Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants

January 2015

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants: Total Claimants January 2015
	Jan 2015	Dec 2014	Monthly Change	Jan 2014	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
United States	2,764,015	2,458,764	305,251	3,378,157	-614,142	-18.2
Alaska	12,114	11,785	329	15,587	-3,473	-22.3
Alabama	26,222	24,382	1,840	34,098	-7,876	-23.1
Arkansas	24,655	23,589	1,066	30,205	-5,550	-18.4
Arizona	29,755	29,914	-159	35,828	-6,073	-17.0
California	390,097	427,478	-37,381	486,750	-96,653	-19.9
Colorado	32,680	29,224	3,456	44,812	-12,132	-27.1
Connecticut	55,705	43,800	11,905	64,552	-8,847	-13.7
District of Columbia	9,696	9,388	308	12,187	-2,491	-20.4
Delaware	8,990	7,159	1,831	10,203	-1,213	-11.9
Florida	73,130	74,711	-1,581	116,805	-43,675	-37.4
Georgia	46,758	41,309	5,449	59,432	-12,674	-21.3
Hawaii	9,038	8,943	95	10,553	-1,515	-14.4
Iowa	36,905	27,453	9,452	38,048	-1,143	-3.0
Idaho	15,381	12,441	2,940	17,899	-2,518	-14.1
Illinois	173,306	143,932	29,374	234,620	-61,314	-26.1
Indiana	41,224	31,245	9,979	58,126	-16,902	-29.1
Kansas	22,532	16,748	5,784	25,776	-3,244	-12.6
Kentucky	30,826	24,715	6,111	39,532	-8,706	-22.0
Louisiana	18,854	17,938	916	24,631	-5,777	-23.5
Massachusetts	96,271	77,078	19,193	107,547	-11,276	-10.5
Maryland	57,044	48,603	8,441	75,278	-18,234	-24.2
Maine	14,531	11,251	3,280	16,602	-2,071	-12.5
Michigan	122,173	89,258	32,915	137,857	-15,684	-11.4
Minnesota	66,736	56,570	10,166	74,563	-7,827	-10.5
Missouri	49,467	35,999	13,468	60,170	-10,703	-17.8
Mississippi	15,632	15,150	482	24,869	-9,237	-37.1
Montana	11,174	9,065	2,109	12,368	-1,194	-9.7
North Carolina	40,146	36,356	3,790	69,937	-29,791	-42.6
North Dakota	7,113	4,334	2,779	6,934	179	2.6
Nebraska	10,826	8,037	2,789	11,960	-1,134	-9.5
New Hampshire	7,997	6,224	1,773	9,889	-1,892	-19.1
New Jersey	137,466	118,534	18,932	143,994	-6,528	-4.5
New Mexico	13,771	12,998	773	16,452	-2,681	-16.3
Nevada	29,971	30,623	-652	29,267	704	2.4
New York	218,370	186,356	32,014	254,175	-35,805	-14.1
Ohio	92,318	71,174	21,144	109,852	-17,534	-16.0
Oklahoma	18,323	16,027	2,296	20,515	-2,192	-10.7
Oregon	41,075	38,435	2,640	53,251	-12,176	-22.9
Pennsylvania	187,309	158,784	28,525	227,668	-40,359	-17.7
Puerto Rico	22,303	22,362	-59	25,067	-2,764	-11.0
Rhode Island	13,730	10,520	3,210	15,879	-2,149	-13.5
South Carolina	27,350	24,423	2,927	31,926	-4,576	-14.3
South Dakota	3,703	2,826	877	3,937	-234	-5.9
Tennessee	34,062	27,529	6,533	37,314	-3,252	-8.7
Texas	128,331	130,587	-2,256	153,739	-25,408	-16.5
Utah	16,683	13,274	3,409	20,983	-4,300	-20.5
Virginia	46,319	40,592	5,727	57,896	-11,577	-20.0
Virgin Islands	389	321	68	400	-11	-2.8
Vermont	7,059	5,218	1,841	7,697	-638	-8.3
Washington	65,848	63,080	2,768	77,013	-11,165	-14.5
Wisconsin	79,041	62,125	16,916	95,487	-16,446	-17.2
West Virginia	19,340	15,361	3,979	22,882	-3,542	-15.5
Wyoming	4,276	3,536	740	5,145	-869	-16.9

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants US Totals
	Jan 2015	Percent	Dec 2014	Jan 2014	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	2,764,015		2,458,764	3,378,157	-614,142	-18.2
Male	1,678,080	60.7%	1,419,173	2,060,033	-381,953	-18.5%
Female	1,041,937	37.7%	1,002,848	1,296,945	-255,008	-19.7%
Information Not Available	43,998	1.6%	36,743	21,179	22,819	107.7%

Ethnicity	2,764,015		2,458,764	3,378,157
Hispanic or Latino	479,685	17.4%	450,239	530,440	-50,755	-9.6%
Not Hispanic or Latino	1,927,001	84.4%	1,686,645	2,302,882	-375,881	-16.3%
Information Not Available	357,229	11.4%	321,880	544,825	-187,596	-34.4%

Race	2,764,015		2,458,764	3,378,157
American Indian or Alaskan Native	36,517	1.3%	32,495	41,374	-4,857	-11.7%
Asian	70,431	2.5%	71,250	86,055	-15,624	-18.2%
Black or African American	425,307	15.3%	396,984	517,852	-92,545	-17.9%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	12,432	0.4%	11,641	14,623	-2,191	-15.0%
White	1,591,571	57.4%	1,351,351	1,855,237	-263,666	-14.2%
Information Not Available	638,226	23.0%	601,910	863,015	-224,789	-26.0%

Years of Age	2,764,015		2,458,764	3,378,157
Younger than 22	92,918	3.4%	60,209	69,504	23,414	33.7%
22-24	138,981	5.0%	131,176	173,244	-34,263	-19.8%
25-34	639,208	23.1%	586,054	797,141	-157,933	-19.8%
35-44	605,044	21.9%	532,989	745,020	-139,976	-18.8%
45-54	649,579	23.5%	586,568	816,559	-166,980	-20.4%
55-59	288,856	10.5%	259,113	358,283	-69,427	-19.4%
60-64	191,418	6.9%	169,579	232,892	-41,474	-17.8%
65 and older	134,854	4.9%	113,675	159,291	-24,437	-15.3%
Information Not Available	23,157	0.8%	19,401	26,223	-3,066	-11.7%

Industry	2,764,015		2,458,764	3,378,157
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	98,845	3.6%	100,532	102,380	-3,535	-3.5%
Mining	27,468	1.0%	18,277	27,490	-22	-0.1%
Utilities	4,578	0.2%	4,000	6,198	-1,620	-26.1%
Construction	474,927	17.2%	339,438	546,551	-71,624	-13.1%
Manufacturing	247,802	9.0%	220,144	304,585	-56,783	-18.6%
Wholesale Trade	77,252	2.8%	72,281	99,735	-22,483	-22.5%
Retail Trade	191,499	6.9%	174,397	245,498	-53,999	-22.0%
Transporation and Warehousing	88,175	3.2%	71,097	108,714	-20,539	-18.9%
Information	63,077	2.3%	64,345	83,926	-20,849	-24.8%
Finance and Insurance	60,810	2.2%	61,974	89,965	-29,155	-32.4%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	35,477	1.3%	32,436	45,989	-10,512	-22.9%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	115,747	4.2%	112,256	146,383	-30,636	-20.9%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	15,887	0.6%	11,626	18,874	-2,987	-15.8%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	370,784	13.4%	336,367	455,599	-84,815	-18.6%
Educational Services	58,537	2.1%	62,143	80,614	-22,077	-27.4%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	179,629	6.5%	190,392	236,730	-57,101	-24.1%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	70,376	2.5%	59,037	78,970	-8,594	-10.9%
Accomodation and Food Services	176,427	6.4%	151,535	207,255	-30,828	-14.9%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	62,102	2.2%	60,312	76,106	-14,004	-18.4%
Public Administration	49,610	1.8%	47,950	61,736	-12,126	-19.6%
Information Not Available	295,006	10.7%	268,225	354,859	-59,853	-16.9%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Alaska
	Jan 2015	Percent	Dec 2014	Jan 2014	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	12,114		11,785	15,587	-3,473	-22.3
Male	8,050	66.5%	7,481	9,879	-1,829	-18.5%
Female	4,058	33.5%	4,304	5,706	-1,648	-28.9%
Information Not Available	6	0.0%	0	2	4	200.0%

Ethnicity	12,114		11,785	15,587
Hispanic or Latino	621	5.1%	638	796	-175	-22.0%
Not Hispanic or Latino	11,385	94.0%	11,060	14,690	-3,305	-22.5%
Information Not Available	108	0.9%	87	101	7	6.9%

Race	12,114		11,785	15,587
American Indian or Alaskan Native	3,543	29.2%	3,288	4,502	-959	-21.3%
Asian	593	4.9%	768	926	-333	-36.0%
Black or African American	487	4.0%	503	553	-66	-11.9%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	205	1.7%	202	291	-86	-29.6%
White	6,796	56.1%	6,493	8,681	-1,885	-21.7%
Information Not Available	490	4.0%	531	634	-144	-22.7%

Years of Age	12,114		11,785	15,587
Younger than 22	283	1.6%	230	394	-111	-28.2%
22-24	736	4.0%	675	1,070	-334	-31.2%
25-34	3,439	18.9%	3,436	4,282	-843	-19.7%
35-44	2,680	14.7%	2,502	3,308	-628	-19.0%
45-54	2,701	14.8%	2,630	3,518	-817	-23.2%
55-59	1,207	6.6%	1,120	1,482	-275	-18.6%
60-64	677	3.7%	767	948	-271	-28.6%
65 and older	391	2.1%	425	585	-194	-33.2%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	12,114		11,785	15,587
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	102	0.8%	117	169	-67	-39.6%
Mining	418	3.4%	329	423	-5	-1.2%
Utilities	89	0.7%	55	91	-2	-2.2%
Construction	3,053	25.0%	2,800	3,458	-405	-11.7%
Manufacturing	924	7.6%	1,153	1,308	-384	-29.4%
Wholesale Trade	100	0.8%	129	161	-61	-37.9%
Retail Trade	984	8.1%	841	1,274	-290	-22.8%
Transporation and Warehousing	646	5.3%	620	750	-104	-13.9%
Information	86	0.7%	78	154	-68	-44.2%
Finance and Insurance	139	1.1%	148	225	-86	-38.2%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	255	2.1%	222	345	-90	-26.1%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	333	2.7%	320	491	-158	-32.2%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	34	0.3%	52	28	6	21.4%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	716	5.9%	664	892	-176	-19.7%
Educational Services	290	2.4%	248	415	-125	-30.1%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	779	6.4%	876	1,220	-441	-36.1%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	181	1.5%	155	239	-58	-24.3%
Accomodation and Food Services	888	7.3%	930	1,257	-369	-29.4%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	413	3.4%	364	487	-74	-15.2%
Public Administration	1,336	10.9%	1,339	1,682	-346	-20.6%
Information Not Available	348	2.8%	345	518	-170	-32.8%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Alabama
	Jan 2015	Percent	Dec 2014	Jan 2014	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	26,222		24,382	34,098
Male	14,201	54.2%	12,667	18,699	-4,498	-24.1%
Female	11,986	45.7%	11,694	15,354	-3,368	-21.9%
Information Not Available	35	0.1%	21	45	-10	-22.2%

Ethnicity	26,222		24,382	34,098
Hispanic or Latino	316	1.2%	286	414	-98	-23.7%
Not Hispanic or Latino	19,274	73.5%	17,815	25,699	-6,425	-25.0%
Information Not Available	6,632	25.3%	6,281	7,985	-1,353	-16.9%

Race	26,222		24,382	34,098
American Indian or Alaskan Native	1,404	5.4%	1,309	1,622	-218	-13.4%
Asian	651	2.5%	592	690	-39	-5.7%
Black or African American	10,381	39.6%	9,534	13,353	-2,972	-22.3%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	26	0.1%	38	51	-25	-49.0%
White	12,370	47.2%	11,589	16,643	-4,273	-25.7%
Information Not Available	1,390	5.3%	1,320	1,739	-349	-20.1%

Years of Age	26,222		24,382	34,098
Younger than 22	810	2.2%	720	1,155	-345	-29.9%
22-24	1,767	4.8%	1,548	2,335	-568	-24.3%
25-34	6,881	18.5%	6,469	8,826	-1,945	-22.0%
35-44	6,020	16.2%	5,611	7,910	-1,890	-23.9%
45-54	5,825	15.7%	5,481	7,573	-1,748	-23.1%
55-59	2,419	6.5%	2,223	3,125	-706	-22.6%
60-64	1,467	4.0%	1,327	1,888	-421	-22.3%
65 and older	1,016	2.7%	989	1,277	-261	-20.4%
Information Not Available	17	0.0%	14	9	8	88.9%

Industry	26,222		24,382	34,098
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	245	0.9%	231	287	-42	-14.6%
Mining	120	0.5%	71	307	-187	-60.9%
Utilities	39	0.1%	40	42	-3	-7.1%
Construction	2,778	10.5%	2,271	3,699	-921	-24.9%
Manufacturing	4,518	17.1%	4,225	5,359	-841	-15.7%
Wholesale Trade	832	3.1%	814	1,023	-191	-18.7%
Retail Trade	2,771	10.5%	2,542	3,728	-957	-25.7%
Transporation and Warehousing	687	2.6%	581	1,047	-360	-34.4%
Information	326	1.2%	308	368	-42	-11.4%
Finance and Insurance	867	3.3%	830	973	-106	-10.9%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	346	1.3%	304	451	-105	-23.3%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	1,197	4.5%	1,236	1,548	-351	-22.7%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	57	0.2%	65	55	2	3.6%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	3,814	14.4%	3,416	5,155	-1,341	-26.0%
Educational Services	544	2.1%	596	738	-194	-26.3%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	2,083	7.9%	2,145	2,698	-615	-22.8%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	184	0.7%	186	237	-53	-22.4%
Accomodation and Food Services	2,026	7.7%	1,917	2,731	-705	-25.8%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	628	2.4%	585	766	-138	-18.0%
Public Administration	420	1.6%	390	796	-376	-47.2%
Information Not Available	1,740	6.6%	1,629	2,090	-350	-16.7%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Arkansas
	Jan 2015	Percent	Dec 2014	Jan 2014	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	24,655		23,589	30,205
Male	13,759	55.8%	12,475	17,623	-3,864	-21.9%
Female	9,147	37.1%	9,707	11,700	-2,553	-21.8%
Information Not Available	1,749	7.1%	1,407	882	867	98.3%

Ethnicity	24,655		23,589	30,205
Hispanic or Latino	1,219	4.9%	1,084	1,297	-78	-6.0%
Not Hispanic or Latino	21,687	88.0%	21,098	28,026	-6,339	-22.6%
Information Not Available	1,749	7.1%	1,407	882	867	98.3%

Race	24,655		23,589	30,205
American Indian or Alaskan Native	211	0.9%	243	308	-97	-31.5%
Asian	160	0.6%	194	236	-76	-32.2%
Black or African American	6,197	25.1%	6,284	7,612	-1,415	-18.6%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	184	0.7%	187	249	-65	-26.1%
White	14,935	60.6%	14,190	19,621	-4,686	-23.9%
Information Not Available	2,968	12.0%	2,491	2,179	789	36.2%

Years of Age	24,655		23,589	30,205
Younger than 22	773	2.0%	735	1,050	-277	-26.4%
22-24	1,396	3.7%	1,327	1,840	-444	-24.1%
25-34	5,418	14.2%	5,245	7,122	-1,704	-23.9%
35-44	5,350	14.0%	5,253	6,812	-1,462	-21.5%
45-54	5,378	14.1%	5,238	6,989	-1,611	-23.1%
55-59	2,123	5.6%	2,004	2,628	-505	-19.2%
60-64	1,418	3.7%	1,355	1,659	-241	-14.5%
65 and older	1,050	2.8%	1,025	1,223	-173	-14.1%
Information Not Available	1,749	4.6%	1,407	882	867	98.3%

Industry	24,655		23,589	30,205
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	959	3.7%	749	1,043	-84	-8.1%
Mining	256	1.0%	185	325	-69	-21.2%
Utilities	31	0.1%	29	53	-22	-41.5%
Construction	2,562	10.0%	1,829	3,631	-1,069	-29.4%
Manufacturing	3,149	12.3%	3,786	4,146	-997	-24.0%
Wholesale Trade	999	3.9%	976	1,261	-262	-20.8%
Retail Trade	2,061	8.0%	1,800	2,688	-627	-23.3%
Transporation and Warehousing	844	3.3%	741	1,112	-268	-24.1%
Information	220	0.9%	225	253	-33	-13.0%
Finance and Insurance	371	1.4%	384	420	-49	-11.7%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	261	1.0%	270	365	-104	-28.5%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	737	2.9%	767	817	-80	-9.8%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	75	0.3%	62	92	-17	-18.5%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	2,654	10.4%	2,565	3,469	-815	-23.5%
Educational Services	390	1.5%	438	484	-94	-19.4%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	2,510	9.8%	2,727	3,146	-636	-20.2%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	289	1.1%	280	386	-97	-25.1%
Accomodation and Food Services	1,538	6.0%	1,440	1,953	-415	-21.2%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	567	2.2%	583	716	-149	-20.8%
Public Administration	492	1.9%	410	528	-36	-6.8%
Information Not Available	3,690	14.4%	3,343	3,317	373	11.2%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Arizona
	Jan 2015	Percent	Dec 2014	Jan 2014	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	29,755		29,914	35,828
Male	17,097	57.5%	16,727	20,604	-3,507	-17.0%
Female	12,633	42.5%	13,162	15,183	-2,550	-16.8%
Information Not Available	25	0.1%	25	41	-16	-39.0%

Ethnicity	29,755		29,914	35,828
Hispanic or Latino	8,682	29.2%	8,684	10,034	-1,352	-13.5%
Not Hispanic or Latino	15,209	51.1%	15,017	18,271	-3,062	-16.8%
Information Not Available	5,864	19.7%	6,213	7,523	-1,659	-22.1%

Race	29,755		29,914	35,828
American Indian or Alaskan Native	2,547	8.6%	2,444	2,952	-405	-13.7%
Asian	1,016	3.4%	1,260	1,238	-222	-17.9%
Black or African American	2,200	7.4%	2,154	2,657	-457	-17.2%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	388	1.3%	423	274	114	41.6%
White	17,217	57.9%	17,235	21,101	-3,884	-18.4%
Information Not Available	6,387	21.5%	6,398	7,606	-1,219	-16.0%

Years of Age	29,755		29,914	35,828
Younger than 22	646	1.4%	597	788	-142	-18.0%
22-24	1,466	3.3%	1,482	1,846	-380	-20.6%
25-34	6,927	15.5%	6,833	8,270	-1,343	-16.2%
35-44	6,477	14.5%	6,507	7,762	-1,285	-16.6%
45-54	7,168	16.0%	7,340	8,786	-1,618	-18.4%
55-59	3,432	7.7%	3,442	4,128	-696	-16.9%
60-64	2,210	4.9%	2,255	2,606	-396	-15.2%
65 and older	1,429	3.2%	1,458	1,642	-213	-13.0%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	29,755		29,914	35,828
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	594	2.0%	565	492	102	20.7%
Mining	260	0.9%	112	173	87	50.3%
Utilities	79	0.3%	75	69	10	14.5%
Construction	3,658	12.1%	3,473	4,509	-851	-18.9%
Manufacturing	1,936	6.4%	1,800	1,861	75	4.0%
Wholesale Trade	931	3.1%	1,033	1,164	-233	-20.0%
Retail Trade	2,344	7.7%	2,318	2,771	-427	-15.4%
Transporation and Warehousing	662	2.2%	636	766	-104	-13.6%
Information	448	1.5%	432	423	25	5.9%
Finance and Insurance	1,141	3.8%	1,177	1,693	-552	-32.6%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	578	1.9%	599	712	-134	-18.8%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	1,434	4.7%	1,524	1,882	-448	-23.8%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	103	0.3%	89	139	-36	-25.9%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	4,224	13.9%	4,114	4,893	-669	-13.7%
Educational Services	788	2.6%	866	1,036	-248	-23.9%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	2,417	8.0%	2,530	3,053	-636	-20.8%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	414	1.4%	423	476	-62	-13.0%
Accomodation and Food Services	1,741	5.7%	1,773	1,800	-59	-3.3%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	701	2.3%	696	766	-65	-8.5%
Public Administration	743	2.4%	747	894	-151	-16.9%
Information Not Available	4,559	15.0%	4,932	6,256	-1,697	-27.1%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants California
	Jan 2015	Percent	Dec 2014	Jan 2014	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	390,097		427,478	486,750
Male	225,245	57.7%	247,000	273,790	-48,545	-17.7%
Female	164,562	42.2%	180,285	212,657	-48,095	-22.6%
Information Not Available	290	0.1%	193	303	-13	-4.3%

Ethnicity	390,097		427,478	486,750
Hispanic or Latino	166,204	42.6%	177,104	169,782	-3,578	-2.1%
Not Hispanic or Latino	191,618	49.1%	209,689	233,540	-41,922	-18.0%
Information Not Available	32,275	8.3%	40,685	83,428	-51,153	-61.3%

