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	12,278		12,310	12,470
Male	5,433	44.2%	5,558	5,688	-255	-4.5%
Female	6,842	55.7%	6,749	6,782	60	0.9%
Information Not Available	3	0.0%	3	0	3	0.0%

Ethnicity	12,278		12,310	12,470
Hispanic or Latino	976	7.9%	956	1,070	-94	-8.8%
Not Hispanic or Latino	11,230	91.5%	11,305	11,347	-117	-1.0%
Information Not Available	72	0.6%	49	53	19	35.8%

Race	12,278		12,310	12,470
American Indian or Alaskan Native	59	0.5%	72	90	-31	-34.4%
Asian	367	3.0%	352	376	-9	-2.4%
Black or African American	8,524	69.4%	8,585	8,776	-252	-2.9%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	37	0.3%	44	46	-9	-19.6%
White	2,545	20.7%	2,644	2,712	-167	-6.2%
Information Not Available	746	6.1%	613	470	276	58.7%

Years of Age	12,278		12,310	12,470
Younger than 22	206	1.5%	207	268	-62	-23.1%
22-24	648	4.6%	591	664	-16	-2.4%
25-34	3,354	23.9%	3,311	3,439	-85	-2.5%
35-44	2,740	19.5%	2,775	2,836	-96	-3.4%
45-54	2,882	20.5%	2,916	2,928	-46	-1.6%
55-59	1,200	8.6%	1,216	1,186	14	1.2%
60-64	788	5.6%	829	737	51	6.9%
65 and older	460	3.3%	465	412	48	11.7%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	12,278		12,310	12,470
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
Mining	0	0.0%	3	0	0	0.0%
Utilities	2	0.0%	1	0	2	0.0%
Construction	22	0.2%	31	26	-4	-15.4%
Manufacturing	8	0.1%	7	6	2	33.3%
Wholesale Trade	9	0.1%	7	10	-1	-10.0%
Retail Trade	23	0.2%	33	36	-13	-36.1%
Transporation and Warehousing	8	0.1%	8	15	-7	-46.7%
Information	18	0.1%	15	13	5	38.5%
Finance and Insurance	5	0.0%	8	11	-6	-54.5%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	13	0.1%	7	18	-5	-27.8%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	103	0.8%	115	92	11	12.0%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	1	0.0%	1	0	1	0.0%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	99	0.8%	127	78	21	26.9%
Educational Services	15	0.1%	19	16	-1	-6.3%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	21	0.2%	25	36	-15	-41.7%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	7	0.1%	9	10	-3	-30.0%
Accomodation and Food Services	31	0.3%	35	34	-3	-8.8%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	27	0.2%	31	14	13	92.9%
Public Administration	7	0.1%	1	3	4	133.3%
Information Not Available	11,859	96.6%	11,827	12,052	-193	-1.6%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Delaware
	Aug 2013	Percent	Jul 2013	Aug 2012	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	8,790		9,045	9,603
Male	3,689	42.0%	3,872	4,266	-577	-13.5%
Female	4,619	52.5%	4,645	4,867	-248	-5.1%
Information Not Available	482	5.5%	528	470	12	2.6%

Ethnicity	8,790		9,045	9,603
Hispanic or Latino	533	6.1%	586	578	-45	-7.8%
Not Hispanic or Latino	7,775	88.5%	7,931	8,555	-780	-9.1%
Information Not Available	482	5.5%	528	470	12	2.6%

Race	8,790		9,045	9,603
American Indian or Alaskan Native	23	0.3%	28	25	-2	-8.0%
Asian	162	1.8%	155	152	10	6.6%
Black or African American	3,497	39.8%	3,550	3,582	-85	-2.4%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	15	0.2%	23	20	-5	-25.0%
White	4,792	54.5%	4,966	5,555	-763	-13.7%
Information Not Available	302	3.4%	324	269	33	12.3%

Years of Age	8,790		9,045	9,603
Younger than 22	198	1.5%	188	240	-42	-17.5%
22-24	503	3.9%	535	632	-129	-20.4%
25-34	2,161	16.6%	2,165	2,347	-186	-7.9%
35-44	1,872	14.4%	1,933	1,962	-90	-4.6%
45-54	2,015	15.5%	2,126	2,329	-314	-13.5%
55-59	933	7.2%	901	876	57	6.5%
60-64	596	4.6%	645	691	-95	-13.7%
65 and older	435	3.3%	480	431	4	0.9%
Information Not Available	77	0.6%	72	95	-18	-18.9%

Industry	8,790		9,045	9,603
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	28	0.3%	25	16	12	75.0%
Mining	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
Utilities	8	0.1%	14	18	-10	-55.6%
Construction	552	6.3%	556	701	-149	-21.3%
Manufacturing	699	7.9%	782	742	-43	-5.8%
Wholesale Trade	292	3.3%	292	338	-46	-13.6%
Retail Trade	1,291	14.6%	1,296	1,433	-142	-9.9%
Transporation and Warehousing	307	3.5%	324	291	16	5.5%
Information	117	1.3%	142	125	-8	-6.4%
Finance and Insurance	688	7.8%	636	971	-283	-29.1%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	140	1.6%	151	179	-39	-21.8%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	632	7.2%	629	571	61	10.7%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	21	0.2%	27	36	-15	-41.7%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	1,429	16.2%	1,492	1,455	-26	-1.8%
Educational Services	324	3.7%	332	379	-55	-14.5%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	1,061	12.0%	1,117	1,007	54	5.4%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	153	1.7%	149	164	-11	-6.7%
Accomodation and Food Services	705	8.0%	718	793	-88	-11.1%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	243	2.8%	254	292	-49	-16.8%
Public Administration	83	0.9%	84	61	22	36.1%
Information Not Available	17	0.2%	25	31	-14	-45.2%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Florida
	Aug 2013	Percent	Jul 2013	Aug 2012	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	107,994		115,396	134,371
Male	51,418	47.6%	55,033	66,472	-15,054	-22.6%
Female	56,524	52.3%	60,314	67,834	-11,310	-16.7%
Information Not Available	52	0.0%	49	65	-13	-20.0%

Ethnicity	107,994		115,396	134,371
Hispanic or Latino	28,446	26.3%	30,395	35,439	-6,993	-19.7%
Not Hispanic or Latino	76,454	70.8%	81,816	95,582	-19,128	-20.0%
Information Not Available	3,094	2.9%	3,185	3,350	-256	-7.6%

Race	107,994		115,396	134,371
American Indian or Alaskan Native	445	0.4%	471	540	-95	-17.6%
Asian	525	0.5%	553	580	-55	-9.5%
Black or African American	28,174	26.1%	29,893	33,365	-5,191	-15.6%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	1,166	1.1%	1,278	1,444	-278	-19.3%
White	64,819	60.0%	69,659	82,166	-17,347	-21.1%
Information Not Available	12,865	11.9%	13,542	16,276	-3,411	-21.0%

Years of Age	107,994		115,396	134,371
Younger than 22	1,729	1.1%	1,763	2,668	-939	-35.2%
22-24	4,992	3.0%	5,193	6,820	-1,828	-26.8%
25-34	23,527	14.3%	25,371	29,935	-6,408	-21.4%
35-44	23,339	14.2%	24,921	29,175	-5,836	-20.0%
45-54	27,235	16.6%	29,247	33,840	-6,605	-19.5%
55-59	12,123	7.4%	12,835	14,272	-2,149	-15.1%
60-64	8,364	5.1%	8,981	9,662	-1,298	-13.4%
65 and older	6,684	4.1%	7,083	7,998	-1,314	-16.4%
Information Not Available	1	0.0%	2	1	0	0.0%

Industry	107,994		115,396	134,371
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	4,610	4.1%	4,437	5,183	-573	-11.1%
Mining	74	0.1%	80	99	-25	-25.3%
Utilities	214	0.2%	228	224	-10	-4.5%
Construction	5,360	4.8%	6,044	8,444	-3,084	-36.5%
Manufacturing	5,245	4.7%	5,750	6,826	-1,581	-23.2%
Wholesale Trade	4,346	3.9%	4,546	5,242	-896	-17.1%
Retail Trade	11,559	10.3%	12,225	15,129	-3,570	-23.6%
Transporation and Warehousing	3,266	2.9%	3,515	4,186	-920	-22.0%
Information	1,733	1.5%	1,877	2,174	-441	-20.3%
Finance and Insurance	4,040	3.6%	4,252	4,505	-465	-10.3%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	2,217	2.0%	2,364	2,908	-691	-23.8%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	6,825	6.1%	7,399	8,196	-1,371	-16.7%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	602	0.5%	670	638	-36	-5.6%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	19,745	17.5%	21,039	24,504	-4,759	-19.4%
Educational Services	3,882	3.4%	4,461	4,761	-879	-18.5%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	10,711	9.5%	11,750	13,244	-2,533	-19.1%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	2,902	2.6%	2,982	3,515	-613	-17.4%
Accomodation and Food Services	10,259	9.1%	10,648	12,048	-1,789	-14.8%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	2,986	2.7%	3,217	3,796	-810	-21.3%
Public Administration	1,487	1.3%	1,637	2,143	-656	-30.6%
Information Not Available	5,931	5.3%	6,275	6,606	-675	-10.2%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Georgia
	Aug 2013	Percent	Jul 2013	Aug 2012	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	59,015		66,727	73,938
Male	27,568	46.7%	30,427	36,356	-8,788	-24.2%
Female	30,642	51.9%	35,441	36,615	-5,973	-16.3%
Information Not Available	805	1.4%	859	967	-162	-16.8%

Ethnicity	59,015		66,727	73,938
Hispanic or Latino	72	0.1%	390	113	-41	-36.3%
Not Hispanic or Latino	58,138	98.5%	65,478	72,858	-14,720	-20.2%
Information Not Available	805	1.4%	859	967	-162	-16.8%

Race	59,015		66,727	73,938
American Indian or Alaskan Native	287	0.5%	368	388	-101	-26.0%
Asian	804	1.4%	847	1,098	-294	-26.8%
Black or African American	31,633	53.6%	35,831	37,187	-5,554	-14.9%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
White	25,486	43.2%	28,822	34,298	-8,812	-25.7%
Information Not Available	805	1.4%	859	967	-162	-16.8%

Years of Age	59,015		66,727	73,938
Younger than 22	1,311	1.6%	1,396	1,727	-416	-24.1%
22-24	3,188	3.9%	3,513	3,856	-668	-17.3%
25-34	14,771	18.2%	16,387	17,437	-2,666	-15.3%
35-44	13,955	17.2%	15,673	17,399	-3,444	-19.8%
45-54	13,543	16.7%	15,303	17,567	-4,024	-22.9%
55-59	5,375	6.6%	5,977	6,679	-1,304	-19.5%
60-64	3,329	4.1%	3,766	4,381	-1,052	-24.0%
65 and older	2,085	2.6%	2,404	2,686	-601	-22.4%
Information Not Available	1,458	1.8%	2,308	2,206	-748	-33.9%

Industry	59,015		66,727	73,938
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	637	1.1%	717	919	-282	-30.7%
Mining	44	0.1%	42	78	-34	-43.6%
Utilities	77	0.1%	84	116	-39	-33.6%
Construction	2,508	4.2%	2,709	4,175	-1,667	-39.9%
Manufacturing	5,151	8.6%	6,040	6,191	-1,040	-16.8%
Wholesale Trade	2,624	4.4%	3,322	3,248	-624	-19.2%
Retail Trade	4,187	7.0%	4,450	6,004	-1,817	-30.3%
Transporation and Warehousing	1,294	2.2%	1,550	1,701	-407	-23.9%
Information	1,055	1.8%	1,132	1,380	-325	-23.6%
Finance and Insurance	1,508	2.5%	1,550	2,026	-518	-25.6%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	776	1.3%	831	1,126	-350	-31.1%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	9,535	16.0%	10,294	11,580	-2,045	-17.7%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	66	0.1%	78	87	-21	-24.1%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	122	0.2%	131	208	-86	-41.3%
Educational Services	2,294	3.8%	2,572	3,370	-1,076	-31.9%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	4,440	7.4%	5,403	4,930	-490	-9.9%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	3,533	5.9%	4,480	3,707	-174	-4.7%
Accomodation and Food Services	529	0.9%	585	675	-146	-21.6%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	887	1.5%	1,045	1,320	-433	-32.8%
Public Administration	944	1.6%	1,033	1,063	-119	-11.2%
Information Not Available	16,804	28.2%	18,679	20,034	-3,230	-16.1%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Hawaii
	Aug 2013	Percent	Jul 2013	Aug 2012	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	11,199		11,526	12,194
Male	7,144	63.8%	7,108	7,870	-726	-9.2%
Female	4,054	36.2%	4,418	4,322	-268	-6.2%
Information Not Available	1	0.0%	0	2	-1	-50.0%

Ethnicity	11,199		11,526	12,194
Hispanic or Latino	629	5.6%	647	637	-8	-1.3%
Not Hispanic or Latino	8,387	74.9%	8,668	9,110	-723	-7.9%
Information Not Available	2,183	19.5%	2,211	2,447	-264	-10.8%

Race	11,199		11,526	12,194
American Indian or Alaskan Native	49	0.4%	47	53	-4	-7.5%
Asian	3,713	33.2%	3,869	4,044	-331	-8.2%
Black or African American	200	1.8%	191	225	-25	-11.1%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	2,973	26.5%	3,067	3,243	-270	-8.3%
White	2,776	24.8%	2,799	3,038	-262	-8.6%
Information Not Available	1,488	13.3%	1,553	1,591	-103	-6.5%

Years of Age	11,199		11,526	12,194
Younger than 22	157	1.2%	145	202	-45	-22.3%
22-24	373	2.9%	421	458	-85	-18.6%
25-34	2,494	19.2%	2,538	2,971	-477	-16.1%
35-44	2,588	19.9%	2,622	2,783	-195	-7.0%
45-54	2,664	20.5%	2,716	2,890	-226	-7.8%
55-59	1,272	9.8%	1,280	1,246	26	2.1%
60-64	956	7.3%	1,026	1,046	-90	-8.6%
65 and older	695	5.3%	778	598	97	16.2%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	11,199		11,526	12,194
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	261	2.3%	431	283	-22	-7.8%
Mining	2	0.0%	3	2	0	0.0%
Utilities	16	0.1%	22	11	5	45.5%
Construction	3,130	27.3%	2,928	3,440	-310	-9.0%
Manufacturing	231	2.0%	311	314	-83	-26.4%
Wholesale Trade	204	1.8%	185	236	-32	-13.6%
Retail Trade	605	5.3%	635	720	-115	-16.0%
Transporation and Warehousing	334	2.9%	533	364	-30	-8.2%
Information	279	2.4%	169	163	116	71.2%
Finance and Insurance	138	1.2%	144	146	-8	-5.5%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	155	1.4%	158	203	-48	-23.6%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	554	4.8%	521	527	27	5.1%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	31	0.3%	25	32	-1	-3.1%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	1,404	12.3%	1,434	1,499	-95	-6.3%
Educational Services	155	1.4%	146	122	33	27.0%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	550	4.8%	783	722	-172	-23.8%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	87	0.8%	94	152	-65	-42.8%
Accomodation and Food Services	906	7.9%	884	1,099	-193	-17.6%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	291	2.5%	312	345	-54	-15.7%
Public Administration	259	2.3%	272	342	-83	-24.3%
Information Not Available	1,607	14.0%	1,536	1,472	135	9.2%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Iowa
	Aug 2013	Percent	Jul 2013	Aug 2012	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	20,513		21,798	21,224
Male	10,389	50.6%	10,739	10,690	-301	-2.8%
Female	10,124	49.4%	11,059	10,534	-410	-3.9%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	20,513		21,798	21,224
Hispanic or Latino	1,092	5.3%	1,149	1,074	18	1.7%
Not Hispanic or Latino	18,666	91.0%	19,730	18,845	-179	-0.9%
Information Not Available	755	3.7%	919	1,305	-550	-42.1%

Race	20,513		21,798	21,224
American Indian or Alaskan Native	151	0.7%	148	140	11	7.9%
Asian	286	1.4%	246	263	23	8.7%
Black or African American	1,985	9.7%	1,979	1,718	267	15.5%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
White	16,244	79.2%	17,357	16,724	-480	-2.9%
Information Not Available	1,847	9.0%	2,068	2,379	-532	-22.4%

Years of Age	20,513		21,798	21,224
Younger than 22	425	1.2%	482	562	-137	-24.4%
22-24	1,069	3.0%	1,077	1,135	-66	-5.8%
25-34	4,547	12.9%	4,869	4,784	-237	-5.0%
35-44	4,449	12.6%	4,664	4,439	10	0.2%
45-54	5,001	14.2%	5,296	5,293	-292	-5.5%
55-59	2,427	6.9%	2,556	2,356	71	3.0%
60-64	1,561	4.4%	1,676	1,609	-48	-3.0%
65 and older	1,032	2.9%	1,176	1,046	-14	-1.3%
Information Not Available	2	0.0%	2	0	2	0.0%

