Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants

November 2014

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants: Total Claimants November 2014
	Nov 2014	Oct 2014	Monthly Change	Nov 2013	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
United States	2,171,964	2,066,699	105,265	2,662,481	-490,517	-18.4
Alaska	10,280	7,939	2,341	13,264	-2,984	-22.5
Alabama	24,497	24,034	463	30,768	-6,271	-20.4
Arkansas	21,928	19,623	2,305	27,158	-5,230	-19.3
Arizona	31,151	33,583	-2,432	36,668	-5,517	-15.0
California	384,856	384,158	698	457,200	-72,344	-15.8
Colorado	27,270	24,895	2,375	32,624	-5,354	-16.4
Connecticut	39,533	38,064	1,469	45,378	-5,845	-12.9
District of Columbia	9,410	9,710	-300	12,254	-2,844	-23.2
Delaware	6,568	6,157	411	7,959	-1,391	-17.5
Florida	76,337	81,595	-5,258	109,946	-33,609	-30.6
Georgia	40,071	41,166	-1,095	53,630	-13,559	-25.3
Hawaii	8,825	8,704	121	11,128	-2,303	-20.7
Iowa	18,782	17,099	1,683	19,691	-909	-4.6
Idaho	9,225	6,965	2,260	10,635	-1,410	-13.3
Illinois	114,052	107,831	6,221	142,255	-28,203	-19.8
Indiana	25,621	23,889	1,732	39,190	-13,569	-34.6
Kansas	15,395	13,628	1,767	19,390	-3,995	-20.6
Kentucky	21,202	21,143	59	28,244	-7,042	-24.9
Louisiana	17,427	17,145	282	26,049	-8,622	-33.1
Massachusetts	65,383	60,300	5,083	68,458	-3,075	-4.5
Maryland	45,983	44,335	1,648	52,808	-6,825	-12.9
Maine	8,391	5,512	2,879	10,109	-1,718	-17.0
Michigan	67,554	64,812	2,742	84,957	-17,403	-20.5
Minnesota	42,342	29,356	12,986	45,088	-2,746	-6.1
Missouri	32,257	30,605	1,652	40,594	-8,337	-20.5
Mississippi	14,566	15,630	-1,064	21,515	-6,949	-32.3
Montana	7,685	4,713	2,972	7,720	-35	-0.5
North Carolina	36,118	40,998	-4,880	68,678	-32,560	-47.4
North Dakota	2,168	1,424	744	2,089	79	3.8
Nebraska	6,409	5,719	690	7,328	-919	-12.5
New Hampshire	5,524	5,010	514	6,862	-1,338	-19.5
New Jersey	110,379	102,770	7,609	119,967	-9,588	-8.0
New Mexico	12,710	11,759	951	14,550	-1,840	-12.6
Nevada	27,999	25,985	2,014	28,152	-153	-0.5
New York	167,802	158,195	9,607	206,268	-38,466	-18.6
Ohio	55,169	51,039	4,130	66,976	-11,807	-17.6
Oklahoma	15,778	15,488	290	24,058	-8,280	-34.4
Oregon	35,415	31,932	3,483	42,614	-7,199	-16.9
Pennsylvania	127,986	119,896	8,090	158,373	-30,387	-19.2
Puerto Rico	25,560	27,290	-1,730	29,032	-3,472	-12.0
Rhode Island	8,821	8,112	709	9,526	-705	-7.4
South Carolina	23,206	21,733	1,473	29,151	-5,945	-20.4
South Dakota	1,925	1,131	794	1,704	221	13.0
Tennessee	26,018	26,733	-715	33,046	-7,028	-21.3
Texas	124,062	120,016	4,046	148,230	-24,168	-16.3
Utah	10,983	9,744	1,239	14,767	-3,784	-25.6
Virginia	38,527	37,186	1,341	47,400	-8,873	-18.7
Virgin Islands	382	452	-70	565	-183	-32.4
Vermont	4,569	3,253	1,316	4,829	-260	-5.4
Washington	54,160	46,682	7,478	63,104	-8,944	-14.2
Wisconsin	47,888	38,012	9,876	60,774	-12,886	-21.2
West Virginia	12,776	11,579	1,197	15,891	-3,115	-19.6
Wyoming	3,039	1,970	1,069	3,867	-828	-21.4

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants US Totals
	Nov 2014	Percent	Oct 2014	Nov 2013	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	2,171,964		2,066,699	2,662,481	-490,517	-18.4
Male	1,192,603	54.9%	1,082,946	1,460,039	-267,436	-18.3%
Female	964,629	44.4%	968,051	1,184,494	-219,865	-18.6%
Information Not Available	14,732	0.7%	15,702	17,948	-3,216	-17.9%

Ethnicity	2,171,964		2,066,699	2,662,481
Hispanic or Latino	389,659	17.9%	366,692	425,046	-35,387	-8.3%
Not Hispanic or Latino	1,462,329	82.0%	1,402,527	1,863,592	-401,263	-21.5%
Information Not Available	319,976	12.8%	297,480	373,843	-53,867	-14.4%

Race	2,171,964		2,066,699	2,662,481
American Indian or Alaskan Native	91,339	4.2%	24,752	35,518	55,821	157.2%
Asian	89,986	4.1%	71,753	79,548	10,438	13.1%
Black or African American	362,702	16.7%	396,016	483,974	-121,272	-25.1%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	15,451	0.7%	23,957	12,248	3,203	26.2%
White	1,056,501	48.6%	1,044,343	1,421,343	-364,842	-25.7%
Information Not Available	559,388	25.7%	520,487	629,851	-70,463	-11.2%

Years of Age	2,171,964		2,066,699	2,662,481
Younger than 22	49,001	2.3%	45,263	70,362	-21,361	-30.4%
22-24	115,677	5.3%	107,659	151,855	-36,178	-23.8%
25-34	519,296	23.9%	493,707	642,140	-122,844	-19.1%
35-44	473,065	21.8%	450,512	575,978	-102,913	-17.9%
45-54	513,931	23.7%	489,522	629,369	-115,438	-18.3%
55-59	228,363	10.5%	217,180	269,767	-41,404	-15.3%
60-64	152,099	7.0%	147,147	178,600	-26,501	-14.8%
65 and older	102,141	4.7%	97,300	120,412	-18,271	-15.2%
Information Not Available	18,391	0.8%	18,409	23,998	-5,607	-23.4%

Industry	2,171,964		2,066,699	2,662,481
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	71,936	3.3%	55,750	66,940	4,996	7.5%
Mining	12,475	0.6%	10,692	17,064	-4,589	-26.9%
Utilities	3,733	0.2%	4,157	6,370	-2,637	-41.4%
Construction	220,897	10.2%	176,524	270,046	-49,149	-18.2%
Manufacturing	201,684	9.3%	199,797	250,103	-48,419	-19.4%
Wholesale Trade	70,057	3.2%	70,394	91,724	-21,667	-23.6%
Retail Trade	174,042	8.0%	174,516	212,226	-38,184	-18.0%
Transporation and Warehousing	63,197	2.9%	61,195	77,716	-14,519	-18.7%
Information	65,054	3.0%	65,938	78,745	-13,691	-17.4%
Finance and Insurance	63,503	2.9%	66,756	84,594	-21,091	-24.9%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	30,714	1.4%	29,949	39,582	-8,868	-22.4%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	110,777	5.1%	113,028	134,705	-23,928	-17.8%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	12,250	0.6%	14,668	13,914	-1,664	-12.0%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	285,431	13.1%	272,035	344,566	-59,135	-17.2%
Educational Services	65,910	3.0%	70,666	90,294	-24,384	-27.0%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	194,813	9.0%	201,000	244,503	-49,690	-20.3%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	47,842	2.2%	34,179	54,811	-6,969	-12.7%
Accomodation and Food Services	140,083	6.4%	124,881	164,578	-24,495	-14.9%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	54,680	2.5%	53,718	65,193	-10,513	-16.1%
Public Administration	42,853	2.0%	39,004	53,665	-10,812	-20.1%
Information Not Available	240,033	11.1%	227,852	301,142	-61,109	-20.3%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Alaska
	Nov 2014	Percent	Oct 2014	Nov 2013	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	10,280		7,939	13,264	-2,984	-22.5
Male	6,303	61.3%	4,379	7,784	-1,481	-19.0%
Female	3,977	38.7%	3,560	5,480	-1,503	-27.4%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	10,280		7,939	13,264
Hispanic or Latino	572	5.6%	405	711	-139	-19.5%
Not Hispanic or Latino	9,629	93.7%	7,457	12,416	-2,787	-22.4%
Information Not Available	79	0.8%	77	137	-58	-42.3%

Race	10,280		7,939	13,264
American Indian or Alaskan Native	2,883	28.0%	2,287	3,779	-896	-23.7%
Asian	758	7.4%	669	1,040	-282	-27.1%
Black or African American	455	4.4%	397	587	-132	-22.5%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	170	1.7%	160	243	-73	-30.0%
White	5,548	54.0%	4,073	7,024	-1,476	-21.0%
Information Not Available	466	4.5%	353	591	-125	-21.2%

Years of Age	10,280		7,939	13,264
Younger than 22	195	1.3%	147	387	-192	-49.6%
22-24	533	3.5%	446	929	-396	-42.6%
25-34	2,933	19.4%	2,191	3,908	-975	-24.9%
35-44	2,160	14.3%	1,668	2,674	-514	-19.2%
45-54	2,342	15.5%	1,823	2,869	-527	-18.4%
55-59	1,046	6.9%	846	1,224	-178	-14.5%
60-64	672	4.4%	528	769	-97	-12.6%
65 and older	399	2.6%	290	504	-105	-20.8%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	10,280		7,939	13,264
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	88	0.8%	75	67	21	31.3%
Mining	245	2.4%	209	516	-271	-52.5%
Utilities	44	0.4%	20	89	-45	-50.6%
Construction	2,217	21.4%	1,189	2,130	87	4.1%
Manufacturing	1,039	10.0%	861	1,322	-283	-21.4%
Wholesale Trade	117	1.1%	122	187	-70	-37.4%
Retail Trade	752	7.3%	711	1,181	-429	-36.3%
Transporation and Warehousing	590	5.7%	434	773	-183	-23.7%
Information	48	0.5%	56	96	-48	-50.0%
Finance and Insurance	151	1.5%	132	244	-93	-38.1%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	165	1.6%	145	261	-96	-36.8%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	279	2.7%	208	442	-163	-36.9%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	39	0.4%	24	14	25	178.6%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	627	6.0%	513	764	-137	-17.9%
Educational Services	235	2.3%	219	456	-221	-48.5%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	805	7.8%	814	1,147	-342	-29.8%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	154	1.5%	105	222	-68	-30.6%
Accomodation and Food Services	860	8.3%	712	1,071	-211	-19.7%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	319	3.1%	251	397	-78	-19.6%
Public Administration	1,180	11.4%	873	1,453	-273	-18.8%
Information Not Available	326	3.1%	266	432	-106	-24.5%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Alabama
	Nov 2014	Percent	Oct 2014	Nov 2013	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	24,497		24,034	30,768
Male	12,195	49.8%	11,641	15,907	-3,712	-23.3%
Female	12,286	50.2%	12,375	14,834	-2,548	-17.2%
Information Not Available	16	0.1%	18	27	-11	-40.7%

Ethnicity	24,497		24,034	30,768
Hispanic or Latino	372	1.5%	264	344	28	8.1%
Not Hispanic or Latino	17,994	73.5%	17,556	23,063	-5,069	-22.0%
Information Not Available	6,131	25.0%	6,214	7,361	-1,230	-16.7%

Race	24,497		24,034	30,768
American Indian or Alaskan Native	1,109	4.5%	1,007	1,425	-316	-22.2%
Asian	488	2.0%	476	646	-158	-24.5%
Black or African American	9,741	39.8%	9,966	12,388	-2,647	-21.4%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	35	0.1%	36	42	-7	-16.7%
White	11,699	47.8%	11,327	14,815	-3,116	-21.0%
Information Not Available	1,425	5.8%	1,222	1,452	-27	-1.9%

Years of Age	24,497		24,034	30,768
Younger than 22	758	2.2%	744	1,069	-311	-29.1%
22-24	1,530	4.4%	1,459	2,180	-650	-29.8%
25-34	6,561	18.8%	6,575	8,043	-1,482	-18.4%
35-44	5,551	15.9%	5,517	7,002	-1,451	-20.7%
45-54	5,473	15.7%	5,300	6,787	-1,314	-19.4%
55-59	2,274	6.5%	2,089	2,780	-506	-18.2%
60-64	1,339	3.8%	1,371	1,696	-357	-21.0%
65 and older	999	2.9%	969	1,199	-200	-16.7%
Information Not Available	12	0.0%	10	12	0	0.0%

Industry	24,497		24,034	30,768
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	242	1.0%	253	260	-18	-6.9%
Mining	63	0.3%	96	259	-196	-75.7%
Utilities	39	0.2%	38	46	-7	-15.2%
Construction	2,000	8.1%	1,902	2,941	-941	-32.0%
Manufacturing	4,562	18.4%	4,075	4,399	163	3.7%
Wholesale Trade	869	3.5%	859	1,011	-142	-14.0%
Retail Trade	2,597	10.5%	2,674	3,523	-926	-26.3%
Transporation and Warehousing	563	2.3%	619	1,004	-441	-43.9%
Information	349	1.4%	377	333	16	4.8%
Finance and Insurance	817	3.3%	787	1,023	-206	-20.1%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	340	1.4%	347	428	-88	-20.6%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	1,271	5.1%	1,287	1,710	-439	-25.7%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	69	0.3%	70	69	0	0.0%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	3,447	13.9%	3,413	4,321	-874	-20.2%
Educational Services	649	2.6%	682	801	-152	-19.0%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	2,275	9.2%	2,306	2,751	-476	-17.3%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	166	0.7%	164	184	-18	-9.8%
Accomodation and Food Services	1,851	7.5%	1,840	2,379	-528	-22.2%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	577	2.3%	624	732	-155	-21.2%
Public Administration	357	1.4%	410	787	-430	-54.6%
Information Not Available	1,394	5.6%	1,211	1,807	-413	-22.9%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Arkansas
	Nov 2014	Percent	Oct 2014	Nov 2013	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	21,928		19,623	27,158
Male	11,192	51.0%	9,446	14,559	-3,367	-23.1%
Female	9,608	43.8%	9,254	11,629	-2,021	-17.4%
Information Not Available	1,128	5.1%	923	970	158	16.3%

Ethnicity	21,928		19,623	27,158
Hispanic or Latino	919	4.2%	755	916	3	0.3%
Not Hispanic or Latino	19,881	90.7%	17,945	25,272	-5,391	-21.3%
Information Not Available	1,128	5.1%	923	970	158	16.3%

Race	21,928		19,623	27,158
American Indian or Alaskan Native	247	1.1%	237	329	-82	-24.9%
Asian	165	0.8%	169	224	-59	-26.3%
Black or African American	6,141	28.0%	5,602	7,310	-1,169	-16.0%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	179	0.8%	154	237	-58	-24.5%
White	13,149	60.0%	11,783	17,172	-4,023	-23.4%
Information Not Available	2,047	9.3%	1,678	1,886	161	8.5%

Years of Age	21,928		19,623	27,158
Younger than 22	654	1.9%	548	880	-226	-25.7%
22-24	1,252	3.7%	1,090	1,856	-604	-32.5%
25-34	4,911	14.5%	4,516	6,475	-1,564	-24.2%
35-44	4,901	14.5%	4,478	6,029	-1,128	-18.7%
45-54	4,946	14.6%	4,359	6,133	-1,187	-19.4%
55-59	1,940	5.7%	1,720	2,309	-369	-16.0%
60-64	1,249	3.7%	1,169	1,435	-186	-13.0%
65 and older	947	2.8%	820	1,071	-124	-11.6%
Information Not Available	1,128	3.3%	923	970	158	16.3%

Industry	21,928		19,623	27,158
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	464	2.1%	265	438	26	5.9%
Mining	187	0.8%	171	238	-51	-21.4%
Utilities	49	0.2%	50	45	4	8.9%
Construction	1,646	7.4%	1,395	2,681	-1,035	-38.6%
Manufacturing	3,565	15.9%	2,935	3,942	-377	-9.6%
Wholesale Trade	938	4.2%	857	1,304	-366	-28.1%
Retail Trade	1,857	8.3%	1,885	2,449	-592	-24.2%
Transporation and Warehousing	699	3.1%	626	894	-195	-21.8%
Information	244	1.1%	229	277	-33	-11.9%
Finance and Insurance	378	1.7%	376	396	-18	-4.5%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	253	1.1%	271	381	-128	-33.6%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	781	3.5%	698	857	-76	-8.9%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	46	0.2%	54	97	-51	-52.6%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	2,421	10.8%	2,128	3,059	-638	-20.9%
Educational Services	456	2.0%	471	663	-207	-31.2%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	2,697	12.0%	2,740	3,329	-632	-19.0%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	240	1.1%	150	326	-86	-26.4%
Accomodation and Food Services	1,220	5.4%	1,132	1,610	-390	-24.2%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	538	2.4%	433	563	-25	-4.4%
Public Administration	416	1.9%	376	552	-136	-24.6%
Information Not Available	2,833	12.7%	2,381	3,057	-224	-7.3%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Arizona
	Nov 2014	Percent	Oct 2014	Nov 2013	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	31,151		33,583	36,668
Male	17,155	55.1%	18,411	20,174	-3,019	-15.0%
Female	13,975	44.9%	15,157	16,466	-2,491	-15.1%
Information Not Available	21	0.1%	15	28	-7	-25.0%

Ethnicity	31,151		33,583	36,668
Hispanic or Latino	9,898	31.8%	12,094	11,451	-1,553	-13.6%
Not Hispanic or Latino	14,951	48.0%	15,124	17,551	-2,600	-14.8%
Information Not Available	6,302	20.2%	6,365	7,666	-1,364	-17.8%

Race	31,151		33,583	36,668
American Indian or Alaskan Native	2,182	7.0%	1,905	2,713	-531	-19.6%
Asian	1,492	4.8%	1,692	1,484	8	0.5%
Black or African American	2,232	7.2%	2,401	2,682	-450	-16.8%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	410	1.3%	428	308	102	33.1%
White	17,764	57.0%	18,512	21,396	-3,632	-17.0%
Information Not Available	7,071	22.7%	8,645	8,085	-1,014	-12.5%

Years of Age	31,151		33,583	36,668
Younger than 22	703	1.5%	816	842	-139	-16.5%
22-24	1,557	3.3%	1,781	1,927	-370	-19.2%
25-34	7,150	15.4%	7,821	8,532	-1,382	-16.2%
35-44	6,736	14.5%	7,185	8,049	-1,313	-16.3%
45-54	7,594	16.3%	8,244	8,950	-1,356	-15.2%
55-59	3,571	7.7%	3,813	4,028	-457	-11.3%
60-64	2,374	5.1%	2,437	2,665	-291	-10.9%
65 and older	1,466	3.1%	1,486	1,675	-209	-12.5%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	31,151		33,583	36,668
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	1,178	3.6%	2,794	1,441	-263	-18.3%
Mining	92	0.3%	97	161	-69	-42.9%
Utilities	66	0.2%	66	82	-16	-19.5%
Construction	3,295	10.2%	3,308	3,677	-382	-10.4%
Manufacturing	1,849	5.7%	1,879	1,947	-98	-5.0%
Wholesale Trade	1,158	3.6%	1,339	1,299	-141	-10.9%
Retail Trade	2,426	7.5%	2,465	2,739	-313	-11.4%
Transporation and Warehousing	690	2.1%	735	752	-62	-8.2%
Information	430	1.3%	431	461	-31	-6.7%
Finance and Insurance	1,242	3.8%	1,350	1,533	-291	-19.0%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	608	1.9%	619	729	-121	-16.6%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	1,578	4.9%	1,715	1,934	-356	-18.4%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	98	0.3%	107	167	-69	-41.3%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	4,345	13.4%	4,389	4,637	-292	-6.3%
Educational Services	931	2.9%	1,006	1,223	-292	-23.9%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	2,602	8.0%	2,639	3,234	-632	-19.5%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	406	1.3%	374	455	-49	-10.8%
Accomodation and Food Services	1,744	5.4%	1,783	1,793	-49	-2.7%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	681	2.1%	717	780	-99	-12.7%
Public Administration	803	2.5%	768	946	-143	-15.1%
Information Not Available	4,929	15.2%	5,002	6,678	-1,749	-26.2%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants California
	Nov 2014	Percent	Oct 2014	Nov 2013	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	384,856		384,158	457,200
Male	217,035	56.4%	210,297	254,964	-37,929	-14.9%
Female	167,726	43.6%	173,383	201,738	-34,012	-16.9%
Information Not Available	95	0.0%	478	498	-403	-80.9%

Ethnicity	384,856		384,158	457,200
Hispanic or Latino	152,210	39.5%	141,633	145,423	6,787	4.7%
Not Hispanic or Latino	197,616	51.3%	204,750	235,029	-37,413	-15.9%
Information Not Available	35,030	9.1%	37,775	76,748	-41,718	-54.4%