Race	390,097		427,478	486,750
American Indian or Alaskan Native	3,672	0.9%	3,953	3,833	-161	-4.2%
Asian	31,405	8.1%	34,418	38,839	-7,434	-19.1%
Black or African American	29,859	7.7%	30,755	28,348	1,511	5.3%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
White	126,682	32.5%	140,564	162,519	-35,837	-22.1%
Information Not Available	198,479	50.9%	217,788	253,211	-54,732	-21.6%

Years of Age	390,097		427,478	486,750
Younger than 22	7,924	1.6%	12,148	8,373	-449	-5.4%
22-24	19,423	4.0%	24,488	24,211	-4,788	-19.8%
25-34	91,026	18.8%	101,326	115,710	-24,684	-21.3%
35-44	82,522	17.0%	89,757	104,311	-21,789	-20.9%
45-54	93,441	19.3%	107,110	119,342	-25,901	-21.7%
55-59	41,938	8.6%	45,216	53,366	-11,428	-21.4%
60-64	31,598	6.5%	29,790	35,409	-3,811	-10.8%
65 and older	22,128	4.6%	17,643	25,725	-3,597	-14.0%
Information Not Available	97	0.0%	0	303	-206	-68.0%

Industry	390,097		427,478	486,750
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	71,989	15.6%	78,959	71,827	162	0.2%
Mining	1,739	0.4%	1,350	303	1,436	473.9%
Utilities	1,256	0.3%	964	1,311	-55	-4.2%
Construction	36,913	8.0%	45,698	52,155	-15,242	-29.2%
Manufacturing	37,976	8.2%	40,492	43,480	-5,504	-12.7%
Wholesale Trade	1,643	0.4%	1,832	1,715	-72	-4.2%
Retail Trade	23,771	5.1%	26,609	31,979	-8,208	-25.7%
Transporation and Warehousing	13,142	2.8%	11,762	14,224	-1,082	-7.6%
Information	29,762	6.4%	32,393	43,076	-13,314	-30.9%
Finance and Insurance	7,151	1.5%	7,906	11,400	-4,249	-37.3%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	2,609	0.6%	1,832	5,246	-2,637	-50.3%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	7,634	1.7%	7,038	10,895	-3,261	-29.9%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	64,839	14.0%	75,970	88,876	-24,037	-27.0%
Educational Services	14,495	3.1%	13,497	18,562	-4,067	-21.9%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	24,061	5.2%	27,959	28,045	-3,984	-14.2%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	6,957	1.5%	6,941	8,272	-1,315	-15.9%
Accomodation and Food Services	15,944	3.5%	16,775	18,159	-2,215	-12.2%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	9,663	2.1%	10,509	12,005	-2,342	-19.5%
Public Administration	5,025	1.1%	5,495	6,456	-1,431	-22.2%
Information Not Available	13,528	2.9%	13,497	18,764	-5,236	-27.9%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Colorado
	Jan 2015	Percent	Dec 2014	Jan 2014	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	32,680		29,224	44,812
Male	20,190	61.8%	16,620	26,159	-5,969	-22.8%
Female	12,490	38.2%	12,603	18,651	-6,161	-33.0%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	1	2	-2	-100.0%

Ethnicity	32,680		29,224	44,812
Hispanic or Latino	8,206	25.1%	6,738	10,566	-2,360	-22.3%
Not Hispanic or Latino	21,474	65.7%	19,733	30,023	-8,549	-28.5%
Information Not Available	3,000	9.2%	2,753	4,223	-1,223	-29.0%

Race	32,680		29,224	44,812
American Indian or Alaskan Native	637	1.9%	538	855	-218	-25.5%
Asian	589	1.8%	606	757	-168	-22.2%
Black or African American	1,916	5.9%	1,799	2,873	-957	-33.3%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	126	0.4%	115	189	-63	-33.3%
White	23,262	71.2%	20,678	31,691	-8,429	-26.6%
Information Not Available	6,150	18.8%	5,488	8,447	-2,297	-27.2%

Years of Age	32,680		29,224	44,812
Younger than 22	514	1.0%	409	850	-336	-39.5%
22-24	1,225	2.3%	999	1,749	-524	-30.0%
25-34	7,318	13.8%	6,527	9,883	-2,565	-26.0%
35-44	7,268	13.7%	6,501	9,857	-2,589	-26.3%
45-54	8,180	15.4%	7,354	11,369	-3,189	-28.0%
55-59	3,942	7.4%	3,522	5,494	-1,552	-28.2%
60-64	2,742	5.2%	2,518	3,625	-883	-24.4%
65 and older	1,490	2.8%	1,394	1,977	-487	-24.6%
Information Not Available	1	0.0%	0	8	-7	-87.5%

Industry	32,680		29,224	44,812
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	383	1.2%	356	641	-258	-40.2%
Mining	543	1.6%	329	717	-174	-24.3%
Utilities	43	0.1%	46	62	-19	-30.6%
Construction	6,429	19.4%	4,271	6,898	-469	-6.8%
Manufacturing	1,741	5.3%	1,607	2,624	-883	-33.7%
Wholesale Trade	1,122	3.4%	1,139	1,774	-652	-36.8%
Retail Trade	2,380	7.2%	2,193	3,594	-1,214	-33.8%
Transporation and Warehousing	1,023	3.1%	880	1,222	-199	-16.3%
Information	899	2.7%	915	1,128	-229	-20.3%
Finance and Insurance	1,095	3.3%	1,134	1,896	-801	-42.2%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	665	2.0%	646	913	-248	-27.2%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	2,500	7.6%	2,489	3,457	-957	-27.7%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	557	1.7%	491	608	-51	-8.4%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	4,876	14.7%	4,300	6,949	-2,073	-29.8%
Educational Services	921	2.8%	1,046	1,315	-394	-30.0%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	2,295	6.9%	2,310	3,523	-1,228	-34.9%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	591	1.8%	633	855	-264	-30.9%
Accomodation and Food Services	1,883	5.7%	1,875	2,887	-1,004	-34.8%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	742	2.2%	733	1,116	-374	-33.5%
Public Administration	1,123	3.4%	999	1,372	-249	-18.1%
Information Not Available	869	2.6%	832	1,261	-392	-31.1%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Connecticut
	Jan 2015	Percent	Dec 2014	Jan 2014	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	55,705		43,800	64,552
Male	36,242	65.1%	26,298	40,643	-4,401	-10.8%
Female	19,463	34.9%	17,501	23,909	-4,446	-18.6%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	1	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	55,705		43,800	64,552
Hispanic or Latino	9,581	17.2%	7,355	10,573	-992	-9.4%
Not Hispanic or Latino	46,124	82.8%	36,445	53,979	-7,855	-14.6%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Race	55,705		43,800	64,552
American Indian or Alaskan Native	212	0.4%	175	198	14	7.1%
Asian	899	1.6%	790	890	9	1.0%
Black or African American	7,217	13.0%	6,272	8,578	-1,361	-15.9%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
White	31,658	56.8%	25,106	36,421	-4,763	-13.1%
Information Not Available	15,719	28.2%	11,457	18,465	-2,746	-14.9%

Years of Age	55,705		43,800	64,552
Younger than 22	863	1.0%	1,114	1,053	-190	-18.0%
22-24	2,588	3.1%	2,395	3,387	-799	-23.6%
25-34	12,840	15.5%	10,200	15,156	-2,316	-15.3%
35-44	11,117	13.4%	8,657	12,966	-1,849	-14.3%
45-54	13,297	16.1%	10,396	15,566	-2,269	-14.6%
55-59	6,415	7.7%	4,810	7,164	-749	-10.5%
60-64	4,585	5.5%	3,329	4,968	-383	-7.7%
65 and older	4,000	4.8%	2,899	4,292	-292	-6.8%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	55,705		43,800	64,552
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	835	1.5%	574	933	-98	-10.5%
Mining	53	0.1%	22	79	-26	-32.9%
Utilities	67	0.1%	53	86	-19	-22.1%
Construction	9,646	17.1%	5,556	10,332	-686	-6.6%
Manufacturing	5,261	9.3%	4,469	6,489	-1,228	-18.9%
Wholesale Trade	1,980	3.5%	1,623	2,328	-348	-14.9%
Retail Trade	5,611	9.9%	4,700	6,597	-986	-14.9%
Transporation and Warehousing	2,020	3.6%	1,503	2,274	-254	-11.2%
Information	787	1.4%	773	953	-166	-17.4%
Finance and Insurance	1,547	2.7%	1,520	2,156	-609	-28.2%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	754	1.3%	641	882	-128	-14.5%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	1,982	3.5%	1,963	2,370	-388	-16.4%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	268	0.5%	279	268	0	0.0%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	9,096	16.1%	6,372	10,305	-1,209	-11.7%
Educational Services	1,444	2.6%	1,408	1,624	-180	-11.1%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	4,946	8.7%	4,823	6,173	-1,227	-19.9%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	2,412	4.3%	1,832	2,538	-126	-5.0%
Accomodation and Food Services	3,983	7.0%	2,921	4,556	-573	-12.6%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	1,536	2.7%	1,414	1,706	-170	-10.0%
Public Administration	696	1.2%	682	953	-257	-27.0%
Information Not Available	781	1.4%	672	950	-169	-17.8%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants District of Columbia
	Jan 2015	Percent	Dec 2014	Jan 2014	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	9,696		9,388	12,187
Male	4,699	48.5%	4,411	5,822	-1,123	-19.3%
Female	4,997	51.5%	4,975	6,363	-1,366	-21.5%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	2	2	-2	-100.0%

Ethnicity	9,696		9,388	12,187
Hispanic or Latino	1,026	10.6%	837	1,260	-234	-18.6%
Not Hispanic or Latino	8,632	89.0%	8,497	10,885	-2,253	-20.7%
Information Not Available	38	0.4%	54	42	-4	-9.5%

Race	9,696		9,388	12,187
American Indian or Alaskan Native	41	0.4%	49	54	-13	-24.1%
Asian	232	2.4%	221	358	-126	-35.2%
Black or African American	6,651	68.6%	6,548	8,191	-1,540	-18.8%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	23	0.2%	15	27	-4	-14.8%
White	1,914	19.7%	1,822	2,560	-646	-25.2%
Information Not Available	835	8.6%	733	997	-162	-16.2%

Years of Age	9,696		9,388	12,187
Younger than 22	180	1.6%	185	227	-47	-20.7%
22-24	589	5.4%	588	638	-49	-7.7%
25-34	2,695	24.5%	2,618	3,156	-461	-14.6%
35-44	2,142	19.5%	2,081	2,785	-643	-23.1%
45-54	2,164	19.7%	2,095	2,934	-770	-26.2%
55-59	965	8.8%	877	1,254	-289	-23.0%
60-64	606	5.5%	597	755	-149	-19.7%
65 and older	355	3.2%	347	438	-83	-18.9%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	9,696		9,388	12,187
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
Mining	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
Utilities	2	0.0%	0	1	1	100.0%
Construction	41	0.4%	27	45	-4	-8.9%
Manufacturing	4	0.0%	3	5	-1	-20.0%
Wholesale Trade	4	0.0%	7	3	1	33.3%
Retail Trade	35	0.4%	24	29	6	20.7%
Transporation and Warehousing	21	0.2%	27	12	9	75.0%
Information	6	0.1%	6	9	-3	-33.3%
Finance and Insurance	10	0.1%	8	12	-2	-16.7%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	5	0.1%	5	10	-5	-50.0%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	48	0.5%	47	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	58	0.6%	65	102	-44	-43.1%
Educational Services	8	0.1%	9	14	-6	-42.9%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	12	0.1%	14	41	-29	-70.7%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	4	0.0%	1	3	1	33.3%
Accomodation and Food Services	29	0.3%	22	29	0	0.0%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	20	0.2%	29	18	2	11.1%
Public Administration	2	0.0%	4	5	-3	-60.0%
Information Not Available	9,387	96.8%	9,090	11,756	-2,369	-20.2%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Delaware
	Jan 2015	Percent	Dec 2014	Jan 2014	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	8,990		7,159	10,203
Male	4,537	50.5%	3,306	5,098	-561	-11.0%
Female	4,050	45.1%	3,555	4,548	-498	-10.9%
Information Not Available	403	4.5%	298	557	-154	-27.6%

Ethnicity	8,990		7,159	10,203
Hispanic or Latino	622	6.9%	458	599	23	3.8%
Not Hispanic or Latino	7,965	88.6%	6,403	9,047	-1,082	-12.0%
Information Not Available	403	4.5%	298	557	-154	-27.6%

Race	8,990		7,159	10,203
American Indian or Alaskan Native	24	0.3%	19	18	6	33.3%
Asian	197	2.2%	157	193	4	2.1%
Black or African American	3,381	37.6%	2,714	3,704	-323	-8.7%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	9	0.1%	15	18	-9	-50.0%
White	5,075	56.5%	4,048	5,887	-812	-13.8%
Information Not Available	303	3.4%	206	382	-79	-20.7%

Years of Age	8,990		7,159	10,203
Younger than 22	113	0.8%	74	208	-95	-45.7%
22-24	434	3.2%	323	522	-88	-16.9%
25-34	2,234	16.6%	1,775	2,494	-260	-10.4%
35-44	1,891	14.1%	1,479	2,105	-214	-10.2%
45-54	2,230	16.6%	1,769	2,465	-235	-9.5%
55-59	941	7.0%	775	1,020	-79	-7.7%
60-64	618	4.6%	527	772	-154	-19.9%
65 and older	447	3.3%	370	516	-69	-13.4%
Information Not Available	82	0.6%	67	101	-19	-18.8%

Industry	8,990		7,159	10,203
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	27	0.3%	15	18	9	50.0%
Mining	0	0.0%	0	2	-2	-100.0%
Utilities	2	0.0%	2	4	-2	-50.0%
Construction	853	9.5%	487	989	-136	-13.8%
Manufacturing	613	6.8%	527	978	-365	-37.3%
Wholesale Trade	226	2.5%	172	281	-55	-19.6%
Retail Trade	1,337	14.8%	1,115	1,423	-86	-6.0%
Transporation and Warehousing	277	3.1%	189	270	7	2.6%
Information	177	2.0%	158	134	43	32.1%
Finance and Insurance	695	7.7%	569	653	42	6.4%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	210	2.3%	187	221	-11	-5.0%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	414	4.6%	391	518	-104	-20.1%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	20	0.2%	17	29	-9	-31.0%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	1,510	16.7%	1,130	1,761	-251	-14.3%
Educational Services	190	2.1%	206	197	-7	-3.6%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	932	10.3%	805	991	-59	-6.0%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	206	2.3%	174	276	-70	-25.4%
Accomodation and Food Services	903	10.0%	702	1,086	-183	-16.9%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	268	3.0%	219	261	7	2.7%
Public Administration	109	1.2%	73	77	32	41.6%
Information Not Available	21	0.2%	21	34	-13	-38.2%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Florida
	Jan 2015	Percent	Dec 2014	Jan 2014	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	73,130		74,711	116,805
Male	37,132	50.8%	37,098	57,935	-20,803	-35.9%
Female	35,954	49.2%	37,548	58,757	-22,803	-38.8%
Information Not Available	44	0.1%	65	113	-69	-61.1%

Ethnicity	73,130		74,711	116,805
Hispanic or Latino	17,403	23.8%	18,134	28,187	-10,784	-38.3%
Not Hispanic or Latino	50,134	68.6%	50,975	81,518	-31,384	-38.5%
Information Not Available	5,593	7.6%	5,602	7,100	-1,507	-21.2%

Race	73,130		74,711	116,805
American Indian or Alaskan Native	440	0.6%	412	727	-287	-39.5%
Asian	1,062	1.5%	997	1,225	-163	-13.3%
Black or African American	17,932	24.5%	18,879	29,618	-11,686	-39.5%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	400	0.5%	352	784	-384	-49.0%
White	45,806	62.6%	46,367	71,658	-25,852	-36.1%
Information Not Available	7,490	10.2%	7,704	12,793	-5,303	-41.5%

Years of Age	73,130		74,711	116,805
Younger than 22	938	0.8%	927	1,446	-508	-35.1%
22-24	2,613	2.3%	2,867	4,690	-2,077	-44.3%
25-34	15,663	13.7%	15,625	24,519	-8,856	-36.1%
35-44	14,444	12.7%	15,071	23,944	-9,500	-39.7%
45-54	15,786	13.9%	16,580	26,800	-11,014	-41.1%
55-59	7,203	6.3%	7,465	11,642	-4,439	-38.1%
60-64	4,966	4.4%	4,869	8,108	-3,142	-38.8%
65 and older	3,236	2.8%	3,363	6,029	-2,793	-46.3%
Information Not Available	8,281	7.3%	7,944	9,627	-1,346	-14.0%

Industry	73,130		74,711	116,805
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	664	0.9%	654	907	-243	-26.8%
Mining	89	0.1%	70	74	15	20.3%
Utilities	131	0.2%	106	243	-112	-46.1%
Construction	4,648	6.3%	4,400	6,735	-2,087	-31.0%
Manufacturing	3,259	4.4%	3,445	4,897	-1,638	-33.4%
Wholesale Trade	2,858	3.9%	2,917	4,113	-1,255	-30.5%
Retail Trade	7,292	9.9%	7,339	11,042	-3,750	-34.0%
Transporation and Warehousing	1,956	2.7%	1,798	2,867	-911	-31.8%
Information	1,237	1.7%	1,330	1,872	-635	-33.9%
Finance and Insurance	2,935	4.0%	3,332	5,213	-2,278	-43.7%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	1,642	2.2%	1,718	2,523	-881	-34.9%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	5,029	6.8%	4,768	7,254	-2,225	-30.7%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	475	0.6%	492	734	-259	-35.3%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	13,489	18.3%	13,698	18,987	-5,498	-29.0%
Educational Services	1,766	2.4%	2,054	3,085	-1,319	-42.8%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	6,441	8.7%	6,901	10,316	-3,875	-37.6%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	1,329	1.8%	1,456	1,977	-648	-32.8%
Accomodation and Food Services	5,786	7.8%	6,259	9,003	-3,217	-35.7%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	2,046	2.8%	2,176	2,914	-868	-29.8%
Public Administration	1,176	1.6%	1,314	1,961	-785	-40.0%
Information Not Available	8,882	12.0%	8,484	20,088	-11,206	-55.8%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Georgia
	Jan 2015	Percent	Dec 2014	Jan 2014	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	46,758		41,309	59,432
Male	23,812	50.9%	20,513	29,853	-6,041	-20.2%
Female	22,222	47.5%	20,144	28,704	-6,482	-22.6%
Information Not Available	724	1.5%	652	875	-151	-17.3%

Ethnicity	46,758		41,309	59,432
Hispanic or Latino	169	0.4%	97	125	44	35.2%
Not Hispanic or Latino	45,865	98.1%	40,560	58,432	-12,567	-21.5%
Information Not Available	724	1.5%	652	875	-151	-17.3%

Race	46,758		41,309	59,432
American Indian or Alaskan Native	295	0.6%	221	291	4	1.4%
Asian	606	1.3%	557	799	-193	-24.2%
Black or African American	25,445	54.4%	22,478	31,572	-6,127	-19.4%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
White	19,688	42.1%	17,401	25,895	-6,207	-24.0%
Information Not Available	724	1.5%	652	875	-151	-17.3%

Years of Age	46,758		41,309	59,432
Younger than 22	891	1.4%	1,207	1,079	-188	-17.4%
22-24	2,391	3.8%	2,334	3,169	-778	-24.6%
25-34	11,591	18.2%	10,400	14,692	-3,101	-21.1%
35-44	11,058	17.3%	9,871	14,033	-2,975	-21.2%
45-54	10,592	16.6%	9,358	13,683	-3,091	-22.6%
55-59	4,391	6.9%	3,606	5,388	-997	-18.5%
60-64	2,701	4.2%	2,111	3,407	-706	-20.7%
65 and older	1,614	2.5%	1,267	2,104	-490	-23.3%
Information Not Available	1,529	2.4%	1,155	1,877	-348	-18.5%

Industry	46,758		41,309	59,432
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	896	1.9%	786	933	-37	-4.0%
Mining	30	0.1%	14	57	-27	-47.4%
Utilities	54	0.1%	33	69	-15	-21.7%
Construction	2,567	5.4%	1,814	3,117	-550	-17.6%
Manufacturing	3,117	6.5%	3,180	4,063	-946	-23.3%
Wholesale Trade	1,723	3.6%	1,592	2,457	-734	-29.9%
Retail Trade	3,606	7.6%	2,992	4,713	-1,107	-23.5%
Transporation and Warehousing	847	1.8%	771	1,440	-593	-41.2%
Information	903	1.9%	877	1,148	-245	-21.3%
Finance and Insurance	1,112	2.3%	984	1,642	-530	-32.3%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	615	1.3%	572	835	-220	-26.3%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	7,690	16.1%	7,110	10,103	-2,413	-23.9%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	35	0.1%	33	49	-14	-28.6%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	122	0.3%	115	137	-15	-10.9%
Educational Services	1,217	2.6%	1,091	1,770	-553	-31.2%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	2,184	4.6%	2,121	3,141	-957	-30.5%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	2,769	5.8%	2,337	3,715	-946	-25.5%
Accomodation and Food Services	535	1.1%	304	699	-164	-23.5%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	504	1.1%	514	567	-63	-11.1%
Public Administration	574	1.2%	519	838	-264	-31.5%
Information Not Available	15,658	32.9%	13,550	17,939	-2,281	-12.7%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Hawaii
	Jan 2015	Percent	Dec 2014	Jan 2014	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	9,038		8,943	10,553
Male	6,027	66.7%	5,806	7,229	-1,202	-16.6%
Female	3,010	33.3%	3,137	3,317	-307	-9.3%
Information Not Available	1	0.0%	0	7	-6	-85.7%

