Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants

December 2015

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants: Total Claimants December 2015
	Dec 2015	Nov 2015	Monthly Change	Dec 2014	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
United States	2,265,989	1,979,665	286,324	2,458,764	-192,775	-7.8
Alaska	11,923	9,892	2,031	11,785	138	1.2
Alabama	22,259	21,443	816	24,382	-2,123	-8.7
Arkansas	20,916	19,927	989	23,589	-2,673	-11.3
Arizona	26,950	28,235	-1,285	29,914	-2,964	-9.9
California	386,475	349,804	36,671	427,478	-41,003	-9.6
Colorado	30,735	27,075	3,660	29,224	1,511	5.2
Connecticut	37,632	34,159	3,473	43,800	-6,168	-14.1
District of Columbia	8,369	8,261	108	9,388	-1,019	-10.9
Delaware	3,492	5,868	-2,376	7,159	-3,667	-51.2
Florida	53,891	55,637	-1,746	74,711	-20,820	-27.9
Georgia	36,113	35,072	1,041	41,309	-5,196	-12.6
Hawaii	6,229	6,361	-132	8,943	-2,714	-30.3
Iowa	24,091	17,038	7,053	27,453	-3,362	-12.2
Idaho	11,127	6,875	4,252	12,441	-1,314	-10.6
Illinois	136,400	107,796	28,604	143,932	-7,532	-5.2
Indiana	26,268	21,224	5,044	31,245	-4,977	-15.9
Kansas	14,096	13,166	930	16,748	-2,652	-15.8
Kentucky	22,876	19,842	3,034	24,715	-1,839	-7.4
Louisiana	23,364	21,740	1,624	17,938	5,426	30.2
Massachusetts	59,739	51,537	8,202	77,078	-17,339	-22.5
Maryland	39,501	36,930	2,571	48,603	-9,102	-18.7
Maine	7,951	5,745	2,206	11,251	-3,300	-29.3
Michigan	86,506	60,002	26,504	89,258	-2,752	-3.1
Minnesota	57,319	38,541	18,778	56,570	749	1.3
Missouri	30,494	26,047	4,447	35,999	-5,505	-15.3
Mississippi	13,751	12,770	981	15,150	-1,399	-9.2
Montana	9,411	7,511	1,900	9,065	346	3.8
North Carolina	28,441	26,399	2,042	36,356	-7,915	-21.8
North Dakota	6,132	3,106	3,026	4,334	1,798	41.5
Nebraska	6,248	4,788	1,460	8,037	-1,789	-22.3
New Hampshire	4,773	4,151	622	6,224	-1,451	-23.3
New Jersey	100,856	94,424	6,432	118,534	-17,678	-14.9
New Mexico	14,020	11,876	2,144	12,998	1,022	7.9
Nevada	27,166	25,009	2,157	30,623	-3,457	-11.3
New York	164,557	148,573	15,984	186,356	-21,799	-11.7
Ohio	69,060	53,639	15,421	71,174	-2,114	-3.0
Oklahoma	22,968	21,140	1,828	16,027	6,941	43.3
Oregon	33,781	30,648	3,133	38,435	-4,654	-12.1
Pennsylvania	148,418	122,500	25,918	158,784	-10,366	-6.5
Puerto Rico	19,519	23,555	-4,036	22,362	-2,843	-12.7
Rhode Island	8,952	7,598	1,354	10,520	-1,568	-14.9
South Carolina	22,087	21,141	946	24,423	-2,336	-9.6
South Dakota	2,543	1,181	1,362	2,826	-283	-10.0
Tennessee	23,754	22,366	1,388	27,529	-3,775	-13.7
Texas	169,174	159,574	9,600	130,587	38,587	29.5
Utah	13,534	10,668	2,866	13,274	260	2.0
Virginia	33,573	28,066	5,507	40,592	-7,019	-17.3
Virgin Islands	287	313	-26	321	-34	-10.6
Vermont	4,379	3,693	686	5,218	-839	-16.1
Washington	61,577	51,568	10,009	63,080	-1,503	-2.4
Wisconsin	49,406	36,028	13,378	62,125	-12,719	-20.5
West Virginia	17,579	14,872	2,707	15,361	2,218	14.4
Wyoming	5,327	4,291	1,036	3,536	1,791	50.7

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants US Totals
	Dec 2015	Percent	Nov 2015	Dec 2014	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	2,265,989		1,979,665	2,458,764	-192,775	-7.8
Male	1,371,369	60.5%	1,118,175	1,419,173	-47,804	-3.4%
Female	879,131	38.8%	847,471	1,002,848	-123,717	-12.3%
Information Not Available	15,489	0.7%	14,019	36,743	-21,254	-57.8%

Ethnicity	2,265,989		1,979,665	2,458,764
Hispanic or Latino	432,461	19.1%	369,688	450,239	-17,778	-3.9%
Not Hispanic or Latino	1,537,087	83.8%	1,350,052	1,686,645	-149,558	-8.9%
Information Not Available	296,441	11.6%	259,925	321,880	-25,439	-7.9%

Race	2,265,989		1,979,665	2,458,764
American Indian or Alaskan Native	29,998	1.3%	25,281	32,495	-2,497	-7.7%
Asian	67,551	3.0%	65,833	71,250	-3,699	-5.2%
Black or African American	363,108	16.1%	348,046	396,984	-33,876	-8.5%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	11,298	0.5%	9,836	11,641	-343	-2.9%
White	1,222,246	54.2%	1,036,600	1,351,351	-129,105	-9.6%
Information Not Available	562,138	24.9%	498,020	601,910	-39,772	-6.6%

Years of Age	2,265,989		1,979,665	2,458,764
Younger than 22	51,718	2.3%	42,947	60,209	-8,491	-14.1%
22-24	113,698	5.0%	98,839	131,176	-17,478	-13.3%
25-34	535,770	23.6%	471,540	586,054	-50,284	-8.6%
35-44	489,932	21.6%	426,762	532,989	-43,057	-8.1%
45-54	527,499	23.3%	459,699	586,568	-59,069	-10.1%
55-59	247,164	10.9%	212,813	259,113	-11,949	-4.6%
60-64	165,682	7.3%	145,427	169,579	-3,897	-2.3%
65 and older	115,649	5.1%	104,360	113,675	1,974	1.7%
Information Not Available	18,877	0.8%	17,278	19,401	-524	-2.7%

Industry	2,265,989		1,979,665	2,458,764
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	94,614	4.2%	69,369	100,532	-5,918	-5.9%
Mining	42,052	1.9%	35,942	18,277	23,775	130.1%
Utilities	4,255	0.2%	3,573	4,000	255	6.4%
Construction	296,626	13.1%	199,157	339,438	-42,812	-12.6%
Manufacturing	239,951	10.6%	217,053	220,144	19,807	9.0%
Wholesale Trade	74,412	3.3%	70,606	72,281	2,131	2.9%
Retail Trade	158,427	7.0%	150,949	174,397	-15,970	-9.2%
Transporation and Warehousing	72,451	3.2%	62,405	71,097	1,354	1.9%
Information	63,080	2.8%	57,181	64,345	-1,265	-2.0%
Finance and Insurance	54,980	2.4%	54,203	61,974	-6,994	-11.3%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	30,652	1.4%	28,534	32,436	-1,784	-5.5%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	109,801	4.8%	107,527	112,256	-2,455	-2.2%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	12,259	0.5%	11,671	11,626	633	5.4%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	300,819	13.3%	254,709	336,367	-35,548	-10.6%
Educational Services	53,823	2.4%	54,603	62,143	-8,320	-13.4%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	161,187	7.1%	163,954	190,392	-29,205	-15.3%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	52,705	2.3%	41,214	59,037	-6,332	-10.7%
Accomodation and Food Services	126,440	5.6%	115,979	151,535	-25,095	-16.6%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	54,469	2.4%	51,010	60,312	-5,843	-9.7%
Public Administration	42,357	1.9%	36,684	47,950	-5,593	-11.7%
Information Not Available	220,629	9.7%	193,342	268,225	-47,596	-17.7%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Alaska
	Dec 2015	Percent	Nov 2015	Dec 2014	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	11,923		9,892	11,785	138	1.2
Male	7,960	66.8%	6,267	7,481	479	6.4%
Female	3,920	32.9%	3,598	4,304	-384	-8.9%
Information Not Available	43	0.4%	27	0	43	0.0%

Ethnicity	11,923		9,892	11,785
Hispanic or Latino	7	0.1%	10	638	-631	-98.9%
Not Hispanic or Latino	11,341	95.1%	9,394	11,060	281	2.5%
Information Not Available	575	4.8%	488	87	488	560.9%

Race	11,923		9,892	11,785
American Indian or Alaskan Native	3,211	26.9%	2,695	3,288	-77	-2.3%
Asian	665	5.6%	582	768	-103	-13.4%
Black or African American	506	4.2%	421	503	3	0.6%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	225	1.9%	183	202	23	11.4%
White	6,737	56.5%	5,513	6,493	244	3.8%
Information Not Available	579	4.9%	498	531	48	9.0%

Years of Age	11,923		9,892	11,785
Younger than 22	194	1.1%	143	230	-36	-15.7%
22-24	629	3.5%	497	675	-46	-6.8%
25-34	3,344	18.8%	2,761	3,436	-92	-2.7%
35-44	2,683	15.0%	2,210	2,502	181	7.2%
45-54	2,639	14.8%	2,146	2,630	9	0.3%
55-59	1,261	7.1%	1,087	1,120	141	12.6%
60-64	826	4.6%	737	767	59	7.7%
65 and older	347	1.9%	311	425	-78	-18.4%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	11,923		9,892	11,785
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	85	0.7%	56	117	-32	-27.4%
Mining	780	6.5%	660	329	451	137.1%
Utilities	49	0.4%	46	55	-6	-10.9%
Construction	2,984	24.9%	2,240	2,800	184	6.6%
Manufacturing	1,109	9.2%	873	1,153	-44	-3.8%
Wholesale Trade	126	1.0%	136	129	-3	-2.3%
Retail Trade	817	6.8%	712	841	-24	-2.9%
Transporation and Warehousing	581	4.8%	463	620	-39	-6.3%
Information	82	0.7%	80	78	4	5.1%
Finance and Insurance	139	1.2%	131	148	-9	-6.1%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	220	1.8%	180	222	-2	-0.9%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	420	3.5%	369	320	100	31.3%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	28	0.2%	29	52	-24	-46.2%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	711	5.9%	580	664	47	7.1%
Educational Services	241	2.0%	246	248	-7	-2.8%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	626	5.2%	589	876	-250	-28.5%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	155	1.3%	155	155	0	0.0%
Accomodation and Food Services	882	7.3%	755	930	-48	-5.2%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	303	2.5%	255	364	-61	-16.8%
Public Administration	1,203	10.0%	1,040	1,339	-136	-10.2%
Information Not Available	382	3.2%	297	345	37	10.7%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Alabama
	Dec 2015	Percent	Nov 2015	Dec 2014	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	22,259		21,443	24,382
Male	12,499	56.2%	11,818	12,667	-168	-1.3%
Female	9,732	43.7%	9,606	11,694	-1,962	-16.8%
Information Not Available	28	0.1%	19	21	7	33.3%

Ethnicity	22,259		21,443	24,382
Hispanic or Latino	280	1.3%	264	286	-6	-2.1%
Not Hispanic or Latino	15,972	71.8%	15,246	17,815	-1,843	-10.3%
Information Not Available	6,007	27.0%	5,933	6,281	-274	-4.4%

Race	22,259		21,443	24,382
American Indian or Alaskan Native	1,335	6.0%	1,142	1,309	26	2.0%
Asian	582	2.6%	536	592	-10	-1.7%
Black or African American	8,717	39.2%	8,523	9,534	-817	-8.6%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	18	0.1%	21	38	-20	-52.6%
White	10,485	47.1%	10,199	11,589	-1,104	-9.5%
Information Not Available	1,122	5.0%	1,022	1,320	-198	-15.0%

Years of Age	22,259		21,443	24,382
Younger than 22	597	1.9%	564	720	-123	-17.1%
22-24	1,250	4.0%	1,196	1,548	-298	-19.3%
25-34	5,810	18.5%	5,590	6,469	-659	-10.2%
35-44	5,264	16.8%	5,087	5,611	-347	-6.2%
45-54	4,917	15.7%	4,766	5,481	-564	-10.3%
55-59	2,118	6.8%	2,015	2,223	-105	-4.7%
60-64	1,393	4.4%	1,303	1,327	66	5.0%
65 and older	897	2.9%	909	989	-92	-9.3%
Information Not Available	13	0.0%	13	14	-1	-7.1%

Industry	22,259		21,443	24,382
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	201	0.9%	223	231	-30	-13.0%
Mining	701	3.1%	619	71	630	887.3%
Utilities	55	0.2%	52	40	15	37.5%
Construction	1,980	8.8%	1,834	2,271	-291	-12.8%
Manufacturing	4,029	17.9%	3,743	4,225	-196	-4.6%
Wholesale Trade	766	3.4%	811	814	-48	-5.9%
Retail Trade	2,277	10.1%	2,313	2,542	-265	-10.4%
Transporation and Warehousing	581	2.6%	599	581	0	0.0%
Information	220	1.0%	250	308	-88	-28.6%
Finance and Insurance	617	2.7%	623	830	-213	-25.7%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	278	1.2%	289	304	-26	-8.6%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	1,009	4.5%	1,043	1,236	-227	-18.4%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	51	0.2%	49	65	-14	-21.5%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	3,130	13.9%	3,012	3,416	-286	-8.4%
Educational Services	495	2.2%	521	596	-101	-16.9%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	1,738	7.7%	1,766	2,145	-407	-19.0%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	139	0.6%	128	186	-47	-25.3%
Accomodation and Food Services	1,515	6.7%	1,370	1,917	-402	-21.0%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	544	2.4%	522	585	-41	-7.0%
Public Administration	302	1.3%	297	390	-88	-22.6%
Information Not Available	1,631	7.3%	1,379	1,629	2	0.1%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Arkansas
	Dec 2015	Percent	Nov 2015	Dec 2014	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	20,916		19,927	23,589
Male	11,527	55.1%	10,778	12,475	-948	-7.6%
Female	7,801	37.3%	7,784	9,707	-1,906	-19.6%
Information Not Available	1,588	7.6%	1,365	1,407	181	12.9%

Ethnicity	20,916		19,927	23,589
Hispanic or Latino	226	1.1%	270	1,084	-858	-79.2%
Not Hispanic or Latino	19,102	91.3%	18,292	21,098	-1,996	-9.5%
Information Not Available	1,588	7.6%	1,365	1,407	181	12.9%

Race	20,916		19,927	23,589
American Indian or Alaskan Native	228	1.1%	197	243	-15	-6.2%
Asian	21	0.1%	26	194	-173	-89.2%
Black or African American	5,251	25.1%	5,260	6,284	-1,033	-16.4%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	790	3.8%	650	187	603	322.5%
White	12,812	61.3%	12,159	14,190	-1,378	-9.7%
Information Not Available	1,814	8.7%	1,635	2,491	-677	-27.2%

Years of Age	20,916		19,927	23,589
Younger than 22	556	1.7%	537	735	-179	-24.4%
22-24	1,041	3.2%	1,050	1,327	-286	-21.6%
25-34	4,615	14.2%	4,408	5,245	-630	-12.0%
35-44	4,455	13.7%	4,268	5,253	-798	-15.2%
45-54	4,553	14.0%	4,402	5,238	-685	-13.1%
55-59	1,977	6.1%	1,858	2,004	-27	-1.3%
60-64	1,281	3.9%	1,202	1,355	-74	-5.5%
65 and older	850	2.6%	837	1,025	-175	-17.1%
Information Not Available	1,588	4.9%	1,365	1,407	181	12.9%

Industry	20,916		19,927	23,589
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	680	3.1%	490	749	-69	-9.2%
Mining	463	2.1%	421	185	278	150.3%
Utilities	41	0.2%	47	29	12	41.4%
Construction	1,848	8.6%	1,578	1,829	19	1.0%
Manufacturing	3,374	15.6%	3,585	3,786	-412	-10.9%
Wholesale Trade	987	4.6%	968	976	11	1.1%
Retail Trade	1,631	7.6%	1,602	1,800	-169	-9.4%
Transporation and Warehousing	793	3.7%	792	741	52	7.0%
Information	182	0.8%	218	225	-43	-19.1%
Finance and Insurance	283	1.3%	283	384	-101	-26.3%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	232	1.1%	235	270	-38	-14.1%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	695	3.2%	692	767	-72	-9.4%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	56	0.3%	64	62	-6	-9.7%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	2,152	10.0%	2,067	2,565	-413	-16.1%
Educational Services	375	1.7%	376	438	-63	-14.4%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	1,834	8.5%	1,963	2,727	-893	-32.7%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	247	1.1%	159	280	-33	-11.8%
Accomodation and Food Services	1,100	5.1%	920	1,440	-340	-23.6%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	473	2.2%	431	583	-110	-18.9%
Public Administration	350	1.6%	336	410	-60	-14.6%
Information Not Available	3,120	14.4%	2,700	3,343	-223	-6.7%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Arizona
	Dec 2015	Percent	Nov 2015	Dec 2014	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	26,950		28,235	29,914
Male	14,756	54.8%	15,246	16,727	-1,971	-11.8%
Female	12,166	45.1%	12,968	13,162	-996	-7.6%
Information Not Available	28	0.1%	21	25	3	12.0%

Ethnicity	26,950		28,235	29,914
Hispanic or Latino	7,573	28.1%	8,824	8,684	-1,111	-12.8%
Not Hispanic or Latino	13,741	51.0%	13,905	15,017	-1,276	-8.5%
Information Not Available	5,636	20.9%	5,506	6,213	-577	-9.3%

Race	26,950		28,235	29,914
American Indian or Alaskan Native	2,234	8.3%	1,965	2,444	-210	-8.6%
Asian	1,194	4.4%	1,335	1,260	-66	-5.2%
Black or African American	2,211	8.2%	2,312	2,154	57	2.6%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	377	1.4%	340	423	-46	-10.9%
White	15,482	57.4%	16,449	17,235	-1,753	-10.2%
Information Not Available	5,452	20.2%	5,834	6,398	-946	-14.8%

Years of Age	26,950		28,235	29,914
Younger than 22	512	1.3%	533	597	-85	-14.2%
22-24	1,179	2.9%	1,246	1,482	-303	-20.4%
25-34	6,242	15.5%	6,491	6,833	-591	-8.6%
35-44	5,823	14.4%	6,196	6,507	-684	-10.5%
45-54	6,474	16.1%	6,815	7,340	-866	-11.8%
55-59	3,158	7.8%	3,237	3,442	-284	-8.3%
60-64	2,123	5.3%	2,224	2,255	-132	-5.9%
65 and older	1,439	3.6%	1,493	1,458	-19	-1.3%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	26,950		28,235	29,914
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	487	1.8%	1,315	565	-78	-13.8%
Mining	189	0.7%	209	112	77	68.8%
Utilities	65	0.2%	54	75	-10	-13.3%
Construction	2,375	8.7%	2,180	3,473	-1,098	-31.6%
Manufacturing	1,562	5.7%	1,553	1,800	-238	-13.2%
Wholesale Trade	977	3.6%	1,113	1,033	-56	-5.4%
Retail Trade	2,175	7.9%	2,308	2,318	-143	-6.2%
Transporation and Warehousing	614	2.2%	640	636	-22	-3.5%
Information	461	1.7%	472	432	29	6.7%
Finance and Insurance	1,037	3.8%	1,103	1,177	-140	-11.9%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	550	2.0%	569	599	-49	-8.2%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	1,332	4.9%	1,379	1,524	-192	-12.6%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	91	0.3%	110	89	2	2.2%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	3,597	13.1%	3,706	4,114	-517	-12.6%
Educational Services	777	2.8%	879	866	-89	-10.3%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	2,352	8.6%	2,449	2,530	-178	-7.0%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	344	1.3%	319	423	-79	-18.7%
Accomodation and Food Services	1,549	5.6%	1,499	1,773	-224	-12.6%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	554	2.0%	592	696	-142	-20.4%
Public Administration	797	2.9%	806	747	50	6.7%
Information Not Available	5,065	18.5%	4,980	4,932	133	2.7%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants California
	Dec 2015	Percent	Nov 2015	Dec 2014	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	386,475		349,804	427,478
Male	214,926	55.6%	192,331	247,000	-32,074	-13.0%
Female	171,353	44.3%	157,379	180,285	-8,932	-5.0%
Information Not Available	196	0.1%	94	193	3	1.6%

Ethnicity	386,475		349,804	427,478
Hispanic or Latino	170,766	44.2%	142,534	177,104	-6,338	-3.6%
Not Hispanic or Latino	184,670	47.8%	176,170	209,689	-25,019	-11.9%
Information Not Available	31,039	8.0%	31,100	40,685	-9,646	-23.7%

