Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants

August 2015

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants: Total Claimants August 2015
	Aug 2015	Jul 2015	Monthly Change	Aug 2014	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
United States	2,143,407	2,238,941	-95,534	2,393,396	-249,989	-10.4
Alaska	6,361	6,506	-145	8,361	-2,000	-23.9
Alabama	23,302	25,525	-2,223	26,919	-3,617	-13.4
Arkansas	20,705	22,344	-1,639	21,964	-1,259	-5.7
Arizona	38,119	40,154	-2,035	41,921	-3,802	-9.1
California	361,595	372,470	-10,875	403,807	-42,212	-10.5
Colorado	25,940	27,155	-1,215	26,360	-420	-1.6
Connecticut	43,943	43,427	516	50,112	-6,169	-12.3
District of Columbia	9,389	9,235	154	10,947	-1,558	-14.2
Delaware	6,943	6,968	-25	7,722	-779	-10.1
Florida	71,163	71,569	-406	96,472	-25,309	-26.2
Georgia	37,352	39,633	-2,281	45,739	-8,387	-18.3
Hawaii	7,053	7,823	-770	9,750	-2,697	-27.7
Iowa	18,782	19,345	-563	19,476	-694	-3.6
Idaho	6,389	5,986	403	8,296	-1,907	-23.0
Illinois	116,739	123,296	-6,557	125,709	-8,970	-7.1
Indiana	21,028	21,835	-807	26,331	-5,303	-20.1
Kansas	14,194	13,712	482	15,433	-1,239	-8.0
Kentucky	21,498	22,206	-708	24,606	-3,108	-12.6
Louisiana	22,616	24,518	-1,902	19,620	2,996	15.3
Massachusetts	60,792	61,276	-484	76,753	-15,961	-20.8
Maryland	41,560	41,869	-309	51,470	-9,910	-19.3
Maine	5,070	5,274	-204	6,851	-1,781	-26.0
Michigan	53,010	68,017	-15,007	74,241	-21,231	-28.6
Minnesota	30,797	32,113	-1,316	32,564	-1,767	-5.4
Missouri	32,696	33,839	-1,143	35,813	-3,117	-8.7
Mississippi	16,256	18,360	-2,104	20,901	-4,645	-22.2
Montana	4,700	4,378	322	4,438	262	5.9
North Carolina	31,740	33,994	-2,254	47,903	-16,163	-33.7
North Dakota	3,209	3,611	-402	1,767	1,442	81.6
Nebraska	6,079	6,969	-890	6,424	-345	-5.4
New Hampshire	5,082	5,218	-136	7,175	-2,093	-29.2
New Jersey	113,259	114,834	-1,575	125,903	-12,644	-10.0
New Mexico	11,509	12,624	-1,115	13,389	-1,880	-14.0
Nevada	25,871	27,050	-1,179	28,219	-2,348	-8.3
New York	166,002	168,545	-2,543	185,883	-19,881	-10.7
Ohio	54,415	59,222	-4,807	59,429	-5,014	-8.4
Oklahoma	22,160	23,546	-1,386	17,091	5,069	29.7
Oregon	29,688	30,747	-1,059	33,213	-3,525	-10.6
Pennsylvania	144,290	149,813	-5,523	155,779	-11,489	-7.4
Puerto Rico	28,291	31,680	-3,389	31,397	-3,106	-9.9
Rhode Island	10,335	10,457	-122	11,933	-1,598	-13.4
South Carolina	22,368	23,311	-943	26,373	-4,005	-15.2
South Dakota	1,284	1,206	78	1,262	22	1.7
Tennessee	26,101	30,779	-4,678	31,177	-5,076	-16.3
Texas	174,178	179,772	-5,594	146,541	27,637	18.9
Utah	9,778	10,306	-528	10,850	-1,072	-9.9
Virginia	34,073	35,272	-1,199	41,999	-7,926	-18.9
Virgin Islands	442	442		390	52	13.3
Vermont	3,830	3,888	-58	4,103	-273	-6.7
Washington	44,337	44,893	-556	48,113	-3,776	-7.8
Wisconsin	39,885	42,973	-3,088	49,694	-9,809	-19.7
West Virginia	13,605	14,983	-1,378	12,614	991	7.9
Wyoming	3,604	3,973	-369	2,199	1,405	63.9

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants US Totals
	Aug 2015	Percent	Jul 2015	Aug 2014	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	2,143,407		2,238,941	2,393,396	-249,989	-10.4
Male	1,088,228	50.8%	1,138,600	1,169,761	-81,533	-7.0%
Female	1,039,307	48.5%	1,085,023	1,205,020	-165,713	-13.8%
Information Not Available	15,872	0.7%	15,318	18,615	-2,743	-14.7%

Ethnicity	2,143,407		2,238,941	2,393,396
Hispanic or Latino	392,271	18.3%	412,571	411,307	-19,036	-4.6%
Not Hispanic or Latino	1,475,772	84.3%	1,542,833	1,669,743	-193,971	-11.6%
Information Not Available	275,364	11.4%	283,537	312,345	-36,981	-11.8%

Race	2,143,407		2,238,941	2,393,396
American Indian or Alaskan Native	25,682	1.2%	27,913	30,152	-4,470	-14.8%
Asian	70,870	3.3%	71,724	78,053	-7,183	-9.2%
Black or African American	416,553	19.4%	434,804	472,970	-56,417	-11.9%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	10,703	0.5%	11,369	11,429	-726	-6.4%
White	1,109,182	51.6%	1,160,113	1,241,453	-132,271	-10.7%
Information Not Available	514,855	24.0%	537,641	559,339	-44,484	-8.0%

Years of Age	2,143,407		2,238,941	2,393,396
Younger than 22	37,954	1.8%	38,726	47,437	-9,483	-20.0%
22-24	97,662	4.6%	103,957	116,409	-18,747	-16.1%
25-34	491,882	22.9%	512,698	550,409	-58,527	-10.6%
35-44	460,920	21.5%	487,583	517,615	-56,695	-11.0%
45-54	501,926	23.4%	528,828	570,213	-68,287	-12.0%
55-59	236,403	11.0%	244,896	257,750	-21,347	-8.3%
60-64	165,954	7.7%	170,006	177,872	-11,918	-6.7%
65 and older	132,003	6.2%	134,532	134,274	-2,271	-1.7%
Information Not Available	18,703	0.9%	17,715	21,417	-2,714	-12.7%

Industry	2,143,407		2,238,941	2,393,396
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	55,308	2.6%	56,586	54,171	1,137	2.1%
Mining	38,271	1.8%	42,060	10,367	27,904	269.2%
Utilities	4,520	0.2%	4,781	4,602	-82	-1.8%
Construction	164,146	7.7%	178,255	177,523	-13,377	-7.5%
Manufacturing	206,099	9.6%	228,061	213,555	-7,456	-3.5%
Wholesale Trade	71,512	3.3%	74,094	76,718	-5,206	-6.8%
Retail Trade	163,484	7.6%	165,336	194,528	-31,044	-16.0%
Transporation and Warehousing	131,123	6.1%	131,927	135,337	-4,214	-3.1%
Information	61,648	2.9%	65,380	73,100	-11,452	-15.7%
Finance and Insurance	56,737	2.6%	58,006	72,938	-16,201	-22.2%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	28,534	1.3%	28,970	30,954	-2,420	-7.8%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	119,076	5.6%	122,531	129,596	-10,520	-8.1%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	12,263	0.6%	12,259	11,916	347	2.9%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	268,855	12.5%	280,620	299,937	-31,082	-10.4%
Educational Services	94,230	4.4%	98,831	105,084	-10,854	-10.3%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	198,849	9.3%	207,110	239,331	-40,482	-16.9%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	31,628	1.5%	31,890	36,539	-4,911	-13.4%
Accomodation and Food Services	147,193	6.9%	154,485	170,617	-23,424	-13.7%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	57,260	2.7%	60,200	61,703	-4,443	-7.2%
Public Administration	42,655	2.0%	43,173	46,847	-4,192	-8.9%
Information Not Available	190,016	8.9%	194,386	248,033	-58,017	-23.4%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Alaska
	Aug 2015	Percent	Jul 2015	Aug 2014	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	6,361		6,506	8,361	-2,000	-23.9
Male	3,122	49.1%	3,118	3,974	-852	-21.4%
Female	3,231	50.8%	3,385	4,387	-1,156	-26.4%
Information Not Available	8	0.1%	3	0	8	0.0%

Ethnicity	6,361		6,506	8,361
Hispanic or Latino	27	0.4%	48	364	-337	-92.6%
Not Hispanic or Latino	6,075	95.5%	6,223	7,942	-1,867	-23.5%
Information Not Available	259	4.1%	235	55	204	370.9%

Race	6,361		6,506	8,361
American Indian or Alaskan Native	2,179	34.3%	2,230	2,839	-660	-23.2%
Asian	222	3.5%	275	475	-253	-53.3%
Black or African American	319	5.0%	302	432	-113	-26.2%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	134	2.1%	113	199	-65	-32.7%
White	3,225	50.7%	3,311	4,141	-916	-22.1%
Information Not Available	282	4.4%	275	275	7	2.5%

Years of Age	6,361		6,506	8,361
Younger than 22	137	1.5%	157	224	-87	-38.8%
22-24	363	4.0%	343	494	-131	-26.5%
25-34	1,787	19.5%	1,900	2,426	-639	-26.3%
35-44	1,445	15.7%	1,426	1,813	-368	-20.3%
45-54	1,345	14.7%	1,375	1,764	-419	-23.8%
55-59	621	6.8%	603	748	-127	-17.0%
60-64	410	4.5%	418	518	-108	-20.8%
65 and older	253	2.8%	284	374	-121	-32.4%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	6,361		6,506	8,361
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	11	0.2%	14	36	-25	-69.4%
Mining	277	4.3%	269	199	78	39.2%
Utilities	28	0.4%	22	53	-25	-47.2%
Construction	710	11.1%	710	809	-99	-12.2%
Manufacturing	205	3.2%	228	445	-240	-53.9%
Wholesale Trade	115	1.8%	106	121	-6	-5.0%
Retail Trade	610	9.6%	560	952	-342	-35.9%
Transporation and Warehousing	456	7.2%	441	555	-99	-17.8%
Information	86	1.3%	92	85	1	1.2%
Finance and Insurance	153	2.4%	152	181	-28	-15.5%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	135	2.1%	191	183	-48	-26.2%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	235	3.7%	259	282	-47	-16.7%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	19	0.3%	19	25	-6	-24.0%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	367	5.8%	366	497	-130	-26.2%
Educational Services	330	5.2%	386	462	-132	-28.6%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	750	11.8%	841	1,152	-402	-34.9%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	67	1.1%	49	84	-17	-20.2%
Accomodation and Food Services	473	7.4%	500	672	-199	-29.6%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	401	6.3%	398	481	-80	-16.6%
Public Administration	694	10.9%	686	780	-86	-11.0%
Information Not Available	239	3.8%	217	307	-68	-22.1%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Alabama
	Aug 2015	Percent	Jul 2015	Aug 2014	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	23,302		25,525	26,919
Male	11,665	50.1%	12,235	13,070	-1,405	-10.7%
Female	11,612	49.8%	13,258	13,828	-2,216	-16.0%
Information Not Available	25	0.1%	32	21	4	19.0%

Ethnicity	23,302		25,525	26,919
Hispanic or Latino	242	1.0%	269	301	-59	-19.6%
Not Hispanic or Latino	16,692	71.6%	18,434	19,741	-3,049	-15.4%
Information Not Available	6,368	27.3%	6,822	6,877	-509	-7.4%

Race	23,302		25,525	26,919
American Indian or Alaskan Native	1,349	5.8%	1,266	1,361	-12	-0.9%
Asian	552	2.4%	533	594	-42	-7.1%
Black or African American	9,956	42.7%	11,442	11,272	-1,316	-11.7%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	27	0.1%	27	36	-9	-25.0%
White	10,376	44.5%	11,143	12,339	-1,963	-15.9%
Information Not Available	1,042	4.5%	1,114	1,317	-275	-20.9%

Years of Age	23,302		25,525	26,919
Younger than 22	613	1.9%	679	804	-191	-23.8%
22-24	1,325	4.1%	1,470	1,643	-318	-19.4%
25-34	6,141	19.0%	6,681	6,999	-858	-12.3%
35-44	5,519	17.1%	5,976	6,287	-768	-12.2%
45-54	5,083	15.7%	5,535	6,002	-919	-15.3%
55-59	2,172	6.7%	2,385	2,458	-286	-11.6%
60-64	1,371	4.2%	1,528	1,595	-224	-14.0%
65 and older	1,067	3.3%	1,252	1,119	-52	-4.6%
Information Not Available	11	0.0%	19	12	-1	-8.3%

Industry	23,302		25,525	26,919
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	218	0.9%	169	246	-28	-11.4%
Mining	305	1.3%	227	102	203	199.0%
Utilities	25	0.1%	25	40	-15	-37.5%
Construction	2,072	8.8%	2,108	2,242	-170	-7.6%
Manufacturing	3,556	15.1%	3,839	4,500	-944	-21.0%
Wholesale Trade	885	3.8%	893	908	-23	-2.5%
Retail Trade	2,481	10.5%	2,574	2,880	-399	-13.9%
Transporation and Warehousing	618	2.6%	853	770	-152	-19.7%
Information	292	1.2%	322	387	-95	-24.5%
Finance and Insurance	633	2.7%	629	772	-139	-18.0%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	292	1.2%	330	344	-52	-15.1%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	1,231	5.2%	1,298	1,466	-235	-16.0%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	71	0.3%	69	74	-3	-4.1%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	3,194	13.6%	3,600	3,499	-305	-8.7%
Educational Services	528	2.2%	649	694	-166	-23.9%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	2,239	9.5%	2,786	2,780	-541	-19.5%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	149	0.6%	159	179	-30	-16.8%
Accomodation and Food Services	1,830	7.8%	2,094	2,228	-398	-17.9%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	835	3.6%	1,103	744	91	12.2%
Public Administration	313	1.3%	316	377	-64	-17.0%
Information Not Available	1,535	6.5%	1,482	1,687	-152	-9.0%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Arkansas
	Aug 2015	Percent	Jul 2015	Aug 2014	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	20,705		22,344	21,964
Male	10,042	48.5%	10,344	10,168	-126	-1.2%
Female	9,580	46.3%	10,775	10,883	-1,303	-12.0%
Information Not Available	1,083	5.2%	1,225	913	170	18.6%

Ethnicity	20,705		22,344	21,964
Hispanic or Latino	312	1.5%	337	994	-682	-68.6%
Not Hispanic or Latino	19,310	93.3%	20,782	20,057	-747	-3.7%
Information Not Available	1,083	5.2%	1,225	913	170	18.6%

Race	20,705		22,344	21,964
American Indian or Alaskan Native	200	1.0%	238	242	-42	-17.4%
Asian	35	0.2%	30	196	-161	-82.1%
Black or African American	6,207	30.0%	6,630	6,504	-297	-4.6%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	704	3.4%	830	199	505	253.8%
White	12,164	58.7%	13,054	12,916	-752	-5.8%
Information Not Available	1,395	6.7%	1,562	1,907	-512	-26.8%

Years of Age	20,705		22,344	21,964
Younger than 22	554	1.8%	607	591	-37	-6.3%
22-24	1,077	3.4%	1,191	1,184	-107	-9.0%
25-34	4,790	15.2%	5,231	5,168	-378	-7.3%
35-44	4,656	14.8%	5,019	4,847	-191	-3.9%
45-54	4,455	14.1%	4,772	4,972	-517	-10.4%
55-59	1,908	6.0%	2,055	2,015	-107	-5.3%
60-64	1,331	4.2%	1,346	1,321	10	0.8%
65 and older	851	2.7%	898	953	-102	-10.7%
Information Not Available	1,083	3.4%	1,225	913	170	18.6%

Industry	20,705		22,344	21,964
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	196	0.9%	200	200	-4	-2.0%
Mining	413	2.0%	425	177	236	133.3%
Utilities	48	0.2%	44	49	-1	-2.0%
Construction	1,396	6.7%	1,402	1,511	-115	-7.6%
Manufacturing	3,120	14.9%	3,306	2,919	201	6.9%
Wholesale Trade	953	4.6%	941	881	72	8.2%
Retail Trade	1,744	8.3%	1,721	2,170	-426	-19.6%
Transporation and Warehousing	777	3.7%	804	770	7	0.9%
Information	246	1.2%	256	262	-16	-6.1%
Finance and Insurance	336	1.6%	300	405	-69	-17.0%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	267	1.3%	272	251	16	6.4%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	833	4.0%	878	920	-87	-9.5%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	58	0.3%	68	71	-13	-18.3%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	2,326	11.1%	2,570	2,503	-177	-7.1%
Educational Services	528	2.5%	646	576	-48	-8.3%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	2,460	11.8%	3,124	3,042	-582	-19.1%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	119	0.6%	127	151	-32	-21.2%
Accomodation and Food Services	1,514	7.2%	1,566	1,635	-121	-7.4%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	408	2.0%	488	468	-60	-12.8%
Public Administration	404	1.9%	415	415	-11	-2.7%
Information Not Available	2,559	12.2%	2,791	2,588	-29	-1.1%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Arizona
	Aug 2015	Percent	Jul 2015	Aug 2014	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	38,119		40,154	41,921
Male	21,001	55.1%	21,569	23,315	-2,314	-9.9%
Female	17,106	44.9%	18,572	18,575	-1,469	-7.9%
Information Not Available	12	0.0%	13	31	-19	-61.3%

Ethnicity	38,119		40,154	41,921
Hispanic or Latino	16,619	43.6%	18,077	17,437	-818	-4.7%
Not Hispanic or Latino	14,770	38.7%	15,169	16,898	-2,128	-12.6%
Information Not Available	6,730	17.7%	6,908	7,586	-856	-11.3%

Race	38,119		40,154	41,921
American Indian or Alaskan Native	2,173	5.7%	2,396	2,525	-352	-13.9%
Asian	2,223	5.8%	2,137	2,231	-8	-0.4%
Black or African American	2,528	6.6%	2,531	2,716	-188	-6.9%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	338	0.9%	336	282	56	19.9%
White	22,588	59.3%	23,866	21,441	1,147	5.3%
Information Not Available	8,269	21.7%	8,888	12,726	-4,457	-35.0%

Years of Age	38,119		40,154	41,921
Younger than 22	880	1.5%	966	1,119	-239	-21.4%
22-24	2,007	3.5%	2,033	2,379	-372	-15.6%
25-34	8,302	14.4%	8,609	9,259	-957	-10.3%
35-44	7,779	13.5%	8,223	8,876	-1,097	-12.4%
45-54	9,530	16.5%	10,167	10,438	-908	-8.7%
55-59	4,503	7.8%	4,766	4,678	-175	-3.7%
60-64	3,045	5.3%	3,254	3,210	-165	-5.1%
65 and older	2,073	3.6%	2,136	1,962	111	5.7%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	38,119		40,154	41,921
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	7,275	16.0%	8,280	6,785	490	7.2%
Mining	176	0.4%	195	116	60	51.7%
Utilities	60	0.1%	72	69	-9	-13.0%
Construction	2,339	5.2%	2,361	3,829	-1,490	-38.9%
Manufacturing	1,732	3.8%	1,777	1,965	-233	-11.9%
Wholesale Trade	1,336	2.9%	1,266	1,547	-211	-13.6%
Retail Trade	2,437	5.4%	2,518	2,802	-365	-13.0%
Transporation and Warehousing	837	1.8%	874	892	-55	-6.2%
Information	459	1.0%	446	474	-15	-3.2%
Finance and Insurance	1,149	2.5%	1,177	1,570	-421	-26.8%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	600	1.3%	603	676	-76	-11.2%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	1,661	3.7%	1,716	1,923	-262	-13.6%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	116	0.3%	113	134	-18	-13.4%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	4,339	9.6%	4,306	4,607	-268	-5.8%
Educational Services	1,134	2.5%	1,299	1,211	-77	-6.4%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	2,629	5.8%	2,854	3,004	-375	-12.5%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	416	0.9%	394	488	-72	-14.8%
Accomodation and Food Services	1,822	4.0%	2,302	2,039	-217	-10.6%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	705	1.6%	692	825	-120	-14.5%
Public Administration	762	1.7%	877	817	-55	-6.7%
Information Not Available	6,135	13.5%	6,032	6,148	-13	-0.2%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants California
	Aug 2015	Percent	Jul 2015	Aug 2014	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	361,595		372,470	403,807
Male	186,264	51.5%	194,722	205,205	-18,941	-9.2%
Female	175,139	48.4%	177,260	198,109	-22,970	-11.6%
Information Not Available	192	0.1%	488	493	-301	-61.1%

Ethnicity	361,595		372,470	403,807
Hispanic or Latino	134,183	37.1%	142,530	141,042	-6,859	-4.9%
Not Hispanic or Latino	194,801	53.9%	197,161	217,032	-22,231	-10.2%
Information Not Available	32,611	9.0%	32,779	45,733	-13,122	-28.7%

