Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants

February 2015

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants: Total Claimants February 2015
	Feb 2015	Jan 2015	Monthly Change	Feb 2014	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
United States	2,737,574	2,761,704	-24,130	3,334,567	-596,993	-17.9
Alaska	11,761	12,114	-353	14,988	-3,227	-21.5
Alabama	23,754	26,222	-2,468	32,393	-8,639	-26.7
Arkansas	23,034	24,655	-1,621	28,484	-5,450	-19.1
Arizona	28,910	29,755	-845	35,920	-7,010	-19.5
California	419,982	390,097	29,885	529,787	-109,805	-20.7
Colorado	33,341	32,680	661	43,936	-10,595	-24.1
Connecticut	55,735	55,705	30	57,090	-1,355	-2.4
District of Columbia	9,043	9,696	-653	12,187	-3,144	-25.8
Delaware	8,680	8,990	-310	10,988	-2,308	-21.0
Florida	76,388	73,130	3,258	104,610	-28,222	-27.0
Georgia	41,547	46,758	-5,211	60,074	-18,527	-30.8
Hawaii	8,660	9,038	-378	10,535	-1,875	-17.8
Iowa	35,976	36,905	-929	37,762	-1,786	-4.7
Idaho	13,078	13,070	8	17,883	-4,805	-26.9
Illinois	164,764	173,306	-8,542	203,948	-39,184	-19.2
Indiana	38,794	41,224	-2,430	53,974	-15,180	-28.1
Kansas	20,983	22,532	-1,549	25,833	-4,850	-18.8
Kentucky	29,851	30,826	-975	39,032	-9,181	-23.5
Louisiana	18,127	18,854	-727	19,498	-1,371	-7.0
Massachusetts	97,238	96,271	967	107,690	-10,452	-9.7
Maryland	55,141	57,044	-1,903	61,918	-6,777	-10.9
Maine	13,874	14,531	-657	17,257	-3,383	-19.6
Michigan	110,596	122,173	-11,577	124,659	-14,063	-11.3
Minnesota	66,281	66,736	-455	74,819	-8,538	-11.4
Missouri	46,818	49,467	-2,649	60,528	-13,710	-22.7
Mississippi	13,787	15,632	-1,845	21,372	-7,585	-35.5
Montana	10,654	11,174	-520	12,125	-1,471	-12.1
North Carolina	37,500	40,146	-2,646	66,467	-28,967	-43.6
North Dakota	7,337	7,113	224	6,964	373	5.4
Nebraska	9,875	10,826	-951	11,595	-1,720	-14.8
New Hampshire	7,851	7,997	-146	9,855	-2,004	-20.3
New Jersey	138,492	137,466	1,026	154,018	-15,526	-10.1
New Mexico	14,219	13,771	448	16,668	-2,449	-14.7
Nevada	29,584	29,971	-387	33,726	-4,142	-12.3
New York	217,081	218,370	-1,289	254,392	-37,311	-14.7
Ohio	89,921	92,318	-2,397	107,921	-18,000	-16.7
Oklahoma	19,028	18,323	705	19,935	-907	-4.5
Oregon	40,121	41,075	-954	52,425	-12,304	-23.5
Pennsylvania	183,586	187,309	-3,723	229,858	-46,272	-20.1
Puerto Rico	22,247	22,303	-56	24,868	-2,621	-10.5
Rhode Island	15,132	13,730	1,402	17,668	-2,536	-14.4
South Carolina	24,281	27,350	-3,069	31,511	-7,230	-22.9
South Dakota	3,658	3,703	-45	3,921	-263	-6.7
Tennessee	30,604	34,062	-3,458	39,066	-8,462	-21.7
Texas	135,481	128,331	7,150	147,819	-12,338	-8.3
Utah	16,113	16,683	-570	20,091	-3,978	-19.8
Virginia	44,697	46,319	-1,622	56,591	-11,894	-21.0
Virgin Islands	427	389	38	440	-13	-3.0
Vermont	7,061	7,059	2	7,465	-404	-5.4
Washington	64,748	65,848	-1,100	78,213	-13,465	-17.2
Wisconsin	78,283	79,041	-758	95,604	-17,321	-18.1
West Virginia	18,517	19,340	-823	22,820	-4,303	-18.9
Wyoming	4,933	4,276	657	5,376	-443	-8.2

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants US Totals
	Feb 2015	Percent	Jan 2015	Feb 2014	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	2,737,574		2,761,704	3,334,567	-596,993	-17.9
Male	1,710,732	62.5%	1,675,929	2,068,546	-357,814	-17.3%
Female	1,008,829	36.9%	1,041,778	1,254,015	-245,186	-19.6%
Information Not Available	18,013	0.7%	43,997	12,006	6,007	50.0%

Ethnicity	2,737,574		2,761,704	3,334,567
Hispanic or Latino	498,276	18.2%	479,272	538,196	-39,920	-7.4%
Not Hispanic or Latino	1,888,966	84.4%	1,925,205	2,262,833	-373,867	-16.5%
Information Not Available	350,332	11.3%	357,127	533,805	-183,473	-34.4%

Race	2,737,574		2,761,704	3,334,567
American Indian or Alaskan Native	36,212	1.3%	36,309	41,130	-4,918	-12.0%
Asian	74,897	2.7%	70,425	89,452	-14,555	-16.3%
Black or African American	400,792	14.6%	425,297	486,094	-85,302	-17.5%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	12,080	0.4%	12,401	14,407	-2,327	-16.2%
White	1,573,775	57.3%	1,588,398	1,857,173	-283,398	-15.3%
Information Not Available	649,031	23.6%	637,317	847,676	-198,645	-23.4%

Years of Age	2,737,574		2,761,704	3,334,567
Younger than 22	57,213	2.1%	56,616	71,154	-13,941	-19.6%
22-24	134,112	4.9%	137,378	171,650	-37,538	-21.9%
25-34	636,726	23.3%	642,149	774,619	-137,893	-17.8%
35-44	590,162	21.6%	599,986	735,843	-145,681	-19.8%
45-54	652,678	23.8%	659,102	810,209	-157,531	-19.4%
55-59	298,396	10.9%	299,211	358,562	-60,166	-16.8%
60-64	198,414	7.2%	200,186	234,677	-36,263	-15.5%
65 and older	141,075	5.2%	143,919	160,685	-19,610	-12.2%
Information Not Available	28,798	1.1%	23,157	17,168	11,630	67.7%

Industry	2,737,574		2,761,704	3,334,567
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	107,898	3.9%	99,699	115,470	-7,572	-6.6%
Mining	37,056	1.4%	27,603	27,717	9,339	33.7%
Utilities	5,022	0.2%	4,622	6,369	-1,347	-21.1%
Construction	489,022	17.9%	476,561	576,354	-87,332	-15.2%
Manufacturing	242,521	8.9%	248,805	291,058	-48,537	-16.7%
Wholesale Trade	77,914	2.8%	77,581	97,252	-19,338	-19.9%
Retail Trade	194,488	7.1%	192,259	247,880	-53,392	-21.5%
Transporation and Warehousing	86,907	3.2%	88,452	107,832	-20,925	-19.4%
Information	64,442	2.4%	63,161	85,264	-20,822	-24.4%
Finance and Insurance	60,746	2.2%	60,966	90,954	-30,208	-33.2%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	35,974	1.3%	35,577	45,692	-9,718	-21.3%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	115,750	4.2%	116,081	142,309	-26,559	-18.7%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	14,499	0.5%	15,904	14,449	50	0.3%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	373,287	13.6%	372,138	452,030	-78,743	-17.4%
Educational Services	49,833	1.8%	58,648	69,142	-19,309	-27.9%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	173,940	6.4%	180,193	229,387	-55,447	-24.2%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	69,399	2.5%	70,667	76,969	-7,570	-9.8%
Accomodation and Food Services	156,057	5.7%	176,895	190,370	-34,313	-18.0%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	61,559	2.2%	62,298	74,761	-13,202	-17.7%
Public Administration	48,009	1.8%	49,963	58,420	-10,411	-17.8%
Information Not Available	273,251	10.0%	283,631	334,888	-61,637	-18.4%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Alaska
	Feb 2015	Percent	Jan 2015	Feb 2014	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	11,761		12,114	14,988	-3,227	-21.5
Male	7,751	65.9%	8,050	9,738	-1,987	-20.4%
Female	4,006	34.1%	4,058	5,248	-1,242	-23.7%
Information Not Available	4	0.0%	6	2	2	100.0%

Ethnicity	11,761		12,114	14,988
Hispanic or Latino	594	5.1%	621	706	-112	-15.9%
Not Hispanic or Latino	11,062	94.1%	11,385	14,188	-3,126	-22.0%
Information Not Available	105	0.9%	108	94	11	11.7%

Race	11,761		12,114	14,988
American Indian or Alaskan Native	3,618	30.8%	3,543	4,419	-801	-18.1%
Asian	445	3.8%	593	583	-138	-23.7%
Black or African American	486	4.1%	487	605	-119	-19.7%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	176	1.5%	205	259	-83	-32.0%
White	6,559	55.8%	6,796	8,565	-2,006	-23.4%
Information Not Available	477	4.1%	490	557	-80	-14.4%

Years of Age	11,761		12,114	14,988
Younger than 22	283	1.6%	283	429	-146	-34.0%
22-24	691	3.9%	736	1,010	-319	-31.6%
25-34	3,293	18.7%	3,439	4,190	-897	-21.4%
35-44	2,564	14.5%	2,680	3,115	-551	-17.7%
45-54	2,663	15.1%	2,701	3,329	-666	-20.0%
55-59	1,175	6.7%	1,207	1,428	-253	-17.7%
60-64	691	3.9%	677	916	-225	-24.6%
65 and older	401	2.3%	391	571	-170	-29.8%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	11,761		12,114	14,988
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	86	0.7%	102	146	-60	-41.1%
Mining	449	3.8%	418	400	49	12.3%
Utilities	99	0.8%	89	85	14	16.5%
Construction	2,868	24.2%	3,053	3,472	-604	-17.4%
Manufacturing	725	6.1%	924	957	-232	-24.2%
Wholesale Trade	121	1.0%	100	151	-30	-19.9%
Retail Trade	974	8.2%	984	1,305	-331	-25.4%
Transporation and Warehousing	604	5.1%	646	749	-145	-19.4%
Information	90	0.8%	86	146	-56	-38.4%
Finance and Insurance	166	1.4%	139	230	-64	-27.8%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	290	2.4%	255	374	-84	-22.5%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	336	2.8%	333	450	-114	-25.3%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	31	0.3%	34	27	4	14.8%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	726	6.1%	716	891	-165	-18.5%
Educational Services	298	2.5%	290	398	-100	-25.1%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	807	6.8%	779	1,188	-381	-32.1%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	161	1.4%	181	234	-73	-31.2%
Accomodation and Food Services	915	7.7%	888	1,270	-355	-28.0%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	368	3.1%	413	462	-94	-20.3%
Public Administration	1,278	10.8%	1,336	1,602	-324	-20.2%
Information Not Available	369	3.1%	348	451	-82	-18.2%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Alabama
	Feb 2015	Percent	Jan 2015	Feb 2014	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	23,754		26,222	32,393
Male	12,847	54.1%	14,201	17,912	-5,065	-28.3%
Female	10,881	45.8%	11,986	14,451	-3,570	-24.7%
Information Not Available	26	0.1%	35	30	-4	-13.3%

Ethnicity	23,754		26,222	32,393
Hispanic or Latino	269	1.1%	316	541	-272	-50.3%
Not Hispanic or Latino	17,229	72.5%	19,274	24,190	-6,961	-28.8%
Information Not Available	6,256	26.3%	6,632	7,662	-1,406	-18.4%

Race	23,754		26,222	32,393
American Indian or Alaskan Native	1,224	5.2%	1,404	1,346	-122	-9.1%
Asian	647	2.7%	651	670	-23	-3.4%
Black or African American	9,111	38.4%	10,381	12,329	-3,218	-26.1%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	27	0.1%	26	51	-24	-47.1%
White	11,526	48.5%	12,370	15,986	-4,460	-27.9%
Information Not Available	1,219	5.1%	1,390	2,011	-792	-39.4%

Years of Age	23,754		26,222	32,393
Younger than 22	693	2.0%	810	1,058	-365	-34.5%
22-24	1,566	4.6%	1,767	2,145	-579	-27.0%
25-34	6,181	18.2%	6,881	8,163	-1,982	-24.3%
35-44	5,352	15.8%	6,020	7,609	-2,257	-29.7%
45-54	5,286	15.6%	5,825	7,281	-1,995	-27.4%
55-59	2,259	6.7%	2,419	2,998	-739	-24.6%
60-64	1,399	4.1%	1,467	1,885	-486	-25.8%
65 and older	1,003	3.0%	1,016	1,251	-248	-19.8%
Information Not Available	15	0.0%	17	3	12	400.0%

Industry	23,754		26,222	32,393
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	185	0.8%	245	255	-70	-27.5%
Mining	125	0.5%	120	284	-159	-56.0%
Utilities	40	0.2%	39	48	-8	-16.7%
Construction	2,532	10.6%	2,778	3,713	-1,181	-31.8%
Manufacturing	3,880	16.2%	4,518	5,761	-1,881	-32.7%
Wholesale Trade	780	3.3%	832	947	-167	-17.6%
Retail Trade	2,670	11.2%	2,771	3,490	-820	-23.5%
Transporation and Warehousing	641	2.7%	687	1,021	-380	-37.2%
Information	317	1.3%	326	349	-32	-9.2%
Finance and Insurance	828	3.5%	867	918	-90	-9.8%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	382	1.6%	346	441	-59	-13.4%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	1,131	4.7%	1,197	1,470	-339	-23.1%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	59	0.2%	57	53	6	11.3%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	3,427	14.3%	3,814	4,618	-1,191	-25.8%
Educational Services	433	1.8%	544	668	-235	-35.2%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	1,952	8.2%	2,083	2,633	-681	-25.9%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	186	0.8%	184	235	-49	-20.9%
Accomodation and Food Services	1,709	7.1%	2,026	2,322	-613	-26.4%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	546	2.3%	628	749	-203	-27.1%
Public Administration	398	1.7%	420	660	-262	-39.7%
Information Not Available	1,533	6.4%	1,740	1,758	-225	-12.8%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Arkansas
	Feb 2015	Percent	Jan 2015	Feb 2014	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	23,034		24,655	28,484
Male	13,047	56.6%	13,759	16,879	-3,832	-22.7%
Female	8,652	37.6%	9,147	10,745	-2,093	-19.5%
Information Not Available	1,335	5.8%	1,749	860	475	55.2%

Ethnicity	23,034		24,655	28,484
Hispanic or Latino	1,139	4.9%	1,219	1,189	-50	-4.2%
Not Hispanic or Latino	20,560	89.3%	21,687	26,435	-5,875	-22.2%
Information Not Available	1,335	5.8%	1,749	860	475	55.2%

Race	23,034		24,655	28,484
American Indian or Alaskan Native	211	0.9%	211	286	-75	-26.2%
Asian	166	0.7%	160	180	-14	-7.8%
Black or African American	5,754	25.0%	6,197	7,155	-1,401	-19.6%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	197	0.9%	184	237	-40	-16.9%
White	14,232	61.8%	14,935	18,577	-4,345	-23.4%
Information Not Available	2,474	10.7%	2,968	2,049	425	20.7%

Years of Age	23,034		24,655	28,484
Younger than 22	679	1.9%	773	902	-223	-24.7%
22-24	1,287	3.6%	1,396	1,712	-425	-24.8%
25-34	5,087	14.2%	5,418	6,640	-1,553	-23.4%
35-44	5,087	14.2%	5,350	6,293	-1,206	-19.2%
45-54	5,155	14.4%	5,378	6,712	-1,557	-23.2%
55-59	2,062	5.7%	2,123	2,618	-556	-21.2%
60-64	1,349	3.8%	1,418	1,563	-214	-13.7%
65 and older	993	2.8%	1,050	1,184	-191	-16.1%
Information Not Available	1,335	3.7%	1,749	860	475	55.2%

Industry	23,034		24,655	28,484
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	811	3.4%	959	985	-174	-17.7%
Mining	260	1.1%	256	352	-92	-26.1%
Utilities	27	0.1%	31	51	-24	-47.1%
Construction	2,171	9.1%	2,562	4,002	-1,831	-45.8%
Manufacturing	3,648	15.3%	3,149	3,922	-274	-7.0%
Wholesale Trade	891	3.7%	999	1,122	-231	-20.6%
Retail Trade	1,893	7.9%	2,061	2,528	-635	-25.1%
Transporation and Warehousing	891	3.7%	844	1,113	-222	-19.9%
Information	195	0.8%	220	220	-25	-11.4%
Finance and Insurance	352	1.5%	371	406	-54	-13.3%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	239	1.0%	261	342	-103	-30.1%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	702	2.9%	737	757	-55	-7.3%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	79	0.3%	75	78	1	1.3%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	2,493	10.5%	2,654	3,016	-523	-17.3%
Educational Services	337	1.4%	390	444	-107	-24.1%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	2,329	9.8%	2,510	2,980	-651	-21.8%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	247	1.0%	289	316	-69	-21.8%
Accomodation and Food Services	1,272	5.3%	1,538	1,669	-397	-23.8%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	532	2.2%	567	603	-71	-11.8%
Public Administration	533	2.2%	492	488	45	9.2%
Information Not Available	3,132	13.1%	3,690	3,090	42	1.4%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Arizona
	Feb 2015	Percent	Jan 2015	Feb 2014	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	28,910		29,755	35,920
Male	16,674	57.7%	17,097	20,864	-4,190	-20.1%
Female	12,222	42.3%	12,633	15,026	-2,804	-18.7%
Information Not Available	14	0.0%	25	30	-16	-53.3%

Ethnicity	28,910		29,755	35,920
Hispanic or Latino	8,613	29.8%	8,682	10,608	-1,995	-18.8%
Not Hispanic or Latino	14,504	50.2%	15,209	18,038	-3,534	-19.6%
Information Not Available	5,793	20.0%	5,864	7,274	-1,481	-20.4%

Race	28,910		29,755	35,920
American Indian or Alaskan Native	2,125	7.4%	2,547	2,560	-435	-17.0%
Asian	1,238	4.3%	1,016	1,226	12	1.0%
Black or African American	2,172	7.5%	2,200	2,690	-518	-19.3%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	380	1.3%	388	283	97	34.3%
White	16,729	57.9%	17,217	21,339	-4,610	-21.6%
Information Not Available	6,266	21.7%	6,387	7,822	-1,556	-19.9%

Years of Age	28,910		29,755	35,920
Younger than 22	607	1.4%	646	795	-188	-23.6%
22-24	1,346	3.1%	1,466	1,817	-471	-25.9%
25-34	6,696	15.4%	6,927	8,124	-1,428	-17.6%
35-44	6,134	14.1%	6,477	7,677	-1,543	-20.1%
45-54	6,999	16.1%	7,168	8,944	-1,945	-21.7%
55-59	3,383	7.8%	3,432	4,189	-806	-19.2%
60-64	2,220	5.1%	2,210	2,646	-426	-16.1%
65 and older	1,525	3.5%	1,429	1,728	-203	-11.7%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	28,910		29,755	35,920
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	871	2.9%	594	969	-98	-10.1%
Mining	283	1.0%	260	159	124	78.0%
Utilities	68	0.2%	79	60	8	13.3%
Construction	3,323	11.2%	3,658	4,492	-1,169	-26.0%
Manufacturing	1,924	6.5%	1,936	1,878	46	2.4%
Wholesale Trade	887	3.0%	931	1,198	-311	-26.0%
Retail Trade	2,341	7.9%	2,344	2,831	-490	-17.3%
Transporation and Warehousing	635	2.1%	662	771	-136	-17.6%
Information	446	1.5%	448	417	29	7.0%
Finance and Insurance	1,091	3.7%	1,141	1,781	-690	-38.7%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	552	1.9%	578	749	-197	-26.3%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	1,378	4.6%	1,434	1,849	-471	-25.5%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	104	0.3%	103	126	-22	-17.5%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	4,105	13.8%	4,224	5,120	-1,015	-19.8%
Educational Services	695	2.3%	788	953	-258	-27.1%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	2,377	8.0%	2,417	2,991	-614	-20.5%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	358	1.2%	414	427	-69	-16.2%
Accomodation and Food Services	1,526	5.1%	1,741	1,691	-165	-9.8%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	640	2.1%	701	770	-130	-16.9%
Public Administration	693	2.3%	743	877	-184	-21.0%
Information Not Available	4,613	15.5%	4,559	5,811	-1,198	-20.6%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants California
	Feb 2015	Percent	Jan 2015	Feb 2014	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	419,982		390,097	529,787
Male	245,374	58.4%	225,245	302,313	-56,939	-18.8%
Female	174,412	41.5%	164,562	226,658	-52,246	-23.1%
Information Not Available	196	0.0%	290	816	-620	-76.0%

Ethnicity	419,982		390,097	529,787
Hispanic or Latino	185,208	44.1%	166,204	184,243	965	0.5%
Not Hispanic or Latino	203,464	48.4%	191,618	257,756	-54,292	-21.1%
Information Not Available	31,310	7.5%	32,275	87,788	-56,478	-64.3%