Industry	20,513		21,798	21,224
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	195	0.9%	188	199	-4	-2.0%
Mining	33	0.2%	36	101	-68	-67.3%
Utilities	24	0.1%	30	27	-3	-11.1%
Construction	1,586	7.7%	1,905	2,124	-538	-25.3%
Manufacturing	4,488	21.7%	4,230	3,742	746	19.9%
Wholesale Trade	852	4.1%	889	995	-143	-14.4%
Retail Trade	1,731	8.4%	1,859	2,103	-372	-17.7%
Transporation and Warehousing	987	4.8%	1,185	871	116	13.3%
Information	878	4.2%	855	869	9	1.0%
Finance and Insurance	752	3.6%	757	916	-164	-17.9%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	209	1.0%	198	243	-34	-14.0%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	875	4.2%	994	914	-39	-4.3%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	28	0.1%	26	41	-13	-31.7%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	2,186	10.6%	2,418	2,319	-133	-5.7%
Educational Services	581	2.8%	664	585	-4	-0.7%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	2,188	10.6%	2,290	2,134	54	2.5%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	235	1.1%	241	219	16	7.3%
Accomodation and Food Services	1,552	7.5%	1,762	1,620	-68	-4.2%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	619	3.0%	661	712	-93	-13.1%
Public Administration	323	1.6%	329	345	-22	-6.4%
Information Not Available	191	0.9%	281	145	46	31.7%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Idaho
	Aug 2013	Percent	Jul 2013	Aug 2012	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	10,187		10,503	12,366
Male	5,036	49.4%	5,300	6,313	-1,277	-20.2%
Female	5,141	50.5%	5,195	6,048	-907	-15.0%
Information Not Available	10	0.1%	8	5	5	100.0%

Ethnicity	10,187		10,503	12,366
Hispanic or Latino	1,479	14.5%	1,385	1,656	-177	-10.7%
Not Hispanic or Latino	8,080	79.3%	8,469	10,055	-1,975	-19.6%
Information Not Available	628	6.2%	649	655	-27	-4.1%

Race	10,187		10,503	12,366
American Indian or Alaskan Native	198	1.9%	219	251	-53	-21.1%
Asian	122	1.2%	123	151	-29	-19.2%
Black or African American	108	1.1%	95	113	-5	-4.4%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	33	0.3%	36	46	-13	-28.3%
White	7,954	78.1%	8,349	9,778	-1,824	-18.7%
Information Not Available	1,772	17.4%	1,681	2,027	-255	-12.6%

Years of Age	10,187		10,503	12,366
Younger than 22	232	1.3%	222	301	-69	-22.9%
22-24	463	2.7%	499	663	-200	-30.2%
25-34	2,081	12.1%	2,206	2,831	-750	-26.5%
35-44	2,118	12.3%	2,221	2,558	-440	-17.2%
45-54	2,560	14.8%	2,649	3,045	-485	-15.9%
55-59	1,228	7.1%	1,218	1,350	-122	-9.0%
60-64	888	5.1%	867	974	-86	-8.8%
65 and older	617	3.6%	621	644	-27	-4.2%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	10,187		10,503	12,366
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	284	2.7%	361	325	-41	-12.6%
Mining	52	0.5%	44	54	-2	-3.7%
Utilities	21	0.2%	28	17	4	23.5%
Construction	584	5.6%	708	1,033	-449	-43.5%
Manufacturing	1,296	12.4%	1,175	1,590	-294	-18.5%
Wholesale Trade	658	6.3%	430	583	75	12.9%
Retail Trade	897	8.6%	957	1,172	-275	-23.5%
Transporation and Warehousing	662	6.3%	696	752	-90	-12.0%
Information	136	1.3%	152	177	-41	-23.2%
Finance and Insurance	280	2.7%	259	265	15	5.7%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	94	0.9%	91	118	-24	-20.3%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	525	5.0%	556	604	-79	-13.1%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	24	0.2%	26	42	-18	-42.9%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	886	8.5%	926	1,279	-393	-30.7%
Educational Services	296	2.8%	298	291	5	1.7%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	1,058	10.1%	1,133	1,274	-216	-17.0%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	90	0.9%	90	125	-35	-28.0%
Accomodation and Food Services	545	5.2%	628	691	-146	-21.1%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	318	3.0%	361	392	-74	-18.9%
Public Administration	284	2.7%	301	311	-27	-8.7%
Information Not Available	1,197	11.4%	1,283	1,271	-74	-5.8%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Illinois
	Aug 2013	Percent	Jul 2013	Aug 2012	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	149,877		156,926	156,332
Male	76,373	51.0%	81,127	80,619	-4,246	-5.3%
Female	72,431	48.3%	74,642	74,707	-2,276	-3.0%
Information Not Available	1,073	0.7%	1,157	1,006	67	6.7%

Ethnicity	149,877		156,926	156,332
Hispanic or Latino	18,176	12.1%	19,625	19,946	-1,770	-8.9%
Not Hispanic or Latino	115,393	77.0%	120,485	120,933	-5,540	-4.6%
Information Not Available	16,308	10.9%	16,816	15,453	855	5.5%

Race	149,877		156,926	156,332
American Indian or Alaskan Native	588	0.4%	697	663	-75	-11.3%
Asian	3,751	2.5%	3,551	3,559	192	5.4%
Black or African American	41,173	27.5%	41,600	40,748	425	1.0%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	381	0.3%	345	341	40	11.7%
White	90,781	60.6%	96,706	96,225	-5,444	-5.7%
Information Not Available	13,203	8.8%	14,027	14,796	-1,593	-10.8%

Years of Age	149,877		156,926	156,332
Younger than 22	2,742	1.2%	2,721	3,480	-738	-21.2%
22-24	7,422	3.2%	7,470	8,254	-832	-10.1%
25-34	35,110	15.2%	36,823	36,980	-1,870	-5.1%
35-44	35,120	15.2%	37,133	36,106	-986	-2.7%
45-54	37,354	16.2%	39,151	39,399	-2,045	-5.2%
55-59	16,456	7.1%	17,191	16,207	249	1.5%
60-64	10,141	4.4%	10,545	10,126	15	0.1%
65 and older	5,532	2.4%	5,892	5,780	-248	-4.3%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	149,877		156,926	156,332
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	304	0.2%	400	378	-74	-19.6%
Mining	271	0.2%	291	289	-18	-6.2%
Utilities	201	0.1%	227	243	-42	-17.3%
Construction	12,610	8.4%	15,108	15,889	-3,279	-20.6%
Manufacturing	17,083	11.4%	16,893	13,524	3,559	26.3%
Wholesale Trade	6,274	4.2%	6,326	6,927	-653	-9.4%
Retail Trade	13,399	8.9%	14,015	14,707	-1,308	-8.9%
Transporation and Warehousing	10,259	6.8%	10,345	10,054	205	2.0%
Information	2,812	1.9%	3,517	3,494	-682	-19.5%
Finance and Insurance	5,010	3.3%	4,763	5,708	-698	-12.2%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	1,902	1.3%	2,011	2,043	-141	-6.9%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	9,363	6.2%	9,915	9,348	15	0.2%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	770	0.5%	787	868	-98	-11.3%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	18,909	12.6%	20,217	20,530	-1,621	-7.9%
Educational Services	6,430	4.3%	6,300	6,247	183	2.9%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	13,373	8.9%	13,771	14,317	-944	-6.6%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	1,818	1.2%	1,853	1,992	-174	-8.7%
Accomodation and Food Services	10,753	7.2%	11,429	11,286	-533	-4.7%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	4,623	3.1%	4,930	5,146	-523	-10.2%
Public Administration	3,842	2.6%	3,573	4,303	-461	-10.7%
Information Not Available	9,871	6.6%	10,255	9,039	832	9.2%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Indiana
	Aug 2013	Percent	Jul 2013	Aug 2012	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	40,568		45,081	44,011
Male	22,270	54.9%	25,156	23,309	-1,039	-4.5%
Female	18,237	45.0%	19,858	20,654	-2,417	-11.7%
Information Not Available	61	0.2%	67	48	13	27.1%

Ethnicity	40,568		45,081	44,011
Hispanic or Latino	1,698	4.2%	1,949	1,875	-177	-9.4%
Not Hispanic or Latino	31,071	76.6%	34,445	33,282	-2,211	-6.6%
Information Not Available	7,799	19.2%	8,687	8,854	-1,055	-11.9%

Race	40,568		45,081	44,011
American Indian or Alaskan Native	187	0.5%	210	197	-10	-5.1%
Asian	263	0.6%	287	269	-6	-2.2%
Black or African American	7,450	18.4%	8,010	7,535	-85	-1.1%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	42	0.1%	52	48	-6	-12.5%
White	30,572	75.4%	34,253	33,657	-3,085	-9.2%
Information Not Available	2,054	5.1%	2,269	2,305	-251	-10.9%

Years of Age	40,568		45,081	44,011
Younger than 22	623	0.9%	669	939	-316	-33.7%
22-24	1,853	2.7%	2,010	2,244	-391	-17.4%
25-34	9,874	14.4%	10,778	10,881	-1,007	-9.3%
35-44	9,818	14.3%	11,007	10,658	-840	-7.9%
45-54	10,036	14.7%	11,286	10,748	-712	-6.6%
55-59	4,263	6.2%	4,863	4,324	-61	-1.4%
60-64	2,660	3.9%	2,942	2,685	-25	-0.9%
65 and older	1,441	2.1%	1,526	1,532	-91	-5.9%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	40,568		45,081	44,011
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	106	0.3%	123	123	-17	-13.8%
Mining	51	0.1%	87	88	-37	-42.0%
Utilities	48	0.1%	50	78	-30	-38.5%
Construction	5,439	13.4%	5,657	5,230	209	4.0%
Manufacturing	7,400	18.2%	9,794	7,130	270	3.8%
Wholesale Trade	1,361	3.3%	1,427	1,641	-280	-17.1%
Retail Trade	3,205	7.9%	3,465	4,061	-856	-21.1%
Transporation and Warehousing	1,365	3.4%	1,703	1,588	-223	-14.0%
Information	571	1.4%	544	559	12	2.1%
Finance and Insurance	936	2.3%	969	1,147	-211	-18.4%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	556	1.4%	567	592	-36	-6.1%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	1,710	4.2%	1,760	1,537	173	11.3%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	211	0.5%	239	189	22	11.6%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	4,850	11.9%	5,249	5,060	-210	-4.2%
Educational Services	1,362	3.3%	1,364	1,836	-474	-25.8%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	4,014	9.9%	4,094	4,381	-367	-8.4%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	447	1.1%	475	518	-71	-13.7%
Accomodation and Food Services	1,985	4.9%	2,045	2,721	-736	-27.0%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	958	2.4%	974	1,017	-59	-5.8%
Public Administration	359	0.9%	370	448	-89	-19.9%
Information Not Available	3,634	8.9%	4,125	4,067	-433	-10.6%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Kansas
	Aug 2013	Percent	Jul 2013	Aug 2012	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	21,904		22,730	24,852
Male	11,390	52.0%	11,338	12,871	-1,481	-11.5%
Female	10,514	48.0%	11,392	11,981	-1,467	-12.2%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	21,904		22,730	24,852
Hispanic or Latino	1,584	7.2%	1,690	1,717	-133	-7.7%
Not Hispanic or Latino	9,994	45.6%	10,138	10,450	-456	-4.4%
Information Not Available	10,326	47.1%	10,902	12,685	-2,359	-18.6%

Race	21,904		22,730	24,852
American Indian or Alaskan Native	349	1.6%	383	361	-12	-3.3%
Asian	323	1.5%	352	417	-94	-22.5%
Black or African American	4,535	20.7%	4,586	4,662	-127	-2.7%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	51	0.2%	62	48	3	6.3%
White	15,385	70.2%	16,021	17,811	-2,426	-13.6%
Information Not Available	1,261	5.8%	1,326	1,553	-292	-18.8%

Years of Age	21,904		22,730	24,852
Younger than 22	445	1.2%	455	619	-174	-28.1%
22-24	1,200	3.4%	1,228	1,387	-187	-13.5%
25-34	5,482	15.3%	5,674	6,286	-804	-12.8%
35-44	4,780	13.4%	4,882	5,545	-765	-13.8%
45-54	5,072	14.2%	5,227	5,914	-842	-14.2%
55-59	2,427	6.8%	2,526	2,503	-76	-3.0%
60-64	1,558	4.4%	1,634	1,610	-52	-3.2%
65 and older	940	2.6%	1,104	988	-48	-4.9%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	21,904		22,730	24,852
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	89	0.4%	89	116	-27	-23.3%
Mining	212	1.0%	200	173	39	22.5%
Utilities	36	0.2%	37	50	-14	-28.0%
Construction	1,827	8.3%	1,614	2,286	-459	-20.1%
Manufacturing	3,756	17.1%	3,403	3,522	234	6.6%
Wholesale Trade	933	4.2%	1,022	1,056	-123	-11.6%
Retail Trade	1,772	8.1%	1,835	2,351	-579	-24.6%
Transporation and Warehousing	746	3.4%	1,172	835	-89	-10.7%
Information	384	1.7%	420	833	-449	-53.9%
Finance and Insurance	798	3.6%	706	823	-25	-3.0%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	252	1.1%	266	365	-113	-31.0%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	1,372	6.2%	1,459	1,428	-56	-3.9%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	46	0.2%	46	94	-48	-51.1%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	2,687	12.2%	2,923	3,106	-419	-13.5%
Educational Services	605	2.8%	754	743	-138	-18.6%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	2,885	13.1%	3,121	3,105	-220	-7.1%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	151	0.7%	166	160	-9	-5.6%
Accomodation and Food Services	1,169	5.3%	1,327	1,391	-222	-16.0%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	601	2.7%	650	631	-30	-4.8%
Public Administration	637	2.9%	661	627	10	1.6%
Information Not Available	946	4.3%	859	1,157	-211	-18.2%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Kentucky
	Aug 2013	Percent	Jul 2013	Aug 2012	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	31,069		35,911	34,618
Male	17,180	55.3%	19,914	20,054	-2,874	-14.3%
Female	13,889	44.7%	15,997	14,564	-675	-4.6%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	31,069		35,911	34,618
Hispanic or Latino	126	0.4%	88	117	9	7.7%
Not Hispanic or Latino	664	2.1%	659	646	18	2.8%
Information Not Available	30,279	97.5%	35,164	33,855	-3,576	-10.6%

Race	31,069		35,911	34,618
American Indian or Alaskan Native	274	0.9%	221	244	30	12.3%
Asian	135	0.4%	125	59	76	128.8%
Black or African American	4,793	15.4%	4,997	4,722	71	1.5%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	4	0.0%	4	0	4	0.0%
White	25,512	82.1%	30,196	29,227	-3,715	-12.7%
Information Not Available	351	1.1%	368	366	-15	-4.1%

Years of Age	31,069		35,911	34,618
Younger than 22	720	1.3%	680	808	-88	-10.9%
22-24	1,420	2.6%	1,827	1,948	-528	-27.1%
25-34	7,589	13.9%	8,643	8,283	-694	-8.4%
35-44	7,186	13.2%	8,539	8,567	-1,381	-16.1%
45-54	7,598	13.9%	8,718	8,125	-527	-6.5%
55-59	3,222	5.9%	3,875	3,502	-280	-8.0%
60-64	2,015	3.7%	2,323	2,142	-127	-5.9%
65 and older	1,316	2.4%	1,301	1,243	73	5.9%
Information Not Available	3	0.0%	5	0	3	0.0%

Industry	31,069		35,911	34,618
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	43	0.1%	67	108	-65	-60.2%
Mining	960	3.1%	1,318	1,988	-1,028	-51.7%
Utilities	35	0.1%	38	63	-28	-44.4%
Construction	3,278	10.5%	3,366	3,448	-170	-4.9%
Manufacturing	5,032	16.2%	8,101	5,879	-847	-14.4%
Wholesale Trade	1,398	4.5%	1,326	1,125	273	24.3%
Retail Trade	2,696	8.7%	2,932	2,725	-29	-1.1%
Transporation and Warehousing	1,298	4.2%	1,393	1,609	-311	-19.3%
Information	582	1.9%	455	709	-127	-17.9%
Finance and Insurance	808	2.6%	901	1,057	-249	-23.6%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	417	1.3%	317	420	-3	-0.7%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	1,394	4.5%	1,723	1,573	-179	-11.4%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	148	0.5%	121	140	8	5.7%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	3,395	10.9%	3,871	3,511	-116	-3.3%
Educational Services	1,272	4.1%	1,406	1,197	75	6.3%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	3,209	10.3%	3,408	3,385	-176	-5.2%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	295	0.9%	375	343	-48	-14.0%
Accomodation and Food Services	1,880	6.0%	1,927	2,327	-447	-19.2%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	786	2.5%	972	768	18	2.3%
Public Administration	582	1.9%	709	615	-33	-5.4%
Information Not Available	1,561	5.0%	1,185	1,628	-67	-4.1%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Louisiana
	Aug 2013	Percent	Jul 2013	Aug 2012	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	28,469		28,368	44,027
Male	12,168	42.7%	11,765	19,592	-7,424	-37.9%
Female	16,301	57.3%	16,603	24,435	-8,134	-33.3%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	28,469		28,368	44,027
Hispanic or Latino	1,112	3.9%	997	1,362	-250	-18.4%
Not Hispanic or Latino	27,355	96.1%	27,370	42,651	-15,296	-35.9%
Information Not Available	2	0.0%	1	14	-12	-85.7%

Race	28,469		28,368	44,027
American Indian or Alaskan Native	209	0.7%	221	280	-71	-25.4%
Asian	213	0.7%	227	299	-86	-28.8%
Black or African American	16,927	59.5%	17,097	25,834	-8,907	-34.5%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	43	0.2%	43	72	-29	-40.3%
White	11,076	38.9%	10,779	17,540	-6,464	-36.9%
Information Not Available	1	0.0%	1	2	-1	-50.0%