Race	384,856		384,158	457,200
American Indian or Alaskan Native	2,665	0.7%	2,965	3,987	-1,322	-33.2%
Asian	34,935	9.1%	36,436	38,474	-3,539	-9.2%
Black or African American	30,271	7.9%	33,376	34,188	-3,917	-11.5%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
White	129,745	33.7%	131,974	158,380	-28,635	-18.1%
Information Not Available	187,240	48.7%	179,407	222,171	-34,931	-15.7%

Years of Age	384,856		384,158	457,200
Younger than 22	7,710	1.6%	8,894	13,556	-5,846	-43.1%
22-24	22,179	4.5%	20,848	27,609	-5,430	-19.7%
25-34	92,525	19.0%	91,425	110,238	-17,713	-16.1%
35-44	83,292	17.1%	80,045	92,596	-9,304	-10.0%
45-54	95,192	19.5%	95,250	110,937	-15,745	-14.2%
55-59	40,932	8.4%	40,453	46,946	-6,014	-12.8%
60-64	26,653	5.5%	28,116	32,892	-6,239	-19.0%
65 and older	16,373	3.4%	19,031	21,928	-5,555	-25.3%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	96	498	-498	-100.0%

Industry	384,856		384,158	457,200
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	55,782	12.7%	41,600	48,740	7,042	14.4%
Mining	1,047	0.2%	1,148	1,395	-348	-24.9%
Utilities	1,047	0.2%	1,530	2,691	-1,644	-61.1%
Construction	34,840	7.9%	37,010	46,547	-11,707	-25.2%
Manufacturing	35,982	8.2%	33,950	41,364	-5,382	-13.0%
Wholesale Trade	2,285	0.5%	2,678	1,894	391	20.6%
Retail Trade	28,176	6.4%	28,499	31,995	-3,819	-11.9%
Transporation and Warehousing	10,185	2.3%	9,372	12,060	-1,875	-15.5%
Information	32,746	7.4%	33,472	40,667	-7,921	-19.5%
Finance and Insurance	8,282	1.9%	9,468	12,459	-4,177	-33.5%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	1,999	0.5%	2,869	4,984	-2,985	-59.9%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	8,091	1.8%	8,703	9,967	-1,876	-18.8%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	72,915	16.5%	75,165	87,714	-14,799	-16.9%
Educational Services	14,088	3.2%	15,206	20,632	-6,544	-31.7%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	27,225	6.2%	28,977	33,490	-6,265	-18.7%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	6,759	1.5%	7,651	8,373	-1,614	-19.3%
Accomodation and Food Services	16,658	3.8%	17,214	20,034	-3,376	-16.9%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	8,853	2.0%	10,328	9,070	-217	-2.4%
Public Administration	4,379	1.0%	4,782	5,681	-1,302	-22.9%
Information Not Available	13,517	3.1%	14,536	17,443	-3,926	-22.5%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Colorado
	Nov 2014	Percent	Oct 2014	Nov 2013	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	27,270		24,895	32,624
Male	14,677	53.8%	12,397	17,095	-2,418	-14.1%
Female	12,593	46.2%	12,498	15,529	-2,936	-18.9%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	27,270		24,895	32,624
Hispanic or Latino	5,808	21.3%	4,689	6,526	-718	-11.0%
Not Hispanic or Latino	18,955	69.5%	17,851	22,996	-4,041	-17.6%
Information Not Available	2,507	9.2%	2,355	3,102	-595	-19.2%

Race	27,270		24,895	32,624
American Indian or Alaskan Native	491	1.8%	441	592	-101	-17.1%
Asian	549	2.0%	557	599	-50	-8.3%
Black or African American	1,731	6.3%	1,755	2,177	-446	-20.5%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	107	0.4%	89	140	-33	-23.6%
White	19,593	71.8%	17,874	23,379	-3,786	-16.2%
Information Not Available	4,799	17.6%	4,179	5,737	-938	-16.4%

Years of Age	27,270		24,895	32,624
Younger than 22	359	0.8%	313	522	-163	-31.2%
22-24	896	2.0%	829	1,233	-337	-27.3%
25-34	6,151	13.8%	5,625	7,513	-1,362	-18.1%
35-44	6,043	13.6%	5,605	7,291	-1,248	-17.1%
45-54	6,817	15.3%	6,126	8,152	-1,335	-16.4%
55-59	3,291	7.4%	3,005	3,877	-586	-15.1%
60-64	2,371	5.3%	2,152	2,597	-226	-8.7%
65 and older	1,340	3.0%	1,235	1,432	-92	-6.4%
Information Not Available	2	0.0%	5	7	-5	-71.4%

Industry	27,270		24,895	32,624
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	319	1.2%	258	410	-91	-22.2%
Mining	286	1.0%	246	452	-166	-36.7%
Utilities	43	0.2%	44	50	-7	-14.0%
Construction	3,137	11.4%	1,983	2,906	231	7.9%
Manufacturing	1,587	5.8%	1,459	2,032	-445	-21.9%
Wholesale Trade	1,139	4.1%	1,158	1,422	-283	-19.9%
Retail Trade	2,155	7.8%	2,203	2,731	-576	-21.1%
Transporation and Warehousing	756	2.7%	719	846	-90	-10.6%
Information	868	3.1%	838	985	-117	-11.9%
Finance and Insurance	1,111	4.0%	1,157	1,579	-468	-29.6%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	644	2.3%	624	813	-169	-20.8%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	2,431	8.8%	2,465	2,882	-451	-15.6%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	515	1.9%	390	379	136	35.9%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	3,680	13.3%	3,303	4,379	-699	-16.0%
Educational Services	1,049	3.8%	1,055	1,163	-114	-9.8%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	2,341	8.5%	2,347	2,950	-609	-20.6%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	729	2.6%	661	870	-141	-16.2%
Accomodation and Food Services	2,208	8.0%	2,010	2,880	-672	-23.3%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	674	2.4%	627	951	-277	-29.1%
Public Administration	835	3.0%	593	916	-81	-8.8%
Information Not Available	763	2.8%	755	1,028	-265	-25.8%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Connecticut
	Nov 2014	Percent	Oct 2014	Nov 2013	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	39,533		38,064	45,378
Male	21,713	54.9%	20,075	24,805	-3,092	-12.5%
Female	17,819	45.1%	17,988	20,573	-2,754	-13.4%
Information Not Available	1	0.0%	1	0	1	0.0%

Ethnicity	39,533		38,064	45,378
Hispanic or Latino	6,284	15.9%	5,944	6,907	-623	-9.0%
Not Hispanic or Latino	33,249	84.1%	32,120	38,471	-5,222	-13.6%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Race	39,533		38,064	45,378
American Indian or Alaskan Native	150	0.4%	145	167	-17	-10.2%
Asian	793	2.0%	759	756	37	4.9%
Black or African American	6,262	15.8%	6,270	7,136	-874	-12.2%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
White	22,298	56.4%	21,314	25,487	-3,189	-12.5%
Information Not Available	10,030	25.4%	9,576	11,832	-1,802	-15.2%

Years of Age	39,533		38,064	45,378
Younger than 22	995	1.7%	917	1,177	-182	-15.5%
22-24	2,167	3.7%	2,124	2,804	-637	-22.7%
25-34	9,177	15.6%	8,861	10,533	-1,356	-12.9%
35-44	7,671	13.1%	7,378	8,942	-1,271	-14.2%
45-54	9,266	15.8%	8,903	10,729	-1,463	-13.6%
55-59	4,357	7.4%	4,225	4,926	-569	-11.6%
60-64	3,149	5.4%	3,033	3,396	-247	-7.3%
65 and older	2,751	4.7%	2,623	2,871	-120	-4.2%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	39,533		38,064	45,378
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	379	0.9%	273	395	-16	-4.1%
Mining	12	0.0%	8	13	-1	-7.7%
Utilities	62	0.2%	67	50	12	24.0%
Construction	3,541	8.9%	2,831	4,123	-582	-14.1%
Manufacturing	4,375	11.0%	4,283	5,379	-1,004	-18.7%
Wholesale Trade	1,587	4.0%	1,595	1,764	-177	-10.0%
Retail Trade	4,735	11.9%	4,735	5,120	-385	-7.5%
Transporation and Warehousing	1,380	3.5%	1,352	1,701	-321	-18.9%
Information	816	2.0%	915	938	-122	-13.0%
Finance and Insurance	1,532	3.8%	1,609	1,986	-454	-22.9%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	603	1.5%	560	682	-79	-11.6%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	2,022	5.1%	2,217	2,253	-231	-10.3%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	287	0.7%	288	259	28	10.8%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	5,002	12.5%	4,588	5,566	-564	-10.1%
Educational Services	1,418	3.6%	1,421	1,609	-191	-11.9%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	5,056	12.7%	5,054	5,960	-904	-15.2%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	1,405	3.5%	1,052	1,411	-6	-0.4%
Accomodation and Food Services	2,746	6.9%	2,671	3,075	-329	-10.7%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	1,336	3.3%	1,355	1,515	-179	-11.8%
Public Administration	630	1.6%	586	856	-226	-26.4%
Information Not Available	609	1.5%	604	723	-114	-15.8%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants District of Columbia
	Nov 2014	Percent	Oct 2014	Nov 2013	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	9,410		9,710	12,254
Male	4,389	46.6%	4,404	5,683	-1,294	-22.8%
Female	5,018	53.3%	5,301	6,570	-1,552	-23.6%
Information Not Available	3	0.0%	5	1	2	200.0%

Ethnicity	9,410		9,710	12,254
Hispanic or Latino	761	8.1%	772	1,025	-264	-25.8%
Not Hispanic or Latino	8,600	91.4%	8,888	11,193	-2,593	-23.2%
Information Not Available	49	0.5%	50	36	13	36.1%

Race	9,410		9,710	12,254
American Indian or Alaskan Native	57	0.6%	52	51	6	11.8%
Asian	228	2.4%	225	317	-89	-28.1%
Black or African American	6,709	71.3%	6,938	8,469	-1,760	-20.8%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	14	0.1%	20	30	-16	-53.3%
White	1,688	17.9%	1,745	2,493	-805	-32.3%
Information Not Available	714	7.6%	730	894	-180	-20.1%

Years of Age	9,410		9,710	12,254
Younger than 22	214	2.0%	227	243	-29	-11.9%
22-24	594	5.7%	579	704	-110	-15.6%
25-34	2,565	24.4%	2,665	3,364	-799	-23.8%
35-44	2,073	19.8%	2,187	2,749	-676	-24.6%
45-54	2,097	20.0%	2,135	2,879	-782	-27.2%
55-59	884	8.4%	923	1,141	-257	-22.5%
60-64	607	5.8%	617	739	-132	-17.9%
65 and older	376	3.6%	377	435	-59	-13.6%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	9,410		9,710	12,254
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	24	0.3%	36	40	-16	-40.0%
Manufacturing	3	0.0%	3	7	-4	-57.1%
Wholesale Trade	8	0.1%	6	7	1	14.3%
Retail Trade	27	0.3%	25	23	4	17.4%
Transporation and Warehousing	18	0.2%	17	15	3	20.0%
Information	9	0.1%	12	11	-2	-18.2%
Finance and Insurance	7	0.1%	3	12	-5	-41.7%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	6	0.1%	3	18	-12	-66.7%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	49	0.5%	44	101	-52	-51.5%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	0	0.0%	0	6	-6	-100.0%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	60	0.6%	59	111	-51	-45.9%
Educational Services	17	0.2%	17	14	3	21.4%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	19	0.2%	20	27	-8	-29.6%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	0	0.0%	0	8	-8	-100.0%
Accomodation and Food Services	25	0.3%	24	30	-5	-16.7%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	15	0.2%	17	14	1	7.1%
Public Administration	2	0.0%	6	6	-4	-66.7%
Information Not Available	9,121	96.9%	9,418	11,801	-2,680	-22.7%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Delaware
	Nov 2014	Percent	Oct 2014	Nov 2013	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	6,568		6,157	7,959
Male	2,946	44.9%	2,682	3,539	-593	-16.8%
Female	3,369	51.3%	3,243	3,967	-598	-15.1%
Information Not Available	253	3.9%	232	453	-200	-44.2%

Ethnicity	6,568		6,157	7,959
Hispanic or Latino	420	6.4%	374	518	-98	-18.9%
Not Hispanic or Latino	5,895	89.8%	5,551	6,988	-1,093	-15.6%
Information Not Available	253	3.9%	232	453	-200	-44.2%

Race	6,568		6,157	7,959
American Indian or Alaskan Native	18	0.3%	12	25	-7	-28.0%
Asian	139	2.1%	111	137	2	1.5%
Black or African American	2,590	39.4%	2,521	2,925	-335	-11.5%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	14	0.2%	16	11	3	27.3%
White	3,638	55.4%	3,360	4,547	-909	-20.0%
Information Not Available	169	2.6%	139	315	-146	-46.3%

Years of Age	6,568		6,157	7,959
Younger than 22	151	1.5%	134	196	-45	-23.0%
22-24	349	3.6%	318	494	-145	-29.4%
25-34	1,642	16.8%	1,530	2,009	-367	-18.3%
35-44	1,383	14.1%	1,333	1,638	-255	-15.6%
45-54	1,570	16.0%	1,432	1,814	-244	-13.5%
55-59	699	7.1%	658	815	-116	-14.2%
60-64	412	4.2%	392	561	-149	-26.6%
65 and older	314	3.2%	317	387	-73	-18.9%
Information Not Available	48	0.5%	43	45	3	6.7%

Industry	6,568		6,157	7,959
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	10	0.2%	9	27	-17	-63.0%
Mining	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
Utilities	2	0.0%	2	7	-5	-71.4%
Construction	445	6.8%	329	585	-140	-23.9%
Manufacturing	457	6.9%	454	510	-53	-10.4%
Wholesale Trade	147	2.2%	146	223	-76	-34.1%
Retail Trade	1,054	16.0%	1,010	1,126	-72	-6.4%
Transporation and Warehousing	177	2.7%	158	192	-15	-7.8%
Information	116	1.8%	116	130	-14	-10.8%
Finance and Insurance	534	8.1%	508	601	-67	-11.1%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	157	2.4%	125	184	-27	-14.7%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	387	5.9%	405	479	-92	-19.2%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	24	0.4%	25	23	1	4.3%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	1,048	15.9%	989	1,283	-235	-18.3%
Educational Services	220	3.3%	213	225	-5	-2.2%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	746	11.3%	760	946	-200	-21.1%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	161	2.4%	118	198	-37	-18.7%
Accomodation and Food Services	591	9.0%	521	868	-277	-31.9%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	202	3.1%	197	253	-51	-20.2%
Public Administration	65	1.0%	55	71	-6	-8.5%
Information Not Available	25	0.4%	17	28	-3	-10.7%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Florida
	Nov 2014	Percent	Oct 2014	Nov 2013	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	76,337		81,595	109,946
Male	36,945	48.4%	38,631	53,386	-16,441	-30.8%
Female	39,334	51.5%	42,900	56,427	-17,093	-30.3%
Information Not Available	58	0.1%	64	133	-75	-56.4%

Ethnicity	76,337		81,595	109,946
Hispanic or Latino	18,975	24.9%	20,729	27,667	-8,692	-31.4%
Not Hispanic or Latino	51,832	67.9%	55,446	77,825	-25,993	-33.4%
Information Not Available	5,530	7.2%	5,420	4,454	1,076	24.2%

Race	76,337		81,595	109,946
American Indian or Alaskan Native	438	0.6%	498	606	-168	-27.7%
Asian	1,091	1.4%	1,078	726	365	50.3%
Black or African American	19,943	26.1%	22,227	27,524	-7,581	-27.5%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	390	0.5%	390	1,019	-629	-61.7%
White	46,781	61.3%	49,417	67,924	-21,143	-31.1%
Information Not Available	7,694	10.1%	7,985	12,147	-4,453	-36.7%

Years of Age	76,337		81,595	109,946
Younger than 22	993	0.8%	1,063	1,339	-346	-25.8%
22-24	3,071	2.6%	3,444	4,599	-1,528	-33.2%
25-34	15,944	13.5%	17,346	23,070	-7,126	-30.9%
35-44	15,651	13.3%	16,588	22,295	-6,644	-29.8%
45-54	16,989	14.4%	18,418	24,925	-7,936	-31.8%
55-59	7,564	6.4%	8,196	11,089	-3,525	-31.8%
60-64	5,123	4.3%	5,804	7,707	-2,584	-33.5%
65 and older	3,585	3.0%	4,143	5,842	-2,257	-38.6%
Information Not Available	7,417	6.3%	6,593	9,080	-1,663	-18.3%

Industry	76,337		81,595	109,946
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	997	1.3%	2,073	1,283	-286	-22.3%
Mining	70	0.1%	72	63	7	11.1%
Utilities	108	0.1%	147	202	-94	-46.5%
Construction	3,846	5.0%	3,873	5,784	-1,938	-33.5%
Manufacturing	3,345	4.3%	3,408	5,141	-1,796	-34.9%
Wholesale Trade	2,961	3.8%	3,179	4,319	-1,358	-31.4%
Retail Trade	7,865	10.2%	8,374	10,748	-2,883	-26.8%
Transporation and Warehousing	1,811	2.3%	1,913	2,483	-672	-27.1%
Information	1,375	1.8%	1,404	1,744	-369	-21.2%
Finance and Insurance	3,502	4.5%	3,541	4,786	-1,284	-26.8%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	1,714	2.2%	1,772	2,353	-639	-27.2%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	4,828	6.2%	5,592	6,911	-2,083	-30.1%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	492	0.6%	511	694	-202	-29.1%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	14,026	18.1%	13,908	17,887	-3,861	-21.6%
Educational Services	2,374	3.1%	2,969	3,386	-1,012	-29.9%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	7,420	9.6%	8,141	10,499	-3,079	-29.3%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	1,438	1.9%	1,704	1,812	-374	-20.6%
Accomodation and Food Services	6,276	8.1%	6,616	8,488	-2,212	-26.1%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	2,068	2.7%	2,211	2,775	-707	-25.5%
Public Administration	1,307	1.7%	1,492	1,697	-390	-23.0%
Information Not Available	8,514	11.0%	8,695	16,891	-8,377	-49.6%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Georgia
	Nov 2014	Percent	Oct 2014	Nov 2013	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	40,071		41,166	53,630
Male	19,241	48.0%	19,223	25,943	-6,702	-25.8%
Female	20,200	50.4%	21,318	26,884	-6,684	-24.9%
Information Not Available	630	1.6%	625	803	-173	-21.5%

Ethnicity	40,071		41,166	53,630
Hispanic or Latino	82	0.2%	82	141	-59	-41.8%
Not Hispanic or Latino	39,359	98.2%	40,459	52,686	-13,327	-25.3%
Information Not Available	630	1.6%	625	803	-173	-21.5%

Race	40,071		41,166	53,630
American Indian or Alaskan Native	185	0.5%	190	292	-107	-36.6%
Asian	540	1.3%	562	767	-227	-29.6%
Black or African American	22,068	55.1%	22,955	28,594	-6,526	-22.8%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
White	16,648	41.5%	16,834	23,174	-6,526	-28.2%
Information Not Available	630	1.6%	625	803	-173	-21.5%

Years of Age	40,071		41,166	53,630
Younger than 22	1,095	2.0%	972	1,587	-492	-31.0%
22-24	2,196	4.0%	2,204	3,137	-941	-30.0%
25-34	10,111	18.5%	10,267	13,443	-3,332	-24.8%
35-44	9,736	17.8%	9,966	12,564	-2,828	-22.5%
45-54	9,095	16.7%	9,433	12,208	-3,113	-25.5%
55-59	3,542	6.5%	3,718	4,697	-1,155	-24.6%
60-64	2,128	3.9%	2,324	2,829	-701	-24.8%
65 and older	1,254	2.3%	1,301	1,687	-433	-25.7%
Information Not Available	914	1.7%	981	1,478	-564	-38.2%

Industry	40,071		41,166	53,630
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	565	1.4%	544	725	-160	-22.1%
Mining	16	0.0%	17	42	-26	-61.9%
Utilities	31	0.1%	33	54	-23	-42.6%
Construction	1,649	4.1%	1,605	2,258	-609	-27.0%
Manufacturing	3,148	7.7%	3,338	3,991	-843	-21.1%
Wholesale Trade	1,497	3.7%	1,713	2,258	-761	-33.7%
Retail Trade	3,167	7.8%	3,343	4,219	-1,052	-24.9%
Transporation and Warehousing	740	1.8%	767	1,292	-552	-42.7%
Information	883	2.2%	883	1,047	-164	-15.7%
Finance and Insurance	1,036	2.5%	1,046	1,489	-453	-30.4%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	554	1.4%	512	838	-284	-33.9%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	6,937	17.1%	7,017	9,072	-2,135	-23.5%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	39	0.1%	47	54	-15	-27.8%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	105	0.3%	92	137	-32	-23.4%
Educational Services	1,112	2.7%	1,229	1,837	-725	-39.5%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	2,323	5.7%	2,444	3,306	-983	-29.7%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	2,085	5.1%	2,023	2,834	-749	-26.4%
Accomodation and Food Services	250	0.6%	282	442	-192	-43.4%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	516	1.3%	636	653	-137	-21.0%
Public Administration	546	1.3%	543	849	-303	-35.7%
Information Not Available	12,872	31.7%	13,052	16,233	-3,361	-20.7%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Hawaii
	Nov 2014	Percent	Oct 2014	Nov 2013	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	8,825		8,704	11,128
Male	5,685	64.4%	5,495	7,284	-1,599	-22.0%
Female	3,139	35.6%	3,208	3,842	-703	-18.3%
Information Not Available	1	0.0%	1	2	-1	-50.0%

