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Characteristics of Insured Unemployment

December 2014

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants : Total Claimants December 2014
	Dec 2014	Nov 2014	Monthly Change	Dec 2013	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
United States	2,458,764	2,171,964	286,800	2,963,861	-505,097	-17.0
Alaska	11,785	10,280	1,505	14,583	-2,798	-19.2
Alabama	24,382	24,497	-115	31,046	-6,664	-21.5
Arkansas	23,589	21,928	1,661	30,387	-6,798	-22.4
Arizona	29,914	31,151	-1,237	35,134	-5,220	-14.9
California	427,478	384,856	42,622	495,179	-67,701	-13.7
Colorado	29,224	27,270	1,954	36,622	-7,398	-20.2
Connecticut	43,800	39,533	4,267	51,675	-7,875	-15.2
District of Columbia	9,388	9,410	-22	12,527	-3,139	-25.1
Delaware	7,159	6,568	591	9,047	-1,888	-20.9
Florida	74,711	76,337	-1,626	102,874	-28,163	-27.4
Georgia	41,309	40,071	1,238	55,587	-14,278	-25.7
Hawaii	8,943	8,825	118	10,656	-1,713	-16.1
Iowa	27,453	18,782	8,671	29,716	-2,263	-7.6
Idaho	12,441	9,225	3,216	15,376	-2,935	-19.1
Illinois	143,932	114,052	29,880	166,546	-22,614	-13.6
Indiana	31,245	25,621	5,624	46,745	-15,500	-33.2
Kansas	16,748	15,395	1,353	21,838	-5,090	-23.3
Kentucky	24,715	21,202	3,513	30,578	-5,863	-19.2
Louisiana	17,938	17,427	511	28,078	-10,140	-36.1
Massachusetts	77,078	65,383	11,695	76,534	544	0.7
Maryland	48,603	45,983	2,620	57,021	-8,418	-14.8
Maine	11,251	8,391	2,860	12,198	-947	-7.8
Michigan	89,258	67,554	21,704	99,883	-10,625	-10.6
Minnesota	56,570	42,342	14,228	65,006	-8,436	-13.0
Missouri	35,999	32,257	3,742	46,441	-10,442	-22.5
Mississippi	15,150	14,566	584	21,833	-6,683	-30.6
Montana	9,065	7,685	1,380	10,626	-1,561	-14.7
North Carolina	36,356	36,118	238	68,540	-32,184	-47.0
North Dakota	4,334	2,168	2,166	5,087	-753	-14.8
Nebraska	8,037	6,409	1,628	10,083	-2,046	-20.3
New Hampshire	6,224	5,524	700	7,570	-1,346	-17.8
New Jersey	118,534	110,379	8,155	141,442	-22,908	-16.2
New Mexico	12,998	12,710	288	15,343	-2,345	-15.3
Nevada	30,623	27,999	2,624	31,682	-1,059	-3.3
New York	186,356	167,802	18,554	219,298	-32,942	-15.0
Ohio	71,174	55,169	16,005	86,022	-14,848	-17.3
Oklahoma	16,027	15,778	249	24,437	-8,410	-34.4
Oregon	38,435	35,415	3,020	47,828	-9,393	-19.6
Pennsylvania	158,784	127,986	30,798	182,192	-23,408	-12.8
Puerto Rico	22,362	25,560	-3,198	25,905	-3,543	-13.7
Rhode Island	10,520	8,821	1,699	12,005	-1,485	-12.4
South Carolina	24,423	23,206	1,217	28,658	-4,235	-14.8
South Dakota	2,826	1,925	901	3,075	-249	-8.1
Tennessee	27,529	26,018	1,511	36,140	-8,611	-23.8
Texas	130,587	124,062	6,525	154,309	-23,722	-15.4
Utah	13,274	10,983	2,291	18,275	-5,001	-27.4
Virginia	40,592	38,527	2,065	50,231	-9,639	-19.2
Virgin Islands	321	382	-61	401	-80	-20.0
Vermont	5,218	4,569	649	5,642	-424	-7.5
Washington	63,080	54,160	8,920	72,082	-9,002	-12.5
Wisconsin	62,125	47,888	14,237	79,270	-17,145	-21.6
West Virginia	15,361	12,776	2,585	19,738	-4,377	-22.2
Wyoming	3,536	3,039	497	4,870	-1,334	-27.4

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants US Totals
	Dec 2014	Percent	Nov 2014	Dec 2013	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	2,458,764		2,171,964	2,963,861	-505,097	-17.0
Male	1,419,173	57.7%	1,192,603	1,736,510	-317,337	-18.3%
Female	1,002,848	40.8%	964,629	1,209,056	-206,208	-17.1%
Information Not Available	36,743	1.5%	14,732	18,295	18,448	100.8%

Ethnicity	2,458,764		2,171,964	2,963,861
Hispanic or Latino	450,239	18.3%	389,659	492,061	-41,822	-8.5%
Not Hispanic or Latino	1,686,645	84.0%	1,462,329	1,997,731	-311,086	-15.6%
Information Not Available	321,880	11.6%	319,976	474,069	-152,189	-32.1%

Race	2,458,764		2,171,964	2,963,861
American Indian or Alaskan Native	32,495	1.3%	91,339	39,541	-7,046	-17.8%
Asian	71,250	2.9%	89,986	81,442	-10,192	-12.5%
Black or African American	396,984	16.2%	362,702	483,387	-86,403	-17.9%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	11,641	0.5%	15,451	13,443	-1,802	-13.4%
White	1,351,351	55.1%	1,056,501	1,570,764	-219,413	-14.0%
Information Not Available	588,930	24.0%	559,388	775,283	-186,353	-24.0%

Years of Age	2,458,764		2,171,964	2,963,861
Younger than 22	60,209	2.4%	49,001	76,998	-16,789	-21.8%
22-24	131,176	5.3%	115,677	167,741	-36,565	-21.8%
25-34	586,054	23.8%	519,296	707,719	-121,665	-17.2%
35-44	532,989	21.7%	473,065	647,461	-114,472	-17.7%
45-54	586,568	23.9%	513,931	704,648	-118,080	-16.8%
55-59	259,113	10.5%	228,363	303,970	-44,857	-14.8%
60-64	169,579	6.9%	152,099	197,286	-27,707	-14.0%
65 and older	113,675	4.6%	102,141	132,054	-18,379	-13.9%
Information Not Available	19,401	0.8%	18,391	25,984	-6,583	-25.3%

Industry	2,458,764		2,171,964	2,963,861
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	100,532	4.1%	71,936	99,062	1,470	1.5%
Mining	18,277	0.7%	12,475	23,002	-4,725	-20.5%
Utilities	4,000	0.2%	3,733	6,590	-2,590	-39.3%
Construction	339,438	13.8%	220,897	397,727	-58,289	-14.7%
Manufacturing	220,144	9.0%	201,684	267,933	-47,789	-17.8%
Wholesale Trade	72,281	2.9%	70,057	90,001	-17,720	-19.7%
Retail Trade	174,397	7.1%	174,042	217,129	-42,732	-19.7%
Transporation and Warehousing	71,097	2.9%	63,197	88,136	-17,039	-19.3%
Information	64,345	2.6%	65,054	78,710	-14,365	-18.3%
Finance and Insurance	61,974	2.5%	63,503	86,004	-24,030	-27.9%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	32,436	1.3%	30,714	41,311	-8,875	-21.5%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	112,256	4.6%	110,777	138,117	-25,861	-18.7%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	11,626	0.5%	12,250	12,848	-1,222	-9.5%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	336,367	13.7%	285,431	392,530	-56,163	-14.3%
Educational Services	62,143	2.5%	65,910	83,813	-21,670	-25.9%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	190,392	7.7%	194,813	242,129	-51,737	-21.4%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	59,037	2.4%	47,842	65,579	-6,542	-10.0%
Accomodation and Food Services	151,535	6.2%	140,083	178,237	-26,702	-15.0%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	60,312	2.5%	54,680	70,964	-10,652	-15.0%
Public Administration	47,950	2.0%	42,853	58,065	-10,115	-17.4%
Information Not Available	268,225	10.9%	240,033	325,974	-57,749	-17.7%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Alaska
	Dec 2014	Percent	Nov 2014	Dec 2013	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	11,785		10,280	14,583	-2,798	-19.2
Male	7,481	63.5%	6,303	9,020	-1,539	-17.1%
Female	4,304	36.5%	3,977	5,563	-1,259	-22.6%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	11,785		10,280	14,583
Hispanic or Latino	638	5.4%	572	743	-105	-14.1%
Not Hispanic or Latino	11,060	93.8%	9,629	13,700	-2,640	-19.3%
Information Not Available	87	0.7%	79	140	-53	-37.9%

Race	11,785		10,280	14,583
American Indian or Alaskan Native	3,288	27.9%	2,883	3,975	-687	-17.3%
Asian	768	6.5%	758	1,117	-349	-31.2%
Black or African American	503	4.3%	455	637	-134	-21.0%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	202	1.7%	170	261	-59	-22.6%
White	6,493	55.1%	5,548	7,982	-1,489	-18.7%
Information Not Available	531	4.5%	466	611	-80	-13.1%

Years of Age	11,785		10,280	14,583
Younger than 22	230	1.3%	195	434	-204	-47.0%
22-24	675	3.9%	533	1,000	-325	-32.5%
25-34	3,436	19.6%	2,933	4,316	-880	-20.4%
35-44	2,502	14.3%	2,160	2,919	-417	-14.3%
45-54	2,630	15.0%	2,342	3,141	-511	-16.3%
55-59	1,120	6.4%	1,046	1,382	-262	-19.0%
60-64	767	4.4%	672	866	-99	-11.4%
65 and older	425	2.4%	399	525	-100	-19.0%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	11,785		10,280	14,583
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	117	1.0%	88	130	-13	-10.0%
Mining	329	2.8%	245	485	-156	-32.2%
Utilities	55	0.5%	44	98	-43	-43.9%
Construction	2,800	23.5%	2,217	2,748	52	1.9%
Manufacturing	1,153	9.7%	1,039	1,486	-333	-22.4%
Wholesale Trade	129	1.1%	117	162	-33	-20.4%
Retail Trade	841	7.1%	752	1,179	-338	-28.7%
Transporation and Warehousing	620	5.2%	590	839	-219	-26.1%
Information	78	0.7%	48	109	-31	-28.4%
Finance and Insurance	148	1.2%	151	233	-85	-36.5%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	222	1.9%	165	320	-98	-30.6%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	320	2.7%	279	491	-171	-34.8%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	52	0.4%	39	23	29	126.1%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	664	5.6%	627	835	-171	-20.5%
Educational Services	248	2.1%	235	425	-177	-41.6%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	876	7.4%	805	1,178	-302	-25.6%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	155	1.3%	154	239	-84	-35.1%
Accomodation and Food Services	930	7.8%	860	1,091	-161	-14.8%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	364	3.1%	319	446	-82	-18.4%
Public Administration	1,339	11.3%	1,180	1,563	-224	-14.3%
Information Not Available	345	2.9%	326	503	-158	-31.4%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Alabama
	Dec 2014	Percent	Nov 2014	Dec 2013	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	24,382		24,497	31,046
Male	12,667	52.0%	12,195	16,672	-4,005	-24.0%
Female	11,694	48.0%	12,286	14,349	-2,655	-18.5%
Information Not Available	21	0.1%	16	25	-4	-16.0%

Ethnicity	24,382		24,497	31,046
Hispanic or Latino	286	1.2%	372	362	-76	-21.0%
Not Hispanic or Latino	17,815	73.1%	17,994	23,248	-5,433	-23.4%
Information Not Available	6,281	25.8%	6,131	7,436	-1,155	-15.5%

Race	24,382		24,497	31,046
American Indian or Alaskan Native	1,309	5.4%	1,109	1,568	-259	-16.5%
Asian	592	2.4%	488	653	-61	-9.3%
Black or African American	9,534	39.1%	9,741	12,211	-2,677	-21.9%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	38	0.2%	35	40	-2	-5.0%
White	11,589	47.5%	11,699	15,026	-3,437	-22.9%
Information Not Available	1,320	5.4%	1,425	1,548	-228	-14.7%

Years of Age	24,382		24,497	31,046
Younger than 22	720	2.1%	758	1,096	-376	-34.3%
22-24	1,548	4.5%	1,530	2,162	-614	-28.4%
25-34	6,469	18.7%	6,561	8,072	-1,603	-19.9%
35-44	5,611	16.2%	5,551	7,134	-1,523	-21.3%
45-54	5,481	15.8%	5,473	6,864	-1,383	-20.1%
55-59	2,223	6.4%	2,274	2,832	-609	-21.5%
60-64	1,327	3.8%	1,339	1,695	-368	-21.7%
65 and older	989	2.9%	999	1,179	-190	-16.1%
Information Not Available	14	0.0%	12	12	2	16.7%

Industry	24,382		24,497	31,046
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	231	0.9%	242	276	-45	-16.3%
Mining	71	0.3%	63	289	-218	-75.4%
Utilities	40	0.2%	39	47	-7	-14.9%
Construction	2,271	9.2%	2,000	3,253	-982	-30.2%
Manufacturing	4,225	17.2%	4,562	4,331	-106	-2.4%
Wholesale Trade	814	3.3%	869	1,004	-190	-18.9%
Retail Trade	2,542	10.3%	2,597	3,455	-913	-26.4%
Transporation and Warehousing	581	2.4%	563	1,083	-502	-46.4%
Information	308	1.3%	349	317	-9	-2.8%
Finance and Insurance	830	3.4%	817	1,009	-179	-17.7%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	304	1.2%	340	410	-106	-25.9%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	1,236	5.0%	1,271	1,627	-391	-24.0%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	65	0.3%	69	60	5	8.3%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	3,416	13.9%	3,447	4,328	-912	-21.1%
Educational Services	596	2.4%	649	776	-180	-23.2%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	2,145	8.7%	2,275	2,613	-468	-17.9%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	186	0.8%	166	207	-21	-10.1%
Accomodation and Food Services	1,917	7.8%	1,851	2,557	-640	-25.0%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	585	2.4%	577	715	-130	-18.2%
Public Administration	390	1.6%	357	765	-375	-49.0%
Information Not Available	1,629	6.6%	1,394	1,924	-295	-15.3%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Arkansas
	Dec 2014	Percent	Nov 2014	Dec 2013	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	23,589		21,928	30,387
Male	12,475	52.9%	11,192	17,274	-4,799	-27.8%
Female	9,707	41.2%	9,608	12,052	-2,345	-19.5%
Information Not Available	1,407	6.0%	1,128	1,061	346	32.6%

Ethnicity	23,589		21,928	30,387
Hispanic or Latino	1,084	4.6%	919	1,478	-394	-26.7%
Not Hispanic or Latino	21,098	89.4%	19,881	27,848	-6,750	-24.2%
Information Not Available	1,407	6.0%	1,128	1,061	346	32.6%

Race	23,589		21,928	30,387
American Indian or Alaskan Native	243	1.0%	247	333	-90	-27.0%
Asian	194	0.8%	165	472	-278	-58.9%
Black or African American	6,284	26.6%	6,141	7,657	-1,373	-17.9%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	187	0.8%	179	273	-86	-31.5%
White	14,190	60.2%	13,149	19,113	-4,923	-25.8%
Information Not Available	2,491	10.6%	2,047	2,539	-48	-1.9%

Years of Age	23,589		21,928	30,387
Younger than 22	735	2.0%	654	945	-210	-22.2%
22-24	1,327	3.6%	1,252	1,863	-536	-28.8%
25-34	5,245	14.4%	4,911	7,181	-1,936	-27.0%
35-44	5,253	14.4%	4,901	6,751	-1,498	-22.2%
45-54	5,238	14.4%	4,946	7,033	-1,795	-25.5%
55-59	2,004	5.5%	1,940	2,686	-682	-25.4%
60-64	1,355	3.7%	1,249	1,699	-344	-20.2%
65 and older	1,025	2.8%	947	1,168	-143	-12.2%
Information Not Available	1,407	3.9%	1,128	1,061	346	32.6%

Industry	23,589		21,928	30,387
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	749	3.1%	464	796	-47	-5.9%
Mining	185	0.8%	187	338	-153	-45.3%
Utilities	29	0.1%	49	36	-7	-19.4%
Construction	1,829	7.5%	1,646	3,779	-1,950	-51.6%
Manufacturing	3,786	15.6%	3,565	4,944	-1,158	-23.4%
Wholesale Trade	976	4.0%	938	1,242	-266	-21.4%
Retail Trade	1,800	7.4%	1,857	2,374	-574	-24.2%
Transporation and Warehousing	741	3.0%	699	1,084	-343	-31.6%
Information	225	0.9%	244	253	-28	-11.1%
Finance and Insurance	384	1.6%	378	344	40	11.6%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	270	1.1%	253	375	-105	-28.0%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	767	3.2%	781	824	-57	-6.9%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	62	0.3%	46	92	-30	-32.6%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	2,565	10.5%	2,421	3,215	-650	-20.2%
Educational Services	438	1.8%	456	584	-146	-25.0%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	2,727	11.2%	2,697	3,325	-598	-18.0%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	280	1.2%	240	367	-87	-23.7%
Accomodation and Food Services	1,440	5.9%	1,220	1,918	-478	-24.9%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	583	2.4%	538	606	-23	-3.8%
Public Administration	410	1.7%	416	511	-101	-19.8%
Information Not Available	3,343	13.7%	2,833	3,380	-37	-1.1%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Arizona
	Dec 2014	Percent	Nov 2014	Dec 2013	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	29,914		31,151	35,134
Male	16,727	55.9%	17,155	19,765	-3,038	-15.4%
Female	13,162	44.0%	13,975	15,343	-2,181	-14.2%
Information Not Available	25	0.1%	21	26	-1	-3.8%

Ethnicity	29,914		31,151	35,134
Hispanic or Latino	8,684	29.0%	9,898	10,033	-1,349	-13.4%
Not Hispanic or Latino	15,017	50.2%	14,951	17,656	-2,639	-14.9%
Information Not Available	6,213	20.8%	6,302	7,445	-1,232	-16.5%

Race	29,914		31,151	35,134
American Indian or Alaskan Native	2,444	8.2%	2,182	2,858	-414	-14.5%
Asian	1,260	4.2%	1,492	1,235	25	2.0%
Black or African American	2,154	7.2%	2,232	2,602	-448	-17.2%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	423	1.4%	410	336	87	25.9%
White	17,235	57.6%	17,764	20,655	-3,420	-16.6%
Information Not Available	6,398	21.4%	7,071	7,448	-1,050	-14.1%

Years of Age	29,914		31,151	35,134
Younger than 22	597	1.3%	703	753	-156	-20.7%
22-24	1,482	3.3%	1,557	1,854	-372	-20.1%
25-34	6,833	15.2%	7,150	8,098	-1,265	-15.6%
35-44	6,507	14.5%	6,736	7,692	-1,185	-15.4%
45-54	7,340	16.3%	7,594	8,612	-1,272	-14.8%
55-59	3,442	7.7%	3,571	3,913	-471	-12.0%
60-64	2,255	5.0%	2,374	2,557	-302	-11.8%
65 and older	1,458	3.2%	1,466	1,655	-197	-11.9%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	29,914		31,151	35,134
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	565	1.9%	1,178	536	29	5.4%
Mining	112	0.4%	92	166	-54	-32.5%
Utilities	75	0.2%	66	73	2	2.7%
Construction	3,473	11.4%	3,295	4,133	-660	-16.0%
Manufacturing	1,800	5.9%	1,849	1,901	-101	-5.3%
Wholesale Trade	1,033	3.4%	1,158	1,192	-159	-13.3%
Retail Trade	2,318	7.6%	2,426	2,601	-283	-10.9%
Transporation and Warehousing	636	2.1%	690	717	-81	-11.3%
Information	432	1.4%	430	437	-5	-1.1%
Finance and Insurance	1,177	3.9%	1,242	1,556	-379	-24.4%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	599	2.0%	608	721	-122	-16.9%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	1,524	5.0%	1,578	1,940	-416	-21.4%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	89	0.3%	98	153	-64	-41.8%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	4,114	13.5%	4,345	4,645	-531	-11.4%
Educational Services	866	2.8%	931	1,128	-262	-23.2%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	2,530	8.3%	2,602	3,095	-565	-18.3%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	423	1.4%	406	472	-49	-10.4%
Accomodation and Food Services	1,773	5.8%	1,744	1,907	-134	-7.0%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	696	2.3%	681	751	-55	-7.3%
Public Administration	747	2.5%	803	920	-173	-18.8%
Information Not Available	4,932	16.2%	4,929	6,090	-1,158	-19.0%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants California
	Dec 2014	Percent	Nov 2014	Dec 2013	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	427,478		384,856	495,179
Male	247,000	57.8%	217,035	279,551	-32,551	-11.6%
Female	180,285	42.2%	167,726	215,225	-34,940	-16.2%
Information Not Available	193	0.0%	95	403	-210	-52.1%

Ethnicity	427,478		384,856	495,179
Hispanic or Latino	177,104	41.4%	152,210	175,261	1,843	1.1%
Not Hispanic or Latino	209,689	49.1%	197,616	240,693	-31,004	-12.9%
Information Not Available	40,685	9.5%	35,030	79,225	-38,540	-48.6%

