Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants

April 2015

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants: Total Claimants April 2015
	Apr 2015	Mar 2015	Monthly Change	Apr 2014	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
United States	2,258,417	2,233,041	25,376	2,742,202	-483,785	-17.6
Alaska	9,612	11,131	-1,519	12,434	-2,822	-22.7
Alabama	23,045	23,133	-88	27,347	-4,302	-15.7
Arkansas	21,112	23,275	-2,163	22,264	-1,152	-5.2
Arizona	33,539	28,882	4,657	38,161	-4,622	-12.1
California	409,173	4,654	404,519	473,036	-63,863	-13.5
Colorado	29,649	33,995	-4,346	37,738	-8,089	-21.4
Connecticut	46,354	53,570	-7,216	48,920	-2,566	-5.2
District of Columbia	7,999	8,767	-768	10,333	-2,334	-22.6
Delaware	6,430	8,449	-2,019	7,830	-1,400	-17.9
Florida	60,316	64,480	-4,164	99,708	-39,392	-39.5
Georgia	36,417	37,855	-1,438	46,306	-9,889	-21.4
Hawaii	7,595	8,386	-791	9,909	-2,314	-23.4
Iowa	19,962	32,250	-12,288	24,327	-4,365	-17.9
Idaho	8,186	13,039	-4,853	11,147	-2,961	-26.6
Illinois	127,568	161,909	-34,341	168,198	-40,630	-24.2
Indiana	25,542	35,534	-9,992	39,058	-13,516	-34.6
Kansas	15,133	17,763	-2,630	19,726	-4,593	-23.3
Kentucky	25,418	32,694	-7,276	27,231	-1,813	-6.7
Louisiana	19,482	18,329	1,153	16,796	2,686	16.0
Massachusetts	70,567	92,662	-22,095	85,496	-14,929	-17.5
Maryland	41,552	51,742	-10,190	52,688	-11,136	-21.1
Maine	10,470	13,145	-2,675	14,389	-3,919	-27.2
Michigan	78,253	107,582	-29,329	112,372	-34,119	-30.4
Minnesota	43,210	61,543	-18,333	60,256	-17,046	-28.3
Missouri	30,021	39,775	-9,754	37,097	-7,076	-19.1
Mississippi	12,740	13,887	-1,147	17,870	-5,130	-28.7
Montana	6,476	9,226	-2,750	7,868	-1,392	-17.7
North Carolina	32,453	35,577	-3,124	53,586	-21,133	-39.4
North Dakota	4,059	6,716	-2,657	3,598	461	12.8
Nebraska	5,726	8,724	-2,998	7,658	-1,932	-25.2
New Hampshire	5,796	7,233	-1,437	8,283	-2,487	-30.0
New Jersey	106,383	132,844	-26,461	123,505	-17,122	-13.9
New Mexico	13,393	14,026	-633	17,183	-3,790	-22.1
Nevada	26,125	27,903	-1,778	31,347	-5,222	-16.7
New York	172,351	208,684	-36,333	204,772	-32,421	-15.8
Ohio	65,597	87,002	-21,405	78,963	-13,366	-16.9
Oklahoma	20,820	20,216	604	17,588	3,232	18.4
Oregon	33,022	36,541	-3,519	40,885	-7,863	-19.2
Pennsylvania	137,622	181,880	-44,258	170,500	-32,878	-19.3
Puerto Rico	20,391	21,051	-660	24,982	-4,591	-18.4
Rhode Island	10,154	14,543	-4,389	12,588	-2,434	-19.3
South Carolina	19,974	21,343	-1,369	23,336	-3,362	-14.4
South Dakota	1,620	3,172	-1,552	2,474	-854	-34.5
Tennessee	25,041	32,098	-7,057	30,731	-5,690	-18.5
Texas	156,899	149,115	7,784	140,057	16,842	12.0
Utah	12,102	14,245	-2,143	14,019	-1,917	-13.7
Virginia	34,551	41,425	-6,874	46,217	-11,666	-25.2
Virgin Islands	336	440	-104	435	-99	-22.8
Vermont	5,841	6,681	-840	6,934	-1,093	-15.8
Washington	51,833	58,761	-6,928	63,502	-11,669	-18.4
Wisconsin	50,035	70,244	-20,209	71,357	-21,322	-29.9
West Virginia	15,727	19,487	-3,760	15,405	322	2.1
Wyoming	4,745	5,433	-688	3,792	953	25.1

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants US Totals
	Apr 2015	Percent	Mar 2015	Apr 2014	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	2,258,417		2,233,041	2,742,202	-483,785	-17.6
Male	1,336,329	59.2%	1,433,160	1,608,832	-272,503	-16.9%
Female	905,709	40.1%	779,686	1,121,791	-216,082	-19.3%
Information Not Available	16,379	0.7%	20,195	11,579	4,800	41.5%

Ethnicity	2,258,417		2,233,041	2,742,202
Hispanic or Latino	428,612	19.0%	306,002	460,646	-32,034	-7.0%
Not Hispanic or Latino	1,535,118	83.9%	1,616,873	1,845,495	-310,377	-16.8%
Information Not Available	294,687	11.5%	310,166	436,047	-141,360	-32.4%

Race	2,258,417		2,233,041	2,742,202
American Indian or Alaskan Native	30,010	1.3%	30,046	32,994	-2,984	-9.0%
Asian	73,162	3.2%	38,575	81,984	-8,822	-10.8%
Black or African American	376,920	16.6%	361,743	441,869	-64,949	-14.7%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	11,027	0.5%	11,486	12,402	-1,375	-11.1%
White	1,209,860	53.4%	1,377,762	1,458,854	-248,994	-17.1%
Information Not Available	563,692	24.9%	407,057	714,100	-150,408	-21.1%

Years of Age	2,258,417		2,233,041	2,742,202
Younger than 22	70,512	3.1%	44,346	56,067	14,445	25.8%
22-24	110,034	4.9%	108,575	139,656	-29,622	-21.2%
25-34	532,427	23.6%	515,782	643,169	-110,742	-17.2%
35-44	495,773	22.0%	487,847	601,498	-105,725	-17.6%
45-54	526,518	23.3%	535,887	667,406	-140,888	-21.1%
55-59	237,479	10.5%	243,930	292,506	-55,027	-18.8%
60-64	159,184	7.0%	160,961	195,934	-36,750	-18.8%
65 and older	107,132	4.7%	112,750	131,348	-24,216	-18.4%
Information Not Available	19,358	0.9%	22,963	14,618	4,740	32.4%

Industry	2,258,417		2,233,041	2,742,202
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	87,563	3.9%	26,151	98,874	-11,311	-11.4%
Mining	46,494	2.1%	42,157	19,359	27,135	140.2%
Utilities	4,345	0.2%	3,069	4,774	-429	-9.0%
Construction	303,155	13.4%	420,380	379,862	-76,707	-20.2%
Manufacturing	228,506	10.1%	198,891	251,630	-23,124	-9.2%
Wholesale Trade	72,718	3.2%	76,927	90,207	-17,489	-19.4%
Retail Trade	176,652	7.8%	164,110	222,622	-45,970	-20.6%
Transporation and Warehousing	76,723	3.4%	73,437	87,638	-10,915	-12.5%
Information	61,562	2.7%	32,901	77,030	-15,468	-20.1%
Finance and Insurance	58,776	2.6%	52,739	87,238	-28,462	-32.6%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	30,701	1.4%	31,957	38,869	-8,168	-21.0%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	106,867	4.7%	106,549	130,535	-23,668	-18.1%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	11,527	0.5%	15,107	15,841	-4,314	-27.2%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	297,508	13.2%	290,040	368,641	-71,133	-19.3%
Educational Services	42,504	1.9%	35,174	53,455	-10,951	-20.5%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	172,903	7.7%	147,317	217,134	-44,231	-20.4%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	39,412	1.7%	52,532	48,187	-8,775	-18.2%
Accomodation and Food Services	120,249	5.3%	130,775	152,931	-32,682	-21.4%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	54,460	2.4%	48,999	64,687	-10,227	-15.8%
Public Administration	36,944	1.6%	40,475	46,470	-9,526	-20.5%
Information Not Available	228,848	10.1%	243,354	286,218	-57,370	-20.0%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Alaska
	Apr 2015	Percent	Mar 2015	Apr 2014	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	9,612		11,131	12,434	-2,822	-22.7
Male	6,106	63.5%	7,267	7,913	-1,807	-22.8%
Female	3,498	36.4%	3,860	4,519	-1,021	-22.6%
Information Not Available	8	0.1%	4	2	6	300.0%

Ethnicity	9,612		11,131	12,434
Hispanic or Latino	276	2.9%	551	605	-329	-54.4%
Not Hispanic or Latino	9,120	94.9%	10,446	11,748	-2,628	-22.4%
Information Not Available	216	2.2%	134	81	135	166.7%

Race	9,612		11,131	12,434
American Indian or Alaskan Native	3,380	35.2%	3,369	3,823	-443	-11.6%
Asian	460	4.8%	375	506	-46	-9.1%
Black or African American	414	4.3%	458	516	-102	-19.8%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	184	1.9%	185	260	-76	-29.2%
White	4,783	49.8%	6,251	6,862	-2,079	-30.3%
Information Not Available	391	4.1%	493	467	-76	-16.3%

Years of Age	9,612		11,131	12,434
Younger than 22	195	1.4%	249	346	-151	-43.6%
22-24	492	3.6%	613	894	-402	-45.0%
25-34	2,901	21.1%	3,127	3,460	-559	-16.2%
35-44	2,067	15.0%	2,497	2,630	-563	-21.4%
45-54	2,032	14.8%	2,429	2,695	-663	-24.6%
55-59	968	7.0%	1,130	1,144	-176	-15.4%
60-64	625	4.5%	699	803	-178	-22.2%
65 and older	332	2.4%	387	462	-130	-28.1%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	9,612		11,131	12,434
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	98	1.0%	73	76	22	28.9%
Mining	423	4.4%	430	333	90	27.0%
Utilities	40	0.4%	88	68	-28	-41.2%
Construction	1,967	20.3%	2,673	2,832	-865	-30.5%
Manufacturing	602	6.2%	615	694	-92	-13.3%
Wholesale Trade	162	1.7%	126	148	14	9.5%
Retail Trade	955	9.8%	954	1,184	-229	-19.3%
Transporation and Warehousing	395	4.1%	605	518	-123	-23.7%
Information	76	0.8%	106	131	-55	-42.0%
Finance and Insurance	140	1.4%	162	234	-94	-40.2%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	267	2.7%	290	331	-64	-19.3%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	280	2.9%	352	459	-179	-39.0%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	39	0.4%	27	30	9	30.0%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	610	6.3%	696	752	-142	-18.9%
Educational Services	268	2.8%	272	344	-76	-22.1%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	741	7.6%	840	1,050	-309	-29.4%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	108	1.1%	128	173	-65	-37.6%
Accomodation and Food Services	692	7.1%	854	1,049	-357	-34.0%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	367	3.8%	358	444	-77	-17.3%
Public Administration	1,056	10.9%	1,147	1,202	-146	-12.1%
Information Not Available	326	3.4%	335	382	-56	-14.7%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Alabama
	Apr 2015	Percent	Mar 2015	Apr 2014	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	23,045		23,133	27,347
Male	12,909	56.0%	12,753	14,385	-1,476	-10.3%
Female	10,115	43.9%	10,343	12,934	-2,819	-21.8%
Information Not Available	21	0.1%	37	28	-7	-25.0%

Ethnicity	23,045		23,133	27,347
Hispanic or Latino	261	1.1%	300	326	-65	-19.9%
Not Hispanic or Latino	16,725	72.6%	16,812	20,018	-3,293	-16.5%
Information Not Available	6,059	26.3%	6,021	7,003	-944	-13.5%

Race	23,045		23,133	27,347
American Indian or Alaskan Native	989	4.3%	1,056	1,033	-44	-4.3%
Asian	562	2.4%	610	577	-15	-2.6%
Black or African American	9,159	39.7%	8,900	10,973	-1,814	-16.5%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	31	0.1%	29	40	-9	-22.5%
White	11,184	48.5%	11,300	13,220	-2,036	-15.4%
Information Not Available	1,120	4.9%	1,238	1,504	-384	-25.5%

Years of Age	23,045		23,133	27,347
Younger than 22	600	1.8%	659	792	-192	-24.2%
22-24	1,402	4.3%	1,440	1,750	-348	-19.9%
25-34	6,016	18.3%	5,950	7,217	-1,201	-16.6%
35-44	5,419	16.5%	5,292	6,318	-899	-14.2%
45-54	5,106	15.5%	5,201	6,020	-914	-15.2%
55-59	2,201	6.7%	2,252	2,564	-363	-14.2%
60-64	1,351	4.1%	1,365	1,605	-254	-15.8%
65 and older	942	2.9%	947	1,076	-134	-12.5%
Information Not Available	8	0.0%	27	5	3	60.0%

Industry	23,045		23,133	27,347
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	240	1.0%	217	197	43	21.8%
Mining	188	0.8%	157	158	30	19.0%
Utilities	39	0.2%	33	39	0	0.0%
Construction	2,501	10.7%	2,710	2,639	-138	-5.2%
Manufacturing	4,512	19.4%	3,879	4,841	-329	-6.8%
Wholesale Trade	852	3.7%	830	886	-34	-3.8%
Retail Trade	2,574	11.1%	2,638	3,218	-644	-20.0%
Transporation and Warehousing	681	2.9%	639	906	-225	-24.8%
Information	354	1.5%	314	286	68	23.8%
Finance and Insurance	668	2.9%	737	871	-203	-23.3%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	328	1.4%	361	377	-49	-13.0%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	1,007	4.3%	1,064	1,324	-317	-23.9%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	49	0.2%	47	50	-1	-2.0%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	3,335	14.3%	3,274	4,020	-685	-17.0%
Educational Services	328	1.4%	375	456	-128	-28.1%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	1,845	7.9%	1,925	2,383	-538	-22.6%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	131	0.6%	171	185	-54	-29.2%
Accomodation and Food Services	1,385	5.9%	1,548	2,029	-644	-31.7%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	481	2.1%	502	619	-138	-22.3%
Public Administration	313	1.3%	367	444	-131	-29.5%
Information Not Available	1,234	5.3%	1,345	1,419	-185	-13.0%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Arkansas
	Apr 2015	Percent	Mar 2015	Apr 2014	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	21,112		23,275	22,264
Male	11,664	55.2%	13,795	11,887	-223	-1.9%
Female	8,029	38.0%	8,223	9,541	-1,512	-15.8%
Information Not Available	1,419	6.7%	1,257	836	583	69.7%

Ethnicity	21,112		23,275	22,264
Hispanic or Latino	211	1.0%	1,115	762	-551	-72.3%
Not Hispanic or Latino	19,482	92.3%	20,903	20,666	-1,184	-5.7%
Information Not Available	1,419	6.7%	1,257	836	583	69.7%

Race	21,112		23,275	22,264
American Indian or Alaskan Native	218	1.0%	250	231	-13	-5.6%
Asian	2	0.0%	152	174	-172	-98.9%
Black or African American	5,375	25.5%	5,726	6,145	-770	-12.5%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	1,092	5.2%	194	179	913	510.1%
White	12,795	60.6%	14,581	13,937	-1,142	-8.2%
Information Not Available	1,630	7.7%	2,372	1,598	32	2.0%

Years of Age	21,112		23,275	22,264
Younger than 22	607	1.9%	665	690	-83	-12.0%
22-24	1,052	3.2%	1,214	1,265	-213	-16.8%
25-34	4,790	14.6%	5,201	5,262	-472	-9.0%
35-44	4,751	14.5%	5,172	4,869	-118	-2.4%
45-54	4,603	14.1%	5,323	5,115	-512	-10.0%
55-59	1,903	5.8%	2,078	2,038	-135	-6.6%
60-64	1,206	3.7%	1,365	1,275	-69	-5.4%
65 and older	781	2.4%	1,000	914	-133	-14.6%
Information Not Available	1,419	4.3%	1,257	836	583	69.7%

Industry	21,112		23,275	22,264
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	463	2.1%	945	437	26	5.9%
Mining	363	1.7%	365	233	130	55.8%
Utilities	35	0.2%	30	45	-10	-22.2%
Construction	2,133	9.9%	2,932	2,195	-62	-2.8%
Manufacturing	3,922	18.2%	3,702	3,056	866	28.3%
Wholesale Trade	731	3.4%	846	950	-219	-23.1%
Retail Trade	1,759	8.2%	1,784	2,240	-481	-21.5%
Transporation and Warehousing	875	4.1%	954	867	8	0.9%
Information	216	1.0%	234	239	-23	-9.6%
Finance and Insurance	316	1.5%	364	415	-99	-23.9%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	235	1.1%	243	295	-60	-20.3%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	735	3.4%	661	743	-8	-1.1%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	85	0.4%	79	58	27	46.6%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	2,016	9.3%	2,311	2,481	-465	-18.7%
Educational Services	285	1.3%	308	411	-126	-30.7%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	2,128	9.9%	2,170	2,727	-599	-22.0%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	121	0.6%	174	160	-39	-24.4%
Accomodation and Food Services	911	4.2%	1,177	1,236	-325	-26.3%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	421	2.0%	491	488	-67	-13.7%
Public Administration	441	2.0%	492	425	16	3.8%
Information Not Available	2,921	13.5%	3,013	2,563	358	14.0%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Arizona
	Apr 2015	Percent	Mar 2015	Apr 2014	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	33,539		28,882	38,161
Male	19,448	58.0%	16,878	21,948	-2,500	-11.4%
Female	14,078	42.0%	11,988	16,190	-2,112	-13.0%
Information Not Available	13	0.0%	16	23	-10	-43.5%

Ethnicity	33,539		28,882	38,161
Hispanic or Latino	14,050	41.9%	9,185	14,038	12	0.1%
Not Hispanic or Latino	13,459	40.1%	13,896	16,875	-3,416	-20.2%
Information Not Available	6,030	18.0%	5,801	7,248	-1,218	-16.8%

Race	33,539		28,882	38,161
American Indian or Alaskan Native	1,827	5.4%	1,979	2,186	-359	-16.4%
Asian	1,816	5.4%	1,389	1,613	203	12.6%
Black or African American	2,210	6.6%	2,225	2,677	-467	-17.4%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	322	1.0%	332	368	-46	-12.5%
White	19,600	58.4%	16,512	22,324	-2,724	-12.2%
Information Not Available	7,764	23.1%	6,445	8,993	-1,229	-13.7%

Years of Age	33,539		28,882	38,161
Younger than 22	784	1.6%	577	905	-121	-13.4%
22-24	1,736	3.4%	1,416	1,940	-204	-10.5%
25-34	7,505	14.8%	6,499	8,594	-1,089	-12.7%
35-44	6,901	13.7%	6,145	8,138	-1,237	-15.2%
45-54	8,468	16.8%	7,077	9,620	-1,152	-12.0%
55-59	3,935	7.8%	3,405	4,372	-437	-10.0%
60-64	2,586	5.1%	2,233	2,886	-300	-10.4%
65 and older	1,624	3.2%	1,530	1,706	-82	-4.8%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	33,539		28,882	38,161
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	6,415	16.1%	1,673	4,666	1,749	37.5%
Mining	282	0.7%	325	139	143	102.9%
Utilities	66	0.2%	62	70	-4	-5.7%
Construction	2,790	7.0%	3,207	4,071	-1,281	-31.5%
Manufacturing	1,933	4.8%	1,745	1,866	67	3.6%
Wholesale Trade	859	2.1%	872	1,216	-357	-29.4%
Retail Trade	2,309	5.8%	2,270	2,833	-524	-18.5%
Transporation and Warehousing	703	1.8%	591	763	-60	-7.9%
Information	364	0.9%	412	401	-37	-9.2%
Finance and Insurance	1,071	2.7%	1,033	1,827	-756	-41.4%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	512	1.3%	522	694	-182	-26.2%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	1,389	3.5%	1,380	1,775	-386	-21.7%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	86	0.2%	93	122	-36	-29.5%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	4,058	10.2%	4,074	4,885	-827	-16.9%
Educational Services	631	1.6%	694	953	-322	-33.8%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	2,234	5.6%	2,287	3,022	-788	-26.1%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	264	0.7%	354	332	-68	-20.5%
Accomodation and Food Services	1,267	3.2%	1,383	1,550	-283	-18.3%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	604	1.5%	619	713	-109	-15.3%
Public Administration	653	1.6%	685	812	-159	-19.6%
Information Not Available	5,049	12.6%	4,601	5,451	-402	-7.4%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants California
	Apr 2015	Percent	Mar 2015	Apr 2014	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	409,173		4,654	473,036
Male	229,148	56.0%	2,679	275,759	-46,611	-16.9%
Female	179,931	44.0%	1,974	196,887	-16,956	-8.6%
Information Not Available	94	0.0%	1	390	-296	-75.9%

Ethnicity	409,173		4,654	473,036
Hispanic or Latino	171,179	41.8%	2,054	168,188	2,991	1.8%
Not Hispanic or Latino	202,892	49.6%	2,235	230,076	-27,184	-11.8%
Information Not Available	35,102	8.6%	365	74,772	-39,670	-53.1%

