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Characteristics of Insured Unemployment

August 2014

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants : Total Claimants August 2014
	Aug 2014	Jul 2014	Monthly Change	Aug 2013	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
United States	2,393,396	2,550,229	-156,833	2,785,251	-391,855	-14.1
Alaska	8,361	8,968	-607	9,055	-694	-7.7
Alabama	26,919	30,916	-3,997	33,806	-6,887	-20.4
Arkansas	21,964	24,524	-2,560	27,711	-5,747	-20.7
Arizona	41,921	45,607	-3,686	46,143	-4,222	-9.1
California	403,807	419,562	-15,755	456,791	-52,984	-11.6
Colorado	26,360	29,696	-3,336	31,458	-5,098	-16.2
Connecticut	50,112	50,827	-715	55,344	-5,232	-9.5
District of Columbia	10,947	11,112	-165	12,278	-1,331	-10.8
Delaware	7,722	8,027	-305	8,790	-1,068	-12.2
Florida	96,472	94,057	2,415	107,994	-11,522	-10.7
Georgia	45,739	52,390	-6,651	59,015	-13,276	-22.5
Hawaii	9,750	10,260	-510	11,199	-1,449	-12.9
Iowa	19,476	19,631	-155	20,513	-1,037	-5.1
Idaho	8,296	8,764	-468	10,187	-1,891	-18.6
Illinois	125,709	142,565	-16,856	149,877	-24,168	-16.1
Indiana	26,331	30,536	-4,205	40,568	-14,237	-35.1
Kansas	15,433	18,453	-3,020	21,904	-6,471	-29.5
Kentucky	24,606	27,508	-2,902	31,069	-6,463	-20.8
Louisiana	19,620	20,704	-1,084	28,469	-8,849	-31.1
Massachusetts	76,753	77,182	-429	75,100	1,653	2.2
Maryland	51,470	52,361	-891	52,727	-1,257	-2.4
Maine	6,851	7,545	-694	8,136	-1,285	-15.8
Michigan	74,241	90,540	-16,299	72,345	1,896	2.6
Minnesota	32,564	35,777	-3,213	38,704	-6,140	-15.9
Missouri	35,813	39,698	-3,885	44,819	-9,006	-20.1
Mississippi	20,901	24,680	-3,779	26,819	-5,918	-22.1
Montana	4,438	4,843	-405	5,959	-1,521	-25.5
North Carolina	47,903	49,084	-1,181	77,819	-29,916	-38.4
North Dakota	1,767	2,095	-328	2,213	-446	-20.2
Nebraska	6,424	8,529	-2,105	8,027	-1,603	-20.0
New Hampshire	7,175	6,915	260	7,807	-632	-8.1
New Jersey	125,903	130,981	-5,078	132,577	-6,674	-5.0
New Mexico	13,389	16,394	-3,005	15,116	-1,727	-11.4
Nevada	28,219	30,631	-2,412	27,264	955	3.5
New York	185,883	192,821	-6,938	229,326	-43,443	-18.9
Ohio	59,429	66,936	-7,507	68,134	-8,705	-12.8
Oklahoma	17,091	18,806	-1,715	25,800	-8,709	-33.8
Oregon	33,213	36,574	-3,361	41,063	-7,850	-19.1
Pennsylvania	155,779	159,164	-3,385	176,197	-20,418	-11.6
Puerto Rico	31,397	34,347	-2,950	35,122	-3,725	-10.6
Rhode Island	11,933	11,942	-9	12,693	-760	-6.0
South Carolina	26,373	28,700	-2,327	31,558	-5,185	-16.4
South Dakota	1,262	1,407	-145	1,624	-362	-22.3
Tennessee	31,177	36,474	-5,297	39,340	-8,163	-20.7
Texas	146,541	148,981	-2,440	160,285	-13,744	-8.6
Utah	10,850	11,832	-982	13,147	-2,297	-17.5
Virginia	41,999	44,117	-2,118	50,013	-8,014	-16.0
Virgin Islands	390	364	26	535	-145	-27.1
Vermont	4,103	4,396	-293	4,731	-628	-13.3
Washington	48,113	50,557	-2,444	57,699	-9,586	-16.6
Wisconsin	49,694	54,232	-4,538	62,985	-13,291	-21.1
West Virginia	12,614	14,926	-2,312	14,455	-1,841	-12.7
Wyoming	2,199	2,291	-92	2,941	-742	-25.2

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants US Totals
	Aug 2014	Percent	Jul 2014	Aug 2013	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	2,393,396		2,550,229	2,785,251	-391,855	-14.1
Male	1,169,761	48.9%	1,263,359	1,394,681	-224,920	-16.1%
Female	1,205,020	50.3%	1,270,277	1,374,108	-169,088	-12.3%
Information Not Available	18,615	0.8%	16,593	16,462	2,153	13.1%

Ethnicity	2,393,396		2,550,229	2,785,251
Hispanic or Latino	411,307	17.2%	430,784	443,258	-31,951	-7.2%
Not Hispanic or Latino	1,669,743	84.2%	1,744,870	1,965,812	-296,069	-15.1%
Information Not Available	312,345	11.5%	374,576	376,180	-63,835	-17.0%

Race	2,393,396		2,550,229	2,785,251
American Indian or Alaskan Native	30,152	1.3%	31,260	34,617	-4,465	-12.9%
Asian	78,053	3.3%	83,709	88,276	-10,223	-11.6%
Black or African American	472,970	19.8%	488,869	541,585	-68,615	-12.7%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	11,429	0.5%	12,906	13,067	-1,638	-12.5%
White	1,241,453	51.9%	1,304,761	1,469,524	-228,071	-15.5%
Information Not Available	559,339	23.4%	628,723	638,183	-78,844	-12.4%

Years of Age	2,393,396		2,550,229	2,785,251
Younger than 22	47,437	2.0%	46,976	62,562	-15,125	-24.2%
22-24	116,409	4.9%	122,799	148,628	-32,219	-21.7%
25-34	550,409	23.0%	579,440	653,627	-103,218	-15.8%
35-44	517,615	21.6%	555,581	609,139	-91,524	-15.0%
45-54	570,213	23.8%	614,954	665,905	-95,692	-14.4%
55-59	257,750	10.8%	282,411	291,839	-34,089	-11.7%
60-64	177,872	7.4%	188,122	195,673	-17,801	-9.1%
65 and older	134,274	5.6%	140,260	143,834	-9,560	-6.6%
Information Not Available	21,417	0.9%	19,686	14,044	7,373	52.5%

Industry	2,393,396		2,550,229	2,785,251
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	54,171	2.3%	55,920	51,279	2,892	5.6%
Mining	10,367	0.4%	11,846	14,439	-4,072	-28.2%
Utilities	4,602	0.2%	4,791	6,541	-1,939	-29.6%
Construction	177,523	7.4%	195,858	221,985	-44,462	-20.0%
Manufacturing	213,555	8.9%	247,783	259,258	-45,703	-17.6%
Wholesale Trade	76,718	3.2%	79,303	88,098	-11,380	-12.9%
Retail Trade	194,528	8.1%	202,633	224,137	-29,609	-13.2%
Transporation and Warehousing	135,337	5.7%	134,401	151,399	-16,062	-10.6%
Information	73,100	3.1%	77,633	79,427	-6,327	-8.0%
Finance and Insurance	72,938	3.0%	77,623	81,811	-8,873	-10.8%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	30,954	1.3%	32,760	36,854	-5,900	-16.0%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	129,596	5.4%	135,258	148,106	-18,510	-12.5%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	11,916	0.5%	13,960	12,658	-742	-5.9%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	299,937	12.5%	318,173	339,905	-39,968	-11.8%
Educational Services	105,084	4.4%	114,317	132,025	-26,941	-20.4%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	239,331	10.0%	253,782	284,339	-45,008	-15.8%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	36,539	1.5%	36,772	42,859	-6,320	-14.7%
Accomodation and Food Services	170,617	7.1%	180,895	194,911	-24,294	-12.5%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	61,703	2.6%	67,864	73,599	-11,896	-16.2%
Public Administration	46,847	2.0%	48,395	57,004	-10,157	-17.8%
Information Not Available	248,033	10.4%	260,262	284,617	-36,584	-12.9%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Alaska
	Aug 2014	Percent	Jul 2014	Aug 2013	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	8,361		8,968	9,055	-694	-7.7
Male	3,974	47.5%	4,474	4,225	-251	-5.9%
Female	4,387	52.5%	4,494	4,830	-443	-9.2%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	8,361		8,968	9,055
Hispanic or Latino	364	4.4%	442	449	-85	-18.9%
Not Hispanic or Latino	7,942	95.0%	8,442	8,504	-562	-6.6%
Information Not Available	55	0.7%	84	102	-47	-46.1%

Race	8,361		8,968	9,055
American Indian or Alaskan Native	2,839	34.0%	3,079	3,014	-175	-5.8%
Asian	475	5.7%	547	412	63	15.3%
Black or African American	432	5.2%	429	475	-43	-9.1%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	199	2.4%	225	220	-21	-9.5%
White	4,141	49.5%	4,335	4,552	-411	-9.0%
Information Not Available	275	3.3%	353	382	-107	-28.0%

Years of Age	8,361		8,968	9,055
Younger than 22	224	1.9%	208	281	-57	-20.3%
22-24	494	4.1%	576	674	-180	-26.7%
25-34	2,426	20.2%	2,548	2,697	-271	-10.0%
35-44	1,813	15.1%	1,853	1,881	-68	-3.6%
45-54	1,764	14.7%	1,862	1,913	-149	-7.8%
55-59	748	6.2%	949	760	-12	-1.6%
60-64	518	4.3%	576	497	21	4.2%
65 and older	374	3.1%	396	352	22	6.3%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	8,361		8,968	9,055
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	36	0.4%	38	19	17	89.5%
Mining	199	2.4%	203	297	-98	-33.0%
Utilities	53	0.6%	36	39	14	35.9%
Construction	809	9.6%	980	790	19	2.4%
Manufacturing	445	5.3%	392	325	120	36.9%
Wholesale Trade	121	1.4%	136	127	-6	-4.7%
Retail Trade	952	11.3%	856	1,054	-102	-9.7%
Transporation and Warehousing	555	6.6%	670	564	-9	-1.6%
Information	85	1.0%	102	123	-38	-30.9%
Finance and Insurance	181	2.2%	160	212	-31	-14.6%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	183	2.2%	224	187	-4	-2.1%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	282	3.4%	312	351	-69	-19.7%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	25	0.3%	12	12	13	108.3%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	497	5.9%	535	550	-53	-9.6%
Educational Services	462	5.5%	455	482	-20	-4.1%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	1,152	13.7%	1,250	1,275	-123	-9.6%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	84	1.0%	100	132	-48	-36.4%
Accomodation and Food Services	672	8.0%	672	787	-115	-14.6%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	481	5.7%	497	471	10	2.1%
Public Administration	780	9.3%	983	959	-179	-18.7%
Information Not Available	307	3.7%	355	299	8	2.7%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Alabama
	Aug 2014	Percent	Jul 2014	Aug 2013	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	26,919		30,916	33,806
Male	13,070	48.6%	14,538	16,342	-3,272	-20.0%
Female	13,828	51.4%	16,341	17,443	-3,615	-20.7%
Information Not Available	21	0.1%	37	21	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	26,919		30,916	33,806
Hispanic or Latino	301	1.1%	375	430	-129	-30.0%
Not Hispanic or Latino	19,741	73.3%	23,022	25,468	-5,727	-22.5%
Information Not Available	6,877	25.5%	7,519	7,908	-1,031	-13.0%

Race	26,919		30,916	33,806
American Indian or Alaskan Native	1,361	5.1%	1,288	1,693	-332	-19.6%
Asian	594	2.2%	562	700	-106	-15.1%
Black or African American	11,272	41.9%	13,601	14,613	-3,341	-22.9%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	36	0.1%	54	38	-2	-5.3%
White	12,339	45.8%	13,818	15,213	-2,874	-18.9%
Information Not Available	1,317	4.9%	1,593	1,549	-232	-15.0%

Years of Age	26,919		30,916	33,806
Younger than 22	804	2.1%	1,004	1,104	-300	-27.2%
22-24	1,643	4.4%	1,874	2,306	-663	-28.8%
25-34	6,999	18.6%	7,893	8,783	-1,784	-20.3%
35-44	6,287	16.7%	7,078	7,681	-1,394	-18.1%
45-54	6,002	15.9%	6,936	7,563	-1,561	-20.6%
55-59	2,458	6.5%	2,896	2,992	-534	-17.8%
60-64	1,595	4.2%	1,853	1,995	-400	-20.1%
65 and older	1,119	3.0%	1,371	1,373	-254	-18.5%
Information Not Available	12	0.0%	11	9	3	33.3%

Industry	26,919		30,916	33,806
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	246	0.9%	202	285	-39	-13.7%
Mining	102	0.4%	106	216	-114	-52.8%
Utilities	40	0.1%	40	60	-20	-33.3%
Construction	2,242	8.3%	2,476	2,920	-678	-23.2%
Manufacturing	4,500	16.6%	5,481	4,963	-463	-9.3%
Wholesale Trade	908	3.3%	929	1,118	-210	-18.8%
Retail Trade	2,880	10.6%	3,096	3,470	-590	-17.0%
Transporation and Warehousing	770	2.8%	1,071	1,191	-421	-35.3%
Information	387	1.4%	397	338	49	14.5%
Finance and Insurance	772	2.8%	791	911	-139	-15.3%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	344	1.3%	351	409	-65	-15.9%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	1,466	5.4%	1,574	1,855	-389	-21.0%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	74	0.3%	70	89	-15	-16.9%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	3,499	12.9%	3,984	4,553	-1,054	-23.1%
Educational Services	694	2.6%	745	798	-104	-13.0%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	2,780	10.2%	3,340	3,790	-1,010	-26.6%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	179	0.7%	168	165	14	8.5%
Accomodation and Food Services	2,228	8.2%	2,744	2,892	-664	-23.0%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	744	2.7%	1,273	1,083	-339	-31.3%
Public Administration	377	1.4%	400	702	-325	-46.3%
Information Not Available	1,687	6.2%	1,678	1,998	-311	-15.6%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Arkansas
	Aug 2014	Percent	Jul 2014	Aug 2013	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	21,964		24,524	27,711
Male	10,168	46.3%	10,974	13,799	-3,631	-26.3%
Female	10,883	49.5%	12,670	13,332	-2,449	-18.4%
Information Not Available	913	4.2%	880	580	333	57.4%

Ethnicity	21,964		24,524	27,711
Hispanic or Latino	994	4.5%	1,394	1,006	-12	-1.2%
Not Hispanic or Latino	20,057	91.3%	22,250	26,125	-6,068	-23.2%
Information Not Available	913	4.2%	880	580	333	57.4%

Race	21,964		24,524	27,711
American Indian or Alaskan Native	242	1.1%	264	323	-81	-25.1%
Asian	196	0.9%	232	245	-49	-20.0%
Black or African American	6,504	29.6%	7,330	8,099	-1,595	-19.7%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	199	0.9%	208	252	-53	-21.0%
White	12,916	58.8%	14,216	17,206	-4,290	-24.9%
Information Not Available	1,907	8.7%	2,274	1,586	321	20.2%

Years of Age	21,964		24,524	27,711
Younger than 22	591	1.8%	677	989	-398	-40.2%
22-24	1,184	3.5%	1,366	1,715	-531	-31.0%
25-34	5,168	15.4%	5,676	6,714	-1,546	-23.0%
35-44	4,847	14.4%	5,566	6,314	-1,467	-23.2%
45-54	4,972	14.8%	5,594	6,359	-1,387	-21.8%
55-59	2,015	6.0%	2,242	2,409	-394	-16.4%
60-64	1,321	3.9%	1,459	1,581	-260	-16.4%
65 and older	953	2.8%	1,064	1,050	-97	-9.2%
Information Not Available	913	2.7%	880	580	333	57.4%

Industry	21,964		24,524	27,711
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	200	0.9%	201	243	-43	-17.7%
Mining	177	0.8%	160	212	-35	-16.5%
Utilities	49	0.2%	57	34	15	44.1%
Construction	1,511	6.8%	1,729	2,259	-748	-33.1%
Manufacturing	2,919	13.2%	3,581	4,325	-1,406	-32.5%
Wholesale Trade	881	4.0%	867	1,256	-375	-29.9%
Retail Trade	2,170	9.8%	2,267	2,451	-281	-11.5%
Transporation and Warehousing	770	3.5%	854	1,058	-288	-27.2%
Information	262	1.2%	281	287	-25	-8.7%
Finance and Insurance	405	1.8%	411	398	7	1.8%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	251	1.1%	249	295	-44	-14.9%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	920	4.2%	905	1,041	-121	-11.6%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	71	0.3%	73	100	-29	-29.0%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	2,503	11.3%	2,724	3,110	-607	-19.5%
Educational Services	576	2.6%	679	827	-251	-30.4%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	3,042	13.7%	3,848	3,841	-799	-20.8%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	151	0.7%	135	169	-18	-10.7%
Accomodation and Food Services	1,635	7.4%	1,781	1,947	-312	-16.0%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	468	2.1%	612	573	-105	-18.3%
Public Administration	415	1.9%	440	480	-65	-13.5%
Information Not Available	2,588	11.7%	2,670	2,805	-217	-7.7%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Arizona
	Aug 2014	Percent	Jul 2014	Aug 2013	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	41,921		45,607	46,143
Male	23,315	55.6%	24,827	25,420	-2,105	-8.3%
Female	18,575	44.3%	20,751	20,697	-2,122	-10.3%
Information Not Available	31	0.1%	29	26	5	19.2%

Ethnicity	41,921		45,607	46,143
Hispanic or Latino	17,437	41.6%	19,657	18,409	-972	-5.3%
Not Hispanic or Latino	16,898	40.3%	18,041	18,821	-1,923	-10.2%
Information Not Available	7,586	18.1%	7,909	8,913	-1,327	-14.9%

Race	41,921		45,607	46,143
American Indian or Alaskan Native	2,525	6.0%	2,871	2,880	-355	-12.3%
Asian	2,231	5.3%	2,192	2,216	15	0.7%
Black or African American	2,716	6.5%	2,839	3,068	-352	-11.5%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	282	0.7%	368	266	16	6.0%
White	21,441	51.1%	23,852	26,218	-4,777	-18.2%
Information Not Available	12,726	30.4%	13,485	11,495	1,231	10.7%

Years of Age	41,921		45,607	46,143
Younger than 22	1,119	1.9%	1,189	1,238	-119	-9.6%
22-24	2,379	4.0%	2,333	2,519	-140	-5.6%
25-34	9,259	15.4%	9,808	10,150	-891	-8.8%
35-44	8,876	14.8%	9,735	9,771	-895	-9.2%
45-54	10,438	17.4%	11,729	11,886	-1,448	-12.2%
55-59	4,678	7.8%	5,171	5,067	-389	-7.7%
60-64	3,210	5.3%	3,509	3,372	-162	-4.8%
65 and older	1,962	3.3%	2,133	2,140	-178	-8.3%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	41,921		45,607	46,143
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	6,785	13.9%	7,996	6,885	-100	-1.5%
Mining	116	0.2%	112	104	12	11.5%
Utilities	69	0.1%	70	66	3	4.5%
Construction	3,829	7.9%	4,090	3,187	642	20.1%
Manufacturing	1,965	4.0%	2,040	2,212	-247	-11.2%
Wholesale Trade	1,547	3.2%	1,533	1,737	-190	-10.9%
Retail Trade	2,802	5.8%	2,791	2,959	-157	-5.3%
Transporation and Warehousing	892	1.8%	918	934	-42	-4.5%
Information	474	1.0%	492	479	-5	-1.0%
Finance and Insurance	1,570	3.2%	1,654	1,403	167	11.9%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	676	1.4%	712	787	-111	-14.1%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	1,923	3.9%	2,037	2,091	-168	-8.0%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	134	0.3%	133	212	-78	-36.8%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	4,607	9.5%	4,865	4,885	-278	-5.7%
Educational Services	1,211	2.5%	1,522	1,555	-344	-22.1%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	3,004	6.2%	3,578	3,640	-636	-17.5%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	488	1.0%	485	550	-62	-11.3%
Accomodation and Food Services	2,039	4.2%	2,460	2,142	-103	-4.8%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	825	1.7%	902	827	-2	-0.2%
Public Administration	817	1.7%	983	1,024	-207	-20.2%
Information Not Available	6,148	12.6%	6,234	8,464	-2,316	-27.4%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants California
	Aug 2014	Percent	Jul 2014	Aug 2013	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	403,807		419,562	456,791
Male	205,205	50.8%	223,602	236,958	-31,753	-13.4%
Female	198,109	49.1%	195,770	219,252	-21,143	-9.6%
Information Not Available	493	0.1%	190	581	-88	-15.1%

Ethnicity	403,807		419,562	456,791
Hispanic or Latino	141,042	34.9%	143,432	140,492	550	0.4%
Not Hispanic or Latino	217,032	53.7%	224,457	243,634	-26,602	-10.9%
Information Not Available	45,733	11.3%	51,673	72,665	-26,932	-37.1%