Race	427,478		384,856	495,179
American Indian or Alaskan Native	3,953	0.9%	2,665	4,832	-879	-18.2%
Asian	34,418	8.1%	34,935	38,555	-4,137	-10.7%
Black or African American	30,755	7.2%	30,271	33,019	-2,264	-6.9%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
White	140,564	32.9%	129,745	164,288	-23,724	-14.4%
Information Not Available	217,788	50.9%	187,240	254,485	-36,697	-14.4%

Years of Age	427,478		384,856	495,179
Younger than 22	12,148	2.3%	7,710	15,805	-3,657	-23.1%
22-24	24,488	4.5%	22,179	30,099	-5,611	-18.6%
25-34	101,326	18.8%	92,525	114,458	-13,132	-11.5%
35-44	89,757	16.7%	83,292	103,586	-13,829	-13.4%
45-54	107,110	19.9%	95,192	119,592	-12,482	-10.4%
55-59	45,216	8.4%	40,932	53,051	-7,835	-14.8%
60-64	29,790	5.5%	26,653	35,535	-5,745	-16.2%
65 and older	17,643	3.3%	16,373	22,650	-5,007	-22.1%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	403	-403	-100.0%

Industry	427,478		384,856	495,179
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	78,959	15.6%	55,782	74,795	4,164	5.6%
Mining	1,350	0.3%	1,047	1,510	-160	-10.6%
Utilities	964	0.2%	1,047	2,517	-1,553	-61.7%
Construction	45,698	9.0%	34,840	51,843	-6,145	-11.9%
Manufacturing	40,492	8.0%	35,982	44,696	-4,204	-9.4%
Wholesale Trade	1,832	0.4%	2,285	2,517	-685	-27.2%
Retail Trade	26,609	5.3%	28,176	32,717	-6,108	-18.7%
Transporation and Warehousing	11,762	2.3%	10,185	13,187	-1,425	-10.8%
Information	32,393	6.4%	32,746	40,770	-8,377	-20.5%
Finance and Insurance	7,906	1.6%	8,282	12,684	-4,778	-37.7%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	1,832	0.4%	1,999	5,033	-3,201	-63.6%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	7,038	1.4%	8,091	10,771	-3,733	-34.7%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	75,970	15.0%	72,915	85,465	-9,495	-11.1%
Educational Services	13,497	2.7%	14,088	17,617	-4,120	-23.4%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	27,959	5.5%	27,225	33,623	-5,664	-16.8%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	6,941	1.4%	6,759	8,154	-1,213	-14.9%
Accomodation and Food Services	16,775	3.3%	16,658	21,543	-4,768	-22.1%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	10,509	2.1%	8,853	11,778	-1,269	-10.8%
Public Administration	5,495	1.1%	4,379	6,443	-948	-14.7%
Information Not Available	13,497	2.7%	13,517	17,516	-4,019	-22.9%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Colorado
	Dec 2014	Percent	Nov 2014	Dec 2013	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	29,224		27,270	36,622
Male	16,620	56.9%	14,677	20,951	-4,331	-20.7%
Female	12,603	43.1%	12,593	15,671	-3,068	-19.6%
Information Not Available	1	0.0%	0	0	1	0.0%

Ethnicity	29,224		27,270	36,622
Hispanic or Latino	6,738	23.1%	5,808	8,370	-1,632	-19.5%
Not Hispanic or Latino	19,733	67.5%	18,955	24,754	-5,021	-20.3%
Information Not Available	2,753	9.4%	2,507	3,498	-745	-21.3%

Race	29,224		27,270	36,622
American Indian or Alaskan Native	538	1.8%	491	676	-138	-20.4%
Asian	606	2.1%	549	640	-34	-5.3%
Black or African American	1,799	6.2%	1,731	2,265	-466	-20.6%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	115	0.4%	107	143	-28	-19.6%
White	20,678	70.8%	19,593	25,890	-5,212	-20.1%
Information Not Available	5,488	18.8%	4,799	7,008	-1,520	-21.7%

Years of Age	29,224		27,270	36,622
Younger than 22	409	0.9%	359	637	-228	-35.8%
22-24	999	2.1%	896	1,390	-391	-28.1%
25-34	6,527	13.8%	6,151	8,291	-1,764	-21.3%
35-44	6,501	13.7%	6,043	8,157	-1,656	-20.3%
45-54	7,354	15.5%	6,817	9,249	-1,895	-20.5%
55-59	3,522	7.4%	3,291	4,391	-869	-19.8%
60-64	2,518	5.3%	2,371	2,908	-390	-13.4%
65 and older	1,394	2.9%	1,340	1,588	-194	-12.2%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	2	11	-11	-100.0%

Industry	29,224		27,270	36,622
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	356	1.2%	319	494	-138	-27.9%
Mining	329	1.1%	286	545	-216	-39.6%
Utilities	46	0.2%	43	53	-7	-13.2%
Construction	4,271	14.4%	3,137	5,199	-928	-17.8%
Manufacturing	1,607	5.4%	1,587	2,064	-457	-22.1%
Wholesale Trade	1,139	3.9%	1,139	1,473	-334	-22.7%
Retail Trade	2,193	7.4%	2,155	2,803	-610	-21.8%
Transporation and Warehousing	880	3.0%	756	925	-45	-4.9%
Information	915	3.1%	868	950	-35	-3.7%
Finance and Insurance	1,134	3.8%	1,111	1,632	-498	-30.5%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	646	2.2%	644	781	-135	-17.3%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	2,489	8.4%	2,431	2,989	-500	-16.7%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	491	1.7%	515	549	-58	-10.6%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	4,300	14.5%	3,680	5,501	-1,201	-21.8%
Educational Services	1,046	3.5%	1,049	1,178	-132	-11.2%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	2,310	7.8%	2,341	2,980	-670	-22.5%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	633	2.1%	729	763	-130	-17.0%
Accomodation and Food Services	1,875	6.3%	2,208	2,589	-714	-27.6%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	733	2.5%	674	964	-231	-24.0%
Public Administration	999	3.4%	835	1,106	-107	-9.7%
Information Not Available	832	2.8%	763	1,084	-252	-23.2%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Connecticut
	Dec 2014	Percent	Nov 2014	Dec 2013	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	43,800		39,533	51,675
Male	26,298	60.0%	21,713	30,308	-4,010	-13.2%
Female	17,501	40.0%	17,819	21,367	-3,866	-18.1%
Information Not Available	1	0.0%	1	0	1	0.0%

Ethnicity	43,800		39,533	51,675
Hispanic or Latino	7,355	16.8%	6,284	8,363	-1,008	-12.1%
Not Hispanic or Latino	36,445	83.2%	33,249	43,312	-6,867	-15.9%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Race	43,800		39,533	51,675
American Indian or Alaskan Native	175	0.4%	150	183	-8	-4.4%
Asian	790	1.8%	793	809	-19	-2.3%
Black or African American	6,272	14.3%	6,262	7,331	-1,059	-14.4%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
White	25,106	57.3%	22,298	29,666	-4,560	-15.4%
Information Not Available	11,457	26.2%	10,030	13,686	-2,229	-16.3%

Years of Age	43,800		39,533	51,675
Younger than 22	1,114	1.7%	995	1,367	-253	-18.5%
22-24	2,395	3.7%	2,167	3,211	-816	-25.4%
25-34	10,200	15.6%	9,177	12,081	-1,881	-15.6%
35-44	8,657	13.2%	7,671	10,322	-1,665	-16.1%
45-54	10,396	15.9%	9,266	12,410	-2,014	-16.2%
55-59	4,810	7.3%	4,357	5,476	-666	-12.2%
60-64	3,329	5.1%	3,149	3,689	-360	-9.8%
65 and older	2,899	4.4%	2,751	3,119	-220	-7.1%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	43,800		39,533	51,675
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	574	1.3%	379	606	-32	-5.3%
Mining	22	0.0%	12	23	-1	-4.3%
Utilities	53	0.1%	62	55	-2	-3.6%
Construction	5,556	12.5%	3,541	6,418	-862	-13.4%
Manufacturing	4,469	10.1%	4,375	5,268	-799	-15.2%
Wholesale Trade	1,623	3.7%	1,587	1,940	-317	-16.3%
Retail Trade	4,700	10.6%	4,735	5,407	-707	-13.1%
Transporation and Warehousing	1,503	3.4%	1,380	1,782	-279	-15.7%
Information	773	1.7%	816	870	-97	-11.1%
Finance and Insurance	1,520	3.4%	1,532	1,983	-463	-23.3%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	641	1.4%	603	724	-83	-11.5%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	1,963	4.4%	2,022	2,220	-257	-11.6%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	279	0.6%	287	271	8	3.0%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	6,372	14.4%	5,002	7,437	-1,065	-14.3%
Educational Services	1,408	3.2%	1,418	1,683	-275	-16.3%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	4,823	10.9%	5,056	5,968	-1,145	-19.2%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	1,832	4.1%	1,405	1,868	-36	-1.9%
Accomodation and Food Services	2,921	6.6%	2,746	3,272	-351	-10.7%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	1,414	3.2%	1,336	1,536	-122	-7.9%
Public Administration	682	1.5%	630	931	-249	-26.7%
Information Not Available	672	1.5%	609	1,413	-741	-52.4%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants District of Columbia
	Dec 2014	Percent	Nov 2014	Dec 2013	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	9,388		9,410	12,527
Male	4,411	47.0%	4,389	5,892	-1,481	-25.1%
Female	4,975	53.0%	5,018	6,635	-1,660	-25.0%
Information Not Available	2	0.0%	3	0	2	0.0%

Ethnicity	9,388		9,410	12,527
Hispanic or Latino	837	8.9%	761	1,163	-326	-28.0%
Not Hispanic or Latino	8,497	90.5%	8,600	11,314	-2,817	-24.9%
Information Not Available	54	0.6%	49	50	4	8.0%

Race	9,388		9,410	12,527
American Indian or Alaskan Native	49	0.5%	57	59	-10	-16.9%
Asian	221	2.4%	228	323	-102	-31.6%
Black or African American	6,548	69.7%	6,709	8,597	-2,049	-23.8%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	15	0.2%	14	31	-16	-51.6%
White	1,822	19.4%	1,688	2,532	-710	-28.0%
Information Not Available	733	7.8%	714	985	-252	-25.6%

Years of Age	9,388		9,410	12,527
Younger than 22	185	1.7%	214	239	-54	-22.6%
22-24	588	5.5%	594	681	-93	-13.7%
25-34	2,618	24.7%	2,565	3,400	-782	-23.0%
35-44	2,081	19.6%	2,073	2,809	-728	-25.9%
45-54	2,095	19.7%	2,097	2,995	-900	-30.1%
55-59	877	8.3%	884	1,236	-359	-29.0%
60-64	597	5.6%	607	727	-130	-17.9%
65 and older	347	3.3%	376	440	-93	-21.1%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	9,388		9,410	12,527
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
Mining	0	0.0%	0	2	-2	-100.0%
Utilities	0	0.0%	0	1	-1	-100.0%
Construction	27	0.3%	24	46	-19	-41.3%
Manufacturing	3	0.0%	3	7	-4	-57.1%
Wholesale Trade	7	0.1%	8	5	2	40.0%
Retail Trade	24	0.3%	27	35	-11	-31.4%
Transporation and Warehousing	27	0.3%	18	14	13	92.9%
Information	6	0.1%	9	9	-3	-33.3%
Finance and Insurance	8	0.1%	7	20	-12	-60.0%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	5	0.1%	6	8	-3	-37.5%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	47	0.5%	49	103	-56	-54.4%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	0	0.0%	0	6	-6	-100.0%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	65	0.7%	60	104	-39	-37.5%
Educational Services	9	0.1%	17	15	-6	-40.0%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	14	0.1%	19	34	-20	-58.8%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	1	0.0%	0	4	-3	-75.0%
Accomodation and Food Services	22	0.2%	25	30	-8	-26.7%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	29	0.3%	15	12	17	141.7%
Public Administration	4	0.0%	2	3	1	33.3%
Information Not Available	9,090	96.8%	9,121	12,069	-2,979	-24.7%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Delaware
	Dec 2014	Percent	Nov 2014	Dec 2013	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	7,159		6,568	9,047
Male	3,306	46.2%	2,946	4,203	-897	-21.3%
Female	3,555	49.7%	3,369	4,332	-777	-17.9%
Information Not Available	298	4.2%	253	512	-214	-41.8%

Ethnicity	7,159		6,568	9,047
Hispanic or Latino	458	6.4%	420	554	-96	-17.3%
Not Hispanic or Latino	6,403	89.4%	5,895	7,981	-1,578	-19.8%
Information Not Available	298	4.2%	253	512	-214	-41.8%

Race	7,159		6,568	9,047
American Indian or Alaskan Native	19	0.3%	18	16	3	18.8%
Asian	157	2.2%	139	144	13	9.0%
Black or African American	2,714	37.9%	2,590	3,303	-589	-17.8%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	15	0.2%	14	25	-10	-40.0%
White	4,048	56.5%	3,638	5,216	-1,168	-22.4%
Information Not Available	206	2.9%	169	342	-136	-39.8%

Years of Age	7,159		6,568	9,047
Younger than 22	74	0.7%	151	143	-69	-48.3%
22-24	323	3.0%	349	419	-96	-22.9%
25-34	1,775	16.6%	1,642	2,235	-460	-20.6%
35-44	1,479	13.8%	1,383	1,940	-461	-23.8%
45-54	1,769	16.6%	1,570	2,114	-345	-16.3%
55-59	775	7.3%	699	915	-140	-15.3%
60-64	527	4.9%	412	679	-152	-22.4%
65 and older	370	3.5%	314	503	-133	-26.4%
Information Not Available	67	0.6%	48	99	-32	-32.3%

Industry	7,159		6,568	9,047
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	15	0.2%	10	21	-6	-28.6%
Mining	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
Utilities	2	0.0%	2	9	-7	-77.8%
Construction	487	6.8%	445	734	-247	-33.7%
Manufacturing	527	7.3%	457	722	-195	-27.0%
Wholesale Trade	172	2.4%	147	250	-78	-31.2%
Retail Trade	1,115	15.5%	1,054	1,226	-111	-9.1%
Transporation and Warehousing	189	2.6%	177	225	-36	-16.0%
Information	158	2.2%	116	144	14	9.7%
Finance and Insurance	569	7.9%	534	638	-69	-10.8%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	187	2.6%	157	194	-7	-3.6%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	391	5.5%	387	522	-131	-25.1%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	17	0.2%	24	25	-8	-32.0%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	1,130	15.8%	1,048	1,494	-364	-24.4%
Educational Services	206	2.9%	220	241	-35	-14.5%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	805	11.2%	746	1,016	-211	-20.8%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	174	2.4%	161	242	-68	-28.1%
Accomodation and Food Services	702	9.8%	591	973	-271	-27.9%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	219	3.1%	202	251	-32	-12.7%
Public Administration	73	1.0%	65	75	-2	-2.7%
Information Not Available	21	0.3%	25	45	-24	-53.3%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Florida
	Dec 2014	Percent	Nov 2014	Dec 2013	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	74,711		76,337	102,874
Male	37,098	49.7%	36,945	50,461	-13,363	-26.5%
Female	37,548	50.3%	39,334	52,281	-14,733	-28.2%
Information Not Available	65	0.1%	58	132	-67	-50.8%

Ethnicity	74,711		76,337	102,874
Hispanic or Latino	18,134	24.3%	18,975	25,110	-6,976	-27.8%
Not Hispanic or Latino	50,975	68.2%	51,832	72,202	-21,227	-29.4%
Information Not Available	5,602	7.5%	5,530	5,562	40	0.7%

Race	74,711		76,337	102,874
American Indian or Alaskan Native	412	0.6%	438	573	-161	-28.1%
Asian	997	1.3%	1,091	839	158	18.8%
Black or African American	18,879	25.3%	19,943	25,579	-6,700	-26.2%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	352	0.5%	390	825	-473	-57.3%
White	46,367	62.1%	46,781	63,557	-17,190	-27.0%
Information Not Available	7,704	10.3%	7,694	11,501	-3,797	-33.0%

Years of Age	74,711		76,337	102,874
Younger than 22	927	0.8%	993	1,235	-308	-24.9%
22-24	2,867	2.5%	3,071	4,007	-1,140	-28.5%
25-34	15,625	13.4%	15,944	21,407	-5,782	-27.0%
35-44	15,071	13.0%	15,651	21,046	-5,975	-28.4%
45-54	16,580	14.3%	16,989	23,076	-6,496	-28.2%
55-59	7,465	6.4%	7,564	10,088	-2,623	-26.0%
60-64	4,869	4.2%	5,123	7,219	-2,350	-32.6%
65 and older	3,363	2.9%	3,585	5,316	-1,953	-36.7%
Information Not Available	7,944	6.8%	7,417	9,480	-1,536	-16.2%

Industry	74,711		76,337	102,874
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	654	0.9%	997	677	-23	-3.4%
Mining	70	0.1%	70	77	-7	-9.1%
Utilities	106	0.1%	108	189	-83	-43.9%
Construction	4,400	5.8%	3,846	5,665	-1,265	-22.3%
Manufacturing	3,445	4.6%	3,345	4,696	-1,251	-26.6%
Wholesale Trade	2,917	3.9%	2,961	3,871	-954	-24.6%
Retail Trade	7,339	9.7%	7,865	9,709	-2,370	-24.4%
Transporation and Warehousing	1,798	2.4%	1,811	2,335	-537	-23.0%
Information	1,330	1.8%	1,375	1,707	-377	-22.1%
Finance and Insurance	3,332	4.4%	3,502	4,715	-1,383	-29.3%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	1,718	2.3%	1,714	2,210	-492	-22.3%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	4,768	6.3%	4,828	6,483	-1,715	-26.5%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	492	0.7%	492	587	-95	-16.2%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	13,698	18.2%	14,026	17,124	-3,426	-20.0%
Educational Services	2,054	2.7%	2,374	2,916	-862	-29.6%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	6,901	9.2%	7,420	9,578	-2,677	-27.9%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	1,456	1.9%	1,438	1,750	-294	-16.8%
Accomodation and Food Services	6,259	8.3%	6,276	8,081	-1,822	-22.5%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	2,176	2.9%	2,068	2,682	-506	-18.9%
Public Administration	1,314	1.7%	1,307	1,577	-263	-16.7%
Information Not Available	8,484	11.3%	8,514	16,245	-7,761	-47.8%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Georgia
	Dec 2014	Percent	Nov 2014	Dec 2013	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	41,309		40,071	55,587
Male	20,513	49.7%	19,241	27,682	-7,169	-25.9%
Female	20,144	48.8%	20,200	27,066	-6,922	-25.6%
Information Not Available	652	1.6%	630	839	-187	-22.3%

Ethnicity	41,309		40,071	55,587
Hispanic or Latino	97	0.2%	82	173	-76	-43.9%
Not Hispanic or Latino	40,560	98.2%	39,359	54,575	-14,015	-25.7%
Information Not Available	652	1.6%	630	839	-187	-22.3%

Race	41,309		40,071	55,587
American Indian or Alaskan Native	221	0.5%	185	306	-85	-27.8%
Asian	557	1.3%	540	760	-203	-26.7%
Black or African American	22,478	54.4%	22,068	29,627	-7,149	-24.1%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
White	17,401	42.1%	16,648	24,055	-6,654	-27.7%
Information Not Available	652	1.6%	630	839	-187	-22.3%

Years of Age	41,309		40,071	55,587
Younger than 22	1,207	2.1%	1,095	1,760	-553	-31.4%
22-24	2,334	4.1%	2,196	3,353	-1,019	-30.4%
25-34	10,400	18.4%	10,111	13,801	-3,401	-24.6%
35-44	9,871	17.4%	9,736	12,941	-3,070	-23.7%
45-54	9,358	16.5%	9,095	12,702	-3,344	-26.3%
55-59	3,606	6.4%	3,542	4,794	-1,188	-24.8%
60-64	2,111	3.7%	2,128	2,792	-681	-24.4%
65 and older	1,267	2.2%	1,254	1,745	-478	-27.4%
Information Not Available	1,155	2.0%	914	1,699	-544	-32.0%

Industry	41,309		40,071	55,587
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	786	1.9%	565	930	-144	-15.5%
Mining	14	0.0%	16	33	-19	-57.6%
Utilities	33	0.1%	31	55	-22	-40.0%
Construction	1,814	4.3%	1,649	2,775	-961	-34.6%
Manufacturing	3,180	7.6%	3,148	3,829	-649	-16.9%
Wholesale Trade	1,592	3.8%	1,497	2,344	-752	-32.1%
Retail Trade	2,992	7.1%	3,167	4,182	-1,190	-28.5%
Transporation and Warehousing	771	1.8%	740	1,606	-835	-52.0%
Information	877	2.1%	883	1,139	-262	-23.0%
Finance and Insurance	984	2.3%	1,036	1,449	-465	-32.1%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	572	1.4%	554	826	-254	-30.8%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	7,110	16.9%	6,937	9,296	-2,186	-23.5%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	33	0.1%	39	57	-24	-42.1%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	115	0.3%	105	126	-11	-8.7%
Educational Services	1,091	2.6%	1,112	1,836	-745	-40.6%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	2,121	5.0%	2,323	3,152	-1,031	-32.7%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	2,337	5.6%	2,085	3,469	-1,132	-32.6%
Accomodation and Food Services	304	0.7%	250	526	-222	-42.2%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	514	1.2%	516	584	-70	-12.0%
Public Administration	519	1.2%	546	884	-365	-41.3%
Information Not Available	13,550	32.2%	12,872	16,489	-2,939	-17.8%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Hawaii
	Dec 2014	Percent	Nov 2014	Dec 2013	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	8,943		8,825	10,656
Male	5,806	64.9%	5,685	6,905	-1,099	-15.9%
Female	3,137	35.1%	3,139	3,750	-613	-16.3%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	1	1	-1	-100.0%