Race	409,173		4,654	473,036
American Indian or Alaskan Native	4,235	1.0%	37	3,124	1,111	35.6%
Asian	37,078	9.1%	397	38,557	-1,479	-3.8%
Black or African American	32,655	8.0%	342	30,065	2,590	8.6%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
White	128,925	31.5%	1,459	158,329	-29,404	-18.6%
Information Not Available	206,280	50.4%	2,419	242,961	-36,681	-15.1%

Years of Age	409,173		4,654	473,036
Younger than 22	7,246	1.4%	96	9,957	-2,711	-27.2%
22-24	19,480	3.8%	243	25,965	-6,485	-25.0%
25-34	101,258	20.0%	1,120	111,963	-10,705	-9.6%
35-44	86,013	17.0%	916	99,566	-13,553	-13.6%
45-54	95,706	18.9%	1,104	116,063	-20,357	-17.5%
55-59	45,830	9.1%	527	47,928	-2,098	-4.4%
60-64	31,808	6.3%	375	35,531	-3,723	-10.5%
65 and older	21,738	4.3%	272	25,868	-4,130	-16.0%
Information Not Available	94	0.0%	1	195	-101	-51.8%

Industry	409,173		4,654	473,036
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	65,498	13.8%	883	74,772	-9,274	-12.4%
Mining	3,482	0.7%	35	879	2,603	296.1%
Utilities	1,788	0.4%	17	1,074	714	66.5%
Construction	38,113	8.0%	429	53,199	-15,086	-28.4%
Manufacturing	42,442	8.9%	430	40,803	1,639	4.0%
Wholesale Trade	2,447	0.5%	20	1,562	885	56.7%
Retail Trade	30,584	6.4%	320	33,774	-3,190	-9.4%
Transporation and Warehousing	11,199	2.4%	135	13,568	-2,369	-17.5%
Information	28,891	6.1%	343	38,850	-9,959	-25.6%
Finance and Insurance	7,811	1.6%	77	10,152	-2,341	-23.1%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	1,976	0.4%	30	3,514	-1,538	-43.8%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	6,964	1.5%	89	9,859	-2,895	-29.4%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	75,565	15.9%	828	88,535	-12,970	-14.6%
Educational Services	10,728	2.3%	99	9,664	1,064	11.0%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	28,326	6.0%	295	26,941	1,385	5.1%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	8,658	1.8%	104	7,516	1,142	15.2%
Accomodation and Food Services	16,469	3.5%	209	19,523	-3,054	-15.6%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	11,199	2.4%	119	11,714	-515	-4.4%
Public Administration	4,329	0.9%	46	5,369	-1,040	-19.4%
Information Not Available	12,704	2.7%	146	21,768	-9,064	-41.6%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Colorado
	Apr 2015	Percent	Mar 2015	Apr 2014	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	29,649		33,995	37,738
Male	17,682	59.6%	21,413	20,773	-3,091	-14.9%
Female	11,967	40.4%	12,582	16,963	-4,996	-29.5%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	2	-2	-100.0%

Ethnicity	29,649		33,995	37,738
Hispanic or Latino	6,392	21.6%	8,257	7,617	-1,225	-16.1%
Not Hispanic or Latino	20,526	69.2%	22,641	26,457	-5,931	-22.4%
Information Not Available	2,731	9.2%	3,097	3,664	-933	-25.5%

Race	29,649		33,995	37,738
American Indian or Alaskan Native	543	1.8%	665	682	-139	-20.4%
Asian	550	1.9%	601	717	-167	-23.3%
Black or African American	1,916	6.5%	2,024	2,606	-690	-26.5%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	114	0.4%	120	142	-28	-19.7%
White	21,169	71.4%	24,358	26,937	-5,768	-21.4%
Information Not Available	5,357	18.1%	6,227	6,654	-1,297	-19.5%

Years of Age	29,649		33,995	37,738
Younger than 22	404	0.8%	503	594	-190	-32.0%
22-24	1,102	2.3%	1,278	1,330	-228	-17.1%
25-34	6,914	14.3%	7,514	8,246	-1,332	-16.2%
35-44	6,803	14.0%	7,648	8,422	-1,619	-19.2%
45-54	7,238	14.9%	8,633	9,564	-2,326	-24.3%
55-59	3,530	7.3%	4,122	4,652	-1,122	-24.1%
60-64	2,351	4.9%	2,765	3,181	-830	-26.1%
65 and older	1,306	2.7%	1,532	1,746	-440	-25.2%
Information Not Available	1	0.0%	0	3	-2	-66.7%

Industry	29,649		33,995	37,738
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	213	0.7%	298	310	-97	-31.3%
Mining	1,528	5.1%	1,369	618	910	147.2%
Utilities	29	0.1%	35	49	-20	-40.8%
Construction	4,272	14.3%	6,550	4,811	-539	-11.2%
Manufacturing	2,007	6.7%	2,052	2,281	-274	-12.0%
Wholesale Trade	1,281	4.3%	1,320	1,471	-190	-12.9%
Retail Trade	2,333	7.8%	2,450	3,173	-840	-26.5%
Transporation and Warehousing	1,066	3.6%	1,055	1,103	-37	-3.4%
Information	918	3.1%	999	1,114	-196	-17.6%
Finance and Insurance	1,035	3.5%	1,135	1,874	-839	-44.8%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	647	2.2%	679	928	-281	-30.3%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	2,524	8.5%	2,703	3,304	-780	-23.6%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	416	1.4%	551	488	-72	-14.8%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	3,689	12.4%	4,803	5,568	-1,879	-33.7%
Educational Services	785	2.6%	907	1,112	-327	-29.4%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	2,187	7.3%	2,296	3,188	-1,001	-31.4%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	661	2.2%	555	768	-107	-13.9%
Accomodation and Food Services	1,958	6.6%	1,683	2,657	-699	-26.3%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	689	2.3%	774	997	-308	-30.9%
Public Administration	627	2.1%	936	885	-258	-29.2%
Information Not Available	784	2.6%	845	1,039	-255	-24.5%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Connecticut
	Apr 2015	Percent	Mar 2015	Apr 2014	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	46,354		53,570	48,920
Male	26,399	57.0%	35,580	28,961	-2,562	-8.8%
Female	19,955	43.0%	17,990	19,959	-4	0.0%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	46,354		53,570	48,920
Hispanic or Latino	7,505	16.2%	9,107	7,591	-86	-1.1%
Not Hispanic or Latino	38,849	83.8%	44,463	41,329	-2,480	-6.0%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Race	46,354		53,570	48,920
American Indian or Alaskan Native	164	0.4%	195	159	5	3.1%
Asian	730	1.6%	841	815	-85	-10.4%
Black or African American	6,951	15.0%	6,820	7,369	-418	-5.7%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
White	25,826	55.7%	31,064	28,167	-2,341	-8.3%
Information Not Available	12,683	27.4%	14,650	12,410	273	2.2%

Years of Age	46,354		53,570	48,920
Younger than 22	634	0.9%	885	910	-276	-30.3%
22-24	2,015	3.0%	2,534	2,655	-640	-24.1%
25-34	10,212	15.0%	12,250	11,394	-1,182	-10.4%
35-44	9,166	13.5%	10,726	9,778	-612	-6.3%
45-54	11,303	16.6%	12,937	11,622	-319	-2.7%
55-59	5,413	7.9%	6,193	5,426	-13	-0.2%
60-64	4,061	6.0%	4,417	3,889	172	4.4%
65 and older	3,550	5.2%	3,628	3,246	304	9.4%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	46,354		53,570	48,920
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	270	0.6%	662	336	-66	-19.6%
Mining	47	0.1%	90	49	-2	-4.1%
Utilities	60	0.1%	78	101	-41	-40.6%
Construction	6,171	13.2%	10,266	6,649	-478	-7.2%
Manufacturing	4,233	9.1%	4,736	5,058	-825	-16.3%
Wholesale Trade	1,701	3.6%	1,917	1,973	-272	-13.8%
Retail Trade	5,023	10.8%	5,633	5,829	-806	-13.8%
Transporation and Warehousing	5,238	11.2%	1,750	1,672	3,566	213.3%
Information	746	1.6%	793	858	-112	-13.1%
Finance and Insurance	1,449	3.1%	1,483	1,999	-550	-27.5%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	657	1.4%	724	742	-85	-11.5%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	1,816	3.9%	1,988	2,041	-225	-11.0%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	287	0.6%	290	309	-22	-7.1%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	5,842	12.5%	8,753	7,080	-1,238	-17.5%
Educational Services	1,185	2.5%	1,184	1,172	13	1.1%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	4,538	9.7%	4,567	5,551	-1,013	-18.2%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	1,333	2.9%	2,221	1,494	-161	-10.8%
Accomodation and Food Services	3,341	7.2%	3,588	3,199	142	4.4%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	1,283	2.8%	1,484	1,474	-191	-13.0%
Public Administration	545	1.2%	609	653	-108	-16.5%
Information Not Available	589	1.3%	754	681	-92	-13.5%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants District of Columbia
	Apr 2015	Percent	Mar 2015	Apr 2014	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	7,999		8,767	10,333
Male	3,876	48.5%	4,310	5,015	-1,139	-22.7%
Female	4,122	51.5%	4,457	5,316	-1,194	-22.5%
Information Not Available	1	0.0%	0	2	-1	-50.0%

Ethnicity	7,999		8,767	10,333
Hispanic or Latino	669	8.4%	836	935	-266	-28.4%
Not Hispanic or Latino	7,312	91.4%	7,895	9,377	-2,065	-22.0%
Information Not Available	18	0.2%	36	21	-3	-14.3%

Race	7,999		8,767	10,333
American Indian or Alaskan Native	35	0.4%	34	44	-9	-20.5%
Asian	184	2.3%	214	296	-112	-37.8%
Black or African American	5,520	69.0%	5,971	7,008	-1,488	-21.2%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	20	0.3%	16	25	-5	-20.0%
White	1,652	20.7%	1,787	2,142	-490	-22.9%
Information Not Available	588	7.4%	745	818	-230	-28.1%

Years of Age	7,999		8,767	10,333
Younger than 22	159	1.7%	190	188	-29	-15.4%
22-24	436	4.8%	508	460	-24	-5.2%
25-34	2,219	24.4%	2,409	2,742	-523	-19.1%
35-44	1,729	19.0%	1,955	2,354	-625	-26.6%
45-54	1,822	20.0%	1,956	2,486	-664	-26.7%
55-59	803	8.8%	857	1,026	-223	-21.7%
60-64	546	6.0%	558	686	-140	-20.4%
65 and older	285	3.1%	334	391	-106	-27.1%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	7,999		8,767	10,333
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
Mining	1	0.0%	2	0	1	0.0%
Utilities	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
Construction	32	0.4%	39	59	-27	-45.8%
Manufacturing	2	0.0%	2	7	-5	-71.4%
Wholesale Trade	5	0.1%	5	8	-3	-37.5%
Retail Trade	38	0.5%	38	44	-6	-13.6%
Transporation and Warehousing	14	0.2%	14	16	-2	-12.5%
Information	13	0.2%	8	15	-2	-13.3%
Finance and Insurance	9	0.1%	9	7	2	28.6%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	6	0.1%	5	8	-2	-25.0%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	45	0.6%	51	88	-43	-48.9%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	2	0.0%	1	4	-2	-50.0%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	59	0.7%	63	65	-6	-9.2%
Educational Services	4	0.1%	7	22	-18	-81.8%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	10	0.1%	19	40	-30	-75.0%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	1	0.0%	1	6	-5	-83.3%
Accomodation and Food Services	21	0.3%	30	20	1	5.0%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	16	0.2%	27	22	-6	-27.3%
Public Administration	3	0.0%	6	6	-3	-50.0%
Information Not Available	7,718	96.5%	8,440	9,896	-2,178	-22.0%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Delaware
	Apr 2015	Percent	Mar 2015	Apr 2014	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	6,430		8,449	7,830
Male	3,084	48.0%	4,292	3,840	-756	-19.7%
Female	3,038	47.2%	3,769	3,576	-538	-15.0%
Information Not Available	308	4.8%	388	414	-106	-25.6%

Ethnicity	6,430		8,449	7,830
Hispanic or Latino	384	6.0%	549	499	-115	-23.0%
Not Hispanic or Latino	5,738	89.2%	7,512	6,917	-1,179	-17.0%
Information Not Available	308	4.8%	388	414	-106	-25.6%

Race	6,430		8,449	7,830
American Indian or Alaskan Native	22	0.3%	25	18	4	22.2%
Asian	126	2.0%	155	147	-21	-14.3%
Black or African American	2,599	40.4%	3,276	3,043	-444	-14.6%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	4	0.1%	6	16	-12	-75.0%
White	3,457	53.8%	4,717	4,383	-926	-21.1%
Information Not Available	222	3.5%	270	224	-2	-0.9%

Years of Age	6,430		8,449	7,830
Younger than 22	108	1.2%	138	169	-61	-36.1%
22-24	319	3.4%	429	372	-53	-14.2%
25-34	1,698	18.1%	2,234	1,920	-222	-11.6%
35-44	1,211	12.9%	1,658	1,611	-400	-24.8%
45-54	1,529	16.3%	1,990	1,897	-368	-19.4%
55-59	681	7.3%	894	796	-115	-14.4%
60-64	507	5.4%	615	552	-45	-8.2%
65 and older	321	3.4%	421	420	-99	-23.6%
Information Not Available	56	0.6%	70	93	-37	-39.8%

Industry	6,430		8,449	7,830
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	20	0.3%	23	16	4	25.0%
Mining	0	0.0%	0	2	-2	-100.0%
Utilities	2	0.0%	2	8	-6	-75.0%
Construction	519	8.0%	836	596	-77	-12.9%
Manufacturing	398	6.2%	514	788	-390	-49.5%
Wholesale Trade	206	3.2%	256	198	8	4.0%
Retail Trade	988	15.3%	1,270	1,184	-196	-16.6%
Transporation and Warehousing	236	3.7%	266	206	30	14.6%
Information	101	1.6%	128	92	9	9.8%
Finance and Insurance	534	8.3%	671	573	-39	-6.8%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	126	2.0%	196	153	-27	-17.6%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	353	5.5%	394	390	-37	-9.5%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	14	0.2%	17	26	-12	-46.2%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	1,165	18.1%	1,488	1,426	-261	-18.3%
Educational Services	96	1.5%	118	130	-34	-26.2%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	782	12.1%	900	783	-1	-0.1%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	101	1.6%	190	158	-57	-36.1%
Accomodation and Food Services	550	8.5%	799	801	-251	-31.3%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	182	2.8%	260	224	-42	-18.8%
Public Administration	40	0.6%	97	68	-28	-41.2%
Information Not Available	17	0.3%	24	8	9	112.5%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Florida
	Apr 2015	Percent	Mar 2015	Apr 2014	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	60,316		64,480	99,708
Male	30,037	49.8%	32,780	49,014	-18,977	-38.7%
Female	30,235	50.1%	31,662	50,631	-20,396	-40.3%
Information Not Available	44	0.1%	38	63	-19	-30.2%

Ethnicity	60,316		64,480	99,708
Hispanic or Latino	15,276	25.3%	15,895	24,626	-9,350	-38.0%
Not Hispanic or Latino	40,385	67.0%	43,553	67,017	-26,632	-39.7%
Information Not Available	4,655	7.7%	5,032	8,065	-3,410	-42.3%

Race	60,316		64,480	99,708
American Indian or Alaskan Native	345	0.6%	415	771	-426	-55.3%
Asian	892	1.5%	1,017	1,293	-401	-31.0%
Black or African American	15,105	25.0%	15,818	25,342	-10,237	-40.4%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	275	0.5%	284	568	-293	-51.6%
White	37,379	62.0%	40,233	59,848	-22,469	-37.5%
Information Not Available	6,320	10.5%	6,713	11,886	-5,566	-46.8%

Years of Age	60,316		64,480	99,708
Younger than 22	656	0.7%	645	1,443	-787	-54.5%
22-24	2,197	2.3%	2,219	4,510	-2,313	-51.3%
25-34	12,716	13.6%	13,128	21,524	-8,808	-40.9%
35-44	12,029	12.9%	13,096	20,943	-8,914	-42.6%
45-54	13,154	14.1%	13,968	22,500	-9,346	-41.5%
55-59	6,000	6.4%	6,562	9,669	-3,669	-37.9%
60-64	4,101	4.4%	4,416	6,874	-2,773	-40.3%
65 and older	2,967	3.2%	2,974	4,727	-1,760	-37.2%
Information Not Available	6,496	6.9%	7,472	7,518	-1,022	-13.6%

Industry	60,316		64,480	99,708
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	796	1.3%	741	916	-120	-13.1%
Mining	176	0.3%	142	79	97	122.8%
Utilities	52	0.1%	90	194	-142	-73.2%
Construction	3,931	6.4%	4,017	5,237	-1,306	-24.9%
Manufacturing	2,991	4.9%	2,753	4,361	-1,370	-31.4%
Wholesale Trade	2,500	4.1%	2,810	4,081	-1,581	-38.7%
Retail Trade	6,509	10.7%	6,673	10,703	-4,194	-39.2%
Transporation and Warehousing	1,623	2.7%	1,760	2,638	-1,015	-38.5%
Information	1,262	2.1%	1,299	1,732	-470	-27.1%
Finance and Insurance	2,716	4.4%	2,887	4,656	-1,940	-41.7%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	1,431	2.3%	1,448	2,274	-843	-37.1%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	4,411	7.2%	4,507	6,633	-2,222	-33.5%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	439	0.7%	470	602	-163	-27.1%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	10,695	17.5%	12,144	16,797	-6,102	-36.3%
Educational Services	1,213	2.0%	1,402	2,824	-1,611	-57.0%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	5,493	9.0%	5,785	9,648	-4,155	-43.1%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	887	1.5%	1,126	1,588	-701	-44.1%
Accomodation and Food Services	4,217	6.9%	4,341	7,135	-2,918	-40.9%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	1,666	2.7%	1,890	2,544	-878	-34.5%
Public Administration	978	1.6%	1,047	1,881	-903	-48.0%
Information Not Available	6,330	10.4%	7,148	13,185	-6,855	-52.0%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Georgia
	Apr 2015	Percent	Mar 2015	Apr 2014	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	36,417		37,855	46,306
Male	18,245	50.1%	19,200	22,351	-4,106	-18.4%
Female	17,597	48.3%	18,005	23,261	-5,664	-24.3%
Information Not Available	575	1.6%	650	694	-119	-17.1%

Ethnicity	36,417		37,855	46,306
Hispanic or Latino	78	0.2%	186	108	-30	-27.8%
Not Hispanic or Latino	35,764	98.2%	37,019	45,504	-9,740	-21.4%
Information Not Available	575	1.6%	650	694	-119	-17.1%

Race	36,417		37,855	46,306
American Indian or Alaskan Native	172	0.5%	184	239	-67	-28.0%
Asian	560	1.5%	576	693	-133	-19.2%
Black or African American	19,603	53.8%	20,250	24,438	-4,835	-19.8%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
White	15,507	42.6%	16,195	20,242	-4,735	-23.4%
Information Not Available	575	1.6%	650	694	-119	-17.1%

Years of Age	36,417		37,855	46,306
Younger than 22	530	1.1%	683	746	-216	-29.0%
22-24	1,597	3.2%	1,796	2,163	-566	-26.2%
25-34	8,667	17.4%	9,278	11,175	-2,508	-22.4%
35-44	8,659	17.4%	8,897	11,010	-2,351	-21.4%
45-54	8,760	17.6%	8,872	11,070	-2,310	-20.9%
55-59	3,584	7.2%	3,611	4,435	-851	-19.2%
60-64	2,252	4.5%	2,360	2,823	-571	-20.2%
65 and older	1,266	2.5%	1,296	1,630	-364	-22.3%
Information Not Available	1,102	2.2%	1,062	1,254	-152	-12.1%

Industry	36,417		37,855	46,306
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	602	1.6%	601	813	-211	-26.0%
Mining	23	0.1%	19	29	-6	-20.7%
Utilities	48	0.1%	53	59	-11	-18.6%
Construction	2,584	7.0%	2,191	2,135	449	21.0%
Manufacturing	2,580	7.0%	2,635	3,495	-915	-26.2%
Wholesale Trade	1,529	4.1%	1,609	2,023	-494	-24.4%
Retail Trade	2,881	7.8%	2,985	3,646	-765	-21.0%
Transporation and Warehousing	695	1.9%	741	1,039	-344	-33.1%
Information	724	2.0%	736	923	-199	-21.6%
Finance and Insurance	1,059	2.9%	1,038	1,407	-348	-24.7%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	515	1.4%	517	693	-178	-25.7%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	6,176	16.7%	6,414	7,728	-1,552	-20.1%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	37	0.1%	36	54	-17	-31.5%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	84	0.2%	95	135	-51	-37.8%
Educational Services	786	2.1%	832	1,033	-247	-23.9%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	1,808	4.9%	1,880	2,781	-973	-35.0%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	1,448	3.9%	1,727	2,227	-779	-35.0%
Accomodation and Food Services	229	0.6%	222	322	-93	-28.9%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	331	0.9%	365	430	-99	-23.0%
Public Administration	434	1.2%	461	657	-223	-33.9%
Information Not Available	11,844	32.0%	12,698	14,677	-2,833	-19.3%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Hawaii
	Apr 2015	Percent	Mar 2015	Apr 2014	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	7,595		8,386	9,909
Male	5,003	65.9%	5,508	6,811	-1,808	-26.5%
Female	2,590	34.1%	2,877	3,097	-507	-16.4%
Information Not Available	2	0.0%	1	1	1	100.0%