Race	386,475		349,804	427,478
American Indian or Alaskan Native	2,644	0.7%	2,537	3,953	-1,309	-33.1%
Asian	33,781	8.7%	33,355	34,418	-637	-1.9%
Black or African American	29,669	7.7%	27,624	30,755	-1,086	-3.5%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
White	118,576	30.7%	112,655	140,564	-21,988	-15.6%
Information Not Available	201,805	52.2%	173,633	217,788	-15,983	-7.3%

Years of Age	386,475		349,804	427,478
Younger than 22	11,162	2.3%	8,926	12,148	-986	-8.1%
22-24	21,639	4.5%	19,543	24,488	-2,849	-11.6%
25-34	94,685	19.9%	87,194	101,326	-6,641	-6.6%
35-44	79,704	16.7%	70,844	89,757	-10,053	-11.2%
45-54	89,495	18.8%	81,743	107,110	-17,615	-16.4%
55-59	42,594	8.9%	36,643	45,216	-2,622	-5.8%
60-64	28,592	6.0%	25,838	29,790	-1,198	-4.0%
65 and older	18,604	3.9%	18,979	17,643	961	5.4%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	94	0	0	0.0%

Industry	386,475		349,804	427,478
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	74,320	16.1%	54,495	78,959	-4,639	-5.9%
Mining	1,860	0.4%	2,161	1,350	510	37.8%
Utilities	881	0.2%	752	964	-83	-8.6%
Construction	27,514	6.0%	27,060	45,698	-18,184	-39.8%
Manufacturing	38,579	8.4%	37,207	40,492	-1,913	-4.7%
Wholesale Trade	979	0.2%	1,127	1,832	-853	-46.6%
Retail Trade	25,556	5.5%	25,275	26,609	-1,053	-4.0%
Transporation and Warehousing	11,456	2.5%	9,772	11,762	-306	-2.6%
Information	33,781	7.3%	28,187	32,393	1,388	4.3%
Finance and Insurance	7,540	1.6%	6,483	7,906	-366	-4.6%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	1,762	0.4%	1,503	1,832	-70	-3.8%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	6,756	1.5%	7,705	7,038	-282	-4.0%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	66,485	14.4%	64,643	75,970	-9,485	-12.5%
Educational Services	12,631	2.7%	10,899	13,497	-866	-6.4%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	24,381	5.3%	23,583	27,959	-3,578	-12.8%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	8,715	1.9%	7,986	6,941	1,774	25.6%
Accomodation and Food Services	16,058	3.5%	15,597	16,775	-717	-4.3%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	9,596	2.1%	9,020	10,509	-913	-8.7%
Public Administration	4,798	1.0%	3,289	5,495	-697	-12.7%
Information Not Available	12,827	2.8%	13,060	13,497	-670	-5.0%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Colorado
	Dec 2015	Percent	Nov 2015	Dec 2014	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	30,735		27,075	29,224
Male	18,846	61.3%	15,397	16,620	2,226	13.4%
Female	11,888	38.7%	11,678	12,603	-715	-5.7%
Information Not Available	1	0.0%	0	1	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	30,735		27,075	29,224
Hispanic or Latino	7,255	23.6%	5,475	6,738	517	7.7%
Not Hispanic or Latino	20,641	67.2%	19,064	19,733	908	4.6%
Information Not Available	2,839	9.2%	2,536	2,753	86	3.1%

Race	30,735		27,075	29,224
American Indian or Alaskan Native	609	2.0%	506	538	71	13.2%
Asian	543	1.8%	526	606	-63	-10.4%
Black or African American	1,783	5.8%	1,626	1,799	-16	-0.9%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	128	0.4%	115	115	13	11.3%
White	21,516	70.0%	19,258	20,678	838	4.1%
Information Not Available	6,156	20.0%	5,044	5,488	668	12.2%

Years of Age	30,735		27,075	29,224
Younger than 22	477	1.0%	362	409	68	16.6%
22-24	1,080	2.2%	923	999	81	8.1%
25-34	6,668	13.4%	6,060	6,527	141	2.2%
35-44	6,901	13.9%	6,161	6,501	400	6.2%
45-54	7,622	15.4%	6,600	7,354	268	3.6%
55-59	3,911	7.9%	3,359	3,522	389	11.0%
60-64	2,656	5.4%	2,325	2,518	138	5.5%
65 and older	1,411	2.8%	1,282	1,394	17	1.2%
Information Not Available	9	0.0%	3	0	9	0.0%

Industry	30,735		27,075	29,224
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	369	1.2%	272	356	13	3.7%
Mining	1,192	3.8%	1,085	329	863	262.3%
Utilities	76	0.2%	49	46	30	65.2%
Construction	5,131	16.5%	3,062	4,271	860	20.1%
Manufacturing	2,002	6.4%	1,826	1,607	395	24.6%
Wholesale Trade	1,330	4.3%	1,268	1,139	191	16.8%
Retail Trade	2,211	7.1%	2,121	2,193	18	0.8%
Transporation and Warehousing	1,023	3.3%	923	880	143	16.3%
Information	995	3.2%	969	915	80	8.7%
Finance and Insurance	1,021	3.3%	1,020	1,134	-113	-10.0%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	539	1.7%	566	646	-107	-16.6%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	2,760	8.9%	2,647	2,489	271	10.9%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	489	1.6%	336	491	-2	-0.4%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	3,909	12.6%	3,122	4,300	-391	-9.1%
Educational Services	904	2.9%	832	1,046	-142	-13.6%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	2,060	6.6%	2,036	2,310	-250	-10.8%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	531	1.7%	683	633	-102	-16.1%
Accomodation and Food Services	1,661	5.3%	1,953	1,875	-214	-11.4%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	715	2.3%	690	733	-18	-2.5%
Public Administration	894	2.9%	785	999	-105	-10.5%
Information Not Available	923	3.0%	830	832	91	10.9%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Connecticut
	Dec 2015	Percent	Nov 2015	Dec 2014	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	37,632		34,159	43,800
Male	22,335	59.4%	18,952	26,298	-3,963	-15.1%
Female	15,297	40.6%	15,207	17,501	-2,204	-12.6%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	1	-1	-100.0%

Ethnicity	37,632		34,159	43,800
Hispanic or Latino	6,284	16.7%	5,342	7,355	-1,071	-14.6%
Not Hispanic or Latino	31,348	83.3%	28,817	36,445	-5,097	-14.0%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Race	37,632		34,159	43,800
American Indian or Alaskan Native	146	0.4%	122	175	-29	-16.6%
Asian	711	1.9%	679	790	-79	-10.0%
Black or African American	5,486	14.6%	5,209	6,272	-786	-12.5%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
White	21,060	56.0%	18,811	25,106	-4,046	-16.1%
Information Not Available	10,229	27.2%	9,338	11,457	-1,228	-10.7%

Years of Age	37,632		34,159	43,800
Younger than 22	845	1.5%	1,091	1,114	-269	-24.1%
22-24	1,777	3.2%	1,875	2,395	-618	-25.8%
25-34	8,522	15.4%	7,652	10,200	-1,678	-16.5%
35-44	7,430	13.4%	6,727	8,657	-1,227	-14.2%
45-54	8,905	16.1%	8,150	10,396	-1,491	-14.3%
55-59	4,271	7.7%	3,926	4,810	-539	-11.2%
60-64	3,224	5.8%	2,716	3,329	-105	-3.2%
65 and older	2,658	4.8%	2,022	2,899	-241	-8.3%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	37,632		34,159	43,800
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	479	1.3%	334	574	-95	-16.6%
Mining	21	0.1%	10	22	-1	-4.5%
Utilities	44	0.1%	44	53	-9	-17.0%
Construction	4,406	11.6%	2,975	5,556	-1,150	-20.7%
Manufacturing	4,240	11.1%	4,636	4,469	-229	-5.1%
Wholesale Trade	1,502	3.9%	1,441	1,623	-121	-7.5%
Retail Trade	3,946	10.4%	3,824	4,700	-754	-16.0%
Transporation and Warehousing	1,268	3.3%	1,189	1,503	-235	-15.6%
Information	689	1.8%	701	773	-84	-10.9%
Finance and Insurance	1,099	2.9%	1,141	1,520	-421	-27.7%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	551	1.4%	506	641	-90	-14.0%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	1,750	4.6%	1,833	1,963	-213	-10.9%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	244	0.6%	248	279	-35	-12.5%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	5,575	14.6%	4,231	6,372	-797	-12.5%
Educational Services	1,210	3.2%	1,175	1,408	-198	-14.1%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	4,412	11.6%	4,407	4,823	-411	-8.5%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	1,405	3.7%	989	1,832	-427	-23.3%
Accomodation and Food Services	2,334	6.1%	2,172	2,921	-587	-20.1%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	1,293	3.4%	1,234	1,414	-121	-8.6%
Public Administration	558	1.5%	515	682	-124	-18.2%
Information Not Available	606	1.6%	554	672	-66	-9.8%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants District of Columbia
	Dec 2015	Percent	Nov 2015	Dec 2014	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	8,369		8,261	9,388
Male	3,779	45.2%	3,639	4,411	-632	-14.3%
Female	4,590	54.8%	4,620	4,975	-385	-7.7%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	2	2	-2	-100.0%

Ethnicity	8,369		8,261	9,388
Hispanic or Latino	642	7.7%	532	837	-195	-23.3%
Not Hispanic or Latino	7,693	91.9%	7,686	8,497	-804	-9.5%
Information Not Available	34	0.4%	43	54	-20	-37.0%

Race	8,369		8,261	9,388
American Indian or Alaskan Native	43	0.5%	46	49	-6	-12.2%
Asian	212	2.5%	211	221	-9	-4.1%
Black or African American	5,990	71.6%	5,967	6,548	-558	-8.5%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	20	0.2%	18	15	5	33.3%
White	1,487	17.8%	1,509	1,822	-335	-18.4%
Information Not Available	617	7.4%	510	733	-116	-15.8%

Years of Age	8,369		8,261	9,388
Younger than 22	140	1.5%	142	185	-45	-24.3%
22-24	462	5.0%	478	588	-126	-21.4%
25-34	2,418	26.0%	2,348	2,618	-200	-7.6%
35-44	1,866	20.0%	1,862	2,081	-215	-10.3%
45-54	1,849	19.9%	1,821	2,095	-246	-11.7%
55-59	779	8.4%	761	877	-98	-11.2%
60-64	548	5.9%	527	597	-49	-8.2%
65 and older	307	3.3%	322	347	-40	-11.5%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	8,369		8,261	9,388
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	14	0.2%	15	27	-13	-48.1%
Manufacturing	3	0.0%	1	3	0	0.0%
Wholesale Trade	3	0.0%	1	7	-4	-57.1%
Retail Trade	14	0.2%	23	24	-10	-41.7%
Transporation and Warehousing	5	0.1%	8	27	-22	-81.5%
Information	7	0.1%	6	6	1	16.7%
Finance and Insurance	11	0.1%	14	8	3	37.5%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	5	0.1%	4	5	0	0.0%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	42	0.5%	33	47	-5	-10.6%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	0	0.0%	2	0	0	0.0%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	40	0.5%	27	65	-25	-38.5%
Educational Services	14	0.2%	9	9	5	55.6%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	14	0.2%	11	14	0	0.0%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	1	0.0%	1	1	0	0.0%
Accomodation and Food Services	15	0.2%	10	22	-7	-31.8%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	9	0.1%	19	29	-20	-69.0%
Public Administration	1	0.0%	2	4	-3	-75.0%
Information Not Available	8,171	97.6%	8,075	9,090	-919	-10.1%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Delaware
	Dec 2015	Percent	Nov 2015	Dec 2014	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	3,492		5,868	7,159
Male	1,577	45.2%	2,596	3,306	-1,729	-52.3%
Female	1,750	50.1%	2,968	3,555	-1,805	-50.8%
Information Not Available	165	4.7%	304	298	-133	-44.6%

Ethnicity	3,492		5,868	7,159
Hispanic or Latino	283	8.1%	440	458	-175	-38.2%
Not Hispanic or Latino	3,044	87.2%	5,124	6,403	-3,359	-52.5%
Information Not Available	165	4.7%	304	298	-133	-44.6%

Race	3,492		5,868	7,159
American Indian or Alaskan Native	7	0.2%	7	19	-12	-63.2%
Asian	65	1.9%	113	157	-92	-58.6%
Black or African American	1,377	39.4%	2,362	2,714	-1,337	-49.3%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	2	0.1%	7	15	-13	-86.7%
White	1,930	55.3%	3,177	4,048	-2,118	-52.3%
Information Not Available	111	3.2%	202	206	-95	-46.1%

Years of Age	3,492		5,868	7,159
Younger than 22	31	0.6%	130	74	-43	-58.1%
22-24	131	2.5%	255	323	-192	-59.4%
25-34	820	16.0%	1,439	1,775	-955	-53.8%
35-44	740	14.4%	1,171	1,479	-739	-50.0%
45-54	828	16.1%	1,451	1,769	-941	-53.2%
55-59	415	8.1%	637	775	-360	-46.5%
60-64	283	5.5%	417	527	-244	-46.3%
65 and older	209	4.1%	313	370	-161	-43.5%
Information Not Available	35	0.7%	55	67	-32	-47.8%

Industry	3,492		5,868	7,159
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	11	0.3%	16	15	-4	-26.7%
Mining	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
Utilities	6	0.2%	11	2	4	200.0%
Construction	226	6.5%	373	487	-261	-53.6%
Manufacturing	200	5.7%	331	527	-327	-62.0%
Wholesale Trade	119	3.4%	216	172	-53	-30.8%
Retail Trade	496	14.2%	860	1,115	-619	-55.5%
Transporation and Warehousing	107	3.1%	195	189	-82	-43.4%
Information	39	1.1%	65	158	-119	-75.3%
Finance and Insurance	270	7.7%	470	569	-299	-52.5%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	65	1.9%	125	187	-122	-65.2%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	202	5.8%	341	391	-189	-48.3%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	11	0.3%	19	17	-6	-35.3%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	601	17.2%	994	1,130	-529	-46.8%
Educational Services	102	2.9%	178	206	-104	-50.5%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	478	13.6%	799	805	-327	-40.6%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	61	1.7%	107	174	-113	-64.9%
Accomodation and Food Services	334	9.5%	487	702	-368	-52.4%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	115	3.3%	193	219	-104	-47.5%
Public Administration	36	1.0%	70	73	-37	-50.7%
Information Not Available	13	0.4%	18	21	-8	-38.1%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Florida
	Dec 2015	Percent	Nov 2015	Dec 2014	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	53,891		55,637	74,711
Male	26,467	49.1%	26,392	37,098	-10,631	-28.7%
Female	27,250	50.6%	29,122	37,548	-10,298	-27.4%
Information Not Available	174	0.3%	123	65	109	167.7%

Ethnicity	53,891		55,637	74,711
Hispanic or Latino	13,484	25.0%	14,371	18,134	-4,650	-25.6%
Not Hispanic or Latino	35,517	65.9%	36,748	50,975	-15,458	-30.3%
Information Not Available	4,890	9.1%	4,518	5,602	-712	-12.7%

Race	53,891		55,637	74,711
American Indian or Alaskan Native	320	0.6%	343	412	-92	-22.3%
Asian	782	1.5%	820	997	-215	-21.6%
Black or African American	13,241	24.6%	14,088	18,879	-5,638	-29.9%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	236	0.4%	250	352	-116	-33.0%
White	33,071	61.4%	33,969	46,367	-13,296	-28.7%
Information Not Available	6,241	11.6%	6,167	7,704	-1,463	-19.0%

Years of Age	53,891		55,637	74,711
Younger than 22	554	0.7%	552	927	-373	-40.2%
22-24	1,620	1.9%	1,819	2,867	-1,247	-43.5%
25-34	10,677	12.8%	11,293	15,625	-4,948	-31.7%
35-44	10,486	12.6%	10,973	15,071	-4,585	-30.4%
45-54	11,541	13.9%	12,059	16,580	-5,039	-30.4%
55-59	5,431	6.5%	5,752	7,465	-2,034	-27.2%
60-64	3,721	4.5%	3,843	4,869	-1,148	-23.6%
65 and older	2,437	2.9%	2,760	3,363	-926	-27.5%
Information Not Available	7,424	8.9%	6,586	7,944	-520	-6.5%

Industry	53,891		55,637	74,711
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	437	0.8%	657	654	-217	-33.2%
Mining	142	0.3%	143	70	72	102.9%
Utilities	84	0.2%	73	106	-22	-20.8%
Construction	3,309	6.1%	2,953	4,400	-1,091	-24.8%
Manufacturing	2,552	4.7%	2,551	3,445	-893	-25.9%
Wholesale Trade	2,511	4.6%	2,557	2,917	-406	-13.9%
Retail Trade	5,109	9.4%	5,506	7,339	-2,230	-30.4%
Transporation and Warehousing	1,367	2.5%	1,548	1,798	-431	-24.0%
Information	915	1.7%	929	1,330	-415	-31.2%
Finance and Insurance	2,221	4.1%	2,385	3,332	-1,111	-33.3%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	1,276	2.3%	1,495	1,718	-442	-25.7%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	3,935	7.2%	4,080	4,768	-833	-17.5%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	473	0.9%	509	492	-19	-3.9%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	9,066	16.7%	9,242	13,698	-4,632	-33.8%
Educational Services	1,624	3.0%	1,796	2,054	-430	-20.9%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	5,096	9.4%	5,507	6,901	-1,805	-26.2%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	911	1.7%	1,000	1,456	-545	-37.4%
Accomodation and Food Services	4,170	7.7%	4,300	6,259	-2,089	-33.4%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	1,745	3.2%	1,753	2,176	-431	-19.8%
Public Administration	794	1.5%	877	1,314	-520	-39.6%
Information Not Available	6,154	11.3%	5,776	8,484	-2,330	-27.5%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Georgia
	Dec 2015	Percent	Nov 2015	Dec 2014	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	36,113		35,072	41,309
Male	17,921	49.6%	17,164	20,513	-2,592	-12.6%
Female	17,559	48.6%	17,351	20,144	-2,585	-12.8%
Information Not Available	633	1.8%	557	652	-19	-2.9%

Ethnicity	36,113		35,072	41,309
Hispanic or Latino	213	0.6%	61	97	116	119.6%
Not Hispanic or Latino	35,267	97.7%	34,454	40,560	-5,293	-13.0%
Information Not Available	633	1.8%	557	652	-19	-2.9%

Race	36,113		35,072	41,309
American Indian or Alaskan Native	197	0.5%	186	221	-24	-10.9%
Asian	568	1.6%	511	557	11	2.0%
Black or African American	19,667	54.5%	19,753	22,478	-2,811	-12.5%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
White	15,048	41.7%	14,065	17,401	-2,353	-13.5%
Information Not Available	633	1.8%	557	652	-19	-2.9%

Years of Age	36,113		35,072	41,309
Younger than 22	840	1.7%	760	1,207	-367	-30.4%
22-24	1,871	3.8%	1,803	2,334	-463	-19.8%
25-34	9,218	18.7%	8,765	10,400	-1,182	-11.4%
35-44	8,567	17.4%	8,436	9,871	-1,304	-13.2%
45-54	8,367	17.0%	8,128	9,358	-991	-10.6%
55-59	3,163	6.4%	3,183	3,606	-443	-12.3%
60-64	1,935	3.9%	2,013	2,111	-176	-8.3%
65 and older	1,028	2.1%	1,070	1,267	-239	-18.9%
Information Not Available	1,124	2.3%	914	1,155	-31	-2.7%

Industry	36,113		35,072	41,309
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	785	2.1%	642	786	-1	-0.1%
Mining	44	0.1%	30	14	30	214.3%
Utilities	37	0.1%	32	33	4	12.1%
Construction	1,512	4.1%	1,600	1,814	-302	-16.6%
Manufacturing	2,940	8.0%	3,041	3,180	-240	-7.5%
Wholesale Trade	1,433	3.9%	1,428	1,592	-159	-10.0%
Retail Trade	2,393	6.5%	2,470	2,992	-599	-20.0%
Transporation and Warehousing	632	1.7%	654	771	-139	-18.0%
Information	731	2.0%	742	877	-146	-16.6%
Finance and Insurance	1,008	2.7%	1,017	984	24	2.4%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	467	1.3%	451	572	-105	-18.4%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	6,222	16.9%	5,950	7,110	-888	-12.5%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	42	0.1%	54	33	9	27.3%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	94	0.3%	83	115	-21	-18.3%
Educational Services	813	2.2%	831	1,091	-278	-25.5%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	1,869	5.1%	1,840	2,121	-252	-11.9%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	1,554	4.2%	1,397	2,337	-783	-33.5%
Accomodation and Food Services	266	0.7%	209	304	-38	-12.5%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	340	0.9%	363	514	-174	-33.9%
Public Administration	409	1.1%	407	519	-110	-21.2%
Information Not Available	12,522	33.9%	11,831	13,550	-1,028	-7.6%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Hawaii
	Dec 2015	Percent	Nov 2015	Dec 2014	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	6,229		6,361	8,943
Male	3,824	61.4%	3,884	5,806	-1,982	-34.1%
Female	2,403	38.6%	2,476	3,137	-734	-23.4%
Information Not Available	2	0.0%	1	0	2	0.0%