Ethnicity	9,038		8,943	10,553
Hispanic or Latino	653	7.2%	615	599	54	9.0%
Not Hispanic or Latino	6,045	66.9%	6,042	7,956	-1,911	-24.0%
Information Not Available	2,340	25.9%	2,286	1,998	342	17.1%

Race	9,038		8,943	10,553
American Indian or Alaskan Native	63	0.7%	61	57	6	10.5%
Asian	2,954	32.7%	2,894	3,379	-425	-12.6%
Black or African American	153	1.7%	159	192	-39	-20.3%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	2,591	28.7%	2,534	2,889	-298	-10.3%
White	2,066	22.9%	2,081	2,625	-559	-21.3%
Information Not Available	1,211	13.4%	1,214	1,411	-200	-14.2%

Years of Age	9,038		8,943	10,553
Younger than 22	82	0.8%	136	102	-20	-19.6%
22-24	307	3.0%	347	343	-36	-10.5%
25-34	2,033	19.7%	2,063	2,418	-385	-15.9%
35-44	2,136	20.7%	2,084	2,454	-318	-13.0%
45-54	2,158	20.9%	2,137	2,611	-453	-17.3%
55-59	983	9.5%	960	1,174	-191	-16.3%
60-64	790	7.7%	749	856	-66	-7.7%
65 and older	549	5.3%	467	595	-46	-7.7%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	9,038		8,943	10,553
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	84	0.9%	100	109	-25	-22.9%
Mining	1	0.0%	0	2	-1	-50.0%
Utilities	7	0.1%	8	28	-21	-75.0%
Construction	3,119	34.2%	2,846	3,531	-412	-11.7%
Manufacturing	191	2.1%	170	299	-108	-36.1%
Wholesale Trade	144	1.6%	134	164	-20	-12.2%
Retail Trade	472	5.2%	443	561	-89	-15.9%
Transporation and Warehousing	323	3.5%	343	353	-30	-8.5%
Information	144	1.6%	166	202	-58	-28.7%
Finance and Insurance	125	1.4%	133	181	-56	-30.9%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	118	1.3%	124	167	-49	-29.3%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	287	3.1%	358	355	-68	-19.2%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	54	0.6%	56	71	-17	-23.9%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	1,057	11.6%	928	1,327	-270	-20.3%
Educational Services	83	0.9%	97	102	-19	-18.6%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	410	4.5%	435	489	-79	-16.2%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	109	1.2%	105	127	-18	-14.2%
Accomodation and Food Services	836	9.2%	906	827	9	1.1%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	195	2.1%	199	246	-51	-20.7%
Public Administration	168	1.8%	171	151	17	11.3%
Information Not Available	1,111	12.2%	1,221	1,261	-150	-11.9%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Iowa
	Jan 2015	Percent	Dec 2014	Jan 2014	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	36,905		27,453	38,048
Male	27,507	74.5%	19,058	28,419	-912	-3.2%
Female	8,521	23.1%	7,827	9,629	-1,108	-11.5%
Information Not Available	877	2.4%	568	0	877	0.0%

Ethnicity	36,905		27,453	38,048
Hispanic or Latino	3,061	8.3%	2,402	3,017	44	1.5%
Not Hispanic or Latino	31,963	86.6%	23,721	34,132	-2,169	-6.4%
Information Not Available	1,881	5.1%	1,330	899	982	109.2%

Race	36,905		27,453	38,048
American Indian or Alaskan Native	259	0.7%	198	273	-14	-5.1%
Asian	297	0.8%	244	278	19	6.8%
Black or African American	1,767	4.8%	1,496	2,128	-361	-17.0%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
White	29,640	80.3%	21,783	31,453	-1,813	-5.8%
Information Not Available	4,942	13.4%	3,732	3,916	1,026	26.2%

Years of Age	36,905		27,453	38,048
Younger than 22	853	1.3%	527	818	35	4.3%
22-24	2,040	3.2%	1,449	2,088	-48	-2.3%
25-34	8,780	13.8%	6,499	9,203	-423	-4.6%
35-44	7,862	12.4%	5,786	8,183	-321	-3.9%
45-54	8,084	12.7%	6,242	8,584	-500	-5.8%
55-59	4,205	6.6%	3,078	4,188	17	0.4%
60-64	2,899	4.6%	2,202	2,878	21	0.7%
65 and older	2,169	3.4%	1,663	2,098	71	3.4%
Information Not Available	13	0.0%	7	8	5	62.5%

Industry	36,905		27,453	38,048
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	318	0.9%	220	355	-37	-10.4%
Mining	964	2.6%	348	1,024	-60	-5.9%
Utilities	58	0.2%	34	54	4	7.4%
Construction	14,067	37.8%	7,197	14,154	-87	-0.6%
Manufacturing	5,410	14.5%	4,723	5,344	66	1.2%
Wholesale Trade	1,227	3.3%	978	1,207	20	1.7%
Retail Trade	2,012	5.4%	1,624	2,150	-138	-6.4%
Transporation and Warehousing	1,145	3.1%	745	1,236	-91	-7.4%
Information	425	1.1%	402	537	-112	-20.9%
Finance and Insurance	659	1.8%	669	811	-152	-18.7%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	270	0.7%	202	296	-26	-8.8%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	759	2.0%	709	788	-29	-3.7%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	43	0.1%	37	48	-5	-10.4%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	4,221	11.3%	3,242	4,192	29	0.7%
Educational Services	342	0.9%	350	418	-76	-18.2%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	1,308	3.5%	1,366	1,646	-338	-20.5%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	817	2.2%	721	763	54	7.1%
Accomodation and Food Services	1,430	3.8%	1,176	1,468	-38	-2.6%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	556	1.5%	487	546	10	1.8%
Public Administration	639	1.7%	572	688	-49	-7.1%
Information Not Available	235	0.6%	1,651	323	-88	-27.2%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Idaho
	Jan 2015	Percent	Dec 2014	Jan 2014	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	15,381		12,441	17,899
Male	11,125	72.3%	8,429	12,808	-1,683	-13.1%
Female	4,252	27.6%	4,010	5,080	-828	-16.3%
Information Not Available	4	0.0%	2	11	-7	-63.6%

Ethnicity	15,381		12,441	17,899
Hispanic or Latino	2,637	17.1%	2,147	2,919	-282	-9.7%
Not Hispanic or Latino	11,542	75.0%	9,420	14,205	-2,663	-18.7%
Information Not Available	1,202	7.8%	874	775	427	55.1%

Race	15,381		12,441	17,899
American Indian or Alaskan Native	850	3.3%	595	310	540	174.2%
Asian	190	0.7%	178	150	40	26.7%
Black or African American	153	0.6%	140	129	24	18.6%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	147	0.6%	107	56	91	162.5%
White	19,183	74.2%	14,275	13,882	5,301	38.2%
Information Not Available	5,328	20.6%	4,013	3,372	1,956	58.0%

Years of Age	15,381		12,441	17,899
Younger than 22	399	1.2%	270	370	29	7.8%
22-24	775	2.3%	591	923	-148	-16.0%
25-34	3,373	10.1%	2,684	4,169	-796	-19.1%
35-44	3,108	9.3%	2,469	3,797	-689	-18.1%
45-54	3,646	10.9%	3,004	4,311	-665	-15.4%
55-59	1,792	5.4%	1,471	2,014	-222	-11.0%
60-64	1,086	3.2%	951	1,431	-345	-24.1%
65 and older	1,195	3.6%	996	884	311	35.2%
Information Not Available	7	0.0%	5	0	7	0.0%

Industry	15,381		12,441	17,899
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	198	1.3%	399	1,169	-971	-83.1%
Mining	89	0.6%	95	197	-108	-54.8%
Utilities	9	0.1%	16	99	-90	-90.9%
Construction	649	4.2%	896	3,524	-2,875	-81.6%
Manufacturing	481	3.1%	670	1,822	-1,341	-73.6%
Wholesale Trade	127	0.8%	177	558	-431	-77.2%
Retail Trade	313	2.0%	441	1,501	-1,188	-79.1%
Transporation and Warehousing	107	0.7%	185	361	-254	-70.4%
Information	27	0.2%	39	164	-137	-83.5%
Finance and Insurance	64	0.4%	86	306	-242	-79.1%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	27	0.2%	41	171	-144	-84.2%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	115	0.7%	173	521	-406	-77.9%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	8	0.1%	12	37	-29	-78.4%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	358	2.3%	598	2,332	-1,974	-84.6%
Educational Services	68	0.4%	102	195	-127	-65.1%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	201	1.3%	297	895	-694	-77.5%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	59	0.4%	111	428	-369	-86.2%
Accomodation and Food Services	136	0.9%	201	836	-700	-83.7%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	62	0.4%	96	335	-273	-81.5%
Public Administration	65	0.4%	110	532	-467	-87.8%
Information Not Available	12,218	78.4%	7,696	1,916	10,302	537.7%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Illinois
	Jan 2015	Percent	Dec 2014	Jan 2014	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	173,306		143,932	234,620
Male	117,223	67.6%	90,676	149,243	-32,020	-21.5%
Female	55,114	31.8%	52,480	83,786	-28,672	-34.2%
Information Not Available	969	0.6%	776	1,591	-622	-39.1%

Ethnicity	173,306		143,932	234,620
Hispanic or Latino	35,656	20.6%	29,693	43,849	-8,193	-18.7%
Not Hispanic or Latino	119,093	68.7%	99,703	165,203	-46,110	-27.9%
Information Not Available	18,557	10.7%	14,536	25,568	-7,011	-27.4%

Race	173,306		143,932	234,620
American Indian or Alaskan Native	927	0.5%	809	1,209	-282	-23.3%
Asian	3,148	1.8%	2,531	4,549	-1,401	-30.8%
Black or African American	33,453	19.3%	31,777	49,912	-16,459	-33.0%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	324	0.2%	389	544	-220	-40.4%
White	111,424	64.3%	88,583	148,438	-37,014	-24.9%
Information Not Available	24,030	13.9%	19,843	29,968	-5,938	-19.8%

Years of Age	173,306		143,932	234,620
Younger than 22	2,173	0.8%	3,227	2,801	-628	-22.4%
22-24	6,540	2.4%	7,096	9,364	-2,824	-30.2%
25-34	38,394	14.1%	34,058	53,126	-14,732	-27.7%
35-44	41,771	15.3%	33,560	57,177	-15,406	-26.9%
45-54	46,154	16.9%	36,429	60,808	-14,654	-24.1%
55-59	20,450	7.5%	15,800	26,443	-5,993	-22.7%
60-64	12,096	4.4%	9,381	16,286	-4,190	-25.7%
65 and older	5,728	2.1%	4,381	8,615	-2,887	-33.5%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	173,306		143,932	234,620
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	1,127	0.6%	944	1,333	-206	-15.5%
Mining	896	0.5%	409	1,218	-322	-26.4%
Utilities	186	0.1%	192	233	-47	-20.2%
Construction	41,436	23.8%	23,568	46,937	-5,501	-11.7%
Manufacturing	14,726	8.4%	14,124	23,990	-9,264	-38.6%
Wholesale Trade	6,113	3.5%	5,894	8,788	-2,675	-30.4%
Retail Trade	11,037	6.3%	10,251	17,488	-6,451	-36.9%
Transporation and Warehousing	8,178	4.7%	5,441	11,274	-3,096	-27.5%
Information	2,161	1.2%	2,159	3,002	-841	-28.0%
Finance and Insurance	4,065	2.3%	4,335	6,487	-2,422	-37.3%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	2,003	1.1%	1,887	2,752	-749	-27.2%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	8,599	4.9%	8,092	11,382	-2,783	-24.5%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	1,095	0.6%	617	1,106	-11	-1.0%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	28,634	16.4%	26,019	35,319	-6,685	-18.9%
Educational Services	3,694	2.1%	3,928	6,350	-2,656	-41.8%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	9,175	5.3%	9,756	14,778	-5,603	-37.9%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	4,111	2.4%	3,780	5,027	-916	-18.2%
Accomodation and Food Services	8,589	4.9%	6,907	11,995	-3,406	-28.4%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	3,903	2.2%	3,688	5,764	-1,861	-32.3%
Public Administration	2,731	1.6%	2,702	4,295	-1,564	-36.4%
Information Not Available	10,847	6.2%	9,239	15,102	-4,255	-28.2%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Indiana
	Jan 2015	Percent	Dec 2014	Jan 2014	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	41,224		31,245	58,126
Male	29,376	71.3%	20,016	40,246	-10,870	-27.0%
Female	11,778	28.6%	11,176	17,866	-6,088	-34.1%
Information Not Available	70	0.2%	53	14	56	400.0%

Ethnicity	41,224		31,245	58,126
Hispanic or Latino	2,515	6.1%	1,847	3,449	-934	-27.1%
Not Hispanic or Latino	30,918	75.0%	23,266	44,723	-13,805	-30.9%
Information Not Available	7,791	18.9%	6,132	9,954	-2,163	-21.7%

Race	41,224		31,245	58,126
American Indian or Alaskan Native	190	0.5%	146	268	-78	-29.1%
Asian	197	0.5%	163	276	-79	-28.6%
Black or African American	5,008	12.1%	4,535	7,448	-2,440	-32.8%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	40	0.1%	36	38	2	5.3%
White	33,057	80.2%	24,362	46,889	-13,832	-29.5%
Information Not Available	2,732	6.6%	2,003	3,207	-475	-14.8%

Years of Age	41,224		31,245	58,126
Younger than 22	698	1.0%	509	1,008	-310	-30.8%
22-24	1,656	2.3%	1,249	2,557	-901	-35.2%
25-34	9,202	12.8%	6,993	13,634	-4,432	-32.5%
35-44	10,171	14.2%	7,552	14,447	-4,276	-29.6%
45-54	10,854	15.1%	8,041	15,001	-4,147	-27.6%
55-59	4,747	6.6%	3,606	6,292	-1,545	-24.6%
60-64	2,588	3.6%	2,127	3,426	-838	-24.5%
65 and older	1,308	1.8%	1,168	1,761	-453	-25.7%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	41,224		31,245	58,126
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	227	0.5%	138	297	-70	-23.6%
Mining	279	0.7%	139	395	-116	-29.4%
Utilities	11	0.0%	15	49	-38	-77.6%
Construction	12,447	30.0%	6,849	16,456	-4,009	-24.4%
Manufacturing	5,853	14.1%	4,822	8,226	-2,373	-28.8%
Wholesale Trade	1,069	2.6%	1,041	1,598	-529	-33.1%
Retail Trade	2,493	6.0%	2,025	3,655	-1,162	-31.8%
Transporation and Warehousing	1,797	4.3%	989	2,574	-777	-30.2%
Information	313	0.8%	349	479	-166	-34.7%
Finance and Insurance	566	1.4%	582	949	-383	-40.4%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	498	1.2%	445	694	-196	-28.2%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	1,146	2.8%	1,155	1,548	-402	-26.0%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	159	0.4%	194	329	-170	-51.7%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	5,010	12.1%	3,915	7,275	-2,265	-31.1%
Educational Services	528	1.3%	607	958	-430	-44.9%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	2,157	5.2%	2,275	3,685	-1,528	-41.5%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	786	1.9%	663	1,026	-240	-23.4%
Accomodation and Food Services	1,275	3.1%	1,146	1,981	-706	-35.6%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	771	1.9%	696	1,035	-264	-25.5%
Public Administration	308	0.7%	287	393	-85	-21.6%
Information Not Available	3,531	8.5%	2,913	4,524	-993	-21.9%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Kansas
	Jan 2015	Percent	Dec 2014	Jan 2014	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	22,532		16,748	25,776
Male	15,300	67.9%	10,397	16,142	-842	-5.2%
Female	7,232	32.1%	6,351	9,634	-2,402	-24.9%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	22,532		16,748	25,776
Hispanic or Latino	2,374	10.5%	1,607	2,336	38	1.6%
Not Hispanic or Latino	10,538	46.8%	7,395	11,255	-717	-6.4%
Information Not Available	9,620	42.7%	7,746	12,185	-2,565	-21.1%

Race	22,532		16,748	25,776
American Indian or Alaskan Native	342	1.5%	289	394	-52	-13.2%
Asian	245	1.1%	260	325	-80	-24.6%
Black or African American	3,866	17.2%	2,877	4,441	-575	-12.9%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	40	0.2%	96	53	-13	-24.5%
White	16,217	72.0%	11,978	18,605	-2,388	-12.8%
Information Not Available	1,822	8.1%	1,248	1,958	-136	-6.9%

Years of Age	22,532		16,748	25,776
Younger than 22	356	1.0%	389	386	-30	-7.8%
22-24	1,086	2.9%	886	1,186	-100	-8.4%
25-34	5,343	14.4%	4,132	6,242	-899	-14.4%
35-44	5,048	13.6%	3,640	5,686	-638	-11.2%
45-54	5,464	14.7%	4,087	6,269	-805	-12.8%
55-59	2,547	6.9%	1,794	2,863	-316	-11.0%
60-64	1,698	4.6%	1,129	1,874	-176	-9.4%
65 and older	990	2.7%	691	1,270	-280	-22.0%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	22,532		16,748	25,776
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	106	0.5%	64	115	-9	-7.8%
Mining	427	1.9%	190	275	152	55.3%
Utilities	25	0.1%	25	42	-17	-40.5%
Construction	5,050	22.3%	3,076	4,888	162	3.3%
Manufacturing	3,986	17.6%	1,993	3,304	682	20.6%
Wholesale Trade	931	4.1%	881	983	-52	-5.3%
Retail Trade	1,625	7.2%	1,279	2,179	-554	-25.4%
Transporation and Warehousing	841	3.7%	520	833	8	1.0%
Information	323	1.4%	372	291	32	11.0%
Finance and Insurance	435	1.9%	422	778	-343	-44.1%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	221	1.0%	215	376	-155	-41.2%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	968	4.3%	928	1,312	-344	-26.2%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	56	0.2%	56	71	-15	-21.1%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	2,995	13.2%	2,389	3,656	-661	-18.1%
Educational Services	295	1.3%	289	486	-191	-39.3%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	1,515	6.7%	1,606	2,438	-923	-37.9%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	242	1.1%	183	268	-26	-9.7%
Accomodation and Food Services	754	3.3%	627	1,124	-370	-32.9%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	459	2.0%	438	675	-216	-32.0%
Public Administration	435	1.9%	434	660	-225	-34.1%
Information Not Available	843	3.7%	761	1,022	-179	-17.5%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Kentucky
	Jan 2015	Percent	Dec 2014	Jan 2014	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	30,826		24,715	39,532
Male	20,591	66.8%	15,570	26,616	-6,025	-22.6%
Female	10,235	33.2%	9,145	12,916	-2,681	-20.8%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	30,826		24,715	39,532
Hispanic or Latino	74	0.2%	71	166	-92	-55.4%
Not Hispanic or Latino	564	1.8%	620	859	-295	-34.3%
Information Not Available	30,088	97.9%	24,024	38,507	-8,419	-21.9%

Race	30,826		24,715	39,532
American Indian or Alaskan Native	140	0.5%	93	191	-51	-26.7%
Asian	114	0.4%	53	89	25	28.1%
Black or African American	3,560	11.5%	2,821	4,654	-1,094	-23.5%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	13	0.0%	13	13	0	0.0%
White	26,654	86.5%	21,389	34,214	-7,560	-22.1%
Information Not Available	345	1.1%	346	371	-26	-7.0%

Years of Age	30,826		24,715	39,532
Younger than 22	284	0.5%	522	404	-120	-29.7%
22-24	1,249	2.3%	1,147	1,561	-312	-20.0%
25-34	6,653	12.1%	5,350	8,866	-2,213	-25.0%
35-44	7,207	13.1%	6,284	9,866	-2,659	-27.0%
45-54	8,059	14.6%	5,801	9,755	-1,696	-17.4%
55-59	3,621	6.6%	2,870	4,548	-927	-20.4%
60-64	2,359	4.3%	1,736	2,816	-457	-16.2%
65 and older	1,385	2.5%	1,001	1,702	-317	-18.6%
Information Not Available	9	0.0%	4	14	-5	-35.7%