Ethnicity	7,595		8,386	9,909
Hispanic or Latino	564	7.4%	626	609	-45	-7.4%
Not Hispanic or Latino	5,083	66.9%	5,603	7,326	-2,243	-30.6%
Information Not Available	1,948	25.6%	2,157	1,974	-26	-1.3%

Race	7,595		8,386	9,909
American Indian or Alaskan Native	50	0.7%	58	51	-1	-2.0%
Asian	2,502	32.9%	2,637	3,319	-817	-24.6%
Black or African American	120	1.6%	145	183	-63	-34.4%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	2,197	28.9%	2,412	2,598	-401	-15.4%
White	1,718	22.6%	1,999	2,440	-722	-29.6%
Information Not Available	1,008	13.3%	1,135	1,318	-310	-23.5%

Years of Age	7,595		8,386	9,909
Younger than 22	87	1.0%	97	128	-41	-32.0%
22-24	224	2.6%	250	322	-98	-30.4%
25-34	1,742	20.0%	1,905	2,309	-567	-24.6%
35-44	1,740	20.0%	1,906	2,270	-530	-23.3%
45-54	1,869	21.5%	2,034	2,428	-559	-23.0%
55-59	818	9.4%	939	1,037	-219	-21.1%
60-64	622	7.2%	726	835	-213	-25.5%
65 and older	493	5.7%	529	580	-87	-15.0%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	7,595		8,386	9,909
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	149	1.9%	152	324	-175	-54.0%
Mining	2	0.0%	1	3	-1	-33.3%
Utilities	6	0.1%	7	40	-34	-85.0%
Construction	2,359	30.5%	2,629	3,287	-928	-28.2%
Manufacturing	202	2.6%	195	238	-36	-15.1%
Wholesale Trade	141	1.8%	150	180	-39	-21.7%
Retail Trade	437	5.6%	510	539	-102	-18.9%
Transporation and Warehousing	233	3.0%	269	301	-68	-22.6%
Information	218	2.8%	185	260	-42	-16.2%
Finance and Insurance	81	1.0%	93	173	-92	-53.2%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	107	1.4%	128	165	-58	-35.2%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	245	3.2%	266	329	-84	-25.5%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	49	0.6%	46	96	-47	-49.0%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	1,020	13.2%	1,110	1,140	-120	-10.5%
Educational Services	60	0.8%	72	75	-15	-20.0%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	316	4.1%	361	443	-127	-28.7%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	86	1.1%	103	107	-21	-19.6%
Accomodation and Food Services	689	8.9%	772	721	-32	-4.4%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	158	2.0%	176	223	-65	-29.1%
Public Administration	78	1.0%	109	119	-41	-34.5%
Information Not Available	959	12.4%	1,052	1,146	-187	-16.3%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Iowa
	Apr 2015	Percent	Mar 2015	Apr 2014	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	19,962		32,250	24,327
Male	12,566	62.9%	23,705	15,857	-3,291	-20.8%
Female	6,961	34.9%	7,760	8,290	-1,329	-16.0%
Information Not Available	435	2.2%	785	180	255	141.7%

Ethnicity	19,962		32,250	24,327
Hispanic or Latino	1,185	5.9%	2,538	1,761	-576	-32.7%
Not Hispanic or Latino	17,570	88.0%	27,966	21,716	-4,146	-19.1%
Information Not Available	1,207	6.0%	1,746	850	357	42.0%

Race	19,962		32,250	24,327
American Indian or Alaskan Native	191	1.0%	248	167	24	14.4%
Asian	262	1.3%	250	259	3	1.2%
Black or African American	1,375	6.9%	1,543	1,720	-345	-20.1%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
White	15,742	78.9%	25,925	19,570	-3,828	-19.6%
Information Not Available	2,392	12.0%	4,284	2,611	-219	-8.4%

Years of Age	19,962		32,250	24,327
Younger than 22	309	0.9%	641	446	-137	-30.7%
22-24	883	2.6%	1,693	1,080	-197	-18.2%
25-34	4,469	13.2%	7,383	5,567	-1,098	-19.7%
35-44	4,280	12.6%	6,861	5,227	-947	-18.1%
45-54	4,765	14.0%	7,236	5,880	-1,115	-19.0%
55-59	2,402	7.1%	3,766	2,869	-467	-16.3%
60-64	1,731	5.1%	2,687	1,944	-213	-11.0%
65 and older	1,119	3.3%	1,975	1,306	-187	-14.3%
Information Not Available	4	0.0%	8	8	-4	-50.0%

Industry	19,962		32,250	24,327
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	157	0.8%	281	198	-41	-20.7%
Mining	204	1.0%	638	435	-231	-53.1%
Utilities	32	0.2%	41	41	-9	-22.0%
Construction	4,624	23.0%	12,175	6,799	-2,175	-32.0%
Manufacturing	4,497	22.4%	4,883	4,134	363	8.8%
Wholesale Trade	862	4.3%	1,170	897	-35	-3.9%
Retail Trade	1,545	7.7%	1,888	1,771	-226	-12.8%
Transporation and Warehousing	760	3.8%	1,155	891	-131	-14.7%
Information	454	2.3%	436	516	-62	-12.0%
Finance and Insurance	535	2.7%	599	864	-329	-38.1%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	164	0.8%	248	192	-28	-14.6%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	687	3.4%	745	648	39	6.0%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	36	0.2%	38	51	-15	-29.4%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	1,996	9.9%	3,516	2,545	-549	-21.6%
Educational Services	279	1.4%	326	343	-64	-18.7%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	1,274	6.3%	1,234	1,644	-370	-22.5%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	262	1.3%	534	270	-8	-3.0%
Accomodation and Food Services	856	4.3%	1,102	1,031	-175	-17.0%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	368	1.8%	470	477	-109	-22.9%
Public Administration	223	1.1%	490	358	-135	-37.7%
Information Not Available	147	0.7%	281	222	-75	-33.8%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Idaho
	Apr 2015	Percent	Mar 2015	Apr 2014	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	8,186		13,039	11,147
Male	4,955	60.5%	8,947	7,066	-2,111	-29.9%
Female	3,231	39.5%	4,091	4,074	-843	-20.7%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	1	7	-7	-100.0%

Ethnicity	8,186		13,039	11,147
Hispanic or Latino	1,038	12.7%	2,225	1,253	-215	-17.2%
Not Hispanic or Latino	6,715	82.0%	9,716	9,279	-2,564	-27.6%
Information Not Available	433	5.3%	1,098	615	-182	-29.6%

Race	8,186		13,039	11,147
American Indian or Alaskan Native	463	3.2%	638	195	268	137.4%
Asian	115	0.8%	203	129	-14	-10.9%
Black or African American	115	0.8%	155	93	22	23.7%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	73	0.5%	109	48	25	52.1%
White	11,372	78.8%	15,937	9,104	2,268	24.9%
Information Not Available	2,302	15.9%	4,441	1,578	724	45.9%

Years of Age	8,186		13,039	11,147
Younger than 22	176	0.9%	344	210	-34	-16.2%
22-24	354	1.9%	648	501	-147	-29.3%
25-34	1,784	9.4%	2,691	2,392	-608	-25.4%
35-44	1,709	9.0%	2,563	2,372	-663	-28.0%
45-54	2,049	10.8%	3,125	2,754	-705	-25.6%
55-59	1,053	5.6%	1,534	1,384	-331	-23.9%
60-64	670	3.5%	1,008	971	-301	-31.0%
65 and older	391	2.1%	1,124	563	-172	-30.6%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	2	0	0	0.0%

Industry	8,186		13,039	11,147
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	22	0.3%	1,052	888	-866	-97.5%
Mining	2	0.0%	283	92	-90	-97.8%
Utilities	2	0.0%	54	23	-21	-91.3%
Construction	47	0.6%	2,283	1,464	-1,417	-96.8%
Manufacturing	97	1.2%	1,481	1,329	-1,232	-92.7%
Wholesale Trade	28	0.3%	460	332	-304	-91.6%
Retail Trade	69	0.8%	1,072	929	-860	-92.6%
Transporation and Warehousing	44	0.5%	382	487	-443	-91.0%
Information	6	0.1%	112	136	-130	-95.6%
Finance and Insurance	14	0.2%	218	282	-268	-95.0%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	6	0.1%	131	113	-107	-94.7%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	33	0.4%	450	381	-348	-91.3%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	4	0.0%	25	42	-38	-90.5%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	86	1.0%	1,714	1,099	-1,013	-92.2%
Educational Services	20	0.2%	179	158	-138	-87.3%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	61	0.7%	766	765	-704	-92.0%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	16	0.2%	350	173	-157	-90.8%
Accomodation and Food Services	41	0.5%	606	582	-541	-93.0%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	13	0.2%	259	224	-211	-94.2%
Public Administration	12	0.1%	419	266	-254	-95.5%
Information Not Available	7,563	92.1%	743	1,382	6,181	447.3%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Illinois
	Apr 2015	Percent	Mar 2015	Apr 2014	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	127,568		161,909	168,198
Male	78,835	61.8%	110,596	103,588	-24,753	-23.9%
Female	48,034	37.7%	50,412	63,456	-15,422	-24.3%
Information Not Available	699	0.5%	901	1,154	-455	-39.4%

Ethnicity	127,568		161,909	168,198
Hispanic or Latino	22,363	17.5%	33,565	29,998	-7,635	-25.5%
Not Hispanic or Latino	91,710	71.9%	111,003	120,247	-28,537	-23.7%
Information Not Available	13,495	10.6%	17,341	17,953	-4,458	-24.8%

Race	127,568		161,909	168,198
American Indian or Alaskan Native	666	0.5%	859	837	-171	-20.4%
Asian	2,566	2.0%	3,027	3,786	-1,220	-32.2%
Black or African American	30,135	23.6%	31,081	37,127	-6,992	-18.8%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	294	0.2%	340	372	-78	-21.0%
White	78,448	61.5%	103,883	105,373	-26,925	-25.6%
Information Not Available	15,459	12.1%	22,719	20,703	-5,244	-25.3%

Years of Age	127,568		161,909	168,198
Younger than 22	1,802	0.9%	2,191	2,311	-509	-22.0%
22-24	5,301	2.7%	6,276	6,772	-1,471	-21.7%
25-34	28,813	14.6%	36,012	37,849	-9,036	-23.9%
35-44	30,135	15.3%	38,399	40,542	-10,407	-25.7%
45-54	32,907	16.7%	43,285	44,001	-11,094	-25.2%
55-59	14,872	7.6%	19,165	19,239	-4,367	-22.7%
60-64	9,315	4.7%	11,447	11,573	-2,258	-19.5%
65 and older	4,423	2.2%	5,134	5,911	-1,488	-25.2%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	127,568		161,909	168,198
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	536	0.4%	1,027	672	-136	-20.2%
Mining	822	0.6%	927	760	62	8.2%
Utilities	137	0.1%	152	237	-100	-42.2%
Construction	22,583	17.6%	38,280	30,123	-7,540	-25.0%
Manufacturing	13,053	10.2%	14,007	15,780	-2,727	-17.3%
Wholesale Trade	5,269	4.1%	6,307	7,167	-1,898	-26.5%
Retail Trade	10,350	8.1%	11,320	14,689	-4,339	-29.5%
Transporation and Warehousing	5,722	4.5%	6,243	7,545	-1,823	-24.2%
Information	2,144	1.7%	2,289	2,693	-549	-20.4%
Finance and Insurance	3,844	3.0%	4,092	5,839	-1,995	-34.2%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	1,767	1.4%	1,931	2,232	-465	-20.8%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	6,991	5.5%	8,600	9,186	-2,195	-23.9%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	766	0.6%	950	768	-2	-0.3%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	20,611	16.1%	27,782	25,143	-4,532	-18.0%
Educational Services	2,367	1.8%	2,840	3,708	-1,341	-36.2%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	8,619	6.7%	8,698	11,994	-3,375	-28.1%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	2,275	1.8%	3,664	3,125	-850	-27.2%
Accomodation and Food Services	6,193	4.8%	6,972	7,848	-1,655	-21.1%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	3,111	2.4%	3,642	3,967	-856	-21.6%
Public Administration	2,673	2.1%	2,844	3,566	-893	-25.0%
Information Not Available	7,735	6.0%	9,342	11,156	-3,421	-30.7%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Indiana
	Apr 2015	Percent	Mar 2015	Apr 2014	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	25,542		35,534	39,058
Male	15,995	62.6%	25,137	24,299	-8,304	-34.2%
Female	9,508	37.2%	10,332	14,699	-5,191	-35.3%
Information Not Available	39	0.2%	65	60	-21	-35.0%

Ethnicity	25,542		35,534	39,058
Hispanic or Latino	1,340	5.2%	2,098	1,825	-485	-26.6%
Not Hispanic or Latino	19,115	74.8%	26,623	29,727	-10,612	-35.7%
Information Not Available	5,087	19.9%	6,813	7,506	-2,419	-32.2%

Race	25,542		35,534	39,058
American Indian or Alaskan Native	138	0.5%	184	186	-48	-25.8%
Asian	151	0.6%	169	173	-22	-12.7%
Black or African American	4,167	16.3%	4,537	6,349	-2,182	-34.4%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	30	0.1%	28	47	-17	-36.2%
White	19,458	76.2%	28,265	30,198	-10,740	-35.6%
Information Not Available	1,598	6.3%	2,351	2,105	-507	-24.1%

Years of Age	25,542		35,534	39,058
Younger than 22	321	0.7%	498	568	-247	-43.5%
22-24	973	2.2%	1,361	1,490	-517	-34.7%
25-34	5,530	12.8%	7,593	8,634	-3,104	-36.0%
35-44	6,252	14.5%	8,803	9,546	-3,294	-34.5%
45-54	6,752	15.6%	9,490	10,405	-3,653	-35.1%
55-59	3,044	7.0%	4,246	4,500	-1,456	-32.4%
60-64	1,741	4.0%	2,299	2,520	-779	-30.9%
65 and older	929	2.1%	1,244	1,395	-466	-33.4%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	25,542		35,534	39,058
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	96	0.4%	173	123	-27	-22.0%
Mining	105	0.4%	198	100	5	5.0%
Utilities	18	0.1%	19	41	-23	-56.1%
Construction	5,218	20.4%	10,629	8,874	-3,656	-41.2%
Manufacturing	4,453	17.4%	4,877	6,005	-1,552	-25.8%
Wholesale Trade	905	3.5%	982	1,231	-326	-26.5%
Retail Trade	1,768	6.9%	2,185	2,753	-985	-35.8%
Transporation and Warehousing	1,056	4.1%	1,608	1,799	-743	-41.3%
Information	372	1.5%	346	429	-57	-13.3%
Finance and Insurance	523	2.0%	532	919	-396	-43.1%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	364	1.4%	426	543	-179	-33.0%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	935	3.6%	1,053	1,208	-273	-22.6%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	118	0.5%	136	262	-144	-55.0%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	2,893	11.3%	4,298	4,547	-1,654	-36.4%
Educational Services	416	1.6%	428	624	-208	-33.3%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	1,914	7.5%	1,962	3,349	-1,435	-42.8%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	299	1.2%	584	465	-166	-35.7%
Accomodation and Food Services	856	3.3%	1,025	1,440	-584	-40.6%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	565	2.2%	692	782	-217	-27.7%
Public Administration	246	1.0%	291	290	-44	-15.2%
Information Not Available	2,422	9.4%	3,090	3,274	-852	-26.0%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Kansas
	Apr 2015	Percent	Mar 2015	Apr 2014	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	15,133		17,763	19,726
Male	9,198	60.8%	11,405	11,308	-2,110	-18.7%
Female	5,935	39.2%	6,358	8,418	-2,483	-29.5%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	15,133		17,763	19,726
Hispanic or Latino	1,266	8.4%	1,768	1,457	-191	-13.1%
Not Hispanic or Latino	6,452	42.6%	7,408	8,693	-2,241	-25.8%
Information Not Available	7,415	49.0%	8,587	9,576	-2,161	-22.6%

Race	15,133		17,763	19,726
American Indian or Alaskan Native	230	1.5%	294	291	-61	-21.0%
Asian	218	1.4%	225	322	-104	-32.3%
Black or African American	2,614	17.3%	2,994	3,818	-1,204	-31.5%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	29	0.2%	36	48	-19	-39.6%
White	11,006	72.7%	12,756	14,034	-3,028	-21.6%
Information Not Available	1,036	6.8%	1,458	1,213	-177	-14.6%

Years of Age	15,133		17,763	19,726
Younger than 22	254	1.0%	305	285	-31	-10.9%
22-24	694	2.8%	839	894	-200	-22.4%
25-34	3,624	14.5%	4,267	4,744	-1,120	-23.6%
35-44	3,347	13.4%	3,922	4,287	-940	-21.9%
45-54	3,635	14.5%	4,287	4,810	-1,175	-24.4%
55-59	1,735	6.9%	2,001	2,307	-572	-24.8%
60-64	1,141	4.6%	1,294	1,460	-319	-21.8%
65 and older	703	2.8%	848	939	-236	-25.1%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	15,133		17,763	19,726
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	55	0.4%	82	63	-8	-12.7%
Mining	738	4.9%	636	199	539	270.9%
Utilities	28	0.2%	29	38	-10	-26.3%
Construction	2,116	13.9%	3,401	2,537	-421	-16.6%
Manufacturing	2,131	14.0%	2,169	2,796	-665	-23.8%
Wholesale Trade	616	4.1%	669	864	-248	-28.7%
Retail Trade	1,332	8.8%	1,527	1,813	-481	-26.5%
Transporation and Warehousing	689	4.5%	785	590	99	16.8%
Information	298	2.0%	318	351	-53	-15.1%
Finance and Insurance	379	2.5%	385	779	-400	-51.3%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	181	1.2%	202	316	-135	-42.7%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	833	5.5%	849	1,173	-340	-29.0%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	52	0.3%	48	67	-15	-22.4%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	1,859	12.2%	2,443	2,847	-988	-34.7%
Educational Services	289	1.9%	286	387	-98	-25.3%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	1,407	9.3%	1,436	2,093	-686	-32.8%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	109	0.7%	156	148	-39	-26.4%
Accomodation and Food Services	628	4.1%	643	874	-246	-28.1%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	324	2.1%	408	516	-192	-37.2%
Public Administration	330	2.2%	402	470	-140	-29.8%
Information Not Available	739	4.9%	889	805	-66	-8.2%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Kentucky
	Apr 2015	Percent	Mar 2015	Apr 2014	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	25,418		32,694	27,231
Male	16,005	63.0%	22,841	15,834	171	1.1%
Female	9,413	37.0%	9,853	11,397	-1,984	-17.4%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	25,418		32,694	27,231
Hispanic or Latino	26	0.1%	61	115	-89	-77.4%
Not Hispanic or Latino	577	2.3%	600	700	-123	-17.6%
Information Not Available	24,815	97.6%	32,033	26,416	-1,601	-6.1%

Race	25,418		32,694	27,231
American Indian or Alaskan Native	143	0.6%	179	196	-53	-27.0%
Asian	65	0.3%	61	68	-3	-4.4%
Black or African American	3,526	13.9%	3,357	3,715	-189	-5.1%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	4	0.0%	9	21	-17	-81.0%
White	21,406	84.2%	28,781	22,970	-1,564	-6.8%
Information Not Available	274	1.1%	307	261	13	5.0%

Years of Age	25,418		32,694	27,231
Younger than 22	347	0.8%	420	346	1	0.3%
22-24	1,063	2.4%	1,077	1,100	-37	-3.4%
25-34	5,704	12.7%	6,890	6,066	-362	-6.0%
35-44	6,476	14.4%	8,133	6,484	-8	-0.1%
45-54	6,068	13.5%	8,404	6,624	-556	-8.4%
55-59	2,672	6.0%	3,909	3,084	-412	-13.4%
60-64	2,000	4.5%	2,351	2,167	-167	-7.7%
65 and older	1,084	2.4%	1,506	1,348	-264	-19.6%
Information Not Available	4	0.0%	4	12	-8	-66.7%