Race	419,982		390,097	529,787
American Indian or Alaskan Native	3,730	0.9%	3,672	3,467	263	7.6%
Asian	36,315	8.6%	31,405	43,027	-6,712	-15.6%
Black or African American	30,623	7.3%	29,859	29,365	1,258	4.3%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
White	132,796	31.6%	126,682	181,898	-49,102	-27.0%
Information Not Available	216,518	51.6%	198,479	272,030	-55,512	-20.4%

Years of Age	419,982		390,097	529,787
Younger than 22	9,815	1.9%	7,924	10,808	-993	-9.2%
22-24	19,826	3.8%	19,423	28,447	-8,621	-30.3%
25-34	102,174	19.7%	91,026	120,211	-18,037	-15.0%
35-44	86,961	16.7%	82,522	114,706	-27,745	-24.2%
45-54	97,855	18.8%	93,441	126,532	-28,677	-22.7%
55-59	46,621	9.0%	41,938	58,118	-11,497	-19.8%
60-64	33,273	6.4%	31,598	40,988	-7,715	-18.8%
65 and older	23,163	4.5%	22,128	29,467	-6,304	-21.4%
Information Not Available	294	0.1%	97	510	-216	-42.4%

Industry	419,982		390,097	529,787
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	80,677	16.1%	71,989	84,525	-3,848	-4.6%
Mining	2,454	0.5%	1,739	714	1,740	243.7%
Utilities	1,669	0.3%	1,256	1,733	-64	-3.7%
Construction	40,536	8.1%	36,913	61,992	-21,456	-34.6%
Manufacturing	41,517	8.3%	37,976	44,659	-3,142	-7.0%
Wholesale Trade	1,472	0.3%	1,643	2,243	-771	-34.4%
Retail Trade	26,010	5.2%	23,771	35,686	-9,676	-27.1%
Transporation and Warehousing	13,545	2.7%	13,142	14,071	-526	-3.7%
Information	31,113	6.2%	29,762	45,372	-14,259	-31.4%
Finance and Insurance	7,263	1.5%	7,151	12,439	-5,176	-41.6%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	3,043	0.6%	2,609	5,200	-2,157	-41.5%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	9,030	1.8%	7,634	10,910	-1,880	-17.2%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	72,533	14.5%	64,839	95,741	-23,208	-24.2%
Educational Services	10,895	2.2%	14,495	14,988	-4,093	-27.3%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	24,930	5.0%	24,061	30,792	-5,862	-19.0%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	8,539	1.7%	6,957	8,055	484	6.0%
Accomodation and Food Services	17,274	3.5%	15,944	21,310	-4,036	-18.9%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	10,698	2.1%	9,663	13,255	-2,557	-19.3%
Public Administration	4,515	0.9%	5,025	6,220	-1,705	-27.4%
Information Not Available	12,269	2.5%	13,528	19,882	-7,613	-38.3%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Colorado
	Feb 2015	Percent	Jan 2015	Feb 2014	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	33,341		32,680	43,936
Male	20,886	62.6%	20,190	26,351	-5,465	-20.7%
Female	12,455	37.4%	12,490	17,583	-5,128	-29.2%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	2	-2	-100.0%

Ethnicity	33,341		32,680	43,936
Hispanic or Latino	8,233	24.7%	8,206	10,457	-2,224	-21.3%
Not Hispanic or Latino	22,071	66.2%	21,474	29,331	-7,260	-24.8%
Information Not Available	3,037	9.1%	3,000	4,148	-1,111	-26.8%

Race	33,341		32,680	43,936
American Indian or Alaskan Native	654	2.0%	637	803	-149	-18.6%
Asian	600	1.8%	589	738	-138	-18.7%
Black or African American	1,952	5.9%	1,916	2,716	-764	-28.1%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	116	0.3%	126	165	-49	-29.7%
White	23,855	71.5%	23,262	31,350	-7,495	-23.9%
Information Not Available	6,164	18.5%	6,150	8,164	-2,000	-24.5%

Years of Age	33,341		32,680	43,936
Younger than 22	554	1.0%	514	771	-217	-28.1%
22-24	1,254	2.3%	1,225	1,669	-415	-24.9%
25-34	7,369	13.5%	7,318	9,426	-2,057	-21.8%
35-44	7,458	13.7%	7,268	9,657	-2,199	-22.8%
45-54	8,402	15.4%	8,180	11,372	-2,970	-26.1%
55-59	4,061	7.5%	3,942	5,551	-1,490	-26.8%
60-64	2,734	5.0%	2,742	3,571	-837	-23.4%
65 and older	1,509	2.8%	1,490	1,913	-404	-21.1%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	1	6	-6	-100.0%

Industry	33,341		32,680	43,936
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	363	1.1%	383	554	-191	-34.5%
Mining	1,022	3.0%	543	737	285	38.7%
Utilities	42	0.1%	43	63	-21	-33.3%
Construction	6,384	18.9%	6,429	7,519	-1,135	-15.1%
Manufacturing	1,941	5.8%	1,741	2,472	-531	-21.5%
Wholesale Trade	1,206	3.6%	1,122	1,654	-448	-27.1%
Retail Trade	2,392	7.1%	2,380	3,455	-1,063	-30.8%
Transporation and Warehousing	1,062	3.2%	1,023	1,227	-165	-13.4%
Information	968	2.9%	899	1,109	-141	-12.7%
Finance and Insurance	1,095	3.2%	1,095	1,912	-817	-42.7%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	657	1.9%	665	969	-312	-32.2%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	2,588	7.7%	2,500	3,358	-770	-22.9%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	551	1.6%	557	611	-60	-9.8%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	4,851	14.4%	4,876	6,828	-1,977	-29.0%
Educational Services	881	2.6%	921	1,183	-302	-25.5%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	2,294	6.8%	2,295	3,335	-1,041	-31.2%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	588	1.7%	591	813	-225	-27.7%
Accomodation and Food Services	1,740	5.2%	1,883	2,571	-831	-32.3%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	747	2.2%	742	1,073	-326	-30.4%
Public Administration	1,098	3.3%	1,123	1,303	-205	-15.7%
Information Not Available	871	2.6%	869	1,190	-319	-26.8%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Connecticut
	Feb 2015	Percent	Jan 2015	Feb 2014	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	55,735		55,705	57,090
Male	37,013	66.4%	36,242	36,143	870	2.4%
Female	18,722	33.6%	19,463	20,947	-2,225	-10.6%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	55,735		55,705	57,090
Hispanic or Latino	9,595	17.2%	9,581	9,683	-88	-0.9%
Not Hispanic or Latino	46,140	82.8%	46,124	47,407	-1,267	-2.7%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Race	55,735		55,705	57,090
American Indian or Alaskan Native	209	0.4%	212	178	31	17.4%
Asian	857	1.5%	899	792	65	8.2%
Black or African American	7,034	12.6%	7,217	7,645	-611	-8.0%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
White	32,573	58.4%	31,658	32,984	-411	-1.2%
Information Not Available	15,062	27.0%	15,719	15,491	-429	-2.8%

Years of Age	55,735		55,705	57,090
Younger than 22	906	1.1%	863	980	-74	-7.6%
22-24	2,685	3.2%	2,588	3,022	-337	-11.2%
25-34	12,607	15.1%	12,840	13,262	-655	-4.9%
35-44	11,202	13.4%	11,117	11,657	-455	-3.9%
45-54	13,542	16.2%	13,297	13,937	-395	-2.8%
55-59	6,503	7.8%	6,415	6,275	228	3.6%
60-64	4,548	5.4%	4,585	4,287	261	6.1%
65 and older	3,742	4.5%	4,000	3,670	72	2.0%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	55,735		55,705	57,090
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	787	1.4%	835	785	2	0.3%
Mining	81	0.1%	53	84	-3	-3.6%
Utilities	82	0.1%	67	87	-5	-5.7%
Construction	11,138	19.7%	9,646	9,870	1,268	12.8%
Manufacturing	4,775	8.4%	5,261	4,960	-185	-3.7%
Wholesale Trade	1,910	3.4%	1,980	2,073	-163	-7.9%
Retail Trade	5,693	10.1%	5,611	6,025	-332	-5.5%
Transporation and Warehousing	2,312	4.1%	2,020	2,933	-621	-21.2%
Information	789	1.4%	787	850	-61	-7.2%
Finance and Insurance	1,504	2.7%	1,547	1,837	-333	-18.1%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	752	1.3%	754	785	-33	-4.2%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	1,943	3.4%	1,982	1,977	-34	-1.7%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	300	0.5%	268	245	55	22.4%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	9,010	15.9%	9,096	8,976	34	0.4%
Educational Services	1,335	2.4%	1,444	1,400	-65	-4.6%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	4,726	8.4%	4,946	5,382	-656	-12.2%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	2,384	4.2%	2,412	2,228	156	7.0%
Accomodation and Food Services	3,253	5.8%	3,983	3,458	-205	-5.9%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	1,525	2.7%	1,536	1,532	-7	-0.5%
Public Administration	655	1.2%	696	794	-139	-17.5%
Information Not Available	781	1.4%	781	809	-28	-3.5%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants District of Columbia
	Feb 2015	Percent	Jan 2015	Feb 2014	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	9,043		9,696	12,187
Male	4,463	49.4%	4,699	5,822	-1,359	-23.3%
Female	4,580	50.6%	4,997	6,363	-1,783	-28.0%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	2	-2	-100.0%

Ethnicity	9,043		9,696	12,187
Hispanic or Latino	876	9.7%	1,026	1,260	-384	-30.5%
Not Hispanic or Latino	8,126	89.9%	8,632	10,885	-2,759	-25.3%
Information Not Available	41	0.5%	38	42	-1	-2.4%

Race	9,043		9,696	12,187
American Indian or Alaskan Native	41	0.5%	41	54	-13	-24.1%
Asian	190	2.1%	232	358	-168	-46.9%
Black or African American	6,241	69.0%	6,651	8,191	-1,950	-23.8%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	23	0.3%	23	27	-4	-14.8%
White	1,794	19.8%	1,914	2,560	-766	-29.9%
Information Not Available	754	8.3%	835	997	-243	-24.4%

Years of Age	9,043		9,696	12,187
Younger than 22	193	1.9%	180	227	-34	-15.0%
22-24	535	5.2%	589	638	-103	-16.1%
25-34	2,519	24.5%	2,695	3,156	-637	-20.2%
35-44	2,002	19.5%	2,142	2,785	-783	-28.1%
45-54	2,024	19.7%	2,164	2,934	-910	-31.0%
55-59	873	8.5%	965	1,254	-381	-30.4%
60-64	576	5.6%	606	755	-179	-23.7%
65 and older	321	3.1%	355	438	-117	-26.7%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	9,043		9,696	12,187
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
Mining	1	0.0%	0	0	1	0.0%
Utilities	0	0.0%	2	1	-1	-100.0%
Construction	46	0.5%	41	45	1	2.2%
Manufacturing	3	0.0%	4	5	-2	-40.0%
Wholesale Trade	5	0.1%	4	3	2	66.7%
Retail Trade	34	0.4%	35	29	5	17.2%
Transporation and Warehousing	14	0.2%	21	12	2	16.7%
Information	9	0.1%	6	9	0	0.0%
Finance and Insurance	9	0.1%	10	12	-3	-25.0%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	5	0.1%	5	10	-5	-50.0%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	48	0.5%	48	85	-37	-43.5%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	0	0.0%	0	8	-8	-100.0%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	64	0.7%	58	102	-38	-37.3%
Educational Services	6	0.1%	8	14	-8	-57.1%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	26	0.3%	12	41	-15	-36.6%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	2	0.0%	4	3	-1	-33.3%
Accomodation and Food Services	22	0.2%	29	29	-7	-24.1%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	21	0.2%	20	18	3	16.7%
Public Administration	5	0.1%	2	5	0	0.0%
Information Not Available	8,723	96.5%	9,387	11,756	-3,033	-25.8%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Delaware
	Feb 2015	Percent	Jan 2015	Feb 2014	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	8,680		8,990	10,988
Male	4,501	51.9%	4,537	5,532	-1,031	-18.6%
Female	3,785	43.6%	4,050	4,823	-1,038	-21.5%
Information Not Available	394	4.5%	403	633	-239	-37.8%

Ethnicity	8,680		8,990	10,988
Hispanic or Latino	595	6.9%	622	716	-121	-16.9%
Not Hispanic or Latino	7,691	88.6%	7,965	9,639	-1,948	-20.2%
Information Not Available	394	4.5%	403	633	-239	-37.8%

Race	8,680		8,990	10,988
American Indian or Alaskan Native	25	0.3%	24	18	7	38.9%
Asian	174	2.0%	197	216	-42	-19.4%
Black or African American	3,278	37.8%	3,381	4,007	-729	-18.2%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	10	0.1%	9	20	-10	-50.0%
White	4,913	56.6%	5,075	6,335	-1,422	-22.4%
Information Not Available	279	3.2%	303	394	-115	-29.2%

Years of Age	8,680		8,990	10,988
Younger than 22	136	1.0%	113	247	-111	-44.9%
22-24	431	3.3%	434	560	-129	-23.0%
25-34	2,174	16.8%	2,234	2,662	-488	-18.3%
35-44	1,728	13.3%	1,891	2,249	-521	-23.2%
45-54	2,082	16.1%	2,230	2,694	-612	-22.7%
55-59	961	7.4%	941	1,111	-150	-13.5%
60-64	624	4.8%	618	801	-177	-22.1%
65 and older	461	3.6%	447	540	-79	-14.6%
Information Not Available	83	0.6%	82	124	-41	-33.1%

Industry	8,680		8,990	10,988
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	21	0.2%	27	22	-1	-4.5%
Mining	0	0.0%	0	6	-6	-100.0%
Utilities	2	0.0%	2	8	-6	-75.0%
Construction	968	11.1%	853	1,074	-106	-9.9%
Manufacturing	582	6.7%	613	1,042	-460	-44.1%
Wholesale Trade	245	2.8%	226	309	-64	-20.7%
Retail Trade	1,290	14.8%	1,337	1,562	-272	-17.4%
Transporation and Warehousing	283	3.3%	277	275	8	2.9%
Information	149	1.7%	177	152	-3	-2.0%
Finance and Insurance	609	7.0%	695	720	-111	-15.4%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	193	2.2%	210	223	-30	-13.5%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	375	4.3%	414	510	-135	-26.5%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	21	0.2%	20	42	-21	-50.0%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	1,470	16.9%	1,510	1,946	-476	-24.5%
Educational Services	165	1.9%	190	194	-29	-14.9%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	890	10.2%	932	1,019	-129	-12.7%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	216	2.5%	206	277	-61	-22.0%
Accomodation and Food Services	829	9.5%	903	1,191	-362	-30.4%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	245	2.8%	268	281	-36	-12.8%
Public Administration	103	1.2%	109	109	-6	-5.5%
Information Not Available	24	0.3%	21	26	-2	-7.7%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Florida
	Feb 2015	Percent	Jan 2015	Feb 2014	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	76,388		73,130	104,610
Male	40,302	52.8%	37,132	52,111	-11,809	-22.7%
Female	36,006	47.1%	35,954	52,405	-16,399	-31.3%
Information Not Available	80	0.1%	44	94	-14	-14.9%

Ethnicity	76,388		73,130	104,610
Hispanic or Latino	18,167	23.8%	17,403	25,562	-7,395	-28.9%
Not Hispanic or Latino	50,313	65.9%	50,134	71,767	-21,454	-29.9%
Information Not Available	7,908	10.4%	5,593	7,281	627	8.6%

Race	76,388		73,130	104,610
American Indian or Alaskan Native	485	0.6%	440	684	-199	-29.1%
Asian	1,237	1.6%	1,062	1,150	87	7.6%
Black or African American	17,393	22.8%	17,932	25,731	-8,338	-32.4%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	445	0.6%	400	635	-190	-29.9%
White	47,192	61.8%	45,806	64,645	-17,453	-27.0%
Information Not Available	9,636	12.6%	7,490	11,765	-2,129	-18.1%

Years of Age	76,388		73,130	104,610
Younger than 22	802	0.7%	938	1,395	-593	-42.5%
22-24	2,368	2.0%	2,613	4,231	-1,863	-44.0%
25-34	13,933	11.7%	15,663	21,830	-7,897	-36.2%
35-44	13,700	11.5%	14,444	21,581	-7,881	-36.5%
45-54	15,164	12.8%	15,786	23,739	-8,575	-36.1%
55-59	6,831	5.7%	7,203	10,408	-3,577	-34.4%
60-64	4,737	4.0%	4,966	7,386	-2,649	-35.9%
65 and older	3,167	2.7%	3,236	5,215	-2,048	-39.3%
Information Not Available	15,686	13.2%	8,281	8,825	6,861	77.7%

Industry	76,388		73,130	104,610
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	868	1.1%	664	807	61	7.6%
Mining	207	0.3%	89	73	134	183.6%
Utilities	117	0.2%	131	202	-85	-42.1%
Construction	5,155	6.7%	4,648	5,886	-731	-12.4%
Manufacturing	3,198	4.1%	3,259	4,486	-1,288	-28.7%
Wholesale Trade	3,027	3.9%	2,858	4,045	-1,018	-25.2%
Retail Trade	7,159	9.3%	7,292	10,459	-3,300	-31.6%
Transporation and Warehousing	2,278	2.9%	1,956	2,649	-371	-14.0%
Information	1,323	1.7%	1,237	1,783	-460	-25.8%
Finance and Insurance	3,100	4.0%	2,935	4,988	-1,888	-37.9%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	1,623	2.1%	1,642	2,242	-619	-27.6%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	5,021	6.5%	5,029	6,570	-1,549	-23.6%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	515	0.7%	475	601	-86	-14.3%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	13,193	17.1%	13,489	17,136	-3,943	-23.0%
Educational Services	1,662	2.2%	1,766	2,673	-1,011	-37.8%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	6,132	7.9%	6,441	9,516	-3,384	-35.6%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	1,438	1.9%	1,329	1,805	-367	-20.3%
Accomodation and Food Services	5,113	6.6%	5,786	7,561	-2,448	-32.4%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	2,015	2.6%	2,046	2,705	-690	-25.5%
Public Administration	1,135	1.5%	1,176	1,826	-691	-37.8%
Information Not Available	12,109	15.7%	8,882	16,597	-4,488	-27.0%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Georgia
	Feb 2015	Percent	Jan 2015	Feb 2014	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	41,547		46,758	60,074
Male	21,074	50.7%	23,812	31,089	-10,015	-32.2%
Female	19,803	47.7%	22,222	28,130	-8,327	-29.6%
Information Not Available	670	1.6%	724	855	-185	-21.6%

Ethnicity	41,547		46,758	60,074
Hispanic or Latino	42	0.1%	169	326	-284	-87.1%
Not Hispanic or Latino	40,835	98.3%	45,865	58,893	-18,058	-30.7%
Information Not Available	670	1.6%	724	855	-185	-21.6%

Race	41,547		46,758	60,074
American Indian or Alaskan Native	219	0.5%	295	350	-131	-37.4%
Asian	578	1.4%	606	802	-224	-27.9%
Black or African American	22,570	54.3%	25,445	30,232	-7,662	-25.3%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
White	17,510	42.1%	19,688	27,835	-10,325	-37.1%
Information Not Available	670	1.6%	724	855	-185	-21.6%

Years of Age	41,547		46,758	60,074
Younger than 22	791	1.4%	891	1,016	-225	-22.1%
22-24	2,099	3.7%	2,391	2,862	-763	-26.7%
25-34	10,283	18.2%	11,591	14,090	-3,807	-27.0%
35-44	9,815	17.4%	11,058	13,969	-4,154	-29.7%
45-54	9,534	16.9%	10,592	13,912	-4,378	-31.5%
55-59	3,884	6.9%	4,391	5,535	-1,651	-29.8%
60-64	2,487	4.4%	2,701	3,470	-983	-28.3%
65 and older	1,452	2.6%	1,614	2,053	-601	-29.3%
Information Not Available	1,202	2.1%	1,529	3,167	-1,965	-62.0%

Industry	41,547		46,758	60,074
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	803	1.9%	896	1,126	-323	-28.7%
Mining	36	0.1%	30	73	-37	-50.7%
Utilities	56	0.1%	54	52	4	7.7%
Construction	2,260	5.3%	2,567	3,804	-1,544	-40.6%
Manufacturing	2,739	6.5%	3,117	5,869	-3,130	-53.3%
Wholesale Trade	1,602	3.8%	1,723	2,521	-919	-36.5%
Retail Trade	3,300	7.8%	3,606	4,356	-1,056	-24.2%
Transporation and Warehousing	778	1.8%	847	1,468	-690	-47.0%
Information	834	2.0%	903	1,114	-280	-25.1%
Finance and Insurance	1,097	2.6%	1,112	1,609	-512	-31.8%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	597	1.4%	615	882	-285	-32.3%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	6,867	16.2%	7,690	9,639	-2,772	-28.8%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	27	0.1%	35	55	-28	-50.9%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	107	0.3%	122	132	-25	-18.9%
Educational Services	1,041	2.5%	1,217	1,407	-366	-26.0%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	2,029	4.8%	2,184	3,052	-1,023	-33.5%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	1,990	4.7%	2,769	3,063	-1,073	-35.0%
Accomodation and Food Services	334	0.8%	535	550	-216	-39.3%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	412	1.0%	504	468	-56	-12.0%
Public Administration	510	1.2%	574	825	-315	-38.2%
Information Not Available	14,128	33.4%	15,658	18,009	-3,881	-21.6%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Hawaii
	Feb 2015	Percent	Jan 2015	Feb 2014	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	8,660		9,038	10,535
Male	5,752	66.4%	6,027	7,315	-1,563	-21.4%
Female	2,907	33.6%	3,010	3,219	-312	-9.7%
Information Not Available	1	0.0%	1	1	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	8,660		9,038	10,535
Hispanic or Latino	622	7.2%	653	609	13	2.1%
Not Hispanic or Latino	5,811	67.1%	6,045	7,892	-2,081	-26.4%
Information Not Available	2,227	25.7%	2,340	2,034	193	9.5%