Industry	30,826		24,715	39,532
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	131	0.4%	124	136	-5	-3.7%
Mining	1,061	3.4%	651	1,357	-296	-21.8%
Utilities	52	0.2%	71	60	-8	-13.3%
Construction	7,382	23.8%	4,136	9,296	-1,914	-20.6%
Manufacturing	4,368	14.1%	3,844	5,522	-1,154	-20.9%
Wholesale Trade	882	2.8%	757	1,191	-309	-25.9%
Retail Trade	1,804	5.8%	1,709	2,570	-766	-29.8%
Transporation and Warehousing	1,123	3.6%	833	1,340	-217	-16.2%
Information	345	1.1%	337	472	-127	-26.9%
Finance and Insurance	681	2.2%	629	1,055	-374	-35.5%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	332	1.1%	306	357	-25	-7.0%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	1,219	3.9%	1,054	1,395	-176	-12.6%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	135	0.4%	71	98	37	37.8%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	3,363	10.9%	2,918	4,527	-1,164	-25.7%
Educational Services	507	1.6%	810	779	-272	-34.9%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	1,852	6.0%	2,068	2,850	-998	-35.0%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	869	2.8%	509	847	22	2.6%
Accomodation and Food Services	1,603	5.2%	1,125	2,008	-405	-20.2%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	463	1.5%	660	851	-388	-45.6%
Public Administration	603	1.9%	655	557	46	8.3%
Information Not Available	2,051	6.6%	1,448	2,264	-213	-9.4%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Louisiana
	Jan 2015	Percent	Dec 2014	Jan 2014	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	18,854		17,938	24,631
Male	10,025	53.2%	9,026	12,218	-2,193	-17.9%
Female	8,829	46.8%	8,912	12,413	-3,584	-28.9%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	18,854		17,938	24,631
Hispanic or Latino	831	4.4%	760	1,060	-229	-21.6%
Not Hispanic or Latino	18,023	95.6%	17,178	23,564	-5,541	-23.5%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	7	-7	-100.0%

Race	18,854		17,938	24,631
American Indian or Alaskan Native	197	1.0%	173	199	-2	-1.0%
Asian	154	0.8%	120	227	-73	-32.2%
Black or African American	10,708	56.8%	10,247	14,004	-3,296	-23.5%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	30	0.2%	21	44	-14	-31.8%
White	7,765	41.2%	7,376	10,157	-2,392	-23.6%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	1	0	0	0.0%

Years of Age	18,854		17,938	24,631
Younger than 22	199	0.8%	364	287	-88	-30.7%
22-24	829	3.3%	961	994	-165	-16.6%
25-34	4,946	19.5%	4,768	6,018	-1,072	-17.8%
35-44	4,414	17.4%	3,981	5,548	-1,134	-20.4%
45-54	4,254	16.8%	4,101	5,772	-1,518	-26.3%
55-59	2,004	7.9%	1,829	2,818	-814	-28.9%
60-64	1,301	5.1%	1,122	1,873	-572	-30.5%
65 and older	907	3.6%	812	1,321	-414	-31.3%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	18,854		17,938	24,631
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	343	1.8%	235	364	-21	-5.8%
Mining	495	2.6%	348	422	73	17.3%
Utilities	49	0.3%	52	64	-15	-23.4%
Construction	3,564	18.6%	3,190	3,865	-301	-7.8%
Manufacturing	1,604	8.4%	1,518	2,135	-531	-24.9%
Wholesale Trade	535	2.8%	517	808	-273	-33.8%
Retail Trade	1,823	9.5%	1,747	2,444	-621	-25.4%
Transporation and Warehousing	588	3.1%	488	750	-162	-21.6%
Information	300	1.6%	246	488	-188	-38.5%
Finance and Insurance	476	2.5%	469	659	-183	-27.8%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	406	2.1%	372	458	-52	-11.4%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	813	4.2%	915	1,154	-341	-29.5%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	57	0.3%	47	111	-54	-48.6%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	1,948	10.1%	1,851	2,418	-470	-19.4%
Educational Services	376	2.0%	452	680	-304	-44.7%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	2,210	11.5%	2,315	3,509	-1,299	-37.0%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	311	1.6%	313	462	-151	-32.7%
Accomodation and Food Services	1,539	8.0%	1,496	2,013	-474	-23.5%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	520	2.7%	534	715	-195	-27.3%
Public Administration	309	1.6%	282	474	-165	-34.8%
Information Not Available	588	3.1%	551	638	-50	-7.8%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Massachusetts
	Jan 2015	Percent	Dec 2014	Jan 2014	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	96,271		77,078	107,547
Male	62,987	65.4%	47,410	69,783	-6,796	-9.7%
Female	33,278	34.6%	29,663	37,764	-4,486	-11.9%
Information Not Available	6	0.0%	5	0	6	0.0%

Ethnicity	96,271		77,078	107,547
Hispanic or Latino	12,222	12.7%	9,755	12,634	-412	-3.3%
Not Hispanic or Latino	78,616	81.7%	63,058	89,413	-10,797	-12.1%
Information Not Available	5,433	5.6%	4,265	5,500	-67	-1.2%

Race	96,271		77,078	107,547
American Indian or Alaskan Native	416	0.4%	337	465	-49	-10.5%
Asian	2,870	3.0%	2,506	2,932	-62	-2.1%
Black or African American	7,877	8.2%	6,879	8,647	-770	-8.9%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	235	0.2%	195	279	-44	-15.8%
White	72,422	75.2%	57,309	83,224	-10,802	-13.0%
Information Not Available	12,451	12.9%	9,852	12,000	451	3.8%

Years of Age	96,271		77,078	107,547
Younger than 22	1,913	1.2%	1,454	2,182	-269	-12.3%
22-24	4,817	3.0%	3,720	5,456	-639	-11.7%
25-34	22,674	14.1%	18,217	25,108	-2,434	-9.7%
35-44	20,208	12.5%	16,050	22,904	-2,696	-11.8%
45-54	22,921	14.2%	18,342	26,192	-3,271	-12.5%
55-59	10,288	6.4%	8,189	11,419	-1,131	-9.9%
60-64	7,387	4.6%	6,133	7,928	-541	-6.8%
65 and older	6,063	3.8%	4,973	6,358	-295	-4.6%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	96,271		77,078	107,547
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	1,183	1.2%	784	1,184	-1	-0.1%
Mining	233	0.2%	88	266	-33	-12.4%
Utilities	153	0.2%	132	130	23	17.7%
Construction	17,490	17.9%	10,824	19,584	-2,094	-10.7%
Manufacturing	6,472	6.6%	5,935	7,412	-940	-12.7%
Wholesale Trade	3,326	3.4%	3,030	3,956	-630	-15.9%
Retail Trade	7,422	7.6%	6,066	8,643	-1,221	-14.1%
Transporation and Warehousing	2,395	2.5%	1,845	2,711	-316	-11.7%
Information	1,664	1.7%	1,434	2,043	-379	-18.6%
Finance and Insurance	2,350	2.4%	2,319	2,993	-643	-21.5%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	1,858	1.9%	1,607	2,138	-280	-13.1%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	6,023	6.2%	5,539	7,087	-1,064	-15.0%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	267	0.3%	243	282	-15	-5.3%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	14,593	15.0%	10,532	15,504	-911	-5.9%
Educational Services	1,629	1.7%	1,603	1,882	-253	-13.4%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	7,138	7.3%	7,132	8,047	-909	-11.3%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	3,570	3.7%	2,800	3,768	-198	-5.3%
Accomodation and Food Services	9,493	9.7%	6,918	10,181	-688	-6.8%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	4,498	4.6%	4,086	4,762	-264	-5.5%
Public Administration	2,011	2.1%	1,957	2,416	-405	-16.8%
Information Not Available	2,503	2.6%	2,204	2,558	-55	-2.2%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Maryland
	Jan 2015	Percent	Dec 2014	Jan 2014	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	57,044		48,603	75,278
Male	27,999	49.1%	22,903	36,278	-8,279	-22.8%
Female	17,837	31.3%	17,044	25,832	-7,995	-30.9%
Information Not Available	11,208	19.6%	8,656	13,168	-1,960	-14.9%

Ethnicity	57,044		48,603	75,278
Hispanic or Latino	3,443	6.0%	2,503	4,150	-707	-17.0%
Not Hispanic or Latino	41,537	72.8%	36,645	56,852	-15,315	-26.9%
Information Not Available	12,064	21.1%	9,455	14,276	-2,212	-15.5%

Race	57,044		48,603	75,278
American Indian or Alaskan Native	157	0.3%	143	209	-52	-24.9%
Asian	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
Black or African American	17,771	31.2%	16,358	19,197	-1,426	-7.4%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	73	0.1%	69	89	-16	-18.0%
White	23,536	41.3%	20,075	27,289	-3,753	-13.8%
Information Not Available	15,507	27.2%	11,958	28,494	-12,987	-45.6%

Years of Age	57,044		48,603	75,278
Younger than 22	821	1.1%	635	988	-167	-16.9%
22-24	2,320	3.0%	1,904	2,979	-659	-22.1%
25-34	11,123	14.4%	9,783	14,507	-3,384	-23.3%
35-44	9,225	12.0%	8,061	12,879	-3,654	-28.4%
45-54	10,718	13.9%	9,292	15,090	-4,372	-29.0%
55-59	4,881	6.3%	4,227	6,749	-1,868	-27.7%
60-64	3,584	4.7%	3,154	4,779	-1,195	-25.0%
65 and older	3,164	4.1%	2,891	4,139	-975	-23.6%
Information Not Available	11,208	14.6%	8,656	13,168	-1,960	-14.9%

Industry	57,044		48,603	75,278
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	232	0.4%	186	314	-82	-26.1%
Mining	70	0.1%	42	105	-35	-33.3%
Utilities	43	0.1%	39	48	-5	-10.4%
Construction	7,959	13.9%	5,330	9,519	-1,560	-16.4%
Manufacturing	522	0.9%	436	803	-281	-35.0%
Wholesale Trade	1,476	2.6%	1,449	2,241	-765	-34.1%
Retail Trade	1,700	3.0%	1,498	2,259	-559	-24.7%
Transporation and Warehousing	1,039	1.8%	843	1,482	-443	-29.9%
Information	712	1.2%	700	981	-269	-27.4%
Finance and Insurance	1,057	1.8%	1,049	1,707	-650	-38.1%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	893	1.6%	774	1,303	-410	-31.5%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	3,486	6.1%	3,364	5,422	-1,936	-35.7%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	220	0.4%	145	340	-120	-35.3%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	6,843	11.9%	5,721	8,491	-1,648	-19.4%
Educational Services	1,189	2.1%	1,316	1,818	-629	-34.6%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	3,420	6.0%	3,503	5,200	-1,780	-34.2%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	1,241	2.2%	1,023	1,409	-168	-11.9%
Accomodation and Food Services	4,719	8.2%	4,211	5,689	-970	-17.1%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	1,171	2.0%	1,043	1,736	-565	-32.5%
Public Administration	1,029	1.8%	905	1,244	-215	-17.3%
Information Not Available	18,023	31.5%	15,026	23,167	-5,144	-22.2%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Maine
	Jan 2015	Percent	Dec 2014	Jan 2014	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	14,531		11,251	16,602
Male	9,590	66.0%	6,977	10,819	-1,229	-11.4%
Female	4,941	34.0%	4,274	5,783	-842	-14.6%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	14,531		11,251	16,602
Hispanic or Latino	208	1.4%	146	197	11	5.6%
Not Hispanic or Latino	9,852	67.8%	7,812	11,158	-1,306	-11.7%
Information Not Available	4,471	30.8%	3,293	5,247	-776	-14.8%

Race	14,531		11,251	16,602
American Indian or Alaskan Native	143	1.0%	112	146	-3	-2.1%
Asian	45	0.3%	32	60	-15	-25.0%
Black or African American	223	1.5%	148	172	51	29.7%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
White	10,109	69.6%	8,050	11,643	-1,534	-13.2%
Information Not Available	4,011	27.6%	2,909	4,581	-570	-12.4%

Years of Age	14,531		11,251	16,602
Younger than 22	385	1.6%	444	373	12	3.2%
22-24	767	3.3%	626	990	-223	-22.5%
25-34	3,453	14.7%	2,689	4,038	-585	-14.5%
35-44	2,842	12.1%	2,208	3,320	-478	-14.4%
45-54	3,307	14.1%	2,545	3,789	-482	-12.7%
55-59	1,676	7.2%	1,315	1,802	-126	-7.0%
60-64	1,205	5.1%	831	1,308	-103	-7.9%
65 and older	896	3.8%	593	982	-86	-8.8%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	14,531		11,251	16,602
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	292	2.0%	233	290	2	0.7%
Mining	16	0.1%	11	28	-12	-42.9%
Utilities	19	0.1%	17	16	3	18.8%
Construction	2,678	18.1%	1,707	3,230	-552	-17.1%
Manufacturing	1,297	8.7%	900	1,642	-345	-21.0%
Wholesale Trade	371	2.5%	226	396	-25	-6.3%
Retail Trade	1,060	7.2%	693	1,134	-74	-6.5%
Transporation and Warehousing	265	1.8%	202	291	-26	-8.9%
Information	123	0.8%	147	100	23	23.0%
Finance and Insurance	109	0.7%	103	135	-26	-19.3%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	128	0.9%	106	121	7	5.8%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	241	1.6%	201	271	-30	-11.1%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	7	0.0%	5	17	-10	-58.8%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	1,319	8.9%	976	1,429	-110	-7.7%
Educational Services	151	1.0%	156	168	-17	-10.1%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	491	3.3%	508	683	-192	-28.1%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	333	2.2%	269	355	-22	-6.2%
Accomodation and Food Services	1,927	13.0%	1,545	2,281	-354	-15.5%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	198	1.3%	186	324	-126	-38.9%
Public Administration	200	1.3%	184	211	-11	-5.2%
Information Not Available	3,306	22.3%	2,876	3,480	-174	-5.0%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Michigan
	Jan 2015	Percent	Dec 2014	Jan 2014	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	122,173		89,258	137,857
Male	83,500	68.3%	56,643	92,735	-9,235	-10.0%
Female	36,562	29.9%	30,647	43,265	-6,703	-15.5%
Information Not Available	2,111	1.7%	1,968	1,857	254	13.7%

Ethnicity	122,173		89,258	137,857
Hispanic or Latino	7,723	6.3%	6,015	7,744	-21	-0.3%
Not Hispanic or Latino	92,867	76.0%	66,574	104,331	-11,464	-11.0%
Information Not Available	21,583	17.7%	16,669	25,782	-4,199	-16.3%

Race	122,173		89,258	137,857
American Indian or Alaskan Native	1,310	1.1%	1,121	1,660	-350	-21.1%
Asian	1,411	1.2%	625	1,231	180	14.6%
Black or African American	14,802	12.1%	11,956	16,194	-1,392	-8.6%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	88	0.1%	76	102	-14	-13.7%
White	77,243	63.2%	54,561	85,432	-8,189	-9.6%
Information Not Available	27,319	22.4%	20,919	33,238	-5,919	-17.8%

Years of Age	122,173		89,258	137,857
Younger than 22	3,531	1.8%	2,691	4,034	-503	-12.5%
22-24	7,029	3.7%	5,663	7,863	-834	-10.6%
25-34	28,030	14.6%	21,547	32,097	-4,067	-12.7%
35-44	27,499	14.3%	19,783	32,017	-4,518	-14.1%
45-54	30,906	16.1%	21,456	35,214	-4,308	-12.2%
55-59	13,713	7.1%	9,318	14,709	-996	-6.8%
60-64	7,513	3.9%	5,467	8,010	-497	-6.2%
65 and older	3,952	2.1%	3,331	3,913	39	1.0%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	2	0	0	0.0%

Industry	122,173		89,258	137,857
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	2,482	2.0%	1,953	2,415	67	2.8%
Mining	881	0.7%	572	955	-74	-7.7%
Utilities	77	0.1%	82	132	-55	-41.7%
Construction	25,657	20.6%	15,045	26,586	-929	-3.5%
Manufacturing	17,092	13.7%	9,866	16,721	371	2.2%
Wholesale Trade	4,275	3.4%	3,355	8,154	-3,879	-47.6%
Retail Trade	6,361	5.1%	5,463	7,122	-761	-10.7%
Transporation and Warehousing	3,948	3.2%	2,113	4,226	-278	-6.6%
Information	747	0.6%	835	792	-45	-5.7%
Finance and Insurance	1,534	1.2%	1,582	2,656	-1,122	-42.2%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	1,207	1.0%	1,115	1,422	-215	-15.1%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	5,755	4.6%	4,612	5,475	280	5.1%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	4,624	3.7%	1,397	5,859	-1,235	-21.1%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	17,407	14.0%	13,657	19,778	-2,371	-12.0%
Educational Services	1,325	1.1%	1,490	1,770	-445	-25.1%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	5,904	4.7%	6,183	7,422	-1,518	-20.5%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	4,227	3.4%	3,738	4,287	-60	-1.4%
Accomodation and Food Services	5,427	4.4%	4,927	5,903	-476	-8.1%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	2,428	1.9%	2,196	2,599	-171	-6.6%
Public Administration	1,992	1.6%	1,841	2,525	-533	-21.1%
Information Not Available	8,823	7.1%	7,236	11,058	-2,235	-20.2%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Minnesota
	Jan 2015	Percent	Dec 2014	Jan 2014	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	66,736		56,570	74,563
Male	50,477	75.6%	41,175	54,755	-4,278	-7.8%
Female	16,247	24.3%	15,385	19,799	-3,552	-17.9%
Information Not Available	12	0.0%	10	9	3	33.3%

Ethnicity	66,736		56,570	74,563
Hispanic or Latino	2,873	4.3%	2,453	3,011	-138	-4.6%
Not Hispanic or Latino	57,116	85.6%	48,318	64,249	-7,133	-11.1%
Information Not Available	6,747	10.1%	5,799	7,303	-556	-7.6%

Race	66,736		56,570	74,563
American Indian or Alaskan Native	909	1.4%	778	1,057	-148	-14.0%
Asian	1,054	1.6%	993	1,282	-228	-17.8%
Black or African American	3,511	5.3%	3,283	3,951	-440	-11.1%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	102	0.2%	92	118	-16	-13.6%
White	56,088	84.0%	46,947	62,972	-6,884	-10.9%
Information Not Available	5,072	7.6%	4,477	5,183	-111	-2.1%

Years of Age	66,736		56,570	74,563
Younger than 22	1,400	1.2%	1,829	1,429	-29	-2.0%
22-24	3,653	3.1%	3,374	3,930	-277	-7.0%
25-34	16,808	14.3%	14,199	19,297	-2,489	-12.9%
35-44	13,775	11.7%	11,575	15,494	-1,719	-11.1%
45-54	14,959	12.7%	12,979	17,373	-2,414	-13.9%
55-59	7,940	6.7%	6,423	8,442	-502	-5.9%
60-64	5,067	4.3%	3,984	5,504	-437	-7.9%
65 and older	3,116	2.6%	2,192	3,056	60	2.0%
Information Not Available	18	0.0%	15	38	-20	-52.6%

Industry	66,736		56,570	74,563
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	1,028	1.5%	864	1,142	-114	-10.0%
Mining	650	1.0%	503	694	-44	-6.3%
Utilities	301	0.4%	264	447	-146	-32.7%
Construction	23,001	33.9%	17,264	24,326	-1,325	-5.4%
Manufacturing	7,487	11.0%	6,567	8,311	-824	-9.9%
Wholesale Trade	2,371	3.5%	2,039	2,776	-405	-14.6%
Retail Trade	3,809	5.6%	3,265	4,114	-305	-7.4%
Transporation and Warehousing	1,751	2.6%	1,435	1,878	-127	-6.8%
Information	757	1.1%	716	787	-30	-3.8%
Finance and Insurance	1,055	1.6%	1,102	1,545	-490	-31.7%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	783	1.2%	745	1,010	-227	-22.5%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	2,677	4.0%	2,560	3,112	-435	-14.0%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	887	1.3%	746	992	-105	-10.6%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	6,827	10.1%	5,860	7,867	-1,040	-13.2%
Educational Services	1,040	1.5%	1,112	1,298	-258	-19.9%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	3,121	4.6%	3,049	4,047	-926	-22.9%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	1,384	2.0%	1,330	1,514	-130	-8.6%
Accomodation and Food Services	2,715	4.0%	2,454	3,082	-367	-11.9%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	1,596	2.4%	1,458	1,636	-40	-2.4%
Public Administration	1,506	2.2%	1,435	1,551	-45	-2.9%
Information Not Available	1,990	2.9%	1,802	2,434	-444	-18.2%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Missouri
	Jan 2015	Percent	Dec 2014	Jan 2014	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	49,467		35,999	60,170
Male	31,950	64.6%	20,963	37,254	-5,304	-14.2%
Female	17,455	35.3%	14,972	22,845	-5,390	-23.6%
Information Not Available	62	0.1%	64	71	-9	-12.7%

Ethnicity	49,467		35,999	60,170
Hispanic or Latino	1,928	3.9%	1,321	1,684	244	14.5%
Not Hispanic or Latino	38,307	77.4%	28,067	50,130	-11,823	-23.6%
Information Not Available	9,232	18.7%	6,611	8,356	876	10.5%

Race	49,467		35,999	60,170
American Indian or Alaskan Native	284	0.6%	216	326	-42	-12.9%
Asian	251	0.5%	181	260	-9	-3.5%
Black or African American	7,204	14.6%	6,406	6,007	1,197	19.9%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	1,348	2.7%	1,183	565	783	138.6%
White	34,277	69.3%	23,800	34,000	277	0.8%
Information Not Available	6,103	12.3%	4,213	19,012	-12,909	-67.9%

Years of Age	49,467		35,999	60,170
Younger than 22	753	0.9%	912	1,063	-310	-29.2%
22-24	2,368	2.9%	1,987	2,963	-595	-20.1%
25-34	11,505	14.3%	8,773	14,279	-2,774	-19.4%
35-44	11,333	14.1%	7,977	13,606	-2,273	-16.7%
45-54	11,856	14.8%	8,735	14,678	-2,822	-19.2%
55-59	5,541	6.9%	3,806	6,468	-927	-14.3%
60-64	3,422	4.3%	2,218	3,984	-562	-14.1%
65 and older	2,689	3.3%	1,591	3,127	-438	-14.0%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	2	-2	-100.0%