Industry	25,418		32,694	27,231
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	56	0.2%	166	43	13	30.2%
Mining	1,123	4.4%	1,987	1,173	-50	-4.3%
Utilities	30	0.1%	118	43	-13	-30.2%
Construction	3,153	12.4%	8,606	3,745	-592	-15.8%
Manufacturing	6,931	27.2%	4,929	4,103	2,828	68.9%
Wholesale Trade	907	3.6%	1,059	1,207	-300	-24.9%
Retail Trade	1,735	6.8%	1,655	2,210	-475	-21.5%
Transporation and Warehousing	820	3.2%	1,287	887	-67	-7.6%
Information	468	1.8%	328	491	-23	-4.7%
Finance and Insurance	573	2.2%	740	913	-340	-37.2%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	299	1.2%	337	371	-72	-19.4%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	967	3.8%	1,234	1,216	-249	-20.5%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	39	0.2%	83	119	-80	-67.2%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	2,811	11.0%	3,620	3,169	-358	-11.3%
Educational Services	278	1.1%	368	461	-183	-39.7%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	1,791	7.0%	1,786	3,127	-1,336	-42.7%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	269	1.1%	578	316	-47	-14.9%
Accomodation and Food Services	872	3.4%	1,199	1,376	-504	-36.6%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	529	2.1%	534	648	-119	-18.4%
Public Administration	382	1.5%	425	337	45	13.4%
Information Not Available	1,385	5.4%	1,655	1,276	109	8.5%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Louisiana
	Apr 2015	Percent	Mar 2015	Apr 2014	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	19,482		18,329	16,796
Male	11,231	57.6%	10,544	8,223	3,008	36.6%
Female	8,251	42.4%	7,785	8,573	-322	-3.8%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	19,482		18,329	16,796
Hispanic or Latino	826	4.2%	858	681	145	21.3%
Not Hispanic or Latino	18,656	95.8%	17,471	16,112	2,544	15.8%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	3	-3	-100.0%

Race	19,482		18,329	16,796
American Indian or Alaskan Native	220	1.1%	221	137	83	60.6%
Asian	175	0.9%	176	195	-20	-10.3%
Black or African American	10,364	53.2%	9,616	9,314	1,050	11.3%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	36	0.2%	34	17	19	111.8%
White	8,687	44.6%	8,282	7,133	1,554	21.8%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Years of Age	19,482		18,329	16,796
Younger than 22	254	0.9%	197	209	45	21.5%
22-24	857	3.2%	749	705	152	21.6%
25-34	5,009	18.7%	4,548	4,172	837	20.1%
35-44	4,516	16.9%	4,285	3,779	737	19.5%
45-54	4,409	16.5%	4,286	3,944	465	11.8%
55-59	2,140	8.0%	1,988	1,875	265	14.1%
60-64	1,415	5.3%	1,351	1,243	172	13.8%
65 and older	882	3.3%	925	869	13	1.5%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	19,482		18,329	16,796
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	230	1.2%	308	192	38	19.8%
Mining	1,335	6.8%	1,177	323	1,012	313.3%
Utilities	41	0.2%	44	40	1	2.5%
Construction	3,237	16.4%	3,149	2,583	654	25.3%
Manufacturing	2,099	10.6%	1,817	1,530	569	37.2%
Wholesale Trade	743	3.8%	625	521	222	42.6%
Retail Trade	1,582	8.0%	1,558	1,667	-85	-5.1%
Transporation and Warehousing	744	3.8%	674	512	232	45.3%
Information	259	1.3%	249	304	-45	-14.8%
Finance and Insurance	475	2.4%	429	522	-47	-9.0%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	485	2.5%	451	358	127	35.5%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	1,013	5.1%	945	896	117	13.1%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	63	0.3%	66	53	10	18.9%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	1,886	9.6%	1,779	1,650	236	14.3%
Educational Services	277	1.4%	283	383	-106	-27.7%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	2,001	10.2%	1,919	2,451	-450	-18.4%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	321	1.6%	288	355	-34	-9.6%
Accomodation and Food Services	1,280	6.5%	1,249	1,242	38	3.1%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	491	2.5%	506	464	27	5.8%
Public Administration	316	1.6%	285	327	-11	-3.4%
Information Not Available	604	3.1%	528	423	181	42.8%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Massachusetts
	Apr 2015	Percent	Mar 2015	Apr 2014	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	70,567		92,662	85,496
Male	43,818	62.1%	62,490	52,944	-9,126	-17.2%
Female	26,747	37.9%	30,168	32,552	-5,805	-17.8%
Information Not Available	2	0.0%	4	0	2	0.0%

Ethnicity	70,567		92,662	85,496
Hispanic or Latino	8,826	12.5%	11,498	10,315	-1,489	-14.4%
Not Hispanic or Latino	57,356	81.3%	75,703	70,378	-13,022	-18.5%
Information Not Available	4,385	6.2%	5,461	4,803	-418	-8.7%

Race	70,567		92,662	85,496
American Indian or Alaskan Native	334	0.5%	416	415	-81	-19.5%
Asian	2,370	3.4%	2,604	2,528	-158	-6.3%
Black or African American	6,353	9.0%	7,253	7,595	-1,242	-16.4%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	195	0.3%	252	220	-25	-11.4%
White	52,175	73.9%	70,347	64,852	-12,677	-19.5%
Information Not Available	9,140	13.0%	11,790	9,886	-746	-7.5%

Years of Age	70,567		92,662	85,496
Younger than 22	1,170	1.0%	1,773	1,535	-365	-23.8%
22-24	3,051	2.6%	4,389	3,981	-930	-23.4%
25-34	16,344	14.0%	21,659	19,753	-3,409	-17.3%
35-44	14,936	12.8%	19,640	18,090	-3,154	-17.4%
45-54	17,062	14.6%	22,323	21,104	-4,042	-19.2%
55-59	7,921	6.8%	10,136	9,397	-1,476	-15.7%
60-64	5,648	4.8%	7,107	6,566	-918	-14.0%
65 and older	4,435	3.8%	5,635	5,070	-635	-12.5%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	70,567		92,662	85,496
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	600	0.8%	1,150	624	-24	-3.8%
Mining	110	0.2%	250	140	-30	-21.4%
Utilities	132	0.2%	166	128	4	3.1%
Construction	11,909	16.7%	19,165	14,681	-2,772	-18.9%
Manufacturing	5,767	8.1%	6,249	7,024	-1,257	-17.9%
Wholesale Trade	2,742	3.9%	3,154	3,508	-766	-21.8%
Retail Trade	5,939	8.3%	7,326	7,585	-1,646	-21.7%
Transporation and Warehousing	1,917	2.7%	2,256	2,145	-228	-10.6%
Information	1,500	2.1%	1,544	1,909	-409	-21.4%
Finance and Insurance	2,131	3.0%	2,195	2,949	-818	-27.7%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	1,463	2.1%	1,758	1,763	-300	-17.0%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	5,601	7.9%	6,284	6,321	-720	-11.4%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	287	0.4%	281	287	0	0.0%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	9,314	13.1%	14,093	10,807	-1,493	-13.8%
Educational Services	1,147	1.6%	1,324	1,464	-317	-21.7%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	6,622	9.3%	6,838	8,015	-1,393	-17.4%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	1,725	2.4%	3,133	2,084	-359	-17.2%
Accomodation and Food Services	5,090	7.2%	7,586	6,407	-1,317	-20.6%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	3,731	5.2%	4,324	4,196	-465	-11.1%
Public Administration	1,076	1.5%	1,493	1,589	-513	-32.3%
Information Not Available	1,764	2.5%	2,093	1,870	-106	-5.7%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Maryland
	Apr 2015	Percent	Mar 2015	Apr 2014	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	41,552		51,742	52,688
Male	17,683	42.6%	23,297	25,988	-8,305	-32.0%
Female	13,791	33.2%	15,495	22,127	-8,336	-37.7%
Information Not Available	10,078	24.3%	12,950	4,573	5,505	120.4%

Ethnicity	41,552		51,742	52,688
Hispanic or Latino	1,845	4.4%	2,686	2,536	-691	-27.2%
Not Hispanic or Latino	28,950	69.7%	35,336	44,652	-15,702	-35.2%
Information Not Available	10,757	25.9%	13,720	5,500	5,257	95.6%

Race	41,552		51,742	52,688
American Indian or Alaskan Native	121	0.3%	141	170	-49	-28.8%
Asian	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
Black or African American	13,818	33.3%	15,596	20,534	-6,716	-32.7%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	52	0.1%	64	83	-31	-37.3%
White	14,959	36.0%	19,535	23,865	-8,906	-37.3%
Information Not Available	12,602	30.3%	16,406	8,036	4,566	56.8%

Years of Age	41,552		51,742	52,688
Younger than 22	560	1.0%	671	757	-197	-26.0%
22-24	1,546	2.9%	1,878	2,212	-666	-30.1%
25-34	7,848	14.5%	9,252	11,210	-3,362	-30.0%
35-44	6,424	11.9%	7,862	10,055	-3,631	-36.1%
45-54	7,405	13.7%	9,160	11,679	-4,274	-36.6%
55-59	3,381	6.3%	4,240	5,357	-1,976	-36.9%
60-64	2,436	4.5%	3,062	3,712	-1,276	-34.4%
65 and older	1,874	3.5%	2,667	3,133	-1,259	-40.2%
Information Not Available	10,078	18.6%	12,950	4,573	5,505	120.4%

Industry	41,552		51,742	52,688
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	57	0.1%	128	124	-67	-54.0%
Mining	64	0.2%	62	46	18	39.1%
Utilities	19	0.0%	31	43	-24	-55.8%
Construction	4,420	10.6%	6,979	5,829	-1,409	-24.2%
Manufacturing	415	1.0%	461	594	-179	-30.1%
Wholesale Trade	1,246	3.0%	1,417	1,885	-639	-33.9%
Retail Trade	1,358	3.3%	1,480	1,937	-579	-29.9%
Transporation and Warehousing	726	1.7%	808	2,158	-1,432	-66.4%
Information	555	1.3%	583	802	-247	-30.8%
Finance and Insurance	968	2.3%	1,003	1,648	-680	-41.3%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	713	1.7%	819	997	-284	-28.5%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	3,073	7.4%	3,273	4,641	-1,568	-33.8%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	102	0.2%	155	258	-156	-60.5%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	4,543	10.9%	5,366	6,429	-1,886	-29.3%
Educational Services	835	2.0%	898	1,497	-662	-44.2%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	2,902	7.0%	2,984	4,591	-1,689	-36.8%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	430	1.0%	914	603	-173	-28.7%
Accomodation and Food Services	2,441	5.9%	3,840	3,682	-1,241	-33.7%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	905	2.2%	1,008	1,440	-535	-37.2%
Public Administration	743	1.8%	958	855	-112	-13.1%
Information Not Available	15,037	36.1%	18,575	12,629	2,408	19.1%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Maine
	Apr 2015	Percent	Mar 2015	Apr 2014	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	10,470		13,145	14,389
Male	7,039	67.2%	8,898	9,604	-2,565	-26.7%
Female	3,431	32.8%	4,247	4,785	-1,354	-28.3%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	10,470		13,145	14,389
Hispanic or Latino	152	1.5%	188	148	4	2.7%
Not Hispanic or Latino	8,148	77.8%	9,670	9,822	-1,674	-17.0%
Information Not Available	2,170	20.7%	3,287	4,419	-2,249	-50.9%

Race	10,470		13,145	14,389
American Indian or Alaskan Native	117	1.1%	145	126	-9	-7.1%
Asian	78	0.7%	71	87	-9	-10.3%
Black or African American	166	1.6%	207	210	-44	-21.0%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
White	8,413	80.4%	9,904	10,220	-1,807	-17.7%
Information Not Available	1,696	16.2%	2,818	3,746	-2,050	-54.7%

Years of Age	10,470		13,145	14,389
Younger than 22	261	1.4%	336	394	-133	-33.8%
22-24	552	3.1%	704	776	-224	-28.9%
25-34	2,325	12.9%	3,015	3,447	-1,122	-32.6%
35-44	2,039	11.3%	2,571	2,850	-811	-28.5%
45-54	2,461	13.7%	2,968	3,314	-853	-25.7%
55-59	1,269	7.0%	1,551	1,571	-302	-19.2%
60-64	881	4.9%	1,107	1,151	-270	-23.5%
65 and older	682	3.8%	893	886	-204	-23.0%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	10,470		13,145	14,389
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	607	5.5%	233	608	-1	-0.2%
Mining	13	0.1%	21	29	-16	-55.2%
Utilities	10	0.1%	13	17	-7	-41.2%
Construction	1,810	16.3%	2,732	2,556	-746	-29.2%
Manufacturing	995	9.0%	1,373	1,361	-366	-26.9%
Wholesale Trade	284	2.6%	355	394	-110	-27.9%
Retail Trade	880	7.9%	1,080	1,166	-286	-24.5%
Transporation and Warehousing	348	3.1%	278	399	-51	-12.8%
Information	44	0.4%	53	98	-54	-55.1%
Finance and Insurance	124	1.1%	112	144	-20	-13.9%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	83	0.7%	106	119	-36	-30.3%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	237	2.1%	256	269	-32	-11.9%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	11	0.1%	10	10	1	10.0%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	787	7.1%	1,135	1,098	-311	-28.3%
Educational Services	85	0.8%	127	120	-35	-29.2%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	461	4.2%	479	711	-250	-35.2%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	215	1.9%	233	213	2	0.9%
Accomodation and Food Services	791	7.1%	1,387	1,245	-454	-36.5%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	148	1.3%	198	258	-110	-42.6%
Public Administration	122	1.1%	175	172	-50	-29.1%
Information Not Available	2,415	21.8%	2,789	3,402	-987	-29.0%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Michigan
	Apr 2015	Percent	Mar 2015	Apr 2014	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	78,253		107,582	112,372
Male	50,107	64.0%	74,716	74,397	-24,290	-32.6%
Female	26,513	33.9%	30,951	35,961	-9,448	-26.3%
Information Not Available	1,633	2.1%	1,915	2,014	-381	-18.9%

Ethnicity	78,253		107,582	112,372
Hispanic or Latino	4,175	5.3%	7,255	5,914	-1,739	-29.4%
Not Hispanic or Latino	59,476	76.0%	81,364	84,299	-24,823	-29.4%
Information Not Available	14,602	18.7%	18,963	22,159	-7,557	-34.1%

Race	78,253		107,582	112,372
American Indian or Alaskan Native	832	1.1%	1,171	1,261	-429	-34.0%
Asian	790	1.0%	803	1,026	-236	-23.0%
Black or African American	11,550	14.8%	11,735	14,272	-2,722	-19.1%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	73	0.1%	88	106	-33	-31.1%
White	47,762	61.0%	69,545	68,755	-20,993	-30.5%
Information Not Available	17,246	22.0%	24,240	26,952	-9,706	-36.0%

Years of Age	78,253		107,582	112,372
Younger than 22	1,849	1.5%	2,919	2,931	-1,082	-36.9%
22-24	4,338	3.6%	5,682	6,255	-1,917	-30.6%
25-34	17,914	14.8%	25,092	25,855	-7,941	-30.7%
35-44	17,842	14.8%	24,126	25,813	-7,971	-30.9%
45-54	19,675	16.3%	27,109	29,669	-9,994	-33.7%
55-59	8,934	7.4%	12,083	12,224	-3,290	-26.9%
60-64	5,174	4.3%	6,971	6,566	-1,392	-21.2%
65 and older	2,527	2.1%	3,598	3,058	-531	-17.4%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	2	1	-1	-100.0%

Industry	78,253		107,582	112,372
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	980	1.2%	1,985	1,354	-374	-27.6%
Mining	685	0.9%	974	706	-21	-3.0%
Utilities	84	0.1%	101	97	-13	-13.4%
Construction	15,052	19.0%	24,848	21,146	-6,094	-28.8%
Manufacturing	10,372	13.1%	12,804	13,741	-3,369	-24.5%
Wholesale Trade	3,309	4.2%	3,228	8,863	-5,554	-62.7%
Retail Trade	4,477	5.7%	6,069	6,398	-1,921	-30.0%
Transporation and Warehousing	2,412	3.0%	3,081	3,079	-667	-21.7%
Information	922	1.2%	829	828	94	11.4%
Finance and Insurance	1,294	1.6%	1,368	2,719	-1,425	-52.4%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	1,013	1.3%	1,151	1,078	-65	-6.0%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	4,132	5.2%	5,249	5,611	-1,479	-26.4%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	1,778	2.2%	4,377	4,116	-2,338	-56.8%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	10,752	13.6%	15,261	15,281	-4,529	-29.6%
Educational Services	1,019	1.3%	950	1,260	-241	-19.1%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	5,560	7.0%	5,465	7,092	-1,532	-21.6%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	1,552	2.0%	3,803	2,241	-689	-30.7%
Accomodation and Food Services	3,696	4.7%	4,542	4,628	-932	-20.1%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	1,959	2.5%	2,224	2,263	-304	-13.4%
Public Administration	1,126	1.4%	1,766	1,410	-284	-20.1%
Information Not Available	6,079	7.7%	7,507	8,461	-2,382	-28.2%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Minnesota
	Apr 2015	Percent	Mar 2015	Apr 2014	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	43,210		61,543	60,256
Male	29,666	68.7%	46,366	42,786	-13,120	-30.7%
Female	13,537	31.3%	15,171	17,465	-3,928	-22.5%
Information Not Available	7	0.0%	6	5	2	40.0%

Ethnicity	43,210		61,543	60,256
Hispanic or Latino	1,736	4.0%	2,573	2,220	-484	-21.8%
Not Hispanic or Latino	36,678	84.9%	52,621	51,924	-15,246	-29.4%
Information Not Available	4,796	11.1%	6,349	6,112	-1,316	-21.5%

Race	43,210		61,543	60,256
American Indian or Alaskan Native	637	1.5%	796	840	-203	-24.2%
Asian	880	2.0%	1,028	1,193	-313	-26.2%
Black or African American	3,044	7.0%	3,308	3,617	-573	-15.8%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	65	0.2%	100	104	-39	-37.5%
White	35,043	81.1%	51,623	50,120	-15,077	-30.1%
Information Not Available	3,541	8.2%	4,688	4,382	-841	-19.2%

Years of Age	43,210		61,543	60,256
Younger than 22	683	0.9%	1,181	951	-268	-28.2%
22-24	1,984	2.7%	3,265	2,910	-926	-31.8%
25-34	10,302	13.8%	15,273	15,064	-4,762	-31.6%
35-44	8,979	12.0%	12,779	12,644	-3,665	-29.0%
45-54	10,291	13.8%	14,149	14,685	-4,394	-29.9%
55-59	5,376	7.2%	7,323	6,969	-1,593	-22.9%
60-64	3,579	4.8%	4,799	4,634	-1,055	-22.8%
65 and older	1,997	2.7%	2,752	2,380	-383	-16.1%
Information Not Available	19	0.0%	22	19	0	0.0%

Industry	43,210		61,543	60,256
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	704	1.6%	999	960	-256	-26.7%
Mining	357	0.8%	592	437	-80	-18.3%
Utilities	113	0.3%	191	218	-105	-48.2%
Construction	12,077	27.5%	21,389	18,616	-6,539	-35.1%
Manufacturing	5,671	12.9%	7,035	6,692	-1,021	-15.3%
Wholesale Trade	1,667	3.8%	2,173	2,190	-523	-23.9%
Retail Trade	2,663	6.1%	3,444	3,485	-822	-23.6%
Transporation and Warehousing	1,399	3.2%	1,849	1,700	-301	-17.7%
Information	623	1.4%	660	871	-248	-28.5%
Finance and Insurance	1,019	2.3%	1,060	1,532	-513	-33.5%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	596	1.4%	690	934	-338	-36.2%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	2,247	5.1%	2,533	2,910	-663	-22.8%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	667	1.5%	832	906	-239	-26.4%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	3,973	9.0%	6,241	6,525	-2,552	-39.1%
Educational Services	747	1.7%	895	992	-245	-24.7%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	2,837	6.5%	2,903	3,852	-1,015	-26.3%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	604	1.4%	1,071	850	-246	-28.9%
Accomodation and Food Services	1,848	4.2%	2,486	2,377	-529	-22.3%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	1,148	2.6%	1,405	1,271	-123	-9.7%
Public Administration	682	1.6%	1,202	1,026	-344	-33.5%
Information Not Available	1,568	3.6%	1,893	1,912	-344	-18.0%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Missouri
	Apr 2015	Percent	Mar 2015	Apr 2014	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	30,021		39,775	37,097
Male	16,734	55.7%	24,555	20,419	-3,685	-18.0%
Female	13,231	44.1%	15,174	16,618	-3,387	-20.4%
Information Not Available	56	0.2%	46	60	-4	-6.7%

Ethnicity	30,021		39,775	37,097
Hispanic or Latino	1,135	3.8%	1,588	921	214	23.2%
Not Hispanic or Latino	22,706	75.6%	30,826	31,420	-8,714	-27.7%
Information Not Available	6,180	20.6%	7,361	4,756	1,424	29.9%

Race	30,021		39,775	37,097
American Indian or Alaskan Native	203	0.7%	218	182	21	11.5%
Asian	200	0.7%	211	200	0	0.0%
Black or African American	6,129	20.4%	6,591	4,229	1,900	44.9%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	969	3.2%	1,187	350	619	176.9%
White	20,220	67.4%	27,954	19,313	907	4.7%
Information Not Available	2,300	7.7%	3,614	12,823	-10,523	-82.1%