Ethnicity	8,943		8,825	10,656
Hispanic or Latino	615	6.9%	579	600	15	2.5%
Not Hispanic or Latino	6,042	67.6%	6,023	7,961	-1,919	-24.1%
Information Not Available	2,286	25.6%	2,223	2,095	191	9.1%

Race	8,943		8,825	10,656
American Indian or Alaskan Native	61	0.7%	67	61	0	0.0%
Asian	2,894	32.4%	2,800	3,390	-496	-14.6%
Black or African American	159	1.8%	164	185	-26	-14.1%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	2,534	28.3%	2,504	2,844	-310	-10.9%
White	2,081	23.3%	2,055	2,683	-602	-22.4%
Information Not Available	1,214	13.6%	1,235	1,493	-279	-18.7%

Years of Age	8,943		8,825	10,656
Younger than 22	136	1.3%	128	175	-39	-22.3%
22-24	347	3.4%	347	388	-41	-10.6%
25-34	2,063	20.1%	1,996	2,465	-402	-16.3%
35-44	2,084	20.3%	2,031	2,494	-410	-16.4%
45-54	2,137	20.8%	2,126	2,614	-477	-18.2%
55-59	960	9.3%	951	1,190	-230	-19.3%
60-64	749	7.3%	740	787	-38	-4.8%
65 and older	467	4.5%	506	543	-76	-14.0%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	8,943		8,825	10,656
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	100	1.1%	116	122	-22	-18.0%
Mining	0	0.0%	1	0	0	0.0%
Utilities	8	0.1%	7	31	-23	-74.2%
Construction	2,846	31.5%	2,691	3,076	-230	-7.5%
Manufacturing	170	1.9%	165	274	-104	-38.0%
Wholesale Trade	134	1.5%	133	189	-55	-29.1%
Retail Trade	443	4.9%	468	569	-126	-22.1%
Transporation and Warehousing	343	3.8%	378	379	-36	-9.5%
Information	166	1.8%	132	163	3	1.8%
Finance and Insurance	133	1.5%	137	182	-49	-26.9%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	124	1.4%	131	171	-47	-27.5%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	358	4.0%	356	488	-130	-26.6%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	56	0.6%	58	55	1	1.8%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	928	10.3%	1,001	1,269	-341	-26.9%
Educational Services	97	1.1%	102	120	-23	-19.2%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	435	4.8%	437	523	-88	-16.8%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	105	1.2%	116	120	-15	-12.5%
Accomodation and Food Services	906	10.0%	762	1,091	-185	-17.0%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	199	2.2%	216	293	-94	-32.1%
Public Administration	171	1.9%	187	177	-6	-3.4%
Information Not Available	1,221	13.5%	1,231	1,364	-143	-10.5%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Iowa
	Dec 2014	Percent	Nov 2014	Dec 2013	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	27,453		18,782	29,716
Male	19,058	69.4%	10,913	20,830	-1,772	-8.5%
Female	7,827	28.5%	7,454	8,886	-1,059	-11.9%
Information Not Available	568	2.1%	415	0	568	0.0%

Ethnicity	27,453		18,782	29,716
Hispanic or Latino	2,402	8.7%	1,238	2,494	-92	-3.7%
Not Hispanic or Latino	23,721	86.4%	16,552	26,376	-2,655	-10.1%
Information Not Available	1,330	4.8%	992	846	484	57.2%

Race	27,453		18,782	29,716
American Indian or Alaskan Native	198	0.7%	123	203	-5	-2.5%
Asian	244	0.9%	229	265	-21	-7.9%
Black or African American	1,496	5.4%	1,346	1,942	-446	-23.0%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
White	21,783	79.3%	14,854	23,966	-2,183	-9.1%
Information Not Available	3,732	13.6%	2,230	3,340	392	11.7%

Years of Age	27,453		18,782	29,716
Younger than 22	527	1.1%	505	579	-52	-9.0%
22-24	1,449	3.1%	1,010	1,578	-129	-8.2%
25-34	6,499	13.8%	4,449	7,208	-709	-9.8%
35-44	5,786	12.3%	3,972	6,357	-571	-9.0%
45-54	6,242	13.3%	4,444	6,754	-512	-7.6%
55-59	3,078	6.5%	2,031	3,257	-179	-5.5%
60-64	2,202	4.7%	1,383	2,295	-93	-4.1%
65 and older	1,663	3.5%	983	1,681	-18	-1.1%
Information Not Available	7	0.0%	5	7	0	0.0%

Industry	27,453		18,782	29,716
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	220	0.8%	160	266	-46	-17.3%
Mining	348	1.3%	104	452	-104	-23.0%
Utilities	34	0.1%	30	21	13	61.9%
Construction	7,197	26.0%	2,935	8,047	-850	-10.6%
Manufacturing	4,723	17.1%	4,229	4,678	45	1.0%
Wholesale Trade	978	3.5%	811	975	3	0.3%
Retail Trade	1,624	5.9%	1,518	1,797	-173	-9.6%
Transporation and Warehousing	745	2.7%	569	812	-67	-8.3%
Information	402	1.5%	469	517	-115	-22.2%
Finance and Insurance	669	2.4%	648	777	-108	-13.9%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	202	0.7%	193	228	-26	-11.4%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	709	2.6%	620	713	-4	-0.6%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	37	0.1%	41	37	0	0.0%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	3,242	11.7%	2,009	3,334	-92	-2.8%
Educational Services	350	1.3%	379	438	-88	-20.1%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	1,366	4.9%	1,468	1,698	-332	-19.6%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	721	2.6%	578	639	82	12.8%
Accomodation and Food Services	1,176	4.2%	1,026	1,332	-156	-11.7%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	487	1.8%	426	456	31	6.8%
Public Administration	572	2.1%	414	604	-32	-5.3%
Information Not Available	1,651	6.0%	155	1,895	-244	-12.9%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Idaho
	Dec 2014	Percent	Nov 2014	Dec 2013	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	12,441		9,225	15,376
Male	8,429	67.8%	5,426	10,572	-2,143	-20.3%
Female	4,010	32.2%	3,799	4,796	-786	-16.4%
Information Not Available	2	0.0%	0	8	-6	-75.0%

Ethnicity	12,441		9,225	15,376
Hispanic or Latino	2,147	17.3%	1,368	2,520	-373	-14.8%
Not Hispanic or Latino	9,420	75.7%	7,119	12,069	-2,649	-21.9%
Information Not Available	874	7.0%	738	787	87	11.1%

Race	12,441		9,225	15,376
American Indian or Alaskan Native	595	3.1%	405	236	359	152.1%
Asian	178	0.9%	153	129	49	38.0%
Black or African American	140	0.7%	123	121	19	15.7%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	107	0.6%	87	40	67	167.5%
White	14,275	73.9%	9,490	11,977	2,298	19.2%
Information Not Available	4,013	20.8%	2,370	2,873	1,140	39.7%

Years of Age	12,441		9,225	15,376
Younger than 22	270	1.0%	203	492	-222	-45.1%
22-24	591	2.3%	421	824	-233	-28.3%
25-34	2,684	10.4%	1,833	3,668	-984	-26.8%
35-44	2,469	9.6%	1,852	3,270	-801	-24.5%
45-54	3,004	11.7%	2,212	3,704	-700	-18.9%
55-59	1,471	5.7%	1,149	1,689	-218	-12.9%
60-64	951	3.7%	754	1,088	-137	-12.6%
65 and older	996	3.9%	794	641	355	55.4%
Information Not Available	5	0.0%	7	0	5	0.0%

Industry	12,441		9,225	15,376
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	399	3.1%	230	1,002	-603	-60.2%
Mining	95	0.7%	73	189	-94	-49.7%
Utilities	16	0.1%	11	70	-54	-77.1%
Construction	896	7.0%	633	2,812	-1,916	-68.1%
Manufacturing	670	5.2%	705	1,550	-880	-56.8%
Wholesale Trade	177	1.4%	167	501	-324	-64.7%
Retail Trade	441	3.4%	472	1,126	-685	-60.8%
Transporation and Warehousing	185	1.4%	144	365	-180	-49.3%
Information	39	0.3%	57	133	-94	-70.7%
Finance and Insurance	86	0.7%	119	274	-188	-68.6%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	41	0.3%	50	140	-99	-70.7%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	173	1.3%	201	477	-304	-63.7%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	12	0.1%	15	44	-32	-72.7%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	598	4.7%	555	1,829	-1,231	-67.3%
Educational Services	102	0.8%	121	191	-89	-46.6%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	297	2.3%	395	938	-641	-68.3%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	111	0.9%	112	345	-234	-67.8%
Accomodation and Food Services	201	1.6%	253	717	-516	-72.0%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	96	0.7%	97	307	-211	-68.7%
Public Administration	110	0.9%	130	495	-385	-77.8%
Information Not Available	7,696	59.9%	4,685	1,871	5,825	311.3%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Illinois
	Dec 2014	Percent	Nov 2014	Dec 2013	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	143,932		114,052	166,546
Male	90,676	63.0%	62,038	101,434	-10,758	-10.6%
Female	52,480	36.5%	51,431	63,978	-11,498	-18.0%
Information Not Available	776	0.5%	583	1,134	-358	-31.6%

Ethnicity	143,932		114,052	166,546
Hispanic or Latino	29,693	20.6%	17,199	31,984	-2,291	-7.2%
Not Hispanic or Latino	99,703	69.3%	85,058	117,089	-17,386	-14.8%
Information Not Available	14,536	10.1%	11,795	17,473	-2,937	-16.8%

Race	143,932		114,052	166,546
American Indian or Alaskan Native	809	0.6%	564	904	-95	-10.5%
Asian	2,531	1.8%	2,551	3,488	-957	-27.4%
Black or African American	31,777	22.1%	30,910	38,289	-6,512	-17.0%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	389	0.3%	274	411	-22	-5.4%
White	88,583	61.5%	67,771	101,789	-13,206	-13.0%
Information Not Available	19,843	13.8%	11,982	21,665	-1,822	-8.4%

Years of Age	143,932		114,052	166,546
Younger than 22	3,227	1.4%	2,244	2,118	1,109	52.4%
22-24	7,096	3.2%	5,584	8,676	-1,580	-18.2%
25-34	34,058	15.3%	27,267	40,260	-6,202	-15.4%
35-44	33,560	15.0%	26,297	39,396	-5,836	-14.8%
45-54	36,429	16.3%	27,890	41,591	-5,162	-12.4%
55-59	15,800	7.1%	12,710	17,416	-1,616	-9.3%
60-64	9,381	4.2%	8,014	9,907	-526	-5.3%
65 and older	4,381	2.0%	4,046	5,299	-918	-17.3%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	1,883	-1,883	-100.0%

Industry	143,932		114,052	166,546
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	944	0.7%	424	987	-43	-4.4%
Mining	409	0.3%	218	487	-78	-16.0%
Utilities	192	0.1%	141	244	-52	-21.3%
Construction	23,568	16.3%	11,140	24,939	-1,371	-5.5%
Manufacturing	14,124	9.7%	13,394	15,067	-943	-6.3%
Wholesale Trade	5,894	4.1%	5,426	6,776	-882	-13.0%
Retail Trade	10,251	7.1%	9,769	12,910	-2,659	-20.6%
Transporation and Warehousing	5,441	3.8%	4,560	6,229	-788	-12.7%
Information	2,159	1.5%	2,260	2,382	-223	-9.4%
Finance and Insurance	4,335	3.0%	4,361	5,373	-1,038	-19.3%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	1,887	1.3%	1,669	2,250	-363	-16.1%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	8,092	5.6%	7,365	9,430	-1,338	-14.2%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	617	0.4%	506	670	-53	-7.9%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	26,019	18.0%	17,063	28,135	-2,116	-7.5%
Educational Services	3,928	2.7%	3,946	5,824	-1,896	-32.6%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	9,756	6.7%	9,794	12,778	-3,022	-23.7%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	3,780	2.6%	2,622	4,113	-333	-8.1%
Accomodation and Food Services	6,907	4.8%	6,523	8,534	-1,627	-19.1%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	3,688	2.5%	3,171	4,802	-1,114	-23.2%
Public Administration	2,702	1.9%	2,537	3,267	-565	-17.3%
Information Not Available	9,239	6.4%	7,163	11,349	-2,110	-18.6%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Indiana
	Dec 2014	Percent	Nov 2014	Dec 2013	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	31,245		25,621	46,745
Male	20,016	64.1%	14,479	29,762	-9,746	-32.7%
Female	11,176	35.8%	11,104	16,908	-5,732	-33.9%
Information Not Available	53	0.2%	38	75	-22	-29.3%

Ethnicity	31,245		25,621	46,745
Hispanic or Latino	1,847	5.9%	1,317	2,556	-709	-27.7%
Not Hispanic or Latino	23,266	74.5%	19,130	35,451	-12,185	-34.4%
Information Not Available	6,132	19.6%	5,174	8,738	-2,606	-29.8%

Race	31,245		25,621	46,745
American Indian or Alaskan Native	146	0.5%	126	214	-68	-31.8%
Asian	163	0.5%	168	261	-98	-37.5%
Black or African American	4,535	14.5%	4,495	6,793	-2,258	-33.2%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	36	0.1%	32	33	3	9.1%
White	24,362	78.0%	19,321	36,598	-12,236	-33.4%
Information Not Available	2,003	6.4%	1,479	2,846	-843	-29.6%

Years of Age	31,245		25,621	46,745
Younger than 22	509	1.0%	345	945	-436	-46.1%
22-24	1,249	2.3%	1,018	2,194	-945	-43.1%
25-34	6,993	13.1%	5,815	11,115	-4,122	-37.1%
35-44	7,552	14.1%	6,130	11,386	-3,834	-33.7%
45-54	8,041	15.0%	6,520	11,820	-3,779	-32.0%
55-59	3,606	6.7%	2,957	5,017	-1,411	-28.1%
60-64	2,127	4.0%	1,811	2,741	-614	-22.4%
65 and older	1,168	2.2%	1,025	1,527	-359	-23.5%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	31,245		25,621	46,745
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	138	0.4%	112	211	-73	-34.6%
Mining	139	0.4%	80	181	-42	-23.2%
Utilities	15	0.0%	23	51	-36	-70.6%
Construction	6,849	21.8%	3,768	9,994	-3,145	-31.5%
Manufacturing	4,822	15.4%	4,374	7,205	-2,383	-33.1%
Wholesale Trade	1,041	3.3%	958	1,417	-376	-26.5%
Retail Trade	2,025	6.5%	1,783	3,176	-1,151	-36.2%
Transporation and Warehousing	989	3.2%	751	1,823	-834	-45.7%
Information	349	1.1%	338	478	-129	-27.0%
Finance and Insurance	582	1.9%	632	879	-297	-33.8%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	445	1.4%	383	572	-127	-22.2%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	1,155	3.7%	1,197	1,535	-380	-24.8%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	194	0.6%	187	269	-75	-27.9%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	3,915	12.5%	3,053	5,965	-2,050	-34.4%
Educational Services	607	1.9%	646	1,009	-402	-39.8%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	2,275	7.2%	2,392	3,700	-1,425	-38.5%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	663	2.1%	433	804	-141	-17.5%
Accomodation and Food Services	1,146	3.7%	1,085	1,907	-761	-39.9%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	696	2.2%	657	967	-271	-28.0%
Public Administration	287	0.9%	232	382	-95	-24.9%
Information Not Available	2,913	9.3%	2,537	4,220	-1,307	-31.0%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Kansas
	Dec 2014	Percent	Nov 2014	Dec 2013	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	16,748		15,395	21,838
Male	10,397	62.1%	8,850	13,344	-2,947	-22.1%
Female	6,351	37.9%	6,545	8,494	-2,143	-25.2%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	16,748		15,395	21,838
Hispanic or Latino	1,607	9.6%	1,395	1,922	-315	-16.4%
Not Hispanic or Latino	7,395	44.2%	6,810	9,541	-2,146	-22.5%
Information Not Available	7,746	46.3%	7,190	10,375	-2,629	-25.3%

Race	16,748		15,395	21,838
American Indian or Alaskan Native	289	1.7%	251	329	-40	-12.2%
Asian	260	1.6%	256	321	-61	-19.0%
Black or African American	2,877	17.2%	2,720	3,832	-955	-24.9%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	96	0.6%	92	81	15	18.5%
White	11,978	71.5%	11,016	15,674	-3,696	-23.6%
Information Not Available	1,248	7.5%	1,060	1,601	-353	-22.0%

Years of Age	16,748		15,395	21,838
Younger than 22	389	1.4%	281	554	-165	-29.8%
22-24	886	3.2%	757	1,145	-259	-22.6%
25-34	4,132	15.0%	3,770	5,406	-1,274	-23.6%
35-44	3,640	13.2%	3,400	4,846	-1,206	-24.9%
45-54	4,087	14.8%	3,775	5,333	-1,246	-23.4%
55-59	1,794	6.5%	1,663	2,271	-477	-21.0%
60-64	1,129	4.1%	1,087	1,440	-311	-21.6%
65 and older	691	2.5%	662	843	-152	-18.0%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	16,748		15,395	21,838
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	64	0.4%	70	95	-31	-32.6%
Mining	190	1.1%	162	232	-42	-18.1%
Utilities	25	0.1%	23	45	-20	-44.4%
Construction	3,076	18.3%	2,381	3,891	-815	-20.9%
Manufacturing	1,993	11.9%	1,975	3,022	-1,029	-34.1%
Wholesale Trade	881	5.2%	766	874	7	0.8%
Retail Trade	1,279	7.6%	1,249	1,672	-393	-23.5%
Transporation and Warehousing	520	3.1%	402	686	-166	-24.2%
Information	372	2.2%	407	277	95	34.3%
Finance and Insurance	422	2.5%	409	688	-266	-38.7%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	215	1.3%	211	305	-90	-29.5%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	928	5.5%	883	1,102	-174	-15.8%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	56	0.3%	52	45	11	24.4%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	2,389	14.2%	2,049	2,790	-401	-14.4%
Educational Services	289	1.7%	329	481	-192	-39.9%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	1,606	9.6%	1,716	2,358	-752	-31.9%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	183	1.1%	169	219	-36	-16.4%
Accomodation and Food Services	627	3.7%	642	932	-305	-32.7%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	438	2.6%	430	584	-146	-25.0%
Public Administration	434	2.6%	394	560	-126	-22.5%
Information Not Available	761	4.5%	676	980	-219	-22.3%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Kentucky
	Dec 2014	Percent	Nov 2014	Dec 2013	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	24,715		21,202	30,578
Male	15,570	63.0%	11,945	18,490	-2,920	-15.8%
Female	9,145	37.0%	9,257	12,088	-2,943	-24.3%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	24,715		21,202	30,578
Hispanic or Latino	71	0.3%	70	126	-55	-43.7%
Not Hispanic or Latino	620	2.5%	482	811	-191	-23.6%
Information Not Available	24,024	97.2%	20,650	29,641	-5,617	-19.0%

Race	24,715		21,202	30,578
American Indian or Alaskan Native	93	0.4%	145	231	-138	-59.7%
Asian	53	0.2%	75	70	-17	-24.3%
Black or African American	2,821	11.4%	2,855	3,538	-717	-20.3%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	13	0.1%	145	0	13	0.0%
White	21,389	86.5%	17,821	26,429	-5,040	-19.1%
Information Not Available	346	1.4%	161	310	36	11.6%

Years of Age	24,715		21,202	30,578
Younger than 22	522	1.2%	355	758	-236	-31.1%
22-24	1,147	2.6%	982	1,743	-596	-34.2%
25-34	5,350	12.1%	4,810	6,746	-1,396	-20.7%
35-44	6,284	14.2%	5,315	7,962	-1,678	-21.1%
45-54	5,801	13.1%	4,960	7,038	-1,237	-17.6%
55-59	2,870	6.5%	2,381	3,059	-189	-6.2%
60-64	1,736	3.9%	1,671	2,016	-280	-13.9%
65 and older	1,001	2.3%	728	1,246	-245	-19.7%
Information Not Available	4	0.0%	0	10	-6	-60.0%