Ethnicity	6,229		6,361	8,943
Hispanic or Latino	458	7.4%	461	615	-157	-25.5%
Not Hispanic or Latino	4,165	66.9%	4,278	6,042	-1,877	-31.1%
Information Not Available	1,606	25.8%	1,622	2,286	-680	-29.7%

Race	6,229		6,361	8,943
American Indian or Alaskan Native	48	0.8%	44	61	-13	-21.3%
Asian	1,771	28.4%	1,885	2,894	-1,123	-38.8%
Black or African American	122	2.0%	128	159	-37	-23.3%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	1,750	28.1%	1,759	2,534	-784	-30.9%
White	1,627	26.1%	1,631	2,081	-454	-21.8%
Information Not Available	911	14.6%	914	1,214	-303	-25.0%

Years of Age	6,229		6,361	8,943
Younger than 22	94	1.3%	91	136	-42	-30.9%
22-24	195	2.7%	196	347	-152	-43.8%
25-34	1,425	19.6%	1,420	2,063	-638	-30.9%
35-44	1,453	19.9%	1,436	2,084	-631	-30.3%
45-54	1,419	19.5%	1,474	2,137	-718	-33.6%
55-59	655	9.0%	730	960	-305	-31.8%
60-64	571	7.8%	590	749	-178	-23.8%
65 and older	417	5.7%	424	467	-50	-10.7%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	6,229		6,361	8,943
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	74	1.2%	86	100	-26	-26.0%
Mining	3	0.0%	4	0	3	0.0%
Utilities	19	0.3%	20	8	11	137.5%
Construction	1,400	22.2%	1,428	2,846	-1,446	-50.8%
Manufacturing	151	2.4%	133	170	-19	-11.2%
Wholesale Trade	102	1.6%	108	134	-32	-23.9%
Retail Trade	354	5.6%	351	443	-89	-20.1%
Transporation and Warehousing	260	4.1%	275	343	-83	-24.2%
Information	76	1.2%	87	166	-90	-54.2%
Finance and Insurance	86	1.4%	87	133	-47	-35.3%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	82	1.3%	95	124	-42	-33.9%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	307	4.9%	331	358	-51	-14.2%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	41	0.7%	54	56	-15	-26.8%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	808	12.8%	818	928	-120	-12.9%
Educational Services	106	1.7%	118	97	9	9.3%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	317	5.0%	335	435	-118	-27.1%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	71	1.1%	73	105	-34	-32.4%
Accomodation and Food Services	726	11.5%	708	906	-180	-19.9%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	152	2.4%	132	199	-47	-23.6%
Public Administration	123	2.0%	137	171	-48	-28.1%
Information Not Available	971	15.4%	981	1,221	-250	-20.5%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Iowa
	Dec 2015	Percent	Nov 2015	Dec 2014	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	24,091		17,038	27,453
Male	16,696	69.3%	10,150	19,058	-2,362	-12.4%
Female	7,080	29.4%	6,633	7,827	-747	-9.5%
Information Not Available	315	1.3%	255	568	-253	-44.5%

Ethnicity	24,091		17,038	27,453
Hispanic or Latino	2,226	9.2%	1,212	2,402	-176	-7.3%
Not Hispanic or Latino	20,570	85.4%	14,828	23,721	-3,151	-13.3%
Information Not Available	1,295	5.4%	998	1,330	-35	-2.6%

Race	24,091		17,038	27,453
American Indian or Alaskan Native	329	1.4%	231	198	131	66.2%
Asian	314	1.3%	270	244	70	28.7%
Black or African American	1,545	6.4%	1,361	1,496	49	3.3%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
White	18,382	76.3%	12,966	21,783	-3,401	-15.6%
Information Not Available	3,521	14.6%	2,210	3,732	-211	-5.7%

Years of Age	24,091		17,038	27,453
Younger than 22	482	1.2%	393	527	-45	-8.5%
22-24	1,239	3.1%	861	1,449	-210	-14.5%
25-34	5,690	14.0%	3,980	6,499	-809	-12.4%
35-44	5,249	12.9%	3,744	5,786	-537	-9.3%
45-54	5,349	13.2%	4,010	6,242	-893	-14.3%
55-59	2,721	6.7%	1,912	3,078	-357	-11.6%
60-64	1,924	4.7%	1,288	2,202	-278	-12.6%
65 and older	1,428	3.5%	846	1,663	-235	-14.1%
Information Not Available	9	0.0%	4	7	2	28.6%

Industry	24,091		17,038	27,453
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	214	0.9%	181	220	-6	-2.7%
Mining	375	1.5%	117	348	27	7.8%
Utilities	30	0.1%	28	34	-4	-11.8%
Construction	6,222	25.6%	2,520	7,197	-975	-13.5%
Manufacturing	5,119	21.1%	4,440	4,723	396	8.4%
Wholesale Trade	936	3.9%	788	978	-42	-4.3%
Retail Trade	1,336	5.5%	1,168	1,624	-288	-17.7%
Transporation and Warehousing	718	3.0%	477	745	-27	-3.6%
Information	485	2.0%	493	402	83	20.6%
Finance and Insurance	619	2.5%	576	669	-50	-7.5%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	221	0.9%	181	202	19	9.4%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	651	2.7%	591	709	-58	-8.2%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	32	0.1%	26	37	-5	-13.5%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	2,944	12.1%	1,751	3,242	-298	-9.2%
Educational Services	348	1.4%	358	350	-2	-0.6%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	1,287	5.3%	1,356	1,366	-79	-5.8%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	515	2.1%	366	721	-206	-28.6%
Accomodation and Food Services	961	4.0%	817	1,176	-215	-18.3%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	390	1.6%	340	487	-97	-19.9%
Public Administration	505	2.1%	335	572	-67	-11.7%
Information Not Available	183	0.8%	129	1,651	-1,468	-88.9%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Idaho
	Dec 2015	Percent	Nov 2015	Dec 2014	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	11,127		6,875	12,441
Male	7,861	70.6%	4,184	8,429	-568	-6.7%
Female	3,264	29.3%	2,690	4,010	-746	-18.6%
Information Not Available	2	0.0%	1	2	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	11,127		6,875	12,441
Hispanic or Latino	1,802	16.2%	795	2,147	-345	-16.1%
Not Hispanic or Latino	6,931	62.3%	4,566	9,420	-2,489	-26.4%
Information Not Available	2,394	21.5%	1,514	874	1,520	173.9%

Race	11,127		6,875	12,441
American Indian or Alaskan Native	304	2.2%	365	595	-291	-48.9%
Asian	118	0.8%	146	178	-60	-33.7%
Black or African American	118	0.8%	90	140	-22	-15.7%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	79	0.6%	105	107	-28	-26.2%
White	11,288	80.4%	8,409	14,275	-2,987	-20.9%
Information Not Available	2,133	15.2%	1,711	4,013	-1,880	-46.8%

Years of Age	11,127		6,875	12,441
Younger than 22	309	1.4%	137	270	39	14.4%
22-24	480	2.2%	269	591	-111	-18.8%
25-34	2,185	10.1%	1,244	2,684	-499	-18.6%
35-44	2,173	10.1%	1,297	2,469	-296	-12.0%
45-54	2,548	11.8%	1,625	3,004	-456	-15.2%
55-59	1,339	6.2%	853	1,471	-132	-9.0%
60-64	879	4.1%	609	951	-72	-7.6%
65 and older	1,087	5.0%	780	996	91	9.1%
Information Not Available	127	0.6%	61	5	122	2440.0%

Industry	11,127		6,875	12,441
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	833	7.0%	293	399	434	108.8%
Mining	262	2.2%	146	95	167	175.8%
Utilities	57	0.5%	26	16	41	256.3%
Construction	2,058	17.2%	756	896	1,162	129.7%
Manufacturing	1,077	9.0%	748	670	407	60.7%
Wholesale Trade	457	3.8%	327	177	280	158.2%
Retail Trade	838	7.0%	597	441	397	90.0%
Transporation and Warehousing	342	2.9%	230	185	157	84.9%
Information	100	0.8%	95	39	61	156.4%
Finance and Insurance	193	1.6%	177	86	107	124.4%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	154	1.3%	76	41	113	275.6%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	385	3.2%	325	173	212	122.5%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	15	0.1%	14	12	3	25.0%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	1,391	11.6%	720	598	793	132.6%
Educational Services	149	1.2%	142	102	47	46.1%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	652	5.5%	520	297	355	119.5%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	280	2.3%	186	111	169	152.3%
Accomodation and Food Services	489	4.1%	418	201	288	143.3%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	200	1.7%	149	96	104	108.3%
Public Administration	341	2.9%	270	110	231	210.0%
Information Not Available	854	7.1%	660	7,696	-6,842	-88.9%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Illinois
	Dec 2015	Percent	Nov 2015	Dec 2014	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	136,400		107,796	143,932
Male	87,718	64.3%	60,864	90,676	-2,958	-3.3%
Female	47,980	35.2%	46,384	52,480	-4,500	-8.6%
Information Not Available	702	0.5%	548	776	-74	-9.5%

Ethnicity	136,400		107,796	143,932
Hispanic or Latino	26,245	19.2%	15,551	29,693	-3,448	-11.6%
Not Hispanic or Latino	96,426	70.7%	81,401	99,703	-3,277	-3.3%
Information Not Available	13,729	10.1%	10,844	14,536	-807	-5.6%

Race	136,400		107,796	143,932
American Indian or Alaskan Native	754	0.6%	560	809	-55	-6.8%
Asian	2,693	2.0%	2,572	2,531	162	6.4%
Black or African American	29,967	22.0%	29,098	31,777	-1,810	-5.7%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	279	0.2%	200	389	-110	-28.3%
White	84,727	62.1%	64,089	88,583	-3,856	-4.4%
Information Not Available	17,980	13.2%	11,277	19,843	-1,863	-9.4%

Years of Age	136,400		107,796	143,932
Younger than 22	2,855	1.3%	2,060	3,227	-372	-11.5%
22-24	6,346	3.0%	4,975	7,096	-750	-10.6%
25-34	31,524	14.9%	25,472	34,058	-2,534	-7.4%
35-44	31,700	15.0%	24,940	33,560	-1,860	-5.5%
45-54	34,684	16.4%	26,432	36,429	-1,745	-4.8%
55-59	15,594	7.4%	12,345	15,800	-206	-1.3%
60-64	9,359	4.4%	7,654	9,381	-22	-0.2%
65 and older	4,338	2.0%	3,918	4,381	-43	-1.0%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	136,400		107,796	143,932
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	956	0.7%	456	944	12	1.3%
Mining	685	0.5%	357	409	276	67.5%
Utilities	196	0.1%	141	192	4	2.1%
Construction	22,843	16.6%	11,791	23,568	-725	-3.1%
Manufacturing	15,404	11.2%	12,596	14,124	1,280	9.1%
Wholesale Trade	5,550	4.0%	5,060	5,894	-344	-5.8%
Retail Trade	8,999	6.6%	8,375	10,251	-1,252	-12.2%
Transporation and Warehousing	5,367	3.9%	4,372	5,441	-74	-1.4%
Information	1,986	1.4%	1,978	2,159	-173	-8.0%
Finance and Insurance	3,908	2.8%	3,884	4,335	-427	-9.9%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	1,747	1.3%	1,636	1,887	-140	-7.4%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	8,104	5.9%	7,381	8,092	12	0.1%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	837	0.6%	712	617	220	35.7%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	24,449	17.8%	17,181	26,019	-1,570	-6.0%
Educational Services	3,732	2.7%	3,750	3,928	-196	-5.0%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	8,413	6.1%	8,575	9,756	-1,343	-13.8%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	3,182	2.3%	2,126	3,780	-598	-15.8%
Accomodation and Food Services	6,019	4.4%	5,578	6,907	-888	-12.9%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	3,518	2.6%	3,113	3,688	-170	-4.6%
Public Administration	2,573	1.9%	2,418	2,702	-129	-4.8%
Information Not Available	7,932	5.8%	6,316	9,239	-1,307	-14.1%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Indiana
	Dec 2015	Percent	Nov 2015	Dec 2014	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	26,268		21,224	31,245
Male	16,942	64.5%	12,107	20,016	-3,074	-15.4%
Female	9,279	35.3%	9,067	11,176	-1,897	-17.0%
Information Not Available	47	0.2%	50	53	-6	-11.3%

Ethnicity	26,268		21,224	31,245
Hispanic or Latino	1,434	5.5%	1,027	1,847	-413	-22.4%
Not Hispanic or Latino	19,741	75.2%	15,927	23,266	-3,525	-15.2%
Information Not Available	5,093	19.4%	4,270	6,132	-1,039	-16.9%

Race	26,268		21,224	31,245
American Indian or Alaskan Native	112	0.4%	96	146	-34	-23.3%
Asian	151	0.6%	175	163	-12	-7.4%
Black or African American	3,736	14.2%	3,578	4,535	-799	-17.6%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	34	0.1%	23	36	-2	-5.6%
White	20,540	78.2%	16,011	24,362	-3,822	-15.7%
Information Not Available	1,695	6.5%	1,341	2,003	-308	-15.4%

Years of Age	26,268		21,224	31,245
Younger than 22	371	0.8%	273	509	-138	-27.1%
22-24	928	2.1%	714	1,249	-321	-25.7%
25-34	5,649	12.6%	4,690	6,993	-1,344	-19.2%
35-44	6,465	14.4%	5,192	7,552	-1,087	-14.4%
45-54	6,807	15.2%	5,401	8,041	-1,234	-15.3%
55-59	3,181	7.1%	2,466	3,606	-425	-11.8%
60-64	1,895	4.2%	1,590	2,127	-232	-10.9%
65 and older	972	2.2%	898	1,168	-196	-16.8%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	26,268		21,224	31,245
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	138	0.5%	87	138	0	0.0%
Mining	134	0.5%	121	139	-5	-3.6%
Utilities	29	0.1%	38	15	14	93.3%
Construction	5,474	20.7%	2,916	6,849	-1,375	-20.1%
Manufacturing	4,826	18.3%	4,301	4,822	4	0.1%
Wholesale Trade	968	3.7%	883	1,041	-73	-7.0%
Retail Trade	1,596	6.0%	1,461	2,025	-429	-21.2%
Transporation and Warehousing	906	3.4%	603	989	-83	-8.4%
Information	300	1.1%	298	349	-49	-14.0%
Finance and Insurance	479	1.8%	474	582	-103	-17.7%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	330	1.2%	307	445	-115	-25.8%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	897	3.4%	937	1,155	-258	-22.3%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	120	0.5%	137	194	-74	-38.1%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	3,148	11.9%	2,411	3,915	-767	-19.6%
Educational Services	562	2.1%	591	607	-45	-7.4%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	1,647	6.2%	1,717	2,275	-628	-27.6%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	449	1.7%	313	663	-214	-32.3%
Accomodation and Food Services	846	3.2%	764	1,146	-300	-26.2%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	609	2.3%	568	696	-87	-12.5%
Public Administration	242	0.9%	207	287	-45	-15.7%
Information Not Available	2,568	9.7%	2,090	2,913	-345	-11.8%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Kansas
	Dec 2015	Percent	Nov 2015	Dec 2014	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	14,096		13,166	16,748
Male	8,898	63.1%	7,726	10,397	-1,499	-14.4%
Female	5,198	36.9%	5,440	6,351	-1,153	-18.2%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	14,096		13,166	16,748
Hispanic or Latino	1,518	10.8%	1,145	1,607	-89	-5.5%
Not Hispanic or Latino	6,820	48.4%	6,465	7,395	-575	-7.8%
Information Not Available	5,758	40.8%	5,556	7,746	-1,988	-25.7%

Race	14,096		13,166	16,748
American Indian or Alaskan Native	197	1.4%	179	289	-92	-31.8%
Asian	194	1.4%	182	260	-66	-25.4%
Black or African American	2,600	18.4%	2,603	2,877	-277	-9.6%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	71	0.5%	72	96	-25	-26.0%
White	9,920	70.4%	9,255	11,978	-2,058	-17.2%
Information Not Available	1,114	7.9%	875	1,248	-134	-10.7%

Years of Age	14,096		13,166	16,748
Younger than 22	360	1.6%	275	389	-29	-7.5%
22-24	745	3.2%	630	886	-141	-15.9%
25-34	3,426	14.9%	3,221	4,132	-706	-17.1%
35-44	3,164	13.7%	3,045	3,640	-476	-13.1%
45-54	3,300	14.3%	3,039	4,087	-787	-19.3%
55-59	1,499	6.5%	1,429	1,794	-295	-16.4%
60-64	993	4.3%	968	1,129	-136	-12.0%
65 and older	609	2.6%	559	691	-82	-11.9%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	14,096		13,166	16,748
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	99	0.7%	70	64	35	54.7%
Mining	270	1.9%	286	190	80	42.1%
Utilities	22	0.2%	18	25	-3	-12.0%
Construction	2,490	17.5%	1,721	3,076	-586	-19.1%
Manufacturing	1,876	13.2%	1,772	1,993	-117	-5.9%
Wholesale Trade	763	5.4%	709	881	-118	-13.4%
Retail Trade	976	6.9%	995	1,279	-303	-23.7%
Transporation and Warehousing	473	3.3%	460	520	-47	-9.0%
Information	324	2.3%	380	372	-48	-12.9%
Finance and Insurance	371	2.6%	440	422	-51	-12.1%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	188	1.3%	214	215	-27	-12.6%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	797	5.6%	789	928	-131	-14.1%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	39	0.3%	42	56	-17	-30.4%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	1,770	12.5%	1,654	2,389	-619	-25.9%
Educational Services	280	2.0%	333	289	-9	-3.1%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	1,211	8.5%	1,280	1,606	-395	-24.6%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	117	0.8%	103	183	-66	-36.1%
Accomodation and Food Services	528	3.7%	547	627	-99	-15.8%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	302	2.1%	310	438	-136	-31.1%
Public Administration	367	2.6%	359	434	-67	-15.4%
Information Not Available	833	5.9%	684	761	72	9.5%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Kentucky
	Dec 2015	Percent	Nov 2015	Dec 2014	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	22,876		19,842	24,715
Male	15,104	66.0%	11,977	15,570	-466	-3.0%
Female	7,772	34.0%	7,865	9,145	-1,373	-15.0%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	22,876		19,842	24,715
Hispanic or Latino	14	0.1%	26	71	-57	-80.3%
Not Hispanic or Latino	681	3.0%	471	620	61	9.8%
Information Not Available	22,181	97.0%	19,345	24,024	-1,843	-7.7%

Race	22,876		19,842	24,715
American Indian or Alaskan Native	110	0.5%	132	93	17	18.3%
Asian	73	0.3%	40	53	20	37.7%
Black or African American	2,632	11.5%	2,428	2,821	-189	-6.7%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	9	0.0%	0	13	-4	-30.8%
White	19,719	86.2%	16,952	21,389	-1,670	-7.8%
Information Not Available	333	1.5%	290	346	-13	-3.8%

Years of Age	22,876		19,842	24,715
Younger than 22	479	1.2%	320	522	-43	-8.2%
22-24	1,046	2.5%	906	1,147	-101	-8.8%
25-34	4,665	11.3%	4,610	5,350	-685	-12.8%
35-44	5,743	14.0%	4,896	6,284	-541	-8.6%
45-54	5,706	13.9%	4,755	5,801	-95	-1.6%
55-59	2,522	6.1%	2,010	2,870	-348	-12.1%
60-64	1,471	3.6%	1,311	1,736	-265	-15.3%
65 and older	1,220	3.0%	1,003	1,001	219	21.9%
Information Not Available	24	0.1%	31	4	20	500.0%

Industry	22,876		19,842	24,715
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	73	0.3%	53	124	-51	-41.1%
Mining	1,224	5.3%	1,157	651	573	88.0%
Utilities	91	0.4%	62	71	20	28.2%
Construction	3,322	14.5%	1,997	4,136	-814	-19.7%
Manufacturing	4,240	18.5%	3,664	3,844	396	10.3%
Wholesale Trade	1,060	4.6%	1,020	757	303	40.0%
Retail Trade	1,430	6.2%	1,390	1,709	-279	-16.3%
Transporation and Warehousing	690	3.0%	704	833	-143	-17.2%
Information	425	1.9%	369	337	88	26.1%
Finance and Insurance	425	1.9%	501	629	-204	-32.4%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	292	1.3%	198	306	-14	-4.6%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	1,097	4.8%	976	1,054	43	4.1%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	59	0.3%	26	71	-12	-16.9%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	2,403	10.5%	2,120	2,918	-515	-17.6%
Educational Services	434	1.9%	479	810	-376	-46.4%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	1,727	7.5%	1,869	2,068	-341	-16.5%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	452	2.0%	255	509	-57	-11.2%
Accomodation and Food Services	959	4.2%	875	1,125	-166	-14.8%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	521	2.3%	466	660	-139	-21.1%
Public Administration	425	1.9%	435	655	-230	-35.1%
Information Not Available	1,527	6.7%	1,226	1,448	79	5.5%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Louisiana
	Dec 2015	Percent	Nov 2015	Dec 2014	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	23,364		21,740	17,938
Male	14,027	60.0%	12,615	9,026	5,001	55.4%
Female	9,330	39.9%	9,124	8,912	418	4.7%
Information Not Available	7	0.0%	1	0	7	0.0%