Years of Age	28,469		28,368	44,027
Younger than 22	470	1.2%	387	990	-520	-52.5%
22-24	1,278	3.4%	1,222	2,461	-1,183	-48.1%
25-34	7,086	18.8%	6,988	11,905	-4,819	-40.5%
35-44	6,348	16.9%	6,400	9,599	-3,251	-33.9%
45-54	6,885	18.3%	6,799	10,362	-3,477	-33.6%
55-59	2,972	7.9%	3,041	4,072	-1,100	-27.0%
60-64	1,937	5.2%	1,963	2,619	-682	-26.0%
65 and older	1,493	4.0%	1,568	2,019	-526	-26.1%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	28,469		28,368	44,027
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	158	0.6%	154	284	-126	-44.4%
Mining	371	1.3%	380	736	-365	-49.6%
Utilities	59	0.2%	147	144	-85	-59.0%
Construction	3,680	12.9%	3,432	5,897	-2,217	-37.6%
Manufacturing	2,277	8.0%	2,173	3,275	-998	-30.5%
Wholesale Trade	881	3.1%	814	1,247	-366	-29.4%
Retail Trade	2,658	9.3%	2,588	4,673	-2,015	-43.1%
Transporation and Warehousing	988	3.5%	955	1,378	-390	-28.3%
Information	525	1.8%	472	660	-135	-20.5%
Finance and Insurance	715	2.5%	716	1,115	-400	-35.9%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	495	1.7%	451	746	-251	-33.6%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	1,526	5.3%	1,653	1,835	-309	-16.8%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	99	0.3%	91	201	-102	-50.7%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	2,571	9.0%	2,497	3,804	-1,233	-32.4%
Educational Services	1,184	4.1%	1,362	1,724	-540	-31.3%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	4,792	16.7%	4,831	6,890	-2,098	-30.4%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	553	1.9%	529	884	-331	-37.4%
Accomodation and Food Services	2,631	9.2%	2,549	4,465	-1,834	-41.1%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	869	3.0%	1,220	1,793	-924	-51.5%
Public Administration	663	2.3%	672	1,240	-577	-46.5%
Information Not Available	774	2.7%	682	1,036	-262	-25.3%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Massachusetts
	Aug 2013	Percent	Jul 2013	Aug 2012	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	75,100		81,111	90,999
Male	37,369	49.8%	41,081	46,780	-9,411	-20.1%
Female	37,731	50.2%	40,030	44,219	-6,488	-14.7%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	75,100		81,111	90,999
Hispanic or Latino	9,137	12.2%	9,770	11,164	-2,027	-18.2%
Not Hispanic or Latino	63,416	84.4%	68,957	78,134	-14,718	-18.8%
Information Not Available	2,547	3.4%	2,384	1,701	846	49.7%

Race	75,100		81,111	90,999
American Indian or Alaskan Native	259	0.3%	250	200	59	29.5%
Asian	2,578	3.4%	2,677	3,063	-485	-15.8%
Black or African American	8,286	11.0%	8,898	10,193	-1,907	-18.7%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	106	0.1%	89	74	32	43.2%
White	56,214	74.9%	61,183	69,734	-13,520	-19.4%
Information Not Available	7,657	10.2%	8,014	7,735	-78	-1.0%

Years of Age	75,100		81,111	90,999
Younger than 22	1,219	1.0%	1,379	2,235	-1,016	-45.5%
22-24	3,367	2.7%	3,769	4,914	-1,547	-31.5%
25-34	15,973	12.8%	17,348	19,430	-3,457	-17.8%
35-44	15,564	12.4%	16,913	19,201	-3,637	-18.9%
45-54	18,880	15.1%	20,417	23,099	-4,219	-18.3%
55-59	8,462	6.8%	9,056	9,647	-1,185	-12.3%
60-64	6,212	5.0%	6,562	6,844	-632	-9.2%
65 and older	5,423	4.3%	5,667	5,629	-206	-3.7%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	75,100		81,111	90,999
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	328	0.4%	329	421	-93	-22.1%
Mining	23	0.0%	30	22	1	4.5%
Utilities	72	0.1%	85	119	-47	-39.5%
Construction	5,355	7.1%	6,282	7,322	-1,967	-26.9%
Manufacturing	6,199	8.2%	6,854	7,835	-1,636	-20.9%
Wholesale Trade	3,300	4.4%	3,463	3,745	-445	-11.9%
Retail Trade	6,290	8.3%	6,947	8,132	-1,842	-22.7%
Transporation and Warehousing	6,706	8.9%	6,506	7,891	-1,185	-15.0%
Information	1,640	2.2%	1,750	1,970	-330	-16.8%
Finance and Insurance	2,737	3.6%	2,998	3,180	-443	-13.9%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	1,446	1.9%	1,663	1,098	348	31.7%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	6,363	8.4%	6,895	6,648	-285	-4.3%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	253	0.3%	276	293	-40	-13.7%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	6,718	8.9%	7,500	9,048	-2,330	-25.8%
Educational Services	2,141	2.8%	2,231	2,702	-561	-20.8%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	8,528	11.3%	9,114	9,804	-1,276	-13.0%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	805	1.1%	923	1,050	-245	-23.3%
Accomodation and Food Services	7,193	9.5%	7,693	8,630	-1,437	-16.7%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	3,950	5.2%	4,185	4,690	-740	-15.8%
Public Administration	2,725	3.6%	2,692	3,200	-475	-14.8%
Information Not Available	2,328	3.1%	2,695	3,199	-871	-27.2%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Maryland
	Aug 2013	Percent	Jul 2013	Aug 2012	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	52,727		54,082	59,391
Male	20,757	39.4%	21,619	23,476	-2,719	-11.6%
Female	20,298	38.5%	20,988	20,543	-245	-1.2%
Information Not Available	11,672	22.1%	11,475	15,372	-3,700	-24.1%

Ethnicity	52,727		54,082	59,391
Hispanic or Latino	1,923	3.6%	2,031	2,023	-100	-4.9%
Not Hispanic or Latino	38,257	72.6%	39,717	41,231	-2,974	-7.2%
Information Not Available	12,547	23.8%	12,334	16,137	-3,590	-22.2%

Race	52,727		54,082	59,391
American Indian or Alaskan Native	151	0.3%	146	159	-8	-5.0%
Asian	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
Black or African American	18,216	34.5%	18,492	19,075	-859	-4.5%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	63	0.1%	73	66	-3	-4.5%
White	19,827	37.6%	21,046	21,931	-2,104	-9.6%
Information Not Available	14,470	27.4%	14,325	18,160	-3,690	-20.3%

Years of Age	52,727		54,082	59,391
Younger than 22	1,021	1.5%	941	1,209	-188	-15.6%
22-24	2,306	3.3%	2,341	2,775	-469	-16.9%
25-34	10,208	14.6%	10,309	10,605	-397	-3.7%
35-44	8,436	12.1%	8,778	9,176	-740	-8.1%
45-54	9,701	13.9%	10,178	10,201	-500	-4.9%
55-59	4,184	6.0%	4,355	4,450	-266	-6.0%
60-64	2,860	4.1%	3,110	3,063	-203	-6.6%
65 and older	2,339	3.4%	2,595	2,540	-201	-7.9%
Information Not Available	11,672	16.7%	11,475	15,372	-3,700	-24.1%

Industry	52,727		54,082	59,391
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	81	0.2%	71	74	7	9.5%
Mining	59	0.1%	56	28	31	110.7%
Utilities	33	0.1%	33	23	10	43.5%
Construction	3,918	7.4%	4,200	4,775	-857	-17.9%
Manufacturing	479	0.9%	510	542	-63	-11.6%
Wholesale Trade	1,539	2.9%	1,576	1,499	40	2.7%
Retail Trade	1,648	3.1%	1,633	1,842	-194	-10.5%
Transporation and Warehousing	2,510	4.8%	2,700	2,535	-25	-1.0%
Information	729	1.4%	729	756	-27	-3.6%
Finance and Insurance	1,190	2.3%	1,128	1,319	-129	-9.8%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	879	1.7%	696	826	53	6.4%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	4,129	7.8%	4,339	3,632	497	13.7%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	152	0.3%	161	167	-15	-9.0%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	5,283	10.0%	5,178	5,176	107	2.1%
Educational Services	1,757	3.3%	1,915	1,770	-13	-0.7%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	4,323	8.2%	4,640	4,406	-83	-1.9%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	512	1.0%	564	495	17	3.4%
Accomodation and Food Services	3,087	5.8%	3,336	3,180	-93	-2.9%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	1,218	2.3%	1,293	1,325	-107	-8.1%
Public Administration	698	1.3%	684	687	11	1.6%
Information Not Available	18,503	35.0%	18,640	24,334	-5,831	-24.0%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Maine
	Aug 2013	Percent	Jul 2013	Aug 2012	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	8,136		8,805	9,665
Male	3,940	48.4%	4,379	5,030	-1,090	-21.7%
Female	4,196	51.6%	4,426	4,635	-439	-9.5%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	8,136		8,805	9,665
Hispanic or Latino	72	0.9%	71	78	-6	-7.7%
Not Hispanic or Latino	5,941	73.0%	6,402	6,984	-1,043	-14.9%
Information Not Available	2,123	26.1%	2,332	2,603	-480	-18.4%

Race	8,136		8,805	9,665
American Indian or Alaskan Native	45	0.6%	54	91	-46	-50.5%
Asian	87	1.1%	93	68	19	27.9%
Black or African American	107	1.3%	130	129	-22	-17.1%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
White	6,128	75.3%	6,621	7,346	-1,218	-16.6%
Information Not Available	1,769	21.7%	1,907	2,031	-262	-12.9%

Years of Age	8,136		8,805	9,665
Younger than 22	169	1.2%	202	285	-116	-40.7%
22-24	387	2.8%	450	517	-130	-25.1%
25-34	1,757	12.9%	1,865	2,172	-415	-19.1%
35-44	1,619	11.9%	1,784	1,914	-295	-15.4%
45-54	2,060	15.2%	2,265	2,417	-357	-14.8%
55-59	1,021	7.5%	1,051	1,135	-114	-10.0%
60-64	681	5.0%	712	770	-89	-11.6%
65 and older	442	3.3%	476	455	-13	-2.9%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	8,136		8,805	9,665
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	155	1.9%	212	164	-9	-5.5%
Mining	2	0.0%	1	1	1	100.0%
Utilities	11	0.1%	19	9	2	22.2%
Construction	544	6.6%	662	625	-81	-13.0%
Manufacturing	788	9.5%	722	1,010	-222	-22.0%
Wholesale Trade	162	2.0%	190	204	-42	-20.6%
Retail Trade	707	8.5%	832	912	-205	-22.5%
Transporation and Warehousing	301	3.6%	336	341	-40	-11.7%
Information	144	1.7%	148	135	9	6.7%
Finance and Insurance	152	1.8%	162	207	-55	-26.6%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	73	0.9%	74	54	19	35.2%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	307	3.7%	339	333	-26	-7.8%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	21	0.3%	15	18	3	16.7%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	505	6.1%	538	574	-69	-12.0%
Educational Services	268	3.2%	292	265	3	1.1%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	866	10.4%	978	1,034	-168	-16.2%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	93	1.1%	132	115	-22	-19.1%
Accomodation and Food Services	454	5.5%	520	506	-52	-10.3%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	218	2.6%	246	287	-69	-24.0%
Public Administration	131	1.6%	150	133	-2	-1.5%
Information Not Available	2,234	26.9%	2,237	2,738	-504	-18.4%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Michigan
	Aug 2013	Percent	Jul 2013	Aug 2012	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	72,345		102,846	81,346
Male	35,489	49.1%	54,256	40,513	-5,024	-12.4%
Female	36,809	50.9%	48,540	40,781	-3,972	-9.7%
Information Not Available	47	0.1%	50	52	-5	-9.6%

Ethnicity	72,345		102,846	81,346
Hispanic or Latino	2,044	2.8%	3,233	2,543	-499	-19.6%
Not Hispanic or Latino	55,025	76.1%	77,060	60,427	-5,402	-8.9%
Information Not Available	15,276	21.1%	22,553	18,376	-3,100	-16.9%

Race	72,345		102,846	81,346
American Indian or Alaskan Native	959	1.3%	1,181	1,026	-67	-6.5%
Asian	578	0.8%	1,843	715	-137	-19.2%
Black or African American	12,952	17.9%	18,810	12,904	48	0.4%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	51	0.1%	62	60	-9	-15.0%
White	38,625	53.4%	52,327	43,540	-4,915	-11.3%
Information Not Available	19,180	26.5%	28,623	23,101	-3,921	-17.0%

Years of Age	72,345		102,846	81,346
Younger than 22	1,806	1.7%	2,703	2,235	-429	-19.2%
22-24	4,332	4.1%	6,211	4,747	-415	-8.7%
25-34	17,476	16.4%	24,279	19,620	-2,144	-10.9%
35-44	16,838	15.8%	24,147	18,712	-1,874	-10.0%
45-54	18,058	16.9%	26,085	20,441	-2,383	-11.7%
55-59	7,311	6.9%	10,783	8,326	-1,015	-12.2%
60-64	4,282	4.0%	5,924	4,639	-357	-7.7%
65 and older	2,208	2.1%	2,683	2,602	-394	-15.1%
Information Not Available	34	0.0%	31	24	10	41.7%

Industry	72,345		102,846	81,346
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	416	0.6%	366	469	-53	-11.3%
Mining	72	0.1%	133	183	-111	-60.7%
Utilities	56	0.1%	48	51	5	9.8%
Construction	4,440	6.1%	5,049	5,774	-1,334	-23.1%
Manufacturing	9,431	13.0%	22,406	9,575	-144	-1.5%
Wholesale Trade	2,505	3.4%	3,738	2,724	-219	-8.0%
Retail Trade	4,692	6.4%	5,097	5,690	-998	-17.5%
Transporation and Warehousing	2,008	2.8%	3,015	2,126	-118	-5.6%
Information	797	1.1%	880	966	-169	-17.5%
Finance and Insurance	1,847	2.5%	4,521	2,059	-212	-10.3%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	875	1.2%	1,025	1,021	-146	-14.3%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	4,770	6.6%	7,029	4,287	483	11.3%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	1,421	2.0%	2,489	1,769	-348	-19.7%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	9,487	13.0%	12,835	10,871	-1,384	-12.7%
Educational Services	3,805	5.2%	4,131	4,700	-895	-19.0%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	9,496	13.1%	10,408	10,192	-696	-6.8%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	1,137	1.6%	1,082	1,266	-129	-10.2%
Accomodation and Food Services	3,474	4.8%	3,866	5,269	-1,795	-34.1%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	2,158	3.0%	3,070	2,181	-23	-1.1%
Public Administration	1,140	1.6%	1,284	1,237	-97	-7.8%
Information Not Available	8,318	11.4%	10,374	8,936	-618	-6.9%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Minnesota
	Aug 2013	Percent	Jul 2013	Aug 2012	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	38,704		42,006	43,042
Male	20,195	52.2%	22,403	22,484	-2,289	-10.2%
Female	18,492	47.8%	19,592	20,533	-2,041	-9.9%
Information Not Available	17	0.0%	11	25	-8	-32.0%

Ethnicity	38,704		42,006	43,042
Hispanic or Latino	1,244	3.2%	1,442	1,382	-138	-10.0%
Not Hispanic or Latino	32,971	85.2%	35,758	36,561	-3,590	-9.8%
Information Not Available	4,489	11.6%	4,806	5,099	-610	-12.0%

Race	38,704		42,006	43,042
American Indian or Alaskan Native	586	1.5%	636	655	-69	-10.5%
Asian	1,217	3.1%	1,282	1,355	-138	-10.2%
Black or African American	3,834	9.9%	3,926	4,211	-377	-9.0%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	91	0.2%	89	99	-8	-8.1%
White	29,778	76.9%	32,591	33,369	-3,591	-10.8%
Information Not Available	3,198	8.3%	3,482	3,353	-155	-4.6%

Years of Age	38,704		42,006	43,042
Younger than 22	553	0.8%	559	778	-225	-28.9%
22-24	1,746	2.7%	1,836	2,228	-482	-21.6%
25-34	9,115	14.0%	9,941	10,346	-1,231	-11.9%
35-44	8,194	12.5%	8,807	8,958	-764	-8.5%
45-54	9,687	14.8%	10,569	10,867	-1,180	-10.9%
55-59	4,663	7.1%	5,082	4,882	-219	-4.5%
60-64	3,143	4.8%	3,428	3,220	-77	-2.4%
65 and older	1,570	2.4%	1,763	1,742	-172	-9.9%
Information Not Available	33	0.1%	21	21	12	57.1%