Industry	24,715		21,202	30,578
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	124	0.5%	79	17	107	629.4%
Mining	651	2.6%	491	1,041	-390	-37.5%
Utilities	71	0.3%	101	17	54	317.6%
Construction	4,136	16.7%	2,083	4,610	-474	-10.3%
Manufacturing	3,844	15.5%	3,859	4,440	-596	-13.4%
Wholesale Trade	757	3.0%	851	1,211	-454	-37.5%
Retail Trade	1,709	6.9%	1,671	2,471	-762	-30.8%
Transporation and Warehousing	833	3.4%	574	1,146	-313	-27.3%
Information	337	1.4%	491	571	-234	-41.0%
Finance and Insurance	629	2.5%	566	789	-160	-20.3%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	306	1.2%	324	349	-43	-12.3%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	1,054	4.2%	1,074	1,700	-646	-38.0%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	71	0.3%	118	135	-64	-47.4%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	2,918	11.7%	2,109	3,704	-786	-21.2%
Educational Services	810	3.3%	741	967	-157	-16.2%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	2,068	8.3%	2,407	2,724	-656	-24.1%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	509	2.0%	316	462	47	10.2%
Accomodation and Food Services	1,125	4.5%	991	1,460	-335	-22.9%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	660	2.7%	614	906	-246	-27.2%
Public Administration	655	2.6%	439	675	-20	-3.0%
Information Not Available	1,448	5.8%	1,303	1,183	265	22.4%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Louisiana
	Dec 2014	Percent	Nov 2014	Dec 2013	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	17,938		17,427	28,078
Male	9,026	50.3%	8,185	13,462	-4,436	-33.0%
Female	8,912	49.7%	9,242	14,616	-5,704	-39.0%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	17,938		17,427	28,078
Hispanic or Latino	760	4.2%	670	1,176	-416	-35.4%
Not Hispanic or Latino	17,178	95.8%	16,756	26,892	-9,714	-36.1%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	1	10	-10	-100.0%

Race	17,938		17,427	28,078
American Indian or Alaskan Native	173	1.0%	152	213	-40	-18.8%
Asian	120	0.7%	127	233	-113	-48.5%
Black or African American	10,247	57.1%	10,029	16,124	-5,877	-36.4%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	21	0.1%	18	42	-21	-50.0%
White	7,376	41.1%	7,100	11,466	-4,090	-35.7%
Information Not Available	1	0.0%	1	0	1	0.0%

Years of Age	17,938		17,427	28,078
Younger than 22	364	1.5%	357	525	-161	-30.7%
22-24	961	4.0%	901	1,356	-395	-29.1%
25-34	4,768	19.7%	4,593	7,113	-2,345	-33.0%
35-44	3,981	16.5%	3,913	6,145	-2,164	-35.2%
45-54	4,101	17.0%	4,007	6,681	-2,580	-38.6%
55-59	1,829	7.6%	1,708	2,900	-1,071	-36.9%
60-64	1,122	4.6%	1,086	1,908	-786	-41.2%
65 and older	812	3.4%	862	1,450	-638	-44.0%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	17,938		17,427	28,078
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	235	1.3%	138	324	-89	-27.5%
Mining	348	1.9%	312	477	-129	-27.0%
Utilities	52	0.3%	53	66	-14	-21.2%
Construction	3,190	17.6%	2,612	4,366	-1,176	-26.9%
Manufacturing	1,518	8.4%	1,463	2,410	-892	-37.0%
Wholesale Trade	517	2.8%	529	918	-401	-43.7%
Retail Trade	1,747	9.6%	1,789	2,707	-960	-35.5%
Transporation and Warehousing	488	2.7%	490	859	-371	-43.2%
Information	246	1.4%	260	499	-253	-50.7%
Finance and Insurance	469	2.6%	482	774	-305	-39.4%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	372	2.0%	379	510	-138	-27.1%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	915	5.0%	1,002	1,566	-651	-41.6%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	47	0.3%	53	112	-65	-58.0%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	1,851	10.2%	1,750	2,618	-767	-29.3%
Educational Services	452	2.5%	523	845	-393	-46.5%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	2,315	12.7%	2,457	4,233	-1,918	-45.3%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	313	1.7%	340	527	-214	-40.6%
Accomodation and Food Services	1,496	8.2%	1,479	2,157	-661	-30.6%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	534	2.9%	515	799	-265	-33.2%
Public Administration	282	1.6%	291	527	-245	-46.5%
Information Not Available	551	3.0%	510	784	-233	-29.7%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Massachusetts
	Dec 2014	Percent	Nov 2014	Dec 2013	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	77,078		65,383	76,534
Male	47,410	61.5%	36,794	46,473	937	2.0%
Female	29,663	38.5%	28,585	30,061	-398	-1.3%
Information Not Available	5	0.0%	4	0	5	0.0%

Ethnicity	77,078		65,383	76,534
Hispanic or Latino	9,755	12.7%	7,977	9,132	623	6.8%
Not Hispanic or Latino	63,058	81.8%	53,831	63,454	-396	-0.6%
Information Not Available	4,265	5.5%	3,575	3,948	317	8.0%

Race	77,078		65,383	76,534
American Indian or Alaskan Native	337	0.4%	294	321	16	5.0%
Asian	2,506	3.3%	2,405	2,408	98	4.1%
Black or African American	6,879	8.9%	6,418	6,641	238	3.6%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	195	0.3%	153	192	3	1.6%
White	57,309	74.4%	48,039	58,457	-1,148	-2.0%
Information Not Available	9,852	12.8%	8,074	8,515	1,337	15.7%

Years of Age	77,078		65,383	76,534
Younger than 22	1,454	1.1%	1,139	1,601	-147	-9.2%
22-24	3,720	2.9%	2,990	4,009	-289	-7.2%
25-34	18,217	14.2%	15,316	18,163	54	0.3%
35-44	16,050	12.5%	13,431	16,070	-20	-0.1%
45-54	18,342	14.3%	15,687	18,261	81	0.4%
55-59	8,189	6.4%	7,179	8,016	173	2.2%
60-64	6,133	4.8%	5,387	5,785	348	6.0%
65 and older	4,973	3.9%	4,254	4,629	344	7.4%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	77,078		65,383	76,534
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	784	1.0%	563	780	4	0.5%
Mining	88	0.1%	39	70	18	25.7%
Utilities	132	0.2%	124	130	2	1.5%
Construction	10,824	13.9%	6,573	10,640	184	1.7%
Manufacturing	5,935	7.6%	5,722	6,160	-225	-3.7%
Wholesale Trade	3,030	3.9%	2,826	3,022	8	0.3%
Retail Trade	6,066	7.8%	5,910	6,238	-172	-2.8%
Transporation and Warehousing	1,845	2.4%	1,622	1,960	-115	-5.9%
Information	1,434	1.8%	1,476	1,620	-186	-11.5%
Finance and Insurance	2,319	3.0%	2,334	2,567	-248	-9.7%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	1,607	2.1%	1,458	1,718	-111	-6.5%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	5,539	7.1%	5,232	5,664	-125	-2.2%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	243	0.3%	248	226	17	7.5%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	10,532	13.5%	7,187	9,804	728	7.4%
Educational Services	1,603	2.1%	1,661	1,676	-73	-4.4%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	7,132	9.2%	7,178	7,096	36	0.5%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	2,800	3.6%	1,776	2,662	138	5.2%
Accomodation and Food Services	6,918	8.9%	5,709	6,837	81	1.2%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	4,086	5.2%	3,781	3,849	237	6.2%
Public Administration	1,957	2.5%	1,894	1,973	-16	-0.8%
Information Not Available	2,204	2.8%	2,070	1,842	362	19.7%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Maryland
	Dec 2014	Percent	Nov 2014	Dec 2013	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	48,603		45,983	57,021
Male	22,903	47.1%	20,388	26,549	-3,646	-13.7%
Female	17,044	35.1%	16,823	19,391	-2,347	-12.1%
Information Not Available	8,656	17.8%	8,772	11,081	-2,425	-21.9%

Ethnicity	48,603		45,983	57,021
Hispanic or Latino	2,503	5.1%	1,957	2,835	-332	-11.7%
Not Hispanic or Latino	36,645	75.4%	34,466	42,236	-5,591	-13.2%
Information Not Available	9,455	19.5%	9,560	11,950	-2,495	-20.9%

Race	48,603		45,983	57,021
American Indian or Alaskan Native	143	0.3%	125	154	-11	-7.1%
Asian	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
Black or African American	16,358	33.7%	16,055	18,343	-1,985	-10.8%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	69	0.1%	68	63	6	9.5%
White	20,075	41.3%	18,218	23,676	-3,601	-15.2%
Information Not Available	11,958	24.6%	11,517	14,785	-2,827	-19.1%

Years of Age	48,603		45,983	57,021
Younger than 22	635	1.0%	972	759	-124	-16.3%
22-24	1,904	2.9%	2,144	2,338	-434	-18.6%
25-34	9,783	14.9%	9,301	11,150	-1,367	-12.3%
35-44	8,061	12.3%	7,563	9,581	-1,520	-15.9%
45-54	9,292	14.2%	8,488	10,744	-1,452	-13.5%
55-59	4,227	6.5%	3,816	4,848	-621	-12.8%
60-64	3,154	4.8%	2,660	3,449	-295	-8.6%
65 and older	2,891	4.4%	2,267	3,071	-180	-5.9%
Information Not Available	8,656	13.2%	8,772	11,081	-2,425	-21.9%

Industry	48,603		45,983	57,021
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	186	0.4%	102	229	-43	-18.8%
Mining	42	0.1%	32	50	-8	-16.0%
Utilities	39	0.1%	38	47	-8	-17.0%
Construction	5,330	10.9%	4,344	6,439	-1,109	-17.2%
Manufacturing	436	0.9%	355	634	-198	-31.2%
Wholesale Trade	1,449	3.0%	1,354	1,738	-289	-16.6%
Retail Trade	1,498	3.1%	1,518	1,605	-107	-6.7%
Transporation and Warehousing	843	1.7%	858	1,049	-206	-19.6%
Information	700	1.4%	704	708	-8	-1.1%
Finance and Insurance	1,049	2.2%	1,081	1,296	-247	-19.1%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	774	1.6%	758	982	-208	-21.2%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	3,364	6.9%	3,321	4,168	-804	-19.3%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	145	0.3%	149	219	-74	-33.8%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	5,721	11.7%	4,990	6,081	-360	-5.9%
Educational Services	1,316	2.7%	1,319	1,474	-158	-10.7%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	3,503	7.2%	3,608	3,911	-408	-10.4%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	1,023	2.1%	847	1,124	-101	-9.0%
Accomodation and Food Services	4,211	8.6%	3,605	4,437	-226	-5.1%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	1,043	2.1%	1,088	1,264	-221	-17.5%
Public Administration	905	1.9%	810	970	-65	-6.7%
Information Not Available	15,026	30.8%	15,102	18,596	-3,570	-19.2%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Maine
	Dec 2014	Percent	Nov 2014	Dec 2013	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	11,251		8,391	12,198
Male	6,977	62.0%	4,660	7,410	-433	-5.8%
Female	4,274	38.0%	3,730	4,788	-514	-10.7%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	1	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	11,251		8,391	12,198
Hispanic or Latino	146	1.3%	117	133	13	9.8%
Not Hispanic or Latino	7,812	69.4%	5,883	8,378	-566	-6.8%
Information Not Available	3,293	29.3%	2,391	3,687	-394	-10.7%

Race	11,251		8,391	12,198
American Indian or Alaskan Native	112	1.0%	76	109	3	2.8%
Asian	32	0.3%	33	48	-16	-33.3%
Black or African American	148	1.3%	113	107	41	38.3%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
White	8,050	71.5%	6,088	8,774	-724	-8.3%
Information Not Available	2,909	25.9%	2,081	3,160	-251	-7.9%

Years of Age	11,251		8,391	12,198
Younger than 22	444	2.4%	328	457	-13	-2.8%
22-24	626	3.4%	462	818	-192	-23.5%
25-34	2,689	14.6%	1,896	2,854	-165	-5.8%
35-44	2,208	12.0%	1,644	2,395	-187	-7.8%
45-54	2,545	13.8%	1,901	2,853	-308	-10.8%
55-59	1,315	7.1%	1,019	1,345	-30	-2.2%
60-64	831	4.5%	685	876	-45	-5.1%
65 and older	593	3.2%	456	600	-7	-1.2%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	11,251		8,391	12,198
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	233	2.0%	139	232	1	0.4%
Mining	11	0.1%	6	11	0	0.0%
Utilities	17	0.1%	17	17	0	0.0%
Construction	1,707	14.9%	792	1,773	-66	-3.7%
Manufacturing	900	7.8%	702	1,085	-185	-17.1%
Wholesale Trade	226	2.0%	194	253	-27	-10.7%
Retail Trade	693	6.0%	625	803	-110	-13.7%
Transporation and Warehousing	202	1.8%	138	217	-15	-6.9%
Information	147	1.3%	125	89	58	65.2%
Finance and Insurance	103	0.9%	106	136	-33	-24.3%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	106	0.9%	97	110	-4	-3.6%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	201	1.8%	198	251	-50	-19.9%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	5	0.0%	10	17	-12	-70.6%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	976	8.5%	571	933	43	4.6%
Educational Services	156	1.4%	139	157	-1	-0.6%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	508	4.4%	528	675	-167	-24.7%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	269	2.3%	226	287	-18	-6.3%
Accomodation and Food Services	1,545	13.5%	1,237	1,657	-112	-6.8%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	186	1.6%	138	285	-99	-34.7%
Public Administration	184	1.6%	153	190	-6	-3.2%
Information Not Available	2,876	25.0%	2,250	3,020	-144	-4.8%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Michigan
	Dec 2014	Percent	Nov 2014	Dec 2013	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	89,258		67,554	99,883
Male	56,643	63.5%	36,343	61,551	-4,908	-8.0%
Female	30,647	34.3%	29,481	36,802	-6,155	-16.7%
Information Not Available	1,968	2.2%	1,730	1,530	438	28.6%

Ethnicity	89,258		67,554	99,883
Hispanic or Latino	6,015	6.7%	3,200	5,493	522	9.5%
Not Hispanic or Latino	66,574	74.6%	50,939	74,507	-7,933	-10.6%
Information Not Available	16,669	18.7%	13,415	19,883	-3,214	-16.2%

Race	89,258		67,554	99,883
American Indian or Alaskan Native	1,121	1.3%	752	1,335	-214	-16.0%
Asian	625	0.7%	675	651	-26	-4.0%
Black or African American	11,956	13.4%	12,245	12,959	-1,003	-7.7%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	76	0.1%	67	58	18	31.0%
White	54,561	61.1%	38,438	59,207	-4,646	-7.8%
Information Not Available	20,919	23.4%	15,377	25,673	-4,754	-18.5%

Years of Age	89,258		67,554	99,883
Younger than 22	2,691	1.9%	1,784	3,127	-436	-13.9%
22-24	5,663	4.1%	4,133	6,402	-739	-11.5%
25-34	21,547	15.6%	16,218	24,271	-2,724	-11.2%
35-44	19,783	14.3%	14,810	22,707	-2,924	-12.9%
45-54	21,456	15.5%	16,348	24,226	-2,770	-11.4%
55-59	9,318	6.7%	7,373	10,137	-819	-8.1%
60-64	5,467	4.0%	4,335	5,755	-288	-5.0%
65 and older	3,331	2.4%	2,551	3,254	77	2.4%
Information Not Available	2	0.0%	2	4	-2	-50.0%

Industry	89,258		67,554	99,883
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	1,953	2.1%	1,080	1,919	34	1.8%
Mining	572	0.6%	135	480	92	19.2%
Utilities	82	0.1%	58	84	-2	-2.4%
Construction	15,045	16.5%	5,665	14,983	62	0.4%
Manufacturing	9,866	10.8%	8,682	10,355	-489	-4.7%
Wholesale Trade	3,355	3.7%	3,276	5,467	-2,112	-38.6%
Retail Trade	5,463	6.0%	4,381	6,167	-704	-11.4%
Transporation and Warehousing	2,113	2.3%	1,767	2,243	-130	-5.8%
Information	835	0.9%	837	851	-16	-1.9%
Finance and Insurance	1,582	1.7%	1,580	2,341	-759	-32.4%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	1,115	1.2%	948	1,119	-4	-0.4%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	4,612	5.1%	4,253	4,654	-42	-0.9%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	1,397	1.5%	2,484	1,479	-82	-5.5%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	13,657	15.0%	8,391	15,205	-1,548	-10.2%
Educational Services	1,490	1.6%	1,838	2,011	-521	-25.9%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	6,183	6.8%	6,469	7,545	-1,362	-18.1%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	3,738	4.1%	2,443	3,899	-161	-4.1%
Accomodation and Food Services	4,927	5.4%	4,298	5,645	-718	-12.7%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	2,196	2.4%	1,863	2,233	-37	-1.7%
Public Administration	1,841	2.0%	1,449	2,077	-236	-11.4%
Information Not Available	7,236	7.9%	5,657	9,126	-1,890	-20.7%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Minnesota
	Dec 2014	Percent	Nov 2014	Dec 2013	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	56,570		42,342	65,006
Male	41,175	72.8%	27,971	46,516	-5,341	-11.5%
Female	15,385	27.2%	14,360	18,471	-3,086	-16.7%
Information Not Available	10	0.0%	11	19	-9	-47.4%

Ethnicity	56,570		42,342	65,006
Hispanic or Latino	2,453	4.3%	1,712	2,518	-65	-2.6%
Not Hispanic or Latino	48,318	85.4%	36,284	56,033	-7,715	-13.8%
Information Not Available	5,799	10.3%	4,346	6,455	-656	-10.2%

Race	56,570		42,342	65,006
American Indian or Alaskan Native	778	1.4%	631	851	-73	-8.6%
Asian	993	1.8%	893	1,190	-197	-16.6%
Black or African American	3,283	5.8%	2,960	3,773	-490	-13.0%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	92	0.2%	88	135	-43	-31.9%
White	46,947	83.0%	34,418	54,425	-7,478	-13.7%
Information Not Available	4,477	7.9%	3,352	4,632	-155	-3.3%

Years of Age	56,570		42,342	65,006
Younger than 22	1,829	1.8%	1,093	1,974	-145	-7.3%
22-24	3,374	3.4%	2,159	3,870	-496	-12.8%
25-34	14,199	14.3%	10,375	16,751	-2,552	-15.2%
35-44	11,575	11.6%	8,807	13,317	-1,742	-13.1%
45-54	12,979	13.0%	9,986	15,423	-2,444	-15.8%
55-59	6,423	6.5%	4,922	7,002	-579	-8.3%
60-64	3,984	4.0%	3,197	4,397	-413	-9.4%
65 and older	2,192	2.2%	1,790	2,245	-53	-2.4%
Information Not Available	15	0.0%	13	27	-12	-44.4%

Industry	56,570		42,342	65,006
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	864	1.5%	556	944	-80	-8.5%
Mining	503	0.9%	229	623	-120	-19.3%
Utilities	264	0.5%	173	290	-26	-9.0%
Construction	17,264	30.1%	10,376	19,304	-2,040	-10.6%
Manufacturing	6,567	11.4%	4,504	7,380	-813	-11.0%
Wholesale Trade	2,039	3.6%	1,617	2,435	-396	-16.3%
Retail Trade	3,265	5.7%	2,969	3,629	-364	-10.0%
Transporation and Warehousing	1,435	2.5%	977	1,623	-188	-11.6%
Information	716	1.2%	741	822	-106	-12.9%
Finance and Insurance	1,102	1.9%	1,187	1,449	-347	-23.9%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	745	1.3%	645	933	-188	-20.2%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	2,560	4.5%	2,236	2,964	-404	-13.6%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	746	1.3%	641	806	-60	-7.4%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	5,860	10.2%	4,319	6,891	-1,031	-15.0%
Educational Services	1,112	1.9%	1,094	1,408	-296	-21.0%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	3,049	5.3%	3,107	4,017	-968	-24.1%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	1,330	2.3%	1,133	1,438	-108	-7.5%
Accomodation and Food Services	2,454	4.3%	2,175	2,800	-346	-12.4%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	1,458	2.5%	1,080	1,485	-27	-1.8%
Public Administration	1,435	2.5%	1,090	1,533	-98	-6.4%
Information Not Available	1,802	3.1%	1,493	2,232	-430	-19.3%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Missouri
	Dec 2014	Percent	Nov 2014	Dec 2013	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	35,999		32,257	46,441
Male	20,963	58.2%	17,036	27,081	-6,118	-22.6%
Female	14,972	41.6%	15,158	19,293	-4,321	-22.4%
Information Not Available	64	0.2%	63	67	-3	-4.5%

Ethnicity	35,999		32,257	46,441
Hispanic or Latino	1,321	3.7%	1,171	1,220	101	8.3%
Not Hispanic or Latino	28,067	78.0%	24,853	38,298	-10,231	-26.7%
Information Not Available	6,611	18.4%	6,233	6,923	-312	-4.5%

Race	35,999		32,257	46,441
American Indian or Alaskan Native	216	0.6%	182	267	-51	-19.1%
Asian	181	0.5%	197	233	-52	-22.3%
Black or African American	6,406	17.8%	6,657	4,911	1,495	30.4%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	1,183	3.3%	1,073	509	674	132.4%
White	23,800	66.1%	20,497	25,990	-2,190	-8.4%
Information Not Available	4,213	11.7%	3,651	14,531	-10,318	-71.0%

Years of Age	35,999		32,257	46,441
Younger than 22	912	1.6%	767	1,241	-329	-26.5%
22-24	1,987	3.5%	1,714	2,626	-639	-24.3%
25-34	8,773	15.2%	7,727	11,591	-2,818	-24.3%
35-44	7,977	13.9%	7,275	10,548	-2,571	-24.4%
45-54	8,735	15.2%	7,795	11,325	-2,590	-22.9%
55-59	3,806	6.6%	3,437	4,611	-805	-17.5%
60-64	2,218	3.9%	2,099	2,660	-442	-16.6%
65 and older	1,591	2.8%	1,442	1,796	-205	-11.4%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	1	43	-43	-100.0%