Industry	49,467		35,999	60,170
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	555	1.1%	383	582	-27	-4.6%
Mining	342	0.7%	150	539	-197	-36.5%
Utilities	43	0.1%	40	76	-33	-43.4%
Construction	10,354	20.7%	5,855	11,951	-1,597	-13.4%
Manufacturing	6,637	13.3%	3,964	6,104	533	8.7%
Wholesale Trade	1,471	2.9%	1,295	1,808	-337	-18.6%
Retail Trade	3,788	7.6%	2,985	5,009	-1,221	-24.4%
Transporation and Warehousing	2,061	4.1%	1,093	2,850	-789	-27.7%
Information	650	1.3%	621	925	-275	-29.7%
Finance and Insurance	989	2.0%	979	1,580	-591	-37.4%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	662	1.3%	548	897	-235	-26.2%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	1,508	3.0%	1,616	1,885	-377	-20.0%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	266	0.5%	218	248	18	7.3%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	6,276	12.5%	4,699	7,849	-1,573	-20.0%
Educational Services	707	1.4%	811	980	-273	-27.9%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	3,389	6.8%	3,760	4,877	-1,488	-30.5%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	1,819	3.6%	917	1,825	-6	-0.3%
Accomodation and Food Services	4,807	9.6%	3,165	5,956	-1,149	-19.3%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	979	2.0%	883	1,532	-553	-36.1%
Public Administration	499	1.0%	460	682	-183	-26.8%
Information Not Available	1,665	3.3%	1,557	2,015	-350	-17.4%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Mississippi
	Jan 2015	Percent	Dec 2014	Jan 2014	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	15,632		15,150	24,869
Male	8,897	56.9%	8,136	13,100	-4,203	-32.1%
Female	6,724	43.0%	6,996	11,747	-5,023	-42.8%
Information Not Available	11	0.1%	18	22	-11	-50.0%

Ethnicity	15,632		15,150	24,869
Hispanic or Latino	235	1.5%	254	343	-108	-31.5%
Not Hispanic or Latino	14,253	91.2%	13,855	23,313	-9,060	-38.9%
Information Not Available	1,144	7.3%	1,041	1,213	-69	-5.7%

Race	15,632		15,150	24,869
American Indian or Alaskan Native	46	0.3%	59	74	-28	-37.8%
Asian	46	0.3%	52	104	-58	-55.8%
Black or African American	9,012	57.7%	8,342	14,947	-5,935	-39.7%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	43	0.3%	121	51	-8	-15.7%
White	6,097	39.0%	6,179	9,298	-3,201	-34.4%
Information Not Available	388	2.5%	397	395	-7	-1.8%

Years of Age	15,632		15,150	24,869
Younger than 22	181	0.9%	324	352	-171	-48.6%
22-24	730	3.5%	844	1,339	-609	-45.5%
25-34	3,842	18.7%	3,754	6,262	-2,420	-38.6%
35-44	3,596	17.5%	3,475	5,706	-2,110	-37.0%
45-54	3,676	17.9%	3,597	5,706	-2,030	-35.6%
55-59	1,679	8.2%	1,547	2,513	-834	-33.2%
60-64	1,162	5.6%	914	1,710	-548	-32.0%
65 and older	766	3.7%	695	1,281	-515	-40.2%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	15,632		15,150	24,869
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	1,148	6.8%	854	1,430	-282	-19.7%
Mining	76	0.5%	35	113	-37	-32.7%
Utilities	21	0.1%	23	38	-17	-44.7%
Construction	1,260	7.5%	940	1,934	-674	-34.9%
Manufacturing	1,877	11.2%	1,932	2,984	-1,107	-37.1%
Wholesale Trade	264	1.6%	289	490	-226	-46.1%
Retail Trade	1,218	7.3%	1,266	2,409	-1,191	-49.4%
Transporation and Warehousing	384	2.3%	349	646	-262	-40.6%
Information	125	0.7%	146	168	-43	-25.6%
Finance and Insurance	221	1.3%	235	422	-201	-47.6%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	143	0.9%	131	216	-73	-33.8%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	390	2.3%	428	511	-121	-23.7%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	126	0.8%	183	204	-78	-38.2%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	1,459	8.7%	1,360	2,632	-1,173	-44.6%
Educational Services	366	2.2%	445	561	-195	-34.8%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	1,212	7.2%	1,265	2,220	-1,008	-45.4%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	201	1.2%	213	219	-18	-8.2%
Accomodation and Food Services	1,189	7.1%	1,246	2,205	-1,016	-46.1%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	212	1.3%	228	386	-174	-45.1%
Public Administration	248	1.5%	285	460	-212	-46.1%
Information Not Available	3,492	20.8%	3,297	4,621	-1,129	-24.4%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Montana
	Jan 2015	Percent	Dec 2014	Jan 2014	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	11,174		9,065	12,368
Male	8,367	74.9%	6,379	8,917	-550	-6.2%
Female	2,792	25.0%	2,676	3,440	-648	-18.8%
Information Not Available	15	0.1%	10	11	4	36.4%

Ethnicity	11,174		9,065	12,368
Hispanic or Latino	430	3.8%	343	451	-21	-4.7%
Not Hispanic or Latino	10,281	92.0%	8,324	11,376	-1,095	-9.6%
Information Not Available	463	4.1%	398	541	-78	-14.4%

Race	11,174		9,065	12,368
American Indian or Alaskan Native	1,066	9.5%	924	1,300	-234	-18.0%
Asian	40	0.4%	38	60	-20	-33.3%
Black or African American	102	0.9%	85	103	-1	-1.0%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	23	0.2%	21	32	-9	-28.1%
White	9,821	87.9%	7,894	10,743	-922	-8.6%
Information Not Available	122	1.1%	103	130	-8	-6.2%

Years of Age	11,174		9,065	12,368
Younger than 22	313	1.6%	239	334	-21	-6.3%
22-24	679	3.4%	511	764	-85	-11.1%
25-34	3,073	15.2%	2,523	3,254	-181	-5.6%
35-44	2,248	11.1%	1,898	2,517	-269	-10.7%
45-54	2,363	11.7%	1,874	2,655	-292	-11.0%
55-59	1,179	5.8%	935	1,391	-212	-15.2%
60-64	822	4.1%	650	876	-54	-6.2%
65 and older	497	2.5%	435	577	-80	-13.9%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	11,174		9,065	12,368
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	240	2.1%	195	235	5	2.1%
Mining	353	3.1%	265	342	11	3.2%
Utilities	56	0.5%	30	73	-17	-23.3%
Construction	3,522	30.9%	2,302	3,482	40	1.1%
Manufacturing	599	5.2%	462	659	-60	-9.1%
Wholesale Trade	208	1.8%	163	197	11	5.6%
Retail Trade	810	7.1%	615	978	-168	-17.2%
Transporation and Warehousing	264	2.3%	208	287	-23	-8.0%
Information	82	0.7%	87	77	5	6.5%
Finance and Insurance	111	1.0%	89	151	-40	-26.5%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	126	1.1%	96	127	-1	-0.8%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	310	2.7%	255	364	-54	-14.8%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	15	0.1%	12	9	6	66.7%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	1,130	9.9%	932	1,232	-102	-8.3%
Educational Services	144	1.3%	141	229	-85	-37.1%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	421	3.7%	478	638	-217	-34.0%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	338	3.0%	364	391	-53	-13.6%
Accomodation and Food Services	1,169	10.2%	1,198	1,391	-222	-16.0%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	227	2.0%	181	278	-51	-18.3%
Public Administration	424	3.7%	436	462	-38	-8.2%
Information Not Available	625	5.5%	556	766	-141	-18.4%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants North Carolina
	Jan 2015	Percent	Dec 2014	Jan 2014	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	40,146		36,356	69,937
Male	21,587	53.8%	18,894	38,030	-16,443	-43.2%
Female	18,548	46.2%	17,438	31,884	-13,336	-41.8%
Information Not Available	11	0.0%	24	23	-12	-52.2%

Ethnicity	40,146		36,356	69,937
Hispanic or Latino	1,973	4.9%	1,691	3,349	-1,376	-41.1%
Not Hispanic or Latino	37,374	93.1%	33,830	65,475	-28,101	-42.9%
Information Not Available	799	2.0%	835	1,113	-314	-28.2%

Race	40,146		36,356	69,937
American Indian or Alaskan Native	638	1.6%	584	1,120	-482	-43.0%
Asian	408	1.0%	382	680	-272	-40.0%
Black or African American	15,831	39.4%	14,238	26,733	-10,902	-40.8%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	74	0.2%	83	87	-13	-14.9%
White	20,617	51.4%	18,667	37,158	-16,541	-44.5%
Information Not Available	2,578	6.4%	2,402	4,159	-1,581	-38.0%

Years of Age	40,146		36,356	69,937
Younger than 22	872	1.5%	768	1,922	-1,050	-54.6%
22-24	2,157	3.7%	2,011	4,398	-2,241	-51.0%
25-34	9,784	16.8%	9,184	17,594	-7,810	-44.4%
35-44	9,549	16.4%	8,644	16,490	-6,941	-42.1%
45-54	9,955	17.1%	8,847	16,489	-6,534	-39.6%
55-59	3,984	6.8%	3,562	6,668	-2,684	-40.3%
60-64	2,436	4.2%	2,129	3,950	-1,514	-38.3%
65 and older	1,409	2.4%	1,211	2,426	-1,017	-41.9%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	40,146		36,356	69,937
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	167	0.4%	124	286	-119	-41.6%
Mining	13	0.0%	7	46	-33	-71.7%
Utilities	37	0.1%	25	61	-24	-39.3%
Construction	2,731	6.8%	1,797	5,171	-2,440	-47.2%
Manufacturing	3,417	8.5%	3,138	6,449	-3,032	-47.0%
Wholesale Trade	1,221	3.0%	1,166	2,055	-834	-40.6%
Retail Trade	2,886	7.2%	2,586	5,361	-2,475	-46.2%
Transporation and Warehousing	640	1.6%	519	1,322	-682	-51.6%
Information	265	0.7%	289	461	-196	-42.5%
Finance and Insurance	737	1.8%	758	1,438	-701	-48.7%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	593	1.5%	570	928	-335	-36.1%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	1,466	3.6%	1,393	2,494	-1,028	-41.2%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	135	0.3%	140	159	-24	-15.1%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	5,079	12.6%	4,618	8,646	-3,567	-41.3%
Educational Services	412	1.0%	483	1,114	-702	-63.0%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	2,470	6.1%	2,500	4,853	-2,383	-49.1%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	540	1.3%	407	934	-394	-42.2%
Accomodation and Food Services	2,987	7.4%	2,345	4,965	-1,978	-39.8%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	506	1.3%	506	1,023	-517	-50.5%
Public Administration	354	0.9%	344	622	-268	-43.1%
Information Not Available	13,490	33.5%	12,641	21,549	-8,059	-37.4%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants North Dakota
	Jan 2015	Percent	Dec 2014	Jan 2014	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	7,113		4,334	6,934
Male	6,138	86.3%	3,606	5,971	167	2.8%
Female	973	13.7%	727	963	10	1.0%
Information Not Available	2	0.0%	1	0	2	0.0%

Ethnicity	7,113		4,334	6,934
Hispanic or Latino	384	5.4%	257	344	40	11.6%
Not Hispanic or Latino	6,555	92.2%	3,964	6,431	124	1.9%
Information Not Available	174	2.4%	113	159	15	9.4%

Race	7,113		4,334	6,934
American Indian or Alaskan Native	456	6.4%	261	491	-35	-7.1%
Asian	34	0.5%	21	7	27	385.7%
Black or African American	196	2.8%	130	138	58	42.0%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	14	0.2%	6	18	-4	-22.2%
White	5,855	82.3%	3,546	5,777	78	1.4%
Information Not Available	558	7.8%	370	503	55	10.9%

Years of Age	7,113		4,334	6,934
Younger than 22	96	0.8%	125	96	0	0.0%
22-24	417	3.4%	268	323	94	29.1%
25-34	1,736	14.1%	1,075	1,724	12	0.7%
35-44	1,371	11.1%	822	1,341	30	2.2%
45-54	1,539	12.5%	974	1,553	-14	-0.9%
55-59	864	7.0%	499	837	27	3.2%
60-64	637	5.2%	314	589	48	8.1%
65 and older	448	3.6%	256	467	-19	-4.1%
Information Not Available	5	0.0%	1	4	1	25.0%

Industry	7,113		4,334	6,934
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	283	3.8%	171	300	-17	-5.7%
Mining	620	8.4%	269	596	24	4.0%
Utilities	6	0.1%	3	6	0	0.0%
Construction	3,039	41.1%	1,616	3,070	-31	-1.0%
Manufacturing	847	11.5%	562	551	296	53.7%
Wholesale Trade	295	4.0%	215	300	-5	-1.7%
Retail Trade	209	2.8%	149	223	-14	-6.3%
Transporation and Warehousing	314	4.2%	193	323	-9	-2.8%
Information	33	0.4%	28	33	0	0.0%
Finance and Insurance	56	0.8%	42	43	13	30.2%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	28	0.4%	21	22	6	27.3%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	180	2.4%	113	137	43	31.4%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	4	0.1%	4	13	-9	-69.2%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	329	4.4%	234	312	17	5.4%
Educational Services	4	0.1%	3	3	1	33.3%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	116	1.6%	99	131	-15	-11.5%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	36	0.5%	27	44	-8	-18.2%
Accomodation and Food Services	125	1.7%	97	138	-13	-9.4%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	82	1.1%	59	94	-12	-12.8%
Public Administration	203	2.7%	159	253	-50	-19.8%
Information Not Available	304	4.1%	270	342	-38	-11.1%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Nebraska
	Jan 2015	Percent	Dec 2014	Jan 2014	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	10,826		8,037	11,960
Male	7,236	66.8%	4,822	7,653	-417	-5.4%
Female	3,134	28.9%	2,818	3,748	-614	-16.4%
Information Not Available	456	4.2%	397	559	-103	-18.4%

Ethnicity	10,826		8,037	11,960
Hispanic or Latino	1,000	9.2%	700	1,090	-90	-8.3%
Not Hispanic or Latino	8,338	77.0%	6,115	9,297	-959	-10.3%
Information Not Available	1,488	13.7%	1,222	1,573	-85	-5.4%

Race	10,826		8,037	11,960
American Indian or Alaskan Native	146	1.3%	114	182	-36	-19.8%
Asian	106	1.0%	92	124	-18	-14.5%
Black or African American	768	7.1%	659	929	-161	-17.3%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	29	0.3%	27	42	-13	-31.0%
White	7,563	69.9%	5,469	8,179	-616	-7.5%
Information Not Available	2,214	20.5%	1,676	2,504	-290	-11.6%

Years of Age	10,826		8,037	11,960
Younger than 22	127	0.7%	89	174	-47	-27.0%
22-24	442	2.5%	311	545	-103	-18.9%
25-34	2,537	14.5%	1,891	2,863	-326	-11.4%
35-44	2,226	12.8%	1,654	2,524	-298	-11.8%
45-54	2,630	15.1%	1,873	2,876	-246	-8.6%
55-59	1,248	7.2%	941	1,329	-81	-6.1%
60-64	939	5.4%	726	945	-6	-0.6%
65 and older	677	3.9%	552	704	-27	-3.8%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	10,826		8,037	11,960
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	97	0.9%	85	134	-37	-27.6%
Mining	207	1.9%	122	219	-12	-5.5%
Utilities	18	0.2%	11	20	-2	-10.0%
Construction	2,831	25.9%	1,616	3,052	-221	-7.2%
Manufacturing	1,761	16.1%	1,042	1,299	462	35.6%
Wholesale Trade	397	3.6%	308	360	37	10.3%
Retail Trade	661	6.1%	593	841	-180	-21.4%
Transporation and Warehousing	320	2.9%	224	364	-44	-12.1%
Information	130	1.2%	134	124	6	4.8%
Finance and Insurance	280	2.6%	279	334	-54	-16.2%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	118	1.1%	88	138	-20	-14.5%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	259	2.4%	259	360	-101	-28.1%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	48	0.4%	50	34	14	41.2%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	1,211	11.1%	1,003	1,512	-301	-19.9%
Educational Services	139	1.3%	132	177	-38	-21.5%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	590	5.4%	594	843	-253	-30.0%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	169	1.5%	162	185	-16	-8.6%
Accomodation and Food Services	434	4.0%	359	559	-125	-22.4%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	158	1.4%	145	194	-36	-18.6%
Public Administration	332	3.0%	281	361	-29	-8.0%
Information Not Available	666	6.1%	550	850	-184	-21.6%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants New Hampshire
	Jan 2015	Percent	Dec 2014	Jan 2014	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	7,997		6,224	9,889
Male	5,191	64.9%	3,631	6,264	-1,073	-17.1%
Female	2,760	34.5%	2,542	3,564	-804	-22.6%
Information Not Available	46	0.6%	51	61	-15	-24.6%

Ethnicity	7,997		6,224	9,889
Hispanic or Latino	296	3.7%	218	353	-57	-16.1%
Not Hispanic or Latino	6,530	81.7%	5,153	7,997	-1,467	-18.3%
Information Not Available	1,171	14.6%	853	1,539	-368	-23.9%

Race	7,997		6,224	9,889
American Indian or Alaskan Native	47	0.6%	39	54	-7	-13.0%
Asian	97	1.2%	93	107	-10	-9.3%
Black or African American	116	1.5%	95	147	-31	-21.1%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	9	0.1%	6	7	2	28.6%
White	7,142	89.3%	5,537	8,823	-1,681	-19.1%
Information Not Available	586	7.3%	454	751	-165	-22.0%

Years of Age	7,997		6,224	9,889
Younger than 22	85	0.6%	67	140	-55	-39.3%
22-24	277	1.9%	199	381	-104	-27.3%
25-34	1,530	10.7%	1,154	1,925	-395	-20.5%
35-44	1,557	10.9%	1,184	1,917	-360	-18.8%
45-54	2,088	14.6%	1,675	2,612	-524	-20.1%
55-59	1,152	8.0%	892	1,348	-196	-14.5%
60-64	813	5.7%	640	958	-145	-15.1%
65 and older	495	3.5%	413	608	-113	-18.6%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	7,997		6,224	9,889
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	54	0.7%	28	74	-20	-27.0%
Mining	43	0.5%	10	45	-2	-4.4%
Utilities	6	0.1%	3	10	-4	-40.0%
Construction	699	8.7%	299	778	-79	-10.2%
Manufacturing	739	9.2%	633	986	-247	-25.1%
Wholesale Trade	274	3.4%	252	411	-137	-33.3%
Retail Trade	459	5.7%	361	668	-209	-31.3%
Transporation and Warehousing	163	2.0%	124	223	-60	-26.9%
Information	290	3.6%	332	109	181	166.1%
Finance and Insurance	177	2.2%	156	272	-95	-34.9%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	82	1.0%	92	106	-24	-22.6%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	297	3.7%	286	446	-149	-33.4%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	27	0.3%	27	42	-15	-35.7%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	1,241	15.4%	863	1,381	-140	-10.1%
Educational Services	256	3.2%	295	287	-31	-10.8%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	481	6.0%	494	706	-225	-31.9%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	216	2.7%	191	277	-61	-22.0%
Accomodation and Food Services	209	2.6%	142	249	-40	-16.1%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	181	2.2%	191	239	-58	-24.3%
Public Administration	107	1.3%	97	163	-56	-34.4%
Information Not Available	1,996	24.8%	1,348	2,417	-421	-17.4%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants New Jersey
	Jan 2015	Percent	Dec 2014	Jan 2014	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	137,466		118,534	143,994
Male	84,349	61.4%	67,531	87,084	-2,735	-3.1%
Female	53,117	38.6%	51,003	56,910	-3,793	-6.7%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	137,466		118,534	143,994
Hispanic or Latino	31,480	22.9%	26,091	31,574	-94	-0.3%
Not Hispanic or Latino	91,828	66.8%	79,881	97,295	-5,467	-5.6%
Information Not Available	14,158	10.3%	12,562	15,125	-967	-6.4%

Race	137,466		118,534	143,994
American Indian or Alaskan Native	650	0.5%	575	657	-7	-1.1%
Asian	4,583	3.3%	4,275	4,917	-334	-6.8%
Black or African American	24,785	18.0%	23,414	26,019	-1,234	-4.7%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	837	0.6%	752	938	-101	-10.8%
White	86,504	62.9%	72,116	90,836	-4,332	-4.8%
Information Not Available	20,107	14.6%	17,402	20,627	-520	-2.5%