Years of Age	30,021		39,775	37,097
Younger than 22	416	0.9%	593	638	-222	-34.8%
22-24	1,283	2.7%	1,741	1,765	-482	-27.3%
25-34	7,034	14.6%	9,107	8,795	-1,761	-20.0%
35-44	6,816	14.2%	9,034	8,380	-1,564	-18.7%
45-54	7,477	15.5%	9,925	9,309	-1,832	-19.7%
55-59	3,515	7.3%	4,564	4,131	-616	-14.9%
60-64	2,133	4.4%	2,815	2,536	-403	-15.9%
65 and older	1,347	2.8%	1,996	1,543	-196	-12.7%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	30,021		39,775	37,097
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	183	0.6%	423	192	-9	-4.7%
Mining	174	0.6%	229	222	-48	-21.6%
Utilities	49	0.2%	42	53	-4	-7.5%
Construction	4,431	14.7%	8,222	5,398	-967	-17.9%
Manufacturing	3,553	11.8%	3,828	3,676	-123	-3.3%
Wholesale Trade	1,343	4.4%	1,530	1,442	-99	-6.9%
Retail Trade	2,923	9.7%	3,432	3,835	-912	-23.8%
Transporation and Warehousing	1,020	3.4%	1,469	1,278	-258	-20.2%
Information	681	2.3%	700	820	-139	-17.0%
Finance and Insurance	900	3.0%	961	1,520	-620	-40.8%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	544	1.8%	631	692	-148	-21.4%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	1,289	4.3%	1,378	1,538	-249	-16.2%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	211	0.7%	263	194	17	8.8%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	3,862	12.8%	5,159	4,814	-952	-19.8%
Educational Services	578	1.9%	643	695	-117	-16.8%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	3,306	10.9%	3,467	4,349	-1,043	-24.0%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	452	1.5%	1,050	601	-149	-24.8%
Accomodation and Food Services	2,253	7.5%	3,621	2,997	-744	-24.8%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	739	2.4%	903	990	-251	-25.4%
Public Administration	350	1.2%	473	457	-107	-23.4%
Information Not Available	1,180	3.9%	1,351	1,334	-154	-11.5%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Mississippi
	Apr 2015	Percent	Mar 2015	Apr 2014	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	12,740		13,887	17,870
Male	7,400	58.1%	8,124	9,090	-1,690	-18.6%
Female	5,332	41.9%	5,751	8,767	-3,435	-39.2%
Information Not Available	8	0.1%	12	13	-5	-38.5%

Ethnicity	12,740		13,887	17,870
Hispanic or Latino	211	1.7%	223	260	-49	-18.8%
Not Hispanic or Latino	11,557	90.7%	12,695	16,600	-5,043	-30.4%
Information Not Available	972	7.6%	969	1,010	-38	-3.8%

Race	12,740		13,887	17,870
American Indian or Alaskan Native	61	0.5%	39	67	-6	-9.0%
Asian	91	0.7%	81	137	-46	-33.6%
Black or African American	6,956	54.6%	7,780	10,320	-3,364	-32.6%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	31	0.2%	47	38	-7	-18.4%
White	5,298	41.6%	5,629	7,002	-1,704	-24.3%
Information Not Available	303	2.4%	311	306	-3	-1.0%

Years of Age	12,740		13,887	17,870
Younger than 22	189	1.1%	160	270	-81	-30.0%
22-24	669	3.9%	632	997	-328	-32.9%
25-34	3,381	19.7%	3,510	4,496	-1,115	-24.8%
35-44	3,050	17.7%	3,116	4,130	-1,080	-26.2%
45-54	2,789	16.2%	3,241	3,982	-1,193	-30.0%
55-59	1,246	7.2%	1,448	1,874	-628	-33.5%
60-64	849	4.9%	1,042	1,223	-374	-30.6%
65 and older	567	3.3%	738	898	-331	-36.9%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	12,740		13,887	17,870
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	315	2.4%	803	496	-181	-36.5%
Mining	204	1.6%	164	70	134	191.4%
Utilities	17	0.1%	19	33	-16	-48.5%
Construction	936	7.2%	1,183	1,348	-412	-30.6%
Manufacturing	1,532	11.7%	1,586	2,486	-954	-38.4%
Wholesale Trade	360	2.8%	324	475	-115	-24.2%
Retail Trade	1,085	8.3%	1,078	1,832	-747	-40.8%
Transporation and Warehousing	304	2.3%	495	510	-206	-40.4%
Information	90	0.7%	117	161	-71	-44.1%
Finance and Insurance	171	1.3%	191	386	-215	-55.7%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	121	0.9%	122	204	-83	-40.7%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	346	2.7%	337	394	-48	-12.2%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	91	0.7%	98	232	-141	-60.8%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	1,218	9.3%	1,165	2,039	-821	-40.3%
Educational Services	210	1.6%	247	345	-135	-39.1%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	985	7.5%	1,054	1,668	-683	-40.9%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	103	0.8%	168	134	-31	-23.1%
Accomodation and Food Services	845	6.5%	1,059	1,365	-520	-38.1%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	181	1.4%	182	286	-105	-36.7%
Public Administration	173	1.3%	190	295	-122	-41.4%
Information Not Available	3,453	26.4%	3,305	3,111	342	11.0%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Montana
	Apr 2015	Percent	Mar 2015	Apr 2014	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	6,476		9,226	7,868
Male	4,386	67.7%	6,805	5,279	-893	-16.9%
Female	2,083	32.2%	2,410	2,573	-490	-19.0%
Information Not Available	7	0.1%	11	16	-9	-56.3%

Ethnicity	6,476		9,226	7,868
Hispanic or Latino	260	4.0%	362	269	-9	-3.3%
Not Hispanic or Latino	5,940	91.7%	8,477	7,249	-1,309	-18.1%
Information Not Available	276	4.3%	387	350	-74	-21.1%

Race	6,476		9,226	7,868
American Indian or Alaskan Native	639	9.9%	851	935	-296	-31.7%
Asian	25	0.4%	45	45	-20	-44.4%
Black or African American	63	1.0%	95	71	-8	-11.3%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	14	0.2%	16	15	-1	-6.7%
White	5,639	87.1%	8,116	6,722	-1,083	-16.1%
Information Not Available	96	1.5%	103	80	16	20.0%

Years of Age	6,476		9,226	7,868
Younger than 22	140	1.2%	217	174	-34	-19.5%
22-24	308	2.7%	498	408	-100	-24.5%
25-34	1,637	14.1%	2,351	1,858	-221	-11.9%
35-44	1,288	11.1%	1,873	1,623	-335	-20.6%
45-54	1,482	12.8%	1,985	1,887	-405	-21.5%
55-59	797	6.9%	1,108	967	-170	-17.6%
60-64	521	4.5%	763	596	-75	-12.6%
65 and older	303	2.6%	431	355	-52	-14.6%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	6,476		9,226	7,868
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	234	3.5%	219	246	-12	-4.9%
Mining	272	4.1%	372	195	77	39.5%
Utilities	29	0.4%	48	29	0	0.0%
Construction	1,327	19.8%	2,695	1,663	-336	-20.2%
Manufacturing	440	6.6%	541	598	-158	-26.4%
Wholesale Trade	140	2.1%	193	160	-20	-12.5%
Retail Trade	533	7.9%	699	696	-163	-23.4%
Transporation and Warehousing	255	3.8%	306	255	0	0.0%
Information	74	1.1%	78	58	16	27.6%
Finance and Insurance	88	1.3%	104	128	-40	-31.3%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	86	1.3%	108	116	-30	-25.9%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	248	3.7%	297	263	-15	-5.7%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	13	0.2%	10	7	6	85.7%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	531	7.9%	886	611	-80	-13.1%
Educational Services	98	1.5%	127	139	-41	-29.5%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	374	5.6%	405	532	-158	-29.7%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	286	4.3%	245	242	44	18.2%
Accomodation and Food Services	781	11.6%	886	1,026	-245	-23.9%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	187	2.8%	223	216	-29	-13.4%
Public Administration	227	3.4%	331	340	-113	-33.2%
Information Not Available	253	3.8%	453	348	-95	-27.3%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants North Carolina
	Apr 2015	Percent	Mar 2015	Apr 2014	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	32,453		35,577	53,586
Male	16,670	51.4%	19,075	27,639	-10,969	-39.7%
Female	15,773	48.6%	16,494	25,933	-10,160	-39.2%
Information Not Available	10	0.0%	8	14	-4	-28.6%

Ethnicity	32,453		35,577	53,586
Hispanic or Latino	1,448	4.5%	1,696	2,405	-957	-39.8%
Not Hispanic or Latino	30,330	93.5%	33,175	50,339	-20,009	-39.7%
Information Not Available	675	2.1%	706	842	-167	-19.8%

Race	32,453		35,577	53,586
American Indian or Alaskan Native	558	1.7%	631	732	-174	-23.8%
Asian	386	1.2%	371	571	-185	-32.4%
Black or African American	14,135	43.6%	14,192	22,383	-8,248	-36.8%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	59	0.2%	73	83	-24	-28.9%
White	15,195	46.8%	18,021	26,656	-11,461	-43.0%
Information Not Available	2,120	6.5%	2,289	3,161	-1,041	-32.9%

Years of Age	32,453		35,577	53,586
Younger than 22	674	1.5%	729	1,346	-672	-49.9%
22-24	1,720	3.8%	1,879	3,282	-1,562	-47.6%
25-34	8,149	17.9%	8,628	13,693	-5,544	-40.5%
35-44	7,813	17.1%	8,427	12,793	-4,980	-38.9%
45-54	7,868	17.2%	8,929	12,757	-4,889	-38.3%
55-59	3,148	6.9%	3,577	4,864	-1,716	-35.3%
60-64	2,020	4.4%	2,204	3,026	-1,006	-33.2%
65 and older	1,061	2.3%	1,204	1,825	-764	-41.9%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	32,453		35,577	53,586
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	105	0.3%	144	207	-102	-49.3%
Mining	5	0.0%	6	13	-8	-61.5%
Utilities	28	0.1%	35	49	-21	-42.9%
Construction	1,473	4.5%	2,329	3,096	-1,623	-52.4%
Manufacturing	3,636	11.2%	3,191	5,788	-2,152	-37.2%
Wholesale Trade	1,111	3.4%	1,159	1,710	-599	-35.0%
Retail Trade	2,551	7.8%	2,696	4,393	-1,842	-41.9%
Transporation and Warehousing	498	1.5%	557	941	-443	-47.1%
Information	317	1.0%	295	453	-136	-30.0%
Finance and Insurance	574	1.8%	563	1,335	-761	-57.0%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	391	1.2%	478	637	-246	-38.6%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	1,429	4.4%	1,442	2,077	-648	-31.2%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	123	0.4%	114	168	-45	-26.8%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	4,355	13.4%	4,691	6,967	-2,612	-37.5%
Educational Services	337	1.0%	304	602	-265	-44.0%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	2,144	6.6%	2,154	3,888	-1,744	-44.9%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	220	0.7%	412	463	-243	-52.5%
Accomodation and Food Services	1,382	4.2%	2,009	2,845	-1,463	-51.4%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	373	1.1%	420	806	-433	-53.7%
Public Administration	250	0.8%	280	413	-163	-39.5%
Information Not Available	11,151	34.2%	12,298	16,735	-5,584	-33.4%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants North Dakota
	Apr 2015	Percent	Mar 2015	Apr 2014	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	4,059		6,716	3,598
Male	3,276	80.7%	5,784	2,953	323	10.9%
Female	781	19.2%	931	643	138	21.5%
Information Not Available	2	0.0%	1	2	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	4,059		6,716	3,598
Hispanic or Latino	249	6.1%	394	150	99	66.0%
Not Hispanic or Latino	3,691	90.9%	6,163	3,354	337	10.0%
Information Not Available	119	2.9%	159	94	25	26.6%

Race	4,059		6,716	3,598
American Indian or Alaskan Native	233	5.7%	408	243	-10	-4.1%
Asian	25	0.6%	26	7	18	257.1%
Black or African American	254	6.3%	245	100	154	154.0%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	13	0.3%	13	10	3	30.0%
White	3,166	78.0%	5,471	2,994	172	5.7%
Information Not Available	368	9.1%	553	244	124	50.8%

Years of Age	4,059		6,716	3,598
Younger than 22	49	0.7%	91	51	-2	-3.9%
22-24	196	2.8%	375	138	58	42.0%
25-34	1,025	14.9%	1,605	868	157	18.1%
35-44	850	12.3%	1,329	693	157	22.7%
45-54	945	13.7%	1,507	865	80	9.2%
55-59	450	6.5%	788	450	0	0.0%
60-64	341	5.0%	606	321	20	6.2%
65 and older	199	2.9%	413	211	-12	-5.7%
Information Not Available	4	0.1%	2	1	3	300.0%

Industry	4,059		6,716	3,598
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	54	1.3%	217	111	-57	-51.4%
Mining	785	19.1%	976	283	502	177.4%
Utilities	8	0.2%	10	4	4	100.0%
Construction	1,091	26.5%	2,678	1,451	-360	-24.8%
Manufacturing	373	9.1%	534	270	103	38.1%
Wholesale Trade	264	6.4%	354	191	73	38.2%
Retail Trade	169	4.1%	206	152	17	11.2%
Transporation and Warehousing	339	8.2%	372	191	148	77.5%
Information	30	0.7%	31	23	7	30.4%
Finance and Insurance	58	1.4%	58	45	13	28.9%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	57	1.4%	55	20	37	185.0%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	121	2.9%	173	94	27	28.7%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	2	0.0%	3	10	-8	-80.0%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	127	3.1%	278	167	-40	-24.0%
Educational Services	4	0.1%	4	3	1	33.3%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	94	2.3%	100	128	-34	-26.6%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	12	0.3%	24	9	3	33.3%
Accomodation and Food Services	100	2.4%	132	88	12	13.6%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	58	1.4%	81	45	13	28.9%
Public Administration	101	2.5%	163	131	-30	-22.9%
Information Not Available	212	5.2%	267	182	30	16.5%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Nebraska
	Apr 2015	Percent	Mar 2015	Apr 2014	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	5,726		8,724	7,658
Male	2,927	51.1%	5,454	4,083	-1,156	-28.3%
Female	2,446	42.7%	2,843	3,220	-774	-24.0%
Information Not Available	353	6.2%	427	355	-2	-0.6%

Ethnicity	5,726		8,724	7,658
Hispanic or Latino	415	7.2%	767	564	-149	-26.4%
Not Hispanic or Latino	4,268	74.5%	6,612	6,001	-1,733	-28.9%
Information Not Available	1,043	18.2%	1,345	1,093	-50	-4.6%

Race	5,726		8,724	7,658
American Indian or Alaskan Native	107	1.9%	134	115	-8	-7.0%
Asian	87	1.5%	108	101	-14	-13.9%
Black or African American	606	10.6%	720	798	-192	-24.1%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	13	0.2%	16	20	-7	-35.0%
White	3,736	65.2%	5,916	5,098	-1,362	-26.7%
Information Not Available	1,177	20.6%	1,830	1,526	-349	-22.9%

Years of Age	5,726		8,724	7,658
Younger than 22	55	0.6%	99	94	-39	-41.5%
22-24	167	1.9%	303	288	-121	-42.0%
25-34	1,244	13.9%	1,880	1,741	-497	-28.5%
35-44	1,292	14.5%	1,868	1,706	-414	-24.3%
45-54	1,445	16.2%	2,133	1,899	-454	-23.9%
55-59	698	7.8%	1,031	884	-186	-21.0%
60-64	522	5.8%	824	638	-116	-18.2%
65 and older	303	3.4%	586	408	-105	-25.7%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	5,726		8,724	7,658
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	49	0.8%	67	69	-20	-29.0%
Mining	31	0.5%	158	72	-41	-56.9%
Utilities	11	0.2%	14	18	-7	-38.9%
Construction	768	13.3%	2,060	1,170	-402	-34.4%
Manufacturing	852	14.8%	1,072	969	-117	-12.1%
Wholesale Trade	237	4.1%	322	285	-48	-16.8%
Retail Trade	540	9.4%	612	728	-188	-25.8%
Transporation and Warehousing	201	3.5%	452	237	-36	-15.2%
Information	117	2.0%	128	151	-34	-22.5%
Finance and Insurance	239	4.1%	256	340	-101	-29.7%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	83	1.4%	115	93	-10	-10.8%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	226	3.9%	254	328	-102	-31.1%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	46	0.8%	55	40	6	15.0%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	571	9.9%	963	901	-330	-36.6%
Educational Services	110	1.9%	134	147	-37	-25.2%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	606	10.5%	605	730	-124	-17.0%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	61	1.1%	126	80	-19	-23.8%
Accomodation and Food Services	291	5.0%	365	385	-94	-24.4%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	119	2.1%	143	167	-48	-28.7%
Public Administration	174	3.0%	279	214	-40	-18.7%
Information Not Available	394	6.8%	544	534	-140	-26.2%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants New Hampshire
	Apr 2015	Percent	Mar 2015	Apr 2014	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	5,796		7,233	8,283
Male	3,440	59.4%	4,678	4,972	-1,532	-30.8%
Female	2,311	39.9%	2,504	3,267	-956	-29.3%
Information Not Available	45	0.8%	51	44	1	2.3%

Ethnicity	5,796		7,233	8,283
Hispanic or Latino	266	4.6%	320	307	-41	-13.4%
Not Hispanic or Latino	4,741	81.8%	5,824	6,801	-2,060	-30.3%
Information Not Available	789	13.6%	1,089	1,175	-386	-32.9%

Race	5,796		7,233	8,283
American Indian or Alaskan Native	43	0.7%	47	61	-18	-29.5%
Asian	82	1.4%	93	101	-19	-18.8%
Black or African American	93	1.6%	106	167	-74	-44.3%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	7	0.1%	10	9	-2	-22.2%
White	5,137	88.6%	6,415	7,390	-2,253	-30.5%
Information Not Available	434	7.5%	562	555	-121	-21.8%

Years of Age	5,796		7,233	8,283
Younger than 22	49	0.5%	63	78	-29	-37.2%
22-24	143	1.4%	214	250	-107	-42.8%
25-34	1,028	10.1%	1,367	1,489	-461	-31.0%
35-44	1,044	10.2%	1,346	1,579	-535	-33.9%
45-54	1,555	15.2%	1,887	2,225	-670	-30.1%
55-59	841	8.2%	1,057	1,221	-380	-31.1%
60-64	708	6.9%	799	874	-166	-19.0%
65 and older	428	4.2%	500	567	-139	-24.5%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	5,796		7,233	8,283
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	60	1.0%	30	75	-15	-20.0%
Mining	17	0.3%	52	27	-10	-37.0%
Utilities	6	0.1%	7	9	-3	-33.3%
Construction	285	4.9%	658	442	-157	-35.5%
Manufacturing	652	11.1%	720	954	-302	-31.7%
Wholesale Trade	262	4.5%	272	368	-106	-28.8%
Retail Trade	374	6.4%	469	621	-247	-39.8%
Transporation and Warehousing	126	2.2%	118	178	-52	-29.2%
Information	102	1.7%	83	88	14	15.9%
Finance and Insurance	156	2.7%	163	300	-144	-48.0%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	78	1.3%	84	118	-40	-33.9%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	288	4.9%	298	409	-121	-29.6%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	23	0.4%	24	47	-24	-51.1%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	795	13.6%	1,091	1,139	-344	-30.2%
Educational Services	178	3.0%	212	235	-57	-24.3%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	462	7.9%	483	705	-243	-34.5%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	158	2.7%	185	212	-54	-25.5%
Accomodation and Food Services	153	2.6%	154	190	-37	-19.5%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	182	3.1%	190	220	-38	-17.3%
Public Administration	92	1.6%	95	136	-44	-32.4%
Information Not Available	1,347	23.0%	1,845	1,810	-463	-25.6%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants New Jersey
	Apr 2015	Percent	Mar 2015	Apr 2014	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	106,383		132,844	123,505
Male	60,546	56.9%	82,898	70,849	-10,303	-14.5%
Female	45,837	43.1%	49,946	52,656	-6,819	-13.0%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	106,383		132,844	123,505
Hispanic or Latino	22,849	21.5%	30,559	26,245	-3,396	-12.9%
Not Hispanic or Latino	72,706	68.3%	88,699	84,225	-11,519	-13.7%
Information Not Available	10,828	10.2%	13,586	13,035	-2,207	-16.9%

Race	106,383		132,844	123,505
American Indian or Alaskan Native	488	0.5%	615	555	-67	-12.1%
Asian	4,175	3.9%	4,452	4,911	-736	-15.0%
Black or African American	21,819	20.5%	23,527	24,090	-2,271	-9.4%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	639	0.6%	829	804	-165	-20.5%
White	63,828	60.0%	83,874	75,200	-11,372	-15.1%
Information Not Available	15,434	14.5%	19,547	17,945	-2,511	-14.0%