Industry	35,999		32,257	46,441
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	383	1.1%	180	382	1	0.3%
Mining	150	0.4%	94	275	-125	-45.5%
Utilities	40	0.1%	43	70	-30	-42.9%
Construction	5,855	16.1%	3,815	7,861	-2,006	-25.5%
Manufacturing	3,964	10.9%	3,583	5,354	-1,390	-26.0%
Wholesale Trade	1,295	3.6%	1,288	1,584	-289	-18.2%
Retail Trade	2,985	8.2%	3,072	3,993	-1,008	-25.2%
Transporation and Warehousing	1,093	3.0%	944	1,495	-402	-26.9%
Information	621	1.7%	656	722	-101	-14.0%
Finance and Insurance	979	2.7%	1,077	1,613	-634	-39.3%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	548	1.5%	505	726	-178	-24.5%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	1,616	4.4%	1,710	1,823	-207	-11.4%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	218	0.6%	157	182	36	19.8%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	4,699	12.9%	4,258	5,882	-1,183	-20.1%
Educational Services	811	2.2%	874	941	-130	-13.8%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	3,760	10.3%	3,992	4,928	-1,168	-23.7%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	917	2.5%	635	1,064	-147	-13.8%
Accomodation and Food Services	3,165	8.7%	2,744	3,939	-774	-19.6%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	883	2.4%	820	1,334	-451	-33.8%
Public Administration	460	1.3%	464	524	-64	-12.2%
Information Not Available	1,557	4.3%	1,346	1,749	-192	-11.0%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Mississippi
	Dec 2014	Percent	Nov 2014	Dec 2013	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	15,150		14,566	21,833
Male	8,136	53.7%	7,030	11,212	-3,076	-27.4%
Female	6,996	46.2%	7,521	10,612	-3,616	-34.1%
Information Not Available	18	0.1%	15	9	9	100.0%

Ethnicity	15,150		14,566	21,833
Hispanic or Latino	254	1.7%	253	315	-61	-19.4%
Not Hispanic or Latino	13,855	91.5%	13,401	20,280	-6,425	-31.7%
Information Not Available	1,041	6.9%	912	1,238	-197	-15.9%

Race	15,150		14,566	21,833
American Indian or Alaskan Native	59	0.4%	58	60	-1	-1.7%
Asian	52	0.3%	53	74	-22	-29.7%
Black or African American	8,342	55.1%	8,256	13,017	-4,675	-35.9%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	121	0.8%	136	44	77	175.0%
White	6,179	40.8%	5,778	8,222	-2,043	-24.8%
Information Not Available	397	2.6%	285	416	-19	-4.6%

Years of Age	15,150		14,566	21,833
Younger than 22	324	1.6%	341	593	-269	-45.4%
22-24	844	4.1%	789	1,489	-645	-43.3%
25-34	3,754	18.4%	3,717	5,780	-2,026	-35.1%
35-44	3,475	17.0%	3,449	4,900	-1,425	-29.1%
45-54	3,597	17.6%	3,328	4,884	-1,287	-26.4%
55-59	1,547	7.6%	1,417	1,993	-446	-22.4%
60-64	914	4.5%	869	1,226	-312	-25.4%
65 and older	695	3.4%	656	968	-273	-28.2%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	15,150		14,566	21,833
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	854	5.3%	273	1,125	-271	-24.1%
Mining	35	0.2%	29	101	-66	-65.3%
Utilities	23	0.1%	21	22	1	4.5%
Construction	940	5.9%	891	1,431	-491	-34.3%
Manufacturing	1,932	12.1%	1,949	2,595	-663	-25.5%
Wholesale Trade	289	1.8%	329	412	-123	-29.9%
Retail Trade	1,266	7.9%	1,306	2,025	-759	-37.5%
Transporation and Warehousing	349	2.2%	329	545	-196	-36.0%
Information	146	0.9%	158	150	-4	-2.7%
Finance and Insurance	235	1.5%	248	313	-78	-24.9%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	131	0.8%	130	195	-64	-32.8%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	428	2.7%	479	519	-91	-17.5%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	183	1.1%	198	155	28	18.1%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	1,360	8.5%	1,363	2,240	-880	-39.3%
Educational Services	445	2.8%	492	568	-123	-21.7%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	1,265	7.9%	1,393	2,106	-841	-39.9%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	213	1.3%	233	196	17	8.7%
Accomodation and Food Services	1,246	7.8%	1,364	2,062	-816	-39.6%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	228	1.4%	210	378	-150	-39.7%
Public Administration	285	1.8%	301	443	-158	-35.7%
Information Not Available	3,297	20.6%	2,870	4,252	-955	-22.5%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Montana
	Dec 2014	Percent	Nov 2014	Dec 2013	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	9,065		7,685	10,626
Male	6,379	70.4%	5,065	7,541	-1,162	-15.4%
Female	2,676	29.5%	2,613	3,073	-397	-12.9%
Information Not Available	10	0.1%	7	12	-2	-16.7%

Ethnicity	9,065		7,685	10,626
Hispanic or Latino	343	3.8%	307	380	-37	-9.7%
Not Hispanic or Latino	8,324	91.8%	7,084	9,775	-1,451	-14.8%
Information Not Available	398	4.4%	294	471	-73	-15.5%

Race	9,065		7,685	10,626
American Indian or Alaskan Native	924	10.2%	766	1,080	-156	-14.4%
Asian	38	0.4%	38	55	-17	-30.9%
Black or African American	85	0.9%	74	91	-6	-6.6%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	21	0.2%	15	24	-3	-12.5%
White	7,894	87.1%	6,701	9,262	-1,368	-14.8%
Information Not Available	103	1.1%	91	114	-11	-9.6%

Years of Age	9,065		7,685	10,626
Younger than 22	239	1.5%	184	279	-40	-14.3%
22-24	511	3.1%	462	671	-160	-23.8%
25-34	2,523	15.5%	2,142	2,873	-350	-12.2%
35-44	1,898	11.6%	1,547	2,213	-315	-14.2%
45-54	1,874	11.5%	1,657	2,301	-427	-18.6%
55-59	935	5.7%	779	1,128	-193	-17.1%
60-64	650	4.0%	571	726	-76	-10.5%
65 and older	435	2.7%	343	435	0	0.0%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	9,065		7,685	10,626
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	195	2.1%	125	188	7	3.7%
Mining	265	2.9%	205	333	-68	-20.4%
Utilities	30	0.3%	24	45	-15	-33.3%
Construction	2,302	24.9%	1,707	2,946	-644	-21.9%
Manufacturing	462	5.0%	365	529	-67	-12.7%
Wholesale Trade	163	1.8%	138	196	-33	-16.8%
Retail Trade	615	6.6%	534	713	-98	-13.7%
Transporation and Warehousing	208	2.2%	209	234	-26	-11.1%
Information	87	0.9%	71	68	19	27.9%
Finance and Insurance	89	1.0%	84	129	-40	-31.0%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	96	1.0%	85	108	-12	-11.1%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	255	2.8%	238	302	-47	-15.6%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	12	0.1%	10	14	-2	-14.3%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	932	10.1%	716	1,069	-137	-12.8%
Educational Services	141	1.5%	158	211	-70	-33.2%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	478	5.2%	452	559	-81	-14.5%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	364	3.9%	399	392	-28	-7.1%
Accomodation and Food Services	1,198	12.9%	1,256	1,263	-65	-5.1%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	181	2.0%	174	248	-67	-27.0%
Public Administration	436	4.7%	367	478	-42	-8.8%
Information Not Available	556	6.0%	368	601	-45	-7.5%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants North Carolina
	Dec 2014	Percent	Nov 2014	Dec 2013	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	36,356		36,118	68,540
Male	18,894	52.0%	17,995	36,185	-17,291	-47.8%
Female	17,438	48.0%	18,099	32,330	-14,892	-46.1%
Information Not Available	24	0.1%	24	25	-1	-4.0%

Ethnicity	36,356		36,118	68,540
Hispanic or Latino	1,691	4.7%	1,582	3,326	-1,635	-49.2%
Not Hispanic or Latino	33,830	93.1%	33,725	64,115	-30,285	-47.2%
Information Not Available	835	2.3%	811	1,099	-264	-24.0%

Race	36,356		36,118	68,540
American Indian or Alaskan Native	584	1.6%	575	1,120	-536	-47.9%
Asian	382	1.1%	405	712	-330	-46.3%
Black or African American	14,238	39.2%	14,795	26,969	-12,731	-47.2%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	83	0.2%	80	77	6	7.8%
White	18,667	51.3%	17,979	35,536	-16,869	-47.5%
Information Not Available	2,402	6.6%	2,284	4,126	-1,724	-41.8%

Years of Age	36,356		36,118	68,540
Younger than 22	768	1.5%	746	1,891	-1,123	-59.4%
22-24	2,011	3.8%	1,963	4,463	-2,452	-54.9%
25-34	9,184	17.4%	9,230	17,376	-8,192	-47.1%
35-44	8,644	16.3%	8,774	16,207	-7,563	-46.7%
45-54	8,847	16.7%	8,658	16,104	-7,257	-45.1%
55-59	3,562	6.7%	3,465	6,427	-2,865	-44.6%
60-64	2,129	4.0%	2,083	3,788	-1,659	-43.8%
65 and older	1,211	2.3%	1,199	2,284	-1,073	-47.0%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	36,356		36,118	68,540
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	124	0.3%	120	254	-130	-51.2%
Mining	7	0.0%	8	24	-17	-70.8%
Utilities	25	0.1%	26	56	-31	-55.4%
Construction	1,797	4.9%	1,606	4,184	-2,387	-57.1%
Manufacturing	3,138	8.6%	3,360	6,973	-3,835	-55.0%
Wholesale Trade	1,166	3.2%	1,211	2,039	-873	-42.8%
Retail Trade	2,586	7.1%	2,824	5,217	-2,631	-50.4%
Transporation and Warehousing	519	1.4%	531	1,276	-757	-59.3%
Information	289	0.8%	291	511	-222	-43.4%
Finance and Insurance	758	2.1%	875	1,453	-695	-47.8%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	570	1.6%	582	837	-267	-31.9%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	1,393	3.8%	1,439	2,532	-1,139	-45.0%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	140	0.4%	141	192	-52	-27.1%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	4,618	12.7%	4,235	8,168	-3,550	-43.5%
Educational Services	483	1.3%	663	1,518	-1,035	-68.2%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	2,500	6.9%	2,701	5,366	-2,866	-53.4%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	407	1.1%	311	681	-274	-40.2%
Accomodation and Food Services	2,345	6.4%	1,775	4,080	-1,735	-42.5%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	506	1.4%	522	1,079	-573	-53.1%
Public Administration	344	0.9%	337	658	-314	-47.7%
Information Not Available	12,641	34.7%	12,560	21,442	-8,801	-41.0%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants North Dakota
	Dec 2014	Percent	Nov 2014	Dec 2013	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	4,334		2,168	5,087
Male	3,606	83.2%	1,593	4,276	-670	-15.7%
Female	727	16.8%	574	810	-83	-10.2%
Information Not Available	1	0.0%	1	1	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	4,334		2,168	5,087
Hispanic or Latino	257	5.9%	104	253	4	1.6%
Not Hispanic or Latino	3,964	91.5%	2,009	4,703	-739	-15.7%
Information Not Available	113	2.6%	55	131	-18	-13.7%

Race	4,334		2,168	5,087
American Indian or Alaskan Native	261	6.0%	123	343	-82	-23.9%
Asian	21	0.5%	12	11	10	90.9%
Black or African American	130	3.0%	99	115	15	13.0%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	6	0.1%	7	8	-2	-25.0%
White	3,546	81.8%	1,768	4,226	-680	-16.1%
Information Not Available	370	8.5%	159	384	-14	-3.6%

Years of Age	4,334		2,168	5,087
Younger than 22	125	1.7%	41	133	-8	-6.0%
22-24	268	3.5%	114	263	5	1.9%
25-34	1,075	14.2%	543	1,272	-197	-15.5%
35-44	822	10.9%	394	999	-177	-17.7%
45-54	974	12.9%	510	1,200	-226	-18.8%
55-59	499	6.6%	268	571	-72	-12.6%
60-64	314	4.2%	173	380	-66	-17.4%
65 and older	256	3.4%	125	266	-10	-3.8%
Information Not Available	1	0.0%	0	3	-2	-66.7%

Industry	4,334		2,168	5,087
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	171	3.8%	72	188	-17	-9.0%
Mining	269	6.0%	120	396	-127	-32.1%
Utilities	3	0.1%	3	4	-1	-25.0%
Construction	1,616	35.9%	549	2,076	-460	-22.2%
Manufacturing	562	12.5%	307	485	77	15.9%
Wholesale Trade	215	4.8%	131	208	7	3.4%
Retail Trade	149	3.3%	113	188	-39	-20.7%
Transporation and Warehousing	193	4.3%	90	222	-29	-13.1%
Information	28	0.6%	23	30	-2	-6.7%
Finance and Insurance	42	0.9%	47	34	8	23.5%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	21	0.5%	15	27	-6	-22.2%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	113	2.5%	71	103	10	9.7%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	4	0.1%	4	8	-4	-50.0%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	234	5.2%	112	255	-21	-8.2%
Educational Services	3	0.1%	3	2	1	50.0%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	99	2.2%	104	127	-28	-22.0%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	27	0.6%	20	41	-14	-34.1%
Accomodation and Food Services	97	2.2%	73	116	-19	-16.4%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	59	1.3%	29	68	-9	-13.2%
Public Administration	159	3.5%	116	222	-63	-28.4%
Information Not Available	270	6.0%	166	287	-17	-5.9%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Nebraska
	Dec 2014	Percent	Nov 2014	Dec 2013	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	8,037		6,409	10,083
Male	4,822	60.0%	3,351	6,076	-1,254	-20.6%
Female	2,818	35.1%	2,732	3,473	-655	-18.9%
Information Not Available	397	4.9%	326	534	-137	-25.7%

Ethnicity	8,037		6,409	10,083
Hispanic or Latino	700	8.7%	503	896	-196	-21.9%
Not Hispanic or Latino	6,115	76.1%	4,961	7,799	-1,684	-21.6%
Information Not Available	1,222	15.2%	945	1,388	-166	-12.0%

Race	8,037		6,409	10,083
American Indian or Alaskan Native	114	1.4%	95	167	-53	-31.7%
Asian	92	1.1%	71	101	-9	-8.9%
Black or African American	659	8.2%	611	874	-215	-24.6%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	27	0.3%	24	22	5	22.7%
White	5,469	68.0%	4,392	6,829	-1,360	-19.9%
Information Not Available	1,676	20.9%	1,216	2,090	-414	-19.8%

Years of Age	8,037		6,409	10,083
Younger than 22	89	0.7%	107	128	-39	-30.5%
22-24	311	2.4%	281	433	-122	-28.2%
25-34	1,891	14.8%	1,541	2,400	-509	-21.2%
35-44	1,654	12.9%	1,376	2,173	-519	-23.9%
45-54	1,873	14.7%	1,508	2,429	-556	-22.9%
55-59	941	7.4%	767	1,125	-184	-16.4%
60-64	726	5.7%	503	780	-54	-6.9%
65 and older	552	4.3%	326	615	-63	-10.2%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	8,037		6,409	10,083
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	85	1.0%	68	113	-28	-24.8%
Mining	122	1.5%	70	144	-22	-15.3%
Utilities	11	0.1%	14	14	-3	-21.4%
Construction	1,616	19.9%	884	2,242	-626	-27.9%
Manufacturing	1,042	12.8%	880	1,138	-96	-8.4%
Wholesale Trade	308	3.8%	246	329	-21	-6.4%
Retail Trade	593	7.3%	533	757	-164	-21.7%
Transporation and Warehousing	224	2.8%	169	269	-45	-16.7%
Information	134	1.6%	130	112	22	19.6%
Finance and Insurance	279	3.4%	280	325	-46	-14.2%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	88	1.1%	70	117	-29	-24.8%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	259	3.2%	277	330	-71	-21.5%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	50	0.6%	44	42	8	19.0%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	1,003	12.3%	714	1,305	-302	-23.1%
Educational Services	132	1.6%	128	172	-40	-23.3%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	594	7.3%	637	778	-184	-23.7%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	162	2.0%	113	170	-8	-4.7%
Accomodation and Food Services	359	4.4%	389	458	-99	-21.6%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	145	1.8%	133	197	-52	-26.4%
Public Administration	281	3.5%	232	336	-55	-16.4%
Information Not Available	550	6.8%	398	735	-185	-25.2%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants New Hampshire
	Dec 2014	Percent	Nov 2014	Dec 2013	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	6,224		5,524	7,570
Male	3,631	58.3%	2,980	4,340	-709	-16.3%
Female	2,542	40.8%	2,508	3,179	-637	-20.0%
Information Not Available	51	0.8%	36	51	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	6,224		5,524	7,570
Hispanic or Latino	218	3.5%	160	256	-38	-14.8%
Not Hispanic or Latino	5,153	82.8%	4,648	6,225	-1,072	-17.2%
Information Not Available	853	13.7%	716	1,089	-236	-21.7%

Race	6,224		5,524	7,570
American Indian or Alaskan Native	39	0.6%	31	40	-1	-2.5%
Asian	93	1.5%	87	97	-4	-4.1%
Black or African American	95	1.5%	95	103	-8	-7.8%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	6	0.1%	7	7	-1	-14.3%
White	5,537	89.0%	4,925	6,752	-1,215	-18.0%
Information Not Available	454	7.3%	379	571	-117	-20.5%

Years of Age	6,224		5,524	7,570
Younger than 22	67	0.6%	64	109	-42	-38.5%
22-24	199	1.8%	159	290	-91	-31.4%
25-34	1,154	10.4%	1,030	1,384	-230	-16.6%
35-44	1,184	10.6%	1,018	1,479	-295	-19.9%
45-54	1,675	15.1%	1,498	2,032	-357	-17.6%
55-59	892	8.0%	789	1,043	-151	-14.5%
60-64	640	5.8%	598	762	-122	-16.0%
65 and older	413	3.7%	368	471	-58	-12.3%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	6,224		5,524	7,570
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	28	0.4%	22	38	-10	-26.3%
Mining	10	0.2%	2	10	0	0.0%
Utilities	3	0.0%	4	16	-13	-81.3%
Construction	299	4.8%	104	373	-74	-19.8%
Manufacturing	633	10.1%	624	754	-121	-16.0%
Wholesale Trade	252	4.0%	260	374	-122	-32.6%
Retail Trade	361	5.8%	348	550	-189	-34.4%
Transporation and Warehousing	124	2.0%	81	178	-54	-30.3%
Information	332	5.3%	240	91	241	264.8%
Finance and Insurance	156	2.5%	162	276	-120	-43.5%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	92	1.5%	87	93	-1	-1.1%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	286	4.6%	285	386	-100	-25.9%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	27	0.4%	23	40	-13	-32.5%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	863	13.8%	735	979	-116	-11.8%
Educational Services	295	4.7%	286	294	1	0.3%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	494	7.9%	519	628	-134	-21.3%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	191	3.1%	156	250	-59	-23.6%
Accomodation and Food Services	142	2.3%	147	187	-45	-24.1%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	191	3.1%	165	263	-72	-27.4%
Public Administration	97	1.6%	107	139	-42	-30.2%
Information Not Available	1,348	21.6%	1,167	1,651	-303	-18.4%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants New Jersey
	Dec 2014	Percent	Nov 2014	Dec 2013	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	118,534		110,379	141,442
Male	67,531	57.0%	58,549	81,976	-14,445	-17.6%
Female	51,003	43.0%	51,830	59,466	-8,463	-14.2%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	118,534		110,379	141,442
Hispanic or Latino	26,091	22.0%	22,852	29,793	-3,702	-12.4%
Not Hispanic or Latino	79,881	67.4%	75,643	96,701	-16,820	-17.4%
Information Not Available	12,562	10.6%	11,884	14,948	-2,386	-16.0%

Race	118,534		110,379	141,442
American Indian or Alaskan Native	575	0.5%	65,083	650	-75	-11.5%
Asian	4,275	3.6%	23,698	4,930	-655	-13.3%
Black or African American	23,414	19.8%	526	27,180	-3,766	-13.9%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	752	0.6%	4,330	915	-163	-17.8%
White	72,116	60.8%	693	87,665	-15,549	-17.7%
Information Not Available	17,402	14.7%	16,049	20,102	-2,700	-13.4%