Industry	38,704		42,006	43,042
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	252	0.6%	308	290	-38	-13.1%
Mining	133	0.3%	174	78	55	70.5%
Utilities	178	0.5%	181	190	-12	-6.3%
Construction	3,168	8.1%	3,835	3,791	-623	-16.4%
Manufacturing	4,976	12.8%	5,990	5,252	-276	-5.3%
Wholesale Trade	1,988	5.1%	2,000	2,071	-83	-4.0%
Retail Trade	3,068	7.9%	3,214	3,682	-614	-16.7%
Transporation and Warehousing	1,133	2.9%	1,305	1,211	-78	-6.4%
Information	847	2.2%	824	938	-91	-9.7%
Finance and Insurance	1,367	3.5%	1,357	1,355	12	0.9%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	625	1.6%	652	664	-39	-5.9%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	2,762	7.1%	2,822	2,531	231	9.1%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	735	1.9%	783	898	-163	-18.2%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	3,913	10.0%	4,201	4,462	-549	-12.3%
Educational Services	1,893	4.9%	1,866	1,922	-29	-1.5%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	4,189	10.8%	4,343	4,672	-483	-10.3%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	591	1.5%	654	670	-79	-11.8%
Accomodation and Food Services	2,583	6.6%	2,795	2,983	-400	-13.4%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	1,868	4.8%	2,114	2,211	-343	-15.5%
Public Administration	717	1.8%	770	1,130	-413	-36.5%
Information Not Available	1,718	4.4%	1,818	2,041	-323	-15.8%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Missouri
	Aug 2013	Percent	Jul 2013	Aug 2012	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	44,819		47,229	48,880
Male	21,429	47.8%	21,311	24,445	-3,016	-12.3%
Female	23,344	52.1%	25,869	24,379	-1,035	-4.2%
Information Not Available	46	0.1%	49	56	-10	-17.9%

Ethnicity	44,819		47,229	48,880
Hispanic or Latino	1,083	2.4%	1,173	1,137	-54	-4.7%
Not Hispanic or Latino	35,775	79.8%	38,190	37,746	-1,971	-5.2%
Information Not Available	7,961	17.8%	7,866	9,997	-2,036	-20.4%

Race	44,819		47,229	48,880
American Indian or Alaskan Native	255	0.6%	277	370	-115	-31.1%
Asian	261	0.6%	319	415	-154	-37.1%
Black or African American	6,410	14.3%	7,546	11,019	-4,609	-41.8%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	418	0.9%	438	525	-107	-20.4%
White	23,751	53.0%	25,596	33,287	-9,536	-28.6%
Information Not Available	13,724	30.6%	13,053	3,264	10,460	320.5%

Years of Age	44,819		47,229	48,880
Younger than 22	933	1.4%	966	1,353	-420	-31.0%
22-24	2,381	3.6%	2,393	2,913	-532	-18.3%
25-34	10,367	15.8%	10,648	11,834	-1,467	-12.4%
35-44	10,131	15.4%	10,409	10,917	-786	-7.2%
45-54	11,284	17.2%	11,784	12,161	-877	-7.2%
55-59	4,715	7.2%	5,163	4,792	-77	-1.6%
60-64	2,955	4.5%	3,262	2,899	56	1.9%
65 and older	2,009	3.1%	2,551	1,974	35	1.8%
Information Not Available	44	0.1%	53	37	7	18.9%

Industry	44,819		47,229	48,880
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	213	0.5%	189	222	-9	-4.1%
Mining	96	0.2%	71	96	0	0.0%
Utilities	55	0.1%	46	68	-13	-19.1%
Construction	3,636	8.1%	3,168	4,665	-1,029	-22.1%
Manufacturing	6,289	14.0%	5,572	6,065	224	3.7%
Wholesale Trade	1,615	3.6%	1,657	2,114	-499	-23.6%
Retail Trade	4,282	9.5%	4,641	5,105	-823	-16.1%
Transporation and Warehousing	2,501	5.6%	4,043	2,458	43	1.7%
Information	991	2.2%	1,008	1,049	-58	-5.5%
Finance and Insurance	1,436	3.2%	1,290	1,407	29	2.1%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	988	2.2%	1,056	1,001	-13	-1.3%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	2,161	4.8%	2,204	2,082	79	3.8%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	170	0.4%	211	263	-93	-35.4%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	5,343	11.9%	5,214	5,704	-361	-6.3%
Educational Services	1,385	3.1%	1,520	1,818	-433	-23.8%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	5,630	12.5%	5,860	5,929	-299	-5.0%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	525	1.2%	554	603	-78	-12.9%
Accomodation and Food Services	3,727	8.3%	5,231	4,164	-437	-10.5%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	1,632	3.6%	1,617	1,802	-170	-9.4%
Public Administration	497	1.1%	488	466	31	6.7%
Information Not Available	1,647	3.7%	1,589	1,799	-152	-8.4%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Mississippi
	Aug 2013	Percent	Jul 2013	Aug 2012	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	26,819		29,489	29,052
Male	10,957	40.9%	11,831	12,892	-1,935	-15.0%
Female	15,854	59.1%	17,655	16,146	-292	-1.8%
Information Not Available	8	0.0%	3	14	-6	-42.9%

Ethnicity	26,819		29,489	29,052
Hispanic or Latino	335	1.2%	373	351	-16	-4.6%
Not Hispanic or Latino	25,250	94.2%	27,779	27,377	-2,127	-7.8%
Information Not Available	1,233	4.6%	1,336	1,324	-91	-6.9%

Race	26,819		29,489	29,052
American Indian or Alaskan Native	68	0.3%	74	108	-40	-37.0%
Asian	75	0.3%	77	76	-1	-1.3%
Black or African American	17,239	64.3%	19,372	18,114	-875	-4.8%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	45	0.2%	51	51	-6	-11.8%
White	9,037	33.7%	9,510	10,356	-1,319	-12.7%
Information Not Available	355	1.3%	405	347	8	2.3%

Years of Age	26,819		29,489	29,052
Younger than 22	610	1.8%	611	795	-185	-23.3%
22-24	1,700	5.0%	1,811	1,923	-223	-11.6%
25-34	7,106	20.8%	7,614	7,790	-684	-8.8%
35-44	6,071	17.7%	6,787	6,619	-548	-8.3%
45-54	5,944	17.4%	6,678	6,427	-483	-7.5%
55-59	2,486	7.3%	2,730	2,543	-57	-2.2%
60-64	1,645	4.8%	1,786	1,696	-51	-3.0%
65 and older	1,257	3.7%	1,472	1,259	-2	-0.2%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	26,819		29,489	29,052
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	258	1.0%	270	292	-34	-11.6%
Mining	58	0.2%	55	71	-13	-18.3%
Utilities	20	0.1%	22	23	-3	-13.0%
Construction	1,305	4.8%	1,381	1,918	-613	-32.0%
Manufacturing	3,456	12.8%	4,092	3,611	-155	-4.3%
Wholesale Trade	488	1.8%	654	586	-98	-16.7%
Retail Trade	2,344	8.7%	2,394	2,863	-519	-18.1%
Transporation and Warehousing	592	2.2%	825	693	-101	-14.6%
Information	188	0.7%	163	162	26	16.0%
Finance and Insurance	390	1.4%	426	397	-7	-1.8%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	219	0.8%	247	280	-61	-21.8%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	756	2.8%	711	765	-9	-1.2%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	155	0.6%	203	266	-111	-41.7%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	2,427	9.0%	2,872	2,533	-106	-4.2%
Educational Services	840	3.1%	813	820	20	2.4%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	5,754	21.3%	6,320	4,807	947	19.7%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	160	0.6%	153	196	-36	-18.4%
Accomodation and Food Services	2,472	9.1%	2,668	2,928	-456	-15.6%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	400	1.5%	417	476	-76	-16.0%
Public Administration	419	1.5%	410	378	41	10.8%
Information Not Available	4,118	15.2%	4,393	4,987	-869	-17.4%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Montana
	Aug 2013	Percent	Jul 2013	Aug 2012	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	5,959		6,533	6,136
Male	2,971	49.9%	3,425	3,079	-108	-3.5%
Female	2,982	50.0%	3,098	3,044	-62	-2.0%
Information Not Available	6	0.1%	10	13	-7	-53.8%

Ethnicity	5,959		6,533	6,136
Hispanic or Latino	203	3.4%	234	223	-20	-9.0%
Not Hispanic or Latino	5,466	91.7%	5,999	5,639	-173	-3.1%
Information Not Available	290	4.9%	300	274	16	5.8%

Race	5,959		6,533	6,136
American Indian or Alaskan Native	917	15.4%	945	793	124	15.6%
Asian	30	0.5%	27	41	-11	-26.8%
Black or African American	69	1.2%	82	70	-1	-1.4%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	20	0.3%	17	22	-2	-9.1%
White	4,873	81.8%	5,404	5,151	-278	-5.4%
Information Not Available	50	0.8%	58	59	-9	-15.3%

Years of Age	5,959		6,533	6,136
Younger than 22	117	1.1%	129	152	-35	-23.0%
22-24	282	2.7%	327	340	-58	-17.1%
25-34	1,326	12.8%	1,480	1,480	-154	-10.4%
35-44	1,269	12.2%	1,356	1,290	-21	-1.6%
45-54	1,452	14.0%	1,586	1,505	-53	-3.5%
55-59	718	6.9%	838	651	67	10.3%
60-64	468	4.5%	496	432	36	8.3%
65 and older	327	3.2%	321	286	41	14.3%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	5,959		6,533	6,136
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	46	0.8%	72	63	-17	-27.0%
Mining	209	3.5%	231	114	95	83.3%
Utilities	43	0.7%	48	44	-1	-2.3%
Construction	614	10.2%	787	740	-126	-17.0%
Manufacturing	378	6.3%	420	393	-15	-3.8%
Wholesale Trade	150	2.5%	153	151	-1	-0.7%
Retail Trade	523	8.7%	590	661	-138	-20.9%
Transporation and Warehousing	276	4.6%	313	278	-2	-0.7%
Information	66	1.1%	60	90	-24	-26.7%
Finance and Insurance	103	1.7%	97	110	-7	-6.4%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	58	1.0%	79	73	-15	-20.5%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	262	4.4%	279	248	14	5.6%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	4	0.1%	3	3	1	33.3%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	497	8.3%	546	517	-20	-3.9%
Educational Services	257	4.3%	304	254	3	1.2%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	892	14.9%	885	831	61	7.3%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	115	1.9%	141	140	-25	-17.9%
Accomodation and Food Services	618	10.3%	683	697	-79	-11.3%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	191	3.2%	213	206	-15	-7.3%
Public Administration	422	7.0%	422	339	83	24.5%
Information Not Available	235	3.9%	207	184	51	27.7%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants North Carolina
	Aug 2013	Percent	Jul 2013	Aug 2012	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	77,819		100,095	98,103
Male	38,217	49.1%	49,658	51,254	-13,037	-25.4%
Female	39,590	50.9%	50,430	46,839	-7,249	-15.5%
Information Not Available	12	0.0%	7	10	2	20.0%

Ethnicity	77,819		100,095	98,103
Hispanic or Latino	3,558	4.6%	4,546	4,522	-964	-21.3%
Not Hispanic or Latino	73,038	93.9%	94,278	91,803	-18,765	-20.4%
Information Not Available	1,223	1.6%	1,271	1,778	-555	-31.2%

Race	77,819		100,095	98,103
American Indian or Alaskan Native	1,201	1.5%	1,540	1,388	-187	-13.5%
Asian	897	1.2%	1,065	1,020	-123	-12.1%
Black or African American	32,423	41.7%	42,127	36,909	-4,486	-12.2%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	123	0.2%	163	142	-19	-13.4%
White	38,675	49.7%	49,611	50,862	-12,187	-24.0%
Information Not Available	4,500	5.8%	5,589	7,782	-3,282	-42.2%

Years of Age	77,819		100,095	98,103
Younger than 22	2,123	1.9%	2,563	3,313	-1,190	-35.9%
22-24	5,176	4.6%	6,503	6,829	-1,653	-24.2%
25-34	19,814	17.7%	25,575	24,462	-4,648	-19.0%
35-44	18,666	16.6%	23,831	22,971	-4,305	-18.7%
45-54	18,018	16.1%	23,308	22,741	-4,723	-20.8%
55-59	7,042	6.3%	9,014	8,915	-1,873	-21.0%
60-64	4,326	3.9%	5,780	5,524	-1,198	-21.7%
65 and older	2,654	2.4%	3,521	3,348	-694	-20.7%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	77,819		100,095	98,103
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	305	0.4%	380	328	-23	-7.0%
Mining	54	0.1%	48	119	-65	-54.6%
Utilities	72	0.1%	100	65	7	10.8%
Construction	3,899	5.0%	5,207	7,342	-3,443	-46.9%
Manufacturing	8,818	11.3%	11,494	12,072	-3,254	-27.0%
Wholesale Trade	2,536	3.2%	3,488	3,151	-615	-19.5%
Retail Trade	6,160	7.9%	8,190	8,047	-1,887	-23.4%
Transporation and Warehousing	1,648	2.1%	2,046	1,833	-185	-10.1%
Information	759	1.0%	1,073	1,144	-385	-33.7%
Finance and Insurance	1,699	2.2%	2,260	2,165	-466	-21.5%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	697	0.9%	890	874	-177	-20.3%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	3,106	4.0%	4,022	3,829	-723	-18.9%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	299	0.4%	383	398	-99	-24.9%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	9,220	11.8%	12,264	11,827	-2,607	-22.0%
Educational Services	2,940	3.8%	3,479	3,439	-499	-14.5%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	6,589	8.4%	8,408	7,681	-1,092	-14.2%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	368	0.5%	480	550	-182	-33.1%
Accomodation and Food Services	4,990	6.4%	6,482	5,993	-1,003	-16.7%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	1,232	1.6%	1,675	1,754	-522	-29.8%
Public Administration	841	1.1%	1,069	1,039	-198	-19.1%
Information Not Available	21,587	27.6%	26,657	24,453	-2,866	-11.7%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants North Dakota
	Aug 2013	Percent	Jul 2013	Aug 2012	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	2,213		2,543	1,819
Male	1,222	55.2%	1,431	1,012	210	20.8%
Female	990	44.7%	1,112	807	183	22.7%
Information Not Available	1	0.0%	0	0	1	0.0%

Ethnicity	2,213		2,543	1,819
Hispanic or Latino	101	4.6%	115	72	29	40.3%
Not Hispanic or Latino	2,049	92.6%	2,353	1,675	374	22.3%
Information Not Available	63	2.8%	75	72	-9	-12.5%

Race	2,213		2,543	1,819
American Indian or Alaskan Native	272	12.3%	321	171	101	59.1%
Asian	18	0.8%	19	8	10	125.0%
Black or African American	75	3.4%	92	66	9	13.6%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	7	0.3%	4	2	5	250.0%
White	1,677	75.8%	1,917	1,428	249	17.4%
Information Not Available	164	7.4%	190	144	20	13.9%

Years of Age	2,213		2,543	1,819
Younger than 22	24	0.7%	32	19	5	26.3%
22-24	79	2.1%	102	58	21	36.2%
25-34	466	12.6%	562	380	86	22.6%
35-44	439	11.9%	522	407	32	7.9%
45-54	591	16.0%	681	480	111	23.1%
55-59	282	7.6%	292	215	67	31.2%
60-64	201	5.4%	212	140	61	43.6%
65 and older	131	3.6%	139	119	12	10.1%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	1	1	-1	-100.0%

Industry	2,213		2,543	1,819
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	88	3.8%	91	85	3	3.5%
Mining	79	3.4%	111	91	-12	-13.2%
Utilities	6	0.3%	5	3	3	100.0%
Construction	258	11.2%	331	243	15	6.2%
Manufacturing	351	15.3%	322	135	216	160.0%
Wholesale Trade	89	3.9%	91	87	2	2.3%
Retail Trade	124	5.4%	131	115	9	7.8%
Transporation and Warehousing	163	7.1%	177	126	37	29.4%
Information	41	1.8%	52	26	15	57.7%
Finance and Insurance	34	1.5%	37	57	-23	-40.4%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	26	1.1%	24	26	0	0.0%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	115	5.0%	148	71	44	62.0%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	10	0.4%	14	10	0	0.0%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	113	4.9%	129	74	39	52.7%
Educational Services	1	0.0%	2	5	-4	-80.0%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	140	6.1%	161	144	-4	-2.8%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	11	0.5%	7	9	2	22.2%
Accomodation and Food Services	112	4.9%	142	87	25	28.7%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	48	2.1%	71	47	1	2.1%
Public Administration	229	10.0%	246	191	38	19.9%
Information Not Available	175	7.6%	251	187	-12	-6.4%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Nebraska
	Aug 2013	Percent	Jul 2013	Aug 2012	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	8,027		9,201	10,589
Male	3,489	43.5%	3,773	4,611	-1,122	-24.3%
Female	4,083	50.9%	4,959	5,298	-1,215	-22.9%
Information Not Available	455	5.7%	469	680	-225	-33.1%

Ethnicity	8,027		9,201	10,589
Hispanic or Latino	502	6.3%	607	626	-124	-19.8%
Not Hispanic or Latino	6,398	79.7%	7,353	8,242	-1,844	-22.4%
Information Not Available	1,127	14.0%	1,241	1,721	-594	-34.5%

Race	8,027		9,201	10,589
American Indian or Alaskan Native	155	1.9%	184	176	-21	-11.9%
Asian	104	1.3%	132	131	-27	-20.6%
Black or African American	873	10.9%	951	1,127	-254	-22.5%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	14	0.2%	17	15	-1	-6.7%
White	5,506	68.6%	6,269	6,942	-1,436	-20.7%
Information Not Available	1,375	17.1%	1,648	2,198	-823	-37.4%