Ethnicity	23,364		21,740	17,938
Hispanic or Latino	1,057	4.5%	925	760	297	39.1%
Not Hispanic or Latino	22,302	95.5%	20,805	17,178	5,124	29.8%
Information Not Available	5	0.0%	10	0	5	0.0%

Race	23,364		21,740	17,938
American Indian or Alaskan Native	152	0.7%	131	173	-21	-12.1%
Asian	184	0.8%	172	120	64	53.3%
Black or African American	11,263	48.2%	10,642	10,247	1,016	9.9%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	28	0.1%	25	21	7	33.3%
White	11,397	48.8%	10,453	7,376	4,021	54.5%
Information Not Available	340	1.5%	317	1	339	33900.0%

Years of Age	23,364		21,740	17,938
Younger than 22	411	1.2%	387	364	47	12.9%
22-24	1,038	3.1%	1,005	961	77	8.0%
25-34	5,919	17.8%	5,504	4,768	1,151	24.1%
35-44	5,431	16.4%	5,031	3,981	1,450	36.4%
45-54	5,292	16.0%	4,911	4,101	1,191	29.0%
55-59	2,598	7.8%	2,444	1,829	769	42.0%
60-64	1,599	4.8%	1,485	1,122	477	42.5%
65 and older	1,076	3.2%	973	812	264	32.5%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	23,364		21,740	17,938
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	324	1.4%	248	235	89	37.9%
Mining	1,365	5.8%	1,309	348	1,017	292.2%
Utilities	74	0.3%	62	52	22	42.3%
Construction	3,882	16.4%	3,195	3,190	692	21.7%
Manufacturing	2,643	11.2%	2,386	1,518	1,125	74.1%
Wholesale Trade	770	3.3%	724	517	253	48.9%
Retail Trade	1,568	6.6%	1,549	1,747	-179	-10.2%
Transporation and Warehousing	1,019	4.3%	958	488	531	108.8%
Information	385	1.6%	359	246	139	56.5%
Finance and Insurance	409	1.7%	409	469	-60	-12.8%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	488	2.1%	452	372	116	31.2%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	1,298	5.5%	1,114	915	383	41.9%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	84	0.4%	67	47	37	78.7%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	1,823	7.7%	1,678	1,851	-28	-1.5%
Educational Services	450	1.9%	465	452	-2	-0.4%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	1,990	8.4%	1,987	2,315	-325	-14.0%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	310	1.3%	312	313	-3	-1.0%
Accomodation and Food Services	1,387	5.9%	1,327	1,496	-109	-7.3%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	647	2.7%	645	534	113	21.2%
Public Administration	292	1.2%	304	282	10	3.5%
Information Not Available	2,156	9.1%	2,190	551	1,605	291.3%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Massachusetts
	Dec 2015	Percent	Nov 2015	Dec 2014	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	59,739		51,537	77,078
Male	35,807	59.9%	28,620	47,410	-11,603	-24.5%
Female	23,928	40.1%	22,914	29,663	-5,735	-19.3%
Information Not Available	4	0.0%	3	5	-1	-20.0%

Ethnicity	59,739		51,537	77,078
Hispanic or Latino	7,857	13.2%	6,648	9,755	-1,898	-19.5%
Not Hispanic or Latino	48,431	81.1%	41,774	63,058	-14,627	-23.2%
Information Not Available	3,451	5.8%	3,115	4,265	-814	-19.1%

Race	59,739		51,537	77,078
American Indian or Alaskan Native	255	0.4%	225	337	-82	-24.3%
Asian	2,063	3.5%	1,919	2,506	-443	-17.7%
Black or African American	5,437	9.1%	5,141	6,879	-1,442	-21.0%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	155	0.3%	125	195	-40	-20.5%
White	43,890	73.5%	37,317	57,309	-13,419	-23.4%
Information Not Available	7,939	13.3%	6,810	9,852	-1,913	-19.4%

Years of Age	59,739		51,537	77,078
Younger than 22	1,265	1.3%	1,008	1,454	-189	-13.0%
22-24	2,845	2.9%	2,292	3,720	-875	-23.5%
25-34	13,762	13.9%	11,992	18,217	-4,455	-24.5%
35-44	12,433	12.6%	10,657	16,050	-3,617	-22.5%
45-54	14,113	14.3%	12,263	18,342	-4,229	-23.1%
55-59	6,661	6.7%	5,762	8,189	-1,528	-18.7%
60-64	4,812	4.9%	4,281	6,133	-1,321	-21.5%
65 and older	3,848	3.9%	3,282	4,973	-1,125	-22.6%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	59,739		51,537	77,078
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	585	1.0%	414	784	-199	-25.4%
Mining	46	0.1%	14	88	-42	-47.7%
Utilities	117	0.2%	94	132	-15	-11.4%
Construction	7,682	12.7%	5,036	10,824	-3,142	-29.0%
Manufacturing	5,152	8.5%	5,101	5,935	-783	-13.2%
Wholesale Trade	2,410	4.0%	2,305	3,030	-620	-20.5%
Retail Trade	4,577	7.6%	4,270	6,066	-1,489	-24.5%
Transporation and Warehousing	1,542	2.6%	1,379	1,845	-303	-16.4%
Information	1,329	2.2%	1,327	1,434	-105	-7.3%
Finance and Insurance	1,858	3.1%	1,820	2,319	-461	-19.9%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	1,213	2.0%	1,074	1,607	-394	-24.5%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	4,831	8.0%	4,611	5,539	-708	-12.8%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	279	0.5%	257	243	36	14.8%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	7,651	12.7%	5,422	10,532	-2,881	-27.4%
Educational Services	1,340	2.2%	1,350	1,603	-263	-16.4%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	5,461	9.1%	5,617	7,132	-1,671	-23.4%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	2,090	3.5%	1,247	2,800	-710	-25.4%
Accomodation and Food Services	5,117	8.5%	4,062	6,918	-1,801	-26.0%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	3,219	5.3%	3,099	4,086	-867	-21.2%
Public Administration	1,484	2.5%	1,384	1,957	-473	-24.2%
Information Not Available	1,756	2.9%	1,654	2,204	-448	-20.3%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Maryland
	Dec 2015	Percent	Nov 2015	Dec 2014	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	39,501		36,930	48,603
Male	17,544	44.4%	15,521	22,903	-5,359	-23.4%
Female	13,538	34.3%	13,344	17,044	-3,506	-20.6%
Information Not Available	8,419	21.3%	8,065	8,656	-237	-2.7%

Ethnicity	39,501		36,930	48,603
Hispanic or Latino	1,889	4.8%	1,424	2,503	-614	-24.5%
Not Hispanic or Latino	28,493	72.1%	26,734	36,645	-8,152	-22.2%
Information Not Available	9,119	23.1%	8,772	9,455	-336	-3.6%

Race	39,501		36,930	48,603
American Indian or Alaskan Native	118	0.3%	106	143	-25	-17.5%
Asian	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
Black or African American	12,876	32.6%	12,691	16,358	-3,482	-21.3%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	63	0.2%	62	69	-6	-8.7%
White	15,436	39.1%	13,875	20,075	-4,639	-23.1%
Information Not Available	11,008	27.9%	10,196	11,958	-950	-7.9%

Years of Age	39,501		36,930	48,603
Younger than 22	385	0.7%	655	635	-250	-39.4%
22-24	1,356	2.6%	1,532	1,904	-548	-28.8%
25-34	7,619	14.5%	7,363	9,783	-2,164	-22.1%
35-44	6,438	12.3%	5,844	8,061	-1,623	-20.1%
45-54	6,924	13.2%	6,481	9,292	-2,368	-25.5%
55-59	3,395	6.5%	2,964	4,227	-832	-19.7%
60-64	2,552	4.9%	2,136	3,154	-602	-19.1%
65 and older	2,413	4.6%	1,890	2,891	-478	-16.5%
Information Not Available	8,419	16.1%	8,065	8,656	-237	-2.7%

Industry	39,501		36,930	48,603
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	181	0.5%	76	186	-5	-2.7%
Mining	45	0.1%	45	42	3	7.1%
Utilities	27	0.1%	19	39	-12	-30.8%
Construction	4,010	10.1%	3,270	5,330	-1,320	-24.8%
Manufacturing	329	0.8%	318	436	-107	-24.5%
Wholesale Trade	1,167	2.9%	1,115	1,449	-282	-19.5%
Retail Trade	1,075	2.7%	1,107	1,498	-423	-28.2%
Transporation and Warehousing	692	1.7%	697	843	-151	-17.9%
Information	504	1.3%	536	700	-196	-28.0%
Finance and Insurance	856	2.2%	894	1,049	-193	-18.4%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	642	1.6%	624	774	-132	-17.1%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	2,638	6.6%	2,703	3,364	-726	-21.6%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	102	0.3%	97	145	-43	-29.7%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	4,836	12.2%	4,083	5,721	-885	-15.5%
Educational Services	1,101	2.8%	1,128	1,316	-215	-16.3%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	2,629	6.6%	2,746	3,503	-874	-25.0%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	942	2.4%	781	1,023	-81	-7.9%
Accomodation and Food Services	3,286	8.3%	2,778	4,211	-925	-22.0%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	846	2.1%	872	1,043	-197	-18.9%
Public Administration	887	2.2%	841	905	-18	-2.0%
Information Not Available	12,706	32.0%	12,200	15,026	-2,320	-15.4%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Maine
	Dec 2015	Percent	Nov 2015	Dec 2014	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	7,951		5,745	11,251
Male	4,955	62.3%	3,108	6,977	-2,022	-29.0%
Female	2,996	37.7%	2,637	4,274	-1,278	-29.9%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	7,951		5,745	11,251
Hispanic or Latino	146	1.8%	113	146	0	0.0%
Not Hispanic or Latino	6,993	88.0%	5,087	7,812	-819	-10.5%
Information Not Available	812	10.2%	545	3,293	-2,481	-75.3%

Race	7,951		5,745	11,251
American Indian or Alaskan Native	95	1.2%	75	112	-17	-15.2%
Asian	41	0.5%	29	32	9	28.1%
Black or African American	107	1.3%	84	148	-41	-27.7%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
White	7,277	91.5%	5,248	8,050	-773	-9.6%
Information Not Available	431	5.4%	309	2,909	-2,478	-85.2%

Years of Age	7,951		5,745	11,251
Younger than 22	284	1.9%	194	444	-160	-36.0%
22-24	413	2.8%	266	626	-213	-34.0%
25-34	1,774	12.2%	1,307	2,689	-915	-34.0%
35-44	1,561	10.7%	1,159	2,208	-647	-29.3%
45-54	1,814	12.5%	1,302	2,545	-731	-28.7%
55-59	992	6.8%	700	1,315	-323	-24.6%
60-64	659	4.5%	481	831	-172	-20.7%
65 and older	454	3.1%	336	593	-139	-23.4%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	7,951		5,745	11,251
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	170	2.1%	100	233	-63	-27.0%
Mining	3	0.0%	1	11	-8	-72.7%
Utilities	10	0.1%	8	17	-7	-41.2%
Construction	1,181	14.5%	449	1,707	-526	-30.8%
Manufacturing	730	9.0%	467	900	-170	-18.9%
Wholesale Trade	199	2.5%	161	226	-27	-11.9%
Retail Trade	557	6.9%	458	693	-136	-19.6%
Transporation and Warehousing	158	1.9%	106	202	-44	-21.8%
Information	65	0.8%	69	147	-82	-55.8%
Finance and Insurance	116	1.4%	114	103	13	12.6%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	59	0.7%	50	106	-47	-44.3%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	172	2.1%	164	201	-29	-14.4%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	10	0.1%	4	5	5	100.0%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	681	8.4%	414	976	-295	-30.2%
Educational Services	89	1.1%	92	156	-67	-42.9%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	448	5.5%	434	508	-60	-11.8%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	187	2.3%	163	269	-82	-30.5%
Accomodation and Food Services	1,243	15.3%	988	1,545	-302	-19.5%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	133	1.6%	117	186	-53	-28.5%
Public Administration	129	1.6%	97	184	-55	-29.9%
Information Not Available	1,611	19.8%	1,289	2,876	-1,265	-44.0%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Michigan
	Dec 2015	Percent	Nov 2015	Dec 2014	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	86,506		60,002	89,258
Male	55,077	63.7%	32,920	56,643	-1,566	-2.8%
Female	29,414	34.0%	25,397	30,647	-1,233	-4.0%
Information Not Available	2,015	2.3%	1,685	1,968	47	2.4%

Ethnicity	86,506		60,002	89,258
Hispanic or Latino	5,608	6.5%	2,838	6,015	-407	-6.8%
Not Hispanic or Latino	64,111	74.1%	45,269	66,574	-2,463	-3.7%
Information Not Available	16,787	19.4%	11,895	16,669	118	0.7%

Race	86,506		60,002	89,258
American Indian or Alaskan Native	1,031	1.2%	721	1,121	-90	-8.0%
Asian	651	0.8%	613	625	26	4.2%
Black or African American	14,329	16.6%	11,267	11,956	2,373	19.8%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	89	0.1%	63	76	13	17.1%
White	49,408	57.1%	33,460	54,561	-5,153	-9.4%
Information Not Available	20,998	24.3%	13,878	20,919	79	0.4%

Years of Age	86,506		60,002	89,258
Younger than 22	2,496	1.9%	1,555	2,691	-195	-7.2%
22-24	5,225	4.0%	3,404	5,663	-438	-7.7%
25-34	21,152	16.2%	14,388	21,547	-395	-1.8%
35-44	19,194	14.7%	13,349	19,783	-589	-3.0%
45-54	20,614	15.8%	14,276	21,456	-842	-3.9%
55-59	8,998	6.9%	6,450	9,318	-320	-3.4%
60-64	5,625	4.3%	4,219	5,467	158	2.9%
65 and older	3,202	2.5%	2,361	3,331	-129	-3.9%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	2	-2	-100.0%

Industry	86,506		60,002	89,258
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	1,749	2.0%	928	1,953	-204	-10.4%
Mining	675	0.8%	242	572	103	18.0%
Utilities	121	0.1%	74	82	39	47.6%
Construction	13,221	15.0%	5,251	15,045	-1,824	-12.1%
Manufacturing	17,283	19.6%	11,183	9,866	7,417	75.2%
Wholesale Trade	3,157	3.6%	2,845	3,355	-198	-5.9%
Retail Trade	4,567	5.2%	3,838	5,463	-896	-16.4%
Transporation and Warehousing	1,921	2.2%	1,412	2,113	-192	-9.1%
Information	706	0.8%	721	835	-129	-15.4%
Finance and Insurance	1,222	1.4%	1,178	1,582	-360	-22.8%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	919	1.0%	718	1,115	-196	-17.6%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	4,646	5.3%	4,007	4,612	34	0.7%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	1,164	1.3%	1,172	1,397	-233	-16.7%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	11,344	12.9%	7,122	13,657	-2,313	-16.9%
Educational Services	1,119	1.3%	1,361	1,490	-371	-24.9%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	4,848	5.5%	4,702	6,183	-1,335	-21.6%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	3,382	3.8%	1,891	3,738	-356	-9.5%
Accomodation and Food Services	4,490	5.1%	3,611	4,927	-437	-8.9%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	1,884	2.1%	1,657	2,196	-312	-14.2%
Public Administration	1,944	2.2%	1,560	1,841	103	5.6%
Information Not Available	6,144	7.0%	4,529	7,236	-1,092	-15.1%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Minnesota
	Dec 2015	Percent	Nov 2015	Dec 2014	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	57,319		38,541	56,570
Male	43,086	75.2%	25,734	41,175	1,911	4.6%
Female	14,232	24.8%	12,805	15,385	-1,153	-7.5%
Information Not Available	1	0.0%	2	10	-9	-90.0%

Ethnicity	57,319		38,541	56,570
Hispanic or Latino	2,505	4.4%	1,473	2,453	52	2.1%
Not Hispanic or Latino	49,043	85.6%	33,040	48,318	725	1.5%
Information Not Available	5,771	10.1%	4,028	5,799	-28	-0.5%

Race	57,319		38,541	56,570
American Indian or Alaskan Native	753	1.3%	575	778	-25	-3.2%
Asian	1,036	1.8%	878	993	43	4.3%
Black or African American	3,007	5.2%	2,772	3,283	-276	-8.4%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	116	0.2%	77	92	24	26.1%
White	47,853	83.5%	31,149	46,947	906	1.9%
Information Not Available	4,554	7.9%	3,090	4,477	77	1.7%

Years of Age	57,319		38,541	56,570
Younger than 22	1,788	1.8%	882	1,829	-41	-2.2%
22-24	3,230	3.2%	1,878	3,374	-144	-4.3%
25-34	14,180	14.1%	9,105	14,199	-19	-0.1%
35-44	11,836	11.7%	8,135	11,575	261	2.3%
45-54	13,033	12.9%	8,922	12,979	54	0.4%
55-59	6,787	6.7%	4,795	6,423	364	5.7%
60-64	4,283	4.2%	3,239	3,984	299	7.5%
65 and older	2,174	2.2%	1,576	2,192	-18	-0.8%
Information Not Available	8	0.0%	9	15	-7	-46.7%

Industry	57,319		38,541	56,570
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	871	1.5%	459	864	7	0.8%
Mining	1,401	2.4%	986	503	898	178.5%
Utilities	216	0.4%	156	264	-48	-18.2%
Construction	18,482	31.8%	8,975	17,264	1,218	7.1%
Manufacturing	6,932	11.9%	4,629	6,567	365	5.6%
Wholesale Trade	2,072	3.6%	1,653	2,039	33	1.6%
Retail Trade	2,860	4.9%	2,328	3,265	-405	-12.4%
Transporation and Warehousing	1,536	2.6%	969	1,435	101	7.0%
Information	645	1.1%	633	716	-71	-9.9%
Finance and Insurance	1,016	1.7%	917	1,102	-86	-7.8%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	580	1.0%	510	745	-165	-22.1%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	2,657	4.6%	2,234	2,560	97	3.8%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	995	1.7%	872	746	249	33.4%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	5,585	9.6%	3,489	5,860	-275	-4.7%
Educational Services	1,002	1.7%	1,028	1,112	-110	-9.9%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	2,735	4.7%	2,595	3,049	-314	-10.3%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	1,178	2.0%	951	1,330	-152	-11.4%
Accomodation and Food Services	2,127	3.7%	1,849	2,454	-327	-13.3%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	1,302	2.2%	974	1,458	-156	-10.7%
Public Administration	1,424	2.4%	1,097	1,435	-11	-0.8%
Information Not Available	1,703	2.9%	1,237	1,802	-99	-5.5%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Missouri
	Dec 2015	Percent	Nov 2015	Dec 2014	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	30,494		26,047	35,999
Male	18,111	59.4%	14,175	20,963	-2,852	-13.6%
Female	12,342	40.5%	11,841	14,972	-2,630	-17.6%
Information Not Available	41	0.1%	31	64	-23	-35.9%

Ethnicity	30,494		26,047	35,999
Hispanic or Latino	1,246	4.1%	1,007	1,321	-75	-5.7%
Not Hispanic or Latino	23,764	77.9%	20,563	28,067	-4,303	-15.3%
Information Not Available	5,484	18.0%	4,477	6,611	-1,127	-17.0%

Race	30,494		26,047	35,999
American Indian or Alaskan Native	218	0.7%	197	216	2	0.9%
Asian	192	0.6%	194	181	11	6.1%
Black or African American	5,907	19.4%	5,542	6,406	-499	-7.8%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	1,181	3.9%	978	1,183	-2	-0.2%
White	20,857	68.4%	17,319	23,800	-2,943	-12.4%
Information Not Available	2,139	7.0%	1,817	4,213	-2,074	-49.2%

Years of Age	30,494		26,047	35,999
Younger than 22	772	1.6%	596	912	-140	-15.4%
22-24	1,517	3.1%	1,190	1,987	-470	-23.7%
25-34	7,398	15.0%	6,226	8,773	-1,375	-15.7%
35-44	6,888	13.9%	5,808	7,977	-1,089	-13.7%
45-54	7,202	14.6%	6,367	8,735	-1,533	-17.6%
55-59	3,310	6.7%	2,881	3,806	-496	-13.0%
60-64	1,972	4.0%	1,788	2,218	-246	-11.1%
65 and older	1,434	2.9%	1,190	1,591	-157	-9.9%
Information Not Available	1	0.0%	1	0	1	0.0%