Race	403,807		419,562	456,791
American Indian or Alaskan Native	3,647	0.9%	2,850	2,903	744	25.6%
Asian	37,946	9.4%	38,850	42,863	-4,917	-11.5%
Black or African American	35,384	8.8%	32,961	35,316	68	0.2%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
White	140,056	34.7%	149,796	162,552	-22,496	-13.8%
Information Not Available	186,774	46.3%	195,105	213,157	-26,383	-12.4%

Years of Age	403,807		419,562	456,791
Younger than 22	8,476	1.7%	7,124	10,160	-1,684	-16.6%
22-24	20,107	3.9%	20,992	25,060	-4,953	-19.8%
25-34	96,492	18.8%	98,313	110,013	-13,521	-12.3%
35-44	85,847	16.7%	91,758	99,660	-13,813	-13.9%
45-54	97,379	19.0%	101,068	108,368	-10,989	-10.1%
55-59	42,382	8.3%	48,159	48,959	-6,577	-13.4%
60-64	30,751	6.0%	28,971	32,510	-1,759	-5.4%
65 and older	22,373	4.4%	23,082	22,061	312	1.4%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	95	0	0	0.0%

Industry	403,807		419,562	456,791
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	33,807	7.7%	35,051	28,640	5,167	18.0%
Mining	591	0.1%	570	871	-280	-32.1%
Utilities	1,478	0.3%	1,330	3,096	-1,618	-52.3%
Construction	31,737	7.3%	35,241	40,154	-8,417	-21.0%
Manufacturing	34,694	7.9%	35,810	39,283	-4,589	-11.7%
Wholesale Trade	1,774	0.4%	2,185	2,806	-1,032	-36.8%
Retail Trade	29,174	6.7%	31,441	35,026	-5,852	-16.7%
Transporation and Warehousing	11,433	2.6%	12,443	15,191	-3,758	-24.7%
Information	37,453	8.6%	40,370	38,703	-1,250	-3.2%
Finance and Insurance	9,265	2.1%	10,069	11,708	-2,443	-20.9%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	3,450	0.8%	3,325	4,161	-711	-17.1%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	8,673	2.0%	7,124	10,450	-1,777	-17.0%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	81,806	18.7%	85,014	85,630	-3,824	-4.5%
Educational Services	27,992	6.4%	32,391	38,122	-10,130	-26.6%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	30,160	6.9%	28,401	36,284	-6,124	-16.9%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	8,378	1.9%	7,124	9,676	-1,298	-13.4%
Accomodation and Food Services	20,205	4.6%	20,232	23,125	-2,920	-12.6%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	10,349	2.4%	11,494	11,611	-1,262	-10.9%
Public Administration	4,534	1.0%	4,369	5,031	-497	-9.9%
Information Not Available	16,854	3.9%	15,578	17,223	-369	-2.1%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Colorado
	Aug 2014	Percent	Jul 2014	Aug 2013	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	26,360		29,696	31,458
Male	12,802	48.6%	14,171	15,779	-2,977	-18.9%
Female	13,557	51.4%	15,524	15,678	-2,121	-13.5%
Information Not Available	1	0.0%	1	1	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	26,360		29,696	31,458
Hispanic or Latino	4,944	18.8%	5,638	6,412	-1,468	-22.9%
Not Hispanic or Latino	18,926	71.8%	21,261	22,191	-3,265	-14.7%
Information Not Available	2,490	9.4%	2,797	2,855	-365	-12.8%

Race	26,360		29,696	31,458
American Indian or Alaskan Native	484	1.8%	541	577	-93	-16.1%
Asian	621	2.4%	655	617	4	0.6%
Black or African American	1,925	7.3%	2,177	2,173	-248	-11.4%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	106	0.4%	105	119	-13	-10.9%
White	18,763	71.2%	21,234	22,339	-3,576	-16.0%
Information Not Available	4,461	16.9%	4,984	5,633	-1,172	-20.8%

Years of Age	26,360		29,696	31,458
Younger than 22	322	0.8%	359	516	-194	-37.6%
22-24	894	2.1%	981	1,169	-275	-23.5%
25-34	5,800	13.5%	6,453	6,989	-1,189	-17.0%
35-44	5,839	13.6%	6,550	7,150	-1,311	-18.3%
45-54	6,525	15.2%	7,456	8,061	-1,536	-19.1%
55-59	3,260	7.6%	3,710	3,793	-533	-14.1%
60-64	2,316	5.4%	2,643	2,434	-118	-4.8%
65 and older	1,404	3.3%	1,542	1,344	60	4.5%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	2	2	-2	-100.0%

Industry	26,360		29,696	31,458
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	273	1.0%	244	345	-72	-20.9%
Mining	325	1.2%	385	436	-111	-25.5%
Utilities	44	0.2%	39	51	-7	-13.7%
Construction	1,998	7.5%	2,232	2,796	-798	-28.5%
Manufacturing	1,745	6.6%	1,807	2,284	-539	-23.6%
Wholesale Trade	1,160	4.4%	1,283	1,509	-349	-23.1%
Retail Trade	2,409	9.0%	2,675	2,866	-457	-15.9%
Transporation and Warehousing	751	2.8%	920	827	-76	-9.2%
Information	853	3.2%	922	1,035	-182	-17.6%
Finance and Insurance	1,322	5.0%	1,482	1,386	-64	-4.6%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	574	2.2%	659	756	-182	-24.1%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	2,682	10.1%	2,915	2,910	-228	-7.8%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	395	1.5%	417	367	28	7.6%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	3,583	13.5%	3,983	3,804	-221	-5.8%
Educational Services	1,242	4.7%	1,399	1,296	-54	-4.2%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	2,704	10.2%	3,324	3,339	-635	-19.0%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	498	1.9%	551	642	-144	-22.4%
Accomodation and Food Services	1,787	6.7%	2,185	2,277	-490	-21.5%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	679	2.5%	766	930	-251	-27.0%
Public Administration	574	2.2%	657	663	-89	-13.4%
Information Not Available	762	2.9%	851	939	-177	-18.8%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Connecticut
	Aug 2014	Percent	Jul 2014	Aug 2013	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	50,112		50,827	55,344
Male	23,439	46.8%	24,114	26,388	-2,949	-11.2%
Female	26,672	53.2%	26,712	28,956	-2,284	-7.9%
Information Not Available	1	0.0%	1	0	1	0.0%

Ethnicity	50,112		50,827	55,344
Hispanic or Latino	7,618	15.2%	7,632	8,214	-596	-7.3%
Not Hispanic or Latino	42,494	84.8%	43,195	47,130	-4,636	-9.8%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Race	50,112		50,827	55,344
American Indian or Alaskan Native	170	0.3%	168	187	-17	-9.1%
Asian	907	1.8%	967	938	-31	-3.3%
Black or African American	8,069	16.1%	8,065	8,652	-583	-6.7%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
White	26,501	52.9%	27,157	29,019	-2,518	-8.7%
Information Not Available	14,465	28.9%	14,470	16,548	-2,083	-12.6%

Years of Age	50,112		50,827	55,344
Younger than 22	926	1.3%	894	1,127	-201	-17.8%
22-24	2,432	3.4%	2,488	2,895	-463	-16.0%
25-34	10,835	15.0%	11,063	11,984	-1,149	-9.6%
35-44	9,835	13.6%	10,041	10,979	-1,144	-10.4%
45-54	12,086	16.7%	12,213	13,572	-1,486	-10.9%
55-59	5,684	7.8%	5,740	6,087	-403	-6.6%
60-64	4,182	5.8%	4,293	4,429	-247	-5.6%
65 and older	4,132	5.7%	4,095	4,271	-139	-3.3%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	50,112		50,827	55,344
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	183	0.4%	178	198	-15	-7.6%
Mining	8	0.0%	8	9	-1	-11.1%
Utilities	83	0.2%	89	63	20	31.7%
Construction	2,685	5.3%	2,980	3,423	-738	-21.6%
Manufacturing	4,576	9.1%	4,958	5,181	-605	-11.7%
Wholesale Trade	1,786	3.6%	1,836	2,033	-247	-12.1%
Retail Trade	5,489	10.9%	5,768	5,746	-257	-4.5%
Transporation and Warehousing	7,141	14.2%	6,268	7,453	-312	-4.2%
Information	990	2.0%	1,000	928	62	6.7%
Finance and Insurance	1,767	3.5%	1,798	2,112	-345	-16.3%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	616	1.2%	626	672	-56	-8.3%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	2,475	4.9%	2,484	2,719	-244	-9.0%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	342	0.7%	362	253	89	35.2%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	5,090	10.1%	5,299	5,524	-434	-7.9%
Educational Services	2,040	4.1%	2,042	2,239	-199	-8.9%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	5,891	11.7%	6,061	6,740	-849	-12.6%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	1,149	2.3%	1,181	1,216	-67	-5.5%
Accomodation and Food Services	5,071	10.1%	5,145	5,432	-361	-6.6%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	1,397	2.8%	1,433	1,718	-321	-18.7%
Public Administration	743	1.5%	736	910	-167	-18.4%
Information Not Available	590	1.2%	575	775	-185	-23.9%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants District of Columbia
	Aug 2014	Percent	Jul 2014	Aug 2013	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	10,947		11,112	12,278
Male	4,816	44.0%	4,934	5,433	-617	-11.4%
Female	6,128	56.0%	6,175	6,842	-714	-10.4%
Information Not Available	3	0.0%	3	3	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	10,947		11,112	12,278
Hispanic or Latino	902	8.2%	911	976	-74	-7.6%
Not Hispanic or Latino	10,011	91.4%	10,179	11,230	-1,219	-10.9%
Information Not Available	34	0.3%	22	72	-38	-52.8%

Race	10,947		11,112	12,278
American Indian or Alaskan Native	44	0.4%	45	59	-15	-25.4%
Asian	271	2.5%	275	367	-96	-26.2%
Black or African American	7,829	71.5%	7,970	8,524	-695	-8.2%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	29	0.3%	26	37	-8	-21.6%
White	2,010	18.4%	1,986	2,545	-535	-21.0%
Information Not Available	764	7.0%	810	746	18	2.4%

Years of Age	10,947		11,112	12,278
Younger than 22	181	1.5%	190	206	-25	-12.1%
22-24	632	5.2%	595	648	-16	-2.5%
25-34	2,958	24.2%	2,970	3,354	-396	-11.8%
35-44	2,457	20.1%	2,476	2,740	-283	-10.3%
45-54	2,432	19.9%	2,565	2,882	-450	-15.6%
55-59	1,062	8.7%	1,123	1,200	-138	-11.5%
60-64	753	6.2%	712	788	-35	-4.4%
65 and older	472	3.9%	481	460	12	2.6%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	10,947		11,112	12,278
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
Mining	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
Utilities	2	0.0%	0	2	0	0.0%
Construction	24	0.2%	31	22	2	9.1%
Manufacturing	7	0.1%	9	8	-1	-12.5%
Wholesale Trade	5	0.0%	8	9	-4	-44.4%
Retail Trade	41	0.4%	38	23	18	78.3%
Transporation and Warehousing	16	0.1%	12	8	8	100.0%
Information	19	0.2%	12	18	1	5.6%
Finance and Insurance	4	0.0%	3	5	-1	-20.0%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	4	0.0%	3	13	-9	-69.2%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	75	0.7%	61	103	-28	-27.2%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	1	0.0%	3	1	0	0.0%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	58	0.5%	50	99	-41	-41.4%
Educational Services	13	0.1%	11	15	-2	-13.3%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	21	0.2%	28	21	0	0.0%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	3	0.0%	0	7	-4	-57.1%
Accomodation and Food Services	31	0.3%	30	31	0	0.0%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	23	0.2%	25	27	-4	-14.8%
Public Administration	6	0.1%	7	7	-1	-14.3%
Information Not Available	10,594	96.8%	10,781	11,859	-1,265	-10.7%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Delaware
	Aug 2014	Percent	Jul 2014	Aug 2013	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	7,722		8,027	8,790
Male	3,255	42.2%	3,501	3,689	-434	-11.8%
Female	4,139	53.6%	4,137	4,619	-480	-10.4%
Information Not Available	328	4.2%	389	482	-154	-32.0%

Ethnicity	7,722		8,027	8,790
Hispanic or Latino	529	6.9%	602	533	-4	-0.8%
Not Hispanic or Latino	6,864	88.9%	7,037	7,775	-911	-11.7%
Information Not Available	328	4.2%	389	482	-154	-32.0%

Race	7,722		8,027	8,790
American Indian or Alaskan Native	16	0.2%	15	23	-7	-30.4%
Asian	144	1.9%	164	162	-18	-11.1%
Black or African American	3,169	41.0%	3,195	3,497	-328	-9.4%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	16	0.2%	19	15	1	6.7%
White	4,177	54.1%	4,430	4,792	-615	-12.8%
Information Not Available	200	2.6%	203	302	-102	-33.8%

Years of Age	7,722		8,027	8,790
Younger than 22	150	1.3%	170	198	-48	-24.2%
22-24	407	3.6%	398	503	-96	-19.1%
25-34	1,911	16.8%	1,966	2,161	-250	-11.6%
35-44	1,624	14.3%	1,648	1,872	-248	-13.2%
45-54	1,836	16.1%	1,870	2,015	-179	-8.9%
55-59	796	7.0%	885	933	-137	-14.7%
60-64	528	4.6%	570	596	-68	-11.4%
65 and older	395	3.5%	424	435	-40	-9.2%
Information Not Available	75	0.7%	96	77	-2	-2.6%

Industry	7,722		8,027	8,790
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	16	0.2%	8	28	-12	-42.9%
Mining	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
Utilities	6	0.1%	10	8	-2	-25.0%
Construction	364	4.7%	382	552	-188	-34.1%
Manufacturing	516	6.7%	646	699	-183	-26.2%
Wholesale Trade	176	2.3%	216	292	-116	-39.7%
Retail Trade	1,217	15.7%	1,260	1,291	-74	-5.7%
Transporation and Warehousing	277	3.6%	279	307	-30	-9.8%
Information	150	1.9%	134	117	33	28.2%
Finance and Insurance	589	7.6%	595	688	-99	-14.4%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	109	1.4%	130	140	-31	-22.1%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	520	6.7%	470	632	-112	-17.7%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	24	0.3%	33	21	3	14.3%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	1,397	18.1%	1,455	1,429	-32	-2.2%
Educational Services	279	3.6%	268	324	-45	-13.9%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	994	12.8%	998	1,061	-67	-6.3%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	132	1.7%	149	153	-21	-13.7%
Accomodation and Food Services	650	8.4%	677	705	-55	-7.8%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	217	2.8%	220	243	-26	-10.7%
Public Administration	61	0.8%	67	83	-22	-26.5%
Information Not Available	28	0.4%	30	17	11	64.7%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Florida
	Aug 2014	Percent	Jul 2014	Aug 2013	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	96,472		94,057	107,994
Male	45,497	47.2%	43,326	51,418	-5,921	-11.5%
Female	50,919	52.8%	50,666	56,524	-5,605	-9.9%
Information Not Available	56	0.1%	65	52	4	7.7%

Ethnicity	96,472		94,057	107,994
Hispanic or Latino	24,938	25.8%	23,844	28,446	-3,508	-12.3%
Not Hispanic or Latino	65,218	67.6%	63,991	76,454	-11,236	-14.7%
Information Not Available	6,316	6.5%	6,222	3,094	3,222	104.1%

Race	96,472		94,057	107,994
American Indian or Alaskan Native	565	0.6%	562	445	120	27.0%
Asian	1,212	1.3%	1,241	525	687	130.9%
Black or African American	26,643	27.6%	25,654	28,174	-1,531	-5.4%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	480	0.5%	504	1,166	-686	-58.8%
White	58,277	60.4%	56,866	64,819	-6,542	-10.1%
Information Not Available	9,295	9.6%	9,230	12,865	-3,570	-27.7%

Years of Age	96,472		94,057	107,994
Younger than 22	1,292	0.9%	1,172	1,729	-437	-25.3%
22-24	3,900	2.6%	4,004	4,992	-1,092	-21.9%
25-34	20,106	13.6%	19,981	23,527	-3,421	-14.5%
35-44	19,657	13.3%	18,941	23,339	-3,682	-15.8%
45-54	21,927	14.8%	21,485	27,235	-5,308	-19.5%
55-59	10,001	6.8%	9,542	12,123	-2,122	-17.5%
60-64	6,819	4.6%	6,516	8,364	-1,545	-18.5%
65 and older	5,518	3.7%	5,086	6,684	-1,166	-17.4%
Information Not Available	7,252	4.9%	7,330	1	7,251	725100.0%

Industry	96,472		94,057	107,994
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	4,176	4.1%	2,968	4,610	-434	-9.4%
Mining	71	0.1%	57	74	-3	-4.1%
Utilities	175	0.2%	129	214	-39	-18.2%
Construction	4,246	4.2%	4,174	5,360	-1,114	-20.8%
Manufacturing	3,799	3.8%	3,573	5,245	-1,446	-27.6%
Wholesale Trade	3,546	3.5%	3,296	4,346	-800	-18.4%
Retail Trade	9,237	9.2%	8,602	11,559	-2,322	-20.1%
Transporation and Warehousing	3,089	3.1%	2,493	3,266	-177	-5.4%
Information	1,636	1.6%	1,564	1,733	-97	-5.6%
Finance and Insurance	3,788	3.8%	3,596	4,040	-252	-6.2%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	1,745	1.7%	1,712	2,217	-472	-21.3%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	6,315	6.3%	6,305	6,825	-510	-7.5%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	591	0.6%	579	602	-11	-1.8%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	15,625	15.5%	14,710	19,745	-4,120	-20.9%
Educational Services	3,939	3.9%	3,818	3,882	57	1.5%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	9,163	9.1%	8,827	10,711	-1,548	-14.5%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	2,362	2.3%	2,240	2,902	-540	-18.6%
Accomodation and Food Services	8,316	8.3%	7,694	10,259	-1,943	-18.9%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	2,600	2.6%	2,293	2,986	-386	-12.9%
Public Administration	1,536	1.5%	1,453	1,487	49	3.3%
Information Not Available	10,517	10.4%	13,974	5,931	4,586	77.3%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Georgia
	Aug 2014	Percent	Jul 2014	Aug 2013	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	45,739		52,390	59,015
Male	20,251	44.3%	22,557	27,568	-7,317	-26.5%
Female	24,775	54.2%	29,125	30,642	-5,867	-19.1%
Information Not Available	713	1.6%	708	805	-92	-11.4%

Ethnicity	45,739		52,390	59,015
Hispanic or Latino	211	0.5%	149	72	139	193.1%
Not Hispanic or Latino	44,815	98.0%	51,533	58,138	-13,323	-22.9%
Information Not Available	713	1.6%	708	805	-92	-11.4%

Race	45,739		52,390	59,015
American Indian or Alaskan Native	213	0.5%	226	287	-74	-25.8%
Asian	662	1.4%	773	804	-142	-17.7%
Black or African American	25,763	56.3%	29,465	31,633	-5,870	-18.6%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
White	18,388	40.2%	21,218	25,486	-7,098	-27.9%
Information Not Available	713	1.6%	708	805	-92	-11.4%

Years of Age	45,739		52,390	59,015
Younger than 22	969	1.6%	1,063	1,311	-342	-26.1%
22-24	2,438	4.0%	2,780	3,188	-750	-23.5%
25-34	11,422	18.6%	12,721	14,771	-3,349	-22.7%
35-44	10,948	17.8%	12,327	13,955	-3,007	-21.5%
45-54	10,348	16.9%	12,085	13,543	-3,195	-23.6%
55-59	4,104	6.7%	4,854	5,375	-1,271	-23.6%
60-64	2,730	4.4%	3,122	3,329	-599	-18.0%
65 and older	1,634	2.7%	2,004	2,085	-451	-21.6%
Information Not Available	1,146	1.9%	1,434	1,458	-312	-21.4%

Industry	45,739		52,390	59,015
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	472	1.0%	663	637	-165	-25.9%
Mining	26	0.1%	32	44	-18	-40.9%
Utilities	53	0.1%	56	77	-24	-31.2%
Construction	1,798	3.9%	1,794	2,508	-710	-28.3%
Manufacturing	3,454	7.5%	5,119	5,151	-1,697	-32.9%
Wholesale Trade	1,737	3.8%	1,839	2,624	-887	-33.8%
Retail Trade	3,647	7.9%	3,662	4,187	-540	-12.9%
Transporation and Warehousing	999	2.2%	1,217	1,294	-295	-22.8%
Information	840	1.8%	848	1,055	-215	-20.4%
Finance and Insurance	1,138	2.5%	1,195	1,508	-370	-24.5%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	569	1.2%	565	776	-207	-26.7%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	7,292	15.8%	7,987	9,535	-2,243	-23.5%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	32	0.1%	44	66	-34	-51.5%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	106	0.2%	129	122	-16	-13.1%
Educational Services	1,542	3.3%	1,666	2,294	-752	-32.8%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	3,225	7.0%	4,531	4,440	-1,215	-27.4%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	2,880	6.2%	3,646	3,533	-653	-18.5%
Accomodation and Food Services	418	0.9%	421	529	-111	-21.0%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	776	1.7%	892	887	-111	-12.5%
Public Administration	708	1.5%	789	944	-236	-25.0%
Information Not Available	14,027	30.4%	15,295	16,804	-2,777	-16.5%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Hawaii
	Aug 2014	Percent	Jul 2014	Aug 2013	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	9,750		10,260	11,199
Male	6,159	63.2%	6,243	7,144	-985	-13.8%
Female	3,588	36.8%	4,015	4,054	-466	-11.5%
Information Not Available	3	0.0%	2	1	2	200.0%