Race	8,660		9,038	10,535
American Indian or Alaskan Native	64	0.7%	63	55	9	16.4%
Asian	2,810	32.4%	2,954	3,481	-671	-19.3%
Black or African American	145	1.7%	153	203	-58	-28.6%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	2,450	28.3%	2,591	2,817	-367	-13.0%
White	2,019	23.3%	2,066	2,596	-577	-22.2%
Information Not Available	1,172	13.5%	1,211	1,383	-211	-15.3%

Years of Age	8,660		9,038	10,535
Younger than 22	87	0.9%	82	114	-27	-23.7%
22-24	264	2.7%	307	340	-76	-22.4%
25-34	1,946	19.5%	2,033	2,462	-516	-21.0%
35-44	2,076	20.9%	2,136	2,450	-374	-15.3%
45-54	2,050	20.6%	2,158	2,575	-525	-20.4%
55-59	971	9.8%	983	1,119	-148	-13.2%
60-64	725	7.3%	790	841	-116	-13.8%
65 and older	541	5.4%	549	634	-93	-14.7%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	8,660		9,038	10,535
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	135	1.5%	84	215	-80	-37.2%
Mining	1	0.0%	1	2	-1	-50.0%
Utilities	6	0.1%	7	29	-23	-79.3%
Construction	2,857	32.5%	3,119	3,561	-704	-19.8%
Manufacturing	192	2.2%	191	296	-104	-35.1%
Wholesale Trade	133	1.5%	144	179	-46	-25.7%
Retail Trade	477	5.4%	472	569	-92	-16.2%
Transporation and Warehousing	315	3.6%	323	339	-24	-7.1%
Information	145	1.6%	144	231	-86	-37.2%
Finance and Insurance	105	1.2%	125	194	-89	-45.9%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	122	1.4%	118	181	-59	-32.6%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	255	2.9%	287	338	-83	-24.6%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	51	0.6%	54	69	-18	-26.1%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	1,075	12.2%	1,057	1,263	-188	-14.9%
Educational Services	76	0.9%	83	90	-14	-15.6%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	378	4.3%	410	450	-72	-16.0%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	96	1.1%	109	124	-28	-22.6%
Accomodation and Food Services	826	9.4%	836	817	9	1.1%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	176	2.0%	195	256	-80	-31.3%
Public Administration	129	1.5%	168	143	-14	-9.8%
Information Not Available	1,110	12.6%	1,111	1,189	-79	-6.6%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Iowa
	Feb 2015	Percent	Jan 2015	Feb 2014	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	35,976		36,905	37,762
Male	27,027	75.1%	27,507	28,390	-1,363	-4.8%
Female	8,028	22.3%	8,521	9,372	-1,344	-14.3%
Information Not Available	921	2.6%	877	0	921	0.0%

Ethnicity	35,976		36,905	37,762
Hispanic or Latino	2,888	8.0%	3,061	3,050	-162	-5.3%
Not Hispanic or Latino	31,098	86.4%	31,963	33,879	-2,781	-8.2%
Information Not Available	1,990	5.5%	1,881	833	1,157	138.9%

Race	35,976		36,905	37,762
American Indian or Alaskan Native	254	0.7%	259	262	-8	-3.1%
Asian	265	0.7%	297	296	-31	-10.5%
Black or African American	1,586	4.4%	1,767	2,042	-456	-22.3%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
White	28,993	80.6%	29,640	31,279	-2,286	-7.3%
Information Not Available	4,878	13.6%	4,942	3,883	995	25.6%

Years of Age	35,976		36,905	37,762
Younger than 22	801	1.3%	853	804	-3	-0.4%
22-24	2,015	3.2%	2,040	2,062	-47	-2.3%
25-34	8,487	13.7%	8,780	9,104	-617	-6.8%
35-44	7,667	12.3%	7,862	8,086	-419	-5.2%
45-54	7,922	12.8%	8,084	8,624	-702	-8.1%
55-59	4,057	6.5%	4,205	4,188	-131	-3.1%
60-64	2,872	4.6%	2,899	2,848	24	0.8%
65 and older	2,145	3.5%	2,169	2,037	108	5.3%
Information Not Available	10	0.0%	13	9	1	11.1%

Industry	35,976		36,905	37,762
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	318	0.9%	318	345	-27	-7.8%
Mining	865	2.4%	964	992	-127	-12.8%
Utilities	51	0.1%	58	60	-9	-15.0%
Construction	14,058	38.7%	14,067	14,504	-446	-3.1%
Manufacturing	5,309	14.6%	5,410	5,103	206	4.0%
Wholesale Trade	1,254	3.5%	1,227	1,216	38	3.1%
Retail Trade	1,976	5.4%	2,012	2,231	-255	-11.4%
Transporation and Warehousing	1,127	3.1%	1,145	1,198	-71	-5.9%
Information	432	1.2%	425	511	-79	-15.5%
Finance and Insurance	654	1.8%	659	830	-176	-21.2%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	272	0.7%	270	299	-27	-9.0%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	714	2.0%	759	766	-52	-6.8%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	50	0.1%	43	61	-11	-18.0%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	4,075	11.2%	4,221	4,110	-35	-0.9%
Educational Services	338	0.9%	342	431	-93	-21.6%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	1,271	3.5%	1,308	1,600	-329	-20.6%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	745	2.1%	817	660	85	12.9%
Accomodation and Food Services	1,106	3.0%	1,430	1,292	-186	-14.4%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	535	1.5%	556	583	-48	-8.2%
Public Administration	597	1.6%	639	678	-81	-11.9%
Information Not Available	229	0.6%	235	292	-63	-21.6%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Idaho
	Feb 2015	Percent	Jan 2015	Feb 2014	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	13,078		13,070	17,883
Male	8,980	68.7%	8,974	12,895	-3,915	-30.4%
Female	4,095	31.3%	4,093	4,982	-887	-17.8%
Information Not Available	3	0.0%	3	6	-3	-50.0%

Ethnicity	13,078		13,070	17,883
Hispanic or Latino	2,222	17.0%	2,224	2,934	-712	-24.3%
Not Hispanic or Latino	9,736	74.4%	9,746	14,137	-4,401	-31.1%
Information Not Available	1,120	8.6%	1,100	812	308	37.9%

Race	13,078		13,070	17,883
American Indian or Alaskan Native	636	3.0%	642	287	349	121.6%
Asian	191	0.9%	184	135	56	41.5%
Black or African American	148	0.7%	143	119	29	24.4%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	112	0.5%	116	80	32	40.0%
White	16,013	74.4%	16,010	13,892	2,121	15.3%
Information Not Available	4,422	20.5%	4,419	3,370	1,052	31.2%

Years of Age	13,078		13,070	17,883
Younger than 22	344	1.2%	344	387	-43	-11.1%
22-24	648	2.3%	647	859	-211	-24.6%
25-34	2,690	9.6%	2,687	3,984	-1,294	-32.5%
35-44	2,561	9.1%	2,563	3,892	-1,331	-34.2%
45-54	3,143	11.2%	3,138	4,327	-1,184	-27.4%
55-59	1,547	5.5%	1,564	2,110	-563	-26.7%
60-64	1,004	3.6%	1,005	1,424	-420	-29.5%
65 and older	1,136	4.0%	1,115	900	236	26.2%
Information Not Available	5	0.0%	7	0	5	0.0%

Industry	13,078		13,070	17,883
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	1,052	7.4%	1,052	1,271	-219	-17.2%
Mining	251	1.8%	224	209	42	20.1%
Utilities	54	0.4%	53	91	-37	-40.7%
Construction	2,284	16.2%	2,283	3,681	-1,397	-38.0%
Manufacturing	1,481	10.5%	1,484	1,809	-328	-18.1%
Wholesale Trade	458	3.2%	456	628	-170	-27.1%
Retail Trade	1,070	7.6%	1,073	1,495	-425	-28.4%
Transporation and Warehousing	384	2.7%	384	362	22	6.1%
Information	111	0.8%	111	159	-48	-30.2%
Finance and Insurance	220	1.6%	220	287	-67	-23.3%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	128	0.9%	127	165	-37	-22.4%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	451	3.2%	449	533	-82	-15.4%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	25	0.2%	25	34	-9	-26.5%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	1,712	12.1%	1,712	2,228	-516	-23.2%
Educational Services	179	1.3%	179	198	-19	-9.6%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	765	5.4%	765	899	-134	-14.9%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	350	2.5%	350	408	-58	-14.2%
Accomodation and Food Services	603	4.3%	604	722	-119	-16.5%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	260	1.8%	258	331	-71	-21.5%
Public Administration	418	3.0%	418	500	-82	-16.4%
Information Not Available	822	5.8%	843	1,873	-1,051	-56.1%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Illinois
	Feb 2015	Percent	Jan 2015	Feb 2014	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	164,764		173,306	203,948
Male	112,418	68.2%	117,223	134,045	-21,627	-16.1%
Female	51,409	31.2%	55,114	68,499	-17,090	-24.9%
Information Not Available	937	0.6%	969	1,404	-467	-33.3%

Ethnicity	164,764		173,306	203,948
Hispanic or Latino	34,550	21.0%	35,656	39,730	-5,180	-13.0%
Not Hispanic or Latino	112,759	68.4%	119,093	142,361	-29,602	-20.8%
Information Not Available	17,455	10.6%	18,557	21,857	-4,402	-20.1%

Race	164,764		173,306	203,948
American Indian or Alaskan Native	892	0.5%	927	1,061	-169	-15.9%
Asian	3,114	1.9%	3,148	4,188	-1,074	-25.6%
Black or African American	31,623	19.2%	33,453	39,757	-8,134	-20.5%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	343	0.2%	324	458	-115	-25.1%
White	105,600	64.1%	111,424	131,390	-25,790	-19.6%
Information Not Available	23,192	14.1%	24,030	27,094	-3,902	-14.4%

Years of Age	164,764		173,306	203,948
Younger than 22	2,247	0.9%	2,173	2,793	-546	-19.5%
22-24	6,375	2.5%	6,540	8,287	-1,912	-23.1%
25-34	36,831	14.2%	38,394	46,300	-9,469	-20.5%
35-44	39,192	15.1%	41,771	49,954	-10,762	-21.5%
45-54	43,857	16.9%	46,154	53,443	-9,586	-17.9%
55-59	19,323	7.5%	20,450	22,828	-3,505	-15.4%
60-64	11,527	4.5%	12,096	13,518	-1,991	-14.7%
65 and older	5,412	2.1%	5,728	6,825	-1,413	-20.7%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	164,764		173,306	203,948
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	1,078	0.7%	1,127	1,152	-74	-6.4%
Mining	898	0.5%	896	1,187	-289	-24.3%
Utilities	162	0.1%	186	213	-51	-23.9%
Construction	38,824	23.4%	41,436	45,032	-6,208	-13.8%
Manufacturing	13,494	8.1%	14,726	17,311	-3,817	-22.0%
Wholesale Trade	6,257	3.8%	6,113	8,021	-1,764	-22.0%
Retail Trade	11,467	6.9%	11,037	15,980	-4,513	-28.2%
Transporation and Warehousing	6,383	3.8%	8,178	7,935	-1,552	-19.6%
Information	2,268	1.4%	2,161	2,605	-337	-12.9%
Finance and Insurance	4,104	2.5%	4,065	5,933	-1,829	-30.8%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	2,010	1.2%	2,003	2,429	-419	-17.2%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	8,436	5.1%	8,599	10,117	-1,681	-16.6%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	1,122	0.7%	1,095	962	160	16.6%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	28,164	17.0%	28,634	31,619	-3,455	-10.9%
Educational Services	3,211	1.9%	3,694	5,248	-2,037	-38.8%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	8,771	5.3%	9,175	12,329	-3,558	-28.9%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	4,077	2.5%	4,111	4,547	-470	-10.3%
Accomodation and Food Services	7,457	4.5%	8,589	9,679	-2,222	-23.0%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	3,736	2.3%	3,903	4,822	-1,086	-22.5%
Public Administration	2,813	1.7%	2,731	3,587	-774	-21.6%
Information Not Available	10,032	6.0%	10,847	13,240	-3,208	-24.2%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Indiana
	Feb 2015	Percent	Jan 2015	Feb 2014	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	38,794		41,224	53,974
Male	27,961	72.1%	29,376	38,113	-10,152	-26.6%
Female	10,763	27.7%	11,778	15,791	-5,028	-31.8%
Information Not Available	70	0.2%	70	70	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	38,794		41,224	53,974
Hispanic or Latino	2,417	6.2%	2,515	2,804	-387	-13.8%
Not Hispanic or Latino	29,015	74.8%	30,918	40,864	-11,849	-29.0%
Information Not Available	7,362	19.0%	7,791	10,306	-2,944	-28.6%

Race	38,794		41,224	53,974
American Indian or Alaskan Native	180	0.5%	190	341	-161	-47.2%
Asian	202	0.5%	197	827	-625	-75.6%
Black or African American	4,647	12.0%	5,008	7,180	-2,533	-35.3%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	40	0.1%	40	47	-7	-14.9%
White	31,146	80.3%	33,057	42,937	-11,791	-27.5%
Information Not Available	2,579	6.6%	2,732	2,642	-63	-2.4%

Years of Age	38,794		41,224	53,974
Younger than 22	590	0.9%	698	884	-294	-33.3%
22-24	1,526	2.3%	1,656	2,221	-695	-31.3%
25-34	8,413	12.5%	9,202	12,251	-3,838	-31.3%
35-44	9,579	14.2%	10,171	13,431	-3,852	-28.7%
45-54	10,380	15.4%	10,854	14,267	-3,887	-27.2%
55-59	4,557	6.8%	4,747	6,040	-1,483	-24.6%
60-64	2,477	3.7%	2,588	3,155	-678	-21.5%
65 and older	1,272	1.9%	1,308	1,725	-453	-26.3%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	38,794		41,224	53,974
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	219	0.6%	227	255	-36	-14.1%
Mining	281	0.7%	279	422	-141	-33.4%
Utilities	15	0.0%	11	55	-40	-72.7%
Construction	12,159	31.2%	12,447	16,539	-4,380	-26.5%
Manufacturing	5,102	13.1%	5,853	7,282	-2,180	-29.9%
Wholesale Trade	1,028	2.6%	1,069	1,444	-416	-28.8%
Retail Trade	2,287	5.9%	2,493	3,300	-1,013	-30.7%
Transporation and Warehousing	1,540	3.9%	1,797	2,396	-856	-35.7%
Information	327	0.8%	313	399	-72	-18.0%
Finance and Insurance	531	1.4%	566	886	-355	-40.1%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	453	1.2%	498	633	-180	-28.4%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	1,117	2.9%	1,146	1,487	-370	-24.9%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	132	0.3%	159	254	-122	-48.0%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	4,794	12.3%	5,010	6,746	-1,952	-28.9%
Educational Services	472	1.2%	528	750	-278	-37.1%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	2,040	5.2%	2,157	3,111	-1,071	-34.4%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	714	1.8%	786	922	-208	-22.6%
Accomodation and Food Services	1,116	2.9%	1,275	1,692	-576	-34.0%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	756	1.9%	771	932	-176	-18.9%
Public Administration	329	0.8%	308	362	-33	-9.1%
Information Not Available	3,382	8.7%	3,531	4,107	-725	-17.7%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Kansas
	Feb 2015	Percent	Jan 2015	Feb 2014	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	20,983		22,532	25,833
Male	14,059	67.0%	15,300	16,941	-2,882	-17.0%
Female	6,924	33.0%	7,232	8,892	-1,968	-22.1%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	20,983		22,532	25,833
Hispanic or Latino	2,035	9.7%	2,374	2,476	-441	-17.8%
Not Hispanic or Latino	9,515	45.3%	10,538	11,364	-1,849	-16.3%
Information Not Available	9,433	45.0%	9,620	11,993	-2,560	-21.3%

Race	20,983		22,532	25,833
American Indian or Alaskan Native	321	1.5%	342	392	-71	-18.1%
Asian	226	1.1%	245	346	-120	-34.7%
Black or African American	3,617	17.2%	3,866	4,093	-476	-11.6%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	38	0.2%	40	51	-13	-25.5%
White	15,171	72.3%	16,217	18,946	-3,775	-19.9%
Information Not Available	1,610	7.7%	1,822	2,005	-395	-19.7%

Years of Age	20,983		22,532	25,833
Younger than 22	345	1.0%	356	415	-70	-16.9%
22-24	985	2.9%	1,086	1,156	-171	-14.8%
25-34	5,031	14.6%	5,343	6,167	-1,136	-18.4%
35-44	4,607	13.3%	5,048	5,616	-1,009	-18.0%
45-54	5,114	14.8%	5,464	6,383	-1,269	-19.9%
55-59	2,369	6.9%	2,547	2,926	-557	-19.0%
60-64	1,600	4.6%	1,698	1,931	-331	-17.1%
65 and older	932	2.7%	990	1,239	-307	-24.8%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	20,983		22,532	25,833
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	84	0.4%	106	95	-11	-11.6%
Mining	627	3.0%	427	317	310	97.8%
Utilities	30	0.1%	25	50	-20	-40.0%
Construction	4,231	20.1%	5,050	6,132	-1,901	-31.0%
Manufacturing	3,456	16.4%	3,986	3,295	161	4.9%
Wholesale Trade	694	3.3%	931	931	-237	-25.5%
Retail Trade	1,584	7.5%	1,625	2,056	-472	-23.0%
Transporation and Warehousing	948	4.5%	841	833	115	13.8%
Information	351	1.7%	323	277	74	26.7%
Finance and Insurance	415	2.0%	435	738	-323	-43.8%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	246	1.2%	221	314	-68	-21.7%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	939	4.5%	968	1,249	-310	-24.8%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	56	0.3%	56	75	-19	-25.3%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	2,938	13.9%	2,995	3,408	-470	-13.8%
Educational Services	271	1.3%	295	435	-164	-37.7%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	1,451	6.9%	1,515	2,254	-803	-35.6%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	214	1.0%	242	242	-28	-11.6%
Accomodation and Food Services	673	3.2%	754	975	-302	-31.0%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	437	2.1%	459	613	-176	-28.7%
Public Administration	446	2.1%	435	637	-191	-30.0%
Information Not Available	892	4.2%	843	907	-15	-1.7%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Kentucky
	Feb 2015	Percent	Jan 2015	Feb 2014	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	29,851		30,826	39,032
Male	20,371	68.2%	20,591	26,499	-6,128	-23.1%
Female	9,480	31.8%	10,235	12,533	-3,053	-24.4%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	29,851		30,826	39,032
Hispanic or Latino	62	0.2%	74	178	-116	-65.2%
Not Hispanic or Latino	688	2.3%	564	846	-158	-18.7%
Information Not Available	29,101	97.5%	30,088	38,008	-8,907	-23.4%

Race	29,851		30,826	39,032
American Indian or Alaskan Native	111	0.4%	140	191	-80	-41.9%
Asian	84	0.3%	114	117	-33	-28.2%
Black or African American	3,451	11.6%	3,560	4,301	-850	-19.8%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	9	0.0%	13	9	0	0.0%
White	25,845	86.6%	26,654	34,011	-8,166	-24.0%
Information Not Available	351	1.2%	345	403	-52	-12.9%

Years of Age	29,851		30,826	39,032
Younger than 22	319	0.6%	284	507	-188	-37.1%
22-24	1,260	2.4%	1,249	1,510	-250	-16.6%
25-34	6,220	11.6%	6,653	8,415	-2,195	-26.1%
35-44	6,996	13.1%	7,207	9,500	-2,504	-26.4%
45-54	7,750	14.5%	8,059	9,843	-2,093	-21.3%
55-59	3,478	6.5%	3,621	4,644	-1,166	-25.1%
60-64	2,302	4.3%	2,359	2,960	-658	-22.2%
65 and older	1,522	2.9%	1,385	1,649	-127	-7.7%
Information Not Available	4	0.0%	9	4	0	0.0%