Ethnicity	8,825		8,704	11,128
Hispanic or Latino	579	6.6%	554	626	-47	-7.5%
Not Hispanic or Latino	6,023	68.2%	5,994	8,245	-2,222	-26.9%
Information Not Available	2,223	25.2%	2,156	2,257	-34	-1.5%

Race	8,825		8,704	11,128
American Indian or Alaskan Native	67	0.8%	52	54	13	24.1%
Asian	2,800	31.7%	2,782	3,515	-715	-20.3%
Black or African American	164	1.9%	139	201	-37	-18.4%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	2,504	28.4%	2,499	3,060	-556	-18.2%
White	2,055	23.3%	2,055	2,779	-724	-26.1%
Information Not Available	1,235	14.0%	1,177	1,519	-284	-18.7%

Years of Age	8,825		8,704	11,128
Younger than 22	128	1.3%	119	167	-39	-23.4%
22-24	347	3.4%	300	412	-65	-15.8%
25-34	1,996	19.7%	1,980	2,601	-605	-23.3%
35-44	2,031	20.0%	2,073	2,515	-484	-19.2%
45-54	2,126	21.0%	2,094	2,722	-596	-21.9%
55-59	951	9.4%	916	1,287	-336	-26.1%
60-64	740	7.3%	700	833	-93	-11.2%
65 and older	506	5.0%	522	591	-85	-14.4%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	8,825		8,704	11,128
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	116	1.3%	123	121	-5	-4.1%
Mining	1	0.0%	1	1	0	0.0%
Utilities	7	0.1%	8	22	-15	-68.2%
Construction	2,691	30.1%	2,480	3,231	-540	-16.7%
Manufacturing	165	1.8%	196	252	-87	-34.5%
Wholesale Trade	133	1.5%	139	195	-62	-31.8%
Retail Trade	468	5.2%	463	605	-137	-22.6%
Transporation and Warehousing	378	4.2%	364	455	-77	-16.9%
Information	132	1.5%	152	153	-21	-13.7%
Finance and Insurance	137	1.5%	133	178	-41	-23.0%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	131	1.5%	131	161	-30	-18.6%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	356	4.0%	373	486	-130	-26.7%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	58	0.6%	57	52	6	11.5%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	1,001	11.2%	1,027	1,317	-316	-24.0%
Educational Services	102	1.1%	101	121	-19	-15.7%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	437	4.9%	439	549	-112	-20.4%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	116	1.3%	98	127	-11	-8.7%
Accomodation and Food Services	762	8.5%	786	1,133	-371	-32.7%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	216	2.4%	203	319	-103	-32.3%
Public Administration	187	2.1%	180	193	-6	-3.1%
Information Not Available	1,231	13.8%	1,250	1,457	-226	-15.5%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Iowa
	Nov 2014	Percent	Oct 2014	Nov 2013	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	18,782		17,099	19,691
Male	10,913	58.1%	9,258	11,331	-418	-3.7%
Female	7,454	39.7%	7,441	8,360	-906	-10.8%
Information Not Available	415	2.2%	400	0	415	0.0%

Ethnicity	18,782		17,099	19,691
Hispanic or Latino	1,238	6.6%	1,010	1,252	-14	-1.1%
Not Hispanic or Latino	16,552	88.1%	14,894	17,754	-1,202	-6.8%
Information Not Available	992	5.3%	1,195	685	307	44.8%

Race	18,782		17,099	19,691
American Indian or Alaskan Native	123	0.7%	123	135	-12	-8.9%
Asian	229	1.2%	239	224	5	2.2%
Black or African American	1,346	7.2%	1,277	1,678	-332	-19.8%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
White	14,854	79.1%	13,255	15,717	-863	-5.5%
Information Not Available	2,230	11.9%	2,205	1,937	293	15.1%

Years of Age	18,782		17,099	19,691
Younger than 22	505	1.6%	386	572	-67	-11.7%
22-24	1,010	3.1%	885	1,125	-115	-10.2%
25-34	4,449	13.8%	3,971	4,629	-180	-3.9%
35-44	3,972	12.3%	3,784	4,132	-160	-3.9%
45-54	4,444	13.8%	4,176	4,700	-256	-5.4%
55-59	2,031	6.3%	1,868	2,161	-130	-6.0%
60-64	1,383	4.3%	1,281	1,417	-34	-2.4%
65 and older	983	3.0%	742	952	31	3.3%
Information Not Available	5	0.0%	6	3	2	66.7%

Industry	18,782		17,099	19,691
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	160	0.8%	142	183	-23	-12.6%
Mining	104	0.5%	34	79	25	31.6%
Utilities	30	0.2%	30	23	7	30.4%
Construction	2,935	15.5%	1,411	2,924	11	0.4%
Manufacturing	4,229	22.3%	5,002	3,893	336	8.6%
Wholesale Trade	811	4.3%	819	813	-2	-0.2%
Retail Trade	1,518	8.0%	1,468	1,714	-196	-11.4%
Transporation and Warehousing	569	3.0%	542	562	7	1.2%
Information	469	2.5%	506	583	-114	-19.6%
Finance and Insurance	648	3.4%	715	727	-79	-10.9%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	193	1.0%	183	204	-11	-5.4%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	620	3.3%	654	663	-43	-6.5%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	41	0.2%	40	27	14	51.9%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	2,009	10.6%	1,587	2,297	-288	-12.5%
Educational Services	379	2.0%	394	460	-81	-17.6%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	1,468	7.7%	1,527	1,753	-285	-16.3%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	578	3.1%	343	532	46	8.6%
Accomodation and Food Services	1,026	5.4%	949	1,154	-128	-11.1%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	426	2.2%	394	410	16	3.9%
Public Administration	414	2.2%	247	499	-85	-17.0%
Information Not Available	155	0.8%	112	191	-36	-18.8%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Idaho
	Nov 2014	Percent	Oct 2014	Nov 2013	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	9,225		6,965	10,635
Male	5,426	58.8%	3,666	6,258	-832	-13.3%
Female	3,799	41.2%	3,297	4,368	-569	-13.0%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	2	9	-9	-100.0%

Ethnicity	9,225		6,965	10,635
Hispanic or Latino	1,368	14.8%	720	1,427	-59	-4.1%
Not Hispanic or Latino	7,119	77.2%	5,715	8,614	-1,495	-17.4%
Information Not Available	738	8.0%	530	594	144	24.2%

Race	9,225		6,965	10,635
American Indian or Alaskan Native	405	3.2%	277	183	222	121.3%
Asian	153	1.2%	126	110	43	39.1%
Black or African American	123	1.0%	102	121	2	1.7%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	87	0.7%	59	35	52	148.6%
White	9,490	75.2%	6,822	8,430	1,060	12.6%
Information Not Available	2,370	18.8%	1,186	1,756	614	35.0%

Years of Age	9,225		6,965	10,635
Younger than 22	203	1.1%	128	305	-102	-33.4%
22-24	421	2.3%	294	501	-80	-16.0%
25-34	1,833	10.2%	1,414	2,397	-564	-23.5%
35-44	1,852	10.3%	1,395	2,258	-406	-18.0%
45-54	2,212	12.3%	1,690	2,605	-393	-15.1%
55-59	1,149	6.4%	867	1,216	-67	-5.5%
60-64	754	4.2%	579	858	-104	-12.1%
65 and older	794	4.4%	593	495	299	60.4%
Information Not Available	7	0.0%	5	0	7	0.0%

Industry	9,225		6,965	10,635
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	230	2.4%	103	534	-304	-56.9%
Mining	73	0.8%	55	114	-41	-36.0%
Utilities	11	0.1%	9	42	-31	-73.8%
Construction	633	6.7%	410	1,124	-491	-43.7%
Manufacturing	705	7.5%	741	1,088	-383	-35.2%
Wholesale Trade	167	1.8%	165	388	-221	-57.0%
Retail Trade	472	5.0%	535	948	-476	-50.2%
Transporation and Warehousing	144	1.5%	148	265	-121	-45.7%
Information	57	0.6%	85	126	-69	-54.8%
Finance and Insurance	119	1.3%	163	262	-143	-54.6%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	50	0.5%	59	105	-55	-52.4%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	201	2.1%	228	431	-230	-53.4%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	15	0.2%	20	28	-13	-46.4%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	555	5.9%	587	991	-436	-44.0%
Educational Services	121	1.3%	134	221	-100	-45.2%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	395	4.2%	446	880	-485	-55.1%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	112	1.2%	96	274	-162	-59.1%
Accomodation and Food Services	253	2.7%	262	710	-457	-64.4%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	97	1.0%	98	242	-145	-59.9%
Public Administration	130	1.4%	134	386	-256	-66.3%
Information Not Available	4,685	49.6%	2,487	1,476	3,209	217.4%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Illinois
	Nov 2014	Percent	Oct 2014	Nov 2013	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	114,052		107,831	142,255
Male	62,038	54.4%	55,688	78,138	-16,100	-20.6%
Female	51,431	45.1%	51,504	63,124	-11,693	-18.5%
Information Not Available	583	0.5%	639	993	-410	-41.3%

Ethnicity	114,052		107,831	142,255
Hispanic or Latino	17,199	15.1%	14,178	20,576	-3,377	-16.4%
Not Hispanic or Latino	85,058	74.6%	82,293	106,317	-21,259	-20.0%
Information Not Available	11,795	10.3%	11,360	15,362	-3,567	-23.2%

Race	114,052		107,831	142,255
American Indian or Alaskan Native	564	0.5%	520	730	-166	-22.7%
Asian	2,551	2.2%	2,559	3,356	-805	-24.0%
Black or African American	30,910	27.1%	31,160	37,870	-6,960	-18.4%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	274	0.2%	206	347	-73	-21.0%
White	67,771	59.4%	63,183	85,759	-17,988	-21.0%
Information Not Available	11,982	10.5%	10,203	14,193	-2,211	-15.6%

Years of Age	114,052		107,831	142,255
Younger than 22	2,244	1.3%	2,005	3,359	-1,115	-33.2%
22-24	5,584	3.2%	5,199	7,424	-1,840	-24.8%
25-34	27,267	15.7%	25,482	34,972	-7,705	-22.0%
35-44	26,297	15.1%	25,067	33,088	-6,791	-20.5%
45-54	27,890	16.0%	26,162	34,945	-7,055	-20.2%
55-59	12,710	7.3%	12,025	14,836	-2,126	-14.3%
60-64	8,014	4.6%	7,755	8,819	-805	-9.1%
65 and older	4,046	2.3%	4,136	4,812	-766	-15.9%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	114,052		107,831	142,255
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	424	0.4%	223	552	-128	-23.2%
Mining	218	0.2%	167	349	-131	-37.5%
Utilities	141	0.1%	128	206	-65	-31.6%
Construction	11,140	9.7%	8,223	15,493	-4,353	-28.1%
Manufacturing	13,394	11.7%	13,496	14,538	-1,144	-7.9%
Wholesale Trade	5,426	4.7%	5,355	6,382	-956	-15.0%
Retail Trade	9,769	8.5%	9,928	12,518	-2,749	-22.0%
Transporation and Warehousing	4,560	4.0%	4,579	5,503	-943	-17.1%
Information	2,260	2.0%	2,353	2,799	-539	-19.3%
Finance and Insurance	4,361	3.8%	4,409	5,218	-857	-16.4%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	1,669	1.5%	1,587	2,009	-340	-16.9%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	7,365	6.4%	7,332	8,795	-1,430	-16.3%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	506	0.4%	548	641	-135	-21.1%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	17,063	14.9%	15,070	19,907	-2,844	-14.3%
Educational Services	3,946	3.4%	4,147	5,949	-2,003	-33.7%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	9,794	8.6%	9,917	12,585	-2,791	-22.2%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	2,622	2.3%	1,544	3,020	-398	-13.2%
Accomodation and Food Services	6,523	5.7%	6,415	8,240	-1,717	-20.8%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	3,171	2.8%	3,051	4,310	-1,139	-26.4%
Public Administration	2,537	2.2%	2,525	3,097	-560	-18.1%
Information Not Available	7,163	6.3%	6,834	10,144	-2,981	-29.4%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Indiana
	Nov 2014	Percent	Oct 2014	Nov 2013	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	25,621		23,889	39,190
Male	14,479	56.5%	12,929	22,219	-7,740	-34.8%
Female	11,104	43.3%	10,902	16,908	-5,804	-34.3%
Information Not Available	38	0.1%	58	63	-25	-39.7%

Ethnicity	25,621		23,889	39,190
Hispanic or Latino	1,317	5.1%	1,069	1,923	-606	-31.5%
Not Hispanic or Latino	19,130	74.7%	17,807	29,726	-10,596	-35.6%
Information Not Available	5,174	20.2%	5,013	7,541	-2,367	-31.4%

Race	25,621		23,889	39,190
American Indian or Alaskan Native	126	0.5%	113	178	-52	-29.2%
Asian	168	0.7%	158	242	-74	-30.6%
Black or African American	4,495	17.5%	4,469	6,772	-2,277	-33.6%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	32	0.1%	26	42	-10	-23.8%
White	19,321	75.4%	17,810	29,677	-10,356	-34.9%
Information Not Available	1,479	5.8%	1,313	2,279	-800	-35.1%

Years of Age	25,621		23,889	39,190
Younger than 22	345	0.8%	291	696	-351	-50.4%
22-24	1,018	2.4%	919	1,941	-923	-47.6%
25-34	5,815	13.5%	5,369	9,408	-3,593	-38.2%
35-44	6,130	14.2%	5,622	9,419	-3,289	-34.9%
45-54	6,520	15.1%	6,213	9,691	-3,171	-32.7%
55-59	2,957	6.9%	2,840	4,163	-1,206	-29.0%
60-64	1,811	4.2%	1,704	2,493	-682	-27.4%
65 and older	1,025	2.4%	931	1,379	-354	-25.7%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	25,621		23,889	39,190
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	112	0.4%	67	150	-38	-25.3%
Mining	80	0.3%	99	73	7	9.6%
Utilities	23	0.1%	12	53	-30	-56.6%
Construction	3,768	14.6%	2,863	5,493	-1,725	-31.4%
Manufacturing	4,374	17.0%	4,573	7,002	-2,628	-37.5%
Wholesale Trade	958	3.7%	904	1,410	-452	-32.1%
Retail Trade	1,783	6.9%	1,808	3,073	-1,290	-42.0%
Transporation and Warehousing	751	2.9%	760	1,205	-454	-37.7%
Information	338	1.3%	332	451	-113	-25.1%
Finance and Insurance	632	2.5%	590	878	-246	-28.0%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	383	1.5%	340	525	-142	-27.0%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	1,197	4.7%	1,165	1,530	-333	-21.8%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	187	0.7%	186	280	-93	-33.2%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	3,053	11.9%	2,777	4,682	-1,629	-34.8%
Educational Services	646	2.5%	655	1,056	-410	-38.8%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	2,392	9.3%	2,428	3,758	-1,366	-36.3%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	433	1.7%	267	613	-180	-29.4%
Accomodation and Food Services	1,085	4.2%	986	1,876	-791	-42.2%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	657	2.6%	637	959	-302	-31.5%
Public Administration	232	0.9%	201	324	-92	-28.4%
Information Not Available	2,537	9.9%	2,239	3,799	-1,262	-33.2%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Kansas
	Nov 2014	Percent	Oct 2014	Nov 2013	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	15,395		13,628	19,390
Male	8,850	57.5%	7,289	10,463	-1,613	-15.4%
Female	6,545	42.5%	6,339	8,927	-2,382	-26.7%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	15,395		13,628	19,390
Hispanic or Latino	1,395	9.1%	1,058	1,470	-75	-5.1%
Not Hispanic or Latino	6,810	44.2%	6,044	8,544	-1,734	-20.3%
Information Not Available	7,190	46.7%	6,526	9,376	-2,186	-23.3%

Race	15,395		13,628	19,390
American Indian or Alaskan Native	251	1.6%	213	285	-34	-11.9%
Asian	256	1.7%	191	326	-70	-21.5%
Black or African American	2,720	17.7%	2,467	3,782	-1,062	-28.1%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	92	0.6%	36	79	13	16.5%
White	11,016	71.6%	9,907	13,700	-2,684	-19.6%
Information Not Available	1,060	6.9%	814	1,218	-158	-13.0%

Years of Age	15,395		13,628	19,390
Younger than 22	281	1.1%	272	435	-154	-35.4%
22-24	757	3.0%	676	1,038	-281	-27.1%
25-34	3,770	14.9%	3,278	4,837	-1,067	-22.1%
35-44	3,400	13.4%	3,002	4,291	-891	-20.8%
45-54	3,775	14.9%	3,236	4,566	-791	-17.3%
55-59	1,663	6.6%	1,524	2,016	-353	-17.5%
60-64	1,087	4.3%	997	1,394	-307	-22.0%
65 and older	662	2.6%	643	813	-151	-18.6%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	15,395		13,628	19,390
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	70	0.5%	51	73	-3	-4.1%
Mining	162	1.0%	141	205	-43	-21.0%
Utilities	23	0.1%	23	48	-25	-52.1%
Construction	2,381	15.4%	1,470	2,029	352	17.3%
Manufacturing	1,975	12.8%	1,931	2,765	-790	-28.6%
Wholesale Trade	766	5.0%	728	816	-50	-6.1%
Retail Trade	1,249	8.1%	1,204	1,720	-471	-27.4%
Transporation and Warehousing	402	2.6%	342	508	-106	-20.9%
Information	407	2.6%	321	313	94	30.0%
Finance and Insurance	409	2.6%	371	685	-276	-40.3%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	211	1.4%	199	287	-76	-26.5%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	883	5.7%	871	1,158	-275	-23.7%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	52	0.3%	43	46	6	13.0%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	2,049	13.2%	1,790	2,552	-503	-19.7%
Educational Services	329	2.1%	380	530	-201	-37.9%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	1,716	11.1%	1,638	2,429	-713	-29.4%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	169	1.1%	109	180	-11	-6.1%
Accomodation and Food Services	642	4.2%	634	947	-305	-32.2%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	430	2.8%	391	569	-139	-24.4%
Public Administration	394	2.5%	350	617	-223	-36.1%
Information Not Available	676	4.4%	641	913	-237	-26.0%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Kentucky
	Nov 2014	Percent	Oct 2014	Nov 2013	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	21,202		21,143	28,244
Male	11,945	56.3%	11,583	16,108	-4,163	-25.8%
Female	9,257	43.7%	9,560	12,136	-2,879	-23.7%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	21,202		21,143	28,244
Hispanic or Latino	70	0.3%	72	82	-12	-14.6%
Not Hispanic or Latino	482	2.3%	452	734	-252	-34.3%
Information Not Available	20,650	97.4%	20,619	27,428	-6,778	-24.7%

Race	21,202		21,143	28,244
American Indian or Alaskan Native	145	0.7%	140	288	-143	-49.7%
Asian	75	0.4%	86	82	-7	-8.5%
Black or African American	2,855	13.5%	2,855	3,559	-704	-19.8%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	145	0.7%	5	0	145	0.0%
White	17,821	84.1%	17,763	24,050	-6,229	-25.9%
Information Not Available	161	0.8%	294	265	-104	-39.2%

Years of Age	21,202		21,143	28,244
Younger than 22	355	1.0%	276	644	-289	-44.9%
22-24	982	2.6%	882	1,236	-254	-20.6%
25-34	4,810	12.9%	4,556	6,435	-1,625	-25.3%
35-44	5,315	14.2%	5,425	7,204	-1,889	-26.2%
45-54	4,960	13.3%	4,941	6,779	-1,819	-26.8%
55-59	2,381	6.4%	2,493	2,842	-461	-16.2%
60-64	1,671	4.5%	1,724	1,928	-257	-13.3%
65 and older	728	1.9%	842	1,172	-444	-37.9%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	4	4	-4	-100.0%