Race	361,595		372,470	403,807
American Indian or Alaskan Native	2,206	0.6%	3,122	3,647	-1,441	-39.5%
Asian	34,913	9.7%	34,437	37,946	-3,033	-8.0%
Black or African American	34,049	9.4%	32,096	35,384	-1,335	-3.8%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
White	123,633	34.2%	127,506	140,056	-16,423	-11.7%
Information Not Available	166,794	46.1%	175,309	186,774	-19,980	-10.7%

Years of Age	361,595		372,470	403,807
Younger than 22	6,810	1.5%	6,146	8,476	-1,666	-19.7%
22-24	17,936	3.9%	19,121	20,107	-2,171	-10.8%
25-34	89,679	19.6%	90,337	96,492	-6,813	-7.1%
35-44	74,333	16.3%	80,679	85,847	-11,514	-13.4%
45-54	82,965	18.1%	88,776	97,379	-14,414	-14.8%
55-59	39,325	8.6%	38,827	42,382	-3,057	-7.2%
60-64	27,815	6.1%	26,633	30,751	-2,936	-9.5%
65 and older	22,636	4.9%	21,853	22,373	263	1.2%
Information Not Available	96	0.0%	98	0	96	0.0%

Industry	361,595		372,470	403,807
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	35,296	8.9%	35,901	33,807	1,489	4.4%
Mining	2,494	0.6%	3,122	591	1,903	322.0%
Utilities	1,918	0.5%	2,049	1,478	440	29.8%
Construction	24,362	6.1%	28,682	31,737	-7,375	-23.2%
Manufacturing	31,747	8.0%	34,340	34,694	-2,947	-8.5%
Wholesale Trade	1,726	0.4%	1,756	1,774	-48	-2.7%
Retail Trade	29,446	7.4%	27,121	29,174	272	0.9%
Transporation and Warehousing	12,181	3.1%	11,317	11,433	748	6.5%
Information	29,446	7.4%	32,779	37,453	-8,007	-21.4%
Finance and Insurance	6,330	1.6%	7,609	9,265	-2,935	-31.7%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	2,398	0.6%	2,536	3,450	-1,052	-30.5%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	7,577	1.9%	8,097	8,673	-1,096	-12.6%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	70,689	17.8%	73,362	81,806	-11,117	-13.6%
Educational Services	28,678	7.2%	28,584	27,992	686	2.5%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	26,664	6.7%	24,779	30,160	-3,496	-11.6%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	8,057	2.0%	8,097	8,378	-321	-3.8%
Accomodation and Food Services	15,634	3.9%	15,609	20,205	-4,571	-22.6%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	10,263	2.6%	10,243	10,349	-86	-0.8%
Public Administration	4,796	1.2%	5,073	4,534	262	5.8%
Information Not Available	11,893	3.0%	11,414	16,854	-4,961	-29.4%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Colorado
	Aug 2015	Percent	Jul 2015	Aug 2014	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	25,940		27,155	26,360
Male	13,966	53.8%	14,510	12,802	1,164	9.1%
Female	11,973	46.2%	12,644	13,557	-1,584	-11.7%
Information Not Available	1	0.0%	1	1	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	25,940		27,155	26,360
Hispanic or Latino	5,102	19.7%	5,560	4,944	158	3.2%
Not Hispanic or Latino	18,446	71.1%	19,096	18,926	-480	-2.5%
Information Not Available	2,392	9.2%	2,499	2,490	-98	-3.9%

Race	25,940		27,155	26,360
American Indian or Alaskan Native	450	1.7%	472	484	-34	-7.0%
Asian	505	1.9%	513	621	-116	-18.7%
Black or African American	1,828	7.0%	1,957	1,925	-97	-5.0%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	112	0.4%	111	106	6	5.7%
White	18,333	70.7%	19,211	18,763	-430	-2.3%
Information Not Available	4,712	18.2%	4,891	4,461	251	5.6%

Years of Age	25,940		27,155	26,360
Younger than 22	290	0.7%	298	322	-32	-9.9%
22-24	879	2.1%	979	894	-15	-1.7%
25-34	5,766	13.7%	6,123	5,800	-34	-0.6%
35-44	5,919	14.1%	6,176	5,839	80	1.4%
45-54	6,398	15.2%	6,572	6,525	-127	-1.9%
55-59	3,236	7.7%	3,371	3,260	-24	-0.7%
60-64	2,193	5.2%	2,270	2,316	-123	-5.3%
65 and older	1,257	3.0%	1,362	1,404	-147	-10.5%
Information Not Available	2	0.0%	4	0	2	0.0%

Industry	25,940		27,155	26,360
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	180	0.7%	202	273	-93	-34.1%
Mining	1,205	4.6%	1,324	325	880	270.8%
Utilities	34	0.1%	34	44	-10	-22.7%
Construction	2,650	10.1%	2,791	1,998	652	32.6%
Manufacturing	2,015	7.7%	1,970	1,745	270	15.5%
Wholesale Trade	1,332	5.1%	1,296	1,160	172	14.8%
Retail Trade	2,158	8.3%	2,230	2,409	-251	-10.4%
Transporation and Warehousing	985	3.8%	1,065	751	234	31.2%
Information	839	3.2%	874	853	-14	-1.6%
Finance and Insurance	980	3.8%	996	1,322	-342	-25.9%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	515	2.0%	537	574	-59	-10.3%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	2,631	10.1%	2,723	2,682	-51	-1.9%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	329	1.3%	326	395	-66	-16.7%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	2,854	10.9%	2,972	3,583	-729	-20.3%
Educational Services	1,045	4.0%	1,056	1,242	-197	-15.9%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	2,412	9.2%	2,708	2,704	-292	-10.8%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	395	1.5%	453	498	-103	-20.7%
Accomodation and Food Services	1,481	5.7%	1,645	1,787	-306	-17.1%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	622	2.4%	653	679	-57	-8.4%
Public Administration	466	1.8%	510	574	-108	-18.8%
Information Not Available	812	3.1%	790	762	50	6.6%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Connecticut
	Aug 2015	Percent	Jul 2015	Aug 2014	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	43,943		43,427	50,112
Male	20,779	47.3%	20,721	23,439	-2,660	-11.3%
Female	23,164	52.7%	22,706	26,672	-3,508	-13.2%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	1	-1	-100.0%

Ethnicity	43,943		43,427	50,112
Hispanic or Latino	6,923	15.8%	6,866	7,618	-695	-9.1%
Not Hispanic or Latino	37,020	84.2%	36,561	42,494	-5,474	-12.9%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Race	43,943		43,427	50,112
American Indian or Alaskan Native	149	0.3%	142	170	-21	-12.4%
Asian	772	1.8%	779	907	-135	-14.9%
Black or African American	7,013	16.0%	6,941	8,069	-1,056	-13.1%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
White	22,957	52.2%	23,023	26,501	-3,544	-13.4%
Information Not Available	13,052	29.7%	12,542	14,465	-1,413	-9.8%

Years of Age	43,943		43,427	50,112
Younger than 22	677	1.1%	641	926	-249	-26.9%
22-24	1,855	2.9%	1,865	2,432	-577	-23.7%
25-34	9,242	14.7%	9,237	10,835	-1,593	-14.7%
35-44	8,632	13.7%	8,524	9,835	-1,203	-12.2%
45-54	10,572	16.8%	10,532	12,086	-1,514	-12.5%
55-59	5,198	8.3%	5,126	5,684	-486	-8.6%
60-64	3,984	6.3%	3,871	4,182	-198	-4.7%
65 and older	3,783	6.0%	3,631	4,132	-349	-8.4%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	43,943		43,427	50,112
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	148	0.3%	139	183	-35	-19.1%
Mining	7	0.0%	9	8	-1	-12.5%
Utilities	63	0.1%	63	83	-20	-24.1%
Construction	2,461	5.6%	2,674	2,685	-224	-8.3%
Manufacturing	4,242	9.6%	3,984	4,576	-334	-7.3%
Wholesale Trade	1,537	3.5%	1,581	1,786	-249	-13.9%
Retail Trade	4,532	10.3%	4,686	5,489	-957	-17.4%
Transporation and Warehousing	7,013	15.9%	6,095	7,141	-128	-1.8%
Information	734	1.7%	763	990	-256	-25.9%
Finance and Insurance	1,274	2.9%	1,319	1,767	-493	-27.9%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	546	1.2%	535	616	-70	-11.4%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	2,217	5.0%	2,184	2,475	-258	-10.4%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	307	0.7%	285	342	-35	-10.2%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	4,333	9.8%	4,450	5,090	-757	-14.9%
Educational Services	1,784	4.0%	1,753	2,040	-256	-12.5%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	4,879	11.1%	5,000	5,891	-1,012	-17.2%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	835	1.9%	832	1,149	-314	-27.3%
Accomodation and Food Services	4,584	10.4%	4,552	5,071	-487	-9.6%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	1,266	2.9%	1,337	1,397	-131	-9.4%
Public Administration	657	1.5%	650	743	-86	-11.6%
Information Not Available	524	1.2%	536	590	-66	-11.2%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants District of Columbia
	Aug 2015	Percent	Jul 2015	Aug 2014	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	9,389		9,235	10,947
Male	3,957	42.1%	3,904	4,816	-859	-17.8%
Female	5,432	57.9%	5,331	6,128	-696	-11.4%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	3	-3	-100.0%

Ethnicity	9,389		9,235	10,947
Hispanic or Latino	745	7.9%	748	902	-157	-17.4%
Not Hispanic or Latino	8,608	91.7%	8,468	10,011	-1,403	-14.0%
Information Not Available	36	0.4%	19	34	2	5.9%

Race	9,389		9,235	10,947
American Indian or Alaskan Native	40	0.4%	39	44	-4	-9.1%
Asian	219	2.3%	208	271	-52	-19.2%
Black or African American	6,783	72.2%	6,720	7,829	-1,046	-13.4%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	24	0.3%	19	29	-5	-17.2%
White	1,722	18.3%	1,619	2,010	-288	-14.3%
Information Not Available	601	6.4%	630	764	-163	-21.3%

Years of Age	9,389		9,235	10,947
Younger than 22	142	1.4%	144	181	-39	-21.5%
22-24	566	5.4%	539	632	-66	-10.4%
25-34	2,646	25.2%	2,584	2,958	-312	-10.5%
35-44	2,037	19.4%	1,978	2,457	-420	-17.1%
45-54	2,038	19.4%	2,084	2,432	-394	-16.2%
55-59	976	9.3%	922	1,062	-86	-8.1%
60-64	597	5.7%	607	753	-156	-20.7%
65 and older	387	3.7%	377	472	-85	-18.0%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	9,389		9,235	10,947
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
Mining	2	0.0%	2	0	2	0.0%
Utilities	0	0.0%	0	2	-2	-100.0%
Construction	22	0.2%	20	24	-2	-8.3%
Manufacturing	2	0.0%	2	7	-5	-71.4%
Wholesale Trade	4	0.0%	4	5	-1	-20.0%
Retail Trade	19	0.2%	28	41	-22	-53.7%
Transporation and Warehousing	17	0.2%	13	16	1	6.3%
Information	22	0.2%	11	19	3	15.8%
Finance and Insurance	9	0.1%	5	4	5	125.0%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	5	0.1%	5	4	1	25.0%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	46	0.5%	43	75	-29	-38.7%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	1	0.0%	1	1	0	0.0%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	37	0.4%	50	58	-21	-36.2%
Educational Services	13	0.1%	15	13	0	0.0%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	10	0.1%	14	21	-11	-52.4%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	0	0.0%	0	3	-3	-100.0%
Accomodation and Food Services	13	0.1%	14	31	-18	-58.1%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	21	0.2%	16	23	-2	-8.7%
Public Administration	1	0.0%	2	6	-5	-83.3%
Information Not Available	9,145	97.4%	8,990	10,594	-1,449	-13.7%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Delaware
	Aug 2015	Percent	Jul 2015	Aug 2014	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	6,943		6,968	7,722
Male	2,956	42.6%	3,034	3,255	-299	-9.2%
Female	3,613	52.0%	3,596	4,139	-526	-12.7%
Information Not Available	374	5.4%	338	328	46	14.0%

Ethnicity	6,943		6,968	7,722
Hispanic or Latino	464	6.7%	460	529	-65	-12.3%
Not Hispanic or Latino	6,105	87.9%	6,170	6,864	-759	-11.1%
Information Not Available	374	5.4%	338	328	46	14.0%

Race	6,943		6,968	7,722
American Indian or Alaskan Native	23	0.3%	22	16	7	43.8%
Asian	135	1.9%	126	144	-9	-6.3%
Black or African American	2,896	41.7%	2,956	3,169	-273	-8.6%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	8	0.1%	2	16	-8	-50.0%
White	3,658	52.7%	3,659	4,177	-519	-12.4%
Information Not Available	224	3.2%	203	200	24	12.0%

Years of Age	6,943		6,968	7,722
Younger than 22	107	1.1%	106	150	-43	-28.7%
22-24	335	3.3%	320	407	-72	-17.7%
25-34	1,673	16.6%	1,662	1,911	-238	-12.5%
35-44	1,408	14.0%	1,388	1,624	-216	-13.3%
45-54	1,701	16.9%	1,716	1,836	-135	-7.4%
55-59	753	7.5%	761	796	-43	-5.4%
60-64	508	5.0%	551	528	-20	-3.8%
65 and older	393	3.9%	403	395	-2	-0.5%
Information Not Available	65	0.6%	61	75	-10	-13.3%

Industry	6,943		6,968	7,722
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	11	0.2%	10	16	-5	-31.3%
Mining	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
Utilities	9	0.1%	6	6	3	50.0%
Construction	371	5.3%	399	364	7	1.9%
Manufacturing	359	5.2%	350	516	-157	-30.4%
Wholesale Trade	235	3.4%	274	176	59	33.5%
Retail Trade	922	13.3%	965	1,217	-295	-24.2%
Transporation and Warehousing	348	5.0%	384	277	71	25.6%
Information	111	1.6%	106	150	-39	-26.0%
Finance and Insurance	589	8.5%	587	589	0	0.0%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	145	2.1%	150	109	36	33.0%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	459	6.6%	431	520	-61	-11.7%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	26	0.4%	16	24	2	8.3%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	1,353	19.5%	1,326	1,397	-44	-3.1%
Educational Services	230	3.3%	200	279	-49	-17.6%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	939	13.5%	931	994	-55	-5.5%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	94	1.4%	108	132	-38	-28.8%
Accomodation and Food Services	486	7.0%	479	650	-164	-25.2%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	198	2.8%	196	217	-19	-8.8%
Public Administration	47	0.7%	30	61	-14	-23.0%
Information Not Available	11	0.2%	20	28	-17	-60.7%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Florida
	Aug 2015	Percent	Jul 2015	Aug 2014	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	71,163		71,569	96,472
Male	32,841	46.1%	32,941	45,497	-12,656	-27.8%
Female	38,259	53.8%	38,560	50,919	-12,660	-24.9%
Information Not Available	63	0.1%	68	56	7	12.5%

Ethnicity	71,163		71,569	96,472
Hispanic or Latino	18,958	26.6%	18,878	24,938	-5,980	-24.0%
Not Hispanic or Latino	47,273	66.4%	47,850	65,218	-17,945	-27.5%
Information Not Available	4,932	6.9%	4,841	6,316	-1,384	-21.9%

Race	71,163		71,569	96,472
American Indian or Alaskan Native	385	0.5%	378	565	-180	-31.9%
Asian	915	1.3%	853	1,212	-297	-24.5%
Black or African American	19,572	27.5%	19,827	26,643	-7,071	-26.5%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	339	0.5%	312	480	-141	-29.4%
White	43,159	60.6%	43,441	58,277	-15,118	-25.9%
Information Not Available	6,793	9.5%	6,758	9,295	-2,502	-26.9%

Years of Age	71,163		71,569	96,472
Younger than 22	682	0.6%	768	1,292	-610	-47.2%
22-24	2,214	2.0%	2,378	3,900	-1,686	-43.2%
25-34	14,018	12.9%	14,101	20,106	-6,088	-30.3%
35-44	14,168	13.0%	14,366	19,657	-5,489	-27.9%
45-54	16,133	14.8%	16,417	21,927	-5,794	-26.4%
55-59	7,656	7.0%	7,687	10,001	-2,345	-23.4%
60-64	5,438	5.0%	5,321	6,819	-1,381	-20.3%
65 and older	4,377	4.0%	4,193	5,518	-1,141	-20.7%
Information Not Available	6,477	5.9%	6,338	7,252	-775	-10.7%

Industry	71,163		71,569	96,472
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	3,760	5.0%	3,423	4,176	-416	-10.0%
Mining	148	0.2%	182	71	77	108.5%
Utilities	80	0.1%	76	175	-95	-54.3%
Construction	3,131	4.2%	3,309	4,246	-1,115	-26.3%
Manufacturing	2,884	3.8%	2,873	3,799	-915	-24.1%
Wholesale Trade	2,711	3.6%	2,657	3,546	-835	-23.5%
Retail Trade	6,283	8.4%	6,507	9,237	-2,954	-32.0%
Transporation and Warehousing	2,783	3.7%	2,772	3,089	-306	-9.9%
Information	1,233	1.6%	1,226	1,636	-403	-24.6%
Finance and Insurance	2,349	3.1%	2,354	3,788	-1,439	-38.0%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	1,610	2.1%	1,375	1,745	-135	-7.7%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	4,813	6.4%	4,835	6,315	-1,502	-23.8%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	430	0.6%	442	591	-161	-27.2%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	12,141	16.2%	12,067	15,625	-3,484	-22.3%
Educational Services	3,032	4.0%	3,267	3,939	-907	-23.0%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	6,793	9.1%	6,826	9,163	-2,370	-25.9%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	1,866	2.5%	1,791	2,362	-496	-21.0%
Accomodation and Food Services	5,966	8.0%	6,138	8,316	-2,350	-28.3%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	1,997	2.7%	2,073	2,600	-603	-23.2%
Public Administration	1,147	1.5%	1,113	1,536	-389	-25.3%
Information Not Available	6,006	8.0%	6,263	10,517	-4,511	-42.9%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Georgia
	Aug 2015	Percent	Jul 2015	Aug 2014	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	37,352		39,633	45,739
Male	17,210	46.1%	17,699	20,251	-3,041	-15.0%
Female	19,518	52.3%	21,301	24,775	-5,257	-21.2%
Information Not Available	624	1.7%	633	713	-89	-12.5%

Ethnicity	37,352		39,633	45,739
Hispanic or Latino	26	0.1%	33	211	-185	-87.7%
Not Hispanic or Latino	36,702	98.3%	38,967	44,815	-8,113	-18.1%
Information Not Available	624	1.7%	633	713	-89	-12.5%

Race	37,352		39,633	45,739
American Indian or Alaskan Native	177	0.5%	217	213	-36	-16.9%
Asian	530	1.4%	550	662	-132	-19.9%
Black or African American	20,903	56.0%	22,242	25,763	-4,860	-18.9%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
White	15,117	40.5%	15,991	18,388	-3,271	-17.8%
Information Not Available	625	1.7%	633	713	-88	-12.3%

Years of Age	37,352		39,633	45,739
Younger than 22	707	1.4%	691	969	-262	-27.0%
22-24	1,793	3.6%	1,816	2,438	-645	-26.5%
25-34	8,909	17.8%	9,445	11,422	-2,513	-22.0%
35-44	8,913	17.8%	9,612	10,948	-2,035	-18.6%
45-54	8,857	17.7%	9,336	10,348	-1,491	-14.4%
55-59	3,671	7.3%	3,835	4,104	-433	-10.6%
60-64	2,369	4.7%	2,480	2,730	-361	-13.2%
65 and older	1,276	2.5%	1,387	1,634	-358	-21.9%
Information Not Available	857	1.7%	1,031	1,146	-289	-25.2%

Industry	37,352		39,633	45,739
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	427	1.1%	440	472	-45	-9.5%
Mining	27	0.1%	26	26	1	3.8%
Utilities	32	0.1%	31	53	-21	-39.6%
Construction	1,471	3.9%	1,562	1,798	-327	-18.2%
Manufacturing	2,872	7.6%	3,032	3,454	-582	-16.9%
Wholesale Trade	1,637	4.3%	1,769	1,737	-100	-5.8%
Retail Trade	2,900	7.7%	3,008	3,647	-747	-20.5%
Transporation and Warehousing	556	1.5%	596	999	-443	-44.3%
Information	690	1.8%	725	840	-150	-17.9%
Finance and Insurance	1,072	2.8%	1,048	1,138	-66	-5.8%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	431	1.1%	469	569	-138	-24.3%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	6,209	16.4%	6,651	7,292	-1,083	-14.9%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	31	0.1%	45	32	-1	-3.1%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	71	0.2%	102	106	-35	-33.0%
Educational Services	1,125	3.0%	1,243	1,542	-417	-27.0%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	2,211	5.9%	2,962	3,225	-1,014	-31.4%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	1,484	3.9%	1,651	2,880	-1,396	-48.5%
Accomodation and Food Services	369	1.0%	307	418	-49	-11.7%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	540	1.4%	604	776	-236	-30.4%
Public Administration	504	1.3%	534	708	-204	-28.8%
Information Not Available	12,693	33.6%	12,828	14,027	-1,334	-9.5%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Hawaii
	Aug 2015	Percent	Jul 2015	Aug 2014	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	7,053		7,823	9,750
Male	4,347	61.6%	4,529	6,159	-1,812	-29.4%
Female	2,705	38.4%	3,292	3,588	-883	-24.6%
Information Not Available	1	0.0%	2	3	-2	-66.7%