Years of Age	106,383		132,844	123,505
Younger than 22	30,093	17.8%	2,483	2,475	27,618	1115.9%
22-24	6,852	4.1%	7,165	6,720	132	2.0%
25-34	21,571	12.8%	30,413	28,456	-6,885	-24.2%
35-44	24,905	14.8%	26,822	25,373	-468	-1.8%
45-54	17,471	10.4%	31,506	29,094	-11,623	-39.9%
55-59	3,295	2.0%	14,367	13,209	-9,914	-75.1%
60-64	1,431	0.8%	10,541	9,535	-8,104	-85.0%
65 and older	765	0.5%	9,547	8,643	-7,878	-91.1%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	106,383		132,844	123,505
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	556	0.5%	1,117	707	-151	-21.4%
Mining	66	0.1%	132	66	0	0.0%
Utilities	111	0.1%	132	130	-19	-14.6%
Construction	10,193	9.5%	17,078	12,849	-2,656	-20.7%
Manufacturing	6,717	6.3%	7,429	8,248	-1,531	-18.6%
Wholesale Trade	5,170	4.8%	5,711	6,437	-1,267	-19.7%
Retail Trade	11,642	10.9%	13,243	13,769	-2,127	-15.4%
Transporation and Warehousing	4,018	3.8%	4,345	4,706	-688	-14.6%
Information	1,922	1.8%	1,956	2,143	-221	-10.3%
Finance and Insurance	3,254	3.0%	3,274	4,451	-1,197	-26.9%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	1,667	1.6%	2,021	2,129	-462	-21.7%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	5,844	5.5%	6,307	6,535	-691	-10.6%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	630	0.6%	608	705	-75	-10.6%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	13,596	12.7%	19,349	16,346	-2,750	-16.8%
Educational Services	2,274	2.1%	2,444	2,411	-137	-5.7%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	9,332	8.7%	9,288	10,905	-1,573	-14.4%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	2,118	2.0%	4,352	2,591	-473	-18.3%
Accomodation and Food Services	9,927	9.3%	13,135	11,736	-1,809	-15.4%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	2,521	2.4%	2,911	2,863	-342	-11.9%
Public Administration	1,372	1.3%	1,829	1,423	-51	-3.6%
Information Not Available	13,453	12.6%	16,183	12,355	1,098	8.9%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants New Mexico
	Apr 2015	Percent	Mar 2015	Apr 2014	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	13,393		14,026	17,183
Male	8,374	62.5%	8,850	10,113	-1,739	-17.2%
Female	5,019	37.5%	5,176	7,070	-2,051	-29.0%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	13,393		14,026	17,183
Hispanic or Latino	7,441	55.6%	7,883	9,209	-1,768	-19.2%
Not Hispanic or Latino	4,945	36.9%	5,047	6,517	-1,572	-24.1%
Information Not Available	1,007	7.5%	1,096	1,457	-450	-30.9%

Race	13,393		14,026	17,183
American Indian or Alaskan Native	1,463	10.9%	1,513	1,824	-361	-19.8%
Asian	83	0.6%	84	119	-36	-30.3%
Black or African American	374	2.8%	381	463	-89	-19.2%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	38	0.3%	42	37	1	2.7%
White	6,994	52.2%	7,242	8,931	-1,937	-21.7%
Information Not Available	4,441	33.2%	4,764	5,809	-1,368	-23.5%

Years of Age	13,393		14,026	17,183
Younger than 22	395	2.0%	407	482	-87	-18.0%
22-24	768	4.0%	833	913	-145	-15.9%
25-34	3,264	16.8%	3,380	4,068	-804	-19.8%
35-44	2,905	15.0%	3,059	3,671	-766	-20.9%
45-54	3,059	15.8%	3,238	4,124	-1,065	-25.8%
55-59	1,451	7.5%	1,543	1,846	-395	-21.4%
60-64	978	5.0%	970	1,272	-294	-23.1%
65 and older	573	3.0%	596	807	-234	-29.0%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	13,393		14,026	17,183
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	1,141	7.9%	1,280	1,244	-103	-8.3%
Mining	980	6.7%	827	385	595	154.5%
Utilities	31	0.2%	33	26	5	19.2%
Construction	1,918	13.2%	2,062	3,424	-1,506	-44.0%
Manufacturing	910	6.3%	1,006	1,166	-256	-22.0%
Wholesale Trade	362	2.5%	388	476	-114	-23.9%
Retail Trade	1,184	8.1%	1,219	1,643	-459	-27.9%
Transporation and Warehousing	287	2.0%	281	668	-381	-57.0%
Information	288	2.0%	324	527	-239	-45.4%
Finance and Insurance	275	1.9%	287	369	-94	-25.5%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	193	1.3%	184	252	-59	-23.4%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	583	4.0%	623	767	-184	-24.0%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	31	0.2%	40	61	-30	-49.2%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	909	6.3%	957	1,372	-463	-33.7%
Educational Services	299	2.1%	312	378	-79	-20.9%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	1,203	8.3%	1,225	1,794	-591	-32.9%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	265	1.8%	248	395	-130	-32.9%
Accomodation and Food Services	990	6.8%	1,013	1,236	-246	-19.9%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	257	1.8%	252	560	-303	-54.1%
Public Administration	792	5.4%	1,022	429	363	84.6%
Information Not Available	495	3.4%	443	11	484	4400.0%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Nevada
	Apr 2015	Percent	Mar 2015	Apr 2014	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	26,125		27,903	31,347
Male	15,364	58.8%	16,330	18,058	-2,694	-14.9%
Female	10,664	40.8%	11,471	13,166	-2,502	-19.0%
Information Not Available	97	0.4%	102	123	-26	-21.1%

Ethnicity	26,125		27,903	31,347
Hispanic or Latino	5,542	21.2%	6,112	6,266	-724	-11.6%
Not Hispanic or Latino	16,471	63.0%	17,544	20,407	-3,936	-19.3%
Information Not Available	4,112	15.7%	4,247	4,674	-562	-12.0%

Race	26,125		27,903	31,347
American Indian or Alaskan Native	661	2.5%	759	758	-97	-12.8%
Asian	1,529	5.9%	1,612	1,946	-417	-21.4%
Black or African American	3,575	13.7%	3,624	4,080	-505	-12.4%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	560	2.1%	631	676	-116	-17.2%
White	15,235	58.3%	16,320	18,887	-3,652	-19.3%
Information Not Available	4,565	17.5%	4,957	5,000	-435	-8.7%

Years of Age	26,125		27,903	31,347
Younger than 22	624	1.6%	657	777	-153	-19.7%
22-24	1,347	3.4%	1,478	1,648	-301	-18.3%
25-34	6,033	15.3%	6,527	6,951	-918	-13.2%
35-44	5,842	14.8%	6,131	6,896	-1,054	-15.3%
45-54	6,264	15.8%	6,661	7,619	-1,355	-17.8%
55-59	2,768	7.0%	2,989	3,393	-625	-18.4%
60-64	1,819	4.6%	1,927	2,237	-418	-18.7%
65 and older	1,428	3.6%	1,533	1,826	-398	-21.8%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	26,125		27,903	31,347
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	33	0.1%	41	49	-16	-32.7%
Mining	240	0.9%	290	424	-184	-43.4%
Utilities	45	0.2%	49	63	-18	-28.6%
Construction	3,658	14.0%	3,638	3,723	-65	-1.7%
Manufacturing	986	3.8%	957	1,225	-239	-19.5%
Wholesale Trade	592	2.3%	572	762	-170	-22.3%
Retail Trade	2,360	9.0%	2,320	2,740	-380	-13.9%
Transporation and Warehousing	796	3.0%	795	1,146	-350	-30.5%
Information	322	1.2%	295	380	-58	-15.3%
Finance and Insurance	650	2.5%	659	1,005	-355	-35.3%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	580	2.2%	603	794	-214	-27.0%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	957	3.7%	1,017	1,257	-300	-23.9%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	214	0.8%	228	221	-7	-3.2%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	3,235	12.4%	3,792	4,133	-898	-21.7%
Educational Services	253	1.0%	251	337	-84	-24.9%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	1,328	5.1%	1,351	1,765	-437	-24.8%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	546	2.1%	639	673	-127	-18.9%
Accomodation and Food Services	3,909	14.9%	4,627	4,399	-490	-11.1%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	528	2.0%	541	658	-130	-19.8%
Public Administration	343	1.3%	368	440	-97	-22.0%
Information Not Available	4,550	17.4%	4,870	5,153	-603	-11.7%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants New York
	Apr 2015	Percent	Mar 2015	Apr 2014	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	172,351		208,684	204,772
Male	103,843	60.3%	135,191	122,941	-19,098	-15.5%
Female	68,492	39.7%	73,472	81,788	-13,296	-16.3%
Information Not Available	16	0.0%	21	43	-27	-62.8%

Ethnicity	172,351		208,684	204,772
Hispanic or Latino	28,888	16.8%	37,029	33,175	-4,287	-12.9%
Not Hispanic or Latino	115,377	66.9%	138,928	139,272	-23,895	-17.2%
Information Not Available	28,086	16.3%	32,727	32,325	-4,239	-13.1%

Race	172,351		208,684	204,772
American Indian or Alaskan Native	1,483	0.9%	1,806	1,817	-334	-18.4%
Asian	5,611	3.3%	6,078	6,656	-1,045	-15.7%
Black or African American	27,774	16.1%	29,662	31,770	-3,996	-12.6%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	982	0.6%	1,105	1,076	-94	-8.7%
White	93,356	54.2%	117,716	112,073	-18,717	-16.7%
Information Not Available	43,145	25.0%	52,317	51,380	-8,235	-16.0%

Years of Age	172,351		208,684	204,772
Younger than 22	4,747	1.9%	6,068	6,406	-1,659	-25.9%
22-24	11,069	4.3%	13,395	14,045	-2,976	-21.2%
25-34	45,707	17.9%	53,798	52,906	-7,199	-13.6%
35-44	36,338	14.3%	44,294	42,763	-6,425	-15.0%
45-54	38,596	15.1%	47,715	46,348	-7,752	-16.7%
55-59	16,454	6.5%	20,109	19,359	-2,905	-15.0%
60-64	10,765	4.2%	12,978	12,599	-1,834	-14.6%
65 and older	8,675	3.4%	10,327	10,346	-1,671	-16.2%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	172,351		208,684	204,772
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	791	0.5%	1,152	941	-150	-15.9%
Mining	592	0.3%	1,278	670	-78	-11.6%
Utilities	140	0.1%	160	163	-23	-14.1%
Construction	28,057	16.2%	41,458	32,076	-4,019	-12.5%
Manufacturing	10,133	5.9%	11,538	12,391	-2,258	-18.2%
Wholesale Trade	6,623	3.8%	7,437	7,650	-1,027	-13.4%
Retail Trade	16,523	9.5%	18,509	19,928	-3,405	-17.1%
Transporation and Warehousing	6,118	3.5%	6,304	7,233	-1,115	-15.4%
Information	6,637	3.8%	6,025	6,779	-142	-2.1%
Finance and Insurance	6,051	3.5%	5,895	7,191	-1,140	-15.9%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	3,684	2.1%	4,272	4,366	-682	-15.6%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	9,203	5.3%	9,876	11,508	-2,305	-20.0%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	891	0.5%	912	981	-90	-9.2%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	22,116	12.8%	29,996	27,021	-4,905	-18.2%
Educational Services	3,835	2.2%	4,239	5,116	-1,281	-25.0%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	16,379	9.5%	16,374	20,033	-3,654	-18.2%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	6,024	3.5%	9,385	7,332	-1,308	-17.8%
Accomodation and Food Services	12,946	7.5%	16,509	15,629	-2,683	-17.2%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	4,826	2.8%	5,501	6,007	-1,181	-19.7%
Public Administration	5,050	2.9%	6,076	6,312	-1,262	-20.0%
Information Not Available	5,732	3.3%	5,788	5,445	287	5.3%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Ohio
	Apr 2015	Percent	Mar 2015	Apr 2014	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	65,597		87,002	78,963
Male	43,569	66.4%	62,592	50,214	-6,645	-13.2%
Female	21,831	33.3%	24,200	28,529	-6,698	-23.5%
Information Not Available	197	0.3%	210	220	-23	-10.5%

Ethnicity	65,597		87,002	78,963
Hispanic or Latino	2,240	3.4%	3,278	2,585	-345	-13.3%
Not Hispanic or Latino	60,465	92.2%	79,863	72,893	-12,428	-17.0%
Information Not Available	2,892	4.4%	3,861	3,485	-593	-17.0%

Race	65,597		87,002	78,963
American Indian or Alaskan Native	338	0.5%	383	352	-14	-4.0%
Asian	398	0.6%	403	537	-139	-25.9%
Black or African American	10,105	15.4%	11,621	12,276	-2,171	-17.7%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	55	0.1%	63	59	-4	-6.8%
White	51,564	78.6%	70,314	62,125	-10,561	-17.0%
Information Not Available	3,137	4.8%	4,218	3,614	-477	-13.2%

Years of Age	65,597		87,002	78,963
Younger than 22	1,344	1.2%	1,865	1,609	-265	-16.5%
22-24	2,829	2.5%	3,876	3,423	-594	-17.4%
25-34	13,812	12.3%	18,286	16,581	-2,769	-16.7%
35-44	15,403	13.7%	20,543	18,508	-3,105	-16.8%
45-54	17,410	15.5%	23,353	21,059	-3,649	-17.3%
55-59	7,821	7.0%	10,381	9,551	-1,730	-18.1%
60-64	4,728	4.2%	5,995	5,504	-776	-14.1%
65 and older	2,250	2.0%	2,703	2,728	-478	-17.5%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	65,597		87,002	78,963
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	294	0.4%	642	305	-11	-3.6%
Mining	752	1.1%	980	333	419	125.8%
Utilities	63	0.1%	57	70	-7	-10.0%
Construction	16,675	25.3%	27,314	18,499	-1,824	-9.9%
Manufacturing	10,718	16.3%	11,875	11,382	-664	-5.8%
Wholesale Trade	2,781	4.2%	3,193	3,125	-344	-11.0%
Retail Trade	2,803	4.3%	3,375	3,721	-918	-24.7%
Transporation and Warehousing	2,470	3.7%	3,166	2,832	-362	-12.8%
Information	791	1.2%	856	1,004	-213	-21.2%
Finance and Insurance	1,682	2.6%	1,705	2,896	-1,214	-41.9%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	903	1.4%	1,138	1,277	-374	-29.3%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	3,212	4.9%	3,400	3,650	-438	-12.0%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	1,044	1.6%	1,227	1,519	-475	-31.3%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	8,924	13.5%	13,012	11,372	-2,448	-21.5%
Educational Services	1,021	1.5%	1,066	1,453	-432	-29.7%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	4,762	7.2%	4,986	6,683	-1,921	-28.7%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	817	1.2%	1,839	1,300	-483	-37.2%
Accomodation and Food Services	2,051	3.1%	2,592	2,759	-708	-25.7%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	1,348	2.0%	1,530	1,584	-236	-14.9%
Public Administration	587	0.9%	810	661	-74	-11.2%
Information Not Available	1,899	2.9%	2,239	2,538	-639	-25.2%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Oklahoma
	Apr 2015	Percent	Mar 2015	Apr 2014	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	20,820		20,216	17,588
Male	13,708	65.8%	13,118	9,892	3,816	38.6%
Female	7,061	33.9%	7,051	7,665	-604	-7.9%
Information Not Available	51	0.2%	47	31	20	64.5%

Ethnicity	20,820		20,216	17,588
Hispanic or Latino	1,886	9.1%	1,738	1,394	492	35.3%
Not Hispanic or Latino	18,934	90.9%	18,478	16,194	2,740	16.9%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Race	20,820		20,216	17,588
American Indian or Alaskan Native	2,004	9.6%	1,939	1,712	292	17.1%
Asian	115	0.6%	98	138	-23	-16.7%
Black or African American	2,667	12.8%	2,592	2,642	25	0.9%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	37	0.2%	40	31	6	19.4%
White	13,481	64.8%	12,820	10,798	2,683	24.8%
Information Not Available	2,516	12.1%	2,727	2,267	249	11.0%

Years of Age	20,820		20,216	17,588
Younger than 22	294	0.9%	273	260	34	13.1%
22-24	1,021	3.1%	918	797	224	28.1%
25-34	5,584	17.0%	5,253	4,379	1,205	27.5%
35-44	4,913	15.0%	4,719	4,057	856	21.1%
45-54	4,628	14.1%	4,678	4,220	408	9.7%
55-59	2,098	6.4%	2,096	1,941	157	8.1%
60-64	1,439	4.4%	1,387	1,142	297	26.0%
65 and older	843	2.6%	892	792	51	6.4%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	20,820		20,216	17,588
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	40	0.2%	51	80	-40	-50.0%
Mining	3,572	17.1%	2,768	929	2,643	284.5%
Utilities	103	0.5%	87	35	68	194.3%
Construction	1,754	8.4%	1,919	1,757	-3	-0.2%
Manufacturing	2,972	14.2%	2,439	1,729	1,243	71.9%
Wholesale Trade	1,038	5.0%	968	785	253	32.2%
Retail Trade	1,496	7.2%	1,594	1,938	-442	-22.8%
Transporation and Warehousing	516	2.5%	528	498	18	3.6%
Information	349	1.7%	351	550	-201	-36.5%
Finance and Insurance	463	2.2%	485	501	-38	-7.6%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	462	2.2%	430	376	86	22.9%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	972	4.7%	997	881	91	10.3%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	156	0.7%	128	101	55	54.5%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	2,369	11.4%	2,475	2,291	78	3.4%
Educational Services	310	1.5%	318	392	-82	-20.9%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	1,390	6.7%	1,496	1,711	-321	-18.8%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	158	0.8%	165	221	-63	-28.5%
Accomodation and Food Services	626	3.0%	731	802	-176	-21.9%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	622	3.0%	660	547	75	13.7%
Public Administration	681	3.3%	758	631	50	7.9%
Information Not Available	771	3.7%	868	833	-62	-7.4%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Oregon
	Apr 2015	Percent	Mar 2015	Apr 2014	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	33,022		36,541	40,885
Male	20,241	61.3%	22,383	24,000	-3,759	-15.7%
Female	12,777	38.7%	14,153	16,876	-4,099	-24.3%
Information Not Available	4	0.0%	5	9	-5	-55.6%

Ethnicity	33,022		36,541	40,885
Hispanic or Latino	3,539	10.7%	4,089	4,278	-739	-17.3%
Not Hispanic or Latino	25,615	77.6%	28,189	31,848	-6,233	-19.6%
Information Not Available	3,868	11.7%	4,263	4,759	-891	-18.7%

Race	33,022		36,541	40,885
American Indian or Alaskan Native	417	1.3%	473	458	-41	-9.0%
Asian	653	2.0%	716	837	-184	-22.0%
Black or African American	589	1.8%	672	785	-196	-25.0%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	227	0.7%	241	309	-82	-26.5%
White	18,911	57.3%	21,195	24,005	-5,094	-21.2%
Information Not Available	12,225	37.0%	13,244	14,491	-2,266	-15.6%

Years of Age	33,022		36,541	40,885
Younger than 22	401	0.8%	464	584	-183	-31.3%
22-24	1,219	2.5%	1,411	1,773	-554	-31.2%
25-34	7,645	15.6%	8,424	9,581	-1,936	-20.2%
35-44	7,624	15.5%	8,409	9,146	-1,522	-16.6%
45-54	7,856	16.0%	8,719	9,839	-1,983	-20.2%
55-59	3,866	7.9%	4,282	4,731	-865	-18.3%
60-64	2,833	5.8%	3,047	3,395	-562	-16.6%
65 and older	1,578	3.2%	1,785	1,836	-258	-14.1%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	33,022		36,541	40,885
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	1,387	4.0%	1,435	1,566	-179	-11.4%
Mining	137	0.4%	125	147	-10	-6.8%
Utilities	52	0.2%	65	75	-23	-30.7%
Construction	5,516	16.0%	5,982	4,794	722	15.1%
Manufacturing	3,808	11.1%	4,193	4,960	-1,152	-23.2%
Wholesale Trade	1,135	3.3%	1,248	1,533	-398	-26.0%
Retail Trade	3,242	9.4%	3,738	4,566	-1,324	-29.0%
Transporation and Warehousing	916	2.7%	923	1,089	-173	-15.9%
Information	666	1.9%	690	803	-137	-17.1%
Finance and Insurance	919	2.7%	948	1,496	-577	-38.6%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	452	1.3%	524	660	-208	-31.5%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	1,385	4.0%	1,463	1,673	-288	-17.2%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	159	0.5%	183	264	-105	-39.8%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	3,317	9.6%	3,691	4,343	-1,026	-23.6%
Educational Services	576	1.7%	629	728	-152	-20.9%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	3,046	8.9%	3,232	3,981	-935	-23.5%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	378	1.1%	530	483	-105	-21.7%
Accomodation and Food Services	2,304	6.7%	2,841	3,144	-840	-26.7%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	853	2.5%	950	1,128	-275	-24.4%
Public Administration	807	2.3%	977	1,104	-297	-26.9%
Information Not Available	1,967	5.7%	2,174	2,348	-381	-16.2%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Pennsylvania
	Apr 2015	Percent	Mar 2015	Apr 2014	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	137,622		181,880	170,500
Male	83,545	60.7%	122,293	102,878	-19,333	-18.8%
Female	54,066	39.3%	59,573	67,601	-13,535	-20.0%
Information Not Available	11	0.0%	14	21	-10	-47.6%

Ethnicity	137,622		181,880	170,500
Hispanic or Latino	8,575	6.2%	11,271	10,837	-2,262	-20.9%
Not Hispanic or Latino	124,702	90.6%	165,962	154,663	-29,961	-19.4%
Information Not Available	4,345	3.2%	4,647	5,000	-655	-13.1%