Ethnicity	9,750		10,260	11,199
Hispanic or Latino	599	6.1%	625	629	-30	-4.8%
Not Hispanic or Latino	6,922	71.0%	7,439	8,387	-1,465	-17.5%
Information Not Available	2,229	22.9%	2,196	2,183	46	2.1%

Race	9,750		10,260	11,199
American Indian or Alaskan Native	47	0.5%	44	49	-2	-4.1%
Asian	3,057	31.4%	3,358	3,713	-656	-17.7%
Black or African American	186	1.9%	185	200	-14	-7.0%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	2,748	28.2%	2,828	2,973	-225	-7.6%
White	2,373	24.3%	2,448	2,776	-403	-14.5%
Information Not Available	1,339	13.7%	1,397	1,488	-149	-10.0%

Years of Age	9,750		10,260	11,199
Younger than 22	121	1.1%	108	157	-36	-22.9%
22-24	340	3.0%	329	373	-33	-8.8%
25-34	2,156	19.1%	2,262	2,494	-338	-13.6%
35-44	2,194	19.5%	2,289	2,588	-394	-15.2%
45-54	2,372	21.1%	2,491	2,664	-292	-11.0%
55-59	1,088	9.7%	1,140	1,272	-184	-14.5%
60-64	861	7.6%	941	956	-95	-9.9%
65 and older	618	5.5%	700	695	-77	-11.1%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	9,750		10,260	11,199
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	149	1.5%	187	261	-112	-42.9%
Mining	1	0.0%	0	2	-1	-50.0%
Utilities	13	0.1%	12	16	-3	-18.8%
Construction	2,639	26.7%	2,568	3,130	-491	-15.7%
Manufacturing	223	2.3%	217	231	-8	-3.5%
Wholesale Trade	187	1.9%	200	204	-17	-8.3%
Retail Trade	553	5.6%	553	605	-52	-8.6%
Transporation and Warehousing	350	3.5%	525	334	16	4.8%
Information	208	2.1%	245	279	-71	-25.4%
Finance and Insurance	131	1.3%	163	138	-7	-5.1%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	150	1.5%	155	155	-5	-3.2%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	422	4.3%	394	554	-132	-23.8%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	76	0.8%	135	31	45	145.2%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	1,141	11.5%	1,218	1,404	-263	-18.7%
Educational Services	106	1.1%	117	155	-49	-31.6%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	525	5.3%	739	550	-25	-4.5%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	110	1.1%	112	87	23	26.4%
Accomodation and Food Services	914	9.2%	912	906	8	0.9%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	216	2.2%	211	291	-75	-25.8%
Public Administration	232	2.3%	237	259	-27	-10.4%
Information Not Available	1,404	14.2%	1,360	1,607	-203	-12.6%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Iowa
	Aug 2014	Percent	Jul 2014	Aug 2013	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	19,476		19,631	20,513
Male	9,830	50.5%	9,368	10,389	-559	-5.4%
Female	9,250	47.5%	9,887	10,124	-874	-8.6%
Information Not Available	396	2.0%	376	0	396	0.0%

Ethnicity	19,476		19,631	20,513
Hispanic or Latino	979	5.0%	1,035	1,092	-113	-10.3%
Not Hispanic or Latino	17,175	88.2%	17,497	18,666	-1,491	-8.0%
Information Not Available	1,322	6.8%	1,099	755	567	75.1%

Race	19,476		19,631	20,513
American Indian or Alaskan Native	144	0.7%	153	151	-7	-4.6%
Asian	241	1.2%	266	286	-45	-15.7%
Black or African American	1,579	8.1%	1,668	1,985	-406	-20.5%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
White	15,211	78.1%	15,410	16,244	-1,033	-6.4%
Information Not Available	2,301	11.8%	2,134	1,847	454	24.6%

Years of Age	19,476		19,631	20,513
Younger than 22	377	1.1%	367	425	-48	-11.3%
22-24	915	2.8%	894	1,069	-154	-14.4%
25-34	4,515	13.6%	4,280	4,547	-32	-0.7%
35-44	4,239	12.8%	4,165	4,449	-210	-4.7%
45-54	4,644	14.0%	4,818	5,001	-357	-7.1%
55-59	2,230	6.7%	2,335	2,427	-197	-8.1%
60-64	1,473	4.4%	1,600	1,561	-88	-5.6%
65 and older	1,079	3.2%	1,166	1,032	47	4.6%
Information Not Available	4	0.0%	6	2	2	100.0%

Industry	19,476		19,631	20,513
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	177	0.9%	162	195	-18	-9.2%
Mining	27	0.1%	33	33	-6	-18.2%
Utilities	24	0.1%	25	24	0	0.0%
Construction	1,370	7.0%	1,653	1,586	-216	-13.6%
Manufacturing	5,048	25.7%	4,153	4,488	560	12.5%
Wholesale Trade	809	4.1%	773	852	-43	-5.0%
Retail Trade	1,551	7.9%	1,602	1,731	-180	-10.4%
Transporation and Warehousing	1,145	5.8%	1,099	987	158	16.0%
Information	744	3.8%	800	878	-134	-15.3%
Finance and Insurance	767	3.9%	790	752	15	2.0%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	186	0.9%	199	209	-23	-11.0%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	855	4.4%	903	875	-20	-2.3%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	45	0.2%	48	28	17	60.7%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	1,762	9.0%	1,915	2,186	-424	-19.4%
Educational Services	492	2.5%	544	581	-89	-15.3%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	1,911	9.7%	2,138	2,188	-277	-12.7%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	297	1.5%	210	235	62	26.4%
Accomodation and Food Services	1,284	6.5%	1,542	1,552	-268	-17.3%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	566	2.9%	563	619	-53	-8.6%
Public Administration	275	1.4%	311	323	-48	-14.9%
Information Not Available	141	0.7%	168	191	-50	-26.2%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Idaho
	Aug 2014	Percent	Jul 2014	Aug 2013	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	8,296		8,764	10,187
Male	4,060	48.9%	4,338	5,036	-976	-19.4%
Female	4,232	51.0%	4,423	5,141	-909	-17.7%
Information Not Available	4	0.0%	3	10	-6	-60.0%

Ethnicity	8,296		8,764	10,187
Hispanic or Latino	1,130	13.6%	1,051	1,479	-349	-23.6%
Not Hispanic or Latino	6,783	81.8%	7,237	8,080	-1,297	-16.1%
Information Not Available	383	4.6%	476	628	-245	-39.0%

Race	8,296		8,764	10,187
American Indian or Alaskan Native	161	1.9%	180	198	-37	-18.7%
Asian	94	1.1%	122	122	-28	-23.0%
Black or African American	84	1.0%	72	108	-24	-22.2%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	48	0.6%	62	33	15	45.5%
White	6,553	79.0%	7,003	7,954	-1,401	-17.6%
Information Not Available	1,356	16.3%	1,325	1,772	-416	-23.5%

Years of Age	8,296		8,764	10,187
Younger than 22	162	1.1%	187	232	-70	-30.2%
22-24	351	2.5%	396	463	-112	-24.2%
25-34	1,700	12.0%	1,785	2,081	-381	-18.3%
35-44	1,767	12.5%	1,864	2,118	-351	-16.6%
45-54	2,106	14.9%	2,191	2,560	-454	-17.7%
55-59	1,033	7.3%	1,097	1,228	-195	-15.9%
60-64	705	5.0%	765	888	-183	-20.6%
65 and older	472	3.3%	479	617	-145	-23.5%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	8,296		8,764	10,187
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	192	2.3%	199	284	-92	-32.4%
Mining	25	0.3%	22	52	-27	-51.9%
Utilities	14	0.2%	14	21	-7	-33.3%
Construction	538	6.3%	557	584	-46	-7.9%
Manufacturing	1,297	15.3%	1,154	1,296	1	0.1%
Wholesale Trade	342	4.0%	261	658	-316	-48.0%
Retail Trade	776	9.1%	835	897	-121	-13.5%
Transporation and Warehousing	472	5.6%	557	662	-190	-28.7%
Information	140	1.6%	144	136	4	2.9%
Finance and Insurance	251	3.0%	273	280	-29	-10.4%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	76	0.9%	77	94	-18	-19.1%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	380	4.5%	424	525	-145	-27.6%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	29	0.3%	32	24	5	20.8%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	1,010	11.9%	1,200	886	124	14.0%
Educational Services	225	2.7%	224	296	-71	-24.0%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	764	9.0%	846	1,058	-294	-27.8%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	82	1.0%	89	90	-8	-8.9%
Accomodation and Food Services	380	4.5%	429	545	-165	-30.3%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	252	3.0%	268	318	-66	-20.8%
Public Administration	172	2.0%	193	284	-112	-39.4%
Information Not Available	879	10.4%	966	1,197	-318	-26.6%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Illinois
	Aug 2014	Percent	Jul 2014	Aug 2013	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	125,709		142,565	149,877
Male	61,269	48.7%	70,341	76,373	-15,104	-19.8%
Female	63,626	50.6%	71,221	72,431	-8,805	-12.2%
Information Not Available	814	0.6%	1,003	1,073	-259	-24.1%

Ethnicity	125,709		142,565	149,877
Hispanic or Latino	16,058	12.8%	18,606	18,176	-2,118	-11.7%
Not Hispanic or Latino	96,224	76.5%	108,161	115,393	-19,169	-16.6%
Information Not Available	13,427	10.7%	15,798	16,308	-2,881	-17.7%

Race	125,709		142,565	149,877
American Indian or Alaskan Native	585	0.5%	708	588	-3	-0.5%
Asian	3,278	2.6%	3,504	3,751	-473	-12.6%
Black or African American	36,212	28.8%	39,001	41,173	-4,961	-12.0%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	275	0.2%	284	381	-106	-27.8%
White	73,524	58.5%	85,248	90,781	-17,257	-19.0%
Information Not Available	11,835	9.4%	13,820	13,203	-1,368	-10.4%

Years of Age	125,709		142,565	149,877
Younger than 22	1,978	1.0%	1,951	2,742	-764	-27.9%
22-24	5,769	3.0%	5,999	7,422	-1,653	-22.3%
25-34	28,717	15.1%	31,628	35,110	-6,393	-18.2%
35-44	29,351	15.4%	33,063	35,120	-5,769	-16.4%
45-54	31,296	16.5%	36,260	37,354	-6,058	-16.2%
55-59	14,323	7.5%	17,008	16,456	-2,133	-13.0%
60-64	9,238	4.9%	11,020	10,141	-903	-8.9%
65 and older	5,037	2.7%	5,636	5,532	-495	-8.9%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	125,709		142,565	149,877
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	348	0.3%	364	304	44	14.5%
Mining	195	0.2%	267	271	-76	-28.0%
Utilities	217	0.2%	191	201	16	8.0%
Construction	9,538	7.6%	11,899	12,610	-3,072	-24.4%
Manufacturing	12,406	9.8%	14,682	17,083	-4,677	-27.4%
Wholesale Trade	5,557	4.4%	6,577	6,274	-717	-11.4%
Retail Trade	11,866	9.4%	14,520	13,399	-1,533	-11.4%
Transporation and Warehousing	9,516	7.5%	9,480	10,259	-743	-7.2%
Information	2,579	2.0%	2,473	2,812	-233	-8.3%
Finance and Insurance	4,580	3.6%	5,272	5,010	-430	-8.6%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	1,528	1.2%	1,925	1,902	-374	-19.7%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	8,126	6.4%	9,392	9,363	-1,237	-13.2%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	688	0.5%	701	770	-82	-10.6%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	16,258	12.9%	18,139	18,909	-2,651	-14.0%
Educational Services	5,165	4.1%	5,864	6,430	-1,265	-19.7%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	11,751	9.3%	12,389	13,373	-1,622	-12.1%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	1,467	1.2%	1,595	1,818	-351	-19.3%
Accomodation and Food Services	9,097	7.2%	10,628	10,753	-1,656	-15.4%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	3,788	3.0%	4,111	4,623	-835	-18.1%
Public Administration	3,070	2.4%	3,174	3,842	-772	-20.1%
Information Not Available	7,969	6.3%	8,922	9,871	-1,902	-19.3%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Indiana
	Aug 2014	Percent	Jul 2014	Aug 2013	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	26,331		30,536	40,568
Male	14,020	53.2%	16,472	22,270	-8,250	-37.0%
Female	12,267	46.6%	14,008	18,237	-5,970	-32.7%
Information Not Available	44	0.2%	56	61	-17	-27.9%

Ethnicity	26,331		30,536	40,568
Hispanic or Latino	1,230	4.7%	1,314	1,698	-468	-27.6%
Not Hispanic or Latino	19,594	74.4%	22,894	31,071	-11,477	-36.9%
Information Not Available	5,507	20.9%	6,328	7,799	-2,292	-29.4%

Race	26,331		30,536	40,568
American Indian or Alaskan Native	111	0.4%	142	187	-76	-40.6%
Asian	156	0.6%	146	263	-107	-40.7%
Black or African American	4,954	18.8%	5,776	7,450	-2,496	-33.5%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	35	0.1%	35	42	-7	-16.7%
White	19,553	74.3%	22,804	30,572	-11,019	-36.0%
Information Not Available	1,522	5.8%	1,633	2,054	-532	-25.9%

Years of Age	26,331		30,536	40,568
Younger than 22	374	0.8%	437	623	-249	-40.0%
22-24	994	2.3%	1,160	1,853	-859	-46.4%
25-34	5,761	13.1%	6,622	9,874	-4,113	-41.7%
35-44	6,252	14.2%	7,355	9,818	-3,566	-36.3%
45-54	6,909	15.7%	8,134	10,036	-3,127	-31.2%
55-59	3,119	7.1%	3,590	4,263	-1,144	-26.8%
60-64	1,874	4.3%	2,053	2,660	-786	-29.5%
65 and older	1,048	2.4%	1,185	1,441	-393	-27.3%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	26,331		30,536	40,568
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	72	0.3%	74	106	-34	-32.1%
Mining	53	0.2%	83	51	2	3.9%
Utilities	40	0.2%	38	48	-8	-16.7%
Construction	3,635	13.8%	3,613	5,439	-1,804	-33.2%
Manufacturing	4,606	17.4%	6,860	7,400	-2,794	-37.8%
Wholesale Trade	876	3.3%	961	1,361	-485	-35.6%
Retail Trade	2,128	8.1%	2,307	3,205	-1,077	-33.6%
Transporation and Warehousing	826	3.1%	1,079	1,365	-539	-39.5%
Information	323	1.2%	354	571	-248	-43.4%
Finance and Insurance	698	2.6%	799	936	-238	-25.4%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	346	1.3%	400	556	-210	-37.8%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	1,278	4.8%	1,377	1,710	-432	-25.3%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	200	0.8%	206	211	-11	-5.2%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	3,033	11.5%	3,544	4,850	-1,817	-37.5%
Educational Services	855	3.2%	971	1,362	-507	-37.2%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	2,735	10.4%	2,969	4,014	-1,279	-31.9%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	308	1.2%	290	447	-139	-31.1%
Accomodation and Food Services	1,052	4.0%	1,091	1,985	-933	-47.0%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	666	2.5%	699	958	-292	-30.5%
Public Administration	194	0.7%	222	359	-165	-46.0%
Information Not Available	2,407	9.1%	2,599	3,634	-1,227	-33.8%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Kansas
	Aug 2014	Percent	Jul 2014	Aug 2013	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	15,433		18,453	21,904
Male	7,880	51.1%	9,344	11,390	-3,510	-30.8%
Female	7,553	48.9%	9,109	10,514	-2,961	-28.2%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	15,433		18,453	21,904
Hispanic or Latino	1,154	7.5%	1,331	1,584	-430	-27.1%
Not Hispanic or Latino	6,762	43.8%	8,321	9,994	-3,232	-32.3%
Information Not Available	7,517	48.7%	8,801	10,326	-2,809	-27.2%

Race	15,433		18,453	21,904
American Indian or Alaskan Native	247	1.6%	287	349	-102	-29.2%
Asian	240	1.6%	342	323	-83	-25.7%
Black or African American	2,872	18.6%	3,488	4,535	-1,663	-36.7%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	28	0.2%	44	51	-23	-45.1%
White	11,118	72.0%	13,190	15,385	-4,267	-27.7%
Information Not Available	928	6.0%	1,102	1,261	-333	-26.4%

Years of Age	15,433		18,453	21,904
Younger than 22	273	1.1%	321	445	-172	-38.7%
22-24	699	2.8%	849	1,200	-501	-41.8%
25-34	3,700	14.6%	4,216	5,482	-1,782	-32.5%
35-44	3,334	13.1%	3,998	4,780	-1,446	-30.3%
45-54	3,694	14.6%	4,440	5,072	-1,378	-27.2%
55-59	1,763	6.9%	2,197	2,427	-664	-27.4%
60-64	1,177	4.6%	1,425	1,558	-381	-24.5%
65 and older	793	3.1%	1,007	940	-147	-15.6%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	15,433		18,453	21,904
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	62	0.4%	62	89	-27	-30.3%
Mining	163	1.1%	160	212	-49	-23.1%
Utilities	25	0.2%	39	36	-11	-30.6%
Construction	1,445	9.3%	1,517	1,827	-382	-20.9%
Manufacturing	2,078	13.4%	2,807	3,756	-1,678	-44.7%
Wholesale Trade	719	4.6%	866	933	-214	-22.9%
Retail Trade	1,406	9.1%	1,532	1,772	-366	-20.7%
Transporation and Warehousing	434	2.8%	789	746	-312	-41.8%
Information	351	2.3%	401	384	-33	-8.6%
Finance and Insurance	452	2.9%	565	798	-346	-43.4%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	211	1.4%	223	252	-41	-16.3%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	1,115	7.2%	1,290	1,372	-257	-18.7%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	49	0.3%	45	46	3	6.5%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	2,097	13.5%	2,573	2,687	-590	-22.0%
Educational Services	475	3.1%	541	605	-130	-21.5%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	1,962	12.7%	2,283	2,885	-923	-32.0%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	121	0.8%	155	151	-30	-19.9%
Accomodation and Food Services	782	5.0%	1,005	1,169	-387	-33.1%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	399	2.6%	451	601	-202	-33.6%
Public Administration	402	2.6%	440	637	-235	-36.9%
Information Not Available	685	4.4%	709	946	-261	-27.6%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Kentucky
	Aug 2014	Percent	Jul 2014	Aug 2013	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	24,606		27,508	31,069
Male	13,765	55.9%	14,755	17,180	-3,415	-19.9%
Female	10,841	44.1%	12,753	13,889	-3,048	-21.9%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	24,606		27,508	31,069
Hispanic or Latino	75	0.3%	105	126	-51	-40.5%
Not Hispanic or Latino	627	2.5%	606	664	-37	-5.6%
Information Not Available	23,904	97.1%	26,797	30,279	-6,375	-21.1%

Race	24,606		27,508	31,069
American Indian or Alaskan Native	197	0.8%	130	274	-77	-28.1%
Asian	127	0.5%	105	135	-8	-5.9%
Black or African American	3,714	15.1%	3,941	4,793	-1,079	-22.5%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	4	0.0%	4	4	0	0.0%
White	20,273	82.4%	23,058	25,512	-5,239	-20.5%
Information Not Available	291	1.2%	270	351	-60	-17.1%

Years of Age	24,606		27,508	31,069
Younger than 22	465	1.1%	269	720	-255	-35.4%
22-24	1,158	2.7%	1,169	1,420	-262	-18.5%
25-34	5,749	13.3%	6,065	7,589	-1,840	-24.2%
35-44	6,139	14.2%	6,881	7,186	-1,047	-14.6%
45-54	5,547	12.8%	6,238	7,598	-2,051	-27.0%
55-59	2,649	6.1%	3,323	3,222	-573	-17.8%
60-64	1,697	3.9%	2,238	2,015	-318	-15.8%
65 and older	1,197	2.8%	1,312	1,316	-119	-9.0%
Information Not Available	5	0.0%	13	3	2	66.7%