Years of Age	8,027		9,201	10,589
Younger than 22	107	0.8%	133	196	-89	-45.4%
22-24	350	2.7%	424	596	-246	-41.3%
25-34	1,971	15.2%	2,139	2,661	-690	-25.9%
35-44	1,796	13.9%	2,020	2,358	-562	-23.8%
45-54	1,949	15.1%	2,248	2,563	-614	-24.0%
55-59	849	6.6%	1,008	1,027	-178	-17.3%
60-64	589	4.6%	724	725	-136	-18.8%
65 and older	416	3.2%	505	463	-47	-10.2%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	8,027		9,201	10,589
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	60	0.7%	51	67	-7	-10.4%
Mining	13	0.2%	11	20	-7	-35.0%
Utilities	2	0.0%	1	12	-10	-83.3%
Construction	487	6.0%	477	744	-257	-34.5%
Manufacturing	1,204	14.9%	1,484	1,331	-127	-9.5%
Wholesale Trade	321	4.0%	340	387	-66	-17.1%
Retail Trade	771	9.5%	854	1,125	-354	-31.5%
Transporation and Warehousing	363	4.5%	590	516	-153	-29.7%
Information	148	1.8%	142	199	-51	-25.6%
Finance and Insurance	373	4.6%	373	435	-62	-14.3%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	108	1.3%	104	117	-9	-7.7%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	382	4.7%	407	524	-142	-27.1%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	43	0.5%	48	62	-19	-30.6%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	769	9.5%	868	1,049	-280	-26.7%
Educational Services	220	2.7%	275	325	-105	-32.3%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	1,025	12.7%	1,109	1,362	-337	-24.7%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	95	1.2%	106	112	-17	-15.2%
Accomodation and Food Services	626	7.7%	867	833	-207	-24.8%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	259	3.2%	283	268	-9	-3.4%
Public Administration	192	2.4%	206	272	-80	-29.4%
Information Not Available	566	7.0%	605	829	-263	-31.7%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants New Hampshire
	Aug 2013	Percent	Jul 2013	Aug 2012	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	7,807		8,302	10,133
Male	3,654	46.8%	3,966	4,963	-1,309	-26.4%
Female	4,105	52.6%	4,292	5,114	-1,009	-19.7%
Information Not Available	48	0.6%	44	56	-8	-14.3%

Ethnicity	7,807		8,302	10,133
Hispanic or Latino	268	3.4%	265	357	-89	-24.9%
Not Hispanic or Latino	6,447	82.6%	6,915	8,224	-1,777	-21.6%
Information Not Available	1,092	14.0%	1,122	1,552	-460	-29.6%

Race	7,807		8,302	10,133
American Indian or Alaskan Native	41	0.5%	42	67	-26	-38.8%
Asian	131	1.7%	145	196	-65	-33.2%
Black or African American	119	1.5%	146	174	-55	-31.6%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	12	0.2%	11	9	3	33.3%
White	6,936	88.8%	7,400	8,967	-2,031	-22.6%
Information Not Available	568	7.3%	558	720	-152	-21.1%

Years of Age	7,807		8,302	10,133
Younger than 22	69	0.5%	75	100	-31	-31.0%
22-24	223	1.6%	243	298	-75	-25.2%
25-34	1,289	9.3%	1,401	1,772	-483	-27.3%
35-44	1,585	11.4%	1,661	2,027	-442	-21.8%
45-54	2,145	15.4%	2,278	2,826	-681	-24.1%
55-59	1,127	8.1%	1,181	1,359	-232	-17.1%
60-64	835	6.0%	898	1,010	-175	-17.3%
65 and older	534	3.8%	565	741	-207	-27.9%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	7,807		8,302	10,133
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	28	0.4%	28	29	-1	-3.4%
Mining	5	0.1%	6	3	2	66.7%
Utilities	13	0.2%	11	5	8	160.0%
Construction	154	2.0%	170	202	-48	-23.8%
Manufacturing	792	10.1%	901	1,226	-434	-35.4%
Wholesale Trade	391	5.0%	440	490	-99	-20.2%
Retail Trade	458	5.8%	487	622	-164	-26.4%
Transporation and Warehousing	848	10.8%	798	1,062	-214	-20.2%
Information	128	1.6%	138	121	7	5.8%
Finance and Insurance	246	3.1%	267	259	-13	-5.0%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	90	1.1%	93	112	-22	-19.6%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	421	5.4%	449	477	-56	-11.7%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	57	0.7%	55	43	14	32.6%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	782	10.0%	841	1,059	-277	-26.2%
Educational Services	394	5.0%	410	519	-125	-24.1%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	795	10.1%	830	1,011	-216	-21.4%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	87	1.1%	97	79	8	10.1%
Accomodation and Food Services	255	3.3%	250	343	-88	-25.7%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	302	3.9%	301	369	-67	-18.2%
Public Administration	105	1.3%	106	149	-44	-29.5%
Information Not Available	1,456	18.6%	1,624	1,953	-497	-25.4%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants New Jersey
	Aug 2013	Percent	Jul 2013	Aug 2012	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	132,577		135,708	136,794
Male	61,215	46.2%	63,839	65,121	-3,906	-6.0%
Female	71,362	53.8%	71,869	71,673	-311	-0.4%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	132,577		135,708	136,794
Hispanic or Latino	26,230	19.8%	26,711	26,604	-374	-1.4%
Not Hispanic or Latino	92,131	69.5%	94,569	95,169	-3,038	-3.2%
Information Not Available	14,216	10.7%	14,428	15,021	-805	-5.4%

Race	132,577		135,708	136,794
American Indian or Alaskan Native	608	0.5%	605	524	84	16.0%
Asian	4,608	3.5%	4,842	4,820	-212	-4.4%
Black or African American	29,204	22.0%	29,476	28,008	1,196	4.3%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	843	0.6%	870	857	-14	-1.6%
White	79,197	59.7%	81,339	83,745	-4,548	-5.4%
Information Not Available	18,117	13.7%	18,576	18,840	-723	-3.8%

Years of Age	132,577		135,708	136,794
Younger than 22	2,866	1.4%	2,808	3,318	-452	-13.6%
22-24	7,148	3.5%	7,197	7,580	-432	-5.7%
25-34	28,445	14.1%	29,404	33,599	-5,154	-15.3%
35-44	25,944	12.9%	26,875	26,194	-250	-1.0%
45-54	31,640	15.7%	32,638	31,444	196	0.6%
55-59	14,124	7.0%	14,308	13,400	724	5.4%
60-64	10,249	5.1%	10,421	9,740	509	5.2%
65 and older	12,161	6.0%	12,057	11,519	642	5.6%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	132,577		135,708	136,794
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	170	0.1%	153	165	5	3.0%
Mining	32	0.0%	35	59	-27	-45.8%
Utilities	146	0.1%	122	107	39	36.4%
Construction	7,910	6.0%	9,244	10,354	-2,444	-23.6%
Manufacturing	7,415	5.6%	7,862	8,272	-857	-10.4%
Wholesale Trade	5,843	4.4%	5,937	6,247	-404	-6.5%
Retail Trade	13,137	9.9%	13,671	15,229	-2,092	-13.7%
Transporation and Warehousing	11,438	8.6%	10,528	12,042	-604	-5.0%
Information	2,341	1.8%	2,501	2,411	-70	-2.9%
Finance and Insurance	4,644	3.5%	4,782	4,358	286	6.6%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	1,782	1.3%	1,811	1,772	10	0.6%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	7,576	5.7%	8,012	7,664	-88	-1.1%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	720	0.5%	859	769	-49	-6.4%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	13,966	10.5%	14,578	14,390	-424	-2.9%
Educational Services	6,931	5.2%	6,805	6,771	160	2.4%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	14,167	10.7%	14,229	14,253	-86	-0.6%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	1,378	1.0%	1,454	1,500	-122	-8.1%
Accomodation and Food Services	14,593	11.0%	14,992	14,521	72	0.5%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	3,210	2.4%	3,271	3,371	-161	-4.8%
Public Administration	4,597	3.5%	4,273	4,699	-102	-2.2%
Information Not Available	10,581	8.0%	10,589	7,840	2,741	35.0%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants New Mexico
	Aug 2013	Percent	Jul 2013	Aug 2012	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	15,116		15,825	16,591
Male	7,842	51.9%	8,178	8,908	-1,066	-12.0%
Female	7,273	48.1%	7,647	7,683	-410	-5.3%
Information Not Available	1	0.0%	0	0	1	0.0%

Ethnicity	15,116		15,825	16,591
Hispanic or Latino	7,563	50.0%	8,204	8,260	-697	-8.4%
Not Hispanic or Latino	6,208	41.1%	6,286	6,523	-315	-4.8%
Information Not Available	1,345	8.9%	1,335	1,808	-463	-25.6%

Race	15,116		15,825	16,591
American Indian or Alaskan Native	1,990	13.2%	2,035	1,864	126	6.8%
Asian	126	0.8%	132	138	-12	-8.7%
Black or African American	410	2.7%	426	435	-25	-5.7%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	47	0.3%	37	39	8	20.5%
White	7,575	50.1%	7,897	7,375	200	2.7%
Information Not Available	4,968	32.9%	5,298	6,740	-1,772	-26.3%

Years of Age	15,116		15,825	16,591
Younger than 22	365	1.7%	394	538	-173	-32.2%
22-24	797	3.7%	883	1,046	-249	-23.8%
25-34	3,756	17.3%	3,765	4,060	-304	-7.5%
35-44	3,297	15.2%	3,389	3,722	-425	-11.4%
45-54	3,629	16.8%	3,845	3,941	-312	-7.9%
55-59	1,579	7.3%	1,626	1,641	-62	-3.8%
60-64	1,031	4.8%	1,104	1,008	23	2.3%
65 and older	662	3.1%	819	635	27	4.3%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	15,116		15,825	16,591
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	155	1.0%	239	267	-112	-41.9%
Mining	326	2.1%	329	345	-19	-5.5%
Utilities	35	0.2%	34	35	0	0.0%
Construction	2,607	17.1%	2,710	2,619	-12	-0.5%
Manufacturing	608	4.0%	736	820	-212	-25.9%
Wholesale Trade	360	2.4%	407	406	-46	-11.3%
Retail Trade	1,567	10.3%	1,531	1,639	-72	-4.4%
Transporation and Warehousing	489	3.2%	884	466	23	4.9%
Information	520	3.4%	434	728	-208	-28.6%
Finance and Insurance	290	1.9%	289	322	-32	-9.9%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	196	1.3%	198	278	-82	-29.5%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	846	5.5%	863	1,080	-234	-21.7%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	24	0.2%	18	26	-2	-7.7%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	1,368	9.0%	1,327	1,491	-123	-8.2%
Educational Services	701	4.6%	650	803	-102	-12.7%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	2,234	14.6%	2,226	2,258	-24	-1.1%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	323	2.1%	288	335	-12	-3.6%
Accomodation and Food Services	1,298	8.5%	1,468	1,456	-158	-10.9%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	555	3.6%	569	437	118	27.0%
Public Administration	610	4.0%	624	780	-170	-21.8%
Information Not Available	4	0.0%	1	0	4	0.0%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Nevada
	Aug 2013	Percent	Jul 2013	Aug 2012	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	27,264		28,632	28,689
Male	15,019	55.1%	15,952	15,744	-725	-4.6%
Female	12,245	44.9%	12,680	12,945	-700	-5.4%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	27,264		28,632	28,689
Hispanic or Latino	5,425	19.9%	5,594	5,641	-216	-3.8%
Not Hispanic or Latino	18,653	68.4%	19,661	19,623	-970	-4.9%
Information Not Available	3,186	11.7%	3,377	3,425	-239	-7.0%

Race	27,264		28,632	28,689
American Indian or Alaskan Native	422	1.5%	447	469	-47	-10.0%
Asian	3,335	12.2%	3,451	3,259	76	2.3%
Black or African American	3,878	14.2%	3,941	3,725	153	4.1%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	1,162	4.3%	1,274	1,151	11	1.0%
White	16,077	59.0%	17,017	17,393	-1,316	-7.6%
Information Not Available	2,390	8.8%	2,502	2,692	-302	-11.2%

Years of Age	27,264		28,632	28,689
Younger than 22	639	1.5%	666	736	-97	-13.2%
22-24	1,587	3.8%	1,552	1,634	-47	-2.9%
25-34	6,429	15.5%	6,513	6,554	-125	-1.9%
35-44	5,793	14.0%	6,270	6,418	-625	-9.7%
45-54	6,342	15.3%	6,675	6,635	-293	-4.4%
55-59	2,638	6.4%	2,928	2,791	-153	-5.5%
60-64	1,921	4.6%	1,994	1,918	3	0.2%
65 and older	1,915	4.6%	2,034	2,003	-88	-4.4%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	27,264		28,632	28,689
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	21	0.1%	28	31	-10	-32.3%
Mining	301	1.1%	305	146	155	106.2%
Utilities	60	0.2%	69	37	23	62.2%
Construction	2,724	10.0%	3,113	2,928	-204	-7.0%
Manufacturing	934	3.4%	901	1,024	-90	-8.8%
Wholesale Trade	661	2.4%	690	677	-16	-2.4%
Retail Trade	2,584	9.5%	2,664	2,925	-341	-11.7%
Transporation and Warehousing	1,210	4.4%	1,278	971	239	24.6%
Information	283	1.0%	327	342	-59	-17.3%
Finance and Insurance	634	2.3%	643	649	-15	-2.3%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	657	2.4%	709	812	-155	-19.1%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	1,229	4.5%	1,220	1,250	-21	-1.7%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	207	0.8%	206	245	-38	-15.5%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	4,221	15.5%	4,597	4,014	207	5.2%
Educational Services	578	2.1%	556	626	-48	-7.7%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	1,823	6.7%	1,875	1,901	-78	-4.1%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	649	2.4%	642	651	-2	-0.3%
Accomodation and Food Services	5,094	18.7%	4,908	5,495	-401	-7.3%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	621	2.3%	647	602	19	3.2%
Public Administration	609	2.2%	630	874	-265	-30.3%
Information Not Available	2,164	7.9%	2,624	2,489	-325	-13.1%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants New York
	Aug 2013	Percent	Jul 2013	Aug 2012	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	229,326		238,297	252,374
Male	112,887	49.2%	119,913	125,700	-12,813	-10.2%
Female	116,428	50.8%	118,369	126,665	-10,237	-8.1%
Information Not Available	11	0.0%	15	9	2	22.2%

Ethnicity	229,326		238,297	252,374
Hispanic or Latino	39,991	17.4%	40,275	43,851	-3,860	-8.8%
Not Hispanic or Latino	151,363	66.0%	158,679	167,692	-16,329	-9.7%
Information Not Available	37,972	16.6%	39,343	40,831	-2,859	-7.0%

Race	229,326		238,297	252,374
American Indian or Alaskan Native	1,842	0.8%	1,901	1,591	251	15.8%
Asian	7,788	3.4%	7,967	7,923	-135	-1.7%
Black or African American	39,776	17.3%	41,236	45,400	-5,624	-12.4%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	1,285	0.6%	1,333	1,007	278	27.6%
White	117,241	51.1%	123,126	131,158	-13,917	-10.6%
Information Not Available	61,394	26.8%	62,734	65,295	-3,901	-6.0%

Years of Age	229,326		238,297	252,374
Younger than 22	6,760	2.0%	7,288	9,119	-2,359	-25.9%
22-24	15,401	4.7%	16,196	17,812	-2,411	-13.5%
25-34	57,077	17.2%	59,383	62,570	-5,493	-8.8%
35-44	47,198	14.3%	49,662	52,767	-5,569	-10.6%
45-54	51,920	15.7%	53,998	57,465	-5,545	-9.6%
55-59	22,205	6.7%	22,738	22,619	-414	-1.8%
60-64	15,418	4.7%	15,626	16,283	-865	-5.3%
65 and older	13,347	4.0%	13,406	13,739	-392	-2.9%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	229,326		238,297	252,374
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	463	0.2%	549	633	-170	-26.9%
Mining	148	0.1%	215	220	-72	-32.7%
Utilities	228	0.1%	215	313	-85	-27.2%
Construction	16,989	7.4%	20,531	20,707	-3,718	-18.0%
Manufacturing	11,935	5.2%	13,617	13,555	-1,620	-12.0%
Wholesale Trade	7,812	3.4%	8,233	8,555	-743	-8.7%
Retail Trade	20,610	9.0%	22,009	24,296	-3,686	-15.2%
Transporation and Warehousing	22,493	9.8%	19,777	24,285	-1,792	-7.4%
Information	7,157	3.1%	7,809	7,191	-34	-0.5%
Finance and Insurance	9,647	4.2%	10,183	10,569	-922	-8.7%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	4,450	1.9%	4,884	4,491	-41	-0.9%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	15,135	6.6%	15,687	15,328	-193	-1.3%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	1,119	0.5%	1,171	1,169	-50	-4.3%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	24,019	10.5%	25,224	24,971	-952	-3.8%
Educational Services	14,595	6.4%	13,962	17,604	-3,009	-17.1%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	27,926	12.2%	28,315	30,523	-2,597	-8.5%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	6,024	2.6%	6,052	6,576	-552	-8.4%
Accomodation and Food Services	19,966	8.7%	20,674	21,296	-1,330	-6.2%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	6,519	2.8%	6,707	7,502	-983	-13.1%
Public Administration	5,936	2.6%	6,547	5,914	22	0.4%
Information Not Available	6,155	2.7%	5,936	6,676	-521	-7.8%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Ohio
	Aug 2013	Percent	Jul 2013	Aug 2012	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	68,134		76,812	74,492
Male	35,839	52.6%	41,339	40,142	-4,303	-10.7%
Female	32,077	47.1%	35,251	34,107	-2,030	-6.0%
Information Not Available	218	0.3%	222	243	-25	-10.3%

Ethnicity	68,134		76,812	74,492
Hispanic or Latino	1,948	2.9%	2,265	2,008	-60	-3.0%
Not Hispanic or Latino	62,990	92.5%	70,976	68,802	-5,812	-8.4%
Information Not Available	3,196	4.7%	3,571	3,682	-486	-13.2%