Race	137,622		181,880	170,500
American Indian or Alaskan Native	416	0.3%	496	458	-42	-9.2%
Asian	58	0.0%	40	51	7	13.7%
Black or African American	21,019	15.3%	21,958	25,431	-4,412	-17.3%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	1,726	1.3%	1,866	2,211	-485	-21.9%
White	101,798	74.0%	141,913	127,040	-25,242	-19.9%
Information Not Available	12,605	9.2%	15,607	15,309	-2,704	-17.7%

Years of Age	137,622		181,880	170,500
Younger than 22	3,565	1.6%	4,730	4,551	-986	-21.7%
22-24	7,403	3.2%	9,793	9,254	-1,851	-20.0%
25-34	32,445	14.2%	41,365	39,119	-6,674	-17.1%
35-44	28,648	12.5%	37,827	36,067	-7,419	-20.6%
45-54	32,680	14.3%	44,323	41,469	-8,789	-21.2%
55-59	15,313	6.7%	20,766	18,796	-3,483	-18.5%
60-64	10,262	4.5%	13,467	12,623	-2,361	-18.7%
65 and older	7,306	3.2%	9,609	8,621	-1,315	-15.3%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	137,622		181,880	170,500
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	435	0.3%	935	593	-158	-26.6%
Mining	3,613	2.6%	4,344	2,316	1,297	56.0%
Utilities	212	0.2%	208	520	-308	-59.2%
Construction	22,448	16.3%	43,049	28,625	-6,177	-21.6%
Manufacturing	17,473	12.7%	20,185	21,071	-3,598	-17.1%
Wholesale Trade	4,891	3.5%	5,387	5,568	-677	-12.2%
Retail Trade	13,364	9.7%	14,943	16,755	-3,391	-20.2%
Transporation and Warehousing	6,718	4.9%	9,359	7,669	-951	-12.4%
Information	2,018	1.5%	1,976	2,101	-83	-4.0%
Finance and Insurance	3,560	2.6%	3,517	5,764	-2,204	-38.2%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	1,718	1.2%	1,958	2,005	-287	-14.3%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	6,545	4.7%	6,846	8,071	-1,526	-18.9%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	786	0.6%	785	899	-113	-12.6%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	15,227	11.0%	22,543	19,664	-4,437	-22.6%
Educational Services	2,760	2.0%	3,106	4,267	-1,507	-35.3%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	16,348	11.8%	16,105	18,678	-2,330	-12.5%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	2,673	1.9%	5,558	3,679	-1,006	-27.3%
Accomodation and Food Services	8,335	6.0%	10,933	10,707	-2,372	-22.2%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	3,104	2.2%	3,600	3,755	-651	-17.3%
Public Administration	1,447	1.0%	1,714	1,883	-436	-23.2%
Information Not Available	3,947	2.9%	4,829	5,910	-1,963	-33.2%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Puerto Rico
	Apr 2015	Percent	Mar 2015	Apr 2014	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	20,391		21,051	24,982
Male	12,312	60.4%	12,431	14,773	-2,461	-16.7%
Female	8,079	39.6%	8,620	10,209	-2,130	-20.9%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	20,391		21,051	24,982
Hispanic or Latino	20,043	98.3%	20,674	24,058	-4,015	-16.7%
Not Hispanic or Latino	104	0.5%	122	334	-230	-68.9%
Information Not Available	244	1.2%	255	590	-346	-58.6%

Race	20,391		21,051	24,982
American Indian or Alaskan Native	389	1.9%	485	1,247	-858	-68.8%
Asian	24	0.1%	16	21	3	14.3%
Black or African American	923	4.5%	975	809	114	14.1%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	18	0.1%	21	33	-15	-45.5%
White	4,454	21.8%	4,738	6,696	-2,242	-33.5%
Information Not Available	14,583	71.5%	0	16,176	-1,593	-9.8%

Years of Age	20,391		21,051	24,982
Younger than 22	762	3.2%	755	1,086	-324	-29.8%
22-24	1,640	6.8%	1,703	2,271	-631	-27.8%
25-34	6,043	25.1%	6,233	7,860	-1,817	-23.1%
35-44	5,134	21.4%	5,283	6,164	-1,030	-16.7%
45-54	4,123	17.1%	4,274	4,629	-506	-10.9%
55-59	1,391	5.8%	1,430	1,533	-142	-9.3%
60-64	800	3.3%	829	849	-49	-5.8%
65 and older	484	2.0%	526	561	-77	-13.7%
Information Not Available	14	0.1%	18	29	-15	-51.7%

Industry	20,391		21,051	24,982
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	739	3.5%	584	812	-73	-9.0%
Mining	24	0.1%	18	59	-35	-59.3%
Utilities	21	0.1%	15	11	10	90.9%
Construction	2,769	13.1%	2,651	3,228	-459	-14.2%
Manufacturing	2,241	10.6%	2,542	3,372	-1,131	-33.5%
Wholesale Trade	623	2.9%	715	682	-59	-8.7%
Retail Trade	2,343	11.1%	2,444	2,597	-254	-9.8%
Transporation and Warehousing	473	2.2%	403	295	178	60.3%
Information	236	1.1%	237	363	-127	-35.0%
Finance and Insurance	570	2.7%	576	628	-58	-9.2%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	222	1.1%	253	254	-32	-12.6%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	758	3.6%	657	827	-69	-8.3%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	21	0.1%	24	20	1	5.0%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	3,706	17.5%	3,703	5,402	-1,696	-31.4%
Educational Services	583	2.8%	656	731	-148	-20.2%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	1,213	5.7%	1,265	1,496	-283	-18.9%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	88	0.4%	82	88	0	0.0%
Accomodation and Food Services	1,234	5.8%	1,404	1,291	-57	-4.4%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	314	1.5%	334	340	-26	-7.6%
Public Administration	1,246	5.9%	1,456	1,277	-31	-2.4%
Information Not Available	967	4.6%	1,032	1,209	-242	-20.0%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Rhode Island
	Apr 2015	Percent	Mar 2015	Apr 2014	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	10,154		14,543	12,588
Male	6,153	60.6%	9,819	7,559	-1,406	-18.6%
Female	4,001	39.4%	4,724	5,029	-1,028	-20.4%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	10,154		14,543	12,588
Hispanic or Latino	1,364	13.4%	1,858	1,743	-379	-21.7%
Not Hispanic or Latino	6,410	63.1%	9,100	7,895	-1,485	-18.8%
Information Not Available	2,380	23.4%	3,585	2,950	-570	-19.3%

Race	10,154		14,543	12,588
American Indian or Alaskan Native	81	0.8%	94	99	-18	-18.2%
Asian	155	1.5%	161	159	-4	-2.5%
Black or African American	604	5.9%	697	695	-91	-13.1%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	30	0.3%	57	42	-12	-28.6%
White	7,021	69.1%	10,207	8,793	-1,772	-20.2%
Information Not Available	2,263	22.3%	3,327	2,800	-537	-19.2%

Years of Age	10,154		14,543	12,588
Younger than 22	229	1.4%	349	303	-74	-24.4%
22-24	579	3.5%	787	741	-162	-21.9%
25-34	2,357	14.4%	3,369	2,958	-601	-20.3%
35-44	2,093	12.8%	3,077	2,729	-636	-23.3%
45-54	2,461	15.0%	3,522	2,969	-508	-17.1%
55-59	1,082	6.6%	1,565	1,272	-190	-14.9%
60-64	802	4.9%	1,060	890	-88	-9.9%
65 and older	551	3.4%	814	726	-175	-24.1%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	10,154		14,543	12,588
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	79	0.8%	202	103	-24	-23.3%
Mining	20	0.2%	47	21	-1	-4.8%
Utilities	6	0.1%	16	8	-2	-25.0%
Construction	1,849	18.1%	3,322	2,238	-389	-17.4%
Manufacturing	933	9.1%	1,096	1,095	-162	-14.8%
Wholesale Trade	427	4.2%	456	485	-58	-12.0%
Retail Trade	899	8.8%	1,066	1,057	-158	-14.9%
Transporation and Warehousing	237	2.3%	319	304	-67	-22.0%
Information	161	1.6%	168	139	22	15.8%
Finance and Insurance	372	3.6%	369	506	-134	-26.5%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	197	1.9%	247	263	-66	-25.1%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	423	4.1%	474	619	-196	-31.7%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	68	0.7%	93	116	-48	-41.4%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	1,411	13.8%	2,524	1,874	-463	-24.7%
Educational Services	160	1.6%	168	180	-20	-11.1%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	1,097	10.7%	1,062	1,321	-224	-17.0%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	264	2.6%	635	397	-133	-33.5%
Accomodation and Food Services	845	8.3%	1,418	1,093	-248	-22.7%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	365	3.6%	428	415	-50	-12.0%
Public Administration	80	0.8%	96	106	-26	-24.5%
Information Not Available	261	2.6%	337	248	13	5.2%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants South Carolina
	Apr 2015	Percent	Mar 2015	Apr 2014	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	19,974		21,343	23,336
Male	10,311	51.6%	11,174	11,673	-1,362	-11.7%
Female	9,663	48.4%	10,169	11,663	-2,000	-17.1%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	19,974		21,343	23,336
Hispanic or Latino	724	3.6%	743	699	25	3.6%
Not Hispanic or Latino	18,886	94.6%	20,148	22,194	-3,308	-14.9%
Information Not Available	364	1.8%	452	443	-79	-17.8%

Race	19,974		21,343	23,336
American Indian or Alaskan Native	195	1.0%	134	127	68	53.5%
Asian	134	0.7%	136	162	-28	-17.3%
Black or African American	9,399	47.1%	9,739	10,642	-1,243	-11.7%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	38	0.2%	29	28	10	35.7%
White	9,469	47.4%	10,463	11,549	-2,080	-18.0%
Information Not Available	739	3.7%	842	828	-89	-10.7%

Years of Age	19,974		21,343	23,336
Younger than 22	62	0.2%	90	424	-362	-85.4%
22-24	52	0.2%	56	660	-608	-92.1%
25-34	800	3.0%	911	5,412	-4,612	-85.2%
35-44	3,443	12.7%	3,779	5,295	-1,852	-35.0%
45-54	4,720	17.4%	5,059	5,796	-1,076	-18.6%
55-59	2,258	8.3%	2,317	2,583	-325	-12.6%
60-64	2,373	8.8%	2,569	1,866	507	27.2%
65 and older	6,234	23.0%	6,525	1,276	4,958	388.6%
Information Not Available	32	0.1%	37	24	8	33.3%

Industry	19,974		21,343	23,336
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	127	0.6%	187	175	-48	-27.4%
Mining	20	0.1%	14	17	3	17.6%
Utilities	33	0.2%	37	25	8	32.0%
Construction	1,821	9.1%	1,796	1,798	23	1.3%
Manufacturing	2,562	12.7%	2,432	2,991	-429	-14.3%
Wholesale Trade	843	4.2%	770	771	72	9.3%
Retail Trade	1,812	9.0%	1,994	2,246	-434	-19.3%
Transporation and Warehousing	617	3.1%	573	535	82	15.3%
Information	294	1.5%	269	320	-26	-8.1%
Finance and Insurance	618	3.1%	637	757	-139	-18.4%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	361	1.8%	439	421	-60	-14.3%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	1,088	5.4%	1,132	1,245	-157	-12.6%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	122	0.6%	149	89	33	37.1%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	3,676	18.3%	3,803	3,813	-137	-3.6%
Educational Services	324	1.6%	303	392	-68	-17.3%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	1,327	6.6%	1,344	1,710	-383	-22.4%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	203	1.0%	349	269	-66	-24.5%
Accomodation and Food Services	1,337	6.7%	2,114	2,071	-734	-35.4%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	537	2.7%	534	544	-7	-1.3%
Public Administration	292	1.5%	323	382	-90	-23.6%
Information Not Available	1,960	9.8%	2,144	2,765	-805	-29.1%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants South Dakota
	Apr 2015	Percent	Mar 2015	Apr 2014	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	1,620		3,172	2,474
Male	1,025	63.3%	2,441	1,756	-731	-41.6%
Female	595	36.7%	731	718	-123	-17.1%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	1,620		3,172	2,474
Hispanic or Latino	70	4.3%	138	89	-19	-21.3%
Not Hispanic or Latino	1,314	81.1%	2,673	2,122	-808	-38.1%
Information Not Available	236	14.6%	361	263	-27	-10.3%

Race	1,620		3,172	2,474
American Indian or Alaskan Native	237	14.6%	352	336	-99	-29.5%
Asian	0	0.0%	8	1	-1	-100.0%
Black or African American	69	4.3%	77	61	8	13.1%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	1	0.1%	2	3	-2	-66.7%
White	1,123	69.3%	2,399	1,794	-671	-37.4%
Information Not Available	190	11.7%	334	279	-89	-31.9%

Years of Age	1,620		3,172	2,474
Younger than 22	16	0.6%	39	36	-20	-55.6%
22-24	39	1.5%	131	93	-54	-58.1%
25-34	325	12.6%	602	471	-146	-31.0%
35-44	343	13.3%	637	480	-137	-28.5%
45-54	377	14.6%	733	589	-212	-36.0%
55-59	234	9.1%	408	342	-108	-31.6%
60-64	161	6.2%	313	238	-77	-32.4%
65 and older	125	4.8%	309	225	-100	-44.4%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	1,620		3,172	2,474
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	13	0.8%	35	23	-10	-43.5%
Mining	82	5.0%	140	77	5	6.5%
Utilities	1	0.1%	7	2	-1	-50.0%
Construction	303	18.6%	1,166	785	-482	-61.4%
Manufacturing	200	12.2%	342	278	-78	-28.1%
Wholesale Trade	43	2.6%	82	61	-18	-29.5%
Retail Trade	135	8.3%	204	176	-41	-23.3%
Transporation and Warehousing	39	2.4%	89	78	-39	-50.0%
Information	24	1.5%	34	30	-6	-20.0%
Finance and Insurance	82	5.0%	88	98	-16	-16.3%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	16	1.0%	27	27	-11	-40.7%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	50	3.1%	56	78	-28	-35.9%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	4	0.2%	2	4	0	0.0%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	96	5.9%	161	114	-18	-15.8%
Educational Services	50	3.1%	57	54	-4	-7.4%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	94	5.8%	111	151	-57	-37.7%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	25	1.5%	36	24	1	4.2%
Accomodation and Food Services	127	7.8%	209	135	-8	-5.9%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	21	1.3%	34	39	-18	-46.2%
Public Administration	129	7.9%	179	129	0	0.0%
Information Not Available	86	5.3%	113	111	-25	-22.5%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Tennessee
	Apr 2015	Percent	Mar 2015	Apr 2014	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	25,041		32,098	30,731
Male	13,930	55.6%	17,856	16,256	-2,326	-14.3%
Female	11,111	44.4%	14,242	14,475	-3,364	-23.2%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	25,041		32,098	30,731
Hispanic or Latino	507	2.0%	649	543	-36	-6.6%
Not Hispanic or Latino	24,534	98.0%	31,449	30,188	-5,654	-18.7%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Race	25,041		32,098	30,731
American Indian or Alaskan Native	77	0.3%	98	65	12	18.5%
Asian	568	2.3%	728	864	-296	-34.3%
Black or African American	6,786	27.1%	8,699	8,673	-1,887	-21.8%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	155	0.6%	199	202	-47	-23.3%
White	17,000	67.9%	21,791	20,459	-3,459	-16.9%
Information Not Available	455	1.8%	583	468	-13	-2.8%

Years of Age	25,041		32,098	30,731
Younger than 22	322	0.8%	412	297	25	8.4%
22-24	953	2.4%	1,222	1,052	-99	-9.4%
25-34	4,981	12.5%	6,385	5,860	-879	-15.0%
35-44	5,539	13.9%	7,100	6,877	-1,338	-19.5%
45-54	6,274	15.7%	8,042	7,900	-1,626	-20.6%
55-59	2,966	7.4%	3,802	3,769	-803	-21.3%
60-64	2,194	5.5%	2,813	2,857	-663	-23.2%
65 and older	1,796	4.5%	2,302	2,089	-293	-14.0%
Information Not Available	16	0.0%	20	30	-14	-46.7%

Industry	25,041		32,098	30,731
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	227	0.9%	291	150	77	51.3%
Mining	100	0.4%	128	80	20	25.0%
Utilities	31	0.1%	40	44	-13	-29.5%
Construction	3,284	13.0%	4,212	3,670	-386	-10.5%
Manufacturing	3,076	12.2%	3,942	4,494	-1,418	-31.6%
Wholesale Trade	1,106	4.4%	1,417	1,387	-281	-20.3%
Retail Trade	2,062	8.2%	2,644	2,576	-514	-20.0%
Transporation and Warehousing	1,089	4.3%	1,396	1,223	-134	-11.0%
Information	406	1.6%	520	550	-144	-26.2%
Finance and Insurance	682	2.7%	874	1,044	-362	-34.7%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	372	1.5%	477	438	-66	-15.1%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	1,142	4.5%	1,463	1,567	-425	-27.1%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	97	0.4%	125	166	-69	-41.6%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	3,897	15.4%	4,995	4,172	-275	-6.6%
Educational Services	491	1.9%	629	560	-69	-12.3%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	2,112	8.4%	2,707	2,724	-612	-22.5%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	532	2.1%	682	419	113	27.0%
Accomodation and Food Services	1,670	6.6%	2,140	1,735	-65	-3.7%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	794	3.1%	1,017	1,009	-215	-21.3%
Public Administration	469	1.9%	602	414	55	13.3%
Information Not Available	1,402	5.5%	1,797	2,309	-907	-39.3%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Texas
	Apr 2015	Percent	Mar 2015	Apr 2014	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	156,899		149,115	140,057
Male	98,748	62.9%	91,822	75,609	23,139	30.6%
Female	58,149	37.1%	57,293	64,447	-6,298	-9.8%
Information Not Available	2	0.0%	0	1	1	100.0%

Ethnicity	156,899		149,115	140,057
Hispanic or Latino	52,951	33.7%	48,947	42,241	10,710	25.4%
Not Hispanic or Latino	91,680	58.4%	86,350	85,867	5,813	6.8%
Information Not Available	12,268	7.8%	13,818	11,949	319	2.7%

Race	156,899		149,115	140,057
American Indian or Alaskan Native	633	0.4%	629	549	84	15.3%
Asian	3,848	2.5%	3,594	3,408	440	12.9%
Black or African American	32,733	20.9%	30,630	32,564	169	0.5%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
White	54,205	34.5%	51,273	49,139	5,066	10.3%
Information Not Available	65,480	41.7%	62,989	54,397	11,083	20.4%

Years of Age	156,899		149,115	140,057
Younger than 22	3,475	1.7%	3,363	2,805	670	23.9%
22-24	8,485	4.2%	7,942	6,843	1,642	24.0%
25-34	41,140	20.4%	38,218	34,391	6,749	19.6%
35-44	38,380	19.1%	35,850	34,325	4,055	11.8%
45-54	35,622	17.7%	34,600	33,510	2,112	6.3%
55-59	14,845	7.4%	14,375	14,164	681	4.8%
60-64	9,641	4.8%	9,205	8,950	691	7.7%
65 and older	5,311	2.6%	5,562	5,069	242	4.8%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	156,899		149,115	140,057
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	964	0.6%	860	731	233	31.9%
Mining	18,272	11.6%	14,226	3,596	14,676	408.1%
Utilities	409	0.3%	361	515	-106	-20.6%
Construction	19,507	12.4%	19,344	16,047	3,460	21.6%
Manufacturing	18,370	11.6%	16,490	12,582	5,788	46.0%
Wholesale Trade	8,861	5.6%	8,127	8,197	664	8.1%
Retail Trade	9,380	5.9%	9,265	10,791	-1,411	-13.1%
Transporation and Warehousing	5,525	3.5%	6,596	4,996	529	10.6%
Information	2,797	1.8%	2,838	3,611	-814	-22.5%
Finance and Insurance	6,266	4.0%	6,460	10,034	-3,768	-37.6%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	3,158	2.0%	2,932	3,077	81	2.6%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	12,793	8.1%	11,735	12,199	594	4.9%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	807	0.5%	747	580	227	39.1%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	21,201	13.4%	20,616	19,833	1,368	6.9%
Educational Services	2,478	1.6%	2,689	2,876	-398	-13.8%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	11,398	7.2%	10,735	14,018	-2,620	-18.7%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	586	0.4%	690	830	-244	-29.4%
Accomodation and Food Services	4,378	2.8%	5,177	5,249	-871	-16.6%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	3,332	2.1%	2,992	3,339	-7	-0.2%
Public Administration	1,315	0.8%	1,458	1,666	-351	-21.1%
Information Not Available	5,102	3.2%	4,777	5,290	-188	-3.6%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Utah
	Apr 2015	Percent	Mar 2015	Apr 2014	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	12,102		14,245	14,019
Male	8,091	66.9%	9,938	8,978	-887	-9.9%
Female	3,938	32.5%	4,146	4,942	-1,004	-20.3%
Information Not Available	73	0.6%	161	99	-26	-26.3%