Industry	30,494		26,047	35,999
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	363	1.2%	174	383	-20	-5.2%
Mining	167	0.5%	107	150	17	11.3%
Utilities	62	0.2%	57	40	22	55.0%
Construction	4,596	14.9%	2,991	5,855	-1,259	-21.5%
Manufacturing	3,747	12.1%	3,543	3,964	-217	-5.5%
Wholesale Trade	1,170	3.8%	1,106	1,295	-125	-9.7%
Retail Trade	2,498	8.1%	2,407	2,985	-487	-16.3%
Transporation and Warehousing	932	3.0%	744	1,093	-161	-14.7%
Information	488	1.6%	519	621	-133	-21.4%
Finance and Insurance	752	2.4%	733	979	-227	-23.2%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	527	1.7%	468	548	-21	-3.8%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	1,400	4.5%	1,272	1,616	-216	-13.4%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	164	0.5%	151	218	-54	-24.8%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	4,060	13.2%	3,455	4,699	-639	-13.6%
Educational Services	618	2.0%	618	811	-193	-23.8%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	3,058	9.9%	2,936	3,760	-702	-18.7%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	822	2.7%	529	917	-95	-10.4%
Accomodation and Food Services	2,432	7.9%	1,997	3,165	-733	-23.2%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	768	2.5%	708	883	-115	-13.0%
Public Administration	397	1.3%	345	460	-63	-13.7%
Information Not Available	1,473	4.8%	1,187	1,557	-84	-5.4%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Mississippi
	Dec 2015	Percent	Nov 2015	Dec 2014	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	13,751		12,770	15,150
Male	7,931	57.7%	6,830	8,136	-205	-2.5%
Female	5,792	42.1%	5,924	6,996	-1,204	-17.2%
Information Not Available	28	0.2%	16	18	10	55.6%

Ethnicity	13,751		12,770	15,150
Hispanic or Latino	255	1.9%	215	254	1	0.4%
Not Hispanic or Latino	12,363	89.9%	11,651	13,855	-1,492	-10.8%
Information Not Available	1,133	8.2%	904	1,041	92	8.8%

Race	13,751		12,770	15,150
American Indian or Alaskan Native	52	0.4%	43	59	-7	-11.9%
Asian	45	0.3%	51	52	-7	-13.5%
Black or African American	7,880	57.3%	7,320	8,342	-462	-5.5%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	37	0.3%	30	121	-84	-69.4%
White	5,317	38.7%	5,017	6,179	-862	-14.0%
Information Not Available	420	3.1%	309	397	23	5.8%

Years of Age	13,751		12,770	15,150
Younger than 22	283	1.6%	269	324	-41	-12.7%
22-24	764	4.2%	685	844	-80	-9.5%
25-34	3,407	18.8%	3,304	3,754	-347	-9.2%
35-44	3,165	17.4%	2,991	3,475	-310	-8.9%
45-54	3,074	16.9%	2,840	3,597	-523	-14.5%
55-59	1,540	8.5%	1,326	1,547	-7	-0.5%
60-64	914	5.0%	832	914	0	0.0%
65 and older	604	3.3%	523	695	-91	-13.1%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	13,751		12,770	15,150
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	906	6.2%	453	854	52	6.1%
Mining	195	1.3%	192	35	160	457.1%
Utilities	17	0.1%	16	23	-6	-26.1%
Construction	849	5.8%	783	940	-91	-9.7%
Manufacturing	1,580	10.8%	1,543	1,932	-352	-18.2%
Wholesale Trade	296	2.0%	359	289	7	2.4%
Retail Trade	1,043	7.1%	1,085	1,266	-223	-17.6%
Transporation and Warehousing	283	1.9%	256	349	-66	-18.9%
Information	130	0.9%	106	146	-16	-11.0%
Finance and Insurance	216	1.5%	193	235	-19	-8.1%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	139	0.9%	137	131	8	6.1%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	421	2.9%	448	428	-7	-1.6%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	127	0.9%	132	183	-56	-30.6%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	1,275	8.7%	1,256	1,360	-85	-6.3%
Educational Services	271	1.8%	309	445	-174	-39.1%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	1,149	7.8%	1,191	1,265	-116	-9.2%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	189	1.3%	175	213	-24	-11.3%
Accomodation and Food Services	844	5.8%	802	1,246	-402	-32.3%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	192	1.3%	183	228	-36	-15.8%
Public Administration	222	1.5%	228	285	-63	-22.1%
Information Not Available	3,407	23.2%	2,923	3,297	110	3.3%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Montana
	Dec 2015	Percent	Nov 2015	Dec 2014	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	9,411		7,511	9,065
Male	6,829	72.6%	5,077	6,379	450	7.1%
Female	2,569	27.3%	2,430	2,676	-107	-4.0%
Information Not Available	13	0.1%	4	10	3	30.0%

Ethnicity	9,411		7,511	9,065
Hispanic or Latino	390	4.1%	302	343	47	13.7%
Not Hispanic or Latino	8,641	91.8%	6,883	8,324	317	3.8%
Information Not Available	380	4.0%	326	398	-18	-4.5%

Race	9,411		7,511	9,065
American Indian or Alaskan Native	785	8.3%	642	924	-139	-15.0%
Asian	42	0.4%	41	38	4	10.5%
Black or African American	103	1.1%	103	85	18	21.2%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	22	0.2%	15	21	1	4.8%
White	8,344	88.7%	6,616	7,894	450	5.7%
Information Not Available	115	1.2%	94	103	12	11.7%

Years of Age	9,411		7,511	9,065
Younger than 22	258	1.5%	211	239	19	7.9%
22-24	527	3.1%	437	511	16	3.1%
25-34	2,578	15.2%	2,031	2,523	55	2.2%
35-44	1,950	11.5%	1,552	1,898	52	2.7%
45-54	1,926	11.3%	1,573	1,874	52	2.8%
55-59	1,027	6.0%	843	935	92	9.8%
60-64	747	4.4%	552	650	97	14.9%
65 and older	398	2.3%	312	435	-37	-8.5%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	9,411		7,511	9,065
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	187	1.9%	122	195	-8	-4.1%
Mining	430	4.5%	245	265	165	62.3%
Utilities	24	0.3%	19	30	-6	-20.0%
Construction	2,462	25.7%	1,578	2,302	160	7.0%
Manufacturing	468	4.9%	434	462	6	1.3%
Wholesale Trade	181	1.9%	149	163	18	11.0%
Retail Trade	663	6.9%	584	615	48	7.8%
Transporation and Warehousing	232	2.4%	192	208	24	11.5%
Information	61	0.6%	51	87	-26	-29.9%
Finance and Insurance	126	1.3%	111	89	37	41.6%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	94	1.0%	83	96	-2	-2.1%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	281	2.9%	252	255	26	10.2%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	13	0.1%	7	12	1	8.3%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	1,103	11.5%	809	932	171	18.3%
Educational Services	137	1.4%	135	141	-4	-2.8%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	391	4.1%	362	478	-87	-18.2%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	409	4.3%	393	364	45	12.4%
Accomodation and Food Services	1,133	11.8%	1,151	1,198	-65	-5.4%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	181	1.9%	164	181	0	0.0%
Public Administration	313	3.3%	284	436	-123	-28.2%
Information Not Available	522	5.4%	386	556	-34	-6.1%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants North Carolina
	Dec 2015	Percent	Nov 2015	Dec 2014	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	28,441		26,399	36,356
Male	14,908	52.4%	13,357	18,894	-3,986	-21.1%
Female	13,525	47.6%	13,029	17,438	-3,913	-22.4%
Information Not Available	8	0.0%	13	24	-16	-66.7%

Ethnicity	28,441		26,399	36,356
Hispanic or Latino	1,390	4.9%	1,196	1,691	-301	-17.8%
Not Hispanic or Latino	26,343	92.6%	24,567	33,830	-7,487	-22.1%
Information Not Available	708	2.5%	636	835	-127	-15.2%

Race	28,441		26,399	36,356
American Indian or Alaskan Native	361	1.3%	365	584	-223	-38.2%
Asian	394	1.4%	365	382	12	3.1%
Black or African American	11,332	39.8%	10,789	14,238	-2,906	-20.4%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	52	0.2%	56	83	-31	-37.3%
White	14,618	51.4%	13,286	18,667	-4,049	-21.7%
Information Not Available	1,684	5.9%	1,538	2,402	-718	-29.9%

Years of Age	28,441		26,399	36,356
Younger than 22	549	1.3%	494	768	-219	-28.5%
22-24	1,456	3.5%	1,325	2,011	-555	-27.6%
25-34	7,223	17.5%	6,707	9,184	-1,961	-21.4%
35-44	6,752	16.3%	6,312	8,644	-1,892	-21.9%
45-54	7,017	17.0%	6,555	8,847	-1,830	-20.7%
55-59	2,803	6.8%	2,585	3,562	-759	-21.3%
60-64	1,723	4.2%	1,588	2,129	-406	-19.1%
65 and older	918	2.2%	833	1,211	-293	-24.2%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	28,441		26,399	36,356
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	146	0.5%	132	124	22	17.7%
Mining	18	0.1%	18	7	11	157.1%
Utilities	28	0.1%	30	25	3	12.0%
Construction	2,069	7.2%	1,939	1,797	272	15.1%
Manufacturing	3,419	12.0%	3,242	3,138	281	9.0%
Wholesale Trade	1,077	3.8%	1,089	1,166	-89	-7.6%
Retail Trade	2,427	8.5%	2,429	2,586	-159	-6.1%
Transporation and Warehousing	614	2.1%	620	519	95	18.3%
Information	404	1.4%	397	289	115	39.8%
Finance and Insurance	745	2.6%	750	758	-13	-1.7%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	582	2.0%	522	570	12	2.1%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	1,513	5.3%	1,509	1,393	120	8.6%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	147	0.5%	151	140	7	5.0%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	5,540	19.4%	4,803	4,618	922	20.0%
Educational Services	522	1.8%	634	483	39	8.1%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	2,394	8.4%	2,477	2,500	-106	-4.2%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	451	1.6%	288	407	44	10.8%
Accomodation and Food Services	2,226	7.8%	1,612	2,345	-119	-5.1%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	625	2.2%	550	506	119	23.5%
Public Administration	561	2.0%	532	344	217	63.1%
Information Not Available	2,933	10.3%	2,675	12,641	-9,708	-76.8%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants North Dakota
	Dec 2015	Percent	Nov 2015	Dec 2014	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	6,132		3,106	4,334
Male	5,065	82.6%	2,251	3,606	1,459	40.5%
Female	1,067	17.4%	854	727	340	46.8%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	1	1	-1	-100.0%

Ethnicity	6,132		3,106	4,334
Hispanic or Latino	410	6.7%	215	257	153	59.5%
Not Hispanic or Latino	5,568	90.8%	2,790	3,964	1,604	40.5%
Information Not Available	154	2.5%	101	113	41	36.3%

Race	6,132		3,106	4,334
American Indian or Alaskan Native	384	6.3%	185	261	123	47.1%
Asian	32	0.5%	26	21	11	52.4%
Black or African American	309	5.0%	218	130	179	137.7%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	20	0.3%	12	6	14	233.3%
White	4,823	78.7%	2,349	3,546	1,277	36.0%
Information Not Available	564	9.2%	316	370	194	52.4%

Years of Age	6,132		3,106	4,334
Younger than 22	150	1.4%	62	125	25	20.0%
22-24	355	3.4%	139	268	87	32.5%
25-34	1,589	15.1%	776	1,075	514	47.8%
35-44	1,224	11.7%	606	822	402	48.9%
45-54	1,342	12.8%	750	974	368	37.8%
55-59	719	6.9%	363	499	220	44.1%
60-64	460	4.4%	261	314	146	46.5%
65 and older	292	2.8%	147	256	36	14.1%
Information Not Available	1	0.0%	2	1	0	0.0%

Industry	6,132		3,106	4,334
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	170	2.7%	76	171	-1	-0.6%
Mining	787	12.5%	465	269	518	192.6%
Utilities	23	0.4%	10	3	20	666.7%
Construction	2,044	32.4%	622	1,616	428	26.5%
Manufacturing	604	9.6%	261	562	42	7.5%
Wholesale Trade	406	6.4%	265	215	191	88.8%
Retail Trade	236	3.7%	178	149	87	58.4%
Transporation and Warehousing	400	6.3%	231	193	207	107.3%
Information	25	0.4%	19	28	-3	-10.7%
Finance and Insurance	47	0.7%	44	42	5	11.9%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	73	1.2%	71	21	52	247.6%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	165	2.6%	105	113	52	46.0%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	7	0.1%	7	4	3	75.0%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	303	4.8%	158	234	69	29.5%
Educational Services	3	0.0%	3	3	0	0.0%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	132	2.1%	113	99	33	33.3%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	26	0.4%	19	27	-1	-3.7%
Accomodation and Food Services	128	2.0%	101	97	31	32.0%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	75	1.2%	54	59	16	27.1%
Public Administration	184	2.9%	126	159	25	15.7%
Information Not Available	294	4.7%	178	270	24	8.9%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Nebraska
	Dec 2015	Percent	Nov 2015	Dec 2014	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	6,248		4,788	8,037
Male	3,789	60.6%	2,361	4,822	-1,033	-21.4%
Female	1,956	31.3%	2,074	2,818	-862	-30.6%
Information Not Available	503	8.1%	353	397	106	26.7%

Ethnicity	6,248		4,788	8,037
Hispanic or Latino	640	10.2%	364	700	-60	-8.6%
Not Hispanic or Latino	4,421	70.8%	3,541	6,115	-1,694	-27.7%
Information Not Available	1,187	19.0%	883	1,222	-35	-2.9%

Race	6,248		4,788	8,037
American Indian or Alaskan Native	89	1.4%	68	114	-25	-21.9%
Asian	93	1.5%	64	92	1	1.1%
Black or African American	492	7.9%	480	659	-167	-25.3%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	18	0.3%	12	27	-9	-33.3%
White	4,167	66.7%	3,234	5,469	-1,302	-23.8%
Information Not Available	1,389	22.2%	930	1,676	-287	-17.1%

Years of Age	6,248		4,788	8,037
Younger than 22	48	0.5%	57	89	-41	-46.1%
22-24	211	2.1%	149	311	-100	-32.2%
25-34	1,346	13.7%	1,099	1,891	-545	-28.8%
35-44	1,380	14.0%	1,081	1,654	-274	-16.6%
45-54	1,476	15.0%	1,125	1,873	-397	-21.2%
55-59	779	7.9%	590	941	-162	-17.2%
60-64	574	5.8%	417	726	-152	-20.9%
65 and older	434	4.4%	270	552	-118	-21.4%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	6,248		4,788	8,037
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	74	1.2%	66	85	-11	-12.9%
Mining	125	2.0%	37	122	3	2.5%
Utilities	12	0.2%	10	11	1	9.1%
Construction	1,478	23.4%	543	1,616	-138	-8.5%
Manufacturing	717	11.3%	698	1,042	-325	-31.2%
Wholesale Trade	226	3.6%	200	308	-82	-26.6%
Retail Trade	406	6.4%	432	593	-187	-31.5%
Transporation and Warehousing	169	2.7%	115	224	-55	-24.6%
Information	76	1.2%	76	134	-58	-43.3%
Finance and Insurance	186	2.9%	199	279	-93	-33.3%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	67	1.1%	69	88	-21	-23.9%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	218	3.4%	215	259	-41	-15.8%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	36	0.6%	40	50	-14	-28.0%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	782	12.4%	543	1,003	-221	-22.0%
Educational Services	78	1.2%	90	132	-54	-40.9%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	405	6.4%	455	594	-189	-31.8%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	123	1.9%	85	162	-39	-24.1%
Accomodation and Food Services	204	3.2%	241	359	-155	-43.2%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	96	1.5%	97	145	-49	-33.8%
Public Administration	226	3.6%	197	281	-55	-19.6%
Information Not Available	544	8.6%	380	550	-6	-1.1%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants New Hampshire
	Dec 2015	Percent	Nov 2015	Dec 2014	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	4,773		4,151	6,224
Male	2,681	56.2%	2,172	3,631	-950	-26.2%
Female	2,043	42.8%	1,945	2,542	-499	-19.6%
Information Not Available	49	1.0%	34	51	-2	-3.9%

Ethnicity	4,773		4,151	6,224
Hispanic or Latino	203	4.3%	126	218	-15	-6.9%
Not Hispanic or Latino	3,949	82.7%	3,491	5,153	-1,204	-23.4%
Information Not Available	621	13.0%	534	853	-232	-27.2%

Race	4,773		4,151	6,224
American Indian or Alaskan Native	33	0.7%	32	39	-6	-15.4%
Asian	71	1.5%	65	93	-22	-23.7%
Black or African American	84	1.8%	60	95	-11	-11.6%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	8	0.2%	2	6	2	33.3%
White	4,173	87.4%	3,663	5,537	-1,364	-24.6%
Information Not Available	404	8.5%	329	454	-50	-11.0%

Years of Age	4,773		4,151	6,224
Younger than 22	43	0.5%	42	67	-24	-35.8%
22-24	130	1.5%	89	199	-69	-34.7%
25-34	795	9.4%	698	1,154	-359	-31.1%
35-44	888	10.6%	741	1,184	-296	-25.0%
45-54	1,322	15.7%	1,152	1,675	-353	-21.1%
55-59	704	8.4%	616	892	-188	-21.1%
60-64	529	6.3%	491	640	-111	-17.3%
65 and older	362	4.3%	322	413	-51	-12.3%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	4,773		4,151	6,224
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	33	0.7%	20	28	5	17.9%
Mining	4	0.1%	3	10	-6	-60.0%
Utilities	10	0.2%	9	3	7	233.3%
Construction	224	4.7%	125	299	-75	-25.1%
Manufacturing	475	9.9%	437	633	-158	-25.0%
Wholesale Trade	242	5.0%	232	252	-10	-4.0%
Retail Trade	314	6.5%	291	361	-47	-13.0%
Transporation and Warehousing	102	2.1%	77	124	-22	-17.7%
Information	117	2.4%	79	332	-215	-64.8%
Finance and Insurance	112	2.3%	130	156	-44	-28.2%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	55	1.1%	50	92	-37	-40.2%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	304	6.3%	289	286	18	6.3%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	32	0.7%	30	27	5	18.5%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	697	14.5%	553	863	-166	-19.2%
Educational Services	195	4.1%	192	295	-100	-33.9%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	420	8.7%	423	494	-74	-15.0%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	161	3.3%	135	191	-30	-15.7%
Accomodation and Food Services	112	2.3%	107	142	-30	-21.1%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	146	3.0%	116	191	-45	-23.6%
Public Administration	77	1.6%	83	97	-20	-20.6%
Information Not Available	941	19.6%	770	1,348	-407	-30.2%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants New Jersey
	Dec 2015	Percent	Nov 2015	Dec 2014	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	100,856		94,424	118,534
Male	58,376	57.9%	51,275	67,531	-9,155	-13.6%
Female	42,480	42.1%	43,149	51,003	-8,523	-16.7%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	100,856		94,424	118,534
Hispanic or Latino	21,926	21.7%	19,523	26,091	-4,165	-16.0%
Not Hispanic or Latino	68,571	68.0%	65,174	79,881	-11,310	-14.2%
Information Not Available	10,359	10.3%	9,727	12,562	-2,203	-17.5%

Race	100,856		94,424	118,534
American Indian or Alaskan Native	497	0.5%	421	575	-78	-13.6%
Asian	3,462	3.4%	3,457	4,275	-813	-19.0%
Black or African American	19,938	19.8%	20,391	23,414	-3,476	-14.8%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	640	0.6%	600	752	-112	-14.9%
White	61,789	61.3%	55,868	72,116	-10,327	-14.3%
Information Not Available	14,530	14.4%	13,687	17,402	-2,872	-16.5%