Industry	29,851		30,826	39,032
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	146	0.5%	131	139	7	5.0%
Mining	1,366	4.6%	1,061	1,198	168	14.0%
Utilities	80	0.3%	52	113	-33	-29.2%
Construction	7,537	25.1%	7,382	9,200	-1,663	-18.1%
Manufacturing	4,050	13.5%	4,368	5,151	-1,101	-21.4%
Wholesale Trade	963	3.2%	882	1,328	-365	-27.5%
Retail Trade	1,739	5.8%	1,804	2,604	-865	-33.2%
Transporation and Warehousing	1,016	3.4%	1,123	1,463	-447	-30.6%
Information	350	1.2%	345	529	-179	-33.8%
Finance and Insurance	705	2.4%	681	955	-250	-26.2%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	346	1.2%	332	486	-140	-28.8%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	1,176	3.9%	1,219	1,376	-200	-14.5%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	93	0.3%	135	56	37	66.1%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	3,491	11.6%	3,363	4,776	-1,285	-26.9%
Educational Services	448	1.5%	507	612	-164	-26.8%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	1,579	5.3%	1,852	2,981	-1,402	-47.0%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	657	2.2%	869	699	-42	-6.0%
Accomodation and Food Services	1,291	4.3%	1,603	1,827	-536	-29.3%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	510	1.7%	463	803	-293	-36.5%
Public Administration	546	1.8%	603	564	-18	-3.2%
Information Not Available	1,762	5.9%	2,051	2,172	-410	-18.9%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Louisiana
	Feb 2015	Percent	Jan 2015	Feb 2014	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	18,127		18,854	19,498
Male	10,029	55.3%	10,025	9,984	45	0.5%
Female	8,098	44.7%	8,829	9,514	-1,416	-14.9%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	18,127		18,854	19,498
Hispanic or Latino	838	4.6%	831	894	-56	-6.3%
Not Hispanic or Latino	17,289	95.4%	18,023	18,599	-1,310	-7.0%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	5	-5	-100.0%

Race	18,127		18,854	19,498
American Indian or Alaskan Native	200	1.1%	197	170	30	17.6%
Asian	162	0.9%	154	215	-53	-24.7%
Black or African American	9,723	53.6%	10,708	10,777	-1,054	-9.8%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	38	0.2%	30	35	3	8.6%
White	8,004	44.2%	7,765	8,300	-296	-3.6%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	1	-1	-100.0%

Years of Age	18,127		18,854	19,498
Younger than 22	203	0.8%	199	220	-17	-7.7%
22-24	758	3.1%	829	822	-64	-7.8%
25-34	4,589	18.5%	4,946	4,820	-231	-4.8%
35-44	4,198	16.9%	4,414	4,286	-88	-2.1%
45-54	4,263	17.2%	4,254	4,684	-421	-9.0%
55-59	1,932	7.8%	2,004	2,197	-265	-12.1%
60-64	1,295	5.2%	1,301	1,448	-153	-10.6%
65 and older	889	3.6%	907	1,021	-132	-12.9%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	18,127		18,854	19,498
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	297	1.6%	343	328	-31	-9.5%
Mining	875	4.7%	495	355	520	146.5%
Utilities	43	0.2%	49	45	-2	-4.4%
Construction	3,159	17.1%	3,564	3,216	-57	-1.8%
Manufacturing	1,684	9.1%	1,604	1,667	17	1.0%
Wholesale Trade	578	3.1%	535	658	-80	-12.2%
Retail Trade	1,668	9.1%	1,823	1,873	-205	-10.9%
Transporation and Warehousing	671	3.6%	588	628	43	6.8%
Information	288	1.6%	300	422	-134	-31.8%
Finance and Insurance	462	2.5%	476	552	-90	-16.3%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	433	2.4%	406	370	63	17.0%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	840	4.6%	813	1,104	-264	-23.9%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	67	0.4%	57	67	0	0.0%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	1,839	10.0%	1,948	1,907	-68	-3.6%
Educational Services	300	1.6%	376	503	-203	-40.4%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	1,995	10.8%	2,210	2,671	-676	-25.3%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	287	1.6%	311	364	-77	-21.2%
Accomodation and Food Services	1,312	7.1%	1,539	1,411	-99	-7.0%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	485	2.6%	520	527	-42	-8.0%
Public Administration	297	1.6%	309	376	-79	-21.0%
Information Not Available	547	3.0%	588	454	93	20.5%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Massachusetts
	Feb 2015	Percent	Jan 2015	Feb 2014	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	97,238		96,271	107,690
Male	65,332	67.2%	62,987	70,766	-5,434	-7.7%
Female	31,901	32.8%	33,278	36,924	-5,023	-13.6%
Information Not Available	5	0.0%	6	0	5	0.0%

Ethnicity	97,238		96,271	107,690
Hispanic or Latino	11,950	12.3%	12,222	12,610	-660	-5.2%
Not Hispanic or Latino	79,553	81.8%	78,616	89,311	-9,758	-10.9%
Information Not Available	5,735	5.9%	5,433	5,769	-34	-0.6%

Race	97,238		96,271	107,690
American Indian or Alaskan Native	429	0.4%	416	476	-47	-9.9%
Asian	2,713	2.8%	2,870	2,847	-134	-4.7%
Black or African American	7,567	7.8%	7,877	8,452	-885	-10.5%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	233	0.2%	235	287	-54	-18.8%
White	73,905	76.0%	72,422	83,453	-9,548	-11.4%
Information Not Available	12,391	12.7%	12,451	12,175	216	1.8%

Years of Age	97,238		96,271	107,690
Younger than 22	1,870	1.1%	1,913	2,181	-311	-14.3%
22-24	4,673	2.9%	4,817	5,452	-779	-14.3%
25-34	22,835	13.9%	22,674	25,168	-2,333	-9.3%
35-44	20,594	12.6%	20,208	22,944	-2,350	-10.2%
45-54	23,567	14.4%	22,921	26,408	-2,841	-10.8%
55-59	10,487	6.4%	10,288	11,487	-1,000	-8.7%
60-64	7,331	4.5%	7,387	7,864	-533	-6.8%
65 and older	5,881	3.6%	6,063	6,186	-305	-4.9%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	97,238		96,271	107,690
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	1,250	1.3%	1,183	1,188	62	5.2%
Mining	250	0.3%	233	281	-31	-11.0%
Utilities	167	0.2%	153	144	23	16.0%
Construction	20,254	20.6%	17,490	20,985	-731	-3.5%
Manufacturing	6,363	6.5%	6,472	7,626	-1,263	-16.6%
Wholesale Trade	3,307	3.4%	3,326	3,900	-593	-15.2%
Retail Trade	7,497	7.6%	7,422	8,763	-1,266	-14.4%
Transporation and Warehousing	3,070	3.1%	2,395	3,032	38	1.3%
Information	1,663	1.7%	1,664	2,032	-369	-18.2%
Finance and Insurance	2,234	2.3%	2,350	2,983	-749	-25.1%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	1,817	1.8%	1,858	2,096	-279	-13.3%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	6,411	6.5%	6,023	6,987	-576	-8.2%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	269	0.3%	267	280	-11	-3.9%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	14,529	14.8%	14,593	15,784	-1,255	-8.0%
Educational Services	1,434	1.5%	1,629	1,696	-262	-15.4%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	6,874	7.0%	7,138	7,919	-1,045	-13.2%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	3,437	3.5%	3,570	3,698	-261	-7.1%
Accomodation and Food Services	8,111	8.2%	9,493	9,116	-1,005	-11.0%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	4,429	4.5%	4,498	4,713	-284	-6.0%
Public Administration	1,678	1.7%	2,011	2,124	-446	-21.0%
Information Not Available	2,194	2.2%	2,503	2,343	-149	-6.4%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Maryland
	Feb 2015	Percent	Jan 2015	Feb 2014	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	55,141		57,044	61,918
Male	28,693	52.0%	27,999	34,866	-6,173	-17.7%
Female	16,401	29.7%	17,837	23,608	-7,207	-30.5%
Information Not Available	10,047	18.2%	11,208	3,444	6,603	191.7%

Ethnicity	55,141		57,044	61,918
Hispanic or Latino	3,772	6.8%	3,443	4,178	-406	-9.7%
Not Hispanic or Latino	40,513	73.5%	41,537	53,287	-12,774	-24.0%
Information Not Available	10,856	19.7%	12,064	4,453	6,403	143.8%

Race	55,141		57,044	61,918
American Indian or Alaskan Native	151	0.3%	157	200	-49	-24.5%
Asian	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
Black or African American	16,664	30.2%	17,771	22,500	-5,836	-25.9%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	70	0.1%	73	85	-15	-17.6%
White	23,628	42.9%	23,536	30,502	-6,874	-22.5%
Information Not Available	14,628	26.5%	15,507	8,631	5,997	69.5%

Years of Age	55,141		57,044	61,918
Younger than 22	797	1.1%	821	967	-170	-17.6%
22-24	2,146	2.9%	2,320	2,827	-681	-24.1%
25-34	10,659	14.2%	11,123	13,491	-2,832	-21.0%
35-44	9,091	12.1%	9,225	12,154	-3,063	-25.2%
45-54	10,788	14.3%	10,718	14,192	-3,404	-24.0%
55-59	4,971	6.6%	4,881	6,489	-1,518	-23.4%
60-64	3,556	4.7%	3,584	4,477	-921	-20.6%
65 and older	3,086	4.1%	3,164	3,877	-791	-20.4%
Information Not Available	10,047	13.4%	11,208	3,444	6,603	191.7%

Industry	55,141		57,044	61,918
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	212	0.4%	232	260	-48	-18.5%
Mining	92	0.2%	70	94	-2	-2.1%
Utilities	37	0.1%	43	42	-5	-11.9%
Construction	9,719	17.6%	7,959	9,680	39	0.4%
Manufacturing	483	0.9%	522	708	-225	-31.8%
Wholesale Trade	1,481	2.7%	1,476	2,115	-634	-30.0%
Retail Trade	1,609	2.9%	1,700	2,187	-578	-26.4%
Transporation and Warehousing	1,002	1.8%	1,039	1,339	-337	-25.2%
Information	621	1.1%	712	885	-264	-29.8%
Finance and Insurance	1,031	1.9%	1,057	1,605	-574	-35.8%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	843	1.5%	893	1,220	-377	-30.9%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	3,373	6.1%	3,486	5,029	-1,656	-32.9%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	208	0.4%	220	321	-113	-35.2%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	6,552	11.8%	6,843	8,051	-1,499	-18.6%
Educational Services	988	1.8%	1,189	1,611	-623	-38.7%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	3,150	5.7%	3,420	4,821	-1,671	-34.7%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	1,211	2.2%	1,241	1,319	-108	-8.2%
Accomodation and Food Services	3,891	7.0%	4,719	4,896	-1,005	-20.5%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	1,102	2.0%	1,171	1,602	-500	-31.2%
Public Administration	1,011	1.8%	1,029	1,176	-165	-14.0%
Information Not Available	16,525	29.9%	18,023	12,957	3,568	27.5%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Maine
	Feb 2015	Percent	Jan 2015	Feb 2014	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	13,874		14,531	17,257
Male	9,342	67.3%	9,590	11,509	-2,167	-18.8%
Female	4,532	32.7%	4,941	5,748	-1,216	-21.2%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	13,874		14,531	17,257
Hispanic or Latino	205	1.5%	208	207	-2	-1.0%
Not Hispanic or Latino	9,634	69.4%	9,852	11,431	-1,797	-15.7%
Information Not Available	4,035	29.1%	4,471	5,619	-1,584	-28.2%

Race	13,874		14,531	17,257
American Indian or Alaskan Native	147	1.1%	143	155	-8	-5.2%
Asian	54	0.4%	45	78	-24	-30.8%
Black or African American	195	1.4%	223	218	-23	-10.6%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
White	9,918	71.5%	10,109	11,946	-2,028	-17.0%
Information Not Available	3,560	25.7%	4,011	4,860	-1,300	-26.7%

Years of Age	13,874		14,531	17,257
Younger than 22	356	1.6%	385	467	-111	-23.8%
22-24	700	3.1%	767	1,017	-317	-31.2%
25-34	3,208	14.2%	3,453	4,187	-979	-23.4%
35-44	2,740	12.1%	2,842	3,389	-649	-19.2%
45-54	3,147	13.9%	3,307	3,884	-737	-19.0%
55-59	1,631	7.2%	1,676	1,924	-293	-15.2%
60-64	1,191	5.3%	1,205	1,374	-183	-13.3%
65 and older	901	4.0%	896	1,015	-114	-11.2%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	13,874		14,531	17,257
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	262	1.9%	292	319	-57	-17.9%
Mining	24	0.2%	16	36	-12	-33.3%
Utilities	14	0.1%	19	17	-3	-17.6%
Construction	2,806	19.9%	2,678	3,402	-596	-17.5%
Manufacturing	1,354	9.6%	1,297	1,769	-415	-23.5%
Wholesale Trade	369	2.6%	371	451	-82	-18.2%
Retail Trade	1,003	7.1%	1,060	1,208	-205	-17.0%
Transporation and Warehousing	260	1.8%	265	321	-61	-19.0%
Information	106	0.7%	123	103	3	2.9%
Finance and Insurance	102	0.7%	109	135	-33	-24.4%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	124	0.9%	128	124	0	0.0%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	251	1.8%	241	262	-11	-4.2%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	7	0.0%	7	18	-11	-61.1%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	1,202	8.5%	1,319	1,434	-232	-16.2%
Educational Services	132	0.9%	151	171	-39	-22.8%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	477	3.4%	491	676	-199	-29.4%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	277	2.0%	333	324	-47	-14.5%
Accomodation and Food Services	1,653	11.7%	1,927	2,035	-382	-18.8%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	200	1.4%	198	332	-132	-39.8%
Public Administration	177	1.3%	200	222	-45	-20.3%
Information Not Available	3,074	21.7%	3,306	3,898	-824	-21.1%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Michigan
	Feb 2015	Percent	Jan 2015	Feb 2014	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	110,596		122,173	124,659
Male	76,961	69.6%	83,500	84,400	-7,439	-8.8%
Female	31,660	28.6%	36,562	38,142	-6,482	-17.0%
Information Not Available	1,975	1.8%	2,111	2,117	-142	-6.7%

Ethnicity	110,596		122,173	124,659
Hispanic or Latino	7,515	6.8%	7,723	7,300	215	2.9%
Not Hispanic or Latino	83,909	75.9%	92,867	94,478	-10,569	-11.2%
Information Not Available	19,172	17.3%	21,583	22,881	-3,709	-16.2%

Race	110,596		122,173	124,659
American Indian or Alaskan Native	1,293	1.2%	1,310	1,544	-251	-16.3%
Asian	959	0.9%	1,411	836	123	14.7%
Black or African American	11,883	10.7%	14,802	13,745	-1,862	-13.5%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	76	0.1%	88	93	-17	-18.3%
White	71,541	64.7%	77,243	78,913	-7,372	-9.3%
Information Not Available	24,844	22.5%	27,319	29,528	-4,684	-15.9%

Years of Age	110,596		122,173	124,659
Younger than 22	3,289	1.9%	3,531	3,626	-337	-9.3%
22-24	6,089	3.5%	7,029	7,075	-986	-13.9%
25-34	25,666	14.6%	28,030	29,153	-3,487	-12.0%
35-44	24,746	14.1%	27,499	28,569	-3,823	-13.4%
45-54	27,688	15.8%	30,906	31,681	-3,993	-12.6%
55-59	12,308	7.0%	13,713	13,227	-919	-6.9%
60-64	6,888	3.9%	7,513	7,420	-532	-7.2%
65 and older	3,922	2.2%	3,952	3,908	14	0.4%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	110,596		122,173	124,659
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	2,422	2.1%	2,482	2,403	19	0.8%
Mining	965	0.9%	881	871	94	10.8%
Utilities	97	0.1%	77	126	-29	-23.0%
Construction	26,434	23.4%	25,657	26,958	-524	-1.9%
Manufacturing	11,912	10.5%	17,092	12,880	-968	-7.5%
Wholesale Trade	3,439	3.0%	4,275	5,990	-2,551	-42.6%
Retail Trade	6,392	5.7%	6,361	7,637	-1,245	-16.3%
Transporation and Warehousing	3,478	3.1%	3,948	3,322	156	4.7%
Information	824	0.7%	747	905	-81	-9.0%
Finance and Insurance	1,478	1.3%	1,534	2,801	-1,323	-47.2%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	1,217	1.1%	1,207	1,313	-96	-7.3%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	4,898	4.3%	5,755	5,294	-396	-7.5%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	3,256	2.9%	4,624	1,909	1,347	70.6%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	15,907	14.1%	17,407	18,725	-2,818	-15.0%
Educational Services	1,064	0.9%	1,325	1,466	-402	-27.4%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	5,546	4.9%	5,904	7,406	-1,860	-25.1%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	4,314	3.8%	4,227	4,419	-105	-2.4%
Accomodation and Food Services	4,970	4.4%	5,427	5,614	-644	-11.5%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	2,334	2.1%	2,428	2,511	-177	-7.0%
Public Administration	1,978	1.8%	1,992	2,301	-323	-14.0%
Information Not Available	7,671	6.8%	8,823	9,808	-2,137	-21.8%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Minnesota
	Feb 2015	Percent	Jan 2015	Feb 2014	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	66,281		66,736	74,819
Male	50,494	76.2%	50,477	55,435	-4,941	-8.9%
Female	15,779	23.8%	16,247	19,375	-3,596	-18.6%
Information Not Available	8	0.0%	12	9	-1	-11.1%

Ethnicity	66,281		66,736	74,819
Hispanic or Latino	2,794	4.2%	2,873	2,950	-156	-5.3%
Not Hispanic or Latino	56,742	85.6%	57,116	64,561	-7,819	-12.1%
Information Not Available	6,745	10.2%	6,747	7,308	-563	-7.7%

Race	66,281		66,736	74,819
American Indian or Alaskan Native	842	1.3%	909	978	-136	-13.9%
Asian	1,124	1.7%	1,054	1,291	-167	-12.9%
Black or African American	3,370	5.1%	3,511	3,896	-526	-13.5%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	102	0.2%	102	118	-16	-13.6%
White	55,811	84.2%	56,088	63,324	-7,513	-11.9%
Information Not Available	5,032	7.6%	5,072	5,212	-180	-3.5%

Years of Age	66,281		66,736	74,819
Younger than 22	1,384	1.2%	1,400	1,416	-32	-2.3%
22-24	3,663	3.1%	3,653	3,939	-276	-7.0%
25-34	16,494	14.1%	16,808	19,061	-2,567	-13.5%
35-44	13,800	11.8%	13,775	15,848	-2,048	-12.9%
45-54	15,002	12.8%	14,959	17,486	-2,484	-14.2%
55-59	7,912	6.8%	7,940	8,539	-627	-7.3%
60-64	5,047	4.3%	5,067	5,507	-460	-8.4%
65 and older	2,961	2.5%	3,116	2,999	-38	-1.3%
Information Not Available	18	0.0%	18	24	-6	-25.0%

Industry	66,281		66,736	74,819
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	1,031	1.5%	1,028	1,133	-102	-9.0%
Mining	673	1.0%	650	704	-31	-4.4%
Utilities	283	0.4%	301	415	-132	-31.8%
Construction	23,621	35.1%	23,001	25,040	-1,419	-5.7%
Manufacturing	7,349	10.9%	7,487	8,365	-1,016	-12.1%
Wholesale Trade	2,292	3.4%	2,371	2,658	-366	-13.8%
Retail Trade	3,753	5.6%	3,809	4,150	-397	-9.6%
Transporation and Warehousing	1,860	2.8%	1,751	1,953	-93	-4.8%
Information	734	1.1%	757	847	-113	-13.3%
Finance and Insurance	1,005	1.5%	1,055	1,563	-558	-35.7%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	763	1.1%	783	1,106	-343	-31.0%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	2,737	4.1%	2,677	3,070	-333	-10.8%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	898	1.3%	887	1,058	-160	-15.1%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	6,747	10.0%	6,827	7,950	-1,203	-15.1%
Educational Services	951	1.4%	1,040	1,198	-247	-20.6%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	2,956	4.4%	3,121	3,958	-1,002	-25.3%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	1,260	1.9%	1,384	1,445	-185	-12.8%
Accomodation and Food Services	2,480	3.7%	2,715	2,807	-327	-11.6%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	1,504	2.2%	1,596	1,639	-135	-8.2%
Public Administration	1,375	2.0%	1,506	1,467	-92	-6.3%
Information Not Available	2,009	3.0%	1,990	2,293	-284	-12.4%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Missouri
	Feb 2015	Percent	Jan 2015	Feb 2014	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	46,818		49,467	60,528
Male	29,940	63.9%	31,950	38,416	-8,476	-22.1%
Female	16,820	35.9%	17,455	22,028	-5,208	-23.6%
Information Not Available	58	0.1%	62	84	-26	-31.0%

Ethnicity	46,818		49,467	60,528
Hispanic or Latino	1,896	4.0%	1,928	1,709	187	10.9%
Not Hispanic or Latino	35,404	75.6%	38,307	50,679	-15,275	-30.1%
Information Not Available	9,518	20.3%	9,232	8,140	1,378	16.9%

Race	46,818		49,467	60,528
American Indian or Alaskan Native	285	0.6%	284	326	-41	-12.6%
Asian	230	0.5%	251	272	-42	-15.4%
Black or African American	7,041	15.0%	7,204	5,553	1,488	26.8%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	1,355	2.9%	1,348	527	828	157.1%
White	32,297	69.0%	34,277	34,028	-1,731	-5.1%
Information Not Available	5,610	12.0%	6,103	19,822	-14,212	-71.7%

Years of Age	46,818		49,467	60,528
Younger than 22	841	1.1%	753	1,075	-234	-21.8%
22-24	2,182	2.9%	2,368	2,937	-755	-25.7%
25-34	10,792	14.2%	11,505	14,149	-3,357	-23.7%
35-44	10,392	13.7%	11,333	13,547	-3,155	-23.3%
45-54	11,699	15.4%	11,856	15,003	-3,304	-22.0%
55-59	5,214	6.9%	5,541	6,722	-1,508	-22.4%
60-64	3,202	4.2%	3,422	3,978	-776	-19.5%
65 and older	2,494	3.3%	2,689	3,117	-623	-20.0%
Information Not Available	2	0.0%	0	0	2	0.0%