Industry	24,606		27,508	31,069
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	44	0.2%	46	43	1	2.3%
Mining	430	1.7%	580	960	-530	-55.2%
Utilities	101	0.4%	109	35	66	188.6%
Construction	2,412	9.8%	2,313	3,278	-866	-26.4%
Manufacturing	3,863	15.7%	5,291	5,032	-1,169	-23.2%
Wholesale Trade	969	3.9%	1,430	1,398	-429	-30.7%
Retail Trade	2,175	8.8%	2,057	2,696	-521	-19.3%
Transporation and Warehousing	741	3.0%	909	1,298	-557	-42.9%
Information	421	1.7%	627	582	-161	-27.7%
Finance and Insurance	715	2.9%	631	808	-93	-11.5%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	316	1.3%	379	417	-101	-24.2%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	1,509	6.1%	1,241	1,394	115	8.2%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	83	0.3%	76	148	-65	-43.9%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	2,829	11.5%	2,927	3,395	-566	-16.7%
Educational Services	1,052	4.3%	1,384	1,272	-220	-17.3%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	2,587	10.5%	3,201	3,209	-622	-19.4%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	377	1.5%	379	295	82	27.8%
Accomodation and Food Services	1,618	6.6%	1,560	1,880	-262	-13.9%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	574	2.3%	669	786	-212	-27.0%
Public Administration	430	1.7%	475	582	-152	-26.1%
Information Not Available	1,360	5.5%	1,224	1,561	-201	-12.9%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Louisiana
	Aug 2014	Percent	Jul 2014	Aug 2013	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	19,620		20,704	28,469
Male	8,387	42.7%	8,476	12,168	-3,781	-31.1%
Female	11,233	57.3%	12,228	16,301	-5,068	-31.1%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	19,620		20,704	28,469
Hispanic or Latino	765	3.9%	800	1,112	-347	-31.2%
Not Hispanic or Latino	18,855	96.1%	19,904	27,355	-8,500	-31.1%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	2	-2	-100.0%

Race	19,620		20,704	28,469
American Indian or Alaskan Native	166	0.8%	158	209	-43	-20.6%
Asian	136	0.7%	150	213	-77	-36.2%
Black or African American	11,733	59.8%	12,528	16,927	-5,194	-30.7%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	26	0.1%	22	43	-17	-39.5%
White	7,558	38.5%	7,846	11,076	-3,518	-31.8%
Information Not Available	1	0.0%	0	1	0	0.0%

Years of Age	19,620		20,704	28,469
Younger than 22	325	1.3%	296	470	-145	-30.9%
22-24	913	3.5%	872	1,278	-365	-28.6%
25-34	5,022	19.4%	5,105	7,086	-2,064	-29.1%
35-44	4,534	17.6%	4,756	6,348	-1,814	-28.6%
45-54	4,499	17.4%	4,808	6,885	-2,386	-34.7%
55-59	2,059	8.0%	2,247	2,972	-913	-30.7%
60-64	1,345	5.2%	1,497	1,937	-592	-30.6%
65 and older	923	3.6%	1,123	1,493	-570	-38.2%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	19,620		20,704	28,469
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	105	0.5%	115	158	-53	-33.5%
Mining	229	1.2%	236	371	-142	-38.3%
Utilities	75	0.4%	130	59	16	27.1%
Construction	2,461	12.5%	2,590	3,680	-1,219	-33.1%
Manufacturing	1,497	7.6%	1,450	2,277	-780	-34.3%
Wholesale Trade	586	3.0%	585	881	-295	-33.5%
Retail Trade	1,985	10.1%	1,995	2,658	-673	-25.3%
Transporation and Warehousing	590	3.0%	761	988	-398	-40.3%
Information	408	2.1%	309	525	-117	-22.3%
Finance and Insurance	505	2.6%	546	715	-210	-29.4%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	396	2.0%	355	495	-99	-20.0%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	1,019	5.2%	1,152	1,526	-507	-33.2%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	53	0.3%	58	99	-46	-46.5%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	1,833	9.3%	1,820	2,571	-738	-28.7%
Educational Services	865	4.4%	1,143	1,184	-319	-26.9%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	3,065	15.5%	3,315	4,792	-1,727	-36.0%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	418	2.1%	377	553	-135	-24.4%
Accomodation and Food Services	1,914	9.7%	1,861	2,631	-717	-27.3%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	629	3.2%	878	869	-240	-27.6%
Public Administration	432	2.2%	471	663	-231	-34.8%
Information Not Available	555	2.8%	557	774	-219	-28.3%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Massachusetts
	Aug 2014	Percent	Jul 2014	Aug 2013	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	76,753		77,182	75,100
Male	37,631	49.0%	38,431	37,369	262	0.7%
Female	39,121	51.0%	38,750	37,731	1,390	3.7%
Information Not Available	1	0.0%	1	0	1	0.0%

Ethnicity	76,753		77,182	75,100
Hispanic or Latino	9,727	12.7%	9,634	9,137	590	6.5%
Not Hispanic or Latino	62,792	81.8%	63,154	63,416	-624	-1.0%
Information Not Available	4,234	5.5%	4,394	2,547	1,687	66.2%

Race	76,753		77,182	75,100
American Indian or Alaskan Native	309	0.4%	332	259	50	19.3%
Asian	2,924	3.8%	2,908	2,578	346	13.4%
Black or African American	8,401	10.9%	8,434	8,286	115	1.4%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	181	0.2%	179	106	75	70.8%
White	55,446	72.2%	56,029	56,214	-768	-1.4%
Information Not Available	9,492	12.4%	9,300	7,657	1,835	24.0%

Years of Age	76,753		77,182	75,100
Younger than 22	1,357	1.1%	1,122	1,219	138	11.3%
22-24	3,158	2.5%	3,116	3,367	-209	-6.2%
25-34	16,023	12.8%	16,286	15,973	50	0.3%
35-44	15,481	12.3%	15,850	15,564	-83	-0.5%
45-54	19,230	15.3%	19,408	18,880	350	1.9%
55-59	9,027	7.2%	9,057	8,462	565	6.7%
60-64	6,725	5.4%	6,694	6,212	513	8.3%
65 and older	5,752	4.6%	5,649	5,423	329	6.1%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	76,753		77,182	75,100
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	317	0.4%	299	328	-11	-3.4%
Mining	24	0.0%	31	23	1	4.3%
Utilities	119	0.2%	128	72	47	65.3%
Construction	5,191	6.7%	5,777	5,355	-164	-3.1%
Manufacturing	6,463	8.4%	6,502	6,199	264	4.3%
Wholesale Trade	3,128	4.1%	3,104	3,300	-172	-5.2%
Retail Trade	7,938	10.3%	6,693	6,290	1,648	26.2%
Transporation and Warehousing	6,429	8.3%	5,990	6,706	-277	-4.1%
Information	1,566	2.0%	1,630	1,640	-74	-4.5%
Finance and Insurance	2,734	3.5%	2,816	2,737	-3	-0.1%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	1,308	1.7%	1,336	1,446	-138	-9.5%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	6,097	7.9%	6,418	6,363	-266	-4.2%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	269	0.3%	272	253	16	6.3%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	6,762	8.8%	7,224	6,718	44	0.7%
Educational Services	2,259	2.9%	2,204	2,141	118	5.5%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	8,693	11.3%	8,928	8,528	165	1.9%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	847	1.1%	964	805	42	5.2%
Accomodation and Food Services	7,268	9.4%	7,414	7,193	75	1.0%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	4,117	5.3%	4,105	3,950	167	4.2%
Public Administration	3,072	4.0%	3,190	2,725	347	12.7%
Information Not Available	2,152	2.8%	2,157	2,328	-176	-7.6%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Maryland
	Aug 2014	Percent	Jul 2014	Aug 2013	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	51,470		52,361	52,727
Male	19,589	38.1%	21,164	20,757	-1,168	-5.6%
Female	19,972	38.8%	21,536	20,298	-326	-1.6%
Information Not Available	11,909	23.1%	9,661	11,672	237	2.0%

Ethnicity	51,470		52,361	52,727
Hispanic or Latino	1,781	3.5%	2,037	1,923	-142	-7.4%
Not Hispanic or Latino	36,952	71.8%	39,805	38,257	-1,305	-3.4%
Information Not Available	12,737	24.7%	10,519	12,547	190	1.5%

Race	51,470		52,361	52,727
American Indian or Alaskan Native	144	0.3%	150	151	-7	-4.6%
Asian	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
Black or African American	18,076	35.1%	19,232	18,216	-140	-0.8%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	69	0.1%	77	63	6	9.5%
White	18,663	36.3%	20,346	19,827	-1,164	-5.9%
Information Not Available	14,518	28.2%	12,556	14,470	48	0.3%

Years of Age	51,470		52,361	52,727
Younger than 22	837	1.2%	801	1,021	-184	-18.0%
22-24	2,100	3.1%	2,245	2,306	-206	-8.9%
25-34	9,629	14.3%	10,081	10,208	-579	-5.7%
35-44	8,005	11.9%	8,692	8,436	-431	-5.1%
45-54	9,286	13.8%	10,119	9,701	-415	-4.3%
55-59	4,228	6.3%	4,684	4,184	44	1.1%
60-64	2,923	4.3%	3,262	2,860	63	2.2%
65 and older	2,553	3.8%	2,816	2,339	214	9.1%
Information Not Available	11,909	17.7%	9,661	11,672	237	2.0%

Industry	51,470		52,361	52,727
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	59	0.1%	77	81	-22	-27.2%
Mining	26	0.1%	32	59	-33	-55.9%
Utilities	42	0.1%	31	33	9	27.3%
Construction	3,596	7.0%	3,953	3,918	-322	-8.2%
Manufacturing	366	0.7%	429	479	-113	-23.6%
Wholesale Trade	1,340	2.6%	1,484	1,539	-199	-12.9%
Retail Trade	1,745	3.4%	1,858	1,648	97	5.9%
Transporation and Warehousing	2,525	4.9%	2,652	2,510	15	0.6%
Information	725	1.4%	748	729	-4	-0.5%
Finance and Insurance	1,250	2.4%	1,344	1,190	60	5.0%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	762	1.5%	800	879	-117	-13.3%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	3,711	7.2%	4,060	4,129	-418	-10.1%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	176	0.3%	185	152	24	15.8%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	5,215	10.1%	5,470	5,283	-68	-1.3%
Educational Services	1,830	3.6%	2,005	1,757	73	4.2%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	4,233	8.2%	4,614	4,323	-90	-2.1%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	425	0.8%	503	512	-87	-17.0%
Accomodation and Food Services	3,002	5.8%	3,447	3,087	-85	-2.8%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	1,191	2.3%	1,316	1,218	-27	-2.2%
Public Administration	615	1.2%	654	698	-83	-11.9%
Information Not Available	18,636	36.2%	16,699	18,503	133	0.7%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Maine
	Aug 2014	Percent	Jul 2014	Aug 2013	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	6,851		7,545	8,136
Male	3,419	49.9%	3,967	3,940	-521	-13.2%
Female	3,431	50.1%	3,578	4,196	-765	-18.2%
Information Not Available	1	0.0%	0	0	1	0.0%

Ethnicity	6,851		7,545	8,136
Hispanic or Latino	62	0.9%	62	72	-10	-13.9%
Not Hispanic or Latino	4,956	72.3%	5,466	5,941	-985	-16.6%
Information Not Available	1,833	26.8%	2,017	2,123	-290	-13.7%

Race	6,851		7,545	8,136
American Indian or Alaskan Native	84	1.2%	74	45	39	86.7%
Asian	53	0.8%	84	87	-34	-39.1%
Black or African American	90	1.3%	127	107	-17	-15.9%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
White	5,081	74.2%	5,556	6,128	-1,047	-17.1%
Information Not Available	1,543	22.5%	1,704	1,769	-226	-12.8%

Years of Age	6,851		7,545	8,136
Younger than 22	193	1.7%	202	169	24	14.2%
22-24	299	2.6%	355	387	-88	-22.7%
25-34	1,380	12.2%	1,553	1,757	-377	-21.5%
35-44	1,335	11.8%	1,445	1,619	-284	-17.5%
45-54	1,704	15.1%	1,890	2,060	-356	-17.3%
55-59	898	7.9%	990	1,021	-123	-12.0%
60-64	624	5.5%	674	681	-57	-8.4%
65 and older	418	3.7%	436	442	-24	-5.4%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	6,851		7,545	8,136
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	132	1.9%	173	155	-23	-14.8%
Mining	2	0.0%	3	2	0	0.0%
Utilities	19	0.3%	16	11	8	72.7%
Construction	422	6.0%	551	544	-122	-22.4%
Manufacturing	653	9.4%	872	788	-135	-17.1%
Wholesale Trade	177	2.5%	199	162	15	9.3%
Retail Trade	636	9.1%	675	707	-71	-10.0%
Transporation and Warehousing	308	4.4%	306	301	7	2.3%
Information	63	0.9%	77	144	-81	-56.3%
Finance and Insurance	105	1.5%	123	152	-47	-30.9%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	52	0.7%	67	73	-21	-28.8%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	231	3.3%	247	307	-76	-24.8%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	9	0.1%	5	21	-12	-57.1%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	391	5.6%	436	505	-114	-22.6%
Educational Services	204	2.9%	201	268	-64	-23.9%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	729	10.4%	720	866	-137	-15.8%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	70	1.0%	89	93	-23	-24.7%
Accomodation and Food Services	360	5.2%	413	454	-94	-20.7%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	192	2.7%	205	218	-26	-11.9%
Public Administration	115	1.6%	106	131	-16	-12.2%
Information Not Available	1,981	28.4%	2,061	2,234	-253	-11.3%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Michigan
	Aug 2014	Percent	Jul 2014	Aug 2013	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	74,241		90,540	72,345
Male	36,250	48.8%	46,331	35,489	761	2.1%
Female	36,087	48.6%	42,147	36,809	-722	-2.0%
Information Not Available	1,904	2.6%	2,062	47	1,857	3951.1%

Ethnicity	74,241		90,540	72,345
Hispanic or Latino	2,442	3.3%	3,401	2,044	398	19.5%
Not Hispanic or Latino	56,382	75.9%	68,677	55,025	1,357	2.5%
Information Not Available	15,417	20.8%	18,462	15,276	141	0.9%

Race	74,241		90,540	72,345
American Indian or Alaskan Native	605	0.8%	769	959	-354	-36.9%
Asian	927	1.2%	2,385	578	349	60.4%
Black or African American	15,780	21.3%	16,518	12,952	2,828	21.8%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	67	0.1%	75	51	16	31.4%
White	39,513	53.2%	49,526	38,625	888	2.3%
Information Not Available	17,349	23.4%	21,267	19,180	-1,831	-9.5%

Years of Age	74,241		90,540	72,345
Younger than 22	1,797	1.6%	2,026	1,806	-9	-0.5%
22-24	4,608	4.2%	5,001	4,332	276	6.4%
25-34	18,020	16.5%	20,530	17,476	544	3.1%
35-44	16,817	15.4%	20,216	16,838	-21	-0.1%
45-54	18,345	16.8%	23,454	18,058	287	1.6%
55-59	7,859	7.2%	10,592	7,311	548	7.5%
60-64	4,615	4.2%	5,968	4,282	333	7.8%
65 and older	2,176	2.0%	2,752	2,208	-32	-1.4%
Information Not Available	4	0.0%	1	34	-30	-88.2%

Industry	74,241		90,540	72,345
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	404	0.5%	427	416	-12	-2.9%
Mining	100	0.1%	112	72	28	38.9%
Utilities	42	0.1%	65	56	-14	-25.0%
Construction	3,644	4.9%	4,459	4,440	-796	-17.9%
Manufacturing	14,330	19.2%	20,944	9,431	4,899	51.9%
Wholesale Trade	5,900	7.9%	4,433	2,505	3,395	135.5%
Retail Trade	4,358	5.8%	4,416	4,692	-334	-7.1%
Transporation and Warehousing	2,207	3.0%	3,338	2,008	199	9.9%
Information	859	1.2%	899	797	62	7.8%
Finance and Insurance	1,714	2.3%	2,056	1,847	-133	-7.2%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	816	1.1%	834	875	-59	-6.7%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	5,306	7.1%	6,706	4,770	536	11.2%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	1,500	2.0%	2,868	1,421	79	5.6%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	8,438	11.3%	11,344	9,487	-1,049	-11.1%
Educational Services	2,773	3.7%	3,073	3,805	-1,032	-27.1%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	9,039	12.1%	9,075	9,496	-457	-4.8%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	1,063	1.4%	973	1,137	-74	-6.5%
Accomodation and Food Services	3,246	4.3%	3,627	3,474	-228	-6.6%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	1,999	2.7%	2,675	2,158	-159	-7.4%
Public Administration	1,004	1.3%	1,187	1,140	-136	-11.9%
Information Not Available	5,499	7.4%	7,029	8,318	-2,819	-33.9%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Minnesota
	Aug 2014	Percent	Jul 2014	Aug 2013	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	32,564		35,777	38,704
Male	16,178	49.7%	18,271	20,195	-4,017	-19.9%
Female	16,378	50.3%	17,497	18,492	-2,114	-11.4%
Information Not Available	8	0.0%	9	17	-9	-52.9%

Ethnicity	32,564		35,777	38,704
Hispanic or Latino	1,160	3.6%	1,310	1,244	-84	-6.8%
Not Hispanic or Latino	27,919	85.7%	30,671	32,971	-5,052	-15.3%
Information Not Available	3,485	10.7%	3,796	4,489	-1,004	-22.4%

Race	32,564		35,777	38,704
American Indian or Alaskan Native	552	1.7%	599	586	-34	-5.8%
Asian	968	3.0%	1,121	1,217	-249	-20.5%
Black or African American	3,301	10.1%	3,420	3,834	-533	-13.9%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	65	0.2%	72	91	-26	-28.6%
White	24,836	76.3%	27,620	29,778	-4,942	-16.6%
Information Not Available	2,842	8.7%	2,945	3,198	-356	-11.1%

Years of Age	32,564		35,777	38,704
Younger than 22	399	0.7%	460	553	-154	-27.8%
22-24	1,205	2.2%	1,483	1,746	-541	-31.0%
25-34	7,439	13.6%	8,284	9,115	-1,676	-18.4%
35-44	6,990	12.8%	7,519	8,194	-1,204	-14.7%
45-54	8,050	14.8%	8,797	9,687	-1,637	-16.9%
55-59	4,057	7.4%	4,525	4,663	-606	-13.0%
60-64	2,892	5.3%	3,023	3,143	-251	-8.0%
65 and older	1,520	2.8%	1,677	1,570	-50	-3.2%
Information Not Available	12	0.0%	9	33	-21	-63.6%

Industry	32,564		35,777	38,704
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	265	0.8%	324	252	13	5.2%
Mining	46	0.1%	97	133	-87	-65.4%
Utilities	141	0.4%	198	178	-37	-20.8%
Construction	2,550	7.8%	3,266	3,168	-618	-19.5%
Manufacturing	3,812	11.6%	4,548	4,976	-1,164	-23.4%
Wholesale Trade	1,604	4.9%	1,683	1,988	-384	-19.3%
Retail Trade	2,663	8.1%	2,791	3,068	-405	-13.2%
Transporation and Warehousing	951	2.9%	1,050	1,133	-182	-16.1%
Information	826	2.5%	800	847	-21	-2.5%
Finance and Insurance	1,372	4.2%	1,406	1,367	5	0.4%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	616	1.9%	671	625	-9	-1.4%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	2,582	7.9%	2,698	2,762	-180	-6.5%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	638	1.9%	669	735	-97	-13.2%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	3,221	9.8%	3,498	3,913	-692	-17.7%
Educational Services	1,513	4.6%	1,525	1,893	-380	-20.1%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	3,661	11.2%	3,772	4,189	-528	-12.6%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	473	1.4%	515	591	-118	-20.0%
Accomodation and Food Services	2,311	7.0%	2,571	2,583	-272	-10.5%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	1,582	4.8%	1,746	1,868	-286	-15.3%
Public Administration	638	1.9%	700	717	-79	-11.0%
Information Not Available	1,099	3.3%	1,249	1,718	-619	-36.0%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Missouri
	Aug 2014	Percent	Jul 2014	Aug 2013	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	35,813		39,698	44,819
Male	16,303	45.5%	17,265	21,429	-5,126	-23.9%
Female	19,473	54.4%	22,384	23,344	-3,871	-16.6%
Information Not Available	37	0.1%	49	46	-9	-19.6%

Ethnicity	35,813		39,698	44,819
Hispanic or Latino	1,212	3.4%	1,310	1,083	129	11.9%
Not Hispanic or Latino	27,700	77.3%	30,875	35,775	-8,075	-22.6%
Information Not Available	6,901	19.3%	7,513	7,961	-1,060	-13.3%

Race	35,813		39,698	44,819
American Indian or Alaskan Native	236	0.7%	206	255	-19	-7.5%
Asian	230	0.6%	235	261	-31	-11.9%
Black or African American	7,380	20.6%	7,385	6,410	970	15.1%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	947	2.6%	836	418	529	126.6%
White	20,778	58.0%	22,121	23,751	-2,973	-12.5%
Information Not Available	6,242	17.4%	8,915	13,724	-7,482	-54.5%

Years of Age	35,813		39,698	44,819
Younger than 22	737	1.4%	696	933	-196	-21.0%
22-24	1,785	3.3%	1,917	2,381	-596	-25.0%
25-34	8,484	15.7%	8,988	10,367	-1,883	-18.2%
35-44	8,011	14.8%	8,870	10,131	-2,120	-20.9%
45-54	8,712	16.1%	9,812	11,284	-2,572	-22.8%
55-59	3,829	7.1%	4,360	4,715	-886	-18.8%
60-64	2,427	4.5%	2,833	2,955	-528	-17.9%
65 and older	1,826	3.4%	2,220	2,009	-183	-9.1%
Information Not Available	2	0.0%	2	44	-42	-95.5%