Ethnicity	7,053		7,823	9,750
Hispanic or Latino	495	7.0%	573	599	-104	-17.4%
Not Hispanic or Latino	4,820	68.3%	5,373	6,922	-2,102	-30.4%
Information Not Available	1,738	24.6%	1,877	2,229	-491	-22.0%

Race	7,053		7,823	9,750
American Indian or Alaskan Native	53	0.8%	56	47	6	12.8%
Asian	2,211	31.3%	2,475	3,057	-846	-27.7%
Black or African American	129	1.8%	137	186	-57	-30.6%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	1,998	28.3%	2,300	2,748	-750	-27.3%
White	1,658	23.5%	1,800	2,373	-715	-30.1%
Information Not Available	1,004	14.2%	1,055	1,339	-335	-25.0%

Years of Age	7,053		7,823	9,750
Younger than 22	83	1.0%	79	121	-38	-31.4%
22-24	208	2.6%	249	340	-132	-38.8%
25-34	1,456	18.2%	1,673	2,156	-700	-32.5%
35-44	1,635	20.4%	1,722	2,194	-559	-25.5%
45-54	1,684	21.0%	1,901	2,372	-688	-29.0%
55-59	799	10.0%	903	1,088	-289	-26.6%
60-64	692	8.6%	738	861	-169	-19.6%
65 and older	496	6.2%	558	618	-122	-19.7%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	7,053		7,823	9,750
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	114	1.6%	114	149	-35	-23.5%
Mining	5	0.1%	4	1	4	400.0%
Utilities	24	0.3%	17	13	11	84.6%
Construction	1,721	24.0%	1,791	2,639	-918	-34.8%
Manufacturing	154	2.1%	162	223	-69	-30.9%
Wholesale Trade	119	1.7%	142	187	-68	-36.4%
Retail Trade	415	5.8%	444	553	-138	-25.0%
Transporation and Warehousing	210	2.9%	411	350	-140	-40.0%
Information	124	1.7%	84	208	-84	-40.4%
Finance and Insurance	73	1.0%	75	131	-58	-44.3%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	100	1.4%	101	150	-50	-33.3%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	364	5.1%	381	422	-58	-13.7%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	54	0.8%	49	76	-22	-28.9%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	923	12.9%	1,023	1,141	-218	-19.1%
Educational Services	147	2.1%	150	106	41	38.7%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	331	4.6%	573	525	-194	-37.0%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	63	0.9%	65	110	-47	-42.7%
Accomodation and Food Services	673	9.4%	717	914	-241	-26.4%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	163	2.3%	173	216	-53	-24.5%
Public Administration	132	1.8%	160	232	-100	-43.1%
Information Not Available	1,144	16.0%	1,187	1,404	-260	-18.5%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Iowa
	Aug 2015	Percent	Jul 2015	Aug 2014	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	18,782		19,345	19,476
Male	10,102	53.8%	10,080	9,830	272	2.8%
Female	8,429	44.9%	8,997	9,250	-821	-8.9%
Information Not Available	251	1.3%	268	396	-145	-36.6%

Ethnicity	18,782		19,345	19,476
Hispanic or Latino	955	5.1%	1,020	979	-24	-2.5%
Not Hispanic or Latino	16,642	88.6%	17,029	17,175	-533	-3.1%
Information Not Available	1,185	6.3%	1,296	1,322	-137	-10.4%

Race	18,782		19,345	19,476
American Indian or Alaskan Native	249	1.3%	238	144	105	72.9%
Asian	257	1.4%	323	241	16	6.6%
Black or African American	1,440	7.7%	1,575	1,579	-139	-8.8%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
White	14,696	78.2%	14,893	15,211	-515	-3.4%
Information Not Available	2,140	11.4%	2,316	2,301	-161	-7.0%

Years of Age	18,782		19,345	19,476
Younger than 22	314	1.0%	304	377	-63	-16.7%
22-24	815	2.6%	806	915	-100	-10.9%
25-34	4,074	12.8%	4,157	4,515	-441	-9.8%
35-44	4,058	12.7%	4,134	4,239	-181	-4.3%
45-54	4,489	14.1%	4,608	4,644	-155	-3.3%
55-59	2,277	7.2%	2,420	2,230	47	2.1%
60-64	1,636	5.1%	1,708	1,473	163	11.1%
65 and older	1,115	3.5%	1,203	1,079	36	3.3%
Information Not Available	4	0.0%	5	4	0	0.0%

Industry	18,782		19,345	19,476
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	304	1.6%	277	177	127	71.8%
Mining	29	0.2%	31	27	2	7.4%
Utilities	34	0.2%	30	24	10	41.7%
Construction	1,932	10.1%	2,021	1,370	562	41.0%
Manufacturing	4,680	24.5%	4,745	5,048	-368	-7.3%
Wholesale Trade	798	4.2%	773	809	-11	-1.4%
Retail Trade	1,364	7.1%	1,409	1,551	-187	-12.1%
Transporation and Warehousing	1,059	5.5%	1,133	1,145	-86	-7.5%
Information	681	3.6%	618	744	-63	-8.5%
Finance and Insurance	561	2.9%	591	767	-206	-26.9%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	155	0.8%	147	186	-31	-16.7%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	896	4.7%	972	855	41	4.8%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	25	0.1%	26	45	-20	-44.4%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	1,635	8.6%	1,681	1,762	-127	-7.2%
Educational Services	469	2.5%	490	492	-23	-4.7%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	1,811	9.5%	1,925	1,911	-100	-5.2%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	171	0.9%	182	297	-126	-42.4%
Accomodation and Food Services	1,240	6.5%	1,403	1,284	-44	-3.4%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	512	2.7%	526	566	-54	-9.5%
Public Administration	231	1.2%	226	275	-44	-16.0%
Information Not Available	195	1.0%	139	141	54	38.3%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Idaho
	Aug 2015	Percent	Jul 2015	Aug 2014	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	6,389		5,986	8,296
Male	3,340	52.3%	2,914	4,060	-720	-17.7%
Female	3,047	47.7%	3,072	4,232	-1,185	-28.0%
Information Not Available	2	0.0%	0	4	-2	-50.0%

Ethnicity	6,389		5,986	8,296
Hispanic or Latino	789	12.3%	746	1,130	-341	-30.2%
Not Hispanic or Latino	4,714	73.8%	4,883	6,783	-2,069	-30.5%
Information Not Available	886	13.9%	357	383	503	131.3%

Race	6,389		5,986	8,296
American Indian or Alaskan Native	365	3.4%	351	161	204	126.7%
Asian	146	1.3%	120	94	52	55.3%
Black or African American	90	0.8%	83	84	6	7.1%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	105	1.0%	80	48	57	118.8%
White	8,409	77.7%	8,277	6,553	1,856	28.3%
Information Not Available	1,711	15.8%	1,698	1,356	355	26.2%

Years of Age	6,389		5,986	8,296
Younger than 22	83	0.6%	92	162	-79	-48.8%
22-24	192	1.4%	217	351	-159	-45.3%
25-34	1,078	7.6%	1,133	1,700	-622	-36.6%
35-44	1,281	9.0%	1,372	1,767	-486	-27.5%
45-54	1,537	10.8%	1,497	2,106	-569	-27.0%
55-59	890	6.3%	787	1,033	-143	-13.8%
60-64	618	4.4%	531	705	-87	-12.3%
65 and older	709	5.0%	357	472	237	50.2%
Information Not Available	1	0.0%	0	0	1	0.0%

Industry	6,389		5,986	8,296
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	155	2.4%	160	192	-37	-19.3%
Mining	133	2.0%	23	25	108	432.0%
Utilities	17	0.3%	15	14	3	21.4%
Construction	493	7.5%	447	538	-45	-8.4%
Manufacturing	838	12.8%	845	1,297	-459	-35.4%
Wholesale Trade	328	5.0%	290	342	-14	-4.1%
Retail Trade	548	8.4%	589	776	-228	-29.4%
Transporation and Warehousing	474	7.2%	490	472	2	0.4%
Information	82	1.3%	88	140	-58	-41.4%
Finance and Insurance	187	2.9%	196	251	-64	-25.5%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	83	1.3%	63	76	7	9.2%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	288	4.4%	298	380	-92	-24.2%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	19	0.3%	20	29	-10	-34.5%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	701	10.7%	815	1,010	-309	-30.6%
Educational Services	186	2.8%	215	225	-39	-17.3%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	600	9.2%	675	764	-164	-21.5%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	46	0.7%	46	82	-36	-43.9%
Accomodation and Food Services	278	4.2%	299	380	-102	-26.8%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	222	3.4%	230	252	-30	-11.9%
Public Administration	187	2.9%	182	172	15	8.7%
Information Not Available	524	8.0%	0	879	-355	-40.4%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Illinois
	Aug 2015	Percent	Jul 2015	Aug 2014	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	116,739		123,296	125,709
Male	57,963	49.7%	62,789	61,269	-3,306	-5.4%
Female	58,075	49.7%	59,825	63,626	-5,551	-8.7%
Information Not Available	701	0.6%	682	814	-113	-13.9%

Ethnicity	116,739		123,296	125,709
Hispanic or Latino	14,966	12.8%	15,481	16,058	-1,092	-6.8%
Not Hispanic or Latino	88,817	76.1%	93,935	96,224	-7,407	-7.7%
Information Not Available	12,956	11.1%	13,880	13,427	-471	-3.5%

Race	116,739		123,296	125,709
American Indian or Alaskan Native	560	0.5%	606	585	-25	-4.3%
Asian	2,879	2.5%	2,881	3,278	-399	-12.2%
Black or African American	34,401	29.5%	35,557	36,212	-1,811	-5.0%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	280	0.2%	280	275	5	1.8%
White	67,164	57.5%	72,147	73,524	-6,360	-8.7%
Information Not Available	11,455	9.8%	11,825	11,835	-380	-3.2%

Years of Age	116,739		123,296	125,709
Younger than 22	1,774	1.0%	1,825	1,978	-204	-10.3%
22-24	4,821	2.8%	5,385	5,769	-948	-16.4%
25-34	26,314	15.0%	28,353	28,717	-2,403	-8.4%
35-44	27,220	15.6%	28,585	29,351	-2,131	-7.3%
45-54	29,171	16.7%	30,554	31,296	-2,125	-6.8%
55-59	13,941	8.0%	14,467	14,323	-382	-2.7%
60-64	8,971	5.1%	9,489	9,238	-267	-2.9%
65 and older	4,527	2.6%	4,638	5,037	-510	-10.1%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	116,739		123,296	125,709
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	314	0.3%	310	348	-34	-9.8%
Mining	612	0.5%	757	195	417	213.8%
Utilities	118	0.1%	143	217	-99	-45.6%
Construction	9,171	7.8%	10,568	9,538	-367	-3.8%
Manufacturing	12,775	10.9%	14,403	12,406	369	3.0%
Wholesale Trade	5,130	4.4%	5,062	5,557	-427	-7.7%
Retail Trade	9,714	8.3%	10,163	11,866	-2,152	-18.1%
Transporation and Warehousing	8,874	7.6%	9,308	9,516	-642	-6.7%
Information	2,379	2.0%	2,408	2,579	-200	-7.8%
Finance and Insurance	3,941	3.4%	3,887	4,580	-639	-14.0%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	1,424	1.2%	1,560	1,528	-104	-6.8%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	8,105	6.9%	8,050	8,126	-21	-0.3%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	727	0.6%	717	688	39	5.7%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	16,139	13.8%	17,037	16,258	-119	-0.7%
Educational Services	4,597	3.9%	4,731	5,165	-568	-11.0%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	9,823	8.4%	9,945	11,751	-1,928	-16.4%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	1,438	1.2%	1,542	1,467	-29	-2.0%
Accomodation and Food Services	8,092	6.9%	8,679	9,097	-1,005	-11.0%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	3,633	3.1%	3,843	3,788	-155	-4.1%
Public Administration	3,246	2.8%	3,192	3,070	176	5.7%
Information Not Available	6,487	5.5%	6,991	7,969	-1,482	-18.6%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Indiana
	Aug 2015	Percent	Jul 2015	Aug 2014	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	21,028		21,835	26,331
Male	11,410	54.3%	12,078	14,020	-2,610	-18.6%
Female	9,575	45.5%	9,693	12,267	-2,692	-21.9%
Information Not Available	43	0.2%	64	44	-1	-2.3%

Ethnicity	21,028		21,835	26,331
Hispanic or Latino	1,027	4.9%	1,106	1,230	-203	-16.5%
Not Hispanic or Latino	15,672	74.5%	16,154	19,594	-3,922	-20.0%
Information Not Available	4,329	20.6%	4,575	5,507	-1,178	-21.4%

Race	21,028		21,835	26,331
American Indian or Alaskan Native	106	0.5%	113	111	-5	-4.5%
Asian	151	0.7%	148	156	-5	-3.2%
Black or African American	3,999	19.0%	3,854	4,954	-955	-19.3%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	20	0.1%	18	35	-15	-42.9%
White	15,485	73.6%	16,292	19,553	-4,068	-20.8%
Information Not Available	1,267	6.0%	1,410	1,522	-255	-16.8%

Years of Age	21,028		21,835	26,331
Younger than 22	247	0.7%	253	374	-127	-34.0%
22-24	678	1.9%	778	994	-316	-31.8%
25-34	4,677	13.4%	4,756	5,761	-1,084	-18.8%
35-44	5,179	14.8%	5,411	6,252	-1,073	-17.2%
45-54	5,376	15.4%	5,573	6,909	-1,533	-22.2%
55-59	2,512	7.2%	2,630	3,119	-607	-19.5%
60-64	1,544	4.4%	1,554	1,874	-330	-17.6%
65 and older	815	2.3%	880	1,048	-233	-22.2%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	21,028		21,835	26,331
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	61	0.3%	45	72	-11	-15.3%
Mining	100	0.5%	68	53	47	88.7%
Utilities	27	0.1%	26	40	-13	-32.5%
Construction	2,736	13.0%	3,217	3,635	-899	-24.7%
Manufacturing	3,914	18.6%	4,037	4,606	-692	-15.0%
Wholesale Trade	878	4.2%	838	876	2	0.2%
Retail Trade	1,670	7.9%	1,599	2,128	-458	-21.5%
Transporation and Warehousing	652	3.1%	675	826	-174	-21.1%
Information	326	1.5%	328	323	3	0.9%
Finance and Insurance	493	2.3%	543	698	-205	-29.4%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	269	1.3%	269	346	-77	-22.3%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	1,061	5.0%	1,150	1,278	-217	-17.0%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	118	0.6%	117	200	-82	-41.0%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	2,422	11.5%	2,512	3,033	-611	-20.1%
Educational Services	670	3.2%	671	855	-185	-21.6%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	1,912	9.1%	1,854	2,735	-823	-30.1%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	246	1.2%	246	308	-62	-20.1%
Accomodation and Food Services	762	3.6%	779	1,052	-290	-27.6%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	535	2.5%	549	666	-131	-19.7%
Public Administration	169	0.8%	201	194	-25	-12.9%
Information Not Available	2,007	9.5%	2,111	2,407	-400	-16.6%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Kansas
	Aug 2015	Percent	Jul 2015	Aug 2014	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	14,194		13,712	15,433
Male	7,954	56.0%	7,312	7,880	74	0.9%
Female	6,240	44.0%	6,400	7,553	-1,313	-17.4%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	14,194		13,712	15,433
Hispanic or Latino	1,107	7.8%	1,078	1,154	-47	-4.1%
Not Hispanic or Latino	6,949	49.0%	5,921	6,762	187	2.8%
Information Not Available	6,138	43.2%	6,713	7,517	-1,379	-18.3%

Race	14,194		13,712	15,433
American Indian or Alaskan Native	207	1.5%	218	247	-40	-16.2%
Asian	161	1.1%	207	240	-79	-32.9%
Black or African American	2,977	21.0%	2,539	2,872	105	3.7%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	29	0.2%	38	28	1	3.6%
White	10,035	70.7%	9,835	11,118	-1,083	-9.7%
Information Not Available	785	5.5%	875	928	-143	-15.4%

Years of Age	14,194		13,712	15,433
Younger than 22	250	1.1%	268	273	-23	-8.4%
22-24	685	3.0%	664	699	-14	-2.0%
25-34	3,358	14.5%	3,246	3,700	-342	-9.2%
35-44	3,268	14.1%	3,067	3,334	-66	-2.0%
45-54	3,303	14.3%	3,133	3,694	-391	-10.6%
55-59	1,605	6.9%	1,599	1,763	-158	-9.0%
60-64	1,067	4.6%	1,010	1,177	-110	-9.3%
65 and older	658	2.8%	725	793	-135	-17.0%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	14,194		13,712	15,433
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	49	0.3%	50	62	-13	-21.0%
Mining	291	2.0%	391	163	128	78.5%
Utilities	26	0.2%	24	25	1	4.0%
Construction	1,227	8.6%	1,370	1,445	-218	-15.1%
Manufacturing	3,336	23.4%	1,861	2,078	1,258	60.5%
Wholesale Trade	653	4.6%	666	719	-66	-9.2%
Retail Trade	941	6.6%	983	1,406	-465	-33.1%
Transporation and Warehousing	509	3.6%	713	434	75	17.3%
Information	318	2.2%	312	351	-33	-9.4%
Finance and Insurance	334	2.3%	337	452	-118	-26.1%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	185	1.3%	174	211	-26	-12.3%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	868	6.1%	900	1,115	-247	-22.2%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	42	0.3%	33	49	-7	-14.3%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	1,515	10.6%	1,640	2,097	-582	-27.8%
Educational Services	391	2.7%	423	475	-84	-17.7%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	1,437	10.1%	1,581	1,962	-525	-26.8%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	77	0.5%	86	121	-44	-36.4%
Accomodation and Food Services	638	4.5%	806	782	-144	-18.4%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	247	1.7%	285	399	-152	-38.1%
Public Administration	313	2.2%	309	402	-89	-22.1%
Information Not Available	797	5.6%	768	685	112	16.4%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Kentucky
	Aug 2015	Percent	Jul 2015	Aug 2014	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	21,498		22,206	24,606
Male	12,550	58.4%	12,796	13,765	-1,215	-8.8%
Female	8,948	41.6%	9,410	10,841	-1,893	-17.5%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	21,498		22,206	24,606
Hispanic or Latino	22	0.1%	43	75	-53	-70.7%
Not Hispanic or Latino	583	2.7%	921	627	-44	-7.0%
Information Not Available	20,893	97.2%	21,242	23,904	-3,011	-12.6%

Race	21,498		22,206	24,606
American Indian or Alaskan Native	111	0.5%	129	197	-86	-43.7%
Asian	36	0.2%	59	127	-91	-71.7%
Black or African American	2,735	12.7%	3,047	3,714	-979	-26.4%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	4	0.0%	4	4	0	0.0%
White	18,309	85.2%	18,586	20,273	-1,964	-9.7%
Information Not Available	303	1.4%	381	291	12	4.1%

Years of Age	21,498		22,206	24,606
Younger than 22	187	0.5%	363	465	-278	-59.8%
22-24	891	2.3%	862	1,158	-267	-23.1%
25-34	4,796	12.6%	4,369	5,749	-953	-16.6%
35-44	5,320	14.0%	5,587	6,139	-819	-13.3%
45-54	5,271	13.9%	5,926	5,547	-276	-5.0%
55-59	2,336	6.2%	2,571	2,649	-313	-11.8%
60-64	1,851	4.9%	1,582	1,697	154	9.1%
65 and older	819	2.2%	929	1,197	-378	-31.6%
Information Not Available	27	0.1%	17	5	22	440.0%