Industry	21,202		21,143	28,244
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	79	0.4%	45	43	36	83.7%
Mining	491	2.3%	511	794	-303	-38.2%
Utilities	101	0.5%	109	60	41	68.3%
Construction	2,083	9.8%	1,932	3,151	-1,068	-33.9%
Manufacturing	3,859	18.1%	3,764	4,319	-460	-10.7%
Wholesale Trade	851	4.0%	1,027	1,318	-467	-35.4%
Retail Trade	1,671	7.9%	1,774	2,353	-682	-29.0%
Transporation and Warehousing	574	2.7%	652	1,103	-529	-48.0%
Information	491	2.3%	511	627	-136	-21.7%
Finance and Insurance	566	2.7%	593	816	-250	-30.6%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	324	1.5%	366	369	-45	-12.2%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	1,074	5.0%	1,204	1,687	-613	-36.3%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	118	0.6%	122	159	-41	-25.8%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	2,109	9.9%	2,041	3,241	-1,132	-34.9%
Educational Services	741	3.5%	792	992	-251	-25.3%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	2,407	11.3%	2,253	3,194	-787	-24.6%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	316	1.5%	231	399	-83	-20.8%
Accomodation and Food Services	991	4.7%	1,172	1,219	-228	-18.7%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	614	2.9%	566	799	-185	-23.2%
Public Administration	439	2.1%	466	408	31	7.6%
Information Not Available	1,303	6.1%	1,012	1,193	110	9.2%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Louisiana
	Nov 2014	Percent	Oct 2014	Nov 2013	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	17,427		17,145	26,049
Male	8,185	47.0%	7,624	11,871	-3,686	-31.1%
Female	9,242	53.0%	9,521	14,178	-4,936	-34.8%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	17,427		17,145	26,049
Hispanic or Latino	670	3.8%	643	1,045	-375	-35.9%
Not Hispanic or Latino	16,756	96.1%	16,502	24,998	-8,242	-33.0%
Information Not Available	1	0.0%	0	6	-5	-83.3%

Race	17,427		17,145	26,049
American Indian or Alaskan Native	152	0.9%	145	197	-45	-22.8%
Asian	127	0.7%	136	189	-62	-32.8%
Black or African American	10,029	57.5%	9,959	15,211	-5,182	-34.1%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	18	0.1%	20	43	-25	-58.1%
White	7,100	40.7%	6,884	10,408	-3,308	-31.8%
Information Not Available	1	0.0%	1	1	0	0.0%

Years of Age	17,427		17,145	26,049
Younger than 22	357	1.5%	336	507	-150	-29.6%
22-24	901	3.8%	850	1,236	-335	-27.1%
25-34	4,593	19.6%	4,458	6,663	-2,070	-31.1%
35-44	3,913	16.7%	3,889	5,738	-1,825	-31.8%
45-54	4,007	17.1%	3,859	6,202	-2,195	-35.4%
55-59	1,708	7.3%	1,711	2,719	-1,011	-37.2%
60-64	1,086	4.6%	1,124	1,705	-619	-36.3%
65 and older	862	3.7%	918	1,279	-417	-32.6%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	17,427		17,145	26,049
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	138	0.8%	101	190	-52	-27.4%
Mining	312	1.8%	253	410	-98	-23.9%
Utilities	53	0.3%	65	62	-9	-14.5%
Construction	2,612	14.9%	2,134	3,701	-1,089	-29.4%
Manufacturing	1,463	8.3%	1,403	2,251	-788	-35.0%
Wholesale Trade	529	3.0%	532	849	-320	-37.7%
Retail Trade	1,789	10.2%	1,840	2,583	-794	-30.7%
Transporation and Warehousing	490	2.8%	500	825	-335	-40.6%
Information	260	1.5%	300	415	-155	-37.3%
Finance and Insurance	482	2.7%	485	751	-269	-35.8%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	379	2.2%	361	485	-106	-21.9%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	1,002	5.7%	1,119	1,390	-388	-27.9%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	53	0.3%	51	86	-33	-38.4%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	1,750	10.0%	1,679	2,464	-714	-29.0%
Educational Services	523	3.0%	587	802	-279	-34.8%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	2,457	14.0%	2,467	4,258	-1,801	-42.3%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	340	1.9%	372	486	-146	-30.0%
Accomodation and Food Services	1,479	8.4%	1,577	2,055	-576	-28.0%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	515	2.9%	501	757	-242	-32.0%
Public Administration	291	1.7%	288	500	-209	-41.8%
Information Not Available	510	2.9%	530	729	-219	-30.0%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Massachusetts
	Nov 2014	Percent	Oct 2014	Nov 2013	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	65,383		60,300	68,458
Male	36,794	56.3%	32,791	39,199	-2,405	-6.1%
Female	28,585	43.7%	27,507	29,259	-674	-2.3%
Information Not Available	4	0.0%	2	0	4	0.0%

Ethnicity	65,383		60,300	68,458
Hispanic or Latino	7,977	12.2%	7,358	7,901	76	1.0%
Not Hispanic or Latino	53,831	82.3%	49,534	57,131	-3,300	-5.8%
Information Not Available	3,575	5.5%	3,408	3,426	149	4.3%

Race	65,383		60,300	68,458
American Indian or Alaskan Native	294	0.4%	266	294	0	0.0%
Asian	2,405	3.7%	2,365	2,325	80	3.4%
Black or African American	6,418	9.8%	6,340	6,410	8	0.1%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	153	0.2%	136	163	-10	-6.1%
White	48,039	73.5%	43,677	51,908	-3,869	-7.5%
Information Not Available	8,074	12.3%	7,516	7,358	716	9.7%

Years of Age	65,383		60,300	68,458
Younger than 22	1,139	1.1%	972	1,331	-192	-14.4%
22-24	2,990	2.8%	2,665	3,638	-648	-17.8%
25-34	15,316	14.2%	14,084	16,138	-822	-5.1%
35-44	13,431	12.4%	12,414	14,289	-858	-6.0%
45-54	15,687	14.5%	14,678	16,432	-745	-4.5%
55-59	7,179	6.6%	6,801	7,303	-124	-1.7%
60-64	5,387	5.0%	5,065	5,236	151	2.9%
65 and older	4,254	3.9%	3,621	4,091	163	4.0%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	65,383		60,300	68,458
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	563	0.9%	471	654	-91	-13.9%
Mining	39	0.1%	27	42	-3	-7.1%
Utilities	124	0.2%	127	93	31	33.3%
Construction	6,573	10.0%	5,549	7,777	-1,204	-15.5%
Manufacturing	5,722	8.7%	5,781	6,130	-408	-6.7%
Wholesale Trade	2,826	4.3%	2,789	2,975	-149	-5.0%
Retail Trade	5,910	9.0%	5,661	5,943	-33	-0.6%
Transporation and Warehousing	1,622	2.5%	1,419	1,771	-149	-8.4%
Information	1,476	2.2%	1,446	1,589	-113	-7.1%
Finance and Insurance	2,334	3.5%	2,423	2,489	-155	-6.2%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	1,458	2.2%	1,329	1,646	-188	-11.4%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	5,232	7.9%	5,282	5,596	-364	-6.5%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	248	0.4%	251	236	12	5.1%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	7,187	10.9%	6,303	7,527	-340	-4.5%
Educational Services	1,661	2.5%	1,680	1,687	-26	-1.5%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	7,178	10.9%	7,350	7,083	95	1.3%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	1,776	2.7%	854	1,892	-116	-6.1%
Accomodation and Food Services	5,709	8.7%	4,282	6,050	-341	-5.6%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	3,781	5.7%	3,611	3,719	62	1.7%
Public Administration	1,894	2.9%	1,783	1,854	40	2.2%
Information Not Available	2,070	3.1%	1,882	1,705	365	21.4%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Maryland
	Nov 2014	Percent	Oct 2014	Nov 2013	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	45,983		44,335	52,808
Male	20,388	44.3%	18,155	22,640	-2,252	-9.9%
Female	16,823	36.6%	16,521	18,477	-1,654	-9.0%
Information Not Available	8,772	19.1%	9,659	11,691	-2,919	-25.0%

Ethnicity	45,983		44,335	52,808
Hispanic or Latino	1,957	4.3%	1,653	2,220	-263	-11.8%
Not Hispanic or Latino	34,466	75.0%	32,265	38,073	-3,607	-9.5%
Information Not Available	9,560	20.8%	10,417	12,515	-2,955	-23.6%

Race	45,983		44,335	52,808
American Indian or Alaskan Native	125	0.3%	120	139	-14	-10.1%
Asian	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
Black or African American	16,055	34.9%	15,553	17,270	-1,215	-7.0%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	68	0.1%	56	60	8	13.3%
White	18,218	39.6%	16,536	20,604	-2,386	-11.6%
Information Not Available	11,517	25.0%	12,070	14,735	-3,218	-21.8%

Years of Age	45,983		44,335	52,808
Younger than 22	972	1.6%	843	1,171	-199	-17.0%
22-24	2,144	3.5%	1,947	2,458	-314	-12.8%
25-34	9,301	15.1%	8,800	10,332	-1,031	-10.0%
35-44	7,563	12.3%	7,094	8,628	-1,065	-12.3%
45-54	8,488	13.8%	7,953	9,511	-1,023	-10.8%
55-59	3,816	6.2%	3,542	4,020	-204	-5.1%
60-64	2,660	4.3%	2,467	2,705	-45	-1.7%
65 and older	2,267	3.7%	2,030	2,292	-25	-1.1%
Information Not Available	8,772	14.3%	9,659	11,691	-2,919	-25.0%

Industry	45,983		44,335	52,808
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	102	0.2%	73	125	-23	-18.4%
Mining	32	0.1%	18	45	-13	-28.9%
Utilities	38	0.1%	34	38	0	0.0%
Construction	4,344	9.4%	3,579	4,816	-472	-9.8%
Manufacturing	355	0.8%	325	576	-221	-38.4%
Wholesale Trade	1,354	2.9%	1,316	1,581	-227	-14.4%
Retail Trade	1,518	3.3%	1,536	1,550	-32	-2.1%
Transporation and Warehousing	858	1.9%	808	974	-116	-11.9%
Information	704	1.5%	707	708	-4	-0.6%
Finance and Insurance	1,081	2.3%	1,129	1,223	-142	-11.6%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	758	1.6%	746	873	-115	-13.2%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	3,321	7.2%	3,469	4,101	-780	-19.0%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	149	0.3%	148	175	-26	-14.9%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	4,990	10.8%	4,652	5,180	-190	-3.7%
Educational Services	1,319	2.9%	1,327	1,489	-170	-11.4%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	3,608	7.8%	3,645	3,974	-366	-9.2%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	847	1.8%	495	858	-11	-1.3%
Accomodation and Food Services	3,605	7.8%	2,885	3,624	-19	-0.5%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	1,088	2.4%	1,054	1,185	-97	-8.2%
Public Administration	810	1.8%	644	902	-92	-10.2%
Information Not Available	15,102	32.8%	15,745	18,811	-3,709	-19.7%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Maine
	Nov 2014	Percent	Oct 2014	Nov 2013	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	8,391		5,512	10,109
Male	4,660	55.5%	2,879	5,611	-951	-16.9%
Female	3,730	44.5%	2,633	4,498	-768	-17.1%
Information Not Available	1	0.0%	0	0	1	0.0%

Ethnicity	8,391		5,512	10,109
Hispanic or Latino	117	1.4%	55	116	1	0.9%
Not Hispanic or Latino	5,883	70.1%	4,045	7,077	-1,194	-16.9%
Information Not Available	2,391	28.5%	1,412	2,916	-525	-18.0%

Race	8,391		5,512	10,109
American Indian or Alaskan Native	76	0.9%	53	80	-4	-5.0%
Asian	33	0.4%	20	40	-7	-17.5%
Black or African American	113	1.3%	81	93	20	21.5%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
White	6,088	72.6%	4,131	7,388	-1,300	-17.6%
Information Not Available	2,081	24.8%	1,227	2,508	-427	-17.0%

Years of Age	8,391		5,512	10,109
Younger than 22	328	2.4%	143	352	-24	-6.8%
22-24	462	3.3%	284	656	-194	-29.6%
25-34	1,896	13.7%	1,232	2,384	-488	-20.5%
35-44	1,644	11.9%	1,078	1,943	-299	-15.4%
45-54	1,901	13.8%	1,305	2,381	-480	-20.2%
55-59	1,019	7.4%	700	1,158	-139	-12.0%
60-64	685	5.0%	468	750	-65	-8.7%
65 and older	456	3.3%	302	485	-29	-6.0%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	8,391		5,512	10,109
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	139	1.6%	79	171	-32	-18.7%
Mining	6	0.1%	6	4	2	50.0%
Utilities	17	0.2%	16	15	2	13.3%
Construction	792	9.3%	379	1,020	-228	-22.4%
Manufacturing	702	8.2%	582	938	-236	-25.2%
Wholesale Trade	194	2.3%	172	182	12	6.6%
Retail Trade	625	7.3%	513	711	-86	-12.1%
Transporation and Warehousing	138	1.6%	138	163	-25	-15.3%
Information	125	1.5%	57	97	28	28.9%
Finance and Insurance	106	1.2%	103	151	-45	-29.8%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	97	1.1%	68	97	0	0.0%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	198	2.3%	182	243	-45	-18.5%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	10	0.1%	10	13	-3	-23.1%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	571	6.7%	350	621	-50	-8.1%
Educational Services	139	1.6%	143	170	-31	-18.2%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	528	6.2%	579	689	-161	-23.4%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	226	2.6%	60	279	-53	-19.0%
Accomodation and Food Services	1,237	14.5%	327	1,489	-252	-16.9%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	138	1.6%	117	255	-117	-45.9%
Public Administration	153	1.8%	116	172	-19	-11.0%
Information Not Available	2,250	26.4%	1,515	2,629	-379	-14.4%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Michigan
	Nov 2014	Percent	Oct 2014	Nov 2013	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	67,554		64,812	84,957
Male	36,343	53.8%	34,272	47,956	-11,613	-24.2%
Female	29,481	43.6%	28,838	35,927	-6,446	-17.9%
Information Not Available	1,730	2.6%	1,702	1,074	656	61.1%

Ethnicity	67,554		64,812	84,957
Hispanic or Latino	3,200	4.7%	2,441	3,053	147	4.8%
Not Hispanic or Latino	50,939	75.4%	49,416	65,396	-14,457	-22.1%
Information Not Available	13,415	19.9%	12,955	16,508	-3,093	-18.7%

Race	67,554		64,812	84,957
American Indian or Alaskan Native	752	1.1%	523	1,007	-255	-25.3%
Asian	675	1.0%	685	536	139	25.9%
Black or African American	12,245	18.1%	13,778	13,833	-1,588	-11.5%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	67	0.1%	60	59	8	13.6%
White	38,438	56.9%	35,237	49,087	-10,649	-21.7%
Information Not Available	15,377	22.8%	14,529	20,435	-5,058	-24.8%

Years of Age	67,554		64,812	84,957
Younger than 22	1,784	1.8%	1,566	2,214	-430	-19.4%
22-24	4,133	4.1%	3,732	5,104	-971	-19.0%
25-34	16,218	16.0%	15,315	19,394	-3,176	-16.4%
35-44	14,810	14.6%	14,949	19,886	-5,076	-25.5%
45-54	16,348	16.1%	15,925	21,591	-5,243	-24.3%
55-59	7,373	7.3%	7,255	9,046	-1,673	-18.5%
60-64	4,335	4.3%	4,192	5,021	-686	-13.7%
65 and older	2,551	2.5%	1,878	2,699	-148	-5.5%
Information Not Available	2	0.0%	0	2	0	0.0%

Industry	67,554		64,812	84,957
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	1,080	1.6%	478	983	97	9.9%
Mining	135	0.2%	98	118	17	14.4%
Utilities	58	0.1%	50	48	10	20.8%
Construction	5,665	8.3%	3,663	7,117	-1,452	-20.4%
Manufacturing	8,682	12.6%	9,907	8,820	-138	-1.6%
Wholesale Trade	3,276	4.8%	4,183	10,695	-7,419	-69.4%
Retail Trade	4,381	6.4%	4,049	5,292	-911	-17.2%
Transporation and Warehousing	1,767	2.6%	1,993	1,740	27	1.6%
Information	837	1.2%	793	882	-45	-5.1%
Finance and Insurance	1,580	2.3%	1,623	2,178	-598	-27.5%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	948	1.4%	943	932	16	1.7%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	4,253	6.2%	4,347	4,429	-176	-4.0%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	2,484	3.6%	5,159	3,092	-608	-19.7%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	8,391	12.2%	7,490	10,163	-1,772	-17.4%
Educational Services	1,838	2.7%	2,050	2,411	-573	-23.8%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	6,469	9.4%	6,721	7,427	-958	-12.9%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	2,443	3.6%	758	2,698	-255	-9.5%
Accomodation and Food Services	4,298	6.3%	2,847	4,902	-604	-12.3%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	1,863	2.7%	1,708	2,012	-149	-7.4%
Public Administration	1,449	2.1%	1,040	1,618	-169	-10.4%
Information Not Available	5,657	8.2%	4,912	7,400	-1,743	-23.6%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Minnesota
	Nov 2014	Percent	Oct 2014	Nov 2013	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	42,342		29,356	45,088
Male	27,971	66.1%	15,859	27,875	96	0.3%
Female	14,360	33.9%	13,487	17,189	-2,829	-16.5%
Information Not Available	11	0.0%	10	24	-13	-54.2%

Ethnicity	42,342		29,356	45,088
Hispanic or Latino	1,712	4.0%	1,179	1,554	158	10.2%
Not Hispanic or Latino	36,284	85.7%	24,985	38,635	-2,351	-6.1%
Information Not Available	4,346	10.3%	3,192	4,899	-553	-11.3%

Race	42,342		29,356	45,088
American Indian or Alaskan Native	631	1.5%	475	664	-33	-5.0%
Asian	893	2.1%	919	1,144	-251	-21.9%
Black or African American	2,960	7.0%	2,723	3,708	-748	-20.2%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	88	0.2%	70	88	0	0.0%
White	34,418	81.3%	22,641	35,964	-1,546	-4.3%
Information Not Available	3,352	7.9%	2,528	3,520	-168	-4.8%

Years of Age	42,342		29,356	45,088
Younger than 22	1,093	1.5%	471	1,055	38	3.6%
22-24	2,159	2.9%	1,196	2,474	-315	-12.7%
25-34	10,375	14.1%	6,745	11,199	-824	-7.4%
35-44	8,807	12.0%	6,187	9,300	-493	-5.3%
45-54	9,986	13.6%	7,340	10,839	-853	-7.9%
55-59	4,922	6.7%	3,633	5,157	-235	-4.6%
60-64	3,197	4.3%	2,494	3,320	-123	-3.7%
65 and older	1,790	2.4%	1,278	1,721	69	4.0%
Information Not Available	13	0.0%	12	23	-10	-43.5%

Industry	42,342		29,356	45,088
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	556	1.3%	225	555	1	0.2%
Mining	229	0.5%	50	279	-50	-17.9%
Utilities	173	0.4%	92	167	6	3.6%
Construction	10,376	24.2%	2,993	8,166	2,210	27.1%
Manufacturing	4,504	10.5%	4,109	5,413	-909	-16.8%
Wholesale Trade	1,617	3.8%	1,469	1,994	-377	-18.9%
Retail Trade	2,969	6.9%	2,497	3,186	-217	-6.8%
Transporation and Warehousing	977	2.3%	699	1,038	-61	-5.9%
Information	741	1.7%	746	866	-125	-14.4%
Finance and Insurance	1,187	2.8%	1,226	1,400	-213	-15.2%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	645	1.5%	563	763	-118	-15.5%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	2,236	5.2%	2,154	2,551	-315	-12.3%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	641	1.5%	638	698	-57	-8.2%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	4,319	10.1%	2,885	4,770	-451	-9.5%
Educational Services	1,094	2.6%	1,135	1,439	-345	-24.0%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	3,107	7.2%	3,124	3,969	-862	-21.7%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	1,133	2.6%	512	1,168	-35	-3.0%
Accomodation and Food Services	2,175	5.1%	1,649	2,466	-291	-11.8%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	1,080	2.5%	886	1,235	-155	-12.6%
Public Administration	1,090	2.5%	618	1,209	-119	-9.8%
Information Not Available	1,493	3.5%	1,086	1,756	-263	-15.0%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Missouri
	Nov 2014	Percent	Oct 2014	Nov 2013	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	32,257		30,605	40,594
Male	17,036	52.8%	15,453	21,743	-4,707	-21.6%
Female	15,158	47.0%	15,102	18,805	-3,647	-19.4%
Information Not Available	63	0.2%	50	46	17	37.0%

Ethnicity	32,257		30,605	40,594
Hispanic or Latino	1,171	3.6%	1,010	1,039	132	12.7%
Not Hispanic or Latino	24,853	77.0%	23,276	33,802	-8,949	-26.5%
Information Not Available	6,233	19.3%	6,319	5,753	480	8.3%

Race	32,257		30,605	40,594
American Indian or Alaskan Native	182	0.6%	236	251	-69	-27.5%
Asian	197	0.6%	182	206	-9	-4.4%
Black or African American	6,657	20.6%	6,872	4,772	1,885	39.5%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	1,073	3.3%	962	373	700	187.7%
White	20,497	63.5%	18,701	21,227	-730	-3.4%
Information Not Available	3,651	11.3%	3,652	13,765	-10,114	-73.5%

Years of Age	32,257		30,605	40,594
Younger than 22	767	1.5%	675	1,068	-301	-28.2%
22-24	1,714	3.4%	1,683	2,355	-641	-27.2%
25-34	7,727	15.3%	7,389	10,015	-2,288	-22.8%
35-44	7,275	14.4%	6,967	9,166	-1,891	-20.6%
45-54	7,795	15.4%	7,381	9,876	-2,081	-21.1%
55-59	3,437	6.8%	3,263	4,019	-582	-14.5%
60-64	2,099	4.1%	1,954	2,434	-335	-13.8%
65 and older	1,442	2.8%	1,292	1,621	-179	-11.0%
Information Not Available	1	0.0%	1	40	-39	-97.5%