Years of Age	100,856		94,424	118,534
Younger than 22	2,532	1.6%	2,407	3,415	-883	-25.9%
22-24	5,907	3.8%	5,491	7,400	-1,493	-20.2%
25-34	23,748	15.3%	22,779	27,928	-4,180	-15.0%
35-44	20,175	13.0%	18,625	24,033	-3,858	-16.1%
45-54	22,785	14.7%	21,035	27,258	-4,473	-16.4%
55-59	10,773	7.0%	10,082	12,106	-1,333	-11.0%
60-64	7,874	5.1%	7,283	8,546	-672	-7.9%
65 and older	7,062	4.6%	6,722	7,848	-786	-10.0%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	100,856		94,424	118,534
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	836	0.8%	532	909	-73	-8.0%
Mining	52	0.1%	45	69	-17	-24.6%
Utilities	146	0.1%	118	130	16	12.3%
Construction	9,484	9.3%	7,438	10,173	-689	-6.8%
Manufacturing	5,859	5.8%	5,711	6,760	-901	-13.3%
Wholesale Trade	5,088	5.0%	5,123	5,295	-207	-3.9%
Retail Trade	11,829	11.6%	10,683	11,080	749	6.8%
Transporation and Warehousing	3,895	3.8%	4,124	4,141	-246	-5.9%
Information	1,438	1.4%	1,562	1,802	-364	-20.2%
Finance and Insurance	2,596	2.6%	2,673	3,380	-784	-23.2%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	1,600	1.6%	1,520	1,713	-113	-6.6%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	5,601	5.5%	5,754	5,990	-389	-6.5%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	1,271	1.2%	1,289	506	765	151.2%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	14,903	14.7%	12,538	15,741	-838	-5.3%
Educational Services	3,315	3.3%	3,624	4,196	-881	-21.0%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	9,108	9.0%	9,723	10,220	-1,112	-10.9%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	3,188	3.1%	2,207	3,576	-388	-10.9%
Accomodation and Food Services	9,310	9.2%	8,862	14,089	-4,779	-33.9%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	2,524	2.5%	2,497	2,810	-286	-10.2%
Public Administration	1,523	1.5%	1,404	1,716	-193	-11.2%
Information Not Available	7,290	7.2%	6,997	14,238	-6,948	-48.8%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants New Mexico
	Dec 2015	Percent	Nov 2015	Dec 2014	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	14,020		11,876	12,998
Male	8,869	63.3%	7,189	7,502	1,367	18.2%
Female	5,151	36.7%	4,687	5,496	-345	-6.3%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	14,020		11,876	12,998
Hispanic or Latino	7,443	53.1%	6,179	6,991	452	6.5%
Not Hispanic or Latino	5,347	38.1%	4,620	4,908	439	8.9%
Information Not Available	1,230	8.8%	1,077	1,099	131	11.9%

Race	14,020		11,876	12,998
American Indian or Alaskan Native	1,716	12.2%	1,374	1,433	283	19.7%
Asian	100	0.7%	86	78	22	28.2%
Black or African American	367	2.6%	327	360	7	1.9%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	46	0.3%	37	48	-2	-4.2%
White	7,231	51.6%	6,176	6,711	520	7.7%
Information Not Available	4,560	32.5%	3,876	4,368	192	4.4%

Years of Age	14,020		11,876	12,998
Younger than 22	409	2.0%	318	429	-20	-4.7%
22-24	773	3.8%	621	782	-9	-1.2%
25-34	3,556	17.5%	2,967	3,182	374	11.8%
35-44	3,037	14.9%	2,573	2,804	233	8.3%
45-54	3,215	15.8%	2,758	2,985	230	7.7%
55-59	1,556	7.7%	1,284	1,390	166	11.9%
60-64	922	4.5%	836	876	46	5.3%
65 and older	552	2.7%	519	550	2	0.4%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	14,020		11,876	12,998
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	993	6.6%	715	939	54	5.8%
Mining	938	6.2%	763	274	664	242.3%
Utilities	29	0.2%	25	26	3	11.5%
Construction	2,715	18.1%	2,061	2,689	26	1.0%
Manufacturing	741	4.9%	656	818	-77	-9.4%
Wholesale Trade	406	2.7%	338	352	54	15.3%
Retail Trade	1,151	7.7%	1,050	1,246	-95	-7.6%
Transporation and Warehousing	395	2.6%	360	251	144	57.4%
Information	817	5.4%	649	322	495	153.7%
Finance and Insurance	231	1.5%	221	285	-54	-18.9%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	224	1.5%	215	169	55	32.5%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	671	4.5%	612	668	3	0.4%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	17	0.1%	21	72	-55	-76.4%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	1,064	7.1%	887	882	182	20.6%
Educational Services	367	2.4%	378	438	-71	-16.2%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	1,168	7.8%	1,110	1,369	-201	-14.7%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	269	1.8%	245	315	-46	-14.6%
Accomodation and Food Services	897	6.0%	724	1,077	-180	-16.7%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	302	2.0%	278	296	6	2.0%
Public Administration	521	3.5%	491	510	11	2.2%
Information Not Available	104	0.7%	77	0	104	0.0%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Nevada
	Dec 2015	Percent	Nov 2015	Dec 2014	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	27,166		25,009	30,623
Male	15,897	58.5%	14,266	17,617	-1,720	-9.8%
Female	11,159	41.1%	10,657	12,876	-1,717	-13.3%
Information Not Available	110	0.4%	86	130	-20	-15.4%

Ethnicity	27,166		25,009	30,623
Hispanic or Latino	5,975	22.0%	5,326	6,622	-647	-9.8%
Not Hispanic or Latino	16,836	62.0%	15,707	19,277	-2,441	-12.7%
Information Not Available	4,355	16.0%	3,976	4,724	-369	-7.8%

Race	27,166		25,009	30,623
American Indian or Alaskan Native	686	2.5%	630	746	-60	-8.0%
Asian	1,636	6.0%	1,536	1,961	-325	-16.6%
Black or African American	3,807	14.0%	3,604	3,989	-182	-4.6%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	661	2.4%	621	685	-24	-3.5%
White	15,573	57.3%	14,264	17,913	-2,340	-13.1%
Information Not Available	4,803	17.7%	4,354	5,329	-526	-9.9%

Years of Age	27,166		25,009	30,623
Younger than 22	676	1.7%	573	821	-145	-17.7%
22-24	1,440	3.5%	1,320	1,676	-236	-14.1%
25-34	6,714	16.4%	6,105	7,235	-521	-7.2%
35-44	5,850	14.3%	5,459	6,730	-880	-13.1%
45-54	6,321	15.5%	5,787	7,215	-894	-12.4%
55-59	2,860	7.0%	2,608	3,199	-339	-10.6%
60-64	1,917	4.7%	1,781	2,097	-180	-8.6%
65 and older	1,388	3.4%	1,376	1,650	-262	-15.9%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	27,166		25,009	30,623
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	68	0.2%	44	48	20	41.7%
Mining	390	1.4%	335	210	180	85.7%
Utilities	32	0.1%	35	48	-16	-33.3%
Construction	2,651	9.7%	2,420	3,550	-899	-25.3%
Manufacturing	846	3.1%	824	994	-148	-14.9%
Wholesale Trade	701	2.6%	613	608	93	15.3%
Retail Trade	1,845	6.8%	1,795	2,130	-285	-13.4%
Transporation and Warehousing	1,236	4.5%	999	815	421	51.7%
Information	300	1.1%	276	331	-31	-9.4%
Finance and Insurance	500	1.8%	524	677	-177	-26.1%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	662	2.4%	626	678	-16	-2.4%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	961	3.5%	972	1,097	-136	-12.4%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	206	0.8%	195	218	-12	-5.5%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	3,325	12.2%	2,862	4,229	-904	-21.4%
Educational Services	245	0.9%	260	352	-107	-30.4%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	1,194	4.4%	1,241	1,471	-277	-18.8%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	564	2.1%	517	708	-144	-20.3%
Accomodation and Food Services	5,483	20.1%	4,990	6,103	-620	-10.2%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	483	1.8%	514	549	-66	-12.0%
Public Administration	353	1.3%	381	445	-92	-20.7%
Information Not Available	5,121	18.8%	4,586	5,362	-241	-4.5%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants New York
	Dec 2015	Percent	Nov 2015	Dec 2014	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	164,557		148,573	186,356
Male	98,735	60.0%	83,866	113,211	-14,476	-12.8%
Female	65,808	40.0%	64,680	73,119	-7,311	-10.0%
Information Not Available	14	0.0%	27	26	-12	-46.2%

Ethnicity	164,557		148,573	186,356
Hispanic or Latino	28,248	17.2%	25,979	31,826	-3,578	-11.2%
Not Hispanic or Latino	110,429	67.1%	98,159	125,399	-14,970	-11.9%
Information Not Available	25,880	15.7%	24,435	29,131	-3,251	-11.2%

Race	164,557		148,573	186,356
American Indian or Alaskan Native	1,437	0.9%	1,232	1,659	-222	-13.4%
Asian	5,139	3.1%	4,843	5,533	-394	-7.1%
Black or African American	26,220	15.9%	25,748	28,130	-1,910	-6.8%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	956	0.6%	903	1,016	-60	-5.9%
White	90,489	55.0%	77,561	103,287	-12,798	-12.4%
Information Not Available	40,316	24.5%	38,286	46,731	-6,415	-13.7%

Years of Age	164,557		148,573	186,356
Younger than 22	4,433	1.8%	3,895	5,528	-1,095	-19.8%
22-24	10,380	4.3%	9,442	12,221	-1,841	-15.1%
25-34	43,436	17.8%	39,520	48,627	-5,191	-10.7%
35-44	34,013	13.9%	30,703	38,663	-4,650	-12.0%
45-54	36,263	14.9%	32,468	41,862	-5,599	-13.4%
55-59	15,984	6.5%	14,341	17,804	-1,820	-10.2%
60-64	10,866	4.4%	9,824	11,621	-755	-6.5%
65 and older	9,182	3.8%	8,380	10,030	-848	-8.5%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	164,557		148,573	186,356
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	815	0.5%	531	898	-83	-9.2%
Mining	664	0.4%	231	962	-298	-31.0%
Utilities	128	0.1%	132	127	1	0.8%
Construction	23,239	14.1%	17,409	29,394	-6,155	-20.9%
Manufacturing	9,578	5.8%	8,821	10,962	-1,384	-12.6%
Wholesale Trade	6,051	3.7%	5,926	6,678	-627	-9.4%
Retail Trade	15,795	9.6%	13,822	15,698	97	0.6%
Transporation and Warehousing	4,951	3.0%	4,669	6,300	-1,349	-21.4%
Information	4,960	3.0%	4,829	5,420	-460	-8.5%
Finance and Insurance	5,625	3.4%	5,617	5,818	-193	-3.3%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	3,784	2.3%	3,538	4,257	-473	-11.1%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	9,838	5.9%	9,881	10,439	-601	-5.8%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	890	0.5%	864	803	87	10.8%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	23,140	14.0%	19,829	25,484	-2,344	-9.2%
Educational Services	4,564	2.8%	4,774	5,919	-1,355	-22.9%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	15,205	9.2%	15,875	17,644	-2,439	-13.8%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	7,634	4.6%	6,115	8,415	-781	-9.3%
Accomodation and Food Services	12,965	7.8%	12,208	14,659	-1,694	-11.6%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	4,887	3.0%	4,740	5,565	-678	-12.2%
Public Administration	4,854	2.9%	4,327	5,411	-557	-10.3%
Information Not Available	4,990	3.0%	4,435	5,503	-513	-9.3%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Ohio
	Dec 2015	Percent	Nov 2015	Dec 2014	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	69,060		53,639	71,174
Male	47,358	68.6%	33,506	47,690	-332	-0.7%
Female	21,517	31.2%	19,981	23,303	-1,786	-7.7%
Information Not Available	185	0.3%	152	181	4	2.2%

Ethnicity	69,060		53,639	71,174
Hispanic or Latino	2,683	3.9%	1,729	2,828	-145	-5.1%
Not Hispanic or Latino	63,187	91.5%	49,448	65,187	-2,000	-3.1%
Information Not Available	3,190	4.6%	2,462	3,159	31	1.0%

Race	69,060		53,639	71,174
American Indian or Alaskan Native	298	0.4%	236	317	-19	-6.0%
Asian	347	0.5%	365	379	-32	-8.4%
Black or African American	9,825	14.2%	8,636	10,202	-377	-3.7%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	61	0.1%	44	66	-5	-7.6%
White	54,954	79.6%	41,697	56,654	-1,700	-3.0%
Information Not Available	3,575	5.2%	2,661	3,556	19	0.5%

Years of Age	69,060		53,639	71,174
Younger than 22	1,624	1.4%	1,051	1,569	55	3.5%
22-24	3,116	2.6%	2,296	3,073	43	1.4%
25-34	14,857	12.5%	11,324	15,105	-248	-1.6%
35-44	16,124	13.5%	12,335	16,821	-697	-4.1%
45-54	17,664	14.8%	13,886	18,850	-1,186	-6.3%
55-59	8,323	7.0%	6,634	8,288	35	0.4%
60-64	4,923	4.1%	4,126	5,066	-143	-2.8%
65 and older	2,429	2.0%	1,987	2,402	27	1.1%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	69,060		53,639	71,174
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	567	0.8%	341	667	-100	-15.0%
Mining	872	1.3%	739	418	454	108.6%
Utilities	116	0.2%	99	53	63	118.9%
Construction	15,371	22.1%	8,385	18,000	-2,629	-14.6%
Manufacturing	13,534	19.4%	11,303	9,942	3,592	36.1%
Wholesale Trade	2,990	4.3%	2,798	2,677	313	11.7%
Retail Trade	2,609	3.7%	2,482	2,959	-350	-11.8%
Transporation and Warehousing	2,801	4.0%	1,797	2,364	437	18.5%
Information	721	1.0%	692	859	-138	-16.1%
Finance and Insurance	1,486	2.1%	1,461	1,746	-260	-14.9%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	1,045	1.5%	905	1,045	0	0.0%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	2,982	4.3%	2,995	3,015	-33	-1.1%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	988	1.4%	903	1,291	-303	-23.5%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	10,278	14.8%	6,922	11,154	-876	-7.9%
Educational Services	1,267	1.8%	1,225	1,413	-146	-10.3%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	4,190	6.0%	4,255	5,312	-1,122	-21.1%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	1,450	2.1%	1,045	1,706	-256	-15.0%
Accomodation and Food Services	2,211	3.2%	1,993	2,561	-350	-13.7%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	1,375	2.0%	1,265	1,387	-12	-0.9%
Public Administration	577	0.8%	528	690	-113	-16.4%
Information Not Available	1,630	2.3%	1,506	1,915	-285	-14.9%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Oklahoma
	Dec 2015	Percent	Nov 2015	Dec 2014	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	22,968		21,140	16,027
Male	14,746	64.2%	13,020	8,821	5,925	67.2%
Female	8,185	35.6%	8,074	7,175	1,010	14.1%
Information Not Available	37	0.2%	46	31	6	19.4%

Ethnicity	22,968		21,140	16,027
Hispanic or Latino	1,965	8.6%	1,819	1,220	745	61.1%
Not Hispanic or Latino	21,003	91.4%	19,321	14,807	6,196	41.8%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Race	22,968		21,140	16,027
American Indian or Alaskan Native	2,143	9.3%	1,969	1,614	529	32.8%
Asian	178	0.8%	169	93	85	91.4%
Black or African American	2,847	12.4%	2,819	2,384	463	19.4%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	32	0.1%	24	40	-8	-20.0%
White	14,812	64.5%	13,794	9,846	4,966	50.4%
Information Not Available	2,956	12.9%	2,365	2,050	906	44.2%

Years of Age	22,968		21,140	16,027
Younger than 22	234	0.6%	377	153	81	52.9%
22-24	947	2.6%	994	600	347	57.8%
25-34	5,686	15.8%	5,336	3,735	1,951	52.2%
35-44	5,394	15.0%	5,030	3,823	1,571	41.1%
45-54	5,237	14.5%	4,840	3,900	1,337	34.3%
55-59	2,514	7.0%	2,161	1,822	692	38.0%
60-64	1,719	4.8%	1,447	1,153	566	49.1%
65 and older	1,237	3.4%	955	841	396	47.1%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	22,968		21,140	16,027
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	66	0.3%	54	41	25	61.0%
Mining	2,238	9.7%	2,080	663	1,575	237.6%
Utilities	90	0.4%	89	32	58	181.3%
Construction	1,998	8.7%	1,718	1,515	483	31.9%
Manufacturing	3,982	17.3%	3,652	1,553	2,429	156.4%
Wholesale Trade	1,208	5.2%	1,102	626	582	93.0%
Retail Trade	1,728	7.5%	1,624	1,650	78	4.7%
Transporation and Warehousing	586	2.5%	572	458	128	27.9%
Information	379	1.6%	351	320	59	18.4%
Finance and Insurance	454	2.0%	437	502	-48	-9.6%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	458	2.0%	412	251	207	82.5%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	1,141	5.0%	1,069	899	242	26.9%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	92	0.4%	95	48	44	91.7%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	2,866	12.4%	2,516	2,123	743	35.0%
Educational Services	445	1.9%	451	464	-19	-4.1%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	1,687	7.3%	1,645	1,731	-44	-2.5%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	214	0.9%	156	224	-10	-4.5%
Accomodation and Food Services	903	3.9%	845	777	126	16.2%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	709	3.1%	629	612	97	15.8%
Public Administration	817	3.5%	787	817	0	0.0%
Information Not Available	907	3.9%	856	721	186	25.8%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Oregon
	Dec 2015	Percent	Nov 2015	Dec 2014	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	33,781		30,648	38,435
Male	20,911	61.9%	17,939	23,454	-2,543	-10.8%
Female	12,862	38.1%	12,705	14,975	-2,113	-14.1%
Information Not Available	8	0.0%	4	6	2	33.3%

Ethnicity	33,781		30,648	38,435
Hispanic or Latino	4,065	12.0%	3,225	4,644	-579	-12.5%
Not Hispanic or Latino	25,802	76.4%	23,725	29,368	-3,566	-12.1%
Information Not Available	3,914	11.6%	3,698	4,423	-509	-11.5%

Race	33,781		30,648	38,435
American Indian or Alaskan Native	404	1.2%	416	432	-28	-6.5%
Asian	687	2.0%	621	763	-76	-10.0%
Black or African American	585	1.7%	609	664	-79	-11.9%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	268	0.8%	263	288	-20	-6.9%
White	18,822	55.7%	17,260	21,383	-2,561	-12.0%
Information Not Available	13,015	38.5%	11,479	14,905	-1,890	-12.7%

Years of Age	33,781		30,648	38,435
Younger than 22	635	1.3%	496	842	-207	-24.6%
22-24	1,355	2.7%	1,231	1,946	-591	-30.4%
25-34	8,034	16.1%	7,258	9,197	-1,163	-12.6%
35-44	7,594	15.2%	6,973	8,769	-1,175	-13.4%
45-54	8,226	16.4%	7,440	8,964	-738	-8.2%
55-59	3,964	7.9%	3,537	4,285	-321	-7.5%
60-64	2,567	5.1%	2,391	2,918	-351	-12.0%
65 and older	1,406	2.8%	1,322	1,514	-108	-7.1%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	33,781		30,648	38,435
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	1,762	5.0%	1,273	1,915	-153	-8.0%
Mining	156	0.4%	103	142	14	9.9%
Utilities	56	0.2%	68	65	-9	-13.8%
Construction	4,607	13.0%	3,555	5,955	-1,348	-22.6%
Manufacturing	4,481	12.6%	4,017	4,231	250	5.9%
Wholesale Trade	1,165	3.3%	1,109	1,219	-54	-4.4%
Retail Trade	3,131	8.8%	3,009	3,505	-374	-10.7%
Transporation and Warehousing	956	2.7%	780	918	38	4.1%
Information	696	2.0%	708	706	-10	-1.4%
Finance and Insurance	732	2.1%	812	975	-243	-24.9%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	521	1.5%	484	574	-53	-9.2%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	1,449	4.1%	1,445	1,641	-192	-11.7%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	220	0.6%	218	181	39	21.5%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	3,223	9.1%	2,864	3,752	-529	-14.1%
Educational Services	625	1.8%	691	736	-111	-15.1%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	3,021	8.5%	3,044	3,597	-576	-16.0%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	587	1.7%	526	726	-139	-19.1%
Accomodation and Food Services	2,437	6.9%	2,203	3,205	-768	-24.0%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	825	2.3%	836	984	-159	-16.2%
Public Administration	1,006	2.8%	960	1,081	-75	-6.9%
Information Not Available	2,125	6.0%	1,943	2,327	-202	-8.7%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Pennsylvania
	Dec 2015	Percent	Nov 2015	Dec 2014	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	148,418		122,500	158,784
Male	95,113	64.1%	71,310	99,426	-4,313	-4.3%
Female	53,283	35.9%	51,164	59,346	-6,063	-10.2%
Information Not Available	22	0.0%	26	12	10	83.3%

Ethnicity	148,418		122,500	158,784
Hispanic or Latino	8,348	5.6%	7,198	9,361	-1,013	-10.8%
Not Hispanic or Latino	135,734	91.5%	111,246	144,900	-9,166	-6.3%
Information Not Available	4,336	2.9%	4,056	4,523	-187	-4.1%