Industry	35,813		39,698	44,819
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	151	0.4%	120	213	-62	-29.1%
Mining	66	0.2%	83	96	-30	-31.3%
Utilities	51	0.1%	41	55	-4	-7.3%
Construction	3,036	8.4%	2,837	3,636	-600	-16.5%
Manufacturing	3,238	9.0%	4,032	6,289	-3,051	-48.5%
Wholesale Trade	1,522	4.2%	1,445	1,615	-93	-5.8%
Retail Trade	3,359	9.3%	3,650	4,282	-923	-21.6%
Transporation and Warehousing	2,180	6.1%	3,309	2,501	-321	-12.8%
Information	819	2.3%	871	991	-172	-17.4%
Finance and Insurance	1,415	3.9%	1,459	1,436	-21	-1.5%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	586	1.6%	746	988	-402	-40.7%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	1,927	5.4%	1,924	2,161	-234	-10.8%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	166	0.5%	184	170	-4	-2.4%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	4,312	12.0%	4,518	5,343	-1,031	-19.3%
Educational Services	1,292	3.6%	1,353	1,385	-93	-6.7%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	4,845	13.5%	5,211	5,630	-785	-13.9%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	423	1.2%	413	525	-102	-19.4%
Accomodation and Food Services	3,417	9.5%	4,585	3,727	-310	-8.3%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	1,145	3.2%	1,141	1,632	-487	-29.8%
Public Administration	406	1.1%	407	497	-91	-18.3%
Information Not Available	1,457	4.1%	1,369	1,647	-190	-11.5%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Mississippi
	Aug 2014	Percent	Jul 2014	Aug 2013	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	20,901		24,680	26,819
Male	8,555	40.9%	9,629	10,957	-2,402	-21.9%
Female	12,330	59.0%	15,036	15,854	-3,524	-22.2%
Information Not Available	16	0.1%	15	8	8	100.0%

Ethnicity	20,901		24,680	26,819
Hispanic or Latino	323	1.5%	330	335	-12	-3.6%
Not Hispanic or Latino	19,641	94.0%	23,289	25,250	-5,609	-22.2%
Information Not Available	937	4.5%	1,061	1,233	-296	-24.0%

Race	20,901		24,680	26,819
American Indian or Alaskan Native	54	0.3%	47	68	-14	-20.6%
Asian	58	0.3%	51	75	-17	-22.7%
Black or African American	13,307	63.7%	16,203	17,239	-3,932	-22.8%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	37	0.2%	43	45	-8	-17.8%
White	7,159	34.3%	8,031	9,037	-1,878	-20.8%
Information Not Available	286	1.4%	305	355	-69	-19.4%

Years of Age	20,901		24,680	26,819
Younger than 22	415	1.6%	410	610	-195	-32.0%
22-24	1,092	4.1%	1,219	1,700	-608	-35.8%
25-34	5,137	19.3%	5,964	7,106	-1,969	-27.7%
35-44	4,879	18.3%	5,797	6,071	-1,192	-19.6%
45-54	4,722	17.7%	5,614	5,944	-1,222	-20.6%
55-59	2,222	8.3%	2,581	2,486	-264	-10.6%
60-64	1,403	5.3%	1,775	1,645	-242	-14.7%
65 and older	1,031	3.9%	1,320	1,257	-226	-18.0%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	20,901		24,680	26,819
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	133	0.6%	184	258	-125	-48.4%
Mining	39	0.2%	60	58	-19	-32.8%
Utilities	23	0.1%	22	20	3	15.0%
Construction	1,105	5.3%	1,190	1,305	-200	-15.3%
Manufacturing	2,801	13.3%	3,302	3,456	-655	-19.0%
Wholesale Trade	344	1.6%	457	488	-144	-29.5%
Retail Trade	1,666	7.9%	1,808	2,344	-678	-28.9%
Transporation and Warehousing	441	2.1%	768	592	-151	-25.5%
Information	121	0.6%	138	188	-67	-35.6%
Finance and Insurance	302	1.4%	340	390	-88	-22.6%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	190	0.9%	194	219	-29	-13.2%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	578	2.7%	653	756	-178	-23.5%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	287	1.4%	257	155	132	85.2%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	1,915	9.1%	2,275	2,427	-512	-21.1%
Educational Services	663	3.2%	774	840	-177	-21.1%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	4,259	20.2%	5,613	5,754	-1,495	-26.0%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	133	0.6%	141	160	-27	-16.9%
Accomodation and Food Services	2,184	10.4%	2,546	2,472	-288	-11.7%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	277	1.3%	289	400	-123	-30.8%
Public Administration	285	1.4%	298	419	-134	-32.0%
Information Not Available	3,155	15.0%	3,371	4,118	-963	-23.4%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Montana
	Aug 2014	Percent	Jul 2014	Aug 2013	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	4,438		4,843	5,959
Male	2,100	47.3%	2,327	2,971	-871	-29.3%
Female	2,330	52.5%	2,510	2,982	-652	-21.9%
Information Not Available	8	0.2%	6	6	2	33.3%

Ethnicity	4,438		4,843	5,959
Hispanic or Latino	172	3.9%	169	203	-31	-15.3%
Not Hispanic or Latino	4,078	91.9%	4,463	5,466	-1,388	-25.4%
Information Not Available	188	4.2%	211	290	-102	-35.2%

Race	4,438		4,843	5,959
American Indian or Alaskan Native	767	17.3%	763	917	-150	-16.4%
Asian	32	0.7%	30	30	2	6.7%
Black or African American	46	1.0%	55	69	-23	-33.3%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	8	0.2%	9	20	-12	-60.0%
White	3,541	79.8%	3,948	4,873	-1,332	-27.3%
Information Not Available	44	1.0%	38	50	-6	-12.0%

Years of Age	4,438		4,843	5,959
Younger than 22	63	0.8%	67	117	-54	-46.2%
22-24	176	2.3%	217	282	-106	-37.6%
25-34	955	12.5%	1,062	1,326	-371	-28.0%
35-44	924	12.1%	1,028	1,269	-345	-27.2%
45-54	1,126	14.8%	1,165	1,452	-326	-22.5%
55-59	569	7.5%	623	718	-149	-20.8%
60-64	349	4.6%	409	468	-119	-25.4%
65 and older	276	3.6%	272	327	-51	-15.6%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	4,438		4,843	5,959
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	41	0.9%	63	46	-5	-10.9%
Mining	101	2.3%	116	209	-108	-51.7%
Utilities	50	1.1%	47	43	7	16.3%
Construction	464	10.4%	509	614	-150	-24.4%
Manufacturing	257	5.7%	278	378	-121	-32.0%
Wholesale Trade	97	2.2%	106	150	-53	-35.3%
Retail Trade	389	8.7%	385	523	-134	-25.6%
Transporation and Warehousing	221	4.9%	247	276	-55	-19.9%
Information	63	1.4%	64	66	-3	-4.5%
Finance and Insurance	70	1.6%	80	103	-33	-32.0%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	41	0.9%	55	58	-17	-29.3%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	175	3.9%	197	262	-87	-33.2%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	12	0.3%	10	4	8	200.0%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	311	6.9%	346	497	-186	-37.4%
Educational Services	195	4.4%	212	257	-62	-24.1%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	734	16.4%	761	892	-158	-17.7%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	101	2.3%	124	115	-14	-12.2%
Accomodation and Food Services	469	10.5%	547	618	-149	-24.1%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	145	3.2%	151	191	-46	-24.1%
Public Administration	390	8.7%	418	422	-32	-7.6%
Information Not Available	112	2.5%	127	235	-123	-52.3%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants North Carolina
	Aug 2014	Percent	Jul 2014	Aug 2013	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	47,903		49,084	77,819
Male	22,705	47.4%	22,971	38,217	-15,512	-40.6%
Female	25,180	52.6%	26,092	39,590	-14,410	-36.4%
Information Not Available	18	0.0%	21	12	6	50.0%

Ethnicity	47,903		49,084	77,819
Hispanic or Latino	1,987	4.1%	2,029	3,558	-1,571	-44.2%
Not Hispanic or Latino	45,058	94.1%	46,220	73,038	-27,980	-38.3%
Information Not Available	858	1.8%	835	1,223	-365	-29.8%

Race	47,903		49,084	77,819
American Indian or Alaskan Native	680	1.4%	697	1,201	-521	-43.4%
Asian	477	1.0%	507	897	-420	-46.8%
Black or African American	21,265	44.4%	22,142	32,423	-11,158	-34.4%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	82	0.2%	70	123	-41	-33.3%
White	22,532	47.0%	22,771	38,675	-16,143	-41.7%
Information Not Available	2,867	6.0%	2,897	4,500	-1,633	-36.3%

Years of Age	47,903		49,084	77,819
Younger than 22	1,066	1.6%	1,060	2,123	-1,057	-49.8%
22-24	2,730	4.0%	2,783	5,176	-2,446	-47.3%
25-34	12,171	18.0%	12,441	19,814	-7,643	-38.6%
35-44	11,465	16.9%	11,705	18,666	-7,201	-38.6%
45-54	11,409	16.9%	11,747	18,018	-6,609	-36.7%
55-59	4,543	6.7%	4,640	7,042	-2,499	-35.5%
60-64	2,784	4.1%	2,884	4,326	-1,542	-35.6%
65 and older	1,735	2.6%	1,824	2,654	-919	-34.6%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	47,903		49,084	77,819
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	125	0.3%	124	305	-180	-59.0%
Mining	6	0.0%	7	54	-48	-88.9%
Utilities	50	0.1%	47	72	-22	-30.6%
Construction	1,915	4.0%	1,939	3,899	-1,984	-50.9%
Manufacturing	4,791	10.0%	5,024	8,818	-4,027	-45.7%
Wholesale Trade	1,486	3.1%	1,551	2,536	-1,050	-41.4%
Retail Trade	3,705	7.7%	3,844	6,160	-2,455	-39.9%
Transporation and Warehousing	701	1.5%	726	1,648	-947	-57.5%
Information	414	0.9%	386	759	-345	-45.5%
Finance and Insurance	1,097	2.3%	1,119	1,699	-602	-35.4%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	412	0.9%	410	697	-285	-40.9%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	1,856	3.9%	1,908	3,106	-1,250	-40.2%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	192	0.4%	209	299	-107	-35.8%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	5,819	12.1%	6,018	9,220	-3,401	-36.9%
Educational Services	1,206	2.5%	1,241	2,940	-1,734	-59.0%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	3,954	8.2%	4,015	6,589	-2,635	-40.0%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	220	0.5%	235	368	-148	-40.2%
Accomodation and Food Services	3,233	6.7%	3,619	4,990	-1,757	-35.2%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	641	1.3%	685	1,232	-591	-48.0%
Public Administration	410	0.9%	414	841	-431	-51.2%
Information Not Available	15,670	32.6%	15,563	21,587	-5,917	-27.4%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants North Dakota
	Aug 2014	Percent	Jul 2014	Aug 2013	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	1,767		2,095	2,213
Male	1,000	56.6%	1,177	1,222	-222	-18.2%
Female	766	43.4%	917	990	-224	-22.6%
Information Not Available	1	0.1%	1	1	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	1,767		2,095	2,213
Hispanic or Latino	63	3.6%	77	101	-38	-37.6%
Not Hispanic or Latino	1,649	93.3%	1,960	2,049	-400	-19.5%
Information Not Available	55	3.1%	58	63	-8	-12.7%

Race	1,767		2,095	2,213
American Indian or Alaskan Native	206	11.7%	251	272	-66	-24.3%
Asian	13	0.7%	15	18	-5	-27.8%
Black or African American	70	4.0%	72	75	-5	-6.7%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	6	0.3%	8	7	-1	-14.3%
White	1,354	76.6%	1,614	1,677	-323	-19.3%
Information Not Available	118	6.7%	135	164	-46	-28.0%

Years of Age	1,767		2,095	2,213
Younger than 22	16	0.5%	18	24	-8	-33.3%
22-24	54	1.8%	66	79	-25	-31.6%
25-34	366	12.3%	453	466	-100	-21.5%
35-44	344	11.6%	414	439	-95	-21.6%
45-54	463	15.6%	542	591	-128	-21.7%
55-59	239	8.0%	265	282	-43	-15.2%
60-64	150	5.0%	179	201	-51	-25.4%
65 and older	132	4.4%	156	131	1	0.8%
Information Not Available	3	0.1%	2	0	3	0.0%

Industry	1,767		2,095	2,213
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	72	3.9%	73	88	-16	-18.2%
Mining	48	2.6%	64	79	-31	-39.2%
Utilities	4	0.2%	5	6	-2	-33.3%
Construction	212	11.5%	266	258	-46	-17.8%
Manufacturing	235	12.8%	357	351	-116	-33.0%
Wholesale Trade	83	4.5%	84	89	-6	-6.7%
Retail Trade	113	6.1%	104	124	-11	-8.9%
Transporation and Warehousing	144	7.8%	155	163	-19	-11.7%
Information	26	1.4%	17	41	-15	-36.6%
Finance and Insurance	47	2.6%	54	34	13	38.2%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	17	0.9%	19	26	-9	-34.6%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	85	4.6%	87	115	-30	-26.1%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	5	0.3%	5	10	-5	-50.0%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	65	3.5%	58	113	-48	-42.5%
Educational Services	2	0.1%	4	1	1	100.0%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	129	7.0%	166	140	-11	-7.9%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	11	0.6%	14	11	0	0.0%
Accomodation and Food Services	84	4.6%	123	112	-28	-25.0%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	40	2.2%	45	48	-8	-16.7%
Public Administration	156	8.5%	179	229	-73	-31.9%
Information Not Available	189	10.3%	216	175	14	8.0%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Nebraska
	Aug 2014	Percent	Jul 2014	Aug 2013	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	6,424		8,529	8,027
Male	2,705	42.1%	3,896	3,489	-784	-22.5%
Female	3,406	53.0%	4,286	4,083	-677	-16.6%
Information Not Available	313	4.9%	347	455	-142	-31.2%

Ethnicity	6,424		8,529	8,027
Hispanic or Latino	400	6.2%	536	502	-102	-20.3%
Not Hispanic or Latino	5,148	80.1%	6,888	6,398	-1,250	-19.5%
Information Not Available	876	13.6%	1,105	1,127	-251	-22.3%

Race	6,424		8,529	8,027
American Indian or Alaskan Native	109	1.7%	128	155	-46	-29.7%
Asian	84	1.3%	112	104	-20	-19.2%
Black or African American	703	10.9%	819	873	-170	-19.5%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	20	0.3%	28	14	6	42.9%
White	4,378	68.2%	5,939	5,506	-1,128	-20.5%
Information Not Available	1,130	17.6%	1,503	1,375	-245	-17.8%

Years of Age	6,424		8,529	8,027
Younger than 22	79	0.8%	111	107	-28	-26.2%
22-24	246	2.4%	304	350	-104	-29.7%
25-34	1,500	14.6%	1,870	1,971	-471	-23.9%
35-44	1,368	13.3%	1,849	1,796	-428	-23.8%
45-54	1,542	15.0%	2,135	1,949	-407	-20.9%
55-59	762	7.4%	1,045	849	-87	-10.2%
60-64	551	5.4%	733	589	-38	-6.5%
65 and older	376	3.7%	482	416	-40	-9.6%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	6,424		8,529	8,027
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	49	0.8%	47	60	-11	-18.3%
Mining	8	0.1%	10	13	-5	-38.5%
Utilities	13	0.2%	14	2	11	550.0%
Construction	370	5.7%	448	487	-117	-24.0%
Manufacturing	908	14.0%	1,966	1,204	-296	-24.6%
Wholesale Trade	261	4.0%	269	321	-60	-18.7%
Retail Trade	616	9.5%	665	771	-155	-20.1%
Transporation and Warehousing	349	5.4%	593	363	-14	-3.9%
Information	138	2.1%	146	148	-10	-6.8%
Finance and Insurance	334	5.2%	328	373	-39	-10.5%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	78	1.2%	84	108	-30	-27.8%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	342	5.3%	339	382	-40	-10.5%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	46	0.7%	40	43	3	7.0%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	667	10.3%	767	769	-102	-13.3%
Educational Services	166	2.6%	212	220	-54	-24.5%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	772	11.9%	936	1,025	-253	-24.7%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	86	1.3%	96	95	-9	-9.5%
Accomodation and Food Services	523	8.1%	748	626	-103	-16.5%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	146	2.3%	180	259	-113	-43.6%
Public Administration	160	2.5%	168	192	-32	-16.7%
Information Not Available	392	6.1%	473	566	-174	-30.7%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants New Hampshire
	Aug 2014	Percent	Jul 2014	Aug 2013	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	7,175		6,915	7,807
Male	3,214	44.8%	3,305	3,654	-440	-12.0%
Female	3,921	54.6%	3,570	4,105	-184	-4.5%
Information Not Available	40	0.6%	40	48	-8	-16.7%

Ethnicity	7,175		6,915	7,807
Hispanic or Latino	227	3.2%	240	268	-41	-15.3%
Not Hispanic or Latino	6,014	83.8%	5,791	6,447	-433	-6.7%
Information Not Available	934	13.0%	884	1,092	-158	-14.5%

Race	7,175		6,915	7,807
American Indian or Alaskan Native	55	0.8%	58	41	14	34.1%
Asian	99	1.4%	100	131	-32	-24.4%
Black or African American	118	1.6%	115	119	-1	-0.8%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	7	0.1%	9	12	-5	-41.7%
White	6,395	89.1%	6,134	6,936	-541	-7.8%
Information Not Available	501	7.0%	499	568	-67	-11.8%

Years of Age	7,175		6,915	7,807
Younger than 22	194	1.5%	63	69	125	181.2%
22-24	250	2.0%	174	223	27	12.1%
25-34	1,179	9.2%	1,112	1,289	-110	-8.5%
35-44	1,346	10.5%	1,357	1,585	-239	-15.1%
45-54	1,874	14.6%	1,843	2,145	-271	-12.6%
55-59	995	7.8%	1,058	1,127	-132	-11.7%
60-64	768	6.0%	794	835	-67	-8.0%
65 and older	569	4.4%	514	534	35	6.6%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	7,175		6,915	7,807
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	16	0.2%	13	28	-12	-42.9%
Mining	1	0.0%	4	5	-4	-80.0%
Utilities	8	0.1%	7	13	-5	-38.5%
Construction	117	1.6%	137	154	-37	-24.0%
Manufacturing	698	9.7%	833	792	-94	-11.9%
Wholesale Trade	291	4.0%	288	391	-100	-25.6%
Retail Trade	1,084	15.1%	402	458	626	136.7%
Transporation and Warehousing	801	11.1%	718	848	-47	-5.5%
Information	72	1.0%	67	128	-56	-43.8%
Finance and Insurance	223	3.1%	230	246	-23	-9.3%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	85	1.2%	78	90	-5	-5.6%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	325	4.5%	364	421	-96	-22.8%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	29	0.4%	27	57	-28	-49.1%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	741	10.3%	862	782	-41	-5.2%
Educational Services	371	5.2%	388	394	-23	-5.8%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	670	9.3%	708	795	-125	-15.7%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	66	0.9%	71	87	-21	-24.1%
Accomodation and Food Services	227	3.2%	235	255	-28	-11.0%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	212	2.9%	226	302	-90	-29.8%
Public Administration	68	0.9%	88	105	-37	-35.2%
Information Not Available	1,070	14.9%	1,169	1,456	-386	-26.5%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants New Jersey
	Aug 2014	Percent	Jul 2014	Aug 2013	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	125,903		130,981	132,577
Male	56,659	45.0%	60,111	61,215	-4,556	-7.4%
Female	69,244	55.0%	70,870	71,362	-2,118	-3.0%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	125,903		130,981	132,577
Hispanic or Latino	24,992	19.9%	25,963	26,230	-1,238	-4.7%
Not Hispanic or Latino	87,303	69.3%	90,897	92,131	-4,828	-5.2%
Information Not Available	13,608	10.8%	14,121	14,216	-608	-4.3%

Race	125,903		130,981	132,577
American Indian or Alaskan Native	519	0.4%	534	608	-89	-14.6%
Asian	4,692	3.7%	5,085	4,608	84	1.8%
Black or African American	28,656	22.8%	29,062	29,204	-548	-1.9%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	746	0.6%	766	843	-97	-11.5%
White	74,276	59.0%	77,793	79,197	-4,921	-6.2%
Information Not Available	17,014	13.5%	17,741	18,117	-1,103	-6.1%