Years of Age	118,534		110,379	141,442
Younger than 22	3,415	1.9%	3,247	4,239	-824	-19.4%
22-24	7,400	4.1%	6,892	9,134	-1,734	-19.0%
25-34	27,928	15.3%	26,535	33,059	-5,131	-15.5%
35-44	24,033	13.2%	22,050	28,995	-4,962	-17.1%
45-54	27,258	15.0%	24,867	33,245	-5,987	-18.0%
55-59	12,106	6.6%	11,226	14,250	-2,144	-15.0%
60-64	8,546	4.7%	8,117	9,689	-1,143	-11.8%
65 and older	7,848	4.3%	7,445	8,831	-983	-11.1%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	118,534		110,379	141,442
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	909	0.8%	542	1,046	-137	-13.1%
Mining	69	0.1%	55	69	0	0.0%
Utilities	130	0.1%	111	173	-43	-24.9%
Construction	10,173	8.5%	7,083	14,497	-4,324	-29.8%
Manufacturing	6,760	5.7%	6,856	8,946	-2,186	-24.4%
Wholesale Trade	5,295	4.4%	5,183	6,783	-1,488	-21.9%
Retail Trade	11,080	9.3%	11,302	14,358	-3,278	-22.8%
Transporation and Warehousing	4,141	3.5%	4,544	5,258	-1,117	-21.2%
Information	1,802	1.5%	1,865	2,349	-547	-23.3%
Finance and Insurance	3,380	2.8%	3,471	5,063	-1,683	-33.2%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	1,713	1.4%	1,607	2,194	-481	-21.9%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	5,990	5.0%	6,131	7,153	-1,163	-16.3%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	506	0.4%	488	628	-122	-19.4%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	15,741	13.2%	12,913	19,384	-3,643	-18.8%
Educational Services	4,196	3.5%	4,403	4,608	-412	-8.9%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	10,220	8.6%	10,753	12,944	-2,724	-21.0%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	3,576	3.0%	2,510	4,103	-527	-12.8%
Accomodation and Food Services	14,089	11.8%	13,110	13,033	1,056	8.1%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	2,810	2.4%	2,736	3,431	-621	-18.1%
Public Administration	1,716	1.4%	1,525	2,017	-301	-14.9%
Information Not Available	14,238	11.9%	13,191	13,405	833	6.2%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants New Mexico
	Dec 2014	Percent	Nov 2014	Dec 2013	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	12,998		12,710	15,343
Male	7,502	57.7%	7,045	9,011	-1,509	-16.7%
Female	5,496	42.3%	5,665	6,332	-836	-13.2%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	12,998		12,710	15,343
Hispanic or Latino	6,991	53.8%	6,659	8,020	-1,029	-12.8%
Not Hispanic or Latino	4,908	37.8%	4,919	5,974	-1,066	-17.8%
Information Not Available	1,099	8.5%	1,132	1,349	-250	-18.5%

Race	12,998		12,710	15,343
American Indian or Alaskan Native	1,433	11.0%	1,337	1,688	-255	-15.1%
Asian	78	0.6%	84	105	-27	-25.7%
Black or African American	360	2.8%	366	419	-59	-14.1%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	48	0.4%	40	40	8	20.0%
White	6,711	51.6%	6,626	7,777	-1,066	-13.7%
Information Not Available	4,368	33.6%	4,257	5,314	-946	-17.8%

Years of Age	12,998		12,710	15,343
Younger than 22	429	2.3%	395	456	-27	-5.9%
22-24	782	4.2%	779	827	-45	-5.4%
25-34	3,182	16.9%	3,127	3,779	-597	-15.8%
35-44	2,804	14.9%	2,730	3,318	-514	-15.5%
45-54	2,985	15.8%	2,939	3,560	-575	-16.2%
55-59	1,390	7.4%	1,288	1,662	-272	-16.4%
60-64	876	4.7%	891	1,072	-196	-18.3%
65 and older	550	2.9%	561	669	-119	-17.8%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	12,998		12,710	15,343
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	939	6.7%	812	866	73	8.4%
Mining	274	2.0%	281	308	-34	-11.0%
Utilities	26	0.2%	29	24	2	8.3%
Construction	2,689	19.3%	2,380	3,052	-363	-11.9%
Manufacturing	818	5.9%	785	863	-45	-5.2%
Wholesale Trade	352	2.5%	324	396	-44	-11.1%
Retail Trade	1,246	8.9%	1,290	1,468	-222	-15.1%
Transporation and Warehousing	251	1.8%	249	344	-93	-27.0%
Information	322	2.3%	303	745	-423	-56.8%
Finance and Insurance	285	2.0%	287	313	-28	-8.9%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	169	1.2%	188	210	-41	-19.5%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	668	4.8%	678	752	-84	-11.2%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	72	0.5%	81	18	54	300.0%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	882	6.3%	859	1,394	-512	-36.7%
Educational Services	438	3.1%	499	483	-45	-9.3%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	1,369	9.8%	1,449	1,735	-366	-21.1%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	315	2.3%	316	297	18	6.1%
Accomodation and Food Services	1,077	7.7%	1,075	1,088	-11	-1.0%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	296	2.1%	299	509	-213	-41.8%
Public Administration	510	3.7%	526	467	43	9.2%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	11	-11	-100.0%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Nevada
	Dec 2014	Percent	Nov 2014	Dec 2013	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	30,623		27,999	31,682
Male	17,617	57.5%	15,698	18,436	-819	-4.4%
Female	12,876	42.0%	12,197	13,156	-280	-2.1%
Information Not Available	130	0.4%	104	90	40	44.4%

Ethnicity	30,623		27,999	31,682
Hispanic or Latino	6,622	21.6%	5,712	6,496	126	1.9%
Not Hispanic or Latino	19,277	62.9%	17,836	19,915	-638	-3.2%
Information Not Available	4,724	15.4%	4,451	5,271	-547	-10.4%

Race	30,623		27,999	31,682
American Indian or Alaskan Native	746	2.4%	675	663	83	12.5%
Asian	1,961	6.4%	1,716	2,603	-642	-24.7%
Black or African American	3,989	13.0%	3,810	3,766	223	5.9%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	685	2.2%	650	822	-137	-16.7%
White	17,913	58.5%	16,589	19,083	-1,170	-6.1%
Information Not Available	5,329	17.4%	4,559	4,745	584	12.3%

Years of Age	30,623		27,999	31,682
Younger than 22	821	1.8%	694	932	-111	-11.9%
22-24	1,676	3.6%	1,495	1,827	-151	-8.3%
25-34	7,235	15.6%	6,572	7,421	-186	-2.5%
35-44	6,730	14.5%	6,147	7,023	-293	-4.2%
45-54	7,215	15.5%	6,652	7,513	-298	-4.0%
55-59	3,199	6.9%	2,887	3,245	-46	-1.4%
60-64	2,097	4.5%	2,004	2,126	-29	-1.4%
65 and older	1,650	3.6%	1,548	1,595	55	3.4%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	30,623		27,999	31,682
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	48	0.2%	35	45	3	6.7%
Mining	210	0.7%	198	366	-156	-42.6%
Utilities	48	0.2%	46	62	-14	-22.6%
Construction	3,550	11.6%	3,187	3,255	295	9.1%
Manufacturing	994	3.2%	945	947	47	5.0%
Wholesale Trade	608	2.0%	635	599	9	1.5%
Retail Trade	2,130	6.9%	2,145	2,169	-39	-1.8%
Transporation and Warehousing	815	2.7%	791	900	-85	-9.4%
Information	331	1.1%	331	289	42	14.5%
Finance and Insurance	677	2.2%	697	687	-10	-1.5%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	678	2.2%	610	641	37	5.8%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	1,097	3.6%	1,055	1,084	13	1.2%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	218	0.7%	209	213	5	2.3%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	4,229	13.8%	3,797	4,423	-194	-4.4%
Educational Services	352	1.1%	379	290	62	21.4%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	1,471	4.8%	1,526	1,526	-55	-3.6%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	708	2.3%	640	767	-59	-7.7%
Accomodation and Food Services	6,103	19.9%	4,830	6,135	-32	-0.5%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	549	1.8%	505	620	-71	-11.5%
Public Administration	445	1.5%	445	459	-14	-3.1%
Information Not Available	5,362	17.5%	4,993	6,205	-843	-13.6%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants New York
	Dec 2014	Percent	Nov 2014	Dec 2013	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	186,356		167,802	219,298
Male	113,211	60.7%	94,792	128,689	-15,478	-12.0%
Female	73,119	39.2%	72,992	90,571	-17,452	-19.3%
Information Not Available	26	0.0%	18	38	-12	-31.6%

Ethnicity	186,356		167,802	219,298
Hispanic or Latino	31,826	17.1%	29,043	36,416	-4,590	-12.6%
Not Hispanic or Latino	125,399	67.3%	111,834	147,936	-22,537	-15.2%
Information Not Available	29,131	15.6%	26,925	34,946	-5,815	-16.6%

Race	186,356		167,802	219,298
American Indian or Alaskan Native	1,659	0.9%	1,454	1,873	-214	-11.4%
Asian	5,533	3.0%	5,427	6,814	-1,281	-18.8%
Black or African American	28,130	15.1%	27,595	34,567	-6,437	-18.6%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	1,016	0.5%	1,017	1,113	-97	-8.7%
White	103,287	55.4%	88,761	119,655	-16,368	-13.7%
Information Not Available	46,731	25.1%	43,548	55,276	-8,545	-15.5%

Years of Age	186,356		167,802	219,298
Younger than 22	5,528	2.0%	4,875	7,539	-2,011	-26.7%
22-24	12,221	4.4%	11,015	15,848	-3,627	-22.9%
25-34	48,627	17.5%	43,872	57,258	-8,631	-15.1%
35-44	38,663	13.9%	34,818	45,462	-6,799	-15.0%
45-54	41,862	15.1%	37,271	48,591	-6,729	-13.8%
55-59	17,804	6.4%	15,899	19,982	-2,178	-10.9%
60-64	11,621	4.2%	10,737	13,469	-1,848	-13.7%
65 and older	10,030	3.6%	9,315	11,149	-1,119	-10.0%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	186,356		167,802	219,298
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	898	0.5%	567	846	52	6.1%
Mining	962	0.5%	323	798	164	20.6%
Utilities	127	0.1%	118	222	-95	-42.8%
Construction	29,394	15.7%	20,819	30,173	-779	-2.6%
Manufacturing	10,962	5.9%	9,962	12,929	-1,967	-15.2%
Wholesale Trade	6,678	3.6%	6,531	7,698	-1,020	-13.3%
Retail Trade	15,698	8.4%	15,229	18,732	-3,034	-16.2%
Transporation and Warehousing	6,300	3.4%	6,320	7,406	-1,106	-14.9%
Information	5,420	2.9%	5,110	6,936	-1,516	-21.9%
Finance and Insurance	5,818	3.1%	5,882	8,080	-2,262	-28.0%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	4,257	2.3%	3,999	4,944	-687	-13.9%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	10,439	5.6%	10,519	13,235	-2,796	-21.1%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	803	0.4%	811	918	-115	-12.5%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	25,484	13.6%	21,521	29,213	-3,729	-12.8%
Educational Services	5,919	3.2%	6,215	8,651	-2,732	-31.6%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	17,644	9.4%	18,288	22,904	-5,260	-23.0%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	8,415	4.5%	6,865	8,750	-335	-3.8%
Accomodation and Food Services	14,659	7.8%	13,998	16,670	-2,011	-12.1%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	5,565	3.0%	5,251	6,656	-1,091	-16.4%
Public Administration	5,411	2.9%	4,892	7,105	-1,694	-23.8%
Information Not Available	5,503	2.9%	4,582	6,432	-929	-14.4%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Ohio
	Dec 2014	Percent	Nov 2014	Dec 2013	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	71,174		55,169	86,022
Male	47,690	67.0%	32,196	57,546	-9,856	-17.1%
Female	23,303	32.7%	22,806	28,210	-4,907	-17.4%
Information Not Available	181	0.3%	167	266	-85	-32.0%

Ethnicity	71,174		55,169	86,022
Hispanic or Latino	2,828	4.0%	1,883	3,066	-238	-7.8%
Not Hispanic or Latino	65,187	91.6%	50,734	79,263	-14,076	-17.8%
Information Not Available	3,159	4.4%	2,552	3,693	-534	-14.5%

Race	71,174		55,169	86,022
American Indian or Alaskan Native	317	0.4%	238	388	-71	-18.3%
Asian	379	0.5%	383	408	-29	-7.1%
Black or African American	10,202	14.3%	9,431	12,225	-2,023	-16.5%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	66	0.1%	54	58	8	13.8%
White	56,654	79.6%	42,233	68,924	-12,270	-17.8%
Information Not Available	3,556	5.0%	2,830	4,019	-463	-11.5%

Years of Age	71,174		55,169	86,022
Younger than 22	1,569	1.3%	1,081	2,009	-440	-21.9%
22-24	3,073	2.5%	2,238	3,916	-843	-21.5%
25-34	15,105	12.3%	11,621	19,065	-3,960	-20.8%
35-44	16,821	13.7%	13,050	20,509	-3,688	-18.0%
45-54	18,850	15.4%	14,260	22,591	-3,741	-16.6%
55-59	8,288	6.8%	6,610	9,744	-1,456	-14.9%
60-64	5,066	4.1%	4,246	5,499	-433	-7.9%
65 and older	2,402	2.0%	2,063	2,689	-287	-10.7%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	71,174		55,169	86,022
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	667	0.9%	389	676	-9	-1.3%
Mining	418	0.6%	265	478	-60	-12.6%
Utilities	53	0.1%	45	87	-34	-39.1%
Construction	18,000	25.1%	9,052	21,093	-3,093	-14.7%
Manufacturing	9,942	13.8%	8,448	11,956	-2,014	-16.8%
Wholesale Trade	2,677	3.7%	2,702	3,251	-574	-17.7%
Retail Trade	2,959	4.1%	2,696	3,783	-824	-21.8%
Transporation and Warehousing	2,364	3.3%	1,665	2,843	-479	-16.8%
Information	859	1.2%	898	1,135	-276	-24.3%
Finance and Insurance	1,746	2.4%	1,740	2,732	-986	-36.1%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	1,045	1.5%	980	1,248	-203	-16.3%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	3,015	4.2%	3,127	3,846	-831	-21.6%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	1,291	1.8%	1,175	1,393	-102	-7.3%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	11,154	15.5%	7,763	13,046	-1,892	-14.5%
Educational Services	1,413	2.0%	1,423	1,963	-550	-28.0%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	5,312	7.4%	5,582	6,577	-1,265	-19.2%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	1,706	2.4%	1,177	2,061	-355	-17.2%
Accomodation and Food Services	2,561	3.6%	2,345	3,096	-535	-17.3%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	1,387	1.9%	1,281	1,635	-248	-15.2%
Public Administration	690	1.0%	606	845	-155	-18.3%
Information Not Available	1,915	2.7%	1,810	2,278	-363	-15.9%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Oklahoma
	Dec 2014	Percent	Nov 2014	Dec 2013	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	16,027		15,778	24,437
Male	8,821	55.0%	8,291	13,475	-4,654	-34.5%
Female	7,175	44.8%	7,460	10,914	-3,739	-34.3%
Information Not Available	31	0.2%	27	48	-17	-35.4%

Ethnicity	16,027		15,778	24,437
Hispanic or Latino	1,220	7.6%	1,189	2,059	-839	-40.7%
Not Hispanic or Latino	14,807	92.4%	14,589	22,378	-7,571	-33.8%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Race	16,027		15,778	24,437
American Indian or Alaskan Native	1,614	10.1%	1,554	2,452	-838	-34.2%
Asian	93	0.6%	101	204	-111	-54.4%
Black or African American	2,384	14.9%	2,498	3,717	-1,333	-35.9%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	40	0.2%	35	36	4	11.1%
White	9,846	61.4%	9,680	14,855	-5,009	-33.7%
Information Not Available	2,050	12.8%	1,910	3,173	-1,123	-35.4%

Years of Age	16,027		15,778	24,437
Younger than 22	153	0.6%	313	292	-139	-47.6%
22-24	600	2.4%	771	1,050	-450	-42.9%
25-34	3,735	15.1%	3,769	5,767	-2,032	-35.2%
35-44	3,823	15.5%	3,679	5,605	-1,782	-31.8%
45-54	3,900	15.8%	3,849	6,074	-2,174	-35.8%
55-59	1,822	7.4%	1,682	2,570	-748	-29.1%
60-64	1,153	4.7%	984	1,781	-628	-35.3%
65 and older	841	3.4%	731	1,298	-457	-35.2%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	16,027		15,778	24,437
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	41	0.3%	43	94	-53	-56.4%
Mining	663	4.1%	584	911	-248	-27.2%
Utilities	32	0.2%	36	59	-27	-45.8%
Construction	1,515	9.4%	1,444	2,629	-1,114	-42.4%
Manufacturing	1,553	9.7%	1,484	2,602	-1,049	-40.3%
Wholesale Trade	626	3.9%	658	1,010	-384	-38.0%
Retail Trade	1,650	10.3%	1,676	2,360	-710	-30.1%
Transporation and Warehousing	458	2.9%	426	622	-164	-26.4%
Information	320	2.0%	362	564	-244	-43.3%
Finance and Insurance	502	3.1%	452	636	-134	-21.1%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	251	1.6%	262	432	-181	-41.9%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	899	5.6%	853	1,212	-313	-25.8%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	48	0.3%	49	97	-49	-50.5%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	2,123	13.2%	1,944	3,229	-1,106	-34.3%
Educational Services	464	2.9%	508	643	-179	-27.8%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	1,731	10.8%	1,791	2,500	-769	-30.8%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	224	1.4%	215	450	-226	-50.2%
Accomodation and Food Services	777	4.8%	746	1,185	-408	-34.4%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	612	3.8%	628	829	-217	-26.2%
Public Administration	817	5.1%	871	1,043	-226	-21.7%
Information Not Available	721	4.5%	746	1,330	-609	-45.8%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Oregon
	Dec 2014	Percent	Nov 2014	Dec 2013	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	38,435		35,415	47,828
Male	23,454	61.0%	20,769	29,097	-5,643	-19.4%
Female	14,975	39.0%	14,645	18,717	-3,742	-20.0%
Information Not Available	6	0.0%	1	14	-8	-57.1%

Ethnicity	38,435		35,415	47,828
Hispanic or Latino	4,644	12.1%	3,910	5,536	-892	-16.1%
Not Hispanic or Latino	29,368	76.4%	27,256	36,815	-7,447	-20.2%
Information Not Available	4,423	11.5%	4,249	5,477	-1,054	-19.2%

Race	38,435		35,415	47,828
American Indian or Alaskan Native	432	1.1%	404	539	-107	-19.9%
Asian	763	2.0%	709	995	-232	-23.3%
Black or African American	664	1.7%	636	806	-142	-17.6%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	288	0.7%	273	360	-72	-20.0%
White	21,383	55.6%	19,444	26,033	-4,650	-17.9%
Information Not Available	14,905	38.8%	13,949	19,095	-4,190	-21.9%

Years of Age	38,435		35,415	47,828
Younger than 22	842	1.5%	719	1,065	-223	-20.9%
22-24	1,946	3.4%	1,663	2,542	-596	-23.4%
25-34	9,197	16.2%	8,356	11,315	-2,118	-18.7%
35-44	8,769	15.4%	8,168	10,569	-1,800	-17.0%
45-54	8,964	15.8%	8,444	11,574	-2,610	-22.6%
55-59	4,285	7.5%	3,887	5,273	-988	-18.7%
60-64	2,918	5.1%	2,700	3,572	-654	-18.3%
65 and older	1,514	2.7%	1,478	1,918	-404	-21.1%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	38,435		35,415	47,828
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	1,915	4.7%	1,553	2,488	-573	-23.0%
Mining	142	0.4%	95	321	-179	-55.8%
Utilities	65	0.2%	64	89	-24	-27.0%
Construction	5,955	14.8%	5,063	6,300	-345	-5.5%
Manufacturing	4,231	10.5%	3,884	5,556	-1,325	-23.8%
Wholesale Trade	1,219	3.0%	1,202	1,500	-281	-18.7%
Retail Trade	3,505	8.7%	3,318	4,341	-836	-19.3%
Transporation and Warehousing	918	2.3%	838	1,543	-625	-40.5%
Information	706	1.7%	677	921	-215	-23.3%
Finance and Insurance	975	2.4%	1,020	1,394	-419	-30.1%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	574	1.4%	554	696	-122	-17.5%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	1,641	4.1%	1,583	1,826	-185	-10.1%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	181	0.4%	194	291	-110	-37.8%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	3,752	9.3%	3,411	5,082	-1,330	-26.2%
Educational Services	736	1.8%	758	1,044	-308	-29.5%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	3,597	8.9%	3,487	4,563	-966	-21.2%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	726	1.8%	662	922	-196	-21.3%
Accomodation and Food Services	3,205	7.9%	2,914	3,712	-507	-13.7%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	984	2.4%	935	1,277	-293	-22.9%
Public Administration	1,081	2.7%	1,008	1,262	-181	-14.3%
Information Not Available	2,327	5.8%	2,195	2,700	-373	-13.8%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Pennsylvania
	Dec 2014	Percent	Nov 2014	Dec 2013	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	158,784		127,986	182,192
Male	99,426	62.6%	71,576	111,139	-11,713	-10.5%
Female	59,346	37.4%	56,400	71,025	-11,679	-16.4%
Information Not Available	12	0.0%	10	28	-16	-57.1%

Ethnicity	158,784		127,986	182,192
Hispanic or Latino	9,361	5.9%	8,119	10,620	-1,259	-11.9%
Not Hispanic or Latino	144,900	91.3%	115,702	165,906	-21,006	-12.7%
Information Not Available	4,523	2.8%	4,165	5,666	-1,143	-20.2%