Years of Age	137,466		118,534	143,994
Younger than 22	38,628	17.4%	3,415	2,613	36,015	1378.3%
22-24	8,792	4.0%	7,400	7,869	923	11.7%
25-34	28,114	12.7%	27,928	33,262	-5,148	-15.5%
35-44	32,431	14.6%	24,033	29,686	2,745	9.2%
45-54	22,167	10.0%	27,258	34,270	-12,103	-35.3%
55-59	4,311	1.9%	12,106	15,258	-10,947	-71.7%
60-64	1,965	0.9%	8,546	10,802	-8,837	-81.8%
65 and older	1,058	0.5%	7,848	10,234	-9,176	-89.7%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	137,466		118,534	143,994
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	1,270	0.9%	909	1,296	-26	-2.0%
Mining	128	0.1%	69	107	21	19.6%
Utilities	158	0.1%	130	169	-11	-6.5%
Construction	15,942	11.5%	10,173	17,157	-1,215	-7.1%
Manufacturing	7,500	5.4%	6,760	8,742	-1,242	-14.2%
Wholesale Trade	5,571	4.0%	5,295	6,484	-913	-14.1%
Retail Trade	12,944	9.3%	11,080	14,801	-1,857	-12.5%
Transporation and Warehousing	4,389	3.2%	4,141	5,238	-849	-16.2%
Information	1,892	1.4%	1,802	2,154	-262	-12.2%
Finance and Insurance	3,442	2.5%	3,380	4,650	-1,208	-26.0%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	2,183	1.6%	1,713	2,424	-241	-9.9%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	6,326	4.6%	5,990	6,720	-394	-5.9%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	663	0.5%	506	626	37	5.9%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	19,894	14.3%	15,741	20,680	-786	-3.8%
Educational Services	3,239	2.3%	4,196	3,348	-109	-3.3%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	9,518	6.9%	10,220	11,167	-1,649	-14.8%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	5,018	3.6%	3,576	4,974	44	0.9%
Accomodation and Food Services	16,110	11.6%	14,089	14,603	1,507	10.3%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	3,003	2.2%	2,810	3,218	-215	-6.7%
Public Administration	1,995	1.4%	1,716	1,971	24	1.2%
Information Not Available	16,281	11.7%	14,238	13,465	2,816	20.9%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants New Mexico
	Jan 2015	Percent	Dec 2014	Jan 2014	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	13,771		12,998	16,452
Male	8,305	60.3%	7,502	9,843	-1,538	-15.6%
Female	5,466	39.7%	5,496	6,609	-1,143	-17.3%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	13,771		12,998	16,452
Hispanic or Latino	7,537	54.7%	6,991	8,706	-1,169	-13.4%
Not Hispanic or Latino	5,102	37.0%	4,908	6,348	-1,246	-19.6%
Information Not Available	1,132	8.2%	1,099	1,398	-266	-19.0%

Race	13,771		12,998	16,452
American Indian or Alaskan Native	1,541	11.2%	1,433	1,751	-210	-12.0%
Asian	76	0.6%	78	104	-28	-26.9%
Black or African American	362	2.6%	360	443	-81	-18.3%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	44	0.3%	48	38	6	15.8%
White	7,048	51.2%	6,711	8,487	-1,439	-17.0%
Information Not Available	4,700	34.1%	4,368	5,629	-929	-16.5%

Years of Age	13,771		12,998	16,452
Younger than 22	423	2.1%	429	480	-57	-11.9%
22-24	824	4.1%	782	896	-72	-8.0%
25-34	3,382	17.0%	3,182	3,967	-585	-14.7%
35-44	2,953	14.9%	2,804	3,583	-630	-17.6%
45-54	3,188	16.0%	2,985	3,884	-696	-17.9%
55-59	1,485	7.5%	1,390	1,767	-282	-16.0%
60-64	937	4.7%	876	1,150	-213	-18.5%
65 and older	579	2.9%	550	725	-146	-20.1%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	13,771		12,998	16,452
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	1,210	8.1%	939	1,191	19	1.6%
Mining	366	2.4%	274	333	33	9.9%
Utilities	33	0.2%	26	34	-1	-2.9%
Construction	2,915	19.5%	2,689	3,352	-437	-13.0%
Manufacturing	890	5.9%	818	994	-104	-10.5%
Wholesale Trade	385	2.6%	352	434	-49	-11.3%
Retail Trade	1,215	8.1%	1,246	1,550	-335	-21.6%
Transporation and Warehousing	265	1.8%	251	361	-96	-26.6%
Information	458	3.1%	322	855	-397	-46.4%
Finance and Insurance	273	1.8%	285	356	-83	-23.3%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	172	1.1%	169	200	-28	-14.0%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	623	4.2%	668	734	-111	-15.1%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	51	0.3%	72	34	17	50.0%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	974	6.5%	882	1,414	-440	-31.1%
Educational Services	362	2.4%	438	429	-67	-15.6%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	1,321	8.8%	1,369	1,773	-452	-25.5%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	321	2.1%	315	335	-14	-4.2%
Accomodation and Food Services	1,107	7.4%	1,077	1,110	-3	-0.3%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	300	2.0%	296	489	-189	-38.7%
Public Administration	529	3.5%	510	458	71	15.5%
Information Not Available	1	0.0%	0	16	-15	-93.8%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Nevada
	Jan 2015	Percent	Dec 2014	Jan 2014	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	29,971		30,623	29,267
Male	17,285	57.7%	17,617	16,883	402	2.4%
Female	12,565	41.9%	12,876	12,308	257	2.1%
Information Not Available	121	0.4%	130	76	45	59.2%

Ethnicity	29,971		30,623	29,267
Hispanic or Latino	6,811	22.7%	6,622	6,666	145	2.2%
Not Hispanic or Latino	18,656	62.2%	19,277	19,934	-1,278	-6.4%
Information Not Available	4,504	15.0%	4,724	2,667	1,837	68.9%

Race	29,971		30,623	29,267
American Indian or Alaskan Native	802	2.7%	746	730	72	9.9%
Asian	1,803	6.0%	1,961	1,869	-66	-3.5%
Black or African American	3,775	12.6%	3,989	3,519	256	7.3%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	670	2.2%	685	627	43	6.9%
White	17,550	58.6%	17,913	17,939	-389	-2.2%
Information Not Available	5,371	17.9%	5,329	4,583	788	17.2%

Years of Age	29,971		30,623	29,267
Younger than 22	855	1.9%	821	969	-114	-11.8%
22-24	1,740	3.8%	1,676	1,766	-26	-1.5%
25-34	7,168	15.7%	7,235	7,093	75	1.1%
35-44	6,595	14.5%	6,730	6,450	145	2.2%
45-54	6,930	15.2%	7,215	6,752	178	2.6%
55-59	3,128	6.9%	3,199	2,881	247	8.6%
60-64	1,970	4.3%	2,097	1,896	74	3.9%
65 and older	1,585	3.5%	1,650	1,460	125	8.6%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	29,971		30,623	29,267
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	53	0.2%	48	51	2	3.9%
Mining	277	0.9%	210	505	-228	-45.1%
Utilities	49	0.2%	48	65	-16	-24.6%
Construction	3,636	12.1%	3,550	3,942	-306	-7.8%
Manufacturing	946	3.2%	994	1,087	-141	-13.0%
Wholesale Trade	598	2.0%	608	678	-80	-11.8%
Retail Trade	2,307	7.7%	2,130	2,518	-211	-8.4%
Transporation and Warehousing	867	2.9%	815	1,069	-202	-18.9%
Information	315	1.0%	331	326	-11	-3.4%
Finance and Insurance	643	2.1%	677	756	-113	-14.9%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	659	2.2%	678	719	-60	-8.3%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	1,100	3.7%	1,097	1,168	-68	-5.8%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	199	0.7%	218	232	-33	-14.2%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	3,572	11.9%	4,229	3,892	-320	-8.2%
Educational Services	322	1.1%	352	348	-26	-7.5%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	1,406	4.7%	1,471	1,586	-180	-11.3%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	735	2.4%	708	827	-92	-11.1%
Accomodation and Food Services	6,015	20.0%	6,103	5,735	280	4.9%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	577	1.9%	549	681	-104	-15.3%
Public Administration	429	1.4%	445	492	-63	-12.8%
Information Not Available	5,266	17.5%	5,362	2,590	2,676	103.3%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants New York
	Jan 2015	Percent	Dec 2014	Jan 2014	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	218,370		186,356	254,175
Male	138,348	63.4%	113,211	157,081	-18,733	-11.9%
Female	79,999	36.6%	73,119	97,046	-17,047	-17.6%
Information Not Available	23	0.0%	26	48	-25	-52.1%

Ethnicity	218,370		186,356	254,175
Hispanic or Latino	38,652	17.7%	31,826	43,287	-4,635	-10.7%
Not Hispanic or Latino	145,811	66.8%	125,399	171,484	-25,673	-15.0%
Information Not Available	33,907	15.5%	29,131	39,404	-5,497	-14.0%

Race	218,370		186,356	254,175
American Indian or Alaskan Native	1,889	0.9%	1,659	2,161	-272	-12.6%
Asian	6,148	2.8%	5,533	7,493	-1,345	-18.0%
Black or African American	31,046	14.2%	28,130	37,043	-5,997	-16.2%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	1,191	0.5%	1,016	1,319	-128	-9.7%
White	123,279	56.5%	103,287	142,099	-18,820	-13.2%
Information Not Available	54,817	25.1%	46,731	64,060	-9,243	-14.4%

Years of Age	218,370		186,356	254,175
Younger than 22	6,651	2.0%	5,528	8,423	-1,772	-21.0%
22-24	14,233	4.3%	12,221	17,660	-3,427	-19.4%
25-34	56,142	17.1%	48,627	64,990	-8,848	-13.6%
35-44	46,128	14.1%	38,663	53,256	-7,128	-13.4%
45-54	49,752	15.2%	41,862	58,344	-8,592	-14.7%
55-59	21,051	6.4%	17,804	23,608	-2,557	-10.8%
60-64	13,369	4.1%	11,621	15,468	-2,099	-13.6%
65 and older	11,044	3.4%	10,030	12,426	-1,382	-11.1%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	218,370		186,356	254,175
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	1,324	0.6%	898	1,390	-66	-4.7%
Mining	1,472	0.7%	962	1,448	24	1.7%
Utilities	144	0.1%	127	208	-64	-30.8%
Construction	39,750	18.1%	29,394	42,742	-2,992	-7.0%
Manufacturing	12,292	5.6%	10,962	14,435	-2,143	-14.8%
Wholesale Trade	7,333	3.3%	6,678	8,497	-1,164	-13.7%
Retail Trade	18,488	8.4%	15,698	21,887	-3,399	-15.5%
Transporation and Warehousing	7,249	3.3%	6,300	8,378	-1,129	-13.5%
Information	6,399	2.9%	5,420	7,854	-1,455	-18.5%
Finance and Insurance	5,886	2.7%	5,818	7,828	-1,942	-24.8%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	4,385	2.0%	4,257	5,161	-776	-15.0%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	10,194	4.6%	10,439	13,042	-2,848	-21.8%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	955	0.4%	803	1,151	-196	-17.0%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	30,519	13.9%	25,484	34,678	-4,159	-12.0%
Educational Services	5,552	2.5%	5,919	8,022	-2,470	-30.8%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	17,064	7.8%	17,644	22,218	-5,154	-23.2%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	10,292	4.7%	8,415	11,224	-932	-8.3%
Accomodation and Food Services	20,481	9.3%	14,659	22,638	-2,157	-9.5%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	5,783	2.6%	5,565	7,124	-1,341	-18.8%
Public Administration	6,008	2.7%	5,411	7,791	-1,783	-22.9%
Information Not Available	6,800	3.1%	5,503	6,459	341	5.3%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Ohio
	Jan 2015	Percent	Dec 2014	Jan 2014	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	92,318		71,174	109,852
Male	66,731	72.3%	47,690	76,360	-9,629	-12.6%
Female	25,368	27.5%	23,303	33,186	-7,818	-23.6%
Information Not Available	219	0.2%	181	306	-87	-28.4%

Ethnicity	92,318		71,174	109,852
Hispanic or Latino	3,568	3.9%	2,828	3,866	-298	-7.7%
Not Hispanic or Latino	84,582	91.6%	65,187	101,230	-16,648	-16.4%
Information Not Available	4,168	4.5%	3,159	4,756	-588	-12.4%

Race	92,318		71,174	109,852
American Indian or Alaskan Native	373	0.4%	317	510	-137	-26.9%
Asian	416	0.5%	379	562	-146	-26.0%
Black or African American	11,847	12.8%	10,202	14,523	-2,676	-18.4%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	70	0.1%	66	59	11	18.6%
White	75,079	81.3%	56,654	89,327	-14,248	-16.0%
Information Not Available	4,533	4.9%	3,556	4,871	-338	-6.9%

Years of Age	92,318		71,174	109,852
Younger than 22	2,139	1.3%	1,569	2,499	-360	-14.4%
22-24	4,243	2.6%	3,073	5,051	-808	-16.0%
25-34	19,941	12.4%	15,105	23,927	-3,986	-16.7%
35-44	21,878	13.6%	16,821	26,049	-4,171	-16.0%
45-54	24,375	15.1%	18,850	29,241	-4,866	-16.6%
55-59	10,871	6.7%	8,288	12,736	-1,865	-14.6%
60-64	6,101	3.8%	5,066	7,059	-958	-13.6%
65 and older	2,770	1.7%	2,402	3,290	-520	-15.8%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	92,318		71,174	109,852
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	883	0.9%	667	930	-47	-5.1%
Mining	942	1.0%	418	775	167	21.5%
Utilities	62	0.1%	53	85	-23	-27.1%
Construction	29,427	31.6%	18,000	31,585	-2,158	-6.8%
Manufacturing	11,720	12.6%	9,942	14,855	-3,135	-21.1%
Wholesale Trade	2,994	3.2%	2,677	3,608	-614	-17.0%
Retail Trade	3,443	3.7%	2,959	4,598	-1,155	-25.1%
Transporation and Warehousing	3,391	3.6%	2,364	3,722	-331	-8.9%
Information	873	0.9%	859	1,233	-360	-29.2%
Finance and Insurance	1,689	1.8%	1,746	3,090	-1,401	-45.3%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	1,174	1.3%	1,045	1,517	-343	-22.6%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	3,446	3.7%	3,015	4,394	-948	-21.6%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	1,415	1.5%	1,291	1,679	-264	-15.7%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	14,026	15.0%	11,154	16,336	-2,310	-14.1%
Educational Services	1,420	1.5%	1,413	1,998	-578	-28.9%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	5,184	5.6%	5,312	7,110	-1,926	-27.1%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	2,296	2.5%	1,706	2,600	-304	-11.7%
Accomodation and Food Services	3,027	3.2%	2,561	3,768	-741	-19.7%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	1,682	1.8%	1,387	1,884	-202	-10.7%
Public Administration	908	1.0%	690	942	-34	-3.6%
Information Not Available	2,316	2.5%	1,915	3,143	-827	-26.3%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Oklahoma
	Jan 2015	Percent	Dec 2014	Jan 2014	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	18,323		16,027	20,515
Male	10,722	58.5%	8,821	11,593	-871	-7.5%
Female	7,562	41.3%	7,175	8,875	-1,313	-14.8%
Information Not Available	39	0.2%	31	47	-8	-17.0%

Ethnicity	18,323		16,027	20,515
Hispanic or Latino	1,655	9.0%	1,220	1,706	-51	-3.0%
Not Hispanic or Latino	16,668	91.0%	14,807	18,809	-2,141	-11.4%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Race	18,323		16,027	20,515
American Indian or Alaskan Native	1,898	10.4%	1,614	1,985	-87	-4.4%
Asian	93	0.5%	93	162	-69	-42.6%
Black or African American	2,816	15.4%	2,384	3,012	-196	-6.5%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	43	0.2%	40	22	21	95.5%
White	10,775	58.8%	9,846	12,539	-1,764	-14.1%
Information Not Available	2,698	14.7%	2,050	2,795	-97	-3.5%

Years of Age	18,323		16,027	20,515
Younger than 22	226	0.8%	153	306	-80	-26.1%
22-24	819	2.9%	600	964	-145	-15.0%
25-34	4,430	15.9%	3,735	5,075	-645	-12.7%
35-44	4,313	15.5%	3,823	4,720	-407	-8.6%
45-54	4,352	15.6%	3,900	4,933	-581	-11.8%
55-59	2,030	7.3%	1,822	2,170	-140	-6.5%
60-64	1,256	4.5%	1,153	1,370	-114	-8.3%
65 and older	897	3.2%	841	977	-80	-8.2%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	18,323		16,027	20,515
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	44	0.2%	41	73	-29	-39.7%
Mining	1,036	5.6%	663	887	149	16.8%
Utilities	39	0.2%	32	51	-12	-23.5%
Construction	1,852	10.1%	1,515	2,206	-354	-16.0%
Manufacturing	2,821	15.4%	1,553	1,897	924	48.7%
Wholesale Trade	687	3.7%	626	792	-105	-13.3%
Retail Trade	1,717	9.3%	1,650	2,213	-496	-22.4%
Transporation and Warehousing	490	2.7%	458	522	-32	-6.1%
Information	333	1.8%	320	637	-304	-47.7%
Finance and Insurance	467	2.5%	502	543	-76	-14.0%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	279	1.5%	251	372	-93	-25.0%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	874	4.8%	899	949	-75	-7.9%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	73	0.4%	48	65	8	12.3%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	2,158	11.7%	2,123	2,726	-568	-20.8%
Educational Services	379	2.1%	464	443	-64	-14.4%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	1,720	9.4%	1,731	2,011	-291	-14.5%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	262	1.4%	224	444	-182	-41.0%
Accomodation and Food Services	832	4.5%	777	1,074	-242	-22.5%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	638	3.5%	612	704	-66	-9.4%
Public Administration	821	4.5%	817	848	-27	-3.2%
Information Not Available	801	4.4%	721	1,058	-257	-24.3%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Oregon
	Jan 2015	Percent	Dec 2014	Jan 2014	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	41,075		38,435	53,251
Male	25,531	62.2%	23,454	32,202	-6,671	-20.7%
Female	15,536	37.8%	14,975	21,030	-5,494	-26.1%
Information Not Available	8	0.0%	6	19	-11	-57.9%

Ethnicity	41,075		38,435	53,251
Hispanic or Latino	5,088	12.4%	4,644	6,515	-1,427	-21.9%
Not Hispanic or Latino	31,483	76.6%	29,368	40,854	-9,371	-22.9%
Information Not Available	4,504	11.0%	4,423	5,882	-1,378	-23.4%

Race	41,075		38,435	53,251
American Indian or Alaskan Native	555	1.4%	432	629	-74	-11.8%
Asian	748	1.8%	763	1,079	-331	-30.7%
Black or African American	711	1.7%	664	842	-131	-15.6%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	308	0.7%	288	448	-140	-31.3%
White	22,626	55.1%	21,383	28,795	-6,169	-21.4%
Information Not Available	16,127	39.3%	14,905	21,458	-5,331	-24.8%

Years of Age	41,075		38,435	53,251
Younger than 22	536	0.9%	842	736	-200	-27.2%
22-24	1,663	2.8%	1,946	2,393	-730	-30.5%
25-34	9,732	16.1%	9,197	12,352	-2,620	-21.2%
35-44	9,343	15.5%	8,769	11,767	-2,424	-20.6%
45-54	9,707	16.1%	8,964	12,963	-3,256	-25.1%
55-59	4,708	7.8%	4,285	6,076	-1,368	-22.5%
60-64	3,430	5.7%	2,918	4,444	-1,014	-22.8%
65 and older	1,956	3.2%	1,514	2,520	-564	-22.4%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	41,075		38,435	53,251
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	2,097	4.9%	1,915	2,651	-554	-20.9%
Mining	175	0.4%	142	272	-97	-35.7%
Utilities	68	0.2%	65	97	-29	-29.9%
Construction	6,760	15.7%	5,955	6,915	-155	-2.2%
Manufacturing	4,572	10.6%	4,231	6,544	-1,972	-30.1%
Wholesale Trade	1,318	3.1%	1,219	1,661	-343	-20.7%
Retail Trade	4,056	9.4%	3,505	5,398	-1,342	-24.9%
Transporation and Warehousing	978	2.3%	918	1,542	-564	-36.6%
Information	681	1.6%	706	1,001	-320	-32.0%
Finance and Insurance	950	2.2%	975	1,548	-598	-38.6%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	578	1.3%	574	792	-214	-27.0%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	1,617	3.7%	1,641	1,928	-311	-16.1%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	178	0.4%	181	298	-120	-40.3%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	4,214	9.8%	3,752	5,704	-1,490	-26.1%
Educational Services	718	1.7%	736	1,037	-319	-30.8%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	3,505	8.1%	3,597	4,741	-1,236	-26.1%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	730	1.7%	726	944	-214	-22.7%
Accomodation and Food Services	3,457	8.0%	3,205	4,365	-908	-20.8%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	1,035	2.4%	984	1,319	-284	-21.5%
Public Administration	1,151	2.7%	1,081	1,420	-269	-18.9%
Information Not Available	2,237	5.2%	2,327	3,074	-837	-27.2%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Pennsylvania
	Jan 2015	Percent	Dec 2014	Jan 2014	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	187,309		158,784	227,668
Male	125,509	67.0%	99,426	149,313	-23,804	-15.9%
Female	61,785	33.0%	59,346	78,326	-16,541	-21.1%
Information Not Available	15	0.0%	12	29	-14	-48.3%

Ethnicity	187,309		158,784	227,668
Hispanic or Latino	11,796	6.3%	9,361	12,833	-1,037	-8.1%
Not Hispanic or Latino	170,688	91.1%	144,900	208,849	-38,161	-18.3%
Information Not Available	4,825	2.6%	4,523	5,986	-1,161	-19.4%