Race	148,418		122,500	158,784
American Indian or Alaskan Native	396	0.3%	336	429	-33	-7.7%
Asian	52	0.0%	55	48	4	8.3%
Black or African American	20,141	13.6%	19,540	22,675	-2,534	-11.2%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	1,577	1.1%	1,550	1,700	-123	-7.2%
White	113,900	76.7%	90,013	120,416	-6,516	-5.4%
Information Not Available	12,352	8.3%	11,006	13,516	-1,164	-8.6%

Years of Age	148,418		122,500	158,784
Younger than 22	3,542	1.4%	2,972	4,116	-574	-13.9%
22-24	7,731	3.1%	6,379	8,873	-1,142	-12.9%
25-34	34,251	13.7%	28,217	36,895	-2,644	-7.2%
35-44	30,489	12.2%	24,932	32,917	-2,428	-7.4%
45-54	34,897	13.9%	28,615	38,039	-3,142	-8.3%
55-59	17,113	6.8%	14,127	17,668	-555	-3.1%
60-64	11,958	4.8%	9,968	11,621	337	2.9%
65 and older	8,437	3.4%	7,290	8,655	-218	-2.5%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	148,418		122,500	158,784
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	540	0.4%	360	687	-147	-21.4%
Mining	5,265	3.5%	3,527	2,785	2,480	89.0%
Utilities	241	0.2%	220	285	-44	-15.4%
Construction	25,750	17.3%	14,420	30,178	-4,428	-14.7%
Manufacturing	19,940	13.4%	18,048	17,661	2,279	12.9%
Wholesale Trade	5,351	3.6%	4,974	4,888	463	9.5%
Retail Trade	12,128	8.1%	11,101	12,997	-869	-6.7%
Transporation and Warehousing	7,158	4.8%	6,117	6,604	554	8.4%
Information	1,628	1.1%	1,605	1,930	-302	-15.6%
Finance and Insurance	3,474	2.3%	3,367	3,870	-396	-10.2%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	1,779	1.2%	1,565	1,889	-110	-5.8%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	6,673	4.5%	6,202	7,082	-409	-5.8%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	967	0.6%	892	914	53	5.8%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	16,749	11.2%	12,852	19,001	-2,252	-11.9%
Educational Services	3,570	2.4%	3,571	3,946	-376	-9.5%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	15,166	10.2%	15,338	18,081	-2,915	-16.1%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	4,368	2.9%	2,997	5,178	-810	-15.6%
Accomodation and Food Services	8,201	5.5%	7,368	9,996	-1,795	-18.0%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	3,198	2.1%	2,904	3,616	-418	-11.6%
Public Administration	2,223	1.5%	1,469	2,446	-223	-9.1%
Information Not Available	4,049	2.7%	3,603	4,750	-701	-14.8%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Puerto Rico
	Dec 2015	Percent	Nov 2015	Dec 2014	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	19,519		23,555	22,362
Male	10,939	56.0%	13,114	12,635	-1,696	-13.4%
Female	8,580	44.0%	10,441	9,727	-1,147	-11.8%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	19,519		23,555	22,362
Hispanic or Latino	19,176	98.2%	23,156	21,909	-2,733	-12.5%
Not Hispanic or Latino	105	0.5%	126	114	-9	-7.9%
Information Not Available	238	1.2%	273	339	-101	-29.8%

Race	19,519		23,555	22,362
American Indian or Alaskan Native	183	2.6%	238	553	-370	-66.9%
Asian	8	0.1%	11	26	-18	-69.2%
Black or African American	832	11.9%	1,002	949	-117	-12.3%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	13	0.2%	15	22	-9	-40.9%
White	4,463	64.1%	5,266	5,437	-974	-17.9%
Information Not Available	1,465	21.0%	17,023	15,375	-13,910	-90.5%

Years of Age	19,519		23,555	22,362
Younger than 22	608	2.6%	720	802	-194	-24.2%
22-24	1,409	6.1%	1,649	1,801	-392	-21.8%
25-34	5,932	25.6%	7,010	6,845	-913	-13.3%
35-44	5,080	21.9%	6,094	5,673	-593	-10.5%
45-54	3,821	16.5%	4,737	4,246	-425	-10.0%
55-59	1,350	5.8%	1,685	1,491	-141	-9.5%
60-64	768	3.3%	945	899	-131	-14.6%
65 and older	539	2.3%	697	584	-45	-7.7%
Information Not Available	12	0.1%	18	21	-9	-42.9%

Industry	19,519		23,555	22,362
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	794	3.9%	963	895	-101	-11.3%
Mining	21	0.1%	28	25	-4	-16.0%
Utilities	23	0.1%	27	14	9	64.3%
Construction	2,435	12.0%	2,905	2,115	320	15.1%
Manufacturing	1,840	9.1%	2,235	2,074	-234	-11.3%
Wholesale Trade	599	2.9%	678	709	-110	-15.5%
Retail Trade	1,829	9.0%	2,138	2,192	-363	-16.6%
Transporation and Warehousing	269	1.3%	362	361	-92	-25.5%
Information	310	1.5%	348	227	83	36.6%
Finance and Insurance	461	2.3%	496	392	69	17.6%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	237	1.2%	223	220	17	7.7%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	838	4.1%	1,027	729	109	15.0%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	11	0.1%	16	21	-10	-47.6%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	3,018	14.9%	3,516	3,895	-877	-22.5%
Educational Services	1,631	8.0%	2,329	1,800	-169	-9.4%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	1,576	7.8%	1,827	1,414	162	11.5%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	52	0.3%	64	83	-31	-37.3%
Accomodation and Food Services	1,441	7.1%	1,545	1,541	-100	-6.5%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	320	1.6%	372	381	-61	-16.0%
Public Administration	871	4.3%	1,402	1,959	-1,088	-55.5%
Information Not Available	943	4.6%	1,054	1,315	-372	-28.3%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Rhode Island
	Dec 2015	Percent	Nov 2015	Dec 2014	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	8,952		7,598	10,520
Male	5,035	56.2%	3,925	6,058	-1,023	-16.9%
Female	3,917	43.8%	3,673	4,462	-545	-12.2%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	8,952		7,598	10,520
Hispanic or Latino	1,340	15.0%	1,142	1,405	-65	-4.6%
Not Hispanic or Latino	5,683	63.5%	4,887	6,683	-1,000	-15.0%
Information Not Available	1,929	21.5%	1,569	2,432	-503	-20.7%

Race	8,952		7,598	10,520
American Indian or Alaskan Native	71	0.8%	50	85	-14	-16.5%
Asian	148	1.7%	144	141	7	5.0%
Black or African American	582	6.5%	521	639	-57	-8.9%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	48	0.5%	44	39	9	23.1%
White	6,124	68.4%	5,202	7,300	-1,176	-16.1%
Information Not Available	1,979	22.1%	1,637	2,316	-337	-14.6%

Years of Age	8,952		7,598	10,520
Younger than 22	178	1.2%	155	229	-51	-22.3%
22-24	487	3.4%	389	633	-146	-23.1%
25-34	2,123	14.8%	1,802	2,546	-423	-16.6%
35-44	1,827	12.7%	1,502	2,154	-327	-15.2%
45-54	2,030	14.1%	1,689	2,418	-388	-16.0%
55-59	973	6.8%	849	1,099	-126	-11.5%
60-64	709	4.9%	632	788	-79	-10.0%
65 and older	625	4.4%	580	653	-28	-4.3%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	8,952		7,598	10,520
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	50	0.6%	31	68	-18	-26.5%
Mining	11	0.1%	7	12	-1	-8.3%
Utilities	14	0.2%	14	17	-3	-17.6%
Construction	954	10.6%	606	1,346	-392	-29.1%
Manufacturing	866	9.6%	847	972	-106	-10.9%
Wholesale Trade	421	4.7%	390	394	27	6.9%
Retail Trade	765	8.5%	714	846	-81	-9.6%
Transporation and Warehousing	202	2.2%	166	216	-14	-6.5%
Information	117	1.3%	108	149	-32	-21.5%
Finance and Insurance	343	3.8%	334	393	-50	-12.7%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	205	2.3%	170	222	-17	-7.7%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	401	4.5%	408	496	-95	-19.2%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	89	1.0%	92	87	2	2.3%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	1,410	15.7%	1,000	1,451	-41	-2.8%
Educational Services	205	2.3%	205	229	-24	-10.5%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	981	10.9%	1,033	1,237	-256	-20.7%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	403	4.5%	225	476	-73	-15.3%
Accomodation and Food Services	925	10.3%	734	1,129	-204	-18.1%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	294	3.3%	252	407	-113	-27.8%
Public Administration	65	0.7%	52	90	-25	-27.8%
Information Not Available	231	2.6%	210	283	-52	-18.4%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants South Carolina
	Dec 2015	Percent	Nov 2015	Dec 2014	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	22,087		21,141	24,423
Male	11,270	51.0%	10,648	12,384	-1,114	-9.0%
Female	10,817	49.0%	10,493	12,039	-1,222	-10.2%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	22,087		21,141	24,423
Hispanic or Latino	758	3.4%	693	782	-24	-3.1%
Not Hispanic or Latino	20,837	94.3%	19,964	23,121	-2,284	-9.9%
Information Not Available	492	2.2%	484	520	-28	-5.4%

Race	22,087		21,141	24,423
American Indian or Alaskan Native	145	0.7%	151	156	-11	-7.1%
Asian	164	0.7%	159	154	10	6.5%
Black or African American	10,160	46.0%	10,146	11,232	-1,072	-9.5%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	31	0.1%	40	47	-16	-34.0%
White	10,733	48.6%	9,820	11,901	-1,168	-9.8%
Information Not Available	854	3.9%	825	933	-79	-8.5%

Years of Age	22,087		21,141	24,423
Younger than 22	44	0.1%	43	989	-945	-95.6%
22-24	33	0.1%	33	975	-942	-96.6%
25-34	682	2.3%	627	6,166	-5,484	-88.9%
35-44	3,536	11.7%	3,405	5,560	-2,024	-36.4%
45-54	5,118	16.9%	4,882	5,604	-486	-8.7%
55-59	2,542	8.4%	2,427	2,436	106	4.4%
60-64	2,526	8.3%	2,501	1,658	868	52.4%
65 and older	7,565	25.0%	7,183	974	6,591	676.7%
Information Not Available	41	0.1%	40	61	-20	-32.8%

Industry	22,087		21,141	24,423
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	148	0.7%	222	181	-33	-18.2%
Mining	35	0.2%	35	14	21	150.0%
Utilities	36	0.2%	42	34	2	5.9%
Construction	1,347	6.1%	1,279	1,620	-273	-16.9%
Manufacturing	3,061	13.8%	3,309	3,279	-218	-6.6%
Wholesale Trade	717	3.2%	732	734	-17	-2.3%
Retail Trade	1,812	8.1%	1,794	2,109	-297	-14.1%
Transporation and Warehousing	522	2.3%	522	561	-39	-7.0%
Information	255	1.1%	259	261	-6	-2.3%
Finance and Insurance	555	2.5%	568	636	-81	-12.7%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	453	2.0%	406	499	-46	-9.2%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	1,190	5.4%	1,153	1,195	-5	-0.4%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	105	0.5%	86	146	-41	-28.1%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	3,588	16.1%	3,449	3,963	-375	-9.5%
Educational Services	382	1.7%	443	446	-64	-14.3%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	1,449	6.5%	1,493	1,642	-193	-11.8%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	588	2.6%	521	520	68	13.1%
Accomodation and Food Services	2,845	12.8%	2,090	3,348	-503	-15.0%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	617	2.8%	529	644	-27	-4.2%
Public Administration	327	1.5%	341	400	-73	-18.3%
Information Not Available	2,055	9.2%	1,868	2,191	-136	-6.2%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants South Dakota
	Dec 2015	Percent	Nov 2015	Dec 2014	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	2,543		1,181	2,826
Male	1,931	75.9%	689	2,098	-167	-8.0%
Female	612	24.1%	492	728	-116	-15.9%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	2,543		1,181	2,826
Hispanic or Latino	130	5.1%	29	121	9	7.4%
Not Hispanic or Latino	2,133	83.9%	1,077	2,410	-277	-11.5%
Information Not Available	280	11.0%	75	295	-15	-5.1%

Race	2,543		1,181	2,826
American Indian or Alaskan Native	207	8.1%	160	318	-111	-34.9%
Asian	6	0.2%	0	5	1	20.0%
Black or African American	56	2.2%	37	79	-23	-29.1%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	4	0.2%	0	2	2	100.0%
White	1,970	77.5%	869	2,119	-149	-7.0%
Information Not Available	300	11.8%	115	303	-3	-1.0%

Years of Age	2,543		1,181	2,826
Younger than 22	43	1.0%	16	28	15	53.6%
22-24	84	2.0%	44	104	-20	-19.2%
25-34	484	11.4%	229	575	-91	-15.8%
35-44	471	11.1%	227	538	-67	-12.5%
45-54	547	12.9%	269	664	-117	-17.6%
55-59	364	8.6%	162	366	-2	-0.5%
60-64	284	6.7%	128	276	8	2.9%
65 and older	266	6.3%	106	275	-9	-3.3%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	2,543		1,181	2,826
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	20	0.8%	2	26	-6	-23.1%
Mining	96	3.7%	17	95	1	1.1%
Utilities	4	0.2%	3	1	3	300.0%
Construction	820	32.0%	180	952	-132	-13.9%
Manufacturing	299	11.7%	145	307	-8	-2.6%
Wholesale Trade	105	4.1%	51	75	30	40.0%
Retail Trade	161	6.3%	112	153	8	5.2%
Transporation and Warehousing	79	3.1%	25	81	-2	-2.5%
Information	19	0.7%	21	29	-10	-34.5%
Finance and Insurance	73	2.8%	61	75	-2	-2.7%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	22	0.9%	19	19	3	15.8%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	49	1.9%	33	56	-7	-12.5%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	3	0.1%	4	3	0	0.0%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	178	6.9%	103	171	7	4.1%
Educational Services	48	1.9%	42	70	-22	-31.4%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	87	3.4%	91	126	-39	-31.0%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	34	1.3%	21	56	-22	-39.3%
Accomodation and Food Services	122	4.8%	97	178	-56	-31.5%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	39	1.5%	20	49	-10	-20.4%
Public Administration	155	6.0%	133	179	-24	-13.4%
Information Not Available	130	5.1%	1	125	5	4.0%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Tennessee
	Dec 2015	Percent	Nov 2015	Dec 2014	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	23,754		22,366	27,529
Male	13,111	55.2%	11,280	14,491	-1,380	-9.5%
Female	10,643	44.8%	11,086	13,038	-2,395	-18.4%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	23,754		22,366	27,529
Hispanic or Latino	467	2.0%	444	568	-101	-17.8%
Not Hispanic or Latino	23,287	98.0%	21,922	26,961	-3,674	-13.6%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Race	23,754		22,366	27,529
American Indian or Alaskan Native	75	0.3%	77	80	-5	-6.3%
Asian	716	3.0%	0	715	1	0.1%
Black or African American	6,625	27.9%	5,897	7,993	-1,368	-17.1%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	160	0.7%	189	158	2	1.3%
White	15,692	66.1%	15,681	18,041	-2,349	-13.0%
Information Not Available	486	2.0%	522	542	-56	-10.3%

Years of Age	23,754		22,366	27,529
Younger than 22	396	1.1%	372	526	-130	-24.7%
22-24	831	2.2%	771	1,137	-306	-26.9%
25-34	4,554	12.2%	4,316	5,777	-1,223	-21.2%
35-44	5,221	14.0%	4,886	6,143	-922	-15.0%
45-54	5,893	15.8%	5,526	6,766	-873	-12.9%
55-59	2,997	8.0%	2,781	3,182	-185	-5.8%
60-64	2,129	5.7%	2,109	2,190	-61	-2.8%
65 and older	1,713	4.6%	1,605	1,789	-76	-4.2%
Information Not Available	20	0.1%	0	19	1	5.3%

Industry	23,754		22,366	27,529
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	183	0.8%	100	177	6	3.4%
Mining	54	0.2%	77	78	-24	-30.8%
Utilities	35	0.1%	33	35	0	0.0%
Construction	2,537	10.6%	1,911	2,678	-141	-5.3%
Manufacturing	3,554	14.8%	3,978	3,557	-3	-0.1%
Wholesale Trade	1,078	4.5%	1,135	1,154	-76	-6.6%
Retail Trade	1,797	7.5%	1,962	2,201	-404	-18.4%
Transporation and Warehousing	803	3.4%	792	893	-90	-10.1%
Information	350	1.5%	372	479	-129	-26.9%
Finance and Insurance	598	2.5%	652	748	-150	-20.1%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	343	1.4%	363	427	-84	-19.7%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	1,295	5.4%	1,348	1,319	-24	-1.8%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	125	0.5%	130	166	-41	-24.7%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	3,261	13.6%	3,372	4,026	-765	-19.0%
Educational Services	627	2.6%	798	944	-317	-33.6%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	1,932	8.1%	2,201	2,553	-621	-24.3%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	503	2.1%	375	654	-151	-23.1%
Accomodation and Food Services	1,562	6.5%	1,377	2,013	-451	-22.4%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	837	3.5%	803	970	-133	-13.7%
Public Administration	527	2.2%	549	770	-243	-31.6%
Information Not Available	1,753	7.3%	38	1,687	66	3.9%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Texas
	Dec 2015	Percent	Nov 2015	Dec 2014	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	169,174		159,574	130,587
Male	107,244	63.4%	98,540	72,569	34,675	47.8%
Female	61,925	36.6%	61,033	58,018	3,907	6.7%
Information Not Available	5	0.0%	1	0	5	0.0%

Ethnicity	169,174		159,574	130,587
Hispanic or Latino	58,655	34.7%	53,253	41,580	17,075	41.1%
Not Hispanic or Latino	96,408	57.0%	93,316	78,954	17,454	22.1%
Information Not Available	14,111	8.3%	13,005	10,053	4,058	40.4%

Race	169,174		159,574	130,587
American Indian or Alaskan Native	709	0.4%	691	550	159	28.9%
Asian	4,661	2.8%	4,475	3,128	1,533	49.0%
Black or African American	33,818	20.0%	33,159	30,414	3,404	11.2%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	641	0.4%	0	0	641	0.0%
White	56,949	33.7%	54,721	44,642	12,307	27.6%
Information Not Available	72,396	42.8%	66,528	51,853	20,543	39.6%

Years of Age	169,174		159,574	130,587
Younger than 22	3,398	1.6%	3,063	2,766	632	22.8%
22-24	8,491	4.0%	7,865	6,589	1,902	28.9%
25-34	42,558	19.8%	40,347	32,529	10,029	30.8%
35-44	40,835	19.0%	38,908	31,973	8,862	27.7%
45-54	38,807	18.1%	36,119	31,047	7,760	25.0%
55-59	17,148	8.0%	16,255	12,754	4,394	34.5%
60-64	11,564	5.4%	10,879	8,314	3,250	39.1%
65 and older	6,368	3.0%	6,138	4,615	1,753	38.0%
Information Not Available	5	0.0%	0	0	5	0.0%

Industry	169,174		159,574	130,587
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	668	0.4%	648	636	32	5.0%
Mining	13,381	7.9%	13,212	3,675	9,706	264.1%
Utilities	534	0.3%	432	452	82	18.1%
Construction	24,475	14.4%	19,937	17,594	6,881	39.1%
Manufacturing	21,387	12.6%	21,014	11,219	10,168	90.6%
Wholesale Trade	10,895	6.4%	10,263	7,022	3,873	55.2%
Retail Trade	9,596	5.6%	9,659	9,296	300	3.2%
Transporation and Warehousing	7,289	4.3%	6,296	4,631	2,658	57.4%
Information	2,786	1.6%	2,732	2,898	-112	-3.9%
Finance and Insurance	6,411	3.8%	6,255	6,302	109	1.7%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	3,491	2.1%	3,359	2,643	848	32.1%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	13,324	7.8%	13,090	11,173	2,151	19.3%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	916	0.5%	890	701	215	30.7%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	21,918	12.9%	20,445	19,623	2,295	11.7%
Educational Services	3,098	1.8%	3,187	3,335	-237	-7.1%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	11,733	6.9%	11,931	13,064	-1,331	-10.2%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	809	0.5%	807	850	-41	-4.8%
Accomodation and Food Services	5,014	3.0%	4,803	5,085	-71	-1.4%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	4,077	2.4%	3,750	3,594	483	13.4%
Public Administration	1,466	0.9%	1,504	1,510	-44	-2.9%
Information Not Available	5,906	3.5%	5,360	5,284	622	11.8%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Utah
	Dec 2015	Percent	Nov 2015	Dec 2014	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	13,534		10,668	13,274
Male	9,117	67.4%	6,726	8,575	542	6.3%
Female	4,388	32.4%	3,897	4,515	-127	-2.8%
Information Not Available	29	0.2%	45	184	-155	-84.2%