Industry	32,257		30,605	40,594
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	180	0.6%	121	190	-10	-5.3%
Mining	94	0.3%	74	130	-36	-27.7%
Utilities	43	0.1%	52	65	-22	-33.8%
Construction	3,815	11.8%	3,102	4,700	-885	-18.8%
Manufacturing	3,583	11.0%	3,384	5,234	-1,651	-31.5%
Wholesale Trade	1,288	4.0%	1,309	1,638	-350	-21.4%
Retail Trade	3,072	9.5%	3,142	3,973	-901	-22.7%
Transporation and Warehousing	944	2.9%	914	1,196	-252	-21.1%
Information	656	2.0%	736	689	-33	-4.8%
Finance and Insurance	1,077	3.3%	1,195	1,568	-491	-31.3%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	505	1.6%	511	732	-227	-31.0%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	1,710	5.3%	1,777	1,806	-96	-5.3%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	157	0.5%	132	171	-14	-8.2%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	4,258	13.1%	4,015	5,252	-994	-18.9%
Educational Services	874	2.7%	938	983	-109	-11.1%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	3,992	12.3%	4,090	4,836	-844	-17.5%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	635	2.0%	393	730	-95	-13.0%
Accomodation and Food Services	2,744	8.5%	2,245	3,341	-597	-17.9%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	820	2.5%	858	1,302	-482	-37.0%
Public Administration	464	1.4%	384	481	-17	-3.5%
Information Not Available	1,346	4.1%	1,233	1,577	-231	-14.6%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Mississippi
	Nov 2014	Percent	Oct 2014	Nov 2013	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	14,566		15,630	21,515
Male	7,030	48.3%	6,995	10,569	-3,539	-33.5%
Female	7,521	51.6%	8,623	10,941	-3,420	-31.3%
Information Not Available	15	0.1%	12	5	10	200.0%

Ethnicity	14,566		15,630	21,515
Hispanic or Latino	253	1.7%	251	276	-23	-8.3%
Not Hispanic or Latino	13,401	92.0%	14,587	20,093	-6,692	-33.3%
Information Not Available	912	6.3%	792	1,146	-234	-20.4%

Race	14,566		15,630	21,515
American Indian or Alaskan Native	58	0.4%	53	63	-5	-7.9%
Asian	53	0.4%	60	74	-21	-28.4%
Black or African American	8,256	56.7%	9,214	12,567	-4,311	-34.3%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	136	0.9%	53	33	103	312.1%
White	5,778	39.7%	6,001	8,424	-2,646	-31.4%
Information Not Available	285	2.0%	249	354	-69	-19.5%

Years of Age	14,566		15,630	21,515
Younger than 22	341	1.8%	361	607	-266	-43.8%
22-24	789	4.1%	925	1,464	-675	-46.1%
25-34	3,717	19.1%	4,077	5,739	-2,022	-35.2%
35-44	3,449	17.7%	3,684	4,878	-1,429	-29.3%
45-54	3,328	17.1%	3,437	4,820	-1,492	-31.0%
55-59	1,417	7.3%	1,494	1,905	-488	-25.6%
60-64	869	4.5%	936	1,217	-348	-28.6%
65 and older	656	3.4%	716	885	-229	-25.9%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	14,566		15,630	21,515
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	273	1.8%	99	370	-97	-26.2%
Mining	29	0.2%	35	91	-62	-68.1%
Utilities	21	0.1%	20	22	-1	-4.5%
Construction	891	6.0%	934	1,204	-313	-26.0%
Manufacturing	1,949	13.1%	2,335	3,377	-1,428	-42.3%
Wholesale Trade	329	2.2%	341	499	-170	-34.1%
Retail Trade	1,306	8.8%	1,485	2,021	-715	-35.4%
Transporation and Warehousing	329	2.2%	323	466	-137	-29.4%
Information	158	1.1%	178	157	1	0.6%
Finance and Insurance	248	1.7%	289	317	-69	-21.8%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	130	0.9%	171	213	-83	-39.0%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	479	3.2%	490	584	-105	-18.0%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	198	1.3%	223	171	27	15.8%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	1,363	9.2%	1,575	2,351	-988	-42.0%
Educational Services	492	3.3%	521	653	-161	-24.7%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	1,393	9.4%	1,694	2,191	-798	-36.4%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	233	1.6%	239	172	61	35.5%
Accomodation and Food Services	1,364	9.2%	1,585	1,921	-557	-29.0%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	210	1.4%	238	364	-154	-42.3%
Public Administration	301	2.0%	322	446	-145	-32.5%
Information Not Available	2,870	19.3%	2,533	3,925	-1,055	-26.9%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Montana
	Nov 2014	Percent	Oct 2014	Nov 2013	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	7,685		4,713	7,720
Male	5,065	65.9%	2,539	4,728	337	7.1%
Female	2,613	34.0%	2,167	2,980	-367	-12.3%
Information Not Available	7	0.1%	7	12	-5	-41.7%

Ethnicity	7,685		4,713	7,720
Hispanic or Latino	307	4.0%	172	312	-5	-1.6%
Not Hispanic or Latino	7,084	92.2%	4,345	7,037	47	0.7%
Information Not Available	294	3.8%	196	371	-77	-20.8%

Race	7,685		4,713	7,720
American Indian or Alaskan Native	766	10.0%	596	913	-147	-16.1%
Asian	38	0.5%	32	51	-13	-25.5%
Black or African American	74	1.0%	54	76	-2	-2.6%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	15	0.2%	12	22	-7	-31.8%
White	6,701	87.2%	3,968	6,566	135	2.1%
Information Not Available	91	1.2%	51	92	-1	-1.1%

Years of Age	7,685		4,713	7,720
Younger than 22	184	1.3%	116	230	-46	-20.0%
22-24	462	3.3%	280	479	-17	-3.5%
25-34	2,142	15.5%	1,236	2,064	78	3.8%
35-44	1,547	11.2%	910	1,542	5	0.3%
45-54	1,657	12.0%	1,063	1,705	-48	-2.8%
55-59	779	5.6%	508	816	-37	-4.5%
60-64	571	4.1%	372	556	15	2.7%
65 and older	343	2.5%	228	328	15	4.6%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	7,685		4,713	7,720
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	125	1.6%	48	97	28	28.9%
Mining	205	2.6%	101	175	30	17.1%
Utilities	24	0.3%	23	58	-34	-58.6%
Construction	1,707	21.9%	464	1,214	493	40.6%
Manufacturing	365	4.7%	284	411	-46	-11.2%
Wholesale Trade	138	1.8%	109	165	-27	-16.4%
Retail Trade	534	6.8%	423	632	-98	-15.5%
Transporation and Warehousing	209	2.7%	136	163	46	28.2%
Information	71	0.9%	66	68	3	4.4%
Finance and Insurance	84	1.1%	65	127	-43	-33.9%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	85	1.1%	51	93	-8	-8.6%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	238	3.0%	191	247	-9	-3.6%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	10	0.1%	6	16	-6	-37.5%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	716	9.2%	379	769	-53	-6.9%
Educational Services	158	2.0%	138	200	-42	-21.0%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	452	5.8%	462	534	-82	-15.4%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	399	5.1%	269	379	20	5.3%
Accomodation and Food Services	1,256	16.1%	878	1,281	-25	-2.0%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	174	2.2%	135	217	-43	-19.8%
Public Administration	367	4.7%	290	438	-71	-16.2%
Information Not Available	368	4.7%	195	436	-68	-15.6%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants North Carolina
	Nov 2014	Percent	Oct 2014	Nov 2013	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	36,118		40,998	68,678
Male	17,995	49.8%	20,150	35,134	-17,139	-48.8%
Female	18,099	50.1%	20,826	33,528	-15,429	-46.0%
Information Not Available	24	0.1%	22	16	8	50.0%

Ethnicity	36,118		40,998	68,678
Hispanic or Latino	1,582	4.4%	1,762	3,240	-1,658	-51.2%
Not Hispanic or Latino	33,725	93.4%	38,463	64,426	-30,701	-47.7%
Information Not Available	811	2.2%	773	1,012	-201	-19.9%

Race	36,118		40,998	68,678
American Indian or Alaskan Native	575	1.6%	613	1,098	-523	-47.6%
Asian	405	1.1%	432	771	-366	-47.5%
Black or African American	14,795	41.0%	17,317	27,473	-12,678	-46.1%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	80	0.2%	78	79	1	1.3%
White	17,979	49.8%	20,070	35,197	-17,218	-48.9%
Information Not Available	2,284	6.3%	2,488	4,060	-1,776	-43.7%

Years of Age	36,118		40,998	68,678
Younger than 22	746	1.4%	871	1,864	-1,118	-60.0%
22-24	1,963	3.8%	2,353	4,368	-2,405	-55.1%
25-34	9,230	17.7%	10,490	17,469	-8,239	-47.2%
35-44	8,774	16.9%	10,039	16,342	-7,568	-46.3%
45-54	8,658	16.6%	9,679	16,061	-7,403	-46.1%
55-59	3,465	6.7%	3,868	6,425	-2,960	-46.1%
60-64	2,083	4.0%	2,363	3,823	-1,740	-45.5%
65 and older	1,199	2.3%	1,335	2,326	-1,127	-48.5%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	36,118		40,998	68,678
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	120	0.3%	121	274	-154	-56.2%
Mining	8	0.0%	5	25	-17	-68.0%
Utilities	26	0.1%	37	64	-38	-59.4%
Construction	1,606	4.4%	1,768	3,621	-2,015	-55.6%
Manufacturing	3,360	9.3%	3,925	7,384	-4,024	-54.5%
Wholesale Trade	1,211	3.3%	1,385	2,124	-913	-43.0%
Retail Trade	2,824	7.8%	3,308	5,391	-2,567	-47.6%
Transporation and Warehousing	531	1.5%	649	1,287	-756	-58.7%
Information	291	0.8%	350	520	-229	-44.0%
Finance and Insurance	875	2.4%	1,056	1,486	-611	-41.1%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	582	1.6%	471	840	-258	-30.7%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	1,439	4.0%	1,631	2,590	-1,151	-44.4%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	141	0.4%	170	231	-90	-39.0%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	4,235	11.7%	4,815	8,007	-3,772	-47.1%
Educational Services	663	1.8%	880	1,869	-1,206	-64.5%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	2,701	7.5%	3,269	5,710	-3,009	-52.7%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	311	0.9%	186	594	-283	-47.6%
Accomodation and Food Services	1,775	4.9%	1,870	3,505	-1,730	-49.4%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	522	1.4%	580	1,053	-531	-50.4%
Public Administration	337	0.9%	372	727	-390	-53.6%
Information Not Available	12,560	34.7%	14,150	21,376	-8,816	-41.2%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants North Dakota
	Nov 2014	Percent	Oct 2014	Nov 2013	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	2,168		1,424	2,089
Male	1,593	73.5%	917	1,404	189	13.5%
Female	574	26.5%	507	683	-109	-16.0%
Information Not Available	1	0.0%	0	2	-1	-50.0%

Ethnicity	2,168		1,424	2,089
Hispanic or Latino	104	4.8%	60	106	-2	-1.9%
Not Hispanic or Latino	2,009	92.7%	1,319	1,915	94	4.9%
Information Not Available	55	2.5%	45	68	-13	-19.1%

Race	2,168		1,424	2,089
American Indian or Alaskan Native	123	5.7%	68	208	-85	-40.9%
Asian	12	0.6%	15	11	1	9.1%
Black or African American	99	4.6%	65	84	15	17.9%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	7	0.3%	4	3	4	133.3%
White	1,768	81.5%	1,167	1,609	159	9.9%
Information Not Available	159	7.3%	105	174	-15	-8.6%

Years of Age	2,168		1,424	2,089
Younger than 22	41	1.1%	14	38	3	7.9%
22-24	114	3.0%	59	80	34	42.5%
25-34	543	14.4%	352	477	66	13.8%
35-44	394	10.5%	303	429	-35	-8.2%
45-54	510	13.6%	353	519	-9	-1.7%
55-59	268	7.1%	172	241	27	11.2%
60-64	173	4.6%	117	171	2	1.2%
65 and older	125	3.3%	51	134	-9	-6.7%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	3	0	0	0.0%

Industry	2,168		1,424	2,089
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	72	3.2%	26	71	1	1.4%
Mining	120	5.4%	58	90	30	33.3%
Utilities	3	0.1%	4	4	-1	-25.0%
Construction	549	24.5%	146	472	77	16.3%
Manufacturing	307	13.7%	373	179	128	71.5%
Wholesale Trade	131	5.8%	96	103	28	27.2%
Retail Trade	113	5.0%	102	142	-29	-20.4%
Transporation and Warehousing	90	4.0%	55	98	-8	-8.2%
Information	23	1.0%	16	28	-5	-17.9%
Finance and Insurance	47	2.1%	45	40	7	17.5%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	15	0.7%	19	17	-2	-11.8%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	71	3.2%	58	72	-1	-1.4%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	4	0.2%	4	13	-9	-69.2%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	112	5.0%	58	132	-20	-15.2%
Educational Services	3	0.1%	2	1	2	200.0%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	104	4.6%	105	129	-25	-19.4%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	20	0.9%	9	28	-8	-28.6%
Accomodation and Food Services	73	3.3%	59	90	-17	-18.9%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	29	1.3%	20	40	-11	-27.5%
Public Administration	116	5.2%	78	181	-65	-35.9%
Information Not Available	166	7.4%	91	159	7	4.4%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Nebraska
	Nov 2014	Percent	Oct 2014	Nov 2013	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	6,409		5,719	7,328
Male	3,351	52.3%	2,619	3,598	-247	-6.9%
Female	2,732	42.6%	2,857	3,300	-568	-17.2%
Information Not Available	326	5.1%	243	430	-104	-24.2%

Ethnicity	6,409		5,719	7,328
Hispanic or Latino	503	7.8%	374	508	-5	-1.0%
Not Hispanic or Latino	4,961	77.4%	4,555	5,732	-771	-13.5%
Information Not Available	945	14.7%	790	1,088	-143	-13.1%

Race	6,409		5,719	7,328
American Indian or Alaskan Native	95	1.5%	85	125	-30	-24.0%
Asian	71	1.1%	83	91	-20	-22.0%
Black or African American	611	9.5%	618	762	-151	-19.8%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	24	0.4%	22	17	7	41.2%
White	4,392	68.5%	3,917	4,967	-575	-11.6%
Information Not Available	1,216	19.0%	994	1,366	-150	-11.0%

Years of Age	6,409		5,719	7,328
Younger than 22	107	1.0%	104	123	-16	-13.0%
22-24	281	2.7%	235	306	-25	-8.2%
25-34	1,541	15.0%	1,349	1,786	-245	-13.7%
35-44	1,376	13.4%	1,231	1,645	-269	-16.4%
45-54	1,508	14.6%	1,369	1,787	-279	-15.6%
55-59	767	7.4%	677	773	-6	-0.8%
60-64	503	4.9%	469	563	-60	-10.7%
65 and older	326	3.2%	285	345	-19	-5.5%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	6,409		5,719	7,328
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	68	1.0%	47	87	-19	-21.8%
Mining	70	1.1%	4	10	60	600.0%
Utilities	14	0.2%	14	16	-2	-12.5%
Construction	884	13.6%	315	765	119	15.6%
Manufacturing	880	13.6%	1,049	950	-70	-7.4%
Wholesale Trade	246	3.8%	234	270	-24	-8.9%
Retail Trade	533	8.2%	534	708	-175	-24.7%
Transporation and Warehousing	169	2.6%	187	215	-46	-21.4%
Information	130	2.0%	131	116	14	12.1%
Finance and Insurance	280	4.3%	298	312	-32	-10.3%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	70	1.1%	71	106	-36	-34.0%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	277	4.3%	294	328	-51	-15.5%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	44	0.7%	53	54	-10	-18.5%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	714	11.0%	593	881	-167	-19.0%
Educational Services	128	2.0%	133	162	-34	-21.0%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	637	9.8%	680	797	-160	-20.1%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	113	1.7%	66	110	3	2.7%
Accomodation and Food Services	389	6.0%	371	421	-32	-7.6%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	133	2.1%	127	197	-64	-32.5%
Public Administration	232	3.6%	159	263	-31	-11.8%
Information Not Available	398	6.1%	359	560	-162	-28.9%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants New Hampshire
	Nov 2014	Percent	Oct 2014	Nov 2013	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	5,524		5,010	6,862
Male	2,980	53.9%	2,597	3,671	-691	-18.8%
Female	2,508	45.4%	2,375	3,135	-627	-20.0%
Information Not Available	36	0.7%	38	56	-20	-35.7%

Ethnicity	5,524		5,010	6,862
Hispanic or Latino	160	2.9%	171	229	-69	-30.1%
Not Hispanic or Latino	4,648	84.1%	4,206	5,668	-1,020	-18.0%
Information Not Available	716	13.0%	633	965	-249	-25.8%

Race	5,524		5,010	6,862
American Indian or Alaskan Native	31	0.6%	28	36	-5	-13.9%
Asian	87	1.6%	83	101	-14	-13.9%
Black or African American	95	1.7%	88	102	-7	-6.9%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	7	0.1%	6	7	0	0.0%
White	4,925	89.2%	4,463	6,070	-1,145	-18.9%
Information Not Available	379	6.9%	342	546	-167	-30.6%

Years of Age	5,524		5,010	6,862
Younger than 22	64	0.6%	50	93	-29	-31.2%
22-24	159	1.6%	155	274	-115	-42.0%
25-34	1,030	10.5%	930	1,204	-174	-14.5%
35-44	1,018	10.3%	907	1,311	-293	-22.3%
45-54	1,498	15.2%	1,350	1,885	-387	-20.5%
55-59	789	8.0%	750	937	-148	-15.8%
60-64	598	6.1%	518	708	-110	-15.5%
65 and older	368	3.7%	350	450	-82	-18.2%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	5,524		5,010	6,862
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	22	0.4%	26	38	-16	-42.1%
Mining	2	0.0%	0	8	-6	-75.0%
Utilities	4	0.1%	7	11	-7	-63.6%
Construction	104	1.9%	91	186	-82	-44.1%
Manufacturing	624	11.3%	661	687	-63	-9.2%
Wholesale Trade	260	4.7%	241	365	-105	-28.8%
Retail Trade	348	6.3%	338	563	-215	-38.2%
Transporation and Warehousing	81	1.5%	70	137	-56	-40.9%
Information	240	4.3%	76	99	141	142.4%
Finance and Insurance	162	2.9%	224	264	-102	-38.6%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	87	1.6%	74	91	-4	-4.4%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	285	5.1%	288	400	-115	-28.8%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	23	0.4%	22	46	-23	-50.0%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	735	13.3%	687	812	-77	-9.5%
Educational Services	286	5.2%	277	295	-9	-3.1%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	519	9.4%	528	637	-118	-18.5%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	156	2.8%	77	194	-38	-19.6%
Accomodation and Food Services	147	2.7%	82	184	-37	-20.1%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	165	3.0%	178	232	-67	-28.9%
Public Administration	107	1.9%	70	142	-35	-24.6%
Information Not Available	1,167	21.0%	993	1,471	-304	-20.7%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants New Jersey
	Nov 2014	Percent	Oct 2014	Nov 2013	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	110,379		102,770	119,967
Male	58,549	53.0%	53,149	64,402	-5,853	-9.1%
Female	51,830	47.0%	49,621	55,565	-3,735	-6.7%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	110,379		102,770	119,967
Hispanic or Latino	22,852	20.7%	20,772	23,927	-1,075	-4.5%
Not Hispanic or Latino	75,643	68.5%	70,803	83,242	-7,599	-9.1%
Information Not Available	11,884	10.8%	11,195	12,798	-914	-7.1%

Race	110,379		102,770	119,967
American Indian or Alaskan Native	65,083	59.0%	461	550	64,533	11733.3%
Asian	23,698	21.5%	4,287	4,489	19,209	427.9%
Black or African American	526	0.5%	23,454	25,067	-24,541	-97.9%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	4,330	3.9%	637	771	3,559	461.6%
White	693	0.6%	58,923	72,057	-71,364	-99.0%
Information Not Available	16,049	14.5%	15,008	17,033	-984	-5.8%