Race	68,134		76,812	74,492
American Indian or Alaskan Native	300	0.4%	339	266	34	12.8%
Asian	459	0.7%	548	443	16	3.6%
Black or African American	12,824	18.8%	13,931	13,267	-443	-3.3%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	57	0.1%	53	79	-22	-27.8%
White	51,432	75.5%	58,518	57,237	-5,805	-10.1%
Information Not Available	3,062	4.5%	3,423	3,200	-138	-4.3%

Years of Age	68,134		76,812	74,492
Younger than 22	1,272	1.1%	1,378	1,604	-332	-20.7%
22-24	2,861	2.5%	3,301	3,280	-419	-12.8%
25-34	14,422	12.6%	16,276	16,044	-1,622	-10.1%
35-44	15,857	13.8%	17,775	17,340	-1,483	-8.6%
45-54	18,156	15.8%	20,464	19,821	-1,665	-8.4%
55-59	8,048	7.0%	9,276	8,569	-521	-6.1%
60-64	4,997	4.4%	5,588	5,323	-326	-6.1%
65 and older	2,521	2.2%	2,754	2,511	10	0.4%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	68,134		76,812	74,492
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	155	0.2%	136	181	-26	-14.4%
Mining	156	0.2%	206	244	-88	-36.1%
Utilities	90	0.1%	113	247	-157	-63.6%
Construction	8,055	11.8%	9,608	8,605	-550	-6.4%
Manufacturing	11,122	16.3%	14,626	12,431	-1,309	-10.5%
Wholesale Trade	3,136	4.6%	3,256	3,373	-237	-7.0%
Retail Trade	3,261	4.8%	3,390	3,752	-491	-13.1%
Transporation and Warehousing	3,117	4.6%	3,977	3,414	-297	-8.7%
Information	1,299	1.9%	1,182	1,184	115	9.7%
Finance and Insurance	2,096	3.1%	2,056	2,233	-137	-6.1%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	954	1.4%	1,003	1,051	-97	-9.2%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	4,322	6.3%	4,603	4,516	-194	-4.3%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	1,191	1.7%	1,200	888	303	34.1%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	8,497	12.4%	9,376	9,576	-1,079	-11.3%
Educational Services	2,881	4.2%	2,988	3,661	-780	-21.3%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	8,696	12.7%	9,364	9,124	-428	-4.7%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	713	1.0%	727	761	-48	-6.3%
Accomodation and Food Services	3,264	4.8%	3,389	3,486	-222	-6.4%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	2,057	3.0%	2,218	2,090	-33	-1.6%
Public Administration	625	0.9%	622	617	8	1.3%
Information Not Available	2,447	3.6%	2,772	3,058	-611	-20.0%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Oklahoma
	Aug 2013	Percent	Jul 2013	Aug 2012	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	25,800		27,021	31,532
Male	13,677	53.0%	14,045	15,713	-2,036	-13.0%
Female	12,074	46.8%	12,923	15,768	-3,694	-23.4%
Information Not Available	49	0.2%	53	51	-2	-3.9%

Ethnicity	25,800		27,021	31,532
Hispanic or Latino	2,127	8.2%	2,312	2,456	-329	-13.4%
Not Hispanic or Latino	23,673	91.8%	24,709	29,076	-5,403	-18.6%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Race	25,800		27,021	31,532
American Indian or Alaskan Native	2,557	9.9%	2,775	3,264	-707	-21.7%
Asian	207	0.8%	200	243	-36	-14.8%
Black or African American	3,982	15.4%	4,112	5,131	-1,149	-22.4%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	46	0.2%	42	42	4	9.5%
White	15,714	60.9%	16,452	19,572	-3,858	-19.7%
Information Not Available	3,294	12.8%	3,440	3,280	14	0.4%

Years of Age	25,800		27,021	31,532
Younger than 22	520	1.3%	502	722	-202	-28.0%
22-24	1,309	3.3%	1,293	1,731	-422	-24.4%
25-34	6,316	15.8%	6,649	7,926	-1,610	-20.3%
35-44	5,961	14.9%	6,306	7,186	-1,225	-17.0%
45-54	6,160	15.4%	6,488	7,521	-1,361	-18.1%
55-59	2,687	6.7%	2,822	3,151	-464	-14.7%
60-64	1,628	4.1%	1,701	1,894	-266	-14.0%
65 and older	1,219	3.1%	1,260	1,401	-182	-13.0%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	25,800		27,021	31,532
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	128	0.5%	144	129	-1	-0.8%
Mining	1,004	3.9%	1,044	996	8	0.8%
Utilities	93	0.4%	108	91	2	2.2%
Construction	2,086	8.0%	2,162	2,416	-330	-13.7%
Manufacturing	2,932	11.3%	3,098	3,375	-443	-13.1%
Wholesale Trade	1,021	3.9%	1,028	1,217	-196	-16.1%
Retail Trade	2,442	9.4%	2,493	3,134	-692	-22.1%
Transporation and Warehousing	695	2.7%	727	791	-96	-12.1%
Information	596	2.3%	616	860	-264	-30.7%
Finance and Insurance	742	2.9%	743	985	-243	-24.7%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	448	1.7%	471	585	-137	-23.4%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	1,438	5.5%	1,382	1,443	-5	-0.3%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	116	0.4%	96	84	32	38.1%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	3,566	13.8%	4,022	4,521	-955	-21.1%
Educational Services	804	3.1%	820	1,072	-268	-25.0%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	2,664	10.3%	2,781	3,474	-810	-23.3%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	458	1.8%	423	474	-16	-3.4%
Accomodation and Food Services	1,329	5.1%	1,361	1,770	-441	-24.9%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	868	3.3%	955	1,131	-263	-23.3%
Public Administration	1,074	4.1%	1,324	1,449	-375	-25.9%
Information Not Available	1,296	5.0%	1,223	1,535	-239	-15.6%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Oregon
	Aug 2013	Percent	Jul 2013	Aug 2012	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	41,063		44,555	46,924
Male	20,987	51.1%	23,015	23,986	-2,999	-12.5%
Female	20,070	48.9%	21,533	22,926	-2,856	-12.5%
Information Not Available	6	0.0%	7	12	-6	-50.0%

Ethnicity	41,063		44,555	46,924
Hispanic or Latino	3,719	9.1%	4,522	4,374	-655	-15.0%
Not Hispanic or Latino	32,304	78.7%	34,505	35,939	-3,635	-10.1%
Information Not Available	5,040	12.3%	5,528	6,611	-1,571	-23.8%

Race	41,063		44,555	46,924
American Indian or Alaskan Native	476	1.2%	478	512	-36	-7.0%
Asian	886	2.2%	969	952	-66	-6.9%
Black or African American	828	2.0%	879	960	-132	-13.8%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	284	0.7%	294	322	-38	-11.8%
White	23,706	57.7%	24,682	27,656	-3,950	-14.3%
Information Not Available	14,883	36.2%	17,253	16,522	-1,639	-9.9%

Years of Age	41,063		44,555	46,924
Younger than 22	730	1.2%	764	1,020	-290	-28.4%
22-24	1,923	3.1%	2,066	2,577	-654	-25.4%
25-34	9,721	15.8%	10,493	11,095	-1,374	-12.4%
35-44	9,111	14.8%	9,987	10,560	-1,449	-13.7%
45-54	9,743	15.9%	10,390	11,024	-1,281	-11.6%
55-59	4,528	7.4%	4,987	5,035	-507	-10.1%
60-64	3,354	5.5%	3,646	3,475	-121	-3.5%
65 and older	1,953	3.2%	2,222	2,138	-185	-8.7%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	41,063		44,555	46,924
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	716	1.7%	1,034	882	-166	-18.8%
Mining	79	0.2%	115	97	-18	-18.6%
Utilities	87	0.2%	89	85	2	2.4%
Construction	3,586	8.6%	3,763	4,532	-946	-20.9%
Manufacturing	4,381	10.5%	5,193	4,502	-121	-2.7%
Wholesale Trade	1,511	3.6%	1,602	1,745	-234	-13.4%
Retail Trade	4,081	9.8%	4,394	5,184	-1,103	-21.3%
Transporation and Warehousing	1,909	4.6%	2,078	2,039	-130	-6.4%
Information	961	2.3%	1,005	882	79	9.0%
Finance and Insurance	1,287	3.1%	1,273	1,326	-39	-2.9%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	577	1.4%	620	750	-173	-23.1%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	2,035	4.9%	2,083	2,171	-136	-6.3%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	292	0.7%	407	198	94	47.5%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	3,819	9.1%	4,075	4,426	-607	-13.7%
Educational Services	1,340	3.2%	1,500	1,654	-314	-19.0%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	6,019	14.4%	6,324	6,660	-641	-9.6%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	494	1.2%	533	580	-86	-14.8%
Accomodation and Food Services	3,494	8.4%	3,697	3,934	-440	-11.2%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	1,187	2.8%	1,319	1,458	-271	-18.6%
Public Administration	1,063	2.5%	1,107	1,299	-236	-18.2%
Information Not Available	2,145	5.1%	2,344	2,520	-375	-14.9%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Pennsylvania
	Aug 2013	Percent	Jul 2013	Aug 2012	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	176,197		188,434	202,637
Male	86,763	49.2%	96,627	102,493	-15,730	-15.3%
Female	89,428	50.8%	91,792	100,131	-10,703	-10.7%
Information Not Available	6	0.0%	15	13	-7	-53.8%

Ethnicity	176,197		188,434	202,637
Hispanic or Latino	10,300	5.8%	10,486	11,556	-1,256	-10.9%
Not Hispanic or Latino	160,191	90.9%	172,353	184,933	-24,742	-13.4%
Information Not Available	5,706	3.2%	5,595	6,148	-442	-7.2%

Race	176,197		188,434	202,637
American Indian or Alaskan Native	399	0.2%	507	544	-145	-26.7%
Asian	50	0.0%	45	77	-27	-35.1%
Black or African American	30,268	17.2%	30,893	32,925	-2,657	-8.1%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	2,050	1.2%	2,314	2,561	-511	-20.0%
White	128,045	72.7%	139,250	149,541	-21,496	-14.4%
Information Not Available	15,385	8.7%	15,425	16,989	-1,604	-9.4%

Years of Age	176,197		188,434	202,637
Younger than 22	4,912	1.7%	4,696	6,836	-1,924	-28.1%
22-24	9,597	3.3%	9,926	12,269	-2,672	-21.8%
25-34	37,702	13.0%	39,788	44,707	-7,005	-15.7%
35-44	36,000	12.4%	38,623	41,073	-5,073	-12.4%
45-54	42,013	14.4%	47,166	48,220	-6,207	-12.9%
55-59	19,092	6.6%	21,021	20,765	-1,673	-8.1%
60-64	13,470	4.6%	14,515	14,900	-1,430	-9.6%
65 and older	13,411	4.6%	12,699	13,867	-456	-3.3%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	176,197		188,434	202,637
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	409	0.2%	382	475	-66	-13.9%
Mining	1,528	0.9%	1,554	2,036	-508	-25.0%
Utilities	281	0.2%	280	357	-76	-21.3%
Construction	14,385	8.1%	19,006	19,978	-5,593	-28.0%
Manufacturing	18,594	10.5%	24,360	21,362	-2,768	-13.0%
Wholesale Trade	5,660	3.2%	6,212	6,814	-1,154	-16.9%
Retail Trade	15,534	8.8%	15,868	18,342	-2,808	-15.3%
Transporation and Warehousing	21,901	12.4%	18,988	22,476	-575	-2.6%
Information	2,484	1.4%	2,628	3,443	-959	-27.9%
Finance and Insurance	4,259	2.4%	4,650	4,822	-563	-11.7%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	1,724	1.0%	1,821	2,025	-301	-14.9%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	8,594	4.9%	8,378	8,775	-181	-2.1%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	870	0.5%	1,007	915	-45	-4.9%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	16,918	9.6%	17,400	20,383	-3,465	-17.0%
Educational Services	8,252	4.7%	9,843	9,134	-882	-9.7%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	23,278	13.2%	23,602	25,134	-1,856	-7.4%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	2,257	1.3%	2,287	2,926	-669	-22.9%
Accomodation and Food Services	17,440	9.9%	17,977	18,798	-1,358	-7.2%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	4,055	2.3%	4,046	4,968	-913	-18.4%
Public Administration	1,883	1.1%	1,986	2,245	-362	-16.1%
Information Not Available	5,891	3.3%	6,159	7,229	-1,338	-18.5%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Puerto Rico
	Aug 2013	Percent	Jul 2013	Aug 2012	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	35,122		40,594	32,316
Male	19,022	54.2%	21,619	17,147	1,875	10.9%
Female	16,100	45.8%	18,975	15,169	931	6.1%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	35,122		40,594	32,316
Hispanic or Latino	33,780	96.2%	39,147	32,189	1,591	4.9%
Not Hispanic or Latino	438	1.2%	482	104	334	321.2%
Information Not Available	904	2.6%	965	23	881	3830.4%

Race	35,122		40,594	32,316
American Indian or Alaskan Native	1,423	4.1%	1,575	1,549	-126	-8.1%
Asian	25	0.1%	24	53	-28	-52.8%
Black or African American	1,245	3.5%	1,513	729	516	70.8%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	57	0.2%	60	37	20	54.1%
White	9,910	28.2%	10,858	2,674	7,236	270.6%
Information Not Available	22,462	64.0%	26,564	27,274	-4,812	-17.6%

Years of Age	35,122		40,594	32,316
Younger than 22	1,284	2.9%	1,376	1,377	-93	-6.8%
22-24	2,829	6.5%	3,163	2,952	-123	-4.2%
25-34	11,212	25.6%	12,616	10,468	744	7.1%
35-44	8,719	19.9%	10,240	7,800	919	11.8%
45-54	6,728	15.4%	7,904	5,891	837	14.2%
55-59	2,163	4.9%	2,659	1,992	171	8.6%
60-64	1,292	3.0%	1,587	1,141	151	13.2%
65 and older	855	2.0%	1,006	686	169	24.6%
Information Not Available	40	0.1%	43	9	31	344.4%

Industry	35,122		40,594	32,316
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	1,343	3.7%	1,205	0	1,343	0.0%
Mining	69	0.2%	66	15	54	360.0%
Utilities	19	0.1%	22	669	-650	-97.2%
Construction	4,748	13.0%	5,492	2,540	2,208	86.9%
Manufacturing	4,139	11.4%	4,547	2,961	1,178	39.8%
Wholesale Trade	748	2.1%	782	4,692	-3,944	-84.1%
Retail Trade	2,615	7.2%	2,775	0	2,615	0.0%
Transporation and Warehousing	606	1.7%	1,149	0	606	0.0%
Information	263	0.7%	243	0	263	0.0%
Finance and Insurance	491	1.3%	525	807	-316	-39.2%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	305	0.8%	321	0	305	0.0%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	1,098	3.0%	1,168	0	1,098	0.0%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	40	0.1%	38	0	40	0.0%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	4,366	12.0%	5,261	0	4,366	0.0%
Educational Services	4,242	11.6%	5,202	0	4,242	0.0%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	1,898	5.2%	2,433	0	1,898	0.0%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	87	0.2%	82	0	87	0.0%
Accomodation and Food Services	1,330	3.6%	1,400	0	1,330	0.0%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	421	1.2%	451	8,498	-8,077	-95.0%
Public Administration	4,362	12.0%	5,385	3,185	1,177	37.0%
Information Not Available	1,932	5.3%	2,047	8,949	-7,017	-78.4%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Rhode Island
	Aug 2013	Percent	Jul 2013	Aug 2012	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	12,693		12,357	13,137
Male	5,164	40.7%	5,230	5,669	-505	-8.9%
Female	7,529	59.3%	7,127	7,468	61	0.8%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	12,693		12,357	13,137
Hispanic or Latino	1,587	12.5%	1,604	1,474	113	7.7%
Not Hispanic or Latino	8,074	63.6%	7,806	8,416	-342	-4.1%
Information Not Available	3,032	23.9%	2,947	3,247	-215	-6.6%

Race	12,693		12,357	13,137
American Indian or Alaskan Native	70	0.6%	75	60	10	16.7%
Asian	183	1.4%	198	171	12	7.0%
Black or African American	705	5.6%	655	639	66	10.3%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	38	0.3%	41	32	6	18.8%
White	8,960	70.6%	8,648	9,375	-415	-4.4%
Information Not Available	2,737	21.6%	2,740	2,860	-123	-4.3%