Race	158,784		127,986	182,192
American Indian or Alaskan Native	429	0.3%	317	525	-96	-18.3%
Asian	48	0.0%	58	50	-2	-4.0%
Black or African American	22,675	14.3%	21,820	26,998	-4,323	-16.0%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	1,700	1.1%	1,696	2,080	-380	-18.3%
White	120,416	75.8%	92,160	136,927	-16,511	-12.1%
Information Not Available	13,516	8.5%	11,935	15,612	-2,096	-13.4%

Years of Age	158,784		127,986	182,192
Younger than 22	4,116	1.5%	3,226	5,473	-1,357	-24.8%
22-24	8,873	3.3%	7,277	10,810	-1,937	-17.9%
25-34	36,895	13.8%	29,545	42,901	-6,006	-14.0%
35-44	32,917	12.3%	26,455	38,479	-5,562	-14.5%
45-54	38,039	14.2%	30,223	43,965	-5,926	-13.5%
55-59	17,668	6.6%	14,171	19,250	-1,582	-8.2%
60-64	11,621	4.3%	9,764	12,582	-961	-7.6%
65 and older	8,655	3.2%	7,325	8,732	-77	-0.9%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	158,784		127,986	182,192
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	687	0.4%	458	708	-21	-3.0%
Mining	2,785	1.7%	1,273	3,077	-292	-9.5%
Utilities	285	0.2%	249	546	-261	-47.8%
Construction	30,178	18.9%	15,889	30,359	-181	-0.6%
Manufacturing	17,661	11.1%	14,561	21,811	-4,150	-19.0%
Wholesale Trade	4,888	3.1%	4,455	5,515	-627	-11.4%
Retail Trade	12,997	8.2%	12,642	15,631	-2,634	-16.9%
Transporation and Warehousing	6,604	4.1%	5,442	7,982	-1,378	-17.3%
Information	1,930	1.2%	1,810	2,439	-509	-20.9%
Finance and Insurance	3,870	2.4%	3,880	5,062	-1,192	-23.5%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	1,889	1.2%	1,645	1,753	136	7.8%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	7,082	4.4%	6,364	8,429	-1,347	-16.0%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	914	0.6%	893	917	-3	-0.3%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	19,001	11.9%	14,546	20,701	-1,700	-8.2%
Educational Services	3,946	2.5%	4,163	6,374	-2,428	-38.1%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	18,081	11.3%	17,750	20,855	-2,774	-13.3%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	5,178	3.2%	3,982	4,950	228	4.6%
Accomodation and Food Services	9,996	6.3%	8,990	11,825	-1,829	-15.5%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	3,616	2.3%	3,227	4,260	-644	-15.1%
Public Administration	2,446	1.5%	1,654	2,727	-281	-10.3%
Information Not Available	4,750	3.0%	4,113	6,271	-1,521	-24.3%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Puerto Rico
	Dec 2014	Percent	Nov 2014	Dec 2013	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	22,362		25,560	25,905
Male	12,635	56.5%	14,017	14,689	-2,054	-14.0%
Female	9,727	43.5%	11,543	11,216	-1,489	-13.3%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	22,362		25,560	25,905
Hispanic or Latino	21,909	98.0%	24,977	24,917	-3,008	-12.1%
Not Hispanic or Latino	114	0.5%	145	279	-165	-59.1%
Information Not Available	339	1.5%	438	709	-370	-52.2%

Race	22,362		25,560	25,905
American Indian or Alaskan Native	553	5.9%	657	1,017	-464	-45.6%
Asian	26	0.3%	19	31	-5	-16.1%
Black or African American	949	10.1%	1,087	909	40	4.4%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	22	0.2%	24	43	-21	-48.8%
White	5,437	58.0%	6,340	7,914	-2,477	-31.3%
Information Not Available	2,395	25.5%	17,433	15,991	-13,596	-85.0%

Years of Age	22,362		25,560	25,905
Younger than 22	802	3.0%	946	1,002	-200	-20.0%
22-24	1,801	6.7%	2,060	2,306	-505	-21.9%
25-34	6,845	25.4%	7,901	8,292	-1,447	-17.5%
35-44	5,673	21.1%	6,437	6,446	-773	-12.0%
45-54	4,246	15.8%	4,825	4,709	-463	-9.8%
55-59	1,491	5.5%	1,726	1,624	-133	-8.2%
60-64	899	3.3%	985	913	-14	-1.5%
65 and older	584	2.2%	659	571	13	2.3%
Information Not Available	21	0.1%	21	42	-21	-50.0%

Industry	22,362		25,560	25,905
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	895	3.8%	1,068	800	95	11.9%
Mining	25	0.1%	41	25	0	0.0%
Utilities	14	0.1%	16	11	3	27.3%
Construction	2,115	9.1%	2,452	3,082	-967	-31.4%
Manufacturing	2,074	8.9%	2,248	2,898	-824	-28.4%
Wholesale Trade	709	3.0%	777	624	85	13.6%
Retail Trade	2,192	9.4%	2,529	2,036	156	7.7%
Transporation and Warehousing	361	1.6%	514	373	-12	-3.2%
Information	227	1.0%	261	306	-79	-25.8%
Finance and Insurance	392	1.7%	454	482	-90	-18.7%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	220	0.9%	243	261	-41	-15.7%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	729	3.1%	916	798	-69	-8.6%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	21	0.1%	32	39	-18	-46.2%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	3,895	16.7%	4,420	5,105	-1,210	-23.7%
Educational Services	1,800	7.7%	2,349	2,162	-362	-16.7%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	1,414	6.1%	1,587	1,613	-199	-12.3%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	83	0.4%	85	75	8	10.7%
Accomodation and Food Services	1,541	6.6%	1,717	1,197	344	28.7%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	381	1.6%	428	307	74	24.1%
Public Administration	1,959	8.4%	2,057	2,128	-169	-7.9%
Information Not Available	1,315	5.7%	1,366	1,583	-268	-16.9%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Rhode Island
	Dec 2014	Percent	Nov 2014	Dec 2013	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	10,520		8,821	12,005
Male	6,058	57.6%	4,624	6,989	-931	-13.3%
Female	4,462	42.4%	4,197	5,016	-554	-11.0%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	10,520		8,821	12,005
Hispanic or Latino	1,405	13.4%	1,261	1,533	-128	-8.3%
Not Hispanic or Latino	6,683	63.5%	5,632	7,708	-1,025	-13.3%
Information Not Available	2,432	23.1%	1,928	2,764	-332	-12.0%

Race	10,520		8,821	12,005
American Indian or Alaskan Native	85	0.8%	58	89	-4	-4.5%
Asian	141	1.3%	132	166	-25	-15.1%
Black or African American	639	6.1%	567	661	-22	-3.3%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	39	0.4%	42	30	9	30.0%
White	7,300	69.4%	6,047	8,556	-1,256	-14.7%
Information Not Available	2,316	22.0%	1,975	2,503	-187	-7.5%

Years of Age	10,520		8,821	12,005
Younger than 22	229	1.3%	195	296	-67	-22.6%
22-24	633	3.7%	521	713	-80	-11.2%
25-34	2,546	14.9%	2,111	2,826	-280	-9.9%
35-44	2,154	12.6%	1,813	2,666	-512	-19.2%
45-54	2,418	14.2%	1,962	2,817	-399	-14.2%
55-59	1,099	6.5%	943	1,183	-84	-7.1%
60-64	788	4.6%	714	789	-1	-0.1%
65 and older	653	3.8%	562	715	-62	-8.7%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	10,520		8,821	12,005
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	68	0.6%	31	71	-3	-4.2%
Mining	12	0.1%	2	21	-9	-42.9%
Utilities	17	0.2%	19	3	14	466.7%
Construction	1,346	12.7%	854	1,564	-218	-13.9%
Manufacturing	972	9.2%	996	1,051	-79	-7.5%
Wholesale Trade	394	3.7%	383	457	-63	-13.8%
Retail Trade	846	8.0%	808	1,023	-177	-17.3%
Transporation and Warehousing	216	2.0%	191	268	-52	-19.4%
Information	149	1.4%	118	125	24	19.2%
Finance and Insurance	393	3.7%	408	559	-166	-29.7%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	222	2.1%	176	265	-43	-16.2%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	496	4.7%	472	595	-99	-16.6%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	87	0.8%	78	122	-35	-28.7%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	1,451	13.7%	966	1,704	-253	-14.8%
Educational Services	229	2.2%	213	307	-78	-25.4%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	1,237	11.7%	1,233	1,362	-125	-9.2%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	476	4.5%	257	514	-38	-7.4%
Accomodation and Food Services	1,129	10.7%	904	1,218	-89	-7.3%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	407	3.8%	378	384	23	6.0%
Public Administration	90	0.9%	70	124	-34	-27.4%
Information Not Available	283	2.7%	264	268	15	5.6%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants South Carolina
	Dec 2014	Percent	Nov 2014	Dec 2013	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	24,423		23,206	28,658
Male	12,384	50.7%	11,548	14,782	-2,398	-16.2%
Female	12,039	49.3%	11,658	13,876	-1,837	-13.2%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	24,423		23,206	28,658
Hispanic or Latino	782	3.2%	711	961	-179	-18.6%
Not Hispanic or Latino	23,121	94.7%	22,006	27,069	-3,948	-14.6%
Information Not Available	520	2.1%	489	628	-108	-17.2%

Race	24,423		23,206	28,658
American Indian or Alaskan Native	156	0.6%	126	180	-24	-13.3%
Asian	154	0.6%	146	190	-36	-18.9%
Black or African American	11,232	46.0%	10,962	12,571	-1,339	-10.7%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	47	0.2%	39	40	7	17.5%
White	11,901	48.7%	11,084	14,587	-2,686	-18.4%
Information Not Available	933	3.8%	849	1,090	-157	-14.4%

Years of Age	24,423		23,206	28,658
Younger than 22	989	2.9%	818	1,275	-286	-22.4%
22-24	975	2.8%	893	1,209	-234	-19.4%
25-34	6,166	17.8%	5,801	7,194	-1,028	-14.3%
35-44	5,560	16.0%	5,304	6,570	-1,010	-15.4%
45-54	5,604	16.2%	5,354	6,656	-1,052	-15.8%
55-59	2,436	7.0%	2,373	2,820	-384	-13.6%
60-64	1,658	4.8%	1,680	1,727	-69	-4.0%
65 and older	974	2.8%	947	1,131	-157	-13.9%
Information Not Available	61	0.2%	36	76	-15	-19.7%

Industry	24,423		23,206	28,658
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	181	0.7%	177	175	6	3.4%
Mining	14	0.1%	12	27	-13	-48.1%
Utilities	34	0.1%	28	34	0	0.0%
Construction	1,620	6.6%	1,495	2,330	-710	-30.5%
Manufacturing	3,279	13.3%	3,705	3,305	-26	-0.8%
Wholesale Trade	734	3.0%	765	851	-117	-13.7%
Retail Trade	2,109	8.6%	2,047	2,558	-449	-17.6%
Transporation and Warehousing	561	2.3%	543	565	-4	-0.7%
Information	261	1.1%	294	290	-29	-10.0%
Finance and Insurance	636	2.6%	691	765	-129	-16.9%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	499	2.0%	425	544	-45	-8.3%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	1,195	4.9%	1,207	1,367	-172	-12.6%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	146	0.6%	105	116	30	25.9%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	3,963	16.1%	3,647	4,496	-533	-11.9%
Educational Services	446	1.8%	502	492	-46	-9.3%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	1,642	6.7%	1,691	1,952	-310	-15.9%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	520	2.1%	397	516	4	0.8%
Accomodation and Food Services	3,348	13.6%	2,338	3,869	-521	-13.5%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	644	2.6%	571	679	-35	-5.2%
Public Administration	400	1.6%	388	502	-102	-20.3%
Information Not Available	2,191	8.9%	2,178	3,225	-1,034	-32.1%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants South Dakota
	Dec 2014	Percent	Nov 2014	Dec 2013	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	2,826		1,925	3,075
Male	2,098	74.2%	1,271	2,300	-202	-8.8%
Female	728	25.8%	654	775	-47	-6.1%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	2,826		1,925	3,075
Hispanic or Latino	121	4.3%	77	136	-15	-11.0%
Not Hispanic or Latino	2,410	85.3%	1,642	2,612	-202	-7.7%
Information Not Available	295	10.4%	206	327	-32	-9.8%

Race	2,826		1,925	3,075
American Indian or Alaskan Native	318	11.3%	246	318	0	0.0%
Asian	5	0.2%	5	14	-9	-64.3%
Black or African American	79	2.8%	60	51	28	54.9%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	2	0.1%	3	3	-1	-33.3%
White	2,119	75.0%	1,408	2,340	-221	-9.4%
Information Not Available	303	10.7%	203	349	-46	-13.2%

Years of Age	2,826		1,925	3,075
Younger than 22	28	0.6%	36	47	-19	-40.4%
22-24	104	2.2%	66	125	-21	-16.8%
25-34	575	12.3%	384	616	-41	-6.7%
35-44	538	11.5%	361	582	-44	-7.6%
45-54	664	14.2%	498	734	-70	-9.5%
55-59	366	7.8%	228	398	-32	-8.0%
60-64	276	5.9%	180	295	-19	-6.4%
65 and older	275	5.9%	172	278	-3	-1.1%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	2,826		1,925	3,075
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	26	0.9%	14	13	13	100.0%
Mining	95	3.3%	46	125	-30	-24.0%
Utilities	1	0.0%	0	4	-3	-75.0%
Construction	952	33.4%	492	1,109	-157	-14.2%
Manufacturing	307	10.8%	191	319	-12	-3.8%
Wholesale Trade	75	2.6%	56	79	-4	-5.1%
Retail Trade	153	5.4%	133	184	-31	-16.8%
Transporation and Warehousing	81	2.8%	51	96	-15	-15.6%
Information	29	1.0%	24	32	-3	-9.4%
Finance and Insurance	75	2.6%	82	68	7	10.3%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	19	0.7%	28	27	-8	-29.6%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	56	2.0%	48	63	-7	-11.1%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	3	0.1%	2	8	-5	-62.5%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	171	6.0%	124	191	-20	-10.5%
Educational Services	70	2.5%	67	61	9	14.8%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	126	4.4%	118	160	-34	-21.3%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	56	2.0%	48	59	-3	-5.1%
Accomodation and Food Services	178	6.2%	142	180	-2	-1.1%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	49	1.7%	31	40	9	22.5%
Public Administration	179	6.3%	130	151	28	18.5%
Information Not Available	125	4.4%	98	106	19	17.9%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Tennessee
	Dec 2014	Percent	Nov 2014	Dec 2013	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	27,529		26,018	36,140
Male	14,491	52.6%	12,456	18,518	-4,027	-21.7%
Female	13,038	47.4%	13,562	17,622	-4,584	-26.0%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	27,529		26,018	36,140
Hispanic or Latino	568	2.1%	491	586	-18	-3.1%
Not Hispanic or Latino	26,961	97.9%	25,527	35,554	-8,593	-24.2%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Race	27,529		26,018	36,140
American Indian or Alaskan Native	80	0.3%	90	107	-27	-25.2%
Asian	715	2.6%	1	779	-64	-8.2%
Black or African American	7,993	29.0%	7,310	11,458	-3,465	-30.2%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	158	0.6%	171	178	-20	-11.2%
White	18,041	65.5%	17,947	22,987	-4,946	-21.5%
Information Not Available	542	2.0%	499	631	-89	-14.1%

Years of Age	27,529		26,018	36,140
Younger than 22	526	1.2%	446	497	29	5.8%
22-24	1,137	2.6%	1,010	1,327	-190	-14.3%
25-34	5,777	13.3%	5,627	7,198	-1,421	-19.7%
35-44	6,143	14.2%	5,844	8,280	-2,137	-25.8%
45-54	6,766	15.6%	6,372	9,028	-2,262	-25.1%
55-59	3,182	7.3%	2,950	4,112	-930	-22.6%
60-64	2,190	5.0%	2,119	3,196	-1,006	-31.5%
65 and older	1,789	4.1%	1,650	2,473	-684	-27.7%
Information Not Available	19	0.0%	0	29	-10	-34.5%

Industry	27,529		26,018	36,140
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	177	0.6%	127	147	30	20.4%
Mining	78	0.3%	49	106	-28	-26.4%
Utilities	35	0.1%	31	44	-9	-20.5%
Construction	2,678	9.7%	2,143	3,560	-882	-24.8%
Manufacturing	3,557	12.8%	3,451	5,148	-1,591	-30.9%
Wholesale Trade	1,154	4.2%	1,177	1,638	-484	-29.5%
Retail Trade	2,201	7.9%	2,363	3,024	-823	-27.2%
Transporation and Warehousing	893	3.2%	913	1,384	-491	-35.5%
Information	479	1.7%	530	527	-48	-9.1%
Finance and Insurance	748	2.7%	881	1,078	-330	-30.6%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	427	1.5%	441	507	-80	-15.8%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	1,319	4.8%	1,510	1,736	-417	-24.0%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	166	0.6%	134	241	-75	-31.1%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	4,026	14.5%	4,049	4,974	-948	-19.1%
Educational Services	944	3.4%	1,219	1,540	-596	-38.7%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	2,553	9.2%	2,866	3,591	-1,038	-28.9%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	654	2.4%	551	572	82	14.3%
Accomodation and Food Services	2,013	7.3%	1,787	2,171	-158	-7.3%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	970	3.5%	946	1,086	-116	-10.7%
Public Administration	770	2.8%	800	796	-26	-3.3%
Information Not Available	1,687	6.1%	50	2,270	-583	-25.7%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Texas
	Dec 2014	Percent	Nov 2014	Dec 2013	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	130,587		124,062	154,309
Male	72,569	55.6%	65,713	86,420	-13,851	-16.0%
Female	58,018	44.4%	58,349	67,889	-9,871	-14.5%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	130,587		124,062	154,309
Hispanic or Latino	41,580	31.8%	37,676	50,292	-8,712	-17.3%
Not Hispanic or Latino	78,954	60.5%	76,866	91,223	-12,269	-13.4%
Information Not Available	10,053	7.7%	9,520	12,794	-2,741	-21.4%

Race	130,587		124,062	154,309
American Indian or Alaskan Native	550	0.4%	578	632	-82	-13.0%
Asian	3,128	2.4%	3,007	3,226	-98	-3.0%
Black or African American	30,414	23.3%	30,171	35,225	-4,811	-13.7%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
White	44,642	34.2%	42,901	51,938	-7,296	-14.0%
Information Not Available	51,853	39.7%	47,405	63,288	-11,435	-18.1%

Years of Age	130,587		124,062	154,309
Younger than 22	2,766	1.7%	2,558	3,699	-933	-25.2%
22-24	6,589	3.9%	6,098	8,318	-1,729	-20.8%
25-34	32,529	19.5%	30,309	38,381	-5,852	-15.2%
35-44	31,973	19.2%	30,168	37,806	-5,833	-15.4%
45-54	31,047	18.6%	29,760	36,752	-5,705	-15.5%
55-59	12,754	7.6%	12,283	14,776	-2,022	-13.7%
60-64	8,314	5.0%	8,276	9,217	-903	-9.8%
65 and older	4,615	2.8%	4,610	5,360	-745	-13.9%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	130,587		124,062	154,309
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	636	0.5%	671	877	-241	-27.5%
Mining	3,675	2.8%	3,153	4,245	-570	-13.4%
Utilities	452	0.3%	371	497	-45	-9.1%
Construction	17,594	13.4%	13,718	21,397	-3,803	-17.8%
Manufacturing	11,219	8.5%	11,035	14,699	-3,480	-23.7%
Wholesale Trade	7,022	5.4%	6,921	8,513	-1,491	-17.5%
Retail Trade	9,296	7.1%	9,870	10,824	-1,528	-14.1%
Transporation and Warehousing	4,631	3.5%	4,216	5,694	-1,063	-18.7%
Information	2,898	2.2%	3,100	3,099	-201	-6.5%
Finance and Insurance	6,302	4.8%	6,368	7,925	-1,623	-20.5%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	2,643	2.0%	2,605	2,974	-331	-11.1%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	11,173	8.5%	10,404	11,959	-786	-6.6%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	701	0.5%	661	594	107	18.0%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	19,623	15.0%	18,930	21,526	-1,903	-8.8%
Educational Services	3,335	2.5%	3,451	4,115	-780	-19.0%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	13,064	10.0%	13,103	15,963	-2,899	-18.2%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	850	0.6%	802	949	-99	-10.4%
Accomodation and Food Services	5,085	3.9%	5,028	6,246	-1,161	-18.6%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	3,594	2.7%	3,182	3,850	-256	-6.6%
Public Administration	1,510	1.2%	1,520	1,819	-309	-17.0%
Information Not Available	5,284	4.0%	4,953	6,544	-1,260	-19.3%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Utah
	Dec 2014	Percent	Nov 2014	Dec 2013	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	13,274		10,983	18,275
Male	8,575	64.6%	6,665	12,397	-3,822	-30.8%
Female	4,515	34.0%	4,218	5,697	-1,182	-20.7%
Information Not Available	184	1.4%	100	181	3	1.7%

Ethnicity	13,274		10,983	18,275
Hispanic or Latino	1,428	10.8%	1,047	1,653	-225	-13.6%
Not Hispanic or Latino	9,323	70.2%	8,024	13,078	-3,755	-28.7%
Information Not Available	2,523	19.0%	1,912	3,544	-1,021	-28.8%