Years of Age	110,379		102,770	119,967
Younger than 22	3,247	3.2%	2,786	3,610	-363	-10.1%
22-24	6,892	6.7%	6,293	7,838	-946	-12.1%
25-34	26,535	25.8%	24,928	28,575	-2,040	-7.1%
35-44	22,050	21.4%	20,708	24,218	-2,168	-9.0%
45-54	24,867	24.2%	23,351	27,613	-2,746	-9.9%
55-59	11,226	10.9%	10,530	11,956	-730	-6.1%
60-64	8,117	7.9%	7,513	8,390	-273	-3.3%
65 and older	7,445	7.2%	6,661	7,767	-322	-4.1%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	110,379		102,770	119,967
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	542	0.5%	240	625	-83	-13.3%
Mining	55	0.0%	55	33	22	66.7%
Utilities	111	0.1%	129	138	-27	-19.6%
Construction	7,083	6.4%	6,336	8,938	-1,855	-20.8%
Manufacturing	6,856	6.2%	6,487	7,763	-907	-11.7%
Wholesale Trade	5,183	4.7%	5,015	6,190	-1,007	-16.3%
Retail Trade	11,302	10.2%	11,006	13,319	-2,017	-15.1%
Transporation and Warehousing	4,544	4.1%	4,397	4,954	-410	-8.3%
Information	1,865	1.7%	1,948	2,331	-466	-20.0%
Finance and Insurance	3,471	3.1%	3,567	4,956	-1,485	-30.0%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	1,607	1.4%	1,471	1,891	-284	-15.0%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	6,131	5.5%	6,095	6,671	-540	-8.1%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	488	0.4%	457	602	-114	-18.9%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	12,913	11.6%	11,758	14,560	-1,647	-11.3%
Educational Services	4,403	4.0%	4,480	4,490	-87	-1.9%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	10,753	9.7%	10,958	12,372	-1,619	-13.1%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	2,510	2.3%	1,404	2,689	-179	-6.7%
Accomodation and Food Services	13,110	11.8%	10,809	11,211	1,899	16.9%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	2,736	2.5%	2,610	3,021	-285	-9.4%
Public Administration	1,525	1.4%	1,257	1,751	-226	-12.9%
Information Not Available	13,191	11.9%	12,291	11,462	1,729	15.1%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants New Mexico
	Nov 2014	Percent	Oct 2014	Nov 2013	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	12,710		11,759	14,550
Male	7,045	55.4%	6,366	8,143	-1,098	-13.5%
Female	5,665	44.6%	5,393	6,407	-742	-11.6%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	12,710		11,759	14,550
Hispanic or Latino	6,659	52.4%	5,774	7,452	-793	-10.6%
Not Hispanic or Latino	4,919	38.7%	4,897	5,791	-872	-15.1%
Information Not Available	1,132	8.9%	1,088	1,307	-175	-13.4%

Race	12,710		11,759	14,550
American Indian or Alaskan Native	1,337	10.5%	1,319	1,660	-323	-19.5%
Asian	84	0.7%	94	105	-21	-20.0%
Black or African American	366	2.9%	378	391	-25	-6.4%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	40	0.3%	36	45	-5	-11.1%
White	6,626	52.1%	6,122	7,369	-743	-10.1%
Information Not Available	4,257	33.5%	3,810	4,980	-723	-14.5%

Years of Age	12,710		11,759	14,550
Younger than 22	395	2.1%	311	411	-16	-3.9%
22-24	779	4.2%	665	792	-13	-1.6%
25-34	3,127	17.0%	2,981	3,558	-431	-12.1%
35-44	2,730	14.8%	2,609	3,169	-439	-13.9%
45-54	2,939	15.9%	2,674	3,367	-428	-12.7%
55-59	1,288	7.0%	1,168	1,544	-256	-16.6%
60-64	891	4.8%	842	1,062	-171	-16.1%
65 and older	561	3.0%	509	647	-86	-13.3%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	12,710		11,759	14,550
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	812	6.0%	283	627	185	29.5%
Mining	281	2.1%	299	283	-2	-0.7%
Utilities	29	0.2%	27	26	3	11.5%
Construction	2,380	17.6%	2,231	2,655	-275	-10.4%
Manufacturing	785	5.8%	614	837	-52	-6.2%
Wholesale Trade	324	2.4%	279	366	-42	-11.5%
Retail Trade	1,290	9.5%	1,291	1,447	-157	-10.9%
Transporation and Warehousing	249	1.8%	244	334	-85	-25.4%
Information	303	2.2%	329	586	-283	-48.3%
Finance and Insurance	287	2.1%	295	295	-8	-2.7%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	188	1.4%	183	212	-24	-11.3%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	678	5.0%	712	766	-88	-11.5%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	81	0.6%	87	21	60	285.7%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	859	6.4%	871	1,336	-477	-35.7%
Educational Services	499	3.7%	499	529	-30	-5.7%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	1,449	10.7%	1,488	1,808	-359	-19.9%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	316	2.3%	283	294	22	7.5%
Accomodation and Food Services	1,075	8.0%	951	1,093	-18	-1.6%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	299	2.2%	290	529	-230	-43.5%
Public Administration	526	3.9%	503	500	26	5.2%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	6	-6	-100.0%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Nevada
	Nov 2014	Percent	Oct 2014	Nov 2013	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	27,999		25,985	28,152
Male	15,698	56.1%	14,179	15,887	-189	-1.2%
Female	12,197	43.6%	11,698	12,172	25	0.2%
Information Not Available	104	0.4%	108	93	11	11.8%

Ethnicity	27,999		25,985	28,152
Hispanic or Latino	5,712	20.4%	5,077	5,384	328	6.1%
Not Hispanic or Latino	17,836	63.7%	16,754	18,041	-205	-1.1%
Information Not Available	4,451	15.9%	4,154	4,727	-276	-5.8%

Race	27,999		25,985	28,152
American Indian or Alaskan Native	675	2.4%	608	592	83	14.0%
Asian	1,716	6.1%	1,583	2,419	-703	-29.1%
Black or African American	3,810	13.6%	3,697	3,479	331	9.5%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	650	2.3%	630	823	-173	-21.0%
White	16,589	59.2%	15,329	16,965	-376	-2.2%
Information Not Available	4,559	16.3%	4,138	3,874	685	17.7%

Years of Age	27,999		25,985	28,152
Younger than 22	694	1.6%	646	834	-140	-16.8%
22-24	1,495	3.5%	1,379	1,665	-170	-10.2%
25-34	6,572	15.4%	6,073	6,634	-62	-0.9%
35-44	6,147	14.4%	5,786	6,152	-5	-0.1%
45-54	6,652	15.6%	6,056	6,667	-15	-0.2%
55-59	2,887	6.8%	2,679	2,814	73	2.6%
60-64	2,004	4.7%	1,853	1,892	112	5.9%
65 and older	1,548	3.6%	1,513	1,494	54	3.6%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	27,999		25,985	28,152
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	35	0.1%	31	33	2	6.1%
Mining	198	0.7%	180	318	-120	-37.7%
Utilities	46	0.2%	29	63	-17	-27.0%
Construction	3,187	11.4%	2,608	2,719	468	17.2%
Manufacturing	945	3.4%	936	898	47	5.2%
Wholesale Trade	635	2.3%	626	600	35	5.8%
Retail Trade	2,145	7.7%	2,141	2,126	19	0.9%
Transporation and Warehousing	791	2.8%	746	897	-106	-11.8%
Information	331	1.2%	343	246	85	34.6%
Finance and Insurance	697	2.5%	714	620	77	12.4%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	610	2.2%	592	618	-8	-1.3%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	1,055	3.8%	1,045	1,102	-47	-4.3%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	209	0.7%	236	204	5	2.5%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	3,797	13.5%	3,468	3,430	367	10.7%
Educational Services	379	1.4%	391	313	66	21.1%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	1,526	5.4%	1,590	1,588	-62	-3.9%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	640	2.3%	561	651	-11	-1.7%
Accomodation and Food Services	4,830	17.2%	4,159	4,961	-131	-2.6%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	505	1.8%	509	577	-72	-12.5%
Public Administration	445	1.6%	399	447	-2	-0.4%
Information Not Available	4,993	17.8%	4,681	5,741	-748	-13.0%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants New York
	Nov 2014	Percent	Oct 2014	Nov 2013	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	167,802		158,195	206,268
Male	94,792	56.5%	84,812	115,380	-20,588	-17.8%
Female	72,992	43.5%	73,358	90,859	-17,867	-19.7%
Information Not Available	18	0.0%	25	29	-11	-37.9%

Ethnicity	167,802		158,195	206,268
Hispanic or Latino	29,043	17.3%	28,221	34,566	-5,523	-16.0%
Not Hispanic or Latino	111,834	66.6%	104,110	138,259	-26,425	-19.1%
Information Not Available	26,925	16.0%	25,864	33,443	-6,518	-19.5%

Race	167,802		158,195	206,268
American Indian or Alaskan Native	1,454	0.9%	1,388	1,745	-291	-16.7%
Asian	5,427	3.2%	5,555	6,836	-1,409	-20.6%
Black or African American	27,595	16.4%	28,101	34,471	-6,876	-19.9%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	1,017	0.6%	986	1,069	-52	-4.9%
White	88,761	52.9%	79,696	109,229	-20,468	-18.7%
Information Not Available	43,548	26.0%	42,469	52,918	-9,370	-17.7%

Years of Age	167,802		158,195	206,268
Younger than 22	4,875	2.0%	4,475	7,111	-2,236	-31.4%
22-24	11,015	4.5%	10,483	15,195	-4,180	-27.5%
25-34	43,872	17.8%	42,027	54,145	-10,273	-19.0%
35-44	34,818	14.2%	33,242	42,483	-7,665	-18.0%
45-54	37,271	15.2%	35,103	45,129	-7,858	-17.4%
55-59	15,899	6.5%	14,881	18,667	-2,768	-14.8%
60-64	10,737	4.4%	9,874	12,979	-2,242	-17.3%
65 and older	9,315	3.8%	8,110	10,559	-1,244	-11.8%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	167,802		158,195	206,268
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	567	0.3%	303	643	-76	-11.8%
Mining	323	0.2%	101	363	-40	-11.0%
Utilities	118	0.1%	119	211	-93	-44.1%
Construction	20,819	12.4%	16,781	23,788	-2,969	-12.5%
Manufacturing	9,962	5.9%	9,718	12,490	-2,528	-20.2%
Wholesale Trade	6,531	3.9%	6,380	7,583	-1,052	-13.9%
Retail Trade	15,229	9.0%	15,029	18,729	-3,500	-18.7%
Transporation and Warehousing	6,320	3.8%	6,304	7,032	-712	-10.1%
Information	5,110	3.0%	5,122	6,659	-1,549	-23.3%
Finance and Insurance	5,882	3.5%	6,104	8,295	-2,413	-29.1%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	3,999	2.4%	3,897	4,881	-882	-18.1%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	10,519	6.2%	10,785	13,445	-2,926	-21.8%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	811	0.5%	827	914	-103	-11.3%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	21,521	12.8%	19,942	26,327	-4,806	-18.3%
Educational Services	6,215	3.7%	6,620	9,061	-2,846	-31.4%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	18,288	10.9%	18,757	23,317	-5,029	-21.6%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	6,865	4.1%	4,562	7,481	-616	-8.2%
Accomodation and Food Services	13,998	8.3%	12,187	15,940	-1,942	-12.2%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	5,251	3.1%	4,862	6,514	-1,263	-19.4%
Public Administration	4,892	2.9%	4,321	6,562	-1,670	-25.4%
Information Not Available	4,582	2.7%	5,474	6,033	-1,451	-24.1%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Ohio
	Nov 2014	Percent	Oct 2014	Nov 2013	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	55,169		51,039	66,976
Male	32,196	58.4%	27,919	39,468	-7,272	-18.4%
Female	22,806	41.3%	22,938	27,294	-4,488	-16.4%
Information Not Available	167	0.3%	182	214	-47	-22.0%

Ethnicity	55,169		51,039	66,976
Hispanic or Latino	1,883	3.4%	1,535	2,017	-134	-6.6%
Not Hispanic or Latino	50,734	92.0%	47,053	61,926	-11,192	-18.1%
Information Not Available	2,552	4.6%	2,451	3,033	-481	-15.9%

Race	55,169		51,039	66,976
American Indian or Alaskan Native	238	0.4%	238	306	-68	-22.2%
Asian	383	0.7%	365	391	-8	-2.0%
Black or African American	9,431	17.1%	9,456	11,111	-1,680	-15.1%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	54	0.1%	56	48	6	12.5%
White	42,233	76.6%	38,357	52,077	-9,844	-18.9%
Information Not Available	2,830	5.1%	2,567	3,043	-213	-7.0%

Years of Age	55,169		51,039	66,976
Younger than 22	1,081	1.2%	862	1,442	-361	-25.0%
22-24	2,238	2.4%	1,959	2,972	-734	-24.7%
25-34	11,621	12.5%	10,575	14,680	-3,059	-20.8%
35-44	13,050	14.0%	12,156	15,607	-2,557	-16.4%
45-54	14,260	15.3%	13,408	17,452	-3,192	-18.3%
55-59	6,610	7.1%	6,215	7,820	-1,210	-15.5%
60-64	4,246	4.6%	4,002	4,696	-450	-9.6%
65 and older	2,063	2.2%	1,862	2,307	-244	-10.6%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	55,169		51,039	66,976
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	389	0.7%	208	398	-9	-2.3%
Mining	265	0.5%	184	225	40	17.8%
Utilities	45	0.1%	55	86	-41	-47.7%
Construction	9,052	16.3%	6,072	10,867	-1,815	-16.7%
Manufacturing	8,448	15.2%	9,060	10,803	-2,355	-21.8%
Wholesale Trade	2,702	4.9%	2,497	3,055	-353	-11.6%
Retail Trade	2,696	4.9%	2,704	3,381	-685	-20.3%
Transporation and Warehousing	1,665	3.0%	1,567	2,007	-342	-17.0%
Information	898	1.6%	955	1,224	-326	-26.6%
Finance and Insurance	1,740	3.1%	1,943	2,532	-792	-31.3%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	980	1.8%	884	1,092	-112	-10.3%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	3,127	5.6%	3,272	3,590	-463	-12.9%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	1,175	2.1%	1,061	1,280	-105	-8.2%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	7,763	14.0%	7,120	9,195	-1,432	-15.6%
Educational Services	1,423	2.6%	1,525	2,016	-593	-29.4%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	5,582	10.0%	5,686	6,544	-962	-14.7%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	1,177	2.1%	623	1,454	-277	-19.1%
Accomodation and Food Services	2,345	4.2%	2,120	2,884	-539	-18.7%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	1,281	2.3%	1,221	1,531	-250	-16.3%
Public Administration	606	1.1%	505	729	-123	-16.9%
Information Not Available	1,810	3.3%	1,777	2,083	-273	-13.1%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Oklahoma
	Nov 2014	Percent	Oct 2014	Nov 2013	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	15,778		15,488	24,058
Male	8,291	52.5%	7,916	12,894	-4,603	-35.7%
Female	7,460	47.3%	7,545	11,118	-3,658	-32.9%
Information Not Available	27	0.2%	27	46	-19	-41.3%

Ethnicity	15,778		15,488	24,058
Hispanic or Latino	1,189	7.5%	1,189	1,962	-773	-39.4%
Not Hispanic or Latino	14,589	92.5%	14,299	22,096	-7,507	-34.0%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Race	15,778		15,488	24,058
American Indian or Alaskan Native	1,554	9.8%	1,525	2,428	-874	-36.0%
Asian	101	0.6%	126	190	-89	-46.8%
Black or African American	2,498	15.8%	2,493	3,698	-1,200	-32.4%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	35	0.2%	37	31	4	12.9%
White	9,680	61.4%	9,483	14,685	-5,005	-34.1%
Information Not Available	1,910	12.1%	1,824	3,026	-1,116	-36.9%

Years of Age	15,778		15,488	24,058
Younger than 22	313	1.3%	315	521	-208	-39.9%
22-24	771	3.2%	749	1,253	-482	-38.5%
25-34	3,769	15.4%	3,728	5,924	-2,155	-36.4%
35-44	3,679	15.0%	3,564	5,537	-1,858	-33.6%
45-54	3,849	15.7%	3,749	5,736	-1,887	-32.9%
55-59	1,682	6.9%	1,645	2,419	-737	-30.5%
60-64	984	4.0%	1,036	1,584	-600	-37.9%
65 and older	731	3.0%	702	1,084	-353	-32.6%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	15,778		15,488	24,058
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	43	0.3%	40	101	-58	-57.4%
Mining	584	3.7%	564	908	-324	-35.7%
Utilities	36	0.2%	36	74	-38	-51.4%
Construction	1,444	9.1%	1,268	2,140	-696	-32.5%
Manufacturing	1,484	9.4%	1,502	2,578	-1,094	-42.4%
Wholesale Trade	658	4.2%	644	1,013	-355	-35.0%
Retail Trade	1,676	10.6%	1,635	2,415	-739	-30.6%
Transporation and Warehousing	426	2.7%	434	587	-161	-27.4%
Information	362	2.3%	397	548	-186	-33.9%
Finance and Insurance	452	2.9%	489	640	-188	-29.4%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	262	1.7%	268	431	-169	-39.2%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	853	5.4%	868	1,248	-395	-31.7%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	49	0.3%	52	106	-57	-53.8%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	1,944	12.3%	1,953	3,128	-1,184	-37.9%
Educational Services	508	3.2%	514	645	-137	-21.2%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	1,791	11.3%	1,753	2,593	-802	-30.9%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	215	1.4%	177	455	-240	-52.7%
Accomodation and Food Services	746	4.7%	765	1,269	-523	-41.2%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	628	4.0%	566	803	-175	-21.8%
Public Administration	871	5.5%	856	1,068	-197	-18.4%
Information Not Available	746	4.7%	707	1,308	-562	-43.0%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Oregon
	Nov 2014	Percent	Oct 2014	Nov 2013	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	35,415		31,932	42,614
Male	20,769	58.6%	17,711	24,295	-3,526	-14.5%
Female	14,645	41.4%	14,216	18,309	-3,664	-20.0%
Information Not Available	1	0.0%	5	10	-9	-90.0%

Ethnicity	35,415		31,932	42,614
Hispanic or Latino	3,910	11.0%	2,998	4,472	-562	-12.6%
Not Hispanic or Latino	27,256	77.0%	25,040	33,129	-5,873	-17.7%
Information Not Available	4,249	12.0%	3,894	5,013	-764	-15.2%

Race	35,415		31,932	42,614
American Indian or Alaskan Native	404	1.1%	352	460	-56	-12.2%
Asian	709	2.0%	625	879	-170	-19.3%
Black or African American	636	1.8%	633	774	-138	-17.8%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	273	0.8%	220	311	-38	-12.2%
White	19,444	54.9%	18,058	23,183	-3,739	-16.1%
Information Not Available	13,949	39.4%	12,044	17,007	-3,058	-18.0%

Years of Age	35,415		31,932	42,614
Younger than 22	719	1.4%	559	964	-245	-25.4%
22-24	1,663	3.2%	1,450	2,221	-558	-25.1%
25-34	8,356	16.0%	7,604	10,269	-1,913	-18.6%
35-44	8,168	15.7%	7,474	9,396	-1,228	-13.1%
45-54	8,444	16.2%	7,561	10,275	-1,831	-17.8%
55-59	3,887	7.5%	3,375	4,538	-651	-14.3%
60-64	2,700	5.2%	2,600	3,157	-457	-14.5%
65 and older	1,478	2.8%	1,309	1,794	-316	-17.6%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	35,415		31,932	42,614
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	1,553	4.2%	856	1,723	-170	-9.9%
Mining	95	0.3%	36	138	-43	-31.2%
Utilities	64	0.2%	57	79	-15	-19.0%
Construction	5,063	13.7%	4,038	4,563	500	11.0%
Manufacturing	3,884	10.5%	3,360	4,843	-959	-19.8%
Wholesale Trade	1,202	3.3%	1,127	1,454	-252	-17.3%
Retail Trade	3,318	9.0%	3,286	4,215	-897	-21.3%
Transporation and Warehousing	838	2.3%	743	1,181	-343	-29.0%
Information	677	1.8%	691	907	-230	-25.4%
Finance and Insurance	1,020	2.8%	1,118	1,374	-354	-25.8%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	554	1.5%	478	689	-135	-19.6%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	1,583	4.3%	1,598	1,835	-252	-13.7%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	194	0.5%	190	263	-69	-26.2%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	3,411	9.2%	3,227	4,370	-959	-21.9%
Educational Services	758	2.1%	817	1,059	-301	-28.4%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	3,487	9.4%	3,662	4,518	-1,031	-22.8%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	662	1.8%	411	872	-210	-24.1%
Accomodation and Food Services	2,914	7.9%	2,491	3,532	-618	-17.5%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	935	2.5%	937	1,242	-307	-24.7%
Public Administration	1,008	2.7%	846	1,218	-210	-17.2%
Information Not Available	2,195	5.9%	1,963	2,539	-344	-13.5%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Pennsylvania
	Nov 2014	Percent	Oct 2014	Nov 2013	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	127,986		119,896	158,373
Male	71,576	55.9%	63,770	89,624	-18,048	-20.1%
Female	56,400	44.1%	56,108	68,733	-12,333	-17.9%
Information Not Available	10	0.0%	18	16	-6	-37.5%

Ethnicity	127,986		119,896	158,373
Hispanic or Latino	8,119	6.3%	7,893	9,510	-1,391	-14.6%
Not Hispanic or Latino	115,702	90.4%	108,114	143,654	-27,952	-19.5%
Information Not Available	4,165	3.3%	3,889	5,209	-1,044	-20.0%