Ethnicity	13,534		10,668	13,274
Hispanic or Latino	1,576	11.6%	1,069	1,428	148	10.4%
Not Hispanic or Latino	9,666	71.4%	7,791	9,323	343	3.7%
Information Not Available	2,292	16.9%	1,808	2,523	-231	-9.2%

Race	13,534		10,668	13,274
American Indian or Alaskan Native	476	3.5%	341	541	-65	-12.0%
Asian	227	1.7%	203	158	69	43.7%
Black or African American	246	1.8%	231	248	-2	-0.8%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	260	1.9%	205	250	10	4.0%
White	8,149	60.2%	6,934	8,167	-18	-0.2%
Information Not Available	4,168	30.8%	2,754	3,910	258	6.6%

Years of Age	13,534		10,668	13,274
Younger than 22	327	1.6%	235	361	-34	-9.4%
22-24	693	3.3%	548	673	20	3.0%
25-34	3,552	17.1%	2,857	3,517	35	1.0%
35-44	3,280	15.8%	2,577	3,157	123	3.9%
45-54	2,871	13.8%	2,263	2,937	-66	-2.2%
55-59	1,411	6.8%	1,123	1,313	98	7.5%
60-64	901	4.3%	709	852	49	5.8%
65 and older	499	2.4%	356	464	35	7.5%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	13,534		10,668	13,274
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	66	0.5%	29	54	12	22.2%
Mining	460	3.4%	411	170	290	170.6%
Utilities	28	0.2%	23	15	13	86.7%
Construction	2,446	18.0%	1,245	2,266	180	7.9%
Manufacturing	1,311	9.6%	1,109	1,157	154	13.3%
Wholesale Trade	526	3.9%	499	485	41	8.5%
Retail Trade	909	6.7%	804	986	-77	-7.8%
Transporation and Warehousing	603	4.4%	470	441	162	36.7%
Information	263	1.9%	222	361	-98	-27.1%
Finance and Insurance	318	2.3%	331	417	-99	-23.7%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	210	1.5%	195	181	29	16.0%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	817	6.0%	777	819	-2	-0.2%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	42	0.3%	49	43	-1	-2.3%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	1,853	13.6%	1,262	1,886	-33	-1.7%
Educational Services	298	2.2%	289	300	-2	-0.7%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	437	3.2%	435	541	-104	-19.2%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	241	1.8%	249	273	-32	-11.7%
Accomodation and Food Services	912	6.7%	774	1,068	-156	-14.6%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	245	1.8%	213	269	-24	-8.9%
Public Administration	334	2.5%	284	349	-15	-4.3%
Information Not Available	1,215	8.9%	998	1,193	22	1.8%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Virginia
	Dec 2015	Percent	Nov 2015	Dec 2014	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	33,573		28,066	40,592
Male	18,882	56.2%	14,920	22,941	-4,059	-17.7%
Female	14,680	43.7%	13,146	17,641	-2,961	-16.8%
Information Not Available	11	0.0%	0	10	1	10.0%

Ethnicity	33,573		28,066	40,592
Hispanic or Latino	1,583	4.7%	1,314	1,974	-391	-19.8%
Not Hispanic or Latino	30,243	90.1%	25,795	36,703	-6,460	-17.6%
Information Not Available	1,747	5.2%	957	1,915	-168	-8.8%

Race	33,573		28,066	40,592
American Indian or Alaskan Native	2,385	7.1%	1,474	2,193	192	8.8%
Asian	178	0.5%	821	1,032	-854	-82.8%
Black or African American	13,289	39.6%	10,369	15,670	-2,381	-15.2%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
White	15,974	47.6%	14,445	19,782	-3,808	-19.2%
Information Not Available	1,747	5.2%	957	1,915	-168	-8.8%

Years of Age	33,573		28,066	40,592
Younger than 22	301	0.6%	438	437	-136	-31.1%
22-24	1,103	2.4%	1,208	1,560	-457	-29.3%
25-34	7,639	16.3%	6,523	9,628	-1,989	-20.7%
35-44	7,528	16.1%	6,265	8,977	-1,449	-16.1%
45-54	8,215	17.6%	7,042	9,976	-1,761	-17.7%
55-59	4,189	9.0%	3,343	4,674	-485	-10.4%
60-64	2,819	6.0%	2,077	3,303	-484	-14.7%
65 and older	1,779	3.8%	1,169	2,037	-258	-12.7%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	1	0	0	0.0%

Industry	33,573		28,066	40,592
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	70	0.2%	62	99	-29	-29.3%
Mining	324	1.0%	194	190	134	70.5%
Utilities	29	0.1%	28	7	22	314.3%
Construction	1,931	5.7%	1,277	2,543	-612	-24.1%
Manufacturing	1,621	4.8%	1,459	1,369	252	18.4%
Wholesale Trade	712	2.1%	670	450	262	58.2%
Retail Trade	1,477	4.4%	1,426	1,137	340	29.9%
Transporation and Warehousing	660	2.0%	611	778	-118	-15.2%
Information	574	1.7%	548	249	325	130.5%
Finance and Insurance	871	2.6%	834	378	493	130.4%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	377	1.1%	352	285	92	32.3%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	2,438	7.2%	2,303	1,598	840	52.6%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	161	0.5%	150	87	74	85.1%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	2,534	7.5%	1,973	2,953	-419	-14.2%
Educational Services	340	1.0%	291	157	183	116.6%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	1,385	4.1%	1,344	1,450	-65	-4.5%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	323	1.0%	230	316	7	2.2%
Accomodation and Food Services	907	2.7%	759	1,185	-278	-23.5%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	631	1.9%	544	436	195	44.7%
Public Administration	2,162	6.4%	1,046	1,880	282	15.0%
Information Not Available	14,046	41.8%	11,965	23,045	-8,999	-39.0%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Virgin Islands
	Dec 2015	Percent	Nov 2015	Dec 2014	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	287		313	321
Male	158	55.1%	154	168	-10	-6.0%
Female	129	44.9%	159	153	-24	-15.7%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	287		313	321
Hispanic or Latino	59	20.6%	63	55	4	7.3%
Not Hispanic or Latino	215	74.9%	238	246	-31	-12.6%
Information Not Available	13	4.5%	12	20	-7	-35.0%

Race	287		313	321
American Indian or Alaskan Native	3	1.0%	3	1	2	200.0%
Asian	2	0.7%	1	2	0	0.0%
Black or African American	195	67.9%	219	227	-32	-14.1%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	8	2.8%	8	17	-9	-52.9%
White	15	5.2%	15	16	-1	-6.3%
Information Not Available	64	22.3%	67	58	6	10.3%

Years of Age	287		313	321
Younger than 22	7	2.6%	8	2	5	250.0%
22-24	11	4.1%	20	16	-5	-31.3%
25-34	52	19.4%	58	54	-2	-3.7%
35-44	58	21.6%	57	82	-24	-29.3%
45-54	69	25.7%	78	86	-17	-19.8%
55-59	34	12.7%	37	40	-6	-15.0%
60-64	34	12.7%	32	20	14	70.0%
65 and older	20	7.5%	21	20	0	0.0%
Information Not Available	2	0.7%	2	1	1	100.0%

Industry	287		313	321
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
Mining	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
Utilities	1	0.3%	0	4	-3	-75.0%
Construction	70	24.4%	64	48	22	45.8%
Manufacturing	9	3.1%	11	5	4	80.0%
Wholesale Trade	5	1.7%	5	3	2	66.7%
Retail Trade	28	9.8%	34	26	2	7.7%
Transporation and Warehousing	5	1.7%	3	6	-1	-16.7%
Information	3	1.0%	4	3	0	0.0%
Finance and Insurance	5	1.7%	4	1	4	400.0%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	12	4.2%	12	8	4	50.0%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	21	7.3%	19	9	12	133.3%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	11	3.8%	11	14	-3	-21.4%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	17	5.9%	18	21	-4	-19.0%
Educational Services	9	3.1%	11	9	0	0.0%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	11	3.8%	12	13	-2	-15.4%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	1	0.3%	2	5	-4	-80.0%
Accomodation and Food Services	45	15.7%	68	74	-29	-39.2%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	7	2.4%	9	38	-31	-81.6%
Public Administration	16	5.6%	13	12	4	33.3%
Information Not Available	11	3.8%	13	22	-11	-50.0%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Vermont
	Dec 2015	Percent	Nov 2015	Dec 2014	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	4,379		3,693	5,218
Male	2,798	63.9%	2,127	3,543	-745	-21.0%
Female	1,581	36.1%	1,566	1,675	-94	-5.6%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	4,379		3,693	5,218
Hispanic or Latino	3	0.1%	4	3	0	0.0%
Not Hispanic or Latino	417	9.5%	318	518	-101	-19.5%
Information Not Available	3,959	90.4%	3,371	4,697	-738	-15.7%

Race	4,379		3,693	5,218
American Indian or Alaskan Native	7	0.2%	2	4	3	75.0%
Asian	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
Black or African American	4	0.1%	5	6	-2	-33.3%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0	0.0%	2	7	-7	-100.0%
White	409	9.3%	313	504	-95	-18.8%
Information Not Available	3,959	90.4%	3,371	4,697	-738	-15.7%

Years of Age	4,379		3,693	5,218
Younger than 22	113	2.6%	83	126	-13	-10.3%
22-24	223	5.1%	162	255	-32	-12.5%
25-34	995	22.6%	797	1,146	-151	-13.2%
35-44	831	18.9%	682	1,091	-260	-23.8%
45-54	1,032	23.5%	896	1,234	-202	-16.4%
55-59	499	11.3%	452	636	-137	-21.5%
60-64	391	8.9%	353	405	-14	-3.5%
65 and older	295	6.7%	268	325	-30	-9.2%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	4,379		3,693	5,218
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	55	1.2%	26	69	-14	-20.3%
Mining	12	0.3%	4	19	-7	-36.8%
Utilities	8	0.2%	9	3	5	166.7%
Construction	842	19.0%	408	1,087	-245	-22.5%
Manufacturing	486	11.0%	471	528	-42	-8.0%
Wholesale Trade	167	3.8%	119	177	-10	-5.6%
Retail Trade	345	7.8%	328	468	-123	-26.3%
Transporation and Warehousing	115	2.6%	82	146	-31	-21.2%
Information	68	1.5%	59	258	-190	-73.6%
Finance and Insurance	36	0.8%	45	38	-2	-5.3%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	58	1.3%	37	71	-13	-18.3%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	155	3.5%	144	142	13	9.2%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	4	0.1%	3	5	-1	-20.0%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	485	10.9%	263	581	-96	-16.5%
Educational Services	154	3.5%	155	168	-14	-8.3%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	356	8.0%	353	368	-12	-3.3%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	132	3.0%	121	131	1	0.8%
Accomodation and Food Services	602	13.6%	791	648	-46	-7.1%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	141	3.2%	122	145	-4	-2.8%
Public Administration	158	3.6%	153	166	-8	-4.8%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Washington
	Dec 2015	Percent	Nov 2015	Dec 2014	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	61,577		51,568	63,080
Male	40,371	65.6%	32,524	39,765	606	1.5%
Female	21,192	34.4%	19,037	23,305	-2,113	-9.1%
Information Not Available	14	0.0%	7	10	4	40.0%

Ethnicity	61,577		51,568	63,080
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	61,577	100.0%	51,568	63,080	-1,503	-2.4%

Race	61,577		51,568	63,080
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	61,577	100.0%	51,568	63,080	-1,503	-2.4%

Years of Age	61,577		51,568	63,080
Younger than 22	661	1.2%	880	741	-80	-10.8%
22-24	2,146	3.8%	2,057	2,421	-275	-11.4%
25-34	13,654	24.2%	11,719	14,408	-754	-5.2%
35-44	14,045	24.9%	11,790	14,148	-103	-0.7%
45-54	15,345	27.2%	13,014	15,900	-555	-3.5%
55-59	7,456	13.2%	6,001	7,356	100	1.4%
60-64	5,210	9.2%	3,950	5,113	97	1.9%
65 and older	3,060	5.4%	2,156	2,993	67	2.2%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	1	0	0	0.0%

Industry	61,577		51,568	63,080
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	61,577	100.0%	51,568	63,080	-1,503	-2.4%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Wisconsin
	Dec 2015	Percent	Nov 2015	Dec 2014	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	49,406		36,028	62,125
Male	33,635	68.1%	20,997	62	33,573	54150.0%
Female	15,736	31.9%	14,991	41,183	-25,447	-61.8%
Information Not Available	35	0.1%	40	20,880	-20,845	-99.8%

Ethnicity	49,406		36,028	62,125
Hispanic or Latino	2,915	5.9%	1,765	3,933	-1,018	-25.9%
Not Hispanic or Latino	45,602	92.3%	33,593	57,366	-11,764	-20.5%
Information Not Available	889	1.8%	670	826	63	7.6%

Race	49,406		36,028	62,125
American Indian or Alaskan Native	731	1.5%	580	895	-164	-18.3%
Asian	499	1.0%	450	665	-166	-25.0%
Black or African American	5,207	10.5%	4,695	6,598	-1,391	-21.1%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	54	0.1%	61	56	-2	-3.6%
White	42,026	85.1%	29,572	53,085	-11,059	-20.8%
Information Not Available	889	1.8%	670	826	63	7.6%

Years of Age	49,406		36,028	62,125
Younger than 22	1,354	1.5%	710	1,920	-566	-29.5%
22-24	2,500	2.9%	1,636	3,286	-786	-23.9%
25-34	11,639	13.3%	8,077	14,842	-3,203	-21.6%
35-44	10,127	11.6%	7,440	12,487	-2,360	-18.9%
45-54	11,757	13.4%	8,607	14,766	-3,009	-20.4%
55-59	5,710	6.5%	4,356	7,095	-1,385	-19.5%
60-64	3,913	4.5%	3,163	4,560	-647	-14.2%
65 and older	2,396	2.7%	2,032	3,150	-754	-23.9%
Information Not Available	10	0.0%	7	19	-9	-47.4%

Industry	49,406		36,028	62,125
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	731	1.5%	324	969	-238	-24.6%
Mining	450	0.9%	216	398	52	13.1%
Utilities	124	0.2%	54	118	6	5.1%
Construction	9,936	19.8%	4,396	11,625	-1,689	-14.5%
Manufacturing	7,825	15.6%	6,870	9,619	-1,794	-18.7%
Wholesale Trade	1,611	3.2%	1,290	1,926	-315	-16.4%
Retail Trade	3,335	6.7%	2,952	4,753	-1,418	-29.8%
Transporation and Warehousing	2,144	4.3%	1,290	2,299	-155	-6.7%
Information	524	1.0%	486	590	-66	-11.2%
Finance and Insurance	1,057	2.1%	1,034	1,131	-74	-6.5%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	455	0.9%	375	578	-123	-21.3%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	1,354	2.7%	1,315	1,659	-305	-18.4%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	296	0.6%	288	447	-151	-33.8%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	7,095	14.2%	4,252	9,157	-2,062	-22.5%
Educational Services	707	1.4%	728	951	-244	-25.7%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	3,216	6.4%	3,294	4,405	-1,189	-27.0%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	1,541	3.1%	1,131	2,181	-640	-29.3%
Accomodation and Food Services	2,954	5.9%	2,577	4,212	-1,258	-29.9%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	909	1.8%	807	1,218	-309	-25.4%
Public Administration	1,141	2.3%	875	1,547	-406	-26.2%
Information Not Available	2,001	4.0%	1,474	2,342	-341	-14.6%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants West Virginia
	Dec 2015	Percent	Nov 2015	Dec 2014	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	17,579		14,872	15,361
Male	13,567	77.2%	11,018	11,148	2,419	21.7%
Female	4,005	22.8%	3,844	4,208	-203	-4.8%
Information Not Available	7	0.0%	10	5	2	40.0%

Ethnicity	17,579		14,872	15,361
Hispanic or Latino	269	1.5%	234	275	-6	-2.2%
Not Hispanic or Latino	12,933	73.6%	10,838	11,209	1,724	15.4%
Information Not Available	4,377	24.9%	3,800	3,877	500	12.9%

Race	17,579		14,872	15,361
American Indian or Alaskan Native	38	0.2%	35	65	-27	-41.5%
Asian	38	0.2%	37	51	-13	-25.5%
Black or African American	491	2.8%	451	469	22	4.7%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	9	0.1%	11	13	-4	-30.8%
White	15,775	89.7%	13,382	13,740	2,035	14.8%
Information Not Available	1,228	7.0%	956	1,023	205	20.0%

Years of Age	17,579		14,872	15,361
Younger than 22	560	1.7%	404	500	60	12.0%
22-24	1,016	3.2%	825	785	231	29.4%
25-34	3,973	12.3%	3,385	3,415	558	16.3%
35-44	4,331	13.4%	3,659	3,800	531	14.0%
45-54	4,081	12.7%	3,474	3,679	402	10.9%
55-59	1,816	5.6%	1,511	1,603	213	13.3%
60-64	1,138	3.5%	1,034	992	146	14.7%
65 and older	659	2.0%	574	584	75	12.8%
Information Not Available	5	0.0%	6	3	2	66.7%

Industry	17,579		14,872	15,361
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	148	0.8%	96	127	21	16.5%
Mining	2,308	13.0%	2,079	1,183	1,125	95.1%
Utilities	44	0.2%	60	31	13	41.9%
Construction	4,504	25.4%	3,171	4,277	227	5.3%
Manufacturing	1,156	6.5%	1,137	1,038	118	11.4%
Wholesale Trade	509	2.9%	476	338	171	50.6%
Retail Trade	996	5.6%	932	1,261	-265	-21.0%
Transporation and Warehousing	737	4.2%	484	513	224	43.7%
Information	117	0.7%	116	103	14	13.6%
Finance and Insurance	125	0.7%	138	163	-38	-23.3%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	218	1.2%	213	178	40	22.5%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	577	3.3%	557	472	105	22.2%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	52	0.3%	53	31	21	67.7%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	1,654	9.3%	1,414	1,319	335	25.4%
Educational Services	140	0.8%	160	157	-17	-10.8%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	919	5.2%	880	1,045	-126	-12.1%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	344	1.9%	276	339	5	1.5%
Accomodation and Food Services	916	5.2%	784	894	22	2.5%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	466	2.6%	469	499	-33	-6.6%
Public Administration	239	1.3%	210	299	-60	-20.1%
Information Not Available	1,410	8.0%	1,167	1,094	316	28.9%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Wyoming
	Dec 2015	Percent	Nov 2015	Dec 2014	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	5,327		4,291	3,536
Male	3,860	72.5%	2,929	2,371	1,489	62.8%
Female	1,467	27.5%	1,362	1,165	302	25.9%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	5,327		4,291	3,536
Hispanic or Latino	571	10.7%	358	410	161	39.3%
Not Hispanic or Latino	4,557	85.5%	3,756	2,958	1,599	54.1%
Information Not Available	199	3.7%	177	168	31	18.5%

Race	5,327		4,291	3,536
American Indian or Alaskan Native	237	4.4%	147	146	91	62.3%
Asian	21	0.4%	19	25	-4	-16.0%
Black or African American	129	2.4%	100	91	38	41.8%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	22	0.4%	19	13	9	69.2%
White	4,430	83.2%	3,684	2,937	1,493	50.8%
Information Not Available	488	9.2%	322	324	164	50.6%

Years of Age	5,327		4,291	3,536
Younger than 22	53	0.6%	30	42	11	26.2%
22-24	297	3.2%	231	200	97	48.5%
25-34	1,326	14.2%	1,149	912	414	45.4%
35-44	1,080	11.6%	889	669	411	61.4%
45-54	1,153	12.4%	940	790	363	45.9%
55-59	686	7.4%	535	384	302	78.6%
60-64	427	4.6%	334	309	118	38.2%
65 and older	305	3.3%	183	230	75	32.6%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	5,327		4,291	3,536
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	34	0.6%	22	37	-3	-8.1%
Mining	719	13.4%	649	159	560	352.2%
Utilities	14	0.3%	5	18	-4	-22.2%
Construction	1,226	22.9%	616	854	372	43.6%
Manufacturing	213	4.0%	193	111	102	91.9%
Wholesale Trade	165	3.1%	151	71	94	132.4%
Retail Trade	216	4.0%	221	172	44	25.6%
Transporation and Warehousing	262	4.9%	224	120	142	118.3%
Information	22	0.4%	23	14	8	57.1%
Finance and Insurance	41	0.8%	38	37	4	10.8%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	101	1.9%	87	48	53	110.4%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	121	2.3%	98	95	26	27.4%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	5	0.1%	4	2	3	150.0%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	307	5.7%	225	231	76	32.9%
Educational Services	64	1.2%	73	32	32	100.0%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	192	3.6%	189	215	-23	-10.7%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	61	1.1%	69	61	0	0.0%
Accomodation and Food Services	647	12.1%	782	584	63	10.8%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	90	1.7%	71	61	29	47.5%
Public Administration	164	3.1%	112	104	60	57.7%
Information Not Available	663	12.4%	439	510	153	30.0%