Race	187,309		158,784	227,668
American Indian or Alaskan Native	476	0.3%	429	620	-144	-23.2%
Asian	53	0.0%	48	55	-2	-3.6%
Black or African American	23,898	12.8%	22,675	29,263	-5,365	-18.3%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	1,960	1.0%	1,700	2,558	-598	-23.4%
White	144,605	77.2%	120,416	176,989	-32,384	-18.3%
Information Not Available	16,317	8.7%	13,516	18,183	-1,866	-10.3%

Years of Age	187,309		158,784	227,668
Younger than 22	5,061	1.6%	4,116	6,796	-1,735	-25.5%
22-24	10,299	3.2%	8,873	13,029	-2,730	-21.0%
25-34	43,042	13.5%	36,895	52,837	-9,795	-18.5%
35-44	39,236	12.3%	32,917	48,585	-9,349	-19.2%
45-54	45,580	14.3%	38,039	56,061	-10,481	-18.7%
55-59	20,946	6.6%	17,668	24,228	-3,282	-13.5%
60-64	13,578	4.3%	11,621	15,217	-1,639	-10.8%
65 and older	9,567	3.0%	8,655	10,915	-1,348	-12.3%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	187,309		158,784	227,668
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	1,020	0.5%	687	1,116	-96	-8.6%
Mining	3,560	1.9%	2,785	4,314	-754	-17.5%
Utilities	298	0.2%	285	677	-379	-56.0%
Construction	45,207	24.0%	30,178	51,651	-6,444	-12.5%
Manufacturing	19,377	10.3%	17,661	24,210	-4,833	-20.0%
Wholesale Trade	5,280	2.8%	4,888	6,171	-891	-14.4%
Retail Trade	14,584	7.7%	12,997	18,003	-3,419	-19.0%
Transporation and Warehousing	7,928	4.2%	6,604	11,823	-3,895	-32.9%
Information	1,900	1.0%	1,930	2,156	-256	-11.9%
Finance and Insurance	3,488	1.9%	3,870	5,200	-1,712	-32.9%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	1,877	1.0%	1,889	2,268	-391	-17.2%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	6,817	3.6%	7,082	8,850	-2,033	-23.0%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	812	0.4%	914	894	-82	-9.2%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	24,037	12.8%	19,001	27,911	-3,874	-13.9%
Educational Services	3,733	2.0%	3,946	5,336	-1,603	-30.0%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	16,743	8.9%	18,081	19,914	-3,171	-15.9%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	6,332	3.4%	5,178	6,997	-665	-9.5%
Accomodation and Food Services	13,146	7.0%	9,996	16,066	-2,920	-18.2%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	3,780	2.0%	3,616	4,541	-761	-16.8%
Public Administration	1,989	1.1%	2,446	2,323	-334	-14.4%
Information Not Available	5,401	2.9%	4,750	7,247	-1,846	-25.5%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Puerto Rico
	Jan 2015	Percent	Dec 2014	Jan 2014	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	22,303		22,362	25,067
Male	12,811	57.4%	12,635	14,317	-1,506	-10.5%
Female	9,492	42.6%	9,727	10,750	-1,258	-11.7%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	22,303		22,362	25,067
Hispanic or Latino	21,855	98.0%	21,909	24,140	-2,285	-9.5%
Not Hispanic or Latino	123	0.6%	114	260	-137	-52.7%
Information Not Available	325	1.5%	339	667	-342	-51.3%

Race	22,303		22,362	25,067
American Indian or Alaskan Native	555	2.5%	553	1,122	-567	-50.5%
Asian	24	0.1%	26	25	-1	-4.0%
Black or African American	942	4.2%	949	846	96	11.3%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	19	0.1%	22	34	-15	-44.1%
White	5,459	24.5%	5,437	7,479	-2,020	-27.0%
Information Not Available	15,304	68.6%	15,375	15,561	-257	-1.7%

Years of Age	22,303		22,362	25,067
Younger than 22	777	2.9%	802	960	-183	-19.1%
22-24	1,715	6.4%	1,801	2,188	-473	-21.6%
25-34	6,648	24.8%	6,845	7,875	-1,227	-15.6%
35-44	5,744	21.4%	5,673	6,306	-562	-8.9%
45-54	4,397	16.4%	4,246	4,714	-317	-6.7%
55-59	1,518	5.7%	1,491	1,557	-39	-2.5%
60-64	908	3.4%	899	895	13	1.5%
65 and older	571	2.1%	584	540	31	5.7%
Information Not Available	25	0.1%	21	32	-7	-21.9%

Industry	22,303		22,362	25,067
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	617	2.7%	895	603	14	2.3%
Mining	18	0.1%	25	26	-8	-30.8%
Utilities	14	0.1%	14	10	4	40.0%
Construction	2,392	10.4%	2,115	3,182	-790	-24.8%
Manufacturing	2,549	11.1%	2,074	3,184	-635	-19.9%
Wholesale Trade	671	2.9%	709	621	50	8.1%
Retail Trade	2,401	10.5%	2,192	2,206	195	8.8%
Transporation and Warehousing	375	1.6%	361	325	50	15.4%
Information	257	1.1%	227	324	-67	-20.7%
Finance and Insurance	522	2.3%	392	514	8	1.6%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	247	1.1%	220	260	-13	-5.0%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	598	2.6%	729	737	-139	-18.9%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	27	0.1%	21	38	-11	-28.9%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	3,803	16.6%	3,895	5,303	-1,500	-28.3%
Educational Services	1,248	5.4%	1,800	1,540	-292	-19.0%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	1,362	5.9%	1,414	1,545	-183	-11.8%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	91	0.4%	83	72	19	26.4%
Accomodation and Food Services	1,528	6.7%	1,541	1,239	289	23.3%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	368	1.6%	381	299	69	23.1%
Public Administration	2,002	8.7%	1,959	1,808	194	10.7%
Information Not Available	1,213	5.3%	1,315	1,231	-18	-1.5%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Rhode Island
	Jan 2015	Percent	Dec 2014	Jan 2014	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	13,730		10,520	15,879
Male	8,835	64.3%	6,058	10,088	-1,253	-12.4%
Female	4,895	35.7%	4,462	5,791	-896	-15.5%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	13,730		10,520	15,879
Hispanic or Latino	1,870	13.6%	1,405	2,081	-211	-10.1%
Not Hispanic or Latino	8,516	62.0%	6,683	10,004	-1,488	-14.9%
Information Not Available	3,344	24.4%	2,432	3,794	-450	-11.9%

Race	13,730		10,520	15,879
American Indian or Alaskan Native	91	0.7%	85	115	-24	-20.9%
Asian	164	1.2%	141	170	-6	-3.5%
Black or African American	674	4.9%	639	730	-56	-7.7%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	51	0.4%	39	49	2	4.1%
White	9,564	69.7%	7,300	11,294	-1,730	-15.3%
Information Not Available	3,186	23.2%	2,316	3,521	-335	-9.5%

Years of Age	13,730		10,520	15,879
Younger than 22	353	1.6%	229	347	6	1.7%
22-24	775	3.5%	633	906	-131	-14.5%
25-34	3,273	14.7%	2,546	3,675	-402	-10.9%
35-44	2,861	12.8%	2,154	3,445	-584	-17.0%
45-54	3,228	14.5%	2,418	3,811	-583	-15.3%
55-59	1,458	6.5%	1,099	1,691	-233	-13.8%
60-64	977	4.4%	788	1,086	-109	-10.0%
65 and older	805	3.6%	653	918	-113	-12.3%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	13,730		10,520	15,879
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	192	1.4%	68	194	-2	-1.0%
Mining	35	0.3%	12	64	-29	-45.3%
Utilities	22	0.2%	17	6	16	266.7%
Construction	2,541	18.3%	1,346	2,877	-336	-11.7%
Manufacturing	1,017	7.3%	972	1,210	-193	-16.0%
Wholesale Trade	394	2.8%	394	501	-107	-21.4%
Retail Trade	985	7.1%	846	1,251	-266	-21.3%
Transporation and Warehousing	330	2.4%	216	373	-43	-11.5%
Information	166	1.2%	149	142	24	16.9%
Finance and Insurance	367	2.6%	393	543	-176	-32.4%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	256	1.8%	222	304	-48	-15.8%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	501	3.6%	496	637	-136	-21.4%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	93	0.7%	87	137	-44	-32.1%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	2,463	17.7%	1,451	2,734	-271	-9.9%
Educational Services	186	1.3%	229	265	-79	-29.8%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	1,127	8.1%	1,237	1,327	-200	-15.1%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	690	5.0%	476	745	-55	-7.4%
Accomodation and Food Services	1,536	11.0%	1,129	1,711	-175	-10.2%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	413	3.0%	407	413	0	0.0%
Public Administration	98	0.7%	90	158	-60	-38.0%
Information Not Available	318	2.3%	283	287	31	10.8%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants South Carolina
	Jan 2015	Percent	Dec 2014	Jan 2014	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	27,350		24,423	31,926
Male	14,461	52.9%	12,384	16,431	-1,970	-12.0%
Female	12,889	47.1%	12,039	15,495	-2,606	-16.8%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	27,350		24,423	31,926
Hispanic or Latino	869	3.2%	782	1,056	-187	-17.7%
Not Hispanic or Latino	25,881	94.6%	23,121	30,239	-4,358	-14.4%
Information Not Available	600	2.2%	520	631	-31	-4.9%

Race	27,350		24,423	31,926
American Indian or Alaskan Native	177	0.6%	156	215	-38	-17.7%
Asian	172	0.6%	154	186	-14	-7.5%
Black or African American	12,612	46.1%	11,232	14,142	-1,530	-10.8%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	56	0.2%	47	51	5	9.8%
White	13,304	48.6%	11,901	16,174	-2,870	-17.7%
Information Not Available	1,029	3.8%	933	1,158	-129	-11.1%

Years of Age	27,350		24,423	31,926
Younger than 22	111	0.3%	989	551	-440	-79.9%
22-24	70	0.2%	975	1,026	-956	-93.2%
25-34	1,126	3.0%	6,166	7,702	-6,576	-85.4%
35-44	4,849	13.0%	5,560	7,293	-2,444	-33.5%
45-54	6,312	16.9%	5,604	7,512	-1,200	-16.0%
55-59	2,953	7.9%	2,436	3,428	-475	-13.9%
60-64	3,214	8.6%	1,658	2,531	683	27.0%
65 and older	8,608	23.0%	974	1,777	6,831	384.4%
Information Not Available	107	0.3%	61	106	1	0.9%

Industry	27,350		24,423	31,926
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	211	0.8%	181	196	15	7.7%
Mining	21	0.1%	14	23	-2	-8.7%
Utilities	38	0.1%	34	36	2	5.6%
Construction	2,189	7.9%	1,620	2,778	-589	-21.2%
Manufacturing	3,259	11.8%	3,279	3,622	-363	-10.0%
Wholesale Trade	829	3.0%	734	890	-61	-6.9%
Retail Trade	2,358	8.6%	2,109	2,833	-475	-16.8%
Transporation and Warehousing	759	2.8%	561	649	110	16.9%
Information	264	1.0%	261	290	-26	-9.0%
Finance and Insurance	573	2.1%	636	830	-257	-31.0%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	518	1.9%	499	591	-73	-12.4%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	1,282	4.7%	1,195	1,360	-78	-5.7%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	189	0.7%	146	116	73	62.9%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	4,684	17.0%	3,963	5,174	-490	-9.5%
Educational Services	420	1.5%	446	454	-34	-7.5%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	1,584	5.7%	1,642	1,976	-392	-19.8%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	649	2.4%	520	674	-25	-3.7%
Accomodation and Food Services	3,857	14.0%	3,348	4,539	-682	-15.0%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	705	2.6%	644	732	-27	-3.7%
Public Administration	389	1.4%	400	464	-75	-16.2%
Information Not Available	2,572	9.3%	2,191	3,699	-1,127	-30.5%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants South Dakota
	Jan 2015	Percent	Dec 2014	Jan 2014	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	3,703		2,826	3,937
Male	2,877	77.7%	2,098	3,044	-167	-5.5%
Female	826	22.3%	728	893	-67	-7.5%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	3,703		2,826	3,937
Hispanic or Latino	157	4.2%	121	160	-3	-1.9%
Not Hispanic or Latino	3,166	85.5%	2,410	3,387	-221	-6.5%
Information Not Available	380	10.3%	295	390	-10	-2.6%

Race	3,703		2,826	3,937
American Indian or Alaskan Native	425	11.5%	318	390	35	9.0%
Asian	9	0.2%	5	14	-5	-35.7%
Black or African American	104	2.8%	79	85	19	22.4%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	3	0.1%	2	0	3	0.0%
White	2,757	74.5%	2,119	3,015	-258	-8.6%
Information Not Available	405	10.9%	303	433	-28	-6.5%

Years of Age	3,703		2,826	3,937
Younger than 22	46	0.8%	28	57	-11	-19.3%
22-24	165	2.7%	104	159	6	3.8%
25-34	790	12.9%	575	827	-37	-4.5%
35-44	706	11.6%	538	740	-34	-4.6%
45-54	869	14.2%	664	945	-76	-8.0%
55-59	430	7.0%	366	492	-62	-12.6%
60-64	354	5.8%	276	380	-26	-6.8%
65 and older	343	5.6%	275	337	6	1.8%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	3,703		2,826	3,937
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	41	1.1%	26	26	15	57.7%
Mining	135	3.6%	95	158	-23	-14.6%
Utilities	4	0.1%	1	7	-3	-42.9%
Construction	1,454	38.8%	952	1,540	-86	-5.6%
Manufacturing	374	10.0%	307	416	-42	-10.1%
Wholesale Trade	102	2.7%	75	107	-5	-4.7%
Retail Trade	199	5.3%	153	260	-61	-23.5%
Transporation and Warehousing	103	2.8%	81	129	-26	-20.2%
Information	28	0.7%	29	38	-10	-26.3%
Finance and Insurance	86	2.3%	75	85	1	1.2%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	38	1.0%	19	24	14	58.3%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	69	1.8%	56	68	1	1.5%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	3	0.1%	3	8	-5	-62.5%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	226	6.0%	171	238	-12	-5.0%
Educational Services	68	1.8%	70	73	-5	-6.8%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	122	3.3%	126	162	-40	-24.7%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	62	1.7%	56	60	2	3.3%
Accomodation and Food Services	224	6.0%	178	205	19	9.3%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	44	1.2%	49	48	-4	-8.3%
Public Administration	194	5.2%	179	157	37	23.6%
Information Not Available	127	3.4%	125	128	-1	-0.8%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Tennessee
	Jan 2015	Percent	Dec 2014	Jan 2014	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	34,062		27,529	37,314
Male	18,448	54.2%	14,491	19,119	-671	-3.5%
Female	15,614	45.8%	13,038	18,195	-2,581	-14.2%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	34,062		27,529	37,314
Hispanic or Latino	769	2.3%	568	605	164	27.1%
Not Hispanic or Latino	33,293	97.7%	26,961	36,709	-3,416	-9.3%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Race	34,062		27,529	37,314
American Indian or Alaskan Native	96	0.3%	80	111	-15	-13.5%
Asian	1	0.0%	715	804	-803	-99.9%
Black or African American	7,875	23.1%	7,993	11,831	-3,956	-33.4%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	209	0.6%	158	184	25	13.6%
White	25,183	73.9%	18,041	23,732	1,451	6.1%
Information Not Available	698	2.0%	542	652	46	7.1%

Years of Age	34,062		27,529	37,314
Younger than 22	541	1.0%	526	513	28	5.5%
22-24	1,302	2.3%	1,137	1,370	-68	-5.0%
25-34	6,751	12.0%	5,777	7,432	-681	-9.2%
35-44	7,163	12.7%	6,143	8,549	-1,386	-16.2%
45-54	8,352	14.9%	6,766	9,322	-970	-10.4%
55-59	3,952	7.0%	3,182	4,245	-293	-6.9%
60-64	3,042	5.4%	2,190	3,300	-258	-7.8%
65 and older	2,959	5.3%	1,789	2,553	406	15.9%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	19	30	-30	-100.0%

Industry	34,062		27,529	37,314
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	324	0.9%	177	152	172	113.2%
Mining	173	0.5%	78	110	63	57.3%
Utilities	36	0.1%	35	46	-10	-21.7%
Construction	4,391	12.8%	2,678	3,676	715	19.5%
Manufacturing	4,385	12.8%	3,557	5,314	-929	-17.5%
Wholesale Trade	1,336	3.9%	1,154	1,691	-355	-21.0%
Retail Trade	2,915	8.5%	2,201	3,122	-207	-6.6%
Transporation and Warehousing	1,240	3.6%	893	1,429	-189	-13.2%
Information	507	1.5%	479	544	-37	-6.8%
Finance and Insurance	845	2.5%	748	1,113	-268	-24.1%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	490	1.4%	427	524	-34	-6.5%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	1,554	4.5%	1,319	1,792	-238	-13.3%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	139	0.4%	166	249	-110	-44.2%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	5,505	16.0%	4,026	5,135	370	7.2%
Educational Services	805	2.3%	944	1,590	-785	-49.4%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	2,756	8.0%	2,553	3,708	-952	-25.7%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	1,634	4.8%	654	591	1,043	176.5%
Accomodation and Food Services	2,832	8.2%	2,013	2,241	591	26.4%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	1,216	3.5%	970	1,121	95	8.5%
Public Administration	915	2.7%	770	822	93	11.3%
Information Not Available	64	0.2%	1,687	2,344	-2,280	-97.3%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Texas
	Jan 2015	Percent	Dec 2014	Jan 2014	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	128,331		130,587	153,739
Male	73,769	57.5%	72,569	87,445	-13,676	-15.6%
Female	54,562	42.5%	58,018	66,294	-11,732	-17.7%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	128,331		130,587	153,739
Hispanic or Latino	42,326	33.0%	41,580	48,840	-6,514	-13.3%
Not Hispanic or Latino	76,185	59.4%	78,954	89,135	-12,950	-14.5%
Information Not Available	9,820	7.7%	10,053	15,764	-5,944	-37.7%

Race	128,331		130,587	153,739
American Indian or Alaskan Native	500	0.4%	550	560	-60	-10.7%
Asian	2,954	2.3%	3,128	3,341	-387	-11.6%
Black or African American	29,445	22.9%	30,414	33,923	-4,478	-13.2%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
White	43,079	33.6%	44,642	51,102	-8,023	-15.7%
Information Not Available	52,353	40.8%	51,853	64,813	-12,460	-19.2%

Years of Age	128,331		130,587	153,739
Younger than 22	3,010	1.8%	2,766	3,405	-395	-11.6%
22-24	6,613	4.0%	6,589	7,999	-1,386	-17.3%
25-34	31,919	19.5%	32,529	37,883	-5,964	-15.7%
35-44	30,527	18.7%	31,973	37,643	-7,116	-18.9%
45-54	30,623	18.8%	31,047	36,958	-6,335	-17.1%
55-59	12,817	7.8%	12,754	15,101	-2,284	-15.1%
60-64	8,097	5.0%	8,314	9,417	-1,320	-14.0%
65 and older	4,725	2.9%	4,615	5,333	-608	-11.4%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	128,331		130,587	153,739
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	737	0.6%	636	1,001	-264	-26.4%
Mining	4,921	3.8%	3,675	3,831	1,090	28.5%
Utilities	373	0.3%	452	602	-229	-38.0%
Construction	18,638	14.4%	17,594	21,112	-2,474	-11.7%
Manufacturing	11,184	8.7%	11,219	16,636	-5,452	-32.8%
Wholesale Trade	6,371	4.9%	7,022	7,993	-1,622	-20.3%
Retail Trade	8,826	6.8%	9,296	10,326	-1,500	-14.5%
Transporation and Warehousing	4,559	3.5%	4,631	5,265	-706	-13.4%
Information	2,845	2.2%	2,898	3,036	-191	-6.3%
Finance and Insurance	6,495	5.0%	6,302	8,743	-2,248	-25.7%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	2,732	2.1%	2,643	2,977	-245	-8.2%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	10,343	8.0%	11,173	12,246	-1,903	-15.5%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	593	0.5%	701	531	62	11.7%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	18,576	14.4%	19,623	21,470	-2,894	-13.5%
Educational Services	3,023	2.3%	3,335	3,941	-918	-23.3%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	11,703	9.1%	13,064	14,303	-2,600	-18.2%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	758	0.6%	850	1,057	-299	-28.3%
Accomodation and Food Services	5,626	4.4%	5,085	6,609	-983	-14.9%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	3,232	2.5%	3,594	3,617	-385	-10.6%
Public Administration	1,462	1.1%	1,510	1,796	-334	-18.6%
Information Not Available	5,334	4.1%	5,284	6,647	-1,313	-19.8%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Utah
	Jan 2015	Percent	Dec 2014	Jan 2014	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	16,683		13,274	20,983
Male	11,489	68.9%	8,575	14,416	-2,927	-20.3%
Female	4,911	29.4%	4,515	6,230	-1,319	-21.2%
Information Not Available	283	1.7%	184	337	-54	-16.0%

Ethnicity	16,683		13,274	20,983
Hispanic or Latino	1,982	11.9%	1,428	2,186	-204	-9.3%
Not Hispanic or Latino	11,582	69.4%	9,323	14,824	-3,242	-21.9%
Information Not Available	3,119	18.7%	2,523	3,973	-854	-21.5%