Years of Age	125,903		130,981	132,577
Younger than 22	2,414	1.3%	2,371	2,866	-452	-15.8%
22-24	6,239	3.3%	6,330	7,148	-909	-12.7%
25-34	26,642	14.0%	27,660	28,445	-1,803	-6.3%
35-44	24,783	13.0%	25,816	25,944	-1,161	-4.5%
45-54	29,874	15.7%	31,405	31,640	-1,766	-5.6%
55-59	13,889	7.3%	14,640	14,124	-235	-1.7%
60-64	10,180	5.4%	10,623	10,249	-69	-0.7%
65 and older	11,882	6.3%	12,136	12,161	-279	-2.3%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	125,903		130,981	132,577
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	145	0.1%	153	170	-25	-14.7%
Mining	44	0.0%	48	32	12	37.5%
Utilities	143	0.1%	137	146	-3	-2.1%
Construction	6,718	5.3%	7,722	7,910	-1,192	-15.1%
Manufacturing	6,848	5.4%	7,321	7,415	-567	-7.6%
Wholesale Trade	5,503	4.4%	5,787	5,843	-340	-5.8%
Retail Trade	12,149	9.6%	12,858	13,137	-988	-7.5%
Transporation and Warehousing	10,925	8.7%	10,267	11,438	-513	-4.5%
Information	2,109	1.7%	2,140	2,341	-232	-9.9%
Finance and Insurance	3,808	3.0%	4,237	4,644	-836	-18.0%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	1,673	1.3%	1,733	1,782	-109	-6.1%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	6,935	5.5%	7,288	7,576	-641	-8.5%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	610	0.5%	661	720	-110	-15.3%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	13,124	10.4%	13,757	13,966	-842	-6.0%
Educational Services	6,711	5.3%	7,067	6,931	-220	-3.2%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	13,633	10.8%	13,886	14,167	-534	-3.8%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	1,227	1.0%	1,272	1,378	-151	-11.0%
Accomodation and Food Services	13,947	11.1%	15,042	14,593	-646	-4.4%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	2,655	2.1%	2,799	3,210	-555	-17.3%
Public Administration	4,304	3.4%	4,074	4,597	-293	-6.4%
Information Not Available	12,692	10.1%	12,732	10,581	2,111	20.0%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants New Mexico
	Aug 2014	Percent	Jul 2014	Aug 2013	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	13,389		16,394	15,116
Male	6,917	51.7%	8,373	7,842	-925	-11.8%
Female	6,472	48.3%	8,021	7,273	-801	-11.0%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	1	-1	-100.0%

Ethnicity	13,389		16,394	15,116
Hispanic or Latino	6,610	49.4%	8,224	7,563	-953	-12.6%
Not Hispanic or Latino	5,569	41.6%	6,744	6,208	-639	-10.3%
Information Not Available	1,210	9.0%	1,426	1,345	-135	-10.0%

Race	13,389		16,394	15,116
American Indian or Alaskan Native	1,661	12.4%	2,059	1,990	-329	-16.5%
Asian	100	0.7%	133	126	-26	-20.6%
Black or African American	396	3.0%	473	410	-14	-3.4%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	40	0.3%	40	47	-7	-14.9%
White	6,921	51.7%	8,493	7,575	-654	-8.6%
Information Not Available	4,271	31.9%	5,196	4,968	-697	-14.0%

Years of Age	13,389		16,394	15,116
Younger than 22	369	1.9%	434	365	4	1.1%
22-24	687	3.5%	834	797	-110	-13.8%
25-34	3,262	16.8%	3,833	3,756	-494	-13.2%
35-44	2,919	15.1%	3,581	3,297	-378	-11.5%
45-54	3,139	16.2%	3,914	3,629	-490	-13.5%
55-59	1,431	7.4%	1,751	1,579	-148	-9.4%
60-64	948	4.9%	1,226	1,031	-83	-8.1%
65 and older	634	3.3%	821	662	-28	-4.2%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	13,389		16,394	15,116
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	191	1.4%	264	155	36	23.2%
Mining	366	2.7%	338	326	40	12.3%
Utilities	17	0.1%	29	35	-18	-51.4%
Construction	2,300	16.9%	2,830	2,607	-307	-11.8%
Manufacturing	619	4.6%	876	608	11	1.8%
Wholesale Trade	339	2.5%	365	360	-21	-5.8%
Retail Trade	1,505	11.1%	1,683	1,567	-62	-4.0%
Transporation and Warehousing	451	3.3%	857	489	-38	-7.8%
Information	398	2.9%	438	520	-122	-23.5%
Finance and Insurance	325	2.4%	394	290	35	12.1%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	218	1.6%	226	196	22	11.2%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	763	5.6%	848	846	-83	-9.8%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	91	0.7%	94	24	67	279.2%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	980	7.2%	1,164	1,368	-388	-28.4%
Educational Services	656	4.8%	781	701	-45	-6.4%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	1,834	13.5%	2,222	2,234	-400	-17.9%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	296	2.2%	372	323	-27	-8.4%
Accomodation and Food Services	1,112	8.2%	1,499	1,298	-186	-14.3%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	362	2.7%	607	555	-193	-34.8%
Public Administration	565	4.2%	505	610	-45	-7.4%
Information Not Available	1	0.0%	2	4	-3	-75.0%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Nevada
	Aug 2014	Percent	Jul 2014	Aug 2013	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	28,219		30,631	27,264
Male	15,367	54.5%	16,839	15,019	348	2.3%
Female	12,712	45.0%	13,649	12,245	467	3.8%
Information Not Available	140	0.5%	143	0	140	0.0%

Ethnicity	28,219		30,631	27,264
Hispanic or Latino	5,394	19.1%	5,730	5,425	-31	-0.6%
Not Hispanic or Latino	18,565	65.8%	20,232	18,653	-88	-0.5%
Information Not Available	4,260	15.1%	4,669	3,186	1,074	33.7%

Race	28,219		30,631	27,264
American Indian or Alaskan Native	662	2.3%	681	422	240	56.9%
Asian	1,658	5.9%	1,821	3,335	-1,677	-50.3%
Black or African American	4,087	14.5%	4,447	3,878	209	5.4%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	666	2.4%	697	1,162	-496	-42.7%
White	16,744	59.3%	18,251	16,077	667	4.1%
Information Not Available	4,402	15.6%	4,734	2,390	2,012	84.2%

Years of Age	28,219		30,631	27,264
Younger than 22	675	1.6%	736	639	36	5.6%
22-24	1,411	3.3%	1,550	1,587	-176	-11.1%
25-34	6,503	15.1%	6,730	6,429	74	1.2%
35-44	6,139	14.3%	6,693	5,793	346	6.0%
45-54	6,662	15.5%	7,402	6,342	320	5.0%
55-59	2,893	6.7%	3,148	2,638	255	9.7%
60-64	2,013	4.7%	2,260	1,921	92	4.8%
65 and older	1,923	4.5%	2,112	1,915	8	0.4%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	28,219		30,631	27,264
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	24	0.1%	20	21	3	14.3%
Mining	219	0.8%	293	301	-82	-27.2%
Utilities	30	0.1%	41	60	-30	-50.0%
Construction	2,770	9.8%	3,099	2,724	46	1.7%
Manufacturing	1,000	3.5%	1,025	934	66	7.1%
Wholesale Trade	682	2.4%	739	661	21	3.2%
Retail Trade	2,377	8.4%	2,453	2,584	-207	-8.0%
Transporation and Warehousing	836	3.0%	893	1,210	-374	-30.9%
Information	423	1.5%	409	283	140	49.5%
Finance and Insurance	848	3.0%	909	634	214	33.8%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	663	2.3%	758	657	6	0.9%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	1,292	4.6%	1,368	1,229	63	5.1%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	251	0.9%	247	207	44	21.3%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	4,170	14.8%	5,110	4,221	-51	-1.2%
Educational Services	542	1.9%	616	578	-36	-6.2%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	1,680	5.9%	1,796	1,823	-143	-7.8%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	653	2.3%	587	649	4	0.6%
Accomodation and Food Services	4,121	14.6%	4,265	5,094	-973	-19.1%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	520	1.8%	539	621	-101	-16.3%
Public Administration	591	2.1%	682	609	-18	-3.0%
Information Not Available	4,527	16.0%	4,782	2,164	2,363	109.2%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants New York
	Aug 2014	Percent	Jul 2014	Aug 2013	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	185,883		192,821	229,326
Male	90,431	48.6%	95,246	112,887	-22,456	-19.9%
Female	95,429	51.3%	97,548	116,428	-20,999	-18.0%
Information Not Available	23	0.0%	27	11	12	109.1%

Ethnicity	185,883		192,821	229,326
Hispanic or Latino	34,110	18.4%	34,398	39,991	-5,881	-14.7%
Not Hispanic or Latino	121,774	65.5%	127,483	151,363	-29,589	-19.5%
Information Not Available	29,999	16.1%	30,940	37,972	-7,973	-21.0%

Race	185,883		192,821	229,326
American Indian or Alaskan Native	1,646	0.9%	1,658	1,842	-196	-10.6%
Asian	6,212	3.3%	6,366	7,788	-1,576	-20.2%
Black or African American	32,552	17.5%	33,593	39,776	-7,224	-18.2%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	1,123	0.6%	1,133	1,285	-162	-12.6%
White	93,320	50.2%	97,818	117,241	-23,921	-20.4%
Information Not Available	51,030	27.5%	52,253	61,394	-10,364	-16.9%

Years of Age	185,883		192,821	229,326
Younger than 22	4,429	1.7%	4,792	6,760	-2,331	-34.5%
22-24	11,244	4.2%	12,032	15,401	-4,157	-27.0%
25-34	45,811	17.2%	47,731	57,077	-11,266	-19.7%
35-44	38,174	14.3%	39,810	47,198	-9,024	-19.1%
45-54	42,551	16.0%	43,885	51,920	-9,369	-18.0%
55-59	18,864	7.1%	19,439	22,205	-3,341	-15.0%
60-64	12,987	4.9%	13,363	15,418	-2,431	-15.8%
65 and older	11,823	4.4%	11,769	13,347	-1,524	-11.4%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	185,883		192,821	229,326
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	472	0.3%	483	463	9	1.9%
Mining	73	0.0%	101	148	-75	-50.7%
Utilities	109	0.1%	125	228	-119	-52.2%
Construction	13,511	7.3%	15,740	16,989	-3,478	-20.5%
Manufacturing	9,130	4.9%	9,964	11,935	-2,805	-23.5%
Wholesale Trade	6,742	3.6%	7,003	7,812	-1,070	-13.7%
Retail Trade	16,774	9.0%	17,491	20,610	-3,836	-18.6%
Transporation and Warehousing	19,911	10.7%	18,172	22,493	-2,582	-11.5%
Information	5,751	3.1%	6,384	7,157	-1,406	-19.6%
Finance and Insurance	6,150	3.3%	6,423	9,647	-3,497	-36.2%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	3,588	1.9%	4,110	4,450	-862	-19.4%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	11,594	6.2%	12,042	15,135	-3,541	-23.4%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	910	0.5%	976	1,119	-209	-18.7%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	20,267	10.9%	20,932	24,019	-3,752	-15.6%
Educational Services	10,471	5.6%	10,595	14,595	-4,124	-28.3%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	22,626	12.1%	23,320	27,926	-5,300	-19.0%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	5,034	2.7%	4,951	6,024	-990	-16.4%
Accomodation and Food Services	17,871	9.6%	18,632	19,966	-2,095	-10.5%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	5,329	2.9%	5,429	6,519	-1,190	-18.3%
Public Administration	4,780	2.6%	5,465	5,936	-1,156	-19.5%
Information Not Available	4,790	2.6%	4,483	6,155	-1,365	-22.2%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Ohio
	Aug 2014	Percent	Jul 2014	Aug 2013	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	59,429		66,936	68,134
Male	30,211	50.8%	34,120	35,839	-5,628	-15.7%
Female	29,017	48.8%	32,609	32,077	-3,060	-9.5%
Information Not Available	201	0.3%	207	218	-17	-7.8%

Ethnicity	59,429		66,936	68,134
Hispanic or Latino	1,786	3.0%	2,075	1,948	-162	-8.3%
Not Hispanic or Latino	54,812	92.2%	61,734	62,990	-8,178	-13.0%
Information Not Available	2,831	4.8%	3,127	3,196	-365	-11.4%

Race	59,429		66,936	68,134
American Indian or Alaskan Native	242	0.4%	285	300	-58	-19.3%
Asian	461	0.8%	483	459	2	0.4%
Black or African American	11,516	19.4%	12,851	12,824	-1,308	-10.2%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	44	0.1%	69	57	-13	-22.8%
White	44,333	74.6%	50,121	51,432	-7,099	-13.8%
Information Not Available	2,833	4.8%	3,127	3,062	-229	-7.5%

Years of Age	59,429		66,936	68,134
Younger than 22	941	1.0%	1,148	1,272	-331	-26.0%
22-24	2,194	2.2%	2,524	2,861	-667	-23.3%
25-34	11,951	12.1%	13,595	14,422	-2,471	-17.1%
35-44	14,134	14.3%	15,667	15,857	-1,723	-10.9%
45-54	15,743	15.9%	17,594	18,156	-2,413	-13.3%
55-59	7,420	7.5%	8,417	8,048	-628	-7.8%
60-64	4,728	4.8%	5,331	4,997	-269	-5.4%
65 and older	2,318	2.3%	2,660	2,521	-203	-8.1%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	59,429		66,936	68,134
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	146	0.2%	157	155	-9	-5.8%
Mining	166	0.3%	195	156	10	6.4%
Utilities	46	0.1%	54	90	-44	-48.9%
Construction	6,285	10.5%	6,778	8,055	-1,770	-22.0%
Manufacturing	9,730	16.3%	13,200	11,122	-1,392	-12.5%
Wholesale Trade	2,846	4.8%	2,939	3,136	-290	-9.2%
Retail Trade	2,932	4.9%	2,990	3,261	-329	-10.1%
Transporation and Warehousing	2,842	4.8%	3,487	3,117	-275	-8.8%
Information	1,009	1.7%	1,011	1,299	-290	-22.3%
Finance and Insurance	2,217	3.7%	2,383	2,096	121	5.8%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	951	1.6%	985	954	-3	-0.3%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	3,735	6.3%	4,015	4,322	-587	-13.6%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	1,050	1.8%	1,184	1,191	-141	-11.8%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	7,756	13.0%	8,680	8,497	-741	-8.7%
Educational Services	2,252	3.8%	2,399	2,881	-629	-21.8%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	7,666	12.9%	8,198	8,696	-1,030	-11.8%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	703	1.2%	721	713	-10	-1.4%
Accomodation and Food Services	2,867	4.8%	3,089	3,264	-397	-12.2%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	1,608	2.7%	1,482	2,057	-449	-21.8%
Public Administration	460	0.8%	504	625	-165	-26.4%
Information Not Available	2,162	3.6%	2,485	2,447	-285	-11.6%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Oklahoma
	Aug 2014	Percent	Jul 2014	Aug 2013	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	17,091		18,806	25,800
Male	8,750	51.2%	9,683	13,677	-4,927	-36.0%
Female	8,301	48.6%	9,079	12,074	-3,773	-31.2%
Information Not Available	40	0.2%	44	49	-9	-18.4%

Ethnicity	17,091		18,806	25,800
Hispanic or Latino	1,300	7.6%	1,499	2,127	-827	-38.9%
Not Hispanic or Latino	15,791	92.4%	17,307	23,673	-7,882	-33.3%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Race	17,091		18,806	25,800
American Indian or Alaskan Native	1,709	10.0%	1,998	2,557	-848	-33.2%
Asian	145	0.8%	164	207	-62	-30.0%
Black or African American	2,681	15.7%	2,850	3,982	-1,301	-32.7%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	32	0.2%	30	46	-14	-30.4%
White	10,442	61.1%	11,417	15,714	-5,272	-33.5%
Information Not Available	2,082	12.2%	2,347	3,294	-1,212	-36.8%

Years of Age	17,091		18,806	25,800
Younger than 22	302	1.1%	310	520	-218	-41.9%
22-24	820	3.1%	862	1,309	-489	-37.4%
25-34	4,163	15.8%	4,563	6,316	-2,153	-34.1%
35-44	3,910	14.8%	4,340	5,961	-2,051	-34.4%
45-54	4,133	15.6%	4,540	6,160	-2,027	-32.9%
55-59	1,834	6.9%	2,069	2,687	-853	-31.7%
60-64	1,124	4.3%	1,257	1,628	-504	-31.0%
65 and older	805	3.0%	865	1,219	-414	-34.0%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	17,091		18,806	25,800
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	42	0.2%	53	128	-86	-67.2%
Mining	669	3.9%	724	1,004	-335	-33.4%
Utilities	35	0.2%	42	93	-58	-62.4%
Construction	1,411	8.2%	1,537	2,086	-675	-32.4%
Manufacturing	1,551	9.1%	1,659	2,932	-1,381	-47.1%
Wholesale Trade	726	4.2%	783	1,021	-295	-28.9%
Retail Trade	1,764	10.3%	1,749	2,442	-678	-27.8%
Transporation and Warehousing	411	2.4%	435	695	-284	-40.9%
Information	492	2.9%	523	596	-104	-17.4%
Finance and Insurance	522	3.0%	514	742	-220	-29.6%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	294	1.7%	314	448	-154	-34.4%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	897	5.2%	960	1,438	-541	-37.6%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	61	0.4%	74	116	-55	-47.4%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	2,481	14.5%	2,837	3,566	-1,085	-30.4%
Educational Services	701	4.1%	692	804	-103	-12.8%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	1,803	10.5%	1,826	2,664	-861	-32.3%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	232	1.4%	268	458	-226	-49.3%
Accomodation and Food Services	775	4.5%	850	1,329	-554	-41.7%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	657	3.8%	1,125	868	-211	-24.3%
Public Administration	784	4.6%	1,025	1,074	-290	-27.0%
Information Not Available	783	4.6%	816	1,296	-513	-39.6%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Oregon
	Aug 2014	Percent	Jul 2014	Aug 2013	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	33,213		36,574	41,063
Male	16,767	50.5%	18,556	20,987	-4,220	-20.1%
Female	16,442	49.5%	18,009	20,070	-3,628	-18.1%
Information Not Available	4	0.0%	9	6	-2	-33.3%

Ethnicity	33,213		36,574	41,063
Hispanic or Latino	3,128	9.4%	3,716	3,719	-591	-15.9%
Not Hispanic or Latino	26,368	79.4%	28,730	32,304	-5,936	-18.4%
Information Not Available	3,717	11.2%	4,128	5,040	-1,323	-26.3%

Race	33,213		36,574	41,063
American Indian or Alaskan Native	346	1.0%	378	476	-130	-27.3%
Asian	616	1.9%	753	886	-270	-30.5%
Black or African American	685	2.1%	743	828	-143	-17.3%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	222	0.7%	299	284	-62	-21.8%
White	19,215	57.9%	21,062	23,706	-4,491	-18.9%
Information Not Available	12,129	36.5%	13,339	14,883	-2,754	-18.5%

Years of Age	33,213		36,574	41,063
Younger than 22	449	0.9%	467	730	-281	-38.5%
22-24	1,351	2.7%	1,439	1,923	-572	-29.7%
25-34	7,505	15.2%	8,290	9,721	-2,216	-22.8%
35-44	7,599	15.4%	8,344	9,111	-1,512	-16.6%
45-54	8,006	16.2%	8,793	9,743	-1,737	-17.8%
55-59	3,777	7.6%	4,231	4,528	-751	-16.6%
60-64	2,955	6.0%	3,233	3,354	-399	-11.9%
65 and older	1,571	3.2%	1,777	1,953	-382	-19.6%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	33,213		36,574	41,063
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	594	1.8%	777	716	-122	-17.0%
Mining	53	0.2%	58	79	-26	-32.9%
Utilities	56	0.2%	52	87	-31	-35.6%
Construction	2,956	8.7%	3,234	3,586	-630	-17.6%
Manufacturing	3,394	10.0%	4,130	4,381	-987	-22.5%
Wholesale Trade	1,248	3.7%	1,319	1,511	-263	-17.4%
Retail Trade	3,408	10.1%	3,683	4,081	-673	-16.5%
Transporation and Warehousing	1,569	4.6%	1,729	1,909	-340	-17.8%
Information	743	2.2%	802	961	-218	-22.7%
Finance and Insurance	1,119	3.3%	1,296	1,287	-168	-13.1%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	481	1.4%	512	577	-96	-16.6%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	1,735	5.1%	1,846	2,035	-300	-14.7%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	200	0.6%	205	292	-92	-31.5%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	3,128	9.3%	3,362	3,819	-691	-18.1%
Educational Services	934	2.8%	1,071	1,340	-406	-30.3%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	4,861	14.4%	5,207	6,019	-1,158	-19.2%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	397	1.2%	446	494	-97	-19.6%
Accomodation and Food Services	2,798	8.3%	2,990	3,494	-696	-19.9%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	952	2.8%	1,034	1,187	-235	-19.8%
Public Administration	830	2.5%	917	1,063	-233	-21.9%
Information Not Available	1,757	5.2%	1,904	2,145	-388	-18.1%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Pennsylvania
	Aug 2014	Percent	Jul 2014	Aug 2013	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	155,779		159,164	176,197
Male	74,600	47.9%	78,301	86,763	-12,163	-14.0%
Female	81,161	52.1%	80,833	89,428	-8,267	-9.2%
Information Not Available	18	0.0%	30	6	12	200.0%

Ethnicity	155,779		159,164	176,197
Hispanic or Latino	9,042	5.8%	9,758	10,300	-1,258	-12.2%
Not Hispanic or Latino	141,993	91.2%	144,430	160,191	-18,198	-11.4%
Information Not Available	4,744	3.0%	4,976	5,706	-962	-16.9%