Industry	21,498		22,206	24,606
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	71	0.3%	31	44	27	61.4%
Mining	1,340	6.2%	1,124	430	910	211.6%
Utilities	106	0.5%	55	101	5	5.0%
Construction	1,754	8.1%	2,005	2,412	-658	-27.3%
Manufacturing	3,878	18.0%	5,708	3,863	15	0.4%
Wholesale Trade	943	4.4%	815	969	-26	-2.7%
Retail Trade	1,371	6.4%	1,260	2,175	-804	-37.0%
Transporation and Warehousing	850	3.9%	835	741	109	14.7%
Information	337	1.6%	336	421	-84	-20.0%
Finance and Insurance	551	2.6%	554	715	-164	-22.9%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	217	1.0%	195	316	-99	-31.3%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	1,210	5.6%	979	1,509	-299	-19.8%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	115	0.5%	55	83	32	38.6%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	2,070	9.6%	2,064	2,829	-759	-26.8%
Educational Services	979	4.5%	780	1,052	-73	-6.9%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	1,598	7.4%	1,654	2,587	-989	-38.2%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	395	1.8%	359	377	18	4.8%
Accomodation and Food Services	1,170	5.4%	1,073	1,618	-448	-27.7%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	529	2.5%	476	574	-45	-7.8%
Public Administration	533	2.5%	519	430	103	24.0%
Information Not Available	1,481	6.9%	1,329	1,360	121	8.9%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Louisiana
	Aug 2015	Percent	Jul 2015	Aug 2014	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	22,616		24,518	19,620
Male	11,489	50.8%	11,991	8,387	3,102	37.0%
Female	11,127	49.2%	12,527	11,233	-106	-0.9%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	22,616		24,518	19,620
Hispanic or Latino	900	4.0%	933	765	135	17.6%
Not Hispanic or Latino	21,716	96.0%	23,585	18,855	2,861	15.2%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Race	22,616		24,518	19,620
American Indian or Alaskan Native	221	1.0%	270	166	55	33.1%
Asian	196	0.9%	213	136	60	44.1%
Black or African American	12,596	55.7%	14,048	11,733	863	7.4%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	41	0.2%	40	26	15	57.7%
White	9,562	42.3%	9,947	7,558	2,004	26.5%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	1	-1	-100.0%

Years of Age	22,616		24,518	19,620
Younger than 22	364	1.2%	337	325	39	12.0%
22-24	1,018	3.3%	1,060	913	105	11.5%
25-34	5,725	18.7%	6,056	5,022	703	14.0%
35-44	5,271	17.2%	5,705	4,534	737	16.3%
45-54	5,024	16.4%	5,523	4,499	525	11.7%
55-59	2,468	8.1%	2,728	2,059	409	19.9%
60-64	1,618	5.3%	1,792	1,345	273	20.3%
65 and older	1,128	3.7%	1,317	923	205	22.2%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	22,616		24,518	19,620
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	146	0.6%	176	105	41	39.0%
Mining	1,146	5.0%	1,238	229	917	400.4%
Utilities	64	0.3%	128	75	-11	-14.7%
Construction	3,051	13.4%	3,156	2,461	590	24.0%
Manufacturing	2,363	10.4%	2,445	1,497	866	57.8%
Wholesale Trade	838	3.7%	846	586	252	43.0%
Retail Trade	1,778	7.8%	1,847	1,985	-207	-10.4%
Transporation and Warehousing	804	3.5%	966	590	214	36.3%
Information	353	1.6%	283	408	-55	-13.5%
Finance and Insurance	471	2.1%	457	505	-34	-6.7%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	465	2.0%	506	396	69	17.4%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	1,291	5.7%	1,415	1,019	272	26.7%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	47	0.2%	56	53	-6	-11.3%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	1,933	8.5%	2,053	1,833	100	5.5%
Educational Services	821	3.6%	1,162	865	-44	-5.1%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	2,540	11.2%	2,896	3,065	-525	-17.1%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	373	1.6%	361	418	-45	-10.8%
Accomodation and Food Services	1,762	7.7%	1,869	1,914	-152	-7.9%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	758	3.3%	925	629	129	20.5%
Public Administration	370	1.6%	408	432	-62	-14.4%
Information Not Available	1,242	5.5%	1,325	555	687	123.8%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Massachusetts
	Aug 2015	Percent	Jul 2015	Aug 2014	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	60,792		61,276	76,753
Male	29,400	48.4%	30,070	37,631	-8,231	-21.9%
Female	31,389	51.6%	31,204	39,121	-7,732	-19.8%
Information Not Available	3	0.0%	2	1	2	200.0%

Ethnicity	60,792		61,276	76,753
Hispanic or Latino	8,027	13.2%	7,983	9,727	-1,700	-17.5%
Not Hispanic or Latino	49,031	80.7%	49,524	62,792	-13,761	-21.9%
Information Not Available	3,734	6.1%	3,769	4,234	-500	-11.8%

Race	60,792		61,276	76,753
American Indian or Alaskan Native	236	0.4%	246	309	-73	-23.6%
Asian	2,295	3.8%	2,332	2,924	-629	-21.5%
Black or African American	6,657	11.0%	6,693	8,401	-1,744	-20.8%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	147	0.2%	146	181	-34	-18.8%
White	43,359	71.3%	43,755	55,446	-12,087	-21.8%
Information Not Available	8,098	13.3%	8,104	9,492	-1,394	-14.7%

Years of Age	60,792		61,276	76,753
Younger than 22	941	1.0%	1,040	1,357	-416	-30.7%
22-24	2,466	2.5%	2,596	3,158	-692	-21.9%
25-34	12,563	12.7%	12,859	16,023	-3,460	-21.6%
35-44	12,455	12.6%	12,640	15,481	-3,026	-19.5%
45-54	15,248	15.4%	15,246	19,230	-3,982	-20.7%
55-59	7,249	7.3%	7,204	9,027	-1,778	-19.7%
60-64	5,351	5.4%	5,284	6,725	-1,374	-20.4%
65 and older	4,519	4.6%	4,407	5,752	-1,233	-21.4%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	60,792		61,276	76,753
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	250	0.4%	245	317	-67	-21.1%
Mining	15	0.0%	15	24	-9	-37.5%
Utilities	86	0.1%	106	119	-33	-27.7%
Construction	4,144	6.8%	4,488	5,191	-1,047	-20.2%
Manufacturing	5,119	8.4%	5,190	6,463	-1,344	-20.8%
Wholesale Trade	2,311	3.8%	2,342	3,128	-817	-26.1%
Retail Trade	4,685	7.7%	4,810	7,938	-3,253	-41.0%
Transporation and Warehousing	5,844	9.6%	5,257	6,429	-585	-9.1%
Information	1,421	2.3%	1,462	1,566	-145	-9.3%
Finance and Insurance	1,942	3.2%	1,995	2,734	-792	-29.0%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	1,065	1.7%	1,125	1,308	-243	-18.6%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	5,038	8.3%	5,208	6,097	-1,059	-17.4%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	255	0.4%	267	269	-14	-5.2%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	5,672	9.3%	5,832	6,762	-1,090	-16.1%
Educational Services	1,987	3.3%	1,913	2,259	-272	-12.0%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	6,811	11.2%	6,808	8,693	-1,882	-21.6%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	718	1.2%	776	847	-129	-15.2%
Accomodation and Food Services	5,797	9.5%	5,937	7,268	-1,471	-20.2%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	3,472	5.7%	3,465	4,117	-645	-15.7%
Public Administration	2,143	3.5%	2,013	3,072	-929	-30.2%
Information Not Available	2,017	3.3%	2,022	2,152	-135	-6.3%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Maryland
	Aug 2015	Percent	Jul 2015	Aug 2014	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	41,560		41,869	51,470
Male	15,151	36.5%	15,816	19,589	-4,438	-22.7%
Female	16,386	39.4%	17,197	19,972	-3,586	-18.0%
Information Not Available	10,023	24.1%	8,856	11,909	-1,886	-15.8%

Ethnicity	41,560		41,869	51,470
Hispanic or Latino	1,377	3.3%	1,534	1,781	-404	-22.7%
Not Hispanic or Latino	29,426	70.8%	30,714	36,952	-7,526	-20.4%
Information Not Available	10,757	25.9%	9,621	12,737	-1,980	-15.5%

Race	41,560		41,869	51,470
American Indian or Alaskan Native	109	0.3%	119	144	-35	-24.3%
Asian	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
Black or African American	14,827	35.7%	15,302	18,076	-3,249	-18.0%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	61	0.1%	66	69	-8	-11.6%
White	14,429	34.7%	15,227	18,663	-4,234	-22.7%
Information Not Available	12,134	29.2%	11,155	14,518	-2,384	-16.4%

Years of Age	41,560		41,869	51,470
Younger than 22	607	1.1%	591	837	-230	-27.5%
22-24	1,474	2.8%	1,544	2,100	-626	-29.8%
25-34	7,755	14.5%	8,017	9,629	-1,874	-19.5%
35-44	6,422	12.0%	6,704	8,005	-1,583	-19.8%
45-54	7,241	13.5%	7,663	9,286	-2,045	-22.0%
55-59	3,422	6.4%	3,635	4,228	-806	-19.1%
60-64	2,530	4.7%	2,640	2,923	-393	-13.4%
65 and older	2,086	3.9%	2,219	2,553	-467	-18.3%
Information Not Available	10,023	18.7%	8,856	11,909	-1,886	-15.8%

Industry	41,560		41,869	51,470
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	47	0.1%	54	59	-12	-20.3%
Mining	29	0.1%	37	26	3	11.5%
Utilities	18	0.0%	20	42	-24	-57.1%
Construction	2,872	6.9%	3,142	3,596	-724	-20.1%
Manufacturing	300	0.7%	296	366	-66	-18.0%
Wholesale Trade	1,085	2.6%	1,114	1,340	-255	-19.0%
Retail Trade	1,237	3.0%	1,274	1,745	-508	-29.1%
Transporation and Warehousing	2,669	6.4%	2,591	2,525	144	5.7%
Information	531	1.3%	540	725	-194	-26.8%
Finance and Insurance	1,002	2.4%	997	1,250	-248	-19.8%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	606	1.5%	635	762	-156	-20.5%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	3,012	7.2%	3,209	3,711	-699	-18.8%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	105	0.3%	106	176	-71	-40.3%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	4,358	10.5%	4,424	5,215	-857	-16.4%
Educational Services	1,507	3.6%	1,636	1,830	-323	-17.7%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	3,317	8.0%	3,588	4,233	-916	-21.6%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	351	0.8%	384	425	-74	-17.4%
Accomodation and Food Services	2,446	5.9%	2,741	3,002	-556	-18.5%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	937	2.3%	1,002	1,191	-254	-21.3%
Public Administration	733	1.8%	740	615	118	19.2%
Information Not Available	14,398	34.6%	13,339	18,636	-4,238	-22.7%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Maine
	Aug 2015	Percent	Jul 2015	Aug 2014	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	5,070		5,274	6,851
Male	2,501	49.3%	2,588	3,419	-918	-26.8%
Female	2,569	50.7%	2,686	3,431	-862	-25.1%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	1	-1	-100.0%

Ethnicity	5,070		5,274	6,851
Hispanic or Latino	54	1.1%	58	62	-8	-12.9%
Not Hispanic or Latino	4,553	89.8%	4,715	4,956	-403	-8.1%
Information Not Available	463	9.1%	501	1,833	-1,370	-74.7%

Race	5,070		5,274	6,851
American Indian or Alaskan Native	53	1.0%	61	84	-31	-36.9%
Asian	45	0.9%	51	53	-8	-15.1%
Black or African American	73	1.4%	81	90	-17	-18.9%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
White	4,619	91.1%	4,763	5,081	-462	-9.1%
Information Not Available	280	5.5%	318	1,543	-1,263	-81.9%

Years of Age	5,070		5,274	6,851
Younger than 22	114	1.2%	72	193	-79	-40.9%
22-24	177	1.9%	224	299	-122	-40.8%
25-34	970	10.6%	1,102	1,380	-410	-29.7%
35-44	1,069	11.6%	1,069	1,335	-266	-19.9%
45-54	1,218	13.3%	1,235	1,704	-486	-28.5%
55-59	669	7.3%	699	898	-229	-25.5%
60-64	513	5.6%	502	624	-111	-17.8%
65 and older	340	3.7%	371	418	-78	-18.7%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	5,070		5,274	6,851
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	98	1.9%	105	132	-34	-25.8%
Mining	0	0.0%	0	2	-2	-100.0%
Utilities	7	0.1%	7	19	-12	-63.2%
Construction	296	5.7%	312	422	-126	-29.9%
Manufacturing	573	11.1%	574	653	-80	-12.3%
Wholesale Trade	135	2.6%	131	177	-42	-23.7%
Retail Trade	410	7.9%	523	636	-226	-35.5%
Transporation and Warehousing	240	4.6%	197	308	-68	-22.1%
Information	70	1.4%	58	63	7	11.1%
Finance and Insurance	122	2.4%	128	105	17	16.2%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	51	1.0%	49	52	-1	-1.9%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	201	3.9%	222	231	-30	-13.0%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	9	0.2%	12	9	0	0.0%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	336	6.5%	351	391	-55	-14.1%
Educational Services	159	3.1%	148	204	-45	-22.1%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	635	12.3%	684	729	-94	-12.9%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	58	1.1%	74	70	-12	-17.1%
Accomodation and Food Services	275	5.3%	277	360	-85	-23.6%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	119	2.3%	141	192	-73	-38.0%
Public Administration	66	1.3%	79	115	-49	-42.6%
Information Not Available	1,210	23.4%	1,202	1,981	-771	-38.9%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Michigan
	Aug 2015	Percent	Jul 2015	Aug 2014	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	53,010		68,017	74,241
Male	25,243	47.6%	34,200	36,250	-11,007	-30.4%
Female	26,287	49.6%	32,207	36,087	-9,800	-27.2%
Information Not Available	1,480	2.8%	1,610	1,904	-424	-22.3%

Ethnicity	53,010		68,017	74,241
Hispanic or Latino	1,811	3.4%	2,246	2,442	-631	-25.8%
Not Hispanic or Latino	40,711	76.8%	51,971	56,382	-15,671	-27.8%
Information Not Available	10,488	19.8%	13,800	15,417	-4,929	-32.0%

Race	53,010		68,017	74,241
American Indian or Alaskan Native	443	0.8%	559	605	-162	-26.8%
Asian	520	1.0%	888	927	-407	-43.9%
Black or African American	10,612	20.0%	14,395	15,780	-5,168	-32.8%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	69	0.1%	64	67	2	3.0%
White	29,762	56.1%	36,688	39,513	-9,751	-24.7%
Information Not Available	11,604	21.9%	15,423	17,349	-5,745	-33.1%

Years of Age	53,010		68,017	74,241
Younger than 22	1,085	1.4%	1,457	1,797	-712	-39.6%
22-24	2,653	3.4%	3,787	4,608	-1,955	-42.4%
25-34	12,486	15.8%	16,271	18,020	-5,534	-30.7%
35-44	12,162	15.4%	15,699	16,817	-4,655	-27.7%
45-54	12,980	16.4%	16,499	18,345	-5,365	-29.2%
55-59	6,076	7.7%	7,558	7,859	-1,783	-22.7%
60-64	3,671	4.6%	4,571	4,615	-944	-20.5%
65 and older	1,897	2.4%	2,175	2,176	-279	-12.8%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	4	-4	-100.0%

Industry	53,010		68,017	74,241
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	339	0.6%	341	404	-65	-16.1%
Mining	272	0.5%	318	100	172	172.0%
Utilities	39	0.1%	39	42	-3	-7.1%
Construction	3,393	6.4%	3,442	3,644	-251	-6.9%
Manufacturing	7,552	14.2%	16,590	14,330	-6,778	-47.3%
Wholesale Trade	2,176	4.1%	3,912	5,900	-3,724	-63.1%
Retail Trade	3,542	6.6%	3,702	4,358	-816	-18.7%
Transporation and Warehousing	1,479	2.8%	1,862	2,207	-728	-33.0%
Information	856	1.6%	836	859	-3	-0.3%
Finance and Insurance	1,308	2.5%	1,292	1,714	-406	-23.7%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	632	1.2%	653	816	-184	-22.5%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	4,630	8.7%	5,797	5,306	-676	-12.7%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	1,275	2.4%	1,472	1,500	-225	-15.0%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	6,324	11.9%	7,237	8,438	-2,114	-25.1%
Educational Services	2,109	4.0%	2,039	2,773	-664	-23.9%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	6,810	12.8%	7,092	9,039	-2,229	-24.7%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	787	1.5%	755	1,063	-276	-26.0%
Accomodation and Food Services	2,509	4.7%	2,619	3,246	-737	-22.7%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	1,668	3.1%	1,911	1,999	-331	-16.6%
Public Administration	1,035	1.9%	1,082	1,004	31	3.1%
Information Not Available	4,275	8.0%	5,026	5,499	-1,224	-22.3%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Minnesota
	Aug 2015	Percent	Jul 2015	Aug 2014	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	30,797		32,113	32,564
Male	16,135	52.4%	16,926	16,178	-43	-0.3%
Female	14,659	47.6%	15,185	16,378	-1,719	-10.5%
Information Not Available	3	0.0%	2	8	-5	-62.5%

Ethnicity	30,797		32,113	32,564
Hispanic or Latino	1,126	3.7%	1,203	1,160	-34	-2.9%
Not Hispanic or Latino	26,242	85.2%	27,350	27,919	-1,677	-6.0%
Information Not Available	3,429	11.1%	3,560	3,485	-56	-1.6%

Race	30,797		32,113	32,564
American Indian or Alaskan Native	477	1.5%	489	552	-75	-13.6%
Asian	1,033	3.4%	1,086	968	65	6.7%
Black or African American	2,999	9.7%	3,127	3,301	-302	-9.1%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	66	0.2%	67	65	1	1.5%
White	23,495	76.3%	24,517	24,836	-1,341	-5.4%
Information Not Available	2,727	8.9%	2,827	2,842	-115	-4.0%

Years of Age	30,797		32,113	32,564
Younger than 22	378	0.7%	375	399	-21	-5.3%
22-24	1,067	2.1%	1,139	1,205	-138	-11.5%
25-34	7,029	13.7%	7,366	7,439	-410	-5.5%
35-44	6,713	13.0%	6,982	6,990	-277	-4.0%
45-54	7,481	14.5%	7,788	8,050	-569	-7.1%
55-59	3,845	7.5%	4,042	4,057	-212	-5.2%
60-64	2,799	5.4%	2,854	2,892	-93	-3.2%
65 and older	1,480	2.9%	1,558	1,520	-40	-2.6%
Information Not Available	5	0.0%	9	12	-7	-58.3%

Industry	30,797		32,113	32,564
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	209	0.7%	288	265	-56	-21.1%
Mining	584	1.9%	722	46	538	1169.6%
Utilities	152	0.5%	205	141	11	7.8%
Construction	2,530	8.2%	2,717	2,550	-20	-0.8%
Manufacturing	4,269	13.8%	4,442	3,812	457	12.0%
Wholesale Trade	1,521	4.9%	1,620	1,604	-83	-5.2%
Retail Trade	2,202	7.1%	2,339	2,663	-461	-17.3%
Transporation and Warehousing	842	2.7%	884	951	-109	-11.5%
Information	654	2.1%	639	826	-172	-20.8%
Finance and Insurance	991	3.2%	984	1,372	-381	-27.8%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	484	1.6%	511	616	-132	-21.4%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	2,315	7.5%	2,287	2,582	-267	-10.3%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	805	2.6%	673	638	167	26.2%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	2,838	9.2%	3,067	3,221	-383	-11.9%
Educational Services	1,490	4.8%	1,473	1,513	-23	-1.5%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	3,043	9.8%	3,061	3,661	-618	-16.9%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	432	1.4%	440	473	-41	-8.7%
Accomodation and Food Services	2,097	6.8%	2,197	2,311	-214	-9.3%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	1,681	5.4%	1,817	1,582	99	6.3%
Public Administration	557	1.8%	573	638	-81	-12.7%
Information Not Available	1,101	3.6%	1,174	1,099	2	0.2%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Missouri
	Aug 2015	Percent	Jul 2015	Aug 2014	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	32,696		33,839	35,813
Male	15,183	46.4%	14,830	16,303	-1,120	-6.9%
Female	17,464	53.4%	18,961	19,473	-2,009	-10.3%
Information Not Available	49	0.1%	48	37	12	32.4%

Ethnicity	32,696		33,839	35,813
Hispanic or Latino	1,154	3.5%	1,218	1,212	-58	-4.8%
Not Hispanic or Latino	24,568	75.1%	25,362	27,700	-3,132	-11.3%
Information Not Available	6,974	21.3%	7,259	6,901	73	1.1%

Race	32,696		33,839	35,813
American Indian or Alaskan Native	230	0.7%	230	236	-6	-2.5%
Asian	189	0.6%	209	230	-41	-17.8%
Black or African American	7,752	23.7%	7,725	7,380	372	5.0%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	1,182	3.6%	1,258	947	235	24.8%
White	20,762	63.5%	21,539	20,778	-16	-0.1%
Information Not Available	2,581	7.9%	2,878	6,242	-3,661	-58.7%