Industry	46,818		49,467	60,528
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	533	1.1%	555	566	-33	-5.8%
Mining	223	0.5%	342	593	-370	-62.4%
Utilities	64	0.1%	43	72	-8	-11.1%
Construction	9,046	19.1%	10,354	13,830	-4,784	-34.6%
Manufacturing	6,360	13.4%	6,637	5,734	626	10.9%
Wholesale Trade	1,508	3.2%	1,471	1,844	-336	-18.2%
Retail Trade	3,844	8.1%	3,788	5,059	-1,215	-24.0%
Transporation and Warehousing	1,689	3.6%	2,061	2,772	-1,083	-39.1%
Information	684	1.4%	650	937	-253	-27.0%
Finance and Insurance	1,000	2.1%	989	1,696	-696	-41.0%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	687	1.5%	662	970	-283	-29.2%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	1,440	3.0%	1,508	1,950	-510	-26.2%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	275	0.6%	266	239	36	15.1%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	6,220	13.1%	6,276	7,700	-1,480	-19.2%
Educational Services	661	1.4%	707	852	-191	-22.4%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	3,380	7.1%	3,389	4,828	-1,448	-30.0%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	1,850	3.9%	1,819	1,682	168	10.0%
Accomodation and Food Services	4,337	9.2%	4,807	5,338	-1,001	-18.8%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	1,022	2.2%	979	1,433	-411	-28.7%
Public Administration	499	1.1%	499	633	-134	-21.2%
Information Not Available	1,496	3.2%	1,665	1,800	-304	-16.9%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Mississippi
	Feb 2015	Percent	Jan 2015	Feb 2014	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	13,787		15,632	21,372
Male	8,131	59.0%	8,897	11,477	-3,346	-29.2%
Female	5,644	40.9%	6,724	9,866	-4,222	-42.8%
Information Not Available	12	0.1%	11	29	-17	-58.6%

Ethnicity	13,787		15,632	21,372
Hispanic or Latino	243	1.8%	235	304	-61	-20.1%
Not Hispanic or Latino	12,504	90.7%	14,253	19,888	-7,384	-37.1%
Information Not Available	1,040	7.5%	1,144	1,180	-140	-11.9%

Race	13,787		15,632	21,372
American Indian or Alaskan Native	41	0.3%	46	58	-17	-29.3%
Asian	60	0.4%	46	108	-48	-44.4%
Black or African American	7,640	55.4%	9,012	12,442	-4,802	-38.6%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	38	0.3%	43	44	-6	-13.6%
White	5,688	41.3%	6,097	8,340	-2,652	-31.8%
Information Not Available	320	2.3%	388	380	-60	-15.8%

Years of Age	13,787		15,632	21,372
Younger than 22	167	0.9%	181	307	-140	-45.6%
22-24	633	3.4%	730	1,121	-488	-43.5%
25-34	3,387	18.4%	3,842	5,098	-1,711	-33.6%
35-44	3,142	17.1%	3,596	4,837	-1,695	-35.0%
45-54	3,243	17.6%	3,676	5,015	-1,772	-35.3%
55-59	1,493	8.1%	1,679	2,296	-803	-35.0%
60-64	1,052	5.7%	1,162	1,536	-484	-31.5%
65 and older	670	3.6%	766	1,162	-492	-42.3%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	13,787		15,632	21,372
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	926	6.3%	1,148	1,295	-369	-28.5%
Mining	123	0.8%	76	82	41	50.0%
Utilities	20	0.1%	21	45	-25	-55.6%
Construction	1,103	7.5%	1,260	1,835	-732	-39.9%
Manufacturing	1,574	10.7%	1,877	2,595	-1,021	-39.3%
Wholesale Trade	251	1.7%	264	414	-163	-39.4%
Retail Trade	1,071	7.3%	1,218	2,123	-1,052	-49.6%
Transporation and Warehousing	330	2.2%	384	612	-282	-46.1%
Information	119	0.8%	125	141	-22	-15.6%
Finance and Insurance	197	1.3%	221	418	-221	-52.9%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	122	0.8%	143	200	-78	-39.0%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	334	2.3%	390	435	-101	-23.2%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	101	0.7%	126	165	-64	-38.8%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	1,225	8.3%	1,459	2,246	-1,021	-45.5%
Educational Services	259	1.8%	366	458	-199	-43.4%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	1,036	7.0%	1,212	1,910	-874	-45.8%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	183	1.2%	201	193	-10	-5.2%
Accomodation and Food Services	984	6.7%	1,189	1,653	-669	-40.5%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	180	1.2%	212	336	-156	-46.4%
Public Administration	221	1.5%	248	381	-160	-42.0%
Information Not Available	3,428	23.3%	3,492	3,835	-407	-10.6%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Montana
	Feb 2015	Percent	Jan 2015	Feb 2014	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	10,654		11,174	12,125
Male	7,983	74.9%	8,367	8,971	-988	-11.0%
Female	2,657	24.9%	2,792	3,138	-481	-15.3%
Information Not Available	14	0.1%	15	16	-2	-12.5%

Ethnicity	10,654		11,174	12,125
Hispanic or Latino	383	3.6%	430	435	-52	-12.0%
Not Hispanic or Latino	9,811	92.1%	10,281	11,178	-1,367	-12.2%
Information Not Available	460	4.3%	463	512	-52	-10.2%

Race	10,654		11,174	12,125
American Indian or Alaskan Native	998	9.4%	1,066	1,178	-180	-15.3%
Asian	42	0.4%	40	57	-15	-26.3%
Black or African American	98	0.9%	102	80	18	22.5%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	16	0.2%	23	32	-16	-50.0%
White	9,398	88.2%	9,821	10,662	-1,264	-11.9%
Information Not Available	102	1.0%	122	116	-14	-12.1%

Years of Age	10,654		11,174	12,125
Younger than 22	277	1.4%	313	322	-45	-14.0%
22-24	606	3.1%	679	721	-115	-16.0%
25-34	2,833	14.7%	3,073	3,153	-320	-10.1%
35-44	2,193	11.4%	2,248	2,480	-287	-11.6%
45-54	2,267	11.8%	2,363	2,655	-388	-14.6%
55-59	1,183	6.1%	1,179	1,366	-183	-13.4%
60-64	812	4.2%	822	884	-72	-8.1%
65 and older	483	2.5%	497	544	-61	-11.2%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	10,654		11,174	12,125
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	257	2.4%	240	259	-2	-0.8%
Mining	397	3.6%	353	341	56	16.4%
Utilities	60	0.5%	56	63	-3	-4.8%
Construction	3,190	29.2%	3,522	3,639	-449	-12.3%
Manufacturing	550	5.0%	599	727	-177	-24.3%
Wholesale Trade	200	1.8%	208	200	0	0.0%
Retail Trade	811	7.4%	810	934	-123	-13.2%
Transporation and Warehousing	308	2.8%	264	282	26	9.2%
Information	80	0.7%	82	69	11	15.9%
Finance and Insurance	121	1.1%	111	136	-15	-11.0%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	120	1.1%	126	129	-9	-7.0%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	318	2.9%	310	369	-51	-13.8%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	17	0.2%	15	12	5	41.7%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	1,126	10.3%	1,130	1,141	-15	-1.3%
Educational Services	136	1.2%	144	189	-53	-28.0%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	428	3.9%	421	577	-149	-25.8%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	336	3.1%	338	371	-35	-9.4%
Accomodation and Food Services	1,007	9.2%	1,169	1,293	-286	-22.1%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	231	2.1%	227	290	-59	-20.3%
Public Administration	401	3.7%	424	411	-10	-2.4%
Information Not Available	560	5.1%	625	693	-133	-19.2%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants North Carolina
	Feb 2015	Percent	Jan 2015	Feb 2014	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	37,500		40,146	66,467
Male	20,278	54.1%	21,587	36,432	-16,154	-44.3%
Female	17,213	45.9%	18,548	30,016	-12,803	-42.7%
Information Not Available	9	0.0%	11	19	-10	-52.6%

Ethnicity	37,500		40,146	66,467
Hispanic or Latino	1,820	4.9%	1,973	3,267	-1,447	-44.3%
Not Hispanic or Latino	34,909	93.1%	37,374	62,111	-27,202	-43.8%
Information Not Available	771	2.1%	799	1,089	-318	-29.2%

Race	37,500		40,146	66,467
American Indian or Alaskan Native	635	1.7%	638	977	-342	-35.0%
Asian	382	1.0%	408	658	-276	-41.9%
Black or African American	14,416	38.4%	15,831	25,230	-10,814	-42.9%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	69	0.2%	74	77	-8	-10.4%
White	19,569	52.2%	20,617	35,577	-16,008	-45.0%
Information Not Available	2,429	6.5%	2,578	3,948	-1,519	-38.5%

Years of Age	37,500		40,146	66,467
Younger than 22	799	1.5%	872	1,744	-945	-54.2%
22-24	1,958	3.6%	2,157	4,028	-2,070	-51.4%
25-34	9,106	16.6%	9,784	16,376	-7,270	-44.4%
35-44	8,817	16.1%	9,549	15,797	-6,980	-44.2%
45-54	9,341	17.1%	9,955	15,933	-6,592	-41.4%
55-59	3,802	6.9%	3,984	6,360	-2,558	-40.2%
60-64	2,295	4.2%	2,436	3,866	-1,571	-40.6%
65 and older	1,382	2.5%	1,409	2,363	-981	-41.5%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	37,500		40,146	66,467
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	160	0.4%	167	275	-115	-41.8%
Mining	8	0.0%	13	35	-27	-77.1%
Utilities	37	0.1%	37	56	-19	-33.9%
Construction	2,534	6.7%	2,731	5,356	-2,822	-52.7%
Manufacturing	3,129	8.3%	3,417	6,081	-2,952	-48.5%
Wholesale Trade	1,163	3.1%	1,221	1,971	-808	-41.0%
Retail Trade	2,820	7.5%	2,886	5,084	-2,264	-44.5%
Transporation and Warehousing	587	1.6%	640	1,280	-693	-54.1%
Information	246	0.7%	265	487	-241	-49.5%
Finance and Insurance	610	1.6%	737	1,432	-822	-57.4%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	564	1.5%	593	929	-365	-39.3%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	1,457	3.9%	1,466	2,421	-964	-39.8%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	122	0.3%	135	161	-39	-24.2%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	4,874	12.9%	5,079	8,321	-3,447	-41.4%
Educational Services	345	0.9%	412	888	-543	-61.1%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	2,257	6.0%	2,470	4,447	-2,190	-49.2%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	557	1.5%	540	924	-367	-39.7%
Accomodation and Food Services	2,425	6.4%	2,987	4,286	-1,861	-43.4%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	471	1.3%	506	964	-493	-51.1%
Public Administration	307	0.8%	354	526	-219	-41.6%
Information Not Available	12,827	34.1%	13,490	20,543	-7,716	-37.6%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants North Dakota
	Feb 2015	Percent	Jan 2015	Feb 2014	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	7,337		7,113	6,964
Male	6,373	86.9%	6,138	6,041	332	5.5%
Female	962	13.1%	973	923	39	4.2%
Information Not Available	2	0.0%	2	0	2	0.0%

Ethnicity	7,337		7,113	6,964
Hispanic or Latino	402	5.5%	384	331	71	21.5%
Not Hispanic or Latino	6,751	92.0%	6,555	6,473	278	4.3%
Information Not Available	184	2.5%	174	160	24	15.0%

Race	7,337		7,113	6,964
American Indian or Alaskan Native	462	6.3%	456	455	7	1.5%
Asian	29	0.4%	34	8	21	262.5%
Black or African American	204	2.8%	196	141	63	44.7%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	14	0.2%	14	15	-1	-6.7%
White	6,042	82.3%	5,855	5,854	188	3.2%
Information Not Available	586	8.0%	558	491	95	19.3%

Years of Age	7,337		7,113	6,964
Younger than 22	112	0.9%	96	95	17	17.9%
22-24	428	3.4%	417	319	109	34.2%
25-34	1,738	13.7%	1,736	1,742	-4	-0.2%
35-44	1,407	11.1%	1,371	1,320	87	6.6%
45-54	1,610	12.7%	1,539	1,558	52	3.3%
55-59	886	7.0%	864	854	32	3.7%
60-64	680	5.4%	637	624	56	9.0%
65 and older	474	3.7%	448	449	25	5.6%
Information Not Available	2	0.0%	5	3	-1	-33.3%

Industry	7,337		7,113	6,964
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	267	3.5%	283	283	-16	-5.7%
Mining	844	11.1%	620	621	223	35.9%
Utilities	7	0.1%	6	8	-1	-12.5%
Construction	3,204	42.1%	3,039	3,122	82	2.6%
Manufacturing	587	7.7%	847	561	26	4.6%
Wholesale Trade	359	4.7%	295	314	45	14.3%
Retail Trade	224	2.9%	209	220	4	1.8%
Transporation and Warehousing	345	4.5%	314	324	21	6.5%
Information	30	0.4%	33	29	1	3.4%
Finance and Insurance	60	0.8%	56	45	15	33.3%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	38	0.5%	28	28	10	35.7%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	187	2.5%	180	148	39	26.4%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	3	0.0%	4	12	-9	-75.0%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	320	4.2%	329	324	-4	-1.2%
Educational Services	4	0.1%	4	6	-2	-33.3%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	120	1.6%	116	142	-22	-15.5%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	32	0.4%	36	34	-2	-5.9%
Accomodation and Food Services	130	1.7%	125	110	20	18.2%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	95	1.2%	82	85	10	11.8%
Public Administration	204	2.7%	203	226	-22	-9.7%
Information Not Available	277	3.6%	304	322	-45	-14.0%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Nebraska
	Feb 2015	Percent	Jan 2015	Feb 2014	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	9,875		10,826	11,595
Male	6,602	66.9%	7,236	7,611	-1,009	-13.3%
Female	2,819	28.5%	3,134	3,460	-641	-18.5%
Information Not Available	454	4.6%	456	524	-70	-13.4%

Ethnicity	9,875		10,826	11,595
Hispanic or Latino	928	9.4%	1,000	1,038	-110	-10.6%
Not Hispanic or Latino	7,489	75.8%	8,338	9,029	-1,540	-17.1%
Information Not Available	1,458	14.8%	1,488	1,528	-70	-4.6%

Race	9,875		10,826	11,595
American Indian or Alaskan Native	142	1.4%	146	144	-2	-1.4%
Asian	103	1.0%	106	115	-12	-10.4%
Black or African American	732	7.4%	768	876	-144	-16.4%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	21	0.2%	29	36	-15	-41.7%
White	6,824	69.1%	7,563	7,972	-1,148	-14.4%
Information Not Available	2,053	20.8%	2,214	2,452	-399	-16.3%

Years of Age	9,875		10,826	11,595
Younger than 22	111	0.7%	127	158	-47	-29.7%
22-24	391	2.5%	442	504	-113	-22.4%
25-34	2,246	14.2%	2,537	2,671	-425	-15.9%
35-44	2,050	13.0%	2,226	2,443	-393	-16.1%
45-54	2,427	15.3%	2,630	2,824	-397	-14.1%
55-59	1,148	7.3%	1,248	1,341	-193	-14.4%
60-64	872	5.5%	939	954	-82	-8.6%
65 and older	630	4.0%	677	700	-70	-10.0%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	9,875		10,826	11,595
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	91	0.9%	97	109	-18	-16.5%
Mining	203	2.0%	207	219	-16	-7.3%
Utilities	18	0.2%	18	27	-9	-33.3%
Construction	2,688	27.0%	2,831	3,217	-529	-16.4%
Manufacturing	1,214	12.2%	1,761	1,290	-76	-5.9%
Wholesale Trade	371	3.7%	397	358	13	3.6%
Retail Trade	664	6.7%	661	807	-143	-17.7%
Transporation and Warehousing	287	2.9%	320	324	-37	-11.4%
Information	128	1.3%	130	135	-7	-5.2%
Finance and Insurance	267	2.7%	280	309	-42	-13.6%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	132	1.3%	118	129	3	2.3%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	240	2.4%	259	325	-85	-26.2%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	60	0.6%	48	39	21	53.8%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	1,125	11.3%	1,211	1,434	-309	-21.5%
Educational Services	137	1.4%	139	161	-24	-14.9%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	620	6.2%	590	787	-167	-21.2%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	161	1.6%	169	162	-1	-0.6%
Accomodation and Food Services	343	3.4%	434	446	-103	-23.1%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	153	1.5%	158	184	-31	-16.8%
Public Administration	333	3.3%	332	352	-19	-5.4%
Information Not Available	640	6.4%	666	781	-141	-18.1%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants New Hampshire
	Feb 2015	Percent	Jan 2015	Feb 2014	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	7,851		7,997	9,855
Male	5,135	65.4%	5,191	6,303	-1,168	-18.5%
Female	2,672	34.0%	2,760	3,496	-824	-23.6%
Information Not Available	44	0.6%	46	56	-12	-21.4%

Ethnicity	7,851		7,997	9,855
Hispanic or Latino	305	3.9%	296	379	-74	-19.5%
Not Hispanic or Latino	6,394	81.4%	6,530	7,953	-1,559	-19.6%
Information Not Available	1,152	14.7%	1,171	1,523	-371	-24.4%

Race	7,851		7,997	9,855
American Indian or Alaskan Native	33	0.4%	47	63	-30	-47.6%
Asian	99	1.3%	97	116	-17	-14.7%
Black or African American	109	1.4%	116	147	-38	-25.9%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	11	0.1%	9	7	4	57.1%
White	7,059	89.9%	7,142	8,777	-1,718	-19.6%
Information Not Available	540	6.9%	586	745	-205	-27.5%

Years of Age	7,851		7,997	9,855
Younger than 22	67	0.5%	85	121	-54	-44.6%
22-24	231	1.6%	277	343	-112	-32.7%
25-34	1,455	10.3%	1,530	1,842	-387	-21.0%
35-44	1,493	10.6%	1,557	1,849	-356	-19.3%
45-54	2,130	15.1%	2,088	2,677	-547	-20.4%
55-59	1,157	8.2%	1,152	1,385	-228	-16.5%
60-64	809	5.7%	813	1,009	-200	-19.8%
65 and older	509	3.6%	495	629	-120	-19.1%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	7,851		7,997	9,855
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	44	0.6%	54	65	-21	-32.3%
Mining	57	0.7%	43	47	10	21.3%
Utilities	6	0.1%	6	11	-5	-45.5%
Construction	751	9.5%	699	811	-60	-7.4%
Manufacturing	752	9.5%	739	1,057	-305	-28.9%
Wholesale Trade	312	4.0%	274	416	-104	-25.0%
Retail Trade	471	6.0%	459	721	-250	-34.7%
Transporation and Warehousing	143	1.8%	163	231	-88	-38.1%
Information	287	3.6%	290	97	190	195.9%
Finance and Insurance	173	2.2%	177	290	-117	-40.3%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	77	1.0%	82	111	-34	-30.6%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	311	3.9%	297	438	-127	-29.0%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	23	0.3%	27	49	-26	-53.1%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	1,110	14.1%	1,241	1,382	-272	-19.7%
Educational Services	224	2.8%	256	257	-33	-12.8%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	466	5.9%	481	681	-215	-31.6%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	189	2.4%	216	259	-70	-27.0%
Accomodation and Food Services	135	1.7%	209	166	-31	-18.7%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	190	2.4%	181	236	-46	-19.5%
Public Administration	107	1.4%	107	145	-38	-26.2%
Information Not Available	2,023	25.6%	1,996	2,385	-362	-15.2%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants New Jersey
	Feb 2015	Percent	Jan 2015	Feb 2014	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	138,492		137,466	154,018
Male	86,589	62.5%	84,349	94,630	-8,041	-8.5%
Female	51,903	37.5%	53,117	59,388	-7,485	-12.6%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	138,492		137,466	154,018
Hispanic or Latino	31,990	23.1%	31,480	33,983	-1,993	-5.9%
Not Hispanic or Latino	92,276	66.6%	91,828	103,920	-11,644	-11.2%
Information Not Available	14,226	10.3%	14,158	16,115	-1,889	-11.7%

Race	138,492		137,466	154,018
American Indian or Alaskan Native	658	0.5%	650	676	-18	-2.7%
Asian	4,619	3.3%	4,583	5,137	-518	-10.1%
Black or African American	24,041	17.4%	24,785	26,655	-2,614	-9.8%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	847	0.6%	837	1,009	-162	-16.1%
White	87,924	63.5%	86,504	98,583	-10,659	-10.8%
Information Not Available	20,403	14.7%	20,107	21,958	-1,555	-7.1%