Years of Age	12,693		12,357	13,137
Younger than 22	216	1.1%	220	260	-44	-16.9%
22-24	575	2.8%	576	606	-31	-5.1%
25-34	2,448	11.9%	2,416	2,561	-113	-4.4%
35-44	2,547	12.4%	2,555	2,683	-136	-5.1%
45-54	3,247	15.8%	3,109	3,412	-165	-4.8%
55-59	1,513	7.4%	1,444	1,427	86	6.0%
60-64	1,102	5.4%	1,056	1,155	-53	-4.6%
65 and older	1,045	5.1%	981	1,033	12	1.2%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	12,693		12,357	13,137
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	16	0.1%	15	8	8	100.0%
Mining	2	0.0%	2	12	-10	-83.3%
Utilities	3	0.0%	4	3	0	0.0%
Construction	694	5.5%	759	952	-258	-27.1%
Manufacturing	1,141	9.0%	1,263	1,263	-122	-9.7%
Wholesale Trade	446	3.5%	475	472	-26	-5.5%
Retail Trade	1,129	8.9%	1,067	1,144	-15	-1.3%
Transporation and Warehousing	1,618	12.7%	1,402	1,525	93	6.1%
Information	132	1.0%	144	239	-107	-44.8%
Finance and Insurance	437	3.4%	443	482	-45	-9.3%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	179	1.4%	174	195	-16	-8.2%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	647	5.1%	641	613	34	5.5%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	119	0.9%	85	81	38	46.9%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	1,022	8.0%	1,046	956	66	6.9%
Educational Services	532	4.2%	455	517	15	2.9%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	1,660	13.1%	1,610	1,662	-2	-0.1%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	158	1.2%	158	138	20	14.5%
Accomodation and Food Services	1,910	15.0%	1,747	1,934	-24	-1.2%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	472	3.7%	476	516	-44	-8.5%
Public Administration	125	1.0%	127	127	-2	-1.6%
Information Not Available	251	2.0%	264	298	-47	-15.8%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants South Carolina
	Aug 2013	Percent	Jul 2013	Aug 2012	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	31,558		35,451	39,041
Male	14,907	47.2%	17,136	18,855	-3,948	-20.9%
Female	16,651	52.8%	18,315	20,186	-3,535	-17.5%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	31,558		35,451	39,041
Hispanic or Latino	975	3.1%	1,116	1,143	-168	-14.7%
Not Hispanic or Latino	29,981	95.0%	33,700	37,108	-7,127	-19.2%
Information Not Available	602	1.9%	635	790	-188	-23.8%

Race	31,558		35,451	39,041
American Indian or Alaskan Native	178	0.6%	257	235	-57	-24.3%
Asian	205	0.6%	231	209	-4	-1.9%
Black or African American	15,440	48.9%	17,439	19,273	-3,833	-19.9%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	46	0.1%	89	61	-15	-24.6%
White	14,658	46.4%	16,329	18,036	-3,378	-18.7%
Information Not Available	1,031	3.3%	1,106	1,227	-196	-16.0%

Years of Age	31,558		35,451	39,041
Younger than 22	984	2.2%	1,062	1,605	-621	-38.7%
22-24	1,170	2.7%	1,326	1,724	-554	-32.1%
25-34	7,539	17.1%	8,351	9,829	-2,290	-23.3%
35-44	7,302	16.6%	8,255	8,804	-1,502	-17.1%
45-54	7,438	16.9%	8,409	8,990	-1,552	-17.3%
55-59	3,279	7.5%	3,655	3,744	-465	-12.4%
60-64	2,231	5.1%	2,571	2,542	-311	-12.2%
65 and older	1,542	3.5%	1,702	1,709	-167	-9.8%
Information Not Available	73	0.2%	120	94	-21	-22.3%

Industry	31,558		35,451	39,041
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	182	0.6%	217	185	-3	-1.6%
Mining	20	0.1%	19	27	-7	-25.9%
Utilities	30	0.1%	29	45	-15	-33.3%
Construction	2,042	6.4%	2,093	2,380	-338	-14.2%
Manufacturing	4,236	13.3%	5,998	6,081	-1,845	-30.3%
Wholesale Trade	934	2.9%	942	1,079	-145	-13.4%
Retail Trade	2,569	8.1%	2,493	3,538	-969	-27.4%
Transporation and Warehousing	1,116	3.5%	1,207	1,300	-184	-14.2%
Information	320	1.0%	331	416	-96	-23.1%
Finance and Insurance	1,028	3.2%	1,169	934	94	10.1%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	392	1.2%	377	527	-135	-25.6%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	1,724	5.4%	1,829	1,712	12	0.7%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	95	0.3%	85	106	-11	-10.4%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	4,859	15.3%	5,366	5,887	-1,028	-17.5%
Educational Services	837	2.6%	894	977	-140	-14.3%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	2,878	9.1%	2,926	3,471	-593	-17.1%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	232	0.7%	229	322	-90	-28.0%
Accomodation and Food Services	2,857	9.0%	3,046	3,455	-598	-17.3%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	1,014	3.2%	1,139	1,076	-62	-5.8%
Public Administration	632	2.0%	650	749	-117	-15.6%
Information Not Available	3,561	11.2%	4,412	4,774	-1,213	-25.4%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants South Dakota
	Aug 2013	Percent	Jul 2013	Aug 2012	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	1,624		1,727	1,783
Male	738	45.4%	785	878	-140	-15.9%
Female	886	54.6%	942	905	-19	-2.1%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	1,624		1,727	1,783
Hispanic or Latino	79	4.9%	32	47	32	68.1%
Not Hispanic or Latino	1,323	81.5%	1,462	1,525	-202	-13.2%
Information Not Available	222	13.7%	233	211	11	5.2%

Race	1,624		1,727	1,783
American Indian or Alaskan Native	291	17.9%	358	392	-101	-25.8%
Asian	10	0.6%	9	2	8	400.0%
Black or African American	37	2.3%	36	51	-14	-27.5%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	2	0.1%	0	0	2	0.0%
White	1,036	63.8%	1,151	1,155	-119	-10.3%
Information Not Available	248	15.3%	173	183	65	35.5%

Years of Age	1,624		1,727	1,783
Younger than 22	27	1.1%	28	28	-1	-3.6%
22-24	47	1.9%	50	47	0	0.0%
25-34	291	11.6%	288	370	-79	-21.4%
35-44	362	14.4%	384	360	2	0.6%
45-54	452	18.0%	473	489	-37	-7.6%
55-59	204	8.1%	235	235	-31	-13.2%
60-64	154	6.1%	167	165	-11	-6.7%
65 and older	87	3.5%	102	89	-2	-2.2%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	1,624		1,727	1,783
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	9	0.6%	17	20	-11	-55.0%
Mining	6	0.4%	20	8	-2	-25.0%
Utilities	4	0.2%	4	2	2	100.0%
Construction	109	6.7%	115	226	-117	-51.8%
Manufacturing	237	14.5%	155	145	92	63.4%
Wholesale Trade	48	2.9%	46	60	-12	-20.0%
Retail Trade	153	9.4%	164	169	-16	-9.5%
Transporation and Warehousing	36	2.2%	37	34	2	5.9%
Information	26	1.6%	28	34	-8	-23.5%
Finance and Insurance	79	4.8%	61	88	-9	-10.2%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	19	1.2%	18	25	-6	-24.0%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	48	2.9%	59	60	-12	-20.0%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	3	0.2%	4	4	-1	-25.0%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	84	5.1%	106	105	-21	-20.0%
Educational Services	97	5.9%	110	128	-31	-24.2%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	167	10.2%	205	187	-20	-10.7%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	43	2.6%	47	41	2	4.9%
Accomodation and Food Services	149	9.1%	185	126	23	18.3%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	30	1.8%	38	32	-2	-6.3%
Public Administration	187	11.5%	207	221	-34	-15.4%
Information Not Available	90	5.5%	101	68	22	32.4%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Tennessee
	Aug 2013	Percent	Jul 2013	Aug 2012	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	39,340		46,505	47,583
Male	18,311	46.5%	21,438	22,604	-4,293	-19.0%
Female	21,029	53.5%	25,067	24,979	-3,950	-15.8%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	39,340		46,505	47,583
Hispanic or Latino	616	1.6%	679	685	-69	-10.1%
Not Hispanic or Latino	38,724	98.4%	45,826	46,898	-8,174	-17.4%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Race	39,340		46,505	47,583
American Indian or Alaskan Native	97	0.2%	118	123	-26	-21.1%
Asian	0	0.0%	817	2	-2	-100.0%
Black or African American	11,983	30.5%	14,981	13,111	-1,128	-8.6%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	242	0.6%	269	327	-85	-26.0%
White	26,337	66.9%	29,558	33,348	-7,011	-21.0%
Information Not Available	681	1.7%	762	672	9	1.3%

Years of Age	39,340		46,505	47,583
Younger than 22	538	0.9%	571	720	-182	-25.3%
22-24	1,534	2.5%	1,723	1,863	-329	-17.7%
25-34	8,056	13.0%	9,509	9,634	-1,578	-16.4%
35-44	9,102	14.6%	10,665	10,872	-1,770	-16.3%
45-54	9,492	15.3%	11,388	11,897	-2,405	-20.2%
55-59	4,455	7.2%	5,157	5,238	-783	-14.9%
60-64	3,472	5.6%	4,160	4,071	-599	-14.7%
65 and older	2,690	4.3%	3,308	3,283	-593	-18.1%
Information Not Available	1	0.0%	24	5	-4	-80.0%

Industry	39,340		46,505	47,583
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	123	0.3%	102	157	-34	-21.7%
Mining	118	0.3%	125	173	-55	-31.8%
Utilities	47	0.1%	42	53	-6	-11.3%
Construction	3,421	8.7%	3,702	4,183	-762	-18.2%
Manufacturing	5,959	15.1%	6,490	8,132	-2,173	-26.7%
Wholesale Trade	1,985	5.0%	2,199	2,194	-209	-9.5%
Retail Trade	3,680	9.3%	3,891	5,019	-1,339	-26.7%
Transporation and Warehousing	1,700	4.3%	2,567	1,869	-169	-9.0%
Information	638	1.6%	653	942	-304	-32.3%
Finance and Insurance	1,266	3.2%	1,324	1,646	-380	-23.1%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	539	1.4%	598	729	-190	-26.1%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	2,315	5.9%	2,498	2,592	-277	-10.7%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	210	0.5%	270	204	6	2.9%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	6,235	15.8%	6,874	6,800	-565	-8.3%
Educational Services	1,565	4.0%	1,319	1,520	45	3.0%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	4,252	10.8%	5,316	5,025	-773	-15.4%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	351	0.9%	376	406	-55	-13.5%
Accomodation and Food Services	2,522	6.4%	3,133	3,147	-625	-19.9%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	1,360	3.4%	1,822	1,560	-200	-12.8%
Public Administration	952	2.4%	962	1,049	-97	-9.2%
Information Not Available	102	0.3%	2,242	183	-81	-44.3%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Texas
	Aug 2013	Percent	Jul 2013	Aug 2012	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	160,285		164,757	159,931
Male	83,917	52.4%	84,932	82,454	1,463	1.8%
Female	76,368	47.6%	79,823	77,477	-1,109	-1.4%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	2	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	160,285		164,757	159,931
Hispanic or Latino	50,239	31.3%	54,403	50,576	-337	-0.7%
Not Hispanic or Latino	95,202	59.4%	95,632	96,239	-1,037	-1.1%
Information Not Available	14,844	9.3%	14,722	13,116	1,728	13.2%

Race	160,285		164,757	159,931
American Indian or Alaskan Native	639	0.4%	736	711	-72	-10.1%
Asian	3,062	1.9%	3,178	2,930	132	4.5%
Black or African American	37,511	23.4%	37,293	36,909	602	1.6%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
White	53,758	33.5%	54,226	55,491	-1,733	-3.1%
Information Not Available	65,315	40.7%	69,324	63,890	1,425	2.2%

Years of Age	160,285		164,757	159,931
Younger than 22	3,951	1.9%	4,124	4,443	-492	-11.1%
22-24	8,821	4.3%	8,890	9,268	-447	-4.8%
25-34	39,809	19.5%	40,278	40,405	-596	-1.5%
35-44	38,535	18.9%	39,577	38,625	-90	-0.2%
45-54	37,940	18.6%	39,250	37,329	611	1.6%
55-59	15,239	7.5%	15,981	14,899	340	2.3%
60-64	9,849	4.8%	10,404	9,119	730	8.0%
65 and older	6,141	3.0%	6,253	5,843	298	5.1%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	160,285		164,757	159,931
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	1,200	0.7%	1,137	1,396	-196	-14.0%
Mining	3,662	2.3%	3,802	3,150	512	16.3%
Utilities	511	0.3%	547	656	-145	-22.1%
Construction	18,809	11.6%	19,432	19,283	-474	-2.5%
Manufacturing	14,144	8.8%	16,042	11,939	2,205	18.5%
Wholesale Trade	8,565	5.3%	8,812	8,206	359	4.4%
Retail Trade	11,648	7.2%	11,971	13,361	-1,713	-12.8%
Transporation and Warehousing	7,539	4.7%	7,493	7,010	529	7.5%
Information	3,184	2.0%	3,148	4,516	-1,332	-29.5%
Finance and Insurance	6,514	4.0%	6,845	6,621	-107	-1.6%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	2,852	1.8%	2,842	3,092	-240	-7.8%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	13,073	8.1%	13,371	11,370	1,703	15.0%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	658	0.4%	664	707	-49	-6.9%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	22,049	13.7%	22,753	21,547	502	2.3%
Educational Services	5,612	3.5%	5,132	5,695	-83	-1.5%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	17,685	11.0%	17,756	18,246	-561	-3.1%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	964	0.6%	941	1,114	-150	-13.5%
Accomodation and Food Services	8,925	5.5%	9,806	9,473	-548	-5.8%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	3,975	2.5%	3,949	3,595	380	10.6%
Public Administration	2,102	1.3%	2,093	2,307	-205	-8.9%
Information Not Available	6,614	4.1%	6,221	6,647	-33	-0.5%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Utah
	Aug 2013	Percent	Jul 2013	Aug 2012	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	13,147		14,341	13,209
Male	7,716	58.7%	8,334	7,547	169	2.2%
Female	5,337	40.6%	5,872	5,561	-224	-4.0%
Information Not Available	94	0.7%	135	101	-7	-6.9%

Ethnicity	13,147		14,341	13,209
Hispanic or Latino	1,193	9.1%	1,344	1,145	48	4.2%
Not Hispanic or Latino	10,549	80.2%	11,349	10,751	-202	-1.9%
Information Not Available	1,405	10.7%	1,648	1,313	92	7.0%

Race	13,147		14,341	13,209
American Indian or Alaskan Native	480	3.7%	515	479	1	0.2%
Asian	304	2.3%	314	247	57	23.1%
Black or African American	308	2.3%	353	256	52	20.3%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	211	1.6%	211	201	10	5.0%
White	10,033	76.3%	10,704	10,064	-31	-0.3%
Information Not Available	1,811	13.8%	2,244	1,962	-151	-7.7%

Years of Age	13,147		14,341	13,209
Younger than 22	322	1.4%	352	384	-62	-16.1%
22-24	680	3.0%	816	785	-105	-13.4%
25-34	3,463	15.5%	3,818	3,553	-90	-2.5%
35-44	3,191	14.3%	3,355	3,120	71	2.3%
45-54	2,916	13.0%	3,236	3,018	-102	-3.4%
55-59	1,353	6.1%	1,478	1,216	137	11.3%
60-64	826	3.7%	889	724	102	14.1%
65 and older	396	1.8%	397	408	-12	-2.9%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	1	-1	-100.0%

Industry	13,147		14,341	13,209
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	33	0.3%	26	29	4	13.8%
Mining	254	1.9%	265	174	80	46.0%
Utilities	17	0.1%	14	7	10	142.9%
Construction	1,613	12.2%	1,795	1,454	159	10.9%
Manufacturing	1,437	10.9%	1,788	1,311	126	9.6%
Wholesale Trade	610	4.6%	591	532	78	14.7%
Retail Trade	1,128	8.6%	1,241	1,287	-159	-12.4%
Transporation and Warehousing	441	3.3%	477	462	-21	-4.5%
Information	418	3.2%	438	444	-26	-5.9%
Finance and Insurance	476	3.6%	480	480	-4	-0.8%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	213	1.6%	219	239	-26	-10.9%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	953	7.2%	974	981	-28	-2.9%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	46	0.3%	52	35	11	31.4%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	1,687	12.8%	1,737	1,818	-131	-7.2%
Educational Services	512	3.9%	546	540	-28	-5.2%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	1,014	7.7%	1,090	948	66	7.0%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	166	1.3%	273	199	-33	-16.6%
Accomodation and Food Services	490	3.7%	563	623	-133	-21.3%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	315	2.4%	325	268	47	17.5%
Public Administration	218	1.7%	267	246	-28	-11.4%
Information Not Available	1,106	8.4%	1,180	1,132	-26	-2.3%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Virginia
	Aug 2013	Percent	Jul 2013	Aug 2012	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	50,013		53,020	52,846
Male	26,068	52.1%	27,740	27,620	-1,552	-5.6%
Female	23,936	47.9%	25,272	25,212	-1,276	-5.1%
Information Not Available	9	0.0%	8	14	-5	-35.7%

Ethnicity	50,013		53,020	52,846
Hispanic or Latino	2,124	4.2%	2,286	2,310	-186	-8.1%
Not Hispanic or Latino	45,614	91.2%	48,468	48,238	-2,624	-5.4%
Information Not Available	2,275	4.5%	2,266	2,298	-23	-1.0%

Race	50,013		53,020	52,846
American Indian or Alaskan Native	2,397	4.8%	2,558	2,594	-197	-7.6%
Asian	1,376	2.8%	1,380	1,213	163	13.4%
Black or African American	19,958	39.9%	21,134	21,190	-1,232	-5.8%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
White	24,007	48.0%	25,682	25,551	-1,544	-6.0%
Information Not Available	2,275	4.5%	2,266	2,298	-23	-1.0%

Years of Age	50,013		53,020	52,846
Younger than 22	840	1.2%	813	1,016	-176	-17.3%
22-24	2,337	3.3%	2,404	2,837	-500	-17.6%
25-34	11,770	16.7%	12,444	12,760	-990	-7.8%
35-44	11,012	15.6%	11,733	11,785	-773	-6.6%
45-54	12,716	18.1%	13,333	13,185	-469	-3.6%
55-59	5,640	8.0%	6,073	5,589	51	0.9%
60-64	3,634	5.2%	3,968	3,572	62	1.7%
65 and older	2,060	2.9%	2,250	2,100	-40	-1.9%
Information Not Available	4	0.0%	2	2	2	100.0%