Years of Age	32,696		33,839	35,813
Younger than 22	580	1.1%	509	737	-157	-21.3%
22-24	1,337	2.6%	1,343	1,785	-448	-25.1%
25-34	7,461	14.6%	7,219	8,484	-1,023	-12.1%
35-44	7,439	14.6%	7,650	8,011	-572	-7.1%
45-54	7,940	15.6%	8,369	8,712	-772	-8.9%
55-59	3,651	7.2%	3,929	3,829	-178	-4.6%
60-64	2,444	4.8%	2,631	2,427	17	0.7%
65 and older	1,844	3.6%	2,189	1,826	18	1.0%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	2	-2	-100.0%

Industry	32,696		33,839	35,813
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	161	0.5%	147	151	10	6.6%
Mining	117	0.4%	171	66	51	77.3%
Utilities	38	0.1%	29	51	-13	-25.5%
Construction	2,657	8.1%	2,747	3,036	-379	-12.5%
Manufacturing	3,692	11.2%	3,301	3,238	454	14.0%
Wholesale Trade	1,366	4.2%	1,323	1,522	-156	-10.2%
Retail Trade	2,977	9.1%	2,854	3,359	-382	-11.4%
Transporation and Warehousing	2,495	7.6%	3,232	2,180	315	14.4%
Information	759	2.3%	727	819	-60	-7.3%
Finance and Insurance	950	2.9%	889	1,415	-465	-32.9%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	609	1.9%	671	586	23	3.9%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	1,644	5.0%	1,618	1,927	-283	-14.7%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	175	0.5%	198	166	9	5.4%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	4,009	12.2%	3,680	4,312	-303	-7.0%
Educational Services	1,038	3.2%	1,059	1,292	-254	-19.7%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	3,997	12.2%	4,103	4,845	-848	-17.5%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	383	1.2%	384	423	-40	-9.5%
Accomodation and Food Services	3,131	9.5%	4,128	3,417	-286	-8.4%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	934	2.8%	909	1,145	-211	-18.4%
Public Administration	293	0.9%	323	406	-113	-27.8%
Information Not Available	1,271	3.9%	1,346	1,457	-186	-12.8%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Mississippi
	Aug 2015	Percent	Jul 2015	Aug 2014	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	16,256		18,360	20,901
Male	7,294	44.9%	7,718	8,555	-1,261	-14.7%
Female	8,949	55.1%	10,631	12,330	-3,381	-27.4%
Information Not Available	13	0.1%	11	16	-3	-18.8%

Ethnicity	16,256		18,360	20,901
Hispanic or Latino	233	1.4%	254	323	-90	-27.9%
Not Hispanic or Latino	14,976	92.1%	17,037	19,641	-4,665	-23.8%
Information Not Available	1,047	6.4%	1,069	937	110	11.7%

Race	16,256		18,360	20,901
American Indian or Alaskan Native	41	0.3%	46	54	-13	-24.1%
Asian	64	0.4%	48	58	6	10.3%
Black or African American	10,121	62.3%	11,943	13,307	-3,186	-23.9%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	23	0.1%	27	37	-14	-37.8%
White	5,688	35.0%	5,953	7,159	-1,471	-20.5%
Information Not Available	319	2.0%	343	286	33	11.5%

Years of Age	16,256		18,360	20,901
Younger than 22	270	1.3%	263	415	-145	-34.9%
22-24	761	3.6%	793	1,092	-331	-30.3%
25-34	4,196	20.1%	4,611	5,137	-941	-18.3%
35-44	3,909	18.7%	4,365	4,879	-970	-19.9%
45-54	3,623	17.4%	4,167	4,722	-1,099	-23.3%
55-59	1,662	8.0%	1,902	2,222	-560	-25.2%
60-64	1,094	5.2%	1,312	1,403	-309	-22.0%
65 and older	741	3.6%	947	1,031	-290	-28.1%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	16,256		18,360	20,901
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	89	0.5%	97	133	-44	-33.1%
Mining	205	1.3%	254	39	166	425.6%
Utilities	18	0.1%	20	23	-5	-21.7%
Construction	732	4.5%	759	1,105	-373	-33.8%
Manufacturing	1,707	10.4%	1,871	2,801	-1,094	-39.1%
Wholesale Trade	296	1.8%	355	344	-48	-14.0%
Retail Trade	1,230	7.5%	1,213	1,666	-436	-26.2%
Transporation and Warehousing	337	2.1%	524	441	-104	-23.6%
Information	86	0.5%	94	121	-35	-28.9%
Finance and Insurance	211	1.3%	195	302	-91	-30.1%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	121	0.7%	128	190	-69	-36.3%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	510	3.1%	533	578	-68	-11.8%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	105	0.6%	124	287	-182	-63.4%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	1,399	8.6%	1,600	1,915	-516	-26.9%
Educational Services	463	2.8%	494	663	-200	-30.2%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	3,430	21.0%	4,559	4,259	-829	-19.5%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	79	0.5%	72	133	-54	-40.6%
Accomodation and Food Services	1,211	7.4%	1,315	2,184	-973	-44.6%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	200	1.2%	201	277	-77	-27.8%
Public Administration	193	1.2%	202	285	-92	-32.3%
Information Not Available	3,634	22.2%	3,750	3,155	479	15.2%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Montana
	Aug 2015	Percent	Jul 2015	Aug 2014	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	4,700		4,378	4,438
Male	2,447	52.1%	2,140	2,100	347	16.5%
Female	2,241	47.7%	2,228	2,330	-89	-3.8%
Information Not Available	12	0.3%	10	8	4	50.0%

Ethnicity	4,700		4,378	4,438
Hispanic or Latino	213	4.5%	192	172	41	23.8%
Not Hispanic or Latino	4,293	91.3%	4,028	4,078	215	5.3%
Information Not Available	194	4.1%	158	188	6	3.2%

Race	4,700		4,378	4,438
American Indian or Alaskan Native	596	12.7%	608	767	-171	-22.3%
Asian	29	0.6%	30	32	-3	-9.4%
Black or African American	59	1.3%	62	46	13	28.3%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	17	0.4%	14	8	9	112.5%
White	3,951	84.1%	3,618	3,541	410	11.6%
Information Not Available	48	1.0%	46	44	4	9.1%

Years of Age	4,700		4,378	4,438
Younger than 22	78	0.9%	74	63	15	23.8%
22-24	168	2.0%	139	176	-8	-4.5%
25-34	1,053	12.8%	942	955	98	10.3%
35-44	1,010	12.2%	922	924	86	9.3%
45-54	1,092	13.2%	1,020	1,126	-34	-3.0%
55-59	625	7.6%	603	569	56	9.8%
60-64	398	4.8%	405	349	49	14.0%
65 and older	276	3.3%	273	276	0	0.0%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	4,700		4,378	4,438
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	82	1.7%	29	41	41	100.0%
Mining	164	3.4%	148	101	63	62.4%
Utilities	15	0.3%	16	50	-35	-70.0%
Construction	510	10.7%	450	464	46	9.9%
Manufacturing	324	6.8%	282	257	67	26.1%
Wholesale Trade	116	2.4%	112	97	19	19.6%
Retail Trade	412	8.6%	383	389	23	5.9%
Transporation and Warehousing	254	5.3%	254	221	33	14.9%
Information	62	1.3%	53	63	-1	-1.6%
Finance and Insurance	87	1.8%	77	70	17	24.3%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	55	1.2%	63	41	14	34.1%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	256	5.4%	242	175	81	46.3%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	7	0.1%	10	12	-5	-41.7%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	449	9.4%	367	311	138	44.4%
Educational Services	203	4.2%	183	195	8	4.1%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	640	13.4%	647	734	-94	-12.8%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	99	2.1%	92	101	-2	-2.0%
Accomodation and Food Services	491	10.3%	462	469	22	4.7%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	116	2.4%	113	145	-29	-20.0%
Public Administration	269	5.6%	309	390	-121	-31.0%
Information Not Available	89	1.9%	86	112	-23	-20.5%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants North Carolina
	Aug 2015	Percent	Jul 2015	Aug 2014	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	31,740		33,994	47,903
Male	14,705	46.3%	15,824	22,705	-8,000	-35.2%
Female	17,024	53.6%	18,153	25,180	-8,156	-32.4%
Information Not Available	11	0.0%	17	18	-7	-38.9%

Ethnicity	31,740		33,994	47,903
Hispanic or Latino	1,366	4.3%	1,409	1,987	-621	-31.3%
Not Hispanic or Latino	29,601	93.3%	31,821	45,058	-15,457	-34.3%
Information Not Available	773	2.4%	764	858	-85	-9.9%

Race	31,740		33,994	47,903
American Indian or Alaskan Native	567	1.8%	594	680	-113	-16.6%
Asian	391	1.2%	408	477	-86	-18.0%
Black or African American	14,250	44.9%	15,599	21,265	-7,015	-33.0%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	58	0.2%	68	82	-24	-29.3%
White	14,396	45.4%	15,122	22,532	-8,136	-36.1%
Information Not Available	2,078	6.5%	2,203	2,867	-789	-27.5%

Years of Age	31,740		33,994	47,903
Younger than 22	560	1.3%	591	1,066	-506	-47.5%
22-24	1,543	3.5%	1,727	2,730	-1,187	-43.5%
25-34	8,014	18.1%	8,518	12,171	-4,157	-34.2%
35-44	7,772	17.6%	8,244	11,465	-3,693	-32.2%
45-54	7,662	17.3%	8,317	11,409	-3,747	-32.8%
55-59	3,153	7.1%	3,324	4,543	-1,390	-30.6%
60-64	1,898	4.3%	2,017	2,784	-886	-31.8%
65 and older	1,138	2.6%	1,256	1,735	-597	-34.4%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	31,740		33,994	47,903
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	138	0.4%	126	125	13	10.4%
Mining	13	0.0%	13	6	7	116.7%
Utilities	33	0.1%	32	50	-17	-34.0%
Construction	1,795	5.6%	1,746	1,915	-120	-6.3%
Manufacturing	3,872	12.1%	4,649	4,791	-919	-19.2%
Wholesale Trade	1,286	4.0%	1,348	1,486	-200	-13.5%
Retail Trade	2,692	8.4%	2,828	3,705	-1,013	-27.3%
Transporation and Warehousing	782	2.5%	828	701	81	11.6%
Information	606	1.9%	584	414	192	46.4%
Finance and Insurance	898	2.8%	916	1,097	-199	-18.1%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	436	1.4%	462	412	24	5.8%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	2,011	6.3%	2,001	1,856	155	8.4%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	120	0.4%	136	192	-72	-37.5%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	6,278	19.7%	6,592	5,819	459	7.9%
Educational Services	1,395	4.4%	1,467	1,206	189	15.7%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	3,173	10.0%	3,258	3,954	-781	-19.8%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	332	1.0%	322	220	112	50.9%
Accomodation and Food Services	2,077	6.5%	2,295	3,233	-1,156	-35.8%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	682	2.1%	699	641	41	6.4%
Public Administration	527	1.7%	512	410	117	28.5%
Information Not Available	2,594	8.1%	3,180	15,670	-13,076	-83.4%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants North Dakota
	Aug 2015	Percent	Jul 2015	Aug 2014	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	3,209		3,611	1,767
Male	2,099	65.4%	2,424	1,000	1,099	109.9%
Female	1,109	34.6%	1,186	766	343	44.8%
Information Not Available	1	0.0%	1	1	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	3,209		3,611	1,767
Hispanic or Latino	167	5.2%	192	63	104	165.1%
Not Hispanic or Latino	2,949	91.9%	3,320	1,649	1,300	78.8%
Information Not Available	93	2.9%	99	55	38	69.1%

Race	3,209		3,611	1,767
American Indian or Alaskan Native	259	8.1%	283	206	53	25.7%
Asian	36	1.1%	34	13	23	176.9%
Black or African American	193	6.0%	219	70	123	175.7%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	13	0.4%	13	6	7	116.7%
White	2,448	76.3%	2,771	1,354	1,094	80.8%
Information Not Available	260	8.1%	291	118	142	120.3%

Years of Age	3,209		3,611	1,767
Younger than 22	39	0.7%	41	16	23	143.8%
22-24	132	2.5%	168	54	78	144.4%
25-34	757	14.1%	877	366	391	106.8%
35-44	652	12.1%	755	344	308	89.5%
45-54	797	14.8%	894	463	334	72.1%
55-59	398	7.4%	396	239	159	66.5%
60-64	271	5.0%	283	150	121	80.7%
65 and older	162	3.0%	196	132	30	22.7%
Information Not Available	1	0.0%	1	3	-2	-66.7%

Industry	3,209		3,611	1,767
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	85	2.6%	95	72	13	18.1%
Mining	499	15.1%	558	48	451	939.6%
Utilities	7	0.2%	10	4	3	75.0%
Construction	421	12.8%	457	212	209	98.6%
Manufacturing	508	15.4%	648	235	273	116.2%
Wholesale Trade	181	5.5%	202	83	98	118.1%
Retail Trade	171	5.2%	177	113	58	51.3%
Transporation and Warehousing	292	8.9%	309	144	148	102.8%
Information	18	0.5%	20	26	-8	-30.8%
Finance and Insurance	43	1.3%	53	47	-4	-8.5%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	50	1.5%	54	17	33	194.1%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	120	3.6%	129	85	35	41.2%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	4	0.1%	1	5	-1	-20.0%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	83	2.5%	92	65	18	27.7%
Educational Services	1	0.0%	2	2	-1	-50.0%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	143	4.3%	144	129	14	10.9%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	4	0.1%	5	11	-7	-63.6%
Accomodation and Food Services	103	3.1%	128	84	19	22.6%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	66	2.0%	67	40	26	65.0%
Public Administration	182	5.5%	207	156	26	16.7%
Information Not Available	228	6.9%	253	189	39	20.6%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Nebraska
	Aug 2015	Percent	Jul 2015	Aug 2014	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	6,079		6,969	6,424
Male	2,854	46.9%	3,143	2,705	149	5.5%
Female	2,861	47.1%	3,439	3,406	-545	-16.0%
Information Not Available	364	6.0%	387	313	51	16.3%

Ethnicity	6,079		6,969	6,424
Hispanic or Latino	392	6.4%	495	400	-8	-2.0%
Not Hispanic or Latino	4,669	76.8%	5,386	5,148	-479	-9.3%
Information Not Available	1,018	16.7%	1,088	876	142	16.2%

Race	6,079		6,969	6,424
American Indian or Alaskan Native	104	1.7%	115	109	-5	-4.6%
Asian	64	1.1%	85	84	-20	-23.8%
Black or African American	612	10.1%	678	703	-91	-12.9%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	20	0.3%	22	20	0	0.0%
White	4,162	68.5%	4,804	4,378	-216	-4.9%
Information Not Available	1,117	18.4%	1,265	1,130	-13	-1.2%

Years of Age	6,079		6,969	6,424
Younger than 22	60	0.6%	63	79	-19	-24.1%
22-24	177	1.8%	219	246	-69	-28.0%
25-34	1,324	13.7%	1,466	1,500	-176	-11.7%
35-44	1,365	14.1%	1,496	1,368	-3	-0.2%
45-54	1,502	15.5%	1,718	1,542	-40	-2.6%
55-59	778	8.0%	885	762	16	2.1%
60-64	545	5.6%	650	551	-6	-1.1%
65 and older	328	3.4%	472	376	-48	-12.8%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	6,079		6,969	6,424
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	45	0.7%	37	49	-4	-8.2%
Mining	23	0.4%	25	8	15	187.5%
Utilities	5	0.1%	5	13	-8	-61.5%
Construction	362	5.9%	376	370	-8	-2.2%
Manufacturing	1,389	22.7%	1,552	908	481	53.0%
Wholesale Trade	244	4.0%	249	261	-17	-6.5%
Retail Trade	552	9.0%	592	616	-64	-10.4%
Transporation and Warehousing	330	5.4%	602	349	-19	-5.4%
Information	89	1.5%	98	138	-49	-35.5%
Finance and Insurance	251	4.1%	249	334	-83	-24.9%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	65	1.1%	59	78	-13	-16.7%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	259	4.2%	273	342	-83	-24.3%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	42	0.7%	41	46	-4	-8.7%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	463	7.6%	458	667	-204	-30.6%
Educational Services	155	2.5%	175	166	-11	-6.6%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	641	10.5%	785	772	-131	-17.0%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	65	1.1%	76	86	-21	-24.4%
Accomodation and Food Services	440	7.2%	591	523	-83	-15.9%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	119	1.9%	154	146	-27	-18.5%
Public Administration	150	2.4%	157	160	-10	-6.3%
Information Not Available	390	6.4%	415	392	-2	-0.5%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants New Hampshire
	Aug 2015	Percent	Jul 2015	Aug 2014	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	5,082		5,218	7,175
Male	2,173	42.8%	2,293	3,214	-1,041	-32.4%
Female	2,859	56.3%	2,870	3,921	-1,062	-27.1%
Information Not Available	50	1.0%	55	40	10	25.0%

Ethnicity	5,082		5,218	7,175
Hispanic or Latino	161	3.2%	179	227	-66	-29.1%
Not Hispanic or Latino	4,254	83.7%	4,350	6,014	-1,760	-29.3%
Information Not Available	667	13.1%	689	934	-267	-28.6%

Race	5,082		5,218	7,175
American Indian or Alaskan Native	38	0.7%	30	55	-17	-30.9%
Asian	78	1.5%	84	99	-21	-21.2%
Black or African American	86	1.7%	106	118	-32	-27.1%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	1	0.0%	4	7	-6	-85.7%
White	4,472	88.0%	4,595	6,395	-1,923	-30.1%
Information Not Available	407	8.0%	399	501	-94	-18.8%

Years of Age	5,082		5,218	7,175
Younger than 22	22	0.2%	22	194	-172	-88.7%
22-24	100	1.1%	115	250	-150	-60.0%
25-34	743	8.3%	783	1,179	-436	-37.0%
35-44	985	11.0%	996	1,346	-361	-26.8%
45-54	1,421	15.9%	1,495	1,874	-453	-24.2%
55-59	794	8.9%	814	995	-201	-20.2%
60-64	596	6.7%	595	768	-172	-22.4%
65 and older	421	4.7%	398	569	-148	-26.0%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	5,082		5,218	7,175
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	28	0.5%	14	16	12	75.0%
Mining	2	0.0%	4	1	1	100.0%
Utilities	13	0.3%	14	8	5	62.5%
Construction	53	1.0%	64	117	-64	-54.7%
Manufacturing	526	10.3%	574	698	-172	-24.6%
Wholesale Trade	213	4.2%	235	291	-78	-26.8%
Retail Trade	270	5.3%	301	1,084	-814	-75.1%
Transporation and Warehousing	691	13.5%	553	801	-110	-13.7%
Information	96	1.9%	89	72	24	33.3%
Finance and Insurance	130	2.5%	145	223	-93	-41.7%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	55	1.1%	55	85	-30	-35.3%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	307	6.0%	332	325	-18	-5.5%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	22	0.4%	18	29	-7	-24.1%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	528	10.3%	594	741	-213	-28.7%
Educational Services	265	5.2%	290	371	-106	-28.6%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	602	11.8%	581	670	-68	-10.1%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	46	0.9%	46	66	-20	-30.3%
Accomodation and Food Services	181	3.5%	195	227	-46	-20.3%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	170	3.3%	172	212	-42	-19.8%
Public Administration	65	1.3%	77	68	-3	-4.4%
Information Not Available	819	16.0%	865	1,070	-251	-23.5%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants New Jersey
	Aug 2015	Percent	Jul 2015	Aug 2014	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	113,259		114,834	125,903
Male	50,735	44.8%	51,863	56,659	-5,924	-10.5%
Female	62,524	55.2%	62,971	69,244	-6,720	-9.7%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	113,259		114,834	125,903
Hispanic or Latino	23,533	20.8%	23,451	24,992	-1,459	-5.8%
Not Hispanic or Latino	77,618	68.5%	79,240	87,303	-9,685	-11.1%
Information Not Available	12,108	10.7%	12,143	13,608	-1,500	-11.0%

Race	113,259		114,834	125,903
American Indian or Alaskan Native	481	0.4%	482	519	-38	-7.3%
Asian	4,137	3.7%	4,280	4,692	-555	-11.8%
Black or African American	25,855	22.8%	26,157	28,656	-2,801	-9.8%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	651	0.6%	641	746	-95	-12.7%
White	66,213	58.5%	67,280	74,276	-8,063	-10.9%
Information Not Available	15,922	14.1%	15,994	17,014	-1,092	-6.4%