Years of Age	138,492		137,466	154,018
Younger than 22	2,493	1.2%	2,381	2,892	-399	-13.8%
22-24	7,512	3.5%	7,317	8,202	-690	-8.4%
25-34	31,877	14.8%	31,741	35,086	-3,209	-9.1%
35-44	28,113	13.0%	27,918	31,703	-3,590	-11.3%
45-54	32,629	15.1%	32,198	37,136	-4,507	-12.1%
55-59	15,055	7.0%	14,894	16,497	-1,442	-8.7%
60-64	10,811	5.0%	10,814	11,596	-785	-6.8%
65 and older	10,002	4.6%	10,203	10,906	-904	-8.3%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	138,492		137,466	154,018
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	1,273	0.9%	1,270	1,367	-94	-6.9%
Mining	154	0.1%	128	149	5	3.4%
Utilities	151	0.1%	158	171	-20	-11.7%
Construction	18,174	13.0%	15,942	20,798	-2,624	-12.6%
Manufacturing	7,631	5.5%	7,500	9,229	-1,598	-17.3%
Wholesale Trade	5,617	4.0%	5,571	6,858	-1,241	-18.1%
Retail Trade	13,457	9.6%	12,944	15,485	-2,028	-13.1%
Transporation and Warehousing	4,445	3.2%	4,389	6,213	-1,768	-28.5%
Information	1,922	1.4%	1,892	2,211	-289	-13.1%
Finance and Insurance	3,302	2.4%	3,442	4,800	-1,498	-31.2%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	2,107	1.5%	2,183	2,578	-471	-18.3%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	6,328	4.5%	6,326	7,129	-801	-11.2%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	591	0.4%	663	638	-47	-7.4%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	19,817	14.2%	19,894	21,936	-2,119	-9.7%
Educational Services	2,890	2.1%	3,239	3,173	-283	-8.9%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	9,368	6.7%	9,518	11,555	-2,187	-18.9%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	4,954	3.5%	5,018	5,254	-300	-5.7%
Accomodation and Food Services	14,902	10.7%	16,110	14,871	31	0.2%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	2,973	2.1%	3,003	3,341	-368	-11.0%
Public Administration	1,978	1.4%	1,995	2,131	-153	-7.2%
Information Not Available	16,458	11.8%	16,281	14,131	2,327	16.5%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants New Mexico
	Feb 2015	Percent	Jan 2015	Feb 2014	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	14,219		13,771	16,668
Male	8,832	62.1%	8,305	10,096	-1,264	-12.5%
Female	5,387	37.9%	5,466	6,572	-1,185	-18.0%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	14,219		13,771	16,668
Hispanic or Latino	8,001	56.3%	7,537	8,895	-894	-10.1%
Not Hispanic or Latino	5,111	35.9%	5,102	6,373	-1,262	-19.8%
Information Not Available	1,107	7.8%	1,132	1,400	-293	-20.9%

Race	14,219		13,771	16,668
American Indian or Alaskan Native	1,504	10.6%	1,541	1,796	-292	-16.3%
Asian	80	0.6%	76	109	-29	-26.6%
Black or African American	380	2.7%	362	440	-60	-13.6%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	45	0.3%	44	39	6	15.4%
White	7,379	51.9%	7,048	8,630	-1,251	-14.5%
Information Not Available	4,831	34.0%	4,700	5,654	-823	-14.6%

Years of Age	14,219		13,771	16,668
Younger than 22	429	2.1%	423	490	-61	-12.4%
22-24	830	4.0%	824	901	-71	-7.9%
25-34	3,427	16.6%	3,382	3,980	-553	-13.9%
35-44	3,046	14.8%	2,953	3,583	-537	-15.0%
45-54	3,334	16.2%	3,188	3,985	-651	-16.3%
55-59	1,557	7.6%	1,485	1,796	-239	-13.3%
60-64	984	4.8%	937	1,211	-227	-18.7%
65 and older	612	3.0%	579	722	-110	-15.2%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	14,219		13,771	16,668
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	1,349	8.7%	1,210	1,341	8	0.6%
Mining	617	4.0%	366	381	236	61.9%
Utilities	35	0.2%	33	36	-1	-2.8%
Construction	3,026	19.4%	2,915	3,571	-545	-15.3%
Manufacturing	1,066	6.8%	890	1,104	-38	-3.4%
Wholesale Trade	406	2.6%	385	458	-52	-11.4%
Retail Trade	1,193	7.7%	1,215	1,545	-352	-22.8%
Transporation and Warehousing	260	1.7%	265	370	-110	-29.7%
Information	439	2.8%	458	688	-249	-36.2%
Finance and Insurance	272	1.7%	273	370	-98	-26.5%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	172	1.1%	172	233	-61	-26.2%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	633	4.1%	623	737	-104	-14.1%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	50	0.3%	51	31	19	61.3%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	989	6.4%	974	1,373	-384	-28.0%
Educational Services	322	2.1%	362	388	-66	-17.0%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	1,256	8.1%	1,321	1,707	-451	-26.4%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	292	1.9%	321	316	-24	-7.6%
Accomodation and Food Services	1,051	6.8%	1,107	1,062	-11	-1.0%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	270	1.7%	300	479	-209	-43.6%
Public Administration	519	3.3%	529	466	53	11.4%
Information Not Available	2	0.0%	1	12	-10	-83.3%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Nevada
	Feb 2015	Percent	Jan 2015	Feb 2014	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	29,584		29,971	33,726
Male	17,181	58.1%	17,285	19,932	-2,751	-13.8%
Female	12,296	41.6%	12,565	13,684	-1,388	-10.1%
Information Not Available	107	0.4%	121	110	-3	-2.7%

Ethnicity	29,584		29,971	33,726
Hispanic or Latino	6,654	22.5%	6,811	7,280	-626	-8.6%
Not Hispanic or Latino	18,542	62.7%	18,656	21,423	-2,881	-13.4%
Information Not Available	4,388	14.8%	4,504	5,023	-635	-12.6%

Race	29,584		29,971	33,726
American Indian or Alaskan Native	784	2.7%	802	862	-78	-9.0%
Asian	1,723	5.8%	1,803	2,254	-531	-23.6%
Black or African American	3,780	12.8%	3,775	3,909	-129	-3.3%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	652	2.2%	670	737	-85	-11.5%
White	17,429	58.9%	17,550	20,273	-2,844	-14.0%
Information Not Available	5,216	17.6%	5,371	5,691	-475	-8.3%

Years of Age	29,584		29,971	33,726
Younger than 22	792	1.8%	855	1,071	-279	-26.1%
22-24	1,691	3.8%	1,740	2,004	-313	-15.6%
25-34	7,075	15.7%	7,168	8,013	-938	-11.7%
35-44	6,510	14.5%	6,595	7,297	-787	-10.8%
45-54	6,866	15.2%	6,930	7,892	-1,026	-13.0%
55-59	3,074	6.8%	3,128	3,409	-335	-9.8%
60-64	1,988	4.4%	1,970	2,269	-281	-12.4%
65 and older	1,588	3.5%	1,585	1,771	-183	-10.3%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	29,584		29,971	33,726
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	53	0.2%	53	54	-1	-1.9%
Mining	291	1.0%	277	530	-239	-45.1%
Utilities	59	0.2%	49	64	-5	-7.8%
Construction	3,661	12.4%	3,636	4,081	-420	-10.3%
Manufacturing	944	3.2%	946	1,180	-236	-20.0%
Wholesale Trade	592	2.0%	598	724	-132	-18.2%
Retail Trade	2,377	8.0%	2,307	2,774	-397	-14.3%
Transporation and Warehousing	884	3.0%	867	1,230	-346	-28.1%
Information	303	1.0%	315	327	-24	-7.3%
Finance and Insurance	647	2.2%	643	871	-224	-25.7%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	628	2.1%	659	759	-131	-17.3%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	1,076	3.6%	1,100	1,281	-205	-16.0%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	207	0.7%	199	221	-14	-6.3%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	3,763	12.7%	3,572	4,186	-423	-10.1%
Educational Services	278	0.9%	322	330	-52	-15.8%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	1,387	4.7%	1,406	1,694	-307	-18.1%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	780	2.6%	735	851	-71	-8.3%
Accomodation and Food Services	5,484	18.5%	6,015	5,690	-206	-3.6%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	622	2.1%	577	791	-169	-21.4%
Public Administration	430	1.5%	429	502	-72	-14.3%
Information Not Available	5,118	17.3%	5,266	5,586	-468	-8.4%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants New York
	Feb 2015	Percent	Jan 2015	Feb 2014	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	217,081		218,370	254,392
Male	141,184	65.0%	138,348	160,738	-19,554	-12.2%
Female	75,883	35.0%	79,999	93,618	-17,735	-18.9%
Information Not Available	14	0.0%	23	36	-22	-61.1%

Ethnicity	217,081		218,370	254,392
Hispanic or Latino	38,699	17.8%	38,652	43,901	-5,202	-11.8%
Not Hispanic or Latino	144,663	66.6%	145,811	171,048	-26,385	-15.4%
Information Not Available	33,719	15.5%	33,907	39,443	-5,724	-14.5%

Race	217,081		218,370	254,392
American Indian or Alaskan Native	1,897	0.9%	1,889	2,133	-236	-11.1%
Asian	6,163	2.8%	6,148	7,475	-1,312	-17.6%
Black or African American	30,415	14.0%	31,046	36,325	-5,910	-16.3%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	1,148	0.5%	1,191	1,296	-148	-11.4%
White	123,174	56.7%	123,279	142,841	-19,667	-13.8%
Information Not Available	54,284	25.0%	54,817	64,322	-10,038	-15.6%

Years of Age	217,081		218,370	254,392
Younger than 22	6,408	2.0%	6,651	8,369	-1,961	-23.4%
22-24	13,894	4.2%	14,233	17,516	-3,622	-20.7%
25-34	55,678	17.0%	56,142	64,955	-9,277	-14.3%
35-44	46,093	14.1%	46,128	53,720	-7,627	-14.2%
45-54	50,003	15.3%	49,752	58,537	-8,534	-14.6%
55-59	21,059	6.4%	21,051	23,664	-2,605	-11.0%
60-64	13,261	4.1%	13,369	15,294	-2,033	-13.3%
65 and older	10,685	3.3%	11,044	12,337	-1,652	-13.4%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	217,081		218,370	254,392
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	1,309	0.6%	1,324	1,373	-64	-4.7%
Mining	1,454	0.7%	1,472	1,416	38	2.7%
Utilities	156	0.1%	144	206	-50	-24.3%
Construction	44,801	20.5%	39,750	47,341	-2,540	-5.4%
Manufacturing	11,997	5.5%	12,292	14,586	-2,589	-17.7%
Wholesale Trade	7,604	3.5%	7,333	8,599	-995	-11.6%
Retail Trade	18,644	8.5%	18,488	22,385	-3,741	-16.7%
Transporation and Warehousing	7,145	3.3%	7,249	8,746	-1,601	-18.3%
Information	6,028	2.8%	6,399	7,654	-1,626	-21.2%
Finance and Insurance	5,850	2.7%	5,886	7,775	-1,925	-24.8%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	4,349	2.0%	4,385	5,069	-720	-14.2%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	10,142	4.6%	10,194	12,724	-2,582	-20.3%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	920	0.4%	955	1,099	-179	-16.3%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	30,367	13.9%	30,519	34,605	-4,238	-12.2%
Educational Services	4,893	2.2%	5,552	7,255	-2,362	-32.6%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	16,753	7.7%	17,064	21,661	-4,908	-22.7%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	10,137	4.6%	10,292	11,012	-875	-7.9%
Accomodation and Food Services	16,949	7.8%	20,481	19,752	-2,803	-14.2%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	5,701	2.6%	5,783	6,922	-1,221	-17.6%
Public Administration	6,138	2.8%	6,008	7,778	-1,640	-21.1%
Information Not Available	5,744	2.6%	6,800	6,434	-690	-10.7%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Ohio
	Feb 2015	Percent	Jan 2015	Feb 2014	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	89,921		92,318	107,921
Male	65,653	73.0%	66,731	75,806	-10,153	-13.4%
Female	24,041	26.7%	25,368	31,810	-7,769	-24.4%
Information Not Available	227	0.3%	219	305	-78	-25.6%

Ethnicity	89,921		92,318	107,921
Hispanic or Latino	3,419	3.8%	3,568	3,853	-434	-11.3%
Not Hispanic or Latino	82,472	91.7%	84,582	99,325	-16,853	-17.0%
Information Not Available	4,030	4.5%	4,168	4,743	-713	-15.0%

Race	89,921		92,318	107,921
American Indian or Alaskan Native	379	0.4%	373	502	-123	-24.5%
Asian	409	0.5%	416	557	-148	-26.6%
Black or African American	11,425	12.7%	11,847	13,785	-2,360	-17.1%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	74	0.1%	70	69	5	7.2%
White	73,234	81.4%	75,079	88,234	-15,000	-17.0%
Information Not Available	4,400	4.9%	4,533	4,774	-374	-7.8%

Years of Age	89,921		92,318	107,921
Younger than 22	2,007	1.3%	2,139	2,419	-412	-17.0%
22-24	4,056	2.6%	4,243	4,738	-682	-14.4%
25-34	19,229	12.2%	19,941	23,266	-4,037	-17.4%
35-44	21,219	13.5%	21,878	25,686	-4,467	-17.4%
45-54	24,129	15.4%	24,375	28,933	-4,804	-16.6%
55-59	10,560	6.7%	10,871	12,638	-2,078	-16.4%
60-64	5,988	3.8%	6,101	6,957	-969	-13.9%
65 and older	2,733	1.7%	2,770	3,284	-551	-16.8%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	89,921		92,318	107,921
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	787	0.9%	883	899	-112	-12.5%
Mining	994	1.1%	942	788	206	26.1%
Utilities	84	0.1%	62	83	1	1.2%
Construction	29,249	32.2%	29,427	32,322	-3,073	-9.5%
Manufacturing	11,282	12.4%	11,720	14,106	-2,824	-20.0%
Wholesale Trade	3,137	3.5%	2,994	3,617	-480	-13.3%
Retail Trade	3,511	3.9%	3,443	4,643	-1,132	-24.4%
Transporation and Warehousing	3,266	3.6%	3,391	3,653	-387	-10.6%
Information	867	1.0%	873	1,155	-288	-24.9%
Finance and Insurance	1,748	1.9%	1,689	3,138	-1,390	-44.3%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	1,185	1.3%	1,174	1,495	-310	-20.7%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	3,447	3.8%	3,446	4,304	-857	-19.9%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	1,372	1.5%	1,415	1,778	-406	-22.8%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	13,599	15.0%	14,026	15,827	-2,228	-14.1%
Educational Services	1,237	1.4%	1,420	1,780	-543	-30.5%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	4,802	5.3%	5,184	6,869	-2,067	-30.1%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	2,115	2.3%	2,296	2,368	-253	-10.7%
Accomodation and Food Services	2,613	2.9%	3,027	3,339	-726	-21.7%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	1,550	1.7%	1,682	1,818	-268	-14.7%
Public Administration	866	1.0%	908	927	-61	-6.6%
Information Not Available	2,210	2.4%	2,316	3,012	-802	-26.6%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Oklahoma
	Feb 2015	Percent	Jan 2015	Feb 2014	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	19,028		18,323	19,935
Male	11,799	62.0%	10,722	11,450	349	3.0%
Female	7,181	37.7%	7,562	8,440	-1,259	-14.9%
Information Not Available	48	0.3%	39	45	3	6.7%

Ethnicity	19,028		18,323	19,935
Hispanic or Latino	1,621	8.5%	1,655	1,658	-37	-2.2%
Not Hispanic or Latino	17,407	91.5%	16,668	18,277	-870	-4.8%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Race	19,028		18,323	19,935
American Indian or Alaskan Native	1,840	9.7%	1,898	1,930	-90	-4.7%
Asian	89	0.5%	93	164	-75	-45.7%
Black or African American	2,595	13.6%	2,816	2,941	-346	-11.8%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	38	0.2%	43	29	9	31.0%
White	11,847	62.3%	10,775	12,213	-366	-3.0%
Information Not Available	2,619	13.8%	2,698	2,658	-39	-1.5%

Years of Age	19,028		18,323	19,935
Younger than 22	238	0.8%	226	308	-70	-22.7%
22-24	828	2.8%	819	920	-92	-10.0%
25-34	4,807	16.3%	4,430	4,841	-34	-0.7%
35-44	4,421	15.0%	4,313	4,615	-194	-4.2%
45-54	4,449	15.0%	4,352	4,856	-407	-8.4%
55-59	2,055	7.0%	2,030	2,170	-115	-5.3%
60-64	1,311	4.4%	1,256	1,306	5	0.4%
65 and older	919	3.1%	897	919	0	0.0%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	19,028		18,323	19,935
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	43	0.2%	44	98	-55	-56.1%
Mining	2,030	10.6%	1,036	868	1,162	133.9%
Utilities	71	0.4%	39	40	31	77.5%
Construction	1,835	9.6%	1,852	2,250	-415	-18.4%
Manufacturing	2,274	11.9%	2,821	1,901	373	19.6%
Wholesale Trade	876	4.6%	687	867	9	1.0%
Retail Trade	1,595	8.4%	1,717	2,010	-415	-20.6%
Transporation and Warehousing	525	2.8%	490	567	-42	-7.4%
Information	338	1.8%	333	649	-311	-47.9%
Finance and Insurance	446	2.3%	467	481	-35	-7.3%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	342	1.8%	279	383	-41	-10.7%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	991	5.2%	874	950	41	4.3%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	108	0.6%	73	80	28	35.0%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	2,356	12.4%	2,158	2,623	-267	-10.2%
Educational Services	356	1.9%	379	422	-66	-15.6%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	1,594	8.4%	1,720	1,943	-349	-18.0%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	212	1.1%	262	382	-170	-44.5%
Accomodation and Food Services	740	3.9%	832	961	-221	-23.0%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	610	3.2%	638	670	-60	-9.0%
Public Administration	853	4.5%	821	787	66	8.4%
Information Not Available	833	4.4%	801	1,003	-170	-16.9%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Oregon
	Feb 2015	Percent	Jan 2015	Feb 2014	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	40,121		41,075	52,425
Male	25,163	62.7%	25,531	32,586	-7,423	-22.8%
Female	14,945	37.2%	15,536	19,824	-4,879	-24.6%
Information Not Available	13	0.0%	8	15	-2	-13.3%

Ethnicity	40,121		41,075	52,425
Hispanic or Latino	4,739	11.8%	5,088	6,380	-1,641	-25.7%
Not Hispanic or Latino	31,017	77.3%	31,483	40,452	-9,435	-23.3%
Information Not Available	4,365	10.9%	4,504	5,593	-1,228	-22.0%

Race	40,121		41,075	52,425
American Indian or Alaskan Native	529	1.3%	555	658	-129	-19.6%
Asian	791	2.0%	748	1,063	-272	-25.6%
Black or African American	680	1.7%	711	870	-190	-21.8%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	290	0.7%	308	411	-121	-29.4%
White	23,126	57.6%	22,626	30,110	-6,984	-23.2%
Information Not Available	14,705	36.7%	16,127	19,313	-4,608	-23.9%

Years of Age	40,121		41,075	52,425
Younger than 22	568	0.9%	536	801	-233	-29.1%
22-24	1,633	2.7%	1,663	2,411	-778	-32.3%
25-34	9,338	15.6%	9,732	12,144	-2,806	-23.1%
35-44	9,074	15.2%	9,343	11,654	-2,580	-22.1%
45-54	9,498	15.9%	9,707	12,689	-3,191	-25.1%
55-59	4,688	7.8%	4,708	5,968	-1,280	-21.4%
60-64	3,432	5.7%	3,430	4,351	-919	-21.1%
65 and older	1,890	3.2%	1,956	2,407	-517	-21.5%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	40,121		41,075	52,425
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	1,918	4.6%	2,097	2,782	-864	-31.1%
Mining	175	0.4%	175	319	-144	-45.1%
Utilities	60	0.1%	68	85	-25	-29.4%
Construction	6,819	16.2%	6,760	7,321	-502	-6.9%
Manufacturing	4,506	10.7%	4,572	6,260	-1,754	-28.0%
Wholesale Trade	1,330	3.2%	1,318	1,684	-354	-21.0%
Retail Trade	4,014	9.5%	4,056	5,523	-1,509	-27.3%
Transporation and Warehousing	1,012	2.4%	978	1,483	-471	-31.8%
Information	718	1.7%	681	913	-195	-21.4%
Finance and Insurance	948	2.3%	950	1,590	-642	-40.4%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	574	1.4%	578	831	-257	-30.9%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	1,550	3.7%	1,617	1,867	-317	-17.0%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	178	0.4%	178	270	-92	-34.1%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	4,017	9.6%	4,214	5,655	-1,638	-29.0%
Educational Services	701	1.7%	718	892	-191	-21.4%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	3,352	8.0%	3,505	4,548	-1,196	-26.3%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	671	1.6%	730	872	-201	-23.1%
Accomodation and Food Services	3,226	7.7%	3,457	3,994	-768	-19.2%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	1,045	2.5%	1,035	1,381	-336	-24.3%
Public Administration	1,134	2.7%	1,151	1,422	-288	-20.3%
Information Not Available	2,173	5.2%	2,237	2,733	-560	-20.5%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Pennsylvania
	Feb 2015	Percent	Jan 2015	Feb 2014	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	183,586		187,309	229,858
Male	124,887	68.0%	125,509	151,726	-26,839	-17.7%
Female	58,678	32.0%	61,785	78,109	-19,431	-24.9%
Information Not Available	21	0.0%	15	23	-2	-8.7%

Ethnicity	183,586		187,309	229,858
Hispanic or Latino	11,417	6.2%	11,796	13,354	-1,937	-14.5%
Not Hispanic or Latino	167,331	91.1%	170,688	210,523	-43,192	-20.5%
Information Not Available	4,838	2.6%	4,825	5,981	-1,143	-19.1%