Race	127,986		119,896	158,373
American Indian or Alaskan Native	317	0.2%	301	465	-148	-31.8%
Asian	58	0.0%	50	53	5	9.4%
Black or African American	21,820	17.0%	22,146	26,669	-4,849	-18.2%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	1,696	1.3%	14,695	1,975	-279	-14.1%
White	92,160	72.0%	84,277	115,116	-22,956	-19.9%
Information Not Available	11,935	9.3%	11,427	14,095	-2,160	-15.3%

Years of Age	127,986		119,896	158,373
Younger than 22	3,226	1.5%	3,067	4,807	-1,581	-32.9%
22-24	7,277	3.5%	6,860	9,448	-2,171	-23.0%
25-34	29,545	14.0%	27,942	37,536	-7,991	-21.3%
35-44	26,455	12.6%	25,078	33,386	-6,931	-20.8%
45-54	30,223	14.4%	28,017	37,510	-7,287	-19.4%
55-59	14,171	6.7%	13,222	16,590	-2,419	-14.6%
60-64	9,764	4.6%	9,147	11,165	-1,401	-12.5%
65 and older	7,325	3.5%	6,563	7,931	-606	-7.6%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	127,986		119,896	158,373
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	458	0.4%	331	564	-106	-18.8%
Mining	1,273	1.0%	1,014	2,066	-793	-38.4%
Utilities	249	0.2%	282	485	-236	-48.7%
Construction	15,889	12.4%	11,794	19,579	-3,690	-18.8%
Manufacturing	14,561	11.3%	14,852	18,737	-4,176	-22.3%
Wholesale Trade	4,455	3.5%	4,314	5,263	-808	-15.4%
Retail Trade	12,642	9.8%	12,703	15,206	-2,564	-16.9%
Transporation and Warehousing	5,442	4.2%	5,352	7,220	-1,778	-24.6%
Information	1,810	1.4%	1,820	2,296	-486	-21.2%
Finance and Insurance	3,880	3.0%	3,964	4,839	-959	-19.8%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	1,645	1.3%	1,588	1,730	-85	-4.9%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	6,364	5.0%	6,295	7,993	-1,629	-20.4%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	893	0.7%	829	897	-4	-0.4%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	14,546	11.3%	13,371	16,938	-2,392	-14.1%
Educational Services	4,163	3.2%	4,378	6,869	-2,706	-39.4%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	17,750	13.8%	18,061	20,832	-3,082	-14.8%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	3,982	3.1%	2,220	4,157	-175	-4.2%
Accomodation and Food Services	8,990	7.0%	8,344	10,888	-1,898	-17.4%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	3,227	2.5%	3,015	3,943	-716	-18.2%
Public Administration	1,654	1.3%	1,316	2,060	-406	-19.7%
Information Not Available	4,113	3.2%	4,053	5,811	-1,698	-29.2%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Puerto Rico
	Nov 2014	Percent	Oct 2014	Nov 2013	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	25,560		27,290	29,032
Male	14,017	54.8%	14,902	16,311	-2,294	-14.1%
Female	11,543	45.2%	12,388	12,721	-1,178	-9.3%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	25,560		27,290	29,032
Hispanic or Latino	24,977	97.7%	26,625	27,894	-2,917	-10.5%
Not Hispanic or Latino	145	0.6%	171	341	-196	-57.5%
Information Not Available	438	1.7%	494	797	-359	-45.0%

Race	25,560		27,290	29,032
American Indian or Alaskan Native	657	2.6%	771	1,140	-483	-42.4%
Asian	19	0.1%	25	29	-10	-34.5%
Black or African American	1,087	4.3%	1,116	1,018	69	6.8%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	24	0.1%	26	49	-25	-51.0%
White	6,340	24.8%	6,744	9,003	-2,663	-29.6%
Information Not Available	17,433	68.2%	18,608	17,793	-360	-2.0%

Years of Age	25,560		27,290	29,032
Younger than 22	946	3.1%	1,013	1,120	-174	-15.5%
22-24	2,060	6.7%	2,206	2,584	-524	-20.3%
25-34	7,901	25.6%	8,476	9,190	-1,289	-14.0%
35-44	6,437	20.8%	6,833	7,178	-741	-10.3%
45-54	4,825	15.6%	5,143	5,336	-511	-9.6%
55-59	1,726	5.6%	1,826	1,864	-138	-7.4%
60-64	985	3.2%	1,056	1,028	-43	-4.2%
65 and older	659	2.1%	716	684	-25	-3.7%
Information Not Available	21	0.1%	21	48	-27	-56.3%

Industry	25,560		27,290	29,032
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	1,068	4.0%	1,249	977	91	9.3%
Mining	41	0.2%	41	50	-9	-18.0%
Utilities	16	0.1%	18	13	3	23.1%
Construction	2,452	9.2%	2,659	3,547	-1,095	-30.9%
Manufacturing	2,248	8.4%	2,560	3,247	-999	-30.8%
Wholesale Trade	777	2.9%	794	665	112	16.8%
Retail Trade	2,529	9.5%	2,649	2,284	245	10.7%
Transporation and Warehousing	514	1.9%	662	385	129	33.5%
Information	261	1.0%	284	256	5	2.0%
Finance and Insurance	454	1.7%	484	502	-48	-9.6%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	243	0.9%	248	293	-50	-17.1%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	916	3.4%	1,082	937	-21	-2.2%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	32	0.1%	31	49	-17	-34.7%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	4,420	16.6%	4,465	5,426	-1,006	-18.5%
Educational Services	2,349	8.8%	2,743	2,668	-319	-12.0%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	1,587	6.0%	1,658	1,789	-202	-11.3%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	85	0.3%	82	86	-1	-1.2%
Accomodation and Food Services	1,717	6.4%	1,679	1,277	440	34.5%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	428	1.6%	447	367	61	16.6%
Public Administration	2,057	7.7%	2,126	2,442	-385	-15.8%
Information Not Available	1,366	5.1%	1,329	1,772	-406	-22.9%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Rhode Island
	Nov 2014	Percent	Oct 2014	Nov 2013	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	8,821		8,112	9,526
Male	4,624	52.4%	4,035	4,980	-356	-7.1%
Female	4,197	47.6%	4,077	4,546	-349	-7.7%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	8,821		8,112	9,526
Hispanic or Latino	1,261	14.3%	1,199	1,184	77	6.5%
Not Hispanic or Latino	5,632	63.8%	5,179	6,191	-559	-9.0%
Information Not Available	1,928	21.9%	1,734	2,151	-223	-10.4%

Race	8,821		8,112	9,526
American Indian or Alaskan Native	58	0.7%	53	63	-5	-7.9%
Asian	132	1.5%	122	134	-2	-1.5%
Black or African American	567	6.4%	565	552	15	2.7%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	42	0.5%	46	28	14	50.0%
White	6,047	68.6%	5,503	6,808	-761	-11.2%
Information Not Available	1,975	22.4%	1,823	1,941	34	1.8%

Years of Age	8,821		8,112	9,526
Younger than 22	195	1.4%	168	242	-47	-19.4%
22-24	521	3.7%	451	535	-14	-2.6%
25-34	2,111	14.9%	1,897	2,213	-102	-4.6%
35-44	1,813	12.8%	1,676	2,097	-284	-13.5%
45-54	1,962	13.9%	1,853	2,236	-274	-12.3%
55-59	943	6.7%	906	936	7	0.7%
60-64	714	5.0%	674	673	41	6.1%
65 and older	562	4.0%	487	594	-32	-5.4%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	8,821		8,112	9,526
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	31	0.4%	13	36	-5	-13.9%
Mining	2	0.0%	2	6	-4	-66.7%
Utilities	19	0.2%	2	3	16	533.3%
Construction	854	9.6%	743	905	-51	-5.6%
Manufacturing	996	11.3%	930	956	40	4.2%
Wholesale Trade	383	4.3%	389	397	-14	-3.5%
Retail Trade	808	9.1%	790	904	-96	-10.6%
Transporation and Warehousing	191	2.2%	162	208	-17	-8.2%
Information	118	1.3%	94	98	20	20.4%
Finance and Insurance	408	4.6%	429	516	-108	-20.9%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	176	2.0%	140	208	-32	-15.4%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	472	5.3%	478	561	-89	-15.9%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	78	0.9%	82	109	-31	-28.4%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	966	10.9%	920	1,133	-167	-14.7%
Educational Services	213	2.4%	223	295	-82	-27.8%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	1,233	13.9%	1,328	1,287	-54	-4.2%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	257	2.9%	113	278	-21	-7.6%
Accomodation and Food Services	904	10.2%	644	931	-27	-2.9%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	378	4.3%	336	373	5	1.3%
Public Administration	70	0.8%	54	103	-33	-32.0%
Information Not Available	264	3.0%	240	219	45	20.5%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants South Carolina
	Nov 2014	Percent	Oct 2014	Nov 2013	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	23,206		21,733	29,151
Male	11,548	49.8%	10,498	14,695	-3,147	-21.4%
Female	11,658	50.2%	11,235	14,456	-2,798	-19.4%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	23,206		21,733	29,151
Hispanic or Latino	711	3.1%	716	962	-251	-26.1%
Not Hispanic or Latino	22,006	94.8%	20,615	27,582	-5,576	-20.2%
Information Not Available	489	2.1%	402	607	-118	-19.4%

Race	23,206		21,733	29,151
American Indian or Alaskan Native	126	0.5%	116	166	-40	-24.1%
Asian	146	0.6%	139	182	-36	-19.8%
Black or African American	10,962	47.2%	10,417	13,618	-2,656	-19.5%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	39	0.2%	36	41	-2	-4.9%
White	11,084	47.8%	10,225	14,054	-2,970	-21.1%
Information Not Available	849	3.7%	800	1,090	-241	-22.1%

Years of Age	23,206		21,733	29,151
Younger than 22	818	2.5%	672	1,253	-435	-34.7%
22-24	893	2.7%	818	1,204	-311	-25.8%
25-34	5,801	17.8%	5,423	7,379	-1,578	-21.4%
35-44	5,304	16.3%	5,086	6,547	-1,243	-19.0%
45-54	5,354	16.4%	5,097	6,744	-1,390	-20.6%
55-59	2,373	7.3%	2,165	2,884	-511	-17.7%
60-64	1,680	5.2%	1,555	1,896	-216	-11.4%
65 and older	947	2.9%	887	1,171	-224	-19.1%
Information Not Available	36	0.1%	30	73	-37	-50.7%

Industry	23,206		21,733	29,151
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	177	0.8%	146	173	4	2.3%
Mining	12	0.1%	14	20	-8	-40.0%
Utilities	28	0.1%	23	37	-9	-24.3%
Construction	1,495	6.4%	1,341	2,019	-524	-26.0%
Manufacturing	3,705	15.8%	3,245	4,963	-1,258	-25.3%
Wholesale Trade	765	3.3%	747	842	-77	-9.1%
Retail Trade	2,047	8.8%	2,033	2,602	-555	-21.3%
Transporation and Warehousing	543	2.3%	529	559	-16	-2.9%
Information	294	1.3%	306	303	-9	-3.0%
Finance and Insurance	691	3.0%	799	790	-99	-12.5%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	425	1.8%	330	504	-79	-15.7%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	1,207	5.2%	1,272	1,431	-224	-15.7%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	105	0.4%	106	100	5	5.0%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	3,647	15.6%	3,555	4,381	-734	-16.8%
Educational Services	502	2.1%	555	543	-41	-7.6%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	1,691	7.2%	1,657	2,023	-332	-16.4%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	397	1.7%	317	410	-13	-3.2%
Accomodation and Food Services	2,338	10.0%	1,508	2,876	-538	-18.7%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	571	2.4%	526	664	-93	-14.0%
Public Administration	388	1.7%	390	558	-170	-30.5%
Information Not Available	2,178	9.3%	2,334	3,353	-1,175	-35.0%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants South Dakota
	Nov 2014	Percent	Oct 2014	Nov 2013	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	1,925		1,131	1,704
Male	1,271	66.0%	535	995	276	27.7%
Female	654	34.0%	596	709	-55	-7.8%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	1,925		1,131	1,704
Hispanic or Latino	77	4.0%	29	66	11	16.7%
Not Hispanic or Latino	1,642	85.3%	972	1,412	230	16.3%
Information Not Available	206	10.7%	130	226	-20	-8.8%

Race	1,925		1,131	1,704
American Indian or Alaskan Native	246	12.8%	181	220	26	11.8%
Asian	5	0.3%	2	3	2	66.7%
Black or African American	60	3.1%	42	33	27	81.8%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	3	0.2%	2	0	3	0.0%
White	1,408	73.1%	779	1,249	159	12.7%
Information Not Available	203	10.5%	125	199	4	2.0%

Years of Age	1,925		1,131	1,704
Younger than 22	36	1.1%	21	28	8	28.6%
22-24	66	2.1%	36	58	8	13.8%
25-34	384	12.2%	225	309	75	24.3%
35-44	361	11.4%	236	349	12	3.4%
45-54	498	15.8%	321	443	55	12.4%
55-59	228	7.2%	137	223	5	2.2%
60-64	180	5.7%	88	161	19	11.8%
65 and older	172	5.5%	67	133	39	29.3%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	1,925		1,131	1,704
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	14	0.7%	9	5	9	180.0%
Mining	46	2.4%	6	21	25	119.0%
Utilities	0	0.0%	0	4	-4	-100.0%
Construction	492	25.4%	102	274	218	79.6%
Manufacturing	191	9.9%	104	179	12	6.7%
Wholesale Trade	56	2.9%	50	52	4	7.7%
Retail Trade	133	6.9%	94	143	-10	-7.0%
Transporation and Warehousing	51	2.6%	22	41	10	24.4%
Information	24	1.2%	25	26	-2	-7.7%
Finance and Insurance	82	4.2%	76	64	18	28.1%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	28	1.4%	15	12	16	133.3%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	48	2.5%	38	59	-11	-18.6%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	2	0.1%	2	4	-2	-50.0%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	124	6.4%	92	99	25	25.3%
Educational Services	67	3.5%	70	82	-15	-18.3%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	118	6.1%	113	154	-36	-23.4%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	48	2.5%	33	50	-2	-4.0%
Accomodation and Food Services	142	7.3%	107	156	-14	-9.0%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	31	1.6%	26	73	-42	-57.5%
Public Administration	130	6.7%	92	107	23	21.5%
Information Not Available	98	5.1%	55	99	-1	-1.0%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Tennessee
	Nov 2014	Percent	Oct 2014	Nov 2013	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	26,018		26,733	33,046
Male	12,456	47.9%	12,221	15,945	-3,489	-21.9%
Female	13,562	52.1%	14,512	17,101	-3,539	-20.7%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	26,018		26,733	33,046
Hispanic or Latino	491	1.9%	525	492	-1	-0.2%
Not Hispanic or Latino	25,527	98.1%	26,208	32,554	-7,027	-21.6%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Race	26,018		26,733	33,046
American Indian or Alaskan Native	90	0.3%	97	105	-15	-14.3%
Asian	1	0.0%	0	2	-1	-50.0%
Black or African American	7,310	28.1%	7,874	9,963	-2,653	-26.6%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	171	0.7%	191	188	-17	-9.0%
White	17,947	69.0%	18,042	22,179	-4,232	-19.1%
Information Not Available	499	1.9%	529	609	-110	-18.1%

Years of Age	26,018		26,733	33,046
Younger than 22	446	1.1%	385	479	-33	-6.9%
22-24	1,010	2.4%	1,015	1,168	-158	-13.5%
25-34	5,627	13.4%	5,729	6,602	-975	-14.8%
35-44	5,844	14.0%	6,078	7,615	-1,771	-23.3%
45-54	6,372	15.2%	6,561	8,180	-1,808	-22.1%
55-59	2,950	7.0%	3,072	3,676	-726	-19.7%
60-64	2,119	5.1%	2,264	2,941	-822	-27.9%
65 and older	1,650	3.9%	1,629	2,382	-732	-30.7%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	3	-3	-100.0%

Industry	26,018		26,733	33,046
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	127	0.5%	82	110	17	15.5%
Mining	49	0.2%	39	93	-44	-47.3%
Utilities	31	0.1%	28	40	-9	-22.5%
Construction	2,143	8.2%	1,843	3,014	-871	-28.9%
Manufacturing	3,451	13.2%	3,715	4,968	-1,517	-30.5%
Wholesale Trade	1,177	4.5%	1,231	1,693	-516	-30.5%
Retail Trade	2,363	9.0%	2,472	2,930	-567	-19.4%
Transporation and Warehousing	913	3.5%	1,020	1,404	-491	-35.0%
Information	530	2.0%	580	540	-10	-1.9%
Finance and Insurance	881	3.4%	941	1,082	-201	-18.6%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	441	1.7%	441	533	-92	-17.3%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	1,510	5.8%	1,564	1,803	-293	-16.3%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	134	0.5%	160	178	-44	-24.7%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	4,049	15.5%	4,287	4,965	-916	-18.4%
Educational Services	1,219	4.7%	1,424	1,587	-368	-23.2%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	2,866	11.0%	3,087	3,696	-830	-22.5%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	551	2.1%	349	468	83	17.7%
Accomodation and Food Services	1,787	6.8%	1,720	2,026	-239	-11.8%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	946	3.6%	906	1,044	-98	-9.4%
Public Administration	800	3.1%	799	772	28	3.6%
Information Not Available	50	0.2%	45	100	-50	-50.0%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Texas
	Nov 2014	Percent	Oct 2014	Nov 2013	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	124,062		120,016	148,230
Male	65,713	53.0%	61,456	80,612	-14,899	-18.5%
Female	58,349	47.0%	58,560	67,618	-9,269	-13.7%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	124,062		120,016	148,230
Hispanic or Latino	37,676	30.4%	35,550	47,212	-9,536	-20.2%
Not Hispanic or Latino	76,866	62.0%	75,086	89,221	-12,355	-13.8%
Information Not Available	9,520	7.7%	9,380	11,797	-2,277	-19.3%

Race	124,062		120,016	148,230
American Indian or Alaskan Native	578	0.5%	523	644	-66	-10.2%
Asian	3,007	2.4%	3,004	2,974	33	1.1%
Black or African American	30,171	24.3%	30,120	34,560	-4,389	-12.7%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
White	42,901	34.6%	41,252	50,851	-7,950	-15.6%
Information Not Available	47,405	38.2%	45,117	59,201	-11,796	-19.9%

Years of Age	124,062		120,016	148,230
Younger than 22	2,558	1.6%	2,420	3,792	-1,234	-32.5%
22-24	6,098	3.8%	5,846	7,847	-1,749	-22.3%
25-34	30,309	19.1%	29,668	36,989	-6,680	-18.1%
35-44	30,168	19.0%	28,969	36,117	-5,949	-16.5%
45-54	29,760	18.8%	28,618	35,037	-5,277	-15.1%
55-59	12,283	7.7%	11,896	14,297	-2,014	-14.1%
60-64	8,276	5.2%	7,945	8,803	-527	-6.0%
65 and older	4,610	2.9%	4,654	5,348	-738	-13.8%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	124,062		120,016	148,230
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	671	0.5%	681	851	-180	-21.2%
Mining	3,153	2.5%	2,750	3,873	-720	-18.6%
Utilities	371	0.3%	366	452	-81	-17.9%
Construction	13,718	11.0%	11,478	18,193	-4,475	-24.6%
Manufacturing	11,035	8.8%	11,193	14,269	-3,234	-22.7%
Wholesale Trade	6,921	5.5%	6,474	8,307	-1,386	-16.7%
Retail Trade	9,870	7.9%	10,340	10,854	-984	-9.1%
Transporation and Warehousing	4,216	3.4%	4,192	5,254	-1,038	-19.8%
Information	3,100	2.5%	3,066	3,235	-135	-4.2%
Finance and Insurance	6,368	5.1%	6,544	7,726	-1,358	-17.6%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	2,605	2.1%	2,349	2,866	-261	-9.1%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	10,404	8.3%	9,797	11,470	-1,066	-9.3%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	661	0.5%	639	580	81	14.0%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	18,930	15.2%	18,400	21,097	-2,167	-10.3%
Educational Services	3,451	2.8%	3,731	4,243	-792	-18.7%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	13,103	10.5%	13,311	16,034	-2,931	-18.3%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	802	0.6%	752	912	-110	-12.1%
Accomodation and Food Services	5,028	4.0%	5,092	6,064	-1,036	-17.1%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	3,182	2.6%	2,761	3,631	-449	-12.4%
Public Administration	1,520	1.2%	1,412	1,859	-339	-18.2%
Information Not Available	4,953	4.0%	4,688	6,460	-1,507	-23.3%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Utah
	Nov 2014	Percent	Oct 2014	Nov 2013	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	10,983		9,744	14,767
Male	6,665	60.7%	5,717	9,206	-2,541	-27.6%
Female	4,218	38.4%	3,977	5,446	-1,228	-22.5%
Information Not Available	100	0.9%	50	115	-15	-13.0%

Ethnicity	10,983		9,744	14,767
Hispanic or Latino	1,047	9.5%	906	1,226	-179	-14.6%
Not Hispanic or Latino	8,024	73.1%	7,274	11,372	-3,348	-29.4%
Information Not Available	1,912	17.4%	1,564	2,169	-257	-11.8%