Race	155,779		159,164	176,197
American Indian or Alaskan Native	367	0.2%	417	399	-32	-8.0%
Asian	54	0.0%	44	50	4	8.0%
Black or African American	27,001	17.3%	27,062	30,268	-3,267	-10.8%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	1,930	1.2%	2,043	2,050	-120	-5.9%
White	113,301	72.7%	115,385	128,045	-14,744	-11.5%
Information Not Available	13,126	8.4%	14,213	15,385	-2,259	-14.7%

Years of Age	155,779		159,164	176,197
Younger than 22	3,357	1.3%	3,466	4,912	-1,555	-31.7%
22-24	7,738	3.0%	7,845	9,597	-1,859	-19.4%
25-34	32,708	12.8%	32,831	37,702	-4,994	-13.2%
35-44	30,717	12.0%	32,200	36,000	-5,283	-14.7%
45-54	37,112	14.5%	38,870	42,013	-4,901	-11.7%
55-59	18,003	7.0%	18,567	19,092	-1,089	-5.7%
60-64	13,035	5.1%	13,202	13,470	-435	-3.2%
65 and older	13,109	5.1%	12,183	13,411	-302	-2.3%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	155,779		159,164	176,197
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	338	0.2%	303	409	-71	-17.4%
Mining	933	0.6%	1,152	1,528	-595	-38.9%
Utilities	366	0.2%	531	281	85	30.2%
Construction	12,027	7.7%	12,465	14,385	-2,358	-16.4%
Manufacturing	15,995	10.2%	19,736	18,594	-2,599	-14.0%
Wholesale Trade	4,845	3.1%	4,723	5,660	-815	-14.4%
Retail Trade	14,453	9.3%	14,466	15,534	-1,081	-7.0%
Transporation and Warehousing	21,263	13.6%	17,541	21,901	-638	-2.9%
Information	1,916	1.2%	1,866	2,484	-568	-22.9%
Finance and Insurance	4,716	3.0%	4,983	4,259	457	10.7%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	1,487	1.0%	1,558	1,724	-237	-13.7%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	7,534	4.8%	8,002	8,594	-1,060	-12.3%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	888	0.6%	952	870	18	2.1%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	15,187	9.7%	15,623	16,918	-1,731	-10.2%
Educational Services	5,752	3.7%	5,937	8,252	-2,500	-30.3%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	20,838	13.3%	21,592	23,278	-2,440	-10.5%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	1,795	1.1%	2,084	2,257	-462	-20.5%
Accomodation and Food Services	15,852	10.2%	15,664	17,440	-1,588	-9.1%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	3,276	2.1%	3,494	4,055	-779	-19.2%
Public Administration	1,719	1.1%	1,532	1,883	-164	-8.7%
Information Not Available	4,599	2.9%	4,960	5,891	-1,292	-21.9%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Puerto Rico
	Aug 2014	Percent	Jul 2014	Aug 2013	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	31,397		34,347	35,122
Male	16,354	52.1%	17,140	19,022	-2,668	-14.0%
Female	15,043	47.9%	17,207	16,100	-1,057	-6.6%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	31,397		34,347	35,122
Hispanic or Latino	30,536	97.3%	33,346	33,780	-3,244	-9.6%
Not Hispanic or Latino	242	0.8%	260	438	-196	-44.7%
Information Not Available	619	2.0%	741	904	-285	-31.5%

Race	31,397		34,347	35,122
American Indian or Alaskan Native	1,046	3.3%	1,312	1,423	-377	-26.5%
Asian	26	0.1%	29	25	1	4.0%
Black or African American	1,197	3.8%	1,276	1,245	-48	-3.9%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	34	0.1%	41	57	-23	-40.4%
White	7,941	25.3%	8,966	9,910	-1,969	-19.9%
Information Not Available	21,153	67.4%	22,723	22,462	-1,309	-5.8%

Years of Age	31,397		34,347	35,122
Younger than 22	1,071	2.8%	1,134	1,284	-213	-16.6%
22-24	2,421	6.3%	2,596	2,829	-408	-14.4%
25-34	10,084	26.4%	11,006	11,212	-1,128	-10.1%
35-44	8,018	21.0%	8,739	8,719	-701	-8.0%
45-54	5,795	15.2%	6,659	6,728	-933	-13.9%
55-59	2,072	5.4%	2,208	2,163	-91	-4.2%
60-64	1,129	3.0%	1,184	1,292	-163	-12.6%
65 and older	784	2.1%	792	855	-71	-8.3%
Information Not Available	23	0.1%	29	40	-17	-42.5%

Industry	31,397		34,347	35,122
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	1,360	4.2%	1,250	1,343	17	1.3%
Mining	64	0.2%	91	69	-5	-7.2%
Utilities	16	0.0%	19	19	-3	-15.8%
Construction	2,933	9.0%	3,269	4,748	-1,815	-38.2%
Manufacturing	2,641	8.1%	3,054	4,139	-1,498	-36.2%
Wholesale Trade	761	2.3%	796	748	13	1.7%
Retail Trade	2,588	7.9%	2,562	2,615	-27	-1.0%
Transporation and Warehousing	871	2.7%	1,180	606	265	43.7%
Information	336	1.0%	362	263	73	27.8%
Finance and Insurance	530	1.6%	615	491	39	7.9%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	249	0.8%	232	305	-56	-18.4%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	1,252	3.8%	1,234	1,098	154	14.0%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	20	0.1%	23	40	-20	-50.0%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	4,872	14.9%	5,292	4,366	506	11.6%
Educational Services	5,190	15.8%	6,192	4,242	948	22.3%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	1,888	5.8%	2,567	1,898	-10	-0.5%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	74	0.2%	77	87	-13	-14.9%
Accomodation and Food Services	1,358	4.1%	1,384	1,330	28	2.1%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	493	1.5%	497	421	72	17.1%
Public Administration	2,563	7.8%	2,180	4,362	-1,799	-41.2%
Information Not Available	1,338	4.1%	1,471	1,932	-594	-30.7%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Rhode Island
	Aug 2014	Percent	Jul 2014	Aug 2013	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	11,933		11,942	12,693
Male	4,653	39.0%	4,948	5,164	-511	-9.9%
Female	7,280	61.0%	6,994	7,529	-249	-3.3%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	11,933		11,942	12,693
Hispanic or Latino	1,694	14.2%	1,736	1,587	107	6.7%
Not Hispanic or Latino	7,472	62.6%	7,431	8,074	-602	-7.5%
Information Not Available	2,767	23.2%	2,775	3,032	-265	-8.7%

Race	11,933		11,942	12,693
American Indian or Alaskan Native	63	0.5%	61	70	-7	-10.0%
Asian	164	1.4%	165	183	-19	-10.4%
Black or African American	725	6.1%	775	705	20	2.8%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	54	0.5%	49	38	16	42.1%
White	8,081	67.7%	8,044	8,960	-879	-9.8%
Information Not Available	2,846	23.8%	2,848	2,737	109	4.0%

Years of Age	11,933		11,942	12,693
Younger than 22	206	1.1%	219	216	-10	-4.6%
22-24	509	2.7%	516	575	-66	-11.5%
25-34	2,273	12.0%	2,352	2,448	-175	-7.1%
35-44	2,386	12.6%	2,401	2,547	-161	-6.3%
45-54	3,031	16.0%	3,033	3,247	-216	-6.7%
55-59	1,423	7.5%	1,386	1,513	-90	-5.9%
60-64	1,081	5.7%	1,040	1,102	-21	-1.9%
65 and older	1,024	5.4%	995	1,045	-21	-2.0%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	11,933		11,942	12,693
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	7	0.1%	12	16	-9	-56.3%
Mining	2	0.0%	3	2	0	0.0%
Utilities	5	0.0%	8	3	2	66.7%
Construction	623	5.2%	733	694	-71	-10.2%
Manufacturing	937	7.8%	1,062	1,141	-204	-17.9%
Wholesale Trade	434	3.6%	434	446	-12	-2.7%
Retail Trade	939	7.9%	933	1,129	-190	-16.8%
Transporation and Warehousing	1,574	13.2%	1,411	1,618	-44	-2.7%
Information	93	0.8%	123	132	-39	-29.5%
Finance and Insurance	472	4.0%	470	437	35	8.0%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	165	1.4%	178	179	-14	-7.8%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	587	4.9%	600	647	-60	-9.3%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	93	0.8%	105	119	-26	-21.8%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	1,074	9.0%	1,176	1,022	52	5.1%
Educational Services	448	3.8%	407	532	-84	-15.8%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	1,715	14.4%	1,628	1,660	55	3.3%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	151	1.3%	145	158	-7	-4.4%
Accomodation and Food Services	1,877	15.7%	1,778	1,910	-33	-1.7%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	422	3.5%	394	472	-50	-10.6%
Public Administration	102	0.9%	92	125	-23	-18.4%
Information Not Available	213	1.8%	250	251	-38	-15.1%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants South Carolina
	Aug 2014	Percent	Jul 2014	Aug 2013	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	26,373		28,700	31,558
Male	11,848	44.9%	12,871	14,907	-3,059	-20.5%
Female	14,525	55.1%	15,829	16,651	-2,126	-12.8%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	26,373		28,700	31,558
Hispanic or Latino	781	3.0%	845	975	-194	-19.9%
Not Hispanic or Latino	25,129	95.3%	27,366	29,981	-4,852	-16.2%
Information Not Available	463	1.8%	489	602	-139	-23.1%

Race	26,373		28,700	31,558
American Indian or Alaskan Native	146	0.6%	224	178	-32	-18.0%
Asian	182	0.7%	181	205	-23	-11.2%
Black or African American	13,399	50.8%	14,884	15,440	-2,041	-13.2%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	42	0.2%	54	46	-4	-8.7%
White	11,742	44.5%	12,499	14,658	-2,916	-19.9%
Information Not Available	862	3.3%	858	1,031	-169	-16.4%

Years of Age	26,373		28,700	31,558
Younger than 22	680	1.9%	717	984	-304	-30.9%
22-24	856	2.4%	892	1,170	-314	-26.8%
25-34	6,114	17.0%	6,498	7,539	-1,425	-18.9%
35-44	5,997	16.6%	6,359	7,302	-1,305	-17.9%
45-54	6,452	17.9%	7,089	7,438	-986	-13.3%
55-59	2,812	7.8%	3,186	3,279	-467	-14.2%
60-64	2,051	5.7%	2,313	2,231	-180	-8.1%
65 and older	1,365	3.8%	1,559	1,542	-177	-11.5%
Information Not Available	46	0.1%	87	73	-27	-37.0%

Industry	26,373		28,700	31,558
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	107	0.4%	126	182	-75	-41.2%
Mining	18	0.1%	26	20	-2	-10.0%
Utilities	55	0.2%	59	30	25	83.3%
Construction	1,522	5.7%	1,657	2,042	-520	-25.5%
Manufacturing	4,422	16.7%	5,101	4,236	186	4.4%
Wholesale Trade	778	2.9%	779	934	-156	-16.7%
Retail Trade	2,296	8.7%	2,316	2,569	-273	-10.6%
Transporation and Warehousing	1,000	3.8%	1,045	1,116	-116	-10.4%
Information	342	1.3%	352	320	22	6.9%
Finance and Insurance	1,018	3.8%	1,034	1,028	-10	-1.0%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	299	1.1%	325	392	-93	-23.7%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	1,499	5.7%	1,577	1,724	-225	-13.1%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	111	0.4%	118	95	16	16.8%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	3,866	14.6%	4,081	4,859	-993	-20.4%
Educational Services	650	2.5%	728	837	-187	-22.3%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	2,133	8.1%	2,420	2,878	-745	-25.9%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	244	0.9%	205	232	12	5.2%
Accomodation and Food Services	2,297	8.7%	2,687	2,857	-560	-19.6%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	773	2.9%	992	1,014	-241	-23.8%
Public Administration	446	1.7%	444	632	-186	-29.4%
Information Not Available	2,497	9.4%	2,628	3,561	-1,064	-29.9%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants South Dakota
	Aug 2014	Percent	Jul 2014	Aug 2013	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	1,262		1,407	1,624
Male	553	43.8%	599	738	-185	-25.1%
Female	709	56.2%	808	886	-177	-20.0%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	1,262		1,407	1,624
Hispanic or Latino	28	2.2%	33	79	-51	-64.6%
Not Hispanic or Latino	1,107	87.7%	1,211	1,323	-216	-16.3%
Information Not Available	127	10.1%	163	222	-95	-42.8%

Race	1,262		1,407	1,624
American Indian or Alaskan Native	263	20.8%	309	291	-28	-9.6%
Asian	5	0.4%	4	10	-5	-50.0%
Black or African American	39	3.1%	39	37	2	5.4%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0	0.0%	2	2	-2	-100.0%
White	837	66.3%	915	1,036	-199	-19.2%
Information Not Available	118	9.4%	138	248	-130	-52.4%

Years of Age	1,262		1,407	1,624
Younger than 22	12	0.6%	13	27	-15	-55.6%
22-24	31	1.6%	33	47	-16	-34.0%
25-34	235	11.9%	265	291	-56	-19.2%
35-44	257	13.0%	298	362	-105	-29.0%
45-54	329	16.7%	341	452	-123	-27.2%
55-59	175	8.9%	197	204	-29	-14.2%
60-64	124	6.3%	135	154	-30	-19.5%
65 and older	99	5.0%	125	87	12	13.8%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	1,262		1,407	1,624
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	8	0.6%	9	9	-1	-11.1%
Mining	4	0.3%	6	6	-2	-33.3%
Utilities	1	0.1%	1	4	-3	-75.0%
Construction	86	6.8%	71	109	-23	-21.1%
Manufacturing	116	9.1%	126	237	-121	-51.1%
Wholesale Trade	45	3.5%	48	48	-3	-6.3%
Retail Trade	109	8.6%	118	153	-44	-28.8%
Transporation and Warehousing	30	2.4%	26	36	-6	-16.7%
Information	27	2.1%	33	26	1	3.8%
Finance and Insurance	68	5.4%	88	79	-11	-13.9%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	16	1.3%	14	19	-3	-15.8%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	52	4.1%	51	48	4	8.3%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	1	0.1%	2	3	-2	-66.7%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	71	5.6%	78	84	-13	-15.5%
Educational Services	68	5.4%	72	97	-29	-29.9%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	143	11.3%	170	167	-24	-14.4%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	27	2.1%	30	43	-16	-37.2%
Accomodation and Food Services	127	10.0%	170	149	-22	-14.8%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	30	2.4%	26	30	0	0.0%
Public Administration	176	13.9%	199	187	-11	-5.9%
Information Not Available	57	4.5%	69	90	-33	-36.7%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Tennessee
	Aug 2014	Percent	Jul 2014	Aug 2013	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	31,177		36,474	39,340
Male	14,012	44.9%	15,794	18,311	-4,299	-23.5%
Female	17,165	55.1%	20,680	21,029	-3,864	-18.4%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	31,177		36,474	39,340
Hispanic or Latino	528	1.7%	599	616	-88	-14.3%
Not Hispanic or Latino	30,649	98.3%	35,875	38,724	-8,075	-20.9%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Race	31,177		36,474	39,340
American Indian or Alaskan Native	81	0.3%	67	97	-16	-16.5%
Asian	2	0.0%	836	0	2	0.0%
Black or African American	9,040	29.0%	11,365	11,983	-2,943	-24.6%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	220	0.7%	256	242	-22	-9.1%
White	21,186	68.0%	23,143	26,337	-5,151	-19.6%
Information Not Available	648	2.1%	807	681	-33	-4.8%

Years of Age	31,177		36,474	39,340
Younger than 22	386	0.8%	394	538	-152	-28.3%
22-24	1,164	2.3%	1,280	1,534	-370	-24.1%
25-34	6,342	12.8%	7,073	8,056	-1,714	-21.3%
35-44	7,154	14.4%	8,079	9,102	-1,948	-21.4%
45-54	7,580	15.3%	9,181	9,492	-1,912	-20.1%
55-59	3,812	7.7%	4,408	4,455	-643	-14.4%
60-64	2,712	5.5%	3,236	3,472	-760	-21.9%
65 and older	2,027	4.1%	2,804	2,690	-663	-24.6%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	19	1	-1	-100.0%

Industry	31,177		36,474	39,340
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	93	0.3%	70	123	-30	-24.4%
Mining	27	0.1%	33	118	-91	-77.1%
Utilities	32	0.1%	29	47	-15	-31.9%
Construction	2,216	7.1%	2,368	3,421	-1,205	-35.2%
Manufacturing	4,374	14.0%	4,437	5,959	-1,585	-26.6%
Wholesale Trade	1,458	4.7%	1,550	1,985	-527	-26.5%
Retail Trade	2,705	8.7%	2,840	3,680	-975	-26.5%
Transporation and Warehousing	1,268	4.1%	2,298	1,700	-432	-25.4%
Information	624	2.0%	621	638	-14	-2.2%
Finance and Insurance	1,072	3.4%	1,080	1,266	-194	-15.3%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	451	1.4%	400	539	-88	-16.3%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	2,252	7.2%	2,449	2,315	-63	-2.7%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	204	0.7%	289	210	-6	-2.9%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	4,880	15.6%	4,859	6,235	-1,355	-21.7%
Educational Services	1,708	5.5%	1,158	1,565	143	9.1%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	3,544	11.3%	4,643	4,252	-708	-16.7%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	340	1.1%	297	351	-11	-3.1%
Accomodation and Food Services	1,927	6.2%	2,416	2,522	-595	-23.6%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	1,142	3.7%	1,684	1,360	-218	-16.0%
Public Administration	804	2.6%	716	952	-148	-15.5%
Information Not Available	56	0.2%	2,237	102	-46	-45.1%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Texas
	Aug 2014	Percent	Jul 2014	Aug 2013	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	146,541		148,981	160,285
Male	73,423	50.1%	76,225	83,917	-10,494	-12.5%
Female	73,116	49.9%	72,756	76,368	-3,252	-4.3%
Information Not Available	2	0.0%	0	0	2	0.0%

Ethnicity	146,541		148,981	160,285
Hispanic or Latino	44,827	30.6%	46,565	50,239	-5,412	-10.8%
Not Hispanic or Latino	87,102	59.4%	88,870	95,202	-8,100	-8.5%
Information Not Available	14,612	10.0%	13,546	14,844	-232	-1.6%

Race	146,541		148,981	160,285
American Indian or Alaskan Native	535	0.4%	568	639	-104	-16.3%
Asian	3,142	2.1%	3,428	3,062	80	2.6%
Black or African American	35,175	24.0%	34,938	37,511	-2,336	-6.2%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
White	48,016	32.8%	49,723	53,758	-5,742	-10.7%
Information Not Available	59,673	40.7%	60,324	65,315	-5,642	-8.6%

Years of Age	146,541		148,981	160,285
Younger than 22	3,192	1.7%	3,092	3,951	-759	-19.2%
22-24	7,264	3.9%	7,399	8,821	-1,557	-17.7%
25-34	35,530	19.2%	36,139	39,809	-4,279	-10.7%
35-44	35,284	19.1%	36,040	38,535	-3,251	-8.4%
45-54	34,703	18.8%	35,857	37,940	-3,237	-8.5%
55-59	14,837	8.0%	14,796	15,239	-402	-2.6%
60-64	9,500	5.1%	9,743	9,849	-349	-3.5%
65 and older	6,231	3.4%	5,915	6,141	90	1.5%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	146,541		148,981	160,285
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	998	0.7%	1,000	1,200	-202	-16.8%
Mining	3,004	2.0%	3,381	3,662	-658	-18.0%
Utilities	438	0.3%	490	511	-73	-14.3%
Construction	16,023	10.9%	17,220	18,809	-2,786	-14.8%
Manufacturing	12,327	8.4%	12,823	14,144	-1,817	-12.8%
Wholesale Trade	7,178	4.9%	7,755	8,565	-1,387	-16.2%
Retail Trade	10,773	7.3%	11,752	11,648	-875	-7.5%
Transporation and Warehousing	7,400	5.0%	5,814	7,539	-139	-1.8%
Information	3,349	2.3%	3,653	3,184	165	5.2%
Finance and Insurance	7,883	5.3%	8,094	6,514	1,369	21.0%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	2,659	1.8%	2,747	2,852	-193	-6.8%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	13,322	9.0%	12,991	13,073	249	1.9%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	682	0.5%	710	658	24	3.6%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	20,427	13.8%	20,396	22,049	-1,622	-7.4%
Educational Services	4,640	3.1%	4,720	5,612	-972	-17.3%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	14,953	10.1%	15,348	17,685	-2,732	-15.4%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	838	0.6%	908	964	-126	-13.1%
Accomodation and Food Services	9,045	6.1%	8,384	8,925	120	1.3%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	3,536	2.4%	3,788	3,975	-439	-11.0%
Public Administration	1,736	1.2%	1,695	2,102	-366	-17.4%
Information Not Available	5,330	3.6%	5,312	6,614	-1,284	-19.4%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Utah
	Aug 2014	Percent	Jul 2014	Aug 2013	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	10,850		11,832	13,147
Male	6,163	56.8%	6,699	7,716	-1,553	-20.1%
Female	4,625	42.6%	5,033	5,337	-712	-13.3%
Information Not Available	62	0.6%	100	94	-32	-34.0%

Ethnicity	10,850		11,832	13,147
Hispanic or Latino	1,045	9.6%	1,140	1,193	-148	-12.4%
Not Hispanic or Latino	8,146	75.1%	8,771	10,549	-2,403	-22.8%
Information Not Available	1,659	15.3%	1,921	1,405	254	18.1%