Years of Age	113,259		114,834	125,903
Younger than 22	1,984	1.2%	1,910	2,414	-430	-17.8%
22-24	5,345	3.1%	5,387	6,239	-894	-14.3%
25-34	24,009	14.1%	24,504	26,642	-2,633	-9.9%
35-44	21,663	12.8%	22,221	24,783	-3,120	-12.6%
45-54	26,452	15.6%	26,862	29,874	-3,422	-11.5%
55-59	12,813	7.5%	12,959	13,889	-1,076	-7.7%
60-64	9,661	5.7%	9,712	10,180	-519	-5.1%
65 and older	11,332	6.7%	11,279	11,882	-550	-4.6%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	113,259		114,834	125,903
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	131	0.1%	140	145	-14	-9.7%
Mining	36	0.0%	42	44	-8	-18.2%
Utilities	114	0.1%	126	143	-29	-20.3%
Construction	6,046	5.3%	6,496	6,718	-672	-10.0%
Manufacturing	6,091	5.4%	6,001	6,848	-757	-11.1%
Wholesale Trade	4,937	4.4%	4,990	5,503	-566	-10.3%
Retail Trade	10,619	9.4%	10,991	12,149	-1,530	-12.6%
Transporation and Warehousing	10,203	9.0%	9,221	10,925	-722	-6.6%
Information	1,821	1.6%	1,845	2,109	-288	-13.7%
Finance and Insurance	2,856	2.5%	3,000	3,808	-952	-25.0%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	1,546	1.4%	1,506	1,673	-127	-7.6%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	6,558	5.8%	6,650	6,935	-377	-5.4%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	1,347	1.2%	1,305	610	737	120.8%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	12,958	11.4%	13,067	13,124	-166	-1.3%
Educational Services	6,638	5.9%	6,827	6,711	-73	-1.1%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	11,784	10.4%	11,898	13,633	-1,849	-13.6%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	1,192	1.1%	1,205	1,227	-35	-2.9%
Accomodation and Food Services	13,170	11.6%	13,493	13,947	-777	-5.6%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	2,522	2.2%	2,539	2,655	-133	-5.0%
Public Administration	4,115	3.6%	3,920	4,304	-189	-4.4%
Information Not Available	8,575	7.6%	9,572	12,692	-4,117	-32.4%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants New Mexico
	Aug 2015	Percent	Jul 2015	Aug 2014	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	11,509		12,624	13,389
Male	6,435	55.9%	6,879	6,917	-482	-7.0%
Female	5,074	44.1%	5,745	6,472	-1,398	-21.6%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	11,509		12,624	13,389
Hispanic or Latino	5,682	49.4%	6,498	6,610	-928	-14.0%
Not Hispanic or Latino	4,789	41.6%	5,031	5,569	-780	-14.0%
Information Not Available	1,038	9.0%	1,095	1,210	-172	-14.2%

Race	11,509		12,624	13,389
American Indian or Alaskan Native	1,573	13.7%	1,683	1,661	-88	-5.3%
Asian	77	0.7%	89	100	-23	-23.0%
Black or African American	349	3.0%	360	396	-47	-11.9%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	35	0.3%	45	40	-5	-12.5%
White	5,951	51.7%	6,544	6,921	-970	-14.0%
Information Not Available	3,524	30.6%	3,903	4,271	-747	-17.5%

Years of Age	11,509		12,624	13,389
Younger than 22	273	1.6%	286	369	-96	-26.0%
22-24	557	3.4%	627	687	-130	-18.9%
25-34	2,686	16.2%	2,899	3,262	-576	-17.7%
35-44	2,593	15.6%	2,795	2,919	-326	-11.2%
45-54	2,699	16.3%	2,955	3,139	-440	-14.0%
55-59	1,276	7.7%	1,431	1,431	-155	-10.8%
60-64	888	5.4%	998	948	-60	-6.3%
65 and older	537	3.2%	633	634	-97	-15.3%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	11,509		12,624	13,389
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	144	1.2%	175	191	-47	-24.6%
Mining	726	6.2%	833	366	360	98.4%
Utilities	23	0.2%	25	17	6	35.3%
Construction	1,961	16.8%	2,058	2,300	-339	-14.7%
Manufacturing	495	4.2%	627	619	-124	-20.0%
Wholesale Trade	298	2.6%	313	339	-41	-12.1%
Retail Trade	1,067	9.2%	1,098	1,505	-438	-29.1%
Transporation and Warehousing	478	4.1%	692	451	27	6.0%
Information	441	3.8%	412	398	43	10.8%
Finance and Insurance	228	2.0%	243	325	-97	-29.8%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	193	1.7%	190	218	-25	-11.5%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	644	5.5%	669	763	-119	-15.6%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	28	0.2%	43	91	-63	-69.2%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	931	8.0%	954	980	-49	-5.0%
Educational Services	484	4.2%	537	656	-172	-26.2%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	1,422	12.2%	1,511	1,834	-412	-22.5%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	277	2.4%	279	296	-19	-6.4%
Accomodation and Food Services	868	7.4%	1,047	1,112	-244	-21.9%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	282	2.4%	340	362	-80	-22.1%
Public Administration	455	3.9%	510	565	-110	-19.5%
Information Not Available	64	0.5%	68	1	63	6300.0%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Nevada
	Aug 2015	Percent	Jul 2015	Aug 2014	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	25,871		27,050	28,219
Male	14,245	55.1%	15,091	15,367	-1,122	-7.3%
Female	11,506	44.5%	11,835	12,712	-1,206	-9.5%
Information Not Available	120	0.5%	124	140	-20	-14.3%

Ethnicity	25,871		27,050	28,219
Hispanic or Latino	5,364	20.7%	5,541	5,394	-30	-0.6%
Not Hispanic or Latino	16,595	64.1%	17,544	18,565	-1,970	-10.6%
Information Not Available	3,912	15.1%	3,965	4,260	-348	-8.2%

Race	25,871		27,050	28,219
American Indian or Alaskan Native	643	2.5%	633	662	-19	-2.9%
Asian	1,533	5.9%	1,569	1,658	-125	-7.5%
Black or African American	3,997	15.4%	4,167	4,087	-90	-2.2%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	575	2.2%	572	666	-91	-13.7%
White	14,717	56.9%	15,571	16,744	-2,027	-12.1%
Information Not Available	4,406	17.0%	4,538	4,402	4	0.1%

Years of Age	25,871		27,050	28,219
Younger than 22	596	1.5%	576	675	-79	-11.7%
22-24	1,291	3.3%	1,336	1,411	-120	-8.5%
25-34	5,921	15.3%	6,133	6,503	-582	-8.9%
35-44	5,581	14.4%	5,836	6,139	-558	-9.1%
45-54	6,150	15.9%	6,514	6,662	-512	-7.7%
55-59	2,763	7.1%	2,860	2,893	-130	-4.5%
60-64	1,809	4.7%	1,933	2,013	-204	-10.1%
65 and older	1,760	4.5%	1,862	1,923	-163	-8.5%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	25,871		27,050	28,219
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	33	0.1%	30	24	9	37.5%
Mining	207	0.8%	248	219	-12	-5.5%
Utilities	28	0.1%	33	30	-2	-6.7%
Construction	2,562	9.9%	2,805	2,770	-208	-7.5%
Manufacturing	901	3.5%	933	1,000	-99	-9.9%
Wholesale Trade	592	2.3%	587	682	-90	-13.2%
Retail Trade	2,198	8.5%	2,340	2,377	-179	-7.5%
Transporation and Warehousing	848	3.3%	799	836	12	1.4%
Information	310	1.2%	332	423	-113	-26.7%
Finance and Insurance	565	2.2%	560	848	-283	-33.4%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	615	2.4%	587	663	-48	-7.2%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	1,114	4.3%	1,141	1,292	-178	-13.8%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	255	1.0%	251	251	4	1.6%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	3,809	14.7%	4,351	4,170	-361	-8.7%
Educational Services	431	1.7%	455	542	-111	-20.5%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	1,340	5.2%	1,360	1,680	-340	-20.2%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	460	1.8%	552	653	-193	-29.6%
Accomodation and Food Services	4,543	17.5%	4,516	4,121	422	10.2%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	507	2.0%	539	520	-13	-2.5%
Public Administration	477	1.8%	504	591	-114	-19.3%
Information Not Available	4,076	15.7%	4,127	4,527	-451	-10.0%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants New York
	Aug 2015	Percent	Jul 2015	Aug 2014	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	166,002		168,545	185,883
Male	81,777	49.3%	83,092	90,431	-8,654	-9.6%
Female	84,206	50.7%	85,430	95,429	-11,223	-11.8%
Information Not Available	19	0.0%	23	23	-4	-17.4%

Ethnicity	166,002		168,545	185,883
Hispanic or Latino	30,706	18.5%	30,751	34,110	-3,404	-10.0%
Not Hispanic or Latino	107,418	64.7%	109,668	121,774	-14,356	-11.8%
Information Not Available	27,878	16.8%	28,126	29,999	-2,121	-7.1%

Race	166,002		168,545	185,883
American Indian or Alaskan Native	1,310	0.8%	1,328	1,646	-336	-20.4%
Asian	5,340	3.2%	5,501	6,212	-872	-14.0%
Black or African American	30,237	18.2%	30,584	32,552	-2,315	-7.1%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	996	0.6%	1,045	1,123	-127	-11.3%
White	83,050	50.0%	84,782	93,320	-10,270	-11.0%
Information Not Available	45,069	27.1%	45,305	51,030	-5,961	-11.7%

Years of Age	166,002		168,545	185,883
Younger than 22	3,757	1.6%	3,907	4,429	-672	-15.2%
22-24	9,592	4.0%	9,979	11,244	-1,652	-14.7%
25-34	41,947	17.7%	42,946	45,811	-3,864	-8.4%
35-44	34,054	14.4%	34,639	38,174	-4,120	-10.8%
45-54	36,964	15.6%	37,348	42,551	-5,587	-13.1%
55-59	16,801	7.1%	16,932	18,864	-2,063	-10.9%
60-64	12,181	5.1%	12,180	12,987	-806	-6.2%
65 and older	10,706	4.5%	10,614	11,823	-1,117	-9.4%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	166,002		168,545	185,883
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	441	0.3%	479	472	-31	-6.6%
Mining	170	0.1%	117	73	97	132.9%
Utilities	118	0.1%	131	109	9	8.3%
Construction	12,801	7.7%	13,544	13,511	-710	-5.3%
Manufacturing	7,609	4.6%	8,007	9,130	-1,521	-16.7%
Wholesale Trade	6,080	3.7%	6,096	6,742	-662	-9.8%
Retail Trade	14,613	8.8%	14,923	16,774	-2,161	-12.9%
Transporation and Warehousing	17,588	10.6%	16,713	19,911	-2,323	-11.7%
Information	5,610	3.4%	5,799	5,751	-141	-2.5%
Finance and Insurance	5,778	3.5%	5,850	6,150	-372	-6.0%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	3,022	1.8%	3,174	3,588	-566	-15.8%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	10,490	6.3%	10,038	11,594	-1,104	-9.5%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	936	0.6%	865	910	26	2.9%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	18,392	11.1%	18,664	20,267	-1,875	-9.3%
Educational Services	7,679	4.6%	8,135	10,471	-2,792	-26.7%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	20,095	12.1%	20,074	22,626	-2,531	-11.2%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	4,903	2.9%	4,442	5,034	-131	-2.6%
Accomodation and Food Services	16,283	9.8%	16,256	17,871	-1,588	-8.9%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	4,830	2.9%	4,884	5,329	-499	-9.4%
Public Administration	4,292	2.6%	4,559	4,780	-488	-10.2%
Information Not Available	4,272	2.6%	5,795	4,790	-518	-10.8%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Ohio
	Aug 2015	Percent	Jul 2015	Aug 2014	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	54,415		59,222	59,429
Male	29,869	54.9%	32,538	30,211	-342	-1.1%
Female	24,378	44.8%	26,517	29,017	-4,639	-16.0%
Information Not Available	168	0.3%	167	201	-33	-16.4%

Ethnicity	54,415		59,222	59,429
Hispanic or Latino	1,743	3.2%	1,929	1,786	-43	-2.4%
Not Hispanic or Latino	50,164	92.2%	54,600	54,812	-4,648	-8.5%
Information Not Available	2,508	4.6%	2,693	2,831	-323	-11.4%

Race	54,415		59,222	59,429
American Indian or Alaskan Native	214	0.4%	254	242	-28	-11.6%
Asian	407	0.7%	425	461	-54	-11.7%
Black or African American	9,991	18.4%	10,713	11,516	-1,525	-13.2%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	50	0.1%	57	44	6	13.6%
White	41,000	75.3%	44,877	44,333	-3,333	-7.5%
Information Not Available	2,753	5.1%	2,896	2,833	-80	-2.8%

Years of Age	54,415		59,222	59,429
Younger than 22	863	0.9%	946	941	-78	-8.3%
22-24	2,153	2.4%	2,303	2,194	-41	-1.9%
25-34	11,365	12.5%	12,114	11,951	-586	-4.9%
35-44	12,794	14.0%	13,954	14,134	-1,340	-9.5%
45-54	14,331	15.7%	15,594	15,743	-1,412	-9.0%
55-59	6,494	7.1%	7,323	7,420	-926	-12.5%
60-64	4,229	4.6%	4,691	4,728	-499	-10.6%
65 and older	2,186	2.4%	2,297	2,318	-132	-5.7%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	54,415		59,222	59,429
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	149	0.3%	121	146	3	2.1%
Mining	831	1.5%	923	166	665	400.6%
Utilities	81	0.1%	61	46	35	76.1%
Construction	6,882	12.6%	7,752	6,285	597	9.5%
Manufacturing	9,458	17.3%	11,275	9,730	-272	-2.8%
Wholesale Trade	2,840	5.2%	2,901	2,846	-6	-0.2%
Retail Trade	2,470	4.5%	2,581	2,932	-462	-15.8%
Transporation and Warehousing	2,684	4.9%	2,959	2,842	-158	-5.6%
Information	724	1.3%	718	1,009	-285	-28.2%
Finance and Insurance	1,531	2.8%	1,597	2,217	-686	-30.9%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	896	1.6%	849	951	-55	-5.8%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	3,513	6.4%	3,650	3,735	-222	-5.9%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	913	1.7%	920	1,050	-137	-13.0%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	6,720	12.3%	7,227	7,756	-1,036	-13.4%
Educational Services	1,742	3.2%	1,851	2,252	-510	-22.6%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	6,306	11.6%	6,692	7,666	-1,360	-17.7%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	524	1.0%	545	703	-179	-25.5%
Accomodation and Food Services	2,418	4.4%	2,640	2,867	-449	-15.7%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	1,523	2.8%	1,521	1,608	-85	-5.3%
Public Administration	422	0.8%	460	460	-38	-8.3%
Information Not Available	1,788	3.3%	1,979	2,162	-374	-17.3%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Oklahoma
	Aug 2015	Percent	Jul 2015	Aug 2014	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	22,160		23,546	17,091
Male	13,544	61.1%	14,435	8,750	4,794	54.8%
Female	8,577	38.7%	9,064	8,301	276	3.3%
Information Not Available	39	0.2%	47	40	-1	-2.5%

Ethnicity	22,160		23,546	17,091
Hispanic or Latino	2,075	9.4%	2,269	1,300	775	59.6%
Not Hispanic or Latino	20,085	90.6%	21,277	15,791	4,294	27.2%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Race	22,160		23,546	17,091
American Indian or Alaskan Native	2,139	9.7%	2,367	1,709	430	25.2%
Asian	184	0.8%	180	145	39	26.9%
Black or African American	2,965	13.4%	3,080	2,681	284	10.6%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	26	0.1%	26	32	-6	-18.8%
White	14,193	64.0%	14,985	10,442	3,751	35.9%
Information Not Available	2,653	12.0%	2,908	2,082	571	27.4%

Years of Age	22,160		23,546	17,091
Younger than 22	360	1.0%	383	302	58	19.2%
22-24	1,003	2.9%	1,096	820	183	22.3%
25-34	5,557	16.0%	5,859	4,163	1,394	33.5%
35-44	5,305	15.3%	5,622	3,910	1,395	35.7%
45-54	5,022	14.5%	5,369	4,133	889	21.5%
55-59	2,281	6.6%	2,418	1,834	447	24.4%
60-64	1,601	4.6%	1,696	1,124	477	42.4%
65 and older	1,031	3.0%	1,103	805	226	28.1%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	22,160		23,546	17,091
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	44	0.2%	48	42	2	4.8%
Mining	2,561	11.5%	3,012	669	1,892	282.8%
Utilities	89	0.4%	94	35	54	154.3%
Construction	1,589	7.2%	1,636	1,411	178	12.6%
Manufacturing	3,892	17.5%	4,145	1,551	2,341	150.9%
Wholesale Trade	1,115	5.0%	1,182	726	389	53.6%
Retail Trade	1,691	7.6%	1,597	1,764	-73	-4.1%
Transporation and Warehousing	548	2.5%	570	411	137	33.3%
Information	358	1.6%	352	492	-134	-27.2%
Finance and Insurance	510	2.3%	521	522	-12	-2.3%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	477	2.1%	493	294	183	62.2%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	1,175	5.3%	1,237	897	278	31.0%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	110	0.5%	148	61	49	80.3%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	2,635	11.9%	2,870	2,481	154	6.2%
Educational Services	491	2.2%	520	701	-210	-30.0%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	1,552	7.0%	1,517	1,803	-251	-13.9%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	169	0.8%	198	232	-63	-27.2%
Accomodation and Food Services	832	3.7%	812	775	57	7.4%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	701	3.2%	806	657	44	6.7%
Public Administration	730	3.3%	870	784	-54	-6.9%
Information Not Available	891	4.0%	918	783	108	13.8%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Oregon
	Aug 2015	Percent	Jul 2015	Aug 2014	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	29,688		30,747	33,213
Male	15,198	51.2%	15,868	16,767	-1,569	-9.4%
Female	14,476	48.8%	14,875	16,442	-1,966	-12.0%
Information Not Available	14	0.0%	4	4	10	250.0%

Ethnicity	29,688		30,747	33,213
Hispanic or Latino	2,809	9.5%	3,168	3,128	-319	-10.2%
Not Hispanic or Latino	23,571	79.4%	24,321	26,368	-2,797	-10.6%
Information Not Available	3,308	11.1%	3,258	3,717	-409	-11.0%

Race	29,688		30,747	33,213
American Indian or Alaskan Native	305	1.0%	353	346	-41	-11.8%
Asian	573	1.9%	606	616	-43	-7.0%
Black or African American	645	2.2%	636	685	-40	-5.8%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	235	0.8%	250	222	13	5.9%
White	17,311	58.3%	17,265	19,215	-1,904	-9.9%
Information Not Available	10,619	35.8%	11,637	12,129	-1,510	-12.4%

Years of Age	29,688		30,747	33,213
Younger than 22	374	0.8%	341	449	-75	-16.7%
22-24	1,061	2.4%	1,029	1,351	-290	-21.5%
25-34	6,743	15.2%	6,916	7,505	-762	-10.2%
35-44	6,903	15.5%	7,108	7,599	-696	-9.2%
45-54	7,154	16.1%	7,468	8,006	-852	-10.6%
55-59	3,480	7.8%	3,645	3,777	-297	-7.9%
60-64	2,492	5.6%	2,673	2,955	-463	-15.7%
65 and older	1,481	3.3%	1,567	1,571	-90	-5.7%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	29,688		30,747	33,213
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	755	2.5%	681	594	161	27.1%
Mining	74	0.2%	84	53	21	39.6%
Utilities	42	0.1%	41	56	-14	-25.0%
Construction	2,840	9.3%	3,365	2,956	-116	-3.9%
Manufacturing	3,329	10.9%	3,525	3,394	-65	-1.9%
Wholesale Trade	1,053	3.5%	1,129	1,248	-195	-15.6%
Retail Trade	2,817	9.3%	2,931	3,408	-591	-17.3%
Transporation and Warehousing	1,380	4.5%	1,408	1,569	-189	-12.0%
Information	645	2.1%	679	743	-98	-13.2%
Finance and Insurance	958	3.1%	943	1,119	-161	-14.4%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	455	1.5%	453	481	-26	-5.4%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	1,575	5.2%	1,581	1,735	-160	-9.2%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	172	0.6%	173	200	-28	-14.0%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	2,634	8.7%	2,744	3,128	-494	-15.8%
Educational Services	887	2.9%	916	934	-47	-5.0%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	4,320	14.2%	4,290	4,861	-541	-11.1%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	329	1.1%	316	397	-68	-17.1%
Accomodation and Food Services	2,188	7.2%	2,343	2,798	-610	-21.8%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	814	2.7%	832	952	-138	-14.5%
Public Administration	702	2.3%	715	830	-128	-15.4%
Information Not Available	1,719	5.6%	1,598	1,757	-38	-2.2%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Pennsylvania
	Aug 2015	Percent	Jul 2015	Aug 2014	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	144,290		149,813	155,779
Male	71,148	49.3%	74,981	74,600	-3,452	-4.6%
Female	73,125	50.7%	74,815	81,161	-8,036	-9.9%
Information Not Available	17	0.0%	17	18	-1	-5.6%

Ethnicity	144,290		149,813	155,779
Hispanic or Latino	7,963	5.5%	8,633	9,042	-1,079	-11.9%
Not Hispanic or Latino	131,848	91.4%	136,704	141,993	-10,145	-7.1%
Information Not Available	4,479	3.1%	4,476	4,744	-265	-5.6%