Race	10,983		9,744	14,767
American Indian or Alaskan Native	413	3.8%	316	502	-89	-17.7%
Asian	149	1.4%	174	258	-109	-42.2%
Black or African American	226	2.1%	235	305	-79	-25.9%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	200	1.8%	198	235	-35	-14.9%
White	7,305	66.5%	6,722	10,456	-3,151	-30.1%
Information Not Available	2,690	24.5%	2,099	3,011	-321	-10.7%

Years of Age	10,983		9,744	14,767
Younger than 22	256	1.5%	212	380	-124	-32.6%
22-24	549	3.1%	438	790	-241	-30.5%
25-34	2,955	16.8%	2,618	3,972	-1,017	-25.6%
35-44	2,555	14.5%	2,322	3,502	-947	-27.0%
45-54	2,432	13.8%	2,183	3,301	-869	-26.3%
55-59	1,154	6.6%	1,016	1,500	-346	-23.1%
60-64	707	4.0%	635	889	-182	-20.5%
65 and older	375	2.1%	320	433	-58	-13.4%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	10,983		9,744	14,767
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	27	0.2%	22	50	-23	-46.0%
Mining	120	1.1%	137	247	-127	-51.4%
Utilities	9	0.1%	10	25	-16	-64.0%
Construction	1,223	11.1%	916	2,217	-994	-44.8%
Manufacturing	1,056	9.6%	978	1,499	-443	-29.6%
Wholesale Trade	458	4.2%	454	591	-133	-22.5%
Retail Trade	874	7.9%	887	1,152	-278	-24.1%
Transporation and Warehousing	358	3.3%	322	466	-108	-23.2%
Information	381	3.5%	384	334	47	14.1%
Finance and Insurance	395	3.6%	392	614	-219	-35.7%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	164	1.5%	169	236	-72	-30.5%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	776	7.0%	751	838	-62	-7.4%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	39	0.4%	31	48	-9	-18.8%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	1,495	13.6%	1,316	1,918	-423	-22.1%
Educational Services	308	2.8%	316	478	-170	-35.6%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	559	5.1%	575	771	-212	-27.5%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	319	2.9%	225	412	-93	-22.6%
Accomodation and Food Services	907	8.2%	516	1,041	-134	-12.9%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	249	2.3%	225	308	-59	-19.2%
Public Administration	276	2.5%	199	365	-89	-24.4%
Information Not Available	990	9.0%	919	1,157	-167	-14.4%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Virginia
	Nov 2014	Percent	Oct 2014	Nov 2013	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	38,527		37,186	47,400
Male	20,950	54.4%	19,779	26,299	-5,349	-20.3%
Female	17,566	45.6%	17,398	21,090	-3,524	-16.7%
Information Not Available	11	0.0%	9	11	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	38,527		37,186	47,400
Hispanic or Latino	1,767	4.6%	1,737	2,223	-456	-20.5%
Not Hispanic or Latino	34,914	90.6%	33,618	43,001	-8,087	-18.8%
Information Not Available	1,846	4.8%	1,831	2,176	-330	-15.2%

Race	38,527		37,186	47,400
American Indian or Alaskan Native	1,960	5.1%	1,904	2,457	-497	-20.2%
Asian	1,073	2.8%	1,121	1,258	-185	-14.7%
Black or African American	15,026	39.0%	14,331	18,471	-3,445	-18.7%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
White	18,622	48.3%	17,999	23,038	-4,416	-19.2%
Information Not Available	1,846	4.8%	1,831	2,176	-330	-15.2%

Years of Age	38,527		37,186	47,400
Younger than 22	675	1.2%	592	894	-219	-24.5%
22-24	1,770	3.3%	1,623	2,276	-506	-22.2%
25-34	9,252	17.0%	8,967	11,334	-2,082	-18.4%
35-44	8,642	15.9%	8,340	10,609	-1,967	-18.5%
45-54	9,550	17.6%	9,244	12,095	-2,545	-21.0%
55-59	4,311	7.9%	4,126	5,163	-852	-16.5%
60-64	2,760	5.1%	2,755	3,269	-509	-15.6%
65 and older	1,565	2.9%	1,532	1,753	-188	-10.7%
Information Not Available	2	0.0%	7	7	-5	-71.4%

Industry	38,527		37,186	47,400
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	78	0.2%	56	76	2	2.6%
Mining	190	0.5%	199	212	-22	-10.4%
Utilities	10	0.0%	10	18	-8	-44.4%
Construction	1,842	4.8%	1,559	2,361	-519	-22.0%
Manufacturing	1,255	3.3%	1,170	1,646	-391	-23.8%
Wholesale Trade	446	1.2%	405	519	-73	-14.1%
Retail Trade	1,097	2.8%	1,094	1,166	-69	-5.9%
Transporation and Warehousing	791	2.0%	725	818	-27	-3.3%
Information	219	0.6%	194	300	-81	-27.0%
Finance and Insurance	384	1.0%	383	445	-61	-13.7%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	274	0.7%	237	267	7	2.6%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	1,670	4.3%	1,524	2,127	-457	-21.5%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	80	0.2%	78	82	-2	-2.4%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	2,617	6.8%	2,334	2,787	-170	-6.1%
Educational Services	155	0.4%	170	229	-74	-32.3%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	1,409	3.6%	1,428	1,459	-50	-3.4%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	243	0.6%	105	249	-6	-2.4%
Accomodation and Food Services	964	2.5%	855	1,114	-150	-13.5%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	412	1.1%	390	465	-53	-11.4%
Public Administration	1,840	4.8%	1,946	2,596	-756	-29.1%
Information Not Available	22,551	58.4%	22,324	28,464	-5,913	-20.8%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Virgin Islands
	Nov 2014	Percent	Oct 2014	Nov 2013	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	382		452	565
Male	165	43.2%	187	302	-137	-45.4%
Female	217	56.8%	265	263	-46	-17.5%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	382		452	565
Hispanic or Latino	65	17.0%	59	107	-42	-39.3%
Not Hispanic or Latino	296	77.5%	367	433	-137	-31.6%
Information Not Available	21	5.5%	26	25	-4	-16.0%

Race	382		452	565
American Indian or Alaskan Native	1	0.3%	4	6	-5	-83.3%
Asian	3	0.8%	1	2	1	50.0%
Black or African American	276	72.3%	340	372	-96	-25.8%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	19	5.0%	23	15	4	26.7%
White	16	4.2%	22	53	-37	-69.8%
Information Not Available	67	17.5%	62	117	-50	-42.7%

Years of Age	382		452	565
Younger than 22	3	0.8%	8	8	-5	-62.5%
22-24	24	6.4%	25	30	-6	-20.0%
25-34	74	19.6%	77	119	-45	-37.8%
35-44	89	23.6%	100	116	-27	-23.3%
45-54	98	26.0%	125	129	-31	-24.0%
55-59	51	13.5%	62	76	-25	-32.9%
60-64	21	5.6%	31	44	-23	-52.3%
65 and older	21	5.6%	23	43	-22	-51.2%
Information Not Available	1	0.3%	1	0	1	0.0%

Industry	382		452	565
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
Mining	0	0.0%	0	1	-1	-100.0%
Utilities	4	1.0%	7	0	4	0.0%
Construction	49	12.8%	53	102	-53	-52.0%
Manufacturing	5	1.3%	5	64	-59	-92.2%
Wholesale Trade	1	0.3%	3	2	-1	-50.0%
Retail Trade	32	8.4%	33	59	-27	-45.8%
Transporation and Warehousing	8	2.1%	13	14	-6	-42.9%
Information	0	0.0%	1	3	-3	-100.0%
Finance and Insurance	1	0.3%	1	2	-1	-50.0%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	8	2.1%	8	17	-9	-52.9%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	11	2.9%	11	15	-4	-26.7%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	14	3.7%	9	11	3	27.3%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	27	7.1%	23	28	-1	-3.6%
Educational Services	10	2.6%	10	12	-2	-16.7%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	10	2.6%	7	19	-9	-47.4%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	7	1.8%	6	11	-4	-36.4%
Accomodation and Food Services	126	33.0%	216	135	-9	-6.7%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	27	7.1%	7	39	-12	-30.8%
Public Administration	12	3.1%	9	7	5	71.4%
Information Not Available	30	7.9%	30	24	6	25.0%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Vermont
	Nov 2014	Percent	Oct 2014	Nov 2013	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	4,569		3,253	4,829
Male	2,711	59.3%	1,763	2,827	-116	-4.1%
Female	1,858	40.7%	1,490	2,002	-144	-7.2%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	4,569		3,253	4,829
Hispanic or Latino	4	0.1%	1	4	0	0.0%
Not Hispanic or Latino	554	12.1%	230	290	264	91.0%
Information Not Available	4,011	87.8%	3,022	4,535	-524	-11.6%

Race	4,569		3,253	4,829
American Indian or Alaskan Native	4	0.1%	2	2	2	100.0%
Asian	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
Black or African American	5	0.1%	2	8	-3	-37.5%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	4	0.1%	1	1	3	300.0%
White	545	11.9%	226	283	262	92.6%
Information Not Available	4,011	87.8%	3,022	4,535	-524	-11.6%

Years of Age	4,569		3,253	4,829
Younger than 22	99	2.1%	57	120	-21	-17.5%
22-24	204	4.3%	152	245	-41	-16.7%
25-34	926	19.7%	661	1,152	-226	-19.6%
35-44	929	19.8%	614	946	-17	-1.8%
45-54	1,129	24.0%	809	1,084	45	4.2%
55-59	570	12.1%	423	553	17	3.1%
60-64	415	8.8%	327	419	-4	-1.0%
65 and older	297	6.3%	210	310	-13	-4.2%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	4,569		3,253	4,829
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	32	0.7%	26	31	1	3.2%
Mining	6	0.1%	5	6	0	0.0%
Utilities	1	0.0%	4	5	-4	-80.0%
Construction	474	10.3%	216	657	-183	-27.9%
Manufacturing	742	16.1%	540	541	201	37.2%
Wholesale Trade	154	3.3%	143	149	5	3.4%
Retail Trade	438	9.5%	403	479	-41	-8.6%
Transporation and Warehousing	104	2.3%	84	92	12	13.0%
Information	272	5.9%	45	47	225	478.7%
Finance and Insurance	49	1.1%	45	77	-28	-36.4%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	57	1.2%	36	52	5	9.6%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	146	3.2%	167	209	-63	-30.1%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	6	0.1%	8	3	3	100.0%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	341	7.4%	226	410	-69	-16.8%
Educational Services	168	3.7%	196	183	-15	-8.2%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	375	8.2%	381	508	-133	-26.2%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	127	2.8%	58	148	-21	-14.2%
Accomodation and Food Services	792	17.2%	492	934	-142	-15.2%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	143	3.1%	92	144	-1	-0.7%
Public Administration	141	3.1%	85	154	-13	-8.4%
Information Not Available	1	0.0%	1	0	1	0.0%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Washington
	Nov 2014	Percent	Oct 2014	Nov 2013	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	54,160		46,682	63,104
Male	32,634	60.3%	27,212	38,051	-5,417	-14.2%
Female	21,519	39.7%	19,464	25,038	-3,519	-14.1%
Information Not Available	7	0.0%	6	15	-8	-53.3%

Ethnicity	54,160		46,682	63,104
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	54,160	100.0%	46,682	63,104	-8,944	-14.2%

Race	54,160		46,682	63,104
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	54,160	100.0%	46,682	63,104	-8,944	-14.2%

Years of Age	54,160		46,682	63,104
Younger than 22	1,036	2.1%	772	1,286	-250	-19.4%
22-24	2,396	4.8%	2,010	2,872	-476	-16.6%
25-34	12,585	25.1%	11,043	14,819	-2,234	-15.1%
35-44	12,158	24.2%	10,702	14,321	-2,163	-15.1%
45-54	13,812	27.5%	11,561	16,030	-2,218	-13.8%
55-59	6,040	12.0%	5,225	6,846	-806	-11.8%
60-64	3,973	7.9%	3,601	4,557	-584	-12.8%
65 and older	2,160	4.3%	1,768	2,373	-213	-9.0%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	54,160		46,682	63,104
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	54,160	100.0%	46,682	63,104	-8,944	-14.2%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Wisconsin
	Nov 2014	Percent	Oct 2014	Nov 2013	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	47,888		38,012	60,774
Male	27,899	58.3%	19,747	34,753	-6,854	-19.7%
Female	19,941	41.6%	18,208	25,972	-6,031	-23.2%
Information Not Available	48	0.1%	57	49	-1	-2.0%

Ethnicity	47,888		38,012	60,774
Hispanic or Latino	2,538	5.3%	1,939	3,191	-653	-20.5%
Not Hispanic or Latino	8,433	17.6%	7,834	56,763	-48,330	-85.1%
Information Not Available	36,917	77.1%	28,239	820	36,097	4402.1%

Race	47,888		38,012	60,774
American Indian or Alaskan Native	38	0.1%	42	869	-831	-95.6%
Asian	781	1.6%	528	723	58	8.0%
Black or African American	584	1.2%	566	8,405	-7,821	-93.1%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	651	1.4%	521	55	596	1083.6%
White	8,917	18.6%	8,116	49,902	-40,985	-82.1%
Information Not Available	36,917	77.1%	28,239	820	36,097	4402.1%

Years of Age	47,888		38,012	60,774
Younger than 22	1,197	2.3%	829	1,854	-657	-35.4%
22-24	2,428	4.6%	1,847	3,567	-1,139	-31.9%
25-34	11,062	20.9%	8,690	14,623	-3,561	-24.4%
35-44	9,578	18.1%	7,682	12,113	-2,535	-20.9%
45-54	11,363	21.5%	9,233	14,510	-3,147	-21.7%
55-59	5,574	10.5%	4,603	6,638	-1,064	-16.0%
60-64	3,932	7.4%	3,185	4,528	-596	-13.2%
65 and older	2,749	5.2%	1,935	2,935	-186	-6.3%
Information Not Available	5	0.0%	8	6	-1	-16.7%

Industry	47,888		38,012	60,774
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	575	1.2%	274	565	10	1.8%
Mining	120	0.2%	38	115	5	4.3%
Utilities	81	0.2%	72	134	-53	-39.6%
Construction	5,856	12.1%	2,729	6,261	-405	-6.5%
Manufacturing	8,109	16.7%	7,436	11,227	-3,118	-27.8%
Wholesale Trade	1,628	3.4%	1,479	2,006	-378	-18.8%
Retail Trade	4,473	9.2%	3,991	5,853	-1,380	-23.6%
Transporation and Warehousing	1,537	3.2%	1,216	1,933	-396	-20.5%
Information	637	1.3%	646	675	-38	-5.6%
Finance and Insurance	1,159	2.4%	1,156	1,781	-622	-34.9%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	484	1.0%	369	583	-99	-17.0%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	1,609	3.3%	1,608	2,115	-506	-23.9%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	421	0.9%	357	419	2	0.5%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	5,913	12.2%	4,679	7,555	-1,642	-21.7%
Educational Services	929	1.9%	901	1,215	-286	-23.5%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	4,650	9.6%	4,588	6,638	-1,988	-29.9%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	1,762	3.6%	745	1,866	-104	-5.6%
Accomodation and Food Services	3,745	7.7%	2,535	4,898	-1,153	-23.5%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	1,058	2.2%	844	1,386	-328	-23.7%
Public Administration	1,279	2.6%	874	1,586	-307	-19.4%
Information Not Available	1,863	3.8%	1,475	1,963	-100	-5.1%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants West Virginia
	Nov 2014	Percent	Oct 2014	Nov 2013	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	12,776		11,579	15,891
Male	8,652	67.7%	7,606	10,861	-2,209	-20.3%
Female	4,117	32.2%	3,964	5,016	-899	-17.9%
Information Not Available	7	0.1%	9	14	-7	-50.0%

Ethnicity	12,776		11,579	15,891
Hispanic or Latino	199	1.6%	200	285	-86	-30.2%
Not Hispanic or Latino	9,187	71.9%	8,390	11,503	-2,316	-20.1%
Information Not Available	3,390	26.5%	2,989	4,103	-713	-17.4%

Race	12,776		11,579	15,891
American Indian or Alaskan Native	51	0.4%	46	55	-4	-7.3%
Asian	47	0.4%	44	29	18	62.1%
Black or African American	478	3.7%	448	617	-139	-22.5%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	10	0.1%	10	9	1	11.1%
White	11,405	89.3%	10,412	14,163	-2,758	-19.5%
Information Not Available	785	6.1%	619	1,018	-233	-22.9%

Years of Age	12,776		11,579	15,891
Younger than 22	341	1.5%	306	529	-188	-35.5%
22-24	655	2.8%	617	984	-329	-33.4%
25-34	2,854	12.2%	2,540	3,816	-962	-25.2%
35-44	3,302	14.2%	2,907	3,999	-697	-17.4%
45-54	2,951	12.6%	2,767	3,604	-653	-18.1%
55-59	1,299	5.6%	1,214	1,468	-169	-11.5%
60-64	851	3.6%	779	930	-79	-8.5%
65 and older	518	2.2%	448	553	-35	-6.3%
Information Not Available	5	0.0%	1	8	-3	-37.5%

Industry	12,776		11,579	15,891
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	60	0.5%	72	80	-20	-25.0%
Mining	1,118	8.7%	1,128	1,712	-594	-34.7%
Utilities	29	0.2%	21	39	-10	-25.6%
Construction	2,744	21.4%	2,133	2,833	-89	-3.1%
Manufacturing	781	6.1%	857	1,235	-454	-36.8%
Wholesale Trade	318	2.5%	322	466	-148	-31.8%
Retail Trade	1,252	9.8%	1,264	1,234	18	1.5%
Transporation and Warehousing	396	3.1%	404	513	-117	-22.8%
Information	98	0.8%	100	143	-45	-31.5%
Finance and Insurance	152	1.2%	148	203	-51	-25.1%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	156	1.2%	132	195	-39	-20.0%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	522	4.1%	506	713	-191	-26.8%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	26	0.2%	27	42	-16	-38.1%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	1,116	8.7%	1,018	1,540	-424	-27.5%
Educational Services	163	1.3%	162	216	-53	-24.5%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	1,125	8.8%	1,127	1,350	-225	-16.7%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	286	2.2%	134	347	-61	-17.6%
Accomodation and Food Services	867	6.8%	713	1,117	-250	-22.4%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	419	3.3%	349	529	-110	-20.8%
Public Administration	270	2.1%	186	322	-52	-16.1%
Information Not Available	878	6.8%	776	1,062	-184	-17.3%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Wyoming
	Nov 2014	Percent	Oct 2014	Nov 2013	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	3,039		1,970	3,867
Male	1,864	61.3%	1,122	2,470	-606	-24.5%
Female	1,175	38.7%	848	1,397	-222	-15.9%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	3,039		1,970	3,867
Hispanic or Latino	299	9.8%	216	326	-27	-8.3%
Not Hispanic or Latino	2,615	86.0%	1,669	3,384	-769	-22.7%
Information Not Available	125	4.1%	85	157	-32	-20.4%

Race	3,039		1,970	3,867
American Indian or Alaskan Native	89	2.9%	67	189	-100	-52.9%
Asian	41	1.3%	21	28	13	46.4%
Black or African American	105	3.5%	63	68	37	54.4%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	4	0.1%	3	14	-10	-71.4%
White	2,558	84.2%	1,655	3,301	-743	-22.5%
Information Not Available	242	8.0%	161	267	-25	-9.4%

Years of Age	3,039		1,970	3,867
Younger than 22	34	0.6%	13	48	-14	-29.2%
22-24	159	3.0%	96	270	-111	-41.1%
25-34	819	15.3%	506	1,031	-212	-20.6%
35-44	593	11.1%	380	688	-95	-13.8%
45-54	641	12.0%	461	891	-250	-28.1%
55-59	330	6.2%	241	423	-93	-22.0%
60-64	260	4.9%	163	300	-40	-13.3%
65 and older	203	3.8%	110	216	-13	-6.0%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	3,039		1,970	3,867
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	24	0.8%	15	25	-1	-4.0%
Mining	116	3.8%	99	191	-75	-39.3%
Utilities	11	0.4%	5	4	7	175.0%
Construction	449	14.7%	257	538	-89	-16.5%
Manufacturing	76	2.5%	69	119	-43	-36.1%
Wholesale Trade	66	2.2%	56	61	5	8.2%
Retail Trade	165	5.4%	139	248	-83	-33.5%
Transporation and Warehousing	108	3.5%	67	131	-23	-17.6%
Information	14	0.5%	13	13	1	7.7%
Finance and Insurance	43	1.4%	52	63	-20	-31.7%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	45	1.5%	24	53	-8	-15.1%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	85	2.8%	100	82	3	3.7%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	4	0.1%	0	5	-1	-20.0%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	176	5.7%	103	169	7	4.1%
Educational Services	37	1.2%	39	62	-25	-40.3%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	198	6.5%	181	182	16	8.8%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	70	2.3%	39	95	-25	-26.3%
Accomodation and Food Services	796	26.0%	312	953	-157	-16.5%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	66	2.2%	50	131	-65	-49.6%
Public Administration	79	2.6%	78	188	-109	-58.0%
Information Not Available	411	13.4%	272	554	-143	-25.8%