Race	13,274		10,983	18,275
American Indian or Alaskan Native	541	4.1%	413	623	-82	-13.2%
Asian	158	1.2%	149	260	-102	-39.2%
Black or African American	248	1.9%	226	309	-61	-19.7%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	250	1.9%	200	271	-21	-7.7%
White	8,167	61.5%	7,305	11,423	-3,256	-28.5%
Information Not Available	3,910	29.5%	2,690	5,389	-1,479	-27.4%

Years of Age	13,274		10,983	18,275
Younger than 22	361	1.8%	256	519	-158	-30.4%
22-24	673	3.3%	549	972	-299	-30.8%
25-34	3,517	17.1%	2,955	4,768	-1,251	-26.2%
35-44	3,157	15.3%	2,555	4,342	-1,185	-27.3%
45-54	2,937	14.3%	2,432	4,164	-1,227	-29.5%
55-59	1,313	6.4%	1,154	1,861	-548	-29.4%
60-64	852	4.1%	707	1,100	-248	-22.5%
65 and older	464	2.3%	375	548	-84	-15.3%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	1	-1	-100.0%

Industry	13,274		10,983	18,275
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	54	0.4%	27	72	-18	-25.0%
Mining	170	1.3%	120	291	-121	-41.6%
Utilities	15	0.1%	9	30	-15	-50.0%
Construction	2,266	17.0%	1,223	4,014	-1,748	-43.5%
Manufacturing	1,157	8.7%	1,056	1,809	-652	-36.0%
Wholesale Trade	485	3.6%	458	645	-160	-24.8%
Retail Trade	986	7.4%	874	1,202	-216	-18.0%
Transporation and Warehousing	441	3.3%	358	586	-145	-24.7%
Information	361	2.7%	381	356	5	1.4%
Finance and Insurance	417	3.1%	395	625	-208	-33.3%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	181	1.4%	164	232	-51	-22.0%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	819	6.1%	776	922	-103	-11.2%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	43	0.3%	39	54	-11	-20.4%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	1,886	14.2%	1,495	2,605	-719	-27.6%
Educational Services	300	2.3%	308	450	-150	-33.3%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	541	4.1%	559	738	-197	-26.7%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	273	2.0%	319	336	-63	-18.8%
Accomodation and Food Services	1,068	8.0%	907	1,219	-151	-12.4%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	269	2.0%	249	283	-14	-4.9%
Public Administration	349	2.6%	276	428	-79	-18.5%
Information Not Available	1,193	9.0%	990	1,378	-185	-13.4%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Virginia
	Dec 2014	Percent	Nov 2014	Dec 2013	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	40,592		38,527	50,231
Male	22,941	56.5%	20,950	29,100	-6,159	-21.2%
Female	17,641	43.5%	17,566	21,117	-3,476	-16.5%
Information Not Available	10	0.0%	11	14	-4	-28.6%

Ethnicity	40,592		38,527	50,231
Hispanic or Latino	1,974	4.9%	1,767	2,544	-570	-22.4%
Not Hispanic or Latino	36,703	90.4%	34,914	45,429	-8,726	-19.2%
Information Not Available	1,915	4.7%	1,846	2,258	-343	-15.2%

Race	40,592		38,527	50,231
American Indian or Alaskan Native	2,193	5.4%	1,960	3,817	-1,624	-42.5%
Asian	1,032	2.5%	1,073	253	779	307.9%
Black or African American	15,670	38.6%	15,026	19,188	-3,518	-18.3%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
White	19,782	48.7%	18,622	24,715	-4,933	-20.0%
Information Not Available	1,915	4.7%	1,846	2,258	-343	-15.2%

Years of Age	40,592		38,527	50,231
Younger than 22	437	0.8%	675	539	-102	-18.9%
22-24	1,560	2.7%	1,770	1,951	-391	-20.0%
25-34	9,628	16.9%	9,252	11,548	-1,920	-16.6%
35-44	8,977	15.7%	8,642	11,264	-2,287	-20.3%
45-54	9,976	17.5%	9,550	12,915	-2,939	-22.8%
55-59	4,674	8.2%	4,311	5,793	-1,119	-19.3%
60-64	3,303	5.8%	2,760	3,936	-633	-16.1%
65 and older	2,037	3.6%	1,565	2,285	-248	-10.9%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	2	0	0	0.0%

Industry	40,592		38,527	50,231
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	99	0.2%	78	107	-8	-7.5%
Mining	190	0.5%	190	172	18	10.5%
Utilities	7	0.0%	10	16	-9	-56.3%
Construction	2,543	6.2%	1,842	3,442	-899	-26.1%
Manufacturing	1,369	3.4%	1,255	1,743	-374	-21.5%
Wholesale Trade	450	1.1%	446	478	-28	-5.9%
Retail Trade	1,137	2.8%	1,097	1,193	-56	-4.7%
Transporation and Warehousing	778	1.9%	791	862	-84	-9.7%
Information	249	0.6%	219	268	-19	-7.1%
Finance and Insurance	378	0.9%	384	449	-71	-15.8%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	285	0.7%	274	280	5	1.8%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	1,598	3.9%	1,670	2,073	-475	-22.9%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	87	0.2%	80	78	9	11.5%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	2,953	7.3%	2,617	3,124	-171	-5.5%
Educational Services	157	0.4%	155	227	-70	-30.8%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	1,450	3.6%	1,409	1,456	-6	-0.4%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	316	0.8%	243	346	-30	-8.7%
Accomodation and Food Services	1,185	2.9%	964	1,290	-105	-8.1%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	436	1.1%	412	526	-90	-17.1%
Public Administration	1,880	4.6%	1,840	2,542	-662	-26.0%
Information Not Available	23,045	56.6%	22,551	29,559	-6,514	-22.0%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Virgin Islands
	Dec 2014	Percent	Nov 2014	Dec 2013	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	321		382	401
Male	168	52.3%	165	228	-60	-26.3%
Female	153	47.7%	217	173	-20	-11.6%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	321		382	401
Hispanic or Latino	55	17.1%	65	75	-20	-26.7%
Not Hispanic or Latino	246	76.6%	296	313	-67	-21.4%
Information Not Available	20	6.2%	21	13	7	53.8%

Race	321		382	401
American Indian or Alaskan Native	1	0.3%	1	2	-1	-50.0%
Asian	2	0.6%	3	2	0	0.0%
Black or African American	227	70.7%	276	284	-57	-20.1%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	17	5.3%	19	9	8	88.9%
White	16	5.0%	16	25	-9	-36.0%
Information Not Available	58	18.1%	67	79	-21	-26.6%

Years of Age	321		382	401
Younger than 22	2	0.6%	3	8	-6	-75.0%
22-24	16	5.0%	24	13	3	23.1%
25-34	54	17.0%	74	87	-33	-37.9%
35-44	82	25.9%	89	92	-10	-10.9%
45-54	86	27.1%	98	96	-10	-10.4%
55-59	40	12.6%	51	46	-6	-13.0%
60-64	20	6.3%	21	21	-1	-4.8%
65 and older	20	6.3%	21	37	-17	-45.9%
Information Not Available	1	0.3%	1	1	0	0.0%

Industry	321		382	401
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
Mining	0	0.0%	0	5	-5	-100.0%
Utilities	4	1.2%	4	0	4	0.0%
Construction	48	15.0%	49	109	-61	-56.0%
Manufacturing	5	1.6%	5	39	-34	-87.2%
Wholesale Trade	3	0.9%	1	3	0	0.0%
Retail Trade	26	8.1%	32	33	-7	-21.2%
Transporation and Warehousing	6	1.9%	8	10	-4	-40.0%
Information	3	0.9%	0	1	2	200.0%
Finance and Insurance	1	0.3%	1	2	-1	-50.0%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	8	2.5%	8	2	6	300.0%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	9	2.8%	11	7	2	28.6%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	14	4.4%	14	7	7	100.0%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	21	6.5%	27	14	7	50.0%
Educational Services	9	2.8%	10	12	-3	-25.0%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	13	4.0%	10	20	-7	-35.0%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	5	1.6%	7	3	2	66.7%
Accomodation and Food Services	74	23.1%	126	82	-8	-9.8%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	38	11.8%	27	23	15	65.2%
Public Administration	12	3.7%	12	8	4	50.0%
Information Not Available	22	6.9%	30	21	1	4.8%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Vermont
	Dec 2014	Percent	Nov 2014	Dec 2013	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	5,218		4,569	5,642
Male	3,543	67.9%	2,711	3,727	-184	-4.9%
Female	1,675	32.1%	1,858	1,915	-240	-12.5%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	5,218		4,569	5,642
Hispanic or Latino	3	0.1%	4	2	1	50.0%
Not Hispanic or Latino	518	9.9%	554	423	95	22.5%
Information Not Available	4,697	90.0%	4,011	5,217	-520	-10.0%

Race	5,218		4,569	5,642
American Indian or Alaskan Native	4	0.1%	4	4	0	0.0%
Asian	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
Black or African American	6	0.1%	5	7	-1	-14.3%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	7	0.1%	4	0	7	0.0%
White	504	9.7%	545	414	90	21.7%
Information Not Available	4,697	90.0%	4,011	5,217	-520	-10.0%

Years of Age	5,218		4,569	5,642
Younger than 22	126	2.4%	99	156	-30	-19.2%
22-24	255	4.8%	204	325	-70	-21.5%
25-34	1,146	21.6%	926	1,307	-161	-12.3%
35-44	1,091	20.5%	929	1,136	-45	-4.0%
45-54	1,234	23.2%	1,129	1,295	-61	-4.7%
55-59	636	12.0%	570	643	-7	-1.1%
60-64	405	7.6%	415	446	-41	-9.2%
65 and older	325	6.1%	297	334	-9	-2.7%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	5,218		4,569	5,642
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	69	1.3%	32	63	6	9.5%
Mining	19	0.4%	6	18	1	5.6%
Utilities	3	0.1%	1	6	-3	-50.0%
Construction	1,087	20.6%	474	1,276	-189	-14.8%
Manufacturing	528	10.0%	742	588	-60	-10.2%
Wholesale Trade	177	3.3%	154	167	10	6.0%
Retail Trade	468	8.9%	438	522	-54	-10.3%
Transporation and Warehousing	146	2.8%	104	138	8	5.8%
Information	258	4.9%	272	51	207	405.9%
Finance and Insurance	38	0.7%	49	72	-34	-47.2%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	71	1.3%	57	76	-5	-6.6%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	142	2.7%	146	167	-25	-15.0%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	5	0.1%	6	3	2	66.7%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	581	11.0%	341	649	-68	-10.5%
Educational Services	168	3.2%	168	175	-7	-4.0%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	368	7.0%	375	499	-131	-26.3%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	131	2.5%	127	162	-31	-19.1%
Accomodation and Food Services	648	12.3%	792	666	-18	-2.7%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	145	2.7%	143	159	-14	-8.8%
Public Administration	166	3.1%	141	185	-19	-10.3%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	1	0	0	0.0%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Washington
	Dec 2014	Percent	Nov 2014	Dec 2013	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	63,080		54,160	72,082
Male	39,765	63.0%	32,634	46,076	-6,311	-13.7%
Female	23,305	36.9%	21,519	25,993	-2,688	-10.3%
Information Not Available	10	0.0%	7	13	-3	-23.1%

Ethnicity	63,080		54,160	72,082
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	63,080	100.0%	54,160	72,082	-9,002	-12.5%

Race	63,080		54,160	72,082
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	63,080	100.0%	54,160	72,082	-9,002	-12.5%

Years of Age	63,080		54,160	72,082
Younger than 22	741	1.3%	1,036	894	-153	-17.1%
22-24	2,421	4.2%	2,396	2,811	-390	-13.9%
25-34	14,408	24.9%	12,585	16,589	-2,181	-13.1%
35-44	14,148	24.4%	12,158	16,284	-2,136	-13.1%
45-54	15,900	27.4%	13,812	18,341	-2,441	-13.3%
55-59	7,356	12.7%	6,040	8,122	-766	-9.4%
60-64	5,113	8.8%	3,973	5,798	-685	-11.8%
65 and older	2,993	5.2%	2,160	3,243	-250	-7.7%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	63,080		54,160	72,082
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	63,080	100.0%	54,160	72,082	-9,002	-12.5%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Wisconsin
	Dec 2014	Percent	Nov 2014	Dec 2013	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	62,125		47,888	79,270
Male	62	0.1%	27,899	52,228	-52,166	-99.9%
Female	41,183	66.3%	19,941	26,994	14,189	52.6%
Information Not Available	20,880	33.6%	48	48	20,832	43400.0%

Ethnicity	62,125		47,888	79,270
Hispanic or Latino	3,933	6.3%	2,538	4,693	-760	-16.2%
Not Hispanic or Latino	57,366	92.3%	8,433	11,455	45,911	400.8%
Information Not Available	826	1.3%	36,917	63,122	-62,296	-98.7%

Race	62,125		47,888	79,270
American Indian or Alaskan Native	895	1.4%	38	79	816	1032.9%
Asian	665	1.1%	781	1,070	-405	-37.9%
Black or African American	6,598	10.6%	584	777	5,821	749.2%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	56	0.1%	651	896	-840	-93.8%
White	53,085	85.4%	8,917	13,326	39,759	298.4%
Information Not Available	826	1.3%	36,917	63,122	-62,296	-98.7%

Years of Age	62,125		47,888	79,270
Younger than 22	1,920	1.7%	1,197	2,449	-529	-21.6%
22-24	3,286	3.0%	2,428	4,550	-1,264	-27.8%
25-34	14,842	13.4%	11,062	19,437	-4,595	-23.6%
35-44	12,487	11.3%	9,578	16,441	-3,954	-24.0%
45-54	14,766	13.3%	11,363	19,232	-4,466	-23.2%
55-59	7,095	6.4%	5,574	8,307	-1,212	-14.6%
60-64	4,560	4.1%	3,932	5,422	-862	-15.9%
65 and older	3,150	2.8%	2,749	3,424	-274	-8.0%
Information Not Available	19	0.0%	5	8	11	137.5%

Industry	62,125		47,888	79,270
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	969	1.5%	575	1,094	-125	-11.4%
Mining	398	0.6%	120	484	-86	-17.8%
Utilities	118	0.2%	81	159	-41	-25.8%
Construction	11,625	18.4%	5,856	15,552	-3,927	-25.3%
Manufacturing	9,619	15.2%	8,109	13,000	-3,381	-26.0%
Wholesale Trade	1,926	3.1%	1,628	2,275	-349	-15.3%
Retail Trade	4,753	7.5%	4,473	6,112	-1,359	-22.2%
Transporation and Warehousing	2,299	3.6%	1,537	2,941	-642	-21.8%
Information	590	0.9%	637	642	-52	-8.1%
Finance and Insurance	1,131	1.8%	1,159	1,784	-653	-36.6%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	578	0.9%	484	674	-96	-14.2%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	1,659	2.6%	1,609	2,148	-489	-22.8%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	447	0.7%	421	491	-44	-9.0%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	9,157	14.5%	5,913	10,749	-1,592	-14.8%
Educational Services	951	1.5%	929	1,229	-278	-22.6%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	4,405	7.0%	4,650	6,350	-1,945	-30.6%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	2,181	3.5%	1,762	2,243	-62	-2.8%
Accomodation and Food Services	4,212	6.7%	3,745	5,406	-1,194	-22.1%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	1,218	1.9%	1,058	1,562	-344	-22.0%
Public Administration	1,547	2.5%	1,279	1,910	-363	-19.0%
Information Not Available	2,342	3.7%	1,863	2,465	-123	-5.0%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants West Virginia
	Dec 2014	Percent	Nov 2014	Dec 2013	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	15,361		12,776	19,738
Male	11,148	72.6%	8,652	14,518	-3,370	-23.2%
Female	4,208	27.4%	4,117	5,210	-1,002	-19.2%
Information Not Available	5	0.0%	7	10	-5	-50.0%

Ethnicity	15,361		12,776	19,738
Hispanic or Latino	275	1.8%	199	384	-109	-28.4%
Not Hispanic or Latino	11,209	73.0%	9,187	14,323	-3,114	-21.7%
Information Not Available	3,877	25.2%	3,390	5,031	-1,154	-22.9%

Race	15,361		12,776	19,738
American Indian or Alaskan Native	65	0.4%	51	57	8	14.0%
Asian	51	0.3%	47	37	14	37.8%
Black or African American	469	3.1%	478	644	-175	-27.2%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	13	0.1%	10	11	2	18.2%
White	13,740	89.4%	11,405	17,569	-3,829	-21.8%
Information Not Available	1,023	6.7%	785	1,420	-397	-28.0%

Years of Age	15,361		12,776	19,738
Younger than 22	500	1.8%	341	706	-206	-29.2%
22-24	785	2.8%	655	1,255	-470	-37.5%
25-34	3,415	12.1%	2,854	4,555	-1,140	-25.0%
35-44	3,800	13.5%	3,302	4,938	-1,138	-23.0%
45-54	3,679	13.1%	2,951	4,546	-867	-19.1%
55-59	1,603	5.7%	1,299	1,871	-268	-14.3%
60-64	992	3.5%	851	1,149	-157	-13.7%
65 and older	584	2.1%	518	714	-130	-18.2%
Information Not Available	3	0.0%	5	4	-1	-25.0%

Industry	15,361		12,776	19,738
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	127	0.8%	60	166	-39	-23.5%
Mining	1,183	7.6%	1,118	1,875	-692	-36.9%
Utilities	31	0.2%	29	44	-13	-29.5%
Construction	4,277	27.6%	2,744	4,972	-695	-14.0%
Manufacturing	1,038	6.7%	781	1,524	-486	-31.9%
Wholesale Trade	338	2.2%	318	528	-190	-36.0%
Retail Trade	1,261	8.1%	1,252	1,331	-70	-5.3%
Transporation and Warehousing	513	3.3%	396	727	-214	-29.4%
Information	103	0.7%	98	119	-16	-13.4%
Finance and Insurance	163	1.1%	152	239	-76	-31.8%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	178	1.1%	156	197	-19	-9.6%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	472	3.0%	522	678	-206	-30.4%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	31	0.2%	26	42	-11	-26.2%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	1,319	8.5%	1,116	1,906	-587	-30.8%
Educational Services	157	1.0%	163	220	-63	-28.6%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	1,045	6.7%	1,125	1,385	-340	-24.5%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	339	2.2%	286	448	-109	-24.3%
Accomodation and Food Services	894	5.8%	867	1,138	-244	-21.4%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	499	3.2%	419	602	-103	-17.1%
Public Administration	299	1.9%	270	354	-55	-15.5%
Information Not Available	1,094	7.1%	878	1,243	-149	-12.0%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Wyoming
	Dec 2014	Percent	Nov 2014	Dec 2013	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	3,536		3,039	4,870
Male	2,371	67.1%	1,864	3,381	-1,010	-29.9%
Female	1,165	32.9%	1,175	1,489	-324	-21.8%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	3,536		3,039	4,870
Hispanic or Latino	410	11.6%	299	534	-124	-23.2%
Not Hispanic or Latino	2,958	83.7%	2,615	4,101	-1,143	-27.9%
Information Not Available	168	4.8%	125	235	-67	-28.5%

Race	3,536		3,039	4,870
American Indian or Alaskan Native	146	4.1%	89	221	-75	-33.9%
Asian	25	0.7%	41	21	4	19.0%
Black or African American	91	2.6%	105	70	21	30.0%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	13	0.4%	4	14	-1	-7.1%
White	2,937	83.1%	2,558	4,133	-1,196	-28.9%
Information Not Available	324	9.2%	242	411	-87	-21.2%

Years of Age	3,536		3,039	4,870
Younger than 22	42	0.7%	34	54	-12	-22.2%
22-24	200	3.2%	159	297	-97	-32.7%
25-34	912	14.8%	819	1,170	-258	-22.1%
35-44	669	10.9%	593	912	-243	-26.6%
45-54	790	12.8%	641	1,145	-355	-31.0%
55-59	384	6.2%	330	629	-245	-39.0%
60-64	309	5.0%	260	355	-46	-13.0%
65 and older	230	3.7%	203	308	-78	-25.3%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	3,536		3,039	4,870
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	37	1.0%	24	31	6	19.4%
Mining	159	4.5%	116	236	-77	-32.6%
Utilities	18	0.5%	11	7	11	157.1%
Construction	854	23.9%	449	1,382	-528	-38.2%
Manufacturing	111	3.1%	76	168	-57	-33.9%
Wholesale Trade	71	2.0%	66	73	-2	-2.7%
Retail Trade	172	4.8%	165	244	-72	-29.5%
Transporation and Warehousing	120	3.4%	108	187	-67	-35.8%
Information	14	0.4%	14	17	-3	-17.6%
Finance and Insurance	37	1.0%	43	58	-21	-36.2%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	48	1.3%	45	62	-14	-22.6%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	95	2.7%	85	94	1	1.1%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	2	0.1%	4	8	-6	-75.0%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	231	6.5%	176	285	-54	-18.9%
Educational Services	32	0.9%	37	61	-29	-47.5%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	215	6.0%	198	186	29	15.6%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	61	1.7%	70	88	-27	-30.7%
Accomodation and Food Services	584	16.3%	796	713	-129	-18.1%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	61	1.7%	66	124	-63	-50.8%
Public Administration	104	2.9%	79	185	-81	-43.8%
Information Not Available	510	14.3%	411	661	-151	-22.8%