Race	183,586		187,309	229,858
American Indian or Alaskan Native	514	0.3%	476	590	-76	-12.9%
Asian	48	0.0%	53	64	-16	-25.0%
Black or African American	22,075	12.0%	23,898	27,895	-5,820	-20.9%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	1,917	1.0%	1,960	2,620	-703	-26.8%
White	143,118	78.0%	144,605	179,977	-36,859	-20.5%
Information Not Available	15,914	8.7%	16,317	18,712	-2,798	-15.0%

Years of Age	183,586		187,309	229,858
Younger than 22	4,928	1.6%	5,061	6,621	-1,693	-25.6%
22-24	10,180	3.2%	10,299	12,549	-2,369	-18.9%
25-34	42,352	13.5%	43,042	51,847	-9,495	-18.3%
35-44	38,292	12.2%	39,236	48,701	-10,409	-21.4%
45-54	44,492	14.2%	45,580	57,260	-12,768	-22.3%
55-59	20,648	6.6%	20,946	25,341	-4,693	-18.5%
60-64	13,431	4.3%	13,578	15,992	-2,561	-16.0%
65 and older	9,263	3.0%	9,567	11,547	-2,284	-19.8%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	183,586		187,309	229,858
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	955	0.5%	1,020	1,057	-102	-9.6%
Mining	3,870	2.1%	3,560	4,240	-370	-8.7%
Utilities	228	0.1%	298	659	-431	-65.4%
Construction	44,726	24.2%	45,207	53,505	-8,779	-16.4%
Manufacturing	19,668	10.7%	19,377	25,440	-5,772	-22.7%
Wholesale Trade	5,425	2.9%	5,280	6,263	-838	-13.4%
Retail Trade	15,491	8.4%	14,584	18,495	-3,004	-16.2%
Transporation and Warehousing	7,628	4.1%	7,928	13,685	-6,057	-44.3%
Information	1,950	1.1%	1,900	2,241	-291	-13.0%
Finance and Insurance	3,543	1.9%	3,488	5,286	-1,743	-33.0%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	2,052	1.1%	1,877	2,206	-154	-7.0%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	6,869	3.7%	6,817	9,150	-2,281	-24.9%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	813	0.4%	812	925	-112	-12.1%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	23,618	12.8%	24,037	27,650	-4,032	-14.6%
Educational Services	3,340	1.8%	3,733	5,245	-1,905	-36.3%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	16,235	8.8%	16,743	19,237	-3,002	-15.6%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	6,148	3.3%	6,332	6,801	-653	-9.6%
Accomodation and Food Services	10,625	5.8%	13,146	14,211	-3,586	-25.2%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	3,765	2.0%	3,780	4,387	-622	-14.2%
Public Administration	1,888	1.0%	1,989	2,273	-385	-16.9%
Information Not Available	4,749	2.6%	5,401	6,902	-2,153	-31.2%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Puerto Rico
	Feb 2015	Percent	Jan 2015	Feb 2014	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	22,247		22,303	24,868
Male	13,063	58.7%	12,811	14,575	-1,512	-10.4%
Female	9,184	41.3%	9,492	10,293	-1,109	-10.8%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	22,247		22,303	24,868
Hispanic or Latino	21,829	98.1%	21,855	23,924	-2,095	-8.8%
Not Hispanic or Latino	120	0.5%	123	310	-190	-61.3%
Information Not Available	298	1.3%	325	634	-336	-53.0%

Race	22,247		22,303	24,868
American Indian or Alaskan Native	548	2.5%	555	1,132	-584	-51.6%
Asian	20	0.1%	24	23	-3	-13.0%
Black or African American	999	4.5%	942	861	138	16.0%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	20	0.1%	19	35	-15	-42.9%
White	5,227	23.5%	5,459	7,238	-2,011	-27.8%
Information Not Available	15,433	69.4%	15,304	15,579	-146	-0.9%

Years of Age	22,247		22,303	24,868
Younger than 22	796	3.0%	777	1,046	-250	-23.9%
22-24	1,744	6.6%	1,715	2,234	-490	-21.9%
25-34	6,602	24.8%	6,648	7,801	-1,199	-15.4%
35-44	5,575	21.0%	5,744	6,225	-650	-10.4%
45-54	4,492	16.9%	4,397	4,614	-122	-2.6%
55-59	1,563	5.9%	1,518	1,532	31	2.0%
60-64	886	3.3%	908	864	22	2.5%
65 and older	570	2.1%	571	516	54	10.5%
Information Not Available	19	0.1%	25	36	-17	-47.2%

Industry	22,247		22,303	24,868
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	562	2.5%	617	645	-83	-12.9%
Mining	21	0.1%	18	39	-18	-46.2%
Utilities	16	0.1%	14	12	4	33.3%
Construction	2,589	11.4%	2,392	3,310	-721	-21.8%
Manufacturing	2,721	11.9%	2,549	3,003	-282	-9.4%
Wholesale Trade	674	3.0%	671	682	-8	-1.2%
Retail Trade	2,534	11.1%	2,401	2,558	-24	-0.9%
Transporation and Warehousing	392	1.7%	375	274	118	43.1%
Information	255	1.1%	257	350	-95	-27.1%
Finance and Insurance	577	2.5%	522	619	-42	-6.8%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	260	1.1%	247	282	-22	-7.8%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	630	2.8%	598	809	-179	-22.1%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	24	0.1%	27	34	-10	-29.4%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	3,812	16.7%	3,803	5,389	-1,577	-29.3%
Educational Services	864	3.8%	1,248	1,023	-159	-15.5%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	1,318	5.8%	1,362	1,523	-205	-13.5%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	83	0.4%	91	77	6	7.8%
Accomodation and Food Services	1,476	6.5%	1,528	1,227	249	20.3%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	345	1.5%	368	318	27	8.5%
Public Administration	1,963	8.6%	2,002	1,476	487	33.0%
Information Not Available	1,131	5.0%	1,213	1,218	-87	-7.1%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Rhode Island
	Feb 2015	Percent	Jan 2015	Feb 2014	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	15,132		13,730	17,668
Male	10,237	67.7%	8,835	11,609	-1,372	-11.8%
Female	4,895	32.3%	4,895	6,059	-1,164	-19.2%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	15,132		13,730	17,668
Hispanic or Latino	1,928	12.7%	1,870	2,235	-307	-13.7%
Not Hispanic or Latino	9,451	62.5%	8,516	11,098	-1,647	-14.8%
Information Not Available	3,753	24.8%	3,344	4,335	-582	-13.4%

Race	15,132		13,730	17,668
American Indian or Alaskan Native	100	0.7%	91	126	-26	-20.6%
Asian	160	1.1%	164	183	-23	-12.6%
Black or African American	731	4.8%	674	774	-43	-5.6%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	61	0.4%	51	53	8	15.1%
White	10,590	70.0%	9,564	12,670	-2,080	-16.4%
Information Not Available	3,490	23.1%	3,186	3,862	-372	-9.6%

Years of Age	15,132		13,730	17,668
Younger than 22	372	1.5%	353	437	-65	-14.9%
22-24	861	3.5%	775	1,052	-191	-18.2%
25-34	3,559	14.4%	3,273	4,083	-524	-12.8%
35-44	3,187	12.9%	2,861	3,789	-602	-15.9%
45-54	3,618	14.7%	3,228	4,320	-702	-16.3%
55-59	1,643	6.7%	1,458	1,824	-181	-9.9%
60-64	1,067	4.3%	977	1,169	-102	-8.7%
65 and older	825	3.3%	805	994	-169	-17.0%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	15,132		13,730	17,668
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	229	1.5%	192	225	4	1.8%
Mining	53	0.3%	35	56	-3	-5.4%
Utilities	23	0.1%	22	6	17	283.3%
Construction	3,410	22.2%	2,541	3,576	-166	-4.6%
Manufacturing	1,086	7.1%	1,017	1,304	-218	-16.7%
Wholesale Trade	436	2.8%	394	545	-109	-20.0%
Retail Trade	1,077	7.0%	985	1,343	-266	-19.8%
Transporation and Warehousing	385	2.5%	330	441	-56	-12.7%
Information	164	1.1%	166	137	27	19.7%
Finance and Insurance	386	2.5%	367	568	-182	-32.0%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	261	1.7%	256	345	-84	-24.3%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	494	3.2%	501	733	-239	-32.6%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	96	0.6%	93	143	-47	-32.9%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	2,668	17.4%	2,463	3,112	-444	-14.3%
Educational Services	184	1.2%	186	260	-76	-29.2%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	1,097	7.1%	1,127	1,404	-307	-21.9%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	730	4.8%	690	862	-132	-15.3%
Accomodation and Food Services	1,484	9.7%	1,536	1,658	-174	-10.5%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	421	2.7%	413	465	-44	-9.5%
Public Administration	103	0.7%	98	154	-51	-33.1%
Information Not Available	345	2.2%	318	331	14	4.2%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants South Carolina
	Feb 2015	Percent	Jan 2015	Feb 2014	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	24,281		27,350	31,511
Male	12,723	52.4%	14,461	16,588	-3,865	-23.3%
Female	11,558	47.6%	12,889	14,923	-3,365	-22.5%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	24,281		27,350	31,511
Hispanic or Latino	839	3.5%	869	1,049	-210	-20.0%
Not Hispanic or Latino	22,944	94.5%	25,881	29,863	-6,919	-23.2%
Information Not Available	498	2.1%	600	599	-101	-16.9%

Race	24,281		27,350	31,511
American Indian or Alaskan Native	168	0.7%	177	274	-106	-38.7%
Asian	172	0.7%	172	182	-10	-5.5%
Black or African American	10,864	44.7%	12,612	13,962	-3,098	-22.2%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	39	0.2%	56	64	-25	-39.1%
White	12,129	50.0%	13,304	15,986	-3,857	-24.1%
Information Not Available	909	3.7%	1,029	1,043	-134	-12.8%

Years of Age	24,281		27,350	31,511
Younger than 22	100	0.3%	111	547	-447	-81.7%
22-24	60	0.2%	70	909	-849	-93.4%
25-34	1,058	3.1%	1,126	7,146	-6,088	-85.2%
35-44	4,402	13.1%	4,849	7,190	-2,788	-38.8%
45-54	5,712	17.0%	6,312	7,733	-2,021	-26.1%
55-59	2,663	7.9%	2,953	3,525	-862	-24.5%
60-64	2,816	8.4%	3,214	2,544	272	10.7%
65 and older	7,413	22.1%	8,608	1,769	5,644	319.1%
Information Not Available	57	0.2%	107	148	-91	-61.5%

Industry	24,281		27,350	31,511
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	205	0.8%	211	218	-13	-6.0%
Mining	18	0.1%	21	47	-29	-61.7%
Utilities	40	0.2%	38	35	5	14.3%
Construction	1,882	7.7%	2,189	3,318	-1,436	-43.3%
Manufacturing	2,761	11.3%	3,259	4,545	-1,784	-39.3%
Wholesale Trade	799	3.3%	829	868	-69	-7.9%
Retail Trade	2,245	9.2%	2,358	2,690	-445	-16.5%
Transporation and Warehousing	651	2.7%	759	789	-138	-17.5%
Information	275	1.1%	264	340	-65	-19.1%
Finance and Insurance	636	2.6%	573	807	-171	-21.2%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	482	2.0%	518	596	-114	-19.1%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	1,209	4.9%	1,282	1,288	-79	-6.1%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	167	0.7%	189	115	52	45.2%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	4,295	17.5%	4,684	4,719	-424	-9.0%
Educational Services	382	1.6%	420	410	-28	-6.8%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	1,434	5.9%	1,584	1,826	-392	-21.5%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	509	2.1%	649	572	-63	-11.0%
Accomodation and Food Services	2,953	12.1%	3,857	3,805	-852	-22.4%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	636	2.6%	705	652	-16	-2.5%
Public Administration	359	1.5%	389	444	-85	-19.1%
Information Not Available	2,343	9.6%	2,572	3,427	-1,084	-31.6%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants South Dakota
	Feb 2015	Percent	Jan 2015	Feb 2014	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	3,658		3,703	3,921
Male	2,880	78.7%	2,877	3,082	-202	-6.6%
Female	778	21.3%	826	839	-61	-7.3%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	3,658		3,703	3,921
Hispanic or Latino	152	4.2%	157	144	8	5.6%
Not Hispanic or Latino	3,127	85.5%	3,166	3,413	-286	-8.4%
Information Not Available	379	10.4%	380	364	15	4.1%

Race	3,658		3,703	3,921
American Indian or Alaskan Native	398	10.9%	425	404	-6	-1.5%
Asian	8	0.2%	9	10	-2	-20.0%
Black or African American	97	2.7%	104	79	18	22.8%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	3	0.1%	3	0	3	0.0%
White	2,771	75.8%	2,757	3,030	-259	-8.5%
Information Not Available	381	10.4%	405	398	-17	-4.3%

Years of Age	3,658		3,703	3,921
Younger than 22	57	0.9%	46	59	-2	-3.4%
22-24	148	2.4%	165	159	-11	-6.9%
25-34	770	12.7%	790	828	-58	-7.0%
35-44	727	12.0%	706	747	-20	-2.7%
45-54	811	13.4%	869	908	-97	-10.7%
55-59	428	7.1%	430	491	-63	-12.8%
60-64	363	6.0%	354	384	-21	-5.5%
65 and older	354	5.8%	343	345	9	2.6%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	3,658		3,703	3,921
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	44	1.2%	41	27	17	63.0%
Mining	138	3.7%	135	158	-20	-12.7%
Utilities	5	0.1%	4	7	-2	-28.6%
Construction	1,422	38.4%	1,454	1,593	-171	-10.7%
Manufacturing	383	10.3%	374	408	-25	-6.1%
Wholesale Trade	97	2.6%	102	109	-12	-11.0%
Retail Trade	216	5.8%	199	249	-33	-13.3%
Transporation and Warehousing	99	2.7%	103	118	-19	-16.1%
Information	68	1.8%	28	38	30	78.9%
Finance and Insurance	97	2.6%	86	85	12	14.1%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	30	0.8%	38	21	9	42.9%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	64	1.7%	69	60	4	6.7%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	2	0.1%	3	6	-4	-66.7%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	217	5.9%	226	230	-13	-5.7%
Educational Services	56	1.5%	68	64	-8	-12.5%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	131	3.5%	122	168	-37	-22.0%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	47	1.3%	62	53	-6	-11.3%
Accomodation and Food Services	212	5.7%	224	196	16	8.2%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	41	1.1%	44	50	-9	-18.0%
Public Administration	177	4.8%	194	160	17	10.6%
Information Not Available	112	3.0%	127	121	-9	-7.4%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Tennessee
	Feb 2015	Percent	Jan 2015	Feb 2014	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	30,604		34,062	39,066
Male	17,504	57.2%	18,448	22,546	-5,042	-22.4%
Female	13,100	42.8%	15,614	16,520	-3,420	-20.7%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	30,604		34,062	39,066
Hispanic or Latino	687	2.2%	769	817	-130	-15.9%
Not Hispanic or Latino	29,917	97.8%	33,293	38,249	-8,332	-21.8%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Race	30,604		34,062	39,066
American Indian or Alaskan Native	91	0.3%	96	109	-18	-16.5%
Asian	3	0.0%	1	2	1	50.0%
Black or African American	6,679	21.8%	7,875	7,846	-1,167	-14.9%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	164	0.5%	209	197	-33	-16.8%
White	23,094	75.5%	25,183	30,288	-7,194	-23.8%
Information Not Available	573	1.9%	698	624	-51	-8.2%

Years of Age	30,604		34,062	39,066
Younger than 22	464	0.9%	541	526	-62	-11.8%
22-24	1,220	2.4%	1,302	1,411	-191	-13.5%
25-34	5,836	11.5%	6,751	7,277	-1,441	-19.8%
35-44	6,422	12.6%	7,163	8,281	-1,859	-22.4%
45-54	7,605	14.9%	8,352	9,638	-2,033	-21.1%
55-59	3,641	7.1%	3,952	4,616	-975	-21.1%
60-64	2,754	5.4%	3,042	3,711	-957	-25.8%
65 and older	2,662	5.2%	2,959	3,606	-944	-26.2%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	30,604		34,062	39,066
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	348	1.1%	324	381	-33	-8.7%
Mining	115	0.4%	173	174	-59	-33.9%
Utilities	37	0.1%	36	41	-4	-9.8%
Construction	5,043	16.3%	4,391	6,368	-1,325	-20.8%
Manufacturing	4,037	13.0%	4,385	5,275	-1,238	-23.5%
Wholesale Trade	1,150	3.7%	1,336	1,576	-426	-27.0%
Retail Trade	2,420	7.8%	2,915	3,297	-877	-26.6%
Transporation and Warehousing	1,307	4.2%	1,240	1,576	-269	-17.1%
Information	416	1.3%	507	533	-117	-22.0%
Finance and Insurance	741	2.4%	845	1,095	-354	-32.3%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	425	1.4%	490	550	-125	-22.7%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	1,239	4.0%	1,554	1,597	-358	-22.4%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	102	0.3%	139	145	-43	-29.7%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	4,637	15.0%	5,505	5,185	-548	-10.6%
Educational Services	609	2.0%	805	638	-29	-4.5%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	2,357	7.6%	2,756	3,007	-650	-21.6%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	1,463	4.7%	1,634	2,266	-803	-35.4%
Accomodation and Food Services	2,312	7.5%	2,832	2,976	-664	-22.3%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	1,019	3.3%	1,216	1,374	-355	-25.8%
Public Administration	774	2.5%	915	900	-126	-14.0%
Information Not Available	53	0.2%	64	112	-59	-52.7%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Texas
	Feb 2015	Percent	Jan 2015	Feb 2014	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	135,481		128,331	147,819
Male	81,412	60.1%	73,769	82,062	-650	-0.8%
Female	54,069	39.9%	54,562	65,757	-11,688	-17.8%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	135,481		128,331	147,819
Hispanic or Latino	44,615	32.9%	42,326	45,685	-1,070	-2.3%
Not Hispanic or Latino	80,440	59.4%	76,185	89,451	-9,011	-10.1%
Information Not Available	10,426	7.7%	9,820	12,683	-2,257	-17.8%

Race	135,481		128,331	147,819
American Indian or Alaskan Native	542	0.4%	500	580	-38	-6.6%
Asian	3,290	2.4%	2,954	3,626	-336	-9.3%
Black or African American	29,290	21.6%	29,445	33,731	-4,441	-13.2%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
White	47,120	34.8%	43,079	51,299	-4,179	-8.1%
Information Not Available	55,239	40.8%	52,353	58,583	-3,344	-5.7%

Years of Age	135,481		128,331	147,819
Younger than 22	3,009	1.7%	3,010	3,173	-164	-5.2%
22-24	7,169	4.1%	6,613	7,501	-332	-4.4%
25-34	34,171	19.6%	31,919	36,123	-1,952	-5.4%
35-44	32,515	18.7%	30,527	35,975	-3,460	-9.6%
45-54	32,002	18.4%	30,623	35,754	-3,752	-10.5%
55-59	13,248	7.6%	12,817	14,832	-1,584	-10.7%
60-64	8,422	4.8%	8,097	9,234	-812	-8.8%
65 and older	4,945	2.8%	4,725	5,227	-282	-5.4%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	135,481		128,331	147,819
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	824	0.6%	737	986	-162	-16.4%
Mining	9,644	7.1%	4,921	3,742	5,902	157.7%
Utilities	383	0.3%	373	583	-200	-34.3%
Construction	18,373	13.5%	18,638	18,788	-415	-2.2%
Manufacturing	13,697	10.0%	11,184	13,461	236	1.8%
Wholesale Trade	7,187	5.3%	6,371	8,283	-1,096	-13.2%
Retail Trade	8,848	6.5%	8,826	10,620	-1,772	-16.7%
Transporation and Warehousing	4,568	3.4%	4,559	5,051	-483	-9.6%
Information	2,862	2.1%	2,845	3,006	-144	-4.8%
Finance and Insurance	6,741	4.9%	6,495	9,457	-2,716	-28.7%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	2,807	2.1%	2,732	3,156	-349	-11.1%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	11,007	8.1%	10,343	12,339	-1,332	-10.8%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	691	0.5%	593	567	124	21.9%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	19,438	14.3%	18,576	21,863	-2,425	-11.1%
Educational Services	2,739	2.0%	3,023	3,603	-864	-24.0%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	10,915	8.0%	11,703	14,265	-3,350	-23.5%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	720	0.5%	758	993	-273	-27.5%
Accomodation and Food Services	4,503	3.3%	5,626	5,942	-1,439	-24.2%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	3,038	2.2%	3,232	3,474	-436	-12.6%
Public Administration	1,469	1.1%	1,462	1,697	-228	-13.4%
Information Not Available	5,027	3.7%	5,334	5,943	-916	-15.4%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Utah
	Feb 2015	Percent	Jan 2015	Feb 2014	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	16,113		16,683	20,091
Male	11,137	69.1%	11,489	13,779	-2,642	-19.2%
Female	4,737	29.4%	4,911	6,024	-1,287	-21.4%
Information Not Available	239	1.5%	283	288	-49	-17.0%

Ethnicity	16,113		16,683	20,091
Hispanic or Latino	1,895	11.8%	1,982	2,254	-359	-15.9%
Not Hispanic or Latino	11,296	70.1%	11,582	14,293	-2,997	-21.0%
Information Not Available	2,922	18.1%	3,119	3,544	-622	-17.6%