Race	144,290		149,813	155,779
American Indian or Alaskan Native	344	0.2%	329	367	-23	-6.3%
Asian	57	0.0%	48	54	3	5.6%
Black or African American	24,423	16.9%	24,984	27,001	-2,578	-9.5%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	1,726	1.2%	1,829	1,930	-204	-10.6%
White	105,495	73.1%	109,746	113,301	-7,806	-6.9%
Information Not Available	12,245	8.5%	12,877	13,126	-881	-6.7%

Years of Age	144,290		149,813	155,779
Younger than 22	3,029	1.3%	3,218	3,357	-328	-9.8%
22-24	6,699	2.8%	7,068	7,738	-1,039	-13.4%
25-34	30,324	12.8%	31,400	32,708	-2,384	-7.3%
35-44	28,165	11.9%	29,471	30,717	-2,552	-8.3%
45-54	33,526	14.1%	35,037	37,112	-3,586	-9.7%
55-59	16,884	7.1%	17,603	18,003	-1,119	-6.2%
60-64	12,693	5.4%	13,137	13,035	-342	-2.6%
65 and older	12,970	5.5%	12,879	13,109	-139	-1.1%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	144,290		149,813	155,779
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	264	0.2%	273	338	-74	-21.9%
Mining	3,086	2.1%	3,165	933	2,153	230.8%
Utilities	198	0.1%	213	366	-168	-45.9%
Construction	10,761	7.4%	11,888	12,027	-1,266	-10.5%
Manufacturing	16,481	11.4%	18,370	15,995	486	3.0%
Wholesale Trade	4,575	3.2%	4,661	4,845	-270	-5.6%
Retail Trade	11,457	7.9%	12,186	14,453	-2,996	-20.7%
Transporation and Warehousing	21,772	15.1%	21,534	21,263	509	2.4%
Information	1,743	1.2%	1,756	1,916	-173	-9.0%
Finance and Insurance	3,347	2.3%	3,386	4,716	-1,369	-29.0%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	1,557	1.1%	1,519	1,487	70	4.7%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	6,698	4.6%	6,806	7,534	-836	-11.1%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	981	0.7%	929	888	93	10.5%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	13,597	9.4%	14,310	15,187	-1,590	-10.5%
Educational Services	5,067	3.5%	4,942	5,752	-685	-11.9%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	17,777	12.3%	17,938	20,838	-3,061	-14.7%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	1,688	1.2%	1,858	1,795	-107	-6.0%
Accomodation and Food Services	15,405	10.7%	15,903	15,852	-447	-2.8%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	3,045	2.1%	3,127	3,276	-231	-7.1%
Public Administration	1,306	0.9%	1,302	1,719	-413	-24.0%
Information Not Available	3,485	2.4%	3,747	4,599	-1,114	-24.2%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Puerto Rico
	Aug 2015	Percent	Jul 2015	Aug 2014	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	28,291		31,680	31,397
Male	14,950	52.8%	15,521	16,354	-1,404	-8.6%
Female	13,341	47.2%	16,159	15,043	-1,702	-11.3%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	28,291		31,680	31,397
Hispanic or Latino	27,837	98.4%	31,177	30,536	-2,699	-8.8%
Not Hispanic or Latino	119	0.4%	135	242	-123	-50.8%
Information Not Available	335	1.2%	368	619	-284	-45.9%

Race	28,291		31,680	31,397
American Indian or Alaskan Native	326	1.2%	396	1,046	-720	-68.8%
Asian	22	0.1%	30	26	-4	-15.4%
Black or African American	1,360	4.8%	1,665	1,197	163	13.6%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	15	0.1%	25	34	-19	-55.9%
White	6,105	21.6%	7,063	7,941	-1,836	-23.1%
Information Not Available	20,463	72.3%	22,501	21,153	-690	-3.3%

Years of Age	28,291		31,680	31,397
Younger than 22	884	2.7%	897	1,071	-187	-17.5%
22-24	1,941	5.8%	2,090	2,421	-480	-19.8%
25-34	8,768	26.4%	9,866	10,084	-1,316	-13.1%
35-44	7,302	22.0%	8,225	8,018	-716	-8.9%
45-54	5,618	16.9%	6,430	5,795	-177	-3.1%
55-59	1,883	5.7%	2,108	2,072	-189	-9.1%
60-64	1,137	3.4%	1,249	1,129	8	0.7%
65 and older	740	2.2%	796	784	-44	-5.6%
Information Not Available	18	0.1%	19	23	-5	-21.7%

Industry	28,291		31,680	31,397
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	1,326	4.5%	1,256	1,360	-34	-2.5%
Mining	23	0.1%	18	64	-41	-64.1%
Utilities	25	0.1%	22	16	9	56.3%
Construction	3,110	10.5%	3,104	2,933	177	6.0%
Manufacturing	2,258	7.6%	2,314	2,641	-383	-14.5%
Wholesale Trade	685	2.3%	688	761	-76	-10.0%
Retail Trade	2,504	8.5%	2,524	2,588	-84	-3.2%
Transporation and Warehousing	686	2.3%	1,166	871	-185	-21.2%
Information	342	1.2%	356	336	6	1.8%
Finance and Insurance	600	2.0%	606	530	70	13.2%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	190	0.6%	207	249	-59	-23.7%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	1,148	3.9%	1,108	1,252	-104	-8.3%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	21	0.1%	23	20	1	5.0%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	3,916	13.2%	4,302	4,872	-956	-19.6%
Educational Services	4,833	16.3%	7,072	5,190	-357	-6.9%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	1,782	6.0%	2,245	1,888	-106	-5.6%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	74	0.2%	74	74	0	0.0%
Accomodation and Food Services	1,409	4.8%	1,485	1,358	51	3.8%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	400	1.4%	449	493	-93	-18.9%
Public Administration	1,886	6.4%	1,505	2,563	-677	-26.4%
Information Not Available	1,073	3.6%	1,156	1,338	-265	-19.8%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Rhode Island
	Aug 2015	Percent	Jul 2015	Aug 2014	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	10,335		10,457	11,933
Male	3,967	38.4%	4,146	4,653	-686	-14.7%
Female	6,368	61.6%	6,311	7,280	-912	-12.5%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	10,335		10,457	11,933
Hispanic or Latino	1,581	15.3%	1,570	1,694	-113	-6.7%
Not Hispanic or Latino	6,402	61.9%	6,436	7,472	-1,070	-14.3%
Information Not Available	2,352	22.8%	2,451	2,767	-415	-15.0%

Race	10,335		10,457	11,933
American Indian or Alaskan Native	57	0.6%	58	63	-6	-9.5%
Asian	150	1.5%	189	164	-14	-8.5%
Black or African American	562	5.4%	545	725	-163	-22.5%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	38	0.4%	36	54	-16	-29.6%
White	7,001	67.7%	7,098	8,081	-1,080	-13.4%
Information Not Available	2,527	24.5%	2,531	2,846	-319	-11.2%

Years of Age	10,335		10,457	11,933
Younger than 22	144	0.9%	153	206	-62	-30.1%
22-24	418	2.6%	465	509	-91	-17.9%
25-34	1,889	11.6%	1,962	2,273	-384	-16.9%
35-44	1,916	11.8%	1,967	2,386	-470	-19.7%
45-54	2,683	16.5%	2,668	3,031	-348	-11.5%
55-59	1,273	7.8%	1,281	1,423	-150	-10.5%
60-64	1,042	6.4%	1,037	1,081	-39	-3.6%
65 and older	970	6.0%	924	1,024	-54	-5.3%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	10,335		10,457	11,933
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	6	0.1%	5	7	-1	-14.3%
Mining	4	0.0%	3	2	2	100.0%
Utilities	7	0.1%	6	5	2	40.0%
Construction	498	4.8%	549	623	-125	-20.1%
Manufacturing	945	9.1%	1,036	937	8	0.9%
Wholesale Trade	388	3.8%	419	434	-46	-10.6%
Retail Trade	763	7.4%	792	939	-176	-18.7%
Transporation and Warehousing	1,446	14.0%	1,301	1,574	-128	-8.1%
Information	119	1.2%	136	93	26	28.0%
Finance and Insurance	359	3.5%	393	472	-113	-23.9%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	187	1.8%	173	165	22	13.3%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	463	4.5%	469	587	-124	-21.1%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	97	0.9%	100	93	4	4.3%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	982	9.5%	948	1,074	-92	-8.6%
Educational Services	376	3.6%	354	448	-72	-16.1%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	1,336	12.9%	1,310	1,715	-379	-22.1%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	108	1.0%	122	151	-43	-28.5%
Accomodation and Food Services	1,603	15.5%	1,634	1,877	-274	-14.6%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	354	3.4%	360	422	-68	-16.1%
Public Administration	93	0.9%	98	102	-9	-8.8%
Information Not Available	201	1.9%	249	213	-12	-5.6%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants South Carolina
	Aug 2015	Percent	Jul 2015	Aug 2014	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	22,368		23,311	26,373
Male	10,360	46.3%	10,389	11,848	-1,488	-12.6%
Female	12,008	53.7%	12,922	14,525	-2,517	-17.3%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	22,368		23,311	26,373
Hispanic or Latino	653	2.9%	687	781	-128	-16.4%
Not Hispanic or Latino	21,290	95.2%	22,197	25,129	-3,839	-15.3%
Information Not Available	425	1.9%	427	463	-38	-8.2%

Race	22,368		23,311	26,373
American Indian or Alaskan Native	144	0.6%	143	146	-2	-1.4%
Asian	136	0.6%	142	182	-46	-25.3%
Black or African American	11,572	51.7%	12,245	13,399	-1,827	-13.6%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	38	0.2%	46	42	-4	-9.5%
White	9,691	43.3%	9,970	11,742	-2,051	-17.5%
Information Not Available	787	3.5%	765	862	-75	-8.7%

Years of Age	22,368		23,311	26,373
Younger than 22	65	0.2%	77	680	-615	-90.4%
22-24	50	0.2%	70	856	-806	-94.2%
25-34	929	3.1%	1,044	6,114	-5,185	-84.8%
35-44	3,962	13.4%	4,186	5,997	-2,035	-33.9%
45-54	5,391	18.2%	5,589	6,452	-1,061	-16.4%
55-59	2,468	8.3%	2,529	2,812	-344	-12.2%
60-64	2,494	8.4%	2,646	2,051	443	21.6%
65 and older	6,982	23.6%	7,144	1,365	5,617	411.5%
Information Not Available	27	0.1%	26	46	-19	-41.3%

Industry	22,368		23,311	26,373
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	80	0.4%	93	107	-27	-25.2%
Mining	23	0.1%	26	18	5	27.8%
Utilities	32	0.1%	32	55	-23	-41.8%
Construction	1,393	6.2%	1,417	1,522	-129	-8.5%
Manufacturing	3,399	15.1%	3,195	4,422	-1,023	-23.1%
Wholesale Trade	844	3.8%	824	778	66	8.5%
Retail Trade	1,710	7.6%	1,734	2,296	-586	-25.5%
Transporation and Warehousing	841	3.7%	933	1,000	-159	-15.9%
Information	273	1.2%	288	342	-69	-20.2%
Finance and Insurance	570	2.5%	562	1,018	-448	-44.0%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	244	1.1%	256	299	-55	-18.4%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	1,197	5.3%	1,268	1,499	-302	-20.1%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	64	0.3%	72	111	-47	-42.3%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	3,851	17.2%	3,913	3,866	-15	-0.4%
Educational Services	613	2.7%	624	650	-37	-5.7%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	1,832	8.2%	2,189	2,133	-301	-14.1%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	208	0.9%	195	244	-36	-14.8%
Accomodation and Food Services	1,966	8.8%	2,230	2,297	-331	-14.4%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	814	3.6%	1,003	773	41	5.3%
Public Administration	402	1.8%	360	446	-44	-9.9%
Information Not Available	2,012	9.0%	2,097	2,497	-485	-19.4%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants South Dakota
	Aug 2015	Percent	Jul 2015	Aug 2014	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	1,284		1,206	1,262
Male	604	47.0%	525	553	51	9.2%
Female	680	53.0%	681	709	-29	-4.1%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	1,284		1,206	1,262
Hispanic or Latino	32	2.5%	30	28	4	14.3%
Not Hispanic or Latino	1,076	83.8%	1,113	1,107	-31	-2.8%
Information Not Available	176	13.7%	63	127	49	38.6%

Race	1,284		1,206	1,262
American Indian or Alaskan Native	261	20.3%	266	263	-2	-0.8%
Asian	0	0.0%	0	5	-5	-100.0%
Black or African American	46	3.6%	40	39	7	17.9%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	2	0.2%	0	0	2	0.0%
White	859	66.9%	784	837	22	2.6%
Information Not Available	116	9.0%	116	118	-2	-1.7%

Years of Age	1,284		1,206	1,262
Younger than 22	13	0.6%	11	12	1	8.3%
22-24	35	1.7%	33	31	4	12.9%
25-34	244	12.2%	229	235	9	3.8%
35-44	275	13.7%	241	257	18	7.0%
45-54	289	14.4%	285	329	-40	-12.2%
55-59	202	10.1%	194	175	27	15.4%
60-64	139	6.9%	120	124	15	12.1%
65 and older	87	4.3%	93	99	-12	-12.1%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	1,284		1,206	1,262
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	7	0.5%	7	8	-1	-12.5%
Mining	38	2.9%	2	4	34	850.0%
Utilities	4	0.3%	2	1	3	300.0%
Construction	81	6.3%	57	86	-5	-5.8%
Manufacturing	161	12.5%	166	116	45	38.8%
Wholesale Trade	53	4.1%	44	45	8	17.8%
Retail Trade	112	8.7%	119	109	3	2.8%
Transporation and Warehousing	23	1.8%	27	30	-7	-23.3%
Information	26	2.0%	26	27	-1	-3.7%
Finance and Insurance	54	4.2%	60	68	-14	-20.6%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	11	0.9%	12	16	-5	-31.3%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	41	3.2%	42	52	-11	-21.2%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	7	0.5%	7	1	6	600.0%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	68	5.3%	67	71	-3	-4.2%
Educational Services	75	5.8%	76	68	7	10.3%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	116	9.0%	125	143	-27	-18.9%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	24	1.9%	13	27	-3	-11.1%
Accomodation and Food Services	124	9.6%	155	127	-3	-2.4%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	24	1.9%	12	30	-6	-20.0%
Public Administration	178	13.8%	186	176	2	1.1%
Information Not Available	57	4.4%	1	57	0	0.0%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Tennessee
	Aug 2015	Percent	Jul 2015	Aug 2014	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	26,101		30,779	31,177
Male	12,190	46.7%	12,813	14,012	-1,822	-13.0%
Female	13,911	53.3%	17,966	17,165	-3,254	-19.0%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	26,101		30,779	31,177
Hispanic or Latino	469	1.8%	585	528	-59	-11.2%
Not Hispanic or Latino	25,632	98.2%	30,194	30,649	-5,017	-16.4%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Race	26,101		30,779	31,177
American Indian or Alaskan Native	78	0.3%	93	81	-3	-3.7%
Asian	0	0.0%	0	2	-2	-100.0%
Black or African American	7,812	29.9%	9,071	9,040	-1,228	-13.6%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	207	0.8%	238	220	-13	-5.9%
White	17,437	66.8%	20,725	21,186	-3,749	-17.7%
Information Not Available	567	2.2%	652	648	-81	-12.5%

Years of Age	26,101		30,779	31,177
Younger than 22	367	0.9%	363	386	-19	-4.9%
22-24	1,031	2.5%	1,052	1,164	-133	-11.4%
25-34	5,354	13.0%	6,267	6,342	-988	-15.6%
35-44	5,874	14.2%	6,839	7,154	-1,280	-17.9%
45-54	6,419	15.6%	7,474	7,580	-1,161	-15.3%
55-59	3,107	7.5%	3,619	3,812	-705	-18.5%
60-64	2,265	5.5%	2,737	2,712	-447	-16.5%
65 and older	1,684	4.1%	2,428	2,027	-343	-16.9%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	26,101		30,779	31,177
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	110	0.4%	62	93	17	18.3%
Mining	50	0.2%	52	27	23	85.2%
Utilities	33	0.1%	17	32	1	3.1%
Construction	2,082	7.9%	2,162	2,216	-134	-6.0%
Manufacturing	3,872	14.8%	3,763	4,374	-502	-11.5%
Wholesale Trade	1,408	5.4%	1,404	1,458	-50	-3.4%
Retail Trade	2,318	8.8%	2,514	2,705	-387	-14.3%
Transporation and Warehousing	982	3.7%	2,020	1,268	-286	-22.6%
Information	539	2.1%	647	624	-85	-13.6%
Finance and Insurance	765	2.9%	756	1,072	-307	-28.6%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	404	1.5%	412	451	-47	-10.4%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	1,883	7.2%	2,123	2,252	-369	-16.4%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	158	0.6%	243	204	-46	-22.5%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	4,426	16.9%	4,881	4,880	-454	-9.3%
Educational Services	1,115	4.3%	1,378	1,708	-593	-34.7%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	2,532	9.7%	3,702	3,544	-1,012	-28.6%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	252	1.0%	264	340	-88	-25.9%
Accomodation and Food Services	1,510	5.8%	2,178	1,927	-417	-21.6%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	1,047	4.0%	1,532	1,142	-95	-8.3%
Public Administration	552	2.1%	606	804	-252	-31.3%
Information Not Available	63	0.2%	63	56	7	12.5%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Texas
	Aug 2015	Percent	Jul 2015	Aug 2014	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	174,178		179,772	146,541
Male	103,738	59.6%	107,977	73,423	30,315	41.3%
Female	70,440	40.4%	71,795	73,116	-2,676	-3.7%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	2	-2	-100.0%

Ethnicity	174,178		179,772	146,541
Hispanic or Latino	57,018	32.7%	59,151	44,827	12,191	27.2%
Not Hispanic or Latino	99,116	56.9%	101,452	87,102	12,014	13.8%
Information Not Available	18,044	10.4%	19,169	14,612	3,432	23.5%

Race	174,178		179,772	146,541
American Indian or Alaskan Native	724	0.4%	724	535	189	35.3%
Asian	4,729	2.7%	4,767	3,142	1,587	50.5%
Black or African American	36,110	20.7%	36,879	35,175	935	2.7%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
White	57,319	32.9%	58,860	48,016	9,303	19.4%
Information Not Available	75,296	43.2%	78,542	59,673	15,623	26.2%

Years of Age	174,178		179,772	146,541
Younger than 22	3,451	1.6%	3,652	3,192	259	8.1%
22-24	8,718	4.0%	9,158	7,264	1,454	20.0%
25-34	43,821	19.9%	45,898	35,530	8,291	23.3%
35-44	41,574	18.9%	43,378	35,284	6,290	17.8%
45-54	39,872	18.1%	40,926	34,703	5,169	14.9%
55-59	17,579	8.0%	17,503	14,837	2,742	18.5%
60-64	11,653	5.3%	11,702	9,500	2,153	22.7%
65 and older	7,510	3.4%	7,555	6,231	1,279	20.5%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	174,178		179,772	146,541
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	1,077	0.6%	1,112	998	79	7.9%
Mining	15,836	9.0%	17,665	3,004	12,832	427.2%
Utilities	396	0.2%	425	438	-42	-9.6%
Construction	20,273	11.6%	21,042	16,023	4,250	26.5%
Manufacturing	21,608	12.3%	22,227	12,327	9,281	75.3%
Wholesale Trade	10,279	5.9%	10,571	7,178	3,101	43.2%
Retail Trade	10,037	5.7%	9,835	10,773	-736	-6.8%
Transporation and Warehousing	8,629	4.9%	8,924	7,400	1,229	16.6%
Information	2,960	1.7%	2,976	3,349	-389	-11.6%
Finance and Insurance	6,511	3.7%	6,163	7,883	-1,372	-17.4%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	3,358	1.9%	3,348	2,659	699	26.3%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	13,984	8.0%	14,242	13,322	662	5.0%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	1,112	0.6%	1,060	682	430	63.0%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	22,190	12.7%	23,056	20,427	1,763	8.6%
Educational Services	3,944	2.3%	4,022	4,640	-696	-15.0%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	12,184	7.0%	12,951	14,953	-2,769	-18.5%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	780	0.4%	851	838	-58	-6.9%
Accomodation and Food Services	8,273	4.7%	8,385	9,045	-772	-8.5%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	3,791	2.2%	3,996	3,536	255	7.2%
Public Administration	1,843	1.1%	1,867	1,736	107	6.2%
Information Not Available	5,113	2.9%	5,054	5,330	-217	-4.1%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Utah
	Aug 2015	Percent	Jul 2015	Aug 2014	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	9,778		10,306	10,850
Male	5,917	60.5%	6,187	6,163	-246	-4.0%
Female	3,807	38.9%	4,064	4,625	-818	-17.7%
Information Not Available	54	0.6%	55	62	-8	-12.9%