Race	16,683		13,274	20,983
American Indian or Alaskan Native	635	3.8%	541	721	-86	-11.9%
Asian	188	1.1%	158	282	-94	-33.3%
Black or African American	289	1.7%	248	360	-71	-19.7%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	274	1.6%	250	317	-43	-13.6%
White	9,845	59.0%	8,167	12,671	-2,826	-22.3%
Information Not Available	5,452	32.7%	3,910	6,632	-1,180	-17.8%

Years of Age	16,683		13,274	20,983
Younger than 22	484	1.9%	361	650	-166	-25.5%
22-24	888	3.5%	673	1,160	-272	-23.4%
25-34	4,347	17.1%	3,517	5,488	-1,141	-20.8%
35-44	3,934	15.5%	3,157	4,966	-1,032	-20.8%
45-54	3,679	14.4%	2,937	4,712	-1,033	-21.9%
55-59	1,710	6.7%	1,313	2,097	-387	-18.5%
60-64	1,067	4.2%	852	1,272	-205	-16.1%
65 and older	574	2.3%	464	638	-64	-10.0%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	16,683		13,274	20,983
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	84	0.5%	54	93	-9	-9.7%
Mining	360	2.1%	170	307	53	17.3%
Utilities	22	0.1%	15	31	-9	-29.0%
Construction	3,829	22.8%	2,266	5,026	-1,197	-23.8%
Manufacturing	1,421	8.5%	1,157	1,933	-512	-26.5%
Wholesale Trade	512	3.1%	485	637	-125	-19.6%
Retail Trade	1,216	7.3%	986	1,522	-306	-20.1%
Transporation and Warehousing	549	3.3%	441	684	-135	-19.7%
Information	378	2.3%	361	399	-21	-5.3%
Finance and Insurance	485	2.9%	417	728	-243	-33.4%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	197	1.2%	181	236	-39	-16.5%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	952	5.7%	819	1,022	-70	-6.8%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	51	0.3%	43	56	-5	-8.9%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	2,477	14.8%	1,886	3,210	-733	-22.8%
Educational Services	283	1.7%	300	462	-179	-38.7%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	578	3.4%	541	766	-188	-24.5%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	250	1.5%	273	369	-119	-32.2%
Accomodation and Food Services	1,111	6.6%	1,068	1,286	-175	-13.6%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	272	1.6%	269	301	-29	-9.6%
Public Administration	396	2.4%	349	487	-91	-18.7%
Information Not Available	1,260	7.5%	1,193	1,428	-168	-11.8%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Virginia
	Jan 2015	Percent	Dec 2014	Jan 2014	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	46,319		40,592	57,896
Male	27,459	59.3%	22,941	34,104	-6,645	-19.5%
Female	18,844	40.7%	17,641	23,774	-4,930	-20.7%
Information Not Available	16	0.0%	10	18	-2	-11.1%

Ethnicity	46,319		40,592	57,896
Hispanic or Latino	2,673	5.8%	1,974	3,093	-420	-13.6%
Not Hispanic or Latino	41,645	89.9%	36,703	52,411	-10,766	-20.5%
Information Not Available	2,001	4.3%	1,915	2,392	-391	-16.3%

Race	46,319		40,592	57,896
American Indian or Alaskan Native	2,916	6.3%	2,193	3,377	-461	-13.7%
Asian	1,074	2.3%	1,032	1,402	-328	-23.4%
Black or African American	17,707	38.2%	15,670	22,204	-4,497	-20.3%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
White	22,621	48.8%	19,782	28,521	-5,900	-20.7%
Information Not Available	2,001	4.3%	1,915	2,392	-391	-16.3%

Years of Age	46,319		40,592	57,896
Younger than 22	646	1.0%	437	774	-128	-16.5%
22-24	1,861	2.9%	1,560	2,425	-564	-23.3%
25-34	10,825	16.6%	9,628	13,151	-2,326	-17.7%
35-44	10,109	15.5%	8,977	12,821	-2,712	-21.2%
45-54	11,460	17.6%	9,976	14,933	-3,473	-23.3%
55-59	5,450	8.4%	4,674	6,749	-1,299	-19.2%
60-64	3,747	5.7%	3,303	4,456	-709	-15.9%
65 and older	2,221	3.4%	2,037	2,587	-366	-14.1%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	46,319		40,592	57,896
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	134	0.3%	99	146	-12	-8.2%
Mining	236	0.5%	190	239	-3	-1.3%
Utilities	6	0.0%	7	16	-10	-62.5%
Construction	3,765	8.1%	2,543	4,198	-433	-10.3%
Manufacturing	1,469	3.2%	1,369	1,939	-470	-24.2%
Wholesale Trade	438	0.9%	450	465	-27	-5.8%
Retail Trade	1,215	2.6%	1,137	1,363	-148	-10.9%
Transporation and Warehousing	880	1.9%	778	999	-119	-11.9%
Information	270	0.6%	249	269	1	0.4%
Finance and Insurance	359	0.8%	378	446	-87	-19.5%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	288	0.6%	285	289	-1	-0.3%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	1,482	3.2%	1,598	2,051	-569	-27.7%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	85	0.2%	87	96	-11	-11.5%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	3,179	6.8%	2,953	3,634	-455	-12.5%
Educational Services	165	0.4%	157	205	-40	-19.5%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	1,340	2.9%	1,450	1,436	-96	-6.7%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	449	1.0%	316	586	-137	-23.4%
Accomodation and Food Services	1,558	3.4%	1,185	1,883	-325	-17.3%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	522	1.1%	436	565	-43	-7.6%
Public Administration	2,086	4.5%	1,880	2,731	-645	-23.6%
Information Not Available	26,393	56.8%	23,045	34,340	-7,947	-23.1%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Virgin Islands
	Jan 2015	Percent	Dec 2014	Jan 2014	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	389		321	400
Male	234	60.2%	168	224	10	4.5%
Female	155	39.8%	153	176	-21	-11.9%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	389		321	400
Hispanic or Latino	62	15.9%	55	88	-26	-29.5%
Not Hispanic or Latino	315	81.0%	246	302	13	4.3%
Information Not Available	12	3.1%	20	0	12	0.0%

Race	389		321	400
American Indian or Alaskan Native	3	0.8%	1	5	-2	-40.0%
Asian	0	0.0%	2	0	0	0.0%
Black or African American	285	73.3%	227	265	20	7.5%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	7	1.8%	17	9	-2	-22.2%
White	27	6.9%	16	32	-5	-15.6%
Information Not Available	67	17.2%	58	89	-22	-24.7%

Years of Age	389		321	400
Younger than 22	4	1.0%	2	5	-1	-20.0%
22-24	8	2.1%	16	19	-11	-57.9%
25-34	74	19.1%	54	73	1	1.4%
35-44	85	21.9%	82	107	-22	-20.6%
45-54	118	30.4%	86	84	34	40.5%
55-59	45	11.6%	40	54	-9	-16.7%
60-64	28	7.2%	20	40	-12	-30.0%
65 and older	26	6.7%	20	17	9	52.9%
Information Not Available	1	0.3%	1	1	0	0.0%

Industry	389		321	400
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
Mining	0	0.0%	0	1	-1	-100.0%
Utilities	1	0.3%	4	0	1	0.0%
Construction	37	9.5%	48	87	-50	-57.5%
Manufacturing	10	2.6%	5	30	-20	-66.7%
Wholesale Trade	7	1.8%	3	5	2	40.0%
Retail Trade	32	8.2%	26	52	-20	-38.5%
Transporation and Warehousing	5	1.3%	6	13	-8	-61.5%
Information	6	1.5%	3	4	2	50.0%
Finance and Insurance	6	1.5%	1	4	2	50.0%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	10	2.6%	8	10	0	0.0%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	13	3.3%	9	11	2	18.2%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	15	3.9%	14	16	-1	-6.3%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	18	4.6%	21	26	-8	-30.8%
Educational Services	5	1.3%	9	11	-6	-54.5%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	17	4.4%	13	29	-12	-41.4%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	5	1.3%	5	5	0	0.0%
Accomodation and Food Services	46	11.8%	74	49	-3	-6.1%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	130	33.4%	38	28	102	364.3%
Public Administration	14	3.6%	12	4	10	250.0%
Information Not Available	12	3.1%	22	15	-3	-20.0%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Vermont
	Jan 2015	Percent	Dec 2014	Jan 2014	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	7,059		5,218	7,697
Male	5,235	74.2%	3,543	5,470	-235	-4.3%
Female	1,824	25.8%	1,675	2,227	-403	-18.1%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	7,059		5,218	7,697
Hispanic or Latino	2	0.0%	3	2	0	0.0%
Not Hispanic or Latino	1,088	15.4%	518	1,066	22	2.1%
Information Not Available	5,969	84.6%	4,697	6,629	-660	-10.0%

Race	7,059		5,218	7,697
American Indian or Alaskan Native	4	0.1%	4	9	-5	-55.6%
Asian	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
Black or African American	5	0.1%	6	14	-9	-64.3%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	6	0.1%	7	1	5	500.0%
White	1,075	15.2%	504	1,044	31	3.0%
Information Not Available	5,969	84.6%	4,697	6,629	-660	-10.0%

Years of Age	7,059		5,218	7,697
Younger than 22	133	1.8%	126	137	-4	-2.9%
22-24	310	4.1%	255	383	-73	-19.1%
25-34	1,563	20.8%	1,146	1,768	-205	-11.6%
35-44	1,417	18.9%	1,091	1,532	-115	-7.5%
45-54	1,646	21.9%	1,234	1,781	-135	-7.6%
55-59	893	11.9%	636	899	-6	-0.7%
60-64	630	8.4%	405	679	-49	-7.2%
65 and older	467	6.2%	325	518	-51	-9.8%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	7,059		5,218	7,697
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	110	1.5%	69	91	19	20.9%
Mining	46	0.6%	19	63	-17	-27.0%
Utilities	3	0.0%	3	7	-4	-57.1%
Construction	2,099	29.3%	1,087	2,274	-175	-7.7%
Manufacturing	882	12.3%	528	994	-112	-11.3%
Wholesale Trade	235	3.3%	177	241	-6	-2.5%
Retail Trade	598	8.3%	468	708	-110	-15.5%
Transporation and Warehousing	178	2.5%	146	177	1	0.6%
Information	268	3.7%	258	66	202	306.1%
Finance and Insurance	46	0.6%	38	77	-31	-40.3%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	65	0.9%	71	76	-11	-14.5%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	187	2.6%	142	238	-51	-21.4%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	8	0.1%	5	1	7	700.0%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	726	10.1%	581	776	-50	-6.4%
Educational Services	160	2.2%	168	177	-17	-9.6%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	368	5.1%	368	520	-152	-29.2%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	173	2.4%	131	182	-9	-4.9%
Accomodation and Food Services	571	8.0%	648	650	-79	-12.2%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	156	2.2%	145	176	-20	-11.4%
Public Administration	180	2.5%	166	203	-23	-11.3%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Washington
	Jan 2015	Percent	Dec 2014	Jan 2014	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	65,848		63,080	77,013
Male	41,598	63.2%	39,765	49,259	-7,661	-15.6%
Female	24,239	36.8%	23,305	27,742	-3,503	-12.6%
Information Not Available	11	0.0%	10	12	-1	-8.3%

Ethnicity	65,848		63,080	77,013
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	65,848	100.0%	63,080	77,013	-11,165	-14.5%

Race	65,848		63,080	77,013
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	65,848	100.0%	63,080	77,013	-11,165	-14.5%

Years of Age	65,848		63,080	77,013
Younger than 22	843	1.4%	741	1,087	-244	-22.4%
22-24	2,746	4.5%	2,421	3,288	-542	-16.5%
25-34	15,250	25.2%	14,408	18,039	-2,789	-15.5%
35-44	14,695	24.2%	14,148	17,360	-2,665	-15.4%
45-54	16,480	27.2%	15,900	19,307	-2,827	-14.6%
55-59	7,642	12.6%	7,356	8,533	-891	-10.4%
60-64	5,214	8.6%	5,113	6,050	-836	-13.8%
65 and older	2,978	4.9%	2,993	3,349	-371	-11.1%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	65,848		63,080	77,013
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	65,848	100.0%	63,080	77,013	-11,165	-14.5%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Wisconsin
	Jan 2015	Percent	Dec 2014	Jan 2014	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	79,041		62,125	95,487
Male	40	0.1%	62	64,031	-63,991	-99.9%
Female	54,878	69.4%	41,183	31,399	23,479	74.8%
Information Not Available	24,123	30.5%	20,880	57	24,066	42221.1%

Ethnicity	79,041		62,125	95,487
Hispanic or Latino	5,051	6.4%	3,933	5,597	-546	-9.8%
Not Hispanic or Latino	72,955	92.3%	57,366	12,758	60,197	471.8%
Information Not Available	1,035	1.3%	826	77,132	-76,097	-98.7%

Race	79,041		62,125	95,487
American Indian or Alaskan Native	1,075	1.4%	895	86	989	1150.0%
Asian	783	1.0%	665	1,260	-477	-37.9%
Black or African American	7,699	9.7%	6,598	907	6,792	748.8%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	79	0.1%	56	1,050	-971	-92.5%
White	68,370	86.5%	53,085	15,052	53,318	354.2%
Information Not Available	1,035	1.3%	826	77,132	-76,097	-98.7%

Years of Age	79,041		62,125	95,487
Younger than 22	1,581	1.1%	1,920	1,776	-195	-11.0%
22-24	3,865	2.7%	3,286	4,765	-900	-18.9%
25-34	18,664	13.2%	14,842	22,869	-4,205	-18.4%
35-44	16,323	11.6%	12,487	19,747	-3,424	-17.3%
45-54	18,403	13.0%	14,766	22,716	-4,313	-19.0%
55-59	9,359	6.6%	7,095	11,038	-1,679	-15.2%
60-64	6,380	4.5%	4,560	7,362	-982	-13.3%
65 and older	4,458	3.2%	3,150	5,204	-746	-14.3%
Information Not Available	8	0.0%	19	10	-2	-20.0%

Industry	79,041		62,125	95,487
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	1,367	1.7%	969	1,499	-132	-8.8%
Mining	593	0.7%	398	678	-85	-12.5%
Utilities	206	0.3%	118	296	-90	-30.4%
Construction	18,279	22.7%	11,625	20,880	-2,601	-12.5%
Manufacturing	11,637	14.5%	9,619	14,532	-2,895	-19.9%
Wholesale Trade	2,403	3.0%	1,926	2,941	-538	-18.3%
Retail Trade	6,380	7.9%	4,753	7,972	-1,592	-20.0%
Transporation and Warehousing	3,162	3.9%	2,299	3,714	-552	-14.9%
Information	648	0.8%	590	716	-68	-9.5%
Finance and Insurance	1,170	1.5%	1,131	1,881	-711	-37.8%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	680	0.8%	578	802	-122	-15.2%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	1,644	2.0%	1,659	2,282	-638	-28.0%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	443	0.6%	447	506	-63	-12.5%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	11,084	13.8%	9,157	13,033	-1,949	-15.0%
Educational Services	941	1.2%	951	1,174	-233	-19.8%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	4,736	5.9%	4,405	6,540	-1,804	-27.6%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	2,419	3.0%	2,181	2,674	-255	-9.5%
Accomodation and Food Services	5,178	6.4%	4,212	6,521	-1,343	-20.6%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	1,336	1.7%	1,218	1,728	-392	-22.7%
Public Administration	1,731	2.2%	1,547	2,091	-360	-17.2%
Information Not Available	3,004	3.7%	2,342	3,027	-23	-0.8%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants West Virginia
	Jan 2015	Percent	Dec 2014	Jan 2014	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	19,340		15,361	22,882
Male	14,839	76.7%	11,148	17,473	-2,634	-15.1%
Female	4,498	23.3%	4,208	5,405	-907	-16.8%
Information Not Available	3	0.0%	5	4	-1	-25.0%

Ethnicity	19,340		15,361	22,882
Hispanic or Latino	380	2.0%	275	411	-31	-7.5%
Not Hispanic or Latino	14,215	73.5%	11,209	16,708	-2,493	-14.9%
Information Not Available	4,745	24.5%	3,877	5,763	-1,018	-17.7%

Race	19,340		15,361	22,882
American Indian or Alaskan Native	64	0.3%	65	62	2	3.2%
Asian	61	0.3%	51	40	21	52.5%
Black or African American	571	3.0%	469	681	-110	-16.2%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	16	0.1%	13	8	8	100.0%
White	17,103	88.4%	13,740	20,352	-3,249	-16.0%
Information Not Available	1,525	7.9%	1,023	1,739	-214	-12.3%

Years of Age	19,340		15,361	22,882
Younger than 22	377	1.1%	500	452	-75	-16.6%
22-24	1,028	2.9%	785	1,192	-164	-13.8%
25-34	4,250	12.1%	3,415	4,953	-703	-14.2%
35-44	4,766	13.6%	3,800	5,741	-975	-17.0%
45-54	4,590	13.1%	3,679	5,724	-1,134	-19.8%
55-59	2,108	6.0%	1,603	2,342	-234	-10.0%
60-64	1,400	4.0%	992	1,519	-119	-7.8%
65 and older	821	2.3%	584	956	-135	-14.1%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	3	3	-3	-100.0%

Industry	19,340		15,361	22,882
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	94	0.5%	127	131	-37	-28.2%
Mining	1,484	7.6%	1,183	1,780	-296	-16.6%
Utilities	28	0.1%	31	29	-1	-3.4%
Construction	6,198	31.9%	4,277	6,813	-615	-9.0%
Manufacturing	1,470	7.6%	1,038	2,025	-555	-27.4%
Wholesale Trade	339	1.7%	338	495	-156	-31.5%
Retail Trade	1,286	6.6%	1,261	1,459	-173	-11.9%
Transporation and Warehousing	606	3.1%	513	860	-254	-29.5%
Information	109	0.6%	103	103	6	5.8%
Finance and Insurance	183	0.9%	163	204	-21	-10.3%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	173	0.9%	178	197	-24	-12.2%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	503	2.6%	472	616	-113	-18.3%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	34	0.2%	31	58	-24	-41.4%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	1,663	8.6%	1,319	1,974	-311	-15.8%
Educational Services	143	0.7%	157	201	-58	-28.9%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	1,083	5.6%	1,045	1,379	-296	-21.5%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	428	2.2%	339	413	15	3.6%
Accomodation and Food Services	1,207	6.2%	894	1,455	-248	-17.0%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	564	2.9%	499	717	-153	-21.3%
Public Administration	318	1.6%	299	346	-28	-8.1%
Information Not Available	1,427	7.3%	1,094	1,627	-200	-12.3%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Wyoming
	Jan 2015	Percent	Dec 2014	Jan 2014	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	4,276		3,536	5,145
Male	3,148	73.6%	2,371	3,668	-520	-14.2%
Female	1,128	26.4%	1,165	1,477	-349	-23.6%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	4,276		3,536	5,145
Hispanic or Latino	537	12.6%	410	650	-113	-17.4%
Not Hispanic or Latino	3,540	82.8%	2,958	4,247	-707	-16.6%
Information Not Available	199	4.7%	168	248	-49	-19.8%

Race	4,276		3,536	5,145
American Indian or Alaskan Native	180	4.2%	146	213	-33	-15.5%
Asian	10	0.2%	25	19	-9	-47.4%
Black or African American	112	2.6%	91	68	44	64.7%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	5	0.1%	13	1	4	400.0%
White	3,539	82.8%	2,937	4,280	-741	-17.3%
Information Not Available	430	10.1%	324	564	-134	-23.8%

Years of Age	4,276		3,536	5,145
Younger than 22	37	0.5%	42	82	-45	-54.9%
22-24	256	3.4%	200	332	-76	-22.9%
25-34	926	12.4%	912	1,169	-243	-20.8%
35-44	873	11.7%	669	1,008	-135	-13.4%
45-54	1,018	13.7%	790	1,229	-211	-17.2%
55-59	521	7.0%	384	627	-106	-16.9%
60-64	362	4.9%	309	373	-11	-2.9%
65 and older	283	3.8%	230	325	-42	-12.9%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	4,276		3,536	5,145
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	44	1.0%	37	36	8	22.2%
Mining	266	6.2%	159	271	-5	-1.8%
Utilities	4	0.1%	18	9	-5	-55.6%
Construction	1,543	35.7%	854	1,656	-113	-6.8%
Manufacturing	163	3.8%	111	213	-50	-23.5%
Wholesale Trade	54	1.3%	71	102	-48	-47.1%
Retail Trade	180	4.2%	172	309	-129	-41.7%
Transporation and Warehousing	101	2.3%	120	134	-33	-24.6%
Information	13	0.3%	14	26	-13	-50.0%
Finance and Insurance	25	0.6%	37	41	-16	-39.0%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	40	0.9%	48	44	-4	-9.1%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	126	2.9%	95	99	27	27.3%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	4	0.1%	2	3	1	33.3%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	288	6.7%	231	346	-58	-16.8%
Educational Services	57	1.3%	32	65	-8	-12.3%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	151	3.5%	215	215	-64	-29.8%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	68	1.6%	61	67	1	1.5%
Accomodation and Food Services	359	8.3%	584	497	-138	-27.8%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	93	2.2%	61	109	-16	-14.7%
Public Administration	136	3.1%	104	162	-26	-16.0%
Information Not Available	561	13.0%	510	741	-180	-24.3%