Industry	50,013		53,020	52,846
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	59	0.1%	59	108	-49	-45.4%
Mining	216	0.4%	283	325	-109	-33.5%
Utilities	27	0.1%	18	30	-3	-10.0%
Construction	1,976	3.9%	2,117	2,632	-656	-24.9%
Manufacturing	1,837	3.7%	2,614	2,513	-676	-26.9%
Wholesale Trade	547	1.1%	523	733	-186	-25.4%
Retail Trade	1,283	2.6%	1,444	1,921	-638	-33.2%
Transporation and Warehousing	940	1.9%	879	1,253	-313	-25.0%
Information	273	0.5%	283	445	-172	-38.7%
Finance and Insurance	428	0.9%	455	547	-119	-21.8%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	253	0.5%	256	393	-140	-35.6%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	2,222	4.4%	2,303	2,663	-441	-16.6%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	72	0.1%	82	104	-32	-30.8%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	2,875	5.7%	3,092	3,523	-648	-18.4%
Educational Services	340	0.7%	334	352	-12	-3.4%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	1,801	3.6%	1,936	2,449	-648	-26.5%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	101	0.2%	135	158	-57	-36.1%
Accomodation and Food Services	1,891	3.8%	2,099	2,287	-396	-17.3%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	704	1.4%	734	830	-126	-15.2%
Public Administration	2,821	5.6%	3,199	3,664	-843	-23.0%
Information Not Available	29,347	58.6%	30,175	25,916	3,431	13.2%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Virgin Islands
	Aug 2013	Percent	Jul 2013	Aug 2012	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	535		531	1,075
Male	302	56.4%	290	719	-417	-58.0%
Female	233	43.6%	241	356	-123	-34.6%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	535		531	1,075
Hispanic or Latino	97	18.1%	105	223	-126	-56.5%
Not Hispanic or Latino	415	77.6%	416	836	-421	-50.4%
Information Not Available	23	4.3%	10	0	23	0.0%

Race	535		531	1,075
American Indian or Alaskan Native	4	0.7%	7	5	-1	-20.0%
Asian	2	0.4%	0	5	-3	-60.0%
Black or African American	345	64.5%	371	777	-432	-55.6%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	13	2.4%	7	12	1	8.3%
White	64	12.0%	38	49	15	30.6%
Information Not Available	107	20.0%	108	227	-120	-52.9%

Years of Age	535		531	1,075
Younger than 22	3	0.5%	11	16	-13	-81.3%
22-24	32	5.7%	36	44	-12	-27.3%
25-34	107	19.2%	118	262	-155	-59.2%
35-44	114	20.5%	92	250	-136	-54.4%
45-54	121	21.7%	133	269	-148	-55.0%
55-59	66	11.8%	64	88	-22	-25.0%
60-64	42	7.5%	32	78	-36	-46.2%
65 and older	48	8.6%	44	66	-18	-27.3%
Information Not Available	2	0.4%	1	2	0	0.0%

Industry	535		531	1,075
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
Mining	0	0.0%	0	2	-2	-100.0%
Utilities	0	0.0%	1	1	-1	-100.0%
Construction	90	16.8%	99	164	-74	-45.1%
Manufacturing	85	15.9%	72	100	-15	-15.0%
Wholesale Trade	2	0.4%	11	6	-4	-66.7%
Retail Trade	71	13.3%	43	56	15	26.8%
Transporation and Warehousing	38	7.1%	16	61	-23	-37.7%
Information	1	0.2%	7	5	-4	-80.0%
Finance and Insurance	3	0.6%	4	12	-9	-75.0%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	13	2.4%	13	17	-4	-23.5%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	9	1.7%	16	47	-38	-80.9%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	9	1.7%	11	14	-5	-35.7%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	26	4.9%	23	54	-28	-51.9%
Educational Services	18	3.4%	28	29	-11	-37.9%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	11	2.1%	27	51	-40	-78.4%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	18	3.4%	18	8	10	125.0%
Accomodation and Food Services	71	13.3%	52	90	-19	-21.1%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	35	6.5%	36	249	-214	-85.9%
Public Administration	11	2.1%	19	32	-21	-65.6%
Information Not Available	24	4.5%	35	77	-53	-68.8%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Vermont
	Aug 2013	Percent	Jul 2013	Aug 2012	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	4,731		5,143	5,262
Male	2,224	47.0%	2,453	2,537	-313	-12.3%
Female	2,507	53.0%	2,690	2,725	-218	-8.0%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	4,731		5,143	5,262
Hispanic or Latino	5	0.1%	6	8	-3	-37.5%
Not Hispanic or Latino	392	8.3%	423	1,684	-1,292	-76.7%
Information Not Available	4,334	91.6%	4,714	3,570	764	21.4%

Race	4,731		5,143	5,262
American Indian or Alaskan Native	1	0.0%	1	16	-15	-93.8%
Asian	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
Black or African American	6	0.1%	10	32	-26	-81.3%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	2	0.0%	3	7	-5	-71.4%
White	388	8.2%	415	1,637	-1,249	-76.3%
Information Not Available	4,334	91.6%	4,714	3,570	764	21.4%

Years of Age	4,731		5,143	5,262
Younger than 22	77	1.7%	85	91	-14	-15.4%
22-24	185	4.0%	211	242	-57	-23.6%
25-34	935	20.2%	1,044	1,096	-161	-14.7%
35-44	941	20.3%	1,012	1,052	-111	-10.6%
45-54	1,186	25.6%	1,249	1,321	-135	-10.2%
55-59	590	12.7%	635	619	-29	-4.7%
60-64	485	10.5%	510	488	-3	-0.6%
65 and older	332	7.2%	397	353	-21	-5.9%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	4,731		5,143	5,262
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	26	0.5%	44	29	-3	-10.3%
Mining	3	0.1%	7	8	-5	-62.5%
Utilities	9	0.2%	11	6	3	50.0%
Construction	283	5.9%	359	403	-120	-29.8%
Manufacturing	646	13.6%	619	509	137	26.9%
Wholesale Trade	146	3.1%	143	190	-44	-23.2%
Retail Trade	479	10.1%	520	610	-131	-21.5%
Transporation and Warehousing	407	8.6%	418	470	-63	-13.4%
Information	55	1.2%	68	52	3	5.8%
Finance and Insurance	67	1.4%	66	90	-23	-25.6%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	49	1.0%	62	49	0	0.0%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	193	4.1%	218	198	-5	-2.5%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	1	0.0%	1	6	-5	-83.3%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	278	5.8%	293	287	-9	-3.1%
Educational Services	279	5.9%	322	344	-65	-18.9%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	656	13.8%	652	720	-64	-8.9%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	34	0.7%	43	40	-6	-15.0%
Accomodation and Food Services	918	19.3%	1,027	983	-65	-6.6%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	109	2.3%	166	129	-20	-15.5%
Public Administration	93	2.0%	104	139	-46	-33.1%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Washington
	Aug 2013	Percent	Jul 2013	Aug 2012	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	57,699		59,212	62,927
Male	31,446	54.5%	33,380	34,170	-2,724	-8.0%
Female	26,248	45.5%	25,824	28,755	-2,507	-8.7%
Information Not Available	5	0.0%	8	2	3	150.0%

Ethnicity	57,699		59,212	62,927
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	57,699	100.0%	59,212	62,927	-5,228	-8.3%

Race	57,699		59,212	62,927
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	57,699	100.0%	59,212	62,927	-5,228	-8.3%

Years of Age	57,699		59,212	62,927
Younger than 22	914	1.7%	841	1,138	-224	-19.7%
22-24	2,480	4.7%	2,475	3,114	-634	-20.4%
25-34	13,501	25.4%	13,964	14,904	-1,403	-9.4%
35-44	13,116	24.6%	13,415	14,225	-1,109	-7.8%
45-54	14,372	27.0%	14,623	15,585	-1,213	-7.8%
55-59	6,515	12.2%	6,790	6,746	-231	-3.4%
60-64	4,461	8.4%	4,679	4,637	-176	-3.8%
65 and older	2,340	4.4%	2,425	2,578	-238	-9.2%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	57,699		59,212	62,927
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	57,699	100.0%	59,212	62,927	-5,228	-8.3%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Wisconsin
	Aug 2013	Percent	Jul 2013	Aug 2012	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	62,985		69,990	73,156
Male	31,014	49.2%	35,107	36,234	-5,220	-14.4%
Female	31,921	50.7%	34,841	36,885	-4,964	-13.5%
Information Not Available	50	0.1%	42	37	13	35.1%

Ethnicity	62,985		69,990	73,156
Hispanic or Latino	2,866	4.6%	3,353	3,131	-265	-8.5%
Not Hispanic or Latino	59,344	94.2%	65,811	69,228	-9,884	-14.3%
Information Not Available	775	1.2%	826	797	-22	-2.8%

Race	62,985		69,990	73,156
American Indian or Alaskan Native	894	1.4%	931	1,010	-116	-11.5%
Asian	957	1.5%	1,015	1,031	-74	-7.2%
Black or African American	10,197	16.2%	11,072	10,856	-659	-6.1%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	69	0.1%	84	95	-26	-27.4%
White	50,093	79.5%	56,062	59,367	-9,274	-15.6%
Information Not Available	775	1.2%	826	797	-22	-2.8%

Years of Age	62,985		69,990	73,156
Younger than 22	1,543	1.4%	1,582	2,105	-562	-26.7%
22-24	3,313	3.1%	3,604	4,290	-977	-22.8%
25-34	14,265	13.2%	15,624	16,497	-2,232	-13.5%
35-44	12,476	11.6%	13,901	14,779	-2,303	-15.6%
45-54	15,108	14.0%	17,213	17,806	-2,698	-15.2%
55-59	7,318	6.8%	8,141	8,047	-729	-9.1%
60-64	5,152	4.8%	5,684	5,430	-278	-5.1%
65 and older	3,804	3.5%	4,234	4,129	-325	-7.9%
Information Not Available	6	0.0%	7	73	-67	-91.8%

Industry	62,985		69,990	73,156
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	397	0.6%	490	439	-42	-9.6%
Mining	57	0.1%	84	37	20	54.1%
Utilities	101	0.2%	98	66	35	53.0%
Construction	3,080	4.9%	3,863	5,285	-2,205	-41.7%
Manufacturing	11,947	18.8%	14,120	12,091	-144	-1.2%
Wholesale Trade	2,072	3.3%	2,268	2,430	-358	-14.7%
Retail Trade	6,084	9.6%	6,873	7,693	-1,609	-20.9%
Transporation and Warehousing	5,442	8.6%	5,620	6,133	-691	-11.3%
Information	863	1.4%	903	1,091	-228	-20.9%
Finance and Insurance	1,776	2.8%	1,848	2,027	-251	-12.4%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	523	0.8%	539	629	-106	-16.9%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	2,387	3.8%	2,541	2,752	-365	-13.3%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	422	0.7%	399	388	34	8.8%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	7,212	11.4%	7,994	8,322	-1,110	-13.3%
Educational Services	1,795	2.8%	2,023	2,159	-364	-16.9%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	8,012	12.6%	8,386	8,732	-720	-8.2%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	938	1.5%	945	1,031	-93	-9.0%
Accomodation and Food Services	5,077	8.0%	5,697	6,148	-1,071	-17.4%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	1,531	2.4%	1,750	1,896	-365	-19.3%
Public Administration	1,379	2.2%	1,498	1,567	-188	-12.0%
Information Not Available	1,890	3.0%	2,051	2,240	-350	-15.6%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants West Virginia
	Aug 2013	Percent	Jul 2013	Aug 2012	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	14,455		15,828	17,033
Male	9,192	63.6%	10,083	11,422	-2,230	-19.5%
Female	5,258	36.4%	5,742	5,604	-346	-6.2%
Information Not Available	5	0.0%	3	7	-2	-28.6%

Ethnicity	14,455		15,828	17,033
Hispanic or Latino	226	1.6%	289	273	-47	-17.2%
Not Hispanic or Latino	10,690	74.0%	11,486	12,200	-1,510	-12.4%
Information Not Available	3,539	24.5%	4,053	4,560	-1,021	-22.4%

Race	14,455		15,828	17,033
American Indian or Alaskan Native	47	0.3%	56	54	-7	-13.0%
Asian	36	0.2%	33	45	-9	-20.0%
Black or African American	616	4.3%	595	693	-77	-11.1%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	11	0.1%	7	3	8	266.7%
White	12,879	89.1%	14,054	15,190	-2,311	-15.2%
Information Not Available	866	6.0%	1,083	1,048	-182	-17.4%

Years of Age	14,455		15,828	17,033
Younger than 22	338	1.3%	324	420	-82	-19.5%
22-24	782	3.0%	794	917	-135	-14.7%
25-34	3,391	12.8%	3,652	4,024	-633	-15.7%
35-44	3,612	13.6%	4,111	4,268	-656	-15.4%
45-54	3,547	13.4%	3,871	4,043	-496	-12.3%
55-59	1,377	5.2%	1,475	1,811	-434	-24.0%
60-64	856	3.2%	990	964	-108	-11.2%
65 and older	549	2.1%	608	579	-30	-5.2%
Information Not Available	3	0.0%	3	7	-4	-57.1%

Industry	14,455		15,828	17,033
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	87	0.6%	104	47	40	85.1%
Mining	1,189	8.2%	1,244	1,949	-760	-39.0%
Utilities	29	0.2%	41	42	-13	-31.0%
Construction	2,417	16.6%	2,819	2,900	-483	-16.7%
Manufacturing	993	6.8%	1,257	1,774	-781	-44.0%
Wholesale Trade	411	2.8%	539	570	-159	-27.9%
Retail Trade	1,217	8.4%	1,125	1,209	8	0.7%
Transporation and Warehousing	410	2.8%	611	539	-129	-23.9%
Information	132	0.9%	127	144	-12	-8.3%
Finance and Insurance	225	1.5%	239	189	36	19.0%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	124	0.9%	151	171	-47	-27.5%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	790	5.4%	594	644	146	22.7%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	42	0.3%	56	52	-10	-19.2%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	1,310	9.0%	1,391	1,418	-108	-7.6%
Educational Services	401	2.8%	426	298	103	34.6%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	1,775	12.2%	1,979	1,768	7	0.4%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	129	0.9%	125	93	36	38.7%
Accomodation and Food Services	970	6.7%	949	1,016	-46	-4.5%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	543	3.7%	651	696	-153	-22.0%
Public Administration	221	1.5%	283	228	-7	-3.1%
Information Not Available	1,040	7.2%	1,117	1,286	-246	-19.1%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Wyoming
	Aug 2013	Percent	Jul 2013	Aug 2012	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	2,941		3,159	3,297
Male	1,773	60.3%	1,935	2,021	-248	-12.3%
Female	1,168	39.7%	1,224	1,276	-108	-8.5%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	2,941		3,159	3,297
Hispanic or Latino	363	12.3%	342	312	51	16.3%
Not Hispanic or Latino	2,440	83.0%	2,683	2,790	-350	-12.5%
Information Not Available	138	4.7%	134	195	-57	-29.2%

Race	2,941		3,159	3,297
American Indian or Alaskan Native	197	6.7%	212	239	-42	-17.6%
Asian	26	0.9%	15	22	4	18.2%
Black or African American	66	2.2%	60	40	26	65.0%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	12	0.4%	11	8	4	50.0%
White	2,346	79.8%	2,594	2,745	-399	-14.5%
Information Not Available	294	10.0%	267	243	51	21.0%

Years of Age	2,941		3,159	3,297
Younger than 22	37	0.7%	26	54	-17	-31.5%
22-24	144	2.9%	195	187	-43	-23.0%
25-34	698	13.8%	686	740	-42	-5.7%
35-44	592	11.7%	672	722	-130	-18.0%
45-54	703	13.9%	838	831	-128	-15.4%
55-59	401	7.9%	365	400	1	0.3%
60-64	241	4.8%	230	239	2	0.8%
65 and older	125	2.5%	147	124	1	0.8%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	2,941		3,159	3,297
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	27	0.9%	15	21	6	28.6%
Mining	251	8.5%	315	320	-69	-21.6%
Utilities	13	0.4%	11	15	-2	-13.3%
Construction	478	16.1%	524	717	-239	-33.3%
Manufacturing	136	4.6%	124	107	29	27.1%
Wholesale Trade	78	2.6%	83	91	-13	-14.3%
Retail Trade	203	6.8%	232	227	-24	-10.6%
Transporation and Warehousing	73	2.5%	125	117	-44	-37.6%
Information	20	0.7%	29	26	-6	-23.1%
Finance and Insurance	40	1.3%	27	45	-5	-11.1%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	28	0.9%	39	42	-14	-33.3%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	107	3.6%	102	114	-7	-6.1%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	2	0.1%	2	0	2	0.0%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	132	4.4%	124	122	10	8.2%
Educational Services	93	3.1%	84	108	-15	-13.9%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	285	9.6%	315	318	-33	-10.4%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	22	0.7%	12	32	-10	-31.3%
Accomodation and Food Services	185	6.2%	248	203	-18	-8.9%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	121	4.1%	134	98	23	23.5%
Public Administration	149	5.0%	153	146	3	2.1%
Information Not Available	498	16.8%	461	428	70	16.4%