Ethnicity	9,778		10,306	10,850
Hispanic or Latino	919	9.4%	963	1,045	-126	-12.1%
Not Hispanic or Latino	7,199	73.6%	7,601	8,146	-947	-11.6%
Information Not Available	1,660	17.0%	1,742	1,659	1	0.1%

Race	9,778		10,306	10,850
American Indian or Alaskan Native	340	3.5%	377	369	-29	-7.9%
Asian	166	1.7%	164	200	-34	-17.0%
Black or African American	194	2.0%	208	246	-52	-21.1%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	202	2.1%	210	196	6	3.1%
White	6,683	68.3%	6,971	7,560	-877	-11.6%
Information Not Available	2,193	22.4%	2,376	2,279	-86	-3.8%

Years of Age	9,778		10,306	10,850
Younger than 22	148	0.9%	170	245	-97	-39.6%
22-24	453	2.9%	503	510	-57	-11.2%
25-34	2,631	16.7%	2,730	2,856	-225	-7.9%
35-44	2,405	15.2%	2,477	2,677	-272	-10.2%
45-54	2,156	13.7%	2,304	2,399	-243	-10.1%
55-59	1,003	6.4%	1,055	1,149	-146	-12.7%
60-64	673	4.3%	738	701	-28	-4.0%
65 and older	309	2.0%	329	313	-4	-1.3%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	9,778		10,306	10,850
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	25	0.3%	24	24	1	4.2%
Mining	566	5.8%	637	143	423	295.8%
Utilities	19	0.2%	20	12	7	58.3%
Construction	992	10.1%	973	1,104	-112	-10.1%
Manufacturing	999	10.2%	1,094	1,114	-115	-10.3%
Wholesale Trade	509	5.2%	492	508	1	0.2%
Retail Trade	745	7.6%	820	994	-249	-25.1%
Transporation and Warehousing	424	4.3%	432	352	72	20.5%
Information	230	2.3%	260	371	-141	-38.0%
Finance and Insurance	365	3.7%	349	469	-104	-22.2%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	179	1.8%	174	168	11	6.5%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	799	8.2%	825	904	-105	-11.6%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	51	0.5%	53	30	21	70.0%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	1,147	11.7%	1,221	1,514	-367	-24.2%
Educational Services	320	3.3%	355	381	-61	-16.0%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	659	6.7%	703	762	-103	-13.5%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	131	1.3%	143	142	-11	-7.7%
Accomodation and Food Services	339	3.5%	380	427	-88	-20.6%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	247	2.5%	272	248	-1	-0.4%
Public Administration	178	1.8%	183	186	-8	-4.3%
Information Not Available	854	8.7%	896	997	-143	-14.3%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Virginia
	Aug 2015	Percent	Jul 2015	Aug 2014	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	34,073		35,272	41,999
Male	17,053	50.0%	17,560	21,657	-4,604	-21.3%
Female	17,009	49.9%	17,699	20,333	-3,324	-16.3%
Information Not Available	11	0.0%	13	9	2	22.2%

Ethnicity	34,073		35,272	41,999
Hispanic or Latino	1,402	4.1%	1,513	1,901	-499	-26.2%
Not Hispanic or Latino	30,864	90.6%	31,904	38,011	-7,147	-18.8%
Information Not Available	1,807	5.3%	1,855	2,087	-280	-13.4%

Race	34,073		35,272	41,999
American Indian or Alaskan Native	1,587	4.7%	1,711	2,100	-513	-24.4%
Asian	939	2.8%	932	1,198	-259	-21.6%
Black or African American	14,138	41.5%	14,766	17,024	-2,886	-17.0%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
White	15,602	45.8%	16,008	19,590	-3,988	-20.4%
Information Not Available	1,807	5.3%	1,855	2,087	-280	-13.4%

Years of Age	34,073		35,272	41,999
Younger than 22	451	1.0%	457	629	-178	-28.3%
22-24	1,347	2.9%	1,437	1,754	-407	-23.2%
25-34	7,787	16.6%	8,114	9,684	-1,897	-19.6%
35-44	7,597	16.2%	7,802	9,427	-1,830	-19.4%
45-54	8,497	18.1%	8,736	10,536	-2,039	-19.4%
55-59	4,106	8.7%	4,327	4,808	-702	-14.6%
60-64	2,689	5.7%	2,750	3,278	-589	-18.0%
65 and older	1,599	3.4%	1,648	1,879	-280	-14.9%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	1	4	-4	-100.0%

Industry	34,073		35,272	41,999
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	63	0.2%	57	69	-6	-8.7%
Mining	276	0.8%	289	170	106	62.4%
Utilities	43	0.1%	37	10	33	330.0%
Construction	1,793	5.3%	1,913	1,736	57	3.3%
Manufacturing	1,587	4.6%	1,617	1,368	219	16.0%
Wholesale Trade	725	2.1%	745	415	310	74.7%
Retail Trade	1,860	5.4%	1,956	1,182	678	57.4%
Transporation and Warehousing	840	2.5%	824	812	28	3.4%
Information	660	1.9%	664	232	428	184.5%
Finance and Insurance	978	2.9%	942	423	555	131.2%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	415	1.2%	423	230	185	80.4%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	2,946	8.6%	2,966	1,860	1,086	58.4%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	173	0.5%	166	93	80	86.0%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	2,838	8.3%	3,231	2,477	361	14.6%
Educational Services	404	1.2%	366	232	172	74.1%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	2,110	6.2%	2,371	1,692	418	24.7%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	167	0.5%	150	96	71	74.0%
Accomodation and Food Services	1,794	5.3%	2,080	1,695	99	5.8%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	793	2.3%	833	548	245	44.7%
Public Administration	2,491	7.3%	2,480	2,232	259	11.6%
Information Not Available	11,117	32.6%	11,162	24,427	-13,310	-54.5%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Virgin Islands
	Aug 2015	Percent	Jul 2015	Aug 2014	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	442		442	390
Male	248	56.1%	234	211	37	17.5%
Female	194	43.9%	208	179	15	8.4%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	442		442	390
Hispanic or Latino	80	18.1%	70	83	-3	-3.6%
Not Hispanic or Latino	343	77.6%	354	291	52	17.9%
Information Not Available	19	4.3%	18	16	3	18.8%

Race	442		442	390
American Indian or Alaskan Native	4	0.9%	4	3	1	33.3%
Asian	1	0.2%	1	3	-2	-66.7%
Black or African American	315	71.3%	326	260	55	21.2%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	12	2.7%	10	11	1	9.1%
White	23	5.2%	23	25	-2	-8.0%
Information Not Available	87	19.7%	78	88	-1	-1.1%

Years of Age	442		442	390
Younger than 22	6	1.4%	7	8	-2	-25.0%
22-24	21	4.9%	22	16	5	31.3%
25-34	87	20.5%	79	73	14	19.2%
35-44	86	20.2%	83	75	11	14.7%
45-54	106	24.9%	116	99	7	7.1%
55-59	49	11.5%	44	48	1	2.1%
60-64	40	9.4%	43	38	2	5.3%
65 and older	46	10.8%	47	33	13	39.4%
Information Not Available	1	0.2%	1	0	1	0.0%

Industry	442		442	390
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
Mining	1	0.2%	0	0	1	0.0%
Utilities	0	0.0%	0	5	-5	-100.0%
Construction	80	18.1%	81	81	-1	-1.2%
Manufacturing	12	2.7%	12	10	2	20.0%
Wholesale Trade	5	1.1%	6	5	0	0.0%
Retail Trade	47	10.6%	54	43	4	9.3%
Transporation and Warehousing	37	8.4%	30	27	10	37.0%
Information	5	1.1%	3	1	4	400.0%
Finance and Insurance	4	0.9%	4	1	3	300.0%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	7	1.6%	9	9	-2	-22.2%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	15	3.4%	10	10	5	50.0%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	14	3.2%	17	10	4	40.0%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	46	10.4%	47	31	15	48.4%
Educational Services	32	7.2%	33	13	19	146.2%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	14	3.2%	12	14	0	0.0%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	7	1.6%	10	10	-3	-30.0%
Accomodation and Food Services	64	14.5%	59	79	-15	-19.0%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	10	2.3%	10	18	-8	-44.4%
Public Administration	27	6.1%	31	14	13	92.9%
Information Not Available	15	3.4%	14	9	6	66.7%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Vermont
	Aug 2015	Percent	Jul 2015	Aug 2014	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	3,830		3,888	4,103
Male	1,777	46.4%	1,776	1,879	-102	-5.4%
Female	2,053	53.6%	2,112	2,224	-171	-7.7%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	3,830		3,888	4,103
Hispanic or Latino	4	0.1%	5	4	0	0.0%
Not Hispanic or Latino	442	11.5%	447	367	75	20.4%
Information Not Available	3,384	88.4%	3,436	3,732	-348	-9.3%

Race	3,830		3,888	4,103
American Indian or Alaskan Native	1	0.0%	1	0	1	0.0%
Asian	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
Black or African American	9	0.2%	10	5	4	80.0%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	2	0.1%	3	2	0	0.0%
White	434	11.3%	438	364	70	19.2%
Information Not Available	3,384	88.4%	3,436	3,732	-348	-9.3%

Years of Age	3,830		3,888	4,103
Younger than 22	42	1.1%	42	50	-8	-16.0%
22-24	119	3.1%	113	139	-20	-14.4%
25-34	748	19.3%	748	783	-35	-4.5%
35-44	715	18.5%	752	777	-62	-8.0%
45-54	946	24.4%	953	1,034	-88	-8.5%
55-59	483	12.5%	483	528	-45	-8.5%
60-64	394	10.2%	413	429	-35	-8.2%
65 and older	383	9.9%	384	363	20	5.5%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	3,830		3,888	4,103
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	16	0.4%	13	33	-17	-51.5%
Mining	6	0.2%	9	6	0	0.0%
Utilities	9	0.2%	7	8	1	12.5%
Construction	216	5.6%	226	233	-17	-7.3%
Manufacturing	401	10.4%	408	416	-15	-3.6%
Wholesale Trade	122	3.2%	124	158	-36	-22.8%
Retail Trade	358	9.3%	372	453	-95	-21.0%
Transporation and Warehousing	379	9.9%	350	398	-19	-4.8%
Information	63	1.6%	58	41	22	53.7%
Finance and Insurance	41	1.1%	46	47	-6	-12.8%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	36	0.9%	38	38	-2	-5.3%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	149	3.9%	146	165	-16	-9.7%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	9	0.2%	4	5	4	80.0%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	209	5.4%	248	224	-15	-6.7%
Educational Services	248	6.4%	249	280	-32	-11.4%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	502	13.1%	499	528	-26	-4.9%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	49	1.3%	63	51	-2	-3.9%
Accomodation and Food Services	794	20.6%	797	841	-47	-5.6%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	129	3.4%	135	97	32	33.0%
Public Administration	94	2.4%	96	81	13	16.0%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Washington
	Aug 2015	Percent	Jul 2015	Aug 2014	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	44,337		44,893	48,113
Male	24,834	56.0%	25,191	25,677	-843	-3.3%
Female	19,497	44.0%	19,695	22,431	-2,934	-13.1%
Information Not Available	6	0.0%	7	5	1	20.0%

Ethnicity	44,337		44,893	48,113
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	44,337	100.0%	44,893	48,113	-3,776	-7.8%

Race	44,337		44,893	48,113
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	44,337	100.0%	44,893	48,113	-3,776	-7.8%

Years of Age	44,337		44,893	48,113
Younger than 22	511	1.3%	483	603	-92	-15.3%
22-24	1,587	3.9%	1,558	1,845	-258	-14.0%
25-34	9,723	23.9%	9,876	10,988	-1,265	-11.5%
35-44	10,254	25.2%	10,315	10,972	-718	-6.5%
45-54	11,064	27.2%	11,117	12,092	-1,028	-8.5%
55-59	5,353	13.2%	5,525	5,520	-167	-3.0%
60-64	3,726	9.2%	3,839	3,977	-251	-6.3%
65 and older	2,119	5.2%	2,180	2,116	3	0.1%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	44,337		44,893	48,113
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	44,337	100.0%	44,893	48,113	-3,776	-7.8%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Wisconsin
	Aug 2015	Percent	Jul 2015	Aug 2014	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	39,885		42,973	49,694
Male	19,320	48.4%	20,848	23,597	-4,277	-18.1%
Female	20,533	51.5%	22,086	26,067	-5,534	-21.2%
Information Not Available	32	0.1%	39	30	2	6.7%

Ethnicity	39,885		42,973	49,694
Hispanic or Latino	1,859	4.7%	2,101	2,216	-357	-16.1%
Not Hispanic or Latino	37,280	93.5%	40,141	46,887	-9,607	-20.5%
Information Not Available	746	1.9%	731	591	155	26.2%

Race	39,885		42,973	49,694
American Indian or Alaskan Native	566	1.4%	584	666	-100	-15.0%
Asian	538	1.3%	589	676	-138	-20.4%
Black or African American	6,762	17.0%	7,352	8,129	-1,367	-16.8%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	48	0.1%	52	50	-2	-4.0%
White	31,225	78.3%	33,665	39,582	-8,357	-21.1%
Information Not Available	746	1.9%	731	591	155	26.2%

Years of Age	39,885		42,973	49,694
Younger than 22	618	0.9%	640	860	-242	-28.1%
22-24	1,524	2.3%	1,676	2,142	-618	-28.9%
25-34	8,444	12.5%	8,956	10,635	-2,191	-20.6%
35-44	7,802	11.6%	8,573	9,735	-1,933	-19.9%
45-54	9,548	14.2%	10,387	12,109	-2,561	-21.1%
55-59	5,113	7.6%	5,535	6,157	-1,044	-17.0%
60-64	3,801	5.6%	4,022	4,562	-761	-16.7%
65 and older	3,031	4.5%	3,180	3,489	-458	-13.1%
Information Not Available	4	0.0%	4	5	-1	-20.0%

Industry	39,885		42,973	49,694
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	279	0.7%	378	343	-64	-18.7%
Mining	128	0.3%	107	45	83	184.4%
Utilities	40	0.1%	43	60	-20	-33.3%
Construction	2,505	6.2%	2,385	2,554	-49	-1.9%
Manufacturing	6,996	17.4%	8,188	8,390	-1,394	-16.6%
Wholesale Trade	1,312	3.3%	1,392	1,680	-368	-21.9%
Retail Trade	3,350	8.3%	3,683	4,850	-1,500	-30.9%
Transporation and Warehousing	4,403	11.0%	4,436	4,880	-477	-9.8%
Information	618	1.5%	657	696	-78	-11.2%
Finance and Insurance	1,117	2.8%	1,092	1,476	-359	-24.3%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	339	0.8%	348	407	-68	-16.7%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	1,639	4.1%	1,680	1,993	-354	-17.8%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	295	0.7%	314	333	-38	-11.4%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	4,204	10.5%	4,681	5,654	-1,450	-25.6%
Educational Services	1,097	2.7%	1,190	1,436	-339	-23.6%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	4,523	11.3%	4,887	6,221	-1,698	-27.3%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	519	1.3%	511	721	-202	-28.0%
Accomodation and Food Services	3,243	8.1%	3,502	4,164	-921	-22.1%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	909	2.3%	993	1,123	-214	-19.1%
Public Administration	909	2.3%	907	1,098	-189	-17.2%
Information Not Available	1,460	3.6%	1,599	1,570	-110	-7.0%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants West Virginia
	Aug 2015	Percent	Jul 2015	Aug 2014	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	13,605		14,983	12,614
Male	9,673	71.1%	10,590	7,958	1,715	21.6%
Female	3,929	28.9%	4,387	4,652	-723	-15.5%
Information Not Available	3	0.0%	6	4	-1	-25.0%

Ethnicity	13,605		14,983	12,614
Hispanic or Latino	185	1.4%	214	205	-20	-9.8%
Not Hispanic or Latino	9,909	72.8%	10,929	9,124	785	8.6%
Information Not Available	3,511	25.8%	3,840	3,285	226	6.9%

Race	13,605		14,983	12,614
American Indian or Alaskan Native	32	0.2%	35	36	-4	-11.1%
Asian	45	0.3%	52	51	-6	-11.8%
Black or African American	452	3.3%	503	524	-72	-13.7%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	6	0.0%	9	11	-5	-45.5%
White	12,185	89.6%	13,343	11,353	832	7.3%
Information Not Available	885	6.5%	1,041	639	246	38.5%

Years of Age	13,605		14,983	12,614
Younger than 22	346	1.4%	346	259	87	33.6%
22-24	799	3.2%	851	615	184	29.9%
25-34	3,210	12.9%	3,419	2,814	396	14.1%
35-44	3,351	13.5%	3,726	3,248	103	3.2%
45-54	3,105	12.5%	3,443	3,009	96	3.2%
55-59	1,363	5.5%	1,593	1,354	9	0.7%
60-64	898	3.6%	992	828	70	8.5%
65 and older	532	2.1%	613	485	47	9.7%
Information Not Available	1	0.0%	0	2	-1	-50.0%

Industry	13,605		14,983	12,614
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	40	0.3%	99	57	-17	-29.8%
Mining	2,180	16.0%	2,135	1,009	1,171	116.1%
Utilities	60	0.4%	69	23	37	160.9%
Construction	2,331	17.1%	2,916	2,191	140	6.4%
Manufacturing	935	6.9%	1,104	907	28	3.1%
Wholesale Trade	439	3.2%	450	397	42	10.6%
Retail Trade	884	6.5%	932	1,360	-476	-35.0%
Transporation and Warehousing	488	3.6%	557	398	90	22.6%
Information	111	0.8%	121	108	3	2.8%
Finance and Insurance	139	1.0%	161	174	-35	-20.1%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	221	1.6%	198	170	51	30.0%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	596	4.4%	616	555	41	7.4%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	59	0.4%	49	32	27	84.4%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	1,385	10.2%	1,410	1,095	290	26.5%
Educational Services	222	1.6%	265	270	-48	-17.8%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	1,105	8.1%	1,306	1,338	-233	-17.4%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	113	0.8%	111	82	31	37.8%
Accomodation and Food Services	683	5.0%	737	883	-200	-22.7%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	402	2.9%	464	536	-134	-25.0%
Public Administration	200	1.5%	212	189	11	5.8%
Information Not Available	1,012	7.4%	1,071	840	172	20.5%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Wyoming
	Aug 2015	Percent	Jul 2015	Aug 2014	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	3,604		3,973	2,199
Male	2,503	69.5%	2,838	1,263	1,240	98.2%
Female	1,101	30.5%	1,135	936	165	17.6%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	3,604		3,973	2,199
Hispanic or Latino	414	11.5%	516	271	143	52.8%
Not Hispanic or Latino	3,024	83.9%	3,285	1,812	1,212	66.9%
Information Not Available	166	4.6%	172	116	50	43.1%

Race	3,604		3,973	2,199
American Indian or Alaskan Native	197	5.5%	209	127	70	55.1%
Asian	34	0.9%	38	13	21	161.5%
Black or African American	97	2.7%	99	56	41	73.2%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	19	0.5%	16	6	13	216.7%
White	2,895	80.3%	3,162	1,776	1,119	63.0%
Information Not Available	362	10.0%	449	221	141	63.8%

Years of Age	3,604		3,973	2,199
Younger than 22	37	0.6%	39	18	19	105.6%
22-24	205	3.3%	234	107	98	91.6%
25-34	913	14.7%	1,055	474	439	92.6%
35-44	755	12.1%	901	428	327	76.4%
45-54	797	12.8%	845	586	211	36.0%
55-59	460	7.4%	495	264	196	74.2%
60-64	281	4.5%	271	188	93	49.5%
65 and older	156	2.5%	133	134	22	16.4%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	3,604		3,973	2,199
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	11	0.3%	14	13	-2	-15.4%
Mining	816	22.6%	1,011	147	669	455.1%
Utilities	15	0.4%	14	12	3	25.0%
Construction	515	14.2%	593	340	175	51.5%
Manufacturing	167	4.6%	178	76	91	119.7%
Wholesale Trade	165	4.6%	158	51	114	223.5%
Retail Trade	151	4.2%	146	144	7	4.9%
Transporation and Warehousing	186	5.1%	193	95	91	95.8%
Information	44	1.2%	38	24	20	83.3%
Finance and Insurance	41	1.1%	36	37	4	10.8%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	111	3.1%	118	45	66	146.7%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	151	4.2%	153	118	33	28.0%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	2	0.1%	2	0	2	0.0%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	138	3.8%	138	68	70	102.9%
Educational Services	73	2.0%	65	50	23	46.0%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	278	7.7%	292	305	-27	-8.9%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	9	0.2%	14	24	-15	-62.5%
Accomodation and Food Services	139	3.8%	137	137	2	1.5%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	97	2.7%	92	42	55	131.0%
Public Administration	118	3.3%	125	110	8	7.3%
Information Not Available	377	10.4%	456	361	16	4.4%