Race	16,113		16,683	20,091
American Indian or Alaskan Native	638	4.0%	635	704	-66	-9.4%
Asian	179	1.1%	188	255	-76	-29.8%
Black or African American	271	1.7%	289	328	-57	-17.4%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	274	1.7%	274	289	-15	-5.2%
White	9,829	61.0%	9,845	12,303	-2,474	-20.1%
Information Not Available	4,922	30.5%	5,452	6,212	-1,290	-20.8%

Years of Age	16,113		16,683	20,091
Younger than 22	497	2.0%	484	635	-138	-21.7%
22-24	838	3.4%	888	1,062	-224	-21.1%
25-34	4,155	16.7%	4,347	5,141	-986	-19.2%
35-44	3,776	15.2%	3,934	4,744	-968	-20.4%
45-54	3,573	14.4%	3,679	4,575	-1,002	-21.9%
55-59	1,639	6.6%	1,710	2,055	-416	-20.2%
60-64	1,051	4.2%	1,067	1,236	-185	-15.0%
65 and older	583	2.3%	574	643	-60	-9.3%
Information Not Available	1	0.0%	0	0	1	0.0%

Industry	16,113		16,683	20,091
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	97	0.6%	84	93	4	4.3%
Mining	609	3.8%	360	325	284	87.4%
Utilities	23	0.1%	22	29	-6	-20.7%
Construction	3,512	21.7%	3,829	4,782	-1,270	-26.6%
Manufacturing	1,388	8.6%	1,421	1,874	-486	-25.9%
Wholesale Trade	516	3.2%	512	623	-107	-17.2%
Retail Trade	1,144	7.1%	1,216	1,465	-321	-21.9%
Transporation and Warehousing	570	3.5%	549	674	-104	-15.4%
Information	391	2.4%	378	410	-19	-4.6%
Finance and Insurance	462	2.9%	485	718	-256	-35.7%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	181	1.1%	197	223	-42	-18.8%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	958	5.9%	952	996	-38	-3.8%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	50	0.3%	51	48	2	4.2%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	2,343	14.5%	2,477	3,201	-858	-26.8%
Educational Services	264	1.6%	283	411	-147	-35.8%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	589	3.6%	578	765	-176	-23.0%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	229	1.4%	250	312	-83	-26.6%
Accomodation and Food Services	983	6.1%	1,111	1,147	-164	-14.3%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	270	1.7%	272	273	-3	-1.1%
Public Administration	376	2.3%	396	474	-98	-20.7%
Information Not Available	1,158	7.1%	1,260	1,248	-90	-7.2%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Virginia
	Feb 2015	Percent	Jan 2015	Feb 2014	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	44,697		46,319	56,591
Male	26,787	59.9%	27,459	33,865	-7,078	-20.9%
Female	17,894	40.0%	18,844	22,708	-4,814	-21.2%
Information Not Available	16	0.0%	16	18	-2	-11.1%

Ethnicity	44,697		46,319	56,591
Hispanic or Latino	2,636	5.9%	2,673	3,438	-802	-23.3%
Not Hispanic or Latino	40,103	89.7%	41,645	51,128	-11,025	-21.6%
Information Not Available	1,958	4.4%	2,001	2,292	-334	-14.6%

Race	44,697		46,319	56,591
American Indian or Alaskan Native	3,648	8.0%	2,916	4,801	-1,153	-24.0%
Asian	1,012	2.2%	1,074	1,363	-351	-25.8%
Black or African American	16,949	37.3%	17,707	21,318	-4,369	-20.5%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
White	21,900	48.2%	22,621	28,180	-6,280	-22.3%
Information Not Available	1,958	4.3%	2,001	2,292	-334	-14.6%

Years of Age	44,697		46,319	56,591
Younger than 22	578	0.9%	646	764	-186	-24.3%
22-24	1,739	2.8%	1,861	2,283	-544	-23.8%
25-34	10,247	16.3%	10,825	12,358	-2,111	-17.1%
35-44	9,726	15.4%	10,109	12,517	-2,791	-22.3%
45-54	11,298	17.9%	11,460	14,875	-3,577	-24.0%
55-59	5,392	8.6%	5,450	6,785	-1,393	-20.5%
60-64	3,598	5.7%	3,747	4,442	-844	-19.0%
65 and older	2,119	3.4%	2,221	2,567	-448	-17.5%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	44,697		46,319	56,591
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	114	0.3%	134	133	-19	-14.3%
Mining	233	0.5%	236	202	31	15.3%
Utilities	7	0.0%	6	14	-7	-50.0%
Construction	3,640	8.1%	3,765	4,387	-747	-17.0%
Manufacturing	1,424	3.2%	1,469	2,288	-864	-37.8%
Wholesale Trade	434	1.0%	438	450	-16	-3.6%
Retail Trade	1,116	2.5%	1,215	1,339	-223	-16.7%
Transporation and Warehousing	935	2.1%	880	1,014	-79	-7.8%
Information	281	0.6%	270	270	11	4.1%
Finance and Insurance	337	0.8%	359	436	-99	-22.7%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	278	0.6%	288	316	-38	-12.0%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	1,446	3.2%	1,482	1,993	-547	-27.4%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	75	0.2%	85	94	-19	-20.2%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	2,878	6.4%	3,179	3,248	-370	-11.4%
Educational Services	161	0.4%	165	197	-36	-18.3%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	1,228	2.7%	1,340	1,333	-105	-7.9%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	379	0.8%	449	462	-83	-18.0%
Accomodation and Food Services	1,186	2.6%	1,558	1,424	-238	-16.7%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	469	1.0%	522	537	-68	-12.7%
Public Administration	1,897	4.2%	2,086	2,585	-688	-26.6%
Information Not Available	26,179	58.4%	26,393	33,869	-7,690	-22.7%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Virgin Islands
	Feb 2015	Percent	Jan 2015	Feb 2014	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	427		389	440
Male	269	63.0%	234	267	2	0.7%
Female	158	37.0%	155	173	-15	-8.7%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	427		389	440
Hispanic or Latino	69	16.2%	62	99	-30	-30.3%
Not Hispanic or Latino	341	79.9%	315	328	13	4.0%
Information Not Available	17	4.0%	12	13	4	30.8%

Race	427		389	440
American Indian or Alaskan Native	4	0.9%	3	4	0	0.0%
Asian	1	0.2%	0	1	0	0.0%
Black or African American	308	72.1%	285	282	26	9.2%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	9	2.1%	7	12	-3	-25.0%
White	28	6.6%	27	41	-13	-31.7%
Information Not Available	77	18.0%	67	100	-23	-23.0%

Years of Age	427		389	440
Younger than 22	4	0.9%	4	5	-1	-20.0%
22-24	9	2.1%	8	16	-7	-43.8%
25-34	81	19.2%	74	84	-3	-3.6%
35-44	94	22.3%	85	104	-10	-9.6%
45-54	130	30.8%	118	106	24	22.6%
55-59	49	11.6%	45	62	-13	-21.0%
60-64	33	7.8%	28	40	-7	-17.5%
65 and older	25	5.9%	26	22	3	13.6%
Information Not Available	2	0.5%	1	1	1	100.0%

Industry	427		389	440
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
Mining	0	0.0%	0	1	-1	-100.0%
Utilities	2	0.5%	1	0	2	0.0%
Construction	51	11.9%	37	113	-62	-54.9%
Manufacturing	12	2.8%	10	19	-7	-36.8%
Wholesale Trade	10	2.3%	7	4	6	150.0%
Retail Trade	36	8.4%	32	51	-15	-29.4%
Transporation and Warehousing	6	1.4%	5	16	-10	-62.5%
Information	5	1.2%	6	8	-3	-37.5%
Finance and Insurance	7	1.6%	6	2	5	250.0%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	11	2.6%	10	11	0	0.0%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	15	3.5%	13	12	3	25.0%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	18	4.2%	15	17	1	5.9%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	19	4.4%	18	23	-4	-17.4%
Educational Services	5	1.2%	5	11	-6	-54.5%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	18	4.2%	17	29	-11	-37.9%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	8	1.9%	5	6	2	33.3%
Accomodation and Food Services	34	8.0%	46	53	-19	-35.8%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	130	30.4%	130	42	88	209.5%
Public Administration	26	6.1%	14	6	20	333.3%
Information Not Available	14	3.3%	12	16	-2	-12.5%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Vermont
	Feb 2015	Percent	Jan 2015	Feb 2014	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	7,061		7,059	7,465
Male	5,263	74.5%	5,235	5,439	-176	-3.2%
Female	1,798	25.5%	1,824	2,026	-228	-11.3%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	7,061		7,059	7,465
Hispanic or Latino	2	0.0%	2	4	-2	-50.0%
Not Hispanic or Latino	1,051	14.9%	1,088	1,067	-16	-1.5%
Information Not Available	6,008	85.1%	5,969	6,394	-386	-6.0%

Race	7,061		7,059	7,465
American Indian or Alaskan Native	3	0.0%	4	9	-6	-66.7%
Asian	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
Black or African American	4	0.1%	5	13	-9	-69.2%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	6	0.1%	6	1	5	500.0%
White	1,040	14.7%	1,075	1,048	-8	-0.8%
Information Not Available	6,008	85.1%	5,969	6,394	-386	-6.0%

Years of Age	7,061		7,059	7,465
Younger than 22	144	1.9%	133	117	27	23.1%
22-24	301	4.0%	310	368	-67	-18.2%
25-34	1,545	20.7%	1,563	1,681	-136	-8.1%
35-44	1,456	19.5%	1,417	1,481	-25	-1.7%
45-54	1,625	21.8%	1,646	1,745	-120	-6.9%
55-59	869	11.6%	893	893	-24	-2.7%
60-64	632	8.5%	630	675	-43	-6.4%
65 and older	489	6.5%	467	505	-16	-3.2%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	7,061		7,059	7,465
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	103	1.4%	110	80	23	28.8%
Mining	62	0.9%	46	65	-3	-4.6%
Utilities	5	0.1%	3	6	-1	-16.7%
Construction	2,284	31.9%	2,099	2,465	-181	-7.3%
Manufacturing	768	10.7%	882	880	-112	-12.7%
Wholesale Trade	236	3.3%	235	245	-9	-3.7%
Retail Trade	609	8.5%	598	693	-84	-12.1%
Transporation and Warehousing	157	2.2%	178	173	-16	-9.2%
Information	274	3.8%	268	49	225	459.2%
Finance and Insurance	48	0.7%	46	85	-37	-43.5%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	82	1.1%	65	77	5	6.5%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	188	2.6%	187	215	-27	-12.6%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	5	0.1%	8	1	4	400.0%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	701	9.8%	726	752	-51	-6.8%
Educational Services	165	2.3%	160	153	12	7.8%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	383	5.3%	368	472	-89	-18.9%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	175	2.4%	173	186	-11	-5.9%
Accomodation and Food Services	482	6.7%	571	502	-20	-4.0%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	166	2.3%	156	181	-15	-8.3%
Public Administration	168	2.3%	180	185	-17	-9.2%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Washington
	Feb 2015	Percent	Jan 2015	Feb 2014	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	64,748		65,848	78,213
Male	41,027	63.4%	41,598	50,355	-9,328	-18.5%
Female	23,713	36.6%	24,239	27,849	-4,136	-14.9%
Information Not Available	8	0.0%	11	9	-1	-11.1%

Ethnicity	64,748		65,848	78,213
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	64,748	100.0%	65,848	78,213	-13,465	-17.2%

Race	64,748		65,848	78,213
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	64,748	100.0%	65,848	78,213	-13,465	-17.2%

Years of Age	64,748		65,848	78,213
Younger than 22	850	1.4%	843	1,211	-361	-29.8%
22-24	2,647	4.4%	2,746	3,418	-771	-22.6%
25-34	14,886	25.0%	15,250	18,073	-3,187	-17.6%
35-44	14,461	24.3%	14,695	17,431	-2,970	-17.0%
45-54	16,226	27.3%	16,480	19,719	-3,493	-17.7%
55-59	7,488	12.6%	7,642	8,812	-1,324	-15.0%
60-64	5,236	8.8%	5,214	6,224	-988	-15.9%
65 and older	2,954	5.0%	2,978	3,325	-371	-11.2%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	64,748		65,848	78,213
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	64,748	100.0%	65,848	78,213	-13,465	-17.2%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Wisconsin
	Feb 2015	Percent	Jan 2015	Feb 2014	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	78,283		79,041	95,604
Male	23,313	29.8%	40	64,797	-41,484	-64.0%
Female	54,931	70.2%	54,878	30,759	24,172	78.6%
Information Not Available	39	0.0%	24,123	48	-9	-18.8%

Ethnicity	78,283		79,041	95,604
Hispanic or Latino	4,925	6.3%	5,051	5,508	-583	-10.6%
Not Hispanic or Latino	72,254	92.3%	72,955	12,477	59,777	479.1%
Information Not Available	1,104	1.4%	1,035	77,619	-76,515	-98.6%

Race	78,283		79,041	95,604
American Indian or Alaskan Native	1,065	1.4%	1,075	96	969	1009.4%
Asian	767	1.0%	783	1,185	-418	-35.3%
Black or African American	7,070	9.0%	7,699	918	6,152	670.2%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	70	0.1%	79	1,042	-972	-93.3%
White	68,207	87.1%	68,370	14,744	53,463	362.6%
Information Not Available	1,104	1.4%	1,035	77,619	-76,515	-98.6%

Years of Age	78,283		79,041	95,604
Younger than 22	1,597	1.1%	1,581	1,855	-258	-13.9%
22-24	3,836	2.7%	3,865	4,867	-1,031	-21.2%
25-34	17,983	12.8%	18,664	22,545	-4,562	-20.2%
35-44	16,229	11.6%	16,323	19,888	-3,659	-18.4%
45-54	18,392	13.1%	18,403	23,052	-4,660	-20.2%
55-59	9,403	6.7%	9,359	11,043	-1,640	-14.9%
60-64	6,427	4.6%	6,380	7,372	-945	-12.8%
65 and older	4,400	3.1%	4,458	4,982	-582	-11.7%
Information Not Available	16	0.0%	8	0	16	0.0%

Industry	78,283		79,041	95,604
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	1,299	1.6%	1,367	1,434	-135	-9.4%
Mining	579	0.7%	593	727	-148	-20.4%
Utilities	149	0.2%	206	182	-33	-18.1%
Construction	18,851	23.7%	18,279	21,585	-2,734	-12.7%
Manufacturing	12,337	15.5%	11,637	14,914	-2,577	-17.3%
Wholesale Trade	2,348	3.0%	2,403	2,859	-511	-17.9%
Retail Trade	6,341	8.0%	6,380	8,222	-1,881	-22.9%
Transporation and Warehousing	3,077	3.9%	3,162	3,595	-518	-14.4%
Information	736	0.9%	648	813	-77	-9.5%
Finance and Insurance	1,174	1.5%	1,170	1,883	-709	-37.7%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	658	0.8%	680	822	-164	-20.0%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	1,511	1.9%	1,644	2,161	-650	-30.1%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	431	0.5%	443	488	-57	-11.7%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	10,795	13.6%	11,084	13,079	-2,284	-17.5%
Educational Services	822	1.0%	941	1,119	-297	-26.5%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	4,556	5.7%	4,736	6,549	-1,993	-30.4%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	2,270	2.9%	2,419	2,581	-311	-12.0%
Accomodation and Food Services	4,446	5.6%	5,178	5,736	-1,290	-22.5%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	1,323	1.7%	1,336	1,683	-360	-21.4%
Public Administration	1,644	2.1%	1,731	2,017	-373	-18.5%
Information Not Available	2,936	3.7%	3,004	3,155	-219	-6.9%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants West Virginia
	Feb 2015	Percent	Jan 2015	Feb 2014	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	18,517		19,340	22,820
Male	14,290	77.2%	14,839	17,582	-3,292	-18.7%
Female	4,225	22.8%	4,498	5,232	-1,007	-19.2%
Information Not Available	2	0.0%	3	6	-4	-66.7%

Ethnicity	18,517		19,340	22,820
Hispanic or Latino	357	1.9%	380	439	-82	-18.7%
Not Hispanic or Latino	13,498	72.9%	14,215	16,481	-2,983	-18.1%
Information Not Available	4,662	25.2%	4,745	5,900	-1,238	-21.0%

Race	18,517		19,340	22,820
American Indian or Alaskan Native	54	0.3%	64	54	0	0.0%
Asian	49	0.3%	61	50	-1	-2.0%
Black or African American	568	3.1%	571	669	-101	-15.1%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	12	0.1%	16	7	5	71.4%
White	16,370	88.4%	17,103	20,178	-3,808	-18.9%
Information Not Available	1,464	7.9%	1,525	1,862	-398	-21.4%

Years of Age	18,517		19,340	22,820
Younger than 22	365	1.1%	377	503	-138	-27.4%
22-24	992	3.0%	1,028	1,135	-143	-12.6%
25-34	4,059	12.1%	4,250	4,909	-850	-17.3%
35-44	4,484	13.4%	4,766	5,724	-1,240	-21.7%
45-54	4,541	13.5%	4,590	5,744	-1,203	-20.9%
55-59	2,011	6.0%	2,108	2,370	-359	-15.1%
60-64	1,322	3.9%	1,400	1,495	-173	-11.6%
65 and older	743	2.2%	821	936	-193	-20.6%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	4	-4	-100.0%

Industry	18,517		19,340	22,820
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	83	0.4%	94	105	-22	-21.0%
Mining	1,427	7.7%	1,484	1,705	-278	-16.3%
Utilities	32	0.2%	28	30	2	6.7%
Construction	6,184	33.2%	6,198	7,366	-1,182	-16.0%
Manufacturing	1,004	5.4%	1,470	1,733	-729	-42.1%
Wholesale Trade	395	2.1%	339	512	-117	-22.9%
Retail Trade	1,265	6.8%	1,286	1,454	-189	-13.0%
Transporation and Warehousing	652	3.5%	606	794	-142	-17.9%
Information	106	0.6%	109	121	-15	-12.4%
Finance and Insurance	173	0.9%	183	200	-27	-13.5%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	185	1.0%	173	234	-49	-20.9%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	503	2.7%	503	580	-77	-13.3%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	75	0.4%	34	60	15	25.0%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	1,616	8.7%	1,663	1,959	-343	-17.5%
Educational Services	142	0.8%	143	180	-38	-21.1%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	936	5.0%	1,083	1,281	-345	-26.9%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	349	1.9%	428	425	-76	-17.9%
Accomodation and Food Services	1,231	6.6%	1,207	1,564	-333	-21.3%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	524	2.8%	564	687	-163	-23.7%
Public Administration	301	1.6%	318	337	-36	-10.7%
Information Not Available	1,334	7.2%	1,427	1,493	-159	-10.6%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Wyoming
	Feb 2015	Percent	Jan 2015	Feb 2014	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	4,933		4,276	5,376
Male	3,746	75.9%	3,148	3,873	-127	-3.3%
Female	1,187	24.1%	1,128	1,503	-316	-21.0%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	4,933		4,276	5,376
Hispanic or Latino	624	12.6%	537	622	2	0.3%
Not Hispanic or Latino	4,086	82.8%	3,540	4,484	-398	-8.9%
Information Not Available	223	4.5%	199	270	-47	-17.4%

Race	4,933		4,276	5,376
American Indian or Alaskan Native	191	3.9%	180	212	-21	-9.9%
Asian	18	0.4%	10	16	2	12.5%
Black or African American	98	2.0%	112	75	23	30.7%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	2	0.0%	5	2	0	0.0%
White	4,089	82.9%	3,539	4,534	-445	-9.8%
Information Not Available	535	10.8%	430	537	-2	-0.4%

Years of Age	4,933		4,276	5,376
Younger than 22	52	0.6%	37	74	-22	-29.7%
22-24	305	3.5%	256	341	-36	-10.6%
25-34	1,049	12.2%	926	1,090	-41	-3.8%
35-44	996	11.6%	873	1,098	-102	-9.3%
45-54	1,159	13.5%	1,018	1,290	-131	-10.2%
55-59	624	7.3%	521	712	-88	-12.4%
60-64	426	5.0%	362	425	1	0.2%
65 and older	322	3.7%	283	346	-24	-6.9%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	4,933		4,276	5,376
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	47	0.9%	44	43	4	9.3%
Mining	631	12.7%	266	297	334	112.5%
Utilities	3	0.1%	4	8	-5	-62.5%
Construction	1,650	33.1%	1,543	1,905	-255	-13.4%
Manufacturing	208	4.2%	163	230	-22	-9.6%
Wholesale Trade	82	1.6%	54	124	-42	-33.9%
Retail Trade	172	3.5%	180	312	-140	-44.9%
Transporation and Warehousing	157	3.2%	101	135	22	16.3%
Information	17	0.3%	13	30	-13	-43.3%
Finance and Insurance	23	0.5%	25	48	-25	-52.1%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	58	1.2%	40	56	2	3.6%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	146	2.9%	126	111	35	31.5%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	2	0.0%	4	2	0	0.0%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	338	6.8%	288	360	-22	-6.1%
Educational Services	45	0.9%	57	46	-1	-2.2%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	179	3.6%	151	175	4	2.3%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	72	1.4%	68	66	6	9.1%
Accomodation and Food Services	328	6.6%	359	463	-135	-29.2%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	86	1.7%	93	128	-42	-32.8%
Public Administration	157	3.2%	136	179	-22	-12.3%
Information Not Available	532	10.7%	561	658	-126	-19.1%