Ethnicity	12,102		14,245	14,019
Hispanic or Latino	1,170	9.7%	1,597	1,447	-277	-19.1%
Not Hispanic or Latino	8,758	72.4%	10,070	10,450	-1,692	-16.2%
Information Not Available	2,174	18.0%	2,578	2,122	52	2.5%

Race	12,102		14,245	14,019
American Indian or Alaskan Native	406	3.4%	541	428	-22	-5.1%
Asian	162	1.3%	183	197	-35	-17.8%
Black or African American	252	2.1%	262	276	-24	-8.7%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	235	1.9%	256	230	5	2.2%
White	8,129	67.2%	9,006	9,439	-1,310	-13.9%
Information Not Available	2,918	24.1%	3,997	3,449	-531	-15.4%

Years of Age	12,102		14,245	14,019
Younger than 22	285	1.5%	391	334	-49	-14.7%
22-24	600	3.1%	701	758	-158	-20.8%
25-34	3,219	16.5%	3,658	3,533	-314	-8.9%
35-44	3,024	15.5%	3,409	3,316	-292	-8.8%
45-54	2,612	13.4%	3,133	3,243	-631	-19.5%
55-59	1,220	6.3%	1,472	1,509	-289	-19.2%
60-64	771	4.0%	967	864	-93	-10.8%
65 and older	371	1.9%	514	462	-91	-19.7%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	12,102		14,245	14,019
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	47	0.4%	77	42	5	11.9%
Mining	729	6.0%	719	247	482	195.1%
Utilities	15	0.1%	17	17	-2	-11.8%
Construction	1,847	15.2%	2,986	2,419	-572	-23.6%
Manufacturing	1,264	10.4%	1,257	1,403	-139	-9.9%
Wholesale Trade	501	4.1%	518	561	-60	-10.7%
Retail Trade	826	6.8%	931	1,122	-296	-26.4%
Transporation and Warehousing	462	3.8%	538	478	-16	-3.3%
Information	305	2.5%	331	426	-121	-28.4%
Finance and Insurance	388	3.2%	440	662	-274	-41.4%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	201	1.7%	189	197	4	2.0%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	900	7.4%	949	910	-10	-1.1%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	45	0.4%	46	39	6	15.4%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	1,465	12.1%	1,935	2,124	-659	-31.0%
Educational Services	239	2.0%	232	340	-101	-29.7%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	522	4.3%	579	638	-116	-18.2%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	208	1.7%	147	198	10	5.1%
Accomodation and Food Services	684	5.6%	699	652	32	4.9%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	269	2.2%	275	233	36	15.5%
Public Administration	201	1.7%	313	270	-69	-25.6%
Information Not Available	984	8.1%	1,067	1,041	-57	-5.5%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Virginia
	Apr 2015	Percent	Mar 2015	Apr 2014	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	34,551		41,425	46,217
Male	19,113	55.3%	24,676	26,031	-6,918	-26.6%
Female	15,430	44.7%	16,737	20,169	-4,739	-23.5%
Information Not Available	8	0.0%	12	17	-9	-52.9%

Ethnicity	34,551		41,425	46,217
Hispanic or Latino	1,620	4.7%	2,419	2,222	-602	-27.1%
Not Hispanic or Latino	31,213	90.3%	37,140	41,879	-10,666	-25.5%
Information Not Available	1,718	5.0%	1,866	2,116	-398	-18.8%

Race	34,551		41,425	46,217
American Indian or Alaskan Native	1,787	5.2%	2,623	2,437	-650	-26.7%
Asian	959	2.8%	979	1,298	-339	-26.1%
Black or African American	14,010	40.5%	15,902	18,099	-4,089	-22.6%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
White	16,077	46.5%	20,055	22,267	-6,190	-27.8%
Information Not Available	1,718	5.0%	1,866	2,116	-398	-18.8%

Years of Age	34,551		41,425	46,217
Younger than 22	371	0.8%	501	599	-228	-38.1%
22-24	1,380	2.9%	1,601	1,737	-357	-20.6%
25-34	8,142	17.0%	9,537	10,354	-2,212	-21.4%
35-44	7,636	15.9%	9,045	10,288	-2,652	-25.8%
45-54	8,652	18.1%	10,441	12,070	-3,418	-28.3%
55-59	4,065	8.5%	5,018	5,487	-1,422	-25.9%
60-64	2,737	5.7%	3,325	3,613	-876	-24.2%
65 and older	1,568	3.3%	1,957	2,067	-499	-24.1%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	2	-2	-100.0%

Industry	34,551		41,425	46,217
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	83	0.2%	111	69	14	20.3%
Mining	294	0.8%	285	201	93	46.3%
Utilities	15	0.0%	8	8	7	87.5%
Construction	2,389	6.9%	3,702	2,579	-190	-7.4%
Manufacturing	1,675	4.8%	1,443	1,711	-36	-2.1%
Wholesale Trade	660	1.9%	500	462	198	42.9%
Retail Trade	1,775	5.1%	1,436	1,218	557	45.7%
Transporation and Warehousing	964	2.8%	881	843	121	14.4%
Information	500	1.4%	370	275	225	81.8%
Finance and Insurance	662	1.9%	439	465	197	42.4%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	358	1.0%	312	258	100	38.8%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	2,237	6.5%	1,701	1,878	359	19.1%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	125	0.4%	91	99	26	26.3%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	3,300	9.5%	2,966	2,685	615	22.9%
Educational Services	218	0.6%	175	198	20	10.1%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	1,911	5.5%	1,494	1,376	535	38.9%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	141	0.4%	259	140	1	0.7%
Accomodation and Food Services	1,105	3.2%	1,462	1,032	73	7.1%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	562	1.6%	501	422	140	33.2%
Public Administration	1,840	5.3%	1,840	2,233	-393	-17.6%
Information Not Available	13,737	39.7%	21,449	28,065	-14,328	-51.1%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Virgin Islands
	Apr 2015	Percent	Mar 2015	Apr 2014	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	336		440	435
Male	181	53.9%	296	281	-100	-35.6%
Female	155	46.1%	144	154	1	0.6%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	336		440	435
Hispanic or Latino	51	15.2%	75	91	-40	-44.0%
Not Hispanic or Latino	268	79.8%	343	330	-62	-18.8%
Information Not Available	17	5.1%	22	0	17	0.0%

Race	336		440	435
American Indian or Alaskan Native	4	1.2%	4	2	2	100.0%
Asian	2	0.6%	0	2	0	0.0%
Black or African American	243	72.3%	318	283	-40	-14.1%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	14	4.2%	14	11	3	27.3%
White	19	5.7%	21	43	-24	-55.8%
Information Not Available	54	16.1%	83	94	-40	-42.6%

Years of Age	336		440	435
Younger than 22	6	1.9%	5	7	-1	-14.3%
22-24	13	4.0%	12	21	-8	-38.1%
25-34	71	22.0%	86	75	-4	-5.3%
35-44	72	22.3%	95	110	-38	-34.5%
45-54	81	25.1%	124	107	-26	-24.3%
55-59	37	11.5%	54	53	-16	-30.2%
60-64	32	9.9%	32	36	-4	-11.1%
65 and older	23	7.1%	30	25	-2	-8.0%
Information Not Available	1	0.3%	2	1	0	0.0%

Industry	336		440	435
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
Mining	0	0.0%	0	1	-1	-100.0%
Utilities	1	0.3%	2	1	0	0.0%
Construction	66	19.6%	67	140	-74	-52.9%
Manufacturing	12	3.6%	15	16	-4	-25.0%
Wholesale Trade	8	2.4%	8	5	3	60.0%
Retail Trade	35	10.4%	40	47	-12	-25.5%
Transporation and Warehousing	9	2.7%	6	13	-4	-30.8%
Information	8	2.4%	4	5	3	60.0%
Finance and Insurance	6	1.8%	7	0	6	0.0%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	4	1.2%	10	10	-6	-60.0%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	13	3.9%	14	12	1	8.3%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	22	6.5%	19	19	3	15.8%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	20	6.0%	22	19	1	5.3%
Educational Services	9	2.7%	1	8	1	12.5%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	18	5.4%	13	23	-5	-21.7%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	5	1.5%	8	4	1	25.0%
Accomodation and Food Services	38	11.3%	25	35	3	8.6%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	25	7.4%	132	47	-22	-46.8%
Public Administration	27	8.0%	32	8	19	237.5%
Information Not Available	10	3.0%	15	22	-12	-54.5%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Vermont
	Apr 2015	Percent	Mar 2015	Apr 2014	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	5,841		6,681	6,934
Male	3,831	65.6%	4,976	4,739	-908	-19.2%
Female	2,010	34.4%	1,705	2,195	-185	-8.4%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	5,841		6,681	6,934
Hispanic or Latino	4	0.1%	3	4	0	0.0%
Not Hispanic or Latino	741	12.7%	1,043	878	-137	-15.6%
Information Not Available	5,096	87.2%	5,635	6,052	-956	-15.8%

Race	5,841		6,681	6,934
American Indian or Alaskan Native	4	0.1%	4	6	-2	-33.3%
Asian	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
Black or African American	9	0.2%	5	12	-3	-25.0%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	4	0.1%	7	3	1	33.3%
White	728	12.5%	1,030	861	-133	-15.4%
Information Not Available	5,096	87.2%	5,635	6,052	-956	-15.8%

Years of Age	5,841		6,681	6,934
Younger than 22	97	1.6%	122	120	-23	-19.2%
22-24	238	3.9%	304	313	-75	-24.0%
25-34	1,296	21.5%	1,527	1,592	-296	-18.6%
35-44	1,171	19.4%	1,338	1,399	-228	-16.3%
45-54	1,316	21.8%	1,519	1,616	-300	-18.6%
55-59	735	12.2%	792	833	-98	-11.8%
60-64	535	8.9%	609	620	-85	-13.7%
65 and older	453	7.5%	470	441	12	2.7%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	5,841		6,681	6,934
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	77	1.3%	79	84	-7	-8.3%
Mining	22	0.4%	59	33	-11	-33.3%
Utilities	6	0.1%	5	6	0	0.0%
Construction	1,502	25.4%	2,234	1,997	-495	-24.8%
Manufacturing	585	9.9%	734	738	-153	-20.7%
Wholesale Trade	196	3.3%	242	197	-1	-0.5%
Retail Trade	516	8.7%	579	634	-118	-18.6%
Transporation and Warehousing	184	3.1%	158	178	6	3.4%
Information	52	0.9%	52	43	9	20.9%
Finance and Insurance	40	0.7%	49	73	-33	-45.2%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	72	1.2%	82	103	-31	-30.1%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	151	2.6%	194	179	-28	-15.6%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	5	0.1%	7	2	3	150.0%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	450	7.6%	676	576	-126	-21.9%
Educational Services	149	2.5%	144	143	6	4.2%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	386	6.5%	372	467	-81	-17.3%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	147	2.5%	166	171	-24	-14.0%
Accomodation and Food Services	1,000	16.9%	530	981	19	1.9%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	138	2.3%	147	157	-19	-12.1%
Public Administration	163	2.8%	172	172	-9	-5.2%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Washington
	Apr 2015	Percent	Mar 2015	Apr 2014	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	51,833		58,761	63,502
Male	31,723	61.2%	36,343	38,524	-6,801	-17.7%
Female	20,101	38.8%	22,407	24,966	-4,865	-19.5%
Information Not Available	9	0.0%	11	12	-3	-25.0%

Ethnicity	51,833		58,761	63,502
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	51,833	100.0%	58,761	63,502	-11,669	-18.4%

Race	51,833		58,761	63,502
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	51,833	100.0%	58,761	63,502	-11,669	-18.4%

Years of Age	51,833		58,761	63,502
Younger than 22	568	1.2%	733	875	-307	-35.1%
22-24	1,937	4.1%	2,357	2,614	-677	-25.9%
25-34	11,925	25.1%	13,502	14,699	-2,774	-18.9%
35-44	11,694	24.6%	13,069	14,294	-2,600	-18.2%
45-54	13,094	27.5%	14,836	16,041	-2,947	-18.4%
55-59	6,042	12.7%	6,790	7,208	-1,166	-16.2%
60-64	4,229	8.9%	4,856	5,033	-804	-16.0%
65 and older	2,344	4.9%	2,618	2,738	-394	-14.4%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	51,833		58,761	63,502
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	51,833	100.0%	58,761	63,502	-11,669	-18.4%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Wisconsin
	Apr 2015	Percent	Mar 2015	Apr 2014	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	50,035		70,244	71,357
Male	30,795	61.5%	48,474	45,447	-14,652	-32.2%
Female	19,190	38.4%	21,735	25,860	-6,670	-25.8%
Information Not Available	50	0.1%	35	50	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	50,035		70,244	71,357
Hispanic or Latino	2,817	5.6%	4,601	3,860	-1,043	-27.0%
Not Hispanic or Latino	46,387	92.7%	64,631	10,440	35,947	344.3%
Information Not Available	831	1.7%	1,012	57,057	-56,226	-98.5%

Race	50,035		70,244	71,357
American Indian or Alaskan Native	786	1.6%	969	86	700	814.0%
Asian	575	1.1%	681	985	-410	-41.6%
Black or African American	6,219	12.4%	6,659	771	5,448	706.6%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	45	0.1%	70	849	-804	-94.7%
White	41,579	83.1%	60,853	11,609	29,970	258.2%
Information Not Available	831	1.7%	1,012	57,057	-56,226	-98.5%

Years of Age	50,035		70,244	71,357
Younger than 22	886	1.0%	1,356	1,213	-327	-27.0%
22-24	2,227	2.6%	3,330	3,532	-1,305	-36.9%
25-34	11,243	12.9%	16,005	16,241	-4,998	-30.8%
35-44	10,157	11.6%	14,647	14,657	-4,500	-30.7%
45-54	11,953	13.7%	16,515	17,497	-5,544	-31.7%
55-59	6,379	7.3%	8,543	8,627	-2,248	-26.1%
60-64	4,378	5.0%	5,816	5,780	-1,402	-24.3%
65 and older	2,802	3.2%	4,025	3,796	-994	-26.2%
Information Not Available	10	0.0%	7	14	-4	-28.6%

Industry	50,035		70,244	71,357
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	570	1.1%	1,131	999	-429	-42.9%
Mining	245	0.5%	520	371	-126	-34.0%
Utilities	55	0.1%	105	114	-59	-51.8%
Construction	8,705	17.2%	16,229	13,477	-4,772	-35.4%
Manufacturing	9,344	18.5%	10,817	11,951	-2,607	-21.8%
Wholesale Trade	1,621	3.2%	2,114	2,148	-527	-24.5%
Retail Trade	4,768	9.4%	5,823	6,649	-1,881	-28.3%
Transporation and Warehousing	2,147	4.2%	2,908	2,797	-650	-23.2%
Information	705	1.4%	716	749	-44	-5.9%
Finance and Insurance	1,096	2.2%	1,124	1,713	-617	-36.0%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	470	0.9%	583	635	-165	-26.0%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	1,226	2.4%	1,384	1,820	-594	-32.6%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	315	0.6%	393	421	-106	-25.2%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	5,823	11.5%	9,805	9,254	-3,431	-37.1%
Educational Services	690	1.4%	738	970	-280	-28.9%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	4,108	8.1%	4,397	6,000	-1,892	-31.5%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	846	1.7%	1,974	1,456	-610	-41.9%
Accomodation and Food Services	3,167	6.3%	3,997	4,553	-1,386	-30.4%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	991	2.0%	1,208	1,356	-365	-26.9%
Public Administration	971	1.9%	1,482	1,427	-456	-32.0%
Information Not Available	2,172	4.3%	2,796	2,497	-325	-13.0%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants West Virginia
	Apr 2015	Percent	Mar 2015	Apr 2014	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	15,727		19,487	15,405
Male	11,812	75.1%	15,186	10,756	1,056	9.8%
Female	3,913	24.9%	4,299	4,648	-735	-15.8%
Information Not Available	2	0.0%	2	1	1	100.0%

Ethnicity	15,727		19,487	15,405
Hispanic or Latino	259	1.6%	389	278	-19	-6.8%
Not Hispanic or Latino	11,588	73.7%	14,316	11,043	545	4.9%
Information Not Available	3,880	24.7%	4,782	4,084	-204	-5.0%

Race	15,727		19,487	15,405
American Indian or Alaskan Native	56	0.4%	55	28	28	100.0%
Asian	46	0.3%	59	37	9	24.3%
Black or African American	535	3.4%	581	606	-71	-11.7%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	12	0.1%	10	11	1	9.1%
White	14,027	89.2%	17,188	13,661	366	2.7%
Information Not Available	1,051	6.7%	1,594	1,062	-11	-1.0%

Years of Age	15,727		19,487	15,405
Younger than 22	356	1.2%	406	323	33	10.2%
22-24	910	3.2%	1,086	783	127	16.2%
25-34	3,658	12.8%	4,267	3,321	337	10.1%
35-44	3,963	13.8%	4,724	3,766	197	5.2%
45-54	3,634	12.7%	4,747	3,883	-249	-6.4%
55-59	1,539	5.4%	2,079	1,605	-66	-4.1%
60-64	1,079	3.8%	1,404	1,075	4	0.4%
65 and older	588	2.1%	774	649	-61	-9.4%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	15,727		19,487	15,405
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	85	0.5%	143	70	15	21.4%
Mining	2,034	12.9%	1,619	1,308	726	55.5%
Utilities	32	0.2%	32	27	5	18.5%
Construction	4,148	26.2%	6,633	3,577	571	16.0%
Manufacturing	1,001	6.3%	1,120	1,314	-313	-23.8%
Wholesale Trade	412	2.6%	448	430	-18	-4.2%
Retail Trade	1,064	6.7%	1,228	1,185	-121	-10.2%
Transporation and Warehousing	534	3.4%	682	539	-5	-0.9%
Information	120	0.8%	127	118	2	1.7%
Finance and Insurance	157	1.0%	164	198	-41	-20.7%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	202	1.3%	196	190	12	6.3%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	576	3.6%	585	509	67	13.2%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	50	0.3%	73	55	-5	-9.1%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	1,471	9.3%	1,584	1,389	82	5.9%
Educational Services	119	0.8%	141	126	-7	-5.6%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	927	5.9%	939	1,255	-328	-26.1%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	189	1.2%	361	191	-2	-1.0%
Accomodation and Food Services	835	5.3%	1,359	1,192	-357	-29.9%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	410	2.6%	490	460	-50	-10.9%
Public Administration	238	1.5%	268	235	3	1.3%
Information Not Available	1,123	7.1%	1,295	1,037	86	8.3%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Wyoming
	Apr 2015	Percent	Mar 2015	Apr 2014	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	4,745		5,433	3,792
Male	3,582	75.5%	4,201	2,519	1,063	42.2%
Female	1,163	24.5%	1,232	1,273	-110	-8.6%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	4,745		5,433	3,792
Hispanic or Latino	465	9.8%	626	379	86	22.7%
Not Hispanic or Latino	4,049	85.3%	4,547	3,233	816	25.2%
Information Not Available	231	4.9%	260	180	51	28.3%

Race	4,745		5,433	3,792
American Indian or Alaskan Native	169	3.6%	187	133	36	27.1%
Asian	39	0.8%	31	20	19	95.0%
Black or African American	126	2.7%	96	44	82	186.4%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	15	0.3%	4	0	15	0.0%
White	4,005	84.4%	4,583	3,285	720	21.9%
Information Not Available	391	8.2%	532	310	81	26.1%

Years of Age	4,745		5,433	3,792
Younger than 22	46	0.5%	62	39	7	17.9%
22-24	339	4.0%	331	235	104	44.3%
25-34	1,364	16.2%	1,298	862	502	58.2%
35-44	970	11.6%	1,145	815	155	19.0%
45-54	1,005	12.0%	1,196	911	94	10.3%
55-59	460	5.5%	667	441	19	4.3%
60-64	356	4.2%	421	295	61	20.7%
65 and older	205	2.4%	313	194	11	5.7%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	4,745		5,433	3,792
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	11	0.2%	43	23	-12	-52.2%
Mining	1,139	23.9%	1,001	234	905	386.8%
Utilities	4	0.1%	4	6	-2	-33.3%
Construction	817	17.2%	1,598	929	-112	-12.1%
Manufacturing	183	3.8%	224	195	-12	-6.2%
Wholesale Trade	116	2.4%	112	99	17	17.2%
Retail Trade	160	3.4%	194	237	-77	-32.5%
Transporation and Warehousing	266	5.6%	233	139	127	91.4%
Information	22	0.5%	26	31	-9	-29.0%
Finance and Insurance	29	0.6%	24	35	-6	-17.1%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	108	2.3%	94	67	41	61.2%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	168	3.5%	157	114	54	47.4%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	0	0.0%	2	4	-4	-100.0%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	191	4.0%	315	182	9	4.9%
Educational Services	23	0.5%	31	36	-13	-36.1%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	174	3.7%	179	164	10	6.1%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	31	0.7%	55	28	3	10.7%
Accomodation and Food Services	615	12.9%	391	630	-15	-2.4%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	115	2.4%	85	96	19	19.8%
Public Administration	99	2.1%	137	95	4	4.2%
Information Not Available	474	10.0%	528	448	26	5.8%