Race	10,850		11,832	13,147
American Indian or Alaskan Native	369	3.4%	426	480	-111	-23.1%
Asian	200	1.8%	191	304	-104	-34.2%
Black or African American	246	2.3%	262	308	-62	-20.1%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	196	1.8%	229	211	-15	-7.1%
White	7,560	69.7%	7,995	10,033	-2,473	-24.6%
Information Not Available	2,279	21.0%	2,729	1,811	468	25.8%

Years of Age	10,850		11,832	13,147
Younger than 22	245	1.4%	254	322	-77	-23.9%
22-24	510	2.9%	640	680	-170	-25.0%
25-34	2,856	16.1%	3,116	3,463	-607	-17.5%
35-44	2,677	15.1%	2,939	3,191	-514	-16.1%
45-54	2,399	13.5%	2,593	2,916	-517	-17.7%
55-59	1,149	6.5%	1,208	1,353	-204	-15.1%
60-64	701	4.0%	746	826	-125	-15.1%
65 and older	313	1.8%	336	396	-83	-21.0%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	10,850		11,832	13,147
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	24	0.2%	20	33	-9	-27.3%
Mining	143	1.3%	159	254	-111	-43.7%
Utilities	12	0.1%	14	17	-5	-29.4%
Construction	1,104	10.2%	1,268	1,613	-509	-31.6%
Manufacturing	1,114	10.2%	1,187	1,437	-323	-22.5%
Wholesale Trade	508	4.7%	552	610	-102	-16.7%
Retail Trade	994	9.1%	988	1,128	-134	-11.9%
Transporation and Warehousing	352	3.2%	369	441	-89	-20.2%
Information	371	3.4%	386	418	-47	-11.2%
Finance and Insurance	469	4.3%	523	476	-7	-1.5%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	168	1.5%	163	213	-45	-21.1%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	904	8.3%	1,019	953	-49	-5.1%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	30	0.3%	29	46	-16	-34.8%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	1,514	13.9%	1,674	1,687	-173	-10.3%
Educational Services	381	3.5%	435	512	-131	-25.6%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	762	7.0%	825	1,014	-252	-24.9%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	142	1.3%	198	166	-24	-14.5%
Accomodation and Food Services	427	3.9%	472	490	-63	-12.9%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	248	2.3%	234	315	-67	-21.3%
Public Administration	186	1.7%	210	218	-32	-14.7%
Information Not Available	997	9.2%	1,107	1,106	-109	-9.9%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Virginia
	Aug 2014	Percent	Jul 2014	Aug 2013	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	41,999		44,117	50,013
Male	21,657	51.6%	22,440	26,068	-4,411	-16.9%
Female	20,333	48.4%	21,667	23,936	-3,603	-15.1%
Information Not Available	9	0.0%	10	9	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	41,999		44,117	50,013
Hispanic or Latino	1,901	4.5%	2,038	2,124	-223	-10.5%
Not Hispanic or Latino	38,011	90.5%	39,890	45,614	-7,603	-16.7%
Information Not Available	2,087	5.0%	2,189	2,275	-188	-8.3%

Race	41,999		44,117	50,013
American Indian or Alaskan Native	2,100	5.0%	2,230	2,397	-297	-12.4%
Asian	1,198	2.9%	1,221	1,376	-178	-12.9%
Black or African American	17,024	40.5%	17,780	19,958	-2,934	-14.7%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
White	19,590	46.6%	20,697	24,007	-4,417	-18.4%
Information Not Available	2,087	5.0%	2,189	2,275	-188	-8.3%

Years of Age	41,999		44,117	50,013
Younger than 22	629	1.1%	639	840	-211	-25.1%
22-24	1,754	3.0%	1,827	2,337	-583	-24.9%
25-34	9,684	16.6%	10,001	11,770	-2,086	-17.7%
35-44	9,427	16.2%	9,752	11,012	-1,585	-14.4%
45-54	10,536	18.1%	11,193	12,716	-2,180	-17.1%
55-59	4,808	8.2%	5,165	5,640	-832	-14.8%
60-64	3,278	5.6%	3,502	3,634	-356	-9.8%
65 and older	1,879	3.2%	2,037	2,060	-181	-8.8%
Information Not Available	4	0.0%	1	4	0	0.0%

Industry	41,999		44,117	50,013
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	69	0.2%	60	59	10	16.9%
Mining	170	0.4%	194	216	-46	-21.3%
Utilities	10	0.0%	10	27	-17	-63.0%
Construction	1,736	4.1%	1,791	1,976	-240	-12.1%
Manufacturing	1,368	3.3%	1,630	1,837	-469	-25.5%
Wholesale Trade	415	1.0%	412	547	-132	-24.1%
Retail Trade	1,182	2.8%	1,247	1,283	-101	-7.9%
Transporation and Warehousing	812	1.9%	759	940	-128	-13.6%
Information	232	0.6%	265	273	-41	-15.0%
Finance and Insurance	423	1.0%	437	428	-5	-1.2%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	230	0.5%	198	253	-23	-9.1%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	1,860	4.4%	1,976	2,222	-362	-16.3%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	93	0.2%	96	72	21	29.2%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	2,477	5.9%	2,571	2,875	-398	-13.8%
Educational Services	232	0.6%	250	340	-108	-31.8%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	1,692	4.0%	1,811	1,801	-109	-6.1%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	96	0.2%	113	101	-5	-5.0%
Accomodation and Food Services	1,695	4.0%	1,964	1,891	-196	-10.4%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	548	1.3%	632	704	-156	-22.2%
Public Administration	2,232	5.3%	2,373	2,821	-589	-20.9%
Information Not Available	24,427	58.1%	25,328	29,347	-4,920	-16.8%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Virgin Islands
	Aug 2014	Percent	Jul 2014	Aug 2013	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	390		364	535
Male	211	54.1%	198	302	-91	-30.1%
Female	179	45.9%	166	233	-54	-23.2%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	390		364	535
Hispanic or Latino	83	21.3%	73	97	-14	-14.4%
Not Hispanic or Latino	291	74.6%	274	415	-124	-29.9%
Information Not Available	16	4.1%	17	23	-7	-30.4%

Race	390		364	535
American Indian or Alaskan Native	3	0.8%	3	4	-1	-25.0%
Asian	3	0.8%	1	2	1	50.0%
Black or African American	260	66.7%	248	345	-85	-24.6%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	11	2.8%	12	13	-2	-15.4%
White	25	6.4%	22	64	-39	-60.9%
Information Not Available	88	22.6%	78	107	-19	-17.8%

Years of Age	390		364	535
Younger than 22	8	2.1%	6	3	5	166.7%
22-24	16	4.2%	14	32	-16	-50.0%
25-34	73	19.4%	64	107	-34	-31.8%
35-44	75	19.9%	73	114	-39	-34.2%
45-54	99	26.3%	94	121	-22	-18.2%
55-59	48	12.7%	48	66	-18	-27.3%
60-64	38	10.1%	31	42	-4	-9.5%
65 and older	33	8.8%	34	48	-15	-31.3%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	2	-2	-100.0%

Industry	390		364	535
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
Mining	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
Utilities	5	1.3%	5	0	5	0.0%
Construction	81	20.8%	81	90	-9	-10.0%
Manufacturing	10	2.6%	11	85	-75	-88.2%
Wholesale Trade	5	1.3%	4	2	3	150.0%
Retail Trade	43	11.0%	41	71	-28	-39.4%
Transporation and Warehousing	27	6.9%	36	38	-11	-28.9%
Information	1	0.3%	3	1	0	0.0%
Finance and Insurance	1	0.3%	1	3	-2	-66.7%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	9	2.3%	7	13	-4	-30.8%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	10	2.6%	15	9	1	11.1%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	10	2.6%	9	9	1	11.1%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	31	7.9%	28	26	5	19.2%
Educational Services	13	3.3%	13	18	-5	-27.8%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	14	3.6%	13	11	3	27.3%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	10	2.6%	9	18	-8	-44.4%
Accomodation and Food Services	79	20.3%	49	71	8	11.3%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	18	4.6%	18	35	-17	-48.6%
Public Administration	14	3.6%	10	11	3	27.3%
Information Not Available	9	2.3%	11	24	-15	-62.5%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Vermont
	Aug 2014	Percent	Jul 2014	Aug 2013	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	4,103		4,396	4,731
Male	1,879	45.8%	2,063	2,224	-345	-15.5%
Female	2,224	54.2%	2,333	2,507	-283	-11.3%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	4,103		4,396	4,731
Hispanic or Latino	4	0.1%	6	5	-1	-20.0%
Not Hispanic or Latino	367	8.9%	442	392	-25	-6.4%
Information Not Available	3,732	91.0%	3,948	4,334	-602	-13.9%

Race	4,103		4,396	4,731
American Indian or Alaskan Native	0	0.0%	1	1	-1	-100.0%
Asian	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
Black or African American	5	0.1%	8	6	-1	-16.7%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	2	0.0%	3	2	0	0.0%
White	364	8.9%	436	388	-24	-6.2%
Information Not Available	3,732	91.0%	3,948	4,334	-602	-13.9%

Years of Age	4,103		4,396	4,731
Younger than 22	50	1.2%	56	77	-27	-35.1%
22-24	139	3.4%	171	185	-46	-24.9%
25-34	783	19.4%	846	935	-152	-16.3%
35-44	777	19.2%	865	941	-164	-17.4%
45-54	1,034	25.6%	1,116	1,186	-152	-12.8%
55-59	528	13.1%	541	590	-62	-10.5%
60-64	429	10.6%	448	485	-56	-11.5%
65 and older	363	9.0%	353	332	31	9.3%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	4,103		4,396	4,731
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	33	0.8%	19	26	7	26.9%
Mining	6	0.1%	3	3	3	100.0%
Utilities	8	0.2%	7	9	-1	-11.1%
Construction	233	5.6%	279	283	-50	-17.7%
Manufacturing	416	10.1%	472	646	-230	-35.6%
Wholesale Trade	158	3.8%	149	146	12	8.2%
Retail Trade	453	11.0%	484	479	-26	-5.4%
Transporation and Warehousing	398	9.6%	404	407	-9	-2.2%
Information	41	1.0%	44	55	-14	-25.5%
Finance and Insurance	47	1.1%	50	67	-20	-29.9%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	38	0.9%	40	49	-11	-22.4%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	165	4.0%	166	193	-28	-14.5%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	5	0.1%	4	1	4	400.0%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	224	5.4%	244	278	-54	-19.4%
Educational Services	280	6.8%	309	279	1	0.4%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	528	12.8%	546	656	-128	-19.5%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	51	1.2%	55	34	17	50.0%
Accomodation and Food Services	841	20.3%	914	918	-77	-8.4%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	97	2.3%	125	109	-12	-11.0%
Public Administration	81	2.0%	82	93	-12	-12.9%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Washington
	Aug 2014	Percent	Jul 2014	Aug 2013	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	48,113		50,557	57,699
Male	25,677	53.4%	27,714	31,446	-5,769	-18.3%
Female	22,431	46.6%	22,838	26,248	-3,817	-14.5%
Information Not Available	5	0.0%	5	5	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	48,113		50,557	57,699
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	48,113	100.0%	50,557	57,699	-9,586	-16.6%

Race	48,113		50,557	57,699
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	48,113	100.0%	50,557	57,699	-9,586	-16.6%

Years of Age	48,113		50,557	57,699
Younger than 22	603	1.4%	572	914	-311	-34.0%
22-24	1,845	4.2%	1,981	2,480	-635	-25.6%
25-34	10,988	24.9%	11,676	13,501	-2,513	-18.6%
35-44	10,972	24.9%	11,586	13,116	-2,144	-16.3%
45-54	12,092	27.4%	12,599	14,372	-2,280	-15.9%
55-59	5,520	12.5%	5,730	6,515	-995	-15.3%
60-64	3,977	9.0%	4,194	4,461	-484	-10.8%
65 and older	2,116	4.8%	2,219	2,340	-224	-9.6%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	48,113		50,557	57,699
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	48,113	100.0%	50,557	57,699	-9,586	-16.6%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Wisconsin
	Aug 2014	Percent	Jul 2014	Aug 2013	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	49,694		54,232	62,985
Male	23,597	47.5%	26,118	31,014	-7,417	-23.9%
Female	26,067	52.5%	28,054	31,921	-5,854	-18.3%
Information Not Available	30	0.1%	60	50	-20	-40.0%

Ethnicity	49,694		54,232	62,985
Hispanic or Latino	2,216	4.5%	2,457	2,866	-650	-22.7%
Not Hispanic or Latino	46,887	94.4%	11,286	59,344	-12,457	-21.0%
Information Not Available	591	1.2%	40,489	775	-184	-23.7%

Race	49,694		54,232	62,985
American Indian or Alaskan Native	666	1.3%	65	894	-228	-25.5%
Asian	676	1.4%	754	957	-281	-29.4%
Black or African American	8,129	16.4%	705	10,197	-2,068	-20.3%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	50	0.1%	971	69	-19	-27.5%
White	39,582	79.7%	11,248	50,093	-10,511	-21.0%
Information Not Available	591	1.2%	40,489	775	-184	-23.7%

Years of Age	49,694		54,232	62,985
Younger than 22	860	1.0%	895	1,543	-683	-44.3%
22-24	2,142	2.5%	2,321	3,313	-1,171	-35.3%
25-34	10,635	12.6%	11,568	14,265	-3,630	-25.4%
35-44	9,735	11.5%	10,678	12,476	-2,741	-22.0%
45-54	12,109	14.3%	13,683	15,108	-2,999	-19.9%
55-59	6,157	7.3%	6,611	7,318	-1,161	-15.9%
60-64	4,562	5.4%	4,810	5,152	-590	-11.5%
65 and older	3,489	4.1%	3,661	3,804	-315	-8.3%
Information Not Available	5	0.0%	5	6	-1	-16.7%

Industry	49,694		54,232	62,985
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	343	0.7%	380	397	-54	-13.6%
Mining	45	0.1%	49	57	-12	-21.1%
Utilities	60	0.1%	76	101	-41	-40.6%
Construction	2,554	5.1%	2,880	3,080	-526	-17.1%
Manufacturing	8,390	16.8%	9,429	11,947	-3,557	-29.8%
Wholesale Trade	1,680	3.4%	1,741	2,072	-392	-18.9%
Retail Trade	4,850	9.7%	5,327	6,084	-1,234	-20.3%
Transporation and Warehousing	4,880	9.8%	4,931	5,442	-562	-10.3%
Information	696	1.4%	765	863	-167	-19.4%
Finance and Insurance	1,476	2.9%	1,676	1,776	-300	-16.9%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	407	0.8%	472	523	-116	-22.2%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	1,993	4.0%	2,196	2,387	-394	-16.5%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	333	0.7%	374	422	-89	-21.1%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	5,654	11.3%	6,151	7,212	-1,558	-21.6%
Educational Services	1,436	2.9%	1,535	1,795	-359	-20.0%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	6,221	12.4%	6,672	8,012	-1,791	-22.4%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	721	1.4%	786	938	-217	-23.1%
Accomodation and Food Services	4,164	8.3%	4,551	5,077	-913	-18.0%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	1,123	2.2%	1,242	1,531	-408	-26.6%
Public Administration	1,098	2.2%	1,182	1,379	-281	-20.4%
Information Not Available	1,570	3.1%	1,817	1,890	-320	-16.9%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants West Virginia
	Aug 2014	Percent	Jul 2014	Aug 2013	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	12,614		14,926	14,455
Male	7,958	63.1%	8,970	9,192	-1,234	-13.4%
Female	4,652	36.9%	5,953	5,258	-606	-11.5%
Information Not Available	4	0.0%	3	5	-1	-20.0%

Ethnicity	12,614		14,926	14,455
Hispanic or Latino	205	1.6%	236	226	-21	-9.3%
Not Hispanic or Latino	9,124	72.3%	10,991	10,690	-1,566	-14.6%
Information Not Available	3,285	26.0%	3,699	3,539	-254	-7.2%

Race	12,614		14,926	14,455
American Indian or Alaskan Native	36	0.3%	50	47	-11	-23.4%
Asian	51	0.4%	43	36	15	41.7%
Black or African American	524	4.2%	593	616	-92	-14.9%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	11	0.1%	10	11	0	0.0%
White	11,353	90.0%	13,310	12,879	-1,526	-11.8%
Information Not Available	639	5.1%	920	866	-227	-26.2%

Years of Age	12,614		14,926	14,455
Younger than 22	259	1.1%	216	338	-79	-23.4%
22-24	615	2.7%	665	782	-167	-21.4%
25-34	2,814	12.2%	3,173	3,391	-577	-17.0%
35-44	3,248	14.0%	3,751	3,612	-364	-10.1%
45-54	3,009	13.0%	3,702	3,547	-538	-15.2%
55-59	1,354	5.9%	1,753	1,377	-23	-1.7%
60-64	828	3.6%	1,060	856	-28	-3.3%
65 and older	485	2.1%	603	549	-64	-11.7%
Information Not Available	2	0.0%	3	3	-1	-33.3%

Industry	12,614		14,926	14,455
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	57	0.4%	74	87	-30	-34.5%
Mining	1,009	8.0%	1,186	1,189	-180	-15.1%
Utilities	23	0.2%	21	29	-6	-20.7%
Construction	2,191	17.3%	2,329	2,417	-226	-9.4%
Manufacturing	907	7.2%	1,312	993	-86	-8.7%
Wholesale Trade	397	3.1%	483	411	-14	-3.4%
Retail Trade	1,360	10.7%	1,361	1,217	143	11.8%
Transporation and Warehousing	398	3.1%	463	410	-12	-2.9%
Information	108	0.9%	110	132	-24	-18.2%
Finance and Insurance	174	1.4%	227	225	-51	-22.7%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	170	1.3%	189	124	46	37.1%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	555	4.4%	584	790	-235	-29.7%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	32	0.3%	50	42	-10	-23.8%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	1,095	8.6%	1,176	1,310	-215	-16.4%
Educational Services	270	2.1%	314	401	-131	-32.7%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	1,338	10.6%	2,222	1,775	-437	-24.6%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	82	0.6%	103	129	-47	-36.4%
Accomodation and Food Services	883	7.0%	986	970	-87	-9.0%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	536	4.2%	631	543	-7	-1.3%
Public Administration	189	1.5%	180	221	-32	-14.5%
Information Not Available	840	6.6%	925	1,040	-200	-19.2%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Wyoming
	Aug 2014	Percent	Jul 2014	Aug 2013	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	2,199		2,291	2,941
Male	1,263	57.4%	1,262	1,773	-510	-28.8%
Female	936	42.6%	1,029	1,168	-232	-19.9%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	2,199		2,291	2,941
Hispanic or Latino	271	12.3%	269	363	-92	-25.3%
Not Hispanic or Latino	1,812	82.4%	1,920	2,440	-628	-25.7%
Information Not Available	116	5.3%	102	138	-22	-15.9%

Race	2,199		2,291	2,941
American Indian or Alaskan Native	127	5.8%	149	197	-70	-35.5%
Asian	13	0.6%	8	26	-13	-50.0%
Black or African American	56	2.5%	48	66	-10	-15.2%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	6	0.3%	8	12	-6	-50.0%
White	1,776	80.8%	1,873	2,346	-570	-24.3%
Information Not Available	221	10.1%	205	294	-73	-24.8%

Years of Age	2,199		2,291	2,941
Younger than 22	18	0.5%	23	37	-19	-51.4%
22-24	107	2.8%	113	144	-37	-25.7%
25-34	474	12.5%	451	698	-224	-32.1%
35-44	428	11.3%	484	592	-164	-27.7%
45-54	586	15.5%	642	703	-117	-16.6%
55-59	264	7.0%	284	401	-137	-34.2%
60-64	188	5.0%	194	241	-53	-22.0%
65 and older	134	3.5%	100	125	9	7.2%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	2,199		2,291	2,941
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	13	0.6%	8	27	-14	-51.9%
Mining	147	6.6%	173	251	-104	-41.4%
Utilities	12	0.5%	6	13	-1	-7.7%
Construction	340	15.4%	356	478	-138	-28.9%
Manufacturing	76	3.4%	111	136	-60	-44.1%
Wholesale Trade	51	2.3%	58	78	-27	-34.6%
Retail Trade	144	6.5%	143	203	-59	-29.1%
Transporation and Warehousing	95	4.3%	88	73	22	30.1%
Information	24	1.1%	25	20	4	20.0%
Finance and Insurance	37	1.7%	41	40	-3	-7.5%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	45	2.0%	36	28	17	60.7%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	118	5.3%	83	107	11	10.3%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	0	0.0%	0	2	-2	-100.0%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	68	3.1%	82	132	-64	-48.5%
Educational Services	50	2.3%	50	93	-43	-46.2%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	305	13.8%	285	285	20	7.0%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	24	1.1%	21	22	2	9.1%
Accomodation and Food Services	137	6.2%	165	185	-48	-25.9%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	42	1.9%	71	121	-79	-65.3%
Public Administration	110	5.0%	112	149	-39	-26.2%
Information Not Available	361	16.3%	377	498	-137	-27.5%